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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

THHE city School Board did well
to adopt the suggestion of +. e.
= Downes, superintendent of city
schools, that the length of time
necessary for graduation in the COM
plete curriculum be changed from
thirteen to twelve years.
Just for a moment consider what
a gain this means in the life of every
boy and girl under the supervision of
the school district. One year more of
their lives will be spent in the actual
field of work. One more year they
will be able to earn, to produce, to be
active agents in the field of develop
ment And the courses in the grades
will be so arranged that the students
years which they are now getting in
thirteen, without being burdened by
too heavy work at any time.
When one thinks of the aggregate
working time added to the lives of the
10000 school children of the city the
result is astounding. 1t means just
10000 years more of work.
Experts have concluded long since
that the years of preliminary train
ing have been too long; that the boys
and girls are too old when they enter
college; that the young men of the
professions get started too late in life
under the existing system.
BY adopting Professor Downes' sug-'
gestion the board has undoubtedly
taken step in the right direction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
DO NOT TRUST THE RIVER

THREE people had narrow escapes
from drowning in the Susque-
/ hanna near Harrisburg yester-
day. The lesson is obvious
keep the boys away from the river.
The stream is full of treacherous
currents. There are places where the
ice is never thick and others that
scarcely if ever freeze to a depth to
make skating safe. The dam at the
lower end of the city will result in
the river freezing over more quickly
than it used to do, but. for that very
reason the danger is increased. The
ice will look safer than it is, because
it will freeze more smoothly. 1t will
be also for that reason more tempting
to skaters.
There are plenty of ponds where
boys and girls may indulge in this ex-
hilarating winter sport with as much
safety as usually attends such an at
best precarious pastime. Skating on
the river is on a par with playing
with firearms and freight car jump
ing as an amusement>for boys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
THE NINE MILL RATE

~ITY COUNCIL has done well in
cutting the municipal tax rate
~ from nine and half to nine
mills for the coming year. This
is no time for reckless expenditure.
The taxpayer has been harassed al
most beyond endurance by the income
tax and the more recently enacted
stamp act, for both of them affect in
a very personal way the small prop
erty owner as we'll as the large, even
though in many cases not by direct
assessment.
Business has been poor and work
has been slack. The average man is
at place where every dollar counts.
Expenditures along every line have
been curtailed and the city ought not
to burden it's people one penny more
than necessary. y nine mill ! rate
promises to yield ample revenues to
meet the real needs of the year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

Washington one would imagine that
the national government was putting
up all of the money for the National
Guard and did not like the result. AS
a matter of fact all Uncle Sam does
do is to provide for instructor-inspec-
tors and give allowances toward field
equipment and for rifle practice.
Pennsylvania is doing a lot toward
national defense that is not the sub
iect of official song.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
WHAT'S CHRIsTMAss
BY Wing Dinger

What is Christmas? :?
1t may be a doll with wee broken
head,
A ten-cent steam engine, or soldier of
lead.
But If it means smiles to child sick
abed.
That is Christmas
What is Christmas? ?
Well. picture a home. where a hard
working wife
With an invalid husband, each day
faces strife
If with food you should e:ve tho a
new lease on life.
That is Christmas.
What is Christmas?
Well, maybe with you it's house with
yard
Perhaps against want you~ are ne'er
forced to guard
While to others from you just a wee
Christmas card
VIII mean Christmas.
What is Christmas ?
Well, If way down deep in your heart
you would know
Be content with your lot. and wherever
you go
By kind words and actions set faces
aglow-
For that's Christmas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
SINGULAR CASE

UST because she is woman o.
irresistible charm, man in the
western part of the State seeks
y divorce from his wife. Here are
some of the reasons he gives:
That heretofore and for the
period of about fifteen years, tne
operate, exercise over and doml-
nate this plaintiff psychologlcaliy.
That she has the mental power TO-
and does, psychologize TINS plains
mental phenomena and metaphys-
les, the defendant has produced be-
tween herself and the plaintltI en-
rapport of mind, by and through
which she. the defendant, has and
does control and manipulate every
physical and mental function or the
plaintiff, and has and does require
and compel them to act cease 70
act. respond and operate as she
Wills and determines.
We have known many a man to
complain because his wife had lost her
but n woman who can ex-
ercise her wifely wiles fifteen years
after marriage as effectively as in her
honeymoon days isn't the kind that
ordinarily finds her way into the di-
vorce court on her husbands appeal
The proceeding is singular, indeed. If
jealousy entered into the suit we might
it. We have known of men
who spent $4,000 for far less femi-
nine charm than is here set forth
Before the case is tried the court>ought
to have lunacy commission examine
the plaintiff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
A NEW YEARS THOUGHT FOR
SOME BOY,

In certain twelve universities, two
hundred and ten men tried for posi-
tions on the football teams. Some Of
them smoked cigarets, some did not.
OF the men who did not smoke, ca s
per cent succeeded in making tive
team. or those who smoked, oniy
1913 per cent were able to get into
the game. If you don't smoke you
have two chances out of three: IL you
do smoke you have only one chance
out of three. This applies to many
other things than football.-Thc
American Boy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is famous for
its pork products?
Toys that Educate

a child's imagination is lively.
1t creates in miniature world
of it's own.
of this in toy choosing.
They select toys that have an
educational value, that stimulate
the child's mind and keep ii
working in healthy channels.
There are many such toys-for
young and old, some of them SO
interesting that 1t will be hard
to keep papa and grandpa from
monopolizlng them.
Where to see them? At any
of the good stores.
And the way to the best store?
Full directions will usually he
round in the advertising columns
of the Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
THEN 'FIRED" HIM

.HE Ohio State Journal does not
believe that politics entered into
= Ambassador Herrick' s retirement
at the request of the Wilson
Says the Journal:
If Mr.. Herrick was gotten rid of
for political reasons, he was re-
tanned long enough to make those
reasons ineffective. The admins
tration certainly continued him long
enough to make himself one of the
finest characters in the nation.
Yes, and then fired" him!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
FACTS AND FUN

A long raft containing 1000, 900 feet
of cedar said to be the largest ever
fioated on the Pacific, recently made
the trip from British Columbia to
Puget SOUNDS 1t was 100 feet long
and 20 feet wide: it stood 10 feet out
of the water and 20 feet under.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
INGRATITUDE

Some days ago we went siding up
to the venerable Boston Transcript
with a particularly fragrant bouquet,
and now to our establishment 1t re-
cfprocates by heaving half a brick at
our devoted head. Never again, Phyl-
lis, never again!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
ONE EXCUSE OVERLOOKED

[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
IT seems mighty strange that no
nation has thus far in defending it's
attitude ventured to plead the unwrit-
ten law.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
WORTH SPECIAL DAY OF THANKS
[From the Houston Post. l

tFrom the Houston Post
1t is said that nothing but irresist-
ible emergency will induce the Presi-
dent to convoke the new Congress in
extraordinary session. This announce
ment merits a swelling chorus of grand
old long meter doxology.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
DOES NO REAL HARM

.. [F'rom the Toledo Blade.l
Studying genealogy makes a splen-
did pastime for people who have never
accomplished anything and never
hope to.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
GIVE TT A PROMINENT PLACE

tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The list of things that it wasn't
worth while to start should include
the Boer rebellion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

Mazie-Artie, where are we going on
our honeymoon?
Artie-Around the world, darling
They are going to give it in seven reels
at the corner picture show.-New York
Globe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT
SHOULD BE BUT ISN'T

[From the Philadelphia Record
1t should be recalled that one rea-
son for the Panama canal was that il
would make smaller number of war
ships suffice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

From the Telegraph of Dec. 10, 1851
Flremen to Give Ball
Friendship Fire Company will give
Its annual ball. January 2. 1865. The
Hope Fire Company will give a Christ
mas ball next Friday evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

President Wilson says he intends to
use common sense" in the selection of
the new Federal Trade Commission;
which was so unusual that the Asso-
ciated Press carried quarter column
report on it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

Poet Watson continues to rage
against the neutrality of the United
States in the present war. but 1t will
take something good deal more in
spring than anything Brother Watson
has yet written to convince us that we
ought to get into the European muddle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

In the course of one year more than
5000 persons We're identified by their
finger prints in the London police
court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

Active mining of pitchblende, the
chief source of radium, has been be-
gun in India, near Bombay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
MANY OPENINGS In PRosPECT


IFrom the Washington Post
It's a wise European father who
brings his son up to be either a doc
tor or an architect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
Week nf Prnres
Celebrate Victory

The first week in January will bc
observed as Week of Prayer by the
churches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

One hundred guns were fred from
Capitol Hill at noon to-day in honor OF
the recent Union victories. Governor
Curtin gave the order.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
NEWGSE s. RIllFsTSHESAe

tF'rom the Telegraph of Dec. 10, 1851
Rebels In Retreat
Nashville. Dec. 10. - The rebel army
near here is in full retreat. Three
thousand wounded were left behind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
AN EVENING THOUGHT

Charms strike the sight, but
merit wins the soul.-Pope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
Steamers Report TroubIe

Cairo. Dec. 19. = Steamers from the
Ohio river report trouble and fghting
In Caseyville. Ky.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19
OUR DAILY LAUGH
Some Nerve

Some Nerve
l wouldn't mind
going to war, I'm
a man of iron
nerve.
So Papa said.
He said you'd bor-
row money from
your worst en-
emy,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-19

Edgar c. FELTON,, president of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company, and for
years prominent in affairs at Steel
presidents of the University Club of
Philadelphia, of which he has long
been a member.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

vices until the trial In July. But the
woman appealed and Nine. Caillaux ran
the risk OF losing her IL the term OF prison
was reduced. The woman had a husband
who was out OF work. a place was found
for him Gin moving picture show, the
story metculously avers) and the CRATE
full wife agreed TO withdraw her appeal.
Unfortunately the Judge refused to allow
the appeal to be withdrawn. rs he con-
sidered the woman had an excellent case.
in fact he reduced the term 70 tw,
months. which shows how hard 1t Is to
keep a good servant. even in prison.
But such stories are most l.pely fables
and certainly exaggerations. Here Is the
testimony OF an educated fellow prisoner
with Nine. Caillaux. Nine. de Sainte-
Suzanne. the woman who waved re
volver at the Judges one day. to- draw at
tention to her dissatisfaction at having
been divorced. The revolver was UNI
loaded, but the incident opened Saint La
care prison to its owner. She said: Much
Imagination has been spent on my fellow
prisoner. Most fanciful reports have been
spread. One dag she has received ward
robe with a mirror front in her cell and
another day IL is some other luxury. Well.
| have seen with my own eyes that Nine.
Caillauxs condition Is not SO brilliant as
they say She has a cell to herself and
the use OF a parlor to see her avocats.
Her cell was just like my own, no lux
urous carpet, tho usual heap OF coal and
wood in the corner. The only thing |
could ask IL that the privilege given to
Nine. Caillaux OF seeing her daughter
every day should be granted TO all
mothers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
SWALLOWED 70 PILLS A DAY.
And william Jessup Managed 70
live 90 Years.

LONDON July 1o.-Slr Thomas Beecham.
the wealthiest OF the new baronets. would
be even Weather II there were more man
like William Jessup, who In 1916 vaS
sued by his apothecary for his bill
Jessup was one who emphaticallv "a
not take Shakcspeare's advice. "r,N~v
physic TO the dogs I'll none Of It." In
the course OF the action 1t was proved
that between 1871 and 1916 Jessup had
CONSUMED a96.9Si pills. During the fi~e
Years preceding the action he had aver
aged seventy-eight pills a day, and N
1914 he swallowed 10 fewer than 1880
Notwithstanding this and the addition
Of 10000 bottles Of medicine Jessup lived
into his sAty-siNth year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
FABRE SAYS CAILLAUX
MADE HIM SCAPEGOAT
Shelved, He Asserts, So He Can
not Direct Murder
Trial.


PARIS. July Sin an interview with
Victor Fabre. tho Public Prosecutor who
was made the victim IN tho recent Ro-
Ghetto scandal to save the faces OF NM
Caillaux and Monis. a reporter Of the
Figaro has drawn out some interesting
details OF how NJ. Fabre was "detrompe"
and shelved In tho little judicial district
of AK, where he passed his youth and
gained his first successea
The reporter found NJ Faore in shirt
sleeves, slippers and collarless on his little
place a few kilometers from AK. at st.
Tholonet 1t was not such n day as one
chooses for making visits. NJ Fabre was
astounded at seeing reporter who had
come all the way from Paris TO talk with
him.
What am I doingr' ne said in answer
to a question. IL was going to look at
my wheat My life u without interest be-
cause 1t Is so calm
And without regretsT"
What do regret? had no part In
the life of Paris. its distractions or It's
pleasures. I led a very modest life, being
without fortune, and a widower at that
My profession alone was left me- loved
II, and love II still.
when I came hsre could have en-
tered tho Court OF Cessation az coun-
seller. did not want to do that because
II meant taking my place behind the Coun-
cillors. who were formerly my 'avocats
generaux. preferred to return here and
become nrst president.
II get up at 4 O'Clock every morning
and prepare my decisions. Then | go 10
AK by bicycle and return the same way
In the evening. l have the friendship OF
my books and tho beautiful countryside.
have my vines. this little garden filled
| with fruit and over there my tlelds My
house Is small and not very pretty. but
II Is mine. have known It from youth. -
Tho reporter led NJ. Fabre to discus
sion of his political exit from Paris.
II have served under thirteen Minis
tiers OF Justice" he said. m. Blenvenu-
| hdi TN pc'ib 'iio .'' ."N" 49,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

The Nationalist Volunteer force has
not become "A formidable factor in Ulster
Although cnlistments continue steadily
and the followers OF John Redmond show
great enthusiasm in the movement to
support home rule Parliament with
bayonets. they cannot hope to oppose
the Ulster citizen army effectively In the
iield. They are practically unarmed and
unless the American believers IN IA united
Ireland send money or equipment the
Nationalist battalions raised in the
counties of Ulster can do little more than
drill with pixies, tre revoyers ana learn
how 10 walk erect
Aside from political considerations the
volunteer movement in Ulster. both Prot
estant and Nationalist, has furnished n
striking object lesson in the value of uni
versal military training. Discipline aud
self-restraint have been learned by thou
sands OF men who hitherto have INDUCED
in lawlessness whenever fractional quarrels
came to the surface. For years tho inhabl-
tantB OF Belfast have been notorious for
street brawlng. There have been many
historic encounters between Roman Catho-
lies and Orangemen In which entire
streets have been stripped OF paving
stones (for ammunition) and buildings
wrecked by the insane fury OF a mob.
volunteering has put All end to rioting.
counter between the two factions OF Irish
men since Ulster began the organization
OF her citizen force. The men who en-
listed against home rule were taught to
scorn the paving stone method of settling
Il dispute and the Nationalist who have
become volunteers receive the same
wholesome warning from their priests and
superior officers
ON many occasions volunteers have
acted as policemen and forcibly arrested"
other volunteers OF their own organization
who happened to be drunk or disordery
in public. They have learned how to
govern others and incidentally TO govern
themselves. Whatever the outcome of the
present crisis. the military training inn
posed on the able bodied men of all
classes and political creeds has done last
ing good.
Drilling has improved the health OF
Ulster. Medical experts say that the
physique and endurance of the volunteers
are much better than they were two years
ago.
Even " Ulster Is sppeased without
bloodshed there remains the grave prob
lem OF these rival citizen armies. They
become disease, The Natonalists are
at last able to arm without interference
from the hated Saxon and II is incon-
ceivabe that they will ever relinquish
"A single rife. Ulster knowing this. Will
refuse to dissolve her standing army,
which she considers her only protection
against future aggression.
The settlement of the home rule uues-
tior-however il may be settled-marks
the beginning, not the end. OF the troubles
OF Ireland She has embarked upon a
new era, fraught with great dangers and
possibilities. Sir Edward Carson's policy
OF armed politics has set her on a new
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
Four Armies Are Ready for Ulster War;
Volunteers Eager for Active Service

with couple OF Browning automatic re-
volyers strapped under their clothes. 4
well known doctor stepped off the Hey
sham boat one morning this week carry
ing two new leather cases OF surgical
instruments. The customs inspector
passed him without word. The doctor
went to his office. took out the cartridges
which filled the cases and had them sent
to his battalion headquarters.
These are true incidents selected at ram
dom from mass OF gun running material
that is known to every volunteer and his
friends. Fresh incidents are happening
nearly every day. There are very few
residences In Belfast tina; do not contain
"A few rifles or REVIEWERS. hidden in the
garnet or the cellar, The city is really
a vast armory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

will be n grievous disappointment II they
do not have chance of going into action"
Ii must be remembered that since the
day OF their enlistment the volunteers
have firmly believed that they must fight.
That thought has kept them steadfast
in their determination to become good
soldiers. They have submitted to calling
discipline with unexpected fortitude. Some
Of the eX-army drill sergearts who were
brought 10 Ulster to 'liCk" the recruits
into shape used the blunt language OF
the barrack square in dressing down the
awkward squads.
| have heard an old soldier, with
voice like foghorn. shower curses and
opprobr!ous names on file of volunteers
that Included a wealthy banker. two
lawyers, an Insurance agent, a cab driver
and a professional boxer ! asked the
banker afterward how he liked being talked
to like a longshoreman In the presence
OF several hundred people who knew him.
The volunteer army IL administered
from headquarters In Belfast on thor
ough military basis. The troops in the
capital comprise what Is called the Bel
fast division of 10000 men, divided into
four regiments.
IT'S bit rough" he replied, but as
long as we're learning l don't mind"
Every available motor car in Ulster will
pass into the hands of the volunteers
ninent. A scheme of motor transport
that has elected praise from experienced
army officers has been planned Ivy Bel
fast business man. When the Mountjoy
ran the gauntlet with 10000 rifles for
Ulster this man modified five columns OF
motor transport at four different Ulster
ports, agSregating 1000 cars and trucks
of all kinds. with such secrecy and celebrity
that the general public knew nothing OF
the events that were impending.
The volunteers have only one regiment
OF cavalry, the Enn SHILLING Horse, self
supporting organization. Every man fur
nishes his own equipmen; and horse.
Every inrantryman buys his own BAN
doler, puttees and cap. The majority will
go into action with no more distinctive
uniform than this. Every private will
wear stamped cloth arinlet officers will
wear two armlets. II will be possible to
deceit each battalion and regiment with
out having TO expend a large sum for dis
tlnctive badges.
Don't waste money on uniforms" said
a military adviser buy cartridges in
steadl
They have been buying cartridges and
rifles ever since.