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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
The ROSE OF JERICHO
Pilgrims Told of Its Power to
Bloom on Christmas Day.
Blossom Given the Name Of Resurree-
ton Flower; Also Called St.
Mary's Rose.

EVERAL varieties OF the so-called
~ resurrection plant have appeared
among the novelties offered by florists,
but the original is the rose of Jericho.
Along the shores of the Dead sea, far
enough away to be out of reach Of the
death-dealing vapors and the salt
spray, grows this rose, a little plant
famed III many n legendary story,
which, when ripened, rolls up its
sprays and branches into curious
little brown ball.
The desert winds snap off its dry
stem and whirl the seemingly dead
little ball away over sandy plains like
a feather-welght. After ii chances to
reach some damp place, in about ten
days, the moisture has wrought a
miracle for the once dead is alive
again, green and growing.
The old-time pilgrims who brought
back this plant with them from the
Holy Land, told wonderful tales of its
power to bloom out on Christmas day
and gave it the name of resurrection
flower. Another old legend names it
from every spot where they halted to
rest.
The dry ball when unfolding drops
its seeds, and from these it may be
cultivated as an annual. To resurrect
these dry balls it Is simply necessary
to keep them standing in glasses of
water, immersed about halfway TO the
ton Op their branches The eXnauSiIn
is merely a mechanical spongelike
process.
The botanical name of the rose of
Jericho is anastatica, from anastasis,
resurrection. There are other species
Of resurrection plants, but they are
not so attractive as their Dead sea
relative, which, although 1t has very
little beauty, has an honored place
among flowers because of the many
fancies and associations II calls up
and its peculiar observation-disclosures.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
JOY or CHRISTMAS
Season Proves That Men and
Women Are Friendly Beings.
Cheerful Shows People Wish
to Be Congenial.

n NE of the finest things about
~ Christmas is its trueness, the
joyous reality of it. AT Christmas
time no eXhortation is necessary to
make it go; Christmas never has to
be made success" as parade or
a pageant
Christmas is in certain sense an
institution; it comes at a certain date
each year; it always has its Christmas
tree, its stocking, its poultry dinner
colored with cranberries. But it is
one of those institutions that has new
er been institutionized; it exists in
the nature Of man.
Christmas proves to US that men,
women and children are at heart
friendly beings. The spontaneity of
Christmas giving and Christmas cheer
proves what people really want to be
good friends.
Wars go on at other times; men
and women quarrel among themselves
over property or over other men and
women; artificial requirements are i'm
posed that incite to greed, dishonesty
and bitterness. But at Christmas time
there comes over the broad surface Of
our western civilization, which is pref
ty much like other civilizations
great reversion to type. Man wants
most to be happy he wants to dance
and sing and to make other persons
happy. At other times than Christ
mas something seems to be wrong, and
man reasons that someone else is to
blame.
At Christmas time there is a gen
eral forgetting of everything but be-
ing natural Christmas is the great
annual armistice of that portion of
humanity that has come to be segre
gated under the name of Christendom
Christmas is the finest thing that
has come out of Christianity, because
it is the friendliest thing. Men and
women are not naturally and health
lily meddlers; the best part of their
lives and the most of their happiness
does not come from the tyranny they
exercise or the repressions they set
up or the reformatory cruelties they
infiict on others.
At Christmas time men and women
forget to be anything but children
again.
Perhaps some day there will be
sort of Christmas every day of the
year Perhaps men and women will
be able to forget more often and more
completely, and thereby live more
completely, the elimination of bitter
ness and artificial antagonisms being
both the cause and the effect of this
happy state.
Perhaps one Of the lessons of Christ
mas is that we have more to forget
than to learn.-Detl oft News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
IN OTHER LANDS

Mt. Etna, Europe's greatest volcano,
rises Immediately in front of the sea,
The mole cricket has curious mole
like hands admirably adapted for
digging.
1t is not the correct thing even In
polite society to return the visits of a
physician.
When a man gets a swelled head
there may be no more in it than in a
toy balloon.
Crawfish by their burrowng habits
often injure the levees of the Nisss-
sippi river
Seville, Spain, is said to have been
the first European city to have a po-
licewoman.
The really modest philanthropist
lets the recording angel act as his
press agent.
Don't blame others for taking you
at your own face value if you give
yoifself away.
A mother wasp will ruthlessly kill
any of her offspring which she finds
feeble or deformed
Sometimes a woman doesn't meet
her ideal man until she is too old for
him to recognize her.
She always believes that her shoes
look larger than they really are if
they feel comfortable.
The man who has good reputation
may not he able to realize the fun he
might have if he didn't.
Some men are always looking for
chance to earn money and some are
satisfied merely to get it.
The staff of the library of the
League of Nations in Geneva is COM
posed entirely of women.
The inhabitants of Jutland are be-
lieved to be the most genuine speci-
mems of the old Danish stock.
Ask a truthful man his opinion and
the chances are that he will hand YOU
something that you don't want.
1t is her winning ways that often
enable woman to get the better of
man in the matrimonial game.
Bradford, England, is to start at
once the erection of 260 dwellings, in
an effort to improve the housing stu
alton.
When woman pounds a piano she
does so either because she wants TO
or because her neighbors don't want
her to.
Some married men are foolish
enough to believe they should be al
lowed to spend part of the money
they earn.
Liverpool owns one-thrd of the to-
tai shipping Of the United Kingdom,
and one tenth of the total registered
shipping of the world.
In the mountains of southern
Arabia, a region Of tremendous crags
| and precipices, lives a mysterious
tribe of people who are entirely diff
ferent from the Arabs. They are far
lighter in color, and live in villages,
not tents. They are said to be a
relic of the Persian army which in
yaded the country nearly 1000 years
| ago
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
OBJECTION WOULD NOT LAST
sutor More Than Willing to Remove
Cause for Prospective Father
in-LaW's III Will.

The two lovers were talking over
their troubles, particularly the paren-
tai objections offered to their mar
rage But" said the youth, 81 can't
for the life of me see why your ia
ther should place any obstacle in the
way of our marriage
"Wel," explained the girl after
some reelection. II think it stands this
way Father, you know, is always
boasting of his lineage He is for
ever saying that his ancestors were
gentlemen of leisure like himself, and
that YOU have to work for living"
well" continued the sutton, tell
him that I don't expect to after we
are married"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
MORRIS COUNTY
SAVINGS BANK
A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK
The ONLY SAVINGS BANK Norris County
MAKE A DEPOSIT NOW!
1T is NOT WHAT YOU EARN, BUT WHAT YOU SAVE
THAT COUNTS
4 per cent. Dividends Since 1906
PhiIander B. Pierson. President

Philander B. Pierson, President
Guy Nnton Vice President Ward Campbell Sey and Treas
NJ c. Murray Asst. Sec'y. c. H. Corwin Asst Treas
Philip H. Hoffman, Francis S. Hoyt, Henry c. Pitney Jr.
Eugene S. Burke Alfred Elmer Mills George W. Sickle
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-12-23
Personal OPINIONS
Gratitude has good eyes.
Success talks; failure listens.
MI. 49, - .,-4 l., AI...z-...t, Ill

Success talks; failure listens.
The way to rest is through toll.
A safe combination is an open
secret.
Successful dentists live from hand
to mouth.
Is, at last, the ire to be taken out
Of Ireland?
Self-made men never cease to praise
their makers.
Use your mind or you will never be
Of much use.
Golf is an ideal diversion, but a
ruinous disease.
Eternity is the distance between sun
rise and sunset.
Even the worm will turn-perhaps
into butterfly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26

To Act ms Judge at Scout Meeting.
LTNCHBtRG, VA. Oct. "a. ].
'iimmclsbach, Scout executive here.
viii go to Portsmouth Friday to as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

SIR. and Mrs. Thomas +. Reynolds
may" returned from Il motor trip to
North Carolina.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
WOMEN's MEETINGS.

There will be meeting Of In.
confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety at the museum this morning AT
Il O'Clock.
There Will be an important meet
ng or the "oman's Auxiliary. Amer
ican Legion, at the Richmond Hotel
nursday morning at II O'Clock.
ST. J6seph's Academy Alumnae will
hoid lis regular monthly meeting this
evening at s o'clock
The Association of Mc.ho is,
E"mcn for social service will meet
ms afternoon at 800 O'Clock in tho
fc'urc-roo'n OF Centenary Church
'cH. ). X l.aughton viii address the
sS"c,huoh. his subject being Clean
.SS From the Recent Conferences"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
YOU'LL GET RID OF
BLAcKHEADS SURE

There is one simple, safe and sure
way that never falls to get rid OF
blackheads and that Is to dissolve
them.
To do this get two ounces Of calo-
mite powder from any drug store
sprinkle little on hot, wet sponge
rub over the blackheads briskly-
wash the parts and you will be sur
prised how the blackheads have dis
appeared. Big blackheads. little
biackheads. no matter where they
are. simply dissolve and disappear,
leaving the parts without any mark
whatever. Blackhcads are simply
mixture OF dust and dirt and secre-
tions from the body that form in the
pores of tho skin-pinchinY and
squeezing only cause irritation. make
large pores, and do not get them out
after they become hard. The cnlo-
mite powder and the water simply
dissolve the blnckhcads so they wash
right out. leaving the pores free and
clean and In their natural condition.
Anybody troubled with these un-
slightly blemishes should certainly try
this simple method.-Ad, ertisement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26

Lady Diana Manners (now Lady Dun
cooper, OF l.ondon) who wished TO
enter motion pictures and cabled Mr.
Iri'ith for work in his organization.
me contract for her appearance had
oecn signed when she met with an in
Jury TO her spine through a fall while
watching one of the parades OF re-
iurned British soldiers.
In Way Down East" Mrs. Belmont.
With several hundred others, appears
in exclusive gowns especially created
Tor the scene by Lady Dun Gordon
C'LucilcD. Furs valued ut hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars, supplied by
otto Kahn, Inc, OF New York. also
"rn worn by the ladies appearing in
the earlier part of the productions
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
Remove Those Skin
DisC0IOratiOns
Use the Popular Skin Bcauti-
tier--Benuty Bleach.

Tonight cleanse the skin with
warm water and Black and White
soap. Apply lightly to the skin
Heauty Bleach--a delightfully."- fra
grant cream. Next mornin; again
cleanse the skin. rinse with cool wa
Ter. Then apply little bits OF sooth-
ing. healing. Cleansing Cream. Your
skin Is then ready for your face pow
der and rouge
Eiack and White Beauty Bleach has
many uses--will remove tan, sun
skin clear, soft and youth tul- tinted.
Black and White Cleansing Cream
is ideal for cleansing the skin. re-
hevinK chaps and other irritations.
Black and White Beauty Rleach
ooc: Black and White Soap. csc: Black
and White Cleansing Cream. 25c and
Soc: can be found at good drug and
department stores. Write Plough
Memphis. Tenn, for Dear Book and
leafiet. which tells you ali about
Elack and White Toilet Preparations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
Dyed Her Silk
Stockings to
Match Skirt

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple any
woman can dye or tint her worn,
shabby dresses, skirts. waists. coats.
stockings. sweaters. coverings, dra =
pcries. hangings, everything, even IL
she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dycs"-no oth-r kind
then perfect home dycinG Is sure. be
cause Diamond Dyes are guaranteed
not to spot. fade. streak or run. Tell
your druggist whether the material
you wish TO dye is wool or silk, or
whether II is linen. cotton or mixed
goods AdVcrtiscment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
JANE COWL SCORES
PERSONAL TRIUMPH
smilin Through" Ia He Seen nj the
Academy, IL mn tnusuni no.
InuntTc Cuiueuy

'H"htc ttfueuy.
lane Cowl. whose beauty is only.
'tss marked than her power over III.
taygocrs emotions. has been cred .
TED "iti another personal triumph
"a "Smilin' Through" AN unusual ro-
mantle comedy by young Canadian
playwright. Allan LanIdon Martin
nd this latest Sclwyn success come,
20 this city on Monday. Tuesday and
" edncsday at the Academy
MISS Cowi herself has gone on rec
"a as saying that "Smilin' Through"
vas eagerly welcomed by her be-
2use II WAS the first play chosen for
her by the Sclwyns in which she has
ne opportunity TO mingle laughter
with the tears that have made her
famous ever since tn. DAYS OF with
in the Law" II might also be added
mat II gives her an equally great on
rortunity TO show OF her celebrated
heauty. for though she appears in a
dual role, she Is always young and
AIR ana most tccomingly gowned
~ Arst she is rosy checked girl
being made love to in a charming
English garden by youth about TO
go of 10 the big war. Her uncle
hates the youth-bears him an old
grudgc-and this development leads
TO the unfolding OF the unclc's shat
tered romance. with Miss Cowl an
pcaring as n lilly-likc bride Of the
old days Of frills ana turbclows. hut
there Is happy ending of the gar
den romance. which ie brought about
In spir!iualistic fashion. through the
departed brides apparition, accom-
panied ly good advice to the uncle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26

tho South sho was principal Of tho
Junior High School ut Midlothian.
Mr.. stacy was In the service for
TWO years ana was with the Eightieth
Division overseas.
dOrning Musical.
THE Musicians Club will give its
hrst morning musicale OF the season
today at IL o'clock in the auditorium
OF the "oman's Club. An attractive
program has been arranged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
RHEU MATISM
LE.YES. YOU FOREVER

Deep Seated eric Acid Deposits Aro
Dissolved and tho Rheumatic Poison
Stnrts to Leave tho System Within
Twenty -four Hours.
Every Druggist IN thi. county Is au-
thori2cd 10 say to every rheumatic sur
terer that u two bottles OF Allenrbu, thn
suro conQueror OF rheumatism. doe, not
stop all agony. reduce swollen Joints and
do away with even the slightest twinge OF
rheumatic pain. ne viii gladly return your
money without comment.
Allenrhu has been tried and tested for
years. and really marvellous results have
been accomplished in the most severe cases
where the suffering ana agony was Intense
and piteous and where the patient was
helpless
Mr.. James II. Allen. the discoverer of
AHenrhu. who for many years suffered tho
torments OF acute rheumat ism, desires all
sufferers TO know that he does not want A
cent OF any ones money unless Allenrhu
dsrisively conqucrs this worst OF al, dis
cases. and ne has instructed all druggists
20 guarantee IT in every Observation-Disclosures
tiscment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
Give Them Mahogany

An old manufacturer with phanthropc spirit once said "hen
of the young folks place get married always
give them bit of fine mahogany they may have
thing to live up to-"
The other day gentleman and his from South Boston and
whose daughter recently married Sydnor Hundevs
and repeated the above Eyes that's exactly our
dea said the gentleman. eve give daughter
present and handsome individual piece furniture in ma
hogany will just about fill the bill"
OF course supplied what wanted was on display in
this big unusual store where extraordinary merit
always be found and there hundreds and hundreds
of other pieces from which YOU may select any dav YOU
find it convenient to give lis q call
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
sist in judging the Tidcwater Boy
Scout meeting at pnrtsmnuth

2 lcopyrIght. 1921. Vogue Co. Now York;
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foremost asset the extreme simplicity
The chals
sleeves ana shaped
chnise frocls
me sashes and the touches
fabric o frock. ~ ~
Copyright 1921, Co.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
Highland Park Woman. club.

Mrs. Henry Aylcit Sampson viii
give an authors reading before the
! Highland Park Woman's Club this af-
! ,ernoon at $3.50 In the ci,fb rooms.
! 1901 Third Avcnuc. Members may
| hring guests. and the hos;csscs in
c!ude Mrs. Charles Rose, Mrs Frank
| * Lord. Nrs. r. Eiwood Tragic.
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engagement Announced.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston Il. Vial. 81.
reake. announce the engagement and
approaching marriage OF their daugh-
ter. Harriet" Louise. 10 Robert r.
J"tcr. or EllcrsOn. The wcddin:: vii
Ike nlace late in Noycmbnr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
MRS. MORGAN BELMONT
is IN GRIFFITH FEATURE
New York mud Newport Society
Womnn Appears In sway


Down EnNf."
Mrs. Morgan belmont, OF New York
and Newport, the first American So
cfcty woman to appear in motion pic
lures. ~ in ID. w. Griflith's produc-
ton Of Way Down East" which is
the attraction at the Academy this
week. Mrs. Belmont plays the part OF
a Boston society girl In the earlier
scenes IN the production. For six
weeks she reported at the Griffith
studios At Marnaruncck, y. Y. every
morning. working until late at night
aud receiving the same pay rs other
players working In the same capacity
Her action Is similar 10 that OF
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-28

as being just a trifie too obvious said Holmes. You do not add imagina- ton to your other great qualities but if you could for one moment put yourself in the place of this young man, would you choose the very night after the will had been made to com init your crime? Would it not seem dangerous to you to make so very close Q relation between the two inci- dents? Again, would you choose an occasion when you are known to be in the house. when Q servant has let you in2 And. finally. would you take the great pains to conceal the body, and yet leave your own stick as sign that you were the criminal? Confess Lestrade, that all this is very un- likely"
 'As to the stick. MT. Holmes. you know as well as I do that a criminal is often Hurried, and does such things. which a cool man would avoid He was very likely afraid to go back to the room. Give me another theory
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-28
IF YOU ARE TASTEFUL.

Perhaps I should have written scious.' because after all bashfulness and Self-conSciOuSneSS are not quite the same. Of the two self-consciouS- ness is much the worst.
 And there are so many things the self-conscious girl should know and so few of them can be told It is harder to give help about this than about any other problem of the wo- man who wants to improve herself, I am almost tired of repeating Grow conceited then you won't be bit self conscious Yet that. briefly, is the best advice one can give. Conceit and Self-cOnsciOuSnesS never go together. And the seIf-cOnsciouS girl is never apt to grow too cOnceited!
 If you are self-conscious, try to for get just this one problem for a time and turn your attention to other things. That one thing is very difti- cult to overcome. A direct attack upon it is to use your will power to go into company when you shrink from strangers. An indirect attack is to make yourself as sweet and charming in manner, as fresh and dainty and pretty to look upon, Tn appearance, as lies in your power
 Have your hair nicely kept and well dressed your skin beautifully clear, your hands always looking wells your self as artistically dressed as possible Once you are sure of your physical good looks and bearing, you are apt shrinking. Indeed, I have known a handsome new dress to overcome. ternuorar-iIy, many a case of awk- vardness and self-consciouSneSS- If
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-28

into two taxiS with us. When I tell you that I had a considerable sum of money with me you won't be sur prised at my uneasiness.
 '-The next morning the whole colo ny at Jacksonville was mortified at the news of a particularly brutal and daring murder which had happened the evening before in little cottage right across the street from the hotel where we were stopping
 "A man and his wife and daughter, with another young man, who was paying attention to the young. lady, were playing cards in the front rom, around nine o'clock. They were tourists, too, coming from a town on Long Island and just down for a lit tie vacation.
 ''They were laughing and talking over their cards, when suddenly a man stepped into the room from the porch, saying Hold up your hands,
 At first the men thought it was a joke, and one of the men replied: If we do well spoil the game" or some thing to that effect.
 With that another man stepped into the room back of the first, and jumped for the wife, jerking off a ieweled necklace that she wore. The husband started to go to his wife's assistance when the first man drew 2 revoIveea,4 and shot him dead The ycSnge~ man then started for help s-5 the other man shot him, too, killing him instantly.
 "WNh that they fled, the women being too dazed to summon help.
 "Wen, that shocked me consider able, and by George, the description of one of those crooks, as given in the paper, tallied with the man who had followed me from St. Augustine Well, sir, l got so worked up about it, that I mentioned my encounter of the day before to the hotel man. agement, and say, it was no time be- fore they had detectives up interview ing me.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-04-28
Never Found Criminals.


 CT told them all I could, but they never found the murderers, at least, they hadn't when I came north a cou- pie of weeks later. So I think l had a mighty lucky escape!"
 To which the listener agreed.
 NIT. Sterling's trip was marked also by some agreeable happenings, hav- ing, then presid dent-elect, play golf with Charles G. Sanford. former pres ident of the Ffrst-Bridgeport Ma tional Bank.
 They're both good players, too Harding would make a good drive then get the ball within an inch or two of the hole-afraid if he didn't get it in he would break the heart of the nationt Charley playing with just like it was Frank MiIIeri' MT. Sterling chuckled.
 "Yes, they played together every day-quite a feather in the cap of Charley Sanford, I'd say!"
 fI enjoyed some of the reflected far-fetched to say so You see, was shaved with the same razor that was used on him, and the barber told me of a sample of Harding's wit. It seems that one morning he had used bay rum on the president-e1ect. which rather surprised him as it has been almost impossible to get.
 s'Thats fine bay rum. said Hard Ing.
 "'1es, it is.' rejoined the bar Der.
 "'Hum,' chuckled Harding, ten per cent alcohol perhaps that's wf1yI' and say. the barber told that to every body-thought that was a good joke! 'Twouldnt please [ he Prohibitionists none. though, would it?" laughed MT. Sterling.