Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27
Ehrntttg Gl1at

some OF the residents OF Harris
burg who bought the tropical plants
known as elephant ears, mammoth
ferns and palms at the sale of plants
and flowers of the Capitol Park Con-
servatory yesterday preparatory to
removal of the building to make
room for the park improvements
have elephants on their hands. over
score of huge plants which can
stand the Pennsylvania climate with
out heat for only about three months
of the year were sold at prices rang
ing from 81 to SO and apparently
people who had been buying geran-
imums and petunias and other
towering plants by the dozen at low
prices thought they saw bargains
in the big ones and the tubs sold for
song. One woman who bought u
palm discovered that it was twelve
feet high and could only be lifted
by four men and backed out. while
| some of the enormous elephant ear
and fern specimens, which have not
been moved in twenty years sold
for S1.5O and their owners are WON
dering how they can comply with the
orders of the state authorities to re-
| move them at once and what they
are going to do when they do get
them home. Harrisburg florists who
attended the sale refused to bid
because they are by no means sure
of their coal supplies and have been
smiling at the dilemmas of the pur-
chasers, some of whom will be kept
| busy Keeping themselves warm. The
| nnest specimens of plants and flowers
| were removed from the conservatory,
which dates from 1889 and has cost
the state about $4,000, have been
removed for use by the state and
Will be stored in a greenhouse near
Lemoyne. The buyers of tropical
/ plants are not the only ones who
bought puzzles as Samuel Fishman,
who bought the big conservatory for
SoO5, is seeking people who know
how to wreck for material such
buildings. There are several thou
sand panes of glass in the structure
and 1t has to be removed in ninety
days.
Very many Austrians who reside
In this locality feel that their coun-
trymen at home have stood about
all OF dictation for which they can
endure and look for a break down
in the Dual Empire at any time.
1T is only matter of months.
possibly only weeks until Austrians
rise up in revolt against such a con-
dition of affairs as now exists" said
a Well-known Austrian mine foreman
on LykenS Accommodation the other
evening as the train sped on it's
way from Harrisburg to the upper
END. Il have kept close to the Aus
trian situation, naturally, "he added.
II was born in that country and
up until year ago occasionally used
4 Lott
| there. l know how they we're feel
ing then, and that was bad enough
from the German viewpoint. Things
cannot be but far worse now and it
is my guess that the Ausrrians have
we'll nigh reached the breaking point
lTWo-thirds of our people at home do
not like Germany and would be
happy to be relieved of her as an
ally. They know that even though
the Central Powers win the war Aus
tria will have lost her independence
and many of us agree that the best
thing that could happen would be
an overwhelming beating for the
Kaiser. If Austria goes off the royal
reservation it will be but a short
time until the Kaiser will be ready
for the scrap-heap."
| -
| John. Heathcote, who was yester-
day appointed vice-chairman of Dau-
phin county by the federal author
| tiles to act with Chairman Frank c.
Sites in the War Savings Stamp drive.
is q native of England but one of the
most enthusiastic Americans in the
city. The fact that he has sold more
i War Savings Stamps himself than any
one other man and that he has or
ganized agencies in Harrisburg, and
nearby towns for the sale of stamps
indicates his zeal for the county of
i his adoption. Mr.. Heathcote is a
member of the Rotary Club and it
was he and Arthur D. Bacon who
first suggested the War Stamp Min
strel show Of that organization which
resulted in the sale of more than
$4,000 worth of stamps early in the
spring.
Francis H. Hoy, Jr., who is to be
chief of staff to Mayor Daniel L.
Keister as chief marshal of the In
dependence Day parade, is probably
one of the most experienced men in
the handling of details of big parades
in this part of the state. He has
acted as an aid in almost every.
procession of any size in Harrisburg
in the last ten years and was chief
of staff and head burden bearer,
planner and carrier out of the pa
triotic parade of last April when Cap
tain r. Laubenstein led the largest
| procession ever seen in this city.
| Captain Hoy has been the chief drill
master of the crack Zembo patrol
and is the senior company COM
mander of the Harrisburg Reserves.