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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Secretary Wilson Says
People Ought to Provide
Full Man Power for War

Is this a capitalists war? Do you
believe the pacifists and pro-Germansl
Read this extract from a speech by
Secretary of Labor Wilson at st.
Paul:
eff this is a capitalists war, then 1t
follows that congress and the presi-
dent have been dominated by capital
ism in declaring war, and it would fol.
low also that they would be dominated
by capitalism in pursuing the war. And
yet, instead of permitting capital to
secure profits at will, n of the first
powers granted the wal administration
was to fix prices at which capitalists
should sell their products of labor
the selling price of coal at the mines
IA fixed, the price of wheat, the price
of certain metal products and the price
of copper fixed.
"But il no instance has there been
any attempt on the part of the admin
istration to fix the maximum price that
should be paid for labor.
"This is q war of the people of the
United States for their liberty. If our
boys are willing to sacrifice their lives,
if need be, surely we who remain at
home ought to sacrifice our pride, our
prejudices and our suspicious and pro-
vide our full mai power in preparing
the material by which these boys will
defend our country"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
"EAIR AND WARMER"
AT APOLLO NEXT WEEK.

Avery Hopwood, master of farce, ran
his own record up with Fair and
Warmer" the bubbling, hilarious farce
which Selwyn & Company will present
at the Apollo Theatre next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr.. Hop
woods admirers, dating from Seven
Days" and "Nobody's Widow" two
greatest ces of former seasons,
found in his latest work the same
sparkle of line and c%leverness of
characterization which had graced the
others, with an added righteousness of
situations. The scene built around
the inexpert making of a cocktail puts
it's audiences practically into hyster-
les.
The long New York u of the piece,
with it's thousands of out-of-town visi-
tors, and it's subsequent record of I'm.
~paralleled success wherever it has
been seen, spread the fame of Fair
& Warmer" all over the country and
created a vigorous demand for it. Sci
wynn & Company send it here with an
excellent company of %farceurs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Two Bits a Day Clubs, the
New Way of Aiding the War

A movement has been inaugurated
in Phoenix, Ariz., for the formation
of 1.-TWO Bits a Day" clubs, the men,
bers of which are to buy a quarters
worth of thrift stamps every day.
Three men each took 100 thrift cards,
pasted n stamp on each card and
sold the entire lot before two blocks
had been covered. 1.-TWO bits" is the
old term, dating back to the early days
of the country, and is still used in the
South and West. Every patriotic
American now wants ito do his bit"
says a treasury department bulletin,
The members of these clubs are carry
ing out this idea finely in doing their
"two bits" every day. 1t is hoped that
1.-TWO Bits a Day" clubs will be
formed all over the country in the
great ~war-savings campaign.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
HuBIN SAYS.

Pl~easantville will get a large mum.
Der of the employees of the Bethlehem
Loading Plant at Mays Landing, as ev.
cry house in Mays Landing is filled,
and Pleasantville will reap a big bene'
fit. Hubin had a force of men at work
rebuilding his Opera House property
and a large restaurant will be added
to feed a large number of the Steel
Company's thousands of employees,
Pleasantville will enjoy the biggest
boom possible, and Atlantic County as
well.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
70 A SOLDIER IN FRANCE


On. IL today you dream OF home,
hin of the road we know
Untangling a blue skein of hills;
And how the birches grow
Against the light, and of that day
Only a year ago!
For here alone those hills again
Your little son and /
Are wishing the enchanted trail
Would lead us round the sky
And drop us in a Flanders field
To see you marching by.
And now the child is eager for
A wonder-tale of Greece;
I tell him how you sailed away
Like Jason for the Fleece,
To find a glory more than gold
Beside the winding Lys.
But while his deep eyes glow and slsw
1t seems another tells
The tale and beauty to my heart
No world of meaning spells.
And the river on the valley-f1oor
Flows over Flemish bells.
Grace Hazard Conkling. in the Century.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Punish the SIackers Who
Gain Release Through Crime

Dishonorable discharges from the
army, which many officers believe have
been seized upon by slackers as the
vehicle of escape from military serv-
ice, will no longer provide such oppor-
tunity, under an order issued by Sec
rotary Baker. For several weeks the
army has been losing men at the rate
Of 100 to $50 a day. They chose to
commit offenses which led to their dis
honorable discharge. In the future
Secretary Baker ordered, such men
will get terms of Imprisonment with
their discharges, and whenever posi-
BILE some other form of sentence will
be used.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
ASBURY nj. E.. CHURCH.
Rev. E.. F.. Morris. Pastor.

Our church is busily engaged in its
preparation for Conference, which
meets in Cape May on April II. Ev-
cry organization is doing it's best to
help the pastor and officials to make a
splendid report.
Next Thursday night, Prof. T. R.
Parker will give his wonderful exhibit
ton of African Curios and lecture.
This is to be a fine affair. Admission
but 15c.
On March %, that great drama enti-
tied the Rose of Eden," will be given
by the Doric Dramatic Club of Atlantic
City, forty in number. The tickets of
admission will be only zoe.
The order of service for tomorrow
Sunday: Sunday School at 9.45 and
rehearsal of the Easter Carols, and it
is hoped that every officer, teacher and
scholar will be present on time.
Pastor will preach at II A. M.
At 8 P. M. the pastor, choir and Ep-
worth League workers are going to
Asbury M. e. Church, Atlantic City,
and it is requested that every member
of the choir and Epworth League will
go.
7.3O P. M, the Epworth League ser
vice in charge of it's newly elected Off
GERS, at which time all the officers will
be installed.
$50 sharp, Rev. George King will
have charge of the service and preach
Music by the newly organized Senior
Choir.
Don't fail to be present and enjoy
these services.
Don't forget to buy and read Th'
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Bits of Wisdom.

Good habits of some men are
as expensive as the bad habits
Of others.
A woman isn't necessarily
homely because she is unspeak-
ably beautiful.
When a man is really In love
he thinks there is but n wom-
an in the world.
Some people never know
when to stop and others never
know when to begin.
The man who marries an or
phan can't blame his troubles
on his wife's mother.
A wise woman always let's
herself get the worst of an argu-
ment with an egotist.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Last Monday evening Rebecca D
Harvey was adopted by Mrs. Merritt.
The w. c. T. U. unit of the Pleas
antville Red Cross Society will NEE
at the home of Mrs. Frendlich, III N
Second ST., Thursday afternoon, Mar
IA, at 2 o'clock.
In a collision which occurred Mon
day night at the corner of Washington
avenue and Main street, a Saxon cal
smashed a wheel of a Ford runabout
belonging to the Gulf Refining Co.
Hubin donated the free use of his
Theatre to the Red Cross Society last
Thursday evening, and when it comes
to assisting any worthy movement, you
will always find Hubin willing to do
his part.
The Ladies' Aid of Bethany M. E.
Church will give a 6 o'clock dinner in
the church dining room next Tues
day. March 18th. Tickets for adults,
25c; children, half price. Refresh
ments will also be offered for sale.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Helping Hand Society of the Baptist
Church was held at the home of Mrs.
George H. Adams on Monday after
noon. The next meeting will be held
the first Monday in April at the home
of Mrs. Lewis R. Smith.
Regular meeting of the Missionary
Society of Wesley M. .. Church will
be held at Mrs. Lawrence Phillips, II
N. Main st. Mrs. Elias Campbell will
present the regular lesson topic and
Mrs. Frank Smith the enigmas. Ev-
eryone interested is cordially invited
to be present.
A Junior Red Cross Unit has been
formed in School No. 2 with a men,
bership of 1000 of the enrolment.
Similar units are being formed in
School No. 1 and the High School.
The children have entered enthusiastic
cally into this activity. They are also
regular purchasers of Thrift Stamps.
The Pleasantville Press has received
from Congressman Bacharach a supply
of very interesting booklets relating to
the war, the subjects being Conquest
and Kultur," German War Practices"
and "The Great War, which we will
be pleased to distribute to interested
parties upon application to the office.
A meeting of the Standard Bearers
of Salem M. E. Church was held at
the home of Miss Elma Mcconnell on
Monday evening. AS this was the first
meeting in two months a large amount
of business was attended to. A special
meeting of this society will be held at
the home of Mrs. Budd on Monday eve
ming.
Atlantic County was all agog this
week over the statement that the Gov
eminent will Immediately install a
great munition plant between Elwood
and Hammonton. This will in no way
interfere with the plans of the Bethle-
hem Steel Co. for their plant at Mays
Landing. Thousands of men will be
employed at the two plants,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
WESLEY nj. E. CHURCH.
Rev. j. William Lee, Pastor.

Sunday services as follows:
$50 A. M, Glass.
1890 a. M, Sermon by a leading min
lister of the New Jersey Conference.
2,3O p. NJ, Sunday School; classes
for all, Don't forget the Mems Bible
Glass.
$50 p. M, Epworth League.
7.30 p. M, another of those famous
song festivals, followed by preaching
by one of the Conferences best min
listers. Everybody invited.
Wednesday at 7.45 p. m. Prayer
Meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Hay Used as Tea.

Many tons of hay from the Swiss
mountains have been exported to Ger
many to be used as tea. The hay con-
sists chiefly of aromatic plants and is
gathered with much difficulty in the
high attitudes. The price paid for this
hay is between So and So for 10F
pounds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Services tomorrow, the fourth Sun
day in Lent, at II o'clock, consist of
Morning Prayer, Litany and sermon
on Changed Hearts. Sunday School
at IL o'clock. A cordial invitation to
attend is extended to everybody.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Chattel Mortgages.

Thomas F. Crawford to First Natiol
al Bank of Pleasantville, goods, ctr
mentioned in schedule and now
drug store situate at southwest corn
of Main street and Washington aver
in Pleasantville; $4,000.
Warren c.. Marshall to Samuel
Reilly, 900 tons of natural ice now
two certain icehouses situate upon
estate owned by William Rockelm
at Bakersville, together with two
houses upon said land; $1,000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Beans and Aviation.

No one would " associate the
humble bean with the success or fail
ure of a great aircraft program, writes
II. E. Coffin, in the Saturday Evening
Post, and yet just now we r arrang-
ing for the planting in America of a
hundred thousand acres of castor
beans. the oil from which is a vital n
ressity to the smooth running of air.
craft engines.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
PLEASANTVILLE TRANSFERS.

Charles Stebbins ct ux. to Charles T.
Collins, 100x150 it,, southeast corne
of Ohio avenue and road leading to
Church Road; 5000.
Louisa J. Chadwick to Matilda q.
Seneca Ave-, go feet northwest of Bel
mont avenue; 5000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
Lake Place, Pleasantville.

Sabbath School this Saturday morn.
ing at 10 o'clock, followed by Church
Services.
=, Prayer meeting every Wednesday
night at las o'clock.
Everybody welcome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Couldn't Be Worse,

Mrs. Al don't think their manners
are particularly good. 1 wonder where
they have been living?
Mrs. b don't know, but their man.
ners couldn't be any worse if the!
had been living at home all their lives
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
CANCELLED MORTGAGES.

Charles S. Adams to Hammonton l..
& B. Asso., 30x100 it., southwest side
of Pleasant avenue, 100 feet northwest
of West Third street; $1,000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children,

For Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and
are a pleasant remedy for Worms. Used by
Mothers for 80 years. They neOer fail. Al
all druggists, Csc. Sample FREE. Address,
Mother Gray Co., Leroy. N. Y. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
CAUGHT Nappino.

Bess-Then her husbands death was
uneXpected?"
June-Yes; 1t caught her totally un.
prepared with a possible second.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
No Reason To.

"Are you conserving food in youl
house, Mrs. Comeup"
Don't have to; nobody in 1t likes
conServeS."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09

Pleasantville Press and get the news.
Edward Terry, our newsboy, residence
West Edgewater Ave-, will bring it to
your door.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Great Helm.

1T isn't the small amount of money
involved, it's the principle of the thing
"Um."
you approve that stand, do you
not?"
You bet I do" declared the attorney,
1T keeps many a lawyer in business
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
1T Is TO LAUGH
No Cooperation.

No Cooperation.
Il always try to make the best of @
bad situation" remarked Mr.. Glithery
"What do you do when your water
pipes freeze and then burst?"
ooh, I sing a little song, just to show
that I'm not worrying"
THAT'S highly commendable."
But when the water begins to leak
on the people who occupy the fiat be,
meath mine, to save my life I can't
persuade them to join me in singing
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-03-09
Better Yet

"Y GU w e r
mighty lucky in
not seeing any
sub m q e s on
your trip across"
"We e r that,
and luckier still
that none of them
saw u.s."
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22
OSCAR MEMBERSHIPS WIT

Vixen Oscar Hammerstein. the veteran opera impresario, fell ill re- gently there was dismay among his countless friends; and when 1t was announced that he was recovering from an operation the rejoicing was general.
 Although best known to the pub lie as Il manager and builder of places of amusement. to those who know him personally his wit, humor. ready repartee, and sometimes biting sar casm, stand out above all else in his character.
 He had occasion at one time to discharge man in Montreal who had been drawing a large salary for col- lecting royalties for him on his cigar machines. This employee wrote him q very eaustic letter and wound up with, Tn my opinion you are buffoon." :" Oscar sent him this reply by special delivery: My Dear August: Come nov, you don't mean buffoon, you mean buffet. You've been eating off II
 Once he was coming downtown 1 duetor stopped and looked down at
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22
How much 'S if pOin' to take?" asked

How much s it goin' to take" asked Marthy heavily.
 "0h, piles" Billy Louise spoke airily to hide her pride in the importance of the subject. Fifty dollars, 1 guess I've got to have some new clothes, mommie says. I'd like blue dress"
 And your paw can't raise fifty dol larsY Marthy's tone was plainly bel ligerent
 ''Got to pay interest,"" said Billy Lou ise importantly.
 Marthy said not another word about debts or the duties of parents. What she did was more to the point, how ever, for she hitched the mules to a rattly old buckbo next day and drove over to the Macdonald ranch on the Wolverine. She carried $50 in her pocket, and that was practically all the money Marthy possessed and had been saved for the debts that harassed her. She gave the money to Billy Lou ises mother and said that 1t was a present for Billy Louise and meant for ..school money" She said that she hadn't any girl of her own to spend the money on and that Billy Louise was good girl and smart girl. and she wanted to do a little something to- ward her schooling.
 A woman will sacrifice more pride than you would believe if she sees a way toward helping her children to an education. Mrs. Macdonald took the money, and she promised seerecy-with a feeling of relief that Marthy wished it. She was astonished to find that Marthy had any feelings not directly connected with work or the shortcom- ings of Jase. but she never suspected that Marthy had made any sacrifice for Billy Louise.
 So Billy Louise went away to school and never knew whose money had made it possible to go, and Marthy worked harder and drove Jase more relentlessly to make up that $50. She never mentioned the matter to any one. The next year it was the same. When in August she questioned Billy Louise clumsily upon the subject of finances and learned that daddy still talked about debts and interest and didn't
 
 know where the money was coming from she drove over again with money for the schooling. And again she ex- tracted promise of silence.
 She did this for four years, and not a soul knew that it cost her anything in the way of extra work and extra harassment of mind. She bought more cattle and cut more hay and went deep CT into debt, for as Billy Louise grew older and prettier and more accustom- ed to the ways of town she needed more money, and the August gift grew proportionately larger. The mother was thankful beyond the point of ques- tioning. An August without Marthy and Marthy's gift of money would have been tragedy, and so selfish is mother love sometimes that she would have accepted the gift even if she had known what 1t cost the giver
 At eighteen, then. Billy Louise knew some things not taught by the wide plains and the wild hills around her. She was not spoiled by her little learn ing, which was good thing. And when her father died tragically be- heath an overturned load of poles from the mountain at the head of the can- yon Billy Louise came home. The Billy
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22
CHAPTER II.

A Book, a Bannoek, and a Bed. DLUE led the way straight to the D low, dirt roofed stable of logs and
 stopped with his nose against the closed door. Billy Louise herself was deceived by the whirl of snow and would have missed the stable entirely if the leadership had been hers. She patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder when she unsaddled him. She groped with her fingers for the wooden peg in the wall where the saddle should hang. failed to find it and so laid the saddle down against the logs and covered it with the blanket.
 Just turn your horse in loose." she directed the man shortly. Blue won't fight, and think the rest of the horses are in the other part. And come on to the house."
 It pleased her little to see that he obeyed her without protest. but she was not so pleased at his silence, and she led the way rather indignantly to- ward the winking eye which was the cabins window.
 At tHe Sounu or 1nelr rect on the wide doorstep her mother. pulled open the door and stood fair in the light, looking out with an anxious look.
 "Is that you, Billy Louise? Oh, ain't Peter Rowling Dog with you? What makes you so terrible late. Billy Louise? Come right in, stranger. don't know your name, but I don't need to know 1t. storm like this is all the introduction a fellow needs, l guess"
 What about Peter?' Billy Louise asked. Isn't he here?'
 No, and he ain't been since an hour or so after you left. He saddled up and rode of down the river, to the res. ervation, I reckon"
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22
(To BE CONTINUED
STOLEN TREASURES OF ART
Germany Will Hold Rare Collections Taken From France and Belgium
 Unless Peace Terms Interfere.

Will one of the peace conditions in- volve return to Belgian and French art treasures removed by the Ger mans since 1914 from the occupied territories? asks the New York Eve ming Post.
 Until the present wars outbreak. everyone has supposed the custom of nations changed since Napoleon's time so that 1t would no longer be possible for conqueror to fill his mu- seums with plunder. That supposi- tion. like so many others, seems to have been given the lie by the kaiser, whose agents are said to have emp tied the Antwerp and Brussels mu- seums for the benefit of Berlin. Even the emperor's grandfather, in the war of 1870. took practically no toll of Paris art treasures.
 Malice has ascribed this moderation to the lack, in that Spartan genera ton, of appreciation for art, which led those earlier invaders to confine their activities, for the most part, to or molu clocks and silver services. The modern Prussian, however, from the crown prince down. has become a dilettante, an art connosseur. Hence the very thought of cleanup made of art objects. Berlin, willy nilly, is to be made q world art center If tour ists prefer Paris because of its great CT natural charm, they will, in any event. be forced to visit the Prussian capital in order to see Rubens "De- scent From the Cross."
 A monopoly of the worlds potash supply, and collection of stolen art, Is to keep the world at Germany's mercy-unless the terms of peace pro vide otherwise.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22

panionably at last. "He simply can't lose his footing or his way"
 Yes? That's nice"
 Billy Louise felt like putting out her tongue at him for the cool remoteness of his tone It would serve him right to ride on and let him break his neck over the bluff if he wanted to. She shut her teeth together and turned her face away from him.
 So, in silence and with no very good feeling between them. they went pre- cariously down the steep hill (the hill up which Marthy and the oxen and Jase had toiled so laboriously twenty seven years beforel and across the tiny flat to where the cabin window wink ed a welcome at them through the storm.
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22
When They Met Anain-

Two friends met recently in Elan. ders. Dan Daily was one of the friends. He used to be an advertising man in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Just before the war began he was in Ges- many, Iook-seeing. One night there was grand party in Frankfurt-am- Main. Nora Bayes was there and one or two other Americans and Arthur Blaut, who owns the largest tannery in Germany. He tans most of the leather for one of the great English firms. Next day Blaut and Daly went out in Blaut's car and saw the town Then they said good-by.
 We were out gathering up the wounded said Daily, when I heard my name called. There was d German soldier with smashed arm.
 Wont you epeak to me, Dan?" he asked.
 Tt was Arthur Blaut."
The Monticellonian., 1918-02-22

that it wanted another swallow or two and lowered its muzzle again to the water.
 Billy Louise could not form any opin- ion of the mans age or personality, for he was encased in a wolfskin coas which covered him completely from hat brim to ankles. She got an impress sion of thin, dark face and a sharp glance from eyes hat seemed dark also There was a thin, high nose, and beyond that Billy Louise did not look. If she had the mouth must certainly have reassured her somewhat.
 Blue stepped nonchalantly down into the stream beside the strange horse and went across without stopping to drink. The strange horse moved on also, as if that were the natural thing to do-which it was, since chance sent them travelling the same trail. Billy Louise set her teeth together with the