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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Arcadia.

While I was being critic at so
many hours day, could say what
| thought. In fact, the more literature
one scorned, the better highbrow one
was. Oh, Academe is Arcadia! was
Tree to admit that I did not consider
Thomas Hardy absolutely first-rate,
because we all knew what ''frst-rate"
meant. 1t meant first-rate from the
point of view, as nearly as we could
get It, of Time itself 1 might point
out to a class the value of De Quin-
cey's prose, and at the same time con-
denim some Of his more obvious arti-
fcialties. / could say that Thackeray
was a snob-and prove 1t. | could
give 1t as my opinion that Mr.. Ches-
terton was usually very clever, some
times very silly, and often very illog-
zeal. was at perfect liberty to de-
nounce the literary product of the
Slay-for highbrow is not supposed
to be very enthusiastic about his con-
temporaries. And certainly no one ex-
pected me to like the things in the
magazines. Yes, it was Arcadia
From the Atlantic.
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MOVING PICTURES.

One day Edison caught sight of the
camera which had hitherto had an
Easy Time, but from that moment II
was doomed Edison harnessed IT nm
with set Of gears and a revolving
shutter and set it to work photo,
graphing speed, history, romance
humor and travel.
AS soon as this was done moving
pictures became enormously popular
me moving picture theatre immedf-
ately leaped into being and began to
compete with the street car and the
cigar store for the nickels of the non
ulace' In consequence the limited
supply OF five-cent pieces became
SO overworked that nickel which
doesn't register at three tills each
day is loafng on its job.
Moving pictures are making us ac-
qualnted with the world and famiI-
lar with the great men Of all times
The scenery of Java, Sahara and
Siberia are chestnuts to US. though
we may never have travelled 100
miles on railroad train. For five
cents we can see King Solomon quar-
rel with fifty wives, in colors. We
nave seen so many battleships
launched, kings crowned and buried
tigers shot, highwaymen freed. pugiI'
lists demolished and mountain peaks
scaled, that most of us are extremely
bldSe and the trees on the streets
would have to walk off arm in arm
20 get more than a yawn out of us
This the trees will never actually do
but they are likely to do anything
on a moving picture film, which is
a great assistance to Nature, some
times.
In moving pictures we may also
see ferocious Indians chasing the
brave hero down macadam road
and barbecuing him against a troll
ley pole; likewise we may discover
the temperamental cowboys eaptur-
Ing horsestealing Mexican and
iynching him in the wilderness
around the corner from a hat factory
in New Jersey This teaches us not
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Chaperoning
By HILDA MORRIS
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)


Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Ann Douglas looked up from her
knitting with face of utter amaze
ment. Her eighteen-year-old niece,
Milly, sat balanced on the veranda
rail, bright as a poised butterfly, In
her yellow frock.
"Why Millyl" exclaimed Ann. II
don't see how 1 can chaperon. Pm
not old enough"
"Old enough! Why Aunt Ann, you
must be twenty-four if you are a day.
Good gracious, 1 guess you're old
enough"
Ann clicked her needles thought
fully.
Il don't know what people would
think" she murmured. ."Of course
every one here in Edgedale thinks I'm
older than I am, I've lived so quietly
since we came"
Goodness yes" Milly agreed. "Any-
one would think you were at least
thirty-five. People with smooth dark
hair like yours are awfully Indefinite
looking, and you're terribly dignified.
You will chaperone the dance, won't
you, Aunt Ann7"
It would have been hard to with
stand the coaxing tone of Milly's
voice, even If there had not been a
sudden swift tug of desire at her own
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
What They Asked Him.

There is one man in town who is
tired Of hearing the name of small
car of popular make. His name is l..
G. (Baron) RothschiId. 1t all hap
pened like this: On Monday morning
the baron, in his haste to get to the
Jewett inauguration, as some say, slip
ped on the sidewalk and broke bone
in his wrist and tore loose two liga-
ments in his right hand He has since
been carrying the hand around in a
plaster cast. Since then, whether in
the club or on the street, nine &C
quaintances out of ten asked him the
question, "Were you cranking "a
(name deleted to avoid giving free adj
g).-Indianapolis News
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
CHILDREN SHELTERED
FROM BOCHE SHELLS
When Guns Boom Tots Beg to Be
Taken Into Cellars Beyond
Harms Reach.

"Les caves Les cavesr' want
to go in the cellarW
Shrill cries from Jean and Marie
and Felix and hundreds of other
French youngsters, huddled together in
little frightened groups, answered the
booming of the big guns, the crackle
of the mitrailleuses and the intermit-
tent hum of a Boche airplane.
The children were gathered in the
old fort on the hill, overlooking a town
very close to the front, where the Red
Cross takes care of them. The cathe-
dral bell had tolled for five minutes,
though you could hardly hear it for
the roar of the guns, and the siren
had blown. Then the people in the
town below had scurried to their cell
lars, for that was warning of raid
er coming.
In the cellar they would have been
quite content and unafraid. For more
months than they could remember they
had been living in cellars in the little
shell swept villages near the town and
sometimes in dugouts in the hills. But
the ReQ CrOSS ana tne prelect Hdu
taken them away from their homes,
and now there were no cellars.
A dozen little girls crowded into one
big bed With the bedclothes over
your head it was dark. Perhaps the
bomb wouldn't get you there. Half
an hour seemed ten hours.
Then the guns stopped firing, and
it was quiet again. The Boche had
gone Only the restless searchlights
still guarded the sky.
Below there in the town tenement
house had been cut in two A poilu
had come all the way from Salonica,
1000 miles away, to see his wife and
three children. But the German
bombs found them first
On the hill the children were safe
this time. You can't always be safe
from the bombs when the Boche car
ries them. But the children are always
safe from guns and gas and disease
and filth and hunger So much safety
the Red Cross can and does give them
for the sake of tomorrow In France.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
POSTERS HELP
TO SELL BONDS
Nine Million Copies Printed For Dis
trIbutIon All Over the Nation.


trIbutIon All Over the Nation.
Nine million copies of posters by
famous artists have been printed by
the government for distribution in
all parts of its possessions in the in
teret of the third Liberty Loan. Any
one of the drawings would be worth
hundreds of dollars, but the artists
gave their work without charge.
Halt the Hum" is the title of one
of the strongest of the posters. II
was drawn by Henry Raleigh 1t
shows an American soldier forcing
back a brutal figure wearing an iron
cross, at whose feet lies a woman
clutching a child.
Howard Chandler Christy has con
tributed a design of the modernized
spirit of Victory bearing an Ameri-
can flag and challenging the patriot
ism of the country for support of the
advancing columns of American sol
diers.
A poster which will appeal especi-
ally to the residents of agricultural
districts Is one which depicts a stur-
dy farmer bidding farewell to his son
as he leaves for the front The word
ing reads: Good bye, Dad I'm off
to fight for Old Glory-You buy Unit
ed States Government Bonds!"
OF particular appeal to foreign-born
Americans is the poster which shows
the arrival of the immigrant and his
family in Free America, and which re
minds these adopted citizens to IRE
member the Flag of .4ihertyl Support
iti"
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But it was only minute later that
May Carberry's shrill voice sounded
quite close, and Ann was conscious of
tall presence beside her.
Mother, this is Doctor Gibbons. And
Miss Douglas, one of our chaperones."
His brown eyes were not shy any
longer, but there was something else
in them which had survived the years
between, something which had never
shown upon Ann from other eyes than
his He looked at her a minute before
he spoke.
"Ann Douglas!" he exclaimed at
length. "How did you come heref 1
didn't know you were in Edgedale."
''Nor you" she returned.
'Tm only here for few days, my
young cousin brought me to this party.
Do you still dance, Amp"
Ann turned an anxious eye to-
ward Mrs. Carberry. do chaperones
dancer" she asked
"Oh yes" nodded that lady indul-
gently. THAT is-if they can"
1t was not until he had whirled her
away and out on the cool veranda that
they had chance to talk things over.
He had written letters that she never
received, he had waited, thinking per
haps to hear, some day. And best Of
all he had kept place for her in his
heart, her place.
"Could you marry me now Ann,
after so many years? It isn't as If
we were strangers. want it to be
now, tomorrow"
ooh, wait until next week, Martin !"
she cried with a little catch in her
voice. I'D want to get some
things"
"Things? Dresses7 Well 1t won't
take a week, will it7 Why not three
days?"
"Ohl Very well, three days"
"And get some more pink things
like that dress you have on, Ann. 1t
makes you look just about eighteen
years old"
"And I thought I looked thirty
fivel"
One Of the children think 1t was
Mary Carberry-happened to step out
on the veranda a little later and see
the chaperone with mans arm about
her.
Which goes to show, perhaps, that
Ann was not fit person to chaperone.
But then, she possessed decided pos
sibilities for another kind Of career.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
ESTABLISHED 1879

to believe all the moving pictures
tell us. 1t is, in fact, one of the
most accomplished of liars. It IL
possible in moving picture factory
TO make a magnificent and awe-in.
spring volcano out of a pile of sand,
a roman candle and barrel of soap
suds.
More people are watching moving
pictures today than are watching
chorus girls, which is sign that the
world is getting better The picture
melodrama is not brain strength
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

Moving pictures hG0e been taken OF
practically eVerything.
ener but it is an improvement over
the old ten, twent', thirt'," variety
because the audience cannot hear the
remarks Of the characters. Moving
pictures have been taken of practical
~ everything in the world, incIud-
ing the pyramids and Washington's
monument, but no one has taken
a moving picture of baggageman
accommodating crowd of hurried
passengers. A standing or even sit
ting picture can handle this subject
perfectly. 2s4
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Those Who Formerly Raised Cattle,
Sheep and Hogs Are Now Sell
ing Off Grain Crops.

Thousands of farmers in our richest
agricultural regions who were at one
time growers of good cattle, sheep and
hogs are becoming soil robbers. The
high price of grain is tempting them
to sell instead of feed out the crops.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
EVERYONE MUST HELP.

money
every financial the Nation
the country
do alone; but all the United States dsre
gardng pazanshIp forgetting selfish thinking
right and determining vndcate the majesty American
splendid upon VI o
McADoo,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
How People See Ghosts.

People see ghosts only when they
are standing or lying perfectly still.
These flashes of past sights coming
back upon the retina are unnoticed u
the owner Of the eye is in motion. The
deep impression is made when the eye
is held firmly fixed for some time upon
nm object. 1t comes back when the
eve is motionless again.
So long as person is walking rap
idly past graveyard he sees no
ghosts, but if he stops stock-still and
stares at a tombstone, says writer,
the light may fall so upon his eyes
that pictures within his organ of sight
become visible. White objects in the
night, such as marble slabs, are apt
to favor these after-images.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

At the request of Major Robert Per
kins. Red Cross commissioner to Italy,
the War Council of the American Red
Cross has appropriated the sum of
S1.316,O45 for the purchase of certain
supplies to be shipped to Italy. These
shipments will comprise two months
supply of foodstuffs of which the fol
lowing items make up single months
supply:
Two hundred tons each of condensed
milk, rice, canned meat, dried meat,
beans and peas; and one hundred tons
each of concentrated soups and
cheeses, as well as twenty tons OF
lard
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Mount Holly Lodge Directory

mount Holly LOd9G directory
4ount Holly Lodge No. IA, F. & A. M.
Masonic Temple
Meets Mondays before full moon
Joseph w. Colkitt, Secretary
6ount Holly Lodge No S4S, B. P. o. Elks
Kelsey 4 Killie Building
Meets first and third Tuesday in each Month
Harry l.. Walters, Secretary
lat. Holly Lodge No. 1877, L. o. Q. Moose
Thos. W. Mulraney, Secretary
2scahontas Tribe No. IS, Imp'd 8. R. M.
Meets every Monday in Red Mems Hall
John b. Dobbins, Z. of X.
NJ. Lodge No. I, Knights of Pythias
Meets every Friday in Red Mems Hall
Samuel c. Stanton, X. of II. 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
xeets second and fourth Tuesday in Kelsey
d killie Building
Irving c. Gaskili Secretary
Bright Star Lodge No. IS, Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Meets Mondays in Kelsey Il Kine Building
Anna NJ. Rossen, Scribe
Mt. Holly Court No I, Imp o 0. Foresters
Meets second and fourth Tuesday, Red Meus
Tilden Bidwen, Recording Secretary
Mt. Holly Temple No. S, Masonic Tie
Meets every Thursday IN Red Mems Hail
M s. NJ. |. Pearson, scroll keeper
Gen. A. E. Shiras. Post No. 20, G. A. r
Meets every Friday IL Dilis Hall
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
Ladies' Aid of the G. A. R.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Dflrs Hail
Miss Lorena Bates, Secretary
Washington Council No. 10, Sr O. U. A. NJ.
Meets every, Thursday in odd Fellows hall
John n. Carly Secretary
Santa Maria Council, No. 1179 K. ofC.
saint Mary's Hall, w ST Washington st.
Meets hrsi sunday of the month at p m.
Lesday after the third sunday at p. IN.
John Lavery Secretary
Washington Council No. 5, Jr o IA NJ.
helbert h. smith, Secretary
Washington Camp No II, P. 0. S of A.
Meets THURSDAY : ia Kelsey 4 Kiiiie Buif15De
samuel +. Colder, Secretary
at. Holly & Unity Lodge No Ie, LO.OF
Meets every Wednesday In Gaski1 Build NJ
John Is. Herbert, Secretary
Lady Marion Home No. 6, Brotherhood
of America
Meets every saturday in Red Mems ualf
Mrs. Ida Eddleuan. Scrollke eper
Mt. Holly Camp No. 50, Patriotic Order
of Americans
Meets Wednesday rs ia N elsey q Kfllie Bnildto,
Mrs. j. c. Mount, Secretary
New Jersey Castle No. 4, K. of G. T.
Red Mems Hall
ots every trs, and third Tuesday
b. o. Herbert, NJ of r.
tar of Washington Council No. 20, Z. of A
Meets Friday in Kelsey 4 Kiiie Building
Carrie Dennis, Secretary
Court n Mckinley NO. a, o. of G. S.
Aeets Saturdaysin kelsey Il Killie Buildin
b. o. Herbert, Recorder
Gen. Joseph Hooker Camp No. as, Sons
of Veterans
Meets second and fourth Wednesday in Din
Hail
.---chn b. Dobbins. Adjutant
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Washington Council No. 10, Sr. o. u A. NJ.
Meets every Thursday in odd Fellows hall
Gaskiil building.
John H. Carly Secretary
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Ladies' Aid of the c. A. R.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Dflrs Hall
Miss Lorena Bates, Secretary
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Gen. Joseph Hooker Camp No. as, Sons

Court n cKinley NO. a, o. of G. S.
Aeets Saturdays in Kelsey Il Killie Buildin,
b. 0. Herbert Recorder
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Santa Maria Council, No. 1IT9 X. of c.
saint Marys Hall, w ST Washington ST
Meets tirsl SUNDAY OF The month at p. m.
Lesday after the third sunday at D. m
John Lavery. Secretary
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tar of Washington Council No. 20, D. Of A
Meets Friday in Kelsey 4 Kiliie Building
Carrie Dennis, Secretary
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of Veterans
Meets second and fourth Wednesday in Din
Hail
* I'm b. Dobbins, Adjutant
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Washington Council No. 5, Jr o IA. NJ
Meets every Tuesday in Red Mems Hat
helbert Il. smith, Secretary
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Gen. A. L. Shiras Post No. 70, G. A. K
Meets every Friday II Dilis Hail
Theodore Nicely, Adjutant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-30
FORD CAR BRINGS
A SHOWER BATH
EVERY AFTERNOON
Babies Grow Winter as Doctor and
Nurse Serve Daily Baths From
Door to Door.

"Good morning. We have come to
give the children their BATH" this. Of
course, said in good French. Then
from Off the motor car slides porta.
by doctor and nurse.
For the next half hour that little
cottage boasts Of bathroom in active
service, for when the water is heated
the blessing Of a warm, clean shower
pumped by the doctor falls OH the head
Of Young France, while the nurse
scrubs religiously and the darkening
water bears witness Of winter, clean
er child.
And as you might well imagine, the
kiddies like 1t, except the last cold
dash that the doctor slyly engineers
by quickly transferring the supply
pipe into bucket of cold water-for
hygienic effect.
And what a blessing 1t Is to these
meek, tortured people, who for months
have been without all of life's COM
forts and most of life's necessities. to
be ministered to in this fashion
1t is perhaps understandable to
them that "les Americans" out Of
sheer pity might offer them that mea-
ger thing that civilization calls "char-
ity." But to be clothed, fed, sheltered
and cheered as they have been by our
Red Cross is more than they can un.
derstand.
For they have seen a great miracle
grow out of the darkest pit of human
experience. They have seen bright
light out of which has stepped the
ministerlng angel who has taught them
to smile again. They are no longer
sick. They are no longer cold nor hun
CRY, and now, wonder of wonders. this
same good friend has contrlved In
some magic wayz-within the sound OF
the guns-to give them-baths.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-30
A new word has got into general

A new word has got into general
use. 1t is "unafraid." 1t has kept
pretty close to the dictionary, but
now 1t is let loose. 1t Is a fine word
and has a noble meaning. 1t is one
of the first characteristics of a noble
personality. There is an admonition
II Dresser's Living by the Spirit"
that expresses the unafraid idea splen-
didly. 1t is this: "Cease to fear and
be anxious" There are some people
who are in state Of fear lest some
thing sad is going to happen, and
they are always looking about for 1t,
says Ohio State Journal. When you
find such person you may be sure
that his religion is about lost, If In.
deed. he ever had any. The worst
pessimist there is is not the man who
proclaims his lack Of faith in God,
but the man who is always showing
1t by his acts and words. If a fear
possesses him wherever he turns, and
there are so many people that way, he
Is poor, struggling, scared Christian
! If he is any Christian at all. A mans
religion ought to make him unafraid
and II it doesn't he may be sure he
has lost his faith and his anchor is
dragging through the sand. If you are
a true man or woman you are un'
afraid. f4asseas.r.-. >sN'r~ /
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-30
BED, BATH AND BOARD
In JUNCTION CANTEEN
Brings Heaven a Little Nearer to
an American Samnlie.

A mother who Is AIRED Cross work.
er in her home town gave to her chap
ter the following letter she had re-
ceived from her son in France:
''If you could have seen me yester-
day, when / left trenches which the
rains have turned into open sewers.
even you would never have known me.
/ was mud from head to foot, so COW
cred with crawling things that the
poorest tramp in the world would have
run from me, and / fairly ached for
rest.
"You see, my first furlough had be.
gun, and l caught a train for Paris,
We were packed into a freight car.
Travel is so congested we spent most
of our time stopping. At last, when
night came, we were dumped out at a
railway junction with the informa tion
that the train for Paris would be
along the next day.
canteen Like New York Hotel.
81 tell you was discouraged. Then
suddenlys across the tracks from our
station l saw an American Red Cross
canteen, and all my troubles were at
an end.
Lots of people must have the same
idea Of these canteens that used to
have-just little shacks where you
were handed out cup Of sloppy cof.
fee. We are all wrong. These Red
Cross places beat New York hotel
for variety of service, even If they
don't have the gilt furniture and tip
takers. Here is what happened to me
"First had bath, real one, with
plenty of soap and water. While
was getting clean my clothes, every
stitch, were cleaned and sterllized.
cooking, actually sitting down at ia.
BILE to eat 1t. After that went into the
canteen barber shop and had shave
and haircut. Then, being gentleman
of leisure, strolled into the canteen
movie theater and saw some good
American films. However, soon turn
ed In for the night into q clean, dry
bed that felt like heaven-or home.
"And now this morning, after fine
breakfast, / am sitting in the canteen
writing this letter to you and waiting
comfortably for my train. You just
can't possibly imagine what these Red
Cross women are doing for us soldiers
and for the French and English. too.
Each canteen takes care of thousands
every day.
''They make us feel like human be-
ings-once again and give us the nerve
to go on with this game of licking the
Kaiser. And when we win you can
give a good, share Of the victory to the
American Red Cross" 7
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-30
FROzE TO DEATH

The body of an unidentified negro
who had frozen to death, was found
beside the ashes of a fire, near Ton
togany, early last Sunday morning.
The body was found in a stretch
of wood. 1t was covered by an
overcoat. Coroner Splitter said the
man probably had died during the
severe cold spell last January. The
only means of Identification were a
watch and a Canadian 1-cent piece.