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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Tommy Poses for tho Films.

The human side of Tommy is delight
fully manifested when he is under the
fire of the cinema camera-and knows
it. Occasionally a man loudly will an
nounee that my face will not be in the
picture" but when the film is displayed
It usually happens that he Is one of the
most prominent details of the incident.
Generally the men love the idea of be-
ing shown on the screen in what they
call movie shows"
The officer and war ONCE operators
who are organizing the pictorial his
tory of the war have had some quaint
experiences. The soldiers no sooner
catch sight Of the operators at work
than they begin to pose for the part.
AS a rule the first thing is to light q
cigarette, to set the cap at rakish tilt
and to adopt q general air Of extreme
nonchalance. Others handle their rife
with a demeanor OF heroic ferocitH,
while few affect the Charlie Chap
lin" style, as though the whole thing
were q joke.-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
HONOR MUST GO TO SWEDEN
First Real Safety Match Was Invented
by a Citizen Of That Coun-
try In 1885.

The first match was invented nine
ty-nine years ago by Derosne, a
Frenchman. But matches were not
used to any extent outside Of France
until 1927, when an English druggist
named Walker improved on Derosne's
idea. The safety match was born in
Sweden in 1855.
Patent leather was invented in New
ark, N. j., seventy-one years ago by
Seth Boyden, a blacksmith, who had a
turn for mechanical discoveries.
There is a statue in his honor.
The first white child born In New
England saw the light 295 years ago
while the Mayfiower lay at anchor in
Cape bay and before the Pilgrims
touched at Plymouth Rock. The child
was boy, saddled with the name of
Peregrine White, in memory of his
parents peregrinations across the win
try Atlantic. He died in 1704 In his
eighty-fourth year.
The first moving machine was pat
ented seventy-one years ago by Will
liams and Ketcham. Nearly 10000
patented improvements have since
been made on that early design. How
commuters passed their home hours
up to seevnty-one years ago is a mys-
terry. Perhaps there were no commu-
ters. Certainly there were no lawn
mowers.
The first club Tin the sense we now
use the term) was launched in Eng
land 246 years ago. It was the Lon
don Civil club. The club was founded
in this way: A group of London men
about town used to meet in a tavern
nearly every evening. They banded
together and moved from the tavern
to a house Of their own, which they
called a clubhouse. The first impor-
tant club in America, the Wister of
Philadelphia, was founded in 1888.
The first distinctive club for women
in America was Sorosia, founded in
New York in 1868.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Antiquity of Passnorts.


Passports are a very ancient insti-
tuition. Some of the old monkish
chroniclers mention as an achieve
ment on the part of King Canute that
he obtained free passes for his sub
1ects through various continental coun-
tries on their pilgrimages to the
shrines of the Apostles Peter and
Paul, at Rome. Each pilgrim was fur
nished with document in the nature
of a passport called "Tructuria de
Itinere Peragenta." Hall in his
Chronicle" makes reference to a sys-
tenn of passports in the time OF Ed
ward w, and the enforcement Of this
system is known to have oeen very
strict in the reigns Of Elizabeth and
James /.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02

Mrs. B., new to the neighborhood
where she lives, received her first in
vitation to an important social event,
and for the occasion arrayed herself
with becoming daintiness. 1t was one
of those murky evenings, not SO very
far back. and to protect her feet on
the way from the door to her auto she
drew over her Cinderella party slip
pers a pair of storm rubbers-the kind
that look twice as big. because of the
shield that comes up over the instep.
When time came to put on her wraps
to go home, she was Mortified to find
that she had been revealing to the
public gaze all evening combination
of party slippers, silken hosiery and
gum shoes. She had forgotten to re-
move her weather protectors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Questionable Point Of Law.

There appears to have been q con-
fiict of opinion among the early Eng
lish judges as to whether breaking out
was burglary at common law. The
same doubt as to whether breaking
out constituted burglary at common
law. which existed among the early
English judges. has arisen among the
American judges. The recent case of
Lawson vs.. Com. L. r. A. 1915D, 972,
holds that burglary may be estab-
lished by proof of breaking out as well
as breaking in, under statutes provid-
ing punishment for any one who shall
feloniously break any dwelling house
and take away anything of value, and
requiring statutes in derogation Of the
common law to be literally construed
with q view to promote their objects
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
peveIopment Of rlIeflsh Industry.

OeV0tOpH1eHG OF tHSfSU bHuHSktys
In It's investigation of the possibili-
ties Of the tilefish industry, the United
States bureau of fisheries finds that
there is some reason to believe that
the fishing grounds extend some dis
lance toward Cape Hatteras, although
up to the present time they have
been developed only as far south as
about the latitude OF Atlantic City.
In the extension of the field the zone
in which both the depth and temper
AZURE are suitable is probably much
narrower than farther north.
The commercial fishery for tilefish
continues to develop. During the
month of January $4,000 pounds were
landed at New York in IL trips by six
fishing vessels, or an average Of 2S,400
pounds per trip. This is an increase
of 1876 per cent over the amounts
landed during December. The price
remains uniform at an average Of
about six cents per pound. Scientific
American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
NUMBERS DON'T COUNT
GREAT VICTORIES WON BY Nu-
VERTICALLY INFERIOR ARMIES.
Most Notable Is the Conflict at the
Pass of ThermopyIae-smaII
Force of Irishmen Held the
Bridge at AthIone.

The victory Of Gideon's 300 over
10000 Midianites. and the activities
of Samson with that jawbone, as re-
lated in the Book of Judges, are fair
indications that the Lord is not always
on the side of the big battalions,
writes George Irwin in New York Eve
ming Telegram. Profane history at
fords many instances of long odds.
Ten thousand Greeks routed 10000
Persians at Marathon, and 300 brave
Spartans died while defending the
pass of Thermopylae against 1900, 900
tmore or less) other brave Persians
during the famous invasion Of Greece
by Xerxes
The Scots have one to their credit
over England when in 1914 Robert
Bruce and 10000 of his countrymen
routed 100000 Of their southern neigh
bors
At Crecy in 1346 10000 English
proved too many for 100000 French,
and some years later at Poitiers the
Black Prince, with $4,000 men, dis
posed of the king of France and five
times that number principally by the
prowess Of his archers.
Three hundred and fifty Irishmen
held the Shannon bridge at Athlone
against $1,000 English, Dutch and
Germans in 1891. Two hundred Of
their number fell, but the bridge was
destroyed before the others drew off.
Charles XII of Sweden, with 5000
men, defeated an army Of $4,000 Rus
SLAMS at Narva.
AS might be expected In the wars
between civilization and barbarism or
standardization, the victory was gen.
orally won by the former against fear
full odds.
II the Spanish chroniclers are to be
believed Cortez defeated 100000 Az
tees in the battle Of Otumba after he
evacuated Mexico City, or, as 1t was
then called, Tenochtitlan. On this oc-
casion he could scarcely have mus
tered 200 Spaniards.
In India the British have had their
own share In this kind Of warfare.
Robert Give, with 5000 men, defeated
Surajah Dowlah's army OF $4,000 at
Plassy in 1851, and Sir Robert Napier
tackled 10000 Beloochees at Meanee
with $500 men.
The longest odds in any modern bat
tie were faced, however, by Garibaldi
when at the battle of Marsha In 1859,
with 1000 red Shirts" he attacked
and defeated $4,000 Austrians.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Novel GAG HoIdera.

The floating bell form Of gas holder.
with its telescoping sections. water
tank seal for the lower edge and elab-
crate framing for guiding the cylinder.
is q very expensive structure, and it
has not been evident how it could be
improved. A new principle has, how
ever. been devised that greatly SIM
plif1es the construction and reduces
the cost. Instead Of being movable,
the tank is fixed. and its roof is NOV
able. sliding up and down within. This
roof is fitted as closely as possible,
and to prevent the gas escaping wa.
ter Is pumped on to it, thus forming
a water seal. OF course, some water
passes through the joint, but this Is
withdrawn and returned to the roof by
q pump regulated to compensate for
the leakage.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
ColviIle.


II Sim Lane, on his deathbed, had
known what the watchers knew, he
might have smiled ironically at the
life he was leaving, wherein shams
pass for truth, and delusion for re
atty. All the eight thousand, anC
fifteen thousand more, he left his
daughter. The mourners followed the
body to the grave, and then the trutl
came out.
Jim and l." said the lawyer, 'haG
often shouted at the old man, as boys
Will. but it was Jim who conceived
the idea. You see, Jim had always
had laundering for theater folks, and
when the P. Sinett troupe went broke
and started to walk back to the me
tropolis along the ties. they had to sell
the property for what it would fetch.
Nobody was willing to give more
than few dollars for the scenery
and then only long speculation. Blu,
some of the stuff brought in enough
to pay the ladies' dare halfway. And
there were odds and ends left oyel
that nobody wanted to touch. The,
were all afraid of the property money
1t looked too real-lead stamped ant
gilded. Country folks have vague
fears Of the law.
That's how Jim got that bag O
fake gold, and he said to me what
joke it would be to bury it In the ole
man Lanes barn. and watch his face
when he found it. We didn't know
that we were bestowfng Gods provi
dence upon his wife and daughter
Changed the whole nature of the mar
and sent him happy to his grave
Yes, sir, life is queer problem, bu
the moral l get out Of it is, "let the
morrow take care of itself" At least
Sims fears and terrors might have
been with him to the grave, instead
of being dropped when he sewed VI
eight thousand dollars Of fake money
inside the mattress"
DOWNRIGHT 1919 nv w n ChaDnnanN
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
commas that Indloates rIma

BY a slight modification in the or
binary pocket compass it has been
transformed into a very practical time
piece for indicating the hour by the
shadow of the sun. In addition to the
usual points" there Is a graduated
hour scale with the two twelves at the
north and south. The crystal by which
the magnetic needle is protected has a
line etched across 1t through the CEN
ter and 1t is mounted In a bezel which
permits of the glass being rotatably
moved. Knowing the variation of the
compass, an adjustment of the glass is
made to overcome it, the etched line
forming an angle with the north and
south line corresponding with the vari-
alton. The instrument being held hori-
zontally and the etched line being d.
rected against the sun, the time is in.
dicated by the needle, the point of
which overhangs the graduated hour
scale.-Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
sleen and Freah Air.

But the more baby is left to itself,
provided it is comfortable and well,
the. better for its nerves. 1t must
sleep many long hours in the fresh
air, and, of course, If it is excited and
stimulated. it will not want to settle
down to its daily nap, nor at bedtime,
after a romp. will it want to go to
sleep alone and in the dark. Rest,
proper food, quietness and fresh air
are the things needed to establish
good nerves in child.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
SECOND PHANTOM SHIP
FLYING DUTcHMAN" SAID TO
HAVE A RIVAL.
Both French and Yankee Fishermen
shun Cove Who're They Believe
the 0hostly Vessel Seeks
Refuge.

It is said that the French fisher
men from the Magdalen islands and
the matter-of-fact Yankee shippers of
Bangor alike shun the shores of Bay
Chaleur after dark and refuse to put
in at Dead Mans cove, under any cir
cumstances, preferring to run the risk
of laundering in hurricane in the
open sea to sharing the shelter Of the
cove with the phantom ship"
This famous specter of the sea is
said to appear only in the calm pre-
ceding great storm with every stitch
of canvas drawing and her decks
swarming with men, all running to and
fro as II In panic. Ahead of her the
water is like glass, behind her the
gale comes tearing along. beating up
the sea into froth and driving her
straight on through everything in her
way. She Is an ancient model, full
rugged and gray all over-hull, upper
works, sails and spars-as If formed
Of fog. Gray, too, is her CHASTITY crew.
The inhabitants of st. Pierre tell of
q smack on herring trip that found
herself right in the track OF the "phan-
tom ship" Captain and crew had heard
of the ghostly vessel, but scoffed at it,
and when they saw her loom up In the
twilight straight ahead they thought a
collision imminent and the startled
steersman put the helm over. The sea
wrath swept down upon them, and in
the space Of breath had passed right
through them and was racing madly
astern In the direction of Dead Mans
cove. A fishing schooner from Magda-
len island, warned by the thickening
sky of an approaching storm, put in
at the cove to ride out the gale. Be-
ship was seen coming rapidly behind,
also heading for the cove. AS it drew
near the captain got out his glass to
see II he knew the stranger. Suddenly
he dropped to his knees and COM
menced to pray. Boys" he yelled. ITS
q ghost. saw sea gull fly right
through her mainsaill" Every man
threw himself on his face'in an agony
of terror, afraid to look. The first to
raise his head and look over the rail
was the cabin boy. "Oh. get up; get
up, all Of you," he shouted. shes
gone" The crew lost no time In max
ing sail out OF the cove in the teeth Of
black squall
Another story Is that Of smack
from st. Pierre which saw the phan-
tom anchored just inside the cove at
sunset. A small boat filed with men
was making trips between the gray
ship and the beach, at each trip un-
loading boxes and barrels which other
men waiting ashore buried in the sand.
The captain did not wait to see
whether they were interring dead men
or chests of treasure, but got away
from the place as fast as he could.
Old sailors along the Maine coast firm
iy believe that the phantom ship" is
Q merchantmen that went down with
all on board trying to reach the cove
IN q great storm in 1884; but at st.
Pierre the fishermen believe 1t is a
pirate haunting the spot where the
buccaneer crew hid the treasure for
which they lost their souls.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Etiquette overdone.

The good people Of the church gave
the poor children of the parish boun.
tiful dinner. and the delight Of the
youngsters was much more manifest
than their table manners.
One little fellow was discovered
clutching jam tart in one fist and a
lump of pudding In the other. He
was reproved for his breach OF ell
quette, and took the reproach very
meekly But a moment later he
turned to the diner next to him and
remarked regretfully:
The troubles about these here table
manners is that they was invented by
somebody who wasn't never really
hungry"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Banks vicIssItudes.


The Bank OF England has had its
troubles, Notwithstanding its great
financial strength. 1t has passed
through many perils. AT various times
its notes have been at a heavy dis
count, it's credit has been assailed, it
has been threatened with impeach-
ment, and it has been attacked by
rioters. The first run" on the bank
occurred in 1907. Other panics or
runs occurred in 1745, 1897, and 1926.
In 1882 the Duke of wellington was
unpopular, and four men placarded
the walls of London with the words,
ITO stop the Duke. Go for Cold No
body knew exactly what it meant, but
y produced tremendous run on the
bank At one time the bank lost
100000, or almost $1,000, 900, through
the forgeries of one man, and still
more at another time by the forgeries
Of another man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
Sham Rahuka.

A woman lawyer In San Francisco
made an argument in court that en-
ragged her opponent. When he came
to reply he lost his temper. "a wom-
an" said he. ought to be in better
business than wrangling in court with
men. She had better be at home rails
ing babies"
"A woman" she rejoined, had bet.
ter be in any business than raising
babies, to become such men as this
creature. Case and Comment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02

my poor woman" said the settle
ment worker, what can do to re-
lieve your distress?"
Can you sing, ma'am?'
''Why-er-a little"
Il wish you'd sing some of the new
ragtime songs, ma'am. Me and my
husband amt been to q cabaret in
two years"
Arizona republican., 1916-09-03
Coming to The Arizona This Week

by the wind and the trees. This was the basic motive of the Greek dancing of expression.
 It is also not generally known that Maud Allan is not accompanied by music when she dances. She uses an orchestra; it is a very important fac tor in her work, but, instead of the music accompanying her, it is just the opposite; she accompanies the music. No two of her dances are given exactly alike Her idea is to interpret a great musical composition, not to use the music simply to accompany a meas ured number in dancing technique.
 For this season Maud Allan has or ganized the Maud Allan Symphony Or chestra, comprising forty musicians. Her conductor is Ernest Bloch, the Swiss composer whose grand opera, Macbeth was successfully produced at the Opera Comique. Paris, several years ago, and which may be produced at the Metropolitan Opera House this season. Mir. Bloch is not only con- ductor and composer of note, but also a lecturer on musical subjects
 His conferences at the Geneva Con- servatory were novelty in that musi- cal center for many years. MT. Blocf was born in Geneva thirty-six years i ago. This is his first time in the ! United States.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-03
PAULlN FREDERICK SIGNS TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH
 FAMOUS PLAYERS

Contrary to current rumor that she was to accept flattering offers from legitimate managers to return to the stage Pauline Frederick, the emotional actress who became a big screen star over night when she made her motion picture debut in the Famous Players adaptation of Hall Gaines drama "The Eternal City" has decided to remain upon the screen and has signed a two year contract with the Famous Play CTS Film company By the term of this contract Miss Frederick becomes one of the few highest paid screen stars and automatically assures her appear ance in Paramount pictures for the next two years.
 The sudden rise of Pauline Freder-
 ick to a position among the very fore most emotional actresses on the screen and the tremendous popularity which
 she has won by her charming person.
 ality would be astounding to one who
 was not familiar with her stage career
 before she became a photoplayer. Hav- ing been successful in light comedy, Miss Frederick had progressed to some
 of the biggest emotional roles then
 being enacted upon the stage and had proved a positive sensation in 'Inno- cent" and as Zuleika in the celebrated Joseph and His Brethren Hailed as incomparable among the younger gen. eration of emotional actresses and at the very height of her popularity on the stage, Miss Frederick surprised many of her friends by accepting the offer of the role of Donna Roma in i The Eternal City"
 But the success which she scored in the production more than justified Miss i F'redericks decision and prompted her acceptance of an offer to remain ex- clusively upon the screen.
 It is no exaggeration to say that her popularity has been steadily increasing from that day to this. There is a very logical reason for Miss Frederick S success on the screen. In the first place she is unquestionably one of the 1 most beautiful actresses on stage ol
 screen, her attractiveness being due to magnetic power rather than to mere
 vapid prettiness-a magnetism that radiates from the screen and makes her as fascinating in the shadow world as she was on the stage.
 In the second place, Miss Frederick is a thoroughly trained actress. AL ways noted as a genius in the difficult art of expression on the stage, she has
 moulded that gift to meet the peculiar | requirements of the screen and has at
 tackled that problem with the same
Arizona republican., 1916-09-03
IA SURPRISE FOR ALLr

Al JolSon was astonlShed yesterday to learn that again" he has been wounded in the fighting along the Somme river in France!
 The comedian received this jolt while perspiring at a rehearsal of Robinson Crusoe, Jr" It was administered through clipping from a newspaper handed him by a sympathetic friend.
 It reads as follows:
 Word was received yesterday that Al Jolson. who has been fighting al- most necessarily since the beginning of the war has again been wounded in the recent fighting on the Somme river. Jolson has been wounded sev- eral times since the beginning of the war. but never before seriously"
 The comedian felt himself all over, and had the stage manager thump him on the chest and on enc back to see just where it was that he had been hit, but could find neither cut nor con- tusion.
 He was very much concerned at the 1 audacity of his being wounded without letting himself know anything about it. Now that it has been definitely established that he was wounded a number of times in France while play ing in America, he will apply to the French and British governments for a pension.
Arizona republican., 1916-09-03
KITTY IN STRANGE COMBINATION


 Another deal of wide interest to the film industry was effected by Lewis J. SelZnick this week when he closed negotiations for the control of a series of big feature pictures starring Kitty Gordon, the famous beauty of the mu- sical comedy stage. The transaction was with Lawrence Weber and G. M. Anderson, better known as "Broncho Billy Anderson, the film star and as- sociate organizer of the Essanay com pany, in which trade name his initial forms the "ay.'
 The new Kitty Gordon features will mark the return to studio activity of MT. Anderson, who will be director in chief of all the productions. The first picture will be an adaptation of a fam ous play, the title of which is being withheld temporarily pending final ne- gotiations for the rights of the work. Miss Gordon has appeared in only a few pictures but her beautiful face and figure are already known to mil lions of picture patrons and there is a wide demand for her continuance as a screen star. The few pictures in which she has been starred hardly did 1 justice to her dramatic abilities and in i the new productions no expense will i be spared to secure scenarios worthy : of the star
 Work on the first production will be- i gin this week at the Blache Studio, in Fort Lee. where the Clara Kimball Young Film corporation is also in | operation. The play from which the initial production is to be made is 8 brilliant comedy, with big dramatic situations and the central role is saiC to be tailor made to fit Miss Gordon's presence, personality and dramatic powers