* ewan. = Bellefonte, ] Pa., January 21, 1921. Editor P. GRAY MEEK, ran To “Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- gcribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - L175 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 A EE A FSS SIT, Centre County Asked to Furnish $10,000 for European Relief. A campaign will be waged in Cen- tre county in the near future to raise $10,000 for the relief of starving chil- dren in Central Europe. This will be in addition to the campaign being waged now for the Near East relief. A meeting was held in the grand jury room on Saturday afternoon as a pre- liminary to the proposed campaign. It was called by burgess W. Harrison Walker at the request of Major George W. Braden, of New York city, a member of Herbert Hoover's “fly- ing squadron,” who has been travel- ing over the eastern and middle States in the interest of the campaign. He stated to the two dozen people present that it was vitally necessary for the United States to extend help to the central European countries, where over three million children are literally starving for something to eat. According to Herbert Hoover's estimate it will take thirty-three mil- lion dollars to keep these children from starving this winter, and that amount will only suffice to give them one hot meal a day. The above amount has been apportioned through- out the United States and Centre county’s share is $10,000. - At Saturday's meeting burgess Walker was elected chairman to wage the Centre county campaign, but it was the sentiment of most of those present that the campaign for Near East relief should be closed out before the new campaign is started. Clever Musical Show Coming—“My Soldier Girl.” The most talked of muscial show of the entire season is the brand new version of the brilliant musical spec- tacle, “My Soldier Girl,” coming to the Garman opera house Monday night, January 31st. The gorgeous costumes are fashion plates of the latest design, the novel numbers are staged under the careful direction of |: one of our best ballet masters, and the feature novelties are many. “Flir- tation Walk,” an illuminated. run- board extending from the stage near- ly half way to the rear wall of the theatre, and the many numbers intro- duced on the “walk” offer new and amusing entertainment, - while a “moon dance at the lawn fete,” a | grand illumination of New York city, and bewitching “pony” ballet in the Follies, are a few of the feature nov- elties. An elaborate production with gorgeous costumes form ‘a back- ground for a brilliant cast and big “pony” ballet, who present the big spectacle in all its merry-making. There are some twenty musical hits, including “My Soldier Girl,” “Jasper’s Ragtime Band,” “That Dixie Wedding Tune,” “LaVeeda,” “Bundle of Love,” | “#] Want a Regular Man,” “Just for You, Dear,” “New York” and “When You Dance With the Girl You Love,” which are the popular favorites. State College Cattle Exhibit at Har- risburg Show. Perhaps the most interesting fea- ture for farmers at the Harrisburg farm products show next week will be the educational exhibit of pure-bred live stock composed largely of prize winning animals from the barns of The Pennsylvania State College school of agriculture. One entire building has been set aside for this exhibit and the college stock will include thirty head of beef and dairy cattle, 23 head of hogs, 15 head of sheep and 50 ped- igreed birds. : The stock to be shown will include animals that have won a total of thir- ty-three blue ribbons, placed seven champions, three grand champions and prize money amounting to over $2,000 in last fall’s showings which included the New York state fair, the Eastern States livestock exposition and the International at Chicago. At the latter show college stock was awarded four championships, 13 firsts and 14 seconds. Since the Harrisburg exhibit is to be entirely educational, there will be no competition for prize awards. Commissioner John F. Kramer to Lec- ture in Bellefonte. Prohibition Commissioner John F. Kramer, of Washington, D. C., the man who holds the enforcement of the Volstead act in the hollow of his hand, will lecture in the court house, Belle- fonte, on Sunday, January 30th, at 2:30 o'clock p. m. Mr. Kramer will come to Bellefonte at the solicitation of Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads, president of the Centre county W. C. T. U,, and the civic league of Bellefonte. His talk will be on the progress that has been made in the past year in enforc- ing the Eighteenth amendment. Mr. Kramer, whose home is in Ohio, is a prominent layman of the Luther- an church and at the request of Rev. W. P. Ard he has consented to talk in the Lutheran church at 10:30 o’clock on Sunday morning, prior to his lec- Ralph, Anna and Jessie. ture in the court house. BOWERSOX. — Mrs. Catharine Bowersox, wife of the venerable Franklin Bowersox, of Pine Grove Mills, passed peacefully away at her home in that place at 3:30 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. She had been in feeble health the past year but was able to be up and around her room part of the time. On January 12th she and her husband celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of their mar- riage and in some way she contract- ed a cold. Pneumonia developed later and caused her death. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ocker and was born in Snyder county on Januray 24th, 1837, hence had reached the good old age of al- most eighty-four years. Her girlhood life was spent near the home of her birth and on January 12th, 1858, she was united in marriage to Franklin Bowersox, at Middleburg. In the spring of the same year they came to Centre county and located on a farm near Millheim, in Penn township. For- ty years ago they moved to Ferguson township and purchased a farm on which they lived until the spring of 1908 when they retired to a comfort- able heme in Pine Grove Mills. Mrs. Bowersox was a consistent member of the Methodist church all her life and a woman noted far and wide for her old-fashioned hospitality. Friend and stranger were always sure of a welcome at her fireside. She was the mother of fourteen children, elev- en of whom, with her aged husband, survive as follows: Mrs. John B. Rockey, Mrs. Thomas D. Gray, and Oscar Bowersox, of State College; Elmer, in Texas; Miss Edna, of Phil- adelphia; Mrs. John Fry and Mrs. Charles Weaver, of Laurelton; John and Mrs. G. E. Harper, of Pennsylva- nia Furnace; A. L., of Pine Grove Mills, and Dr. Frank Bowersox, of Millheim. She also leaves one broth- er and a sister, David Ocker and Mrs. Sarah Williams, of Middleburg, as well as twenty-nine grand-children and twenty-two great grand-children. Rev. Ira Fisher, of the Methodist church, will have charge of the fun- eral services which will be held at her late home at ten o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) morning, burial to be made in Meek’s cemetery. H Ii SCHREYER.—Mrs., Emma Crosth- waite Schreyer, wife of Charles Schreyer, died quite suddenly at her home in Altoona at nine o’clock on Wednesday night, but at this writing no particulars of her illness have been obtainable. Early this month she ‘spent a week in Bellefonte with Mrs. ‘S. A. Bell and at that time was ap- ‘parently in the best of health. She was a daughter of Robert and ‘Mary Hall Crosthwaite, was born in ‘Bellefonte and would have been sixty- ‘seven years old on the 29th of March. ‘The early years of her married life ‘were spent in Bellefonte, in fact the family lived here until after the birth ‘of their last child when they moved to Altoona and that had been her home ever since. In addition to her husband she is survived by the following children: Robert, Mary, Gray (in Panama), She was a life-long member of the Methodist church and her pastor will have charge of the funeral which will be Altoona. held tomorrow, burial to be made in’ For twelve years Mrs. Schreyer was a compositor in this office and every moment of that time she gave the “Watchman” devoted, capable service. ‘She is the last to go of a quartette of splendid women who in their maiden- hood learned “the art preservative” here. They were Laura Klinger, Nan- nie Shrock, Sara Shaffer and Emma Crosthwaite and in the memory of our boyhood is recorded the many happy moments we spent playing in the “al- leys” in which they held “cases.” Em- ma was ever the one who gathered us to her refuge when we became too ob- streperous with the others and she was the one who, when we had grown large enough to begin the trade and had to get a “task” completed before being released for Saturday play, would slip a stick or two onto our gal- ley and make the way out to the boys that much shorter. Bless her pure, christian soul! It has found the re- ward it so richly deserved. vi il METZGER.—Mrs. James W. Metz- ger, a native of Nittany valley, died on Saturday at the home of her son- in-law, Louden Brungard, in Muncy, as the result of a stroke of paralysis, aged 65 years, 8 months and 12 days. Surviving her are ‘her husband and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. J. H. Lutz, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Mary Crust, Centre Hall; Mrs. Lizzie Guyer, Port Matilda, and John Mar- tin, of Bellefonte. Burial was made at Beech Creek on Tuesday afternoon. i il PLUEBELL.—Frederick Pluebell, one of the original settlers of French- ville, died at his home in that place last Thursday, aged eighty-one years. He is survived by six children, name- ly: Mrs. Reuben Maurer, of Tyrone; Mrs. H. C. Sinclair, William and Ba- ziel Pluebell, of Snow Shoe; Mrs. Basil Rougeux, of Coudley, and Miss Cammie Pluebell, of Indiana. Burial was made in the Catholic cemetery at Frenchville on Monday. K 1) WILCOX.—Mrs. Edith Amelia Wil- cox died at her home in Millheim on Tuesday evening of leakage of the heart, aged 67 years, 2 months and 21 days. She is survived by one son, John, of Millheim; two brothers and one sister, namely: Howard Acker, of Aaronsburg; Abner, of Boalsburg, and Mrs. Emma Beaver, of Millheim. Burial will be made at Aaronsburg at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. BECK.—Frank J. Beck died at his home in Philipsburg last Friday fol- lowing an illness of five months with a complication of diseases. He was a son of Andrew and Amanda Beck and was born in Halfmoon valley sixty- six years ago. His early life was spent in that section of the county but after his marriage to Miss Ellen Agnes Mayes he took up his residence in Philipsburg where he worked as a machinist. He is survived by his wife, one brother and three sisters. Burial was made in Philipsburg on Monday afternoon. Hughes Skating Pond to Open This Week. The James Potter Hughes memorial skating pond should be ready for skating this week. The water was pumped into the pond on Wednesday afternoon. The Logans furnished the hose, the Undines the engine and the Fuel and Supply company the horses for the engine. : It is perhaps one of the most com- plete ponds in the country. A conven- ient warming house has been con- structed where the skates can be put on, with shelves and hooks provided for the superfluous clothes of the skaters. Two large arc lights also hang over the pond. The admission fee will be 25 cents, which will entitle the skater to skate all morning or all afternoon or all evening. Skaters must enter the pond at the warming house where the tickets can be pur- chased. Fires must not be built on the ice. Cigarette or cigar stumps or stones or pieces of wood must not be thrown on the ice. Any persons de- tected in efforts to destroy any of the equipment connected with the pond will be dealt with according to law. It is hoped that every one will ap- preciate the fact that Mr. Hughes has gone to a heavy expense to provide this enterprise and will discourage in every way whatever tends to damage the pond or anything connected with it. Real Winter Here Now. The first real snow fall this winter occurred last Thursday night and Fri- day covering the ground to a depth of from four to five inches. Rain fol- lowed the snow and then it blew up cold and froze and the result is the: first spell of what might be termed winter weather this season. Of course it brought out the sleds and sleighs but they are not as plentiful as they were ten or twelve years ago, as the automobile still predominates as the best means of travel, and will contin- ue to do so as long as the roads do not drift shut or the snow become too deep. Notwithstanding the fact that the weather up to the past week was very mild for the time of year it was still cold enough to make ice, and some ice dealers started cutting this week, the ice being from eight to nine inches in thickness. And it is probably a wise move to harvest the crop now, be- cause the sun is already showing more and more each day and there is no as- surance of a protracted spell of cold weather. : ; Answers to Health Questions. Question 1—What causes tetanus? Answer—Tetanus germs. Question 2—In what class of wounds is there greater danger of tetanus? : Answer—Deep, torn, lacerated or bruised wounds. Question 3—How may tetanus be prevented ? Answer—By the early administra- tion of tetanus antitoxin. The subject of the next lesson is “Mosquitoes.” " Because malarial fever is found more often in low lands and on the borders of swamps and marshes—for a long time it was believed the disease was caused by some kind of poison in the air from such places. It is now known that malarial fe- ver is carried by a particular variety of mosquito from one person to anoth- er—and that its prevalence in regions where standing water is abundant is accounted for, because such conditions are most favorable for the breeding of mosquitoes. Annual Meeting of Children’s Aid Society. The Children’s Aid society of Centre county held its first annual meeting— since the reorganization—January 11th, in Petrikin hall. Mrs. R. S. Brouse, president; Miss Kate Shugert, secretary; Miss Mary Quigley, treas- ure, were re-elected. Miss Margaret Cook, Mrs. William Waddle, Belle- fonte, and Mrs. Frank Gardner, of State College, were elected vice-pres- idents. The report of-a committee on by-laws was read and is to be for- warded to the Western Pennsylvania society, Pittsburgh, for approval. This meeting was more fully at- tended than any previous meeting and it is hoped this means a year of en- thusiastic co-operation on the part of all members. The society needs funds to carry on the work successfully and a large membership means more funds. The annual dues are one dol- lar and can be paid at any time to Miss Mary Quigley. Mr. John Curtin has announced his intention of being a candidate in the September Primaries for the office of tax collector of Bellefonte. It was rumored that two women also have aspirations for the office, but inquiry yesterday proved the rumors ground- less so far as any serious thought of running on the part of the ladies is concerned. $ Will You Do Your Part? One year ago two hundred and fifty thousand children in the Near East were starving. Their parents, because they were christians, had been killed before their eyes. Many of these innocent little ones were naked; they were weak, diseas- ed, dying from desert exile. They were homeless and hopeless, wandering about the fields and villag- es feeding on roots and offal. Tens of thousands of christian girls were the unwilling slaves of the Turks and Kurds. Today, the table set by Near East relief is over twenty-four miles long. One hundred thousand of these chil- dren are well fed and clothed. But there are still 150,000 homeless and starving. Sixty-three hospitals with 6,662 beds care for the sick ones. Rescue homes receive women and girls released from slavery as fast as there is room to take them in. Over half a million refugees are fed daily with food supplied by America. Broken families have been united and homes restored. * Tomorrow, the children in our care must still be fed and clothed—there is no one else to do it. If we fail them, they will die. Winter will drive thousands more from their temporary summer shel- ters to the doors of Near East relief. 29,176 of these little ones look to Pennsylvania for life. Sixty dollars will feed a child for one more year. This sum can be paid in monthly in- stallments of five dollars. Near East relief is incorporated by the Congress of the United States for relief of the suffering until some re- sponsible government is established. It is the spirit of the American peo- ple responding to the call of outraged humanity. Centre county will again be called upon to do its share during the Near East campaign, February 1st to 8th. December: Statement Bellefonte Chap- ter of the Red Cross. Following is the statement of the Bellefonte Chapter of the American Red Cross for the month of December, 1920, as submitted to this paper for publication: RECEIPTS: Balance Dec. 1, 1920....... $1698. Miss Peterman.......i.... 10.75 Cash from Mrs. Lyon..... 101.00 Miss Quigley, J. R. C..... 17.75 Howard ....:so::rssrsee 39.75 Milesburg ...... 60.00 Hublersburg ... 17.75 Unionville ...... 69.75 Rebersburg 41.00 U, 8S. Coupons...........» 2.7% Beatty Motor Co. (Rebate on car)...... 34.05 CASH ..v.rrvirrenssereviney 13.00 Victory Bond sold........ 950.03 $3077.53 i? EXPENDITURES: Miss Peterman............% 137.76 Mett Drug Co..:.......... 8.23 Mrs, Lyon..c.. ..ivsnn.ivis 19. L. 1. Whippo...c:-n--v.. 69.38 The Repubiean........... 8.25 Beatty Motor Co.......... 859.28 Kline Woodring........... 7.00 Henrietta Quigley......... 14.85 Bell Telephone Co........ 4.00—$1128.43 Balance January 1, 1921........... $1048.87 Of this balance $637 is due the gen- | eral society for memberships and the amounts remitted by the several aux- iliaries, about $228.25, cannot be counted on as they will doubtless ask its return. Deducting these items we have available $1083.62. Our Red Cross Community Nursing. Greater demands are being made ‘daily for nursing services in Belle- fonte and community, all of which ' shows that the citizens are learning | to appreciate the value of the commu- nity nurse. As an example of the service the Red Cross is doing in this department the report of Miss Peter- man for last month shows that she made 68 nursing visits; 2 night vis- its (emergencies); 11 infant welfare visits; one pre-natal visit; 37 visits to homes of school children; 9 children miscellaneous cases, making a total of 145. The community nurse is a general family health worker giving bedside care to the sick when there is a doc- tor in attendance. She goes to rich and poor, expecting the patients to pay the cost of the visit in accordance with their circumstances. The same care is given, however, to those who cannot pay. Miss Peterman can be reached at Petrikin hall between 8:30 and 9:00 a. m. and from 1 to 1:30 p. m. Bell phone 2-J. In case of emer- gency or at other hours call Bell phone 258-R. Madera, Clearfield County, Ravished by Fire. Thirteen buildings and their con- tents were destroyed by fire in Made- ra, Clearfield county, last Friday morning, entailing a loss estimated at $225,000. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin, as two men were seen running away from the Liberty Trading company store, where the fire start- ed, just after the flames broke out. The Liberty Trading company suffered the largest less, but among the other business places destroyed was the Hileman hotel, the Madera Times, a motion picture show, pool room and barber shop, Senator S. J. Miller’s drugstore, and a number of residences. Fire companies from Houtzdale, Osceola Mills and Philips- burg responded to an appeal for as- sistance and were successful in stop- ping the progress of the flames. ——Subscribe for the “Watchman.” taken to hospital for treatment; 19 | Short Courses in Nursing for High School Girls. Girls of High school grade in State College, Centre Hall, Millheim and other towns in the State College dis- trict of the Red Cross, will be offered a chance to take a short course in home nursing and care of the sick, to be given by Mrs. Maude C. Jones, the public health nurse of the district. This announcement is made by Miss Margaret A. Knight, dean of women at The Pennsylvania State College, who is chairman of the Red Cross nursing activities committee. She re- quests that all High school girls in the district desiring to take advantage of this free course advise her of the fact immediately. The course will start early in February, and will con- sist of fifteen lessons of one and one- half hours each. A Red Cross certifi- cate for home nursing will be given each student upon completion of the special course. In this work Mrs. Jones will cover every phase of home nursing that it is. possible for the novice to accomplish. The course is especially valuable in leading to a further study of general nursing, Classes will’ be - started. in sections where six or more girls make application for it. Boy Scouts as Forest Guides. Gifford Pinchot, the State's chief forester, has announced that sixty-six Boy Scouts in Centre county have reg- istered as forest guides. The boys have signed pledges to protect and’ conserve the forests, together with their wild life and plant life, and to prevent and extinguish forest fires. The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry is supplying free buttons to all forest guides, and a copy of the Boy Scouts first book of forestry, is- sued by the Department, is also given to each of them. At the Hospital. Numbered among the forty or more patients in the Bellefonte hospital is Mrs. Clement Gramley, of Rebersburg; Mrs. L. C. Bullock, of State College; Howard Struble, of Zion; Walter Johnson, of Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. A. L. McGinley, Mrs. Howard Stover and Jacob Ichkowitz, of Bellefonte, all surgical patients. Miss Katherine Sheffier, Mrs. Thom- as Hazel, Miss Alice Tate, of Belle- | fonte, and Miss Ryman, of Milesburg, | medical patients. Miss Sheffier, who | was taken out this week suffering ' | with pneumonia, was in a critical con- ! dition yesterday. | { ——The Penn State vs. Bellefonte Academy basket ball game last Sat- urday evening resulted in a victory for the former by the close score of 29 to 28, and it was simply a toss up as to which team would win up to the last minute of play. —— Dr. and Mrs. John M. Keichline, of Petersburg, are receiving congrat- ulations on the birth of their second ‘son, John M. III. In Mr. and Mrs. Keichline’s family now there are fiv daughters and two sons. : ——Fve degrees below zero on Wednesday morning was the low temperature record so far this winter. ! Real Estate Transfers. | James M. Goss, et al, Exr. to Jos. | H. Goss, et al, tract in Taylor town- ship; $600. i W. T. Knecht, et ux, to J. A. Gum- mo, tract in Walker township; $425. Saylor J. McGhee, et al, Exr. to Cline Confer, tract in Liberty town- ship; $96. Albert N. Ammerman to Andrew Thal, et al, tract in Bellefonte; $750. John F. Wasson, et al, to Samuel B. Wasson, tract in College township; $100. Gertrude Reese, et al, to Estella E. O’Brien, et al, tract in Snow Shoe; $1. Estella E. O’Brien to Mary Jane Harm, tract in Snow Shoe; $4250. Mordica Dannley, et al, to Sue Dannley, et al, tract in Ferguson township; $10.00. Ida J. Snyder, et al, to Bessie Stonebraker, tract in Philipsburg; $3000. Charles E. Confer, et ux, to Lott H. ! Neff, tract in Howard; $1500. N. G. Pletcher, et ux, to J. Linn Pletcher, tract in Howard township; $950. H. B. Scott, et al, to Louis Domble- sky, tract in Rush township; $168.20. W. A. Krise to Lillian M. Slick, tract in Centre Hall; $100. Bliss Confer to A. C. Confer, tract in Gregg township; $1000. H. M. Moore, et ux, to Trout Run Coal Co., tract in Rush township; $1000. W. H. Bilger, et ux, to Helen R. Meyers, tract in Spring township; $1. Wm. Groh Runkle to Elizabeth J. Haines, tract in Howard township; $350. Nobody Works But Father. declared the head of the family. “Why so despondent?” asked his friend. “Statistics.” “Statistics ? with us?” work a day is enough to supply each ing, provided the work be equally shared by all.” “Well 7” “Well, I'm the only one in five in my family that labors. So, if the sta- I've got to work twenty-five hours a day.” —Subscribe for the “Watchman.” “I'm discouraged and tired of life,” | | What’s that got to do “Yes; they say that five hours of member of the community with a liv- | — | | FPS ANA SAN PANS SNS PP i ¢ In the Churches of the County. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. . Sabbath services as follows: Morn- ing worship at 10:45. Evening wor- ship at 7:30. Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Prayer service every Wednes- day evening at 7:45. A cordial wel- come to all. W. K. McKinney, Ph. D., Pastor. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Christian Science Society, Furst building, High street, Sunday service 11 a. m. Wednesday evening meet- ing at 8 o’clock. To these meetings all are welcome. A free reading room is open to the public every Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Here the Bible and Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed or purchased. Subject, January 23rd, “Truth.” ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services for the week beginning January 23: Septuagesima Sunday, 8 a. m. Holy Eucharist. 9:45 a. m. church school. 11 a. m. Mattins and ‘sermon, {Putting the Great Com- ‘ mandment into Practice.” 7:30 p. m. - evensong and sermon, “Our True Na- tive Land.” Tuesday, feast of the’ conversion of St. Paul, 10 a. m. Holy Eucharist. Friday, 7:30 p. m. Litany "and instruction. Visitors welcome. Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Revival services at the Methodist church grow in interest and numbers. Great singing. Three cottage prayer- meetings each, day at 2:30; services each night at 7:30, except Saturday. "All services on Sunday at the usual | opts. A great meeting planned for Coleville—Bible school 2 p. m. Rev. Alexander Scott, Minister. ST. JOHN'S - REFORMED. Services next Sunday morning at 1 10:45. In the evening at 7:30 a song ; service will be held. Sunday school at 19:30 a. m. and C. E. meeting at 6:45 i p. m. . Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., Minister. | ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. i {' Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.: Church | services at 10:46 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. i At the morning service J. P. Harman, formerly a U. S. aviator in active i service in France, and now a Senior in the Theological Seminary of Sus- .quehanna University, will preach. | Visitors always welcome. Brother- i hood will meet Friday evening at the ‘home of J. F. Garthoff. : Rev. Wilson P. Ard, Minister. | i First to Smoke in Twenty Years. Tobacco will be reinstated in the White House under the Harding ad- ministration after an absence of al- most twenty years. Various anti-to- bacco organizations which propose to make Lady Nicotine a companion in exile for John Barleycorn will have a shining mark to shoot at, while the smokers will have a national leader. Senator Harding smokes and he is a - slave to no particular form of smok- ing. Sometimes it is a pipe, some- times a cigar and not infrequently it is a cigarette. He will be the first President since McKinley, who died in 1901, who has used tobacco in any form, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. Theodore Roosevelt never smoked during his life. William H. Taft was a steady smoker during part of his life, but abandoned the consolation of tobacco when he was Secretary of War, by advice of a doctor, and has never re- sumed it. He was a non-smoker dur- ing his Presidential term. Woodrow Wilson has never been a smoker. Warren G. Harding, however, is a smoker of liberal tastes. He smokes whenever he pleases and whatever suits his fancy at the time. Thus the Presidential study after March 4 will frequently be filled with an aromatic haze, while there will probably be ash ‘trays on the mahogany table in the | cabinet room, a thing that has been unknown for years. ~ No matter how the election went, the non-smoking era at the White - House was destined to come to an end. : Governor Cox is a pipe smoker of per- | sistence and enthusiasm. He and ! Harding were the first pair of smok- ! ing candidates in a long time. When | McKinley defeated Bryan in 1896 he | beat a non-smoker. When Roosevelt beat Parker in 1904 the victor was a non-smoker. Both Taft and Bryan in 1908 were abstainers from tobacco. : In the three cornered fight of 1912 ! Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft were all non-smokers. In 1916 the same state | of affairs existed, when Wilson defeat- . ed Hughes. But in 1920 tobacco came | back with both feet. Harding and | Cox consumed several pounds during | the campaign. | Dick Won His Case. Three year old Dick simply would | not go to sleep. When he had asked | for water eight times his exasperated { mother said: I “Now, Dick, I am not going to give | you any more water. Little Jack Hor- | ner went to sleep in the corner, and he didn’t have any water. Little Boy | Blue went to sleep on the haystack and he didn’t have any water.” | Dead silence for a moment. Then Dick replied: “But how about Jack and Jill, who | went up the hill? They had a whole pail of water.” . Dick got his ninth drink.—Philadel- | phia Ledger. They All Do It. | Puffkins was a proud father. “Yes sir,” he boasted, “that boy ef Why, he can | | mine is a piano player. | play with his toes.” Blowman was also a proud father | and he looked at the other with half- hearted enthusiasm. “How old is your boy?” he asked, in a polite tone. “Fifteen,” returned the first proud tistics are true, to support the crowd | father unabashed. “Fifteen,” openly scoffed Blowman. “Why my little boy at home can play with his toes, and he’s only one year old.”