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THE STAK.INDEPENDENT Tba paper with the largest Homi Circulation in Harris burg and Marby towns. Circulation Examine* by TUB ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. _ TELEPHONES BELL. Mvata Branch Exohana*. No. 3280 CUMBCMLAND VALLEY tSl»at* Branoh Exohanga. ... No. (43 241 Wednesday. March 17, 1013. MARCH Snn. 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, Ist, 31st; Last Quarter, Bth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, _:td. FLRZI STT»V WEATHER FORECASTS V ' Harrisburg ami vicinity: Fair fxPp V' I weather to-night and Thursday with L*** little change in temperature. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair weather ■o* . to-night and Thursday with little change n temperature. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 1"; lowest, 34; S a. m., 35; S p. m., 41. EFFECT OF WAR ON LANGUAGES The supposedly great minds that are conducting Jie war iu Germany apparently are not so great is to be above trivialities in some matters. Take, : or instance, the changing of the language of one lation so as to eliminate words or parts of words hat had their origin in the language .of another lation with which it is at war! One of the first eases of this sort to come to the ittention of the world was the act of the Russians n changing the name of the city of St. Petersburg 0 Petrograd to get away from the German origin >f the name. Then we heard of the French chaug ng the names of certain thoroughfares in Paris yhich had been called for German cities or other hings German. • Now comes information from Germany that steps ire being taken to eliminate from the vocabulary if German lovers of sport certain terms that had ingin in the English language.—just because they ire English. \\ e read of the fact thai new aud ierman equivalents are being found for such words s "handicap" and even the word "sport" inself. .'or responding words in the German language have een found or invented in some cases, we are told, ut when it came to such terms as ''cricket" and goll the Germans were at a loss to Hud expres ions in their own language accurately to describe ticse game*. It is likely, however, that some sort f clumsy substitute for them ultimately will be jund in the German. It is hard to understand just what good purpose in be served by this apparent effort to revise vari us foreign languages for the sake of eliminating ords of the languages of a hostile nation. The l)ject, presumably, is to get out of the people's linds the idea that they are in any way dependent pon the enemy for anything, which manifestly is isurd. The leading languages of Europe all are so inter dated through the borrowing of whole words or parts of words from each other that it would be 1 endless task if it were attempted to make each nguage absolutely independent of those of hos le countries. Even if it were possible thus to lange a language, in theory, it would be tens of •ars before it could actually be changed in prac cc, and by that time, let us hope, th»i war will i over. At any rate a nation which attempts anything the kind is only handicapping itself by making more difficult for its people to express themselves ejjrately through speech, and obviously the only ason foreign words and idioms originally were lopted in a language was to facilitate expression. EXAGGERATING COST OF WAR Men who like to roll in figures have since the itbreak of the war been making earnest, honest id harmless efforts'to give the ever curious public me idea of the enormous cost of the great under ling. They have dealt with millions and with llions in a dizzy way. The amounts they have esented, purporting to cover the expenses of the nfliet for a' day or a year, have from the start en so huge as to be beyond the comprehension of iinarv wage-earners. That the totals have been Dwing larger and larger is little matter so far those who read of them are concerned, since at » lowest they have been way beyond the point (ere values can be properly estimated. 3igbs of relief are likely to escape from statistics lorbing persons, therefore, when they hear from rious sources that the cost of the war is greatly HARlgßtfolfo exaggerated. Not only have optimists been respon sible for such an assertion, but they have gone farther. They have pointed out that when a gov ernment is considered as a single spender, and when that government's expenses for a day of fighting are estimated, the fact that the government repre sents millions of individuals must be taken into account. They have also shown that war brings to an end extravagances among persons of ineahs and that the money saved on luxuries goes a long way toward meeting the cost of maintaining armies and navies in action. As long as there are armies and navies in times of peace as well as in times of war, the cost of na tional defense in all countries will, of course, be high. The cost of the actual fighting at present cannot fairly be determined unless the expenses of maintaining the military and naval organizations iu times of peace be subtracted from the estimated total of current expenses in the belligerent coun tries. The soldiers in the ranks of the contending armies, who are living,—or dying as the case may be, —at the expense of theii; governments, would require food and clothing if they were not engaged in war, and would no doubt spend a good deal more for such supplies than careful governments are expending. Money is wasted that is spent on powder ,which disappears into tlie air, and on pro jectiles and cartridges, which arc presented to the enemy, and expenses thus incurred comprise the greater part of the cost of the actual fighting. If there were no war, armies and navies would have to be supported anyway, and men would have to have food and clothing. The excess ex penses. not the total expenses, make up the cost of war, and it is not hard to believe that the enforced frugality among the peoples of the belligerent coun tries is going a long way toward paying that ex cess. These, of course, are merely financial considera tions. The great cost of war cannot be measured in pounds, francs, rubles or marks. Human lives do not have market value. If all those new election bills go through tho Legislature think of the trouble there will be all over again in teaching the people how to vote! Evidently the "Telegraph" favors the "non-partispn" commission form of government for Harrisburg so loug as it is controlled by the Republicans. Don't forget that the Home and War Belief Committee still is in need of funds to carry it\work ou until April 1, when the chances are there will be more opportunities for work for those now unemployed. A few minutes after the petition of two-thirds of the voters of the Tenth Ward was read before the City Com missioners for better fire protection in their part of the city the alarm sounded for the blaze in the Nursery Home. Because of inadequate facilities (for fighting this Tenth Ward blaze the Home was destroyed. Had it been at night the lives of the half hundred little in-nates would have been in peril. No more argument is needed. The Tenth Ward should get the relief it asks for. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN CHANGE NECESSARY "I see blonds will be the style this year," remarked the idle rich man. "Is that so?" responded his brunette wife, with a bred vawn. "In that case, do you wish me to be one, or would you prefer a divorce?" —Kansas City Journal. HUMOR IN THE WAR NEWS Every time the Dardanelles fleet drags up a mine the cheerful correspondent refers to the occasion as a "sweep ing" victory.—Washington Post. CANNOT MISS A BARGAIN "Do you think Titewad will recover from his present illness?" "Not a chance of it now. Some fool friend, in au effort to cheer him up, told the old fellow that cemetery lots and coffins were cheaper now than they bad been for years. Of eourse, he is not going to neglect a chance to save money."-—Richmond Times-Dispatch. PERHAPS HE KNEW "Your daughter is so amiable that she will surely make a good wife." "Yes, and a bad husband." —Judge. RATHER DIFFICULT To blow and swallow at the same moment isn't easy to be done. —Platus. x GONE FOR GOOD Maud—"l said to Jack that 1 wasn't going to return his ring until I got one from another man." Ethel —"He told me he never expected to get it back." —Boston Transcript. NOT FULLY POSTED "What is your idea of the duty patriot?" "He ought to be willing to fight for his principles," re plied the member of Coagress. "What principles?" "That's what I'm going back home to learn from my constituents." —Washington Star. "CURIOUB" OR QUITE NATURAL It is a curious thing that the country which invented the "quick lunch" also prides itself on the scientific study of foods and their digestibility.—London Spectator. A SPORTING SUGGESTION William Watson has written an ode to Roosevelt. Per haps the Colonel can arrange to have a cigar named after Watson. —Pittsburgh Dispatch. ALL THERE "She talks like a book." "Yes, the volume of her speech is truly wonderful!"— Judge. CAUTION "I shall sue you for damages. Your confounded dog just bit me." , "You'll have to prove it. Wait a moment and I'll see if his teeth fit the marks." —Century. ENTIRELY TO BLAME Niece—"My husband's so careless; he's always losing his buttons." Aunt —"Perhaps they are not sewn on carefully, dear." Niece—"That's just it; he's awfully slipshod with his icfflaj."—London Telegraph. OmeeSa OU Rheumatism and Lumbago Soak a towel in boiling water, wring dry and place it over the aching part for a moment to help open the pore*. Then nib ia plenty of Omega Oil. Youwillbe surprised at the quick relief this simple treatment gives. IPC, k a bottle. <■ \ [Tongue-End Top ics| SCHNEIDER TBYB GOLF (For the Harrisburg Park Golf Club, by the Rev. Dr. E. N. Kramer). To mein Doktor I goes mit ein trouble some cough. Mit mein stomach in need of repairs. Herr Doktor said, "Schneider you will have to play gowf, Uad breathe more of dose fresh coun try-airs. You know Baldvf He plays on the Res ervoir links " He's ein lawyer! 1 have no one to sue. Dose gwiek-witted lawyers are for oo use, I dinks, But to go all your pocket-book through. Und gowf, Herr Doktor, 1 knows no>J ings about dat. "You can know soon enough," he re pleit. "My friend Baldv has more of gowf under his hat Than of law. He will teach you all right." To Herr Baidy I goes for to learn all dem dricks Of der game vieh ein blaver must know. L'nd dose red-dotted balls, uuul 1 does irons, und sticks, l'nd der schwing, drive und put he did shew. Mister Baldv he said: "There are five prin-zee-puls You must hold if the game you'd en-1 choy. Swing slow; don't press; don't swear; keep your eye ou dem balls; Follow through. Don't forget them old boy!" All richtig Herr Baldv! dot is easy I said, Und I dinks 1 am alrettv there. But I found on dem links dat it both ered mein head. To remember dot third rule, don't swear! . : Veu I gomes to der Tee Mister Baldy stands by. L'nd he set oop mein ball oil der sand. How dot ball 1 should hit, uud shtoop down, mit mein eye On der ball. I could not understand. I shtooped, und I shtooped, und I hoofed farder away, ; Said Baldy. "Watcher tryin to do?" 'Get mein eye on dot ball. "You " vat he said 1 can't say. Or 1 'd preak dot third rule \vru and dru. I vos mat. He spoke shently. "Now Dutehie," he said j What 1 meant is, just look at the ball. Swing your club like a dumb-bell; do not move your head, Nor you body, from waist up, at all. Dat vos blain. Den I schwings. Und I dinks "Follow through;" ! Und I strikes. Dot ball flew like a bird. 1 1 follows. Mein club, midout dinking, I threw; .It hit BaMy. You may know vot I heard. iTo mein Doktor I garriea mein stom ach and cough, | Und I says: Dot's a very fine game. It preaks oop all swearing; dot's a good thing in gowf; 'But I'll slick to ycur pills all der same. • . » Spcrting Terms in German The process of clearing out all for- I eign elements from the German lan i guage has now been extended to the vocabulary of srports. A long list of I words, mainly English, has been made 1 up by the committee iu charge of this j reform, and Germans from all parts of 1 the country have been invited to make suggestions for German equivalents for these words. Some alterations have been already accepted, among them being, j for Steeplechase, "iHindernisrennen; " i for Start, ""Auffahren;" for Handicap, I " Ausgleichrennen;" for Maiden Bace, ; " Itennen fur sieglose Pferde." Such words as cricket and golf, it is admit | ted, present difficulties, as do all the • terms connected with those two games. The trouble is to find expressions, with out too much length, which will accu rately sav what is meant. But the great est difficulty of all is with the word "sport" itself. * • * A New Engine of War The tor;edo hvdro-aeroplane, a new war craft, is oeing shown in Copen hagen privately to members of the Swedish Parliament. It is designed chiefly for use against submarines. The torpedo seaplane travels at high speed close to the surface of the water, and can discharge its torpedo at very long ranges. • * * Camp for Wounded Horses A patriotic French landowner has placed at the disposal of the British military authorities the magnificent for est of Condette, for use as a camp for convalescent horses. The forest adjoins the historic castle of Hardelot, where were signed the preliminaries of peave between England and France in 1544. Horse and Giraffe It takes a good horse to run down a giraffe, and if the least advantage is permitted the wild creature the race is lost. 44 TOTS, MED OUT, PASSNfCBTINENCINE HOUSE CaatlaaaH Proas Plot Paa* over for the use of the Nursery Home after her family moved from tba man sion. The institution occupied it until driven out by the flames last eveniug. The children* probably would have re mained there until summer when the now Miome on Cameron street will ready. •Mrs. Watts said this moruing "that the loss on the property will run to con siderably more than $15,000, but she was not prepared to fix the exact amount. All of the line old family furniture was removed several years ago and hence escaped the flames." The ■building was insured but the exact amount of tho insurance was not ascer tainable this morning. The (ire- was discovered bursting from tho roof of the third story about 4.46 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A little colored boy ran into the house and told Mrs. Clifford Steward, the ma tron, who was just getting the children, whose ages range from six months to ten years, ready for the evening meal. They were hastily lined up and march ed to safety out of the building. Three youngsters, who were quaran tined for mumps in a third floor room, and two invalid children had to be car ried from the doomed building by Mrs. Steward and Miss Virginia Booth. All the youngsters found temporary shel ter in the nearby homes of Andrew Schuti-.enbaugh and A. C. Smith. Firemen Seriously Handicapped Mrs. Steward telephoned for the Camp Curtin Fire Company aud a mo ment later the district fire companies were called from box 121, at Third street aud Heel's lane. The home was in such a remote part of the city that there are no fire plugs in the immediate vicinity and the firemen had to stretch their lines of hose for many blocks to reach the lire. This caused so much delay that the flames got such headway that they could not be overcome until the building Mas practically ruined. Much of the bedding and other equipment and furniture however, was saved by the firemen aud other volun teers. The fire is believed to have started from a defective flue. A big crowd was attracted to the scene. Hose across the tracks interfered with traffic ou the Third and Second trolley lines and passengers had to be transferred around the fire. Apparently forgetting the things they had seen last night and fully re covered from fright and fear of the fire, the 44 tots of the Nursery Home were lip bright and early this morning in the parlor in the second flooi of the Citi zen engine house. The little ones, the majority of whom are under 6 years | old, proved they spent the night in peaceful re-pose, for long before old Sol had any say the voices of the children could be heard about the building. Rising at daybreak, a good hour be fore their usuaftime, the children 'began romping, playing, talking and, of course, a few crying, as though they were in their own home. The firemen ,of course, played a large part in making them comfortable, for when returning from the tire last night most of the Citizen men decided the j Ibest thing to do was go home, so that [ little or no noise would be made. Those 1 few who did remain at" the engine house | were quite careful when playing their social games of checkers or pinochle that their voices were not heard above a whisper. Even the Horses Are Quiet Even the horses, that at times try to become conspicuous by neighing and prancing in their stalls, were made to obey the "quiet"' injunction. A few of the firemen went so far as to suggest that the horses' hoofs be inclosed in burlap bags to prevent the noise of stamping. This plan, however, was re jected by t'he majority as unnecessary. After the children were giveu a breakfast this morning devotional exer cises were conducted by the head of the nursery, Mrs. Steward. Later the ehildre nwere taken out in automobilos for a morning spin, and then to the Children's Industrial Home. Nineteenth and Derrv streets, where they will re main until other quarters are provided them. the children were brought to house at 6.30 o'clock last night they were given au elaborate chicken supper provided them by Miss Anue McCormick, Vance C .McCormick and Henry B. McCormick. A committee, composed of Miss \nne McCormick and Mrs. James D. 'Haw kins, was appointed to secure temporary quarters until the new nursery home on South Cameron street is completed. Efforts are being made to secure the Suburban Club, at Paxtonia. Late this afternoon nothing definite had been de cided ou in regard to a change of quar ters. George J. Buser The funeral of George J. Buser. who died Monday at his home, 1946 North Sixth street, will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from his home. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, pas tor of Messiah Lutheran church. 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