The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
A Variety Letter From A Former
Resident.

Resident.
Brooklyn, N. Y, June 27, 1918.
Editors Pleasantville Press
You have been so kind in publish
ing contributions or religion, health,
philosophy, public welfare and other
subjects that felt I ought to send you
F., something not so serious to sort of
even things up, for Solomon says
there is "a time to weep. and a time
to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time
to dance" (Eccle. 3:4). Solomon was
a wise old gezabo" who had been
through the mill' and wasn't in the
habit of talking through his hat.
Altho Sol was rich enough to hire
Rockefeller for a chauffeur and Car
negie for a valet, "the ladies'" seemed
to be his "long suit, as he had some
thing like 1000 head to keep. Reckon
if he was living during the present
war times, he might divorce a few
of what a picnic that would make for
the lawyers.
Speaking of thrift, here is one a
| prominent Brooklyn evangelist recited
for me in one of our less serious mo-
ments:-
Beloved brethren, is it not a sin,
When you peel a potato, to throw
away the skin?
For the skins feed the pigs, and the
pigs feed you,
Beloved brethren, is this not true?"
Men doing serious war work of any
kind, especially deep thinkers, need
such things to maintain their mental
balance, so they will not get lop-sided.
Many men with splendid in~tellects
have become deranged because they
did not laugh and play as well as work
| and grind. Paul says 'and every man
that striveth for the mastery is tenn
perate in all things" q CORN. 9:25),
and Paul was no SLOUGH at giving adj
vice with plenty of sanctified common
sense in it. Men, like metal, are tenn
pered with fire %(trouble) as we know
by observing that the men and wo-
men who are the most patient and
even tempered are the ones who have
had the most troubles. "Tribulation
worketh patience. (Romans $50.
Speaking of patience, I think "Old
john, who used to milk the COWS at
the New York Christian Home, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y, must have been after
Jobs scalp. He would come from the
barn with the milk-pails all battered
up and not much milk left on account
of the COWS kicking. John, why
don't you take a club and beat some
sense into those cows heads?", the
boys would ask him. "Oh, pshawi,
them cows didn't mean nuthin'; they
was only foolin', was ALL, Old John
would say with a queer little smile.
Old John sure was there with the
goods, wasn't he?
We are holding ~evangelistic SER
vices on the beach at Coney Island, so
l get a breath of salt air occasionally,
and it smells good to a man born and
raised on the Jersey Coast. Coney
Island is something like Atlantic City,
only more so, much more so. oh,
yesi There sure are some shows and
contraptions along Surf Avenue, with
| very talkative dime-coaXers at the en-
frances. One fellow was running his
best show on earth" at &c a throw"
and had a big sign reading Fast nick
els are better han slow dimes, a way
he had of saying that he believed in
large sales and small profits. By the
way, if you go there you had better
put a little extra dough" in your
pocket, for the war has sent the price
of hot dogs-get 'em while they're
hot" to ten cents.
In case you are wondering whether
a man of God would take in the
| shows. l will only say that it was on
Sunday looked at them. what do l
/ think of ito" Please come around to
! headquarters and I will give you the
true theology on the matter. Howev-
err, unto the pure all things are pure.
(Titus 1:15). It's a good deal accord
ing to how your conscience is; but a
man who has mastered a horse ought
to be able to ride him, altho we must
not forget that in deciding such mat
! tiers anything with the question mark
after it is dangerous.
l once heard a nan named Kiger,
down in Jersey, say that some people