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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
ORGANIZING IN THE COUNTRY

/" HE conference of education to
be held April 7-10 in LouIslill
i will be of more than usual in
terest to those outside of edu-
cational circles. Indeed. never has a
school meeting been held in this coun-
try that promises better OF more prac-
tical results.
I'VE must organize in the country
was the dictum of Ambassador Walter
H. Page, uttered at Richmond year
ago, and the conference will make a
systematic attempt to organize the
social, economic and educational forces
in the rural districts of the United
States.
Those in charge of the Louisville
meeting believe that the way to Or
ganize is to organize. Instead of
merely talking about it, the various
groups of farmers, business men, coun-
try women, preachers, doctors, editors
and school workers will constitute
themselves an organization for imme-
diate work. just as II they were or
ganizing permanently. They will adopt
constitution and bylaws and go
through the regular order of business
OF cooperative associations, SO that
those present will be able to start
similar organizations in their home
communities.
The leaders will bring blank forms
used in their work to show all the
important details of managing CO.
operative enterprises. Experienced
workers will conduct clubs for boys
and girls. There will be demon
strations of the country home. show
ing the farmhouse, its equipment, its
activities and industries, and school
and church demonstrations to show
what cooperative effort can do In
these fields toward producing an eff
ciently organized rural community. To
mark the complete harmony between
the work of the school and the work
of the community the Southern Edu-
cational Association. with a member
ship composed of representative teach
ers and school officials, will hold a
Joint meeting with the conference.
Such conferences as this will do far
more to advance the cause of edu-
cation than all the teachers in
stitutes" and directors conventions
ever heid-useful as such gatherings
are.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

I" D. MacGREGOR, writer on
economies, draws attention to
the fact that while New York
city has reported personal in
come taxes aggregating $4,000, 900,
nearly 100000 unemployed men are
looking for work in that great center
of riches and population. He SAYS
the individual is very largely to blame
for this condition.
New York is the head and center of
extravaganza in this country. All
other cities follow it's lead and the
smaller communities initiate the
larger centers as far as they can. AS
1t is all over the United States SO it is
ell over the CIVILIZED world-a great
strain Is being put upon capital by a
widespread extravaganza which is
behind many local causes advanced n
explain conditions resulting in the
unemployment of thousands.
AS a prominent economist saws:
Without war and calamity the
worlds capital might have withstood
the other extravagances of the dav
On the other hand. without personal
extravaganza. Che cost of unavoidable
misfortune might have passed un-
noticed. Both have occurred, how
ever, and the question arises-is It not
just possible that the strain has been
greater than capital could bear? Is II
not reasonable to assume that pros
perity cannot return in full measure
until the damage is repaired? MAY
we not expect enterprise to wait un.
I'll the effect of conservation of all
kinds begins to be feltg"
The manager of a large cafe in New
York city is reported to have esti.
mated that New York on New Years
Eve spends s2.5oo.O00 in suppers, the.
aters, cabs, saloons, tips to walters
etc. One-fifth of that sum would build
many an industry. Suppose zoo. .0of
individuals who have spent In any OF
the larger cities $500 annually in TIPS
cabs, theater ticket commissions, etc
should deposit that money in the
banks and thus turn il into legitimate
enterprises. there would be $780, 900.
900 to help make prosperity and keer
II.
While II Ia true that women. as q
kute. are more inclined to be thrifty
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
TRYING To CLOSE
UP DAUPH|N GAPS.
Ryanites and Disaffected Are
Causing Annoyance to the
Bosses in the City
REFUSE TO PLAY DEAD
York County's Congressman Is
Only Hitting the High Places
These Days

Followers of the Democratic State
machine in this section have been
treading the carpet the last. day or so
in efforts to comply with the demand
of the bosses that the kinks be ironed
out of the situation here. 1t is said
that the ti-McCormick sentiment in
the city and the activity of the ad-
caused much pain, and men who have
refused to be good are to be told that
they are working against the rights
of the people, ETC. A good bit OF the
buncomb being handed out by the
scholar in the White House about op-
ponents being actuated by sinister mo-
tives is being put into circulation in
Harrisburg and refusal to swallow the
Jersey slate for Pennsylvania is to be
declared a qualification for the black
list.
The refusal of certain Democrats in
Cumberland and Perry counties to
play dead when ordered has also been
a topic of conversation.
Wilson Bailey, the fiscal agent of
the machine, has been about the Mar
ket Square windmill wearing a wor-
ried look. 1t Is believed he will soon
get a call to visit the banks of the
Potomac.
Congressman A. r. Brodbeck, In
whose district they have been saying
things about post office appointments,
is leading strenu-
Gus life these days.
Not only is he the Brodbeck
target of a lot of at Going n
tacl1s. but he has Rough Road
some real live oppo-
sition for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress, and
his friends among the reorganization
bosses are too busy to help him. The
nomination is being sought by j. j..
Gerry, present prothonotary and one
of the best campaigners in the county;
by ex-senator David p. Klinedinst and
by II. n. Gitt, of Hanover. Brodbeck,
like Diffenderfer, of Montgomery, has
found that it is rather risky to tie up
to a cause under the impression that
it was that of the people, when it is
only scheme to put certain men into
office.
The Lebanon county legislative sit
uation is commencing to attract at
tention because of the manner in
which the candidates
are entering the fight.
Lebanon The two factions among
Situation the Democrats will have
Is Lively candidates and some OF
them are getting so bit
ter that they are hardly
on speaking terms. Lebanon county
got a dose of reorganization medicine
and some of the Democratic leaders
would like to return it. The Washing
ton party enrolment was so small that
men who talked of running on that
ticket are rather slleptical about it.
Asa A. Weimer and E. Il. McCurdy
have announced themselves for the
Republican nomination.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Blind to Give Concert
IDLE RAILROAD MEN

From the Philadelphia PUBLIC Ledger
Every railroad man out OF work u
evidence Of the folly Of anti-railroad
tunity to make d living because the
railroad which employed him Is de-
prived of an opportunity of making
living. Railroads cannot pay good
wages unless there is profit in traffic.
They cannot give good service unless
there is profit in traffic. The Key TO
that profit Is increased rates. They
cannot be put into effect until the In
terstate Commerce Commission ap-
proves, The railroads, foreseeing, as
every statistician did, the retrench-
ment that at present exists, asked for
the new rates a year ago: To the petit
added the petition OF the thousands of
hungry men, who will become hungrier
the longer their unemployment.
In view of the enormous Importance
of the proposed rate increase the de-
lay and hesitancy of the Interstate
Commerce Commission is inexplicable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
BUSY OFFICE GETTERS
IFrom the Altoona Gazette.

tHc <AltoOua TdL6LL6.I
Messrs. Palmer, Mccormick, Bailey
ct al. may not be the real, Simon pure
Democrats. as is alleged by the Old
understand that part of the Demo
cratic propaganda handed down by
Jacksin--"To the victors belong the
spoils." The -reorganizers are certain
ly one grand little bunch of office get
tiers, IL they are nothing else. Unfortu-
nately about all the Offices have been
already distributed and, while every
one handed out has made an enthusi-
astic reorganizer, there are not enough
to present one to sufficient number
of citizens to make much of a party. In
this county right now there are num-
Der of once enthusiastic reorganizers
who are beginning to ask with some
petulance about theirs, and some others
who are even going so far as to refer
a. an ,offce trust"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

j. C. Phipps, son of the former
iron man, who succeeds his father in
the steel corporation, learned the busi-
ness in the mills.
Frank P. Croft. mentioned for the
Senate in Montgomery county, is a
noted chocolate manufacturer.
IT, L. Eyre plans to continue as a
member of the Republican State COM
mittee.
ID. o. Etters, school superintend-
ent of Centre and we'll known here. is
a candidate for reelection with oppo-
sition.
John Is. Mulhearn, Mauch Chunk
attorney. has been stocking mountains
near his home with Belgian hare.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Reading fremen are going TO use the
referendum of the new Clark commits
sion form of government in a square
test of a paid fire department for that
city. What is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander, and it must be
expected that the referendum will be
invoked by moro than one element of
the population, If Reading is in favor
of a paid FIRE department that fact will
surely appear when the matter is sub
mitted to ballot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Already the engineers of the State
Water Supply Commission have demon
strated the value of that organization
to the State in warning the people
against oncoming floods In the main
rivers of the State. With more data on
file. the commission will be even more
accurate in its predictions and warn
ings hereafter. In former years much
damage resulted from sudden foods
which might have been prevented
through timely warning such as now
given through the Water Supply Com
mission and the Government Weather
Bureaus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
ENGLAND'S DEMAND

TFrom the New York Journal
The Speaker of the House of Repre-
Champ Clark. an able and
patriotic man, has refused to cast his
vote, in support Of England.s InaStL unrea-
oscar Underwood, a business man of
wide experience and a very level head,
has refused to side with England. At
the risk of offending the. President,
these men and many more have taken
the view that Americans are more en-
titled to consideration by Congress
than are Englishmen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Everybody should give the firemen Of
Harrisburg generous and hearty lift
In their arrangements for the big con-
vention of the fremen of the State in
this city. The hospitality of Harris
burg must not suffer in any respect;
all of our citizen should cooperate
with the FIRE fighters in providing for
the comfort and enjoyment of our visit
tors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Letters to the Editor
ABUSING THE PARKS
To th- Editor of The Telegraph:

o IN EuHoT UT IHs IeIegfdPH.
In. these opening Spring days the
carelessness and Indifference OF the
carriers of the city is plainly evident,
especially in some of the River Front
parks, ] call special attention to the
way the sod has been torn to pieces BY
many wagons and horses at the foot OF
places along the river.
This Is one of the things that the
Superintendent of Perks should at once
take in hand It is outrageous that an
attractive park should be SO treated
during the winter months without ex-
cuse OF necessity.
INDIGNANT
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
NOT FOR HIM

Goodheart-I've got you down for a
couple cf tickets; we're getting up a
rattle for a poor man of our neigh
borhood,
Joakley-None for me, thank you.
wouldn't know what to do with poor
man IL won him. - Christian Regis
ter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Every page Of the Public Ledger
is interesting to somebody. 1t can
be made smaller by leaving out
not by condensing. A just pro-
portion is given to all news and all
departments. 1t is not merely
big newspaper; it is complete
newspaper. 1t is the only complete
paper that you can buy, and there
fore it is worth two cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Occupy Alexandria

st. Louis. March 30.-Aleyandria,
La, was occupied by our troops on
the 18th. The enemy, under General
Taylor, crossed the river and retreated
to Shreveport by land. Several rebel
gunboats which were there had gone
up the river.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Extract from morning contempo-
rary; Mayor Royal Is a great Mayor.
President Wilson is great President.
They are because they are because they
are because they are, ETC., etc"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Island Park this morning looks like
some of the choice Florida real estate
we've heard about
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

villa says he wins. The Federals say
they win. 1t would seem that the only
way to decide the matter would be to
continue the scrap and stop talking
about it,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Don't worry il your wife is not an
angel. If she were she would probably
need new set of wings for Easter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Now that the bluebird is safely on
the job. how about little dandelion
and some Spring onions?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
NIMaS u R12f feISHESAs
[From the Telegraph, March al, 1864
To Attack Rebels

Chicago, March 30.--A special dis
patch to the Tribune, dated Mattoon,
III last night, says:
-Four hundred men of the Fifty
fourth Illinois Regiment leave Charles
town tonight to attack the rebels.
who are said to be 800 strong, under
the command of Sheriff John S.
O'Eair. intrenched at Gillidays Mills,
ten miles northeast of Charleston.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

The Patriot has finally discovered
that business is ION sound basis" but
not entirely satisfactory"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Steelton is to have 100 new houses
How about a few for Harrisburg?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Her brother told her that the burg
lar he surprised in the house, last night
stood "petrified" when he saw he was
caught, which was due, she thought, to
his being one of those hardened crini-
nails.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
IN HARRl SBURC FlFN
YEARS AGO TO-DAY

[From the Telegraph. March 81, 1851
Houses Needed
II is said that fully zoo families In
this city have not yet obtained houses
for the ensuing year.
Blind to Give Concert
The pupils of the Philadelphia In
stitute for the Blind are to give
concert In the House of Representa-
tives this evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Unemployed Army Recruits

Unemployed army Hecruits
lFrom the Columbia State.
There certainly will be a tremendous
glut In the market for shipping clerks
and billiard hall attendants II ever this
Federal League blows UP or comes to
terms
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
Not II 1t Was His own

bune.1
The man who says he Is without fault
would probably not know fault IL he
should meet one In the middle of the
road
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31
INDIVIDUAL ExTRAyaGANCE

IT. D. MacGREGOR. writer on
economies, draws attention to
u the fact that while New York
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-31

Commissioner William H. Lynch is
scouting around for a new street
sweeper and street sprinkler. He
has been keeping tabs on the way
such apparatus has been working in
other cities and it is the idea to have
the machines here when the time for
them becomes pressing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

money and that he could not possibly raise the sum needed. Thereupon the Madonna directed hi into go to place near Cuzco and dig. There he would uncover some of the lost treasures of the Incas This was duly reported to the people, and, as the story goes, they went with the bishop in great procession to the place designated. They dug down into the earth and there found large store of gold. was with this gold that they began the cathedral which although here far off from the sea, and between the walls of the Andes, k one of the finest churches of the new world
 I have already described the cathedral of Cuzco. All told it is perhaps more gorgeous than was Corincancha, the Inca Temple of the Sun. It is vast museum of gold carvings and beautiful paintings One of it's treasures is a life-sized figure of the Christ fastened to a wooden cross by great nails of solid gold. The figure is decorated with jewels and the pedes- tai or car upon which the cross stands is plated with silver and incrusted with diamonds
 This image is greatly revered by the Indians and also by the other people of Cuzco. They carry it around through the streets on Good Monday. at which time they kneel down on .ne sidewalks and pray before it. They call 1t the Lord of the Earthquakes and believe that their city is safe from seismic disturbances as long as the annual procession takes place This comes from a tradition that the Christ was once left in the church be- yond the hour usually set for the pro cession, when the mountains began to sway, and an earthquake occurred which 1t was thought, would swallow the city Thereupon the Christ was brought out and the earth ceased it's qual1ing.
 Another story of lost treasure re- lates to a Cuzco white man of Spanish descent whom the Lord blessed with numerous children It Is the custom here that godfather shall look after and provide for his godchld; and so, as this man was poor, he tried to add to his re- sources by getting a ~prps of good god fathers. So as the infants came one after another he named each in honor of one Of the distinguished citizens of the town. The citizens, however, did not respond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07
By R. FRANKLIN

slinked along the Paris streets beside Ger trude, loose coated and carrying a heavy walking stick. they were, indeed, q strange couple.
 UT course. there are many who believe that the Steins really thought they had discovered a genius of quite a new sort In Matisse. They certainly gave every evidence of sincerity. All of them spent countless hours arguing with visitors over the merits of the paintings that hung on their walls. Apparently they could not see that arms that hung down below the knee of figure were out of propor- tion and that the crudity of color and dis tortion of drawing of Matisse took us back to period of drawing pre-dating the Egyptians. Absolutely perfect in drawing" was their unvarying answer to criticisms and they seemed to regard with pity those who found 1t impossible to agree with them
 It must not be supposed that there so ridiculous and absurd that it does not convince someone. Matisse became a craze and prices jumped enormously. The were no converts. There Is no movement steins and their protege must have made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

and the man grew poorer and poorer. q At last he had had nine babies, each of whom had been given rich godfat ther, but there was no help forthcoming. The father swore that he would leave the rich and choose as the patron of his next child the first man he met the street after it's birth In due time the stork came again, and the man, rushing out. saw a poor Indian driving a caravan of 1lamas into the town. He stopped him and told him he wanted him to be godfather to his child. The Indian objected, saying that he was poor and not fit to be godfather to a white child. The man then told of his VOW and finally persuaded the h. dian to accept the position
 In due time the baby was baptized and the Indian appeared at the ceremony as its godfather. He kissed the godson as he left the church and the next day came back into Cuzco with a score of llamas. loaded with wood. He took this wood to the father of his godchild. say ing that he had brought what he could and that he must accept the wood as d gift. The man was thanked and the wood was duly stored away in the court of the house. Sometime after that the bundles of sticks and roots were opened, and inside each was found a great bag of gold in nuggets and dust In the meantime the Indian had disappeared and could not be found. The man took the gold and built tvS large houses on the street called Triumph. If you do not believe this story come to Cuzco, and the people will show you the street and point out the houses.
 Another treasure story is the tale of an Indian woman 100 years old It relates to great hoard of gold that was hid den in the Andes by one of the chiefs. who was murdered before he came back to Cuzco. This treasure has long been searched for In vain by both foreigners ana Peruvians. Not long ago this old Indian woman being about to die, sent word to haciendado of Spanish descent for whom she had worked. asking him to hasten to her. He reached her hut in the mountains just in time to get her last message. This was that her ma ternal grandmother, who had died 80 years before, had given her word that would indicate where this treasure Iay The word was an Indian one and it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

hrst, but soon all Paris was talking of the strange Matsses.
 Sane people cried out against the crude colors, the false drawing But their pro- tests only increased the public curiosity and the attendance at the Steins' Satur- day nights increased week by week. The two studios speedily became show places of Paris. No American visitor to this city thought his visit complete unless he had mixed with the decidedly mixed crowd of long-haired art nuts" who gathered in rapturous throngs before the Matisse puzzles in paint
 Quite aside from the grotesque paint ings, the Steins were exceptional enough to attract crowd of curious visitors. Miss Stein was a woman of huge proportions and she disdained to wear any of the arti- ficial props that most women are glad to call to their assistance. Shoes were also banished from her wardrobe and she at tracted great deal of attention, even in the Latin quarter. by wearing sandals and thick, black woollen stockings. Leo, her brother, with whom she was often seen. was the direct opposite. He was tall and thin and aesthetic looking and as he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

extolled. Only the hand of the master could have executed. the canvas.
 Then the true story leaked out. Paris laughed heartily and incidentally heaved a sigh of relief. The Matisse bubble had been pricked and the art orld awakened from horrible night mare.
 Matisse turned to sculpture just as weird as his paintings, but there proved to be no market for his gro- tesque figures in clay, marble and bronze. The Steins carried off his canvases to New York where they att tracted thousands of curious spectators Whether or not they made any con- verts to the new style" do not know.
 Miss Stein made an attempt to trans late Matisses principles, or lack of principles. into literature and after much effort produced a book which she called "a portrait" To under stand this amazing production the ordinary read CT felt the need of a key, but Miss Stein refused to explain anything. Can't you .understand?' she say ss With a note of slight annoyance in her voice Ut is all so clear, so perfectly clear
 ..Thers is still small band Of Matt isse enthusiasts in Paris who will re- main faithful to the master till the end They are very much nfiaid< that the steins, who insrod uced them to tae W ork of their genius, have deserted them. ,