Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-06
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Have you ever sat on the river bank
and watched people skating on the
river while the winds whistled about
you and the very sight of the snow
clad hills made you shiver" If you
have, you have an idea of how people
who are taking the treatment for cure
OF tuberculosis at State Sanatoria
spend hours each winter day. The
open-air treatment mas saved good
many lives and what Pennsylvania has
been doing for those afflicted with the
disease has attracted national atten-
ton. But even a great Commonwealth
ike the keystone cannot do every
thing. There is u growing tendency
for State supervision of a good many
things, including our health and our
wealth and our well being and the de-
mands upon Father Penn's treasury
are pretty heavy. All this is prelimin-
AIRY to calling attention to the work
being done by the Civic Club of Har-
risburg to get good warm clothing
Tor the patients at the State establish
ments at Mont Alto and Hamburg.
| The Civic Club is known all over
pennsylvania for it's progressiveness
and the manner in which it had made
Harrisburg a better place to live and
| the forwarding of clothing to the. pa
tients Is only one of it's manifold activ-
| tiles. For seven years the club has
! been sending to Mont Alto articles of
| good warm clothing and helped TO
make comfortable many a person who
has thought of home in hustling Har-
1lsburg while compelled to take it
easy at the sanatoria. 1t is the plan
of the club to send clothing to Mont
Alto and Hamburg next week. What
is wanted is warm clothing in good
condition. Only wool clothing will be
serviceable, things like heavy over
coats, fur coats, sweaters hoods and
the like being the articles needed.
The club plans to distribute the cloth
ing according to the distribution of
lpatients from this community The
State pays for the food, shelter and
treatment but it cannot furnish the
clothing. The club hopes to get the
clothing next week and articles should
be sent to Mrs. William E. Bailey,
Front and South street. incidentally,
it may be stated that the proceeds of
the sales of Christmas seals will be
used for transportation of Harrisburg
patients The Civic Club stands for a
good bit in Harrisburg and this charit-
able work in behalf of Harrisburg pa
tients is one thing that should appeal
to the people of the city.
A Well-known businessman got out
of a jitney the other afternoon and
snorted. His ride had not been pleas
ant. lie had sat between q fat man
and a woman with a bundle and the
car was old and ierky and it creaked
SO that he thought how glad he was
that his life was insured.
That's the last time. The last
time" he said.
"Oh. take trolley car and encour-
age the company" suggested the man
upon whom his broadside fell.
: ut amt that. I've made the first
payment on car and l don't know
when I'm going to get it," was the
| answer.
well what if it isn't delivered
; do?"
"Do?" gurgled the almost apoplectic
citizen. DO? I'll buy the first share
; of trolley stock offered at the Court
, house steps and make the missis hire
, taxi when she wants to so out on
Sunday"
Jesse X. Howe. 145 Sylvan Terrace
a Pennsylvania Railroad telegraph OPP
orator, is making some record as u
pedestrian. Every day the weather is
favorable he covers u distance of not
less than fifteen miles. Some days ho
has walked fifty miles. Recently Mr.
Howe completed his fourth year as
walker. He keeps a record of every
trip made and figures in his little
book show that II ,033 miles have been
; covered The distance is registered on
a pedometer, and whenever the hand
points to 90 miles it is recorded. This
telegrapher calculates that he makes
$500 steps in every mile. In four
years he has made 25,5&,5 500 steps
and has averaged 80 miles a day. Be
tween now and October 81, 1916, he
hopes to show records for many long
distance trips.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was Agnew T. Dice, the vice-president
of the Philadelphia and Reading rail
way, one of the best operating execu-
tives in the country. Mr.. Dice was
here on matters before the Public Ser
vice Commission.