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The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
HAS KEEN EYE FOR BUSINESS
One English Volunteer Policeman Who
Probably VIII Not Lose Much
BY the War.

The foibles of his ally John Bull are
even now not quite invisible to the
Frenchman. And the following story
CT special constable, or volunteer POI
liceman, in London, is related not
without malice by a Paris paper. Just
after the last Zeppelin raid, when
the orders against showing lights were
very strict, this special was on duty
in one of the suburbs. Every time
he saw a house tAat was letting its
lights shine too freely out of it's win
dows he knocked at the front door
and called the attention Of the house
holder to the rules in such cases made
and provided and to the danger. And,
as in becoming special constable he
had not ceased to be man of busi-
ness, he not only called attention to
the badly shaded light, but suggested
contrivance for subduing the flu
mination This contrivance, he said,
he had tried in his own house with
the most satisfactory effect. All with
the most disinterested air imaginable.
His next step was to draw from his
overcoat pocket sample Of the con-
trivance itself, with the remark that
he had just happened to be carrying
it home to a particular friend who
had asked him to procure it. The
result was that at the end of his
tour of duty he had written down in
a little note book a couple of hundred
orders for the wonderful shade; which
meant that he was able to collect in
commissions, at the rate of shil
ling shade, matter of 95, or $25.
or, to put it magnifeently in French
coinage, 125 francs.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
STREETS THAT ARE CANYONS
Some Thorouahfares of Manhattan
Are the Most Highly congested
In the World.

Many of the highly congested
streets of lower Manhattan mean
while have beauty, or at least an
impressiveness, peculiarly their own.
It is only when one of these canyons
is isolated from its surroundings by a
photograph that the effect of mass
may be fully appreciated. An effect
of startling novelty may be had by
standing In the middle of one of these
streets and looking directly upward
The perspective from this point OF
view still further exaggerates their
height or rather depth.
In the Middle Ages it was common
to build houses with each floor pro-
jecting out beyond the line of the
floor below until the cornices of the
roofs on either side of the street all
but touched. The effect of looking
skyward from the middle of modern
New York street Is much the same.
The sun never penetrates to the
pavement at the foot OF some of these
canyons, which are, therefore in per
petual half shadow, like the bottom of
a deep well. The population housed
in these buildings is doubtless greater
In proportion to the street width than
in any other city In the world. It has
been estimated that If all the occu-
pants of these Office buildings were
to leave at the same time they would
have to stand ten deep in the street
in places.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
ALL WOMEN WEAR THE SHAWL
Little Chance to Show Beauty Of Form
or Clothing In the Mill Towns
Of Ulster.


In the mill cities of Ulster all alike,
young girls and matrons, enveIop
themselves In drab-colored shawls,
hideous wrappings Of tweed or knitted
wool or drugget cloth, which cover
them from waist to hatless head gar
ments always either rain-sodden or
dust-choked, which to the hygienist
shout aloud of dirt germs and disease.
In such garb there can be ne place
for feminine coquetry or individuality
Of adornment; it is as If they had all
sealed themselves 20 labor with a
common seal Of ugliness. even as wo=
men in the Elast blacken their teeth
with betel nut in token that they re-
nounce the lDomps and vanities Of
feminine allurements.
Their voices have the curious rhyth-
mic Tilt and fall which marks the VI
,sterman's speech all the world over.
and their speech is characterized by
Rabelaisian raciness and forcible d.
rectness which, to the ear of a strang-
er, are qualities more admirable In
men than in women. The Belfast mill
girls vocabulary is indeed q fearful
and wonderful thinga local dialect
peculiar to the linen industry and
themselves, which is heard at It's
brightest and best in fierce ordeaIs
or wordy battle--a trumpet tongue Of
invective and grim humor. the speech
Of breed which believes implicitly
in physical prowess and the survival
Of the flttest.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
Art and the War.

If every work of art existing in the
western world were obliterated, and
every artist killed, would human ma
ture return to the animalism from
from which art has in measure
raised it? Not so. Art makes good in
the human soul all the positions that
it conquers.
When the world is over, the world
win find that the thing which has
changed least is art. Certain withered
leaves, warts, dead branches will have
sloughed OF from the tree; the sap
will run at first q little faster for the
temporary check, and that is all. The
wind of war reeking with death will
neither have warped nor poisoned it.
The utility of art, which in these days
Of blood and agony is Knocked at, will
be raised again into the view even. OF
the mockers, almost before the thun.
der of the last shell has died away.
Beauty is useful" says Monsieur
Rodin. Aye! it is useful.-John Gals.
worthy, in Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
Defense Against zennaIIna

An English military expert writes:
"The question OF how far aircraft can
be utilized for defense against Zeppe-
Inns appears to be still under consld.
Grafton If they are to be used effac-
lively for the attack of the enemy air
ship 1t is generally assumed that they
must operate outside the London area,
or between the capital and the coast.
1t would hardly do to have them pass
ing through localities covered by gun
fire. There is also the difaculty Of
descending at night to be met Impor-
tant subsidiary questions which are
yet to be settled by consultation be-
tween the bodies concerned are the
control OF lights and trafac, as well
as the alien problem Perhaps of more
personal interest to Londoners is the
question whether the greater danger is
incurred by being in the streets or In
the houses. Upon this point the
authorities might do well to publish
figures showing the number OF casual
ties in either circumstance"
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
cernan PanaIon avatar,,

In reply to inquiries and to corred
misapprehensions about the relief ex-
tended by the German government to
the relatives OF soldiers killed In the
war, the North German Gezette Of
November s gives exact details con-
cerning this relief.
The rate depends first on the rank
Of those killed. The widow of a pri-
yate soldier receives yearly an aver
age Of 400 marks ($1O0), the widow OF
noncommissioned officer 500 marks
l$125), or a sergeant 500 marks
$3.50.
Each child Of private or noncom
missioned officer whose father is killed
In the war receives 168 marks f$42) .
year on an average, and each child left
an orphan receives 24O marks ($60),
In cases where, pursuant to military
law for relief Of soldiers families. the
regular relief is extended at reduced
rate per child on account Of there be-
ing several children in family, the
difference may be offset by special ros
lief donations.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
HAD VISIT FROM APPARITIoN
story Of TeIepathIc Thought Transfer.
ence In Which British Soldier
ls Chief Actor.

In the Evening News, London, ap-
pears the following account of q tele-
pathic vision of soldier at Kensal
Rise furnished to the paper by Leon
ard Williams, who received the story
at first hand:
A curious story of telepathic thought
transfercnse accompanied by ghost
ly vision is reported on good author
ity from KenEal Rise. Two or three
evenings ago woman who lives in
that neighborhood heard loud knock
ing at her front door. She opened it,
but nobody was seen.
On returning to the sitting room,
however, she noticed G dim figure in
khaki standing at the farther end.
After some seconds this figure melted
away. The woman told her husband.
and the next evening they received
a visit from an old friend, soldier
Just hack from the front, to whom
she related the incident. He asked
at what time 1t happened. She told
him at half-past seven exactly.
That's very strange" the soldier re-
marked. "for yesterday while / was
crossing from France l looked at my
watch, and finding the time to be half
past seven / said to myself, Il wonder
what Mr.. and Mrs. will say when
drop them call this time tomorrow
EVENING""
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
Doe Haa slIk.LIned coffIn.

Don, beautiful collie dog belonging
to Miss Ellen F.. Mason. is dead, ac
cording to a dispatch from Newport
R. /. He was run over by an electric
car, and many residents in the villa
colony viii mourn his loss. His CHIEF
pleasure was to play in the pretty
fountain In the grounds Of his mis-
tress' estate In Rhode Island avenue
always begging to have the water
turned on for his frolics.
His grave is beneath an evergreen
near the fountain. He had silk-lined
coffin. and a suitable slab is being
made which will be simply marked
Don"
Don II has now appeared on the
scene. He is very young Scotch col
lie.
Among other graves Of dogs marked
with slabs at Newport are those on the
estates of Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs
Mrs George B. De Forest and Mrs
Royal Phelps Carroll.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
Lonu-pIstance oratorx.

A dinner was given by a certain
Cleveland business organization few
nights ago, according to the Plain
Dealer of that city. The toast list in
cluded the names of several eminent
people, and the attendance was very
large.
The first speaker introduced by the
toastmaster was one of the long-wind-
ed variety. Twenty minutes is the
right length for an after-dinner
speech, II it is very interesting or very
witty. But at the end of forty-five
minutes this speaker was still going
strong. and he was beginning to try
to prove something by columns Of
statistics.
The second speaker got his heart
lest applause at the end Of one min
ute. He said:
Il shall not detain you long In
listening to the remarks of the last
speaker beg his pardon for moi
remembering his name; it was given
us by the toastmaster, but that was
so long ago that have forgotten it. =
That's as far as he got.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
Mans Inconsistency.

de-There, knew how 1t would
be. We have not been married a
month, and already you have ceased
to care for me.
( Young Husband Why, my love,
what can you be thinking Of? You are
dearer to me than ever.
1T isn't so; know it isn't You
took meals at our house lots Of times
before we were married. and you
scarcely touched anything. Ma said
she knew you were truly in love be-
cause you had no Appetite
"Of course, dear, but
+ And now you are actually cnm-
planning just because forgot to get
anything for breakfast
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
He's an Official Bird Chaser.

Wellesley college. the home Of
beauty and culture. now has an official
sparrow chaser. He is John H. Oakes.
and he is paid $40 month for catch
ing birds for dissection. Cats were
used formerly at Wellesley for dissect-
ing, but this was discontinued when
one Of the college janitors was haled
into court on the charge of stealing q
prize cat, President Ellen Fftz PEN
dleton was threatened with sum-
mons by Chief of Police Hiram Brown.
and cats thereafter were Stunned.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18

The mission settlement at Mt. Hope,
100 miles north of the arctic circle,
in Alaska. is contemplating the install.
lation of an electric lighting plant to
be driven by large windmills. During
the long arctic winter the steady
winds in that region seldom fall be-
low 20 miles an hour. which is ample
for driving the power plant. Since
fuel of any kind is exceedingly ex.
pensive in that region, the power win
serve the dual purpose of illuminating
and heating.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18

the little car had disappeared Elsie
laid her head on her rllfied pillow and
went to sleep with a smile touching
her pink lips. The acute Miss Whe-
land winked at her own reflection in
the mirror
Mrs. Sargent came in and kissed
her child's peaceful face and cried
little on the nurses broad shoulder.
Then she sat down at the bedside
while Miss Whelan went out and sent
this telegram to Doctor Lane, in New
York city:
Working finely Don't come home
yeti"
The next day Elsie was sitting in
the window when the doctor arrived
They talked tennis for half an hour
and Elsie declared that she felt worlds
better and wanted to talk longer, but
the doctor was as wise as he was en-
thusiastic. and, again sporting his ten
mis- flannels. he went on to the club
Inside of week Elsie Sargent was
downstairs and within the promised
fortnight she was rather slowly try
ing out new racquet In the tennis
court in the Sargent grounds. It was
a whole month before Doctor Phelps
would permit her to ride down to the
clubhouse with him In the shining lit
tie car, and he felt quite as triumphant
as Elsie at the tennis match when
Miss Sargent still held her place as
champion.
Mrs. Sargent wept few tears when
she tried to thank Doctor Lane for her
child's life.
''Tut-tut-thank Phelps, If he will
let you," he interrupted Il had hopes,
for he is the best fellow in the world,
but I hadn't the slightest idea that
everything would come out so well
and that-well, Flora Sargent" said
the doctor, with a sudden tenderness
in his tones as he laid his hands on
the little widows shoulders, IF you
are truly grateful, promise me one
thing"
Anything you like, Dick"
"Then, If Elsie marries Bert Phelps
will you marry me?"
"Yes-she won't need me then"
'very well. Flora; consider your
self as good as engaged to mel" he
said, putting his arm around her.
'Iook!"
Through the window they saw Elsie
and the young doctor walking in the
garden below Suddenly they paused
and Elsie looked up into Phelps COM
pelling eyes,
"See?" asked Doctor Lane tenderly
eyes," said Mrs. Sargent contented-
ly "The cure is perfect"
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18

She felt a vague resentment that he
had not remembered her there alone
on the island. Not the displeasure OF
the mistress for neglectful servant,
but a woman's jealousy because she
had been forgotten by one whose re.
gard she valued.
There was a fash of lightning, and
With her hands on her quivering
throat, Isabel looked down and saw
Dunstons form on the little landing.
He was bending over the canoe. His
head was bare and his white shirt was
wet with perspiration. He had eyi-
IDENTIFY hurried to rescue her, and yet
he seemed to be in no great haste now.
And the storm was almost ready to
burst over their heads.
Suddenly he turned and came up the
path.
"Oh, Dunston," she Quavered, "do
you think it's going to be very bad
storm?"
ooh, no, Miss Orth," he said cheer
fully, although his eyes evaded hers.
1--WE saw it coming up and so l came
after you. The wind is east and the
storm is shifting to the southwest. See,
it is quite clear overhead now"
at is" agreed Isabel. Then, with
change of tone, she said, timidly:
1T was very good of you to race over
here after me. II thought you had
forgotten me, Mr.. Dunston."
He Redeemed. 1t was the first time
she had ever called him that. The
golden sparks came into his eyes as
they fell on her lovely flushed face,
with it's new look Of shyness that was
quite adorable.
Il could never forget you," he said
grimly. Il wish to heaven / couldl"
There was a long. palpitatins ST.
lenoe.
IsabeIs proud head dropped before
his bold gaze.
Il hope you-you never will. Mr..
Dunston." she whispered.
He sprang to her side. "Just what
do you mean by that?" he demanded
fiercely.
Isabel lifted her eyes for an instant
before the thick lashes yelled them.
Dunston regarded her dizzily, his
hands clenched.
do you remember that am only
guide?" he asked sharply.
She nodded. You are a man-such
as have never known before"
you know nothing about me-you
Isabel, ! love you. VIII you marry
me?"
Again she nodded.
Unknown as l Gm?"
Eyes" she whispered.
II have a confession to make" he
murmured when his arms had enfold-
ed her yielding form. Two years ago
came to the woods dying from con-
sumption. lived like a primitive man
In the open, earning my own living
and have earned my life and splendid
health. Now / am going back to my
family and friends-oh, am not a
nonentity. darling. / belong to the
Philadelphia Dunstons and my father
is Seth Dunston of the Iron Worksl"
81 don't care about that-it's you
/ love!" protested Isabel.
"And another confession" he whis-
pered. 81 arrived at the island while
you were asleep in the hammock and
/ could not resist kissing you! / was
going to tell yoL and take my dis
charge. for it was a cowardly thing
to do! Tell me. sweetheart. that you
forgive mel"
Isabel smiled adorably.
II should never have forgiven you
If you had not!" she said.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.J
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
you'll" chuckIed the girl.
"Plenty Of them!"

you'll" chuckIed the girl.
PLENTY Of them!"
Il thought there couldn't be. Well,
what are we going to do2"
"Will anybody come after your"
Father or Fred may come about
midnight, but l am not sure Of it."
1--WE can't use either to get away
in. The motor is disabled. and your
boat has lost it's mast and SAIL
'tAnd we must sit here till help
comes?"
do you see any other way?"
'Tf were a young man. I'd take a
few lessons in few things, and I'd
begin on motor boats. We've got a
hired man at home who doesn't know
enough to pound sand. and yet I'll
wager he can fix this boat in ten min
utes."
IF I'd have let you drown out
there"
@But nobody asked your help. had
the boat to cling to, and was ali
right"
T1I know better next timel" was
the sulky reply as the young man
turned away.
From thence on. for long half
hour, there was silence between them.
Then it was broken by Miss Blythe
saying:
did you ever go over Niagara
Falls in barrel7"
Were you ever fired from can
non?" he replied.
Then there followed another long
silence.
OF course, these venturesome young
persons were rescued long before they
had experienced any serious hard
ship. When they separated. it is Ger.
tain that neither had the faintest pre-.
monition Of what the outcome of their
unpropitious Introduction would he.and
It Is equally probable that either would
have disclaimed any intention to pur.
sue the acquaintance. 1t is a fact,
however, that they were married less
than fortnight ago.
copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
DaDer SVndicate1
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18

This fellow in the straitjacket?"
"Oh, he was about to perfect an
efficiency system that would have
have made it impossible for any busi-
ness men to get tired
$50 they said he was crazy"
'sOf course! There has to be some
excuse for these girl shows. hasn't
there Judge.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
clever InventIon.

William Beach, the New South
Wales trooper who invented the rife
periscope which has been used In
Gailipoli, is the second son Of the
ex.champion sculler of the world. He
is twenty-three years old.
The Mount Holly news., 1916-01-18
c.,,.e and Effect.

Mrs. Casey-The doctor says -
have appendicitis, TIM
Mr.. Casey-0ch. Norah' Moran
Whoy wor ye so foolish as . sneW
him yer bank book7
The sun., 1916-10-15

The appointment Of clyde =. Thomp-
son as advertising director If the Miller
Rubber Company II Akron is Announced
In q telegram received from Frank Mill
hon, sales manager OF the Miller Rubber
Company.
Commenting upon the announcement
J. A. Budde. local distributor. said at
means that the Miller Rubber Company
rubber publicity as IL has become az 4
manufacturer. The past two or tire"
yeors have been years of phenomenal
gDbwth for the Miller company. In its
eWn town. where people have become
used 10 seeing enormous additions to the
rubber companies' plants started almost
every day. the growth 81 the Miller con-
Germ has been truly astonishing.
"Mr. Thompson IL n experienced
campaigner In the tire and rubber fie'd
His work with the Diamond Rubber
Company before Its consolidation with
the Il. F.. Goodrich company was a big
factor In giving the present trend 70
tire advertising. Since then Mr.. Thompson
has been connected with u number Of
big advertising successes of national
scope. Until his appointment as n
vertising director OF the Miller 'om.
pany M had been president OF the
Thompson-Carro.l Company Of Cleve-
land"
Mr.. Thompson himself says:
believe me. II seems good 10 bc back
IN the rubber works. where you can ge'
q good whiS Of rubber occasionally
right hot from the v%ulcanizing pits"
The sun., 1916-10-15
JERSEY WILL VOTE
ON NEW ROAD BILL
May Regain Lead In Race for
Greatest Percentage Of I'm
proved Highways.

New Jersey voters will have = chance
on November , to say whether or not
their State shall recover her lost position
AZ tho foremost commonwealth In per-
rentagc Of improved roads. AZ tho gem
eral election they will vote or a refer
endum question FOR tho adoption or re-.
lection OF the provisions Of tho Egan
bill creating II highway commission and
providing for u s1.o"0.00n bond issue Tor
the improvement G. thirteen main high
WAYS.
New Jersey WAS the nrsc State 10
adopt stat" AID for roa building. That
was in 1897. In 1901. 1919 per cent. ot
the ;otal road mileage OF IN. State had
been surfaced. and by January I last.
This percentage had been Increased Ia
3ai, per cent. Hut Rhode Island, Mass1-
chusctts. ohio and Indiana had outdls-
taucrd New Jersey with u larger per-
c"ntag. Of improved roads. The State
can regain it's premier position N \ few
years IL the proposed hont issue - ear
RCD NJ the ooining election.
There should be very lttl" opposition
to In" hill. because Il provides that all
the bonds ARE to be repaid u of the
funds collected from the motor vehicle
registration fees. drivers licenses and
fines collected by The State. The motor
ychic,. owner. favor the proposal be-
t'iUS' u" tl'lf! lN'E Its WIN Nv 'FFN
20 construct the best types q: roads.
| whil. other road users will get the h-ne-
NJ 81 tha improved highways without
| amy additional TAXATION.
Tho bll provides that these main
| routes shall be paved with granite.
asphalt or WOOD blocks. brick, concrete.
httuiuirous concrete. asphalt or other
pavement having a hard surface and nj
Il durable character" This 10 looked
, upon as 4 highly important featur. ho-
Cause IT 4, costing the state about $1,000
y nile per year Ia maintain III" present
macldam roads. whereas concret" az
hri,t roads can be maintained II not "a
exceed $50 a year. While concrete roads
| may cost 5000 n IN Ia more 10 build
than the h'"t macadam roads. Che saw
ing in upkc,p will wipe out This extra
-Np.rs" In iiV. or SIX years. and there
! after n. roads viii save money for the
| Sta'". Meanwhile, they WY he IN pri"'
tieal.y perfect condition every day IN
IN. year and viii ou;last the Ne on tn
bonds by many years.