Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
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The nineteen branch Libraries
which the Harrisburg Public Librar,
plans to establish in public schoo
buildings of the city under the ar.
rangement recently announced VIII
be distributed during the comint
week, having been delayed by bool
shipments. Two more will b,
placed in the junior high schools
The funds for the location of thes,
libraries and the purchase of tn,
books have come largely from
friends of the schools, who supple.
mented what the Harrisburg schoo
board allows annually for librar,
work. The libraries were the sub.
Ject of considerable comment ut the
recent educational congress in the
State Capitol, when Miss Alice II
Eaton, the librarian, reported upor
what Harrisburg had done in tha,
line the last few years and what
mad been planned for the coming
winter. These libraries have beer
conducted without much trumpeting
but have made a record in library
activities which is distinctly n Har.
risburg proposition and which will
be>watched with interest by mann
persons throughout the State The
record of circulation of the librarie.
last year, especially in the buildings
where children of foreign birth are
taught, was such as to create MS.
tonishment among librarians wher
they heard them. Once moro
Harrisburg Plan is heard of.
over score of governors have
sent Governor William c. Sproul
their Thanksgiving day proclama.
tons in complimentary exchange
and the copies range widely in style
as we'll as in phraseology. Years
ago the governors of Pennsylvania
established the custom of sending
copies of their proclamations for the
great autumnal day of thanks to
brother governors. Keystone State
executives have always made their
proclamations very formal and there
have been some handsomely printed
and bound copies sent out from the
Capitol. In time the custom was
extended to include Pennsylvania
members in Congress, the principal
officials of the national government
at Washington and within Pennsyl-
vania, the members of the general
assembly and the heads of the de-
partmentS of the State government
Personal friends have added to the
number, but approximately 500
official copies bearing the great seal
of the Commonwealth have gone out
from Capitol Hill. Hundreds of
other copies have been sent to
clergymen, heads of schools and col,
leges and others who desired to read
the document upon formal occa-
sions. The proclamations coming
here in exchange range from the
cir Narln n rn1 Gh nf hoo W.
parchment paper to folders, some
resembling elaborate banquet menus
in arrangement. Every State ap-
parently makes it a practice to issue
this proclamation in n formal man
ner. For years these exchanges
have been made by the governors
and the proclamations are an in
teresting study.
Just as a sign of the times it may
be mentioned that this month the
equipment" of two we'll known
hotels which were more noted for
their bars than their food have been
sold. Glasses which cost a dollar
or so went for ten cents and vari-
GUS other things connected with the
serving of drinks were sacrificed ac-
cordingly, while former habitues of
commented upon the awful loss, but
did not offer to buy even mementoes.
But worst of all was when the small
whisky glasses that are good for
taking medicine or to drink orange
Juice from, brought as much as eX-
pensive champagne glasses which
used to bubble with the wine or
sparkle with burgundy. Prohibition
and the Penn-Harris have had an
awful effect.
Mayor-elect j. Hampton Moore
tells this story about a man well
known to Harrisburg people: Ed
ward Box, who has quit drawing
salary to be of service to the COM
munity, was one of the big leaders
orchestral Mr.. Bok's activities in
behalf of this popular Philadelphia
institution did not stop at the pluck
ling point. He knew how to pick up
checks in large amounts, butshe also
understood the publicity game.
There were those banners across
Broad street and down Chestnut.
Folks wondered why the Moore cam
paign banner was not swung across
Broad street during the last weeks
of the campaign. That's n story
which Murdoch Kendrick, the Moore
manager, can best explain. 1Io
yielded to Mr.. Box. The orchestra
exhorter claimed that the election
was a dead sure thing, but there was
still some doubt whether the S1,0O0,-
900 desired would be forthcoming for
the orchestra. Kendrick yielded and
the Box banner went across Broad
street where the mayoralty cam
paign banner was expected to go.
That's Bok's way OF doing things.
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