Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-10
EVENING CHAT

EvLIvlNO OIH
Young Harrisburg comes to the
front very much in the latest issue of
Telephone News, which is published
by the Bell Telephone and it's asso-
ciated companies at Philadelphia for
the information. stimulation and emu
lation of its employees. The News has
a While lot in it worth reading by
people not connected with the great
! system and there is much devoted to
now men made good in the pages
| devoted to the dissemination of in
| formation section, while starts at the
bottom rung of the ladder are made
a speciality in that portion which is
| prepared for stimulating the efforts of
the many employees. The pictures and
the features are enough to make
! anyone want to emulate. Where Har-
rlsburg comes in is in the article by
Head Messenger Harry II. Hover, of
Philadelphia He tells how messenger
service is made worth while for COM
| pany and boy and there are pictures
and pleasant references to the hustlns
abilities of three Harrisburg youths
aired j. Fean, messenger of the traffic
department, John Carroll Gosney, mes
Senger of the plant department and
walter King Cohill, messenger for the
revenue accounting department. It's
wise policy the Bell is pursuing and
ltS publicity schemes are making it
solid with the great mass of people.
AT the same time it is building up a
| corporation spirit that will be beyond
| estimating in dollars and cents.
War talk has, slangily speaking
surely slipped one over even on base
ball talk these days as a prime-all-th
time subject for general discussion and
anything that suggests the martial
spirit IN anyway, arouses prompt and
enthusiastic interest For instance:
To-day couple of strangers who
were believed to be members of the
English beneficial society of the Sons
of st. George strolled down Walnut
street, each carrying a flag over his
shoulder. That in itself didn't cause
general turning and staring of the
people in the streets however; the
flags were the cause.
One was Old Glory-the other was
the English Union Jack.
Now, sah," grinned a negro cart
driver, now sah-that AM some COM
bination!"
I People living in New Cumberland
and who travel to this city on trolley
cars are commencing to make pools
about the time when the big river dam
will be completed. The gap in the
dam is being slowly lessened, but the
work is going slowly and the observers
have concluded that it is a good thing
for wagers. Most of the bets are that
it will be finished by October l, al
though some bet as late as October
Is.
More boards of stategy" have been
in session around Harrisburg the last
few evenings than realized, and it's
funny to see some of the club, cigar
store, corner or parlor board" mem
bers boning up for the evening discus
sions. They seize the latest editions
of the newspapers and then hustle for
a couple of maps to work up their
ideas. The result is that when the
sessions" begin they are prepared to
discuss the prospective movements
and even the outcome of the war with
all corners.
Wisconsin State officials and Iegis-
lators who were here for the visit of
the forestry people to the States re-
serves and forestry academy were
more than delighted with the State
Capitol. They spent several hours
visiting the various departments and
making careful inspection of the legis-
lative halls and the State suites The
pleted a very handsome Capitol at
Madison. but admit that it is nothing
to compare to Harrisburg's splendid
building.
1t is probable that the State His
torical Commission will be asked to
take some steps to commemorate the
site of Fort Halifax, which was re-
ferred to in this column on Saturday.
This fort. which was erected some
time after Fort Hunter. stood on the
hill right above the station and COM
manded a fine view of the river. 1t
was one of chain erected along the
Susquehanna and. while frequently
mentioned in Colonial papers. dis
appeared from public view when the
French and Indian War had ended
and the Indians had gotten out of the
habit of making raids on the Sus-
quehanna Valley because of the dan
gers they ran.
IF this war keeps going on people
viii be hanging ribbons on the cages
containing the Belgian hares at the
county fairs this year. There'll be
more people looking at the rabbits
because they're called Belgian than
anything else" said n man familiar
with exhibitions yesterday. "I remem-
ber when the Belgian hares were in
troduced they were to reduce the high
cost of living an great things were
promised for them. In some way the
Belgian hare scheme fell through. bul
now. thanks to the bravery of the
Belgians, even their rabbits are at
tracing attention.