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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
IN THE OLD DAYS

THE BARRIERS are complaining
that the so-called luxury taxes,
which went into effect May 1,
are aimed injuriously at the man
whose hair is falling out and has to
depend upon the soothing and
odoriferous lotions of the tonsorial
artist to save him from the bald
head class, in that the new law
prescribes heavily increased taxation
on hair tonics and the like.
Back in the good old days, before
the shelf in front of the barber shop
mirror became so cluttered up with
fancy bottles of various colored
liquids that it might easily be mis-
taken for the supply depot of one
of those white-aproned artists who
manufacture mixed drinks for thirsty
and adventurous patrons, the luxury
tax wouldn't have hit either the
barber or his victim very hard. In
those times there was the bottle of
bayrum and the tall bottle of hair
oil for the customers who weren't
particular, but who were entitled to
something on the side with their
shaves and hair cuts, and a box of
bear grease" a jar of pomade and
bottle of sweet verbena" for par
ticular folks who wanted to look
slick and smell sweet.
The BARRIERS of that period knew
little about sanitation and cared less.
One brush, one comb, one mug and
one towel answered for many Gus
toners, and he was a mighty pros
porous citizen indeed who had his
own individual mug, with initials or
picture OF his wife, or his sweet
heart, or his favorite horse, or his
home on the front, set back in a
mitch on special shelf for his own
particular use. But if attentions
were scant, prices were low. The
only kind of a massage known to
the trade at the time was the kind
the heavy handed extra barber, who
helped out Saturday nights in the
shop after acting as blacksmith's
helper all day, inadvertently gave
the poor souls who entrusted their
tender faces to the mercy of his
iron-muscled fist. And the man who
asked for a hot towel would have
got a cold one right across the face,
for in those days there was only
enough hot water to mix the lather
and it was brewed in copper pot
that sizzled continually on top of a
little stove that kept the shop warm
both winter and summer. But you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02

could get shave for dime and a
hair cut for fifteen cents, with bay
rum and hair-oil thrown in. Ordi-
narily these two were considered
sufficient. but before going to a party
or a wedding one was prone to
indulge in the smoothing down
qualities of bear grease" and the
perfumery that went with the favor
lite sweet verbena." Those appli-
cations were the last word in toilet
making and If anybody cast asper-
sions as to the appearance of a man
who had paid for those luxuries.
why there just naturally followed
an apology or a fight.
Everything's changed in the bar
Der shop. except the line of CONVEX
sation. That's about the same. But
now, thank goodness, we are to have
some variation even in that, by way
Of a discussion of luxury taxes and
their effect on the profits of tom
serial artists and the fates of GUS
toners who are trying to dodge the
bald-headed class. Shakespeare
was right. Sweet are the uses
of adversely"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
KEEP OUR RECORD FAIR

TTARRIsBURG people have been
IL proud of their record in the
war, and very properly so.
When the first draft came along,
so many of our young men had vol
unteered that this city was exempt
In every Red Cross, Y. NJ. C. A,
knights of Columbus and Liberty
Loan drive Harrisburg gave it's full
quota-and more.
We never shirked for a moment.
We supported the boys in France
with every means at our disposal.
And now, with the war won and
our soldiers coming home, we are
spelling our whole splendid record
by failing to take our share Of Vic
tory Bonds.
1t will be shameful thing to say
at the end OF the campaign: Yes,
Perry county went over the top, and
Juniata county went over the top,
and Steelton went over the top, and
Dauphin county outside of the city
went over the top, but Harrisburg,
richest and most populous commun-
ity of the whole district, wouldn't do
its share"
If we let ourselves be placed in
that class we shall deserve the yell
low streak that our neighbors al
ways will see in US. We shall de-
serve the name of gutter. We shall
have no excuse to make when the
folks of other towns call us slackers.
It's nice prospect, isn't it?
But there is one way out.
Buy bonds; buy until you can buy
no more. and in sufficient amounts
to wipe out the blot on Harisburg's
good name and send the city glori-
ously over the top when the bond
statesmen get together to make their
final reports Tuesday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
ShOID Window Phildnthropy
[From the New York Sunl

ltrom the New York SUM
1t was in one of the lunch rooms
where one gathers up ones viands
at a counter and eats off the en-
larged arm of a chair. The Woman
Who. Sees lunching there with a
friend whose time was limited, found
herself more interested in the old
man who sat nearby than in her
food or her friends conversation. He
was very shabby but very neat, and
the Woman, watching the zest with
which he ate every crumb of his
sandwich, and the satisfaction with
which he drank his tea, wondered
when he had eaten last-and when
he would eat again.
THE man who runs this chain of
restaurants is quite a philanthropist; |;
saw an article in one of the news
papers about him." commented the
Womans friend. He does no end
of good" And she went on to give
details. But the Woman wasn't lis
tening. She was watching the old
man. who had gone over to the food
counter.
This teas so strong-could 1
have some hot water in it, please ?"
he asked the white aproned clerk.
"Say, what ye giving u.s." and
the clerk snatched off the lid of the
teapot Drank nearly all the tea
and now you want the pot filled up
with hot water! Grand scheme!
Tryin' to get pot o. tea for nothin'!
Say, we amt giving food away here
not to-day"
The old mans wrinkled face
flushed painfully, but without a
word he drew his torn cap from his
pocket and turned toward the door.
And the Woman couldn't help won
dering just where philanthropy be-
gins.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
Saving $4,000 Workers Lives Yearly
[From the Literary Digest ]

quency, this will appeal as a really
remarkable achievement, and to my
mind proves without a doubt that
safety organization, even in the
face of unprecedented stress of war
work, has made good
1T might be added that, when
these figures have been brought up
to date for the year 1918, they will
indicate that there has been a fur
already good showing for 1917"
Many agencies have been active,
Mr.. Palmer reminds us, in the de-
velopment of the safety movement.
In the Pittsburgh district, where
mules were once held of more
value than mortals," a group of en-
gineers, in cooperation with insur-
ance officials, sowed the seed of the
National Safety Council, to-day one
of the foremost accident-preventio
organizations. Allied with this is
the American Museum of safety, a
pioneer in promoting the safety
spirit throughout the industries by
holding exhibitions of safety and
sanitation, distributing publications,
and making Investigations that have
eXerted marked educational infiu-
ence. To quote again:
Focusing the industrial thought
ana purpose upon this special
branch of plant management soon
revealed the fact that, as we had
been sadly negligent in conserving
our minerals, forests, and other
natural sources. so had we been
woefully wasteful of the lives and
limbs of our industrial workers: and
we were awakened to the realization
that this annual toll of life and limb
was not the sad necessity we had
believed it to be, but that by the
proper application of organized eff
fort-purpose plus money-amaz-
ing reductions in accident frequency
could be effected.
From such records as were
available ten years ago, we were
shown that in the neighborhood of
$4,000 fatal industrial accidents oc-
Cured each year, carrying with them
approximately 100000 disabling
accidents for a like period.
I'm the light of the new day, with
its avowed purpose to eliminate
waste, the safety movement has
played its part, and to-day it is es-
timated that the annual rate of ia
tai industrial accidents has been re-
duced to approximately $4,000, with
corresponding reduction in the dis
abling accidents
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
Kill That Flu NoW

Under no circumstances patron
ize a restaurant, grocery store, ba-
kerry or butcher shop if flies are per-
mitted to walk about on the food.
Watch the fly when you wait the
service of your meal 1t will be an
interesting and instructive expert
ence."
This and other advice on the erad-
ication of the fly is contained in a
warning issued by the Merchants
Association of New York. Here are
some additional interesting points:
THE extremely mild weather this
season was favorable to the active
life of the insect, and promoted the
breeding of the dangerous pest last
winter.
Fewer flies have perished.
MANY have deposited eggs which
have been Matched and will re-en-
hibernated in the more sheltered
places.
The mother fly lays $50 eggs at
one time, and deposits six patches
in life time of five weeks. The
appol!!ng possibilities of spreading
disease germs are evident.
Kill at once every fly you can
find and burn it.
The killing of just one fly now
meaJ . LndL lneTe VIII De OllllOnS ana
trillions fewer next summer.
Clean up your premises.
Eradicate all substances likely
to afford breeding grounds for the
prolific insect.
Every crack and crevice should
he explored for eggs and busted with
fly destroyer.
Garbage is a favorite rendezvous
for the fly. See that the garbage
container has a tight fitting lid, and
keep that lid on.
"T.c clear the house of flies. burn
~ rethrum powder. This Supplies the
flies. but they must then be swept
up and burned"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Don Marquis has written a new
book which is full of whimsical
serious, ironical, pleasant and satir.
lcal comment upon anything and
everything in the universe and upon
some things that are not in the
universe, but should be-delightful
nonsense, all of it. This newest bit
of fun by the editor of the Sun
Dial' is called, "Prefaces." 1t con-
tains about twenty-five imaginary
prefaces, such as the Preface to a
Book of Cigarette Papers," the
Preface to n Censor's Diary" and
a particularly delightful Preface to
a Cook Book"
The whole world seems suddenly
to be turning to business methods
as employed in America. D. Apple
ton and Company state that within
the past few months they have re-
ceived orders for their Practical
Business Library from all parts OF
the earth. On one day recently they
received orders from the South Sea
Islands, Siam, Arabia, Australia and
China. This is an interesting devel-
opment, because before the war the
States were not in high favor in
these countries, the methods OF
Great Britain and Germany being
given preference.
The New Jersey State Library
Commission, through its secretary,
Miss Askew, recently appealed to
Mr.. William Heyliger, the writer OF
boys book, to organize a campaign
by which Boy Scouts would collect
magazines for the wounded soldiers
at st. Mary's Hospital. Hoboken,
Mr.. Heyliger accepted the commits
sion, and, within ten days, his organ
ization of Boy Scouts had sent to
the hospital more than 5000 maya
zines.
Co-incident with the great success
with which Emerson Hough's new
novel, The Sagebrusher," is meet
ing, particularly in New York where
a vigorous sales campaign is in pro-
gress, D. Appleton and Company an
nounce that they have been Obliged
to print the nineteenth edition OF
Mr.. Hough's first book, THE Story
of the Cowboy"
DR.. G. Stanley Halls monumental
work on Adolescence" is being
printed by the Appletons for the
sixteenth time. The Appletons are
also printing this week the fifty
eight edition of DR.. Hollis Care and
Feeding of Children" a book which
is said to sell in greater quantities
each year than most of the popu-
lar novels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
THE TOCSIN
IBv Edward S. Van Zile

[By Edward S. Van Zile.l
Never since man first preyed on man,
And battlefields turned red,
And guns were forged and metal ran
Hot for it's feast of dead,
Rang Tocsin louder on the air,
More menacing, more wild,
Than rouses races everywhere
That they be not defiled.
1t echoes over mounds of slain,
And weary Europe weeps;
It's hoarse above the moaning
main,
From sea to sea it leaps.
It's raucous where the valleys are,
1t shakes the hills with dread
Who raised their eyes and saw star
Now fear that star is fled.
The Tocsin! The Tocsin! 'Tis harsh
to human ears;
Our graves have grown too many,
we are tired of our tears;
But the foe is arming, arming,
And the Tocsin, giving cry,
Is a watch-dog's tongue. alarming
Them that sleep to wake or die,
Far afield the war-god ranges.
Peace? All, where is it to-day?
Age on age how slight the changes
In the price their victims payi
To the Robespierres, red-handed,
Who have slain, and slay again
Now behold new millions banded
For the massacre of men!
The Tocsin! The Tocsini The winds
of all the earth
Are carrying the warning of a mon-
strous evil birth,
or the coming of a Frankenstein
insatiate for blood,
OF cavemen with machine guns, and
of murder at the flood.
Nay, tarry not, ye needless, for the
foe draws nigh the gate,
And woe to ye, ye laggards. If ye gird
your loins too late:
Ye have fought a splendid battle, ye
have won a fight for God
But there's lightning in the firma-
ment. and blood upon the sod
The Tocsin! The Tocsin! It's thun-
der groweth loud!
Ye saved the goddess, Liberty-they
would wrap her in a shroud
A new crusade awaits we, We must
face the foe again.
For brutes break loose to make their
kill-and Freedom calls for
menl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
MUST WAIT AND SEE

MO PACT between nations, big or
IN or little, has ever been SUBJ
ject to the variance in criti-
cism that has characterized the doc
ument upon which is based the
League of Nations. Divergent views
of diplomats of large experience and
radical differences between the fore
most statesmen of the world regard
ing the various provisions of this re-
markable scheme to safeguard
future peace, have marked the dis
cussion and threatened the very har-
mony that the agreement was de-
signed to promote. Now that the
peoples most concerned have been
taken into the secret, it remains TO
be seen whether the apprehension
and honest criticism of a multitude
of befuddled freemen and the late
subjects of former autocracies will
be arrested.
David Jayne Hill, this country's
most distinguished publicist and dip
lomat, a former Ambassador to Ber-
lin, manifestly does not concur in
the optimistic views just expressed
by ex-President Taft regarding the
revised scheme for establishing world
peace, worked out at the Paris Con-
ference. Indeed, he concludes in a
remarkable analysis of the whole
matter that "if Germany and other
nations were really penitent, really
virtuous, really minded to submit to
international law, to respect it and
TO maintain it, the League would be
- superhuity. But if Germany and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Col. d. J. Davis, adjutant of
the Keystone Division, is city solici-
tor of Scranton.
Mayor Arch Johnston, of Beth
lehem, was among the Governors
visitors.
DIR. George woodward, sponsor
of the Philadelphia charter bills. is
one of the wealthy men in the Leg
islature.
-SCol. w. E. Astor, Philadelphia
medical man, is home from France.
Governor Sproul is spending the
weekend at his Chester home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Chicago packers tell us the re-
moval of profit restrictions will re-
suit in no change in the prices of
meat. That is the way 1t is now:
No change.-Detroit News.
Germany simply would dance, but
she is startled at the size of the
fiddler's bill, which she thought was
going to be paid by the guests she
forced to attend.-Dearborn Inde-
pendent.
If the good ship George Washing
ton ever gets a chance to make a
farewell address, it may have some
| thing to say about foreign entangle-
ments.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
PeGEc4 L.
Ps~~o4lea~io
By the Ex-Committeeman

With the Philadelphia bills GER,
tain to pass in much the form de-
sired by Senator Boies Penrose and
his friends in the Quaker City and
the administration forces suddenly
aroused to the Importance of get
| ting their bills through the Legisla-
ture, it commences to look as though
| the next month would be one OF
the busiest known in recent years
on Capitol Hill.
| Republican State leaders who have
| been waiting for the return of Gov
ernor William c. Sproul and the
settlement of the controversy over
the Philadelphia legislation have re-
newed their calls for the Legisla-
ture to speed up and enact the laws
expected OF it. The Philadelphia
measures have occupied too much
attention, say some of these leaders,
and they are very much inclined to
fall in with the suggestion of Sena-
tor Penrose that the time has come
to think about the revenue legisla-
ton and the urgings of Governor
Sproul that things be "speeded up"
The trouble has been that every
thing has had to wait until the
Philadelphia bills could get their
sailing chart and now it means that
financial policy must be evolved
to take care of appropriations run
ming over sso,000,000 and many
other things settled.
The workmen's compensation
bill will have serious consideration
in the next week or SO and there
are intimations that the Admins
tration is inclined to agree to some-
thing in the way of changes al
though much opposition has been
manifested by employers because of
the industrial situation.
The State Administration is also
getting busy in an effort to put
through the State Police reorgariEer
mer measure will be reconsidered
Monday night and likely be passed
with a safe majority. Many up
State legislators who voted against
it because of the ruction over the
third class city repeater have
changed their minds.
Governor Sproul is much in
terested in the antisedition bill and
Attorney General Schaffer in an
analysis which appears elsewhere to-
night urges that it be enacted as a
matter of precaution against the ter
ror;sts, anarchists and others who
preach change of government by
violence. Mr.. Schaffer says that the
section known as the "discontent"
clause and that dealing with peace
and tranquility" excepted to as too
broad will be eliminated.
The effort to abolish the Pub
lie Service Commission will not get
anywhere and neither will any of
the bills to change its basic law.
The Scranton Republican is of
opinion that road bonds will be is
sued soon. 1t says editorially: 1T
is understood that some of the bonds
will be issued at an early date as
the Governor is very rirmIy of the
opinion that a good cause will be
served by having much of the road
work completed before next fall.
That will be a wise thing to do be-
cause of the fact that so many men
are out of work and plenty of labor
will be available for any highway
plan contemplated"
A new liquor bill to define when
a drink is a drink is predicted in
Philadelphia.
Friends of Judge Eugene c.
Bonniwell have renewed their efforts
to have him appointed common pleas
court judge of Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
No Possible Mistake

"These profiteers," said Represen-
tative Esch, of Wisconsin, ''accuse
themselves with their excuses. They
remind me of little Willie.
Little Willie came home the
other day with a nice new golf ball.
Look at the lost ball found
this afternoon, father he said.
"'Are you sure, my boy the
father asked, that it was a lost ball q
"'Oh, yes, SIR said little Willie,
I saw the owner and his caddie
looking for it. LOS Angeles
Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02

Never think it tcGSted time to sub
NIT yourseif 10 any influence trhich
may bring upon you any noble feel
ir9.-RuSkin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
Thoughts on the Fifth

The fifth Loan comes in season,
A patriotic time;
It has a lot of reason
But hasn't any rhyme.
New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02

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All rights of republication OF special
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
DO YOU KNOW

Harrisburg was a center of
brick making for seventy-five
years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
BurIeS0ned

Mary had little mail,
A letter white as snow,
And everywhere she posted it
The blamed thing wouldn't go.
New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Cut nails were made here in hug
quantities during the seventies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-02

HARRISBURG people have been
IL proud of their record in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-23

N LETTER to the children of Amer N\ ica has ben sent out by Presi- S dent Wilson through the Red ICross, telling of the benefits to be de- rived from membership in the Junior Red Cross and advising the children to |enroll again this year. Following is the Presidents letter:
 To the School Children of the United
 States:
 Two years ago, as President of the United States. and as president of the American Red Cross, addressed to you letter in which l advised you to en- roll in the newly organized Junior Red Cross, and I explained to you some of the ways in which the Junior Red Cross would help you to be useful to your coun- try and to the children of those coun- tries which were associated with us in great war against a powerful enemy. millions of you did join the Junior Red Cnoss and worked hard and what you did is warmly appreciated by the whole < country.
 Now, by the blessings of God and through the faithful performance of duty by our soldiers and sailors and the soldiers and sailors of the countries by whose side We fought. a great vic tory has been won and the war is over. but am sure that you wish to continue to be useful to your country and to chill dren less fortunate than yourselves. Therefore, l am writing to you at the opening of the new school year to ad- wise you again to join the Junior Red Cross, which has planned work for peace times even larger and more sys- tematic than the work done during the war.
 The Junior Red Cross will instruct you in ideals and habits of service whl snow you how to be useful to your school, now to aid older people in your community in their efforts to promote the healtn and comfort of the people among whom you Ifre, and how to help children wno are still suffering from the effects or the great war in foreign lands invaded by the enemy. ,
 The recent war was the greatest or all wars, not only because more men ana nations were engaged in 1t than Tn any other war of history, but also because as result of it. people have seen