Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-03
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The fine erect carriage OF the men
who have been coming back to every
day life from army camps or from
the transports which brought them
overseas, Is subject of remark of
many persons who believe in system
attic exercise, as one of the greatest
things to keep one fit and there are
many specimens in this city whose
whole bodies have been changed ES
the care and attention given to then
by army officers and instructors and
who are blessing the day when they
were taught the use of their muscles
and how to maintain their health.
Scores of young men back at their
old jobs not only show the difference
between themselves and their COM
panions, but are keeping up their
exercises and have others following
their example. Col. j. b. kemper,
who is in charge of the United States
army recruiting station here and
who is great on the army system
of discipline and training, has re-
ceived an interesting article about
the effects of army system on the
men abroad. This is from the Red
Cross Magazine and tells that the
American army is coming back from
France $4,000 tons heavier than
diet, system in exercise and insistence
upon sanitation and good behavior.
1t gives the credit to good house
keeping in the army. 1t is a matter
of fact that the late Lieutenant Col
onel Frank E. Zeigler, of this city,
said that Mexican border service
had added inches to the chest
measurements of many men from
Harrisburg and taken it off their
waists, while the weight of almost
every man in muscle had increased.
The Colonel himself said that he had
gained three inches in the chest
while at FL Paso. The good, healthy,
outdoor life of the American sol
der is worth enlisting for to say
nothing of the desire to serve the
| country.
Some OF the beautiful magnolia
! blossoms which have been so much
admired in yards of Harrisburg
residences will be missing this
| spring as a result of the cold weather
this week. A number of fine speci-
mems in the uptown and Allison
Hill sections show the effects of Jack
Frost, the delicate leaves having
been turned brown and the larger
buds being almost lifeless. In some
orchards about the city the trees
do not seem to have been affected
at all, probably due to the fact that
the buds were not very far advanced.
Samuel P. Eby, well known Har-
rlspurg businessman, has sold his
orange grove near st. Petersburg,
Florida, and friends who have been
accustomed to gifts of fruit from
the generous owner will receive the
news with sorrow, for the particular
variety of fruits which Mr.. Eby pro-
duced doesn't grow on every orange
tree. Mr.. Eby has just returned
from n winter spent near his grove
and in st. Petersburg. lit may be
that peace brought a slackening of
trade in the north but you would
never know that an armistice had
been signed in Florida" said he the
other day. "six thousand more
tourists visited St Petersburg this
year than ever before, and they are
looking forward to even better times
next year"
Yes" commented DR.. J. B. Law
renee who was listening. but you
wasted all YOUR time. Think OF
being down among the tarpon all
winter and never going fishing"
you can see lot of queer things
in travel" observed a well known
Harrisburger yesterday. but the
strangest thing that has come under
my attention was drawn to my no
tice by a sailor who occupied a car
seat with me on my way out of
New York. Last Friday afternoon
while the wind was blowing SIS miles
an hour, the snow was driving in
sheets and the thermometer was
away below freezing. The sailor was
Occupying the aisle seat and an old
lady sat just across the way from
him. Suddenly he touched me on
the knee and exclaimed: Excuse
me. friend, but for the love of Mike
look over there And what I saw
was that old lady calmly taking a
dripping package from her suitcase,
remove a wrapper and start eating a
slab of ice about as large as her
hand. AS she sat and cracked ice
under her teeth for all the world
like pig munching corn she calmly
surveyed the countryside where the
blizzard ragged in fury Say, friend
observed the admiring sailor,
wouldn't she make the crackerjack
Eskimo, though"
A we'll known Harrisburg man
who chums lot with his three chill
dren thought to play an April fool
joke on them. Getting down stairs
ahead of them he called out in ex-
cited tones, "Oh, children. come
quick, see what Daddy has" And
when they came tumbling down in
their nighties he gleefully shouted:
Three little April fools" Then the
youngest spoiled it all by piping up,
''but Daddy, isn't this the S1st of
March," And it was.
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