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FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT.

7I5 u ST. SE-TWO FURNISHED ROOMS;
" < hefore noon my5pIt
I6S ALLISON ST. NW.-PLEASANT ROOM;
second hoor with porch: for one person
myaolt
"a TUDD PLACE NE-NICE COOL ROOM
On the hill in private famiiy: suitable for two:
i-,,.,Iia.e uo.sessiou. my305t
LADIES DOUBLE ROOMS. SINGLE BEDS.
electricity parioc. piano. porches. with break
fas, Is weekly: dormitory beds. 8 weekly; break
"a with dornitory beds optional Columbia
IN myp5t
LARGE BEDROOM: LAKGE ENOUGH FOR
two with bath adjoining at SIS month; smaller
room at SO month gentlemen only.
SLEEPING IN COMFORT
THE wARMEST NIGHT
charm .t is the ideal location for summer
~ in WlhinztOn; 100 Is q detached house
.Ith I.rg- sarden- Phone Col nsl-J. Mrs. KEN
DALI mSoH
TWO NICE COOL COMMUNICATING ROOMS:
l. H. X: good service. Phone West
raw my2s3
TI10 LIRGE kOOMs: SINGLE OR IN
sBite; third floor: bath On same floor; price
,-,soa.bl-: one large room second boor with
b.tb Call or address mo- Columbia rad. Tele-
80. North 60 my2-u
COMFORTABLE LARGE FRONT ROOM
njeeIy furnished; suitable for two ladies; rea-
.aab.e no Ind. ave. my8-u
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TOOLSBOX OF CAKPENTER'sLG n n
condition; cheap; hurry: before and after
O'Clock. Second floor front. 81 9Th st. NV
my30lt
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MADAM D'ASHMAN
RIZPAH EIDON

Is Known a. one Of It's greatest exponent.. Hm-
dreds visit this remarkable woman daily; COM
plets readings with sccurate descriptions Of
what your hand foretells only 81. Reception par
lur ne. corner Of 6th and q NV. Entrance 9Th
st. Hours 10 a. n to u. m. mhZ -ot
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

TYPIST-BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION: EX-
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REAL BEER

The kind you used 10 buy. II is easily made
from my formula OF plain Instructions Sold On
q money-hark guarantee
SPECIAL 500
Address CHEMIST. Box CD. Herald once.
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MADAM IFNORE

Gifted ciai7oyant and palmist: advice on all
ansirs of life: tells who and when you will
marry; gives full names and dates: where other,
fail she succeeds; this gifted lady gives only
good and reliable advice; what she sees and tells
comes true: satiSaetion OF no fees; resdings, 81.
"a llth Il. NV: hours l D. m to D. m.
Closed Sundays. mymn
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MADAME VICTORIA.

Tbs g1fted paimtR ana ciairvoysnt- Oln 3D.
vis, business. family sffaifs, love and mayriasea
Can ten you the name u frture husband o. vita
TO avoid trouble and hew to AVOID evil innueuce.
sstistactioa guaranteed o. no cnarge. Entrance
s79 fth st snIa0.
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Notion and variety store; n. z. A Corner;
nice stock: big trade: new fountain. ic. cream,
cigars. ETC.; invoice at cost owner leaving c;ty
See CONWEIL. 400 n st. NV. Main ss6.
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MONEY TO LOAN
FUNERAL DESIGNS.

ARTISTIC FUNERAL DESIGNS.
Bouaueo and Corsase
JESSE c. POWELL
= FsA- ave- nv. North zn
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NUMEROLOGIST
PALMISTki,
Lae.n.sd hg DssTict q Columbus.

MADAME ZELLA
Genuine Egyptian Palmist. If
in doubt Of love. business or fam
lily affairs. consult Madame Zella.
Moved to 6l5 9TH St. N. W.
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SITUATIONS WANTED-FEMALE
BY TRAINED NURSE FROM FREEDMANs;
care Of invahds other nursing. al0 18th
:, nv myS1
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-31
INVITATIONS ISSUED FOR
REIMBURSEMENT WEDDING

Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Myrtle Sarah Bart
lett, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Bartlett, of II South Weymouth ave
nue., Ventnor, and Lieutenant George
D. Richards, U. S. R. c., on Wednes.
day evening, June 4th, at Z o'clock al
the Westminster Presbyterian Church
Vermont and Madison avenues, At
lantic City.
Both Miss Bartlett and Lieutenant
Richards are well known, both having
graduated from the Atlantic City high
school. class 1914, where they had a
host of friends.
Lieutenant Richards was recently
discharged from the army where he
was in training at Camp Lee, Virginia.
He now resides in Bridgeton, N. j.,
and is a promising young lawyer with
District Court Judge French in Cam.
den, N. j.
The young couple Will be at home
after July 5th at T641 Race Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-31
THE DOUGH BOY.

We were stationed in the lines,
Not a man would dare to sleep;
In the dark and muddy trenches
Every man was on his feet.
What a silence, it was dreadful,
AS we cut away our wire,
And STOPPING, we stood in silence
AS a rocket of glowing fire,
Fired to direct us in our way
OF preparing battle for a victorious
day.
As we worked in silence,
Laboring with all our might,
Little we thought of the coming day
And the future fight.
But dreamed of home and loved ones
lear
Whom we had left little over a year,
And crossed over the rolling foam,l
To fight for country that is home,
sweet home.
Such is the picture,
In a dough boys mind,
Of home and friends he left behind,
AS he waits in silence for the break
of day,
When he will take his place in the
fiery fray.
Just before dawn on the field of battle,
Our heavy guns begin to rattle,
With a roar like an exploding mine
They sent the shells with a singing
whine,
Over our heads to the enemy line.
Shells so thick they cannot dodge,
For this is to be our rolling barage.
Now is the time for the dough boys
fight,
He must carry out the plans that were
made last night;
Mid screaming shot and bursting shell
He charges forth through a fire of hell.
Though comrades fall in death at his
feet,
Never in life does a Yankee retreat;
With bayonets shining and a powder
burnt face,
He'll fight the battle Of right and win
the race,
For it is very plain to sec
That the right will win the victory.
must win what is right at any cost,
What Is right and good must not be
lost;
With a world in distress and broken
relations,
Here is hoping success for the League
of Nations.
Composed by Pvt. Howard Knew
son, Co. L, 311th INF, A. E.. B.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-31
JOBS FOR DISABLED YANKs.

Washington, d. c., May %, 1919
An Executive Order recently issued
by the President and received by cable
amends the Federal civil-service rules
so as to permit the u. S. Civil Service
Commission to waive the physical re-
quirements under certain conditions in
favor of men who were injured in the
military or naval service.
The civil-service regulations specify
certain physical defects which debar
from all examinations and other de-
fects which will debar from certain
examinations. These regulations are
based upon the requirements of the
service as established by the several
department heads.
Upon the recommendation of the
Commission, after consultation with
the Federal Board for Vocational Edu-
cation and the U. S. Employees Com
%pensation Commission, the President
issued an Executive Order, as follows:
provided, that the Commission
may, in its discretion, exempt from
the physical requirements established
for any position a disabled and honor
ably discharged soldier, sailor, or ma
rine upon the certification of the Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education
that he has been specially trained for
and has passed a practical test dem
onstrating his physical ability to per-
form the duties of the class of posi-
lions in which employment is sought"
In submitting it's recommendation to
the President the Civil Service Com
mission said: where it is apparent
to this Commission that his (the dis
abled soldiers, sailors, or marine's)
physical condition is such that he
would not ordinarily be accepted, the
case will be referred to the Federal
Board for Vocational Education. That
board will then decide whether it is
practicable to educate him for the po-
sition sought. If considered practical
BILE, the rehabilitation and education
will be given and when completed GER
LITIGATION of that fact will be made to
this Commission. Where the Board
does not consider it desirable to at
tempt the education for the position
other positions will be consid-
cred and suggested to him, but he
will not be admitted to the one for
which his physical condition constf-
an irremediable bar"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-31
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTVILLE.

MayOr-Thomas +. Crawford.
Clerk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-tirst Ward, Reuben T..
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Bates.
Tax Collector-Webster Price.
City Treasurer-Geo. 'Zippler, Jr.
City Engineer-Samuel J. Clark.
Tax Search Clerk-Webster Price.
City Solicitor-Louis D. Champion.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Police Justice-Richara G. Brown
Building Inspector-Paul Wootton.
Plumbing Inspector-Edward G
Helfrieh.
Overseer of the Poor Daniel s.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Superyisor-SaGauel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden-ames A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund COMMISSIONER
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; George
Zippler, Jr., City Treasurer; Franklin
e. Smith, Clark Adams and John P.
Ashmead.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeho1ders = Clark Adams, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At-large and President,
Albert E. James; First Ward, Wilbur
w. Adams, Charles NJ. Chattfe, Mi
chael Lutz; Second Ward, Walter J..
Anderson, Edward N. Meloney, Ray
mond G.. Ireland.
Council Committees
Ffnance-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Streets-Anderson, Chattle, Adams.
Licenses-Chattle, Adams, Anderson.
Public Property = Adams, Meloney,
Chattle.
Lights-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Police-Adams, Meloney, Chattle.
Ordinances = Anderson, Ireland,
Chattle.
Poor-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Fire observation-disclosures Chattle,
Anderson.
Education-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Printing-Meloney, Chattle, Adams.
Sanitary-Anderson, Meloney, Lutz.
Building-Adams, Meloney, Chattle.
Rules-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Railroads-Lutz, Meloney, Chattle.
Audit-Anderson, Meloney, Ireland.
Public Parks and Playgrounds-Me-
loney, Anderson, Chattle.
Library-Chattle, Adams, 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-Charles E. Jackson.
Custodian School Fund-Webster
Price.
City Superintendent of Schools
William c. Sullivan.
Medical Inspector-Dr. J. H. North.
Truant Oficer-Harry J.. Grimm.
Members-John S. Weaver, Arthur
H. Stiles, w. G. Penhallow, Lewis R
Smith, Warren c. Marshall.
Committees
Finance-Weaver, P%enhallow, Mar
shall.
Building-Smith, Weaver, Penhal
low.
Teachers = Penhallow, Marshall
Weaver.
Property-Smith, Weaver, Penhal
low.
Grievance-Marshall, Smith, Wea
yer.
Books and Supplies-Penhallow
Weaver, Marshall.
Truancy-Weaver, Smith, Penhal
low.
Regular meetings first Tuesday O
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas F.. Crawford, Mayor; Wal
ter j. Anderson and Edward N. Me
loney, Councilmen; John s. Weaver
and W. G. Penhallow, members BoarC
of Education.
Concluded on page y
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-31

When you walk in comfort so do stockings.
A package of Aliens Foot-Ease, the a%ntisep-
tic powder to shake into the shoes, gives you
that ''old shoe comfort. Aliens Foot-Ease
stops the pain of bunions, corns and callous-
es, and makes tight or new shoes feel easy
advertisement.
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The man who cannot see the value
in a years subscription to The Pleas
antville Press loses many times the
cest during the course of a year by not
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

switched off onto trying to reform
the Constitution"--
sh-h'' said Loretta, my dear,
don't say birth control"
That's right, DON'T" said Henry
savagely. I'm glad to see that Won
are getting sense of modestv a+
last" A'
Loretta got out a tiny gold lor-
gnette and looked at Henry
through it.
isn't he quaint?' she said, putting
IL away again. 81 suppose the Sena-
tors are very much like him. That
gives me an idea: I'll practice on
nm during lunch. You see. dear
we are forming new group with
wonderful woman at our head. and
from now on we have taken q new
hame--we are to be called the VOL
untary Parenthood League"
Loretta paused, and powdered the
end OF her nose, 10 )king so ineffablv
plquant and youthful that even /
VINO am in sympathy, burst out
laughing. The worst of Loretta is
that everything she becomes inter-
ested in always succeeds-Henry
knows this as we'll as I, and hence
his secret irritation at seeing her
at play with the very foundations
OF lie. With her unerring instinct
tor taking up causes that don't fail.
no one could be sure that the world
would not IN the end be cursed with
complete birth control, or anything
else Loretta might think of in the
mean time.
Il wonder" said l plaintively.
and with the hope of changing the
subject. whether | could get that
brass chain down in the Russian
quarter, wherever that is."
I've Just come from there" said
Loretta. nibbling an olive, land do
you knc W that statistics show that
II the laws of bir control were in
operation among the foreign ele-
ment in New York City alone the
municipal funds now directed into
the twenty-five municipal hospitals
for the care of the blind, the dis
eased and the feeble-minded chill
dren Of this city would be sufficient
to DO away with the entire slum
district and give each remaining
child a liberal education?"
''Leav vng ladies like you nothing
whatever to talk about said Henry.
att cking the food
"On the contrary" said Loretta.
swiftly laying down the mouthful
Of chicken she had been about to
put into her mouth--"on the con-
trary-having, in the course OF two
gerera tlons. practically done away
with the unfit, and along with It
that vicious circle of charity organi-
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ture. The guards are, most Of
them, able to tell you about the
things in their particular division.
The Sunday
Story Lady
1t was on this day I made the
most wonderful Of my discoveries of
what New York is doing for the free
education Of its children.
"Are you looking for the Story
Hour Class?" inquired a guard of
me.
"The what?" asked.
"Oh, thought you might be look
ing for NJ s. Chand err" he replied.
''She's the young lady who tells the
Sunday story"
At this he directed me to the story
telling lady. Miss Chandler is a
charming young person with just
enough Of the child in her, combined
with interest and enthusiasm to
make her the one to fill her pos ton.
Every Sunday afternoon at o'clock
she tells q story in the large lecture
hall, founded upon some historical
episode, and Illustrated by stere-
crtlcon views Of objects of art which
relate to it. On Wednesday after
noon she has class just for the
chi dren who come to the Sunday
story, when she takes them around
in group to the objects in the mu-
scum which were shown on the
screen the Sunday before. Both the
story and the supplementary class
are free to any one.
The following Sunday found me
in the lecture hall with Jean and
Barbara. The little auditorium was
packed, many Of the children were
from the East Side public schools.
Others very proper in their fur
trimmed coats were escorted by their
mother or governess. All in all, a
happy, interested crowd of young
sters.
Many mothers are there, some
with their knitting, others with en-
broidery and still others, like myself,
willing to learn with the children.
One mother brings her two children
from Yonkers, another all the way
from Astoria.
Order is maintained in the audi
torium by group of regular at
tendants called monitors, and mighty
good disciplinarians they are, sup
pressing any whispering or the eat
ing of peanuts. sometimes smuggled
in in spite of the ban against them.
Museum
Games
Continually one is surprised at
what these children knovs about the
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worker The society's representa-
tive pondered as TO how she wouId
meet this particular social malad-
Justment as presented in Ameer and
whether 1t was not problem for the
characterization group to undertake
characterization too often ia one
OF those idealistic general terms
which we all greet Wi h enthusiasm
and then let il go at that. The rea-
son is simple. We just do no, know
now to reduce it to the concrete 50
1t VIII tie up with our own indi-
V.dual efforts. and, anyway, we are
not just sure whose job American
lzatlon is Broadly, it is the def
mite responsibility of every one of us
who deals with these families. r.
means considering their past expert
ences and then trying to adjust them
20 their particular niche in our own
country.
1t is certainly a far cry from the
open fields of Persia to an East Sid
tenement, and we have got to try
10 understand the background %
Ameer's family, together with their
ambitions and possibi ties. before
we decide on any definite plan. and
that plan will have so be one ir
which they believe or we will fail
Social work appears to some like
game Of chess. You are the PLAYER
and the families the chessmen. After
due consideration Of the trend of the
game as whole, and the advantage
or certain pay, you make your
next move, and SO on until the end.
The fallacy Of the simile is This:
the family must not only agree to
the move, they must understand the
mental processes which lead up to i.
so that it will be Just as much their
move as yours, otherwise your efforts
are in vain.
As for Ameer's family, the Char.
lty Organization Society Will prob
ably try to send them back TO a farm
by early spring, where they vii.
have the agricultural opportunity
they really want and need.
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stopped continually to ask dripping
policemen, who thought it was some
where around Rivington Street.
This name sounded sinister to me
like a Place where murders should
be committed-and as weapproached
it my spirits sank lower and lower.
The streets had contracted to mar
row cracks-miles and miles of wash
hung out of the tenement windows.
tiapping dirt;lv in the rain; over
head the elevated trains passed with
a deafening roar that died away
only to begin again with terrifying
regularity.
"Think Of babies being born and
brought up in this noise," cried /.
From the trestles of the elevated
the rain stopped and dripped in con-
centrated rivers upon the masses of
bareheaded people who surged be.
low in darkness which the storm
made almost night. In the black.
cavernous mouths of all the shops
candles were guttering, and heaps
of children crawled and swarmed
In and out among the filth.
"My God, James," said Henry,
"where are you taking u.s."
"This is Second Avenue, below
Rivington Street, sir" replied the
dlsgusted James.
II didn't know such holes ex-
isted," said Henry.
"Oh, this is nothing" said Loret-
ia, cheerfully. "You know | often
think" she added, chow nice it is
that Clarence wasn't born down
here"
"Loretta!" I cried in horror.
clarence is our only child"
We finally found the brass shops,
and getting out Of the machine we
approached the least dingy of them
and entered. Everything brass that
has ever been made was there. ex-
cept a brass necklace; really, life
was very discouraging.
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Ihe Americanization of Amecr

n OI long ago, on quiet, com
" Portable farm in New Eng.
land, lived a little ten-vear-
CID Ameer, a handsome Persian bow
with big, brown, flashing eyes, black
hair and clear skin. During vaca-
ton he spent his days helping in the
garden, caring for his chickens or
often rowing through the nearby
woods, discovering new birds and
flowers and making exciting addi-
tons to his various "collections. ."
Evenings he liked to read or play
his little brown violin, which came
from 'the other side
A short time ago he came. with his
parents and little brothers and sis
tiers, to live on the East Side of New
York. Immediately he was quite n
hero among boys, for he could tell
of wonderful animals, BIRDS and
flowers of which they had never
heard
However, it was not many weeks
before his heroism vanished in their
eyes because the boys found that
hmeer did not know how to fight
properly when a big fellow picked
On him; he could net swear and talk
back sufficiently to please them. He
refused to go "crooking" with bows
on his street who watched for
smaller children returning from
baker shops to snatch their buns and
cakes from them. He was ALWAYS
beaten in all their gang games, and
his mother was forever calling him
to read, or practice en- his violin.
No. Ameer was no longer a hero.
He was called by that name which
cuts deep irto the heart Of every
boy-he was a Sissy"
Small wonder that when a visitor
from the Charity Organization So
clety heard him speak harshly to his
young sister, and asked if that was
lhe language he always used
ameer's black eyes snapped and he
replied: Sure, whatya think? /
gotta talk like that; I'm a tough guv
now"
"A challenge-thas~A~te the social
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cations which cater to overnonr,a
elon without taking any constructive
steps to eliminate it-having. | saw.
freed the thousands Of women now
engaged in this futile occupation
we would be in pos;tion"-
Il see," said Henry. turning to
me, that the steel strike is about to
break"-
"Yes," said Loretta, "and it is the
reasons for such national catastro-
phes that we women will then be
IN position to point out to tn
great masses who will come to hea-
US lecture upon these Matters
But. Loretta, DEAR" said +
And, moreover" said Loretta
getting a large supply of chicke
INTO the left cheek, edo you realize
Senator"-
What did you call me?" said
Henry, looking like q startled fawn.
"A Few Neat
Statistics
do you realize, Senator" re-
peated Loretta, bent upon rehears-
ing her part, and leaning far over
the table toward the helpless Henry.
do you realize that by putting into
effect this simple law Of controlling
the number of children yearly
brought into the weld you would BE-
saving, for yourself and your own
family, thousands of dollars a
ycar?"
How SOP" said Henry, pausing
IN the act of mastication.
"How so, indeed?" said Loretta.
tossing back her curls and clench-
ng her fist upon the tablecloth.
DO you realize that five-tenths of
the money you pay out in wages to
the thousands of workers in your
factories is money wasted? You
think you are getting the maximum
OF labor out of those people. You
are not, for underfed, devi.al;zed,
semi-crippled people are unable to
contribute the maximum of labor. Dc
you realize that if one normal chile
had been born in place of every tw,
abnormal children you would b
getting from that one adult to-day
the same amount of labor you are
paying two adults to do now? Do
you realize that the laborer with
one child to support is five times less
likely to go on strike than the labor
er with five children to support?"
"Why?" said Henry.
Because" said Loretta, in the
hoarse but calm voice of one who
has won her point and knows it. "be-
cause the laborer with five children
has five children who are economi-
cally unfit---five children who should
lever have been born-~five chit.
dren who could no more grow up
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Nine Dollars a
Week for Nine

There was plenty else to look at.
but buying was difficult because the
suilen woman in charge did not seem
to know the price of single thing.
Finally there shuffled in a sallow.
unshaven man, full of smiles and ex-
plantations. The lady was only a
neighbor, so she did not know the
stock. She was so kind as to come
'n--his wife usually tended the shop.
but she was sick.
why don't you run the shop your
New-York tribune., 1919-11-09

healthy and we'll fed on the wages
their father can earn than the moon
could reach the sun-children
"Well,' said Henry, beginning to
eat again. there's something in
what you say; but l can't help it.
What can do?"
Give US $4,000 for our campaign
OF education among the poor of this