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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
REAL LIFE IN THE MOVIES
By Frederic ]. Haskir

COME months ago, moving pic
y ture was released by a large
American producer which showed
every detail of the life of the pelican
in his native haunts. These grotesque
and decorous birds were shown hshing,
preeninE their feathers. and sitting IN
their most characteristic attitude of
profound meditation, at such close
range that the spectator could ver-
itably see the expression in their eyes;
pelicans. as the wide wastes of water
and mud all about them showed
The story of how this picture was
taken is a good example of the pa
thence and ingenuity which the mov-
ing picture operator must use in max
ing his films of wild life. The pelican
much searching and watching of great
flocks of the birds flapping over the
sounds, and rivers. the operator charg.
ed with this particular task found that
at low tide the birds congregated in
large numbers upon sand bar mile
or more from shore. But they were
very wild. and it seemed impossible
to get near enough to use even a tele-
photo lense. while the bare sand bar
offered absolutely no concealment
blind of bushes was erected on the
pelicans would go nowhere near it.
Then the operator removed all of this
ambush except one little twig with
leaves upon it. \ He left this several
used to 1t. Then he added a couple of
more twigs. Day by day, this ambush
was built up until at the end of two
weeks it was large enough to conceal
a man and a camera. while the peli-
cans took no notice of it because it
had grown up so slowly in their midst
that they We're used to it's presence.
From this ambush were made those
films which showed to thousands of de-
lighted children. and adults too. just
exactly how wild pelicans live and de-
port themselves.
ScOur the Earth
Moving picture men in search of the
unusual and interesting are to- day
securing literally every part of the
earth. One producer at present has
camera men in Brazil, Australia and
the Philippines. while another of his
operators has just returned from trir
to Peru.
In order to reach the mountain
haunts of the Peruvian aborigines, this
camera man had to load his films and
machines and supplies upon the backs
of mules and travel into the interior
for several days. Then there was a
big pow-wow with the chief of the
tribe, and 1T was finally arranged that
the camera man make film of a tribal
marriage with all its native rites,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
THE FIRST BASEBALL GLOVE
"A writer in All Outdoors Believes II
Appeared in 1867
[From All Outdoors

'S'it AL ouluOOISJ
About 1S676S baseball team came
10 Rockford, ILL.,, to play our nine.
Ihey called themselves the "JTncon-
quered Clippers of Illinois," and plas-
tered our town with big posters. We
maze up our minds to give them a
urupblng, and at the end of the game
tne score was Rockford rs, Clip
pers, 0.
mere was little chap playing third
pase VINO grabbed everything tha
came near him, and held il. too 7
notlced that he wore a kind of glove
When the game was over I went tn
MIN and asked what it was that he
wore on his hand. He told me, that
ne was machinist, and had got his
hand badly hurt the week before. and
ne showed me the wound in his palm.
lie SAID the boys did not want him TO
play IN that game, but he got a piece
Oh thln steel and made it slightly con-
cave, but so that it did not quite touch
the sore place. He then made a short
glove to cover all the hand excepting
the ifst JOINTS of the fingers, and
uouoied the leather in the palm so
thal ne couid slip the plate between.
asked him If it hurt, and he said
1T did not, and that he could take q
not one and hold it better with the
glove than without it, That is the
whole story. | don't think that Spald :
ing ever talked to the little chan with
the IRON fist, as the boys dubbed the
thlrd baseman, but everybody in Rock
ford knew about the mitt, and he NAV
nave got the idea from him. Anv-
way, that was the first glove that anv
ballplayer ever wore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
CELEBRATING A DERT

Just to think of Harrisburg celebrat-
ing the spending of S2,500,00O on public
improvements. And not a single dis
cordant note. No cheap politicians try
ing to advance themselves by ignorant
opposition. Harrisburg even employed
experts" The city sought the best
advice IT could get-and paid money for
the advice. Not one Harrisburg news
paper carps and tiddles, splutters and
spouts, or raises captious objections.
Everybody is satished-now.
Harrisburg found itself, despite the
politicians. despite the pullbacks. The
city went ahead and adopted a compre-
hensive program. Men who were not
afraid led the way. Before long the
folks, those who We're to receive the
benefits and pay the bills, swept aside
opposition and supported the improve
ment plan. Now they are celebrating
the expenditure of $2,500,000. They
have the improvements.
Harrisburg did not start in a day
or year. They had experience with
Instructors down there. They had the
good, but mistaken, folks who asked for
immediate cash dividends. They had
cheap politicians of the class who
would wash the sewage down stream
in defiance of the laws of God and man.
They had professional money savers
who wanted Jobs at good salaries. Even
these are now hunting for places in the
celebration bandwagon. - Johnstown
Daily Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
ENsLAyING THEMSELVES

Great Britains debt before this war
broke out was 49, 535, 100000. 1t had
nearly doubled that figure at the end
of the British fiscal year. March 81
last. The total of that date will be
doubled again by March 81 next, in the
estimates of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer given to Parliament a
dead weight of debt" of $11,000,-
600, 900.
The phrase is we'll chosen. 1t will be
dead weight of proportions never be-
fore imposed on an industrial civiliza-
tion. The vanquished in war afore-
time became slaves. The Victors be-
came the owners of their labor Ger
many in 1871 changed the form but
not the substance in taking a billion
dollar cash indemnity from France,
which put French industry under sub
stantial bondage to Germany for gen.
erations ahead
| Now victors and vanquished alike
are enslaving themselves. They are so
far being enslaved to their own monu-
mental debts that the victors in slavery
at the end will be unable to collect
productive indemnities from the van
quished, equally enslaved. Taxes must
be piled upon taxes merely to carry
along this dead weight of debt. They
are already reaching proportions in
| all the belligerent countries which
will cripple industry for generations
to come. They may not then be equal
to the interest demands of this brutal
taskmaster, Debt, upon each of these
nations of slaves.
! When this point will be reached we
cannot tell. 1t cannot be far off as
war must end. But there will then
remain such a condition of widespread
! industrial slavery as the world never
saw before or ever had to deal with
against internal revolution. = New
York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
EASY TO BE A BACK NUMBER

lFrom the Columbus (OD DispatchI.
One of the easiest things, these
swift moving days, is to become a back
number. A lawyer may school him
self thoroughly in the knowledge of
his profession, but if he is to win, he
must continue his study; there~SNill be
something for him to learn Every day
and then he will wish for longer days
in which to learn more. So with q
physician, especially with a specialist.
Every day is sure to add something to
his particular science, and he must
know it, If he is to lead. What is true
of these two professions of law and
medicine is true of every profession
and skilled employment. The knowl-
edge, which is all the time accumulat-
ing, one must have as certainly as the
carpenter must have his tools.
That is why it is so easy to become
a back number. Keeping abreast of
the knowledge peculiar to ones oc-
cupation is hard work and constant
work, but the reward is abundant for
the man who thus eXerts himself
Years may come to silver his hair, but
he is still the master of his task, and
he will not be distanced by the new
comers in his field of endeavor. More
over, his keen interest will keep him
young, his continued success will con-
serve his health, and he will serve bet
ter and live longer. Don't by any sort
o. letdown run the risk of becoming
a back number.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23

There was no acting in this movie
drama, for the participants We're in
capable of acting. but it is nevertheless
striking story with a most unusual
setting. The courtship and bethrothal
are shown and all the steps of the we'd
ding ceremony, which eliminates when
the tribal priest lifts great earthen-
ware bowl high in the air and shat
ters It over the heads of the newly
united couple. They are then shown
embarking In the grooms canoe, and
padding away down tropical river to
their new home in the jungle.
Difficulties Are Tremendous
The difficulties of this sort of work
as compared with making dramatic
films of trained actors are tremendous.
The natives do not realize the import
ance of keeping in focus and facing
always towards the camera. Further
more, they easily become tired and if
they are many stops to give direction
or rearranging things, they will all
quit and go home, as many an operator
has found to his distress.
The days of taking in the moving
picture world are undoubtedly passing
away; The great majority of the films
of wild life and travel shown to-day
ardous searching in out-of-the-
countries. Sometimes, however, the
operator will resort to a bit of decep-
ton in order to get a dramatic effect.
For example, in a film which recorded
the exploration of a tropical river, the
explorer was shown rushing down a
dpiu III d CdnOG. suddenly he regis
ters amazement and horror, lifting his
spyglass to his eyes. Then he disap-
pears from the screen, and at the foot
of the rapid a great jungle bear is
seen to lumber down to the edge of the
water and plunge in. 1t is a tense and
exciting moment and splendidly con-
veys the impression of wild and primi-
tive surroundings.
Got the Breaks.
AS matter of fact however, this
| film was made quite near a town and
the bear was a pet cub belonging to
one of the natives. He was led to the
| river at point where the growth was
relatively small. so that he Ioomed IN
rather large. The camera was set up
! in the water and the bear was prod
| ded and punched by men concealed I'm
| the bushes until he consented to amble
toward the river. All the operator had
! hoped for was a few feet of film which
would show the bear walking about in
the bushes near the river, but at the
| last moment the. cub became venture
some. walked out on a small long sc
I that he loomed up immense, the cam.
era being within few feet of him
and then most dramatically toppled
into the water. He could not have
! done better If he had been rehearsed
for week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
FORWARD THE wATCHwoRD

TURING the official inspection tour
Jthis afternoon. which embraced
all the important points of the
public improvement program enacted
during the last fourteen years. a large
number of active citizens saw for
themselves what has been accom-
plished. There were many interesting
comments and the most gratifying
phase of these observations was the
universal demand that the city shall
go forward without tagging or pause
upon the highway of it's manifest des-
tiny.
This celebration is going to give a
new impetus to the public and private
activities of the community. There is
a general sentiment favorable to the
undertaking of the important phases
of development which have been dis
cussed more or less during recent
years. No longer is heard the protest
against still further betterment; all
are united for a greater city.
The immediate work at hand is the
comprehensive planning for future de-
City Planning Commission, a body ad-
mirably qualified for it's important
work. In addition to the creation of
a great river basin, with jurisdiction
over both shores and the islands, there
must be established great radial high
ways leading into the outskirts of town
of sufficient width to accommodate
the traffic of the larger city that is
bound to come. Already this commits
sion has achieved much and there is
still great deal to do. Harrisburg is
fortunate in having the disinterested,
patriotic and energetic services of such
men to perform a work that is so COM
prehensive and far-reaching in it's re-
suits.
Every citizen should visit the float
which is being arranged to exhibit the
plans of the Commission and also the
other floats which will display in some
measure the growth and progress of
Harrisburg during recent years. Last
night the development of the schools
was studied by great multitude and
during the remainder of the week op-
portunity will be presented for a fur
ther inspection of the many things
that have been done to give Harris
burg its fine setting and its we'll de-
served reputation as a modern and
progressive city.
Every citizen should take day off
tomorrow and see the River Front
and enjoy the carnival of the after
noon and evening. The Susquehanna
basin is bound to become a great re-
sort for all the people and as the i'm
provements go forward and channels
are cut through the shelving rocks al
Maclay street the river will become
still more attractive for old and young
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
sPECULATING CLERGYMEN

Now that the Rev. DIR. Newell
Dwight Hills, one of the best known
clergymen in the country, has publicly
confessed that he made a mistake
when he began to devote his attention
to accommodating fortune by specula-
tion of one kind or another, the rest
of us can agree with him. We can
go as far as he went in his remark
able confession in his pulpit, and say
that the first business of a minister is
to preach the gospel, and to preach ii
and live it with all his might
There is nothing new in this. The
surprising thing about 1t is that Doc
tor Hills had to learn 1t in the bitter
school of experience. He was not
ignorant of that old proverb in which
is concentrated the common sense OF
many centuries, namely that the shoe
maker should stick to his last. The
trouble with him and all others like
him is that he and they came to think
that they were the exception that
IOroved the rule.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
DOLLAR DAY"

To-MoRRow the merchants of
= Harrisburg will observe DOL
lar Day"
Dollar Day" has been devised to
give the proprietors of the stores of
Harrisburg an opportunity to display
to the thousands of visitors who will
be here for the big municipal cele-
bration their new lines of Fall goods
and at the same time to demonstrate
that they can compete with the stores
of the larger cities in price as we'll
bargains will be placed on sale for
this great event in Harrisburg mer-
camille circles. Ninety per cent. or
more of the stores are advertising
Dollar Day." which means that prac-
tically every enterprising store
keeper in the city has marked his
wares at especially attractive figures
for the benefit of his patrons and
those he hopes will be his patrons in
the future.
The stores of Harrisburg are as at
tractive as will be found in any town
of this size in the Commonwealth,
and in many respects they compare
favorably with stores of much more
populous communities. Indeed, their
proprietors and managers are to be
congratulated upon the fact that they
have kept pace in every respect with
city Improvements made during the
past fifteen years or Whereabouts. In
that period every store worthy of the
name has been improved, many new
business enterprises have come into
being and not a few large and attrac-
tive store buildings have been erect
ed. There have been few failures and
many successes. The ever-extending
trolley lines, the construction of good
roads leading into the city and the
improvement of railroad suburban fa-
cilities, not to mention the growth of
population in the city itself, have
made Harrisburg a much better busi-
ness place than it used to be and
local merchants have not been slow
to seize upon and improve the oppor-
tunity thus offered:
Tomorrow, on Dollar Day." they
will throw open their stores to the
throngs of visitors. This evening
those who are upon the streets will be
given a foretaste of what is in store
for them on the morrow. Curtains
will go up, lights will be frightened
and the Fashion Show of Fall 1916
will be under way. The Telegraph
bespeaks for the merchants of the
city the attendance at this display
and the patronage tomorrow that
their enterprise so much warrants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
A PLEDGE REDEEMED

lFrom the Telegraph. April %, 1sO1.l
TINE time has come when it will
- not do to mince words for the
sake of somebody's feelings. A
spade must be called a spade, and
whatever the Telegraph can do to
arouse our people to the necessity of
more aggressive action along the lines
of public improvement will be cheer
fully done"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
DRINKING CUPS AND FOOD

WYE are an inconsistent lot at best
wv We shudder at the mere thought
of drinking from a cup from
which somebody else has cuenched his
thirst, but we eat food every day of
our lives that has been handled by
numerous people of none TOO cleanly
habits and which has been exposed to
all manner of contamination. To be
sure, there is law against such ex-
posure of provisions, but while the
State authorities have given notice
that they mean to enforce it, no arrests
have been made UP to this time. Per-
haps a few tudicious warnings might
help. We recommend a visit of the
inspectors to any of the market houses
in this city on any market day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
FOOD FOR EXPLANATIONS

TINE balance in the National
Treasury on September was
$51,922,932, as compared with
s130,03s,S90 on the corresponding
date two years ago, when Republican
revenue laws and appropriations were
in force. The deficit for the first two
months OF the present fiscal year
amounted to ssO,OOs.152. This is the
record the Democratic party will have
TO explain next year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

William Luxemberger, candidate
for county controller in Lackawanna,
was member of the last Legislature.
Joseph Widener is on cruise of
the Atlantic coast.
IS. Davis Page. Philadelphia law
Yer, celebrated his birthday yesterday.
Robert c. Miller. former Mont
scmery legislator, is nominee for
register.
Thomas E. Vale. author of text
books. has been added to the Dickin-
son faculty.
DR. w. L. Rodman, of Philadel-
phia, is home from the Coast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
The Harrisburg Patriot issued to-os

The Harrisburg Patriot issued to-day
beautiful illustrated supplement as
that newspapers contribution to the
municipal celebration in which the city
Is now engaged. 1t is artistically print
ed from copper plates on tinted paper
and as q souvenir of the occasion well
sets forth the Harrisburg of to-day
with some comparisons illustrating the
city before and after" A historical
touch is given by the reproduction OF
cartoons published during the first i'm.
prevement campaign and a sketch GOV.
ering the various enterprises of the pas
fourteen years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
CHAMP CLARK PRAISES IT. r..
KNOWS Lot and Isn't Meal,
Mouthed," Says Speaker

KNOWS Lot and Isn't MeaIy
Mouthed," Says Speaker
Speaker Champ Clark in a talk al
Hannibal, Mo-, at the opening of the
ninth annual convention of the Mis-
souri, Association of County Highway
Engineers declared that Theodore
Roosevelt was an American to the
core"
II am not talking Democratic poll
tics, ] know. | am not going to dis
cuss Republican politics, but | am
very fond of the chief Bull Mooser,
Col. Roosevelt" said Clark. "He
knows little about more things than
any man in the country, and is not
mealy mouthed."
speaker clark sald ne was opposed
to peace at any price" On the other
hand, he said, he was against bank
rupting the country to build battle
ships"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
HARRISBURG'S AWAKENING

Sumbering, content in its shadowing hills
The city lay dormant The voice of men
Which dnned the great places of earth passed it by
Without recognition of merit; and then
AS sparks will ignite, word of suggestion
From someone to someone who carried it
Municipal pride had new birth and the battle
With selfish compacency thereafter
The citizens toied while they boosted their city
And padded its angles with promise and hope
While year upon year nobler upspringing
Of buildings credit to hilltop and slope
A city progressive awake and compelling!
new Harrisburg the sight of the old!
Yet the start is but made go fifty years farther
And half of its wonders never be told!
ANNA HAMILTON WOOD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
DO YOU KNOW
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Out of Ammunition

Lack of ammunition has made
important developments in the
worlds war.
1t has turned the tide of bat
ties at critical moments.
No manufacturer seeking to
market goods at a fair profit
haa advertising ammunition to
waste.
He cannot afford to cultivate
dry spots.
it pays him best when he
makes all his shots hit through
newspaper advertising.
Then and then only his money
works without waste.
Manufacturers are invited to
send to the Bureau of Advertis-
ing, American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, World Build
ing, New York. for the booklet,
The Newspapers"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
THE RAILROADS, SHARE

MOT little of the success of the
IN municipal celebration of this
week is due to the hearty CO.
operation of the railroads centering
here. The Reading. the Pennsylvania,
the Cumberland Valley and their
branches have Joined together TO give
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
TIMELY WARNINGS
Nansas City Star.l

The ice cream men having been warn
ed against adulteration in September.
the coal dealers may be cautioned
against short weights next April.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23

It's a poor day in the news when
the Russian army is not surrounded
and then makes it's escape.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23

"A Pittsburgh scientist says that
climbing hills makes shapely legs. In
the first place, how does the man
know? And in the second place we
demand that he prove 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23

When a man can't stand criticism
without flinching, he ought to get set
OF petticoats and see what he can dc
In the way of sissying.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23
SPHINX

CPUNK" is the title of the little
magazine OF the State Tubercu-
losis Sanatorium at Mont Alto,
end it deserves the name. "Spunk" is
edited and published by the men and
women who are fighting their hard
fight with the great white plague at
the South Mountain health resort. Not
only courageously. but with a whim
steal humor that speaks well for their
moral stamina, do they face their lot
and challenge fate to its worst.
The pages of the magazine TEEN
with examples of the indomitable
spirit of the Mont Alto colony. Take
this quotation from the joke column
Cor instance:
Dear Editor: viii you kindly
tell me the quickest way to get to
Dear Bill: We think the quickest
way of getting to Mont Alto is by
keeping late hours. boozing and
smoking cigarets.-Editor.
Here is not only a rare species OF
grim humor and an exhibition of cold
Hooded nerve on the part of the pa.
tient who is responsible for it. but a
lesson for some of us who are not al
Mont Alto and have given little
thought to the quickest way" there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-23

And now, altogether. let's take the
first step toward another big improve
ment celebration fifteen years hence.