Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-28
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Harrisburg's wartime Christmas
has three or four features about 1t
that are rather impressive. In the
business section of the city there arc
some store windows which have
hardly recovered from the inroads
made by Christmas shoppers and it
is significant of the conditions here
that the merchants say that they had
a big trade, which in some cases
seriously depleted stocks hard to re-
place, and that their cash sales were
very gratifying. Charging at Christ
mas time is bad business, but there
were not very many folks who did
II. The bank people say that the
day after Christmas they spent most
OF the morning taking in the money
from the stores. Some of the stores
sent their cash to the vaults Monday
night, but others locked it up in
safes and started it to the banks
Wednesday. Out in the residential
parts of town it is surprising the
number of homes in which service
flags are flying and the fact that the
flags and the Red Cross emblems
have completely taken the place of
wreaths as window decorations.
Night time shows that Harrisburg
has lost none of its old fondness for
well decorated Christmas trees and
the number of trees which sparkle
with electric lights and are resplen-
dent with gilt toys shows that thS
observance about the hearthstone IL
as great as ever. But the thing
which must impress one most or all
IS the manner in whicn I. city has
taken hold of the Red Cross men,
bership campaign. There are blocks
on which every house displays tho
emblem which shows that dollars
have been paid to aid the men "Over
There" The spirit of liberality and
self sacrifice which was shown in
the drive for the Y. Nj. C. A. work
funds has appeared stronger than
ever in response to the appeal from
the Red Cross.
Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart is
celebrating his birthday in Philadel-
phia today and some of his Harris-
burg friends remembered him with
best wishes for many happy returns.
Wilmer Johnson, the able penman
who fixes up judges and state off,
cials so that they can serve Father
Penn, is rejoicing in a fine meer-
schaum cigarholder which was sent
to him by his nephew Leroy Dona-
hoe, now in France with Uncle Sans
flyers. Mr.. Donahoe was in the
State Police for a little training be-
fore he went to the first aviation
! passed a fine examination and was
next heard of "Over There"
Somehow or other men of draft
| age and in doubt make bee line
| for the office of Prothonotary Henry
f. Hollar. They pass by the sheriff
and the recorder and head for the
prothonotary's office. And the ques-
| tions they ask are enough to make
! one dizzy. Mr.. Hollar tried to oblige
| at first, but he soon learned that the
! safest way was to direct the anx-
J ious ones to the main courtroom
where the lawyers are working over
time.
|
| There are q lot of men in Har-
| riSburg who are grateful to Judge
| George Kunkel and the members of
the Dauphin County Bar as well as
men of experience with Government
| documents for helping them out
with their missionaries the last
week. The Courthouse was a place
of interest for everyone who has
been following the operations of the
draft law and the manner in which
the puzzled draftees had their doubts
| cleared away was we'll worth noting.
| More than one lawyer who felt
somewhat disgusted when told by
| uO6S " IelhO OlL Ills SOell
| and help q man in need was glad
| that he had responded and tackled
| his own work with renewed vigor.
| incidentally, there can be no eXcuse|
for any Dauphin county man submit
ting to any charges for making out
his QUESTIONABLE. The members of
the Bar of this county have made it
plain to every person applying that
they are giving their services for the
Government and that any one stand
ing for charge for guidance is be-
ing imposed upon:
Tonight's memorial meeting att
the CONVEX tion of the State Educa-|
tional Association in Johnstown will
be for DR.. Henry Houck. 1t was al
year ago that the Secretary of In1
ternal Affairs, one of the former|
presidents of the organization and
one of it's most loved members, del
livered an address to the association
at tt e Technical high school in this
city. DR.. Houck had his own wayI
on the stage and the teachers al l
ways sat back and had a good times
when he talked. Governor Brum
baugh, who will be one of the speak
ers tonight, remarked a few days'
ago that he was never certairs
whether the teachers or DR.. Houcll
| lidu Illt OuL VI lIlS du
dress. Half dozen men with whom
the secretary was long associated will
be speakers tonight.
John P. Dohoney, investigator oH
accidents for the Public Service Com
mission, was forced by the exigencieI
of his work to spend Christmas DaJ
in Pittsburgh. He had to eat din
ner in that city. When he went {
one of the big cafes he ordered wha
he would have gotten at home.
"Meatless day. sah," said the wait
er.
But I want turkey" persiss-
Mr.. Dohoney
Sorry, sab, dat's meat. We go
fish, sah," replied the man with tn
tray.