Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-18
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According to Secretary John Yates.
of the Associated Aid societies. the
summer camp conducted this year at
Fayetteville for boys whose parents
cannot afford to send them on a vacaI
ton trip, is proving a big success.
Some of h boys, Mr.. Yates said, when
taken to the country were sickIy and
would probably have developed tuber-
culosis but for the months spent in
the open. The diet of the boys is PLAN
ned by DR.. James A. Black. on whose
farm the tents are placed. Vegetables
and fruit, with lots of milk, eggs and
butter, are included in the meals of
the day and little meat is served. Mr..
Yates originated the plan here and is
depending entirely on contributions
from outside sources for the maintain
ance OF the camp. Next year he is
planning to take twice the number Of
boys he has this year, for the summer
outing.
How do they do it?" queried a be-
wfldered motion picture fan of a the
alter manager, after seeing a lengthy
cartoon comedy in pictures. well,
you see it's like this" the manager
said, and started his explanation. Dur
ing the conversation the theater owner
said that cartoon comedies on the
screen are big hits and thai the only
trouble about them is that it is diff
cult to book them daily, owing to the
m consumed in making the novel
pictures. The output is increasing,
though, according to the manager, be-
cause OF the big success of the pictures
over the country.
Passengers on an early morning
cross river car recently were startled
by the sight of a canoe with two re-
cumbent forms drifting rapidly dowr
on a bridge pier between the island
and the Cumberland county shore.
Just as 1t was about to crash into a
pier there was a kick from down in
the pit of the canoe and a bright col
ored Navajo blanket went trailing over
the side, followed by a long arm and
flashing paddle. In a moment
the boat had been safely guided round
the danger spot. The peril averted
the paddler splashed some water into
h front of the Boa and another form
emerged. After yawning and stretch
ing both boys plunged over the side
for an early morning swim. During
the moonlight nights 1t is estimated
that more than a score of ~canoeists
slept on the river. Some of them car
ry alarm clocks so that there isn't
much chance of being late at the
office.
If the county commissioners adopt
County Controller H. w. Coughs sug-
gestion for drainpipe material for the
long road over Peters mountain, the
storm water will be DETECTED across
that highway via old sections of
kitchen range hot water boilers. Au-
gust % or Whereabouts the commits
sioners will open bids for drainpipe
and for the last few days the question
of what kind of material could be had
the most cheaply. has been a~gitating
the mind of county officialdom. Con-
troller Cough finally suggested that if
cast iron pipe proved too costly and
If terra Gotta pipe is undesirable, then
old sections of disused ranger boilers
would De Just the thing. Whether or
not sufficient could be had was an
other problem however-until w. ].
Bayles, a clerk to the poor board, and
a plumber n steamitter, offered a
solution. He said there are hundreds
OF. feet of it piled about in plumbers
shops which the plumbers will be glad
to sell. The sections of course will
have to be welded together.