Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-08
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JUST to Illustrate how the practice
OF giving in a manner that win pro-
ouce beneficial results eyes omen
Sharits as II has been called is taking
hoid In Harrisburg, it is only neces-
sary TO cite little instance from the
once OF the Associated Charities. A
hignt or so before the time when the
great visitor of the chimneys was due
70 mount his sleigh someone called up
the of1ce of the organization and
asked If list could be given to him
OF places where a tree would be well
come. Whether the man was a tree
inerchant who could not see market
LOT ms goods or whether he was chari-
,apiy inclined, deponent knoweth not.
put the point is that here was a man
whose idea of making some people
nappy was to provide trees, and he
called up the place where he thought
ne could find out. There have been
many INQUIRIES made at the office since
the charitable associations got together
and arranged to handle their affairs in
way that would be practical, avoid
duplication and prevent impositions,
but this Christmas tree idea was origi-
nal. In other cities the organized
charities have succeeded in driving
out of town some of the professional
oeggars who have thousands of dollars
on interest in banks. a striking illus
VINO held down a cellar door in this
city month ago and who the day
before he left the city went to one
or the banks and secured a draft on
New York for S45. the amount of his
maui in dear. charitable, easy Harris
burg. This city has its share of pan
handlers" but the police have them
pretty well spotted" and if people
before handing out cash to some itin-
Grant cripple would ask policeman
or seek information from the pepole
whose business it is to know where
want prevails and where succor is
really needed many dollars would be
more usefully employed than they are
In Harrisburg to-day.
The celebration of the Greek Christ
mas at Steelton the last few days has
attracted much attention to the quaint
customs of the Greeks, Bulgars Mace>
domains, Servians and others from the
Near East and a number of people
who have bent for study of foreign
folks have been nosing around in the
foreign quarter of the borough. This
section is not the pleasanteSt place in
the county to visit, but if one can get
used to the odors and the boorishness
that sometimes characterizes the Eu-
ropean, especially after a celebration.
he will see good bit of interest and
perhaps be invited to eat roast pig
garnished with garlic and other highly
Favored things, get drink of some
liquid fire and a mouthful of a cheese
which may be great delicacy. These
people are really worth studying and
when YOU get real insight into their
ways and customs they afford much of
interest. Some of their pranks, how
ever. are little trying, especially that
custom which allows women to throw
water on the men indiscriminately on
one day in the year, which comes
some time between Christmas and
New Years, old style
The fire alarm that caused the fire
apparatus to tear through the parade
OF the Hope fire company on its way
to the centennial banquet caused the
genial Old Fireman to recall a rather
odd experience of the Citizen fire COM
pany when it was about to celebrate
its semicentennial. 1t was on October
II, 1885. when the No. 5 company was
nifty years old. that its members had
planned for a banquet in the Bolton
House. The banquet was to be at 9
o'clock. At els an alarm was turned
in from Box 4, at Third and Market.
and it was found that the kitchen of
the Bolton was on fire. The kitchen
was Just getting ready to prepare the
banquet for the firemen. They made
short work of the blaze, however and
at paraded from their house to the
hotel and had a joyous banquet.
The Hopes banquet the other even
ing was marked by the greetings from
most of the fire companies in this sec
ton. In Harrisburg almost every
company organized i'm the last twenty
years has men who were formerly
affiliated with the second oldest COM
pany in the city