Bellefonte, Pa., February 10, 1922.
A DAY OF JUVENILE JOY.
Indeed, in recent years its celebra-
tion has been confined almost exclu-
sively to the very young. The custom
of sending ‘valentines to the older
girls has almost fallen into disuse,
though Valentine day is made the ex-
cuse of many a bunch of flowers or
box of candy sent to some favored
debutante; but the boys and girls get
more and lovelier valentines than they
ever did before.
(Ga into a school or assemblage of
children the morning after Valentine
day, and on all sides you hear, “How
many did you get? Oh, is that all! I
got. thirty” (or forty or fifty, as the
case may be). There is a postive ri-
valry among children to be the recip-
ient of the greatest number of valen-
tines. Fortunately for parents’ purs-
es, however, quantity counts more
than quality, and small boys and girls
are well satisfied with cards that cost
but a few cents. Nor is this surpris-
ing, as the artistic workmanship and
beauty of the penny valentine is in-
creasing each year.
But not alone in the quantity and
quality of valentines does the modern
child score on his predecessors—he
goes to the most fascinating valentine
parties. It is, indeed, a forlorn little
one who does not have some kind and
enterprising person invite him to a
party on Valentine day.
Parties have become go much the
rule, in fact, that mothers are usually
half distracted to supply novelties in
entertainment for this important
event, as it would never do, you know,
just to have an ordinary, every day
party for Valentine day. No, indeed,
the Patron Saint still claims some
prerogatives, the chief being to im-
yose his emblems on every hostess
who entertains in his honor.
There must be valentine games,
valentine favors, and even valentine
food, or, at least, valentine table ap-
pointments. What these shall be is,
perhaps, even now perplexing some
over-rushed mother or big sister who
has little time to devote to hunting up
new ideas for the party she is to give
Mabel, Jack or Mary this coming
week.
Now, it should not be a hard thing
to give, this valentine party, for there
are so many deligthfully simple and
inexpensive ways in which the proper
color can be given.
Fancy dress parties are very popu-
lar for such an occasion; more so, it
must be confessed, with the small
guests than with their mothers, who
have to bother with the costumes. A
simplified form of the “fancy dress”
fete could be had, however, with very
little: trouble if an easily constructed
costume was prescribed.
Each girl might be asked to come
as a queen of hearts, and told to wear
a white dress—one of her old ones—
strung with garlands of red paper
hearts, and a fanciful headgear of
hearts.
_The boys could be Cupids, or
Knaves of Hearts, and they should be
dressed in white blouse suits or in
their ordinary “party array,” if they
are too old to wear white. As Cupids
they should have paper wings, a quiv-
er of red paper filled with paper ar-
rows, and carry a big bow. As a
Knave of Hearts they could wear one
large red heart over the chest, small-
er ones on each sleeve, and a paste-
board crown made of numerous small
hearts or a single large one.
Children may be easily amused at a
valentine party, as there are endless
games appropriate to the day.
A blackboard affords much pleas-
ure if a large heart is drawn in the
centre. Blindfold the children one
after the other and have them try to
draw their initials as near to the cen-
tre of the heart as possible. Give two
simple prizes for those who come clos-
est; one for a boy and one for a girl.
There may also be “booby” prizes, or,
if the hostess prefers not to empha-
size failure, a second prize may be
substituted.
Heart archery proves a fascinating
game. This must naturally be played
in some part of the house or room
where damage cannot be done by un-
skilful marksmen. Suspend a large
sheet on the wall—if preferred it can
be stretched over a tall clothes-horse
—and in the centre paste a huge red
heart as a target. The child hitting
nearest to the centre is the winner. If
possible, it is better to use the arrows
with the suction ends, as there is then
no danger to the small guests, who
will get in range occasionally.
All the other children must be kept
strictly in the background while the
areher is having his turn.
A postoffice with a Pierrot to dis-
pense valentines will be popular. In
one corner of the room have an im-
mense red paper or muslin heart, four
or five feet tall, with a square open-
ing in the centre. Behind this should
be a narrow shelf, on which the post-
master should have numberless val-
entines addressed to the young guests.
_ Remember that children are much
better pleased with several inexpen-
sive valentines than one handsome one,
so have enough for several rounds.
Then, whenever there is a lull in the
evening’s pleasure, the hostess can
sag: “Suppose we see what there is
itr the postoffice.” There may be little
rhymes written for each small guest
personally, pretty penny valentines
and a round or two of good-natured
eomics, which are sure to cause much
mirth. If the hostess wants to go to
the trouble, there might even be one
set of inexpensive favors. A witty
posimagier can create a great deal of
un.
Though not new, a heart-hunt is al-
ways popular. Have dozens of hearts
of all sizes hidden in out-of-the-way
places. Let these hearts be number-
ed, the tiniest ones counting two, the
next size five, a still larger one ten, a
few twenty-five and fifty and just one,
thie biggest of all, one hundred. The
children whose numbers amount to the
biggest sum are the winners.
A tree of hearts, with one big heart
and numerous small ones, may be used
for a very pretty and artistic target,
or the children can be biindfolded and
aim to hit the hearts with a light
gold-paper wand.
Supper is naturally the important
event of the party. The table must
be made as “valentiny” as the inge-
nuity of the mother permits. Have
candles, with white paper shades
adorned with red hearts, around a cen-
trepiece of a big heart-pie of red pa- |
per, from which vines or red baby
ribbon run to each child’s plate, to be
pulled at a given signal after sup-
per.
Surprises in pie should contain sim-
ple valentine favors, such as tiny
bows and arrows, heart lockets and
charms, made in silver paper on a
gold paper link chain; penny dolls
dressed as Cupids, with mottoes on
their quivers, or funny pictures of
cats, dogs, clowns and so forth, fram-
ed in heart shaped frames of red pa-
per. All of these favors can be easily
made at home.
At each plate have a heart-shaped
box or toy automobile filled with can-
dy. These boxes may be bought very
cheaply, but the cost can be still fur-
ther reduced by buying plain white
ones and covering them with wall pa-
per or fancy crepe paper.
The chef d’oeuvre of the table is, of
course, the large heart-shaped cake,
iced with fancy scrolls and a dove in
the centre! It should be set on a nap-
kin of lace paper.
As such a cake is rather costly if
purchased at a confectioner’s it can
be made at home of any plain cup-
cake or white cake batter. The heart-
shaped pan can be purchased at a
tinner’s for a small sum. With a lit-
tle practice the icing can be done by
the novice by means of an icing tube.
Simple refreshments for a valentine
party would be creamed chicken, or-
ange salad, chocolate and whipped
cream, tiny heart-shaped soda biscuit,
ice cream (in individual moulds if
possible), cake and candy.
Prizes for the different games may
be kept very simple. It is much bet-
ter to give a number and thus afford
more children a chance to win, than
to have them few and elaborate.
Many interesting little novelties can
be evolved from paper and odd bits
of ribbon—such as heart-shaped pin-
cushions, penwipers and blotters.
A very cunning first prize can be
made of a twig on which are set two
owls with a red heart suspended be-
neath painted in gold letters, “The
Owld, Owld Story.” The owls are
made of gray or brown crepe paper,
painted with daubs of white for mark-
ers.
The booby prize can be a red paper
heart, with a silver dart painted on
it, and suspended by baby ribbons.
RAILROADER’S
REMARKABLE RECORD.
John Nevin Hasson, of Tyrone, was
retired on February 1st after an ac-
tive service of forty-one years on the
‘I'yrone Division, thirty-two years of
which were served in the capacity of
passenger engineman. Few men, up-
on retirement, can boast of such a
proud record as is Mr. Hasson’s. In
his forty-one years of faithful service,
he worked forty-one Christmas days
and forty New Years, having missed
New Years of this year owing to ill-
ness. Of all the other holidays in
this time, he worked all but three,
those being three Fourth of Julys
when he was ill. He was never disci-
plined for an infraction of the rules
of the company.
He entered the service on the Ty-
rone Division on July 30, 1881, as a
freight brakeman, serving in that ca-
pacity until April 5, 1887, when he
was promoted to a freight engine-
man. On March 1, 1890, he was pro-
moted to a passenger engineman,
serving as such until retirement.
In all his service Mr. Hasson was in
but one accident of any account, and
that was when he was a passenger
engine man on the Moshannon Branch.
They were running along at a pretty
fair clip, when suddenly the engine
turned clear over and rammed her
stack in the ground. Mr. Hasson suf-
fered injuries about the hand, but was
off duty but two days as a result. The
fireman was unhurt.
Owing to his long service in the
outdoors, Mr. Hasson enjoys the best
of health and bids well to live long to
enjoy his merited vacation. For the
past fifteen years he has made his
residence in Tyrone, where he will
continue to reside.
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Curiosity Satisfied.
In a country club a semi-circle of
men, mostly lawyers, sat by an open
fire, while outside the wind and sleet
were almost unbearable. A doctor
came in, having been visiting his pa-
tients, and numb with cold. He threw
off his coat and tried to get near the
fire, but no one moved to give him a
seat, and he was compelled to remain
outside of the semi-circle.
One of the members seated turned
to the doctor and said: “Doctor, we
have just been discussing foreign
parts. You have traveled a great
deal, havent you?”
The doctor replied, “Yes;
everywhere.”
_ One of the lawyers facetiously
asked the doctor: ‘Have you ever
been in hades, doctor.”
“I have,” the doctor replied.
“How did you find conditions
there ?” the lawyer asked.
“Just about the same as here—all
the lawyers close to the fire.”—Judge.
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Warm Your Blood.
A poet has said that “the owl for all his
feathers was a-cold.” Some people for all
their wraps are a-cold whenever they are
out-of-doors even in normal winter
weather,
It is plain that they need the warmth
there is in pure, rich, red blood, which
reaches through artery and vein, from
head to foot, all over the body. They
could be told by many people, from ex-
perience, that to have this good blood they
should take Hood's Sarsaparilla. This
great medicine has really made it possible
for many men and women, boys and girls,
to enjoy cold weather and resist the at-
tacks of disease. It gives the right kind
of warmth, stimulates and strengthens at
the same time, and its benefits are as last-
ing as those of any tonic possibly can be.
If there is biliousness or constipation,
which often occurs as a result of the tor-
pifying effect of cold, Hood’s Pills may be
taken, They are perfectly compatible with
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and are gentle and
thorough. 67-6
SIGNAL TREE OF 1778
IS REMOVED.
With the removal recently of an an-
cient chestnut tree at Strafford, Pa.,
there disappeared one of Chester
county’s many notable landmarks.
And now that it is gone and its great
trunk and heavy limbs are probably
converted into fire wood, there has
arisen a protest from some of the old-
er residents of the county over its to-
tal disappearance.
The tree was the last of a score or
more “signal trees” used during the
Revolution as observation posts by
soldiers guarding the approaches to
the camp of the “ragged Continen-
tals” at Valley Forge. These trees,
the tallest in the forests, were scat-
tered over what is not the upper end
of the fashionable main line.
Platforms were built on their tops
and there, day after day, lookouts
watched the roads and the activities
of marauding bands of redcoats and
Tories over the countryside. Warn-
ing of the approach of an enemy force
was given by the observer firing his
musket. The man in the next signal
tree, a mile or more away, would then :
fire his musket and in this way the
news would be carried eventually to
Washington’s camp.
Such was the crude manner of con-
veying information used by these
members of the American army’s first
“intelligence service”’—a far cry from
the elaborate telephone and radio sys-
tems used on the battlefields of
France.
The tree at Strafford was cut down
recently when workmen began laying
the foundations for the Italian Church
of Our Lady of the Assumption. It
stood by the roadside directly in front
of the proposed building, a huge old
tree, long since dead, the naked
branches of which towered grotesque-
ly into the sky. It is doubtful if the
builders of the church even knew of
its historical significance, or saw any-
thing in it but an unsightly object and
a menace to all who walked beneath
it.
This tree was one of the most im-
portant of all the signal trees because
of its location near the Lancaster
Pike and the old Spread Eagle tavern,
where the comings and goings of all
manner of men could be watched, and
also because of its nearness to the
camp of Colonel Tarleton and his dra-
goons, a mile and a half to the south-
west. The site of this camp and the
headquarters of the British officer are
now the estate and home of Dr.
George Slymer Stout at Berwyn, Pa.
It was Dr. A. W. Baugh, of Paoli,
Pa., a local historian, who voiced a
protest over the total disappearance
of the remains of the old tree and ex-
pressed the fear that it had been burn-
ed as firewood.
“I remember seeing, as a boy, the
remains of the old platform high up
in the branches of the tree,” said Doc-
tor Baugh. “That platform was torn
down in my father’s time. It seems
a shame that this old tree should have
totally disappeared; that no one,
learning that it was to be cut down,
should have rescued at least a part of
the wood as a souvenir. A chair made |
out of the wood of this tree would |
have been an interesting addition to
the relics of the Revolution gathered |
together at Valley Forge.
“It was not until some time after
the tree was cut down that I learned
of its destruction. Had I known in
time I would have made an effort to
get part of the wood. As it is, more
than one family will probably sit in
front of glowing chestnut logs this
winter, not knowing that the wood
which gives them warmth one day
knew the touch of a shivering, ragged
soldier of the Continental army.”—
Exchange.
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House Still Stands.
The house in which Abraham Lin-
coln died on the morning of April 15,
1865, stands opposite Ford’s theatre,
in which the President was shot on
the preceding night. The house,
known sometimes as the Peterson
house, from a former occupant, is now
devoted to the exhibition of a wonder-
ful collection of Lincoln relics owned
by Osborn H. Oldroyd. Mr. Oldroyd
has given his life since boyhood—he is
now an elderly man—to the study of
the life of Lincoln and the collection |
of objects connected with the life of
the President. He has rails split by
Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln family
Bible, etc.
The Reminder. |
A little three year old was taken by |
his sister to Sunday school for the |
first time. The teacher, attracted by |
his bright, eager face, gave him one |
of the little cards the others were get- |
ting. On his card were the words, |
“Be ready,” which he was to recite |
the following Sunday. The eventful |
day arrived and eagerly he waited
his turn. Smilingly the teacher said, |
“Bobby, what is your verse?” Spring- !
ing to his feet, he said in a loud voice,
“Be ready with my card.”—L. E. B. |
A MESSAGE TO TIRED,
SICK FOLKS.
Don’t Drag Through Life Half Sick
and Half Well. Take This
Advice.
Go to your druggist and ask him
for Gude’s Pepto-Mangan and take
it with your meals for a few weeks
and see how your health improves.
If you are pale, tired, lack ambition
and vigor, you know yourself that if
you had plenty of red blood that you
would not feel tired and half sick all
the time. The only sure foundation of
permanent health is good blood.
Gude’s Pepto-Mangan builds up your
blood with a form of iron that gets
into your system quickly. It is won-
derful. You will like it and it will
make you feel so well and strong. Life
will be woth living again. Try it and
you will thank us for telling you about
it. Druggists sell Gude’s Pepto-Man-
gan in both liquid and tablet form.—
Adv. 67-6
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Teaching You Thrift
Practice makes
masters of today as well as yesterday
constantly repeat that truth.
learn by applying it.
Application of that principle to our
everyday habits proves its practical
help. We learn by practicing, wheth-
er it be a good habit or a bad habit.
This bank teaches you thrift by
perfect. School-
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On Monday
our contractors attacked the old bank-
ing rooms to which we have welcomed
so many of our friends during the past
years, and reduced the interior to ruins
Soon the work of rebuilding will begin
Meanwhile we are comfortably install-
ed in our temporary quarters and have
got down to a working routine: our
business will suffer no interruption.
We are prepared for any business
pertaining to banking.
The First National Bank
Bellefonte, Pa.
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Christmas Savings Club
Which Started Monday, December 12th, 1921
It is not too late to join. You can become a
Member any time. Please come in and let us
explain to you.
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