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Bellefonte, Pa., October 22, 1926.
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THE LITTLE GIRL WITH A COM-
PANY FACE.
Once on a time, in a far-away place,
Lived a queer little girl with a company
face,
And no one outside the family knew
Of her everyday face, or supposed she had
two, ;
The change she could make with wondrous
celerity,
For practice had lent her surprising dex-
terity.
But at last it chanced, on an unlucky day
(Or lucky, perhaps, I would much better
say,)
To her dismal dismay and complete con-
sternation,
She failed to effect the desired transforma-
tion,
And a caller, her teacher, Miss Agatha
Mason.
Surprised her with half of her company
face on,
And half of her every day face peeping out,
Showing one grimy tear track and half a
pout,
Contrasting amazingly with the sweet smile
That shone on her “company” side all the
while.
The caller no sooner had hurried away
Then up to her room the girl flew in dismay
And, after a night spent in solemn reflection
On the folly of features that can’t bear in-
spection,
She came down to breakfast, and walked
to her place,
Calm; sweet, and serene, with her company
face.
Thenceforward she wore it, day out and
day in,
Till you really might think ‘tweuld be
worn very thin;
But strange to relate, it grew more bright
and gay.
And her relatives think ‘twas a red letter
day
When the greatly astonished Miss Agatha
Mason
Surprised her with half of her company
face on.
—*“8t. Nicholas.”
HALLOWEEN TOUR.
“A personally conducted tour
through the vale of chance,” the in-
vitations for the Halloween party
might read, and when the guests as-
semble at the house they will find the
High Priestess of Witchdom, in her
long black cape and peaked cap, wait-
ing at the door to receive them. The
house must be so dimly lighted that it
is with great difficulty that the guests
‘follow their guide up the stairs to the
rooms where they are to take off their
things.
When they have assembled once
more in the hall, she leads them down-
stairs to the hall below, where, their
eyes now becoming more accustomed
to the semidarkness, they see a huge
stuffed figure leaning against the wall,
his head made from a jack-o’-lantern
placed over the wall lamp. In his
hands he holds a tray which are piled
little yellow and black bags with long
strings on them. In her high falset-
to voice, the witch commands each
girl to take a yellow one, and each boy
a black one, and tie them about their
necks to ward off the evil spirits that
they may encounter.
Have the furniture all moved back
against the wall and covered with
dark draperies of some kind. The
rugs and portieres may be used, and
if they aren’t sufficient a few yards of
black muslin will fill in very nicely.
As they enter the Vale of Chance, as
the huge sign over the folding doors
reads, they must stop for a few min-
utes to propitiate the king, who sits
at one side of the entrance. He is an-
other stuffed figure, and as each one
shakes his hand the cold shivers run
over them, for his hand is a chamois
glove stuffed with wet sand.
In the kitchen there are set up many
games of chance. On the floor in the
corner is a tub filled with water for
bobbing for apples. The sink is filled
with water, and tiny lighted candles,
the variety that is used for birthday
cakes, are stuck into walnut shells,
and each guest sets one adrift and
tries to blow it out. The number of
blows needed is the number of years
before marriage. At the table pare
apples and throw the parings over the
shoulder to find true love's initial. In
the laundry have a well made from one
of the tubs, and each guest can go in
alone and look into it to see what he
sees. If possible, let one of the boys
* lean over, wearing a mask. While
they are trying this, others can be
taking their turn at walking down the
stairs backward with a mirror.
Before this begins to pall, let the
witch toll a great cowbell, and an-
nounce that refreshments are in or-
der. She leads her party into the din-
ing room, where a regulation railroad
lunch counter has been arranged by
placing several tables, end for end,
along one side of the room. She re.
quests that every one look at his or
her charm. Each one tells the fortune
of its possessor. The girl or boy who
is to be first married gets the ring;
the ones doomed to spinsterhood and
bachelordom each finds a thimble or
button. Those two who are to be
blessed with riches get coins, and so
on. Each boy escorts to the lunch
counter the girl whose charm corre-
sponds with his. :
Silently they line up at the counter,
behind which stands three ghosts, who
place a paper plate before each guest
with a portion of “devil’s chow” on
them. “Devil’s chow” is simply ham
and tongue sandwiches wrapped in
black paper and sealed with a white
skull, and the witch ladles tall glass-
es of “witch brew” from a caldron,
which is filled with sweet cider. When
these are disposed of, let the ghosts
place pieces of pumpkin pie on the
plates, and pass plates of cheese and
doughnuts.
. It will add a great deal to the hilar-
ity of the evening if you can arrange
to have a siren whistle from one of
the boy’s bicycles stationed at one of
the dark corners to wail as the crowd
passes, and an electric fan at another
place to blow cold blasts.
CONCERNING EATS.
To a great many people the real
party is the “eats,” and it pays well
to give a little extra time and atten-
tion to their preparation.
Grandmother’s cookies, made with
raisin ears and a licorice tail, to look
like a black cat, create no end of fun
when passed around on a flat tray.
Serve chicken salad in small white
cups on which black owls have been
pasted. Mix into the salad dressing
tiny red devils cut from red peppers.
Serve with it moon biscuits made by
cutting large circles of dough, halving
them and shaping into half moons.
Apples scooped out and stuffed with
celery and potato salad are attractive.
Cubes of mild cheese carefully cut
out look well served on flat dishes
with a toothpick in each, the end of
which has been blackened.
Molosses kisses, first wrapped in
oiled paper, should again be wrapped
in little squares of orange or black
paper and served from a basket.
Ordinary white china plates, cups
and saucers may be made decorative
by pasting on them red devils, owls,
bats and yellow jack-o’-lanterns.
Paper plates and cups, bought for
a small sum and treated in the same
manner or painted in water colors, are
effective. A grinning face on the
white plate is interesting.
Small individual pumpkin pies
served in a frill of black paper may be
easily eaten by hand.
Pumpkin custards molded and serv-
ed with a caramel or chocolate sauce
is a pleasant surprise.
Vanilla ice cream may be made a
deep orange color by adding vegetable
coloring. Serve the ice quite flat and
make a face on each by imbedding
small chocolates for eyes, nose and
mouth.
Doughnuts dipped in white icing
are most ingenious.
A basket of cloved apples may be
served toward the last, and the guests
asked to count the seeds to determine
the years of life yet to come. If care
is taken the cloves may be stuck in to
look like a cat or an owl. Choose only
the reddest, firmest apples.
Marshmallow children, made with a
marshmallow head and body, raisin
arms and legs and a chocolate face,
cause no end of fun at the table. They
might stand upright to hold the place
card.
DECORATIONS.
Ghost and devil decorations are at-
tractive if the red and white idea is
carried out throughout the evening.
Little red devils cut from paper and
strung about the room on gray thread
give an unusually effective decoration
if large white ghosts are used in con-
trast, White cardboard and skulls ar-
ranged around flower vases on the
piano, with a ghost and devil to re-
ceive at the door, help to carry out the
idea. Ask the guests to take small
cardboard ghosts from the pockets of
the host and hostess and keep records
on them of the evening’s fun.
An owl party is odd and new. By
careful planning most ingenious
games, decorations and refreshments
may, be arranged. Use plenty of
phosphorus paper for eyes in the owls
and let there be huge blinking of owls
as guides. Bats on strings flying
about the room at every draft give a
weird effect. Tree stumps may be
used with this party. Such a stump
made of brown paper with a realistic
back-ground may stand at the foot of
the stairs, and the guests asked to
draw from it their cards and pencils.
These record cards may easily be
made at home, also, by pasting odd
animals or lanterns on heavy card-
board and adding a small pencil tied
with a cord. With the owl decorations
these cards should be bats. Owls
with deep voices should hoot every
little while, suddenly and weirdly.
For a party not intended to be quite
so spooky, the grinning pumpkin
makes a splendid basis. The host and
hostess should be dressed as huge
pumpkins, the grinning face reaching
the full length of the body; the cos-
tume made by stretching sheets of
orange paper over wires to make it
stand out like a pumpkin, then mark-
ing the face in black.
COSTUMES.
A good ghost costume is made by
wrapping a sheet about the body in
such a way as to leave the arms and
legs free. Wear a pillowcase-like
cloth over the head with a skull paint-
ed in black and slits for the eyes and
mouth. White stockings drawn over
the hands and feet complete the effect,
and if the hands are encased in rubber
gloves a cold, clammy touch is added.
Remember to glide slowly and act as
spooky as possible.
A composite costume is unusual if
the entertainment is not of a special
nature. Make the costume with a
front of white, as a ghost, and red
devil back with a long tail and closely
fitting headpiece. On the front of the
gown wear a necklace of cardboard
pumpkins and boarder the hem with
black cats, witches and owls. Let the
mask be an owl, and be sure to wear
rubber gloves, to keep that clammy
touch.
PRIZY 8.
Choose funny things so far as pos-
sible for prizes. A long-necked black
cat and a pumpkin man who howls
long and weirdly may be bought in
town. Small boxes trimmed up with
ghosts, witches, etc., and filled with
homemade nut fudge, peanut brittle
or candy corn never fail to please.
A doughnut carefully sugared and
wrapped and placed in a fancy box is
a surprise indeed. :
GAMES,
Something lively which will break
up all formality should be used to be-
gin the evening’s good time.
If the guests are masked, make
some arrangement for numbering
them and guessing their identity. Do
not permit this part of the program
to last too long, as masks are hot and
guests soon tire of the silent sitting
and prowling about.
unique way of guessing masked
guests is to take them, one by one, be-
fore the others and ask questions
which each must answer in a loud
voice, disguising it as best he or she
can.
Hide odd nuts about the rooms—
peanuts, walnuts, pecans, almonds,
ete. Among them have a half dozen
nuts which have had the shells haly-
ed, the meats removed and a paper in-
serted, the halves again glued togeth-
er. When eating the nuts, the guest
will find these papers and be asked to
perform the “stunt” written on it,
something like the following:
Walk a chalked line looking back-
ward.
Sing a verse of song with gum in
the mouth.
Cut a cat out of black paper.
Feed spoonfuls of broken cracker
to another, both being blindfolded.
Carry a spoonful of ‘salted nuts in
one hand and a marshmallow balanced
on knife blade in the other across the
room,
Waltz together, back to back.
CORN SCRAMBLE.
Scatter two pounds of candy corn
abeut the rooms in places where it
cannot be readily seen, and ask the
gathered guests to hunt for it. Take
care to hide the candy in clean places,
so it may be eaten.
RAISIN RACE.
Fasten fat raisins to a yard-long
string, four inches apart, and suspend
these strings from doorways. With
hands tied behind them, and at a giv-
en word, the guests being to eat. The
raisins must be eaten from the string
without the aid of the hands. It is a
game that is full of fun and not so
easily done as one would think.
THE GHOST’S TEST.
_Announcing that the ghost would
like to test out earthly people to see
if they are fit to live throughout an-
other year, the room is darkened and,
one by one, the guests enter blind-
folded. They receive the three tests
and then are allowed to remain in the
room and watch the others. The tests
are:
The Icy Kiss—A piece of ice is
wrapped in a thin cloth and passed
across the guest’s lips just as some
one smacks the lips loudly near the
face.
The Ghost’'s Mark—The ghost
stands with a saucer in his hand and
passes a saucer to the guest, asking
him to touth it with the forefinger as
he does, then touch the forehead, nose
and chin. The saucer which the guest
holds has lampblack on the bottom!
The Ghost’s Blessing—Weird words
are said, and the guest is asked to pull
a string which brings him the ghost’s
blessing. Confetti falls on his head.
When they have all passed the tests
they are odd sights, with the black
marks, the confetti, etc.
Will Potatoes Continue to Advance in
Price.
Users of the staple potato are won-
dering what the price of potatoes will
be when the time comes to store them
for winter use. The Pennsylvania
crop is short, 780,000 bushels. There
are some States that can show an in-
crease but on the whole there is a
shortage above the average yield, but
8 per cent. above the 1925 crop.
Comparing last year’s prices and
the price later this year it wouldn't
be surprising to see potatoes reach
$2.25, and more in 1927.
ATR EETUY
Say Good-bye, Then Go.
Just how much is wasted by the
practice of starting the engine and
then beginning a conversation is dif-
ficult to calculate, but it certainly
represents a tremendous total of lost
gasoline. The book of etiquette claims:
that when a guest has reached the
point of holding the knob of the door
handle he ought to make the farewell
as brief as possible and be on his way.
In motoring it’s not only a matter of
etiquette but a saving of gas to make
au revoir and cranking simultaneous.
—The dentist had just been to call
on one of his clients to try and collect
a bill for a full set of false teeth he
had made for him about a year before.
“Did he pay you?” asked his wife.
“Pay me!” echoed the denist scorn-
fully. “Not only did he refuse to pay
me, he actually had the effrontery to
gnash at me—with my own teeth!”
—Read the “Watchman” and get
all the news worth reading.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH. |
I, E. R. Taylor, High Sheriff of the Coun- |
ty of Centre, Commonwealth of Pennsyl- |
vania, do hereby make known and give
notice to the electors of the county afore- |
said that an election will be held in the
said County of Centre on the FIRST |
TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1926, being
the 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1926,
for the purpose of electing the several |
persons hereinafter named, to-wit:
One person to be United States Senator. !
One person to be Governor.
One person to be Lieutenant Governor.
One person to be Secretary of Internal
Affairs.
One person to be Representative in Con-
ress.
: One person to be Senator in the General
Assembly.
One person to be Representative in the |
General Assembly.
I also hereby make known and give no-
tice that the place of holding the elec- |
tions in the several wards, boroughs, dis- |
tricts and townships within the County
of Centre is as follows:
For the North Ward of the borough of |
Bellefonte at the Logan Hose Co. house on
East Howard street.
For the South Ward of the borough of
Bellefonte, in the Undine Fire Co. build-
ing.
For the West Ward of the borough of
Bellefonte, in the carriage shop of S. A.
MecQuistion.
For the borough of Centre Hall, in a
room at Runkle’s Hotel.
For the borough of Howard, in the
public school building in said borough.
For the borough of Millheim, in the new
Municipal building.
For the borough of Milesburg, in the
borough building on Market street.
For the First Ward of the borough of
Philipsburg in the Reliance Hose house.
For the Second Ward of the borough of
Philipsburg, at the Public Building at the
corner of North Centre and Presqueisle
street.
For the Third Ward of the borough of
Philipsburg, at Bratton’s Garage, north-
east corner of Seventh and Pine streets.
For the borough of Port Matilda, in the
hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle,
in said borough.
For the borough of South Philipsburg,
at the City Hall in South Philipsburg.
For the borough of Snow Shoe, in the
Borough Building.
i
To vote a straight party ticket, mark a cross
Sheriff’s Election Proclamation
For the borough of State College, East
Precinct, on College Avenue at the Odd
Fellows Hall.
IFor the borough of State College, West
‘men’s hall.
For the borough of Unionville, in Grange
( Hall, in said borough. ~
For the township
| Precinct, at the Knox school house.
For the township of Benner,
| Precinct, at the new brick school house
at Rockview.
For the township of Boggs, North Pre-
cinet, at Walker's school house.
IF'or the township of Boggs, Fast Pre-
cinet, at the hall of Knights of Labor, in
the village of Curtin.
For the township of Boggs, West Pre-
cinct, at the Grange Hall, Central City.
For the township of Burnside, in the
| building owned by William Hipple, in the
village of Pine Glenn. )
| For the township of College, at the
| school house in the village of Lemont.
For the township of Curtin, North Pre-
cinet, at the school house in the village of
Orviston.
For the township of Curtin, South Pre-
cinet, at the school house, near Robert
| Mann's.
| For the township of Ferguson, East Pre-
| cinct, at the public house of R. R. Ran-
| dolph, in Pine Grove Mills.
For the township of Ferguson, West
| Precinet, at Baileyville school house, in
the village of Baileyville.
For the township of Ferguson, North
Precinct, at Grange Hall.
For the township of Ferguson, North-
west Precinct, at Marengo school house,
For the township of Gregg, North Pre-
cinet, at Murray school house. ‘
For the township of Gregg, East Pre-
cinet, at the house occupied by William
A. Sinkabine, at Penn Hall.
For the township of Gregg, West Pre-
cinet, in Grange Hall at Spring Mills.
For the township of Haines, East Pre-
cinct, at the school house in the village of
Woodward.
For the township of Haines, West Pre-
cinet, at the residence of E. A. Bower in
Aaronsburg.
For the township of Half Moon, in the
I. 0. 0. F. hall in the village of Storms-
town.
For the township of Harris, East Pre-
cinet, in the building owned by Harry
McCellan, in the village of Linden Hall.
For the township of Harris, West Pre-
cinet, in Malta Hall, Boalsburg.
Precinct, on Irazier street at the Fire- |
of Benner, North |
South |
For the township of Howard,
| township public building.
| For the township of Huston, in the |
i | einet, in
For the township of Liberty, East Pre- | Peck, in the village of Huston.
| township building in Julian.
cinet, at the school house in Eagleville.
*For the township of Liberty, West Pre-
cinet, in the school house at Monument.
For the township of Marion, in the
| Showers at Wolfe's Store.
¥or the township of Miles, Middle Pre-
| cinet, in Bank. building at Rebersburg.
For the township of Miles, West Pre-
in Madisonburg.
For the township of Patton, in the shop
of John Hoy at Waddle.
For the township of Penn, in a building
formerly owned by Luther Guisewite at
Coburn. .
For the township of Petter, North Pre-
cinet, at the Old Fort Hotel.
I'or the township of Potter, South Pre-
cinet, at the Hotel in the village of Pot-
ters Mills.
For the township of Potter, West Pre-
cinct, at the store of George Meiss, - at
Colyer.
For the township of Rush, North Pre-
inct, at the township Poor House.
For the township of Rush, East Precinct,
at the school house in the village of Cas-
sanova.
For the township of Rush, South Pre-
cinet, at the school house in the village of
Powelton.
For the township of Rush, West Pre-
cinet, at the new school house along the
State Highway leading from Osceola Mills
to Sandy Ridge.
For the township of Snow Shoe, East
Precinct, at the school house in the village
of Clarence. :
For the township of Snow Shoe, West
Precinct, at the house of Alonzo D. Groe
in the village of Moshannon.
For the township of Spring, North Pre-
cinet, at the township building erected
near Mallory’s blacksmith shop.
For the township of Spring, South Pre-
cinct, at the public house formerely own-
ed by John C. Mulfinger in Pleasant Gap.
For the township of Spring, West Pre-
clock, in the township building in Cole-
ville.
For the township of Taylor, in the house
in the
cinct, at the store room of Rlias Miller |
erected for the purpose at Leonard Merry-
man’s.
SPECIMEN BALLOT
the party of your choice.
A cross mark in the s
To vote for a person
ed for that purpose. i
To vote for an individual candidate of another party after maki
(X) opposite his or her name.
For an office where more than one candidate is to be
divide his or her vote by marking a cross (X) to
vote.
For the township of Union, in the town-
ship public building.
For the township of Walker, East Pre-
a building owned by Solomon
For the towmship of Walker, Midde Pre-
cinet, in the Grange Hall, in the village
| of Hublersburg.
For the township of Walker, West Pre-
Grange Hall in the village of Jacksonville. | cinet, at the dwelling house of John Royer,
I'or the township of Miles, Rast Pre- |
| cinet, at the dwelling house of G. H. |
in the village of Zion.
For the township of Worth, in the Lau-
rel Run school house in said township.
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LIST OF NOMINATIONS.
The official list of nominations made by
the several parties, and as their names
will appear upon the ticket to be voted
for on the second day of November, 1926,
at the different voting places in Centre
county, as certified to respectively by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth are given
in the accompanying form of ballot.
Notice is hereby given that every per-
son, excepting Justice of the Peace, who
shall hold any office or appointment of
profit or trust under the Government of
the United States or this State, or of any
City or incorporated district whether a
commissioned officer or otherwise, a sub-
ordinate officer or agent who is or shall
be employed under the Legislative, Ex-
ecutive or Judiciary department of the
State or the United States or any city or
incorporated district, and also that every
member of Congress and of the State Leg-
islature, and of the Select or Common Coun-
cil of any city, of Commissioiners of any in-
corporated district, is, by law, incapable:
of holding or exercising at the same time
the office or appointment of judge, inspec-
tor or clerk of any district of this Com-
monwealth, and that neo inspector, judge:
or other officer of any such elections shall’
be eligible to any office to be then voted
for except that of an election officer.
Under the law of the Commonwealth
for holding elections, the polls shall be-
open at 7 o'clock A. M. and closed at 7
o'clock P. M.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at my
office in Bellefonte this 14th day of Oc-
tober, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hunderd and twenty-six and in the one-
hundred and fiftieth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America,
E. R. TAYLOR, (Seal.)
Sheriff of Centre County..
(X) in the square in the FIRST COLUMN, opposite the name of
quare opposite the name of any candidate indicates a vote for that candidate.
whose name is not on the ballot, write or.
This shall count as a vote either with or without the cross mark.
ng a mark in the party square, mark a cross
paste his or her name in the blank space provid-
elected, the voter after marking in the party square, muy
the right of each candidate for whom he or she desires to
Fi 1 st Colu mn UNITED STATES SENATOR. SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
(Vote for One.) (Vote for One.)
To Vote a Straight Party Ticket ——
Mark a Cross (X) in this Column. William 8. Vare Republican Republican
James Fleming Woodward
i Democrat ( Labor
Republican William B. Wilson he et i ER
Labor John Murphy Democrat
Democratic George W. Snyder Socialist William J. Van Essen Socialist
Elishia Kent Kane Prohibition Elizabeth Moyle Sherman Prohibition
rR 7 Comm enwerltl) = aE
Socialist Robert C. Macauley, { Commanwen Sarah W. Dix { Commonwealth
A. J. Carey Workers Max Jenkins Workers
Labor
ihiéts GOVERNOR. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. I
Prohibition (Vote for One.) 3 (Vote for One.) 3
:
John 8. Fisher Republican ( Republican Y
Co on: th d ( Democrat : Socialist
3 3 Eugene C. Bonniwell J. Mitchell Chase lll gn
{ Labor Labor
Workers 2s
John W. Slayton, Socialist Prohibition
George L. Pennock Prohibition Clarence R. Kreamer Democrat
Julian P. Hickok ! Commonwes|th
H. M. Wicks ‘Workers
SENATOR IN THE GENERAL :
ASSEMBLY.
(Vote for One.)
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Republican
(Vote for One.) a
Harry B. Scott Socialist
Republican T
Arthur H. James Prohibition
Labor
3 Democrat
. W. Clayton Hackett Democrat William I. Betts
pre Labor
Henry Ernest Close Socialist
Minnie B. McGrew, Prohibition
; = Commonwealth
Lewis. Ryan { Land REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Parthenia Hills, ‘Workers (Vote for One.)
John IL. Holmes Republican
Democrat
. A. C. Thompson
Prohibition
C. 8. Schoonover Socialist