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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-02

The friends of Harold Laub and
Harry Meyers have given them cordial
greetings together with hearty con-
gratulations on their recent return to
Denison from Fortress Monroe, Va.
Last April they enlisted in the heavy
artillery branch of the service and in
the regular army as humble privates
and return as second lieutenants.
Since that time they have had expert
ences ON the Pacific coast and later
at the great government training camp
on the Atlantic shore. 1t develops
that the branch which they are in re.
quires the highest qualities of exact
mathematical training, and that COM
missions TO the officers are not given
except after months of work requir-
ing the most painstaking study. In a
class with men who had previously
graduated from the best technical
schools of the country, these boys held
their own, and while others fell by
the wayside they held to the end.
There is a feeling that they truly earn.
ed the honors they have won. Both
81 duudtCu lIOiA luC SCAOOlS VI D6llSOu
and it is a satisfaction to Professor
Humphrey and Denison 4 instructors
that their former pupils have done so
we'll. Harry Clark, Hubert VanNess,
Professor Stump, Professor Jacob
Johnson, well known here, are about
to take the studies which Harry Mey-
ers and Harold Laub have just COM
pleted with high markings. The new
lieutenants have been assigned to the
great government navy yard at Pensa-
cola, Fla, and must report there by
next Monday. They are looking fine
and as if hard work had agreed with
them. 1t is this branch of the service
which fires the great guns such as the
Germans used to batter the walled
cities of Belgium and which are now
being used on the city of Metz by the
boys under General Pershing Mayor
Laub and Mr.. Meyers. of the post Of
flee, and their wives are to be congrat-
ulated on the success of their boys
part in the army. g.,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-02

Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Harding return.
ed Sunday from Atlantic, where they
had been visiting their daughter. Mrs
J. A. Sally, for the past two weeks.
Mr.. Whiting, of Monona county, can
didate for senator on the democratic
ticket, was in town the latter part of
the week, calling on his constituents
with the view to furthering his chances
for election to the office to which he
aspires. Mr.. Whiting is a gentleman
of fine appearance and pleasing ad
dress. He looks the part of a pro.
gressive farmer and which by reason
of long experience entities him to be.
long to this calling.
The senate turned down the wo-
mans suffrage amendment on yester.
day after the president had made a
personal appeal to the senate to pass
the measure and had written personal
letters to senators to vote in favor of
the provisions for submission. 1t was
supposed that with the president
throwing his influence in favor Of the
measure that two-thirds of a majority
could be secured, but his influence
with the members of his own party
was such that he could not change a
single vote The democrats will suf-
fer from this action in view of the
fact that the strong opposition comes
from the southern wing of the demo
cratic party. With all of the patron
age thrown to the south and the pres
idents discrimination in many ways
to the southern wing of the party, he
does not seem to be able to control
that faction of the party.
Marry in Haste" with Fiske
O'Hara, the noted Irish singer in the
leading role, played to a large audi
ence at the opera house Saturday eve-
ming and was by far the best theatri>
cal attraction that has ever visited
Denison. O'Hara, Of course, was fine
and everyone enjoyed his singing of
That's the Kind of a Girl for Me-"
Peggy McVey" and 'I'm Failing in
Love With You Dear" For one of
his encores he sang George NJ. Cohens
"Over There" which brought down
the house. Irish love making with
a plot that afforded plenty OF funny
situations made up the three act play
which ended all too soon to suit the
audience, The stage settings were
beautiful and the costumes, while
quaint, were beyond anything ever
seen here before Manager Krauth is
to be congratulated upon securing
this high class attraction and theater
goers are in hopes that he will bring
more Of them to Denison.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-02

Flags are flying at half mast today
to honor the memory of Bernard Bam-
ford, who died at Camp Devens, Mass
while in the service. Business houses
closed their doors from $50 until $3.50
o'clock to permit all to attend the fun
eral services at the Methodist church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
START FARM ACCOUNTS

In addition to the personal need
for every farmer to keep a system
of accounts, which by the way may
be very simple, there are now many
other reasons why he should keep
them. Every year it is necessary to
prove something for the public's in
formation in regard to farm prices,
profits and products. Past expert
ence has shown that the more ac-
curately the farmer can show these
things the better his business Is un-
derstood and the more readily the
public acknowledges his rights. Still
another reason why he should eve
may even say must) keep accounts
now is the requirement of the in
come tax law. The farmer whose
income is subject to tax will find
the task of filling out the blanks a
much easier job than when every
thing must be estimated at the end
of the year. The farmer whose in
come is not great enough, or per-
haps falls just a little short, can
prove his position much more quick
ly and satisfactorily should he be
called upon to do so. There Is ev-
cry reason why every farmer should
keep an accurate record of his farm
ing operations, and none at all why
he should not. Now Is a good time
to start.-The Pennsylvania Farmer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
Urge Eating of Oysters

The oyster production of the
United States is greater than that
of all other countries combined,
and there is available in this res
source a vast quantity of animal
food which should be utilized to the
utmost at this time.
Federal and state inspections are
now given to the sanitary condition
of the beds and the handling of
oysters, and the producers are co.
operating to assure the purity of the
product.
Particular attention is called to
not only the harmlessness but the
excellence of green -grilled" oy-
sters. The gray-green color char
acteristie of this condition is never
found on TIE body of the oyster,
but is confined to the gills, brought
into view when the edge of the oy-
ster "crimps" in cooking. 1t is de-
rived from a vegetable coloring mat
ter in some of the delicate micro
scopic plants on which the shellfish
feeds. Green-grilled oysters in
France are regarded as the best OBJ
ainable.-From a Department of
Commerce Bulletin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
Harry Lauder and His Son

DO not think that l am bitter
that my son was called by God to
make the supreme sacrifice. Killed
in any other manner, in times of
peace, I think my life would have
soured, and l would have become
embittered against the world, but
dying as John Lauder did, ] can
only say that, even with the knowl-
edge of what pain his death has cost
me, l would send him to France
again to risk his life anew were 1t
possible to-day to resurrect him
from the ground. Because since his
death, I have been to France, and
have seen the bleeding lily, and
have come to realize more than ever
that John LADDERS life was not Civ
en- in vain, or uselessly.-Harry
Lauder in the American Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
BOISheDiki Shock PruSSianS

= WAS walking one night in the
outskirts of Brest-Litovsk when
noticed a familiar figure lean
Ing against the stone coping of the
Bridge promenade and gazing sadly
into the waters of the Diver Bug. I
recognized him as one of the Ger
man peace delegates with whom
happened to be on speaking terms.
1 inquired courteously after his
health.
We'll enough in the body" he
said, but my mind, alas, is giving
way. One more session with these
Bclsheviki and 1 am done for"
And yet they seem such pleasant
people," said.
Pleasant, yes. But they are un-
dermining my mental constitution"
he said, pressing his hands wearlly
to his throbbing temples. "I was
born in Prussia. For the space of
eleven years l used to leave home
for school at S:47 and return at
1858, going to bed at 1870. Then in
high school my hours were from
9:15 to 5:25. At the university l
regularly took twenty-five minutes
for lunch and three-quarters of an
hour for exercise. My annual ex-
penditures were 2,545 marks and
fifty pfennigs, as my notebooks bal
anced at the end of the year would
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23

show. And thus it has been
throughout my career.
But now the Bolsheviki dele
gates" he went on, "set meeting
for 10 o'clock and show up at $3.50.
They speak two or three at a time.
When we say to them that we ought
to dictate terms because we are the
victors, they say, oh, no, you have
beaten us, but we are the victors.'
When We ask them what they expect
to- do in cIse hostilities are re-
sumed, they say they will compel us
to capture Petrograd. When we ask
how about their army, they reply
cheerfully that most of the army
has run away and the rest is starv-
ing, and that consequently they
must insist on our accepting their
terms without changing a dot. Af-
ter couple of sessions, friend Sim
had, our delegates from the Central
Powers are on the edge of nervous
prostration. The head of our mis-
sion cannot write home because he
has forgotten his wife's name, and
more than once he has been o>er-
heard calling himself up on the tele-
phone. l suspect a nefarious plot
Sinbad. The Bolshevild are plan
ming to drive the leading statesmen
of the Central Powers into a lunatic
asylum, and then they can work
their will upon poor Germany =
Simeon Strunsky in the New York
Evening Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
CLEAN UP GARDEN

Throughout the United States are
plots of ground cultivated last
spring and summer as temporary
war gardens. Where these plots
were suitably located, with due at
tention to sunlight, abundant crops
of vegetables, especially for family
use, have been produced, but quite
too frequently such plots have be-
come generally neglected, with the
result that much material in the
form of crop remnants and rank
weeds will remain through the win
ter, favoring during the autumn the
continued multiplication of certain
forms of insect pests, and during the
winter n safe harbor for the insects
TO pass the colder months. Next
spring these insects will reappear,
and If the same plots are selected for
planting there is grave danger of
serious injury, particularly soon af-
ter planting.
The methods employed in COM
mercial truck gardens and farms to
prevent the wintering-over OF insects
in the field should be put into prac-
tIce in the case of the war or back
yard" garden. Entomologists of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture advise that as soon as a crop
has been harvested the remnants
should be promptly cleared away
and burned with the insects which
they harbor. The same applies to
weeds, including grasses which
spring up between the rows. Rub
bish of all kinds should be carefully
collected and destroyed in the same
manner that no shelter be left for
the insects during the winter.
Try to induce your. neighbors to
carry out the same measures; other
wise you may fail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
GROWING OLD

Wen fill O Provence bowl and
pledge us deep
The memory of the far ones, and
between
The soothing pipes in heavy-lided
sleep,
Perhaps We'll dream the things
that once had been.
'Tis only noon, and yet too soon to
die,
Yet we are growing old, my heart
and 1.
A hundred books are ready in my
head
To open out where Beauty bent
a leaf.
What do we want with Beauty? We
are wed,
Like ancient Proserpine, to dis
NAL grief,
And we are ehanging with the hours
that fly,
And growing odd and old, my
heart and I.
Across a bed of bells the river
And roses dawn, but not for us;
we want
The new thing ever as the old thing
grows
Spectral and weary on the hills
we haunt,
And that is why we FEAST and that
is why
We're growing odd and old, my
heart and /.
-ETancis e. Ledwidge, the youne
Irish poet, killed while fighting al
the front for England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
Over tie Toh
;M Penxa.
BRIGGS

Regardless of the war on food
conservation, a Salina woman still
insists that her bull pup shall have
his full ration of choicest bonbons.
She will be lucky if Hoover does
not commander all the bull pups
tor mince pie.
Champ Clark, it is said, borrowed
the $40 with which he made his
start in life, and often has been
praised for his good judgment in
doing so. On the other hand. we
Know quite few who never re-
ceived any credit whatever
A citizen OF Altoona concentrated
American spirit in. an acrostic as fol-
lows:
Do your bit and help Dear Old
Glory"
E-ngage in no fabulous or slackers'
story.
Make sure that this world must be
Safe for Democracy"
Onward! You patriots; eradicate
that Prussian autocracy!
Conquer your fears; protect our
rights and honor, regard
lessly.
Rally round "Old Glory" and
with your life do guard it.
America now! America forever!
Come to arms! Come to arms,
and don't sever whatever.
YOU must fight for democracy-
autocracy, never!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
THE COLONEL'S REPLY

~ COMMENTING upon Senator
Stones TRADE against him Col
onel Roosevelt in Washington
yesterday said: II am infinitely less
concerned about what Senator Stone
said of me than what the President
said of Senator chamberlain" This
was not the kind of reply which the
Coloners friends had expected him
to make, perhaps, but it was infln-
itely better than such q volley of
invective as he might have turned
loose on his assailant had he so de-
sired.
Accused of bitter partisanism by
Stone, Colonel Roosevelt disproves
the accusation in a sentence. Sena-
tor Chamberlain is staunch Demo-
crat. Not even his bitterest enemies
would deny that. Yet the former
President says he is there to help
him and all others of all parties who
desire to speed up the conduct of
the war"
This is the best answer that could
be made to the false assertion that
Republicans are playing partisan
politics in the conduct of the war.
The Colonel represents the best
thought in the party when he says
that his only desire is to help put the
nation as quickly as possible in the
forefront of the fight. All Republi-
cans are anxious to support the Pres
ident in every proper measure, as
their votes in the past repeatedly
have shown when he was deserted by
his own party leaders, but they must
not be asked to submit to Presiden-
tial dictation in matters of legisla-
ton in which the President has no
constitutional voice until the bills
reach him for concurrence or re-
lection.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
SNOW, SNOW, SNOW.
(Apd still we apologizeD

(And still we apologizeD
Snow snow. snow,
On the cold, white earth, oh Sky!
But 1 would that my tongue could
utter
The times have sighed "Oh my!"
"Oh my" for the baker-man's boy,
When he brings me my bread every
day.
"Oh my!" for the paper lad.
AS he trudges along his way.
But the beautiful flakes watt
down.
To their haven in vale and on hill,
But oh! for the touch of a soft
Spring Breeze,
And a rain that is warm and still.
Snow. snow, snow,
From thy cold. grey, snow-clouds
oh sky!
But / wish for the tears of an
April day.
And the violets of days gone by!
EDNA CROFT DIEHL,
Paxtang. Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23

city law, although we admit that
we find more comfort in the COM
pact form Of the acts governing our
type of municipalities than with the
provisions thereof. In due season
the strenuous advocates of a change
in municipal government who en-
We'd our success under the act of
1889 and its supplements and took
us by the neck into commission gov
ernment will realize that all that
rolls off a lecturers tongue is not
to be accepted as gospel and that
what suits Kansas is not always the
best medicine for Pennsylvania.
We are pleased to note that the
plan for codifying more laws of
Pennsylvania is to be put into eff
feet still more and that trades, oc-
cupations and professions, road and
poor laws and other acts are to be
grouped by subjects. We will then
be in a place where we can, with
some chance of being heard, ask
that we be given an election code
which will be within the grasp of
the mentality of mere man and not
require annual recourse to the
courts. And in the making of that
code may we hope that the man
with practical experience and not
the theorist will be consulted. We
want plain election laws; laws which
will not put us within shadow of
which will really record the free
mans will; laws which we can un-
derstand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23

The late Senator Brady, of Idaho,
was one of those men who carried
great talent and industry to the new
States of the West, who gave charac-
ter to those communities and who
were enabled TO take their reward in
material success and in public prefer
ment. AS an editor and business man
in Idaho. as Governor of the State,
and as its representative in Washing
ton, Senator Brady was always
thoughtful and effective factor, Lain
tanning his force and interest in pub
lie questions to the very end of his
days. His death brings a loss to the
Republican side of the chamber, not
only in that his personality is taken
away, but in that his successor, until
the next election, will probably be a
Democrat-since the present Governor
of Idaho is of that party.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23

Anything which the Harrisburg
Railways Company may do to remedy
present unsatisfactory conditions will
be approved by the people. Through
the recommendations of an expert and
the cooperation of the engineer of
the Public Service Commission the
proposed changes in. the operation of
the lines ought to result in improve
ment. OF course, the transportation
systems have all been seriously af-
fected by the unusual weather and
fuel conditions, but the people have a
right to expect that any utility will
always do it's utmost to overcome
these conditions. AS n rule, the pub
lie is reasonable and when it under
stands the difficulties it is likely to
be patient until remedies can be ap-
piled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. L. A. Watres. former lieu
tenant governor. is taking a big
part in the Thrift savings campaign
in his county of Lackawanna.
DR.. A. l.. Suhrie, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who is well
known here, has gone to Cleveland
to accept a place in the city's edu-
cational system.
-Ex-Judge Harland A. Denny, of
Susquehanna, has gone back to the
practice of law.
Senator Horace w. Schantz, Of
Allentown, is going to be a candi-
date again. He is the first Republi-
can senator from Lehigh in 100
years.
H. Walton Mitchell, president
of State College trustees. is an
alumnus of the college.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
A BUSY LITTLE "MOTHER"

Playing godmother to over 700
healthy soldiers demands much
Of Mary Pickford's time these
days. Keeping these boys supplied
with ISM okes," candy and other lit
tie luXuries is quite little job in it,
self. Mary has the entire studio
knitting for the soldiers and many
a Sammy will thank her for a warm
sweater, cap or pair of wristlets
when he arrives "over there" a
special performance of her new pic
ture, stella Maris," in camp is be-
ing planned for the fighters by
Americas sweetheart soon after it
is released by Aircraft, and several
famous film stars will appear in per-
son on this occasion in a big enter
tainment especially prepared for
them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
SONG OF THE WINDS

AL! the bright day we wandered and
were proud
As the free winds, and with them
stormed the height
And swayed the thrilling grasses In
our flight.
So swift were we to press against
the cloud
Our happy faces. Riotous and loud
We reused the lonely mountain with
our might
Until he laughed with us in our de-
light
And crest to crest threw back the
vows we vowed.
Oh, love is of the mountains; old as
they,
Torn and triumphant as the riven
crest H
That fingers to the sky; the ancient
prey
OF every wind that strikes the open
breast.
Our love is of the mountains, furi-
Gus, strong.
And every wind of heaven is oui
by Carroll Atkins.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
SIMPLIFYING LAWS

n NE of the most commendable
signs OF the times is the move
to simplify law. 1t has been
the privilege of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph to record and to praise the
enactment Of various codes, begin
ming with the school code in 1911
and extending down to the dece-
dents estates code of 1917. We have
seen with pleasure the laws of Penn
sylvania relative to boroughs, town
ships. dogs, mining, public service,
game, fish and other subjects, as
sembled and a lot of junk enacted
in century and half wiped off the
books, replaced by up-to-date stat
utes and making life easier, If less
remunerative. for lawyers. We have
with more or less mixed Joy beheld
the passage Of code of third class
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
BITS TO DO

tStrickland Gillian in Farm Life1
There are good many people
talking of doing their bit. But
many more are urging us to do ours.
Sure, old top! But when a res
taurateur or other retailer of food
or service urges me, with mouth and
placard, to save his stuff and there
by serve the government, and when
said dealer feeds me half as much
as he used to and charges me about
25 per cent bigger profit than he
used to, begin to feel as if 1 were
his bit and as if he were zealously
doing me. The business that howls
about the cost of labor, material
etc, usually carries to the bank at
the close of the business year, a
whale of a sight bigger roll than it
carried at the end of last years
business. It's wrong. Ignatz. Let's
all play fair and do our bits, and
not take each other for the bits,
either!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
HAS JUSTIFIED ITSELF

THE municipal street repairing
plant has justified its establish
ment and the report of High
way Commissioner Lynch shows that
he has done very we'll with its op-
Grafton. There can be no question
that the paved streets of Harrisburg
are in better condition now than
they were under the old contract ar
rangement. Mr.. Lynch believes his
plant should be enlarged. His recon-
mendation ought to receive Cotln-
ci's prompt consideration. The
Commissioner was hampered last
year by inability to prepare his ma
terials in the quantities needed and
he should not be required to work
under that handicap this year. He
is doing good work and should be
encouraged to continue it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23

When a correspondent of the Tele-
graph the other day suggested that
there might be provided a great Com
munity Coal Pile through the gener-
osity of those who already have coal,
and which would supply the needy
householders, he was expressing the
thought of the good Samaritan. Fuel
Administrators Hickok also recon-
mended the other day that those who
have coal should help their neighbors
who have none. Now is the time to
show the good fellowship which most
of us like to encourage under all cir
Cumstances
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-23
Spirits House

From naked stones of agony
/ will build house for me;
AS mason all alone
will raise it, stone by stone,
And every stone where 1 have bled
Will show a sign of dusl<y red.
] have not gone the way in vain,
For L have good of all my pain;
My spirits quiet house will be
Built of naked stones I trod
On roads where I lost sight of Goda
BY Sara Teasdale. p