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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

Brotherhood cemetery.
The commencement exercises Of the
Mount Holly high school will be held
in the school auditorium on Thu rsday
evening. The class Of this year is
composed of nineteen graduates, as
follows: Latin scientific eourss-Mary
L. Kinsler. Beatrice Mitchell. Clara 1.
M. Turner, Elizabeth V. Lewis, Otto
T. Palmer. English and modern LAM
guage course, Irene T. Jennings, Flora
NJ. Harker, Mary w. Borden, Clara M.
Hogan, Donald H. Ross, Watson c.
Cooper, Luther S. Bradley, Russell L.
living. Commercial course, Estslla
H. Brown, Roy o. Thornton. r. Edwin
Willitts, George s. Kimble, Madeleine
K. Lautsch, Mabel M. Phillips. The
class colors are blue and white, the
class flower the white rose, and the
class motto "Quod facitis bene facite. y
The board OF education has decided
that the interests OF the school and Of
the taxpayers can best be served by
giving up the idea of buying another
building at this time, in view of un
settled conditions, and the probability
that the expense Of conducting the
government will be greatly increased
by the war, with q corresponding in
crease In the tax rate. At the las,
meeting of the board resolution wa
adopted. authorizing the renting OF thu
Y. NJ. C. A. building on Buttonwoo'
street for one year. This action vii
allow two new rooms to be opened ant
will greatly relieve the crowding anon!
3 the smaller children. The building
mentioned was erected for school use
and La well suited for the purpose. /
is hoped that conditions will be NOR
settled at the expiration OF the yesI
and that permanent arrangements ca
then be made to take care Of the regu
lar growth Of the schools.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

General A. +. Shlras Post, No. 26,
G.. A. R., desire to extend hearty
thanks to the organizations which aid
ed in making Memorial Day one of
pleasant recollections. The societies to
which thanks are extended are: The
Ladies' Aid of the G.. A. R., Gen. Jo-
seph Hooker Camp, Sons of Veterans,
Captain Long and his men of Com
pany E. Third regiment, and the
ladies of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. Thanks are also due
to the clergymen who made the pa
tRiotic addresses, the business men who
loaned automobiles in which the old
soldiers were conveyed around town,
and to the boy scouts. The quarter
master reports having received 800
from Northampton township and $40
from Lumberton township. After pay.
ing for flags, flowers and music, there
Ia balance Of $13.72 in the treasury.
Lumberton had spirited election
on Tuesday when the question Of rails
ing $4,000 to finish the new school
building was voted on. The bonds for
the building were authorized some
time ago but when the contract came
to be considered it was found that il
would require $4,000 more. This wal
to be raised by taxation. There was
considerable opposition from the farm
ing districts, the residents thinking
that enough money had been appropri
ated. The Hainesport district also got
the same idea and there was some
hustling by those favorable to the pro
ject and by those opposed to it. Automo
biles flew around the township gather
ing in the voters. Many of them haC
large placards on with the words "W
vote yes" The women were in favo
of the appropriation and when tn,
: votes were counted it was found tina
there were 1877 for it and lab against.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-05

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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
CIGAR AS OPIUM SUBSTITUTE
Aiding in Redemption Of China, Where
Natives Are Now Frequently Seen
Smoking Their Cheroots.

The cigar is doing large part in
the redemption Of China. 1t is no I'M
common thing to see a native smoking
his cheroot, which promises to enjoy
the favor once bestowed on opium.
The import of cigars into various
Chinese ports has been greatly on the
increase in the last few years, and now
amounts to about $350,0O0 annually.
OF this trade four-fifths normally Is
through Hongkong. There has been
marked increase in the quantity of
Dutch-made cigars used in South China
and other portions of the Far
East during the last year or more,
where, for various reasons, Philippine
cigars have been losing In favor.
Previous to the outbreak of the war
in Europe considerable quantities of
cheap cigars were sold in China and
the Far East through German firms in
Hongkong, and German cigar fac
tory was operated in Hongkong for the
manufacture of cheap cigars for the
Chinese trade and also Cor export to
Europe. This factory is still operated
under Chinese control.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
Wars Little Tragedies.

ITS all right for them to counsel
the stay-at-home woman to sit tight
and economize and thus do her part
to help the nation" complained a
clearinghouse keeper in Forty-second
street. But what are you going to do,
l want to know, when you depend for a
living on running boarding and room
ing house, and five of your best young
men go off to the training camp? And
it does seem as if it was the spunkiest
and most likable that go first! l got
one solemn, Iong-faced hookkeeper
with me that never did shed q ray of
sunshine round the place, but do you
think he'd go? Not him! 1t takes the
very best. Oh, dear !"-Eew York Her
aid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

sidered that we had achieved rather
success"
Il suppose / must look upon your eff
fort as compliment" Louise sighed,
but it seems queer to lose even so
much of you. Shall you take up our
manners and our habits. Mr. Strange
wey, as easily as you wear our
clothes?"
THAT l cannot promise" he replied.
"The brain should adapt itself at
least as readily as the body" the
prince remarked.
NJ. Graillot, who was one of the three
men present, turned around.
"Who is talking platitudes? he de-
manded. II write plays, and that is
my monopoly. All, it is the prince,
see! And our young friend who inter
rupted us at rehearsal yesterday"
Graillot held out his left hand to the
prince and his right to John.
"Mr. Strangewey," he said, 81 con-
graduate you! ANY person who has
the good fortune to interest Miss Maui
rel is to be congratulated. Yet must !
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
New Talking "MoVies."

Application ) been made for a
patent on a very elaborate device
which would produce a combination of
the cinematograph and the photograph
to give us moving pictures wherein the
characters not only move but speak.
The idea of such pictures is not new,
but the difficulties of synchronizing
have hitherto proved insurmOuntable.
BY synehronizing is meant the exact
coincidence of the motion picture, pro-
jected by one machine, with the speech
supposed to proceed from the char
acters, which is produced by quite an
other. Unless the speech comes at
the right instant, the result is laugh
able rather than impressive. In the
proposed device the actual speech of
the character is transmitted by wire
less telephone to monograph whose
complex receiving mechanism is syn
chronized with the movements of the
moving picture camera.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THEM
But He Could Tell Folks at Home
That He Had Seen Exhibits in
Art Museum, Anyway.

He was little and bent and aged and
a queer old felt hat Topped about his
ears. But his eyes were bright and
his chin stuck out at an aggressive
angle.
He evidently was on the home
stretch through the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art. He stood gazing with a
puzzled expression at a Venus de Milo.
Then he passed on to a piece of fine
art, pair of sculptured legs which
apparently were speeding through mid
air for no reason at all and with no
body to support. After gazing at these
for some time the little man from Hi
Holler or some such point scratched
his head, then turned and made bee
line for the outside door, relieved
expression on his face.
"Well, doggone give 'em the once
over, anyhow" he was heard to NUT
ter Sand I can tell that to the folks
at hum New York Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
The Man With the Hoe.

In the poem that caught general at
tention a few years ago the man with
the hoe was presented as stunted OBJ
ject, a pathetic failure, without re-
ward for ceaseless hard work, crea-
ture who never had a chance to know
the joy of living. 1t was false note
at the time, but suggested a subject
worthy of thought.
The national secretary of agricul-
ture has reviewed the food situation
and he declares: "The farmer who
makes five bushels Of grain grow
where three grew before contributes
as much to victory and the future peace
and security of the world as any man
in the trenches" SO runs the argu-
ment everywhere in a world crisis in
which energetic, practical action Is a
grim necessity. A danger must be
overcome lest it overcome civilization
The real man with the hoe is now in
evidence.-St. Louis GIobe-Democrat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
Knows When to Quit.

Handled intelligently. mule is a.
most willing worker; but there are a
few unwritten laws that cannot be
transgressed with impunity. A mule
will seldom make more than two at
tempts to move a load. On the first
strain he will throw his whole force
into the collar. and mule can pull 80
per cent more in relation to his weight
than a horse. Science is again dumb
at the question whence comes that lat
ent force which neither horse nor ass
possesses. After a short rest the mule
will make a second attempt, but this
is seldom as sustained as the first. If
the load still refuses to move the team
might as well be unhitched. At times
the mules will not even exert enough
force on a third attempt to move an
empty wagon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

at the chateau in Orleans and others
who were arrested in Paris, met their
death with singular contempt and calm.
Eugene of Seyre, whose character in
my small way / have studied. is of
the same breed"
Louise took up fan which lay on
the table by her side, and waved it
carelessly in front of her face.
Zone does SO love-" she murmured,
ito hear ones friends discussed in a
friendly spirit"
1T is because Eugene of Seyre is a
friend of yours that l am talking to
you in this fashion," Graillot contin-
ued. you have also another friend
this young man from Cumberland"
"Wen?"
"In him." Graillot went on, zone per-
ceives all the primitive qualities which
go to the making of splendid manhood.
Physically he is almost perfect. for
which alone we owe him a debt of
gratitude. He has, if l judge him
rightly, all the qualities possessed by
men who have been brought up free
from the faint of cities, from the smear
of our spurious GENERALIZATION. He is
chivalrols and unsuspicious. He is
also, unfortunately for him, the enemy
of the prince"
Louise laid down her fan. She no
longer tried to conceal her agitation.
"Why are you so melodramaticT" she
demanded. "They have scarcely spo-
ken This is, l think, their third meet
ing
when two friends" Graillot de-
clared, "desire the same woman, then
all of friendship that there may have
been between them is buried. When
two others, who are so far from being
friends that they possess opposite
qualities, opposite characters, opposite
characteristics, also desire the same
woman"
''Don't!' Louise interrupted, with a
sudden little scream. Don't! You
are talking wildly. You must not say
such things!"
Graillot leaned forward. He shook
his head very slowly; his heavy hand
rested upon her shoulder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

I ing across the table, out of the win
dow, to the softly waving trees.
At the close of the luncheon for a
moment she and John were detached
from the others.
II want to see you alone" he said
under his breath. when can II"
She hesitated.
1 am so busy!" she murmured.
Next week there are rehearsals nearly
every minute of the day"
Tomorrow" John said insistently.
you have no rehearsals then. l must
see you. l must talk to you without
this crowd"
1t was his moment. Her half
formed resolutions fell away before
the compelling ring in his voice and
the earnest pleading in his eyes.
Il will be in" she promised, "tomor-
row at six O'clock"
After the departure of her guests,
Louise stood before the window of her
drawing room, looking down into the
street. She saw the prince courteously
motion John to precede him into his
waiting automobile. She watched I'M
til the car took its place in the stream
of traffic and disappeared. The sense
of uneasiness which had brought her
to the window was unaccOuntable, but
it seemed in some way deepened by
their departure together. Then voice
from just behind Startled her. 1t was
Graillot, who had returned noiselessly
into the room.
Il returned" he explained. can i'm
pulse brought me back. A thought
came into my mind. wanted to share
it with you as proof of the sentiment
WHICH l feel exists between us. 1t is
my firm belief that the same thought,
in different guise, was travelling
through your mind, as you watched the
departure of your guests"
She motiOned him to place upon the
couch, close to where she had already
seated herself.
Come" she invited, ''prove to me
that you are a thought readerl'
He sank back in his corner. His
hands, with their short, stubby fingers,
were clasped in front of him. His eyes.
wide open and alert, seemed fixed upon
her with the ingenious inquisitiveness
of a child.
ITO begin, then, 1 find our friend, the
prince of Seyre, most interesting, l
might almost say fascinating, study"
Louise did not reply. After mo-
ments pause, he continued.
Among the whole aristocracy of
France there was no family so lcathed
and detested as the seigneurs of Seyre
at the time of the revolution. Those
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

waiter hurried up with napkin, and d
fresh glass was brought. The affair
was scarcely noticed, but John re-
NAMED disturbed and little pale.
Have you cut your hand?" Sophy
asked anxiously.
mot at ALL" he assured her. How
hot it is here! Do you mind IL we go?"
"Go?" she exclaimed disconsolately.
81 thought you were enjoying yourself
so much!''
$50 am" he answered, "but don't
quite understand"
He paused.
Understand what?" she demanded.
Myself, if you must know"
She set down the glass which she
had been in the act of raising to her
lips.
"How queer you are!" she MUIR
INJURED. Listen. You haven't got a
wife or anything up in Cumberland,
have your"
"You know I haven't" he answered.
you're not engaged to be married,
you have no ties, you came up here per-
fectly free, you haven't even said any
thing veto LOuise?"
"Of course not"
"Well, then" she began.
Her words were so softly spoken
/ that they seemed to melt away. She
leaned forward to look in his face.
"Sophy," he begged, with sudden and
almost passionate earnestnesS, "be
kind to me, pleasei 1 am just sim
| pie, stupid countryman, who feels as.
if he had lost his way. I have lived a
solitary sort of life-an unnatural one,
you would say-and I've been brought
up with some old-fashioned ideas. /
| know they are old-fashioned, but /
| can't throw them overheard all at once.
l have kept away from this sort of
| thing. l didn't think it would ever at
tract mel suppose because I didn't
believe 1t could be made so attractive.
have suddenly found out-that it
! does !"
"What are you going to do?" she
whispered.
There is only one thing for me TO
do" he answered. until I know what
l have come to London to learn, shall
fight against it."
"You mean about LouiseW
"I mean about Louise" he said
gravely.
Sophy came still closer to him.
"Why are you so foolish?" she muir
INJURED. Louise is very wonderful, in
her place, but she is not what you want
In life. Has it never occurred to you
that you may be too later"
"What do you mean?" he demanded.
'T believe what the world believes,
what some day 1 think she will admit
to herself-that she cares for the
prince Of Seyre."
HAS she ever told you SOP"
Louise never speaks of these things
to any living soul. 1 am only telling
you what / think. / am trying to save
you pain-trying for my own sake as
well as yours"
He paid his bill and stopped to help
her with her cloak. Her heart sank,
her lips quivered little. 1t seemed
| to her that he had passed to a great
distance.
"Very soon," John said, 81 shall ask
Louise to tell me the truth. think
| that / shall ask her, If l can, tomor-
rowp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
CHAPTER TX.

Johns first caller at the Milan was,
In q way, a surprise to him. He was
sitting smoking an after-breakfast
pipe on the following morning, and
gazing at the telephone directory, when
his bell rang. He opened the door, to
find the prince of Seyre standing out
side.
81 pay you very early visit, I fear"
the latter began.
mot at ALL" John replied, taking the
pipe from his mouth and throwing
open the door. SIT is very good of you
to come and see me-"
The prince followed John into the
little sitting room. He was dressed, as
usual, with scrupulous care. His tie
was fastened with a wonderful pearl,
and his fingers were perhaps a trifle
overmanicured. He wore bunch of
Parma violets in his buttonhole, and he
carried with him q very faint but I'M
usual perfume, which seemed to John
like the odor Of delicate green tea.
1t was just these details, and the slow
ness of his speech, which alone &C
centuated his foreign origin.
1T occurred to me-" he said, as he
seated himself in an easy chair. that
if you are really intending to make this
experiment in town life Of which Miss
Maurel spoke, might be of some as
sistance to you. There are certain
matters, quite unimportant In them
selves, concerning which a little ad-
vice In the beginning may save you
trouble"
Every good of you, am sure" John
repeated. ITO tell you the truth, I
was just looking through the telephone
directory to see If could come across
the name of a tailor 1 used to have
some things FROM"
IF 1t pleases you to place yourself
in my hands," the prince suggested, 81
will introduce you to my own trades
people. have made the selection with
some care. 1 have, fortunately, an
idle morning and II is entirely at your
disposal. At half past one 1 believe
we are both lunching with Miss Maui
rel"
John was conscious of momentary
sense of annoyance. His tete-a-tete
with Louise seemed farther off than
ever. At the princes suggestion, how
eyer, he fetched his hat and gloves and
entered the formers automobile, which
YVES waiting below.
They spent the morning In the neigh
borhood OF Bond street, and John had
the foundations Of wardrobe more
extensive than any he had ever
dreamed of possessing. AT half past
one they were shown into Louise's
little drawing room. There were three
or four men already present, standing
around their hostess and slipping some
faint yellow cordial from long Yene-
tan glasses.
Louise came forward to meet them.
and made a little grimace as she re-
marked the change in Johns appear
ance.
Honestly, I don't know you. and 1
don't believe like you at ALL" she ex-
claimed. How dare you transform
yourself into tailor's dummy in this
fashion,"
at was done entirely out of respect
for you" John said.
an fact" the prince added, we con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

"Can 1 john" he asked.
She laughed as she sent for a form
and made him fill it In.
Tell me-" he begged, as he looked
around him, who are these girls? They
look so pretty and well-dressed, and
yet so amazingly young to be out at
this time of night"
"MOStly actresses" she replied, "and
musical-comedy girls. I was in musi-
cued me-"
did you like it?''
81 liked it all right" she admitted,
'but 1 left it because l wasn't doing
any good. l can dance pretty well, but
I have no voice, so there didn't seem
to be any chance of my getting out of
the chorus; and one can't even pretend
to live on the salary they pay you, I'M
less one has a part"
"But these girls who are here to-
night?"
''They are with their friends, of
course" she told him. 81 suppose, If
1t hadn't been for Louise, l should have
been here, too-with a friend"
81 should like to see you Dance" he
remarked, in a hurry to change the
conversation.
''pll dance to you some day in your
rooms, if you like" she promised. "Or
would you like me to dance here?
There is man opposite who wants me
to. Would you rather l didn't? I want
to do just which would please you
most"
dance, by all means" he insisted.
81 should like to watch you"
She nodded, and a minute or two
later she had Joined the small crowd in
the center of the room, clasped in the
arms Of very immaculate young man
who had risen and bowed to her from a
table opposite. John leaned back In
his place and watched her admiringiy.
Her feet scarcely touched the ground.
She never once glanced at or spoke to
her partner, but every time she passed
the corner where John was sitting,
she looked at him and smiled.
His eyes grew brighter, and he
smiled back at her. She suddenly re-
leased her hold upon her partner and
stretched out her arms to him. Her
body swayed backward a little. She
waved her hands with a gesture in
finitely graceful, subtly alluring. Her
lips were parted with smile almost of
triumph as she once more rested her
hand upon her partners shoulder.
"Who is your escort this EVENING"
the latter asked her, speaking almost
for the first time.
"You would not know him." she re-
piled. "He is a Mr.. John Strangewey,
and he comes from Cumberland"
"Just happens that / do know him, |"
the young man remarked. Thought
I'd seen his face somewhere. Used to
be up at the varsity with him. I'll
speak to him presently"
II expect he'll be glad to meet you
again." SOphy remarked. "He doesn't
know a soul in town"
The dance was finished. They re-
turned together to where John was
sitting, and the young man held out q
weary hand.
"Amerton. you know, of Magdalen,"
he said. You're Strangewey, aren't
your"
Lord Amerton, Of course I" John ex-
claimed. II thought your face was IA
miliar. Why, we played In the rackets
doubles together!"
"And won 'em, thanks to you" Amer
ton replied. "Are you up for longT
II am not quite sure" John told him.
II only arrived last night"
''Look me up some time. If you've
nothing better to do" the young man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
Cos. of DYES Before the War.

The dyes used on this side of the
water cost the consumers between
thirty and forty millions of dollars In
normal times. This sum, says the
Engineering Magazine, does not meas
ure the total value of the industry, be-
cause in addition to the dyes produced
there are many drugs and chemicals
obtained as by-products of the manu-
facture which swell the total TO prob
ably $4,000, 900 annually.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23
Smoke Cigars by Electricity.

In tobacco factories and also in many
show-window displays IL is found de-
sirable to have an electromechanical
device which will smoke cigars In a
similar fashion to that followed by
mankind in general. says the Electrical
Experimental. A flexible cord plugged
into the nearest electric-light socket
supplies the miniature motor With
power to drive a multiple-vane blower.
his blower creates back draft, and
thus the perfectos OF doubtful vintage
may be smoked rapidly and naturally
The resulting length and character OF
the ash are noted by tobacco experts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-23

suggested. where are you hal ging
out?'
THE Milan"
81 am at the Albany. So-longl Must
get back to my little lady"
He bowed to Sophy and departed.
She sank little breathlessly into her
chair and laid her hand on Johns arm.
Her cheeks were flushed, her bosom
was rising and falling quickly.
II am out of breath" she said. her
head thrown back, perilously near to
Johns shoulder. Lord Amerton dances
well. Give me some champagne !"
"And you-you dance divinely," he
told her, as he filed her glass.
III we were alone" she whispered.
Il should want you to kiss meI'
The stem of the wine glass in Johns
fingers snapped suddenly, and the wine
trickled down TO the floor. A passing