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Bellefonte, Pa., April 4, 1930,
PLANNING SPEED LIMITS
FOR PENNA. MOTORISTS.
Inability to anticipate emergen-
cies or to meet emergencies with a
clear mind are weaknesses of the
average motor car operator. The
time may come when each driver
will have his individual speed limit,
beyond which he may not travel.
That limit will be unalterably fixed
by the emotional stability, mental
capacity and physical condition of
the driver.
An exhaustive study of motor ve-
hicle crashes would undoubtedly
show that the average per thousand
drivers is the same in Pennsylvania
or Rhode Island as it is in Califor-
nia or Arizona. Human nature is
very much the same anywhere. A
certain portion of the population
will do the right thing at the right
time, but a certain other, and per-
haps larger portion can be expected
to do absolutely the wrong thing.
The mental panic which caused such
virulent criticism of many male
passengers on the ill-fated Titanic
is similar to that which springs in-
to existence when motor car drivers
encounter an unexpected emergency.
Studies by the State Highway
Patrol and the Motor Vehicle divi-
sion of accidents show that a habit-
ually reckless driver is least re-
sponsible in time of stress. This is
quite natural, inasmuch as the
frame of mind which permits a hu-
man being to operate a car regard-
less of both legal restrictions and
rules of reason is a state of mind
lending itself easily to panic and
lack of balance. It is my rule when
driving to stay as far away as pos-
ble from the operator whose driving
tactics reveal that he or she is un-
stable and reckless.
Pennsylvania's legal speed limit
is forty miles an hour, but even
this moderate speed is unsafe for a
certain class of drivers. This class
endangers the lives and property of
other roads users even at twenty-
five miles per hour. On the other
hand, there are men and women
whose mental reactions, physical
condition and sense of proportion
are so nearly perfect—whose auto-
motive equipment is in such splen-
did mechanical shape, that they are
safe drivers at whatever speed they
may travel. The only difficulty in
this proposition however, is the pres-
ence on streets or open highways
of panicky and careless operators.
Motor vehicle crashes seem not
to be diminishing in number, nor
do accidents in which pedestrians
are killed or injured, and eventual-
ly public sentiment will require
the taking of radical steps to cor-
rect a condition long ago intolerable.
When trat time comes it is not be-
yond the range of possibility that
motor vehicle operators will be re-
quired to submit to tests through
which their individual speed limit
will be determined and fixed, and
the next step beyond will be provid-
ing jail sentences for violators of
these limits. I anticipate the day
when a band on the left arm of the
operator will carry four inch num-
erals —such as 18, 25, 30, 40, or 50
__his maximum speed limit, or per-
haps the letters ‘UL, indicating un-
limited.
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WHO INVENTED RADIO?
It cannot be said that any one
person invented or discovered radio.
Modern wireless is a long series of
inventions and discoveries in several
fields of physical science. Radio is
the transmission and reception of
signals by means of electromagnetic
waves radiated through space. The
theory of radio was long understood
before anybody devised a means for
telegraphic communication. In fact
wireless was the next logical step
after the perfection of telegraphy by
wire. As early as 1864 James Clark
Maxwell foresaw electromagnetic
waves, and later Heinrich Hertz and
several others investigated them ex-
perimentally. Hertz, after showing
that electromagnetic waves corre-
spond to light and heat waves, ad-
vanced the general theory upon
which all radio devices are based.
Marconi, who was one jump ahead
of the other inventors, probably de-
serves being called the father of ra-
dio. His system was patented in
1896. Lee Deforest should have much
credit, as he invented and perfected
the vacuum tube, a tube that re-
volutionized the radio; and was also
responsible for the giant strides that
industry has taken for the last few
years.
GRAY FOX PELTS
COST $100 FINE,
When bounty claims for six gray
foxes .originate from a place where
the animals are known to be very
scarce officials of the Game Com-
mission become suspicous.
As a result of such suspicions
Harry Ambroe, Sylvan, Pa, recently
paid a $100 fine.
Charles B. Baum, special officer
for the Commission, charged that
the pelts of the foxes had been pur-
chased in Maryland.
Officers also collected $400 in fines
recently for false bounty claims in
connection with weasels.
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EXPECT 100,000 AT
LEGION CONVENTION.
More than 100,000 persons are
expected in Harrisburg during the
American Legion State Conven-
tion, which will be held there
August 21.23, according to a
report from the Committee of Ar-
rangements.
The dedication of the $4,000,000
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial
Bridge, coming at the same time
accounts in part for the huge
throng expected to participate in
the celebration.
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—We do good job work promptly
the blanket in color. When this is
soiled it is easily removed and
laundered.
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
The mouse that always trusts to one
poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
Pope.
—Be careful not to wear long-
waisted dresses.
Because it makes you last season
instead of this season. Even if
your skirt is three or four inches
below your knee, as it should be,
if your dress or blouse givesa long-
waisted effect you won’t have the
new silhouette.
Why, Because the position of the
waistline is one of the big differ-
ences betwen the new and the old
silhouette. Formerly the distance
from the shoulder to the waistline
exactly equaled the distance from
the waistline to the hemline. Nowa-
days the distance from the shoul-
der to the waistline is much shorter
than that from the waistline to the
hemline.
Be careful not to wear dresses
having long, unevenly draped hem-
lines with a coat that has an even
hemline and is a little bit shorter
than the dress.
Because it looks as though some-
thing were falling. Such hemlines
are all right with a coat that has a
hemline just like that of the dress.
Or with three-quarter length coats
that show about half the skirt in-
stead of merely the ragged looking
bit of hemline.
Be careful not to wear long, flow-
ing dresses to the office.
Because long, flowing dresses are
formal and are meant for more for-
mal occassions, such as teas. After-
noon bridge parties don’t take place
in offices.
Be careful to have your coat and
dresses at least three inches below
your knees.
Because knees aren't fashionable
anymore.
Be careful to wear
corset.
Because few have perfect enough
figures to get away with the new
silhouette without some help.
a girdle or
Be careful not to wear too stiff a |
corset or girdle. !
Because the new silhouette is a |
fitted, but a supple silhouette.
Be careful not to wear clothes
that are too boyish or masculine. |
Because femininity and elegance
are now the fashion. !
Be careful not to wear satin:
dresses in the daytime.
Because sheenless fabrics are the |
daytime fashion fabrics.
Be careful not to wear brown |
shoes with a colored coat trimmed |
with black fur or black shoes with |
a colored coat trimmed with brown |!
fur.
Because shoes are a part of
ensemble and should match
color of the coat or its fur.
Be careful not to carry a brown |
handbag when you wear black shoes,
or a black one when you wear |
brown shoes. i
Because the handbag is part of |
the ensemble and should match the
shoes. |
Be careful not to wear a hat that
has no color relation to your coat or
dress.
Because a fashion-right hat should ¢
match either the coat or dress.
Be careful not to wear long ear-
rings with sports clothes.
Because they are formal and go
only with formal daytime dresses or
evening clothes.
Be careful not to wear Rue de
la Paix jewelry with sports clothes
or street clothes.
Becuase Rue de la Paix jewelry
is so elaborate and formal that it
should only be used with late after-
noon, dinner or evening costumes.
Be careful not to wear novelty or
trimmed gloves with an elaborate
dress or coat.
Because the novelty gloves are
enough decoration in themselves and
are only worn when the rest of the
costume is very simple.
Be careful not to wear elaborately
trimmed shoes with elaborate
dresses or coats.
Because of the same reason as for
the gloves. No costume can stand
over-decoration. If the shoes are
decorated they must be worn with
undecorated coats or dresses.
Be careful to be clothes-careful.
Because it's the fashion!
Chocolate Cookies.— Cream 2a
cup of brown sugar and a half
cup of butter. Beat well and add the
beaten yolks of two eggs, Sift to-
gether 13% cups of flour, a teaspoon
of baking powder and 4 teaspoon
of salt.
Dissolve a half teaspoon of soda
in a half cup of sour milk, and
alternate with a flour mixture. Add
two squares of melted chocolate, a
teaspoon of vanilla and the whites
of the eggs, beaten stiff. Drop by
spoonsfuls on a buttered cookie
sheet. Bake in a 350-degree oven
fifteen minutes.
Frosting—Cook 2 cups of sugar,
the
the |
2-3 cup of milk, 2 squares of choco- ’
late and 2 teaspoons of butter to
the soft ball stage. Remove from
the fire, let cook, then beat until
creamy. Spread on cookies.
School children are particularly
partial to those chocolate cookies
and they are mighty nice for after-
noon tea, too.
—_Too much flour or too hot an
oven for cake causes cracks or un-
even surfaces.
— Children’s suits for outdoor play
in winter should be both warm and
light and should not hamper their
activity.
—A strip of unbleached muslin
12 to 18 inches wide sewed to the
end of a short blanket, to tuck in
at the foot of the bed will make
it serviceable, since short blankets
usually mean cold shoulders or cold
toes.
—To protect the top blanket and
quilts from being soiled, bind the
edge with a piece of cheesecloth or
other inexpensive material about
sixteen inches wide which matches
—Subscribe for the Watchman.
ROAD OILING WILL
START ON APRIL 15.
Surface treatment of State High-
ways more familiarly known as
“oiling” will get under way April
15, Chief Engineer Samuel Eckels
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Highways announced. The work will
require three grades of bituminous
material in quantities totaling more
than 5,000,000 gallons.
Spring inspection of the roads by
maintenance engineers is nearing
completion, Eckels said, reports in-
dicating that roads survived the
severe weather with only normal
break-up due to frost action and
excess moisture, Unusual quanti-
ties of snow in many sections of
the State acted as protecting agents,
minimizing the damage.
The schedule for surface treat-
ment calls for completion within 60
days but this is a maximum esti-
mate. With favorable weather and
a minimum of rainfall the forces
may be able to cut this to 45 days.
Early completion will be urged in
each district in order to meet the
touring season with clear roads.
As in other years, oiling will be
done in staggered strips, leaving
half the roadway to motorists. The
second half will be treated a day
later, giving the oil a day to bind
properly and resulting in a mini-
mum of “picking-up’” as cars pass
over the road.
A popular practice adopted last
season by maintenance forces was
the posting of warning signs on a |
section of road more than a week
in advance of the treatment. One
sign bears the legend “Road to be
oiled within next week.” Another
sign marks “End of proposed oil-
ing.” Local residents are thus en-
abled to plan necessary traveling in
advance, if they desire, and avoid
the road immediately after the oil- |
The '
ing is done, for several days.
signs proved popular and many
| 1efters of commendation were Té-
ceived.
FLOWERS AS CURE
FOR MENTAL DISEASES.
Flowers, bright, beautiful and
frarant, are part of the cure pre-
scribed for patients at the Danville
hospital maintained by the State
for those suffering mental diseases.
Flowers adorn the rooms of pa-
tients, in profusion, and six green-
| houses, with 11,500 square feet of
each, assure an ade-
ground space
of the beautiful “medi-
quate supply
cine.”
Flower beds, garden beds, ever-
greens, ferns, and other growing
things dot the lawns of the hospital
site, spreading their cheerful hope
of green and growing things that
the enviroment of the patients may
be conducive to their early recovery
from their ills.
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—Get your job work done here.
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LUMBER?
Oh, Yes!
W.R. Shope Lumber Co.
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Millwork and Roofing,
Call Bellefonte 432
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CHERRY BLOSSOM
FETE POSTPONED.
The Japanese cherry trees
the banks of the Potomac, which
were presented to the United States
by the city of Tokyo, will bloom
this spring without the annual cher-
ry blossom festival being held about
them,
This year’s fete was postponed
until 1931, partly because the com-
mittee in charge of the event could
not make final preparations in time
and partly because of the serious
illness of the late former President
William H. Taft.
The trees were presented to this
government by the mayor of Tokyo
at the time of Taft's presidency,
| through the President and Mrs.
| Taft. It had been planned to hold
special honors for them during this
spring’s festival, but his serious ill-
ness prevented this program as it
“was originally planned.
i In announcing the postponement,
, Major General Anton Stephan, chair-
man of the festival committee,
stated that those in charge will
immediately begin laying the foun-
dation for the 1931, fete, when it is
hoped to hold a larger and more
spectacular celebration than ever be-
fore.
Parades, tableaux and other fea-
tures of an extensive program for
next year will be planned on a gi-
| gantic scale, the preliminary plans
| indicating that the festival will rival |
the famous Mardi Gras of New Or-
\ leans.
| It is anticipated here that Japan
| will be unofficially
the festival in some manner, inhon-
or of this particular thing which
Tokyo Washington have in com-
mon—their cherry blossoms.
Some months ago when plans were
being discussed for this year’s ex-
pected fete it was suggested that a
number of Japanese girlsbe brought
here for the occasion. This resulted in
an immediate flood of protests from
American missionaries in Japan, who
claimed that “Japanese geisha girls”
should not be brought to this coun-
try.
The uproar against the “geisha
girls” was so great that the plan
was cancelled before it materialized.
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— Many new weaves and pat-
terns in rugs on display at W. R.
Brachbill’s store. 14-1t
along :
represented at
$86.75 SPENT ON EACH
SCHOOL PUPIL IN STATE.
An average of $86.75 will be spent
on every pupil entering the public
schools during the current school
term, the records of the State De-
patment of Public Instruction show.
These current expenses cover all
| monies expended for general opera-
tion of the school system, including
cost of administration, teachers’
salaries, textbooks, supplies, fuel and
repairs.
The total expenditure per pupil
during the year will average $26.74
| in the State, according to the De-
partment’s figures. The total ex-
penses, include cost of acquisition
of new sites, erection of new build-
ings and cost of financing such pro-
jects,
+ In most
intsances, the survey
shows the most sparsely settled
' counties expended the smallest
| amount for each pupil, the most
| densely populated sections the most,
land other sections showed expendi-
| tures in proportion to their popula-
‘tion. Clearfield County had the
| lowest average expenditure, $53.42
| per pupil for current expenses.
| Pike County was an exception to
{the small population rule, being
| highest in the State with an aver-
|age of $123.55, while in Philadel-
| phia the average current expendi-
| ture was $114.92.
PRS—— SE
|
| COMMISSIONER BULLER
| FAVORS SUNDAY FISHING
Nathan R. Buller, commissioner
of fisheries, heartily approves of
Sunday fishing for Pennsylvania
fishermen, he told 300 members of
the Lancaster County Sportsmen's
association.
Commissioner Buller expressed his
opinion on the subject during the
course of an address before the unit
at Lancaster.
“Since we play golf, baseball and
engage in other sports on Sunday,
I can see no reason why the State
| should not allow us to participate
in the most innocent sport of all—
that of fishing,” he declared.
«I pelieve however,” he added,
| “that the most important question
pertaining to Sunday fishing in
Pennsylvania is whether or not the
State can supply enough fish from
|its hatcheries to furnish anglers
| with sufficient material.”
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ELECTRICALLY
BELLEFONTE COOKS ELECTRICALLY
« « « here is why!
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for economy of
time, current,
You must actually cook with elec-
tricity to realize the great economy
of this new type of fuel. It saves
time and work every meal! For you
merely place the food in the oven,
set the timer and temperature con-
trol, and you’re
time to serve. The range, itself,
does all the watching and tend-
ing.
It saves current,
WEST PENN POWER CO
through until per cent less
too! Once the for economy!
and food !
proper temperature in the oven
has ; been reached,
automatically goes off. Cooking is
thriftily completed by stored heat.
In addition, Home Economists say
that you can figure about twenty
trically cooked foods. And that’s
an important saving in your house-
keeping budget. Cook electrically
the current
shrinkage in elec-
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all
courts. Oifice, room 18 Crider’s Hx-
change. 61.
’ KENNEDY SOHN ON ec altomey at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt -
tion given all legal business entrusted
to his care. Offices—No. 5, East High
street. 57-44
J M. KEICHLINE,—Attorney-at-Law and
Justice of the Peace. All professional
Offices on second floor of Temple Court.
49-6-1y
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business will receive prompt attention.
G. RUNKLE.— Attorney-at-L aw.
Consultation in English and Ger-
man. Office in Crider’'s E
Bellefonte, Pa.
suena,
PHYSICIANS
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College, Centre
county, Pa. Office at his residence.
R. R. L. CAPERS.
OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte
'mueuy
Crider’s Ex. 66-11 Holmes Bids.
D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis-
tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Frames placed
and lenses matched. Casebeer Bldg, High
St., Bellefonte, Pa. 1-23=tt
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed
by the State Board. State Col 5
every day except Saturday,
fonte, 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
FEEDS!
We have taken on the line of
Purina Feeds
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
Purina Cow Chow, 349, $2.80 per H
Purina Cow Chow, 249% 2.60 per H
Wayne dairy, 82% - 29 perH
Wayne dairy, 24% - 250perH
Wayne Egg mash - 8.15 per H
Wayne Calf meal - 4.25 per H
Wayne Horse feed : 2.50 per H
Wayne all Mash Chick
Starter - - - 4.00 per H
Wayne all Mash Grower 3.40 per H
Wagner's dairy, 32% - 2.60 per H
Wagner's dairy 20% - 2.25 per H
Wagner's Winter Bran - 1.70 per H
Wagner's Winter Midds - 1.90 per H
Wagner's Egg mash 2.90 per H
Wagner's Pig meal - 2.80 per H
Wagner's Scratch feed - 2.30 per H
Wagner's Medium Scratch
feed - - - 240perH
Wagner's Chick feed - 2.60 per H
Oil Meal - - 290perH
Cotton Seed meal - 2.40 per H
Gluten feed - . - 240perH
Alfalfa meal - - 225per H
Tankage, 607 - - 425perH
Beef Scrap - - 400perH
Oyster Shell . - 1,00 per H
Fine Stock Salt . = 110perH
Seed Barley, per bushel 1.25 per H
Feeding Molasses . LvLi5perH
Cow Spray x 1.50 per G
Let us grind your corn and oats
and make up your Feeds with
Cotton Seed Meal, Oil Meal, Alfalfa,
Gluten Feed and Bran Molasses,
We will make delivery of two ton
lots. No charge,
When You Want Good Bread or
Pastry Flour
USE
“OUR BEST”
OR
«GOLD COIN” FLOUR
C.Y. Wagner & Co. in
66-11-1yr. BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Caldwell & Son
Bellefonte, Pa.
Plumbing
and Heating
Vapor....Steam
By Hot Water
Pipeless Furnaces
PUI S AAA ASAP ASS ASS
Full Line of Pipe and Fit-
tings and Mill Supplies
All Sizes of Terra Cotta
Pipe and Fittings
ESTIMATES
Cheerfully and Promptly Furnished
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