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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

up his A. D. c. with some flowers.
Every day that week the general
called at the hospital and sat on her
bed (strictly against hospital regu-
lationsO And every day he called
at the little house in Saint Pol and
reported 1rene'S progress to her
anxious mother. After a bit Irene
was cured and went home, proud,
and very much in love!
Then came the winter. Irene will
never forget that winter and the
visits of the general. Sometimes he
would come alone on foot, tap on the
door and walk in for a homely chat;
at other times he would ride past
with his A. d. c. and flag bearer
and stop outside. And after that the
excitement of going to Paris, where
the general was arranging for her
instruction at a school where child
rem who are deprived, temporarily
or otherwise, of the use of limb are
taught some useful trade.
The blow fell suddenly. The gen.
eral was going to Egypt, and Irene
could not hide her tears. A few
months later Jerusalem was taken,
and Irene was the proudest girl in
France. Yet perhaps, if she had but
understood it-aS some day she will
pride on the first day of the battle
of Arras, in 1917. For on that day
General Sir Edmund Allenby, in the
very middle and crisis of the conflict
walked out of his office, at NOM
ent when he knew that for at least
half an hour he could get no more
useful information as to the progress
of the battle, went into a local
patiSserie and bought bag of buns
which he took around himself to
his little MANNED girl friend. Then
he walked quitely back. In a few
minutes his chief of staff brought
him the information he required, and
he calmly telephoned his orders for
the cavalry to advance
| AS an example of calm, that in
| cident-which is perfectly true-is
| hard to beat. And one day Irene
will know the real point about those
buns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

vice the duty could fall to no more
fit man than the present chief eXecu-
tive. His whole course since in
auguration has been such as to win
the confidence of the public regard
less of party and the constructive
policies of his immediate subordl-
mates have won the approval of men
in all walks of life, who feel that
Pennsylvania now has an admins
tration that not only means to get
a dollars worth for every dollar
spent, but is investing in things worth
while. The senior Senator comes TO
Harrisburg at time when the Re-
publican party in Pennsylvania
stands united as never before and
when Republicans in office are do
ing bigger things for the state
than ever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
Songs of CiDil War Days

Whatever may be the faults of our
generation, we are not guilty of a
certain form of mawkishness that
flourished during the Civil War. 1t
is expressed in many of the songs
that were popular sixty years ago.
Mother Would Comfort Me-" kiss
Me, Mother, Ere I Die" "Who Will
Care for Mother Now" Dear
Mother, I've Come Home to DIE"
Mother Dear, Your Boy Is Wound
ed" and so on through long list.
Mother love is too beautiful a thing
to be made ridiculous by arrant SEN
timentality. The reader who peruses
such songs of an earlier generation
must agree with Artemus Ward who
says of his contemporaries, "These
song writers air doin' the Mother
Bisiness rather too muchly." From
the Youths Companion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
Punish This Guilty One

United States soldiers, $40 a
month, were employed to build
roads in Southern States. They work
ed alongside negro civilians who
were paid SIS and Sc day. They
entered the Army to be soldiers.
Who did this? And why does not
the guilty one face charges in a
criminal court? The trail seems to
lead straight to the door of Secre-
tary Baker. There is no doubt of the
wrong done because Congress has
ordered the soldier-laborers paid on
the basis of the wages given to
negro laborers who worked with
them. 1t is not sufficient to pay the
soldiers the difference between $40
a month and $5 or Sc a day and
then let the affair drop. Hasn't the
United States Army had about
enough odium heaped upon it by
Baker?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
GENERAL ALLENBY AND
THE LITTLE MAID OF FRANCE
[From the Youths Companion. ]

"HE children of France, during
the great war, have won the
hearts of many soldiers Eng
lish and American. privates and Of
ficers. But they have had no more
teRder friend than General Allenby
the conqueror of Jerusalem, who
before he left France for the East
was affectionately known in many
French villages as lie bon General"
One who served with him has re-
Gently related the pretty story OF
some of his many friendships with
French and Belgian children. Now
that the war is over says the writer,
they are awaiting for him eagerly
In the little villages of Northern
France and Belgium, Marthe and
Sidonie, Aline, Irene with her bad
arm) and many others are waiting
for him on the chance that he will
come their way again one day-as he
promised.
Their hearts have not forgotten
"Allenby, lie bon General" 1t is
impossible to estimate how much
they will kiss him! Irene (who can
read the papers) is a little wistful
about it. and, oh! so jealous She
is AFRAID that, perhaps, during his
triumphant progress. her big friend
may have taken some little Arab
Cor even Turkish) children under
his wing-and the thought hurts
An what n friend he was! Neither
Irene nor her mother will ever for
get that dreadful day in Septembe
1916, when the enemy rained death
and destruction among the inhabi-
tants of Saint-Pol.
Madame remembers that the gen.
eral himself walked round the town
comforting the wounded and super
intending the arrangements for their
care. Irene only remembers the
burning, stinging pain in her arm
the finest face she had even seen
and then nothing more until she
woke up in a comfortable bed in a
British military hospital, to find the
kind faced mGtron smiling down or
her. That evening the general sent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
Coming Era of Literary Hotels

A sign of the dry times coming
may be the new method hit upon by
a North Carolinian for naming his
hotel. The New York Sun is author
ity for the fact that a new million
dollar" hostelry in the South Will De
called, by some illoSic, The y,
Henry" The portrait of the late Mr..
Porter, who used his pen-name, Will
hang in the lounging room, and illus
trations from his works will decorate
the other rooms. One can imagine a
Manhattan traveller asking for Bag
dad on the Subway" instead of a
lodging. The Sun rather welcomes
this deliverance from the use of the
names of kings and queens and
princes, etc, and takes little men,
tai excursion among the possibilities
of the innovation:
May we not soon see the Hotel
Henry James. with winding may
corridors and obscure corners; the
Thomas Hardy, far from the mad
dening crowd and famous for its
Gloom Room; the Tennyson, with a
brook running through the lobby
and a marble Sir Galahad frowning
on Peacock Alley; the Stevenson,
tarts in a pavilion on the links; the
Arnold Bennett, where the walters
will talk a great deal but arrive late
with the food (no Pretty Ladies well
GOMEZ; the Theodore Dresser, for
travellers of forty, the Defoe, with a
cave for patrons as we'll as goats:
the Poe, with mysterious prices; the
Mark Twain. with huckleberry fin
nan haddie; the Eugene Field, with
foods fresh from the Sabine Farm: !:
the Hergesheimer. where three black
pennies will be acceptable as a
tin
The idea adopted by this North
Carolina wise man should appeal to
publishers. who may be expected to
invest literally in hostelries bearing
the names of their favorite writer's.
Ay, the writer's themselves may
plunge into the hotel business. Spend
a week at the Harold Bell Wright
away from the Ewes of the World.
"Come to the Robert w. Chambers
and wear a Cardigan Jacket" The
Paths of Glory lead to the irwin Cobb.
The advertising possibilities are in
finite"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
AN ELEPHANT IN COURT

July IS, 1879, an elephant was
brought into court as a witness. The
action arose out of the visit of lady
to the Alexandra Palace, where a
Nubian encampment was attracting
crowds of people.
She went there in a pony carriage
and after the conclusion of the per-
formance a baby elephant came out.
with it's keeper, and frightened the
pony The pony bolted and the
plaintiff was thrown out and injured.
Counsel for the defense said the
elephant was willing to go into the
witness box to show it's harmless dis
position: and. the judge consenting,
the animal walked in, with bells on
its head and theaded it's way
through the maZes of the law as
though it had been used to courts
of justice all it's life.
Counsel for defense having no
questions to ask in cross examina-
ton, the animal withdrew. and, the
action being settled upon terms, the
judge remarked that the happy end
ing was highly proper, since the
elephant had come to offer its apollo
gies in person.-From Answers, Lon
don.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
By the Side of the Road

Let me live in a house by the side
of the road.
Where the race of men go by
The men who are good and the men
who are bad,
AS good and as bad as |.
l would not sit in the scorner's seat.
Or hurl the cynics ban
Let me live in a house by the side
of the road
And be friend to man."
II see from my house by the side Of
the road,
I?y the side of the highway CT life,
The men who press on with the ar
dor of hope,
Tie men who are faint with the
strife.
But l turn not away from their
smiles nor their tears
Both a part of the infinite plan
Let me live in a house by the side
of the road
And be friend to man."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
Shells in English Gardens

Talk of raids, the task of the sub
urban gardener is likely TO provide
la little supplementary excitement
during the next few seasons. While
digging in his garden the other day
resident of Manor Park unearthed
a loaded shell. During 1917 and the
first few months of last year an en-
ormous quantity of ammunition was
fired by the barrage guns in the
London district. An uncertain pro-
portion of this consisted of "duds,"
which, when they did no material
damage, were buried a few feet in
the earth. 1t is a crop which will
need careful arvesting.-From the
London Chronicle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
MIR. PENROSE'S VISIT

NENATOR PENROSE'S hearty
endorsement of the Capitol EN-
~ tension plans, which he saw for
the first time at the Capitol yester-
day, is in full accord with the Sena-
tors policy in respect to Harrisburg
as the seat of government. When
Philadelphia legislators would have
removed the Capitol to that city fol-
lowing the fire in 1897, Mr.. Penrose
came to the support of Harrisburg
and none did more to prevent the
proposed change than he. Again,
when the Capitol Extension plan was
in a critical stage before the Legis-
lature, Senator Penrose, here on a
visit somewhat similar to that of the
present, came out heartily in an
interview in the Telegraph and that
same evening in a public address at
the Board of Trade, urging the Leg
islature to put the bill for the land
purchase through and his was the
voice which carried most weight in
reaching that decision.
On every occasion, when public
utterance has been useful, and in
numerably in private conferences
and conversations, the senior Penn
sylvania Senator has not hesitated
to champion the interests of Harris
burg as the best location in the
State for the seat of government and
all of its activities, and for that
Harrisburg people are deeply CRATE
fur
What Senator Penrose has done
in this regard, has been of inestim
able advantages in the development
of the Capitol and its extensions, and
so in the growth and prosperity of
the city itself. In the present in
stance there is no contest, no dis
sension; the administration and the
Legislature are alike favorable to
the development as outlined for Mr..
Penrose's edification yesterday, but
1T is gratifying, ineed, to note that
the Senator is pleased with the work
ing out of the plan which he did
so much to make possible.
In commencing the judgment OF
Governor Sproul in the selection OF
such men as Colonel Martin for State
Health Commissioner and Lewis S
Sadler for State Highway Commits
sioner, Senator Penrose put into
words a belief that everybody hold:
who has any acquaintance with the
facts, and as Senator Penrese said
if by reason of any of the legislation
now under consideration there should
arise the necessity of filing vacan
cies in Philadelphia municipal SER
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

countries. allied in suppressing the
German menace, will see to it that
Russia do not suffer for lack of food,
and through supplying their need in
this respect it is believed will come
final adjustment in Russia and the
peace of the world.
But we in the United States must
see to it that Uncle Sans request
for loan sufficient to clean up the
remaining bills of the war is prompt
ly net, to the end that those who
provoke unrest and discomfort may
parent failure of the people to see
the thing through to the end.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
NOW THE ff-CENT TIP

He looked like country mer-
chant, maybe a hardware dealer or
banker in a small way. The girl at
the Union Station lunchroom had left
his check on the table and returned
to the kitchen. The man fumbled
for change as he arose from the
table. He found a dime and laid
it beside his plate, took his hat and
overcoat from the rack and started
away, but stopped in no mans land.
He fumbled in his pocket again
and extracted copper penny and
laid the 1-cent piece on the dime.
A satisfied expression on his face as
he sautered up to the cashiers desk
to settle his account
Having received his change and
purchased a 7-cent cigar he paused
again at the door until he saw the
right girl pick up her 11-cent tip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
United States of World

The day shall come when we shall
realize not only the brotherhood of
individuals but the essential unity
of all mankind. All are brothers:
all children of the same Father.
The barriers which divide nations
are artificial. I believe the time is
at hand when these barriers will fall.
like the walls of Jericho, before
Loves trumpet summons. when the
banner of brotherhood and freedom
will float forever over n new fedora
tion-the United States of the
Wor1d.-Tolstoy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

The Rev. James r. Cox, Pitts
burgh priest, is home from France
after service with a Western Penn
sylvania unit.
General +. F. Glenn, who COM
manded western Pennsylvanians at
Camp Sherman, says that Germans
are not dead yet and must be
watched.
General w. w. Atterbury, in
charge of railroads in France, will
not return for a month, according TO
what has been heard in Philadelphia.
The Rev. Joseph Welch, chap
lain of the eatsern penitentiary, has
finished fifty years connection with
the Methodist Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

~ ONT begin anything you think
you can't finish" is a bit of
advice often given those about
TO embark on perilous undertakings.
Had any one proffered it to us, as
Americans, when we went into this
war with Germany, We would have
replied:
Don't worry; we'll finish it, all
right"
And we would have meant it. We
would have fought anybody who
might have insinuated We did not.
So, indeed, we must finish it.
The Hun is beaten. The Kaiser
is dethroned. Germany is in the
dust.
But the war is not over.
American soldiers ''over there"
paid their war debt to the last full
measure of their devotion"
But some of our war debts still
remain to be paid. Uncle Sam
doesn't ask us to give him the money.
He says:
Here, Mr.. American, need some
money to pay war debts created to
save you from the sword and torch
of the Hun. I'm willing to pay you
4a4 per cent. and return the money
in four years. Will you buy?"
And what will you say to that?
Will we finish this war?
Sure, we will?
That means we must buy bonds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
Sunny Colorado
(From the Outlook.)

A hotel in Colorado town bears
huge sign on which are the words.
Free Board on Days when the Sun
Doesn't Shine" This offer, it is said,
was first made in 1912, and since
that time only three days, December
4, 1913, December IS. 1914. and Feb
ruary 81. 1918, have passed on which
there was no sunshine and guests
could claim their privilege of free
meals. Can any other state show a
|years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
EcceSS Profits

The ministers have drawn up a
bill on boxing wherein the admission
limit will be so cents per head. Can
you imagine headlines such as these:
"Quicksand. Ariz., Guarantees VIII
lard and Dempsey S19.23 for Big
Bout?"-Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22


the war. Its success is quite as
vital as was the victory OF our
military forces in the field. we
urge you to support II iberallF:
The effect on the industries OF
the country of an oNersuoscrlp-
ton of the loan would be most
stimulating in creating a pros
perity in which all would share.
This is phase of the matter
which ought to be understood ana
thoroughly appreciated by the aver
age American citizen. This country
was responsible for ending the war
in tho right way and it must finish
the job by supplying the necessary
funds to pay the bill. Any failure
through lack of public interest
would be seized upon by the leaders
of unrest and the incipient Bolshe-
viks on this side of the water as an
evidence of public discomfort and
dissatisfaction with the Government.
Two significant things have tran
spired within the week to reassure
the nervous element of our popula-
ton regarding the spread of the
Russian menace in this country
Count Tolstoy declared in Harris
burg the other night that Bolshevism
could not find lodgment in this coun-
try because of the wide diffusion OF
knowledge regarding our system oil
Government and the liberty which
is enjoyed by the masses of ou,
people.
Almost in the same hour, leader
of the Danish people declared that
the apostles of unrest would find nc
fruitful soil in his country because
of the widespread education of the
people.
In short wherever people are
awake to their own welfare, they
are giving no encouragement to the
leaders of destruction here or else.
where. Even the most careless oi
our own people cannot help realiz.
| ing what has resulted in Russia as
a consequence of the impossible
theories of the Soviet rulers.
Starvation and inconceivable suf.
| fering have followed the impossible
attempt at a new order of things
sinct the revolution in Russia, and
| it will scarcely be contended that
any number of American people car
| be induced to try the experiment or
this side of the ocean.
Just in proportion as our owr
people take their place in the Gov
ernment through the support of wal
| loans and the other activities will
they demonstrate to the mischief.
makers abroad the difference be
tween liberty and license. Recently
a soldier declared that lit is Il cast
of all good Americans pulling to
gether and making this America fol
Americans" This sentiment is grow
ing throughout the country. Tht
appeals of the late Colonel Roosevelt
are finding lodgment in the heart
of the people and, though dead, h,
yet speaketh.
Bolshevism must be crushed no
only in Europe, but wherever /
shows its ugly head. Gradually it /:
being realized that intervention il
Russia through force of arms at thi
time would be serious blunder anc
the people in that unhappy country
through much tribulatioh and suffer
ing, must work out their own saliva
tion The United States and othe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
it or not otherwise credited in this
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, 1919-04-22

To be happy is not the purpose of
our being but to deserve happiness
Fichte.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

Organized cooks, walters and wait
resses in El Paso. Texas, have secur-
ed new wage scale which makes no
distinction because of sex.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Brick used in construction of
the first Capitol were burned in
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is still ship
ping materials for use in recon-
Struction of France?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

Postmaster General Burleson may be
a popular official, but nobody has dis
covered the fact.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

The Oklahoma state legislature has
amended the state compensati ton law
favorably with similar Legislation i'm
other states.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

The average wages of Iaborers in
the factories of India during the past
year were generally somewhat lower
factories
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
LABOR NOTES

Employers in Great Britain who
are paying less than the minimum
wage have been warned that they
will be proceeded against by the gov
ernment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

The Massachusetts, Legislature has
passed a bill to prohibit night work
in bakeries despite the ruling by the
State Attorney General that such ac-
tion is unconstitutional
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

Car building gnd repairing and iron
and steel show the greatest increases
in pay rolls for the past year. In
the former the increase amounted to
5S.1 per cent, and in the latter, S3.S
per cent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
WE'LL FINISH 1T

~ ONT begin anything you think
you can't finish," is bit of
advice often given those about
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
SEEING IT THROUGH
ISCUSSING the Victory Liberty
Loan, a prominent publicist
- observes

The Victory Liberty Loan will
probably be the last popular Ma
tional loan in connection with
the war. Its success is quite as
vital as was the victory of our
military forces in the field We
urge you to support it literally:
The effect on the industries of
the country of an oversubscrip-
ton of the loan would be most
stimulating in creating a pros
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22

More millions Of dollars invested
in manufacturing, mining and vari-
Gus other enterprises were represent
ed at the conference held in the
Supreme Court chamber to-day on
the compensation act than seen here
in long time. The big railroads.
coal and steel and other companies
all had picked men here and the
aggregate of the money they repre-
sented would seem almost like u
Liberty Loan.