8 ( Ettablxthed in 1878) Published b- THE STAR PRINTING COMPANY, * /* Star-lndepo-ident Building, M-20-22 South Third Street, Harrleburf, Pa* Every Evening Except Sunday Officers .- Diner*n . Bikjamin F. METERS, Jolu , l l KchNi President W*. W. WALLOWIR, _ .. Vfte President. W » K Wm. K Misters, Secretary ami Treasurer. Wh. W Wallowcr. TYM H Warner, V HLMMEL Pehohaus. JK , Business Manager. Editor. All communications should BE addressed to Star Independent, Business. Editorial. Job Printing or Circulation Department, according to tlie subvert matter Entered at the Post Office in IlaiTisburg A* second-class matter. Benjamin <FC Kentnor Company. » New York and Chicago Representatives. New York Offlee. Brunswick Building. Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office, People's (}as Building. Michigan Avenue. Delivered by carriers at • cents a week. Mailed to subscriber; for Three Dollars S year in ADVANCE THE STAR.INDEPENDENT The paper with the largesi HONK Circulation in Harrisburg and nearby towns. Circulation Examlnru by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISGRS. TELEPHONES SELL Private Branch Exchange. .... No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY private Brtmch Escnanfie, • No. 245-246 Friday, October 80, 1914. OCTOBER Sun. Moil. Tucs. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 12 3 4 5 6 7 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, Ith; Last Quarter, 12th; Now Moon, 10th; First Quarter, 25th. WEATHER FORECASTS TRw ' ' Hnrrisburg ami vicinity: Fair, • slightly cooler to-niglit; Saturday fair. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, slightly ■*PplT cooler to-night; Saturday fair, moderate I west winds. . —. THE DUTY OF THE VOTER In the People's Column, in another part of this newspaper, appears a letter sigued ''One in Search of Information," the author of which practically asks the Star-Independent to advise him how to vote on the partisan candidates for the leading offices to be tilled by the electors next Tuesday. In the complicated political situation existing at present the Star-Independent lias endeavored to set forth in its news columns, without bias and without distortion of facts to favor the interests of one party more than another, the actual uncolored news and developments of this campaign. This includes a fair exposition of the substance of the utterances of the leading candidates and the development of all important movements, whether within or outside of partisan influences, which have a bearing on the issues of the fight. This newspaper has printed the platforms of the leading parties and explained the various interpretations of those planks in the plat forms which are capable of ambiguous construc tion, as those interpretations have been given by various responsible individuals. This newspaper has commented editorially on various phases of the campaign where it has .seen the opportunity to set ■ its readers right when there was danger of their being misguided, or to give them fair and unbiased aid in making up their minds as to the real signifi cance of campaign influences. The Star-Independent, however, has not under taken to dictate to the voters how they shall cast their ballots. It has not tried to fool them into thinking that one party is all right and another all wrong. It has not tried to becloud the issues by misrepresentation and mud-slinging to make it ap pear that the millenium will arrive if one party succeeds at the polls and that the state is destined to eternal damnation if that party's candidates fail of election. In other words the Star-Independent, has not attempted to hoodwink and mislead its readers. It lias not tried to insult their intelligence by taking the position that it is the function of the newspaper to pass out ready-made opinions for the people and try to force those people to 'adopt those opinions as their own. The Star-Independent does not un dertake to do the people's thinking for them, but it does place proper material for their thought before them in a way to interest them and to help them to arrive at their own conclusions. There are occasions when a candidate can ho shown to be utterly unfit to till the"office he aspires to, or by comparison with his rival to be so far inferior as to be a fit subject for defeat. Then it is the direct duty of a newspaper to warn its readers against him. lu ordinary circumstances, however, the func tion of a newspaper to-day with regard to politics, is to set forth the facts intelligently and in an independent and unbiased way so that the readers can think for themselves regarding the matters of chief concern in a campaign. We will state, therefore, for the benefit of our esteemed correspondent, who, we are proud to say. has been a daily reader of the Star-Independent for the last twenty-five years, that if he and all other thoughtful voters who have made an honest effort to digest the tacts of the campaign as thev have been set forth by the unbossed newspapers of the state, and be guided by their own consciences in deciding how to vote next Tuesday, the result of the election will represent the concensus of the HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 30. 1914, honest opinion of the unbossed voters who always have the balance of power when they choose to exercise it. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S ROBERT BURNS » At the unveiling of a monument to Robert Burns in Pittsburgh the other day the principal speaker was Andrew Carnegie. The man of millions spoke lovingly of the penniless poet and asserted that the principal bonds which to-day hold English-speak ing men together are "'the liible in its marvelous translation, along with Shakespeare and Burns, next to our common language and common law." All that the speaker at the unveiling said about the man whom the monument memorizes was j highly complimentary. The shade of the poet may perhaps appreciate the honor, but it is doubtful.! Burns and Carnegie, although both ot' Scottish an-; eestry, hold little else in common. The misfor-; tune of the former and the fortune of the latter led them in opposite walks of life; they provide excellent examples of extremes in the social scale. "Poverty is indeed his companion," says C'ar lyle in his essay on Burns, "but love also and cour age; the simple feelings, the worth, the nobleness that dwell under the straw roof, are dear and ven erable to his heart; and thus over the lowest prov inces of man's existence he pours the glory of his own soul The Peasant Poet bears himself, we might say, like a King in exile: he is cast I among the low and feels himself equal to the high-) est; yet he claims no rank, that none may be dis-! puted to him. The forward he can repel; the j supercilious he can subdue; pretensions of wealth or v ancestfry of no avail with him; there is ai tire in that dark eye, under which the 'insolence of condescension' cannot thrive." There seems to have been no tone of condescen sion in Carnegie's speech and certainly no inso lence. Yet there appears to tie something inappro priate about a discourse on the qualities of an eighteenth century poet who spent his brief life in poverty which he so appealingly defended, deliv ered by a twentieth multimillionaire whose most extravagant efforts to dispose of wealth will hardly permit him to die anything but a rich man. in view ot the poet s peculiar disposition toward aristocracy, the homage paid him by the multimil lionaire must have been all the more striking. Mr. ( arnegie s sincerity in his praise of Burns cannot lie questioned, and the extent of his true pride in the illustrious son of his native land can only be imagined. The views of the two men regarding wealth may correspond in some respects, yet the actual conditions in their lives form a contract which is too evident to be overlooked. Phe rich and the poor honor Robert Burns,'and his fame lias not been confined to his own nation ality, nor to his own race. The monument at Pitts burgh was erected by residents of Western Penn sylvania of Scottish descent who, although they have t lie distinction of having expressed their appreciation in concrete form, are but a small traction ol the admirers of the poet in this nation; of the poet whose conception of the coming broth erhood of man are imperishable. The stories from France of the killing <,f C.erniuu gen erals must l>e taken with a few slices of Ihnburger. The postmaste* of Greenville has refused to deliver post cards sent out to voters over Colonel Roosevelt's signature. Welcome, Greenville, to the map of Pennsylvania! The Bureau of Food Inaction in New York City has had to insert an advertisement in the newspapers to get a director at $5,000 a year. Times can't, bo so hard in the metropolis. At least three of the leading Philadelphia newspapers have urged the election of Judge George Kunkel. of Harrisburg, as judge of the Supreme Court, and so have scores of other newspapers throughout the state. There wasn't much comfort for Palmer in the tour of the Colonel. "Don't vote for Palmer! A vote for Palmer is half a vote for Penrose," shouted the Colonel. And it is too late now for Palmer to get off the ticket! TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN IT PUZZLED HIM Silas—"l hear your sou left that small town and went to the city to have a larger field for his efforts." Hiram—"Yes; and that's what gets me. When Hank was home, a two-acre potato patch was too big a field for him." —Judge. AS SHE DESCRIBED IT Alice, an enthusiastic motorist, was speaking to her friend, Maude, in relation to the slowness of a certain young man at proposing. "Charley seems to start easy," she remarked, "and he speeds up well, but just at the critical moment he always skids."—Judge. TO SAY THE LEAST Two country women, mother and daughter, were visiting a menagerie for the* first time. At last they came to the hippodrome, and stood for several minutes transfixed in silent wonder. Then the mother turned to her daughter and said, slowly and solemnly: "Goodness me! Ain't he plain?"—Exchauge. THE WOMAN OF IT "Mary," said Mr. Thomas, when a silence fraught with unpleasant meaning had followed his first altercation with his young wife. "Yes?" said Mary, interrogatively. "When a man and his wife have had a—a difference," said Mr. Thomas with a judicial air, "and each considers the other at fault, which of the two do you think should make the first advance toward reconciliation?" "The wiser of the two," said Mrs. Thomas, promptly; "and so, my dear, I'll sa.v at once that I'm very sorry." Exchange. SOMEWHAT CHANGED A colored mau called at Mrs. Baxley's, looking for work. "What is your name?" she asked, after hiring him. "Mali name is Poe, ma'am,' was the answer. "Foe!" she exclaimed. "Perhaps some of your family worked for Kdgar Allan Poe; did they?" The colored man opened his eyes wide with amazement. "Why—why, ma'am," he said, as he pointed a dusky finger at himself—"why, Ah am Edgah Allan Poe!"—Lip .pincott's. MEN I YOU'VE HAD A WARNING THERE'S a chilliness in the air that speaks in a lang- { y uage plainer than words, "Get that Winter Suit, mMM\ WHlll it Balmacaan or Overcoat NOW." x/lWm aVIIV/ Jf 18223S THE GLOBE stocks are composed of only the /: I If/- ' highest grade of Ready-Tailored Clothes that are "Made . /Sn / o! WmWml in America." / Here a man can buy with the positive assurance that I j jBBBH/ M (RET his dollars are doing their utmost. IS I llffiv IH lull Here a man can buy without hesitation, garments / i' ill that are not eccentric in cut—nor freakish in fashion, but r jf | l| the kind that possess every distinctive point any well- I \ I dressed man could wish for. J IHU ill } fl It's a SURE thing men! —You CAN'T lose—every WtUll % m garment THE GLOBE sells THE GLOBE guarantees v ffc-ff- 1 to be, in every detail, the best value your money can 1 secure at the price. k. nyraV m The famous "GLOBE-FIFTEENS" Suits, Iffll IHI H "■ n Balmacaans and Overcoats that represent the max- |||i B ; I imurn in value-giving at this price clothes that I™ |g|ji "•( MaS I 1 other stores would ask S2O for such exceptional JS§l| j IBM Jl %J qualities. A saving of $5 is really worth while. BB A America's greatest Ready-To-Put-On garments Si fife P* fl Igg —■''FASHION-CLOTHES' S they embody that V IL. M /HI particular quality of fabric, style and workman- / ff!k. ship that places them in a class by themselves. The V greatest possible values at S2O and $25. There's Solid Comfort Derbies! Derbies! For Men's Hands for tlie men who wca/r these warm Tlie U>l4 models—all fashioned for Imported English Cape gloves buy- Shaker-knit Sweaters—all styles and Ihe men who appreciate "class" in ing an enormous quantity brings us colors—inverted poekeis that can't sag headwear. Felt hats; ves, we're these exceptional qualities "to sell at the —extra values at "strong" on those, too, at remarkable price of $5.00 $2 and s3—Stetsons $3.50 SI.OO THE GLOBE I r s | Tongue End Top ics I 1 i ■ ix- mil- ii i 7 i When Europe Faces "Reconstruction" If ttie reconstruction in Europe fol i lowing the war is anything like as slow ! aa it was in the South after the War of | the Rebellion, it will be many, many j years before Europe will be anything | | like it was before the outbreak of hos- j tilities. Chief of Police Hutchison, who was stationed in winter quarters | in Georgia during the Spanish-American war, with his regiment, was given a leave of absence at his request that per- 1 mitted him to ride over a part of Sher man's famous route to the sea. He found desolation everywhere, he said. No attempt had been made to reeon struct much of the devastated property there at that time. In what was at one time a grand plantation he found a small piece of land being cultivated bv former slaves, but most of the land ly ing idle and uncultivated. * « * i Another -Harrisburg Minrtrelinan Reference in this column the ether | day to "Billy" Welsh, the minstrel | manager, calls to mind the fait that another Harrisburger was just as promi nent in minstrelsy, but in another line. Joseph Moeherman, of an old Harris burg family, whose real name was ■ I Machamer but whose stage name was ! ! Mortimer, was for years one of the j | ban.jo stars of the minstrel stage at a I time when good banjo players were few and when evefy college glee club didn't have a score of more '• banjo thumpers" in its ranks. "Joe'' Morti mer, as he was best known, was a man of superior ability, and after a career j l on the minstrel stage lie became man ager of a famous vaudeville show in Philadelphia, which he conducted sue ! cessfully for several years, making it j one of the best known variety shows • in the country. He died in Philadelphia some thirty-five years ago and his body was brought here to be buried in the Harrisburg cemetery under his real} name. There are few who remember j the genial minstrel, but he was of the j ''Lew" Simmons type,—friends with! everybody.^ ♦ » Careful to Be Quoted Right When Senator Penrose travels on a : campaigning toai he generally takes with him his own personal stenographer , to report his speeches and he does this as a measure of precaution. He has j seen so many speeches of public men j garbled by unscrupulous persons and j so many false statements attributed to them as having been made in public i speeches, that he takes no dhances, and I as a consequence he carries with him 'his own man, generally one of the best than can be found in Washington or Philadelphia. By this means he is en abled to refute any garbled reports of his speeches or anything he is reported to have said that he did not say. Colo nel Roosevelt is different. He has a secretary with him. it is true, but not a stenographer, and he generally speaks out so boldly ar.d openly that he cannot •be misunderstood, so that it is not nec essary for him to have a verbatim re port of every speech he makes taken by a personal stenographer. It was the famous old Benjamin P. Butler, of Massachusetts, statesman and soldier, j who straightened out New Orleans aft er the Uni, v ii troops took possession of the city during the Civil war, who was the first to carry his personal stenog rapher with him, and he was heard to declare once while campaigning for the j Presidency that he took his own stenog rapher because "you couldn't believe | a d —d word the reporters say about PRETTY STAR WHO WILL APPEAR IN SIX GOOD PLAYS AT MAJESTIC —j,, | |M |i-|| . ig||| wßagmnßmgmmsßgaßMgßnwmEmßK ft. f nM J ir ™w JWmm r i . ,f J. f * mm "' MMM * wftr Miss Emma Myrklc One of the most pleasing leading women on the stage to day is Miss Emma Myrkle, the feminine star of the Mvrklfl- Harder stock company at the Majestic Theatre next week. Miss Myrkle has a winning personality and makes friends wherever she plays. The opening play will be "Elevating a Husband." Louis Mann's comedy sm-.'t-- This play will be given Monday afternoon and evening. All the plays will bo given at popular prices. j vou.'' Maybe he was peeved because jhe didu't draw big crowds. * * * Women Suffragists Were Active The workers in the interest of suf i'rage are active. An opportunity like the visit here ot' the Colonel was not one to be missed by the women workers in the "cause," and some of them toiled until almost midnight Wednesday preparing suffrage literature to hand out to those who attended the meet- ings at Chestnut street hall and the j Board of Trade. - Penusy Announces Pay Days The employes of the Middle Division lof the Pennsylvania railroad will re | eeive their pay for the second half of ! October Thursday, November 5; Friday, i j November 6; Saturday, November V; ! Monday, November 9, and every day : after thnt till Saturday, November I i, j inclusive. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
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