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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

stood It's hind however monster could easily
have broken the windows any ordinary building
the dinosaurs had visited lower Broadway pay
respects to the Mayor let would have
impossible for the corythoaurus have balanced
the steps OF the City Hall from point
scratched HE chin against the Justice
the top OF the structure
Next IN size to the coryhosaurus the denodons
II these three had marched Broadway by side
switching their tails In their characteristic
not only would pedestrians have been
walks but all projecting and other sidewalk
ments would have been effectively demolished II
cyclone mad struck them.
These denodons equipped with eagelike
which would have enabled them the irregular
faces OF OF the Broadway skyscrapers imagine
them making their slowly but surely the sides Of the
Faton Building, for instance Willie going would have
been somewhat difficult owing the
character OF the building and the lack
beishments. the animals could have obtained
foohoid by smashing IN windows here and
Whether not the combined Of these monster.
appro1imang lorty-fve tons would have been
nave demolished the building be doubted be
remembered that not constructed to resist
concentrated strain as such feat would involve.
likely at that If the building brought
numbering TO the ground large OF
have given under the weight. huge monsters
would nave been precpaed TO the street. ASKING through
the subway though
demoishng OF the smaller
IL lcss desrucvely bent the paradng dinosaurs might
nevertheless. have worked considerable among the
Broadway traffic "
No trolley could moment withstand tie shock
OF collision with of these living dreadnoughs The
Tor instance,
newest style cars and had strength
decided 10 clear Broadway.
be sufficient to lift crowded from send
crashing into the buildings.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

''SA. mo ~ iNS!pdi WSdpCIl Ol
ohonse was huge club.iike tail.
which he could swing with dead.
~ effect.
One can imagine the futile
efforts OF the police to have
captured this monster II he had
gone on the rampage on Broad.
way. Shooting him would have
been out of the question. Re.
volyer bullets would have
bounced of his bony armor like
rubber balls. To have attempted
10 lasso him or trip him with
ropes would have been vain. Big
nuto-trucks might have been
used in an effort to push him
along. bat the most powerful
machines made would have
found him immovable. He
Weighed OYER twenty tons.
Il the dinosaurs pursued
line Of march up Broadway 10
Columbus Circle their attention,
no doubt, would have been frst
attracted by the Columbus Mon.
ament How IONS that column
would have withstood their com.
hined attack can be imagined.
More destruction would have
followed their attempt to pursue
their course along upper Broad
way. for their com hined weight
Wonid, no doubt. have besn too
much for the pavement which
covers the subway to have with.
stood, and the prehistoric parade
would have dropped through. A
collision between a rapidly NOV
Ing express train and the strug.
EliEg dinosaurs In the subway
would have brought. about a
catastrophe as unusual md as
thrilling as It would have been
stupendous.
After one Or two adventures
OF this character we can mag.
Inc the procession moving east
toward Central Park. where the
trees and foliage would have af-
forded some OF the surroundings
10 which they were more accus.
toned. In the course OF their
wanderings through the park
they would, no doubt, have come
upon the menagerie, and then
would have epsued ono al tho
most interesting episodes az
their visit-a tussle botweei tho
prehiatoric monsters and their
modern prototypes.
II the dinosaurs escaped this
conflict their course might have
led them TO one OF tho huge elec.
trio plants on the East Side, and
there another battle would have
taken place. We can imagine
the terrified beasts crashing into
the big plant and falling blindly
on the great revolving dynamos.
Some Of the machinery. Ito
doubt, would have been speedily
placed out of commission, but
sooner or later the foolish mon.
sters would have run foul Of the
current, and the enormous volt.
nge would have resulted in their
electrocution. Thus the unhri-
dled power OF tygone ages would
have fallen n victim to the har-
messed wonder Of modern times.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28

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|d Happen IF They Were
|pse ore Br0uduu0y

toms have Just been
t.he visit alive New
q very unusual spec.
Espes city streets 10 the
\ enough to arouse con.
d STANDS ten feet high.
Into captivity. weighed
even and one-half feet
blight OF the biggest OF
bite Insignificant. The
sensation the appear.
IN Broadway would be
(eibphants standing in
hihlf es high again az
into captivity. When
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
wHIsTLER's C-LEvERNEss.
The Artist Could Fix in His Mind Any
Effect in Nature.

1t was Whistler's habit to memor-
ize an effect in nature, and Mr.. T. r.
Way, in his Memoirs" gives an ex-
ample of his cleverness at it.
l shall never forget a lesson he
gave me one evening. We had left
the studio when it was quite dusk and
were walking along the road by the
gardens of the Chelsea hospital, when
he pointed to a group of buildings in
the distance, an old public house at
the corner of the road, with windows
and shops showing golden lights
through the gathering mists of twi-
light.
"Look," he said.
AS he did not seem to have any
thing to sketch or make notes on,
took out my notebook and offered it
to him.
"No, no; be quiet!" he said, and
after a long pause he turned and
walked back a few yards; then, with
his back to the scene, he said:
"Now, see if | have learned it," and
then he gave a description of the
scene, perfect in every detail of ar
rangement and color, as he might
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
ST. JOHNS M. P. CHURCH.
Rev. w. l. Shoemaker, Pastor.

Don't forget the regular services
Sunday. $50, Class Meeting, led by
Mr.. Weeks; 1890, preaching by the
pastor; Sunday School, 2.30; Pente-
costal meeting, A o'clock; 7.3O, Song
Service and sermon by the pastor.
During the revival meetings nearly
80 persons have been converted. Sew
eral united with the church last Sun
day. Several of our members are on
the sick list, but most of them are
improving.
Members of official board please mo-
tice: There will be a meeting of the
official board Saturday night, Feb. 6.
As there is business of Importance,
every member is requested to be pres
ent.
Junior Christian Endeavor meeting
Friday at A o'clock. New members
are attending at nearly every meet
ing. Miss Hodgson and Miss Raw
ley, public school teachers, have unit
ed with US and help whenever able to
be present. Miss Rawley teaches this
week on the subject, "a Voyage to
the Pacific Islands," Next week af-
ter regular meeting, there will be a
business meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
SALEM USHERS UNION.

The Ushers Union of Salem M. E.
Church held an interesting meeting in
the church parlors on Tuesday eve
ming. The ushers appointed for Feb
ruary were: Misses Abbie Leeds and
Julia Summerville and Messrs. Floyd
Collins and Francis Allen. After the
business meeting a social hour was en-
joyed. Those present were: Misses
Florence Zippler, Verna Fish, Abbie
Leeds, Julia S~ummerville, Mildred Up
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lake, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur P. Ryon, Miss Helen
Weaver, Miss Bessie Weaver, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Tompkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Tonnes. Mrs. Victoria Peck
Mrs. Woodruff, Miss Helen Collins,
Miss Elsie WINS, Marjorie Thomas,
Josie Lake, Messrs. Tom Green. Wal
ton Zippler, Leslie Stebbins, Roger
Williams, Fred Super and Flovd Col
Inns
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
MRS. LEWIS ENTERTAINS
IN MRS. ROSS'S HONOR.


Mrs. Henry w. Lewis, of Verona
avenue, gave an elaborate function
Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Ogden Ross, of Troy, N. Y. Mrs.
Lewis was assisted by Mesdames
Doughty G. Turner, Halvor L. Harley,
Walter Borneman and Bertram E.
Whitman. and Misses Minnie and An
ma Lewis. The following is a list of
the guests:
Mrs. Raymond Thompson, Mrs. Wal
ter Borneman, Mrs. HI. Borneman,
Mrs. May North Crist, Miss X. Fleish-
er, Miss Louise johnson, Mrs. H. L.
Harley, Mrs. D. c. Turner, Mrs. M. R.
M. Fish, Mrs. w. ]. Hudson, Miss
Marjorie North, Miss Edith Hodgson,
Mrs. /, Sharpe, Miss Ethel Hays, Mrs.
Raymond G. Ireland, Miss Minnie
Lewis, Miss Laura Faus, Miss Anna
Lewis. Miss Dorothy Quimby, Miss
Cole. Mrs. Duffy, Miss Minnie Born,
Miss Madeline Boyer, Mrs. Ogden
Ross, Mrs. H. R. McClelland. Mrs.
George H. Adams, Mrs. Preston B.
Adams. Mrs. W. z. Adams, Mrs. Mer-
vyn Wilson, Mrs. Scott Long, Mrs.
Sherwood Risley, Mrs. Japhet Price,
Miss Queenie Coble. Mrs. Thomas
Simpson. Mrs. D. D. Dawson, Mrs. C.
A. Beitel, Mrs. Bertram E. Whitman
and Mrs. Walter w. Whitman.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
FAVORABLE REPORT ON
NORMAL SCHOOL BILL
Expected From Education Com
mittee Next Monday Night.
Full Text Of the Bill.

1t is expected that Assemblymar
Whitman's bill providing for a $780,
900 normal school at Pleasantville
will be favorbly reported by the com
mittee on education, to which it was
referred, next Monday night. After
the bill is passed by both Houses, Mr.
Whitman will be obliged to bend his
efforts toward securing the necessary
appropriation for the building from
the Appropriation Committee.
The text of the bill follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate an0
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey.
1. There shall be established and
maintained an additional State Nor
NAL School for the purpose of train
ing and educating persons in the sci
ence of education and art of teaching
the name and title of said school
shall be "The New Jersey State Nor
NAL School at Pleasantville, Atlantic
County," tuition in said school shall
be free.
2. The State Board of Education
shall control and care for said schooI
in the same manner and to the same
extent as said board has control and
car of 'The New Jersey. State Nor.
NAL Schools"
3. The said Board of Education
shall purchase a suitably located site
in the city of Pleasantville. Atlantic
county, and shall erect thereon a
building or buildings for the use OF
said normal school.
a. The erection and furnishing OF
said building shall be done by con
tracts or otherwise, as the said boaro
shall deem for the best interests OF
the State; said board may employ
architects, superintendent and mech
anics, advertise for proposals, make
contracts for the whole or any
part of said work, and incur all nee
essary expenses to carry out the pro
visions OF this act.
5. For the purchase of said site
and the erection and furnishing of sale
buildings, the sum. of two hundred
thousand dollars. or so much thereof
as may be necessary. is hereby appro.
priated; said sur shall be paid by
the State Treasurer on the warrant
of the Comptroller of the Treasury
upon the acquisitions of the State
Board of Education, in such sums a.
said board may need from time tt
time for the prosecution of the worl
herein provided for; provided, tina
no expense shall be incurred or mon
eys expended as authorized by thi.
act, nor shall said appropriation be
come available until an appropria
ton therefor shall have been made
by the Legislature in the annual APP.
preparation act.
6. The said board shall make tt
the Legislature at it's next session
and at each succeeding session, unit
said building or buildings shall bt
completed, a full and detailed report
of its proceedings and expenditure!
under this act.
Z. This act shall take effect imme.
diately.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR MISS VINCENT.

A surprise birthday party was ten
dered Miss Bertha Vincent at her
home on Second street Tuesday even
ing. The table was beautifully dec
GRATED with cut flowers and burning
candles. The colors were carried out
in blue and gold.
Her guests were Miss Julia Price,
Miss May Bicher, Atlantic City; Miss
Melba Smith, Miss Olive Schmidt,
Miss Elsie Adams, Miss Grace Ad-
ans, Mrs. Jack jacobson, Miss Anna
Swartz. Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Doughty, of
Atlantic City; Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Vincent, Miss Edna May Doughty,
Miss Ivy Doughty, Miss Thelma
Smith, Atlantic City; Grover Vincent,
Jr., Charles Schmidt, Ambrose Brown,
Fred Sharp, Robert Bartlett, Frank
Ryon, William ~Irelan, Atlantic City;
Irwin Adams, Wilbur Adams and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Vincent.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
MUFFS.

Do not laurh when you read that
an anpeal has been made to the ladies
of Berlin to give their muffs to the
army. A staff officer in Belgium, who
is ~eminentlv Unitarian, urges that
furs are needed to keep soldiers
hands warm.
Muffs will come in handiest, but
collars can be cut up into gloves,
and patriotic ladies can stay in the
house in weather when soldiers must
keep the field.
A soldier with a muff seems a COM
icaf combination to us, but that is be-
cause fashions have changed. In the
eighteenth century muffs were for
mems wear, and beaux were as par
ticular as bellies about shape and
quality.
Old Rochambeau who commanded
our French allies at Yorktown never
went abroad in cold weather without
his muff. His appearance rather
amused American sentries, but as he
was brave as a lion and true as steel
they overlooked his departure from
what they considered masculine stand
ards.
What may be effeminacy in one cen
fury may have been masculinity IN
attire a few centuries before. The
Roman officers wore dandified brace
let's bearing the insignia of their res
pective legions. Only a few years
ago Austrian light cavalry officers
were wearing bracelets with bangles,
and perhaps they are wearing them
today.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
WATER CO. RECEIVER
TO MAKE REPAIRS.
Authorized by Court to Sell Property
il Necessary. :

In an order issued by Vice Chan
cellor Backus, he refused the appli-
cation of Charles S. Moore, receiver of
the Pleasantville Water Company, that
he be permitted to issue receivers
certificates to raise funds to make ex-
tensions and repairs to the system
and plant.
The Court, however, instructed Mr..
Moore to make the repairs necessary
and from the funds which he has in
hand as receiver. He also suggested
that he sell and dispose of the plant
providing he can get a fair price for
it.
In his application, the receiver ask
ed for permission to issue receivers
certificates which should stand as a
first lien against the concern in order
to raise money to make some extern
sions of the system and also repairs.
He informed the Court that certain
citizens of Somers Point had petit
toned the Public Utility Commission
to force the company to extend their
line to their homes. A hearing had
been set, but before testimony could
be taken, Mr.. Moore was appointed
receiver. At his suggestion the hear
my was PClldliS tHC Odt-
come of the application to issue recei-
ver's certificates.
Mr.. Moore stated that he would at
once order the necessary repairs made
to the system and to the plant, but
would take no steps in regard to the
extensions. 1t is understood that an
other petition will be filed with the
Public Utility Commission by the
Somers Point citizens to force the
company to extend their lines and
give them service.
No one appeared to oppose the APP
plication at Trenton.
The United Water and Guarantee
Company, of Harrisburg, Pa, the
holding company for the local concern,
is now in the hands of a receiver and
two of it's officers have been arrested
on criminal charges. 1t was the pub
LEGATION of the receiver'sreport by Mr..
Moore, in which he charged the Off
Gals with wholesale footing that
brought about the failure of the hold
i"e company. 1t is understood that
the holding company controlled six
different water companies in New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania and that all of
these are now in the hands of receiv-
erS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
TENTH BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.

Miss Elma Nc Cornell was given a
birthday party Saturday afternoon in
honor of her tenth anniversary. The
guests were: Esther Brown, Dorothy
Hoy, Pearl Stebbins, Winnie and Dor
othv Weller, Marjorie Cook, Helen
Mcconnell, Gerald Tompkins and Eu-
gene Bates. A delicious luncheon was
served from a table handsomely dec
Grated with cut flowers. candles and
ferns, giving a beautiful color effect
of pink and green. The youngsters
seemed to enjoy themselves immense
W
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
MT. PLEASANT M. P. CHURCH.

At 1890, following class-meeting
led by Mr.. Enoch Martin, the pastor
will preach on "The Duty of Observ-
ing Holy Communion" after which he
will oficiate at the Lords Supper.
All church members are expected to
be present.
Applicants desiring to unite with
the church are asked to communicate
with Rev. Mr.. Severance.
At 7.30 p. m. the sermon will be on
the subject, Ashamed of the Gospel
of Christ"
Those under conviction of sin are
specially invited to come in the eve
ming.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
-
MISS ADAMS HOSTESS
AT FIVE HUNDRED,

Miss Pearl Adams delightfully."- en-
tertained at 900" at her home on
Verona Avenue, Thursday evening of
last week. A dainty repast was SER
we'd by the hostess. Her guests were:
DR.. and Mrs. Henry C. Munro, Mr..
and Mrs. Crowder, Miss Myrtle Lake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond G. Ireland,
Miss Helen Geary, Miss Evelyn Pea
cock, Miss Clara Purzner, Nj. and
Mrs. William z. Adams, DIR. Clyde M.
Fish, Mr.. G.. Bowen, Mr.. George B.
Thomas, Mr.. Clark Adams, Mr.. Ralph
Sanders and Mr.. Carl Adams.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

have repeated a poem he had learned
by heart.
Then we went on, and soon there
came another picture that appealed
to me even more than the former. |
tried to call his attention to it,but
he would not look at it.
mo, no." he said; zone thing at
a time"
In a few days l was at the studio
again, and there on the easel was the
picture.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
SCHOOL, TEACHERS
ENTERTAIN ASSOCIATES

The public school teachers who re-
side at Maple Inn entertained a num-
Der of the other teachers of Pleasant
vile and some invited guests at that
hostelry on Thursday evening. A
most delightful time was had by all.
Present were: Mrs. Thomas w. Hart
man, Mrs. Preston B. Adams, Mrs.
Mervyn Wilson, Mrs. j. Walter Martz,
Misses Valentine, Schaible, Garrison,
Davis, Bates, Jordan, Johnson, Dor
sheimer, Nichols and Hays.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
Hawaii's Crater Lake.

Waiapele, or Green lake, on the is
land of Hawaii, is a body of fresh
water in the pit of an old crater near
Kapoho. This lake covers an ares of
about five acres and is fed by springs
below the surface. A pumping plant
takes water from this lake for domes-'
tic use and for irrigation purposes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
Chapter on Finance.

1t is not what a man earns but
what he saves that makes him rich,
and it is not what he owes but what
he pays that keeps him poor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
After She Has Him Clinched.

1t doesn't take the average man
long to develop into a nonentity in
the eyes of the capable young woman
who chased him to bhe altar.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
DEATH OF MRS.
PRESTON j. LEEDS.

Mrs. May Leeds, wife of Preston j.
Leeds, died at the Atlantic City Hos
pital or Monday, aged 80 years. The
remains were brought to her late
home at ITO w. Washington avenue,
and funeral services were held from
Wesley M. E. Church on Thursday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. J. w. Nick
elson officiating. Interment in Pleas
antviHe cemetery. The deceased was
greatly beloved by all who knew her.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
An Umbrella Hint.

Before using a new umbrella or
sunshade rub a small quantity of vas
cline into the hinge portions of the
frame. This will not run like oil, and
it is a sure preventive against rust.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

Mayor Adams has given instructions
to Chief of Police Krewson to recall
all special officers cards which expir-
ed January 31st, and prohibiting the
use of officers badges upon this au-
thoritv.
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
Don't Wash Your
Hair With Soap

When you wash your hair, don't use
soap Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali, which is
very injurious. as 1t dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle
The best thing to use is just plain
muIsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap.
and beats soaps or anything else all
to pieces. You can get this at any
drug store, and a few ounces will last
the whole family for months
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. about a teaspoonful Is all
that is required. 1t makes an abund-
ance of rich, creamy lather. cleanses
thoroughly. and rinses out easily. The
hair dries quickly ard evenly. and is
soft. fresh looking. bright. fluffy. wavy
and easy TO handle. Besides. It loosens
and takes out every particle Of dust.
dirt and dandruf.-AdvS
The Washington times., 1915-08-26
London Gives Credence'
To Report That Japan
Will Lend Car Army

LONDON, Aug. 2s-News reports
from various rources that Japan ia
planning to send an~trmy to aid Rus
sia in checking the German invasion,
while lacking any official confirmation
Is given wide credence.
Dispatches from Tokyo assert that
Russia has asked for such action from
her ally in addition to the furnishing of
munitions which Japan has just taken
UP with redoubled energy.
In an interview cabled from Paris
Baron Kikujiro Ishii, formerly Japanese
ambassador to France and now foreign
minister of Japan, asserted that his
country will give every possible aid ia
the entente powers and to Russia in
particular. As Japanese foreign minis
ter, he declared. his first care will be
to draw still closer the bonds uniting
his country and the nations of the
entente.
rs not the fate of Japan entirely
bound up with that Of her allics?" he
asked. Nay. / go furtherafter the
war the relations Of Japan and the
triple entente must remain not whit
less close. not only in the interest OF
worlds peace"
As to Russia. the Japanese statesman
said: Since the beginning of the war
japan has been sending arms and mu-
nitions to Russia. In the presence OF
the grave difficulties through which
Russia is now going 1t Is an imperative
duty for US to consider what more can
be done in order to give her the maxi
mum help"