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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
MOTHER OF SEVENTEEN SAYS
"NOBODY GETSSICK FROM WORK.

It's much better for big girl of IL or
lS to be employed than standing
around on the corners flirting. 1t can't
be with my girls every moment and
heres an empty house next door.
There are bad boys about, too. So 1
went to Mr.. Dunlavy the other day
and told him something had to be
done"
Mrs. Dill practices the profession of
motherhood quite all the time. Even
while she cleaned out cars for the
Pullman company--for many years in
Denver and more recently in Kansas
City-she found time to teach her
daughters the useful arts. There were
days when she worked at her car
cleaning from in the morning until
10 at night, but work never hurt me" +"
as she put it, and the daughters were
thus enabled to remain at home until
their school days were over.
Her Girls Cook and Mend
Not one of them but can make light
bread and cook all the plain things,
said their mother. "They darn and
patch too, and they never are sick.
Not one of the children ever is sick.
Even when they had the measles, they
weren't sick. Stayed around the house
little more than usual; that was
all.
"one thing, they always nave good
lOOus mere Is saving DuylnS
poor stuff We never waste anything,
and that helps to make the food
go further"
The Dills are not rich in money. But
! there is an atmosphere of plenty
rather than poverty in their home.
She Could Teach Mothers
The mother. born in Iowa of Ger
man parentage, has managed to
achieve success in her chosen profes-
sion-at least, nothing has yet occur
red to make her feel that she has
mothered too many.
Although she has none of the high
er education and does not put ner
philosophy into exact words, she is
! plainly convinced that a family is like
an army-stronger when it is larger.
Should some philanthropist endow a
school for mothers he might do worse
| than give Mrs. Dill the chair of ele-
mentary motherhood. Elemental she
is, not troubling overmucn about the
halftones of life, but alert and entirely
! sophisticated in all that concerns her
children. She is not more concerned
about the welfare of the twin girls of
16, who are working at the packing
| house, than she is about the twin girls
of IL. The latter are something of a
problem because one of them learns at
a headlong pace and is held back for
spur to the other, who is a DREAMER
type.
Sunday School and Movies
| She is demonstrating successfully
her simple theories as she goes along,
proving that Sunday school is better
! influence than the nickel shows and
! that work is better than idleness
| health more to be desired than sick
ness, and goodness and purity better
| than badness and filth.
A very practical idealist is Mrs.
Dill and somehow. though her feet
were bare ("Just while I'm resting'')
and there are no luxuries about, you
feel that the two little girls at the De-
tention Home will be mighty lucky II
| they get her for a mother.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE BANK AND THE FARMER
THIS should be a golden year for
American agriculture.

.T>HIS should be a golden year for
American agriculture.
The farmers of the United
States are now engaged in harvesting
enormous crops-perhaps the great
est ever produced in this country,
government forecasts indicating s12,-
5000, 900 crop yield for 1915.
Big crops and good prices will
quickly make better business for the
railroads, for manufacturers, and for
wholesale and retail business general
". There ought therefore. to be in
creased prosperity for all of US, and
that is why both city and country are
interested in the crops.
Nature has been kind to us. Should
we not be equally kind to ourselves in
the matter of waste-prevention?
American farmers will burn thou
sands of tons of straw that, in Europe,
war-made thrift would cause to be
saved for various uses.
According to one student of the
value of by-products, allowing corn
stalks to evaporate and decay causes
an annual waste of 5000, ,000, 900. But
progressive farmers are reducing this
waste by using silos to preserve chop
ped corn stalks and other fodder
crops
The humble hen is a first aid to the
thrift of the farmers wife, but the
Department of Agriculture estimates
an annual loss of $40. 900, 900 from un-
necessarily spoiled eggs
The annual shipment of potatoes
from Maine is $4,000 cars, and it is
said that the average waste is 20 bush
els per car, or q total of 700, 900
bushels.
The yearly waste of vegetables of
all kinds is duplicated by that of fruit.
The government specialists estimate
that home canning on the farm of
what otherwise would be wasted ought
to save at least 100000. 900 annually.
But these are large and general
statements To get right down to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
PLANNING THE FUTURE CITY
THERE is a great work in waiting
for the City Planning Commits

T<HERE is a great work in waiting
for the City Planning Commits
sion and we believe the FIVE
public-spirited citizens composing that
body are equal TO the task. They
already have demonstrated enthusiastic
interest in the important planning
necessary to the growth of the city
along right lines and when the people
generally understand what a compre-
hensive vision realized in actual
achievement means they will give full
credit to the men who are mapping out
the Harrisburg OF five. ten, twenty-five
or hundred years hence.
Fortunately for the city, Chairman
Edwin S. Herman and his associates.
George A. Shreiner, George w. Reilly.
B. F. Umberger and F. ]. Hall, are
men who combine happily the esthetic
with the practical. They are not OBJ
sessed with foolish notions nor are
they to be swerved to the right or to
the left by favoritism, selfishness or
greed in any quarter. They believe.
as has been shown in all their de-
people is their great concern. and that
in the development of the city the in
terest Of each citizen is merged in the
interest of the whole population.
So 1t is that these intelligent city
planners are going about their work
carefully and with sound common
sense, having in view the growth that
even the most near-sighted must see
in the comparatively near future. 1t
is too'late to lament that such a COM
mission was not in existence many
years ago. So instead of grieving for
the things that might have been
and sorrowing for the existence of
others that ought to have been pre-
vented, we should rejoice that there
are now five men on the watch tower
who are going to do their level best to
avert serious blunders in our munich
pal expansion hereafter.
Perhaps the most important feature
of their work is the co-operation of
the commission with the State authori-
ties in the proper development of a
civic center within the territory en-
braced by the new Capitol Park ex-
tension zone. A start already has been
made in the location of the Federal
building and the Masonic Temple on the
west side, the Scottish Rite Cathedral
on the north side and the Technical
High School and the new Young wom-
ems Christian Association on the south.
1t is believed that the contemplated
new high school should be located
directly opposite the Technical High
School on North street. This, with
other buildings in the years to come.
would create in conjunction with the
Capitol and the State structures a fine
civic center.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
kansas City Star.1

kansas City Star.1
Nobody gets sick from working too
hard. It's staying out nights and dan
cling makes them sick. They don't get
sick from having too many children,
either. It's refusing to have them that
makes women sick" says Mrs. John
Dill. mother of seventeen and a wage
Garner since her eldest daughter was
old enough to carry on the housekeep-
ing.
Calm eyed. deliberate and dignified,
Mrs. Dill sits in her clean, little home,
Sc South Fifth street, Kansas side.
vainly wishing she might withdraw
from the public gaze, which. meta
phorically speaking has been fastened
upon her by her simple and natural
wish to add two little girls by adoption
to her own brood of seventeen, to-
gether with the four extras she rails
ed" and the two grandchildren she
helps care for.
How Joey Began 1t
'All this advertising will make It
hard for the children sne said. 1T
was Joey started it. MY married son
was here and when he read in the pa
per about those two children at the
Detention Home he said: Mother,
you ought to take them 1 said I
would rather do that than see them
separated
You see, we've had four children
besides our own, in the family at vari-
GUS times-children that needed the
homes. Each additional child seems
to make our house more of a home.
Their father has always read to them
evenings and they have sucf good
times together that they never want to
go to the movies They don't need
to go away from home for COM
pany.
Her Fear of Idleness
80, joey, hearing us talk, thinking
two more would be that much nicer,
dropped in somewhere while he was
out selling papers and called up the
Detention Home. 1 knew nothing
about it until saw the manager com.
ing in at our gate with a police
man.
when saw that policeman, I
thought: Now, something has hap
pened. One of my boys has been doing
wrong You see, they never got into
trouble of that kind, but with this law
against children under 1 working, it's
hard to keep a boy of 3 off the streets
and out of mischief during vacation
time. That law ought to be changed"
No Cabbage Patch Philosophy
The mother of seventeen, foster
mother of four, grandmother of two
and still with the mother mind of her
unwearied-spoke with the air of an
autocrat And hers is not a cabbage
patch philosophy. Nothing so careless
and vague as that.
Its great mistake they're max
ing" she continued. when big boys
like mine aren't allowed to work. They
get into idle habits and they learn
badness from other boys. II my boys
should happen to get doing wrong and
take something not his own one OF
these days. they'll say it's the parents
fault. But I say it isn't. Our hands
are tied. They must get rid of that
law or fix II some way so a boy can
work in vacation time.
Looks Out For Her Brood
It's just the same with the girls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE NsULAR ENGLISH

Nov that the Teutonic allies have
N enectually disposed of Russia
as far as the summer campaign
is concerned, the prospect that thew
Will turn their earnest attention 10 the
western theater Of the war is nrod,o-
ing state of mind resem bling manic
In England. There is every excuse for
this but it is trife belated. For the
sake Of the cause OF the Entente allies
1t is pity England did not wake nm
sooner to the menace involved in The
Austro-German campaign in Poland
and do something.
England's course during the nas+
Few critical weeks has been in keeping
with her record since the war bepan
and that is anything but creditabIe
to say the least. Although II is ba-
lieved Kitchener has somewhere an
army that totals over 1000. 900 effec-
tive men, less than half a miI,ior ~
them are on the continent. unless all
observers are completely deceived. If
the public knows all the facts there
are to know, about all England has
put into the war so far is money and
this comparatively small expeditionary
force, now in Balgium and northern
France. In making this estimate the
naval part of the attack upon the de-
fenses of Constantinople has not been
overlooked. That may have cost Eng
land great deal, but it has not count
ed for anything in the general result.
Before it is over, however, she will
have to put in much more if her side
is to win. Among other things, whole
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE STORY OF A BOY

NNE of the youngest persons ever
~ assigned to the conduct of an
office by the Western Union
Telegraph Company is "Ar' O'Neil, a
messenger hoy in Montclair, \. j.
The lad is just turned seventeen.
The story of how he won a place
usually held by men much older
should be good reading for the callow
type of youth who spends his even
ings in poolrooms and booze joints
or in idle "spooning" on some moon
lit porch or in a parlor corner that
isn't lighted even by the moon.
This youngster is the son of a
widow and he left school when four
teen to support his mother. He got
a job as a messenger boy. as many
another lad has done before. But he
didn't spend his time reading dime
novels or in going to the movies when
on duty. as the average messenger boy
is popularly supposed to do. He prac-
ticed telegraphy. In less than a year
he was good operator. Last week
he decided it was time to advance him
self, so he went to the company's Of
fees in New York and told them he
wanted to take charge of an office.
His confidence made an impression;
he was put through the customary
tests, with few added doses because
of his extreme youth; and got the job
at Beacon Falls. Conn.
It's the old, old story Of the boy
with ambition, plus the stick-to-it-
iveness to get him there. It's story
that's not too old to be read over and
over again by any boy or girl who is
aiming high. Nor for the older boys
and girls who still have some ambi-
tion left.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
TOO HOT
BY Wing Dinger

It's too hot to work this weather,
It's too hot to eat or sleep,
It's too hot to drive an auto,
It's too hot to laugh or weep;
It's too hot to cut the lawn grass,
It's too hot to sit and look
At some other chap who cuts 1t.
It's too hot to read a book.
It's too hot to go to baseball.
It's too hot to stay at home.
It's too hot to go to seashore
And upon the sand beach roam;
It's too hot for all things. brother.
Saving one, so I should say
It's never, never too hot
At the game of golf to play.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
CHANCE FOR THE SECRET SERVICE

columbia Is. c. State.l
We think the height of absurdity
has been struck in the war when
Great Britain undertakes afficially to
complain TO the United States of the
Vaccinations here of German spies"
OF course, we have spies. A con
as this one could not hope in such cir
cumstances to be without them. But
they make up an infnltesimal part OF
the population and they have precious
little to spy out. Busy spies on this side
are doing what they call in the gym
nasiums a stationary run" They are
getting plenty of exercise, but making
mighty little progress.
AS far a 1T goes, we do not think
the protest practically comes amiss. II
It is. acted on It will give our Secret
Service something to do. Instead OF
following up comstockian leads and
trying to get something" on vocifer-
Gus people like Tom Watson, instead OF
running around in circles and search
ing the beds for bombs whenever the
President accepts an invitation to dine
or stay overnight. 1t may go spy hunt
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

e. B. Morris, the Philadelphia
banker, is back at work after some
time spent in Rhode Island.
John NJ Jamison, of Greensburg,
former senator is home after a trip
to place coal contracts in Europe.
w. Y. English, Pittsburgh council
man, is making an effort to have city
officials and financiers get together on
discussion of bond issues.
Col. H. C. Trexler, of Allentown,
says he is too busy to go away for a
vacation.
Jonathan Mould. of Reading, is
head of the Berks Conservation asso-
citation which is booming Pennsylvania
first.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
RUssIA,s CAVALRY THE BEST

The magnificent horsemanship of the
Cossacks OF course is well known; but
IL is not so we'll known that American
cavalry officers sent abroad to inspect
cavalry in 1912 reported that of all the
nations the Russian cavalry of the line
led the world.-Curtis Guild in the Yale
Review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
UNNATURAL

[From the Christian Register.]
Mark Twain was visiting H. H.
Rogers said a New York editor. Mr.
brary.
"'There, he said. as he pointed to
a bust of white marble. What do you
young woman coiling her hair-a
graceful example of italian sculpture.
Mr.. Clemens looked, and then said:
" 1t isn't true to nature
why notT Mr.. Rogers asked.
/" She ought to have her mouth fuii
OF hairpins. said the humorist."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
ENGLISH KISS COST THREE POUNDS

[From the London Chronicle1
For kissing. without her consent, q
girl messenger, Mabel Woodward Ia
years old. Charles Franklin was hned
f3 at Bow Street recently. The ma gis-
trate said that in these days, when
girls were so much used in place of
men, IL was most. important that they
should be protected against conduct OF
this kind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
NOT WHOLLY

A@N
Then they have
parted I? 1 thought
1t was a case of
two hearts that
beat as one.
Their h e a rt S
may have beaten
as one, but he
couldn't accom-
modate himself to
her dancing step.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE "USUAL WARNING,

IFrom the Philadelphia 1nquirer.l
There is not the slightest doubt that
the Orduna was attacked without the
usual rning."-EXcerpt from a Lon
don dispatch. Whaddye mean, ]. Bull,
by the usual warning?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
Senator Cowan to Speak

The annual address before the Penn
sylvania State Agricultural Society will
be delivered September 20 by United
States Senator Edgar Cowan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
m HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
I'M the Telegraph. August 2, 1865. ]
Return Death Warrant

The death warrant for William Hop
kins, convicted of numbering marine
on board a United States steamer was
returned to Governor Curtin to-day at
his request. Hopkins is under sentence
to be hanged on the 11th.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE wELLsBoRo PHILOSOPHER

All things come to those who wait,
provided they wait on themselves.
Money may be the root of all evil,
but 1T doesn't always grow.
-Wellsboro Republican-Advoca
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT
PERHAPS

[From the Johnstown Leader.1
While the soldier may shudder al
the thought of the shells which fall
around him the actor has a great fear
What he fears most are the yolks!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg has great
motor trips right close at hand?
NO NEED FOR 'EM

The lumberman was asked II hes
wanted to buy a couple of nightshirts,z :
according to the San Francisco Star.
Nope" said he. II reckon not; don't
set around much o. nights"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
Teachers at Convention

Several teachers of this city are in
Meadville attending the sessions of the
Pennsylvania State Teachers Asso-
citation being held there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Although Miss Sara Ware Bassett
has written several books for young
people, The Tanning of Zenas Henry"
published by George H. Doran Com
pany, is her first novel for elders.
Having read-and thoroughly enjoyed
the story, this fact comes as rather
a surprise.
1t is the result of many delightful
visits to Cape Cod made by Miss Bas-
sett. She is a Boston woman, member
of a representative family of the
State, and is intensely interested in
all our types. Her trips to the Cape
were not made primarily for the pur-
pose of obtaining material" but
rather to enjoy that fascinating Sec
ton and to understand the real Cape
Codders.
In a recent book of essays and per-
sonal Impressions, Henry Cabot Lodge
gives a tribute to George Birming-
ham''-Canon Hannay-which is not
only a laudation of that delightful
Irish novelist, but also a suggestion
of how a statesman of the enormously
wide and demanding interests of Mr..
Lodge can find the necessary relaxa-
tion. Says Mr.. Lodge:
1T is a difficult feat but it is not
impossible. and the words of this
the earliest. probably, of Shakespeare
charming women came freshly to his
mind when the convalescent found
himself laughing out loud as he read,
quite alone, George Birmingham
story of Spanish Cold"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE TROUBLE ABOUT TROUBLE

Trouble comes, to some people be-
cause it's too much trouble for them
to avoid 1t. = Wellsboro Republican
Advocate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
THE BRIGHT SIDE

tFrom the YOUTHS Companion.l
You will never strain your eyes by
looking at the bright side of things.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
A nRAwHACK

"Jiggers boasts that he can marry
any woman he pleases."
| Perhaps he can, but he pleases so
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

And the worst OF 1t is that the
hotter and rainier the weather the
faster the lawn grows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

Why doesn't the Chicago coroner's
City police e@ommissioners @ a. and nd tel hS the
men responsible for the Eastland dis
aster not to do il again?-Kansas City
Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
Our Daily Laugh
TWO POINTS OF
VIEW.

VIEW.
Benedict Ev
cry man ought t
have e salary tina
will enable him Il
marry.
Bachelor Ye
and then he ough
to have sens
enough to sta,
single.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

Italy announces that whatever else
happens, she will save her works of art
from the enemy We hope this does not
include the plaster OF paris replicas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

The Philadelphia Ledger is "all het
up over the correct version OF c. A.
Smiths song. Put Me In My Little
Bed" but as for US we prefer the Frank
Daniels version
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
TELEGRAPH PERlSCOPE

The richest girl in the world hav-
ing married one of her employees, it is
now time for the richest man in the
world to demonstrate that the spirit
of democracy is not confined to the
feminine sex. The number OF pretty
stenographers should make this no diff
ficult task.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

The farmers of the corn and wheat
belts who are reported as not enthusi-
astic over national defense projects.
ought to begin to consider where they
would market their products with
Philadelphia and New York in the
hands of an enemy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

If 1t took the Germans year to
capture Warsaw. how long will 1t take
them to get to Petrograd?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2.

StiH stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and contrite heart.
-KipHng.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-02

Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building.
New York City. Hasbrook. story 6
Brooks.
Western Office. Advertising Building.
Chicago. ILL.,. Allen & Ward.
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Published every evening (except Sum
day) at the Telegraph Building. 21e
Federal Square. Both phones.
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Member American Newspaper PUBLISH
ers' Association. Audit Bureau OF
Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ-
ated Dailies.
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~ Delivered by carriers at
<EtEA ATI9fD six cents a week.
Mailed to subscribers
at $500 a year in advance.
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Entered at the Post Office in Harris
burg. Pa. as second class matter.
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The above figures are net. All re-
turned. unsOld and damaged copies de-
Quoted.