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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Safe Cracking Art
Taught to De Sylvia

If Karl De Sylvia who plays the
heavy in '"The Vanishing Dagger" ever.
tires of having his well-laid plans
nipped in the bud by the hero and
getting the rough end of the deal at the
beginning of every episode, he can
say goodbye to the camera and the
Cooper-Hewitts, and engage in a new
profession.
De Sylvia has just had some expert
instruction in the fine art of safe
cracking and he feels equal to tackling
the United States Treasury or the
Bank of England.
In the seventeenth episode of "The
Vanishing Dagger" the scenario calls
for the blowing of safe in the pawn
shop wherein is secreted the much
sought-after dagger. Edward Kuh,
directing the production, engaged the
services of one-time notorious safe
cracker who has been leading the
square life for some years, to instruct
De sylvia in the gentle art of planting
"soup" to coax valuables from strong
box.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Starts Prosecutions
On Negligent
Beekeepers

Efforts made by State apiary ir.-
spectors to stamp opt the destructive
foul-brood diseases of bees are being
seriously hampered by careless anil
negligent beekeepers who refuse 70
carry out instructions and orders t.
clean up their diseased bee colonies.
Under authority of Secretary of
Agriculture Fred RASMUSSEN, J. G..
Sanders Director Of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, through his Chief Api-
airy Inspector, Charles N. Greene, has
started prosecutions of violators of
the law who have not complied with
cleanup orders within the legal time
allowance. One careless or willfully
negligent beekeeper in a community
is menace to this growing and profit
trolled case of smallpox menaces n
community.
Serious cases in Erie, Crawford and
Warren Counties will require 'imme-
date prosecutions, and others will
be pushed in several other north tier
counties, where large honey producing
interests are now menaced by diseased
bee yards.
Pennsylvania authorities are CO.
operating with Ohio inspectors along
the State line in this bee disease coli
troll campaign.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

impress the listener. Parents have
wanted to "show off, their children,
and teachers have catered to parents.
The children were bored-and stop
ped this artificial process as soon as
they could.
A young girl, if she is not forced
to perform" can learn to apply the
principles of melody, rhythm and har-
mony in few years. The woman who
can sing, play and harmonic simple
music has means of expression
which soothes the irritations of life,
both for herself and others. Who
cares whether she ever plays diff
cult music, if she can play some beau
tiful ballads and folk songs and per
maps some of the simpler classics?
Her father, her husband and her chill
dren will feel the spiritualizing in
fiuence of music every day. The music
that fills the minds of children in
more or less unconscious way makes
for continual joy and harmony
know family of five children who
were brought up with music as a
natural environment. There was no
talk of special performances, but music
was substituted for the small discus
sions and irritating household argu-
ments common in most homes: Lets
sing was the natural exclamation
when they were gathered together, or
Mother is going to play for us that
Beethoven Minuet Let's all keep
quiet, because Beethoven is so salts
flying"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Leaf BlOtch of Horse
Chestnut Trees

Leaf blotch is the cause of horse
chestnut tree foliage becoming brown
and dropping in mid summer The
ureau of Plant Industry, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, is receiv-
ing complains from all parts of the
State from the interested owners of
these trees.
One of the best methods of controllie
this disease is to gather and DESTROY
by burning, all the horse chestnut
leaves as they fall. This must be
supplemented by spraying with cor
centrated lime sulphur wash Qiquid)
diluted l part to so parts of water, as
the leaves are developing or a $3.50
Bordeaux mixture can be used. Which
ever spray material is use it will be
difficult to do a thorough job on &C.
count of the density of the foliage.
busting can be more easily and
cheaply done, particularly in treating
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Dog Law Prosecutions

The Pennsylvania Department OF
Agriculture, in cooperation with the
game protectors and other police off
GERS of the State has instituted and
terminated 749 prosecutions for VIC
lation of the Dog Law of 1917.
Indifferent dog owners who have
failed to secure licenses for their dogs
and owners of licensed dogs who
failed to keep them under proper con
troll between the hours of sunset and
sunrise, have been apprehended and
arrested.
The holding of the dog owner re
sponsible for the conduct of the dog
has met with favor by lawful dog own
ers and humane societies of the State.
The destruction of unlawful dogs is
to be continued by police officers
where owners cannot be apprehendei,
as it is this class of dog that usually
causes the most damage to livestock,
poultry and game.
ntSC prosecutions otIC do lOilON .
Perry, /; Cambria, 5; Dauphin, Is,
Clearfield, A, Erie, 20; Lawrence, "a
Wyoming, 1; Tioga, 55; Huntingdon
50 Beaver, 40; Lebanon, 267; Somer
set, 8; Lancaster, /; Clinton, 4; Craw
ford, 7; Indiana, 2; Susquehanna 1,
Bucks, 155 and Luzerne 2.
"As far as consistent with other &C
tivities,' says Secretary of Agriculture
Fred Rasmussen, these agencies will
continue until the State is cleared of
this menace. This law was passed as
means of protecting the persons
and property of the people of the
State. The Dog Law was enacted not
only to protect the sheep, poultry and
wild life from needless destruction,
but also to protect the rights of the
individual"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
HERE AND THE R E

world is the Simplon, II IL miles
long, running through the Alps.
More than 100000 Japanese, most
of them laborers, are residents in other
countries.
More than two-thirds of the world )
rubber plantations are in British Col
onies
The United States has approximate
ly S50,000,000 acres of land in crops
or available for crop production.
Nearly 100000 bushels of pea
nuts are produced annually in Ala
bama.
Insects cause an annual loss of ap-
proximately $1,50O,OOO,0OO to the
United States.
The war caused loss of some g.
100000 COWS to the countries of Eu-
rope.
The coal reserves of the United
States and Alaska are estimated at
4,231 900, 100000 tons, more than hall
those of the world.
The waters of the United States
by their natural flow, exclusive OF
dams, can produce 27,943,000 horse
power at a minimum.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

fuls of water and pinch of salt. Boil
until tender. In the meantime fry one
small onion cut into small pieces with
one tablespoonful of fat until golden
brown in color. When the potatoes
are tender, pour the liquid into the
Drowned onion and press the potatoes
through fine sieve. Add to the liquid
together with one-half cupful of evap.-
rated milk, one-eighth teaspoonful of
pepper and one teaspoonful of salt
Serve hot with or without croutons.-
May Good Housekeeping.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Bats are valuable as mosquito de-
stroyers.
New York State forbids the uses g
the U. S. Flag for advertising puC-
poses.
The world has 100000 miles of rail.
way.
The camel is said to have originated
on the American continent.
Nearly 100000 tons of coal are
converted annually into coke.
The United States has about 23,000,-
600 dairy cows.
Nearly 5000 omnibuses are oper-
ated in London.
Between 10000 and $4,000 bats can
be found in one roost in the West
Indies.
The first experiment in long dis
lance radio telephoning was made in
1914.
The negritos of the Philippines
point their front teeth by chipping
them
There are 532 submarine cables Ill
Various parts of the globe, with a
total length of 262,O15 miles.
The longest railroad tunnel in the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Wheat Crop Exceeds
Early Estimates

Despite the fact that the Hessian fly
made it's appearance in the wheat il
many of the southern counties of the
State, the yield has been generally
larger than was anticipated. In one
section of York County, fields that
in early July were expected to yield
not more than 16 bushels to the acre,
have netted 20 bushels to the acre.
The reports generally from the wheat
belt of the State shows a heavier crop
than was expected.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
NE WIS FLASHES
Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told

Perhaps it is little premature for
Japanese women to think of suffrage
when they are actually prevented
from even passively listening to polit-
zeal speeches. 1t is curious to note
in this connection that not a single
voice has yet been raised against the
legal disability of married women and
also against the injustice-or at least
the unfairness-to daughters of the
Japanese law of succession.
According to japanese law married
women form class of incapapacitated
persons, the other classes under the
same category being % minors, (2j
incompetent persons (persons of weak
intellect, deaf, dumb or blind persons
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
A Criticism of
American Music

Very, very severe is Ernest New
man when he writes in the Manches-
ter Guardian: For so original a ma
ton in so many matters, the Amer
leans are curiously initiative in their
music. Their MacDowell and Loeffler
and Parker and Hadley and all the
rest of them that are known over here
are all second hand talents; almost
everything they have to say has al
ready been said in some form or an
other by someone else"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
and spendthrifts.)

and spendthrifts.)
Married women must obtain the
permission of their husbands in order
(a) to receive or invest capital; (b)
to contract loans or to become surety;
Co to do acts having for their object
the acquisition or loss of right in i'm
movable or important movabel prop
erty; (d) to make gifts, compromises
or arbitration agreements; (e) to at
cept or waive SUGGESTIONS; (f) to az
cept or refuse gifts or legacies, or
(g) to make contracts putting them
selves under any personal restraint;
and any such acts done without tn"
requisite permission of their husbands.
Japan Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Average Home and Its Music
Give Your Children the Best of Opportunities
to Learn and Appreciate It.

II you should ask the average mother
of family to play for you even
simple folk song or a waltz, what
would her answer be? This is a conun-
drum which should interest all par
ents and why? Because so much mu-
steal education is impractical
l once heard a father complain
that he had spent $1,000 in order t.
have Anita learn "Pussy's Waltz
and that she soon forgot it."
Josef Hoffman says that music is a
spiritual influence, and we all admit
that it is a social asset as well.
Imagine party without music! Could
we dance to soundless accompani-
ment? Why have young girls taken
so many lessons if they do not make
use of them when a need arises?
A Reason for Failure
Music is a language of sounu.
Every home needs music. Children
are happier and healthier when they go
TO sleep or wake up singing. The
ancient Greeks gave music the first
place in the education of little chill
dren and modern educators are be-
ginning to do the same Musical games,
folk dancing and god songs add to
the happiness of little children, and
every mother should be able to play
simple songs.
The reason why so much money
has been spent without results is be-
cause many musicians teach children
noisy, rapid pieces" with which TO
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Pound Cake

Cream seven-eighths of a cup of
butter add gradually, and one tea
spoonful vanilla. Beat yolks of five
eggs until thick and yellow, and ado
1 IL cupfuls powdered sugar Com
bine the mixtures, add the stiffly-
beaten whites of eggs and sift over
baking powder. Beat thoroughly.
turn into a buttered deep cake pan
and bake one hour in a moderate
oven.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Canned Cherries
Without Sugar

Pit the cherries, leaving a few with
the pits in to flavor them; put in a
kettle without sugar or water. Cook
10 minutes, stirring slightly. Put in
cans and seal. When wanted for pies
or sauce put one cupful of sugar into
one-half pint of water and let boil a
few minutes. Pour over the fruit and
allow to stand a short time before
using. Raspberries may be done like
WISE
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Something Worth Seeing

"Supposing l give you your supper"
said the tired looking woman, what
will you do to earn it?''
Madam said the wanderer, "Pd
give you de opportunity of seeing a
man go t'roo a whole meal without
finding fault wild single ting"
The woman thought a minute, and
then told him to come in, and she'd
lay the table.-London Opinion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Apple Tree Borer

The round-headed apple tree borer
can be easily killed by the use Of car
bon bisulphide. Put it in spring
bottom oil can for convenience, insert
the spout of the can in the morers
burrow, press the bottom of the can
two or three times then seal the bur-
row with little clay worked to the
of putty.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Paragraph
Information

The world output of silk amounts to
about 700 tons day.
Coal prices in Berlin are 1900 per
cent higher than before the war.
The japanese consider sailed whale
meat a delicacy.
The polish alphabet contains As
letters.
A bat cannot rise from a perfectly
level surface.
With the possible exception of the
influenza germ, microbes are said to
be easily measured.
The Swiss government is expert
menting with compressed turf as Il
coal substitute.
A European florist has found that
plants can be forced by immersing
their leaves and branches in hot water
while the earth is kept dry.
Before the war only 345,000 persons
held British government securities;
the number now is 100000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Quick Potato Soup

This recipe, for potato soup is ex
tremely satisfying, and l use it often
when the rest of my dinner is rather
light. To one cupful of half-inch cubes
of potato add one and one-half cup
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Able to Name
Tree by Sound

John Grimshaw Wilkinson, the blind
botanist of Leeds, became blind when
% years old, and he is now ga. I'm
mediately on becoming blind he tool:
up scientific, particularly botany, and
pursued it until he became a we'll
known authority.
Before his affliction he was a gro
GER, but had distinct artistic tastes
and gifts. When he was blind, he
accompanied a friend into the country
at Templenewsam where three yea:
before he had made a sketch, and he
was able to describe in detail the
whole scene. By simply touching a
tree he could name it. From that
time he did all in his power to develop
this gift, and now he is able to name
500 British Towering plants, foreign
trees and foreign weeds, simply BY
the sense of touch.
Mr.. Wilkinson said his first obser-
vations in sound were with variations
ingg crops. Later he was attracted by
the manner in which trees of every
description gathered water during the
night and case it from them either
inward toward the stem or outward.
IF l feel poppy leaf" he said, ION
a hot July morning it is cool, but
if feel leaf of London Pride at the
same time it is warm, although the
plants may be within yard of each
other. When 1 touch anything |
notice whether it is warm or cold,
and ask myself why"
Make Different Noises
In heavy showers he discovered
trees made different noises and he
could tell them by the sound from the
falling rain. The moist silent tree, he
believed, was the Pinus Sylvestris,
which makes only an occasional hiss
even in very severe thunderstorms.
The oak was the noisiest of trees il
a storm because it reflected the echoes
by its leaves and also by it's stem, and
raindrops had a more drumlike effect
on it than on any other trees. 1t was
a wood composed of oak trees that one
could hear the birds at their best.
Among pine trees, owing to the
softness of the wood, birds were not
heard to the same advantage, the
wood absorbing the sound, whereas
the oak gave it fuller play because Of
its hardness
The poplar tree being sensitive tG
electricity, was almost silent in a
thunderstorm, and yet after the storm
it was more noisy, because the twigs
were most elastic.
Il think" said Mr. Wilkinson. that
the sound of falling water is very
fascinating to the ear. I have particu-
larry marked the contrast between
sound in a place where rocks are bare
and in other places where they are
covered with moss. This gives a kind
of muffled sound to the musical splash
of the water, and also to the songs
of BIRDS
Turning again to the question of
touch, Mr.. Wilkinson said that it was
a delight to shake hands with some
persons. 81 know one of the finest
surgeons in the city, whose handshakc
is nervous. but he can handle the
lancet with great Skill he said.
Some persons judge too much by ap
pearance. If l could go into Armley
Jail and shake hands with the pris
oners | could tell at once which were
habitual criminals. Those who are
not quite what they should be are
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

only a tree or two, because the opera
tor can climb up in the tree and blow
the dust over the leaves by means of
a hand buster. Apply 90-10 sulphur
dust 600 per cent sulphur and 10 per
cent arsenate of lead), or straight
sulphur dust
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

have some small trait in their hands
or feet that give them away"
In July, 1915, Mr.. Wilkinson had
the degree of NJ. Sc. conferred on him
by Leeds University.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
Farmers Side Line

A Vermont farmer took up his posi-
tion with horse at mudhole in the
road near East Montpelier, and stayed
there all day, making good money
hauling out stalled automobiles at 81.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27
When Baking Fish

When baking fish, l place under it
several strips of clean white cloth
wrung out of cold water and extend
ing little beyond the fish. 1t is then
easy to lift it up to the hot platter
when ready to be served without the
fish getting torn or broken apart. This
suggestion is also good with meat or
fish loaf. Strips of cloth fitted in the
pan, some of them crossing at right
angles, will assist in bringing the loaf
out safely-May Good Housekeeping.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

The Pacific coast of Costa RIGA pro-
duces species of shell fish from,
which a rich purple dye for silk is
obtained.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Every large town in India has its
Delhi darwaza, or gate, opening in
the direction of Delhi, which was ~
the whole country what Mecca is to
the Mohammedan.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is your favorite
role
Leading Man-"The one get on
salary day."-Baltimore American.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Sixty-five per cent of all the acreage
farmed in California is now being
cultivated by tractors propelled either
by petroleum products or by steam.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Eighty-seven per cent of all former
the Czecho-Slovak republic. There
are $4,000 looms, 100000 spindles for
combed or dressed yarns, and 10000
spindles of carded yarn. !.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

Before the war only 5000 persons
held British government securities;
the number now is 18,000,000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-08-27

The Swiss government is expert
menting with compressed turf as 1t
coal substitute.
New Britain herald., 1920-08-02
STRANGE SHOOTING
 NEAR BRICKYARD Man Named Smith Shot in Berlin
 VICTIM AVOIDS HOSPITAL
When Advised to Go to Hospital Man Agrees But Fails to Go-Conn- lev Soils Out to HsB-Items of In- tereSt.

The New Britain police were noti- Bed by Dr. I. r. Faulkner of that city rarIy this morning that he had st- tended a colored man who had been shot In his right hand. The man who rave his name as Smith claimed that he was shot as he was passing .near Holmes briekyard late satur- , day evening.
 1 Little could be learned as to how the shooting occurred. Smith told | Dr. Faulkner that he suddenly felt : a sharp sting in hts hand and saw tfe blood flowing from 1t. Dr. Faulk- her washed and dressed the wound md told the man to report at the New Britain hospital the next day to have an x-ray taken The man did not report at the hospital SO the .Aphssician notified the police. pr. Faulkner was unable to say whether ,rthe bullet was lodged in the mans hand or not.
 Special Meeting.
 There will be a special meeting of the school board tomorrow even ing at s o'clock at tho town hall. The purpose of the meeting is the reNt- sion of the course of rtudy of the the teachers salaries for the coming year.
 sale of Brickynrd.
 !. Fl. Connley conveyed hts brick yard in Beekley today to F. M. Hall of New Britain. The saie price could not be learned but it is said to be in the neighborhood of sT5,o0o.
 Plan Addition to Building.
 At the meeting of the '. M. T. A. R. society held yesterday morning at their clubhouse. the trustees and ofneers were appointed a com mittee to look to tho plans for erection of an addition to their present club house at Upson's Corner. The com knittse will meet tonight. IL is an- A~ipated that the addition will cost approximately l.B0O and will be a pool and billiard room. The addition was necessitated by the weekly whists held last year in the clubhouse when tho ciub-house was not large enough to accommodate the crowds.
 Death of Mrs. Tsgesrt.
 Mra Lavira Tngwsrt. wifo ot A~chto TaRxart. who lives nssr the Paper Goods factory in kensinston, died Saturday morning at Inc New Britrin general Hospital Of Brighr7 disease. She was 3s years old. Funeral ar- ranxements hsve not been completed but intsrment ~iil tako place In Ann nssrdam. N. r.
 Narrow Escape.
 A largo touring car. which ssvas pro essdlnE slowly down tfa grade frern thnh xnilrpAd station. andaA Ford tour
New Britain herald., 1920-08-02
Falls and Buffalo, where they Will

Falls and Buffalo. where they will visit friends.
 Emil Zickwolf and family of west Main street and MT. and Mrs. T. E. Farrion of New Britain are enjoying a weeks vacation at Walnut Beach.
 The Misses Elizabeth Garland ana Elizabeth Langthorn of NaSsar col lese will be the guests of Mrs. G. Arthur Hadsell of Church street for two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Q. T. Oliver are visit ing friends in New York for a few days.
 Miss Inez Gladwin of Maple street has left on a three weeks vacation to Patten. Maine.
 Mir. and Mrs. James Hanley and family of Pierce street have moved to Mystic, Conn.
 Mrs. Sebastian Pestillo and daugh- ter Mildred of Southington Road are in New York for a few days.
 Rev. E.. l.. Grant of East Hampton was visiting friends in town yester- day Rev. Grant was formerly pastor of the Congregational church.
 The Misses, Viola Spencer, Bar bara Case, Nellie BiNby, Rachael smith. Josephine Fortuna and Natha lie Case have returned from Storrs college where they have been taking a weeks course in cooking. Miss Bernice Towne took a course in agri- culture.