TL: Centre Democrat, DELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR Editor PAUL MM. DUBBS........icco0viiuas Associate Editor CECIL A. WALKER . Business Manager Issued weekiy, every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION £1.50 per year, if paid in advance $2.00 per year, if not paid in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month, We send no receipts unless upon special request. Watch date on your label after you remit Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Advertising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements, Legal notices and all real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are lable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7.000 COPIES EACH WEEK Need For Standard. The city of Reading is trying out a new system for ex- amining alleged drunken drivers of motor cars. They have delegated this work to a small grou, of policemen, some of whom are available at all hours of the day or night to make cxaminations according to prescribed formula. The experiment will it remains to be seen what courts and juries will do with evi- be watched with interest for dence from persons who obviously have no professional knowledge concerning the effects of alcohol. Most cities and communities have been turning drunken drivers over to physicians for professional examination. In the courts even the testimony of physicians very often finds tough sledding under the cross-examination of resourceful If they shatter t} men there will be little wonder. and clever lawyers. e testimony of police- | If trial juries were to sit immediately on the cases of drunken drivers there would be few acquittals in the court. But the juries see a very much sobered person who has recovered his gentility. Furthermore they hear testimony whose vigor has been tamed by the lapse of months. lv the time cross-examination has been completed it often appears that an angel is being persecuted and that if anvone ought to go to jail it is the prosecutor, even though id lost a car for which ny “i he has just emerged from a hospital he will not be recompensed, because of the drunken driver's act. The time must come when very definite and positive tests to determine drunkenness or the degree thereof, will be developed and will be recognized in courts of law. Society must demand this for its security and protec- tion against a growing menace to travel Rightly Decided. The Supreme Court, as everybody with a knowledge of decided in the “yr after the name of one or more candidates not of the election law forecast, *hiladelphia case that a paper ballot with an in the party square and another LL “hk same party, is valid and counts a vote for each candidate of the party square, save for the office for which a candidate is marked individually. Apparently the Court found no difficulty in reaching its decision. It was in line with the legal and common sense concept that in every instance the intent of the voter, where obvious, should prevail. The remarkable thing is that the Republican machine of Philadelphia raised the issue and challenged ballots mark- ed as aforesaid. In the light of some election scandals in Philadelphia during the years that the Machine swung elec- tion after election by the highest handed practices at the polls and at the count, this recent attempt to achieve elee- tion purity is not impressive at all, The Centre Democrat has every sympathy for those who seek to make certain that elections are conducted legally and honestly from end to end. Nothing in the whole scheme of popular government seems so vital as clean elections. Jut there is no disguising a smirk on the face of the average Pennsylvanian when he thinks of Philadelphia ward heelers crawling into the robes of election purists. Speculation and Business. The government has notified the stock exchanges that they must reorganize their practices, or submit to strict regulation by the government, Right or wrong, the country will have to make up its mind whether the recent stock market slump was due to the activities of speculators or to other caunes, It may have been too easy to depress stock prices by the practice known as short sellin £. Yet the people who sell short perform a service in times when the speculators becoine toc enthusiastic and boost prices far too high. It is like the oll story of the man who wanted a gun which would Lit if he was firing at a deer, but would miss if he aimed at.a caf. Perhaps Congress can think out some plan that will accotaplish this much desire! end. If they make it too diffi-’ cult to speculate, people won't be able to get decent offers for securities when (hey need to sell. : - It begin: tc look as though the peace-loving nations are being Bluffed vv those nations who believe that no one is going to do anything About it but pass resolutions. i } l : Ww § § § i THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. December 9th, 1937. - I 1 THE OrriceE CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Reiished by the Wisest Men” WHEELING IT OFF. The bicycle craze of the olden days Has taken the land by storm; Some ride for the fun of the airy run, And some to improve their form, For the slender girl, a lively whirl Puts color in cheeks and lips, While the work involved has the problem solved Of reducing the fat girl's hips, Consider the girl who's a buxum maid Of the roly-poly kind; 8he has fat galore laid on before And twice as much behind; She doesn't dare sit on a chair With arms at either side For fear shell stick, so she is quick To embrace the fad to ride She seems to feel if she had a wheel, And straddled it every day, The jiggle and bump, the steady pump Will massage her fat away, S0 she dons a sult she considers cute, And thinks the boys would like, And enters the door of the hardware store And buys herself! A BIKE. Ever Hear This One? Two Jewish gentlemen went on a deep sea fishing trip. Alter they gat to the fishing grounds one of the men fished from the stern of (Le baat and the other from the bow. Not long after the boat was anchored the man in the bow caught a fish “Wot kind of a feesh Iss “Why, that's 8 haddock.” The excited fisherman raced toward hi ig from the stern and cried: “Oh, Jake, Jake “Vell, 30 wat kin 1 do about it?” was the indifferent reply. got it a haddock, vy not take an asperin !" 1 us diss, pliz?” he asked the skipper pal who was patientiv fish. I got it a haddock !" “You Last summer a band of Indians from Oklahoma came to a New York hotel and rented the whole sixteenth floor, They put their tepees ub in their rooms and built bonfires on the floor and made themselves right at home. No complaints were forthcoming [rom the management as the Indlans were paying a terrific rate one day ward in d= an Indian brave star He kept guard in front of the shot one of the clerks noticed the bat 5 ) i however front of hroom 1} ha a heard and the employe floor, murdered wis Indian on the uddenly nto the . nd at WO a i a0 Ba “Who shot him?” inquired the manager “1 shoot ‘em |!” the brave, bathroom door, exclaimed “But did soot him? “Ugh !" the brave replied, “He who wa tanding guard in front of 1 wh you shouted the excited manager throw ‘em cigarette stub in spring !’ Short Radio Drama With a Sock. the Office Cut Dramatic Society) As the scene opens the villlap is sitting in the Office Cat's editorial office. His feet are planked up on the desk, he has his shoes olf An friends won't tell him, (Presented by wilson d even his An Animal Story. A belated story concerning a Bellefonte man has just reached us It seems that one day during the early part of the summer he took his wire-haired terrier out for his constitutional in a nearby patch of woods Picking out a giant plane tree, the terrier sniffed to his heart's contoms He hadn't gone fifty yards when a bolt of lightning split the tree from top to bottom. The wire-halr turned his head. "So you can’t take 11 eh?” he said In contemgnt Slips That Pass in the News. (From Alta. Calif. Gazelle) former Alfa girl, was transierred inst week [rom the telephone company 10 the Newnan exchange She works the night shirt (shift) {rom Miss the Empire exchange of and promoted to chief operator 0p mtweéa m (From the Little Creek, Calif, Times) Miss Mary Kauf, artist and former local girl, honored the Tuesday Optimist Club luncheon with an exhibition of her beautiful collection of woodcut and itchings (etchings) ’ (From the Wajside, Me. Record) Margaret Dorn, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jefl Dorn of Marina, was incated Wednesday afternoon. She had been Kissing ‘milsing) s'nce early Sunday morning, It was reported (From lona, Me. Journal) Bollem is having ap addition put on her cotlage at XN (sun) porch Mrs ininture Lake, involving two bedrooms and A sin (From Beachside, N. J. Press) Seashore Cottage For Rent-5 rooms, broad screened private peach (beach). Call Alva 1267, corch, garage, It's Fun to Be Fooled. When the lights were suddenly switched on at a roadside cance a few nights ago one of the fellows discovered that he had been necking the wrong girl “Gosh 1” he exclaimed, “you're not the girl 1 thought you were at ah i" “Well, youre pot the man I thought you were either I” come reply. the Knows Everything There is to No. “How ¢0 you like my sermons?” asked the new minister of gir! who sang contralto in the choir. “Just splendid !" gushed the girl sin was until you came |” the young “Honest, 1 never knew what real Our Poet's Corner. He married Helen, Hell ensued. He left Helen, Helen sued, He Knew the Old Trick. Ehie—-"0Oh, Henry, there's a bug down my back.” He-"Aw, cut it out. Those jokes were all right before wo were mar. ried.” The Absent-Minded Judge It was a warm day In the court room, and a dull case concerning the rights of a firm to the use of a stream was being argued, Counsel made speeches of interminable length, and the judge fell into a dose. “But we must have water here, your honor,” thundered the defend- ing lawyer In such stentorian tones that the judge came to, “All right,” he mumbled hastily, “but only a very litle in mine” Glad to Contribute, An Income tax collector had died and a subscription was raised in a business office for a wreath, The boss promised $6. A few days later, one Bt We glerks called 10 collect the money. The chief handed him a $10 bill, “You waht $5 change, sir?” asked the clerk. ook, WEOWIod' S04. yhses “Keep it and bury another Income tax 00. / Good Stuff, Customer~"Is that hair tonie any good?” Barber—"8Say, I spilled some of it on my comb last week and now it's & brush.” ; wa—"ly 1 Just Around The Corner rE | M odern — Etiquette &» — 1 What should a gir] do when a man with whom she has frequent engagements §s Invariably from twenty minutes to an hour late in calling for her? 2. Do Christmt¢ engraved with the person's arty as much sentiment ‘ards that are sig: 3. When a woman 0 4a stranger at iarge dinner, herself? 4 If agirlisaclos brother's fiancee, right for her to this bride-to-be? 5. When writing the v. Pp. oh cards that are nam» as Lhe ed? is sealed nex a banquet a iniroguce or may she ol wa " } —re give LOWED letters R, an invitation, is this form correct or should it be written R. S vy. PY? 6. If a woman exten’s her bare hand to a man, should he remove his glove before taking her hand? 7. II one is introducing a woman 10 4 man who is a celebri’y an author, should ed to him? 8B. How such as be present. a" «hh OL Se are invitations recalled for small Informal affair? 9. Where should the napkins placed at a formal dinner? 10 1s it necessary 0 an wedding invitation? 11. When young man girl 10 go 10 a dance with h is the best way {or her 0 12. When are suppers a be Wer a a Answers ai bottom of column =e TERE . A A GGA {T_T —_—— The Household Scrapbook | C1 ————————————————_——— C—O a Making a Pol'sh An Inaxpensi lis} mads by using need ye i ~y pari ad oll and furpentiw bottle and shake thoroug! a piece of cheese entire poiksh sith another Doors annoying ) pped by alippl ovwr the door over Lo dhe Kno he dOOT Bananas When slicing bananas, use g sliver knife and sprinkle the slices with lemon juice. This will prevent that fuming dark mo a Appl; ng over on hh ota he Aria Cea, C The in be st ber band treiching her MAl sie « Brass To prevent bass ru ¢ & week. of lsiened with {rom tranisiing oftener, wilh oS e 0 Starch starch 5 necessary for naterials. mix th sarch with en. A substitute for starch br used on black or dark biue al } QIANON IE ONC WCAADOON of gelatin in a quart wale: jark A cid Whrn 0 mateg ’ I Hot Dishes wi are ! heated fOr on the dinner tab be dipped In hot water Cracks and disccioration often ate the result i Dishes t to be _ ol Li sdaouid English lesson Words Often Misused Character and reputation are not gynonomous. Character is what one really i2 Reputation that which is thought to be by others “Your Jetier has been in reply 10 same we Omit 0 sane Do not say. “I an no posted on this subject.” not very well informe don Jeet,” Do not sar, “My wife loves lo read good books” Say, “My wife loves Ser children, and likes to read good books.” The word love Is much abused Do not say. “What did you do thal Say. “Why did you do that?” Do not say, “From ‘hence we went to St. Louis.” Omit from. Thence means “from that place.” Words Often Mispronounced Circuit. Pronounce sur-kit, u in fur, | as In kit, not sur.kut, Ctrcultous. Pronounce sur-ku-i- tus, first u as In fur, second u as In cute, | a5 In It unstressed, third u a8 in us, accent second syllable. Aviation. Pronounce first a as In mre, not as In have, Automaton. Pronounce o-tom-a- won, first 0 as In or, second and third o's as In on, a unstressed, acoent second syllable Invalid (one who Is I); accent first syllable, Invalid (hot having jegal foree); pronounce tie a as In at and accent second syllable, | Ave Maria. Pronounce a-va mma rea, first, third, and fourth a's as io Ay Me Do nol say received, and wish tO say, very well Bay. “1 am this sub- for?” as a I TR am The Scissors org into a hi ng this onto the will eliminale the the SCIAS0TS bag when carrying Ariificial Fruit ia) fruit and flowers mas in and sis tines Ain be out of then ping several In clear water con- tanning a few drops of ammonia, Cream Substitute A pleasant substitute for coffee cream can be made by beating the yolk of an «gg in the cup. Tight Shoes tightness of shoes © over the Do oot Le “> the shoe pinches le the ghoe is on the { t In the cloth will cause 10 expand Pie Crust A ing variation in the flavor WH a crust may be affected bs using a couple of tablespoons of pea- nut butter, or the gated rinds of oranges or Rmone Try using orange juice” or gream cheése 0 moisten the dough, instead of water plea Fe ve ah. second a as in may unstressed. ¢ as in me, accent first and fourth syi- labics Words Often Misspelled Necessary: one ¢ two 3's tionnaire, Obeerve the Sane (mentally sound), large net) Grana'y; grain. TW (preposition); Untill; one 1 Parallel, three Word Sindy “Use ag word three times and it is yours.” Let us Increase our vocab ulary by mastering one word each day. Words for this lesson PERQUISITE, something gained in addition to regular salary of wages. The best perquisites of a piace are the advantages it gives a man of doing good. "Addison POCALIZE:; to bring or come to a frous; to conventrate, “Light is focalized In the eye, sound in the ear” DeQuinoey. GARGOYLE. a walerspout, often carved grotesquely, projecting at the upper part of a building. usually from the roof gulter. (Pronounce gar-goll, 4 as In arm, ol as in doil, acoent first ayliable). CONSONANT (adjective): having agreement; consistent, * he has done has been consonant with his view of the general good.” PAGAN (adjective); relatl to the worship of false gods; heathen; As, pagan tribes or superstitions. PROPAGATION; continuance by generation or sucoessive production; Ques- two n’s Mine a gran, nol two 1% 1's as, the propagation of animals or plants, - to see Christmas day. Ll i ER a Answers lo L_ odern Etiquette ts 4 Query and Answer Column PROBLEMS, Our readers are invited to send us factual or fictional problems, riddles, puzzles, “catch” questions, or what have you. ‘These must be malled to us, accompanied with the correct answer. We will endeavor 0 publish one each week at the top of this department, but the answer will be found elsewhere in this column. This will give the readers a chance to try their wits before looking for the correct soluticn, Here is the first one A man has a clock that strikes the hours from 1 to 12. this clock there is a wooden man with a large hammer, Every time he hears the clock strike, he strikes twice. For instance, if he hears the clock strike three times, he will strike six times, and so on for the twelve hours. Now then, how many times does he strike for the twelve hours? The answer will be found at the bottom of this column, but we advise that you don't look at it untill you have exhausted your eflorts at solv ing the problem On top of 8. F.-Will you please fighting about? Ans Both sides have their own reasons for the conflict generally accepted reason is that the Chinese claim it quest by Japan; that the Japanese have their eyes on in the mountainous regions of control. A. L.—~Has and the search abandoned? Ans~It was abandoned temporarily, but new searching parties been organized and they are now combing the frigid wastes of the and the torrid waters of the South Bea in search for and Amelia Earhart respectively what the Japanese and the Chinese are The war of rich gold deposits Thibet which they want ww confiscate or most isa coh» Ru Amelly Earhart the search for the flier; for the lost near the and her North Pole, been Sian «O81 Companion have Ti at rth, N. D.—When scientists are making miles above the earth what is there Ww and higher if they want to? Ans.~The higher up they go, gets too thin to hold up the wings higher P. J.—-Why does chloroform Ans. Chloroform sues, including the tis tissue s0 thal nerve sensations brain. In nervous Lssue H. 0. stratosphere flight prevent them | [3 + the thinner the balioon alr ge or and it wil no proguce unconsciousness? has an unusually stroi ue of the brain. It col impuses cannot pass through nerves, nor thoughts thr blood slowly removes nerves and the 1g 4 nity for nervous tise lect s there and aflects reviving, the inti] the Whi we Drain are abie { or is it fictional? Ans ~-Whil story of “Robinson is based on a fact, it is fictional many experiences are drawn imagination. Alexander Selkirk, whom Daniel Defoe characterizes as “Robinson Cru- 50," was a Scotch salior who died in 1723. In 1703 he engaged as a buc- caneer in the South Beas where he quarreied with his captain, In Oe- tober of that same year Selkirk was put on the d of Juan Fernandez where he remained a solitary resident for fo 4 four nths, Years ang when he was rescued by C Beyond this fact Arties Robinson Cruso’ Cr a fact us of the and q ang irom Lian yr » wh av apt. Woodes Rogers the story is Eurog P g . : rive 13% y ’ the Protestants @ from 1618 0 1648 H.— Hox Ans Until y 1, 180 M. C. C—~When did Kate Bmith introduce her theme Moon Comes Over the ) Ans In May B. B.-What | or Mussolini? Ans al atiempis against the and Premier Mussolini are punishable by squad. L. G. Washington ct in central SLIURRIe Delween acy, and w extended X 4 July at leas 1G%91 1331 the penaity for atlempts to injure the King of Italy “pk pyr § 4 -Lorimis King, Queen, Crown Prince, death. Execution is by firing What speeche D.C? Ans. —The Gettysburg dress; are on the { the Lincoln Memorial at second inaugural ad- wails L. M.—Has tea ever been grown successfully in the United States? Ans About 1880 the United States Department of Agriculture es- tablished near Bummervilie, 8. C., a small tea-growing plantation and various varieties were raised in an experimental way. Later thie pian was extended and the Pinchurst Tea Gardens were opened and further experiments made In Colleton County, South Carolina, and at Piree Texas. While it wa 10 grow and cure good teas, IL was impossible 10 produce them in competition with the tess of China and Japan cured by cheap Oriental labor 8S. L. S8.—~How Ans They are constructed of sundried bricks made from any native clay. The bricks are molded and their sides turned alternately to the sun day by day a week or longer, as may be necessary. They are usually mace of two sizes—18x8x2 and 16xi2x4. The larger ones are used as headers, the others as stretchers found possible are adobe houses made? W. H.—Are there any dogs that do not bark? Ans W. T.--What is the difference between climate and weather? Ans Climate is the more general term, and is the sum and aver- age of weather, which includes dAily changes in temperature, pressure, wind and rain, F. G.—Where are Uni Ans—All stamps are ing in Washington, D. C L. H.—When can th Ans The planet the evening G. M.—When the United States was formed largest population? Ans Virginia The Basenji dogs from the Belgian Congo have no bark ted States postage stamps made? meade at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- rings of Saturn be seen to advantage? m will be In the southern sky December in during which State had the Massachusetts was second, and New York was fifth E. D.Please explain to me what a patio is Ans This is the Spanish name for an inner count or enclosed space open to the sky J. K.—~Who are considered the most popular re entertainers? Ans According to the latest program survey in thirty key cities, Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlle McCarthy, are the most popular radio entertainers on the air. They lead by nine points Major Bowes and his amateurs, while the third choice is the Monday night Radio Theater directed by Cecil B. DeMille. N. T.—~How did the United States reimburse Germany for German boas taken in American waters when this country entered the World ar Ans The German government was not reimbursed for ships taken in United States territory. They were considered contraband of war, Answer to Clock Problem.—He doesn't strike any man, he doesn hear the clock strike. Being a wooden dent can create A sitnal ing the nation in warfare. 4. Not quite ball of the area. [Do YOU KNOW involve 1. Is airship travel more comfor- fable than In Dheavier<han-alr | ships? 2. What is the latest estimate of tion of the United States? ? United iL i ] H 5 677000 awdiling units a year | 1s the estimate of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce for the years from 11020 to 1999, | 6. Recreation experts say that {have a park acre; a city of 5000 | persons, under this scale, should have 50 acres of parks and Teciea- The next time, walt no longer | Be an, : I [than Nfteen minutes, then go out | alone, and without leaving a mes- | {gae. ‘This may correct his inexcus. | able habit, 1. wom 2 «3 oN = ¥ Es F 2 Never. I should far prefer a engraved card, sighed per engraved it — -— - | {ig ue i i . i: Hii i Yes: riding
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