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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
FROM GENERATION
To GENERATION
Mothers Advise Their Daughters TO
Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to Keep
Them in Health

gave her Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound and now she is a
healthy, happy, hearty, strong girl
and weighs 120 pounds. She has no
difficulty in doing her gym work,
and she works at home every night
and morning, too. l am a mother who
can certainly praise your medicine,
and if it will be of any benefit you
may use this letter as a reference"
Mrs. GEORGE E. WHITACRE, 621 w.
Madison Ave, Mahoningtown, Pa.
Every girl wants to be healthy and
strong, and every mother wants her
daughter to do well in school and to
enjoy herself at all times.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is a splendid medicine for
young girls just entering womanhood.
Mothers maydepend uponit. Remem-
Der it is prepared from roots and
herbs, contains nothing that can in
jure, and tends to tone up and
strengthen the organs concerned,
so that they will work in a healthy
and normal manner.
For nearly fifty years it has been
used by women of all ages, and
these women know its great value.
Let 1t help your daughter and
yourself.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
Had TO Let Them Out.

A more kind-hearted soul than Aunt
Maria never existed. On one occasion
"A neighbor who had looked in for II
chat was Mortified to see a mouse run
across Aunt Maria's kitchen.
%'Why on earth don't you SET a
trap she asked.
well" replied Aunt Maria. II did
have a trap set. but it was such a fuss.
Them mice kept gettin' into it"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
GREEN BOY

The elevator boy was green ut the
ioh Two passengers, a man and a
woman. got on ut the street floor.
"Ninth.n said the latter once they were
foirlv started. sixth said the man.
The car sped by the sixth aoor and
etonped at the ninth. On the way back
tha man said: "Nhy in thunder didn't
con stop at the sixth floor? The sixth
= lower than the ninth" Il know
that" said the elevator boy, hut tie
lady said Ninth FIRST"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
A Sickly Child

Mahoningtown, Pal would like
to say a few words about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
About a year ago I thought it would
be necessary for me to take my
daughter out Of school. She was
losing weight, was nervous, and
when she would come home from
school she would dropinto a chair and
cry, and say, Mamma, I don't believe
] can 20 to school another day L I
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
Noble of Him.

JIM hear Tom got the Carnests
medal with special mention for saving
a person from drowning.
Jam-Yes? Why the special mea-
tion2
Jim-The person was his wife
Penn State Froth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
A Mothers Advice Prevents
ODeration

Corona, N. Y.-"I had q terrible
pain in my left side and had to go to
bed every so often. Doctors had told
me | must be operated on, but l do
not believe in the knife and would
rather suffer than go through it. My
mother also did not believe in 1t and
she made me. take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound because
it had helped her. 1t has also helped
me for | am better and able to do all
my work. I recommend your medi-
cine and give you permission to use
my letter as a Northumberland
BUSCH, Jr., II S. Railroad Avenue,
Corona, N, Y.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
But It's a Fact.

1t is hard TO realize that one and
his romantic "crowd" of twenty years
ago inevitably grow fat, baldheaded
and more and more thoughtful of
good dinners.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

A farm breakfast is abundant and
appetizing, but nobody is asked how
he likes his eggs cooked.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

laidnightto wash
the lWounds of a
1t
some m 1 er
awakened out of
her sofely needed
sleep 10 feed the
hungry child Of
iler#loYe and care?
A jailer?Z WHAT?
Would In
charge Of u prison
underZi h e=oId
L o III d n govern
e stoop 10 such
a ryice?.A#few
hours before this
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
Strennth Ia Not Seen

With all great men. their strength
Is not seen at first, precisely because
they unite in due place and measure
every great quality.-Ruskin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
No Politics This Time.

There does not seem to be any poll
tics in the direction of the work of
the bureau. The writer of this, al
though he knows General Hines per
sonally, does not know to what po-
litical party he belongs. President
Harding picked the general for the job
because of the commanding excellence
of the executive work that he did dur
| ing the war. The appointment OF the
director TO office was One of the few
appointing acts which was not fol-
lowed by charges that another poll
tician had been given a job.
This article is written by an ex-
service man, who like other ex-seryice
men felt in the past that the bureau
which was established for the benefit
of wounded and sick veterans was not
doing its work. The ex~-service men
from the very beginning have not
cared the proverbial whoop whether
the director was a Democrat or a Re
publican, a wet or a dry. All that
they wanted and all that they want is
that the men who were shot up In the
war or brought low by illness be given
proper care. As things stand today
the ex-service men seem to he salts
fed with the bureaus work.
OF course General Hines has been
In office only six months. but the one
great thing has been accomplished
the job-seeking politicians in Wash.
ington have read, understood and
obeyed the order of Hands off" r.
politics can be kept out of the hu-
reau, efficiency will stay in 1t, but
otherwise there will be a return IN
first conditions. The veterans seem
to hold the comfortable belief that
General Hines will stay on the job and
will continue to do as he has done.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

People Ike TO spend money. That
IS chiefly how other people become
rich.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

A hedge four feet wide around a
small lawn is worth while. 1t doesn't
have to be trimmed so often.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

A woman not only knows what she
wants, but also how to so about get.
ting 1t.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
Stupidity Aids.

stupidity sometimes protects US
IRON being deceived by a clever man.
La Rochef0ucauld.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

-Saved5and
Serving.
By REV. H. osTRoM, D. D.
Extension Department. Moo1y
- bible Institute. Chicago
oeooo ecosoee

TEXT-He took them the same hour
4 the night and washed their stripes
de set meat before them and srejoiced.
Acts Is .33-34.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
Your Daily Burden.

It is not what you lose. but what
ynu have daily to bear, that is hard
-Tbackeray.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

OF whom is this we read? Is 1t
some sacrificing doctor hurrYing after
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

Marriage is sometimes a failure and
always an assignment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14
That's Easy.

That's Easy.
Fair Friend Gas band strikes up q
waltz)-What's that out Off
Distinguished Musician-Tunel
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-11-14

lie NUuIu AIIu Il #-4a#4 HH44H4 Hs4E4
hardest job under government.
The story is hat the generals Al
swer to this was: We'll. that Is oil
of the reasons | must TAKE it
From the day thai the bureau WI
established until Director Hines a.
sumed office the complaints againsl
the service were constant. There
were 0 only complaints against II;
there were charges against II. some
of which were unquestionabig true.
But probably the fault did not lie so
much In the officials of the bureau as
with the politicians who tried to make
of the service a dumping ground for
refuse friends who said they needed
Jobs and who could not get them any
where else.
When 1t is said that former chiefs
of the bureau perhaps were not 70
blame for conditions. It is meant only
that they were blameless 50 far IS
their initial intentions we're con
cerned. Apparently they did not have
sufficient backbone TO stand up againsr
the j~ob-seeking n Q who had politi-
cal backing but who were devoid of the
qualities which make for good WORK.
Every official of the veterans bureau
since the day of its establishment prob
ably has meant well, but the trouble
has been until recently thar they did
not do well.
Good Effects of Discipline.
When Frank T. Hines was asked
by President Harding to take the job
men said. and a good many Of those
who said 1t were veterans. that Hines
vas an old-time regular army officer;
that he would be 'hard boiled in his
methods and that camp discipline
would be brought into play in a place
where 1t was out of place.
There recently has been discipline
In the veterans bureau. apparently.
but 1t has been the proper kind of Of
fee discipline which has kept EN-
ployees at their work in behalf of the
veterans. There has been no loafing
and as a result. work which used TO
lag has gone steadily on at a quick
pace.
Director Hines perhaps did show
some hard boiled" tendencies, but the
veterans, so far as their claims and
their cases were concerned, have had
no personal evidences of it. The di-
rector was hard boiled toward the
job-seeking politicians who did not
care at all whether the men for whom
they wanted appointments were fit for
the work or not. All that they wanted
to do was to get them into places
| where they could draw their pay.
1t did not take the job seekers long
to find out that with the new director
the first consideration was the good
OF the wards of the government. One
does not hear today that men in four
thousand-dollar positions in the yeter.
ans bureau are drawing their pay
while junior clerks do their work for
them.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26
.ye declare he grinned ii" there a letter me"

went on with their work. There was
great deal to do in the hickory tree
these busy days and they had no TING
TO waste on gossip.
Bye m bye Fleet Fox came along
stopped. well. l declare" he grinned
"if there isn't a letter for me! Will
you please hand it out, Miss Nancy,
Suddenly he cried out, "Oh, oh, oh
Just wait till I catch that fellow! Just
you watt" And he threw down his val
entine and rushed away in rage.
lets read it." said Nick, picking
IN the paper. "Oh. no wonder he got
mad. Just LISTEN" This was the valen'
tine.
Il love your voice-when 1 don't hear
il,
love your smile-when I'm not neal
It,
I love your way-when I'm not in it
Now guess who wrote this-thlnE
minute" 49,.
Cutie had better hide himself we'll. "
laughed the little fairy postman.
ITO be Continued.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26

One day Mr.. Stamps, the fairy post
man, said to the Twins, What did !
tell you:" ..
And be held up a letter with a big
red heart on it instead of a postage
stamp.
"A valentine. exclaimed Nancy.
dancing around. ooh, goody! won
der who it's FROM
Il Just saw Cutie Cottontail skeddad-
ding around that bush over yonder, SO
i wouldn't be surprised if he dropped
it in the box when j wasn't looking,
said Mr.. Stamps,
who's it to-" asked Nick. .
"Why, it's addressed TO Fleet Fox
said Nancy, looking at the envelope
through her magical glasses.
Then I'll bet it hasn't any love IN
it," declared Mr.. Stamps positively;
IN bet it's a comical valentine. And
won't Fleet be mad though! If he finds
out who sent it. Mr.. Cutie Q. COttontau
had better watch out"
Nick put the letter. or the valentine
| should say, into the box with Mr.;
Foxs name on it and then they all
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-26
Story by Hal Cochran
Dra<Sgs by Leslie Elton
CHAPTER IL

And now shouted ;he repaired Fl think
should take our friend and his dog Frost Town And with that
way We have to mountain announced to Jack
said a
(Connud)
, 1923-01-18
ROSE YIELDS LITTLE PERFUME
Three Million of the Flowers Re.
quired to Produce I'M Ounce of
Commercial Essence.

Flowers for making perfume are
gathered at the hour when their fra
GRANGE is strongest. This is extracted
ing of which is e~nfleurage, which
draws the scent from flowers hal do
not respond TO distillation or other
methods. Butter, rs every housewife
knows, will absorb every stray odor
in the ice box. and it is this peculiar
property of fats which makes entleur-
age possible. Glass plates are coated
with purified mutton or beef fat and
the flower petals pressed into it. These
plates are put into air-tight chambers.
The flowers are renewed from time
to time. When the pomade, as the
fat is now called, has reached the de-
sired strength, it is melted off with
hot water and treated with alcohol.
The resultant altar or essence is then
ready for the perfume maker. In one
French factory alone 2,400 tons Of
roses, 1.750 tons of orange blossoms,
49, tons of violets, $50 tons of jas
mine, 40 tons of tube-roses, and 10
tons Of jOnquils are used in a year.
These amounts do not seem so i'm
pressive when it is known that IL
tons Of roses-about 100000 bios
soms-yield but one pound of essence.
The modern perfumer has a great
scale for floral, herbal and artificial
essences to combine with the animal
bases. and 1t is in this combination
that he exercises his ingenuity and
skill to produce the complex perfume
of today.-Dr. frederic S. Mason in
the Mentor.
, 1923-01-18
HOW TO START
A STALLED CAR
TWelve-F DOT Length of Insulated
Wire Connected as Shown
Did the Trick.
ACTION WHEN IGNITION FAILS
Not Always Easy to Determine Which
Is Right Terminal on coil-care
Is Necessary to Secure
Good Connection.

A motorist in distress recently
asked for help because his ignition
had failed. In view Of a threatened
snowstorm and rapidly approaching
darkness, 1t was desirable to remedy
the trouble MS quickly as possible. A
hasty examination showed that the
fuse was intact; but the maze of wir-
ing of the switchboard and the con-
Meeting instruments was far too com
plicated to detach and make any re-
pairs, even with the manufacturers
chart at hand to explain the intri-
cacies Of the wiring. Nevertheless, We
had the motor running in less than
five minutes. The means used was
simply a 12-foot length of insulated
wire connected as shown.
When the ignition fails and the
trouble seems TO be somewhere be-
tween the coil and the battery, the
quickest way to get the engine going
is to run a special wire direct from
the battery to the coil.
Inasmuch as there are usually from
two to four terminals on the coil, it is
not always easy to say which is the
right one. Sometimes the manufacture
er's instruction book will Indicate it,
or the right terminal may he deter
, 1923-01-18

II was a ten-page letter, bur It might
all have been contained in u couple of
lines. Clarice had written that she
could not marry him.
Eight hours later a wlld-eyed, dis
heveled figure. which nobody on earth
could have mistaken for a famous
editor, was hammering on the front
door of Clarlce's house. Clarice's
mother opened and recoiled in amaze
ment.
"Claricew muttered the great edi-
tor.
rs it you, Rlchardl She's in bed,
with a sick headache"
81 see her at once" he blurted
out.
Clarice's mother had gone through
the experiences of youth herself. SO.
instead of thrusting him out into the
night. she led him in and put him
upon, a lounge. and, ten minutes later,
Clarice appeared, %red-eyed, but tan
talizlngly pretty as ever.
"What does this mean - exclaimed
Richard Littleield. holding out the
letter.
ut means" sobbed Clarlce, that
that I am George Black
George Black ~ echoed the editor.
"Ye-es," wept Clarice. you told me
that my st-stories weren't any good,
and that from the im-im-immatu-turity
Of them You gu-guessed I was a wo.
wo-woman, and that I couldn't write
for the Lev-v-viathan."
A light burst in on %Littlefeld's an
guished soul.
Good heavensr' he muttered. But
why did you want to write stories?"
Because l knew you thought me
ignorant and foolish" murmured Clar-
ice, land | knew | wasn't a fit wife
for you. and | wanted to sh-show you
hat I was capable of becoming a
l-l-literary person."
Dearest" murmured her fiance,
drawing her upon his knee, 'if you
knew how | detest literary persons !
That's my business, Clarice. not my
life. | loved you just for yourself. |
should hate to have you writing
stories. And now I've got to catch the
night train back. Our engagements
still nourishing, isn't it?"
And Clarice's happy smile and kiss
answered his question.
That was how the cook book came
to be restored to the post of honor
upon the bookshelf again.
tcopyrightI
, 1923-01-18
KEROSENE NOT GOOD
AS ENGINE CLEANSER
Drained Case Should Be Treated
With Fresh Engine Oil.
Engineers Have Figures to Prove
That New Method is More Econom-
ical-Orain About Every 500
Miles During Winter.

Kerosene used to be a good stand
by on which motorists depended for
cleaning their engines.
Now come oil engineers with the
declaration hat kerosene causes a
loss Of IS per cent of the total lu.
bricating capacity of an automobile.
SO, instead of using kerosene to
flush out the crank case, those who
have studied this phase Of motoring
say the drained case should be
cleaned with fresh engine oil.
That costs more money, and
arouses a bit of suspicion, when 1t IL
known that this advice comes from
the oil companies. But their engineers
have the figures to prove that. in the
long run, the new method is the more
economical.
Engines that have any form Of
Splash fabrication have oil troughs
and pockets in which part Of the kero.
sene used for flushing is sure to re-
main. In some cars. say the oil en-
gineers, the kerosene retained in this
way represents Is per cen of the to-
tai lubricating capacity of the ear.
II Is safer. therefore, to use the reg
ular kind Of engine oil. The crank
ctse should be drained about every
1000 miles in summer, and every 500
miles in winter. Every time the
change is made. the case should be
flushed with engine oil instead Of kero-
sene.
The oil used for this purpose can
be put to other %lubricating uses.
Regular cleaning Of the crank case
means longer life for the engine. The
carbon that accumulates there in a
seasons run is enough to wear down
the bearings. plstons and cylinder walls
I'm n short time.
, 1923-01-18
Left Provision for Pet Cat.

BY "A will filed in the Knox county
court, Maine, Mrs. Foudray provided
for her cat Bean as follows: "If l die
before my cat Bean he is to have the
best Of care, allowed TO sleep on the
table or window sill and not left out
OF doors at all, and So per month is
for salmon, milk and meat. When he
dies he Is to have a white casket made
aud be buried in my lot in Achorn
cemetery, and a small stone put up
for him costing 500" Bean died first.
Portland Press Herald.
, 1923-01-18
AUT0M@41lE
NEWS e@a&O

The old system Of throwing the
clutch out before applying the brakes
is fast becoming taboo.
The record for changing a tire of
an ordinary small automobile is 3
minutes, rs 10 seconds.
II a loose bolt or nut slips into the
drip pan It Is wise to Immediately To-
cate where II belongs and reseut II.
In connecting up my battery. wet
cells or dry cells, care should be taken
to use II good grade Of insulated rub
Der covered wire.
When tightening nuts which hold
wires to spark plugs, the wires should
be held firmly with II hand while
the nuts are being frightened with q
pair OF pliers In the other hand.
, 1923-01-18
That Ended That.

| had been going with Bob for sew
etal months and finally we became en-
gagged. He presented me with a beau
tiful diamond ring.
The next evening a family friend
who happened TO be a jeweler was call
ing. or course, mother had to show
him my ring.
The q day father told me the
Jeweler told him my ring was glass
and gold plate.
Bob and | were engaged just two
days.-EXchange.
, 1923-01-18
cutIcura soothes itching Scalp.

cuticura soothes Itching Scalp.
On retiring gently rub spots of dam
druff and itching with Cuticura ONT
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
Them you everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
Observation-Disclosures.
, 1923-01-18
Cause Of Accidents.

Among the causes of traffic
accidents are careless driving,
children playing in the streets,
poor parking accommodations.
insufficient Fairgrounds, bad
street lighting, lack of signs,
narrow street limits, inadequate
police force and unintelllgent
traffic regulations.
, 1923-01-18
Another Extra Dividend.

"Dld you ever steal apples when
you were n hoy?"
sure" said Mr.. Grnbson. water.
melons. loo. And that reminds me-"
"Eh?"
'I've got to attend n directors
meeting. The boys are going to cut
one
, 1923-01-18
MILEAGE Told by Tires.

Tires tell mileage history more o
v~incingly even than speedometers. The
appearance of n car Is frequently made
or marred by condition Of the tires.
, 1923-01-18
Wanted 10 Know.

mamma. how much do people pay
n pound for babiesY"
"Bables are not sold by the pound.
dear"
'Then why do they always weigh
them as sooB as they are born7'
, 1923-01-18

battery 10 Coll.
mined by trial usually It viii be the
terminal which indicates a live cir
cult when tested by the simple proc
ess Of rubbing the special wire on +:
when the breaker points are closed.
In connecting the end Of the special
wire to a terminal, be sure that the
regular wire has first been discon-
nected.
The other end OF the special wire
should be connected with the side of
the battery that is not grounded. Care
must he exercised to obtain "A good
connection at this point. Scrape the
electrode clean, and If any difficulty is
then experienced In obtaining a good
spark, make n nail hole i'm the cleo
trode and wedge n few strands Of wire
Into It. as illustrated.
When this connection Is made, the
ignition switch will be imperative,
but the engine may he stalled by
bringing the car TO II stop and letting
the clutch In gently while the brake Is
on. Care should be taken to crank
the engine Immediately after making
the connection and to disconnect the
wire rs soon as the motor stops IN or
der to prevent the coils becoming
overhented.-M. II. ", In Popular
Science Monthly.