Deworralif atm
Belletonte, Pa., November 23, 1917.
THE BANK ROLL.
Little bank roll, ere we part,
Let me hug you to my heart;
All the year I've clung to you,
I've been faithful, you've been true;
Little bank rell, in a day,
You and I will start away
To a gay and festive spot;
I'll come back, but you will not.
The Question of Alsace-Lorraine.
Paris.—There has been much talk
recently of Alsace-Lorraine and peo-
ple have with justice insisted that
since these provinces were violently
torn from France in 1871, their return
to the mother country would be in no
sense an annexation, but really a res-
titution, a reintegration, a disannex-
ation.
More specifically, it has been well
said that it would be absurd to de-
mand a plebiscite on this question
afte? the war, for such a suggestion
signifies that, in the opinion of the
proposers, the double plebiscite of
1871, at Bordeaux and at Berlin,
which proclaimed the sentiments of
Alsace-Lorraine in the most striking
fashion is null and void. And itis il-
logical to dismiss with scorn the ple-
biscites of 1871 and to attribute any
value to a plebiscite in the future.
Certainly Alsace is French at heart
and French by tradition, the more so
because it did not cease being a pure
geographic unit, to acquire personali-
ty and to develop its own character
after it was united to France.
All these are proper and signficant
considerations; they touch, however,
but one side of the question. They al-
low the supposition that the question
is one purely between France and Al-
sace-Lorraine and that in restoring
Alsace-Lorraine to France we will
simply be yielding to the wishes of
both populations.
In reality the question of Alsace-
Lorraine has an entirely different sig-
nificance, as all are convinced who
have consulted not only on the opin-
" ions of France and of Alsace-Lor-
raine on the matter, but the opinion
of Germany as well.
It is necessary to go back at least
to the years 1814-1819, in order to
grasp the whole question of Alsace-
Lorraine. The pretentions of Prus-
sia at the Congress of Vienna are well
known. To become the preponderant
power in Germany she demanded
nothing less than the whole of Saxo-
ny. To become the dominating pow-
er in Europe she insistently demand-
ed that Alsace and Lorraine should
be handed over to her. The idea of a
balance of power in Europe existed
then. France, Austria and England
forbade. And the second treaty of
Paris, signed after Waterloo, reject-
ed the pretentions of Prussia to rule
over Alsace-Lorraine.
From that moment the question of
Alsace-Lorraine took on, in the eyes
of Prussia, a value not merely milita-
ry but symbolic. The continuance of
these provinces as French territory
was the sign and symbol of the supe-
riority in Europe of the will of Eu-
rope over tha will of Prussia. And,
at that time, the very conscious am-
bition of Prussia was to play that
role in Germany and in Europe to
which Austria, had once aspired, i. e.-
to rule unrivalled over Europe.
That is why beginning with 1819
Prussia never left off contesting the
right of France to possess Alsace-
Lorraine, and piled up arguments or
historical, political and strategic
sophistications to persuade Germany
and the world that the wrong of 1815
must be righted.
German literature of the period
1819-1870 is full of testimonials to
this claim.
Here is a remarkable example (re-
produced in the Journal des Debats of
May 2, 1917) of the importance which
foresighted Europeans attached to
the pretentions of Prussia:
On the 6th of February, 1838, M
de Chasteau, French charge d’affaires
at Turin, had a conversation with the
Comte de La Tour, Minister of For-
eign Affairs of King Charles-Albert,
in the course of which the latter said:
“We were undecided at the time of
the Revolution of July, whether to de-
clare war on France or not. The op-
position prevailed. * * *” And as
the conversation led M de Chasteau
to use the words “dismemberment of
France,” M de La Tour replied:
“Ah, on that point we fight with
you! We have need of a powerful
France * * * Lacking that there
would be no equilibrium in Europe.
What would become of the smaller
States? * * *” And the Comte de
La Tour ended with. these words:
“Remember that if there is ever a
question of taking Alsace-Lorraine
away from you, we are on your side.
And so you can see an eventual alli-
ance between us.”
In 1844 Heinrich Heine wrote to his
compatriots in his preface to
“Deutschland:” “Personally I am
unable to incorporate Alsace and Lor-
raine into the Empire as easily as you
do it.”
Under the influence of Prussia this
thought (of incorporating the two
provinces) penetrated deeper and
deeper into the spirit of Germany.
When, in 1869, I went to Heidelberg,
to take a course under Ed Zeller and
to study the university system of
Germany, the first student to whom I
spoke began the conversation with
these words:
“We are going to have a war with
you.”
“Why ? ’
“Well, aren’t you holding back Al-
sace and Lorraine?”
Not in France, but in Germany did
I realize what the German claim sig-
nified.
Europe—the world—are compelled
at last to occupy themselves with the
question of Alsace-Lorraine. Our
eyes will be opened on the day when
we realize that this is not a French
question, but a world-question, and
that we have to decide whether we
shall leave in the hands of Prussia-
Germany a conquest to which it at-
tributes such a moral significance that
it becomes the symbol of the suprem-
acy which Germany arrogates to her-
Seif Jo only in Europe but in the
world.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
Dear Jesus, help me, I pray,
To do all the good I can,
In all the ways I can,
To all the people I can,
And just as long as I can.
And this I ask for Thy Name's sake.
Amen.
The fashion editor says in the De-
cember Woman’s Home Companion:
“The boutonniere has a rival! Now
it’s the flower on the veil! This
odd fashion whim is really quite love-
ly. The flowers match in color the
brim facing of the hat and are caught
at the right side of the veil toward
the back.
There are all sorts of twists and
turns to the new collars. Truly, it is
often the collar that makes the gown!
Something novel and something new
is the big turn-over collar of velvet or
fur with long scarf ends. These cross
in front, come around to the back,
where they are knotted, and hang
down in long tasseled ends.
Coats with muff effects are quite
the smart thing this winter—perhaps
for economy’s sake, and perhaps just
for style. A three-quarter coat of
taupe duvetyn has two straight pock-
et slits on either side of the front con-
cealed by bands of kerami mole (the
fabric which imitates moleskin). Be-
tween these bands, which really form
the ends of the simulated muff, the
coat is fulled a trifle.
Narrow soutache braid is one of
the fashionable trimmings of the
hour. Both chalk white and cream
satin collar and cuff sets are soutach-
ed in color. Brown is a favorite, also
reseda green. Georgette blouses are
also lavishly soutached. One in
basque effect, navy blue in color, has
a fitted bodice closely soutached in
dark red.
Among the less expensive furs, the
plebeian rabbit is fashion’s favorite.
It is dyed in all sorts of colors and
used on the very straight, very nar-
row, tailored suit coats for high
choker collars and deep, tight-fitting
cuffs.
There ‘is little doubt that the pres-
ent war has had a strong influence on
women’s garb. A most noticeable
feature is the gradual elimination of
all that is bizarre. Fashions remain
jaunty, distinguished and of quiet el-
egance. Gone is all that which
smacks of showiness in the reliable
autumn and winter modes. This trend
was already noticeable last season.
Now it is pronounced.
Ideas gleaned from the soldiers’
uniforms, ideas of line from those
khaki-clad heroes who come from the
trenches to Paris on leave; ideas of
color as well from the soldiers that
come to and pass out of Paris in their
more gorgeous garb of colonial Eng-
lish countries.
Even the American troops, hardly
arrived, have made their impression
on the newly created modes in Paris
in the pocketed, belted tailored suits
and the wide felt hats inspired by
those worn by the Sammies.
Sleep with the bedroom windows
open. The old superstition that night
air is unhealthy, even for an invalid,
is entirely false. On the contrary,
night air, especially in large cities, is
purer and better than day air, because
it contains less dust and fewer mi-
crobes. |
To get the best ventilation in a bed- |
room have the windows open at both
top and bottom.
Formal invitations are always ex-
pressed in the third person, and are
usually sent on properly printed cards.
You, of course, have to fill in the par-
ticulars as to time and date. If there
is to be dancing, this word is printed
in the bottom lefthand corner of the
card; if there is any other entertain-
ment, such as music or theatricals it
would also be stated. Invitations to a
dance are sent out in the name of the
hostess only; dinner invitations go in
the joint name of the host and host-
ess, as also do the weddings. The let-
ters R S V P mean that an answer is
required. In the case of informal
tea-parties or dinners, the hostess can
write a little note: “Dear Mrs. —,
we shall be so glad if you will dine
with us on —— at J? If other
visitors are going, you should say
“We are having a few friends to din-
ner on at ——, and shall be so
pleased if you can come, too.”
Third-person invitations are always :
answered in the third person. :
If an invitation begins ‘Dear Mrs.
So-and-so,” answer it in the following
way: “Dear Mrs. ——, I shall be de-
lighted to come to dinner on — at
,” you should repeat day and
time, to show you are sure of them.
And, Mary, remember this, please,
you unpunctual person; always ans-
wer invitation either the same day as
they are received or the next at the
latest. : :
Also remember in future not to
make the silly mistake of saying
“Miss will have much pleasure;”
has much pleasure is correct as you
have the pleasure at the time of writ-
ing.
Men like the girl who can chatter,
but they love the girl who can listen.
There are so few of us who learn this
in early youth. But as we get older
we realize that people in general
would rather talk to a good listener
than to be entertained by the most
brilliant conversationalist in the
world.
If you are not popular with men
and with women make up your mind
to find out why you are not. Study
yourself and try to realize if you are
disloyal, unsympathetic, opinionated
or selfish.
Be interested in other people and
you will find that they will be inter-
ested in you. It is an invariable rule
that never falls.
French Toast.—Six slices of stale
bread, one egg or more, one cup of
milk, one-fourth teaspoon salt. Beat
egg silghtly, add salt and milk. Dip
bread into milk mixture, then cook to
a golden brown on a hot, well greased
griddle or frying pan.
The employment of women in the
leather trade in Birmingham, Eng-
land, has increased over 30 per cent.
since the war begun.
Thanksgiving Day One Hundred
Years Ago.
The world has changed more in the
last one hundred years than in any
thousand years that have gone before.
To get some idea of the wonderful
changes that have taken place, let us
go back to Thanksgiving day in 1810
and note how many, many things our
great-grandparents did not have
which we have today. It will not only
astonish us, but it will also make us
realize how much we have to be
thankful for.
In the first place there was no
Thanksgiving day in 1810 except in
New England. It was only about for-
ty years ago that the people all over
the United States began to celebrate
the day. Before that, if one did not
live in Boston or very close to it, he
probably would never have eaten a
Thanksgiving dinner. But even those
who were fortunate enough to live in
New England did not have anything
like the variety of good things for
dinner that we have today. Of course
they had turkey and pumpkin pie and
onions and cranberry sauce and pota-
toes; but they did not have tomatoes
or cornor peas or string beans or
beets or asparagus or any of the oth-
er canned vegetables that we are ac-
customed to eating during the winter
months. There were no canned goods
of any kind. There were no tin cans.
Neither were there any cars to bring
fresh fruits and vegetables—like
strawberries and tomatoes and let-
tuce—from the south and from Cali-
fornia. In fact, there were then no
such places in the United States as
Florida and Texas and California.
They were all of them waste places
or foreign lands. They belonged to
England and Spain and France and
Mexico.
Oranges, bananas, pineapples, grape
fruit, olives, Malaga grapes and oth-
er tropical fruits which are so famil-
iar to all of us, were never seen in the
markets of 1810. Boys and girls of
that day only heard about them from
travelers or read of them in books.
Dinners were cooked in fireplaces.
There were no ranges. There were
gas stoves; no coal stoves, no cook
stoves of any kind. Housewives had
no baking powder, no yeast cakes, no
gar, no flavoring extracts, no ground
spices, no cocoa, no potted meats, no
prepared breakfast foods, no soda
crackers, no macaroni. All the coffee
had to be roasted and ground at home.
Housekeepers then had very few of
the conveniences that they have today.
house or stationary wash tubs or
clothes wringers or washing machines
or wire clothes lines. Neither had
they refrigerators or ice cream freez-
ers or egg beaters or waffle irons or
meat grinders or carpet sweepers or
ammonia or borax or gasoline or moth
balls or fly paper or fly screens. And
they had no matches, and they had no
electric light or gas light, and no ker-
osene.
But we must remember that in 1810
our great-grandparents were perfect-
ly satisfied and contented without any
of these things. They thought them-
selves very well off with what they
had, and those who observed Thanks-
giving day made it a special point to
offer earnest thanks to Providence for
their many blessings.
Surely, therefore, if they could find
cause for thanksgiving, how much
more thankful ought we to be in the
midst of all the blessings of the age
in which we live.—Saint Nicholas.
A stone inkstand at least one
hundred years old is the latest curio
to be added to the memorial building
at Hardwick, Vt. It is about two
inches deep. The boring of the stone
appears to have all been done by
hand.
——Subseribe for the “Watchman”.
instead of ordin
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The always reliable
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’Il always find it at stores that disp
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regularly, too.
It’s a scientific fact that, of any artificial light, a kero
sene lamp is the most restful and pleasing to the eyes.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY
PERFECTION
Make cold rooms nice and comfort-
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strike of a match.
See them at your
dealer’s—$4.50t0 $8.50,
pping a little here, a
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f you use
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self-raising flour, no granulated su-
They had no running water in the:
The Car Load of 25
Caloric Furnaces
are all sold and in use, and everyone
without exception giving great
satisfaction.
We Expect Another Carload
in a few days. The cost of operat-
ing is half of what it costs to run a
Steam Plant of same capacity
Let us talk the matter over with you
The Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.,
62-35
Bellefonte, Pa. .
Inside and Out
ERE exterior superiority in
clothing can no more ac-
complish satisfaction than can a
marble facade make afine structure.
The merit of
HIGH-ART-CLOTHES
Made by Strouse & Brothers, Inc., Baltimore, Md.
is more than skin deep. Added to
the well known high quality of fabric
and tailoring in these clothes is that
big factor of lining and trimmings.
Be introspective---look beneath the
surface for the quality of
YOUR FALL SUIT.
“High Art Clothes” measure up to
the most exacting specifications.
FAUBLE'’S.
Allegheny St. s« BELLEFONTE, PA.
LYON @ COMPANY.
Early GRrisimas Shopping
IS PRACTICAL AND PATRIOTIC.
To get the best selections this
year it will be necessary to shop
early. We have therefore ordered
our first shipment of gifts in ad-
vance and have on display many
useful and pretty gifts at very
low prices.
Sweet Grass and Palmetto Bas-
kets from 25c¢ up, all sizes and
shapes.
A big variety of real Cut Glass
at prices that will surprise you.
Leather Goods, Bags and Pock-
et Books in all the new shapes.
Fancy Combs, Hair Pins, Bar-
ettes, White Ivory Sets and sepe-
rate pieces, Fancy Ribbons suit-
‘able for Bags, also Cretonnes for
the knitting bags, Oval and Round
Hoops in shell and wood for the
the knitting bags, Fancy Satin
Pin Cushions and other Ribbon
Novelties that make inexpensive
gifts.
Neckwear.
Collars in all the new long Scarf
shapes, also Collar and Cuff Sets.
COATS and SUITS.
A new line of Coats and Suits for.your criti-
cal inspection, fashionable materials and
smart models that cannot be obtained in town
or county at our prices. See our new $10 Coats
Lyon & Co. ... Bellefonte.
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