Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-23
Ehrntng That

After nearly a months brain-rack-
Ing search through rheams and
rheams of complicated time tables,
boat schedules and alluring summer
resort catalogs, weary office man re-
Gently crammed the entire con-
glom of vacation suggestions
into the fire and decided to spend his
annual recreation period right here in
Harrisburg.
And don't regret my decision one
Bit" declared he in telling friend Of
his determination few days later.
With the placid, inviting Susque-
hanna right at our door for boating,
with Reservoir Park for tennis and
picnicking, with Summerdale and
Hershey for dancing and with the best
kind of baseball, fishing and other out
door sports right here at home-why
/ don't see how l could have half SO
good a time away"
Then in the enthusiastic style OF a
man who anticipates good time and
feels sure he isn't going to be disap-
pointed, he told of some of the places
where he was going to while away his
time.
There's the river" he said. "Why,
/ don't know a better place for fish
Ing or canoeing. There's a myriad of
low-lying, sandy islands dotting the
stream here, and I'm going to do a
| little Christopher Columbus stunt and
| explore few of them.
After ! 'spook' around awhile and
obtain a good idea of what some of
| those smaller islands look like, I'm
| going to take a good dip into the
stream. like bathing and always
prefer fresh to salt water; it's cooler
and more inVigorating.
Then I'm going to take little trip
up the Conodoguinet. I've always
liked that romantic, almost mysterious
little creek. You know the Indians
have woven many beautiful little
legend about that tortuous stream and
whenever | pass the high, rocky bluff
that guards its mouth, l recall some
of those weird tales and am impressed
with their possibility.
After I complete my day time ex-
plorations by canoe, I'm going to
spend a few evenings on the water. 1t
will be moonlight next week and
have a small graphaphone. Beneath
the oVerhanging branches from the
trees that line the shores of one of
those islands, I'm going to beach my
boat. Do you get the combination
Moonlight water, muSic-and girl
why even Venice can't beat that.
! |
of my vacation.
I'm going to play some tennis.
! That will be at Reservoir Park I
shall take along little lunch. Be
. tween sets I will slip away from the
courts, find a sequestered spot some
where out over the green hillside
} which overlooks the city, and there
shall rest. Then I'll play some more
tennis. 1 couldn't do that at Atlantic
, City.
"But what's the use of continuing
, I'm going to stay right here at home
; and enjoy myself"
. That the river park is heartily ap-
S preciated by the hundreds who dwell
/ in the downtown office buildings dur
Y ing the day is demonstrated by the
: great number of clerks and stenogra-
D piers who eat their lunches there at
e noon.
3 The rush usually begins about 11.SO
. o'clock and continues until nearly
c o'clock During these hours 1t is
t difficult to secure a bench between
: Chestnut street on the south and Lo-
3 Gust street on the north. Many of the
t girls from the stores have little parties
/ and it is not unusual to see dozen
girls seated on four benches set In a
| hollow square laughing and chatting
l gaily over their apples and peaches.
{ Susan, aged 5, accompanied her bis
sister on shopping tour the Other
l day. While sister made her purchase!
S in a big downtown department store
S little Susan stood at a front window
n and watched an Italian with a hanC
e organ and a monkey amuse the crowd!
0 in the street below.
4 Returning home the big siste
i dropped in on a friend who had re
II Gently purchased new player piano
e OF course all the latest selections wer'
J. played for the visitor.
: At the conclusion of the impromptl
r musicale little Susan was asked how
n she liked the new instrument.
!, "Oh, saw a better one in town,
: she coyly replied. There was ;
o monkey with it."