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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Literary Notes
By BRIGGS

Those who love a romance that is
as pure as snow, as sweet as sugar
and as real as life, who like a tale
that is neither mawkishly sentiment
tai nor overburdened with compli-
Gated plot, will find in Little Miss
by-the-Day," by Lucille Van Slyke.
something to their liking. 1t is quite
different from anything of the sort
written in recent years, and it's man
ner of retailing is deliciously uncon-
Ventional. 1t is the tale of the ad-
ventures of the daughter of q
F'renchman who served Valiantly in
our Civil War and more especially
of the daughter of that daughter,
whose experiences in life were at
tuned to her own quaint person.
ality.
In this story it is the people that
count and the literary halo which
covers the entire narrative. 1t seems
far removed from the mystery novel
of the day, and yet there is funda-
mentally a plot and a denouement
which is of much interest. How
ever it is the darling Felice, brought
up with no contact with the world
and with much of the flavor of sew
enteenth century feminine France
hanging around her, which makes
the reader interested from first to
last. An unusually charming story
without an unpleasant suggestion in
it. Published by the Frederick A.
Stokes Company.
The same publishers issued a vol
ume of poems by Theodore Maynard,
an Englishman, who has won his
way by the peculiar quality and high
merit of his verse, but who is only
beginning to get recognition here.
Mr.. Maynard is a serious man and
only occasionally do we come on
| light touches. He is a man of pro-
found religious feeling, and many
| of his poems are based on this domi-
I nant note in his character. Never
theless, he is no preacher. He sings
only because he feels, and his spirit
is catholic. Some of the poems are
of unusual merit because they show
profound insight into life and an
| illumination of it by poetic art. His
best verses are too long for quota
ton, but the following is offered as
a good sample:
GHOSTS
Some dismal nights there are when
spirits walk
Who lived and died unhappy in
their time,
To waste the air with vows and
whispered talk
OF tarnished love or hate or Sc.
cret crime
But now the moon moves splendid
through the sky;
The night is brilliant like a silve,
| shield;
And in their cavalcades come rid.
| ing bv
The mighty dead of many a tented
| \fie1d
On this one night at least of all the
| year
| The lists are set again, the line.
| are drawn;
Again resounds the clang of horse
and spear;
The sweet applause of ladies, til
! the dawn
Makes glad the souls of vizoret
knights-then they.
Hearing that seneschal, the cock
all troop away.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
[From the Outlookl

cardinal MERCIER'S is an
easy, almost familiar use of
~ English. He even says "I
don't" His foreign accent is not
nearly so marked as in the case Of
some of those who have been longer
here. But it is sufficiently evident
to be emphatic, as when, this after
noon, turning to Mr.. Herrick. late
ambassador at Paris, and to Mr..
Stone, president of the Associated
Press, he said: These gentlemen
assure me that they luf NEE. Well,
! can assure them that Lee luf them
and you ALL" spreading out his
arms as in a fatherly embrace and
pronouncing his e's in the long
drawn-out Flemish fashion. The
Cardinal has even conquered the
9TH" in English pronunciation, the
greatest bugbear to all foreigners.
And his sense of humor is con-
stant. He told us tonight with great
glee of how the paper La Libre
Belgique appeared despite German
vigilance, and of how he himself
succeeded in getting the text of his
Christmas pastoral of 1914 "by clam
destine ways" to Holland, France,
afternoon about the necessity of
being close-mouthed about affairs
during the past five years lest the
Germans should discover them and
the success of our newspaper men in
that direction, he remarked: Re
straint is a remarkable thing in jour-
naliSm."
Then he added, God bless the
noble mission of journalism!" And
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Drifting to North Pole
[From the Aircraft Journal

lFrom the Aircraft Journal
Bound for the North Pole. Roald
Amundsen, Norwegian discoverer of
the South Pole, is at present drift
ing in his ice-locked schooner, the
Maud, somewhere north of Western
Siberia, according to beliefs held by
the Seattle Norwegian vice consulate
and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian
Arctic explorer.
In planning the trip the explorer
said he expected after reaching the
pole to return either to Grant Land,
west of Greenland, or Melville Island,
which lies in the Arctic Ocean north
of Canada. Should he reach Melville
Island he probably would journey by
sea to Nome. Alaska, or overland
to Dawson, Yukon Territory.
Two airplanes, it is believed, form
ed part of the Maud's equipment
when she left Norway last iall and
sailed through the White Sea bound
for the icy north. The final dash to
the pole may be made in one of the
planes. Amundsen, it is believed,
may also fly back to civilization in
one of the machines.
Nothing has been heard from
Amundsen since September l, 1918.
more than a year ago. At that
time the Maud was reported taking
oil for her motors at Dixson Island,
a White Sea point. After taking oil
she sailed northeast into the rapidly
freezing water of the Arctic Ocean.
From the White Sea, Amundsen
expects to drift east with the ice
to the New Siberian Islands, which
lie in the Arctic off Siberia.
At the New Siberian Islands, 1t
was believed, the drift would carry
the boat toward, If not across, the
pole. Amundsen intended to use
the airplanes if he found the drift
would not carry him across the top
of the earth"
Amundsen in a degree followed
the footsteps of his countryman,
Fridtjof Nansen. In 1S95-1S96 Nam
sen in the Fran started on a drift
across the pole, but left his boat and
tried unsuccessfully to reach the goal
on foot. Later the Fran drifted as
close to the pole as Nansen got.
The Maud carries wireless sending
apparatus, but no receiving instru-
ments. Amundsen said he would not
install the receiving apparatus be-
cause he did not want to be worried
by news from the outside world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
WEIRTON, w. VA.

TIVE HAVE waited quite a little
wv while to learn what the 1.
w. w. would do in retaliation
for the indignitiesi heaped upon GER
tain members by red-blooded citi-
zens of Weirton, w. ", and nothing
has happened. Furthermore, moth
ing will happen, so far as the 1. w.
w. is concerned, except that its
agents will stay away from Weirton
in the future.
weirton people, it will be remem-
bered, aroused by the warning "The
I. w. w. Will Get You," written on
the sidewalks of the town, them
selves went out and got the l. w. w.
to the number of $50. And then,
after assembling the whole town
at the public square, the Weirton
patriots made the radicals kneel and
kiss the American flag. The only
thing missing in the ceremony ap-
pears to have been the administra-
ton of a good swift kick, during
the kneeling process, where it would
have done the most good. After the
kissing party the prisoners were
driven out of town.
Did they return at night with
bomb and torch. as they had threat
ened? They did not. They went
away and they. stayed away. That
is the kind of an animal the I. w. w.
is. He is a bully and a bully is a
coward. All any community has. to
do to get rid of him is to follow the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
ARBOR DAY DUTY

A II Far Rockaway this week a
u Norway maple twenty feet
high was planted on the prop
erty of the Russell Sage Memorial
Church by the Village Beautiful AS
sociation of that place in memory of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Harrisburg has one example after
another of the importance of plant
ing trees. Not only in memory or
distinguished dead and as memorials
of the gallant boys who responded
to the colors in the spring of 1917,
but also because of the obligation
resting upon the folks of the present
day to provide shade and comfort
and beauty for our children's chill
dren.
Arbor Day this year will be the
greatest holiday since it was estab-
lished and DR.. Finegan, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, has
called upon the people not only to
remember the trees, but likewise to
think of the birds which exercise a
great influence upon many phases
of agricultural life. He further
points out in an admirable procla-
nation that the forests, streams and
birds not only influence economic
and commercial affairs, but that they
are agencies of great value in pro-
noting the health and social condi-
tions and happiness of our people"
The Telegraph has urged the mat
ter of tree planting from sense
of civic duty and we are glad to say
there are evidences on every hand
of real response on the part of the
people throughout the city. OF
course, the official feature will be
the setting out of more than 100
white pine trees on the peak in
Reservoir Park in memory of our
soldier dead, but hundreds of trees
should be planted on the lawns and
sidewalks in every part of the city.
This will be the obligation of the
citizen without regard to official
action.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Sin1OndS and Wilson
[ William Allen White in the Satur-
day Evening POST

uoS LNSiiillS OoI'I
Yet he President, who was
naturally our source of biggest news
Gin Paris), was most human, for all
his Vagueness and remoteness. He
made most human mistakes and ne
added to the gayety of the cynical
group of the American newspaper
correspondents one day by taking
his pen in hand and writing the fol-
lowing eNquisitely characteristic
letter TO Frank Simonds:
My Dear MIR, Simonds: l must
not al ow the rush of these days to
prevent my turning aside at least for
IL moment to express my very deep
are giving to the things that are
worth while in this great settlement
we are trying to effect. Your ap-
proval and support are of the great
est service, and / do not want to wait
any longer to let you know that l
am sincerely grateful"
Now If there was one man in our
group who took a fiendish delight in
knocking the President, that man
was Frank Simonds. He didn't agree
with anything the President was do
ing or trying to do. He didn't be-
lieve in the League of Nations. He
didn't believe in a conciliatory peace.
He didn't believe in the Presidents
absent minded way of thinking
without words" on international mat
ters. Simons is Yankee materialist.
And whatever persuaded the Presi-
dent to write the letter that he did
was beyond the Imagination of the
boys in the pressroom.
Simonds vas writing for hundred
American newspapers through a
syndicate. And u few days after he
had the letter from the President
comes this cable from his syndicate:
canadian papers angry at your
attacks on Lloyd George, Democratic
papers denouncing your abuse of
Wilson,"
The cable indicated that the Re-
publican papers also were angry
about something forget what.
Simonds showed the cable to his
fellow workers and with it showed
the Presidents letter, and there Was
n sound of revelry by night. Simonds
promptly cabled back the President
Endorsement and it in turn was
telegra phed back to the Democrarc
papers, which were told that II
Simonds' attitude satisfied the Presi-
dent il ought TO satisfy Southern
Democrats. And then cables began
dropping into the Presidents office
asking him why in the name or all
the gods at once he had written the
Simonds letter. And he didn't know
why. so he tried to get it back. But
tile moving finger having writ he
was unable to recall 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

Lovers of Harrisburg, admirers OF
our unsurpassed river scenery. should
stand these beautiful autumnal morn
ings at the foot of Locust street, for
instance, and get a glimpse of the
wonderful view of the river. the
islands and the county along and
beyond the west shore. 1t would be
well for those who are unfamiliar
with the program of the improve
ment of the Susquehanns Basin tc
spend their leisure time in walking
along the upper and lower terraces
and imbibe the inspiration that is
certain to follow closeup view of
the unrivaled river front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

Middletown is keeping right along
with the procession in everything
that involves the public welfare. This
week some of the good women of the
lower end metropolis decided to Sc
cure a trained nurse for the purpose
of working in the homes. and the
school board has at the same time
chosen Dr. w. p. Evans as health in
spector. His reports indicated the
necessity of a visiting nurse. There
are few communities nowadays which
90 not give practical heed to the con-
slant counsel of the State Depart
ment of Health. We may expect Il
much more healthful people during
the next generation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Ezra Meeker Up in Airpldne

from Spokane Spokesman-Rnview ]
Ezra Meeker. widely known
pioneer of the Pacific Northwest.
now nearly 80 years old who came
TO the Oregon country in 1852. when
Oregon comprised all of Washing
ton and the greater part of Idaho
and Montana, took an air fight over
Puget Sound few days ago.
When Mr.. Meeker came across
the plains and mountains by OK
team sixty-seven years ago he count
ed fifteen miles a pretty satisfactory
days journey. The airplane took
him that distance in ten or fifteen
minutes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
A NoDel Type of Road
[From the scientific American.

IFrom the ScientfHc Americana
There is a road near st. Augustine,
Fla, which is paved with strips of
concrete separated by strips of ma
cadam. The road is Is feet wide and
at the outer edges there are two
strips of concrete, each 80 inches
wide, to take the outer wheels of
vehicles. At the center there is
strip of concrete five feet wide. The
intervening spaces are filled with
stone and gravel.
Not only does this make an eco
nomical road, but it tends to dis
tribute the traffic, keeping motor
cars on their own side of the road,
with the result that there is less dan
ger of accident and less road wear.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
A Famous MiSprint
tFrom Cornhill Magazine. Londc

tFrom Cornhill Magazine, London.l
Misprints are often a source OF
joy. Few are more pleasing than
those enshrined in the ancient yarn
probably concocted-of the public
banquet at which a speaker. in pro-
posing the toast of the army, coupled
with it the name of a distinguished
general, whom he described, accord
ing to the printed account of the
proceedings. as bottle SCARED
veteran" In the next issue of the
paper in which this libel had ap-
peared, note was inserted, ex-
pressing regret for a typographical
error, and explaining that the words
should have been battle scared
veteran"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Captain C. B. Spatz, the avia-
tor. had a great greeting when he
went to Boyertown for a visit.
Congressman e. r. Kiess, of the
Williamsport district, was among Wis
itors to the city yesterday.
The Rev. DIR. II. t. Drumgoolc.
one of the eminent clergymen of the
archdiocese of Philadelphia, was
among callers at the Governors of
flee yesterday. He is a member of
the War History Commission.
Col. John P. Nicholson, of
Philadelphia, has been chairman of
the Gettysburg National Park Com
mission since 1888.
DIR. w. M. Davidson, head of Pitts
burgh schools, is urging that tho
schools of the State give more at
tention to the life of Roosevelt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
God Commendeth Jesus

We have not followed cunningly
devised fables, when we made known
unto you the power and coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye
witnesses of his majesty. For he
received from God the Father honor
and glory, when there came such a
voice to him from the excellent
glory, This is my beloved Son, in
whom 1 am well pleased.-n Peter
1, 16 and IL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

When the Greater Harrisburg Navy
assemblies in the ballroom of -he
Penn-Harris tomorrow evening 1t
will get a delightful touch of the
Kipona which must renew the en-
thusiasm that prevailed during the
great river carnival a month ago,
Harrisburg is finding that the Shs-
quehanna basin is wonderful asset
for the city and young and old are
backing the efforts of men of vision
who have developed widespread in
terest in the permanent improve
ments of the river front and the
basin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
KRAUT SEASON


wv news that George Perkins, of
Swatara township, gave
Notwithstanding party last
week. We are sorry we are not on
Mr.. Perkins calling list. Folks who
have not attended a function of this
kind have missed almost as much
fun as those who never participated
in a cornhusking bee. ...
The night we made sauerkraut"
is looked back upon in many a
household not so far from Harris
burg as a red letter occasion and
as n date upon which to reckon
time between the day of the apple
butter boiling and the first butcher
ing-and it is worthy of the distinc-
ton.
First, the hiring of the kraut-
cutters-weeks in advance-because
not every family boasts a set of
knives, ETC., and they are very pop
lar-then the garnering of the
juicy cabbage, with just a touch of
early frost to make it sweeter; the
purchase of the SALT the scrubbing
ne:ghbors who have been invited in
| to help, with the promise that they
shall each have n mess as soon
as it is ripe" After that the strip
ping away of the outer leaves, for
| nothing but the crisp, white. snowy
head within is good enough for
kraut. Next the cutting-the slivery,
| feathery mass of shredded cabbage
in the tub beneath the knives grow
ing with every trip of the head box
back and forth. Then the "stomper,"
| then salt, then more cabbage and
then more "stomping," performed
with a heavy mallet-like instrument
of wood in shape like an old fash
ioned cannon-swabber. There are
rumors that some folks stomp"
their kraut with their barefeet-
thereby adding piquancy to the
| flavor-but this is not done in polite
| circles throughout Central Pennsyl-
vania. We speak from long expert
ence in these matters.
After that it is largely a question
of waiting for time and strong brine
| to do the rest. Some families put
up only one or two barrels-just
enough for medicinal purposes-but
generally the supply is figured out
pretty close to the demand, and
everything around the house that
doesn't leak is pressed into service.
Finally the great day comes. You
get back to the old kitchen around
about dusk, cold, tired and hungry.
AS you throw open the door an
aroma such as the gods of ancient
Greece knew not floats out on the
warm wave of air from within and
you take a big lungful and let out a
whoop that sets the good wife to
grinning, and you yell, "SAUER-
KRAUT!" Yes, sir, just like that
all in capital letters, and all your
fatigue vanishes, and your cares
float off on the steam that arises
from the big plate of pork, mashed
potatoes and golden kraut she sets
before YOU And oh, boy. but it's q
g-r-r-and and glorious feeling!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Prophets at Home

tFrom the Philadelphia Pressl
Attorney General Palmer can't
make a canvass of the Democratic
nomination for President, backed by
much home influence. The Demo-
Gratis can carry the county in which
he. lives. but Palmer cannot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Figuring a Lining Wage

(From the Edinburgh Scotsman.)
What is a living wager"
THAT depends"
ION what?"
whether you live in cottage OIL
an automobile"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
Firing 1t

[From the Des Moines Register
Captain D'Annunzio appears to be
making 1t certain that his next poem
will be read.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

And we must all understand that
through the teachers in our schools
and the Americanization of the alien
elements of our communities will
come u better day and incidentally
the safeguarding of our institutions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

Where are you going to plant your
tree and what kind of tree is it GO
ing to be? Don't wake up the morn
ing after Arbor Day and apologize
to yourself for overlooking this civic
dtrtr. -, j.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited to
1T or not otherwise credited in this
lished herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

example of weirton, adding to the
treatment the stimulus of number
seven boot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has con-
siderably diversified its indus
tries In the last three years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
At one time there was a project /"
to erect a statute to John Harris
In Market Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

The Attorney Generals Department
will appear in behalf of the State at
the argument in the Supreme Court
at Pittsburgh on the appeal from
the decision of the Dauphin county
court in the Wasson sole nominee"
case. Until this case is decided the
Allegheny county judicial nomina-
tions cannot be certified. All other
judicial nominations have been cer-
titled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-15

While the detour has been in et-
feet around the State road opera
tions on the Dauphin- -Clark's road
a good many people have had n
chance to see the beauties of the
view from Peters Mountain who
never knew about it. This mountain
rises rather steeply and the road
from the north side winds a good
plt, put 1t affords chances for some
delightful vistas through the woods
and long reaches of Dauphin and
Perry counties can be seen. And
this is good time of the year to
make the trip.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-16
BRING FOOD FROM
FARM To TABLE
Many Thanksgiving Tables
viii be Stocked by This
Unique Method.

To the man who delights in eating
a mallard duck he has brought
down himself-the fisherman whose
own catch" tastes more appetizing
than any fish he ever ate in a res
taurant. "Farm-to- table" week, Nov
1922. has an unusual appeal.
This year he can sit down TO his
Thanksgiving dinner with that same
measure Of satisfaction. His table
may be laden with turkey, vegetables
and fruit that ne personally pur-
chased from and conveyed from the
farm in his automobile. His will be
the satisfaction of knowing the food
is fresh and wholesome-that II
came from his own community and
was not shipped hundreds OF miles
in a storage car. In addition he will
feel that ne has contributed his
share in rescuing foodstuffs from
the farmer that otherwise might
never have been consumed for lack
OF transportation facilities.
That millions Of Americans-men
women and children-will expert
ence such a Thanksgiving dinner
this year is practically assured. The
message Of Farm to- table" week
has gone forth broadcast. Response
far in excess of the hopes OF it's
promoters is manifested in every
community in every state In the un-
ion. The 100000 city motorists In
the United States will be generously
represented on the country's high
ways and lanes during the week OF
Nov. 1929. The movements slo-
gan, Motor to the country and I'll
your market baskets" has struck a
responsive cord and even during the
past 10 days-ever since the an
nouncement Of the plan-greatly
increased patronage of the roadside
market is reported from hundreds OF
rural districts.
The movement has been publicly
endorsed by governors of states,
mayors of cities. chambers of COM
merce, automobile clubs and civic
and farmers societies. Tons and
tons Of foOdstun is expected to find
its way TO the city consumers table
through the "F'arm-to-table" route