“Bellefonte, Pa., February 27, 1920.
SMILES.
It isn't the fellow who has a smile
Because of the smile of others,
But the fellow who counts is the fellow
who smiles
. In spite of his scolding brothers;
Or whether they smile or whether they
don’t,
If he's true to his own soul's light
He will keep on smiling through
and thin;
He will smile for the sake of the right.
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The old song says if you smile for them
They will have a smile for you;
But the man who smiles if they smile or
not
Is the man who will put things through.
The man who smiles because its his heart
That brings to his face the glow
Of the peace and the power of doing his
part |
In the great world’s daily show.
To do things just to gain in return
Some gift or some grace of life
Is only a half-way style to win
In the toil and struggle and strife.
For the best old grace is the grace of joy i
In doing and serving along fo
With a smile that is sweet as the smile of |
a boy !
Till your smile makes labor a song. i
—Baltimore Sun. :
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PLEASANT GAP.
Your correspondent is in receipt of
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a beautiful little booklet entitled
“Pierpont Morgan’s Greatest Trans- !
action.” It was received by mail and |
is duly appreciated. The author says !
“what a sure and certain trust Mr. |
Morgan had when he passed into
God’s presence, resting, as he did, on
God’s word! This is the first positive
assurance we had that Mr. Morgan
had changed his address from Wall
Street to his heavenly abode above.
We sincerely hope this is true and
have no reason to doubt it. The neat
little booklet treats largely on Sin and
is quite interesting and instructive.
Theologians talk of original sin, actu-
al sin, venial sin, and many other van-
ities. These prefixes, however, only
serve to confuse the mind. It is the
same sin, and carries its consequences
with it, disguise it as you will. The
whole matter is very neatly summed
up in these two quotations: “Whoso-
ever committeth sin transgresses also
the law; for sin is a transgression of
the law.” “Therefore, to him that
knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
to him it is sin.” There ought to be
no difficulty in understanding lan-
guage as plain as this; in fact, no one
who has a grain of sense can misun- |
derstand it. A good many claim that |
the scriptures must be taken in a |
spiritual sense, and that one not born |
of the spirit cannot take them in that |
sense. In order that the moral law
might be easily remembered it was
boiled down into ten short para-;
graphs. This epitome is known as the |
ten commandments. These were
again boiled down into: “Whatsoev- |
er ye would that men do unto you, do
you even so to them; for this is i
ifaw and the prophets.” Then again,
in order to present the whole duty of |
mankind in such a clear, yet concise |
light that even his enemies could not |
gainsay it, the Saviour summarises |
the whole moral law thus: “Thou,
shalt love the Lord thy God with all |
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and |
with all thy mind. This is the first’
and great commandment. And the |
second is like unto it; thou shalt love |
thy neighbor as thyself. On these
commandments hang all the law and
the prophets.” There it is in sub-
stance and detail, and so plain and so
simple that a man, though a fool,
need not make a mistake. It must be
remembered that these are laws of |
nature, as well as of God, and that!
any infraction of them is punishable |
either in this life or the next, and |
that without fail. It is not because |
men do not know what is right, or
how they ought to conduct them-.
selves, but because they have not been |
taught the importance and necessity |
of doing right. Children are raised |
as religious as if they were LO be
made priests, yet they turn out as
mean as skunks. Why? They didn’t
understand what it was all about.
They couldn’t see the use of prayers,
the catechism was an unpleasant task
and the Sabbath sermon an intolera-
ble bore. The rseult was that they
were disgusted with the whole busi-
ness. The disgust of children is rare-
ly overcome. People are wicked be-
cause they have not been taught to |
appreciate the advantages of being
good.
There are handsome men as well as
handsome women. Handsome signi-
fies a form agreeable to the standard
of correct taste; endowed with a cer-
tain share of beauty along with dig-
nity; baving symmetry of parts;
gracefulness of manner; and mark-
ed with propriety and ease. If
the prevailing desire was to be
handsome, and rational effort
made to become so, no fault
could be found with either wom-
en or men on the score of physical
culture. It is possible, even probable,
that our progress in science, our in-
crease in wealth, and our fame as a
rising nation would not be so great,
but we would be a healthier and hap-
pier people. The happiest people in
this world are those who are so con-
stituted that they grow to full size,
have good appetites, can witness the
antics of a rat without screaming, and
get their feet wet and not take their
death of cold. Compare the life of a
brilliant woman with that of a good,
every-day sort of housewife. Which
is the happier? The brilliant woman
is tortured with the blues, racked with
pains, rendered miserable with nerv-
ousness. The every-day, all around
woman sleeps soundly, laughs with-
out fear or a stitch in her side, eats
heartily without a thought of unpleas-
ant results, hangs out of a window to
chat with a neighbor, or stands bare-
headed on the corner to see a circus
go by, with never a twinge of neural-
gia. When carefully dressed the bril-
Tiant woman may be pretty and have
a distinguished look, but the every-
day ‘specimen, when she gets her best
dress on is handsome. The greater
difference; however, is
i some, winsome, and strong,
their homes. In one there may be or-
der of that cold, formal type which |
en’s first law.” Rigidness about the
makes one doubt that “orderis heav- |
furniture, and an atmosphere thal
would check the growth of anything
fungus. In the other there are care
and dignity, light and warmth, health
and happiness. Who wields the wand
that controls the lights and shadows
that fall upon the hearthstone ? Who
touches the clouds that fill the house
with sweet harmonies? Whose taste
blends the element of domestic life so
that disagreeable features and annoy-
ing contrasts pale before those that
glow with warmth and good cheer?
The enthusiastic school boy holds up
his hand and cries: “My mother, my
mother,” is the boy’s type of woman-
kind; therefore, she should be hand-
that his
impression may be such as to gener-
ate respect and admiration for the
sex, develop a spirit of chivalry, and
lead him to add dignity to his respect
and manliness to his admonition.
‘ Lewis S.
800 Miles of Highway to be Built
This Season.
The State Highway Department
during 1920, it has been announced,
proposes the awarding of contracts
for the construction of approximately
800 miles of durable thoroughfare in
various portions of the State. The
major portion of this mileage is sit-
uated on the highways which com-
prise’ what is known as the primary
system, or those roads which are of
benefit to the State at large. The
opening of bids for 1920 construction
began in December and will continue
at frequent intervals until contracts
have been awarded for all the projects
scheduled for 1920.
During 1919 the State Highway De- |
partment awarded contracts for the
construction of 665.60 miles of new '
roadway. There were 188
In 1918 contracts were awarded for
the construction of 129.66 miles.
It is the aim of Governor William
C. Sproul and Highway Commissioner
Sadler to complete as early
projects. :
as possible the roads which comprise
HIS Company is confronted by
a problem, which unaided it can-
not solve.
Briefly, the situation is this.
Our operating costs
years been steadily rising — have now
practically doubled. In
have
have, in your factories,
your homes.
we pay our bills is derived from the rates
charged for our service, and—
These rates are now
before the war!
The problem, then, is one of making
ends meet; and this, despite every prac-
tical economy, we have for some time
been unable to do.
The seriousness of the situation con-
cerns every user. We are certain that
no one wants the quality of the service
to slump badly. It is a service that plays
too vital a part in the every-hour life of
the community.
We are obins the
Commission of t
consider the inadequacy of our present
revenues and to approve sche
rates that will guarantee permanency,
extension and improvement to the busi-
ness and the service.
It is our duty to present the situation
to the public in its essential details, and
this we shall endeavor to do by frequent
statements that will set forth its many
aspects of immediate concern to tele-
phone users.
The Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania
been experiencing only what you
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the State’s primary system. The pro-
gram of the Department contemplated
preparing for advertisement projects op
involving approximately 600 miles .of }
highways; the field work, however,
has progressed to the point where ®
plans for a large mileage of local
roads may be included.
The 1920 projects comprise some of
the most important sections of high-
way in the State. The idea of Govern-
nor Sproul and Commissioner Sadler
being to conned} i inpidly. os possi:
e already constructed sections o
highway forming parts of main trunk that, you buy your
lines so that substantial and continu-
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made possible for the transportation -
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$ Bellefonte Trust Company
Bellefonte, Pa.
$ Why You Should Make aWill
: To protect your loved ones. :
To safeguard your estate.
By making a Will you can appoint the Bellefonte Trust
Public Service Company as your Executor or Trustee.
is Commonwealth to You can thus assure to your heirs the business manage-
ment and financial respousibility which this institution affords.
les of Your wishes can be observed in the distribution of your
property, for if you do not leave a Will the law may divide up
your possessions in a way that you might not desire.
How Have You Made Your Will?
Do not write your own Will. ‘““Home-made’’ Wills are
dangerous and often cause lawsuits, because, when drawing a
Will the law must be known, both as to wording and terms.
Consult a lawyer today about the making of your Will and have
him name the Bellefcnte Trust Company to act as your Execu-
tor and Trustee.
J. L. Spangler, C. T. Gerberich, N. E. Robb,
65-3-tf President Vice President Treasurer
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