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The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
WHY JOHN WAS NOT SMOKING
Probably the. Widest Idea of His
CIubmates Would Have Been
Wide Of the Mark

All the men at the club have been
watching Johnnie Edwards the invet
crate smoker, for the last week. and
there's been much surmising and con-
jecturing, but Johnnie wouldn't give
himself away. 1t seems that Johnnie
has held the prize for the champion
smoker of the club for ten years.
In the last week Johnnie has been
seen strolling around the room with
detected. lost appearance and be
tween his lips always the inevitable
cigarette. But 1t was never lighted.
Nobody liked to ask him questions and
he didn't volunteer any explanation. so
it wasn't explained until Jimmie Van
Week overheard him say on the tele-
phone:
mo, you have got to stick to your
word now. l swore off If you would.
and goodness knows | want one bad
enough. but Doc says you've gotta
leave 'em alone for while. Now be q
good little mother and remember you:
promise. e.'-New York Sun.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

lorm not to send wedding present if
you do not feel able or If you do not
think enough about the persons from
"hom the invitation is received to wish
to do So If you do not send present,
however, simply through Indifference,
then do not attend the wedding party,
nut write timely regrets.
Even though you are not invited to
the house or in fact are not Invited to
the wedding ut all, If the one married
Is dear friend you are quite right in
sending present if you wish to do so
In order not to give the bride some.
thing that she would not care for II
Is permissible to make inquiries con.
corning her wishes on the subject. II
is better. perhaps. to make these
through n third person and not to
ask the bride personally, but rather a
sister or close friend
1t Is customary for the bridegroom
to give the pride present of some
sort of jewelry on the occasion of the
wedding, but this is by no means es.
sential. The bride sometimes also
makes the bridegroom present at
this time, but this is even less essen.
tial. In Persia the bridegroom gives
the bride-tO-be a present of two com
plete dresses, n ring and n mirror. In
our own country the bridegroom must
never make the bride present of any
part of her trOusseau and, though he
may give her jewelry that she wears
on her wedding dress and her bouquet,
he must supply no other part of her
bridal array.
(Copyright)
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

dte At times could hardly housework medicine the
doctor but did Pnkhms Vegetable Compound
results able
hcusewok medicine
publish eimonisMrs CHESTER A. BALL. 15 Fayette Ohio
An Illinois relates experiences:
Bloomington Ill and female trouble
had had could
not not cook & meal sweep room without fgn with pain Rubbing
it. heard Lydia Vegetable Compound and six
have made healthy thanks
it for my $40 Walnut St Bloomington I'LL
The conditions described Mrs Ball. Mrs McQutty
appeal to many women Mhe struggle with dali. tasks in just such
beyond belief M Dsyn and day out they slave their homes for families
selves % % and tor hi work their all the while suffering Ing
blues and tfoub which & sap the very life there
would only IrGa. the and
for such conditions them of suffering and unhappn
There neighborhood United
health
Therefore will
that benefited taking
medicine
Lydia Pinkham's Private "Aiments
liar to Women" will be Write
The Lydia e. Pnkham Massachusetts.
This book contains valuable information
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
HOW DO YOU SAY IT!
BY c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
"HAvE WENT" "HAvE SAW"

<<r SHOULD have went to the
Ounce" said the girl. but my
mother would not let me. Il
have travelled in many lands, hut
hnye saw nothing like this said the
uneducated traveller. After the aux
iliory verb "have." in any of Its FORMS
II is proper to employ only the perfect
norticipIe Of the principal verb;
therefore. the girl should have said,
~ should have gone to the dance
and the traveller should have said. II
have seen nothing like this
"They have chose the wiSest part
is nm instance of this error cited by
Goold Brown the famous grammarian.
The proper form of words to be em-
Moved is. "They have chosen the WIS.,
est part"
In this connection. 1t may be said,
that this error is one of large num-
her which would be avoided with ease,
we're the speaker or writer to exer-
else little care In the choice or
words But most Of us speak or write
hastily.
tCopyrishtJ
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

the Younger.
n EMEMBER that wedding gifts
X are always sent addressed to the
bride-to-be even though you may
never have met her and you are a
friend only of the bridegroom-to-be. If
you receive Invitations to the wedding
or know of 1t before 1t occurs then
the gift should always be sent before
the ceremony and the present ad-
dressed in the brides maiden name.
Silver and other articles to be
marked with an initial should bear
the first letter Of the brides maiden
name. usually. There are, however,
some young women who prefer to fol-
low the continental European fashion
and have their silver, etc, marked
with their married initial. If you
know this to be the case have your
gift marked in this way.
If you do not know of the marriage
until after 1t has occurred the gift
should still be sent to the bride only,
but it should of course be addressed
to her married name.
A wedding gift may be something
personal for the bride or something
that is for both bride and groom as
an article of household decoration or
furnishing. 1t should never be some
thing that is especially suitable for
the bridegroom, as for instance.
smoking stand.
The understanding usually Is that
If YOU receive invitations simply to
the wedding ceremony at the church
no present Is due. but that If you are
invited to the house to the wedding or
n wedding reception present Is IN
order. Now, 1t is never in reality bad
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
Oustless Highways Increase.

The rapidity with which the Ameri-
can people are turning to the dustless
highway is shown in figures recently
complied from reports to the United
States bureuu of mines. The figures
show that in the last eight years
100000 tons of asphalt and asphaltic
materials have gone into American
highwnys-a quantity sufficient for
5000 miles Of roads and streets. The
nSphaltiC treated highways In the
United States, If connected in one
great roadway 1G feet Wide, would
twice circle the globe.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

TOR leetle while lusa week tink
mebbe | am gonna lOsa da leeber-
ty for Tonga time. l almOstu been
cen da jail again one day. l no gotta
lntensh breaka da law but l maka
leetle meestake underestimate de Eng
leesa and righta quecck l have plenta
trouble.
/ aska one my frien one day wot he
gonna do and he say he gOttO go cen
da court. | askn wot he gonna do dat
place and he tella me he gotta da case
there.
You know seence da prohibish was
Tonga time | no see dat mOch ALA one
time. | getta greata idee so queeck
nv frien tela me dat. l no say soma
thing weeth heem wot | think, but
aska whosa da boss cen da court.
My frien tella me da judge run dat
place. SO aska eef da judge gotta
any more case. He say. Sure. da
Judge gotta so many case he no getta
flemish for seeXn mont ! aska how
mOochn cost case cen dat place. My
frien say was deefrent price, soma
time da state pay for da case and 9th
er time da guy wot wanta da case
gotta pay leetle bit.
so righta queeck l go veeslt da
place where da Judge work. ! aska
da guy on da elevate where's da judge
md he tela me was cen hees cham
Der. find leetle girl cen da front
Office and l feegure she was da cham
bermaid. ! aska eef she's da cham
bermald and for somnting. l dunno,
she getta mad. She no want Iettn
me see da Judge. but see anyhow.
explaina weeth da judge dat one
nv frlen tella me he gotta some case
cen da court. So l maka heem da
nroposish. | tella heem l don't needa
whole case, but would like to gett,'
tree, four quart eef ees gooda stun
But dat Judge tella me eef no getta
ont he trow me cen da jail: Mebhe
he no wanta sell. I dunno.
Wot you tink?
Copyright
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
CAR DRIVING HARD ON FEET
Use Of AeeeIerator Causes "Short
Circuit" of Pedal Nerves or "Motor
Foot" It Is Said.

When car owners return from their
summer vacation many of them re-
turn limping. A new summer epi-
demc is at large in the ranks of vaca-
tiOnists.
The new ailment has been given the
popular name of motor foot" In the
language of surgical chirOpOdy it is in
dexed and classified under the name
Of '.metatarsal displacement"
Continuous motoring is the cause
of the ailment. 1t is a right foot
trouble caused by the continuous strain
occasioned by long motor trips when
the driver keeps his foot in the strained
position required by the use of car
accelerator
This position causes n displacement
of the metatarsal bones which in turn
causes them. in motor language. to
''short" the nerves of that part of the
foot This in turn is the answer for
'he pain that accompanies the dis
:inction of possessing motor foot"
Motor foot not only makes walk
Ing painful. but practically eliminates
golf. tennis or any Of the other popu-
lar forms of active recreation.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
SUNMAN HELPS WIND,

NNE night the Wind and the Rain
~ met IN n field ana such quar-
rel us they began at once. Get
ou. oi my way said the Rain, cor |
VIII drench you until you cannot
move"
Tia. ha.' laughed the Wind. 81
guess you do not know to whom you
are spenking. Why. l can drive you
before me and send you where |
like"
This made the Rain very angry and
d"wn II came faster and heavier than
ever to show how powerful It could
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
Prudent Mentality,

"You appear rather proud of the
fact that YOU are unable to under
stand the relatively theory"
I'm not exactly proud replied
Senator Sorghum. but l am resigned.
J put great faith In the wisdom Of
the plain people. $" long as the plain
people didn't get the idea don't be-
lieve il would be to my advantage to
assert any superior intelligence or ex-
elusive Information"
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
psI!eaey Seemed to Please.

Tasting ice cream for the first time
in their lives, Joe liable and his three
sons from the mountains near Union
town, Md. disposed of 81 dishes Of
II at their first sitting. Fifteen each
for the boys and sixteen for dad.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Ideals are never attained. becaus,
ideals are imposslbilities. this being {
human world.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
Suggested careIessness.

uISSosS0 Vd'eTeoSHeoS.
'ls Mrs. Gadder competent to drive
her Cart
II doubt It, In fnct. have no con-
fidence In a woman driver who per.
sists In calling the emergency brake a
.thingumbOb.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
(Copyright.)

Single Women Better Workers.
Married women are not so stable in
Industry as the single ones. Is the con.
clusiOn reached by official investiga.
tors
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Long Distance Investment.
"What was he arrested for?" Sell.
ing canal stock" That isn't crimi.
nal offense. Is it," "The canal is 90
Mars"
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Stagc-Struck girls should think twice
before they begin to act.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Not From His Viewpoint.
This town Is noted for its beautiful
saw, g'wan! I'm the ice mani"
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
GIFTS FOR THE BRIDE

Never do a thing concerning the recti
tude of which we are in doubt.-Pliny
the Younger.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09
THE TRIALS OF
A HOUSEWIFE
How They Have Been Endured and How Overcome by
Lydia {. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
Experience of Providence Woman

Providence, R. I.-"I took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for female trouble and backache.
Itbegan just after my baby was born.
and 1 did the best / could about get
ting my work done, but l had awful
bearing down pains SO l could not
stand on my feet. l read in the papers
about Lydia E. Pinkham 8 Vegetable
Compound and the good it was doing
other women, and / have got dandy
results from it and will always rec
ommend it. You can use these facts
IS testimonial if you wish. Mrs.
HERBERT L. CAssEN, 18 Meni Court,
Providence, r. l.
Ohio woman for three years
could hardly keep about and
do her hOusew0rk she was so i'll.
Made well by Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound:
Fayette, ,O.-'.For about three yeara
Twas very rynervous and had backacke,
sideache, dragging down pains, could
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Dorothy Woods, leading woman
with one Of the prominent producing
concerns. is a charming little "movie"
star whose work on the screen is
known to the thousands Of patrons Of
the motion picture houses.
The Dolores star., 1921-09-09

Their crooked ways enable some
men to make both ends meet.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20

given considerable time to the cultiva-
tion of flowers, and last year produced
some of the most beautiful bouquets
seen in this community. A project he
had under way was the raising of
bulbs for the mail order trade. This
was developed, because ill
health prevented him from applying
himself to it.
Max was a faithful and conscien-
tious member of Wesley M. e. Church,
where NE had been organist for about
twelve years, and a most jealous one
he was, always at his post on all oc-
casions, unless detained by illness.
He will be most sadly missed from
this position by the members and
friends of that church. He was a
member of the Official Board and Sec
rotary of the Board of Trustees. He
was a member of Excelsior Council,
No. 231, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, and of Jane
way Camp, Sons of Veterans. He had
recently been appointed a member of
the City Board of Health, and elected
its president. He was also Scoutmas-
ter of Boy Scout Troop No. 6, in which
he vas greatly interested, but re-
signed on account of his health before
l6dNlHS lOT Tile OdudIOT1uu1.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Lola Fran
ces Kirscht, daughter of Mrs. Frank
Gaskill, to whom he was married in
1912, the deceased is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Kirscht,
and sister, Miss Clara Kirscht. Max
was very popular with all with whom
he came in contact, and numbered his
friends by the scores. He vas a man
of exemplary character, always genial
and ever willing to offer a word of
cheer to his fellow-man.
The funeral was held Thursday af-
ternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock at the
home of his parents, and continuing
at 2.30 at Wesley Church, conducted
by Rev. J.. L. Surtees. The service at
the church was opened with Max's ia
vorite hymn, abide with Me-" by the
choir, followed by prayer by Rev. ]. l..
Keith Macleod, pastor of the Baptist
Church. Two solos were very impress
sively rendered by Miss Flora Coke,
for a number of years director of the
Wesley choir. They were Some Day
I'll Understand" and Gods Way Is
the Best Way"
Rev. Surtees took as the subject of
his talk a portion of the 127th Psalm:
God giveth His beloved Sleep" He
talked very feelingly and lovingly of
Max, whom he said he had come to
love very dearly, and said he could
not think of him as dead, but only
sleeping, to awaken in that other land
to all the splendor and glory Of his
Heavenly Father. He said he could
picture Max enjoying the rapturous
music of the Heavenly choir.
Rev. Robert Arthur Elwood, pastor
of the Boardwalk Church, delivered a
beautiful eulogy to the departed. He
said it is given to few men to be more
loyal and true than Max, with whom
he had been quite closely associated.
He said he was proud to call such a
man his friend. Max was not a great
man, as this world values greatness"
he continued, "but in his humble walk
through this life he laid up abundant
riches above"
Benjamin F. Garrison read the fol-
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20

Ward. The Second Ward will have
two men and two women on the
County Committee. Already Charles
II. Hill and Mrs. Cora Tucker Scott
Washington have the united support
of the Second Ward Colored Republi-
can Club for County Committee from
the Second Precinct. Hill is now in
the Committee. This club held a
meeting last Tuesday night at which
former Assemblyman Bertram e.
Whitman made an address. He is also
scheduled to make an address to the
Mainland Women's Republican Club.
which is to hold a meeting next Mon
day evening. One of the reasons ad-
vanced for the quietness in selecting
candidates just now is that the men
are waiting to hear from the women
before proceeding to pick their candi-
dates. 1t is anticipated that after the
women's meeting on Monday night the
slate will be made up and things set
going for the Primary election, which
is to be held September 9th.
Assemblymen William A. Blair and
Joseph A. Corio will be candidates for
reelection, and no opposition to them
has developed up to this time. A
Coroner is also to be elected to sue
coed Charles Cunningham, of Ham
monitor, and since Hammonton has an
other Coroner and P%leasantville has
none at this time, it is thought the
nominee may be selected from this
city. The name of DR.. Charles II.
Conover has been prominently men
toned in connection with the position.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20
NOTICE.
TO ALL TO WHOM 1T MAY
CONCERN.

TAKE NOTICE that the plumbing
code passed by the Board of Health
of ~Pleasantville, March 2, 1921, pro.
vides, among other things, for the in
s~tallation of sewer drains. All work
incident to the installation of said
drains must be performed by a regis
tered plumber of Pleasantville and can
not be done until a written permit
shall be obtained from the plumbing
inspector. All drains must be con-
structed according to said plumbing
code. Any person who installs a sew
er drain or who does other plumbing
work, without having complied with
the plumbing code, is liable upon con
viction to pay a penalty or not less
than Two (S2) Dollars or more than
One Hundred ($100) Dollars for each
offense.
All persons are hereby notified thai
the provisions of said plumbing code
will be strictly enforced.
will sit at the City Hall every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evening,
from Z to $50, to issue permits for
connections to the sewerage.
By order of Board of Health.
EDWARD HELFRICH,
Plumbing Inspector.
10 S. Chester Ave-,
Pleasantville. N. ].
Dated August 4. 1921.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20
DEATH CLAIMS
MAX H. K|RSCHT
CITY MOURNS DEMISE OF HONOR
ED CITIZEN, CITY OFFICIAL AND
CHURCH MAN-FUNERAl At
TENDED BY HOST OF FRIENDS.

As a token of honor to the memory
of a highly esteemed citizen and city
official, the American flag at City Hall
was suspended at half mast several
days the past week. The whole COM
munity joins in sympathy to the fam
lily of Max H. Kirscht, who died Sun
day evening at 10 o'clock, at Sunairy
S~anatorium. West Chester, Pa, where
he went a little over a month ago in
the hope of regaining his health,
which had been impaired since a
severe attack of typhoid fever several
years ago. This developed more seri-
Gus symptoms about two months ago,
when he decided to seek a drier eli
mate. Upon leaving for Sunairy, Max
expressed confidence that he would
soon mend and be able to return to
his home. He had begun to show
marked improvement, when he con-
tracted a severe cold, which developed
into pneumonia and blood poison set
in upon the pneumonia germs. His
weakened vitality was unable to COM
bat these complications, and after a
courageous fight of several days he
succumbed. His wife had been "a
faithful attendant at his beside during
Ills Illness, reviewed lOf Il SHOT llIle
by his sister. His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Kirscht, were also with
him at the time of his death.
Max was So years old, was born in
Atlantic City, but had been a resident
of ~Pleasantville since very early boy
hood. He took up the vocation of
photography, in which art he became
exceedingly proficient, and only gave
it up a few months ago when the con-
dition of his health demanded it. He
then entered the real estate and in
uranc field. In recent years he had
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20

from November 7, 1919, to April 30,
1921. These should be eliminated in
the estimate for the year and will be
taken up later.
With respect to the cost of btu
minous coal, Mr.. Vosbury used the
figure of approximately 1922 for cost
of coal delivered in the bin per net
ton. The company figures the cost of
coal in the bin at $3.50. Information
obtained by correspondence with the
company's president, While not sub
mitted in evidence, reveals the fact
that current price of coal now being
delivered approximates $7.10 per net
ton. The cost of anthracite coal in
both estimates appears to be some
what higher than current costs, the
company's estimate including state
tax, which is ~confessedly not yet eff
fective. The price of oil is taken at
8.32 cents in both estimates. The
present price of gas oil approximates
5.75 cents instead of 8.32 cents. This
very materially decreases the cost of
gas oil from that calculated in both
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-08-20
POLITICAL POT is
BEGINNING TO SIMMER
A%ssembIymen Blair. and corio to Be
Candidates for Reelection.

While the political pot can hardly
be said to be boiling in Pleasantville,
yet it is simmering in the Republican
camp, and events are gradually shap-
ing themselves to a point where in
teresting developments may be eX-
pected at the September Primary
election. Freebooter Robert M. Willis,
who was elected to succeed the late
John p. Ashmead, has a petition in
circulation for the nomination for d
full term on the County Board of Free
holders. He was appointed to act UNI
til after the November election, when
a successor must be selected under
the law. Willis is the candidate of
the Republican organization, and so
far there has been no one named who
will oppose him on the Democratic
ticket.
Two councilmen are to be elected
this Fall to succeed Walter j. Ander-
son and Wilbur w. Adams. They will
probably seek reelection as they have
so expressed themselves heretofore,
and their friends have also said they
would be in the running again. The
Mainland Republican Club, represent
ing the Republican Organization in
the city, will have candidates to OPP
pose both Of them, it is said, but so
far the men who will run have not
been picked. AT a recent meeting of
the club the matter was discussed, but
no candidates settled upon.
By reason of the increase of one
precinct in the First Ward, that ward
will have an additional man to repre-
sent it in the Republican County Com
mittee this time, making three instead
of two, as heretofore. There will also
be three women on the Republican
County Committee from the First