Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
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nave Deen universally taken up by the
motorists, during the last few days.
ana l doubt,if you could have found a
car that didn't follow the style. It
was a mighty pretty form of decora-
ton and everybody that had a car
seemed to have adopted the idea.
Where the style was especially no.
uceable was on the roads that led to
MI Gretna. From the tiny hustling
little Ford which bore the whole FAM
liLy on its gallant overloaded springs, to
the great tourist which maiestically
hauled little more than the chaffeur,
pa, ma and the dog-every motor car
had its flag or flags"
The martial spirit is gripping the
land. From bent and gray veterans
or other wars to the freckled lads of
ten, none are exempt.
Out in large field just below Thir-
teenth street, at Berryhill, the other
day squad of youthful young, would
be heroes attracted a crowd of spec
tators by executing military drills.
Each of the lads had induced IA
ther, mother or older brother to "be
quartermaster" to provide them the
| natty, imitation khaki uniforms and
campaign hat. Broom handles served
as carbines and automatics' had been
Whitfield from soft pine boards at the
cost of many blisters.
Altogether IL was a well euuipped
company and they had the drill man
ual down almost to perfection, so the
admiring big brothers and others
thought.
And why, it was easy to understand
At their head, eyes flashing, strobe a.
grizzled veteran of the Civil War.
proud in the possession of his new
command.
When the troops of Company D and
Company l arrived at the Eighth regi-
ment site at Mt. Gretna on Saturday
their biggest worry was that the wa
ter had not been turned into the pines
running through the camp. The men
reported to the corporals, the corpor-
ais to the sergeants and about that
tlme details were sent out to nearby
places to bring in supply. Needless
to say that the stand located near the
Eighth regiment tents sold a big sup
ply of soft drinks and ice cream to
the troops until the water arrived.
Tossing chewing gum on sidewalks is
mean trick, especially when a nice
CIR! happens along and tramps on it;
and is obliged to go into a drug store
and remove her shoe in order to get the
gum off. In certain part of Harris
purg a punch of girls find considerable
amusement in throwing gum on pave
ments, and guess on the number of
pedestrians passing before the gum is
tramped upon. During Saturday
evening five girls made guesses and
the one coming nearest to the number
was to receive box of candy to be
PAID Tor by the four girls on the losing
end. They watched for one hour
Then came the girl with white shoes.
she knew what had happened, and in
er her enort 10 get the gum from the
sole OF the shoe, pulled the latter from
l6T IOOJ. III was q nlna
dlcament for the young woman. but
she hoped into the drug store on one
root What she said about people
VINO put gum on sidewalks was rather
emphatic.
Superintendent William B. McCaIeb
or the Philadelphia division of tho
FennsylYania railroad is a great boos-
ter for Harrisburg's soldier bows. He
participated in the demonstration Sat
urday morning and was out early Sun
Gay morning. Considering the fact
tllat @ ne was up late Saturday night
watching the movement of special
trains over his division, Superinten
dent McCaleb had very little time for
sleep. He was at the PENNSYLVANIA
rallroad station Sunday morning un-
I'll every troop train had been taken
care Of He shook hands with Cap
tain George G. Jack in command of
Governors Troop and with MANY Of
the troopers, some OF whom are en-
ployes for his division
The beauty of being a young giant
In strength is somewhat marred if that
very strength is the cause of prevent
ing the possessor from serving his
country. That is the situation in
which Ed. Sourbier, well known in
Harrlsburgs amateur athletic circles.
FOUND himself few days ago when he
applied for admission to the Gov
ernor's Troop. One would think. to
look at him, that the troop would fall
all over itself in its anxiety to make
him one of them, but no! his powerful
| physique makes him eleven pounds
overweight and he is just three inches
too much of n target for the greasers
down in Mexico. So Ed, being of a
patriotic turn OF mind and determined
that he will serve his country whether
or no, has enrolled for the July en-
campment at Plattsburg and will spend
| & month receiving intensive training in
| the duties and Offices of a noncommis-
stoned officer.
Experts in universities and colleges
of the State have been asked to in
| form the State Department of Agrl-
culture why strychnine will kill crows
and not affect chickens when eaten.
The State Livestock Sanitary Board
SIlrreQ up the question Dy sending out
a notice urging that crows be exter-
minated and giving instructions as to
the use of the poison. Some people
wanted to know If chickens would not
be harmed by it, but the board officials
replied that it would not and gave the
result of an experiment by one man
who has written to the department that
he had fed strychnine in corn to brown
leghorn chickens and that they had
not minded it bit. When he threw
it out for the crows to eat they keeled
right over and he had to get out bur-
| ial parties. On the other hand quail
did not seem to mind it a particle, A
number of man versed in chemicals
were asked the question why the drug
would kill crows and not chickens, but
they have passed it along to the folks
in college.
One of the most popular of the
stunts" at the first annual outing
given for the Harrisburg schools by
this paper, a few days ago. was the
beam guessing contest, A bean-guess-
ing contest, you know, requires lot
of imagination and considerable OF
that four-leaf clover, horseshoe stuff,
Nearly two thousand girls took
chance on the number, but it fell to
Katherine Emanuel to come nearest to