Page Twa EE —— THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. June 1, 1939, “ The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A C. DERR.... PAUL M. DUBBS............ CECIL A. WALKER... Issued weekly, eve'y Thursday morning. Entered in the postofiice at Bellefonte, Pa. as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, if paid io advance $2.00 per year, if not paid in advance The date your subscription expires ls 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 dite 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 liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed CIRCULATION OVER 7000 COPIES EACH WEEK Louisa’s Letter Dear Louisa: | #11 you cannot expect to have any My wife has a habit of interrupt- §ood influence on your boy, for you ing me if 1 am correcting my son Are setting him a very bad example | and will very often point out where- | by the way you are acting, in she thinks I am wrong. | However, if you are calm and gelf- When she is admonishing one of | Possessed and try to be just and see | the children, 1 sometimes think she | Poth sides of a question when you EDITORIAL WOULD THE PEOPLE VOTE WAR ON JAPAN? Resolutions continue to he passed, in various sections of the United States, protesting the sale of war materials, such as oil and scrap metal, to Japan. There can be little doubt but that the people of the United States condemn Japanese aggresion in China and abhor the wholesale murder of Chinese civilians. That ec- onomic pressure upon Japan might be effective as assist- ance to the Chinese in their battle is admitted but the warning is heard that it might also lead to war with Ja- pan. This is an instance, so far as we can judge, where the government of the United States is pursuing a policy, less likely to provoke war than the policy directed by popular emotion. We are frank to admit that we do not understand exactly the situation in the Far East, where the United States, Great Britain and France permit the Japanese to disregard treaties with impunity. This does not mean that we condemn the present pol- icy of the United States. It may be based on factors that are well known to officials, which justify the attitude of the democracies. Naturally, it is not possible for the se- crets of international diplomacy to be scattered through- out a nation. There may be reasons for the present inde- cisive attitude that are more weighty than our people sus- pect. Certainly, so far as the present attitude of the Unit- ed States government is concerned, there is less chance of a war with Japan, over the ar Eastern situation, than there would be if the matter was submitted to a vote of the people, with various factions inflaming the public mind and trying to whip up a war sentiment. THE SQUALUS: SORROW AND JOY The sudden death of twenty-gix brave sailors of the United States Navy, on board the Submarine Squalus last week, emphasizes anew the perils connected with sub- marine service. The death of these men shocked the people of the United States. Otherwise, the rescue of the thirty-three survivors would have caused general rejoicing over their escape from a watery grave, From the minute that the Squalus went down, in its last dive, to rest on the bottom of the sea, 240 feet below the surface, until those left alive in her hull were brought to the rescue ships, the Navy acted with promptness, dis- patch and courage. The stricken ship was located and relief work under- way in a few hours. Improvements in rescue work, devel- oped in recent years, were utilized. Four times a huge steel rescue chamber was attached to the hull of the Squalus and each time it rose successfully to deliver a precious cargo of men snatched from death below. The Squalus was one of the Navy's newest sub- marines and equipped, supposedly, with devices intended to make impossible just such an accident. What caused the large intake valve to remain open as the ship nosed whder water is a mystery that may not be cleared up by investigation. Other safety precautions apparently failed. The fact that so many of the crew escaped death is due to discipline and prompt action that confined the water to one end of the submarine and to the effective rescue methods perfected after sad experiences in former years. GREETING THE KING AND QUEEN Some Americans are worried about the “best way” to greet the King and Queen of Great Britain. Others, in the national capital, are concerned because they will not have an opportunity to gaze into the royal eves at the reception that will be tendered the visitors from the realm beyond the sea. Well, if any reader of The Centre Democrat gets a chance to appear before royalty we advise them to treat the King and Queen just like they would treat the Presi- dent of the United States, or his wife. In this country such a procedure would seem to exhibit the respect that comes from accepting the visitors as friends. If the appearance should happen to be staged in Great Britain then democratic Americans should not hesitate to conform to the customs that are followed by sensible British citizens. THE “MOST CRIPPLING” DISEASE What is the “most prevalent and most crippling dis- ease?” The answer, according to Dr. Reginald Burbank, president of the American Society for the study of Arth- ritis, is arthritis, which now threatens the nation with “more than 3,500,000 potential cripples.” Dr. Burbank urges a concerted effort to establish hos- pitals and clinics for those who suffer from the disease, saying that if adequate attention is paid to premonitory symptoms of rheumatoid involvement, disability would be avoided in a great majority of cases. He finds most hos- pitals loathe to admit the chronic arthritics unless suffi- ciently affluent to pay for treatment and calls attention to the fact that while $100,000,000 is spent annually by public and governmental agencies for tuberculosis, less t sources combat arthritis, .. own {1s going about it in the wrong way, but 1 make it a point never to say so before them but to save my criti. {eism until we dre alone. 1 do this because I think that parents should | decide on a course of action to- | | gether and stand by it. Children are quick to take advantage of their parents if they can play one agains: the other and 1 don't think one | should undermine the other's influ. | ence ‘What do you think about this? FATHER. New York ANSWER Of course, 1 take it that you mean by correcting, that you are just talk- ing to your son, and I agree with you that you should be allowed to do | so without your wife getting Into the argument. Of course, if you are accusing him wrongfully and she knows that to be so, she naturally feels that she should put you right about it, and, in that case you should welcome the interruption. And, too if you forget yourself and scream or shout and make a spectacle of your- — = | talk to your son, 1 think your wife { should remain quiet unless some one | asks her opinion. The same thing | applies to you when she Is getting in a few words of advice. You are absolutely right when vou say a { husband or wife can undermine each | other's Influence with the children If the children hear, over and over, | that mother nags all day, do you {think they will pay her any at- | tention when she tries to teach them | table manners? If they hear that { father Is a tightwad and tries to { squeeze the eagle on every dollar, do you think that father's talk on | thrift and how to spend wisely will have any effect on them? No. in- deed. Due to mother and father's criicism of each other, the children will conclude that mother's efforts | to teach them a little common cour- | tesy is nothing but a little nagging | habit that she has to work off and | that father's talk about money is not given for any good it might do them but in the old man's hope of saving a few nickles for himself Decide on your policies, parents and stick together LOUISA Wp ——— gy Health and Beauty EMBALMING IN EGYPT. The art of embalming reached its highest perfection in ancient Egypt The people believed that the same body that was committed to the tomb would at the final judgment be re-entered by the spirit and live forever. This belief gave rise to the desire to preserve the mortal body intact until the resurrection There were many different meth ods of embalming. The rich em- ployed only the most famous and skillful opematips. The materials which were used in the process were very expensive. It required a long time to mummify a body s0 that it was preserved intact for thousands of years The medical men of Egypt were the servants who taught the various qualities and uses of the fine spices resins, pitches and drugs that were employed in the process. The phy- sicians were also priests, and among their many accomplishments was the art of embalming. which they alone understood Medicine was highly specialized in ancient ¥Pt. 50 much zo that even the embdlamers only bad one particular service to perform The bodies of the rich were incised on the left side with a sharp knife made of rock, found only in Ethiopia The relatives of the deceased pre- tended to be very much shocked at the desecration of the corpse of the dear departed, and chased away the | priest who performed this service ‘AS he ran they threw stones after him as an evidence of their indig- | nation. Through the opening thus made, the intestines were withdrawn and the cavity spices and various preservatives The brain was drawn out through the nostrils and the corpse was soak- ed for seventy days In caustic soda The body was then washed and bandaged in fine strips of linen smeared with resins The faces were painted or gilded, after which the process was compiete However, there were various ods in use for embalming at ferent periods, but the plous wish preserve the dead until the rection was the motive behind custom Though embalming started by Jofty sentiments mummies finally became a = of commercial gain Grave robbing in Egypt has been going on for thousands of years Even the remains of the proud Phar. aohs have been sold to museums all over the world to be stared st by the curious The entire process of ancient balming in Egypt has never discovered. It remains today a art When the tombs of the rich and great were sealed, the priests invoke. ed their gods to watch over them un- til the resurrection and to destroy dif 0 the Was the ioe em- been ost filled with resins, | meth. | those who desecrated them. Many! believed that such down the tragedies curses brought and deaths which befell most of the party who! entered the tomb of Tut-An-Kh- Amen Weekly English Lesson Words Often Misused Do not gay, “1 do not intend to go no more.” Say, “I do not intend to go again” Do nat say, “My work is complete. | ly finished * Omit completely finish means to complete Do not say. “The men ran every which way.” Say, “The men ran in all directions ” Do not say. “There were only four people present.” Bay persons when referring to a small number. “The To streets were full of people” is correct | also, “The people of this country.” Do not say, “1 beg to say.” or “1 beg to differ.” Say, “I beg leave to say,” and "I beg permission to dif- fer” However, it is Just as well to avold the “begging” phrases, Do not say, “I want to see you bad- ly.” Say, “1 want to see you very much.” Words Often Mispronounced Incognito Pronounce in-kog-ni- { to, both 1's as In it, first o as in of, | second o as in no, and accent second | syllable, not the third. Qualm. Pronounce kwam a as in ah Beatitude. Pronounce be-at-i-tud, eas in be aasginat i og in it un- | iciressed, u as in cube (not as in rude), accent second syllable, Sapient (wigs), Pronounce sa- pi-ent, a as in say, | as in i, accent | first syliable, | Jocoge. Pronounce po-kos, both | 0's as in no, accent last syllable. Artisan Pronounce ar-ti-zan first a as in 4h, | a8 In it unstressed second a as in ah unstressed, accent first syllable Words Often Misspelled Kernel (a grain or seed). Colonel (military officer). Martyrdom. ob- serve the tyr. Eau de Cologne. ob. serve the seven vowels. Lattice jos: letiuse. use. Bailiff. two 1's. Grate (bars to hold fuel, also to pulverize) , great (large) Word Study “Use a word three times and it by yours.” Let us increase our vocabu- ary by mastering one word each 4ay Words for this lessoh COMPLAISANOE; disposition to | please or oblige. (Pronounce second syllable play) “The inward com- | piaisance we find in acting reason- | | ably and virtuously. "Atterbury. INSATIABLE. not to be satisfied | | {Pronounce bile), | the insatiable averice of man” | TERRESTRIAL. of the | worldly. mundane; as. “terrestrial { delights” or, “terrestrial ! tism.” GENTILITY: dignity of birth | “Gentility without ability is worse { than plain beggary "Proverbs in-sa-ghi-a-b1 second | syllable as say, accent second sylls- | “These enormous diches show | 3 earth; | magne- | i i | TLLUSION; an unreal or misiead- | ing image presented to the vision | | “Psychologists recognize normal {i- | | lusions, which are often not distin- | guishable from hallucinations ” HEALTH What destroyed the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome? Medical scientists insist it done much to ruin man’s work and | retard man's progress. They are credited with doing as much damage | as floods, cyclones, tidal waves and similar catastrophes. | In our own time, mosquitos stop- | ped the work of the Prench engin- | eery In digging the Panama Canal | American health officers eradicat- [to the mosquito to migrate north {and the only protection this state has against a recurrence of malarial outbreak is constant vigilance, | The female Anopheles mosquito | breeds by millions in swamps and i marshes, slow streams and water ‘holes. The malarial microbe has no power to travel by itself, and has chosen this mosquito as its motive power, Whenever the lady Anopheles goes, there goes the microbe. Because the mans, at night and the microbe transfers to the human Pennsyl- vania wants no lady Anopheles mos quitos. Anopheles travels with bad company, DO YOU KNOW It is rare for anyone to die i i : i | i gravy (grave) ™ 1 THE Orrice Can “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” 57 VARIETIES There are women who are comely, There are women who are homely, But be careful how the latter thing you say, There are women who are healthy, There are women who are wealthy, There are women who will always have their way. There are women who are truthful, There are women who are youthful, Was there ever any woman that was old? There are women who are sainted, There are women who are painted, There are women who are worth their weight in gold. There are women who are tender, There are women who are slender, There are women very large and fat and red, There are women who are married, There are women who have tarried, There are women who are talkless—-but they're dead Ingenuity, We'd Say A certain flesh reducing company was on the verge of bankruptcy when one of its sales force happened to think. He left for London on the next boat with several bottles of the product lady in London, he made her a present of the bottles and prescribed a dose twice as large as should have been advised The result was that the lady's physician was busy for a week At the end of that time the salesman called and asked the lady for a letter of recommendation In anger the woman wrote to him, “Your medicine has cost me 15 pounds for doctor bills in one week.” Expressing a regret which he did not feel, the agent hastened back to New York and the country was flooded with the following advertise- ment: “English Lady Loses Fifteen Pounds in One Week.” THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER Tempt me not away to the mountains, to lakes or shady dell, Nor to the seashore where the sand is full of fleas; Tempt me not with lovely ladies, with their husbands left at home, And a bunch of bathers basking at their knees, But take me to the country, the place I love so well, ‘Mid the hayfields, ana the cabbages and peas I prefer the dairy maiden upon her native loam In the land where grow the cabbage and peas; Where the hay upon the meadow gives a fragrance to the air, Where the cow and calf are browsing ‘neath the trees; In the golden glow of evening I would greet the maiden fair As she works among the cabbages and peas Here's Relief For Farmers A farmer was delivering a load of vegetables to an insane asylum As the farmer drove through the entrance an inmate greeted him “I used to be a farmer once.” sald the inmate “Did you?” sald the farmer “Yes Say, stranger, did you ever try being crazy?” The farmer never had and started to move on “Well, you ought to try it.” the patient velled after him beats farmin’ all to heck.” “It sure Praved For a Change A Tyrone man while asking the blessing st meal time the other morning hit his wife a heavenly right-hander as follows: “Dear Lord 1 would ask thy blessing on this food but 1 realize it is cooked too mis- erably for Thee to waste thy valuable time in blessing 80, instead 1 urge it upon Thee that Thou instill into my wife's heart that it is better to fry bacon and eggs acceptably for one man than to raise $10 by work. 1 ing two weeks for a church social” i OUR GOOFY POME A clever girl Is Busie Bonnum If her hands get cold She just sits onnum Choice of Two Two gentlemen of color were standing on the corner discussing family trees “Yas, sub, Rastus” declared one, “Ah kin trace mah relations back to a family tree” “Chase ‘em back to a family tree?” “Naw, man, naw. Trace ‘em. get me?” “Well, dey aint but two kinds ob things dat live in trees—birds and monkeys—an’ yo aho' don't got no tail feathers on yo'” SEW IT SEAMS I married the dressmaker's daughter, Many years ago. But I cant get along with her mother, For she's an old sew and sew, It Evolutes This Way One of the snoopy Office Cat readers wants to know which came first, the chicken or the egg We usually found that the chicken comes first, and then some egg follows her TOMBSTONE POEM While washing windows Nora Tuckett Slipped and fell On her bucket. Pa Was Observing Willie (glancing over stock market) "Pa, what is ‘short covering'?” Father—“Your mother's latest party dress, my son” Well, Why Not? Customer (in restaurant)—"Two eggs and a slice of ham, please” Waiter (shouting into speaking tube) "Send up two cackles and a grunt.” Slips That Pass in the News (From the Annam, Texas, Journal) “The choir sang ‘Nearer My God to Thee as he was lowered into the (Alizen, Me. Journal) “Warning-—Those who fail to pay their water bills by the first of the month will be disconnected —Bill Prevost, Water Supervisor.” (Alama, Me, News) “Young widow wishes work for widower on farm. Works quickly, in- side or out” Me., Transeript) (Firma, “Wanted-—-Man with gar who can furnish small blond (bond) to work | established route. For interview write 822 E. Droon St." (Boston, Mass, Herald) “Miss Barbara Trent, popular first grade teacher, entertained the father of one of her children Thursday evening.” (Cumber, Me., Record) “The boys and girls of the sophomore class ® Ans—“B” is right The date of the battle of Waterloo was X Selecting a very rspectabie Query and Answer Column PROBLEM: Do you know what an extravagant girl becomés when | she ceases to be pensive? (Answer elsewhere in this department) | B. F~In an argument, “A” says the battle of Waterloo was fought on Baturday, while “B” says It, was on Bunday. Who is right? | day, June 18, 1815. The battle was scheduled to be fought on Ba y. | but heavy rains delayed the action. Therefore Napoleon opened up Hos. tilities at daybreak on Bunday. N. W.What causes cyclones, tornadoes, etc? : Ans These come under the general term of “whirlwind ” Two ecur- | rents of air which move in different directions cause & whirlwind, which | may vary in size from a small'eddy to a hurricane a thousand miles ia | diameter. An observer may see the entire whirl if it is of small size and | passes over dusty ground, but very large whirls, like hurricanes, arg only | seen in part and appear as straight-lined winds | 0. H—-What is a yak? Ans —A yak Is a bovine ruminant, a native to Central Asia They | are domesticated, but still are abundant in the wild state Besides the {milk and flesh being important articles of food, the male yak is em. | ployed as 8 beast of burden, similar to the American ox | E. J~1 wish to ask you when were the alrplanes invented? And | who were the inventors? Ans The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) of Dayton, Ohio, were the inventors of the flying machine In 1886 they established & small shop in Dayton where they bullt and repaired bicycles, but gave the | greater share of their time working on their invention In 1903 they produced a machine that remajned aloft two minutes, and in 1908 they produced another machine tha! made a test of 40 miles an hour and re. mained in the air 1 hour, 14 minutes and 20 seconds 0. L-Did Brigham Young found the great Salt Lake City Utah? Or was it Joseph Bmith? Did both of them teach plural marriages? Ans.—1t was Brigham Young who founded Salt Lake City after the cult was forcibly expelled from Nauvoo, Ill, in 1847. Joseph Smith. who founded Mormonism, died in 1844. Young succeeded Smith as president and prophet, and both leaders taught the sanctity of plural marriages and a large party left the organized church on that account The United States placed a ban on plural marriages, and while the Mormons still be- lieved in its righteousness, plural marriages (polygamy) wes abandoned in practice F. R—Can you answer what the Zouaves are? Ans —Zouaves is the name of light-armed iInfantrymen in Algeria When the French took Algiers in 1830 they incorporated the Zouaves into their army. After 1840 the Zousves were strictly French soldiers bearing the native name and wearing the native uniform N. L. M.—Please describe the peace arch on the United States- Cn. adian border Ans —The Portal of Peace at Blaine, Wash, is a massive concrete structure in the form of 5 gateway It was dedicated Beptember 5 1821 in honor of the peace between the United States and Canadas, which hes lasted more than 100 years without a break The memorial which tost $40,000, stands 100 yards frony the International boundary where the forty-ninth Parallel meets Boundary Bay It is fifty-four feet high snd stands in a circular area 125 feet In diameter within a five-acre park one-half of which is in Canadas and one-half of which is in the United Btates. Over the doorways are the legends “Open for 100 Years” and May These Doors Never Be Closed ” At the sides: “Children of 8 Com- mon Mother.” and “Brethren Dwelling Together in Unity.” On the Amer. ican side of the portal there is a bit of wood from the Mayflower and on the Canadian side a plece from the Beaver. 8 famous old Hudson Bay Company ship, the first steam-propelled vessel ply in Pacific walters in L. D. H—Is there any liquid or solution that will soften phonograph records so that they can be regrooved snd then hardened? Ans —The National Bureau of Blandards knows of no solution nor process that will soften phonograph records so that they can be re- grooved and then hardened Wax records used for dictaphones. are shaved off and used ggain : E. 8~Who was found guilty in the famous Hall-Mills murder Caney Ans ~The Hall-Mills case remains unsolved The decision being that Mrs. Mills and the Rev. Mr Hall came to their death at the hands of sh unknown person or persons R. T. G—How does the volume of water at Niagara Falls compare with that of Iguassu Falls in South America? Ans ~The mean annus] volume of water at Igessu is £1689 cubis feet per second, while that of Niagars is 212.200 cubic feet per second. L. J. W.—Is it better to steam or to boil carrots in order to retain the vitamins? Ans —Carrots retain more vitamin C when they are steamed L. W. J—Have the movies bought Robert Bherwood's play “Abe Lin- coln in Illinois?” : Ans —The motion picture rights to the play have been puréhashd for 8275000 B. N—What is the significance of Bull Moose ss applied to Theo- dore Roosevelt? Te Ans—The name was applied to Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 arising from his remark. “1 feel as fit as a bull moose” Through constant use of this animal's figure by the cartoonists in connection with Roosevelt's political campaign as the presidential nominee of the Progressive Party, he became known as the Bull Moose candidate and the party ss the Bull Moose Party ¢ E. §. J How much of the weight of the brain is gray substance? Ans —The gray substance represents 37 to 38 per cent of ths total weight of the brain 4 KR. P—How many Senators and Representatives are there In Otn- gress? Ans There are ninety-six Senators and 435 members of the Home of Representatives 4 K. R LHow large Is the Rock of Gibralter? . Ans ~The Rock is two and three-fourths miles long. threé-fourths of a mile wide, and 1396 feet in height. The area is nearly two Squire miles : M. 8. J—Piease describe a presidential reception in George Wash- - ington’s administration Ans —Stephen Decatur says that in 17898 a tremendous amount of ens tertaining was done by the President and Mrs. Washington The recep. | tions of Lady Washington were on Fridays from 7 until 10. They were of | & purely social nature Mrs Washington “sat with one or two intimste friends and usually remained seated while receiving her guests” Tea cakes and candy were served In hot weather orangesde or a similar cold drink was offered As Mri Washington and her Yusband liked to | RC to bed early, she often “broke up the receptions by #:30 p m. by r#- marking that her husband ususlly went to bed about 8, and she preceded him” | J. G. F.—~What is the most valuable stamp that has been purchased | recently? Ans —Esmond Bradley Martin recently purchased for $25000 the only | known used block of the 18688 twenty-four cent purple and green samp with center inverted It is estimated by authorities that the block | worth $35,000 and that in time it will become the world's rarest stamp | Accession. | KL J~Of all the money spent for bottled soft drinks in the United { how much is spent for Coca-Cola? Ans —Fortune says: “Bales of bottled carbonated drinks to the Umit: | ed States public last year are fstimated at upwards of $600.000,000, while | Coca-Cola bottle sales in the United States in 1837 totaled about 3188. | 000,000.” : is | M. M—What is the name of the American who was the Kalser's | dentist? ‘ Ans —Dr. Arthur Newton Davis of New York City numbered amang his patients the Kaiser and hig family. y T. K. J~How many words a day are spoken over the radio? Ans —An estimate by the statistioal department of the National Broadcasting Company shows that words enter the WEAF-WJZ micro- | phones at the rate of 212.008 a day, 1490356 a week, and 77.788.400 & year, 3 { H. V.—How much did it cost to bulld the World's Pair at San Fran cisco? i : Ans —The Golden Gate International Exposition is estimated 8 ha E. J. H—-What is the sasternmost city in the United States?