Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-04
EVENING CHAT

Bishop w. M. Fouke was in Harris
burg yesterday on his way from at
tending the sessions of the East Penn
sylvania conference of the United
EVangeiical Church at bethlehem, over
which he presided during the past ten
days. The conference was one of the
best and pleasantest ever attended"
said he. Indeed the past year has
been one of exceptional growth and
prosperity for the entire United Evan
geltcal church the country over.
nave been in all parts of the United
states during the past year, visiting
our congregations and l find a splen-
dfd spirit everywhere existing" Bishop
Fouke was for many years a resident
OF Harrisburg when he was editor of
Sunday school and young peoples
literature in connection with the Evan
gellcal Publishing House here. Mrs
Fouke, who has since died, was the
founder of the Missionary Gem" Il
Juvenile publication printed here that
has nationwide circulation. Bishop
Rudolph Dubs was to have presided
over the Bethlehem conference but
his critical illness prevented and there
now stands by his bedside a huge bou-
quet of roses as q tribute to the low
ing kindness with which he is regard
ed by the ministers of the confer
ence."
A good story is going the rounds of
the legislators and it is called The
Statesman's Dream" Tt appears that
this legislator introduced a bill and
one day soon after he was telling n
friend that the had dreamed he had
made a great speech and that the law
makers and the spectators had cheer
ed him and the chamber passed the
bill unanimously. "It was great and
have been feeling fine over it," said
he.
The next day the committee in
charge killed the bill.
Congressman-eleet Bayles, of the
Y York- Adams district, was among the
visitors to the State Capitol yesterday
He called upon Governor Brumbaugh
and State officials.
The warm days this Spring have
been having their effect upon the trees
in the city parks and some of them
have budded so much that fears are
entertained for what may happen in
the event of a severe frost. The trees
have attracted much attention because
of the condition of the buds and as
many recall the hard freezes that have
occurred in March the weather condi-
tions will be closely watched.
Harrisburg's clean streets have at
tracted the attention of number of
legislators and they generally com
ment upon them. A day or so ago one
of the Philadelphia members called to
the notice of an upstate man the
clean streets, saying even the Quaker
City had to go some to meet the Har-
risburg standard.
"Oh, streets!" said the up-stater. "I
was saying to one of the Pittsburgh
ers that while we may call Harrisburg
small town, it's got the rest of the
states cities frazzled on street ina
provements and keeping highways
clean. The folks here ought to see
streets in some other places before
they kick on temporary out-offiXed-
ness"
The Journal of the Engineers So
ciety of Pennsylvania has made its
in brand new color of
striking design. 1t is gold and black.
the black being q keystone. The jan
uary and February numbers are con-
solidated and there is an attractive
heading, while the issue contains an
statement on the purposes
of the organization by eX-President
John Price Jackson. while there are
views of the clubhouse and
a statement by President Farley Gan
nett. In every way the Journal is
and in keeping with the
work of the society and it's position
in the State.
Three legislators from third class
cities met at the Capitol last night.
Each had an idea for a change in the
present law. Finally after discus
sion one said he had found a solution.
What is it?" asked the other solons.
I'm going to have Jim Moore draft
a bill" he replied. "and it will pro-
hibit changing third class city laws at
all until 1919. Maybe that combi-
nation will bring luck. Nothing else
has"
How carefully the foreign born resi-
dents of Steelton read the Harrisburg
newspapers and what a high value
they place upon their views, is shown
in Saturdays Zajednicar. the official
publication of the National Croatian
Society. The Zajednicar prints al
of an article appearing in
the Telegraph February-10 concern
ing an incident attending the celebra-
tion of the twentieth anniversary of
the st. Lawrence Society, of Steelton
The editor of the ajednicar-which
by the way, has a circulation of some
1000 copies-comments on the Tele-
graphs article and pays a tribute to
the fairness with which the incident
was reported.
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