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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-02
DELICATESsEN

KEW STORE JUST OPENED. New
York meats and bolognas OF all
kinds. All kinds of home made sal
ads and other home cooking. Bread,
cakes and pastry. Sinclair's Delica-
lessen Store, 2045 Main st.. near
North Ave. Barnum 900. Sc all
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-02

WANTED TO BUY all kinds of second
hand furniture. Geo. F. Totams
Redfield's old stand, 43 Harrison st
Phone l015-2. D21 eff
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-02
PAINTING AND DECORATING

KAPLAN AND MAGILNICK BROS.
shop 344 Center St. Decorating, pa
perhanging, painting of all kinds.
Office 119 Capitol Ave. Pei aliS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Our Inglorious Millions

Our compliments to the unknown
man of talent and imagination who
did the rechristening of the German
boats that are now landing Ameri-
can troops in France. We do not
accept his work without reserve.
Some of his selections we distinctly
question. But the average is high.
Read the list:
Covington (eX-Cincinnati), Amer
lea (ex-A -Amerika), President Grant,
President Lincoln. Powhatan (ex-
Hamburg), Madakaska (ex-Konig
Wilhelm ID, George Washington,
Mount Vernon (eX-Kronprinzessin
Cecilie, Agamemnon (ex-Kaiser
Wilhelm IL, Aeolus (ex-Grosser
Kurfurst), Mercury Tex Barbarossa),
Pocahontas (eX-Princess Irene),
Huron (eX-Eriedrich der, Grosse),
Won Steuben (ex-Kronprinz Will
helm), De Kalb (ex-Prinz Eitel
Friedrich).
What prettier fancy than substi-
tuting an American princess, Poca-
hontas, for a German princess,
Irene? What subtle ,ironic stroke,
the substitution of two Germans, the
right kind of Germans, Steuben and
De Kalb. for the wrong kind, Will
helm and Eitel Friedrich! One hap
py chance has been missed in put
ting Mount Vernon for Kronprinzes-
sin Cecilie. Obviously. this should
have. been Nellie Custis.-New York
Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
FOOD RULINGS

-OOD CONTROLLER HEINZ
n has ruled that hereafter We
- must eat wheat on the $3.50"
plan. That is, we must eat as much
of any one of the substitutes per-
mitted as we do of wheat. Corn
meal, rice -four, potato -four and the
other substitutes outlined in the rul-
ing may be combined with wheat in
a manner that is both palatable and
nutritious.
Let us not grumble over the small
inconvenience-it can by no means
be called sacrifice-that our allies
across the sea may have enough to
keep them alive. A little self-denial
will by no means prove injurious to
our pampered stomachs. But if we
insist on the usual quantities there
is no restriction in that direction
we may eat just as much as we may
be inclined to, only we must not in
dulge overly in wheat.
After the war is over we may
revel in flour if we desire, for wheat
will be plentiful when southern
Russia turns loose her tremendous
hoardings of grain and when Aus
tralia can ship her accumulation of
300,000,0O0 bushels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
A Cantonment Gunga Din
By JERRY SHEA

By JERRY SHEA
I've seen some sights
AS would jigger yer lights,
AS they jiggered mine, in sooth;
But I'm not worth a darn
At tellin' a yard
What wandered away from the truth
a layin' 1 was
In the Y. NJ. c. A.
With the rest o. tn husky boys,
But nary a dime
To git in line
For a bit O. theater joys.
tThe whole troop lay
In a lazy way
Mouthin' for somethin' t do.
Whin, slowly-like, young PLAINLY
pulls
A Smileage Book or two.
Savvy me lad,
Sufficient he had
f. livery by who was there,
But whin he was done
Nary a one
There was-the books were bare;
There wasn't one
For this Mothers son
An he shut his lips in a line.
"Fergit, go on"
He struck up song
There's a show another time"
Offer i'm one?
The sonuvagun
Was offered nary a tick"
Wots that ye say,
Y know i'm, eh?
More like i'm we should a. had:
White, clean white
Aw. shure yer right,
HE was a Harrisburg lad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

&C. B. Spatz, who is making a
noise like a legislative candidate in
Berks county, used to be in the leg
islature.
Henry S. Grove, prominent in
philadelphia shipbuilding, has gone
to Florida for a vacation.
John T.. Lowers. former Iegis.
lator, has Joined the patriotic
speakers in Allegheny county
Rabbi S. III. Goldenson, of Al
bany' has been called to the plaoA
of the late Rabbi ]. Leonard Lew.
of Pittsburgh.
Ray Patton Smith, Johnstown
lawyer, has been appointed United
States commissioner for Cambria.
James e. Roderick, state chief
of mines, has been on a western trip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Mr.. George B. Ford He tells us that
the French Senate has recently passed
republic to lay, out all, of its future
developments along modern city plan
ming lines Also, that Paris, since
the war began. has created a city
planning bureau with Sroad powers,
which has developed comprehensive
plans not only for the entire city,
but for all the surrounding area. In
Limoge, the municipal authorities
have Just torn down six acres of
four and five-story tenements, at
cost of millions, in order to lay out
broader streets and to rebuild the
district along modern planning lines.
Also, parks and Fairgrounds continue
to be created. because the war has
shown that success in war or peace
depends largely on keeping both men
and women in the best physical con-
The experience of Europe in this
regard becomes very important
precedent for our activities in Amer
lea because gradually we are coming
to face problems to which England
and France have already given much
serious attention.
War. camps, Industrial towns and
extensions in many of our cities, re-
sulting from population congestion
all these are matters with which the
United States, as time goes on, is
becoming more and more familiar.
Careful Planning
1t is, however, in the extension and
expansion of communities allowed to
pursue the desultory tenor of their
way where We should exert our spe--
cial care. Abnormal growth alone of
cities indicates an immediate neces-
sity for systematic forethought. This
becomes necessary as a present eXpe-
dient to make sure whatever the i'm
provement entered upon shall con-
form as far as possible with future
development.
our cities will be held up tempo-
rarily because of the war. This
means for certain activities period
of inaction-wh hich is no excuse, how
ever, for not prosecuting planning
more vigorously than ever. The city
that has planned it's necessary future
construction. as well as that for the
present, on lines with later develop
very great advantage over others
that do not so plan. For. If we are
not in this manner properly prepared
at the close Of the war we shall be
compelled to do our thinking with a
rush-and MANY of us have observed
in the past that to plan in haste
often means to community. as a
result of inadequacy, error and inef-
ficiency. what corresponds to "re-
pentance at leisure"
At the arrival of peace times also.
millions of our men will be released
rected to { he task of making up
loses, waste and postponed activities
rs n result Of the war. Indeed at
that time we shall owe it to our men
to inaueurate structural improve
ments. So that 1T becomes our duty
to anticipate these things now-our
patriotic DUTY to plan now as never
before. This Is the time to avoid
the patchwork DEVELOPMENTS and slip
shods of the past. We must prepa re
now for our future cities. to make
them more efficient. convenient and
healthfu1. so that living in theno. we
hone, in the davs to come. will he
rendered decidedly more worth while.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
THE PASSING OF JOHN L. "

T EPLORE the brutality of prize
lighting and its attendant evils
as we may, it is useless to deny
that its greatest exponent, John L.
Sullivan, who passed away sudden
ly on Saturday, was held in high
esteem by millions of his country
men and thousands upon thousands
of "highbrows" who shudder at the
very thought of a boxing match
would, IL they admitted the truth,
have to acknowledge a sneaking
affection for the sturdy old pugilist.
No other fighter has ever had such
"a hold on the American public. 1t
is likely that no other ever will.
John L., as he was familiarly
known the world over, was more
than a mere prize-ring champion. He
was more even than a fair. game,
honest and generous fighter. He
was a good loser and above all an
intensely loyal American. He was
of that old and admirable school
of belief which taught that an Amer
lean was just trifie better than any
other man in the world, physically
and mentally, and more than the
match for all Europe in any old kind
of a h-as-catch-can" contro-
versy that might be devised; which,
whether or not precisely true in all
its aspects, is not to be despised in
these latter days of pacifists and hy-
phenates.
John L." was the enemy of no
man except himself. He stood up
successfully against all comers ex-
cept excessive prosperity. He ac-
cumulated money in wagonloads and
spent it by carloads. He tried to
exhaust the supply of champagne
and old rye-and failed. But just as
he realized that he had lost for all
time his title as champion, when he
stepped to the ringside to acknow-
ledge the supremacy of the man who
laid him low, so he also realized the
truth when old John Barleycorn
had laid him out for the count"
and he turned on booze as viciouslv
as in his younger days he was wont
to do upon the numerous antago-
nistS who essayed to stand before
him. He lost the championship. but
he won his own redemption from the
liquor habit. He was dropped from
Inc sporting page, but never from
the affections of his friends. and
when the gilded path had lost its
giamor he returned to his old home
to add a last touch of romance TO
his life by wedding the sweetheart OF
his boyhpod days and settling down
with her to a quiet life of domestic
felicity. II was an amazingly peace
ful and happy closing of a turbulent
life which had set out to an early
course down the primrose path that
ordinarily leads to disgrace and the
gutter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TRIBUTE TO WSf. +. DARBY
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

TRIBUTE TO WM. Il. DARBY
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
To-day all that was mortal of
The memory of the writer goes
back over a space of many years to
the same William +. Darby, a bright,
handsome, intelligent, polite lad, one
of the scholars under his tuition in
the old Boys High School of Har-
rtsburg, located in Walnut street.
For years he was a carrier for
the Harrisburg Evening Telegraph,
and by a special action of the Board
of Control he was permitted to leave
the school room each evening an
hour before the time for dismission.
He thus missed certain recitations.
But every one of these was as
scrupulously and as carefully pre-
pared as those he was called upon
to recite. And in this honesty in
his school work one sees the key
to all his future life and his sue
cess.
Thoroughness and honesty were
his cardinal principles in his school
life, and by that same thoroughness
and uprighteousness he carved his
way to success and to the esteem of
all who were associated with him.
He fought life's battles bravely
and honorably. AS a boy in school
he scorned all that was false or de-
ceptive, and the same qualities that
marked the youth became the guild
ing stars of his manhood.
one by one the scholars of the
old "Lancasterian" are dropping be-
fore the Stern Reaper; and. as l pen
this tribute to the latest breach in
the ranks, I devoutly breath the
wish,-"May he rest in peace"
Fold him, O Father in Thy arms,
And may he henceforth be
\ messenger of hope between
Our human hearts and Thee"
]. HOWARD VERT,
912 n. Second St.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
BUILDING PERMANENTLY

T HAT the War Department Is
taking no chances on the form
alton of a league of peace
at the conclusion of the war and the
reduction of armaments by national
agreement is indicated by the an
nouncement that the great buildings
to be erected on the old State Fair
site near Middletown are to be of
permanent construction-conc
and steel.
We are not to be permitted to be
caught mapping a second time by a
ruthless Germany or other predatory
nation covetous of our riches or
prestige. The Government is seiz-
ing upon the present opportunity
TO place the country on war foot
ing that may be continued after
peace ia attained-not that the peo-
Pile Of the United States are to be-
come professional soldiers, far from
it. but that we shall be left ready
At a moments notice to repeI attack
and that we shah be in position.
without further great expenditure,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
NATIONAL THRIFT DAY

o many days" have been pro-
claimed for worthy objects and
~ so many drives have been
made for funds that the average citi-
zen is apt to run shy on information
about some of them. These days
and drives" have been splendid and
have shown the sort of stuff we are
made of. We are proud of what we
have given, donated, subscribed or
handed out for the welfare, COM
fort, relief and uplifting. as the case
may be, of those persons or pur-
poses to whom our gifts may be ap-
piled, here or abroad.
All these contributions have been
from full hearts and pralseworthy
desire to help. We intend to give
more as Providence prospers us and
to continue, in addition to what we
give publicly, that charity which
everyone bestows in some form or
other without discussing and of
which the world rarely hears. And
we are also going to back up Uncle
Sam to the limit of our resources.
To-day comes a unique opportu-
to aid our neighbors-and ourselves.
Public officials, churchmen, manu-
facturers, educators point out saw
ing is the basis of National wealth;
historians and economists tell us that
the strength of France is due to the
small savings OF it's people; business.
men say that the man with cash in
hand has the advantage in any mar
ket. The War Savings stamp, the
National Thrift plan, is the thing to
keep in mind to-day.
1t is admitted to be one of the
most remarkable financial projects
ever conceived. But has it ever oc-
CURED to you that it is an extraor-
dinary condition that has brought
this Nation of ours to adopt it? Far
sighted men have seen that the peo-
pie of this marvelously endowed
land have got to stop extravagance
and to learn to save. The country is
in war that is going to be felt years
after the peace congress adjourns.
1t now needs all the money we can
loan it. And we are going to need
the same money after a while, when
1t comes back to us in principal and
interest
National Thrift Day has a signi-
fcance that hits you hard when you
get it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
The Married Man; His Way

At ter below zero it takes quite a
l.ero to rise in the morn with
the lark.
So, being no hero at ten below zero,
I LET my wife fuss in the dark,
Till, glum and unwilling. and shaking
and chilling-of course, she
has reason for ire
She hops from the feathers, and
drafting such weathers, she
kindles a comfortable fire.
I vowed, e'er our wedding-Td had
some hard shedding to win
her, reluctant and shy
Heard the Cold Day saying
and crying, but never said for
her I'd die.
From the Buffalo Evening News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
NOON ORGAN RECITALS

= T IS to be hoped that means will
be found to work out the plan
recently suggested for organ re-
citals at noon several times a week
in the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation hall. Hundreds of Harris
burgers have leisure during the
lunch hour and scores of them no
doubt would be happy to employ
a half hour thus enjoyably.
The need of the moment is whole
some relaxation. All of us. from
the highest to the lowest. are feel
ing the stress OF the times. Music
is restful to the jaded spirit and a
tonic to both nerves and mind. We
need more OF 1t.
We need, in addition to such or
gan recitals as have been proposed,
community singing. Some plan
ought to be devised whereby the
people of the city could be brought
together next summer. not merely
to listen to band concerts at Reser-
voir park, but to Joining with their
voices in the program of the eve
ming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
A Message For Miss Spring
By Briggs

For her 1 was signing and yearning
I'll soon be taking wing;
There's n grapevine telegraphing
A message from Miss Spring!
I'm coming" says the message,
And looking my very best;
I've kissed a rose for Winter,
And I'll pin it on his breast!
"Oh, shall warm the woodlands
And make the valleys ring;
we told the birds my secret,
And soon you'll hear them sing!"
That was the very message
The Cold Day said he heard;
It came by grapevine telegraph
The Lady Springs sweet word!
Frank l.. Stanton in the Atlanta
Constitution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
No Peace at All, at All

Japanese scientists have so de-
veloped wireless telegraphy that a
passenger on shipboard can talk to
his friends on shore. The advan-
taSes of travel by sea are becoming
fewer all the time.-From the New
York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

to maintain such military estab-
lishment as the circumstances may
warrant.
In other words, we have reversed
the old adage and in time of war
are preparing for peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

We notice that the West Shore
small boys who have been out OF
school three weeks on account OF no
coal are standing up nobly under
their misfortune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

If the Kaiser doesn't make haste
and lead with his divine right, the
Allies may swing on him with their
left.-Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Coal being the food OF industry, it
isn't so strange that industry should
have to confront a meatless day or
two.-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The textile shortage does not seem
to be affecting the supply of red
tape.-Nashville Southern Lumber
man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Nearly everybody nowadays ap-
pears to be in favor of Government
ownership of something If it belongs
to somebody else.-New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The only states which have estab-
lished monopolistic state insurance
systems are Nevada, Oregon, Porto
Rico, Washington and Wyoming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT

If you want to keep warm, keep
thinking about the Kaiser.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

One good way to eliminate non
essential business is to cease non
essential buying.-Newark News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Light. Air and Sunshine

It takes tax = the forward look upon the
probable future demands of business,
recreation, hous ing and circulation.
1t anticipates in COMPREHENSIVE
of living, working and playing. 1t
seeks to provide residential neigh
borhoods that shall afford, through
all time, an abundance of light. air
and sunshine. 1t aims to secure for
dustrial, appropriate districts that
shall be convenient as regards pat
ronage labor and transportation.
With proper regard for. the human
factor. city planning strives. to take
into account adequate provision for
grounds. But with special diligence
it directs itself to the problem CT
circulation. 1t is vital that streets
be properly planned, because their
correctness of solution as to position,
alignment, directness and width de-
and character of blocks. lots ani omen
spaces, the location II sewers and
street construction. Intelligent plan
ming signifies, in short. the following
of lines of economy, the elimination
of waste. and the securing Cor our
citizens the maximum "am enities' or
life.
AS such. therefore, town and city
planning must not remain a dead
issue during the time of the war.
1t would be absurd to advocate the
spending of large sums of money at
present except for purposes of. vital
necessity. Yet IRON the standpoint
of planning OF developments that are
vitaIly necessary now and for those
that are essential Immediately at the
close of the world struggle, town
planning must not sleep.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The Kaiser is showing the Berlin
strikers that he would just as soon
kill Germans as Englishmen, If they
happen to stand in his way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The Germans have arrested an
artist who drew the picture of a ham
ON a banknote. Perhaps on the ground
that there "aint no sich animile."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Lloyd George puts the onus on
the Kaiser" But what he needs more
is the kibosh.-Boston Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg's committee
plans for the liberty Loan have
been followed I'm number of
cities?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The Legislature of Massachusetts
has provided for pioneer work IN
variety of fields touching upon
the subject of social insurance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

ARL B. LOHMANN, City Plan
~ ming Engineer of the Bureau
~ of municipalities of the State
AA Department of Labor and In
dustry, working direction OF
j. Fred Knisely, chief of the bureau
is thoroughly alive to the necessity
of planning which is ever ap-
parent in the boroughs, towns and
cities throughout Pennsylvania. Plan
ming commissions all over the state
are cooperating with the Bureau of
Municipalities and especially those
planning commissions representing
cities where at this time quick per-
manent extensions are made neces-
sary by war enterprises.
The work of the town planner at
the present moment assumes a very
timely character and the following
article by Lohmann, relative to city
planning during wartime, is of vital
interest.
If city planning means city beau
speaking of it at the present moment.
If city planning was just one of those
things remote, dreamy and pleasant
to contemplate during an April aft
ernoon in peacetime. we should de-
serve justly perhaps the condemnA-
tion of patriots everywhere.
But city planning, on the contrary,
is something different. 1t is n neces-
sity which concerns the very life
blood of our municipalities. 1t bears
directly on the present and future
health and happiness OF our citizens;
1t affects in one way or another the
saving or squandering of millions of
dollars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Carpenters assigned to Govern
ment work are now receiving a
minimum wage of $3.50 for eight
hours. with other trades in compari-
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Germany, a Berlin paper says, will
hold out to the bitter end. They
know what kind of an end it's going
to be, don't they?-Toledo News-Bee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Well have to admit that DR.. Gar
field picked a couple of fine days for
folks to stay in bed late.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

Now. do you believe in the Ground
hog?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
HrSTORIC HARRISpupo

Harrisburg women worked all
through the winters of the Civil
hospitals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
LABOR NOTES

Since 1909 the Scottish Miners
Federation has made efforts for
better housing conditions in the
mining districts of Scotland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

The weatherman also believes in
"heatless Mondays."