Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-15
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mo organization in the city is so
fond of entertaining the wives of
members as is the Harrisburg Rotary
club" declared President Howard
Fry tho other day. Just as an evi-
dence that this is more than vacation
season hot air. I may say that two
outings are now being planned espe-
cially for the ladies. The first will
be Thursday, August "a, when the
club will have an automobile run to
Buena Vista, in the Blue Ridge noun
tains, taking dinner at the large hotel
there and returning in the evening.
On September 5, nobert Walton will
entertain the club and the wives of
members at his beautiful home below
Hummelstown. There will be a corn
roast. on that occasion and an auto
mobile trip over the more than $50
acres that make up Mr.. Waltons
country place"
Down in Atlantic City they termed
Sunday the pivotal day. of the sea-
SON. meaning thereby that the crowds
Will henceforth begin to fall off in
size and that the vacation season is
on the wane, but to the weather wise
Sunday was indeed a pivotal day."
bringing with it the height of the
summer and the turn down toward
the Fall season. There is a touch of
autumn in the atmosphere and it will
not be long before the wayside weeds
begin to dry and send their seeds
broadcast. and the blossoms of sum-
mer give way to the goldenrod of Fall.
The summer, all too short, is passing
fast
On the lawn of the new home for
aged ministers dedicated some weeks
ago by the United Evangelical church,
near Lewisburg, are to be found many
Incian relies. Not far away was in
la5e and the whole hill adjoining was
Used for years as a burying ground.
1t has not been disturbed to any ex-
tent and it is thought many valuable
relics may be found there for the
searching. The house is one of the
the mansion of a once wealthy
resident.
The cold wave ,.has caused a con-
siderable slump In the number of
bothers at independence Island. A
large number of river enthusiasts
have been out. but the wind has been
too cool for the bathers to so into
the water Each day signifies more
and more the need of a municipal
hathhouse and a bathing beach for the
city. With favorable weather for the
remainder of the summer large num-
bera will be sure to take advantage
Of the river.
The river is getting so low that at
many places it is impossible for even
the lisht canoe. Sand washed into
the channel above Independence
Island has made it impossible for
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of the island at all and it takes quite
q bit OF skill to skirt around the lower
end as we'll. A number Of rocks
| which peek out only when the river
is exceptionally low are beginning to
poke their noses toward the sky and
the usual swimming holes have been
deserted for the deeper water in the
channel and near the dam by the
experts, leaving the shallow places
for the inexperienced.
Hundreds of Harrisburg folk have
been "snuff1in" with colds in the head
the last several DAYS and the doctors
say the sudden chilly weather follow
inS close on the heels of the last hot
wave which left the city sweltering, is
responsible. II YOU have been used TO
sleeping under sheet and forgot 70
ably one of the red-eyed, pink-nosed
sufferers yourself.
Interest in the Greater Harrisburg
Navy is growing rapidly, especially
among the girls who are wont to go
a-canoeing with their swains Quite a
number of girls have already woven
| insienias for their sweethearts sport
shirts. and from what can be gathered
about the boat liveries one is quite
out of it, unless one is having one
done"
If one fair swimmer doesn't win a
! prize on the Labor Day regatta IL
will not be because she doesn't put in
enough time practicing. Nearly every
day she can be seen doing the crawl"
from the pumping station to the river
bridges and take it from the casual
observer who stands on the bank. she
can "do it," Her little black head
bobs UP at about every eighth stroke,
and she has kick and an overdrive
that should be the means of shooting
Of the contestants.
One of the features of the Labor
Day water carnival will be a war
canoe race between the high schools
of this city, Steelton and probably the
Harrisburg Academy. With the advan-
tages the Susquehanna offers to nau-
teal enthusiasts, it would be fitting
for the schools to organize rowing
clubs and make this event as great,
in the history of each school, as the
annual football games Each school
could enroll sufficient pupils to mann
an cIsht-oar shell.