Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-04
EVENING CHAT

! jlEvENIN0 HAl
The. private secretaries of the PEN
nypaeker, Stuart, Tener and Brum-
DauSh administrations met at lunch
| in one of the cafes of the city yes
terday afternoon and in all proba-
olllty the Society for Dining eX-Private
secretaries TO Governors will be heard
OIL IN short time. 1t happened that
A. b. Mtllar. secretary of the Public
Service Commission and secretary to
EdMln ). stuart, came in with James
; Hiatt, the secretary to Governor
brumbaugh. Bromley Wharton, who
was secretary to Governor Pennypack-
| er, then came along and Joined the
group at the table. His chief was
also in the room at the time. A few
minutes later Walter II. Gather, Pub
Tic Service Commissioner, and secre-
tary TO Governor Tener. also appeared
and the whole party had lunch to-
gether. 1t was the first time these
four Keepers of official consciences
had gotten together and 1t caused
much comment and considerable in
quiry as TO whether a dinner club was
being formed or Mr.. Hiatt was being
initiated into the order.
Some of the handsome evergreen
trees about the city have been serious
ly damaged by the weight of the snow
and ice which has fallen upon them
the last few days The rain froze
as II fell and some of the eVergreens
resemble exaggerated sponge trees, il
there is such thing. Whole masses
of foliage are frozen together and the
branches are bending down with the
mass of ice. Limbs and tops have
been badly broken in many instances,
The lights of the industries at
Steelton are carried for many miles at
night because of the icy condition OF
everything this week. People who
have been back in the country and
| over i'll Cumberland county say that
the reflection is seen for long distances
and that the skies are filled with the
glow from the steel mills and furnaces
for longer period than usual.
Harry A. Boyer. who opened the
Injecting of the State School Directors
Association here yesterday is a native
born alumnus of the Harrisburg High
school and is also president of the
Harrisburg School Board. Mr.. Boyer
graduated from the high school when
1t held its sessions in Chestnut street
and was also president of the alumni
association. He has given much at
tention to school matters and has been
on number of committees on less-
lation.
One of the odd things about the
high water that has prevailed during
this week is that no one seems to be
thinking anything at all about the
sanitary dam. 1t will be recalled that
when the first high water occurred
last Fall that a number of people
manifested great nervousness about
what was going to happen, but the old
IN q Il
as 1t was predicted back in this time
of 1902 that it was going to do. In
the light of what has occurred the ar
guments advanced at the time of the
loan election thirteen years ago are
well borne out The dam has made
no trouble and no one thinks about it
any more.
Members of the National Guard
companies here have started to get
ready for the next inspection of the
organizations which is due to take
place sometime in March. The last
inspection was by regular army Off
GERS and is entirely a separate affair
from that which is to take place. It
is the aim of the two infantry COM
panies to parade full ranks.
Capitol Park pavements were used
for shedding last night for the first
time in a long while, groups of young
sters being out with their flyers and
enjoying the fun. Almost every slope
had its coasters last night, and on
Allison Hill the kids had a fine time
until they had to go to bed. However
the Capitol Park pavements had the
call for fun by the little fellows and
as people had 10 take to the street
they did not care a bit
Governor Brumbaugh has been in
- farIa aNN1 hos
been invited to make at least a score
of speeches.
Many Harrisburgers will regret to
learn of the death of Col. Jacob S. Dill
linger, one of the old-time Democrats
of Allentown and resident of this
city for several years during his con-
nection with the Pattison administra-
ton. The colonel was a veteran of
McClellan's army and was chairman
of the Lehigh county committee. He
was an active Mason and attended
many functions.
Governor Brumbaugh found that
the bands had not stopped playing at
least as regards some eighty or ninety
Harrisburgers and upstate visitors
last evening when he left the Capitol
to enter the States automobile for the
return to the Executive Mansion
When he came out of the Capitol he
found a crowd of boys and girls, men
and women waiting to see him. They
had been waiting from ten to twenty
minutes and the Governor waved his
hand to them when he entered the
car.
Motormen of the Harrisburg Rail-
ways Company have adopted a plan
for keeping the windows clear of
ixft ,f oil
and glycerine and while it keeps the
glass clear of accumulations due to the
heat of the car, when it is very
cold outside it has to be frequently
applied.
Ex-senator John S. Fisher, of In
diana, prominently mentioned for inn
portant State offices, was here yester-
day.
DO YOU KN0W=1I
That Harrisburg is a center of