Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-21
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the public life of Pennsylvania than
any one connected with the state
government, is going to celebrate his
twenty-third anniversary as the of
ficial Santa Claus of the Keystone
state on Tuesday next He will give
an example of methods in maintain
ing discipline among a crowd of sew
eral score of youngsters in front Of
the Executive Mansion, see that ev--
eryone gets package of candy and
| goes away satisfied. The custom of
| distributing candy at the ExecutiveI
Mansion. which was inaugurated by|
| Daniel II. Hastings when he fillelI
the Governors chair, is now one OF
the. events OF the great holiday in|
Pennsylvania's capital. And James
S. Auter has been the boss of the|
job ever since the big man from|
Bellefonte bought half a wagonload|
of candy and invited the kids to
come around and see him on Christ
mas morning. It was a great morn
ing and the Governor enjoyed it sd
much that he had it repeated every
Christmas while he occupied the|
mansion. Governor Stone took 8,
hand in distributing candy himself
but took orders from James wheII
1t came to handling the crowd. ThdI
late Governor Pennypacker said thai
1T was custom that should be pref
| served and saw that it was, while il
naturally appealed to Edwin s. STU
art and John X. Tener, both bil d
hearted men. Governor BrumbauglI
had heard about it before he cam$
to Harrisburg and the youngsterl
found him a bountiful provider. ThS
other day the Governor issued
Christmas order No. I in his owl
handwriting. 1t was to James S
Auter and commanded him to be tn T
official dispenser Of candy to tn I
youth of Harrisburg on christina
morn. And it will be worth watch
ing.
Friends of Thomas H. Garvir5
chief clerk of the State House
Representatives, who has been her
so much that we almost think of hir
as Harrisburger, are hearing wit
interest of his experiences as a fud
. administrator for Delaware COUNT
Mr.. Garvin is a man of affairs an
large acquaintance. His friends hay
endeaVored to make him appreciae
the honor conferred upon him. TT
other evening several of them calle
him oil the telephone. The conve
sation ran about like this:
Mr.. Garvin, why can't l get SON
coal? l am freezing. l have mir
children and my wife is very ill.,"
Where do you live?"
la
G "All right, I'll look it up-sa
- what street did you say? There isr
;, any stl eet by that name in that tow
= Another conversation was tn
l way:
Mr.. Garvin, please. Mr.. Garvin
"All right, all right. What is 1t
Cant you send me a ton of Goa
I am widower with four children.
Z just buried my mother-in-law al
my wife is very sick"
''Widower. eh! And your wife
sick? That'll do"
= And the genial Garvin says tn
people dc not appreciate what pu
n lie service means in this solemn no
when they make him write down
page full of data and then tell hi
they hope he's enjoying the job.
!. A news story from Camp Ha
cock has this to say about a form
!, National Guardsman who is W
known here and who was a memb
of the staff of the late General
+. S. Goblin in the Spanish-Americ
war and who was placed in cor
mand of the Pennsylvania Engined
n at the outbreak of war: "LieutenaH
a Colonel Frederic A. Snyder, col
e mander of the One Hundred Q
:. | Third United States Engineers,
Williamsport, Pa, is himself a ci
I engineer of high repute and one W
has had considerable military eXI
} rience. He retired a Class A ma
!. to become attached to the INSTR
ton CadIe of the Fourth district
| Montreal, Canada, in 1914. where
served the Canadian Army fro
1914 TO 1917, when a state of v
! was declared to exist between
United States and Germany. He tn
resigned to accept a commission
! lieut. R1lt colonel in the Unit
4 States Army and assumed comma
4 of the One Hundred and Third I
& gineers. There is no better disciplir
unit in the 2Sth Division than
103d Engineers and Lieutenant G
onel Snyder maintains this discipl
LIZ OuSll SIli hppllSoIiCAA Va bhO 4tOt
system.
George S. Fowler, who is direct
the Christmas drive of the Red CIR
from Washington, has written a
ter to Governor Brumbaugh in VIII
he thanks the governor warmly
the proclamation in behalf of
Red Cross, and says that he fe
confident of Pennsylvania making
great showing.
Secretary of the Commonwea
Cyrus e. Woods yesterday recei
letter from a very irate farmer v
picked on him because he had
long title. This farmer wrote a
ter demanding justice on a wea
He said that the "varmint" as
styled him, had been killing
chickens and he wanted "justid
AS proof of his assertion he
5 closed the skin of the weasel.
secretary is interested in the fa
q of Pennsylvania only from dista
Is and opining that the outraged
mer wanted a bounty for the wed
he passed the letter and the
a.