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Bellefonte, Pa., February 13, 1925.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
This day is mine to mar or make,
God keep me strong and true,
Let me no erring by-path take,
No doubtful action do.
Grant me, when with the setting sun
This fleeting day shall end,
I may rejoice o’er something done,
Be richer by a friend.
Let all I meet along the way
Speak well of me tonight;
I would not have the humblest say
I'd hurt him by a slight.
Let me be patient and serene,
Gentle and kind and fair,
Help me to keep my record clean
Through all that I must bear.
Grant that because I live today,
And to my thoughts give voice,
O’er something he shall hear me say
Another shall rejoice.
Let there be something true and fine
When night slips down to tell
That I have lived this day of mine
Not selfishly, but well.
FRANCIS MURPHY, TEMPER-
ANCE APOSTLE’S PLATFORM. .
By Levi A. Miller.
“Let’s find the sunny side of men,
Or be believers in it;
A light there is in every soul
That takes the pains to win it.
O! there's a slumbering good in all
And we perchance may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand,
This life is what we make it.”
‘It is human to err, but divine to
forgive,” said Francis Murphy, the
great apostle of temperance, when I
asked what he considers the secret of
his success. When a man errs, you
cannot impress him more keenly with
a sense of that error than to forgive
him. But hasn’t that a demoralizing
tendency? Are persons not liable to
repeat the offense and expect to be
forgiven again and again?
Forgiving and condoning offenses
are different. Forgiveness implies
penitence for what has been done, and
a desire not to do it again. Condoning
an offense is simply letting it pass.
You then make it a point to explain
the terms of forgivness to those who
desire to reform. Yes, I go down to
the level on which the man lives. I
can do that, for I have been clear to
the bottom, and know every step of
the way. When I get down to him, I
take him by the hand, and bid him
come along; he does not need to be
told that he is doing wrong; he knows
it only too well. What he wants to
know is whether. there is fargivness
for one in his forlorn condition. Be-
ing assured there is, hope brightens
in his heart and he begins to look
around for friendly hands to help him
out of the slough of despond. 'Here is
where the true christjan work begins.
What particular christian doctrine
do you teach?
My creed, confession of faith, and
rules of practice are all embodied in
Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, and
my motto is that utterance of the im-
mortal Lincoln, “With malice toward
none, and charity for all.” Any one
can understand that sermon, and there
is no disagreement as to its import.
Therefore, it is a platform on which
all sects and families of professed
christians can stand.
You don’t teach church doctrines,
then, only morality—as Christ taught
it.
There is no use preaching to those
who cannot hear. I try with all the
force that is in me to bring men up
from the depth of degredation, so they
may hear for themselves. They are
willing to hear, too; for when a man
has been in a dark cavern for a long
time, he is so overjoyed with the first
straggling rays of light that reach his
eyes that he wants to follow them to
the perfect light above. Men must be
made to feel that their manhood is not
all gone. When they do they will go
to work cheerfully to restore it; but
they must have assistance to remove
the morbid growth that has been de-
veloped by bad habits.
How do you manage to remove such
growth as the morbid taste for drink,
or gambling ?
Good surgeons tell us that the most
rational, as well as certain cure for
cancer is to starve it; that is, shut off
the particular kind of food upon which
it subsists, and at the same time feed
and nourish the healthy tissues. We
remove the debauchee from the atmos-
phere that vitiates his moral nature,
and surround him with that which is
purer. Soon these morbid growths
disappear and the elements of man-
hood develop rapidly until he has be-
come strong enough to stand alone.
Aiding men in this way is what I call
charity—christian charity, if you
please.
Then you do not preach Methodism,
Presbyterianism, Catholicism, Univer-
salism, or any other kind of ism, to
your converts?
I don’t call them converts. They
are prodigal sons, who have been call-
ed back to the home from whence they
thoughtlessly wandered. They are
sorry they went, and it would be un-
just and cruel to punish them when
they come penitently and ask to be
taken as servants. If they are willful,
and persist in going their evil ways,
then punishment is just, and God will
certainly mete it out to all such. Oh
yes; about those isms. I find none of
them in my rule of faith and practice;
therefore I do not teach them. If
those who are called back choose to
unite with any particular church—and
most of them do—they make their
own choice, and bid them a hearty
God-speed. Every person should have
a church home.
The wonderful success of Mr. Mur-
phy is usually attributed to his mag-
netism. This conclusion is strictly
correct when the word is used to sig-
nify that which has power to draw or
attract. When used in the sense of
possessing that subtle power or influ-
ence peculiar to iron magnates, it is
not correct.
He revealed the secret of his pow-
er fully when he said: “I go down to
the level on which the man lives, take
him by the hand, and bid him come
along.” Murphy might thunder from
a pulpit from one year’s end to anoth-
er on purely doctrinal differences,
without doing a tithe of the good he
does. Many of our big preachers
spend the whole week forging gospe
bolts, which they hurl with giant force
over the people’s heads on Sundays
without hitting a man. This is bad
gunnery. In fighting the devil and his
legions it is just as necessary to shoot
low as when fighting in an ordinary
battle.
It is a fact worthy of note that
there are no differences of opinion
among christians as to the purport of
Chirst’s Sermon on the Mount. All
seem to understand it alike, and all
nrofess to adopt it as a rule of faith
and practice. It is also worthy of
note that the schisms with exes in the
church are based on somebody’s inter-
pretation of what somebody else said,
and not on the words of Christ Him-
self.
Some men delight in taking contra-
ry and far-fetched views of even the
simplest questions, , and they strive
manfully, and to the death if neces-
sary, in defense of their positions.
Probably there has never been a lead-
er of a successful church schism who
would not have gone to the stake or
scaffold rather than abandon it.
Such things may have been neces-
sary in the moral world of the past,
but it is questionable whether they
are of the greatest utility in this age.
Is it not time men were being able to
see eye to eye, and feel heart to heart.
What is, and what has been the
manner of those known to the world
as great preachers? Did the Rev. John
Hall, who preached to one of the larg-
est congregations in New York, in-
dulge in fine doctrinal discourses; or
did he preach the broad, simple doc-
trines of Christ? Did Talmage bela-
bor his thousands of hearers with
learned lectures on points in dispute
between Presbyterians and United
Presbyterians? Was Spurgeon ever
known to stand off and hurl anathe-
mas against those who differed hon-
estly with him on purely doctrinal
points? Did Beecher discuss Calvan-
ism and the thousand and one other
isms by turns the year around? Where
is the preacher who does so who has
more than a half-filled church for a
congregation? Such an one probably
lays great stress on the declaration
that “many are called, but few are
chosen,” and then remarks, inwardly,
we are few, therefore chosen.
The idea of all famous preachers
seems to be that christianity is broad
enough to suit the great variety in
mankind, and that he is the most suc-
cessful preacher who succeeds in at-
tracting men to the light, rather than
scaring them out of the dark laby-
rinths into which they have wander-
ed. Simplicity in style, earnestness in
manner, and honesty in purpose, are
the winning points. Murphy was the
embodiment of these, to which fact,
probably, his great success was main-
ly, if not altogether due.
Let's oftener talk of noble deeds,
And rarer of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days,
And not about the sad ones.
We were not made to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake it;
Bright happiness is standing by—
This life is what we make it.
Farmers are Heavy Losers.
Pittsburgh—Pennsylvania farmers
lose $1,125,000 annually through hav-
ing tuberculosis cattle in their herds,
according to Dr. T. E. Munce, State
Veterinarian, who spoke recently be-
fore the annual meeting of the Penn-
sylvania Tuberculosis Society. Dr.
Munce said one farmer in every three
has cattle with tuberculosis.
Reviewing what Pennsylvania has
done in 33 years to eradicate tuber-
culosis in cattle Dr. Munce said:
“Each succeeding year the tuber-
culin testing has increased, until to-
day we, have in Pennsylvania 26,000
herds containing 231,000 cattle under
official supervision for tuberculosis.
27,258 herds of 225,000 cattle are
signed up and awaiting test.
“Successful livestock inprovement
work must be based upon livestock
free from tuberculosis. Therefore
the lack of adequate funds for paying
indemnities and Bureau of Animal In-
dustry maintenance is a distinct check
upon the development of livestock in-
dustry in Pennsylvania. Pennsylva-
nia ranks third among all the states
in the value of the dairy products
and sixth in the total number of dairy
cows. Although Pennsylvania was
the first state to develop a plan for
tuberculosis prevention and eradica-
tion work, she ranks fourteen in the
number of cattle under supervision
for tuberculosis.
“Aside from its economic aspect,
bovine tuberculosis is transmissible
from animal to man through the con-
sumption of infected milk and meat.
Medical authorities estimate that 25
per cent of tuberculosis in children
comes from the tuberculous cow.
Any plan for the prevention and re-
pression of tuberculosis in humans
must necessarily include an active
campaign to eradicate tuberculosis
from the herds furnishing the public
milk and meat supply.
“The eradication of bovine tubercu-
losis is justifiable from a purely econ-
omical standpoint. Viewed in its
bearing on human health it becomes
a public duty.”
Nature’s Great Gas Tank.
A natural gas tank with a greater
capacity than any tank that man has
ever made is in Springfield, N. Y. In
fact, it is said to have a capacity 20
times greater than any tank at pres-
ent in use. It is a big hole in the
ground, with some peculiar formations
which makes it a very secure holder.
It was formerly the center of a na-
tural gas field, but the field was ex-
hausted, but this great holder is now
uesed as a storage tank for the gas
from other wells. It is pumped in
during the summer months and drawn
upon durin the winter when the de-
mands for gas are greater. This hole
has a storage capacity of 400,000,000
cubic feet.
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KNOW YOUR FRUIT TREES. BUY
FROM RELIABLE FIRMS.
There are a few points about fruit
trees that every fruit grower in Cen-
tre county ought to know. Among
these are the subjects of nursery stock
and propagation. Primarily these are
the fruit growers or the man contem-
1 | plating fruit growing particular prob-
lems but there are many phases of the
business which should be better under-
stood, according to county agent R. C.
Blaney.
“Nursery stock, like nearly every
commercial commodity, has different
grades,” explains R. S. Snyder, exten-
sion fruit specialist of The Pennsyl-
vania State College. “Fruit trees are
usually graded according to the thick-
ness of the trunk measured about one
inch above the union of the bud or
graft. One year old apple trees are
graded mostly as to height, and a
good grade apple tree may be from
four and one-half to seven feet in
height, depending upon the locality
where grown.”
Graded by Size:
Two- year apple trees are generally
run in three grades, he explains. The
first grade is three-fourths of an inch
in diameter; the second grade. five-
eighths to three-fourths of an inch in
size, and the third grade one-half to
five-eighths of an inch in thickness.
Some nurseries include height along
with girth. Peaches, plums, pears,
cherries and quinces all have similar
grades.
“Most of the apple stocks used by
the nursery people are from crab seed
imported from France. These may be
purchased very reasonably and also
come in four grades. The fruit grow-
er wishing to do his own propagating
should purchase only the No. 1
branched root or No. 1 straight root
stock.”
Peaches from Two Sources:
Peach stocks are from two sources;
pits from wild peaches growing in the
mountains of the southern States or
pits of cultivated varieties from can-
neries. The wild pits are hardier and
usually germinate better.
In planting seedling trees, the tops
and roots should be cut back to about
six inches each and set deeply enough
to have the crowns slightly below the
surface.
Because nurseries are many and
varied, it is well before purchasing
trees to satisfy all questions about
the stability of the nursery firm and
the quality of the product sold. A
few cents difference in the price is not
the important thing if the buyer is
guaranteed good, healthy individual
trees with good root systems, free
from insect and disease injury, and
true to name. Trees should never be
bought from unknown agents and if
the nursery is within driving distance,
it is a good practice to go and pick
out the trees personally.
Farmers and Everybody Take Notice.
Now is the time to feed the wild
game. In the old days when the
{ woods were covered with trees and
the fields were not cultivated right
up to the edges of the fences the
game could find food. I
Now the chestnut is gone, and the
big trees are gone, and the best re-
fuge the game had, the worm fence,
is gone, and there are few places in-
deed where birds can find protection
from the cold sweep of the wind and
snow, and the result is that if it is
10, survive at all, the game must be
ed.
For wild turkeys corn in the ear
should be placed on pointed sticks
two feet from the ground. Native
Grouse and Ring Necked pheasants
can find it and will feed on it if
put out in this way.
Quail should be fed wheat, buck-
wheat or screenings by placing the
grain in sheltered places along low
fences where the growth of weeds
and briars or bushes, afford protec-
tion, scattering it under corners of
the fence in spots protected from the
snow the best places. The quail will
find the food and if they can find
food they will maintain their normal
temperature no matter how cold it
gets and will keep in sufficient flesh
so that they will be ready to start
breeding with the advent of Spring.
Understand fully, the policy of the
department of game is to pay for the
grain actually put out for the pres-
ervation of the wild game and birds.
Many people who are most active in
this kind of work refuse to accept
any money, knowing that the pres-
ervation of the game will bring its
own reward.
ARE YOUR SEASON’S
PLANS MADE?
This is a fine month to get every-
thing in shape for the opening of the
gardening season. One of our best
farm gardeners in a southern Penn-
sylvania county tries to accomplish
the following before the end of the
month:
The garden planned on paper.
Seed orders figured out and sent in.
Hotbed made ready for planting.
Broken sash repaired and painted.
Feritlizers and lime secured.
Order placed for dusting and spray
material.
Overhauling and repairing of wheel
hoe, cultivator and other garden tools.
Early cabbage, caulifiower and let-
tuce seed tested for germination.
This is a pretty good schedule for
any one to follow, and means plenty
of work to occupy the spare time of
the general farmer for a month.
Have You Heard That?
A considerable acreage of Seventop
turnip, also called Italian Brocolli, is
grown in southern New Jersey and is
sent to the New York market for the
Italian trade there. Many of our peo-
ple would not recognize the product if
they saw it on the market though it
finds its way to some of our Pennsyl-
vania cities such as Wilkes-Barre and
Scranton.
Circle Lingo.
“What is it, Interlocutor, that has
fo’ legs and flies all around ?”
“I’ll bite, Rastus. What is it that
has four legs and flies all around 7”
“A dead hoss, Mr. Interlocutor.”
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“DRESSING UP” FARM HOME
GROUNDS NEEDED. |
With tourists flashing past the farm
home nearly every month of the year, |
it is important from the standpoint of
personal pride that the buildings and
grounds be “dressed up” at all times.
On the other hand, there is the feeling
of comfort and satisfaction which a
well-ordered farmstead always gives
the owner.
According to John R. Bracken, ex-
tension landscape architect of Penn-
sylvania State College, it is not neces- i
sary to spend large sums of money or
a great deal of labor to make the
home grounds attractive. He feels
that it is very important that the
front yard should be improved so that
it will best introduce the owner to the
public. Bracken says:
“It 1s almost impossible to tell the
character of the farmer by the ap- |
pearance of his home. Try it out
some time. Drop by a farm house, no ;
matter how small or old, that stands
in the midst of cleanliness and neat- |
ness and see what kind of folks live |
there. Drive on to a similar house
set down in the midst of dirt, trash
and weeds and see what kind of folks
answer the door there. Then go home
and see that your front yard represents
you as you want people to think of
you.”
Discussing this matter of the farm
home from another angle, Bracken
states that there is no other type of
business more in closer relationship
between the home and the business it-
self than there is in farming. “How
much more reason, therefore, we have
for making the home grounds at-
tractive” he says. “The home is that
part of the farm that is closest to us
during those hours when we have time
to rest, to talk with the family and
friends, and to play. During even the
busiest day the farmer returns sev-
eral times to the vicinity of the house.
The housewife, so indispensible a
partner in successful farming, gener-
ally does her sewing, preparing of
vegetables, and planning of other
work, on either the lawn or sheltered
porch, or near some sunny window
which overlooks the lawn.”
This makes it all the more necessa-
ry, as Bracken sees it, that proper
care should be given the home
grounds. Slovenliness and careless-
ness in personal habits are too often
reflected in the appearance of home |
and farm despite time and money
spent for equipment and improve-
ments. !
Suggestions on how the farm:
grounds can be “dressed up” in an |
economical and practical manner may |
be obtained from the county agent at |
Bellefonte.
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Printing is Fundamental.
Radio is about fifteen years old; the
telephone is about forty years old; the
telegraph is about sixty. All are
methods of instantaneous communi-
cation, but none of them has shown
any signs of displacing printing. Mul-
tigraph is much younger. Both are
methods of communication on paper,
but instead of displaying real print-
ing, they have sinply increased the
demand for it. :
The railroad displaced the ox-cart;
the automobile has already made a
big dent in the railroad; perhaps the
flying machine will do something to
the automobile. But printing which '
is older than any of the things just
mentioned, goes on better than ever |
because it is fundamental to every ,
business and to almost human pursuit. |
Art, science and industry depend upon
it, literature could not exist without
it, and advertising, which is the liter- |
ature of business, was created by it.
In four and a half centuries the
methods, the technique and the aux-
iliaries of printing have been improv- |
ed and elaborated, but the base of the |
craft——type and presses still hold
to the original ideas. You may look
and wait but as yet there is no sign!
of a substitute for real Printing.—
Warde’s Words.
Millions of Cattle Wait Tuberculin
Test.
With 9,000,000,000 cattle already
under supervision for the eradication
of tuberculosis, veterinary officials
of the United States Department of
Agriculture and the various States
are making efforts to meet the con-
tinued demands for additional test-
ing. A summary of the status of
the work up to December 1 shows
a waiting list of 226,534 herds con-
taining more than 2,500,000 cattle.
This list represents applications for
testing in 34 States, the others having
been able to handle the testing as
fast as requested.
The State which had “clear slates”
in this respect at the time of the
summary was prepared were: Arkan-
sas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Neva-
da, New Jersey, Oregon, Utah, Vir-
ginia, Washington, Wyoming and the
District of Columbia.
During November official veterin-
arians tested more than 50,000 herds
or lots containing more than 600,000
cattle. Of this number, about 18,000
cattle reacted as tubercular and were
removed from the herds, thereby lead-
ing the establishment of accredited
herds and areas.
Japanese “Hello” Girl.
Telephone operators in Japan are
called ‘moshi moshi” girls, the term
being the Japanese equivalent for
hello. These operators are required
to wear a uniform costume consisting
of a sort of a skirt called a “hakama,”
which is worn over a working kimona
of coarse white cloth. The sleeves of
the kimona are not as full as those
of an ordinary kimona and are tied
with a cord just below the elbow to
prevent them from interfering with
the movements of the onerator’s
hands. The hakama has a sash tied
in front. This attire is completed
by a pair of white cloth and foot
covers and straw sandals. They wear
no stockings, which is a custom pecu-
liar to all Japanese women, exceept
those who adopt foreign styles.
When you can’t find it in any
other paver look in the “Watchman,”
it’s sure to be there.
| kinds of buttons you can get.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT
One reason so many do not grasp op-
portunity is because it is frequently dis-
guised as hard work.
The smart decolletage for evening
is deeply oval or V-shaped in back.
Silver and gold laces overshadow al-
most everything else for evening.
Embroidery of rust-colored wool is
effective on a frock of green jersey.
One often sees colored pearls mixed
with white in the choker necklace.
For northern wear, one needs a lit-
tle suede jacket under the outer coat.
Let your evening gown and wrap
have a common interest, if it be only
that the sash of the gown is of the
velvet of the wrap.
As you make a tour of the shops do
you notice how very, very few modeis
there are which are not trimmed in
one way or another with buttons?
Even coats are wearing them now,
marching up the side panels like rows
of soldiers.
One imported frock of lustrous Rus-
sian red charmen has over 200 black
buttons diagonally up its back, across
its shoulders and down its front on
either sile. There are so many clever
and fascinating ways in which buttons
may add the trimming note that it is
a great mistake to use them only up |
the front.
A handsome coat for a leading
French house is of a shutter green
suede cloth with a Queen Anne collar
and cuffs of black caracul. The cuffs
are in two parts, the fur running up
the arm and down over the wrist. And
at the dividing line a row of black
bone buttons are closely placed. The
upper part flares slightly and the but-
tons appear to hold it in place. This
idea might be smartly copied in a
frock.
A youthful afternoon gown of Im-
perial yellow crepe is trimmed with
white china buttons exactly like those
mother used to sew on the kiddies’ un-
dies. But they are made aristocratic
by the use of yellow thread matching
the crepe. The buttons are sewed on
with this from the eyes out over the
side; four stitches for each button.
This, as you see, makes four loops of
yellow silk over each white button,
and the effect is very attractive.
A smart little business frock of blue
twill was the new surplice closing fac-
ed with plaid silk. A slender piping
of the plaid finishes the cuffs and the
top of the hem, while four large dark
red buttons matching the red of the
plaid fasten the frock at the left side.
There is no limit to the colors and
Some
of them are surprisingly inexpensive
and will trim your frock at a small
cost. Others are shocking in price,
and should only be chosen if you are
certain they will add greatly to the ef-
fect. Often the cheaper ones are
quite as delightful, as, for instance,
the white china ones.
Smoked pearl is often preferable to
white, especially on navy. A tunic
model of navy twill has an oyster
white strip of twill up the front on
which smoked pearl buttons about z
half inch in diameter are fastened al-
most touching each other. On a great
many of the tunics buttons are used
on the upper portion only, usually
ending slightly above the normal
waistline. Again they go down the
entire way to the hem.
A smart model in black satin has an
inch band of rust duvetyne at the left
side and around the hem. Small black
satin buttons appear in a cluster from
the shoulder half way to the waist,
and again below the waist for about
eight inches. And another black sat-
in, also trimmed with rust duvetyne
as a wide band at the bottom.
During the first two or three years
water given to children should be
boiled and then cooled. If there is the
slightest doubt about the purity of the
water it is best to boil it even for old-
er children. Some children do not ask
for water, and in winter they are apt
to drink too little. It is well to give
them water two or three times a day
between meals in quantities of one to
four ounces, depending upon the age.
All children need watching lest they
wash down their food with copious
drinks of water. Very little should be
allowed with the meals, especially at
breakfast and supper, when the glass
of milk is given.
Vegetables are an important but
often a neglected part of a child’s di-
e
They supply iron, lime and other
mineral matter having blood enrich-
ing and bone building qualities.
Young lima beans well mashed,
stewed carrots, young beets, celery,
squash, spinach, asparagus tips, peas
and string beans are the best of green
vegetables for children. Celery, chop-
pd, and lettuce when served as sand-
wiches are readily eaten.
What makes a young girl think that
a stub-toed, ill-balanced shoe is pret-
ty? Maybe she doesn’t think it pret-
ty. Perhaps it is just stylish. And
why does she love to come to school
in dress shoes? Can’t she see that a
satin dancing shoe is in bad taste in
school? Can’t she understand that
velvet slippers are lovely in a ball-
room and impossible, ugly in a
schoolroom? Wouldn’t you think she
would like to have comfortable feet?
A complaining foot can do more
mischief than a boy with a pop-gun.
Really. He might bruise you a bit,
might even puncture your skin or
break a window. Any of these dire
happenings carry no great measure of
disaster. But an aching, throbbing
foot?
It begins sending out little tendrils
of pain. Finding nothing to fasten to
and rest upon, it sends out ripples of
pain that flow up to the ankle and
make walking a heaviness and an evil
thing. Then it begint sending up
sharp flashes of fire that numb the
leg from heel to knee. There is anger
in the pain, fierce, hot, revngeful.
A dull ache steals into the head and
thinking becomes an irritation and
then an affront. There is no margin
of reserve now. The steady ache and
the angry pain have long ago used it
up and patience and politeness and
everr dignity vanish and hysterics set
in enthusiastically. The world is on
fire, let it burn. All because a shoe
i pinches.
| Girls who wear ill-fitting shoes lose
standing in school. Comfortable feet.
| are necessary if the brain is to work
| without waste or strain. When the:
| teacher called the girl to the black-
' board she couldn’t put her mind on the:
problem because it was on the pain in
{ her instep, and try as she might she
‘ could not master the situation. Then
she cried. She went home and told
her mother that the teacher was mean:
and that geometry was too hard any-
| way, and that she was going to leave:
i school. Jean Miller had left school
and was working in the canning fac-
tory, in the office, and she could get a
job, too.
If her troubled mother had had her
take off that shoe and had seen the
red mark at the left across the toes.
and the instep and had seen the lines
under the child’s eyes and about her
mouth, she would have held the key
to the difficulty.
There are such pretty shoes for
girls to wear these days. They have
beautiful lines and fine workmanship.
They are made to fit any foot and
there is no excuse for a girl wearing
an ili-made shoe or an inappropriate
tone. There is no reason why she
i should damage her health and threat-
. en her success by crippling her body
in this senseless way.
Can’t mother and father look sharp-
ly at the feet of the children, especial
ly junior girls, and make sure that
they are comfortable?
Sproul State Forest Map Ready for
Distribution.
The Department of Forests and
Waters has just issued for public use a.
map of the Sproul state forest, which
comprises about 100,000 acres of for-
est land in Clinton and Centre coun-
ties. This state forest embraces one
of the largest solid blocks of forest
land in the State, extending from Re-
novo, in Clinton county, to Snow Shoe
in Centre county, a distance of almost
seventeen miles. It also embraces the
southern end of the famous Black for-
est. In the center of this large forest
area is a State game refuge.
This new public use map shows in
green the State-owned forest land and
locates all the highways, roads, fire
lanes and trails in the Sproul State
forest, named in honor of Governor
! Sproul. It also shows the location of
all the county lines, forest fire obser-
vation towers, State forest parks,
public camping grounds, and leased
camp sites. With the many sign
boards and direction signs that have
been erected on this state forest and
this handy public use map it is now
easy for every one to find their way
through this great and interesting
stretch of forest land.
The forest land within the Sproul
state forest was purchased by the
State at an average price of $1.95 per
acre. This vast stretch of forest land
has been made accessible by the con-
struction of 165 miles of roads and
140 miles of trails. Within are four
60-foot observation towers and 50
miles of State-owned telephone line.
Since the State purchased the land
1,233,000 trees have been planted and
75 permanent camp sites have been
leased by hunters, fishermen and
campers. :
The Sproul public use map is the
ninth of a series of handy pocket.
maps that are being issued by the de-
partment. Hunters, fishermen and
campers find these aps very useful,
and thousands of people are now us-
ing the state forests who formerly
never visited them. These maps ena-
ble the forest users to find their way
into and about the forest with assur-
ance and comfort. :
Accompanying each map are given:
the most important facts about the
particular state forest. Information
about camping permits and camp site
leases is also given. All the things
that are worth knowing about the
particular state forest are listed. The:
Sproul public use map is distributed
free of charge by the Department of
Forests and Waters, Harrisburg, and
by the district forester, at Renovo.
Telephone Equipment for People with.
Impaired Hearing.
A new type of telephone equipment.
for persons with impaired hearing has
been dveloped by the telephone engi-
neers of the Bell system which will
make it possible for many persons to
hear who are at present cut off from
the world of telephone speech.
Tests of this new development have
shown that there are certain kinds of
deafness that can be helped by such
means, and though there may be
many who cannot use it profitably, it
is believed there are thousands to
whom this new device will be of ines-
timable value.
Only a limited number of these sets:
have been manufactured as it is so
new that there is no way to estimate
how large the demand will be.
The installation of this special
equipment will therefore be confined
by the various Bell Telephone oprat-
ing companies to subscribers whose
hearing is impaired and who, after
trying the equipment, have demon-
strated to themselves that it will ena-
ble them to hear telephone conversa-
tions satisfactorily.
Trial equipment has been installed
by the Bell company at several points
in the State wherc persons who may
be benefitted by this apparatus will
have an opportunity to test it before
an installation is made for them.
The new apparatus is intricate but
compact, and includes batteries, vac-
uum tubes and regulating devices
which make it possible for the user to
control the loudness of the speech
sounds given out by the receiver.
Department of Agriculture Discovers:
New Method.
A new protection against clothes
moths has been found by the Bureau
of Entomology of United States De-
partment of Agriculture in form of
paradichlorobenzene, the chemical
used in large quantities in the peach
growing district in the control of the
peach borer. It has been established
beyond question that paradichloro-
benzene are the most dependable sub-
stances that can be used in tight con-
tainers for protection against all stag~
es of the clothes moths.