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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19
woMAN's CLUB A MECCA

san 'Francisco.-The popularity OF
the Woman's Club of the National
League for Woman's Service is 'un-
limited and other women's organiza-
tions are making 1t their headquar-
ters for club meetings, dinners and
informal gatherings. Evidently the
Woman's Club is Just what the San
Francisco women have been seeking
in the way of meeting place. The
Monday night dinners, with their in
formal talks and discussions on cur
rent subjects, always are crowded
with guests. A recent subject under
discussion at one of these dinners
was Grand Jury From a Woman's
Standpoint"
Among the clubs which lately have
held dinners at the Woman's Cluo
are the Grade Teachers Association
and tho Civic Club. The Woman's
C'1rh w1s ho"un . yoar pgo by the
league to bring all classes of WON
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19
KEPT WAITING

Better not keep that man waiting
any longer"
why not?" demanded the mag
nate
He's been waiting so long that he
has become acquainted with Vour
stenographer. Their acquaintance
has ripened into friendship; love is
n natural sequence, marrias follows.
and then you'll he shy good
stenog. Kansas City journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19

that are scaled to the other world.
yet a life that is lived in public with
astonishing candor. sociability ana
charm that characterize the East.
You enter your shilSara and are
carr ed down the buoyant water.
swaying with its life. and as you 20
the houses of the city defile before
YOU. At the windows are numerous
shopkeepers calling upon you w tn
voice and gesture to enter. You
yield to the invitation, resolved to
buy nothing: your boat is stopped by
n flight of Stairs-you climb Il mar
row and sulled street and you
:, -cchanted garden!
.' side of this inner court.
seated at the carved Saracenic win
dows, each frame for a picture. sit
the patient carVers and painters
while the rooms beyond are full OF
! lovely things, the product of their
skill. From the windows on the
riverface there is Il view that is one
OF the worlds masterpieces.
You resume your journey Upon
the silVered roofs OF the temples the
! sun shines with a dazzling light
! and the whole fnce of the river is
! luminous with Il brightness thai
vanquishes the eyes. A puff of white
smoke suddenly emerges from ont
of the bastions of the fort overlook
ling the city the air is filled with q
roar, and slowly round u bend in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19

river comes the Maharaja's bargs
with its towers in scarlet, its walls
lacquered and painted in red and
yellow. the colors of Spain. In the
rush OF boats that follows your own
is jostled and splashed with the
sparkling waters. - V. C. Scott
O'Conner. in "Asia" magazlna
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en- together and to aid and encourage
progress and development in their
respective fields. 1t is y club for
business women, women OF the lcis-
ure class and for all women.
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THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS

Complaint is made by federal authorities that the purveyors ct worthless stocks are reaping a rich harvest just now. The complaint S just. They are.
 They are likely to continue. There are many wage workers whose oc- cupation calls for very limited de- gree of skill. but who have sue ceeded by unionizing in getting a fancy price for their labor-a price somewhat Inappropriate to the de- gree of dexterity needed in their calling. As a result, they have mon ey in amounts which they can hardly contemplates with calmness.
 Never before were there so many illiterates with money. People of rudimentary mentality-of positively weak intelligence--find themselves able to spend promeuously; and to the bogus money shark it seems almost too good to be true.
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BAcKAcHE IS DIsCoURAGING
But Not So Bad If You Know How
 to Reach the Cause

Nothing more discouraging than a constant backache. Lame when you awaken, pains pierce YOU when you bend or lift. It's hard to work or to rest. Backache often indi- cates bad kidneys. Marianna peo- ole recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this case:
 Mrs. w. F. Barrett, Chestnut St., Marianna, says: Several years ago l used Doan's Kidney Pills and I found them to be fine. was troubled with a terrible backache sort of a dull, heavy pain across my kidneys all the time. I had dizzy spells and black specks seem- to to float before my eyes. I also suffered from a terrible headache. My kidneys didn't act right at all. I used Doan's Kidney Pills and they helped me from the first. One box cured me. I thing the world of Doan's."
 Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-tLe same that Mrs. Barrett had. Foster Mil burn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. r.
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Here are credulous and confiding ones whom it is almost a pity to rob. It IS shame to take the money. Candy from baby. A fool and his money. Most proverbs are true for all generations
 From which it will be seen that the temporary dissemination of mon- ey does not make for democracy It IS getting back into the hands of the few-the financiers The possession of little elementary education and Fairly we'll developed intelligence is just as valuable to working man as 1t ever was The boys had better cultivate it; and they'll know how to keep their money when they've got it
 Some men are born tired. some become tired, while others arc too darned lazy to even get tired.
 ----O---
 MILLER LUMBER COMPANY render DrOmDt apryica at,
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For the stomach and bowel dis orders of babies McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR is a remedy of genuine merit. It acts quickly, is pre-, wholesome and pleasant to take. Sold By Harrington Bros. <
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negro repented and went gunning Tor the couple. When he saw them
 ne fired several shots, one of which grazed his wife's leg. At the startion house Ballard Debeny
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SELLS HIS WIFE FOR $lo;
 SORRY; HE GOES CUNNING

Pittsburgh, Pa.-After selling his wife for $10, A. H. Snowden,
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pulled out the recelp' p'.sssed B''F he had lawfully pu' den's wife.
 EULER LUMBER COLT
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
Bound to Hear rSmeIIers' Report.

The Republican majority Of the House
Of Representatives, on Monday, forced
the adoption of . special rule for the hear
ing Of the report Of the special committee
to investigate expenditures Of the War
Department during the war. II is the re-
suit Of lot Of testimony heard during the
sittingr of this "smellinr body.
The public interest III the findings Of
this committee rs nil The people are
fairly well informed about the operations
of the War Department, and General
Pershins has told the country what
glorious results they achieved in bringing
the war TO successful ending But the
partsan "srneilcrs' in the House are
eager to lay their alleged discovery OF r.
regularities and extravagances before
the public. Their very partisanshlp
makes these findings vslueless, but the
''sneTlers" hope they can render service
to their party.
Meanwhile, the real business legisla-
ton that is so imperatively needed by the
country is neglected. Nothing IN the way
Of reconstruction finds favor with the
partisan. do-nothing Congress now sitting
at Washington.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
WARS TERRIBLE BURDEN.

According TO a report published by
the Carnegie Endowment for lntsr-
national Peace. the cost OF the war,
rcckoned upon the destruction OF human
life. as well as upon the money value
of property destroyed Is 80 appalling as
TO be almost beyond imagination. The
known and estimated dead reach a total
Of almost 10000 600 human beings,
COMPARED to this the total mortality
OF al the wars of the nineteenth CEN
turv from the Napoleonic down 10
the Balkan wars Of i9l2-l3 foots less
than hall as many dead.
The money value OF the dead Is varlously
estimated based upon the different eco
nomlc worth in their respective countries,
but upon this basis the loss in human
life cost the world s33. .55l ,276. .260
Figuring property loss alone, France 5
total reaches thirty billions, while Bel
gum is estimated to have lost seven
billions.
The report calls attention to the
fact that the figures estimating total
loss. direct and indirect, OF some $b31 :
600 900 900, incomprehensible and appal
ling as they are, do not take into account
the effect of the war on life, human
vitality. economic well-belng, ethics, mo
rahty and other phases OF human relation
ships disorgamzed or injured. Ano
in some respects more terrible than thC
visitation upon the present generation
is the fact that the blot OF this great
catastrophe will fall upon millions YET
unborn.
Years must elapse before conditions
will begin to assume a normal aspect
one year already has flown and th'
problems OF restoration are as far iron
solution as Indianapolis Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
Our Shipbuilding Opportunities

Those who have n concern for the prac-
ticsl, industrial and commercial develop
ment Of our city must have been much
interested, last week, at the testimony
given to the Rivers and Harbors Congress
in Washington by Captain Charles Camp
bell, traffic expert of the New York Har-
Dor Protective and Development Asso-
ciation, about the facilities OF our VIII
mington harbor, as set forth in Every
Evenings special. Washington cor
respondence He said he was surprised
that the great shipbuilding interests OF
the nation had not discovered that Will
minston, Delaware, offered the very best
site for such industry in the United
States" AS an expert Captain Campbell
knows what he is talking about
Very suggestive AS well as important,
was this comparison made by Captain
Campbell: 'For shipbuilding purposes
the natural advantages of Wilmington are
go far ahead of Philadelphia that | won
der any authority on this subject has ever
attempted to class them together said
Captain Campbell "Why are not the
largest ships in the world built at VIII
mington? Why is it that Wilmington has
not scores Of thousands of men engaged in
that cnterprise7 A little expenditure of
money, the construction Of n comparative
" short canal, and the development of
what might be called a shipbulding con-
sciousness, are all that are necessary to
cause Wilmington 10 come into her own as
one Of the greatest shipbuilding sites in
the world.
Many of us here in Wilmington have
wondered why" for years, rs we have
had the same belief in the capabilities and
possibilities Of our harbor as this expert
exprcs-cs in such convincing manner.
Now that outside attention has been
called TO the matter, and in such an en-
eouraging manner, something may be
done, and done speedily. We have the
natural advantages, fine harbor site,
with open navigation to the ocean all the
year around. Our great possibilities have
been neglected too long.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
Just Folks
BY Edgar A. Guest
HE WAS A DECENT GUY.

HE WAS A DECENT uUI-
I'd rather have IL said of me,
When this old journey s through.
That on my way I'D tried to be,
A friend tn all knew,
Than have it said gathered gold
And then have voices fal!
Because they knew when that was told
They'd really said 4 all.
I'll gladly pass along my way.
When comes my tame To die,
II all who knew nc here shall say
"He WAS a decent guyf
I've hoard MEN Hrak beside phcrr dad
I've stood in many room
And noted what II often said,
BY mourners in the gloom.
I've heard high-soundipg words OF grie
Frun many polished tongue,
And Hammered phrases of belief
Which from the heart were wr,in9.
And shall gladly journey on
To where mems spirits fly,
II some shall say when atm gone:
Tile was decent guyf
It's hnrd to think up things TO say
When death is at the door,
And spcechless many turn away
Whose tongues were glib before.
Yet in the hornelv words Of men
True meaning may be found,
While praises which the masters pen
May be but empty sound
Sc shall feel my life worth while
If friends shall testify
And say of me in simple style:
''He WAS a decent guyl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
Should Sweep His Own Premises

Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania
"among those mentioned for the Re-
publican nomination for President-in his
KEYNOTE" address before the Republican
National Committee in Washington, last
week. severely criticised the Wilson adj
ministration In his opinion II was in
competent, unbusinesslikc. oxtravagant,
and everything cise that is bad.
Now We hear reports from Harrisburg.
where Governor Sproul is supposed to
attend to the duties of his Office, that there
is great disgust at the slowness IN pub
lshing off ciai State reports. Some for as
far back as the year 1914 are just making
their appearance, and the official pubhca-
ton, known as Smull's Hand Book, sup
posed to be issued carly each year, is more
than year behindhand. The report Of
Pennsylvania participation in the World
War. it is now predicted. may be ready for
publication some time in 1928 or 1924.
The country may fight another war before
that time
SO here, II seems, Is ample reform WORK
for Governor Sproul to attend 70 before
indulging in invidious criticism Of the
Wilson administration. The people know
what the Wilson administration has done,
and, are well pleased with the
record. At iesst it is one Of great ac-
complshmcnt.
So Governor Sproul would do well 70
make an attempt to clean his Owl ofnciaI
premises before criticising other ofhciai
dureiEpc plarcs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
BETWIX T AND BETWEEN.

A lightning change in the sugar situa-
ton is to be expected soon after the
ushering in of the New Year and the usher
ing out of the Sugar Equalization Board
This board is one Of those war bodies
destined 10 terminate its activity on a
specified date. The old law of supply
and demand will supplant the law OF man
in the regulation of sugar and its relstion
to the public
This relation has been a bit strained
of late Under government control the
demand has held up its end of the game,
but the supply has been decidedly weak
BY standing in line at the corner grocery
or by dispatching an emissary to repre-
sent the household, 1t Is now possible
to obtain an occasional pound of sweet.
ening at al eminently fair price.
The trouble has been that sugar has
not responded to domestic demand al
the overnment-controlled price. 1t ha'
shown a tendency TO keep out OF sighf
in this country and has displayed I
decided preference for foreign lands
where free play Of prices yielded bette
returns. Boston Globe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
THE COST OF STRIKES.

The New York Sun prints dispatches
from all the States, giving unofficial fig
ures upon the approximate losses IN
wages to the strikers, and in industry to
the employers, since january /. Between
January | and the present time the
loss in wages reaches the sum of 1923 49,
800. which is nearly three-quarters of 3
billion dollars, and the losses in industry
are nearly double that, being 81 ,266 1851,
$50. or about billion and a quarter. II
is estimated that if the present strikes
continue until December 81 the loss IN
wages in the entire nation will he one
billion dollars, and the loss in industry
will be two billion dollars.
That will mean a total loss of three
billion dollars due to the strikes. II II
Is difficult to grasp just what that loss
means, think back to the hrst Liberty
loan Remember how patriots, big and
little, strained 10 raise that sum for the
prosecution Of thc war Bankers and
financicrs loaned great sums, and then,
| leaving their ofccS, worked day and
night without price 20 aid 9th ers IN loan
ing. Old women drew upon their life
time savings, little children saved their
pennies and nickels; sacrifice and some
times very keen sacrifice; denial of things
lliAL bICttVN tbiiiptA W das'~t "'AO 'NN''
i'll afford lack Of comfort; that was the
order Of the day
II is An arrcsting thought, this state
mcnt that there Will be lost through
strikes this wear sum equal 10 that
which was loaned the government at
such cost Three billions of dollars thrown
away is not 10 be contemplated COM
placently even by this the richest nation
on earth II Is high time that labor and
employers gave themselves IN earnest to
the task Of indiug better and safer way
| Of settling disputes II things go on, NIL
will pay a price that long will hc reInem-
bercd Baltimore sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
PRESS COMMENT.
WHERE THE SENATE STANDS.

On the 10th of last July, President
Wilson presented the Treaty Of Versailles
to the Senate for its advice and consent.
1t wns long in the hands Of the packed
committee on foreign relations. 1t was
debated in open Senate fIom September
until the middle of November
In tho mean time, all strNghtout
amendments having been beaten and
several so called reservations adopted by
majority votes, Senator Lodges motion
to accept the treaty with the committee s
reservations failed to receive the support
of thirds of the Senators, MS was
necessary Then Senator Hitchcock s
motion to accept the treaty with inter
pretations as agreed TO by most OF the
Democratic Senators met the same fate,
after which Senator Underwoods motion
to accept the treaty without reservation
or amendment was rejected.
Although 80 of the 96 Senators voted
for the treaty in one form or another,
efforts at compromises failed Just as they
did the other day when Senator Under
woods proposal for the appointment OF a
committee of Cancellation WAS defeated
by the objection of Senator Lodge. 1t is
the contention of the last~namcd gentle
man that so far as the Senate Is concerned
the treaty is dead, and that it can be
brought to life only rs the President nc
submits il with his own suggestions q, to
reservations or interpretations.
Here we have shining example oil
Senatorial obstruction. Throughout Its
wearisome debate the Senate jealousiy
asserted its rights To advise and consent,
and vet il has advised and consented TO
nothing II not only abandons its tasks,
it calls upon the President whom 1t has
ricd TO discredit TO do the work in its place.
a treaty upon which depend the peace and
prosperity of the world is neither rejected
nor approved Instead of advice and consent
that body has confined itself to besottcd
partisanship and final refusal TO meet
its own Obligations York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
SPECTRE OF TIE U-BOAT.

Al soon n Congress d~clArod war
against Germany we esy,ected that At
L.s.st few Of the U-b0Ats would 6rOns the
Atlantic and attack AmaricAn shipping,
indeed. many believed that somc had al
ready croased in anticipation Of war, the
parr,gs wrrc filed with siliy stories ahous
'sanbrnarinc bases" in Mexican waters,
on the New England eoast, and elsewhere {;
n,bmn ines were even reported entering
Inup Island Sound; nets were stretched
acre-s the Nauows 10 keep ulcfn out t
New York Haybor, and oiIr eoAsln9 &
vessels SAW pcriscopes and the wakes N
torpedoes everywhere from Nnine, 10
florida So prevalent w& Tins apCrefEn-
sion thatt IN the early DAYS 1 The war,
American d.stroyers rcE'l!afiy pa.sol!cn "uf
coast booking for these far flung subfnM-
ines. Yet the idea Of seeking them TINS
way WA absurd. Even bnd we known
~her the riibmnrino wa located there
would have been little likelihood that We
could ever bnve sighted it, 10 ssy nothing
of getting near II. Suppose that ve had
learned tbat German U-boat was opcrnt-
ing of Cape Cod; we might have had tbc
sJ.a1t latitude and longitude where she
way eapected W be at particular mo-
fncnt. At the time the rnessagc vas sent
the submarine might have been lying on
the surface ready TO attack pasging
unerchan tman, but even under these CON
dinons the destroyer could never have
reached her quarry, for ~ soon ~ the u
boat saw the enemy approaching, she
would simply have ducled under the water
and remained there in perfect safety.
When all danger had pazsed, she could have
bofbed up To the suTface as serenely as you
please, and gone ahead with ber appoint
cd task of sinking merchant shi,s One
of the aslonishing things about This war
was that many Of The naval officers n
all countries did not seem 20 undofstand,
until very late date, how utterly futile
IT was to send anti-submarine surface
craft out into the wide ocean to attack
or chase away submarines. s.-Admiia
! Sims in the Worlds Work for October.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
RIPPING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
TINE OF TRIAI..

set down this plain,ve ditty IN
a time that tries my soul, Tor IN our
afflicted city waters scarce, and
there's no coal And the river that
supplies tis is a rnockery that = vain,
and \ cloudlcss sky denies us any
thing that looks like rain. Life's 50
dismal | could chuck lt, with a last
desnairing veil. for have tn take q
bucket and pack water from well.
From the coal mines all the toilers
have departed. rs | write. and we
cannot ire our boilers. and there's
no electric light. And have 10 'lse
n candle that is made of rancid
grease, and tho adje@flves ! handle
would astpnish the police And the
street cars have been stabbed and
!. the town has dytsed ia gi,ms, and
n feIIaw is enabled tn try ort his
rusty liusbs Through the darkenesd
streets stumble, spraiaing foot and
brins,nr knee, grouncn around A1d
e-r1Irnnsa when bum3 arslast a tree.
have many woes and bothers, but
through all this thought survives
It's the kind If stuff o,ir fathers had
to stand for all their lives. When
. IN bed, beneath is tester. ] am glad
. things arc SO planned that I'm not
nv own ancestor, with } candle IN
my hand.
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17

is at the root Of indigestion, netirAsthcnia,
discorSl, uAfaithfulncss and divorce Tho
preparation Of meal, like the eating of Il,
should bic gone about in the spnt OF
lcisurcly and almost holy calm, II s
the simplest and the best way of hold
ing the family together ~ indiroiubly
as the members Of one body. No wona n
should 90 10 the corner grocery between
the hours of S and $50. No woman
should so much ~ send thither botwecf'
those horns except perhaps for . bottle
of olives. Ohio State Journsl.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
SLIPSHOD HOUSEKEEPERS.

Go into the corner grocery between
the hours of and $50 in the after
noon and you viii find the place crowded
with hurried women buying something
for dinner, usually the piece de resistance
or the making of the whole meal. Their
eleventh-hour purchases made, they post
nervously home, nervously TO throw
together an eleventh-hour dinner, whose
precipitate proportion leaves them jaded
and cross and which as a finished product
has little to commend il. These women
are slipshod housekeepers. No meal
for the family should be planned at the
next-to-last moment and perpetrated
to the last.
A meal like that, or enough OF them,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
HOME-LOvING FOLKS.
by Frank l.. Stanton.

Where the home-lovinE people stay,
Trouble takes his flight;
We say good morning 10 the day
And bless the stars of night,
And Heaven amt go far away
But Faith brings it in sight.
Where the home-loving people stay,
Blessings throng the place;
Winter, with memories of May,
Smiles in Loves dreaAasng face.
Loves tables spread, and--break the
bread,
For Love will say the gracel
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
"ONLY ONE THING
BREAKS MY COLDY'
That's Or. Kings New Diseov-
cry, for Fifty Years q Cold
Breaker"

Nothing but sustained quniity and
unfaiiing effectiveness can arousc such
enthysiasm. Nothing but SUR relief from
stubborn old colds and onrushinr new
ores. grippe, throat-tearing coughs and
Group could have made Dr Kings New
Discovery the nationally popular ard
standard remedy j. ~ today
Fifty yn.rs old and always reliable.
Good for the Whole family A hottie IN
tho rlesIicine cabinet means q short
lived cold or cough. 6Oc ard sl.zo All
druggists.