Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-24
EVENING CHAT

While saving away rotting branch
from one of the tallest trees in Harris
park the other day, one of the as
Slstants to City Forester Harry j..
mueller accidentally uncovered the de-
serted but still habitable tree-top home
OF family of squirrels. The nest
was bowl-shaped and made up en-
urely of bits of wood. While the
whole structure provoked general ap-
proval among the young foresters, be-
cause of the curious delicacy of work
manship, the interior lining elected
admiration. At first the foresters
thought the work of art was made up
of either bits of silk or tiny feathers,
so smooth was the surface. Closer in
spection, however, developed the fact
that the lining was also made of
wood, but that the pieces had been
cut and smoothed and shaped to Sikh
ness by the busy little parents who
wanted a soft and downy resting place
for their furry babies.
George A. Post, of New York, who
spoke at the full crew hearing yes
terday. is remembered by a number
or Harrisburgers as a former con-
gresham from this State. He comes
from SuSquehanna county having been
born in Susquehanna borough and his
first job was as railroad brakeman.
y
place and he lived in Pennsylvania for
several years after serving in con-
gress. He is now a business man in
New York.
Old Sol treated the many visitors to
Harrisburg to one of his brilliant Sus-
quehanna valley sunsets yesterday
afternoon. Shortly before o'clock
the sun broke through the clouds and
flooded the Capitol and the city with
red rays and the effect was remarked
by many visitors. 1t was one of the
finest sunsets in long time.
Some folks are skeptical about the
new hotel even now when the money
has passed for the site. One man bet
yesterday that the hotel would not be
built by the time the next legislature
met. Another bet that ground would
not be broken by July 4.
A former resident of this city, who
now lives in Reading returned for a
visit several days ago. While in the
city he remarked to his friends, Il
never knew how good Harrisburg was
until I left the place" He was asked
what he meant by the statement and
replied that after living here num-
Der of wears and then leaving perma-
nently he found just how many more
anu DellGE Improvements llllo city lleQ
compared with other ones that are
even larger in size. He mentioned in
particular the many miles of paved
streets, the parks and the improve
ments just completed.
Aldermen of the city complain of a
lack of criminal cases. Not that we
Want them" one dignitary said SOL
emnly. but there's something wrong
with the city" He went on to say
that not long ago practically every
office in the city was the scene of pre-
liminary hearings on criminal cases at
least two times week. Two big
cases a week on an average would
startle an alderman these days he
cent evangelistic campaign had any
thing TO do with il or not, but crimi-
nal cases are mighty scarce" said he.
II. Walton Mitchell, president of
the trustees of State College, was
among visitors to the city yesterday.
He came on legislative matters, but
walk along the river front.
Among the signs of Spring seen on a
trip through the underbrush and
swamps of wildwood Park on Sunday
were parties of boys chewing birch
bark and smoking cigarets, song birds
in the branches, patches of green
grass buds of early Spring flowers;
also two boys, one black and the other
white. swimming in a mud hole of the
remains of Paxton creek. The boys
would dash through the pool, then
rush to the bank. where a big bonfire
was waiting to give them a warming
and a smoking, while a crowd of adj
miring spectators cheered them on to
their chilly sport.
Judging from some Of the dreadful
things to be found displayed at the
moving picture theaters, there is need
for censorship of the posters as much
as the films, if not more. In the last
week there have been some posters
displayed that are out of place in Har-
risburg. The titles on them are bad
enough. but there are displays which
go beyond what should be permitted.
If theatrical company billed some of
them there would be a row.