Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-24
EVENING Chat

Ior SeVerai months. VIII return home
about the end of June. He has been
writing series of most interesting
letters to his father. DR.. F. w. Coover.
and these letters constitute a rather
complete study of the customs and
characteristics of the Europeans. He
says the European hospitals are con-
Quoted on a somewhat similar basis as
those in America and have changed
greatly in character within the past
ten or fifteen years. Many Of the hos
pitals are now the finest in the world.
especially those in Munich and
Vienna. His observations upon the
clinics of the hospitals which he has
visited are ofs special interest to the
medical fraternity and there Is no
doubt that he will be heard with in
terest by his brethren of the profession
when he returns home. He says every
thing Is supplied in the German hos
pitals with a liberal hand and nowhere
are there signs of enforced economy.
This same apparent disregard of cost
Is shown in another way in the loca-
ton of the city's hospitals, which are
often ideal, being situated even in the
large cities In park, and all having
been given plenty of room, so that
there are well-kept lawns and flower
beds between the buildings.
DR.. Coover was much impressed
with what he saw at Heidelberg. He
says the air of the place is quite demo-
cratic. He spent some time in Ger
many visiting the ancestral home of
the Coovers and in looking up some
ancient records. At one railroad sta
ton he saw from the car window a
firemen's parade that was exactly like
our own" Some time was spent by
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he visited the hospitals and other
places of special interest to the ply
sician and surgeon. He was particu-
lar1y pleased with the train rides
through France, owing to the flowers
and well-kept places along the way.
He says the ride across France was
the fastest one he had on the conti-
nent, but was not unpleasant, because
the roadbed was well laid. He also
says the ride to the hotel was excit-
ing, for the streets of Paris are more
congested than any l have ever ridden
In and the taxi-auto drivers are more
daring"
Speaking of his Paris impressions,
he says: THE street scenes here are
characteristic. Vienna and Berlin are
poor forced limitations, the first being
the more successful and less forced.
Dress and facial makeup are every
where evidenced and one sees more
good appearing % women than in
any other city. The men do not keep
pace in dress or looks"
One of DIR. Covers observations,
which will be interesting to the shoe
manufacturers of Harrisburg and else
where, is that the only good looking
shoes in Europe are from the United
States He concludes his last letter
with the suggestion that he has man.
aged to get around the city of Paris
without any trouble, but will be glad
to get to the country where they can
speak the language.
Colonel P. c. Boyle, the Oil City
editor and dean of the members of the
Board of Public Charities, who was
here yesterday, has almost entirely re-
covered from the fall he received in
Philadelphia last winter. He broke
one of his arms and was badly shaken
up. The colonel, who is we'll on in
years. rode to the Capitol yesterday in
a cab. He was charged SO cents for
the ride and asked if it was not rather
steep. He was told that it was the
rate of that line and that the other
line cost quarter. When the time
came to leave the Capitol in the heat
the colonel asked an attache to order
him cab. please get the cab here
so that can get away when the hear
ing ends" said he. And then he
added: BE sure to make it one of the
25-cent kind. I'm going to encourage
competition"
According to State Zoologist Surface
there have been number of inquiries
made lately as to the best remedies
for potato blight and judging from
the number and widespread nature of
the inquiries there must be a large
acreage planted in potatoes this year.
Some of the inquiries also come from
districts where potato raising has not
been carried on extensively. This is
the time of the year to take precau-
tfons against the late blight, the dis
ease which causes the leaves to turn
black and the potatoes to rot in the
bins. There Is no remedy for this
blight once it gets started, but it can
be prevented.
The work on the construction of the
annex to the federal building is at
tracing much attention from people
who visit the city and it is subject
or remark the care being taken to
provide for the insertion of the steel
beams which are to carry the weight
or the oil structure where it will ioin
the new. One of the men in charea
explained yesterday that the granite
required the utmost care in handling
to avoid splitting and that the stones
taken out had to be kept in good order
to be used again.
A number of people on Capitol Hill
will learn with regret of the sudden
death yesterday at Chester of Thomas
M. Entwhistle, of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Mr.. Entwhistle was
here during part of the legislative
session OF 1913 and took a great in
terest in Harrisburg municipal affairs
He had been editor of the Chester
Times and was later city editor of the
Ledger.
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