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The evening world., 1911-04-12
Prof. "Billy Brewster" Bring
70 Cents, hut He's Adon.s
of the Co!lsge.
"MAT'tI. PROFS." CENTS.
THE Mortartoard" Auction Of
Contributed Photographs rine
Earolretc. Of Esteem.

Tho faculty o. Barnard Coils ,,s
'eon sold p, auction. srosNmc- "a
'o?homoreS Bidding in their ~favo-!tc
Hro's. amid n ttnult Of c~xritemcn,
ne highest price paid for any .onr U.
~ educators put IN sac was 10 cents
ma this bid was tot reached until IN.
nnctioneer was almost blue In the face
from her eSertions.
or course. It VS. only the photo.
G'arhlc pr~esentnerts o. the Ra-rarI
'oas Nhich the dear young things hat
Ted for IN the saretum OF TIE Mortar.
board. tho annual class book o., the
juniors. Tie Bidding for these photo
graphs. however. furnished a splendid
narometer OF the esteem In which the
PROS Of the cole &c were held.
The auction was Planned ~ the
juniors as an act Of retaliation upon the
:aculty for %burdoniag 1912 wit, an avail
arche OF essays. themes and exams.
The photographs had been sent 70 THE
hotorhoard' Tor the purpose of publ
cation In etched nait-toncs.
Sale Well Rdvertis. ID.
They had been collecting du,t In a pile
o. rubbish whcn tho editor. Miss
Eleanor Meyers, dGs them out and hc-
thought herself that (, would be q fine
idea to auction them or. Her l1ca
took. with the result tina: a great slgn
va. stencllled on a table cloth ami
tackled Up IN a conspicuous place outside
the office OF The Mortorboard." THIS
sIVn read:
The evening world., 1911-04-12
FACULTY roR SALE!
NOT A ccCIALIyrlc NETTING.
EEnELY A SOCIAL EVENT

The sign drew Ike u pair OF barren
tousercttes. Fresh!es and sophs and
juniors fought thci- way INTO the mar
row precincts of Tho M~or,arhoard's'
stnctum and shrilled their BIDS in so.
prano. conlgalto n treble.
Miss Christina Strlt;on mad the o.
Zee OF a~uc;loHeer. As cheer ieade- c.
the Junior Class she has developed stem
tor.an tones.
lter first Offering was an autorraphel
Photograph OF PToe. william Lum,,
Brewster. the AdonIs OF the faculty, tea
de'ly 'ferred ~ in al unuere '1duate
circles as Billy" The bidding on
"BIly" vas ope,ed a, liz GEMS.
ana ros" amid Wild ,houts 20 20 cents.
"Cilly" Not Like 80 Gents.
There II hung anal Mss Stratton
cried out angr.iy.
Are yoG so'ns to .et Ely go 70,
q cents. Su.tiy liE G rs 10. .oJs H.,c
80 oents:"
"No' No! NevcI" sti'sNsd ono hu--
Grcd voices, pro;, Brewster was grad
ually bid up to 20 c. rs, 1t VIII Oh
price he vas knocked DOWN to MIS-
Lucille Mordccal.
Oat OF b;edth by his fierce contest
there was less animation IN the bid
ding for the resentment o. n Colur-
b!a man in m automobile. L was n
vey beautiful photograph. but It
brought only &C cents.
Prot Mabel Foote Wcches OF N, Eng
l.'h Department vas podGled b" tho auc-
t.unccr FOR the sna50y sam OF a dine.
pr. Hasan, professor of Botany, hroG. II
"'iy q nickel The physics ANA moir4
na,ics "pro:s." We're Go!ei out foI IA. .
cents apiece, notw~ .,hs'anGing the It, gh y
r&G, lions OF the agct oHeer. Miss sci
well, the librarian, had mere freak IN
= bid up to 70 cents.
Got a BID wa offered for tho o. l.
pints Of the Latin and Grecn era ,g.
There were vpcit,"o,s dcm'rds f"- Il
p]ictrrc OF MISS G!ldcrSlceye, tho nc %
dean, bI, that s.rewd young worlin had
d|e.nanied back her photograph a.tor h
hslf tone had been made %! -. IT,
entire faculty brou.At the M NJ cnt
total OF SIS.
The evening world., 1911-04-12

England Has Nothing
Like II, She Declares
Finds Surroundin Is,
Work and Food at Bed
ford Institution for
Women Wholesome.
The evening world., 1911-04-12

would be much happier II they did.
Matrimonial alliances are very annoy
Ing. l know 1t and you can never sing
to me again OF married bliss"
Rejected a Barony.
1t was said tor was il whispered by
n press agent at the time OF Miss
InEe's engagement to the automobiling
Buffalonian that sho had Tilted the heir
10 a British barony FOR him: that she
had turned down IL string of titles and
blazing %coronets. whether she had re-
jected any royalties or not was not
stated. but you werc permitted the IN
ference II your Imagination was In a
healthy state.
The young woman is now In vaude-
willie IN a team known as lnge and
Ia rrpn.
The evening world., 1911-04-12
Pretty Katherine Potter Tells
Court How "Culturist'
Lured Her.
CAUGHT AFTER FLIGHT.
Girard Pursued Her, She SAYS,
When She Escaped From
Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY. April l2-"pr." r.
VI. Girard. member 81 the "Ou,cults."
who claims graduation from the Nc
Faddcn Physical Culture School, pr.
Benedict Lusts N~aturopa,hic Institute
and Fowler - Wells Phreaological In
st'tutc OF New York, vas held under
1000 bail on serious charges at the
end Of a sensational hearing this after
noon before Magistrate Phillip Grove.
Miss Katherine Potter. pretty dauyh-
ter % a wealthy sandy Lake. Pa.
family. was his accuser. Detective
Herbert, who rescued the girl and ar
rested Girard when he found them
living IN a tent hidden under n stage
amusement device, opposite the million
dollar pier. declared Girard had been
banished from several cities.
Girl Tells OF Lure.
The girl, "A pathetic figure. with her
dark hair shorn, boy fashion, and still
attired I'm boys clothing. covered be-
fore the gaze OF tho man who lured
her from her home with letters on
physical culture. She declared shs had
a desire TO improve her figure and when
she saw hts advertisement in magazines
wrote him concerning his methods.
Miss Potter testified sho had been In
structcd to come to this city for trent
ment. This she did. after Girard had
convinced her that he was Of high
moral character. She came here on a
,,tIntnkt ,,aIp Mach a ,,1 ,,,...t..A
Girard by n red cnrnation In his but
tonhole, az agreed upon. and was taken
to n downtown hotel.
Then he took her TO live under can
vas in the Trinity Avenue Tent"
pitched in a suburban section. explain
ing that outdoor life was necessary 10
his system. An unsophisticated coun
try girl, Miss Potter was still unsus-
%pectins, She remained with him for a
few days. Then his treatment" be-
came unbearable. She tried to escape
but he restrained her.
Brought Back From COLONY"
Finally she slipped away and got a,
far as JamcSburs, where he overtook
| her at the "Outcult Colony" where
she had stopped to get literature. She
was taken TO Newark and then bach
TO this city.
Then Girard clipped of her hair. the
girl said, took her TO a barber shop
and had II trimmed in approved mas
culine style, bought her boys garments
and called her jack when I'm hear
ing OF ~ncighbors. whose suspicion
finally caused Girard to move his tent
under the amusement place known as
the Figure s." which occupies a square
OF beach front between Missouri and
Arkansas avenues.
The captive after severn! attempts
managed 10 write q letter on a piece Of
paper bag 10 her mother. explaining her
plight and declaring her intention Of
jumping into the ocean unless rescue
soon reached her. This she gave to u
small boy. wAo mailed It FOR her.
The girls family had hunted every
where for her since her disappearance
n month ago. on receiving the letter,
her mother wired Miss Potter's brother.
The evening world., 1911-04-12
Ty Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

Miss sylvia Pank-
hurst sails for Eng
to-day. She
has been IN Amer
lea three months
and not been ar
rested once. quite
n record for Miss
Sylvia; for any
member Of tn .
Fankhurst family,
IN fact. You see,
l am assuming you
will remember Miss
sylvia 90 no sa,,nJ
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

We do not look for any great amount
of inventive genius among the Eski-
mos. but for years they have employed
a rather complete respirator. used in
the preparation and taking of vapor
bath, as means Of protection from
the dense smoke. This Eskimo respi-
rator is little basket woven Of twist
ed strands of fine grass. 1t is placed
with its Shallow side against the
mouth. and wooden peg. which
arises from the center of the basket
Is held between the teeth. For this
purpose water is evaporated over a
big fire In very low hut. which is
tightly closed to keep in the heat. In
this sitting atmosphere the employ
ment of a respirator is absolutely nee
essarY.-London Globe,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

The return of the strawberry season
was always heartily welcomed by DR..
johnson. for. as he once declared, OF
stra W berries and cream he never could
have too much. Fortunately he some
times had opportunity to indulge his
taste to the full. for his friend, DR..
Taylor of Lichheld, whom he con-
trived when possible to visit at straw
berry time, was rather noted fruit
grower, and when at his house it was,
as Johnson said, with gusto, STRAW
berries and cream, toujours strawber-
ries and creamw A voracious eater at
any time. Johnson's appetite for fruit
was almost limitless. Mrs. Thrale
tells US that he used often to eat half
a dozen peaches before breakfast, and
then frequently she had heard him
complain that never In all his life had
he quite as much wall fruit as he de-
sired. save once. The exceptional oc-
casion was during visit to Lord San
dys' seat at Ombersley. The exact
quantity he then devoured has not
been recorded, but he was accused OF
clearing a whole wall side.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
b Atmospheric Pressure.
Galilel discovered In 1864 the pres
sure Of the atmosphere to be ffteon
pounds to the inch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
The Liaht Of crxataIs,

All diamonds do not shine in the
dark after exposure to sunlight or cleo.
trio light, but some do to remarkable
degree. A diamond rubbed with q
wooden cloth or against hard sur.
face will sometimes shine brilliantly.
The emission of light is a property be-
longing to many If not all kinds OF
crystals.
"A variety Of white marble found al
Hastings-on-the-Hu N. Y, gives
out a fame colored glow when pound
ed and bright flashes when scratched
with steel. In northern New York Is
found a kind of stone known locally
as hell fire rock" which exhibits
bright sulphur colored streaks when
scratched in the dark. Pieces of rose
quartz rubbed together exhibit bril-
liant flashes, sometimes bright enough
to illuminate the hands Of the person
holding them. Smoked quartz and
other varieties sometimes show sim
liar phenomenon. Chicago Record
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

There came letup in the rush Of pa
tients, and the doctor opened two small
envelopes lying on his desk.
cts all right" he said 81 wasn'i
sure. Without offending l couldn'i
open the envelopes in the presence Of
the persons who gave them to me
They contain the fees left by two
Englishmen who called close on each
others heels. English etiquette is
rather embarrassing for physician
who Is used to patients who hand
over their money with the denomina'
ton right on top, American fashion
In England it would be considered an
insult to give physician his fee I'M
wrapped You can't insult an Ameri
can physician that way, but newcom
ers credit him with an excess of sen
sibility and give him good many IN;
easy moments wondering If he hasn't
been underpaid." New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
The RIoodv Hand.


The noted English family Of the
Hotties has for its badge bloody hand
and this sinister badge commentaries
a wager that ended In crime. Sill
Thomas Hottie one day In 1912 was
hunting. He invited his comrades
home with him to dinner. and as be
rode along he made a heavy bet on his
cooks punctuality. But the cook fail
ed him for once. When he got home
dinner was not ready. The jeers OF
his companions at this failure. together
with his huge loss in the matter Of the
wager. enraged him so that he ran into
the kitchen, seized cleaver and split
the cooks head open with it. After
ward his family. to keep this crime
alive. adopted for fits crest the bloody
hand of the cook killer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

. Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering
in her memoirs, edited by her son
tells a Yorkshire incident which con
tains a great deal of human nature
Variety spices life. The plan is monot
onous until its extent entities 1t to the
name of prairie or desert and it gains
interest through vastness.
There was an old couple in the vii
lage whom used often to go to see
One day when | found them sitting
one on each side Of the fire, the old
man said to me:
swell, t'missis and me. we've beer
married nigh on fifty years. and we've
never had one quarrel"
The old woman looked at me with
a twinkle in her eye and said:
ut war varie conscientious, but varie
doOl."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

Schedule In effect $40 q. M, June zath. isii.
Subject to change. Daily except saturdays
and Sundays.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
40 500 800. 1000. 40 40 Ills a. M. $780, HlSO
$3.50, $3.50, "a 80, $50, s6.40. 7.2o. p M.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR Bristol, %
$50 $3.50, $780, sl02o LOO. liso, a. M. fioo ']oo'
800, *4.o0, 500, $50, $50, 7.SO p. m.
Leave Bristol 640 500 $780, $1,000. 1000. Ills 9.
NJ. .i2so. sISo $40. 800. ss4o $40, 800, so,
20 p !, m % Lave s m .S S 80
$40. 500, sl.zO, $40. $50. $50, $50, p. NJ.
See notes for extra trips during July and
August .vs
Leave Bristol 20 $50 1000 sie1O, LIE, q NJ "a
1880, slsO, 220 900, $40 s420 800, % 40, $50
.S0 80 III m so a. m ITO, zos 40
$3.50. 400, $40. $780, $500. $40. 40. $780, $40
p. m.
See notes for extra trips ON Sundays during
July and August.
EXTRA TRIPS
During the months Of July and August on
Saturdays and Sundays the boat viii leave
Bristol AZ l-S0, p. M, and VIII leave Burning
NOTEs-Read Carefully
Trips marked with ~ will stop at Bur.
lington Island Park, and when there are i've
ct ao
from Bristol, and the zoo p. m. trip rom Bur
nngton on Sunday. Passengers who desire to
notify the wharf tender who will raise the
signal Dag for the boat to stop nom Bristol.
On the Fourth OF July the schedule will be
as same al Sunday schedule.
August 18th. 1911. the 1000 9. M. trip from
Bristol will be withdrawn and the boat VIII
cave Bristol at $40 a.. m.
No trips win be guaranteed in foggy
weather. - 49,
WILLIAM e BORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General manager
Call independent Telephone, Burlington. N
j., via Keystone; Nos. l69-D or lO4-D brlstoi
and Bid Burlington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
Penn Very Much a Londoner.

William Penn, the founder Of Penn
sylvania, was born on Tower Hill on
Oct. IA. 1914, was christened in All
Hallows church, became a student
of Lincoln's Inn. and then, joining the
Quakers, he abandoned the law and
preached along with George Fox in a
meeting house of Lombard street. BE
once occupied a house in Norfolk
street, Strand, chosen on account Of Its
closeness to the river, which faciIttat-
ed escape from duns, and he was i'm
prisoned both at Newgate and In the
Fleet. So Penn was. after all. very.
much Londoner.-London Standard.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
YOUR STANDARDS.

The most difficult problem that
any human being has to solve is the
prevention Of an insidious lowering
Of his standards. 1t is 50 easy to
drop into habits Of neglect in small
matters that were once considered
duties that the whole life has slip
ped to lower plane before one is
aware Of it. Keep your standards
high and unsulEed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

"Am forwarding a barrel Of spruce
gum as gift" wired a Bennington
Vt) man to a friend In Boston Gee
whizp CALCULATED the Boston man.
That's more gum than my family could
consume In several lifetImes" So he
went to his druggist and arranged to
have him take hundred pounds or SO
at fair price Congratulating him
self on being so much in pocket, the
Boston man awaited the arrival of the
barrel 1t came. 1t was three inches
high.-BostOn Transcript
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

THAT fellow is positive joke"
Relative of your wifes or holding
n better job than you T-Detroit Free
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

On his eightieth birthday Theoder
MOmmsen, the historian, received q
visit from great delegation OF stu
dents. who marched out to his home,
but he could not be induced to leave
his work to greet them. "They see me
every day at the university" he said.
"W'hy do they want to disturb me
now ~
Sclomon's Horses.
LIN 1ol4 B. O. Solomon had 10000
stalls OF horses for his chariots and
12O0O horsemen.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

Patient-Look here. doctor; I'm not
going to starve TO death for the sake
of living a little longer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26

Faith and hope themselves shall die,
while deathless charity remains.--
Prior.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
Secret Baseball Signals.

"Perhaps you never realized that
there Is an exact science In coaching
and signaling" says Hugh s. Fuller
ton. writing on the secret tricks of
baseball coaching in the American
Magazine; ''that the two men out there
near first and third bases. who seem
to be making fools of themselves or
trying to annoy the majestic man In
blue serge, are the wigwag men sig
mailing to runners or batters just what
the general sitting on the bench wants
them to try to do. Sometimes the gen
eral is on the lines himself, looking
just as foolish as the wigwag men OF
more 80, but somewhere. hidden in his
meaningless or hackneyed phrases OF
his wild gestures. there is meaning
he is telling the batter not to hit the
next ball or to bunt 1t or informing
him that the next will be straight
fast ball and at the same time inform
ing the base runner that the batter in
tends to hit and that he must start
at top speed when the pitcher starts to
wind m"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
Tho Frivolous Limit.

His main trouble was that he per
sisted in treating everything frivo-
lousy. Nothing was sacred to him
Suggest any subject, any one what
ever-one that was absolutely rending
the world asunder-and he would
crack joke about 1t.
"That chap" said serious minded
friend in a wild attempt TO do justice
to the others frivolity-"why. that chaI
is the only human being on earth VIII
can sing the Declaration of Independ
ence to a concertina accompaniment
New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
DIR. ATWOOD
DENTIST

IS Main Street, Mount Holly, N. j.
Filings of all kinds. Teeth with or without
plates, crown and fridge work. Teeth regu-
lated. Plates repaired. Nitrous oxide gas
administered. Teeth extracted in your own
home.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-26
THE WRECK
A Story of Kidnapping
By cLARISSA MAcKIB
A Story Of kidnapping

By cLARISSA MAckB

Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911
The evening world., 1911-10-28
THREW HERSELF
UNDER A SUBWAY
TRAIN, BUT LIVES
Two Cars Pass Over Women
Attempting Suicide, but
She's Only Bruised.

Mrs. Sophie Bacon. ~thirty.ive. Of No.
sls Clifton avenue. Newark. N. j.. 10 Q
prisoner In New York Hospital charged
with attempted suicide. She threw her.
self under a subway train at Grand
Central station early to-day. but es-
capped almost without injury because
her body fell In the middle of the track
and two cars OF the train passed over
her without touching her.
The woman got of a north-bound
local train shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning and walked up on tho bridge
platform. John Carroll. a ticket chop
per. noticed t.. at she seemed nervous
as she paced up and down the bridge
several times Carroll asked her II he
could do anything for her and she told
him she was waiting for a friend.
Carroll called the attention of Special
Policeman John Schneider to the wom-
IN, and Schneider started to speak to
her when she darted down the steps to
the south-bound platform. A local train
was just coming in and she threw her
self from the bottom step directly In
the path Of the train.
She fell IN her head and shoulders
and her limbs Strengthened out between
the rails. The train vas almost upon
her and Motorman John Rydel threw
on the emergency brakes. but the frst
car and part Of the second had passed
ovei her before the train stopped.
Policeman Schneider got down be-
tween the cars and crawled back to
where the woman lay. She was unhurt.
but somewhat dazed by the fall. She
was lifted to the platform and an I'M
bulance summoned from New York Hos.
pltal.
DIR. Rochelle found the woman unIn.
jured save for a bruised shoulder and
the shock Of the fall. She said she was
the wife Of Irving Bacon. a Newark
newspaperman. and was the mother of
Ave children. She would give no reason
for her attempt to end her life.
The evening world., 1911-10-28
SHOW GIRL WIFE
GETS A DIVORCE
FROM WALKER
Cruelty Charged Against the
Son of Famous Magazine
Publisher.

HARTFORD. Conn, Oct. 2s.-In the
Superior Court yesterday Judge Gar
diner Greene told Joseph l.. Barbou
than his client. Mrs. Beatrice J. +.
Walker OF Washington Heights. New
York city. might have a decree for d.
vorce from wilfred d. Walker, a son OF
John Brls5en Walker, former owner
Of the Cosmopolitan Magazine. whom
Mrs. Walker said. after the trial. she Is
going to sue for $50, coo damages.
The case has been on the docket for
n long time, because OF the difficulty OF
obtaining a service on the respondent.
and after several orders OF notice the
Court was content with the registry re-
turn receipt OF Gerald Walker.
when the case came to trial there was
no contest, and though Mrs. Walker
originally asked for a change OF name
and divorce on the ground OF desertion.
she decidrI later not p claim her
maiden name nor ask for allmony, and
the testimony was used as a basis for
intolerable cruelty as well as desertlon.
When Mrs. Walker took the witness
stand she said her name was Mrs.
Beatrice Julia Frances D,lworth Walker
and that she was married 10 Wilfred
D.. Walker in New York city. July 2.
1904, while she was a membe OF AIMS
Held's Beauty Chorus" She went ia
live at the Hotel Alabama on East
Eleventh street and remained there
seven months until she returned to her
mother in Providence.
Tie forced me TO 20 home" testified
Mrs. Walker. HE began to use VIC.
lenee On me n week or two after our
marriage. pulling out handouts OF hall
and choking me black In the face In his
rage. In my sleep he often pushed hi,
numb down on my windpipe and
watched me gasp for breath. on on
occasion | jumped from "A moving ele-
vator at Seventh venue and one Hun.
dred and Twenty-hfth street when h,
tried to shoot me. About the first OF
1903 he came in at I O'Clock n morn,
ing and said he was through with me
and. though | was III In bed, he forcet
me to get up and helped me pack &c
catch a 2 O'Clock train TO Providence
saying that | would have to get gu
unless ] did as he ordered.
After remaining In Providence unit,
sprinL | went TO live with my mothe
In Norwich "aa for the pas: cour rear
have supported myself and my mothe
doing d~rcssmaking here and In New
York CITY. My husband mas contributed
IN no way toward nay support. and ever
his brother, Gerald Walker OF the New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road, does not know here he 10"