Ee Bellskute, ai Sepremper »,! 1912. MEETING MRS. FLEMING. Gerber is a bachelor. When his bosom friend Fleming suddenly mar ried a girl unknown to Gerber, mar- ried without the slightest preliminary warning, Gerber felt hurt. He was in Shanghai when the news reached him. Smothering his feelings, he ca- bled his congratulations. Then he wrote, promising to drop in on the Flemings the very first moment he landed in Chicago. Mrs. Fleming was anxious to know Gerber. She had heard all about the old school days, the tricks, the sum- mer evening larks, the swimming hole and the pasture lot athletics. She felt as though she knew Gerber and would instantly recognize him, even though Will had no picture of his chum to show her. Time went on regardless of matri- mony and friendship. The business in Shanghai proved long drawn out. When a year and a half had passed Fleming had ceased talking about his boyhood days and Gerber's arrival was a mislaid hope. Fleming put In all his spare time amusing William Fleming, Jr. On the memorable night that Mrs. Fleming was called away to her mother’s, at the other end of the city, Fleming was alone with his son and heir, his pipe and papers and mem- ories. The son and heir went to sleep. Fleming's pipe was drawing well and the memories slowly crept out of the years. It was just then that Gerber walked in. ! The two old friends skimmed briefly | over the main events of their history and Gerber was about to begin on his oriental experience when Fleming interrupted him. “Just hold on a minute. I'll tele. phone Mildred that you are here. She's perfectly crazy to know you.” Fleming started for the nearest drug store to telephone. He no sooner had closed the door bebind him than a fretful murmur from some corner of the flat caught Gerber’'s ear. Almost immediately the fretful murmur be | came a wail Gerber, panic-stricken, made one, jump for his hat, put it on and started to escape. But a blood-curdling roar made him turn desperately toward the noise. A baby! Fleming had a baby! What did one do for a dying infant and where was the fool father? Gerber’'s knowledge of babies came hands red, und the Hight collars | will almost ruin the skin of the neck. | When bathing use only tepid water, never hot nor cold, which invariably stimulates the blood vesesls. WHITE MOTOR COAT slowly from the comic pictures in the newspapers. You picked them up and | walked with them. | Gerber tried this with shaking | hands. It worked like a charm, Round and round the flat went Ger | ber. On the twenty-second round, just as he swung with graceful stride toward the parlor, the door opened and a natty hatted, gowned and gloved ' young woman stood blinking dazedly at the interior of her home. Gerber surmised that the young | woman was Mrs. Fleming. He was sure of it when, with flashing eyes, | she demanded: “What are you doing | with my baby?" | Gerber stared helplessly. “I heard | him crying and I thought I'd pick him | up,” he explained hesitatingly, “Oh, you thought you'd pick him ! up!” cried Mrs. Fleming, her mind one gallery of newspaper headlines, | pictures of kidnapers and “black hand” murderers. This dark, olive skinned, smooth faced tall man, with the soft slouch hat— For one awful second Mrs. KFlem. ing's heart stopped beating. ‘Then’ with lightning swiftness she was at the library table and her hand touched her husband's brand new gun. She pointed it straight at the head of the man, “Put that baby on the couch!” she ordered, Gerber obeyed and then opened his mouth to explain, “Don’t move or make a sound. I'll fire if you do!” commanded the wom. an with the gun, Gerber flushed and stood motion. less, Fleming found an interesting tableau on his return. A rigid Gerber, a deathly pale wife with a shining new gun rigidly poised and a sweetly slum. bering infant. “What the—Mildred! What in heaven's name are you doing with that gun? Put it down! This is Ger ber. Gerber, you know. I went out to cail you up to tell you to come home and meet him. Your mother said you had just left. I stopped In to get some cigars and—" Gerber began to gurgle something, Mrs. Fleming gave a sudden lurch and with a “Well! The baby!” crum- pled up on the library table. Fleming gave one look at Gerber and then at the sleeping infant, Then he threw up his hands. “Gerber, 1 clean forgot the kid,” he cried. Omissions of History. Gutenberg had invented printing. “How else,” he said, “could the average congressman ever get his speeches out of his system!” For in the olden days the minutes of the meeting contained nothing but the actual proceedings. Inured to the Cold. “I have begun preliminary prac- tice.” “What do you mean?” “1 go out every day and sit for a few minutes on the bleachers. I want to harden myself for those opening games.” | bones which you'll scarcely know are | make one for yourself by using as a ‘ pattern the upper half of a tight-fit- | ! French dimity or batiste, fasten ; a little cluster of forget-me-nots over | incidentally, you'll wonder how you {sath in bran-water will do wonders a ————————————— BRASSIERE | Keeps the Figure Looking Trim Above | IS A BLESSING! | the Waist, a Highly Desirable Effect. snare One doesn’t have to be uncomfort- | able in these enlightened days of the i | brassieres which support the bust, | | keeps the figure looking trim above | the belt, while below that may be ! worn hip restrainers, meaning stays, | which have only a few flexible whale- present. If you don’t care to buy | ready-made a brassiere that is all lace | insertion and satin ribbons, you may } ting underwaist or corset cover, the | ‘old-fashioned garment which is the | ugliest thing imaginable, but which | Istill is lurking in the wardrobe of ! nearly every middle-aged woman. Make the Urassiere of fine lawn, | it over the shoulders with bands of hand- | embroidered lingerie material and ! adge it all round with lace, but don't | run ribbons through beading because | that sort of frivolity has gone out of ! date and whatever happens, you don't | want to be behind the times. Use sat- | in flowers instead. Put a fine row of tiny rosebuds across one shoulder or | the band where the fronts close and | your brassiere will look so fascinat- | ing that you'll enjoy putting it on, and aver managed without it. BANISHING THE YELLOW SKIN | ds Many Harmless Bleachee May Be Recommended to Produce the Perfect Complexion. Very yellow necks and faces can be | whitened only by the use of a decid- ad bleach that will gradually fluft | away the old skin and just as grad- | aolly disclose a fresh, new, white one. Such preparations cannot be made | very well at home. It is a dangerous | procedure when attempted by expe- | rienced hands, and is best done by a professional. The frequent applica. | tions of lemon juice at night after a with moderately yellow skins. Sometimes poor soap causes the 2ands to be red, It really seems as if the hands tire of one kind of soap, | and rebel against its use. Immedi- ately after bathing the hands spread | thickly with cosmetic jelly or lotion. When retiring for the night, after using the lotion, sprinkle thickly with | talcum. Don't wear tight collars or ! i tight corsets—they will always make | White and pale tan are immensely fashionable this season and this motor coat of soft white wool eponge (toweling fabric) has a shawl collar, deep cuffs and pocket flaps of the same material in the new tan shade called burnt bread. The coat is short enough to reveal new “magpie” boots of black leather, with white kid but. toned tops. Applyii.g Invisible Patch. To apply an invisible patch to woolen material, place the patch un- der the hole, then, with strands of wool thread raveled out from the new pian i8 very successful in mending lace yokes and collars that have worn in small holes about the joining point, yet are too good to discard alto gether. | Chestaut | trees. It is likel Trees Killed by Centre County. The Chestnut Tree Blight Commission's county representative Mr. Jacob M. Hoff- ' man, with his scouts, have been inspect- | ing the chestnut trees in various parts of the county, and have found several in- Jaciions refatly in ie vicinity of Union- Previously infections have been Tay etn ave BO !ipsburg. The Clearfield county men working near the Moshannon creek, near the boundary between Centre and Clear- field counties, south of Houtzdale, have also found several infections, and in Elk sigit' 42 jeomum | county infections have recently been found . in the southern. portion of the county. In Huntingdon county, near the Centre | county line, there are very extensive and serious infections, of several hundred that other isolated in- fections will be found from time to time | by Mr. Hoffman and his scouts in various parts of Centre county. To all owners of chestnut trees, as well as to all public spirited persons interest- | ed in the conservation of our forests and water supply, the importance of locating and destroying every infected tree is readily apparent, and cannot be too strongly emphasized. Anyone who will take the time to look over some of the chestnut trees in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey or eastern New York, will y appreciate the damage done where blight has become prevalent, as in y sections all of the chestnut trees either dead or dying, including fine ees two or three feet in diameter,as aller trees. Even in Hunt- the damage done already It is estimated that the e in the eastern part of by the chestnut tree is in excess of $25,000, PEF Bgei: jh g328% a if i § tless (infected 5 res or th the bight,” iy ge other, often many i miles, by the wind, by birds, squirrels |and insects, and it has been | steadily westward. Notwithstanding this, | the means taken by the commission are | proving very effective, so that through the | co-operation of lumbermen and land own- | ers, and all public-spirited persons, the blight can yet be held incheck and event- | ually eradicated. In addition to the scouting done by | the employees of the commission, the purpose is to inteaest the public with the characteristics of the disease, and it is earnestly desired that anyone who by careful examination of his own chestnut trees, or in any way, should find trees in- fected with the blight, that they will im- mediately noti e county representa- tive or Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman and his men are at present working in the vi- | cinity of Julian, and will continue scout- i i fa 2 gd 8 ing until eventually all of the county has been inspected. Chestnut trees are scattered all over Centre county, and in many places the | trees have become large and valuable for | the nuts, for lumber, ties, poles, mine props and ties, posts, tannic acid wood, etc. The necessity of keeping the blight from spreading in this district and west- ward is readily seen from the above facts and it is hoped the public will co-operate in every possible way in this worthy pur- pose. Anyone desifing to examine disinfected specimens of the blight, or to receive lit- erature regarding the same, can do so by tive Toco M. unicating with county represents. at present at Julian, or with Thos. N. Kurtz, district supervisor, at Clearfield. uarters of the com- fnicsion are Bn the First National vitik ing at Tyrone, in charge Thomas E. Francis, field superintendent for the western part of Pennsylvania. “DOCK ASH Counts. 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Established and maintained by the joint action of the United States Government and the wealth of Pennsylvania Common FIVE GREAT SCHOOLS—Agricuiture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mining, and Natural Science, offering thirty-six courses of four years each—Also courses in Home Economics, Industrial Art and Physical Education—TUITION FREE to both sexes; incidental charges mod- erate. First semester begins middle of September; second semester the first of February; Summer Session for Teachers about the third Monday of June of each year. For catalogue, bulletins, announcements, etc., address 57-26 THE REGISTRAR, State College, Pennsylvania. St. marys Beer, The sunshine of lager beer satisfaction radi- ates from every bottle of ELK COUNTY BREWING COMPANY’S EXPORT. Every | glass is a sparkl- exquisite taste any brewer’s sibly create. Our ment is equipped latest mechani- and sanitary de- the art of brew- && cently installed a | a ment ranking vl Our sanitary ji ilizing the bottles filled, and the of pasteurizing has been auto- guarantees the our product. We at the brewery tles, as exposure to ing draught of and is as pure as skill can pos- entire establish- with the very cal inventions vices known to ing, having re- bottling equip- second to none. methods of ster-~ before they are scientific process 7 | the beer after it matically bottled lasting purity of bottle cur beer in AMBRE bot- light injures flavor. ElK County Brewing Company ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA 57.27-14t me soar a __CLOTRING. o-morrow, Saturday, Until 6 O'clock. Jewish Holiday. Brockerhoff House Building. CLOTHING. n BERERERECEREE EEE REE Err: The Fauble Stores WILL BE CLOSED FAUBLES.
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