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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-07-05
WHEN BEN FRANKLIN
WAS A Y0UNCSTER
A Capitalist IS a Youth, He Be-
came a Financier in Later Life.
by RENE BAcHE, Great-great-ereat-
Grandson of BENJAMIN Frankln.)

Grandson of Benjamin Franklin.)
The price of bread two centuries
ago was a penny loaf That was two
cents, which see MS mighty cheap. But
one should remember that in those
days the purchasing power of money
was far greater than now
Thus 1t happened that Benjamin
Franklin, boy of seventeen, on arriv-
ing in Philadelphia was able to buy
three loayes for three-pence, and with
them he walked up Market street from
the wharf, holding one under each arm
and eating the third. An hour later he
gave two of thelh to a woman and her
child, who had been fellow voyagers
up the Delaware
Franklin was always generous In
fact, he was often imprudently so.
During the period of his early strug-
giles he was FREQ ,ently in serious tinan-
cial plight beca se of lending or Civ
ing money to fir ,nds poorer than him
self.
Where his o IN expenditures were
concerned he w IS always frugal, saw
ing what he cOu d out of his wages as
a printer, Will, his fellow workers
spent theirs as hst as they got them,
or faster In Il Is way 1t came about
that, while a mel'e youngster in a print
ing office, he lent them money every
week.
Though the earnings of most Of them
were greater than his, he was the capt.
talist. BY the middle of each week
they were pennilesS, and came to him
for loans to carry them over until pay
day. He would accept no interest but
each Saturday, on getting their money,
they gave back to him what they owed
only to repeat the borrowing three
or four days later.
OF course, his hoard was really very
small But he was the "moneyed"
man. AS such, he stood on plane
above his fellow workmen-not merely
in an economic sense, but in the re-
spect he was able to command from
his employer and from others. Rela-
lively, he was person of Importance.
Nobody who knew him could escape
recognition of the fact that here was
young man sure to get ahead in the
world.
This is exactly the kind of man that
IS sought by employers today. They
need him In their business, and he
never has to look long for job. In
fact, the job seeks him.
The employer of today keeps watch
full tab" on the habits of his en-
plOyees. His confidence in the man
who spends all he gets as fast as he
gets it Is always qualified. He knows !;
1t is his business to know. On the
other hand, the man who Saves-who
puts part of his earnings away right
afOng-unmistakably has character
and ambition He is marked for pro-
motion.
With this idea in mind, employees
are buying War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps. 1t is an easy way to
begin and the plan has been found to
work out admirably. The wage earn
ers form little societies" for the pur-
pose among themselves, each member
contributing so much week. This
obligation for self help having once
been voluntarily assumed, everybody
"ponies up" regularly in response to
the weekly call, and before long their
savings acquire real weight.
BUY W.S.S.-
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Stirring Incident.

did you find your first airplane
flight exciting?"
1T certainly did" said the venture
some citizen. "At the last moment
friend wife rushed up and tried to pre-
vent me from going and when the
propeller began to whrl she did a nose
dive into the arms of her nearest rela-
ve."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-07-05
Dintenfas Talks on
Single Tax Plan,
Claims Its Growing
Continued from Page 1.

he said. 81 have long believed that
our methods of taxation were unjust,
discriminatory and oppressive to bust
ness and to labor. 1t is my belief that
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land rent is the proper subject of gov
ernmental revenue and that the Single
Tax party has the only platform which
offers an adequate remedy for the eX-
tortionate prices now prevailing in the
necessities of life.
On the Housing Question.
1--WE must find some remedy for con-
gested living. No more important sub
.ject is now before the people. made
quate housing is the problem which
confronts them, problem most init
mately connected with the land ques-
ton. Our crazy quilt tax laws actually
penaliZe a progressive citizen who
would improve some of the idle acres,
thereby giving employment to labor,
beautifying the towns and cities, Civ
ing New Jersey better facilities for
doing business. tending to reduce rents
and the cost of living in general.
''rhe Single Tax party's method of
raising the revenue from the land and
lists openly advocate doctrines which
lead to such spectacleS as in Russia.
Being an American with a con-
science. | feel that | would be morally
guilty if | should cast my ballot for
any of these parties.
IF | am elected governor my first
efforts will be for a change of the laws
which would make the rent of land the
main source of revenue, removing all
present taxes from industry and enter
prise
Concerning Land Speculation.
ut fills me with indignation when
see New Jersey soldiers returning to
their homes and loved ones to fine
their opportunities for employment
curtailed and barred by the people who
speculate in land; land spectators
who demand hold-up price before
they will let the building of homes
proceed, before they will allow capital
to embark in new enterprises, who
vent the mining of the metals of Oul
state, who demand price before they
will let ships land on our shores, whC
prevent crops from being raised, rail
roads and canals from being built, who
are, in short, at the very foot of all OF
our industrial ills.
1--WE positively must bring the lands
of our states into better use if We
would prevent the spread of Bolshe
vism and Socialism. Every business
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gEE8 ggE8 THE WAR MOTHER
A Pen-Picture by E. c. Ehrlich.

the lettuce salad when there was
company for dinner;a when would
she throw away that common-look-
ing piece of oilcloth in the front
hall and buy a respectable rug?
What wonder that Mrs. Markus
tried to eface herself as much as
possible beneath her daughters
coldly critical eyes, spending most
Of her time in the kitchen, seldom
venturing out into society lest she
commit some social b1under, thus
bringing Minnie's wrath crashing
down upon her head
Then Minnie married. Few of us
cared for the girl and we did not
know her husband, rather a pleas
ant-appearing chap, who travelled
for a jewelry firm in the East. But
we all liked Mrs. Markus, who had
been as neighbor1y to all of us in the
past as Minnie had allowed her to
be; we couldn't forget how she had
visited us in sickness and sent over
deliciously cooked meals in time of
mourning, even if she hadn't found
time for afternoon card parties or
the meetings of the Aid Society.
And SO we took proper notice of
Minnie's rather forid announcement
cards, gave her a kitchen and a
handkerchief Shower" and sent her
wedding gifts Of engraved silver
and Madeira linen. After which we
all drew long breath. of relief, real
izing that at last poor Mrs. Markus
had come into her own. ia
1t was really pitiful to. see how
the little old lady blossomed out as
soon as Minnie left her to set up
her household goods in a Harlem
fiat The subdued gray bonnets
that Minnie had selected for her she
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't1;sl< 70 the Belgians, replacing them
fussy little affairs, not espe-
ciany becoming, but evidently graft
flying to her beauty y-starved soul.
When we dropped in for Sunday
night tea we discovered that the
lettuce salad fairly reeked of her
favorite. onions. She not only re-
placed the oilc1oth square which
Minnie had banished to the base
ment, but added long strip down
the hall rather plebeian but certain
ly protection for the carpet on
rainy days. In short, as Gus, the
youngest son, put it, "Ma was hav-
ing her fling and making up for lost
time"
She came to the Aid meetings
every month, and although she
never took the floor and didn't even
vote on most motions, I think she
enjoyed just being with other wom-
en- and knowing she could talk and
act as she pleased without having
Minnie's reproaches after they
reached home And, after every
member began to bring knitting
bag, she seemed to come into promi-
nence at last She had been taught
to knit when a girl and it would
have done your heart good to see
some of our cleverest young women
rushing to her right in the middle
of meeting to have her help them
over a tight place in their rather
amateurish looking socks and sweat
ers. After America entered the
war, I never saw her without her
knitting in her hands. She must
have dressed the doughboys from
our country, anyhow, that winter.
Before the draft came, Gus en-
listed and was sent off to camp. He
was her baby, but if her heart bled
she gave no sign. I don't pretend
that Mrs. Markus was more heroic
than other mothers. Perhaps, dur
ing her long years of repression,
she had learned not to talk much
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She did not join our "Aid Soci-
ETY." until her daughter married.
Minnie had been a member, but, so
said the gossips, she had no desire
to drag her mother to the meetings.
Minnie was a sharp-featured girl
who dressed stylishly and seldom
did anything more vulgar than to
chew gum in public. Her three
brothers had excellent positions and
were very generous to her, SO Min
ME was able to spend the greater
part of her time shopping or read
ing yellow-backed novels, finding
time in rare intervals to criticize her
mothers obsolete methods in house
keeping. To do Minnie justice, she
might have helped with the house
work now and then. But Mrs. Mar
kus, who allowed her daughter to
regulate her daily life for her, even
to the choosing of her hats, was un-
expectedly firm in the matter Min
ME should sit in the parlor and play
the Victrola and manicure her nails
and be lady and maybe some fine
young man might come and marry
her.
Unfortunately, the 'fne young
man" was long time in coming and
until he came poor little Mrs Mar
kus lived in the terror of Minnie's
frown and hardly dared to call her
soul her own. The boys were good
natured, easy-going fellows; but
Minnie had all the meanness of a
petty household tyrant and nearly
drove her mother frantic at times;
she wished her mother wouldn't
wear an apron when she went to
the door-it looked so common;
why, in heavens name, couldn't she
be taught to drop the onions from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
Ira Oe lett e



MOT satisfied with the Silver Sea
IN Horse. Washington must needs
try again to be Bohemian. and now
we have the Krazy Kat
Although the X X is conveniently
located 10 the business and restau-
rant section OF Washington. # is not
easy TO find. for it lives in an alley.
II you can find Green's alley. you are
on the right track Follow your nose
until you see a mottled "yallow" cat
hanging by its tail from a window
You viii, OF course. try the green
door just below ID After pulling and
pushing. you at last discover a sign
which says that the entrance is
around the corner. If you mount the
rough. steep steps without casualty.
YOU come TO large room full OF
cigaret smoke After you have be-
come accIimated, and accustomed 10
the dim lights. YOU viii discern the
smokers gathered around the tables.
Most Of the guests look like govern
menr clerks or college students How
ever. there viii be at least one snort
haired smoking female TO match the
decorations and the tin can and may
onnaise bottle, candle sticks and ash
trays.
The brick walls display a few IN
finished canvases. cubist prints and
even an old pair Of ice skates The
rugs. too. have deserted the floor for
the wall. in order to have a better
view The widest thing about the
place is a hula-hula costume hang
ing from a nail The floors are bare,
and when the victrOla isn't broken.
the more energetic may dance.
OF course. there is foOd-but then
that is such common stuff. The most
interesting things about the Kat are
the two discharged soldiers who run
it. One can forgive a discharged SOL
der for almost anything.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

sat down TO eat lunch together.
7 do hope Mr.. Longears viii be able
70 cure Archi5ald's cold" said the pig
lady.
'Oh, I'm sure he Will" said Nurse
Jane. And surely enough. Uncle Wig
giiy was. For though when ne first
reached the pig gentleman's house
Ar. TWistytail could hardly speak
above a pigs whisper, no sooner had
the father Of Curly and Floppy taken
some Of the hot soup and warm turnip
salad than he could talk and grunt as
well as ever.
And he grunted .Uff, Uff, Uff."
just like that
That, all OF a sudden. as Jingle Wig
gily and Mr.. TWistytal we're sitting in
front Of the fire. talking over old
times, and how they used TO go skat-
ing on the duck pond when they were
young, all OF a sudden. open burst the
door and in came a bad old fox
"Ah, Ia. and oh, hol" barked the fox
IND you both here But. now that you
are here think III have some nice
souse and"
'Uffl Uffi UffF all Of q sudden
grunted Mr.. Twistytafl. and it sound
ed just as though he had said
IF! If! II"
III II what7~ asked the fox in sur
price I said I'd have some souse of
your ears, and"
III II If" grunted Mr. Twisty-
tan again. and. as for Uncle Wfggiiy.
he was too surprised to even twinkle
his pink nose.
II what2" barked the fox. tantaI-
lied like why are you always say
ing fife 7 don't like It. Now, I
want some soGse and"
'9Uffi Uffi Uffi" grunted the mig
gentleman. and again il sounded ex-
actly as though he said: III If Ifr'
Look herei" cried the fox There Is
no II about It am certainly going
to bite souse off your ears and"
II! If If" grunted NJ. Twistytail.
and then he went on IF the police
man dog outside doesn't come in and
arrest you'll If If IfP
On, IS that what you mean2" cried
the fox. "Ah, Ia. I seet I'd better |
pc GOING and away he ran. his tail
between his legs. and he never
stopped TO see that there wasn't any
policeman dog outside at all Nr. ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
RHEUMATICS
ATTENTION
Stop Paying Out Money for
hOstrums, Baths or Liniments
Which Can't Cure You
Try the Prescription of a Famous
Specialist, C-2223-It Don't
Cost Much - Our Home
Druggist Can Supply You

II you suffer the agonies Of rheu-
matlsm or lame back, aching Joints
and bones, swollen muscles. distorted
or bent finger, sudden pains attacking
you most any time. then take the pre-
scription OF a famous specialist meant
Tor Just such a condition It is known
70 our home prescription druggists by
the number C-2223. Directions for
home treatment and dose pasted on
the bottle. This prescription CC-2223)
is liquid and one Of our down town
druggists explained that it drains out
OF our system all the poisons. uric
acid and impurities which cause
rheumatism, besides il purifies and
enriches the blood Thousands Of re-
stored patients give a living witness
Of the wonderful curative powers Of
C-2223 for rheumatism, so il seems
well worth while trying, especially
as our home druggists viii give US
back even the small fee charged for
the Prescription C-2223 II it don't help
Us any
NOTICE.
II perchance your own druggist
can't supply you kindly give US his
name by writing 10 C-2223 Labora-
tories, Memphis. Tenn,-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
Bedtime Stories For The Lizzie Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND Mr.. TWISTY-TAIL.
i.--u--.urr7urrlur By HOWARD GARIs- ,uv,--,rr

Once upon a time, when Uncle
~ Wiggily Longsars. the bunny
rabbit gentleman. was sitting in his
hollow stump bungalow, waiting for
his muskrat lady housekeeper, Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. to call him TO din
ner there came a knock at the door.
IA Whoever is there Is Just IN
tine 10 have something TO eat" said
Uncle Wiggily. twinkling his pink
nose, hungry like That IS" he add
ed. If Il isn't the bad old skeezicks
Or the skillery-sealery alligator"
-oh, let US hope noti" cried Nurse
Jane. as she looked from the window
and then she exclaimed: It's onIy
airs IHistytail. the piggie lady-you
knoPgs me mother OF Curly and Floppy
TTvistytsil.7
on, must open the door for her by
en- means" said Uncle WigEily, as he
hoped ID and down TO make sure sis
rheumatism wouldn't hurt
And i didn't, and he opened the door
and Mrs. TWistytail came II and a.
soon as she did she said:
Poor Archibald"
Archibald was the name OF Mr.
LWlstytail her husband.
mars the matter with himy'
" : SLY
On, he has such a coldt" said Mrs.
2 y istytail. that he can hardly whis-
per, let alone talk or grunt- I inst
ran over 10 see II you had any hot
carrot tea OF some lettuce soup that
4 could give him 70 make him better.
Nurse Jane"
ny yes. OF course we have said
uncle hiEEslE- III run over and see
81. IElstytsil myself You stay here.
--is- IFlstyraiL and have lunch with
Hurse Jane III 90 see Mr.. Twistvtaff.
And take him some Of this hot
-lrnip salad" said the nusI-rst LADS
that may be good for his cold. mi
alat about yOur own dinner. WigEie7s'
", III take some hot sour and =
~ OF warm salad along for myself."
7alo the rabbit gentleman. aTli have
inch with 1lr- TwistytsfI, and helm
make his cold better"
50 when Nurse Jane had fixed m
nee basket full Of things for T-1c1e
p igEily 20 take to the pig gentleman
the muskrat lady and Mrs. Tvvistvfsii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
HOROSCOPE

EElIA aIAN 4 an - 1910
ALTHOUGH Jupiter is in evil place
n today. according to astrology
Mars and Neptune are both in mildly
oenefic aspect
Both the army and navy are subject
20 the best sway during this configur-
alton. which makes for enthusiasm and
success in whatever is undertaken.
The rule appears TO promise that
peace ideals viii harmonic and the
end Of all war conditions approach
rapidly.
There is sign that appears 20 gore
shadow some sort Of serious trouble
10 which big business is involved
This is not an suspicious time FOR
tartiug any new ventures or even for
planning policies or enterprises.
Changes IN universities are indi-
Gated and the head Of a big institu-
zion VIII make a grave mistake. the
Eeers declare.
Lawyers and Judges have the fore
cast Of much responsibility and many
activities along new professional
lines.
one Of the signs Of the times will be
the appearance OF many eccentric re-
formers. VINO VIII gain folloWings for
short periods.
again warning IS given that labor
troubles may multiply as the winter
advances Children viii need succor,
and terrible abuses OF young workers
VIII be exposed
Argument and debate will become
more and more common IN the United
states until the public forum viii
reach 2 place OF great influence in
the national life Il IS predicted.
Within the next month astrOlogers
f0resee agitation touching the servant
problem and other domestic questions
They prOphesy cooperative schemes
that reduce housekeeping cares and
cause homes 10 multiply.
During this rule Of the stars wo-
men may suffer misgivings and anx-
isry concerning those they love, not
on account Of physical danger but be-
cause Of changed points Of view, for
returning soldiers viii bring back ex-
perience that demand enlarged vision
OF the part Of Americans
Persons whose birthday Il IS have
the forecast OF possible losses. They
should avoid whatever is speculative. I
Children born on this day may be
-XrraVagant in money matters. These
subjects Of Acquarius are often good
actors.
Copyright. 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndiczte.)
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

who grows too stout. gets more on
her upper arm than on other parts
Of her body. The thin woman usual
u barely covers the upper arm with
enough flesh. so that she can wear
transparent sleeve and feel comfort
able. In either case. the treatment
is much the same Take the position
shown IN the picture and ascribe a
circle with each arm This is done
by raising the arms over the head and
as far TO the back as is possible: then
bring them UP TO the front again.
Next. take this same position and
raise the arms TO a vertical position.
holding them as high as possible over
the head. Then alternate-first raise
one arm, then the other. always re-
turning 10 this same position Be
sure TO hold the arm out until YOU
stretch each muscle 10 its fullest ca
pacity and never allow the arm to
bend at the elbow while taking the
exercises
II the arms are too thin. rub some
warm olive oil into them each day,
following these exercises
Questions and Answers.
A N. Anonymous-It depends entire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

EverT citizen having the good OF
the city at heart should be in position
TO have a voice in the selection Of the
men who viii administer the affairs
Of FL Paso for the next two years
Pay your poll tax today Already the
cry has gone up that the underworld
is striving for a return Of the wide
open" town. If that is TO be prevented
those opposed 20 that kind Of a city.
and who are in a vast majority. must
pay their poll taxes before midnight
OF Friday. Jan 81 II you are among
the delinquents. pay today. The tax
collectors office. second floor, court
house. open every evening till 3
o'clock=Political Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

Twistytau had Just said that for fun.
but it scared away the fox.
And very glad I an. too" said
Uncle Wiggily
SO an J" spoke the pig gentle
man. If you hadn't brought the hot
soup, Uncle Wiggily. and cured my
colo, couldn't have said. II, If 70 the
fox"
And so it was. and II the snow mud
ding doesn't hide in the ice cream
cone when the icicle wants to dance
with her. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the Snoozer's slide.
Gun repairing our speciality. Allen
Arms & Cycle Co.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
MARI COMPANY SELLS
"a HOMES IN 3 WEEKS

James l. Mari and company report
the sale Of "a bungalows in the past
three weeks. aggregating ss6,s25.
James Mari stated that the demand
for small homes during the past month
has been the largest in the history OF
their business and attributes this con-
dition 10 the fact that during the past
year the average wage Garner has
saved more money and has been able
TO create surplus. enabling him to
purchase a home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27
Beauty Chats By Edna Kent Forbes
Graceful Arms.

THE arm shown here is as near to
L perfect as can be found For the
truly beautiful arm is almost as rare
as a perfect nose. This one shows that
the tapering shoulder to finger tip, is
so gradual it cannot be traced until it
comes well down into the forearm.
Grace alone is not what we find in a
perfect arm; it should also show that
it is capable Of doing something-and
this one expresses power. beside sym
metry-
If You would have arms as lovely
as this one, see that they do not get
either too stout or too thin from the
shoulder 10 the elbow. The woman
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-27

Iy upon the condition Of the hair some
persons must shampoo as often as ev-
cry other week. others may not have
need for a shampoo except once a
month. In the llrter case. 10 Is vel