Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-28
/ [EXENINC Chat

| lEXENING Chat !
1t requires a good bit of nerve for a
person TO go to the summit of Oak
hhob or Cherry Hill in Reservoir Park
pl even TO the top of Fort Washington,
put from the testimony of those who
nave taken the climb the view the last
rev days has been well worth the eXer-
tlon and the braving of the cold. Sat-
uruay afternoon several parties walked
10 the top of the knobs in the park
ana were enchanted at the appear
ance oil the country for miles around.
Ihe air was clear the intense cold
having driven away moisture and as
tnefe was no wind one could see for
miles into the three counties that come
Gown to the western shores of the
Susquehanna river and cover the hills
ana Wales of Dauphin from First
Mountain to below Steelton The views
| OF Perry county and of the York hills
We're never more interesting than yes
terday and caused one to wonder what
II would be like to scale the mountains
at Rockville gap. Fort Washington
enables one to get a broader view of
the Susquehanna because of the wide
pend In front of Harrisburg, and the
Wnlte surfaced river and the snow clad
mis- Afforded sight long to be re-
membered. In this connection it might
De added that some of the most
lcharming winter scenes that one could
wish are to be had in Wildwood Park.
IL Is winter in the woods right at the
doors OF the city and we'll bundled I'D
ana we'll shod, one can take the walk
going in at Maclay street and coming
out at Otis lane and thoroughly enjoy
an afternoon.
Some of the Italian residents of the
city are commencing to show keen in
tefest IN the "doingS" in the kingdom
whence they came and there are no
more eager readers of the daily news
papers than the people who claim
Naples Palermo, Messina or Brindisi
as their old homes. AS quiet as Won
keep it some of the younger Italians
IN this city and Steelton have started
home in the last few weeks, preferring
chance to seeing active service than
working in America. The Italians are
as much interested in war news as the
rest of us and show far more concern
over 1t than many of the Slavs. who
frankly say they are going to. stay in
Pennsylvania.
Movement of. coal through the city
mas been at a tremendous rate the last
fortnight say railroad men, and they
attribute it to the fact that stocks in
the eastern cities have been depIeted
by the severely cold weather to an ex-
tent not expected. Some of the trains
sent through the city are composed of
steel "battleship' cars, filled to the
brim, and running pretty close to-
gether. The coal traffic has been so
heavy that trains have been run on
holidays and Sundays just the same as
other days.
The "boneheadedness" of censors is
proverbial, but it was never r,arc
strikingly illustrated than by a hst
card received here q day or so ago
IA ON Germany. 1t contained the mark
that it was passed by the censor, al
thoush the postmarks of the way it
came from the empire would furnish
far more interesting history. The card
wished the man who got it good
health. That was all.
Robert c. Shaw, who will preside at
sessions of the State Educational AS
soclation this week, is county school
superintendent of Westmoreland coun-
ty and one of the prominent educators
OF the western end of the State. He is
well known to a number here as he
was candidate for congress-at-larg
a couple of years ago.
Inc COnOQOSulnet appears to be as
popular in winter time as in summer,
judging from the way people have
been going skating on the famous
crooked stream. The creek. has frozen
very hard in many places and there
are long stretches which offer splen-
did surface for skating, so good that
they have tempted many people from
the Susquehanna shore, along which
there are long reaches of clear ice.
It's been rather tough lines that the
weather has been so cold the last few
days that trials of the Christmas sled
could not be more extensive but if the
cold holds out 1t will probably be de-
fled by good many youngsters AL
ready trails have been broken in the
snow in many parts of the hilly sec
ton and Reservoir Park offers some
excellent opportunities. The boys liv-
ing along Sixth street have been in
dulging in some coasting down the
sloping streets although the trolley
cars and automobiles make it a rather
dangerous sport
About one in every half dozen auto
mobiles seen about the city carries the
turquoise blue tag of the 1915 license
This is not required to be displayed
until January 1, but officials of the
State automobile registration division
say that no one seems to want to run
any risks. Some people are showing
both the 1914 and 1916 tags.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE