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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
TAKE PRIDE IN UMBRELLAS
Indo-chinese Workers in France Never
Fail to Carry Them on Sundays,
Rain or Shine.

Riding along through France on a
Sunday in these times, one is reason
ably certain to meet many Cinnamon
under umbrellas.
They mostly hail from Indo-China.
The French imported them by thou
sands for service in the labor battal-
ions behind the lines. Dunng the
week, dressed in nondescript mixtures
Of native garb and cast-off uniforms.
they work at road mending or at
ditch digging or at truck loading jobs.
On Sundays they dress themselves
up in their best clothes and stroll
about the countryside. And, rain or
shine, each one brings along with
him his treasured umbrella and carries
it unfurled above his proud head. 1t
never is Chinese umbrella, either,
but invariably a cheap black affair OF
local manufacture.
Go into one of the barracks where
these yellow men are housed, and at
the head of each bunk there hangs
black umbrella, which the owner
guards as his most darling possession.
If he dies / suppose it is buried with
him.
Nobody knows why every Sunday
the Chinaman sports an umbrella, un-
less il be that in his Oriental mind he
has figured it out that possession OF
such a thing stamps him as person
of travel and culture, who. like any
true cosmopolitan, is DESTROYS of con-
forming to the custom of the country
to which he has been transported. A
Frenchman. if careless, may leave his
umbrella behind when he goes forth
for a promenade; a Chinaman never
does.-Irvin S. Cobb in Saturday Eve
ming Post.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
SEEK MASTODON SKELETON
Portions Have Been Found and
Museum Wants Whole One.


The Spokane museum has leased the
16O-acre Coplan ranch near ROsalia,
Wash, and within q short time will be.
gin prospecting" for the complete
skeleton of one of the largest masto-
dons ever unearthed. Parts of the skel.
eton have been located.
Porter Brothers, local contractors
have been engaged to do the excava.
ton work and are awaiting favorable
weather. This was the announcement
made by w. S. Lewis, secretary of the
museum.
f. A. Lindsey of the Lindsey Broth.
ers company, in the Peyton building,
and Porter Brothers will furnish the
capital for the excavation work.
The farm, which has a low, Doggy
soil, has been the source of several
mastOdon bones unearthed in past
years. There are several more skele-
tons begged in the place, it is believed,
and the one the Spokane museum
hopes to recover complete will stand
IA feet high. with tusks extending
about 10 feet from the jaws. This
will equal in size the largest masto'
don ever unearthed, which was found
on this same farm in 1878 and now
on exhibition in the Academy of Sci
ence in Chicago.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22

Welfare Plan, which it is proposed the
Cooperative League shall supersede,
$500 death benefits and 81 day sick
benefits We're paid as against the
81 900 insurance and 81 day sick
benefits of the new plan. COmpensa-
ton for injuries will be paid as here
tofore under the provisions of the
Workmen's Compensation act. The
minimum pension under the Welfare
Plan was $40 month. The company
has raised the pension rate 80 per cent
with new minimum of $50 month.
The company, it is added, will con-
tinue to bear the costs it has previous
ly borne and in addition will pay into
the Cooperative League treasury more
than one-half of the added cost, leaV-
ing the membership dues to make up
less than half of the extra expense in
volved The league will be directed
by the Cooperative Council, made up
equally of representatives of the EN-
ployees and the employers.
AS against this plan of the Public
Service is set the union, to which most
of the employees operating the trolley
service belong. The recent strike was
called to force recognition of the union
rather than for an increase of pay.
Whether the union benefits are as lib
eral as the Cooperative League plan
we do not know. But any plan that
protects both sides equally is better in
a general way than any plan that sets
up one-sided plan. The greatest
trouble with most labor unions is that
they are more or less arbitrary in their
demands And this is not saying any
the facts
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
A WORD FOR THE PUBLIC
SERVICE.

The Public Service gets so many
knocks from the press and public that
when opportunity comes to give it the
glad hand most people are hesitant or
halting. But the fact remains that in
the recent harbor strike, when The en-
tire force operating the ferrybOats
walked out, Superintendent BOland
came down and put in enough raw re-
cruitS to run during the daylight
hours il half-hour ferry service, which
was most acceptable and of Immense
relief to thousands of people as well
as hundreds of Camp Merritt soldiers
going to and coming from New York.
1t is always pleasure to give praise
where it is pnerited, and in this case
the public's gheartiest thanks are due
the Public Service. Also it might not
be amis;s to say here that the trolley
service during the strike has been of
sipjllar value to the public The strike
would indeed have been hardship
50ut for the determined efforts of the
Public Service management to stick to
their posts of duty and accommodate
the public the best way it could in the
circumstances These facts will have
to be admitted. and it gives The Pail
sadian pleasure to state the truth.
The Public Service deserves vote of
thanks
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

collective bargaining" is new
term developed from the present state
of unrest connected with the labor sit
uation. From a statement recently is
sued by the Public Service collective
bargaining is a process that means the
better getting together of employer
and employee by closer cooperation.
Employees are given an equal voice in
all settlements of grievances or where
questions arise pertaining to working
conditions from time to time. 1t is
provided that all such matters are re-
ferred to committees, and where agree
ment cannot be reached arbitration is
provided for, and if arbitration will
not suffice TO lift the burden of dis
agreement then the whole matter is
finally submitted to the Board of Pub
lie Utilities.
AS proposal between labor and
corporations collective bargaining APP
pears at least reasonable. AS long as
both sides are given equal rights in all
of the referendums provided for it
would appear as fair for one side as
another Getting back to the Public
Service, at the present time there is in
operation welfare league, which pro-
vides certain benefits in case of sick
ness and other causes of layoffs. But
the Public Service now proposes some
thing for the benefit of its employees
that is at some points a distinct adj
vantage over the Welfare League plan.
The new plan is called the Co-opera-
tive League, and membership is volun-
tary 1t carries with it an insurance
policy of $1,000.
Attention is directed in the an
nouncement of the plan to the fact
that the Public Service, under its
present Welfare Plan, paid out from
January l, 1911, to January !, 1919, a
total of 1854, S53.62 in sick benefits, life
insurance and pensions. Under the
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"MoNTE CRISTo, JR.,"
AT THE WINTER GARDEN.

Monte Cristo, Jr.," now in its sew
enth week at the Winter Garden I'M
der the direction of the Messrs. Lee
and J. J. Shubert. is the most success
full mid-winter extravaganza so far
produced at that playhouse. In the
way of gorgeousness and sartorlal ell
fects, the magnitude and novelty OF
production and for huge array Oh
artists, Monte Cristo, j. not only
eclipses anything seen at the WINTER
Garden, but anything seen on the 10
cal stage. Monte Cristo, IT, is III
. acts and 20 scenes and 20 musical
numbers. Besides possessing IA NIGH
ly amusing travesty on Dumas Ia
nous novel, Monte Cristo, il,
abounds in fun, frolic and song ana
dance. The entire production OF
Monte Cristo, Jr.," was produced uli-
der the personal direction OF j. D.
Shubert.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
OVER THE SHOULDERS
OF THE DEAD.

From the enthusiasm with which
certain Republicans are promulgating
their recent discovery of the greatness
of Grover Cleveland, one gathers that
such Republican minds find it easily
conceivable that Democratic eX-
President may have been an able
statesman, and that Il future Demo-
cratic President might he a moderate
success The impossible thing is to
think of Il contemporary Democratic
President as being up to his job.
There is danger, of course. in pressing
the Grover Cleveland instance too far
when it comes to accusing Woodrow
Wilson of attempting to impose his
will upon Il reluctant people History
has pretty we'll recognized GOrver
Cleveand's courage in defending his
convictions against hostile public sen
timent. But then the militant Repub-
licans have obviously no time for en-
tering into such refinements of argu-
ment. for, as an eminent statesman
once said. these Republicans feel that
it is Il condition and not Il theory that
confronts them-New York Evening
Post
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
UNDERSTANDING WILSON.

There are few historical parallels to
the case of President Wilson. He has
lived in an age of peculiar conditions.
For the past 30 years ii state of eco
nomic unrest has existed in every
quarter of the globe, and since 1907
the year of the great panic, things
have never shaped themselves so that
the atmosphere was cleared. Possibly
the German leaven of discOrd which
had been secretly planted had con-
tinued to work and unconsciously
bulged into final being as the influence
sweled.
When Mr.. Wilson back in 1909 and
1910 had the gubernatorial bee to-
alght in his bonnet the world little
knew then that he had had nothing to
do with himself, but a kindly fatef the
hand of destiny was leading HIM on to
the eternal paths of fame. And as if
by the irony of fate the mfin who I'M
covered Woodrow Wilson, TO the world,
Colonel George Harvey, who showed
him literally onto tire stage before the
waiting audience jim the Trenton Opera
vective enemy. But that night when
the meMdaciOus colonel in his calmer
moments gave Woodrow Wilson to the
world he presented man who was
TO challenge mankind and all of it's
leadership in championing the cause
of freedom and the righteousness of
! Justice
f,,,I Il IiS,
credited among large number of Sc
rious minded DIRECTORS at home, but
honOred as no other one man has been
before all the rest of the world His
praises have been sung in every land,
not for what he has done for selfish
purposes that would put him forward,
but because he has had the vision and
the power to lead a world out of dark
ness into light That is the net of
why the world has acclaimed Wilson
the great dominant figure of mankind.
1t profits no man seeing an opportuni-
ty who does not embrace it, With all
of the force of intelligence and the
clear thinking direction his brain
could take, President Wilson has I'M
dertaken the tremendous task of
strai tightening ont Il disordered world.
1t has been a task of matching wits"
as he himself told England, and so far
his triumph has been gigantic, almost
unbelievable. What magic flows in
this wonderful mans veins will puzzle
the future historian as it battles his
friends and enemies alike today. The
most that any man can do at this time
is to look on in admiration and amaze
ment at Woodrow Wilson and ac-
knowledge him as an achievement, an
accomplishment.
Understanding the reason of Will
sons power is easy enough for those
who love and admire him because he
is great. But trying TO realize how
one man could have such driving force
behind personality is like solving the
mystery of the SphynX
But of one thing we may be sure:
Calling Wilson a fool painting him as
insincere and making him a bigot will
not remove him from the halo in
which an admiring world has placed
him. He is man of heroic mould
truly.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
CIVILIZATION.
Civilization. What is it?

Civilization. What is it?
The dictionary tells us that as a
general idea it is an improved cOndi-
ton of mankind that comes from the
establishment of social order in place
of the individual independence and
rous life" The dictionary further
says that it may exist in various de-
grees and is susceptible of continual
progress"
AS definitions go this is all very
well But what of the practice of civil
lization as principle? President
Wilson's greatest short speech in Par
is was his utterance on principles and
their application. He took the stand
that principles not put into practice
were not worth standing for.
The. principle of civilization is not
worth much unless it can lead man
into a better state. Civilization of it.
self is all right 1t has meant the de-
velopment of the world into a higher
state of efficiency We can do more ;
we can see more we understand more
and really have more knowledge of
things created than ever. We have
advanced into unknown realms. We
have grown in skill, in the arts and
sciences, in our appreciation of the
meaning and feeling of religion.
There are so many things which the
hand and brain of man have developed
and carried forward that no brain
could hold them.
But with it all what has come to
man? Has it brought happiness? Do
our appreciation of the arts and edu-
cation, coupled up with our tendency
to lie and steal and backbite. really
elevate us to a plane above the saw
age? Has civilization removed selfish
ness? Does the savage see something
lie wants and kills to get it occupy a
lower ground 'tnsin h nation that seeks
another's landed estate and kills to
get 1t? Is the brute any lower than
the deyilish creations of our last devil
ish war? Is human happiness any
more of a value now than before the
war?
Perhaps the answer to some of these
queries may come in the strength OF
victory over evil and the consolation it
brings. After all, peace is within and
happiness locked in each mans breast
There is form of happiness, at least
satisfaction, in the mind of a cannibal
who has devoured human being.
But that is not real happiness, which
can come alone from the free, full, I'M
impeded use of the powers of unselfish
service.
We incline to IA certain faith in civil
lization, but its highest types cannot
come from the motive behind wars for
conquest and its better sides are re-
vealed only when it can elevate man
to the consciousness of giving service
for the hope it may bring and the joy
it always yields in the rendering This
only is civilization.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
Open AvoWai.

There is one family in Washington
that has a Germanic name. There are
many more families with cognomens
smacking of Teutonic extraction, of
course.
This particular family has a very
little boy in it, who, in playing with
the other boys of the nelghbOrhood
has been gibed more or less on ac-
count of his name. The battles are
small affairs, of course, since the par
Elephants are very small.
Perhaps the young man saw the fu-
tility of war. Perhaps he is a phi
losopher Anyway, his latest reply
SpeakS of genius.
you're a German! You're a Ger
man. a playmate yelled at him.
The four-yearold grinned peacefully
and drawled
I'm German spy, l am"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
Material for Paving Bricks.

The Stag of British blast furnaces
contains 26 per cent of silica and 30
of alumina and makes excellent paving
bricks of stony texture; but bricks
from American Stag, which has "a per
cent of silica and "A of alumina, are
CLASSY and brittle. The American
bricks quickly solidify in thin outer
skin. In the process patented by ]. 3.
Shaw product of improved texture
is obtained by immersing the hot
bricks in red hot sand and cooling
slowly for twelve to eighteen hours,
to solidify the interior as rapidly as
the outside.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
"A LITTLE JOURNEY AT
THE VANDERBILT THEATER

Having shattered the erroneous i'm
preston that the playgong public is
not receptive to thOught-cOmpelling
dramas, "A Little Journey" Rachel
CrotherS' comedy gem continues at the
Vanderbilt Theater to enormous bust
ness. Cyril Keightley and Ethel
Dane head the cast, which includes
Grace Ellsworth, Paul +. Burns, Gilda
Varesi and others. Matinees are given
on Wednesday and Saturday. An ex-
ira matinee will be given Tuesday,
March %.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
AL JOU SON IN "SlNBAD"
AT THE FORTY-FOURTH
STREET THEATER

Al Jolson, in the huge rolllckihe
travesty founded on the Aribian Nights
entertainment "Sinbad," is now in It's
seventh week at the Forty-1oufti
Street Theater AS an entertainer Al
.Jolson has no equal on the American
stage. While he is now in his seconC
wear in "Sinbad" in New YORK, the
Forty-fourth Street Theater is crowd
ed to the doors every night. SIN
bad was produced under the per
sonal supervision of ]. J. Shubert.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
American kinderaartens Abroad.

From New York city body of kin
dergarten workers has started for
France They will strive to bring hap
pineSS into the lives of French Or
phans and to start anew the streams
Of young folks who must fill the
schoolhouses of France. The unit will
be under the direction of the Red
Cross, with the National kindergarten
association behind it.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
"A sLEEPLESS NIGHT"
AT THE BlJOU THEATER

Now entering its fifth week at the
Bijou Theater, "A Sleepless Night,
the new farce comedy, gives every
promise of becoming an all-summer at
traction. Peggy Hopkins, Ernest Glen
dining. Carlotta Monterey, Donald
Gallaher, William Norris and Jose
phine Drake are the leading players.
Matinees are given on Wednesday and
Saturday.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
Made Early Use of Coal.

Though wood and turf formed the
fuel of our early ancestors, investiga-
tons have proved that the Britons,
even prior to the Roman occupation,
made use of coal. But as it was pos
sible to utilize only such coal as lay
at or near the surface, the practice did
not make Roadway for many centuries.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
1.-THE KISS BURGLAR"
AT THE BRoADHuRST

Brought back to New York, at the
Broadhurst Theater, the successful
musical comedy, 1.-The Kiss Burglar,
is again enjoying the same popularity
which marked its earlier run mere
Marie Carroll, Denman Maley ana
Harry Clarke are the featured play
ers. Matinees are given on Thursday
and Saturday.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
"GooD- MORNING, JUDGE"
AT THE SHUBERT THEATER

Now one of the pronounced musical
comedy hits of the season, "Good
Morning, Judge" at the Shubert, is
literally turning 'em away at every
performance. George Hassell, Charles
King and Mollie King are the fea-
tured players Matinees are given on
Wednesday and Saturday.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
No News.

II tell you, young Jones is marked
man."
"Oh, knew that the moment saw
the big eagle he has tattooed on his
baltimore American.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
MORTGAGE LOANS

MONEY TO LEND on first mortgage
on improved Bergen County realty, or
on building contract, in sums from
$1,000 up. No brokerage fee, premium
or fines charged Repayabie in month
iy instruments with reducing interest
each month. The easiest and cheapest
way to acquire a home or pay off a
mortgage. Write for informat alton to
ROBT. A. SlBRALD, Hackensack,
NJ. J.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
Alfred Schneier
Tax Expert
Consulting Accountant
HARDWOOD AVE.

Morsemere, N. J. Tel. SAW
In the preparation of your in
come statement for the year,
1918 to be filed not later than
March 18th, 1919, the services
of a competent accountant will
be found an economy.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-03-22
Slipper Styles.

In the east, as general rule, Turks
wear yellow slippers, Armenians red
and Jews blue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-01
Mail Your Order

Hundreds Of people living outside the
city send US mail orders, which are
filled and returned by first train.
Mail us an order, and if goods are
not just what you wished they viii
be cheerfully exchanged. Give us
trial
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-01
2 for 25c
Phone Your Order

Orders received by phone from with
in the city will be delivered at once
by bicycle messenger. If you wish,
we will send an assortment Of articles
so that selection can be made in
your own home. Telephone No. 6S.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-01
Handy Dust Brushes

mere is brush that is much in need at house
eelleahlng Tune and which is handy every day in
sae year. We have many styles and sizes a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-01
Colorite Straw Hat Paint
Arsenate Of Lead

materials
quantities low as
be
whe you them
= for BIC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12

ish markets and was latef 5l in a Turkish harem.
 From her own personal experiences and from the authentic reports from officials of the American and British governments who have seen these things. the scenes have been recon structed. The Armenian girls, like the Circassian and the Georgian, are much more refined and beautiful than the native Turkish girls, and when laa Armenian massacres were renewed in 1915 the Turks made them a preteX1 for seizing the most beautiful dauGh- ters of the Armenian families and forcing them into their harems. Those whom the officials and officers d.d not keep for their harems they allowed to be sold in the slave markets.
 SOLD FOR S5 CENTS
 Thus it happened that hundreds of these unhappy girls were stood LID and sold to the highest bidder and i.l many instances there were so many of them, and human life was so cheap. that the price which a girl brought was even less than a single American dollar. Aurora Mardiganian herself was sold in one of these markets for S5 cents. Auction of Souls" is uot merely story of slave and harem life in the east. These things arc merely incidents. It is tremendous and dramatic picture of the martyr dom of the entire Armenian nation. through which runs the thread of the personal experiences of the beautiful little 17-year-old girl who was finally rescued from her captors and brought to America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
BAKER STARTS ID ALA. TOMORROW
 .~ Secretary of War Will Make Hurried Inspection Trip to Muscle Shoals
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, August 11-(special) )-New- ton D. Baker, Secretary of War, return ing from an official inspection of New York points, announced that he would leave for Muscle Shoals Wednesday aft ernoon, arriving Thursday afternoon
 He will inspect the plants and dam Friday and begin. his return journey to Washington Friday night He will be accompanied by Gen. Harry Taylor and other officers of the engineering corps and assistant chiefs of the nitrate di- vision Representative Almon of the Eighth Alabama district will go south on the train with the secretary.
 MT. Baker will be entertained at of ticers' quarters at nitrate plant No. ? and the engineers engaged in construct ing dam No. ?. He stressed the point to Representative Almon this afternoon that because of the necessity of making great haste he could accept of no entertainment and would eschew all form and shadow of ceremony.