THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL. PA. ommuni Lo Ty Concerted Action for Highway Beautification The American Automobile associa tion, which has waged for years a” systematic campaign for the preserva tion of highway beauty as a benefit to its millions of motorist members, has directed wide attention to the unifi- cation of effort back of the local move ment for “cleaning up’ the entrances to Washington as a preliminary to the 1032 bicentennial celebration. Itself an active supporter of campaign, the District of Columbia division of the A. A. A. devoted a lend Ing editorial In an issue of the Amerl can Motorist to what Is being in Washington for the beautification or the highways, “wl ‘oncerted Faster in the Nation's pee TF 3 : 3 iy For COLDS We all catch eolds and they can make us miserable; but yours needn’t last long if you will do this: Take two or three tablets of Bayer Aspirin just as soon as possible after a cold starts. Stay in the house if you can—keep warm. Repeat with another tablet or two of Bayer Aspirin every three or four hours, if those symptoms of old persist. Take a good laxative when you retire, and keep bowels open. If throat is sore, dissolve three tablets in a the done action the part of clvie associations, architects, highway engineers, newspapers and on others Is LTHOUGH Easter is cel. ebrated In various forms all over the United States, there is no oth- er city which has a more interesting vari. ety of observances than the nation’s capital, Washington, D. C. As As in other places, there are special church serv- ices on Easter morning: its broad streets and avenues witness the annual “fashion parade” when ey- erybody dons his or her new attire: and the familiar Easter symbols of lilies, eggs and rabbits are much In evidence everywhere, Washington is a city strong in tra- dition, One of the most of these and one which makes the ob- servance of Easter unique, is the annual Easter egy rolling on the spacious lawns of the White House. On Easter Monday thousands of chil- dren gather at No. 1600 Pennsylvania avenue (that is the White House street number) and swarm over the grounds secure In the knowldege that “Keep off the grass” and kindred ad monitions are null and void for that day. Dressed in their best clothes and carrying with them thelr cherished burdens of tinted Easter eggs, the youngsters are the welcome guests of the President and the First Lady of the Land who give as much thought and energy to arranging for this event as they do for any great state dinner held in the stately rooms of the White House. There the children enjoy some happy hours rolling their Easter eggs, while their elders look on enviously, For this 1s strictly a children’s party and no adults are allowed on the grounds unless they are accompanying a child. But it is a familiar sight to see some grownup asking a youngster “to take me In,” and for once the young may say to the old, “yes, you may go,” or “no, you can't go,” instead of the old saying that to the young. But the grownups are not entirely shut out of the White House Easter festivities. For on one day of Easter week the executive offices of the White House are thrown open to Eas- ter week visitors In Washington, and the President shakes hands with the long line of people, usually numbering from two to three thousand, which pass through his office to greet the Chief Executive of the nation. Easter sunrise services have become a familiar custom In many parts of the country and some of them, staged on mountain tops, are curious re. versions to ancient ceremonies of com- muning with nature In recognition of the rebirth of mil life in the spring. time. One of the most interesting of these services Is one held in Washing- ton on the morning of Easter Sunday, & ceremony In which there is a touch of pathos amid the spirit of rejoicing in the promise of rebirth which such a service symbolizes. This is the sery- fee held at the Walter Reed hospital, the home of hundreds of men whose bodies and minds were broken In the World war. A feature of this service is the forming of a great human eross on the lawn by the orderlies and nurses In thelr white uniforms. Another Easter sunrise service In Washington which 1s unique is de scribed by Joyce MacArthur In the Washington Star as follows: This Easter Sunday good pilgrims are ascending the slopes of Mount Bt. Sepulchre, in Brookland, to join the Franciscan Fathers In annual ceremonies commemorating the last tefumphal entry of Jesus into Jers interesting there ES 1. President and Mrs. Hoover wave a greeting to the thousands of children who gather on the lawn of the White House on Easter Monday for the an. nual Easter egg rolling. 2. A part of the crowd which annu. ally throngs the White House grounds to roll their gayly-coiored Easter eggs as the guests of the President and the First Lady of the Land. The Washing- ton Monument and the beautiful foun. tain on the south lawn of the Execu. tive Mansion can be seen in the back. ground, 3. The Easter sunrise service at the Walter Reed hospital which is attend. ed by disabled World war veterans. Nurses and orderlies at the hospital form the great human cross. 4. Mrs. Coclidge, while she was First Lady of the Land, visiting one of the Washington greenhouses to select her Easter lilies, salem and In honor of the sepulcher, And as the pilgrims come upon the arched gate they stand worshipful- ly before these words graven In stone : “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh In the pame of the Lord” This is the holiest day of the Holy week. Begun with Palm Sunday, the Franciscans have observed im- pressive ceremonies which lack noth- ing save historic setting to make them conform with devotions at the Savior's tomb in Jerusalem. Pealing chimes proclaim the tri- wmphant resurrection. The great sorrow Is past, and the faith of His followers is verified with a resound- ing “Alleluia!” In the universal anthem of joy. Elaborate Easter ceremonies are ob- served by many churches and faiths, but none so exacting as those in Washington's “Memorial Church of the Holy Land,” on Mount St. Se pulchre, On Palm Sunday the brothers dis- tributed palms to the faithful, re calling thereby the manner in which the people greeted Christ as He passed Into the city. They Invoked divine protection by surrounding the ‘ blessing of the branches with all the Impressive ritual ordained by the church. After which the pligrims, preceded by friars of the community, knelt before the celebrating priest to receive the blessed palm. This writer then tells of the cere monles and processions on Holy Thurs day, on Good Friday and on Holy Sat. urday, all leading up to the climax of the observance on Easter Sunday. The io vg of that day he describes as fol- : And now Easter Sunday morning! The holy crusaders predict that this morning the roads to Mount St. Sepulcher will be thronged by the faithful hosts, come to the monas- tery for the great pascal day. And today his children will be misdfaul of the words of the mass of this fes. tival, “I am risen and am yet with thee, Allelula!™ This morning the first holy mass will be chanted in the sepulcher and the holy communion distributed to the pilgrims who come to the mount for Eastertide. And In the name of holy friars the celebrant of this mass will extend Easter greetings to all present, as well as to their friends: to all, near and far, whoever is unable to attend the auspicious ceremonies, All day the pligrims will toil up the slopes of the mount. And the stream will not cease until the hour appointed for the compline service, Every place will be filled. And the will “From distant peighboring towns our celebrant places and guests have come like the holy wom- to the place wd was laid" say, en of Seripture, sop the L When eventide ing ing where vells the surround hilis calm cloistered low-browed blessed upon the from the stillness in faithful, divine truth will descend grounds And those walls the will piigrim’s ear, “We know Christ to have truly risen. Do have mercy on reach every thou, victorious king, us all, Alleluia !™ And thus the friars attending at the sanctuary on Mount St. Se pulchre, in Washington, bring the spirit of Eastertide to pligrims wor- shiping at the services and other people in the city who are unable to come, One must go to the Holy Land or Rome to see a ceremony conducted in this elaborate and deeply devout faghion. jut observing Easter In some unique fashion is not the only reason why the connection of our national capital with this annual event is of special inter est Lo the rest of the country. There is another reason and that Is because one of the federal departments located there Is doing a work which concerns Easter observances throughout the na- tion. Time was when we had te depend upon Bermuda for our supply of Eas ter lilies. Then the Bermuda stock became diseased and the United States had to turn to Japan for its supply of lily bulbs from which grew the glorious white blossoms which are the truest symbol of Easter that we have. In recent years, however, the United States Department of Agricul ture has taken steps toward the build: ing up of an Easter lily Industry In this country and considerable prog- ress Is reported from Washington. It is true that many of our lilies are now being grown from bulbs imported from both Bermuda and Japan, but ex- perts in the Department of Agricul. ture believe that the time may come when we will be entirely independent of those sources of supply. Some of the most important work In regard to developing American-grown Easter ilies has been carried on by Dr, David Griffiths, horticulturist in the Depart. ment of Agriculture. For a long time American florists believed that lily bulbs could not be produced here. For one thing, they feared that the long period required in their production would cause them to be infected with disease and entail heavy financial losses. Also, florists were skeptical of the desirability of using bulbs year after year due to thelr unhappy experience with dis- ease In Imported stock, It was Doctor Griffith's bellef that the bulbs could be made to flower more than once and he collected some discarded ones from the dump him finally accomplishing what wag impos sible for the individual to do, the beautification of highways Inte Wash. ington as a preliminary to the Bicen- " tennial,” the American Motorist says, “Daily newspaper columns are filled with news of citizens’ meetings where the subject of highway beautification is discussed. Group after group Is aligning itself with the forces work. ing to muke the approaches us bean. tiful as the city itself. Photographs are being ‘published everywhere showing unsightly blllboards and the pleasing pastoral scenes they The campaign has scarcely started, but niready several of the largest ndver- tisers have agreed to use other means of placing thelr before the public. “The unification of effort wit! the campaign for highs sautifica- tion Is being conducted is worthy of its Star, which conceal products which ny be cause.” Washington Warfare Upon Ugliness Matter of Civic Duty Making and keeping a city clean and attractive Is a foil sized lob that does diminish with the likely to yenrs, grow with the city Hself That Is an understanding of 1 seems to have been Art 4 league existence, The as Its name implies, is primarily in f t promotion of art beauty In life. But 0 that a warfare upon ug! directly related task for one or city his dirt Is na And It is ton big =» alone So task the nid Innght upon the smoke nuisar roof signs billboards and the' like This is heartening all reasonable Oe, endeavor, according to enleuln there is no more reason for a dirty. ciuttered-up and generall ittractive BR Commun: fF fan ex respect, as in the other, it the community housekeeping. the it is responsi hil Iarge ~Kansas City with ity. Hence the necessity of scale community action Star. Playgrounds Essential Most American like Topsy. “Just growed,” and in so growing. one addition or subdivision was tacked to another, sometimes beautiful, often not so beautiful, and more often still the playground was omitted. Even school yards, generally speaking. are too small, Some of them have lost ground to the school building itself. as the community grew and school facilities were enlarged. The price such communities pay for haphazard development is that very probably they are without sufficient parks or without conveniently placed playgrounds, and will be for many years to come, if indeed they ever have any. cities, “Build Now” Is Urged Bix reasons why chambers of com. merce should urge their members to “Build now!” are contained In & hulle tin mailed to secretaries of 200 Iiinois organizations by the [llinols chamber of commerce inn effort to speed pub. lle and private construction projects. These reasons are: Lowest material prices In years, cheap money, abund ance of efficient labor, speedy delivery on all materials, available engineering and the nearness o” business recovery making the time ripe for construction. For Safe Sidewalks A sidewalk is such a familiar object that the average person Is quite apt to forget about it entirely until he stubs his toe on an upheaved slab or wrenches his ankle in a hole. Its very commonplaceness indicates the wide dependence which is put upon the average sidewalk, nad the importance which must be placed on keeping it In condition. A good sidewalk is a guar antee of trouble proof performance, long life and low cost, Villages May Profit The larger cities have reached the point where the streets will not hold the trafic and double-decking by the construction of overhead ways and subways ls the makeshift resorted to, Growing small cities should study the problem now so that when popula tion hegine to crow! more street room will have been provided. a and gargle. infection. cold, or sore throat. almost instantly, Yuarter-glase] of water iflammation and reduces G33 The Isle of Good Men proud record in Isle of Man: “T! Man contributed The claimed Isle of and fighters to the any in Dro rata to its population. 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He stops at a cheap hotel so he can tip the bell- boys.” WHEN a child is fretful and irritable, seems distressed and un- comfortable, can't play, can't sleep, it is a pretty sure sign that some- i ig. Right here is where
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