Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-25
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tnat Wish Harrisburg would find 1t
possible. to copy" said a returning
traveller yesterday. II refer to the
Red Cross booth at the railroad sta
tion. Williamsport is we'll situated
for this, better than Harrisburg. in
fact. There is an open plaza in
front of the station and a broad
lawn along the side. On this the
Red Cross canteen branch has
erected a trim little frame build
ing, in the rear of which is a tent
to store the supplies. The frame
structure Is used during cold or wet
weather. but during days like these
little tables are spread under trees.
Not a soldier passes through will
Transport these days who is missed
by the 'bright-eyed, prettily-uni-
formed Red Cross girls. who are al
ways on hand with a cheerful word
and an invitation to have anything
from an ice cream cone to a SUBJ
stantial lunch, with hot coffee or
iced tea on the side.
While waiting for train the 9TH
er day-trains being late in Will
where else these times-I amused
myself by observing how the canteen
worked A train came in over the
| Lehigh Valley. Immediately the
two girls in charge at the time ap-
peared with ice cream cones. They
sold them to the perspiring passen-
gers, even the candy butcher and
the conductor taking one each. The
profits, learned, went into the up
| nf hA .-.I-
said that most people gave them
from ten cents to quarter and
didn't ask for change, although they
charged but a nickel for the cone.
But the moment a tired, dropping
soldier with a big satchel in tow
hove in sight the girls forsook their
customers and headed straight for
him.
'Thirsty?' asked one.
Il should say YES, replied the
soldier. mopping his brow and smil-
ing.
Well, come right over here and
sit down. added the girl, leading
him gently toward table, and you
can just bet that young private nev-
er made the least resistance.
4 Before you could say Jack Rob-
ison the girls had dished up for him
a tall and clinking glass of lemon
ade and he wound up with the sec
y ond glass; About that time another
= overheated soldier in heavy o. d.
), uniform came umbering up under a
heavy load and was towed into the
cool calm of the same table beneath
e a tree, where he chose ice cream
= cones-three of them.
Then came the next part of the
program, and by far the most inter-
esting to me. The first soldier fin
l. ished his drink and asked the price.
Not a penny from you, replied
: the pretty waitress. 4 have a
I brother in the Engineers and hope
. | some girl will do the same for him.
- 1.-THE other lad got a similar answer
! to his query as to price and both
went away happy over the little at
tention shown them and the better
=. for this contact with the Red Cross
"I was wondering as my train
pulled in," added the observer, "if
we in Harrisburg couldn't do some
thing like that on our depot plaza.
$ Good night. Germany" sing the
Il vaudeville artists Vaudeville peo-
d pie don't stop at elimination of Ger
Y man ideals and the German Ian
n guage, but sauerkraut, hamburg
n lsteak and German cheese have been
: boycotted to such an extent that the
Hotel Columbus doesn't serve these
d dainties any longer. The demand
n for hamburg steak isn't satisfied. but
Z" the waiter will sell you an order of
: Harrisburg steak, which is the same
e thing. At the Bergstresser House in
G Walnut street an actor was offered
: some mustard the other evening. He
n was about to use some on his meat
It when he CHANGED to see that it was
t called German mustard" "Nuthin
= doin'! I'll use ketchup!" he said.
Q The park benches in River Front
e Park had a good bath yesterday
= morning, when V. Grant Forrer, As
sistant Superintendent of City Parks.
commandeered some firehose and
chased the dust from the seats. II
was refreshing to see how clean and
inviting the benches were after their
shower bath. That bath was need
/ ed" said a member of the River
Front Park fraternity. when 7
wanted to sit on the benches had
TO carry paper with me. without
naper, I'd have been covered with
lust from head to foot"
Right in line with the Telegra ph 8
move for better housing conditions
among the poorer classes of the city,
| ''oHleS " utIle story or now one man
IS trying to do his part in making
his own surroundings more attrac-
! tive. Brother Jeems' is quite an
enterprising colored resident who
has built him new bungalow" in
the much-congested district. cover
g 'ng the outside with tin fattened
a from cans of all sorts Inside, the
walls are papered with the dailv
press and dozens OF pnotogra phs OF
movie stars cut from magazines.
g why doan yo' have some fotv-
d Erafs of presiduns and sich?" asked
4 neighbor.
We'll s'pose 7 should have
some of Lincum and Wash'n'ton." :"
said he. "but me. I hasn't much
beauty in ma family. and me, Ise a
great lover of 1t. an so takes the
picters of the pretty li'r gals and
nut 'em up whar en- see 'em all
de time"
Senator William G. Sproul, beside.
being a newspaperman and poll.
ticiar. is an antiquarian, too, re.
bling the late Governor Penny.
packer in love of research into his.
torical state affairs. In the Senator'S
home. near Chester, there is q II.
brary of fine books on statecraft
politics, history, etc, and the collec-
ton is numerous and costly enough
to please the greatest bibliophile In
Pennsylvania. Since there is everv
prospect that Senator Sproul will
serve a term as Governor OF the
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