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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
When the War Is Over

When the war is over, laddie.
Just take this tip from me,
There'll be no German submarine
A-diving through the sea.
For the Fatherland of Kaiser Bill
CThe guy we're goin' to lick)
VIII have brand new Kaiser, and,
BY gosh, he'll be mick!
Well change their tune, Die wacht
am Rhein."
Into an Irish reel.
And make those Dutchmen dance to
If that's the way we feel:
For the coppers then in Berlin
Will be micks from County Clare.
When we've put an Irish Kaiser
Ia the palace over there.
Shure, in every German parkway
You will meet a sweet colleen,
While their fields of waving sauer-
kraut
We will plant with shamrocks
green.
No liverwurst, no sausage. when
TheDutchman drinks his "suds'-
He'll eat corned beef and cabbage
and
Some damned good Irish spuds.
Their murd'rous guns and gas bombs
Wen make them throw away.
And have them use shillelahs
Or bricks of Irish clay
They'll sport no Iron Crosses;
Shure tbs shamrocks they will
wear.
When we've put an Irish Kaiser
lnathe palace oyer there!
New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
The Demoralized Flaper

In England the Flapper is a high
school gtrl-a species of quasi inno-
cent chicken"
Here the term is used to designate
the unworking young woman. She
ic is who shops" She is delightful
to take out in times of peace, because
she has no mission on earth but to
be pleasant, no wish Gf the host be
a 'spender'O but to be taken out yet
again. She has yet to find her soul,
which in common parlance means
she has to get up and do something
to justify her existence as consumer
of potatoes.
There is ample opportunity to pick
up good soul in most any place.
The Red Cross, with it's determina-
ton to win S1OO,00O,0O0 can assur-
edly use her. Is she not amazingly
good as a persistent beggar? Train
ed by an indulgent father, she is
only awaiting a complacent husband!
Let her real talent be devoted to
good and unselfish cause Just once.
There is Shope in this for her ulti-
mate release from the honeyed ways
of Flapperdom into the nearest ap-
proach to the vaunted, albeit brom-
Idle womanly woman we all talk
about. but don't ask to go out.
Then there Is gardening. She is
abundantly healthy. Let her dig. II
there is some youngster disqualified
by a weak heart (no pun) he can act
as understudy for the real thing out
in the trenches. She'll work better
with an audience of one.
But see that she does work. as
work we all must. Many an ex-Flap-
per is a heroine in France. There is a
mighty opportunity for the Flapper.
Let her once realize that back of the
Flapper is the spirit of a pioneer,
and she'll prove that the American
woman in all her phases is basically
the real thing.-Milwaukee News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
1T IS TO LAUGH

T VERY time the endowed mouth
n piece of the Democratic bosses
in this State finds itself without
excuse for some of the shortcomings
of an administration it is maintained
to support it begins 70 paw the dust
and call the TELEGRAPH a lot of
hard names.
Just now, having been caught pa
rading about with a prohibition ban
ner in one hand and lager beer
sign in the other it is squealing like
a stuck pig and scattering mud about
perfectly regardless of the appear
ance of the landscape.
But don't think we mind, dear
contemporary. One can imagine how
it must feel to have bottle of beer
slip out of ones inside pocket Just
as one is in the midst of an impas-
stoned plea for bone-dry prohibition.
Rave on, old friend, and take a cue
from the conduct of that historic
parsonage who, on a somewhat SINH
lar occasion, found all hell a-poppin'
and no pitch hot"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WAR

TT OW little acquainted the au-
n thorities at Washington are
with the sterling qualities of
Pennsylvania Germans is shown by
the fact that some of the officials
there feared an outbreak among
them if the country went to war with
Germany, according to a statement
by Governor Brumbaugh in a public
address yesterday.
President Wilson has no more loyal
supporters in the prosecution of the
war than these same Pennsylvania
Germans. Pennsylvania is perme-
ated throughout by this German ele-
ment. Pennsylvania, it will be re-
membered, subscribed to more than
one-tenth of the Liberty Loan issue,
gave more than one-tenth of the
800, 100000 Red Cross fund and
more than one-tenth of all the vol
unteers from all the States hail from
the Keystone Commonwealth.
The President is too we'll versed
in national conditions and historical
fact to have doubted for a moment
the loyalty of the Pennsylvania Ger
mans. The fears which Federal Of
ficials held previous to the nation
entering the war did not originate
in the White House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

in the United States 1t probably will
be shortened to the American equiv
alent, which is Sammy"
Now, American soldiers having
been formally designated by title.
who will write the song which they
will sing as they march into the
trenches? Such songs are not the
product of design. They spring spon-
taneously from the hearts and souls
of their writers. They are the prod
ucts of occasions and the people for
whom they are written recognize
without knowing why that they have
come upon a bit of inspired verse
and music, and the twain sweep the
land as did many of the old Civil
War tunes that survive even to this
day. And in this respect, one may
venture the prediction that this war
Will produce nothing more appro-
pirate, nothing more fitting to be the
worldwide hymn of democracy than
that stirring old anthem. "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" which was
sung in so many Harrisburg churches
yesterday as part OF the patriotic
services. 1t is fit to be the battle
hymn not only of the United States,
but of free peoples everywhere. 1t
is the one song of its kind the world
over that is as applicable and as full
of meaning and Inspiration for the
Russian, the French, the Italian or
the English as it Is for those who
owe allegiance to the flag under
which it was written.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
Patriotic SUNDAY

Yesterday was celebrated through
out our land as n day of worship
and prayer for our country. 1t is a
time for every true American to take
some part in making our country
worthy of it's present world respon-
sibility. Every one can be a booster
everyone can lend cheer and
everyone can send up a daily prayer.
We so often err in our mathematics
because we leave our God out. Who
can estimate the power of the daily
prayers of the American people?
Let us swagger through the
streets puffed up with material pos
sessions-let us prayerfully wait be-
fore God that we may even be true
to the lofty destiny for which God
gave us our material life. If we are
to win the war against things that
are deadlier than Zeppelins and artil-
lery, we must face our present task
prayerfully. Messiah Lutheran
Church Bulletin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

week. Watch the tester and keep
the dirt In proper condition.
The pen should be near a water
supply, so that it can be we'll watered
during dry weather. It should be
watered from the top about twice a
week unless rainfall is sufficient.
The moist tester" will always enable
the grower to determine the proper
moisture conditions. The top layer of
dirt should be sloped gently toward
the center, so the ground will absorb
and not shed rain; but care should
pc taken that mud be prevented from
forming on top and baking to a crust.
When the earth is dry the mound
should be sprinkled on the top and
sides.
The potato vines will grow to the
top and sides of the pen (the nearest
way to light), emerging through the
crevices and concealing the timbers
with a coat of green. When the po-
tatoes are matured the pen may be
taken down the potatoes rolled out of
the thin covering with a raake and
the material, dirt and manure saved
and used again and again.
Potato pens may be started as
early and late as possible, giving
potatoes ninety days 10 mature, ex-
cept the early ones. The usual time
of planting potatoes in the North is
from March to June; but under this
method the potatoes may be planted
much later than is possible under
open field conditions. where the fac
tor of hot, dry weather must always
be taken into consideration. With
irrigation and every possible condi-
lion of good potato growing-mois-
ture. ventilation ana drainage-al-
ways under his control, the grower is
virtually certain of his crop. In his
experiments Mr.. Hendricks used the
Red Early Ohios for seed, cutting
two eyes to good-sized piece. This
year he Is experimenting with other
adaptations of his plan and expects
TO have some interesting announce
ments to make by next November.
Mr.. Hendricks Is backed in his work
by good wife. and his neighbors of
twenty years standing vouch for his
honesty and integrity.
The possibilities of this new meth
cd of raising potatoes in the saving
or labor and of land. are amazing to
contemplate. When outside condi-
tions are unfavorable the production
can be carried on successfully under
glass and shipping from warmer
climes made unnecessary. With such
cheap source of food supply within
reach of al the people of the earth.
the specter of famine and the day of
high-priced foods will become a
thing of the past
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
RETALIATION AT WASHINGTON

NONGRESS persists in its inten-
tention to tax newspapers be-
yond any other industry affect
ed by the proposed war revenue bill.
Il the real purpose of certain alleged
statesmen at Washington is to de-
stroy in large part the newspaper in
dustry they might accomplish the
same end much more expeditiously
by the enactment of a law which
would declare the publication of all
newspapers unlawful and contrary
TO pu5tc policy. Some day the pea
pie VII set awake to what is back
of this discrimination against the
press of the country. ''hav will real
ize, perhaps, that once the accustom-
ed avenues of publicity are DESTROY
ed the men who are given to ex-
ploitation of the government for per-
sonal purposes shall be able to
achieve their plans without serious
danger.
Following an effort to control the
newspapers through an arbitrary
and senseless censorship. the same
influences are now striving to i'm
pose additional taxes upon an indus
try already suffering as no other in
dustry in the country through ex-
tiaordinary increases of costs in ev-
cry direction. Print paper and ma
terials and news service and all
other items of expense have been
enlarged beyond anything ever
known by the newspapers of the
United States.
If the magazine publishers and
certain metropolitan newspa per
owners do not care to bear their
reasonable proportion of the mail
charges upon their several publica-
tions, they ought not to expect TO
shift the burden, through a tax upon
advertising, to the smaller newspa-
pers of the country. But that is pre-
cisely what is being accomplished
by the proposed tax upon the ad-
vertising space in addition to the
Federal tax already paid by news
papers upon their general revenues
Striking at certain newspapers
groups of politicians at Washington
are now visiting their wrath upor
all newspapers. 1t is now the day
of little men, but the pendulum Of
public opinion must soon swing bacl
TO a sane view of the usefulness oi
the press of the Republic, which ha.
been doing valiant service in pre-
pairing our people for the war and
in supporting the great measures fol
national defense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
Upsetting Our Gravity
tSpringfeld Republican,

In scientific circles there may be
a furry of excitement over the re-
port cabled from London that the
last Zeppelin which headed for
Paris fell 1900 feet in eleven Sec
onds." The achievement is the more
remarkable because the best falling
record for II seconds hitherto has
been under 1000 feet. If the Ger
mans have amended the law of
gravity we should perhaps take more
seriously the story, also from Lon
don, that at the last big raid a 100
pound bomb which had failed to ex-
plode had been dug up at the depth
OF Ill feet. Otherwise 1t remains
rather dubious, for while the Ger
man planes were certainly flying
high, an altitude of $4,000 feet was
lately commented on as exceptional
and 20, 900 feet, or As miles, would
give but little over / 100 feet for
striking velocity, or but half the
muzZle velocity or a high-powered
rifle. There is a tendency to ex-
aggerate the velocity of proiectiles
dropped by airmen. because the
dizzy altitude of the aviator attracts
attention. while the height to which
shells may be thrown from guns is
less in evidence. AS a matter of fact
| the gun which bombarded Dunkirk
from 22 miles away was probably
} sending its huge shells to a height of
IL miles, to which aviators do not
yet aspire. AS for penetration, 20 feet
of earth is commonly reckoned ade-
quate bomb-proofing for resisting all
but the heaviest howfuzer shells: II
must be that the Germans, having
! finished with international law, are
now violating the law of gravity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
Forcible Reformation

Spring cleaning was in progress
and masculine labor was hard 10
find. The widow asked her Char
lady" if she would bring her hus-
band along one day to assist in NOV
ing some heavy furniture. The man
came, and the widow was astonish-
ed to see how battered his face
looked. Has your poor husband
had an accident?" asked the widow.
"Oh. no, mum; that's what 'appen-
ed when we 'ad a few words not
long ago"
Dear me. Mrs. Scrubbs! Did you
do that? What shame! He seems
such a nice. quiet man, tool"
The charwoman pursed her lips.
HE is now, num-" she said mean
ingly. = Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tel-
egraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

James A. Gardner, New Castle
City Solicitor, has been named as a
member of the conscription board
for Lawrence county.
Morris Knowles, in charge of
concentration camp construction in
Maryland. is a Pittsburgh engineer
well known to many here.
United States District Attorney
Humes, of Western Pennsylvania,
is assisting to form home defense
organizations. He is on the Ma
tional Guard reserve.
IN. w. Gerber, head of the Bucks
County Farm Bureau, got together
gathering of every corn and pig
club in his county.
Ex-senator Henry d. Green. of
Reading, was almost drowned when
the boat In which he was fishing was
carried over q dam.
w. A. Dunlap, who succeeds the
late Murrell Dobbins as an inspector
of the Eastern Penitentiary. is a
prominent undertaken and active in
Philadelphia business affairs.
Representative Noble Clements
of northumberland. is Organizing
truck company for war service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD

X PEAKING before gathering of
- Narberth people last evening
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
summed up concisely the whole tenn
perance question as 1t applies to the
war, when he said:
1t has come to be known, that
no nation can successfully wage
war or peace when its mind and
brains are clouded and befogged
by rum. 1t is a source of consid-
cradle regret that Congress and
the executives at Washington
have been unable to put into
pending legislation for food con-
troll an absolute prohibition of the
rum traffic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
THE "SANINfEEsv

TINCLE SAINTS soldier boys in
Il France have new name. The
French have dubbed them the
"Sammees" and doubtless the name
will stick.
1t was inevitable that the United
States troops under Pershing should
be given a nickname. The French in
fanfryman is-the "Poilou," and the
British private is unlv7--aIlv known
as Tommy" The versatile Fench
lost no timesin providing the apps
1ation. AS the men marched down
from the transports, as one man the
gathered spectators spontaneously let
out a cheer "Sammee! Sammee!
8 zfre Sammaeg
sjfTge- it is and Sam.
Is likely to pe, at least SC
ICE is concerned, although
sn1es into general faSol
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The farmers life is merry one,
He can sing 1T his work, without dis
turbing anybody.-Toledo Blade.
Colonel Henri Watterson of the
Louisville Courrier-Journal says
Texas will raise 100000, 100, 900, 900
watermelons. Marse Henri evidently
goes on the theory that there is no
use in having ciphers if fellow can't
use 'em when he feels like it
Marion Star.
The Roumanian mission is well
come, but We hope they won't con-
slider it too pointed if we ask, just be-
tween us allies, why their country
picked the particular moment it did
for jumping into the war.-Kansas
City Times
How to obtain a rest. Contract
smallpoX.-Mifwaukee News.
But were there ever such uneasy
days as these for the heads that wear
after the fashion of the kaiser?-
Pittsburgh Post.
Take lot of salt with those Aus
trian accounts of so many thousand
Italians captured.-Baltimore Sun.
Russia is beginning to understand
that separate peace means separate
pieces as far as she is concerned
Chicago Herald.
There is no oil trouble in Mexico,
and another Teutonic dream hass
gone a-glimmering Raltin ore
American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
CROP PEST LETTER
BY Prof. j. G. Sanders. State
Economic Zoologist
SCALE INSECTS

SCALE INSECTS
|" REES which are so badly af-
fected with scale insects,
that serious injury might
ensue If treatment is delayed un-
til fallsor winter, may be treat
ed with fair success in summer.
Watch closely for the appear
ance of the Matching young
which look like tiny yellow mites,
and Immediately apply six to
eight per cent. kerosene emul-
sion or self-boiled lime-sulphur
solution. Strong sprays cannot be
used while foliage Is present, ex-
cept that strong lime-sulphur
may be planted on the trunk and
branches of small trees badly
afflicted. Certain scale insects
largely confine themselves to the
trunk and branches of ornamen-
tai trees and shrubs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Many mans destiny has been
settled oy nothing apparently more
grave than a pretty face on the op-
posite side of the street and q
couple Of bad companions round the
corner.-STEvENsoN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Springfield, Ohio, Retail Clerks I'm
ion has secured half holiday on
Wednesdays during the months of
July, August and September.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
Real Giving

tFrom the Detroit Free Press ]
There is no special
Charm or bliss
In giving what
YouN never miss.
The only gift
Werth ,whiIe and real
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
Labor Notes
BY BRIGGS

In Canada the Agricultural Depart
ment is willing to Cooperate in any
way in organizing the farmers to CO.
operative selling.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Closer affiliation with farmers and
the railroad brotherhoods was agreed
to by the Alabama State Federation
of Labor at it's convention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Pittsburgh. Pa. Sheet Metal Work
ers' Union has established record in
the wage negotiations by increasing
rates so cents a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Increases in wages that will cost
the Detroit United Railway s1,100, 900
year have been agreed on by board
of arbitration.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02
DO. YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has nine units
of the National Guard, either
formed or in the making?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Tie first fair was held in Harris.
burg about 1885,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Published evenings except Sunday by
The TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

'E. }. J.STACKPOLE,P Prsst s. Editor.in. c Chief
+. R. OYSTER. Business Mandgey.
GUS NJ. STEINMETz, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

The farmers life is a merry one,
He can sing 1T his work, without dis
turbing anybody.-Toledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Announcement that the Middle
town Fair organization will be reor-
ganized will be heard with interest
here. The Middletown Fair has been
quite an institution in recent years
and as Gratz is an autumn fair Mid
dletown filled in very nicely during
the summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

How to obtain a rest. Contract
smallpoX.-Mifwaukee News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Take a lot of salt with those Aus
trian accounts of so many thousand
Italians captured.-Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-02

Between the operations at the Pax
ton furnaces and the open hearth
steel plant of the Central Iron and
Steel Company, preparations to start
Lochiel furnace and the busy Elliott
Fisher plant South Harrisburg seems
to be coming into it's own again as
an industrial section. The removal
of the Chesapeake Nail Works was
a blow for that section, but the war
has brought 1t around again.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-17

uVGIuButVO lVWI
If Tom Duff and Helen weren't
satisfied with the names suggested
for their baby Friday, other readers
have come to their assistance. Tom
may be pig-headed, and name. the
kid without regard for suggestions,
but he's getting some good ones.
1 think George Washington Duff
would be a suitable name for the
baby.-Ruth .WOrhosky, 1913 Blue
Island Av.
1 would suggest the name Ellis
worth for Toms little baby.-Miss
Jessie Thompson, Piss W. Madison.
Mr.. Duff should not allow his son
to bear any name but his own. So
suggest Tom or Tommie.-Else
HachmeisteT.
Why should the Duff baby's grand
dad go to but one history for a
name? Shakespeare contains the
appropriate name, LayOn Mac Duff.
S. H. Hayes, 1854 S. Ridgeway Av.
I hope the Duff baby is well and
happy. I suggest these names:
Jerry, Raggy, George, Sydney, Ferry,
Dewey, Terry, Davy or Clarence
Morris Gail.
I have four brothers and would
like the baby named after one Of
them: Waldo, Heathcote, Ralph or
Frank.-Miss Grace Coleman, r. F.
D. /, MelrOse Park.
I would suggest naming the Duff
baby william Thomas, and call. him
Billy in the "DOings." Jane Bates,
1884 N. Sawyer Av.
think Archibald would be the best
name for the baby.-BeatTice Ziech,
pose W. 10th st.
Name the Duff baby Nugget-B.
Cushman, 1926 S. Spaulding Av.
q think the little fellow should be
named Eugene Andrew Duff.-June
Pathe, 1908 W. Chicago AV.