Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
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Frederick Monsun, the noted en-
plerer 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 o
Wilson college, to display the littli
device with which he is accustomed
to signal his lantern operator for
change of view on the screen.
Il told him." said Mr.. Monsun, re
lating the incident to friends at tn,
Engineers club. that i would snal
my fingers when ] desired the slide
changed and everything worked au
right until about the third snap
Then that bevy of young beauties
who constituted my audience began
swapping their own fingers whenever
they thought they had enough of one
scene and embarrassed me consider
ably by causing the scenes to bt
changed SO fast 1 couldn't keep uE
with them in my lecture.
Seeing that the system had failed
| stopped short in my remarks and
called to the operator: Pay no more
attention to the swapping of fingers
When | want u change Pllcwhistle.
Il thought l was SAFE" said Mon.
sun with a smile, because / figured
the girls couldn't whistle. But / was
mistaken and such whistling as there
was in that hall for the next Ave min.
utes might have disconnected even o
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 / could
ask. and guess they liked it, for they
nave engaged me to come back in
March. I'll take an extra signal along
this time"
Mr.. Monsun was with Jack Lon.
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
him. 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 Monsun. You can imagine how
surprised was to get the news. Even
now can scarcely bring myself to be-
lieve the splendid, outstanding, virile
fellow is dead"
There are few ranches like London's
in all the West, Monsun said. London
spent large part of his $400 a day in
come on it, putting $4,000 into n
model piggery constructed entirely OF
concrete and glass. Humans who got
in to see those pigs" said Monsun,
had to wipe their feet on a 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. Estelle Thomas Steel. widow
of the late Colonel Steel. who rs the
newly elected secretary and treasurer
of the Mechanicsburg Daily Journal,
called up the Telegraph the other
evening to express her pleasure in ain
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 in his early youth Captain Jack
Crawford lived in the vicinity of
Ashland, Pa, having been born i'm the
coal regions and was for a time u
breaker boy. That life was too tame
for him. however, and he went west
and became famous as 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 T.. c. Gardner as ed-
tor. Mrs. Steel is a daughter of r. II.
Thomas, the founder of the Journal
She is a member of the League Of
American Womer and q member OF
the committee ca Reliable Journal
ism of that city, also q member OF
several organizations of women writ
ers. The Journal was published by
Robert II. 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 a
matter of courtesy, prisoners in the
Steelton lookup are asked at each
meal what they prefer to eat. If it 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 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 a cell adjoining who was a
frequent visitor at the Jail, exclaimed
that you will surely git that boss, 'ah
tells youse.' The Shigh 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 religious anniversary, but
lately it has been noted by some fam
lily gatherings. In a number of Har-
risbuPg homes the evening meal was
eaten by candle light last night