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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
OLDEST LOVE LETTER.
According to This Document Cupid's
Customs Are the Same Today.

ACCOTCin9 TO ms DOCuU0SnL SuPiO y
Customs Are the Same Today.
A love letter 400 years old has late
~ been discovered in Chaldea, says
Current Literature. The lady to whom
it was addressed lived in Sippara, the
Biblical Sepharvani. Her beloved was
a resident of Babylon.
In contrast to the position which wo-
men hold at the present day in the
orient they possessed In antiquity a
greater degree of freedom. In many
respects the oriental wona of antiqui-
ty was graced with as much privilege
as is the modern European woman.
Particularly in Chaldea she could par
ticipate in trade. manipulate her own
property. be a witness before court and
be the guardian of her own children.
OF the position of women in Egypt we
know less. but doubtless 1t was much
higher han that of the present Moham-
medan women.
In one respect. however, 1t seems that
custom has been changed very slightly,
for marriage was essentially an affair
of trade between the parents of the
bridegroom and those of the bride.
This is ascertained from the legal code
of Hammurabi. king of Babylon. B. g.
2200. The future husband paid the
price of the bride, and her father pro-
vided her dover and rousseau. Under
these circumstances there was no such
courtship as precedes marriage In ac-
cordance with occidental ideas. Still,
one may believe that many a love let
ter on papyrus or clay passed secretly
between the hands of the bridal pair
during the interval of their engage
ment.
The newly discovered letter is writ
ten in clay and probably dates from
2200 B. c.. Though somewhat formal.
the reader can feel the tenderness that
lies hidden between its lines. 1t reads:
ITO the lady. Kasbuya Qittle ewe)
says Gimil Marduk (the favorite of
Morodach) this: May the Sun God of
Marduk afford you eternal life. | write
wishing that l may know how your
health
about it, l live In Babylon and have
not seen you. and for this reason | am
very anxious. Send mt a message that
will tell me when you will come to me,
so that | may be happy. Come in Mar
chesvan. May you live long for my
sake"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

JOHN TOOK AN OAR AND PUSHED OFF.
you would see that she's just flirting
with you"
But 1T did no good to warn him. He
insisted that she was the incest girl
who ever happened inc that she would
as soon commit murder as trihe with a
mans affections.
every well,' said l. at must be
some time, and it may as well be now,
while you are young and have a strong
constitution"
The Castle girl was certainly very
nice to John when you take into con
sideration what a clumsy, awkward
fellow he was and how unkindly ma
ture had dealt with him touching his
face. She played croquet with him all
the mex forenoon. and in the after
noon, when he asked her If she would
like to go out rowing with him, she
said she would be just delighted to do
so. John had never rowed a boat bu.
of course that didn't matter.
John braced an oar against the pier
and pushed off. The impetus sent the
boat perhaps fifteen feet out. Then.
with an air of determination, he grasp
ed the oars. He let one of them fall
lightly into the water and pulled very
hard. The result was that he lifted the
oar just above the girls ear and turned
half a pint of water down the back Of
her neck. She smiled. but her smile
Eeemed to lack spontancity. He took
a fling at the other oar and deposited
another half pint in her lap. These
little Irregularities made him nervous
and embarrassed, so that at the mex
stroke he missed the water altogether,
and the oar swung around and struck
her on the side Of the head with great
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
Solemn Redtimes.

A couple of mothers were talking
the other day-no need to add what
about. The topic was the inevitable
one-their children.
Zone can never arbitrarily settle the
question of the relative values of per-
suasion and the rod as the means of
inducing good conduct said n of the
mothers. Methods, of course. must
differ with different children. But n
thing at least l believe to be true. and
that is that when moral suasion is re-
sorted to it should not be held in re-
serve and finally dispensed at bed
time"
Many mothers seem to think that the
most effective method of correcting
evildoers is to reserve all discussion of
the naughtiness of the day until bed
time, when a general reckoning and
settling up is held.
1t is a solemn occasion. and the moth
err with utmost gravity and no little
self righteousness impresses the child
! with his misdemeanors.
A cheerful business this.
Poor. sleepy. tired youngsters! How
it frightens them and overawes them
to be dealt with gravely at any time.
In midday it is bad enough when
there is a chance to go out into the
yard and play afterward and forget
uncomfortable episodes-very uncom-
Portable episodes.
But at night when it is dark and the
mother has been solemn and awesome
and terrible and you have been bad,
dreadfully bad and are nothing but a
poor guilty cuiprit-then. well then. 1t
is quite a different matter.
Every one knows the stages that a
child goes through when he is being
brought to the right attitude of mind
concerning a little indiscretion.
First there Is resistance. more or
less; then tears and finally remorse.
Now. this is a cheering bedtime exer-
else. isn't it?
mo. indeed" this mother said. II
want my children to go TO bed happily
and to be able to look back upon this
part of the day with the ~pleasantest
memories.
beIOTe ne goes 10 Deu TUE Cuhu .
mind should be wiped clear of every
thing but happiness.
"A little gentle romping. enough to
relax nerves and muscles. but not
enough to excite. an ~unexciting story.
bedtime songs or talk about happy
things. these are the things that SHOULD
accompany bedtime and make sleep
wholesome and untroubled."
By all means the mother was right.
Do reserve the solemnities of life for
the light of day when the bright sun
light can help to dry tears.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

If I sit down to write a verse that's
trimming DER with glee
It turns out to be serious, though
why I cannot see,
And if, upon the other hand, my
musings would be sad
My readers read it and they smile
as if it made them glad.
VAYHENE'ER I meet a woman who
w is bright enough for kings
And try to talk I cannot think of
aught but stupid things,
But when I have a vis-a-vis at din
ner dull and slow
I make the wittiest remarks, though
she would never know.
When I was but a baby I had not a
baby face.
I looked TIE most all knowing kid
of an all knowing race,
But as I neared maturity a change
came over that.
And now I look as innocent as any
pussy cat.
ANn people. when they see me
"A anywhere, are not impressed
With the idea that I've a mind
that's different from the rest
Of ordinary minds they meet, wher-
ever they may be.
But that is not the thing that's
most distressing unto me.
The thing I hate the most in all my
weary span of life
Has happened to me since I wed my
tender little wife.
She's tender. and she's pretty; but.
by lingo, in my house
She rules the whole establishment
whilst Tn nixcumarouse.
nj OW. why is it, I wonder-what
~ accursed freak of fate
Has settled me in this extremely
notifying state?
Why is it that, whate'er I try to do,
despite my wit.
The thing that truly happens is its
very opposite?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

KE VIII go TO HenSloW Beacn
HA this summer" said my
V wife. I'VE VIII COAX John
to 60 with us. There are
always a great many nice girls there.
and who knows what may happen"
John is my wife's brother. He is a
quiet, retiring young man and very
bashful. He does not care for girls.
AT least he says he doesn't.
My wife and her mother thought
John ought to marry because he was
thirty and received a salary of $1,000
a year. They threw hints at him for a
year or two. and then they came out
into the open and argued with him.
But John said he was very comforta-
bly, situated in bachelor quarters.
My wife showed less enthusiasm
over the matter. | think she feared
John would end. as young men who
keep aloof from young ladies. and con-
sequently don't understand the game,
commonly do. by marrying some en-
tirely impossible person. Probably she
set the Henslow Beach plot In motion
merely to humor her mother. Nobody
who knew John and looked at the sit
uation in anything approaching an I'M
biased way could imagine that he
would be In any danger at Henslow.
For my own part. | knew that he would
take q dip co~nscientiously every day.
spend the rest of his time In a shady
nook reading the six best selling nov
els and return to the city without hav-
ing increased by so much as a single
one the number of his a~cquaintances.
When | made that calculation l had
never heard of the Castle girl. / saw
her fist on the evening we arrived.
She was sitting at the end of the hotel
piazza. and John was seated near her.
They were engaged In conversation.
1 felt it my duty to find out who the
girl was. l didn't intend to let my In
nocent young brother-in-law fall into
the clutches of a designing woman. l
found that she was a daughter of Tom
Castle Of Chicago. who had been a
millionaire, but. owing to an ambitious
attempt to corner the pork market,
besides being remarkably pretty, she
was cultured. refined and educated.
At the first opportunity l asked John
how he had become acquainted with
her. He didn't seem to know. He
hadn't made any advances, he said,
and he was sure she hadn't. They had
just happened to meet. Then he be-
gan talking about afinities and some
other rot. and | saw the disease had
KIN.
'Now, see here" said l.. "You don't
know anything about girls. IL you did.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

the previous evening and that i
thought he had just cause for com
plant. whatever his view of it might
be. At any rate, she came over to the
n of the dining room where | was
standing Just before my departure and
began conversation.
Il suppose be has told you all about
it," she said.
"He has," said l..
perhaps you think | flirted with
him." she vent on.
Il do said |.
81 didn't mean any HARM" said she.
"Girls never do" said [.
ITS an exceptional case," said she.
"Can you keep a secret?"
"As well as the next nan and better
than any woman" said l.
She looked about her a triie fear
fully as though she had an idea what
she was about to say might be over
heard.
Suppose we go out ON the piazza,
she said. 81
We had the greater part of the piaz-
"a to ourselves. l tried to remain In
dignant at her, but | made an utter
failure of it. She had a trick of smil-
ing at you and acting as though she
regarded you in the light of a big
brother In whom she could safely con-
fide that was irresistible.
You see." sue said, papa was quite
wealthy once. but he took a plunge in
the market and lost 1t all. He's In the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

WYE will go to Henslow Beach
NV this SUMNER" said my
wife. I'VE will coax John
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

real estate business now. That's the
final refuge, you know-the last stop
ping place on the route to the aims
nuuse-tne real estatet iDrsfness-tFAb5akr
haps ~canvassing for life insurance.
II felt | must do something. Papa
didn't wish it, but l insisted Still l
didn't know what to do. | had never
studied shorthand, and l hated the
thought of being a telephone operator.
One day n friend of mine who knew
my perplexity said to me: why don't
you go somewhere as a social enter
tainer? Eleanor Bracket has done
grandly at It.
"'And what might a social enter
tainer be? said l.
"'Why.' she said. at summer hotels.
you know, there are apt to be people
who are reserved and unsocial and
others who form cliques. The result is
that a great many guests go away dis
satisfied and say the place is dull and
the people who frequent it disagree
able, and of course that damages the
hotel proprietor's chance of heavy pat
ronage the next season. The social en-
tertainer circulates about among the
guests, breaks up cliques. pulls the
clammy and retiring people out of their
n and pushes them into CONVEX
mixed up and lively.
at looks like a rather large order
said I.
"1t is said she, but you can fill it.
You get the best of everything at the
hotel and a good salary besides. Flea
nor has turned down half a dozen good
offers for this summer. She can find
you an opportunity, and after a season
or two you'll do awfully WE'LL
81 spoke 10 Eleanor about it, and she
told me the proprietor of the Look
away House at Henslow Beach had
one of these positions open. | wrote to
him. and he said | could come on and
try it and If l did well l should be
compensated accordingly. He's a very
practical man, and he doesn't pay for
the purely imaginative. The evening 1
arrived he pointed out your brother-in-
law.
"'He's just come down here said
he. Start Il on him. I don't know
anything about him, but he looks like
a fair subject for a test. If you can
draw him out of his shell and get him
to dance about and spend his money
foolishly. as a young man should, I'll
employ you regularly
$50 l just did the best l could to give
Mr.. Simpkins a good time. | never
once thought of flirting with him, and
l didn't dream he was taking things so
seriously. l did so want to make
good"
"Well, you've certainly done It,"
said L.
81 do feel sorry for Mr.. Simpkins.
though. Will he really take it very
hard, do you think? Those quiet chaps
often have 1t the worst. you know.
Why. I remember Harry. but Of course
! mustn't tell"
l detected just the slightest naughty
lowering of her eyelid.
"He said he'd never be the same man
again." she said.
I thought of several idiotic incidents
in Johns past life.
II hope he won't" said 1.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

less, and that % woman, except in rare cases., should submit to them.
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your OWN home. His "Fnvorite Prescription" has cured
hundreds of thousands. some of them the worst of cases..
It is the only medicine of its kind that is the product of a regularly graduated
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN

Women who suffer with disorders peculiar to their
sex should write to DIR. Pierce and receive free the
advice of a physician of over 40 years. experience
"a skilled and successful specialist in the diseases
of women. Every letter of this sort has the most
careful consideration and is regarded as sacredly
confidential. Many sensitively modest women write
telling to their local physician. The local physician
is pretty sure to say that he cannot do anything
without ian examination" DIR. Pierce holds that
these distasteful examinations are generally need
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
An Echo of rennxson.

''Ring out. wild bells," a poet sang.
Ring off, was Kissed into his teeth.
'-3hose same wild bells the poet rang
Who wore old Albion's laurel wreath"
The poet paused him in his path.
Quite angered at the sudden check.
''Ill ring those bells" he said in wrath.
''Or else I'll ring you scrawny neck!"
T. SAPP. JR.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
Mr. PILKINS'N new
YEAR RESOLVE.

az life has been the ~queerest
AVA that ever nan has seen.
I do not think in all this world its
like has ever been.
No matter what I try to do, in spite
of all my wit,
The thing that truly happens is its
very opposite.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

There's but one remedy for me, and
now that it is here,
This very first of all the days of all
the glad new year,
I'm going to try it; I'll swear off
essaying for to do .
The things 1 think I ought to and
try what I oughtn't to.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31
WILDWOOD TERRACE
fnnO TnfC For C0Io

A Quiet and Convenient Place for a Family
Wildwood Terrace lies at Burleigh,
n. j., close to the Reading and Penn
sylvania X. RS station. Fronting
directly along the Sea Shore Road.
70 prove that we NEAR TO make a town
we are giving away rs choice lots to
parties who will build a Cottage costing
not less than 5000. The price of these
Lots are $15 and upwards. Sold on
very easy weekly ormonthly payments.
Taxes paid until January l. 1911. For
Maps and further Information call or
write
Augustus Hilton & Son
1920 Chestnut Street. phi1a. or
Wildwood. N. 7,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-12-31

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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-07-06

Kranjskem, moramo reel, da nina
nicesar wee. kar bi z~atajevala.
Stoji pred Mani v vsi svoji sramo-
ii. Vsi drugi smo bill reakcionar-
CT in in narodni izdajalci. In sedaJ
- kaj vidimo? Narodno-napredna
stranka 81 je ma svojem radikal-
mem krilu postavila nalogo, iztre-
biti il dezele nemski zivelj ma vseh
koncih in krajih; Nemcem je Cd
rekla ekzistencno pravico ma Kra-
nJskem. Hkratu pa Sc je Ia abso-
lutna narodnost vezala z istimi
Nemci prot klerikalcem. Ne samo
to, cello pripoznavala Jim je pravi-
co do zastopstva ljubljanskem
obcinskem svetu, dala jim je "a
stopnika V dezelnem Solskem sve-
tn in zavezala Sc je, da ne bo "a
htevala "a Slovence wee meScan-
SIKH sol. nego emo samo V Postoj-
nj da o sleparjenju zresitviio slo-
venskega gledalisGa, XII je znacila
obenem tudi reSitev in obstoj nem-
skega gledalisGa V Ljubljani, ne
govorlmo!
In kako Sc liberalna stranka o.
pravicuje V tenn slucaju? /, sal so
bill klerikalci tudi zvezani z Mem
ci l, sal je bila vsebina po-
godbe znana
&c hi sc narodnjaski svindel
mOgel pokazati V resni6nejsi luci,
nego Sc je, dvomimo. DR.. Tavcar
je pokopal svobodomiselni del ma
rodno-naprednega programa, Ivan
Hribar pa radikalno-narodni del.
Ampak &c bono mi nasprotovali
takemu svobodomiselstvu in ma
rodnjastvu. ne bodo klerikalci in
liberalci izdajalci naroda in ma
zadnJaki. marvec mi socialistil
Sicut erat in pricipio ct nunc ct
- o semper ...' DR.. d.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-07-06

dajnostjO in potem Sc pac nj Gu,
dit. &c sc delavci ne zavedajo svo-
Jega razreda, ter svojih gospodar-
skin in pOlitiGnih pravic.
Zatopridemo zopet ma prejsno
izvajanje, da to storiti in vrsiti
zamore lie casnik, XII je ne odvisen
cd existence posameznikov in XII
je u~rejevan cd delavcev samih
"a delavce. Ia list je zopet lie
'Proletarec'', XII ina edini tie
prednOsti med slovenskimi easopi-
81 V Ameriki. Ljudem pri PRO
%letarcu' sc nj treba bait, da bi
sc komu zamerili tn nj nobene-
ga ekstra bossa, Xxi bi komu uka-
zoval. Uredniki so delavci in ure-
JuJejo list poleg svojega della. "a
kterega ne ~zahtevajo nobene pla-
&c.
ker sc 1--WE cd della svojih rok,
so torej lahko p~opolnoma neod-
visni in piSejo lahko neodvisno, ne
glede, kdo je zapopaden in priza-
Diet.
cato bo "Proletarca" geslo tu-
di V bodoce: vzgaiati slovenske
delavce in male obrtnike V razred-
mem boju, da bodo spoznali soda
Mi krlvicni druzabni red in da Sc
bodo pridruzili mednarodni de-
lavski - s oc. stranki. XII vodi Dol
"a odpravo teh krivic in nadome-
stitev pravice "a vesoljno clo-
veStvo.
Delavci! Greste Z mani V ia
bojf
&c mislite, da jc sedan.ja druz-
ba kriviGna napram delavcem in
produktivnim slojem sploh. tedaj
pristopite V naSe vrste: narcotic
sc ma "Proletarca" in ga podpi-
RATE. &c pa mislite. da .je sedanji
druzabni red dober in praviGen.
in da inmate mic ug"ovarjati prot
temu. narcotic druge liste in
zivite V domiSliji. da ste kapita-
listi. &.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-07-06

&c hOcejo naselniki posameznih
krajev ziveti med seboj v slogi,
dosezejo lahko to S TEN, da 81 "a
snujejo samostojna krajevna dru-
silva. Patti Sc pa mora, da Sc po-
stavijo Ia drustva ma zdravo pod
lago, ker STEER ne uspevajo. &c
steje samostojno drustvo sto ella
nov, potem ne smejo dati pri me-
setnem u~plaGevanju pc 80 centov
wee kot trimesecno podporo pc
So ma teden, druge tri mesece
pa k veejem pc So. V slucaju
smrti kakega clana ne smejo pla-
cevati visoke smrtnine, ampak lie
NAL znesek, recimo 800. Teh
$780, pa Sc ne bode dalo veG
izplacati IL mesecnega asesmenta
pc % centov, ampak Sc re mora
cd ~slueaja do slucaja pobirati po-
seben assessment ne mani kot ST.
ia vsakega. Pod takimi pogoji sc
shaJa $ samostojnim drustvom,
drugace pa ne. NaravnO - en- cas-
gre tudi drugaGe, a ne dolgo, kajti
kmalu pridejo zadrege.
Mi bi ne bill odkritosrcni, Ge bi
priporocali clanom S. n. 2. j., da
maj pristopajo k novim Jednotam.
Pri TEN pus6amo ma strani vse
druge ozire, upoStevamo le kori-
sti posameznikov. Jednot je pre-
wee - ali tiste, ktere Sc re danes
income, bodo estate, vse druge bo-
do sic pref ali slej. lie jedna maj
sc zrusi in videli bodete, kako hi
tro j bodo sledile druge.
Clam S. n. P. j., &c re zelite
biti V wee Jednotah, pojdite V IL
ste, cd kterih morete kdaj kaj pri-
Gakovati. Ne hodite pa V Jednote,
kterih nj rodila potreba, paG pa
%zavist. Acknowledgment posamezni-
kov. Gastihlepnost in true. To so
slabi fumdamenti - in V taxi
zgradbi ne privoScimo nobenemu
clanu s. y. p. J. stanovanja.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1909-07-06
v ZACETKU DRUGE PoLoVICE
CETRTEGA LETNIKA.

S pricujoco stevilko Proletarca
smo V drugi polovici cetrtega let
nika. Tri leta in pol je cd tega,
kar SO ameriski Slovenci dobili
svoj delavski list, XII .je pisan,
ureJevan in oskrbovan pc delav-
eth "a delavce. Cd tega casa dati-
ra tudi zgodovina delavskega ca
sopisja V Ameriki. Slovenski ma
rod V Ameriki je incl paG re pre-
je razne casopise, toda ne enega,
Xxi bi stal ma staliScu razredne
zavednosti in razrednega boja,
ktera prva pogoja sta "a razume-
vanje sedanjega gospodarskega
sistema, Xxi vodita k Spoznanju. da
je ia sistem krivicen in da ga .je
treba nadomestiti s socijalistic-
MIN pravicnim. SlOvenski rod
- donna in ma tujem - ie delav-
ski. poneSan z malimi obrtniki. V
vecini je torei odvisen: donna cd
domacega in deloma thiega. - V
tuJimi pa izkljucno cd tujega ka-
pitalizma.
To deJstvo Sc ne da utajiti. ker
ga podpirajo uradne statistiSe in
vsakdanje zivljenje donna in ma
tujem.
Vile temu pa, da je mas narod
delavski narOd. Sc vendar Ia ma
rod vzgaja kapitalisticnem du-
hu. in sicer donna cd strani tako-
". liberalcev. nazvanih tudi ''svo-
bodomisleci'. - Ameriki pa
V poi republikanske in demokra-
ticne stranke, ktero zastopajo in
so cd nekdaj zastopali razni slo-
venski listi Ameriki.
Ma ia nacin pridemo do zaklju-
cka, da so slovenski delavci V A
meriki citali in podpirali MIN
sovrazno casopisje in da ga Sc
podpirajo in Gitajo.
Slovenski narodnjaki V domovi-
nj vzamejo to toxic s zofisticno-
metafizicnega staliSca in trdiio.
ola Je vsak delavec dolzan kot Slo-
venec zrtvovati sc IA rodno zem-
lJo. in da je stega staliScGa vsak
strajk, bojkot in upor proti ma
rodnim p~osestnikom in kapitali-
stom - naroden greh in proklet-
stvo.Kdor pa napr. ma Kraniskem
della pc ceni, ia sc zrtvuje "a ma
rodnost kdor ne ugovarja gospo-
darjem, Sc zrtvuje "a narodnost {;
kdor ne strajka Sc zrtvuje "a ma
rodnost kdor je ponizen, je ma
roden patriot, (ampak ponizen
samo slovenskim gospodariem.
med TEN ko sc dovoli. da sc tia
ljanskim in nemSkim plume "
V obraz) it'd.
To so termini kranjskih narod-
nth tradicij in sedanje gospodar-
ske morale, ktero je ustvarila me-
scanska druzba donna. Tako seve-
da nj samo ma Kranskem, ampak
povsod; Sample" "a mas je pa
seveda Kranjska.
V domovini je bila torej delav-
ska 'temperamentnost' - 'zmer-
most in potrpezljivost "a znak
narodnega patrijotizma we mi