Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-27
EVENING CHAT

GANHHvO VII"
Almost without exception, the Ital-
ian and Greek residents of the city
and Steelton look for their countries
to become embroiled in the war be-
cause of the chance to even up old
scores with Austria and Turkey. In
Steelton the Rumanians and Bulgar-
ians admit that 1t is only a question of
time until their home lands are mixed
In the war and they are showing no
disposition whatever to go back to par
tfcipate. In fact, the attitude of the
foreign born residents hailing from
the Mediterranean and Balkans to-
ward war and possible wars is entirely
different from what it was a few years
ago. When Italy went to war with
Turkey a number of men went from
here to join colors and others sent
contributions and everyone recalls how
the Balkan residents here were in
terested in the war in 1912. Now,
while they all admit that their coun-
tries are going to fight they say that
they are going to stay at home and
pray for success. The general impress
sion among Italians is that it will not
be long until Italy strikes for the re-
coVery of the Italian provinces that
have long been under Austrian yoke
and the Greeks say frankly that the
Hellenic kingdom is just waiting for
the weather to get decent before en-
tering the war against Turkey. The
Greeks show considerable feeling
about 1t too, just as do the Serbians.
People from this city who have
visited the navy yard at League Island
lately have been impressed by the
quiet sense of preparedness that pre-
walls among the officers and men and
the big warships in lighting gray"
seem to have brought home to the
minds of a good many that Uncle Sam
has gotten ready for eventualities no
matter what turns up. League Island
is always a favorite place for Harris
the island recently say that there is
no question but that the navy has been
provisioned and fitted out for any
thing that may arise.
Captain Joseph A. Baer son of the
former principle of the Harrisburg
high school, who has been a member
of the faculty at West Point, will be
assigned to Fort Ethan Allen, VT. He
will rejoin his regiment after several
years in the Academy where he was
instructor IN chemistry.
The Harriburg Public Library has
added to its collection in the last
week n number of the standard and
popular books on the Balkans, Aus
tria, Russia and other countries which
are attracting attention because of the
eastern theater of war. These books
have been made very easily accessible
and afford a quick means of obtaining
accurate information about the places
now occupying the big place in the
daily news. The book of Sir Douglas
To uyhn
spoke here, has just been added to the
list.
"Harrisburg's got a lot of things
that other towns of its size, even in
the progressive west, do not have.
Out west they start towns with paved
streets and lighting plants and wait
for building and you know what hap
pens" said another travelling man as
he stood at Front and Market and
looked at the Susquehanna. Here you
have been putting on the trimmings
after it is settled that you have a
town. Harrisburg is. Il well-rounded-
out city, barring, of course, your lack
of a hotel that could compete with
some in smaller places. Otherwise
you've got a good town and it's nice to
visit here
An interesting fact came to light
yesterday in looking up an address.
The city has a number of so-called
"long blocks" wherein there are long
rows of houses and the numbers run
up into the forties and fifties. 1t hap
pens that there is one block in the city
whose numbers very nearly reach the
hundred mark. This is in South
Front street, where there is house
numbered 500. It is an old part of
the city where there has been no di-
xriIf Of hn oil
rest of the city has been carefully
split up into sections so that locations
may be more easily found.
A new bid for historical prominence
comes from Selinsgrove, where the
heirs of the Snyder family offer to sell
to the State the birthplace of Governor
Simon Snyder. The old house stands
in Market street in Selinsgrove and is
in a good state of preservation. Selins-
grove people will ask that a bill for
the purchase be introduced in the
next week. Governor Sny-
der presided over the destinies of
during the troublous
times of 1Sl21S14.
Some of the members of the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce are so
well pleased with the recent trade eX-
tension trip that they will ask for an
other, to be held when cool weather
comes next Fall. There are many Har-
who have no more than
passing acquaintance, so to speak, with
the towns along the Cumberland Val
ley. Harrisburg business relations
with these communities are extensive
and growing and it is believed that
trade extension trip through that To-
cality would be beneficial.
A friend writes: "A year ago we
were having sleigh rides, the boys were
coasting on the side streets and skat-
ing was fine. Washington's Birthday
last year was one of the snowiest days
ever known in Harrisburg and the real
winter lasted more than ten days"
Dauphin county lovers of trout are
arranging to ask the State for ship
ments of young fish to stock Arm
strong's, Clark's, Stoney and other
creeks in the county. The Swatara
will be looked over for places to
plant the fish.
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