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“Bellefonte, Pa., February 11, 1927.
PASTORS’ CHILDREN
TO HONOR PARENTS
Memorial Takes Form of
* Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Chicago.—*“Silver keys to golden
memories.” In these five words are
epitomized a national movement, with
its headquarters here, which has as
its objectives:
Creation of a sunshiny, life and
health-giving memorial to the spirits
of thousands of America’s best-loved
men and women, and
A lasting and complete refutation of
the old theory that the majority of
winisters’ children are ne’er-do-wells.
The “golden memories” are those
which all of us treasure of the kindly
ministrations, the heart-felt sympa-
thies and the helping hands extended
to us in times of stress by pastors or
our acquaintances.
' The ' “silver keys’ are the dollars
that are pouring into the Methodist
Ministers’ Sons’ and Daughters’ asso-
ciation, for the memorial which that
organization has planned and on which
construction is expected early this
year.
Plan Great Sanatorium.
That memorial is to be the Method-
ist Ministers’ Memorial sanatorium at
Colorado Springs, Colo. It is planned
as the principal unit of the National
Methodist Episcopal Sanatorium for
Tuberculosis—a project embracing al-
most a million dollars in buildings and
equipment.
“Our unit,” says Rev. J. W. Irish,
D. D., executive secretary of the asso-
ciation, “will cost about $300,000 and
will afford us—the sons and daughters
of Methodist ministers—an opportu-
“nity not only to honor our fathers and
mothers, but also to assist in caring
for the more than a million persons
in America who are afflicted with this
dread disease. The service will be non-
sectarian and will be provided with-
‘put cost to those who are unable to
‘pay the cost of their fights for health.
Doctor Irish added that probably no
movement in the history of Method-
ism ever has struck such a popular
chord of appeal and that the success
of the venture is assured. In his of-
“fices at 740 Rush street, he already
has the names and addresses of 10,000
sons and daughters of Methodist min-
isters.
“Our greatest concern now,” he con
Jnued, “is that of obtaining as nearly
as possible a complete list of the sons
and daughters of Methodist ministers
and their wives. The opportunity
which our association affords these
folks of memorializing their parents is
. such that we have issued a general ap-
peal to the public everywhere to send
us names and addresses of any known
sons or daughters ef our pastors.
“So great Is the interest in our 8c
idvity that the Chamber of Commerce
of Colorado Springs donated 23 acres
of land within the city limits for the
location of our huildings. he site
adjoins that of Beth-El General hos-
pital, nationally known for its achieve-
ments in surgical and general medical
treatment.
“Oné unit of our sanatorium, a heat
sng plant and laundry large enough to
provide for future expansion. already
have been erected on our site.”
«+ Ministers’ Sons Rank High.
Development of the hospital memo:
sfal to children of preachers, has
brought to light an. almost startling
array of prominent personages who
were the sons or daughters of mi is
ters.
John Hancock, first signer of the
Declaration of Independence, was a
preacher’s son, as were eight others
' who signed that document. One of
every nine of the Presidents of the
United States have been ministers’
sons, while in one of every four ad-
ministrations, America's Presidents
had daughters of ministers as the na-
tion's first lady" :
One of every five persons in the
Aall of Fame in New York city is the
son or daughter of a preacher.
In the industrial field, in science
invention, literature and the arts, many
" .of the eutstanding names are those of
ministers’ sons.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chi:
: .eago is president of the association;
“Rev. Merle N. English, D. D., of Oak
“Pavk, HI, Is vice president. Other
. officers, besides Dector Irish, the ex-
.ecutive seeretary, imclude L. O. Jones,
Lincoln. Neb., seeretary, and Dr. C. S.
“Woods, Cleveland, Ohio, treasurer.
Snapshots of Cruiser
Emden Stir Germans
Wilhelmshaven, Germany. — There
was excitement among members of the
German navy when the cruiser Em-
den departed on a world tour. For
sailors on board a British tank ship
were observed to be photographing the
German naval vessel as she steamed
out of port.
Wild rumors began to circulate in
¢his harber, describing the network of
a big English espionage system.
But these stirring stories were
4uickly dissipated by the Frankfur-
ter Zeitung, which wrote: “Nowadays
there are few jobs for foreign sples.
The plans of the Emden are known to
members of the interallied military
control commission better than they
are to the builders in Wilhelmshaven.”
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
Curiosity Has Played
Big Part in Progress
From time immemorial women have
been branded as being more curious
than men. Now we are told by a Lon-
don clergyman that men far outnum-
ber women in the inquiries they ad-
dress to him during the “Question
Hour” he has instituted at his church.
One cannot say that one sex is more
curious than the other, but they are in-
terested in totally different matters.
Feminine curiosity is lighthearted, and
less searching than masculine. Few
women are ashamed to admit their de-
sire to know the cost of a dress, but
the majority would be reluctant to ad-
mit their ignorance of some important
event in history. The opposite is the
case with most men. They feel it is
bad taste to be curious about personal
matters, but they rarely mind asking
for information about public affairs.
Curiosity often becomes a vice with
some people. Most of us are familiar
with old maids and bachelors who
spend all their time probing into the
affairs of others. Such people are an
object of terror and dislike to the oth-
er inhabitants, and the originators of
countless petty scandals and quarrels.
Lack of any real occupation drives
them slowly, as they grow older, into
indecent prying into their neighbors’
concerns.
We are apt to condemn curiosity as
an unpleasant quality, and few of us
will acknowledge that we are led and
tempted by it. We forget that it is an
instinet which is one of the most valu-
able and beneficial assets of humanity
in the battle of life. It is the driving
force behind the work of all scientists,
doctors, and explorers. Without it the
world would still be in a state of bar
barism.—Vancouver Province.
Practice of Kissing
Not Universal Custom
The idea of the kiss being an in-
stinctive gesture is negatived by its
being unknown over half the world.
where the prevailing salute is that by
smelling or sniffing (often called by
travelers “rubbing noses”). . . .
The kiss appears constantly in Semiti~
and Aryan antiquity.
In Greece in the classic period it be-
came customary to kiss the hand.
breast or knee qf a superior. In
Rome the kisses of inferiors became
a burdensome civility. The early
Christians made it the sign of fellow-
ship. It early passed into more cere-
monial form in the kiss of peace given
to the newly baptized and in the cele
bration of the eucharist.
While the kiss has been adopted as
a religious rite, its origina! social use
has continued. Among men, however,
it has become less effusive. Court cer-
emonial keeps up the kiss on the cheek
between sovereigns and the kissing of
the hand by subjects, and the pope,
like a Roman emperor, receives the
kiss on" his foot.—Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica.
Waxing Candlous
Henry Drummond, author of “The
Greatest Thing in the World.” in his
lighter moments (and he had many)
was full of gayety, frequently dis:
playing a unique and versatile form
of wit. He was one of a group assem-
bled one night at the home of Drum
mond’s minister, Dr. Marcus Dods.
During the supper, which had to
oe taken by candle light, one of the
candles began to droop One of the
young men set it upright. then it
drooped to the other side. Finally ft
became a subject of remark.
Someone called it a most wickea
candle; another said it should be
sent to Greece, and sundry other
jokes were leveled at the unfortunate
light giver. Finally Drummond said,
very earnestly, he thought the conver-
sation was beginning to wax scun-
lalous.
“Wires” Sent by Pigeons
Before the invention of the electrie
telegraph, carrier pigeons provided the
fastest known means of transmitting
messages, and were even used by Eng-
lish stockbrokers to get early reports
on the market.
The carrier pigeon is useful because.
of his accuracy in returning te his
home, and the speed of his flight. He
must be carefully trained over a long
period. Pigeons have been knewn
to carry a message as far as 500
miles in one day. During the Franco.
Prussian war they were used by both
armies to carry messages, but the in-
vention of telegraph and wireless soon
led to their abandonment.
In the Glacial Age
ft 1s impossible to say how long a
period the glacial waters of Lake
Agassiz covered the greater parts of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Da-
kota and Mirnesota. The lake, from
its earliest measurements, appears to
have been 110,000 square miles, with
a length of 700 miles, width of 250
miles and a depth of 700 feet. Besides
the reclaimed land now known as the
Red River valley there remains still
of Lake Agassiz the shrunken rem-
nants constituting Lakes Winnipeg.
Manitoba, Rainy lake, Lake of the
Woods and Red lake.
Watchful Waiting
Louella is a careless tot and usually
loses her penny before she gets a
chance to spend it. The other day
her next-door neighbor met her on the
street and Louella, as usual, explained
that she was on her way to the store
to spend her daily penny.
Just then her little brother came
along and piped up:
*Wun along Louella, I'se wight be
nind you an’ finders is spenders.”
Your lips are red but not as red
As roses I have grown;
Your eyes are blue but not as blue
As seas that I have known;
The full-blown rose will quickly fade
And blue seas change their hue,
But always you shall be my love
And ever I'll be true.
Day Devoted to
Tender Thoughts
An old idea is that observed Feb-
ruary 14 because of an ancient belief
that birds began to mate on that date,
hence the practice of sending missives
of an amatory or satirical nature.
Today’s satirists assert that if this
is true, the birds that started the .
habit must have been cuckoos.
Other doubts prevail as to the origip
of the name, Saint Valentine.
It is a corruption of the word “ga-
lantin,” meaning a lover, a gallant, or
a dangler, reference books state when
consulted about the venerable old
saint, whose name sprang into being
about 475 B. C.
Miss Modernity, 1926 sport model,
alleges that dangler is the correct
word. She, it seems, keeps them
dangling on a “line,” to quote modern
slang. Whether or not she lands them
is problematical, sheiks and asphalt
arabs declare.
Be that as it may, this same ref-
erence hook sets forth that the name
Saint Valentine was selected for the
sweethearts’ saint, merely because of
the euphonious qualities of his name.
This is another source of humorous
remarks.
Trace the name from the word
“galantin” to “Saint Valentine” and
you have almost all of the various
expressions in use today to denote
varying degrees and terms applicable
to that symptom of heart infection
called by mortals “love.”
Latin gives us “valens,” meaning
valiant. Modern folk jestingly remark
that a man to be married must be
valiant. Write the old geometrical
term, “Q.E.D.,” meaning “Quod Erat
Demonstrandum”—which® was to be
proved.
Welsh tongues give us the word
“gwan’” as one of the by-products of
“valens,” to which the modern, flip-
pant flapper prefixes “aw,” and the
present day term, “aw-gwan,” seems
to have been said several hundred
years before this era of store-bought
faces and rolled socks.
“Gwan,” in Welsh, meant guard,
ward or vain. Consequently, one’s
valentine could be considered any o=
all three of these.
A wife is a ward. Try and keep
her sometimes is the difficulty.
She is also a guard, if Monsieur Hen
FAIRY’S VALENTINE
I saw a little elf
Who was sitting by himself
In a hollow that was warm and sunny.
He had made a little pen
Of a feather of a wren
And he dipped it into golden honey.
and he wrote with all his might:
“Oh, my darling little sprite,
You are sweeter than the clover
That the bee is buzzing over.
And I love you, I adore you,
And I'm always longing for you,
And you're always growing dearer.
And I wish that you were nearer,
I can think of nothing clever,
But I'm yours, and yours forever
if you want it so or not!”
And he ended with a blot.
Then I copled out his letter
(Since I couldn't write a better),
And I'm signing it and send it to you,
For it's true.
—Arthur Gulterman. in Delineator.
A VALENTINE
In musty tome, in quiet place,
I found a quaint, old valentine,
A thing of gilt and paper lace,
And lovers’ vows In faltering rhyme,
And on the margin faintly trace
The sender's name in faded line.
How easily we smile and sigh
At love and fashions long outgrown,
And yet perchance her heart beat high,
His hopes were valiant as your own—
The girl who laid it carefully by,
The boy whose fate must be unknown.
Peck or any of his 567,989,007,938 col-
leagues are to be heard.
This settles the origin of the date
and the origin of the name, since it
has been traced backward through the
musty pages of some dozens of refer-
ence books. .
Saint Valentine’s observance is an
easier thing to ascertain. Chaucer
wrote in his “Complaint to My Mortal
Foe”:
“Seint Valentyne! To you I renovele
My woful lyf, as I can, compleyninge:
Upon your day doth ech foul chose his
mate.”
Which means, when translated, that
ne wished to renew his woeful life as
he could, complainingly, however; and
added for the edification of others
that “on this day does each fowl
choose its mate.”
Shakespeare, in “Hamlet,” refers
also to Saint Valentine's day. His
must have been in these good old days
that we hear about so often, judging
from the tone of his words, which
would indicate that pretty maids
hung about desirable bachelors’ win-
dows upon this day.
The exact words used by the Bard
of Avon are:
“Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window—
To be your Valentine.”
“Hod dawg,” quoth the office sheik,
who happened to see this, “them’s
the days I woulda like to lived.
Wouldna hadda crank OI’ Liz up and
go get her. She’d have been on hand
just after dawn.”
The custom of observing the day,
however, has fallen Into disuse in
England, while in France, where it
once prevailed on the first Sunday
in Lent, the sending of valentines
almost has disappeared from folk-
traits.
But in America Kid Kupid is mak-
ing a heavy fight. Today is the day
when the pink and white creations,
bought with carefully hoarded pennies
by little Jimmy, will find their way
to Betty.
And the day when the older folks
also will dream of other days, when
they, too, eagerly watched the vil-
lage mail man, waiting for the tender
missives that spelled in capital let-
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“L-O-V-E.”
Will Give 100 Medals,
Harrisburg, Pa.—The Department
of Forests announced today that 100
medals will be awarded to Pennsyl-
vania Boy Scouts for meritorious ser-
vice in forests protection during 1926.
The plan has the approval of the Na-
tional Boy Scout Headquarters and is
a big factor in stimulating interest in
forest protection among the Boy
Scouts of the State. This plan has
been in operation during the last two
vears and will again be a feature of
the Boy Scout work in 1927,
Ten regional committees to consid-
er applications and recommend awards
have been appointed. The State has
been divided into ten districts, in each
of which ten meritorious service med-
als will be awarded. No scout who
has accepted pay for forest protection
service will be recommended for the
award. Each committee considering
the awards consists of a Scout Execu-
tive and a representative of the De-
partment of Forests and Waters.
A meritorious medal may be award-
ed to an individual scout, to a patrol,
to a troop, or to a scout official. Ap-
plication for awards for 1926 must be
in the hands of the committees before
Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12, 1927.
All Scouts who individually or with
their local troop have rendered meri-
torious service should present their ap-
plication to the local committees at an
early date.
Meritorious service may be shown
in the prevention of forest fires, in
detecting and reporting forest fire,
and in educating the public to the
dangers of forest fire. Among the
activities which make Scouts eligible
for these awards are: Removing con-
ditions which constitute a forest fire
hazard and reporting the existence of
forest fires, and enlisting persons over
16 years of age in extinguishing them.
Other activities that make scouts eligi-
ble are: Securing the cooperation and
support of clubs, organizations, and
schools in the prevention and suppres-
sion of forest fires, and the posting of
roads, streams, and woods with litera-
ture calling for greater care with
matches, camp fires, cigars and cigar-
ettes. Forestry officials are of the
opinion that the educational campaign
conducted by the Scout organization
during the last few years has been a
big factor in improving the forest fire
situation in Pennsylvania.
American Soldiers Buried in France.
Washington—The number of Amer-
ican soldiers now buried in cemeteries
in France totals 30,540, X. A. Price,
Secretary of the American Battle
Monuments Commission, told the
House Appropriations Committee dur-
ing consideration of the Independent
Office Supply bill, testimony published
now reveals.
In other European cemeteries, Price
said, 130 Americans killed in the
World War are buried. He said the
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Good Elimination Is Essential to Good
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HE kidneysare the blood filters.
If they fail to function properly
there is apt to be a retention of toxic
poisons in the blood. A dull, languid
feeling and, sometimes, toxic back-
aches, headaches, and dizziness are
symptoms of this condition. Further
evidence of improper kidney func:
tion is often found in burning or
scanty passage of secretions. Each
year more and more people are learn-
ing the value of Doan’s Pills, a
stimulant diuretic, in this condition.
Scarcely a nook or hamlet anywhere
but has many enthusiastic users.
Ask your neighbor!
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Meats,
Whether they be fresh,
smoked or the cold-ready to
serve—products, are always
the choicest when they are
purchased at our Market.
We buy nothing but prime
stock on the hoof, kill and re-
frigerate it ourselves and we
know it is good because we
have had years of experience
in handling meat products.
Orders by telephone always receive
prompt attention.
Telephone 450
P. L. Beezer Estate
Market on the Diamond
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