Bellefonet, Pa., December 9, 1927.
IT CAN BE DONE.
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would
e one
Who wouldrn’t say so till he'd tried.
So Ye buekled right in with a trace of a
grin Gs
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do
that;
At least no one ever has done it”?
But he took off his coat and he took off
his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
‘Without any doubting or quis
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot
be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you
one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
_ That “cannot be done,” aud you'll do it.
—Edgar A. Guest.
HALF MILLION WAR VETERANS
DECLINE WAGE INCREASE.
’
As strange as it may seem, there
are over 500,000 men and women who
served during the World War who
have not applied for the adjusted
wages authorized by Congress. In
1924, Congress recognized by official
act the great disadvantage that all
in the enlisted ranks suffered as com-
~ pared with those who held civilian
positions during the war. Those in
service received exceedingly low pay
while those who avoided enlistment
received the highest wages ever
known up to that time in the country.
Congress attempted to reimburse all
enlisted men and women in 1924 by
an adjustment for back wages. It is
for this addition to war wages that
the half million mentioned above have
failed to apply.
It is easily to be seen that any at-
tempt made to adjust wages which
were paid five or six years previously
would be extremely difficult. Con-
gress in its endeavor to provide ad-
justments had to meet all the diffi-
culties presented. It was finally de-
termined by Congressional act that
the adjustment should be made by
means of so-called adjusted service
certificates. These certificates are
similar to paid-up endowment life in-
surance policies. The entire face
value of the certificates are not pay-
able until twenty years after date,
except in case of death. In the mean-
time, they have loan values during
each of the years after two years
from date.
Unfortunately, there are a great
many who believe that the adjustment
made by Congress would have been
better for all concernedyif cash had
been paid out at once instead of cer-
tificates given. As it is, the only ones
who receive cash are those who served
a few months only. They receive cash
if their wage adjustment amounts to
$50 or less. All others receive cer-
tificates which run for twenty years.
Closer study, however, shows that
Congress has really done a greater
benefit by granting certificates than
by paying cash. If Congress had
voted cash to those who served on
this side of the water only, the maxi-
mum amount that could have been re-
ceived by any would be $500. The
maximum amount that could have
been received by those who served
overseas would be $625. That is what
the so-called adjusted credit would be
at the rate of $1 a day wage increase
for those who served on the other
side. Instead of these amounts, how-
ever, the actual face values of policies
are at the rate of over two and one-
half times what the cash payments
would be. In other words, a man who
might have received a cash payment
of $625 receives an adjusted service
certificate for perhaps $1575. The
government, by granting adjusted
service certificates to its former sol-
diers, sailors and marines, has prac-
tically invested their savings for them
at compound interest.
It is for these adjusted service cer-
tificates that the half million have not
applied. There is no difficulty attached
to making application and the appli-
cation blanks for the purpose are
available to all. It is true that there
are a few war veterans who believe
that the government does not owe
them anything and for reasons of
their own do not intend to apply.
These, however are very, very few.
The vast majority believe that the
nation, through congress, has offered
an adjustment of wages and there is
no reason why they should decline the
adjustment any more than refuse a
promotion in salary. There are others
who feel that they do not need the
financial help of adjusted service cer-
tificates for themselves and intend to
leave them, by will, to charitable in-
stitutions or veterans’ organizations.
Others have merely neglected through
- thoughtlessness to apply. Whatever
the reasons for their neglect, they
will lose their privilege if they fail
to act during the next few weeks.
The final date is now at hand. On
January 1, 1928, which is not many
weeks hence, the right to apply for
these adjusted service certificates
lapses. After that date, no applica-
tions can be received.
It should be made known to all con-
cerned that the dependents of de-
ceased World War veterans are en-
titled to adjusted compensation, as
well as living veterans. Dependents
are not entitled to the same amounts.
In fact, if entitled at all, they can re-
ceive only the adjusted service credit
which as stated before is $500 as the
maximum, according to the length of
domestic service, and $625 as a max-
imum for overseas service. The de-
pendents are eligible in the order
named: the widow or widower, the
children, the mother, and the father.
The latter two, the mother and father,
are only entitled if actually depend-
ent, and it has been ruled that if they
have or will have reached the age of
60 years prior to January 1, 1928, de-
pendency is assumed. Relatives of de-
ceased ex-service persons should make
inquiry at once to ascertain whether
the adjusted service rights of the de-
ceased have been met.
Mr. Harry J. Crosson, manager of
the United States veterans’ bureau
office at Philadelphia which controls
the care of veterans’ affairs in East-
ern Pennsylvania and Delaware, said:
“I can hardly understand how men
and women could neglect making ap-
plication for their adjusted service
certificates so long. It is a matter
which rests exclusively with each in-
dividual. If they will not apply, that
is their lookout. There can be no
criticism of the government for non-
payment of adjusted service certifi-
cates if individuals will not do their
part by making application. When
you realize the average adjusted ser-
vice certificate is for face value of
$1,000 and that a great many of them
are for sums above $1500, you can
understand the amazement of the
veterans’ bureau officials at the fact
that men won’t make application. To-
day, thousands upon thousands of
people are paying out premiums ev-
ery year to life insurance companies
so as to protect themselves, their
mothers, wives and children by life
insurance policies for $1,000 or more,
and here is the United States govern-
ment giving to World War veterans
adjusted service certificates that in
many features are identical to life
insurance policies. The veterans and
their dependents, while they hold
these adjusted service certificates, are
protected to the full face value. If
they live they receive the face value
in cash at the end of twenty years
from date. In the meantime, they
have loan values which are of ines-
timable help in times of extremity
and it may be interesting to know
that while none of the certificates has
been dated prior to January 1, 1925,
the loans made by veterans during
this year have averaged over $100
each. The dependents and friends of
World War veterans should insist that
they make their applications at once
for no veteran can claim adjusted
service credit after the close of this
year. Any delay from now on is dan-
gerous. January 1, 1928, is the date on
which the right to apply for adjusted
service certificates lapses.”
Application blanks may be obtained
at the United States veterans’ bureau
offices in Philadelphia, Harrisburg or
Scranton. The adjutants of veteran
organization posts, such as the Amer-
ican Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Disabled American Vet-
erans of the World War have appli-
cation blanks, and also the United
States postoffices. Veterans will do
well to obtain their application blanks
early before the supply has been giv-
en out. ; :
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Do Your Christmas Mailing Early.
During the holiday time the volume
of mail increases approximately 200
per cent. It is a physical impossibil-
ity to handle this great mass of mail
matter efficiently and promptly with-
in a fewidays. Therefore to insure
delivery ;
and letters by Christmas day the pub-
lic are urged to shop and mail early.
Do your Christmas shopping so: that
you can mail your gifts, greetings,
and letters to relatives, :friends, and
loved ones at least a week or ten
days before Christmas, according to
the distance. This will not only make
it certain that they are received on
or before Christmas day but will be
a great aid to your postal service
and to postal employes.
All parcels must be securely
wrapped or packed, use strong paper
and twine, all articles easily broken
or damaged must be plainly marked
“fragile” and articles likely to spoil
marked “perishable.”
Addresses should be complete, with
house number and name of street,
postoffice box or rural-route number,
and typed or written in ink. A return
card ‘should be placed in the upper
left hand corner of every piece of
mail. If a tag is used the address
and return card should also be writ-
ten on the wrapper for use if tag is
lost, a copy of the address should be
enclosed inside the parcel. ;
Postage must be fully prepaid on
all mail. Full information concerning
postage rates can be obtained at the
parcel-post or stamp window.
Christmas cards and gifts addressed
to points within one day’s travel
should be mailed in no event later
than December 20, within two days’
travel not later than December 18,
within three days’ travel not later
than December 16, for more distant
points not later than December 14.
Parcels and cards for local delivery
should be mailed not later than De-
cember 22. Parcels and envelopes may
be endorsed “please do not open until
Christmas.” :
The use of a special delivery stamp
with insure delivery on Christmas day
if mailed at the proper time. De-
livery is for speed and not for safe-
ty. Valuable mail should be registered
or insured.
For further information on any of
the above subjects or concerning any
other postal matter, inquire at the
proper window, stamp, parcel post,
money order, register, or see the post-
master or one of his assistants.
Your postoffice will make every ef-
fort to handle the Christmas mails
without congestion or delay, but ow-
ing to the enormous amount this can
be done only with the cooperation of
the public.
Human Voice Restored by Artificial
Larnyx.
That research in laboratories con-
ducted by public utilities goes hand
in hand with surgical and medical ad-
vancement, and is not confined strict-
ly to methods and appliances making
for industrial progress, is illustrated
in the latest achievement of the lab-
oratory of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company.
An artificial larnyx has been de-
veloped after three years of experi-
mentation, reports the Pennsylvania
public service information committee.
The device, it is said, resembles the
well-known “underslung” pipe of Vice-
President Dawes, and can be carried
in the pocket when not in use.
Christmas presents, cards
ACADEMY FOOTBALL SEASON
FAR FROM A FAILURE
Now that the football season has
closed, let me present some facts and
scores that will tend to alleviate, in
some measure, the disappointment ex-
perienced this fall by the loyal fans,
because the Bellefonte Academy elev-
en was unable to win all of its games
but one, as has been the case during
the past three years. Our fans, the
Academy management and players
and students have been so accustomed
to national “prep” school champion-
ships being won by the boys on the
hill, that the recent season seems as
a disastrous one. You must take into
consideration the outstanding fact
the schedule for a small school is a
very hard one at best.
The Academy is called upon to play
“A” freshmen teams every successive
Saturday. No easy games are ar-
ranged in the schedule to give the
players a chance to rest up for the
harder games. College managements
can arrange their schedule that way.
Teams easy to defeat will not sched-
ule Bellefonte Academy. Another fact
to consider is this, that because the
Academy has enjoyed the honor and
glory of being national “prep” champ-
-ions, the slogan on every opponent’s
field has been “Beat Bellefonte, if
you don’t win another game,” and to
that end the country has been scout-
ed far and near by college freshmen
coaches for players of a calibre equal
to the task of defeating Bellefonte
Academy. This obviously makes the
Academy schedule a difficult one.
With this preface, let me give some
scores that will interest you. Belle-
fonte Academy defeated N. Y. TU.
freshmen 7-0. The N. Y. U. freshmen
defeated every other team they
played. They defeated Dean Acade-
my of Massachusetts, the New Eng-
land champions, 6-0. Look at Dean’s
scores:
Dean.
12—Lynn, Mass., Electric School
18—Newport Training School
6—University of Penna. Frosh ......... 2
“—Holy Cross Frosh .................. 0
6—Brown University Frosh ............ 0
T7—Dartmouth Frosh ................... 0
20—Tufts College Frosh ................ 0
52—New York Military Academy ...... 0
30—Cushing, N. Y., Academy ........... 0
0—New York University Freshmen .... 6
New York University freshmen
went to West Point and defeated the
Army freshmen 24-0. The Army
freshmen defeated “Kiski” 12-6.
New York University freshmen de-
feated Manlius Military Academy, one
of the strongest teams in the east,
12-6. The Manlius team defeated the
freshmen of the University of Buffa-
lo, N. Y., 92-0.
The Navy Plebes, the strongest
plebes team in the history of the
Naval Academy, defeated Bellefonte
Academy 13-6. The Navy Plebes de-
feated the Culver Military Academy
team, of Culver, Indiana, the best
“prep” team of the middle west, 34-0.
The Pitt freshmen defeated Bellefonte
Academy, at Grensburg, 12-7. The
Pitt team defeated the “Kiski” school,
at Saltsburg, on Kiski’s field-12-0, &
Pittsburgh papers said that Pitt
freshmen made an extra score which
was called back. The Bellefonte
Academy team defeated the strong
Bucknell freshmen, 25-12. The Buck-
nell boys won every other game but
the Navy Plebes game, by large
scores, as follows:
Bucknell Frosh—
24—Dickinson Frosh
28—Mansfield Normal
31—RBeeckley College .......covvensniinens 0
26—Wyoming Seminary ................ 0
38—Dickinson Seminary ................. 0
7—St. Thomas College ......,....,.... 0
The Academy team defeated the
Villa Nova freshmen 13-0. The Villa
Nova freshmen won every other game,
as follows:
Villa Nova—
8—Lafayette: Frosh '.............0. A. 0
26—Seton Hall Frosh .................. 0
26—Phi#ladelphia Marines ................ 0
Wyoming Seminary and Bellefonte
have played five games in all. Belle-
fonte won the first three, tied the
fourth, and this fall lost, for the first
time, on an “off day,” by the score of
0-13. But Bucknell freshmen, whom
Bellefonte beat 25-12, defeated Wy-
oming 26-0, on Wyoming's field. Wy-
oming lost three games during the
season and “Kiski” lost three games.
The teams that Bellefonte Academy
defeated won from ali champion
teams in other sections of the coun-
try. Bellefonte Academy defeated the
Cathedral Erie “Prep,” at Erie, in
the closing game 13-8. The ground
was covered with a foot of snow.
Cathedral “Prep” tied St. Vincent Col-
lege Varsity 0-0.
e Erie Dispatch, commenting on
this game, said “the Bellefonte lads
played real football every minute of
the game. Despite the fact that the
entire gridiron was covered with at
least a foot of snow, the game brought
out some of the fest football of the
season.”
Insurance not Paid if Driver is Drunk.
A decision handed down by the
United States court of appeals holds
that driving an automobile while in-
toxicated, or in an illegal manner,
forfeits the beneficiary's recovery in
the event of injury or death. is
is the first decision by a high ‘court
in @ «contest over the “law violation”
clauses in the policies, and establishes
the right of insurance companies ‘to
refuse to pay. ;
In the case in which the court gave
its decision a ‘widow ‘sued two insur-
ance companies to recover on policies,
for the death of her husband in an
automobile accidetit ‘while driving the
car. The companies refused to pay,
arguing that, under clauses in their
policies, payment was hot mandatory
in cases where the car was not being
driven in ‘a legal manner.
Most New York State insurance
policies contain a clause making the
insurance company liable only when
the car is being driven in ‘a legal man-
ner, and now the right of the insur-
ance company to refuse to pay is es-
tablished.
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If you lose your temper, hold your
tongue.
CHRISTMAS MONEY FOR YOU.
Among the old letters of many fam- |
ilies are:hundreds of very rare stamps :
and envelopes. Many have been found .
and sold for fortunes. Single en-!
velopes have been sold for as high
as $6,000, and many have brought up- :
wards of $100 each. It sounds “fishy,”
but it’s true. They are valuable be-
cause they are rare. And they are |
rare, not because there are only, a
few, but simply because most of them
‘have remained stored away and for-
gotten, in old trunks, family chests
and closets. esi
. Make a thorough search through
your attic or store room for such old
letters—anything mailed from 1845
to 1865. Fortunes in rare stamps
have been found in old trunks which
no one evér dreamed contained any-
thing of value. Keep the letters if |
you wish, but send the envelopes to |
Mr. Harold C. Brooks, box 347, Mar-
shall, Michigan, and he will imme-
diately write you, stating their value.
In sending them to him you are not
obliged to sell unless his offer meets '
with your approval. Anything not
purchased, he will return in good or- :
der. MY. Brooks, who is mayor of
his city, is a private collector and has
paid thousands of dollars for old en-
velopes bearing stamps. Although the
rare issues are especially desired he
also buys many of the commoner |
kinds. Many people in this way are
getting Christmas money with very
little trouble and no expense. iid
The First National bank of Mar-
shall, Mich., writes: “Mr. Brooks has
been in business here for twenty ,
years. You will make no mistake !
when you recommend him to your,
readers as worthy of the fullest con-
fidence; both financially and person- |
ally. i
Mr. Brooks states that there are so |
many different stamps which are sim-
ilar in appearance he cannot: quote
values from written descriptions, but
must see the envelopes. Furthermore,
he is not interested in buying loose
: stamps or stamp collections, but only
: the old envelopes bearing postage; so
do not cut the stamps from the en- |
velopes. It is not necessary to write
dates on envelopes as Mr. Brooks is
fully acquainted with all issues even
though the postmark shows no year
date. Those especially wanted are
United States issues, but he also buys
Confederate, Canadian, Hawaiian, and
certain foreign stamps provided they
are on the original envelopes and
mailed not later than 1865.
If envelopes are sent in a bunch
they should be carefully packed in a
cardboard box to protect them from
damage while in the mails. If you
have reason to believe your envelopes
are of special value send them by
registered or insured mail. If you
have no old letters written during or
before the Civil war, show this notice ,
to your friends—especially those :
whose families have lived in the same
home for several generations. Many
old families, old banks and law firms
still have stored away hundreds of
letters waiting to be burned or sold
for large sums. Before destroying
such.envelopes or folded letters in-
vestigate their value. Mr. Brooks’ ad-
dress is as follows: Harold C. Brooks,
box 347, Marshall, Mich.
Smoke Evil Costs Every American
$16 Damages Every Year.
Experts declare that throughout
, the United States, smoke costs each
"inhabitant $16 each year.
. Pennsylvania Public Service Informa-
The aver-
age cost per capita to city residents
is much higher, inasmuch as the evil
is largely municipal, comments the
tion committee. |
Soot deposit, during the World
War, was estimated at 371 tons per
square mile. Damage reckoned at’
$10,000,000 was inflicted upon retail ,
stocks of dry goods alone during the |
last anthracite coal strike.
Vitalizing sun rays are cut off by
smoke, according to eminent doctors,
who also declare that it promotes
rickets in children, pneumonia in
adults and plays a large part in
spreading tuberculosis.
“The average urbanite consumes six
pounds of food and drink a day, and
thirty-two pounds of air,” a New
York newspaper points out editorial-
ly. “We go to great pains to keep
his food and drink pure,” it adds, “but
almost anybody can pollute his air.”
Penn States 1928 Football Schedule.
Having made a splendid record dur-
ing the season the Penn State foot-
ball team went .down to defeat before
Pitt’s onslaught, on Thanksgiving
day, by the score of 30 to 0. It was
the last game for three stars of the
team, Captain Johnny Roepke, Lun-
gren and Mahoney. Coincident with
the end of the season the schedule for
1928 was announced, as follows:
‘Sept. 29.—Lebanon Valley at State.
Oct. 6.—Gettysburg at State.
Oct. 13.—Bucknell at State.
Oct. 20.—U. of P. at Philadelphia.
‘Oct. 27.—~ (Alumni home-coming) Syra-
cuse at State.
Nov. 3.—Notre Dame at Philadelphia.
Nov. 10.—George Washington at State.
Nov. 17.—Lafayette at Easton.
Nov. '29.—Pitt at Pittsburgh.
Trial List for December Court.
Only five civil cases are listed for
trial at the December term of court.
The one case the first week will be
that of William McGowan vs. E. J.
Watson. Appeal. :
The second week’s list will be as
follows:
James Starrett vs. Harry Spector
and David Schwab, trading as Will-
iamsport Auto Parts Co. Trespass.
Domer 8S. Ishler vs. James Schreck,
executor of the last will and testa-
‘ment of W. E. Tate. Assumpsit.
_W. L. Chilcote vs. John Laback,
Hallie Laback, Mrs. H. A. Laback,
Annie Laback and George Laback.
Assumpsit.
Daniel Paul vs. G. P. McCord. As-
sumpsit.
—Subscribe for the “Widtchman.” !
! sundry within his
New Automobile Dont’s for 1928.
Coasting your automobile downhill
with the gears in ral will consti-
tute a violation of the law after the
first of the year, along with a medley
of other prohibitions given out in con-
densed form this week, by the legal
department of the Keystone Automo-
bile club.
Less than a month remains in which
motorists can approch a long down
grade, shut down the motor, legally
throw the gears in neutral and “let
’er coast.” After January 1 the thrill
of zipping down-hill with the motor
silent and the wind whistling will
prove an expensive pleasure if the
State police or highway patrolmen
are nearby.
Failing to yield the right of way to
pedestrians crossing at pedestrian
cross-walks, except at traffic control
points, also will constitute a violation
of a new State law.
And still other bits of advice. Don’
lend your registration plates to-an-
other motorist; don’t fail to equip
your machine with a windshield clean-
er and a rear view mirror.
Remove any plates, cards or letter-
ing of an obscene or vulgar nature
that at present may adorn your speed-
ster. The status quo of diving girl
posters is not established in the new
statutes.
If you must stick posters on the
windshields or windows of your se-
dan, they must be transparent, under
the laws effective January 1. If you
have an accident and the damage to-
tals $49.55, think nothing of it. If
the bill comes to $51.42, failure to
report the incident constitutes a vio-
lation of the aw. Fifty dollars is
the figure set. i
Hunters or others who practice
marksmanship on State highway signs
make themselves liable to arrest.
Parking restrictions set down in
the Keystone club’s summation of the
new laws show that parking or stop-
ping in front of any private drive-
way is illegal, as is parking within
twenty-five feet of any street or high-
way intersection.
Thirty-five miles an hour is the
speed limit on the open highway.
Aim to Save Wear of All Roads.
It appears that a few more than
300 years ago King James I of Eng-
land issued a proclamation to all and
realm for the
avowed purpose of saving the wear
and tear upon the roads there, says
the Christian Science Monitor. It
might have started, as the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California puts
it, with the announcement, “Hear ye!
Hear ye! Heavy Traffic Prohibited!”
Anyhow, his pronouncement ruled
that only vehicles drawn by not more
than five horses were to be allowed
on certain roads in England, and it
: specified further that no loads were
to exceed one ton in weight. The
“Heavy Traffic Prohibited” signs
which have been posted on many high-
ways by the above-named club call at-
tention to State law or local ordinances
which generally place maximum loads
allowed at 22,000 pounds on improved
highways, and 30,000 pounds on city
streets and county roads. One won-
ders what will constitute heavy traf-
fic 300 years hence.
Lobster Feels no Pain in Hot Water.
A lobster is not hurt by throwing
it into boiling water any more than
a telephone instrument is pained by
being banged upon the floor, it is de-
clared in an article by Dr. Harold
Jackson of the Zoological department
of London university.
“Pain is an entirely relative term,”
he says, “and except for ourselves,
our near relatives, and possibly the
most artificial domestic animals, it
does not exist in the meaning we give
| the word. Pain in most lower animals
"acts as a sort of burglar alarm, which
has no feeling of itself, but gives
notice that something definite is
wrong and can probably be set right
by certain standardized actions.
“If animals really had the sensitive
feelings that are sometimes attributed
to them, what a horrible agony life
in natural conditions would be for
them. What nonsense it is to talk
about the ‘agony’ of a lobster being
plunged alive into boiling water!”
New Trolley Shown.
A new type of street car, said to re-
semble a Pullman more than the con-
ventional trolley, was shown last week
at the convention of the American
Electric Railway association in Cleve-
land, 0. The new car is built largely
of aluminum and is said to be 35 per
cent. lighter in weight than the old
type of street car and uses 20 per
cent. less power. Easy riding and
quietness are said to be marked feat-
ures of the new car.
The new car was designed by J. R.
Blackhall, vice-president of the Chi-
cago & Joliet Electric Railway Co.
It will be used for experimental pur-
oses on the streets of Joliet, Ill. The
let and others at the convention
predicted that the new car will revo-
lutionize the present street car de-
sign and construction.
Mild Winter Predicted.
Park Murtiff, Mifflin county’s noted
weather prophet, predicts that the
coming winter will be a mild ome.
For forty years he has been studying
the wooly worm and bases his pre-
dictions of winter on the coloring of
this tiny creature. He says when
the markings are dark and nearly
black a cold winter may be expected;
if brown, a mild one. The worm this
year is almost entirely brown, show-
ing black below the head, which
means, says Mr. Murtiff, we will have
a cold spell around the first of Jan-
uary but the winter as a whole will
be unusually mild, such a winter he
says as occurred in 1889. In his forty
years he has been observing the wool-
ly worm Mr. Murtiff says he has nev-
er known it to make a false predic-
tion.
——The “Watchman” is the most
readable paper published. Try it.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
What a young man earns in the daytime:
goes into his pocket, but what he spends.
in the evening goes into his character.—-
Dr. T. Cuyler.
Christmas is coming, and every-
body wishes everybody happiness.
And then they go out and buy—the
older man that is longing for a sub-
scription to his home town paper; a:
pair of slippers two sizes too small
for his feet. ;
And the older woman who would
like a little extra money to take her-
self and dad to a hotel or a tearoom.
for dinner (oh, just for the change of
it)—a net full of aprons to get her
own dinners in.
And the man who has just lost
his position—a bill fold or a wallet.
Or a woman, whose house is so
full that she needs to have a sale—
another chair or a table.
And the young fellow that wants a:
cigarette lighter—a stick pin that he:
never will wear if the giver is not
around.
And the young girl that wants a
bracelet—a novel that she has just
finished reading.
And a little boy that wants skates
—overshoes that he will never put on-
if he can dodge his mother.
And a little girl that wants a paint-
ing set—an apron with an old cat on
it. (She’s afraid of cats).
And the baby, that is not pining
for anything and is satisfied with
nothing (his mother will do the com--
plaining for him).
And after Christmas they have all
learned how easy it is to lie. (They
had to do it to make the givers feel
comfortable and to get a gift next
Christmas).
But after all it wasn’t just the gift,
but it was knowing that somebody
thought about them, and somebody
loved them.
And that made CHRISTMAS.
At last there has been discovered’
the one perfect brassier in existence.
It is a cunning thing made of vanity
silk or lace, this last for evening
wear. It is the most comfortable thing
imaginable and is a duplicate of the
ones worn by the women in France.
Instead of hooking yourself into it:
you slip into the straps and button
it crosswise in front. It is perfect.
The rumored agitation against the:
bob in Paris does not seem to have
affected fashions in furs. Short-haired’
furs will be used more frequently this
Sinter than the longer haired varie-
ies.
Felt and duvetyne flowers are feat-
ured on many hats, and small velvet
flowers, such as forget-me-nots, are
used in great quantity.
Draped toques are being made for-
fall by many modistes. One little
toque of satin has a large bow draped’
across the back. Another is made of’
velvet, and still another is made of
rayon jersey.
Inserts of georgette, lace, embroid-
ered patches or appliques are used a
great deal on all types of hats.
After a great deal of discussion and’
just as much ‘hand action, the hun-
dreds of tonsorial artists who have
been holding their third salon de la
coiffure in Paris, have come to the
conclusion that the « death-knell of"
bobbed hair has rung.
All agree that it will be several
vears before really long locks come
back, but the movement is already
well-started and shoulder-length hair
marks this period of transition.
“You can’t stop the fashion cycle.”
said one of the prominent coiffeurs at-
tending the congress. “It moves
around just like the sun and carries
the women with it. Why, if they sud-
denly demanded steel corsets tomor-
row, there would be a big boom in:
the steel trade.”
But evidently it is not only the
women who want to change; the bar-
bers say they do too, for hair wav-
ing and hair dressing belong to the
arts and the artists must have a good”
subject to work upon. In the days
of long hair, they say, it was a pleas-
ure to wave and dress the hair; it
is not so now.
Many of the barbers at the salon
showed that they are now busy on
the problem of dressing the hair
gracefully while it is growing out,
but still too short to be knotted into
a real chignon.
Antoine is featuring an original’
“coxcomb curl,” running from the
brow to the nape of the neck, and’
held at right angles to the head by
a decorative comb. At the sides, the
hair lies rather flat, sweeping across
the tops of the ears, and is disposed
in a few flat “snail-shell” curls against
the temples.
Another striking coiffure has the
hair on the right side waved over the
forehead, while on the left, there are
two rows of flat Greek curls from
the forehead to the neck. .
The new feminine trend in clothes:
is being complemented by a corre-
sponding fluffiness in hairdressing.
The curl is decidedly to the fore
again. Slicked back hair and Eton
crops are out. Practically all the
coiffeurs lav stress on the length of
the head diagonally from chin to
crown,
Pineapple salad.—Arrange slices of
pineapple on curly leaves of head let-
tuce. Take cream cheese, adding a
little cream to soften. put through a
ricer, top each slice of pineapple with
a spoonful of the cheese and place a
maraschino cherry on top of each.
Save all canned fruit juices for cold
drinks or pudding sauces and all syr-
ups from spiced fruit for the mince
meat when making mince pies.
Language and Religion.
There are no less than 3,000 lan-
guages in the world, and its inhabi-
tants profess more than 1,000 reli-
gions. The number of men is about
equal to the number of women. The
average length of life is 33 years,
of 1,000 persons only one reaches
the age of 100 years of life and of
every 100 six reach the age of 65,
and not more than one in 600 lives 80’
years.—Scientific: American: