Sg pein od Belletonte, Pa., January 18, 1918. THE PATRIOTIC IN HUSIC. (Continued from page 2, Col. 4.) which instead the singing, in so far as it was a representative community event, was lamentably a failure, and | particularly so in the singing of the national “Star Spangled Banner.” A few voices took part with the two or three leading singers in the first stan- za, but there was a noticeable de- crease in the number of voices in the succeeding stanzas, and not even the leaders had an adequate idea as to just how much of the anthem was to be sung. I say this not by way of criticism of those in charge nor of the splendid voices of those who sang what was practically a solo, or duet, but to show how we fail to sing as a community the songs of our nation. We ought to come away from such | gatherings, after having sung such hymns and songs, glowing with love of country, with a further consecra- tion to Ler service or with the desire of some new way of serving her. Whereas all too frequently we are not uplifted, an opportunity has been lost, and instead of being better Americans we are still merely luke- warm Americans. One of the fea- tures which the National Red Cross suggests for the Christmas drive for membership is that of singing in groups and by communities on Christ- mas eve carols and patriotic hymns. Perhaps it will be just as well that we do not try this in Bellefonte. Of course we might see to it that some of our young men or women singers go about singing, but this would be, how- ever fine the music produced, only a poor substitute for community sing- ing, for it must surely be the essence of such community singing that the community sing. Bellefonte does need, I think, this opportunity—as well as others of a like nature—to make us feel our oneness as a com- munity. A few proctical suggestions, if you will pardon them. A definite program ought to be set on foot that the soul of our community may be stirred with patriotism through the music of our national anthems and songs. Some group of people, some society, will have to take the lead. Our musical people I am confident would prove in- terested. A nucleus of singers could be formed and a start at the least thus made toward making our patri- otic meetings notable for their splen- did singing. After the idea got well under way, community choir prac- tices, community singing-rehearsals, might be held. The words of the va- rious selections should be in the hands of all, and both words and music in the hands of some. After some vic- tory in the war, hard-won, with its in- evitable list of casualties, its obla- tion of lives on the altar of freedom, imagine our townsfolk, meeting in the court house or on the Diamond, im- agine their voices joining in the hymns of America. To “My Coun- try 'Tis of Thee,” we would add the stanza which has gained such head- way in Great Britain and Canada,— and hark to the voices sounding from the depths of hearts flaming with love, yet dauntless in hope,—though eyes are dimmed with tears,— “(od save our splendid men, Send them safe home again; God save our men! Keep them victorious, chivalrous, They are so dear to us, God save our men!” Or to give a slightly differing ver- sion which I think somewhat better— God save our boys and men, Send them safe home again; God save our men! Make them victorious, Strong, clean and glorious,— Flag floating over us, Strengthen. our men.” patient and In conclusion let me give you the words of a patriotic hymn which I have met with just recently,—you all probably know it quite well,—which is evidently winning its way among our country’s sacred songs. The words are by Katherine Lee Bates, one of the faculty at Wellesley, and there are musical settings of different styles, several of them of surpassing merit. It is called “America the Beautiful.” 0 beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Where stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in Jaw! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved. And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God speed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! — After examining the expense bills of some draft boards General ——————— ES ‘ FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. | DAILY THOUGHT t As I love I am lifted; t As I hate I am dropped: i As I trust I am sifted; : As I doubt I am stopped; As I judge I am licensed; As I won't I am bound; As I reach I am listed; ! As T am I am crowned. | —N. E. H. Siegel. For the Girl Who Knits Her Own | Sweaters.—“But I don’t see how you ! feel justified in knitting for yourself 'or your family, when there is an op- portunity to knit for the boys at the | front!” exclaimed the owner of quite | the largest knitting bag at a recent | luncheon. | “I am knitting for them, as well as | for myself,” was her hostess’ reply. { “But I like to make my own sweaters, | and find it more economical to do so |than to buy them at the stores. I | make them for myself and my two | daughters; but, for each one which I | | make for one of us, I give yarn for a ‘and care to meet the present demands | for dairy products, is the opinion of | sweater for a soldier or sailor to someone who otherwise would not be | Ce FARM NOTES. | —Feeding ‘the Dairy Cow.—Be- cause it requires two to three years to raise a single generation of dairy cows, it is highly important that the cows now in use receive better feed A. A. Borland, in charge of dairy ex- tension at The Pennsylvania State College. Too many cows are underfed. A thousand pound cow yielding twenty pounds of four per cent. milk, if prop- erly fed, devotes about half of her food to the maintenance of her body and the other half to milk production. | Grain should be fed in proportion | to the amount of milk produced. One! pound of a properly balanced grain | mixture for every four pounds of milk | produced will be sufficient, if the cow | is supplied with all the roughage she will eat clean during the day. Rough- | age should be supplied three or four ! times daily as it is a cheaper energy | feed than grain this winter, and more of it will be consumed if fed frequent- ly and in smaller amounts at a time. It is highly important that a ration { laymen. knitting. The money, which is saved i be properly balanced. Farm grown by making the family’s sweaters also | feeds, such as timothy hay, corn si- goes into my yarn fund, and so I feel lage, corn stover, oats and corn meal that I'm not being unpatriotic in are too low in protein to make a good working for the family.” | milk producing ration. The use of Some of these home-made sweaters | clover or alfalfa hay which are high were exceptionally pretty, and will be | in protein, and the addition of cotton- a joy both to wearer and beholder | seed meal and linseed meal to the when they are worn on the golf cours- | grain mixture will result in very es or tennis courts next spring and | much better milk yields. summer. The colored yarns are at-! . tractive, and there are designs for | —Unfortunately much of this each and every preference where | State’s corn crop of this year is frost- sweaters uve concerned. {ed and soft and fed to poultry, espe- One, of the popular slip-on type, i cially when fed to poultry as an ex- was purled up to the waistline and above the three-inch belt, in a checked | pattern. This is done by knitting six stitches and purling six, until there is a stripe one inch wide. Then 1everse the process, purling and then knit- ting. This design, which is pretty, has been found to be a good one for the soldiers’ scarfs, since they are less apt to stretch if knitted in this way than if only a plain stitch is used. A sleeveless sweater of coral pink yarn was purled only about the waist- line, the belt thus formed being about two inches wide. The rest of the sweater (which slipped on over the head) was knitted plain. Its prettiest | feature was the collar, which was | slightly narrower than the ordinary sailor collar and long enough to reach | the top of the belt. Across its bottom i edge was a two-inch wide band of | white angora wool, which matched | the wide cuffs. A slip-on sweater of pale yellow | had a V shaped yoke of apple green, formed of alternate rows of knitting and purling. A similar band edged | the bottom of the sweater. Another | had a loose yoke or collar, about four | inches wide, pointed in front, a small | silk tassel being fastened to the point. This sweater, when made of peacock | blue yarn, with collar and cuffs of | white brushed wool, is really unusual. | The slip-on sweater which has | sleeves is practical, since it may be worn with a sheer underslip for sports wear, replacing the tailored blouse most comfortably. Made lower in the neck than the ordinary sweater, it shows the crossed folds of the under- slip prettily. The sweater made of two threads instead of one gives an opportunity for attractive and interesting color contrast. The knitting itself is sim- ple, since one only needs to hold two threads instead of one. Such a sweater, made of horizon blue and ap- ple green, was recently designed for wear with white skirts at a winter re- sort, the ardent golfer of whose ward- robe it became a part, being most en- thusiastic over the color combinations Another two-thread sweater was made of golden yellow and sunset pink, the collar and cuffs being of the plain pink. When knitting sweaters for the men at the front, it is wise to make them with the double thread because of the added warmth gained in this way. Knitted scarfs have never been prettier, and they are, of course, no: at all difficult to make. A beautiful one was made of shetland wool in rainbow colorings, knit very loosely on very large needles. Its airy dain- tiness made it a most desirable addi- tion to the wardrobe of the girl who delights in her frocks. Equally at- tractive was a scarf for sports wear, also made of shetland wool, mostly of white, with a border of six three-inch stripes in vivid shades of purple, green, blue, yellow, red, and orange. These scarfs are about 16 inches wide and 1% yards long. Shoe-top length prevails in the new | skirts, says the Dry Goods Economist. | There is no indication that longer skirts will meet with success. The dressy skirts are developed in | satin, taffeta, foulard, tussah, a few tri-cotines, serge and jersey. White | skirts in satin, taffeta and in wash | fabrics, such as cotton gabardine, | piques and other materials of this | character, are also in evidence. Nov- | elty pockets are the chief feature of | cotton wash skirts. | value of common baking soda? i Mixed with olive oil to a paste, it proves a valuable remedy for scalds or burns. If used with weakened vin- egar it relieves gas on the stomach. Add one-half teaspoonful to a cup of hot water and take for indigestion or cramps in the stomach. Dampen with water to form a paste to clean | jewelry. Mix with equal parts of salt to clean the teeth. It is excellent for re- | i moving blood stains when dissolved | in lukewarm water. Stuffed Beefsteak.—Take a slice of i may be used for stock in the early How many housekeepers know the | lis required. t clusive grain food causes digestive troubles, loose bowels, blue combs and many deaths. A farmer from Monroe county re- ports to the Pennsylvania Department, of Agriculture that he has had over 100 chickens and turkeys die lately from this cause, and many reports from all over the State of sick chick- ens and turkeys are probably due to the same cause. The advice of the Department in all cases is to dry or parch the corn. If there is an old fashioned bake oven on the farm this can be done in quan- | tities, if not the kitchen range must be used. Burning the corn or parching it so hard that it approaches charcoal is a waste. Also feeding it hot is danger- ous. Slightly warm will not hurt. Mouldy corn is never a safe chicken feed and every effort should be made at this time to save enough dry and sound corn to last to feed to the chick- ens this next year. If this is not done and the mouldy corn is fed there are bound to be a lot of mysterious deaths among the chickens and turkeys all this next year. _—In order to increase egg produc- tion it is necessary to eliminate the non-producer, says H. C. Knandel, in charge of poultry extension at The Pennsylvania State College. A hen must lay eighty eggs to pay for her feed alone. Fifteen addition- al eggs are required to pay for labor and depreciation. Hence a hen must lay more than ninety-five eggs each year to return a profit to her owner. Vigor is the most important quali- fication of a laying hen. This quali- ty is indicated by short toe nail, stub- by beak, activity, rising early and re- tiring late, heavy eating and bright eye. In addition a hen should have a long, broad back not pinched at the tail, be deep in chest and body in or- der to have plenty of capacity, and have good distance between breast bone and pelvic bones. In order to increase production in the next generation an egg record should be kept and only eggs from high producers be used for hatching. Late moulters should be kept in the breeding flock and the early moulters eliminated. Use strong cockerels. As pullets do not have the vitality that hens have, they produce small eggs, and, consequently, small chicks and they have no records. —Every pullet and young hen sold for food this winter means a reduc- tion of from five to twelve dozen eggs in the potential egg supply of next spring and summer. —Hundreds of thousands of farm- ers who have not raised poultry will do so next spring and summer—re- sponding to the demand for more chickens and eggs so that beef and pork will be released to help Win the War. They will need young hens. —The United States Department of Agriculture urges the saving of fowls of producing qualities, so that they spring. —More chickens and more eggs will release more meat for our armies and the allies. They cannot get our chick- ens and our eggs—we can, and like to eat them. —Poultry can be increased more rapidly and more economically than any of the meat animals. —Chickens will live largely, grow and prosper, on waste that never oth- erwise would be of use, and will eat the infant bugs, particularly orchard pests, before they have had opportuni- ty to do great harm. —Chickens require a minimum at- tention. Most of it can be given by women and children. No heavy labor —The early hatched chicken is not only the chicken that lays the winter egg, but it is the chicken best able to withstand disease and parasites. —1It is in the midsummer months that chickens are hurt most by lice. The late hatched chicken has not had time to become large or strong enough to resist lice attacks, but the early hatched chicken by midsummer has Crowder may feel like qualifying his praise of their unselfish patriotism. round steak about 1 inch thick and | become strong and hardy enough to do spread it with dressing, such as one |so. And because the early develop- would use to stuff a chicken. Then ment of the early hatehed bird has roll the meat up and fasten securely. | preceded the extremely hot. months, Place in a kettle, in a small quantity | it is more apt to live through the sum- of boiling water; let it Emer slow- mer. ly for two hours, turning and basting | __pocayse the honey season is past, often. When done, thicken the water | io ot allow the oo eh of indiffer. in which the meat was boiled, then | ence to cause you to neglect the pro- | tection of the bees. Just because by - | accident some colonies wintered safely The Minnesota Supreme court re- | Without protection, is no safe guide cently rendered a decision upholding | to follow. Because one’s house did the minimum wage law for women in | not burn during the past season 1s that State. The minimum wage for hardly an excuse for dispensing with add any necessary seasoning and pour over the meat, when ready to serve. women working in industries is now , fire insurance. Protection of bees for $8.50 per week. winter is bee insurance. i § | Methodists Open War Work. A nation-wide campaign to mobil- | ize the Methodist Episcopal denon | nation to aid the government in war service was decided upon last week | by the war council of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the Wesley build- | ing. The original council, consisting ' of seven bishops, was enlarged to in- clude representatives of all the boards ! of the church and several prominent | Bishop Joseph F. Berry was elected president, and Bishop Theo- dore S. Henderson, of Detroit, Mich., ! who was chosen executive secretary, will go to Washington immediately to direct the campaign. i Patriotic meetings will be held in | all big cities to interpret the meaning of the war and its moral and religious significance. Patriotic demonstra- | tions will be conducted at each of the 139 annual conferences. Sunday schools will have patriotic lessons prepared by the editor of the Metho- dist Sunday School literature. The | Epworth Leagues will have a patriot- | ic demonstration on their anniversary | Sunday in May and every local chap- | ter of the league will engage in some | form of patriotic service. | Church members on Memorial day | will be requested to make a self-deni- | al war offering, the equivalent of his or her income on Friday, May 24, 1918. i Bishop William F. McDowell, of Washington, chairman of the execu- tive committee, will co-operate with Bishop Henderson. Dr. John R. Mott, of the executive committee, will be “a connecting link” between the Y. M. C. A. and the church. Bishop H. C. Stuntz, of Omaha, and Bishop Hen- derson have been authorized to give all their time to the work. Bishop W. F. Anderson, of Cincin- nati, Ohio, and Bishop Francis Mec- Connell, of Denver, Col., will go to Europe at once. A special appeal will be made to the young men and women for 1000 new foreign missionaries within the next five years.—Philadel- phia Public Ledger. The Mathematics of Millers. Spokane finds itself indebted to the flour millers for an interesting dem- onstration of how foolish it is to sup- pose that a good rule ought to work both ways. Here, says the Spokane Spokesman-Review, is the scenario: The price of flour might be held (by one not versed in millers’ mathe- matics) to be directly dependent up- on the price of wheat, and the price of a loaf of .bread might be consid- ered closely related to the cost of a barrel of flour. That this holds true on a rising market our experience of less than a year back can testify. All will remember how, when wheat went up, flour followed the same course with instant sympathy. Bread, too, was so closely en rapport with the sit- uation that loaves became smaller and smaller and the 5-cent ones disappear- ed completely. Now wheat has gone down, some- thing like a dollar a bushel, but where is the eager response on the part of flour and bread? Flour, to be sure, is coming down, with something of the reluctance of Davy Crockett’s coon, but the millers explain that they are stocked up with $2.90 wheat and cannot afford to reduce quotations very rapidly. When flour was going up they were pretty well stocked with $1.50 wheat, but business was so brisk and the times so stirring, that the fact completely slipped their minds. It is fortunate they should have re- membered their costly reserve stocks at this time or their losses might have been severe. But bread has not come down at all. With the same source of wheat supply as London, we are still paying about four times the London price for our loaves. The b5-cent loaf has not emerged from retirement, and the 10- cent loaf looks as much like a small roll as it did when wheat was $3. This indicates only one thing—that bakers’ mathematics and economics must be even more complicated and occult than millers’. The public thirsts for instruction in this branch of knowl- edge. Capture Germany’s Secret Dye Rec- ipes. London.—A group of men in the British textile trade have captured the secret recipes of the German dye industry, according to the Daily Mail, which displays the item under large heads. The recipes, numbering 257, belonged to the great Badische works and are now in the keeping of a Lon- don bank. The Mail says: _ “The capture is of first importance | in economic war against Germany and will free the British textile industry | and scores of other important indus- tries from the bonds of Germany. It! means that when the war is over | Great Britain will be in a position to | compete equally with German dyed goods in every market in the world.” In the course of a long story de- scribing how the recipes were obtain- ed in Switzerland, the Mail says that the merchants who captured them have refused tempting offers from capitalists and speculative elements have been bzrred carefully from the enterprise. The merchants intend to offer and sell the recipes to the Brit- ish government for the use of the government dye works, permitting the bulk of the profit to go to the na- tion on the understanding that the dyes will be sold freely to all British manufacturers needing them—Phila- delphia Public Ledger. Dieting a Horse. The driver of the jaunting car of Ireland is always ready to excuse himself if he is reproached for the condition of his horse. “I say, Paddy,” said. a tourist one day, “that horse you drive is the worst looking I ever saw. Why don’t you fatten him up?” “Fat him up, is it?” queried the driver, as if he could not believe his ears. ‘“Faix, the poor baste can hard- ly carry the little mate that’s on him now.”—Youth’s Companion. Slippery Footing. Our own Dewey and the British Byng illustrate the truth of the saying that the man who is on top generally has to do a nice feat of balancing to | stay there. The Best Clothes Service For Man or Boy at Fauble’s. Prices Moderate and Honest. Only depend- able merchandise. Your Money Back any time for the asking. FAUBLE’S. Allegheny St. + BELLEFONTE, PA. mmo L FINE GROCERIES LL GOODS in our line are thirty to sixty days late this sea- A son. Prices are somewhat, but not strongly above the lev- el at this time last season. It is not safe to predict, but it does seem that prices are just now “passing over the top” and may be somewhat more reasonable in the near future. We Have Received New Evaporated Apricots at 25c and 30c a lb. Fancy Peaches 20c and 22¢ Ib. Very Fancy Evaporated Corn at 35c a lb. or 3 cans for $1.00. Fancy Selected Sweet Potatoes 5c a lb.—some grades at 3c to 4c a Ib. Very Fancy Cranberries at 18c per quart or pound. Almerin White Grapes, Celery, New Paper-shell Almonds, California Walnuts, Finest Quality Cheese. INCLUDE OYSTERS IN YOUR ORDERS We will deliver fresh opened, solid measure at cost with other goods. WE MAKE OUR OWN MINCE MEAT. No item is cut our or cut short on account of cost—it is just THE BEST WE CAN MAKE and is highly recommended by all those who have tried it. If you have used it you already know—or try it just now. SECHLER & COMPANY, Bush House Block, - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa. Insure the Happiness of Your Little Ones! Any parent charged with neglect of his children naturally will be- come indignant. Still there are some parents who, through carelessness, neglect to provide for their welfare. The little ones must be protected. There is no better protection than a bank account. If You Haven't an Account Open One Today For the Children’s Sake THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK, 60-4 BELLEFONTE
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