Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-22
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through an arrangement of Christ
mas book shelves and holiday tables
the Harrisburg Public Library has be-
come as full of suggestions for pres
ents as the average department stores
series OF windows. In fact, the
Library. which furnishes about one
sixth oil the community with reading
matter and answers from 40 TO so
questions day is also doing a public
service In the way of suggesting books
Tor Christmas. The Library does not-<
sell BOOKS as some of its visitors ap-
pear to have thought when they
| came around, but it gives the idea
ana the names of the stores where
they can be bought arc to be had for
the asking. The Christmas book dis
plays have been under way at the
Library for the last fortnight and
| have been changed frequently. some
of the latest books having been
shown. Just what this has meant to
the people of the city who were after
some hints as to what books to buy
ana to the stores of Harrisburg is
well worth noting.
incidentally, it might be added that
the new Library Is going to close it's
| second year OF usefulness in the city
and its vicinity on January / and the
indications are that its circulation for
| ~ 80 VIII run up around ll2,OOO
or 10000 month. This will be over
10000 more than for the first year.
| The registration now amounts to over
a NTH of the population of Harris
purg' although people from It's en-
| Nlrohs are given the privileges of tho
library as freely as residents of this
municipality.
| Lots of people are starting off TO
| save lor next year and the Christ
mas and savings funds are going TO
be as popular next year as they were
TINS year, was the opinion voiced
yesterday by city banker. Strange.
as 1t may seem there were good
many hundreds of dollars put back
into savings funds as soon as they
were broken up. These hundreds
were nest eggs and the owners just
TOOK the earnings. Other dollars
were put back by people who wanted
to start off the new funds. The habit
of saving for next summers vacation,
lof next Christmas, for n rainy day
and for the child's education has
caught on in this city"
The State Capitors collection OF
battlehags and of the colors borne
in three wars in which Pennsylvania
participated never seems to lose its
charm for visitors. This is a rather
slack period for visitors on the Hill,
pie can be seen looking at the flags
and nine out of every ten of the
visitors for a day make a bee-line
for case to look up the flag of "a
regiment in which a relative marched.
There have been so many inquiries OF
this variety that the guides have
regimental history and location of
flags down pat.
, If any Federal, State, county or city
, official is drawn for Jury duty during
the ensuing year it will he because his
name happened in some way to slip
, past the Vigilant eyes of the Dauphin
county court and the jury commissio on
ers when the wheel for 1916 was filled.
, Both Jury Commissioners Edward
, Dapp and Samuel NJ. Taylor made an
especial effort this Fall to keep the
names OF all public officials from their
lists on the ground that the talesmen
would invariably ask the court to eX-
cuse them. What we wanted to
avoid during the coming year, said
jury Commissioner Dapp, was tho
innumerablc requests for excuse from
Jury duty. The court certainly does
inot approve of them and the proce-
dure has a tendency to break up tha
court routine to some extent. So wa
thought it best to place in the wheel
only the names of jurymen whom wa
were certain could serve"
There was fun yesterday after
noon when the full crew cases were
being heard by the Public Service
Commission.
Charles II. Bergner, arguing for
the Pennsylvania railroad, contended
that the commission could set aside
! a State law if it confiicted with Il
federal law.
"And So" observed Commissioner
Pennypacker, the rSmmission catl
be authorized to commit suicide"
"Oh, no." responded Mr.. Bergner,
, "It always has that power"
And your people would be glad
to see it exercise it," put in James
Scarlet" who was fighting the rail-
| roads.