Page Four * Whe Gente Democrat, | Che orcsa Taree. 'g-gont oh Joos] meld bmg eB a Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second. class matter. I oe TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $150 per year...............\f paid in advance $3.00 per year... .......... if not paid in advance se Sle Ste RS a —— ee The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label by a mon hange on the date of label the first issue of each . We send no receipts unless upon special re- quest. Watch date on your label after you remit. Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, | must reach The Centre Democrat office not later than All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, ¢nd not no- titying us, are lable for same, : All subscription: will be continued unless otherwise directed. a —_—"", CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK == TR —— a — ————a ——— x he LTly EDIT RIAL Most of us can be thankful that we are living in the good old U. 8. A. What effect will war in Europe have upon the fortunes snd destinies of the American people? Nerve and vision are needed to play the stock market, according to an expert. How about a little money, too? The greatest world problem is sald to be that of distribution, and nobody knows it better than Santa Claus. It is not an uncommon thing nowadays to see two roadsters neck and neck with the occupants of both of them doing the same thing. Perscnally, we have no desire for the United States to become embroiled In any European war but, just the same, we don't care to give any sid or comfort to Hitler or Mussolini or the Emperor of Japan. If you're running your car or truck on old worn- out tires, you'd better see to it that they are reason- ably safe. As a result of an amendment to the Stute vehicle code a period of tire inspection is about to begin. The law effective September 1, authorizes police to notify owners of vehicles with worn-out tires. Motorists will be allowed 48 hours to make ad- justments, repairs or replacements. A Berks county man, driving a few miles ont of Harrisburg picked up two hitch hikers, He had not gone fir until he was atlacked and besten unmercl- fully. About that time along came a company of Nationa! Guardsmen, returning from Manassas, Vire ginia. They went to the Berks man's rescue and the hiteh-hiker thugs started to escape. Someone let §9 a shot and one of the thugs fell dead. The moral of it sil ls—why will sane people keep on picking up uaknown hitch-hikers in their automobiles? ‘Every conflict in which the United States has been engaged has found us pathetically unprepared for the emergency. No longer can 4 nation prepare for war overnight. Equipment, supplies and arma- ments require many months. The training of per- sonnel fs a prolonged task. Construction of ships, the erection of fortifications, the manufacture of big guns and field artillery require time and money. They mmust be ready when needed. No man Knows what will happen in Europe in the next two or three years: By 1942 the Unfted States may face an entirely different world situation. With the world facing a new crisis, the aver- age American probably thinks that the United States has a great navy, a great air force and & mifvelous army. As usual, the suyper-patriots are mistaken. We have a very small army, inadequate iy equipped. Our navy has nothing but pre-war bat. tieships and while it is better balanced than it was u few years ago, most of our expansion is on Paper. The ait force is efficient but small. The difference between American preparedness and that of some other nations is that our expansion is yet to take effect. We have some good plans and 1f nothing hap- pens In the néxt few years, we may have the fight- ing forces that we need. New York Sta'e's milk strike is settled. The us udl formula was followed. The producers and dis- tributors got theirs, but the consumer pays. His milk bill will increase. John Q. Public is a glution for punishment, If figures are understood, it was time something is done about the New York market and perhaps other States’ milk problems, It is de- clared that some of the milk for which upstate farmers got 3 cents a quart is sold tg the consam- ers in New York City at 18 cents a quart. It ks hour “just to see for myself what I could see about speeding.” He says he counted 43 cars with Pennsyl- your name. All credits are given | | | | | THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. EE — ———————— A a Last week a score of Republican congressmen who voted for the WPA vacations started thelr vacations by going to Europe at government expense. The ones who will really win the war in Eur. ope are not the soldiers but the milkman, the bak- er, the butcher and grocer, A nation ili-fed cannot withstand the rigors of war as long as one well- nourished. Even before war Is declared Germany has rationed its citizens to a scile In numerous items lower than the food standard of a jail prison. er in this country. The German food cards, for in- stance, allow only twenty-five ounces of meat per persor, & week, Our jails give their prisoners fifty- one Junces President Roosevelt is reported considering an- other peace appeal to Germany and Italy, this time the United States being’ Joined by ull of the other American republics, That's the biggest group of democracies in the world and though the dictators may scorn democracy as such they cannot ignore the fact that twenty-one countries all huddled together in one hemisphere, maintaining pe.ce and working together for prosperity, have a right to offer advice to the squabbling neighbors of Europe. A pressure appeal like that might offer Hitler the excuse he needs to lessen his demands without losing face be- fore his own people. This week's figures persuade Secretary of Pub- lie Assistance Russell that the relief tide is at ita crest and will begin to fall. The smallest increase in relief applications was reached this week. Apparent. ly the reduction in WPA forces with their transfer to State rellef lists has spent itself. One of the most gratifying features of the trend Is the increasing absorption of the unemployed by private industry. Bince Spring, says the secretary, private Industry has taken B400 cases of 26.000 per sons. Out of a total of 274.530 c.ses on August 19, the figure of 8400 cases is not large, but it is sub- stantial, and much better than the corresponding period of the year before. One of the Republican candidates spoke out the other day when he sald: “There are those, in the current campaign, who still think that present day voters can be influenced by the old ‘horse and buggy’ vote-getiing methods. This practice of making end- less promises, thit in most cases are impossible to fulfill in half a dozen terms of office, are freely and plously given in hope that the voting public will not notice how far-fetched most of them are. The vot- ers have iearned the hard way, that no human be- ing can bring the very stars within reach of all They are generally fed up on the fancy stories of the veteran story tellers. They will vote for candi. dates who are solid, successful and deliberate think. ers. They will consider the candidates’ past achleye- ments ond conduct.” CONGRESS MISLEADS HITLER! The situation In Europe sumg up this: Either Hitler is bluffing or Great Britain and Prance are bluffing, or the world will soon see the nations of Europe al each other's throats, The situation of the United States is: Our people want no wir. If the conflict lasts very long, however, the trend of events in Europe wil profoundly affect national sentiment. If Ger. many and [taly appear to have a chance to defeat Great Britain and France the pressure for Ameri. ¢.n intervention will overcame our antipathy to war. about like Because of a belief that Hitler would not begn a war with the risk that this ‘country will take sides against him, many Americans have belleved that the surest way to keep this country out of a war would be to “persuade” Hitler that the odds are too great against his venture. The passage of amendments to the neutrality act, serving notice that Great Britain and France would be allowed to buy supplies here would have warned Hitler that the material resources of the United States were on the side of his antagonists. Defeat of the amendments may have misled Mr. Hitler Into the belief that the United States will not sell Great Brifain and Prance the munitions that they need in the course of a struggle. If this is the conclusion In Hitler's mind, it might easily per. rugde him to risk a war. In the interest of peace, however, somebody should tell Herr Hitler that Congress often changes its mind; and somebody should tell him immed. ately. LESSON IN COURTESY A courteous State motor policeman is just as much credit to Pennsylvania as an efficient one is. Governdr James tock care to point that out to one of his motor policemen after a roadside incident recently. It seems that the Governor was driving slong a highway bent on a visit to another State official. He wasn't just sure where the official lived and was casting an eye about for someane to give him instructions when he spied a motor police car outside a garage. The Chief Executive halted his machine and waited rather patiently for several minutes but the driver of the car didn't appear. The Governor then tooted his horn several times and at last the motor policeman strolled out of the garage. “What do you want?” was the gruff inquiry of the policeman. . And then he proceeded to answer the Governor's request for Information in anything but a polite tone of volce. Of course, it isn't necessary to state that he Tailed to recognise the boss. The air of annoyance disappeared from the cop's face when the Governor finally said: “Suppose you get in your car and show the Governor of Pennsylvania where so-and-so lives” The Governor wasn't cross beciuse the trooper | | | Louisad’s Letter Dear Louisa: | I am a boy who {5 very much In | need of good advice, I am sevénteen years old and have been going with a girl 2 years | old for about a year and a half, 1 think very much of her and think | 1 am in love with her, she says she | Joves me 100, She wan'g very | much for us to get married, She is working an) says she wil] help pay for the furniture 1 have never talked to my folks about it, but I don't know what to | do. She says we could rent a farm and start farming, but 1 am not sure 1 would be satisfled later on, {as I have one more vear of high | high | for a wife and family ! tie | started on | doing any kind of work in orle; | provide bread and meat for a wif: {| and bables i girl | one { fromm her husband but | him and feels that school 10 finish and have been ad- vised that she is 100 old for me, Al- hough she |s 22 she looks much older and acts much older, 1 don't know what to do. She almost has me In the notion too “UNDECTDED WILLIE Tiinols ANSWER: You will be very foolish to marry at your age and doubly foolish if you marry a girl clder than your- self If a man is in his thirties or for- ties and falls In love with «ome one a few years older than he, such a mar: lage may turn out very cessfully, particularly so, if he hap- pens 10 be settled for his age and she Is young for hers. But for 2a young boy to get married before he has had a chance to meet different girls, Is quite a mistake You should, at least, finish your school education before you think of marriage. Wha prepara. fonn have you had to makes a living for there is usually a family when there is lit. to support them on Just at the time when your companions will be having a good time and eettineg their careers, you will to the grinds one to suc- have your nose A boy has no business 10 get mar- | ried until he has finished his educa- | tion and has a job or, a! least, very | good prospects for i ing making a lv- And another thing, don't marry | anyone you think you are in love with. When you meet the right you will know that she is the LOUISA The City two girls from Lake | Florida, who asked for personal ad- { vice, did not inclose a stamped en- | velope. so 1 will not publish their jetters. but will try to answer them! {in this column. * | To the first one who is parted who loves they can get | along as long as the in-laws do not | | interfere, my advice is 0 have A; | talk with the husband and uy to | the | hood. Just persuade him to move awav from parents’ house and neighbor tell him that he will! have to decide whe her his home means more $0 him than living with bis people. After all one’s wile’ | and child should come belore ohe's | parents alone {would be a poor To the other 1 would say to let his boy she has been going with, " From your. description’ he matrimonial bet i ani 1 can see nothing but unhap- piness ih store for you i you mar- ry him LOUISA — | CONTROL OF CORN BORER REGULAR FARM PRACTICE Many fields of corn are again suffering from ravages of European | corn borers, a check by extension entomologists of the Pennsylvania State College shows } In the central, western, and northwestern counties of Pennsyls | vania where the corn borers have | been prevalent for a number of | years, farmers are betier acquainted | vith control measures. Duting the | sast three years, the stite entom. | slogists have noticed a spread of the | infestation (0 the southeastern sounties. Farmers in this area are! ~apidly becoming acquainted with | ‘he destructiveness of the insects! to both field and sweet corn | According to County Agent R. C i Blaney, control of European corn | borers is a part of the regular farm | aperation. It means getting rid of sta’ks and corn refuse so that the | borers can nol mature in them. | An important consideration is the | care of field corn at harvest. Corn | Sorer control is an essential part of | he harvesting operation. : Farmers nol acquainted with the | nreseribed methods for keeping the | European corn borer within bounds may obtain much heioful informa. ion by getting in touch with Coun ty Agent R. C. Blaney at hus office in Bellefonte. C—O — USE FALL CONTROL FOR CHECKING ANTHRACNOSE Raspberry patches In some com- | § e————— August 31, 1939. --— THE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” AFTER THE HONEYMOON (By the Smokehouse Poet) 0, hubby, dear hubby, come home 10 me Now, The clock Is just cuckooing one! You promised you'd “hit the hay” up in our mow When extra night work was all done! Your typist will be, O! so tired and weak From all of those letters she wrote! I'l search for no powder upon your left cheek, And won't even look at your coat! Come home! Come home! Come home! Please, hubby, dear hubby, come home! 0, hubby, dear hubby, come home to me now, The clock is just cuckooing two! You promised you'd leave that old lodge for your frau, When riding the goat was all through! I'm sure that the “Lady Auxiliaries’ ” spread Is eaten up long before this, And ev'ry sweet sister must be in her bed With dreams of sorority bliss! Come home! Come home! Come home! Please, hubby, dear hubby, come home! ©, hubby, dear hubby, come home to me now, The clock Is just cuckooing three! You promised you'd come from that weighty, high-brow Directorate meeting to me! Put up all those little, round, flat-colored checks You tell me are used in the watch Your officers keep on the company’s decks, And sweet with perfume of “Scotch! Come home! Come home! Come home! Please. hubby, dear hubby, come home! PEN PICTURE OF A COW What Is 4 cow? You're asking me Well, see If | can explain IL 0 thee; It's one of them critters with horns on its head It sometimes Is white, and sometimes is red It chyws on a cud and has a long tall And usually gives us white milk in a pall: Sometimes it's fat bul sometimes it's thin, And It hurts like the dickens If it kicks on your shin You can feed i! on fodder or feed it on hay And theres people who think that the critters do pay It has four feet but doesn’t wear shoes And speaks to us in deep, low “Moos.” It sometimes has horms but sometimes does not And we call it beef when it's cooked In a pot Cows sleep In a barn in what's called a stall Which is not very short and not very tall They walk in the field and est the green grass But seldom look up at the cars as they pass In the future, I'm sure, if a cow you should see, Youll know it at ones from this description by me ~VERA H PAGE, Winfield, Pa THE POETICAL DIVORCE CASE We thought we'd seen a jot of funny wrinkles in divorce cases, but one that is alleged to have been pulled in Wichit:, Kansas, is really a Classic The petition is all in poetry and reads as follows: THE DISTRICT COURT OF BEDGWICK COUNTY, KANBAS COLGATE, PLAINTIFF. VS, BILL COLGATE, DEFENDANT: PETITION Plaintiff comes now 10 aliege and say In this country and state she's lived a year and a day An actual bona fide resident is she And In this court (0 enter her plea I married the Defendant, Junuary 7, 1928 on or about And on January 22. 1928, he kicked me out Though ove and affection 1 did bestow Curses and blows 1 got, don't you know 1 also allege to this honorable Court Defendant is gulity of non-support I wed for love but naught did gain, Please give me back my former Dame To Lve with him It is no use, That man he gives me 100 much abuse 1 pray a divorce from the old phoney, Attorney fees, court costs, and alimony IN ETHEL A. B. TEEL, Attorney for Plaintiff State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss: Ethel Colgate swears with plenty of vim, Everythings true that’s contained herein: Shell have to plead poverty, for it's po joke, She's out of work and plumb dead broke. Knew His Man The fellow was effusive In his thanks to g certain candidate for a loan. “This five dollars will help me out of a tight hole, and I'll give it back to you In a few weeks. By the way, where do you live?” The candidate looked solemn. “The Union cemetery,” he replied. “Oh, nonsense, that's not your address” said the fellow. No,” said the candidate, “but it will be before you send this five dol lars back.” Couldn't Believe It Doctor (after bringing victim to)—"How did you happen to drink that stuff? Didn't you read the sign on the bottle? It sald ‘Polson’ Ebenezer—“Yassah, but Ah didn't believe it.” Doctor—*Why not?” Ebenezer—" ‘Cause right underneath it, wag a sign dit sald ‘lye’” No Control Parmer—"“You hammer nails like lightning" Hired Man—"Thanks. I guess I am pretty fast” Farmer--“No, I mean you never strike twice in the same place ” This Is Pretty Stuff Fresh Guy-—"Aw, c'mon. Just one little kiss” Gal—"No. I've got scruples.” Fresh Guy--"Aw, that's awright. I been vaccinated.” Ask Us Another } Dear Editor—"Why Is a girl who has just got her pilot's license like a girl who has just come back from her first horseback ride?” Answer—"“That's eisy. She's a little soarer.” Just Too Bad The old lady entered the butcher shop with the light of battle in her eyes : “1 believe that you sell diseased meat Were” she accused the butche | or “We do worse,” calmly replied the shopkeeper. “What do you mean ‘worse’?” demanded the woman. The butcher put a finger to his lips “The meat we sell is dead,” he confided in 3 stage whisper. HE'S STANDING NOW ) — ’ Query an — J. N~In an old ancient history book the word “payvese” Is used Can you tell me in your excellent paper what the word means? | Ans. —“Payvese” is an obsolete variation of “Pavis"” Pavis Is & large | shield covering the whole body, and was used by warriors during the Mid- die Ages, It is now applied to any protective screen Used in warfare, F. R~Is the Parliament Building In London the largest bullding in the world? Ans. ~No and yes. The building is only six stories high, but it covers {about eight acres of land It has two lofty towers (one at each end) in {one of which is held a huge clock popularly known as “Big Ben™ C. G~Why Is the word “utopian” applied to Boclalists? Ans ~Utoplan is an adjective pertaining to Uwopla, an imaginary | island in which wag found the utmost perfection in laws, polities and i social order. The term has since been applied to Boclalists because it is claimed their scheme for the improvement of society is not practicable | Answer Column D. 8~Will you please answer what Is the origin of the term “The | wandering Jew"? Ans ~The Wandering Jew is the name of a novel by Eugene Bue | The chief character is an Imaginary person in & legend connected with {the history of Christ's Passion A. F~How many minutes are there in a hundred years? Ans ~The number of minutes in one hundred years is 52.560 000 N. B~What took place that caused the battle cry “Remember the Alamo” to become immortal? Ans. In the war for Texas independence from Mexico Col David Crockett and Col. James Bowie, with their bands of fighting Texans, converted the Alamo into a fort and held out for two weeks in the face of an overwhelming Mexican army which continually assailed them The Alamo only yielded when all the defenders were slain but five: these were captured by the Mexicans and cruelly slain Thereafter “Remember the Alamo” became the Texan war cry 8S. K~What water formed? Ans —Water consists of two gases—hydrogen and oxygen is that g.s which is used to fill balloons, and oxygen Is the gas which we breathe. Water Is 8 combination of these two gases—not a mere mixture of them. Two stems of hydrogen firmiy united to one atom of Oxygen end, presto, you have water are the elements that make water? And how is the Hydrogen 8S. H. L~Where is \e smallest church in the United States? Ans At Covington, Kentucky rommod.ites only three worshipers there Is a Catholie church which ac- J. T. H~Does the plant from which tea is made, have blossoms? Ans~—Tea plants bear a profusion of scented white or pinkish bios- roms. They resemble small wild roses, with petals encircling a cluster of yellow hairlike stamens E. W. M.—How fast does Sonja Henle trave, on the ice? Ans ~The skater's per hour M. T. H—How does the depth at which oil wells are drilled compare with the depth of the first wells? Ans —Col. Edwin L. Drake in 1850 found ofl at sixty-nine and one- half feet. The oll now being produced is found at a depth of from 10.000 10 13,000 feet speed {s thirtv-five mise E. M. J—Are the Panama Canal locks large enough any ship? Ans —Only the Queen Mary and the Normandie are through the locks which are 110 feet wide and 1600 feet to accommod te too large to pass hive a usable length of J. F. R~Who made the first long automobile trip? Ans ~The first long distance automobile trip in America was that of Alexander Winton, early automobile manufacturer, who in May 1898, drove from Cleveland to New York in forty-seven hours and thirty-four minutes. Winton used only fifteen gallons of gasoline for his hydro-car- ban motor C. 1. D.—Is there such a thing as a bird without wings? Ans ~The kiwi, or apteryx, of New Zealand possesses no visible wings or tail, only stumps which can be seen when the feathers are push. ¢d aside. Its nostrils are placed at the end of & long beak with which it digs lor worms. ? R. M. L—How many portage stamps are made in a day? Ans ~The United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving prints an BVerage of 60.000000 postage stamps a day E. M. H—Is there any country governed entirely by Negroes? Ans Liberia on the southwest coast of Africa, is both peopled and ‘governed by Negroes. All electors must be of Negro biood and owners land A. H~Where in Alexinder Hamilton's grave? Ans Alexander Hamilton is buried in the chureh, at New York City cemetery of Trinity M.D S—How did Death Valley get ils name? Ans ~The name was given by a survivor of a party of thirty niners, most of whom perished of thirst in its sands 8. G~Are there many people who do not know their ages? Ans ~In the census of 1830, there were $4022 persons classified un- der “dge unknown” E. T~Why does a rooster streich his neck when he crows? Ans This is a reflex action fo make the sound travel! farther, M. T. R~Is the original manuseript of “Home Sweet Home" in exist- ence? | Ans It belongs to the Sibley Musical Library of the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, N. Y. i B. F. 8-~Does the Bible say that women should dress modestly and ‘not talk too much? Ans-According to Timothy I. verses 8-12: “In like manner slo that | women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamelscedness and | sobriety: not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls or costly array; but { twhich becometh women professing godiiness) with good works. Let the | woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman 1% | teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” i i A. K.—Are black and white considered colors? Ans Speaking in a physical sense, black is not a color. It indicates ! the total absence of light; white, on the other hand, is the combination | of all the colors of the spectrum. In art, however, black and white are ! colors. | KE. O~How many copies of “Cone With the Wind” have been soli? | Ans—Total sales of the novel have reached approximately 2400 000 copies. V. C. F~O! what nationality i= Lou Nova, the prise fighter? Ans Lou Nova is of Scotch<Itish descent on his mother's side and forty- {white lining Of the mouth, which it is said to display | Cottonmouths may attain a length of four feet. gressive and most cases of snake bite in which they due to the reptile’s being stepped on. W. C. H~What causes frog spit on grass? Ans~Frog spit is a frothy secretion exuded by the nymphs of spit tie insects. These are small leaping insects whose larvae live on 4nd envelop themselves in a mass of white froth consisting of secreted through the anus and of bubbles of air, E. P. F~~What are the words that end in cion?
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