Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-20
EVENING CHAT

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Veterans and many visitors to the
Capitol rotunda are complaining that
the arrangement of the battle flags in
the cases In the inches of the marble
rotunda is not such as to enable good
displays to be made of any but the
| fags in the front rows of the six cases.
IL Is pointed out that the flags are
punched in the three rows of stand
ards and that it is almost impossible
to pick out the flags, the labels giving
| the names of the regiments being hid
den by the staffs and the folds of those
| In the front rows. AS a matter of
| TACT, the complaints are well grounded
and there are already being considered
ways and means to make a better dis
play Nine-tenths of the persons who
visit the rotunda want to see some par
tlcular nag, veterans and families of
veterans have natural interest in q
certain standard, and when they can
not see 1t, much less identify it, there
is bound to be some criticism. OFF,
Gals have been wondering how the
matter can be arranged and various
| suggestions are being made, one being
that some of the flags be placed in
inches along the great marble stairway
or at the second floor, which Is visited
by almost as many people as the first
| foor. Unfortunately, the cases for the
| hags are expensive and involve much
tlme and 1t may be considerable
lapse OF weeks before this could be
| done Something, however, will be
worked out to overcome the objections
| now being voiced
Speaking of the flags recalls the
Affecting scenes of last Monday when
the veterans saw their flags again.
Last Monday was really day of Incl
txffIl
selves from the minds of those who
saw them. When the veterans received
their flags in the Museum there were
Joyful reunions and men, gray-haired
| and tottering, hugged and even kissed
the Ilags which they had followed in
the Civil War. Along the line of pa
rode many man had tear-tilled eyes
as he saw his standard go by. But the
most affectlng scenes of all were Whef
the Hags were carried through the
great bronze doorway of the CAPITOL
with the rays of the setting sun failine
on the silken covers. Those who saw
that sight will never forget how it
moved their hearts to see the veterans
on thelr last march with the colors
30 that everything would be handled
/ systematically, the veterans turned
over the flags to a squad of men from
| the state arsenal who had been drilled
In the placing of the flags in order
Then the scenes of the Museum were
repeated. One man stood at salute as
the nag he had handed over was borne
away, while many wept as thew saw
| the flags for probably the last time
One man threw his arms about his flag
! as he passed it over and exclaiming
"Good-by, old flag" kissed it and
walked away, the tears running down
| his face.
fS wi Ii
IN the event of last week. Ordinarily
such an occasion is soon forgotten in
the stress of life. But people are writ
| ing mere for newspapers giving &C.
| counts of the unique ceremonies Of the
day and those who attended have writ
ten here telling of how the folks at
| nome nave shown an eagerness for the
details. The crowd that went to see
the movies of the flag transfer veso
| terday indicates how the feelings Of
the people were stirred.
! When Frank H. Bethell the presi-
dent OF the Bell telephone COMPANIES
IN this state. was on the stand before
the Public Service Commission in tbe
rate inquiry few days ago he inn e
pressed everyone by his remarkabIe
grasp of the business and its manifold
details. When he had stated his offi~
clal relation to the companies an at
torney took him in hand.
"Mr. Bethel, you are president of
the Bell Telephone Company of Penn
sylvania ?"
YES, sir"
This went on with each of the com.
! panies under his charge and then the
lawyer broke out:
And you get salary from each of
them?"
why, certainly" said the Bell ex-
ecutive with the utmost surprise.
1t happens that Mr.. Bethel Is an
executive of recognized pre-eminence
and gets salary that Is away up.
that is, when the aggregate is consid-
cred.
i The lawyer evidently thought he
was gong to turn something up, but
he did not get very far.
The death of william b. Horn
blower. the famous New York LAWYER.
the other day brings to mind his ami
quotation during an address at Dick
inson law school in 1898. The story
was told by a Capitol Hill official yes
terday. 1t seems that three members
of the class of 1898 were in the Ma
tional Guard, which, when commences
ment took place. was in camp at
Mount Gretna awaiting muster into
the United States service. 1t was ar
ranged that the three should be grad
uated and that they should sit with
their class. They could not reach Car
Isle until evening. but were told to
go right in no matter what time they
arrived Now 1t happened that when
they reached the hall Mr.. Hornblower
was speaking. The three soldiers, uni
formed, marched up the aisle and the
audience began to applaud with vigor.
Mr.. Hornblower paused in his address
to allow the ovation to go on and when
the three had been seated and quiet
refgned he said: Inter armes legis
silent"