Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ANENT THE KNoCKER
The Editor of the Tclegrabh:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Fools" names and fools faces are
often seen in public places. BY the
bobbing up again of our old friend
the "Knocker," we see that one fool,
at least, in Harrisburg, is not dead
yet. Isn't it a grand and glorious
feeling when you awaken out or your
slumber and hear the JOY bells ring
out the glad tidings of peace and
you just roll over and say fervently,
THANK God for this peace, God bless
the United States and it's Allies with
every prosperity" Then you wink
your eye and laugh up your sleeve
and say to your self, this peace
didn't cost me a nickel" A mans
patriotism, nowadays, S, is not meas
ured by the publicity he may attain
by advertising a few well-chosen
words and some grammatical phrases
he may have at his command, but by
how much in dollars and cents he
has given to bring about this peace.
Does he have a blue star in the win
dow? Did he do one days labor to-
wards winning the war? When a
man hasn't given one peany to-
ward the Red Cross, not one cent
in Liberty bonds, not a drop of his
blood, none of his efforts or energy
expended toward the bringing about
of this blessed peace; no, not even
permitting his wife to sign the food
conservation pledge. A man who has
done absolutely nothing all through
| the period in which our nation was
| in war should take his cue from the
duck and keep his head under cover.
| Who is this newcomer in our midst
who cometh forth every now and
then with some tommyrot and pop
pycock advice to our people? At one
| time he undertook to teach our po
lice department and the city authori
ties how to run Harrisburg. Another
time he was knocking on our splen-
did army of railroad men, admon.
| ishing them to be satisfied with the
wages they receive. Who is 1T"
anyway? How can "It" undertake
| to instruct men, yes, noble, honest
men who earn their livelihood by the
sweat of their brow and put their
earnings in the various channels of
war relief work; men who would
| disdain to sit around the house
smoking cigarets while the poor lit
| tie foriorn wife does the carpetbeat-
| ing. Again we repeat, who is TT
who should undertake to dictate to
such men? A sympathetic miser is
10 better than the Kaiser. It's what
did you do to help your Uncle
| Sammy? What did you do to help the
boys along? In passing by last win
ter we noticed the outline of n skull
cut out of white paper and with red
cross bones painted on it's forehead
| To-, fafV Al tIr,N.
while all around in other peoples
windows could be seen the different
enrlems of relief work? What
meanoth the skull in the window?
| That ieminds one Of the days OF the
White Caps and anarchism.
1t is really amusing to see that our
dear old "knocker" is religlously
bent This comes us a complete sur
prise We noticed in particular that
1T advises the 80 Sernment to re-
move certain wartime restrictions,
especially those pertaining TO booze.
of course it would be expected that
PERSONS whose chief necessity is ;Ee
products of the brewery should me
howiing for the restrictions TO be
lifted from the same. The dear crea-
turc tel S us how to deal with the
small. percentage of abusers of the
rights, etc.
Say, "Knocker," tell us how would
you punish a fellow who has no Ii
cense yet who sold beer to his room
ers? One time IT. posed as All art
ist having paintings in the State
Capitol, then again 'It" is a rail-
road official, and all the while 1T
is a member of the Sons of Rest.
There is TOO much news of import
to take UP space for some individuals
whose chief aim is to assume to be
a man OF affairs. Say, "Knocker." "
go way lack and sit down. IL the
United States is good enough Tor
you, why didn't you buy a Liberty
Bond or two?
DISGUSTED.