THE CENTRE REPORTER. WOULD HE BE { FAMOUS IF WE WAS LIVING CENTRE HALL. PA. By Charles Sughroe Housewife's Idea Box @ “Mlle. Docteur,” Dying, Con- fesses Betrayal. Berne, Switzerland.—On her death bed Anne-Marie Lesser, notorious “Mlle. Docteur,” German spy, revealed how she betrayed the glamorous World war spy, Mata Hari, to her death be- fore a French firing squad. “Mlle. Docteur”™ died alone in a sana- torium near Zurich, where she had been under treatment for the narcotic habit. For she had taken drugs to deaden her memory. Her doctor in the sanatorium was the only person to whom she talked and after her recent death he dis- closed for the first time her aston- ishing story. It was a confession of a woman who stopped at no crime to gain war secrets for Germany. Doctor's Story. Here Is the doctor's story: “Do you think, doctor, that I should be arrested if I went to France?” “Certainly not,” I replied, “the ques- tion would not even arise.” “I should like to go to France,” she said, “to see once more all those places where I used to go. I should like also to see Mata Harl's grave; she was one of my victims. I engaged her and it was from me that she obtained all her instructions, “But one day she told me that she did not want to continue the work. She had had enough or she was afraid, I don't know which. But she wished to be released from her promises, “For anyone who has trodden that path there is no possibility of retreat I should not have been able to release me Navy's Left Half Fred Borries is the left halfh «k in the formidable football machine devel oped at the Naval academy at Ancap- olls. He is both fast and powerful, her even if I had wanted. I should have been suspected at once. I threatened her, but without success. “Yes, 1 had her executed. As was customary, I arranged that the French should receive all the necessary evi- dence for her arrest, “And, now, doctor, I am going to tell you something which I alone know, “For a long time, for a very long time, I envied Mata Harl's fate. Her death wag easy, I am going to tell you why. An Easy Death. “She was condemned to death and was waiting for the end In when a man came to her and said In a low volee: “Fear nothing, Mata Hari, every- thing has been arranged for your es- cape. You will have to go before the firing squad, but that will be a mere formality, the bullets will pass above your head. “Pretend to be dead, our men will put you on the bier and transport you out of France on a wagon.’ “Mata Harl smiled gratefully, and went to what she believed to the last to be a mock execution, and smiling received the rifle bullets In her heart. She had an easy death” Anne-Marie began her career as a spy when she was sixteen when, de scribed on her passport as a student at the Beaux Arts of Geneva, she ap- peared In a little French village in the Vosges which was going to be the scene of certaln military maneuvers. In 1914 there arrived at Brussels a splendid creature with a French name bearing only a vague resemblance to the little student of the Beaux Arts of Geneva. The beautiful “French woman” was not long getting to know a young lieu- tenant, Rene Austin, In the Intervals of lovemaking she painted little pictures, which she sent, via Switzerland, to Berlin, where her chiefs, removing the oils, found under. neath tracings of fortresses, guns and gunpits, Mushroom as Anesthetic Dentists among the Zapotec Indians of Mexico used as an anesthetic a mushroom that still grows wild in that region, Wives Too Expensive for Most Moslems Jelgrade.—The prices paid for wives by the Moslems of south Jugosiavia have fallen heavily. Prices for wives used to be high because there was a shortage of suitable women. But many women have gone to south Jugoslavia. Numbers of them are actually pre pared to bring a dowry to their hus bands instead of having to be “bought” from thelr families, Also, farm product prices have fallen and made It Impossible for most men to support more than one wife, Liberty or License By LEONARD A. BARRETT | | § There is an important difference be- tween liberty and license. By liberty we mean, “exemp- tion from external restraint — free dom." In govern- ment it means, “freedom from po- litieal usurpation; the condition of a people which par- ticipates in the making of its own Inws™ License, means a special grant of privilege, like the right to conduct a certain business, operate an automobile, conduct an entertain. ment or show. The distinction between these two terms is not always clearly understood. We find them seriously confused in many of our public ad dresses and press articles. Perhaps it is quite important that this distinction should be emphasized these days when the problem of freedom is being chal lenged by many writers, Far be It from the spirit of this ar- ticle to criticize the NRA or any as pects of the so-called New Deal. It is impossible, however, not to notice, with Best Dressed Woman ’ Anna May Wong, the beautiful ori- ental screen star, is the newest holder of the title of “best-dressed woman in the world." She was chosen at an In ternational convention of designers in | the Mayfair Mannequin academy, New | York. Anna Is shown with the cup | awarded to her, : ama considerable alarm, the daring assaults hurled at those In executive authority who argue that the New Deal will re sult in the complete destruction of that liberty for which our fathers fought and died. Much of the writing directed toward this end, however, falls to recognize the distinction between liberty and II cense for which this article pleads. License fails to recognize a moral im- perative. A license to operate an au- tomoblle does not imply & moral obli- gation to avold unnecessary risks. So far as the license is concerned, I can drive 70 or 40 miles an hour, Just as I please. True, my license may be re voked, If I disobey a law, which limits my speed, but my license has nothing to do with that. Or, again, my neigh- bor's house may be on fire. While I am under no legal obligations to notify him of that fact, the very nature of the freedom of cholce implies a moral ob- ligation to do so. Liberty implies a moral obligation to live and let live License may give me the right to cone duet a certain business, but liberty lim. its the methods and motives which may seriously affect the physical and eco- nomic condition of the other person, License to do as I please, regardless of others, and liberty which safeguards the rights of others are two different things. The latter is what we have in. herited from our forefathers. Let us not lose it, : ©. Western Newspaper Union. Blindness No Hindrance to Six New Englanders Boston.—Blindness is no barrier one girl and five boys who have tered New England ; The girl has enrolled at Hampton stitute, while the boys have matricu- lated at Harvard, Boston college and the New Engiana Consureatory of Mu- to en- in. stitution for the Biir* All are graduates of the Perkins. In- | By Lydia Le Baron Walker ARMENT hangers require correct use for best service, It is not enough that the clothes are put over their branching arms. They must be so put on that they hang straight from the shoulders. If the frock or cont does not fit the hanger it is almost better not to use a hanger at all for the gar- ment will bulge in odd places where the ends of the hanger-arms push out the material, When a garment remains long in such a pe cullar position, it is difficult to re store therightshape even with good pressing. The tex- tile is stretched out of shape and has to be coaxed back by steaming with a hot iron pressed Jown over a wet cloth, A tallor's services may be required, and all for the lack of a moment's attention to putling the gar- ment on the hanger in the correct way. If & coat hanger is rightly used, it will save trouble and time otherwise peeded In pressing garments. So why not let your coat hangers give you the best service? See that the arms of It come directly under the top of the shoulder. In some cuts of garments this place is the shoulder seam, but not always Is this true. See that the garment hangs in its right folds that the hem at bottom of skirt, or the lower edge of a coat or blouse is not turned up, and that the sieeves fall as they should, There are women who are so par ticular about proper adjusting of gar ment to banger that they seldom have to iron their garments. Dresses will have to be laundered or cleansed when soiled and some materials, which have to be crisp and which rumple easily, wiil need pressing, of course correct use of hangers will work amazingly. reduce Don't Crowd Hangers. properly they must not be crowded to- gether In a closet. There are more ways of pressing clothes than with a fiatiron. One of them is to hang them 80 close together that they press against each other and crush materials badly. So don’t crowd hangers on rods. Some day soon I shall tell yon about various rods, poles, arms and de vices on which to suspend garment hangers in closets. Some of them keep the hangers sufficiently far distant Hints on Dyeing. The home dye pot will work wonders in changing colors of textiles to make them look like new and different fab- rics. Now Is the time to make it prove itself beneficial In supplying what would appear like new frocks, or It may be different draperies, cushion covers and such upholstery materials as can be taken off and put into the dye pot. To get good results the dye must not only be the right kind for the mate- rial, silk requiring silk dyes, ete, but the color must be sufficiently darker than the color to be changed, to in- spots, makes dye houses advise black, which fects In colors Is concerned, pick out a ment, unless she is perfectly willing to redye the article, willing to experiment she can as “off-colors,” those exquisite hues of artistic beauty not on color charts. ©. Bell Brndicate ~WNU fervice, Hat of Beaver Fur Felt For clothes, the girl who likes tallored fashion suggests a hat of fine beaver fur felt, with a dressmaker touch of on the crown. From Knox. smocking Problems in Decoration Assembling a room is, after all, quite like sssembling a costume. To have things which go together yon must analyze before you buy. Consider these questions: Are you starting anew combining new those you aiready have?! Does your room lack color and design? Has it a preponderance of colors with no theme to draw them together? Or is your room, perhaps, of the type widely You or chintz curtains at the windows. Then To Press Synthetic Fabrics Press synthetic warm iron first, heat if automatic-control the guess work. THE HOUSEWIFE, Copyright by Publie Led fo He = with a increase fabrics Then If fron the DecesKary, you 1 you el Ye an 18 fers Wn nate ager, In Hinesses Costly People in the United States spend about $700,000000 a year for medi- cine and to the 1830 census figures there were 122. 79,046 people in the United States Now there are 125.000.000, drugs. According per capita consumy tion of about 85 worth of medicine drugs. The figure money pald out for is Independent doctors or hos ire. —Pathfinder Magazine, wr ¥ ©f Intelligence Desired A survey was conducted at Drake university attribute was so The result: Intel 11; to determine what single above all nee, 65+ wit i | : i ! : windows, across the room. Bring out gome of the warm hues of the drap- eries In lamp shades and accessories, and before you know It your room will really begin to live !—Good Housekeep- ing Magazine, Worth Remembering the new tape onto an end of the old tape, and when the old tape is drawn out the new one is pulled in place, Tip on Ironing A clean, washable rag rug Is ex. cellent to place under the Ironing board when f{roning. Large pleces, such as tablecloths, will not get on the floor. * * you tire easily- why not reason out the cause of this unnatural condition? t Your first thought may be, “I must eat more.” That's not all. You should enjoy what you do eat. Fre- quently, the blood cells are low... and this, perhaps, is what makes ne feel weak. If this is your trou- le the stomach may not be calling for sufficient food. Zest to eat may be lacking. But what a difference 8.8.8. makes when taken just before meals, Just try it and notice how your appetite and digestion improve, 8.5.8. stimulates the flow of gas- tric juices and also supplies the precious mineral elements so neces sary in blood-cell and hemo-glo-bin up-building. Do try it. It may be the rainbow you need to brush away present discour t over ur health Rte Da Do not be blinded by the efforts of a few unethical dealers who way sug wort pubstitutes. You have a right to insist that 8.8.8, be supplied you on request. Its Jong years of preference Is your gusrantes of satisfaction. * the world’s great blood ec "medicine H i Kid it P functioning Ki and é make you suffer from p Nighta, Nervousness, Pains, Bt Burning, $ Jtehing, or Acidity try the guaran! 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