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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
LOAF, BROTHERS, LOAF.
(New York Sun)

The subjoined wrath inspiring de-
liverance from the headquarters of
modern sociology defaces the press:
Henry Ford, of Detroit, thinks that
work day shorter than eight hours
would give too much time for loafing. 4"
He is completely, fundamentally,
longitudinally, latitudinally wrong ;
wrong generally and wrong specif1-
cally: wrong in his head, his heart
and his gizzard: morally, physically,
intellectually wrong. There never
was and never can be a work day
short enough; no man, regardless of
| the situation in which he finds him
self, has sufficient time to do all the
| loafing he wants to do and should do.
Loafing is the one thing for which
most men are ideally equipped; the
one calling in which they might be
reasonably efficient; the one art in
which each and every one of us re-
gardless of birth, education, previous
condition of servitude, prenatal infiu-
| ences, environment, economic condi-
ton, domestic obligation or taste In
the selection of neckwear might at
tain eminence and win the bays
| Through the malevolence of such
men as Mr.. Ford the true beauty, TIE
sterling virtues of loafing are OBJ
scured and hidden. He and his fell
lows-his friend Edison likes to work
{ twenty eight hours out of every
! twenty -four-by their wretched per
sistence, by their false standards. by
their malignant assaults on mans
best friend, have distorted public
opinion and enforced acceptance of q
vicious theory that loafing might ad-
| vantageously be dispensed with, and
| certainly should be taken in small
doses. A citizenry trained to labor
meek1y assents to their demoralizine
doctrines, and sees its most precious
privilege curtailed. shipped off and
utterly destroyed.
| There should be noN work. All
| hands should loaf all the time All
men are created loafers. The fall was
| from luxurious idleness, unvexed by
alarm clocks. factory whistles, ma
tured notes, engagements that must
be kept, to the present servile and
task ridden situation of Adams un-
fortunate sons and daughters
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
Letter List

LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office, at Harrisburg, Pa, for
the week ending August z, 1915:
Ladies' List - Miss Marie Barr, Mrs
q. C. Bretz, Mrs. Harrison Clymer, Miss
Anna J. Fisher. Miss Anna and Eliza
beth Frye, Miss b. NJ Giles, Mrs Ray
mond Haines ID. La. Susie Hogan, Miss
Hutchison, Mrs. Frances Jefferies, Mrs.
Edna Louis. Miss Madge Markley, Mrs.
Esther Messer, Mrs. Mary Pitts, Mrs. S.
ID. Plank, Miss Helen Richards, Mrs.
William Rose, Miss Pauline Saunders,
Mrs. n. S. Schiller, Miss Pearl Sherlock,
Miss Emma Smits. Miss Alice Smell,
Miss Edna NJ. Stahler. Miss Annie Sum-
murs, Miss Mary Taylor
Gentlemen's List = Carlo Amablin,
Cortrite, A. c. Craddock w. ]. CraiVe'
John Freeman. H. w. Gummoe, G. M.
Harris, r. II. Hess, Prof. Ray G. HUI
ing, ]. F. Hyde, r. p. Kiester, Fred
LaBrun, T. NJ. Levgan, John S. Mayer,
II. j. Miller, George G. O'Bryan, H. A.
Robertson. d. Harry Robinson, George
Shmitt, Leon Smith. NJ Sorkin, William
Stanton, Oliver G. Swan, Samuel Ty-
son, H. r. Waite, J. W. Watts, Mr. and
Mrs. H. II. Weaver, S. r. Willis. H. F.
Foreign - Florita Anoka. w. Holder
Miss Elizabeth P. Milliken, Franchi
Prest.
Persons should invariably have their
mail matter addressed to their street
and number. thereby insurlng prompt
delivery by the carriers.
FRANK c. SITES.
Postmaster
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
IN LEAGUE WITH THE FLY

TIME housefly has been pronounced
by scientists the most deadly
enemy of mantle typhoid
fly, as it is now more generally term
ed. Everybody knows that it carries
disease; that it is responsible for
much sickness and many deaths every
summer. 1t fits about from filth to
food and leaves it's trail of deadly
germs wherever it goes.
The merchant or dealer who
thoughtlessly or carelessly leaves his
meats or other provisions free to it's
ravages is in league with the typhoid
fly. He is criminally negligent and
guilty of as grave an offense against
the public welfare as the man who
sells milk that he knows has been ex-
posed to infection.
DIR. Raunick, city health officer, has
threatened prosecution of those who
do not protect their foodstuffs from
flies, and he has all power to do so
under a newly-enacted State law which
the State Livestock Sanitary Board is
about to enforce insofar as it applies
to meats.
But there is a better way than
that.
Don't buy from the merchant or the
butcher who lets flies crawl over the
provisions he offers for sale.
Also, be sure to tell him politely
why you no longer intend to be a
customer of his.
| The dealer who finds trade slipping
away from him because he is careless
of his patrons interests will very soon
take steps to limit the promenades OF
the ever present fly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

And it is quite evident that whatever
they may think of his international
policies. thousands of Americans
doubt the ability of the President to
conduct the affairs of the nation
economically and are convinced that
the Wilson theories of tariff and busi-
ness Legislation are fundamentally
wrong.
No foolish sentiment will govern
the people in the selection of Pres
ident and Congress next year. They
are now experiencing direful effects
of the folly of allowing blind passion
to take the place of calm Judgment in
the selection of men to conduct their
affairs at Washington. They will not
repeat the mistaken of 1912. The
foreign policies of the President have
not been above criticism. There Is
Mexico for instance. At the proper
time these matters will be discussed.
The Democratic leaders must not la
Dor under the delusion that those
who have been quietly supporting
presidential notes and decisions be-
cause there was nothing else left for
them to do, will help to hurrah Pres
ident Wilson into the White House
for a second term. They are simply
biding their time to register their
protest where it will do the most
good-at the polls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
PLAYGROUND RESULTS
FOURTEEN -YEAR-OLD c

IA
~ yesterday played the holder of
the city tennis title for the 1915
championship.
She was beaten-but only after one
of the warmest matches ever seen on
the Reservoir courts.
Never, perhaps, since the establish
ing of public Fairgrounds in Harris
burg has there been a more striking
example of the good done for the
youngsters of the city by these in
stitutions. Miss Ruth Starry, the
fourteen-year- tennis player is a
direct product of the Reservoir play
ground. When just a little tot she
romped under the watchful eye of the
playground instructors. She was taught
to use her muscles and before the
little girl was twelve years old she
was a wonder at tennis and basket
ball. This year she defeated all the
older girls and won the summers
tourney. Only the champion herself
was able to defeat her.
But the physical prowess of this lass
is no exception to the rule. Dozens OF
fourteen-year-o girls who have been
frequenters of the city's Fairgrounds
are nearly as strong on the courts as
Miss Starry herself. And the boys who
have been romping and racing under
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

specially designed for the use of the
blind, have been secured which will add
another possibility. A regular schedule
feet. ~ '0p "oiN Is no" IN Ell
The men are increasing in skill and
the products of their labor will soon
them are spending their leisure in mas
tering the Braille system of reading so
that this pleasure will be within their
the blind soldiers in France was e given ZEN
at the International Congress for the
Blind held in San Francisco last
month; mont AS a result, many contribu-
a Few coming from blind people who
have themselves had their darkness
llghtened by similar instruction.
SeIf-SuppOrtinE CrippIes
The problem of rendering cripples
cal handicaps, is receiving considera-
tion from educators, physicians and
sociologists, as well as by Government
slve countries. 1t is claimed that in
some respects the provisions made for
crippled children in a Minnesota insti-
tuition Is superior to that anywhere
else in the world. 1t was brought about
chiefly through the indefatigable persel
| verence of Miss Jessie Haskins. slen-
ger ger CRIPPLED girl. who appeared before
the state Legislature pleading for an
: appropriation which would establish an
institution where crippled children
CnlluISI COulu receive special training
to enable them to become independent
The Minnesota Pediatric Institution is
the result.
Crippled children are received here
and. at the expense of the State. given
every possible remedial advantage tc
! lessen their deformitory. At the same
time each Is. being trained in some
industry which may be turned into
profit in the future. Under the direc.
| ton of DR.. Arthur j. Gillette, of st
| Paul, an orthopedic surgeon who has
given his services gratuitously many
| devices provided in that institution
have been copied and applied to similar
| cases in different parts of the world.
/ New York, Nebraska and Massachu.
| setts have also made provision for aid.
ing cripples at public expense, anc
other States are preparing to do so.
/ From an economic standpoint this
provision is well justified. according tC
| those who have studied the subject. All
| average of forty years of wage pro.
| duction at $12 a week gives each mar
value of $4,000 as an average. II
| he is left dependent the State and the
public loses the benefit of the sun
| he might have earned. If he is taught
at a mere fraction of that amount In
expense, to earn money so that he il
not a dependent upon public or private
| charity, the State and the public share
| in the benefit, leaving aside the menta
| benefit the cripple himself derives from
his independence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. G.. ]. Van Vetchen, the scran-
ton health officer, expects to have the
new municipal hospital in that city
opened soon.
Harry c. Parker, the anthracite
authority for the government, will
have charge of the coal operators
publicity.
-Rarry c. Thayer. of Philadelphia,
has returned from a trip to south
western states for a syndicate of Phila-
delphians.
William Burnham, of Philadel-
phia. is spending the summer in Maine.
Henry J. Carr Is receiving con-
gratulations on the reopening of the
Scranton public library.
Mayor J. G. Armstrong has given
the new Pittsburgh Policemen's Union
quite boost
w. Hayward Meyers, vice-presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania, will go Ito
Maine this week
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
THE WAR IN EUROPE

TIME operations of the European
war are too vast to be caught,
analyzed and described by even
the noted writer's who have attempted
to set them down in black and white.
1t is only the occasional incident, the
feeting flash of an event. trifling, per-
haps, in relation to the gigantic whole,
a glimpse of the conflict as it is brought
home to the individual. that gives us
some understanding of what the catas-
trophe of war means to the people of
the continent. Take, for instance, the
following letter, written to his little
son from his deathbed by Lieutenant
Colonel Negrotto, one of the most
popular Italian commanders, who fell
mortally wounded when leading his
men on the bank of the Isonzo:
To you, EMO. my son, at the mo-
ment of his quitting this life for
ever this is the message and legacy
your father bequeathS you:
Be ever obedient and dutiful to
your mother. She, who Will now be
alone in the world clinging to the
name and to the memory of your
father. has a right to find her conso-
lation in you, our dear son.
Be always and In all places, nom
est, hardworking, and brave, and
proud of the name of an Italian.
See that all you do helps to in
crease the power and glory of our
people and tends to honor the un-
spotted name which 1 leave you as
an heirloom.
/ close with a kiss. From your
old father, who has been very fond
of you always.
There we have I'll The glory of war
fersooth! Heartbreaks. the wreckine
of family ties. the leaving of a beloved
son and his mother to the mercy of a
cold world, the sacrifice of glorious
manhood! And for what? That the
tottering thrones of a half-dozen self
ish, murderous monarchs may be
propped up for few more years. AND
this. in the final analysis, is the wal
in Europe-the death of the individua
for the perpetuation of an obsolete
type of government
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
Pullers IN

In the old days along the
Bowery storekeepers had what
were known as "pullers In" who
grabbed passers by and en-
deavored to sell them by main
strength.
Happily this style of merchan-
dising is no more-but 1t left be-
hind the germ of an idea.
This idea is that an attractive
store front and an interesting
window attract customers.
To-day every one reads the
newspapers and alert storekeep-
ers put to the front In their win
dows the goods which manufac-
turers are advertising in the
newspapers.
These goods are in the public
mind. Their presence in the
store window attracts attention
and they bring people inside to
look and buy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
THE GROCERs' PICNIC
by Wing Dinger

II you didn't place your order
For some groceries to-day
You will hungry go tomorrow
Unless you have stored away
What you'll need. because the grocers
Will tomorrow close up shop
And go picnicking to Hershey
And all cares of business drop.
Therell be lots to eat, II bet you,
Cause 1t won't cost them, you know
For the eats, because they'll take it
From their stocks. but listen. bo.
I'm afraid in ham and pickles,
Cheese and other things galore
There will be famine Friday
That Will make the prices soar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
HE PRESIDENTS POPULARITY

EMOCRATIC leaders are placing
too much importance upon what
they are pleased to term the
personal popularity of the Presi-
ent." All of them who have spoken
Pcently upon Democratic prospects
Ebr next year dwell upon the popular
support the President has received
IN the past few months as the big
factor in national politics as they af
Feet the coming Presidential cam
paign. In this they see signs of a
Democratic victory next year. They
are mistaken.
A No good American could do other
than men Of all parties have done in
|the past six months. They have
l"stood by the President" They have
backed him up in his decisions upon
international questions. They have
defined to make his difficult position
harder by pickering with him over
trifles. They have refused to nag.
But for all that they differ just as
widely with him on matters relating
TO the tariff and the general conduct OF
the government as they did up to the
time when these issues were tempo
rarily obscured by the grave interna-
tional problems that have arisen out
of the European war.
Questions of a purely national char
acter have not been forgotten. It is
as important that the relations be-
tween our own people and our owr
government be harmonious and thai
acspital and labor be assured of mu-
tual prosperity as it is that we remair
1t peace with the world at large
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
sDAY EVENING AUG. ii
b toho neuer alters his opinion
hiding 1odter, and breeds rep
he mind.-WilIidm Blake.
liz CHANCE OF PEACE

cH as the world may desire it,
here is little chance that peace
viii be an outcome of the
German prosposals to Russia.
4lt is doubtful If any direct
looking to that end have
de. But, as the New York
Post puts it, "the thing is in
the most significant signs is
hge of tone of the German
it's comment upon the Russian
At the outbreak of the war
man public was told that 1t
b Germany to stem the tide of
barbarism that was sweeping
western Europe" that the Mus
lower must be forever broken"
afety of Europe was to be in
Every German newspaper
with hatred violently expressed
Russians and everything Rus
OF course. this was with the
al of the imperial government,
German newspaper in war times
ho other than voice the kaiser's
matters of national policy.
all is changed. Germans are
at Germany really has no quar-
Eh Russia" and the question is
why should it not be better to
the advice of Bismarck and
for the friendship of the czar?
in all this Russia must be taken
Insideration. The czar is in honor
to stand by his allies, to the end
eace be made only by consent of
$50. the Russian empires gigantic
'ces have been scarcely more
Fresh armies are in
ration and thousands of tons of
milton are being poured into the
y from America and Japan. In
Id the Warsaw victory may cost
liser more than it is costing the
The German commanders are
means conquerors of Russia as
In the loss of her colonies Ger
has yielded more territory to the
than she has won in Poland and
I'M. This will be one of the fac
the settlement of the war.
along Germany has striven to
IS upon the world that hers is
war of conquest or oppression.
wants peace, then, let her make
just proposal for the freedom OF
d and Belgium, and the world
'ge may be inclined to believe
1er leaders are sincere in their
stations of international honesty.
t state of mind, however, appear!
as far distant in Germany as 1t 1.
e countries of the allies. Evi.
: the end of the war is not ii
No basis of settlement has beer
sted whereby the warning force!
kelly to reach an early under.
ing.
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THE PENALTY OF BEING UNFIT
(Kansas City Times }

Under the title, The Ordeal of the
Unfit British" Golfers Weekly speaks
of the difficulties of the British SOL
diers on the 40-mile front assigned to
them in Flanders. They are mostly
raw recruits under green officers. 1T
probably will be eight months or
longer" says Golfers, before they
are as fit for fighting as an equal num-
Der of Germans"
Military unpreparedness does not
keep any nation out of war. 1t means
only that when it is in war 1t loses
unnecessarily many thousands of men
because of that eparedness If
the war is sharp and cruel hundreds
of thousands are slaughtered because
they are raw and are commanded
by green" officers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
TELEcRAPHs PERIscOPE

Says the Baltimore American:
Pennsylvania imposes a tax on anthra-
cite coal" Imposes. yes; but there is a
difference between that and collecting
it.
William Howard Taft and Uncle
Joe Cannon have approved President
Wilson's latest German note. Come on,
now, Teddy, make 1t unanimous.
DIR. Raunick is going to have pure
milk IL he has to fight for 1t.
One of the most delightful features
of vacation is getting back home.
Slowly, but surely. the snout of the
Bull Moose is developing into the trunk
of an elephant
AS picturesque addition to the ma
tural scenery of the resorts the Palm
Beach summer man has the summer
girl backed into an obscure corner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

the city's supervision are nearly always
able to defeat elder brothers who had
no playground opportunities in the
lighter lines of sport where skill and
endurance rather than weight are the
deciding factors.
The lessen to be learned is this:
Harrisburg can not have too many
Fairgrounds.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT

But how can a nation that has a
Roosevelt be called unprepared for
war?-Columbia State.
The main trouble with Russia ap-
pears to be that it has no standing
army.-Washingto Post.
As to the invaders wiping the Rus
SLAMS off the map-there Is too much
map.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Russians now seem to be in for
series of games on the home grounds.
-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Trip to Market Ends at Altar
Headline. Nevertheless it will have to
be resumed.-New York Tribune.
Roumania and Bulgaria are having a
mighty hard time trying to pick the
under dog.-Honolulu Bulletin.
When it comes to being captured,
Mexico City is three or four laps ahead
of that. Arras emetery.-Nashville
Southern Lumberman
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
SALT AND FRESHNESS

[From the Pittsburgh Sun.I
The per capita consumption of salt in
this country is about 100 pounds. Pos
sibly that accounts for the prime con-
dition of the innumerable fresh indi-
viduals one encounters.
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To Examine Pupils
On Excursion
MAY AND AUG.

1t is not always May
For time doth onward jog.
And 1 am glad to say
1t is not always Aug.
Louisville Courier-J journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
HERE'S CHANCE FOR JIM FoUsT

[From the wilkes Barre Evening News1
From the pictures of THE Chocolate
chased, we take 1T that the lady is not
very heavily coated
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
.sFOR THESE SMALL THINGsp

[From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Why should prudsh critics rail about
white stockings being worn on the
beaches? Be glad, nowadays, of any.
thing that's worn on the beaches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[FrOm telegraph. August II, 1861

Peaches High
Peaches are selling from four to six
dollars a bushel in this city and VI
cinity.
To Examine Pupils
Pupils who are applicants to the city
schools will be examined tomorrow
morning in Miss Bishops room in the
building at River Alley and Walnut
street.
On Excursion
A number of members of the
Friendship Fire Company and their
friends left this morning for their an
nual excursion to Wom elsdorf.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11
OVER THE
FENCE.

FENCE.
Mrs. O'Brien---
Children are a
great care an Q
great expense.
Mrs. O'Toole--
They are that.
Shure OF some
times think it's
happy the parents
do be that niver
had amy.
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Our Daily Laugh
A NECESSITY.

Farmer Bug: ]
wish we could
buy some peanuts
at this Zoo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

ntered d. the Post Office in Harris
.zsyg, Pc as second class matter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

DIR. Raunick is going to have pure
milk IL he has to fight for 1t.
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|as1ern Office. Fifth Avenue Building.
New York City. Hasbrook. Story g
Brooks.
western Ofrice. Advertising Building.
Chicago. Ill, Allen & Ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

l@zF every evening (except Sum
= ct tfks., Telegraph Building. 21o
e1eral Square. Both phones.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

FL as the world may desire it,
kre is little chance that peace
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-11

The West End Republican Club en-
tertained candidates for city and
county nominations on the roof garden
of it's North Third street clubhouse
with a crab supper, President Harry
Douglass introduced the speakers. An
orchestra played during the serving of
refreshments. There was an unusually
large attendance.
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