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“The Totem Pole”
Harrisburg, Jan. 27—A few of the crystal ball gazers, political | gs
prophets and what-nots who would have their public believe they
were riding on the inside track, have suddenly found themselves being
crowded against the fence—with a few of the assorted gentry even
being squashed under the fence.
Possibly about the most morti-®~
fying thing to be flaunted under
their noses so far during the cur-
rent session of the Legislature was
their calm prediction that all would
be harmony in the General Assem-
bly.
Well, the lawmakers returned to
their seats last week after a brief
recess and about the first thing
they did was get into a squabble
over such a comparatively minor
question as freeing the existing toll
bridges in Pennsylvania.
To those who must use the toll
bridges the question is vitally im-
portant, but the argument center-
ed not over whether the bridges
should be free—but the method of
drawing up the bill to. free the
bridges. The Republicans took one
side and the Democrats the other
side,
Yet to come before the Legisla-
ture are such “hot” bills as favor-
ite administration measures of Gov-
ernor Duff and party leaders and
the explosive-packed financial bills,
both of which the Democrats are
watching for with fists literally in
a ball.
It should be borne in mind that
by and large the members of Penn-
sylvania’s Legislature are a select
group of people. They have been
chosen by the voters as their rep-
resentatives. They are not dunder-
heads as many would have us be-
lieve. In the main they are smart
men and women. Most of them
know their books and the major-
ity have the welfare of the people
at heart—although at times it may
not seem so.
The average person may not re-
alize it but members of the Legis-
lature have a tough road to travel.
They are constantly being besieged
on all sides for this and that favor.
One group of interests is contin-
ually trying to outdo the other
group of interests.
In this welter of confusion the
legislator finds himself wondering
which is the true representation
of the wishes of the people.
If he leans one way, he'll be
snarled at by one segment of so-
ciety. If he leans the other way,
he'll be the butt of growls from
another segment. When all is said
and done—sad though it may be—
the persons who should be really
heard from rarely put in an ap-
pearance.
Party policies are important. The
legislator must adhere to the party
line somewhere or he becomes
little more than a floating piece of
humanity unable to gain cooper-
ation from either major faction.
All in all, the lot of a member of
the Legislature is not all bread and
jelly by a long shot. A visit to the
floor of either the House or the
Senate to witness activity will
actually show a highly geared
YOUR HEALTH
by Luzerne County Medical Society
aS —
HEADACHE
A person with a headache often
becomes a headache to his doctor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once
said that if he wanted to show a
student the difficulties of medical
practice he would give him a head-
ache to treat.
Headache is probably the most
frequent of all camplaints.
It is said that between 8 and
10 percent of patients complain of
headache and that 70 percent of
the population has had headache
at one time or another.,
The posible causes for headache
are numerous.
Excitement, anxiety, constipa-
tion, gluttony, fatigue, indulgence
in alcohol, excessive smoking, poor
ventilation, overbright or poor il-
lumination, and the wearing of a
tight hatband are causes.
The fumes in industry, overdose
of drugs, fever, allergy, high blood
pressure, low, blood pressure, anem-
ia, and infections may bring on a
headache.
Emotional state account for many
headaches - frustration, intolerance,
feeling of insecurity, perfectionism,
financial concern.
The pain of headache may or-
iginate in the teeth, ears, nose and
sinuses, or eyes.
Following injury to the skull with
concussion or fracture there is like-
ly to be headache, and brain tum-
ors usually are associated with
headache.
There are headaches that ham-
mer, that press, that come and go,
that are continuous.
The headache that is worse at
night is often due to some disease
within the skull, inflamation of the
bone of the skull, or eyestrain,
Headaches that are worse in the
morning are frequently due to sin-
usitis or hang-over-itis.
The headache may be very real
although its cause is often vague.
DO YOU KNOW?
There were between 8,000 to
10,000 accidents on farms in Penn-
sylvania last year, more than in
almost any other field.
To Float Bond Issue
Supervisors of Dallas Township
are seeking bids for the purchase
of nine genergl obligation bonds
in denominations of $1000 each.
machine in smooth operation with
brains—not brawn alone—lending
an important hand, guiding the
destiny of Pennsylvania.
THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1949
SAFETY VALVE
The Prohibition Vote
Dear Editor;
Today I received the final official
returns of the votes cast for me
as a candidate for the Office of
State Treasurer on the Prohibition
ticket at the November 2 election.
In a field of 5 candidates I placed
third with a total of 14,476 votes.
I certainly appreciate the vote of
confidence expressed by those who
were not afraid to vote their con-
viction, Their vote stands as a
memorial to the ideals of the pro-
hibition party and the sacred trust
given its candidate.
I feel that there is something
that the defeated candidate owes
to those who by their vote said,
“I trust you to act in my stead in
this office.” I feel that the defeated
candidate should give leadership to
his group in forming that ‘loyal
opposition” to the party in power
that makes for true democracy and
the representation of all areas of
political philosophy in the govern-
ment of our great nation. We rec-
ognize the mandate of the major-
ity but realize in part the respon-
sibility of the minority. The min-
ority should always be active and
strong in order to be able to check
unfair legislation and give the
people a chance to elect them to
the majority position when the
next season opens.
I trust that with God’s help I
may be able to give such leadership
to the 14,476 people who voted for
me and also to those others who
stand for prohibition of the liquor
traffic.
Yours,
Albert J. Crispell
From California
Wednesday
January 12th, '49
Hello Folks!
Tonight it is raining like—well,
you know what and it's a darn
good time to be home. There being
nothing on our schedule tonight,
we are ‘‘staying in". Irene is doing
some light ironing and while I'm
in the den—with radio going strong
and just finished looking over the
Dallas Post, thought I'd drop you
good folks a line and let you in on
this California snow storm. Sup-
pose you've heard, via radio, and
have been reading of this strange
winter weather Los Angeles has
“enjoyed” this week. To begin with,
let me say the boys at Chamber
of Commerce have very, very red
faces these days. No wonder!
Am sending you a couple sheets
of local newspaper which show this
snow in and around Los Angeles.
While ‘the snow made the country
and city look very beautiful in the
new white dress, it did no end of
damage to fruit and vegetable
crops—the citrus has been dam-
aged to the tune of 68 million—
no snows have fallen since 1932
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LONELINESS
The ticking clock upon my drawer,
Four blank walls, a lonely door;
Silence weighs me like a stone,
Blessed are they who have a
home.
Time waits for nothing at all,
Faces gone beyond recall;
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“The Book Worm
By Helen Dunn Lamb
To use a rather Pennsylvania
Dutch expression ‘he collects”’—for
it is Bill who is the original antique
hound of the family. He started by
bringing home little vases and
slippers of colored glass plus an
amazing assortment of
bottles. Then followed a procession
of lamps, clocks, chairs and tables
until we were literally bulging at
the seams of our apartment. I must
admit he had an endless capacity
for finding things but I was torn
between admiration and despera-
tion. My task was the arranging of
these numerous, and sometimes
questionable objects of art but in
so doing I learned to appreciate
their charm and finally joined Bill's
enthusiasm in the collecting of an-
tiques.
Like all beginners we were apt
to mistake quantity for quality and
think that just because things were
old they were desirable. What a
lot of needless effort we would have
been spared if we had had the in-
formation contained in some of the
books I recently found on the
shelves of the Back Mountain
Library! To mention a couple—I
heartily recommend ‘First Reader
for Antique Collectors” by Carl R.
Drepperd and “New Geography of
American Antiques” by the same
author. They will prove a great
help and time saver to any would
be collector.
hobby of collecting antiques. The
places you go, the people you meet,
are all interesting stories in them-
selves. My sense of humor was
tickled more than once as Bill
strove to make his bargains. There
was the time he tried to buy some
plank bottom chairs from an old
codger who possessed one of the
most smooth running swearing vo-
cabularies I have ever heard. No
amount of coaxing could make him
part with them and he asked, what
appeared to me as I glanced around,
a very logical question—‘ ‘What the
h--- will I sit on if I sell them. ?”
Bill's knowledge and judgement
of what was worthwile progressed
faster than mine. He recognized
good pieces under their many lay-
ers of paint while I insisted they
looked like hopeless nothings. My
education broadened as we applied
paint remover and elbow grease.
It honestly takes patience and hard
work to achieve results but I know
of nothing more satisfying when
you have campleted the job.
If you would like to try your
hand at refinishing old furniture
first read “Wood Finishing and
Painting Made Easy” by Ralph G.
Waring also “How to Restore An-
tiques” by Raymond F. Yates. You
will find both books at the Back
Mountain Library. Right now I am
pondering over Chapter VIII of the
later book on “The Craft of the
Old-Time Stenciling.” It sounds
simple but after talking to a friend,
who really does a super job, I think
I will be in the practice stage for
some time. However I am not dis-
mayed for by this time I too am
under the spell of the collecting
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There is nothing dull about this :
Some of the best local anecdotes are those that can’t be published
in the Barnyard. For instance what Cindy Gross asked her father
when she saw him shaving in the bathroom. Next time you see
Paul you might ask him. It was delightful.
But for all around consistency, Joe Peterson is God's gift the
Barnyard.
Tie this one if you can?
Joe and Durelle Scott, III, bounced in on Mrs. Scott late one after-
noon last week. “Mother,” asked Durelle, “can I go over to Joe's to
see his moving pictures?” .
“Moving pictures, what do you mean? inquired Kay. :
“Well, they're not exactly movies” explained Durelle. “It’s one of
those things you look through and see colored pictures.” and as a
final persuasive point,” There are pictures of God, too”.
“Not God,” corrected Joe bluntly, “Jesus”.
“Well, God and Jesus are all the same,” suggested Durelle gently.
“That’s right”, Kay confirmed, “God and Jesus are all one”.
“Oh,” blurted Joe, dumbfounded, “I thought God was a swear
word.”
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DALLAS SOCIAL NOTES
Once or twice a week, Joe sidles up to our desk while we're busy
and haltingly pants out a social item that he wants us to be sure
to print. The item may reveal the intimate workings of the Peter-
son household or that of the neighbors or it may have to do with
a dog that was struck by an automobile or the performance of mon-
grels in the school yard. /
Friday evening we saw him stopping at every house on Lehman
Avenue, a blue pad in one hand, a pencil in the other.
Just before we turned out the lights, he dropped in with the pad.
It was one of those newspaper pads used at banquets and meetings
to gather names of the guests.
Joe had done a good job. Here's what the neighbors had written.
Mrs. S. H. McKenzie, Jr., thanks Mrs. Risley and everybody
on Lehman Avenue for renewing her faith in humans during her
illness. They deserve a star in “friendship” for service far be-
yond the line of duty.
June Colwell and Mrs. Gibbs are having tea in Mrs. Scott's
kitchen this afternoon.
Al Gibbs was supposed to be out of town but love of his ‘wie
drove him home two days early.
Durelle Scott, Jr., is attending a real estate dinner today.
First square meal in a month. Asked by his wife when he would
get home, he replied:
home for a week.”
The Scotts acquired a second hand piano today. Bargain, $10.
Durelle and Mary Dora Scott have had bad colds this week.
Apparently none of the other neighbors were in, for thus endeth
the reading of the word.
—o00o—
Not to be outdone by his son, Hank, himself, contributed this
one to the Barnyard the other morning.
Two tabby cats were sitting on a fence brushing their witisters and
talking things over. “Have you heard from Tom lately?” asked
one. “Yes,” drawled the other, “I had a litter from him last week.”
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MORE ABOUT BIRDS
His arms loaded with six different varieties of bird houses for
the library auction, Frank Jackson dropped in the office Friday
morning to tell us how much he enjoyed the talk on winter birds
given by Dr. Charles Reif of Wilkes College before the Garden Club
on Thursday night. f
Dr. Reif showed notions ves of native birds and played obi
ings of their songs. Ninety persons were present but only nine of
them were men,
In the discussion that followed Dr. Reif’s talk, it was brought out
by many that birds are not as plentiful at feeding stations this
winter as in previous seasons. Frank believes this is so because of
the open winter which permits many seed eaters to gather their food
without coming to the stations. “But,” he adds, “if you will supply
plenty of water and suet, you will be sure to attract lots of birds.”
This is especially true of the cardinals, he says. They love water
and will bathe in it even in the coldest weather if it isn't frozen.
All birds like suet, even the seedeaters. .
To prove his point he listed the birds that are at present at his
feeders: Downy Woodpecker, Purple Finch, Redpoll, House Sparrow,
Tree Sparrow, Slate-Colored Junco, Cardinal, Red-Brested Nuthatch,
White-Breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Chickadee and Kinglet.
Frank emphasized that those who want to attract birds, must
place feed in the feeders several times a day. “You can't be Scotch
about it and you should feed them in summer as well as winter.”
“The trouble with most folks”, Frank thinks, “is that the wife
thinks the husband fills the feeders and the husband thinks the
wife is doing it, and actually nobody is doing the job on schedule.”
Birds also like a little shrubbery near the feeder where they can
alight and then proceed to the feeder.
The U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service has
issued a pamphlet “Attracting Birds” which can be obtained from
the Government Printing Office, Washington, 25, D. C., for 25c.
Listed there are the following foods commonly used in catering to
birds. They include:
SUET or other fat, pork rinds, bones with shreds of meat, cooked
meats, cured cheese, chopped hard-boiled egg, mealworms, cut-up
apples, bird seed, buckwheat, crackers, crumbs, coconut meat,
cracked or whole corn and popcorn, corn bread, corn meal, broken
dog biscuits, bread, dougnuts, and pastry, fresh and dried fruits,
hempseed, hominy, millet, pumpkin or squash seed, scratch feeds,
screenings, sunflower seed and wheat.
Tablescaps that freeze in winter and sour in summer should be
supplied only in quantities that will be promptly consumed.
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