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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

IN addition to making the laws of
the nation, Washington has gone
\ in for social pedagogy. There are
more young ladies' seminaries and
finishing schools here than in any
other city in the United States. You
find them crowding every section OF
the city, possessing an austere eX-
terror to the inquisitive male, but
overflowing with frivolous feminlty
from all over the country. Carefree
maidens block your progress on the
sidewalk, gigg1e in your ear at the
symphony concert and occupy your
favorite pew in church. incidentally,
they cause the Washington retailer to
90 a fiourishing business in blouses
and neckwear and ice cream sodas.
While New England and the North
ern States have been increasing and
building UP their women's colleges,
turning out more and more lawyers,
chemists and electrical engineers, the
South and Middle States have en-
couraged institutions which teach
their daughters how TO shake hands
and entertain a drawingroom. In
Washington. which is situated be-
tween the two sections, the seminary
has found no ideal background. The
government departments and build
ings afford liberal education in
themselves without the tedious ap-
plication of textbooks, and there are
certain social advantages in the
capital which are available nowhere
else.
The National Museum, for example,
affords a many-sided classroom, COW
ering a wide range of subjects all the
way from geology and natural his
tory to chemistry and taxidermy.
There are also the Corcoran Art Gal
| lery, possessing tremendous advant-
ages for the art student, and the
Library of Congress, containing the
third largest collection of books in
the world. Most of the seminaries
| have special days which they devote
to sightseeing, and almost any aft
ernoon you are apt to come across a
group of girls chattering in what are
supposed to be hushed voices on their
way through some public building.
| In the warmer weather they go to
| Arlington and Mount Vernon. One
seminary keeps record bearing the
name of each girl and the long list of
governm institutions and places to
| be seen. As she visits each one, it
| is crossed off the list and the date
recorded. thus enabling the teachers
to keep track Of each pupil. BY the
end of the year she is supposed to
have covered everything worth seeing
in the capital. -.......s s.-..... ...-.-r..
we'll attended by seminary girls They
| hIl the galleries with a noise and
ciatter lily suppressed by the chap
erones until they are seated; instant
ly, then, there is a hush and they. lean
over the rail with interested faces.
The Girl from Home never. altogether
loses her awe of the United States
| Senate Many of the Senators she
afterwards meets at their wives re-
ceptions, where they have a, curiously
changed and unimpressive appear
ance. At close range. she finds that
the August Presence is Just like Pa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
LADIES MADE TO ORDER
By Frederic J. Haskin

and all the other men back home.
The young ladies' seminary is an
institution all its own. 1t differs
from other schools in that its courses
are expanded or shortened to fit the
needs of the individual pupil. whereas
at public schools and colleges, the
pupil must adapt herself to fit the
courses. If a young woman is
nervous and unable to concentrate,
the seminary prescribes exercises and
sees that she goes through them
daily. IF she complains of a tired
feeling and looks anaemic, it does not
insist that she get her algebra or an
cient history, but makes her sit still
every morning and take sun baths
and eggs and milk. Often she re-
ceiveS better IN medical care than she
would in her own home.
The seminary is still of the opinion
that the destiny of the majority of
young women is marriage. All the
PHILOSOPHERS of Norway and the care
fully prepared articles on the econo-
mic independence of woman have left
the seminaries unperturbed with their
waiting lists increasing. They are
going upon the assumption that wo-
mans place is the home, and that she
should be taught how to take care
of it and understand the social graces
which constitute the customs of the
country. If girl displays talent for
art or music they develop it as far as
they can, but they also take equal
pains to develop her social poise and
command of a situation.
The seminaries have afternoons at
home, i'm which guests are invited to
their drawingrooms and under the
instruction and guidance of the chap
erones the students are given sugges-
tions in welcoming and entertaining
them. Every once in a while there is
a dance, at which some of the girls
wear plain shirtwaists and weird
masculine ties and pretend they are
men. Sometimes young men are in
vited. but this does not occur often
in Washington, where the supply of
unattached young men is negligible.
One White House reception year
Is always given to the seminary girls,
besides which they attend many teas
and receptions given by congressional
women to the girls of their States.
In the development of social poise
there is nothing quite so useful as
dramatic art. One of the large
serninaries on the outskirts of Wash
ngton has 8 smaller theater with q
wide stage and red plush furnishings
exactly like those of regular play
house. 1t makes it's own scenery and
builds it on the stage. and is equipped
with footlights, spotlight and boxes
and even the usual cheerless wings
and decrepit dressingroom stairs.
Here the students, of whom there are
two hundred and fifty, have enacted
Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night
to their hearts content. unconscious
of the underlying practical purpose
which is to create self-confdenee and
stage presence. af r9 e.5 81 -er
None of the sefninaries in WASH
ington are controlled by religious de-
nominations, with the exception OF
the National Cathedral School, which
is run by the Episcopal church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

the state now realize that it is fight
TO the finish to see who shall run the
machine.
with the Dauphin county Dem
ocracy shot to pieces and the leaders
of: the anti-machine faction whetting
knives for Royal and Jones as candi-
dates for the Democratic state COM
mittee il is only natural that Market
Square should get upon tn astrologer's
chair and endeavor to foretell what is
going to happen to some other party
and how things are to be handled in
years to come. Tt serves TO detract
attention from present distress.
The Newtown Enterprise, an old
established newspaper, has been bought
by Oscar .. Bean, who is connected
with various activities of Joseph II.
Grundy, the Bucks county Republican
leader.
james II. Maurer. the Reading
legislator, is now regarded as sure
thing for the Socialist nomination for
President.
Colonel F.. NJ. Young is out for
Republican national delegate in the
Berks-Lehigh district. a ..-
1T is now said that Jury Commits
sioner OapD has gotten to the point
of running for the Republican n0mi-
nation for the Legislature after ma
ture consideration.
"A Media dispatch says: mo
longer any doubt concerning the atti-
tude of the Delaware county Repub-
lican organization in regard to the
congressional fight this year. The
choice of the leaders is Thomas s.
Butler. of Chester county, although
they fought Butler at the last e1ec-
ton and supported Isaac e. Johnson,
of Media. 4 petition TO have Buffers
name placed upon the ballots at the
primary election is headed by Harry J.
Makiver and the name of State Sen
ator William G. Sproul appears upon
1t. Isaac u. johnson has not yet
made any announcement of his with
draWal as n candidate. but it is under
stood lie will be with the organization
in support of Butler"
-Bx-Senator John C. Grady, of
Philadelphia, one of the big Legislative
figures for a score of years, died yes
terday in Philadelphia lie sponsored
the bill for the Superior Court. For
nearly thirty years Mr.. Grady was a
member Of the State Senate, to which
he was chosen in 1876. His record OF
twenty-six years of continuous service
is said to be the longest in the history
of the State. He was succeeded by
State Senator James p. McNichol. Mr..
Grady succeeded ex- Mayor John T..
Reyburn as President pro tempore of
the Senate and his associations there
with Mr.. Rcyburn resulted in a friend
ship of years. For tho last eight years
of his term in the State Senate Mr..
Grady was file majority leader. Tt is
said that no measure advocated or
supported by him during that time
was defeated. Among the many
notable acts supported or introduced
by him were the fugitive from justice
act, the Juvenile court bill, separating
children from adult prisoners, and the
Saturday half-holiday act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
DBILn DURsrs WIDOW

TIME widow of "Bfll" burst, who
until his death in January was
the sole survivor OF the. Monitor-
Merrimac fight is alone, aged
and poverty-stricken in Philadelphia.
burst helped change the fortunes OF
war for the Union when he and his
valiant comrades aboard the cheese
box on a raft shattered the hopes of
the Confederacy by hating for all
time the destructive career of the
ironclad that was fast wiping out
United States shipping and destroying
our navy. burst was a German by
birth--a German American If you
please, but he fought vaIiant1y for
the country OF his adoption. Yet the
national government. because of some
teehnicality, refuses his widow a pen
sion. This is the kind of treatment
that makes hyphenated Americans.
Who will come forward to get "Bill"
bursts widow a pension, thus at once
driving the wolf from the aged wo-
mans door and restoring faith in the
government to many a foreign born
citizen who has read her story--and
doubts? .....a.. E..... I........
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
A BRILLIANT NAVAL FEAT

TIME escape OF a German raider
~ from a German port, its cruise
of several months during which
IL it$captured fifteen enemy merchant
men and its safe return home consti-
tnte one of the most brilliant naval
feats Of the present war. Doubtless.
the dauntless captain and crew are
heroes of Ger1nany to-day. They
should he. They took their lives in
their hands and were in constant
danger of death or capture from the
very moment they set out upon their
almost hopeless journey. They accom-
plished the impossible. II 81 S
aThat the raider was able to dodge
through the Gordon of English war
vessels shows that the blockade can
he run, and doubtless this is not the
only steamer that has slipped through
during periods of fog or rough
weather. It were remarkable IL it
we're not So But the tightness and
effectiveness of the English blockade
is only emphasized by theeafaet- that
SO much IS being made of this one
ship getting through. The brilliant
feat of. the Germans only serves to
bring out more clearly the almost
complete control of the seas by the
English, r. e.-,;3..,a t~a..o go
Although it has not yet struck one
vital blow, the great English fleet is
now more than ever the deciding fac
tor Of the great war It stands be-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
AMERICA, FIRST

n MERICA FIRST must be the
~ slogan of the House this week
unless we are to run down the
American flag and replace it with the
banner of the German Imperial Gov
ernment over the capitol at Wash
inEton. aEa 1885,
No such halfway measures as were
taken in the Senate in the armed ship
crisis should be tolerated. The tabling
of the Gore resolution was by no
means final disposition of the dis
graceful proceeding in the upper
branch The Bryans, the Cores and
their ilIl should be placed where they
belong by vote that viii keep them
there at least until the present critical
situation in our. foreign affairs shall
have shown some improvement.
The President has made many mis-
takes, but he is absolutely right in
his present attitude, and he should
have the vote of every loyal American
in Congress, regardless of party or
personal 1eanings. This is a question
vital to American liberty and Amer
lean honor. There can be but one way
to decide it. America must stand first
All other considerations are of sec
ondary importance. ....
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

DR.. n. w. Thomas the new chief
of the bureau of gas of Philadelphia
formerly held that position.
William II. Ramsey, Chester legls-
Iator and past state councillor Of the
p. o. S. of A. presented a flag at Eddy
stone schools Saturday.
-Commandant r. T.. Russell. of
the League Island Navy Yard is max :
ing a list of all motorboats owned
along the Delaware. m e..
congratulated on his birthday on
Saturday.
James Spear, Jr., prominent in
Philadelphia affairs, was seriously
hurt in a cunning accident In Florida
W. YorlSe Stevenson, well-known
in Philadelphia club and literary CIR
cles, has gone to France TO serve with
the American ambulance corps
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
Al,MsHousE IMPROVEMENTS

TNHE new Poor Board is to be con-
graduated upon tho excellent
work it has done in connection
with making the county aImshouse
more habitable and more sanitary.
When the poorhouse was turned over
10 the new directors on the first of the
year it was in frightful condition-its
floors dirty, its walls dingy and with
IN odor about the place that indicated
the urgent need of an immediate ap-
rlication of soap and water in gen.
erous quantities. An inspection on
Saturday showed n remarkable change
for the better. The floors have been
scrubbed almost daily, the idle in
mates have been provided with paint
:tnd brushes and have redecorated the
walls under the direction of skilled
painter, and the odor of the great
mn washed has disappeared entirely.
This is as it should be. The old
almshouse is Il poor malSe-shift at
hest If those who designed and built
it had expended half as much in brick
foundation walls and put the amount
thus saved into bay windows, sanitary
drainage and proper ventilation, the
county would now have a building
worthy the name. AS the matter
stands the superintendent and the
Board of Poor Directors have their
hands full keeping the place at all fit
for use. 1t is dingy and dark at best
and the interior is badly arranged, so
that it is only by ALMOST superhuman
efforts that the home can be kept
in healthful, sanitary condition
TO the aImshouse go the wrecks
and the failures of humanity-but not
those alone; many Of the inmates are
simply worn out and friendless. There
is not one among them that has not
earned his or her place in the sun.
If by reason of poor parentage they
have not been able to do their full
share and TO compete with healthier.
stronger men and women, then society,
which through its faults is respon-
sible for their condition, owes them a
living. IF they are of that other class
and have lived beyond their days of
usefulness in the world, then they
too have right to ask the county
for their keep. But not merely their
keep That is not charity. The old
idea that the poorhouse should be a
n1ace where the pepele do1ed out to
their poor just sufficient to keep soul
and body together has given way TO
the higher. better conception of the
duty of the public to its wards-that
they should be given healthful and
pleasant home, good food and cheer
full surroundings, to the end that they
may be improved in condition rather
than lowered in health and spirit by
the thought of pauperism constantly
impressed upon them by the old
method, of treatment .-.-.... .
IF our poor directors are proceed
ing along that line, as they seem to
ne. the county home ought to be in a
fair way to become the model charity
st long ago should have been When
they took over its management it was
certainly at least forty years behind
the times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

tween Germany and the supplies the
Kalser's army so sorely needs. 1t
stands between England ana invasion.
1t stands between the allies and at
most periious and divided control OF
the seas. SO long as the German navy
is represented by no more than q stray
raider or two on the ocean. so long
will the allies continue to wear down
the enemy. a process that Is no doubt
being felt far more keen1y even now
than we on the outside are permitted
to know.
Incidentally. there should be 3 les
son in this for the little-navy men in
Congress. II g great navy has done
so much for Great Britain. why not a
great navy for the United States as a
right arm of defense in time of stress? l?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
PRINTING Foon RUMoRs

TIME silliest rumor that has come
out of Washington in years was
that which had President Wilson
at the point of handing his resignation
10 Congress. 1t was so. widely circu-
lately that the White House felt called
upon to deny it, and in doing SO Secre-
tary neutrality-suspicious. the words of
the President himself. doubtless said;
"An American newspaper that would
publish story of that kind in sit
uation like the one that now confronts
America dishonors itseIf.H Not only
that, but it displays an Ignorance of
possibilities or a wilful disregard for
the truth that makes it unworthy the
name of newspaper.
The publication of sensational ru-
mors used to be one of the chief stocks
in the trade of yellow Journalism, -
but no newspaper that has any respect
for itself indulges in that sort of thing
any more than an individual who
values truth Will publish broadcast a
story the accuracy or which is in
doubt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

glass making region in and about
Kane, Pa, is such that a probable
advance In the price will shortly be
announced. 1t is estimated that
American manufacturers have sent
1000 carloads of the worlds windows
all over the globe in the last six
months a Nr3
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
a BIG CONSOLATION
By Wing DinEer

There's one thing bout this snow to
day ~
That has its. pleasant side, .
1t puts the Groundhog dopester out
And labels him Just Died.
And for the next few years. at least.
He'll silent be. let's hope,
And we'll be spared a-listenin' to
His threadbare shadow dope
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
GEE. BuT wERE PRoUD.
Tndianapolis News.1

tnutAHdpuiiS fINSNS.1
notwithstanding TIE monotony OF
war times, an event of real interest
happens once in a while in England.
Baron Astor has just taken his seat
In the House of Lords. We in Ameri-
ca ought to swell up with so much
pride as to bust all the buttons off our
Vests
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
MUST HAVE OUR ART

+. 3 sIPhlIadeIpIId fTuUILI LeugeT.I
Who says that Americans are not
passionately devoted to art when q
movie star gets $4,000 week
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

Judging from his peace-at-any-
price policies, he should never have
been named Gore t,.E s
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federaz Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

After all. the. difference of few
saloons more or less didn't mar the
pleasure of Saturday night in Harris
burg to any great degree.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

h J. .STACKPoLE,Pr Prsst and Ediso,fn. Chief
IT. r. OYSTER. Business NaHager-
GUS Nj. STEINMETz, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
THE Observation-Disclosures

T$REDERICK c. WOLCOTT. who
spent three weeks in Belgium
and Northern France investi-
eating for tile Rockefeller Foundation
the work OF the relief commission of
which Herbert c. Hoover is the head,
makes the following Conclusions;
There would be wholesale starva-
ton within three or four weeks If
d the importation of food into Bel
gium were stopped.
"a In Nofthern France the percent
age of INDECENT people is even
there are virtually no. native sup
J pThiii The clothing situation in Bel
Gfum and Northern france de-
mands very Serious consideration.
Unless the work of providing Cloth
inais kept up at regular intervals
there viii be very seri0uS spTering
ID tho Fail. . #E
The Rockefeller Foundation itself
has been one Of the most generous
Contributors. It alone has saved the
lives of thousands of children and wo-
men in Belgium. And vet this is the
Organization that only few years
ago. when it applied to Congress for
a charter, was held up before. the
country as q potential menace to good
government, a threat against freedom
and a peril to society.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

The fable of the hare and the tor
toise was repeated in South Bethle-
hem day before yesterday, only the
principals in this case were two horses.
one of them attached to milk wa
gon. The race took place over the
route of it's master and 1t was too
conscientious not to stop at each reg
ular customers. Consequently the
other horse won in O walk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

Yes, the rumor is true: President
Wilson is going to quit. The date is
March 4, next.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
EDITORIAL COMMENT

IMPRESSION OF
SOME
[Gary Times.
Many of our congressman seem TO
be under the impression they were
elected to represent districts in Ger
many t,4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

The United States Public Health
Service brands strong drink as the
most efficient ally of pneum onia. 1t
declares that alcohol is the hand
maiden OF the disease which pro-
duces 10 per cent. of the deaths in
the United States This is no ex-
aggeration. We have known for
long time that indulgence in alco-
holic liquors lowers the Individual
vitality, and that the man who
drinks is peculiarly susceptible to
pneumonia. The United States Pub
lie Health Service is a conservative
body 1t does not engage in alarm
ist propaganda. In following out
the line of it's official duties 1t has
brought forcefulIy to the general
public a fact which will bear end
less repetition. The liberal and con-
tinuous user of alcoholic drinks
will do well to heed this warning,
particularly at this season of the
year when the. Gruesome death toll
from pneumonia is being doubled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
TELE0RAPH'S PERTScOPE

Somebody ought to go tell the
weatherman that the bluebirds and
robins have arrived.
The wife of a henpecked man
naturally keeps him cooped up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
AICoHoL AND PNEUMoNIA

TN view of the fact that a certain
wer-known Insurance company
advertises that pneumonia caused
more deaths in the United States
among it's policy holders than did the
guns of all the warning nations among
it's thousands of patrons abroad, the
following bit of news from the United
States Public Health Service is worth
pinning in ones hat: .-.s....-...
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
| OUR DAILY LAUGH

LURID SCENE.
Her father said
she was playing
too much bridge
and threw her
cards into the fire.
What did she
DO?
What could she
do? The girl stood
by the burning
deck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9.

There is as mach greatness Of mind
in the o,cning Of good turn as in the
doing of it. SENECA.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

The scarcity Of window glass il in The the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-06

The Rev William p. Nicholson
stole some of Harry LADDERS thunder
in his sermon on "IIeaven" before the
"shut-ins' from the Chaplin Memorial
Home, Paschalville, yesterday. "Hea-
ven is a bonnie place" said he. ia
place of gold and beauty Of sunshine
and gIory.r on mothers. who have
given your best for your children, VIII
never be tired up there"