Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
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! May 1915. will likely go down in
the files of the weather bureau as one
of the coolest Spring months on rec
ord, in the opinion of the coal dealer.
| the steam heat company officials the
janitor-and the luckless consumer.
Coal dealers base their conclusions on
| the appearance of their bins; the steam
heat officials on the amount of vapor
| they had to keep in circulation; the
ljanitors on the extra hours they've
had to put in on their jobs; and the
consumer on the bills for heating. In
past years the steam heat currents as
a rule have been turned off by theV
middle of May, but 1t has been so un-
usually cool, especially during the
evenings, that the service has had to
be kept up.
Keys for the girls lockers in the
Reservoir Park tennis clubhouse can
be had now upon application at the
park office in the Calder building or
of Courtkeeper Charles Pollock at the
courts. With the distribution of the
girls keys the entire clubhouse will
be ready for service. In addition to
the membership fee the house COM
mittee has fixed a nominal charge for
deposit to cover cost of loss of keys
which will be refunded at the end of
the season.
| Harrisburg people who attend mo-
| ton picture shows are among the first
to notice defects in the films. accord
| Ing to a recent visitor in this city
Iwho knows something about movies.
He said that the people are trained to
good shows, and when poorly direct
ed or staged picture comes to town.
the patrons of the theater showing
the film are not slow in telling of the
impression it made upon them. The
visitor went on to say that consider
ing that the city has a population of
less than 100000 the managers of
some of the local theaters obtain some
of the best films shortly after they are
released by the manufacturing COM
| panies, giving the city first run of the
best pictures. In looking over the ad-
vertisements for one day. he said that
the people here do not realize just
how much the managers of the movie
houses are doing for them in order to
satisfy their desire for the best.
number of students each year at
the Central high school are surprised
during the school term when they
discover that some of the teachers of
both ancient and modern languages
lare also we'll versed and deeply in
lterested in botany. Miss Jessie Bow
ers, instructor of Latin and Greek, is
one of the members of the faculty who
frequently surprises the students by
, showing interest in the science of
, plants. Professor William NJ. Fahnes-
: tock teacher of German and English
at the school, and well-known be-
cause of his activity as a member of
the Harrisburg Natural History socie-
ty, is often asked for information
t about plant life.
r Interest in wireless telegraphy among
, /, the boys in the high schools of this city
! ! is becoming more noticeable. The for
= IL, ra,I
/, nical high school sometime ago served
as an impetus to the enthusiasm that
has arisen. The feature about the
: boys who have apparatus for botn
sending and receiving is that most
of their instruments are made by
, themselves at home and in many in
! stances are equally as serviceable as
Z those purchased from manufacturers.
Z The boys often get together In the
evenings and have little wireless"
: lparties among themselves, and have
> much fun in sending and receiving
messages from their friends in other
parts of the city. The boys of the
Harrisburg Academy are also mach
interested in the recent invention and
lately quite number OF the students
have constructed sets capable Of fine
work Most of the boys have secured
licenses from the government and are
taking up the subject in practical
{ manner Professors at the schools are
highly in favor of the formation or
, the clubs, and help the boys when
! ever possible.
Now that the waters of the Susque-
t hanna are dropping down to near the
[ low water mark. the river is beginning
to take on some of the romance and
, picturesqueness of the canals of Ven-
ice.
In the evenings when it's moonlight
and mt ton cool If is uncommon
. sight to see a canoe tucked away
! somewhere beneath the sheltering
: branches of one of the myriad of small
; islands opposite the city. Nestled
down among plenty of soft cushions
If you should be so indiscreet as to
peek-you will usually see some love-
sick youth strumming away on his
mandolin or wooing soft, melodious
serenades from a guitar, for the pleas
ure of the sweet young miss who ma
iestically reclines amidst the uphol-
stery in the other end of the canoe
Perhaps there isn't any place in the
world just quite so romantic as gon-
! dola on the canals of Venice but-well
we have the Susquehanna.
An incident far from the ordinary
occurred in one of the larger office
buildings recently and elevatormen
and those who noticed are still trying
to puzzle out the answer.
, 1t was along about o'clock in the
afternoon when suddenly everything
} became quiet Not a single type
writer clicked or telephone rang. The
quietness continued for some minutes
before an elevatorman noticed 1t. He
! ran his car from the bottom to the
!. top of the building-everyWher the
utmost quietness reigned Suddenly
someone coughed. The sound carried
down the corridors through the open
transoms. In an instant stenograph-
ers took up their work, loud talking
was heard, telephones tangled and oc-
cupations were resumed. very rev
noticed it but those who did have tried
in vain to find the answer. 1T Just
, happens, sometimes" said an ele-
| Waterman.