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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND
But Mrs. smIthers Meant Well and
No Doubt Her Good Intentions
Are of Record.

On one side Of the hall in the new
apartment building lived Mr.. and Mrs.
Smithers; on the other side of the hall
lived two girls who taught In the pub
lie schools and Who were having their
first experience In "baching it." Mrs.
Smithers didn't know them very well,
but she took a mOtherly interest In
them to the extent of hoping that they
had enough to eat and that their neces-
sarily hasty and amateurish spread
would not give them indigestion.
The other day. out of Kindness of
heart, she took them a batch Of fresh
biscuits she had just baked And while
she was there, she showed them how
to use the stove, gave them some hints
on marketing, wrote down lot of rec
ipes for simple viands, and gave them
lecture on food values and the prep
aration Of leftovers.
They were very grateful to the dear
lady, and they told us all about It, And
they made US promise solemnly that
we would never tell her that they were
teachers of domestic science.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Talked Navy SIano.

Nov, this striper takes me up In
the eyes and shows me little gadget,
where all you had to do was press a
doohickey, turn over a gimick, and
blooey-it would sink every tin fish
within a mile" So said the tanned
and wind-burned young sailor of the
U. S. S. Florida. Everyone on the
subway platform turned to look at
him. What he was talking sounded
like English, but it wasn't the English
spoken In New York. In the latest
form of navy slang the sailor was tell
ing how an ensign had shown him
how to work a depth bomb down at
Guantanamo bay, Cuba. A "striper'
is an ensign, and the "eyes" the front
Of the ship. "Gadget" and "gimick''
are words that fit any contrivance the
sailor doesn't know the name of, and
''tin fish" is the latest word for sub
marine.---New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
SMALL CHURCH HAS HISTORY
Many Reasons Why Little North Dew
onsflre Edifice Appeals to the
Tourist Of Leisure.

1t has an odd sound, Brent Tor
hasn't it? And it is just as odd as II
sounds. Brent Tor is a little bit Of
stone church built high on the
frowning cliffs Of the wild North Dew.
onshire coast in England. The church
Is SO little that Devonshire yokel
with a keen sense Of humor is said
to have inscribed this cryptic warn
ing, which puzzled many a simple
minded Devonshire farmer: IF you
get into the second aisle of Brent
Tor, you will never get out again
There is no second aisle in the wee
church at all.
Brent Tor was built centuries ago
by a man who was lost among the
steep cliffs and rushing waters of the
wild North Devon coast. The foe
mists enveloped him. In his anguish
as the roar and spray of the cold At
lantic assailed him he vowed solemnly
that If he ever came safely out OF
the fog without pitching into the
growing ocean he would build a
church where he landed. Brent Tor
was the result.
The good folk round about Devon
shire tell how the devfl tried to ham,
per the building of the little church.
At last st. Michael de la Rupe, to
whom it was dedicated, grew weary
Of having the devil interfere with the
proceedings and heaved a great mass
Of cliff at his satanic majesty. There
was no further trouble.
A pecunarity of Brent Tor is the
fact that it can be seen from all d.
rections--it is a veritable landmark.
Before 1t toss the restless waves of
the Atlantic ocean and behind 1t
slope the undulating Devonshire
rnoors.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
start OF Rin Industry

Upon the invention of machine for
sewing leather shoes, for which the
patent was issued to Gordon Mckay,
April 20, 1862. was built the great boot
and shoe industry of the United States.
Mckay purchased, in 1869, Blake's sew
ing machine, which was one simply
using wax thread, with a stationary
horn attached. While the machine in
tended for sewing boots and shoes op-
Grated well in parts of the work, 1t
failed in stitching the heels and toes.
Mckay changed the feeding apparatus,
introduced automatic contrivances, and
finally was successful in adapting
it to all kinds of work. After the
breaking out of the Civil war, Mckay
began to make army shoes, and in
1862 made contracts with 60 firms for
their use. : In 1876, 1900 were in op-
GRAFTON. These machines have been
used in foreign countries, and more
than 100,0O0.000 shoes are annually
made on them in the United States.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
The KaIserIn's Baggage.

The kaiserin seems to have been
more fortunate than some queens In
the matter of luggage in her flight to
Holland, since her luggage. though de-
scribed as rather shabby, was appar-
emily plentiful. As a rule escaping
queens have been badly provided.
When Charles X and his encourage
were turned out of France one who
went down to see them remarked
that they had nothing III the way Of
furnishings" though they had
money. Louis Philippe and his queen
crossing the channel as Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, were ill-provided, and there is
the case Of the ex-Empress Eugene.
whose message to friend when she
reached England was Come to me I:
have nothing-not even a handker-
chief ~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Fish With a Long Name.

The scippiopattidecis is here. But
how it ever reached this section of the
country is a mystery to ichthyologists.
The scippiopattidecis hasn't anything
to do with the jazz. neither is 1t good
to rub on your head or eat. 1t is moth
ing more or less than poor fish. But
1t is here and how it ever migrated to
these waters is what is puzzllng the
followers of Izaak Walton. 1t was
caught here the other day 5000 miles
away from its sporting grounds. The
new immigrants name Is not found
In ordinary dictionaries. He has q head
like a wolffish, tapering tail, ground
along his sides. This was 20 inches
long. Anglers are agreed that the scip-
piopattidecis must have accompanied a
Brazilian schooner which passed this
way last summer.-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
HAVE PURPOSE IN WALKING
Noted American Authors Gather Ideas
While on Pedestrian Tours Over
the Country Roads.

The other day in a little literary
gathering upstairs over a bookstore in
San Francisco, Bailey Willard writes in
San Francisco Bulletin, heard one
more or less famous California author
say to another:
Il hear you have bought an automo-
bile. / suppose that's the end Of those
celebrated walks Of yours"
mot at ALL" was the reply of the
writer addressed. 1T only extends
them"
"How's that2"
well, have had my machine more
than six months. I find that an auto
mobile is a fine thing to take you to
some place like the Marin hills, where
you can go and get good walk"
Writers as a rule are walkers. They
do not necessarily walk because they
write, nor do they write because they
walk; but almost any Of them viii
tell you that walking, even along
dull street In town, is inspirational 1t
would seem as If writer's legs, NOV
Ing steadily and rhythmically, pump
out of his inner consciousness ideas
that eventually get upon the printed
page.
Lean as greyhound and brown as
q berry. Julian Hawthorne was walk
ing along country road near Poe's
old home In FOrdham. l happened to
be accompanying him, but was saying
very little. for the son Of the famous
Nathaniel seemed to be in what our
good old bromides call a Drown
study"
OF sudden he left my side and
darted up bypath through the
woods, springing up the hillside
like deer. After a few minutes he
came tearing down again, apologizing
for his sudden freak by saying:
Il saw half-formed idea floating
about and thought I would chase it
down. It was a mythical idea and
tough one. l heye 1t now and I'm 60
ing to put it into story"
Henry Lewis and David Graham
Phillips, two authors with whom was
well acquainted during the latter years
Of their lives both took long walks
nearly every day and often I accom-
panied them. While they walked they
talked and ip the case of Phillips it
was wonderful talk In New York
city we used to walk from the Players
club In Gramercy park. not far from
Phillips home. to Nineteenth street
and to Forty-second street and back
again. always along dingy old Fourth
avenue. Sometimes we would tramp
along as far as Fifty-ninth street and
then over the Central park paths.
Phillips told me that but for his
walks he never would have been able
to write his novels.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Queer Notions.

It Is a superstition that as soon as
a death takes place In a house, all
the looking glasses should be covered
up or turned with the face to the wall
If they are hanging glasses, and must
remain covered or reversed till the
body has been taken out to burial,
and that no person left in the house
must on any account look in the
glasses during the time between death
and funeral 1t is strange, and some
what akin to the idea, that it is safe
to cover looking glasses during a
thunderstorm. l never knew of a
looking glass which was known to
have drawn a lightning stroke"
though the same is possible. Queer
notions are often founded on facts
Yorkshire Post Correspondent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Pretty Smart Chickens.


A recent morning a Missouri farmer
placed three crates of chickens and
five bushels of potatoes in his trailer,
hitched the trailer to his automobile
and started for town. He was almost
there when he discovered he had no
trailer. He found he had parted COM
pany with 1t a quarter of mile from
home. and when he got back to 1t the
crates were empty and the potatoes
frozen.
He presumed, of course, the chick
ems had been stolen, and was greatly
surprised when he went to the he'll
house early next day after breakfast
to find every one of the chickens there.
Not one was missing. They had all
returned home, but how they got out
out of the crates probably will always
remain a mystery.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Az to Punctuation.

With all that may be said about
punctuation Its use Is pretty well as
much part and parcel Of the writer as
are the words of the text To one man
a comma Is merely "a breathing" and
he puts one in where a reader would
seem to need to pause for breath
whereas to others comma is rather
a handy mark for setting off word
or clause that Is to a degree some
what apart in form or sense from the
direct implication Of the sentence. Ali
of which brings to mind the words of
that very practical schoolmaster who
was the first to say to hfs class. 1.-THE
best rule of all for punctuation is to
put in punctuation marks only where
without them, the meaning would be
in doubt" ..,u 4, - .-~t
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Weather Sions,

People living near the seashore say
a storm is brewing when the air ia
salty, caused by the wind blowing
from the east.
A red or copper-colored sun or moon
indicates great heat A silvery moon
denotes clear, cool weather
The old Indian sign of a dry month
was when the ends of the new moon
were nearly horizontal and one OF
them resembled a hook on which to
hang his powder horn.
Many people troubled with rheuma.
tism and neuralgia usually are ex-
cellent barometers and can predict
changeable weather by feeling 1t In
their bones"
And the advice Of the old weather
sage is never go out during April
month without being accompanied by
your umbrella"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
To Temper China.

Many lover of fine china is heart
broken to discover her choice dinner
or tea set lined with hairlike cracks.
Hot tea or chocolate poured into dain-
ty cups cracks them instantly.
A Chinese merchant gave this bit of
information when rare tea set was
purchased from him; Before using
delicate china place it in a pan of
cold water Let it come gradually to
q boil and allow the china to remain
in the water till cold.' This tempers
the china and it is capable of with
standing the sudden expansion caused
by the heat. There is no need of re-
peatinG the treatment for a long time.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29

Manners have been somewhat Gym
ically defined to be continuance of
wise men to keep fools at a distance.
Fashion is shrewd to detect those who
do not belong to her train, and sell
dom wastes her attentions. Society
is very swift In It's instincts, and, If
you do not belong to 1t, resists and
sneers at you, or quietly drops you.
The first weapon enrages the party
attacked; the second is still more eff
fective, but is not to be resisted, as
the date Of the transaction Is not
easily found. People grow up and
grow old under this infection, and
never suspect the truth, ascribing the
solitude which acts on them very In
juriously to any cause but the right
one.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Prevention and Cure,

Jenkins lived in a fiat and the man
below was learning to play the from
bone.
He was surprised and little fiat
tered when Jenkins came down to bor-
row the instrument. He lent 1t will
ingly, and told Jenkins he could have
It any time he wanted it, Jenkins
took full advantage of the offer. He
was always borrowing that trombone.
''What do you borrow 1t forT asked
Jenkins wife. "You can't play IT,"
II know" said Jenkins cheerfully
"Nor can that fellow downstairs while
I've got It,"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Decay Of Mourning War

Nothing is more remarkable in our
social life at this time than the rar-
ity of conventional mourning, says
London Daily Chronicle. There are
millions of bereaved people In these
Islands. yet 1t is uncommon to en-.
counter anybody who wears the
''trappings and the suits Of woe" We
have found juster way Of showing
respect for the dead than by chang
ing the hue of our clothes. Only at
the two extremes. east and west, will
you now discover woman wearing
Widows 'weeds."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29

erty education is relatively advanced.
All but per cent are Lutheran Prot
estants.
Since the sudden universal awaken
ing in 1918 the Esths have been insis-
tent upon national recognition. But
ownership In the land is their greatest
need.
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Matters Of Importance.

Young woman, I have waited here
three-quarters OF an hour to see Mr..
Wadsoh. How much longer Will
have to waltz"
II can't tell you, sir. He's very
busy"
won't you mind finding out?"
Indeed would, sir. Mr.. Wadson
is chairman of the grounds committee
at the country club. He and the
other members Of the committee are
discussing plans for improving the golf
links. wouldn't dare to interrupt
him now If million dollars were at
stake. Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Boy Saved by Ruhber Heels.

Lawrence Ramm's study of electrici-
ty was not for ,naught. The young
Ben Franklin, who is twelve years old,
and his brother, John, two years his
senior, went out with other Chicago
lads for bit of play. They encounter
ed the end of broken electric wire,
still charged with a strong current
With boyish curiousness John touched
the wire. He could not let go.
The other boys became frightened
and ran. But Lawrence remained.
Tearing off his rubber heels, he JAM
med them against the wire and his
brothers hand was released.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29

"a politician is statesman out OF
job" remarked the superficial cynlc.
mot these days" rejoined Senator
Sorghum. "A politician is a states.
man who Is willing to get down ia
shirtsleeves and hustle for what he
regards as his country's best interest"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Crowns to the Discard.

Dentist-What seems to be the trou.
BILE todayf Your face is all swollen.
Patient-Why some of my teeth have
started revolt and have picked on
the crown you put on my back tooth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Tricks of Watches.

Watches are tricky things in peace
time. writes correspondent. and war
time seems to have made them trickier
than ever.
The universally of the wrist watch
has led to some queer discoveries.
know an officer, for instance. on whose
wrist no watch will work properly; the
same watches, transferred to another
soldiers wrist, regain their composure
and keep time.
In another instance the same watch
will persistently gain on one mans
wrist and as persistently lose on an
cfher's-LondOn Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29

'"The Germans will have to sign the
peace treaty in the Hall of Mirrors"
Then they will have plenty of re-
Election about it,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-12
MAKES HIS WIFE'S GOWNS
She Shingles Roofs and Then Finds
Happiness In Unusual Domes-
tic Pastime.

Santa Monica, Cal.-Mr. Husband
how would you like to make your wife
a hat while she shingled the roof2
Mrs. Wife, how would you like to
WELD a hammer and saw while your
husband designed your gowns?
Impossible? Not at all. Mr.. and Mrs
e. H. Springer Of this city say II
makes for domestic happiness. They've
been married 13 years. and every time
Mrs. Springer needs a new hat or
gown Mr.. Springer gets busy and de-
signs and makes them.
And, to make things even, Mrs
Springer recently shingled their home,
using 27 bundles of shingles, and paint.
cd the interior Of the house. She's an
expert with the saw and hammer, too.
1--WE find our unusual and opposite
abilities a pleasure" said Mrs. Sprfn-
ger. "And perhaps there would not
be so many divorces If other people
were 80 agreeable" added MI. Sprin-
ger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-12
Girls Executive
Committee MEETING

The Girls Executive Committee
met yesterday afternoon in the pub
lie library. Mrs. Adrian Lyon, chair
man, presided. With the withdrawal
of Miss Roberta Winans, who has
been in charge of the Girls Division
of the War Camp Community Serv-
ice, the numerous units and clubs
throughout the city will be turned
over to this committee.
The open air pavilion has been put
in charge of Mrs. Whitney W. Oliver.
1t is expected hat 1t will be closed
next week. All the entertainment OF
the Colonia boys has also been put
in the hands of Mrs. Oliver and the
third Monday of each month has
been set aside for that purpose in
the auditorium in the library.
"A council of the girls clubs will
meet the first Friday in each month
with representatives from each club.
Those who attended yesterdays
meeting were Mrs. Adrian Lyon. Mrs.
Edith NJ. Ramsay, Mrs. Whitney w.
Oliver, Mrs. I. I. Block, Mrs. Adolph
Greenbaum and the Misses Rose Me-
Cormick. Helen Grannis and Roberta
WinanS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-12
HOLLAND LAND OF PRlMNESS
American Visitor Attracted by Ness
Appearance and General CieanIss
ness Everywhere Noticeable

Holland and the Hollanders ara ca
unlike France as two countries can
be, Corp. David Ramseur writes In the
indianapolis Star. The rural districts
Of Holland look like one big formal
garden and the cities of Holland look
as II they had been cast In a huge
mold. set down carefully and secured
and polished every day. But France
looks more like a country expressly
designed to please the eye, and the
cities of France, more hel~ter-skelter,
reflect the temperamental spirit Of the
French.
A small city in France neglects
whole streets and districts in order
that n spot. n park, cathedral or
building. may be beautiful. But In
Holland the idea seems to be to make
1t all substantial and neat and that
is why wherever one goes in Rotter.
dam or The Hague he finds the same
orderly rows upon rows Of apartment
houses or business blocks with the
same little staid parkways and parks
that somehow remind one Of the old
fashioned "best rooms" Of O genera
ton ago.
I have covered Rotterdam and The
Hague and In neither city have I
found a district that corresponds to
u tenement districts OF that wal
characterized by the squalor or dirt
of the poorer sections of our Ameri-
can cities. ] found districts where
poor people lived and where the houses
were not SO good, but ever those poor
er people looked clean and their houses
were clean, the streets and alleys
clean, just as In the better districts.
In Holland 1t is the men who wear
the best clothes; 1t Is the men who are
the better looking; the best shops are
for men, the tobacco shops Of Rotter-
dam are gorgeous, there Is no other
word. they rival in splendor ever the
jewelry shops of Fifth avenue, New
York. The shops for mems YEA are
much more attractive than those for
women's wear and everything there
seems to be Of men and for men.
In Rotterdam one would not, as he
would In a French town, drop into a
cafe or store and start 1ollyinR the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-12
Gayu4Shded 1919 L> tho

Jealousy made my ugly suspicion
about Katherine Miller thrive like a
weed in warm rain. Baby Barbara
had Katherine's peculiar tint Of
blond loneliness There was q strange
tawny glow In the child's skin as well
as in her hair. And Katherine had
both rare beauties. She was truly
"a golden girl" Of the type which
drives artists mad with admiration.
The type Is found but once in a de-
cade. ! a neve seen the tigerish
yellow tinge of skin except in Kath-
crime and Baby Barbara.
I chided myself on founding SO
wretched a suspicion on the strange
resemblance. Yet I continued to
strengthen my theory with the facts
about the time Of Katherine's disap-
pearance from the city and her long
absence. The dates conceded very
oddly with the important dates in
Barbcra's short life.
Only rarely nae Katherine made
visits home in the last few years. It
was part Of the petty gossip Of her
set that she a stayed away because
she couldn't live In peace with her
sisters. 1t suddenly occurred to me
that she probably stayed away be-
cause her family didn't approve of
her, for some reason they didn't ad-
vertise.
None Of her girl friends had ever
had been overseas, to be sure. but
her dearest" friends agreed that
she must have been more ornamental
than useful in her war activities.
When she a finally come home
to stay she had selected a date when
her family had gone to the noun
tains. A time. I told myself. when
my precious Bob also had, come to
stay!
1 knew that it was perfectly horrid
of me to piece these bits Of gossip
together. but I couldn't fail to see
that they fitted each other like the
sections of a picture puzzle.
I resolved to conceal my doubts of
Katherine from everybody. ! would
MT eve confide in Mother Lorimer.
Once again I was reminded that
mother was never moro tina coldly
polite to Miss Miller. Could 1t be
extraordinary freak of coloring in
the girl and the child?
Mother Lorimer had adopted Ben
tie's baby just before Bob went away
to the war. Bob had hunted the child
up and that long hunt had kept him
from enlisting and had therefore
added months to my happiness as a
bride. Bob found the baby after
Benjie was killed, but had never re-
vealed the name of its mother. I be-
gan to suspect that he had never
known 1t.
In the winter the child had deve1-
oped an obstinate cough following
the measles and all summer had been
kept with her nurse at q amous
mountain sanitarium. She was about
to come home. I decided 1t would be
mighty interesting to watch Kathe-
rine Miller when Barbara a
around.
Il admitted to myself that my mis-
trust was probably u~nwarranted,
nevertheless, I developed a new
hardness toward Miss Miller.
Long ago I had resolved that I
would never claim my rightful place
in the family as Bob's wife unless
he should recognize me and o me
again as his wife.