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So far during the present season
over 107 900 people have seen The in
teresting demonstrations given by the
Bell Telephone Company befor var
ious Business Mems Clubs. Itible
Glasses, Schools. etc. The demonsfra-
tion Is Familiarity known as go Min
utes in Central Office"
Judging by the many requests that
are coming IN for dates, the attendance
figures win fe doubled before the close
Of tie season, which viii probably be
sometime in June.
The demonstration is unique In that
par of q standard telephone switch
board has been mounted on a board
and made to operate JUST AZ the stand
ard switchboard operates
Tie relays, repeating coils plugs,
Jacks and hundred aud one other
bits Of equipment familiar 10 the tele.
phone man are the same as those used
IN I; modern central office
These parts are all affixed 70 the
reverse side of the board and are 50
connected that an actual working con-
nection can be set ny from one side
Of the board 10 the other In fact,
calls are actually handled during each
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many killed or injured. On her own
initiative she called all the doctors,
Red Cross nurses, police department
and all the telephone subscribers who
she thought would be of any assistance
In the emergency, and brought almost
the entire community to the assist
ance of the injured.
Miss Salter was operating the
switchboard in the St Marys central
office at PAS A. NJ on October IS,
1922. when bad fire, in a large garage
in the rear of the building In which
the exchange is located, broke cut.
Despite explosions from the burning
oils and gasoline. she remained at the
switchboard, experimenting all neces-
sary communications with the fire de-
partments of Ridgway and Emporium.
Miss Ray on the evening oNAugust
|, 1922, as supervisor in the Reading
central Office, was alarmed by hearing
means on a party line. After great
difficulty she induced a neighbor Ia call
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Announcement has just been made
Of the award of Theodore N. Vail
Bronze Medals for the year 1922 by
the Bell Telephone Company These
medals are awarded each year, from
a fund created In memory of the late
President of the Bell System, to tele-
phone workers who perform "conspicu-
Gus acts of public service" Above are
shown the recipients of the 1922
awards.
Miss Yeager, Mrs, Toughill and Mrs,
Allen were operating the Merchant
Vile, n. j., telephone exchange on the
night of october %. 1922. when fire
broke out In the building The women
remained at the switchboard until the
water and falling plaster put 1t out of
service.
Mrs Bassett on The night of July 3,
1922, was on duty al the Hammonton
central office when fast passenger
train was wrecked near there and
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Preferred tho Cash.

Youngsters that come In contact with
the public become most worldly wise.
Johnny shined shoes and knew the
ways of the world from intimate, and
sometimes bitter experience. One day
prosperous@ooking old gentleman
stepped up Into the shine stand. lie
eyed Johnny with friendly interest.
Young man, you look like Il bright
intelligent young fellow he remarked
Johnny looked up at him unlm-
pressed.
Say, mister he retorted, I've had
that line pulled ON me before. What
want 10 know before We go any
further, is this cash shine or when
l get through Will you pat me on the
head and tell me III be governor some
day f"-kansas City Star
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ana SUBMITTED 10 the mnNa treatment.
1t relieved him considerably. and
doubtless prolonged his life hut did
not restore the paralyzed legs. lie
was compelled to use wallilne-stiel,
in each hand In the ordinary course
of debate IN the senate fer the last
few years he generally read and spoke
In a sitting posture, the courtesy Of
his brother senators admitting that
position. When dealing with ques-
tons Of national Importance he spoke
standing, supporting himself aganst
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at all the houses served by that line.
As result subscriber was found
lying on the floor, bound and gagged
by burglar who had ransacked the
house
Miss Mccarthy was ON duty In the
Barnesboro central office on the morn
ing of November 6, 1922, when an ex-
plosion at the Spangler Mine killed
and injured a number of men. I'm
mediately she called all nearby ply
sieians and mine officials and although
she knew that relative had been
trapped In the mine, she remained Mt
her position for twenty four hours to
handle the extra large number OF
telephone calls.
Thomus Lawrence Hogan on the
night of May 20 1922 was passenger
on trolley car which struck a woman.
He directed the work of getting her
from beneath The wheels and then
rendered first aid which physicians
said probably saved her life.
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sometimes against stanHng support.
consisting of an iron standard sur
mounted by small wooden reading
desk.
During the fierce partisan debate In
The senate near the close Of the Civil
war and especially while the recon
struction measures were being dis
cusSed, ne WAS stalwart and Excess
siVely puenaelous fighter on the Re
publican side, and earned the appella-
tlon Of The Deyll ON Two Sticks"
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pulpits. insist she has no right TO
allow such enemies of God. Of
home, and OF government to carry
her name. | think a Presbyterian
minister who denies the deity Of
Christ or the infallible Word OF
God and continues to occupy
Presbyterian pulpit is drawing his
money under false preteuses. We
have all taken oath to teach the
deity of Christ and the infalli-
bility OF Gods Word. and for that
we receive position and compcnsa-
ton.
SECOND - r h c Presbyterian
Church commits folly when she
becomes a meal ticket for faddlsts
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LAMBERTVlI.LE PRESBYTERl An
Rev. Theron Lee. Minister
IAMRERTyuLE BAPTIST

Rev Harold NJ. Dorrell. Minister
9.45 Sunday School. IL 90 Morning
730 Evening Worship.
Prayer meeting Tuesday 7.45 pm.
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NEW HOPE METHODIST

Rev w. A. Lewis, Pastor.
10 am Sunday School.
II am. Worship and Sermon,
pm. Epworth League
7.30 pm. Preaching.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
A glad hand and welcome to all.
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NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN
Edward Murray Clark. Pastor

ST. MARTINS X. L. CHURCH
Hours of Service--Mass on Sunday
at and 10 o'clock. Holy days at 5
and s o'clock.
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Effective Printing

means good type. good presses. good
workmen and good paper. We have the
equipment and the workmen for you. and
use Hammernill grades of bond. safety
and cover papers. Let US shsw Eoa
CORD PRINT SHOP
LAMBERTVILLE, N. J,
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Thompson Memorial Presbyterian

Rev. w. w. Harris, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
Morning worship at IL o'clock.
Sunday School at Wood Hill Chapel.
2 20 p. NJ
G. Il. at 7.30 r. M.
Evening worship at o'clock.
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SANDY RIDGE BAPTIST
Rev. r. Lewis Everett, Pastor.
Sunday School 1918 A. M.
Preaching IL A. M.
c. e. Meeting Z p. M.
Preaching 7.30 p. M.
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STOCKTON PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. f. O. Hathaway, Pastor.
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and place-hunters who constantly
devise schemes and plans and Or
carnations 10 increase their power.
patronage and patrimony. They
i've and work exclusively that they
NAV sub.ist upon such efforts.
THIRD The Presbyterian
Church commits a foily when she
permits her enemies t. begin 10
bojl9 machinery aad centralize her
government. thereby detracting
from lcr ~cs
don't believe Presbyterians will
submit 70 ,rntralized power nor to
dictat.ou by agents and machines
They crushed that kind OF power
once / hope they will crush it
again Ii must be crushed in gov
eruments and it must be crushed in
the church.
The Presbyterian Church should
return to the sovereignty and
power and supremacy OF her Pres
bvterian government and to the
control By her presbytcries'
Hear my pleal Awake, grand old
Church Of liberty, righteousness
and evangelism.
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sERGEANTSVILLE NJ. T.. CHURCH

SERGEANTSVILLE NJ. Il. CHURCH
Rev. J. l. Morgan, Pastor.
$50 Sunday School.
1890 Preaching Service.
730 Evening service, sermon.
ST. PHILIPS CHAPEL, New Hope
Rev. Mr.. Barnett, Rector.
Episcopal services as follows:
Evening Prayer $50 p. NJ.
Holy Communion Second Sunday in
each month at 1l30 a. NJ.
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Editors Notei Rev. Matthews ls Pres.
bytsrian Minister In thes First Church at
Seattle. Wash.
The Presbyterian Church has
been one Of the greatest forces Tor
liberty, education. and evangelism
America has ever had. think. Il
tn was the author OF
- modern represen-
pRESBY- tati9e Republican
TERIANS s0y', T jaF Amer
lea owes much OF her government
20 the Presbyterian Church. Sne
has been one OF this governments
greatest examples and most power
f,,l defender. In the old days the
Presbyterian chureh's adherence to
doctrines and principles, added to
the sire. 9Th. character. and inteS-
rity of American citizenship In
these latter days. i seems to me-
abe has come upon perilous times
eFIRST. - The Presbyterian
| Church commits Oily and SIN
If she permits iniamou here
tics who deny iho 'i@ts q hris'
and the iniallihin. i iaT iHhle ie
stay in her rsnls ami 70 oe ipy hel
The mirror., 1923-04-12

want distorted facts or fancies.
We are not a nation of "high brows"
neither are we as illiterate as statistics
might indicate. Books that appeal to an
English or Continental public would pass
over our head, not because we are less
keen in intelligence, but bcause we have
been raised on a different standard of
literary diet. Conrad had universal
appeal and he wrote of things character
istic of no nationality or country.
An English writer will fill book with
monotonous relation of minor detail, while
an American writer of intelligence would
realize the futiity of attempting to thrust
it upon his public. "Babbitt" was essen
tally American, yet it would be read by
English readers, and enjoyed, for it ap-
preached their type in treatment. The
dialogue alone stamps it as 100 per cent
American, nevertheless.
Emerson Houghs, "The Covered Wa
gon," is an outstanding example of the
type of American literature with uni
versal appeal, and rather peculiarly it is
novel of pioneer Americans. "The Four
Horsernen of the Apocalypse" attained
great sale in this country. Elinor Glynns
"Three Weeks" has probably been read
by every boarding school miss and giddy
young matron in the country and Mrs.
Glynn is English and the setting in
Switzerland. Mr.. Hergesheimer may
have had "Three Weeks in mind when
he wrote of women and men readers. A
man would call the novel twaddle, prefer
ring to get his thrills first hand, but the
young female would linger upon passages
where many asterisks denote lapse of
time and morals with passionate relish.
All Spanish novels are not salacious.
Baroja's "The Quest" treats of question
able relations in the underworld of Ma
drid of vice and sordid filth, but there
is no vicious kick for stimulant seekers.
While it is true that European writers
are more artistic and faithful and probe
deeper into human nature than their
American contemporaries, this is largely
on account of their public being more
educated along this line than the American.
The Russian writers of the old school
were the greatest realists in the literary
world and the English were stylists.
Chekhov and Tolstoy stand alone among
Russian novelists. The French hctionists
were merely immoral for the most part.
Nearly every well known author has con-
tributed at least one sentimental sordid
novel to the world Ben Hecht's Gar
goylcs" is as repusive as the title and un-
obscene regret the expendi-
ture of the cost.
1t is most difficult to distinguish be-
tween literature and mere books. What
ever Harold Bell Wright's ofenses against
literary art he has his loyal supporters
and is above adverse criticism. Why
should Zane Grey care what other writers
say about him and his works as long as
the public eagerly awaits the publishing
of new novel bearing his name? Let
the literati attend to the needs of the
select few and the popular writers satisfy
the motley mob. ITO be concluded
The mirror., 1923-04-12

"One-twelfth of second is the mini
mum time required for the transmission
of an order from the mind to the mus
cles, according to prominent psychologist
before the Academy of Sciences in France
The mirror., 1923-04-12
MODERN WRITERS
By Mr.. r. L. M.

HIRST, what constitutes literature? Is
it simply the best of the published
works of modern writers, or as some
authorities have it, the portion of literary
productions that excludes the positive
sciences? Literary matter, in order to be
classed literature, should be of artistic
construction, but not necessarily marked
by catholicity of thought.
A "best seller" is not literature simply
because it is best seller. Harold Bell
Wright whose ability to turn out popular
novels with the same methodical precision
and sequence of mill and its grist, has
never been accepted into the fold by the
literati. This may be, and perhaps is,
largely professional jealousy. AS Mr.
Bell is neither book reviewer or a critic
he cannot practice reciprocity so the sin
cere scholars attack him at every oppor-
tunity.
Zane Grey is another who would not
be welcomed at gathering of the select
few, for he is literary panderer, mas
much as he misrepresents the country that
he writes of-the West. Certainly that is
not an indication of the artistic spirit, for
true artist should paint his pictures
from life, and not through the jaundiced
eyes of commercialism. But has Zane
Grey been guilty of Misrepresentation, as
the indictment reads? Other western
writers say that he has, but they fail to
point out where he has been guilty am
familiar with the West and its people. l
have read every book published under
Zane Grey's name and 1 have yet to see
wherin he has been guilty of the gross de-
ception laid at his door. But his works
do not come under the classification of
literature, for they are suface studies only,
meant to be entertaining and they have
accomplished nothing more.
Mary Roberts Rhinehart is another
novelist of distinction, who cannot be
classed among the literati, yet she has
attained great hold upon her public.
Gertrude Atherton and Edith Wharton
are recognized as belonging in the inner
circle but they are not as prolific as Mrs.
Rhinehart, and would never reach her
degree of popularity if they were.
The average reader is not bibliophie,
nor is he or she in the habit of reading
a book for the broadening effect that it
affords. We read for entertainment and
we are not interested in the ability of a
writer to portray the human emotions or
depict life realistically as long as we are
diverted.
The popular novelist understands the
psychology of the crowd and the literary
author the psychology of the individual.
No doubt the latter are sincere in their
endeavor to give the world conscien
tious character study, while the former
may consider their public only as the
necessary means to desired end. Why
should one be reviled by the other?
Sinclair Lewis had demonstrated con-
clusively that the public is ready to ac-
cept works of retrospective analysis as
well as tawdry fiction. "Main Street.
and "Babbitt" attained an enormous sale,
and they are literature. Mrs. Wharton's
"The Age of Innocence" is best seller,
as is Floyd Dell's "Moon-C Calf" and Ger
trude Atherton's "The Sisters-in-Law."
The mirror., 1923-04-12
MINNESOTA
By Mr.. P. J. B.

M INNESOTA, the geographical CEN
III ter of North America, is the hub
of agriculture. 1t is one of the
North Central international border states,
and the commercial center of the great
Northwest.
1t was the native home of the Dakota
Sioux ard Chippewa Indian tribes, the
hunters paradise, where game and fur
bearing animals, fish and fowl of every
species known to the inland temperate
zone abounded in abundance Most con-
spicious among the game animals were the
Buffalo, that roamed the vast and expan-
sive prairies of the west, "the monarch of
the plains" now almost extinct, and the
stately Moose that roamed the forest of
the north land, "the monarch of the for
est" destined to early determination un-
less strict restrictions are placed on their
relentless obstruction, chiefly for their
heads for decoration purposes, the Elk,
Caribou and feet footed graceful Deer
were also numerous. Of the fur bearing
animals the most valuable were the Otter,
Beaver, Martin, Mink and Black Bear
the treacherous Wolf and Lynx and the
sly Fox and Coyote.
The myriad of spring fed crystal lakes
and numberless sparkling streams all
1eeined 7ssith the gamey Bass, Pike and
the willy Trout, the Anglers pride"
Common among the feathery tribe were
the various species of wild duck and
geese of the migratory birds; and of the
native, the Grouse, Prairie Chicken, Par
fridge and Quail, all of which were the
natural source of the Red mans existence
With reluctance and not without due
resistance-under the iron hand of op-
preston did he relinquish his right to his
happy home and hunting grounds, to make
way for the white man, civilization, the
pursuit of agriculture and commerce
The path of the pioneeer was not one
strewn with roses, but rather one of many
trials tribulations and viscisitudes. Their
only mode of transportation was the pack,
OK cart and bateau. Their markets were
distant, over trails and through fords
that would seem to the present generation
impossible. Their farm implements were
crude, and only obtainable at prices pro-
hbitive to the average farmer to whom
currency was a stranger. The sythe, era
die and fail were the harvest implements
most commonly used.
The level and fertile rolling prair;es
of the west were soon put under cuItiva-
ton and yielded bountiful returns of the /.
golden grain. But the hard wood timber
belt of the eastern part of the state which
all of that district west of the
river from St. Cloud, running
on line in south-easterly direction to
the Iowa state line, and particularly that
district Immediately west of the twin
cities from St. Cloud to the vicinity of
Faribault which was known as the "Big
Woods" and comprised approximately FIVE
thousand square miles of natures choicest
acres, required the combined efforts of an
average sized family for a generation to
subdue the forest and put the land in
state of productiveness. However, under
adverse conditions it was accomplished
and now stands as mon page 4, Col. u
The mirror., 1923-04-12
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, April IL, 1923.

"Babbitt' was heralded as a great book,
and it is, yet "Babbitt" would not appeal
to the average reader. The critics told
us that it was good, and we believed and
bought as we always do. Some of us ex
pected too much and we were disap-
pointed.
"The Beautiful and Damned" by F.
Scott Fitzgerald was enjoyable, for the
author writers entertainly and he knows
his characters. That is a combination
that is hard to beat. Mr.. Fitzgerald ap-
pears bit snobbish if we may accept the
word of writers who have interviewed
him. He is of the modern school, with
the usual intolerance of the old regime,
and he processes philosophy of life that
is queer. He views the approach of old
age with alarm, he conjectures as to the
advisability of quitting the world when
he attains the mature age of thirty. 1t
is my belief that he will pass into the
literary discard before many months have
passed. I doubt his ability to repeat his
successes of the past.
Joseph Hergesheimer is authority for
the statement that ten thousand women
read novel for one man. | do not know
whether this is Mr.. Hergesheimer's sin
cere opinion, or merely part of his
wholesale indictment of women. Person
ally, enjoy his books, and I admire that
grace of style that is his but doubt his
knowledge of the reading public, as it is
palpably erroneous on the face of such
statement.
pleasure from reading "Java Head" or
Mountain Blood" than man? I have
on my shelf of books best seller bearing
the name of William McFee. 1t is "Com-
mand" and l have a collection of essays
under the title of "Harbours of Memory"
by the same author. In both there is mat
ter that would appeal more to a male
reader than to a woman.
I have "Jade," collection of short
stories of San Francisco's Chinatown by
Hugh Wiley, and l am reasonably GER
tain that ten thousand women did not
derive one thousand times as much en-
joyment from the stories as l. did.
What woman would recommend "Lorel
Jim" or "The Typhoon" to another wo-
man, and what man would read either
without recommending it to friend?
There are of course, authors who cater
exclusively to the feminine public. Oscar
Wilde is one. While it is not my inten
ton to cast any reflections upon the op
posite sex, it is my firm belief that the
saacious stories from the pens of modern
French novelists are read oftener in the
boudior than in the den, as are the par
nographic works of renegade Spanish
authors if they may be termed such. 1t
is the woman who pays we'll for the priv
ilege of reading suppressed book or
fabulous price so that she may gloat over
its pithy passages at leisure.
The average man would read about
ten pages of "Pollyanna" and throw it
down in disgust, while on the other hand
he would relish "Alice Adams" for it
contains minimum of romanticism and
maximum of realism. We want realism
hut not salcious pandery nor do we want
prudery at the other extreme. The sophis-
ticated reader of the male sex is too in
telligent to adhere to phlegmatic creed
and he has had his fill of prosaic life
, 1923-03-18

But in the brim and IN the trimming
the variation is infinite. One smart
little model has a narrow br.m turned
down 80 sharply in front that It re
sembles a bonnet and in the back II
goes TO tho other extreme and turns
up so abruptly that It Is flat to the
crown OF the hat. It Is trimmed with
a fuzzy little pompon far back on the
right side. This tendency Is seen on
countless smart hats. The trimming
is way back on the right side and
now and then even moving right TO
thu back.
Another smart oioche has q narrow
brim turned up on the left side and
abruptly down on the right. Flat
against the crown. pointing down to
the RIGHT shoulder is a quill.
Frequently one will see n little rib.
bon cockade sewed fiat to the crown
OF the hat.
Stlll other styles of the cloche viii
be turned up in the front n an ex-
tremely narrow brim turned down in
the back. When this is the case a
fluffy little aonpon will bo seen
clinging closely to the right cheek.
Stiff Felts In Vogue.
A very unusual combination has
recently come into great vogue with
these stiff felt hats. A narrow bind.
ing OF silver OIL gold on the edge OF
the brim and sometimes a band OF
this same Goth around the crown.
The felt hats Of any OF the many
shades Of gray are trimmed with
silver cloth, while those of brown IA
voc the gold. In these little hats,
dark blue and black r conspicuous
by their absence.
For sports wear this felt mode is
quite the most populae The shape Is