6 (JBtf ahlutbfd in 1#?6) Publithtd b* THB STAR PRINTING COMPANY. * / Star-lnd«p*iecond class matter Benjamin & Kentnor Company. New York and Chicago Representative* Now York OOee. Brunswick Building. 22 a Fifth Arenue. Chicago Office. People's Uu Building. Michigan Areoue. Delivered by carriers *t 6 cents a week. Mailed to subscriber; lor Three Dollars a /ear in advance THE STAR INORPtNOtNT The paper with Cie iargesv Ham-. Circulation in Harrisburg anc Marby towns circulation Examines by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL Private Brand. Eiehanga. No. 3200 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Eionanga. . No. 145-244 Monday. December 7, 1914. DECEMBER Sua. Moa. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON S PHASES— Full Moon, Und; Last Quarter, 10th: New Mooa, 16th: First Quarter, i!4th. WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Snow or /JS} run to-nigh :: Tuesday cloudy. r^\. Kastern Pennsylvania: Snow or rain tonight; Tuesday cloudy; northea>t L' gales shitting to northwest to-night and I , diminishing. YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBXTRG Highest, 41; lowest, 35: S a. m.. 32: S p. m.. 34. CONGRESS AND THE PORK BARREL The third session of the Sixty-third Congress, started at uoon to-day. will probably run the full period until March 3, when it must end automat ically. The members of the Senate and House in that time will put through the appropriation bills, but it is likely also that there will be action on other important proposed legislation, including the Shipping Bill and the Philippines Bill which Presi dent Wilson wishes to have disposed of. In view of the fact that the appropriation bills are to be acted upon the present session of Congress will be one by which, iu large measure, the degree of sincerity of the Democratic pledges for econo mies. made in the campaign which elected Presi dent Wilson, will be measured. There is no doubt of the honest desire of President Wilson to keep down the si/.c of the appropriations. It may be expected, however, that some of the lawmakers will not be so eager to keep the lid on the pork barrel, and a lively struggle on the question of the size of appropriations is to be looked for. The Democrats in the House aud the Senate will be wis* uot to beeome reckless in the expenditure of the nation's funds. This session will go a long way toward proving how sincere the Democrats were in their promises to effect economies and in that way may have important bearing on the suc cess of Democratic members of Congress when they seek re-election. The Law-makers in Washington should bear in mind that while the heavy war tax burden that has been imposed on the people is a very necessary one in view of the reduced revenues resulting from the struggle in Europe.—over which, of course, this nation has no control.—at the same time this is a hard burden for the country to bear. It, there fore. behooves the Congress to conserve the reve nues thus obtained to utmost possible extent. PARIS THEATRES REOPENING It may at tirst thought seem a bit incongruous to some persons that the Paris theatres are beginning 0f reopen, in view of the fact that France is in the ■ grip of a war the horrible results of which are Vefleeted daily in a thousand and one ways in the Ince gay capital; but. after all. why should not the ■eople of Paris have the diversion that the theatre affords? IThe Comedie Francaise and the Opera Comique hi|ve just given their first performances since the start of the war. Both houses were crowded to the utmost of their capacity. Patriotic programs aroused great enthusiasm, and what was the hann of it! The best use to which the lighter and more amus ing things of life can be put is to relieve the de pression apt to be caused by the more serious things. Certain it is that Paris has seen enough of the serious side in recent months to be entitled to the stimulant of a little of the merriment that the theatres inspire. The French temperament, espe cially. needs something of the kind, and only those who can afford to pay will go. Paris will suffer no harm by the reopening of her theatres. LESS READING OF "GOOD" BOOKS? That the reading of good books is losing pre eminence as a pastime in this day and age, is the v conclusion reached by a writer in a leading liter ary monthly of the country. He tells how the art of letter writing has disappeared since newspapers in their comprehensive reach have made uuueces- HARRISBUBG ST A R-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 7, 1914. sarv the recounting of events by individuals through correspondence; how the art of conversa tion has been ou the ebb because of the many other ways of passing time in social gatherings which have of late years been adopted, and how likewise the reading of good books is declining with the increase in popularity of various other forms of amusement. Bv "good" books this writer means works which, though not necessarily lacking in the quali ties which entertain, are instructive in character. He refers to books on philosophy, theology, science and history. orks of this sort were really popular half a century and a century ago. From various sources we learn that young people in the bygone days perused with real the deep and serious literature of the time. It' comparison is then made with the present day. the conclusion is inevitable that there is a decided decline in the reading of such books. \\ hen it comes to present day fiction, however, the decline in reading cannot be quite so much of a certainty. Novels, together with short stories, have taken a hold on men and women, young and old, and the increasing popularity of the magazines is proof, not of the people's interest in books, of course, but of their earnest appreciation of fiction, —their love for reading regardless of cloth backs.- et the persons who deplore the decline in the perusing of "good" books, also deprecate the lively interest in fiction, so perhaps they have a right to be somewhat pessimistic. DEPARTURE OF THE BASHFUL BOY Where is he to-day,—the bashful boy we used to hear about* Reputable novelists have told of him. and occasionally we have seen hiiu in life; yet he seems no longer to be among us. Has the bash ful boy departed never to return? If there are any blushing youths about liarris burg, they must be secreting themselves in their homes with great success. They are not evident on the streets, in the schools, or in other public places. They are preserving their modesty nobly. What has brought about the change in the dis position of boys toward their fellows and toward those of the opposite sex remains for students of psychology, or some such branch of learning, to explain. An opinion is ventured, without basis ou accumulated tacts, but merely as an opinion, that a nig reason why boys have banished bashfulness is because girls to some extent had taken the lead in the same direction. Bashfulness in boys is not a virtue, anyway, but is only the other extreme to boldness. Backward boys do uot get very far very fast, until they brace up. If the bashful boys are passing away, there are few regrets to be recorded. It is only to be deplored that girls should have been the means of accomplishing it. if they have really done so, by themselves banishing shyness. The drought has broken with a vengeance. The announcement (list the pork barrel will be eliminate 1 from any consideration by the present Congress will lead some of the statesmen to ask "What are we here for?" The large number of hunting accidents this year indi- • eates that the fool who handles a gun carelessly was just as much in evidence as ever. The Beading firebug who set fire to nine places "just to ] see the engines run" will soon be in a place where his keenest excitement will consist of looking through the bars. It is hinted in Washington that the Interstate Commerce < ommission is not likely to grant the application of the Eastern railroads for an increase in freight rates. There isn't much encouragement in that for those who are pro testing against the increase in passenger rates, or for the railroads themselves that are struggling to make both ends meet. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS Here is one that was told by Congressman Charles D. ! 1 arter, of Oklahoma, the other evening in demonstrating that it sometimes pays to be a little more explicit. Recent lv a man who lives in the West was notified over the tele- 1 phone that a horse belonging to him had broken from the pasture and had been killed by the ears. Calling a farm hand. he toldjiim to go to the meadows and skin the horse. "What's that!" exclaimed the farmhand, wondering. "Do you mean to say that Frank is deadf" "What's that to vouf" imperiously demanded the grouchy boss. "Go and do as I tell you!" The farmhand departed and it wasn't until several hours later that he reappeared. Of course, the boss demanded as explanation. "I have been skinnin' that hoss," answered the farm- j hand in response to the boss' question. "Skinnin' the horse!" exclaimed the boss', heatedly. 1 "Do you mean to say that it took you five hours to do it?" "No, sir,' was the startling rejoinder of the farmhand. : "I was nearly two hours ketchin' him."—Philadelphia Telegraph. ASTRONOMICAL QUERY Johnny was putting some questions to his father on the subject of astronomy, in the course of which he asked if the moon was inhabited. "Oh, yes," said the parent, "there are people living in the moon." "Are there many!" queried the boy. "Yes, lots," was the reply; far more than in this world." "Well, then," said the youth, "aren't they crowded a good deal at half moon?" Exchange. PEACEFUL SLUMBERS Duncan's wife had the reputation of being a first-class shrew. When Duncan died his neighbors put a tombstone over his grave with the epitaph, "Asleep in Peace." Widow Duncan was wild. It was meant as a slam at her and she knew it was. It meant that she did not let him sleep in peace when alive. The neighbors assured her that it was not meant that way. "Then it ought to say so." To please her they got a stonecutter to add: "We all believe that he did have peace here, when he slept."—Exchange. NOT TO HE HURRIED Suitor (waiting for the girl)—"ls your daughter com "ing out next winter?" Father—"She'll come out when she's good and ready and if you git fresh I'll knock yer block off."—Cornell Widow. [Tongue-End Topics] Played a Joke on This Hunter When Paul Minntolo. proprietor of a barber shop at 107 1-2 South iSeo omi street, returned from a hunting trip late yesterday afternoon, he was both fatigued and disgusted. He told his friends that he h*a\i traveled fax ia search of game but had not sighted even a rabbit. When his friends examined his game l*g some time later, they found it coutaiaed the oiareass of what looked like a "cotton tail." Minntok), they said woukl not believe t-heir storv and he went to investigate. He withdrew the "game ' from the }\is» and. be hold, i$ was a cat. Now he is on an other hunting trip— to find the man who put the oat in the bag. * • * George Teaer and the Slow Waiter George Toner, brother of the Gov ernor, is a mau of few words and uot given to much converse, albeit he is a dry wit. Receutly ho was with a partv of friends dining at a Philadelphia ho tel. and the party was in a hurry to got away to see the Army-Navy football game. The waiter to whom the order had been given was an inordinately long time in tilling it. and the party grew impatient. At last the waiter ap peared and began to arrange the dishes on the table. Mr. Tenor looked up and said to him: ••Are you the waiter who took our order?" '^ezzir," answered the waiter. " Well," remarked Mr. Tener, scan ning him from head to foot, "you hold your age well." * * * He Recognized the Governor Governor Teuer was visiting an in stitution for the insane up State recent ly. and in walking over the grounds came across a gam.' of baseball that was being participated in by some of J the less insane of the patients. The I man behind the bat must have been au I old baseball player and he recognized | the Governor. Waving his gloved hand to the Chief Executive, he shouted: "Hey, Governor, doesn't this remind . you of old times!'' And the Governor's laugh was loud est. ».* Luigliam to Seek Judgeship Congressman Langham, of the Indi-! | ana district, was here the other day on' business connected with the Auditor j ; General's Department, where he used to be the Chief Deputy. "I have a few more months to serve) in Congress. ' s:iid \'r. I.angham, "and | 'then I am going to get ready for a campaign for the nomination for Judge I of the Indiana courts. It is going to ' be somewhat of a contest, but 1 think 1 can win out." i And his many friends in Harrisburg hope he will. The Yale Bowl and the Punch Not the least interesting subject of • discussion at the recent Harvard-Yale football contest in the new "bowl" at Xew Haven was the bowl itself. This 1 tremeudous arena was used for the first ! time. It seats 70,000 persons and ev ; ery seat was taken, but even at that many thousands of persons who applied for seats had to be disappointed. Yale, it will be recalled, was badly beaten in that first game in the new bowl, the ' Crimson team running up a score great er thau was ever before made against the Blue. In this connection a Yale alumnus from Harrisourg who attended : the game tells of having remarked to a group of his friends who were for Harvard as they were leaving the scene of the contest that the bowl eer | iainly was a wonderful place for stag i ing a big football match. To this one of his witty Harvard friends replied: "Yes, Yale has got the bowl all | right, But Harvard has the punch this j year.'' Diamonds Our record and reputation as Dia mond Merchants is one that we think enviable, and our large and magnificent stock allows the best selection in the city. H. C. Cla&tev, Gems, Jewels. Silverware, 302 Market Street. Adv. LAST SESSION OF ~ 63RD CONGRESS Continued From Firat Page. | derwood, of Alabama: Rardwick. of Georgia, and Brousjarl, of Louisiana, . are serving their last terms before j their elevation to the Senate of the nest Congress. Prominent Members Retiring Among prominent House Democrats ; retiring are A. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, a member of the Ways and Means committee; Stanley E. Bowdle, ai Ohio, who will return the ! seat he took from former Representa i tive Nicholas Longworth; Robert J. i Bulklev, of Ohio; John R. Clancy, of j Xew York; Robert E. Difenderfer, of Pennsylvania; Jeremiah Donavan, of Connecticut; Richmond Pearson Hob son, of Alabama; Henry M. Goldfogle, lof Xew York; Charles A. Korbiy, of J Indiana; Robert E. Lee, cif Pennsylva j nia: George A. Neeley, of Kansas; Frank T. O'Hair, of Illinois, who will yield back the seat he took from former Speaker Joseph G. Gannon; ' John J. Mitchell, oi Massachusetts, a member of the Ways and Means com mittee; Edward W. Townsend, of New Jersey, and many others. Of the Pro gressive organization in the House members who will be retired include j the party leader, Victor Murdock, of 1 Kansas; M. Clyde Kellv, W. J. Hu4ings . and Henry W. Temple, all of Pennsvl -1 vania; James C. MoLaughlin, of : Michigan, and William H. Hinebaugh, of Illinois. Cotton Relief Legislation Leaders on all sides look forward to interesting developments over the naval and army appropriation bills be cause of agitation resulting from the European war. Representative August us P. 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