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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-29
THE QUESTIONS.

I've practiced, practiced day by day
To learn the questions l must say
On Sedar night;
Then father, like king OF kings,
Now low, now loud the answer sings
When 1 have asked Alright.
To you and me the story's told
Because twas we in days OF old
Whom God made free.
To Pharoah's slave He gave His rod
And made of us Prince OF God
And dried for us the Sea-
But 1 would ask one question more:
If we today should crowd the shore
Of every land
With listening mind and daring heart
Would not the ocean leap apart
Again at Gods command?
Jessie Sempter.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-29
NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM.

Pesach is a holiday for which we all
should be thankful because it is the
anniversary of our freedom. All the
people of the United States celebrate
the fourth of July because on that day
they became free from the English gov
eminent. The American people were
not slaves, they were not made to work
hard. They rebelled because they were
not represented in the English Parl1a-
ment. We Jews, when we were freed
from Egypt, were real slaves. We were
treated like horses, who have no Will
of their own, but must do what their
master tells them to do. Nowadays,
there are humane societies that say to
the master, "YOu must not beat your
horse" When the Jews were in Egypt,
there were no good people to say to
the Egyptians, Don't kill the souls and
bodies of this poor, oppressed people"
If our great leader Moses had not led
the Jews out from bondage into the
beautiful land of Palestine, we might
now have been ignorant Egyptian
slaves. The name of the Jews would
not be written down in the history OF
the world as the "People Of the Book
meaning that we are a learned, intelll-
gent race The Jewish people could
never have brought forth great phil
osophers, gifted musicians, great states
men, wonderful poets, and helpful
teachers, who have been blessing to
all the people of the world, gentiles
as we'll as Jews.
The slavery in Egypt was only the
first great trouble which the Jews had
Since then great many PharaOhs tried
to enslave us. Many thought they
succeeded, but a handful of Jews, al
ways outlived their enemy. Today,
there are fourteen million Jews, in
spite of the two thousand years of the
"Golus' which we have suffered.
And these fourteen million Jews have
something new to be thankful for. They
should be thankful for the opportunity
given them to rebuild the land of their
fathers For two thousand years
Mother Zion sat alone weeping for her
past glory For two thousand years, she
sat with outstretched arms, calling to
her children to come back. But no
one listened Her children had their
own troubles in their own lands. They
suffered, but that suffering made them
remember their old mother. They never
could forget their beautiful free home.
In every prayer, they mentioned Zion.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-29
March 20, 1918.

"I'd love to" began Sara, and then
stopped. Wednesday evening there
would be the Seder service in ssara's
home and her mother had reminded
her only that morning that she was de-
pending on her young daughter to help
her prepare the table.
''Sister Hannele will be coming with
baby Nisel this year." her mother had
said. "Wouldn't it be fine if my little
Sarchen could help me mix kloess and
roll the strudle. Some day soon you
will he fixing the meals for husband
of your own, just as Hannele does now
for her Jankoff. Wouldn't you like to
help me this year, Sarchen?"
ooh, yes, mamma, I'll do anything
you say" answered Sara. "Only please
don't call me Sarchen. I don't like it!'
And to escape her mothers panied eyes
she had gone to school ten minutes
earlier than usual.
no." Sara said to Alice Stone. 81
forgot, I won't be able to go with you"
'I'm sorry" was all Alice, said. Some
other time"
On Wednesday afternoon Sara watch
ed her friends go laughingly on their
way to the movies" and then she in
dignantly turned towards her home. The
thought of disappointing her mother
did not occur to her, but she went about
her business of mixing kloess with
pout on her pretty mouth and in no
very happy frame of mind.
The Seder service, however, drove
all unhappy thoughts from Sara's head.
Baby Nisel had never been so sweet.
Brother-in-law Jankoff had brought her
a new knitted 4hat-one of his newest
samples. Sister Hannele, had declared
''these are the best kloess I ever ate"
and mamma had smilingly answered,
"That is because our little Sarchen had
a finger in them. Next year she will
know how to make them all by her
SELF
Sara smiled and was happy. She
forgot her vexation of the afternoon
and was surprised how soft and endear-
ing the name "Sarchen" had sounded
as mamma said it. She was sure that
Pesach was the very incest of all the
holy days.
She had counted on going to schul
with her parents on the morrow, but
when her father had insisted that she
remain away from school on Friday
also, Sara rebelled
Nevertheless, there was no help for
it, and all the while-she was sitting
at home listening to mamma tell of
'sthat last Pesach in Russia" or papa
repeat the prayers the rabbi had uttered
that morning, she was wondering what
the girls at the High School were doing,
and how much she would have to make
up when she returned to her classes.
She wondered if the girls thought she
was i'll. They did not know she was
Jewess, and she would have to tell them
now.
On Monday morning Sara oversight
herself and when she hurried down.
stairs for her breakfast she found her
mother about to wrap her lunch that
she was to take to school. She paused
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-03-29
"A WORD TO THE CHILDREN.

The Junior Editor of The American
Jewish World knows that a great many
clever children are going to read Our
Junior Department, SO she is giving you
a chance to do some real thinking. Send
your answers in by the tenth OF April;
those who give the right answer will
win a prize.
AS you see these five words do not
make any sense arrange them in such
an order that they will: AVOID; SOSME;
ACJOB; ONIZ; RANAO.
When you answer don't forget to sign
your name, address, and age.
The editor of the Junior Department
will be glad to hear from any OF her
little readers. If you are a good poet
or poetess, let her see how we'll you
compose. If you can write clever short
stories, let her read them. II you read
something in the Junior Page you
like, write and tell her so.
And remember, whenever you write,
sign your name, age and address,.
SPRING THESE AT THE 'SEDER.
@. What is the most ancient men
ton made of a banking transaction?
A. When Pharaoh got a check on
the Red Sea Bank.
@. When were "e'' and 90" the only
vowels?
A. In the days of Noah Ono "a')
when gu" and "i'' were not born.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
A NATIONS STRENGTH
IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY
Eat Less -Mste nothing @
Create a Reserve Ma9S3A
AMERICA MUST FEED WlIlpg
no. 600. 900 ALLIES $50
A DAILY DUTY.

Each day every American soldier in
France is confronted by a great duty.
Our Army there has a great task to
perform for our country, for the world,
for civilization, and for humanity.
Our soldiers are doing their duty with
a courage and fidelity and efficiency
that thrill every heart.
Each day every American citizen at
home is confronted by a great duty,
a duty as imperative upon him or her
as the duty of our soldiers is upon
them. The American people have a
great task to perform. 1t is to support
to the limit of their ability our Army,
our Navy, u country at war.
To work with increased energy and
efficiency so that our national produc-
ton may be increased; to economic
in consumption SO that more material
and labor and transportation may be
left free for the uses of the Govern
ment; and with the resultant savings
to support the Government financially
is the daily duty of every American.
1t is a duty that will be met by every
American whose heart is with our sol
diers in France, who glories in their
courage and fighting ability and their
success.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.

The campaign for the Fourth Liber-
ty Loan begins September % and
closes October 10. While the amount
has not yet been announced, it is gem
orally conceded it will be for a larger
amount than any of the preceding
loans. The American people, there
fore, are called upon to raise a larger
sum of money in a shorter length of
time than ever before. There is need,
therefore, for prompt action-prompt
and efficient work and prompt and lib
eral subscriptions.
We have a great inspiration for a
great effort. The news from the battle
front inspires every American heart,
not only with pride and patriotism but
with a great incentive to do his or
her part. There is no Sinking, no
shifting of the individual burden, no
s%elfishness by American soldiers in
France; there should be hone here.
We are both supporting the same
country and the same cause-our
Army in one way, ourselves in anoth-
er. Theirs is the harder part, but at
least we can do our part as promptly
and loyalty and efficiently as they do
theirs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
THE FALL SCHEDULE OF
CIRCUIT JUDGE CARROW

Following is the Fall Schedule of
Circuit Court Judge Howard Carrow:
Cape May Court House, September
10th to 10th, inclusive.
Salem, September 18th to 23rd, inc
Bridgeton, September oath to Octo'
Der 4th, inclusive.
Mays Landing, October 9Th to 31st
inclusive.
Mount Holly, November 4th to 18th
inclusive.
Woodbury., November 18th to goth,
inclusive.
Judge Carrow will sit 1T chambers
when notified of motions as follows:
First and second Saturdays, Court
House, Camden, 1890 A. M.
Third Saturday, Law Library, At.
lantic City, 1890 A. M.
Motions may be arranged for other
times and places.
Judge Carrow can be seer at his
office, POT Market street, Camden, any
day at 10 o'clock when he is not on
the Circuit, and when he is on the
Circuit letters directed to his office
will be forwarded to him.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
YELL "KAMERhD" If
THEIR BOMB MISSES
st. Louis Boy Tells of How Ma
rines Took German Ma
chine Guns.

An interesting description of an at
tack by United States marines on a
German m%achine-gun position is given
in a letter by Henry A. Bauman to his
father at st. Louis. He says he Is suf-
fering from sores caused by gas, but
otherwise Is all right. He says his
company in several fights have killed
more than 500 Germans and captured
800.
"Our battalion was picked to take a
very strong mac.line-gun position held
by the Germans Bauman writes.
'"They were dug in in a large strip
of woods, and the big rocks made the
position what looked to me like a reg
ular nest of fortresses.
ut sure was a sight as we marched
across an open field in a valley, about
700 yards. There were three waves.
We scared the Germans SO badly,
though, that they never tried to hold
us, but beat it, leaving a lot of guns
and ammunition in our hands.
"We dug in, expecting a counter
attack, which never came. The next
day we made another attack Wnere
they fought like hi for a while, but
the boys waded though their machine
gun fire and made such quick work of
them that they broke and ran again.
ut was the first time 1 heard the
Hun vel. fKamerad (which he sure
did. They throw a bomb at us, and
if it kills us they stick a while longer.
If it doesn't kill US up go their hands
and off go their helmets-'Kamerad =
"We captured 300 prisoners, 81 ma
chine guns and one trench mortar
that is, my company did. Altogether
we killed 500 Boches and captured
800 prisoners, besides a lot of machine
guns and several pieces of artillery.
"Outside of shooting at us with ar
tillery and gas for the next few days,
the Boches let us alone"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
NEED MORE BOOKS.

The Pleasantville Public Library has
received a request from the American
Library Association War Service for
more books from this community for
the men overseas.
The appeal from Washington states
that new novels and good adventure
and historical stories, whether new or
old, are most needed. Books by Zane
Connor, Rudyard Kipling, B. M. Bow
er, Owen Wister and o. Henry are
very popular. The Library will re-
ceive and forward all suitable books
that are turned in. 1t urges the
friends of the soldiers and sailors,
many of whom have already respond
ed most generously, to give more
books.
The communication received by the
Library from the Washington Head
quarters states that over 600, 900 books
have been sent overseas. The supply
is nearly exhausted, and several hun
dred thousand more will be needed
soon by the six dispatch offices which
are now shipping books to France.
The books are packed at these dis
patch offices in strong cases, so built
that they serve as a bookcase.
They go on the decks of transports,
in cargo vessels and in naval vessels.
Those that go on the decks of trans
ports are open so that the men may
have reading matter for use ON the
voyage. All these books are gathered
together again, however, replaced in
the cases and delivered to the proper
officials in France.
In France, the books are distributed
by an experienced Librarian, repre-
senting the American Library Associa-
ton. Most of them go to Y. M. G. A.,
Red Cross and Salvation Army huts,
hospitals and canteens. Others go di-
rectly to chaplains and officers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
CHAMPION WORM STORY
Field Correspondent Sends Remark
able Yarn From West Virginia.

A field correspondent sends the fol-
lowing story of a worm offensive from
Littleton, w. Va.
Millions of worms have invaded this
section. For three days they passed
steadily a half-mile from this city in
such numbers as to drive farmers from
the fields. Work was discontinued in
order to shovel the invaders away fl rom
homes. The army is travelling a
straight course. 1t is 100 yards in
width, three miles long and several
inches deep. When one farmer, Mil
lard McDougal, arose one morning he
found worms stacked against his back
door. James Fox, another farmer, was
forced to stop blowing. The worms
are about two inches long, onn-eighth
of an inch in diameter. of a golden
yellow color and with many legs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
PITCHING HAY A PASTIME
Methodist Pastor Works on Farms
and breaches.

Rev. J.. E. Bryan, pastor of the
Methodist church at Cottonwood Falls,
Kan, is showing his patriotism and is
helping solve the labor shortage by
putting in quite a large share of his
time working on the farms of mem.
bers of his church.
Besides fulfilling all his pastorate
duties and preaching at funerals and
performing wedding ceremonies, Rev.
Mr.. Bryan finds plenty of time to make
a full hand in the ~hayfields for about
three or four days out of the week
or at least that has been his recent
record. He likes farm work and gar
dening and has done enough of this
strenuous labor to harden his muscles
so he can pitch hay with the best of
his parishioners.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
SABBATH DAY IN
FRANCE PICTURED
Not What YankS Are Accustomed
to at Home.
TYPICAL SUNDAY DESCRIBED

Former Insurance Man Conducts Re-
ligious Services and Later in the
Day Referees Boxing Match-De-
cency and Wholesomeness of
Young Americans lmpresses New
comer-Mothers Would Be Proud
of Them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07

In a thrilling airplane battle
10000 feet above the fighting
lines in France, Francis Peabody Ma
goun, Jr., a Harvard man, and second
lieutenant in the British royal flying
corps, sent one of the Germans most
noted fliers crashing to the ground,
causing the Huns death and complete
destruction of his machine, according
to a letter sent by Magoun to his
parents in Cambridge, Mass. This
was the v~ictor's first aerial conflict.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07

The Workingmen,S Building and
Loan Association of P~ledsdntUiIEe will
open it's twelfth series of stock on
Monday, September 9. The series is
open to public subscription; shares SO
cents per month each; no entrance fee
Subscriptions are now being received
by the secretary, Scott M. Long, and
the Treasurer, d. S. LeCompte, at the
Pleasantville Trust Co. building.-adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-09-07
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTvILLE.

Mayor-Thomas F. Crawford.
Clerk-Neheniah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Bates.
Tax Collector-Webster Price.
City Treasurer-Geo. Zippler, Jr.
City Engineer-Samuel ]. Clark.
City Solicitor-Louis D. Champion.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Police Justice-David D. Martz.
Building Inspector-Pau1 Wootton.
Plumbing Inspector-Edward G
Helfrich.
Overseer of the Poor Daniel 8.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Supervisor-Samuel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden-James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; George
Zippler, Jr., City Treasurer; Franklin
E. Smith, Clark Adams and John P.
Ashmead.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders = Clark Adams, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At-large and President,
Albert e. James; First Ward, Wilbur
w. Adams, Charles M. Chattle, Mi
chael Lutz; Second Ward, Walter J..
Anderson, Edward N. Meloney, Ray
mond G. Ireland.
Council Committees
Finance-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Streets-Ireland, Chattle, Adams.
Licenses-Anderson, Adams, Chattle.
Public Property = Adams, Meloney,
Ireland.
Lights-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Police-Adams, Meloney, Lutz.
Ordinances Anderson, ireland,
Chattle.
Poor-Ire1and, Anderson, Meloney.
Fire observation-disclosures, Chattle,
Anderson.
Education-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Sanitary-Ireland, Anderson, Melo-
ney.
Building-Adams, Ireland, Chattle.
Rules-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Railroads-Lutz, Meloney, Ireland.
Aud1t-Anderson, Meloney, Lutz.
Council meets on first and third
Monday evenings of each month. 8
o'clock in June, July, August and
September; 7.30 o'clock all other
months.
Board of Education.
President-Arthur H. Stiles.
Vice-President-John S. Weaver.
Secretary-W. G. Penhallow.
Custodian School Fund-Webster
Price.
City Superintendent of Schools
William c. Sullivan.
Medical Inspector-Dr. J. H. North.
Truant Oficer-Harry ]. Grimm.
Members-John S. Weaver, Arthur
H. Stiles, Charles D. Thompson, Joseph
H. Bradley and w. G.. Penhallow.
Committees
Finance-Weaver, Thompson, Brad
ley.
Building and Repairs-Thompson,
Weaver, Bradley.
Teachers = Penhallow, Weaver,
Thompson.
Property-Bradley, Weaver, Thomp-
son.
Grievance = Thompson, Weaver,
Bradley.
Books and Supplies-Penhallow,
Thompson, Weaver.
Truancy-Weaver, Thompson, Brad
ley.
Regular meetings first Tuesday Of
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; Wal
ter ]. Anderson and Edward N. Me-
loney, Councilmen; Chas. D. Thompson
and W. G. Penhallow, members Board
of Education.
Board of Health.
Rollin A. Gale, president; George w.
Singer, vice-president; Jesse Bowen,
secretary; Neil S.. Campbell, registrar
of vital statistics; William L. Ander-
son, Mark w. Blake, Samuel G.. Bow
en-, Jr.
Inspector-Dr. W. J. Hudson.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
The Workingmen'S Building and
Loan Association of P~ledsGntUiIle will
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-29
How to Keep Tools.

Tools should be kept dry, for mois-
ture causes rust, which is very injurI-
Gus, especially to sharp-edged tools. In
climates where the atmosphere is
moist keep tools in wall cabinet or
tool chest. If the atmosphere Is dry
they may be hung on the wall about
the work bench or arranged on shelves.
1t should be the aim to have n place
for every tool, and then cultivate the
practice of returning 1t to its proper
place Immediately upon the compile
tiOn Of the work in hand. A very good
plan for keeping the tools in their re-
spective places is first to draw an out
line Of each tool in its place upon the
wall and then paint fhis space black or
sorle color i'm contrast with the wall
itself, so that when any tool is not in
its place its absence will be readily
apparent.
Many persons are in the habit of
leaving tools where they finish using
them. In the first place. a tool can
not be kept in working condition If
allowed to remain exposed to the
weather, and in the second place the
time lost in locating the tool when It
is next required for use win be much
greater than that which would be re-
quired to return it to the proper place.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-29
Clean Barns, Cleaner MIX.

Construction Of the dairy barn may
be less important than careful methods
IN handling milk when keeping down
the bacterial content Of the milk is
considered, but the barn construction
may be such as to tighten the labor
necessary to keep the barn and its
equipment in a clean condition.
The stable should have a hard floor
which can be readily cleaned; for this
reason dirt floor is undesirable. A ce-
ment floor is easily cleaned and pre-
vents waste of the liquid manure. II
Is likely to be cold, however, and
therefore extra bedding is required for
the cows.
The gutter back of the cows should
be large enough to hold the droppings
one 16 to 18 inches wide and 7'inches
deep is usually sufficient-and it
should incline so as to drain readily
unless the liquid is taken up by absorb
ents. The best types of stalls and
hangers are those which present the
least surface for collecting dust and
dirt and the least obstruction to the
circulation Of air. Stalls of wool have
many fiat surfaces and cracks which
are difficult to keep clean and are not
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-29

easy TO dlsinfect thoroughly when such
disinfection is necessary in case of an
epidemic. Stalls made of metal
pipes are, therefore, preferable. A
swing stanchion is usually preferred,
as 1t allows the COW plenty Of freedom.
A low, smooth manger without sharp
angles is easy to keep clean. If the
COWS are tied facing the center Of the
barn the walllway behind them should
be five feet or more In width, so that
the walls will not be soiled by the spat-
tering from the gutter and the ma
nure carrier.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-03-29
BRIGHTEN Bank Barns.

Very few farm buildings con-
structed Is or 20 years ago meet tho
sanitary requirements of today. Bank
barns are generally dark and damp.
Light is often excluded from one or
more sides. thus making the stable
difficult to keep clean. Stables which
have Easements open on one side for
the manure furnish breeding place
for flies. Barns which have many ex-
posed beams, braces and ledges on
which dust may lodge are undesirable.
In these old types of buildings little or
no attention was paid to proper venti-
latiOn and distribution of the light
Many of them, however, can at small!
expense be remOdeled to meet all SAN
itary requirements.