RAJlroad |
RAILROADS WILL
STORE SOFT COAL
Pcnnsy to Bring Thousands of
Tons Near Harrisburg;
Many Shop Cars
Empty coal cars, long on sidings
of the Pennsylvania railroad and
Reading Railway are fast disappear- I
ing. Within a few days, probably j
one week, the storage tracks will |
begin to fill up, and within a month :
hundreds of tons of coal will again
be in evidence.
That both the Pennsy and Reading
are once more storing oal, is no long- j
er denied. Cars are being rushed to
bituminous fields daily. These cars j
are loaded as soon as possible, and ;
sent to various points. The Penn- |
sylvania Railroad expects to store j
not less than 50,000 tons of soft coal j
within easy reach of Harrisburg.
Tracks are now being put in shape .
on both the Middle and Philadelphia I
Divisions and this extra supply of
coal will begin arriving sometime
next week, according to reports. The |
Reading will store thousands of tons
at Reading. Rutherford, along the ]
P. H. and P. branch and at other
points. Referring to the rush of
cars to shops for repairs, and it is
understood will be used for coal
shipments, the Reading Eagle says:
Many Shop Car*
"For some weeks the cßeading Rail
way Company has been in receipt of
an unusually large number of shop
cars. They came in so rapidly that .
the officials were at a loss where to
store them, it being necessary to
use some of the passing sidings.
Recently the government inspectors
have been making an examination
of these cars and those belonging
to foreign lines that are in condition
to be handled are sent home. This.
It is believed, will relieve the situ
ation.
The demand for steel coal cars is
so great that the Reading Company
has added more than 100 men to that
department. A number of these men
were transferred from the car shop
and others were hired. Most of the
steel cars are repaired at the loco
motive shop."
Reading Almost Swamped
With Seashore Traffic
Sunday was a record breaker for
Atlantic City travel over the Reading
system. A total of 32.000 was car
ried over the Atlantic City division
It was also a big disappointing day
for many one-day excursionists.
Hundreds of Lebanon folks and
many from towns on the Harrisburg
division were unable to get on the
special train that left Harrisburg
earlv in the morning. Harrisburg
almost filled the special train. The
total number of tickets sold
was nearly 1,000. Out of the 500
tickets sold at Lebanon 4o" could
not get a seat on the train.
Railroads Adopt System
For Material Exchange
The different railways have
adopted what is known as an ex
change of materials with a view of
reducing stock. For instance the
Reading is out of certain material.
The heads of another line are then
asked whether they have it. If they
have it is shipped here. The Read
ing may also have some material
that is wanted by other lines.. It is
a sort of mutual exchange of goods.
In this way it is hoped to cut down
the surplus stock now held by the
railway companies throughout the
country.
Road Foreman Is Giving
Talks to Engine Crews
Local enginemcn and firemen are j
likely to get some interesting talks j
in the near future. Local employes
of the Pennsy will try and have J. j
R. Alexander to come to Harrisburg
and give one of his illustrated talks
on proper and improper firing of
locomotives. He scored a big hit at
Altoona the other day. His talks
are given with moving pictures and
lantern slides.
He also tells interesting facts
about the upkeep of engines.
Jack Bonner League Leader
With Offices in Altoona
You can't keep a good man down.
Jack Bonner, famous in Tri-State
days, and one of the best and clean
est baseball players the city ever
had, is president of the Federated
Railway League at Altoona. The
Altoona organization has been re
organized and will take up baseball
after having been up against dis
sensions and rainy weather. Jack
Bonner came to the rescue. He is
one of the brainiest men in baseball.
He has a host of friends here who
wish him great success.
Proposes Co-ordination
of U. S. Air Service
Washington, July 29.—A bill pro
posing creation of a department of
aeronautics, which would co-ordinate
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
post office air services, was intro
duced by Representative Curry, Re
publican, California.
The measure also would provide
Government assistance in the de
velopment of airplanes for com
mercial purposes.
BALTIMORE'S MAYOR
VISITS HARKISIU RG
Mayor William S. Broening, of Bal
timore, accompanied by Congressman
A. A. Biankeney and L. A. Spel house,
were the guests yesterday of Mayor
Keister and other city officials. The
visiting men were especially impress
ed with the city park system and en-
Joyed a tour of inspection through
State buildings.
You Buy The
| We'll Build Yqur Home
I At
j Lafayette
Veteran Railroaders Are
at Mt. Gretna Park Today
The fifteenth annual reunion of
the Veteran Employes Association
of tho Philadelphia division was held
at Mt. Gretna Park to-day. The
attendance was a record breaker.
' The special train leaving here at
! 5.45 this morning had nearly 1,500
pleasure seekers aboard. Many vets
with their wives and families joined
the Harrisburgers enroute. Trains
from the east also carried many to
the big reunion. The chairman of
' the committee on arrangements,
! Charles T. Jones, announced a big
! program. The big feature this morn
ing was a flight by Lieutenant Fred
! Nelson from Mlddletown to Mt.
j Gretna Park. At the latter place
he gave an exhibition. The business
meeting was scheduled for 2 o'clock
i this afternoon. Prominent officials
i from Philadelphia, Altoona and
j points were in attendance.
Standing of the Crews
IIARRISBI'RG SIDE
Philadelphia Division. The 121
j crew to go first after 4 o'clock: 114
123, 117. 107.
I Brakemon for 124, 123, 117, 107. '
Engineers up: Manning, Gable,
Baston. Blankenhorn. Anderson, Brod
acher, Gaeckler. Stauffer, Hoffman,
Dolby, Bickel, May.
Firemen up: Ellis, Good, Strickler, '
Sheets, Harnish, Cushing, Rider,
Abel, Craley, Bralley. Clark, Thomp
son.
Brakemen up: Hughes, Kepner,
Hackman. Etzwiler. Hoffman.
Boughter. Funk, Wilbur, Schreffler.
Middle Division. —The 240 crew to
go first after 1.30 o'clock: 227, 215,
253, 230, 20. 217, 242.
Engineers up: Corder, Cook, E. R.
Snyder, Nickles, Kreps, Kreiger, O.
W. Snyder, Buckwalter, Leib, Brink,
Moretz.
Firemen up: Evens. Clinger, Gil
bert, Buss, De Lancey, Kelter, Eak
er, Arnold, Elicker, C. H. Myers,
Campbell, Schmidt, Beckert, Woomer,
Seeger, Haskins, Atkins.
Conductors up: Dotrow, Corl, Ben
nett.
Brakemen up: Shelly, C. L. Leon
ard, Hemminger, Rhoades, Johnson,
Eley, Fenical, Clouser, Sherer, Foltz,
Kipp.
Vard Board, — Engineers wanted
for 3, 7C, 11C, 3, 15C, 4. 15C. 23C, 26C.
Firemen wanted for 2, 15C, 3, 15C,
4. 15C, 23C.
Engineers up: Heffleman, Buffing
ton, Auman, Miller, Biever, Essig,
Goodman, Harling, Sayford, Beck
with Machamer, Cless, Ewing.
Firemen up: Peters, Biever, Yost.
Eckinger, Troup, Dissinger, Young,
Plank, Cain, Smith, Rothe, Dearoff,
Stine, Paul, Ross, Sourbeer, E. Kru
ger, Mensch, Mell, Engle, W. C. Kru
ger, Henderson, Selway.
EN'OLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division. The 227
crew to go first after 3.45 o'clock:
222, 226, 204, 21S, 246.
Engineers for 204.
Firemen for 218.
Conductors for 222, 204.
Flagmen for 204.
Brakemen for 227, 226, 204. 246.
Conductors up: Barnhart.
Brakemen up: Stites. Shenk, Freed
man. Brunner, Dissinger.
Middle Division. —The 246 crew to
go first after 12.15 o'clock: 219, 109,
115, 232, 229, 250, 222, 235, 106, 124,
102, 104, 111.
Engineers for 106, 124.
Firemen for 111.
Conductors for 115.
Flagmen for 124.
Brakemen for 109 (2), 102, 104.
I Ynrd Bonrd. —Engineers up: Sheaf
! fer, Hinkle, Kauffman, Flekinger,
Shuey, Myers, Leib.
Firemen up: White, Morris, Meek,
Metz, Taylor, Wolf, Hawbaker, San
ders, Albright, Sanders, Sweigart,
Quinzler, O. J. Wagner, Shuey, Sen
sor, Holmes.
Firemen for 137, 2nd 102, 3d 126,
3d 129, 2nd 104.
PASSENGER SERVICE
I Middle Division — Engineers up:
L H. Ricedorf, W. E. Turbett, J. H.
I Ditmer, W. C. Black, H. E. Cook, J.
I W. Smith, F. F. Schreck, S. H. Alex-
I ander, J. W. Burd, C. Hoilenbaugh,
I A. C. Alien, A. J. Wagner, W. G. Jam
ison, H. J. Johnson, H. E. Groninger.
Engineers wanted for none.
Firemen up: R. E. Look, H. W.
Fletcher, S. H. Zeiders. E. J. Shees
ley, G. B. Russ, C." F. Foust, R. Herr,
C. L. Sheets, S. H. Wright, J. N. Ram
sey, J. R. Weibley, H. B. Thomas, G. I
Musser, J. L. Fritz, J. C. Kerber, P.
E. Gross.
Firemen wanted for 29.
Philadelphia Division. — Engineers
up: C. H. Seitz. C. C. Madenford.
Engineers wanted for 44 and P-38.
Firemen up: J. S. Lenig, J. M.
White, F. H. Young, A. L. Floyd, J.
M. Piatt, B. W. Johnson, W. E. Ault
house
Firemen wanted for P-36, 622
AX INQUISITIVE MUD
Some birds are awfully curious
and want to know what is going on.
So if they see a human being in
their neighborhood they will come
close to investigate and perhaps to
scold, and one of these birds is the
Kentucky warbler, says the Ameri
can Forestry Association, Washing
ton, which is carrying on the na
tional bird-house building contest.
This bird has a preference for
woods which are low and damp and
ordinarily keep well within the
depths of tangled thickets This
bird, which ranges throughout the
eastern United States, spends its
winter in northern South America.
THOSE WONDERFUL FRENCH
A Chicago boy, who had the good
fortune lo return in good shape from
his thrillir.-g experience with the
marines at Chateau-Thierry, was
prevailed upon by some girl friends
to relate his experiences there.
Quite diffidently he recounted
. what he remembered of the fighting
! at the point where he was stationed,
i "We were having a terrible time,"
, he said, "until the French brought
[ up their 75'5."
' Whereupon one of the girls ex
claimed: "I think it is so splendid
i for merr of that age to be fighting
don't you?"— Cartoons Magazine.
MEN WHO GAVE ELUOT-FISHER FORCES SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
§ &Ji cr
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fIcSH
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Elliott-Fisher men who were in Harrisburg for one of the greatest conventions in the History of
Harrisburg, held last week at the Penn-Harris will all be out of the city to-day. A number remained over
to transact business at -the"factory. Among those were the above quartet, four of the most prominent
men at the convention. They are reading from left to right:
E'. W. Tedder, the London representative. He was late in getting to this city, and before leaving
for home will visit New York and other cities; Starling H. Busser, vice-president of the George Batten
Company, an authority on advertising, who gave valuable information to the convention; C. H. Everly,
another advertising leader in the United States, the Office Appliance Magazine man whose talks were timely
and valuable; and Lieutenant Giovlnni Nego, the representative from Italy, who was in the World's War
and had much valuable information about business in his country.
Asked to Probe Claim
of Man That He Is
130 Years of Age
Louisville, July 29.—The National
Geographic Society has been asked
to investigate the claim of John
Shell, a mountaineer of Leslie
county, K. Y„ that he is 130 years
old. Shells neighbors corroborate
the statement concerning his age. '
Shell has nine children. He says the
oldest is ninety years old. He is
said to have 200 descendants in his
home section, several being great
great grand children. The mountain
eer, who claims excellent eyesight,
steady nerve and general good
health, attributes his long life to
outdoor living and temperate habits.
Committee Planning
Picnic Will Meet
Several committees making ar
rangements for the big Christian En
deavor picnic at Hershey on August
29, will hold meetings this evening.
The eommittee on games and stunts
will meet this evening at the home
of Nelson B. Cassell, of Penbrook.
The members of the committee in
clude Nelson B. Cassell. of Pen
brook: C. W. Miller, Henry Bruce.
C. S. Meek, Clarence A. Corman, of
Harrisburg: the Rev. H. B. Stock,
and A. D. Thompson, of Carlisle.
The program and music committee
will meet at Reservoir Park this eve
ning. Miss Anna McKelvey, is the
chairman, and Miss Carrie Knaby is
vice-chairman. Included among the
others on the committee are J. Frank
Palmer, Bertram Saltzer and others.
GRACE M. E. APPROVES
PLANS FOR CHURCH
At a meeting of the congregation
of Grace Methodist church last even
ing, plans for the improvements and
repairs to the church were unani
mously adopted. The building com
mittee, of which E. Z. Wallower is
chairman, has been authorized to
have the contractor go ahead with
the work. The new $25,000 Austin
I organ will be installed in connection
with this work.
How to Treat Tree Cavities
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Most cavities in trees result from faulty pruning, City Forester Louis O. Baltimore said to-day in giving
instructions for the care and treatment of the city's shade trees. Long stubs left in pruning soon decay
inwardly an-d in a short while a cavity is formed.
In ffo'ng through the city numerous cases of cavity fillings may be found and in many cases good results
were obtained, borne trees, however, were found in which wrong materials were used and the result was the
stunting of the tree s growth. In most cases the fillin-g of the cavity will save a tree from an untimely death.
The filling of cavities in trees corresponds very closely to the filling of teeth. If ar.-y decayed matter is left
in the ">oth the whole Job counts for nothing. When filling a cavity it is highly essential to clear.- out all
dead and decayed matter. The cavity should then bo washed with a fungicide, painted with a heavybodied
paint and filled with cement. If given a chance, a tree will recover from such a wound auickly.
The above sketches show the formation of a cavity and the method of filling it..
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Dr. Hawes to Speak at
Presbyterian Reunion
( The Rev. Dr. George Edward j
Hawes pastor of the Market Square j
Presbyterian Church will make thej
principal address at the annual Fen-
Mar reunion services on Thursday.
The program for the day includes
a meeting in the morning to be at
tended by a "clergyman and layman
, from each church represented, and
a meeting of the committee in the
( afternoon will be given the program
| to be presided over by the president
of the Presbyterian Reunion As
[sociation, the Rev. Thomas J. Fergu
son, of Mechanicsburg. The feature
of the afternoon se.-'-ire will be the
| sieging of James McKinley Rose '.lie
hnoied tenor o: Columbia tJntvirs'.ty.
I The general committee is compos
ed of the following members: Rev.
Thomas J. Ferguson, president,
Mechanicsburg; Rev. J. G. Rose,
secretary-t-reasurer, Mechanicsburg;
Rev. T. C. McCarrell, Middletown;
Rev. Harry B. King, Paxtang; Elder
J. C. Eckels, Carlisle; Rev. George
M. Reed, Newville; Rev. A. H.
Rarr, Baltimore, Md.; Elder J. R.
Davison, Greencastle.
Daniels Wants to Control
Radio Communication
AVasliingtoii, July 29. Secretary
, of the Navy Daniels, in a message to
! the President of the Senate and the
11 Speaker of the House, yesterday,
• | asked that Congress enact legis
; j lation at once making ship to shore,
1 j trans-ocean and international radio
; | communications from the United
; I States a government monopoly. The
I message also requested authoriz
; ation for the Navy Department to
| use immediately all government
EI radio facilities for commercial and
i! press messages.
I ! COLONIAL THEATER TO
. 1 HAVE LARGER LOBBY
' • Work on the removal of the Lochlel
! Cafe, Third and Market streets, to
i ; provide additional room for the lobby
i iof the Colonial Theater, was started
j yesterdav by contractors for the Wil
j mer & Vincent Company. It is ex
-1 pecteil that proposed alterations will
be completed within a month.
Jack Britton Outpoints
Ted Lewis and Retains
Welterweight Laurels
Jersey City, July 29. Ted (Kid)
Lewis did not knock Jack Britton j
i from under his welterweight crown
ijat the Armory A. A. in Jersey City
1 last night. As a matter of fact,
. i Teddy did not even tilt the crown
[| to one side of John's noble dome.
| Britton won by a clear margin on
; points in every round but the first,
i In that round Lewis made a whirl
j wind attack which surprised Britton
j completely. He went on the defens- i
| ive and covered until Lewis had
| fought himself dizzy.
When Britton did come out from
: his shell he seemed a bit woozy. He
| spent the remainder of the round in
: keeping Lewis at bay. That was
J Lewis' best round, and here he did
, the best fighting, except in the last
, minute of the eighth round, when
Lewis duplicated his first minute at
! tack.
I After the first Lewis was a plav
! thing for Britton's hands. The
j champion hooked Lewis repeatedly
with stiff lefts and occasionally took
a free right-hand chop to the Eng
lishman's jaw. Lewis simply couldn't
get away from the left nor pass It,
and was continuously being forced
I! on the defensive.
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. MRS. JAMES PETERMAN DIES
} 1 New Cumberland, Pa., July 29.
,! Mrs. Lizzie Peterman, wife of James
' j Peterman, aged 49 years, died at her
; • home in Bridge street, last night af
' | ter an illness of two years of a com
•j plication of diseases. Mrs. Peter
man was born at New Market, York
J county, and was a life-long resident
i of this community, spending her en
• | tire married life in New Cumber
' : land. She was a member of Trinity
H United Brethren Church. She is sur
-1 vived by her husband, two daughters,
Mrs. Michael Kiehl. of Ninth street,
I New Cumberland, and Miss Mary
j Peterman, at home, and two sons,
| Arthur, of York county, and F.alph,
I| of Pottstown, who returned from
i I France two months ago, also her
• I mother, Mrs. Annie Mathias, and a
1 | brother, Melvin Mathias, both of New
j Cumberland.
| Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
MANY MAKE USE
OF HOME BUREAU
Real Need Met by Chamber of j
Commerce in New
Endeavor
More than 350 persons availed |
tjiemselves of tho service offered I
free of charge to homeseekers, at j
the Homes Service Bureau of the
Harrlsburg Chamber of Commerce,
during the six-week period just ;
ending, according to the report made
public at the Chamber offices to- j
i day. Most of these persons had
never been in the Chamber offices
before, thereby demonstrating that
the work of the new housing bureau
is tilling a much felt want in Har
rlsburg.
Besides these applicants who called
personally, much information has
been given # out-of-town home
seekers, through correspondence.
Several residents have been brought
to the city recently through the ac
tivities of the bureau, which has
been active in locating tor these
out-of-town applicants, dwellings
which enable them to take up their
residence in Harrisburg.
The bureau has been unusually
active in its co-operation with local
employers of labor, who seek at the
Chamber offices, for . available
quarters for their employes. Several
large concerns which have dealings
with largo bodies of workmen, aro
in close touch with the bureau,
which keeps a line on available liv
ing quarters for the men.
The bureau's activities embrace
more than one type of applicants,
however, the report shows. Listed
at the Chamber offices, are appli
cants for houses renting at rifty
to one hundred dollars, while sev
eral of the names appearing on the
list of prospects represent out-of
town applicants who are willing to
buy or rent at almost any figure at
all, in order to take up positions
which have opened up for them in
Harrisburg.
OCR BEST LITTLE IMITATOR
The catbird is so calied because
the note by which he is most com
monly known is like the tneow of a
cat, but as a matter of fact ho
imitates almost every other sound he
hears, says the American Forestry
Association, of Washington, whose
| nation-wide birdhouse building con
test is attracting great attention to
the country's feathered host. It has
been said that the catbird can imi
tate anything from a squatting cart
wheel to the song of a thrush. He
sings along apparently without
knowing what he is going to im
provise next. In color this bird is
rather somber being dark gray with
| a black cap. He is one of tho most
j common birds throughout the Unit
| ed States although rare west of the
Rockies.
! ANOTHER DESTROYER OCT
| Camden, N. J., July 29. —Tho New
York Shipyard launched its seven
teenth destroyer yesterday. The
vessel was named Humphreys for the
late Johnathan Humphreys, a naval
constructor and was christened by
.Miss Letitia Humphreys, a relative.
IDo ' Crave Music ?
SA RE you overlooking - the good it will do them? The power jl|
L*. of music on the mind that is growing is finer than any K
other influence in life. If your children are without music
see us about it NOW. You need not invest heavily to secure a 1
a satisfactory instrument. One of our many, good, used J?
pianos that have been rebuilt will give excellent service for \
years to come . Or, you may start them on one of our fine IK
new pianos, priced as low as $325, on which we make very
liberal terms of payment.
Now, today, is not a moment too soon to start your
youngster taking lessons. Why not come in and see what 1
we can do for you today?
Our Displays Include a Wide Variety of ■'
Instruments at Every Price Level, as Follows:
Used Pianos $l5O up Grand Pianos $650 up
Used Players $390 up Victrolas $25 to S3OO |
_ T _. a.,.. Edisons $l2O to S3OO |
New Pianos $325 up Vocalions S9O to $250 1
New Players ........ $550 up Sonoras SIOO to $l9O J
Records and Music Rolls J
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HI J. H. Troup Music House I
j Troup Building
I j 15 South Market Square
JULY 29, 1919.
DONATO FOUNTAIN MAY
COME OUT OF STORAGE
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j Intimated in Municipal Circles That Setting For Statuary
Will Be Provided in Next Budget
It is entirely likely from intlma- ;
! tions in municipal circles that the
j City Council will provide for the ln
j stallation of the Donato statuary
I presented to Harrisburg by the <
| head of the Hershey Chocolate Com
i pany in the forthcoming annual bud
\ get. All sorts of locations have been
discussed and once a commission
j whose recommendation was turned
down recommended Front and Lo
j oust streets in the park as the most I
eligible sight for the bronze group. ]
The sculptor himself was favorable j
| to this location, but other locations !
were mentioned and the group fin- !
ally found a resting place in a ware
house where it remains to this day.
In view of the landscape treat
ment proposed for the Itulian Park
section it has been suggested that a
site might be found there at the
BAI.KS AT BUTTERMILK
There is a Swedish process by
which buttermilk may be turned
into artificial stone, but that fact
is not brought up against the Gov
ernment which, when we have asked
for the fruit of the grape, has offer
ed the refuse of the churn. We
make 110 charges, but we reserve
I our personal right to dislike but-
I termilk if we so desire, and to de
cline to wear a cowslip in our but
j tonhole to celebrate a day officially
| set aside in honor of the curds and
!whey.
We might also add that the price
to which cow products have soared
I is not such as to encourage a pa
triotic devotion to the dairyman's
interest, and do we not perhaps note
a touch of official sarcasm in the
Government's buttermilk proclama
tion when we are simultaneously
handed a lemon, as it were, as it is
suggested that the juice of a lemon
added to the stuff, plus sugar,
makes a wonderful drink? Perhaps
B it does, but again we reserve our full
- constitutional freedom of action, and
* if we take our buttermilk we prefer
Cito take it straight,
a We have not always loved but
y I termilk, but in a sense we have
a I always respected it. No, we do not
-! mean quite that our respect has
i) | been shown by remaining at a re
s spectful distance from the creamy,
-llumptious beverages. We have, on
. | the contrary, done our best to love
9 1 it, out of regard for memories of
t'carly youth and of the "Buttermilk
.•Brigade." And thereby hangs a
s! J'urn:
A Away back yonder too many
t ! years to count —our worthy grand-
I father, a Virginian of the old school,
" six feet in his stockings and thin as
I Lincoln, lived in a Colonial mansion
j on a farm, close to a Southern city
j —not New Orleans. The place had
i aff the official attachments of the
Southern estate—big eol
"I timns on the house facade and a
0 ! double driveway, surrounding a
13 1 flowerbed, leading to the front gate,
'jln the hill behind the dwelling was,
Y half dug, half built, an icehouse, and
i the drain from the slowly-melting
point of the proposed lake. Reser
voir Park was also suggested, but
the statuary requires a water en
vironment for a proper setting.
Governor Sproul urged legislation
creating an art commission to meet
similar difficulties in the location of
memorials of the Commonwealth,
and such a commission haß been au
thorized by a bill recently approved
by the Governor. It would seemHhat
some such commission, perhaps the
I City Planning Commission might of
| flciatc, should be provided for Har
j rlsburg, Inasmuch as there are at
least two memorials that await lo
| cation. Harrisburg is not so wealthy
in statuary and similar artistic
trimmings that it can afford to ig
nore the donors according to public
sentiment which one gathers about
town and the placing of the Donato
statuary cannot longer be postponed.
■ ice passed underground to the bot
tom of the hill, where it flowed
through a springhouse. There, in
the cool basin, were set rows of
crocks containing the milk at its
various stages, from fresh to skim
ming, sour, clabber, buttermilk and
pats of pale-yellow butter. All was
homemade and for home consump
tion.
Well, in the nearby city there
were four men—a shoe merchant,
a banker, a real estate man, and a
lawyer relatives, all, of ours
through marriage and all big men
( j with big appetites for buttermilk.
Therefore, when Sunday rolled
'round preparation was made at our
grandfather's for the coming of the
"Buttermilk Brigade." The churn
ing was done at the psychological
moment, the supply was endless, the
goblets gigantic. Those Sundays
were buttermilk debauches of
course, plus yellow-legged chickens,
real poundcake, made from the
j aforementioned pats of fresh butter,
, and such other perfections as Ken
tucky-born cooks could produce.
! Heavenly? Yes; but wait! All this
j occupied the time till midafternoon
r —the big meal was at 1 o'clock. But
along as 4 drew near, and the after
. noon was at its warmest, our old
9 grandfather would turn to one of
I the young ladies whose reputation
s iwas established, and start: "Well,
_ Lydia?" He did not have to finish;
t ' she knew. In a few minutes she re
j turned with a large tray on which
3 were arrayed other tumblers. These
( tinkled and were tufted with green,
{ 1 and filled the room with a fragrance
t . of mint. Real Kentucky juleps!
j Then, slowly but fully, the thought
y I of buttermilk faded into the ignored
- I past, and something far more won
, derful took its place to add a climax
3 of pure delight to the day. In its
i place, buttermilk had been delicious;
y but all things are merely relative in
}! this, life of ours. New Orleans
e Times-Picayune.
x FAMOUS ARTIST DIES
a, London, July 29. George Adol
phus Storey, the famous artist and
1, authority on perspective, died at his
I residence here this morning. He was
g 85 years old.
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