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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
WITH NTHE COLONIAL DANES

Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones is going
to Philadelphia to attend the State
meeting of the Colonial Danes of
America in the west wing of Inde-
pendence Hall on Wednesday, March
81. After the business sessions there
will be a lecture and concert, fol-
lowed by a luncheon to the officers, to
which Mrs. Jones is invited as MEM
ber of the State prize committee of
the organization. s@
(Other personals on page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16

The Shimmell Community Center
Association held q council meeting last
evening, when plans were discussed
for enlarging the school orchestra and
calling the attention of the City High
way Commissioners to the accumula-
tions of dirt and refuse which are
such a menace on the streets of East
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
To Cure a Cold ta ono nay

rake LAXATivEs BRoMo OfJINrNE
'ablets. druggists refund money If 1T
ails to cure. II. w. GROVES signature
IS on each box. 25e.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16

PRETTY COSTUME DANCES
Folk dances in costume, vocal solos
and readings were followed by beau
tiful cantata. The Lady of Shalott," !"
last evening in the Technical High
school auditorium to the delight of a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
sHIMNELE CENTER- wORK

her sister. Mrs. Heyd. for week or
two.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
SERVICES FOR MRS. STUART

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Irene Stuart. aged IS, who died yes
terday at the Harrisburg Hospital, will
be held tomorrow afternoon at l
o'clock from the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C. Smith, 221S
North Sixth street. The Rev. Harvey
Klaer, pastor of the Covenant Presby-
terian Church. will have charge of the
services.
CONCERT AT COVENANT TONIGHT
A feature of the benefit concert to be
given in Covenant Presbyterian Church.
this evening, will be the banjo and
mandolin club, of the Y. w. G. A. A
silver Easter Offering will be taken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16

(other personals on page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
Flapper Goats
Special 1920

In velours and tricotines in leather, beige, pei
permint, gold, tobacco and Hague.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
GUNS AND HUNS

'"TNHE release of 100000 Germans now
l. Oh the Russian front for blows at
Erance and Italy" is phrase SO constantly
applied with dscouraging effect that 1t
begins to smack of Teuto-Bolshevik propa.
ganda. At least, the numerical proportions
of the opposed nations should be scruti.
nized before any fantastic dreams Of dis
aster are indulged in.
Germany is reported to have 3,150OO
meh at the west and o,25O,O0O at the east.
IL Russia makes a separate peace, we are
to imagine 100000 Germans spread along
the western lines from Switzerland to the
sea or perhaps 100000, with one of the
millions from Russia going to Italy. Now
the British, French and American forces
total much more than 100000 Their
total is probably nearer eight than seven
millions.
The question, then, Is not What will
the REINFORCED Germans do if Russia makes
peace?" The question is, why have not
the Allies been able to drive back the Ger.
mans when they outnumbered them
nearly two to one in man.power?" Or. in
another form, why should we fear that
'hordes of Huns will do more with mere
numbers of men than the Allies could do?"
The answer is that numbers have not
yet begun to count. They will not count
until German man-power is so far dimin-
ished that it cannot hold the long lines and
must shorten them. II mere numbers
meant victory, Russia, England, Italy and
France would have squeezed Central
Europe like an eggshell last year. Throw a
million men at Cambria tomorrow and they
will go down before the machine guns of
one.fourth that number of defenders. That
was what happened at Verdun. Triple
the Teuton forces on the Piave and they
will not pass so long as the Italians have
as many guns as the invaders. This is a
war of guns. 4 thousand men with ten
guns mean more than 10000 Huns, with
five guns.
The first effect of Americas legions In
France will be TO relieve tired men. The
second will be to carry on the work Of
diminishing Germany's man-power until
like stretched elastic band it breaks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
THE WILSON INSPIRATION

AS USUAL, it has required several days
a for carefully considered opinions of n
presidential pronouncement of the FIRST
magnitude to be formulated abroad and
revorberato back TO our shores We may
perceive now that Tuesdays events in tho
Capitol have made far deeper impression
than the first dispatches indicated. In fact,
some of the cXhilaration which foreign
journals show may be inoomprohcnsblo
to Americans.
II is hard for us to see America from
the viewpoint Of Europe. Harassed, wearied.
nervous sensitive, after threo grueling
years. our allies arc as much in need Of
our fresh spirit as of our cargocs. \ casu-
atty list that daily has been i'll four figures,
for thousand days has produced IA Ger
tain fatalistic tendency. They view many
things as inevitable; some Of them think
We must inevitably have come into the
war and inevitably decided for . war to .
finish.
This was not the case. There was al.
ways an alternative for Mr.. Wilson when.
ever ho made .. decision. His decisions
havo never been eXpedlents. They havo
flowed from a source that docs not change.
II We had to choose one paragraph from
all the Wilsonian utterLnces Of tho war
period for every man and woman IN Lu
rope 10 think deeply OF today, We should
not so far wrong i'll selecting from hts
speech TO tho New York Press Club that
little story of the locomotive driver who
leaned from his cab TO grip Mr.. Wilson's
hand and whisper to him, Mr. President.
don't so into Mexico" It was such voices,
he said, that he must always put first
among his advisors.
When distracted. hysterical aud grief
wrung world asks US to define our purpose,
let it. look TO Mexico for the answer and
to tho Presidents advisor in overails. Tho
plain people of America did not want re
vensc or conquest in Mexico. and tho
President, as one OF the plain people, did
their will lie will do their will in Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
JACQUES THIBAUD PLAYS
French Niolinist Reveals Polished Art in
an Ideally Devised Program

\ nice adjustment OF intellectual and emo
tional values in music sgnaDzed the delight
full concert given by the Philadelphia Or
Chestra yesterday afternoon in the Academy
Of Music. Not heretofore this season has
1lr. Stokowsk SO ,cunningly preserved the
balance of art moods. There was frank
fortnight tone painting in u Dvorak over
ture, rich. subjective subtlety in Brahms
symphony. delicacy and refinement in Lalo
work and stimulating impressions in a nov
city by the French ultra-modernist, Maurice
Ravel.
The appearance of Jacques Ihbaud as
sooist invited a retrospect of the crchestras
early days The distinguished French violin
ist last appeared here in 1903. Since then
many sensational comets have flashed across
the musical armament Some of them were
soon burnt out. kubelik is all but forgotten.
Ysaye. superb as he is, made way in the
general public's estimation for Fritz Kreisler.
Critical forerunners now proclaim Jacha Hal
fetz as the master bowman. Possibly Thi-
bauds art was new to not few Of yes
terday afternoons auditors. If so, they made
the acquaintance of polished talent ex-
quisite In refinement and taste.
The virtuosos manner is typically Gallo
His rapid, fluent trilling, facile finger work,
his delicacy and smooth legato, though at
times trife pinched tone. stamp him as a
model product of the Paris Conservatoire.
There is nothing soul-strring in his playing
Dut zeal OF 1aStlulOuS sentiment which runs
directly counter to the eXultant sentiment
tality now so much admired IN the favorite
Russian school of violinsts. His offering, the
Lalo concerto in F, gave convincing revela-
tion of his gifts but the work itselfis rather
empty and musically unimportant. 1t has
none of the color of portions of the same
comp sers Symphonic Espagnole"
The orchestra was at its best In the haunt
ing impresso iistic harmonies and dlssona nces
of new composition b" Maurice Ravel This
ncore, entitled "Rhapsode Espagnoe," is an
intriguing tonal picture. Chabrier has
painted Spain effectively In music and B!zet,
with a more vivid talent, employed much the
same method. Ravels treatment is In modern
Debussy-lke vein, less fra 1k, but Y ct
with a poetic appeal that rings unmstakably
true The four numbers of the suite are
prelude TO the Night" "Malaguena." "Haba-
nera" and "Feria."
Perhaps the recent Characterization of
tho orchestra, involving eight changes of its
personnel was partially responsible for GER
tain weaknesses of horns and woodwinds In
the intellectual but never really cryptic and
always indestructibly beautiful Fourth SYM
phony OF Brahms, which was Mr.. Stokowski 8
major offering. The familiar precison'of exc
cution was regained before the impressive
final allegro was reached. The concert opened
with Dvorak's romantic but rather remin,s
cent In Nature overture. charmingly PLAYED.
II. II. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
LEGAL AID FOR DRAFTED MEN

ENNHOLLMENT and classification of the
~ 100000 men still subject to the draft
will present many legal problems for. which
the rcgistrants will require tho advice OF
counsel. The Philadelphia courts have
heartily indorsed tho plan of shortening
court sessions in order to leave attorneys
leisure to cope with the inevitable mass
of new consultations. Essential litigation
will be expedited aud continuances granted
wherever consonant with public interest
Registrants In doubt should seek counsel
and not proceed by guesswork. Many pub
lic.spirited attorneys will doubtless tender
their servSes freely TO tho local draft
boards. as their professional brothers III
medicine have done. in the laudable desire
TO perform their bit in the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
GERMANY'S JEALOUSY
Bethmann-Hollweg Exhibited II to Lloyd
George in 1908

In the late summer of 1908. at the end of
the parliamentary session, Mr.. Lloyd George
traNersed Germany from west to east and
from north to south. II was very system
attic motor tour. The object Of the tour
was to investigate the German system of
national insurance. Harold Spender who
was a member of the Lloyd George party,
has written a highly interesting account of
Lloyd Georges experiences in Germany in
his biography, The Prime Minister lie
says:
"Bethmann-H Hollweg was at that time
Home Secretary. vigorous, smiablo Min
lister Of the Official kind. sincerely keen on
social reforms u Junker of the better type.
He treated Mr.. Lloyd George with great
courtesy. He returned from his holiday. and
specially entertained him and his party in
the famous restaurant at the Geological
Gardens at Berlin. He invited many eminent
members of the German civil Service to meet
us Every one. was very gracious and polite
almost too polite for comfort. After din
ner we went into a large reception room, and
there we remained standing all the evening,
talking and looking at one another. Toward
the end of the evening we began to feel very
fatigued. | ventured to ask one of the Ger
man officials whether it would be the correct
thing 20 sit down. oh" he said, we have
all been waiting for you TO sit down! We,
too, are very tired"
I'm the middle of this rivalry in fatigue
they brought round great glasses of toaming
beer in Prussian fashion. Mr.. Lloyd George
who s almost teetotaler, looked at the
glasses with a scared expression Then
suddenly his face grew resolute. We must
show that Great Britain is not TO be left
behind
THE conversation drifted TO King Ed
wards visit TO the Russian Car at Reval
That visit had caused great ferment In
Germany and grave suspicious of British in
tentions. Bethmann-IIollweg voiced those
suspicious in the frankest manner You are
trying to ercircle us " he cried to Mr.. Lloyd
George. You and France and Russia are
attempting to strange US t."
Mr. Lloyd George assured him of the
frendlness Of Great Britain toward all the
great Powers but for the moment he re-
fused to be appeased. He thumped the table
with his hand. The Prussian Government
has only TO lift a finger he cried and every
living Prussian will die for the Fatherland =
Mr.. Lloyd George listened to all this with
his characteristic calmness and good humor
But what about the other GermansT he put
in at this point.
"a shadow passed over the face of the
Prussian Minister.
"'Oh they?' he said with gesture
They, too. will come along !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
Tom Daly's Column
THE VILLAGE POET

THE VILLAGE POET
Whenever ITS q Saturday my rorh Is al
rays through 'H ..
And there is nerer anything but PLAY for
me to do
or ualh on Main Street pith my Ma to
see what news is nep
The Main street here IN Germantocn U
fun Of different shops
Not only for the sale Of meat and rcoetdbls
crops '.t
And groceries aud furniture and carpets
for the floor
And toys aud other merchandise oh many,
many more
But there ,1ds one ol,odys liked abovt
this time of year
Thot ol,cays made me dance for joy bet
noD it isn't here
And oh knoD so many hearts that toln
be sick and sore
Since DoeIls aren't taking Christmas
candy any more.
II trould Hue q hundred . cars and all my
teeth fell in
And let my punch-ond-judv nose drop
doun upon my chin
surely neper ,rould tory my pol" the
other night ~.t :.
To see my, Christmas candy store ,o!thost
a sign Of light
And find its ,Ct.1doto once SO bright thet
used to i1ink at mo .
Was nothing but big black eye as black
as it could be --..-.
And then to hear the net0hbors ten thnt
ouing to the tDdr s.... :, g.
The Doells aren't making Christmas candy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
THE STROLLING PLAYERS

They used to play in little hillside towns
Quaint, mrthful mummeries, Year after
year
The peasant folk would crowd them close
to hear
Zach auip and jest; their mimic ups and
downs
Won them a clam'rous need of smiles and
frowns,
Since theirs the charm to touch duh
workaday
with such enchantment that both grave
and gay
welcomed the antics of these merry clowns.
But Pierrot fell at Mons. where silver
thin
His voice rang cheer above the clash
ing shot:
And in a drowsy. poplar-shaded plot
Beside the ripping Meuse sleeps Harle-
quin:
While. giving of her broken heart no
sign.
Through wards of maimsd and blind
sings columbine.
--chsriotts Becker. IN Life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
SACRIFICE OF BABIES

According. to D. c. Roloff, Of the United
Charities death is likely to be more fire.
auent in Chicago than in the trenches or
Europe this winter Doctor Rolofr supports
his contention With some rather stern facts
and figures. as follows: The death rate in an
artillery regiment at the front in France Is
about per cent in an infantry regiment,
rs per cent More than double the latter
hguSe is the death rate OF babies in the
times as dangerous to be "A baby in those
sections as 1t is to be a soldier at the front
is the conclusion Doctor Rolof has reached,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
AGAINST tho minority q slackers and

against tho minority Of sIackcrs and
wasters This majority of rightthinking
people--what is IL but the Government OF
the United States? we. the people" de.
mand that We be regulated as TO our use of
food. All that the majority of us need
from our food administrators is informa.
ton about what may bo saten in abund-
ance and what sparingly. In return for our
cheerful response we expect from the food
administrators a growing severity toward
disloyal and apsthetic malcontents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

Ruth Law wants commission in
the army and she should get It. IL only
for the exoneration Of her sex from the
charge that every American woman is
born with a headache. A woman who can
keep her head from spinning round two
miles up in the air puts great many un.
athle<fc men 70 sliamc. &, 5
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

MAXWELL has been, talking kindly Of
Vince Stevenson. the Penr Quarterback.
But this is to serve notice upon r. W.. n.
that II he doesn't tell tho story Of his ovr,
encounter with stevie. and the ss4uel
thereof. which Is to say stsvis's epeeiAtsr
with him. wen DO Ito. .Eeif- = a. l4wtPll ~
II right. & & y, e, y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

BREAKING a rule we made for ourself
but it's for a good cause---we merely wish
to say that the careless composition on aIr
own dear paper who set UP the head hoy
Scout in Battle With Police" when It
should Lave read boy Shot. etc. has
made amends by contributing a days pay
to the B. S. campaign fund. iH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
NOW we understand

Now We understand how Crown
Prince Rupprecht's men could plunge for
ward two miles along a six-mile front"
The British. it seems, had evacuated that
sector before the Germans knew what was
happening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

There is rr money for the cops, but
there seem to be ample funds for the pro.
fessional chair-tilters who use City Hall
chiefly as political headquarters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
Outlook for the Future

To what extent Congress will deIye into
other than war business is not yet clear. Re-
publicans and Democrats have had informal
conferences, but no conclusion has been
reached as TO the limitations that shall lie
placed upon legislation. The Republicans
while not yet holding formal conferences
have declared their readiness to go along
with the President on purely war measures
except that many of them believe there
should be more cooperation from the White
House and that the White House would he
better off, politically and otherwise If IL
would agree TO an oversight of expenditure 9
by committee of Congress.
The President was against this proposition
last session, but in his message on Tuesdav
admitted the possibility of waste and extray.
agance unless Congress should yield to a
central appropriation or budget committee
II the leaders of the two parties in The
House had their own way 1t is probable legis
lation would be held very closely to war
measures but the nsistent demand OF r,e,n
bers from all parts of the country. and from
Senators. who have the habit of intnoducIng
amendments not always pertinent to the title
of the bill, may make 1t necessary TO throw
the doors open and let In for considera ton
bills that have no reference to the war n ,s
already virtually settled that these outside
questions will include woman suffrage ana
national prohibition. The leaders have nada
up their minds that Congress can facilitate
its business by putting these two Troublesome
problems behind them; and unless ali signs
fail they will be definitely disposed of before
the Christmas holidays
Then will come conservation bills. which
are supposed to have bearing on the u,,,
as affecting transportation and power and
the food supply; and then pension bills ara
il.ely 10 be considered. During a lul on
Wednesday last the Committee on Public
Lands and the Committee on Indian Affairs
were given a chance to call up bills and n
Is understood the call OF committees will
proceed on Wednesday next. SO that new busi-
ness apart from the war Is likely TO get a IA
start before the big appropriation bill
|seonie, In. J. HAMPTON MooKE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08

Charles of Austria's long. low. daily
moan for peace is gradually rising to a
wall, 10 not TO a piercing shrek.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Arthur Guy Empsy Is an American who he.
won wide reputation for his war IL IL, mas
and his narrative Of tho front. Cover tSs
e. Goulash L. q Hungarian Wand. @ hisbIx 49,.
soned stew. 'os-
8. Count Czernin Is the Prsmier Of Austri.-
Hungary.
4. Texas Is the Lone Star State.
3. Iongfellow wrote Tales OF q Wayside Inn >,
o. Ouisk, In western siberia, on the Trars & /,
berian Railroad. 10 the chief city 'of III.
governor eneraiship Of the steDpcs m ~
the capital Of the new Siberian Republic. -
Z. Queen Anne period furniture Is charseterired
by it's graceful and fluent eoustruetion
with marked Of slender curved ieR.,
and posts.
.. The settle Comuni district 10 In the mountain
region Of northern Italy. near the sonth
eastern border Of the Trentino. II IL In
the present zone Of Teuton invasion.
0. Noel is the French name for the Christuss
season. ~
10. rriaes Lssssls e nsysxIs e sAs osrns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-08
What. Do You Know?
Quiz

!. Who is VI. Potpin?
2. Name the author Of 'siosses From an Old
3. How is Gothic architecture readily identia.ds
OF the Universe? A'"o
5. Define an tlpnist.
@. What are squills? -.N
!. What il meant BY the phrase. "raison d'et,.s.
3. Who IL David s. Houston?
0. What 10 intensive farming?
10. Where is Royalles-sur- -Lescaut:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-14
Plot Was Widespread.

Reports and disclosures made by
officials at Washington, indicate
that the seizures made in connect
ion with the raids made on |. W W.
headquarters throughout the count
~ this week show that there has
existed for some time a nation wide
conspiracy to hamper the govern
ment in almost every conceivable
way.
Opposition to the draft, burning
crops, so.called labor disturbances.
etc, are all shown to have been
part of concerted conspiracy to cur
tail the governments war activities
and interfere with military prepar-
atoms
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-14

was not until 1873 that stock WAS i'm.
ported for TIA" express purpu." of i'm.
rr"'ln. tn" range cattle. In that year
IA" lat" George Grant. of Victoria.
Kansas. imported thrr" bulls. two Of
which he exhibited AZ the Kansas city
lair--th" FIRST polls that ever M.
r"nr'd in an American showyard.
trr"St. We're the forcruuurrS Of the
great influx which occurred few
yriES later as IA result of the world.
wide rruown the breed had ac-
quir"d Icy winning the two champion
group prizes in Paris in 1878.
These bulls were used upon the
common stock Of the range. horned and
course. AMI they changed the Coin
pl"Ni"u' md appearance" nf the old
stock. Many halfhr"d steers from
these Ahrrdrrn-AnguS bulls were fed
by number of feeders and gave them
f"rrtaSre Of the quality that lay be-
meath Ia" black skins. In 1876 James
Macdonald. tn" late secretary OF the
lli.hlunl and Agricultural Suciriy OF
Scotland, visited the ranch and report
"d them ~ doing Splrndidly. In 1876
there w"r" probably more than Suu
black p",l"d calves after them, de-
Clarrh tn hav" been superior to any
ever seen IN thnS" parts before. They
w"r" shnrt-lcggrd. Zig around IN"
gir'h; vigorous. healthy. and thorough
~ AT home. They proved themselves
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-09-14
Prof. A. P. Settle Dead.

Prof. A. P. Settle, brother of Jas.
W. Settle, of this city. died very
suddenly at his home in Kirksviile
Saturday, September, 8, 1917.
Prof. Settle had been a mem Der
of the faculty of the State Norm al
School at Kirksville for fifteen we ars
or more. He was born in Rails
county. He IS survived by a wife
and one son. also three brothers
and two sisters. These are: J. W
Settle, of this city: C, W. and J. c.
Settle, of St, Louis; Miss Leona Set
tie. of Bessemer, Alabama and Mrs
Dan Keith, of Howell, Ark The re-
mains were buried at New London
Tuesday.