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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
FORT LEES HIGH SCHOOL.

All school authorities in passing
upon the most desirable sites for high
schools say that the location should
never be on public thoroughfare, for
one thing, because it increases the
danger to thoughtless children who
have to go near it. The location should
be as nearly central as possible to
points alone make the site selected
as first choice of the Fort Lee High
School as most desirable.
Objection has been raised at the
price of the land on which it was pro-
posed to build the Fort Lee High
School. That the price is higher than
it ought to be is admitted. But since
when in any town, village or hamlet
did conditions change regarding the
price of school property? The mu-
nicipality seems always to be the vic
tim of profiteering everywhere. The
minute it gets out that the Board of
Education is considering a new school
the smart chaps of the community i'm
mediately get busy securing options on
every available site anywhere around,
so that at once on letting its deter
minatiOn be known the board finds it
has planted thistles in its own path.
SO far as Palisade is concerned, it
would like to have the new High
School building. The land offered is
the lowest of any perhaps. But is
Palisade the most desirable location?
In point of convenience, decidedly so,
speaking for the many. All of Fort
Lee, Coytesville and West Fort Lee
would have to send their children
down here by trolley, though goodly
number would walk. Palisade would
be in it's seventh heaven with great
100000 High School, and most GER
tainly it would be a fine and desira-
BILE thing to add to the already valua-
bic assets of the village The main
question is, Should Palisade take such
an institution away from Fort Lee,
where it logically belongs? The site
is not the only thing connected with
the proposed school,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
Not African Golf.

OF course, Pittsburghers, being every
thing that Is good and clever in the
pastime Of the links, know what "Af-
rican golf" means. But did they ever
hear of mississippi marbles?" That's
a new name for craps; we have it on
the authority of flock Of negroes ar
raigned before Magistrate Simpson
charged with toying with the elusive
and aggravating little cubes.
1--WE were only playing Mississippi
Marbles" pleaded one Of the prison
ers in extenuation.
Mississippi marbles? What's
that?' asked the puzzled magistrate.
"Why-why, jes' craps" explained
the spokesman.
1--WE learned something" said the
court, "but just the same you fellows
are too big, too old, to play marbles, a
kids game; so I'll fine you each $1O."
New York Times.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
FORCED TO OBSERVE SABBATH
Church Attendance, Until Comparative
Iy Recent Times, Was compui-
sorry In Great Britain.

Numerous laws in this country, Can
ada and Great Britain forbid various
acts Of work and play on Sunday, but
not since the lapse Of the blue laws"
Of colonial days have Americans been
forced by legislation to 60 to church
on the Sabbath, an exchange says, In
England, however, 1t was not until the
middle Of the last century. during the
reign Of Queen Victoria, that all pen
alties for nonattendance at religious
services were abolished. Some unusual
incidents attended the enforcement of
the regulations, particularly upon the
Hebrews.
They were not released from the pro-
visions Of the law until 1871 and multi
tudes Of them were prosecuted for in
sisting upon observing their own Sab
bath. In the thirteenth century, 1t is
recorded, Jew Of Tewkesbury fell in
to sewer on Saturday. Although
almost submerged, he would not permit
himself to be drawn out, believing that
to do 80 would be to violate the sancti-
ty Of the holy day. On the following
morning he was quite ready to be re-
moved from his perilous plight, but the
authorities, out Of reverence for the
Christian Sabbath, would not permit
the unfortunate man to be rescued I'M
til after sunrise on Monday, when he
was found to be dead.
As late as 1880 there were per-
sons in English prisons whose only
crime was refusal to attend divine serv-
ice. One of them was a young man
who had been convicted at the insti-
cation Of his own mother, who appear
ed against him. In 1917 Sir Montague
Burgoyne was hailed into court to ex-
plain why he had neglected his relig-
ious duties. Rigid Sunday observance
IN England began during the reign of
Edgar. in the tenth century, when the
Sabbath day was ordained to be kept
holy from three o'clock on Saturday
afternoon until sunrise on Monday.
The most innocent actions were con-
demned, and death was the extreme
penalty for continued violation Of the
law. About three centuries ago parlia-
ment passed law imposing fine Of
one shilling for remaining away from
church on Sunday, unless some good
excuse was Forthcoming. This act re-
manned in effect until comparatively
recent times, and inability or unwilling
ness to pay the fine resulted In a pris-
on sentence.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
HIS UNHAPPY Time.
When Father Pays for Good
Things He Has Had.
Shadows Upon Life Are Not Always
Caused by Financial Affairs
Health Specialist Occasionally
Gets Busy.

Speaking about the influence Of
money on human happiness, and the
fact. that the lasting pleasures Of life
father is very good example of the
latter premise, writes Glenn M. Far
ley in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Fathers very special health specialist
has forbidden him to smoke his pipe
before midday, and the pleasure Of
life has completely vanished from all
his forenoons. More than that, father
has been prodigious feeder all his
life, with emphasis at the breakfast
hour, and the s. h. S. has cut off the
breakfast at one fell stroke, and per-
mitted him to partake of milk only at
that hour. Hence we have a sad, de-
pressed, peevish person masquerading
as father, until the stroke of high
noon; then there are large eats and
much scratching Of matches and volu-
minous clouds of smoke. His morn
ings are HI, and his afternoons are
heaven, says father, and one can well
believe him; these clouds and shadows
upon life, one observes, have nothing
to do with money. But doesn't 1t pass
belief what q little thing can alter
the whole color Of mans life, and cast
him from a condition Of comparative
pleasure into the slough Of despond?
However, these little breaks in the
regular habit Of the individual seem to
be hygienically necessary. A man may,
Of course, mistreat himself shamefully,
and still contrive to be up and around;
but nobody cares to barely drag out an
existence. Consider how many bales
Of tobacco father must have absorbed
in perhaps forty years Of uninterrupt-
ed pipe pulling The health sharp
comes along and tells him that he has
enough surplus nicotine in his system
to start a tobacco factory. And be-
sides this there are about the same
number Of years given over to the in
diligence of a farmhand's appetite
without the farmhand's exercise. Fa-
ther will put away meal that would
make f. h. jealous, and then ride
down town and sit in an Office chair
all day! He will stand this for 80 or
40 years and then complain that he is
not feeling just right, and he wonders
what is the matter with him!
When we come to consider father
we recognize, at once, that he ought
to have a guardian. There is where
the very special health specialist
comes in. He steps In and takes IA
theirs breakfast and his pipe away
from him, and it is stand-off If he does
not also take his lunch and his din
ner away from him before his rigorous
course is completed. And when all is
done, father is either stepping high,
like blind horse, and feeling his
oats, or the boys around the Office are
chipping in to buy him wreath. 1t is
a long chance, but he has to take it.
Having enjoyed his own flat-headed
and entirely erroneous way for 40
years, it is high time somebody was
stepping in and telling him what to do.
The great mistake, with most human
beings, is that their parents stop
spanking them too early in life.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
HOLD TO OLD sUPERsTITI0Ns
People Of Labrador, Inheriting Strange
Beliefs, Have Retained Full
Faith in Them.

The superstitions still found among
the people of Labrador are attribute
able to the remoteness Of the country
from the current Of the WORLDS
thought, the natural tendency Of sea-
faring people. and the fact that the
days when the forbears Of these fish,
ermen left "Merrie England" to seek
q living by the harvest of the sea, ana
finally settling on these rocky shores,
were those when witches and hoD-
COLLINS and charms and amulets were
accepted beliefs, says DR.. Grenfeil IN
"A Labrador Doctor"
Nevertheless, today, as a medical
man, one is startled to see fox's or a
VOLTS head suspended by cord from
the center and to learn that it will al
ways twist the way from which the
wind Is going to blow. One man had
q barometer Of this kind hanging from
his roof and explained that the pc
culiar fact was due to the nature OF
the animals, which in life always went
to the windward Of others; but If you
had a seals head similarly suspended,
it would turn from the wind, owing to
the timid character of that creature.
Moreover, it surprises one to be as
sured, on the irrefutable and quite
unquestioned authority of old Aunt
Anne Sweetapple,' that aged cats al
ways become playful before gale OF
wind comes on.
"There is a great belief in fairies on
the coast. A man came to me once to
cure what he was determined to believe
was balsam on his baby's nose. The
birthmark to him resembled that tree.
More than one had given currency II
not credence to the belief that the
reason why the bull's-eye was SO hard
to hit in one Of our running deer rifle
matches was that we had previously
charmed 1t. II a woman sees hare
without cutting out and keeping por-
ton Of the dress she Is then wearing
her child will be born with hare lip.
"a little farther south along the
coast Is baby suffering from ophthal-
mia. The doctor had been called in
only because blowing sugar in Its eyes
had failed to cure it. Protestant and
Catholic alike often sew up bits OF
paper, with prayers written on them.
in little sacks that are worn around
the neck as an amulet, and green
worsted tied around the wrist is re-
ported to be the never failing cure for
hemorrhage.
"When stripping patient for ex-
animation I noticed that he removed
from his neck what appeared to be a
very large scapular. asked him
what 1t could be- 1t was haddock's
fin bone-a charm against rheuma-
tism."
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
LEGAL NOTICE.
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON
BERGEN COUNTY BUDGET, 1920

BERGEN COONi ooDSS''
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Chosen FreehOlders OF the
County of Bergen, on this LIST day OF
January, 1920, approved a proposed
budget for said county for the fiscal
year beginning January list, 1921, a
CODY of which is hereto annexed, and
that said Board Of Chosen FreehOlders
will hold a public hearing on said
budget at the Bergen County Court
House, Hackensack, New Jersey, on
Wednesday, January 21st, 1920, at 10
o'clock a. NJ, at which time and place
objections to said budget may be pre-
scented by any taxpayer Of said county.
By order of the Board Of Chosen
FreehOlderS.
WILLIAM H. ROBERTS, Director.
JAS. M. HARDNESS, Clerk.
Dated, January 1, 1920.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
A COLD WINTER.

The present winter has been rec
ord-breaker for steady cold. Since
early in December there has not been
a let-up for more than a few days at
a time of bitterly cold weather. Two
years ago there was lower temperature
for a short while, but the winter as a
whole was not as well sustained in
Arctic frigidity as the present season.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
Much Room in British Guiana.

OF the total area of British Guiana,
57,777,2 SO acres, only 198,352 acres
were under cultivation in 1918, an in
crease of 5O,O33 acres since 1913. The
population is little more than three
to each square mile.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
"Get Rich Quick"

Writing a song that catches on is
one of the shortest cuts to wealth. Sir
Arthur Sullivan received $4,000 III
royalties for "The Lost Chord" and
"My Pretty Jane" remunerated its COM
poser to the tune of $4,000 line =
Boston Post.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
ParIor Soldier.

"He likes to dress up in uniform
and go to parties and balls in mill
tary splendor, but he has never real
ly smelled powder"
"Oh, yes, he has! The violet tint
ed kind"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07

Creditors of JOHN AMANN, deceased,
are, by order of ]. Blauvelt Hopper,
Surrogate of Bergen County, dated June
3Oth, 1919, upon application of the sub
scriber, notified to bring in their debts,
demands and claims against his estate.
under oath, within nine months from
above date.
MADELEINE AMANN,
Administrative.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
Pretty Good Cinch.

AS rule, when man manages to
sell himself at his own valuation there
is pretty good cinch that there is a
swindled purchaser in the community.
Houston Post.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07

Creditors of Charles Frank, deceased,
are, by order of j. Blauvelt Hopper,
Surrogate of Bergen County, dated July
14th, 1919. upon application Of the sub
scriber, notified to bring in their debts,
demands and claims against his estate,
under oath, within nine months from
above date.
MARTHA FRANK,
ct Executrixt
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07

WANTED: MEN OR WOMEN to take
orders among friends and neighbors
for the genuine guaranteed hosiery;
full lines for men, women and children
Eliminates darning. We pay SOC an
hour for spare time or $24 for full
time. Experience unnecessary. Write
International Stocking Mill, Norris
town, Pa.
WANTED.-Men or women to take Or
ders among friends and neighbors
for the genuine guaranteed hosiery,
full line for men, women and children;
eliminates darning; we pay SOC. an
hour spare time or $24 a week for full
time; experience unnecessary. Write
International Stocking Mills, Norris
town, Pa. = - = = -
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
chiIdren's Theology.

A little girl explained Gods omnl-
presence by saying that he was every
where without going there. A small
boy, rejecting on the misdeeds OF
Satan, remarked: II don't see now ne
ever got to be so bad when he had no
devil to put him up to it"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
Have You One?

A stone is considered precious if it
is perfectly transparent, is bright and
clear in color and possesses great brill
lance.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
FURNISHED ROOMS.

SUNNY, furnished room, private tot
let conveniences, breakfast if de-
sired. Beautiful place, convenient to-
trolley, etc. Gentlemen. Box 36S
Grantwood.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
WANTED.

Dressmaking out by the day.
Mrs. Charles Lee, Palisade P. 0. Build
ing, Palisade, N. J.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-07
APARTMENT WANTED,

A desirable family of four adults
wants an apartment of six rooms and
bath in Grantwood. H. Ormonte, 23O
Grant avenue, Grantwood, N. ].
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

1853 ACRES. half-mile frontage on the big
Nesha minv; boating. bathing and fishing
timber and meadOwland: excellent for game
preserves on macadam rd. near trolley: large
81 lone dwelling, barn. etc. electric Lights:
nrIce right, Warren NJ. Cornell. Hatboro
Pa,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

3 ACRES, on good macadam rd.: q mile
from railroad station: 7-room frame dwell.
ing with conveniences. barn and necessary
outbudngs price $4,000. Warren NJ. Cor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
III Acres, 5000, With
Horses, Tools, Crops

Big Pennsylvania 'money-making farm, near
wateTed pasture, wood. 800 apple trees 30
peach; also pears, .plums. cherries; 2.story,
o room house; pure water; wide piazza; mag
nihc"nt view; sp,endid shade: basement barn
s,lo. spring wafer, other buildngs owner =
n"'s. moving machine plow, harrow psrt
growing crops; only $32O0; easy terms De
tails Page ~, Strouts Big Illustrated Cata-
log Farm Bargains around phIlsdeInht"
lhruughO Pennsylvania Delaware Mar
land, New Jersey and many other sIatas
Can or write for free COPY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
700 APPLE TREES. se.acre fruit farm. sll

700 APPLE TREES S5-acre fruit farm, sit
uatcd in Montgomery county along state
road IA miles from station and 3h miles
from larg" manufacturing town: new Groom
house. large bank barn and necessary out
buildings. these buildings IRE ali good; spring
and small stream: the majority of these
'Irrs are in bearing; IL sold soon will in
'lud" . horses and all ma chinery: price
5000, $4,000 cash; possession at once. Apply
- owner, Frank A. Kremser. I3S York s,.
Pot gtO\Sn Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
220 Acres, $500, With
30 Cattle, Horses, Crops, Tools

Equipment worth 5000; improved roaC, ,niIs
railroad station; machin worked nslds IN
COW brook watered pasture, 1000 cords ,vo"S
l,OOOO0O feet timber, lots OF fruit; I2 roon,,
house. running water; so foot basement bs IN
running water; immediate sale includes iiva,
stock, wagons. machinery, tools Iot rTotWina
crops. al for $500; easYY terms, Details this
and smaller farm for s2l00 Page 22. strout' :
States. Call or write for free CODY. 90
sTRoUT FARM AGENCY
li22 l.. Land Title Bldg, PhIIadelpbIa u.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

CHESTER co. FARMS are what you want;
none better; prices will surely be higher
per acre; several In Willistown township,
A. l.. HAITEMAN, West Chester, Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
A REAL FARM BARGAIN

1872 acres. Colonial stone dwelling. 10 rooms,
baths. numerous open hreplaCes. large barn
and fun complement OF outbuildngs; arte-
sian wells, nice flowing stream. orchard, 10
way and Nasha miny creek: ~ miles from
City Hall. Phila. price s120 per acre. for
prompt sale w. FORREST MAGEE,
South mpton Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
MERTON
MII.I.BOl RSE
MOORE

I'DIi SALE-EInc slon q nd-shinEIc hOuse
perfect condition, modern cOnvcnionrcS,
including hut-Nater heat. electric lignt. vac
uIn syH'cm. open Fireplace" tile haA sum
ulnr and winter kitchen. ! hrdrOUInS second
hoU". on mira nuor. largo lot; so, 5OU;
worth at least $500 nOrc.
NInr rooms hrt-WaIcr neat new paper and
paint rl.C C'r.c light, laundry, immediate
puShCssiOn, 81 ~
SSOUO-Trn rooms, tic bath laundry. sIrC
tTiC light. open frrp.HCs, Ia rye lot. posscs-
son with settlement Applv f. H. Alien.
$40 Prospect ave. Moore. Pa Ph me Ridley
Pnrll AZ W,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
NEW JERSEY FARMS
CITY
Floor space

POULTRY and fruit farm-.Write for de-
tails: also send for our illustrated farm
cataloR: 10 acres; T-room house: all city
improvements: poultry houses. garage, barn.
$50 peach trees. cherries. apples, pears ber-
try implemcnta. crops; s7nO0: s2700 cash.
BRAY 4 MacGEORGE. Vineiand. N. J.. or
1917 Drexel Bldg. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
MANTUA
T0-acre farm; fine buildings: fruit. aspara-
gus. timber: mile water front; 100 bunga :
low sites: II miles from Philadelphia. near
train md trolley: $40. 800.
r. YORKE SMITH
h07 Federal at.
Phones Camden. y. J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
tRiNG1'ON
OLD YORK ROAD attractive rcSl--ncc, a.
C)nyeniehCcs, hardwood floors, garage
bout two acres uf ground; I'm" shade
GEORGE H. WEIDNER, Inc.
IEMMlMrOMN PA
AAIIiI.ER

The FINEST bungalow In this section an
proximatcy acre. located | square from
trolley and midway between Amber and Fort
washington; modern bungalow CONTAINING
liyinK room dining room. kitchen : bed
rooms aud bath. every modern convenience
Including open fireplace, elec. lights gas
eic: nne lawn and shrubbcFy. garage for .
care with stall for one horse quick nos
lrssion n desired; price iii,OOO H. j.
baEer, Ambler Pa,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
ESSISGTON
GI.ESSII,E
RENNINGER & RENNINGER
WtTBORO MANOR

ATTRACTIVE: G.ro IN semid"tuchrd dwelling.
"l"C. lights: h"-Eain s+jOO. WM. T. u.
RDEE:RTS e. son. Gl"nside OgontZ $50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
Suburban Country Home
Gwynedd Valley

Ideal country place suitable for the retired
business man or commuter; Ssr property
13 acres nicely laying land 1Or0om stucco
house: modern large lawn: small barn and
garage: owners business forces sale. hence
the low price of $4,000 Get full details
and catalog OF REESE a LINDERMAN,
E - AlrN Of Nnrr Du
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
NEM LERSEY-SI,RIRRAN
MAGNOLIA
NEW JERsEY-SEASHORE

OCEAN CITY, sos Delaney placc-Furn. o
rooms and bath, "a block from ocean; also
has small APT. nr rooms and bath which
Is rented for 5000; fun rent to be credited on
sale; upper apt now vacant: would rent for
5000 for calanCe Of asOn; price. $1,000
Phila de phia Pa ''''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

PUBLIC sALE-one-acreS Suburban property
at 2:30: on Main st. in borough OF Trappe.
adjoining COllegevile Chestnut Hin trolley
passes door: % miles Philadelphia: suit com
muter; modern. broom. brick dwelling. steam
heat. bath. electricity: established shade.
shrubbery: neat barn. outbuidlngs: fruits:
delightful location and attractive proposi-
ton. Write for detailed circular with photo
graphs, Reese Iindrrman. agents, 6h z.
AlfN St. NnEristnMn. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

so ACRES, | mile to commuters railroad
station; close to churches stores school
improved by stone dwelling, ~ rooms. fire.
places; lawn with old shade: stone and frame
land is mostly all southern exposure; $40. 900.
j. Il. Thompson, member Phila. Real Estate
Bon I'd West Chester. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11

DELAWARE COUNTY country home and
fruit farm. 100 acres, with old stone Co
lonlal house: one OF the finest old houses in
the Philadelphia suburbs; carefully restored;
10 rooms baths, butler's pantry, combina-
tion hot.water and hot-air heat: standing on
large lnWn shaded by century old trees;
farmers house. large barn. stable. chicken
plant: 81 acres >pearins apples just coming
into prime: great quantities of other fruit; old
timber. stream: an exceptionally beautiful
home, with good committing service to Phil
adclphia. and paying business proposition;
$40. 900. ! have a farm for every buyer.
J. M. FRONEFIELD.
WnNnn Pn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-11
WILDWOOD

near Cr'sr per; may he insp"cI,d J.Ii,,
from lo.l2 a. N, and I-G y. m. Address
owner. III T. tresse ave. Wildwood
go DAVIS AVE, near beach--24 rooms
elec, lights, mod. hi WorreI. 555 n I7tSS