Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-27
EVENING CHAT

4 II
Mutt and Jeff. the famous comic fell
lows who do stunts almost every even
ing for the amusement of Telegraph
readers. are now being done in Span
| lsh. The big syndicate which controls
| Bud Fishers drawings has just COM
pleted negotiations with La Nation the
| great Buenos Ayres newspaper for the
publication of this feature daily Ship
ments are made out of New York as
| rapidly as steamers clear for Buenos
| Ayres, and while the instalments are
received there somewhat behind the
! date of publication in this country they
are said to be just as eagerly awaited
| in the South American metropolis as
| they are in American cities. Inciden-
tally, 1t may be remarked, all of the
| Inscriptions and headlines and all of
| the conversation between Mutt and
| JeH must be couched in the Spanish
| language. else La Nations readers
would not understand, for nine-tenths
or them speak that language and all of
them understand it. The syndicate
has hired native Spaniard who sits
at Bud Fishers elbow while the draw
| ings are being made and translates the
remarks into Spanish for the South
American edition. La Nation has q
largest and most influential news
papers in the whole world, so it may
be seen that Mutt and Jeff by no
means lower their dignity by consent
ing to be seen in Spanish company.
La Nation has engaged all of the wom-
ans page features now appearing in
the Telegraph, including Married
Life and Warren and Helen are now
telling their troubles to hundreds of
thousands of South American readers.
1t is interesting to speculate on the
lhlluence the publication of these
newspaper features will have in the
Americanizing' of South America, If
the term may be so used. Also, the
iact that they are as of much interest
TO Spanish-speaking readers of another
continent as to the English-speaking
people for whom they are written in
testimonial to their broad human
appeal.
In compiling list of former Select
and Common councilmen who served
Harrisburg since 1860 under the old
bl-cameral system of government City
clerk Charles A. Miller, the new
president of the eX-Councilmen's as
ISOLATION. discovered some curious
lacts about the number of city officials
who are still living. Since 1860 462
Common and 110 Selectmen have
served as "city fathers" and of the
Commoners 1S6 are still living and
53 of the Selectmen survive, a total
OF 2l9 all told. And it is this entire
membership that it is hoped to enroll
IN the new organization.
James Is. McCalley, a former Har-
risburger and a skilled aviator, has
Just been appointed captain and ad-
Jutant of the Fourteenth regiment of
the National Guard at Pittsburgh
captain McCalley, who is the son of
q man well known in militia circles
n y
adJutant generals department, served
as sergeant in company l of the
Elehth regiment and went through
several camps. He then took up
aeroplaninS' and made a number of
very successful flights especially in
the southern States. For several years
he has resided in the western part of
the State.
The last few bright days have the
effect of stirring up interest in gar
denlng and dealers in seeds and flow
er slips say that they have had many
inquiries. One man who does a large
business in supplying people living in
the suburban districts with materials
ior thelr gardens says that he has
booked a dozen or more orders of real
good size for delivery when the robins
nest again.
Next Monday will be the eighth an
niversary of the burning of the Grand
Opera House where so many conven-
tions and other notable meetings were
held and the hole is still in the ground
awaiting the days when some one will
come around and build the big hotel
which the city needs so much. And
the next day, ground hog day, will be
the eighteenth anniversary of the de-
struction of the old brick State Capt.
tol, so well remembered. 1t was one
of the worst days for weather ever
known in the city.
w. w. Hall, who took an active part
in the discussion of matters in the
borough league meeting yesterday is
former legislator. He represented
part of Luzerne county. He is now
solicitor of West Pittston.
Governor Brumbaughs remarks in
Pennsylvania German yesterday at the
Capitol attracted much attention
among German speaking people.
There are about fifty men in the Iegis-
lature who know what he meant but
the newspapermen at whom he fired
it are still puzzling.