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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon. 13th;
First Quarter, 21st; Full Moon, 28th.
r . I WEATHER FORECASTS
MMj x&fi Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain this
K afternoon and to night; Saturday fair
LtttL 1 * P aD d somewhat cooler.
yHTj/ Eastern Pennsylvania: Rain to-night.
TJCw'v/i; Saturday partly cloudy and somewhat
y '' .. cooler. Moderate to fresh southwest to
west winds.
p *ii»Ti;RDAi"S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
' Highest, 72; lowest, 46; 8 a. in., 52; 8 p. m., 67.
OVERWORKING THE GOVERNOR
While there appears to be little likelihood of
adoption this year of any one of the plans that
lave been suggested for rearranging the time for
jolding the biennial sessions of the Legislature so
Jiat they will not be opened coincidently with the
nauguration of a new governor, there are. some
forceful arguments that can be advanced in favor
if some such readjustment at a future time.
; in a recent semi-public utterance Governor Brum
mugli said that when he went into office last Janu
ary he had made up his mind personally to read
tiery bill that came to him from the Legislature,—
i thing that he has thus far succeeded in doing,
>ut he admitted that, by reason of the immense
(mount of time and expenditure of mental energy
; hat this plan involves, he has many times been
empted to break his resolution. It is common
knowledge that the Governor has devoted night
liter night to burning the midnight oil in exam
lung carefully every one of the hundreds of pro
posed laws sent *to him by the Legislature for his
approval or rejection, notwithstanding the vast
imuunt of other very important work that falls to
the lot of any governor at the outset of his ad
ministration.
i, The benefit that the Commonwealth derives from
ihis painstaking scrutiny on the part of the Gov
srnor of every measure that is offered to him for
final determination as to whether it shall find a
place on the statute books is, we believe, generally
idmitted. Governor Brumbaugh could, as the gov
jrnors of many other states do, depend on the
udgmeut of his advisors in passing on some of the
>ills, but few if any persons will take the ground
that it is not far better for the Governor person
illy to know the meaning of every line in the
measures he passes on.
But while Governor Brumbaugh is doing this
work so thoroughly, besides attending to a thou
sand and one other duties that absolutely must be
performed by him, one result is bound to be that he
nill not have the same amount of time and mental
energy to devote to many important matters that
arise outside of the business of the legislative halls.
Governor Brumbaugh is only human. lie can do
only a certain amount of work in a day, even if he
prolongs his working day to 16 to 18 hours of the
84. When he has the Legislature on his hands at
the outset of his administration he is bound to be
eompelled to let some important things hang fire
until after adjournment of the law-makers which,
without a session, he would have been able to dis
pose of long ago.
i "JVe need only point to the case of the Public
Service Commission in which, the Governor has
made it evident, he plans some readjustments. If
it had not been that the Legislature's work had
occupied so much of his time he could, doubtless,
by now have had the Public Service • Commission
readjustments made. It may perhaps be assumed
that the Governor has in mind other departmental
Changes or readjustments that he plans to make
but on which he also has had to defer action while
reading bills from the Legislature,
f, If the time for holding Legislative sessions were
Shifted so as to fall six months or a year later
;han it does, succeeding governors would not have
to be confronted with the necessity of crowding
10 much important work in a few brief months or
;o postpone pressing administrative matters, as un
ler the present arrangement.
UNIVERSITY PROSPECTS BRIGHT
i The academic year now drawing to a close, —
itudents are starting about this time to prepare for
HARRJBBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915.
their semester examinations, —seems to have been
a successful one so far as the college and univer
sity enrollments are concerned. Despite outside
influences such as the war and changing economic
conditions the numbers of students attending -the
higher institutions of learning have had large
increases.
The war of course has drawn many foreign
students to their native countries. The Russian
government has recently called Russian university
students to the colors, exempting nQne. The losses
in students to American universities in direct con
sequence of the war are, however, comparatively
small, and the gains will doubtless be more than
sufficient compensation when hostilities have ceased
and our schools obtain from the present belligerent
countries students who for the time will not care
to study in the universities of their wartime foes.
During the present academic year there has been
reported an increase of a thousand students over
the preceding year in /each of three universities, —
Pittsburgh, California and Columbia. The nearby
University of Pennsylvania registered a gain of
five hundred, as did the universities of New York,
Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin. An increase of
three hundred each is reported from Cornell, Cin
cinnati, Illinois, Michigan and Nebraska.
In view of the fact that large classes left our
principal universities last year, and that the new
students matriculating in the Pall were far in
excess of the number of these graduates, it does not
seem that there are hard times in the educational
field. Prospects were never brighter in American
universities, from all reports.
The war has been in progress throughout the
academic year, just closing, yet its full effects on
American universities have hardly been felt as yet.
That these cannot but be beneficial effects ulti
mately seems certain. Students who would be
abroad, or would be planning to go there if there
were no war, will get their masters' and doctors'
degrees from schools in this country instead. There
will be much encouragement for our universities in
increased enrollments in their graduate schools, and
their usefulness will increase with that encourage
ment.
TOLERATING THE BOOK AGENT
If there is any person whom a busy housewife is
less eager to find at her door than an unexpected
guest it must be a book agent. The ringing of her
doorbell is seldom a welcome sound to a woman
actively engaged in doing necessary household
work, and when the person responsible for the
ringing reveals himself or herself, after much cir
cumlocution, to be the accredited representative of
a very prominent and reliable publishing house of
which the prospective patron has never heard, the
interruption is generally regarded as anything but
delightful.
"The lady of the house" when busily performing
her manifold daily duties is not usually thinking of
buying books, no matter how instructive or "in
dispensable" those books may or may not be. Her
mind is on her work aud she does not welcome dis
tractions. When she is stopped by a canvasser and
requested to give her undivided attention to a
recital of the merits of a particular publishing
house product, which is described as absolutely
essential for the proper education of her children
and without which no home can be happy, she
cannot experience much of the agent's enthusiasm
over the wonderful work which is being offered to
her. The chances are that she will take more and
more of a dislike to the book, the longer the in
truder talks about it. If she finally puts her name
to a subscription, it is because of some particular
trick in the agent's plea, or perhaps because of her
desire to be rid of the entreater.
The average book agent has no higher ambition
than to be thus gotten rid of. Although he is, of
course, deeply interested in the welfare of all the
children of all his prospects, and is firmly con
vinced that'what he is offering will be of lasting
benefit to those dear children, his principal object
is to make a sale. It is none of his concern if the
little rowdies never so much as glance at his treas
ury of knowledge after it is delivered.
The door-to-door canvasser, especially the woman
canvasser, has very pleasant ways of greeting a
prospect when the doorbell is answered. He or
she, having previously learned the name of the
prospect from a neighbor, gayly addresses the latter
as though the two had been friends since childhood.
It is such deception that often gains entrance into
the house for the agent, and once that optimistic
person is seated in a parlor chair there is little
opportunity for the escape of the prospect.
A harsh world has dubbed book agents as nuis
ances. "The lady of the house" has little love
for them and sometimes has difficulty being civil
in their presence. She is of the opinion that she
need not devote parts of her valuable time listen
ing to all self-appointed distributors of knowledge
who ring her doorbell, and that she is surely not
obliged to purchase all the "indispensable" litera
ture which is offered to her by those persistent
persons.
Competition seems only to increase the jitney 'bus
business.
The business of the steam laundries should boom if the
Heathen Chinee goes to war.
Would the Japs dare harass China if the European powers
were not too busy fighting each other to interfere?
We think it safe to say that the overworked Governor
will not be the least bit disappointed at an early adjourn
ment of the Legislature.
The growing possibilities of a war between China and
Japan should relieve to some extent the fears of those
Americans who have clung to the idea that the Japs are
eager to take Uncle Sam on for a bout.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
HOPELESS
Mr. Newrich—"My dear, this tower goes back to Wil
liam the Conqueror."
Mrs. Newrich—"What's the matter? Isn't it satisfac
tory?"— Life.
The Plainest Girl
Can Be Good-Looking
There is economy in good loolcs.
It pays every girl to be good-looking
and every woman owes it to herself
to be as attractive aa possible.
It is unfortunate that all women
are not born beautiful, but nearly all
can acquire good looks. The plain
girl not only must use care in the
selection of her clothes but give
especial attention to her hair—thin,
wispy, dull and faded locks will de
stroy half the beauty of even a
pretty face.
If your hair is not beautiful, lack
ing that enviable softness, lustre and
fluffiness, or is falling out, full of
dandruff, too dry, by all means use
Parisian Sage, an inexpensive liquid
tonic, easily obtained at any drug
counter or from H. C. Kennedy.
Simply rub Parisian Sage well into
the scalp. It will go right to the hair
roots, nourish them, and stimulate the
hair to grow strong and luxuriant.
It removes all dandruff, thoroughly
cleanses the hair of dust and excess
oil, and makes it appear twice as
abundant.
Parisian Sage is a scientific tonic
that gives the hair just what is
needed to make it fluffy, soft and
gloriously radiant; and pretty hair
will surely increase the charm and
beauty of even the plainest girl.
—Adv.
[Tong lie- Eitd Top ics |
Flood of Old Metal In Berlin
So great has been the flood of old
metals in Berlin for melting purposes,
that the war ministry has had to issue
a statement, thanking the donors but
declaring the lack of metal is not suf
ficient to necessitate such sacrifice.
"Of late," says the ministry, "there
have been accumulating in the raw ma
terials of war division of the ministry
metal objects of all kinds from the
household and the factory, even church
bells, for the use of the army. It is
impossible to thank each sender for his
laudable interest, so the war ministry
bespeaks in this way its gratitude. The
army authorities do not wish to take
advantage of this movement, because at
the present there is no shortage in old
metal. Aside from this fact, the less
well-to-do circles of our population
would be apt to compete in a spirit of
sacrifice in giving to the Fatherland
their metal, while in the case of a real
shortage, larger supplies and objects
such as roofs, could be used."
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Women Conductors in Wales
The first women conductors appeared
on the Cardiff street cars on April 23
and were received enthusiastically by
the townspeople. Almost the entire pop
ulation of the place made an effort to
obtain a ride on one or another of the
cars officered by the new conductors,
with the result that the novices ex
perienced a rush which would have
tried the ability of a veteran. That
the new conductors were somewhat
nervous was quite evident during the
first few hours, but before the day was
over they had become more confident.
All the passengers, they said, were very
polite, except over occasional mistakes
in making change. Some of the mon
who boarded the cars seemed to be in
doubt as to whether or not to remove
their hats inside the cars. For the
present, the women will start work at
10 o'clock in the morning and quit at
8 in the evening.
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Locusts a Menace to Egypt
The locust invasion in Egypt and
Palestine is proving a far more serious
matter than war. The locusts, not
withstanding energetic measures taken
by the government and farmers, have
spread the length and ibreadth of Egypt
and are more numerous than at any
time within twenty yea r s. They con
stitute a very serious menace to the
cotton crop, which is already well above
ground.
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100,000 American Horses Shipped
Cavalry has been so little used in
this war and transportation so depend
ant on motor vehicles that it is doubt
ful whether the demand for American
horses is as heavy now as it will be aft
er the war, when the shortage will be
felt on the farms of Europe. The
United States has shipped fewer than
100,000 horses to the warring powers
since hostilities began. If the number
is raised to 240,000, only one per cent,
of the American horse supply have been
touched. The Swedish Government has
agreed to the export of 10,600 horses,
or ten per c6nt. of all the horses in
Sweden. The entire number is to go
to a single Danish dealer, presumably
for export to Germany.
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Pensions for Boy Soldiers
The French Minister of War has de
cided that boys under seventeen years
old adopted by regiments or who have
succeeded irregularly in joining the
army, and have made regular campaigns
and are wounded in the field, shall re
ceive pensions as if regularly incorpor
ated.
RUSSIA ISSUES DENIAL
OF DEFEATJN GALICIA
Washington, May 7.—The Bussian
Embassy yesterday received the follow
ing dispatch from the Bussian Minister
of Foreign Affairs:
"Petrograd, May 5, 1915.
"The reports from Berlin and Vi
enna of a victory gained by the Ger
mans and Austrians in Western Ga
licia are absolutely unfounded. The
battles that are proceeding now in that
region give no foundation whatever to
talk even of a partial success of our
enemies. You are asked to contradict
most emphatically the reports spread
by the Germans.
"SAZANOFF."
THE GLOBE OPEN SATURDAY TILL 10 P. M. THE GLOBE
The Echo of Our Surprise Sale
Is Heard All Over Town
Sale of the Surpus Stock of L. Adler, Bros. & Co., of Rochester, N. Y.,
The Celebrated "Adler-Rochester" Clothes, None Worth Less Than S2O
THESE superb custom-tailored,
ready-to-wear suits include most
every fabric and every style.
Here are two-piece suits of myL \
Tropical Worsteds, with scarce-
ly a semblance of lining—ful* i rag;
three-piece suits of Chev
for the sporty fellow, the I
new English Norfolk- jj , *
back —all included at the |
P
ii Mothers' Day, Sunday—
-11 Every boy should celebrate MOTHERS' DAY by appearing at his best. -I
!► Our SURPRISE SALE affords the opportunity for outfitting your boy at sav- s
:; ings that are REALLY SURPRISING. «;
I AT $2.95 AT $4.85 AT $6.85 jj
]► An assortment of boys' These are the famous Boys' higher grade suits— <!
<[ sturdv suits—some with two ® •POST UE fe some are two-pant suits \
<1 HEALTH SUITS what „. , „ ... ... S
!► pairs of pants—snappy Nor- more need be said—neat, at- ' we r " re * ls inff faln, ' s
) .I. . , •. . ~ tractive patterns—all sizes— smartest styles all hand
<l models suits that sold the kiud that a j wayg sol( j at somely tailored values to ;!
!►at $4 and $5. $6.50 to $8.50. * $lO. ; I
]; Boys' Wash Suits at $1 to $5 Boys' Nobby Hats ;J
<1 All the popular styles—the Tommy Tucker, "The Bel-Mar," a new cloth hat that will please !;
<[ the Oliver Twist, the Dickens and the Middy in the larger boys, at SI.OO >
<; Btrikin K color .combinations are the leaders this F the gma „ or thl „ hatg of <|
<[ season superior quality fabrics the famous nf v >. >
;I MANHATTAN make. BtJ e> 1 50<? to SI.OO J.
Another Wagon Load of Self-Conforming
Manhattan Shirts—Just In Sennit "Straws"—s3
Our mid-season shipment of MANHATTANS Another Surprise-straw hats in the smart
ire surprising in their beauty and texture. . , . , ... , .
The new soft striped pongee* at $1.50 cst 9t - vlea shown thlß season ' Wlth soft brims
The silky overshot styles at $2.00 that shape themselves to every contour of the
The silk shirts at $3.50 and $4.00 ; head. Every man can now wear a straw hat.
Are all equally interesting. The new Palm Beach trim has made a "hit."
THE GLOBE "77ie Friendly Store"
SIGNS A BILL TO ENABLE
LAWYERS 10 GOLLEC T FEES
Governor Approves Measure Which
Gives an Attorney a Lien on His
Client's Award, As Compensation
for Legal Services Rendered
• People who hire attorneys to prose
cute damage suits for tih«m and after
recovering damages cheat the attorney
out of his fee, cannot do so any more,
under a law approved by Governor
Brumbaugh last night which gives the
attorney first whack at what verdict
his client may recover.
The bill pro'vides that an attorney
shall have a lien for his compensation
upon his client's cause of action, claim
or counter-claim which slraJl attach to
an award, verdict, order or other form
of judgment. The bill also provides
that the lien shall not be affected by
any compromise or settlement before
or, after judgment.
The Governor also signed the bill
prohibiting the use or sale of any bal
loons made or intended to contain fire
for purposes of ascension. This meas
ure will not apply to any balloon in
which a person ascends, but is intended
to forbid the paper balloons, frequently
used at night.
The Governor also approved the
Graham House bill amending the Su
perior ,Court -uct of 1895, so that the
rank and seniority of the judges shall
be determined by "continuous length
«f service" as a member of the court.
The bill also provides that the court
may at its discretion designate two of
the members to write opinions during
B. V. D.
\a§ MANHATTAN
/ II lalon Suit*
I /I SI.OO to $5.00
111 Skirts nnd Drantri
Mr soc to $3.00
[X Forry's, "w...T
the sessions, and that these members
slhall not 'be required to sit at hearings,
and removes the mandatory provision
that tihe court must meet at least once
a year in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Har
fris'burg, Scrauton and Williamsport,
providing that the place of sittings
may be optional with the court. An
other provision is that compensation
of pro tho notaries shall be authorized
•by the act of 1909.
" Other bills approved are:
Senate bills providing a chief book
keeper for tihe Auditor General's De
partment, at a salary of $2,500; an as
sistant chief bookkeeper at $2,000;
two'bookkeepers and an additional trav
eling auditor, at SI,BOO each.
Supplementing act of 1906 by pro
viding that debts of municipalities con
solidated shall be paid by the consoli
dated city, and for the levying of a
uniform tax to pay them.
Regulating sale of chicory mixed
with coffee.
Regulating method of practicing vet
erinary medicine, and issuance of li
censes for its various branches.
'House bills authorizing payment
from State funds of cost of transfer
ring insane persons on orders of the
State Board of Charities or Committee
on Lunacy.
DEVICES FOB KAUFMAN STORES
Automatic Sprinking System and Many
Electric Appliances Will Be Uised
Extra fire protection will be given in
the new Kaufman stores by the in
stallation of a modern automatic sprink
ling system and electric ligiht and pow
er equipment. Installation of the elec
tric devices will be started tiy the Har
risburg Light and Power Company as
soon as the sprinkling system is com
pleted.
The sprinklers will be placed about
the floors and wa'lls to the number or
400. Heat; fuses will be attached in
such a way that When the temperature
reaches a certain height the controls
| will be released and gallons of water
i will flood the building.
The electrical devices will include
I electric, signs indicating the way from
one department to another; fanning
' system; private telephones with store
exchamge so communication may be
had between departments and work
; rooms: electric sewing machines, elec
j trie irons, vacuum cleaners, an electric
refrigeration system, a pneumatic cash
| tube system and passenger and traflSc
elevators.
TRANSLATED BY MR. HERMAN
"The Smile of Mona Lisa" Put Into
English By Harrisburg Lawyer
It rcmai'ned for a Harrisburg attor
ney, John A. Herman, to give to the
literary world a translation of the fa
mous brochure of Jacinto Benavente
—known the world over as a Spanish
dramatist—of "The Smile of Mona
Lisa."
With his usual thoroughness and
clarity, Mr. Herman has presented a
volume that will delight the lovers of
that still unsolved mystery, the smile
of the woman painted by Leonardo da
Vinci, on her portrait, a smile capable
of so many interpretations that it still
puzzles the world of art.
Benavente in his little drama pre
sents five characters—Leonardo da
V'inci, the artist; Ismael, a Jew; Klori®
and Antonio, art students, aHd Stella,
a page to Mona Lisa, and through them
he has woven a most interesting story
concerning that smile.
Mr. Herman has proven himself a
most capable translator, and the charm
of the great arthur has lost nothing in
the translation. The volume is beauti
fully printed by Richard G. Badger, at
the Gorham Press, Boston.
Ban on Alcoholic Drinks
Paris, May 7.—The "Petit Par
risien" says it has been informed tljte
government will introduce a bill pro
hibiting absolutely the manufacture, ,
sale and transport of all alcoholic
drinks during the progress of the wa».
Even beverages containing a sligtht pro
portion of alcohol, it is understood, wrH
be prohibited.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelligen
•Mrs. Elizabeth Nelligen died this
morning at her home, 410 Calder street,
from the effects of a stroke. She is sur
vived 'by two children, Edith and Lela.
Funeral services will be announced
later.
Dyspepsia Tablets
Will Relieve Your Indigestion
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