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THE NATIONAL LIBERAL ALLI-
ANCE AND THE “LIBERTY
BELL.” .
By Margaret H. Barnett.
The National Liberal Alliance was
organized in June, 1920.
Its purpose, first and foremost, is
the “modification of the Volstead Act
so as to permit the manufacture and
sale of light wines and beer.” Some
other purposes of the Alliance are
mentioned, but opposition to prohibi-
tion seems to be its chief feature.
“Liberty Bell” is the official organ
of the Alliance. A picture of the em-
blem of our national independence ap-
pears on its title page.
Sample copies of “Liberty Bell” are
sometimes mailed to persons not sub-
scribers.
One recent issue contains some vio-
lent attacks on Prohibition and pro-
hibitionists. It also contains some
dire prophecies of evil to come
through prohibition.
But there are in it, also, some very
interesting and illuminating state-
ments. One of these is as follows:
“The reason we have prohibition is
because the “drys” work consistently
and co-operate with each other. When
the “wets” do so, they will find suc-
cess crowning their efiorts.
The inference from this quotation is
that the “wet” forces are scattered
and disorganized, while the “dry”
forces are united and organized.
There was a time within the mem-
ory of those not yet the “oldest in-
habitant” when a very different state
of affairs could be found in this coun-
try.
There was a time when the liquor
forces were a power in politics. The
election of a candidate who had their
support was practically assured.
There was a time when these forces
were a power in business circles. Not
so long ago many persons feared to
oppose them, as their business would
be injured if they did so.
There was a time when it required
a great amount of moral courage to
attack the liquor traffic. Those who
did so risked financial loss, sometimes
persecution, sometimes even death,”
for the temperance cause has had its
martyrs.
Even the pulpit feared, sometimes,
to antagonize the liquor interests.
Ministers who did so, frequently had
to seek new fields of labor.
There was a time, within the mem-
ory of those yet living, when there
was not one prohibition State in the
Union. The sale of liquor was legal-
ized throughout the United States.
There was a time, within the mem-
ory of those who are still compara-
tively young, when there were but two
prohibition States.
There was a time within the mem-
ory of those still younger, when Na-
tional prohibition was defeated in
Congress.
A radical and revolutionary change
has taken place, as indicated by the
quotation from “Liberty Bell.” The
temperance forces and the liquor fore-
es have changed places. The liquor
forces have not been able, with all
the odds in their favor, to hold the
ground which they had held for two
hundred years.
One Prohibition State in 1858 had
became thirty-three when National
Prohibition was adopted, and the
Eighteenth amendment was ratified
by forty-six of the forty-eight States.
In Pennsylvania, at the last guber-
natorial election, the candidate of
both the leading parties had declared
for Prohibition enforcement. There
was a “wet” third party candidate,
but it is not recalled that he polled a
heavy vote.
What has
change ?
“Liberty Bell” tells us in the fol-
lowing paragraph taken from a re-
cent issue:
“Liberty Bell” wishes to say just
at this point that it recognizes there
are good brewers and bad brewers.”
“But ‘Liberty Bell’ has no time for
the bad brewer. The head of the
National Liberal Alliance would not
continue to work another day for this
cause if he thought the old crowd of
bad brewers would benefit therefrom.
It was that bunch that brought about
iniquitous conditions that culminated
in Constitutional Prohibition.”
“But there must be no return to the
distressing conditions which prevailed
under the old “bad brewers’ regime.”
Remember that the above para-
graphs are not from an organ of the
Anti-Saloon League, or the W. C. T.
U. They are from the organ of the
National Liberty Alliance, an organ-
ization opposed to Prohibition.
Mark the words “iniquitous condi-
tions” and “distressing conditions”
and “bad brewers.”
“Liberty Bell” is right in saying
that the “iniquitous conditions” and
the “distressing conditions” in the
old license days made Prohibition nec-
essary.
The paragraphs quoted from “Lib-
erty Bell” are an unanswerable argu-
ment against the modification of the
Volstead Act to permit the manufac-
ture and sale of light wines and beer.
The liquor forces have never been
conspicuous for law observance.
Where is the new order of “good
brewers” which “Liberty Bell” seéms
to promise, to come from? Who is
to keep them “good?”
Who is to prevent a return to “in-
iquitous conditions” and “distressing
conditions,” in any other way, than
BY et Prohibition, strictly enfore-
brought about this
! Truth Will Out.
Jake was a worthless and improvi-
dent fellow. One day he said to the
local grocer: “I gotta have a sack o’
flour; I'm all out, an’ my family is
starvin’.”
“All right, Jake,” said the grocer.
“If you need a sack of flour and have
no money to buy it with, I'll give you.
a sack. But, see here, Jake, there’s a
circus coming to town in a few days
and if I give you a sack of flour are
you sure you won't sell it and take
your family to the circus?”
“Oh, no,” said Jake. “I got the
circus money saved up already.”— |
Progressive Grocer.
Violet and Her
Christmas Catch
By ETHEL AUGUSTA COOK
Girl’s Kindness 19 Hann
and Understand- was the “best
ing Appealed to catch” in Wil-
Handsome Young liamsville. At
Dick Barnes least that is what
~ the mothers of un-
Aunt Sophia married maidens
P. there told them-
Played Clever selves and some-
Part by Supplying times each other.
a Dinner Party But what is more,
: the maidens them-
selves thought so. And Violet Mar-
tin, who was neither the prettiest, nor
the richest, nor the cleverest of the
maidens, agreed with them in their es-
timate of the big, handsome, wealthy
fellow. But it was, witb her, not his
riches, or his good looks, or even his
great popularity that gave her this
thought. No, it was a feeling she
had for the whole two years since he
had come to Williamsville, that he
would make one of the best comrades
in the world. She understood his spe-
cial sense of humor. She loved his
laugh. Violet Martin was honestly in
love with this big, congenial boy.
Richard was in love with Violet, too.
He was quite certain of that. But he
was spoiled. Anyone would be spoiled
who was adored as Richard was
adored. You see, it was not only the
girls—there was his mother who had
spoiled him from infancy. That is
why Richard, although he knew he
loved this girl who wasn’t the prettiest,
nor the richest, nor the wisest in Wil-
liamsville—no, not by far, had not
quite come to the point of proposing.
For Violet, who was honestly in love
with him (not like the others who
were in love with the idea of perhaps
being loved by this hero) dared not
show her adoration. No, she dared
only be as frank and comradely as a
boy, and treat him like an equal.
And Richard was a little put out
with this. Any reflection of himself
in a girl's eyes short of a hero’s reflec-
tion made him fe<l strange.
Besides, he wasn't sure it was pos-
sible for a man to be in love with a
lady unless she was in love with him.
He had pride, too.
But Christmas night the drama
came to its crisis.
Violet had agreed to go to a musical
comedy with him, a good show that
“Let's Go to the ‘Movies’ Instead,” She
Whispered Eagerly.
had been a success in New York, and
was in Williamsville just this one !
night. All the Williamsville youths
would be there with their ladies, and
Richard, deep in his heart, was glad
that they were to see him with Violet.
“I don’t know why I feel this in-
ordinate pride in her,” he told him-
self. “There are prettier girls, and as
jolly. And girls that are nicer to me,
too. But it’s Violet I'd rather be seen
with than any of 'em.”
When he called for her the whole
family was sitting around the open
fire in the big front parlor. Evident-
ly they had had a family Christmas
dinner, for Violet's aunt and uncle and
her cousins were still there, and un-
married Aunt Sophia.
“Time to start for the theater?”
Violet’s father exclaimed in aniaze-
ment when he saw Richard. “Well,
we’d better get our things on, too.”
It seemed that not only youth was
going to the musical comedy. But
Aunt Sophia was not going. She had
not thought to get herself a ticket, and
apparently no one had thought for her.
Aunt Maud was going with her hus-
band. The young cousins were going
with their beaux. Mrs. Martin with
Mr. Martin. And Violet was going
with Dick.
Aunt Sophia until this minute had
not realized how lonely a Christmas
night she had in store for herself at
home in her tiny apartment. She
stood now, gizing about almost like
a child afraid of sudden loneliness.
But no one noticed the look, and
Sophia had never meant they should.
Oh, yes. Someone had noticed. Vio-
let's clear eyes had caught if and
with a pang at her heart understood.
Why hadn’t father planned something
for Sephia for tonight? Why hadn’t
he got a seat for her? How could
her dear blessed parents be so
thoughtless?
mother’s own sister. “And mother
never seemed to guess how dreary it
must be on Christmas Eve—"
Violet hushed her criticism of her
parents and took action herself. No
other girl in Williamsville, it is safe
to say, would have done what she did
then.
“Let’s go to the ‘movies’ instead,”
she whispered eagerly and quickly ia
Richard's ear, “and take Aunt Sophia
with us.”
Richard was amazed, and disap-
sated. ba. Wiel. ouohad looked
Why, Aunt Sophia was
suddenly understood. Well, Violet
had always known he was the best
comrade and the maost understanding
a girl could ever have whether he was
ever to be more or not! Now he justi-
fled that faith.
“Good for you,” he whispered back,
and together they went over to Aunt
Sophia. But Aunt Sophia would not
hear of it. “No indeed. Anyway, mov-
Ing pictures are hard on my eyes.”
“But you know we couldn’t get a
seat at this last hour for the musical
SR
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“That Is Why That Was the Night He
Chose for Proposing.”
show,” Richard explained. “And any-
way, if we did, you couldn't sit with
us. We want you to sit with us!”
With what gratitude Aunt Sophia's
eyes beamed at that. “No, of course
you couldn't get a seat there,” she
agreed. “And I wouldn't let you if you
could, you generous young man! But
I will tell you what I will do. Ill get
up a little supper for you two if you'll
come in after the theater, and you
may bring some of your friends. That
will be splendid. I'll have a merry
evening, truly, getting ready for you.”
And she really would. Her face
told them that. For even better than
gayety on Christmas night, is the op-
portunity to do a loving thing for
someone dear to you. And Violet was
dear to Aunt Sophia, and Dick soon
would be! ;
At the theater Dick suddenly told
himself, “I know what it is about
Violet that makes her sweeter to my
feeling than all the other girls put
together! It’s because she’s the kind-
est. And perhaps she’ll be kind to
me and take me even if she’s not so
all-fired in love!”
And that is why that was the night
he chose for proposing.
He did it going home from Aunt
Sophia’s party.
But perhaps Violet was one of the
wisest after all. For Richard still
thinks it was partly, at least, her
kindness that made her take him!
(©, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)
Os ber OAs
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mir Te —————
The Land
of Christmas Trees
By Grace May North
in Youth’s Companion
32 like fo find the country where
trees of Christmas grow;
3t ought to be a pine mood with
candles all aglom.
Aud if J had a basket, I'm sure
that Santa’d say,
“Just pick as many presents a8
gout ran fake amay!”
There Is Satisfaction
in Trust in the Future
HE was shabby and old and
stooped. As she walked along
the streets people turned and
looked after her with pitying
eyes and thought to themselves
what a hard lot hers must be. Yet,
had they but known the truth she
needed no pity, for, although poor in
material wealth, she was far richer in
other things than many of those who
looked upon her with compassion, For
her heart was full of contentment, she
had a childlike faith and trust in the
future and she was content with her
lot in life, realizing that while she
lacked many of the things which
wealth could buy, God had given her
many other gifts instead: The full-
ness of years, good health, a little
fireside to call her own, an income
which, if very meager, was enough
to supply her with necessities, and,
best of all, the ability to see and en-
joy the things which were hers, Ro,
while the merry Christmas throng
looked at her pityingly as they
{ passed, she went serenely on her way
everything as if all the earth was
hers.—Katherine Edelman.
(©, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)
across the hall at Aunt Sophia he !
as happy and as much at peace with:
MAH-JONGG.
its Authentic Source.
By Jeseph Park Babcock
Originator of the Game and Author of
the Rules.
To Mr. Joseph Park Babcock, the Ameri-
can public is indebted for the thrilling
game of Mah-Jongg.
In the following article he tells of its
authentic source. Mr. Babcock’s message
follows.
During the past ten years I have
spent a great part of my time travel-
ing in the interior of China, where I
was dependent almost entirely on the
Chinese for my recreation. Speaking
the Chinese language, I became inter-
ested in a game played by the Chi-
nese, with attractive tiles of bamboo
and ivory, brightly decorated in the
inimitable Chinese colors and typical
of Chinese art. I was immensely im-
pressed, not only by the entertain-
ment, but by the cultural features of
this game.
It seemed to me that, if properly in-
troduced, it would appeal tremendous-
ly to Americans and Europeans.
For a number of years, I made a
| special study of these Chinese tile
i games as played in the various prov-
| inces of China. I found that it was
known by a variety of names in the
different provinces, and that the fun-
damental game was played, in almost
every case, in a different way.
I sought rule books but found that
the Chinese learn these games as chil-
dren, and consequently, feel no need
‘ for a book of instruction or rules.
I saw that it would be necessary,
therefore, for me to write rules of my
own and devise my own terminology,
as practically all of the terms used by
the Chinese in playing had no mean-
ing to foreigners when translated. In
fact, some of the terms used were col-
loquial merely, and had no equivalent
Chinese character in the Chinese writ-
ten language. Such terms as “chow,”
“bamboo,” “characters,” “dots,”
“dragons,” etc., now used by all play-
ers in the United States and all coun-
tries foreign to China, were given to
the game by me.
In codifying my rules, therefore, I
have embodied the best and most in-
teresting features of the various Chi-
nese tile games, as played in the
many sections of China, and have de-
veloped one game which is adapted to
foreign thought and usage with var-
ious sets of rules.
My first edition is fundamental,
but is for beginners principally.
In my second edition I have given
variations of play as well as Chinese
versions for the advanced scholar. In
subsequent editions I shall elaborate
more on additional variations as well
as examples of possibilities and
chance.
My thought was to incorporate in
my first edition a set of rules that
one could play easily or one in which
SH without limit could be employ-
ed.
One of the greatest problems I had
to face in introducing the game abroad
was the necessity of being able to
read Chinese characters in order, to
understand the significance of the
tiles, for people who could not read
Chinese could not learn to play.
I overcame this difficulty by invent-
ing what I call “index playing sym-
bols.” These are the English letters
and numbers in the corners of the
tiles which appear on all sets used in
the United States today.
To designate the game as I evolved
it, with these English indices and
with the codified and standardized
Babcock rules, I applied the word
“Mah-Jongg,” pronounced “Mah-
Zhong,” trade marked in the U. S.
Patent Office and applied it also to my
book of rules which I had copyright-
ed. I then presented it to the Amer-
ican public as well as to foreigners in
China.
This is the source of Mah-Jongg—
the one authentic source.
I happened to be the first to intro-
duce Mah-Jongg, and if I have given
pleasure and a new and valuable game
with many thrills and all the age-old
mystery of China in it, to thousands
of people—in so doing I am well re-
warded for my efforts.
I make this statement at the re-
quest of my friends and readers who
have asked me to give them the true
story of Mah-Jongg.—Vogue.
RUNVILLE.
Pat Warner, of Fillmore, spent last
Monday at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Charles Rodgers.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jodon, of
Bellefonte, spent Sunday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Sallie Friel.
Mr. and Mrs. John McClincy, of
Clearfield, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Walker, on Wednes-
day.
Frank Bennett, Grace Kline and
Marie and Esther Bennett spent Sun-
day afternoon at Fillmore, at the Mrs.
Spicer home.
Mr. and Mrs. James McClincy and
two daughters spent Sunday after-
noon at Milesburg, at the home of
Lewis Davidson.
Mrs. Paul Tuful, after spending
two weeks with her parents in this
place, departed for her home, at Mil-
ton, on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mogel and
Charles Molton, of Tyrone, visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Lu-
cas on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Poorman and
son and Mr. and Mrs. George Shuey,
of State College, spent Thursday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Poor-
man.
Walter Lucas, Mrs. E. R. Lueas,
Murs. Ira Wagner, Mrs. John Hite, and
Mrs. Calvin Snowberger and two chil-
dren, of Altoona, spent Thursday at
the home of L. J. Heaton.
L. J. Heaton, Framk Lucas, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Poorman and Mrs. Joseph
Reese attended the funeral of Mrs.
William Poorman, at Milesburg, on
Monday. ’
The next meeting of Grange will be
held January bth, 1924, and will be an
all day meeting, beginning at 10 a. m.
Attend the meeting and take your
lunch. The officers for the ensuing
year will be installed.
Drie
Two weeks ago we put on a sale of any pair of shoes in
the store for $5.85. Hundreds of our customers and the
other fellow’s customers have taken advantage of this
sale. Why not? This is plain talk but you are a fool if
you are in need of shoes and do not take advantage of
Yeager’s $5.85 sale; for the reason that we are saving
you from $2 to $3 on a pair.
BIS Reduction in Satin Slippers
Until Christmas you make your choice of any pair of
Satin Slippers, and Pumps for $3. This reduction is on
all my stock of $5, $6, and $7 satin slippers. We have
Until Christmas all reduced
many styles and shapes.
to $3.
Yeager's Shoe Store
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27
Shoes Reduced
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