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Thursday. April 8, 1915.
APRIL
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon, 14Ui;
First Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon, 29th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
, <l> • night and Friday. Lowest temperature
to night about 36 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night
*, a * n< ' Friday. Moderate temperature.
Hjf Moderate variable winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 59; loweet, 44; Sa. m., 4S; Bp. m., 50.
GENIUS OF F. HOPKINSON SMITH
TYhen Francis Hopkinson Smith was born in Bal
timore in 1838 he enjoyed the advantages, if hered
ity means anything, of having had among his ances
tors Franeis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence and an artist, andaJudge Joseph
Hopkinson, tirst president of the Philadelphia Acad
emy of Fine Arts. His father was an iron founder
and dealer in hardware, and probably gave him the
practical qualities which accompanied his artistic
temperament. At any rate, when he died in New
York City yesterday he was widely known as a man
of letters, artist and engineer and he left behind
him notable works accomplished in each of these
spheres.
Although a descendant of artists and longing, no
doubt, to develop his own artistic abilities, F. Hop
kinson Smith had during his early youth received
no other training than sueh as goes with clerking
in a hardware store. It was not until the struggling
genius went to New York to shift for himself that
he began to make a success of life, in an artistic
way, and then, strangely enough, his practical na
ture took precedence over his artistic teraperameut
and he became an unimaginative but very business
like and successful contractor.
It was P. Hopkinson Smith who managed the
construction in New York City of the base for the
great Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. His Declaration
signing ancestor had in the eighteenth century takei
a part in laying the foundations for American inde
pendence. and he in the nineteenth directed the lay
ing of a no less substantial foundation for Liberty.
There is some interest attached to the fact that
it, was in giving an exhibition of his own water
colors to help raise funds for constructing the ped
estal for the Goddess of Liberty that Mr. Smith, —
how very indistinctive the name sounds without the
prefixes.—first manifested his artistic talents and
began his career as a painter. When his literary
works appeared in later years he gained a high
place as a man of letters because of his charming
style and his originality in constructing plots. The
world has had few such versatile geniuses in modern
times.
THE BILL TO LIMIT INCOMES
Representative Maurer's bill, introduced in the
House, yesterday, taxing incomes on a sliding scale
which works out in a way that would prevent any
person getting an iucome in excess of £IO,OOO a year,
designed for the very worthy purpose of providing
a fund to take care of the unemployed of the State,
but we doubt if Mr. Maurer has hit upon a very
happy solution of the unemployment problem.
The bill compels any person whose income now is
$20,000 a year to pay fifty per cent, of that amount
to a fund for the unemployed, and if that person's
income shall exceed $20,600 all in excess of the
SIO,OOO shall go for the same purpose.
Mr. Maurer doubtless is of the opinion that $lO,-
000 a year is enough for any man and his family to
live upon, which may perhaps be conceded, but to
limit Pennsylvanians to incomes of that size would
simply drive millions of invested money out of the
State, for it cannot be denied that if a man whose
income now is, say $23,000, learns that he will have
to pay $15,000 of that amount to the state he will do
one of two things. He will either turtail the amount
of effort he is putting into his business or the size
of the business itself, so that the amount of profit
to him will not exceed SIO,OOO, the amount he is per
mitted to receive in the form of income, or he will
take his invested money and put it into an industry
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1915.
in some other state, in either ease there would be
less work for Pennsylvania workmen to do and con
sequently worse conditions of unemployment in
Pennsylvania. \
But we doubt whether anybody, even Mr. Maurer,
takes the bill very seriously.
TENDER CARE FOE BRITISH OFFICERS
Shocking news has been getting past the British
censors to the effect that army officers on short
leave have beeu frequenting London night clubs
and have been having high old times. An army
order has now been issued forbidding military men
to enter the club houses iu uniform. This order is
intended to discourage the frequenting of such
places by the warriors.
That the night clubs arc very wicked places is
hinted by guarded accounts of the serving of ginger
and orange wines and of the playing of games of
chance. Late hours in such places might harm sol
diers physically, think the careful army authori
ties. Some London newspapers have so far abated
the force of their verbal attacks 011 the Germans
as to devote space to assaults 011 the night clubs,
and the House of Commons has glanced with dis
favor at these places of recreation.
When soldiers of the British army are in London
on brief furlough, they must surely have some
amusement to break the dull monotony of life in
the trenches. They would find little joy in their
vacation if they were to go to bed with the going
down of the sun and to avoid all the little diversions
of .London night life. From this distance it seems
that if there is really any harm in the clubs, if
some of them are the breeding places of vice as
hinted, then the agitation against them has come
rather late. It would not be pleasant to thiuk that
careless Englishmen have allowed noxious night
elubs to grow and prosper and ruin young manhood
in times of peace and have not made any efforts to
eliminate the evil until now, when dissipation would
make young men less capable to do military service.
Yare. O, Vare does the South Philadelphia delegation
stand on the local option issue?
One thousand, five hundred and fifteen bills introduced
in the House in 1915; and yet they told us we already
have too many laws!
A daughter has been boru to the Crown Princess Ceeilie j
of Germany. Perhaps the stork is balking at producing ;
more war lords.
The captain of the Kitel is a bold skipper but not so
foolhardy as to rush into the month „of hell without having
at least a hundred to-one-shot chance of getting out again.
The wounded soldier who said he had rather have one
real nurse than half a dozen duchesses take care of him
in the hospital must be more lacking in sentiment than in
a desire to get well.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
SIX MONTHS OF WEATHER
Jan.
Freezes!
Feb.
Wheezes!
March
Breezes!
Apr.
Sneezes!
May
Eases!
June
Pleases! —New York Sun.
AS THE TWIG IS RENT
Knicker —"What became of the boy who was kept in at
school T"
Boeker—"Grew up to be the man who was detained at
the oflice."—New York Sun.
SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED
"What does our party stand for?" asked the machine
Senator.
"You. for one thing," replied a raucous voice from the
rear of the hall.—Philadelphia Record.
A HANDY EXCUSE
New York Cop—"Not a panhandler, huhf Why, I saw
you stop three different gents within five minutes."
World Traveler—"True, officer; but not one of them
could direct me to the Hotel de Gink."—Puck. V
AN UNHAPPY CLIENT
"Prisoner, have you anything to savf"
"Only this, Your Honor. I'd be mighty sorry if th*
young lawyer you assigned to me was ever called upon to
defend an innocent mau."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
PROGRESS BY DEGREES
"The Prohibition wave lias hit Crimson Gulch pretty
strong," remarked Bronco Bob.
"Why. I sow every mau in the place lined up at the bar."
"Yes. But seven or eight of the men are learnin' to take
water on the side." —Washington Star.
DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
"I'm a self-made man," said Mr. Cumrox.
"Didn't your wife have something to do with your
career*"
"She used to say so, but after seeing how I behave in
society she refuses to take any of the blame."—Brooklyn
Citizen.
WHAT HURT MOST
"Why are you crying so bitterly, little manf" asked the
kind-hearted old lady, as she patted the tearful youngster
on his head.
"Bill Jones hit me on the nose." was the boy's reply. 1
"Did he hurt you much!"
"Naw, he didn't hurt me at all, but he ran away before
I could hit him back."—Biehmond Times-Dispatch.
IT CURED HTM
During the demonstration of hia new kineatapbone, Mr.
Edison said:
"With this invention an actor may hear himself speak
as well as see himself act. Let us hope he won't be dis
appointed—like the piccoli player in a mnsie store, who
was urged to buy a phonograph. The dealer, as' a last
resort, got the man to ipake a phonographic record of
'The Last Rose of Summer' with his own piccolo.
"The dealer then ran the tune pff while the player—a
really wretched performer—listened with a strange air.
At the end the dealer said:
" 'There, isn't that wonderful f*
" 'H-m —well —yes,' said the piccolo player.
" 'And now,' said the dealer, briskly, 'are you going to
buy the phonographf'
" 'No,' the player answered. 'l'm goiug to sell tbe pic
colo.' " —Nashville Tcnnesscan.
HAVE GOOD HEALTH
Taka Hood's Sarsapariila, the Old
Reliable Spring Tonic
Don't let the idea that you may feel
better in a day or two prevent you from
getting a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla
to-day from any 'drug store and start
ing at onco on the road to health and
strength.
When your blood is impure and im
poverished it lacks vitality, your diges
tion is imperfect, your appetite is poor,
and all the functions of your body are
impaired.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is a wonderful
blood tonic. v it will build you up
quicker than any other medicine. It
gives strength to do nnd power to en
dure. It is the old standard tried and
true all-the-year-round blood purifier
nnd enricher, tonic and appetizer.
Nothing else acts like it. for nothing
else has the same formula or ingredi
ents. Be sure to ask for Hood's; insist
on having it.—Adv.
[Tongue-End Top ics |
Encouraging Brussels Women
The German civil government in Bel
gium has decided to do something to
encourage the Brussels lace trade dur
ing the war. A concern called the
"Bureau for Encouraging and Promot
ing the Lace Industry during the War"
has been organized in Brussels under
tbe auspices of the Government. Its
object is to find a market for Brussels
lace iu Germany and thus make it pos
sible for the thousands of lace-makers
of Western Belgium—mostly elderly
women and girls—to find employment.
These woiueu have hitherto received
but a small part of the profits derived
from the high prices paid for laces by
foreigners, most of the profits going to
agents and merchants. It is claimed
that when a lace collar was sold in Brus
sels for 30 francs the woman who made
it received only 8.50 francs, as maxi
mum, for her labor. The German Bu
reau proposes now to remedy this dis
crepancy. It will not be allowed to
make a profit, beyond covering its own
expenses ;and by offering lacee cheaply
in Germany, giving the buyer a part of
the profits that previously went to the
middleman, the Bureau hopes to be able
to pay better prices to the lace-makers
then they have been earning in peace.
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Panama to Welcome Mormons
Arrangements are being made to
bring the former large Mormon Colony
that at one time flourished in Northern
Mexico to tie Province of Chiriqui in
Western Panama. President Porras, of
Panama, has signified his willingness
to aid in bringing this class of agri
culturalists to the republic. It is un
derstood that- the Panama Government
has set aside a large fertile tract in
the province which will be sold to the
settlers at the lowest possible price for
public lands. Some of the lauds se
lected will have to be purchased from
private holders but it is said the gov
ernment has promised its aid in ob
taining them at a reasonable figure. For
some time negotiations looking to the
bringing of this colony to Panama have
been conducted by John Q. Critchlow,
a leading Mormon, high in the councils
of the church at Salt Lake City. He
has recently made a number of trips to
the Isthmus and is now engaged in se
lecting the proposed sites for coloniza
tion in the vicinity of David. La Con
ception and Boquete in Western Pan
ama.
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The New Straw Bread
The,new straw bread, an invention
of Dr. Hans Friedenthal from which
much is expected, is thus described by
the Berlin "Lokalanzeigcr:"
"With the flavor of the finest rye
bread, this straw bread is remarkably
rich in nutritious elements. Two pounds
of the straw-flour contains 700 calor
ies, 1.2 per cent, of albumen, and 15
per cent, of nitrogenous matter, Resides
a splendid proportion of mineral salts.
Prom the same straw-flour may be pre
pare>d soups and broths of a delicious
flavor, whrich even an epicure will not
despise. Here we hav 0 another proof of
the greatness of German enterprise. At
the very moment when England pro
poses to deprive us of all imports, the
German provides himself with a new
foodstuff."
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Building Societies Growing
Enough property has been acquired
through the building societies of the
United Kingdom during the last thir
teen years to house the entire popula
tion of Liverpool, Manchester and
Bradford, says the chief registrar of the
societies. During this period, he adds,
the societies have advanced $600,000,-
000 to members. Reports show a steady
increase in membership in these socie
ties from year to year.
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300,000 Flee East Prussia
Governor Von Batocki, of East
Prussia, estimates after careful inves
tigation that between 200.000 and
300,000 of the population of that pro
vince have left during the last si*
months. Most of them are believed
now to be living in other parts of Ger
many. In a recent article Von Ba
tocki makes an appeal for the return
of these refugees. East Prussia, he de
clares, cannot spare this portion of its
population, and is apt to suffer from
the loss of even a small proportion of
its inhabitants.
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Reclaiming Land for Farms
The Berlin newspapers state that
30,000 Russian prisoners of war are
to be employed in draining marshes and
in breaking up waste and moor land
between Berlin and Hanover for culti
vation. The state is to pay one-third
of the cost, and the rest will be ad
vanced by agricultural banks. The av
erage cost of making an acre of land
fit for cultivation by this means is fig
ured at from 91.50 to $2, and it is fig
ured that the increased yield per acre
[will average almost flO.
™ QLOBE v MM^B6s^S9t^ms i ' IIM
e^*°^f nAnniversar y
LS-ft m \JIfHAT could be more fitting than
fer MM * * that the fiftieth anniversary of
the surr ender of Appomattox should
fall during t^ e week of Easter ?
ajjlPfe UW% .Let u&hope that the great influence of this
anniversary may be felt among the warring na
gr^jr tions of Europe and lead to an early peace
jjpStg It; is also flttin g that we at this time introduce
ladSES Gold Eagle Serge Suits sOfl
"True Blue to the Last Stitch" £ U
Woolen mills are getting WAR PRICES for piece goods—and then some.
These suits are priced on the same basis as when the PIECE GOODS sold at PEACE PRICES.
We say that GOLD EAGLE BLUE SERGES contain all the goodness of the average $25 suit
and mean every word of it.
♦ J 1 ? SE^ G ®S are not only of the very highest quality fabric, but are guaran
teed to stand the WEAR and the SUN—or a new suit in its place.
THE GLOBE
WIDOW ASKS $500,000
Sues on Alleged Marriage Contract
With Mail of 78
Washington, April S.—iMrs. Ma >l.
AlcNaib, 4 0 voars old, of Eso a nab a,
Mich., testified yesterday in the Dis
trict. Supreme Court in a breach of eon
tract ot a marriage suit for $500,000
which she has brought against John S.
Kinney, 78 years old, of Milwaukee,
Wis. (Mrs. MoJv'ab said she tirst met .Mr.
Kinney in May, 1912, and five weeks
later he signed a contract agreeing to
marry her.
The contract sued on, a% set out in
t'he declaration, was executed on June
17, 1912, at hscanaba before a notary
pu'blic, The contracting parties agreed
to marry, and in consideration the de
fendant was to build a home for his
bride at a cost of $50,000, was to sup
port her three children and insure his
life for $9,000 for their benefit.
Mrs. McNab agreed, according to the
contract, to accent in lieu of dower, a
one-sixth iuterest in Kinney's estate, in
stead of Che lawful dower under the
laws of 'Michigan. Several days alter
the signing ot' the contract, Mrs. Mc
Nab said, the 'bridegroom to be assert
ed that he never intended to marry and
requested t'hat she agree to a can
cellation of the contract.
WIFE CAN BE "CHICKEN'•
Husband. Arrested When He Applied
Term, Freed by Judge
St. Louis, April S.—'' My wife's some
chicken! " Charles K. Wat kins remark
ed to a friend when iMrs. Wat-kins
passed his shop, according to his testi
mony in Judge Hogan's court.
.Then Mrs. Watkins caused his ar
rest. Watkin3 said they have been mar
ried nineteen years, but lately they have
been separated.
"Any man has a right to call his
wife a chicken," Judge Hogan ruled.
"And When a woman gets up in years
she should feel highly flattered."
The peace disturbance charge against
Watkins "was dismissed.
DE. SHAW'S 810 CAMPAIGN
Will Deliver 30 Speeches for Votes for
Women
New York, April 8. —'Dr. Anna .How
ard Shaw, president of the National
American Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion, has made plans to deliver thirty
speeches iu each of the Eastern States
which will vote on woman suffrage this
fall.
In an announcement to this'effect, it
was said that Dr. Shaw's campaign,
which will carry her through New York,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, will begin late this month and
continue through t'he summer. Each
speech will be delivered at a place se
lected by the State suffrage organiza
tions.
TO PRESENT LOVING CUP
Committee of Choral Society Will Give
Dr. Gilchrist Token
The following committee of the Har
risburg Choral Society, together with
President John Fox Weiss, will repre
sent the society at the -benefit concert to
'be given for Dr. W. W. Gilchrist, at
Philadelphia, next Wednesday:
S. D. Sansom, E. J. Decevee, J. H.
Kelker, Jr., Miss Sarah Chayne and
Mrs. John C. Harvey. This committee
has chosen the president to present the
fittingly engratfiji loving eup;w"hie'h will
be sent 'by the local organisation to Dr.
Gilchrist.
ADDRESSES WOH KERB
J. Horace McFarland Contrasts '' Good''
and "Evil" Influences •
In an address yesterday before the
Volunteer Workers at the j<)'hn Y. Boyd
hall, J. Horace tMu'Earland quoted sta
tastics to show that in this city while
churches and allied institutions are ac-
Hve 3,195 hours a week, the saloons
and [ool rooms are 'bufiv 27,574. He de
clared, however, that "good influences"
will ultimately triumph over "evil in
fluences." j
Aged Man Killed by a Horse
East Donegal, April B.—Robert
Daugherty, 75 years old, was so badly
kicked by a horse in the stable on the
Meyers farm yesterday that he die'fl
within a short time without regaining
Consciousness. He wag employed on this
farm many years and alwnys slept in
the stable, claiming that it was the
most healthful.
DR. JOHN P. CULP
has moved his offices to the
Park Apartments
410 North Third Street
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New Reservoir for Mt. Gretna
Lebanon, April S.-—A contract will
shortly bo grunted by the National
Guard of Pennsylvania tlirouj»h the Ad
jutant .General'» Department' for the
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encampment grounds. Alt. Gretna. The
new reservoir's capacity will bo 125,-
000 gallons, just twico the size of tho
present reservoir.