Bellefonte, Pa.,
THE FIRST CONCERN.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
This is the season of the year 1n |
which infantile paralysis is preva-
lent and newspapers everywhere
«contain reports of cases of children,
and even adults, suffering from
paralysis and dying of this crippling
malady.
The most modern method of treat-
ment is the use of serum taken
from someone who has recently re- |
covered from the disease. The exact.
method of spread of infantile paraly- |
sis. is not known, although it is
realized that it spreads from person
to person and that when once in
‘the body the poison travels through
the nervous system, affecting chiefly
the nerve cells in the front of the
spinal cord and thereby bringing
:about paralysis.
There seems to be no doubt that
“people do not develop the disease be-
cause they have in their bodies |
:an immunity to it, perhaps having |
suffered at some time a very mild
infection,
Apparently there are people in
communities’ who are carriers of in-
fantile paralysis and who spread the
disease from one person to another
without themselves being actually
sick. The detection and control of
carriers is the most important step
in preventing epidemics of many in-
fectious diseases.
The causative agent of in-
fantile paralysis is not known and
attempts are.being made in many
research institutions to find out the
nature of the organism. In a recent
small epidemic there were 12 cases
of the disease, 10 who were treated
with convalescent serum and who
recovered; two who were treated
without the application of modern
medical means, but by the use of
faith and adjustments died.
* The interest which the public has
shown in lending its efforts to the
control of this disease is best rc-
vealed by the fact that in Montreal
during the last epidemic, according
to Professor H. B. Cushing, cripples
for many miles around wrote to the
;health department offering to come
at their own expense to supply serum,
if it were required for new cases of
the disease.
Health authorities should have a
sufficient amount of convalescent
serum on hand to treat cases in
time of epidmeic. In the epidemic
which took place in Manitoba, 8,000
cubic centimeters of serum were
available, an amount representing
‘eight quarts. The serum is in.
jected with a needle into the mus-
cles, and, if given early, aids in
‘the prevention of paralysis and in
producing prompt recovery.
The next most important step may
well be absolute rest in the acute
Stage. When the patient in the
early acute stage of infantile paraly-
sis is given absolute rest, the amount
of congestion in the spinal cord is
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“IN- BELLEFONTE
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Over a Third of a Century
at Same Location
vs nisin
Merchandise and Prices
CORRESPOND
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Manufacturers of
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And Dealers in
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Bell Phone 22
BELLEFONTE, PA.
TRY OUR
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Spring and High Streets
Bellefonte, Pa.
Phone 558-J
less, and the amount of paralysis is
naturally less also.
.. After the acute stage has disap- |
peared, it becomes necessary to!
treat the paralysis by modern ortho- |
pedic methods. Massage and elec- |
tric treatments are not to be given !
“unless they can be administered by |
trained investigators who will not |
irritate inflamed tissues, |
. If it were not for the fact that.
‘many people have a natural im- |
‘munity to infantile paralysis, the
amount of crippling and permanent |
‘injury from this disease would be |
far greater than it now is.
Unquestionably the virus or agent
that causes infantile paralysis is,
‘widely distributed so that the op- |
portunity is open for infection. There |
Seems to he considerable likelihood
that people who have some immuni-
ty to the disease develop increasing
Immunity as they grow older.
: -Furthermore, as one reaches adult
age he is less frequently exposed to
the disease than when he was a
child. Some investigators have ar.
gued that immunity decreases with
‘age, and that it is only the lessen-
‘ed exposure that keeps most adults
from having the disease.
: It is known of course, that im-
munity to other infectious diseases
‘brought about by inoculation against
them tends to wear off after a
‘period of time. It is known that
‘the incidence of both infantile
paralysis and diphtheria is low in
infants under one year of age;
‘probably because such infants are
not frequently exposed to these dis-
‘eases, but probbaly also because the |
infant at birth has in its blood im-
mune bodies against infectious dis-
eases derived from the mother.
Wes ieors Wife: “Goodness, John!
re did you get t ;
Yste 2 you g hat lighted Tod 1
Professor: “I picked it up. Some
careless person left it o
that hole in the road.” ae
You Need No Longer be Told
You Have an Expensive Foot
Enna-Jettick
Shoes for Women
$5.00 and $6.00
Mingle’s Shoe Store
PICTURES ARENOT
ALWAYS TRUTHFUL
Some Mail Order Houses Find
Them Very Useful in Their
Business.
CAN “DOCTOR’’ PHOTOGRAPH
Concerns Can Give Wrong Impres-
slons With Illustrations While
Sticking to Truth In
Descriptions.
i (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
i “Figures never lie,” it has been
| claimed, but this is far from the
| truth. The defaulter who has “doc-
tored” his books in such a way that he
. has escaped detection for years, knows
that figures can be made to lie. The
shrewd politician, whe knows how to
juggle statistics, knows that they can
be made to tell a story that is far from
the truth.
But there is another medium of ex-
pression which is also supposed to be
a stickler for truth, but which is a
greater prevaricator than figures.
That is a picture. A picture of any
person or thing, supposedly, is an ex-
act reproduction of the original, but
this is frequently only a wild suppo-
sition. The photographer who did not
make his picture tell a little fib now
and then would soon go out of busi-
ness from lack of patronage.
Pictures Better Than Words.
Pictures have come to occupy a very
important place in the life of the world
in recent years. It has been said that
for newspaper purposes a pleture
which tells its story strikingly is worth
more than columns of written words
I
| on the same subject. Newspapers and
magazines have realized the truth of
{ this fact and ‘as a result pictures are
| used profusely in illustrating the‘news
and fiction of the day :
No one has been quicker to realize
the possibilities of the picture when
properly—or it might be said improp-
erly—used, than the mall order: man.
He has realized that a picture will
do more to sell his kind of merchan-
dise than a column of words and fig-
ures. One reason for this is that it
is harder to catch a picture in/a lie
than it is printed words and figures.
For instance, if you sell a man a table
on the strength of a printed statement
that it 1s 48 inches wide and if when
the table reaches the customer fit is
only 86 inches wide, the customer not
only has a moral right to kick, but
he has a legal right to accuse the sell-
er of obtaining money under false pre-
The Key to Better Business
LIFE IS A GIVE AND TAKE PROPOSITION
tenses. However, if the customer
buys a table which looks in a picture
to be 48 inches wide, but which proves
upon its arrival to be only 36 inches
wide, he has no legal grounds upon
which to base a complaint if the sell-
er has not told him in so many words
that the table was 48 inches wide.
Stick to Truth in Figures.
Some unscrupulous mail orde:
nouses have taken advantage of this
selling power of pictures in a very in-
cenious way. They adhere strictly to
the truth in the actual measurements
given in their catalogues of the arti-
cles which they have to sell. They
may employ descriptions which exag-
gerate the qualities and appearances
of the articles offered, but when it
comes down to actual measurements
the descriptions given are technically
correct. Then these concerns rely upon
their pictures to sell the merchandise,
realizing that a picture will make a
far deeper impression upon the mind
of the prospective buyer than the act-
ual figures given. A picture of a wide,
roomy bed will attract the eye and
the reader probably will not stop to
measure off the width of the bed as it
is described in the catalogue to see
whether it is as wide as desired. Fig-
ures, in the abstract, mean little to the
average reader and do not convey the
impression that is given in the pic-
ture.
A former manager of a mail orde:
nouse tells how his concern manipu-
lated pictures in this way to suit its
purposes. It had pictures of its
chairs retouched so that the legs
seemed to be an inch and a half in di-
ameter, when they were really less
than an inch. It made narrow beds
appear in the picture to be wide and
comfortable. Posts of iron beds that
were really an inch in diameter were
made to appear as if they were three
inches in thickness. These things are
easy for any competent artist to do.
Patrons Had No Recourse.
This concern, however, adhered rig
idly to the truth in the measurements
included in the descriptions. Custom-
ers who found, when they received
their goods, that they were not what
they expected, could kick, but it would
‘46 “thei” tio’ god. The mall order
house could show that it had set forth
‘the measurements truthfully in cata-
logues, and there was no recourse for
the customer.
There is no question but that pic
tures will lie, sometimes without any
manipulation, and the person who buys
an article of merchandise from a pic-
ture is taking big chances, even though
the picture is not intentionally altered
to give a wrong impression. Any ama-
teur photographer knows from experi-
ence how the camera often will give
‘a wrong idea of proportions,
The only safe method is to buy from
the local merchant where one sees the
article itself and not a picture of fit.
The article itself cannot lie about its
dimensions, at least,
If you want, satisfactory printing at. reasonable prices
the Watchman Office will be glad to do it. for you.
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treated to eliminate coal dust. Our
Cambria Smokeless and Dustless Coal
saves cleaning, sweeping and dust-
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J. 0. BREWER
Successor to Thomas Coal Yard
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Free Wheeling
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BEEZER’S GARAGE
North Water Street
City Coal Yard
0. G. Morgan, Proprietor
Bellefonte, Pa.
Anthracite C Oo al
and Bituminous
Exciusive Saie of the
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and The Original Cherry Run Coals
Special Notice
We handie U. S. Government in-
spected meats for the health and
protection of our patrons.
Leave your orders early for your Xmas
Turkey, Duck, Geese and Chickens.
Phone 384 J
Armstrong Meat Market
Carpeneto’s
Always the Best,
Fruits, Vegetables
Candy and Tobaccos
Phone 28
We Deliver
Lumber Steel
Claster’s
....At the Big Spring...
Building Supplies
W. R. Brachbill
Established 1841
Furniture and Rugs
BELLEFONTE, PENNA.
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66x80—Plaid Designs
A Useful Xmas Gift
$ 1"
PAIR
Cohen ® Co.
Department Store
Bellefonte, Pa.
* Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
Only One Heatrola
Made by Estate Store Co.
WE SELL IT
Phone 660 . . . Bellefonte
THE
R.S. Brouse Store
In ‘Bush Arcade
On High Street
.
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Always Fresh Groceries
Glenwood Stoves
Makes Baking Easy
Peninsular Parlor Circulators
Blaben’s Floor Linoleums
Hilo 4-Hour Hard Drying Enamels in
All Shades, Rich in Color and
Durable — Everything in Hard-
ware, at the Right Price.
H. P. Schaeffer
HARDWARE
Sid Bernstein
Sells For Less
Come in, look around
and be convinced.
‘The Family Outfitter
Next Door to Richelieu Theatre
Bellefonte, Pa.
We Recommend
and Sell“Larro”
rem.
“More Profit Over
| Martha Washington Candies
Received Fresh Weekly
City Cash Grocery
Shop at THE KATZ STORE
...And See For Yourself
that Price has nothing to do with Good Taste
—OQur merchandise is chosen first for itg
Good Taste, its Correctness—If it can be had
Runkle’s Drug Store
NA WITH SAFET,
9 8
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Feed Cost” 4 All h S for lower prices we’re doubly glad—We be-
Ty Hoag’s Dairy Store egheny Sirool Ie an He et Remedies
May er Bros. i Bellefonte, Pa. We Propose to Bush Arcade
Corner High and Spring Streets :
Give It to Them I BELLEFONTE, PA.
Phone 334 Bellefonte. Pa. Phone 629
Insurance
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Ed. L. Keichline
Bellefonte, Pa.
If in Need of a Real
Victrola Type
Parlor Heater
It will certainly pay you to investi-
gate the “Torrid Sunshine” —sold by
The Bellefonte
Hardware Comp’y
We trust you find yourselves among
those who feel that Olewine’s Hard-
ware is a good one to deal with.
If so, we are realizing our aspiration
to glve real service in all our deal-
ings, aud we thank you for your
response to our efforts.
Olewine’s Hardware
It Pays to Buy the Best
It Pays to Buy ai Beezer’s
Foods of Excellence will Help You Win
Fame as a Provider of Splendid Meals—If
It’s Quality You Want, We Have It.
P. L. Beezer Estate
Cash Meat Market
Established Over Forty Years
Phone 666—667 Free Delivery
Fruit and Vegetables
Bonfatto’s
Wholesale and Retail
All Kinds of Produce
We Deliver
Phone 240 W. High Street
Buy Electrically
They Cost the Least to Use
and Save the Most Labor—
Washers, Sweepers, Ironers, Radios,
Lamps, New Shades—
at Prices to Suit Your Purse.
Electric Supply Co.
Buy Lumber
From a Lumberman
nas
W. R. Shope
Herr & Heverly
Ferndale (Tyncorjes
cseess FANCY
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Prompt Service
At the Lowest Possible Prices
We Deliver
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Christmas Shopping is Easy
—fin—
Hunter's Book Store
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there are so many
Nice Things
to give that are inexpensive.
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co.
Coal, Feed and Oils
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Moshannon { $5.00
Osceola Mills Per Net Ton
5-Ton Lots...$4.50 per Net Ton
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with TEXACO—
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