Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-15
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something be done to impress upon
public and amusement purveyors
alike the relative position of the
Star Spangled Banner" The idea
of playing the national air at the
start or the close or in an intermis-
sion of show is splendid and every
one wants to take part in it, but it
is the height of absurdity, not to say
rehection on patriotism, to use a bit
Oh tne air chucked into medley and
expect people to take it seriously.
The person who does not show re-
spect Tor the air is apt to fare rather
roughly these times, but EVERYONE
should be taught just what to do.
People should be told America" or
columbia" are not the airs for
whlch to rise. The pianos. talking
machines, monographs and other
musical instruments should give
every home its touch of patriotic
music and youngsters he inculcated
with the ideas of respect for the
Star Spansled Banner" that the
Briton and the Frenchman show
when their national airs are played.
But just as an instance of the way
patriotic music is being handled it
may be cited that the other evening
during some performance the or
chestra which had been strolling
along, with Maryland, My Mary
iand, suddenly pranced into
Yankee Doodle" and the next
minute crashed out in the opening
bars of the star Spangled Banner"
The audience started to rise but the
arrangement of the airs was so rapid
and the quotation so short that by
the time the hearers were on their
feet the orchestra was clear down in
Dixie. 1t made some people feel
rather foolish and others pretty mad.
This is no time for plays on patriot .
ism in Harrisburg and the suggestion
made in several places on Saturday
night that hereafter the Star
SpanSled Banner" should be played
to at least the extent of a verse and
the chorus seems rather pertinent,
although given some box office re-
buffs. A hint to change a musical
program in q playhouse even when
made on grounds of commonsense
and propriety is about as well re-
celVed nowadays as were speeches in
Harrisburg to vote against improve
ment loans on account of increased
tax possibilities some fifteen years
ago.
A. Nevin Pomeroy, former super
lntendent of public printing and
binding, came down from Chambers
burg yesterday and visited the Cap
itol, where he was greeted by a num-
Der of friends.
David A. Reed, son Of Judge James
II. Reed, famous Pittsburgh lawyer,
is among the men who have gone
from Pittsburgh to the officers
training camp at Fort Niagara Mr..
Reed is well known to many Harris
burgers as he is the man who was
| chairman of the commission which
drafted the workmen's compensa-
ton act and has been a frequent Wis
itor here.
Just how a couple of brilliantly
! colored butterflies could land in the
middle of Market Square on a sunny
afternoon and where they went is
what interested some people yester-
day afternoon. The insects were dis
covered circling about a trolley pole
| and spent half an hour making sure
that colors on women's hats were
not flowers. Then they disappeared
as suddenly as they had appeared.
!
William H. Howard, for some
years division publicity manager for
| the Bell Telephone Company in this
district. left yesterday for Bethle-
hem, where he will manage the busi-
ness of one of the large coal COM
panies. Eventually he will become a
partner in the firm. Mr.. Howard
leaves hundreds of friends in Harris
burg. The company thought so we'll
of his services that they extended
his pay until the end of the month.
Howard has been a resident of Camp
Hill since his connection with the
Bell Company here and his home
will be occupied there by his sue
ceSsor, j. b. Taft. Howard will be-
come member of the Rotary Club
of Bethlehem, where he was located
previous to coming here and where
he has many friends.
The warm turn to the weather
yesterday afternoon caused good
many people to wear their over
coats on their arms and to go homo
with wilted Collars. The sudden
change began to be felt about noon
and the people who had been wear
ing overcoats or who were travelling
around in automobiles wearing furs
began to wish that they had consult
ed the weatherman. There were
runs on soda fountains and for the
first time this season lemonades were
popular.
A very much excited stranger
rushed up to traffic officer early
this morning and demanded to
town including his watch were
wrong. or whether the city clock was
ten minutes fast. He explained that
he had passed two clocks and both
registered o'clock but the city
clock had just struck three and he
demanded an explanation. The Of
ficer explained to him that the three
strokes he had just heard was the
courthouse bell striking to denote
that another fire had been subdued
and that it was really $40 a. nj.
and not o'clock.
81 don't know whether he is drunk
or whether he fell dead but l saw
him drop Just across the street." ex-
citedly explained a citizen as he de-
manded an investigation from a po-
liceman late yesterday. The copper
hurried to the place indicated first
stopping to call the ambulance.
Upon arrival he found a workman
stretched prone upon the pavement
with the manhole open complacent-
ly measuring the depth of the ex-
cavation beneath.