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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-30
ORPTIEUM

ORPHEUM
Tonight only-Henry Miller presents
Ruth Chatterton in a new comedy
Moonlight and Honeysuckle."
matinee and night
Hello 1919" Americas greatest
colored show, a bright. breezy mu-
sical farce.
Thursday. Friday and Saturday, matt
nees daily-"ReVelations of a
Wife," the most popular melodrama
now playing.
MAJESTIC
High grade vaudeville-Four Melody
Maids" in fifteen minutes of close
harmony; Karletti, master of the
slack wire; "A $4,000 Ankle,
laugh rollicking comedy variety
skit by Will Armstrong and Com
pany; Wadcn and Parron, in
lively song and instrumental offer
ing. and one other Keith act; also
another episode of The Fatal For
tune featuring daring Helen
Holmes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-30
COLONIAL
COLONIAL
To-day and all this week-NazimoV
in THE Brat"

NTVTOKTN
To-day and all this week--Richar,
Harding Davis most popular noNeI
Soldiers of Fortune"
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HFheN8&9ertl 8 &o3 !! St. $t9r!estd 2!:s IS X

pause. he asked: did you say a Tin
Woodman rules the Wiukies?'
Yes: he was one of those who
helped Dorothy to destroy the Wicked
Witch of the West. and the Wrinkles
were so grateful that they invited MIN
to become their ruler--just as the peo-
pie of the Emerald City invited the
Scarecrow to rule them"
Dear met said Jack. I'm getting
confused with all this history. Who IS
Another friend of Dorothy's." re-
piled Tip.
And who is Dorothy"
''She was a girl that came here from
Kansas, place in the big, outside
World. She got blown to the Land of
Or by a cyclone. and while she was
here the Scarecrow and the Tin Wood
man accompanied her on her travels.
the Pumpkinhead.
''Glinda the Good, who rules The
Ouadlings, sent her home again." said
the boy.
"oh. And what became of the
Scarecrow ?''
Il told you. \He rules the Emerald
City" answered Tip.
Il thought you said IL was ruled by
wonderful Wizard" objected Jack,
seeming more and more confused
well. so did. Now. pay attention.
and I'll explain it, said Tip. speaking
slowly and looking the smiling Pump
kinhead squarely in the eye. "Doro-
thy went to the Emerald City to ask
the Wizard to send her back to Kan
sas; and the Scarecrow and the Tin
| Woodman went with her. But the
Wizard couldn't send her back. be-
4 cause he wasn't so much of a Wizard
as he might have been And then they
got angry al the Wizard. and threat
encd to expose him: so the Wizard
made big balloon and escaped In IT.
and no one has ever seen him since
Now. that is very interesting his
! tory" said Jack. well pleased: and
l understand it perfectly-all but the
| expla nation"
I'm glad you do" responded Tip.
! After the Wizard was gone. the peo-
pie of the Emerald City made His Ma
iesty. the Scarecrow. their King: and
l have heard THAT he became very
popular ruler."N
Are we going to see this queer
King?" asked Jack, with interest.
81 think we may as WELL" replied
the boy. unless you have something
better to do"
"oh. no. dear. father" said the
Pumpkinhead. 81 am quite willing 10
go wherever you please"
Next story: Tip Makes an Expert
ment in Magic" in which Tip and
Jack Pumpkinhead. now so far away
from Mombi that they are free. rest
themselves in wood. Tip sits down
upon old saw-horse which some
woodcutters had left. and worries over
the fact that. with so much exercise.
Jacks wooden joints will soon wear
out Suddenly he wonders IL he might
not bring the saw-horse to life with
the Powder of Life-and then Jack
could ride on its back. He tries 1t.
Does it work? The next story tells.
Read it and find out.
! copyrighted by =. Frank Baum fer the
George Matthew Adams servicel
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22
A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.

Spring appears to have arrived and
its early coming is an important aid
TO business recovery, as planting and
all outdoor work will soon be run
ming on full time. Reports from the
agricultural districts. says Henry
Clews in his Financial Review, are
especially encourag ging. Farmers are
enjoying record prosperity, receiving
highly profitable prices and prepar-
ing for another season of the same
character.
In all probability, says the same
authority, the new acreage will sur
pass all records and there will be no
Bolshevists in the farming districts.
Spring wheat is in good condition and
cotton planting will proceed on an in
creasinG scale from now on.
Europe is in a state of anarchy and
IS consequently likely 70 have short
crops, and must depend very largely
upon America for food, which means
large exports next autumn and win
ter. When peace has been attained
and the embargo upon the central
powers lifted a further demand will
be made upon our food supplies. Ger
many will want cotton, copper oil,
rubber and other raw materials in
large quantities and has doubtless al
ready anticipated these wants to a
limited degree. But how she will pay
for these articles is still a serious
question. for Germany has not the
funds norshe goods as yet wherewith
to pay, and apparently there will be
no other course but depending upon
this country for credit for consid-
erable period.
since Germany imperatively needs
these products anarchy must be sup
pressed so that the country can earn
the money or materials wherewith t.
satisfy those needs. At present the
outlook in these respects is dark. sc
dark that it seems it cannot long con-
/ tinue. for the German people are ar
intelligent and orderly people and
/ their madness must soon exhaust it.
self
Peace prospects are most cheering
Germany will be rendered impotent
| for harm for a generation at least
and compelled to pay severely for the
wrongs she has perpetrated upon hel
neighbors and the whole civilized
world. She will be shorn of AIsac.
and Lorraine as well as of her ambi
tious commercial and colonia
schemes. Her foreign commerce anC
her merchant marine are gone. He
army may be reduced to 10000 men
end her navy to a fraction of its for
mer size. If possible conscription will
be abolished. and her power fol
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The Flowers
BY GEORGE. MATTHEW ADAMS

The flowers of the-field! The an
eient writer was soul-joyed at their
beauty and wonder. Even Solomon
in all his glory" he wrote, was not
arrayed like one of these"-referring
to the lilies of the field
Not a color, not a tint-not a single
exquisite shade or shadow-but
is found in inimitable beauty playing
about the stems and leaves and buds
and flowers of the carpet of the earth.
No artist has ever been able ac-
curately to do justice to the delicacy
and artfulhess Of any flower. No
writer has even arisen to express ade-
quately the feeling of the silent heart
of the flower
Flowers cheer and soothe-when all
else fails.
The most insignificant little flower
even the so-called weed" has a mar
velousness of formation that no human
thought or hand could ever repro
duce.
Flowers are the most unselfish crea
tions in the world-they do nothing
but give!
There are more lessons of love and
sweetness to be gained from the flow
ers than this world has yet dreamed
of. But the flowers do rot mind their
being neglected. They know that their
time is-always-so long as the world
lasts.
So, in themselves. flowers are the
embodiment of patience.
If you want to express your love to
the one you love-select and send the
most beautiful flowers you can find.
,, The ones picked from the open fields
are always the most wonderful. Talk
in flowers,
But there is one thing that I have
never quite understood-the giving of
flowers to those who have gone. II
| is for the L1VING-that flowers were
created by the great. good, consider
ate God.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22

wasteful custom of competition still
obtains. Nearly every other great
business in this country has been made
into a trust, sued under the Sherman
law. dissolved and rea malgamated by
sentlemen's agreement into something
still more compact and less vulnera bic.
Since there are only four artist-pro-
ducers in the new organization, it may
seem open to doubt whether this cor
poration is really the basis o. a movie
trust. But that is unmistakably what
it intends to be. 1t is going to work,
according to its plans, to build up a
complete national and international
distributing system 1t is going to ad-
NIT other artists and producers of the
highest class until it can produce all
the film that the theaters can use
every year. Other producers can stay
in the business. of course. But they
will occupy the unenviable position
which belongs to the little fellow in
every American industry.
After this reorga nization is COM
plete, there will be no progress in
store for the future movie industry ex-
cept t. be taken over by the govern
ment and run by the postmaster gen.
eral.
Tomorrow-Mr. Price, A Film Re-
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22

Topeka. figuratively speaking. al
ready has its hands in its pockets,
awaiting the coming next week of the
solicitors for the salvation Army fund
of S35.OGO for the erection of bar
racks on its lots at Fifth and Quincy
streets. A considerable oversub-
scription practically is assured but
this fact should not deter anybody
from giving all he can afford. The
Army is certain to put all the money
it gets to good use. Probably there is
no welfare work under way in which
there is so much good done with so
little waste as that carried on by the
Salvation Army.
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DINNER STORIES

Mike, New Yorker who never
lost his brogue, was ''over there" With
the A. Z, F.. and his two companions
happened to be an Englishman and
a Scotsman. These two gave their
Yankee friend lively time with their
jokes and teasing.
One day Mike was called away. and
left his coat on a nail The English
man and Scotsman, seeing some white
paint near. seized the opportunity of
painting a donkey's head on the back
of Mixes coat
The latter soon returned, and look
ing first at his coat, and then fixing
his eye on his fellow fighters. said
slowly: 'Begorra, and which Of you
has wiped your face on my coat -
Now. McTavish, said the doctor. it's
like this: you've either to stop the
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22
THE FLIGHT OF THE FUGITIvEs.

Tip reflected.
Its a hard thing, to be marble
statue" he thought, rebelliously. land
I'm not going to stand it For years
I've been bother to Her, she says; so
she's going to get rid of me. Well,
there's an easier way than to become
statue. No boy could have any fun
forever standing in the middle of
flower garden! I'll run away. that's
what I'll do-and 1 may as well so
before she makes me drink that nasty
stuff in the kettle.''-
He waited until the snores of the
old witch announced she was fast
asleep. and then he arose softly and
went to the cupboard to find some
thing to eat.
mo use starting on journey with
out food" he decided, searching the
narrow shelves
he had to look into Mombrs basket to
find the cheese she had brought from
the village. While turning over the
contents of the basket he came upon
the pepper-boX which contained the
Powder of Life
Il may as well take this with me-"
he thought, "or Mombfl1 be using it
to make more mischief with" So he
put the box in his pocket, together
with the bread and cheese.
and latched the door behind him.
Outside both moon and stars shone
brightly, and the night seemed peace
full and inviting after the close and ILL
smelling kitchen.
"I'n be glad to get away" said Tip,
softly; ''for L never did like that old
woman. 1 wonder how 1 ever came
to live with her.
He was walking slowly toward the
road when a thought made him pause.
II don't like to leave Jack Pump
| kinhead to the tender mercies of old
Mombi," he muttered. And Jack be-
| longs to me. for made him-even if
the old witch did bring him to life"
| He retraced his steps to the cow
| stable and opened the door of the
stall where the pumpkinheaded man
| had been left.
Jack was standing in the middle of
| the stall, and by the moonlight Tip
could see he was smiling just as jovi-
ally as ever.
Come on" said the boy, beckon-
ing.
| Where to-" asked Jack.
swered Tip, smiling sympathetically
| into the pumpkin face. "All we've
! got to do now is to tramp"
very WELL" returned Jack. and
walked awkwardly out of the stable
and into the moonlight.
Tip turned toward the road and the
man followed him. Jack walked with
! a sort of limp, and occasionally one
of the joints of his legs would turn
backward, instead of frontwise, almost
causing him to tumble. But the
| Pumpkinhead was quick to notice this.
| and began to take more pains to step
carefully; SO that he met with few
| accidents.
Tip led him along the path without
stopping an instant. They could not
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22

There are indications that the
Great War is about to be succeeded by
a number of little wars. Already
fighting is in progress over large
portion of eastern Europe and now
Italy is threatening to withdraw from
the peace conference unless she be
permitted to have her way on the
eastern shores of the Adriatic. China
also is on hand with long list of de-
mands many of which are certain to
be resisted by Japan and possibly by
other nations. The necessity for the
formation of a league of nations to
enforce peace before that peace shall
be declared. daily becomes more ap-
parent peace treaty with which
nobody is satisfied cannot stand unless
it be supported by an ironclad agree
ment among the more powerful ma
tions of the earth. Nothing short of
the big stick is likely to keep the
smaller nationalities in order. The
spirit of greed and self interest which
makes for war was not confined solely
to Germany.
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CURE FOR VANITY.

CURE FOR yfNfTT.
IL I were inclined to be vain.
To think myself perfect and fine
IL | were Inclined to maintain
That all of the virtues are mire.
Ny partner of sorrows and joys
Would speedily puneture the sham:
When ! stay out too lat with the boys,
She can tell me how little | am.
When I'm tempted to show q few airs
/ think of the things that she's said
To me from the top Of the stairs
When / thought ! could sneak into bed.
When / promised to get home at ten.
And do not arrive uutA three.
In language that's crisp. / get. then,
The positive truth about me-
When I've muttered Il couldn't get home
Or whispered The last car I missed
No swelling remains in my dome
No doubts Of my standing exists
l lose the high notions / hold
And come down to earth with a siam,
And | learn. for in sorrow I'm told,
Just the kind Of fellow / am
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A Guest
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22

go very fast. but they walked steadily;
and by the time the moon sank away
and the sun peeped over the hills they
had travelled so great distance that
the boy had no reason TO fear pursuit
from the old witch. Moreover. he had
into another, so that should anyone
follow them it would prove very diff
ficult to guess which way they had
gone, or where to seek them.
Fairly satisfied that he had escaped
for a time, at least-being turned
into a marble statue, the boy stopped
his companion and seated himself
upon rock by the roadside.
Lets have some breakfast" he
said
Jack Pumpkinhead watched Tip
curiously, but refused to Join in the
repast
"I don't seem to be made the same
way you are" he said.
81 know you are not" replied Tip;
''for 1 made you
'Oh. Did you?" asked Jack.
And carved your eyes and nose and
ears and mouth" said Tip proudly.
"And dressed you"
Jack looked at his body and limbs
critically.
1T strikes me you made a very good
job of it," he remarked.
"Just so-so," replied Tip, modestly:
for he began to see certain defects in
the construction of his man. IF I'd
known we were going to travel to-
gether 1 might have been a little more
Particular
"Why. then." said the Pumpkinhead.
in tone that expressed surprise, you
must be my creator-my parents-my
fatherl'
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22
MY HUSBAND AND L
BY JANE PHELPS

C-ncerned, so l made my arrange
ments for the dinner for five.
Neil came home early. / was in the
dining room looking after the decora-
ton for the table when he came in.
He called Tonko. the butler, and or
dered what he wanted to drink cooled.
could not help gesture of discour-
agement. That was another thing
which had come with Neil's financial
success-the constant need Of stimu-
liant
The dinner was a jolly affair for
Blanche, who looked bsoluteiy
charming. tho in almost maddvning-
ly immodest dccollete. At first | was
embarrassed. accustomed as l was by
that time to the extreme in dress.
But l knew J also looked well. Sand
putting all uncomfortable thoughts
away. I exerted myself TO enterta. I
my husbands guests. ] would not al
low Mrs. Orton to monopolize them:
or to put me in the background.
Neil had cocktails served. and
Blanche Orto1 drank hers and then
begged for another one She drank
good deal of wine too. as did Nell.
Blanche fairly scintillated, b-i: rrost
of her conversation was directed at
Neil, her repartee flung at him. while
l was left to entertain the two busi-
ness mea.
They were plain sort of men. .-one
of them especially. Rather heavy end
silent One could easily see that. even
tho they were very ricn men-NeiI
had told me they were millionaircs-
that private home dinners were not
an everyday affair with them.
/ finally spoke of the business--oIi.
They could talk about that and talk
In so interesting q fashion that ] al
most forgot to watch Neil and
Blanche, or to pay any attention to
their conversation.
! But just before we rose from The
table. while liquors were beng served,
l heard her say:
IF people had little more sense
they never would mistake my uncon-
ventionality, which 1 shall never give
| up, for common, vulgar sinfulness
To be conventiona, myself. or be with
people who are. bores me to extInc-
ton"
1 realized perfectly that Blanche
( Orton would not allow herself to be
! Dored. and that consequently Neil
! must interest her OF she would not
devote her time to him. But what I
I could not understand was hts feeling
that. tho married. he could keep uD
| the same friendship with 1cr that had
/ existed before his marriage
tTo be continued tomorrow
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"Or your inventor" replied the boy
with a laugh "Yes. my son; really
believe I amt
Then l owe you obedience" con-
tinued the man, "and you owe me
support
That's it. exactly" declared Tip.
jumping up. $50 let us be off"
Where are we going?" asked Jack.
when they had resumed their journey.
I'm not exactly sure" said the boy;
'but 1 believe we are headed south.
and that will bring us, sooner or later.
to the Emerald City"
What city is that?" inquired the
Pumpkinhead.
why, it's the center of the Land
of OF. and the biggest town in all the
country. I've never been there. my
self, but I've heard ali about its his
tory. 1t was built by a mighty and
wonderful Wizard named Or. and ev-
erything there is of a green color
just as everything in this Country of
the Gil1ikins is of a purple color"
is everything here purple?" asked
Jack.
"Of course it is. Can't you see p"
returned the boy.
Il believe l must be color-blind,' -
said the Pumpkinhead, after staring
about him.
well. the grass is purple. and the
trees are purple. and the houses and
fences are purple" explained Tip.
Even the mud in the roads is purple.
But in the Emerald City everything is
green that is purple here. And in the
| Country of the Munchkins. over at the
East. everything is blue; and in the
South country of the Q1adlings every
thing is red: and in the West country
of the Wrinkles, where the Tin Wood
man rules, everything is yellow"
"Oh" said Jack. Then. after a
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22

harm, even that of self-protection
will be destroyed for many years to
come.
Tie allies will certainly present a
huge bill os damages. Germany has
ample resources to pay if giveA time.
She possesses mineral wealth of
enormous proportions; her coal and
potash mines having a potential value
estimated at over 100000, 900. 900.
large amounts of indemnity could
also be obtained by taxation upon
railroads. factories, trade, etc.
1t may be many years before Ger
many can hope to recover anything
approaching its former commercial
position among the nations of the
world. All talk of severe German
competition for recovery of the
worlds markets is moonshirR. 1t is
evident that the huge penalties which
she invited will handicap her foreign
commerce for years to come. giving to
her chief foes. America and Britain,
a lead and prestige which she can new
er again expect to match.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-03-22
i, LONG NEaDED REFORM.

1t is announced that Senator Curtis
will make an effort at the next ses-
sion of congress to have the date for
assembling in regular session changed
from December to March. The same
thing has been attempted many times
before and has failed. But with a
man of Curtis's energy, force and in
nuence behind it, it riay succeed.
There is much to be said in favor
of the change and title against it.
1t would remove from the hands of
the president for all time the power of
preventing a hostile congress from eX-
pressing the will of the people thru a
period of nine months. 1t would take
from one man the po ser to deny to
the people for nine months the bene-
fits of legislation necessary for the ef-
ficient operation of the government.
It would deprive the executive of the
tremendous power he now wields in
making recess appointments to fill all
vacancies in the government service
appointments that are dependent
solely on his own will, with no oppor-
tunity cor review by the senate for al
most a year. 1t would be a long step
in the direction of popular govern
ment by restoring to the peoples rep
fesentatives in congress powers now
exercised by the executive. and that
form one of the chief weapons of a
president with autocratic ideas.
If the congress were to come to-
Eether on the 5th of March the two
houses could organize at once. and
transact Immediately such Legislation
as failed in the preceding session. OF
enact such new laws as appeared tt
he for the welfare of the country. Il
the old congress had left a clean slate
and there was nothing to claim the
immediate attention of the senator:
and representatives. the two house!
could recess or adjourn for a week o.
a month as the circumstances seemed
to warrant.
BY such an arrangement the nev
congress would be technically in ses
sion from the moment of the expira
tiOn of the old. entirely Independent
OF the will of the president. ready I,
meet any situation that might presen
itself in our national affairs. TIL,
proposed reform should be accepted
by both political plrties.