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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
Parcel Wrappings

(From the Boston Herald)
For some months past we have
had in full swing a movement to re-
duce the cost of delivery service by
inducing the purchaser to carry his
own parcels. The Massachusetts
committee on public safety is now
cooperating with the dealers in an
effort to begin this economy at the
beginning-with the making UP of
the parcel before it is sent out. 1t
is proposed to save in the use Of
wrapping materials, and the saving
will be no mere triviality. The price
cf twine has advanced beyond all
precedent; that of wrapping paper
has more than doubled, while some
grades of 1t cost nearly as much rs
did ordinary letter paper before tho
war. Were baskets available the
whole problem would be solved, yet
the basket, excellent for country
marketing, is not suited to the
crowded streets of the city, and the
network bag is only less objection
able. 1t Is generally realized that
the stringed parcel, with it's conven-
lent wooden handle, has come TO
stay" But much more paper and
twine are lavished upon 1t than is
needed. The customer often pur-
chases at different counters. sees
each aTllCle ldDOTlOuSly eHCdSeu anu
tied, and then has the various par
cells combined into ONE large bundle.
to the waste of both time and ma
terial. In the shoe trade purchases
are usually packed into cardboard
boxes or cartons" with the interior
elaborately papered, and the carton
finally dome up" in paper and
string. Grocery articles, such as
flour, rice, coffee and the like. need
special coverings of their own. but
many others submit easily to the
collective treatment with a single
wrapper. One newly introduced
economy is rendered possible by n
machine which delivers narrow
mucilage paper strip that can he
cut off in appropriate lengths and
applied to small parcels as a SUBJ
stitute for twine and as a neater
economy than the pharmacists seal
ing wax. The committee has in view
broad consideration of the con-
ditions and possibilities by the
dealers themselves in the belief that
systematized methods of saving in
this field will result in benefit to both
consumer and producer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
MORE TREACHERY

MO surprise should attach to the
~ discovery that Germany has
been sinking without trace"
the ships of Argentine while pretend
ing to be living up to its pledge not
to modest the merchant marine of
that nation, nor is it astounding that
Sweden should have lent herself to
this piece of treachery, but that the
government of Argentine is viewing
the situation calmly with little
thought of severing relations with
the two governments that together
have plotted the destruction of her
property and the murder of her citi-
zens is past belief.
The whole gruesome transaction
reeks with the villainous policy Of the
Berlin foreign office. 1t is the old
story of the wolf in sleeps clothing.
The German smile of friendship al
ways conceals the mind of hate. The
German pledge of honesty invaria-
bly, precedes violation of all the laws
of humanity and the usages of So
ciety.
Whether or not Argentine or the
United States breaks with Sweden as
a result of this latest outrage mat
ters little from the military stand
point, but neither nation can afford
to countenance for a moment such
a. gross violation of neutrality. The
German people must be made to feel
the weight of their governments
crimes and to realize that every
fresh offense of the kind adds fuel to
the fire that in the end must sweep
Germany from it's place as world
power, unless German manhood
comes to the rescue and repudiates
the government that has made the
word German a synonym for pillage
and murder throughout the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

A REGENERATION of the spirit
~ ual life of large industries has
been accomplished in France
as direct result of the war. and
for once not marked by any rev.
olutonary movement" This state
ment, with supporting facts, is pre-
sented by The New France (New
York;, a new magazine issued by
Les Antilles Franchises, Inc, a prac-
tical organization for the establish
ment and furtherance of economic
relations between France and Amer
lea. The new magazine discusses
many aspects of our coming spiritual
entente, and lays the ground for that
mutual goodwill which it is hoped
to build on mutual understanding
and determination. The changed as
pect of labor made necessary by the
war which is dwelt upon by Mr..
Pierre Hamp gives special emphasis
to the part played by women. THE
admission of women into the work.
shops of mechanics, and the idealism
of manual labor" ne says, "have
started a new era" Social justice,
with which the thoughts of the
workers were ardently concerned, he
points out, is now dominated by the
earnest desire to secure justice to
France. We read:
IA common complaint against
modern labor is that it breeds dis
satisfaction. Man, finding no joy in
the work of his hands, looks for
ward to the happy hours at the end
of the day; there can be no pleasure
unless it be outside the shop. In con-
trast to the modern masons. the an
cient builders of cathedrals had
their souls in their work and accom-
plished their task with affection.
'The war has revived this love and
respect for manual labor. Even in
those shops in which the extreme
specialization of work obliges the
men to make the same motion over
and over again in the manufacture
of guns, the monotony of the action
has not smothered the consciousness
of the Importance of his task. The
workman knows that the slightest
fault may mean death for the SOL
diers, and he has taken to heart the
desire to be infallible. In a shop for
the adjustment of fuses, a woman
had been punished with a weeks sus-
pension because she had been mat
tentive. She was also deprived by
her comrades of the honor of taking
wine with them. They said to her,
This will teach you to do things Sc
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major Henry T. Metcalfe. d
new officer in charge of AllentoI
camp. is a veteran army surgeon.
DIR. Henry Lehman, noted Phil
delphia chemist, received a show
of postcards in honor of his birthd|
DIR. G.. L. Omwake, preside
of Ursinus College, urges that peoI
should give close attention to
moral training of children, especial
in war time.
Insurance Commissioner ON
has been invited to attend the cd
roads banquet at Ebensburg.
w. q. Grimes, who Is runni
for district attorney in AllegheI
was active in the prison labor col
mission studies and wrote most
the report.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
That Would Settle Her

Sarah Jane was everything that
n domestic servant should be, save
for this one fault, which, alas hu
man flesh is heir to. She was very
jealous of a certain Mrs. Scraggs, a
former fellow servant, who never
tired of writing to tell her of the
glories of her new home.
ITO think of her sauce and airs
and graces, ma'am!" she said to her
mistress. Eliza Scraggs writes say
ing that she has a conservatory of
her own. Rats! I'll lay the conser-
vatory she's got is a couple of
cracked flower pots with geraniums
in them on the kitchen window sill!
I'll get even with her!"
"You should not let such trifies
trouble you, Sarah" said her mis-
tress.
well, ma'am, whether or not, l
am going to ask you a favor"
What is that, Sarah?"
IT was thinking. If 1 got the pho
tographer to come up, perhaps you
would not mind me and the master
being taken together in the motor.
That. would be a settler for Liza
when / send her the Photographic
Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
Wanted To Try Again

The manager of a factory makes
practice of giving all his old
clothes to one of the laborers,
who is in poor circumstances.
A few months ago the manager
told him to call at his office, as he
had a CASTOR waistcoat for him.
When he examined the gift at
home he found in one of the pockets
a ten shilling note. After a little
study he decided to say nothing
about it-just then, anyway
A month later he went up to the
manager and the following CONVEX
sation took place:
1--WE just called to tell you'll sir.
that in one of the pockets of that
weskit. you gave me month ago
1 found ten shilling note"
Good gracious!" exclaimed the
astonished manager; "and you mean
to tell me. my good, honest work.
man, that you've brought the money
back?"
mo, SIR" answered the laborer,
mot exactly. I've called for another
weskit."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 10
Never set your tired feet
On the by-pdth Of retreat.
SAM WALTER Foss.
JAMES MCCORMICK

TT TARRISBURG loses in the death
II of James Mccormick one of its
foremost and most highly re-
spected citizens. The possessor of
an ample fortune, Mr.. Mccormick
was nevertheless a man of simple
tastes and democratic manners. His
charities were as many and as
generous as his means were large.
Not even the members of his
own family knew how much
or how frequently he gave. Hun
dreds of men and women in Har-
risburg, who have been helped over
hard places by Mr.. Mccormick will
mourn his death. His gifts were
always in secret and made out of
the fullnesS of heart that regarded
the possession of worldly goods in
the light of stewardship, rather
than of personal ownership. and who
administered his estate according
to that conviction.
Mr.. Mccormick was the founder
of the Mccormick Bible class, one
of the pioneer mems Bible classes
OF the world, and as a Bible stu
dent and teacher ranked among the
best known in the country. He was
instrumental in bringing hundreds
OF men into church connection
through his class membership and
for many years made it a policy to
set aside a certain portion of his
income for the assistance of poor
young men studying for the min
istry and for the purchase of
libraries for struggling preachers.
The Y. M. c.. A., the Harrisburg
Hospital and many other institu-
tions of the kind were objects of
his interest and support.
His generosity extended to his
home city as WELL the island park
which bears his name having been
given to the municipality for the
use of the people for all time. Nc
Cormick's Island has given pleas
ure' recreation and health to
thousands already, and it is Just at
the beginning of it's usefulness. In
this as in other activities Mr.. Nc
Cormick set an example for his fell
low citizens which, if followed. wouId
make Harrisburg a better place in
which to live.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
Not Invited

Young Miss Perkins, whose beauty
is equal to her bluntness in CONVEX
sation, was visiting at a house where
among other guests, was the eldest
son of a rich manufacturer, who was
commonly looked upon as a very
eligible husband. The talk turned
on matrimonial squabbles. Said the
young man:
"I hold that the correct thing for
the husband is to begin as he intends
to go on. Say that the question was
one of smoking. Almost Immediate
ly I would show my intentions by
lighting a cigar and settling the
question forever"
"And I would knock the thing out
of your mouth" cried the imperious
beauty.
DO you know" rejoined the
young man, "I don't think you would
be there!"-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
PHYSICAL TRAINING COURSES

HHREE courses in physical train
ing are to be suggested for the
public school system of Penn
sylvania this winter, according TO
the announcement of the State
Board of Education. Radical de-
parture that this will be, the wonder
is not that physical development is
to be given the serious thought of
our school authorities, but that it has
taken them so long to come to II.
Physical fitness is quite as i'm
portant in life's battle as mental
alertness. Our schools have devoted
themselves to the training of the
mind and our churches and SUNDAY
schools to the teaching of religion
and the development of the indivi-
dual along moral and spiritual lines.
but community interest in the ply
sical welfare of the child has been
sadly lacking. Possibly school all
thorities have been awakened to the
importance of training the muscle ne
well as the brain by the astonishing
ly large number Nof reflections by
army examiners on physical
grounds. There is only one answer
to this shameful condition-lack of
early exercising along proper lines.
That the State authorities have
awakened late to their duty along
this line is no reason why local
school boards should be slow in
adopting the recommendations thew
are about to make. The newspapers
and public everywhere should prod
their directors, who are notoriously
slow to make changes in the accent
ed order, largely for the reason that
they are almost invariably short of
funds and fear to face a complain
ing public with additional expendi-
lures. But even though it cost an
additional mill on the tax rate OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

every school district in the State the
introduction. of physical training
would be well worth while.
You fathers-wouldn't you rather
see your sons husky, muscular and
fearless than weak, puny and timid?
You mothers-don't you want to see
your girls grow to the age of par
enthood strong in body and fitted for
the ordeals they will be called upon
to face? Surely! Then get behind
the State Board of Education and
talk physical training in the schools
every time you meet a director.
More than that; when the time
comes for introduction of one of the
new courses, write your school
board a letter. If need be, appear
before the directors and make a fight
for it's introduction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
His Small Part

Mrs. Biggs was very proud of her
boy, for his teacher had reported
him the smartest lad in the class.
She felt it a fitting opportunity to
give her son a little moral advice.
And l wouldn't have any more to
do with Charley Binks, IL I were
you, Robert" she concluded. "I was
told this morning that he was seen
sticking pins into his sisters little
pet dog-though, of course, 1 know
you wouldn't do such a thing"
Bobby's virtuous eyes shone with
the realization of his superiority to
the Binks boy.
mo, mother" he answered, "of
course I wouldn't"
But" broke in his father, 81
heard that you were there at the
time. You should have prevented
him, my boy"
"I couldn't father" Bobby pro-
ceeded to explain, with the air of one
who had suffered an injustice, "I was
holding the dog."-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
THE LOCAL FISH STAND


- tronize it?" asks the Food Sup
ply Department of the Pennsylvania
Committee of Public Safety.
Director Heinz, who is giving at
tention to methods of lowering the
high cost of living, and whose de-
partment has begun a campaign to
induce a wider use of fish by the
housekeepers of the State, says that
in a liberal use of fish lies the solu-
ton of the meat question.
Chairmen of all district food sup
plv committees have been requested
to inquire into fish marketing in
their section. They are directed to
see that there is fishman in each
town or locality and to insure that
he is a good fishman who keeps in
touch with market varieties, handles
fish properly and sells at a reason
able profit.
People hold to notion that fish
is only to be eaten on Friday" said
Director Heinz, that frozen fish has
lost its flavor if it is not even un-
wholesome; that among the salt
water fish, cod, bluefish, mackerel
and halibut are the only kinds worth
buying"
On the contrary, he points out, the
dealer can buy his fish to arrive on
any day or days of the week and
get them in perfect condition. The
Department of Agriculture at WASH
ington says that frozen fish is just
as wholesome as fresh-caught fish
and likely to be more so and that its
flavor averages better. Frozen fish
is put into storage a few hours out
of water, while fresh fish may travel
two or three days before reaching
the consumer.
There is interest, too, in what Mr..
Heinz has to say about the varieties
of fish that can usually be bought
at reasonable prices, such as whit
ing, founders, fluke, butterfish, por-
gies, hake, polluck, sea bass and
weakfish. Then, for Pennsylvanians
there are the fresh water varieties
whitefish, lake trout, bass, herring
and perch. There are also many
varieties of salt fish that are both
palatable and wholesome.
1t will pay any community organ
ization, not having a regular fish
supply to arrange with q grocer oil
butcher to engage in fish retailing as
side line, requiring only separate
refrigerating facilities to keep the
fish away from other food and pre-
vent the communication of odors
says Chairman Heinz.
To the fact that the housewife in
the small community does not sec
fish frequently in her marketing and
so has lost the habit of fish eating il
she ever had it, Mr.. Heinz lays
our excessive meat-eating habits
Through a stabilized retail sale fish
consumption may be increased, thu:
both conserving our meat supply and
saving hundreds and even thousands
of dollars to the over r-burdened con-
sumer. The Food Supply Department
announces that it will help in estab.
fishing connections between retailers
and wholesale markets and this is
one of the best things the Pennsyl.
vania committee has undertaken. II
it is successful in substituting fish
three times a week for the meat we
now eat it will have cone' much not
only for the conservation of meat:
and the relief of our pocketbooks
but for our digestion as well.
Harrisburg is fertile ground foi
the fish campaign. We are very for.
'tunately situated here, only twelv,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
To Buy Food at Cost

A food league is being formed
among the fourteen hundred en-
ployes of the Union Electric Light
and Power Company, whereby sub
scribing members will be supplied
fuel and staple food products at
cost from the mine and wholesaler.
st. Louis Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

hours being required to bring the
fish from the Atlantic coast. Della
ware Bay or the Chesapeake to our
tables and even less from Lake Erie
and the lower reaches of the Susque-
hanna, to say nothing of our more
or less uncertain local supply. The
wonder is that anybody has to teach
us to eat fish.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Uncle Sans secret service men
nave most embarrassing way of
showing up" the much vaunted Ger
man spy system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Russia has z, ,151 191 Workmen en-
gagged in establishments subject to
factory inspection.
There were 1,065 industrial acci-
dents in New Zealand last year-only
three of them fatal.
In New South Wales, Australia
almost A per cent. of the population
are bread-winners.
Phthisis is responsible for 26.5 per
cent. of deaths to workers in En-
glands boot and shoe industry.
In 1897 International Machinists
had membership of only IA, 900. 1t
is now over 100000.
International Bakery and Confec-
tionery Workers convention is to be
held September in Boston, Mass.
Princess Mary of England delights
in visiting the factories and serving
the MONDAY meal to the workers.
The age limits for women employ
ed in the British government and
sent to France is between 20 and 40.
International Union of Wood, Wire
and Metal Lathers will hold It's
convention at Cleveland, Ohio, on
September 10.
Sweden has in operation emer-
gency war measures on the food sup
ply and unemployment.
Ninety per cent. of women en-
ployed in Moscow. Russia, are in the
spinning industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Let's hope the Russian fleet is not
so fleet as the Russian army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Why not send Hayward to Germany
10 air his peace views
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

1t is a strange fact that the aver
age soap-box orator seems never to
have used any of the contents on his
face.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

I Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Our Rainbow division, odd as 1t may
seem, is going to France to launch a
thunderbolt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first weather observatory 4
in the old Capitol dome and c
Quoted by volunteers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
Labor Notes
By Briggs

Russia has 2,151,191 workmen en-
gagged in establishments subject to
factory inspection.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

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Associated Press is exclusively en-
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all news credited to it or not other
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the local news published herein.
All rights OF republication of special
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has raised ton.
and tons of vegetables in sight o,
the Courthouse vane?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

In the last few weeks copies
the charter and bylaws of the F
serves have been sent to half doz
cities to be models for home defer
organizations. These bylaws. Will
include some of the regulations
the Harrisburg military ASSOCIATE,
have been incorporated in the pls
of several guards. Allentown. Greer
burg and other cities have re~eiS
them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

International Union of Wood, Wire
and Metal Lathers will hold its
convention at Cleveland, Ohio, on
September 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
SAME THING,
VERY HAPPY.

you look happy"
"Why shouldn't I? The baseball
season is on and I've just as many
Erandmothers as I had a year ago."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Sweden has in operation emer-
gency war measures on the food sup
ply and unemployment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

E.J. .STACKPoLE,P Pres't s. Edifor-in- Chief
e. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Phthisis is responsible for 26.5 per
cent. of deaths to workers in En-
glands boot and shoe industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

There were 1,065 industrial acci-
dents in New Zealand last year-only
three of them fatal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Ninety per cent. of women en-
ployed in Moscow. Russia, are in the
spinning industries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
BOOSTING 1T.

BOOSTING 1T.
Triend-Everything is going W
Poet--Yes, yesterday q literar,
dy offered me a nickel for my
.oughts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

The age limits for women employ
sent to France is between 20 and 40.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

In 1897 International Machinists
had a membership of only 1000. 1t
is now over 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

International Bakery and Confec-
tionery Workers convention is to be
held September 8 in Boston, Mass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

Princess Mary of England delights
in visiting the factories and serving
the MONDAY meal to the workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10

In New South Wales, Australia
almost A per cent. of the population
are bread-winners.