Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-13
Ehrntng Chat

IL is doubtful if any section of Penn
sylVania can funish a greater varfety
OF scarecrows than the fertile valleys
OF the Juniata, Cumberland, Lebanon
and Susquehanna, known as the Susl
quehanna basin. They are singular to
thls district, a geographical feature s.
10 speak. There is nothing like the
tradltlonal stick wearing the cast off
coat and the old hat. The stuffed
hgure of the stage is not to be found
IN the fields about Harrisburg. In
stead the thrifty and ingenious farm
er OF this part of Pennsylvania uses
mas plain ordinary flag. 1t may be
the red OF our Socialist friends or it may
De the green flag of the railroad mem
OF plain white flag or the yellow of
me sunragists. perchance. Anyhow.
II nag. The flags are to be seen in
many nelds and from all accounts tina
can be learned over a fence or from
parnyard they are just as efffcacious in
sCdilng OH the crows as the etfigies
Wnlch have furnished so much enter
talnment for the cartoonist and pabI
@ @uium Tor the playwrights. In some
districts there are high poles whichN
have muslin squares tackled to them
some nave two or three flags, resemb1
HnS the old style weather bureau or
signals or the yard arm of a battleship
asking the flagship for permission to
shoCt up the seascape. There are 9TH
er f1ags fastened to bean poles or 9TH
ers which look like those welded by A
crossing watchman and which have
seen better days. The farmers saw
| nat any wind will cause the flags to
wave and that the crows will shy off
them quicker than they would an i'm
animate figure no matter how much
II may look like a man. In Others
words the crows have become famil-
lar with the old trick of a figure i'm
a held which does not move and
nave concluded that signals from flags
mean danger.
IF your country needed you in time
OF war, would you ask to be excused
from service because you were behind
with the work of your Office and want
ed TO catch up?"
Why certainly not, sir. Not in time
of war"
No? Well. this is request of your
country for service-in time of peace
Is there any difference? Isn't it all
service to your country?"
That little colloquy occurred yes
lterday morning at the opening of June
Iquarter sessions between President
Judge George Kunkel and an upper7
county juror who wanted to be excus-l
ed from jury service because he waSi
a little behind in his work and want1
ed to catch up"
AT the eastern entrance to the Mar
ket street bridge a youthful "extra1 y
gateman stepped out to receive thel
toll from couple of promenaders.
Notice that youngster?" inquired
one of the strollers. nodding to theI
boyish gateman. That's Sutch, thet
Technical high school champion longj
distance runner" I
SOP" /
Yes, he can do a mile in, we'll ind
mighty wonderful time-What are you
grinning at?" he broke off to ask.
Nothing much" grinned his COM
panion. II was just thinking of the1
chance fellow would have who might
try to beat his way by running acrossI
this bridge without paying toll!'
One of the difficulties in the country
districts in the Central High schooH
move on the West Shore, is the edu-' :
cation of the country lad. Many res
idents of those districts say that the
linein which they wish their offspring
to become educated is farming. One
of the strong points brought out
iagainst this by one of the promoters of
the move in conversation is that
when the country lad nowadays comes
into the city he is termed a "rube" by
| lawyers, doctors and other city folk.
'Why not send your young to a high
school that is equipped with an agri-e
culture course and educate him in that
line with the lawyer, doctor, school
teacher and other prominent personss
of the every day life? said he. If theI
boy graduates with persons following
more remunerative walks of life heI
will be up with the standard. After
he has completed his agriculture coursel
he can return to the farm and apply
his knowledge scientifically, ana Will
be recognized by his fellow classmatesI
in the city who are taking otherI
positions, not as they saw him beforej
but as one of their classmates, who isl
in the same position in the hall of
fame as they are"
II Pennsylvanians who attended the
Chicago convention are awaiting with
interest a display of films of one of the
Griffith productions to be given in this
city because one of the participants
was Miss Marie Diller, who was stem
ographer for the Brumbaugh head
quarters in Chicago Miss Diller spent
over two and a-half years with theI
Griffith people in Los Angeles andI
took part in a number of productions I