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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Grantwood Notes

Miss Wilhelmina Ballade, violinist,
one Of Grantwood's foremost must
clans, has been confined to her bed
for the last two weeks by a severe
attack of the grippe,
Hail, Cliffside Park Fireman! In
response to the test alarm at two
o'clock Tuesday night, fifteen fire
ladies reported for duty in eight
minutes time. A high record!
Services at Grace Mission, Grand
View, will be discontinued during
August The young people, however,
will continue to meet Sunday after
moons at three o'clock for religious
instruction and expression.
The choir of Grace Mission will
hold it's monthly musical at the mis-
sion on Wednesday evening next.
The new high school plant at the
end of two months labor, shows salts
factory progress. The excavation,
including the ten feet depth at the
rear for the gymnasium, is finished.
The foundation for the main portion
of the structure is almost finished.
At Wednesdays Junior Epiphany
Circle meeting ten new girl members
were enrolled Sewing and reading
and refreshments are among the many
attractions at these meetings.
School Trustee Anton Bohm left
week for two weeks visit at Haines-
boro in the Catskills.
The N. S. Foringers, of Court
landt, place entertained very charm
ingly a few friends on Wednesday
evening last. Those present besides
Mr.. and Mrs. Foringer, the Misses
Foringer and Mr.. Milton Foringer,
were: Mrs. c. w. Blue and sister,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

Miss Vorhis, Mr.. and Mrs. Dana and
Miss Winterburn.
Through the initiative of one of
Grantwood's progressive WON en-
Manager Schenck has been prevailed
upon to admit local residents to the
swimming pool mornings without
paying the extra admission charge to
the Park.
The eight o'clock mass last Sunday
morning at St. Johns Catholic church,
Cliffside, was offered for the benefit
of the Ladies Epiphany Circle, and
all others who by their efforts have
contributed to the work of creating
the new Grantwood Catholic church.
One cannot help thinking, when he
hears the din of cheering Of the Sun
day afternoon baseballists, what a
mighty chorus of music might be
made to come, instead, from those
hundreds of strong young threats and
chests.
Wanted: A 1920 centimeter gun to
shoot a shell full of American peace
and plenty to the murder district on
the "other side"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Literary Notes

Out of 60l short stories published
last year by eight of the leading
magazines, three of the best five, ac-
cording to Edward j. O'Brien, of the
Boston Transcript, were published in
Scibner's. The twenty-siXth August
Fiction Number, is high comedy.
tains very notable group of stories
widely varied in character and in
keeping with the Scribner standards.
The Fiction Number, August
Scribner, has an innovation in the
way of complete novelette,. 1t is
by Kate Douglas Virgins, author of
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and
other popular successes. 1t is about
very pretty and very clever and
charming young American girl who
goes abroad to study music "Miss
Thomasian Tucker" known to her
friends as Tommy" has some anus
ing experiences, and, of course, falls
in love. The love story is a pretty
one, and the lover a very nice and
lonely American.
Stephen Phillips, the English poet
and dramatist, contributes his first
prose play to the August Fiction
Number of Scribner's. 1t tells the
story of famous Italian painter and
his seeking for the ideal human types
for the two principal figures of his
great work. The scenes are in the
Milan cathedral and a Naples prison.
Gordon Arthur Smiths story of
Fiction Number is high comedy.
The long-lost daughter Lefty is an
original. She was some little
traveller"
"Well, l beat it when l was eight.
| got a job playing Little Eva in
Uncle Toms Cabin'-on the road,
you know-one-night stands. We
played Kansas and Nebraska and God
knows what. was the little traveller,
can tell you, at the age of eight"
No one tells a better sea story than
James B. Connolly, and in his
Mother Machree," the story of an
Irish family, in the August Scribner,
the Fiction Number, there is thrill
ing description of boat of castaways
in storm. d. c. Hutchinson has
made some fine illustrations for the
story.
1t would be hard to find three
stories better made for comparative
study than Eat the End of the Rain
bow by Jennette Lee, "a Little
Tragedy at Coocoocache," by George
7. Marsh, and "Her First Marrying"
by Una Hunt, in the August Fiction
Number of Scribner's. The first is
pure romance, the second remark
able realization of the character of
the people and the country of the
great Canadian wilderness, and the
last is about as amusing a study of
typical Southern negro girl as could
be written. Halle is a character be-
yond question. If Jeb ever comes
North it will be a great day for
Halle.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Nickel To New York
Is New Slogan of
J. City Merchants

give cents to New York; was the
slogan of the members of the jackson
Avenue Business Mems Association at
their meeting, held at the rooms OF
the Eighth Ward Republican Club, 81
Virginia avenue, Jersey City, last
night.
President Frank Gormley started
the ball rolling when he took the floor,
and after announcing that the asso-
citation should stand for big things
stated that one of the largest mat
ters from a community standpoint
was five-cent fare to New York,
which would place Jersey City on
terms of equality with Brooklyn an"
the Bronx and bring about doubling
of population in a very short period
President Grmely said in part:
population is certain to increase
as fares are lowered. This conten-
ton is proved by the growth of the
Bronx Borough, New York, where
UnGfe are INV iUu,OuU peoPiC, a iiNiiA
Der greater than the populations OF
both Newark and Jersey City"
Paul Kleinzoller, w. S. Reynolds,
James Delacy and the executive were
named as a committee to treat with
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
and the Public Service Railroad on
the matter of lower rate. 1t was
explained that the talk with the Pub
lie Service people would be along the
lines of asking for a transfer to and
from the trolley and tube lines.
James Delacy brought up the mat
ter of the establishment of a
through car service from the Summit
avenue station to Bergen Point, which
service the speaker stated was in eff
feet for a time year ago and had
worked well for the Jackson avenue
station. A motion was passed to call
upon the Public Service for restora-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

The young should be not only en-
couraged to save out of their small
allowances or earnings, but they
should also be taught how and when
to spend.
When new shoes pinch immediate
and lasting relief can be obtained
from the application of a cloth wet
with hot water, and laid across the
place that is giving trouble.
Patent leather shoes should be
carefully wiped off with a soft cloth
when they are removed, and then a
few drops of oil should be rubbed in
to them. This will keep the leather
soft, and prevent it from cracking.
Here is method of adjusting a
plaster SO that the pulling off pro-
cess will not be so painful-EXpand
the chest or curve the back where the
plaster is to go, and then press it on
the expanded surface In this way
the skin will be stretched, and so the
removal of the plaster will not be so
painful.
To keep the stove clean rub off all
grease Will newspaper "illC IiiS
stove is still hot When the stove
needs polishing use paint brush, and
thus avoid getting the hands soiled.
You can also reach the small crew.
ces more readily with the brush.
When taking up ashes, if you dam
pen a newspaper and cover the ash
pail you will not be troubled with
ashes falling over everything.
Never put food away in the safe I'M
til it is quite cold, or it will probably
turn off. Never anything cool with
the lid on. Never leave metal spoon
in any food; even a silver spoon is
affected by salt Never let anything
remain all night in sauce pan-and
especially not in enamel ware; many
deaths have been caused by the ne
glect of this rule, since foods will
often become poisoned by being allow
ed to stand in such cooking utensils.
The only really safe receptacle for
food to remain in is one of glass,
china, or crockery.
Here is delightful summer dish.
Stew enough rhubarb until you have
a pint and half of juice; then strain
the juice off, put into pan, and add
a teacupful of small sage, and boil
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Hoboken Loses $28,1A A Week
Because Of 5000 Idle Workers
Along Her Pier Front Alone
Striking Figures Complied By Poormaster Barck, of
Hoboken-- This Partially Explains Loss in PopuIa-
ton Indicated In the Latest Census Another
Report Soon Coming.

Some striking figures illustrative of
the decrease in the population of Ho-
boken have been prepared by Poor
master Harry Barck, who says that
at least 5000 fewer men are at pres
ent employed on the big steamship
lines in the port than there were i'm
mediately before the war He esti
mates that the actual loss in revenue
to the city averages at least $28,124
per week.
For the purpose of making this COM
parison the poormaster had collected
figures covering two periods of six
months each, one before the war and
the other during the war. These
periods are October, 1913, to March,
1914, and October, 1914, to March,
1915. He points out that these are
the busiest months of the year, and
are therefore best suited for COM
parison.
In making his estimate he has dealt
only with the men who are employed
in the direct handling of the vessels in
the transatlantic trade, leaving out of
his calculations the men who are
working on the smaller coasting
steamers and generally employed
around the docks. In his efforts to
discover the actual state of affairs he
received assistance from both the
American Company and the
North German Lloyd, the officials Of
which lines placed their payrolls at
the disposal of the poormaster for the
purpose of his comparison.
The result of his investigation
showed that in the first six months
under view, October, 1913, to March,
1914, there was an average OF 3,36l
men employed in the TRANSATLANTIC
trade every week. In the correspond
inc period of October, 1914, to March,
1915 he found that the average num-
Der of men in employment was l,9O,
showing a decrease of considerably
over 1000 per week in the number OF
men employed. Taking one particular
month he found that in March, 1914,
there were 3,277 men employed and IN
March, 1915, 2,117, again showing a
decrease of over 200.
"There can be no doubt" he de-
clared, chat at least 1000 families
have left the city owing to the lack
of employment of the river front, and
practically all of these were connected
with the German lines. Now, taking
another average, it is making low
estimate to say that these 1000 fam
lies represent a total in the popula-
ton of not less than 5000. Thus you
will account for at least that number
in the decrease of population shown
by the figures published in the Hud-
son Observer.
The poormaster is preparing further
figures with a view to issuing state
ment covering the entire situation,
This he hopes to have complete some
time next week.-Observer
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Doing Her Full Duty

Miss Brightman kept a very at
tractive little tearoom, and when
away on business trip recently left
it in charge of a young woman clerk.
The morning she returned she did not
think things looked quite as neat and
attractive as usual.
"You know, Miss Bristol" remark
ed the proprietress, as she glanced
around, there is great deal in hav-
ing your sandwiches look attractive"
eyes, Miss Brightman, | know it,
was the reply. 81 have done every
thing | could while you were away.
| have busted those sandwiches every
morning for the last ten days.
Harper's Magazine.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Going Down

The Missouri pastor looked over
his glasses and shook his uncut locks.
Carrying out my original decla
ration" ne said, 81 am about to call
the names of those persons who are
now asleep in this congregation. John
Stackpole"
There was no responce.
John Stackpole."
The stout man stirred again.
"Be down in a minute" he drows-
lily called. "Keep things hot for me. :"
The pastors voice rang out.
you're going down, all right, John
Stackpole," he roared. "And things
will be kept very, very hot for you!
Let US now sing the ninety ninth
hymn. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Hints For The Home

Buttermilk is a cheap and valuable
food If served with potatoes it is a
cheap and wholesome dish
Nuts are a cheap food, and may
form the staple of an uncooked meal
If ground they are easy of digestion.
If you find yourself without shoe
polish in the morning little lemon
juice applied will produce a brilliant
polish.
Hard cheese is more digestible if
grated. Certain people can eat cheese
prepared in this way, who can not
digest it in any other form.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Do You WantA Farm

There are now several hundred
farms open to homestead entry on
the Government irrigation projects
which the homeseeker would do well
to investigate. In the arid region
the Government has spent a hundred
million dollars in irrigation systems
More than 100000 acres are now re-
ceiving water from the Government
bitches, and there are still several
hundred choice farms awaiting the
practical farmer.
These farms are free, but the law
requires settlers to pay their share
of building the irrigation system, the
money to be placed again in the Re-
clamation fund for the building of
other irrigation works; and they
must also pay their portion of the
operation and maintenance cost A
practical farmer with from 81 800 to
$4,000 should be able to acquire one
of these farms and put it in success
full cultivation. Under the existing
law settlers are allowed 20 years in
which to pay for their water right
and no interest is required on deferred
payments. The Statistician of the
U. S. Reclamation Service, Washing
ton, d. c., will give you details con-
corning methods of filing, terms of
payment, and location, climate, soil
and other data in connection with the
various projects.
The farms are located mainly in
South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming,
and Nevada. Rural telephones, cen
tralized graded schools, good trans
portation facilities, and towns at
short intervals, are some of the things
that rob life on these new lands of
many of the trials of pioneering.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

the Clltfslde fire house with the Pail
SADIE avenue sewer
Sidewalks for Walker Street
Councilman Hoeckelberg reported
that he was trying to induce Walker
street property owners between Pail
SADIE avenue and the trolley to petit
ton for concrete sidewalks, curbs and
cutters This is one of the principal
streets Of the borough and its unim-
proved condition can be truthfully
Renne Zinner field an application
for the position of motorcycle police
man on the new Anderson avenue
boulevard. AS no such office exists
in either the borough or the county
the application was field.
Complaints against the garbage
collector were received and he was
told that the council would have the
garbage collected from places he re-
fused to 90 and assessed against his
contract. The contractor has been
steering shy of streets with one or
two houses on them and his action
has brought forth numerous COM
plants.
1t was decided to order the placing
of the second application of road oil
same to be delivered sometime next
week.
Two street lights were ordered
placed; one near DR.. Kothe's home on
Clark terrace and Commercial ave-
nue., and the other on Jersey avenue.
Councilmen Zimmerman and Naed-
Ter were absent from the meeting.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

with the rhubarb juice instead of milk
or water Then pour this into
mould to set, and when cold turn out
and serve with a custard sauce. This
makes a pretty summer dish, and is
nice and cool. For custard take two
teacupfulls of milk, one desertspoon-
full of sugar, and one egg. Heat milk
and switch up egg and sugar, then
stir in egg until it comes to boiling
point, and let it cool; then pour it
round the mould.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

81 hearn tell Jeb Marshall say he
gwine come ter de city soon's he Kin
save de money, end commit suincide
on de do'-steps OBJ dis yere house ef'n
| don't marry him when he come.
HUH | amt fraid. He's too skeered
OBJ de Debbil ter kill hissef" And
in a tone full of regret that such an
opportunity should be lost, she
added: My Ian, but eff he did do
at dey'd give him er gran funeral
down ter de schoolhouse!"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31

ton of the service. There was talk
of the establishment of jitney serv-
ice through jackson avenue to
Bayoone if the through service was
to be denied
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-31
Cifside Council

Continued from page y
the Cliffside fire house with the Pail
SADIE avenue sewer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-29
COLD WAVE Will CONTINUE
Mercury to Fall Again to Ten Degrees
Last Nights Record-May Be
Skating Tomorrow

There has been very little change
in the weather situation over night, SO
far as Harrisburg is. concerned, and
temperatures tonight win likely equal
the minimum of 10 degrees registered
last night, according TO the forecast is.
sued at the local Weather Bureau Office
this morning.
The mercury did not fail quite so far
as was expected and the river, which is
full of floating ice, had closed in but
few places. 1t is'not expected to close
generally now, as tomorrow, in the
opinion of the weather observers,
warmer weather will begin. Consid-
cradle ice, however, has formed on
Wildwood lake, and the possibilities are
that lee will be fit for skatins to-mor-
row if to-night's temperature equals
that of last night.
An early inspection of the ice on
Wildwood lake will be made tomorrow
morning and, if it is safe, the red flag
will be hoisted above the Calder build
ing in Market square, so that all may
see.
Temperatures are rising rapidly on
the heels of the cold wave, due to a
storm central off the coats of Oregon.
Tomorrow afternoon and Sunday the
mercury will begin to rise here.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-29
Same Rate as for the
Last Three Years Is
Adopted by the Com
missioners To-day
IMPOSSIBLE TO
CUT. THEY SAY
Budget AS Submitted to the Commits
sioners This Afternoon Places Esti-
mated Receipts and Expenditures
For the Year 1918 at $366, ,4S4.

The tax rate for Dauphin county
during 1915 will be four mills, the
same as for the last three years, the
recommendations of County Controller
Henry w. Cough having been adopted
by the County Commissioners this aft
ernoon at clock.
The county budget, along with the
tax rate recommendation, was given to
the Commissioners at their afternoon
meeting, placing the estimated receipts
and expenditures for 1915 at approx
mately $366,4S4.64. The appropria-
tions for 1914 totaled something like
$34S,000, while the actual money spent
by the County Commissioners, the Di-
rectors of the Poor and the Board of
Prison Inspectors totaled $366,372.54.
The estimated receipts for 1915
equal the estimated expenditures, this
being due partly to the fact that the
revenue from direct taxation calculat-
ed on basis of four-mill rate.
When the Directors of the Poor and
the Prison Inspectors put in their an
nual budget estimates the Commission
ers and the Controller. were of the opin-
ion that the tax rate for 1915 could be
reduced by at least a quarter of a min.
Since that time, however, the county
Continued on Seventh PAGE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-29
CONSTABLEs Get s11,374
County Pays Back Fees After Deduct
ing S2,6f3 From Claims Made
Under Court Ruling

After deducting $2;613.27 from the
total claims, the County Commissioners
this morning made settlement with the
seventeen constables whose demands for
fees covering the period of 1901 to
1905 recently were sustained by Dau-
phin county court decision. The total
amount paid to the constables was $11,
S74.14.
The amount deducted from the orig
inal claim represents fees for business
transacted by the constables between
the time the act increasing their fee
allowances became a law and the date
of their beginning their new terms of
office as constables subsequent to the
passage of the act. In other words,
the reduction was made in accordance
with that constitutional provision which
prohibits county employees from sharing
until their next succeeding term of of
fee, increases in pay that are provided
by legislation passed while they are
holding Office
The revised bills paid to the con-
stables to-day are as follows: George
w. Charters. $1,065.31; John G. Hill,
S2O4.43; James H. Johnson, S567.S6:
Henry Miller, s4S1,17; Richard Reese.
$614.72; Harry Roat, s545.69; R. H.
Sinkfeld, S66S.02: Jeremiah Still,
$62S,72; w. l.. Windsor, $409.7S; Da-
vid c. Challenger, S732.47; Peter R.
Day, S677.94; Harry Emanuel,
S974.29; w. G. Garman, $1,S15.26;
Alexander Gibbens, $321.76; Robert
Gpttshall, s71S.5S; j. W. Haines,
$357.72; j. H. Stipe, $639.42.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-29
LOOT A CARLISLE station
Burglars Get Away With Nine Mileage
Books and Ticket Dater-Use
Skeleton Key
Especial 10 the star-Independent

tSpecial to the ar-Tndependent)
Carlisle, Pa, Jan. pa gang of
thieves that is believed to have been
working Systematically in the Cumber-
land Valley during the last two weeks,
committed another robbery last evening
when they stole batch of mileage
books after breaking into the passenger
station of the Gettysburg and Harris
burg Railroad Company, in the eastern
section of the city. .
The robbery was committed early in
the evening. The ticket office was closed
at o'clock and the night Waterman
made the discovery of the robbery at
IN clock last night. Entrance to the
station evidently was gained bv the
use of skeleton key. The robbers then
removed the door to the ticket office
by hSconneeting the hinges. Besides
nine mileage books the thieves stole
the ticket dater.
Within the last fortnight thieves
have obtained similar loot from the
railway stations in Gettysburg, Wavn-
esboro and Biglerville and it now is be.
heved the same gang has committed
all the robberies.