Demon Walp
“Bellefonte, Pa., April 1, 1927.
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Effusion of a Centre County Poet.
NOTE. —Mr. Zeigler is a native of
Centre county, but for many years
has made his home in St. Louis. From
young manhood he has been wont to
express his thoughts in verse and the
Watchman has often been the means
of giving to the world some of the
them. “The Present Age” is his
greeting to his classmates of 1878 at
their 1923 reunion at the University
of Iowa.—Ed.
THE PRESENT AGE.
Hello, old seventy-eighter! Is that you?
¥ recognize you now. How-Do-You-Do?
How Be you? as a rustic friend would say,
Which leads me in a transcendental way
On “Being vs. Doing” to discourse—-
The gods engaged in warm dispute
€oncerning who could farthest shoot.
Appolo rose, skilled in the art,
And far to westward shot his dart.
Than Zeus arose, with bow by side,
Cleared the whole distance at a stride,
And said, “Where shall I shoot? for see
There's no more space now left to me.”
The judges were but short time out;
Their verdict soon resolved all doubt;
And lo! they judged the prize to fall
To him who drew no bow at all
How glad we are thus safely to arrive
At this our class’s milestone forty-five;
While others, far more fit than we to grace
This festive scene, have fallen in the race.
Have we a secret pride that thus at length
We have arrived by reason of our strength ?
Or are we favorites of fate,
fhe “spared” monuments of 'i8?
Phe natural causes adequate were, no doubt
fo bring this anniversary about,
Yet would our hearts the grateful feeling
show
Embodied in this stanza by Thoreau:
“I will no doubt the love untold
Which not my heart nor worth hath bought
Which wooed me young and wooes me old
And to this evening hath me brought.”
¥f I could write like Oliver Wendell Holmes
This were the most magnificent of “pomes.”
X'd reproduce the scenes of long ago,
As realistic as a “Movie” show;
I'd paint the doings of the varied years,
Moving you now to laughter, now to tears;
Political and social sins I'd hit
With flaming shafts of wisdom and of wit,
And write a stunning euogistic page
Upon the wonders of the present age.
The Present Age! When these brief words
are spoken
There rises, like the specter of the Brocken,
A giant form in which we easily can
Cognize the features of collective man.
We think of Mars, the god we most abhor,
And of his master work, the great World
War—
A work so self-demolishing and blind
That makes wus lose our faith in human
kind.
Yet the same giant who in rage destroys,
Builds up again by way of counterpoise;
He pours with one hand poison down the
throat
And with the other gives the antidote!
One. day he takes the war-path, scoffs at
law
And, like a roaring lion, “eats folks raw;
The next he preaches, meek as he can be,
The doctrines of the man of Galilee.
Whence this anomaly? This Gordian knot
€an-be untied in one way only—what?
There's nothing can explain collective man
As thoroughly as Evolution can.
A health to Science! I do here aver
She'll prove at last the world’s deliverer.
Alas, not yet! By Strong emotions swayed
Faction ‘gainst faction will be long arrayed
Long will it be ere truth will gain the day
And’ error’s clamoring minions melt away. |
Men, ave gregarious and long will keep |
The unthinking qualities of herded sheep
In ‘éducation is our fervent hope — i
You: know the well-preserved old saw of
: Pope: . ey |
“Tis education forms the common mind;
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.”
And; may our Alma Mater foremost be
In sowing wide the truths that make us:
i
free.
What do you think of Einstein's theory—
So much discussed—of Relativity ? .
I wonder if the Prohibitionists, |
Hearing his name, don’t double up their |
fists; !
Ein Stein, you know, has such .a bibulous !
sound—
We: seem {to hear “Gesundheit!” going |
round. :
Tt is a privilege alive to be
In this great year of nineteen twenty-three;
To watch the drama of the world unfold,
The .work of art and science to behold,
The atom spilt—a thing we scarce believed |
And transmutation finally achieved.
The chemist daily makes new syntheses
Quite easily from common things like these:
Dimethylaminostyrylpyridine
And Ketotetrahldronaphatlene.
Why, soon he'll bridge the gap—(a deed
titanic)—
Between the inorganic and organic.
One question still remains: What shall be
done
‘When earth's petroleum and coal are gone?
What though our black and faithful ser-
vant, coal
In sweltering toil
shall waste away his
soul,
Our wise successors, knowing well each
law,
From falling rivers heat and light will
draw,
And, where no streams obligingly do run,
‘Will hitch their engines to the rolling sun,
Or following nature to her secret source,
Will tap at will the vast atomic force.
I do not like this five-foot line to use—
Mine is a lyric, not an epic, muse;
And so my percration I'll forego,
Whereat you all are glad, I well do know.
Forgive this rambling, poorly-done affair
And in conclusion let me say this prayer:
In vain inte the deeps below
The sounding lines of thought we throw,
Or let imagination soar
The heights celestial to explore;
Sky over sky, sea under sea,
Still draw me on and dizzy me.
Since then, I cannot know the whole,
Of all-containing nature's soul
Whose dazzling beauty blinds my eye,
Whose love's too wonderful and high;
Since, then, one house, one book, one heart,
Grant that one human face may be
Ever most beautiful to me,
And that from me may ne'er depart
The love of one true human heart.
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Governor Fisher Designtes April 8th
and 22nd as Spring Arbor Days.
Govenor John S. Fisher has desig-
nated Friday, April 8 and Friday,
April 22 as Spring Arbor Days. The
Governor asks that these days be ap-
propriately observed throughout the
State by the planting of trees, the
study of birds, and the consideration
of other important conservation prob-
lems.
In his proclamation, Governor Fish-
er, who has been interested in forest
tree planting since his boyhood days,
says: “Not many years ago the for-
ests of Pennsylvania were the glory
of our Commonwealth and the most
abundant source of our prosperity.
Now practically all our great forests
are gone. Only a few scattered rem-
nants of original timber remain. The
march of forest destruction has left us
with vast areas of bare mountain soil.
1t is our duty to restore to production
this idle forest land. Too long have
we consumed our forests without mak-
ing provisions for their protection and
renewal.
“To exist as a nation, to prosper as
a State and to live as a people we
must have thrifty trees and flourish-
ing forests. Flourishing forests do
more than produce successive crops
of wood. They help to maintain in-
dustries, preserve animal and plant
life, feed our streams with pure wa-
ter, minister to our recreational needs
and preserve the inspiring natural en-
vironment which has contributed so
much to American character. -
“Trees are much more than columns
of wood that lift their tops toward the
sky. They are living creatures of a
great creation. They bring many
comforts to us. They clothe our
mountainsides, adorn our valleys,
beautify our roadsides, frame our
homes, and bring beauty into our lives.
“There is no more practical way to
celebrate Arbor Day than by planting
trees. Tree planting should not be
limited to the school grounds. It
should be carried to our homes, our
woodlots, and our forests.”
In concluding his proclamation, Gov-
ernor Fisher said: “And let us pro-
tect the trees we plant, so that Penn-
sylvania, the only State in the Union
that embodies the word ‘forest’ in her
name, will again become worthy of the
beautiful name she bears. I commend
most heartily to every citizen of this
great Commonwealth, especially to the
teachers and pupils of our schools,
the planting of trees, the growing of
forests and the protection of bird life.
In doing this, may we be filled with
the spirit of forethought, so that our
children and our children’s children
will admire our provisions and bless
our memories.”
Telephone Manners.
That politeness over the telephone
is equally as important as politeness
of other varieties is brought out in an
issue of the Ohio Public Utility News.
“In all intercourse over the tele-
phone,” it says, “no armor is so be-
coming, no influence so great, as a
courteous and affable manner. It fos-
ters good will in business.
‘The manner in which you use the
telephone indicates largely what you
are.
“Patrons naturally judge the serv-
ice of the business you are connected
with by the service they receive from
| you over the telephone; that is natur-
ral, for you are a direct representative.
The memoy of your.actions, kind or
otherwise, may last:forever.
“Smile over the telephone; the party
at the other end of the line will notice
it.
“Discourtesy hurts the person who
uses it more than the Person toward
whom it is directed. The words
| ‘Thank you’ cost but little; well-bred
persons use them. Politeness is in-
valuable -and costs nothings?
Past Winter Has Put Many Bees on
: Diet. St
The past winter has been a long one
for honey bees and many of them have
run short of food, Charles N. Greene,
chief apiary inspector, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, reports.
Normally a winter that keeps the
bees indoors for more than six weeks
at a time is regarded a severe one,
and unless attention has been given to
their food supply, they are quite sure
to suffer before the winter is over.
Bees placed in cellars have come
through the winter in excellent condi-
tion, according to Mr. Greene, while
i those not given proper protection and
food have suffered. -
While it is too early to make a pre-
diction on the coming honey season,
Mr. Greene says that the early indi-
cations are favorable. The large
amount of snow has protected the
clover, and unless the March weather
is too severe, the bees should have an
abundance of clover from which to se-
cure nectar.
Future is Secure.
These are only illustrations of what
is happening in the gas industry. The
percent, in Ohio, 64.2 percent., and in
Pennsylvania, 77.3 per cent. of the net
tonnage transported by motor truck
is hauled less than thirty miles. In
passenger transportation the prineipal
function is also mass transportation
within local areas.
Saving Money.
“How long you in jail fo’, Mose?”
“Two weeks.”
“What am de cha’ge?”
“No cha’ge, everything am free.”
“Ah, mean, what has you did ?”
“Done shot my wife.”
“You all killed yo’ wife and only in
jail fo’ two weeks?”
“Dat’s all—then 1 gits hung.”
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—This is the off-season for nearly
all flowers except the blooming idiot.
Can never hold thee as thou art:
—The Detroit News.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Though we soar into the heavens, though
we should sink into the abyss, we never
go out of ourselves; it is always our own
thought that we perceive.—Condillas.
—We Americans are rather noted
for shaking hands. That is because
we are a warm-hearted and cordial
people, and the custom should not be
too harshly condemned as being “pro-
vincial.” We may keep our warm-
heartedness and our manner of friend-
liness and cordiality, and still learn
to control our impulse so that what
we do or say will not appear ridicu-
lous or “gushing.”
Men, when introduced, always shake
hands. A woman shakes hands with
a man if he is some one she is par-
ticularly glad to meet, an elderly man
to whom she wishes to show cour-
tesy, or a special friend of some mer-
ber of her family whom she wishes to
honor.
A person coming into a group and
being presented to them, does not of-
fer his hand first. Some one of the
group may make him welcome by
holding out a hand.
A very young man, being presented
to an older one, would wait for the
older man to take the initiative, which
he should instantly do.
To refuse to shake hands with any
person who is a guest of your hostcss
would be the height of rudeness, as
well as an evidence of narrowness.
Shaking hands at parting depends
entirely upon the degree of acquaint-
anceship or friendship existing, or,
upon the feeling that has sprung up
between two persons who have been
introduced.
A gentleman always removes the
glove from his right hand before shak-
ing hands with a woman, unless at a
wedding where he is usher, at opera
or ball.
One sometimes wishes lessons in
hand-shaking were a part of every
high school course. The clammy hand
shake is repulsive. You feel as if you
wanted to strike from you the cold
listless finger tips that give no clasp,
have no warmth.
There is magnetism and charm in
the clasp of some hands, and there
are other hands as lacking person-
ality as is the soul behind them.
Then there is the hand that grips
you like a vise, crushes your fingers
and sees just how much you will
stand without screaming. And even
this is better than the handclasp that
is no clasp at all.
When you shake hands put some
warmth into it. One doesn’t need to
“squeeze” the fingers of the other, nor
treat the arm like an animated pump
handle, but there may be sufficient
pressure so that the “shaking” is not
all one sided.
—-Safeguard the family health.
Why wear yourself out sweeping and
cleaning a carpeted floor? Such a.
floor is never sanitary and, of course,
you are never satisfied, though you
sweep as much as time and health will’
permit. The thing to do is to lay oak
flooring right over the old softwood,
floor. Then dirt tracked in by playing,
children is easily removed; there are
no cracks to collect dust and disease.
germs. Your room will always look
fresh and neat with the least possible
attention.
—First among the new Paris suits!
is the trig, snug tailleur, either in!
tweed or in homespun, such as the!
English make, or perhaps in a soft
gray trimmed with bright, red buttons
to match the hat; again it may be in
Rodier’s salt and pepper “Diallic,” or
a pastel tone of Meyer's “Goyal,” or
“Perlia.” Plaid jackets with plain:
skirts in tone or the reverse are not
out of the suit question and one may
kilted skirt and black velvet jacket."
morning ensemble cannot help but be
simple and straight in contour.
waistline may be moved upward with:
discretion and moderately defined, al-
though basically the slender type of
frock will remain, for women have
come to appreciate its great comfort.
For afternoon frocks the most im-
portant point is to have the bodice em-
broidered, especially in gold or in sil-
ver, and the skirt in tone but plain, for
the keynote of the year is more decor-
ation, which means greater feminity.
The smart specialty - shops are
stressing in particular the new deli-
cate combinations of colors. After all
the silhouette for the coming spring
does not differ radically from that of
the previous season, nor have the
styles departed strikingly from their
predecessors; and so it remains for
1 color to play its part as the greatest
‘novelty for spring. One shop selects
| black and white to exploit in differing
| proportions. Here you may find a
smart two-piece frock, whose jumper
is of black moire, with narrow white
piping along the opening, and whose
side-pleated skirt is black satin.
white blouse is embroidered in black
and accompained by a black skirt.
Farther down the Avenue you will find
another shop devoted to the various
shades of blue, from that delectable
shade worn in the boudoir to the rich
i gentian which influences sports ap-
| parel. Especially attractive is a
sweater suit in two shades of blue,
Black is combined most effectively
with blue, now one and now the other
used for the body or the trimming of
the dress.
NUT SALAD.
Blanch one cup of English walnuts
and one cup of almonds; three large,
sweet oranges cut in thin slices; one
small stalk of celery cut in small
pieces. Mix nuts, oranges and celer;
{ together. Then line a salad bowl with
[ lettuce leaves and pour the mixture of
nuts, oranges and celery over lettuce.
Then pour a mayonnaise dressing over
the oranges, nuts and celery. Put a
cup of maraschino cherries on top.
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BAKED MACKEREL.
If salt soak over night, skin side up,
{ changing the water several times. Put
to bake skin-side down, adding a few
teaspoonfuls of water. Cook 20 min-
utes, or until the fish loosens from the
well adopt the suit that may be class-, |
ed as that for sports by having a plaid
In this age of neatness, the tailored"
costume, the sports frock and the.
bones. After ten minutes cover with
sweet cream and baste often during
the baking. Serve with sauce poured
over the fish.
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Wage-Earning Girls at Pitt.
Announcement by the dean of wo-
men of the University of Pittsburgh
that fifty per cent. of the feminine en-
rollment are earning their education-
al opportunity in part and that twen-
ty per cent. are meeting all expenses
out of their wages is welcomed as a
age have their full share of the right
qualities.
The official figures for 1926, now
available, indicate that $51,403.78 was
earned by Pitt’s daughters. Part tine
office positions on the campus brought
the greatest sum in wages, over $20,-
000. But the rest came in direct com-
petition with outside labor. The col-
lege girl has long been an efficient fig-
ure at banquets in the vincinity of the
university and in this way a sizeable
aggregate was earned. Domestic ser-
vice was another source of income and
another large amount was gained
through service as clerks in stores on
Saturdays and in rush periods.
Credit is given deservedly to the
young man who works Lis way wholly
or in part through college. Without
discounting his efforts, it would seem
that the young woman is even more
deserving of recognition. That such
proportions of our young womanhood
think sufficiently of an education to
strive for the boon, speaks volumes
for the future welfare of this district
and the nation at large.
further reminder that the girls of this,
—An American author has made a
list of the world’s ten worst writers.
But surely there must be more than
ten of them ?—Punch.
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A nagging backache is sometimes a
symptom, with drowsy headaches
and dizzy spells. That the kidneys
are not functioning properly is often
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
URNISHED APARTMENT, 4 rooms,
F with all conveniences, in Petrikin
hall, is for rent. Apply to Tan-
ner’'s Cut Rate Drug Store. Bellefonte. 72-11
brick house, No. 13 north Spring
EF street. Equipped with bath and
OR RENT.—After April 1st 9 room
IRA D. GARMAN
JEWELER
101 Seuth Eleventh St.,
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64-34-tf EXCLUSIVE EMBLEM JEWELRY
steam heat. Inquire of I. P. Blair. 76-5-tf
OUSE FOR RENT.—The Noll home on
H east Bishop street is for rent. It
is a very desirable property. In-
quire of Mrs. Charles Noll, Howard St.
Bellefonte, Pa. 72-6-tf.
G Guernsey cow, a heifer and a bull
calf, all eligible to registry. These
animals are all in good condition and of
A 1 blood that might improve that of any
grade herd. Inquire of Cross and Meek,
Bellefonte, Pa., or phone Bellefonte 520-J
UERNSEYS FOR SALE.—A fine
K. Johnston, of Bellefonte, Pa., am
an applicant for admission to the
Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
at an examination to be held in Philadel-
phia, Pa., on June 30th and July 1st, 1927.
HUGH K. JOHNSTON
72-12-4t
amentary upon the estate of Thad-
E deus B. Hamilton, late of Belle-
fonte borough, deceased, having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons
knowing themselves indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make prompt pay-
ment, and those having claims against the
same must present them, duly authenticat-
ed, for settlement.
Mrs. MARY HAMILTON BRODERICK,
Executrix,
72-12-6t State College, Pa.
S of Fieri Kacias issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas of Centre
County, to me directed, will be exposed
to public sale at the Court House in the
Borough of Bellefonte on
Saturday, April 9th, 1927.
The following property:
All that certain messuage, tenement and
tract of land situate in the Township of
Worth, County of Centre and State of
Pouns, bounded and described as follows,
-towlt:
|” Beginning at a hemlock, thence South 64
“degrees East 80 perches to a Hemlock;
thence South 70 degrees East 119 perches %
a Chestnut Oak; thence South 43 degrees
[Kast 126 perches to stones; thence North
(473, degrees West 52 perches to a White
1 Oak; thence North 60 degrees West 38
perches to a post; thence North 80 degrees
West 120 perches to a Pine Stump; thence
N. 31 degrees East 30 perches to a Chestnut;
thence North 70 .degrees East 56 perches to
stones; thence North 26 degrees East 54
perches to the place of beginning. Con-
taining 114 acres net. As found recorded
in the Recorders office of Centre county in
NF is hereby given that I, Hugh
XECUTRIX’S NOTICE.—Letters test-
HERIFE’'S SALE.—By virtue of a writ
The’ Deed Book 120 page’ 609. :
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold
as the property of Mrs. Fred Wenzel and
Tred. Wenzel. ’
Sale to commence at 1.30 o'clock p. m. of
said day.
E. R. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Office, Bellefonte,
72-11-3t
Pa., March 12th 1927.
HERIFEF’S SALE.—By virtue of a writ
S - of Plu. Fieri Facias issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of
Centre county, to me directed, will be ex-
i posed to publie' sale at the Court House
in the berough of Bellefonte on
SATURDAY, APRIL 9th, 1927,
The following property:
All that ‘eertain farm and tract of land
situate partly "in Huston Township and
partly in Worth Township, Centre County,
Penna., bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a Post, corner of lands of
John P. Stevens, thence by land surveyed
in Warrantee name of Short Delaney, 8.
32 deg. W. 224 per. to stones, corner of
George Williams improvements, S. 39 deg.
E. 8t per. to a Chestnut oak; thence S. 29
deg. E. 57per. to stones; thence N. 32
deg. E. 193 perches more or less, to
small Black Oak, corner of land sold by
Hugh Glenn to John P. Stiver; thence by
same N. 22 deg. W. 156 perches to place of
beginning. Containing 123 acres more or
less . Being the same premises which were
conveyed unto Hugh Glenn, grantor hereto,
by John P. Condo, Sheriff of Centre Coun-
ty, by deed dated the 27th of August, 1896,
which said deed is recorded in the office of
the Prothonotary of Centre County in
Book “Gi” of acknowledgement of Sheriff's
deeds.
ALSO, All that certain messuage, tene-
ment and tract of land situate in the
Township of Worth, County of Centre and
State of Pennsylvania, bounded and des-
cribed as follows, to-wit:
Allegheny Mountains,
teorge Williams, Sr, 8. 28 deg. BE. 1204
per. to stones; thence by lands of George
Williams Jr., N. 4915 deg. E. 85 perches te
stones; thence by land of Joseph F. Wil
liams N. 28 deg. HE. 171 per. to Chestaut
oak; thence by land of Joseph F. Williams
and Hugh Glenn N. 39 deg. W. 1238 per. to
Poplar; thence along base of Allegheny
Mountains S. 431 deg. W. 70 perches to the
place of beginning. Containing 55 acres
and 32 perches. The above deseribed traet
was surveyed from a larger tract which
was held by Geo. Williams Sr.,, by virtue
of an Improvement, and the same tract
which George Williams Sr., and Mary, his
wife, by their deed dated January 30th,
1880, and conveyed to Wilson Williams,
grantor hereto. Together with whatever
buildings or improvements there are there-
on erected.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold
as the property of A. C. Williams.
Sale to commence at 1.30 o'clock p. m. of
said day.
E. R. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
Sherift’s office, Bellefonte,
Pa., March 12th 1927.
72-11-3t
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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.
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