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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-01
PUBLIC MEETING OF
RED CROSS TUESDAY
Election of Officers and Various Re-
ports TO be Read.

There will be a public meeting of
the ~Pleasantville Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross on Tuesday evening,
Sept. 4th, at the Council Chamber. All
members are requested to be present
as there will be an election of officers,
also a full report from the Treasurer.
Mr.. A. e. James, chairman of the War
Finance Fund, will also give a detailed
report. DR.. Johnson, who has recently
returned from hospital service in
France, expects to be present to tell
of his experiences and of the great
need of service here. The public is
urged to attend this important meet
ing.
The following additional knitters
have volunteered their services to the
Pleasantville Chapter of the American
Red Cross: Mrs. Daugherty, Mrs. SUI
san Reed, Mrs. A. Antonelli, Mrs. Geo.
H. Adams, Miss Blanche Wisham, Mrs.
John e. Blake, Sr., Miss Frances Gar
rison, Miss Esther Garrison, Mrs. w.
l. Garrison, Mrs. P. B. Adams, Mrs.
Krewson, Mrs. Elias Campbell, Miss
Mabel Schmidt, Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son, Mrs. R. W. Bowen, Mrs. Lulurda
Sooy, Mrs. Harry Brown, Miss Mary
Johnson, Miss Fannie Martin, Miss
Blanche Lore, Mrs. Wharton, Mrs. C.
A. Campbell, Mrs. Harry OFT, Miss Sara
A. Risley, Miss Gertrude Helfrich,
Miss Nellie Collins, Miss Ellen Blake,
Mrs. Harry Parsels, Mrs. Chas. Jack
son, Mrs. Mark Wesley Blake, Miss
Ruth Warmer, Mrs. Cavileer, Miss
Helen Geary, Absecon Art Club, Mt.
Pleasant Church g sets).
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-09-01

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
OUT or HUMAN TOUCH

The accusation once hurled against
Paul was that much learning hath
made thee mad The accusation. as
we know, had no basis in fact. but
that is not saying that II is impossible
for a man to become so wrapped up
In erudition that he loses the human
touch, is blind to the human view
point and insensihle to human sym.
pathy.
There is something I'm the life of a
man who puts aside every other in
torest for the sole pursuit OF know
ledge that closes his eyes to facts
as they exist. and he lives in an at
mosphere provoked by his own imar-
inings, without comprehension Of
the thots and ideas OF the public or
OF the practical application Of his
knowledge 20 the making OF history.
lie is dead 70 the world OF living
men. dead TO current events and dead
to the needs Of the hour. lie does not
know what these words mean.
Nothing has So emphasized this
condition as the coming OF the present
war or rather OF our participation
therein. We have had our Scott
hearings and David Starr Jordans.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

men OF great minds, but 80 warped
by intellectual isolation that they not
only failed TO appreciate the course
Of eycntS. but even sought 10 inter
pose their Influence against those
events.
They have stood as enemies Of the
very ideals which they had taught us
to revere. Another In Dr. Felix Adler.
who asserts that the state is going
beyond it's authority In calling the
private citizen to do battle for its
existence. The doctor quotes Wood
row Wilson's assertion that the state
exists for the benefit Of the indiWd-
unL" and argues that the state must
therefore fight it's own battles ana
leave the citizen in peace
Aside from the evident absurdity Of
such position. the doctor fails to
Took on the diverse side of the prop
"sltloy In a republic the state does
exist for the benefit Of the individual.
but In "a monarchy the Individual
exists for the benefit Of the state.
But the state in q democracy is the
ana must have his support and pro-
lection ana II that organization is !
allowed to fan to pieces the citizen
has mo- protection; and that organiza- !
ton which hc has created he must
also defend or return to monarchy.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
Little Benny's Notebook.
Ry LEE PAPE

II started to rane hard ycstiddav.
and me and Puds SimI,ins and LEROY
Shoostor and sid Hunt and sam Cross
ran into Pudscs house and started TO
play museum Puds Smkins being the
man that went crround INplaininr
wat the diffrcut things was. and sam
cross being the man he was iNplainiup
them TO, and me and Sid Hunt and
Leroy Shoost,r being mummies lest
standing there stiff with no IMPRESSION
ON our face, sam aud Puds stopping
in frunt of us and sam saying. Watts
these
Thems mummies. sed Puds. they're
6OoO yeers old and they was dug up
m a lot " old ruins
DO You meen they was ruined mum
mics' sed sam
CESS SO, sed Puds And he pointed
at me, saying. This one used TO bc
a dog catcher In Egypt. he cawt more
dogs than all the other mummies put
together.
Maybe they was only mummic dogs.
sed sam. And he pointed to eroy
Shooster saying, Wat did that one
use 10 he?
lie was Il awtomobeel driver. ony
they dldent have eny awtohobeels
ihcn, SO he dident have mutch to do,
sed sam
How about this oneP sed sam
pointing at Sid Hunt.
lie was CRATE horse steeler, sed
sam
You're another sed Sid
Hay you're n mummie, YOU cant
tawk, sed Sam. And him and Sid
called each other names tin they
coodent think OF eny more and started
to fitc, and they resseled all over the
room and nocked down chairs and
everything, and Pudscs mother came
running IN and made Sam Cross and
all us mummies so rite home in the
rain and everything. and we all got
SO wet IL was good thing we wasn't
IuummieS for reel
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
| V

Well Billy Bunny did have a iacl,
knife In his pocket, Just as thot.
only ! wasn't sure OF J would have
told YOU in yesterdays story.
So, the first thing he did after the
big gray wolf put him in the sack
and threw IL over his shoulder VAS
to hunt for his jack knifc. Then lie
carefully cut a slit in the sack. Bat
he didn't slip out just then. Oh, my,
no! Billy Bunny kn,v better than
that If he had Mr.. Wolf would have
known it at once The weight OF the
empty sack would tell him that even
IL II didn't know how TO talk. And
Billy Bunny wasn't going to take the
chance OF having Mr. Wolf turn
around and grab him Just as he
reached the ground. SO Billy Bunny
just peeked out thru the slit and
waited.
by and by MIR. Wo!f sat down on Il
stone to rest. lie let the sack slip to
the ground very carefully. Then ne
took out his pipe AMI filled Il with
tobacco. And, after lighting 1t, he sat
and smoked while.
Billy Bunny then very quietly
slipped out of the sack. But before
he ran off he put big stone in 1t
and pinned up the hole with three
pineneedle pins. Thon he hid behind
tree. And just in time. for Mr.. Wolf
got up, put his pipe owev in his vest
pocket and slung the sack over his
back.
My, but you've grown heavy and
hard cried Mr.. Wolf as the sack hit
his back. I'm afraid you're Il very
tough bunny"
After while Billy Bunny came out
from behind the tree and started Tor
home. If l can only get back" he
thot, without being caught Ivy some
thing or somebody | shan he the hap
piest little bunny in all the wide, wide
world"
And he would have got home all
rirht II he hadn't como across some
thing nice and swee'. And villa: do
you suppose II was? Why, II was
nothing more than pail fun OF maple
sap II was standing under a little
spout that was driven into the maple
tree to let the sap run out
My, but that tastes good. said
Billy Bunny, holding his mouth open
under the spout and letting the sap
drip onto his little red tongue u
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
ON the OTHER FOOT

Apropos of the habit we have II
. desiring to right every wrong by an
/ appeal to legislation, IL is worthy Of
remark that great many THINGS
/ right themselves after while boy natur-
Ial processes, without legal intcrycn-
tion.
Those things which depend for their
condition ON the law OF supply and
demand will always seek a level. as
does water. provided some unnatural
influence does not operate tcmporar-
lily TO restrain them Unqucstionably
there are times when law needs TO
1orgc new weapons for combatlhg
old evils but this fact is observed
more IN an excess Of luwmaking than
In judicious appliance of laws we
already have, or Of waiting for nature
to take its course. We are as
state ana likewise as a nation. suf-
fcring more from an excess Of inudi-
cious legislation than from lack of
needed cnactments Every new prop
Son 10 attack problems by the
legislative route Is open to the sus-
picion that the already burdcnsome
statutes are to be added to without
realizing any perccpuble benefit.
one case in point. 1t seems. IS I'm !
regard To the tenant farmer question. |
II We can believe current reports in /
stead Of the landowners having the
whip hand over their renters. tho
case is reversed ana much available
land is likely to go begging for lack /
pf men 10 till IL. The draft has made /
great inroads on many Industries
There is call for workmcn that is
general To supply the places of those
who have been called. Laborers are
IN demand, and the question OF re-
muneration is more matter Of at
uaSung employees than Of conceding
to the demands of any union Many
VIII" have cked prccarous living
upon rented farms have found more
iemuncrauvc employment i'm city avo-
cations As a consequence. the land
owner stands somewhat I'm the at
utudc Of begging somebody TO rent
his farms.
All landowners are not tyrants over
their tenants. but enough Of them
have been so to give their business
n bad name and to inspire the forma.
ton OF leagues to resist, wisely or un-
wisely their methods. And all ten
ants have not been shiftless and lazy.
but enough of them have to rive the
landlords n color OF justification for
their complaints Now, however.
without legislation to correct the
woes OF the tenant, the war has come
along and put in motion forces that
promise Improvement.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
TAKING CHANCES.

If few men strike it big
When for golden ore they dig,
Getting rich beyond the dreams Of
gay romance,
How the wild coHtagion spreads,
Turning even prudent heads,
For SO many folks VIII take u doubt
full chance.
When a man finds gas or oil
Underneath his farming soil
How the prices Of surrounding lands
advance;
1t may be a shallow field,
With IA brief and scanty yield.
But so many hopeful chaps will take
the chance.
Every now and then we find
Someone of the risking kind.
Whom the glamour of the board of
trade enchants;
But while some may seem to win,
Many feel a keen chagrin,
And regret they ever took the costly
chance
In the days of country fairs.
with their artful crooks and snares
When the anxious horses DER the
track would prance,
Many fashy sports would bet
Every cent that they could get,
On the races and the hopeless games
of chance.
And these later times, indeed,
witness many kinds of speed.
with its lavish waste and huge ex-
travagance:
People do not seem to care
What they spend to eat and wear,
And for rainy days" they take a
gambling chance.
Some delight to drive so fast,
That all other cars are passed,
Crossing railroad tracks without a
warning glance;
There are many broken bones,
Many deaths and many groans,
All because some thotless fellows
took a chance.
L. II. Kelsey.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
MANZB4M'
IA CONDUCTED BY "a
ROJE GEIZlT
lie Didn't Ansv,r

Dear Miss Glenn: l am 20 y.,,.
old. and for the past few months nl..,.
been corresponding with a young man
whom / have never met but he
seemed to care for me very much and
wrote me nice letters all the tIu,e
From the way he expressed himself
l feel sure he is a perfect gentleman
A fcw weeks ago, when | answered.
his last letter, l felt that he needed
TO be lectured just a little, but | do
not think | said anything that couId
have made him angry, but he hasn
answered. Should | try in any way TO
find out why he has not written. or
just give him up, altho it doesn't seen,
possible for me to do the latter as /,
have learned to love this stranger
blue Eyes.
There was no harm i'm Nour
correspondence with the Young
man. but you are quite foolish to
believe yourself in love with him,
AS man may be wocfully lack
ing in many virtues. and still
write an "awfdlly nice" letter. III
You did not have return ad-
dress ON your last letter 10 him.
and think there is a possibility
that hc did not receive same. IL
would be all right TO write
short note reminding him that he
owes YOU "A letter. but il he does
not answer tlat, why YOU had
best forget about it,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
Give Him Benefit Of Doub,

Dear Miss Rose Glenn: | am elrl
OF ~ years and have been going WIN
boy 20. He said nc loved me dearly
and about three months ago he went
away to work, and he wrote 10 me
oiten and said he was coming hack ha-
iore Christmas We were engaged ana
| haven't heard from him for =,
month. ! have written him t,yico
slnco | heard from him. Do you think
ne sun loves mo, OF do you think he
got my letters and doesn't care to
answer Please tell me how | can find
out. ! still love him very much. and
IRE would always tell me TO be true
10 nm, and he would com back. an,
certainly have been true TO him DO
you think ! ought 10 write any more
II ! dont hear from him ?-BroKen-
hearted.
would give the Young man,
u'c bcncfit or tho doubt, and wait
whnc longer for him 10 answer
or return, as he may bc sick or
unusually busy. and just n.x.
Hctcd To write. There are some
people who lust naturally find =,
very hard tn write letters, md n
uocs not ncccssaril, mean thar 4,
Is intentional forgctrulmcss. II
You are sure he received your
letters, would not write npnin
rs II IL near Christmas. ne will
no doubt soon return ss ne said
ho would '"'"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
TIE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS.

Ring out glad bells of Christmas tide
As once Of old you rang
when unto troubled hearts worldwide
The heavenly angels sang
Send forth your golden tones again,
Proclaimlug far aud near
That pcncC upon the earth shall reign
Aud hll the world with choct.
Ring out glad Christmas bells until
In flaudrf, you are heard
Above the roar of guns that Nil
Let every breast De stirred
To-day wherever mortnls grupo
In darkness and iu doubt
Your woudrous messages Of hope,
Old Christmas bells, ring out
Ring out 10 them the word that We
Are keeping Christmas here.
Toll them that serve across tho soa.
Our faith is shining clear.
Proclaim aloud tonight 90 them
That steadtast We remain
And that the Babe Of bethlehem
Shall not have died IN vain.
Ring out glad bells Of Christmas tide.
hat all who griryo muy hear.
FIJI every home, now sorrow tuuI
with hope and faith and cheer
Arouse the falterlug hopes ot men.
To them new courage give.
Glad bells ot Christmas tell again
That peace on earth shall live
(CoWught 1917. by Edgar A. Gu,at)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
She Refuses Him

Dear Miss Glenn: / am a boy "a
years old and very much in love WIN
q girl II years old. out have asked
her to 30 with me different times,
and she accepts the invitation, but
when the time comes, she always mus
very good excuse, and a very reas-
enable one too, ana when | am with
her. she Is very nice to me, nevm
making me feel like she didn't care
to talk to me. l have good horse
ana buggy, but no car. DO you think
She would go with me II had ca.
and ought ! to buy one just for her. II
dld would she learn TO love me, or
lust the car.-J. j. A.
Perhaps you have been too
persistent in extending your inyi-
tauons. l would suggest THAI
You invite som, other girl to go
out occasionally. and then give
the first 2irl another emporium
1ty, and II she refuses again, you
may take il for granted that she
does not care 10 60. If she liked
You, she would be delighted to go
buggy riding. and surely YOU
would not wish n girl to accent
your invitation to go automobile
riding (Droyiiing yam owned a
carr II YOU thought she was in
tcrcStcd only i'm rhe car. A girl
of that type would not be worth
considering. 50 l would not buy
car merely To win girls favor.
VINO refused 10 ride u buggy.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

Dear Miss Rose Glenn: We are
two girls IA years old. Are we too
young to talk to two boys, IL our par
cnts do not care. dew old should a
girl be before she G5cs with the boys
Does powder injure the skim What
Is n good remedy for frcckles Mutt
and Jeff.
Tie propriCty of your talking
To the boys, depends entirely up
on your conversation. You are
too Young for sent mcnt. and vou
should look upon the bows us
good friends only. Their, Is no
specified age for Al girl to begin
receiving young men callers. as
IL depends somewhat upon the
girl. and also her parents views
iii lhC matter. \ girl 10 Is con-
sidcIr i uidNcnough To accept the
escort of Il young man to dances.
or social affairs. providing her
parents approve Of the Young
man. You should always re-
member tbat ;iS long rs II girl is
single and living at home. snc
should bc guided by the wishes
and requests of her mother ana
father. \ good face powder docs
not iniurc the skin. If You will
wash same Off carefully AT night.
do not give any beauty advice
In this column. however you
might try either buttcrmilk. or
lemon tuicc-two home remedies
which are supposed 10 he helpful
In the removing of frcClilcs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
FIVE STARS AND \ CROSS OF
GOLD.

Th little Irish mother kissed her
younger son Goodbye,
lie was fourth and last to answer TO
his country's urgent cry.
Her little world was shattered. Aged,
helpless and alone.
She turned into the shadows of the
quaint old house of stone.
Then, on thru the dim-lit hallway, to
her little sitting room,
She knelt before the Virgin, shining
dimly, in the gloom.
On the wall beside II. smiling, in his
army suit OF blue,
Was a picture OF the father, dating
back to '62.
Here and there hung crayon portraits
of her boys. some young, some
grown,
And daughter, long departed. ere
the bud to rose had blown.
Just above the horse hair sofa, in the
waning light revealed,
Hung crimson flag OF Sc ice. with
four stars upon its shield.
one in honor to the father, Captain
Jack. of Shilon fame
Three for those who'd Joined the
colors long before the draft law
came.
sNNNF W AAA lAA9ANA manu- AIlAAAtNt anu
a heart-stab In her breast.
The mother pinned the fifth star In
its place among the rest.
Summer passed. The guns OF Elan
ders gleaned their harvest. red
and dire.
Men went down in tens of thousands
meath the cycles of their fire.
Fearfully, the Irish mother watched
the stars upon the shield.
Two We're dead. the third was wound
ed, fourth stu fighting ON the
field
Came message late in August. found
her watching in the night.
Told her how the fourth had fallen in
the thickest of the fight
one star left-its light was feeble.
Almost gono,' a comrade
wrote,
'shrapnel wound" No hope was Of
fered in his briefly written
note.
Then the grim old mother faded. when
the last faint hope had flown,
Like the fragrant wind blown climb
ers on the quaint old walls OF
stone.
Der the casket whore she smmhcred
lay the flag OF service wrought.
Sunshine filtered thru the shutters OF
the house that God forgot
And an aged priest was saying. while
a tear shone in his glance.
Greater were this mothers battlea
than those fought in distant
France;
Vastly was her valor greater than OF
husband or Of son,
For she gave five lives to glory while |
the others gave but one"
rhcu he bent above the banner. and. !
with fingers gnaried and old.
n the center placed his tribute
placed his cross of virgin gold. |
Will Ferroll.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
No Fortune Teller,

Dear Miss Glenn: am a girl o,
It, and am married, but | don't loy,
my husband. | love another boy, bu,
don't know where he is. viii
ever see him agaii-, and IL NV hus.
band and | should separate, would
get him, or does he love me, and If
never see him, will I some dav he
happy with my husband. | habe been
told that I would have lots of trouble
during my life. Is that right?-A.
r.. G.
From the tone of your letter
II would seem to me that you
nave been having n fortune teller
predict the future for YOU. and
evidently YOU expect me 10 do the
same thing. lt Is beyond The
power of any human TO predict
the future. so don't allow Yourself
10 he foolish and believe sny
predictions whatever concerning
the future. | would advise Won
10 consider your marriage I'm n
more sacred light. and remember
that You are being untrue 10 the
NowI you took when YOU think of
hnothcr man as more than
iricid. Give your time ana
thots To making your home
pleasant. and your HUSBAND
hhppN, and try to prove Yourself
womanly In spite of your extreme
youth.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
MntriInnninI Frccdom.

Marie Romanoff, one Of the eX-
cars daughters. is learning stenog-
raphy now and we'll bet the girl Will
have more fun sticking her gum un-
der an office chair then she would
under the throne.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
, eFI'icn!E!H'
TX F-sl7o.t't:- ~ s5'5 ~

wish ! had some 1ucl,wu,Gt cakes
with me- But he dljn't, so he took
little glass bottle ont Of his pocket
and filled IL with the sap.
dust then q big b.a@t( wooiy thing
jumped out ut him. EGt I'm not going
10 tell yos row what it was. for ny
typewriter IS awfulY ,ired and I've got
10 get amother Ne.loW ubnoM for it
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

Sir Wilfrd Laur.or fought his last
political battle at 20 and lost. For
morly tho leader or progressive thot
in Canada, the liberal party chief
failed to measure the spirit Of the
battle for world democracy, In which
Canadians are taking Slorious part,
md fell out of the ranka Leaders
who viii not lead must bo content with
the dust Of onward marchcrs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
Armed 10 the Tcclh.

Harry Gust "ourD D--L,sten. Bill!
Sounds like Ole Fritz comm over in
the mud-Squish. squish, squish.
squash.
liill-Thats orl right-thats only
the Americans further up a'chewin'
their gum rations.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

According TO official returns, there
nre 22,69G millonaires In this ooun-
ny, almost 5000 OF them breaking
into seven figure society within IL
months. Uncle sam Is not supposed
10 play favorites, still his affection for
anilllonaires rises above the average
and approaches fifty nifty split
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

our poor oycrWorkvd lawmakers
at Washington win take only Il two
weeks Christmas vacation. such sac
rit'ce and sclt-dcuia cannot he too
deeply appreciated 10y Mr. Common
Icvplo.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

Emperor William Is very soIicitous
about the welfare and gentle treat
Went of eN-C4ar Nicholas or Russia.
Divine right rulers Just naturally have
fellow feeling.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

The house Of representatives set
January 10 tor vote on the national
tuiiraro amendments Perhaps the
date Inns NO other significance. suu
the saudWichins oc a crisis between
Jackson's day and the blizzard amt
Nersmy suggests brief period of hot
nnI cold MuNes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24
Detained.

What did you say your age was?"
he remarked between dances.
"Well l didn't say" smartly re-
turned the girl, but I've just reached
2l."
"Is that so?" he returned consol-
ingly. What detained youY"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-24

Now Telephone Directories will go
20 press January l. Any corrections
or changes desired should be made
before the above date. Southwestern
Ben Teleph0ne Co.-Ady,