Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-15
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The pupils of the Allison public
school building have a new victrola.
They enjoyed their first concert on the
newly purchased machine on Wednes-
day afternoon and enjoyed it hugely.
despite the fact that il constituted
repetitions of the only three records
that generous dealer kindly 'thrky
In when the instrument was pun
chased. The boys and girls set a LOO
or store by the talking machine, due to
the fact that they put their candy
money into a common pool for many
weeks to buy 1t. The recess lunch has
suffered terribly since the victrola
1und was started, but the reward is
now at hand, and as soon as the little
folks become so familiar with its
strains as not to pause every time a
| tune is started they will march out of
me building at recess and dismissal to
the notes of stirring band march.
Jnst now the crying need is for records
ana II anybody has any on hand that
| would be suitable and is looking for a
place where they will be made to do
the most good the Allison building has
standing offer to take care of them.
Strange as ii may seem. not a few of
/ the pupils had never heard q talking
machine previous to the concert on
| Tuesday and they wanted to stay all
evening to have the teachers in charge
repeat the scanty store of records on
hand.
|
Boy Scouts! One of the most fami-
lar terms of our latter-day tongue
and synonymous with efficiency and
dispatch, just as the name PennsyI-
vania State Constabulary is a synonym
Tor order and discipline. The nation
VIDE movement has gained headway
with such rapidity and organization
that many do not realize what an i'm
portant part it plays in developing
the youth of this country along the
best and most helpful lines. Some of
the Things scout does are to tell
the north or south or east or west
| by the signs" to tie knot that will
hold, pitch tent, swim a river, mend
a tear in his trousers. point out which
fruits and seeds are poisonous and
which are not, pull an oar. reef a
sail, kindle fire in the forest on the
wettest day with two matches at the
most. He walks through the woods
without swapping twigs, he knows how
to stalk birds and animals md study
them in their natural haur IS; he sees
much but is little seen; he speaks
softly and answers questions modestly,
and holds his honor to be his most
precious possession. He is kind to
animals, and takes pleasure in giving
up his seat i'll the trolley car to Il
lady or girl or old gentleman. If you
cut your arm, he will stop the flow
of blood and bind it up for you. In
other words, the scout adopts as his
motto the words that have been ring
ing in the ears of our nation for
months. BE PREPARED" All the
Boy Scout lore, and it is astonishing
what an amount of it there is, has
been gathered up by ID. Appleton e
Co., into year book for the scouts.
This work occupied Il representative
of this firm, which has specialized in
such matters, many months and it
embraces not only what scouts are
doing in Pennsylvania and Massachu-
sets, but in California and Michigan.
This is probably the first time Il gen.
eral effort has been made to collate
all the scout matter in one volume.
A well-grown wild turkey was seen
yesterday morning in Wildwood Park
The bird had apparently flown down
from First Mountain and was as saucy
as could be, seeming to know that it
was safe from hunters as long as it
remained in the, citys big park.
I Walter S. Franklin who is well
known to a number of HarrisburgerI
has been promoted by the PennsyI-
Vania railroad freight department to
have charge of freight at Baltimore.
He has lately been stationed as
Atlanta.