Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-14
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Harrisburg people are surely
learning to give" said Norris s.
Longaker, Division Passenger Agent
Tor the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany at this point" after a trip over
the city yesterday as Y. III. c. A.
campalgner. II and my travelling
teammate made twenty eight calls in
all parts of the city and not one per-
son OF them all declined to give. Our
reception was cordial and in many
places. enthusiastic. The people
showed keen appreciation of the
need or raising this fund. In one
place we found a woman who had
been waiting with her money for two
days and / feel sure she would have
been mortally offended If somebody
had not called for it. At another
place we got contribution from the
man or the house and just as we
We're about to drive away we were
called back to be informed that the
wife didn't want to be left out and
she duplicated her husbands lift.
Harrisburg people, as 1 have observ-
ed them in this drive, are generous
and understand to a remarkable de-
gree"
An o1d colored woman of the
Seventh ward added to the joy of
living for Y. NJ. c. A. campaigners
in her district. The campaigners
were not going to stop at her home.
But she headed them off. you the
folks that is takin' up money for the
soldiers?" she asked She was told
that she had guessed right the very
first time. Then said she, put
me down for dollar, and here iti
is" and she turned about, modestly
and took bill out of her stock
ing. Southern slavery was bad
enough" said she, but from what L
see of this here Kaiser Bill he's suit
tonly got it all over Simon Lagree,
and / don't want none of his in
mine"
An old favorite with new words
is the way that a graphophone COM
pany advertises Your Old Uncle
Sam" the patriotic song which was
written by a Harrisburg man, Allen
Sangree, for the Eighth Regiment.
The words are set to go with the an
cient but always favorite melody
''The Old Gray Mare" and thousands
of records will now be sent abroad
for the boys in the trenches who are
sure to take up this song with gusto.
Sangree was impressed by the swing
ing, energizing lilt to THE Old Gray
Mare" while marching in the flag
| day parade here. On the day of the
evening which was reserved for a
reception to the Eighth Regiment at
the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms Sangree
dashed off three verses and Choir
us and although new to the crowd
they We're Justify roared by the
Municipal Band. Sangree immedi-
ately had the song copyrighted. and
| almost imm mediately the phonograph
! people were after him to sign a con-
tract.
Among visitors to the city over
the weekend were A. w. Lee, Clear
| field lawyer, and in spite of his age
interested in electrical development
in the central section of the state to
an extent which would keep man
of ordinary years busy, and John f.
| Short, former legislative correspon-
dent and now one of the militant cdi-
tors of Central Pennsylvania. Mr..
Short was recently defeated for bur-
CESS of Clearfield. but appears TO
enjoy it as he will be still able to
4 crusade.
Beverly w. Kunkel, son of Charles
A. Kunkel, the banker, who is a pro-
fessor at Lafayette. has contributed
an interesting article to Science for
November on Benjamin Franklin's
observations on the trend of affairs
in this state and the variety of his
1 mailbag. The former Harrisburger
says that Franklin foresaw much of
the struggle we are having with pops
ulation and environment in PennsN-
vania today.
Rivermen say that duck shooting
was never better in this part of the
state If people knew enough to. get
up in the morning and where to go
to get the fowls. Dozens of fiocks
have been seen within ten miles of
this city. some being on the Swatara
: and others on the Conodoguinet.
DIR. ]. George Becht, secretary of the
State Board of Education has a way
of getting money out of the State
Treasury without having to wait.
The other day the doctor wanted
something like $3.50 of uninvested
cash of the State Board to put into
the Liberty Loan. Generally, large
sums are hard TO pry loose, but the
doctor put an American flag sticker
on the warrant and specified that it
was for Liberty bonds. And he got
the money.
Senator Horace w. Schantz, of AL
lentown, who was here yesterday,
remarked upon the fact that Lehigh
county, q Democratic guidepost, had
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