The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-12-18
As The Editor Sees 1t

You young fellows who have your
eyes focused upon the bright lights
and the gaieties of the BIZ cities
should get out your stub pencils and
do a little sum in addition. If you po
the way of others and drift to the city
you viii naturally annex a 'best girl
She will want you to take her to the
theatre once a week, and that will cost
$500 for the tickets, $500 or so for
the taxi and $500 or $500 for the sun
per after the performance. Then fire.
quently she will want an automobile
ride on Sunday and the car and chauf-
feur will touch you up to the tune of
$500 to $500 an hour. A box of an
dy and a few sodas and Sundaes and
a bouquet will eat UP another $500.
Your dancing lessons will cost you
$4,000 a season, and a spiked tail suit
will wipe out another $4,000, with
your dancing pumps absorbing at least
a Y. Of course it's great sport while
it lasts, but the first thing you know
you'll be yelling your head of for the
old man TO send lou car-fare home
and the price of a full stomach before
you start. YEP. city life is great in
more ways than one.
4 X X
Why shouldn't churches advertise
their Sunday services. and their mid
week meetings, and their socials and
other public affairs? If they are
worth attending land they are) they
are surely worth the expenditure of a
dollar or so in bringing them to the
attention of all of the people. We are
strongly of the opinion that if the
churches in Pleasanttville would con-
tract for a display space in The Pleas
antville Press each week and then an
nounce their subjects for sermons,
with a key to their import and appli-
cation to current events, together with
any other special features of the day,
there would be a greater interest tax
en- in church affairs, with a consequent
increase in attendance and financial
receipts. Times are not as they were
fifty years ago, and the church that
would fill its pews must adopt modern
methods of keeping in touch with the
people. Publicity will do il.
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We hope every person in Pleasant
vile and vicinity will be eating tur-
key on Christmas day. Some may
not care for turkey as well as for q
good fat chicken, but we hope they
clean up a turkey just the same. We
nave come to look upon Christmas as
a national turkey day, and we don't
know of anything in the feed line that
makes the average fellow feel quite
SO good IS the knowledge that he is
leaving the picked bones of a fine
large turkey behind him. So here's
bOniur tho +1rkau orrapac un11r oTU0
table.
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And if there is a single person
h~ereabouts who is not in a position
TO buy a turkey, aren't there enough
of US to see that one finds its way
to their door Just the same?
X X X
With Stanford White dead. and
Harry Thaw forgotten, and Jack John
son and his white wife in other chimes
we quite fondly hoped that the mantle
of American charity would not be fur
ther stretched for a season of time.
And now up hobs Frank Llovd Wright
again!
X X X
When a politician commences to in
quire solicitouslv after your health
and how the children are progressive
in their studies, and sends his regards
to your wife, and wants to know what
you have named the babv lust take tc
your heels and scoot. You know why
X X y
We are a great country. We are q
great people. But we are unable tc
protect either our greatness or our
selves.