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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
FINANCING THE WAR

IN the midst of the financing of the
war it is interesting to observe
the various slants in the public
mind regarding plans for raising the
necessary money. For instance, it
is pointed out that the excess tax be-
comes in way nonproductive in
that the heavy impositions upon the
ordinary returns of industrial and
commercial enterprises take from
the productive activities, to that eX-
tent removing the incentive to busi-
ness development. This results in
nonemploymenta and "a general slow
ing down of business behind the
lines.
OF course, it will be the effort of
all who are patriotically doing the
things which are necessary for the
financing of the war to avoid any
thing that may produce serious in
fiation, a too frequent incident of
war prosperity.
1t is interesting to observe that
the industrial and commercial lead
ers of the nation are doing their best
to aid the government, not only in
the financing of the war, but in the
turning over Of their plants for the
production of munitions and other
supplies necessary for the organiza-
ton of armies and the better equip
ment of the navy.
1t is pointed out that there must
be a general understanding that
while the war lasts, it is to be the
principal business of the country.
AS one writer observes, there will be
saving of life and wealth if we enter
upon it in this spirit; the strength OF
the government in the undertaking
will depend upon the support which
it receives from the people and this
support will be measured by the de-
gree in which they concentrate their
efforts to this purpose"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Teddy in France

hear people inquire, why should
Theodore Roosevelt go to France? He
isn't a soldier and couldn't lead an
army"
But I reply that the Colonel was a
real soldier, and he has studied the
game of soldering all his life. More
over. the best judge in America, Gem
eral Leonard Wood, says: HE would
make a bully commander"
Anyhow, this eX-President of the
United States has had ten times more
experience in army matters than that
ty tyenty-year-old boy, Lafayette, had
when our Congress made him a major
general in the Continental army
Girard in Philadelphia Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY ii
CLEANUP WEEK

%LEAN-UP week is next on the
~ calendar. 1t has new mean
ing this year. 1t is not mere
1y cleanup week, but save-up week.
We have been in the habit of cast
ing all the accumulations of winter
and house cleaning into the ash bar
rel or burning what is burnable. The
war has brought us to our senses.
We have no right, in the present
shortage of paper, and wool and
cotton fabrics, to throw away or
burn anything that is saleable. The
''ragman" is paying higher prices to-
day for junk than ever before. All
is 'grist that comes to his mill. Old
rugs, carpet past its usefulness as
floor covering, papers, magazines,
cast-off garments, rubber, bones and
even empty bottles have their values
in the eyes of the little old man
with the wagon, who is paying un-
heard of prices for the rubbish"
that used to go to the dump or the
4 fire. Save what you can and sell it.
The ashpile-and there are many
IN Harrisburg despite our ordinance
1orbidding such accumulations - is
another colorado for the treasure
hunting housewife. 1t is filled with
half-burned coal, and coal of any
kind is worth almost as much, at
this time, as sugar per pound. Sift
the ashes and break up all discarded
boxes and old lumber for kindling
wood. Every household must save
Il little, and a good place to begin
to save is the rubbish accumulation
at the beginning of cleanup" week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Appetite or Thirst

American barley, rye and corn,
which go into beer and whiskey, are
equal in human food value to fully
half that quantity of wheat.
Since each American eats only
about five bushels of wheat in year,
the breweries and distilleries are
equivalent to 100000 human stom-
achs.
The question is, Can our country
afford to appease such voracious
appetite at this time philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Waste of Energy

Clarence announced his coming by
a series of howls. "Oh, my finger,
my fingerl" he said.
Poor little finger!" mother cooed.
"How did you hurt it?"
With the hammer"
"When?"
"a long time ago. Clarence
sobbed.
"But I didn't hear you cry"
"I didn't cry then; / thought you
were out" said Clarence.-Philadel-
phia Ledger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

They don't want Roosevelt promi-
nent at the front for fear he will even
tually become too prominent at home.
Remember, folks. the election of a
Democratic President next time must
be considered, even at the expense of
the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

1t is conceivable that in some tri
umphant age to come the genius of
this earth will open up communica-
ton with the inhabitants of some Of
the myriads of majestic worlds in
the outer space, to the end that we
will have introduction while yet, in
the flesh to our intelligent kindred
of the heavens.-Sir Richard Cooke.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

no I'm large,
m quite attractive
So the gallant men affirm;
tut I wonder
ire they truthful
Or is gallant just a term7
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Flashes of Genius

When fate has frowned on our
higher ambitions it requires a brave
heart to leave the brilliant highway
and take our way through the mean
er walks of life.-Georges Moimeme.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Useful in Case of Invasion

Even the man who has no back
yard can do his bit by growing a few
mushrooms in the cellar. in the hope
that they will somehow fall into the
hands of the enemy.-Grand Rapids
Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Excellent performances in the de-
partment of thinking and action are
frequently consigned to contempt on
the authority of those who do not
so much as understand them.-John
Foster,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

These organizations open up oppor-
tunities for service by men and wo-
men who cannot be in the first line
of defense. They can perform their
duties behind the lines, and it should
not be forgotten that it is quite as
important to support those on the
firing line as it is to organize armies
for acual conflict. Armies must be
supported, and it is commonly stat
ed that it requires six persons be-
hind the line to properly provide for
one on the firing line. Discussing
the question of national service, the
Kansas City Star observes:
To great extent the plans
being formulated will leave to
local committees the initiative in
getting this work going, and in this
We are going to have fine chance
to see what democracy. can do to
make the nation ready back of the
line. We have all heard it said
that in this sort of cooperation
with the Government democracy
is poor stay in war and that the
reason autocracy is better war
maker is that it leaves nothing
to individual or voluntary service,
but gives all the orders itself and
sees to it that they are executed.
Few of us believe that. Most of
us believe that all Americans will
be ready and willing to give the
best service that is in them. and
that they only are waiting for an
opportunity to show it, With the
hints given by. the Council of Ma
tional Defense every community
ought to find it's opportunity to
bring this service out. 1t ought
to be race to see which city,
town
effective support to it's men at the
front by giving it to the nation.
That will be carrying out the
principle of conscription in the
way to make it most effective and
most democratic. We have seen
what cooperation has accomplish
ed when a reused civic spirit has
applied its force to municipal af-
fairs, and it can make itself felt
nationally with equal effect.
The duty of the individual could
not be more succinctly stated than in
the foregoing paragraph. Already
Harrisburg and the communities OF
Central Pennsylvania have been CO.
operating in the preparatory work
through the Red Cross organizations,
the local preparedness associations
and in every reasonable and prac-
teal way. But in spite of all these
preparations there still exists too
much of spirit of indifference-an
obsession in the minds of many peo-
pie that the war will never amount
to much so far as we are concerned
on this side of the ocean. Will such
persons never get awake to the fact
that we are now in war and that
every hour counts in the way of
suitable and effective preparation.
Perhaps, there should be a Paul
Revere in every town and hamlet and
throughout the countryside to arouse
the people to the emenace that is upon
us. The newspapers are doing their
utmost, Notwithstanding the efforts
at Washington to throttle their use
fulness, but ever the newspapers can
not be expected to overcome entire
ly the pacifist reaction of the last
two or three years.
1t must be done by individual
awakening, and let us hope that this
will not come through the frightful
carnage of actual conflict on Ameri-
can soil. .....
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
God Sent Forth His Son

But when the fulness of the time
was come, God sent forth his Son.
made of woman, made under the
law, TO redeem them that were under
the law. that we might receive the
of sons.-Galatians iv. 4
and 8.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
Labor Notes
By BRIGGS

Local unions of the Musicians In
ternational in Ontario, Canada, will
organize a provincial council.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

The first watches made by ma
ohinery were turned out by Boston
factory in 1850.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Thousands of women are taking
examinations for the position of tax
drivers in London, England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Joffre looks easy enough, but have
you noticed the several and various
pronunciations?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

St Joseph (Mo.) Typographical
Union has signed a wage-increase
agreement with local newspapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Lucky he who can bear his fall
ure generously, and give up his
broken sword to Fate. the Con-
queror, with manly and humble
heart-Thackeray
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg can store an
immense amount of food that
is ordinarily sent to other places
to be kept in storage?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG.
Harrisburg's first round house was
built for five locomotives.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

A hand-operated machine to
knead the stiffness out of leather has
been invented by an Oklahoma man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Wyoming, Idaho. Colorado and
Washington have women superin-
tendents of public instruction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Photography in Colours."-(E. p.
Dutton x Coz, by George Lindsay
johnson explains for the benefit of
amateurs and students why color
photography can be done and how 1t
is done. The book mas just been
published in a new and revised edi-
ton to which the author has added
a chapter on Art in Color Photo
graphy, another in Photomfcography
in Color and also full description of
the RaydeX process, of Gaumont's S
new method of Cinematography in
Colors and of Carrara's method Of re-
producing autochromes on paper. Not
only does the author go into detail in
both the fheory and the technique
of all phases of the developments of
photography in color but he also ex-
plains all the phenomena of vision
and color as seen through the human
eye and shows the similarity of the
eye and the camera. 1t is all written
so simply and lucidly that the begin
ner in either photography or physics
can understand it, while it's presenta-
ton Of all the recent developments
in the art of color photography
makesAt useful for the professional.
Mr.. Johnson is well-known British
authority upon color photography.
The book contains many full page
plates of which five are in color.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America has a men,
bership of about 270,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Owing to the war, women are
taking an ever broadening part in
operating the railways of France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
"THE AFFAIR OF FREEDOM,

TN her latest book, The Altar
of Freedom" Mary Roberts
Rinehart says this must not be
bureaucratic war; that civil ad-
rlinistration in the field has always
failed. She writes:
War is a highly specialized busi-
ness, the most highly specialized
business in the world. And we
who gave our best have the right
to demand the best. We can have
no bungling. War is not a thing
for amateurs in high places.
This is precisely wnat conservative
statesmen and the loyal press of the
country have been urging upon the
Washington administration to avoid.
Mrs. Rinehart says further:
This country of ours has been
hag-ridden by politics. We have
the right now to demand that
party lines be forgotten, and that
the nation act as a. whole, politi-
cially; that the best man serve,
regardless of his party. This must
puts his party before his country
he is a traitor. We are no longer
Republicans, or Democrats, or
Progressives. We are Americans.
Mrs. Rinehart spent some time on
the war front in Europe and speaks
out of personal knowledge of the
needs which confront the country.
She thinks straight and writes con-
vincingly. In her judgment universal
service is absolutely necessary to the
well being and safety of the nation.
She has no use for the dreamy paci-
fist, but believes that Germany hav-
ing thrown aside its mask of law
and order, should be fronted with
men prepared and equipped to meet
the cohorts of Imperialism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

petition. A 3S per cent. rising de-
mand. together with declining sup
ply and the large increase in the
cost of separate handling of COM
panies, should suggest reasons.
Meanwhile, the public is gradually
learning in terms of dollars and
cents what it means in lost effici-
ency for several organizations to
handle what one formerly did. When
the United States becomesJ thor
oughly educated up to this idea 1t
will have little fear of business with
big ''B,'' and governmentJwill ex-
ercise its power to regulate, when
necessary, and never to destroy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

A silent typewriter" has been in
vented now let somebody come across
with a silent oliver"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

This is a 'meatless" day at the
noon luncheon of the Boy Scout cam
paigners. 1t is just sucH little atten-
tions to the consistencieS of the situa-
tion which give propsr respect to
such movements.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

Governor Brumbaugh has taken
to golf as n means of keeping fit
for the big strain of the legislative
season, which is just ahead. The
Governor will shortly have hun
dreds of bills on his hands and he
is playing golf hard, and well, to
get ready.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

On May 29-30 at New York city
Steel Plate Transferers' Association
of America will convene.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

The submarine ought not to be so
hard for the man who gave us the
talking machine and The electric light
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

DR.. G. NJ. Phillips, principal of the
States big normal school at West
Chester and former member of
the State Board of Education, was
here yesterday on educational busi-
ness. DR.. Phillips was a member of
the school code commission with
Governor Brumbaugh and was one
of the first State Board created un-
der the code.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
HOW ADVERTISING HELPS THE
PUBLIC
Factory Advertising

p. S.
Associated Advertising
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
A New Novel BY Maria Thompson

Daviess.-"Out of Clear Sky" a
new novel by Maria Thompson Da-
viess, is published this week by the
Harpers. A young Belgian noblewom-
an and heiress comes to the United
States in order to escape the man her
uncle wishes her to marry. Learning
that they have followed her and are
close on her heels, she jumps off q
slow-going train as it passes through
the Tennessee mountains. The owner
OF an old farm, a gentleman farmer,
is luckily there and his chivalry is
reused at her loneliness and mex
perience, and his heart is won by her
charm and quaint English. He takes
her to neighbor's, where for the
first time in her formal existence she
comes close to the actual things of
life. The uncle and prince have track
ed her, and in spite of the heros ef-
forts to lead them astray, appear on
the scene. Miss Daviess brings her in
ternational romance to a sympathetic
conclusion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

over million women in England
have entered all kinds of positions
held by men before the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

F. J. STACKPoLE,P PreSt s. Editor-in-C c Chief
r. II. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11
BEHIND THE LINES

WE are now engaged as a ma
wv ton in the business of war
which involves every man,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

NLEAN-UP week is next on the
~ calendar. 1t has a new mean
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-12
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give ''California
SYrup of Fiqs."

Children love this ''fruit laxative,
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
MotherI See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful Of california
Syrup Of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
TEN, and you have well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-12

stantly in a tub in one corner of 6
rack. The steers are never disturbed,
and every opportunity is given them
to rest and make gains. To utilize
every bit Of waste, many hogs are run
behind the cattle.
To obtain the best results with
bundle corn, it is necessary to obtain
feed which will supply a maximum
amount Of nutritious forage. The rails
ing Of bundle corn on the Hubbard
farm, therefore, has been reduced to
as much of a science as his methods
of feeding. The time of blowing and
planting, the type of plant desired,
the method of cultivation, the time of
harvesting, the methods of shocking,
and the best method of caring for the
bundle corn in the shock have been
studied.
Mr.. Hubbard believes that the av-
erage Minnesota farmer plants his
corn too early. Corn planted in late
May or early JuDe on well-prepared
and well-warmed seeded will grow
faster and mature sooner. he says,
than corn planted several weeks be-
fore on a cold and poorly prepared
seeded. At no time since he has
grown corn has he failed, he says, to
secure matured crop in a To-day
period. In each instance this period
has been well within the frost limit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-12
HANDSOME FRock OF SATIN.

ally of silk or satin made to slip On
over an underblouse Of georgette crepe
or chiffon. The kimOno blouse slips
on over the head, and the peplum
blouses are made with either short or
| long peplums. Each of these varieties
is made in so many ways that each Is
a story by itself.
But the blouse without a peplum,
like that shown in the picture, is made
in greater numbers than all the others
put together. There is really no end
to the variations, in details of decora-
ton, in collars, sleeves and cut, that
the popularity of this style compels.
1t is made in all the washable mate
rials-including crepe and other silks,
and often two materials are combined
in it.
The blouse pictured is Of crepe geor-
gette with satin collar and cuffs. 1t
is rather deliberately embroidered at
the front with silk and beads and is
one among many in which color con.
trast is introduced in the embroidery.
Among models made of the same ma
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-12
Healthy Skin Depends
On Kidneys

The skin and the intentines, which
work together with the kidneys to
throw out the poisons of the body, do
a part of the work, but a clean body
and healthy one depends on the kid
neys. If the kidneys are clogged with
toxic poisons you suffer from stiffness
in the knees in the morning on arising,
your joints seem rusty" you may have
rheumatic pains, pain in the back, stiff
neck, headaches, sometimes swollen
feet, or neuralgia pains-all due to the
uric acid or toxic poisons in the blood.
This is the time to go to the nearest
drug store and simply obtain a Soc.
package of Anuric double or triple
strength), the discovery of DR.. Pierce
of Buffalo, N. Y. Then drink cup of
hot water before meals, with an Anuric
Tablet, and notice the gratifying re-
suits. You will find Anur;c more active
than lithia.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-12
FEEDING VALUE OF
SILAGE RATED HIGH
Much Depends on Stock to Which
1t Is Fed and Price They Bring
When Marketed.

The most accurate valuation for
silage Is expressed in terms of feeds
that have market value. Silage con-
sists Of corn, grain and corn slower.
The grain in the silo is worth the
same as though it had been put in a
crib, and the slower is worth rather
more than when dry cured. If the
crop ensiled would have yielded so
hushel to the acre it would have made
about two tons of dry slower. The
grain at the present time would be
worth $40 and the slower $40. Such
Of silage. This method Of calculation
gives a value Of SIS to Sc per ton for
silage.
In most calculations showing Silage
to be the most economical feed, it is
given q value covering cost Of pro-
duction only, while the commercial
value is placed upon the feeds with
which it is compared, an entirely mis-
leading comparison. The production
cost of hay is usually much below it's
market price. This is true even this
year of low hay prices, on account of
the enormous crop. But its feeding
value, measured, in terms of other
feeds, is above it's market value. It's
actual value to the man who feeds it
may be either above or below it's mar
ket value, depending upon the stock
to which 1t is fed and the price they
bring when marketed. The feeding
game is more interesting than specu-
lating on a stock exchange. 1t takes
q keener mind.