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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1919
Charge once more then and he dumb.
Let the victors, tchen they come,
When the forts of folly fait,
Find thy body by the wall.'
■ —MATTHEW ARNOLD.
THANK YOU
THE Christmas number of the
Tech Tatlcr has reached this
* office. It is brightly illustrated
green and red and with half-tones
sif the championship Tech football
Jeam. Cartoons and special fea
tures add .to the attractiveness of
magazine. The Technical High
may be proud of such a pub
lication. The whole Christmas issue
js well worth anybody's attention,
but we were especially interested in
tliis one little paragraph, on page
40, under the caption: "Who's who
at Tech:"
•'Best llarrisburg newspaper—Tlie !
Telegraph."
We like to hear that at any time,
from anybody, naturally, but it is
especially pleasing to note this sen
timent in the Technical High School,
which is turning out the men who
will be leaders in Harrisburg the
•liext quarter century or more.
Thank you!
LOWER PRICES
WITH all the efforts of the na
tional government exerted in
the opposite direction, the |
price of foodstuffs went up "two per !
cent, in November. Mr. Palmer is!
one of our most persistent and vol
uminous talkers. He is almost as pro
lific of speeches, interviews and proc
lamations as was his illustrous chief;
in his prime—to say nothing of con- !
ffrences. Always prices are just go- '
ifig to come down, according to the;
Attorney General, and the next thing '
we hear is that they have taken an- i
other jump. Something more than j
eloquence and fancy phrases will be J
necessary to bring down the cost of!
living.
It has become known that some 1
action has been taken toward an !
actual demonstration by the govern- '
ment to reduce costs by urging upon j
retailers the holding of spe.eiul sales
in January. Of course, it is a gen
eral custdm for merchants to offer I
bargains in broken holiday stocks!
shortly after the new year in order i
to get ready for the spring trade, j
Mr. Palmer proposes to swing into:
line on the tide of these sales, which J
•he would have the merchants hold |
on an extensive seale, and evidently
."hopes for reductions in living costs'
/based on these bargain prices. All '
•very well, perhaps, but no good will :
come of merely pouring the left- ■
overs of all kinds into the market'
even at reduced prices, if Mr. Pal-'
mer can persuade the merchants to i
cut prices only In what we have !
come to regard as tlie "cheaper lines'
of goods" and so create a demand
for wares of the kind, lie will have
accomplished something. In other
words, if he can bring about a mar- !
ket 'for medium priced goods, instead j
of the very high priced articles now;
in such great demand, by putting!
them before the public at attractive I
figures, the trend back toward sanity!
on the part of an extravagant public
may carry us into something like I
normal market conditions. Other
wise there is small use in making the '
effort.
SEEING PENNSYLVANIA
ARE you looking for a charming
gift for a friend this Christ
> mas?
Then buy him Dr. John T. Paris'
new hook, "Seeing Pennsylvania."
it is a charming volume, as you
-niuy have gathered if you read either
!of the two mentions of it made re
cently on this page. Handsomely
■bound and beautifully illustrated. Its
binding anil its illustrations ure the
least of its delights to the lover of
Pennsylvania.
We ure fond of saying Pennsylva
nia is a great State, but fgw of us
TUESDAY EVENING,
know the Commonwealth as does
Dr. Faris, and none has written of It
more charmingly.' The book ought
to be in every library. It would serve
a tine purpose as a supplementary
reader in the public schools. Its de
scriptions are vivid and its history
is entertainingly and accurately told.
It is no dry compilation of facts.
There is nothing of the guidebook
about it. but it should prove invalu
able to the motorist.
Reading it one becomes more ap
preciative of his own State, a greater
admirer of Pennsylvania, and so a
better American.
This is not an advertisenint. It is
a tribute.
So Mr. Bcrkman is going to "como
hack and get us" That la. if Mr.
I<enlne doesn't "get" Mr. Berkman.
WILLIAMS QUITS
US. SENATOR JOHN SHARPE
WILLIAMS is going to quit
• public life. He is out of
joint with the way things are done
at Washington and believes there
may be more peace and content
ment in old Mississippi. Senator
Williams has some definite views on
the transportation problem of the
United States which must be solved
unless we are to continue stumbling
along in the dark. On this ques
tion and discussing the Cummins
bill, he says:
Transportation in modern civi
lization is at the root and bottom
of everything. You can not even
get fuel without it: you can not
get food without it: you can not
get clothes without it; you can
not do anything without satis
factory transportation. We have
passed beyond the period when
one little neighborhood could
supply the next little neighbor
hood with its food and with its
garments. We have come to the
period where a great interstate
and international transport sys
tem must feed and clothe the
-world, and we ought to settle
that • • •
So it seems to me that the pres
ent duty of the Senate is very
plain, and that is to carry the
railroad bill to a finish one way
or tlia other, getting a final vote
upon it and sending it to con
ference, and in conference make
the House conferees and the
Senate conferees agree to some
thing and bring that something
back before the two Houses with
a view to having it dealt with. |
When the people shall have
learned the lesson that it is neces
sary to learn in order to overcome
reconstruction difficulties, we can
hope for a more reasonable atti
tude toward business questions and
a more normal life among all
classes.
Santa Claus has nothing on Did
.lack Frost as a Christmas tree trim-,
mer, 1
UN-AMERICAN
THE re-election of Victor Berger
to Congress is not a rebuke to
the lawmakers who refused to
I give him a seat, but it is a serious
reflection upon the Americanism of
the people of the district he calls
home.
P.erger was disloyal during the j
war and his radical tendencies ought
to make him subject to deport
ation. If tlie people of the Ber
ger district have no more patriotism,
no more love for the flag, no more
regard for the republic, no more
respect for our American institutions
than to elect a pro-German radical
to Congress, then they deserve to go
without representation, as they
probably will, for Congress cannot
be expected to backtrack on Berger.
There is certainly something seri
ously wrong with a community that
will give a man of this type 4,000
majority over a hundred per cent.
American candidate, the while 9,000
voters sit supinely at home not suffi
ciently interested to vote. We have
a very distinct idea what would hap
pen in Pennsylvania if a fellow like!
Berger tried to run for Congress;
here.
Itic.omes high but we must have it
living.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS
A WASHINGTON dispatch to the
New York Times quotes a
member of the Republican
National Committee as saving that j
former Postmaster General Frank i
H. Hitchcock "is commonly credited
with having the votes of Southern I
Republicans sewed up in his pocket. !
Find out whom Frank Hitchcock is j
for and you will know tlie Republi
can nominee."
This is the sort of propaganda
that might be expected in tlie col
umns of a Democratic newspaper,
but not in a paper of as high
standing as tlie New York Times.
And yet, it must be confessed, there
lias sometimes been evidence that
the votes of Southern Republicans
can be sewed up in the vest pocket
of a man diligent enough to conduct
the work of organization. It should
not lie lost sight of, however, thai
two Republican nominees for 'tlie
Presidency whose nominations were
aided by the vest pocket votes, were
defeated at tlie polls. Southern Re
publicans are entitled to a voice in
the selection of candidates in pro
portion to the strength they bring
to tlie Republican party. The voice
should be theirs and not that of
some organizer who makes yi busi
ness of polities. Tlie voice should be
heard in such a manner as to leave
no room for 'doubt that it is a real
voice and not (lie voice of a ven
triloquist.
It is the right anil duty of any
candidate for the Presidential nom
ination to seek the support of South
ern Republicans in the National
Convention, even though no South
ern State can be expected to cast a
vote for a Repuljlican in the elec
toral college. But tlie man who gets
the support of the Southern delega
tions through tlie vest pocket
method has a support of very doubt
ful value when the ultimate test
comes ut the November election.
I
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By the Ex-Committeemaa
Steps aro to be taken immediately
hy the Attorney General's Depart
ment to prepare drafts of a Consti
tutional Amendment to provide for
a budget system in Pennsylvania in
accordance with ideas of members
of the State Constitutional Revision
Commission, it was learned to-day.
The Commission is not scheduled to
meet until January 6, but before
] leaving the city, members interested
| in the budget proposition outlined
! some thoughts in regard to atnend
} ments which will be-put into shape.
One series of amendments will re
j quire that the State government be
i put upon a budget basis, while
references will be made to such a
I plan in other amendments so that it
i will be a part of State finance. An
i other series of amendments will
! make it optional, it is understood.
Some of the members of the Com
mission are of the opinion that the
budget should be left to th"e Legis
lature's desires, holding that when
amendments regarding appropria
tions to departments, charitable and
educational institutions and other
objects are completed there will be
opportunity for trying out the bud
get plan.
There are rumors of a proposed
amendment to broaden the borrow
ing power of the State, which is now
limited to one million dollars. One
idea is to permit bond issues for
roads at stated Intervals with rigid
sinking fund requirements.
Copies of the recent decision of
First Deputy Attorney General
Robert S. Gawthrop in regard to the
marking of the ballot where there is
a group of candidates, such as
Congressmen-at-large, to be elected,
are to be printed and included in the
election guide for next year's cam
paigns.
—The Philadelphia Press is going
•after the Department of Internal
Affairs. Taking the remarks in the
recent meeting of the Constitutional
Itevision Commission as a basis, it
asks why it should be an elective of
fice. If the remarks in Republican
organization circles are anything to
go by it is going to remain as a con- j
stitutional and elective office.
—When the Auditor General com
pletes naming the mercantile ap
praisers this week he will have ap
pointed something over 2 50. prob
ably 300, men. The Auditor General,
through legislation adopted last
spring, is after only the Governor
and Commissioner of Health in the
number of appointees and power, in
fact, in authority, he is greater than
the Governor and only the. Supreme
Court can stop him. However, when
the new Department of Public In
struction is in running order it will
be one of the largest in the State
Govt rnment.
—Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, the
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, who goes to Atlantic City
to-dav,* hopes to be back in the har
ness the middle of January. Dr.
Finegan is very anxious to get back
on the job, as visitors to his home
testify.
—Just as an illustration of the
way the Democrats are farming
things it may be stated that Orrln
E. Boyle, of Allentown, was ap
pointed to a Federal place a few
days ago. It had been vacant eight
years and must have been forgotten
or have become shopworn in display
for politicul trading purposes.
—Hoy D. Duily. the new assistant
to l.eo Crosson as Eastern Pennsyl
vania and New Jersey district en
forcer of the "dry" laws, comes from
California, but has been living in
Philadelphia lately. He is an. expert
on revenue laws. v\ hieli some people
are unkind enotigi: to say is needed
in this State. in any event the
number of deserving ones being
named to "dry" law enforcement
positions is a fine tiling for the i
Democrats, although from appear-!
ancps they will not have very long j
to enjoy the emoluments after 1921.
• —S. O. Wynne, the new chief of! 1
detectives to the Philadelphia dis- I
triet attorney, comes from Phoenix
ville and has been in the Army and '
in Federal work. He ranks away up,
says District Attorney S. I*. Hotan.
—Some idea of changed condi- i
tions can be gained from the state
ment that the new treasurer of
Montgomery county gives bond for
$530,00(1. It used to be around
$400,000. Montgomery lias advanced
wonderfully in wealth in recent
years.
—The editor of the Seranton
Times, who writes under the name
of Roderick Random, has much to
say about one of those maneuvers
that make the political affairs of
Lackawanna county so entertaining
to the rest of tlie State. One time
Governor Sproul remarked that he
had identified seven or eight sepa
rate factions of the Republicans and
dear knows how many in the Demo
crats in that county. Anyway, this
is what Mr. Lynett writes oil one
proposition: "During tlie past two
weeks reports have kept coming to
me of a new combination in politics
seeking to control the election of
members of the Legislature from
Lackawanna and to impress Gover
nor Sproul with the idea that they
are the powers that be in Legisla
tive affairs in Lackawanna county.
Distribution of State patronage by
them would naturally follow. 1 un
derstand that Senator Albert Davis,
County Commissioner Morgan
Thomas and County Treasurer David
John have hooked up in a triumvir
ate to dictate Legislative nomina
tions in live of the six Lackawanna
districts. They propose to try and
unhorse the Dawson-Fowler-Jones
cabal,, which just now seems to
stand in very well with tlie Repub
lican powers that be in Ilarrisbufg
and Philadelphia, and it is planned
to put up candidates ill the First,
Second, Fourth,. Fifth and Sixth dis
tricts".
—While the Ledgers are more or
less inclined to say things about
Mayor-elect J. Hampton Moore,
most of the other papers praise him.
Tlie Evening Bulletin says, regard
ing his appointments: "In every in
stance the appointee is a man who
is under no superior obligations to
si mebody in politics outside of tlie
City Hall; nor is there any likelihood
that among the Directors thus far
i.ami (i there will be any disposition
to establish such relations. ft is
evident that tlie new Mayor is going
t > have a Moore administration from
stem to stern ami that there will bo
no occasion for hyphenating its
name with that of any partner, ally,
guardian or custodian on the out
side."
Ruth, the Forbear of David
So Boaz took Ruth and she was
his wife; and she bare a son. And
they called his name Obed; he is
the father of Jesse, the father of
David—Ruth iv, 13 to 17
Seems to Have Disappeared
[From tlie Albany Journal.]
What has become of the official
reports that we used to got from
time to time of amounts of food sup
plies in cold storage?
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
OH, MAN! By BRIGGS [
/ IT DOESN'T 1 TTFTLL I THINK YOU'LL
I c'PrtSF IT WOULD BP SAMOUUI To _ S UKt I T-- You
I c-r IX \ajGa. -ew J I MUCH ANYWAY yQp. / CAN Give Mf CO, y
JuST AS JVI=LL J _ ( WHAT YoUVfi
To Give You A_-G©T FOR.
' J Te'>^cVT^'A
*#ol f&loefl
fl. SEE HERE. THAT") ——s-
THE POPULATteivj OF I tfTs T""* %
CvpyrlfWt H. Y. TrlkiM lii
Fair Price Lists
, i
[Men's wool suits should sell at
$24.50, men's shoes at $0.75, and j
other necessities in proportion, ac-1
cording to a fair price list an- j
nouneed after an investigation in i
Chicago.]
When first I saw a fair price list r
thought that soon I could ,
exist •
Within my means and save some;
beans for illness and pleas-1
ures.
Though prices had seemed out of
sight I chortled: "Now it's,
shown what's right
All dealers smart will have al
heart, or soon we'll take;
their measures. ' i
For twenty years I've nursed aj
meek resolve to start to save i
'next week,'
But always found 'next week*,
came round as often as 'to-1
morrow,' I
But now within a week I think I'll!
feel as "(lush" as any pink— |
For clothes and feed I shall not
need, nor shall I have to
borrow."
T took my fair price list along so
I'd he surh to not go wrong j
And one by one I called upou a:
dozen princely dealers.
But when I asked for food or clothes
at prices anything like thos"
Upon the list they fairly hissed * !
scorn past that for stealers.
Or loudly said, in manner bland:
"Oh, we don't deal in second
hand—"
And showed so plain their high
disdain, while other patrons
tittered.
That I felt "flush," all right, all!
right, and quickly faded out!
of sight,
A sadder but not richer mutt, and J
very much embittered. ,
I
So nowadays when I am told the j
suit I'm wearing should be 1
sold
At twenty-five I'm thankful T've'
bought it while it was fifty; j
If fair lists price my shoes at six,
T look with joy upon my kicks,'
•Glad T bought when they cost but i
ten —next week a pair as nifty j
May sell for twice that modest pries. |
And though I hate to give (
advice,
I-o, I have tried and darn near:
died of deep humiliation, !
And, having saved no money yet that;
way, concluded with regret ;
A fair priee saw unbacked by laufl
is just an aggravation.
—I-ce Shipppy.
More Than Unman Strength j
Out of the complex, bewildering j
world situation of to-day, we must 1
turn to the Almighty for power to j
see things through; 'we must eon- i
nect up with that unlimited resource !
declares John Timothy Stone, writ- |
ing in "God's Niagara Hushes Past"
in Association Men for December. |
lie continues:
"Is the test of to-day what we !
can do with God? Immense tasks'
ahead, with all kinds of sin inter-j
twining and interweaving itself into j
the very fabric of life. God's power ,
is possible for it all. We can do the j
impossible for Him, not with God, j
but God with us. God is not afraid j
to undertake anything, no matter j
how immense, 110 matter how |
minute, if the soul is His; if the life |
transmits His power.
"We talk about the almighty dol- '
lar. I'tter nonensc. It is nothing as I
compared to the Almighty l'ower of'
God. He controls the cuttle on a'
thousand hills. He controls the. j
power of all nature. The Creator is i
greater than the creature. What we
need is the power of God and then•
the resources of the world are ours ;
because they are His.
"Let us stand beneath the shadow j
of the Cross and realize that it is ;
not added human strength, nor j
added personality, nor added contact j
with men. nor added organization.
What we need is the life of the Di
vine One quickening the wire of our !
lives with His power that He may j
use us.
"The great Niagara of God is rush- t
ing past. Unless 011 the standard of j
Jesus Christ ulone we base our faith
we cannot have power, though we '
have all else. We must possess the }
Power of God. "They waited in '
Jerusalem until He cume' und the j
world was amazed because 'they J
spake with other tongues as the
Spirit gave them utterance.' '•'
Best Cure For Hell Raising
[From the Houston Post]
The Lord made Adam and Eve
full grown and put them In a beau- I
tiful place where they didn't need 1
to work, and at the very outset
they began to ru'se hell. Then He
made them go to work. If you
feel like you are about to breuk
loose, go to work. -
TREATMENT OF SENATORS
AGAINST LEAGUE REGARDED
-4S UNDIGNIFIED & COERCIVE
Hisliop Xecly Denies Thai Opponents of League Are "Playing Party
Politics" and Assorts That Tlicy Arc Americans Who Arc Only
Voting as Tlicir Study and Conscience Dictate
By BISHOP THOMAS B. NEELY
ONE thing in connection with the
discussion of the I-eague of Na
tions is far from commend
able, and that is the undignified
treatment of the Senate and the
senators of the United States by
speakers, general writers and a por
tion of the public press. Indeed, it
has been most humiliating.
Senators have been verbally at
tacked. ridiculed, caricatured and
threatened simply becuuse they did
not favor and immediately approve
the treaty of peace with the League
of Nations entangled in it and
cause they did not view the question
us did the other side, and all this
in what was free and fair America,
where authority is still supposed to
be respected and untrammeled and
where the chosen representatives ol
the states and ttieir people are pre
sumed to have freedom of action.
It is true that people and papers
have not advised resort to physical
violence, but the tendency oi' the
inflammatory appeals was such that
it would not iiave been surprising if
the result showed itself in such an
extreme. Back of all this, though
the innocent public may not have
suspected it, lias been a persistent,
influential and stronglv financed
propaganda which has been pub
licly and privately sttrring up the
masses to make attacks by letter
and otherwise on individual senators
until the victims consider and have
a right to consider them to be down
right. insults. in this way moneyed
interests and persons of influence,
with varied motives and ambitions!
have appealed to the rlasses and the
masses to "foiyre" the senators to
vote for the league and the treaty,
and have assured them that they
can "force" the Senate to do as'tliey
will. This is simply mobocracy
which has no place in American
Government, and the attempt to
thus coerce the Senate is bolshe
vistic anil should have no encourage
ment in this land. Those who want
bolsbevism should go to Russia, and
go right soon.
The whole thing Is like a mob
attack upon dulv constituted au
thority. while hack of the mob are
some conspicuous individuals and
financial corporations, who. stand
ing some time in the shadow, hiss
on the crowd and incite unsuspect
ing peorde to force senators, against
their judgment and their "onsclence,
to violate their oath of office by ap
proving a league and treaty, the an
nrovnl of which they believe would
be against the interests of their
country and against the principles
tooth of good morals and of inter
national equity.
The movement is like tampering
with u judge and a jury for tile pur
pose of securing a decision anil ver
dict wanted by tlie outside parties,
but contrary to the law and evi
denced which the court and jury are
sworn to follow. Such interference
in any court would be a criminal
aci; and it is not less criminal when
the attempt is to coerce tlie Sen
ale. which iti such n case is a high
court.
Tlie Senate, like a Jury, is to con
sider the evidence and to act ac
cordingly, each Senator acting ac
cording to the unbiased dictates of
bis intellect and conscience, and
must or should be left free to de
cide nceordine to his conseienlious
convictions. To bring undue pres
sure from the onts'de and to make
open or covert threats, of political
unpopularity or other political pun
ishment Is improper, un-American
and. in spirit, criminal.
Senators whose study and Ameri
canism lead them to decide against
this proposed League have a right
to stand for their convictions with
out being penalized, and undue in
terference by unfair pressure or
practical threat is not only morally
Wrong but perilous to American po
litical institutions
But It may be said, ami lias been
said, that the senators who do not
favor the League and tlie treaty are
"playing politics." That., however,
is not a proved fact; but a mere as
sertion or a false inference.
Of course. President Wilson hap
pens to be the bead of a party, and
his political followers, naturally, it
may be said, want to support their
party leader. This may be sugges
tivo of political purpose; but Jt
| would not be fair to say that all
j of them in favoring the league were
| simply playing party politics; and,
j on the other hand, it does not seem
| fair to accuse* those on the other
| side ot the question of so doing.
Indeed, it is perfectly plain that
opponents of the league are not
I playing party politics. Thus Hoke
| t>mith, of Georgia, a stanch Demo
| Vrht, was not playing Republican
; politics when he voted against the
• treaty and the proposed League.
I .Neither was Senator Shields, a
Democrat from Tennessee; neither
j was Senator Gore, a Democrat from
, Oklahoma; neither was Senator
j Iteed, of Missouri, who was threat
j ened with the loss of Democratic
support; and neither were other
Democratic senators who arrayed
themselves against the League as it
lis. To say such men were playing
i Republican politics would be utter
-1 ing an absurdity. They were Arnerl
j cans, and these strong men Who on
j the League . issue separated from
I their Democratic colleagues did it
j not to help the opposite party, but
because they were American patriots
i and believed that the League which
1 tlie President brought across the At
■ lam ie wjis destructive of American
i independence by putting the United
. states under a political world gov
j eminent and at the mercy of other
! nations, many of them being greatly
i interior, but in the league posscss
| ing a voting power equal to that
■ of the United States, so that any
i one of them could defeat the United
Stated by neutralizing her vote.
That being the case, the fair pre
sumption is that others who were
[against the proposed League wore
| against it because they also were
good Americans, standing patrlottc
j ally for the sovereignty of their
i country; and even If they were mis
j taken, their honest belief Is to be
; tespeeled.
The problem bus been made spe
! dally difficult by the entwlstlng of
j two-documents, the League Covenant
. and the treaty of peace. Whoever
' 'l'd that, against the warning of the
| Senate, Is responsible Tor the delay.
'lt was not the Senate that mixed
i and confused the two things. That
was another attempt to coerce the
Senate, and who ever did the inter
• lacing is responsible for the result
ing consequences.
; The Senate, however, has taken
action and defeated unqualified rati
i llCHtion and twice defeated rattfi
i cation with reservations, the latter
votes being the result of the Presl
j dent's indication to his followers
i tliat they should so vote. On every
j other subject such votes would be
! regarded as final.
It should be see]} that the delay
in making a formal peace does not
i make peace impossible, for that re
quires the ratification on the one
hand by only "three of the principal
•tJlicMl and associated powers," and
that has been met already. It
I Should also he rem em he red that dur
ling all the recent world commo
tions a real League has been in
existence, namely, The Hague eon
torence with its international tri
bunal, providing a court of arbitra
; Hon. This has never been abrogated
and would iiave met had it not been
for the war, and to-day under it
nations can come together.
With a very little touching up The
I login* conference would meet the
desires of those who want an as
sembly and a court of nations; and
wliile it is a world conference, it is
not a world government. What Is
more, even within a few days ft has
been proposed in Europe to refer a
question to The Hague, and It is re
ported thut the reference has been
agreed to. Whether that be so or
not. The Hague arrangement still
exists, and the world need not serl-
I ously suffer, even if the nations take
I a little time to consider whether
there should he constructed the
| right kind of n I-eague of Nations,
which must he one that will not
govern the United States of America.
Belief in Santa Clans
[From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1
Prosperity is widespread, arid
many a family is hoping that Runta
Ulaus will bring them an egg for
Christmas,
DECEMBER 23, 1919.
A Christmas Plea
j Prom far above Judean plains
A carol echoes o'er the earth;
| It bears the hope of joy again;
It bids our hearts attune with
mirth,
; 'Tis Christmas! and the angels sing
I The story of two thousand years,
Of war anil famine, suffering;
A paradox: The Master's tears
Were shed <n vain if from this strife
Come not salvation, faith and love;
■ In vain He died, if life for life
' Remain the law. We cannot prove
With selfishness the golden rule;
j Nor can the avarice of man
| Become an instrument so cruel
I • To wreck the purpose of His plan,
I Man must help man, a brotherhood
j Should rise from ashes of the war;
, All effort to be understood
j Can soon supplant the thirst for
gore,
• The laborer shall make his start
In deeds and tasks for common
weal
And capital shall faith impart
With bonds of gold and actions
real,
| The profiteer shall see-the heed
Of honest dealing, and the day
j That whetted appetites ot greed
j Must in this victory fade away,
j So tune the Christmas bells again
1 To herald to mankind the birth
j Of truth and faith, so let the reign
Of peace and joy spread o'er the
oa rt h.
EDWIN M. ABBOTT.
I
Xetv Painless Surgery
: [Prom the Edinburgh Scotsman.]
I For many years, in fact, ever since
| anaesthetics were brought into gen
eral use one of the aims of surgical
scientists has been the discovery of
I some method of operating pain
t'lessly without rendering the patient
; unconscious by inhalations of ether
■or chloroform. According to the
■ Eondon Times, this desideratum is
1 now an accomplished fact, a system
I based on the use of phenol having
been successfully employed by the
! surgeons at the chief military hos
-1 pitals in Milan for some thousands
of operations', among which were
j over three hundred on the lungs,
j performed by Professor Brushehi. of
t'omo. The proposed line of incision
lis marked with phenol (carbolic
I acid) by dipping a sterilized scalpel
j into this liquid, and using the back
j of the point of the scalpel as a mar
j ker. After the lapse of a few sec
onds, the scalpel is again dipped
[ into the phenol, and the tissues are
cut with a slow and gentle up-anil
| down movement similar to that
| used In sawing. What happens is
that a film of phenol is formed 011
the blade when it is immersed and
this anaesthetizes the tissues as they
are cut. Frequent dippings are nec
essary to maintain the tilm which
is rubbed off by dbntacl with the
tissues or washed away by blood.
He Who Serves
I He has not served who gathers gold,
I Nor has he served, whose life is told
In selfish battles he has won
Or deeds of skill that he has done.
But he lias served who now and then
Has helped along his fellow men.
The world needs many men to-day;
Red-blooded men along life's way",'
With cheerful smiles and helping
hands
And with the faith that understands
The beauty of the simple deed
Which serves another's hour of
need.
j Strong men to stand beside the
1 weak,
| Kind men to hear what others
speak.
True men to keep our country's laws
I And guard its honor and its cause;
Men who will bravely play life's
game
Nor ask rewards of gold or lame.
Teach me to do the best 1 can
To help and cheer our fellowman;
Teach me to lose my selfish need
And glory in the larger deed
Which smooths the road and lights
the day
For all who chance to come my way.
—Edgar A. Guest in Association
Men for December.
Absent Without Leave
[From the Rocky Mountain News.]
Prince l.udwig says Emperor
Charles of Austria never quit, but
there Is a persistent rumorr abroad
that he has missed several pay days
since November 11, Ik IS.
A Small Haul
[From Punch, Eondon.]
The light fingered gentry, It ap
peal's, are resuming their pre-war
occupation. Only last week a so
ciety lady had a new eveniDg frock j
stolen from her reticule.
lEcwttttg <&tjat
'
digging celery out of a snow bank
is not only an unusual sight at this
lime of the year for Harrisburg peo
ple, but illustrates extent of a branch
of vegetable gardening that is con
ducted right in sight of the State
Capitol and of which many people
know nothing. For a long time Har
risburg and his family thought they
were eating Kalamazoo celery when
as a matter of fact it came from
right here in Harrisburg. In the
'ivnff 4 ° f tlle < ' ity> especially the
ci v.. 1 . Wai ', ' attention has been
hn.iv i!° celery for years and some
hn.i i, . Ve Produccd the best to be
V,. ,11 a , S .w boen solu in stores about.
tht cit.\ without a word as to it being
a home product when such a cour ß j
tn°th not , only have been Pleasing
to the customer, but stimulating to a
home business. , in truth, there is
quite a quantity of garden produce
raised either within the city or so
close to it as ,to be Harrisburg
grown that is sold in the stores with
out the buyer being aware of the
source of supply. Celery is only an
example, \\ hen Harrisburg or his
wife goes to market it is naturally
expected that what is sold is home
raised and much ado is made over
the origin of such line provender.
But when the "garden sass" that is
sown and tended and raised and cut
light at home is sold to a store, as
a large amount of it is every month
U loses its identity as a Harrisburg
product. How much better it would
be 11. vegetables that are raised at
home would he advertised as such.
11l tills connection an interesting
statement lias been made to Altoona
businessmen by \V. s. Aaron, one of
the merchants of the mountain citv
who is well known to a number of
men here and who was a delegate
i ,??„ Chicago National convention
in il6. Mr. Aaron is typical of the
group ot men who are making Al
toona talked of, as witness the
projected Penn-Alto hotel, which
like our Penn-Harris, is being built
by home money. lir any event, Mr.
Aaron was asked recently for some
expression of what is needed to keep
the lood supply regular and business
going and surprised his friends and
a number of others by saying that
every man ought to make it his ob
ject to cultivate at. least an acre of
land. It was so unique that it caused
comment, but Mr. Aaron pointed out
that the war caused many people to
develop war gardens and that the
lesson was one which should be
tv* thereafter. The suggestion
of the Altoona man applies to Har
rlsburg. In 1917 and 1918 m a
back lot blossomed like the rose
r n l !u:a " t Property was more care
fully tended than a pansy bed. But
this year we have seen remains of
i?' 3 and other vegetables
stleUH?- y . Wee l ds J aba ndoned and
slicking melancholy tops above the
snow as reminders of the wearing
on or the war efforts. Which it
may be added, is needed now' as
much as when the men were battling
thiough the Argonne.
? skiin F With an automobile
uo • power is a new sport
Harnsburg has developed along its
river front and while it has some
with e t n hrm da " e( T 11 ' also filled
with thi ills and pleasure. Hauling
sleds around on an automobile and
enjoying all the excitement of 11
: °r, i* lidt ;' "''fh an occasions I
spill, so that it does not hurt, has
beenindulged in for quite a time
but the ski stunt is a new one. A
number of young folks tried it Sun
wlriMn ? nd it 18 , 1 nißht anU no one
went to a hospital.
S ', F ! sher ' State's Bank
-11 ii orn ") iaH1 °npr, comes pretty near
le'sp" 1 ,? ih e i eC , ord for beinK at his
!., k ' a thp . State Capitol these, davs.
1 he Commissioner, who got his ea'rlv
training in Indiana county schools
bv rmlmZ™ ° fflces - is industrious
. , lat J" e a " d regardless of the
I light of time by disposition, lie has
always been noted in his home town
for working in his office long after
everyone else had gone home and
for i©turning to his desk after sup
per to advance some more work
When he came to llarrisburg he not
only brought the idea of being at
work on Mondays and staying until
todays even until Saturday, but he
also continued to work in the eve
mugs. This came in mighty handv
this year during the strenuous davs
attending the closing up of the
Norm Pcftn Bank because people
never needed to worry übout finding
Fisher. It is not uncommon for
messenger boys or bellhops lo bo on
the jump trying to got State officials
(o the telephones, but it was simply a
case of "trying the office" to get the
Banking Commissioner. Commis
sioner Fisher, wiio served eight
years in the State Senate and as
chairman of the Capitol Investiga
tion Commission, is also a member
of the Constitutional Revision Com
ission and in the course of prepara
tion for the latter service, just read
up the debates and everything else
connected with State Constitutions
since 1776.
• • *
Jumes T. Waiters, who retires as
county detective next month after
filling that office for almost a score
of years, not only served on the po
lice force, but had some military
training. He was mighty active in
politics and not a few times was a
pillar in First Wurd battles. When
the Harrisburg Reserves were formed
for emergency service, after the Na
tional 'Guardsmen started for Camp
Hancock, "Jim" Walters was one of
the very first men to enroll and he
went over and pranced around in
the evening drills at the Island in a
way that made tlie younger men
among the bankers, businessmen,
railroadmen, lawyers, Capitol Hill
clerks and others who made up that
| organization wonder where he got
all Iho energy.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—John C. Bane, who was listed
for argument in a case before the
Public Service Commission, is one
of the big lawyers of Pittsburgh and
lias appeared here ill traction mat
ters.
—Judge-elect M. C. Henninger, of
Lehigh, hds been, a member of the
Lehigh bar since 1877.
—-Thomas Cadwalader, elected
captain of the First City Troop, is a
descendant of one of the founders of
that organization.
—Captain C. C. McCain, of Indi
ana, appointed a captain in the new-
National G\iard, comes of a family
that has been in every war since tha
French and Indian.
—C. G. Setser, district attorney of
Carbon county, will locate in Florida.
[ DO YOU KNOW j
—That Harrisburg used to be
famed for the quality of its
I sausage?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
I —The first passengers traveled
| over the old Camelback .Just aty>ut
102 years ago.