Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04
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Oh tnelr CONSTITUTIONAL rights, TO ad-
dress the Governor of Pennsylvania
in writing than ever known before
at the outset of an administration
and certainly ever during later times
of a gubernatorial term. The cor
respondence reaching the Governor
is also on more varied subjects, in
Guiding advice on legislation and
solutions for various matters
which are discussed in the news
papers. A considerable number of
the letters deal with applications for
appointments and endorsement of
of persons who seek offices of va
rious kinds. There has also been an
| increase in the number of appli-
| cations for appointment as notary
public. The executive department
mail reached unheard of proportions
the latter part of January and when
the Governor announced his legisla-
| ton program, people began writing
to him from all over the State. Many
! complaints, most of them imaginary,
have been also filling the mail bag
and the number of persons ad-
dressing the Governor on subjects
which are purely departmental mat
ters is greater than usual. Likewise
the autograph of William C. Sproul
| is requested by quite a few people.
Some correspondents have asked the
Governor for copies of bills pending
in the Legislature Each time a
much talked of bill appears in the
Legislature, the Governor gets let
ters about it.
| Among Harrisburg visitors yester-
day was Robert Percy Stewart, Unit
ed States district attorney for South
Dakota, whose home is at Souix
Fails. Mr. Stewart is a former Har-
rlspurger, a son of the late James
Stewart and attended the Harris
| purg High school. 1t is his first visit
| to his former home in years. He
also visited friends in the Cumber-
land Valley.
DIR. David I. Miller, member of
the Legislature from the city dis
trict, is leading a hectic existence
these days. He gave up his practice
a few weeks ago and is now taking
a Postgraduate course in special
branches in New York. He gets
home for the legislative sessions and
then heads back to college imme-
diately.
Don't you miss a lot of sleep?"
asked a friend.
Yes" replied the doctor, but
after my experience in the flu
epidemic last fall what 1 am doing
no" seems like taking vacation"
! Another Harrisburg doctor who is
varying the monotony of existence
and getting back his health at the
same time is Dr.. Frank b. Kann,
the osteopath. DIR. Kann has a
bungalow near Linglestown, where
he entertains little parties of friends
in hospitable fashion over week
ends. There is a long waiting list
for these festivities
Why do you have such a big
garden asked city friend.
Well" replied DIR. kann, most
doctors prescribe plenty of outdoor
exercise. I'm taking my own pre-
scription. and it's doing me world
of good"
Mrs. Ralph I. Delhi, of Paxtang,
has received from her parents in
Canton, China, a copy of the Canton
Times, the only Chinese newspaper
published by Chinese in the English
language. The editor is certainly
great booster for the United States.
Under the caption, "Our American
Friends" he has a leading editorial
outlining what Americans have done
in Canton. "In Canton and the
neighboring cities and towns" SAYS
the editor, mot counting HongkonG,
the 315 or more Americans scatter
ing over four provinces, and in forty
! different places are engaged in
work mostly of educational and
charitable nature, bringing happi.
ness and enlightenment to thousands
of Chinese. In-the four provinces
mentioned some twenty-five societies
or missions are conducted for the
hn1Nnff Of h1 -
side these institutions the Americans
are giving prosperity to Canton and
South China through their business
firms. While the number is not
great. they are touching all lines
of commercial and industrial activ-
ity." And right here the Chinese
editor gives vent to bit of subtle
humor: The Standard Oil Com
pany gives one kind of light to many
parts of South China while the South
China Baptist Publication Society
and the book store furnish another"
Americans, we are told, are now
helping the Cantonese to develop
a large hospital, the Kung Yee, and
also well equipped Y. NJ. C. "A.
| Practically the entire Croft family
formerly residing at Old Orchard.
near PaXtang, are now residents of
| Canton.
Howard Bryant, a West Shore
man who has a garden and is an en-
! thusiastic advocate of daylight saw
| ing, went about among his friends
| Saturday and told everybody not to
: forget to change his clock Saturday
night Then, just before retirin-.
he carefully readjusted the hands
of his watch and the bedroom clock.
Sunday morning he reached Sunday
school long after 1T had been dis
missed. He had turned the hands