Bemorealic Wtcwan. —_— - —— Bellefonte, Pa., May 27, 1927. A ———" REAL CLASSICS IN PROSE AND POETRY. In literature the word classic was originally limited to Greek and Latin prose and poetry. It has now come to mean any plece ‘of literature whose quality is such that it has survived for fifty or a hundred years snd is by eommon consent regarded <s so good as to be permanent. A literary classic should possess one or ail of the fol- lowing qualities : 1. It should reflect the mode of thought and the customs and manners of its time, The travels of Herodotus, the dia- logues of Socrates, and the novels of Jane Austen are examples. 2. It should be written in a beauti- ful and striking style. Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech is an example. 3. It should spring from and appeal to a cultivated imagination. The poems of Keats are an example. 4. It should be a contribution to the thought of the world and should stimulate the thought of the world The essays of Ralph Waldo Emer- son are an example. 5. It should possess a universal hu- man interest and express all phases of human experience. The Old Testament and Shake- Bpeare’s plays are examples, No one generation can determine what classics it is producing. The final judgment must and will be pro- nounced by. succeeding generations. Walt Whitman and Lincoln were Iooked on, with contempt by many of their most “highly educated contem- poraries.: And yet Whitman's “O Captain! My Captain!” and Lincoin’s Gettysburg speech will live as long as the English language lives. Nor does a classic have to be “high- brow stuff.” If it is a genuine intel- ligent and witty picture of a certain aspect of society, even a “best-seller” may become a classic; although I am bound to say that most of our mod- ern best-sellers have very little chance of achieving this immortality. The “Pickwick Papers,” the “Biglow Pa- pers,” and “Night With Uncle Remus” were all best-sellers and are all class- fics. I hope I shall shock nobody by saying that I think “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is more likely to become a classic than many contemporary nov- els or stories that are much more pre- tentious. Artificial and ‘pretentious writing never makes a classic. Sin- cerity, simplicity and spontaneity are qualities that - every true classic— whether in music, painting, prose or poetry—possesses; all others pretend- fhg to the titles are counterfeits. I.et nobody hoodwink you into supposing that the classics are pompous; stilted. and’ boresome. If they were, nobody would read. th®imi—not even your teachers ‘and prafessors.—Lawrence F. Abbot, in the Qutlook. ’ Plant Societies I'he science of botany has been greatly advanced by the development of what may be called the sociology of plants—that is, the study of their relations te one another as well as their adjustments to surroundings. Botanists recognize that plants are not scattered haphazard over the globe, but are organized into definite communities, A pond has its plant society, all the members of which fall into their proper places. A swamp forest’ consists of trees possessing a certain social relationship and differ- ing from those that form a forest on dry land. There is progression from one social organization of plants to another. A lily pond may give place to a swamp moor, this to a society of swamp shrubs, and ‘this again to a Swamp forest of tamarack, pine and hemlock. So societies of plants on dry land succeed one another as the | conditions change. TRUST COMPANIES RANK NEWSPAPER = ADVERTISING HIGHEST The outstanding trust ingtitutions of the United States are those that were pioneers in using advertising as a means of selling their services, a speaker told a cemference “of trust companies held in New York recently. He presented the results of a question- maise sent out by the Trust Company Division, American Bankers Associa- tion, making an inquiry into the ad- vertising practices of institutions do- ing a trust business. Three out of every four trust companies and banks engaged in extending trust services were found to be advertising. The opinion was expressed by the speaker that their growth would closely follow the amounts spent each year for ad- vertising. The local newspaper is the most, highly regarded advertising medium, it was disclosed. In all, 929 companies answering the questionnaire used the local papers and 338 did not. The in- stitutions buying space in local papers are evenly divided among all sections of the country. Comparing six media flor selling personal trust services and comsidering their effectiveness from the standpoint of producing results, the speaker declared that the local mewspapers should head the list. Fold- ers and booklets can reach a limited audience, he observed, but the news- paper is the best medium for acquir- ing prestige and mass circulation. It should never be omitted, he urged. ————— pe ——————— ~The Watchman publishes news when it is news. Read it. Jdearned professor. out your money on the beautiful. Something Lacking in Men of Great Minds Many great philosophers have shown an extraordinary Inability to carry out their teachings In daily life. Their precepts are sound enough; their wis- dom is undoubted. Yet iuey are fool- ish fellows, after all. The reason is not so obscure as it seems at first sight. A man may have a fine brain, so that, in the quiet of his study, he can put in words great wisdom. But along with that fine brain may go a weak. character which balks him whenever he attempts to cope with stark reality. John Stuart Mill was a great phil- osopher. But in his daily life he com- mitted every conceivable blunder, Thomas Carlyle concentrated his pro- found mind on the causes of misery in the world, and made his own home utterly unhappy by an uncontrolled and Irritable temperament. He could give the world a lot; but for his long- suffering wife, whom he loved in his own way, he had little but harsh words, scoldings, and churlishness. Anatole France, greatest of modern French writers and commentators on life, said, shortly before he died: “I have never known a monent’s hap- piness.” Why had fie not known hap- piness? Surely because, for all his wisdom, he had not, after all, mas tered the art of life. The great German philosopher, Schopenhauer, whose treatises on metaphysics are classic, was a fool in the affairs of life. While writing his monumental treatises on philosophy he yet contrived to be so peppery. suspicious, and quarrelsome that his own mother, with whom he lived, re- quested him to go away from her. It is said that he had not a single friend Many a simple, ignorant:! man ‘pos- sesses more real wisdom than a The: true test is action; those men are wise, who live wisely. Successful Book Thief Fortunately for our literary treas- ures, dishonesty among librarians is extremely rare, but the arrest of the curator of a Paris library for trying to sell a valuable Thirteenth-century MS. in his charge to a London book- seller recalls the depredations of the most successful book thief on record— Count Guglielmo Libri, for many years Inspector general of public libraries in France. In the course of his visits of inspection Libri contrived to re- move from the various collections a remarkable number of valuable books and manuscripts, and before discov- ery managed to accumulate some $200,000 by the sale of his plunder. In 1848 a warrant was issued for his arrest, but he had friends at cour! and was enabled to escape to England. where he lived very comfortably for many years on the proceeds of his stolen treasures. Providing Beauty it is delightful to have. something: done without regard «0 the returns to the doer, to:‘have’' something spon- taneous, ample, "gloriously useless; thousands spént for the mere pleas- ure of spending it on others; to have the savings of years bottled in a flask, and then pour it forth on feet and head and then break the flask. To some It seems like a crim- inal waste to put all the skill and labor of a lifetime on a few feet of canvas, while the painter can scarce- ly get bread, and then give that can- vas to the world. But it will impart pleasure to thousands. Pour En- courage the workers in the beauti- ful. You who are rich ought to provide the beautiful for your- selves and for the poor.—Charles F. Deems, - in “Religion in Beauty.” One of the’ Collection fdsel Ford, who is a great collector Jf automobile anecdotes, said the oth- er day: “A man once went to the Blank aeadquarters to try a Blank car. A stock car was brought round and a demonstrator drove the man 20 miles out into the country. Then the car stopped. The demonstrator got down to see what the trouble was. -* ‘My goodness me!” he said. * ‘What. is it? was the demana. ‘What ails her? ‘ -“ “They forgot to put a drop of gas: sline in the tank,’ said the demon- strator. ‘The car has done. these 20 miles on its reputation alone." Recording Land Sales The Torrens system has been de scribed as follows: It is a system of registration of titles to land (as dis- tinct from registration of deeds). It was introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) act (laws of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Rob- ert Richard Torrens (1814-84). The essential feature of the Torrens Sys- tem is the guaranty by the govern- ment of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and In its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some states of the United States. New Business Idea A retail drug store at Seattle, Wash., bought up the street car ca- pacity of the city for the hour be- tween 9 a. m, and 10 a. m. During this period any one might ride to town free. The result was that twice as many people ‘as usual entered the re- tall district that forenoon. The store playing the host regarded the deal as 800d business. Soon there were anough applications for the same in- nevation to sell the car service each day for a month, FARM NOTES. —Spring calves should not be turn- ed on pasture until they are 4 to 6 months of age. Less digestive trou- ble 2nd more satisfactory growth will result, —Do not take grain away from the ewes too early in the spring. Remem- ber that .ne young grass carries a high water content and very little nourishment. —Be sure to enter that litter in the Keystone Ton Litter Club before May 31, the final date for nominations. You will find that it pays to grow a ton of pork per litter in 180 days. —Are you listening in on the farm and garden programs of the WPSC broadcasting station at State College each Monday evening at 8 o’clock? Tune in on the latest information. —Many of the old-fashioned peren- nial flowers may be sown now in boxes so that they will be sufficiently large to set out in early September. Most of these will bloom next year. —Annual tower. seeds should be sowed directly in the outdoor beds after the middle of May. This should not be put off too long if flowers are to be in bloom before frost comes next | fall. | | —The ideal garden provides plenty | of vegetables which not only keep the | family well supplied during the grow- ing season but also provide food to be canned, dried, or stored for the winter months. —A cow tester’s training course will be given at the Pennsylvania State College, May 16 to 21. Sever- al associations will need testers at that time and positions will be avail- able quickly. —The iris, or flag, as its old-fash- ioned name is known, makes a fine cut flower, say landscape architects of the Pennsylvania State College. In cutting leave plenty of foliage for the promotion of growth. —Keep the strength of the honey bee colony up to standard by prevent- ing starvation this spring. Look at the hives and if they do not contain the equivalent of three frames of honey, begin feeding sugar syrup to the bees. —Rape makes a good pasture for fattening lambs. One acre will carry from 20 to 25 lambs for 4 to 5 weeks. Turn the lambs in when the rape is six inches high and provide other pas- ture while the lambs are learning to like the rape. —Sweet clover sown in wheat or cats this spring will provide consid- erable pasture in the fall, and next summer it will carry 2 to 4 cows per acre. Dairy farmers are urged to try this cheap method of summer feeding. The soil must be sweet. —Cows on pasture need grain. Do not plan to take grain from them as soon as they are turned out. Pasture is a succulent, watery feed and does rot contain sufficient nutrients to keep a cow in flesh and milking heav-{ ily at the same time. —Now is the season to look over the dairy stable and see what im- provements or changes can be made that will lessen labor or increase the comfort of the cows. Lesss labor de- creases costs and greater cow com- fort increases yields and profits. —If you have a good litter of pigs on the farm this year, be sure to call up the county agent so you can nom- inate the porker familv for the 1927 Keystone Ton Litter Club. Produc- ing a ton of pork with one family of nigs in 180 days is a paying proposi- tion. —Do not sow seeds too thickly and then neglect to thin the plants. It is very easy to sow too much fine seed, such as carrot, lettuce. and radish. If the seed is sown thickly to insure a perfect stand of plants. be sure to do the thinning while the plants are young, —On account of the late develop- ment of apple red bugs and the ap- parent need of putting on the calyx application for codling moth rather early, it is probable that nicotine may be omitted from the codling moth ap- plication, say extension entomologists | of the Pennsylvania State College. —Choose your next herd sire very carefully. No improvement in the herd is possible without bringing in some better blood. If a better herd is wanted in the future something must be done about it now. If you do not understand pedigrees get someone to help make the selection. —In pruning the young apple, there are three objectives which constantly must be kept in mind since they form the goal toward which all pruning op- erations are to be directed. These three objectives ar strength, size, and fruitfulness, say specialists at the Pennsylvania State College. —Prevention of worms in poultry is better than attempting to control them after they have become in- trenched. The best method is to fol- low a strict sanitation program. Raise the chicks in clean houses, with clean litter, use clean feed and water, and let them range only on clean ground. —It is better to be safe than sor- ry, say plant pathologists of the Pennsylvania State College, in rec- ommending that lime sulphur which tests 1.008 be used. Some fruit grow- ers believe that a weaker solution is satisfactory but the specialists say that this is true only in years when there is a poor germination of the ap- ple scab ascospores. —April 24 to 30 is American For- est Week. Remember that wood and T= other income may fall very low or cease altogether, the timber crop con- tinues to gain. This feature is im- portant in maintaining the value of the farm in the face of the town in- dustrizs which tend to lead the farm- er away from agriculture and cause him to neglect his farm business. Forced to Call Halt . Rev. George Potter, vicar of St. Chrysostom’s, Peckham, England, who has always permitted. all . his: 8,000 parishioners to use his telephone, has announced that he will censor all calls in the, future. He declared youths’ ‘lengthy calls to girl friends and “de- layed at the office” calls, cannot bs permitted from his home. “One man came In recently,” he sald, “and asked if he might use the phone. He called his bookmaker and asked him to ‘cut $1.25 each way on that horse.’” Overdoing? Hurry, Worry and Overwork Bring Heavy Strain. Vi On life throws a heavy burden on our bodily ma- chinery. The eliminative organs, es- pecially the kidneys, are apt to be- come sluggish. Retention of excess uric acid and other poisonous waste often gives rise to a dull, languid feeling and, sometimes, toxic back- aches and headaches. That the kid- neys are not functioning perfectly is often shown by burning or scanty passage of secretions. More and more people are learning to assist their kidneys by the occasional use of Doan’s Pills—a stimulant diu- retic. Ask your neighbor! DOAN’S Fis 60c Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem., Buffalo, N. Y. —- CHICHESTER S PILLS for DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for years known as Best, Safast, Always Reliable SOLD BY DRUGGISTS lS I= - [ - Se fi Sane SSE Ford Ton Truck - 1926 Chev. Sedan - SS (with Starters) 1925 Ford Roadster a ow | San Sn! Jw 1923 Overland Touring 1924 Dodge Truck 1923 Chev. Coupe . 1922 Ford Sedan - 1923 Chev. Touring = THREES 34 i I= 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 BELLEFONTE, PA. 34-34 Insurance AUTOMOBILE WINDSTORM BURGLARY PLATE GLASS LIABILITY OF ALL KINDS SURETY BONDS EXECUTED Hugh M. Quigley eT To TE TT eR SY SLES Ee Used Car Bargains Decker Chevrolet Co, | Small Down Pavinents and Easy Terms.. Any Model Ford Tourings as low as 1924 Sports Model Chev. Touring 1925 Ford Coupe, balloon tires - AE El EEE EAE. rn Successor to H. E. FENLON Temple Court, Bellefonte, Penna. 71-33-t¢ Ce Ue — = Us oy SH SRSA oe be SH | hoa | =f i EEE SS Ma Le $ 20.00 500.00 40.00 La SIS - . 150.00 160.00 250.00 95.00 150.00 timber gain in volume even though a farm may be abandoned. While | ————— Much f, Rooms $2 55 with Bath $3.00 d | Sen Posta For Rates W. JOHNSON QUINN, Aesidant " THRE to FORTY T s bed led Ue! Hel I SNM MSN SN 2 NSS traveling orca. by women [[ a, A oR WaT Gast, —_ Out escort, |) \ \ PL a Eo ON = a Je = CHS “ [Frese 111 = ! ei) N i (RY Went GE 1) bd ge ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW KLINE _WOODRING. — Attorn S Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Pe a all courts. Office, room 18 Crider's Exchange. . bl-1y KENNEDY JOHNSTON — Attorney-at Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt at- trdstel tentioh given all legal business om rus ‘care. ces—No. Want High street. > 57-44 M. EKEICHLINE. — Attorne -at-Law J and Justice of the Peace. al ed fessional business will recet prompt attention. Offices on second ow of Temple Court. 49-5-1y G. RUNKLE. — Attorney-at- A Consultation in English "= man. Office ri Bellefonte, Pa. IapCnders Ezchaige EE ——————————————— PHYSICIANS D R. R. L. CAPERS, OSTEOPATH. Bellefonte State College: Crider's Ex. 68-11 Holmes Bldg. 8. GLENN, M. D, Physician Surgeon, State College, ra county, Pa. Office at his resi- 35-41 CASEBEER, Optometris Regls- tered and Hcensed by the State, dence. C> Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat- lenses matched. damm englsed Bh r Bellefonte, Pa. §- High Ns VA B. ROAN, Optometrist. Li E by the State Board. State College every day except Saturday. Belle~ in the Garbrick building opposite the Court House, Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40 We Keep a full stock of Feeds on hand at all times. Wagner's 229, Dairy $47.00 Wagner's 329, Dairy $50.00 Made of cotton seed meal, gluten and bran. — oil meal, FOR THE POULTRY. Wagner's Scratch Grain per bu...... $2.80 Wagner's Poultry Mash per bu. $3.00 e—— WAYNE FEEDS We sell all of the Well Brands of stock feed Known Wayne Wayne's 329, Dairy, per ton,........ $54.00 Wayne's 829 Dairy, per ton,.........50.00- Cotton Seed Meal; 43%, per tom,..... 50.00" Oil IMeal, 849%, pertem.............. 58.00 Gluten;*289;........,..... [05 .. 48.00" Alfalfa” .................. 0. 08 45.00 Bram ,.........0 000eeeinbennns, 38.00 Middlings ...................... 40.00 Mixed Chep-......................... 40,00 50% Meal Scrap ................... 4.25 60% Digester Tankage......,...... 4.25 — We are making a wheat food Breakfast Cereal, 4Ibs for 30c. Try it. Sold at all the groceries. Use “Our Best” Flour. G. Y. Wagner & Go., Ine 66-11-1yr. BELLEFONTE, PA. | Caldwell & Son Bellefonte, Pa. Plumbing and Heating Vapor....Steam By Hot Water Pipeless Furnaces Full Line of Pipe and Fit- tings and Mill Supplies —— All Sizes of Terra Cotta Pipe and Fittings ESTIMATES : Cheerfully and Promptly Furnished . 66-15-tf. Fine Job Printing A SPECIALTY at the WATCHMAN OFFICE There 13 no style of work, from the cheapest “Dodger” to the finest BOOK WORK that we can not do in the most sat- isfactory manner, and at Prices consistent with the class of werk. Call on or communicate with this office mee ap ae Employers This Interests You The Workman's Compensation Law went into effect Jan. 1, 1916. It makes insurance compul- ° sory. We specialize in placing such insurance. We inspect Plants and recommend Accident Prevention Safe Guards which Reduce Insurance rates. It will be to your interest to consult us before placing your Insurance. 1 JOHN F. GRAY & SON. Bellefonte 43-18-1yr. State College
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