Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-10
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VIII be we'll cared for during the
coming holiday season In the first
place the Rotary Club will give its
annual Big Brother dinner during
CHRISTMAS week. More than 400
children will be entertained in
thesthut street hail, the large audi
.orlun OF which has been engaged
ior inc event. \ committee headed
py FRANK Davenport, the restaurant
lIlun' VIII nave charge of the affair,
m,'! m,.n tne dinner arranged by ). s
! Nutncriord, another expert in til
ioou me j. William Bowman will
.il"i lhan OF the presents com 4
hllttee, Il. 5. Herman of the hpIIS
committee. V. Grant Forrer of the
taple committee. Rudolph *. Spicer
,haster or ceremonies, Floyd HoD-
Nlns mead of the entertainments COM
lli'tee' Arthur IL. Holman of the
decorations committee, John :
! NJ usser of the funds committee,
Norrls 5. Longaker of the list com
nittee' with nearly every memhrr
oi the club acting in some cara
cIN' Ihe Rotarians and their wives
WI VII serve the dinner and a Christ
mas program will be rendered
crippled children will be taknn ~
anu anu from the hall in automobiles
lhe children will be admitted Inv
'ICket ana by ticket only the com
Iiiit'ce so arranging in order that
pllces which should 20 TO rcol1v
,leeuE persons may not be taken hy
poHs and girls whose parents ore
able TO care for them.
Nlothcr dinner-or rather Ihrn,
or them-will be served throupb tna
5T,,r Chn,,L t,,orts OF the Rotary Club, tho
nanDer OF Commerce. the kf-
wants Club, the Motor club and NOS.
sibly one or two other orrnniynti,',,,.
TO the little inmates of the ChiIdro,,,
INDUSTRIAL Home, the Sylvan Heights
Cfphanage and the Dav Nurscr,
members of the organizations ana
tneIr wives Will visit the homes ~
~ noon the day before Christmns
Where real old-fashioncd Christmne
casts will he served with ain fhc
trimmings and where Mrs. Ley. of
lHe Chamber of Commerce. will ar
,'hSe lor Christmas programs dur
!nS 'nc serving of the meal. After
/ that the boys and girls will he taken
10 the Majestic thcater. where u
special Christmas show will he .r.
ranged for them and after the ner-
lormancc there will he Il Christmas
, ttee on the stage with a diStribu-
uon OF presents for everybody. oh
yes. and there will be ice cream
100. and package of candy, after
which the little ones will be hus-
tied homo in style In big motor cars
waiting for them. It's going TO he
some party Warren jackson, of
the Chamber of Commerce. who is
chairman and treasurer of the cora
mlttee says. An effort will be made
10 make this a permanent feature
of the holiday season in Harrisburg.
The third Christmas celebration
especially designed for poor little
folks will be conducted by the Red
Cross, the Toy Mission Of which
Will not alone confine itself to tho
giving Of toys but will cndeavor 10
bring Christmas cheer and comfort
to every little boy and girl in the
city. and to older folks as well Al
ready there has been Il generous
response. but money in particular
is now the need. "Oh. If you could
only know what we workers know
of the situation in HARRISBURG" sail
Miss Margaret Ringland of the Red
cross. to whom money or TOYS may
be sent, you would give up some
thing for yourself or your own loved
ones, who will have plenty anyway.
in order to bring Christmas to the
hundreds of folks who have not the
means to observe the holiday"
One of the problems which men
connected with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture are studying
and which the State Chamber of
Commerce plans to help handle is
that the total acreage of cultivated
land in Pennsylvania IS less than an
acre per person. 1t is estimated that
the population of the Keystone State
is now between 100000 and 9.O0O.-
600 persons and constantly increas-
ing. The total land on farms has
been estimated at about ! 100000 by
some people, but there is Il consider
able area in woodlands, as many
farmers are careful to keep some
trees and especially to have them in
vicinity of springs and water supply.
Pennsylvania, according to Governor
William &. Sproul, is more self sup
porting than some of the other
states that make more fuss about
what they produce and it is his aim
to increase the cultivated area. Ten
million acres under cultivation will
likely be the goal.
Attorney General William /. Schaf
fer i'm his scholarly address at the
opening of the sessions of the Con-
stitutional Revision Commission. re-
ferred to the interesting fact that
Theodore Cuyler. father of r. De-
Witt Cuyler, one of the members of
the Commission, had been an hon
ored member of the Constitutional
convention of 1873. The elder Guy
Ter was as prominent in his day at
the bar of Philadelphia as is his son
to-day.
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The convention of 1878. which
held II few sessions in Harrisburg,
had as its member from pauphin
county the late Hamilton Alricks, of
this city. Mr.. Alricks was for many
years one Of the prominent attor-
ncys of Central Pennsylvania and
was one of the Democratic members
of the body.