Bellefonte, Pa., August 30, 1918.
A BRAND NEW YANKEE DE-
MOCRACY.
The lad who used to travel on wheels,
Buttoned in fur to his chin,
Is trekin’ along on blistered heels,
Eatin’ his chow from a tin!
He bathes when he can and he shaves
when he must
And he handles a man-sized tool.
The remarks he’s made to his blunt-nosed
spade
He'll never have learned in school!
He's lost the stoop and the motor droop,
And he's going it on his own,
With grit and vim—and the best of him
"Trimmed down to brawn and bone.
For names don’t count in the khaki ranks,
And nobody reads Who's Who.
They feature you there on the bill of fare
For the things that you really do!
The lad who used to travel on wheels
Pays his toll with the rest—in blood—
There's a brand new Yankee democracy
Mixing out there in the mud!
—R. P. Thompson, in Adventure.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
Good company and good discourse are
the very sinews of virtue.—Izaak Walton.
Even though the huge drooping
“willow plume” is forgotten with the
other glories of yesteryear, neverthe-
less the ostrich feather is too grace-
ful and lovely a decoration to be en-
tirely neglected. So, instead of using
up single plumes, the fashion-makers
have hit on the ingenious plan of
making clever bits of decoration out
of various lengths of feathers.
You can now see ostrich feather
trimming on many varieties of arti-
cles from hats to gowns. Indeed one
enterprising manufacturer has gone
to the length of decorating the tops
of fancy shoes with an edging of os-
trich feathers.
Some day, when you want a change
from that brilliant-hued knitting bag,
try concocting yourself one of burlap.
Choose any color that you want, a
natural colored one, for instance.
Make just a plain rectangular bag,
quite deep so that there will be plen-
ty of room for that sweater that you
are working on or any other knitting;
turn up each of the lower corners
slightly, to make it hang a bit more
gracefully, and gather the top with a
ruffled heading. If a stiff, easily-
opened top is desired, a pair of bag
sticks, finished off with balls at each
end and painted some gay color, may
be bought and inserted, instead of the
more ordinary draw string. Cotton
cords, to match the burlap, may be
attached to these sticks as handles.
As for decoration, one might make
such a bag attractive with very little
work. A conventional pattern, the
popular basket of flowers, or some ge-
ometrical design might be stenciled
upon it or embroidered on in mercer-
ized cottons. Or a worsted decoration
may be added, either embroidered on
or crocheted and appliqued upon the
burlap. A design might be cut out of
felt of harmonizing colors and sewed
to the bag, with large stitches of con-
trasting shades. Such an adornment
may be as elaborate or as simple as
chosen and the burlap bag made be
a thing of beauty, as well as of de-
cided usefulness.
In substituting brown sugar the
same amount should be used as of
white. A cupful of brown sugar has
less actual sweetening power than
white sugar as there are three cupfuls
to a pound, but it makes up in flavor
what it lacks in sweetness.
In using maple sugar the same
thing is true and the usual recipe will
be as successful as ever, the texture
being the same and only the flavor
changing—often for the better.
Maple syrup is not so sweet as su-
gar and when used to replace it
should be increased by one-half. Of
course, in this case allowance must be
made for the increase of liquid. Usu-
ally the amount of liquid called for in
the regular recipe should be halved.
The same holds good for corn syr-
up. One and a half again as much
syrup must be used, and, to make up
for a certain flatness of taste, it is de-
sirable to use an extra amount of fla-
voring. ;
Corn syrup seems to be at its best
with fruits and spices. When used in
cakes and cookies better results are
obtained if syrup is substituted for
only half the sugar.
Two tablespoonfuls of syrup to one
cupful of sugar improves the texture
of fandant fudge and caramels and it
may be used entirely for taffy and
butterscotch.
In using molasses no change need
be made so far as amounts for sweet-
ening purposes are concerned, be-
cause, like brown sugar, what it lacks
in sweetness is made up in flavor; but
the same allowance must be made for
liquid as when using syrup—it should
be halved. : 2
When molasses is used in cake mix-
tures soda should be used instead of
baking powder in the proportion of
one tablespoonful of soda to one cup-
ful of molasses. ;
Honey has a distinct flavor, which
combines well with spices, and its
sweetening power is about the same
as that of sugar. :
Honey is thicker than syrup, so it
therefor adds less liquid, and in re-
placing sugar only one-fourth of the
liquid in the recipe need be left out.
As honey is slightly acid, soda in the
proportion of half a teaspoonful to
one cupful of honey should be used in
cake or cooky mixtures.
Loretta Daum, aged 10 years, of
Milwaukee, Wis., who was selected re-
cently by the government as a junior
four-minute speaker, has the distinc-
tion of being one of the youngest of
four-minute speakers to receive a cer-
tificate.
Miss Marion Davies is the first
woman to be appointed as an exam-
iner under the Federal Trade Com-
mission and has been assigned to re-
search work in the Congressional Li-
brary, investigating facts about the
manufacture of various articles.
Idle Hour, the beautiful estate of
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr., located at
Oakdale, L. I., has been offered by the
owner to the Red Cross to be used as
a convalescent hospital for soldiers.
The mansion will accommodate over
1,500 patients.
One of the largest automobile
plants in Detroit has several women
workers, running drill presses, grind-
ers and tapping machines and doing
general machine work. Over 12 per
cent. of the total workers are women
and it is estimated that if the neces-
sity arise over 50 per cent. of the
work can be done by women.
Pineapple and Cheese Salad.—Use
pale green heart leaves of lettuce, ar-
ranging a ring of these on individual
salad plates. On each ring put a whole
slice of canned Hawaiian pineapple
drained and slit across with a sharp
knife so that it can be easily divided
by the salad fork, yet does not show
the cutting until eaten. Rub a fresh
cream cheese through a ricer or colan-
der on the pineapple so that it stands
up in light, delicate flakes, then with
teaspoon gently put in the hole of the
pineapple guava or currant jelly. Fin-
ish by sprinkling with a French dress-
ing in which lemon juice is used in-
stead of vinegar. The combined fla-
vors of the dressing, pineapple, tart
jelly and delicate cheese are deliciously
blended. Serve fingers of whole
Wheat bread and butter with this sal-
ad.
Murphy’s Odd Idea.
An officer on board a war ship was
drilling his men.
“I want every man to lie on his
back, put his legs in the air and move
them as if he were riding a bicycle,”
he explained. “Now commence.”
After a short effort one of the men
stopped.
“Why have you stopped, Murphy ?”
asked the officer.
“If ye plaze, sir,” was the answer,
“Oi’'m coasting.”—Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Belegraph.
»
New Money Making Scheme.
St. Louis, Mo.—By directing motor-
ists to take an impassible road and
then charging them $10 to pull them
out of the mud with his team, a West
Virginia farmer is reputed to have
made a small fortune in the last few
months. Ambrose Habig, Wheeling
city councilman, who was one of the
victims, said the farmer told him he
could cut off several miles by taking
the road.
—— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION, AT THE ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEM-
BER 5, 1918, BY THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH IN PURSUANCE OF
ARNOLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine,
section four of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; au-
thorizing the State to issue bonds to the
amount of fifty millions of dollars for
the improvemens. of the highways of the
Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof :—
That section four of article nine, which
reads as follows:
“Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except to
supply casual deficiencies of revenue, re-
pel invasion, suppress insurrection. de-
fend the State in war, or to pay existing
debt; and the debt created to supply de-
ficiency in revenue shall never exceed in
the aggregate, at any one time, one mil-
lion dollars,” be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except to
supply casual deficiencies of revenue, re-
pel invasion, suppress insurrection, de-
fend the State in war, or to pay existing
debt; and the debt created to supply de-
ficlencies in revenue shall never exceed in
the aggregate, at any one time, one mil-
lion dollars: Provided, however, That
the General Assembly, irrespective of any
debt, may authorize dhe State to issue
bonds to the amount of fifty millions of
dollars for the purpose of improving and
rebuilding the highways of the Common-
wealth.
Section 2. Said proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State, at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday of November in the year
nineteen hundred and eighteen, for the
purpose of deciding upon the approval
and ratification or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon said elec-
tion day, at the places and within the
hours at and within which said election
is directed to be opened, held, and
closed, and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the laws of Pennsylvania
governing elections and amend ments
thereto. Such amendment shall be
printed upon the ballots in the form and
manner prescribed by the election laws
of Pennsylvania, and shall in all re-
Spocts conform to the requirement of such
aws,
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same,
That the Constitution of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with the provisions of the eighteenth ar-
ticle thereof: —
Amendment to Article
Eight.
That section eight ef article nine. of
the Constitution be amended by striking
out the said section and inserting in place
thereof the following:—
Section 8. The debt ef any county,
city, borough, township, school district,
or other municipality or incorporated dis-
trict, except as provided herein, and in
section fifteen of this article, shall never
exceed seven (7) per centum upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, but the debt of the city of Phila-
delphia may be increased in such amount
that the total city debt of said city shall
not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt, or in-
crease its indebtedness to an amount ex-
ceeding two (2) per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, without
the consent of the electors thereof at a
public election in such manner as shall
be provided by law. In ascertaining the
borrowing capacity of the said city of
Philadelphia, at ‘any time, there shall
be excluded from the calculation and
deducted from such debt so much of the
debt of said city as shall have been in-
curred, and the proceeds thereof in-
vested, in any public improvements of
any character which shall be yielding to
the said city an annual current net reve-
nue. The amount of such deduction
shall be ascertained by capitalizing the
annual net revenue from such improve-
ment during the year immediately pre-
Nine, Section
New Vicar (addressing large audi-
ence)—Oh! my dear people, would
that I had a window in my bosom, so
that you could see the emotions of
my heart!
Voice—Wouldn’t a “pane”
stomach do, guv-nor?
in the
“Truth crushed to earth will rise
again,” said the poetry quoter.
“Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum,
“but sometimes she gets up so late
that an important train of thought
has gone on without her.”—Washing-
ton Star.
Be Ready
of us today puts
Telephone Company
number.
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petition unnecessary.
“Jones” waiting.
Time
BELLEFONTE,
When You Telephone
HE service that is required of every one
An observance on the part of telephone
users of the following suggestions will save
not only their time but the time of the
terests of individual, industry, and Nation
in these strenuous times:
1. Look in the directory and be sure of the
2. Do not call until you are ready to talk. An-
* nounce yourself in the approved telephone
way: “Smith speaking.”
Speak plainly and listen carefully; make re-
If you have a Private Branch Exchange don’t
say to your operator, “Get Jones” and keep
5. When you telephone have your thoughts
* lined up so they may be expressed briefly.
and service saved through the ob-
servance of these small things
applied to the larger things.
THE BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY OF PA.
C. W. HEILHECKER, Local Mgr.
a premium on time!
as it serves the in-
may be
PA.
ceding the time of such ascertainment;
and such capitalization shall be estimated
by ascertaining the principal amount
which would yield such annual, current
net revenue, at the average rate of in-
terest, and sinking-fund charges payable
upon the indebtedness incurred by said
city for such purposes, up to the time
of such ascertainment. The method of
determining such amount, so to be de-
ducted, may be prescribed by the Gen-
eral Assembly. In incurring indebted-
ness for any purpose the city of Phila-
delphia may issue its obligations matur-
ing not later than fifty (50) years from
the date thereof, with provision for a
sinking-fund sufficient to retire said ob-
ligations at maturity, the payment to
such sinking-fund to be in equal or
graded annual or other periodical instal-
ments. Where any indebtedness shall be
or shall have been incurred by said city
of Philadelphia for the purpose of the
construction or improvement of public
works of any character from which in-
come or revenue is to be derived by said
city, or for the reclamation of land to be
used in the construction of wharves
or docks owned or to be owned by said
city, such oblgations may be in an
ameunt sufficient to provide for, and may+
include the amount of, the interest and
sinking-fund charges accruing and which
may accrue thereon throughout the
period of construction, and until the ex-
piration of one year after the completion
of the work for which said indebtedness
shall have been incurred; and said city
shall not be required to levy a tax to pay
said interest and sinking-fund charges as
required by section ten, article nine of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until
the expiration of said period of one year
after the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION, BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON-
STITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eleven
of article sixteen of the Constitution ef
Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met,
That the following amendment to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby,
proposed, in accordance with the eigh-
teenth article thereof :(—
Amend section eleven, article sixteen
of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
“No corporate body to possess banking
and discounting privileges shall be created
or organized in pursuance of any law
without three months’ previous public
notice, at the place of the intended loca-
tion, of the intention to apply for such
priviliges, in such manner as shall be pre-
scribed by law, nor shall a charter for
such privilege be granted for a longer
period than twenty years,” so that it shall
read as follows:
The General Assembly shall have the
ower of general law to provide for the
incorporation of banks and trust com-
panies. and to prescribe the powers
thereof.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section six-
teen of article three of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of ennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That the
following is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the eighteenth article thereof: —
That section sixteen of article three,
which reads as follows:
“Section 16. No money shall be paid
out of the treasury, except upon appro-
priations made by law, and on warrant
drawn by the proper officers in pur-
suanee thereof,” be, and the same is
hereby, amended so that the same shall
read as follows:
Section 16. No money shall be paid
out of the State Treasury, except in ac-
cordance with the provisions of an act
of Assembly specifying the amount and
purpose of the expenditure, and limiting
the time in which said appropriation shall
be expended. All public money shall be
paid by the State Treasurer on warrant
drawn by the Auditor General.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to article nine.
section eight of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Assembly met, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn-
sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro-
posed, in accordance with the eighteenth
article thereof :—
That article nine, section eight, be
amended to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis-
trict, except as provided herein, and in
section fifteen of this article, shall never
exceed seven (7) per centum upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, but the debt of the city of Phila-
delphia may be increased in such amount
that the total city debt of said city shall
not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the
assessed value of the taxable property
therein, nor shall any such municipality
or district incur any new debt, or increase
its indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two (2) per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the con-
sent of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law. In ascertaining the bor-
rowing capacity of the city of Philadel-
phia, at any time, there shall be deducted
from such debt so much of the debt of
said city as shall have been incurred, or
is about to be incurred, and the proceeds
thereof expended, or about to be expended,
apen @ny public improvement, or in the
conStruction, purchase, or condemnation
of any public utility, or part thereof, or
facility therefor, if such public improve-
ment or public utility, or part thereof,
whether separately or in connection with
any other public improvement or public
utility, or part thereof, may reasonably
be expected to yield revenue in excess of
operating expenses sufficient to pay the
interest and sinking fund charges thereon.
The method of determining such amount,
so to be deducted, may be prescribed by
the General Assembly.
In incurring indebtedness for any pur-
pose the city of Philadelphia may issue its
obligations maturing not later than fifty
(50) years from the date thereof, with
provision for a sinking-fund sufficient to
retire said obligations at maturity, the
payment to such sinking fund to be in
equal or graded annual or other period-
ical instalments. Where any indebtedness
shall be, or shall have been incurred by
said city of Philadelphia for the purpose
of the construction or improvements of
public works or utilities of any character,
from which income or revenue is to be
derived by said city, or for the reclama-
tion of land to be used in the construction
of wharves or docks owned or to be owned
by said city, such obligations may be in
an amount sufficient to provide for, and
may include the amount of, the interest
and sinking-fund charges accruing and
which may accrue thereon throughout
the period of construction, and until the
expiration of one year after the com-
pletion of the work for which said in-
debtedness shall have been incurred; and
said city shall not be required to levy a
tax to pay said interest and sinking-fund
charges as required by section ten, article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until the o5piration of said period of one
year after the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 3.
CYRUS E. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
An amendment to section one of article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania, relating to taxation.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same. That the
following amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be,
and the same is hereby, proposed, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the eigh-
teenth article thereof: —
That section one of article nine, which
reads as follows:
“All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the terri-
torial limits of the auchority levying the
tax, and shall be levied and collected
under general laws; but the General As-
sembly may, by general laws, exempt from
taxation public property used for public
purposes, actual places of religious wor-
ship, places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and institu-
tions of purely public charity,” be
amended so as to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon the
same class of subjects, within the terri-
torial limits of the authority levying the
tax, and shall be levied and collected
under general laws, and the subjects of
taxation may be classified for the purpose
of laying graded or progressive taxes; but
the General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public prop-
erty used for public purposes, actual
places of religious worship, places of
urial not used or held for private or cor-
porate profit, and institutions of purely
public charity.
Section 2. Said proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State, at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of November in the year
nineteen hundred and nineteen, for the
purpose of deciding upon the approval and
ratification or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened, held, and closed upon said elec-
tion day, at the places and within the
hours at and within which said election
is directed to be opened, held, and closed,
and in accordance with the provisions of
the laws of Pennsylvania governing elec-
tions, and amendments thereto. Such
amendment shall be printed upon the bal-
lots in the form and manner prescribed
by the election laws of Pennsylvania, and
shall in all respects conform to the re-
Shoes. Shoes.
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All my stock of Ladies’ Low Shoes
at cost and less than cost.
On account of labor shortage and other
conditions the firm from whom I purchase
my stock of Ladies’ Low Shoes for spring
could not deliver the shoes until this last
week—they should have reached me on
March 1st.
Realizing that the season is far advanced
I am going to sell these shoes at cost and
less than cost. These shoes were purch-
ased to sell for $6 and $7. They are
made of the very best leather that can be
put in shoes and in the very latest styles.
These shoes will be put on sale at once for
$4.85 Per Pair.
Here is an opportunity to purchase your
needs in low shoes at a saving of over $2
per pair.
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Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
quirement of such laws.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
WOODS, |
CYRUS E.
Secretary of the Commonwealth. |
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