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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
THE STEELTON BAND
TIME election of w. B. Hoddinc

TIME election of w. B. Hoddinot
as manager of the Steelton
Band insures for that organi-
zatlon the patronage of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company, which has done
so much to make the Bethlehem
band one of the very best in the
country.
Time was. and not so many years
back, when the Citizens Band of
Steelton stood very high among mu-
sical organizations. 1t brought al
most as much fame to Steelton as
the big steel plants themselves. 1t
aroused Steelton people to pride
in their town and was one of the best
influences for good citizenship Steel
ton ever had. That 1t is to be re-
stored to its once prominent ptaco
in musical circles is good news in
deed.
Harrisburg congratulates its
neighboring town on its good for
tune and wishes it, too, might have
a Mr.. Schwab as band patron for
the Capital City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Notwithstanding the suspected op-
position of the army staff and certain
political interests, the peonle of the
United States believe that Colonel
Roosevelt should be encouraged rather
than opposed in his desire to lead a
corps of American lighters in France.
He is SOME fighter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Unfinished Explanation

When a German general announces
that he has given up an unsuitable
position he does not always feel re-
quired to state what rendered it un-
suitable.-Washing Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
COLORED PATRIOTS

HHE colored citizens of the United
i States are going to take their
part in the present great
struggle just as they have always
done in every crisis of the nation.
For the purpose of ascertaining what
part the colored men of Delaware
Will play in the present war con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Light Housekeeping

The appeal of the Department of
Commerce to lighthouse-keepers to
plant crops gives new slant to light
housekeeping.-W Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Sacrifice Not Wanted

Senator Sherman declares that he
will not abdicate for the President
or anybody else, thus mistakipg the
general demand, which is simply that
he act reasonably and patriotically.
Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
One WAY to Explain

The German strategists haven't
got round yet to explaining that in
surrendering so many prisoners they
are merely reducing their army to fit
the food upply.-Indianapol News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Several of the most stately homes
of old England have been turned
into sleeping quarters for women
making munitions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Labor Notes

Grantham, England, will employ
women to sweep the streets, paying
them 10 cents an hour and provide
them with uniforms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

A general increase of wages will
go into effect at the Fore River ship
building plant on June /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

The labor unions have unmistak-
ably demonstrated to wage-earners
in all callings and professions that
organization means higher wages,
better jobs, more comfortable homes
and shorter hours of daily toll.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Kitchener (Can.) Board of Trade
will cooperate with the County
Agricultural Association in assisting
to provide farm labor during the
summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

And to think that only year back
we couldn't think of anything more
exciting than the opening Of the bass
season.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Who all pay for this WARP" is the
tltie of a pamphlet just off the press.
We suspect we know, but there's no
use being disagreeable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

The Kaiser, we understand. has
$500 suits of clothes. We suggest
he add a couple sets of overaIls to the
outfit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Garden-making makes us conclude
that the physiologies may be right,
after all. about the number of muscles
in the human body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

E.J. .STACKPOLE,P Pres't s. Editoy.i,- Chief
r. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINNIETZ, Manaeinp Editor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Mr.. B.-Do you think you'll be
able to keep UP with your neigh
bors?
Mrs. D.-If wo can't, my dear
we'll move.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Like the unfinished Federal build
ing, the ash cans and the ash piles
viii be here to meet our soldiers upon
their return from the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
OUR DAILY LAUGH

What is the matter with Jones?"
"If he takes a vacation. they won
der how he can afford to; and II he
doesn't they wonder IL his accounts
are straight"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
SATURDAY EVENING. MAY S.

WhOeVer has a good qvork TO do, must
let the DeviPs tongue run as il pleaSeJ.-
LUTHER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

1t is probable that in short time
the State Game Commission will es-
tablish some game preserves in west
ern counties. Offers of land have
been made from time to time but 1t
has been found that in many cases
the lands were covered by leases OF
the coal or oil. The western end of
the State has been pretty we'll looked
up and while there are many tracts
suitable for game the coal men have
been busy, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
THE RED STAR.

One of the newest organizations to
enter the field of endeavor in con-
nection with the winning of the war is
the American Red Star Animal Relief
association. 1t is designed to do for
the horse what the Red Cross does for
the soldier.
There are 100000 horses engaged
in this war.
On the Western front the losses
have averaged $1,000 horses a month.
In eight hours fighting along a
lost 5,o11 horses.
over a million-and-a-half of Amer
ica's horses have been purchased for
service with the Allies.
In the first seven months of 1917
the value of horses shipped to Europe
from American ports was $25, 1927, 500.
For the month of July alone the
value was s1,377,202. Wastage of
horses means an enormous money loss,
which mere money cannot now re-
place. Thirty-three thousand horses
have died in America while awaiting
shipment and 5000 have died at sea
in course of transit
In nine weeks the British captured
332 German field and heavy guns and
lost none. The German losses are
partly due to lack of horses.
America, with an army of $500, 900
men. will require 10000 horses to be-
gin with. and shipload after shirNoad
to E.ep the force up to the strength.
The total need will exceed million
a year under fighting conditions. and
may even be vastly greater.
The Allies have for months been
buying every good horse they could
get and are still buying in the Ameri-
can market.
Not one of the nations engaged in
this war has had an army veterinary
department big enough to take care
of the thousands of horses and mules
used in the war.
The plan of the society is to es-
tablish, equip and man field hospitals
for the proper treatment of wounded
horses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
SOUND ADVICE.
horses.

Advice has been plentiful since the
United States entered the war. The
Des Moines Capital has made a con-
tribution to the general fund which is
worthy OF attention. In a recent edi-
torial article it says:
The people of the United States
will need all the business they can get
They need to keep up their exports
and their imports. They need to go on
with their usual avocations. They
should buy in response to their rea-
sonable demands. There is one other
thing they should do and that is, so far
as possible they should pay cash. The
receipt of cash in business is a great
inspiration. Another thing they should
see that all waste is cut off. This ad-
vice is not particularly applicable to
this period but te all periods. We
should keep ourselves well dressed
We should live plainly but well. We
should cut down our eating to some
extent because we all eat too much
This is not wartime advice. 1t is uni
versal advice. A reasonable amount
of church and school building should
go on, but as rule, the community
resources should be reserved for the
government.
The United States will be borrowing
money for a long time. The thrifty
man who has toiled hard for his
money SnOuLQ Keep out OI uncAdFIGTeQ
and untried experiments. There is no
use in throwing ones money away in
an attempt at speculation at times like
| the present. All the agencies of the
government are against speculation.
| The food commission has made specu-
lation in food supplies practically i'm
\ possible. This should not invite and
| encourage speculation in other oirec-
| lions. Salaried men and women are
| especially urged to keep out of specu-
! lation. There may be agents, there
may be opportunities for you to invest
hin schemes with glowing prospectuses
but this is good time to beware of all
SUCH Money in the bank is very
comfortable sedative and a satisfac-
tory substitute for speculation
| The country must not only have
money from the people in the way Of
loans. but must receive taxes and il
order to pay taxes men must have
profits. There is a struggle agains
| excess profits and while this is wal
| measure it has come none too soon
Excess profits are evils any time of the
year. If all who work and all whS
conduct business keep their heads and
go along about as usual every publ,
and patriotic interest will be served
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
THANKsGyING DAY.

To a large number of American
families this is a Thanksgiving Day
different from any ever before ex-
perienced. When fathers and moth
ers, sons and daughters, gather about
the dining table there will be many
vacant chairs. More than a million
brothers. uncles, sons and friends are
not here to join in the observance of
the American anniversary. Hundreds
of thousands of these are on the ether
side of the world within sound of the
enemy's big guns.
Even tho the joy of the occasion
must be mingled with sadness there
is much cause for thankfulness that
the situation is no. worse. Those of
the dear ones who have gone to serve
their country are still alive and there
is the hope that they will come back.
|. We should be thankful that our
country has not been devastated, our
cities leveled and our people carried
into slavery.
We should be thankful that we are
in position to give aid to oppressed
and suffering humanity and help
dlO4lS NAlC (duoG VI HOAlO hChlOOAo NS
and human liberty.
We should be thankful that we as a
nation, retain the respect and conf
dence of the civilized peoples of the
earth.
While we are returning thanks for
our many blessings let US look for
ward with a renewed hope that the
next Thanksgiving Day will see us
united to the loved ones now absent
and will dawn on a world at peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
DINNER STORIES

A suburban minister during hts
discourse one Sunday morning said:
I'm every blade of grass there is a
sermon"
Next day one of his elders found
the good man moving his lawn.
Well, SIR he said, Il am glad to
see you engaged in cutting your SER
mons short
The absent-minded beggar, booked
for a two weeks visit to his rich
aunt, stood upon the doorstep re-
ceiving his wife's final instructions.
Now, James," she said, do please
remember to put on your tie should
you be called on to wear evening
dress. Last time you went, you re-
member, you went down without it."
I'll make a note of it," said the
forgetful one.
Also" continued the wife, "remem-
Der that Aunt Tabitha's brother Bill is
a sore point with all of them. Don't
mention him!"
'I'n put that down. tool" muir
INJURED the husband.
Then, too, dear, do be careful about
getting in drafts You caught an aw-
full cold last time"
''I'll try to remember" he returned.
She imprinted, a farewell kiss upon
his brow.
II hope dear" she said, catch in
her voice, you'll think of me every
day while you're gone.''
Yes, dear. l WILL" responded the
hubby absently. TN make a memo
randum of it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29


Nobody, not even among the Rus
slams themselves. has any faith in the
aggregation which is running things
fn Russia. Trotzky declares that the
whole mass of allied peoples is with
the Bolsheviki-that they will seize
the opportunity presented to them by
the Bolsheviki proposals and cease to
support the war either by men or
money. The division of the lard, the
naturalization of the resources of the
country. the putting of the means of
production, distribution and exchange
into the hands of the people-this is
the Bclsheviki doctrine and is stamped
with the sign and seal of the red tie
and the soap-box demagog. If the
Russian I. w. W. had the power which
it assumes to have it would not know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.

Let as give thanks. and lift our ringing
voices,
Tho not for plenty, nor for paths of peace
Let us rejoice. a strong man re1oiees
To run his race ;-nor pray for swift re-
lease:
We who have doubted. dumb with in
decision.
Nor turned our faltering footsteps toward
the Right,
We who have needed not the surer vision,
Let us give thanks-for we have seen the
Light
Let US give thanks that once again, COM
pelling,
Our flag shall float for Freedom to the
skies,
Ten thousand times ten thousand voices
swelling
Proclaim our service and sacrifice.
Let give thanks-an undivided nation,
One purposed nov, we press toward the
goal.
To thee, our fathers GOD and our Saliva
ton,
Let us give thanKs-for we have found
our SOUL
BY Corinne Roosevelt Robinson of The
VigilanteS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
TRAWELETTE
The Araucanians.
by NIKSAH.


The Araucanians are the primitive
race of Chile, and one of the finest of
all the American Indian tribes AL
tho the remaining Indians are wards
of the government not unlike those
in this country, the tribe is said never
to have been formally conquered.
Furthermore, the blood of the Arau-
canians is widely disseminated and
gives to the Chilean people their dis
tinctive character.
Spain, in colonizing the new world,
always followed the policy of sending
soldiers, but few or no women. 1t was
the inevitable result that y in every
country conquered by Spain the popu-
lation is to a considerable extent of
mixed Indian and Spanish blood. Thus
in Chile, Valdivia, one of the early
Spanish explorers captured an Arau-
canaan chief, Michi- Malonco, and held
him for ransom. The cacique of the
tribe offered five hundred Indian vir-
gins for the release of the chief and
this offer was accepted by the Span
iards- In this way originated the Chill
can race of today, altho it has sub
sequentiy been modified by accessions
of other racial strains
The Araucanians are strongly
| built tribe of unusual stature, and
were famous for their fighting quail
| ties. Valdivia wrote that when these
Indians attacked him it seemed as tho
I the earth were in commissions, and he
gave them praise as the most stubborn
/ foes he had ever met.
The Araucanians today remain al
most unchanged. still living their
primitive life of hunters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29

Boiled Potatoes, Onion Sauce-One
quart potatoes, one tablespoon drip
pings, one cup chopped onion, one
milk, quarter teaspoon salt, one table
spoon chopped parsley.
Wash and pare potatoes, cut into
quarters lengthwise; boil twenty-five
minutes or until tender; drain, dust
with salt and shaker Put on platter,
cover with onion sauce, sprinkle with
chopped parsley and dust with
paprika.
Beef Stew-Have ready kettle of
boiling water. In another kettle put
one large tablespoon sweet lard;
when it fries, stir smooth into it a
heaping tablespoon of flour; when
this fries up, put in meat, turn over
and over in it, but do not let brown
Then pour over it a quart of the
boiling water and let simmer until
tender; as water evaporates add
more. Season with salt and pepper
and you have a delicious stew. Any
of the cheaper cuts of meat are good
cooked this way.
Sugar Cookies-One cup cream and
milk mixed (three parts cream and
one part milk), one-half cup lard, two
eggs, two cups sugar. a little nutmeg
spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
soda, flour enough to make a dough
that can be handled.
Pumpkin Pie with rice)-Two cups
pumpkin, one cup cooked rice, two
eggs, one cup sugar or less, pinch
salt, teaspoon cinnamon, teaspoon gin
ger, one-hah grated nutmeg, two cups
milk. This makes two large pies. Put
in pie shell. Bake slowly about one
half hour.
Lemon Sponge Pie-One cup sugar
| blend with il piece of butter size of an
egg; grated rind and juice of one
| lemon, yclks of two eggs, one cup
milk, two teaspoons flour. Beat
whites of eggs stiff. add to mixture
| and bake in open shell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29

If Russia remain under the guild
ance of those now in control soon she
will have no more friends than Ger
many has. Her isolation will proceed
from a different cause but it will be
fully as thoro and effective. Next to
a thief and murderer the world hates
a Stacker. If the Slavs do not pull
themselves together they are likely to
lose their place at the peace table
when that board shall be spread. The
sooner they shake themselves free
from the incompetent and irresponsi-
BILE rabble now holding the. reins of
power the better it will be for the fu-
ture of their country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
LET TIERS OF
TWO WOMEN

BY ZOE BECKLEY.
Kerryville, Kan, Monday

Kerryville. Kan, Monday,
Dearest Darling Kits:
Don't ever let any one tell you it
is a simple little thing to entertain the
stork 1t is the most terrific and at
the same time divine experience in
human life. At SINE moments l mar
vel that 1 live. AT others, the whole
thing fades into a DR. sam L cannot
half remember.
Kit, l had what they call IAN awful
time" I will not distress and frighten
you with the details. Mother was
here-came out at the last minute,
and 1 think having her here kept me
from dying. She it was who insisted
on having a specialist from South
Forks, sixty miles away, after the
ignorant local doctor refused to adj
minister chloroform or do any of the
modern things that help US women
1--we thru an experience that would
reduce a man to shivering panic.
"A woman loves her baby more!
said the M. D. to mother, IF it costs
her dearly"
Think of it, Kate. People talking
such wicked nonsense in this year
1917 And again: 1T is perfectly
mother almost went mad, knowing
what L was going thru
Yet we know that savage women
in the wilderness sometimes die from
sheer pain Nature does not always
operate gently.
on the other doctor comina and after
twenty hours from the moment I first
knew the test was at hand, my son
was born! o. Kate-Oh, Kate!
I look at him now, sweet bundle of
loneliness that he is, lying asleep in
his blue blanketed basket bed. and
pray that when lie grows up he will
be a great physician, a scientist, who
will do something definite and tangi-
BILE in this world for women. / be-
lieve I shall always feel new love
| for women, Kit! Don't you think we
do more in the world, taking it all in
all, than men do? Look at the women
who do mems work and women's, too!
All. well.
| My boy is like every mothers baby.
a marvel. Unique in his fineness. He
/ is a pretty baby, fair and creamy
rose, not anarchistically red, like most
! new babies. And he is good.
1 must give my mother-in-law credit
for much of his goodness. She is a
| disciplinarian A hard, practical wo-
man. But discipline is excellent in
the case of baby tending. She does
not let me spoil him. Or let mother
either.
! Which brings me to a new difficulty
The two mothers are a little more
| than human nature can endure The
BondWheaton FAMILY will crack /
fancy under the strain. Mother Wheat
on and Mother Bond harmonic with
the same perfection as gunpowder and
| matches.
As you recall. my mother is no COO
| ing dove. She is as capable in her
way and quite as confident as Mrs
Bond. Neither of them is willing to
| give way. And you know the answer
| to the famous 'immovabIe BODY
against an irresistible force" query!
1 see fresh trouble in the offing.
Meantime, dear, get well yourself
and come out to Kansas for a lead
ing part in the melodramai Why not
Always more and more lovingly.
MOTHER MAY"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29
GLOBE SIGHTS

CFrom the Atchison Globe.
The defense If ignorance is that a
lot of rascals are educated.
People take vacations but must
have rest forced upon them
Many of the articles a man loses
are merely in another pocket.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who smelled a rat?
A man should be as generous to
his family as he is to other people.
Some people, weigh their hands
when their war bit is on the scales
Police court is poor place to go
to get anything kept out of the paper.
This war should also teach loafers
that workers must not be uselessly
disturbed
Nobody is going to let you in on a
gusher: you must take chips before
the cards are dealt
The oId-fashioned girl who was
stage-struck now has a daughter who
wants to break into the movies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29

Americas presence in the war al
ready is being felt. Had it not been
for our army in France it is improb-
able that England and France would
have felt safe in sending REINFORCE
ments to Italy. 1t is not unlikely that
in an emergency. Uncle Sans men
would be sent into the trenches.
Haig's and Petain's recent successes
seem certain to render this unneces-
sary for a time. For the present it
appears to be sufficient to know that
the Americans are available.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-29

It is probably from him." he said ex-
citedly.
Irene's nerves had about reached
their limit. Claude took the telegram
from her guardians shaking fingers,
opened it, and read:
Forgive me. 1 have just married
the girl love. I couldn't sacrifice her
for money."-Fred Morgan.
Thank God!" breathed Irene.
But the wedding?" gasped her
guardian.
THE wedding will go on" Claude
said briskly. Tell Mr.. wallace he
will have to conduct the ceremony
without my assistance. for 1 am to be
the bride groom. "-(Copyright, 1917,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)