THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA.
Thought Is Life
Thought means life, since those
who do not think do not live in
any high or real sense. Thinking
makes the man.—A. B. Alcott,
By JOSEPH W. LaBINE ; | by— Ruth Yooh Seon 3D
When the leaves were turning
yellow in the autumn of 1908, | |
three little maids in flowing ; |
silken gowns marched up the . : : 1GREEN
stairs of a weatherbeaten Vic- ; ; rh. :
torian building in Macon, / ~ fn : 2 MIXED
Georgia, and breathlessly con- WY
fronted the registrar of Wes- : a COLORS
leyan college, oldest chartered
woman's age in the world. : |3 YELLOW )
Temporarily taken aback, the : : A AL Hor h
registrar quickly regained his ; : - b came nere
composure and flipped open the
pages of a great ledger. In the & | :
great book, the three little ; \ l # 8 Jas been here
maids inscribed, one after the : ba 3° | ; !
other, these names: : : bd A ever since!
“E-Ling Soong 8 : Cons . : | nt
*“Ching-Ling Soong N » | ® He came here because
“May-Ling Soong , “a | PE iw a he could geta comfortable
“Father: Charles Jones ’ Ee ITA ; attractively furnish h rus
Soong, Shanghai, China.” , d 5 7 water from $1.50
. 3 ] reqs S with private bath fre
Then, armed with certificates “ double ® The conve
of registration, the three little | h saved him many nick
maids climbed more stairs, | is located just one bie
* i A Stat on and less th sad
marched down a long corridor ! 2 *1* nes. scbwavs and Dus
toward their rooms—and to- Rag Rug Crocheted in | prepared by women ci
ward a place in history as one J : HE diagram shows how the|ly in single crochet stitch and | vot only because it
of the greatest trios of women contrasting squares are ar-|then joine with croch slip- | but also becaus
: ; x 3 i 8 anged to give the rug its inter- | stitch. f rags are used, tear
in the chronicles of mankind. range e the rug its :
: sting design Whatever color | ct h ot mor an 11 HOTEI}
r with : Bohti 2 7 Va ad : : : a
Today, with China fighting for her ; scheme you use, black wi be | inches wide, and work with the raw
beri life as 8 iree and independent ; most effective ) oining the | edges turned in as shown here af Herald quare
“racy 10 > ime > . A : ' ;,
ming the enro ment © the : squares and for an edging of sin- | A. Measure each square carefully |
three Socng sisters at Wesleyan gle crochet around the outside of | so they will all b xactly the! 116 WEST 34th STREET (Opps Mag)
. gie Cr Arout i itside 5 e 1
takes on many aspects of a turning
the rug. If the materials you have | same size. Full instructions for NEW YORE
von th hre na
point in history. For when the three are not the colors vou w an! t, don ' lin vers for side chairs like the
little Chinese maids registered at an : 2 " : ¥ Sia eae.
Tinese maids ros rst there Js aways the de pot. | one shown ave n the book ofteres | SEEEFEIETEEETBIBIBIBIRIR
American college, the history of 4 . ~ we } ns r § Beondpaar . - 2 : Bese
n ’ " Producing your own ¢
China began re-shaping itself to fit B Sad
» ti most exciting pat f ru NOTE: Very om make
an American pattern. aking " bh | should have a 5 «| IN NEW YORK
It was a process which had been ; A crochetec : rug like the | book SEW NG, 1 r He Hom.
on a visit and
heading toward a climax for a full , shown here uses odd rator ‘ ’ 18. .
ter-century ne shown her 1ses odds and | orator. Forty-eight pages of ill R th Sh
ey father of the three As a student at Wesleyan, little Ching-Ling exclaimed over the suc- nds. Wool rag make a nicer | trated directions for making slip- ooms i ower
Ne T€€ | cess of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, China's “George Washington.” Later she mar- n an cotton, or rug yarn may | covers and cur 55 }
Soong girls, Charles Jones Soong, { des Pith
I rls, é : 8 Soong : " ; : 2.2 ie a desired. ther
arrived in the United States as a | fied him, helping infuse the democratic American spirit into China’'® wood or large steel crochet hook | ful articles for
al
; ve s | 400,000,000 le. T
Pur elation Skuse to Serve an ap- 00,000 peop is used. The rug shown here d (coin prefe rred).
prenticeship with a wealthy uncle | mes: vs 36 by 21 incl } Address re
2 ; mea 36 by 21 inches. The | Address M Spears, 210 S. Des-
in Boston. | chair to pull down the old Imperial | most devout members of the South- 5.inch st : " y e made separate 1 : " . Spea 1
i -inch squares are made separate- | plaines St., Chicago, Ill
Fortunately for China, however, | Dragon from her wall and put in its | ern Methodist church. Then May- : a pat : :
Charles Soong found a way out. | Place the flag of the new Republic | Ling and Chiang Kai-shek were
Looking about for an American so- | of China. Throwing the old banner | married—an d ihe most glorious dec
lution to his problem, he found it in | to the floor, she exclaimed: ade in all a's 5,000 years be- id Items of Interest . $
the very best tradition of the Bay | ‘‘Sun Yat-sen has achieved one of | gan. ) rh ]
state. He ran away to sea, be- | the most glorious deeds in the his- ‘hina’s New Life. to the Housewife % SINGLE
tory of the world." | or first 8 . he i | 4 FGI
. ’ Her first step was to found the the HOUSE i 1 El” “Id : ey ri $2.5C with Tub Bath
She Was RigaL. New Life nn
Her rere war alr comsational $1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON
phetic, for just four years later lit tle in Chin: nto this new organiza- Protecting Hat Band. —A 8 of | over them an old sheet wrung out | a, pi, from Empire State Building,
Ching-Ling became the > brid » of Sun | tion Madan *hiang and her ty ellophane, fo and pla ed un. pric HL 5 WEY | sth Avenue and Hudson Tubes. Five
Jat a] and, as his wife, was able | sisters gathe: PLY el nt vation: omg oh vhs this d minutes from Times Square. Especially
o aid him in his mission of infus- | sch rs and savants hina { perspiration an a irom ro ine ist y .
: | nt : mily groups
ing the democratic Arssvican : breath-Aakin oiditv aini the outsi ibbor desirable for f nly groug
into China's 400,000,000 people. ew Life n svamant brooks. gromnd yan Ww hen Fat Catches Fire.—Nev er Under KNOTT Management
ail : by Pr du n burning fat. se SEND FOR BOOKLET “R"” WITH MAP
The historic significance of the | for vast housing oj for the nd ia r ha 1d : WT 1
American education of the Soon 8 sis- | long - neglected Chinese working wee{l) PIOVERL LIP 13202 igl0A0. REE. Ci. Dpivaye
a we » on g logan cide Che vo 1eene | lower crust of a fruit pie becom- | the blaze. HOTEL
ters became even more profound | classe utsi Shanghai's Inter i " "
when the eldest, E-Ling married | national ttlemer \ hinese. | INE SOgRY, brush it over with the | t
Dr. H. H. Kung, himself an Ameri- | owned land s Spr ang up a great civic .. ho oe Pressing Pleated Sixt. Nae 0 Im L000
3 ‘ 5 § ih 4 naper Ds mey » IR very C-
can university graduate as well as | center with museums, libraries, ry TT paper 1% 3 Ry oe u 0g ery Bue
a descendant of Confucius and to- | housing projects, heaters an cessfully to hold fh 623 mn pomiion
day the premier of China. | parks ivin whol he grag When Tying Bundles.—Twine | when pressing a skirt, 45 West 35th St. (bet. Sth & 6th Aves.)
. ’ a > : SE, N » ou + - ry vin le elnitl al. | ——— A - oy » -»
When her sisters returned to Chi- | ness planned for all Ching used in lying bun 1 ’ It uld . NEW YORK
or ah . ways be dampened. t will tie | p , .
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na, May-Ling transferred to Welles- - | By 1937, the progres: Madan CT will not slip | Perhaps Forgetful Chap
ley college in Massachusetts, to be | Chiang’s N ovement a gi
near her brother at Harvard assumed
That little May-Ling would ever | 8rim race in which the generalissi-
become more famous than her two | mo and May-Ling strove young man wrote to a busi
oh . Bint Suni HAA my + se firm ordering a razor:
illustrious sisfers seemed almost an | plete their modernization whites before thev are beaten w Jess “irm, ordering a Tazof.
impossibility their envious neighbor Stru K sree yu h + A. | ‘Dear Sirs: Please find en-
SB a mg A make meringue stand up better. 1 i = Anita f > ¢ a
But in 1927 at one of the innumer- | Th en came war-—a war which stu- : Te +o : closed a dollar for one of your ra-
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able gatherings at the Soong house £ 4) rinnt baliove was ho. " a an {zors as advertised and oblige.
able gatherings at the Soong house, | dents of the Orient believe was b For Light Muffins. —When mak- | john Jones.”
May-Ling met a slim, young leader | gun purely to retard Tr ing muffins in iron pans. grease John Jones
“, A » i . ” rd nung n iro ans, reas ‘ 2 TI ¢r 4 snel tt
of the Chinese Republicans, ~Aian of the awakened China Much ti .} th p 1 ron P.S.—I forgot to enclose the dol-
\ . . the pans and heat { them in the oven | , but no doubt rm of vo
Kai-shek, who had just concluded a | May-Ling and Generalissimo Chiang before ting the batter in. Your iar, but no doubt a hrm of your
spectacular campais gn to unite Chi- | and the Soong sisters had done was | +F onc Parans LN8 DAL i eae | Standi
xe #4 ir 43 . rs ! was | muffins will then be much lighter. | _... »
na solidly behind the principles of | destroyed. Hospit , univers 5% | way.
Sun Yat-sen. churches, housi yrojects all The firm replied as follows:
RE a b Spari the Tablecloth.—Us “ :
Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with | were ruthlessly destroyed i, ton . rg 0 r 5e Dear Sir: Your order received.
May-Ling. Their courtship was an | enough survives to form a new foun wane Waxed paper une er the | Sending the razor as requested and
- . i eile v on ahl aper | » % wril} taf aps y #8
E-Ling, Charles Soong’s second impetuous and a strange one. For | dation. child's tray on fable, The Paper | hope it will prove satisfactory. CONVEN IE NC E
2 8 aves th tah “1th nd § ¢ rs | HD Co v Cara 1a hy
daughter, as she appeared during | interspersed with 3 a making were When it is over the three little Saves ha tablecloth and is barely | P.S.—~We forgot to enclose the .
I "| noticeable. oy a oO . :
school days at Macon, Ga. Today | interminable discussions of econom- | maids who registered at an Ameri- eahe * & & | razor, Dut ho d ubt g man with os «Without added cost
she is married to Dr. H. H. Kung, | ics, of China's history, her future, | can college 30 years ago may have your cheek will have no need of
premier of China, an American uni- | of great reforms and great plans. | a new chance to rebuild China on a Cleaning Upholstered loved. it” | Not only is the rate low,
Heavy upholstered pieces that] ss ————————— but you save transportation
versity graduate and a descendant | During the courtship, May-Ling con- | sound and enduring plah — an
; i rte Cai-sh “hpis i tos Yom cannot readily be taken outside ' . Er
of Confucius. verte ed C hi lang _ Kai-shek to ( hristi. American plan CARE Ed Lon dost I Pinein Dog Man's Friend, but— costs by being near every-
anity e Qu ly became one of the © Western Newspaper Uni ¥ hn a a pa ¥ a . nw lena tz hi ‘ id = . .
as a cabin boy on a steam- a : No one likes to quarrel with the thing...It pays to live at
the coa istwise statement that the dog is y : ‘
\g vise best frien 3. In fait. we all Hotel Vendig when in
Befipéen Boston. and Savannah. 0s. ii THE CHEERFUL CHERUB | | oe eterent: witht tcstin: Bus| B Philadelphia!
the sleepy, lush ci 3
2 Doo] dogs that insi sist on
the American deep South, Tharl Ke . ¢ "5 ‘ AT outside rooms
Soong {ot t 1 tend Him : / | staining prized ornamental ever- # ym " $
s>oong found someth Kindred to } : gy 1 & «all rooms with
2 4 ' »
: | greens and si i r tainly h...all
the slow but determ life of the oe BE hip, a ling ok
agricultural China which had given
have ceiling fans
him birth. Soon the little Oriental
« Modern + Fireproo
cabin boy took off his white jacket | y y
| | 3 \ : | fectually-—until recently a very
for the last time and enrolled as a | | % i , life simple solution came to light SICHARD 3. 5HANLEY
student at Duke university. : ; Re 'tiat ar
Back to the Orient. : : ~ is made of vps and All that you do is spray the lower
: ny | : d branches of your evergreens and
When Charles Soong returned to | | : RS Owns shrubs with a little nicotine sul- HOTEL
China as a publishes of Bibles, one t ? he J Is that that makes phate mixed in water. It's harm- |
of his first soci: ‘ts was to! ! 3 » en : : 1 we
found the Chinese: Young Men's : , es 7 : it te i A aie
Christian association. : , 1s [ wouldnt have a; relief to frayed tempers. You see,
, And as his three daughters and | exsy life — he Sesired Pemili sues because
IS Son Fy a rs 20 \ i 9 SW h i
his st Fv. ag es Song Ie. i Sives it oe oor and give : eth 13th & Fil Sts.
American vay which Da 2 pre spice: - to any spot where that odor is | PHILADELPHIA
foundly influenced his own life. In oe found.
the care of a missionary returning
to the United States, he sent his
four children to college—the boy, T.
V. Soong, to Harvard; the three girls
© staunch old Methodist Wesleyan.
The three Soong sisters spoke
JW walel
| Could Use Sharp Reply
To Stiffen Mezingue A gener- | A
ous pinch of oda added to the oF |
11
ng will send the razor any-
put a heavy strain on friendship.
{ Home owners have faced this N
| problem sadly, angrily and inef-
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in 1911, they saw the first of their | § ;
reams for China come true when | | = » : :
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