Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-23

Anne. however, in her own Anne-ish
way, puts a little different aspect on
the life of a young girl as ordinarily
depicted at college. 1t isn't all fudge
parties and letters to the boys--it is a
healthy, sane existence, with plenty
of time for thought of others, with a
| fair minded judgment and q splendid
adherence to a high moral standard as
the natural order of things. There
| exists a condition of affairs that you
must admire and respect and you in
stinctively and inevitably place a
higher value upon a pleasant attitude
and relation toward others after you
have read Anne of the Island" The
vein of delightfully."- quiet humor that
runs through the book fills you more
with an enduring sense of kindness
, than a short, snappy rush of merri-
ment
| Short Talks ON Retail Selling, by S.
Roland Hall.
J A book, published by Funk, Wag-
nails Company, that may be read with
profit by every salesman. 1t is writ
/ ten on the experience PLAN as the
author expresses 1t, little here and
a little there, so that it can be easily
read at odd moments, and one does
not have to bury oneself in thought
and concentrate till one is blue in the
face, in order to absorb the mealy ad-
vice that is herein given. 1t is de-
dicated to That great army of work
ers through whom most of the mate
rial wants of mankind must be sup
piled, whose daily contact with the
world affords a rich and varied study
of human nature, who have it in their
power to contribute so much of joy
and comfort to other men and wo-
men," The salesman represents an
integral, indispensable, invaluable
uFhi oh fn
convert the raw article into finished
product, which is then transported to
its proper location and taken to the
consumer, whose want of that parti-
cular article or food he must be made
to feel by the salesman. And the bet
ter and more conscientious the sales
man, the more does the commercial
and business world benefit by his
having been part of 1t. Therefore,
anything that conduces to improve
ment in the big body of. statesmen,
and that applies to every walk and
department of life. is doing a good
and valuable service. And therefore
we commend this book.
Safety First, for children.
This little primer of knowledge is
distributed in pocket edition by the
Safety First Federation of America.
1t is for the general use and educa-
lie schools, conceived and planned by
Frederick II. Elliot, founder and
organizer of the above mentioned or
ganization. The book goes into the
traffic question and the use of the
streets by the children. There is a
chapter on fire prevention, and
various safety first rules for children
that cover everything from automo-
biles and street cars TO trains and
wires. Always Be Careful are the
A B C's of Safety First
In the January Womans Home
Companion is a story about Fannie
Heaslip Lea, the authoress, who had
TO give up newspaper work because
her mother couldn't chaperone her
on all her assignments.
when not writing love stories. or
buying hats with part of the proceeds
thereof, she may be found swimming
in the Pacific under full moon," we
are told.
There's a story about a submarine
in the January Scribner-a story of
"Underseaboat F-33." 1t might, in
some respects. be the story of the
submarine that sank the Lusitania.
You get a vivid idea of what service
on one of these boats means. It Is
by Dom Byrne,