Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-09
Edpntttg Chat

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ma VIII gather here on the tenth Of
next month when the three big asso-
ciations of the journalists of the State
VIII meet than have assembled in
the State Capital in a long time The
state Editorial Association, which has
taken on a new lease of life and has
chances of becoming a greater factor
'nan ever in State affairs, the Asso-
clated Dailies and the Association of
weekly Newspapers are organizations
with which almost every newspaper
pupilshed in the State and many of the
editors and reporters are members.
Ihey VIII gather here for the first time
ana II is expected that the influence
Oh the meetings will be felt throughout
the state The State Editorial Asso-
ciation became for while more of an
association of men identified with the
BUSINESS departments of newspapers
rather than with the editorial and
news ends, and it did little more than
meet and take trips for while. In re-
cent years 1t has made it's annual
Ineetlngs opportunities for newspaper
makers to hear the big men of the
good feeling. The other two associa-
tIons are youngsters in the field, but
Hiisnty lusty ones and will be not only
ciearinghouses for IDEAS but will serve
70 unite the newspapermen Of the State
Ior their common interests Everyone
can remember how the lack of organ
izatlon among newspaper people was
Leit at the time of the press "muzzle"
Diil III the Legislature. Perhaps 1t was
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Papermen to awake to their condition
At any rate they now have three strong
organizations and they comprise rep
resentative men.
The new income tax is leading to
some odd things in the matter of col
Iections and returns. The other day
one OF the banks received q form from
a client who had signed it in order to
reads: Il do solemnly declare that /,
...,;.., :........, :, am a citizen and
resident OF the United States" This
blank was filled out by a lady who
wrote I do solemnly declare that |,
c,ti1ers ....:'';s -: -, am disfranchised
citlzehs, etc. There are suspicious
that she believes in suffragist princi-
pies.
mented with the outside dumb-waiter
OF an uptown apartment house the
other day In a way that was productive
or almost a mild little panic among
tne upper-foor tenants,-and unques-
tlonaply some heart-to- heart confer
ences between wayward youths and
outraged parents a little later. The
dumb-waiter ordinarily Is used for
nolstlnS ashes, ice, ETC., and it is so
COnGfrnnfa6 that
ground outside may load it and send 1t
speedily to the top by merely signaling
Tor those higher up to hoist away.
several small boys pondered long and
earnestly as to the probable uses the
waiter could be put when, unluckily,
a small dog strolled obligingly by.
What followed Is an easy guess. How
successful the experiment proved was
demonstrated to the deliriously happy
youths below when some feminine
shrieks to the effect that "Mercyl
This isn't ice" and THAT mean gar
bage man just puts any old thing in
our hoist ETC., etc, reached their
ears from above
Here Is a story Of wandering that is
worth while. A man at the CAPITOL
put his coat and overshoes in an office
and went to another part of the build
ihS. When he got Dack the place was
locked. He went out and bought an
umbrella, but in SO doing got his feet
wet. He then brought dry stockings
and got on car. He left the package
on car. Fortunately he had the
number and he chased two blocks to
eaten the car on the return trip. He
got on, paid another fare, asked for
his bundle and was told by the con-
ductor that he had sent it to the office.
He got off the car and walked home.
The manner in which bankers of
Harrisburg and this section of the
State are standing up for Philadelphia
Tor regional reserve bank deserves
to be remembered by Philadelphia peo-
pie because 1t is the kind of aid that
Is worth while in emergency. Almost
everyone connected with banking here
abouts is doing what he can for Phila-
delphia, and some strong arguments
are being made.