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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-18
DEAR FOLKS:

i When all OF us pull
ourselves together and try
to qualify under the banner
I-"PURITY."
The occasion calls for seri.
GUS thought as regards oul
conduct in both our busi.
ness and private affairs.
| think we all realize now
that business is not exempt
from the Moral Code.
1T has to carry the banner
of "PURITY" if it is to get
anywhere in public esteem.
| wish to call your attention
to the fact that this word
"PURlTH" consists of six
letters and fits in with the Cycle
of Six which plays SO big part
in the Wilson & Co. business.
But | want to tell you also that
) While all the other things that
enter into the Cycle of Six are
important not one of them has
the place in the Real Heart OF
the Wilson & Co. organization
that the word PURITY" has
The officials and the 25,O00
workers arc all impressed with
the importance of PURITY"
i'll food production.
Producing PURE FOODS is
the business of Wilson & Co.
and officials and workers realize
that there is no closer relation
ship in all the world between
any form of business and the
people than that OF dispensing
PURE FOOD.
The Wilson & Co. organization
has fitted itself to produce
| PURE FOODS by establishing
within itself those relations be-
tween officials and workers that
are necessary to bring about. abb
solute confidence in one another
and to work on the big principle of
giving one another as well as the
public a SQUARE DEAL, which to
my notion, is one of the highest
forms of PURITY" ,s... e..
Does not this spirit influence their
thoughts and actions, and does it
not make them put Honor in their
work?
PURITY" in foods is essential just
as PURITY" in all else that makes
life useful, helpful, clean and un-
selfish is necessary.
Shall we unite during this week our
PURE FOOD THOUGHTS with
our other thoughts, eliminating
Sunday morning next with a fine
breakfast of ham and eggs or bacon
and eggs?
1t is one of the traditions of Easter
Sunday--as old as the hills-that we
shall observe the day, so far as our
physical needs are concerned, by
stuffing ourselves with eggs anyway
but starting the day always with
a slice of fine ham or slivers of ba-
con.
Don't you remember as boys and
girls back on the farm, how you
hunted hens nests long before
Easter and gathered great numbers
of eggs for that day?
Most of you are so situated now,
that you can't gather eggs as in the
old days.
YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM.
Wouldn't you like to be SURE that
you could buy as good eggs as you
used to find in the hens nest?
Let me tell you that you can buy
such eggs. Go to your dealer this
week and ask for CLEARBROOk
| EGGS, sold by Wilson & Co. under
the slogan THE WILSON LABELA
PROTECTS YOUR TABLE"
! They will measure up to your expec-
! tatiops as to what Easter eggs should
| be.
| Then ask the same dealer to let you
have some of the Wilson & Co. GER
! Titled HAM AND BACON-recent-
ly introduced through dealers in all ,
sections of the country.
If you want good COFFEE ask your
dealer to supply you with Wilson'S,
CERTIFIED BRAND BLUE LAB
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-18
She's GLAD TO TELL
Her JOYOUS STORY

Mrs. @. B. w, Talley, No. 172
South Coopertown road, Upper
Darby Branch, Philadelphia p. o.,
says she's glad to tell her joyous
story of how she was built into
tower of strength: II suffered from
stomach trouble and nervousness.
and it began to be nearly a question
of kill or cure for me. | was down.
right ill. After 1 started to use Tan
lac L commenced to have turn for
the better and have steadily i'm
proved ever since. l recommend
Tanlac because it's wonderful
tonic. and it was through Tanlac 1
was built up"
The genuine j. I. Gore Co. Tanlac.
is sold here by Gorgas', Georges.
Kramer's, Steevers and other lead
ing druggists in every community.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15


TT WAS bright busy morning in the
l. office of the Dearborn Independent.
Henry Ford in his editors sanctum had
scattered crumbs of bread on the window
sill for the birds and was deep in the
composition OF his weekly humorous page.
The managing editor wheeled his rubber
! tired desk up toward the stained glass win
dow representing Integrity triumphing
| over Sloth), adjusted his wind shield, gave
one or two preliminary honks and started
| off on high gear to ascend tho heavy grade
of a leading article on the Peace Confer
ence.
AS lie rounded a sharp curve into the
| third paragraph n proofreader approached
with worried face. In his hand he held
the manuscript of an article for the next
weeks issue.
What are We going to do about this?'
he said
The managing editor released his clutch
and muftied his exhaust.
What is it?" he asked.
why. this stuff the Boss bought the
| other day. Some one came in and sold
| him a bunch of epigrams. He passed them
on to me; said they were the brightest,
newest things he had read in a long time
| That's just the kind of thing we need he
said--some of the homely truths that
have never been uttered
We'll. what's the matter with homely
| truths?" said the managing editor Truths
are still true even if they're homely."
Look at EN-" said the proofreader.
The managing editor took the sheet. AT
the top, in Henrys hand, was written
New Spark.ers for Our Readers" Tn
derneath were the following:
4 stitch in time SdreS Hiac.
Be sure you are right and then 90 ahead.
Eternal ri0ilance is the price Of liberty
Nothing succeeds like success.
| Az Is not gold that 0littcrs.
The loue Of money is the root OF all eril.
Necessity knorcS no ldJc.
Can the Ethiopian change his SEmP
| Kind hearts arc more than Coronets.
| There is a limit at aChich Jorbedrdnce
| ceases to be rirtue.
This is terrible" said the managing
editor "Wc can't print those. DO you
mean to say the Boss bought them?"
Gave the author five hundred dollars
for EN-"
We'll look here" cried the editor in a
| panic, run out and buy copy Of Bart.
lett's Familiar Quotations for the Boss If
| this news gets around among the authors.
we'll have him paying good money for the
serial rights OF the Book of Proverbs
Hurry up, man, or Well 60 bankrupt"
Just then a musical Chime sounded
| through the Office and the editor sprang
10 his feet. There goes tho bell" he said.
| That means the Boss has finished another
article. Ter minutes recess for every
| body"
The door of the. sanctum opened and
| Henry came out, his blue eyes shining
with enthusiasm. In his hand was a roll
of manuscript.
"Ah," he cried on seeing the editor, "I
have discovered how to do It, Before writ.
! ing my article l sat down and read the
multiplication table. How splendid it is,
and it's all truel 1t gives one such n
grasp Of essential facts. OF underlying
principles. The great truths are SO smpIe
don't you Think"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
THE CHAFFING DISH

whether by blazing hearth. steam radiator
or lodging house gas stove. what a mood
of relaxation and content comes when
working boots are taken off and the old
pair Of scuffed foo; -easies put on. And
We like to think what it must mean to the
demobiized soldier, fer there are no slip
pers in the army.
There must be some subtle connection
between the brain and the feet, for how
much better and happier Is ones thinking
when the slippers are on. Our Oriental
friends, who wear slippers and sandals so
much more than We do, lerhaps do not
appreciate them as much. Slippering is
high art; it is a luxury and symbol
of momentary truce with the world. Too
much Of it is enervating; and to wear Slip
pers in the morning, unless one is i'll,
savors of slovenly languor. Hence the
unpleasant associations of the innocent
word sFpShod But after a hard days
work, to drop ones boots tC the floor with
a satisfying thump get on the friendly
moccasns oH peace and pick up book or
pipe or knitting is testimony Of limo.
cence and quiet mind. 1t would be hard
to think Of IIndenburg or Trotsky in
slippers
And by slippers. Of course, we do not
mean those absurd little needless jimcracks
the ladies call mules" Heelless Garnet
slippers are just as bad. They hang pre-
cariously by the big toe when you raise
your foot above the floor Probably they
were the undoing Of Achilles. We will
have nothing to do with them,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
Dn small Talk

sweet Phyllis fair looHs wondrous wise,
Dark lustrous hair, bcwitching eyes.
All subtle charms are hers, but pray
Don't heed what Phylly has to say,
ior PhyIly's awful when she talks
And then it is my poor muse balks,
TO wonder why all this should be,
That she should gush such junk to me,
o Race SO rare O Form divine.
would that magic art were mine
10 put your chatter on the bum,
. Ravisher. If you were dumb,
QuINTUS II. FLACCGS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

TWO ANOIDABLE WRECKS

pAlLROAD operatives have always
~ known that no system, no matter how
carefully its mechanism is adjusted l.
proof against accidents duo 30 a failure OF
the human equation.
For this reason the railroads devised an
extraordinary process of selection in order
10 eliminate dangers by putting only de.
pendable men in responsible posts.
Have the demands Of the military service
on railway personnel left important duties
in irresponsible hands? This, 1t would SEEM
is question which ought keenv to interest
the investigators who have to explain the
TWO fatal and costly railroad wrecks at
Fort Washington and al Batavia, y Y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

It is still the fashion in Washington
TO think Of Russia as if each Of its l6O.-
100000 peasants We're Trotsky-
shrewd malevolent, resourceful and bent
upon oyerthrowing civilization. Mr.
Lodge said recently that Russia was
populated by anthropoid apes.
This view has romantic value, of
course. But We might profit by looking
beyond Trotsky and his aides 70 the vast
mas, Of suffering and uncertain Russia,
which wants nothing but an opportunity
TO live and work in peace. And We might
obtain a better notion of the dynamic
forces behind the Bolshevst movement
if we should pause to realize that in
Russia and elsewhere in eastern and
southern Europe about 100000 900
women and children, blameless and un-
fortunate victims Of circumstances. are
facing starvation. Russa's ports are
blockaded. The whole economic sys-
TEN il in chaos. In Germany and in
eastern and southern Europe, most of the
normal processes by which life is sup
ported have ceased. Industry has ceased.
All the familiar methods of communica-
tion are broken down. Famine is Just
around the corner. And in this vast
world of men and women and children
penned off from civilization there is still
talk Of invading armies. Against such
background Rolshevism does not
appear abnormal, And certainly it is
not condition that may be remedied
with gunfre, 1t can be remedied with
the means suggested by the President
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

All the world comes TO the fisherman
sooner or later. People used 10 make finn
OF the placid unwearied anglers on tho
banks Of the Seine. Calmly they SAT ard
fumlnated They never caught fish but
what Of ii? Airplanes hurled bombs ~,
Paris, Big Bertha rained death tho cit,.
shook with all the thunders Of wa, Tbo,.
hshed on undisturbed. And now their ma
thence is rewarded, As they sit there win,
their bamboo poles they sec Mr. Wilson
colonel House, Mr. Lansing, Tocb CY6.
menceau, Lloyd George, Bafour. Orlando
and all the rest of them coming and roi,,,,
10 the Quai dOrsay. They know them ar
by sight. Even Admiral tor is /, poo.
Admiral0 Grayson must be known to ,ban,
Perhaps the admiral may even ioin tbor,
on wet days when timehaugs baay,. 49,
his hands, And, who knows? 70 ,,,a
Peace Conference should spIit e,o, -,
some knotty point, perhaps they'll have 90
can IN one Of the sage fishers of tho So,,o
10 give the casting vote, Calm. and sasa-
clous fishermen, We salute you. All ,bira.
come to the angler who is patiept o'7l
''''''' SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

viving when a shattered world has been
sanely reorganized.
But at present much OF Europe is trag
cally unable TO follow his advice. A
"Fletcherist" with no food at all Is bitter
anomaly. II is TO the credit of the
dictetic philosopher that he devoted him.
self 80 efficiently in tho abnormal war
times to work which gave almost touch
of irony TO his slogans for it so happened
that the worlds peril was not food, as he
once implied. but its pitiful absence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
GENERAL SMUTS-LEACUE PIONEER

THAT man<ind's ability to think con-
- structively has not been entirely dul.ed
by the most Crushingly destructive era in
history is encouragingly evidenced in Gen.
eral Smuts's eag1e of nations plan. That
testimony is indeed the most stimulating,
feature of the scheme The American
commission, which is said to have been
acquainted with its outlines since the
President on his English visit received a
memorandum on the subject from Mr..
Lloyd George. is reported as critical Of its
warprevention clauses The point may
prove to be well taken or 1t may ne in.
sufficiently mindful Of certain practical
considerations which must he made cv.
plicit before even the loosest form Of world
union can be achieved. Debate on such
a topic is the rishtful province Of the
Paris sessions.
Argument need not initiate against
eventual adjustment. OF its failure 10 do
so the record of the making of the Amer.
lean Constitution furnishes informiu.
proof. From the time the Philadelphia
convention was summoned until it met.
skeptics in the land We're trcmuIous with
fear lest the very magnitude Of the unity
piop'eil sil'u'u T'H4'IN ne lleIlIdI !HlIld'
i've necessary TO its solution. What really
happened however was Tn" formulation
of wide variety Of definite plans, winch,
as result OF investigation ana adjustment,
gave rise to that admired blend of ideal
lstic and pract!cai machinery known as the
American Constitution.
Despite dark clouds ANA hints of agErcs.
sive tendencies, aualogies between the pre-.
iiminaries TO thar achiev"m"r, and wha,
the best thought lu the world desires to b"
performed in Paris are by ths time trace
able. General SmutS is N" id.e phrase
spinner but an extremely hard-hoadod
statesman who has lived 20 witness in
South Africa III" fuHcuonnG Of reorgaui-
zation machlr"rE InconccivaD'o iu the
stormy Gays OF Oom Paul
His .eague scheme with it, provision
for general "oHfr~ouco, council courts
OF arbitration and 'ou'..atiou, compulsory
arbitration and war ov 'he combined ma
lions on menlbn.e "f 'h" society which
break its covenant, deals ""nrrrtc,y with
2 theme which has tGw passed TN" oSu.L-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
AN ECHO OF THE DAYS OF PLENTY

l. events that the eyponen- Of q system
warning mankind against overcatinE
should have died while on mission whose
object was 70 feed his fellow beings,
Nevertheless the system Of Horace Fletcher,
whose death has just been reported from
Copenhagen, was in principle excellent
"Chew. chew. chew" with It's corolary
Feat only when you are hungry" com
posed the once widely boosted gospel OF
rUesnfnsism., 1t will be well worth re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

In spite Of the Berlin press agents, we
cannot believe there is any danger from
Bolshevism in Germany For though Bolshe-
vism has kinks in its conscience and blood
clots on it's brain, it also possesses a certain
amount Of idealism wholly foreign to Hun
msteriallsm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

The fact that the policemen convicted
OF conspiracy are TO hold their Jobs and
draw their pay until the Supreme Court
passes upon the case seems TO indicate that
the state law has no terrors for Director
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

There Is no limit to the size Of aerial
peace fleets of which the correspondents are
dreaming Gncluding passenger and freight
lines across all the oceans) and no likelihood
tina, the most imaginative of them will ever
conceive the wonder Of the actuality.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

When President Wilson makes his speak
iaE tour on his return to the United States,
there will not be wanting political wlseacres
ready TO declare that the round trip is de-
signed less for International enlightenment
than for campaign purposes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

Congressman Wood Of Indiana, recently
referred TO Herbert Hoover as the most ex-
pensiye luNury ever fastened on this coun-
try on, well, when we think Of Belgium,
we feel We are entitled TO a little luxury
now and then
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

II We do not altogether believe that
America is above all other nations a world
dellyercr and a world-gude, at least we must
ConCede that such belief is conducive to the
prompt performance of any righteous task
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

The fao, that the Prince Of Wales ended
a visit TO the Nanhs by dancing with Ameri-
can nurses simply shows that ho t- an
eminently sensible and normal young man
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

Every railroad wreck investigation IL
strenuous attempt 10 close a stable door after
the horse has gone. Which is not criticism
but Commeudation, for the closing Of the
stable door is safeguard for the horses
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
Putting on Slippers

Perhaps the pleasantest action known TO
man (by which we mean human beings) IS
putting on slippers. Whether in farm
house. city apartment or hall bedroom
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

An epidemiologist and diagnostican has
been appointed adjutant general Of New
York. Secretary Daniels and Mayor Smith
should hire him to determine just what alls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
THE COLONEL
nEEP loving, we'll knowing
~ His world and it's blindness,
A heart oyerflouinp

nEEP loving. we'll knowing
~ His world and its blindness,
A heart overflowing
With measureless kindness.
Undaunted in labor,
(And Death was a trine,,
AS swift as a saber,
Direct as rife.
.All Man in his doing,
All Boy in his laughter,
lie fronted. unruing,
The Now and Hereafter.
AS stanch as a cedar,
a comrade, a brother
Oh. such was The Leader
We loved as no other.
When weaker souls faltered
His courage remade us,
whose tongue never paltered,
Who never betrayed us.
His hand on your shoulder
All honors exceeding.
What breast but was bolder
Because he was leading.
And still in our trouble,
In peace or in wartime,
His word shall redouble
Our strength as aforetime.
When wrongs cry for fighting
No odds shall appall us;
To clean, honest fighting
Again he will call US.
And cowboys or doughboys,
Wen follow his drum, boys,
Who never said GO boys
But always said "Come, boys
Arthur Guiterman, New York Triput
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

Berlin Reds were forced TO cyacuate a
brewery N recent fighting Bv, they fought
10 tie last spigot And the Government
troops probably enjoyed rushing the Sparta
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

The fact that appeals have been filed
shows that we have not yet heard the last
croak from Frog Hollow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

TNHE departure of Lieutenant Colonel
l. George W. r. Hicks TO "do things for
Philadelphia under the auspices Of the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. which
loaned" him to the Government, takes
away from the War Department a very
efficient officer. II is not generally known
at home that George Hicks. city statisti-
clan and designer of the comprehensive
plan" which featured Mayor Reyburns
Administration, was in direct charge of all
the cables between the War Department
and General Pershing, and that under his
care orders went forth to back up our
forces to the extent of $4,000, ,0O0, 900.
While on the job here. the Colonel--he
started in as Major-was in his element
as an organizer. He set up more than
twenty departments to handle the mails,
the kilograms, the telephones, the cables
and the transportation of supplies, and lie
goes back to Philadelphia with bigger
ideas than ever about the things that
should he done to properly develop the
city. The Colonels son, George w. Hicks
also entered the service, having been over
seas as a sergeant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15
GEORGE WASHINGTON, whose actiyi-

GEORGE WASHINGTON, whose actiyi-
VI ties as Mason have made Alexandria,
the home OF his lodge, Mecca for the
brethren, is not the only Washington who
attained distinction in the fraternity.
There's Jim the printer, or, to be more
accurate, James W. r. Washington, who,
before the typesetting machines upset the
calculations of the stockholders, was one
Of the swiftest compositiors in the business.
Jim is past master of Richmond Lodge. No.
230, Of which he has been secretary for
years. Always something Of poet and
orator, Jim has now gone into the Ma.
sonic history class with julius Sachse;
Judge Norris S. Barratt, John X. McCar-
thy, Judge George r. Orlady and the other
literary lights of the craft. His story Of
Richmond Lodge, which has found its way
to the capital, is comparable in some re.
spects with the historical sketch OF Ken
sington Lodge, No 2ll, prepared for it's
Tooth anniversary in 1886 by. j. Fletcher
Budd, an old-school Philadelphia lawyer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

With the carpet and rIgmaNng industry
at q standstiIl for Iac, Of wool, the owners OF
sixty mills in Philadelphia must feel like six
CsrFe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

points of interest in the
British Isles before their return TO this coun-
try. Descendants of those who came over in
the Mayfowcr and later boats will have an
opportunity TO see the old home town. Rest
stations, are told. have been established
AT Stratford .on-Ayou, Royal bennington Spa
and Edinburgh, as many Of the men are
expected to visit those places But what
about the Liverpool docks? Artcmus Ward,
in Liverpool, ifty years ago. mentioned the
fact that the natives mentioned the docks TO
him "at least once And they have grown
somewhat in fifty years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

Moi.er Coos" brought UP to date: "Baa-
baa, BLACK sheep, have you any wool that
hasn't brea Communicated by the Govern
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

The Pessimlstic pup says 80 per cent of
the girls he sees on Chestnut street at the
noon hour are hand-paint"d pictures
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-15

Having played mentor and phiIaptbronfst
ior so long Uncle Sam, in Congress. AT ,e,st
now shows disposition to play politics ror
a while '''''eS ior