Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22
EVENING Chat

El"eIl HUBBARD, the philosopher
of the RoyCrofters, tells this story.
which is of special interest here where
the effective work of State Librarian
Montgomery and his force is best ap-
preciated. Anna A. Macdonald, of
the Pennsylvania State Library at
Harrisburg, tells a story of the inter-
est in books shown by one little boy
living in Grover. Pennsylvania The
boy had found Mr.. Seton's book, Two
Little SavaEes,' in the travelling Ii
hrary sent out by the State institution
When the book had to he returned he
asked the local librarian to get it for
him the next time the set of books
came to town. Moreover, he asked
the librarian if he could not buy the
book and she found a copy for him
for twenty-five cents. Luck was
against the boy, however, and he
could not get the necessary quarter
and when, after earning il by selling
papers, he returned to buy the book
II was gone. When the travelling Ii
brary came through Grover again.
however, the little boy got the copy
of Tko Little Savages," and, like a
monk of old, began making a manu-
script copy of it, spending most of
his summer vacation at the work It
is source of qualification to note
that incipient Lincolns and Websters
still spring from Columbia's soil"
It's odd" said the man who is al
ways noticing things that poetry is
once more coming into favor with the
American people. Time was when
nearly everybody passed up poetry,
but it's getting so popular now that
some of the biggest advertisers in the
United States are using clever little
bits OF verse to make people read their
ads. And If you take the trouble to
read you will find little pieces of
philosophy and beautiful and clever
turns of thought, which show men
we'll worth while are writing some of
the stuff"
The Grand Canal in Venice. with its
intricate network of smaller canals
that circle in and around that historic
old Italian city, isn't the only place
in the world where one may enjoy a
moonlight night on the water The
good old Susquehanna, right in front
OF our doors, is just as enjoyable and
just as pretty a spot-you can take
this from any one of the several hun
dred canoeists of the city, who know,
Yes, maybe they haven't seen the Ven
ice or the Grand Canal, but they
know, anyway, for they do know the
Susquehanna.
One of the latest forms of amuse-
ment for the canoeists on moonlight
nights is canoe concerts" In this
at least, the Grand Canal with its long
gondolas has nothing on the Susque-
hanna.
Most any moonlight night you can
take a canoe and glide across the
CLASSY water to one of the little islands
that dot the river. Ii you get out and
draw your canoe up onto the sandy
shore and wait awhile you will be
sure to hear the sweet strains of
music somewhere way off in the dis
tance, it seems to you. But il YOU
Just sneak down to your boat and
quietly seek out the source of the
music you will find hidden away some
where along the side of one of the
little islands several boys and a couple
of canoes, a bevy of girls and a small
talking machine.
Then you'd better sneak away again.
You've had a glimpse of Harrisburg
latest fad.
"A lot of people" said a Market
street haberdasher the other day, SAY
that only the women read advertise
ments and that the men read nothing
but sports and politics. But those
who say such a thing know not of
what they speak. The other day [
advertised special sale of a hundred
dozen particularly popular ties at an
exceedingly low figure. And would
you believe 1t. I had fully five times
as many demands as l had ties in less
than three days?'
Everyone interested in the destruc-
ton of the army worm pest is being
requested by the Department of Agri-
culture to look out for army worm
moths with one artificially colored
wing. The departments entomologists
are catching army worm moths where
they are plentiful, coloring one wing
of each and then liberating them in
the same territory, so that they may
determine whether these moths fly
directly west, or north and how
quickly and far they will spread. A
better knowledge of the habits of this
pest should enable the department to
control its spread. No moths are to
be let loose where their liberation
could possibly add to the natural
damage.
The wings of the army worm moth,
when outspread, measure about 1 Il
inches from tip to tip. The body is