Bellefonte, Pa., December 7, 1923.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Adversity borrows its sharpest sting
from our impatience.—Bishop Horne.
Some Fashions for Spring.—Most
of the gowns shown at the Spring
Fashion Review, says the New York
Times, adhered to the tube silhouette,
showing that creators believe that if
their clothes are to succeed, comfort
must be the chief consideration. Nev-
ertheless, the robe de style, so much
loved by French creators, still had its
place in the exhibit, and the influence
of the circular skirt, which has striven
for several seasons now for a promi-
nent position, was shown in charming
creations. 1
The fabric is really the thing now,
and overshadows the details of a cos-
tume. Rich plaids and stripes, done
in harmonizing tones or contrasting
color are handsome decoration in
themselves. Soft colored crepes
have satin stripes in contrasting
shades woven in and are in some cas-
es edged with stitching of wool or
silk yarn.
Sports clothes and street costumes
were featured at the spring exhibit.
An interesting departure was in cor-
duroy which is woven in a number of
new patterns and designs. Knitted
fabrics are still good and also flan-
nels and covert cloth. For afternoon
gowns printed silks have unlimited
possibilities and, of course, handsome
laces are smart for evening.
Capes still have a very important
place in the street costume, either as
a definite part of the dress or asa
smart adjunct. They are also used on
sports things. Sleeveless gowns, too,
will be seen in the spring wardrobe.
The skirt lengths are shorter again.
Ten inches from the floor appears to
be about the prescribed length, al-
though even shorter ones were shown.
In your Christmas preparations in-
clude a food thought for one or more
acquaintances who might appreciate
this more than anything you could do
for them. :
Have you some young friend whose
home is a hall bedroom, or some old
friend who, however well housed, is
deprived of those tasty home touches
which used to mean so much? Do
you know some poor person who
would be overjoyed to receive a nice
cut of meat or a little box or basket
of good things, or some rich person
who would be equally pleased if you
shared with him or her an extra
choice mince pie or a rich fruit cake?
Nearly everybody likes to eat—
even those who can’t eat as they
choose still would like to—and the |
housewife who is so inclined can easi- |
ly fix up a lot of welcome Christmas |
wishes while she is preparing |
for her own household.
Somehow or other we seem to take
it for granted that our friends’ appe-
tites will be satisfied, especially at
Christmas. Of course, we all know
unfortunate persons who are not
financially able to gratify their food |
wishes, but besides these are many
who can have anything they want
within reason, yet to whom just such
a gift as any good cook can make
would be more than welcome.
A dainty little package of home-
made cookies, a pan of hot rolls fresh
from the oven, the pretty box of
home-made candies, a basket filled
with things especially suited for the
sick room, all these are easy to fix up
and any one of them will mean much
to the recipient, if properly placed.
Here are some suggestions for
Chrstmas remembrances that any
good cook can make:
For the Neighbor.—Small
plate or dainty package.
A piece of fruit or Christmas cake.
One dozen dainty assorted cookies,
colorfully iced. ;
Decorate box, plate or package with
a bon bon from your box of candies.
Wrap daintily and put a small piece
of fresh holly on top. ;
When baking your mince pies, why
not bake one for your neighbor?
Wrap it in white tissue paper, tie
with red cord or ribbon, with a piece
of fresh holly on top.
When baking the sticky cinnamon
buns, rusks or Christmas tea rings,
make one for your neighbor, put on
paper plate with a lace paper dolly.
For the Convalescent.—A box or
basket lined with Christmas crepe pa-
per. In it a glass of home-made jei-
ly, a glass of fruit syrup, gelatin, one
grapefruit, two oranges, two tanger-
ines, two delicious apples, small bunch
of grapes, small package or glass of
figs, glass of choice prunes, small
orange sponge cake. Decorate with a
few chocolate buds.
Another attractive box-basket:
A pint jar of clear chicken or beef-
broth ready to heat; a small smother-
ed chicken, decorated with hearts of
celery; glass of cranberry jelly, nice
heart of lettuce; a small mold of snow
pudding with a jelly glass of custard
sauce or a cup custard.
A Tray with a Hot Meal for a Neigh-
bor.
Cup of Clam Bisque 3
Two Dainty French Chops Broiled
Nicely
A Large Baked Potato
Crisp Curly Celery
Glass of Currant or Cranberry Jelly
Nicely Toasted Bread
Prune Whip or Jelly Roll
A Small Plate of Fruit
box,
Be sure that the dishes are heated
for the hot dishes and the tray cov-:
ered with a spotless cloth and deco-
rated with sprigs of holly or tiny
plant with Christmas paper napkin’
around the pot.
Another Suggestion.—When you
are out bring home a small box of ice
cream and a few lady fingers. Put
the cream in one of your pretty glass-
es, decorate with a little red jelly. Tie
the lady fingers with a piece of
Christmas ribbon and dccorate
tray. This will bring cheer.
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A Very Thoughtful Remembrance.
—A basket of mixed fruit is beauti-
ful and always acceptable at this sea-
son of the year, but some cannot af-
ford one.
In that case there are small splint
baskets which can be purchased for
25 cents, or a nice box could be fixed.
First line the box with stiff, glazed
paper. Be sure to fit it in neatly,
then cover with Christmas crepe pa-
per. Put in two grapefruit, three or-
anges, three tangerines, three large,
delicious apples and three small
Chrastmas apples and one pound
green grapes. Separate the bunch
of grapes and make four or five
small ones, half-pound layer of figs
wrapped neatly in wax paper (divide
in four packages), half-pound mixed
nuts scattered over top and decorate
with five or six pieces of holly with
berries.
The Box to Send by Mail.—Line
box with paper ‘napkin and put in a
small fruit cake surrounded by dain-
ty cookies and home-made candied
fruits, package of figs or dates, a
small box of home-candied orange or
grape-fruit peel and top off with a
nice bunch of green grapes; decorate
with holly leaves and holly berries.
Another box can be filled with a
plum pudding with a glass of hard
sauce, a jar of home-canned fruit, if
you have it, a glass or two of home-
made jelly or jam; a jar of home-
made pickle or a bottle of tomato rei-
ish, each wrapped in Christmas crepe
paper and packed neatly with plenty
of paper around, so there will be no
breakage.
His Reason.
The class was having a lesson in
botany, and the little dears sat with
open mouths drinking in the words of
their dear teacher. She explained to
them exactly when and why leaves
change their color and all the children
nodded their heads with great intelli-
gence.
“Now,” she asked the class as the
lesson drew to an end, “when do
leaves turn red?”
“In the autumn,” came the reply in
chorus.
“And why do leaves turn red in the
autumn ?” she pursued.
There was silence for a time and
then a small voice was heard from
the back:
“Please, miss, they’re blushing to
think how green they've been all the
summer.”
Getting His Own Back.
A man who had dealt for some
years with the same grocer found the
latter out in some shady practices.
Going to his shop he gave the delin-
quent a piece of his mind.
“You're a swindler, and I'll never
enter your shop again,” he said.
Next day, however, he came back
and bought five pounds of sugar.
“Dear me,” said the grocer, smil-
ing in a forgiving way, “I thought
you were never going to enter my
shop again.”
“Well, I didn’t mean to,” said the
customer, coldly, “but yours is the
only shop in the place where I can
get what I want. You see, I am
going to pot some plants, and I need
sand.”
FARM NOTES.
—The thrifty farmer faces the win-
ter with a well stocked cellar.
—Paint may be removed from a
window glass by a strong solution of
soda.
—The chief late celery producing
States are New Jersey, New York,
Colorado and Michigan.
—The chief late lettuce producing
States are Colorado, Idaho, Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania and Wash-
ington.
—An accredited dairy herd is one
which has passed three successive tu-
berculin tests given at six months in-
tervals, and is registered as such by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
—The clay or clay loam types of
soils, being made up of extremely fine
particles are very retentive of mois-
ture and plant foods. But unless
proper methods are practiced, a con-
dition is apt to be secured which will
render the soil impervious to mois-
ture, and if air is excluded the soil
will become infertile.
—In the preparation of clay soil
there must not be too much harrow-
ing. It is generally advised that we
harrow the soil all that we think we
can afford to harrow it, and then har-
row it as much more. But this with
clay soils would be apt to lead to
trouble. Enough tillage should be
given to break down clods and com-
pact the subsurface soil, but it should
not be carried to the point that will
make the clay particles over-fine.
—“Putting trees away for winter”
is looked upon as one of the vital op-
erations in successful fruit growing.
Attention is called to the need of
nursery care for the little trees until
they become thoroughly established.
The openings in the soil at the base,
caused by the wind shifting the fresh-
ly planted trees around, are filled and
tramped firmly to shut out water. It
is also a good practice to mound up
| the young trees so they will not be
cracked by freezing. It will usually
| pay well to remound mature peach
trees by plowing or shoveling the soil
toward them. Where the bark of
| peach, cherry or other fruits is like-
ly to split open, this injury may be
prevented by shading or protecting
the southwest side of the tree trunks
. by beards or by whitewashing them.
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{ —Rye, soy beans, barley and peas,
are most valuable cover crops. Where
a winter covering is desired, rye
should be sown. It should be plowed
under in the spring—Ilate April or
early in May, if spring crops are to
be grown—and plowed under later if
| some such crop as buckwheat is the
one desired. When clay is to be plow-
red in the fall, then the other crops
| mentioned are valuable for plowing
"under.
Soy beans are preferred to cow
peas on account of their more hardy
nature, more vigorous growth and
ability to furnish a larger amount of
organic matter. Barley and Canada
fleld peas may be used, the seed being
sown and disked in after some special
crop as oats or early potatoes, or even
after a forage crop of oats and peas.
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a stupendous undertaking.
Switchboards, cables, wire,—the elements which
make up the telephone system,—are living things,
alive with conversation.
While new telephones are being connected, while
switchboards are being enlarged, while wire and
cables are being added, there must be no inter-
ference with the service of our 800,000 telephones
already in service in Pennsylvania.
The Bell System in this state is being expanded with
‘staggering amounts of new telephone equipment.
The plant must keep pace with the traffic, which is
now 3,800,000 calls a day. It is estimated that in
1924 this volume will increase to 4,200,000 calls
C. W. Heilhecker
To increase the organic matter in
the soil it matters not so much what
crop is grown so long as each year
something is plowed under. In some
sections of the country one crop will
be better adapted to this work than
others, and wherever the land is to be
left for a few months without any
special crop growing upon it, a cover
crop should be secured to rlow under.
—As the per cent. of human or de-
caying organic matter in the soil is
increased, the tendency of the clay
particles to adhere to each other is de-
creased. Therefore it is very import- | 2f
ant that a liberal amount of organic
matter be incorporated with the soil.
This has a tendency to change the
character from that of a still, imper-
vious clay to a type resembling the
clay loam—and it is in this latter
ps that we have our most fertile
soils.
Lime, probably, is of more benefit
to a clay soil than it is to any other.
It prevents puddling and renders the
surface soil more porous. It also
changes the physical properties so
that the simple soil particles are made
to combine into compound soil parti-
cles. This granular condition, espe-
cially of the surface particles, is an
ideal one.
—The crop may be adapted to the
soil upon which it is to be grown, and,
where our system of rotation makes
it possible, the clay soils should be de-
voted to those crops where the seed-
ing is done broadcast, as in the grow-
ing of grass and grains.
Crops which are to be given intro-
culture can be grown to better advan-
tage on soils which are of a lighter
and looser texture. All the cultiva-
tion which can be given to the sowed
crops must be done before seeding, |.
and the quality of the clay soil which
enables it to hold moisture enables
these sowed crops to thrive, when if
they were grown on lighter, more
open texture soils, the effects of
drought would be far more serious. If
plowing is done when the soil is too
wet, the particles will pack together,
and the open air space, or pore space.
which should exist between the soil
particles are largely closed.
—Late fall plowing is of the great-
est benefit to clay soils. There may
be some slight loss of plant food, due
to leaching and washing of the soil,
but if the furrows are left rough as
they come from the plow, and are
turned slightly on edge rather than
being turned flat, the effect of the
winter’s freezing and thawing and the
pulverizing action of the rain will do
much towards making these soils fri-
able and in good condition.
. The condition may be changed by
incorporating humus with the clay,
and it is possible to bring it more in-
to the condition of the clay loam. In
coarse farm manures and through
plowing under cover crops, this hu-
mus can be most readily secured.
Generally it is preferred to apply
farm manures to the surface of the
soil and harrowing them in, but in
some clay soils, where the physical
action of the manure may be fully as
valuable as its chemical action, there
is an advantage in plowing under
coarse manure,
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DAILY NUMBER OF LOCAL
TELEPHONE CALLS
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The Service Must Go On
The addition of $30,200,000 worth of new equip-
Pennsylvania in one year is
But there are no “growing pains”—no evidence
te the user of the service that back of his telephone
in the Central Offices, in the streets and along coun-
try roads, millions upon millions of dollars are
being added.
The Bell Telephone Company
ONE POLICY, ONE SYSTEM, UNIVERSAL SERVICE, AND ALL DIRECTED TOWARD BETTER SERVIC
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Prices on Shoes
Slaughtered
Reduced to Less than Cost of Manufacture
Owing to the mild weather and the
~ backwardness of the season I find that I
have too many Fine and High Grade Shoes
on my shelves at this time of the year.
Beginning at once every pair of High
Grade and High Priced Shoes will be re-
duced to :
$5.85 A Pair
This is an absolute reduction. It means
every pair of Mens and Womens Shoes and
Oxfords that sell from $7 to $9 per pair are
reduced to $5.85.
These Shoes are all New Fall Styles.
Not one pair of old style shoe in the lot.
Many just received.
Now is the time to purchase the very
best quality shoes at the price of cheap
ones.
Yeager's Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job
work.
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Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
Special Reduction Sale
Owing to the continued warm weather we will
make special reductions on all Ladies’ Misses’ and
Children’s Coats. This great reduction sale will
make the winter garments within the reach of all
buyers, at reasonable prices.
Christmas Shopping
We have many useful articles for every mem-
ber of the family.
SILKS—for Dresses and Over Blouses. Our
silk department is most complete. We have all the
new weaves and colors in brocades and plain silk,
crepes, cantons, radium, satins and chiffon taffetas
and Brocaded Velva Knit. The new colors, cocoa,
squirrel, spice, jade and navy. These silks were all
bought before the Japanese disaster, which means
lower prices than manufacturers’ cost today. We
again have beautiful paisley silk 36-in., now $1.65.
WOOL MATERIALS—AIl the wanted shades
in Serge, Poiret Twill and Wool Crepes.
LINENS—See our handsome table linens by the
yard (or in matched sets, napkins to match), scarfs,
luncheon sets, towels, pillow cases, sheetings. Buy
now before the new tariff is added.
NOVELTIES—Fancy combs, hair pins, com-
pacts, vanity boxes, beaded and leather bags. In-
fant’s toys and dolls and comb and brush sets.
GLOVES AND MITTENS—AII kinds of gloves
and mittens for father, mother and children, Kid,
Wool and Fabric.
SILK HOSE—We sell the celebrated Silver Star
Bn silk, wool, lisle and cotton, men’s, ladies’ and chil-
ren’s.
We extend a cordial invitation to visit our store.
You will see many things at big money saving prices.
Lyon & Co. ws Lyon & Co.