Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-25
EVENING Chat

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| Some of the master newsboys of the
city. for there are such persons in the
distribution of the newspapers exer-
else considerable generalship in the
handling of their forces and the sale of
the papers There are districts in
which boys operate and they are as
Jealous in defending them as anyone
| else engaged in business in which ter
Fltory is split up. Several times
| DAY, commencing with early morning
bundles, newspapers are delivered In
| Market Square for newsies to sell.
Some of the boys get their supplies di-
rect from agencies or from publication
off1ces bit there are other bales which
are consigned to the boss newsboys.
It's we'll worth watching what goes on.
The master newsie takes his bundle
and moves to side of the Square.
| Then he marshals his force in line.
Every boy has to line up and as he
| marches past he is given his share and
the number noted. 1t is all done rath-
| er quietly and without the fuss and
!yelling that one ordinarily associates
with newsboys. Some of the boys are
inclined to raise a racket and when
/ they do the boss stalks down the line
and uses his fists Some of the bosses
are not much over sixteen, but they
have things down pretty pat and do
not make any bones about getting
what is coming to them.
All sorts of lodges are worked by
men who want to make stake and
some of them are ingenious to a high
degree, but 1t is doubtful if any more
original, and remunerative, has been
worked in long time than that which
was put into operation on Saturday in
Third street by a man who claimed
Ito be a veteran from Hampton. His
lstory was that he had just come to the
city for short time and had to stay
here between trains. Money he claim
ed was short and he did want some
amusement. He asked for few cents
to enable him ito see the movies" 1t
netted him half dollar in one block.
Fred e. Geiser, member of the
House from the Easton district, was in
the city on Saturday night for short
time. Mr.. Geser Is a Democrat and
ming over the reorganizers' ticket. AS
Northampton is a Democratic county
| 1T goes without saying that he stands
a pretty good chance of being re-elect-
ed. Mr.. Geiser is best known locally
as the author of the pure pay rolf
Investigation, which brought forth the
Economy and Efficiency Commission,
which is how making a study of the
business methods of the State govern
ment and which is finding out what
the national and other State govern
ments are doing in the same direction.
The dust nuisance which residents of
PaXtang are trying to abate is getting
worse and worse in the vicinity of
the city and it is probable that before
long systematic steps to improve the
conditions will be taken by local au-
thorities and the traction company.
| Whether the dust is worse than it has
been for years is. of course, matter
for discussion, because in the city,
where so many highways are paved,
there is little or no dust and the con-
trast in the country. or suburbs is all
the more noticeable. Then again the
use of limestone on highways is a dust
creator of the first order.
The Capitol Park gardeners whose
activities tell the advance of the sea-
sons, are showing that early summer
has come indeed and the beds in the
park which were filled with tulips and
| Ihyacinths a few weeks ago are now
being planted with geraniums and
scarlet sage. Some of the beds are
larger than usual and the display of
lwhite and red geraniums is we'll worth
looking over. The scarlet sage will
Ihold forth In the beds fronting the
main Capitol building and before long
the cannas will appear in the ovals
on the lawns between the wings of the
buildin. Zinnias are also being put
out and the park is getting it's summer
aspect.
Few people are aware that the
building at Second and Mulberry
streets, which the Cumberland Valley
Railroad has spasmodically used as a
local station for way trains for years,
is one of the oldest of the brick build
ings in the city. 1t is a relic of the
days when South Second street was
one of the chief thoroughfares of the
| city and lined with the residences of
lpeople prominent in the affairs of the
infant State Capital 1t was built be-
fore 1900 and was the home OF one of
the first borough officials of Harris
burg.
William Fl. Donner, the new head
of the Pennsylvania Steel Companys
leNecutive affairs, is one of the big fig
ures in the iron and steel industry of
the country, yet one of the least known
of men. He has been the silent force
in many of the developments in the
western part of the State and is said
to have few confidants and to be
one of the keenest of observers. Only
a short time ago he paid visit to the
works at Steelton which was an
nounced and which attracted some at
tention. 1t just happens, however, that
he had visited the plant, unannounced,
a short time before that