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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-03-21
MIGHT.

"Why are you going to Europe?"
Gust to look around" said the
lame duck. with this league of
nations looming up they might need
few good men to hold office, don't
you now.",Louisville' Courier
Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-03-21
EN- BELlisHM EMIT.

Gentlemen powdered their hair
in the old days"
"We're doing it yet" remarked
Mr.. Crosslots. ''You ought to see my
hair after I've been shaking down
the furnace"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-03-21

HORSE FOR SALE-Well
bred black mare, weight about
1150, good worker and good
roader; gentle anywhere; thor
oughly saddle broken. Jonathan
Kitchin, AZ North Union street,
Lambertville, N. j.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-03-21

FOR SALE-To close the
estate of the late Susan B.
Smith, the very desirable re-
sidence, No. Is Jefferson street,
Lambertville. Eleven Rooms and
bath. One of the best locations
in the city. Pleasant surround
ings and outlook. Isaiah P.
Smith, above address. John w.
Smith, Stockton, N. j.
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A RESPONSE.

ever hear from those war socks
you sent out with card inclosed ?"
eyes, got 'em back last week with
a polite note asking me to darn
,'em. Louisville Courier-Journal.
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COMMITTEE GOT BUSY.

"The period of readjustment will
be long,
"Oh, ! don't think so. The war
was scarcely over before the banquet
season started right in again"
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Board of Chosen Free
holders of Hunterdono County
will receive bids at their rooms.
Pennington, n. j., on April Sd,
1919, up to the hour of IL O'Clock
A. NJ, for the resurfacing a por-
ton of the Ringoes-W oodsville
Road in said county.
Length, 2.457 miles; broken
stone, 2250 tons; filler, 700 tons;
dustless screenings, 400 tons;
Tarvia B, 1915 gallons.
Specifications may be obtain
ed from Grant Davis, County
Engineer, Whitehouse Station.
n. j., and viii be on file at the
Office of H. L. Stout, County So
licitor, Pennington. n. J.
By order of the board of
Chosen Freeholders.
DAVID L. HOLCOMBE,
Director.
EDWARD H. WILSON,
VIM. B. WEAN.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-03-21

Every family should own
burial plot. If you have been
neglecting this important matter
don't let another week go by
without giving it attention. Plots
in Riverview. Elmer Smith, 16
Church Street, Lambertville.
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Plain Sewing Wanted-Such
as patching Men, Women and
Children's clothing, darning
stockings, and do all kinds of
plain sewing. Mrs. Lizzie Smith,
81 South Main ST., Lambertville.
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scape artist should be consulted, but for
the simple and less expensive house this
Is unnecessary. There are firms or
nurserymen In New York who will be
glad to send an expert free of charge to
look over the site of your projected home
and make suggestions as to its beautifi-
cation even II you only intend to spend
$40 or $50 for flowers or shrubs.
Nearly every prospective home builder
has decided opinions as to whether he
would like house of frame, brio. or
stucco construction, but before deciding
definitely 1t Is we'll to remember that
while woed Is probably the cheapest OF
building materials. wood plus paint in
a few years will equal or exceed the cost
OF brick or stucco construction. The
location of the site should also be taken
into careful consideration, as in locali-
ties where the proper kind Of sand Is in
accessible concrete construction is apt
TO prove expensive.
While the exterior appearance of a
house and the size and number of its
rooms are perhaps the most important
| questions to be decided by the home
builder there are other problems of con-
stIuction which are equally as impor-
tant to the health and happiness OF the
! occupants. Good ventilation, plumbing
and heating may not impress the visitor
- the home as strongly as beauty OF
| appearance, but they are vital in max
| ing the house a satisfactory one.
In every house there are countless lit
| tie details which might be overlooked
at first glance but which do much to
make or mar, the home. For example,
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the family feelings would be saved. And
you know men OF his type pride them
selves SO much on keeping the women
In the family in the dark about money
matters that he had never entirely eX-
planned before. and the facts as he had
to lay them before her were staggering
to her. The daughters 1t seems care
nothing for the old place. 1t has meant
nothing to them but seclusion from the
life they want to live. and Inconvenience.
When I asked him about his brother
he was very non-committal. believe
there has been n genuine tiff in the
family. What the brother stands for
and Is, ] don't know, but II he's prac-
tical and competent the rest of them
ought to put up with him whether they
like him or not. Because the youth
talked to will never get the family very
far"
why not?" I asked. lie seemed to
me to be quite an able youngster."
Efficiency VS.. Nerve Tension.
+ Able" F'reeland fairly snorted How
can a fellow ever become able when
his pride and sensitiveness make him
strung up all the time like a blessed
Stradlvarius? The mother of this boy
adores him-his chivalry or whatever
you want to call 1t has prevented him
from forcing the facts home and acting
Oh them when 1t should have been done
months ago He's afraid TO roll up his
sleeves and attack the problem now.
oh he'd be able enough II his nature
and his training weren't dead against
him 90
BY this time Long Island was
showing us little OF its promise and
the first small roadside house with its
sCroll saw trimming had been passed.
Waves OF sweet fresh air. full of the
odor OF deep grasses. OF hidden bios
somings came TO our nostrils.
We passed n row of small houses, all
decorated like the first with scroll saw
trimmings. We passed general store.
and a garage. and a man who drove n
buggy. We had quite left the dust and
noise and congestion OF the first lap be-
hind us.
There was happy chattering going on
In the back seat. And Toby, who knew
exactly what his health needed, went
deeply and comfortably TO sleep.
As we swept past a deep. still pool
with last years leaves beneath the
dark water, and a few touches OF bril-
liant green at the edge Arabella ex-
claimed over the beauty of II. and of
the old trees beyond. We caught
gllmpses Of country places OF wonder
ful stateliness and sometimes OF q
very brazen newness One gaunt white
house was built. Freeland said. on a
grant OF land once made by a pirate.
On the whole the surroundings were
sufficiently fascinating to make Free
land and me feel that we could talk
at our leisure without neglecting Ara
bella.
Young Redheld," said Freeland
spoke OF you. He said his mother had
been impressed very much by your wife
The fact 10 OF course that the whole
! family has n horror OF any one who
might be disrespectful about the old
| pnce or who might remind them by word
or gesture that they as a family are
down and out, which they literally are
! TITS rather too bad" I couldn't Il slr
I saying.
"oh. there's no necessity for the con-
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Fifth avenue has often been termed
"the main artery OF the city. no" tne
committee for the protection OF the parh
section OF Fifth avenue INTENDS 10 sho"
that II ia the main artery OF the city
and that the city cannot exist IN soou
health and prosperity unless the artery
ia kent clear OF distractions such as
apartment houses.
with this belief and a burning desire
TO save New York from the thickenins
walls of apartment houses rising on the
avenue. the committee will launch an
educational campaign at cooperative
meeting TO be held at the Fifth Avenue
Association's rooms. 542 Fifth avenue
Tomorrow afternoon at O'CLOCK Hepre-
q, natives OF every civic body ana pubic
'rited organization throughout the CITY
will be invited. An active campaign OF ad-
yertising and personal information VIII
be started and maintained until building
regulations limiting the height OF an
apartment house TO seventy-nVe rect
have been passed either by the city or
the Legislature. This regulation seems
compromise with the apartment house.
but II is not, the committee says: for 1t
has figured out that an apartment house
OF this height on Fifth avenue cannot
possibly pay anything but grief to its
owner.
I'm order that the city may enjoy the
continuance OF its prosperity. Fifth ave-
nue. must remain Fifth avenue" Michael
Dreicer, chairman of the committee. said
How will the city be affected by Fifth
avenue. the dubious ones will ask Inn
medlately?" he continued.
More People. Less business.
'Tn Just this manner; paradoxical ~
A 10 nV1n m
avenue the less business. The apart
ment houses will bring many thousands
more people on the avenue, who In turn
will destroy the avenues individuality.
thus causing the people who support the
shops TO seek their wants elsewhere.
Possibly they will go to London or
Paris. but 1t Is an assured fact that they
will not come here when our avenue. the
greatest thoroughfare OF Its kind in the
world, is cluttered up with unslghtly.
ungainly apartment houses rearing their
ugly heads high in the air. casting a
gloom about them and dwarfing the
mansions which the people formerly
came to see.
81 wonder II the people realize that
most of the shopping in Fifth avenue ID
done by out of town people, the well to
DO people OK everywhere. In fact, their
shopping IL not only confined to Fifth
avenue, but In scattered all about the
town, They come to New York be-
cause 1t Is New York. And New York
Is New York because of Fifth avenue.
Broadway the theatres and other such
distinctions. Then II we allow these dis
tinctions to be erased or their sharp
outlines rounded we no longer have a
yJ4ht to expect the people to come here
TO review our departed glory. II we are
TO be New York we must keep New
York intact, and the first move Is a pre-
ventive one. Already apartment houses
are sprlnging up on the avenue between
Sixtieth and 10th streets, but we must
prevent others from following.
with the erection OF each apartment
house on the avenue the property lmme-
diately surrounding II and the property
here In the business section depreciates
PRINCIPALLY because OF the Intangible
Asset. the shopper from abroad. III me
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the difference between hard and easy
stairs may be only one-half a inch
when measured by a ruler. but this dit-
ference may serve to shorten the life
of the man or woman who uses them
many times a day. Thousands OF Wear,
miles have been trudged by housew.ye,
because the kitchen range was a Few
feet further from the kitchen sink than
II need have been. Countless tempery
have been lost because a door swung Ole
way when It might have just as east.
been constructed to sying another
While French or Dutch windows ma,
be attractive 1t is we'll to remember tia.
they are apt to let in cold air In TIE
winter unless the owner of the house p.
prepared to purchase some of the various
patented window strip devices which ar
on the market While the best Of these
devices are comparatively expensive &,
will be found that they usually say
more than their original cost in coal
the course of year or so.
All pipes in the walls OF nous.
should be lead. They will cost more
than galvanized pipes. but the repair,
on the latter will In short time make
them moro expensive than the forne-
On the Atlantic coast the clin!at.
conditions make the use of galvarirel
nails advisable in construction work
as ordinary nails are apt TO rust and
break Off. In selecting interior hard
ware. such as locks. door hinges AMI
the like, the owner of the house has q
wide range Of choice and his tastes vii
determine the expense to which he VII.
be put for these items.
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are almost constantly from the west.
The sheer walls OF the apartment houses
VIII break the wind. That which comes
over. however. will not descend to the
shrubs and flowers. And In addition.
these buildings will reflect the heat from
the sun, which will be shining upon their
walls from noon until sunset. All OF the
absorbed heat not already reflected upon
the burning park will be radiated
throughout the night, making the ave-
nue. and this side Of the park intol-
cradle.
Then where will the people be for q
breathing space? The park will be un-
comfortable night and day during the
hot months. not to mention the fact that
1t will be withered and stale because the
air currents are shut OF by the offend
ing walls"
Mr.. Dreicer was reminded that the
west side OF the park had survived de-
spite the walls OF q number OF rather
tall apartment houses along Central
Park West.
Different on West Side.
Il was waiting Tor that" he replied.
LAS you know. the winds here are al
most entirely westerly. so the walls on
the western boundary Of the park do not
III ci AciO III thO fShbt Wibl currents
getting to the park: and the western
walls get the morning sun which ceases
to strike them at noon. II they store
up any heat from these comparatively
mild and refreshing sunbeams they dis
pei It quickly and cool IN their own
shade during the afternoon when the
sun Is behind them.
But across the park on the east side
Of the avenue apartment houses are q
menace to the public health. They make
the' streets gloomy and cut on the light
from the adjoining houses OF those In
the shadow OF the apartments"
The coming restriction limiting walls
to $50 feet in this vicinity affords no
protection. Mr.. Dreicer declared.
zone can build n wall straight up TO
$50 feet" he said, then step back
with 1t foot or 30 In order to break
its continuity and rear another wall
for $50 feet and 80 on no TO the moon"
What We want to do 10 to get the
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matters. such as the number OF shelves
hall closet should have. the color OF
the woodwork In the pantry or the
height OF picture molding and pass
over with slight consideration such vi
tally important matters as heating. ven-
tilation and plumbing. Jones may. for
$4,000, build a house containing the same
number OF rooms and OF the same gen.
eral size and appearance as tn. house
erected by his friend Smith. which ne
greatly admired, and which has cost
Smith $1,000 yet Jones. because he did
not thoroughly understand what his
specifications called for may be disap-
pointed when his home Is completed be-
cause his cabinet work does not appear
as handsome as the cabinet work in the
Smith house or because OF a hundred
and one little details which Jones did
not pay much attention to when the
Specifications were being drawn up. but
which accounted for the difference IN
cost in the two homes
1t is strongly advisable for the home
builder to go through House he ad-
mires with the architect who Is design
ing his own home and point out the fea-
lures in the existing house that appeal
to him, and find out whether the specif-
cations for his own house call for these
features. II they do not. he should ask
the architect Just how his house will diff
fer from the one which they are examin-
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PLANS FIGHT AGAINST
TALL 5TH AVE. FLATS
Protection Committee Prepared tc
Launch Elaborate Campaign of
Education at Meeting

distinction of the avenue is destroyed
the shopkeeper suffers. the rents de-
crease because he cannot afford TO pay
them. and thus the property deprecistes
In value. The property upon which the
apartment house stands depreciates be-
cause the owners OF the mansions resent
the intrusion to some extent and occupy
their houses less and less, some going so
far as to sell them altogether and move
to their country estates; then the
property values drop and there you are
But this is just one economic reason
why the avenue should be kept intact /:
there are many others that we shall give
In newspaper advertising" the chairman
continued.
Eject on Health Important.
There Is another point that concerns
every man. woman and child on the ISL
and OF Manhattan in regard TO the erec-
ton of these contemplated apartment
houses-and that Is health. Though the
people might tolerate the destruction OF
the beautiful avenue and its gradeur OF
building. 1 don't believe they will allow
the erection OF tall buildings that will
ruin the east side Of Central Park
I'VE have had horticulturists, florists
and landscape gardeners in consultation
and we have learned that the contern-
plated tall buildings will 30 change at
mOspheric conditions along the avenue
that the eastern part OF the park will be
starved through poverty of air current
circulation. The prevailing winds hel
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ture will come Off the house even fastAr
than the second mortgage.
In the same way that the architect
can see whether the materials used In
the construction of the house are of the
quality called for he can also see that
work on the house IS being performed
in a proper manner and that parts OF
the structure which are not visible to the
eye after the house is completed have
been as carefully constructed as thoge
sections which are open TO constant in
sreotion.
The architect can also give expert ad-
vice as to whether or not a projected
house will harmonic with the site which
has been selected and with the other
houses in the neighborhood. He is like
wise the master of numerous tricks by
which. at a slight cost, the beauty of
the house can be greatly enhanced. For
example few feet of open porch. a
pergola, few we'll placed window boxes.
or the artistic use OF different shades
of shingles in the roof may lend unusual
charm and individuality to house es-
sentia!ly simple or even severe in con-
ception.
1t is we'll also in planning to erect a
| suburban home to obtain the advice OF
a rurseryman as to the type of shrub
berry and flowers which will set of the
house to the best advantage. In plan
ming large and costly home a land
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passing party of more solemn !ndivlt
uals were forced to be enyious I am
certain.
The vivid pleasure OF the children VI.
wonderful to see and Arabella glowed n
sympathy.
The afternoon sun was in our faces as
we turned h,meward and the moist.
fresh landscape, with its wide. flat
spaces, its green OF trees and grass and
Its black Of rich old earth, filed o..
vision.
Arabella the younger went 10 sleep
and Robert was suspiciously quiet. BIZ
Toby crowed and tumbled himself aba.,
until Emily had him fascinated by sor,
little trick or other which she vorh.
oefore his wondering eyes with her aA..
fingers.
When We were well into town w.
rounded curb rather closely and
young man standing there IN ,.-. y
absent minded attitude sudiaulv 700.
up, and lifting his hat bowed !. 3.
direction of Arabella.
/ saw the color mount - Lie chez.
and caught glimpse OF brilliant et,.
and handsome teeth az the sa.e o.
recognition crossed his face
And l turned quickly enoueh - note.
-''oSNii" . iatc' luIIleu SIlEN'N IT 100
me, but containing the unm!st7kahe
aftermath Of greeting, warm c,.ar. and
fleeing smile.
I'D stake an interesting wager
l said to Freeland. ION tro idea ''t'
the man We Just passed was S~'h
But Free.and was too slow % soc
him. and the crowd that sIrgo1 a-0,s
the avenue hid him from our vley
Before We left him, and in tn midst
OF Arabella's most charming CarrN s.
and the thank yous dutfu,Iv produced
by sleepy children. Freeland !na.rI .t
with capacious wink
Next time" II seemed To- -tr
shouldered my little daug for va
feeling that her weight was od 90 ga
| by my anticipation and dre.d - 0''
next time. II was not diW.r.. "
the further suggestive geu!Is y H1.'.'
who, as he followed me into 'l'
tor, queried Grossly. when are "g
TO 1--we in tho country father
soon" I said. Robert. tC-t
l Perhaps ! told the truth
(To be Continued
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d!tion TO last IL they'll only be sensible.
But to vaguely hope that the sons will
become diplomats or something equally
old fashioned and impeccable is nom
sense when there is no money. And the
young daughter Is expecting life to bring
her a very great deal. IL ! know young
women. 1t will possibly. II she goes out
and makes II The other daughter isn't
quite such born parasite. II won't hurt
the family at all 10 be a little energetic.
In fact it's all the family needs"
We'll, has young Redfield any plansT'
That's just what 1 was coming to.
He asked me II you would consider
coming out to see the place next Satur-
day. He was a little hesltant about 1t.
because I'm sure he feels that there are
some pretty big faults for you to ind"
I'm certainly ready 10 go, And II
there are faults to ind. let Hrabella
find them. II she once finds fault sue
cessfully enough and invents a remedy.
she'll never leave the spot"
Don't forget" said Freeland. that
IL she has her own plans made, going
to the Redfields will precipitate you both
into the depths of matters YOU have been
delicately avoiding. I hope you don't
really dread coming to grips. because
that is what you are certainly In for,
old man."
This I realized, and being very little
anxious to come to grips. taking little
pleasure in the idea OF a showdown be.
tween myself and Arabella, / suppose
that I must have looked very GUM. A,
any rate Freeland was forced, as usual
to drag my spirits out of the depths
"Il take you both out there next
Saturday" he said. land we'll let what
ever Is going 10 happen happen.
braced myself and was able tc
achieve enough pep" to say noncha.
lantly. "Well do that little thing"
There was plea at this point from
the children for n chance to pick flowers
and for some refreshment.
Freeland stopped the car and Ara
bella, assisted by Emily. got the lunch.
con from the hamper.
A few buttercups enticed Arabela the
younger and Robert over fence ant
into field. Toby wakened and blinked
politely at the company soon Showing
aggressive signs Of playfulness ant
amiability.
We had such good time that man,
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Amateur Home Builder Apt to Stress
Unimportant Details and Neglect I'M
portant Ones--Will Spend Hours Over
Woodwork in Pantry and Forget
About Heating Arrangements

hands Is now a venerable castle with
rugged battlements and tall towers,
now a glittering palace with spacious
bathrooms and shining banquet halls I:
next 1t may appear to its creator a
grim fortress peopled with sturdy war
riors. Its actual appearance lautters
little to the child so long as his imagi-
nation can transform It into anything he
desires.
Many prospective home builders are
almost as sanguine as children when
1t comes to planning the house in
which they are to live \ man with
$4,000 or $4,000 often dreams OF in
cooperating features into his home which
would be out OF place Ia a mansion
costing two or three times the amount
he intends to spend.
Often home builders spend hours In
the discussion of relatively unimportant