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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

"A great many opinions have been
expressed on the new ANONYMOUS
novel, Getting a Wrong Start" but
these have, with few exceptions. been
written by reviewers who were not
informed as to the authorship of the
volume. One has recently been re-
ceived by the publishers which is of
special interest because it comes from
one who knows the maker of that
TO his acquaintance with the author
OF Getting a Wrong Start" this cor
respondent says: II like the work
Immensely and 1 am sure it will be of
beneht to those upon whom discour-
agement sometimes sits heavily. 1
md 1t true erflection of the author
and into it he has woven his own
courage, hopefulness and wholesome
ness"
1t is somewhat surprising that the
identity of the author has not been
discovered by any of the critics whoo
nave passed upon it for, as this let
ter bears out, the story is faithful in
its narration of the life and career
or a now well-known novelist.
Katrina Trask's peace play, "In the
Vanguard, which has been read many
times by clergymen and by platform
speakers, is being produced this week
in Buffalo by a stock company. The
production was undertaken at the re-
quest of men and women interested in
the establishment of worldwide peace,
and is but another recognition of the
merit of Mrs. Trasks work, which has
been pronounced by critics to be the
most powerful plea for peace ever
penned.
The girl who is going to college next
year is fortunate in having at her COM
mand the small volume Talks to
freshmen Girls" written by Helen
Hawes Brown. Miss Brown is a COL
lege woman herself, a graduate of
Vassar, and she knows, both from her
own experiences and from a, large ac-
quaintance with college girls, the diff
culties which beset girl when she first
enters the college world. In four chap
ters she discusses the question both
from the academic and the personal
point of view, suggesting wisely what
influences to cultivate and what to
curb.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

his side the sobriquet of THE Fight
ing Mayor of Warren" But he was
disappointed.
There were tears in Mrs. Canfield's
eyes as she looked away from the
revelers
Where are all their mothers?" she
asked.
Doesn't it feel good to be outside in
the air-out here where it is dark"
she asked. Somehow I know all this
is wrong and yet it takes all the fight
out of me.
That girl we just saw seemed so
young and innocent. I heard once that
bad is only good gone wrong. I never
understood that until tonight
DO YOU know what I believe? l
believe that girls will continue to live
that way until we get wisdom and toll
erance-tolerance to give us sympathy
and understanding and wisdom to
teach us that vice exists because the
people have studied how to make it
attractive.
When 1 go back to Warren" she
said, Il will do everything in my power
to make the town attractive to young
girls. If only can keep Warren girls
in Warren, shall be happy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
WOMAN MAYOR INTEARS
TFrom the Minneapolis Journal.I

tFrom the Minneapolis Journal.1
NH1CAGO.-Mrs. A R. Garfield,
elected mayor of Warren, Ill,
last month. came to Chicago Ito
broaden her views and learn some
thing of the ways of the big world
outside" She went to her lodgings
with tears in her eyes. so deeply was
she affected by what she saw.
From cafe to cafe she hurried in a
taxicab. At Al Tierney's cafe flashy
dressed men and women turned in
their seats as the woman, now over 20,
who had come to learn something of
the ways Of the world" passed.
Once in her seat, she looked around.
At the table to her left sat a young
girl and man. Both were drinking.
Her eyes became fixed upon the end
of the long room, where couples were
dancing. Two girls brushed against
her chair as they passed. One of them
locked down and giggled.
Mrs. Canfield's escort watched her
closely. He remembered having read
of her as fighter. He recalled her
domination of a belligerent village
council. He expected to see something
of the spirit which in less than two
weeks had brought to the woman at
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

priation bill and other bills affecting
tho postal service.
Not one of them was called to the
head of the Post ONCE Department.
Neither did the selection go to a man
of large experience in private business.
The appointment went to q Texas con-
gresham who began practicing law
when he was twenty-one. held po-
sitions continuously as city and district
attorney for eleven years and then
went to Congress, where he served
fourteen years.
Inspection OF the Congressional Rec
ord fails to show that Mr.. Burleson
ever served on the post Office COM
mittee or took any part in the discus
sion of postal affairs. He was in no
way identified with the enactment of
tant development in the postal service
in recent years. However good law
yer he may have been. he had no
special fitness for the business man
agement of so large and so compli-
Gated public service as the Post Office
Department.
No private enterprise would have
selected a manager in any such man.
ner. If it did. it would certainly meet
the fate the postal service has met in
its financial accounts. No factory, con-
struction company or other large con-
Germ doing a business OF $500, 900. 900
a year could succeed if such policies
prevailed in the selection of a manager.
Undoubtedly. Mr.. Burleson was
good prosecuting attorney. and his
seven elections to Congress are strong
evidence that he is good politician.
But his lack of special qualification for
the position of Postmaster General
together with his experience in poll
tics. is not altogether reassuring to
those American citizens who think
there is more need for business man
agement than for politics in the postal
service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
TINCTURING FICTION WITH FACT

TLEVELAND MOFFET, in a re-
~ cent rather lurid magazine
article dealing with a supposi-
tious invasion of the United States by
Germany in 1921, locates one of the
United States government concentra-
ton troop camps at Gettysburg.
Evidently Mr.. Moffet must have read
rather closely the newspaper reports
of the fftieth anniversary reunion of
the great battle, else he would not
have selected a site so far off the
mainline of any railroad for his en-
campment. The files of the Telegraph
show that during the FIVE days of
the reunion the Reading handled 103,-
600 persons in and out of Gettys-
burg over this spur without a single
accident and with no loss of time
Officials of the company said they
could have carried half as many more
without overcrowding. Mr.. Moftet
has tinctured his imaginative pas
sages with just enough fact to make
them sound convincing to the man
who does not think beyond the writ
ten word.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
STILL AT Ut
(From New York Times1

(From New York Times)
w. ]. Bryan has lost none of his old
facility in writing himself down an
ass. II am glad to note the change in
the tone of the press in regard to the
note to Germany" he says. He is the
only man in the world who has OBJ
served any change in the tone of the
press. ''It is a relief to find that the
papers are emphasizing the friendly
tone of the note and pointing out that
1t does not necessarily mean war"
That is more of Mr.. Bryan's sapiency.
But without exception the newspapers
the friendly tone of the
two previous notes, signed by Mr..
Bryan himself. although it is the gen.
eral opinion that those notes were
written in languages of greater firm
ness than the note of June 8.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Harris ]. Latta, the new president
of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia, is
we'll known to many residents of this
city because of frequent visits.
Governor Brumbaugh has been
elected a trustee of the University of
Pittsburgh.
William Whitaker, burgess of
Whitaker, opened the bridge between
that town and McKeesport and de-
clared it free.
Boyd Crumrine, of the library
commission, was host to members of
his class in Washington and Jefferson
at his home in Washington. They
graduated in 1860.
Ralph DePalma, the speed king,
is on a tour of this state to see the
scenery.
Thomas Shallcross, prominent
Philadelphia real estate man, has gone
to Los Angeles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
WE HUMBLY APOLOGIZE.
(From Philadelphia RecordN )

(From Philadelphia Record)
The Harrisburg Telegraph, in refer
ring to Mr.. Bryan's recent antics in
fers that the days of demagogues are
over. Hardly, in view of the fact that
within the city of Harrisburg on the
very date of the publication of this
opinion Mr.. Bryan was denounced by
some of his protesting friends of a
few months ago who induced him to
come into Pennsylvania and mix his
voice with the noise they were then
making.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

The silly season" has reached its
height. Western statesmen again have
begun to divide Pennsylvania into
two States.
No, Maude. the Full Crew" has no
connection with the temperance ques-
tion.
An optimist is person who expects
to find the bathing girls as attractive
as they appear on the resort posters.
in diplomacy.
About the only sensation the pres.
ent war has not produced is a battle
between an aeroplane and submarine
Possibly they are called baseball
fans because they stir up so much
hot air.
Says an exchange editorially:
Under the Democratic administra ion
the interests of the workingman have
been advanced And the cost of living,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
BUSINESS ~ GovERNNFNT

DoUBTLESS the European war had
- some part in producing the six
and a half million dollar deficit
in postal business, but there are some
circumstances that point to other con-
tributing causes. For instance. it seems
to be one of the theories of this ad-
ministration that practical experience
is of minor value in determining fitness
for responsible positions in the postal
service.
When Woodrow Wilson became
President one of his heaviest RESPONSE
bilities was that of choosing a Post
master General. The responsibility
was great because the postal service
is the most extensive and most COM
plex feature ofgovernmental operations
and affects the business and personal
interests of all the people. That depart
ment handles more than $500. 0OO, 900
a year in receipts and disbursements.
Upon the efficiency OF this service
largely depends the prompt, con-
venient and satisfactory dispatch of
private business.
l. ne pOSldl SERVICE Is complex De-
cause II involves not merely the han
ding OF mail in post offices, but the
collection and delivery of mail in
cities. collection and delivery on rural
routes. transportation by rail, by star
route and by steamboat, management
of money order business and operation
of the parcel post and postal savings
bank. Scarcely any enterprise in the
United States presents so many varied
problems as does the postal service.
President Wilson knew this. Did he
sendeavor to place at the head of the
department a man already possessed
of practical knowledge of postal af-
fairs? Not at all. OF course he would
appoint a Democrat. Quite properly
ne would seek for available men in
Congress. though he might have found
good men in the department itself
There were seven Democrats on the
Senate committee on post offices and
post roads and fourteen on the CORE
spending committee in the House. All
these twenty-one men were familiar
with postal affairs through their an
nnal study of the post Office appro-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
SECRET DIPLOMACY
SHOULD BE ABOLISHED
[From New York American |

From New York American
In his remarkable series of articles
entitled Common Sense About the
War" G. Bernard Shaw says: "Our
autocratic foreign policy. in which the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs makes
war and concludes war without con-
sulting the nation or confiding in 1t, or
even refraining from deceiving it as to
his intentions. leads inevitably to a
disastrous combination of war and
unpreparedness for war. I therefore
suggest that the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs be powerless to fire a
shot or sign treaty without authority
of the house of commons, and that
all Diplomatic business be conducted
in a blaze of publicity" These frank
and sensible words of Shaw exactly fit
our own American case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
A LEGEND THAT WAS HISTORY
From the PhiIadelphia Press I

from the Philadelphia Press.l
Seldom in the history of science had
such complete proof been given of the
truthful origin of a cave in Nevada
be of the ancient race from which ths
North American Indians sprung Every
thing pointed to the fact that the cave
had been sealed by nature more than
5000 years ago and one of the fossil
ized skulls found in the cavern is be-
lievcd to be 5000 years old-older than
the famous Pittdown skull found In
Kent. England.
Yet the story of that cave and the
lives of the ancient people whose relies
were found within had been handed
down through the generations BY. WORD
of mouth with such accuracy and truth
that IL guided the scientists to the cave
itself. The story had come first TO civl-
lization through General Fremont the
great explorer. when he led little
band of whites through the Piute coun-
try In Nevada in 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT

In declining TO be sunk by a mine or
torpedo, the NebraSkan was following
the precedent set by another WELL
known Nebraskan. who has been sailing
IN the political war zone for a number
OF years.-Chicago Herald.
In view OF the Austrians' assertions,
made when they lost Przemysl, that
the city was of little Importance. any
way, the Teutons seem to have gone to
Philadelphia North American.
Among the captains of the United
states Navy on the active list Just
published. are: Augustus Fechteler
John Hoogewerff, Gustav Kaemmer-
ing, Emil Thesis, George Kline, Joseph
Straus. Z. W. .Eberle, loyal Americans,
an.-Syracuse Standard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
ONE MILLION DOLLARS

Rose Stahl who impersonates the
working girl so cleverly, tells the fol-
lowing story anent the crowded condi-
tions of the slums.
Three pretty girls of fourteen or fif-
teen talked, as they sat making artifi-
they each had a million dollars.
"Td buy a house at Coney and live
there all the year round said the first
girl.
I'D buy automobiles and diamonds
and live in Europe" said the second.
The third little girl, heaving a sigh
of divine content at the thought, said {:
I'd sleep alone. MagaZine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
WHEN YOU MISS
By Wing DInger

When, with a good drive you start off
In playing at the game of golf,
And figure how in two strokes more
You'll make the green with prefect
score
But miss the ball on number two,
AS doubtless you at times will do,
oh, tell me, brother. tell me, pray,
In such a case what do you say?
The answer is a simple one,
OF course, If you are all alone,
But ofttimes there will ladies be
Who've come out just your play to see.
They're close enough to hear you speak,
No matter how low you may squeak
oh, tell me, brother. tell me. pray.
When they're around what do you say?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
Our Daily Laugh
HE WAS RIGHT.

Lulu: I don't
zee no doll on 1t.
Johnny: May
be de artist put
'em on the back
Of de tree, cause
dey're hard to
draw.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
NAVY LEAGUES PLAN

IT IOIII NtW lUIh IIIIIto
Nobody can doubt the absolute sin
cerity of the Navy League. Its mem
'bers are well informed men whose
anxiety for the improvement of the
national defenses is due to their exact
knowledge of the situation. But we
are inclined to think that their de-
mand for special session of Con-
gress and the immediate appropriation
of 100000, 900 for the army and navy
is somewhat eXtravagant. The move
ment in favor of strengthening our de-
fenses is wholesome, and we hope 1t
will be kept up with unabated energy,
but the immediate expenditure OF
$500, 900 above the regular appro-
priations seems unnecessary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

Photo shows Mrs s. Osgood Pell,
whose husband with William S. LAIN
beer was killed at a grade crossing on
Long Island railway, when his auto
was struck by a locomotive. Claim
ing that this crossing was Improperly
guarded the widows of the men killed
have brought suit against the railway
company for $75O,000 damages, of
which Mrs. Pell claims damage to the
extent of 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
FLATTERY.

T b e Grouchy
One: Wot dyer
think of that
somic Valentine
Iomebody S e n t
ne?
HI S Friend:
Er-it hatters
you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

A man went fishing near Johnstown
yesterday and committed suicide by
climbing a pole and taking hold OF a
live wire. We knew fishing in Cambria
county was poor. but we never supposed
1t was as bad as all that.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
SELF EVIDENT

ESeattle Post-Intelligencer.J
Japan's Monroe doctrine" ii is an
nounced. is Asia for the Asiatics. :"
OF course. 1t goes without saying that
the Asiatics primarily in view are the
japanese.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
TIME TO QUIT

When two peoples chief delight is
in each doing what the other doesn't
want done. it's time they divided the
woodpile and went their separate ways.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
A DEATH-BED CONVERSION.

a CCoRDING to neIss dispatches,
IA every sentence of death by
court martial/in Belgium here
after must be erjdorsed by Emperor
William before I the prisoners are
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

If the League of Peace plan is sue
cessful. Mr.. Taft will learn that there
is something bigger and better than
the Presidency of the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

Divine favor seems to have been
shifted from the vicinity of Jerusalem
to the United States. Two bumper
wheat crops in successive years is too
much tc ascribe merely to good luck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
TO MEADE d. DETwEILER

The absent one we mourn and vainly
look for through our tears.
Was bound to us by sacred ties through
all the passing years;
We miss to-day his cheerful face, but
his mem'ry cannot fade
Till life and love and friendship in a
common grave are laid,
And the pulsings and the strivings of
mankind are at an end,
And the present with the future in one
symphony shall blend,
And the choirs of heaven proclaim, in
anthems most sublime,
Eternitys good-morning and the last
goodnight Of time!
Read by Fred c. Hand. past exalt-
ed ruler, scranton lodge. NO 128. Eiks,
monument on Monday
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg's Mulberry street
bridge has been more written
about than any bridge in the state
IN the last few years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE IL.

There IS no place more delightful fLan ores
otpn Srssids.-Ciesro.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

A Chicago girl by the name of Anna
Talkmuch has just been married. We
suppose she will reserve her maiden
name for use when desirable
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
PEACE TALK.

TINE effect of the latest exchange
of views between Washington
and Berlin upon the relations of
the United States and Germany has
continued TO monopolize attention and
discussion this week. While there is
practical unanimity that the Presi-
dent must be upheld the time that
has elapsed since the sinking of the
Lusitania has brought out one fact
with impressive force. This is that
the man in the street does not want
to see the United States involved in
war with any of the European
belligerents. To those who can re-
member the events of 1898, the pres
ent contrast with the overwhelming
popular demand for the punishment
of Spain which then existed is most
impressive. AS illustrating this point,
a New York newspaperman of note
writes:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

To learn the average Americans
view of the situation, / spent two
ions of all sorts and conditions of
representative Americans on this
subject. These are not people who
are quoted in newspapers, but those
who really make up sound public
opinion. To get an average point of
view I have talked with hundreds
of men in all walks of life. from
laborers to the heads OF some of the
greatest corporations in the coun-
try. The surprising thing about
these interviews was the similarity
the futility of a war between the
United States and Germany at this
time. which nearly all OF those
questioned referred to, the common
United States alone among the
worlds great powers has kept out
of the war. and a belief that a bet
ter way can be found of adjusting
the present difficulty than to plunge
into the maelstrom. Criticism of
Germany's first note is general, but
the average man holds that there
are two sides to every question and
that calm consideration of this fact
should lead to a friendly under
standing, The. clamor of pro-Ger-
mans and pro-Allies does not shake
him in his desire that America
should use every effort to remain on
terms of friendship with all the
countries now at war.
And now from Berlin comes the
news that the German people feel
precisely the same way about it and
that powerful newspapers are urging
the Imperial Government to move
for peace with the United States,
some of the most reason
able arguments that yet have been
brought out TO support their conten-
tions. While public opinion and
newspaper influence in Germany do
not have the weight with respect to
government policies they have in the
United States, nevertheless they will
play their part in the present negotia-
tions, and where the bulk of the
of two nations are dead
set against war, it is scarcely likely
that there will be war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17

Speaker Charles A. Amber, who
was here day or so ago to see the
Governor about the Fourth of July
celebration in Philadelphia, says that
the indications are that it will be ono
of the most notable events of the kind
ever held and that it is the plan to
make it the first of an annual cele-
bration which shall be national in
scope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-17
BLoTTING OUT MALARIA

n HALARIA is now so rare in Har-
VI risburg that when a case is re-
ported to us we at once insist
Meade County news., 1915-12-02
Mysterious Smith

We have secured an attraction
we feel safe in recommend; ;ng-
an attract that for the last
eight years has been breaking
the records, playing to capacity
business The Mysterious
Smith Company is this season
carrying much larger company
than ever before, with $4,000
worth of stage equipment, and a
beautiful velvet stage setting.
There will be many new fea-
Iitures seen with the attraction
this year.
Never in this country has
there been produced such big
illusions and mysteries as Mys-
terious Smith will present this
season. q
Don'tgo to the theatre think
ing you will see slight of hand,
as that small work passed his
hands many years ago and is now
devoting his time to something
new in the way. of big illusions
and mysteries.
Don't fail to see this show, as
1t is one of the greatest treats of
the season, and comes TO your
city as one of the best recon-
mended attractions on the road
today. If you desire good seats,
get your tickets early. One
night only, Tuesday evening,
December 9Th, at Phelps theatre