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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-07-27
Ro4hsnhnd,s play

Baron Henri de Rothschild was once
involved in an amusing incident, in
which a well known Partisan theat
rical manager took part. The baron of
fered him a play, which he practically
accepted without looking at. Eyes, my
dear baron" he said, "of course I'll
produce it. and l am very fiattered you
should have brought it to me first"
eyes, but you must read it." insist
ed the baron. ''for it may not suit you.
I am not at all sure that it will.
will come again tomorrow, when you
will have had time to look over it."
"All right. do" answered the man.
ager.
Next day, when the baron presented
himself, he was received with enthusi-
asm. ITS a masterpiece, my dear
baron-a masterpiece shall be de-
lighted to produce it, and as soon as
possible. Wen have it next season"
On the managers desk lay the roll
of paper Baron de Rothschild had
brought the previous day He picked
it up, unrolled it and showed it to the
manager. All the pages were blank.
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ESTABLISHED 1875

Lady canvassers were wanted to sell
newly invented corset. 1t was
corset that would give any woman In
the world a willowy form. 1t would
add to her height, straighten the stoop
In her shoulders, and she would seem to
float in the air as she walked. No
canvasser had made less than So a
day, and some were ashamed of them
selves for making only SO.
The caller allowed herself to be
talked into the canvassing business
and took the rest of that day to study
up on points and then made plunge
'sNot at home' met her at the door Of
the first four houses she called at and
mot at home and "she wouldn't see
you if she WERE at the next four.
At the ninth house she was admit
ted, and the lady offered her job as
parlor maid. At the tenth the lady
Of the house was in bed with head
ache, but her husband wasn't He
asked the canvasser to sit down for 3
heart to heart talk and give him her
confidence, and when she refused he
said that If she had to live on turnips
and sleep In barrels all the rest Of
her days 1t was her own fault. That
ended the corset business.
When the sample was handed In the
man in the Office threw it down and
muttered something that sounded like
swear word-two or three swear
words connected by dashes.
There was one more trial for the
striving young wife. She advertised
to give piano lessons at the homes of
pupils. She received postal cards to
call here and there, and she called, to
be snubbed by servants, winked at by
young men and to be told by the lady
of the house that her terms were at
least one-half too high.
In two cases she was offered CASTOR
dresses in exchange for instructions
and called "a stuck up" thing when
she refused Mrs. Lee went home with
tears in her eyes to find her husband
there, two hours ahead of his usual
time. The simple life had come! The
shirtless, sockless era had dawned at
last, and the furnishing store had
smashed and there was no money to
open the delicatesseni
The poor bride leaned against her
husbands shoulder and sobbed.
There. therei What is it, pet?" he
cooed.
ooh, Arthur, IL was trying so hard
to get money to meet this calamity,
and-and haven't got cent?
Calamity? What calamity do you
mean?"
'sWhy, the smashl Miss Headly said
it would come and that we must open
a delicatessen store and sell sausages
and saladsp'
"Sausages and salads be hangedP he
shouted. "Old maids be hangedi Gone
to smash be hangedl Why, sweet
heart, business is so good that
bought piano today and have come
home to see it delivered. Here It
comes now
And men are going to keep right on
wearing shirts and thingsT
Lord, yes. The dollar shirt at AZ
cents is as firmly fixed as the rock Of
Gibraltar"
"But Miss Headly-why-why"
"Why diu she talk that way7 Oh,
just because she had taken a contract
to stuff and sew thousand dolls for
market and wanted an excuse If you
found it out"
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v.n.+;.n coffea Houses.

The first cup of coffee was drunk In
Europe at Venice toward the end of
the sixteenth century. The Venetian
chronicler Morosini in his records OF
the events in the year 1885 mentions
the beverage called "cavee" drunk by
the Turks and noted for its anti-sopo-
rife qualities. In the year 1891 a
Venetian doctor introduced the berries
from Egypt, taught his countrymen
how to crush them and brew the bev-
erage, and the use Of coffee soon be-
came general-so much so, in fact that
Venice was full of coffee houses where
the people idled away their days drink
ing the aromatic beverage. A pecul-
iarity of the Venetian coffee houses
was that their patrons did not pay for
each cup of coffee they drank, but
settled their bills for all the coffee
consumed at the end Of each year.
The regular price Of cup Of coffee
was 6 soldi, about 21a cents, and in
some Of the old cafes Of Venice today
the same price is still charged.-New
York Sun.
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Why Mrs. Adams Was Not Home.

Why Mrs. Adams Was Not Home.
The Rev. DR.. Smith was acknowl-
edged q great preacher, and he was
also close student. But he was no
pastor and had a horror Of making
pastoral calls. One day he heard an
address which convinced the dear old
man that by not visiting his parish
toner's he had not perhaps fulfilled his
duties as spiritual leader. So he de-
termined to call on each member Of
his church, and. taking the roster OF
the church, he decided to do 1t alpha
betically. The first name was Mrs.
Adams, so to Mrs. Adams house reso-
lutely went the faithful pastor next
afternoon. But Mrs. Adams was not
at home. said the maid.
mot at homer" echoed the pastor.
''N-n-o, SIR" answered the somewhat
embarrassed girl.
But the pastor, not knowing why she
was embarrassed. thought perhaps the
girl was ''fibbing," so he persisted.
when will Mrs. Adams return?" be
asked.
II really don't know" answered the
maid.
'sYou don't know" asked the pastor
"Have you no idea about when?'
"Wel1, not exactly. DOCTOR" replied
the maid. "She may return by 5
O'Clock. You see, she's at the GENE
rery burying her husband" Ladies'
Home Journal.
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Or SAVING.

'aThe late James Molloy," said a
music publisher, wrote humorous
songs now and then. but it is as the
author Of Loves Old Sweet Song
that he will be remembered.
''Yet his humor was good, too
bright, clean and pure. He liked to
make fun Of people who lived in the
country. once heard him say In
London to a Devon man:
"'Why do you live in the country.
anyhow
$50 as to save money was the re-
ply.
"'Are vegetables and milk and meat
cheaperY
"'They are, on the contrary, slightly
dearer.'
allow do you save, thenr
"'No opera. $50 a year. No restau-
rant dinners. 500 year. No theater,
800 a yea. No taxicab fares. $50 a
year. No distractions Of any kind,
SIS a year
"Look here said Mr.. Molloy.
couldn't you save money If you
died p New York Tribune.
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Awkward Compliment.

There is such thing as being toe
persistently complimentary. A candid
and well meaning professor who had
witnessed the performance of a little
play in a private house In which his
hostess had taken the leading part met
the lady as she came from behind the
curtain.
MADAM he said, rushing up 70 her
''you played excellently. That part f1ts
you to perfection"
"Oh, no, professor" said the lady
modestly. ga young and pretty WON
an is needed for that part"
"But, madam" persisted the profess
or. "you have positively proved the
contraryr'-Pe Parsons Weekly.
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Green grow the rashes, OF
Green grow the rashes. OF
Three Kinds of Clears.

What is a Havana cigar? George
Augustus Sala, who had studied Cuban
cigarmaking on the spot, once set forth
that three kinds of cigars come from
Havana itself-frst, genuine Havanas,
made of tobacco grown, cured and
rolled In the island of Cuba; second,
cigars composed inside Of United
States or European tobacco imported
into Cuba, with an outside wrapper OF
Havana leaf; third, cigars brought
ready made from Europe, mostly from
Bremen and Switzerland, and re-ex-
ported from Havana to Europe, where
they pay duty and are sold to the I'M
wary as "Havanas."
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rhs Romanos Of Other Years

zone of the most beautiful smiles
ever seen upon the face of mortal suf-
fused itself on the countenance Of
Lord st. Orville as he fell at the feet
Of Julia in a deathlike swoon." You
probably suppose that this sentence is
an extract from some schoolgirls nov
elette; but. in fact, it comes from
novel which eighty years ago was seen
on the tables of most people Of taste
and culture. That is the style which
was delectable in the brave days OF
old.-London Telegraph.
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script in hand. She made a frigid bow
and extended cold hand. 1t was as
If she were greeting man who held
a second mortgage on the mansion.
OF course Mr. Granger noticed his
reception, but not being conscious Of
any social dereliction he exerted him
self to thaw out the atmosphere. He
had come to believe he was succeeding
when the manuscript was thrust into
his hands and an icy voice commanded:
'Sir, read that, If you pleaseI''
Certainly With the greatest pleas
ure. UNI U'ml This seems to be a
story"
''It is a storyr'
"Some young lady friend Of yours
making a first effort?"
The question was treated with con-
tempt
"U'ml Uni Seems to be combi-
nation of essay and moral lecture.
Written by some young lady to read
at commencement or before a club
Two or three beautiful thoughts. l
can't have seen it before, and yet 1t
reads familiar"
''It ought to, STRIP
"But-but / really believe I have
read parts of it somewhere at some
time"
'You have. It was sent to your
magazine for publication"
"Ah, that is 1t, and sent it back,
Of courseY'
eyes, you sent it back"
''You see Miss Harper, it isn't a
story, nor a sketch, nor an essay, but
please say to the young lady that she
is to be complimented on her beauti-
full ideals l am sure she must be a
lovely and charming girl. Indeed,
would very much like to know her."
'But, Mr. Granger, If she is to be
complimented on her ideals why did
you send the story back? Why throt-
tie her aspirations and ambitions at
the very start? AS first effort it
may lack in plot or construction, but
couldn't you have remedied that with
a little trouble and felt the pride of
bringing out new authoress"
I'll think" he answered after
moment, "that was a bit selfish
about it, and l hope you will forgive
me. / sent it back because preferred
to bring out a wife rather than an
authoressw
A day or two later young Waterman.
who had heard that Miss Nina was
going to give Mr.. Granger ''fits." called
to see If he had got what was coming
to him yet On leaving the house he
shook hands vigorously and effusively
and said:
"No, isn't it lovely to be in love
and engaged? I came around to pop
the question myself, but it has been
popped, and so will say no more
except that I am sincerely thine"
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No SUFFERING.

1t was at a breach Of promise case.
and the rustic defendant was under
cross examination.
"Now tell me. please" said the coun-
sci sternly. lone the evening of the
10Th when you babe her goodby did
she suffer you to kiss herY
"Well." said the witness slowly, 81
reckon now l did give her a kiss or
two, but there wern't much sufferin'
about it as l could see."
And even the learned judge conde-
scended to smile.-Exchange.
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al ,mad the. Planets.

In the middle Of the fourteenth cen
fury In Paris new ordinance en-
Joining the cleansing Of the streets and
the shutting up of swine was carefully
neglected, as usual, and a terrible
plague was the consequence. The fac
ulty of medicine, called upon for a
remedy by the king, sent to inform
him after long discussion that the
plague was the result Of hostile con-
Junction OF the planets Mars and Jupi-
TOR
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81 have orders to arrest all blind
beggars," said the policeman, not I'M
kindly, to the man with an Il Am
Blind" placard.
"Go your way" responded the men
dicant blithely 81 can see as well as
you can. That placard is part of the
fake"
Naturally the embarrassed policeman
let him Philadelphia Ledger.
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a, ;++,. EnoIsnJs."

The English always carry with them
their national customs, and wherever
they settle down. even for awhile,
they organize ''little Englands. Paris
Opinion.
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Mrs.-He said l reminded him of
Greek goddess. Mr.-HuhI Mrs.-What
do / remind you Off Mr.-Of every
darned thing l overlook that you ask
me to dO.-Cleveland Leader.
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wh.rs Clothes Are No cIew.

A mans golfing garb not only AFFORDS
no clew to his golfng ability, but it
does not give the slightest indication
Of his social position or wealth or
even Of his taste.-Golf Illustrated
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Bobby-What's the simple life, pa?
Father-Doing your own work, my SON.
Bobby-And what's the strenuous life!
Father-Doing some other fellows
work. Now run along and play.
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To the average Mexican all Amerf-
cans are 'gringos." They are too po-
lite to call you gringo to your face,
but among themselves it is the term
generally used In referring to Ameri-
cans. 1t is a term of disrespect, just
as "greaser" when applied to Next
can is an opprobrious term. ''Gringo"
had its origin during our war with
Mexico in 1S47. Bobby Burns song,
with the chorus,
Green grow the rashes, OF
Green grow the rashes, OF
The sweetest hours that e'er spend
Are spent among the lasses. OF
was very popular then, and our sol
diers in Mexico sang it on the march
and on nearly every occasion. Screen
grow" sounded like "gringo" to the
Mexicans unacquainted with English,
and they quickly learned to speak OF
the American soldiers as "gringos,"
and thenceforth this appeIlation has
been attached to all Americans.-Out-
ing Magazine.
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Optimistic.

"Is Jones an optimism
SIS he? He found ticket emitting
him. to a chance in an automobile
drawing the other day, and he Is
building garage. Boston Transcript.
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

y
Schedule In effect $40 q. M, March sd, 1903.
Subject to change.
Daily, except Saturday and Sundays
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40. 500, $780, 1000, 1910, Ills a. M, 1870,
L30, ESQ. $50, 4.30, $50, $50 p M.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50, $50, $780, 1920 l1.0O, l1.Ss, M. LOO. zoo,
800, 40, 500, $50, 100, p. m
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS
GAO 500, 9OO 1000, 1910, Ills, M, 1890, l.SO,
22O 800 8.40, 40, $50, $50, p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$780, $50, $50. 1920, l100 1l.30, a. M. Loo, zoo,
24O, $40, 400, $40, $50, 100, p. M
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
$780, 600, l0O0 lO.40. Ills, m. 1890, l-S0, 20.
800, 3.40, 4.30. $50, 100, p. m-
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50 $50. TO- 20, II. 90, $780, a. LOO, 200, 40,
80, 400, 500, $50, 7.lO, p. N.
NOTES-Read Carefully
June LIST, 1909, the 10 o'clock morning trip
from Bristol will be withdrawn and the boat
will leave Bristol at $40 a. m.
On Decoration Day, the trips Will be the
same as Saturday Time Table.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
torium will leave Bristol at 40 p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances
No trips Will be guaranteed In foggy
weather.
Secretary, Treasurer ana denerai manager
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY co

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 5.42 until 1912 a. M; then every 30 min
utes until 4.l2 p. M; then every 10 m1nut un-
til g.42 d. M; then every 30 mint until ll.l2
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos. 5.3S, sos, 6.88 a. M; then
every 15 minutes until 9.36 a. IN; then every ~
minutes until 1888 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until 6.38 p. M, then every 81 minutes until
1908 D. M; then lbs and 1908; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTVILLE every minutes
from 6-32 q. M until 9.27 a. M; then every 10
minutes until Az p M; then every minutes
until S.z7 p. m; then every 10 minutes until
l1.47 p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at sos and 5-S8 q. m; then
every 10 minutes until SIS q. m; then every
minutes until 85S a. M; then every III min
ntes until 3.58 p. M; then every minutes IN
til 1853 D. M; then every 10 minutes until 12OS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, 1.02. 2 or, 302, 4.02 q. m.
Leave Ferry, *l08, 2.08, 30S, Aus a. m.
*Last trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at Stanwick
avenue.
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A patient mind is the best remedy
for afiictions.--ptantaa
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RR. ATWOOD,
DENTIST.

| rs MAIN STREET, MOUNT HOLLY, Nd.
Filings OF ali kinds. Teeth with or without
plates. crown and ridge work. Teeth regu-
lated. Plates repaired. Nitrous oxide gas
administered. Teeth extracted in your own
home.
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WESTWARD

I7-'11T : N - r M = - - T
sf' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen-
gers.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-07-16
Tl,n st.nr ia t,,r Tall.

Harry, love-" exclaimed HrS.
Knowall to her husband. on his re-
tura one evening from the Office, Il
have b-been dreadfuiiy insulteli"
"Insulted7" exclaimed Barry, love.
BY whom7"
"B4by your m-mcther." answered
the young wife, bursting into tears.
My mother. Flora? Eonsensei
She's miles away on her summer hol-
iaaysi"
Flora dried her tears.
I'm tell you aIl about II. Harry,
love" she said. "A letter came to
you this morning. addressed In yoar
mothers writing. so. Of course. l.
opened it,"
"of course" repeated Harry. love
iryly.
Tit was written to you ell ths
way through 10 you understand? ?"
II unaeTt.sa:. But where dcss
he insult to $nn co:Ec in?"
''it--it CAKE 10 the 5-p-po7tserl3t. .
ried the w!se, bursting Into freah
;oois OF briny. ut s-sald: 'P-P-P-.
-i.--D-dear Flora. d-don't f-fail TO
giTe this Letter to Harry. l w-wsn.
'.im to have It,"
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rxvnsr M BAnnrn sIroFs.


A Dozen New York Shops Owned by
Two Brothers Not Barriers.
Two brothers, manufacturers By
trade ana utterly unacqraintod with
the barberlng business. have chosen
barber shops as an investment for
their surplus capital. Thoy might
hayo put more money into theiwres-
;lnr business or Invested In steeks,
naircs or what not. but looking over
the business Held IN New York thoy
decided that thoy could net DO better
than go into barbering.
Tie brothers now own nearly q
dozen shops and employ about sixty
BARRIERS. Their business at nrst lay
In the downtown business district
oaly, but not long ago they bought
The good viii OF a shop pretty we'll
uptown. One OF the BARRIERS en-
ployed In the shop would have been
glad TO buy it. but the brothers out
bid him.
Each shop owned by these non
professional, BARRIERS has manager,
himself practical barber, who keeps
an eye on the business, and when the
place is crowded Yields razor OF
scissors himself. There is a general
manager who visits all the shops
from time to time and keeps an eye
upon accounts and receipts.
Once a week the receipts ana
checks from all the shops arc taken
to the head shop downtown, and
there the whole weeks business is
put through a clearing house pro-
ceEs. On Saturday everybody is paid
Of in each shop, and If the receipts
In hand at any shop are not enough
for tie purpose the deficit is made up
from the head shop. Two days re-
ccipts are left in each shop for the
payment OF weekly wages, and this
is usually enough Tor the purpose.
Wholesale barberins pays pretty
well beca asc the owner of a dozen
shops can buy supplies at the lowest
prices, and having plenty OF capital
Is able to'get favorable rates in build
inss where the shors are situated.
The dozen shop concern has also
another advantage over the self-em-
ploying barber with a single shop.
Tile success of the business as n
whole Is not dependent upon local
conditions In any one part Of the
city.
All eorts of'things happen to boost
or depress trade in an individual
shop, but the whole dozen do not
suffer at once. 1t Is easy also when
business slackens In one shop to
transfer at least one barber from It
to another. where the men are rather
too busy.
II shops are near together It Is
possible. at q specially busy hour TO
call a barber. from a neighbOrips
shop. Profits are not great in any
one shop, for rents are high and
the BARRIERS are Seu paid. The shop
manager gets better wages than the
BARRIERS. The business grows in a
natural and healthy fashion. When
an opportunity occurs to buy cut a
shop in q region where the brothers
have none of their own they can
make the purchase without a great
outmy OF capital and without greatly
increasing the cost of management.
They have found it profitable TO ada
couple of drug stores to their list
of enterprises.
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rNsrDE ouT.
Cruel suggessios TO One who AfsFV
r.ed q '.ress..e,l asInd."


r.ed a ''resu..eal aiind."
Dr.. &. II. RsniEn. OF Chester, W.
Va. says that drunkenness Is the re-
srlt Of nnt9-irserscstion-- mans
wretchealy cooked food. fsrnenting
in his stomHea. bfinga on a very
palnful auto-is.oxication wherein the
sufferer turns fer relief to alcohol.
II was ~ tae American Medical
Associations convention In Chicago
that DR.. Benton made this novel
statement. and at one OF the associa-
tion's dinners he said afterward;
ITO escape the tor;ures Of auto
.intoxication meu should marry wo-
men Of Intelligence. Then their food
would be properly locked after. and
with healthy stomachs they would
shun drunkenness as one shuns
smallpox or any other hateful aflic-
ton.
But men worship beauty. They
marry for beauty. When a man mar
ries a woman for her mind he Is
deemed eccentric. even foolish.
( "A Chester lawyer married
young woman Of exquisite nind-a
thin. big-heaaed girl In speetasiss.
He would never snIer from auto-in-
toxication. no Goabt OF that. a
friend from the Nast was intro1aeed
to the lady eEc nisht, and later on
the bridegroom rs;1 10 hint:
George, what do you think %
herr
George puSed ,houshtfully on his
cigar.
Well he said. TO tell you tho
truth, sac isn't raucA TO look al. "a
she7
/ THE husbands face fell.
"'Ah, but, he said eagerly. what
"a mind she hast Externally. per-
haps, she isn't all that could be de-
sirod, but withia--zi, GeoTsc. sha
has a beautiful mind
"George smiled.
"'Then have her turned he said"