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Bellefonte, Pa., October 27, 1916
ALL HALLOW’S EVE.
Gray November's coming,
Brown October's done,
Hallowe'en is right between,
Just the time for fun.
From the darksome cellar
Bring the apples up,
Rosy-cheeked or striped and streaked
Like a tulip’s cup.
Launch them all together,
Spiey, scur, or sweet;
Sailing slow, round they go,
In a tiny fleet.
Q’er the tubs are peeping
Roguish Nell and Ned;
Mouth and chin plunge bravely in
For the apples red.
Ah, the naughty apples,
How they bob and slide!
Just for fun every one
Slyly slips aside.
Little dripping faces,
Laughter ringing clear,
Merry sights and comic plights—
O what sport is here!
Just as brown October
Sadly takes her leave,
That’s the way we always play
On All Hallow’s Eve.
—“Jewels.”
Report of the Work of the Y. W. C.
A. of Centre County, June 16-
October 14, 1916.
The work of the past three months
has been varied. During July there
were several out-of-deor meetings to
be arranged, picnics held, a play for
the True Blue club to he coached, ar-
rangements made for carrying on the
work in some of the country schools,
which are looked after by the Col-
lege Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. dur-
ing the winter, an explanation of the
Y. W. C. A. work given at Orviston, a
Summer Recreation club formed at
State College, and the usual club
and branch meetings held. During
the month of August most of the ac-
tive work through the county ceased,
a few picnics and special meetings be-
ing held. The “True Blue” Common
Weal club had ore delegate at Camp
Nepahwin, the Howard Branch had
two. We were fortunate in having
one Board member, Mrs. Pond with
her whole Camp Fire group present
for the entire County Week, and Miss
Lovejoy over the week-end. During
the High school council at Camp
Nepahwin the State College High
school club had one delegate, the
president of the club, present. Dur-
ing September plans for the next
vear’s work were made in most of the
clubs and branches and a regular
schedule is now in working order at
most places.
The clubs have drawn up varied
programs, including nutting days,
Hallowe’en socials, Thanksgiving and
Christmas parties, sleigh rides, sing-
ing of Christmas songs to shut-ins,
making scrap books for hospitals,
meetings for mothers, learning bead-
work, crocheting and sewing, study-
ing “Christian Citizenship for Girls,”
and “Out-of-Docrs in the Bible,”
talks on health, first aid, millinery
and household subjects, presenting
plays, learning new games and folk
dances, earning the Helen Gould bi-
ble, and other things. Most of the
Clubs want to raise enough money
during the winter to go camping next
summer. In several places the roll-
call is to be answered at club meet-
ings with a list of hirds or trees
learned, a book read, or with current
events, or club credits earned.
The Branch and Shingletown club
has lost its leader, but the girls have
drawn up a good program for the
vear, including the presentation of a
play.
The Spring Mills girls had a tent at
the Grange picnic with 2 Y. W. C. A.
penant displayed that caused many
people to inquire about the Associa-
tion. This club is beginning to make:
itself felt in the community. One of
the girls recently said that although
she had gone to school with some of
the girls in the club she had never re-
ally had any friends among the girls,
and now they all had so many more
good times, and all the girls were So
much more friendly.
The new work started at Oak Fall
is a Junior club of girls from 6-10
vears of age. The girls are learning
to sew, do little hand-work things,
and have games and stories. They
will meet at the same time as the
Common Weal club, under the direc-
tion of Mrs, Ferree, and when it
comes time for the games the two
clubs will unite. The Common Weal
club is planning to put a sign-post at
a cross-roads where one would be of
great help to the traveling public.
The True Blue girls are planning to
raise a certain amount of money to
present to the Shiloh church to aid in
getting individual communion service
for the church.
The Happiness Brigade at Centre
Furnace which was never in good
running order has started in as a reg-
ular Common Weal club, under the
leadership of Miss Anna Whipple, one
of the College girls. They are learn-
ing the Helen Gould verses, and doing
bead-work among other things.
The Polly Anna club of younger
girls at Lemont is starting again un-
der the direction of Miss Nelle Wil-
son, assited by other college girls.
The Pine Grove Mills club could not
organize this summer as had been ex-
pected, for the leader and most of the
members were away from home. It
is hoped that they may start again
very soon.
The Howard branch is continuing
its work in sewing, planning for chil-
dren’s parties as well as for their
own, calling on the sick and old with
baskets of fruit, studying “Lives
Worth Living,” and having a money
raising contest.
The Snow Shoe branch is endeavor-
ing to make their room more of a
community center by having the
young men take the room for part of
the time, and the Boy Scouts use it
for their meetings. This will also
materially aid in meeting the expense
which has been rather hard for the
girls to manage alone. The free
traveling library for which they are
working is also to be placed here.
Classes for this fall are gymnasium
and cooking. Talks on first aid are
to be given at intervals, social events
are planned, one vesper service to he
held, a mission play to be given. A
junior club of girls of 12 years of age
is under the direction of Mrs. J.
E. Harvey.
The State College branch is now in
its new quarters. A membership cam-
paign was recently held, and there are
now 97 members. A club for the de-
velopment of friendliness and social
life among girls has been formed with
Mrs. Arthur Holmes as leader. For
the first meetings the girls will learn
crocheting, embroidery, and work on
Christmas presents for a part of the
evening, and spend the rest of it in
games and social events. Later, offi-
cers will be elected and business car-
ried on regularly according to the
desires of the girls. Classes have been
formed in basketry, current events,
gymnasium, typewriting and short-
hand, crocheting, Spanish, folk lanc-
ing, Bible and mission study, cooking,
and sewing. The gymnasium class is
especially popular. The High School
club has planned an interesting year
based on its purpose. A grade school
club will be formed of which Miss
McMain is leader. So many girls
leave school before they enter High
school that if the Association is to do
anything to help them form their
ideas or learn hcw to have the right
kind of a good time, and the protec-
tion of good friendships it must get
the girls while they are in the grades.
Educational talks after the regular
business meetings, monthly social
events for the entire membership, and
Sunday social and vesper hours are
among the winter plans.
At Boalsburg, Millheim and Belle-
fonte, there is enough interest to
start local work soon.
Dr. Rachel Williams, of Philadel-
phia, who gives many talks at the
Normal schools and colleges in +his
field, was recently at State College
and the College and Dr. Williams
were kind enough to let us have some
of her time for the county work.
Saturday she spoke at Lemont to the
True Blue club; on Monday to the
High school and 3 upper grades at
State College, and to the High school
and grade girls at Howard.
While the Courty Week at Camp
Nepahwin was more on the order of a
summer camp than a conference, tho
girls who went thoroughly enjoyed it
and gained new ideas for their local
clubs. At the real county conference
at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, Miss
Lola Ulrich, the leader of the Spring
Mills Common Weal clab, was present
for half the time. At the conference
next summer, may Centre county be
represented by a big delegation! It is
hoped that there will be one at Silver
Bay, N. Y. next year for the eastern
counties and since that is so much
nearer surely several of the hoard
members and others can be there.
* Among matters particularly empha-
sized at the summer conferences were
these :
1. The training of leaders.
If the best work is to be done in our
Association it is nececsary that the
leaders of the work have a knowledge
of the broad aspects of girls’ work
that they have a clear vision of what
is to be done, exchange plans, and
grow with their girls. In one place
the leaders come in to headquarters
once a month for the purpose of
studying leaderslip together. Many
other places have tried the plan of
week-end conferences of leaders with
some members of the National Board
or Field staff present to lead the dis-
cussions and to give the benefit of
wider experience. Would not that be
feasible in this county this fall ?
2. Greater co-operation between
the educational work of the county Y.
W. C. A. and the public schools.
Vocational talks and poster exhibits,
showing graphically the requirements
in various lines of work for girls, op-
portunity for advancement, average
wage paid, advantages and disadvan.
tages, have proven of much value in
keeping girls longer in school; or in
on
oe. .
WILLIAM E. TOBIAS, of CLEARFIELD,
Democratic candidate for Congress in this District, and the man every Democrat
should vote for at the election on November 7th.
helping them to decide what kind of
work to undertake.
3. A Country Girls’ Congress—or
some similar meeting which will gath-
er the girls from the whole country
together has been a gcod means of
developing county spirit, greater en-
thusiasm and a firmer stand for the
real purpoe of the Assaciaticn.
4. County Camps.
It seems to be the consensus of
opinion that nothing could take the
place of a well conducted county camp
in giving to girls a realization of all
the “life abundant” can mean, and
that the greatest development of the
girls was through a conference or
camp. Miss Field said that if we get
our camp planned far enough in ad-
vance she might be able to spend a
week with the girls there.
5. Field Day Activities and Rec-
reational Plans.
These are often planned in connee-
tion with the public schools and other
county-wide agencies. The Y. M. C.
A. and the Y. W. C. A. in some coun-
ties have charge of showing rural
school teachers games and of conduct-
ing the Standard Athletic Tests both
for boys and girls throughout the
county.
C. A Policy and Programme for the
Year's Work.
Each board member has a copy of
this and checks it up during the year
to see that it is being carried out.
7. A prayer calandar for board
members, and some definite study
along spiritual lines.
8. Traveler's aid work.
9. The creation of community
standards in regard to moral prob-
lems and general life. The questions
and conditions must be studied, a
sense of community interest estab
lished, the problems presented to the
men and women to lead %o the protec-
tion of youth. They must be given a
platform to subscribe to and a pro-
gramme to engage in.
The work already accompliched and
the future plans are evidence of the
need of a County Y. W. C. A. in Cen-
tre county and an appeal for financial
support is made to all who are inter-
ested in county welfare.
A Blind Man Could Find Water in
Nevada.
In the October “American Maga-
zine” there is an article about Nevada
in which the writer says:
“There is a vast supnly of artesian
water in all of Nevada’s valleys. Most
of the rivers are peculiar in that they
rise and sink within its borders. In
other words, the water never leaves
the State. It is still there for the tak-
ing.
“When I was a boy, a man with a
divining rod appeared in Eagle Valley
and offered to locate artesian water at
ten dollars a well. He picked up quite
a bunch of money. The wells he lo-
cated are running yet. A blind man
could hit one.
“The easiest thing they do in Ne-
vada is to locate artesian water, with
a pressure that lifts the supply above
the surface. The soil of the State is
rich in those necessary chemical ele-
ments that guarantee mastodon crops.
“At the present time the total num-
ber of acres under cultivation is about
nine hundred thousand.
“Viewed from any angle, Nevada is
one of the few States in the Union
whose resources have not been devel-
oped. She is a State of boundless
possibilities. A gold field rush or a
Tonopah excitement is of no signifi-
cance compared with the greater and
more lasting achievements possible
through its soil.”
Automobile Hints.
A disagreeable rattle can often be
traced to the hood, where it rests on
its seat.
antifriction material should be in-
stalled to prevent any squeak or rat-
tle.
To those who object to the old
method of thoroughly greasing their
hands in order to make subsequent
cleaning easy after an overhauling
job it is recommended that a solution
composed of four parts of alcohol,
three parts of glycerin and three
parts of water be used instead. This
should be well rubbed in and the
hands permitted to dry before work is
commenced.
It not infrequently happens that
when an empty radiator is filled up
and the car runs a short distance the
water level will be found to have fall-
en considerably, though: no overheat-
ing has occurred and no leak exists.
The reason for this is that the water
requires some little time to percelate
through the various vestricted pas-
sages in the cooling system, and a lit-
tle shaking down results in a falling
of the level.
One part which requires lubrica-
tion, but which is oftentimes neglect-
ed, is the interior of the flexible
speedometer driving shaft, to which
an elusive squeak often can he traced.
The best lubricant for the shaft is a
light grade of grease or non-fluid oil.
Don’t forget that the bearings of
the electric generator and starter
need oiling from time to time. A few
drops of high-grade oil will prevent
unnecesary wear and damage to the
bearings.
At the first signs of steam at the
radiator consider whether you have
been driving your car too fast or not.
If failure of the water pump is sus-
pected hold hand on bottom of radia-
tor and if it is noticeably cooler than
the top pump it is not working prop-
erly.
Never use a cloth in removing dust
from the painted parts of body. It
grinds the grit into the paint and
soon spoils the zloss, acting like a
piece of 'sand-paper. If you must re-
move it use a fine duster, but washing
is the only proper way to remove dust
or mud.
Remember that gasoline, oil,
grease, heat and light are deadly foes
of tires. A little gasoline may be
used to wipe off oil or grease if allow-
ed to evaporate immediately. Spare
tubes and shoes should be protected
from light, which, however, does not
seem to affect the tires on a car prob-
ably because they are kept lively by
use.
When folding up a top be careful
that no part of the fabric gets caught
between the bows, particularly the
metal stops where one bow rests on
another. On account of the shaking
of the car while running the fabric
will be weakened at that spot, and if
left a few days will be worn away,
making a number of small holes.
Accurate record should be kept of
the mileage of both tubes and tires.
This will give you a basis for adjust-
ments, showing also if you are using
your tires properly, which makes are
good, and so on. A tire mileage book
can be obtained from most dealers
upon request and its use is very sim-
ple.
What the Patient Had.
A medical student asked a famous
surgeon: “What did you operate on
that man for?” .
“Two hundred dollars,” replied
the surgeon.
“Yes, I know that,” said the student,
“but what did the man have?”
“Two hundred dollars” answerea
the £. s.—Jones Stoker.
—Reports of the cold storage ware-
houses in Pennsylvania show less
eggs, butter and beef on storage on
October 1 than for any like period for
several years.
Strips of rawhide or other
A HALLOWEEN THOUGHT
If I were a witch on Hallowe'en, i
On a magic broomstick riding,
Up to the top of the stars I'd fly,
Higher than airship ever has been,
And sail clear over the black night sky
To the place where the sun is hiding.
I'd gather armfuls ¢f sunny hours
In the place where the sun is hiding—
Wonderful hours of a golden sheen—
And carry them home like shining flowers,
If I were a witch or. Hallowe'en,
On a magic brecomstick riding.
I can’t be a witch on Hallowe'en,
On a magi~ broomstick riding,
But I can gather the happy hours
That grow where good little girls have
been,
And make each day like the shining
flowers
From the place where the sun is
hiding.
—H. M. Y.
HALLOWEEN.
A jovial spirit and good natured fun
mingled with a touch of the absurd are
what retain Hallowe'en in its old time
favor.
To make candlesticks, cover a card-
board horn with the same kind of
paper. In the top place a piece of
metal that will fall over the top an
eighth of an inch, to keep the horn
from catching fire when the candle-
burns down.
Great bunches of purple grapes may
be laid on autumn leaves in place of
bonbon dishes. The place cards may
be tiny whistles in the shape of a
horn, tied yith yellow ribbon. Place
a maple leaf upon each napkin and in
the middle of each plate. On top of
this put a little tin cup containing
glace apples filled with chopped nuts
and candied cherries.
Telling your fortunes by means of
three bowls, one filled with water, one
with milk and the other empty, is a
contrivance that is old enough to
make it seem quite new. The timid,
trembling maiden that is being put to
the test should be blind-folded (and it
is not fair to peek), then be swung
around three times and allowed to
stumble to her fate. If she dips her
finger in water she will marry a
bachelor, if in milk, a widower, but if
by chance into the empty bowl—but
you may guess the awful truth ahout
the empty bowl. If your morbid
curiosity carries vou to the excessive
length of wishing to know his name
or initials, cut out the letters of the
alphabet from magazine or news-
paper and casting them into a bowl of
water, watch with breathless interest
those that come to the surface. They
will tell you the amazing truth.
To drop melted lead through the
small opening of a wedding ring into
the cool depths of a dish of water
seems to be a guileless amusement,
but there is more to it than the naked
eye can see. It assumes the most be-
wildering forms. Horse-shoe for luck,
horns of plenty, silver coaches, honest
wedding rings—your whole life’s his-
a,
lins with hideously painted faces and
holding stuffed clubs are stationed
along the way to punish offenders.
The party is led upstairs through dark
rooms where open windows make the
air cold; up into the attic, which is
lighted only with burning alcohol and
salt; then down and out into the yard;
and if there is an outside cellar door,
Parough this into the cold, damp cel-
ar.
All along the route imitation
“spooks” are met in the most unex-
pected places; grinning jack-o’-lan-
tern heads with ghostly bodies peep
out from dark corners; false faces
with lights behind them, black cats,
bats and big toy spiders hang from
webs made of string.
The guests are led to stumble over
small objects left in their path, in
pans and things that make as much
noise as possible.
The Chief Ghost is seated behind a
canvas screen in the cellar, and
ground him are groups of small gob-
ins.
The ghost hunters sit on the floor in
silence for a few minutes: then the
aid of the Chief Ghost names a guest
and gives a list of his pet sins and
weaknesses. When this is done the
Chief asks the sinner if he has any de-
fense to make, and if he can satisfac-
torily clear himself. He is made to
solemnly promise to tell a ghost story
when supper is being served.
If, however, he cannot offer any
. good excuse for his sins, the Chief
names his punishment. This is made
as ridiculous as possible. The trip
back from the Chief Ghost’s cave is
made as funny as vossible. You can
plan all sorts of tricks to play on the
“hunters.”
The “hunt” ends with a daintily
served supper, with appropriate table
decorations, food and ices, not forget-
ting plenty of apples, nuts, candy and
fruit. Favors and pretty souvenirs
are given each guest before the even-
os entertainment is brought to a
close.
“There swims no goose so gray
But soon or late,
It finds come honest gander
For her mate.”
That seems to be the spicy charm
of Hallowe’en. It gives you each a le-
gitimate excuse to conjure up, by oc-
cult powers, the image of the inevita-
ble “he.” You'll resort to any means
vou know you will, to know your fate,
and here, right at hand, is the time
place. The old time heathen festival
would have long ago fallen into disre-
pute and its sprites and demons and
hob-goblins been kept at bay, but on
that witching night nothing can hold
them—they are unbound. They prance
and dance and howl their prophesies
abroad, so that it is just as well to
recognize their claims at once and
make preparations to pay them hom-
age.
But if you do not surround yourself
with the proper spirit of mystery for
ihis most solemn occasion all is lost.
Your chances for a real moving pic-
ture show of future prognostications
are gone. So get to work and do not
look for innovations. The modern
tory is laid before you.
As for nuts, I think shells may con-
tain a relm of prophecy. Give a nut
the name of your lover and hold it
over a hot fire. If it hops and jumps
about, your lover is unfaithful; if it
blazes or burns, he will die for you.
If two nuts placed side by side burn
together, you know you are blessed
for ever and your bridesmaids may be
chosen on the spot.
Apple peels thrown over your left
shoulder curl themselves into the in-
itials of your loved one; apble seeds,
with the power of a seer, may tell you
the state of your heart. “Oh, the
world is full of a number of things.”
Quite a picturesque performance is
to try your luck upon the high seas.
Launch a little shell of a boat upon the
turbulent waters of a tub, and light-
ing a tiny wax taper in your shiv’s
stern, watch its passage. If it sails
steadily on, life will be one long,
sweet song, but if your craft returns
shortly to port, you will make many
pilgrimages during your life, but
should its light go out, alas for you!
The end of your voyaging is over for-
ever.
And vou mu: not forget the time-
honored custom, as the clock booms
out the meaning hours of twelve and
all is wrapped in mysterious dark-
ness, except the flicker of one burning
candle, to sit before your mirror and
comb your siren lecks, daintily
munching an apple, the while, and lo!
vour future husband’s face will cast a
reflection beside yours. The same
thing will happen if you go down the
cellar steps backwards—carrying a
mirror and a lighted torch.
These, and many, many more are
the methods to lure the spirits to di-
vulge their secrets on Hallowe'en.
As for a proper setting for so grew-
some a scene—let your imaginations
soar to their highest, my dears. It
gives you scope for great ingenuity
to turn a garret into a witch’s cave or
the monotonous spaces of a parlor
into a divination den. But whatever
else you do, let the night ring with
vour merriment and if need be
sing :—
“Frest-dawning Hallow-eve,
Sweet, new, old Hallow-eve,
For what thou wert, for what thou
art,
Thrice welcome, Hallow-eve!”
Have a Ghost Hunt if you are plan-
ning a Hallowe’en party. It’s really
lots of fun, and your guests will all
want to come again next year.
Have James Whitcomb Riley’s
famous words: “F’r the gobble-uns
‘11 git you, ef you don’t watch out’ in
large letters over the door which
opens with a clank of chains when the
guests enter.
Every one, of course, wears a false
face and a domino or fancy dress.
When they are all assembled, the
lights are turned low and a guide in
Mephisto make-up, or dressed as a
witch, takes the party on the Ghost
Hunt. Not a word may be spoken,
not a giggle heard, no matter what
the provocation. Every one must look
straight ahead, or something dreadful
happens to him if he so much as turns
his head from side-to-side.
The guide leads on through doors
spiritualistic seance, the spectacular
| flash lights, the aewer appliances are
i all for show and effect. To really try
{ vour fortunes go hack to the old-time
I methods that have been tried and not
i found wanting and be content.
Simple decorations are the most ap-
| propriate for the festival of Hallowe-
!’en, and those which are made at
{ home of material which almost every
household either has close to hand or
| which may be easily obtained, are far
| prettier and more suitable than elabo-
| rate structures erected by florists and
i professional decoratcrs. Autumn
leaves are still to be had, and are very
pretty for festoons, even if they have
reached the brown and sere stage, red
apples polished and selected make an
effective center piece and should be
heaped high in a rough wicker basket
and decorated with brown and yellow
leaves. Tissue paper novelties are to
be had very cheaply in almost every
little town and village, as well as in
the large cities, and a variety of
grotesque little place cards will add
fun to the entertainment. If the hos-
tess to be is clever, she may find it
quite possible to make her own deco-
rations and place cards, and also the
candle shades for her table; these
dainty little accessories may be orna-
mented with a few sketches in water
colors or by cutting black cats, witch-
es and goblins from black paper and
arranging them on the paper shades
which are most charming when made
in deep yellow paper. Novel place
cards are made by painting the names
of the guests on bright red apples
with gold paint.
if They Realize They Have Not
Learned Everything There.
Charles M. Schwab, of Bethlehem
steel fame has written an article for
the November “American Magazine”
in which he tells some of his opin-
ions of college graduates. He says:
“The college man who thinks that
his greater learning gives him the
privilege of working less hard than
the man without such an education is
going to wake up in disaster. I regret
that some coliege men enter industry
with an inflated notion of their own
value. They want to capitalize at
once their education, and the time
they spent getting it. They feel it is
unfair to begin at the bottom, on the
same basis with a boy of seventeen or
eighteen who has never been to col-
lege. :
“A college man, entering industry,
is worth no more to his employer than
a common-school or high-school boy,
unless he happens to be taking up
some position in which higher educa-
tion is directly applied. Even then he
has to adjust himself. Neither knowl-
edge of the classics nor mathematical
proficiency can be converted overnight
into a marketable commodity.
“Higher education has its chance
later, when the college boy has mas-
tered all the minor details of the busi-
ness. Then, if he went to college with
serious purpose, and studied hard and
systematically, he has the advantage
of a thoroughly trained mind to tackle
larger problems, a mind which should
be broader and more flexible because
of its greater powers of imagination
that open and close with a bang; gob-
and logical reasoning.”