Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-08
EVENING CHAT

Counting the collection of books in
the Harrisburg public library as about
10000, the figures compiled of the
circulation of the city's new institution
from opening day on January 3 to
June 80 show that each book was used
ABOUT hve times. The circulation in
thai period was 54,735. This shows
tnat the circulation was away up. The
horary was open for 1852 days and on
some day as high as 1000 books were
taken out. An interesting and sig
nlncant. fact regarding the circulation
is that 1904 of the books circulated
We're to children. The circulation in
June, which is ordinarily a poor month
IN Iipraries, was 1911, OF which $3.50
DOCKS were taken out by adults and
l,12S by children. In June 2,727 per-
sons visited h library to read, 1901
OF the umb being adults, most of
whom spent from thirty minutes to
Two hour reading in the evenings
IN May the number of readers was
2,612. OF the books circulated in
June so per cent. were fiction.
me Civic Club has presented to the
library its collection of Hungarian
DOCKS This collection, which COM
prlses history, folk lore and other in
teresting books for residents of the
ancient kingdom. was secured by the
ciuo several years ago in it's. educa-
tlonal work and a been placed with
other books donated by the club in the
library. Altogether about a dozen or
CARNATIONS of the city have presented
TO the library books of interest to per
sons giving attention to their lines of
WORK but as a matter of fact the sup
port in books and finances given to
the new library is below what one
would expect of a city as thriving ana
as progressive as Harrisburg. The
| library has hapn fnrnad 70 ,-aly 49, 81.
income from it's Investments, almost
all OF which came from Mrs. Halde-
Inan-Haly, and the generosity of the
Harrisburg School Board.
Youthful fighters of Uncle Sans
battles OF the Spanish-American War
n the troublous days in the insulal
possessions that followed raise the
question now n then of the way the
newspapers classify them. Here's a
typical complaint:
Now | noticed in the newspaper
stories or the ceremonies incident to
moving the old flags to the Capitol
rotunda and again in the Fourth of
July parade Stories" aid one follower
or the flag of '9S and 90, that ali of
the men who fought in the scraps thai
followed the row with Spain are
| veterans ~
Now that isn't exactly true. Some
OF us were at Tien-Tsin and in other
Chlnese towns during the Boxer upris.
!nss, SUN others spent several years in
me f~hlllpplnes with the Army of DC
cGpatlon; others were in Porto Rico
ana Cuba; still Others never GOT far
ther than Panama. And vet we're All
styled, 'Spanish-American War vet
Grams. Now, what we really are and
what we should be called is the name
py which we call organization
american Veterans OF Foreign Serv-
zee, some time l wish you'd print a
story about it,"
Inc manner In which the State is
utilizing properties in the Capitol park
extension district rather emphasizes
the necessity that is going to arise,
Defore Ions for larger quarters for
tne state governmental offices. Offices
are scattered through half a dozen
buildings in and about the CITY. some
In the park district and some in other
portions. The brick dwellings along
Fourth street which are worth fixing
up are to be used for offices for
branches of the Public Service Com
mission and another will be prenared
later in the fall for the clerks Of The
insurance Department and the Stairs
OF the Soldiers Orphan School and
other commissions which are now
aoHllclied In committee rooms in the
Iapltol. Inc old building of the Hair
risourg Light and-Power COMPANY and
the plant of the Harrisburg Steam
Heat and Power Company are now he
ing used for storage and when the
FaHton Flour and Feed and Harris
burg Storage companies vacate the
pig fireproof building which the State
bought some parts of it will be used
Tor storage. But when the time comes
TO clear the way for the park there
VIII nave to be some figuring.
Harrisburg friends of Larry r
Goshorn, legislative correspondents Of
the Pittsburgh Dispatch, will regret to
learn that he broke one of the small
bones of his leg in an accident ear
Philadelphia a few days ago.. He is
now at Atlantic City.
York and Harrisburg will be rivals
IN another line of athletics than base
ball this week. The golfers Of the
York and Harrisburg Country club
teams will begin a series of matches
similar to those they played last wear.
This Saturday Harrisburg goes to York
n York will come here on the 25th-
For yea the York and HARRISBURG
Country Club teams have been PLAYING
golf matches.