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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

their audiences for the more serious
thoughts to follow
Recent reports give evidence of
greatly improved industrial and COM
mercial conditions in Canada. Every
able-bodied man should have full en-
ployment during the coming winter
The employment of women in factories
is also likely to be larger than usual,
and for the immediate future, at least.
the financial situation of the Canadian
people is much better than at the close
of 1914.
The railway earnings show striking
gains. During October the three big
Candian railway systems reported
earnings amounting to $21.656,191, an
increase of S4.2 per cent. over October,
1914; during each of the previous six
months of 1915 decreases resulted
from railway operations as compared
with the corresponding months Of
1914.
Candian bank clearings for the
week ending October 2S, 1915,
amounted to $14,440,333, as against
s10.641,254 in the corresponding
month last year. For the seven months
from April / to October 81 the
revenue was ss7,6s3,s4S. or nearly ST.
100000 greater than in the like
period of the calendar year 1914. The
ordinary expenditures during this
seven-months period amounted to
s56,S47,60S, or about $s,0O0,OO0 less
than for the like period of the
previous year The extraordinary and
capital account expenditures during
these seven months were s74,013, ,915,
of which total $5S,S59,15S were out
lays occasioned by the war.
The splendid manner in which Can
ada has responded to the abnormal
conditions of war and to the great
burdens placed on the people is not
only lesson to this country, but ad-
ditional reason for the growing respect
with which Americans regard their
neighbors to the North.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
OFTEN so.
NOT ALL SCIENCE
By Wing Dinger

l went out to the country
Upon Thanksgiving Day
To roam about the golf course
And have a bit of play.
I went all by my lonesome,
But ere my clothes were changed
BY some other single players
A foursome was arranged.
At first / and my partner
Kept quiet during play,
But soon it was apparent
That we would lose the day
Unless we got real busy.
For our opponents, bo,
Had five upon the first nine,
With nine more holes to go.
They'd done a heap of talking
Up to this time, when pard
Called me aside and whispered
Lets kid 'em good and hard"
We started in and. brother.
We put 'em both rout,
Their lead of FIVE on nine holes
Was quickly blotted out.
And when the game was finished
Our team was FIVE ahead
So I've reached the conclusion
That when alls done and said
That science plays a big quart
In golf. but hulIy gee
With steady, earnest kiddin'
1t isn't one. two three.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
is THE FARMER RELIGIOUS

noes the fact that two-thirds of
IL rural churches have ceased to
grow and that SO per cent. have
membership less than 100, indicate
that farmers are not religious? Most
students of rural conditions say mo-
They believe rather that the ordi-
nary rural church has failed to fill
an existing need for community lead
ership. 1t has been too insistent on
sectarian distinction. 1t has been
able to pay for only the partial time
OF a minister and has made il
anything but preach weekly or oc-
casional sermons.
The result has been development of
a multitude of small weak churches,
whose aggregate membership in most
country communities is less than 40
per cent. of the population. Now
comes along a big nationwide inter
denominational movement, prompted
by the Commission on Church and
Country Life, branch of the Federal
Council of Churches, to help the
country church save itself.
In every State this commission will
plan a campaign for cooperation of
churches within a township or other
natural community. Three or four
neighboring churches must work to-
gether under the supervision of a COM
mittee of delegates from each church.
Possibly in the end they will merge.
This is an interesting proposal for
solution of the rural church problem.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
THE

AMERICA
The December issue of The American
Magazine tells of Philadelphia school
boy who is probably the youngest re-
porter in America.
"a member of the Fourth Estate at
IL years of age, a space writer on a
morning newspaper at an age when
most boys are possessed only of an
infinite capacity for mischief, that is
the achievement of Alexander Segal.
TT was on a Sunday night of last
winter that he made his first appear
ance In the local room of the Philadel-'
city editor Stammering with embar-
rassment. he told that busy individual
about an accident he had witnessed-'a
clision between an ambulance and an
'The city editor swung around and
iooked at him. DID you see the acct
6 6Hnt ab6t ns asked * and Yes fSs sdor s Ws tel
the, star rewrite man at an adjacent
"'Please sir was the hesitant an
swer, Il already wrote 1T out myself
And chubby little fist reached into an
inside coat pocket and brought forth
some copy, written on two. or three
sheets OF paper cut from a school COM
"The city editor glanced over it,
Give. 1t to him. he said, once more
pointing toward the rewrite man, and
tell him who you are and all about
For several minutes the rewrite
man lulLleu Alex, ana tnen tOlQ nln
till you finish?' Alex wanted to know.
The rewrite man told him he could.
and Alex sat still in his chair, twid-
ding his cap until the story was fin
ished and turned over to the city edi-
tor. The city editor nodded his head.
"'Wel use your Introduction he
said. and let the kids story follow, Just
as he wrote it,
with his voice trembling with Gag
erness. Alex asked. Will the story 1
wrote be in the paper?
"I guess it viii. son, the city editor
told him.
"Alex aspires to be a regular re-
porter. The police at first refused to
take him seriously and often told him
to run along Now there is hardly a
policeman in the city who does not
know Alex and try to help him when
he is after a story
almost any Sunday night you can
see him sitting at the big desk in the
corner of the local room. carefully
writing his latest story"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
Z. s. THE CREDIT NATION

Merchandise valued at S34 million
dollars was shipped out of the United
States last month"; million more than
the normal exports for that month
prior to the war. Imports were 148
million dollars, a little under normal
October imports before the war. The
excess of exports over imports for the
month was 1856 million dollars, and in
twelve months the United States ex-
ports were 1927 million dollars more
than imports, three times the normal
balance for a period of years prior to
1914.
The figures are reproduced to show
the tremendous commercial and finan-
cial Importance of the present war; in
it's effect on America. The immense
demands of Europe for American
goods have put the United States in a
position of credit nation to all the
world, so far as concerns the current
trade transactions. and the nations
that are in greatest debt to the United
States are adopting various devices to
avoid sending gold in settlement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
PHILADELPHIA,s FUTURE

MERE are indications under
Mayor-elect Smith of some inn
portant constructive work in the
development of the metropolis of the
Commonwealth at the junction of the
Delaware and SchuyllIill rivers. All
political interests seem disposed, at
least on the surface, to give the next
mayor substantial and cordial CO.
operation. There has been enough
political fiddling in Philadelphia and
the State at large will watch with in
terest the working out of the compre-
hensive plans which have been out
lined by the mayor-elect for the term
of his administration.
The interests of a great city-and
Philadelphia is a great city-should
not be made the football of politicians
of any party, and it is creditable to the
Republican leaders that they have de-
clared their purpose of upholding the
hands of Mayor-elect Smith 1t can
hardly be expected that political lead
ers will always agree upon a program
that may here and there impinge upon
their political preserves, but these
leaders are not so dull as to invite a
public upheaval through unreasonable
interference with and failure to sun
port the plans of the chosen executive
of the people.
Mayor-elect Smith demonstrated
throughout the campaign that he has
remarkably clear vision of the future
Philadelphia and his policies were so
plainly set forth in his public speeches
that the people generally accepted his
statements as the utterances of one
who realizes the needs of the city and
is ready to do his utmost to accom-
plish substantial and fruitful results.
So it is that the people of Penn
sylvania are pleased to see these evil
dences of constructive work in the
great metropolis of the State and they
will hope that no political tomfoolery
shall be permitted in the slightest de-
gree to interfere with the good wo.
which has been outlined and VIII,
should place the city in its proper 30
sltion in the galaxy of American
municipalities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major General Barnett. who rec
commended swagger sticks for marines
used to be stationed at Philadelphia.
DIR. J. George Becht made the
address Thursday at the dedication OF
the new Packerton school.
Harry c. Lauser was marshal of
Lebanon's big pavement celebration
parade.
w. w. Davis, old Pennsylvania
newspaperman, now living in Illinois,
is back visiting former home scenes in
Lancaster county.
Robert Sagerson, prominent
Johnstown man. was taken Ill while
attending United States court at Pitts
burgh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
CANADIAN ENTERPRISE

LORMER President Taft, in a
l. Thanksgiving Day address to a
Canadian audience, paid a high
compliment to the people of the Do
minion for the manner in which they
have shouldered the responsibilities
placed upon them by the war in
Europe. A study of conditions there
will show that Mr.. Taft's praise was
more than the mere pleasantries in
which public speakers sometimes
indulge to gain the sympathies of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
TO ANY AMERICAN BABY.

Blessed baby In your cot
Who may one day-or may not
BE in years so far away
President of u. S. A;
Or. IL of the softer sex,
May-Regina stead of Rex
With the White House for YOUR tent
Rule as Madam President.
Dream your dreams of glory: still,
BE you Jack or be you Jill,
There's better game to play
Than the Presidential sway.
Play the game of being young
Other baby folk among,
Just as long as e'er you can,
Little maid or little man.
Justin Huntly Mccarthy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
NEWSPAPER MEN FORM A NEW
| SCHOOL OE MAGAZINE MRITH,Rs

In the December American Magazine
are the names of some newspaper men
who have become magazine writer's
Ring Lardner. F. P. Dunno ('Mr Doc
Baker. John A. Moroso. Dana Burnet
Don Marquis, Harry Carr. Grantland
Rice. Rufus Steele and many others
newspaper has always been held to be
the best training school for the maga-
zine writer and even for the more am
bilious novelist. Charles Dickens,
Rudyard Kipling,. Julian Ralph. RichZ
ard Harding Davis, and George Fitch
are among the famous reporters who
began in the city room.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
81 have Such a Lovely
Bargain

Women like to compare notes
and when one gets a lovely
bargain" she naturally exults.
Women are trained buyers.
They take delight in shopping.
They do not all seek "cut
prices or great reductions but
they do want a full moneys
worth.
Women are natural newspa-
per readers and very close
readers of newspaper advertis-
ing.
They find 1t both pleasant and
profitable.
1t Is almost as much fun shop
ping round through the news
paper columns as II is visiting
the stores.
And the newspaper shopping
can be done at ones own fire.
side.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
HIRAM, THE WIDOWS SON

And Hiram made the LAYERS, and
the shovels and the basons. So Hiram
made an end of doing all the work
that he made King Solomon for the
house of the Lord Kings Z: 40.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
KICKING THE HOUN, DAwC

He leaves nine children, eight of
whom are honored and respected citi-
zens of this State and the other lives
in Missouri.-Lyons, Kan, News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
EDITORIAL CONVENT

Senator Works may think he is radi-
cal IN proposing the abolition of the
District of Columbia, but the opponents
OF preparedness are doing their best
to abolish the United States.-New York
Evening Sun.
The allies would do well to beware
News.
. Wireless telephone may drive Am
Passadors out of business-Wall Street
Journal.
We thought those interned German
ofhcers were lieutenants, not shippers
Columbia State.
Germany prohibits all exports, with
the assurance that the British fleet will
co-operate.-Wall Street Journal
Half the time it's a question whether
the Canal is in Panama or Panama in
the Canal.-New York Evening Tele-
gram.
With Thanksgiving Day drawing
near John Bull is still unable to catch
his Turkey.-Charlesto News and
Courier.
Germany's navy in the Kiel canal is
still wondering why the British fleet
doesn't come out and fight.-Columbia
State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
AFTER THE WAR

CONSIDERABLE attention is given
" to the recently published views
of John +. Gardin, vice president
of the National City Bank, New York,
on labor conditions in Europe after
the war. Being one of the foremost
financial authorities in the country
and a keen, vigilant observer of in
fiuences bearing on this subject, what
he says with regard to the improba-
bility of an invasion of our markets by
European manufacturers is received
with respect. He is quoted as follows:
The countries now at war will
undoubtedly be very close to finan-
cial exhaustion at the conclusion
of peace, and in order to restore
matters to any semblance of nor
mality Will have to resort to taxa
tion to an extent that will approach
confiscation. Capital will have to
stand this burden. and the cost of
heavy. However, employment will
have to be given to the hordes re-
leased from military duty, and
will be called upon to bear their
share of this burden in the form of
reduced wages. is highly improb-
accustomed to high wages and may
even call for still higher wages on
the plea of a higher cost of living
caused by taxation.
AS most of the men returning to
work have seen service under most
strenuous conditions there is no
doubt that their efficiency has been
greatly impaired. In addition,
factories Will have to be transform
ed, new ones built-in short, the
entire industrial fabric of the old
world will have to be reorganized
and all this will take time. Hence
the opinion is expressed that no
fear need be entertained as to the
prospect of an immediate invasion
of the Industrial field in this coun-
try. On the contrary, we may eX-
pect renewed activity in conse-
quence of the great demands upon
habilitation abroad, but this de-
mand some time will cease sudden
ly without warning.
These opinions in the main may be
correct, but they scarcely can be con-
sidered as applicable to the iron and
steel trade, upon the prosperity OF
which all others in Il measure depend
In the first place, Germany in all likeli
hood will at the end of the war find
herself with a greater iron and steel
production than before the war, and
facing as we'll the necessity of looking
beyond the seas for markets for this
increased product.
France and England will be in much
the same condition. Metal production
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is center of
big telephone divisions covering
many counties?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
TELEORAPH,S PERIScOPE

No beer no work" say London
trade unionists. Over here it is just
the opposite-"No work, no beer"
THE holiday feeling is already
in the air. says the Baltimore Am
erican. Yes, extending from the
cookies of the heart to, the interior
Of the pocketbook
We are beginning to believe that
this old-time newspaper joke about
turkey hash is jesting with what is
really very serious matter.
If Henry Ford ends the war by
Christmas there is no reason on
earth why he shouldn't go right along
and establish the millennium by New
Years.
Notice to deer hunters-See that
your life insurance is paid up before
you leave for camp.
The Liberty Bell has come back
from San Francisco safe and whole
which is more than can be said for
the regulations of some of the experts
who predicted it would come back in
pieces.
The discovery that a British lord
is not afraid to say to another you're
a liar" only confirms our suspicion
that American diplomacy is slowly
but surely leaving it's mark on the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
Our Daily Laugh
CONSISTENT.

I'll say On e
thing for those
censors. They're
consistent.
What do you
mean ?
They n ev g r
capture less than
100000 prisoners
at a time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27
SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. %.

Let us be of good cheer, remember
ing that the miSfOrtuneS hardest to
bear are those lOhich neUer come.-J.
r. LoWeH.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The stockade built by John
Harris was the first fortii.cation
against the Indians I'm this part
of the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

No beer. no work." say London
trade unionists. Over here it is just
the opposite-"No work, no beer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Germany prohibits all exports. with
the assurance that the British fleet will
co-operate.-Wall Street Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building,
New York City. Hasbrook, Story &
Brooks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Member American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association. Audit Bureau of
Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ-
ated Dailies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Western Office, Advertising Building,
Chicago ILL.,, Robert E. Ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Published every evening Except Sum
Federal Square. Both phones.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

Notice to deer hunters-See that
your life insurance is paid up before
you leave for camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

We thought those interned German
Columbia State
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-27

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13

Mrs. Q. j. Evans will entertain h
women of he second and fifth di
visions of the Woman's society of
Contra congregational church Thurs
day afternoon in honor of Mrs. Willis
Goldsmith, the wife of the assistant
pastor of the church.
- - r
and Mrs. w. D. Woodford. Mr.. Davis
sister, Mrs. Hale Richie and Mr..
Richie, of Lake Charles, La; Mr.. and
Mrs. I. G. Fletcher. and their daugh-
tiers, Harriet and Nellebel, Miss
Eleanor Bartel, Miss Lillian JOrda n,
Mr.. Fletcher Woodford, Mr.. Harold
Woodford.
= !. =
The marriage of Miss Ethel Wiles
and Mr.. Robert Forbes of Sacramento,
Cal, took place Tuesday, July 6. Mr..
Forbes is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
H. Forbes of Topeka, and he was
formerly a Washburn college student.
He is at present secretary f the Sac
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
1t Ruins Hair to
Wash 1t With Soap

Soap should be used very sparingly
if at all, if you want to keep your hair
looking its best. Most soaps and pre-
pared shampoos contain too much al
kali. This dries the scalp, makes the
hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is just
ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (Which
is pure and gTeaseless), and is better
than soap or anything else you can
use.
One or two teaspoonsful will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub
it in. 1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather, which rinse sout easily,
removing every particle of dust, dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves
the scalp soft, and the hair fine and
silky, bright. lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy. it's very cheap, and
a few ounces will supply every mem
Der of the family for months.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13
COCMry

The marriage of Miss Ruth Wood
ford and Mr.. Dean Davis of Kansas
City, was solemnized this morning at
10 o'clock, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Wood
ford, 1909 Van Buren, street, by the
Rev. J. S. Glendenning, who read the
ring service.
Before the ceremony Miss Eleanor
Bartel sang "Entreat Me Not to Leave
Thee" Mendelssohn's Wedding March
was played by Miss Lily Jordan
There were no attendants.
The bride was gowned in a tailored
suit of white linen. Her corsage bou-
quet was of roses and lilies of the
valley.
The out of town guests who were in
Topeka for the wedding were: Mr.
and Mrs. Hale Richie and their two
daughters of Lake Charles, La, Mr..
and Mrs. George Westfall and their
daughter, Doris, of Kansas City, NO,
Miss Jane Davis, Miss Alice Davis and
Miss Elizabet Davis of Lawrence,
Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have left for
Kansas City, where they viii be at
home to their friends after Septem-
Der 1.
Mrs. Cyrus Monroe entertained her
bridge club this afternoon at her
home in Harrison street. Those who
PLAYED for absent members were: Mrs.
Howard Guild. Miss Marjorie Whitney.
Miss Madeline Whitney, Miss Marian
thompson, MISS Esther 1ldTk, MISS
Rebecca Welty and Miss Lenore Mon
roe.
Mrs. c. H. Strawn gave party for
her little daughter. Mary Jane. TO
celebrate her fifth birthday anniver-
sary a t her home in Potwin Place. The
little guests We're: Mary Jane Strawn,
Mary Elizabeth Stitt. Marcia Mills,
Jane Mills, Constance Bone. Mary
Esther Bone. Sally Lu GOssett, kath-
crime Mulvane, Peggy Strawn. Junior
Staebler, Jack Hunt, Rob Roy Mize.
John Robert Downes, Billy Norton.
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The alumnae chapter of the Beta
sorority will have meeting Friday
afternoon at the home of Miss Iu
Grace Whitmer, in West Sixth avenue
Miss Helen Hershberger of Law
renee, entertained the Phi Phis of tbs
Lawrence chapter for her house guest.
Miss Elizabeth Hudson. of Carrollton,
Mo. Miss Genevieve Herrick, of To-
peka, was one of the guests at the
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carr Taylor, of Hutch
inson, formerly of Topeka, entertained
at luncheon for Mr.. and Mrs. c. L.
Neil, who went for a motor trip to
Hutchinson a few days ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Neil are on their return to To
peka.
The official Kansas delegation to
the San Francisco and San Diego ex-
positions left Monday night They VIII
stop in Salt Lake City, where they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-13

son gave a dinner party for the visit
ors. Covers were laid for: Miss Stew
ems, Miss Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stevens, Mrs. Tom Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Davidson.
Osteopathy for both acute and
chronic diseases. DR.. Elizabeth Todd,
$40 Kansas Ave.-Adv.
Miss Elfie Dean has returned from
Kansas City, Mo-, where she has been
visiting relatives
Mr.. H. A. Perry left Monday night
for Berndrdstown, Mass, to join his
family at their summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kercher and their
family expect to move soon to their
new home, Thirteenth and College
avenue. The house that they are
building is nearly completed
Miss Margaret Hayden left Monday
to spend the summer in Colorado
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Dean are spend
ing a few DAYS in Kansas CitY