Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-08
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Men who nave charge of soda foun-
tains declare that more soda water
combinations are being sold now and
in greater quantity than ever and
that where ten years ago men used to
drop around g corne for a beer or
something else, they are becoming
regular patrons Of the soda fountain.
For several years this tendency of
businessmen to go and have a soda 4
had been noticed and the drug store
and confectionery people say that 1t
Is astonishing the growth of business
in daylight hours. In tho evenings.
especially warm evenings, they have
always had heavy business. but there
is now a steady run of working hour
patronage which keeps on growing.
AS a matter of fact, the people behind
bars say the same thing. They declare
that the beer drinking is not nearly
as general as 1t used to be and that
daylight drinking has been declining
year after year. One or two of the
hotels have reduced their forces of
b~artenders in daytime, although they
insist that the evening trade is as good
as ever. However, it is not denied that
business after IL o'clock at night Is
not what 1t used to be-" The ten
dency toward sobriety from q business
standpoint is something thai has be-
come very noticeable in Harrisburg
and the soda fountain people say that
they are often called upon to serve
men who talk over business while
drinking a cooling glass of what used
to be considered only for women and
children. 1t is one of the signs of
the times that is not being lost on
thoughtful people.
Among the beautiful gardens of
peonies to be seen about the city is
that of County Treasurer Arthur H.
Bailey at PaXtang. He has hundreds
of plants. some of them of choice va
rieties and the blooms have been
large and much admired. Mr.. Bailey
has beer collecting these plants for
several years and his efforts nave been
well repaid.
Farmers in this section Of the State
are anxiously watching their wheat
fields for any signs of the Hessian fly,
the pest which caused so much dam
age throughout the Lebanon and
Schuylkill valleys last summer. The
fly did not get in his work in this
portion of the State, but there are
fears that eggs may have been carried
and energetic campaigns to down the
fly will be undertaken If reported.
SPS1RAAAS VI PCoN1f ~ bOOu hldh1
folks are wondering If the army worm
will appear again. Under the terms
of the ordinary knowledge about the
v%oracious crawler it is not scheduled
to appear two years in succession, but
there are some who are rather skep-
teal about it and who fear that 1t
may show up. Hence, every effort is
being made to keep lawns clear of
anything hat looks like the pest.
Some of the larvae of the army worm
were found late in the summer and
there are suspicious that some may
be lurking about.
Some of the remarks made by peo-
pie visiting the Capitol this season
are interesting. Almost everyone as
sociates the Capitol with the recent
session of the legislature n there is
general desire to see the legislative
halls which furnished so much news
this e The other day a group of
people, evidently from the country,
asked where the legislative mills were
located.
"Mills?" asked the mystiied guide
Eyes. legislative mills where they
grind out bills" was the calm reply.
The guide was equal to the occa-
sion and headed the party for the
Governors office.
Many H~arrisburgers who have at
tended the University of Pennsylvania
will be interested in knowing that
DR.. r. TAFT Mackenzie, the physical
director, has gone to England to
harden" some of the recruits. Those
who have gone through the doctors
| course of sprouts at the university will
have no doubt of what Tommy Atkins
will be able to do in the way of sus-
tanned marching and fighting when he
reaches the front.
Among the announcements made in
the Journal of the Engineers Society
of Pennsylvania this month is hat
there will be an excursion some time
during this summer to one of the big
engineering works. The excursions of
the society ave been big vents and
have enabled a good many men to get
advantageous and first hand Informal
ton about operations which are house
hold words. The Journal also contains
some interesting matter regarding the
development of the port of Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania port as it is term