Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-04
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and the demand for every pair of
hands and the opening OF school
mas caused more uncomfortable min ,
utes for heads of various establish
ments than any one imagines who
| has not had to deal with juvenile
| wage learners. The first place that
opening of schools hits is the mes
senger service whether it be in Of
| hces, telegraph companies, mercan-
/ tile concerns or other points and It
generally strikes hard. Then 1t affects
| the places where young hands are
| filling in where men have gone to
war and there are many of them,
| too. There were more men and wom-
en- at their wits ends in Harrisburg
/ yesterday than one would believe.
| For weeks past they have been try
| ing to get people to take the places
| of the young folks who have gone
| back to their books and as there
were no others to be had to make
out the best they could and the go
| ing was bad. Il do not know what
| we are to do for messengers" said
| the head of one of the telegraph
companies here. I'VE have been en-
ploying men and women and as fast
| as they get used to the job they are
| taken away for something that pays
better. The men can make more than
the wages paid here and women soon
get otLer places" In one big con-
| Germ where feet are essential to the
successful conduct of the business
most of the feet being mostly young
there were many vacancies and an
affected output yesterday. However.
the chances are that there will be
many youngster earning more in
the hours between three and six this
fall and winter than he or she did in
whole days during the summer.
| A good war story is told about Roy
w. Miller, a former member of Com
pany c, of the old Eighth Regiment.
He was one of Captain Stine's boys
and came from Scotland, Franklin
county. He was in the battle of the
Marne and he came across a couple
of German soldiers. He got the drop
on them and marched them in arms
and all for which he was given pro-
motion. He is a brother of Raymond
G. Miller. lately appointed first lieu
tenant of the new truck company or
the Reserve Militia.
The windows of the buildings
along Fourth street below Zion Luth-
eran Church which were burned out
several years ago are serving various
/ purposes. They have been much used
for display of advertising of various
: kinds and some of it is faded and
!, antiquated. Certain posters recall
q contests which are part of political
history of the state and there are
: some Autographs of shows which will
o never come again. But the oldest of
:. all exhibits Is a collection of chick
!: ems which is housed in one of the
e windows. The window is covered
n with stout wire, as hard for any one
n to break in as it would be for the
: fowls to break out and the chickens
= are very carefully withdrawn to some
o hidden place after the electric lights
n commence to shine.
n 1t is moi generally known that the
II late Frank P. Pritchard, the eminent
Philadelphia lawyer, who died while
II in the West, was one of the keenest
y oL.ervers of political matters in
e Pennsylvania. Mr.. Pritchard, who
q was in the firm of which the late
o John G.. johnson was the head, paid
d many an unnoticed visit to Harris
s burg. His writings were noted for
! their keen wit.
y Among visitors TO Harrisburg yes
y terday was w. S. Kirkpatrick, FORM
: er Attorney General of Pennsylvania,
d who is practicing his profession at
IS Easton. Mr.. Kirkpatrick was Attor-
o ney General under Governor Beaver
and appears here occasionally in
II public service cases.
d 1t must be confessed that HARRIS
n burg is not any too cordial to the
n soldiers from the western states who
get off and march about the streets
to stretch their legs. The canteeh
!, workers make the soldiers welcome,
| but as they go along the streets there
j is not cheer and hardly a hand
clap Certainly, Harrisburg with its
hundreds of boys in the servico
should do more to speed the sturdy
soldiers on their way than is being
done by the people in the streets
who show curiosity and that's about
-, all.
Goldfish may be all very we'll as
household pets, but when it comes to
blackbass take a leaf out of a Har-
risburg family's experiences and
serve the bass fried. The small boy
of the family went fishing with his
father not many evenings ago and
upon their return it was discovered
!. that one of the bass in the basket
was still very much alive and kick
ing.
Let me put him in the bathtub
, until morning." pleaded the small
boy in the case and permission was
granted.
In the morning more pleadings re-
suited in respite until evening, and
then the lad had formed such an
attachment for his friend, the bass,
that he made strenuous objections to
it's being turned into a metal for the
family.
So for whole days. when anybody
in the house wanted to take a bath.
the bass was fished out of the tub
t by the small boy and placed in the
, basin, and then transferred back to
, the tub when the basin was to be
used. Finally. whilS one of the wom-
en- of the house was bathing. the
bass leaped out of it's shallow pool
and Tapping about the floor almost
: frightened her out of her wits.
} That evening the bass appeared
J on the table at dinner.