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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Remarkable Tribute
[From the New York SUM-

tFrom the New York Sun.1
oyster Bay is not the easiest place
in the world to get to. Travelling by
rail 1t is at the end of a devious
branch line. BY motor it is off the
beaten path, far from the main roads
which lead to and from the popular
place of. Long Island.
And yet we read that every Sum-
day Americans go. not by hundreds
but by thousands, to Sycamore Hill
to see the place where man has
lain in his grave since last January.
There was nothing in the way of
speech or ceremony to attract the
1000 pilgrims who went in the pitt
less heat of last Sunday.
Sometimes il has seemed as If
Americans were a people careless of
great memories; and then something
without plan. something spontane-
ously rising from the depths, the
real national heart, occurs and
proves that the apparent forgetful-
ness is only a mask.
In this case the something is the
professions up the distant hill OF
grateful men and women to whom
Theodore Roosevelt was the ideal
American
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
The Menin Way

Along the cobbled Menin Way
The wine and wool were sent,
And market wagons every day
To Ypres and Menin went,
And oh! the laughing women sat
and sewed
Before their houses on the Menin
road.
There are no houses now; the rain
In pools where they have been
Lies deep; or out up on the plain
A few frail walls may lean;
And oh! the little children must not
play
With what they find beside the
Menin way.
And / remember gallant men
And lads who fought and died,
And think of all their laughter when
They said good-bye-and died;
For 90! it's not too bad" they used
to say,
along the Armentieres and Menin
way"
Punch. London.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Influence
[Forbes Magazine.1

The only influence worth having
is the influence you yourself create.
Money can be bestowed or be-
queathed by a rich man, but the
things most worth while cannot.
The man who wields a wide,
wholesome, helpful influence is the
man who has mastered both his Job
and himself, the man who has ac-
quired wisdom by painstaking study,
effort and experience, the man whose
parts and character are respected by
others, the man whose personality
inspires admiration. the man whose
achievements testify to his worth.
The influence possessed by others
cannot do much for you unless you
have done something to enlist their
influence on your behalf.
A letter of introduction cannot do
that. An invitation to lunch or
dinner in order to meet the man
whose influence you court cannot
do It,
You have to make your own i'm
preston upon him. You have to do
something or say something or ex-
hibit something that convinces him
you are all right. that you will meas
ure up to expectations. that you will
fill the bill, that you will deliver the
goods.
You have, in other words, to sell"
your worth to him.
Deliver the goods.
Part of your reward will consist
of Influence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Found Americans Cropping

lPhilip Gibbs in Harper's MagazineI
At dinner parties and evening
receptions 1 met the different actors
in the great drama of American
life, and found them, in that time
of armistice, desperately earnest
about the problems of peace, In
the policy of President Wilson,
divided hopelessly in ideals and
convictions. so that husbands and
wives had to declare a No Mans
Land between their conflicting
views, and looking forward to the
futures with profound uneasiness be-
cause of the threat to the splendid
isolation" of the Monroe Doctrine
they saw it crumbling away from
them-and because (more alarming
stilD they heard from afar the first
capital and labor.
They spoke of these things frank
~, with an evident sincerity and with
a fine gravity-women as well as
men, young girls as fearlessly and
intelligently as bald-headed business
men. Many of them deplored the
late entry of the United States into
the war, because they believed their
people would have gained by longer
sacrifice. With all their pride in
the valor of their men. not one of
them in my hearing used a braggart
word or claimed too great share in
the honor of victory. There was
fear among them that their Presi-
dent was abandoning principles of
vital import to their country, but no
single man or woman l met spoke
seltishly of Americas commercial
or political interest and among
all the people with whom 1 came
in touch there was a deep sense of
responsibility and a desire to help
the world forward by wise action on
the part of the United States.
Their trouble was that they had
lacked clear guidance, and were
cropping blindly about for the right
thing to do, In practical, common
sense way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
The Underpdid Professor
[From the Reyiew.l

He is being cramped and humili-
ated on all sides, is conscious that
he is becoming Quasi-miserly
through over attention to pennies
in fact, is himself living a petty and
sordid life, and, what is much
worse, sees those he most cares for,
and for whom he is responsible in
volved in the same destiny. He will
lingly took on the vow of poverty
for himself, perhaps. but not for
them. He would go into plumbing
II he knew enough. He is in the
clutch of an out-and-out exasperat-
ing experience, one that is destruc-
tive both of his dignity and his self
respect.
Whether, under this harrow, he
reveals Bolshevoid tendencies or not,
a man in such a mood ought not to
be teaching our sons. He Is bound
to be wearied and distraught, IL not
bitter and cynical. 1t takes enthusi-
asm and fervor to fire the heart of
youth. There Is call for the clear
and equable mind, sufficiently at
rest as respects its own concerns to
be able to spare that force upon
which his charges ought to have the
right to draw. AS things now go,
the best men will keep out of teach
ing. and presently the inferior ones,
less robust and resistant of nom
sense, may actually fall. as some
have already fallen, into the status
or suggestible malcontents. The
heads of most professors are not
yet weak enough for Bolshevism; !;
but certain journals that dish up
brain softening compounds, full of
insinuation and suggestions are far
too popular among them. To such
influences they are becoming ever
more "open-minded." This is dan
gerous. If the cure of Russian Boil
shevism is more food, the prophy-
laxis of professional Bolshevism is
more salary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
PIONEERING

CLARENCE E. zORGER address
ing the Harrisburg Rotary Club
~ on his work as superintendent
of special activities in the Harris
burg public schools, drew attention
to the increased opportunity for
community work in this city and ex-
pressed his intention of taking full
advantage thereof.
We have the School Board and
DR.. Downes to thank for that-also
,or the engagement of Mr.. Zorger to
perform the service The two junior
nigh school buildings and the Tech
lical school are ideally equipped for
community work. They have ample
gymnasium room for evening classes,
volley ball and basketball contests,
and the auditoriums are large and
can be used for all manner of neigh
borhood gatherings. Night schools
can be conducted there, on a large
scale. for both old and young.
To develop this line OF school
work will not be easy. 1t is COM
paratfvely new in Harrisburg and
will have to be carried along slowly
and carefully at first, until it grows
In momentum and popularity.
The need is here. Just how best
to meet 1t remains to be worked out
1t is not right that the school houses
should work only five hours a day
for five days in the week and ten
months in the year. Nor is it wise
to provide all manner of recreation
activities for old and young during
the summer months only to allow
those who take advantage of them
to shift entirely for themselves dur.
ing the winter.
1t is the belief of those who have
given thought to the matter that
discomfort can be greatly lessened
and the standard of citizenship
materially raised by giving to every
man, woman and child who desires
1t the opportunity to take his or
her place in the community. The
school house community center is
only step toward the neighborhood
club, built and operated by the city,
and open to everybody. Time will
come when every ward will have
such a building. Just now. how
ever, we must confine ourselves m
the pioneer work of proving tho
value OF that form of service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Bishop J. r. Berry will preside
at the Methodist conference at
Uniontown.
M. L. Montgomery, we'll known
in Lehigh county affairs, is i'll at
Allentown.
Mayor Arthur M. Scully, for
merely in Harrisburg newspaper
work, is home after service in the
army in Germany.
William A. Law, Philadelphia,
banker, and Vance c. Mccormick,
chairman of the War Trade Board,
have been named on Atlantic City
Trade Conference Committee.
Mgr. Bernard McGiveny has re-
tired after 80 years notable church
service at Dubois.
General r. c. Davis, adjutant to
Pershing, is to be guest of his home
city of Lancaster.
-F'reeland Kendrick, prominent
in the Shriners. has gone on trip
to Western states.
DIR. II. B. Haskell. president of
Beaver College. has resigned to take
I'D work in New York.
u. G. Lyons, Warren business
man, has been elected president of
the National Petroleum Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
In An Attic
GBy D. B. Van Buren.1

[By d. B. Van Buren.1
Into a dusky land of dreams
The sunlight falls in NOTED beams
Where lie, in ordered disarray,
The relics of an elder day;
Dead scents of lavender and
thyme
Still linger in the dust and CRIME,
While through the sleepy after
noon
whispering of long-forgotten
noon
The wind that round the attic
sings.
And as ir pipes its world-old song,
Pale shadows rise, a phantom
throng
OF quaint. fantastic bellies and
beaux
Who lived and loved long, long
ago,
The shattered mirrors dusty face
Reflects a spectral beauty's grace,
While stretched across two arm
less chairs
A grim old codger writhes and
swears;
A testy sufferer, no doubt,
From twinges of a ghostly gout,
Such visions of the past it
The wind that round the attic
sings.
Deep hidden underneath the
caves,
Where his frail home the spider
weaves,
An old worm-eaten cradle stands,
Carved by unremembered hands:
And filtered sunbeams softened
Where bends the fairest face of
all,
Lit with immortal radiance,
Defying death and time and
chance,
And as the zephyr passes by
1t croons an ancient lullaby,
Soft as the sweep of angels
wings
The wind that round the attic
sings.
Yon antique spinet's chords are
hushed,
Its vibrant strings together rust,
Voiceless and mute, the silent
keys
cShO iiO ihoi . tON0 udTIIlOI1lcS1
Yet ever DER the keyboard strays
The fllmy hand of one who
plays
A form in crinoline and bands,
While close beside another stands
Whose gently prying fingers seek
The ringlet on her cheek;
Still, as the airy fingers touch
Once more the keys that told so
much,
The winds Aeolian minstrelsy
Evokes a phantom melody
In plaintive murmurs from the
strings
The wind that round the attic
sings.
Through the long autumn after
noon
Ever 1t drones its drowsy tune,
While all the peopled corners
stare
With lofty, supercilious air
At one, who with unhallowed feet
Invades the spiders last retreat
A year or so too soon, at most,
For fellowship with bat and
ghost;
And then? Why. then, as oft
before,
The ghosts will welcome one
ghost more
Such melancholy presage brings
The wind that round the attic
sings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
OUR STATION NEEDS

INDICATIONS that Pennsylvania
Railroad authorities are consid-
ering the building of a union
station adjacent to the State Me-
mortal Bridge to be erected at State
street are not lacking. Superin-
tendent Elmer's open declaration in
favor of such a building in a speech
before the Rotary Club recently was
reflected in the discussions before
the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings on Thursday of this week.
Harrisburg is sorely in need Of .
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Friendly Trees

(From Poems" by Herbert
Trench, published by E. P. Dutton
& Coz
o dreamy gloomy, friendly Trees,
1 came along your narrow track
To bring my gifts unto your knees
And gifts did you give back;
For when brought this heart that
burns
These thoughts that bitterly re-
pine
And laid them here among the ferns
And the hum of boughs divine,
Ye, vastest breathers of the air,
Shook down with slow and
mighty poise
Your GOODNESS on the human care,
Your wonder on its toys,
Your greenness on the hearts des-
pair,
Your darkness on it's noise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
VETERANS OF THE CROSS

VTTHAT fine thing Stevens Me-
w mortal church did yester,
day and Saturday, when 1t
entertained the veteran members
of the congregation in honor of their
long and faithful service to the
church. 1t is remarkable that this
congregation embraces fifty-six men
and women between the ages of 10
and 80. Length of church member
ship indicates church interest and
church interest betokens good home
training and is reflected in right-liv-
ing. Honor thy father and thy
mother that thy days may be long
upon the earth which the Lord thy
God giveth thee" is more than a
high sounding precept. 1t works out
in life. as any one of these Veterans
of the Cross might testify.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Keeping 1t Dark
(From Blighty. London).

IFrom Bighty, London1.
Master of the House-Why did
you tell the mistress what time /
came in this morning, after l ex-
pressly paid you and told you not
to do it?
The Cook-Sure, sir, an OF didn't
tell her. She asked me what time
you got in, an OF tould her Oi was
so busy getting the breakfast that
OF didn't look ct the clock
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Elm Most Popular Tree

The consensus of opinion seems to
be that the white elm, or American
elm. is our most popular tree. 1t is
a shapely, dignified producer Of
shads anA grows over Q large area
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22

Members of the Associated Press-Ths
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
all rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
A LethdI AnSWer

(From Punch, LondonJ
A laundry company's announce
ment on the advertisement screen
of a provincial mi sic hall:
"Why kill the wife?
Let us do your dirty work."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
DO YOU KNOW

Harrisburg is ROW ono of
the chief freight car repair
places?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22

Education is capital to the poor
man, and interest to the rich mdH.-
HORACE MANN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

-Harrisburg's baseball grounds
used to be up in what is now the =
Eleventh ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
Pssst;ca ~
Ps~na4sSasIo
BY the Ex-Committccman

TWO matters connected with the
Pennsylvania primary of last Tues
day are causing comment not only
In newspapers within this State,
but in New York and Washington.
This Is due to the prominence of
The men whose political future is
involved in what happens in the
next six or seven months. to the
enormous preponderance of Repub-
hcans in registration in the cities,
the collapse of the Democratic
party and to the blunders made by
election officers in various parts of
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other
places. 1t is always fashionable for
commentators to work over time
when anything seems wrong with
the ballot in Pennsylvania, but this
time more evidence of carelessness
to the surface.
1t seems to be generally agreed
that the results of the Republican
primary have assured the return of
Senator Boies Penrose to the Uni
ted States senate and that Cover
nor William c. Sproul is a greater
force than ever in State politics.
Furthermore, example of the Gov
crnor in challenging the party lead
ership in his county when it failed
to rise to the occasion and ignored
dry sentiment and many other
points which have become recog-
nized in sane politics will be follow
ed in many other parts of the State
as circumstances require.
There is considerable talk of in
dependent nominations in county
and municipal affairs. Some may
/ develop, but in most places such
talk furnishes vehicle for relief
of feelings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22

The Socialists do not seem to
have been active this year, while
in some divisions in Jefferson and
other up State counties, not q
Democratic vote was cast
The Washington herald., 1919-07-04
cLANG or CONC
STARTS BATTLE
Champion and Challenger
Are Physically Fit, Say
Club Physicians.

Toledo. July a-Less than twenty
four hours and the cIang of a gong
win send inte battle the biggest cham
pion that ever held the title ana one
Of the most promising chaIIengers in
pugilistic history.
Jess willard and Jack Dempsey will
match their prowess in the largest
fistic arena ever built before the
greatest crowd that ever assembled TO
see a pugilistic contest. They will
fight twelve rounds. unless q knock
out victory intervenes.
Physicians for the Toledo Athletic
Club have pronounced both glad-
iators physically perfect Dempsey
unquestionably is in marvellous con-
dition. Critics are not unanimous
that Willard lis as fit as the chaI-
lenger. but Jess is satisfied
Toledo was fight crazy today. Streets
and hotels swarmed with fans from
every quarter OF the nation. II was
the same old fight crowd multiplied
ten times. Fistic celebrities rubbed
elbows with men known in ever,
other walk of life. Leagues OF nations
and peace treaties and such things
mattered no more than Yesterdays
breakfast. The fight was the thing.
Early tomorrow the mobs will sween
on the arena. Long before mid
morning the bleachers probably will
be packed. A score OF forehanded
enthusiasts already were on the lob
at bleacher gates this afternoon with
their blankets and packages of lunch
ready to spend The night
Tex Rickard announced today thar
Dempsey and Willard will be in the
ring and ready to start at $50 y, m.
tomorrow.
The weather man threw the sponge
into the ring today
Not a breeze in sight: not a cloud
IN slght he murmured. and rs he
turned and beat it he promised a tenn
perature Of fully 80 all day tomorrow
for the Willard-Dempsey battle.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-04
LATONIA RESULTS.

FIRST RACE = Sir furIonrs Trusty. ia
lhur7yl. SD 500. 80: Mcvex. IO5 CThnrher).
SIC, $50; David Craig 40 (Robjnspn) 2so
Irne. l:3 Napthalius. Maude R.con. Man.
ganee. Brsk. I'd Garrison Columbia Tenn.
Lanceiot Broom Sveep. also ran
SECOND RACE-Pive and oue-h.If tJrlor,r-s
AblA1e los tW1Ils. H1 900 SO: Purl Inb
tHovnd). 80. SD: Spartan Boy, Iof iCan-
neidl, Sn Time. G IS woodford Enm.
j.. Rapad Suide Miss Nell. Mnsic Man Tom
Logan. JACK Pnce. W. r Montsomery, Best
hof. also nan
THIRD RACE-Pive and onehalf fur,onv.
BLACK Pnnoe, LIS (PooD. q %. SO lso. ster-
ing, III tConneilyl. 20. $40; The Swimmer
rs CHanoveri. 80 Time. 17 IS Frank W
Bresdman. ne Pirate. Capt. Tony, Peccant.
Parnl. PyI. also nan
FOURTH RACE - ssr furioorz senni,v.
Parx. Id ORooinsonl 40. SO. 500; sv,y. IN,
tHowardo, $50. IN; Cali 'Cs1rci, 100 FThurherl
so Time. l:l1 Is Ragpipe Lady Fair Play'
hzrse John Linden. By Heck. also ran
FIFTH RACE-Oue mile 81 Augustine ,os
y. Howard. 80. $50. zD: Lively, l6 POOL.
80 SD; Leocharus. us nnusfordl. SO Time,
- - Bufod and Grey Eagle also ran,
SIXTH RACE-One and one-sixteenth miles
Courmnnd. uo fThurbnl. so. 3s. $50: Gen.
Haig. no tMorys). 40 Sd; Candle Light. no
lPEi. SD Tine. 1ss IS Early Spring. La
Fondre. Foster Emby. Commando. caczmbo.
Hadnan. Wave. Buno.na. Caraway, also nm
SEVENTH RAcE-Lucky n, I@ tConpoIlyl.
$50 80. SO. Dulop. LIZ CHanorer). IN.
80; Fair. Orient. IL tPooD. In. Tine. is Is,
nniac. Jack oDowd. Butcher Boy. Rediand,
Georxe Duncan. Thistle Green. Senator James.
First Troop. Ulster Queen also ran.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-04
Griffmen Defeat Higgins
! CreW in Final of Series
: Yankees Halted by Walter
Johnson S Great Pitch
ing, 10.

Clark Grimth's band of Nationals
won the rubber game of the series
from Wee Miller Higgins Yankees
yesterday at the Florida Avenue Sta
dunn. with a grand finale before in
vading the Gothamite's bailiwick. by
1-to-S count
Walter johnson and Ernie Shore had
q pitchers duel as both yielded the
same number Of hits. but the Smoke
ball King received the breaks. while
his opponent was touched up for three
doubles and a triple; the Kansas Cy-
clone was holding the wrecking crew
Of the invaders safe all the way. Shore
was in danger several times. but his
support pulled him out of the tight
SPOTS
"A On two occasions the first man up
for the Nationals opened with a hit.
and his team mates failed to advance
him Judge doubled in the third, after
two were down. but neither Leonard
nor Milan could score him with hit.
Sam Rice tripled in the fourth, but
Shore frightened and there was no
scoring. The Yanks were only dam
gerous in the sixth and final Home
left in the sixth and Duffy Lewis fol-
put the Trapp farmer on second. where
Charity picked him OF with a quick
peg to Grover. In their final turn at
the bat the Gothamites opened with a
single by Lewis. his second for the
game. and. after two were down.
Charity picked him of the bag with
= quick peg to Judge. No Yankee saw
the hot corner.
Roger Peckinpaugh. the great short
stop of the Yankees. got two more
hits in the contest, which brings his
consecutive hitting up to twenty-five
hits i'm twenty-five games. Roger also
contributed two great plays when In
the fourth he raced over back OF
second and picked up Shank's grass
cutter and peggtd him out at Pipp's
corner. Again. in the sixth. he picked
a bad bounder from the bat OF Leon
ard and pegged him ut at the first
sack by an eyelash.
= Joe Judge opened the attack on
Shore in the Nationals half of the
opener. when he doubled to right.
Leonard sacrificed Joe to the far cor
ner. and Milan scored Judge with a
lorg iy to Bodie. The Griffs got two
hits OF Shores slants IN the fifth.
before a man was out. but the neces-
ssry punch was lacking to bring in
the runner.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-04
AQUEDUCT RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-FIvs furiongs snit. II,
tLofhusl, to 5. l to 4. ont: BrynhiId. los
tAmbrosel, to 5. to Z: Acid Test F (ste,leI
! TO g. Tine. LOO Is. Plain Heather and
Midian also ran.
SECOND RACE-About 2 miles Mohic,n
% tPowersl, to |. . to l. even Rronze Eagle
l1 Crawford. s to ). } to S: The Dean, 10
tNiuiamsl. to s. Time $40 Is Tonv Rec
Buoharan Brady, stradivarius. Cor~ a Corns
ba'heiors Bliss, Dave Campbell, Mile MAXINE
also ran i
THIRD RACE-Six frrlones.- Leading Star
il4 walls. to to 1. TO S; nv Friend
lIz 'Loftus1, to |. 7 to s; Rodgers. lns (K.L
sayl. to Time. Ill rs L'Erare, Ralus-
trade. Chasseur. Tckhsh, also ran
FOURTH RACE-Oue mile Couub;ne III
lCaroiD' to ]. to 1. to s; Cobalt Las,
lOl tRiclIcTerkl. 5 to l. q TO 1; Rose Dor lo7
tNoian), 10 s. Time. 1a9 rs Garnet sveeo
"a. ouietude. Athlone, yi7so. Fruit OAke
also ran
FIFTH RAcELone mila rsntalu. ,cs tF,.-
tor' 10 to l. to l. to l; John T. Day. M
thetay). even ! TO 3: Goldvala 20 (C.rroTD
even Tine. l@ 70. Mis- Steriinr. Cain
Snr1nR. Joan OF Arc Stitch in TIm. Cba1..
Francis. Starter. Saddle Rof Dragon Rnck
Chrster Two. Piurenzi also ran
SIXTH RACE-Fi'e furlongs Cobvshs IT'S
,hnappl' TO z To S. to. 4; Gema, us
tkelsay1. S to = 7 to 5; Flying Flows. rs
tAmrse'. l TO j. Time. od IS Bryurar.
Ladythe. Indis7stion. Sea Serprnt. OnrsbelI.
Lovely Orleans Gin. sub Ros-. also ran.