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WEDNESDAY NOV. 26. 1919
Then said Jesus unto his disci
ples. If any man irould come after me,
let him deny himself and t,:ke up
his cross, and follow me. — MATT.
16 :24.
THANKSGIVING
THE custom of giving thanks at f
this special season of the year .
was inaugurated by the Pil- j
grims and the Puritans of New Eng- J
land, who had left their comfort- j
able homes in England to brave the ;
dangers of a new world, where the 1 i
rigors of the climate, the wrath of .
the Indian and the unexplored for
ests were terrors that might have |
bowed the heads of the early settlers
In supplication rather than have in
spired them to paens of Thanks
giving.
"The breaking waves dashed high
• on a stern and rock-bound
coast:
The woods against a stormy sky
their giant branches tossed;"
when the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock. The snow lay deep,
the woods were dark, painted war
riors lurked in their shadows, there
were no cozy shelters for the new
comers', only the cold, the winds
and dangers untold. Did they
turn weeping faces to high
heaven in supplication for aid? Not
they; they fell on their knees and
gave thanks to God for the blessing •
of a safe landing after a stormy voy- J
age. And all through the years that
was the attitude of these sturdy fore-
I fathers of ours —to praise God for
blessings and to pray for His guid- !
ing and up-lifting strength in time
of trial. They asked not for an '
easy life, but rather for power and
patience to endure adversity, and
at the end of each harvest season !
they gave thanks for the good things
they had enjoyed.
Compared with the life the Pil
grims led, we in these later times
"live like kings." Their sacrifices
laid the foundations upon which
America has been built. We are j
reaping where they sowed. They j
risked their lives every day in the 1
wilds of a new world that we might
live in safety and at peace. And
yet they thanked God for their
blessings, while we do little more
than complain of "our hard lot."
Rather we should fall on our knees
and thank the good Father of all
for those Pilgrim ancestors, for the i
strain of fighting blood they gave
us, for their courage and their de
votion. Instead of whimpering under
advers.ty, much of it imagined, we
should offer up our thanks that we
are so fortunate as to live in Amer
ica beneath the folds of the bunner
that gurantees us freedom of re
ligion and liberty and prosperity be
yond the dreams of millions in less
favored parts of the world.
Alien infection is practically a
farce, according to an admission of
the acting commissioner of immigra
tion at New York to a committee of
Congress at Ellis Island. And the
farce has continued in spite of the
protests of patriotic Americans
throughout the country. Why?
PEACE SLACKERS
GOVERNOR MCKELVIE, head of
the Nebraskan government, says
the only solution of the present
living cost is covered in three words:
"Work and Save."
We may theorize until the cows
come home, but we are know, when
: down to brass tacks, that larger pro
duction is the only salvation of the
country under present conditions.
The remedy lies w ith the people, and
: the law of supply and demand Is as
fundamental now as ever it was.
Governor McKelvie emphasizes the
fact that some of us have forgotten
that artificial laws of man will not
correct conditions which have been
brought about by flagrant disregard
of the economic principles. He sug
gests that those who would lead the
people in these things are doing the
country a positive injury, and con
cludes that the-remedy must come
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
! from the people themselves; that the
sooner this is understood the sooner
the forces that support the economic
laws will be set to work to increase
the supply of things we need.
Slackers during the war were
looked upon with contempt, and the
time is rapidly approaching when the
peace slacker will have no more con
sideration than the one who shirked
military duty.
Attorney General Schaffer has
given much thought to the proposed
study of the Constitution by a com
mission authorized by the last Legis
lature and appointed by Governor
Sproul. it is likely that the opening
session of thiS important commission
iat the Capitol will be an epochal
event in which the general public
; will be invited to participate, ltevis
-1 ing a Constitution is an undertaking
in which all the people are interested
land it may be expected that the ses-
I sions of the commission will he at
tended by scores and hundreds who
realize the importance of the duty
which has been entrusted to this body
of twenty-five appointed l>v Governor
Sprout.
STOP MEDDLING
WE QUOTE from a recent edi
torial in the New York Sun,
discussing the needs of rail
roads and the futility of anti-strike
laws:
lit this country of free men no
employer will ever be able to hold
an individual employe to his job
against his will or against his in
terest. • • • As a matter of
cold, hard fact, the railroads
never had more than their share
of labor differences aintll the Gov
ernment elbowed its way into
that industrial family. . , , ,
As a matter of cold, bard fact,
the railroads always pay Eood
enough wages, measured vvtin
wages in other fields, to hold
their responsible and indispensa
ble workers until the Government
with its policy of starvation traf
fic rates made it impossible tor
the roads to meet the competitivo
labor market and remain solvent.
The Sun declares it was not until j
the Government began to take out
of the hands of the railroads the]
duties and functions which belong j
to the railroads that the trouble
began. "The railroads of the I nited \
States," it is suggested, "under a,
minimum of wise and necessary j
regulations must have the right to i
do the things which are essential to
the welfare, prosperity and security j
[of the American people."
i In short, the time has come when
•the people, through their Govern-1
i ment, either must cease to nag and j
[impose upon the transportation sys- j
' terns and the public utilities or suffer |
I the dire consequences of a break-j
'down of these agencies, necessary as]
; they hue to the development of a
I country like ours and the prosperity
which comes front sane and progres
; she management.
i State Highway Commissioner Sad
i ler has not been swept from his feet j
'by the suggestion of enthusiastic j
i Scranton friends of his availability |
for the Governorship of Pennsylvania j
in 1922. He appreciates the eompli- |
i nient. of course, but deplares that he
is now engaged in building roads and
[is not a candidate for office. Mr.
I Sadler is a keen student of human
nature and he is not a tyro in the
political game. He realizes that the
' best asset of any public man is his
[record of achievement in the service
! of the people. Our builder of roads ;
manifestly prefers to finish one job j
i before striving to obtain another and j
the very strength of the position |
■will attract attention to his avail-!
. ability for any important office in i
; the gift of his fellow citizens.
TIME TO PREPARE
PARK COMMISSIONER GROSS]
is in touch with Warren 11.
Manning, and definite specitica- j
tions will soon be forthcoming lor j
I the bathing beaches at island Park. ]
One question which has arisen is'
whether the city can erect permanent]
i improvements in that portion of the |
! island under lease from the Harris
i burg Bridge Company. It is be
ilieved. however, that such arrange-
I ment might easily be reached for a
'long-term lease that will justify the
i comparatively small expenditure
which will be involved in provisions
i for the bathing facilities.
Harrisburg, through its power of
condemnation, can take over the part
of the island still held by private
ownership at any time, but it may
jbe that such a course will not be
! necessary in view of the liberal ar
: rangement which now exists between
i the city and the bridge company.
In any event, the people are in
| terested in having the bathing facili
ties for next summer, and the De
partment of Parks will work out the
j details during the winter so that
i there may be no delay with the com
ing of spring.
WILL RESTORE BALANCE
-rsr-rITU the war over, the excess
; 1/*/ of exports over imports for
| the first eight months of :lie
j calendar year was $3,012,000,000, as
compared with $1,947,000,000 for tliej
[same period in 1918. This would
indicate a possible export balance at
the end of the year of at least $ 1,-
' 000,000,000; surely startling figures,
s A representative of one of the
t great banking institutions of the
: country' says these figures indicate
that the first demand upon America
j for the goods required by n world
t endeavoring to put itself buck upon
. a peace footing is fully as great as
; the demand which the war itself
. made. He believes, however, that
I the exports from the United States
3 to Europe must gradually diminish
and that the imports from overseas
> to this country' must gradually in
j crease. This gradual process will
t prevent any serious dislocation of
, our economic structure and event
( ually restore normal conditions. ]
, Between "shocking profits" of the
' operators and shocking wage ad
' vances for the miners. It is little won
" der that the consumer Is paying
s shocking prices for coaL
'P t H-K^CcaKUi.
By the Ex-Commltteeman
Work ahead of the State Constitu- ;
tional Revision Commission seems
to be the biggest topic in newspapers
just at present and the general im- i
1 pression in newspapers is that the
State will welcome a thorough and
| systematic study of the organic law
I' with a view to ending the continual (
criticisms and suggestion of changes.
The fact that since 1901 there has
been a procession of amendments
j and that legislatures have had as
' high as a dozen resolutions with such
] plans in view has been referred to
j several times as a reason for finding
i out what is needed and putting it up
j to the people.
Opening of the convention will be
I made quite a notable ceremony, in
, keeping with the importance of the
j subject which the Commission will
. handle. There is much speculation
j about changes that will be made and
1 no lack of suggestion, but the plan i
jof having the Commission study '
j what sections seem in the light of ]
i modern thought, as the act creating ,
the Commission puts it, need revision ;
| before holding hearings will get ,
j things into an orderly course instead j
j of having a rush of delegations and '
j committees coming here with brass |
j band announcements of panaceas for j
l all ills, real or imaginary. '
—Senator Frank E. Baldwin, of
Potter county, who was here yester
day, said that he had no aspirations
for a State-wide nomination, al
though some friends were indus
triously trying to start a boom for
him. The Senator will be a candi
date for renomination in his district.
, Senator C. J. Buckman. of Bucks,
said that he had not developed any
ambitions, either.
—Harry S. MeDevitt. secretary to
the Governor, who was brought out
in Philadelphia journals as a candi
date for Auditor General next year,
remarked that he was much inter
ested, but beyond that had nothing
to comment upon the reports.
—Reports of shifts in the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry have
been going around at the Capitol this i
week, but nothing has been an- i
nounced and may not be until the |
Governor returns from Virginia. j.
—While the appointment of David
J. Smyth to be city solicitor of Phila
delphia was expected of Mayor-elect
J. Hampton Moore ever since Mur
doch Kendrick declared he would
not take any place, it seems to have
an interesting train of speculation
In Philadelphia, Mr. Smyth being
the first man to be named as solicitor
under the new charter which made
the office appointive. The North
American says that the appointment
is made unusually early and adds:
"Mr. Smyth will take up his duties
as city solicitor following the in
auguration of the new mayor and
the reorganization of the new coun
cil. The new charter provides that
council must confirm the appoint
ment. The salary will be fixed by
ordinance, and will likely be the
same as that of City Solicitor Con
nelly. who received SIO,OOO a year."
—The Inquirer gives a new slant
by saying: "It is expected that this
announcement will be followed short
ly by the outlining of a policy of
radical changes in the contract sys
tem of Philadelphia. It is known
that the mayor-elect has made a
personal study of the contract
methods in vogue in this city, that
he has had first-hand information
from one of the leading contrac
tors in the country, who is not in
terested in any local work."
—The Scranton Republican rises
to remark about Highway Commis
sioner Lewis S. Sadler: "On the
first of the year contracts will be
signed for 538 miles of road and
other contracts will be made during
1920. From this it will be seen
with what vigor Commissioner Sad
ler is prosecuting the work that has
been placed in his hands by the
Governor. It can also be seen why
the new Highway Commissioner is
winning t'ne praises of political oppo
nents as well as of his friends."
—Chester is having a new flare
up. Members of the volunteer fire
department say that they will quit
if T. W. Trainer is removed as head
of the public safety department.
Other eouncilmen are said to plan
to throw out Trainer.
—More trouble is looming up
among the Democrats In the Berks-
Lehigh congressional district, as
Harry J. Dunn, prominent lawyer
and long active in Democratic
politics, has announced that he will
be a candidate for the nomination.
Two or three other men are out for
the nomination, but Congressman
Arthur G. Dewalt says nothing.
—Col. W. F. Zierdt, offered the
place of chief of police by Mayor
elect Dan L. Hart, of Wilkes-Barre,
has declined. This is largely due
to his desire to remain as division
inspector of the new National Guard.
Mrs. Barclay H. Warlrurton. of
Philadelphia, appointed a member
iof the State Constitution Revision
I Commission, says that she did not
expect to be named, but will be glad
to serve. She is a daughter of John
Wanamaker and has been active as
head of the Women's Republican
State Committee.
—People here are watching with
interest the move of District Attor
ney S. P. Rotan to get Magistrate E.
T. Pennock removed from the city
hall court In Philadelphia on the
ground that he ignored the District
Attorney. Rotan is said to have
been gunning for Pennock for a long
time.
—George J. Brennan says in the
Philadelphia Inquirer about a re
cent appointment: " 'He just hit the
world between the eyes und made
everybody take notice,' was a trite
declaration from President Judge
George B. Orlady. of the Superior
Court of Pennsylvania, in comment
ing upon the early struggles of Judge-
William B. Linn, recently appointed
by Governor Sproul to succeed the
late Judge J. Henry Williams, also
of this city, on the Superior Court
bench. Judge Orlady, who had been
credited with being the first to rec
ommend Judge Linn's name to the
Governor, modestly that
distinction, but added that he was
delighted with the appointment, as
he has known the Judge from boy
hood days. Judge Orlady, who hails
from Huntingdon county, recalled
Judge Linn's start in life in Ephrata,
Lancaster county, where he. as a
lad, had to fight his way under ad
verse circumstances."
—Two interesting developments
occurred in Philadelphia politics
last night. Mayor-elect J. Hampton
Moore served notice upon the retir
ing administration that he expected
the funds to be provided to run his nd -
ministration. This is an unpre
cedented action and may precipitate
some things. The Philadelpt ia
School Board adopted resolutions
condemning the Public Ledger for
some of its articles in regard to edu
cation. This action was taken on
motion of John Wajiamaker.
—The Sproul county commission
ers have started to decapitate the
McClure county jobholders In DeI
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Jv vSOMETHIMC SOS?*'* fltf
aware county. This was in Hne with j
[what the Governor promised.
Dan S. Brumbaugh will appeal
to the State Supreme Court from the i
decision of the Blair county court
refusing to open the Altoona mayor-!
alty contest.
—Congressman H. W. Watson's !
boom for renomination was launch-'
ed in Montgomery county last night. |
Literary Soles
A three-months' tour of America
in 1920 has been arranged for
Maurice Maeterlinck by his Ameri- I
can lecture manager. Maeterlinck is
expected to reach New York just
before Christmas to attend the
premiere of "The Blue Bird," in op- 1
eratic form, at the Metropolitan !
Opera House. New York, on Decern- j
ber 27. His initial appearance be-I
fore an American audience will be '
made at Carnegie Hall in that city
on January 2. After speaking in a '
number of eastern cities he will start
on a tour of the entire country
which will take him to the Pacific
coast. En route he will spend sev
eral days in the Grand Canyon—a
visit which will doubtless inspire
him and give him material for fu
ture use. For three years no new
I essays from his pen have been pub
lished in book form, so that "Moun
tain Paths" (with the Dodd, Mead
imprint) will command unusual in
terest. The book embraces eighteen
essays by the great Belgian writer.
Berta Ruck, whose latest book,
"The Disturbing Charm," is a recent
publication of Dodd, Mead & Co., is
making an extended visit to I
America. Several of the New York |
papers had printed animated inter-1
views with her. She tells her pub- i
lishers that she finds the American'
newspaper writers most amusing, ]
though not always strictly veracious.
"Helena," Mrs. Humphrey Ward's
newest story, is announced for early
publication by Dodd,Mead & Co. It
is called an after-the-war romance, j
Helena is described as an English
girl whose natural wilfulness has
been developed by war-time ac
tivities.
Louis Couperus, the talented
! Dutch author, whose "Small Souls"
novels have introduced him to
American readers, was born in 1563
and has written many stories. While
the "Small Soul" books are some
what tragic in tone, Couperus has
written a number of stories in a
much lighter tone. Some of them
| even border on the burlesque. Dodd,
Mead & Co. have just issued
"Ecstacy," which is described as a
charming story of love in its most
delicate mysteries.
Up to the beginning of this year
Octavus Roy Cohen was unknown
except to a few devotees of the short
story magazines. To-day he has
acquired fame as the author of a
detective story. "The Crimson
Alibi," and of "Polished Ebony." a
collection of humorous stories of the
southern "sassiety" negro. "The
Crimson Alibi" was made into a
play by George Broadhurst and has
been running on Broadway for
weeks with prospects of being re
tained in New York until the warm
weather comes again. The success
of this play has caused two New
York managers to arrange with Mr.
Cohen for further plays—one of
which will be called "Polished
Ebor.y."
"Upon a pedestal she had set lpve,
as most girls do; and about that
pedestal she had built a bower of
roses to fence it off from life. Love
was a dream world to her, a place
of magic happenings, of fountains
playing in the sun, of fairy glens and
mid-summer night's ecstacy. Love
was a prince in armor with a sword
forever drawn to assail the slightest
sadness that threatened her. She
could not see Love In an ordinary
pair of trousers that life had
frayed, carrying—only on rarest oc
casions—an umbrella that had been
bought for half a crown at a lost
property sale." Poor Jill, who could
only sec the look of poverty in John
Grey's face, and not the poet's
sensitive love behind it: Poor Mary
Ann and Betty and all th<- other girls
who let the harsh realities of life
crush out all the young wonder in
their world. Let us hope that they
will read and profit by what E.
Temple Thurston has to say about
them in "The World of Wonderful
Reality."
D.' Appleton & Co. are publishing
this week "The Strategy of Min
erals," by George Otis Smith, direc
tor of the United States Geological
Survey. The book Is a study of min
erals as a factor in the world posi
tion of America. It also describes
the highly essential part which min
erals played in the Great War.. The
Introduction is by Franklin K. Lane,
secretary of the interior.
I'D GIVE THANKS IF—
By MRS. CHESTER ADAMS
DDES Thanksgiving mean a j
football game to you—with a
big turkey dinner afterwards? '
Does it mean "Over the river and
thru woods to grandfather's'
house we go?"
Or, perhaps it means a hotel din
iter, with a theater party afterward? |
But does it ever mean thnnksgiv- j
ing'.'
The spirit of the original Thanks-;
giving day has been losing out a bit j
us life has been growing more and
more complex, it has become one j
of a great many other holidays, to I
be used for our pleasure as we see j
fit. Its significance as a particular
holiday has been slipping away year I
by year.
Every one this year is saying, j
"Everything is so high in price, and
we can't afford nearly all the things I
we want. Not much reason to be ;
very thankful"'
And yet last year many of those;
same people felt at Thanksgiving.
that if their boys came safely back j
from "over there" that they could t
ask for nothing more. But it is our j
way to forget those moments of!
gratitude. There are so many things'
we want, and they crowd upon us so ,
fast that we simply can't forget]
them.
Thus it is that you probably will
be feeling sorry for yourself this!
year because you have no more,
sugar plums allotted to you. Mrs. |
Jones, across the street, has so many j
more. YOU-would be thankful if;
you were she!. j
Mrs. Jones would be thankful if,
she had as many as Mrs. Smith, who
lives in New York city. Thus it
goes. You would always be thank-j
ful if— When there is that "if," i
then you are not thankful.
The Pilgrims were thankful with- j
out "if." What had they? If we]
had no more we certainly should be j
condoling with ourselves rather than !
giving thanks for what we have.'
Yet'theirs was the real spirit, and!
we are losing it.
There is a lonely little young'
woman who lives by herself. Last 1
Thanksgiving she ate dinner in a
humble little restaurant by herself.
Years ago she went over the river'
and thru the woods, and at grand-1
father's house all her family had
their Thanksgiving together.
Had she friends? Yes, she had
a number of them.
Boyd's Directory in 1920 '
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
A. B. Boyd, manager of the Boyd
Directory Company, informs me that j
! it has come to his ears that some j
one has been canvassing In, Harris- j
burg for an alleged business direc- ,
! tory, and circulating the report thati
I the Boyd Directory will not be pub- '
lished next year. If such a state-
I ment has been made it is false.
Of course, the Boyd Directory, the
standard and only directory of Har- I
risburg for more than half a cen
tury, up-to-date and with new and
valuable features, will be published
in the spring of 1920 as usual.
At the proper time 1 hope to call ,
upon my many friends as in past,
years.
J. HOWARD WERT, •
912 North Second street, j
.4 Paradox
I
! To increase circulation, national :
I magazines advertise in newspapers !
| and select only cities where the mag- j
' azines advertise are on sale.
The magazines buy the newspaper j
! space at an average cost of l-5c per ;
■ azines are on sale.
iThen these same magazines sell to !
manufacturers thiscirculation.which.
I in the li.-st pluce, reaches innumer
t able places where the advertiser has
.no -distribution and in the second
J place, sell the space at an average
: cost of three times the newspaper
' average rate.
j Think it over—then—invest in
! newspaper advertising is the advice
| of a nationul advertising agency.
We've Talked Enough
[From Philadelphia Press.]
Attorney General Palmer gives a
| good many and very conclusive rea-
J sons why Emma Goldman should
not be permitted to remain in this
country. But there must be some
reason why Hhe is not deported, for
nobody deports her. On the con
trary, after a term in prison she Is
allowed to parade around with her
mischievious notions unchanged.
Talking won't get rid of such people
as long as soap boxes can be had for
i The reason she spent such a'
] cruelly lonely day was not because |
, she had no friends. It was because !
she had friends who made wonderful j
, excuses.
They were all spending less upon '
j their Thanksgiving dinners than in ;
! the good old days when food was j
, less prohibitive in price. They felt!
! that "Mary would not consider the;
] dinner any sort of a Thanksgiving
■ dinner," and rather than have her]
j secretly feel that their dinner was!
'not adequate to the occasion (not I
! having a turkey, for one thing), !
I they simply would not invite her. i
j So they made excuses.
In reality "Mary" cared not !
| whether they had beef, chicken, |
! goose or turkey. What she wanted ;
■ was some one to eat her Tlianksgiv- j
ing dinner with. Would you not!
I rather sit down to a humble meal t
with a gay crowd than eat a banquet |
; by yourself?
That pride which makes us at j
Thanksgiving just a bit selfish in that'
i "we won't have So-and-So make fun ]
! of our dinner" is false and wicked, i
|At Thanksgiving there should be :
! that spirit which reaches out and ]
! wishes to share what blessings one ]
.has, whether they be great material! |
! or not.
Then there are folks who regard |
whatever things they have as theirs !
:by natural right. They are so used I
|to them that they never think of'
! them as blessings.
; Of course, there are still a few
' people in the world who are con-!
: sciously grateful for the ordinary'
] comforts of life. But most of us. 1
different-minded, think we have not!
; nearly so many blessings as some ]
j other person, and, therefore, why be i
happy over the "little bit" we have'.'
We need to be reminded that |
I everything we have which makes for,
]good is a blessing. If we never think •
: of them as such during the whole
! year beside, let us remember on!
! Thanksgiving day that we do pos
j sess many blessings and that, be j
] they great or small, we should be i
I very grateful for them.
The prayers of the Pilgrims were .
answered upon us. We have the |
things which to them were so dear. |
' And this year, even more than ever, j
i can we rejoice over the strength of.
; our Nation.
I Don't make your thanksgiving!
conditional. Make it unconditional, ]
definite and genuine. „
| street corner rostrums. If the Gov- I
j eminent would get in a sufficiently I
! firm state of mind to pack the Gold- '
mans, the Berkmans, and similar i
rubbish out of the country it would 1
be encouraging to every cit'zen who 1
' respects law and order, and helpful |
! to the people in resisting anarchy.
Thanksgiving.
[From the American Boy]
By EDGAR A. GUEST
i For courage that we sorely need.
For strength to do the splendid deed,
: For youth, who made the sacrifice
! And, smiling, paid the bitter price
•That freedom asks of sturdy men, |
' Oh God, accept our thanks again.
j To thee once more to-day we kneel:
! Sad music of the crash of steel
i Accompan'es our prayers, and yet
| Thy mercies everywhere are met.
i And we are grateful for the youth
! That boldly dared to guard the l
truth.
|Oh God, who gave ps sight to see I
j The way to serve, we pray to thee;
• We thank thee for all mothers fair
1 Who gave their sons into thy care
; And bravely hid their grief and pain
j That liberty and truth should reign.
We thank Ihee for each noble heart
j That scorned to play the coward
part;
| We thank thee for the humblest lad
j That in these bitter times is glad
■ To toil until wur'a flags are furled
| To make a kindlier, better world.
| For yield of tree and fruit and vine
Once more our gratitude is thine;
| But in these days of dangers, we
| Now offer prayers of thanks to thee
| For all the brave and loyal breasts
' Wherein the love of honor rests.
I
(Oh God, we thank thee for our
youth
That'still holds dear the ways of
truth:
We tbank thee for their courage,
and
Devotion to our native land:
We're thankful that our flag still
gleams
i The emblem of man's highest
d reams.
NOVEMBER 26, 1919.
The I Wlh
[George Xox McCain in Philadelphia
Evening Ledger. ]
Colonel Henry W. Coulter is pre
paring a history of the 110 th Infan
try of the famous Iron Division. It
was the old Tenth Pennsylvania,
known in the Spanish-American War
us the "Fighting Tenth."
Although a native and resident of
Greensburg, Colonel Coulter is occa
sionally seen on the streets of this
city. He comes of a noted family
in Western Pennsylvania.
1 have always felt a personal in
terest in the famous old Tenth. I
know many of its officers a quarter
of a century ago Captain Alex,
l.ear Major Neff. Lieutenant Colonel
Burnett and Colonel Hawkins, who
perhaps was its best beloved com
mander because he had led his men
through the rice swamps and jungles
of the Philippines.
It was my fortune to see the regi
ment. the farthest east command, en
train for the Philippines. 1 was in
San Francisco when the transport
came slowly through the Golden
Gate bringing them home again. Its
flag was at half-mast and the body I
of Colonel Hawkins lay in a flag- I
draped coffin on the forward deck.
1 messed with its officers at their
headquarters on the Presidio, and in j
the celebrated old "Fly trap" restau
rant. on Market street, San Fran
cisco.
It was a mutter of surprise to me
to learn within the past week that
the history of this famous command
goes back to the Devolution. It had
its origin in two Continental army
companies, one at Greensburg, the
other at Waynesburg.
it fought through the Mexican
and Civil Wars, served on the Mexi
can border, and as part of the "Iron
Division" made history on the fields
of France. %
Eggs Is Eqgs
[By J. B.'l
(Eggs $1.02, a dozen.—Market re
port.)
Daddy lias quit smoking
His favorite cigar;
Walking down to business,
Can't afford a car;
But he hasn't lost his fortune
And he'll not be forced to beg,
He's just saving up bis money
For to buy an egg.
Mother's cut out movies,
So has sistei Lou,
Will net buy a new hat
Making last year's do.
Not because they're stingy,
But with might and main they try
To save enough of money
For an egg to buy.
Willie's foresworn ice cream,
Gum and candy.sweet.
Shuns the hokey pokey man
Just across-the street.
Not because' of'irtohcy ' •-*
He is one bit shy,
But he's saving up his pennies
I'or an egg to buy.
Down in Center Market
Like a king of old.
Sits he proud and haughty.
Midst his wealth untold.
Above htm is the legend
Which is read with ease:
"Mister Henry Burton
Sells Butter, EGGS and Cheese."
Music and Meat
[From Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
Both music and meat, said a New
York music teacher to a gathering
of local music teachers the other
night, are enjoyed primarily through
the medium of the stomach. Ho re-
I marked that the effect on a man of
i Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and
! a sirloin steak was the same. One,
we suppose, enters the stomach
through the mouth and the effect of
the other reaches the same organ
byway of the ear.
However this may he, there are
men who enjoy a juicy broiled sirloin
I steak much more than any sonata
I ever written by Beethoven or any one
I else. Yet, after all, it is well known
that many emotions affect the
stomach. One of the lirst symptoms
of love in a youth is loss of appe
tite. He feeds on something less
substantial than meat and potatoes,
and in his mood much more satisfy
ing. A symphony unheard of less
sensitive persons is playing in his
ears and reacts upon his digestive
| organs. Shakespeare knew this, for
did he not say, "If music be the food
lot love, play on?" And we all know
that food serves its purpose best
I only when administered through the
I stomach.
| There may lie an inclination to
; laugh at the New York music teach
er. but a careful study of the
authorities, medical, poetical and
psychological, will doubtless prove
that there is more in his philosophy
than is dreameo of by the average
yuan in the street.
ilt
j lEuptting (Eljat
Probably tlie high cost of living
has had something to do with it, but
the fact remains that there have
been more turkeys taken into Har
risburg homes through the raffle
than in years, according to men who
have been observing the trend of
the times in our fair city. The tur
key raffle has been a sort of indus
try around Thanksgiving and Christ
mas times and while chiefs of police
and district attorneys have thun
dered and launched crusades against
the enticements of the game, people
go to raffles who would never think
of playing "nickel ante" and they
bear their prizes home grinning at
the "kidding" they endure and re
joicing that they have one or two
points on neighbors who will eat
duck or chicken. It is not uncom
mon in the evenings at this time of
the year for half a dozen men to
board a trolley car with turkeys un
der their arms and one visitor to
1 larrisburg Tuesday evening asked,
in his up-State innocence, where the
turkey sale was being held. Prob
ably one of the funniest incidents
was in Market Square the other eve
ning when five men each with a tur
key and one with part of a jag,
solmenly filed up to a policeman and
wished him "good night." The
policeman looked them over and Just
where his thoughts went! would not
be any more difficult to conjecture
than as to the rapid-lire thinking
going on in the minds of several by
standers. Perhaps, the outrageous
charges made for turkeys has had
something to do with the blinking of
those in authority, but there has not
been as much complaint heard as in
years gone by, owing to the fact that
success at raffles and copious liba
tions appeared to go hand in hand.
• •
With the issue of last Saturday the
Up-Grade, the weekly publication
of U. S. General Hospital No. 3, at
Carlisle, comes to an end. Receiving
permission from the surgeon general
of the army, the staff put out its
first number May 3, and has issued
regularly every Saturday since then.
Up-Grade has been a decided factor
in the life of the patients at the
General Hospital, embodying as it
did in its cheery editorials and
articles the optimism and spirit of
those lighters who were struggling
for rehabilitation. As the command
ant, Col. F. R. Keefer, says in his
note of farewell, the paper has been
of inestimable value in promoting
the "homey" feeling among the in
stitution. it is with great regret that
the stuff is forced to discontinue
publication, according to an order
I from the surgeon general. Col.
Keefer, by the way, is a Harris
burger.
• • •
One thing people who have been
visiting Harrisburg this fall com
pliment and that is the cleanliness
of streets. Many men prominent in
municipal affairs in their home com
munities have been Harrisburg visi
tors, and almost without exception
they have praised the manner in
which the streets are kept clear of
rubbish and dirt. This is especially
so, they say, in the business section.
• •
Pennsylvania farmers have more
than 4,300 tractors working on their
farms as compared with 2,600 a year
| ago, according to the statistical
| bureau of the State Department of
Agriculture. This is taken as a di
j reet result of the war and the great
| est increase has been made in the
lower Susquehanna Valley counties
and in counties adjacent to Phila
delphia. Dauphin has been rather
slow. Lancaster county leads -in
tractors, three per cent, of its farm
ers being estimated to be users of
such devices, while Berks, Bucks,
York, Chester and Montgomery in
the Kast and Washington and Alle
gheny in the West are the chief
users. The tractors were boomed
at the outbreak of the war because
of the demands for men and animals
| for national service and three-fourths
lof those in use have been bought
I since the spring of 1917 and many
more have been ordered for 1920
| delivery. Another marked advance
in agriculture has come to light in
reports on farms, showing that there
are now about 43,650 silos attached
to Pennsylvania barns, an increase
of 11,000 in a year. This big in
crease created some surprise and the
figures were checked up. Last year
there were 32,900 silos reported and
Tioga county had two-thirds of its
farmers using them. Other counties
which have many silos are in the
dairying section of the Northern
tier, especially Bradford and Sus
quehanna. In the West, Crawford
appears to lead in the number, while
York, Lancaster, Chester and Mont
gomery have many. The silo has
not increased very materially in
Dauphin and Cumberland Valley
counties. The Northern tier farm
ers grow corn especially adapted
for storing in silos.
* • •
Lessons from the State 'Educa
tional Congress will be one of the
.big. themes for the meeting of the
State Educational Associations in
Philadelphia in December, over
which Superintendent F. E. Downes
of this city, the president, will pre
side. School support, citizenship
and agricultural education will re
ceive considerable attention, while
the groundwork of a new teachers'
salary law will be laid. The pro
gram is one of the most comprehen
sive ever outlined.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—John A. Brashear, the Pitts
burgh scientist, is celebrating a birth
day with baskets filled with postal
cards.
—lsaac Sharpless, former presi
dent of Haverford, who is a member
of the Constitution Revision Commis
sion, is one of the Quaker members
of that body.
—Enoch Rauh, prominent Pitts
burgh man and councilman, is taking
an active part for the new building
of the Y. M. H. A. in that city.
—Seth E. Gordon, secretary of the
State Game Commission, is out look
ing over conditions in the deer hunt
ing counties.
—Bishop J. F. Berry, In an ad
dress at Philadelphia, criticised ten
dencies to amusements rather than
to church work.
—Joseph Wenlock, long with the
Pennsylvania Railroad legal depart
ment. will go into practice at Phtla
i delphia.
I , DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg had an
artillery company 100 years ago
and it used to drill in Market
Square?
HISTORIC HARRISBtTRG
, —The first illuminating gas was
made here in 1850,