‘given her, but with tears running
'down her cheeks she said she durst Pocahontas painted long years be- |
Bellefonte, Pa. June 26, 1931.
SPEED
In motor cars of monstrous power
They hasten to and fro. i
They travel ninety miles an hour |
And have no place to go. |
Devouring endless miles of space
They hurry through the day |
So fast they cannot feel the grace
Of Springtime by the way. :
Spurred onward by a ceaseless goad |
In mad and breathless strife, !
They speed along Life's pleasant road
But have not time for Life. !
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STORY OF POCAHONTAS
The Little Princess Held the Title
as the Most Popular Indian Girl
No girl in America has made so
lasting an impression on history or
retained her populartiy for so many
years as has a dainty little Indian
maden named Pocahontas.
This girl, by the way, had three
sets of names. At birth she was
called Amonate. And then came
her secret or sacred name-—Mato-
axca—which menat “Little Snow
Feather." The name Pocahontas
was not given her until she was old
enough to portray some particular
trait of character. This was in ac-
cordance with tribal custom. Po-
cahontas means “a sparkling stream
between two hills.”
There are people in the national
capital today, and elsewhere, who
are proud of the fact that they are
lineal descendents of this Indian girl.
"The famous John Randolph of Roan-
©oke was a descendant of Pocahontas.
This girl, who was the daughter
of Powhatan, chief of a Virginia
Indian tribe, came into prominence
when Captain John Smith became
the central figure of the first settle-
ment on the James river some for-
ty miles below the present historic
«ity of Richmond; only twenty miles
from Yorktown where Washington
ended the Revolutionary war, and
but eleven miles from Williamsburg,
‘where Washington served as a mem-
ber of the State Legislature.
She is said to have been a girl
of unusual brightness, a happy per-
sonality, and beauty of face and
form. She soon became as popular
with the strange white settlers as
she was with her own people. She
visited the new-comers as often as
opportunity permitted.
The most dramatic and outstand-
ing episode was the saving of Cap-
tain Smith's life at the risk of her
own. This act has kept her name
before the public for more than three
hundred years.
Smith who had gone on bad terms
with old chief Powhatan, had been
taken into custody and was about
to have his worldly career ended by
hickory clubs as large as pick hand-
les, wielded by husky braves, whose
aim was directed toward his head,
forcibly pillowed: on a stone. When
the clubs were about to descend
Pocahontas rushed to the scene and
saved his life.
The story of the rescue of Smith
is told in these calm words by
Thomas Studley:
“Being ready with their clubs to
beat out his brains, she, when no
entreaty could prevail, got his head
in her arms, and laid her own upon
his to save him from death, whereat
the emperor was contented he should
live to make him hatchets, and her
bells, beads and copper, for they
thought him as well accomplished of
all occupations as themselves.”
Later, when Smith was presenting
the cause of Pocahontas to Queen
Anne in London, he declared that
“she hazarded the beating out of her
own brains to save mine.”
No wonder these two remained the
best of friends until parted by death.
Her deep friendship for the English
leader was given another opportuni-
ty to assert itself the following
‘winter. Provisions were running
low. The people were looking
gaunt, unhappy and apprehensive.
The “wolf” at the kitchen door had
gottem beyond the barking stage.
He was actually chewing at the
door. Sizing up the situation, Po-
cahontrs carried provisions from her
home to her new friends. Accord-
ing to a diary kept by one of the
party, “Every four or five days,
Pocahontas, with her attendants,
brought him provisions that saved
many of their lives, otherwise they
would have died from hunger.
Pocahontas was always on hand
when there was trouble to be ad-
Jjusted. On one occasion Smith got
into a row with some Indians who
didn't seem to like the color of his
hair or something. Smith got the
best of the scrap and made several
of them captors. This greatly dis-
turbed old Chief Powhatan. He
used diplomacy to get them free.
‘The “diplomacy” Pocahontas.
‘The old recoras thus tell the story:
“Powhatan sent his messengers and
his favorite daughter, Pocahontas,
with presents to excuse him of the
injuries done by some rash captains
‘toward his subjects, desiring their
liberties for this time with the as-
surance of his love forever.”
But there was more trouble in the
offing. Powhatan's ‘love forever”
was of short duration. He enter-
ed into a plot with some Dutchmen
to put an end to Smith. The scheme
was nipped in the bud by the ever
watchful and reliable Pocahontas. It
had been planned to surprise Smith
while at supper. But according to
a writer of the times, “notwithstand-
ing the eternal all-seeing God, did
prevent him, and by strange means.
For Pocahontas, his dearest jewel
little colony was prepared for
jeered.
know,
not be seen to have any; for if Pow-
hatan should know it, she wert but
dead, and so she ran away by her-
self as she came.”
Thanks to wnis timely warning, the
the
murderous visitors and things pass-
ed off quietly.
Soon after this Captain Smith left
for England, and then things went Everything
from bad to worse. There was an-
other period of starvation and mis-
ery. Captain Argail, in command
of one of the ships, set out to ob-
tain some food from Chief Japazaws,
of the Potomacs. Hearing that Poc-
ahontas was visiting this tribe he hit
upon a desperate but mean trick to
compel the Indians to deliver food
to the colonists. Through the offer
of a nice copper kettle and other
“toles” Chief Japazaws and his wife
were induced to send Pocahontas
‘aboard the ship. He then raised an-
chor and sailed back to Jamestown
with her. Here she remained for
about a year. It proved to be a pleas-
ant captivity. There were many new
people in the little settlement who
had come over with the new Gover-
nor Sir Thomas Dale. One of the
newcomers was a young man of fine
appearance named John Rolfe. He
found the Indian girl very pleasing
to look at. Her voice was velvety
and her smile was sweet. And Po-
cahontas seemed to like the young
Englishman.
In a little while Rolfe asked her
to be his wife and she agreed. It was
necessary however to obtain the con-
sent of the governor of the colony,
he being in absolute control of every-
thing. The original communication
from Rolfe to the governor asking
such permission was discovered some
years ago in the Bodlein Library at
Oxford, England, and reads as fol-
lows:
“Let therefore this my well ad-
vised protestacion, which here I
make between God and my owne
conscience be a sufficient witness,
at the dreadful day of Judgment
(when the secret of all men’s hearts
shall be opened) to condemn me
herein if my chief intent and purpose
be not to stryve with all my power
of boddy and mynde in the under-
takinge of so waity a matter (noe
waye leads soe farr forrth as man's
weakness may permytt, with the un-
brideled desire to carnall affection)
for the goode of the plantacion, the
honoure of our country, for the
glorye of God and Jesus Cryst an un-
belivinge creature, namely Pocahon-
'tas—to whome my hart and best
thought are and have byn a long
time soe intangled and inthralled in
soe intricate a laborinth, that I was
even awearied to unwynde my selfe
thereout. But Almighty God whe
never faileth those who truly invo-
cate His holy name, hathe***
“At your command most willinge
to be deposed.
Jno Rolfe.”
The governor, after deep and pray-
erful consideration, gave his consent
to the union. Old Chief Powhatan
also agreed to the union. And be it
said to the credit of Powhatan, that
from that day until his death, he
‘lived in peace and harmony with his
pale-faced brothers.
Pocahontas, in the little church
at Jamestown, was baptised and be-
came a christian. Her m name
was Rebecca, which means ‘bond of
peace.’
The wedding of Rolfe and Pocahon-
tas was the first big social event of
the New World. Powhatan did not
attend, but his family was well rep-
resented. His brother, Opachisco,
and his son Montauguas, with a
younger brother of the bride, wit-
nessed the ceremony. This elder
hrother of the bride was described
by Smith as being “the most manli-
est, comeliest, boldest spirit I ever
saw in a savage.” Other interested
guests were Sis Thomas Dale, Sir
Thomas Gates, Captain George
Spense, Thomas Savage, Thomas
Powell, wife and child; Mrs. Hortan
and grandchild, Mrs. John Rolfe and
child, relatives of the bridegroom
and Mrs. Edward Easton and child.
It was no easy effort for the bride
to give up the habits and methods
of living to which she had been ac-
customed among her people of the
forest. She did her best, however, to
adopt the “formal and civil” man-
ners of the English lady she had be-
come. She, perhaps, didn't realize it,
but it was the first case in America
of “keeping up with the Joneses,”
a game that millions of others still
try to play. All of the neighbors had
their eyes on her. Every slip of the
tongue, of the hand and dress was
doubtless commented upon in the
neighborhood gatherings.
The bride and groom set up house-
my, went to England for a visit. It
was the first time that the people
over there had seen an Indian. Poor
Pocahontas. She knew she was on
her way, but she didn't know where
she was going. She became the
curiosity and idol of London. She
was pampered, petted, cheered and
(A cheer and a jeer, you
are merely the fractional
shift of the tongue.) She was pre-
sented at the tish court and had
and daughter, in that dark night the pleasure of having her hand |
came through the irksome woods, grasped by King James I. James
and told our captain great cheer thought so well of her that he or- |
should be sent us by and by. But dered her portrait painted for the |
gallery. From this was made |
Powhatan and all the power he | royal
could make would after come and the familiar engraving of the young
kill us with our own weapons
we were at supper. Therefore if engraving: ‘“Matoaka als Rebecka
we would live she wished us pres- fila Potentiss, Prince Powhatani
ently to be gone. Such things as imp. Virginia.”
she delighted in he would have it| The great artist Sully, in 1830,
when | matron which contains the Latin |
made a copy of the portrait of PENN STATE STARTS
‘fore by an unknown artist. It was
so old that it was falling to pieces.
There is a third painting of Poca- |
'hontas in existence, but the artist
is not known. The little boy is
shown with her in this painting.
It would be interesting to know
just how London impressed this for- |
| est-reared girl from the New World. |
was so strange to her.
Monster brick and stone buildings,
paved streets, thousands of horse-
drawn vehicles, and so many pecul-
iar and ear-splitting noises.
Just as the little mother and her
husband and son were about to re-
turn to Virginia she was stricken
with illness and soon died. She
was buried beneath the chancel of
St. Georges Church, Gravesend. The
church register recording this sad
event reads as follows:
“Here Rebecca Rolfe, wyffe of
Thomas Rolfe, gent, a Virginia lady
borne, was buried in the chaunsell
in 1617." The name of “Thomas”
instead of a “John”, was a mistake
of the old. register.
Upon the death of his mother, the
young son was left in England, and
placed in charge of Sir Lewis Stuke-
ly. He was educated by the Rcifes.
The father returned to Virginia. At
nineteen he came to Virginia, where
he took possession of his father's
property, and also large inheritances
from his grand.ather, Chief Powha-
tan. He married Jane Poythress.
They had one daughter, named Jane,
who married Col. Robert Billing.
The Billings had a daughter, also
named Jane, who married Richard
Randolph, of Henrico county, Va.
Their descendants are many.
EXCESS MEN IN GERMANY
BY 1945 STATISTICS SAY
——— i
| Germany now known as the bach-
elors’ paradise owing to its enor-
mous surplus of women, may be
transformed into the Eldorado of
spinsters by 1945, when for the first
time on record the number of mar-
riageable men is expected to exceed
that of women.
This is the significance of
as dust statistics, recently published
by the Government Bureau of Sta-
tistics. An expert, Dr. George
Neuhaus of Bonn, in an article con-
tributed to the “Koelnische Zeitung,” |
has interpreted these official figures
and extracted from them the glad
tidings for “maiden aunts” of the
rising generation.
There were 2,329,000 more Ger-
‘man women than men of marriage-
able age in 1925. By 1945 this dis-
crepancy will not only be wiped out,
but the tables will be turned and
Germany will harbor 46,000 more
marriageable men than women. That
however, will merely be a modest
beginning. Within an additional 15
years the prospects for husband seek-
ing women will have improved vast-
ly, for in 1960 there will be 1,035,-
000 more marriageable men than
women among Germany's inhabi-
‘tants. |
Every national census in Germany
revealed a vast surplus of women,
despite the fact that more than 105
boys were born to every 100 girls.
The preponderance of German wo- |
men over men has been due to the
higher mortality rate among males
and to the great streams of emi-'
gration among venturesome German
youths and men. |
Up to the age of 20, boys remain- |
‘ed more numerous than girls; but!
it has been at this age that a high-
er male death-rate set in and emi-
gration undertaken on a large scale,
so that the total of German women
above 20 increasingly surpassed the
number of men. The war, of course,
tremendously raised the ratio of wo-
men to men in the population.
This situation is changing. The
decline in the surplus of German
women started this year. Several
causes account for this change. First,
(emigration of German men has de-
clined rapidly and will continue to
decline; secondly, the number of boys |
born, in ratio to each 100 girl-babies |
recorded a 105.5 between 1900 and |
1913, rose to 108 in 1919 and amount- |
ed to 106 in 1927; finally, there has |
been a greater decrease in the
death-rate among men than women |
of marriageable age.
The “age of marriage” in Germany |
is given as 15 to 45 for women and
118 to 48 for men, the lower limit be- |
ing fixed by law, the higher age be-
ing based on custom.
The result of this entire shift, as
indicated, is that the chances of mar- |
riage for women are improving rap- |
idly, as the number of males and fe- |
males in Germany's population is
tending to balance and ultimately
will result in a large excess of men
[over women.
|" The past year ended with a 2,200,-
(ture will not wear the traditional
smocks while in the drawing rooms
this year.
This ancient and honorable right
‘was lost when the junior class de-
feated the second year men in the
annual interclass smock battle.
One sophomore wears a smock and
| 50 members of kis class seek to pro-
ADMITTING FRESHMEN |
Boys and girls who were gradu-
ated from the high schools of Penn-
sylvania this month are being ad-
mitted to the freshman class of the
Pennsylvania State College now,
Registrar William S. Hoffman has
announced. The requirements for
admission are similar to those main-
tained by other leading colleges and
universities of the country. Ad-
mssions will continue during July
and August until the quota of 1250
is reached.
Applicants who were graduated in
the lower three-fifths of their high
school classes will be required to
take an aptitude test, r
Hoffman said. The test will be giv-
en at the college and in seventeen
cities of the State on Agust 7. The
cities on the list are Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Erie, Oil City, Greens-
burg, Smethport, DuBois, Johnstown,
Altoona, Chambersburg, Williams-
port, Sunbury, Harrisburg, York,
Scranton, Allentown and Reading.
Two hundred and ten students,
many of them teachers with years
of experience, are taking advantage
of the second Inter-Session at the
Pennsylvania State College to make
an intensive study of educational
problems.
The session, which is conducted
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keeping at Jamestown. A little later 000 excess of marriageable women J = authorized announce
they moved to the Rolfe estate at over men: but this number, accord- Good Printin 0c Morgan, of Bellefonte Borough,
Varina, near what is now the city ing to official statisticians, will fall ge. will be a quadidate | jor Domination = we Nl
of Richmond. There was a great to 815,000 by 1935 and be transmut- Bo Repu of Centre Coty ute to
rejoicing throughout the various set- ed into a 46,000 surplus of marriage- A SPECIALTY the decision of the voters as expressed
tiements when the news came that able men in 1945. By 1950, there at the at the primiries So be held on Tuesday, Bellefonte, Pa.
3 lite gon had ajtived at the holde wil be 626,000 and by 1960, 1,085, Septein 5 Bn.
of the e's. e was promptly more marriageable men than WATCHMAN OFFI I hereby announce candidacy for
christened Thomas, in honor of the women, this number probably de- oe nomination for the offics of Treasurer of s
governor of the colony. All the clining to 481,000 by 1980 and to There is mo style of om TT i ye ay ing
neighbors were much interested in 359,000 in the year 2000. in bo = the as “he primaly
the baby: $I Hey came Hoff far and BOOK WORK 1°04 hela on Thesdey, “September ®
near to get a poop al It. They sMOCKS ARE FORBID SUEY, Betoun d Heatin
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