Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-23
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Not in recent years has the floral
display in the State Capitol Park been
as gorgeous as it is to-day. The whole
front OF the big building is fringed by
a triple row of tulips. These tulips
are of the red and yellow variety which
the state has used for years and which
nave been developed in the park. The
state takes no sides in the matter of
mowers 1t has the yellow of the suf-
fragists and the red of the "antis" in
one Hover and the display which is
Just opening up is worth taking a walk
through the park to see. The rows of
tunps are about two hundred feet long
on each side of the central entrance
ana have attracted much attention
from the visitors who have been here
in large numbers this week. The State
mas number OF beds of hyacinths,
which have beer attractively arranged
IN various parts of the park. To the
right of the main walk there are two
beds of white hyacinths crossed by
blues. Along the Third street side of
the park there is another bed of blue
ana white hyacinths and a huge round
plot of yellow jonquils. In the neigh
borhood of the State Museum there is
a great long device of hyacinths con-
tanning several hundreds which is
much admired. There are several 9TH
er flower plots in the park whose beau
ty has caused many comments.
The States orange trees have been
sprayed and are ready for the sea-
son. These trees have a precarious
existence on the terrace outside the
window of State Librarian Montgom-
cry and if they get any fruit it does
not arrive at maturity as the squirrels
fpr 1,n Il
the young fruit is apt to disappear be-
fore it gets much larger than a mar
bic. A few years ago they put some
thing on the trees and the squirrels
gave up the attempt to forage in dis
gust. The fruit got about the size of
small apples and when someone tried
an orange he was mad at himself for
whole day.
Dandelion cutting has become a rec
ogniZed industry at this season of the
year and there are many who be-
lieve in the medicinal qualities of the
plantJ The hills surrounding the city
are filled with women and children,
who by industriously plying the knife
are enabled to cut a big chunk from
the high cost of living. Farmers, who
uproot the plant from their lawns and
fields and sell it in market get double
returns-they clear their fields of dam
troublesome proportions and get good
cold cash for it.
Way up near the headwaters of the
Rio Negro, a branch of the Amazon in
Brazil lies the city of Manos; Har-
risburg helped to put that city on the
map, commercially, according to |. w.
Copelin, a brother of Captain o. NJ.
Copelin, city treasurer, who has just
returned from an extensive trip
through that country. Mr.. Copelin,
who has travelled all over South Amer
lea, said he didn't know until he made
his last trip, how thriving a city Manos
was. 1t is equipped with splendid
manufacturing plants and its own fill
ter and lighting system. 1t was in the
engine room of the electric light plant
that Mr.. Copelin said he got a vivid
reminder of faraway Harrisburg. One
of the great stationary engines that
was busily turning the generators that
made possible the illumination of the
streets of Manos was made by the Har-
risburg Foundry and Machine works
State street grass plots are faVorite
places for school fights these days and
Yesterday afternoon a bunch of boys
had IL lovely time tearing up the turf
and settling some questions. Two
bands appeared to meet on the way
wrestled and fought for half a block.
People passing by expected to see some
blood shed, but when boy was put
down with both shoulders touching he
was classed as licked
Small boys in various parts of the
city are having a fine time with sal
wage from the Montgomery storage
warehouse fire on Sunday. 1t seems
that some stationery supplies were in
the building and that they were so
damaged that they were thrown away.
That fascination that a fire always has
the ruins and they found pencils and
other things and filled their pockets.
Some young fellow had a lot of fun
Wednesday evening playing "jitney."
1t must be a new game. This young
man had fine, large car and he would
stop at a corner and offer a ride any
where for jit.' People got in without
asking his route and he would whirl
them about the central part of the
city. up along Front street and out on
the Mulberry street bridge and then
calmly return them to the Square. He
ignored their protests and when they
refused to pay he would laugh and spin
away. Half dozen men who thought
they were going home found them
selves back where they started and
wanted to fight
Among the visitors to the city yes
terday was Lewis Machen, who is head
of the Legislative Reference Bureau
of Virginia. He came to see the Capt.
tol and to meet state and city officials