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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
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authors has been intense. A vo..
more ago Gouverneur Morris mads :,
others green with envy by concoctir,
serial with seven pretty girl be,oi,
The number, suppose, was su0vss,.,
by the famous Sutherland Sister, =.
hirsute memory. This gave one mac.,;.
the opportunity to display fourteen .,
cellent knees on one cover-which w..
something of a scoop. But Others e.,
lowed quickly. Pretty soon all the ~,
ular magazines were bedecking th.,
covers each month with half dozen =.
more P. G.'s.
This, think, has marked the crss, d,
the pretty girl movement. 1t seemed "a
be an attempt to rival musical comedv
but as such it was futile. The ultimst.
consumer can see more pretty girls an
more of them, in one act of seconi
rate musical comedy than he can !,
twelve instalments of first rate seris,
The pretty girl will not, like Ii.
muckraker, disappear altogether. yo|
special interests are likely to buy up II.
magazines to get rid of her. Probabr
they couldn't abolish her if they would
But it is becoming apparent that hs
monopoly is not what it was. Even
magazine can not live on angd cake
alone.
YOU GOTTA BE MORAL, MAX
MR.. ARTEMUS WARD, in justifNrg
A'A his decree banishing THE Masses
from the subway news stands, asks why
he Should be forced to buy, sell and
profit by publication which insults and
Gerides the religion which was not only
mine. but which was handed down 70
me by my parents" On the other hand,
the Rev. Charles P. Fagnanl, Of The
Union Theological Seminary, and the
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Of the
Church of the Messiah, read The
Masses" regularly and do not considg
if immoral or blasphemous. Among
those who agree with them are Pro
lessor George w. Kirchwey, Professor
James Harvey Robinson, Professor 'da
E. Scudder, Helen Keller, Alva T. Be-
mont. Florence Kelley, Percy MscSaye'
Judge Ben Lindsey and Judge f. De
Witt Wells. Either these persons ar
lost to all moral and religious sense O
they are too naive to understand lh
awful things THE Masses is puttri
over, or - incredible hypothesls.-s
man by the name of Artemus Ward ma
no sense of humOr
In any case, Mr.. Ward shows me
sense of spiritual values in refusing %
profit by selling a magazine which Tau
to observe the high religious ideals ina
animate the subway management WIZ
which he has his contracts. Let Us u
sure that even if Mr.. Ward weaSen'
Messrs. Shonts and Hedley will neVe
again permit Max Eastman to talll' w
moral atmosphere of the subway
THE BORN STORY TELLER
IN 1.-The Demi-gods' James Stepn'D'
L gives, through the mouth OF Ole =
his characters, some of the secrets !"
the fiction writer: l..
81 knew an old man in Connaus
once. and he was a great lad Tor I,
stories. He used to make his money .
it, and if that man was to break OIL =
the middle of tale the people "oa'
stand up and kill him, they woula - y
He was a gifted man, for he "oulu .
you a story about nothing at ALL o., !,
you'd listen to him with your lnOu'
open and you afraid he would 'O" !.
to the end of it soon, and MAYBE /,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
THIS DAY IN HISTORY~By Rea hua'

4 Z
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

WHEREAS, All the Senator's who
voted against the bill protecting children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
ARE WON PEOPLE?
By Alice Duer Miller

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-23
WOMEN TO BEGIN CAM
PA|CN FOR LARGER BUILDING
SCHOOL GIRI. GIVES illlR M
pRESSi0\S OF ttT0 RACE
COMMITTEES II SN
MIXING tW iRDS


A fitting climax to the hest county
fair ever held IN the state was th'
exciting auto races yesterday aftef
noon staged on ilie ineompaFao'e bay
mile track at timarron Valley faiI
grounds
The thrills were there from tAe
starting gong to the final dramatic
finish.
The first race, a ten mile 20laps
go. with all Ford car entries. was
won BY Raymond Beyer in 4 most
spectacular and hot finish Howard
Fife acted as mechanican The cn-
tries were Beger. lst. Kimball end,
Rundall, 9rd; Speer an Decter 5th
Time li.S9. r. purse was for $50.
divided into purses Of $75. $50 and $e5
Harold Speer lead or and made q
splendid showing until he mot with
eAgine trouble and was thrown ont Of
a chance 10 score for the mone4 lie
lead for twelve laps
The real thriller however was Tho
fifty mile race The total amount
posted in this race was SIS divided
into three purses Of SEQ. $50 and
sion
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-23
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s THE SCHOOL GIRL a.
+ TELLS or HER FIRST ~
= AUTO RACES. :.
VI 81 4 4 q = = & p = y 2 p 2 y ?

Yesterday ! went 10 ihe auto races
and they certainly were The most eN
citing thing at the whole fair like
horse races fine but they aren. as
thrilling as the auto races because
they aren't as dangerous The Ford
race was only ten miles aud must
have been more fun fer the drivers
At leas they didn' took nearly 81
serious as the drivers 81 the other
race The boys All i've here No each
one had his own friends TO yell for
him and there was lots Of excitement
The Fords looked funny not q bit
like ours, because they took off every
single thing that they didn't need and
that just left the wheels and the hood
and little place to sit that didn't
look very comfortable The race
started and the fast cars pulled away
from the others right away Il looked
as il just three OF The five cars were
in the race A green car was In the
lead and had a fine chance to win
even though the yellow car was right
behind him and going mighty fast He
had some trouble and though tie kept
in the race lie came out fourth and
everybody seemed sorry the yellow
car won tie race The car that tcok
second didn't even intend to enter be
cause his car wasn't gearel up- but
he stuck to the race and won.
The fifty mile race was what every
body seemed TO be interested in There
was a Ford Special that the ones who
seemed 10 know were betting on.
=. A f4.v=74 4
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Ne@ Orleans. La, sept, 28- To
HE#Nt HHA MtklIAN HhNAftNaN NtrAIhef.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
Canada's Command
IOmaha Beel

The action of the Canadian govern
ment in putting the ban on a group
of American newspapers, whose edit
ors have offended John Bull, is one
of the little sidelights of the war that
in some way relieve It's tragedy. II
is scarcely credible that the authori-
ties of the Dominion believe that by
this action they have altered the
the expressions of the editors who are
thus excluded from hearing in Can
ada. On the contrary, 1t is almos,
equivalent to an admission that the
publications now accommodated
had some effect on the people of Can
ada, who have been looked upon as
ultra-loyal and beyond the possibility
of disaffection. no matter who under
took to spread sedition among them
OF course, the officials over there find
it hard to brook the criticisms OF
their conduct. and may have some
| justification for the allegations OF
Misrepresentation they make, but
they ought to understand that in a
country so thoroughly Democratic as
Canada, the surest way to gain a
hearing for an individual or a publica-
ton Is to deny the right of utterance
Forbidding the citizens to read a cer-
tain newspaper is more likely to in
crease the prestige of that newspaper
among those who might be reached
by its statement or arguments. From
this distance 1t strikes disinterested
| observer that the Ottawa authorities
/ have, in the language of the sporting
field. pulled boner."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
Advertising Drawing Power

Newspaper advertising, backed by
direct methods, has made the store of
Carver Bros, of Strasburg, Ohio, the
biggest country establishment in AM
erica. There. are about 1,100 people
in Strasburg, which is located on a
trolley line within q short distance of
such centers as Akron and Canton,
but because these merchants make use
of the newspapers, they not only hold
all the trade of their community, but
reach out into surrounding fields. Last
year the total volume of receipts OF
Carver Bros, who employ seventy
people. reached $42s.000. 1t is ex-
pected to touch 100000 before the
end of 1915.
Advertising is the biggest factor in
our growth" said @. A. Carver, in
speaking before the Chamber of Com
merce of Toledo, Ohio, recently. He
advocates advertising at regular inter.
walls as an antidote for bad business
guaranteeing goods. being courteous
backing up his advertising by value
and demonstrating to his patrons that
he is trying to do the fair thing.
In order to keep the people of his
town home Saturday nights, and tc
keep them from going to the larger
cities for amusement, he plans to con-
struct an auditorium within his store
in which to give moving picture per-
formances.
He expects to double the size of his
business by following in the future the
same advertising methods he has used
so successfully in the past. The Gar
yer store was started half q century
ago in a log cabin, and has grown to
its present proportions by following
the method of keeping up with the
times-by advertising.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
CURSE THAT MARKED EVERY
GENERA TION OF BUCKS FA AMILY
By BRIGGS

"They had her in carriage and the
road led past the Buck home. There
on the veranda sat Jonathan Buck all
dressed up and freshly barbered: young,
rich and arrogant. Just as the carriage
passed the place the girl broke from her
guards and ran to the gate.
Girl Cursed Family Forever
"'May a curse be upon you" she
screamed as the guards tried to wrench
her hands from the pickets. May II
follow you and your sons forever and
ever. May your feet drag. may your
"She hadn't time for the rest of the
curse; a guard slapped hand over her
mouth and she was borne struggling
back to the carriage.
The very next day young Buck fell
and broke his hip, and his foot dragged
until he died, Later he was married
and had sons and each had a foot that
dragged.
But that's not the queerest part OF
the story AS 1 was telling you, we
set up this monument-not because we
liked his memory. but because the
Bucks paid for it. The stone was clean
and unblemished; a beautiful product
of the granite cutters art.
And then this thing came on the
side nearest the street, open to the
view of all who passed. First it was
but an uniformed and faint outline, but
it grew palmer and palmer, day by day
and soon we could see what it was
II was the dragging foot of the Bucks
the mark of the curse that was upon
them.
"Old John Buck came up and saw t.
and then he sent for the man who had
cut the stone. Get that thing off, was
the instruction he gave, and the cutter
set to work with his mallet and his
chisel Soon the monument was smooth
and unblemished again. But not fol
long; the sign came back. Four times
the cutter effaced it. and four times II
came back. Then old John, the last OF
the Bucks. was dead, and nobody cared
whether the mark stayed."-From the
Boston Globe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

Bishop Franklin Hamilton, who
is attending the Methodist convention,
is native of this State and the son
of Pittsburgh pastor.
&C. j. Tyson, named as one of the
delegates to the farm credit confer
ence. is one of the big apple growers of
the State. ~
&C. A. Rex, Mauch Chunk mer-
chant, celebrated fifty years in one
line of business and most of the town
helped him.
Congressman w. II. Coleman, who
is doing some lively contesting for
to be prothonotary of that county.
Ex-senator John A. Wentz made
the address at the dedication of the
tablet to unknown dead at Vents
Church, Ardmore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
TIIs is the story of a family curse,

T<HIS is the story of family curse,
a curse that even time and death
have not served to erase, and
which put it's evil mark on every gene
ration for q century and half.
In the little cemetery at Bucksport,
Me-, stands a granite monument to Col.
Jonathan Buck. founder of the town
back in 1852. On one side of the stone,
quite apparent, is the mark of a drag
ging foot. the curse which followed the
Bucks until the last member of the
family died some years ago.
An old-time resident of the town, a
man who had lived there many. many
years. told the story of the curse.
Now you've seen it," he began, "the
leg and the foot that drags. 1 helped
set up that monument years and years
ago. Then the granite was smooth and
gray and unmarked, save for the in
scription. Old John Buck, the grand
son of the man whose grave 1t marked,
was there.
HE had hobbled slowly up the hill;
slowly because of his foot that dragged
that was the mark of the curse-every
masculine member of the Buck family
had withered leg and a foot that
dragged. Queer, wasn't it? But not
the queerest part of the story. The
dragging foot might be laid to a taint
in the blood, but how about the mark
on the stone?
Began Nearly 17J Years Ago
But let's get back to the beginning
of the story, nearly 175 years ago
Then Jonathan Buck was a young fell
low in Haverhill, good looking and
rich and not any too good. There was
girl-the story doesn't tell her name
She also was young and she was beau
tiful, but she wasn't rich and she didn't
stay good.
mo use telling the details-the girl
was wronged. Buck soon tired of her
and wanted her out of his sight As
have said, he had plenty of money and
the town officials could be approached
A judge and doctor were mixed up In
] the affair; they said she was insane and
were sending her off to the asylum.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
The Hut at Losh's Run

If yer sick of the hurry an worry
An long to get out with a gun,
Go pack yer grip fer a couple days
trip
To the Hut at Loshs Run.
Nestlin' amid the pine trees
At the foot o. the Half Fall Hills,
Where the wild duck screams and the
river dreams
It's cure fer score o. ills!
Yuh would hardly call it palace
Just built out O. rough hewn
But yer hardly there, till yer willin'
to swear
It's a home that is fit fer lord.
When the old wood stove starts aroar-
An yer nose gets the smell O. the
ham
If yuh don't reach the table as soon
as yer able
Yer a far lighter eater than I am!
When after hard day o. huntin'
Yuh trudge down the old mountain
road
It's a sight fer sore eyes as yuh see
the roof rise.
An 1t takes al the weight from
Ines load.
AS yuh linger aroun in the evenin'
Swappin' tales o. the wild with the
boys,
Yuh don't care a fling fer another
thing
But the sweetness % Out O. Door
Joys,
Fore yuh roll yerself up in yer
blanket,
Yuh slip out fer peek at the stars;
Fer at no time o. day can yuh see the
same way
How Heavenli look, gates ajar.
Then yuh tumble yerself In yer bunkit
An the wind in yer eyes seals 'en
shut;
Yer too tired to dream, but did yuh
'twould seem
Paradise was the name of hut.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
Mr.. Bryan's Portrait

William Jennings Bryan is in New
York for the altruistic purpose Of
having his portrait painted at the ex-
pense Of the United States Govern
ment. the picture to be hung, for the
benefit of posterity, in the state De-
partment building at Washington. 1t
is to be hoped that the artist engaged
for this historic work, Irving r. Wiles.
will give his imagination free rein in
his endeavor to immortalize the out
ward seeming of him who was once
the Boy Orator OF the Platte and has
of late years been various things, from
Secretary, of Peace to high salaried
vaudeville stex,--New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
TIME foregoing letter is we'll

TINE foregoing letter is well
worth consideration.
The suggested bridge at State
street fits so well into the proposed
treatment of Capitol Park that beyond
question some day it will be built But
the suffering public wants immediate
relief from the payment of toll. 1t is
shameful that the toll bridge has been
permitted to exist so long. A large
part of the upkeep of both the Mar
ket street and the Walnut street
bridge is borne by every resident who
uses produce brought into the city
from Cumberland or York counties
and that includes every consumer in
the city, for the bulk of our market
and farm products comes from those
districts. 1t is an indirect tax levied
upon the people by the bridge cor
porations
We advertise Harrisburg's attrac-
tions and induce automobilists to visit
us-and then charge them admission
to the city, the capital of their State.
We boast of our municipal progress
and maintain at our doors a relic
of feudalism.
unjust. We should be as free to go
to and from the suburbs of Cumber-
land county as we are to go to and
from Paxtang and the eastern end of
the county by way of the Mulberry
street bridge.
"Harrisburger's" suggestion appears
at first glance to be feasible and work
able. The Cumberland Valley Rail-
road bridge, now approaching COM
pletion. cost something over s750,000,
and it is much higher than a similar
bridge at Walnut street would need
be, of much heavier construction in
order to bear the tremendous weight
of two immense freight trains pass
ing each other and it is built without
a break entirely across Hargest island
whereas the Walnut street bridge
crosses the island on fill wide enough
to accommodate any possible future
construction. 1t may be fair to as.
sumo, therefore, that a half million
dollars would be sufficient to cover the
cost of replacing the antiquated Wal.
nut street structure with a bridge
sufficiently large to take care of wagor
and automobile traffic and with spac,
sufficient for the use of the VALLEY
Railways Company.
The cost of such a bridge wouIt
have to be borne Jointly by the Rail
ways Company, the city, the countie.
of Dauphin and Cumberland and ms
sibly. by the State. The burden thu
divided would not be great enough t,
overtax any of them, as Harris
burger" points out.
The time has come when we mus
give very serious consideration to tn,
toll bridge evil. Every thought upol
the subject adds to the general knowl
edge. The columns of the Telegraph
are open for discussion of the subject
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. %
Around the man tCho seeks a noble end
Not angels but diuinities attend.
EMERSON.
A FREE RIVER BRIDGE
o The Editor of The TeIeerceIr :

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Noting with interest the editorial
in your newspaper calling attention
to the need of a free river bridge
land county, 1 take the liberty of
addressing you briefly on the sub
lect The evils of the present toll
bridges are too evident to require
be devised practical way in which
the relief so Sorely needed can be
procured, and without an impos-
sible burden upon anybody.
mend the erection of a monumen-
tai bridge across the Susquehanna
at State street, the cost to be borne
by the State. Possibly this can be
brought about within a reasonable
time. But it must be remembered
that before we begin placing the
cost of bridge construction upon
the State we must first provide the
improving the highway systems
which proposed bridges win join.
Then, too, we of Harrisburg will be
favored by large appropriations for
Capitol Park and Capitol building
extensions and we may not be able,
therefore, to procure money for
such a bridge as you suggest as
soon as We would like to have it.
And now for my own view or the
matter:
1t must be perfectly evident to
you, sir, who have given such care
full consideration to the subject.
that the old Walnut street bridge
has well nigh outlived it's useful
ness. Indeed, l at this moment
recollect having seen in your pub
lication a very admirable sugges-
tion for it's reconstruction along
modern lines. 1t follows. therefore,
when this comes about that we will
have merely a reconstructed toll
bridge, and will be no better off, eX-
cept possibly for looks, than we are
at present. Why not, then, get the
Valley Railways Company, the Of
ficials of Harrisburg and those of
the State. Cumberland county and
Dauphin county together and have
each agree upon the share of q cost
that will solve the toll bridge prob
lem once and forever at Harrisburg?
The railways company would have
free use of the structure; the pub
lie would pay no toll and money
would be saved for all concerned.
If you think well of this. you may
publish it in whole or in part.
HARRISBURGER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
OUR DAILY LAUGH
A PEARL OBJ GREAT PRICE.

Miss Fixit-
Why don't YOU
go after the
Ponderosa girl?
She'd make you
a pearl of q
wife.
Mr.. Batch
more Too
much of her.
A two hun-
dred D o u n d
pearl Is too biz
to be genuine,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

OF course, II is none of our business
but IL were the Kaiser we would Rallop
straight up to Verdun with our milf
tary cape Tapping and spank the Crown
Prince for gong to sleep at the switch.
Galveston Daily News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
{ EDITORIAL. COMMENT

"The people of the United Estates"
says T. r., "have eaten the bitter bread
of shame" And. to add injury to in
to six cents.--Boston Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

Germany fears polygamy may b,
necessary to restock the country afte
the war. Mr.. Brigham Young. pleas
take notice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

they kept up that process to its logical
conclusion there wouldn't be anything
left to fight about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
THE N NEEDED
WEDDING,

WEDDING.
Do YOU think
your folks will
object to our
marriage.
No. I heard
mother say the
other day that IL
we didn't have q
wedding In the
family soon we'd
be out of the so-
ciai swim alto
Eethar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

There's nothing new in eight-cent
meals-the free lunch fiend can give
you pointers on how to get a course
dinner for a nickel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

Bernhardt. back at 20. can maxi
many younger actresses look like 80
cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

AS we understand Colonel Roosevelt,
during the seven and a half years he
was President this country was at no
time in danger of war, because the rest
Of the world was afraid of him. - Des
Moines Register
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

Ruth Law seems to be law unto
herself
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

Mr.. O'Laughiin's report that the Illi-
nois farmers are kicking about the in
come tax ought to stimulate that
back movement consider
ably.-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

The Boy Orator of the Platte is to be
come the Silver-tongued Orator of tn,
South
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
AN ESTIMATE.

: AN ESTIMATE.
Kathryn Yes.
I have some van
ity, but not more
than all the 9TH
er girls I know.
Kittye Yes,
about the same
as all the other
girls put toeefhar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

Constantine of Greece spends all his
unlike Ferdinand of Roumania, he did
not bite into the pie before 1t had cool
ed sufficiently.-New York Evening
Sun
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22

1t was said at the Clinical Congress
in Philadelphia that high living was re-
sponsible for most operations. We have
long suspected 1t. But the doctors in-
slst on living high.-New York Morning
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-22
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg Is making steel
that is used for steel cars for
New England lines?