Demoeraiic Wale
Bellefonte, Pa., April 1, 1921.
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Ex-Secretary Lansing’s Book.
About the only thing proved against
$1.50
1.935
2.00
Lansing to the office of Secretary of
State, the same poor judgment of men
was revealed as in the previous ap-
! GENTZEL.—G Perry Gentzel, one |
KLINE.—Rev. Robert H. Kline, for
" of the best known residents cf Spring | over thirty-four years rector of Grace
' twonship, died at his farm home be- | Episcopal church, Allentown, and one
low Pleasant Gap on Monday night. of the most widely known clergymen
. He had been ill with a complication of
. week developed an attack of pneumo-
! nia which caused his death.
He was a son of Henry and
| Caroline Epley Gentzel and was
{born on his father’s farm in
{ Penn township on November 20th,
11849, hence had attained the age
| of 71 years, 4 months and 8 days. As
la boy he attended the public schools
| during the winter sessions and work-
: later attending the Spring Mills Acad-
emy under the late Prof. D. M. Wolf.
| His father died just about the time he
has been his home ever since.
!in that section of the State, died at
~ ! diseases the past five months but last ; the Allentown hospital last Friday as
the result of injuries sustained in a
fall down stairs at his home the night
. previous.
He had not been in good
| health for several years and Thursday
"night attempted to go to the bathroom
"in the dark, missed his way and tum-
‘ bled down the stairs.
! Rev. Kline was a son of George and
Elizabeth Kline and was born in Sny-
'der county seventy-six years ago.
| came to Centre county and settled on
Eastern Penitentiary Inmates to be
Transferred to Rockview.
The new penitentiary at Rockview
will likely have a big influx of inmates
this summer, as under the Stewart
bill passed by the Legislature and
approved by Governor Sproul it is
proposed to transfer some four or five
hundred prisoners from the eastern
penitentiary to Rockview this sum-
‘mer; and inasmuch as the Cherry Hill
| institution is overcrowded it is likely
the transfer will begin in the near fu-
ture. Only prisoners with good rec-
| ords will be transferred at the pres-
ed on the farm during the summer, | When he was but a child his parents | ent and they will be used in connec-
| tion with the construction of the new
a farm (later known as the Ishler | buildings at Rockview which it is now
| farm) where the Rockview peniten- | Diamed to pan = fast 2% JDossihie
i i ing’s | attained to young manhood and he, | tiary is now located. There he grew | this summer. presen ere are
San Bi on a nuns | with his mother and brothers, Henry to manhood and later entered college between five and six hundred prison-
; ge | and Benjamin, moved onto the old Ly- ' and studied for the ministry. After |ers at the Rockview institution and as
Jen form below Pleasint Gap, which | his admission to the ministry he went | fast as buildings can be completed to
pointment of Mr. Bryan to that office | he worked on the farm during the |ishes in Nevada and California but
and a number of others to other of-
fices. Mr. Bryan went to the Balti-
more convention instructed to support
Champ Clark for the nomination. He
betrayed his obligation to those who
elected him by supporting Woodrow |
Wilson. For this perfidy he was re-
warded by appointment to an office he
was incapable of filling instead of be-
ing punished for betrayal of faith.
The act showed poor judgment of hu-
manity, if nothing worse.
When Mr. Bryan defaulted in office
and turned traitor to his chief Presi-
dent Wilson ought to have chosen a
capable, experienced and earnest Dem-
ocrat, thoroughly in sympathy with
his policies and entirely in accord
with his purposes, to fill the vacancy.
He may have imagined that Mr. Lan-
sing measured up to this standard.
In that he showed poor judgment of
humanity as well as a faulty appre-
ciation of facts. Lansing had been a
Republican all his life. He had held
office under Republican administra-
tions for many years. At the time of
his appointment the “Watchman” ex-
pressed a doubt as to the wisdom of
the choice for these reasons. But the
error was of the heart. The weakness
an amiable one.
Mr. Lansing’s book indicates that he
accepted the favors of the President
under false pretense. It shows that
he cherished a spirit of disloyalty to
his benefactor from the beginning. He
went to Paris with malice in his heart
and during all the period he remained
there as colleague of the President in
the peace conference he was deliber-
ately and wilfully harming instead of
helping the purposes he was appoint-
ed to promote. Every page in his
book proves this. In his statments of
the peace conference, therefore, he ac-
complishes only two results. He
proves the infirmity of Woodrow Wil-
son’s judgment of men and his own
perfidy. He is welcome to whatever
i enjoyment he gets out of that.
——The publishers of our esteemed
contemporary, the Jefferson Demo-
crat, of Brookville, are fortunate in
. having secured the services of Mr.
- Willis Geist Newbold as editor, in the
. y reorganization of that valuable news-
paper recently. For nearly fifty years
the property has been under the con-
trol of the McMurray family and it
-. has always been a consistent and ca-
* pable advocate of pure Democracy.
Now in the hands of the third genera-
tion of the family, with Mr. Newbold
in the editorial chair, it may be relied
upon in the future to maintain its
hight standard of the past.
——The success of the prohibition
movement is problematical but the
vast expense of it is a vast certainty.
——Of course wages must come
down but the cost of living should
“take a tumble first.”
Mr. Bryan was wiser than Lan-
sing, or, putting it more accurately,
he is older.
Answers to First Aid Lessons.
Question 1-—What should be done in
case of fainting?
Answer—The patient should be
placed flat upon his back. A wet
' handkerchief may be gently flicked in
his face.
Question 2—What is the first aid
treatment for heart exhaustion?
Answer—Carry the patient into the
shade, place him flat on his back, rub
him vigorously with towels to restore
circulation.
Question 3—When the face of an
unconscious person is pale, what po-
sition should the head be placed in?
Answer—Flat upon the floor.
The series of twenty-four health
* lessons has now been completed. The
issue of these lessons will be tempor-
arily stopped. It will be decided lat-
er whether or not they will be resumed
next fall. Arrangements are being
made for the publication of the twen-
ty-four lessons already issued in book
form.
—————— eet cones.
Christian Endeavor Rally.
The first spring rally of the Chris-
tian Endeavor society for the Belle-
fonte district, church of the United
Brethren in Christ, will be held in the
U. B. church, Bellefonte, on Thursday
evening, April 7th, at 8 o'clock. One
“of the special and very important fea-
tures of this rally will be a stereopti-
con lecture on the young people’s work
of the denomination. The young and
old from each church in the district,
and especially members of the C. E.
societies, should arrange to be pres-
ent. All others are also cordially in-
vited. The officers are Rev. George E.
Smith, district president; James H.
Schreck, district vice president, and
Mrs. Amber Fetzer, district secretary.
{ summer and for nine consecutive
| terms taught the Gentzel school dur-
‘ing the winter. He finally gave up
| teaching to devote his entire time to
| his farm work. Mr. Gentzel was a
charter member of the old Zion band,
i famous in its day as one of the best
! country bands in this part of the State.
i In fact it was through the efforts of
i himself, his brother Benjamin and the
: late Harrison Kline that the band was
organized, and it was through his
leadership that it attained the promi-
nence it did and was held together for
so many years. In his life work as a
farmer he was wonderfully successful,
and his farm has for years been re-
garded as one of the best kept and
most productive in Nittany valley.
ways willing to aid in any movement
that would be for the betterment of
the community in which he lived. He
was’ a director in the Farmers’ Mutu-
al Fire Insurance company for many
years.
On January 28th, 1879, he was
united in marriage to Chestie A. Roy-
er, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffer-
son Royer, of Walker township, and
she survives with three sons, Homer,
of Newton, Mass., Roy, of State Col-
lege, and Earl, on the home farm.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home this (Friday) morning by
Rev. Messimer, of the Evangelical
church, after which burial will be
made in the Zion cemetery.
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RODGERS.—Joseph Rodgers, sta-
tion agent for the Bellefonte Central
railroad at State College, died quite
suddenly on Tuesday morning of heart
failure. He had not been in good
health for some years but was able to
attend to his work at the college. He
spent Sunday at his home at Runville
making preparations to move to the
College and was in Bellefonte several
hours on Monday. Early Tuesday
morning he suffered "an "attack of
but managed to reach the telephone
and summon a physician. The latter
responded very quickly but Mr. Rodg-
ers passed away shortly afterwards.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Rodgers and was born at
Milesburg sixty years ago. For many
years he worked for the Pennsylvania
railroad company but has been with
the Bellefonte Central at State Col-
lege since the death of the late Frank
Crosthwaite. He was married to Miss
Alice Witherite who survives with
two children, F. E. Rodgers, at Crip-
ple Creek, Col., and Miss Edna, a
school teacher at Runville.
late home at Runville today, burial to
be made in the Messiah cemetery.
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REDDING.—Harry Redding, a na-
tive of Centre county, died at his
home at Wishaw, Pa., on March 19th,
following a protracted illness with di-
abetes, aged 69 years. He was born
at Snow Shoe and spent the most of
his life there, moving to Wishaw
about five years ago. He was married
to Miss Margaret Curry, of Belle-
fonte, who survives with the follow-
ing children: Lawrence, William,
Joseph, Margaret and Catharine. He
also leaves these brothers and sisters:
Lawrence Redding, proprietor of the
Mountain house, Snow Shoe; Miss An-
na, of Snow Shoe, and James, of Al-
toona. Burial was made at Reynolds-
ville Tuesday of last week.
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GARRETT.—Mrs. Sallie Garrett,
widow of the late Charles Garrett,
in Williamsport, on Wednesday of
last week of general debility aged
about ninety-one years. The family
were residents of Bellefonte for many
years until after the death of Mr. Gar-
rett a number of years ago when they
located in Williamsport. The surviv-
ing children are Charles, Boyd and
Mrs. Annie McClellan, all of Wil-
liamsport. The remains were brought
to Bellefonte on Saturday morning
and buried in the Sunnyside cemetery
at 2:30 Selo the same Boonie
BUTLER.—Irvin Butler, young son
of Harry and Stella Lucas Butler, died
last Friday at the home of his parents
in Marion township following two
month’s illness as the result of an at-
tack of typhoid fever. He was born
September 8th, 1911, hence was 9
years, 6 months and 7 days old. The
funeral was held on Monday, burial
being made in Schenck’s cemetery
near Howard.
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HILLARD.—James R. illard, in-
fant son of Martin D. and Sylvia Stere
Hillard, died at their home at Cole-
ville on March 22nd, as the result of
an attack of pneumonia, after five
month’s illness. He was aged 9
months and 19 days. . Burial was made
lin the Union cemetery last Thursday.
His progressive ideas were not con- |
fined to his farm work but he was al- |
heart failure while alone in his room '
Funeral services will be held at his |
died at the home of her son Charles, |
later returned to his native State
preached at Summit Hill and Ashland
before accepting a call to the Grace
church in Allentown about thirty-six
years ago. He retired from the active
rectorship about two years ago on ac-
count of ill heaith. Rev. Kline was a
brother of the late John Kline Esq.,
and Mrs. W. A. Ishler, of Bellefonte,
and frequently visited Bellefonte dur-
ing their residence here.
He is survived by his wife, who was
an Allentown lady, and six children,
one of whom is Rev. Robert F. Kline,
rector of Calvary Episcopal church,
Wilkes-Barre. He also leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Sarah Meese and Miss
Alice Kline, both of State College.
Burial was made in Allentown.
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PACKER.—Mrs. Fannie May Pack-
er, wife of James Irvin Packer, died at
‘her home in Juniata on Monday after-
‘noon, following a brief illness. She
| was a daughter of Jacob and Jane
| Brickley and was born at Romola, Cen-
{ tre county, on June 30th, 1874, hence
was in her forty-seventh year. When
a girl in her teens she was united in
| marriage to Mr. Packer and shortly
thereafter they went to Altoona to
live, later moving to Juniata, where
Mr. Packer was a gang foreman in the
P. R. R. shops. She was a member of
the First Church of Christ and a wom-
an of exemplary christian character.
Surviving her are her husband and
! the following children: Mrs. Walter
G. Burket, of Altoona; Miss Beatrice
M., a student at the Lock Haven Nor-
mal; Arthur W., of Harrisburg; Don-
ald O., in the U. S. aero service at
Fort Sill, Okla.; Dorothy S., Berna-
dine W., Lester G., Kenneth B., LeRoy
M. and James W., at home. She also
leaves the following brothers and sis-
ters: Mrs. Wilson Boone and Mrs.
‘ George Heverley, of Romola; Mrs.
{ Merrill Weaver, of Saxton; Alonza
‘and Edward P., of Juniata; Howard
F., of Altoona; Jacob W., of Blanch-
ard, and Chester E., of Howard. =:
Funeral services were held at her
late home yesterday morning after
| which the remains were taken to How-
‘ard, this county, where burial was
[nade in the Disciple cemetery.
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| MARKLE.—Mrs. Orpha Tate Mar-
i kle, wife of Samuel H. Markle, died
{ at her home near Axe Mann last Sat-
{urday evening as the result of a
stroke of paralysis. She was a daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Scott
| Tate and was born at Pleasant Gap,
ther age at death being 55 years, 8
{ months and 25 days. In addition to
her husband she is survived by a son
and a daughter, Winfield S. Markle, of
Pine Grove Mills, and Mrs. Howard
Boyer, of State College. She also
leaves the following brothers and sis-
ters: Mrs. Jack Love, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. G. H. Hile, Mrs. Baney and John
Tate, of Pleasant Gap; Lifus W. Tate,
of Lewistown; Margaret and Eliza-
beth Tate, of Philadelphia. Funeral
services were held in the Lutheran
church at Pleasant Gap yesterday
afternoon, burial being made in the
Pleasant Gap cemetery.
Two Men Sentenced.
At a brief session of court on Sat-
urday afternoon Charles E. Lee, a col-
ored man who escaped from the Rock-
view penitentiary last fall and was re-
captured in Johnstown the first week
in March, was sentenced to serve not
less than one year and three months
nor more than two years in the west-
ern penitentiary in addition to serving
out his old sentence.
Harry Itvin, of State College, who
was arrested last September on a
heinous charge in connection with
George McElhattan, was called for
sentence. At the time of Irvin’s ar-
rest there was a question as to his
sanity and a commission in lunacy was
appointed to examine the man, but the
physicians reported that they found
no evidence of insanity. Mr. Irvin
was out on bail but his conduct was
such that he was brought to Bellefonte
several weeks ago and placed in jail
and the court on Saturday sentenced
him to not less than two years nor
more than three in the western peni-
tentiary.
Eckenroth — Rishel. — Charles A.
Eckenroth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
ward Eckenroth, and Miss Susan H.
Rishel, a daughter of Mrs. J. Frank
Smith, by a former marriage, were
married at the United Evangelical
parsonage in Millheim at nine o’clock
last Saturday evening by the pastor,
Rev. C. B. Snyder. They were attend-
ed by Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Smith.
The bridegroom is employed at the
western penitentiary and until they
can get a place to locate they will
make their home with the bride's
mother on Spring street.
——Get your job work done at this
office and get it right.
There | west and for brief periods filled par- | accommodate them additional prison-
j ors will be brought from both the
eastern and western penitentiaries,
until in time the Rockview institution,
with its more than five thousand acres
“of land. will be the only penitentiary
in the State.
College.
| Pennsylvania State Grange, will speak
in the auditorium at State College
! next Thursday evening, April 7th. An |
| open meeting will be held under the
‘auspices of the State College local
ty can drive over for the meeting. Mr.
! McSparran was at the College on a
{ visit last year in his official capacity,
but did not give a talk at that time.
Although he has not announced his
subject for next week’s talk, it will
deal largely with the relation that the
Grange bears to the development of
agriculture. Mr. McSparran is a very
forceful speaker, and there should be
a large turnout of Centre countians to
hear him. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all by the local Grange.
New Roller Skating Rink at Armory
Will open Saturday, April 2, at
7:15. 250 pairs new skates. New
Saxaphone organ. 16 latest pieces of
music. 750 feet new floor space.
Busses will leave armory after the
skate for Pleasant Gap and Miles-
burg. First 25 ladies over 12 years of
age will gain admission and skate
checks free of charge. We solicit the
patronage of all—ladies and gentle-
men. 13-1t
——The “Watchman” gives all the
news all the time.
Real Estate Transfers.
Wilson N. Bilger to Fred Eisenhau-
er, tract in Rush township; $800.
Lawrence Nugent to Fred Eisenhau-
er, tract in Rush township; $900.
J. H. Waite, et ux, to A. H. Vona-
da, tract in Walker township; $1800.
J. H. Waite, et ux, to Chas. N. Vo-
nada, tract in Walker township; $5700.
Samuel Butler, et ux, to Harry E.
Young, tract in Curtin township; $50.
H. H. Laird, et ux, to L. A. Peacock,
et ux, tract in Worth township; $4000.
Howard P. Zerby to John A. Emer-
ick, tract in Walker township; $600.
ship; $945.
A. W. Stine to Dora Stine, tract in
Bellefonte; $1.
Carl H. Long, et ux, to Permilla
Messmer, tract in College township;
$850.
John M. Hartswick, et al, to Carl H.
Long, tract in College township; $600.
Arthur Barraclough, et ux, to John
A. Confer, tract in Snow Shoe; $4000.
Mary Robb, et bar, to Geo. Robb Jr.,
tract in Spring township; $1.
Daniel Showers to Harry Tressler,
tract in Walker township; $785.
Harry D. Lindemuth, et ux, to C. J.
McQuigg, tract in Unionville; $675.
Mary H. Walker, et al, to Anna S.
Rhoads, tract in Bellefonte; $4500.
Catherine Redding’s heirs to Wm.
B. Hall, tract in Snow Shoe; $2700.
A. W. Gentzel, et ux, to John H.
Bair, et ux, tract in Gregg township;
$2200.
S. Pierce Gregg,
Neidigh, et al,
township; $2500.
John M. Hartswick, et al, to Lillian
B. Shuey, tract in Ferguson township;
$650.
Jane Cross Irish, et bar, to William
J. Sheriff, tract in Philipsburg; $2643.
John B. Hazel, et ux, to ‘Alfred
Bese, tract in Benner township;
Geo. R. Griest, et ux, to William C.
Harris, tract in Philipsburg; $1450.
John C. Rossman, et ux, to William
H. Homan, tract in Centre Hall; $6000.
John C. Rossman, et ux, to John W.
Delaney, tract in Potter township;
$4300.
J. E. Freeman, et ux, to Harry Os-
car Walker, tract in Howard town-
ship; $50.
Elmer E. Custard, et ux, to Wm. D.
Custard, tract in State College; $800.
J. G. Gorden Foster, et al, to John
E. Rupp, tract in State College; $350.
to N. C.
in Ferguson
et ux,
tract
Marriage Eicenses.
Charles A. Eckenroth and Susan H.
Rishel, Bellefonte.
. Earl Kaufman and Madge Laurene
Poorman, Runville.
Orvis S. Shawver and Minnie Bar-
bara Bennage, Millheim.
Paul M. Blair, Fillmore, and Sarah
E. Hartman, Bellefonte. .
James S. Emel and Nellie E. Spicer,
Bellefonte.
Albert Numbers, Charleston, W.
Va.. and Lillian M. Walker, Bellefonte.
James F. Holderman, Bellefonte,
and Wilma B. Burd, Milesburg.
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NANPA INS ISIS SS PPPS
In the Churches of the
County.
OS SSS SSS SSSA ASP
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, April 3rd, “Unreality.”
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Bible school 9:30, with missionary
offering. Junior League 2 p. m. Sen-
John A. McSparran to Speak at State
John A. McSparran, Master of the |
Grange, and the time has been set for !
8:30 so that residents of Centre coin- |
Salenda Sloteman’s heirs to Oscar |
M. Loneberger, tract in Spring town- |
ior League 6:30. The pastor will
preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Visitors cordially welcome.
Coleville—Bible school 2 p. m.
Alexander Scott, Minister.
ST. JOHN’S REFORMED CHURCH.
Services next Sunday morning at
10:45 and evening at 7:30.
school at 9:30 a. m. and C. E. meeting
at 6:45 p. m.
Lage congregations were present at
the Easter services, the offerings for
benevolence were $183.00 from the
congregation and the Sunday school
Self-denial offerings amounted to
$137.50.
Ambrose M. Schmidt, D. D., Minister.
UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.
All Sunday and week-day services
at the usual hours. “Come on, let’s
go.”
George E. Smith, Pastor.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Services for he week beginning
April 3rd: Low Sunday, The Octave
of Easter, 8 a. m. Holy Communion.
8:45 a. m. Mattins. 9:45 a. m. church
school. 11 a. m. Holy Eucharist and
sermon, “At the Lamb’s High Feast.”
7:30 p. m. first evensong of the An-
Monday, Annunciation of Our Lady
(transferred from March 25), 10 a. m.
Holy Eucharist. Friday, 7:30 p. m.
evensong and instruction. Visitors
always welcome.
Boalsburg is another town in
Centre county that has lost its only
physician, Dr. R. L. Gearhart having
moved this week to Stroudsburg. This
places that town in the same class
with Unionville, where there has not
been a practicing physician since Dr.
! W. U. Irwin came to Bellefonte three
i years or more ago. In fact Unionville
: is more isolated from a member of the
| medical fraternity than Boalsburg, as
rthe nearest. practitioners are either in
i Bellefonte ' or Port Matilda. + While
i Bellefonte physicians can, of course,
'be reached by telephone, and in these
{days of automobiles it doesn’t take
very long for a doctor to get quite a
distance, yet the expense item con-
| nected with long trips means some-
j thing in a case of prolonged illness,
and then it isn’t like having a doctor
right at hand for call at any time. It
seems to us that places like Boalsburg
and Unionville would be very good lo-
i cations for a practicing physician at
any time.
Mrs. W. G. Gardner, of State
College, will address the Y. W. club
‘ Tuesday evening, April 5th, at the
home of Mrs. Beach, on west Linn
street. A full turnout of members
should be present to hear her.
Bachelors Known to Fame.
Who is the most famous bacheior
n history? While, as is natura! to
axpect, a large majority of the
aotables of the past have been mar-
ried men, there have been a few who
lave attained prominence in the
world of art, of science, of states-
manship and in war without the aid
of au “better half.”
One who had as much claim as any
other to the distinction of most emi-
aent bachelor is Michelangelo, one of
the greatest figures of the past. Vol-
taire, scientist and statesman, is an-
other great man who remained single.
In the realm of warfare few of the
really great have remained bachelors.
Perhaps the most eminent is Lord
Kitchener, who was so laregly re-
sponsible for England's military
strength in the World war,
Eliminating these few the list pre-
sents a more complicating problem to
one who would pick the greatest.
There are several others of about
equal prominence. Among the paint-
ers Raphael stands out as one of the
greatest to die unmarried. Chopin
and Beethoven achieved fame in the
realm of music without the inspira-
tion of a helpmate.
Several modern writers, poets and
essayists achieved prominence by
themselves. Charles Lamb, Alexander
Pope, Walt Whitman, Phillips Brooks,
Henry James, Whittier and Swinburne
head the list. :
Petrarch was an unmarried histori-
an, and Cecil Rhodes, also single, at-
tained great prominence. Few men have
become famous as statesman without
marrying before the end of their ca-
reer, President Buchanan was a
notable exception.
Whale Sausage and Steak.
Delicacies made from tlie flesh of
whales are now being put on the mar-
ket by Newfoundland whalers. Among
them are sausages, meat extract.
canned steaks and tongue.
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THIS A “WOMAN'S COUNTRY”
English Writer Gives an Interesting
Impression of Her Sister Over
the Seas,
- As an English woman who went
about America for nearly three years,
making friends, East, West, South and
North, I ought to be able to contrast
the women of the two countries, but
the more one travels the more one re-
alizes that “folks is just folks” all the
world over.
American women are quicker at the
uptake as regards friendliness and
kindnesses; but the tongue-tied Eng-
lish do just as much in the long run.
The American’s manpers are more
cosmopolitan, her clothes are better
put on, she has more good stories in
her after-dinner speeches. But if you
compare corresponding types—as most
travelers omit to do—they are “both
the same color under their skin.”
America is a woman's country. The
boy belongs to his mother, and most
women give their own opinions on all
subjects—quite curiously well ex-
pressed—without any suggestion of
having gone to a man for help.
Sunday
The - Englishwoman speaks more
shortly and with a suggestion of hav-
Ing “asked her husband at home” ; but
I doubt if the Englishwoman is worse
off, since England is the home of the
proverb, “As the good man saith, so
say we; but as the good wife saith
SO must it be.”
One very noticeable charm in the
American woman is her quickness in
starting conversation with a stranger
and her aptness in saying something
pleasant at once. I cannot help think-
ing that if English nurseries and
' school rooms taught this, it would
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nunciation and sermon, “Lady Day.”
Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. '
" Guinea,
have widely international results and
put more reality into the League of
Nations.—Lucy H. M. Soulsby in the
Woman’s Supplement of the London
Times.
VAST EMPIRE IN SOUTH SEAS
Extent of Australasian Group Under
British Rule Is Hardly Real-
ized by Americans.
Judson C. Welliver writes in the
Country Magazine that our impres-
sions about the Australasian empire
of the future are rather vague, be.
cause we are unable 10 realize its
mere bigness. Thus the island of New
the greatest island in the
world, if we classify Australia as a
continent, was, before the war, divided
between the British, Dutch and Ger
mans. The British have now taken
over, in the name of Australia, the
German claims.
We think of New Guinea as a con.
siderable patch of dry land in the ex-
panse of the southern ocean, but have
difficulty realizing that if it could be
laid down on the United States, one
end would be at Portland, Me., the
other near Omaha, and that it would
blot out an area about twice the size
of the German empire, and including
something like a quarter of the popula-
tion of these United States. It con-
tains vastly greater resources than
Germany, also about a thousand white
people and 500,000 aborigines, largely
cannibals. Half of it yet remains
Dutch, but its predestination to be
essentially British is quite obvicus.
Australasia aims at leadership in
the south temperate zone, on lines cu-
; riously parallel to those by which
Great Britain has become leader in the
North. With inexhaustible coal and
iron, she is creating iron and steel and
shipbuilding industries and a navy of
her own. The war era has been mark-
ed by the completion of Australia’s
first transcontinental railroad, sugges-
tive reminder of the beginning of our
own Union Pacific.
_ Mt. Washington 6,293 Feet High.
Many persons believe that Mount
Washington, in New Hampshire, is the
highest mountain in the eastern part
of the United States. Mount Wash-
ington stands 6,293 feet above sea
level, according to the United States
geological survey, department of the
interior, but many peaks in the south-
ern Appalachians are several hundred
feet higher than New Hampshire's
famous mountain. The highest moun-
tain in the Appalachian system—the
highest point in the United States east
of the Rockies—is Mount Mitchell, in
North Carolina, which stands at an
elevation of 6,711 feet. The highest
mountain in Tennessee, Mount Guyot,
stands 6,636 feet above sea level.
Ivory Does Not Rust.
One cold afternoon several school-
girls were standing on a corner wait-
ing for a car. A man invited them
to come into his office to wait for the
car. They accepted. The conversation
soon turned to the color of a certain
girl’s hair. One insisted it was red,
another that it was auburn, and an-
other that it was brown.
At the height of the discussion two
children entered the office. As soon
as they understood the nature of the
argument, one of the youngsters cx-
claimed :
“Oh, shucks! Her hair ain't red.
Ivory don’t rust.”—Indianapolis News.
Great California Industry.
Nearly a million acres are planted
to the fruit trees that supply the can-
neries of California, according to Elton
R. Shaw in an article in the Old Col-
ony Magazine, the organ of the Old
Colony club. Statistics tell us that
of the 100,000,000 acres of land in the
state ¢2? California, about 900,000 are
devoted to fruit trees; so It is easily
conceivable that the fruit-canning in-
dustry is no small part of the general
industrial activities of the “Golden
State.”