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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
Anti Commission Propaganda?

Without meaning to impugn the mo-
tives of at least two Bergen county
newspapers that have recently I'M
dertaken to put crimp in the effort
to have Commission Government put
before the voters of Fort Lee, it at
least looks strange that objections
should be raised just at this time.
The present Mayor of Fort Lee
stands pledged to place the Commits
sion issue before the people, but from
resent indications there is little or
no chance of his doing so. And if
he should be forced to do so, which is
easy to bring about, he and all the
other politicians will undoubtedly op-
pose it. This is to be expected.
Party politics is the father of so
many petty forms of graft and fav-
or, and is so much less desirable than
Commission Government that one
marvels at any opposition to the lat
ter form in the face of it's overwhelm-
ing success wherever it has had an
honest trial. Facts have been presented
from every quarter of the country that
show conclusively just how successful
Commission has been everywhere.
And only recently the largest city in
New Jersey, Newark, after most
careful weighing of the merits of the
system, voted overwhelmingly to put
Commission into operation.
Yet we find the leaders of the Bor-
ough of Fort Lee, with scarcely 5000
population inch by inch resisting the
popular appeal for Commission, the
Mayor himself solemnly pledged to
put the matter squarely up to the
people, but taking no steps to keep
his word inviolate. 1t is these things
that make the voters mistrust the
party politics plan of government.
When men may regard moral obliga-
ton with Indifference; when sacred
promises are broken with brazen eff
frontery, it is time to consider any
change that will make for a truthful
honest administration of the peoples
affairs. If Mayor White dares to sit
in judgment upon his own obligation
to the people; if he can disregard his
word and break it; if he can make his
promice a scrap of paper, he has the
Prdssian ideals of treaty treachery
beaten a mile.
If the "press agent" wants topic,
let him excuse His Honor, the Mayor
on his Commission promises. Ignore
it and he writes himself down as par
ticeps criminis.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
The Hackensack Record.

The Hackensack Record has recent
ly taken on the International News
Service, and is now an up-to-date
daily of much improved value ex-
cept in one direction. 1t does not
publish as much Bergen county news
as it did formerly, and there is great
wailing among the small-fry weeklies,
among whom "The Palisadian" is one.
The weekly Bergen newspapers
were under many obligations to "The
Record" though not all of them gen.
orally acknowledged the debt by
properly crediting things taken bodi-
ly from it's columns. AS it is, the
weeklies are now combining their op-
erations to what they can create, or
to what they can make up at home.
Anyhow, no one fails to appreciate
the general betterment in the news
facilities of "The Record" and this
deponent wishes it continued success.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
Woman's Supreme Victory.

There is great rejoicing among the
women of the country over the action
of the House of Representatives on
Thursday last in voting by two
thirds majority to amend the Federal
Constitution to allow them equal vot-
ing power with men. This was
brought about by the views of Presi-
dent Wilson who finally yielding and
on the question of justice said he
thought the bill should be passed.
This action by the House proves the
results of water wearing away a
stone. Woman suffrage has been a
seventy-year battle, won finally on
it's merits. But what the aftermath
will be is as yet problematical. The
situation certainly changes party at
titudes, and wipes out the old form
of Jeffersonian Democracy. 1t places
the two big parties on a parity so far
as principles are concerned, for now
neither has any advantage over the
other.
How will woman use the vote :?
That is question that may not 30
answered yet. If she enters politics
it will of course make her vote the
same as a mans. If she remains
neutral on the issue of politics she
will prove the balance of power in
any election. How she will ally her
self cannot be foretold here. 1t is a
good thing for the country as viewed
today in the light of right that wo-
man who has so much in common with
man is now his political equal. Am
erica has led all countries in this cru
cal moment by very radical and ad-
vanced steps towrds world DEM
ocracy.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
SATURDAY, JANUARY IL, 1918
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The Presidents Great Effort.

To those Americans and semi Am
orleans, the fifty-fifty patriots and
all others of similar ilk, the Presi-
dents definition of the country's atti-
tude in the war as expressed in his
message to Congress last Tuesday
should be Of some little value. If
they have been cropping in the dark
and could not see American direction
in the war, they now have the efful-
gent rays of a world-leader's declara-
ton pointing them the way. The
country's pathway is so illuminated
with President Wilson's unapproach-
able address that it must invite the
whole people in loyal rally around
the f1ag-a flag now consecrated not
alone to the United States but in
behalf of the liberties of the whole
civilized world. President Wilson has
elaborated many other fine thoughts
during his incumbency of the high
office he holds, but this last utterance
transcends them all. 1t is procla-
nation to the world that the kind of
peace the world wants and must have
is the kind this country is dedicating
itself to give. His fourteen articles
of peace, are fourteen principles.
They have been spoken in behalf IF
the most powerful, generous ari un-
selfish people civilization eve devel-
oped.
II the Central Powers do not make
a quick response to their just and
liberal tsrms i lis because the yoke
of militarism still chafes their necks
and the people are not at liberty to
speak in behalf of democracy and
freedom.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
Just JOts
By N. F. Mahoney

No one knows how many friends he
has until he tries to borrow.
::
Somebody said, "Why not appoint
police sergeant paid police ser
geant."
1t might work all right.
1t might be worse.
But, Edgewater and Fairview finds
that it pays.
The town appears like cemetery
since the lights have been shut off.
;:
The Home Guard spirit was running
low.
But somebody hit upon the brilliant
idea Of holding pink teas and glee club
parties.
Now there is a shortage of uni
forms.
Fred Buergel will raise temporary
building in front the demolished hotel,
to retain his liquor license.
But the prohibitionists will raise a
HOWL. Oh, my!
Comedy Club will give one-act plays
to the soldiers.
=:
Doing their bit.
Board of Trade is going to hold a
meeting soon.
The robins will also be back among
us soon.
The fellow who white washed that
ton of coal down in Cliffside the other
day will not white wash it anymore.
A half dozen Polacks got wise to
the camoufage.
And the kids are playing marbles
where the coal used to was.
s.:
The annual dinner and reception OF
the Borough officials will be given or
the lawn of the high school this year
and is planned for the latter part Of
January.
Ice cream and cake, and plenty Of
cooling drinks will be on hand, ane
adequate awnings will be erected tt
keep the guests cool and comfortable
-: ::
If you recall last years affair yor
will not forget this one. Member
that stirring address of Rev. Mont
gomery? There will be more like that
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
No Exception N0W.

During most of the time since
Americas entry into the war German
people in this country have been in
clined, many of them, to take advan-
tage of the liberal spirit of our Gov
eminent. They have lived the lives
of Germans as they have before.
Generally, however, this large per-
centage of German population has
come to see that they cannot trifle;
that they cannot snap their fingers
in the face of this country's demand
of loyalty of them, hence we find
them going about quietly giving as
many outward signs that they are
with this country as they can with
consistency to their feelings exhibit.
They have many of them become allied
with Red Cross activities and in
other simple ways show that they
want to be on the safe side when the
strong arm of the war agent comes
around and looks into the cold facts
and asks in stern voice: "ARE YOU
AT HEART AMERICANA" What
ever the answer may be, the next
command will be, "PROVE IT."
Then they will have to come forth in
to the light.
This thing of asserting what is not
true will not pass muster when the
real loyalty demand comes. When a
man puts his heart in this country as
citizen it must stay put. 1t must
not fly off at tangents that have no
direction but one, and that one not
towards America. Wherever we see
the German mind today it is towards
another of its kind. Wherever two
have met in boat, train or car, two
heads have gone together no matter
if they do not even know each other.
There has been this mutual bond of
national sympathy for the German
cause that makes this country a nest
of spies and haven for the Kaiser's
own subjects.
But American zeal, American fear
lessness, American determination,
American earnestness and unparallel-
led preparation for war, are changing
this. However big and free and con-
siderate we may have been, the hour
is at hand when patience ceases to be
virtue, and halt is ordered.
President Wilson has ordered all
men into stand for loyalty, and those
who do not. obey, will be marched
away. No mothers son of them will
be excepted, and this goes.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12
Village Gossip.

"A daughter was born to Prof. and
Mrs. Nook, Of Marion avenue, Pali-
SADIE, January a. The little miss was
named Mary Elizabeth from her two
grandmothers.
After Clarence Hunicke had driven
his mother and father over to the
Post Office last Monday morning to
catch car to New York, the latter
got out of the sedan and started with
great care and precision to pick their
way over to the little waiting room
about twenty-five feet away. They
had not proceeded three steps before
down they went in roll, Mr.. Hun
icke on top. A gentleman standing
at the waiting house, could not resist
laughing at the funny spectacle, but
at the same time starting out to aid
the pair Of struggling people at that
moment on the ice. Mrs. Hunicke
did not know who it was laughing,
so she called out, "Well, it's nothing
to laugh att" And then Mr.. Hunicke
almost split his sides laughing, also.
When Mrs. Hunicke saw that the first
impolite, yet cheerful, idiot was C. I.
Logan, she herself joined in the merri-
ment, and inch by inch the party got
to safe footing. Mr.. Hunicke de-
clares that the first laughing fit saw
ed his life, as he would have suffered
later if he had dared laugh alone.
The whole crowd enjoyed the merri-
ment, though they of course sympa-
thized with the lady in the case and
said the men were very rude which
they admitted, but vowed they could
MT help it.
Anyhow, get yourself pair of nom
skids and keep them handy. Then
you can walk to the ferry, ice or no
ice. They are little steel clips that
fasten on with a strap just back of
the ball of the foot. The spikes are
exactly like baseball shoe spikes, and
grip the ice so that falling with them
on would be next to impossible. Most
New York hardware stores carry
them in stock.
-Ye old-fashioned town meeting was
outdistanced at the Palisade Church
annual election this week. There was
enough subdued animosities engen-
dered to have made Vesuvius look like
a 4th Of July silver fizzer had it been
touched off.
There are none so blind as those
who will not see.
Let all stand behind the President
message. We are now more deter
mined in the war than ever.
Mrs. Charles T. Logan has been i'll
with violent cold almost bordering
on pneumonia. She was able to 20
to the church, however, and vote Tues
day night, though it was a bit dan
gerous for her to have done so.
The Palisade Church election Tues
day night was an expression of public
sentiment over an issue that the town
should be ashamed to admit even had
cause to exist.
Mrs. Harry A. Flagge has again
gone to New York hospital. She
was not improving as wellas- she ,da-
sired, but hopes soon to be at home
again.
Miss Florence Brady has the loving
est black leather knitting bag that will
be the envy of all who see it.
If "individualism is the curse of
the community" what is the matter
with un-Americanism as related to
the country?
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12

What we require to conquer is au-
dacity, and yet more audacity, and
always audacity !-Danton.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12

:, FFFHe glery strikes roots, and also
spreads itself; all things false fade
quickly like flowers; nor can any pre-
tence indeed be enduring.-CicerO.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-01-12

hasten to laugh at everything for
fear of being made to weep-Beaum-
archais.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Manipulating . Blanket.

Learning how to manage blanket that is little shcvt at one end and not quite long enough at the other. with similar deficiencies in width, is one of the first things the young sol. dier should be taught. If he is not taught 1t, he will probably have an ex. pertence like that of a western recruit who says that in his first week in camp he lost a great deal of sleep at night When he lay on his back his stomach was cold; when he turned over his back was cold; when he pulled the blanket up around his shoulders he got cold feet, and when his feet were un- der the blanket his neck was uncom. fortable. A veterans recipe may. however, be worth considering. He says the only way to manipulate an army blanket, on a cold night. is te pull your knees up to your chin. lie face downward, and hold the four cor ners of the blanket in your teeth.- Christian Science Monitor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Scientific Discovery of Value.

The British Medical Journal an' nounces that a remarkable scientific discovery is now on trial at the casual. ty clearing stations in France. The in. ventor |. James Shearer, Scotchman twenty years old, employed as ser. geant in the medical corps. The new discovery succeeds just where X-ray photography fnils. It produces pie. lures of structures located far below the surface of the outer skin just at the point where X-ray photography ceased to perform effectively. By means of it, it is possible in broad daylight to obtain detailed pictures of the internal organs and to see at glance by what gross lesions they may be affected The apparatus works as long as the body is living, and even until molecular death has set in. After Sat 1t does not work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
kxerc..se Your Will.

In tie Woman's Home Companion a writer says: "Lel us keep it in mind each day that weak will is the sign of inferiority; it means that we belong to the lower classes, to the weak and in- 1erio.i and then remember that if we remain weak and inferior, it is not be- cause we must, but entirely because we prefer to; and remember that we can become one of the intelligent ruling class if we choose. Let us set ourselves certain tests of will, and remember to let them be tests, not tasks. Let us throw away if we can all somber ideas of duty and all ideas of our weakness being sinful. Perhaps it might be ac- counted so by those of a strongly re- iigious trend; but let us remember that our task. our whole splendid and joy. Ous task in this instance, is to learn to exercise and use our powers. It ia Emerson who says: 'yylat you are speaks N loudly, cannot hear what you sav.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Iona Sacred Spot.

Iona has been a sacred spot time out of mind. Long before the earliest mis- sionary came to Britain, it was place consecrated to the early Druidic cere- monies. After St. Columba founded his colony, the ground was held so holy that kings bade their subjects bury them there. The bones of 60 mon- archs, Irish, English and Morse, lie under the sod of Iona today. One spot, known as the Tomb of the Kings, Is still marked by a row of monuments, fenced in by an incongruous modern iron railing. It lies in bare plain, whose surface is dotted with. other stones and monuments, half covered with grass, leaning sadly awry. It is long time since those stones were raised. Nh spite of gloomy climate, Iona is beautiful. The soil is so fer tile that for centuries it's fertility was regarded as miraculous, due to the at- mosphere of holiness rather than na- ture. Behind it's sea cliffs, the swale rises and falls in dimpled green hol- lows, the beaches are white with shell and sand. The 60 kings have chosen a fair resting place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
NEW REMEDY FOR
 UGLY HUSBANDS
A CalOtab at Bedtime, a Swallow of Water, No Taste Nor the Slight. est Cnpleasantness- Up in the Morning Feeling Fine, Good as New.

When your hubby gets cross, mean, ugly, nasty-a chronic grouch. sim ply give him one of the new and improved calomel tablets, the kind that do the work without the slightest unpleasantness. The next morning he will be the kind of husband he promised to be. Honest! l am not joking, it beats anything you ever saw for taking the meanness (bil- iousness) out of men and women too. The next time you feel lazy mean, blue or discouraged take T CaIotab. One tablet at bedtime. swallow of water-that's all. No taste, no grip ing, no sickening after effects. You wake up in the morning feeling fine, your liver clean, your system Ju.i- flied with a hearty appetite for
 breakfast. Eat what you please anl go about your business-no danger
 Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, twenty doses for
 thlrty-five cents. To inspire your confidence we have authorized your druggist to refund the price as guarantee that you will be perfectly delighted with Calotabs. Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Chinese Bean Eaters.

The chief reason why people can live 50 cheaply in China and yet produce for that nation tremendous man power, is that they eat beans instead of meat; but nothing like the navy bean, which by many people who do not get much exercise is considered a rather heavy food. Furthermore, pork and beans as fed to the men in the United States army and navy becomes monotonous after while, even though the addition of the carbon contained in the shape of pork fat makes such q meal possess every element necessary to sustain life..- Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
ObIiterat;nn Class Distinctions.

Modern and cultured persons, I be-
 ievc. object 10 their children seeing kitchen company or being taught by q woman l;kc Pcggotty. But surely it is more important to be educated in q sense of human dignity and equality than in anything else in the world. And a child who has once had to re- SpCct a kind and capable woman of the lower classes will respect the lower classes forever. The true way to over conc the evil in class distinctions is not to dcnOuncc them ns revOlut0nists dCnolncc them, but to ignore them as children ignore thom.--G. K. Chester ten.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
The Mosquito Peril.

One of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine was that of Dr. Roland Ross. who, at Calcutta, in July, 1898, found that the spores of malaria parasites are concentrated in the salfvary gland of the mosquito. As Doctor Ross himself wrote, "The exact route of infection of this great dis case, which annually stays it's mill lions of human beings and keeps whole continents Tn darkness, was revealed. These minute spores enter the salivary gland of the mosquito and pass with It's pofsphous saliva directly into the Elood ofmcn. Never in our dream had we imagined so wonderful tale as this"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
A Travellers Companion.

A girl who was setting out on quite long journey was provided by her friends with joke-book as an anti- dote to homesickness. Naturally she did not keep its contents to herself, so sociability was promoted among her fellow travellers. The book was just a small, plain notebook, with an amus- ing inscription on the flyleaf. In it were jokes and funny pictures cut out of magazines and papers and pasted in. Such book is easily made, and comes in well for soldiers and hospital patients as we'll as girl travellers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Was Very Weak,

Business men cften have excuses from debtors for nonpayment of ac- counts which give themselves away. A short time ago Q firm had occasion to press for much-overdue account The usual letters were sept first, m!';1. second stronger, and the third ending up with the grand ultimatum, whic!. drought the following reply :: "De:.1 SIrs: am writing you from bed. v'.e-e I have been i'll for sev- eraI weeks" After enumerating all his family and business worries in a very long letter, he finished by say. tng: "When I have strength I will write you out check"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Included in the Bill.

Principal GrifIiths, the weIl-known theologian, is serious-looking man, but he has fund of humor for ell that, says London Tit-Bits. One of his stories concerns former colleague, Doctor Burrows. The eminent Greek scholar had been overwork!ng, and was ordered complete rest in the country and certain regimen of diet, w}jch included two fresh eggs for breakfast every morning. When the bill came in there was one item at the end which the professor could not understand Summoning his host to explain, he found the item was "for wear and tear of hen."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
BACK FROM COLORADO.
Harrison. foreman of

J. J. Harrison. foreman of The Graphic's composing room, returned Tuesday night from Colorado Springs, Colo, where ne attended the convention of the Information Typo graphical Union as delegate from the Pine Bluff local.
 "We had fine business meeting said Mr. Harrison. There was nc dilly-dallying, all propositions beina disposed of promptly
 Mir. Harrison visited Denver and other points in Colorado, and spent a few hours in both Kansas City and St. Louis.
 "We slept under blankets every night in Colorado. It was so cool that some of the fellows who wore Palm Beach suits had to remain in doors. l went up cn .Pike's Peak and nearly froze to death, tho l wore an overcoat.'
 Mir. Harrison said he enjoyed his trip immensely, but was glad to get back to Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
Sin Cans Were Valuable Then,

It is withiL the memory of many people on the farms that there was a time when tin cans were not too plen- tiful. Now and thea canned goods were bought, and for the empty cans plenty of uses were found. For in- stance, tomato plants were started in them, standing in tho sunny kitchen window long before tho garden was clear of snow; they were convenient for holding paint when small job had to be done, and the small boys treasured them for holding their bait for those adventurous and ever-to-be remembered fishing excursions of carly summer. About all the tin cans that came to q farmhouse twenty-five or thirty years ago were put to good use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-23
NIVEN IS READY TO INVEST MONEY
 IN COTTON MILL
Continued from page one.)

Mr. Couch is thoroug.. fly conversant with the resources or the territory within radius of 25 miles of Pine Bluff, and the various counties along the good roads leading from this city In order to obtain a most compre- hensive knowledge of these resour- ces Mr. Couch and the chief enbineel of the company, Wm. Crooks, made a close investigation of the territory, going into details of everything that is needed to make these enterprises a success.
 MT. Crooks accompanied Mr. Couch on his recent trip to Washington and returned with him Monday night.