1917.
Bellefonte, Pa., September 29,
Caring for the Soldiers’ Eyes.
From the Russian Information Bureau.
The Surgeon General's office of the
army in conjunction with the sub-com-
mittee of the Council of National De-
fense has been making preparation
for the care and treatment of the eyes
of the troops, writes the Army and
Navy Journal. The committee made a
survey of all the eye specialists in the
United States, and Maj. Gen. W. C.
Gorgas now has a list of all the op-
thalmologists who are willing to serve
for the war. The committee sent to
9,000 specialists a communication de-
signed to elicit the special training
and experience of each, to ascertain
his fitness for army service. It sent
to those who were approved and who
had signified their willingness to serve
blank cards for admission to the Med-
ical Reserve Corps.
Dr. Nelson M. Black was commis-
sioned and on the recommendation of
the Surgeon General was assigned to
duty in his office, in charge of opthal-
mology as a subdivision of the section
on surgery of the head. There he has
prepared a list placing the names of
the physicians in classes according to
their experience and standing, so that
the Surgeon General may be guided in
selecting the right men when the time
comes. He is now engaged in prepar-
ing a list of the members of the Med-
ical Reserve Corps especially qualified
for making all examinations at the ar-
my cantonments. He has selected a
group of specialists to examine all
suspected cases of trachoma, as every
effort will be made to keep that seri-
ous infection out of the army.
Eye trouble has always been one of
the favorite claims of the malignerer;
but this section has prepared a set of
tests that will certainly iand him in
the guardhouse, unless he is unusual-
ly proficient. This same section has
prepared a list of eye instruments for
use in the base hospitals. It has also
prepared plans for utilizing one of the
wards in each cantonment hospital for
eye examinations. It recommends
that members of the Medical Reserve
Corps wishing immediate service ap-
ply to the Surgeon General for assign-
ment to one of the medical officers’
training camps for instruction in ad-
ministrative duties, indispensable for
properly carrying on work in the Med-
ical Department. There is no provis-
ion in the Medical Department for op-
tometrists; and thus far the only man-
ner in which they can be used is by
enlisting as privates, to be detailed in
case of need to that duty for which
they are qualified. There is, however,
a prospect that a unit of manufactur-
ing opticians may be attached to a
proposed special hospital for surgery
of the head; but thus far no such unit
has definite status.
Is the Theory of Heredity Exploded?
The high spots in your disposition
and your character—where did you
get them? Were you born with them
or has association with others given
them to you? How much credit do
you give your ancestors for what you
are today?
Heredity is an interesting problem.
Science may never succeed in solving
it. Yet there are many instances of
children with traits common to their
parents. Were they born with these
traits or were they acquired through
association with the father and the
mother ?
In Robert W. Chamber's newest
novel, “The Restless Sex,” now ap-
pearing in Cosmopolitan, he leaves
some doubt as to the part heredity
may play in moulding the character of
a young girl. There is a question as
to whether Stephanie Quest will re-
vert to the character of her parents or
whether she will react to her environ-
ment.
At the age of twelve she was pick-
ed up in the slums by a wealthy,
heart-hungry old gentleman. The
father and mother were weak, disso-
lute characters who had committed su-
icide.
The only evidence Stephanie gives
of being different from other girls in
her set is that she is not content to be
a social butterfly. She feels a great
desire to express herself unhampered
by man-made convention. She wants
to live her life as she sees fit without
reference to the criticisms and the de-
mand of society. When she is thrown
on her own resources, will she be the
same sweet, vigorous, lovable charac-
ter that she is now or will she “take
after her father and her mother?”
An absorbing novel with a theme
well worth discussion.
Origin of the Salute.
The military salute had a curious
origin, if the tradition brought to light
by United States Marine Corps offi-
cers may be believed. The navy sol-
diers say that the salute originated in
the days of the tournament, at which
a queen of beauty was chosen to pre-
side. The knights and their esquires
and all who took part in the tourney,
on presenting themselves before the
queen lifted each one a hand level with
the brows as though dazzled by the
light of her presence.
Although its significance has been
forgotten that same salute is now
used by military men in recognition of
a superior rank, the marine officers
say.
Always Unusual.
“How do you account for the re-
markable weather.”
“Haven’t tried. To be perfectly:
frank, I don’t believe I recall more
than a few months in the past 10 or 15
years when the weather wasn’t being
described as remarkable.”—Washing-
ton Star. asning
——The London County Council has
decided to buy the London part of the
London United Tramways company’s
lires—a length of about five and a
half miles—for 235,000 pounds. Pay-
ment is to be made “not earlier than
the declaration of peace.”
——A new mail-sorting machine re-
cently installed in Chicago’s postoffice
does the work of 30 men.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
Phere is no finer chemistry than that
by which the element of suffering is so
compounded with spiritual forces that it
issues to the world as gentleness and
strength.—G. S. Merriam.
The just-below-the-hip coat of plain
velvet, dark-toned, is a fashionable
fall model. It is semi-fitting and fin-
ished at the bottom with a tightly-
drawn-in band. These coats are worn
with straight hanging skirts of plaid
velvet.
The knitted trimmings that first
originated with Martial et Armand of
Paris will be quite the smart thing
this winter. First they were used on
sporting costumes. Now they give
chic and unusualness to one-piece
dresses. A string-colored gabardine
one-piece coat dress has a knitted col-
lar of beet-root wool with a fancy
knitted edge in black. Another dress
of forestry-green velour has knitted
belt, cuffs and collar in navy blue with
a sand-color edge. :
Oriental ideas are seen in many of
the new season’s gowns.
This season particular attention
was given by manufacturers to dark
shades; but gay colors were not neg-
lected, for still the big houses have a
large clientele in countries not at war,
nor does war prevent gay colors in the
south, particularly Monte Carlo.
These thick, rough stuffs call im-
peratively for simple lines, but be-
cause of the great variety of materi-
als, diversity in results is easily gain-
ed. Worth, Paquin, Lanvin, Premet
and Callot show partiality to Indian
cashmere of hairy surface in neutral
cloths trimmed with terra-cotta pel-
usa.
Poiret endorses chic black and
white combinations with color, primi-
tive embroideries and butter-colored
jersey cloth bordered with dark blue.
With Poiret, materials count for little
compared to his use of them.
Jenny uses heavy decorative stuffs,
and produces tailored costumes of
smooth-faced serge combined with
plush trimmings. She cleverly han-
dles long woolen fringes and makes
charming dresses of fine crepe spat-
tered with large embroidered dots.
Doucet uses duvetyn in several
shades of red and butter-yellow. He
likes neutral colors in thick woolens.
Green and black, and yellow and black
are favorite combinations in big
checked sporting stuffs.—Woman’s
Home Companion.
Let each one of us do a little re-
forming among the ranks of gossip-
ping women. Idle women, women in
town, women in the country and wom-
en in boarding houses will gossip
sometimes with no thought of harm,
but often the tongue wags malicious-
ly, the onwer taking delight in the in-
terest she has awakened with never a
care for the mischief she is making.
If Mrs. Jones has run over to tell
some scandal of Mrs. Brown, don’t re-
peat it, but try, in the gentlest way
you can, to make Mrs. Jones feel that
she has made a mistake in her esti-
mate of the news she carries.
To make a fountain that will de-
light a small child you should get a
small glass bottle and nearly fill it
with water. Then bore a hole through
the cork and place a straw through
the hole.
The straw should be long enough to
reach almost to the bottom of the bot-
tle, and if the straw does not fit the
cork tightly you should put sealing
wax round it.to keep out all air.
You should now take a glass jam
jar and heat it over a lamp or candle.
Stand the bottle of water on two or
three sheets of damp blotting paper
laid on a plate or dish, place the jar
over the bottle and press hard to pre-
vent air getting underneath.
Now, as soon as the air in the jar
begins to cool, the water in the bottle
will rise through the straw and form
a little fountain. The great thing to
remember is to press the jar down
ever so tightly. If the air can get
away from under the jar you will not
have your fountain.
Only 75 per cent. of the students at
the western branch of the Western
Union Telegraph company in Port-
land, Oregon, are women.
The Massachusetts Minimum Wage
Commission has recommended a min-
imum wage of $9 a week for experi-
enced women employees in men’s
otring and raincoat factories in that
tate.
Miss Helen Barnum, niece of the
famous showman, Phineas T. Barn-
um, is past 100 years of age.
Over 7,000 bushels of wheat was
harvested this year by Mrs. Dora
Long, of Neodosha, Kansas.
Mrs. Grace Humiston, the most
noted attorney in New York city, will
shortly launch a campaign to raise
$1,000,000 for the purpose of endow-
ing a Nation-wide organization for
the protection of womanhood. Several
wealthy women of the United States
have promised support.
If you'd content and happy be,
Then heed the maxim old,
And neither give yourself away
Nor let yourself be sold.
—Boston Transcript.
If new shoes have a tendency to
blister the children’s feet, bathe them
daily in salt water.
Apply salt and soda to a bee sting.
Jousshold ammonia also will do the
trick.
If one person is ‘ironing, many irons
can be kept sufficiently hot without the
draught being on the stove.
A good salad is made with chopped
green peppers, a little grated onion,
lettuce leaves and boiled dressing.
In summer it is best to clean and
dry the bread box every morning.
This prevents the bread from mould-
ing.
Cream Mousse.—Put in a mixing
bowl one pint of cream, one ounce of
vanilla sugar, three ounces plain su-
gar, and whisk all together. When
the mixture begins to thicken, flavor
as desired and turn into mold, pack
and freeze.
FRIENDSHIPS BRED BY WAR
Man’s Inherent Instinct for Comrade.
ship Renewed in the Stress of
the Great Conflict.
One of the most affecting and inspir-
ing side issues of the war is the re-
vival of man’s inherent instinct for
comradeship and all that that implies
in its more fundamental aspects. We
make friends even under our luxurious
civilization. But what is that compared
to the sense of comradeship developed
under the fire of great guns, gas
bombs and all the destructive engines
of warfare? Once more the ancient
legends of sacrifice of friend for friend
ure made real among men in whom the
primitive virtues were stifled not so
long ago by the materialistic impulses
of an unheroic period. In a very mild
way this is illustrated by this semihu-
morous extract from a letter to the
Vigilantes, apropos of Miss Lynch’s trip
to the French front: >
“Our chauffeur, gray-haired and
heavily built, had been mobilized for
this employment. At the hottest point
of very hot road, with the sun in the
zenith, the dust choking remonstrances,
of course the tire burst. He put him-
self to work, the perspiration, accord-
ing to scriptural injunction literally
pouring in rivers from his face and
head. The sigh with which he accom-
plished his work was more expressive
than any Anglo-Saxon sigh I ever lis-
tened to. A half mile or so further
along we came up with a car that had
proudly passed us, also with a punc-
tured tire. Hopping from his seat our
chauffeur put on the second tire and
when he came back to us explained
that he did it because his companion
chauffeur had a little touch of heart
trouble. If he were hot and tired be-
fore, imagine his plight after this sec-
ond effort, but not a word of complaint,
just the smile of ‘camaraderie’ and we
who had been inclined to grumble a bit
at this felt suddenly ashamed and re-
lapsed into an admiring silence.”—
From the Vigilantes.
TABLET HARD TO SWALLOW
Physician Has Provided Safeguard
Against Accidental Poisoning by
Bichloride of Mercury.
At the annual meeting of the Ameri-.
can Pharmaceutical association, Louis
Spencer Levy described a “safe bichlo-
ride tablet.” The user is safeguarded
against mistaking it for a headache
tablet, probably the most frequent mis-
take, by the addition to the ingredients
of about 1 per cent of pungent oils,
such as capsicum or mustard, and by
shaping the tablet so that it is prac- |
tically impossible to swallow.
Regarding the latter form of protec-
tion the author says: “Very few per-
sons find much difficulty in swallow-
ing pieces of food of considerable size,
but anything of rodlike shape, about
134 inches long, cannot be swallowed
without great difficulty, if at all, even
with water. I have, therefore, de-
signed a tablet of this length, about
one-fourth inch wide and about one-
eighth inch thick, weighing about 1.6
grammes. If you try to swallow any-
thing this shape, you will get the sur-
prise of your life.”
Gotham’s New “Cops.”
The New York cop of 1917 will be a
physical prodigy, according to the New
York correspondent of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. He will have slim legs, a
beltline suggesting the wasp and low
visibility. He will be boyish-looking,
have a clean shaven face and will have
a free, bounding gait. Many remember
the old-time, double-action, double-
chinned cop who could stand at a cor-
ner and quell a riot with one beclubbed
hand in front of him while he reached
the other hand to the rear and commit-
ted petty larceny from the peanut
stand. Just keep that type of cop in
mind and try to imagine him being or-
dered to peel off and step in the “gym”
for a physical and mental test. Begin-
ning next week the medical and phy-
sical examiners of the civil service
commission will examine 4,000 men
who aspire to be patrolmen. An old-
fashioned cop would stand no chance
of passing the gruelling physical tests
that are at present required for admis-
sion to the department.
. Liberty.
A wolf was kept a prisoner in a cage
in a park where many people came to
look at him and be amused.
One day it grew very hot and the
wolf dug down into his sawdust in
segrch of moist earth wherewithal to
cool himself. But he found nothing
better than the metal bottom of his
cage, whereat the people laughed,
deeming his discomfiture good sport.
Presently, however, the war brought
about a shortage of food and another
day the keeper opened the door of the
cage. “Come out!” he commanded.
“We can’t feed you any longer and so
we're going to shoot you.”
The wolf was glad. “Now I know
why they call it a war of liberation!”
he thought to himself.
Candle Still Burns.
Nowadays we think of light in terms
of electricity or gas lamps, but it will
surprise some to learn that the average
daily expenditure for candles in this
country alone this year will be about
$67,000. On this scale the valuation of
the 1917 production of candles in the
United States will total a round $20,-
000,000.—Popular Science Monthly.
They Come High.
A North Vernon youngster had sev-
eral clerks. in a local grocery guessing
the other day when she called for a
quarter’s worth of hypocrites. Later it
was learned that she wished 25 cents
worth of apricots.—Indianapolis News.
WHALES STOOD ON HEADS
According to Ship's Officers, Large
School Certainly Acted in a Most
Peculiar Manner.
This is a whale story, concerning
whales that stood on their heads, and
all vouched for by officers of a fruit
steamer which arrived recently from
the tropics, according to a recent issue
of the Boston Evening Transcript.
And, seriously, the chief officer of the
steamer intends to make a written re-
port about the whales to the federal
bureau of fisheries. The whales were
sighted south of Nantucket shoals
lightship. During their respective
careers at sea the officers have seen
many whales, but none which behaved
in the manner of those sighted on this
trip, and it was the peculiar behavior
of the leviathans, together with their
number, which attracted attention. Be-
tween 6 a. m. and 4 p. m., according to
the chief officer, nearly 100 whales
were seen. For the most part, they ap-
peared to be in shoal water, and from
time to time would dive and remain
poised with their tail-ends protruding
twenty or more feet above the surface,
according to the size of the individual
whale, In the opinion of the ship’s of-
ficers, the whales pursued these tactics
to obtain food fish swimming close to
the bottom. On the other hand, a num-
ber of the whales again, according to
the mariners, floated on the surface
apparently asleep and were not dis-
turbed by the approach of the steamer.
In addition to the story, the steamer
brought 28,000 bunches of bananas.
RIFLE STILL POTENT WEAPON
Military Authorities Recognize Value
of Infantryman Despite Changes
in Modern Warfare.
The Army and Navy Gazette of Lon-
don, commenting on the great value of
good rifle shooting in the present war,
says: “Happily the military authorities
have not been misled by the results
achieved by the big guns, the bombs,
and the various missile-throwing
trench weapons into imagining that the
infantry soldier has ceased, or was
likely to cease, to be primarily a rifle-
man, and the good work which was ini-
tiated before the war at Hythe and at
Bisley, and at regimental rifle meet-
ings, has been continued and expanded
at the many musketry schools which
have been established behind the front
in France, where selected officers and
men of our forces have been taught all
that was to be got out of the service
weapon. The result has been shown
in the account we hear of the wonder-
ful rifle pactice made by our troops in
the fighting around Bullecourt, remind-
ing us of the stories that used to reach
us during the retreat from Mons of
how German mass attacks withered up
under the fire of our infantry of the
old army.”—Scientific American.
Air Raid Insurance.
Accident rates issued by London un-
derwriters insuring against personal in-
jury by air raids are quoted at sur-
prisingly low rates and would seem to
greatly belittle the loss occasioned by
the air raids.
The wheel and wing policies, cover-
ing all personal air raid risks, includ-
ing falling buildings, bombs, shrapnel,
fire, explosion, etc. issued at the £1
rate, offer the following personal bene-
fits: £1,000 in event of death, £1,000
in event of blindness or the loss of two
limbs, or any other injury causing per-
manent total disablement; £500 in
event of loss of one eye, hand or foot,
or any other injury causing permanent
partial disablement; £6 per week dur-
ing total disablement up to 52 weeks;
£1 10s. per week during partial 'disable-
ment up to 52 weeks.
All medical expenses up to 15 per
cent of the compensation otherwise
payable.—Spectator.
Case Long in English Courts.
A law case which was begun in 1348
and was interrupted because Richard
de Maundeville had to leave for the
war in France, was resumed recently
in the chancery, says the London Ex-
press. The point at issue was the
right to hold a market at Stowmarket,
Suffolk, and the suit was originally
brought by the abbot of St. Osyth, Es-
sex, in the twenty-second year of Ed-
ward II, against Richard de Maunde-
ville. According to the abbot, who
said he was lord of the manor, Rich-
ard had wrongfully obtained the grant
of the right to hold a market in Stow-
market, and his assertion was “to the
grave damage of the said abbot.”
Richard claimed the king's protection,
and eventually the case was adjourned
sine die because of his departure
abroad.
Black Afric
Nearly one-fourth of ti® earth’s land
surface is comprised within the conti-
nent of Africa, and it is as far around
the coast of Africa as it is around the
world. Every eighth person of the
world’s population lives in the Dark
continent. The blacks double their
number every 40 years and the whites
every 80 years. There are 843 lan-
guages and dialects spoken among the
blacks of Africa, but only a few of
them written.—Christian Herald.
“Everything Is Lovely.”
As an instance that slogans of the
marines do ‘catch on,” Colonel Mec-
Lemore reports that he offered pas-
sage from the suburbs to a certain
town to a neighbor—an Irishman.
He asked him to what army he be-
longed and when he replied “To the
Marines” he thought for a moment and
then said, “The Marines are here and
everything is lovely,” which is at any
rate a free translation of their best-
known slogan.
EVERYTHING
All the goods we advertise here are selling at prices prevailing
this time last seascu.
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HAS NOT GONE UP |
IN PRICE
MINCE MEAT.
We are now making our MINCE MEAT and keeping it fully up to our
usual high standard; nothing cut out or cut short and are selling it at our
former price of 15 Cents Per Pound.
Fine Celery, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Apricots, Peaches, Prunes, Spices,
Breakfast Foods, Extracts, Baking Powders, Soda, Cornstarch. The whole
line of Washing Powders, Starches, Blueing and many other articles are
selling at the usual prices.
COFFEES, TEAS AND RICE.
On our Fine Coffees at 25¢, 28c¢, 30c¢, 35¢ and 40c, there has been no change
in price on quality of goods and no change in the price of TEAS. Rice has
not advanced in price and can be used largely as a substitute for potatoes.
All of these goods are costing us more than formerly but we are doing our
best to Hold Down the Lid on high prices, hoping for a more favorable
market in the near future.
LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER
and we will give you FINE GROCERIES at reasonable prices and give
you good service.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa.
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Shoes. Shoes.
{EAGERS SHOE STORE
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I HAVE A FULL LINE OF
LADIES SHOES
to sell at $3.00. Made of Gun
Metal and Cabaretta leather
(Cabaretta meaning sheep skin).
The styles are lace and button,
high and low heels. Many of them
are on the English walking shoe
style.
These shoes are not of a quality
that I can conscientiously recom-
mend to wear, for honestly speak-
ing $5.00 will not purchase a pair
of Ladies Shoes made to-day, that
is absolutely solid.
I have these shoes for the people
that do not have the money to
purchase a good pair.
Yours for a square deal,
YEAGER'S,
The Shoe Store for the Poor Man.
Bush Arcade Bldg. 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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