Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
Ehfntttg Gl1at.

'ie Sdpitot, to lind the relation tia
'he new Penn-1Iarris has to tn !
members and attaches of the gen
eral assembly. One man who OBJ
serves the trend of things, remarke,
iast night that at least one-half o
the law makers and attaches wer]
quartered at the hotel. "It show
that 1t was needed and everyone
nave talked to commends Harris 7
pnrg Tor rising to the needs of the
hour,' said he. Another man, /
veteran in the political game, said
that harrisburg had made itsel
worthy of the new Capitol by notable
improvements some fifteen or eigh+
teen years ago and he thought thd
MOTEL came at the right time. Ond
can find almost any one of promin- I
ence i'll the Legislature in the new
hotel in the evenings and at luncfz
time and it shows that the city has
place which the rest of the State|
recognizes as n gathering point, just
as the Bellevue is in Philadelphia
the Jefferson at Richmond, the Ter
Eyck at Albany and similar hotels
in political centers.
Members of the Harrisburg fird
department are commencing to won
der whether some of the men Wild
are on the rolls of the companies
are aware of the fact that they ard
supposed to be on duty when a fird|
alarm sounds. The fires and alarms
which have occurred so frequently
in the last few days have made thd|
regulars" among the tiremen work
as they have not had to do for a|
long time. Some of the men Wild
are members of companies haydI
come around late and the men Wild
man the machines are starting I'd
say things. Harrisburg has one Of
the largest volunteer fire departments
in the State, but you would neveI|
know it to see the same fellows a I
fires every time the bell rings" wal
the way one man put it last night.
DR.. r. E. Holmes of this city, has
two nephews in the fighting forces
in France. He has just received 4
newspaper clipping showing how
these brothers met in France afte5
months of separation and trying I'll
see each other. Both boys expect
to return home sometime this month
or early in April. They happened
and both wrote interesting letters
about the meeting. One brothej
tells of hunting the other and how
they bumped into one another III
turning the corner of the barracks
He says: TT sure is great to be to-
gether again, and l guess we have
talked about everything, as far bacl
as we can remember" The othe1
brother writing on the same dateI
says: Saturday morning L had th9
greatest surprise of my life. 1t Wai
| lust after breakfast and j haeI
washed, made up my bunk and walk
ed outside the barracks TO see WhaI
the weather was like. / heard somd
one whistle, / looked around antI
there came Harris and Roy MingleI
| I was so surprised | could hardly
talk. l must admit it took me right
off my feet when l saw him." Thij
son closes his letter to the folks al
home with an expression of his JON
in meeting his brother, and with thd
statement that you will be mighty
glad to know we are together for 4
while. and 1 don't think it will bd
| long before we are all together Tho
reunion of these brothers in Framed
| is typical of the meetings of MANY
|
since leaving their homes in Amer1
lea. DR.. Holmes Is very proud Of
his nephews and believes nothing
is too good for the returning Penn1
sylvania soldiers in the way of \
home coming reception.
There has been issued the pasf
week from the Mcfarland Press|
this city, most attractive little book
entitled THE American Rose AMI
nual," 1919 edition, edited by u
Horace Mcfarland, for the Ameri
can Rose Society. The frontispiecd
is a beautiful color plate of E. Gil
Hills new American-bred hybrid
tea, Rose Premier" and the book
itself contains many attractive pic1
lures relating to the growth of roses
! in the home garden, as well as del
! scriptions of the best roses known|
to gardeners and how to grow them
"It has been a difficult job to put theI
lock together the past winter" said
the author to Telegraph man thd
other day, Gin view of my absencd
and preoccupation," Mr.. Mcfarland
has been doing important war world
along recreational and housing
lines for the Federal government at
| Washington, and is In the unIOFtun1
ate position of desiring to resign,
but having his resignation continu1
ally refused. Harrisburg ought I'd
have fifty instead of eight members
of the American Rose Society,"" con-
tinued Mr.. Mcfarland. IF therd
were as many members as that we
would have more good roses in our
, gardens and the cause of recreation
would be served quite as we'll as by
spending money in other directions-
A very favorable beginning oc-
Cured last year when an amateur
rose show was held, yet there were
not enough members of the Ameri-
can Rose Society to qualify for the
silver and bronze medals of the
Rose Society. Mr.. Mcfarland is a
great believer in a physician taking
his own medicine, and the gardens
about his home TEEN with beautiful
roses of rare varieties, some of
which have not yet reached the com
merciai stage. The officers of the
Rose Society are scattered all over
the country, Benjamin Hammond,
of Beacon, n. Y, being president,
and Mr.. Mcfarland and o. p. Beck
ey, of Harrisburg, being members
of the executive committee. The
organization was formed in 1899 to
increase the interest and improve