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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
"GRAPEVINES"

During the Civil war the grape
vine telegraph" was the under
ground railroad of rumor.
That is why Sherman Coates of
Philadelphia, a member of the Tooth
Machine Gun Battalion, at Camp
calls his poem Grape
vines"
"The airs as full of rumors as our
dinner is of sand
We hear four new ones daily and
they spread to beat the band;
And every one is said to be the very
latest dope
AS issued by the President-or
Pershing-or the pope.
Some brilliant thinker says that
Pershing wants a few more
boys,
And fifteen minutes later we be-
gin to hear the noise
THE regiment is ordered to report
in France today,
It's absolutely true. because I
heard the sergeant say
THAT thirty shirts, four overcoats
and thirteen pairs of pants
Were ordered for the army; so of
course we're off to France.
I'll bet a canteen check, three poker
chips, a three-cent stamp
Well soon be closing portfolios to
keep out the briny damp
Were going to the PHILIPPINES to
train the drafted men;
We're going down to Panama and
coming back again;
We're going to be busted UP and
sent back to the farm;
Well still be here three years from
now-the wars false alarm.
Were going to the border or back
upstate on guard;
We're needed up in Philly to police
the old Fifth ward;
Our pay is going to be raised a half
cent day
So We can send little more to
home folks far away
I'VE hear the widest talk of all the
eats we're going to get,
OF sugar in our coffee, and per-
haps we'll get it yet;
'Tis even said they're going to give
us f1rewood for our stoves,
And red-hot water shower baths
and maybe white kid gloves.
There's such lot of guessing (and
lot of gassing too)
That we've not the least idea. what
in heck we're going to do.
So we just keep on believing every
thing that hits our ear.
And we'il stick by Uncle Sam no
here"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Over tie lob
t~ Penxo.

First of all, he's got brains and
nerve. BY that mean that the aver
age intelligence of the American
fighter is higher than that of any
other nationality, while he won't
take off his hat even to the French
or British when it comes to the dis
play of nerve.
II know what I'm talking about
when I say that our boys will out
guess the Huns every time. They
have a certain mental independence
that the Hun does not possess, and
this is a big factor in real fighting"
Harrisburg police decline to obey
the state order to shoot on sight all
unlicensed dogs running loose. One
cop was nearly mobbed for doing it.
But up in Johnsonburg they are not
so touchS about it, the weekly paper
telling that: Officers McClintock
and Werner had very busy day,
but rather successful, in filling their
duties, warning on the dogs. McClin-
took disposed of seven and Chief
Werner of five. The latter has in
vented a new way of conveying them
to the disposal point, by attaching a
rope to the auto and training them
along in the rear. Mr.. McClintock
killed two on the hillside this morn
ing that were chasing rabbits"
Coat of tar and feathers applied
by workmen of the American Plate
Glass Company plant at James City,
induced Matt Poker, Austrian, to
become a subscriber for 500 bond
of the Third Liberty Loan Ire of the
workers was aroused when Poker
refused appeal of solicitors to sub
scribe for a bond. When request
to buy a bond was pressed, the Aus
trian stated, mo, the kaiser might
find it out and give me the> devil"
A Pennsylvania editor cautions
that now is the time for printers to
prime up on how to spell "baccalau-
reate." Piffle, we say; a good printer
can not only spell that word right
off the bat, but he can handle
"hemorrhage" without batting an
eve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
A Remarkable JeWel.

1t is announced that one of the
most remarkable jewels in existence
has been given by Lady Byron, ID.
B. E., for the Red Cross Fund. 1t
is a beautiful cats eye, four inches
in circumference, set round with
twelve large square diamonds of the
finest quality, and there are ear
rings to match. Lady Byron. who
was one of the first five ladies to be
honored by being made a Dame
Commander of the new order of the
British Empire, was the donor and
Administrative of the first Rest
Home for War Nurses,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
THE PEOPLES FORUM

uate from other schools and colleges.
This means in the judgment of our
school officials the products of one
feminine brain is far better than
the broad culture acquired in COM
ing in contact with thirty to fifty
teachers in the different training
schools. That condition, combined
with the school system bossed by
George McIlhenny is enough to give
our schools the reputation they en-
joy. Wouldn't it be fine if the men
and women of>Harrisburg would take
the bit in their teeth and run off
with the idea of a capable woman
for principal of the girls high school
for there are capable women to be
gotten for the seeking.
j. H EAGER
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
WHO WILL VOLUNTEER?

~ for volunteers to conquer the
Hun and SO save the world
from the lash of the tyrant's whip
and hundreds of Harrisburg's young
men heard, and answered.; so many,
indeed, that the first levies of the
draft call left the city untouched.
And now, with these brave lads in
far off France, daring death in a
thousand horrid forms. there comes
another call-this time for older
men, for equally patriotic. though
not so dangerous, service.
What will the answer be ?
Every day trainload after train
load of soldiers slip quietly across the
country from training camp to point
of embarkation. Every night the
transports drop silently down the
rivess and out to sea. BY the close
of summer our armed forces in
France may number a million and a
half of men.
To care for the creature comforts
of these, to provide them with those
surroundings which they find in the
Y. NJ. C. A. hut" as nowhere else
becomes a task of gigantic and rap
idly growing proportions. Last year
we were asked to give our dollars,
and we gave more than we were
asked. To-day we are asked to fol-
low our dollars with our men, and
It is for our men themselves to
say whether or not they will go. It
has been said that America would
not have needed the draft to pro-
cure an army, that volunteers would
have responded in numbers suffi-
ciently to have filled the ranks. The
older men-men beyond the possi-
bility of the draft-have now the
opportunity of proving this willing
ness of the American to volunteer
at the country's call.
The war activities of the Y. M. c.
A. resemble more than anything else
those of great business concern.
Millions of dollars are to be expend-
ed. Not a cent must be wasted.
Every penny must be made to count.
Experienced and successful business
men are needed above all others, but
there are places for men of all kinds
-bookkeepers, stenographers, store
keepers, organizers, managers, SUI
perintendents. The services OF
men who can afford to pay their
own way are in particular demand,
but provision can be made for those
who must care for the families they
leave behind.
Who in Harrisburg will enlist in
the Y. M. c. A. Corps for six months
or year in the uniform of The "Y'..
in France =? Who among the older
men of the community will stand
behind the boys who have gone
away and say, Here. lads, am I.
with you to the last in body as we'll
as spirit"
1t L. not only sacrifice that is
asked; it is an opportunity that is
offered. After the war it will be far
easier for those who could go to
explain why they went than why
they did not go.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Profit and Loss

Our mathematical artist has fig
ured out that every discharge of the
75-mile gun at cost of $1,000, kills
on an average one French mother
and child by shell fire and a dozen
German mothers and children by
STANDARDIZATION the New York
Evening Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
MONDAY, MAY o, 1918.

We must truly SeTue those tohom
zoe appear to command; zoe must
bear totth their intperfecttons, cor
rect them toith gentIeneSs and pd-
ttence, and lead them In the tody to
heGUen.-FENELoN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
A Doubtful Enterprise

Those big pugllists who are con-
templating staging an alleged fight
on July 4 may find themselves be-
fore that time included in the gov
ernments classification of those en-
gagged in useless or harmful occupa-
tions.-From the Louisville Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Trimmed to Suit BeIqidns

German wounded ARE being sent
to Belgium, so that the people at
home won't know how many of
them there are. Also, it ought to
be quite treat for the Belgians-
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

When the ship yards can turn out
a big steamer in twenty-seven days it
begins to look as though 1t is easier
to build ships than airplanes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

The Kaiser Is finding that the Pope
does not mean to pull the German
chestnuts out OF the fire. We can
imagine what sort of benedlctions
Wilhelm is calling down on the Vati-
can,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

At all events the ex-Czar is discov-
ering that the chaps to whom he en-
trusted the building of his prisons
made a good job of it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

The Gnrmans have executed
French Boy Scout. and every Ameri-
can Boy Scout will help do the same
for the Kaiser by selling an Increased
number of Thrift Stamps and Liberty
Bonds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

We wouldn't like to hear of German
people starving to death. but we hope
they get hungry enough to kick the
Hohenzollerns off the lid of the grain
chest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
To Fit the Monorchu

Emperor Charles is Dual Mon
arch, all right-From the Brooklyn
Eagle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

Clean up week: but Harrisburg
housewives need no spur to the work
of the season.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Second the Motion

After pro-Germans have bean
made to kiss the flag, It shoalA be |
sent to the laundry.-From the De%l
ledo Blade ---'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

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All rights of republication OF special
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
DO YOU KNOW
THAT Harrisburg steel produc-
ton will be materially increased
I'm the next month?

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Early evangelists used to come to
Harris Ferry to hold services for In
1ians.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

q. ]. .STACKPoLE,P Pres't g. Editor-iH- Chfsf
F. r. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Edifer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

Published evenings except Sunday BY
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.
TELEGRAPH Building, Federal Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
OUR DAILY LAUGH
A WOMAN'S
WAY.

Hubby-I was
in six different
sales rooms to-
day looking at
autos.
Wifey Did
y o u g o t
samples?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

Harrisburg, Pa,
May 3. 1918.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
THRIFT STAMP
WORKERS HIT
SPEEDY PACE
Meetings Bring Out Hearty
Response to Appeals for
Purchases.
Meetings Thursday Night.

WeCtn9S tuuI quay iN'S'S
The second ward holds war council
for the sale of Thrift and Was Saving
stamps at the city hall. Speakers:
Rev. F. A. Dressed, DR.. ]. ]. Rae and
Secretary Albus.
War council meeting at Boston
township school addressed by Charles
w. Jordan, DR.. Charles S. Bond. Coun-
ty Chairman Mills and Luther M.
Feeger.
Three frst class agencies for the
sale OF Thrift and War Saving stamps
in the fifth voting precinct OF Wayne
township were established at the war
council at Wernle Orphans home,
Wednesday evening.
The Wernle home has taken out an
agency. The sale will be conducted
by the children of the home under the
direction of Superintendent Specht.
Chairman Lemon will hold a confer
ence at Schools number 8, IL and 13
Friday evening to complete the organi-
zatioI.
Mrs. Ora Chapman will conduct the
woman's part in the campaign In the
vicinity of school number 9. Appoint
ments will be made for the other dis
tricts by Lemon.
Allotment Is $4,000.
1--WE must sell $4,000 worth OF war
stamps to go over the top" said Chair
man Lemon. AS there are only 400
people in our precinct we will have
to get together"
There are only four school houses
with no business houses in the pre-
cinct, SO most OF the first class ag-
encies must be taken by farmers.
The speakers were superintendent
Specht, Ora X. Dunbar OF Center
township, DR.. j. J. Rae and Wayne
County Chairman Joseph Mills.
The meeting at school number IL
was postponed until later date.
The War Council of the First ward
announced for Wednesday evening at
st. Andrews church was postponed
until Tuesday evening, March 26.
A service flag containing thirteen
stars with one golden star will be ded-
icated at the Thrift and War Saving
Stamp war council meeting Of the
Fourth precinct in Wayne township at
the Joseph Moore school, Friday eve
ming.
This precinct includes the National
road, Abingdon, Liberty. Boston and
Straight Line pike, two and one hall
miles from the city limits.
The speakers are Miss Sarah Hill,
Rev F. A. Dressed, o. X. Dunbar OF
Center township and Secretary Frank
Albus.
A patriotic thrift stamp meeting at
schoon number 2, Easthaven avenue
and National road, will be held Friday
evening at 730 o'clock. Rev. j. j.
Rae will be the speaker.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
BETTER THAN CAL0MEL
Thousands Have Discovered Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets are
aHarnless Substitute.

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the substi.
tute for calomel - are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the result
of DR.. Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with caloD1cl.
His efforts to Danish it brought out these
little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They take hold
of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why
cure the liver at the expense Of the teeth?
Calomel sometimes plays havoc with the
gums. So do strong liquids. 1t is best not
to take calomel, but to let DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
a disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel 'loggy" and
heavy" Note how they 'tcIear" clouded
brain and how they ''perk up the spirits.
1Oc and Csc box. All druggists.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
Reuiual of Woman's Handiwork
Recalls Poem Praising Weaving

The revival of interest in women's
handiwork and knitting. has brought
to light an old poem written by John
Finley, one of the first editors of the
Palladium, praising the 'art of weav-
ing"
The poem was awarded a prize by
S. C. Mendenhall as best illustrating
the benefits which have been realized
from the invention of a hand loom
which he invented The judges who
awarded the premium were DR.. John
r. Plummer and Professor Lewis Es-
tis. A silver medal was given the
invention.
The poem written by Mr.. Finley was
elaborately conceived, describing the
evolution of the art of cloth making
from the primeval age until some eX-
pert, fastidious dame, ambitious for
her looks or fame, on her invention
laid a tax. and learned the use of
wool and flax" as the poem expresses
it.
The poet attributes the development
of dress to woman, and credits her
with improving the art of making
cloth Many happy homes, he attrib-
utes to the influence of the woman
who spins and weaves, and censures
the belle who does not perform these
womanly duties, just asthe woman
who cannot knit and sew hospital
garments, is censured today.
He regrets the "newfangled' fac
tories which are taking away from the
homes the housewifely arts.
He writes:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21

But those old times are giving place,
To every onward movement
And since the age of steam commenced
The watchword is improvement.
Ten thousand spindles now are heard
All humming like distraction;
And shuttles rafting by the score,
But governed to the traction.
Machinery it is all the go,
With pale-faced operators,
Whom poverty compels to drudge.
For wealthy spectators"
The hand loom to which earnest
tribute is paid, is described as "en-
tirely new in it's construction and op-
Grafton. 1t has all the attributes of a
power loom, its advertiser claims, and
can be performed by person of the
commonest capacity. The poem says
it has convenience, speed, and ease,
and is exceedingly meritorious."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
BAKER ENDS
TContinued From Page One

the morning, he drove to the Nerdun
region to a spot from which Fort
Douaumont was visible. He saw the
activities behind the French lines and
long artillery wagon train land
marching troops.
lnspects BilIets.
On the way, the secretary stopped
wherever American troops were bill
leted, the organizations turning out
for inspection. The soldiers were ques-
toned regarding details of food. bill
lets and equipment and the secretary
often went into the billets to get Il
personal impression.
The only complaint registered was
about a scant food ration. which was
found to be due to the temporary
change in the stations of the units af-
fected Once the secretary's party met
a travelling kitchen. The secretary left
his automobile and had taste of the
soup and food. His comment was
very good"
Compliments Americans.
During the day, Secretary Baker
visited the French divisional command
er who complimented the American
troops, saying he had called the at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
NEW PARIS GIRLS ASK
DONATIONS FOR RED CROSS

New Paris. Ohio, March 21.-The
B. G. l. G.. club Of young women, of
which Miss Mildred Clark is presi-
dent, Miss Wanda King, vice presi-
dent. and Miss Helen Sawyer, secre-
tary, is planning a Red Cross auction
sale for April. Jefferson township has
been divided into precincts for solic-
itation by the club members, and any
thing from a paper of pins to herd
of cattle will be accepted.
The articles will be auctioned on by
a professional auctioneer and the pro-
ceeds turned over to the local unit
of the Red Cross. Much interest is
already aroused in the project, and as
every member of the club has rel
ative in the service of Uncle Sam.
success is assured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21

tention of his men to the expeditions
and snappy way the Americans un-
loaded and assembled their artillery.
On Tuesday, finding himself in the
vicinity of certain unit, the secretary
sent fo- a fellow Ohioan, Carlisle Bah
cock OF Cleveland, private in the
marine corps, and a son OF a personal
friend After brief talk the two were
photogra phed together.
The visit to Domremy. the home Of
Jeanne of Arc, was the concluding
incident of the day, Secretary Baker
and General Pershing driving to the
little village. They inspected the
church where the French heroine was
baptised, and the humble cottage
where she was born.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
On The Screen
WASHINGTON

"Headin' South the Aircraft pic
ture now being exhibited at the Wash
ington theatre. is an exceptional Fair
banks production. and is full of action
from start to finish. The picture
gives him the role of western COW
boy who takes an active part in tTou-
bles on the Mexican border. Fair
hanks undertakes some hair-raising
stunts" with his fleet pony, Smiles
and the photoplay bristles with gun
play and battle in which hundreds of
cowboys run down lawless band of
Mexican raiders whose depredations
have aroused desire for retaliation
and punishment. "Headin' South is
the attraction at the Washington thea
tire last times today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
Us~qEer or Ac7,cXLrURE
HOWI9GR!!OW
W ASPARAGUS 1

This crop is one of the most endur-
ing and satisfactory vegetables. 1t can
be grown on almost any well-drained
soil, but will do best on deep sandy
loan. There is little possibility of hav
ing the ground too rich, and liberal
applications of partly rotted barnyard
manure should be made before the
plants are set The seeds of asparagus
may be sown during the spring in the
rows where the plants are to remain,
and the seedlings thinned to stand IA
inches apart in the rows.
1t is usually more satisfactory to
purchase two-year-old roots, as consid
cradle time is saved in this way. AS
the asparagus bed is q permanent fea-
ture of the garden, it should be located
accordingly Before setting the plants
the soil should be loosened very deeply
either by subsoil plowing or by deep
spading. 1t is good plan to remove
the top-soil and spade manure into the
subsoil to a depth of IA or 16 inches.
The plants may be set in rows for
horse cultivation or in beds. If in
rows they should be set IA inches
apart, with the rows 81 feet apart.
If in beds, one foot apart each way
is the proper distance to set the plants.
In setting the plants the crowns should
, be covered 4 or inches deep.
In the North the plans should re-
ceive a mulch of or inches of ma
nure in winter. In the South the
mulch is not necessary, but the plants
should receive a coat of manure or an
application of fertilizer, preferably in
autumn.
No shoot should be removed during
the first year the plants are set in the
permanent bed and the period of cut
ting should be short during the second
year-U. S. Department of Agricul-
| ture.
PEPPERS
Plant the seeds of peppers in the hot,
bed about six weeks or two months be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
ZECHiEl LEAVES COUNTY
FOR HIS NEW POSITION

w r. Zechiel. who has been acting
as Emergency County Agent OF Wayne
county. has received an appointment
as county agent of Kosciusko county.
He left Thursday for Lafayette where
ne will confer with the heads of the
county agent work before assuming
his new position. No appointment OF
a county agent for Wayne has been
announced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
Mrs. Spsan Lester Dead
at Home of Son at Modoc

. HAGERSTOWN. March 81. - Mrs.
Susan Lester. mother of Jesse Lester.
telegraph operator here. died at the
home Of her son Henry Lester near
Ncdoc Tuesday. The funeral will be
held here Friday at the Christian
1turch. Interment will be at West
Levin cemetery She is survived by
her husband. John Lester, and five
grown sons and one daughter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
Court Records

William NJ. Stair filed suit for $40
on a note against Edgar Herbert
Thursday in circuit court.
The suit of Andrew Hendricks
against the Pittsburg, Chicago, Gin
cinnati & ST Louis railway for $4,000
damages was granted change of venue
to Fayette county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21
MUIR RR ETTE

The new theatre art invented by
David w. Griffith in producing "The
Birth of Nation" playing at the Muir
rette, has enabled him to surpass by
far any stage spectacle. Ben Hur"
and "The Blue Bird" were supposed
to be the high-water mark of such
productions They sink into insight
ficance beside this epic OF American
history with its 5000 scenes. $4,000
characters. 5000 riders and 100000 de-
tails. the result of eight months Of
tireless labor and the expenditure Of
half million dollars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-03-21

Buy Thrift Stamps and War Stamps.
Subscribe for the next Liberty Loan
bond issue offered within a few weeks.