Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
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Frederick Monsun, the noted eN
plorer, who lectured at the Technica
| high school "Wednesday night before
the Natural History society, in Cham
bersburg Tuesday had the misfortune
when speaking before the girls oI
device with which he is accustomed
to signal his lantern operator for
change of view on the screen.
II told him." said Mr.. Monsun, re,
lating the incident to friends at thu
Engineers club. that l would snaI
my fingers when / desired the slide
changed and everything worked al
right until about the third snap
Then that bevy of young beautiei
who constituted my audience begau
swapping their own fingers whenever
they thought they had enough of one
scene and embarrassed me consider.
ably by causing the scenes to Id
changed so fast I couldn't keep w
with them in my lecture.
Seeing that the system had failed
| stopped short in my remarks anc
called to the operator: Pay no more
attention to the swapping of fingers
When ! want change I'll whistle
! thought was safe" said Mon.
sun with smile, because l figured
the girls couldn't whistle. But 1 was
mistaken and such whistling as there
was in that hall for the next five min.
utes might have disconnected even
veteran of the platform like myself,
But they are good girls and after
| they had their fun they did give me
the most courteous attention l could
ask, and ] guess they liked it, for they
have engaged me to come back in
March. III take an extra signal alona
! this time"
| Mr.. Monsun was with Jack Ions
don, the author only three days be-
fore his death. He motored out from
San Francisco to London's big ranch
and spent Sunday and Monday with
nun, He had not arrived home again
before he picked up q newspaper and
saw the notice of London's death.
| London looked in the finest OF health
when l saw him last and we had
made arrangements to spend next
summer in the South Sea Islands"
said Mohsun. You can imagine how
surprised | was to get the news. Even
now can scarcely hiring myself to be-
lieVe the splendid, Outstanding, virile
fellow is dead
There are few ranches like London's
in all tho West. Monsun said. london
spent a large part of his $4OO a day in
come on it, putting $4,000 into
model piggery constructed entirely OF
concrete and glass. Humans who got
In to SEQ those pigs" said Monsun,
| had to wipe their feet on mat be-
fore entering and refrain from spit
| ting. London certainly took a lot of
pains with those porkers. At intervals
OF every two hours the pens were all
automatically flushed and even the
feeding was done by means of ma
| chinery and the rations were care
fully apportioned and weighed"
Mrs. Estele Thomas Steel, widow
of the late Colonel Steel, who is the
newly elected secretary and treasurer
| of the NIechaniesburg Daily Journal,
| palla6 the fTalanranh t1lo at
evening to express her pleasure in an
editorial having to do with the life and
career of Captain Jack Crawford. the
! poet scout, who is lying at the point
of death. Captain Jack Crawford
and Colonel Steel knew each other in
the old army days and in their youth.
Mrs. Steel entertained the old scout at
| their home many times, She drop
! ped the information known to but few
| that i'll his early youth Captain Jack
Crawford lived in the vicinity of
Ashland, Pa, having been born in the
coal regions and was for u time IL
breaker boy. That life was too tame
for him, however. and he went west'
and became famous as a warrior,
writer and lecturer.
Announcement is made that the Me
chanicsburg Daily Journal will be run
! by Estelle Thomas Steel as secretary
and treasurer, with Edward Thomas
as manager and E. c.. Gardner as edi-
tor. Mrs. Steel is q daughter of r. H.
Thomas, the founder of the journal
She is member of the League OF
American Women and q member of
the committee O-T Reliable Journal
| ism of that city, also q member OF
several organizations of women writ
| ers. The Journal was published by
Robert Fl. Thomas, Jr., up to the time
of his death and plans have been
made to continue the paper in the
family.
Even some people are mighty par
| ticular when they are in Jail. AS II
matter OF courtesy prisoners in the
Steelton lookup are asked at each
meal what they prefer to eat. If 1t is
not too much out of-the ordinary the
wishes are granted, but they mostly
ask too much and get the worst of
the bargain, The other day "a negro
was asked what he wished to, eat. He
replied that he was not of the COM
mon class and that he wanted "a big
fried fish with French fried potatoes.
a side dish and plenty of bread and
butter" After asking for the big meal
another in cell adjoining who was Il
frequent visitor at the jail, exclaimed
that you will surely git that boss, 'ah
tells youse." The high toned" colored
chaps meal was not just exactly what
he ordered, it might be proper to say.
The observance of Candlemas day
in Harrisburg is getting to be more
and more general. For. many years
it was a religious anniversary, but
lately it has been noted by some fam
lily gatherings, In a number of Har-
risburg homes the evening meal was
eaten by candle light last night.