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Bellefonte, Pa., March 25, 1921.
LOVE THE YANKS
People of the Aisne Realize Debt
to Doughboys.
“Les Americains” Will Long Be Re.
membered With Gratitude in
That Part of France.
Alexander Woolcott writes in the
North American Review that whatever
of bitterness and disappointment there
may be traced in the attitude toward
this country among certain French
people—and that bitterness is gro-
tesquely exaggerated by some of the
pncomprehending tourists—you find
none of it in the Aisne,
After all, any man’s notions on large
guestions is narrowed and coiored and
deflected by his own personal experi-
ence. I suppose many a Yank who lost
his arm in France and was later fleeced
by some French shrew now cares
precious little what becomes of the
“frogs” the next time Germany splits
her seams. Then 1 know one Brittany
mother whose bouncing three-year-old
boy is a daily reminder of a passing
surgeon in olive drab who saved the
eyes a stupid midwife had blinded. 1
doubt if the most caustic of Paris
newspapers could dissuade her from
hearty enthusiasm for ‘les Ameri-
cains.”
Or consider the woman who beams
cver the rich old farm on the outskirts
of Beau-le-Guery, near Belleau wood.
To her the war was a distant rum-
bling, a faraway disaster, till one day
all her neighbors from the north
seemed in flight past her doer and
every one told her she too must fly.
Then in came certain fresh young
Americans who climbed into her
greniers, strung wires from her tool-
house, displaced her cows with map
tables and slept all over her house.
She heard the enemy come booming to
the very edge of the landscape visible
from her upper windows, saw these
newcomers hurry up to get between
her and that enemy (very obliging of
them), knew of the tussle that fol-
Jowed, and then, in time, heard that
the Germans were in inglorious retreat
to the other end of the world. All
this she saw with her own eyes, heard
with her own ears. So, when some
tired poilu says to her scornfully:
“And did you know that those effroy-
able Americans are claiming they won
the war?” she probably makes answer:
“Mon dieu, and didn’t they?”
So, if it be a good thing to hope
that France and America will remain
in sympathy with each other—not that
their chancelleries should always be
in cahoots, but that their peoples
should be fraternal and mutually re-
spectful—we may all be glad that the
hard-pressed folk of the Aisne at
least do not think of the Americans
as comrades in arms who, when the
fighting was over, packed gayly off
and left them neck deep in want and
trouble.
Trustworthiness Attracts.
If you can't be a genius you can
be a safe and sane leader in your own
line. You can make reliability your
motto and wrest from reluctant con-
ditions a competence worthy of your
rating. The majority of mortals are
not trustworthy. They do what at-
tracts irrespective of what the results
may be. It's so easy to see the pot
of gold at the foot of the rainbow
until you go after it. But promises
are variable quantities that require
sacrifices of means or self to make
real. In the process much of the rosi-
ness loses its color and we find life
more commonplace than we dreamed.
So the honest seeker after place in
progress will try to make good with-
out leaning on fate. And by the
process of developing himself he will
often rise to the merit and reward
of genius. This is all nature offers
to men and they grow by using what
they have.—Grit.
Heating by Acetylene.
Acetylene as a substitute for coal in
domestic heating in Switzerland is re-
ported to have given great satisfaction.
For several menths, the Palace hotel,
a block of five houses at Lausanne,
has been heated by hot water from a
central station, where acetylene is
generated in a stationary apparatus,
mixed with air, and burned in a coil
system. In 20 minutes the entire hot
water service for the five houses can
he raised to 160 to 175 degrees
F. Heating the building in mid-
winter would require nearly a ton of
coal per day, but in mild winter
weather a comfortable temperature is
maintained with a daily consumption
of 200 to 500 pounds of carbide.
Poisoned by Cream Cakes.
Doctors Lesne, Violle and Langle re-
port to the Press Medicale (Paris) a
case of many children being poisoned
by cream cakes that had stood for 24
hours in a window show case. Sg
many of these cases occur in the sum-
mer time that it is suggested that
such fillings—made of sugar, gelatin,
ete.,, be forbidden.
Three-Legged Whale,
A whale with three legs, the first
ever discovered. has been caught at a
whaling station near British Columbia
The legs project four feet from the
body near the tall and are about six
inches broad. The whale is a female
fifty feet long.
HEALTH SCHOOL
Pennsyivania State Dapartmer
of Health.
Questions. i
1. What should be done for a
case of fainting? !
2. What is the first aid treat-
ment for sun stroke? i
3. When the face of an uncon-
scious person is vale—what posi-
ticn should the head be placed in?
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FIRST AID
When Bill Williams, still the tow:
drunkard because he had som:
money and little strength of charic
ter, gave a strangled cry and fel
convulsed to the ground, he was al
lowed to beat his head, bruise hix
hand by dashing it against the curb.
and bite his tongue nearly in two
while one worthy citizen ran for :
doctor, another for salt, and the res:
crowded about him fascinated by his
strange contortions.
Bill should have been given Firs:
Aid, by gently but firmly holding his
head to keep him from bruising it, I
putting a twisted handkerchief o-
other soft substance between hi.
teeth to keep him from biting hi:
tongue, and by restraining the las!
ing of his legs and arms until the a:-
tack passed. He had an epileptic fil
-—fairly common. While it lasted the
doctor could not have done more than
keep him from injuring himself by
his violent movements. The fit usu-
ally passes in a few minutes. Ther.
should be no attempt to give any-
thing by the mouth,
The Reverend Doctor Johnson,
preaching in his crowded and ill-ven.
tilated church, was interrupted by a
commotion in the space behind the
pews, due to Miss James, who, after
standing for three quarters of an
hour, fell to the floor and lay there,
pale, unconscious, and appareatly not
breathing.
Sympathetic by-standers held her in
a half sitting position aad tore her
neck clothing away, while others hur-
ried for water, which they dashed ai
her face with little refereace to quan-
tity or aim.
Miss James had a fainting fit, be
cause she had not enough blood in
her head to keep her brain conscious
The pallor of her face and lips show:
ed this. She needed more blood in
her Lead than she was getting; there-
fore, instead of lifting her up she
should have been allowed to lie flat.
till cne of the many doctors always
occupying the front pews of churches,
coul¢ reach her and direct further pro-
ceedings. Flicking her face gently with a
handkerchief—wet with cold water—
would have been more immediately
helpful and less subsequently annoying
than the liberal and iil directed pitcher
of water with which aer uppergarments
were thoroughly soaked. These faint-
ing fits usually last but a few min-
utes.
On the following Sunday, Dr. John-
son’s sermon was again interrupted ;
this time by a man sitting in the front
pew. $
Mr. Bultitude, the over fat, under
exercised, red faced man, (hick necked.
puffed and flabby -nanufacturer of
Bultitude's Balm for Bruised Dubies
in the midst of his customary and at
times audible doze, rolled first to th:
cushion of his seat and then to th:
floor, breathing heavily and noisily
«nd with his ordinarily red face be-
coining dusky purple. 1t was cle:
that there was too much blood in hi
hcad. Therefore, the first aid would
be to loosen his neck gear and to raise
his head to let the blood flow out free-
ly through the veins; and to free his
breathing, since it was loudly snoring,
by holding his tongue out of his mouth
and by pushing his chin well up until
a doctor could be secured to take cure
of this serious and perhaps fatal at-
tack, probably apoplexy, ‘vhich means
blood leaking from its vessels into the
brain. Mr. Bultitude did not recover
copsciousress in a few minutes and
was carried senseless to his house.
Jack Clark, on a hot August day, on
tt hike with his Boy Scout Troop, be-
gan to lag and feel “all '1n”; he pres-
ently dropped senseless to the ground.
with a wet, cold, pale face. Jack was
suffering from heat exhaustion which
is like fainting. His pal2 face :howed
that thers was not enough blood going
into his brain. His fellow-scouts gave
him prompt “first aid.” 'Chey carried
him to a shady place, put him in a
comfcrtable position, kent his head
flat on the ground, dried and warme]
his cold, wet skin by rubbing it vigor-
ously with towels, and flicked his
face with a wet handkerchief. In
three minutes by the Scout Master's
watch, Jack opened nis eyes, said he
felt sick at his stomach, sat up, and
in ten mirutes more vanted to go on.
The boys sent him home in a passing au-
tomobile, and sent word to his doctor.
A coid, pale sweat s a sign of trou-
ble, sometimes serious trouble, A hot,
red sweat is usually a sign of health.
A sudden attack of insensibility is
of serious consequence in preportion.
to the time it lasts.
Wtken a person is unconscious efforts
to aéminister stimulants by the mouth.
are not orly useless, but dangerous.
When the face is red and congested,
the head should be eleyated.
When the face is pale,
should be kept low.
When you do not know what to do,
do ncthing ; except place “he patient in
a ccmfortable position protected fron
the heat in summer, from cold in winter.
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LAND OF CHANGES
Santo Domingo Has Undergone
Many Vicissitudes.
Oldest Permanent Settlement cn Amer
ican Soil, It Has Failed to Ful-
fill Its Early Promise.
Santo Domingo is rich in historic in-
terest, says Samuel Guy Inman in the
course of an ‘article in the Pan-Amer-
ican Magazine. It is the oldest of all
of the permanent settlements on Amer-
ican soil. Here Columbus founded
various colonies, and Santo Domingo
city became his favorite of all the
New world. It was here that he spent
some of the happiest time of his life,
and here that he was reduced to pris-
on by his political enemies and from
here he was sent in chains and dis-
grace to Spain. The old tower where
he was imprisoned still remains and
his bones lie in the great cathedral of
Santo Domingo City.
In this oldest city of the New world
one still sees the remains of the first
church built in America. Its founda-
tions were laid in 1502, Here is the
house where Cortez kept the court rec-
ords before he had ever heard of Mex-
ico. From here Ponce de Leon set
out in his search for the Fountain of
Youth. Here lived Pizarro before he
went to Panama and sailed down the
west coast to conquer the Inca em-
pire. Everywhere one turns he en-
counters old landmarks where the fam-
ous conquistadores had their first ex-
peviences in the New world. Padre
de las Casas entered the priecthood
here, and in his indignation because
of the abuse of the Indians by the
Spaniards began to import slaves from
Africa to make lighter the work of
the Indian laborers. Here was found-
ed the first university of the New
world, when in 1538 a royal charter
was granted for the establishment of
the University of St. Thomas.
Unfortunately this glorious history
was not maintained. Fifty years after
the first settlement the Indians had
almost been exterminated by the cruel-
ty of their masters and the finest of
the conquistadores had moved on to
conquer new and glorious worlds. For
nearly three centuries Santo Domingn
dropped out of the notice of the world.
In the early part of the Nineteenth
century, when the other Spanish col-
onies were declaring their independ-
ace and establishing republics, Santo
Domingo endeavored to join this meve-
ment, but she was overpowered by the
negro despot of Hayti, and was held
under the dominance of the negro re-
public until 1844, Then followed twen-
ty years of independent life, filled with
revolution, after which the country
again put itself under Spain for some
five years. Again declaring itself as
a republic, it entered an independent
existence until 1916, when the govern-
ment was taken over by the United
States navy.
Suspicious Prosperity.
“Are :liere any ‘moonshiners’ about
here”
“1 wouldn't make a positive state-
ment as to that,” said Squire Wither-
bee, “but since the eighteenth amend-
ment wer? into effect a lot of moun-
taineers in this neighborhood who
couldn't support their families before
have hought motor cars. phonograph=
and piancs and finery for their wives
and daunghters, so I'll just let you draw
your own conclusions.”-—Birmingharn:
Age-Herald
Crowded Highways.
The highways of the country are be-
ing used to a greater extent than ever
before. The latest figures show the
total number of cars registered in this
country last year to be 7,565,446, in-
cluding motorcycles and trucks. This
is a 23 per cent increase over the pre-
vious year.
We have our new Concrete Mill
completed and now running. We
built the best mill to produce the
best flour possible.
“Our Best”
A WINTER WHEAT, STRAIGHT
If you Want
Good Flour—Try
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YJ 99 A Spring Wheat
Victory Patent
We can Grind Your Feed
While you Wait,
We are in the Market, for
All Kinds of Grain
C. Y. Wagner & Co., Inc.
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Kaster Flowers
ON SALE AT
Yeager’s Shoe Store
I have taken the agency for the Fairview
Green House at Milton, Pa., and will have on
sale the week before Easter potted Begonias,
Cinerarias, Daffodils, Baby Roses, Hyacinths,
Tulips, Geraniums, Heliotropes, Azaleas, Pri-
mulas, Cyclamen and Easter Lilies. These
flowers will arrive on Wednesday, the week
before Easter.
My Store will be Open Evenings
and I invite you to call and view them. I
solicit your trade and will make an effort to
give you a good stock to select from
Book your Orders Now
and Avoid Disappointment,
Yeager's Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
61-46
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A Business Manager who disburses
funds at your direction, a secretary
who keeps your accounts, a sleepless
sentinel guarding your funds, a car-
rier who delivers to all corners of the
country—all these and many other of-
fices are performed by the bank.
Money which you wish to send with-
in this city or to distant points is con-
veyed by your check simply, safely
and cheaply.
The checking account is only one of
the many mediums through which this
bank serves its customers. There are
many other ways in which we can be
helpful to you and it would be our
pleasure to serve you in any or all of
them.
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60-4 BELLEFONTE, PA.
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
ase
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME.
Easter Fashions in Full Swing
We feel we can say with all truthfulness that we can save all
our customers from 30 to 50 per cent. on any Coat or Suit bought
from us. We bought all our new merchandise when they
reached rock bottom.
LaVogue of Cleveland, Ritter Bros. of New York, and other
high class Coat and Suit houses, which mean the perfection of
tailoring, with the finishing touches, lapel, arrow heads, braid-
ings and embroideries that are only found in high class hand-
tailored Suits.
Parisian Dresses
We have a new department, specializing in high class Dresses
for Ladies and Misses. Canton Crepes, Chiffon, Taffetas, Satin
and Fine Serges; exclusive styles, perfect fitting. Selections
that will satisfy the most discriminating taste.
Special Notice
Our Mr. Lyon, who is continually looking up manufacturers
in the East, has made a large purchase in Men’s Neckties.
Among this purchase are ties ranging in values from $1.50 to
$3.50. We have put them on our counter for sale at the low
price 85 cents. The first buyers always get choice.
Easter Over Blouses and Shirt. Waists
We have just received a large line of Georgette Blouses and
Shirt Waists; all new colors, exquisite styles and marvelous
values.
House Cleaning Time Here
We have Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Lace Curtains, Draper-
ies and Cretonnes at pre-war prices.
Shoes . . . , Shoes
Our line of Spring Shoes for men, women and children is
here. Ladies’ Oxfords in black and cordovan, at a saving of
two and three dollars per pair.
We Extend a Cordial Invitation to Visit Qur Store
Lyon & Co. «» Lyon & Co.
THE STORE WHERE QUALITY REIGNS SUPREME