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Bellefonte, Pa., November 5, 1920.
Pennsylvania State Department
of Health,
Questions.
1. Why should French heeled
if shoes not be worn?
i 2. What Is the cause of that con-
A dition known as painful feet?
8. How may it be corrected?
FEET
“How many toes have you, Auntie?”
“One,” absently from Auntie, whose
{thoughts were on “A peach of a sum-
mer fur at a bargain” in Greely’s
lwindow, for Auntie was a slave to
|fashion.
i As Bobby took in the details of her
{sharp toed, high heeled shoe he grave-
iy nodded. “That's all my pony has.”
Pony’s progenitors in the morning
{of the world—some few million years
lago boasted three toes—who can say
that Auntie’s descendants—Iin accord
with the same law of evolution—may
not in the evening of time, clatter
labout on hoofs.
The French heel may add a little
ito the height and make a number six
look like a three, but it steals the
freedom from the ankle motion, shifts
‘the greater part of the body weight
to the ball of the foot and cramps and
crowds the toes so that Milady affects
ia near peg like gait as she minces
along. But why point to Angela?
Army records show a shamefully
high percentage of rejections on ac
count of painful feet; fallen arches
and foot deformities, among the Jim’s
‘and Bill's and Joe’s who never wore
Trench heels in their lives.
From the heel to the front the bones
of the foot form an arch whieh gives
strength and springiness to the gait,
‘A second shorter arch bows from one
‘side to the other. The second arch
ils supported only on the outer side,
ithe inner edge riding high and free is
‘responsible for the hollow space on
ithe inner side of the normal foot. The
‘bone arches are held in place by liga-
‘ments supported by muscles. When
‘these muscles are weakened by pro-
tracted illness, disuse or over strain.
the lighments are apt to stretch and
permit the arches to sink. This condi-
‘tion is called flat foot. The pull of
‘the ligaments on the outer shell of the
bones causes severe pain. In some in-
‘stances flat foot causes little incon-
ivenlence—Iin the necro race It Is al
‘most a normal condition but the con-
dition known as painful feet, which
results from muscular weakness, is not
only
‘cap.
Headaches from eye strain are fa-
similiar, nervous disturbances from con-
distressing but a serious handl-!
stant foot strain are just as common, |
but not so generally understood.
They used to say, “Toes out,” Parent,
"Teacher, Dancing Master, the Army
and all.
itoeing out meant
i
Then it was discovered that
an extra strain on
ithe supporting muscles, a side pull
ion the longer arch and a tendency to
ifallen arches. nt feet or painful |
feet are rare among straight toe
walkers. So now the teaching is, walk
with <r feat parallel—toes straight
‘ahead.
If vou have painful feet vou natur-
wally turn to your Dozlor for advice.
He will tell you {hat the patent arti-'
ficial devices for the correction of foot
‘defects are for the most part unr
JAlable, and as improperly fitting shoes
have largely contributed fo vour con-
tition. he will advise the right kind
of shoes and special foot exercise, One
of the Tait McKenzie exercises which
‘has proven r
ithe heel about an inch from the
ground and walk on the hall of the
foot as if the heel were painful. This
st valuable, Is to ralse
iexercise should he practiced a num- |
‘ber of times each cay and for a hun-
(dred steps at a time.
Proper shoeing |
jand regular systematic foot exerelse !
ias prescribed by an ev .erienced phy-
isieian seldom fails to cure the condi-
tion known as painful feet. In con-
nection with this the foot covering
hears an important relation,
‘The toe should !
f) CONTRI the si side by side in the dust and smoke
tof the foot—broad at the toes.
|
fheels should he lon#® and low. Laced!
shoes are better than any other kind
because they can not only be .aore
HL
AS TO INFANT AUTHORSHIP
Many Who Afterward Achieved Great.
ness May Properly Be Classed
as Youthful Prodigies.
Pope, who “lisped in numbers,” had
the moral courage to burn all his child-
ish and boyish verses, including the
epic, “Alexander.” He took no chance
of posthumous publication, says the
Youth's Companion. ’
When little Tom Macaulay was
seven years old he wrote a “Compen-
dium of Universal History,” beginning
with the creation, and when he was
eight a heroic poem on “Olaus the
Great.” It was natural that his moth-
er should have cherished those proofs
of early talent and have shown them
occasionally to friends; but, as his
nephew, Mr. Trevelyan, neatly ob-
serves, “If the affection of one gen-
eration has preserved them intact the
piety of another generation refrains
from submitting them to the public.”
A distinguished book collector has
had printed for his own pleasure and
for the pleasure of his friends the
“History of Moses,” composed by Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson when he was six
vears old and dictated to his mother.
The tiny volume is embellished with a
facsimile of Mrs, Stevenson's manu-
script and with a delightful illustra-
tion in water colors from the hand of
the little prodigy. It represents the
Israeiites hilariously leaving Egypt.
They smoke long pipes and carry um-
brellas and bundles. One of them
pauses long enough to beat a protest:
ing Egyptian over the head. The nar-
rative is both comprehensive and con-
cise. It won a prize from a generous
uncle in 1856, and it is today as good
an example of infant authorship as
we are likely to read.
HONOR PAID ST. MICHAEL
In England Especially Is His Day Ob-
served for Prescribed Cere-
monials and Feasting.
There are fragmentary customs
bound up with Michaelmas which
have to do with birds and winged
things, for no particular reason that
anybody knows. Perhaps it is a chance
that it Is so. But everywhere in Eng-
land where Michaelmas is kept a goose
is sacrificed for dinner on that day,
and for years and years in Lincolnshire
and Yorkshire a handful of the farm-
er's each sort of grain was scattered
in the court or farmyard for the birds,
so that luck would come to that home-
stead. Queen Elizabeth was eating,
vou may remember, her Michaelmas
goose when the defeat of the Spanish
armada was announced to her. Per-
haps Michael’s wings were hovering
over the sea that day of the defeat
and that those sizzling geese all over
England were a sacrifice not made in
viiin. And perhaps, after all, these
customs of cooking geese and throwing
grain to birds are only just because
Michaelmas comes in the harvest time.
But it is nice to think that everything
with wings is in some way akin to this
especial saint.—San Francisco Argo-
nant.
Flowers That Bring Bad Luck.
In England Devonshire folk hold
that it means death to bring into the
house a single daffodil, when this flow-
er first appears in the spring. There
must be a bunch of them, and the
cowslip is similarly hedged in by su-
perstition. A hydrangea in the house
i “brings trouble,” and snowdrops are
“unlucky,” while wild flowers general-
ly prevent the first brood of chickens
from hatching. If one wishes a plant
indoors to show a large and profuse
bivom he must place in the flowerpot
some fresh earth from the grave of
an infant baptized within twelve
months. No yellow bloom should be
brought into the house in May. The
Louse with bergamot near it is never
free from sickness. A plant of helio-
trope in church will keep in their
places any untrue wives in the con-
gregation.
Chautauqua or Circus.
The manager was strolling about
the big Chautauqua tent, which had
just been set up in a small Missouri
town, and the boys were laying the
plank seats, when the whir of engines
was heard, and two automobiles ap-
peared, racing furiously toward the
Chautauqua grounds. They stopped
of heavily set brakes, and the drivers
| leaped from their seats and ran at
| top speed toward the astonished Chau-
accurately adapted to the foot, but be- |
cause they afford
nerspires freely—patent leathers and
rubber overshoes should not be worn |
for long periods.
Tight stockings or stockings
short are often
formities.
Corns, buniors and ingrowingz nails
are all the results of ill fitting shoes.
Shoes that fit is the answer—Toe
snead and “Watch your Step*
r—
too |
the start of toe de-
Fire-Resisting Construction.
For fire-resisting construction, the
recommendations of the American Con-
crete institute specify that limestone,
trap-rock and burned clay be given
preference over highly siliceous
gravels, which disintegrate under in-
tense heat. When gravel is used, with-
out a protective coating, columns
should be made round instead of rec-
tangular. When gravel, with spiral
reinforcement, is used for either round
or rectangular columns, it is suggested
that additional protection be given by
a coating of one inch of cement plas-
ter, either on metal lath or reinforced
by light expanded metal,
hefter ventilation;
‘for the same reason because the foot |
{
tauqua manager.
“I'm a butcher!” gasped the first.
“Pm a butcher!” cried the second.
Then both together they shouted, “1
want the contract to furnish meat for
: the animals !”"—Youth's Companion.
All Ready for Him.
At a political meeting held in a
provincial town in England a crowded
audience had assembled to support a
parliamentary candidate.
During the speech of the candidate
a man put his head in at the door and
shouted in a stentorian voice, “Can
anyone here sell me six pennyworth
of sense?”
The speaker halted, evidently quite
dumfounded ; but the chairman of the
meeting immediately silenced the in-
truder by retorting, “Yes, but you have
nothing to put it in.—Youth’s Com-
panion.
Matter of Touch.
“(30 away from me!” said the fash-
fonably dressed woman to the tramp.
“1 wouldn't have you touch me for a
dollar.” “I was only goin’ to touch |
you for a nickel, lady,” came the re-
ply.
interrupted Mrs. Phastalker.
——They were duscussing the feats
of Luther Burbank.
“He can’t compare to my grocer,”
“Why,
' he actually produces eight diffe ent
| varieties of coffee from the same bin!”
MEDICAL.
The Proper Course
Information of Priceless Value to
Every Bellefente Citizen.
How to act in an emergency is
knowledge of inestimable worth, and
this is particularly true of the diseas-
es and ills of the human body. If you
suffer with kidney backache, urinary
disorders, or any form of kidney trou-
ble, the advice contained in the fol-
lowing statement should add a valua-
able asset to your store of knowledge.
What could be more convincing proof
of the efficiency of Doan’s. Kidney
Pills than the statement of a Belle-
fonte citizen who used them and who
i publicly tells of the benefit derived?
Mrs. L. A. Hill, E. Bishop St., says:
“I am bothered by backache occasion-
from their use is very gratifying.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Hill had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Mfr’s., Buffalo, N. Y. 65-44
{
——1If you want all the news you
can get it in the “Watchman.”
“A Good Provider.”
‘When it comes to © being “a good provid-
er,” no man would pride himself on fur-
nishing trash liberally for his family. The
family is entitled to good, wholesome food
that helps growth.
It is the same with reading. Good read-
ing pleases and creates its own hunger
for more good reading. The Youth's Com-
panion is the best of reading for all—
every member—every age.
And it comes every week—crowded with
the best. Let us prove it with a sample.
The Youth’s Companion has long since
ceased to provide for “Youth” alone. It
has become the favorite all-the-family
weekly of America. Its name is a misno-
mer, but is retained for the sentiment it
has generated in American homes through
its service to every age.
Still $2.50 for a year of 52 issues, but this
price not guaranteed beyond January 1,
next.
New subscribers for 1921 will receive:
1. The Youth's Companion—52 issues in
1921,
2. All remaining weekly 1920 issues.
3. The Companion Home Calendar for
| 1921.
ally, but I keep Doan’s Kidney Pills |
in the house and the benefit I derive !
! the monthly fashion authority.
All the above for $2.50.
4. McCall's Magazine for 1921, $1.50—
Both pub-
lications for only $3.50.
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION.
Commonwealth Ave. & St. Paul St.
ton, Mass.
DBos-
F. P. Blair & Son,
Jewelers and
Bellefonte, Pa.
64-22-tf
Thin Model Wrist. Watch
15-Jeweled Military
Kitchener;Strap
Fully Guaranteed
for
$6.00
Optometrists
SECHLER & CO.
Bellefonte’s Oldest Grocery
The store where long experience in
selecting groceries insures to each
customer a quality of goods just a
little higher than can be found else-
:
where and at fair prices.
We Invite You to Test this Statement
with Your Patronage.
Bellefonte Trust Company
Bellefonte, Pa.
Why You Should Make aWill
To safeguard your estate.
To protect your Toved oues.
By making a Will you can appoint the Bellefonte Trust
Company as your Executor or Trustee.
Vou can thus assure to your heirs the business manage-
ment and financial responsibility which this institution affords.
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?
tor and Trustee.
J. L. Spangler,
rE Rr AAA orond, 3.tf President
Do not write your own Will.
dangerous and often cause law- suits, 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-
C. T. Gerberich,
“Home-made’’ Wills are
N. E. Robb,
Vice President Treasurer
“To be successfi
look the pats ir
Many a good, capable man passes a
whole lifetime without ever learning
the VALUE OF DRESSING WELL.
When you go to hunt work, the very
first thing the man you ask for a posi-
tion sees and judges you by, is your
CLOTHES.
How else can he first judge you?
They are the sign to him of your
success or failure. No man wants to
hire a failure.
This is a serious, earnest talk we
wish to make to deserving men—
whether they buy their clothes from us
or not.
Wear our good, “Nifty’’ clothes.
A. FAUBLE
Bellefonte, Pa.
Letz Feed Mills
Sharples Cream Separators
Sharples Milking Machines
(Electric and Line Machines)
‘Chicken, Dairy and Horse Feed
Calf Meal
Dubbs’ Implement and Feed Store
BELLEFONTE, Pa
62-47
Studebaker
SPECIAL SIX
SERIES 20
Satisfying Performance Economy of Operation
Power Durability True Value
BIG BIX...iitivernrcascsnncnreesss $2250.00
SPECIAL SIX.....oiieneeeesesesss 1785.00
1435.00
f. 0. b. Factory—Subject to Change
BEEZER’S GARAGE
North Water St. BELLEFONTE
Cord Tires on all Mddels—Prices
61-30