Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-19
| EVENING Chat

Placing of the tots who lost their
home in the fire that destroyed the
Watts mansion at Maple Fill in the
Citizen firehouse the other night re-
calls the fact that the fire engine
houses have been little used for out
side purposes in years gone by. Some
of the older residents remember the
Civil War days when the. youngsters
in the IancaSterian SchoolhouSe, where
the Technical high school stands, had
to give up their rooms to provide hos
pital room for the wounded soldiers
and went to the Citizen house, while
others mention the fact that the
Friendship. Hope and Paxton houses
were also used for school purposes,
because the schools were requisitioned
for hospital purposes, especially after
Gettysburg. Once in q while in time
of disaster firehouses have been used
for schools and for religious meetings.
Some of the firehouses up town and
out on the Hill have been taken for
public meetings occasionally, but never
have they been the temporary home
of children who have suffered loss by
fire, and the long record of the Citizen
will have a unique entry as the result
of Tuesdays blaze.
AS Bishop Darlington said in his
short and pithy speech at the banquet
of the State Editorial Association last
week, Harrisburg people and Pennsyl-
VanianS in general are entirely too
apologetic and meek in their attitude
when comparing notes with citizens of
other states. He said we should stand
up boldly and proudly for our things
at home, which are worthy of COM
parison with the best elsewhere. In
proof of this assertion he quoted dis
tinguished visitors who have declared
the scenery and natural advantages of
the Susquehanna valley in the neigh
borhood of Harrisburg are unsurpassed
and are the envy of many other places
which are nevertheless more boastful
of their own surroundings.
Another proof of the approach of
Spring is the temperance of the fleet
of coal dredges and sand suckers in
the river off the neighborhood of Kel-
ker street. They have started in on
the seasons work of "reaping the har-
vest" of deposits left on the old bars
in the middle of the river by the win
ter floods which every year bring
down the distinct beds of coal or sand
according to the density of the par
ticles or the force of the current
1t has been remarked at the Capitol
that Harrisburg people have not been
taking much part in legislative hear
ings this session. Last session they
were quite prominent, especially at
third class city sessions. but this year
they have not been very active. En-
cept for the hearings and proceedings
| in relation to suffrage and child labor.
the visits of Harrisburg people inter-
ested in legislation have been confined
to the fire department civil service and
the third class city steamfitters' license.
Governor Brumbaugh has not for
| nv
in chatting about the weather he was
| told that onion sets were being put
| out.
"A little early, a little early" said he.
Two Philadelphia councilmen were
among the visitors to the city yester-
/ day John p. Connolly, chairman of
the finance committee, who has been
storm center in transit matters. was
! one. and John Baizely, the chairman
or the committee in charge of New
Years parades, was the other. Mr..
| Baizely came to attend a port bill
hearing and talked to all comers about
the big shows Philadelphia has on the
first day of the year.
Some of the members of the Legis-
| lature are displaying pieces of the
bottle of champagne used in the chris
! tening of the battleship PENNSYLVANIA.
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and some are small enough to serve as
settings for jewelry. The bottle must
have been a magnum judging from
! the numerous pieces shown about the
| city.
| Speaking about the antics of a mule
| which held up work in the Second
street subway the other day, a man
! who deals in horseflesh SAYS: "I have
not noticed that the automobile has
put so many mules out of business
In fact. think that while the auto
truck has banished horses from a good
many lines of hauling, there is Just as
much demand for mules. The average
farmer will buy pair of mules miehfv
| quick. The mule has a definite place
and always brings good prices"