Bowen
Bellefonte, Pa., January 11, 1924.
MAKES STUDY GF LAUGHTER
Psychologist Declares That me
Tell One’s Character by the
Vowel He Uses.
A well-known psychologist has heea
making a study of laugbter, which he
says differs in its indication of char-
acter by its vowel sound.
Those who laugh in “A,” he says,
or make a sound like “A,” are loyal to
their friends, frank in their speech,
fond of bustle and movement and of
versatile character.
People who laugh in “ are sel-
dom cheerful company because they
are phlegmatic and melancholy.
Most children laugh in “IL” and peo-
ple who continue to laugh in “I” after
they have grown to be men and women
have childlike qualities. They are
timid but affectionate, irresolute but
candid and are always obliging and
ready to work for others. They are
apparently not very strong characters.
People who laugh on the vowel “0”
are often successful in life because
they are not oversensitive. They do
not worry about public opinion, and
jeriticism slips off their backs like wa-
{ter off a duck’s. They are generous,
iself-confident and, in spite of their
jpushfulpess, usually liked and trusted.
! Few people like laughers in “U." As
‘a matter of fact, these individuals are
very sparing in their laughter. Life
for them holds little of fun and mirth
~—London Tit-Bits.
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TOLD FORTUNES IN COFFEE
Magazine Printed in 1731 Tells of the
“Famous Mrs. Cherry,”
Seeress.
Coffee has been put to many curious
uses, according to William H. Ukers,
author of “All About Coffee” (The
Tea and Coffee Trade Journal com-
‘pany, New York), but none stranger
than the one described in an account.
¥eprinted from an English magazine of
1731, of fortune-telling, or “divination”
by coffee grounds.
The fortune-teller, or “diviner,” de-
scribed herself as “the famous Mrs.
Cherry, the only gentlewoman truly
learned in the occult science of toss-
ing of coffee grounds, who has with
uninterrupted success for some time
past practiced to the general satisfac-
tion of her female visitants. Her hours
are after prayers are done at St. Pe-
ter’s church, until dinner. (N. B.—
She never requires more than one
ounce of coffee from a single gentle-
woman, and so proportioned for a sec-
ond or third person, but not to exceed
that number at any one time.)
“If this one ounce of coffee repre-
sented her payment for reading the
future, the charge could not be con-
sidered exorbitant,” comments Mor.
Ukers. She seems to have had less
regard for her own fortune than for
those of her patrons.
Not a Good Shot.
The Business Girl's boss is a sales-
man of nervous temperament, quick
and energetic in his dictation and
quite fond of high-sounding phrases.
He has his fair share of slang and
many a snappy sentence has she type-
written that would make an English
professor's hair (if he had any) stan?
on end in horror.
At times he mixes his metaphors,
but the other day she got the best
one yet, The boss was writing to the
editor-in-chief of a large metropolitan
daily complimenting him on his edi-
torials, and telling him they were the
only ones he (the boss) ever read con-
sistently. It was a big compliment
—the boss thought—and then he
thought he'd cap the climax, so te
speak, and he dictated:
“In my opinion your editorials hit
the bullseye squarely on the nose
every time!”—New York’ Sun.
Making the Goat Pay.
Dutchman riding in a little cart
drawn by a goat was stopped at a
bridge by the toll keeper.
“] got to pay toll?” said Hans,
“Yes; 5 cents to cross the bridge.
After an argument he paid the toll
and went on. In the afternoon he
came back again. Only this time he
had the goat sitting in the cart and
was drawing it himself, Out come
the toil keeper. “Here, you know,
you've got to pay 5 cents.”
The Dutchman shook his head and,
pointing to the goat, said: “Don’
talk to me—ask the driver.”
Wanted All the Details.
An officer told a story in the mess
one night of his harpooning a gi-
gantic sunfish off the Andamans.
After some moments of frenzy, the un-
fortunate fish set off at a prodigious
speed and, before it succumbed, had
towed the officer's boat twice round an
islet of considerable size.
At the close of this narrative there
was silence for a few minutes, and
then the colonel in a tone of quiet
interest, asked: “Did it perspire
much?” 8
Rather Seems So.
They used to tell us long ago
‘We ought to practice saying no.
You ask a girl for a kiss
And she says no.
You say to chap, “Will you buy
this?”
fe hands you no.
I say, to these things giving heed,
That yes men are our greatest need.
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—GSubscrive ior the “WatCasan,
(WILD TURKEY LIKES TO SAlL
Uses Wings More Than Is Supposed—
Volpanes Down Mountain Slope
at Express Train Speed.
Wild turkeys use their wings more
than is supposed; for going to and com-
ing from the roost; when disturbed:
often to come togevher from consider-
able distances; when changing their
feeding grounds, and sometimes they
will fly into tall trees apparently just
to spy out the land. In mountainous
country turkeys do a good deal of sail-
ing down long slopes. This wild vol-
planing is a most beautiful and impres-
sive flight downward and the rush of
the wind through these makes a sound
like a howling shrapnel. The speed is
terrific, and it is checked by the birds
gracefully swerving to one side ere
they come to ground. On several occa-
sions I have attempted to time such
flight, having the birds in full view and
knowing approximately the distance
covered. Unless my estimate was
wholly wrong, turkeys can volplane
down a two-mile mountain slope in a
shade over a minute ‘and a half. An-
other fly of about three miles, includ-
ing a dip to a distant ridge, seemed to
be made in three minutes flat. But
such speed. under the circumstances.
is not extraordinary when we remem-
ber that a green-winged teal, along a
straigh® river reach, has heen timed at
130 miles an hour, The speed of wilG
things is at least one insurance policy
they carry against extermination.
The case of the wild turkey is excii-
ing in its promise. Here is a great
bird for long in many states on the
verge of extinction, now coming back
in all his regal stateliness Nor is the
mere killing of him the only sport that
i his return affords. His presence once
more in our forests invests them with
| the spirit of primeval wildness that no
man wishes this country ever wholly to
, lose.—Archibald Rutledge, in the New
| York Independent.
i
' EXCHANGED PIPES FOR LAND
Three Hundred Were Part of the Price
William Penn Paid for Tract in
Seventeenth Century.
Pipes in the Seventeenth century
were largely made in Holland of pipe-
i clay imported from England—to the
. disgust and loss of English pipemakers.
‘In 1663 the company of tobacco-pipe-
makers petitioned parliament to forbid
‘the export of tobacco pipe clay, since
by the manufacture of pipes in Hol-
land their trade was much damaged,
The company’s request was granted,
but in the next year it again found it
‘necessary to go to parliament, show-
ing their threatened ruin because
| cooks, bakers and ale-house keepers
| and others made pipes, but so unskill-
| fully that they were brought into dis-
{ esteem, and requesting that none be
i allowed to follow the trade who had
! not been apprentices seven years.
| During the latter part of the Seven-
| teenth century English pipes were pre-
i sented by colonists in America to the
Indians.
valuable as objects of barter or part-
purchase value in exchange for land.
In 1667 120 pipes and 100 jew’s-harps
were given for a strip of country near
Timber creek in New Jersey. William
Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania,
purchased a tract of land, and 300
pipes were included in the articles
given in the exchange.
The Rule.
The toll-gate keeper in a certain
section of Alabama is an aged darky,
When, recently, a farmer of that dis-
trict sought to pay toll by the offer
of a dime, the coin was returned to
him by the keeper with this state.
ment:
‘“’Scuse me, boss, but I can’t take
dis dime. It’s bent an’ de county's
got a strict rule agin our takin’ mu-
tilated coins.”
“Indeed?” said the farmer, “Well,
let me tell you that you gave me that
very bent dime yourself in change
yesterday !”
“May be, may be,” murmured the
old darky, “Dere ain’t no rule agin my
handin’ out mutilated money. It's
! only agin my takin’ it.”
A Monstrosity.
A sportsman, being conceited about
his fine figure, wore corsets to show it
off.
One morning, riding to the moors,
he was thrown from his horse. A
gamekeeper ran to render assistance.
The first-aid man began to feel the
fallen one all over to see if any bones
were broken, and suddenly yelled out
to a gillie:
“Run for a doctor. Here's a man’s
ribs runnin’ north and south, instead
o' east and west.”
An Official Criticism.
The Movie Manager—Good morning,
ma’am. I asked you to call because I
wanted your opinion on some of my
features.
The New Censor—Weli, to begin
with, your forehead is too low, your
eyes are not mates, your nose is too
big and bulbous, your mouth is too
large and flabby and you've little or
no chin. Otherwise they will do very
well. Is that all?
Pretty Soft, Eh?
During a discussion at a meeting of
¢he historical society, upon the slight
consideration attached to life by un-
civilized nations, a speaker mentioned
the extraordinary circumstance that
in China if a man were condemned to
death he could easily hire a substitute
to die for him; and the debator went
on, “I believe many poor fellows get
their living by acting as substitntes.in
Vithat way.”
They subsequently became .
uo l thd (USDANUST?
“Wriei snimadverts on Mrs. Belmont's
itumarks on Slavery of
Married Lire.
eee,
mont, is a sort of slavery, and for that
reason she would hesitate to recom-
mend marriage to any girl. Why, not
for the same reason hesitate to recom-
mend marriage to any man? There
are millions of average men in the
world who are just about able to make
ends meet, observes the Detroit Free
Press. They are conscientious per-
sons feeling the usual affection for
their families and having a strong re-
gard for the obligations which they as-
sumed when. they married and became
fathers.
The result of these binding ties is
that they work on year after year,
paying the family bills, pinching a lit-
tle sometimes off for life insurance,
laying away to meet the cost of edu-
cating their offspring, struggling to get
ahead to buy a home, and at the end
of the first 25 or 30 years of married
life they frequently find themselves
just about where they started in a
financial way, and beyond their prime
physically.
They have, in a sense, been the
slaves of marriage quite as much as
their better halves, but it has not been
observed that the outlook for hard
work and small returns ever discour-
ages tlie youth of either sex when
marrying time comes. They seem to
think the game is worth the candle
and something over. Perhaps, notwith-
standing Mrs. Belmont’s doubts, they
are right about it.
ROMANS USED SHORTHAND
Quintus Ennius Devised a System of
Abbreviated Writing Two Cen-
turies Before Christ.
Although shorthand is so widely
used today, probably few people real-
ize that, in a different form, it was
popular in the days of ancient Rome.
The first mention of an abbreviated
system of writicg is made in connec-
tion with the Roman poet Quintus En-
nius, 200 B. C., who devised a scheme
of 3,100 signs for his own use. Then
we have Plutarch’s statement that
Cicero’s famous oration in the Roman
senate, in 63 B. C., was reported in
shorthand.
References to shorthand were made
in the works of Cicero, Horace and
Pliny, and the poet Ovid bears testi-
mony to the fact that by means of
these characters Caesar's political se-
crets were borne far over land and
sea. Evidence goes to show that the
Sermon on the Mount was reported ir
' shorthand by St. Luke.
The writing was scratched onto tah-
i lets covered with a layer of wax. The
| tablets were afterward fastened to-
| gether at the corners by wire, thus
forming a sort of book.
Indian Canoe in Italy.
The American Indian canoe, which
for centuries has plied only the streams
{ and lakes of the North American con
| tinent, has at last found its way to the
" elassic “yellow Tiber.” Canoeing has
hecome a favorite river sport of the
Romans. On Sunday a dozen or more
of the frail Indian craft can be seen in
the yellow waters gliding along the
shores in company with skiffs, shells,
sculls and motorboats, The graceful
Indian water conveyance has become so
popular that an Italian firm has com-
menced the manufacture of them. They
took several American canoes as mod-
els and then began turning them out
by the scores. A canoe club also has
been organized and many Americans
have joined. Paddling to the perfec-
tion of the Indians has not yet been
achieved. The Romans make vain ef-
fort to keep the cande headed straight,
but a change of paddles is necessary
after every few strokes.
Strange Town of Midgets,
A curious little town, in a pretty
rural section of Germany not far from
Berlin, has a population of 70 adults
and a number of children, the entire
population being made up of Lillipu-
tians. The houses, shops and theaters
are on such a diminutive scale that a
person of average size would have dif-
ficulty in entering. >
They have a tiny fire department
with hose wagon, hook ana ladder and
a steam engine drawn by Shetland
ponies. The policemen are scarcely
larger than big dolls, and the postmis-
tress, though sixty years old, is about
the size of an eight-year-old child.
Some of these little people earn a live-
ti%ood by circus and stage exhibitions,
but most of them are stay-at-homes,
and excel in toy making.
Ground lsn’t the Limit,
A gentleman who considered sweep-
‘nig gowns insanitary for street use
was having a tilt with a designer.
“gowns,” growled he, “are now
louening the sidewalk. I suppose you
wave reached the limit and are satis
fed.”
“I'm satisfied,” stated the designer,
‘hier we have nevdr reached the limit
n long gowns.”
“Huh?”
“We could: make the women wear
thts.”
Maybe It Was a Stand-Off,
A country lad went to New York and
ied to secure a job on the police
force. He passed the physical tests,
but the written examination gave him
a little trouble. One question was:
“A man buys an article for $12.25 and
sells it for $9.75; does he gain or lose
an the transaction?”
Arter pondering over the question
mir prurnd friend answered: “He gains
hy oo ts BEL -oNes
on the detlars™
Marriage, says Mrs, O. H. P. Bek
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
All nature is but art, unknown to thee,
All chance, direction, which thou canst
not see,
All discord, harmony not understood,
All partial evil, universal good;
And, spite of pride—in erring
spite,
One thing is clear—whatever is, is right.
reason’s
“But no, madame; surely not blue!
Blue is not worn this season! Mad-
ame must chose a tone of brown or
beige or tiens, a green. But surely
not blue!”
“Voila, madame, the newest coat.
It is just created—madame will see
it nowhere; it is utterly exclusive and
distingue.”
There, my friends! You may not
have blue, because no one else is
wearing it; and you must order a cer-
tain coat because no one else has
worn it. Your dressmaker will tell
you both in the same hour with the
same sincerity!
Bare-backed we go into evening life
this winter. Into the streets we go
forth so purposely concealed that we
resemble Arctic explorers. It is not
easy to tell friend from foe.
In days when Knights went abroad
in armor it was the custom to lift the
visor of the metal helmet when meet-
ing a friend. Such was the origin of
lifting the hat on the street to an ac-
quaintance. Women may have to go
back to these knightly days. It would
save much annoyance and curiosity if
we should life the visor of the cloche
a bit as we entered the presence of
those who are not reckoned foes.
Is it a reversal in our minds as in
clothes to the medieval that makes us
determined to hide all clues to our
identity during the day hours? Not
content with the concealment given by
the visored cloche, we add a scarf veil
or possibly a lace masque across the
eyes. In addition we wear the hide of
every animal that goes to the traps or
once went into the public garbage
heap. And we use fur in such pro-
fusion that distinguishing marks,
such as eyes, nose, chin and hands are
quite concealed. One must know us
by our backs. There is no effort at
concealment of that part of the anat-
omy.
In day hours our clothes hang close- |
ly and limply against our bodies from
neck to hem. Beltless, wrinkleless,
without shred of ornamentation we
turn our backs to the world. Some
are good to look upon. Others need
concealment. No one cares how many
curves cavort in front, but not one
must show in the back. What nature
has left undone, cutters and corsets
must do. r
From Arctic explorers and visored
knights, we turn into Orientals when !
the sun goes down. So sharp is the
change one would think we had heard
the wailing call from the muezzin
towers and turned our faces toward
Mecca. Not even a headdress con-
ceals the shape of the shingled head.
Gowns are lowered to show shoulders
and a goodly portion of the spinal coi-
umn. Arms are bare, except for slave
bracelets, which continue in fashion,
especially when worn above the elbow.
There is little or no drapery to dis-
guise the lines of the body. The Ori-
ental slip is the ideal frock for even-
ing gayety. The restaurant men in-
sist that the madness for thinness is
the cause of their diminishing re-
ceipts, not prohibition. Interesting,
don’t you think?
Desire for exceptional slimness has
brought into fashion the pinafore un-
derslip of our grandmothers. Those
who once traded well in petticoats and
later deplorerd their disappearance
have reason to rejoice.
example, plus the persuasion of the
fashion writers, made no impression
upon the trades people who supply
1
our necessities.
. The gradual acceptance of the cam-
isole skirt came along with the eager
acceptance of the pinafore underslip.
Now we delight in both garments,
putting the latter beneath our slender |
chemise evening frocks and over the
slightly boned girdle corsets.
No matter what the shape of the
evening frock, it is cut low in the
back. In front it may rise to the col-
larbone, which is an exceptional shap-
ing, not wise for the majority. We
have released ourselves from the
thrall of the high evening gown.
The harness of colored crystals once
worn by the audaciously low frock is
not revived. Whatever the depth of
the decollettage, it leaves the back un-
adorned. Not even the sunburn pow-
der of last season serves as a cover-
ing. The whiter we are, the better.
Recommendations, I believe, are
not necessary to “sell” you the semi-
tailored, semi-coat dress of cloth,
with its dainty lingerie collar and
cuffs. It speaks for itself; practica-
bility, all the essentials that make for
this quality are in evidence at a
glance, and best of all, here is a mod-
el that is generally becoming, so ac-
ceptable to all.
No need either to speak of the pur-
pose and the occasion for which this
dress is ideally adapted, for it surely
will look well at all times when a gen-
eral utility dress is the correct mode.
There is, without doubt, a very decid-
ed need for such a dress when the
school or college girl is enjoying her
holiday vacation.
The same is true of the one-piece
slip over dress, with the lingerie col-
lar and cuff accessories, carried out in
a more tailored style by being devel-
oped in linen and finished with a hem-
stitched hem.
And while we are talking about the
present use of lingerie collar and cuff
sets, it is well to know that indica-
tions point to a more and more gen-
eral acceptance of neckwear, and that,
if there are gaps in the list of gifts
for your friends, neckwear, when in
style, is very much appreciated by
those to whom you are privileged to
give intimate personal gifts.
Smart hats of the semi-turban or-
der made of black satin are effective-
ly trimmed with black monkey-fur
fancies. No other ornamentation is
employed.
The square neckline is being enthu-
siastically sponsored by Paris and is
a pleasing change from the neck lines
that have so long prevailed.
) The French
adopted this form of undergarment
when they discarded corsets, but their :
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to be Considered
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important point to consider when ap-
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The
individual Executor may die before the
Esta
te is settled.
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a bank can serve you.
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It should be prepared at all times
to lend you what is proper.
It should feel the interest of a par-t-
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its officers, and these officers should
have a broad knowledge of general
Eoudiions so that their opinions have
value.
This bank offers the security of its
large surplus and the lon gexperience
of its officers as guarantees that your
bank account will be perfectly safe-
guarded and your interest carefully
considered.
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with our Annual Mid-
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Suits and Owvercoats
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