Brmoraaiy Wald
Bellefonte, Pa., May 18, 1932
Your Health
THE FIRST CONCERN.
have
school next aucun,
examinations auring tae “May Diy
Health Lay Opsecvance,” according |
to br. Mary Noble,
chairman or tnis celebration,
chief of the pre-school division,
| ware
State |
the | cono,
| will be
Barbara. On the following day, Sat-|
urday afternoon, June 25, at the |
“Arena in the Clouds” at Mount Po- |
a brilliant coronation pageant
held in which several hun-|
State Department of Health, | dred persons will participate. Gov-|
This action would result in the
discovery of all detects which shouid |
be corrected during the months
that elapse betore school
next fau, thus forestalling possible |
loss of time from illness atter school
has opened, Missing school because
of sickness is an expensive practice,
and interferes with progress in
preparation for passing Lhe grades. |
Scores of towns should plan to]
immunize every baby against diph- |
theria who has reached its sixth
month. If there are other children in
the community under school
who have not yet been protected,
this is the time to attend to it,
while attention 1s centered on health.
In addition to this,
upon
every baby
| tivities at Penn State.
| graduated from the Rockford High |
its first birthday, |
should be vaccinated against aa, | water play “Bird-in Hand,
pox.
“Consult the dental hygienist in|
your public schools, because she al- |
ways nas fine plans for
and will be interested in the pre-|
school child as well,” advises Dr.
May Day, |
Noble. The dental hygienist, in her |
service to community children, lasts |
throughout the entire year.
«Continue the work of Clean Up
Week,” which was held in April, by
making a special drive for better
sanitary conditions in the section in
which you live.
may have been overlooked. Do nct
be satisfied
fly breeding dumps, dirty
garbage filled back-yards
have been thoroughly cleansed. This
is a vital part of “May Day
Work,” and is recommended
health workers,” said Dr. Noble,
County, district and group chair-
men throughout the Commonwealth,
will give local direction to the State
wide program for the celebration.
HABITS OF CLEANLINESS FOR
CHILDREN
By Dr. Morris Fishbein
Any calla can De given simple
lessons in personal nygiene and nu-
trition. Once habits or cleanliness
are established they need De given
little further attendon. ‘Lhey will
mean to the child so much satistac-
tion that itis likely
out more than an ordinary amount
of regulation.
Every mother ought to be able to
ipstruct her child in personal clean-
liness. The hands should be washed
pefore eating and after going tothe
pathroom and whenever they are
unusually soiled. The finger
. should be cleansed at least once each
day, and fingers should be kept away
from the eyes, ears, nose and mouth.
should have a
g
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ship, provides the
child with sunlight and fresh air.
Under such a program children
will be found to
standing in school as well as
their health.
— “The daily milk consumption at
the three tuberculosis sanitoria of
the State Department of Health, at
the present time totals about 4500
quarts.
to all| caused by beaver, expert trappers
improve in their!
in|
| been selected from
Some health | Monroe county.
until all unsanitary |
| TRAPPERS REMOVING
to continue with-
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ernor Pinchot is expected to lead the |
grand march at the ball with Queen
Barbara, and, on the following day |
opening | place the crown of laurel upon her
brow.
Governor Pinchot selected Miss |
Vincent to be Queen on account of |
her high standing in collegiate ac-|
She was |
school, Rockford, Ill, in 1929. At!
Penn State she was manager of the
Women's Athletic Association board,
She is alsoa member of the women's |
track team, and has been prominent |
oi in “Players,” the dramatic organiza- |
! tion of the College.
Though in a|
relatively unimportant role she did
| an astounding bit of work as “Alice |
Greenleaf,” the mother in the Drink- |
which |
the “Players” offered for the enter-
tainment of visitors for “Mother's |
Day” at State, last Saturday night.
of Laurel Blossom Time, |
Miss Vincent will succeed on the
| Jaurel throne Miss Elsa Beamish, of |
Philadelphia and Harrisburg, daugh- |.
ter of Secretary of the Common-|
wealth Richard J. Beamish.
Her court of honor is now in the
process of selection by 13 eastern |
and her eight pages have
the eight most |
popular girls in the high schools of |
BEAVER COLONIES
To satisfy complaints of damage
|
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of the Game Commission have re-|
moved twenty-seven of them from
various parts of Union, Snyder, Cen- |
tre and Potter counties. The trap-|
pers now are confining their activi-
ties to Jefferson, McKean, Luzerne,
Beavers so trapped are released in
more desirable sections of the State.
Why Termed Silhouette
The name “silhouette” comes from
Etienne de Silhouette, French minister |
of finance in 1759. He strove by severe |
economy to remedy the evils of a war |
which had just terminated, leaving the
county in great exhaustion. At the
end of nine months he was obliged
to leave his place. During this period
all of the fashions in Paris took the
character of parsimony. Coats were
made without folds, snuff boxes were
of plain wood and outlines were drawn
in profile instead of painted portraits.
All of these fashions were called “a
1a silhouette,” but the name remained
only in the case of profiles.
Why the “Sucker State”
There are numerous explanation as
to why Illinois is called the “Sucker
State.” One is as follows: It is re-
lated that this word originated at the
Galena mines in the fall of 1822, at a
time when there was a great exodus.
A large returning party, while board-
ing a steamer at the Galena wharf was
asked, “Wher' ye goin'?" “To hum.”
“Well,” was the rejoinder of an old
miner, “ye put me in mind of suckers;
they do go up the river in the spring,
spawn, and all return down ag'in Ir
the fall.”
Why Covered Bridges
The covered bridge is a survival of
an ancient custom. A great many of
these bridges were built before the
Revolutionary war, and their builders
followed the methods used by the old
European bridge builders. The object
of covering the roadway of the bridge
was for the purpose of protection
against the weather, against possible
viots and primitive weapons.
Why One Yawns
We yawn when we are tired because
the act helps to fill our lungs with
oxygen. Yawning appears to be “catch.
ing” because it very often happens
that a person yawns when the air he
is breathing has not enough oxygen
to satisfy him, and others present
yawn because they also need more
oxygen.
Why Floors Creak
Squeaking floors are often not prop
erly secured at the joists, or not prop-
erly supported. Sometimes finishing
nails may be driven in to make them
more secure and to overcome this
trouble. If the boards are of uneven
thickness, the floor often creaks.
Why Known as “Bears”
The origin of the term “bears,” for
those who sell short In the stock mar-
ket, Is not definitely known, but one
authority says that it will probably be
found in the proverb, “Selling the skin
vefore you have caught the bear.”
Eisteddfod Goes Back
to Eleventh Century
The eisteddfod is an annual Welsh
national festival, accompanied by com-
petitions in the musical arts most as-
sociated with the history of the Welsh
people. Music competitions of a sim-
{lar nature and under the same name
are now also held chiefly among people
of Welsh origin or descent, in the Unit-
sd States and some of the British de
winions.
The Welsh word means literally “sit-
ting” or “session.” It was applied of
old to the Welsh assemblies of bards,
whose meetings, traditionally, go back
to the Fifth and Sixth centuries. The
eisteddfods of definite record, however,
begin much later than that. The earli-
est actual account of one of these fes-
| tivals is of the one held in 1170 by
“ord Rhys at his castle at Alberteifl.
In that century the eisteddfod ap-
pears also to have been a regularly
| constituted court of a sort, its func
tion being to license bards and regu-
late their privileges. In the time of
the Tudors it was still recognized as
a tribunal of authority and Queen Eliz-
aheth issued a commission for holding
one in 1638.
During the next century the custom
seems to have lapsed entirely, but it |
wus revived In the Nineteenth century,
and restored to Its Importance In
Welsh life. The eistefidfod is now
held every year, in Nerth and South
Wales alternately, and is attended by
many thousands.
Poetic Tribute Paid to
the “Beauty of Words”
Wilhelmina Stitch expresses “the
beauty of words,” in the following:
“Words are such precious things!
They laugh and dance and shout with
glee! and some have golden wings;
others are quiet and friendly like a
tree. There is a word that sings; an-
other croons most tenderly or with
| high courage rings. Some are arrayed
so gorgeously; others wear gentle col-
ors, like & nun; or full of vigor like
a noonday sun. Some words there are
like fine and rich brocade; others like
stars do shine; some are alluring like
a piece of jade, and some are ruby red,
like wine.
“Lo! There are words as still as
aight, and words that lie in love
against the breast, and there are those
that wheel like hawks in flight—and
those that bring deep rest. So many
things God made to give delight; blos-
soms of bright hue, the song of birds,
the midnight sky with silver gems
bedight—but none so lovely as his gift
of words.”
Days and Nights on Moon
All parts of the moon are bathed in
direct sunshine at some time or other,
and as each part is thus exposed for
neatly two weekd at a time the sur-
face temperatures must get very hot
at such times. Astronomers have com-
| puted that when the sun is shining the
surface lava rises to a temperature of
about 216 degrees Fahrenheit, that Is,
several degrees higher than the tem-
perature of boiling water. On the oth-
er hand, temperatures as low as 243
degrees below zero Fahrenheit are be-
lieved to occur in that part of the
moon turned away temporarily from
the sun. Because of the absence of an
atmosphere there are great contrasts
of temperature from time to time and
from place to place.
The Post-Graduate Wife
She always has her home in perfect
order so that when her husband comes
home tired In the evening they can
start out without delay.
She is scrupulous about her appea:
ance In the house and can always
lunch downtown any day twenty min-
utes after ringing her husband at the
office.
She has solved the problem of pre
serving her husband's love of home
by keeping him out of it as much as
possible.
Knowing how much depends upoi
ner husband's health, she watches his
diet. She sees that they eat in none
but the best restaurants. What sleep-
ing he does is in the most exclusive
apartments.—Kansas City Times,
Bugle Calls Copied
The bugle calls now used in the
United States army naturally show
the influence of foreign allies with
whom our soldiery of pre-Revolution-
ary and Revolutionary times came in
contact. The English and French in-
fluence predominated as a matter of
course.
In comparing the bugle calls now I.
ase in the United States service with
those of other countries, it is noted
that, with few exceptions, they consist
generally of fragments of calls and sig-
nals used by our European neighbors.
in some cases they are identical both
in melodic and rhythmic structure.—
Exchange.
“Sights” of Waterloo
The village of Waterloo in Belgium
-elebrated for the great battle of June
18, 1815, is naturally full of memorials
of that great day, and the visitor may
make a visit to Mont St. Jean and the
two monuments on the old battlefield,
the Lion and the farms of La Haye
Sainte and Hougomont. A small pano-
rama is exhibited of the great battle,
but the old bullets, weapons and other
relies sometimes offered for sale In the
souvenir shops are mostly spurious.
Interest attaches to the Hotel des
(‘olonnes, for in it Victor Hugo is said
to have written much of his “Les
Miserables.”
Electric Current} Makes Way
ire
How does a current of electricity
flow along a wire?
The answer to this question which
has long baffled scientists, has been
found after nine years of Intensive
work by Prof. John McLennan, director
of the physics laboratory of the Uni
versity of Toronto.
It is predicted the Professor Me
Lennan's discovery will lead to the
making of wire, which are perfect con-
ductors of electricity, as those used at
present are not perfect and big losses
of energy take place in them.
The following explanation is given
of the reasons why electricity flows
slong a wire:
An electric current consists of a
stream of electrons, particles of elec.
tricity so tiny that billions of them
could find ample room upon the poin' |
of the sharpest needle,
When an electron enters a wire It
charges into an atom, drives out one
of its electrons, and takes the latter's
place. The expelled elzciron jostles
another atom in the same way, with
the result that when one electron en-
ters a wire one electron, bu: not the
Toulsville Courier-Journal,
Why Cinnabar Deposits
Are Lost to the World
Zulu superstition holds inviolate the
secret of the location in Natal of rich
deposits of cinnabar, the ore from
which mercury is extracted. The earth
has a brilliant red color. Ernest King,
a well-known prospector, heard a leg:
end that it was once used exclusively
by the wives of one of the Zulu kings,
to color their hair,
replaced and the hole filled in and de
crees given that no one was to touch
it again. King discovered that the se-
cret of the location was kept by the
headman in the district, who refused
to tell and warned him that serious
consequences would follow If the
earth were found.
Why Lakes Are Salt
Why should an inland lake be salt?
Great Salt lake in Utah is the one we
hear most about. A salt lake has no
outlet. It must be large enough so
that the constant evaporation of wa-
ter equals the amount which constant.
ly seeps into it from small streams and
springs. This water brings with It
common salts from the rocks it flows
through. Salt does not evaporate with
the water and the older the Inclosed
lake the more salt it possesses. The
Dead sea and our own great Salt lake
contain so much salt that no fish can
live in them.
Favowr ~
Why Storks Migrated
Scientists, who spent several years
studying the disappearance of the
storks which once graced the Alsace
landscape, have decided that they left
pecause of the abundance of food In
North Africa. Formerly the African
native scratched the soil with a point-
ed piece of wood. Now they plow
deep with steel pointed plows and the
birds find plenty to eat.
Why Knows as Rubrics
Rubric is from a Latin word mean
ing red. Formerly items which it was
specifically desired to stress were writ-
ten or later printed In red Ink. The
early missals had the commandments,
the beatitudes, matins, lauds in red,
and in the liturgy the directions for
the performance of the service were
also red.
Why Elections on Sunday
Germany, Peru, and many othet
countries hold their national elections
on Sunday for reasons of convenience
and industrial economy. Having a na-
tional election on that day enables the
largest number of voters to take part
with the least interruption of business,
Why Snow Is White
Snow is white because the crystals
are so minute that each cell of the
retina receives a general Impression
produced by the combination of dif-
ferent wave lengths reflected from in-
qerable minute facets.
Why Bushmaster Is Fearsd
The bushmaster is sald to be the
most dangerous of South American
snakes. Its venom is less deadly than
some, but it Is able to inject a larger
amount of the poison into its victim
than other poisonous snakes.
Why Creosote Forms
The creosote that runs from the
chimney Is precipitated out of wood
smoke which has been cooled to a cer-
tain temperature, This happens wheo
wood is burned with an insufficient
quantity of alr.
Why “Caucasians”
Johann Blumenbach, a German an
thropologist, gave the name “Cau-
casian” to the white race because the
finest skull in the collection was found
in the Caucasus.
Why Poison Does Not Act
Game birds can eat with impunity
grain poisoned with strychnine, not be-
cause they are immune to the poison
but because it does not pass through
the walls of the Intestine,
Why Red Ships’ Trimmings
Admiral Nelson is said to have had
British battleships painted in bright
red trimmings, so that the sallors
would be less demoralized at the sight
of blood.
After a time thelr |
hair all fell out, due to action of the |
mercury, and the unused cinnabar was |
AUTOMOBILES A BOOM
TO THE UNDERTAKERS
The motor car has killed 25,150
people in Pennsylvania in the past
twenty-six years. The bureau of vital
statistics, State of
Health, made its first record in 19086,
when a total of nineteen lives was
automibiles during that
year, The Deparment of Health con-
tinued to collect death certificates
for motor car accidents, and 1907
showed tnirty-six deaths. In 1910
they reached 103—and from that
time until the present, the toll has
steadily mounted as the use of the
motor car has increased and its
has been accelerated.
i In 1629 automobile accidents ac-
| counted for more than 2000 deaths.
‘In 1930 there were 2424, and in 1931 |
‘a total of 2430. These figures. do not |
include the deaths that occur in col- |
lisions between automobiles and |
street cars; or between railroad
i
{ trains and motor cars. Such figures |
| add 83 to the number that have lost |
| their lives in transportation acci-
dents. |
It is the established custom of |
the bureau of vital statistics to re-|
cord accidental deaths by collision |
as being caused by the larger vehi- |
cle. Hence all deaths in train col-|
lisions are charged to railroad acci-
car accidents. The figure of 25,150 |
deaths is the toll of automobile ac-|
cidents exclusively, either in colli- |
sion with each other, or in some!
{ other type of crash.
The abuse of the automobile has
resulted in a number of deaths since
1906, that would entirely depopulate
cities the size of Butler or Lebanon,
and if concentrated in Wayne coun-
ty would have destroyed every man
woman and child in that political
| subdivision, officials pointed out,
SUCH A SIGHT!
First Chorus Girl—"Did you ever
have a pair of garters that would
really hold up your stockings "
Second Girl—“No, dearie; but I
have a pair that held up traffic for
three blocks today.”
—
Home
Each Week
“4 NOODBYE, SUE—
goodbye, Joe!” The
car lurched forward, leav-
ing Mrs. Saul alene on the
farmhouse porch. A fifty
mile drive lay ahead of the
travelers.
“It’s lonely for Mother,”
give up the farm.”
“She'd be miserable any-
where else,” Joe replied.
“All we can do is to visit
her oftener.”
“Oftener!” Sue echoed.
“We're there once a
month!”
Joe smiled. “Well,
thare's the telephone, you
know. We could call her
up zach week. It wouldn't
cost much — thirty-five
would be thrilled by a
regular telephone date
every Wednesday night!”
The modern
farm home has
a telephone
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D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis-
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High St., Bellefonte, Pa. 71-
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist,
Licensed
by the State Board. State
every day Sxsept Saturday. Safe
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to 4:00 p. m. Bell Phone. 5-40
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