Bellefonte, Pa., February 22, 1918.
THAT EARLY 'TEEN APPETITE.
I'm glad H. Hoover and the war
Came not within my early ‘teens.
At that lean age I hungered for
All forms of food from beef to beans.
I ate whatever I could get,
Where and whenever I could get it.
When any sort of food I met,
I simply set to work and “et” it.
I'd wolf a dozen apples in
As many minutes, and still hanker!
I mooched from cupboard, dairy, bin,
While still my form grew lank and lanker
At meal times, when I broke my fast
With speed no human eye could follow,
My mother would exclaim, aghast:
“(100d gracious! Are the lad's legs hol-
low 2”
I figured out the other day,
How much ’twould cost me now to eat
The stuff that then I put away—
The spuds, the bread, the eggs, the meat.
"Twas seven dollars for a meal
On week-days; Sundays, fifteen flat!
Now how would Herbie Hoover feel
Were he to catch me doing that?
Strickland Gillilan in Good Housekeep-
ing.
Captive Balloons Line West Front.
From the shores of the North Sea
to the Swiss frontier a parallel line
of captive observation balloons, or
“sausages,” marks in the air the
rough outline of the entrenched posi-
tions of the German Entente troops
except when a storm is blowing in
such strength as to make aerial as-
cents impossible or extremely hazard-
ous.
The gas-bags which are attached to
steel cables, fly at varying heights, ac-
cording to the degree of visibility and
the nature of the country in the vicin-
ity in which they operate. The work
their occupants are able to perform
in reporting troop movements and
concentrations on the opposing side
is of immense value to the command-
ing generals and this is the reason
they are subject to constant attack.
Every observer and mechanic carried
in the balloons is provided with a
parachute attached to his waist. By
this means he has a chance of escap-
ing certain death in case an enemy
og should rip the balloon or set it on
re.
The correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press has observed many thrilling
incidents during attacks of captive
balloons at various parts of the front.
In one case an aerial observer, when
his balloon burst into flames, threw
himself out, relying on his parachute,
which did not spread out until he had
fallen nearly 1,500 feet. Everybody
on the ground believed he was doom-
ed, when suddenly, when he was with-
in 100 yards of earth the parachute
opened and brought him gently down.
He was picked up unconscious.
In general, however, the parachutes
work perfectly and the dart through
the air is made in safety without any-
thing more than the momentary thrill
of falling through space for a short
period without any support. Some-
times the wind blows the falling man
hanging on to his parachute toward
the enemy lines, where he is greeted
with a hail of rifie and machine-gun
bullets, but incidents of this kind are
rare.
Details of the organization of the
German aerostation of captive balloon
service have just reached the corres-
pondent. From these it is gathered
that the German Army possesses hun-
dreds of these observation gas-bags.
They are divided into groups of three,
which work together under the com-
mand of an officer, while at the head-
quarters of each army a staff officer
of high rank is charged with the su-
pervision of the service, which is en-
tirely separated from the aviation
branch. There is no definite number
of balloons attached to each division
or army corps, the total used at each
part of the line changing according
to the decrease or increase of activ-
ity of the troops in line.
For each captive balloon a compa-
ny has been formed consisting of four
observation officers, 11 non-commis-
sioned officers and about 120 men
commanded by a captain or lieuten-
ant. These men not only have to look
after the ascent, descent and housing
of the balloon, but also its defense
against airplanes, for which five ma-
chine guns and two pompons or can-
non of 1i-inch caliber are employed.
The former are provided with correct-
ed sights and fire tracer and explosive
bullets, while the latter can attain a
range of two and a quarter miles.
Another method of defense is rap-
id descent, which is accomplished by
means of revolving winches fixed on
automobiles or horsed wagons. The
steel cables are passed round these
winches and the balloon can be
brought close to earth out of immedi-
ate danger in very short time, in spite
of its size, which is considerable, as it
contains 800 cubic meters of gas.
Washington’s Birthday.
A tea party of the olden time is an
appropriate celebration of Washing-
ton’s birthday. If possible the room
where the guests are to be entertain-
ed should contain a number of pieces
of antique furniture. Everyone
should be asked to come in eighteenth
century dress, the ladies in short-
waisted gowns, powder and patches;
the gentlemen in knee breeches, with
coats of broadcloth or brocade, silk
stockings and buckled shoes. Hach
should be asked to bring something
curious and ancient—some heirloom,
if possible, with a story to it.
In these days of Colonial Dames
and Sons and Daughters of the Revo-
lution, almost everyone has some ad-
venture of an ancestor, or romance of
an ancestress, to tell, and, when every
guest has either told a story or shown
a relic, such old-fashioned games as
hunt the slipper, hide the thimble,
London bridge, stage coach or twenty
questions may be played. After sup-
per a few old-fashioned dances—reels,
contra-dances and a minuet—will be
quite in keeping.
Cards entitling customers to
four glasses of whiskey a week are
issued by a Glasgow firm.
.
The Anti-Aircraft Barrage.
The anti-aircraft barrage is today
the most dreaded enemy weapon
which the airman has to face in his
flights over the lines. In the midst
of a sea of bursting shells the airplane
bobs up and down like a ship in a vi-
olent storm. The concussions which
the shells make in bursting produce
a swift succession of air pockets and
air bumps, and it is absolutely impos-
sible to keep a machine steady
through them. Meanwhile, there is
the strain of knowing always that the
next instant one of the thousands of
flying shell splinters may reach a vi-
tal spot in either machine or pilot.
Yet it is not possible to avoid fly-
ing through a barrage at times. The
latest type of anti-aircraft guns can
place a barrage as high as 23,000 feet,
and it is not practical to turn about
and try to climb over the barrage. It
takes a very highly specialized scout
machine to climb 23,000 feet, and the
heavier machines cannot achieve that
altitude under any circumstances.
The longer the airman hesitates to
run the barrage the longer he is ex-
posed to the fire. Anti-aircraft gun-
nery at the front has now reached a
point where the range is calculated
to a nicety almost instantaneously by
process of triangulation and, there-
fore, the flyer who hesitates is lost.
The only thing he can do is to take
his chance, just as a ship at sea takes
a storm and accepts its chances of
weathering the gale.
Next to the barrage the most fear-
ed of the ground defenses is the
“cluster.” This is a group of six anti-
aircraft shells, sent up together, and
placed just ahead of the machine,
with one shell aimed to burst the tip
of the fuselage, two on each side of it,
two on each side just ahead, and one
farther and directly ahead.
The side-slip is the favorite protec-
tion against these “clusters.” The
anti-aircraft gunners get their range
nowadays so accurately that the
slightest move out of range is fairly
certain to get the machine out of dan-
ger’'s way—unless the gunners have
anticipated this move, as they some-
times do, by placing another cluster
at the most likely spot for an expect-
ed side-slip.
The side-slip is produced by tipping
the plane down slightly, and while fly-
ing ahead, slithering over sideways
and down, thus changing the range
without seeming to do so, for the gun-
ner looking up sees as much of the
machine as before and is justified in
estimating its height to be the same.
In reality the machine is a little to
one side and several hundred feet low-
er as the result of his skillful side-
slip.
Bow a height of 5,000 feet anti-
aircraft guns cannot be used to _ad-
vantage, but machine guns and rifles
provide equally dangerous enemies.
A machine gun playing a stream of
500 bullets a minute is no mean foe,
even though the bullets are not ex-
plosive.
Japan Counting War Loss and Gain.
If Japan practically sacrificed her
entire army on the field of France
(for the sending of 1,000,000 Japanese
soldiers to Europe means just that)
her Allies might let- her keep the
Shantung lease at Tsingtao with a
friendly wink, as well as the islands
in the South Seas, writes Adachi Kin-
nosuke in February Asia. Even her
keen and shrewd British and Ameri-
can Allies would be inclined to treat
her rather generously in matters of
commercial treaties and reciprocal
financial understandings.
The United States will very likely
answer the dispatch of a Japanese ar-
my to Europe with the lifting of the
ban on steel and gold export. Then,
America may not put a ban on the
import of silk from Japan—which is
pretty sure to follow soon if the war
is to continue. And that one single
item is quite a serious matter with
industrial Japan, as witness the ner-
vousness of the Yokohama silk ex-
change even at this very date. And
Japan is sure to get her share of the
benefit coming from the complete
overthrow of the German trade su-
premacy in the Far East—at least for
some years, * * * *®
But—but then, what would it prof-
it Japan to have all these precious
gifts, if thereby she were to find her-
self a bankrupt nation with more than
half of her army fertilizing the shell
holes in Northern France or along the
Balkan fronts and her navy utterly
crippled and unfit to maintain the
peace of the Far East—when, In
short, she finds herself helpless to
safeguard her own national exist-
ence?
The Restive Button.
Indignant Wife—What on earth do
you do to your clothes to keep me
sewing on buttons this way?
Apologetic Husband—I don’t know,
my dear. I merely touch the button
—1 can’t imagine what does the rest.
— Baltimore American.
Knew She Was There.
“] see my wife is in that picture
theatre.”
“You can’t see her through the
walls, can you?”
“No, but I recognize the baby car-
riage in the lobby.”’—Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
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In the Cafe.
Thirsty Tommy (somewhere in
France, who so far has only been able
to get the glad eye)—'Ere, Bill, you
know the lingotell ‘er my “hobby’s
beer, not love!—London Opinion.
Stamps Separated.
To separate stamps that have be-
come stuck together, lay a sheet of
thin paper over them and iron with a
hot iron. This will take them apart
and the glue will still remain.
mga ————t
— Cold, clean storage is import-
ant for many cooked as well as raw
foods. Moist vegetables, cooked
fruits, moist made dishes like meat:
pie and similar dishes are particular-
ly liable to spoil or sour unless given
special care.
——As many as eight, nine, and
even nine and a half million eggs have
been found in the roe of a single cod.
Socks.
tentiary have contributed more than
150,000 dozen socks to the Red Cross
for the use of American sailors and
soldiers, at no cost to the Red Cross,
except for the wool.
Warden Robert J. McKenty made
this known yesterday in discussing
warden.
ting machines up here, and what we !
have done so far is only a drop in the {
bucket to what we could do if all the
Chapters of the Red Cross would send |
us their wool to be knitted
‘Pen’ Convicts Make 1,800,000 Army |the war work of the convicts. In ad-
dition to the socks, the prisoners also
; have made about 5000 rolls of ban-
Convicts at the Eastern State peni- | dages and more than 5000 splints.
“Socks are our long suit,” said the
“We have plenty of knit-
into
socks.”
THIS IS THE GOLDINE MAN
—at—
GREEN’S PHARMACY.
Call and see him and let him explain
this new herb treatment free of all
charges. It has helped thousands;
will you let it help you?
GOLDINE is used in the treatment
of stomach, heart, nerves, indigestion,
physical decline and debility, to build
you up and create strength. Liquid.
Price $1.00 per bottle.
GOLDINE ALTERAC is used for
catarrh, kidney, bladder, liver, blood,
rheumatism, weak back, eruptive and
skin diseases and to purify the entire
System, Liquid. Price $1.00 per bot-
e.
GOLDINE LAXATIVES, are used
for constipation, costiveness, liver
trouble, gall troubles, congestion of
the liver and for cleaning the organs
of digestion and excretion. 25¢ per
0X.
Goldine or Goldine Alterac will be
expressed to any address in the Unit-
ed States at $1.00 per bottle, six for
Lo. Laxatives mailed at 25c¢ per
0X.
GOLDINE COMPANY, N. C,
(Eastern Ohio Division)
Youngstown, Ohio.
Read What Mrs. Clara J. Smith Says
About it.
matism in the muscles and joint of
my left hip. It became so bad I could
hardly turn myself in bed and when
1 would sit down for a few minutes I
became so
hardly. get up.
nials of what Goldine Alterac had
done for my friends and neighbors
who were suffering from rheumatism
I decided to try a bottle.
rather a pleasant surprise to me, as
every claim made for it was fully re-
alized in my case.
There is hardly a trace of the old
lameness left, I do not suffer the pain
I did before taking it, am able to do
my work, can sleep well and walk
better than I have in years.
Goldine Alterac did it and am glad to
give it my full endorsement.
The Goldine Remedies are made
and are as pure as nature and scientific chemistry can make them.
Is Goldine a Success?!
MRS. CLARA J. SMITH.
For several years I have had rheu-
stiff and lame I could
After reading the many testimo-
It proved no disappointment, but
I feel much better in every way.
I know
MRS. CLARA J. SMITH,
Flemington, Pa.
from roots, herbs, barks and berries,
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.
FINE GROCERIES
mont
ESTABLISHED IN 1853.
LEGGETTS
GUTH’S
JANSON’S
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Chocolates
PERFUMES
FINE LINE TOILET ARTICLES
AND SUNDRIES
Green’s Pharmacy Co.,
, The largest and oldest Drug Store in Centre County
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 1b. Fancy Peaches 20c
and 22c Ib.” Very Fancy Evaporated Corn at 35c a Ib. 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. :
A LL GOODS in our line are thirty to sixty days late this sea-
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa.
CA
12
Prices Range from
North Water St.
STYLE, POWER, EFFICIENCY, DURABILITY.
Series 18 and io,
DIFFERENT BODIES
GEORGE A. BEEZER, AGENT,
61-30
RS
$895 to $1,800.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
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tunity will present itself.
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60-4 BELLEFONTE