Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-21
EVENING CHAT

i EvLNlNG C1AI
No two people appear to have the
same idea about the number OF vis-
tors to the city on Inauguration day,
but all seem to agree that it was one of
the greatest crowds gathered for a
similar ceremony in years. Estimates
run anywhere from 10000 to 10000
people and you can take your choice,
because the railroads, trolley cars. au-
tomobiles and carriages that brought
throngs will never get together on the
figures. One thing is certain and that
| Is that the inaugural ceremony drew
about the stand at Third and State
! streets greater mass of people than
nave assembled since the day Theo-
dore Roosevelt dedicated the Capitol,
ana some think that the folks who
swarmed to the vicinity when the new
Governor was making his address was
larger than on the dedicatory day in
1916. 1t was a notable fact that DIR.
Brumbaugh attracted hundreds from
houses and sidewalks in the neighbor-
mood when he began to speak and
| there were swarms of people who
| came IN late in the morning who made
| a Decline for the place of the cere-
| monies and arrived in time to hear
| the lively parts of the speech And it
nught De remarked in passing that
| the new Governor certainly had the
crowd with him. All along the line of
the parade there were thousands of
! people, many of them townsfolk, of
course, but with many, many visitors
The idea Of the inaugural committee
In placing the stand where it was
| erected was splendid and was appre-
/ thOnGDnnQ M 4, -,
sight of the events and within hearing
| distance without having to cluster
about the Capitol or stand on the ter
races and lawns of the Capitol Park
EVERYONE remembers the discomforts
OF the last five inaugurations and it is
to be hoped that Third and State will
be selected for the next time and that
by 1919 there will be n new and a
| handsomer formal entrance to the
States park at that point.
General Edward Dew. Morrell, the
grand marshal of the parade, is not
unknown to many Harrisburgers but
ne mas many more admirers now than
before the well-handled parade The
general carried out his part in a man.
ner beftting the occasion not only in
the parade but in taking q residence
ior MS headquarters and bringing of
| his personal establishment to the CITY
He gave dignity to the post of honor
which he held and Governor Brum-
baugh seems to have made a popular
choice.
The Telegraph had the honor of
puonshlng the first picture of Gov
ernor Martin G.. Brumbaugh. The
photograph from which was made the
three-column etching that appeared in
the last editions of the Telegraph of
tuesday was made a second after Chief
Justice j. Hay Brown had read the
oath or office. to which the Governor
afiirmed The exposure for the picture
was made by Telegraph staff pho-
ltographer, Robert Il. German, mounted
on tall ladder in front of the in
augural stand, and the plate was
| rushed to the darkroom and thence
after wet print had been made. to
the engraving department of the news
| paper. BY 2.30 the etching was fin.
lshed ana a few minutes later the page
! was on the press and papers by the
thousands We're being sold to inaugu-
ration visitors who were eager to got
copies OF the picture to take home as
souvenirs. So excellent was the repro
ductlon that figures in the background
could be easily distinguished and
! recognized.
| Ihe inauguration of Governor Bruln-
Daugh Will live in moving pictures and
II Will not be long before the new
| Governor Will be able to witness the
spectacle from the standpoint of the
man in the audience il he SO desires
At least two sets of films were eyposed
put until they have been developed
| NOBODY Will know what success the
| photographer had. Scenes along tho
| route OF parade were snapped. as we'll
as the reviewing stands, sections of the
| CROWDS and the taking of the oath.
| q TO-
| the Fan-American Exposition in San
FRANCISCO to be made a part Of the ey
| hIDlt OF the State of Pennnslvania
along with the films of the flag trans,
Ter ceremonies last summer, which
are already in the hands of the ex-
position commission.
/ Cheer up" said the man on tho
street car this morning, "Spring is not
SO very far away. 1 know because |
J round in my mail this morning these
three seed catalogs," and he dis
played them for the pleasure of his
teilow-suburbanites, who grew inter
ested at once and asked to "lool, 'en,
over. FROM now until we'll into the
summer poultry fanciers and garden
enthusiasts will have it out with one
another morning and evening on the
suburban cars. Its like a. Continuous
lecture on agricultural subjects" said
one observer this morning. 'I Wouldn't
| - tiitNe uaiiy "trip LOT anything.
| get more hlntS on chickens and garden
truck from my fellow passengers than
out OF the magazines. And" he con.
Guided, II also hear more lies about
egg and vegetable crops than anv-
where else"
Congressman Milton w. shreve. OF
Erie. one OF the active men in the
Legislatures of 1909 and 1911 Was
here to-day on his way from Wash
ington. He met a number of friends
among the lawmakers.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
j. V. Thompson, the Uniontown
coal land owner, is a native of Fay-
cite county where he achieved most