Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-11
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itself to the "heatIess MONDAYS" ia
much commented upon by people,
who come to this city either in|
connection with commercial matters
or on business at the State Capitol
and for just plain visits and thd
good-natured way in which its folks
have accepted the many inconven1
fences is a matter for congratula1
ton. The Monday edict has cost
this city many dollars and in many|
sections the saving of fuel, through
the extraordinary weather which
forced fires or heat to be kept or'
to prevent damage has been Very'
slight. The stores have been tightly
closed and offices and other estab
lishments have been marked by|
drawn blinds although in many cases'
they have been right beside places
where public business went on and
could have been operated with very
little difference. But what seems
to have impressed many people id
the fact that in spite of the sus
pensions the people kept off thdA
strets. Even the theaters and NOV
ing picture places did not have the
jams they expected. This may bt
party accounted for by the fact tina
two of the Mondays yere marked by
atroclous weather. However, the
fact remains that people stayed
home and this, combined with the
darkened windows and signs, gave
the town a Sunday appearance in
the evenings. The present holida5
which was one of the things cal
culated by the National Administra
ton as factor in fuel saving from
Saturday noon until Tuesday
morning, will make an unusual gar
in February life. Commercial mel
that pif
have been in on Mondays the shut
down is abused as roundly as 1t
commended and that it will TAX
| months to figure out the net results
The consensus of opinion among
these men, who get all over th
state, is that if the weather had no
been so severe there would hav
been better chance to test tn
order.
In connection with thea weather
was amusing the last three evening
of the week just closed to see th
way people fiocked into the city
business and theater district.
seemed as though everyone had bee
housed up by the zero weather and
that they all wanted to get out an
enjoy life as soon as a thaw camd
The result was that the trolley lines
dlTeduy running Will lSWeT cars De
| cause of the repair conditions, wer
jammed and so were the movie
places.
State Librarian Thomas Lyme
| Montgomery, who will go to Al
lantic City this week to attend meet
| ings of the Pennsylvania Library Aa
sociation, hopes to have q big rep
resentation from Pennsylvania whe
the National Association meets
Saratoga, this year. DR.. Mont
gomery is the president of the Ma
| tional Association.
Ex-Governor Frank p. Willi
who comes to Harrisburg on tn
| night of the nineteenth to addres
! the meeting arranged by the Ant
! Saloon League for the Dauph
county hackers of the dry amen,
ment, is well known to many peopl
! here as he has spoken in man
places. The Buckeye eX-Governo
| is an old friend of Governor Brun
| for years and is one of the best pla
| form orators in the country. He q
ways has an array of stunts an
his speeches at the Chicago Nation;
Convention are well recalled by thoS
| who saw and heard him. Fran
Willis going after the demon run
will be something worth attendln
for Harrisburgers. At the same TIM
he can arouse more enthusiasm an
make about as convincing argumeI
as any one in. the land.
Some of the coal trains whic
ratified through Harrisburg yeste
| day were worth watching. Thd
were more like summer than vii
ter trains and the tonnage move
must have been enormous. On I'll
Reading there. was continuol
movement of freight and Il
strings of "empties| rushed aero
| the Susquehanna were impressiv
| The Pennsylvania poured in co
trains from the north and west
| such volume as to make it apped
| that the congestion due to wealth
| and lack of motive power wou
be thing of the past if the prese
movement could be maintained will
out further interference from Il
weather.
Lieutenant G. W. Danforth, of II
| United States Navy, will probab
| have to repeat his lecture to tl
children of Harrisburg on the d
velopment of the National flag an
what it stands for If the numh
of calls keeps up at the Public l.
brary. The Lieutenant addressd
! some hundreds of youngsters r.
Gently and they are demanding tn
he give them n talk again. A
though the audience was cosmopol
tan the salute those kids" gave
the flag, hands at attention an
in silence while the Star Spangld
Banner was played was somethir
worthwhile.
Last year in the sugar belt, OF
could buy the best grade of sugi
at from twelve to fifteen cents
pound. This year, with a nea
famine in all grades of refine
sugars, the maple product is lab
to be "out of sight" 1t is not like
that Mr.. Hoover will interfere wi
the price, and the prospects of
heavy yield at fancy prices shou
induce many persons to turn to
profitable industry which has be-
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