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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
PLANTS MUST BE STUDIED
Successful Culture Is Impossible I'm
less One Thoroughly Understands
Their Characteristics.

Self-education in plant growing can
be carried on in the winter as well as
in the summer 1t is interesting to
study the habits and requirements Of
any plant, whether it is in season or
not. There are many hardy peren-
malls that can be started in the house,
and, if the work with them through
the winter is successful, they can be
set out of doors in the spring. This
includes growing from seed such
plants as rhubarb and asparagus.
There is no end to the plants that may
be thus utilized. Also, plant started
and successfully brought to maturity
in the home is likely to be harder
than those plants that have been
started in hothouses and afterward
transferred to homes. If one fails
with a plant lesson should be gained
from the failure in what not to do.
If one tries the growing Of good
many different kinds of plants there
are good chances for succeeding with
some of them, even under adverse con.
ditions.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
LOCATING THE NEW HOME
Points That Should Be Considered Be-
fore Permanent Residence Is
Decided Upon.

While home building is not a specu
lative investment, it is wise plan for
the home seeker to consider one or
two points in this connection. For ex-
ample, could he sell at profit if,
through business changes or some 9TH
er necessity, he should be obliged to
sell?
1t is well-known fact that immense
fortunes have been made by people
buying on the great highways Of
travel, where the increasing popula-
ton of some large city, ever pushing
out from the center, pays more and
more for land.
Since Unborn in the heart Of most
men is the love of making money, to
have a tidy sum laid by for old age
or a rainy day." the home builder
looking forward to the time when
he might wish to sell will wisely To-
cate on a main line of travel, for as
the adjacent city grows, land values
must increase, and the holder of such
property correspondingly increases his
income.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

is smaller in diameter than the can,
make a band of cardboard strips to
fit around the edge Of the lens as
shown in Fig. 6, and glue these strips
to the inside of the can. The lens
Jacket should fit loosely enough in the
lantern box opening SO 1t will slide
back and forth for focusing.
Figure shows the back of the Ian
tern box. Before putting this on, putty
up all cracks between the boards in
the top and front of the box to make
the lantern light-tight; then paint the
inside of the box and the cover boards
with lamp-black thinned with turpen-
tine, so there will be no reflections
other than those produced by the lamp
ref1ectors and the picture. In mailing
the boards in place, leave an opening
about 7 inches square directly oppo-
site the lens. Cut a piece of board
to fit this opening (E, Fig. y for the
picture holder, and hinge it in place.
"A frame for postcards to slide in
should be built up as shown in Fig g.
First nail strips f to board E, then
tack strips G to them SO their edges
project over strip F.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
STOP ALL DRINKING.

A handbook recently issued by the
German government for the use OF
field surgeons sounds a note of warn
ing against John Barleycorn. Tho
article is by Prof. Max Gruber of the
Royal Hygienic institute Of Munich.
We quote:
This is no time for the use of alco-
hol. Not only is the guzzling of all
alcoholic drinks to be stopped, but
the use Of even small amounts is, as a
rule, an evil.
ut is scientifically established that
even small amounts of alcohol weaken
and paralyze our powers of observa-
ton, memory and judgment, the COM
mand of our intellect, our wills and
our reason, our impulses, our brains,
| our body; cut down the gains from
exercise, the endurance Of hardships,
the ability to resist external injuries.
Ones strength and mental power
may be enough to withstand the mod
crate use, but efficiency cannot be i'm
proved by it. And those of us who
are small and deficient in mental and
physical power act recklessly when
we dissipate the little that we have
especially when we are under obliga-
lions to accomplish the most that we
| can"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

in addition to using her regular turn
for advancing one of her own balls. II
she fails to flip the ball from out Of
bounds, the other player receives two
flips in her next turn. If ball is
tipped on to or touches ball of the
opposing player, the play constitutes
foul, and the opposing player may
take any one Of her balls, place it in
the three-quarter circle (C) beneath
her basket, and have a free flip for
the basket, in addition to using her
regular turn. The player getting her
five balls into her basket first wins.
Parlor tennis is played with two
"winks" from game of Tiddledy-
winks or two cardboard disks.
Fig. shows how the tennis court
is constructed in the cover of a card
board box Rule off the lines of the
court with ruler and pencil as in
Dictated in Fig. s. Then for net
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

Goldfish Puffs. - Mix Goldfish and
mashed potatoes as for Goldfish balls,
place in buttered baking dish, brush
with the white of an egg and brown
in hot oven. Serve from the dish
in which it was baked.
Carrots are good cooked until ten
der, then mashed and seasoned with
little lemon juice and rind, using
plenty of butter and few dashes of
cayenne. Serve garnished with pars-
ley.
Any leftover cake may be steamed
and served with cold or hot custard,
making nice, simple and easily pre-
pared dessert.
Queen Pudding.-Heat three-quar-
tiers of cupful of milk, add the beat
en- yolks of three eggs, three table,
spoonfuls of sugar and three table,
spoonfuls of chopped raisins. Add
two teaspoonfuls of gelatin to half
cupful of hot water and add to the
first mixture. While still warm add
the beaten whites of the eggs, flavor
with vanilla and put into mold.
Serve with cream.
Nut Cream Pie.-In a double boil
er cook cupful of milk with cup.
full of sugar. Add the yolks of three
eggs and tablespoonful of -four,
then the Juice of lemon and half
cupful of peacan nut meats, chopped.
Bake single crust and pour in the
nut filling; cover the top with me-
ringue made of the whites of the eggs.
Brown and serve cold.
Orange Preserve.-Wash oranges
and cut them in slices a fourth of an
inch thick, cover with cold water, a
pint to each orange, and let them
stand "a hours. Cook them in the wa
ter until tender but not soft, add one
pound of sugar and the Juice of a
lemon for each orange. Cook until
transparent. Place in glasses and
cover with paraffin. A slice Of this
preserve with a little of the strip
makes plain ice cream appear very
stylish,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
WHY DRINKERS ARE FAT.

The labor leaders are beginning to
teach through the pages of their jour.
nails the nature and effects of alcohol
upon the physical organism. The fol.
lowing is from the United Mine Work.
ers' Journal:
mot all hard drinkers are fat, but
the tendency Of alcoholics to obesity
Is too marked to escape notice. A
well-known doctor says it is because
the alcohol usurps the function of the
fat, which accumulates. This is how
he explains it.:
1T is noticeable that those addicted
to the use of alcoholic beverages often
reveal a tendency to corpulence which
is proportionate to their use of the
drug. The fairness is not sign of
health. 1t is not even an indication
that alcohol is harmless. 1t is merely
the result of the complete oxidation
of the substance of alcohol by the
human body. The body will oxidize a
two-ounce quantity of alcohol in "a
hours, and will do it so completely
that no trace of alcohol can be found
in any excretory substance. This sim.
ply means that the unnatural heat pro.
duced in the body by the presence OF
the stimulant answers, for the time
being at least, for what would other.
wise be produced by the expenditure
of fats and carbohydrates. These lat.
ter are the fuel stored up by the body
and normally burned up in the pro.
duction of necessary bodily heat
though not natural heat-and this
expenditure is avoided. The fat is
therefore stored up in the body UNI.
used, and corpulence is the necessary
result. This, Of course, is not nor.
NAL condition nor a proper process.
1t becomes more unnatural with in.
creasing use of alcohol"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Seven
Year-0ld
Clifford
MERCER
RsadHis Story

During a recent interview, Mr.. Jo-
seph MERCER, of 253 Walker street.
Lowell, Mass, said to the writer: my
little boy, Clifford, seven years old. has
taken Father Johns Medicine when
ever he had a cold or cough, ever. since
he was two years old, and it has never
failed to give good results. He used
to cough badly at night and he does
not do it when we give him Father
Johns Medicine. We believe that Fa-
Their Johns Medicine gives him in
creased weight and strength. We
strongly recommend Father Johns
Medicine to mothers of children who
are weak and run down"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
AMERICAS GREATEST FOES.

Had saloons never been discovered,
and were it then in my power to por-
tray the effects of such discovery, all
men, without exception, would declare
1t impossible to conceive of any more
diabolical plan for the degradation and
destruction Of the human race. Our
greatest foes are the manufacturers
and distributors of alcohol. The
stories of injuries done by drink are SO
written in the sad life history of many
Of our greatest men; are SO evident
throughout our land in squalor, pow
erty, misery and crime, and replete in
prisons, warehouses; and asylums, as
well as in domestic infelicity, that it
is inconceivable that any intelligent,
rational man can deny the necessity
for strong, united action to rid the
land Of both manufacturer and dis
tributor DR.. A. Kelley of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY.

This is what the Home Life 1nsur-
ance company Of New York has to say
about beer:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, it is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the intel
lectual and moral and feeds the SEN
sual and beastly nature. Beyond all
other drinks, it qualities for deliberate
and unprovoked crime. In this re-
spect it is much worse than distilled
liquors. A whisky drinker will COM
nit murder only under the direct ex-
citement of liquor, a beer drinker is
capable Of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that a
large proportion of murders deliberate
ly planned and executed, without pas
sion or malice, with no other motive
than the acquisition of property or
money, often of trifling value, are per-
petrated by beer drinkers"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
N41. )Ne,l nc,eQ.
From the General.

Rear Admiral William H. Emory,
while attached to the navy yard, New
York, had Under his command young
a mess attendant while at the ISLANDS.
The admiral was busily engaged with
a large amount Of official mail when
the mess attendant came in hurriedly
announcing: "A message from the gen.
eral, sah." General who?" inquired
the admiral. General Delibery. sab.
replied the innocent looking negro,
handing the admiral general deliv
cry letter.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Do the Work,

OF the little details that attract one't
attention in a we'll designed house,
none are more important than are the
flower boxes. These should be de-
signed by your architect, and may be
simple or pretentious, as the style of
your house demands. Built up from
the ground, of brick or concrete, they
are a source of pleasure the year
around, if filled in the winter with low
growing evergreens. This is an espe-
cially pleasing treatment when used
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
O PARLoR BASKETBALL.

three inches away from each end
boundary line co.. Connect the ends
of the boundary line and the three
quarter circles with parallel lines
drawn as shown.
If you own a game of Tiddledy-
winks the little bone "winks" and
"snappers" are what you need with
which to play this game of basket ball.
There should be ten winks, five Of
each of two colors.
Parlor basket ball is for two per-
sons, but four may play with two on
a side. Starting the balls one at a
time in the center of the field OBJ, and
in turn. each player in our parlor bas-
ket ball game has for her object the
Tipping of her five balls into her bas-
ket, the basket having been chosen be-
fore the start, One flip constitutes a
turn whether it causes q ball to move
or not. If bail crosses the bound.
airy line (out Of bounds), the opposite
player may flip it in the opposite direc.
ton to that which it is being played,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

as shown in Fig. 4. These openings
must be inclosed so as to conceal the
light, and yet allow heat and smoke
to escape. The most satisfactory ar
rangement is that shown in Figs.
and 4. A baking powder can with its
bottom removed OBJ is slipped over
the lamp chimney and fitted into the
chimney hole, then tomato can CO.
is inverted over the top of the can
and fastened in the slotted ends of
three wooden peg stills Cd. Fig. o.,
and the pegs are fitted into holes made
in the top of the box Gigs. l and ~.
The lens is mounted in a baking
powder can jacket Gig. 81. Remove
the bottom of the can, and if the lens
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

chopped almonds and dress with a
spoonful of mayonnaise.
Pear sprinkled with preserved ginger
and dressed with mayonnaise ar
ranged on lettuce is another well liked
ombination.
For simple salad which may be
quickly prepared, chopped apple, a
few raisins and little celery with any
boiled dressing is good, but with the
addition of nuts it is much better.
Date Salad.-Clean and stone a
pounds of dates removing all the fiber.
Cut three oranges in thin slices after
removing all the peeling. Mix cup
full each of chopped apple and celery
and half the dates with any good salad
dressing. Place the center slice of
orange on bed of lettuce, spread with
the apple mixture and cover with the
next slice in size, then another layer
of apple and dates and another slice.
Top the salad with a generous spoon
full Of mayonnaise.
Fruit Salad.-Wash ard cut in strips
pound of figs. Remove the pulp
from two oranges without breaking
the sections; slice three bananas, COW
er with tablespoonful of lemon juice,
mix all together and serve with few
sliced nuts on lettuce with any de-
sired dressing.
Pineapple Salad.-Take a can of
grated pineapple, mix with cupful
of white grapes, seeded and peeled; a
half cupful of pecans, broken in bits;
a cupful of marshallows, cut in quar-
ters; cupful of whipped cream, to
which two tablespoonfuls of boiled
dressing has been added; served in
red apple cups is most delightful
salad in both appearance and taste
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
NEW KIND OF CARD RECEIVER
Annie's Household Duties Prevented
Her Taking the Pasteboards in
the Usual Manner.

Mrs. Harrison had a new servant,
Annie, an Importation from the EN-
erald isle, who was wholly new to the
social customs of this country. Mrs.
Harrison gave her considerable advice
on how to conduct herself under diff
ferent circumstances, and hoped for
the best.
One afternoon while the mistress
was out two society women motored
to the house to make a call. They
rang the bell and waited, but there
was no answer. They rang again, and
hfter considerable delay the door was
opened by Annie, who greeted them
with:
"Phwat do yez want?"
The women explained that they had
come to call on Mrs. Harrison. The
girl said her mistress was out, and
added:
well, jest stick yer cards between
me teeth. Owe been maxim bread
Harper's Magazine.
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through transparent slides it reflects
opaque pictures placed within it.

You can construct satisfactory Ian
tern yourself. You must get box
about 10 by 10 by 20 inches in size,
oil-lamps, or two 16 or 80 candle
power electric lamps with the parts
necessary for connecting them to the
lighting circuit, two lib. baking-pow-
der cans and two tomato cans, two
pieces of tin about by 10 inches in
size, and a double-convex lens about
inches in diameter. The lens from
a lantern or bicycle lamp will do.
Figures and 4 show the inside ar
rangement of the lantern box. Place
the lamps in the corners of the box,
next to the front, and tack in back of
them the piece of tin for reflectors
"a, Figs. 3 and ~. Bend the refec-
tors as shown in Fig. 8.
If oil-lamps are used, their tops will
project through the ventilator holes
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Fruit Trees Along Roads.

The habit of planting fruit and nut
trees by the roadside has long pre-
vailed in parts of Europe. 1t should
be cultivated in the United States.
Hickory and walnut trees are as beau
tiful as elms and a great deal more
useful Salem's streets have been
planted with hundreds Of walnut trees,
Those set out along McMinnville's
pavement years ago produced a ton
and a half of nuts this season.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
PARLoR BASKET BALL AND TEN.
MS.

For the basket ball game Gig. ~
you will need the cover of cardboard
box for the playing field. To each end
of the rim sew piece of cardboard
to form a backstop five or six inches
high. Each backstop will support a
little basket like that in Fig. 2. First
make loop two inches in diameter
out of strip of cardboard sewing to-
gether the Tapped ends, or fastening
them with a brass fastener Zig 81;
then make small clotl sack and
glue or sew its upper edge to the in
side of the cardboard ring.
Mark out the playing field with PEN
Gil and ruler. Draw a line entirely
around the field one-half inch inside of
the rim of the cover for an outside
boundary line GA, Fig. ~, and de-
scribe circle two inches in diameter
in the exact center of the field OBJ,
and three-quarter circle of the same
diameter directly in line with 1t and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Dutch N,w Guinea Mapped.

A Dutch expedition has recently fin
lshed mapping Dutch New Guinea,
which is about fourteen times as large
as the Netherlands and includes the
greater part of the Island of Paqua in
the South seas, Primitive men,
equipped with crude weapons and i'm
Elements of stone and flint, were en-
countered. Some were wild and war
like, while others were peaceable and
offered no resistance to the expedi-
tons investigations.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
chiIdren,s First Duty.

It is the duty of children to be ODE
dent to their parents. OF all the crea-
lures we are acquainted with, man
kind are the longest, before they be-
come capable of shifting for them
selves; and it seems to be the design
of Providence in keeping them SO
many years in a state of dependence
upon their parents, to train them up
to obedience.-Price.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
g PAPLo OR TENNIS
roads Weapon Of Defense.

The common toad, branded by
Shakespeare as ugly and venomous,"
is popularity, but quite enormously.
supposed to spit poison. 1t can. how
ever, when alarmed, eject from a large
gland on each side of the head above
the eyes, a white. acrid fluid, which
will cause dog to foam at the mouth
should ne be SO rash as to seize one.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

my cross-examination didn't seem
to worry you much" said the famous
lawyer to the witness after the trial.
Have you had any previous expert
ence?"
Just little" replied the witness
sarcastically. 81 have six children"
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Mrs, Hens SAVINGS.

"They's lotta ways O. maxim a
man mad" observed Mrs. Jonathan
Hep as she shiveringly took her rub
down, "but the o'ny one tibet never
misses fire is t. carreck the pronunshe
ashun Nv one # his words wen he's
tellin you were you git off at
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
REPRESSION oE DRINK.

1.-THE repression Of drinking that has
taken place in Industrial establish
ments has not been altogether of
force says the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times. "Workmen realize the bene-
fit to themselves. There is little COM
plant against the rules made"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

is one way of saw
ing them. Chop ra-
Their coarsely, cook
in a little butter,
dredge with flour,
add seasonings and
cream, when hot
serve with baked
potatoes.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
TO THE VOTER.

Which of your boys do you intend
Shall stand in the footprints Of ruined
men?
VIII you help them to enter life of woe
Because of your votes? Oh, no! Oh. no!
III you vote for saloons, verify fear
You'll have to support them; SO now look
here
Which Of your boys are you going to give
To ruin and death. that saloons may live?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Imnnrtatinn of Birds.

The department of agriculture Is
sues about 500 permits annually for
the importation of birds; the number
of birds imported amounts to about
100000, and as many as 1900 birds
arrive in single day
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13

there are numDerleSS
combinations which may
be prepared with the
foods at hand. Those
who enjoy grapefruit
will find no more deli
cious salad than the
grapefruit carefully re-
moved from the skin
and heaped on head let
4raN C,1r;n1y1a ~ Nth
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Comfort,

It's the mems hats that make them
bald, they say; and it must have been
the haloes that did the same for the
hallowed patriarchs of old. They wore
naught else on their heads.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
DELICATE OPERATION.

The handling of 4 magazine rifle is
very delicate operation, and those
men will perform it best who have
had no alcohol Sir ]. Crichton
Browne, M. D.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
THEMFsHN
E6ABLNEG

1t is a splendid thing to hear man
voice lofty sentiments, but one single
good action Is better than a hundred
sentiments not made use of.
We cannot properly understand 9TH
ers unless we have something of like
elements in our own natures.-Wm.
Hun :er.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
DRINKERS BARRED.

We do not employ habitua1 drink.
ers, and never have, because they are
not good workmen.-President White
Automobile Company.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-13
Discouraeing.

Invalid-Id like to see the proprie-
tor of this sanitarium!
Clerk-He has gone away, sir, for
his health Judge.
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Doesn't Amount to Much.

The only man who can get repu
tation for being absolutely consisten,
is one who never says anything worth
making a record Of