Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-03
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The serious damage to Sylvan
Heights Orphanage by yesterdays fire
almost removed from this city one
OF It's most picturesque buildings and
one which has attracted the attention
| OF many visitors to the city. The build
ing was landmark before it became
the episcopal residence for the Cath
ollc diocese of Harrisburg and there
was much popular interest inv tbko.
orphanage into which 1t was converted.
the Fourth of July celebrations at the
ofrhanage were among its notable
features and attracted wide interest
ana the work done for the children
was much commented upon without
| regard to denomination. IT is not gen.
orally known that one of the members
OF the board of managers is Spencer
Z. Gilbert, of this city, who accented
| the election number of years ago. A
| NUMBER or other prominent men
throughout this section of the State
were managers. The disastrous fire
yesterday recalled many anecdotes re-
| gardinS its construction and occu-
| pancy prior to its acquisition in 1870
when the diocese of Harrisburg was
established. John II. Brant. the
builder, is we'll recalled by many of
the older citizens and tradition says
that 1t was the longest job of construc-
tton ever known in the city. Brant
'bossed' the job himself and ran it
on a weekly basis. When he finished
it he did not like it and resided for IL
time in the hotel which he built where
the Commonwealth Trust Company
building stands. A severe storm un-
rooted 1T once and 1t was allowed to
deteriorate for time. The period of
its use by the orphanage attracted to
It much notice and the steps to rebuild
1t will have the sympathy of many
people.
The paper written by James S. Hiatt,
private secretary to the Governor, on
the truant problem and the parental
school while he was secretary of the
Public Education Association of Phila-
delphia, has been issued in pamphlet
form by the National Bureau of Edu..
cation as a guide for people interested
in the questions. The work is the
result of years of study of the truant
problem. in Philadelphia and of OBJ
Iservations on parental schools in thir-
Iteen cities. p. p. ClaXton, the national
Commissioner of Education, COM
mends the booklet in high terms. 1t
is Mr.. HATS life work and will be
most valuable for school men and en-
ployers in dealing with these phases OF
juvenile life.
| Hunters are not taking many
chances in the woods these days. as is
shown by the number of red caps be
ing worn by men passing through this
city or starting out from Harrisburg
for hunting places. Half dozen were
seen yesterday at the station and some
or the men wore red mufflerS. The
Safety First" idea appears TO be
prevalent in hunting as well as in in
dustry' traffic and business.
dogs bark is worse than his bite.
III the majority of cases, and this par
ticular dog which the writer has i'm
mind is no exception. lie makes his
headquarters in the front yard of one
OF the houses in the upper part of
town and lives. simply lives until
some pedestrian comes along and gives
him an opportunity to exercise his
lungs. panel fence keeps him i'm
the yard and the passer-by is startled
out of his reverie by a hurricane Epsh
and loud barking such as one W6Sid
think only Cerberus capable Of IL
the gate is open and Sir Canine is
without. he Immediately retires TO the
yard on the approach of n newcomer,
IN order that he may he prepared for
his rush and bark. which is always
checked upon his arrival at the OPEN
ing in the fence through which only
his head has room to pass. The dog
Is sometimes annoying, but then wa
must remember that every dog has his
day and not be too hard on our criti-
cism of his hobby.
One of the men who runs n tenn
porary, more or less, Photographic
establishment on one of the streets
down town said yesterday that he was
sorry the Halloween celebration did
not run longer. 81 have taken dozens
of tintypes every night The maskers
seemed to want to have their get-ups
for preservation"