Bellefonte, Pa., February 19, 1982.
AMUSEMENTS OF THE
FIRST PRESIDENT
That both the President and Mrs.
Washington suffered from homesick-
ness while in executive residence in
New York and Philadelphia, is re-
corded in history. Mrs. Washington
wrote to Mrs. Fanny W
whom she had left in charge at
Mount Vernon: “I never go to any
public place. Indeed I think I am
more like a state prisoner than any-
thing else; there is certain bounds
set for me, which I must not depart
from, and as I cannot do as I like,
I am obstinate and stay at home a
great deal.”
The President, in writing to a
friend in Virginia regarding the dig-
nity of his position, said, “God knows
it has no charms for me. I had
rather be at Mount Vernon with a
friend or two about me, than to be
attended at the seat of government
by officers of State and representa-
tives of every power in Europe.”
Yet, as we are informed by the
United States George Washington
Bicentennial Commission, there was
no lack of gayety in either city with
a continual round of balls, dinner-
parties, theatres, concerts and other
diversions, and if the Chief Executive
and his wife could not join in the
most. exgiting pastinies of the capi-
tol, they could at least follow their
inclinations in many respects.
In Colonial times there was a pas-
sion for gambling in certain quar-
ters, and bets were placed on all
games. Loo, or &s Washington
sometimes spelled it, “Leu” was the
most popular, and it was no uncom-
mon thing for a man or woman to
win or lose two or three hundred
doliars at a sitting. There is no rec-
ord, however, of Washington's win-
ning more than three pounds, or of
losing more than nine pounds, four-
teen shillings and nine pence. In
fact, Washington always played for
small stakes. He seemed to be in-
terested in the game and the diver-
sion it afforded rather than in the
winnings.
Washington's fondness for cards
and billards show in his diary ar ac-
sount where before he became Pres-
ident he often recorded that he had
peen “home all day at cards,” and
itemized purchases of ‘one doz.
sacks playing cards.”
Washington's natural fondness for
sorses and racing and sometimes
sock-fighting during his life, was en-
tirely in keeping with the tradition-
il tastes of the Virgmia gentleman.
Hie not only subscribed liberally to
most of the racing purses, but ran
ais own horses, attending in person,
and betting moderately on all the
results. He was fond of riding to
sounds, and when at Mount Vernon
this was one of his favorite pas-
‘imes.
He loved hunting and fishing and
iragging for sturgeon, too, and i
en went duck hunting. Although
‘hese pursuits were for the most
sart impossible whire Washington
was in office, he did occasionally
nanage to slip away. In 1780 a
r records:
“Yesterday
: afternoon the Presi-
jent of the United States returned
‘rom Sanday Hook and the fishing
sanks, where he had been for the
senefit of the sea air, and to amuse
iimself in the delightful recreation
»f fishing We are told he has had
sxcellent sport, having himself
aught a great number of black sea
yass and black fish—the weather
yroved remarkably fine, which alto-
ether with the salubrity of the air
nd wholesome exercise, rendered |
his little voyage extremely agree-
\ble, and cannot fail we hope of be-
ng Serviceable to a speedy and com- |
)lete restoration of health. :
Both the President and Mrs.
Wi were y fond of |
he theatre in spite of the vigorous
pposition accorded this art in ev-
ry State in the Union. During his
residency, Washington used the
heatre for entertaining, his ledger
howing purchases of tickets bought
nd sent to various ladies and gen-
lemen with the invitation to occupy
, seat in his box.
They went to puppet shows, to see
lancing bears and to Mrs. Bowen's |
sax-works at No. 74 Water street,
and also attended the
equestrian of
he times performed in the ring with
is company of skilled riders and
crobats.
ANDOUgh Ww was ex-
remely fond of dancing, and wasan
ccomplished dancer the period,
of opinion is that
either he nor Mrs. Washington
anced while he was in office. Some
istorians maintain that he danced
t a ball which was given in his
soon after his first inaugura-
before Mrs. Washington
arrived from Mount Vernon. On
and Mrs. Maxwell, and
ave led the minuet with Mrs. Max-
rell’s sister, Miss Van Zandt, one of
he famous beauties of New York.
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The one and only Floyd Gibbons, mpperon contemplated the sculptor’s | think
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on in China, read Floyd Gib- |
ons daily in the New York Amer-|
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know her, Theron, and women like
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A BUSINESS MAN IN LOVE.
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become Madame Lu , and I told
him——" She hesitated. “Well, it
boiled down to no!” she added.
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“I see,” said the sculptor. ““That’'s |
fairly true to form-—don't want it}
after you've got it. Hmph!” He|
looked at them both, beneath shaggy |
brows. “Well, I suppose you know
what you're doing.”
“Oh, go away!” said Sabra, and
he went. i
Back at his own house, Therun's |
happiness was touched with uncer- |
tainty. As he went into the living |
room to tell his mother he was
tempted to wait, to postpone his |
announcement. Would Sabra change |
her mind? Was she sure of her-|
self? Yet, he reflected, all the
talk of the unfitness of their mar- |
riage, of the part of one Jan Lup-|
esco played, had come, not from
Sabra, but from Dirk Salisbury.
“Mother, I'm going to marry Sa-|
bra Salisbury,” he said.
His mother looked at him. “Are
you?” she asked. “You love her,
Theron?”
He nodded. “Very much,” he said,
and the fullness of his voice made
up for his lack of words.
“And she loves you, Theron?”
“Yes, Mother. We want to be
married right away.” As he stood
there before her, for the first time
in his life he was acutely aware of
his mother as a woman, as a wid-
ow, living alone in her dead hus-'
band's house with her one child.
“You've been with me a long time, |
Theron,” she said. “I've had you]
longer than most mothers keep their
sons.” She was smiling.
Theron had not cried since he was
a little boy, and now he felt very
close to tears. He knelt before her.
“Gosh, you're a peach!” he said, his
face against her lap. “Sabra's in
luck.”
Above his head her voice came
clear and sweet. “She has no
mother?" |
“No.” At least, he thought she]
hadn't. He was suddenly appalled |
at the number of things he did not
know about Sabra. Yet loving her |
as he did, he knew enough.
“She has a fine head, your Sabra,”
said his mother softly. “When will |
you bring her to see me—tomor-|
row?" {
It was Sabra who insisted that |
they postpone their marriage for a
month. “It's not that I'm not sure,
Theron,” she told him. “] am.
Perhaps it's really for you--we have
so much to learn about each other.
And"--she was constantly surprising
him, and now he was more surpris-
ed than he had ever been— “and it
will be easier for your mother.”
His misgivings about that second
meeting between his mother and
Sabra had proved baseless. He had
known, of course, that his mother’s
breeding and tact would carry her
through any situation, but he had
underestimated Sabra's gentleness
and comprehension.
Only Dirk Salisbury was restless
and moody, and only in his presence
was Theron's happiness. incomplete.
They were to be married at his
mother's house—still another proof
to Theron of unknown depths of ten-
derness in Sabra—and it was on the
preceding day that Theron, hurrying
up the path to the raspberry-colored |
house, was met by silence. He call-|
ed, and Dirk Salisbury answered
from the kitchen; he met Theron's |
eyes starkly.
“Where's Sabra?” |
She was, replied her father, out|
with that several-times-qualified |
himself, he'd |
like to wring her guaintly denomi- |
nated neck! |
“He's lost his orchestra,” said
Salisbury gloomily. “Been kicked |
out on his ear. He clung to
Sabra's knees—literally, I tell you.
I saw him!—and said that she was |
the only person who could save him
from suicide. In fact, he rather |
implied that the whole thing was |
her fault.”
Theron was silent. |
“Wouldn't this just happen?” the
sculptor demanded. “One more day
to go! Theron, I tell you there's
fatality in these things. We try
to pretend that we govern our own
lives—remember what I told you
when we first discussed Sabra? You
can't get away from it. You're
you belong in opposing camps.
Theron, I love you like a son, but
you're a business man and you'll stay
a business man.”
Theron shook his head. ‘‘Where
have they gone?”
“Walking,” said Salisbury. “They'll
be back. They can't leave until the
train. Besides, I think Lupesco’s
broke. Sabra probably has some
money. It's no use, Theron. You,
might as well" {
“Rot!” said Theron. “She doesn't
love him, Dirk.”
Salisbury roared. “Who said she
did? That's the damnable part of it!
But she'll m him all the same.
her! I tell you, I
er.” 1
“No,” said Theron. :
“Yes!” said Salisbury. “If only
_" His voice rose to a shout. “Lis-
ten to me! I've got it! You're a]
business man-—how well can you |
bluff? By heaven, there's a chance!
Beat him at his own game! Need
her more than he does!” i
excitement calmly.
mean ?”
Salisbury’s
“What do you,
blue eyes were flash-
‘ing; his beard bristled. “Theron, my |
boy, you can't marry Sabra. And |
you must tell her that before she
tells you. You can't marry her— |
and why? Ha! Because you've just
discovered that you have incipient
B."” he roared triumphantly. |
Steady Increase in
ary plant expansion and service
betterment program of the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Pennsylvania in
Annual Telephone Report Shows
“Experience Reveals Economy and Expedience of
Continued Development in Slack Times,”
Says President of Bell Company
There was no let-up in the custom- | adverse year, every employee was
Plant Growth
enlisted in the effort to secure more
business.” !
GASOLINE RECEIPTS
Pennsylvania's revenues from gas-
Canning,
the club, was due to a decline in
registrations of motor vehicles.
Gasoline tax collections kept oy
with the before, totalling -
015,405. combined revenue from
registrations and gasoline taxes was.
IN 1931 THAN IN 1830.
oline receipts and motor vehicle fees | $64,417,658 compared to $66,277,048
in 1931 were $1,859,390 less than |in 1930.
the total in 1930, according to the The total decrease in tions.
Keystone Automobile Club. was 14,557, of which 12,700 were.
The decrease, according to William | passenger cars, 1397 commercial.
i 8. » ring director of | cars and 440 buses.
—We will do your job work right.
The Bell of Pennsylvania operated
1931, and the company's investment
1.28262 telephones throughout the |
PLANT INVESTMENT
IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
1917 - 1931
250
200 !
15
9 |
100
50 i
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How the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania has continued to
expand its facilities
is pointed out in the annual report
company’s stockholders. Mr. Kinnard
in plant facilities grew to the huge
total of $313,000,000 during the year,
it is revealed in the annual report of
Leonard H. Kinnard, president, to the
stockholders of the company.
“Experience reveals the economy
and expedience of continued develop-
ment in slack times,” Mr. Kinnard
points out in the report.
“Although subjected to an exact-
ing control no construction necessary
to the welfare of the service was
eliminated or deferred, and no stand-
ards were relaxed,” his report con-
tinues. “The gross additions to
the company’s plant during 1931
amounted to $27,931,398. These ex-
penditures were for replacement, im-
provement and prudent development
of the telephone plant. The company
thus maintained its plant at a high
degree of efficiency.
“By the exercise of all practical
economy which could be undertaken
with no impairment of the service or
organization, expenses were so re-
duced as to retain the level of net
income, :
“The gross number of telephones
connected during 1931 compared
favorably with 1930. To achieve such
throughout the State is shown in this chart, which reflects
a steady increase in the company's plant investment throughout the depression
period. At the end of 1931 it represented an investment of $313,000,000, it
of Leonard H. Kinnard, pre:ident, to the
is shown in the inset.
State as of December 31, 1931. In
addition, its lines were inter-con-
nected with 196,511 telephones within
the State operated by 224 telephone
companies of separate ownership and
management. Mutual associations
owned 9,266 telephones which were
operated from the switchboards of
The Glass Bill |
HE GLASS BILL now pending in Congress
is regarded by bankers as the most con-
structive measure yet considered for the
relief of the present situation. It may prove of
particular benefit to country banks whose hold-
ings of paper subject to rediscount under the
the present law, are relatively small.
In general it is felt that when all the meas-
ures adopted for relief get into working shape,
there will be a most decided change in senti-
ment and the beginning of the end of the long
period of business depression.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK |
BELLEFONTE, PA.
the Bell Company. There was a total |
of 1,454,129 telephones in Pennsyl- |
vania, therefore, having complete |
access to the facilities of the Bell |g
System.
The average daily volume of local |
calls during 1931 was 5,218,858, and |
that of toll, or inter-town calls within |
the State, was 281,790. There were, |
in addition, 6,082,187 long distance |
culls in 1931 to points outside the |
State.
Telephone operating revenues for
1931 totaled $73,200,094. Telephone | [iH
Sperating expenses totaled $51,644,- |[f
593. i
Dividends on the preferred stock |S
were paid at the rate of 6% per cent. |i}
and on the common stock at the rate | [fj
of 8 per cent. per annum. The bal- 3
ance for corporate surplus, or un- l
divided profits, amounted to $812,822
for the year and was invested in the
business.” The total assets at the end
an outstanding sales record in an
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women, anyway. Salisbury shouted
and Theron listened, remembering
his’ own misgivings.
“You come back here around
eight,” said Salisbury. ‘Tl get
Lupesco off somewhere, and you
break it to Sabra pronto, before she
can get a word in. It's your only
chance. But of course if you're
just an unimaginative, thick-skulled
business man—" He shrugged.
Theron departed, his thoughts in
a state of chaos. To hold Sabra by
a trick was loathsome. And yet
Dirk Salisbury’s taunt rankled.
He spent a bad four hours. It
was true, in a way, this thing Dirk
Salisbury had said from the first,
that he and Sabra had lived in dif-
ferent worlds. It was one of the
things which made their companion-
ship go thrilling, this difference in
attitude and background. The dif-
ference, reflected Theron, should be
made to form a bond and not a
breach. Theron was confident that
he could carry out Dirk's scheme.
He was as confident as Dirk himself
of its result: Sabra would never
abandon him when he needed her.
You're a business man, Salisbury
had said; how well can you bluff?
But there were business men and
business men; there was busines
and business.
Dirk Salisbu winked at him when
he arrived at house. The three
were seated at the table beneath the
grapevine, Sabra, rather pale and
quiet, her Hungarian, listless and
slender, turning liquid eyes upon this
intruder. Salisbury rose and -
ged the musician after him, wi
little subtlety, and Sabra’s mouth
twitched as her eyes met Theron's.
“Theron—" she began, and he cut
her short.
All his life he had had precisely
one method of doing business. He
couldn't change, now—
“Sabra, I was here this afternoon
when you were ous,” he told her.
“Dirk was very agitated, he's con-
vinced that you're about to throw
me over for this Lupesco.” He look-
ed at her steadily, “Dirk says he
understands you better than I do.
Maybe he does. And maybe he un-
derestimates your intelligence. I
don't think I'm conceited, but I do
you'd be the biggest fool that
ever lived if did i"
“Do you, ron?” Sabra asked
softly.
“I do,” he said decidedly. “I
don't know how much of caveman
tactics a yo fellow trying to get
along can ulge successfully in
this day and age, but if it's neces-
sary, I'm going to find out!”
She laughed. “That would be—
“You have to go West—perhaps in- sweet,” she answered, leaning swift-
| knew what he was talking about.
definitely. You wouldn't think of ly toward him.
asking her to go with you—not you! sary, Theron.”
And Sabra, if I know my own daugh- | Dirk Salisbury’'s curiosity exceeded
ter, wouldn't think of letting you go his consideration. Theron, how-
alone!” ever, did not release Sabra upon his
Theron smiled. “All artists are appearance.
mad.” “T thought you'd take it like
Sabra’s father spluttered. He that” the sculptor
daughter, beaming triumphantly.
Theron had not seen Sabra and Lup- | “After all, in a Pid or two Theron
esco together; he didn't understand | will be fit as a fiddle again.”
“But-—not neces-
nis | $1.
of the year were $330,718,315.
“What?” asked Sabra.
“Maybe even less than that”
boomed Salisbury. “And New Mex-
ico isn't bad.”
“What is he talking about?”
Sabra asked Theron.
“I haven't the remotest
Theron answered meanly.
Sabra looked up at her |
“What's all this Dirk?” The sculp-
tor's face was very red. “New|
Mexico—and Theron will be—" She | Ii}
commenced to laugh. “Oh, Dirk, |
Dirk! It's Mrs. Machiavelli's
Hisle Joy! What was it to be—|
“ " said Dirk Salisbury furi-|
ously.
Sabra jum up and hugged him.
“Darling!” she cried. “Oh, Dirk, I
do adore you! And now you run,
away like a good parent, and lend
Jan some money to get back to New |
York—I told him would—and | {i}
remember in future that this hand-
some gentleman at our left is a
b man who knows his busi- |
ness!” 8
Theron reached out for the wine |}
jug and filled three glasses, shoved }
one into the sculptor’s hand. “To | Hi
the artist!” he suggested, grinning. ' ii}
Salisbury cursed roundly; then he, | {|
too, grinned. “To the business A
man!” he corrected, and drank and Hi}
departed. —Hearst’s International Ji
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MANY DEER KILLED HH
IN ACCIDENTAL WAYS H¥
A tabulation of reports from field Bf
officers of the Game Commission | Hi}
show that during 1981 a total of [li
1898 deer were killed accidentally | Jy
in Pennsylvania. The greater num- Hj
ber were killed by automobiles and i}
trains, although in a number of |g
cases the animals killed themselves
by runfiiag into fences and other |
ol ctions. Of the total number
killed, 1204 were bucks and 694
were does. !
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS |
Priscilla A. Fye, et bar, to Allen
Fye, tract in Burnside Twp; $1.
Andrew Swabick, et ux, to W. F. |i
Gustafson, tract in Snow Shoe Twp.; |
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Iona S. Flood, et al, to Rachel S.
Dinsmore, tract in Philipsburg, $1. '§
al; $1. ‘1
Ella Robison Woodring, et al, to!
a Robinson, tract in Port
Joseph Danko Sr. to Catherine
Danko, tract in Rush Twp.; $1.
I. J. Dreese, Adm. to A. J. Zim-
merman, tract in College Twp.;
$275. |
Charles A. Jonas, et ux, to Harold |
I. Houtz, et ux, tract in College
Twp.; $150.
Rachel 8S. Dinsmore to Iona S.
Flood, et al, tract in Philipsburg;
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Philip Messinger, et ux, to Eliza-
peth C. Barnhart, tract in Potter
Twp.; $1.
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