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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

gradually developed higher and
higher rentals.
The natural cure for this condi-
| ton in ordinary times would be
| greater supply of space furnished by
new construction, but, as has been
said, the high cost of materials and
labor, with possibilities of reduction
in one or both. holds building back.
Space is difficult to obtain, and the
result is that the home and office
seekers turn about and buy proper
ties as the only means of finding a
resting place. The rise in real es-
tate, confined of course, to improved
properties, and not including vacant
lots. has attracted spectators, and
so a one-sided boom is developing.
This condition prevails all over the
country.
I The Department of Labor has sent
out questionnaires to leading cities
! in the United States to find out the
need of new building construction
and the replies thus far indicate in
nearly every part of the country, a
shortage of dwellings, tenement
houses. flats and office space - the
latter mainly in the large cities, the
other condition prevailing as well
| in the interior. Information was
asked as to the influence of wages,
price of materials, interest rates and
available investment capital. Re-
plies showed high wages and high
cost of materials as the main OBJ
stacles, but there was much COM
plant about interest rates, and in
many cities great difficulty reported
in borrowing capital for building
work.
The opinion of experts in the de-
partment. headed by Professor Ir-
wing Fisher, of Yale, was that no
decrease in labor wages may be ex-
pected for some time to come. Pro-
fessor Fisher states: I'VE are on a
permanently higher price-level, and
the sooner the business men of the
country take this view and adapt
themselves to it, the sooner will they
save themselves and the Nation from
the misfortune which will come If
we persist in our present false hope.
Business men should find the facts.
To talk reverently about 1913-1914
prices is to speak a dead language
to-day"
If we had rushed into house build
ing last year, we might have gotten
Government aid as a war measure
and found it suddenly withdrawn
with the work half completed, as in
Bethlehem; so it was wise, probably,
TO wait. But whether or not we can
wait much longer with safety to our
prospects as a growing city must be
decided very shortly. 1t is the
Judgment of those at Washington
that there is little to be gained in
the way of money saved by further
delay.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
[By Edith Evans1

GBy Edith Evansl
Put out the light, please" These
last words he said
On whom now light eternal shines.
For him
No burden of the slow and fading
years,
With consciousness OF an impending
blow,
The sword OF Damocles above his
head,
About to fall and bring oblivion.
No, it were best to go while still
the strength
OF his great manhood unabated
stood,
And matched his mighty spirit,
which, untamed
By strain and travail of the passing
days,
Still sprang toward longed-for action
when it seemed
The time was ripe to serve his
country best.
Now he rests,
His work on earth was done-else
he had stayed
To finish 1t. No life goes incomplete
Back to its maker, tho our earthly
eyes
Not always read the story to it's end.
The end? For him it's but the
beginning,
A sure presage of immortality.
Such souls were never made to be
destroyed,
But to go on and on, to wider fields
And new achievements, fitted to the
powers
Which here on earth were, as a
sacred trust,
Held blameless, stainless, and in
violate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

Ernest T. Trigg, prominent
Philadelphian, is in charge OF the
Temple University plan to obtain a
million dollar endowment.
General w. J. Nicholson, cited
for the distinguished service cross,
commanded the 79th Division, COM
posed of Eastern Pennsylvania
drafted men.
"A. A. Corey, the new head of
Cambria Steel, used to be president
of the Carnegie Steel Company.
DR.. r. NJ. GUNNER, just chosen
president of the Classic Society, is
headmaster of Penn Charter school
j. S. Oursler. new president of
the Carnegie Steel Company, was in
charge of the Government plant at
Neville Island and has frequently
appeared at meetings at the Capitol.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
The Capitol Stdtudru

tFrom the Philadelphia Ledger1
A thoughtful Philadelphia legisla-
tor is disconsolate-'des the
French would say.
He mas gaZed at the statuary that
garnishes the entrance to the Cap
itoi at Harrisburg, and he cannot
fathom it's meaning.
Wherefore he is moved to the
musings that follow
THE tincture of time cures many
ills.
THE marble ladies and gentle
men who now adorn the main en-
trance will probably be removed
from their pedestals and led within
the doors of some museum.
'rhey have shivered and per-
spireu long enough in their present
exCcsed position and will doubtless
rejoice to find themselves safely
within doors.
"In their new home an unsym-
pathetic public may leisurely read
the meaning of their allegory and
may either rejoice or regret their
cost of s1SO,000.
II once discovered an artist look
ing at them and asked his opinion.
He explained that he was a
painter, not sculptor; but he didn't
understand where the sculptor. Mr..
Barnard. had found so many knock
kneed women.
"I then inquired the meaning of
the two groups. He said that they
were aHegorical. One group meant
something and the other group
meant something else.
THAT is about as far as the pub
lie ever gets.
This inability to interpret their
meaning is enough to condemn
them.
mo good work of art requires an
explanation.
"A painting. a piece of statuary,
a building, a poem. musical COM
position that is unintelligible is bad
art.
simplicity is the hallmark of
genius. The greatest man and the
greatest art is the simplest. Good
taste may find variety of express
sion, but it fails fundamentally il
the expression is unintelhgent.
"The passing show at Harrisburg
I-prohibitionists, suffragists, charter
revisionists, salary boosters, osteo-
pathists and stateaidists-wil be
relieved of this added burden of
trying to interpret these huge hui
man figures.
"The passing show does not fire.
quent museums.
when the allegories have been
| translated to some silent, dusty cor
ridor, let the curator of the museum
write the legend; We fooled some
of the people some of the time, but
we could not fool all the people
all of the time"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
THE UNRETURNING

For us, the dead, tho young,
For us, who fought and bled
Let a last song be sung,
And a last word be said.
Dreams, hopes, and high desires,
That leaven and uplift,
On sacrificial fires
We offered as a gift.
We gave, and gave our ALL
In gladness. tho in pain;
Let not a whisper fall
That we have died in vain!
by Clinton Scollard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
RECOMPENSE

tBy Lieut.Col. John McCrae1
I saw two sewers in LIES field at
morn, t
To whom came one in angel guise
and said,
rs 1t for labor that a man is born Z?
10: I am Ease. Come We and
eat my bread"
Then gladly one forsook his task
undone
And with the Tempter went his
slothful way.
The other toiled until the setting sun
With stealing shadows blurred the
dusty day.
Ere harvest time. upon earth's
peaceful breast
Each laid him down among the
unreaping dead.
Labor hath other recompense than
rest,
Else were the toiler like the fool
I said;
God nIete.h him not less, but rather
more
Because he sowed and others
reaped his store"
BY Lieut.. Col. John McCrae.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
OLD FRIEND ALFARATA
WYE NOTICE that our old friend
wv Alfarata, the Indian maiden,

w Alfarata, the 'e'~f Indian S1a 'in maiden,
and her birch -bark-that is
their old job at the Rummage Sale.
Often and often we have wondered
who would buy Alfarata and what
the purchaser would do with her
once she became his property.
Alfarata is one of those sculptural
monstrosities which Governor Sproul
would Danish from the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania through the
kindly Intervention of the proposed
State Art Commission. Who the
artist was who "sculped" the an
cient Indian maid from virgin metal,
that otherwise might have made
perfectly good material for an cleo
trical feed wire, say, we do not
know, and our respect for the dead
admonishes US to refrain from re-
marks upon the type of mentality
that would produce such a work
of art and think of it as an orna-
ment. Far be it from us to pose as
an art critic, but how is it that men
who would make perfectly admir-
able pile-drivers will spoil their
promising careers by going in for
sculpture or painting?
Alfarata and her canoe turned UP
at the first Rummage Sale ever held
in this city. We suspect her origi-
nal owner rejoiced in the opportuni-
ty of giving her away. Each year
she has had a place of honor at the
sale. Each year thousands of old
hats, cast-off garments, second
hand suits and the like have been
sold to eager buyers But each
time at the close of the sale Alfara-
ia, in all her metal glory, has stood
alone upon the shelf. If the origi-
nal Alfarata was snubbed as often as
her copper counterpart, we do not
wonder she committed suicide. But
she should cheer up. Things might
be worse. There is the Donate
statuary, for instance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Would Stop CdmOufldq4

Reversal of the camouflage pria-
ciple, greatly increasing the visibility
of its subjects, instead of concealina
them by blending them with the
background, is declared a possible
peace development by the naval Of
ficer who developed that particular
nature taking system. Since every
positive has its negative, color ap-
plications opposite to those used for
confusing the eye are being studied
for a possible standardized SYSTEM
of making distant objects cunspio1
Iuous.-From the Indianapolisk1ynW
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Mildred Carver, L. S. A." by
Martha Bensley Bruere. The Mac
milan Company, New York, pub
fishers. Price S1.50.
Here is a novel which has as it's
foundation an interesting and i'm
portant idea-universal service for
men and women. Mrs. Bruere is not
writing about Utopia; rather she
tells fascinating story of two young
people - as we'll as a good many
ture, who are drafted for a year of
service to their country. 1t would
be unfair to give the plot away more
than to say that Mildred Carver.
the lovely daughter of an old New
York family, runs tractor in Min
nesota with Mamie Epstein from
the East Side and Ellen Forsyth
from Greenwich Village. Naturally
things happen. The book abounds
in incident and good humor-and
in stimulating ideas, too.
Emerson Hough's latest novel.
The Sagebrusher," will be published
week. 1t is said to be the story OF
a young woman who goes West to
marry a ranchman in answer to his
advertisement for a wife. We hear
that the plot is most unusual.
Americans have heard practically
nothing about the operation OF
American sub-seacraft in the war,
because the operations in which they
were engaged were of a character
that could not be made known with
out detriment to the Allied cause.
Nevertheless. they were on the job
and future history will record their
work as one of the most important
contributions toward the defeat of
Germany. Now that the war is over
and the censorship which was nee
essary during the conflict is ended
the full facts may be told. This has
been done very effectively by Mr.. H.
B. Beeston in his book, Full Speed
Ahead" announced by Doubleday,
Page and Company, for publication
about the middle of April.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Logical Wish

On the outskirts of Philadelphia
is an admirable stock farm. One
day last summer some poor chill
dren were permitted to go over this
farm, and when their inspection was
done. to each of them was given a
glass of milk. The milk was ex-
cellent.
well. boys, how do you like it?"
the farmer said, when they had
drained their glasses.
Fine" said one little fellow.
Then after a pause. he added, "I
wish our milkman kept a cow
Journal of the American Medical
Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Giving Her n Tin

Bridget. don't want you to have
so much company. Why, you have
more callers in a day than I have
in a week."
We'll. mum, perhaps if you'd try
TO be little more agreeable, you'd
have as many friends as I have"
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Floating Stock.

Smithson-"Do you know that
Noah was the greatest financier that
ever lived?"
Dibbs-"How do you make that
out?"
Smithson-"Well, he was able to
float a company when the whole
world was in liquidation. London
Tit Bits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
An Instrument of Precision.

Dibbs-"Do you believe that there
is really something which can in
variably tell when a man is lying 2"
Higgs-"I know it,"
Dibbs-"Ah. Perhaps you have
seen one of the instruments?"
Higgs-"Seen one? married
one"-London Tit-Bits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Breaking the Moose.

The Warder-"You'rs in luck,
Scrippen! There's a reprieve for
you come along from the Home
Office"
The Convicted One (rising to the
occasion)-"Ha! No moose is good
noose"-London Mail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg woke up tos&he
importance of improving whenSEhd
LEGISLATURE of 1901 declined to noVa Z
the Capitol from this city?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
The Lesser Evil.

"Why didn't you stop when I sig
nailed you?" inquired the officer.
Well" replied Mr.. Chuggins, ut
had taken me two hours to get this
old fiivver started, and it seemed a
shame to stop her merely to avoid a
little thing like being arrested."-
Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

Count Won Bernstorff adds his voice
OF praise to the fourteen points of
President Wilson's peace terms. Thus
are Editor Vierick. OF the Fatherland,
and Senator James Hamilton Lewis
fortified
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
A Snrinp Romance.

Dearest, I ordered to be sent
home to-day a most beautiful hat
for only ten guineas. It's a per-
feet love-"
MY darling. your love will be re-
urned."-London Saturday Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
The Important Point.

Dissatisfied Householder-"Do YOU
mean to say that this meter meas
ures the amount OF gas we burn p"
Gas Collector-"I will enter into
no controversy, sir: but 7 may say
that the meter measures the amount
of gas you will have to pay for"
London Tit-Bits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
THE SPICE OF LIFE
[From the Literary Digest.l

stopped and said: You're foolish
to do that, Uncle Eb, it will make
the meadow as black as you are"
Don't worry bout dat, sah," re-
sponded Uncle Eb. Dat grass will
grow out an be as green as you is."
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
He would Prefer II STAYED.

Suitor-"Sir, I ask for your
daughters Imogens hand"
Her Father-"Certainly, my boy,
certainly-take the one that's al
ways in my pocket,"-The Pass
ing Show.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
TRY. Trv Again.

Has your wife a sense OF hum or ?"
II don't think so." replied Mr..
Pynhed II have told her the same
joke over and over and ! don't be-
lieve she has laughed at it more
than twice in her whole life."-
Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Read This to Him.

Mrs. A.-"Does your husband con-
slider you a necessity or a luxury"
Mrs. BIT depends, my dear, on
whether 1 am cooking his dinner or
asking for a new dress. Boston
Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Like the Preacher.

You say your laundry woman re-
minds you of a good preacher"
Yes; she's always bringing things
home to me that 1 never saw be-
fore. Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
a Mere Detail.

Ma-"No, Gladys will not become
engaged until she is twenty"
Pa-"But, my dear woman, she
may not get the chance when she is
twenty"
Maxwell. then, she will remain
twenty until she does."-London
Mail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

Another massacre of Armenians by
Mcslem gendarmes is reported by
cable. Now. If our mandatory for the
Armenians were in force we would
have the duty before us of sending
our boys to Turkey to fight the SOL
diers of the Crescent It's all in the
league.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
4 Brilliant Thought.

4 thrifty old lady Of Hull,
Whose intellect seemed rather dull,
When reading at night,
To economic light,
Put luminous paint on her skull.
Punch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

1t is now 107 years since The
bill to make Harrisburg the Capitol
was passed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Explaining a Phenomenon.

This report that Germans are
kissing soldiers is something aston
ishing."
1T is," replied Miss Cayenne.
'tEvidently the goose-step has gone
to their heads. Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

The Dominion and the Province of
Ontario are to cooperate. in the mat
ter of settling Canadian soldiers on
the land.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

When dock laborers at Cork, Ire
land, were refused an increase in pay
and shorter hours they went on
strike.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
1t 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, 1919-04-09

Get out of the way" is the first re-
quest American industry has to make
of American bureaucracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
LABOR NOTES

Coalville, Englandn, Trades and
Labor Council passed resolution
urging the abolition of workhouses.
With a membership of over 800. the
Toronto Policemen's Union is now
fairly we'll established.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09
Black md Grccn.

An old colored man was burning
dead grass when a wise guy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

The House law and order COM
mittee will rid itself of liquor bills
in the week following the reconven-
ing of the Legislature. There will
be no more hearings. Yesterdays
hearing developed into a one man
discussion by Wayne Wheeler. at
torney for the Anti-Saloon League,
who crossed swords with Repre-
sentatlN W. T. Ramsey. The Wick
erman and Fox bills will be reported
out and the alcoholic content"
measure will have troubles ALI its
own.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

Considerable interest has been
shown at the Capitol in the decision
of the Chester County Court
declaring that County Treasurer
George E. Wilson does not owe the
county $500 to $500, as alleged by
former County Controller Robert G.
Kay, who had surcharged the treas
urer with the amount while he was
in office. Kay is we'll recalled here
and this was a suit by Kay to re-
cover the money for the county.
The matter was tried before the
court some time ago, but decision
reserved. Kay alleged that Wilson
had an account in local bank and
the balance averaged $4,000 a day,
but that no interest ever had been
received by the county. Other treas
urers never collected this interest
for the county and the court decides
in an opinion that Mr.. Wilson is
not liable the case therefore being
dismissed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

The stage is being cleared for
a fine old fight over the bill to rip
out the Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh school boards which was re-
ported late yesterday. This is 60
ing TO be an interesting proposition
and some political animosities kept
under cover during the charter ne
gotiatIons will probably bob up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-09

From all accounts the people
opposing the proposed compensation
amendments will come here with
ideas of their own. They do not
take kindly to the Mackey pro-
gram. This matter and the various
police bills will make interesting
situations after the recess.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-04
AMBITION
PILLS
For Nervous People

The great nerve tonic-the famous
Wendells Ambition Pills - that will
put vigor, vim and vitality into nerv-
Gus, tired-out, all in. respondent
people in few days in many in
stances.
Anyone can buy box for only so
cents, and A. G.. Luken, Glenn This
tlethwaite, Conkey Drug Company, is
authorized by the maker to refund the
purchase price II anyone is dissatisfied
with the first box purchased.
Thousands praise them for general
debility. nervous prostration. mental
depression and unstrung nerves caused
by overindulgence in alcohol. tobacco.
,er overwork of any kind.
y For any affliction Of the nervous
system Wendell's Ambition Pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteria, trem-
bling and neuralgia they are simply
Splendid. Fifty cents at G. Luken Il
Company, Glenn Thistlethwaite, Con-
key Drug Co.. and dealers everywhere.
ADV.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-04
NEWS FROM EARLHAM COLLEGE

The last number of the lecture
course that has been given by the
members Of the Earlham college facul-
ty at Vermillion Grove this winter will
be given In the form of a musical pro-
gram rendered by Miss Elgia Wittwer,
vocal instructor at Earlham assisted
by Miss Helen Hadley on the piano
and Cyril Pitts, baritone soloist
In the regular meeting of the Ionian
Literary society last night it was de-
c1ded to accept the invitation of the
Phoenix band for the two societies to
present play Monday night of COM
mencement week Haynes Pitner and
Ralph Harris were appointed to rep
recent Ionian on. the joint committee
which will choose the play.
There will be number of delegates
that will represent the Earlham Y. M.
c. A. at the annual officers training
conference, which is to be held at
Terre Haute, April II, IL and 49, The
conference will consist of several
courses of training that will be offer
ed to the officers of the different stu
dent Y. M. C. A. associations in In
diana.
The Rev. Andrew r. Mitchell ad-
dressed the Mission Study classes last
evening on the subject of The New
Church Problems Of America"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-04
GERMANS s90vING
BACK TO LAND
(By Associated Press)

Munich, Tuesday, April "a further
manifestation of the movement which
is spreading among many of the bet
ter classes in Munich and other parts
of Bavaria was the formation here
Today of the council of immigration"
Under the auspices of the league of
South American immigrants. Many
people are preparing to leave the cities
and settle in the rural districts or in
other German states.
The freight houses here are over
flowing with household goods which
cannot be transported on account of
the shortage of rolling stock. The &C
tivity of the authorities in billeting
soldiers and other government en-
ployes or civilians also has induced
many persons to leave Munich.