The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-01-07
Ne57HHss LOCAL.. esaiIIY

Colds are contagious; avoid them
like measles.
Remember that to-day is your op-
~portunity; tomorrow is some other
fellows.
Bet on the ''talker" for the first
| heat, but put you money on the doer
for the race.
Help that cold to run its course"
by drinking plenty of water and going
on a vegetable diet.
The people who feel like %conquering
the world are the people who keep
clean inside and out.
Invest 10 cents in a pair of shoe
trees and save dollars in prolonged
life of your foot gear.
Even when a woman does not return.
a mans affection, she can't help ad-
miring his discrimination.
Some folks eat soggy pies, others
brush the lower crust with egg whites
before they put the fruit in.
Gran,ma says: Don't Judge grouchy
folks too harshly. Probably it isn't so
much disposition as dyspepsia"
Putting a thimble over the end Of
your curtain rod before slipping the
curtain on saves time and tatters.
Beware serving raisins and nuts as
%delicacies for the end of a heavy
meal; both are high in food value.
Johnny says: Does YOU ma bake
apples and orange marmalade to-
gether? Mine does, and, oh boy, it's
goodl"
Food for thought, The American
people in 1914 ate 725 pounds of oleo.
in 1920 they consumed a billion
pounds.
The annual meetings of the local
banks occur next Tuesday. 1t is ex-
pected that the boards of directors
and officers will not be changed in any
case.
The Trustees of the Mary Henry
Memorial Spiritualist Church will have
a rummage sale on Jan. 8, 10 and II,
from 2 to 1880 p. m, at the corner OF
New Road and fremont venue
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Senate, and
one of the most prominent leaders OF
the Republican party in the nation,
died at his Washington residence last
Saturday afternoon. He was n Of
the oldest members of the upper body
in length of service.
The Women's Mainland Republican
Club will hold their regular meeting
at headquarters next Monday evening
at S O'Clock. Mrs. Lewis NJ Clark, OF
Absecon, will address the
las win Also
tee. After flS l1eSs session /
eial hour VIII be spent with the visit
ing ladies from Absecon and Mrs
Johnson.
Speakers of interest for Home Blu
reau Day at Trenton, Jan. II, are Miss
Flora Rose, of Cornell University. who
will have for her subject Concerning
Nutrition at 2 p. m, and ex-Con-
gresham A. f. Lever, author of the
Smith-Leyer Act, who will speak at
the evening session, Jan. II. What
these two speakers will have to say
will be of much interest to those whe
are interested in home demonstration
organization.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of Salem NJ. f. Church will
be entertained this Saturday afternoon
from 4 10 5 o'clock at the home OF
Mrs. Charles w. Blake. The ladies
will carry a box luncheon, and their
husbands will join them at 6 O'Clock.
Mrs. John G.. Thomas and daughters
and Miss Mida Blake will arrange the
program, which will include a musi-
Gale in the evening. All interested
parties are cordially invited to attend.
The Degree Team of Allequippa
Council, No. 7, met at the home OF
Mrs. Charles f.. Levin, of East Null
berry venue, and elected the follow
ing officers: President, Meta McHale;
vice-president, Eva Weisenberger; sec
rotary, Lulu Grimm; treasurer, Estelia
Levin. Entertainment Committee.
Chairlady, Emma Collins; aides, Helen
Horton. Zelda Hambleton. Plans for
a dance and a rattle were arranged for
Jan. "a. After the business was con
cluded, the hostess served a dainty
luneh. viii meet at Emma Collins
next week. at 232 N. Main street.
A preacher came at a newspaper
man in this way: You editors do not
tell the truth. If you did you could
not live; your newspapers would be a
failure. The editor replied: You are
right and the minister who will at all
times and under all circumstances tell
the whole truth about his members,
alive or dead, viii not occupy his puJ-
pit more than one Sunday, and then
he will find it necessary to leave town
in a hurry. The press and the pulpit
go hand in hand with w~hitewasn
brushes and pleasant words, magnify
ing little virtues into big ones. The
pulpit, the pen, and the grave stone
are the great saint-making triumv-
rate. And the great minister went
away looking very thoughtful while
the editor turned to his work, and told
of the u~nsurpassing beauty of the
bride, while in fact she was as home
ly as a mud fence.
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