Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-30
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Any doubts people of Harrisburg or
vicinity may have had regarding the
neid of activity awaiting the new Har-
risburg Public Library will be dis
pelied by Tomorrow, when the total
registration. book service and refer
ence of the first month can be ascer-
tanned. Judging from appearances. the
| pook circulation will be In the neigh
Dorhood OF IL 900 volumes This num-
Der is far in excess Of all expectations
ana may be surpassed, but It is a fair
estimate, and indicates very clearly
tnat the lihTary has a sphere in Har-
risburg and that popular interest and
| support for this newest public insti-
tuition Is assured. When the library
was being built and. indeed, about the
tIme IL was opened. people in this city
were a little dubious as to whether Il
would be used extensively in view of
the fact that the State has a mag
nlncent library here and that the city
nad not especially manifested much
deslre. The record of what the library
mas done since January 8, and ex-
Guiding four Sundays, is the answer.
Inc registration has gone far beyond
all expectations and the circulation.
especially In the children's depart.
ment, has reached such q point that
there Is serious embarrassment to pro
Vide the books They are being pro-
vlded as rapidly as possible, but the
youngsters have taken a shine" to
chlldren are no sooner in the cases
than they start out again.
Speaking of the library's work among
children. Miss Josephine Meek, who
mas charge of part of that activity,
was waiting for a car the other even
ing when 'newsie' came up and
srnts H..
that book" He had recognized Miss
Meek as the librarian who had given
him the book and he wanted to report
progress. \ Miss Meek inquired the
name of the book. "Ther boys ov '61."
replied the lad. "An. say! didn't that
Monerter soak that Merrimac."
A Harrisburger who has sailed the
Caribbean was chatting yesterday
about the isles in that part of the
world and incidentally mentioned
revolution-torn Haiti. I'm reminded
or couple of stories l heard about
that nation from some sailing men,"
said he. One story is about a re-
view held by the president of the re-
ana MS army, with almost as many
generals as soldiers, marched by, the
oncers with much gold lace and big
swords and the men without shoes
ana guns carried any way. The pa
rade went by group of foreign naval
men and one wag from Germany with
malice aforethought chucked hand
ful of silver change in front of a squad
that formed the backbone and the ribs
and almost everything else of the in
fantry division. In flash that army
was on all fours, guns thrown away,
all scramblirg for coin. The next day
colored gent, in whom he recognized
the gaily dressed admiral Of the day
before, sold us some potatoes. was
also told about the way Haiti officially
gave ala to the earthquake sufferers
OF Jamaica and tell 1t for what Il is
worth Haiti voted 100000 for relief
and the government" went to hand
1t over with ceremony. The officials
were shy on navigation and they
landed up around Nipe Bay, on the
north coast of Cuba, and on their Sec
ond dash for Kingston they hauled
up in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
They were entertained and also enter
tanned in that city. to the depletion Of
the cash voted for relief. Finally they
had to make a bold front and sailed
away for Kingston. When they got
there there was so little money left
that they went ashore and spent it
without the formality of any presen-
tation of even good wishes. Inciden-
eoAI shCs ali tISiF navy on a rGGI
and 1t stayed there.
James M. w. New1in, the Philadel-
phia lawyer who died few days ago.
was the youngest man in the consti-
tutional convention Of 1873 and is we'll
remembered by the men who sat in
that body and who attended it's ses-
sions as spectators. He was of short
stature and once attempted to attract
the attention of the chairman. He
was ignored and when he protested
the chairman declared that he would
not recognize any man who did not
stand to address the chair Mr.. New
lin protested that he was standing and
was told to go into the aisle so that he
could be seen. When he was barely
twenty Mr.. Newlin was made Deputy
Attorney General and served at the
Capitol as successor to the late b. r.
Etter In the late sixties. He was we'll
known in the Auditor Generals De-
partment. ..E.