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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 8.
Time it
Too flow for those who wait.
Too swift for those who fear.
Too long for those who grieve.
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who Jove
Time is not!
— Hexby Va>- Dyke.
CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION
IT is expected that Governor Brum
baugh, Auditor General Powell and
State Treasurer Young, compris
ing the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings, will have a conference
to-morrow with Arnold W. Brunner,!
the distinguished designer and plan
ner wfio will represent the State In |
planning for the permanent treatment J
of the Capitol Park zone. Warren H. i
Manning will represent the city's in-1
teres ta.
Governor Brumbaugh will present
to the Legislature the results of this
study of an important problem ami!
there is little doubt that definite and ;
Bnal steps will be taken at the ap
proaching session to transform the l
old and new sections of the park so |
that the environment of the Capitol |
will be In harmony with the dignity i
and beauty of that great structure.
Fortunately for the Commonwealth, j
the present Board of Public Grounds j
and Buildings is entirely familiar with j
all the steps which have been taken ]
to enlarge the Capitol grounds. These !
officials are performing an important
duty when they arrange for the final
and definite treatment of the whole
park zone. This embraces the widen
ing of the streets abutting on the
property and the grading of the land.
Mr. Brunner and Mr. Manning a~e j
both more or less familiar with the i
whole proposition and ought to be '
able In a comparatively short time to ,
Bubmit a plan which will be satisfac-1
tory to the Commonwealth and the
city.
Those officials who are so indifferent
to the rlprapping of the river slope
will not be so indifferent to the rapping
of the voters, which always follows
neglect. It is absurd to insist that the
protection of the river embankment
should be postponed until next Spring
after the ice and floods of the coming
winter shall hare caused still greater
damage. If the riprapping is to be
done, it should be done now. It ought
to have been done months ago.
THE FORT HUNTER MEMORIAI.
EVERY citizen of Harrlsburg will
•be interested in the dedication I
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock j
of the historical marker at Fort Hunt-'
er. The unveiling of this official stone |
will be another step in the intelligent I
marking of the steps which Indicate
the development of a great Common
wealth.
Fort Hunter was one of the Impor
tant outposts of civilization and its
history Is an Interesting chapter of
the opening up of the Susquehanna
valley to the hardy pioneers who blaz
ed the way for those who have carried
forward the torch of a better civiliza
tion.
State Librarian Montgomery who is
also curator of the Pennsylvania His
torical Commission, and those associ
ated with him, have earned the appre
ciation of the people of the State for
the very important work in which
they are engaged. Harrisburg should
be present to-morrow at Fort Hunter
in large numbers and we trust that the
unveiling of this marker will be the
occasion of a great outpouring of all
who are interested in the development
of the State from the earliest days.
When the State placed the Harris
marker In the park at Front and
Washington streets, the occasion was
allowed to pass without proper pub
lic attention, but there will be no ex
cuse should the Fort Hunter unveiling
be likewise without public apprecia
tion.
It Is noticeable that the troops are
returning in better cars than those
which carried them to the border, but
that is largely because so few of them
are coming home, Christmas on the
border isn't a bright outlook.
THE WEST SHORE LOAN
r' i a fine thing that, notwithstand
ing the pullback attitude of West
Falrvlew and the upper end of East
Pennsboro township, Lemoyne, Camp
Hill and Wormleysburg will still be
able to concentrate on a central high
school. The passage of the loan project
by these districts is a splendid demon
stration of town spirit and public en
tsrprlse and It is altogether to the
credit of the lower precinct of East
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Pennsboro ' township, which should
now make a more strenuous effort
than ever to sever Its connections with
its less enterprising neighbors and to
join with Camp Hill borough, that it
should have given the loan an over
whelming majority.
The West Shore towns which
adopted the loan not only have done
their duty by their boys and girls, but
they have taken a long step toward
bringing the various communities
which make up the district Into a har
monious whole, and It has laid the
foundation for a great and populous
city on the west bank of the Susque
hanna opposite Harrlsburg that some
day may become a part of the Capital
City itself. But this school vote Is
merely a step in the right direction.
The people of Lemoyne, Camp HIU
ana Wormleysburg have found that
their Interests are largely identical.
Who shall say to what lengths this
community co-operation may go In the
future?
Why is it that most men turn to the
right when you direct them to the
left?
HIGH SCHOOL VICTORY
! T TARRISBURG, by adopting the
-*■ high school loan Involving an
expenditure of $1,250,000, has
again demonstrated its belief in itself
and its confidence In Its own future.
With an almost unbroken endorse
' ment of Improvement projects to Its
credit the city has determined that
Its schools shall not be secondary to
the various phases of municipal de
velopment to which It has devoted so
much attention in recent years.
This is as It should be. School fa
cilities on a par with the public Im
provements that have made the city
famous will do nfuch to draw new
; residents to Harrlsburg, Just as an
overcrowded high school has kept
j many away from the city.
! All over the land, cities were watch
-1 lng Harrisburg to see whether or not
we still had faith In doing big public
J tasks in a big way. That we have
| decided to keep at the head of the
| municipal procession will do much for
us In the eyes of sister cities that have !
learned to look upon Harrisburg as
public spirited and patriotic.
Beside, we owe this thing to our J
children. They have the right to de- j
mand of us the very best educational;
facilities we can give them, and it is I
proper that we should rejoice that the
voters have recognized this and are
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ready to shoulder the burden of ad- I
dltlonal debt in order to build and
equip the much-needed buildings.
THE NECESSITY OF SAVING
THE average total family income,
including women and children,
is between S7OO and SSOO a year;
in the United States, according to 1
statistics given out by the American
Society for Thrift. Between 1900 and
1914 the average increase in tho re
tall prices of food was about sixty per
cent., while wages Increased a little
less than thirty per cent. No matter
what may be the cause of this con
dition, the moral Is plain: The aver
age American of the future must be
thrifty.
Our population is increasing at the
rate of 4,433 a day. Statisticians
estimate that within a few years this
increase will reach 10,000 a day. There
I will then be even greater cause for
thrift.
A movement is on foot In the Na
tional Education Association, the offi
cial organization of school teachers of
America, for devising plans of teach- 1
ing it in our schools. This means be
ginning at the foundation and the re
sults on the happine.-<s, prosperity and
security of the future American will
be beyond comprehension.
There are over 40,000 workers in
America. If each worker began now
to save a dime a day the aggregate
accumulations would reach $1,465,-
750,976 a year, or if each saved a
dime a week the total would be $208,-
819,317. The saving of a dime a
month by each worker would amount
to $48,189,093, and only a dime a
year would mean $4,015,750. Statis
tics show that ninety-five per cent, of
men are dependent upon their daily
earnings, or on others, for support at
the age of 60, and that not one man
in thirty who retires with a com
petency is able to retain that com
petency to the close of life.
These are things for the partiotlc
American to think about. This is a
nation of manifest destiny, but there
are evil days ahead unless our people
begin at once the practice of saving
on a scale far greater than ever be
fore.
George M. Cohan having gone into
moving pictures will still be able to
dance and wave the American flag, but
what are the talking machine folks
going to do without Cohan songs?
"Don't let prices spoil the Thanks
giving dinner," advises the Ohio State
Journal. A few more rises of prices and
there will be no dinner to spoil.
"Nicaragua is in a turmoil," says a
news dispatch, but why waste cable
tolls to relate an everyday incident?
And now, let every newspaper edi
tor in the country get busy and choose
a cabinet for him.
We hope it is not sinful to hope that
the fellow who Is saving his potatoes
to realise more than $3 a bushel for
them gets stuck
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By (he Ei-OommittmßWi |1
Pennsylvania not only swung back
Into Its place as banner Republican
commonwealth yesterday, but it re
tained Republicans in charge of the
financial end of the state government,
maintained its strength in Congress
and clinched Republican control of
the Legislature. Four have been
added to the thirty-eight Republican
senators of the last session and It is
predicted that the Republicans in the
House will run over 150.
Richard J. Baldwin, of Delaware,
will be a candidate for Speaker and
James F. Woodward, of McKeesport,
will be back again as chairman of the
appropriations committee. Among the
ether Republicans bitterly assailed
who won was Robert P. Habgood, of
McKean.
Returns from two-thirds of the dis
tricts in the state show a plurality for
the Republican national ticket of
169.76S and Republican leaders claim
that complete figures will Increase this
lead to nearly a quarter of a million
votes. The Republicans also elected
Philander C Knox to the United States
Senate and their candidates for State
Treasurer and Auditor General by sub
stantial pluralities. Judge Emory A.
Walling, running on a nonpartisan
ticket, was elected to the State Su
preme Court.
Returns indicate that the Repub
licans elected twenty-nine congressmen
and the Democrats four, with three
districts in doubt. The Republican
•state committee claims the election
In two of the districts which have not
filed complete returns. The Democrats
pained a congressman in the Twentieth
district (Adams-York), where A. R.
Brodbeck was elected over S. K.
McCall, his Republican opponent, and
lost one in the Eleventh (Luzerne),
where T. W. Templeton defeated Con
gressman J. J. Casey, according to the
latest figures. The doubtful districts
are Blair-Bedford-Cambria, Somerset,
Fayette, Greene and Erie, Crawford
districts.
Among the notable fights won yes
terday by the Republicans was in the
Thirtieth district, where Congressman
W. H. Coleman was re-elected over
M. Clyde Kelly.
The Socialists polled less than half
as largo a vote in Philadelphia as they
did four years ago, while the Pro
hibitionists had nearly twice as many,
Benson receiving 4,526 while Haniy
received 1,133.
Republicans have increased their
strength in the Pennsylvania State
Senate and lato returns show that four
will be added to the thirty-eight of
the last session. But one Democratic
senator, G. W. Sassanian, Berks, seems
to have been elected.
Ex-Senator Frank E. Raldwin will
succeed Robert M. Hilton in the
Twenty-fifth district; F. H. Barker de
feated Senator 11. A. Tompkins in the
Thirty-fifth, and David Martin de
feated Senator Richard V. Farley In
the Fiftieth while T. Larry Eyre won
out in a contest for the seat held since'
191S by John W. Gyger, fusion, from
the Nineteenth.
Senator W. C. Sprou.l, oldest senator
' In r>oint of service, was among those
1i e-elected yesterday,
j Twenty-five senators were elected,
r. similar number holding over.
Republicans won a large proportion
[of the House of Representatives as the
; result of the election of 20" members
j tor two-year terms yesterday.
Chairman James F. x Woodward, of
the last House appropriations com
, nilttee, and a score of other committee
! chairmen were re-elected and late re
turns showed that James H. Maurer,
the Socialist member from Reading. Is
leading for re-election. Representa
tive John M. Flynn, Elk, oldest Demo
cratic member in point of service, and
Representative Fred C. Ehrhardt,
Lackawanna, oldest Republican mem
i Uer. were both re-elected with mem
bers of the last House from Alle
gheny, Rucks. Berks. Chester, Lan
caster, Delaware. Lehigh, Blair, Tioga,
Philadelphia and Fayette counties.
The Republicans had 164 and the
Democrats 41 In the last House, Wash-
In gtonians and Socialists 1 each.
Aid to Salesmen
"Integrity, incidentally. Is one of the
mightiest factors in salesmanship. If
you have a reputation for stating facts
exactly for never attempting to gain
momentary advantage through exag
geration. you possess the basis of all
successful salesmanship.
"Next to Integrity comes personality
that Indefinable charm that gives to
men what perfume gives to flowers.
Many of us thirfg of salesmen as peo
ple traveling around with sample kits.
Instead, we are all salesmen, every
day of our lives. We are selling our
ideas, our plans, our energies, our en
thusiasms, to those with whom we
come in contact. Thus, the man of
genial presence Is bound to accomplish
much more, under similar conditions,
than the man without It. If you have
personality, cherish It; If you have not,
cultivate it. For personality can lie
cultivated, although the task is not
easy.
"Nothing is so plentiful In America
as opportunity. There are more Jobs
for forceful men than there are force
ful men to fill them. Whenever the
question comes up of buying new
works wc never consider whether we
can make the works pay. That Is a
foregone conclusion If we can ge.t the
right man to manage them.
"All successful employers of labor
are stalking men who will do the un
usual, men who think, men who at
tract attention by performing more
than is expected of them. These men
have no difficulty in making their
worth felt. They stand out above
their fellows until their superiors can
not fall to see them." —Charles M.
Schwab in the American.
The Smell o' the Woods
The smell o' the woods is fillln' the air
An' I wanta get out, —I don't care
where!
Out where the wind's akissln* the
trees
An' the briars keep hookin' a fel
low's knees.
Yuh Jump up a rabbit an' take a
snap shot,
Missln' the rascal, —like as not.
Up goes a covey,—yuh bring down a
few, —
"What, Ole Dog! Only find two!"
Squat down a bit back of a rook
Callln' —Hist! Warden fur a
stray cock;
Or pick out a hickory some likely
place
Hopln' a squirrel *1 poke out his
face.
Hunt out a soft spot 'longside a brook
Drag in some dead wood an' be your
own cook;
Fill yerself up,—then feet to th
blaze
Jes' sort o' dream of ole bygone
days.
Roll yerself up In a blanket or two
To keep out the creepers and stand
off the dew
Up in the mornln* merry o' heart
Bacon an' eggs—and then a fresh
start!
The smell o' the woods Is flllln* the
air
An' I gottta get out, —I don't care
where!
—C. L. 8.
For the Telegraph.
When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS
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The Agricultural Fairs
[Pennsylvania Farmer]
The county and district fair season
is about over for the year. Reports
indicate that the season was a success
ful one in point of attendance—and
attendance and the money left by the
visitors appear to be the only point
of view of the average fair manager.
But the close of a so-called successful
season is a good time to take stock
of the net results of the fairs as a
whole. To the comparative few who
visit a large number of county and
district fairs and have opportunity to
study the apparent purposo and the
evident result of fairs, there must be a
very grave question whether or not
these institutions as a class are ac
complishing anything for agriculture;
certainly we must concede that they
are falling far short of their possi
bilities. We made It a point to check
up on the class of venders and the
quality of goods sold by them at the
fairs visited this season. As a result,
we believe it safe to say that not 5
per cent, of the various articles sold
on a fair ground, not including farm
Implements and such trtaple com
modities of fixed selling price, are sold
at anything like their actual value.
In other words, the concessionaries
who pay for the privilege of selling
their wares at county fairs regard
the fair visitors as "easy marks" and
proceed to extract the largest possible
prices and give as little as necessary
In return. This in Itself is perhaps a
small consideration, but th.e trouble Is
that it characterizes the entire spirit
of a large percentage of the fairs.
They are out to get all they possibly
can from their fair patrons and give
as little in return as possible. The
fair has become a purely commercial
proposition, as much so as a street or
town carnival, and agricultural lnter
cFta are merely incidental. There can
be no objection to carnivals, adver
tised and conducted as such; but there
is very pointed objection to hundreds 1
of institutions posing as agricultural i
educational institutions in order to
draw money from the State Treasury
and then practising carnival methods
in the entertainment of their patrons.
So-called Agricultural Shows
[From the Right of Way.]
A few years ago the best space on
the fair ground was allotted to the
exhibitors of agricultural implements. :
To-day the fakirs have the right of I
way and the exhibitors of agricultural '
machinery at a great many of the fairs 1
are given what space Is left.
The result of this is that the ma
jority of manufacturers and dealers
in agricultural implements are cutting
out their exhibits at these fairs and
unless the managements wake up and
change their methods they will be left
with the fakirs.
The State pays out a great many
thousands of dollars to these so-called
f.grlcultural fairs; the State appropri
ates this money for agricultural pur
poses. Our agricultural department
recognizes the fact that if the farmers
of Pennsylvania are to make the best
of their calling they must be educated
to better methods of farming, and also
recognize the fact that Improved ma
chinery is essential to the development
of the agricultural interests of the
state.
The farmer is possibly more in
terested to-day in the gasoline engine
as a plowing proposition than any
thing else, yet not one of the so-called
agricultural fairs of Pennsylvania, so
far as we know, made any arrange
ments for a plowing demonstration in
connection with their fairs. The thou
sands of farmers that attended the
plowing demonstration in tte West
show the Interest of the farmers as a
class In up-to-date methods. These
demonstrations were given entirely in
dependent of the fairs. Farmers are
asking to be shown and the agri
cultural fairs missed a great oppor
tunity when they failed to provide a
chance to allow the farmers to see the
different makes of gasoline tractors at
actual field work. The manufacturers
stood ready and were anxious to
demonstrate their machines, hut were
only able to do so In actual field work
where thev were able to secure ground
at their own expense.
It is to he hoped that before the next
! legislature makes an appropriation
for these so-called agricultural exhi
bition It will know that the association
getting State aid is going to give agri
cultural exhibits that will he educa
tional in place of crude, vulgar ex
hibits that go as near the line of the
obscene as law officers that see not
will permit.
MAKE HARRISBURG "ATLANTIC
CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA" IS
POSSIBILITY AS VISITOR SEES IT
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By Allen Sangree
TJIE Atlantic City of Pennsyl
vania! That's what Harrisburg
should be.
Thus spoke a Chicago visitor last
summer on one of the very hot days
when several thousand Harrisburgers
were gasping to, somehow, anyhow, get
a dip in the Susquehanna. "If not to
cry, it would be to laugh" observed this
stranger, a brisk Rotartan, by the way,
and with a knowledge of the landscape
art. "All this water and no way to get
In It" he grinned.
Motoring along the River Front he
gave ample tribute to the improve
ments already made, yet his practical
mind could not but reach out for the
one thing needful. He d! issed the
idea of bathing facilities from a hygie
nic and sanitary viewpoint, but being a
commercial person he lay most stress
on the business benefits. "This river
could be made so attractive" he vowed,
"that you would have a couple thou
sand people here every day from the
surrounding country, persons who could
not afford in time or money to go to
Atlantic City. And what would that
mean to the merchants and shop keep
ers!"
Hint From Outsider
Sometimes we have to wait for an
outsider to turn on the flashlight. Har
risburg Is by no means slow, but there
are so many other questions involv
ing her Improvement that this one
seems to be ignored. This Chicago
man's remarks stuck in my craw so
insistently that I took the trouble of
canvassing the river banks pretty care
fully to see If something could be done
by next year at comparatively small ex
pense. And the most likely basis for
operations, it appeared to me. is Mc-
Cormlck's Island snd the adjacent wa
ters.
In this era of Intelligence It is hard
ly necessary to enlarge on the topic of
health. The most conservative miser
would grant that it Is a universal crav
ing. We prove this by the accustomed
salutation the world over: "How are
you?" Health means good morals.
Swimming—outdoor life, such as our
grand river offers, means health. And
one only needs to point out that swim
ming Is the best exercise In summer
time because It does not heat the hlood.
With the expenditure of a few thousand
dollars, this community could easily be
come singularly famous for developing
a healthy and happy cltlzenhood. "Who
Is that magnificent human flsh?" you
can hear folks Inquire In the near fu
ture. "He must be from Harrlsburg."
In discussing McCormlck's Island as
a municipal playground de luxe you
first think of the water facilities, for
they are all Important. The fact is
then, that the Susquehanna there fur
nishes a broad, long stretch of clean wa
ter with less current than is met fur
ther down, say, along Independence Is
land. Here Is a delicious spot, big
enough for all Harrisburg to swim In,
with sufficient depth. And the proposi
tion suggests Itself of how to make
the great pool safe.
Breakwater Proposes
Eventually, a breakwater might be
built out from the lower end of the
island to a distance of five or six hun
dred feet toward the main land, but
temporarily the system used many
other places could be established at
small cost. This consists In building
half a dozen floats, a log foundation
covered with boards, stoutly moored.
On these you have your diving plat
forms and spring boards. Unskilled
swimmers thus have a destination and
nearby lodging place. For youngsters
a couple of these floats might be moor
ed In shallow water. With such appli
ances, any person, beginner or oxpert,
can "get In" the Susquehanna.
The proper place to build bathing
houses would be on the laland and this
would require a municipal ferry, capa
cious of dock, running at brief regular
Intervals, and not onca In a while, aa
the one does to Independence Island.
A nominal charge of one penny per
passenger would in course of time pay
for this Investment and for mainten
ance.
Now when McCormlck's Island was
presented to the city, the donor, I take
it. Intended that the public should get
all the pleasure out of it which is pos
sible. At present, only an acre or so
Is utilized by a few school children for
camping. That was a good beginning,
but why not give the Harrlsburg fami
lies a chance to taste the delights of
open air life In hot summer time!
There Is no doubt but that people of
moderate circumstances relish a dip in
to Nature Just as much as the wealthy
who can afford to go great distances
for this enjoyment. Witness the mad
scramble this last summer of hun
dreds of mothers with their children
seeking for recreation on Independence
Island with Its very meager attrac
tions.
Some years ago New York opened a
camping spot In the Bronx Park ad
joining Long Island Sound. Twenty
thousand campers live there each sum
mer now, and the Health Department
has stated that this scheme is the one
prime medium for Improving the health
and morals of a good portion of New
York's varied population. The sumo
thing has been done at Jamaica Bay, on
the south shore of Long Island.
Municipal Kitchen
My suggestion would be for Harrls
burg to put up a municipal kitchen, say,
toward the upper end of McCormlck's
Island and establish there a big camp
where a man could bring his family
during a week or two, or perhaps for
the whole summer, and at least Imagine
himself a Rockefeller or Schwab. Each
one would, of course, furnish ills own
provender, but cook it at the public
kitchen, thus saving a great number of
fires. A camp of this sort. It has been
proved, can be managed In orderly
fashion.
McCormick's Island contains some
thing like 120 acres, I believe, an im
mense tract of land, a good part of
which is now almost undiscovered for
est. It is there waiting to be utilized
by the city. It has every advantage
that a practical landscape artisan could
ask for. If the big camping ground idea
is not adopted now, though it will be
by a later generation, something sure
ly should be done for the benefit of
present day taxpayers. Provide a mu
nicipal ferry and you will Instantly Bee
how greedily Harrlsburg will revel in
this primeval spot, cooled as it Is by
mountain breezes, laved by navigable
waters and free of mosquitos.
Reservoir and Wlldwood have their
beauties but not the particular uses
and attractions of McCormick's Island'
Here Is Infinite space for a tired man
to stretch his legs and sniff pure air
space for many tennis courts, baseball
and football fields. The trees alone are
worth the price of admission which re
minds that many of those majestic vet
erans are going to ruln-for the lack of
attention. Put up a line of bath
houses on that terrace, build a wide
pathway clear around the Island, con
"oatß - buy a ferryboat,
and the youth of Harrlsburg will hp
grateful all their lives to the city that
gave them health and strength.
Our Daily Laugh
WORRYING
ALL THE
Wlfey—ißefore
wo wero mar- ex~jri j Jp
rted you used to nMiJmk
■end around a f Mlf V&
dozen roses ev- l/jlßl I'.'YiS®
Hubby—Rom* '/> Pf L 'mft'
•very week. II I 111 IB
This week l'm-fl \ Itt ——
going to Mnd I" IB
around two tons aj J P
of coal and a rib " %
MMt
| Rtptting (Elfat j
Although the hunting season fop
small game la pretty well advanced
and on Nome varieties will close In a
short time. It would not be a bad Idea
for some of those contemplating a few
days In the woods to go to the State
Museum and take a look at Curator
Rothrock's excellent collections of the
Pennsylvania game birds. This collec
tion. which State Librarian Montgom
ery says is an education In itself, has
recently been enlarged by a display of
pheasants and wildcats. The birds and
animals have been mostly obtained by
-Mr. Rothrock and have been mounted
pnd placed in surroundings exactly
like those in which they are to be
found. Each variety Is in a space by
Itself and the hedgerows In which
"Bob White" 1* to be found, the kind
of den that thrf wildcat makes and the
hole wherein Reynard the Fox makes
his home have been reproduced with
a fidelity to nature that Is highly cred
itable. The wild turkey group, which
contains two superb specimens shot
within sight of the Capitol dome, Is
worth looking at because wild turkeys
have been plentiful, and yet. If the
truth bo told, some tame birds were
shot in honest mistake for the wily wild
bird that furnishes such excellent sport
makes the hunter tramp so many
miles. Thanks to the space afforded
by the old flagroom, the curator hns
been able to spread out a bit, and his
showing of smaller game and of the
salmon and bass that make the Sus-
B U EI nna an d Juniata such famous
nshlng streams are well displayed.
Abundant opportunity Is given for
thfi , Kame and ,tB habitat and
for those thinking about going into
the woods the museum has a distinct
value.
• •
v,? ea(, if 1? the tele graph companies
here who have to maintain messenger
forces say that they are having their
own troubles. Last winter they had
to make a complete readjustment be
cause of the child labor law and its
prohibition of night work for minors
and men were obtained for the jobs.
Some elderly messengers and some
whose Infirmities prevented other ac
tivity were employed. But lately the
demand has become so great In other
lines for men with even ono hand that
the forces have been found full of
holes about every other week. Hard,
unfeeling district managers cannot be
made to understand that conditions
are such that it is hard to maintain
an efficient force, and then, again, as
one manager put it, "I've taken a lot
off messengers that I never took be
fore."
* • •
Among the graduates of the train
ing class of the llarrlsburg Public
Library who have made good and se
cured fine positions is Miss Clara
Campbell, a daughter of Professor E.
E. Campbell, for a long time head of
Irving College. Miss Campbell has
just secured the place as head of the
children's department of the Public
Library at St. Joseph, Mo.
• * *
Speaking of the Library, it Is in
teresting to note that since the re
moval of quarantine restrictions the
circulation among children has gone
up like a rocket. In August there was
;io circulation, tn September it was
within a hundred of what it was the
(same month in 1915. The children's
i work has become a very important
■ brunch of library activity here and the
latter part of this week the children's
story hour will be resumed and the
school libraries will be reopened In
six of the schoolhouses of the city.
These school libraries met with great
success at the start and there are de
mands for more all over the city,
which the funds of the library, un
fortunately, will not permit.
• •
Commissioner Lynch is having hia
own troubles with the leaves these
days. The late autumn has caused
the leaves to remain on the trees for
long periods and they are commenc
ing to come down pretty heavily theses
cool mornings. The leaves clog up
sewer inlets and make all kinds of
trouble so that Mr. Lynch's force gets
an early start each day and carts the
leaves off to the river bank or to
vacant lots.
•
Folks at the Capitol are watching to
see whether the Supreme Court cham
ber on the top floor of the east wing Is
to be kept as a show room or whether
It is to be utilized for hearings aside
from those of the State Boar# of Par
dons. The Supreme and Superior
Courts meet here once a year and the
sum total of the days they spend in
Hairisburg is about one week. The
Board of Pardons occupies the cham
ber ten times a year. The rest of the
time the chamber Is a show place of
the Capitol. The Public Service Com
mission used to sit in it, but lately has
been using the caucus rooms of the
Capitol. When the Legislature assem
bles there will be use for the caucus
rooms, and what Is Interesting folks
.-it the Capttol Is whether the Board of
Public Crounds and Buildings, of
which the Oovernor Is the head, or
the Pupremp Court Is to say whether
the room will be used or Just shown.
• • •
"Thn's not the way to play marbles.
Take the marble this way," said a
stout, active man as he walked along
South street and saw some girls trying
to r'sv mprb|r>s. So the man took the
marble pnd knuckled down" just like
be uot1 to some years ago when he
was not en'ting down trees.
"Ob. T rnn't get It that way," wailed
on° little girl.
"Just taW )i so," said the man as
lie showed the little girl and her com
nsnions how to .hold the marble and
how to shoot. Tb"n little girl got
th lmng of It and called out, "Thank
you. Mister Oovernor."
That <s why the Governor was late
for lunch.
• * *
One of the clerks in one of the city
department offices wns jnarrled yes
terday, but she didn't mvlto any of
the departments members or officials
to attend the ceremony which was
held in a church. So the officials de
cided to attend uninvited, and after
the ceremony when the bride and
groom wore leaving for the railroad
station to start, on their "honeymoon"
the other employes dpoorated the au
tomobile with signs, tin cans and the
like. Not satisfied with the fun they
distributed circulars through the train
coaches, explaining what it was all
about and appealing to everyone to
take the best of care of the two Har.
rlsburgers.
•
Judging by the number of rabbits
hunters are bringing into the city
every evening there must bo plenty
of the shy little cottontails this Fall,
On nearly every street car during the
evening hours a man with a gun can
be seen with his coat punched out
with the brown fellows. Protruding
feet or talis attest to the fact that the
Nlmrods are carrying game and not
stolen apples In the great pockets of
their hunting rigs.
* • •
The paving of Swatara street, which
is under way between Eighteenth and"
Nineteenth, will do away with one of
the nuisances of highway maintenance
in Harrlsburg. Every time it rains
some tons of earth are washed down
from the crest of the ridge at Nine
teenth street, which is the beginning
of the slope which extends to Bellevue
Park At the same time Nineteenth
street should be paved from Derry to
Swatara or beyond because that high
way gets about the same dose of dirt
as Swatara when there is a good, hard
rain.
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Colonel Bouquet made this place hia
headquarters while preparing for th
first move against the Indiana.