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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
To Mend Broken China

Tie the broken parts of china to-
gether with stout string, being sure
that the edges meet evenly; then COM
pletely submerge the dish in a pan of
skim milk and place on back of stove
to gently simmer all day. Do not re-
move from the milk until thoroughly
cold and even then don't cut the string
for "a hours. Hot water will not cause
the cups to come apart again.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Cons Stand the Strain.

A weIl-known scientist informs us
that closing the eyes and relaxing the
muscles for a space of five minutes
several times day helps one to stand
the strain of wartime conditions. And
here we have been blaming the cops
when they were doing a wise and ex-
cellent thing, especially when they
were wanted by belated citizens, who
we're holding a hurried session with
stick-up men.-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Work end Talent

A talent does not relieve us from
the necessity of working. 1t only shows
us the lines in which we can work
most effectively. The girl who thinks
that because she has natural taste
for music she can dispense with the
practice of scales will find herself
worse off than another who owns that
she has no talent. but is ready to plod
Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

1t might be advisable for US to sound
our own depths and backgrounds and
cultivate a certain perspective and
foreground for the people we ruth
lessly condemn as hopelessly impossi-
BILE, and so put so much greater an inn
pediment in the way of their advance
ment to better things. Criticism is a
cruel and too often an entirely unnec-
essary weapon to WELD against those
with whom we come in contact. There
are very few people who are really
impossible" If only we would make
the effort to find their good and worth-
while virtues.-Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Henry VII was so pleased with the
discoverer of Newfoundland. the first
colony added to the crown, that he pre-
sented him with a $50 note. Mr. n.
Hall of the Navy league alluded to this
circumstance at a meeting of the So
ciety OF Engineers at Burlington
House. The first effort to colonize for
the British empire, he said, was made
in 1900.
lard IT
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

The ancient Greeks, with a unity of
language to begin with, never achieved
national unity, while the various Ital-
ian tribes, speaking several different
languages, displayed a good deal Of
cohesion, and became firmly united M
der Rome, all of which lives as II
italian nation of today.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Read Carefully. and DIGEST

One good book, carefully read and
deeply enjoyed, all its fine qualities APP
preciated, its characters loved and
hated as the case may be- can net an
individual more in mental growth, in
pleasure, and in character Development
than a dozen equally excellent books,
slovenly lead anu not half appreciated.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

her. Dick had grown into her heart
as the child that might have been
theirs. He was so brilliant, so win
ming, withal so guileless, she felt a
need Of double vigilance regarding his
heart entanglements.
Il win. Guess what?' Hubert asked
looking up from his cards. She
shook her head impatiently. s'Teai
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Ancient ThessaIonika.

British soldiers out at Salonika have
little love to spare for the place. "They
say out there" remarked a Welsh war
rior home on leave, shat it dropped
out of Gods pocket" Yet IS centu-
ries ago it had Christian church so
important that st. Paul devoted to it
two of his immortal epistles.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

The prefix vice to the word admiral
originally meant much what it does
when prefixed to president. In our
service now it simply means the grade
next below full admiral. Rear adj
miral, the grade next lower, appears to
have been pure invention, as a name.
Rear is the English adjective, the an
tonym of front or van.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
connlete SUNNY.

A woman had her little daughter
at shoe store to be fitted. The clerk
put one shoe on and asked her to walk
around and see how it felt. She did
so, then said to the clerk: at feels,
allwight, I'll take two of 'eml"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Humane Societies Began in England.
The Royal Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals was founded in
London in 1924; soon Germany, France
and the United States organized socie-
ties for the like purpose, the first Unit
ed States society having been char
tered in 1866.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
HelI-Doo.

Cerberus in ancient Greek story was
the sleepless dog which guarded the
entrance to Hades; the lower or in
fernal regions in which dwelt the
shades of the dead. He is usually rep
resented with three heads, and with
serpents round his neck.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Muchadoo About a

A little book with the title of "The
Vest Pocket Argument Settler has
been observed at a book store. Now
who in the world ever had such an ar
gument about a vest pocket as to try
to write book about it? Maybe the
book wasn't about vest pockets, after
all.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Color Of Copper.

Absolutely pure copper may have a
light gray color like that of most other
metals, since it is found that copper
which has been ten times distilled in
vacuo has only pale rose color, while
the yellow color of gold becomes much
lighter under similar treatment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Blind Men Bring Good Luck.

There Is an old superstition in Eng
land that anything made By blind
man is sure to bring good luck. Queen
Victoria was so convinced of this that
she always had the cradles of the
young princes and princesses furnish
ed throughout in the most elegant
manner by blind men and women.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Friendship is the TRANSPORTATION of
service; the creation of a new mo-
tive; redeeming life from its drudgery,
and sending the pulse-beat of joy into
the most trivial task.-Dons.ld Sage
Mackay.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
The DAYS Worst pun.

Speaking of things spiritual, an IL
licit whisky still has been found I'M
derneath church in an Alabama town.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Powerful searchliohts.

Searchlights on some of the British
battleships are so powerful that
newspaper may be read by Their light
by person IS miles away.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Substitute for Pensin

Health experts in the Philippines are
trying to develop an industry in the
dried juice Of the napaya for medical
use as a substitute for pepsin.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
The Secret Of Beauty.

The true secret of physical beauty ID
to be born pretty.-Clncinnatl Times
Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Old Tin Cans.

Old tin cans, free from rust ana
dirt. are worth $12 ton. There are
about 5000 cans in ton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22
Mount Holly Lodge Directory

dount Holly Lodge No. ID, F. & A. M
Masonic Temple
Meets Mondays ON or before full moon
Joseph w. Colkitt, secretary
Iount Holly Lodge No. S48, B. P. o. Elks
Kelsey Killie Building
Meets first and third Tuesday IN each month
Harry l.. Walters. Secretary
st. Holly Lodge No. 1877, L. o. o. Moose
Meets every Tuesday at Moose Home
Thos. w. Mulraney, Secretary
2ocahontas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd O.sR. M.
Meets every Monday In Red Mems Hall
John b. Dobbins. Co
NJ. Lodge No 1, Knights of-Pythias
Meets every Friday in he'd Mems aali
samuel O. stanton. Of X. and ).
Marion Circle No. 9, Brotherhood of
America
.Meets every Wednesday in Red Mems Hall
John Throckmorton, Jr., Secretary
Mount Holly Camp No. IS, Woodmen of
the World
\ Gets second and fourth Tuesday in KELSEY
& killie Building
Irving g. Gaskill Secretary
Bright Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Aeets Mondays In Kelsey d kiliie Building
Anna Nj. Rossell, Scribe
Mt. Holly Court No 1, Imp 20. Foresters
Meets second and fourth Tuesday, Red Mems
Hall
,Tilden Bidweli. Recording Secretary
Mt Holly Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
Meets every Thursday in Red Mems Hall
Mrs. M. L. Pearson, scroll keeper
Gen. A. Z. Shiras Post No. 20, G. A.
Meets every Friday In DIPS Hall
Theodore Nicely, AdJutant
Ladies' Aid of the G. A. K.
deets second and fourth Tuesday in DIPS Hall
Miss Lorena Bates, ecretary
Washington Council No. 10, Sr. o. u. A. NJ
Meets Every Thursday In odd Fellows hall
John \. Carly Secretary
Santa Maria Council, No. 1873 X. of C..
Saint Marys Hail. West Washington st.
Meets nrsl sunday of the month at J.. m.
l.soay after the third Sunday att J.. M
John Lavery. Secretary
Washington Council No. 5, Jr. o. u. A. NJ
Meets every Tuesday in ked Mems Hall
Herbert X. Smith, Secretary
Washington Camp No. II, p o. S. of A.
4 hurs. .aS in Kelsey 4 killie Building
Samuel r.. Colder, secretary
Booly q Unity Lodge No. 10. l. o. o. +.
Meets every Wednesday In Gask1ll Building
John b. Herbert, Secretary
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~ ~
neenest Valley.

The deepest valley is in Palestine:
it is 1900 feet below the level Of the
sea.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Wisdom and goodness are twin born.
fsnxx,s.e,.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

81 regret that money is every
thing"
do you really believe that money
il everything In this world?"
II didn't say that. To repeat l re-
greet that money is everything I have
10 give to win the war;"
No Doubt.
'Ts the plumber at homer"
II think you'll find him in the gar
den. over by the onion patch"
I Looking for leeks- suppose
Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Washington Council No. ,Sr. o. U. A. M,
Meets Every Thursday In odd Fellows hal
GaskiIl building.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Ladies' Aid of the G. A. K.
deets second and fourth Tuesday in DIPS Hal
Miss Lorena Bates, ecretary
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Daily Thought.

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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-10-22

Santa Maria Council, No. 1179 X. of c.
Saint Mary's Hall, West Washington st.
Meets nrsl sunday of the month at !. m.
l,ioay alter the third Sunday a D. M
John LaYerY. Secretary
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Gen. A. Z. Shiras Post No. 20, G. A. R
Meets every Friday In DIPS Hall
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
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A.sE
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
A Tribute to PerShing
New York Times.

That very splendid achievement" is Colonel
| Repngtons description Of General Pershing S
Meuse-Argonne offensive The distinction of the
American success shines with greater lustef The
more it is examined and understood. Like Mar
shall Foch, General Pershing was not ready for
the armIstlce, because it arrested the develop
| ment OF his plans Both however, wanted no
more blood shed in the ranks of the allies if the
armistice could be effected on decisive terms
Marshal Foch had not fought his battle, accord
ing to those in his confidence, when the enemy
asked for cessation of hostilities. The destruc-
ton or capture OF the German army was the
object OF Fochs strategy. and the enemy was
beng manoeuvred and driven into hopeless
position. Ten or 20 days more and the end
would have come.
My plans for the further use of the American
forces" says General Pershing in his report
contemplated an advance between the Mouse
and the Moselle in the direction of Longwy by
the First army, while at the same time the Sec
ond army should assume the offensive toward
the rich coal fields of Brey. These operations
were to be followed by an offensive toward
Chateau-Sans, east of the Moselle, thus isolat-
ing Metz" The orders had been given and the
American troops were actually assaultng, play
ing the game to the last when the hour struck
on November II for the last shot of the CAM
pagn.
The British military critic testihes that the
NOlh gwen bCllSldl ItTSnllR was OF supreme
Importance. "An advance down the Meuse,"
says Colonel Repington would be the right
and decisive strategy whenever our forces might
be strong enough to strike, and at the same
time guard themselves from the Metz side. 1t
was to be the matador thrust in the bullhght"
The Argonne forest tested the mette of the
Americans, not all of whom had received their
baptism of fire. They fought says their Brit
lsh admirer, silently but grimly, doggedly and
hercely, and they must have lost, in one month
he estimates, 100000 men in killed, wounded and
missing. And what triumph of soldierly man
hood it was under the most adverse conditions
Of ground and season and of incomplete service"
And we have from Colonel Repington this ring
ing tribute in his dispatch to the World:
ITO my mind there was nothing finer in the
war than the splendid good comradeship dis
played throughout by General Pershng, and
there was nothing more striking than the deter
mined way in which he pursued his original plan
of making the American army feared and re-
spected."
The credit of the great American achievement
in France belongs to all arms; but although
General Pershing is silent about his personal
contribution, others will speak for him; and none
with more authority and appreciation than our
allies in France. who, after four years of fight
ing understand how to apprase merit and know
great soldier when they have seen him in
action. They never fail to pay their tribute to
his helpfulness. his unselhsh activity in every
emergency. West Point, its ideals and training,
were never more handsomely indicated in the
performance and merits of one of its sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
Shooi;ng the Rhine Ghosts

Trails the lance of the Nbelungen knight his
glittering armor fades in the distance, his Wis
ored helmet sunk in doleful men; Private Bill
Jones of Hicksville drops his pack, shoulders
his rifle, and slowly PAGES the Rhine. Every
thing changes but still remains.
Through the centuries Father Rhine has held
the hopes and prayers of the German people.
The mystic figure of the knight waiting, always
watching always silent, grim and awesome, al
ways looking into the west, searching the nists
for the invader, has been the bulwark of faith
in the impregnability of the fatherland.
In the west there has come figure On its
head the squat derby de guerre" Of the A. E. F.
On its back the accouterments of doughboy.
The towering knight of the centuries peers
keeny into the distance and perceives the lean
eager features of Bill Jones. A smile plays
about Bills businesslike face and he says:
I'm the guy you've been looking for. What's
your hurry"
The vision of Attla and Theodore and Char
1emagne fades. The great lance falls, but the
expected clater of steel upon the rocky cliffs
of the Rhine does not resound; the lance is a
myth; the knight is myth but not Bill Jones.
Brunhd and Kriemhild, out of the shades Of
antiquity, caper and mince about Bill Jones
winks blandly and observes:
"You ladies' ought to see Michigan avenue on
Easter morning, You might get an idea of
something to wear. You look funny"
And if Bill has ever troubled to inquire into
the Volsunga saga he probably will tilt his
trench helmet over his left ear, scratch his pate,
and wonder what it was about these ponderous
DANES made Siegfried lose his sense of emo
tional equilibrium Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
HERE AND THERE.

OF the men now sitting in the
United States senate rs have served
as governors Of their respective
states.
Luxembourg is a little state bound
ed by Germany, Belgium and France
and with population just over $780,
600 people.
It costs some of the big retail
stores in New York City $4,000 to
$4,000 a year for the cleaning of
their windows and metal signs.
BY a happy coincidence Premier
Clemenceau's play, lie Wolfe de
Bonheur," was produced in New
York on the day when the armistice
was signed.
The ancient thoroughfare which,
for 400 years, has encircled Lucca.
Italy, on top Of the city wall, and
which has been officially renamed
Boulevard Presdente Wilson, is SO
wide that IL horses can be driven
abreast in 1t.
The apartment at 10 Downing
street, where the meetings Of the
British cabinet are held, is solid
and plainly furnished room, SO feet
long and 20 feet wide. fitted with
double doors, through which no sound
can reach the keenest listening ears.
The inventor Of the Bell telephone,
Alexander Graham Bell, has another
invention to his credit that very few
know Of; yet it is in constant use in
France. 1t Is called the telephone
PROBE" and absolutely locates the
exact position Of a bullet in the hu-
man body.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
Italy and the o.Slays.

President Wilson has discussed with the
Italians the aspirations of Italy, and has ex-
pressed sympathy Herewith, but further, has
wisely declined to commit himself One of the
really delicate matters that will be brought be-
fore the peace council has to do with Italia
1rredenta" the "unredeemed" territory seized
and held by Austria when Prussia betrayed
Italy in 1866. Portions of this are now claimed
by the Jugo-Slavs, who apply Mr.. Wilson
words with reference to historic allegiance as
the deciding influence in fixing national bounda-
ries. The point is certain to be an awkward
one, here as it will be in other places in that
region, where intermingng of races for at least
two mlenums has not effected the coalition
that might have been looked for While the
melting pot" has failed there, and the fires of
tribal antipathy are as fierce today as ever, the
difficulty may be overcome if only the sense of
justice will be permitted to outweigh racial am
btion. The Latin and Sav may compose their
dispute with little of real loss to either if they
will listen to good counsel 1t is curiously in
terestng in this connection to note that the
Slavs entered that region 1900 years ago as fug-
tives, flying from the ferocity Of the Goths,
who in their turn were driven out of what is
now Hungary by the Magyars.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
What the Nebraska Vote Shows.

Returns from the election of 1918 shows the
total vote of Nebraska to have been 225,Sl7, as
compared with 3O26S5 in 1916 decrease of
76,S68 votes. At least $4,000 of these missing
votes are represented by men gone into the
military service of the United States or with
drawn from the state by war activities else
where. This would leave few more than
$4,000 to be accounted for As the vote of 1916
was more than 10000 above the highest previous
vote of Nebraska, that of the presidential year
of 1912 being but 259,454, it is rather difficult to
see wherein the great "stay-a home" element
has been considerably increased. 1t is also to
laugh when we read in the Omaha Hyphenated
that the election of the republicans is due to the
fact that the democrats refrained from voting.
Admitting the truth of that assumption, it must
also be admitted that the unterrifed voluntarily
disfranchised themselves because they had moth
ing to gain by voting for democratic candidates.
AS the democratic list was largely made up of
those candidates who received such tremendous
endorsement in 1916, the outcome of the election
is not to be taken as especially complimentary
to their leadership.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
oMAHA'S OWN PROBLEM.

The tendency in Nebraska is to grant
cities full measure Of home rule, If Omaha
wants to try municipal street cars, the legis-
lature will doubtless be glad to give it the
chance.-Lincoln Journal.
To be sure, but why should the legislature
be bothered about it when Our municipal char
ter now gives the city full power to acquire and
operate any or all of the public utility services,
subject only to approval of the people at the
polls'
AS the law now stands, we in Omaha can
legally buy the street car system or the electric
lighting plant, or the gas plant, any time we
want to, providing a majority OF US want to do
So and we are ready to pay the price. We are
at this moment in process of acquiring the gas
plant; that is to say, we will buy it if the figure
fixed by the appraisers is within reason. If we
buy we will have to arrange to operate the plant
either direct or through lease to an operating
company, and the same problem would present
with respect to any other public utility service
taken over by municipal ownership. But these
problems would be our own and not the legis-
latures
II our friends at Lincoln will only let US in
Omaha work out our own salvation we will try
to do it as best we can
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-21
Brave Prince That He Was

From distant Wieringen comes the cabled
story that Frederick William, lately heir appar-
ent to the throne of the kaisers, has already
dismissed three cooks and fixed baleful eve
upon the fourth.
These proceedings are open to various inter
pretatlons. The young master may be moved
by desire to make exile safe for autocracy
He may be striving to keep alive in his intern
ment the principle of the imperial prerogative
Or he may have palate in perpual revolt over
the fading of certain fond dream of Partisan
dainties to have been spread for prince of the
Ieutonc realm in the late summer of 1914
Whatever the impulse behind them, however, the
dolngs at Wierngen reveal state of daring
desperation calculated to surprise the universal
mind.
Judging by the interviews recently reported,
the world that reads the news has felt that
Frederick Williams personal courage quite pos
sbly did not measure up to reasonable expecta-
tons. he being eldest son to war lord of brazen
tongue. His ex-highness we have been told
did not want the war; did not believe father
wanted it; did not approve of the attack on Yer
dun; knew that the fatherland was whipped
after the first battle of the Marine. If his was
not the craven spirit of restraint what then !?
And yet, at the very peak of his reaction from
the spirit of rightfulness, the crown prince that
was sits up and fires the culinary chiefs of staff !!
In the face of such circumstance we are forced
to modify conclusions in which we had deemed
ourselves right and happy. Until 100 per
cent American reveals himself with courage to
GUST one cook, let alone three, under present
conditions of supply, quality and wage demands
not to speak of the cost Of roast BEEHIVE shall
believe that the eldest son of Hohenzolern is
regular bold one--in spots.-New York World.