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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
WANT TO BE POSTMASTER?

The U. S. Civil Service Commission
an examination to be held
at Ocean City on Nov. 10, as a result
of which it is expected to make cerufi-
cation to fill a contemplated vacancy
in the position of fourth-class postmas-
ter at Somers Point.
The compensation of the postmaster
at this office was 1862 for the last fis-
cal year.
Another examination will be held at
Pleasantville on the same date as a
result of which it is expected to make
.certifcation to fill a contemplated va.
'cancy in the position of fourth-class
postmaster at Linwood. The compen
sation of the postmaster at this office
was S473 for the last fiscal year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
Port Republic

The funeral of Elvan Webb, of Port
Republic, who died of Influenza pneu-
monia Oct. 6, 1918, was held in the
day, Oct. 10. The pastor, Rev. Ed.
Munyan, opened the services and pre-
scented Rev. j.. Swain Garrison, of Pc
dricktown, the former pastor, who de-
livered an appropriate sermon from
the text, BE thou faithful. Rev. Gar
rison touched upon the manly, friendly
and faithful qualities of the deceased
and took occasion to remind the large
congregation of the national and local
duty that is theirs during these trying
times to put in practice the principles
for which Elvan and his compatriots
gave their lives.
Mainland Post of the American Leg
ion, of Pleasantville, held their SER
vices at the grave. Commander w. ].
Hudson was in charge of the large
delegation of soldier boys who were
in attendance. The Post chaplain,
Morris Parsels, read the ceremony. A
squad fired three volleys over the
grave and taps was beautifully sound
ed by a bugler.
Several large American flags flew at
half mast for the day. Many beautiful
floral offerings were sent.
Port Republic Lodges, P. o. S. of A
and l. o. M, of which the deceased
was a member, were well represented
Many visitors from Philadelphia
Camden, Atlantic City, and along the
shore were in attendance.
The Epworth League will give q
Halloween party in l. o. M. Hall, next
Saturday, Oct. 80. All welcome. Ad
mission zoe; refreshments free.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
WESLEY M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. ]. l.. Surtees, Pastor.

The Sunday services begin at $50
with an old time Glass Meeting, the
Pastor will preach at 1870 on the
theme, "A Man may be as an hiding
place., the School session is at 2.30,
and League at 6.45, the time for eve
ming service is 7.30, when the choil
begins an inspiring song service, aided
by a male quartette.
Do not forget the lecture by Foster
"the fun maker, on Monday night
The pictures are superb, the theme is
inspiring. See his pictures, and hear
his lecture on America" Silver of
fering.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
IN M & DRAM.
ROWLAND. - In loving memory of May
Shewell Rowand, who departed this life
October 20. 1918.

ROWLAND. = In loving memory of May
Shewell Rowand, who departed this life
October 20, 1918.
Two years have passed,
Our hearts still sore,
AS time rolls on
We miss you more;
Your owing smile, your loving face,
No one can fill your vacant place.
Mother, father, husband and daughter.
-
GIFFORD.-In sad but loving remembrance
of my dear Husband, John f. Clifford, who
enlisted in the great war of 1861 and
fought in Company E, 10th Regiment OF
New Jersey Volunteers, and departed this
life Oct. 20, 1919, at the age of 76 years.
Sleep, soldier sleep, thy warfare is DER,
Your battles on Earth are never any more
You battled with life, you battled with death,
You have gone to your peace, you have gone
to your rest.
You shouldered your musket and faced the
great foe,
You rushed to the field of battle below,
The wounds you received, the pains you bore,
OF battle and strife in that great war.
You forgot all these burdens when you heard
the great call,
A bidding farewell to friends, family and all.
The battle is over, the victory is won,
You laid down your burden, you laid down
your gun,
Your victory is great, the race you have run,
Your battle is over, your victory is won.
Your flowers may wither, fade and die,
If others forget you, never will l.
Sadly missed by his wife, Ella Clifford.
SHOWELL.-In sad and loving remembrance
of our dear Son and Brother, Leonard R
Shovel, who departed this life two years
ago today, October %, 1918.
Gone but not forgotten"
Sadly missed by his Father, Mother
Sister and Brother.
OLSEN.-In loving memory of our dear sol
and brother Arne, who departed this life
Oct. 20 1918. in his 14th year.
Far beyond this world of changes,
Far beyond this world of care,
We will find our Arne waiting
In our Fathers mansion fair.
Call not back the dear departed.
Anchored safe where storms are Ger,
On the borderland we left him,
Soon to meet and part no more.
Sadly missed by Father, Mother, Sister
and Brothers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23

Services Sunday as follows:
1870 a. M, Morning worship.
2.30 p. m, Bible School; Geo. H
Adams, Supt.
6.45 p. M, C. E. and Y. P. NJ.
7.30 p. m, Evangelistic Services.
The Pastor will preach morning and
evening.
Wednesday, p. m., Junior League
Mrs. Greenwood, Supt.; 7.30 p. m.
Mid-week Service, Mr.. E. Wells, lead
er.
Sunday, Oct. ga. M, Mr.. VIM
Clements; p. M, Miss Loud, Mission
airy from India, will speak.
Nov. Ia. m. Mr.. VIM. Clements
p. M, Mr.. G. Guyer, of Atlantic Res.
cue Mission, and a company of con
verts, will take the service.
All welcome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
Linwood

Little Virginia Thorn, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Thorn, has gone
with her parents to Steelmanville,
where they now live, after spending
the summer months with her grand
parents.
Citizens of Linwood are planning to
hold a Halloween party in Borough
Hall on the evening of Friday, Oct. 29.
All persons are cordially invited to be
present.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Services Sunday at 1890 a. m. and
7.3O p. M. conducted by Rev. Robert
c. Jenkins, pastor of the Second Pres
byterian Church, of Camden.
Sunday School at 2.30 p. M; c. E
at 6.45 p. m.
Wednesday evening, Mid-week Pray.
er meeting, in charge of Elder Melvin
Hickok. Everybody welcome.
Choir practice Tuesday evening al
7.45 o'clock sharp.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
ST. JOHNS M. p. CHURCH.
Rev. w. l.. Shoemaker, Pastor.
Services Sunday as follows:

DVt IVNb DWIUWJ UD iOIIO ND'
$50 A. M, Glass Meeting.
1870 A. NJ, Preaching by the pastor.
2.30 p. m, Sunday School. Mems
Bible Class in basement. Glasses for
all ages. Get the habit of going to
Sunday School. We have room for you
and will give you a hearty welcome.
Z p. m, Christian Endeavor.
7.45 p. m, Revival Service, and will
continue each evening during the com.
ing week.
Everybody welcome to any of the
services in this Church.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Franklin and Verona Avenues.

Services tomorrow, the 21st Sunday
after Trinity, as follows
10 a. M, Sunday School and Bible
Class.
IL a.. M, Morning Prayer and Ser
mon.
A hearty welcome to everybody.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23

time is expected. Ice cream and all
good things to eat will be for sale.
We are advised that the new pipe
less heater, ordered sometime ago.
will soon be installed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23
BETHANY M. {. CHURCH.
Risley Ave, near Church st.
L. D. Champion, Pastor.
Services Sunday as follows:

otINICts ouuudy as
go p. m, Sunday School.
7.30 p. NJ, Song service and preach
ing.
Wednesday, Oct. 81, at 8 p. m, there
will be a masked Halloween Social in
the basement of the church. Every
one is invited. Come masked. A jolly
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-10-23

The P. o. of A., Camp 9, will hold
a Cake and Pastry Sale at Crawford's
store this Saturday beginning at IL
o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
PALMER NEEDS A FOURTH DOWN

THERE seem to be three planks in the
= platform on which Attorney General
Palmer will run for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination. They are:
Doaon ,Vith the profteers!
Do1on NTH the criminal corporations!
Dos0n 40ith the revolutionary aliens!
These are perfectly safe propositions.
No one disagrees with them. If the rcvo-
lutionary aliens have a friend outside of
their own ranks he has not yet lifted his
head high enough to be seen. If any one
has arisen to defend the criminal corpo-
rations careful search through the files
Of the Congressional Record and the re-
ports of court proceedings has failed to
bring him to light. And if any one has
said that profteering is a good thing he
has whispered it so quietly that not even
dictaphone has been able to detect the
sound of his voice.
Mr.. Palmer's Chicago interview is in
teresting, but it is not important. When
he begins to express opinions on contro-
verted issues the country will listen to
what he has to say.
As the football boys would put it, ne
has three downs and many yards to gain.
His fourth down may lose the ball.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
HOG ISLAND FOR SALE

THE future value of Hog Island will
- depend almost entirely upon the uses
made of the vast site and it's equipment.
This is merely another way of saying that
foresight, imagination and scientific
view of the property will be necessary to
save the plant as unit in the develop
ment of the city's waterfront.
To suggest fatty that the city or the
state buy the yards, without any definite
notion of the manner in which the prop
idle. Yet it is plain that Hog Island, even
as terminal and ship-repair plant,
might be of the greatest imaginable value
in any comprehensive scheme formulated
to bring to this community all the ad-
vantages and opportunities of a great
port. Only work and imagination are
necessary to realize the enormous poten-
tialities of the Delaware approaches.
One of the best harbors in the world is
here neglected. 1t is not advertised And
until some one devises plan by which it
may be systematically developed the Hog
Island plant, necessarily the pivot Of any
new scheme, can be of only doubtful value
to the city itself.
Representative Edmonds's letter to
Mayor Moore, carrying suggestion from
Washington that the city consider an
early purchase of the yards, must again
direct general attention to the matter.
1t is difficult to say what the Mayor
can do. He can refer the matter to the
Council. He may even ask the advice Of
financiers. A private corporation, eff
ciently managed, would call board meet
10 pI ,ryo,I1I ,ot ,.o11y a.,
own knowledge. 1t would provide funds
for an engineering survey of the most
thorough sort. 1t would endeavor to learn
the precise value of the proffered site
in relation to the scheme of its, oaur,
affairs. 1t would know what it wanted to
do and, because it knew what it wanted
to do, it could measure the opportunity
without any great delay.
Some such course ought to be opened to
the city before Hog Island is permitted to
disintegrate under the attacks of specula-
tors.
Any scheme for the purchase of Hog
Island would have to be detail in a
larger scheme for the revision and re-
vitalization of older plans of port i'm
provement. If it were possible to be as
sured that future commercial and social
development toward the South will be or
dered upon modern lines and encouraged;
if railway and shipping interests could be
brought to the Philadelphia point Of view,
and if the people were made to realize the
practical advantages to be gained by a
great concentration of world trade and
shipping in the Delaware river, Hog
Island would be worth much to this city
Otherwise it might be the whitest OF
white elephants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
DELIVERING THE LABOR VOTE

THE idea that the labor vote can be de-
= livered en- bloc persists and is now
affecting the thinking of the leaders of
the American Federation of Labor.
Plans are making to oppose the election
to office of every candidate who does not
pledge himself to support the principles
Of organized labor. There are 4,0oO,OOO
members of the federation, a number
large enough to hold the balance of power
if their vote can be controlled.
In the past labor union members have
voted for the candidates of the party
with whose principles they were in sym
pathy. They are likely to do so in the
future. All they want is fair play and
most of them are persuaded that they are
more likely to get it through one or the
other of the old parties with which they
are affiliated than through either labor
party or through defeating the candidate
of their own party in order to elect man
who agrees with them in nothing except
s labor program.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
Is MINcE PIE A BEVERAGE?

Tt HAS been asserted that a pair of
trousers in the hip pocket of which
there is pint flask of whisky is a We
hicle within the meaning of the Volstead
act and is subject to confiscation.
1t remains to be seen whether it will be
asserted that mince pie, frozen punch,
wine jelly and rum omelets are beverages
within the meaning of the constitutional
amendment.
That amendment, as large number of
thirsty citizens know, forbids the manu-
facture, sale or transportation of intoxi-
eating liquors as beverages.
The federal prohibition agent in New
York has announced that permits will be
issued to hotels and restaurants to keep
stock of brandy, wine and whisky for
culinary purposes so that mince pies
properly favored and wine sauces may
continue to be served to customers.
So far as appears, he is acting within
the law. At the present writing no one
has been known to drink a mince pie,
however highly favored with brandy it
may have been, and rum omelet is usu-
ally eaten with a fork and wine sauces
knows what may happen.
Mrs. Hayes was an ardent prohibition
ist and during the administration Of her
husband no liquors were served at the
White House with her knowledge. But
her chef, aware Of the tastes Of the diplo-
matte guests, made frozen rum punch
to be served at state dinners that was SO
potens that the foreign ministers were
wont 70 cali it the oasis in the "dry" din
ner and they awaited the approach to it
ever the arid courses with the same pleas
n,k anticipation that thrills the traveller
III desert land.
yet there should be no premature re-
5oicing at the oasitic prospect. 1t may
be oniy Z mirage, for the hackers Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
WHOSE HAT?
HTT is preposterous," said

HTT is preposterous," said Mayor
1 Moore, speaking of Mr.. Weglein and
the row in Council over appropriations
for clerk hire, "to suppose that a presi-
dent of Council should have his Office in
his hat"
True. 1t is preposterous to suppose
that president of Council should have
his office in his hat. But it is even more
preposterous to suppose that president
or member of Council should have his
Office in some other mans hat. That
sort of thing worried the people of this
city greatly in the past and it may worry
them again. Even now the thought of it
seems to be worrying the Mayor.
1t is possible to ina gine member of
Council keeping his Office in his hat and
doing fairly well. But there will be
rumpus if any one in the new chamber
sets up in business and hangs out in any
of the hats that now seem to be for rent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
independence in Clothes
New York Defes Paris:
Revolt May Fizzle Out
Art of Being a Woman
Financial Crisis Near
america Must Ciue Aid

woman will owe her allegiance to America g
largest city and frances capital.
All this is very fine, but will it work
unless Attorney General Palmer puts into
his sedition law provision for clapping
women in jail who ape the Paris fashionsf
Won't the American designers make their
models with one eye upon what the great
French designers are doing?
hid you ever look at the figure on our
- latest quarter of dollar and that on
the French franc side by side? They are
silver pieces of about the same size. Each
has full length female figure on one side
Look at them carefully and you will
see why Paris is the capital OF woman's
world.
The lady on the American piece is sub
stantial creature.
You can imagine her frying potatoes, not
exactly in the robe she is wearing; but still
she could do it perfectly. Or she would
look quite natural nursing the baby
The lady on the French coin is sprite,
q vision.
As she goes on her way, sowing the seed,
her feet do not touch the earth.
There is nothing of the earth earthly
about her.
For the life of you you cannot imagine
not Mary, Adeline, Jane or Ruth.
Like Veraine's unknown woman, Her
name, remember is sweet and sonorous.
You look at the American lady and you
have none of Verlaines troubles. You are
perfectly sure that in private life her name
is Ann. She is prose.
The lady on the franc is poetry.
q q q
DEING a woman in Paris is fine art.
ID Being a woman in America is a noble
profession-something like being a preacher.
A nreacher may wear his collar ON back
ward, which he could not do if his calling
were fine art.
The French woman dresses as becomes one
of the fine arts.
The American woman always is reminded
by some inward monitor that she must in
dressing bear in mind that hers is noble
profession.
She looks to Paris for the art of dress and
to herself for the conscience of dress.
q q q
A ND will she ever look elsewhere?
n In this League of Nations of ours things
are bound to center somewhere.
Beef and pork center in Chicago, steel In
Pittsburgh, ships in Liverpool and dress
woman's dress-in Paris,
1t is not an accident that Paris is the
capital of woman's fashions.
1t is precisely because being woman is
fine art in Paris an art worth cultivating
for arts sake.
And every woman, no matter how much
| hers is profession, remembers also that
| hers is an art and looks to Paris.
In no place does art flourish except as it
| is rooted in the consciousness of the people
| and in no place is the art of dress rooted in
the consciousness of the people as it is at
! Paris.
q q q
| GONE people say that we are in Tor
- period of decentralization that Pitts
burgh will cease to be the capital of steel
and Chicago pork.
And in similar way Paris might cease
| to be the capital of fashions.
But listen to this:
The women of Japan, even the working
women, are about to abandon their national
costume, the picturesque and easy kimono,
| for the costume of the western world be-
cause-women may always find reason
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
way, as is the case with SO many Of our

way, as is the case with SO many Of our
streets.
For reasons which have never been con-
vincingly expressed, the new Paris
busses--built since the WARFARE all
single-decked. Their entrance arrange
ments, however, with single low step in
the "stern," are superior to those OF
either London or New York and the trans
verse seats are an appreciable boon. A
combination of the best features Of all
these tips to improved transit would be
the ideal.
1t is naturally somewhat easier TO in
sist on the advantages Of motorbusses in
this city than to materialize them. Any
Of the proposals under contemplation,
however, should consider seriously the
fact that Philadelphians seldom realize
how many available wide streets are ex-
istent; that the blossoms" of the past have
made them skeptical of bus relief; that
the public is bitterly and yet too unpro-
testingly used to congestion on the mar
rowest thoroughfares, and that the only
hope of necessary psychological change
lies in expert administration of speedy
lines. 1t must be an admirable initial
service to convince US that an auxiliary to
trolleys and subways is sane.
Poverty of equipment will mean no
more room in the trolleys and further
unfair reflections on the man who gave
us Broad street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
ROAD SONG

GIVE in song your happy breath;
~ March along the road tn death,
Head erect and heart set high.
They have shown us how to die:
They have sent their boyish laughter
Ringing back along the way:
All who walk this road hereafter
Must like them be gay.
Shall men fear to follow on
Where their sons have gone?
Not alone the enemy
There in front where all may see,
They went out to meet:
They have stormed the shadowy towersi
Death is rifled of his powers,
Harmless in defeat.
Youth has overrun his kingdom,
Brought the mystic borders near,
Made the land familiar, dear.
Every highway, every street,
Echoes now to trampling feet,
Whistled signals, noisy cheer,
Sudden greetings: Brother" ~ Brother y
II am herev'
Shout and sing and march ahead!
Who fears death now they are dead?
Clara Pratt Meadowcroft, in Contempt
rary Verse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07

Toxic is declaring her allegiance to Paris.
q q q
PUT if the capital of woman's world is
~ likely to remain Paris, the capital of
mans world-the business world--has def
nltely been shifted by the war to New York
We call our dollar here in America a
fifty cent dollar, but looked at from London
or Paris it is a particularly bloated dollar,
a two dollar dollar, cross of gold and
crown of thorns dollar, to borrow from the
lips of Bryan.
The French call the money we have over
here :blood money!
They call America the war protiteer."
They reason, and all allied Europe with
them reason, like this:
America was just as much interested in
beating Germany as we were; the victory is
just as much her victory as ours yet we did
most of the fighting and suffered most of
the burdens. Why shouldn't America, at
least, assume her share of the costs of the
victory?"
Things will naturally occur to any one
to be said on the other side of that argu-
ment.
THE situation is similar to the situation
l. which existed before our entrance into
the war
An American was hardly safe from insult
in London or Paris.
Germany had sunk our ships, killed Amer
leans; why didn't we come in and help them
beat Germany?
We finally went in because we had to.
We may finally go in to save Europe
financially because we have to.
We will not go in because we admit the
force of the arguments made now on the
other side or because of the harsh words
war profiteers.'
The torpedoing of values on the stock ex-
chance cannot long be safely overlooked
The issue will be settled on the basis of
national self interest.
q q q
A BIG war in Europe turned out to be
IA world war-a thing we couldn't keep
! out of.
President Wilson once said, "In the next
great war there will be no neutrals" mean
ing no power of any consequence would be
able to avoid being drawn into the whirl-
pool,
- A big financial crisis in Europe, the great
est in the history of mankind is likely to
tuYn out, similarly, to be world crisis
In the crashes on exchanges and the with
ering up of values solemnly stamped on pieces
of paper by governments there are likely to
| be no neutrals.