Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-18
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| boosters of the new hotel plan back
in the days when such projects
evoked some tolerant smiles. "All
you nave to do is to watch the news
| papers. Just look at the list of con-
ventions and gatherings of state
Wide importance that have been held
mere since the first of the year and
@ Ine number that are scheduled
Ineres your answer and the list
w,ii iehgthen with the year. know
OF number of Organizations that
are arranging to meet in Harrisburg
now that the problem of hotel ac-
comm odations has been solved and
1 tnihK that people around the state
are commencing to realize that we
can take care of them properly. But
Just think what we let get awav in
the way of gatherings that would
nave boosted Harrisburg in the last
NAT haiI uoZen years." The Harrisburg
mans view point is we'll taken iudg-
ing what one hears among members
or the Legislature and men inter
ested in state affairs who have been
mere from time to time. Some of
tnese men nave gone home and sung
| the praises OF the Harrisburg's new
est venture and certainly wish il well
Inc reception to be given tonight
10 the members of the general as
semply and the state officials will
pe continuation of the courtesies
"n 10 the legislators for more
thah q decade and a half. The first
reception to be rendered to the Iag;s
lators was in 1901 after the hill IN
move the capitol to PHILADELPHIA had
peen voted down. 1t was arranged
py representative citizens to show ap-
preciatlon of the action of the law
makers in keeping the CapitoI here.
III was held in the old Board of Trade
ana was such a success that every
session it- has been repeated. This
year Col. Covert and his committee
nave set out to break the record.
A number OF stories and varses
from the pen of Edna Croft Delhi,
author or the Aunt Este Stories
originated by the TELEGRAPH.
nave appeared in some of the late
periodicals and magazines. The
Church Advocate having published
quite number of her child stories
ana verses in the last few months.
and two very pretty Child PRAYERS
have appeared in Little Folks. and
stories in Forward"
Mrs. Delhi has shown in the latter
that she can not only write for
chlidren but can do equally we'll in
tnlngs which demand more thought
me one grown up story when Her
Dreams Came True" is a beautiful
one showing the fulfillment OF a
mothers dreams for her boy, who
MADE the supreme sacrifice for his
County; the other Fish and Socks"
a DIT OF humor similar to Her Fri
days Work which story at the tine
of its publication made quite n hit
There is vein of simplicity char
acteriZing her work which makes
it charming.
Two verses having lately appeared
To-day and Yesterday" in the Church
Advocate, are:
Today I watched the bows and girls
As they strolled by to scAool;
Quiet and boisterous, bright and dull
The sluggard and the fool.
l watched them as they climbed the
steps
Leading to schoolhouse fine:
Equipped with gym and everything
or wondrous fine design.
And as watched my thoughts went
To the little schoolhouse on the hill,
| The teacher at the door.
And oh. the smile on teachers face,
The nominees of all,
| would l could go back once more
| TO those days beyond recall.
Another "A Thanksgiving Prayer"
appeared in Little Folks" and is as
| follows:
Dear Father in -Ieaven, we thank
Thee to-day
For the ones here at home. and the
ones far away;
We thank Thee for mothers whose
faces are bright,
Who care for and cuddle us through
! day and night.
We thank Thee for fathers who went
off to war,
We thank Thee that such noble he
roes they arei
We thank Thee that they have been
willing to fight,
| While others kept watch through the
day and the night.
We thank Thee that all of us through
work and play
Just wait and just sing till they come
home some day;
And now war is over! Well all meet
again
We thank Thee all over. dear Father,
The Telephone News of current
issue is largely given over to Har-
risburg and Harrisburgers. 1t con-
tains an excellent layout" of the
Harris hotel with the best pic
ture of the beautiful lounge room
that has yet appeared anywhere.
Another feature is the signal Corps,
by Miss Rachael c.. Knier, of the
Harrisburg offices, which is distinctly
clever and away out of the ordinary
Last, but not least, there is snap
shot of George S. Reinoehl, the
division manager and newly elected
president of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce. about to enter his
office-one of them.
Activity of the county authorities
in stirring up the constables to en-
force the dog license code is having
the effect of causing a run for dog
collars. One down town merchant
said that that he had sold more dog
collars since the first of the year
than ever before in any similar
period that he had in business. And
the people are not buying fancy
ones. The old spiked collar is no
longer in demand; people buy plain
straps now, said he.