Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-21
Enrntttu Ol1at

Vacation days will soon be here and
already most folks are beginning 10
plan their outings and weeks of leis-
ure, in a tentative way at least Speak
ing of vacations did it ever occur to
you what n bully time you can have
right here at home with very little eN-
pense, pure water and no mosquitoes
to mar your pleasure? There is golf
ing and tennis at Reservoir, fishing at
Wildwood on the river and in the
nearby creeks, swimming at Indepen-
dence Island and anywhere else in
the Susquehahna that you may choose
TO venture, mountain climbing within
several ten-cent car rides, boating
from the river dam to Rockville or be-
yond if you please, canoe trips from a
score of different points, and recre-
alton parks at PaXtang, Mount Holly,
Summerdale, Boiling Springs and so
on. So If YOU haven't got the coin
to go to the shore or 1.-The Thousand
Islands" why worry? You can have
just as much fun at home and it will
cost you practically nothing.
Mayor Berrier. of "Hardscrabble"
fame, is spending his days-and his
nights-just now painting canoes. The
smell of paint pervades the boat livery
and the hundreds of craft are begin
ming to gleam in their new dresses and
everything is about ready for the be-
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at Harrisburg's front steps. Despite
the high water quite few of the
more courageous canoeiStS have been
testing their skill during the last sew
eral weeks and there have been a re-
markably small number of accidents
at that. But now that the Susquehan-
ma is falling again and the tops of the
islands are beginning to pop from the
yellow swirl of the river, hundreds OF
| boats Will begin to ply the stream and
as the Mayor" says, the season will
be well under way by May 1,
Hundreds of Harrisburgers are
planning to join the annual Easter
parade at Atlantic city and quite a
few folk from this city and the nearby
towns will leave for the shore Satur-
day night and early Sunday morning.
The town is rapidly taking on an Eas-
terrible air, and clothing store people
and florists are looking forward to
one of the busiest Saturdays of the
year. Where hundreds go to the shore
for the day, thousands will do their
promenading in the city parks and
along the citys front steps" and one
of the biggest parades in the history
of the town is looked for if the wealth
erman is at all kind. Last Sunday
Riverside Park was thronged, but the
crowd of the last Sabbath will be but
a handful compared with the one that
is sure to be out on Easter Day.
When the Susquehanna receded be-
low the level of the river following
the recent high water, tiny pools col
leCted in the slight depressions just
inside the walk. These miniature
ponds form temporary homes for
curious type of resident. Some small
boys called a stroller's attention to
the odd circumstance the other day
INnr1, 20 h. ,f.
of small tin can. "Well sell 'em
to you for penny, Mister" suggested
one of the boys, they're Just fresh.
We just got 'em out of one of these
little ponds" And they uncovered the
small can and exposed to view a dozen
or more tiny, wiggly, Tapping min
nows.
The closeness of Easter recalls the
big-heartedness of former Mayor
Maurice e. Eby. who was never salts
fed unless he was doing something to
entertain the boys and girls of his own
! and many other neighborhoods. Drop
ping pennies through a lSnife-made slit
in his hip pocket, afd giving Fourth
of July pyrotechnical display annually
} in his front yard at Third and Maclay
, streets were only a few of his many
! schemes for keeping things humming
among the children. But the Easter
l to be an enormous field next to his
l property in Third street, and every
3 year without fail, in the early hours OF
S the Easter morning, before the Sand
/ man had taken his departure for most
= human beings, the kindly old gentle
: man would take dozens of colored
eggs, prepared in advance, and hide
them in every nook and corner of the
l field. 1t was a big day for the young
ones, with the field teeming with ac-
? tive little figures terribly intent upon
i finding the beautifully colored eggs
:, The Youngsters who were fortunate
enough to be included in the parties,
now young men and young women,
will never forget the joy of those East
er mornings.
Harrisburg's riverside parks and
the drives in the parks are commenc-
ing to attract much notice from visi-
9 tors to the city because of the beauty
! of the shrubbery which is Just COM
mencing to bud. The bright hued
leaves range from yellow to deep
green and the large bushes are en-
deavoring to make up for the time lost
by the late Spring.