— Beworealic acne Bellefonte, Pa., April 20, 1928. Your Health, The First Concern. Night after night sleep fills the re- serve tank of the human machine, thus making it efficient again for its daily work. Sleep recharges the dulled brain, reloads the never resting heart and replenishes the tired mus- cles. What during the active life of ‘the waking hours has been damaged and disintegrated is repaired and re- placed. Reinforcements are dis- patched to the weakened parts of the body and broken down cells are re- built. The intensity of modern civilization is apt to soften or deaden the vigor of children unless they are taught to apply wisely the principles of rest and sleep. Rest is nature’s best healer. It is the antidote to work. Absolute rest, in the form of sleep, is under normal conditions the most ideal method for neutralizing the effects of work. In ‘the bank of health and life sleep and rest preserve the budget that daily activity threatens to deplete. Neverthelss, it is not necessary, or always possible, to resort to sleep whenever one is tired. Man is so made that he finds rest from activity by indulging in another. A walk in the open will conuteract the fatigue resulting from writing and reading t the desk. So the child, weary from is school work, will become alert and happy again by playing outdoors. Or if hustling about in the open has been too much for him, he will find relaxa- tion in looking at a picture book. : Rest, it must be remembered, de- pends on the needs of the individual ¢hild. The same principle applies to ‘the length of rest periods; some chil- “dren find relief after short periods of rest; others must have longer inter- ‘vals to recuperate from the same amount of work. In general, the «hild reacts to rest as he reacts to work. Should he work continuously at a task regardless of its difficulty, he will naturally need long periods of rest; on the other hand, the child whose efforts are spasmodic and of short duration, intense as they may be, will recover relatively quickly from acute fatigue. Many parents, afraid that a child may grow up to be a sleepy head, be- lieve it inadvisable to let him sleep as long and as much as he wishes. Propagandists for more concentrated living, for a longer work day, find a felling example in Edison, whose suc- cessful career they attribute to. his long ‘hours of work and reduced amount of sleep. In their opinion, the surest short cut to success it to Work while others are asleep. This is a very dangerous doctrine to applv ito the growing child. 3 Sleep insufficient in amount and in- adequate in quality is responsible for more absences from and failures in school than any other factor. Insuf- ficient sleep depletes the reserve en- ergy of the child and undermines his efficiency. Insufficient sleep is a short cut not to success but to chronic fa- tigue and all its evil consequences. To prove the truth that les in these Statements, one has only to compare the amount of sleep of tired children ‘with that of normal children. Tired children often average not more than half the amount of sleep required for their age. Youths do not get enough sleep because they imitate their par- ents. They attend evening parties, ‘they meet at their clubs after dinner, they go to theatres and movies at night. Apparently, their parents do ‘not realize that they themselves plan: the seed for these adult tastes of ‘their children. One sees in the audi- ence at evening performances small children and even babies in arms. ‘Countless nurslings and children, while half asleep, are jostled about at night in automobiles. Once the pernicious habit of keeping late hours ‘has taken root it can be broken only - with great difficulty. Girls more than boys read books until late into the night. Boys moe than girls are possessed by the ra- dio craze. Not satisfied with the pro- gram of their home town they re- main awake in order to tune in on midnight concerts from distant sta- tions. Jimmy, while his mother was worrying about his health, may have been listening to midnight concerts for six months without his mother suspecting it. _ Some children reserve the late even- ing and the early morning hours for the study of their home lessons; oth- ers arise early in order to practice on the piano or on the violin before school. Parents seem to encourage their children to do mental work be- fore school, because, with their minds refreshed from sleep, they are better able to accomplish such tasks. In- -deed the reason parents advance im favor of mental activity at that time ‘of the day is the very reason for “its ‘condemnation. School work re- quires the best energy the child can give to it and to deplete this energy early in the morning is a serious mis- take. : . Many boys and girls find their hours of sleep reduced because they are compelled to work for pay in the . evening. Girls stay up late guarding «children whose parents are away for ‘the evening. Boys grind in shops and stores often as late as 10 and 11 o'clock at night. The question arises as to how much sleep school children must have so , ‘that they may develop normally, do their work efficiently, and keep their reservoirs of energy well supplied. . re ————— fy fn —— ~—Subscribe for the Watchman. Wayside Refreshment Stand Com- petitions. The Wayside Refreshment Stand Competitions have been initiated by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., through the Art Center of New York and the American Civic association. The pur- of four competitions, each having its own objective, is to improve the ap- pearance of the wayside refreshment stands, which, through ugliness of con- ception and carelessness of construc- tion are beginning to menace the beauty of our highways. The first competition which was an- nounced in the “Ladies’ Home Jour- nal” in November, 1927, offered prizes for photographs and plans of the best stands already in use. This compe- tition was concluded December 15th, the first prize of which was won by Norma Bamman, of Plainfield, New Jersey. The second competition, now being announced, is architectural in char- acter and offers prizes for the best original designs of stands which will improve the present conditions. Ten awards will be made; five for stands without gas pumps and five for stands with gas. The buildings in the first case should not occupy a plot of ground over 3,000 square feet, and in the second case, not over 5,000 square fest. Plans for the first stand should in- dicate arrangements for the prepara- tion of food, space for gas range, cup- boards or shelves, work-table, ice-box, sink, ete. Service room should show space for counter or table with chairs, heating apparatus, display, ete. Plans for the second stand should show arrangements for preparation of food, space for gas range, cupboard or shelves, work-table, sink, etc. Men’s and women’s lavatories should show space for basins and toilets, Gas station should indicate position of gasoline pumps, oil barrels, etc., and approximate distance of station from refreshment stand. The buildings should be simple in design and economical of construction. They should be in harmony with the architectural traditions of their sur- roundings. Stands must also meet the advertising, service, and sales re- quirements of their locality. The plans must show the paths and drives and positions of underground tanks (if any). Basis of Award.— 1. Fitness of the design as a whole to meet the needs and spirit of the problem. 2. Aesthetic merit of the design. 3. Excellence and Ingenuity of the plans. 4. Practicability and Economy of construction. Excellence of rendering, while de- sirable, will not be considered of ex- treme importance. Ee —— sess sees. Plan Hospital for War Women. A definite policy for hospitalization of women war veterans, numbering thousands, is provided for the first time in the country’s history in the general hospitalization bill which, it was recently announced, probably will be taken up in the House. Of the $15,000,000,.in the. measure, $200,000 is for a special hospital here for women world war veterans, most of them nurses. At present 2,110 women veterans are drawing com- pensation, and there are 209 in hes- pitals, but this separate hospital will cstablish a permanent policy. It was a woman, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican member f rom Massachusetts, who had this appro- priation included. She was in relief work during the war. Mrs. Rogers also will be in charge of the measure on the floor—the first time a woman has been clothed with this legislative authority. She pointed out that the second American wounded in the World war Was a woman, Beatrice MacDonald, a nurse, who lost the sight of one eye when shrapnel burst about a British casualty hospital, where she was on duty in August, 1917. She now lives in New York. Mrs. Rogers expects passage of the hill by the House as it was reported from committee, which added it to the Veterans Bureau appropriation of $1,000,000 for a hospital in Kentucky, the same amount for one in southern New England and $250,000 for Walter Reed hospital at Washington, D. C. The sites for the two former have not been selected, nor has the site been selected for the hospital for Kan- sas, Nebraska or Missouri. The com- mittee provided $1,300,000 for this hospital. The other appropriations author- ized are: Bedford, Mass., $300,000; Oteen, N. C., $670,000; North Chicago, III., $895,000; St. Cloud, Minn., $200,000; Palo Alto, Cal., $240,000; Pennsylva- nia and New Jersey, a hospital each, the two to cost $3,000,000; Atlanta, Ga., $350,000; Chillicothe, 0., $300, 000; Maywood, Ill., $1,100,000; Walla Walla, Wash., $250,000; North Little Rock, Ark., $300,000; Tuskogee, Ala., $250,000; Tucson, Ariz., $260,000; North Port, L. I., $70,000; Fort Snel- ling, Minn., $50,000; Sheridan, Wryo., $100,000, and Alexandria, La., $600,- 000. The bill also carries $1,300,000 for revamping facilities in other hospit- als. Foresters Prepare for Spring Blazes. A number of forest fires reported to the bureau of protection in the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters during the past week, in- dicate that the spring forest fire sea- son is close at hand. Chief forest fire warden George H. Wirt in a statement issued said that the protection organization through- out the State is completed and the 112 forest fire observation stations have been placed in charge of exper- ienced and competent observers. Tel- ephone lines to the fire towers and forest warden headquarters have been repaired and placed in good condition. The forest inspectors, fifty-six in number, have organized forest fire fighting crews and the equipment of the 4000 forest fire wardens has been inspected and found to be in excel- lent condition. Lo pose of this compaign with its series —— FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT IF YOU BELIEVE “If thou believest.” Acts 8:37. If you believe in religion, show it. If you believe in religion, prove it. If you believe in a clean life, live it. If you believe in the Bible honor it. If you believe in brotherly love, exer- cise it. If you believe in progress, move for- ward, If you believe in peace, be peaceable. Don’t profess one thing and live an- other. If you believe in a better world, make it. —By Dr. Arthur Growden. The more I mix with modern wom- en, the more I feel assured sports clothes are not only the ultimate chic for everyday wear now but that they will become still more popular in the future. To a certain extent, English and American women introduced them to France. They appeared on our golf links in their smart sweaters and skirts. At first few French women had taken up golf. They went up to the clubs to take tea and watch the players come in. They soon decided that the simplicity of sport clothes was infinitely becoming. Then they began to play games themselves and sports clothes were not only a caprice but a necessity. What has stabilized their popular- ity more than anything else—more than golf itself—is the small, two- seater car, the little conduite inter- ieure that every other woman drives to do her shopping, call on her friends and slip out to the country to get a breath of pure air after the fatigue of a busy day. This generation is far too practical to dabble with machinery in frills and furbelows. frocks with a sports tendency being worn from morning until dinner time, But the Parisienne insists on a cer- individual sports frock stand out— gives it a personal touch. In short, her sports clothes must look Parisian. That is why most of the famous hous- es in Paris pay so much attention to sports clothes. Now English and Amcrican women come to us. As soon as a sports frock that was defin- itely practical and at the same time had a smart Parisian air was to be had, they all wanted it. They always will. This is my reason for special- izing in sports clothes and evening dress. Modern life is an active life. Faw women have time for the type of afternoon dress that demands lei- sure and Inxurious surroundings. They may have one or two. But each of them will order from six to twenty sports frocks. As time goes on, I should not be at all surprised to see afternoon dresses disappear altogeth- er, except for women who spend their afternoons in each other's rooms playing bridge. The woman who dances in the af- ternoon wears a frock that has very much the lines of the suit she would wear on the golf course. It may be made of richer material, but the sim- plicity of line is there. The sports type of afternoon dress makes her look younger. It is charming in move- ment. It has the advantage of not getting in her way when she steps into her little car and drives herself home. She can slip it on for lunch- eon when her morning shopping is finished, and she often wears the hat or-made. Now about the difference between the Parisian sports ensemble and the Anglo-Saxon. In the first place, we pay great attention to detail. The whole chic of a Paris sports suit may be achieved by a carefully studied belt, with sometimes a brooch match. Very narrow, dog-leash belts are fashionable just now. Sometimes these are made of leather to match the dress and finished with a metal buckle of original design. In this case the brooch will be made to match the buckle. Or a note of contrast may be introduced by means of the belt. What could be smarter than a thread of scarlet leather at the waist of a biege sweater and skirt? Tailored suits with full skirts and short jackets in silk will be popular this season if the advance showings are any criterion. And it is a blessing to know that you can buy the material for the skirts already pleated and arranged cn bands in any fabric that you pre- fer. Sew up the side seams and you have an extra skirt for your neutral shaded jacket or for your new blouse. In this present silk-stocking, knee- dress age, hosiery has become a ma- jor wardrobe item, both from the style and expense viewpoint, points out an article in the Delineator., “The washing of hosiery,” advises this article “should be done with even more regularity and care than is giv- en to silk underwear. It takes very little time and energy to wash your stockings in the evening when they are removed. Draw a little very hot wat- er in the basin, add a teaspoonful of soap flakes, and then add cold water, whisking the soap to a suds as you cool it to the temperature of your hands. If feet of stockings are very dirty or stained allow them to soak for a few minutes to avoid the neces- sity of hard rubbing. Rinse very thoroughly in water which barely feels warm to your hands and squeeze this water out, but do not wring or twist hard as this pulls the delicate threads. It is then desirable to twist gently in a towel, and then shake to evenlv distribute any water which may have settled in a ridge and cause the stocking to be streaked when dry. The next important factor in giv- ing longer life to your hosiery is your method of putting stockings on. Those who were taught to put on their stockings in the old days when all children wore long “undies,” and so acquired the habit of turning in the toes on the wrong side, and then pull- ing up the legs, are less apt to run their fingers through the leg than those who just grasp the top and pull the stocking up. One other sugges- tion on the purchase of hosiery is that you buy your stockings large enough. There are two reasons why it is de- sirable to do so, the first being that of comfort and the second, economy. Therefore we see | tain chic—something that makes her | drawing ! t FARM NOTES. Calves should have plenty of fresh water even though they are getting milk. Going at it blind in dairying can- not pay—plan your work, then work the plan. Iowa ranks fourth among the States of the Union in number of cow test- ing associations. More than three-fourths of all the farms in Pennsylvania have dairy cows and nine out of every ten have chickens? Farmers in Pennsylvania are pro- ducing over tive bushels more wheat per acre than fifty years ago. The longest crop growing season in Pennsylvania, 207 days, is in Phila- delphia county and the shortest, 80 days, is in Potter county. The car can be kept looking well if its owner is willing to spend a little energy on the job. When the machine is placed in the garage after a jour- ney through a rain or snow, rub it dry with a chamois kept handy for this purpose. This practice with an occa- sional polishing will prevent the col- lection of the film that can make a new car look old in a short time. Thirty farmers have been prosecut- ed during the past year by the bureau of foods and chemistry, Pennsylvania department of agriculture, for selling watered milk. In several cases as much as twenty-five per cent of wat- er had been added. Fieldmen of the bureau are making ‘a careful check-up on milk received | j from farmers at the various milk dis- ‘ tributing plants throughout the Com- ' monwealth, and whenever watered : milk is recived immediate action is taken. ' fine of or both, for adding water to milk. | A whitewash for wood, brick and | stone is recommended by the North | Dakota Agricultural college. { ing is the formula for whitewash: Slake half a bushel of unslaked , Ovi a | Ihe Se lop S Tovides Sor u { hills had only 4 sound and 21 decayed Follow- | ino seed potatoes. Seed treated with DIPDUST 3 Sound —2 Decayed Same seed treated with corrosive sublimate 4 Sound—-21 Decayed Which Seed Will Produce the Most Potatoes? Compare the results of the new In- stantaneous Dip—DIPDUST—with |the old-fashioned “two-hour soak” treatment. Above is a photograph | taken on the farm of A. Schlechtweg, Freehold, N. J. While vines were still green, 25 consecutive DIPDUST and corrosive sublimate treated hills were dug. Dip- , dust hills had 23 sound and only 2 de- { cayed seed pieces. Corrosive sublimate seed pieces. DIPDUST is much more effective . than the old-fashioned ways of treat- | Besides, you can I treat your seed potatoes as fast as : : Si ? pt them up. Just dip i lime with boiling water, keeping it YO! ¢an Scoop : | covered during the process. Strain it them in Dipdust solution and out rice put in boiling water and boiled to a thin paste; half a pound of pow- dered Spanish whiting and a pound of clear glue dissolved in warm wat- er; mix these well together and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable furnace, and when used put it on as hot as possible with painters’ or whitewash brushes. This whitewash formula has been used extensively and is also recom- mended by the bureau of lighthouses, Unifed States Department of Com- merce, “Enough sheep on every farm to pay the taxes,” is a slogan suggested for farmers of Christian county, Ken- tucky, according to a report issued by the State experiment station. might be adopted with profit by farm- ers in all sections. A small flock of some good woo! and mutton breed would, if properly cared for, do more than pay taxes. It is an old saying that “the sheep wears a golden hoof.” The sheep is the most profitable animal that can be raised on the farm, and there are many abandoned fields i that went equally well with her tail- and cut-over hill and mountain lands that could be utilized as pastures for large flocks with greater profit than could be derived from the same num- Eer of acres under cultivation. A balanced ration given in abun- dance is what counts in producing hogs on a profitable basis, states J. H. McLeod, extension swine specialist of the University of Tennessee. The puts a litter to the weight of a ton to | in the shortest length of time but also cheapens the cost per pound. and do not fail to add something to this fattening grain that will make muscle, bone, etc. Tankage and shorts given in equal parts by weight make a splendid addition to the corn. Milk always helps to increase gains. Feed what milk you have to spare and as the quantity of milk is increased, de- i crease the quantity of tankage. One gallon milk will take the place of one pound of tankage. is what turns the trick in the ton con- test. A block of experiments to find the place in the rotation where manure gives the largest crop increase shows that manure applications on sandy soil do not necessarily show the same results as those on other soils. Re- sults to date strongly indicate that top dressings of manure on sand pro- duce larger crop increases than where manure is plowed down. A top dress- ing of manure after the wheat was taken off is a large factor in preserv- ing the stand of clover. In addition to the manure, a rotation of corn, soy beans, wheat, alfalfa (two years) is being tested out. It appears that corn once in five years keeps above the safety line. The corn gets 100 pounds of an 0-12-6 fertilizer drilled in the row at planting time. The al- falfa is allowed to stand two years and is given a liberal application of acid phosphate at seeding time. For holding gravel, oyster shells, starch and charcoal, use tube cake pans such as are sold at variety stores for baking angel food cakes. Drive a sharpened two-foot stake through the center of the pan and the fowls can- not tip it over and tut little is wasted. The pan can be slipred off the stake for cleaning and refilling. If you are giving a tonic there is less waste if it is given in this way than by mix- ing with the grain. Only those evergreens should be planted in the fall that come from much cooler climate than that of the region where they are to grow. All others should be planted in early spring. . Many farmers cut down the normal egg production of their poultry flock because of the fear of getting the birds too fat. No hen can be too fat to lay if fed a laying mash and good clean scratch grain. Plenty of clean drinking water where cows can get it easily will do more than anything else to make them produce all the milk they can. farmer who feeds the most, not only | Make corn the basis of the ration | Liberal feeding i 1t: (and add a peck of salt dissolved in | 2gain and your seed is all ready to | warm water; three pounds of ground | plant. One man can easily treat from 1200 to 400 bushels of potatoes per day. There is not the slightest danger of injuring the sprouts or even cut seed. DIPDUST controls surface-borne dis- eases, such as Rhizoctonia, scab and black-leg, and protects cut surfaces from seed rotting organisms in the soil. It insures sturdy profitable plants that will increase your yield from 15 to 25 bushels per acre. GUARANTEE Plant a few acres of DIPDUST treat- ed seed in alternate rows with untreated seed. If, at digging time, you are not satisfied, return the empty DIPDUST can to us and we refund price paid. ment. 4 ounces - 50 cents After one trial of DIPDUST you will never again waste time with a “two-hour soak” treatment or spend two weeks worrying about your stand. Read These Results of Actual Field Tests FRED BRUNNER, JR., Cranbury, N. J. “The DIPDUST potatoes came up very even with very few misses, whereas the undipped potatoes came up very uneven, and with many a miss . « « As many as 33 diseased plants (black-leg) were found to a single row whereas the DIPDUST seed showed only 15 plants in a whole 14-acre patch of Prince Edward Island seed potatoes. The difference was so apparent at all times that dealers and growers visited the farm very frequently.” HARRY O. DICKEY, Elk River, Minn. “It was easy to see the dif- ference between the treated and un- treated parts of the field during the growing season (Early Ohio seed potatoes). The DIPDUST treated plants came up better and appeared healthier and sturdier than the un- treated plants. At digging time, I compared the yields and found that the DIPDUST treated rows ran 165 bushels while the untreated rows gave me only 140 bushels per acre.” One pound treats 15 to 20 bushels of seed potatoes. Treat your Corn and Vegetable Seeds too You can now also disinfect your seed corn and vegetable seeds with DIPDUST and increase your vield by preventing many of the diseases which cause poor germination, weak, spindly plants, and poor quality crop. Simply use as a dust treat- It is easily and quickly applied and costs but a few cents per acre. will treat six bushels of seed corn, or from six to eight bushels of vegetable seed. The Bayer Company, Inc, Agricultural Dept., 117 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. SDIPDUST 1 pound - $1.75 One pound of DIPDUST 5 pounds - $8.00 RUNKLE'’S DRUG STORE BELLEFONTE, PENNA. Bush Arcade. Next. Door to Bell Telephone Office Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. THE FAMILY HEALTH is guarded by the butcher; for the quality of meats and their proper refrigeration go a long way toward keeping the family in good health and vigor. When you buy from us quality is as- sured, for we handle only the choicest cuts, the kind you enjoy eating. Let us prove to you our ability to serve you better. Telephone 667 Market on the Diamond Bellefonte, Penna. A Restful Night Tye) LAKE Vy i | | ! Add en; ent to your trip East or West giving nds break in your journey. C&B LINE STEAMERS Each Way Every Night Between Buffalo and Cleveland offer you unlimited facilities, including large, comfort. able staterooms that insure a long night's refreshing sleep. Luxurious_cabins, wide decks, excellent dining room service, Teme: Te Courteous attendants. A trip you will long Connections at Cleveland for Lake Resorts, Detroit and Points West Daily Service May 1st to November 14th Los at 9:00 P. 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