Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-24
EVENING Chat

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Neutrality came near being violated
yesterday at the meeting of the Pub
lie Service Commission. A lawyer was
presenting petition for approval OF a
contract for some poles at Mannheim
and read it Mannheim, Germany.
| HIM, any protests" asked Commis-
sioner Wright
The lawyer. who was unaware of his
error, looked Up and said seriously
| L do not see any here. Perhaps
Don't YOU think they might nave
trouble getting across?" asked Com
missioner Gather.
The lawyer looked puzzled and final
~ seeing his mistake disclaimed any
Intention of bringing about interna-
tonal complications.
| During the several evenings of this
week that the hills and mountains
around Harrisburg were blazing with
| forest fires, many people got good
view of the trail of flame against the
| skyline of the York hills Few miles
below New Cumberland. The River
Front wall and the heights at Reser-
voir were especially desirable vantage
points to see the distant fires while
some of the roofs of buildings in the
business district afforded good sight
| seeing places. too. When the wind
blew strongly toward the north. some
of the sharper-eared spectators along
| the water front thought they could
catch the faint tinkling of the far
away farm bells sounding the alarm.
When a load of milk cans starts to
slide off the rear end of truck people
! had better look out The other day
| truck loaded to the gunwaleS with
| cans. fortunately empty, turned a cor
ner and the cans began to slip. One
rolled on a street car track in front
of a car and another with malice
! aforethought. headed for an automo-
bile whose driver neatly passed his
wheels on either side, while a third
| fell against pole, caromed and
| brought up against No. with a bang.
Meanwhile No. . had gone on the side
walk chasing pedestrians. The racket
was heard for a block and drowned
the drivers comments, another fortu-
nate circumstance.
| Say, why do people all want fancy
/ drinks when they come into a store
right after a show and everyone is
| hustling 10 catch a carr" asked the
| sprite in charge of a soda fountain.
The other night from IL to halfpast
I'll bet l made up forty fancy sun
daes and lemonadeS and egg drinks
and l had 'em around the counter four
deep and all mad at me for not max
ing them all at once. You paper fell
| lows can help by giving a tip TO take
plain drinks when there's jam"
| Governor BrumbSugh's mail has
| slackened off somewhat since the local
| option fight is over, but there are
messages still coming in commencing
/ him for the stand he has taken and
urging him to keep up the fight for
/ the williams bill. Numerous express
sions of opinion on the way legislators
voted are coming in, some of them
| hot enough to burn the envelopes.
| Everyone is promising help next year.
New game laws are always a cause
! of prolific dispute and discussion and
/ the new acts appear to have disturned
/ the equanimity of a good many men
who will not have a. chance under the
/ law or by any other means TO get
| chance at game for six months or
more. The Office of the Game Com
mission has been unusually busy ans
wering questions about the new game
laws and telling people the size of
the bags and the limit of the season.
Hello, is this Technical High
School? Well. l want to speak TO
John Blank" says a gentle voice over
the telephone. I'm sorry but he can
not be reached until 2.30," responds a
firm voice from the Tech end. We'll,
does he have tickets for tomorrow
nights show" How do 1 know" is
the reply. May 1 leave message
for him?" Surely" We'll. tell him
to be sure to come down to the house
| tomorrow night. Good-by. oh yes.
Tell him to be sure to bring Bill
along"
Several minutes more elapse and
there is another call. rs this Tech
nical High School? Well I should like
TO speak to Percy" says tiny girlish
voice. Sorry" comes from the other
end. but he will be busy till $50"
But this is his mother is the per-
sistent reply. Rather a young voice
! for a mother" is all the consolation
she gets, and the Tech receiver is
again in place ending further argu-
ment.
| Maybe as much as five minutes will
| pass before there is another buzz, and
this time it is a message for George,
Ito go to the garage before he comes
home from school, or to go to the
millinery store right after school to
get his mothers hat
So many foolish requests have been
coming into Tech lately to deliver love
messages, and to make messenger boys
out of the Tech students after school,
that DR.. Eager has found it necessary
to put the quietus on it all. The
principal has come out with the fiat
statement that no more special de-
| liveries' shall be received at the Tech
end. "Of course" he added, any
thing will be done for the boys par
ents that is a reasonable request.
]. A. Smythe. who was selected as
one of the arbitrators of the Wilkes
Barre strike, is we'll known TO many
Harrisburgers because of his activity
in other mediation matters. He is a
native of this state and has been in
| federal service for long time.
| DO YOU KNOW=1
ending runs here than any town