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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Eat Without Fear
of Indigestion.
What Sufferers From Any Form of
Stomach Distress Should Do.

Countless thousands of people go to
the table for their meals and a no.
thing but what their papemered stom-
achs will allow, They are in constant
dread Of a spell of indigestion.
Those who are thus af1icted can
readily rid themselves or their trouble
by a visit to their druggist and the
purchase of a small bottle of M. D. 1.
This stomach remedy will one up the
digestive apparatus and bring it out of
its unhealthy state. Bad breath, coat
ed tongue, headaches, biliousness and
other disagreeable effects from a dis
ordered stomach will soon disappear.
Get a bottle today-Remember the
name-M. D. l.
For sale by H. J. Dennis & Co., II
S. Main street, Pleasantyille. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
Guarantee Trust Co.

North Carolina and Atlantic Avenues
ATLANTIC CITY.
Daniel S. White, President; Henry
W. Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Vice.
Presidents; Herman M. Sypherd, Vice
President and Trust officer; Harry T.
Sickler, Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-08-21
RED CROSS ACTIVE
IN DISASTER RELIEF

When disaster hits a community
fire, food, earthquake, explosion, bad
wreck or tornado-the American Red
Cross can be depended upon to follow
right at its heels with help for the
stricken people. Red Cross relief is
almost Immediately forthcoming-food,
clothing, shelter and funds; doctors,
nurses and special workers with long
experience In handling similar trouble
elsewhere.
During the last year, ending June 80,
there al an average Of four disasters
a month IN the United States. One
hundred and fifty communities In
twenty-seven states suffered. The
largest and most destructive Of these
we're the tidal wave at Corpus Christi,
Texas, and tornadoes in Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama. Georgia, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
In these events Of horror $50 per.
sons were killed, 1900 were injured,
1900 were made homeless, about 80,
900 families needed help, the property
loss was nearly $100,000,000 and al
most 1000 900 in relief funds, not In.
Guiding emergency supplies was ex-
pended.
To the sufferers from all disasters
during the year, the American Red
Cross sem $4,000 worth of sup
plies, no Red Cross nurses and seven
special relief trains. To meet the
needs of the stricken. the organization
oo4 IN ION roIIaP s+otfons oporotod
thirty food canteens and as many
emergency hospitals. One hundred
and twenty-five Red Cross chapters
gave disaster relief service.
II disaster ever strikes this town or
county, the citizens can be absolutely
sure the Red Cross will be right on
hand to help them In every way.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
VIM. KNOWLES COOPER
Y. M. C. A. HONOR GUEST
His Thirtieth Anniversary in Or
ganization's Service Is Occasion
for Banquet.

William Knowles Cooper, general
secretary of the Washington Y. N. C.
A. was the guest of honor at a ban
auet last night in the assembly hall
of the Y. NJ. c. A. the occasion being
the celebration of Mr.. Cooper's thir-
tietn anniversary in the service of the
association.
DR.. George Otis Smith. president of
toastmaster. W. H. Morriss. general
secretary of the Baltimore Y. NJ C. A..
brought greetings of The association
brotherhood IN general. reading teIe-
grams of congratuIation from all
parts of the United States. Mr..
Cooper. he said. is known through
out the country as a man who has
taken a leading part in the work of
the organization. He does not belong
to Washington alone. Mr.. Morriss
said. but is the property Of the whole
country"
Clifford L. johnson. associate gen.
eral secretary of the Washington as
sociation. presented Mr.. Cooper with
- handsomely bound loose-ieaf book
containing some 800 letters written
- Mr. Cooper in recognition of the
"ccasion number of them were
cad.
Mr.. Cooper's career in the associa-
ion is summarized as follows: In
1890 he entered the association work
in Norristown. Pa. going from there
in 1892 to the eastern district branch,
in Brooklyn n. Y. as executive secre-
tary In 1898 he became general sec
retary in Springfield. Mass. and in
1908 was called here as general sec
retary to the Washington association.
He was married in 1895 to Miss Jessie
Shaver Of jamestown. N. Y.
The musical program was given by
Miss Marienne Henderson. soprano
and Senior T. Guaraldi. baritone
Evening star., 1920-06-02

taxpayers in the states mail in large
checks, which the collector must
have cashed at the banks here 1t
takes the banks. in turn. several days
to get their money from the out-of-
town institutions.
Taxpayers who failed to heed the
call to send in their checks before
May 81 will have a penalty of 1 per
cent added to their bills this month
and an additional ] per cent for each
succeeding month the bills remain IN
paid.
Collector Towers requests those who
mailed in their checks last week not
to be impatient for their receipts, as
his office has thousands of such let
ters to open and enter on the books
Only certain amount can be handled
each day.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
MORE THAN HALF OF TAX
IN D. c. IS PAID IN MAY
C. N. Towers Estimates That Over
$5,oo0,o0o Was Collected by
His Office.

No fhan half of the $4,000, 900
the District is due to receive this year,
5, :" and personal taxes was
collected during last month. C. NJ.
towers, collector of taxes. estimated
today 1t is impossible to figure this
early the exact amount taken in last
month. On Saturday alone. the last
day for payments at the District
building. the cashier took in 1851 GOO.
The vault in the tax Office is stack ed
half way to the ceiling with boxes of
unopened mail containing tax bills
and checks that were mailed in last
week by persons unable to get to the
District building.
Although these letters number thou
sands, Mr.. Towers and his office force
must have them all opened. entered
on the books and the checks sent to
bank this month. which ends the fiscal
year.
The fact that there are so many
out-of-town interests holding prop
erty in the District has caused a
drain upon local banks recently. These
Evening star., 1920-06-02
RENT COMMISSION
DECISIONS DIFFER
Board Determines Cases on
Individual Aspects, Adopt
inq No Standard.

More than 200 determinations rem
dered by the District rent commission
up to this time. it was stated today
have been cases in which excessive
rent was alleged or in which property
owners asked permission to increase
rents of apartments or houses.
number of the cases have been in the
form of joint requests in which own
er or agent and tenant joined in ask
ing the rent commission to fix fair
rental for the property in question.
Each individual case of this char
acter is heard and decided by the rent
commission on its merits Shortly
after the rent commission began to
function it was evident that no fixed
rental cases. because of the many ele-
ments entering into each separate
case.
Tax Assessor Advises.
In important cases of this kind,
such as the Monmouth apartment
house case recently heard by the COM
mission, William P. Richards. tax as
SCISSOR for the District of Columbi ia,
sits with the rent commission in an
advisory capacity. Questions as to as
sessed and real value of properties
involved are referred to Mr.. Richards
for information. the figures from the
District tax records being taken as
mat ~ Adi dS tiiCy diC dppilCdOlc 10
the case.
The commission from the beginning
has given full opportunity to both
sides in such cases to present every
possible shred of evidence, and the
widest latitude is given to witnesses
and to counsel interrogating the
parties and their witnesses. In many
cases the rent commission has sup
plemented the evidence with personal
inspections and Investigations of the
properties. taking into consideration
the location, assessed value, real or
sale value, condition of the premises
and every feature that would assist
the commission in arriving at a fair
and just determination.
Compromise Often Granted.
When all of the evidence has been
heard and digested and the members
of the rent commission have satisfied
themselves on every point in dispute.
the commissions determinations are
announced. In most cases a compro-
mise rental rate is fixed by the COM
mission, which, while permitting an
increase, does not grant as much as
is asked by the owner. although often
the figure is higher than the tenant
claims as fair rental.
Many such cases have been settled
by agreement between owners or
agents and tenants before coming to
hearing, the rent commission usually
approving the agreement voluntarily
reached and dismissing the case.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
PERSHING NOT TO JUDGE.

Efforts of school officials to have Cen
Pershing act as one OF the judges dur
ing the annual competitive drill of the
Washington High School Cadet Corps.
which will be held at American League
Base Ball Park next Monday and Tues
day. have been unsuccessful. Cen Per-
shing notified school officials yesterday
that he would be unable to accept the
invitation to act as a judge.
Judges for the drill, which is expected
to be the most hotly contested s1nce
1915, will b. selected this week by As
sistant Superintendent of Schools
Stephen J.. Kramer and Lieut.. Richard
r. Dag. i. S. NJ c., instructor of the
Cadet Corps Company D of Mckinley
Manual Training School will open the
drill next Monday morning.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
FAV0RS ONE COMMITTEE
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY

Az part OF the program Tor eSfA6-
fishing a federal budget system the
House by a vote of 200 to I16 yester-
day adopted a resolution centering
power of appropriating money in one
Ave members. BY the action seven
existing committees were shorn of
their power to report out bills spe-
cifcally providing for the expendi-
ture OF money. In the future these
committees will deal solely with leg
islation.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
SMALLER BERRY CROP.
Great Falls Growers Expect Long
Drv Smell ia Deter Cherries Also.

GREAT FALLS, Va, June q
Farmers in Great Falls and vicinity
predicted today that their crops of
strawberries and blackberries will
he from one third to one-half less
than last years. due to the long dry
season. One farmer who got $1.500
for his berry crop last year said to-
day that he did not expect to have
q crop this year large enough to sup
ply his own home demand.
The crop of early cherries this year
also will be smaller than last season.
the farmers say. This is due to the
late frost Late cherries, however,
they report. win be unusually plenti-
full.
Evening star., 1920-06-02
MANY TO MAKE SCHOOL TRIP.
Record Crowd Expected on Nc
Kinley High Excursion.

A record crowd is expected to at
tend the twelfth annual excursion of
the Mckinley High School, on Friday,
June 49, Athletes will compete in a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
Oh! Dishes and the Dishrag
It's the After Effect" of a Delicious Meal

Every housewife knows what it is
to prepare nice dinner, to serve
it tastefully and to enjoy the keen
pleasure of those who partake. She
also knows the problem of dishwash
ing to be faced when the feast is
over and she must retire to the
kitchen while the family and the in
vited guests go to the parlor. There
is first of all the objection to putting
ones hands inc hot, greasy dishwater
of wrestling with pots and pans.
With an electric dishwasher the
whole unpleasant operation is put
upon an efficient basis, the dishe:,
washed easily and quickly, breakage
reduced to a minimum. Think of
washing dishes with a clean spray
of soapy water instead of the family
dish rag. Do you realize how un.
sanitary it is? How strange it is that
sanitation did not long ago seek out
the raggedy old dishrag and the dish.
pan as subjects of correction.
The electric stove is no novelty in
the kitchens of the West while in
the East it is gaining ground year by
year, especially small stoves OR cook
ers that permit oven baking and the
use Of at least two hot plates on
top. Such a stove benefits the house
wife in the following manner: First,
there is no waste heat; therefore
absolute cleanliness is possible at all
times. Third, labor is reduced to q
minimum because an electric stove is
always ready. Fourth, with no flame
there is safety. Fifth, the character
of the stove permits more time for
social duties.
If you recall 1.-THE Mikado" you will
not have forgotten Pooh-Bah, that
classic dignitary in whose person were
assembled most of the official appoint
ments of the Flowery Kingdom Pooh
Bah with a little of everything. The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
Men Were First
to Wear Skirts

The cutaway coat worn by men of
the present generation is about the
last remnant of the skirt age to which
men originally belonged, according
to Mrs. Batrice Forbes Robertson
Hole, a noted English woman, who
seeks to disabuse tse minds of women
of the belief that the skirt is woman's
by right of inheritance and to show
that they can wear bifurcated out
door garments in season if they de
sire.
GAIL the kings, mayors, priests, ETC.,
used to wear draperies," says Mrs.
Hale. "The cutaway coat is about the
last remnant of the skirt age for men
and the remaining cylindrical frock
coat is the last vintage of the smocK
which was worn by peasants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
SHEEP RAISING

Equipment for raising sheep OF
mild ATTITUDES little housing is needed
and the main need for fencing and
pastures of sufficient number and
size to allow frequent changing OF
flocks to fresh ground to insure health
where winttrs are longer and more
severe, buildings and sheds are
necessary to furnish protection from
storms, though no special provisions
are needed for warmth. Dryness,
good ventilation, and free from drafts
are the first requisites of buildings
for sheep. Convenience in feeding
and shepherding must also be held
in mind in locating and planning such
buildings or sheds.
Small f1ocks can be cared for in
sections of barns having stabling or
feed storage for other stock, but with
a flock of, say, 100 ewes separate
buildings are desirable. The interior
arrangement of these buildings should
be such as to require minimum of
labor and the least possible moving OF
ewes in doing the feeding and car
ing for them during the lambiDg sea.
son. A building of this type can also
be utilized for fattening purchased
lambs to be disposed of before lamb
ing begins in the regular farm flock.
A good supply Of feed racks, grain
troughs, ETC., can be provided at small
expense and will save labor and pre-
vent waste of feed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
Tractor is Not Destined to
DiSplace the Farm and Truck Horse
Department of Agriculture Statistics Show 100000 in
Rural Districts on January 1st 1920

horse shows a reserve power which
does not often get stuck in tight
place like the motor vehicles"
Mr.. Dinsmore said the horse can dc
short-haul work just as rapidly as a
truck and from 25 to 40 per cent
cheaper.
During the recent snow storms in
New York when every means of NOV
ing traffic was said to have failed
but the horse, the horsemen declared
some merchants paid as high as $50
a day for the use of the horse
The government realizes the impor.
lance of the horse, Mr. Dinsmore said
and has sent out bulletins encourag-
ing horse breeding.
Transfers and teaming contractors
nowadays want large and heavy
horses and are willing to pay for
them. They are paying as high as
$500 for a team Of heavy drafters.
Many of the large concerns have writ.
ten the association that they must
have horses for their short haul work
The officers of the horse association
are: President, W. D. Durham
Wayne, Ill; vice-presidents, John w.
Gaver, st. Paul, Mimi, and Glen Per.
rine, Cincinnati; treasurer, George S.
Bridge, and secretary, Wayne Dins-
more, both of Chicago.
Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, Wiscon-
sin, Kentucky, Nebraska, Indiana and
Missouri are represented on the
board of Directors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
To Dress the
Four-POSt Bed

Bedsteads are unavoidably the
center of interest in any bedroom and
consequently should be particularly
beautiful. In the days of Martha
Washington the dignifed four-posters
of Mount Vernon, with their graceful
canopies and dainty draperies, We're
worthy of their conspicuous position
in the center of the room.
Approaching their beauties and
profiting from our lessons in santa.
ton and comfort, we have hit upon
the happy compromise of reducing the
draperies to a minimum and of sub
shutting light, graceful posts for
heavy, carved ones, while the feather
bed and stepladder have retreated
llhand-in-hand to the attic, giving way
TO the luxurious box spring and SEN
sible hair mattress.
How to dress" the canopy bed ac-
cording to these modern ideas is then
the question. The simplest method
is to dispense with the curtains fol-
merly hung at the corners and across
the back, and to have only the bal
ance at the foot and at the top, the
lining in the top to be used only when
construction of the bed absolutely re-
quires it.
To make removal for laundering
easy, these valances are now shirred
over slender brass rods which rest in
sockets, attached to the bedstead un-
derneath the side and feet boards
and inside the molding at the top.
Three rods are used and the valances
are cut in three strips at both the
bottom and at the top unless the
posts are unfinished and homely. In
that case the valances are in one piece
and shirred around the posts to con-
ceal them.
A foot valance should be deep
enough to reach the floor within two
inchesand the top valance is usual
ly made about the same depth, al
though it can be deeper if need be.
The foot valance needs no heading,
but the top valance usually has an
inch heading.
In colonial room there is no pref
tier or more appropriate material for
these valances than dotted grenadine
fine dimity or null, with narrow bail
or dotted fringes. Old-fashioned knit
ted or knotted bedspreads go well
with them and should hang down over
the foot valance about three inches.
Glazed chintzes were used by the
English for bedsteads of this type and
are frequently used here. They are
trimmed sometimes with silk bindings
that harminize in color and somt-
times with narrow knotted fringes in
appropriate colors. The English un-
glazed chintzes in the small designs
are almost as pretty as the glazed and
drape more softly. Either is appropri
ate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25

modern electric grill is the same. It
is very versatile in the number anG
variety of it's accomplishments. There
are round grills with four heats,
square grills that cook three things
at once and rectangular grills capable
of two cookery processes at the same
| time.
| The most important result of cook
cry is to bring out new flavors A
bit of bacon in it's raw state is not
very appetizing, but put several slices
below the heating element of an elec-
trio grill, scramble some eggs proper
ly in pan above the element, toast
some bread the correct way, make
coffee in percolator and you have
an appetizing breakfast fit for the
gods. Then, best of all, it has been
prepared right at table with no SCOT,
smoke or dust or ashes, without any
of the by-products of combustion.
The portability of the electric grill
is an important item. What pleas
ant thing it is nowadays to prepare
a meal wherever it is wanted, instead
of always in the kitchen. With an
electric grill and convenient outlet
hostess may have her Sunday evening
tea in the dining room, in the den or
a cosy corner of the sun parlor She
can make it jolly little feast, whet-
ting the appetite with savory whiffs
of food cooked in the cleanest way,
with the cleanest kind of heat.
Air is one of natures best cleans
ers and purifiers. 1t penetrates and it
purifies. When by the aid of a vac
uum cleaner the air not only passes
through a fabric thus purifying it, but
also carries the dirt along with it, de-
posting it in bag instead of scatter
ing it broadcast, then and then only
has true cleanliness been attained III
the home and health truly safe
guarded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
Drying Brushes
in a Hurry

Travelling statesmen and actors, when
they have occasion to use their tooth
or shaving brushes, generally have to
put them away wet in order to catch
a train. This is annoying, because
the brushes not only wet other things
in the travelling bag, but they become
sour as well. In order to dry them in
a few minutes, tie a strong piece OF
string on the handle of the brush
about two feet long, take the other
end of the string in your hand and
swirl the brush rapidly around in
the air for a minute or two. The
water will fly from the brush by CEN
trifugal force and it will be prac'
tically dry as punk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25
Imported Butter
is Denied Entry

Several shipments of butter offered
for entry into the United States from
foreign countries have been denied
entry because the butter failed to
come up to the requirements of the
Federal Food and Drugs Act, accord
ing to officials of the Bureau of
Chemistry, United States Department
of Agriculture. The imported butter
has to meet the same standards anil
tests as the domestic product. The
majority of the shipments which were
refused entry contained too little but
ter fat and too much salt and water,
but a few contained boric acid, a
harmful preservative.
More butter came into the United
States last year than during any other
single year for the last ten years.
The quantity of butter exported from
the United States was also larger
than normal and more than three
times as much as the imports. The
total imports of butter and butter
substitutes for the year 1919 amount
ed to 9,519,368 pounds; the exports
of butter for the same period were
S4,556,495 pounds.
The greater part of the butter i'm
ported into the United States now
comes from Canada, but shipments
come also from Denmark, Australia,
Argentina, and New Zealan. OF 800
shipments of butter from Canada ex-
amined, 33, or a little more than 10
per cent of those examined, were
denied entry into the United States.
A few shipments from other countries
also were not admitted because they
were adulterated under the Food and
Drugs Act.
Shipments of imported butter arc
carefully inspected at the ports of
enry and only such butter is admit
ted, say the officials in charge of ths'
enforcement of the Food and Drugs
Act, as meet the standard which the
domestic product is required to meet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-06-25

The horse is coming back in a las,
struggle to hold his place against the
progress of the automobile, tractor
truck and airplane. The Department
of Agriculture estimates that horses
on United States farms increase from
19,S33,0OO in 1910 to 21,10O,OOO on Jan.
uary l, 1920. Mules increased, too
according to the estimates.
The Horse Association of America
with headquarters in Chicago, pro.
poses to encourage the breeding, rear.
ing and use of horses. The associa.
ton, which is a nonproft organiza.
ton, incorporated under the laws of
Illinois, is backed by horse breeders
representing all breeds of horses by
the saddlery and harness interests,
by the horseshoe manufacturers and
master horseshoers, by the hay, grain
and feed interests and by the carriage
and wagon builders of America.
'sThe horse is-next to man him.
self-the most efficient power unit in
existence, delivering more effective
motive energy in proportion to en-
ergy consumed than any other type
of motive-power unit when the Wort,
done as a self-reproducing, self-re-
pairing organism, is taken into ac-
count" declared Wayne Dinsmore,
secretary of the association.
millions of horses have worked
from the time they were three years
old, until they were IL years of age
without the expenditure of a dollar
for repairs" Mr.. Dinsmore said. "The