Bellefonte, Pa., February 24, 1928 ‘UNIQUE MUSIC IDEA PROMOTED ‘National High School Orchestra to Be Assembled at Michigan Camp. Centre County High School Musicians Eligible. Northern Michigan, which is the home of many charms, is to be the summertime home of the Nation- al High School orchestra. Next sum- mer, it is anonunced by Joseph E. Maddy, of Ann Arbor, organizer and presiding genius of this unique _or- ganization, 300 of the foremost juv- enile musicians of America will gath- er for a profitable outing in the up- per reaches of the Lower Peninsula. The site has been selected, the officials have been named, all is in readiness for a project singular in the public school music of the United States. The National High School orchestra was first brought together in Detroit in April, 1926, as the outstanding fea- ture of the convention of the Music Supervisors’ National conference heid in Detroit, when 230 picked players from 25 States assembled for four days of drill in preparation for the concert given in Orchestra hall, con- ducted by Ossip Gabrilowitch and Mr. Maddy. The orchestra was again as- sembled at Dallas, Texas, in March of last year for the convention of the National Education Associaticn, and under the direction of Mr. Maddy 11 performances were given in the six days of assembly. At Dallas the or- chestra numbered 268 players gath- ered from 39 States. The camp site consists of 350 acres of woodland one mile south of the village of Interlochen and two miles from trunk highway U. S. 31 which leads to Traverse City, 12 miles to ‘the north. On the property is a nat- ural depression which will be convert- ed into an amphitheatre capable of seating more than 20,000 and one of the features of the camp orchestra will be orchestra and band concerts, operas and pageants. The site of the camp is in the heart of the northern Michigan summer re- Rev. THOMAS F. DORNBLASER LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE GERMAN REPUBLIC. As Outlined by Native of Nittany Valley, Clinton County. Living conditions in the Republic of Germany are well described in the following letter written by Rev. Thom- as F. Dornblaser, a retired Lutheran minister, after a residence of four years or more in that country. Rev. Dornblaser is a member of the well known family of that name, of Nit- tany valley, having been born at Clin- tondale, where he grew to manhood. He later studied for the ministry and was ordained in the Lutheran church. He married a daughter of the late My. and Mrs. Alexander Shannon, of Cen- tre Hall, and in due course of time located at Dixson, Ill, where he was pastor of the church until his retire- ment about four years ago at the age of 81. Shortly after his retirement he decided to go to Germany to look up the grave of a scn killed in the World war and being impressed with living conditions there has remained there for four years. He is now 85 sort district and easily accessible by means of several trunk highways con- necting with a gravel road leading ci- | rectly to the amphitheatre, which will | bring the entertainment features to | within an hour’s drive of many thou- | sands of resorters and vacationists. | ‘The camp is also recahed by the Pere | Marquette and the Manistee & North- western railways. A nominal fee will be charged for the entertainments and the proceeds used to help defray the expenses of the camp. The camp will be divided into two sections, a girls’ camp on Green Lake and a boys’ camp on Duck Lake, a mile distant. Each camp will be fully equipped with well built cot- tages, each housing 10 players and a counsellor. Each cottage will have electric lights, running water, toilet and shower rooms. Other equipment: ‘will include rehearsal buildings, mess halls, assembly halls, boats, tennis courts, golf course, bathing and base- ball equipment. The orchestra will be financed by means of scholarships provided by schools, clubs, citizens or business | firms. Any high school may nomi- | nate a candidate for the orchestra with the understanding that if the candi- «date is accepted the nominators will raice the amount of the scholarship. ‘The scholarship fee is placed at $300 for the first year but will be ma‘er- ially reduced as the equipment and ! ‘buildings are paid for and the pro- «ceeds from concerts applied toward | the expense of maintaining the camp. | ‘Only high school students are eligible. The project is under the auspices | and direction of the newly formed National High School Orchestra as- sociation, a corporation organized for this specific purpose. It is planned to conduct the camp for eight weeks each summer. The officers of the Association are Joseph E. Maddy, | president, and Willig Pennington, of Detroit, secretary and treasurer. Mr. : Pennington is an experienced camp director and president of the Inter- lochen resort association, the owner of ‘the site. | —————— lesen sesere— Furs to Take Proper Names. ; Representatives of the fur industry today agreed to adopt a system of naming and marking furs under which the correct name of the animal from which the pelt was obtained will be stamped plainly on the skin. This move was made at a meeting of the fur industry representatives and the trade practice conference de- partment of the Federal Trade Com- mission. The plan will be forwarded to the commission at Washington, and provided it meets with approval, will be adopted as standard by the indus- try and enforced by the commission. Coined trade names such as “Hud- son Seal,” which is the skin of the muskrat dyed to the color of seal, and names designed to cover up the fact that rabbit fur is dyed to sim- ulate other fur, are practices against which complaints have been made to the Federal Trade Commission. fat my writing desk. vears old and his letter is as follows: Nowawes Potsdam, Germany.. January 28, 1928. Mr. C. S. Harter, : Lock Haven, Penna. Dear Cousin Charlie: — I wrote a long letter about my trip to Paris to meet the American Legion and sent it to the Lock Haven Dress, but I doubt whether they published it. Dr. Dumm said they would be glad to publish it. He said he would send me a copy but none came. The peo- ple here say they have the coldest winter for twenty years. It is noth- ing to what we have in America. We never have more than two inches of snow here and the thermometer is seldom below zero on the centigrade thermometer. The Gerinan people do not keep their houses as warm as you do. They have tall marble stoves that reach tothe ceiling hut they throw out little heat. They say it is not healthy to keep the houses so warm. I have a Fahrenheit thermometer at my desk in my room and it ranges between 55 and 60 degrees mest of | i the time. People dress warmer than you do and I am following suit with a heavy overcoat, two suits of underwear ard ; two pairs of woolen hose, and a cap on my head. I am quite comfortable hands get cold but I keep tlem in my pockets most of the time. There 1s no danger of taking cold when you ' go out since the temperature is about the same out as inside. One thing, I enjoy going to Berlin about twice a week. The cars are quite warm so I become thoroughly thawed out. Last evening I was in Berlin to hear ian English lecture in the University hall. An American gave a history of the Boy Scouts. He had an audi- ence of about 600. It was very in- teresting. A number, myself irclud- ced, asked him some questicns which he cheerfully answered, Tomorrow, Sunday, we are all going lo the Amer- dean church. At 4.30 p. m. there will be a social gathering for Americans to get acquainted with one another. We have music and an address of half an hour, followed by a social hour, during which the ladies serve tea and cake to all present. These gatherings are quite well attended and I fre- quently meet people from Chicago and other cities in America. My plan is to visit the United States this summer. Leaving here some time in May I expect to spend a few weeks in New York with the Y. M. C. A, and hope to see more of the city and get acquainted with its great preachers, such as Doctors Cad- man, Poling, Sheldon, and others. ( shall also try to dispose of an old Lutheran Bible printed in 1620. It is the property of my wife’s mother, Mrs. Veit. The Artist association of Germany presented it to her as 2 | Week] mark of esteem for her departed hus- | *V eekly. band, who was an eminent landscape painter. One old Bible, known as the Gutenberg Bible, was sold for $110,000.00 a few years ago by an auction house in New York. I will Physicians for the Well. Physicians were originally trained “to treat the sick. Until recently, they have not had a primary interest in the well. It is now increasingly easy to find a physician who is interested in his patient, who is desirous or keeping him well, who is competent to carry out a thorough examination, and who is able and willing to give constructive hygienic advice. More and more the medical profession is realizing that there is a tremendous field for medical service in this pri- vate practice of preventive medicine. Most individuals can with advantage be advised how to work easily, how to play safely, how to live happier lives in a hygienically constructive manner, with the logical sequence of a fuller life with greater duration— a longer life and a merrier one.—Dr. Donald B. Armstrong in the North American Review. | are willing to do. {immense size, weighing 15 pounds to be over three hundred years old. iI do not expect to receive such a call at that house and see what they The Bible is of bound in leather and in fair condition large sum for it, but would be satis- fied with $10,000. Having finished my stay in New { York I hope to locate for a few weeks in Lock Haven, where I will make my head-quarters and can see my friends in Nittany valley. My idea is to make arrangements with some paper in | Lock Haven to publish a series of | articles giving the history of my childhood and youth in Nittany valley. This would furnish an introduction to ‘my “Sabre Strokes in the War.” If the Lord lets me live ten years long- er I may also write up my experi- ‘ences and observations as a home missionary in prohibition Kansas. Later, if the Lord will, I may write a | book on my experiences and observ:- Of course, my | tions in the Republic of Germany. The rest of the summer I expect to spend in Chicago and vicinity, with my children, grand-children, and great-grand-children. I want to cast my vote for the next President. If any party has the hardihood to put up a wet candidate I want to help de- feat him. Four years ago every man I voted for was elected. I hope it may so happen this fall. It is quiet in Germany and the people are be- coming better satisfied with their re- publican form of government. I do not believe President Hindenberg would wear a crown if it was oiferca to him. A regular building boom is taking place here. Miles of fine, sub- stantial buildings are being erected between Potsdam aid Berlin. The municipalities furnish the money, and the police collect the rent. They have no slum districts although some fam- ilies live in one or two rooms, but mostly clean and sanitary. Well, I hope to see you before many months and I better save up some things to tell you then. With best wishes for you and family, I remain. Your old cousin, THOMAS F. DORNBLASER. OF Course This Didn't Happen in Re:l Life Once upon a time. A wan Got wrecked upon a ship. The other pas: sengers had all left. When the alarm was sounded. He probably had taken a bit too much. Well. Anyway une found himself. Left with plenty of food and water. But no companions. Of any sort. But a number of current magazines. Jeing intelligent. te realized these. Would in time give out. So he restricted himself. To only so much g day. However he wus not rescucgl. As soon as he had ex- pected. And he began to 80 over them again. Still no ship in sight. Time passed. He forced himself to review the tattered periodicals Though he knew them from cover to cover. They palled. Lost even the effect of dis traction. At last in despair. He seized all of them. Crying. “Heaven fave mercy on me. There is nothing left. But to read the stories !I"—Eg- gene Case, in Los Angeles Times. Curious Storage There is practiced in Kashmir, _in India, a novel method of putting fod- der up for winter use. The country lies in a valley among the Himalayas. The chiet industry of the people con- sists of raising fine wool and in mak- Ing this into fabrics which have car- ried the name of the country all over the world. A curious custom in some places is that of hanging quantities of hay up among the branches of trees. Why this is done is more than the stranger can guess, and he is much puzzled unti. some native informs him hat in winter the snow lies five and six yards in depth, and that the supplies of hay, which as he now looks at then seem only as if intended for giraffes, are then easily reached ‘by the flocks of sheep which abound there, Beautiful Flame st may not be generally known awiy from the seaside that a vessel's old sheathing. which has once been covered with yellow metal or copper, at the expiration of a long voyuge makes a most beautiful Hame of dif- ferent colors when burned in an open fireplace or grate. This is caused by the sheathing coming in contact with copper nails and other composition with which the sheathing is covered. Years ago this wood was considerea worthless and was usnally given away to poor people for fuel. ut of late years it has been usea Jquite extensively in New Bedford. Mass., and vicinity. .t is placed upon other wood o: voul, when the flames from the burn- ing of the old sheathing present a heautiful sight, producing different colors, which shoot forth from the copper nail holes. Large Island Unexplored The fifth, and possibly the third. wargest island in the world, is almost unknown. It is Baffin island in the Arctic circle, and its area is estimat- ed at from 200,000 to 300,000 square miles. It is owned by Canada. The Norsemen probably ew it’ in the year 1000. In 1576, when Martin Fro bisher was seeking the Northwest pas sage, 100 English colonists actually tried to make their homes on its bleak southeastern coast. Some day, perhaps, when the world becomes overcrowded and modern conveniences make a cold climate livable, Baffin island may be the home of a nation.—Capper's Hamburg’s Lucky Sireak damburg. one of Germany's iu: gesi cities, might be still only a small por if the American colonies had not re belled against English rule and worn the Revolutionary war. A large ar of the trade of the continent ot Eun rope that formerly went through Lon don was diverted to Hamburg as the result of that conflict, and the city grew by leaps and bounds. relates Pathfinder Magazine. Now it and its suburbs have about 2.250,000 popula tion. Bremen and Stettin also had a remarkable growth during the German expansion period, but Hamburg had the advantage over those ports by having deep water. We Like What We Like People respond neither to what is high-brow or low-brow in the drama. but simply to what is artistically per fect.—American Magazine HELPS DISABLED VETS FIND WORK General Hines of U. S. Bureaw Launches New Policy. Washington.—The United States Veterans’ burean has been ordered by the director, Gen. Frank T. Hines, to! inawgurate a general campaign to assist in finding employment for dis- abled World war veterans, according to a report made by Watson B. Miller, chairman of the national rehabilita- tion committee of the American Le- gion, American Legion posts throughout the country will assis in the move- ment, and General H nes, with his bureau’s 54 field offices, and the bu- reau’s thousands of employees, hopes to effect contacts with employers that will result in a general employment of disabled veterans, and especially those discharged from government hospitals. General Hines has directed letters to his regional managers calling at- tention to that part of the World war veterans’ act which states “That the bureau shall have the power, and it will be its duly, to provide for the re- placement of rehabilitated persons in suitable or gainful occupations.” The director calls attention not only to those rehabilitated by the bu- ; reau under the vocational rehabilita- | tion act, but to those rehabilitated in bureau hospitals. Former contacts with civilian agencies are to be renewed, and atten- tion is called to the fact that in filling | positions within the bureau that pref- erence be given to persons with serv ‘ce record. Treetop Home and Diet of Apples Pall on Girl San Francisco.—Her clothes tat- tered and hair bedraggled, Michaels, seventeen-year-old telephone operator, stumbled into the Burlingame police station here prepared to proye that back to nature existence is un- satisfactory. Anna, who ran away from home recently, told Police Chief John J. Harper that she lived at Coyote Point, near San Mateo, for two weeks, sleep- ing in eucalyptus trees at night and hiding in the woods in the day—her ole sustenance being a bag of apples. All was fine, she told the guardian of the law, until the last apple was gone, In the meantime, however, Anna’s mother, Mrs. Julia Michaels, notified of her daughter’s discovery, announced different plans for the young runaway. She was sent to the juvenile detention home in Redwood City and the moth- er declared she intends to place her in the juvenile detention home here un- til the “runaway streak was broken.” According to the mother, Anna has run away from home several times because she has been denied parties and dates with boys that Mrs. Mi- chaels did not know. illany American Eagles Buichered in Alaska Philadelphia.—The American eagle m Alaska is disappearing under the | bounty system of 1917, of that terri- tory, says Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies. “There are many of these eagles teft,” said Doctor Pearson, “but from what I saw of them and learned on all hands, it is plain that the bird is far less numerous than a few years ago. Official records of the bounties paid up to August 4, 1927, as supplied me by Karl Thiele, secretary of Alas- ka, showed that the feet of 40,753 eagles had been turned in for the $1 bounty (formerly 50 cents).” Doctor Pearson also stated that or all sides the eagles are regarded as destructive to fish, ptarmigans, young mountain sheep, fawns and young blue foxes. “I found it very difficult, however, to find people who had ac- tually seen eagles performing any of ! these depredations, aside from eating fish.” Beats Out Men London.—An hitherto uuknown girl architect sprang to fame when it was announced Elizabeth Scott, twenty- nine years cold, of London, won the contest for the plans for a Shake- speare memorial theater at Stratford- ! on-Avon. More than 70 men architects were entered in the competition. New Bulb With Glow After Current Is Off East Pitteburgh, Pa.—Ordinary electric bulbs glow only when wired to electric power and go out instantly when the power is turned off. In the laboratories of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company however, Dr. Phillips Thomas research engineer, has developed a bulb without wires which glows when held in a magnetic field and continues to glow for ten minutes after the power is shut off. Were such bulbs used for lighting. a brisk persen could turn out the light in his bed room and undress before the room was dark. Doctor Thomas produced the bulb in the course of experi- ments on power by radio. He says it is not practical at pres a eri for general illumination. TREE EHH OH HC DD DE TREO LEH HE HEREC RE RES SHC CEES Anna | CORRECT HEADLIGHTS PROMOTE HIGHWAY SAFETY The new motor vehicle laws of our State, which were effective January 1st, are the most complete code on the statute book of any State. Among other items of the code, in- tended to make for safety in driving, is that portion relating to the adjust- ment of headlights. Many people in the past have re- frained from night driving because of headlight glare from approaching cars, but under the provisions of the new law, with liability for a fine of $10 (or five days in jail) for improp- er lenses or improperly adjusted head- lights, the glaring menaces of the night are sure to be largely if not entirely eliminated. The new law has also provided for the authorization, under the depart- ment of highways, of official headlight adjusting stations. Each O. H. A. is required to install specified equipment, pass examination on headlight adjusting and provide ‘blanks or official headlight adjustment certificates. To insure against overcharging by unscrupulous stations, the department of highways recommends a uniform charge of 50 cents for inspection and adjustment only. For the cost of bulbs, lenses, reflectors and addition- al time required for installation of lenses and reflectors or the repair of the damaged lights, the station is permitted to make additional charge. Many vehicles now being brought in for adjustment show “glaring” fault with the result that not only ‘does the approaching vehicle get a glare but the driven car has very poor highway lighting. In this connection it should be not- ed that correctly adjusted headlights ‘also give better highway lighting and i two cars are thus made safer—it is a i mutual benefit proposition. Again we are informed that many | bulbs have been used to the extent | where their lighting efficiency is i greatly reduced, thus giving much {less than the 21 candle power pre- | scribed by the law. i Also many cars have apparently i been operating with “only one eye” i and no extra bulbs on board. This is | inexcusable. | Reflectors also are neglected and become clouded, rusted, ete, Here is a case of no glare, but the provision of the law requiring clear visibility 200 feet ahead of the vehicle is not met, Careful study of the provision of the new law show the reasonableness of its intent and the portion relating to lights is sure to result in increas- ing pleasure and safety of night-driv- ing for all motorists as well as safety for other types of vehicles and pedes- trians, Getting Rid of Noise. Scientists say that the noises of a large city cost millions of dollars a year in impaired efficiency of work- ers. Many of the older, more excruciat- | ing noises of civilization are being { eliminated. Electric and zas welding | is superceding the pneumatic riveter. | Electric motors ‘replate*the n ois y | steam engine. Asphaltic pavements {and rubber tired vehicles give back only a fraction of the clatter of the | old steel tires on granite block pav- ing. | __ But the city is still fearfully noisy. | Every unnecessary noise saps nerves | and destroys health and working ef- | ficiency. With ten people living where one lived two decades ago, the sum total of noises is larger today than it was in the earlier days, hence the | greater necessity for noise produc- | tion. To escape noise is one reason for ‘growth in the tendency to take in- ' dustry to smaller towns, where quiet, | and better air, and more greenery and ‘more room and more individuality are | possible. All these are definite, bank- { able assets for any industry. Electricity, gas and sound-muffling ! pavement on streets are three of the | most potent noise reducers, and work | as ideally under rural conditions as in | the city; with them industry in the | smaller community can be almost | noiseless and 100 per cent efficient. Baboons May be Bred for Domestic | Servants. In case anyone should want a ba- boon to aid in certain household du- | ties, such as dusting, sweeping and ; other simple tasks, it would take on- {ly 20 years of scientific breeding to i render the animal sufficiently intelli- ‘ gent for this purpose. I This is the theory of Prof. Freder- (ick Alexander Lindemann, prefessor jof ssperimenial philosophy at Ox- 0 Regarding world progress in the next 50 years, Professor Lindemann ! believes that science will make the greatest strides on the physical and | biological, rather than on the mechan- | ical side. { { —James A. Wallace, a millionaire coal and timberman, of Irving, Ky., ‘and well known politician in that : State, was sentenced to serve twelve ‘and one-half years in the State pen- | itentiary for tampering with the bai- | lot in six counties at the last election. | , as quoted by the marquis of ' | Donegzl, writing in the Sunday News. | _—m—m—— State Asks Counties to Join in Road Building. Boards of county commissioners which assumed office in January, are to be asked by the State Highway Department if they desire to take ad- vantage of the fund allocated for State aid road construction work. The 1927 Legislature appropriated $5,000,- 000 from the motor license fund to be used in State aid construction. The $5,000,000 appropriation was for the biennium 1927-29, and appli- cations for about $3,500,000 have been filed by counties. The county com- missioners have until June 1 to make application for sharing in the fund. Counties pay half the cost for roads under the plan. When the funds became available the State allocated amounts to each county based on the mileage of each district. The money allocated to counties not accepting the plan will be re-allocated to other counties that have filed applications for road work costing more than the original sum allowed to them. County commissioners also have until April 1 to file applications for work under the special aid fund of $7,000,000 allocated to the counties by the department. No re-allocation of this fund will be made, but all un- used portions will revert to the de- partment for State road construction. The special aid fund and counties also contribute an equal share toward con- struction costs. Pennsylvania Leads in American Le- gion Membership. A check for $18,900 for additional American Legion membership dues from the State of Pennsylvania just received at National Headquarters of the Legion, makes this State the lead- ‘er of all departments, including those outside of the United States, in the number of members. The total Pennsylvania membership for 1928 is now in excess of 30,000 and is 11,000 more than at this time one year ago for this State. Pennsylvania has always been one of the “Big Three,” the others being Illinois and New York. Iilinois led the world last year, and is a close second to Pennsylvania so far this year, with New York several thou- sand under. Word received from James J. Deighan, Pennsylvania adjutant of the Legion, states that the Pennsyl- vania Legion expects to exceed the total 1927 membership during the month of February. The 1927 total was close to 60,000, and with 50 per cent of the entire last year’s total already paid up, before the month of February has started, indicates the goal will be reached if the present progress is maintained. Congratulations to the entire Le- gion of Pennsylvania has been wired to Deighan by National Headquarters for passing Illinois in the big race. How the Cupboard Got It’s Name. “It’s in the cupboard” we frequent- ly hear today when what is meant ranges from “it’s in the china chest” to “the sideboard” or the “dish clos- et.” Although the contraption from which the word “cupboard” had its origin is now obsolete the term sur- vives and is frequently applied to its modern substitutes. “Cupboard” gained a place in our language from the fact that the cups and plates of a household originally had a place on a wide shelf or board built over the meat dresser whose use golfosponded to our modern serving table. In antique pieces and reproduc- tions the literal cupboard can still be seen, unenclosed, over the dresser and so bearing little resemblance to the closet arrangements which are frequently endowed with its name to- ay. se How Snakes Lay Eggs. Egg-laying snakes, unlike birds, do not lay an egg each day until the lay- ing is completed. As a rule, all the eggs laid by an oviparous snake in any given season are laid within a very short period. The United States biological sur- vey says a python measuring about 28 feet in length laid about 100 eggs in one day. In the case of a little ; ring -necked snake it was observed that in every instance except two all the eggs were deposited in one day. | This species of snake lays only from ‘three to eight eggs. i | ————] | EET | Free suk Host Free Mendel’s Knit Silk Hose for Wo- men, guaranteed to wear six months without runners in leg or holes in heels or toe. A new pair FREE they fail. Price $1.00. YEAGER’'S TINY BOOT SHOP. PRIN ills in Hed and Gold metallic Bons, sealed with he Ribbon, © no other. uy of our Drugglst. Ask for OI - ONES TER PIANOSD BRAND BILLs rss years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE RE P. L. Beezer Estate.....Meat Market 34-34 SELECTING YOUR MEATS. When you enter our butcher shop be sure to scan our display of choice cuts leisurely before you make your selections. If there is anything out of the or- dinary that you want and it is not displayed you may be sure we have it in our refrigerator, so please ask for it. We carry all the choice meats that are in sea- son. We solicit your patronage. Telephone 667 Market on the Diamond Bellefonte, Penna.