Bellefonte, Pa., March 28, 1913.
WOMEN OF DENMARK.
As a Rule, They Are Wage Earners
Even Though Married.
There is an outstanding point of dif-
ference between the activities of wo-
men in Denmark and in other coun-
tries. In Denmark the sole aim ix
economic independence for women
throughout their lives.
Thus in Copenhagen more than 1,000
married women work as clerks in of-
fices. By far the majority of actresses
are married. In order to enter the
school of the corps de ballet it is nec-
essary to be of good family. The
greater part of the husbands of ballet
dancers are in high positions.
Three hundred and fifty to four hun-
dred of the teachers in the free schools
in Copenhagen are married. They re
ceive exactly the same salary as the
men teachers—that is, £64 yearly. A
head teacher, man or woman, com-
mences with £160 and rises to £208
In the gymnasiums and secondary
schools many of the professors are
married women. who also form a con
siderable proportion of the privat-do-
centen in the universities, The munic-
ipal council of Copenhagen has several
women members,
In brief, in Denmark it is the rule
rather than the exception for the mar
riled woman to be economically inde-
pendent through her own labors.—Lon-
don Spectator.
WATCHING WATER FREEZE.
An Easy Way to Make the Growth of
Ice Crystals Visible,
It is not commoniy known that fresh
water may sometimes be “colder than
ice” and that the growth of ice crystals
may be made plainly visible. An in-
teresting experiment to show this may
easily be made.
Fill a clean pint bottle with distilled
water. Make a hole in the stopper
large enough to let the thermometer
pass through it. The kind of ther
mometer used in physical laboratories
is most convenient. Insert the stop-
per in the bottle and let the thermome-
ter reach nearly to the bottom.
Pack snow or ice and salt round the
bottle as you would pack an ice cream
freezer. If the bottle is not jarred
the temperature may be seen to drop
several degrees below the freezing
point without freezing the water.
If the stopper and thermometer are
now removed and a small piece of ice
free from any trace of salt is inserted
in the bottle and pushed down into the
water crystals of ice may be seen to
shoot out in all directions from it.
After this experiment has been tried
you will have some understanding of
the network of ice girders which is be-
neath the ice coating of small ponds.—
London Telegraph.
Thackeray at the Minstrels.
When the Christy minstrels came to
London in 1857 Thackeray was en
chanted with them. *I heard not long
since,” he says in one of his letters, “a
minstrel who performed a negro ballad
that, I confess, moistened these specta-
cles in a most unexpected manner. 1
have gazed on thousands of tragedy
queens dying on the stage and expiring
in appropriate blank verse, and I never
wanted to wipe them. They have look-
. ed up, be it said, at many scores of
clergymen without being dimmed, ind.
behold, a vagabond, with a corked
face and a banjo, sings a little song
and strikes n wild note which sets the
heart thrilling with happy pity.” Glad
stone, too, was an admirer of the
Christy minstrels and was often to be
seen listening to their songs with rapt
attention.—London Chronicle.
Almanacs,
Almanacs were not allowed in the
hands of the common people of Rome
until about 300 B. C. Until that time
all knowledge of the calendar was en
tirely in the custody of the priests. Did
one wish to know the date of a feast
day, the hours of the sun's rising or
setting or when there would be a new
moon he must consult the priest. as
these occult laws were only to be re
vealed by him But one day a pre
sumptuous layman named Flavius, sec
retary of Apping Claudius, obtained the
secret either by stealthily obtaining ac
cess to the documents or by repeatedly
consulting the priests. He engraved his
records on white tablets and exhibited
them open!y in the forum and so be
came the publisher of the first almanac.
Harper's.
Our Dying Sun,
The time will most surely come when
the sun will have ceased to throw off
light and heat. Long before that hap:
pens, however, the earth and other
planets will have become “dead
worlds,” like the moon—no life of any
sort upon them. It has been calenlat:
ed that the sun will cease to throw out
its heat somewhere about 7.000.000
years from now.—New York American.
“The White Man’s Burden”
'SEAMAN'S LIFE A HARD ONE
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Zxcessive Toil in Unsanitary Quarters
Responsible for Disease That
Shortens Their Days.
Ilhealth, we are told, is the cause
of one-fourth of the destitution in
large cities. “The ratio is probably
much higher among the toilers of the
sea,” said George McPherson Hunter
of the American Seamen's Friend so-
ciety in The Survey. “Below deck in
the recesses of the ship, twenty feet
beneath the sunlight, stokers stand ca
iron plates in front of open furnaces,
pend their backs to fili the coal
shovel, and then swing the coal into
the hot furnace mouth. The roll of
the ship and the swing of the body
throw an uneven strain on the lower
part of the torso which causes hernia.
“Novelists tell with great guste of
the saiiors killed by pirates and buec-
careers, and sometimes by the ‘bucko
mate.’ All these amiable gentlemen
of fortune never killed or maimed as
many men as the forecastles of the
ships that sail the seas. The medical
officer of the port of Londen submits
a table showing the minimum air
space allowed for cattle in cowsheds,
and for individuals in military bare
racks, workrooms, lodging houses and
seamen’s quarters. Setting these side
by side, it is shown that cattle are
best off in this respect and seamen
worst. The reports of the surgeon
general of the United States Marine
hospital service show continuously
that seamen suffer in a startling man-
ner from diseases, most of them
springing from the inadequacy of pure
air and healthful places in which to
eat and sleep.”
ASKED TO SHOW GRATITUDE
Time for Son-in-Law to Prove Hime
self Werthy of Favors He Had
Been Receiving.
“Son-in-law,” he said, as he called
him into the library and locked the
door, “you have lived with me now
for over two years.”
“Y-yes, sir.”
“In all that time I haven't asked
you a cent for board.”
“N-no, sir.”
. “In all your little quarrels with my
daughter I have always taken your
part and decided in your favor.”
“A-always, sir.”
“l have even paid some of your
bills.”
“Y-you have, sir.”
“And in every way helped you to
get along.”
“Y.you have been very kind, sir.”
“I have tried to be, my boy, and I
think ycu appreciate it.”
“II do, sir.”
“Thanks. Kindly tell your mother-
in-law that the poker chips which she
picked up in my room this morning
were dropped out of your pocket, and
we'll call it square!”
Postal Shower.
The postal shower is likely to be-
come an institution, It is designed
for the benefit of a friend who has
gone to live in a strange place. The
shower was originated by a woman
living in St. Louis to encourage her
son, a young lawyer, who had estab-
lished an office in San Antonio, Tex.
Knowing he was bashful the mother
wrote to all her friends, asking that
each one send a post card to him, with
some cheering message. In many
cases a friend would encourage her
own friends to write also, and thus
the list grew. The young man got so
much mail matter that San Antone
people got to think he was a person of
some consequence, and they took to
him in great style. The “shower”
worked so well in this instance that
the story spread. Now the idea is
gaining popularity by leaps and
bounds and bids fair to spread while
the supply of lonesome friends holds
out.
Teaches Bird Life in School.
Georgia is putting on her statute
pooks a law that a bird day shall be
observed in the public schools, the
Memphis Commercial Appeal re-
marks,
This is not to be a holiday, but a
day set apart for instruction in bird
life and uses, so that children may be
aducated along these lines to such an
extent that the birds of the state may
receive the protection they should
aave. Not only will children be in-
structed as to bird manners and hab-
its, but they will be particularly ime
pressed as to the asefulness of the lit-
ile creatures in keeping down insect
life and thus prctecting trees, fruits
und growing crops. Few clildren
:hink of birds as serving a useful end.
'‘fhey regard them as things of beau-
ty merely or else as legitimate prey
for slingshot and gun.
Solar Eclipse Affects Wireless.
During the recent solar eclipse an |
interesting test was undertaken be-
tween the radio station of the Royal
dock yard in Copenhagen and the
Blaavandshuk station on the coast of
Jutland, so as to ascertain the effect
of the eclipse upcn wireless transmis-
sion. It transpired that the telegraph.
ing became more distinct and reliable
us the eclipse progressed, and that it
was most distinct shortly after the
culmination of the eclipse. The view
that it is the effect of the solar light
upon the atmosphere which is the
cause of radio telegraphy being much
better at night than during the day
seems thus to be confirmed.
Grandchild of George III.
The Grand Duchess Augusta Caro.
line of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Europe's
oldest princess, celebrated her 90th
birthday recently. She is the only
surviving grandchild of George IIL
Aeroplane Honeymoons Preferable in
Some Ways to Those of
Ordinary Sort.
There is much to be said in faver
of aeroplane weddings, but we shall
say only a little of it on a day like
this, remarks the Newark News.
Let us indicate briefly a few
salient features of this new social in-
stitution.
The aeroplane wedding solves the
problem of the getaway. When the
happy couple depart in an airship
their loving friends cannot scare the
horses into running away and break-
ing the bride's neck.
Nor is it possible for them to throw
high enough to blacken the bride-
groom's eyes with old shoes. The
newly-wedded pair are, in fact, in a
position to bombard the wedding
guests if they so desire.
A five-pound boot dropped on a
wedding guest from a height of 250
feet ought to bring him a tremend-
ous amount of good luck, according
to the traditions of wedding festivity.
An aeroplane honeymoon ought te
be fascinating. Imagine sailing along
all day without having to stand the
bold, bad gaze of a patent leather
drummer in the seat across the aisle.
Fancy being too far up in the clouds
to hear the ribald whistle of the
young loafers at the railway station.
But airship honeymoons are as
sure to come to an end as the other
kind. In a careless moment the
bridegroom will say:
“You do very nicely at the levers,
my dear, but your figure eights are
nothing like mother used to make.”
A new form of wedding announce-
ment will have to be prepared for the
society reporters, in part as follows:
“Mr. and Mrs. Winger left imme- |.
diately after the ceremony for an ex-
tended aviation tour in France. If
they return they will reside at 26
Laurel road.”
Aeroplane marriages are highly
dangerous, perhaps, but all kinds
are, for that matter,
To Restore Chartreuse Monastery.
Tourists in all parts of the world
will be interested to learn that the
‘famous Grande Chartreuse monastery,
which has been sadly neglected of
recent years, is to be repaired and
restored by the French authorities.
Every year it is visited free by 60,000
tourists, and if a small entrance fee
were charged the monastery could be
kept in good condition. The Grande
Chartreuse was founded by St. Bruno
in 1084, and in 1132 it was completely
destroyed by an avalanche, but was
reconstructed soon after. Between
the fourteenth and seventeenth cen-
turies it was destroyed by fire eight
times, and rebuilt on the same site,
The last fire took place in 1676, when
the famous monastery was recon
structed as it remains today, prac
tically no change having been made
during the last 236 years. It is a
venerable monument of French re
ligious architecture, situated in a
picturesque site midst the Dauphiny
Alps.
To Raze Historic House,
Having purchased the historic
house at Van Cortlandville, near
Peekskill, Walter 8S. Hamilton ol
Nyack will raze the edifice and re
place it with a fine modern home.
During the Revolutionary war the
old building was a popular wayside
inn, being a regular stopping place
for parties of Washington's troops as
they went up and down the Hudson
river. And the general himself often
visited the place for rest and refresh
ment,
A platoon of soldiers guarding
Major Andre after his capture took
an early morning breakfast there on
December 26, 1780, Efforts made by
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion to save the premises from de
struction seem to have met with ne
SuCCess,
Polite for the Pastor's Benefit.
Little Mary was not especially noted
for her tabie manners so that on sev-
eral occasions she had dined on the
kitchen cabinet when there was com:
peny in the house. But the dinner
prepared for the new minister was
entirely tco tempting to be passed
over lightly, go she resorted to all
kinds of premises for the privilege of
coming to the table.
True to her word, Mary was on her
very best behavior, but she did so
want a second piece of cake and the
plate was over by the minister, entire-
ly out of her reach. After giving the
matter considerable thought she fold-
ed her hands meekly and exclaimed:
“Mr. Blair, please pass the cake for
Jesus’ sake!”—Kansas City Star,
Truth About Old Age.
George F. Baer, the famous Phila.
delphia railroad man, said on his
seventieth birthday:
“1 agree with Professor Metchni-
koff about the wisdom of the old. Pro-
fessor Osler made it fashionable to de.
cry gray hairs, but my experience has
been that the old not only possess wis.
dom, but they seek it also.”
With a smile, Mr. Baer added:
“The only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young.”
She Admitted It.
Little Ella's father was an emi:
nant author, and one day while he was
at luncheon the little girl occupied a
chair in his study. Shortly a caller
was ushered in, and with a pleasant
smile inquired:
“I suppose you assist your father in
entertaining bores?”
“Yes, sir,” replied Ella, gravely:
“please be seated."—Harper's Bazar. '}
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