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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13
Small Flat Refuge
From Friends
Host Returns to One Room
When Callers Overdo 1t
at Larger a partment.

He liked Comply and his young
wife wa salso fond of having folks
in. Life was less monotonous when
friends were around But they lived
in a one room apartment, with q mys-
terious disappearing kitchenette, and
when they were both home the place
was thronged. They had no space to
give over to entertaining visitors.
:. One evening they invited q couple in
for some bridge and when they pivoted
the visiting lady was badly trampled.
After thar lamentable experience they
gave up the idea entirely and spent all
Of their spare time longing for the day
when the incoming shillings would be
abundant enough to provide commodious
quarters.
IF we can only get ourselves ade-
quately housed" said the wife, 1--WE can
entertain our friends to our hearts con-
tent"
The husband finally dislodged the
necessary raise IN salary. With no at
tempt to conceal their jubilation they
selected an apartment with four rooms,
a kitchenette End bath Almost hilart-
ously they announced frequent house,
warnings. Their many friends flocked
to offer congratulations and make de-
vastating inroads on the hosts supply
OF liquor
lions had ended the friends continued
TO come. They dropped in without in
vitation or provocation. From their
own cramped quarters they issued con-
tinuously to share in the spacings OF
the fortunate ones. The famine of
"comp'ny' ended The young man and
his wife were inundated with it, Sew
eral vain efforts were made to stop the
thrush. But the friends calmly over
tot 60
Early Of a Sunday morning, as the
last of a large delegation Of self-in-
Vited poker players had departed, the
husband spoke. There was a trace Of
evaporation in his voice.
"When we lived where we couldn't
entertain we wanted 'comp'ny' all the
time" he said. NOW that we are in
a position to entertain, we have 1t
all the time, whether we want it or
not Our friends drop in as If this was
a subway station. They seem to think
I'm the commissioner Of parks and
Fairgrounds. Just because we have
more square footage than they have
they do their romping here. The only
difference between our home and the
public library is that we allow smok-
ing and serve refreshments. I'm
through"
The young wife checked every state
ment And soon thereafter, althougyu
the multitude. of friends bemoaned
their act, they moved back to tbotr
former location. They decided, II
crowding had to be done, they would
do it themselves. They elbowed each
other around and saved money. And
when they felt as If they needed "com-
p'ny" they rode local train through
the East Side subway during a rush
hour and attempted to get off AT Thir-
ty-fourth street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13

Katherine MacGregor, Andes Explorer.
land "a long way off beyond the sea-"
But she found it difficult to explain In
terms that they could comprehend.
''How many houses has your country"
they would ask. Or, con what river is
your country" To these isolated tribes
men country is little Indian camp and
a bit Of mountain trail.
Many tribes live quite distinct from
each other and from any contact with
white people. The tribes are shut away,
each by itself in the wild mountain
ranges, and they speak different Ian
guages, though all have about the same
degree of culture. They are nomadic,
living in one spot until they have ex-
hausted it's resources by hunting and fish
ing, and then moving on to new home.
They raise little rice and yucca, and
live in rude huts made by fastening
roof Of boughs to trees or poles.
South American Indian untouched
by white civilization can be trusted when
he gives you his word, Miss MacGregor
discovered. He is simple, honest and
friendly, if you are. But contact with
white neighbors gives him all of their
of injuries by white person to any
Indian will infame a whole tribe to vim
dictive action against all white people.
The cholo, or partly civilized Indian
laborer, is vicious brute, the explorer
declared. The Indians are very prolific
but infant mortality is from so to 80 per
cent so there is not much increase. The
Indians also suffer greatly from epidemics
which sweep their camps.
In Brazil Miss MacGregor got her first
tiger She went ashore when the boat
stopped for half day and started out
hunting with a guide, a gun and police
whistle. The whistle had been given to
her as joke by friend back home and
she found it useful in summoning her
guide. She didn't want him at her elbow
continually, as she was anxious to do
little hunting herself AS she was crawl
ing along through the dense jungle watch
ing for game she suddenly met an Indian
This gave her start, but the Indian was
apparently as much surprised as she at
the encounter and went quickly ON his
way.
AS Miss MacGregor crawled on she
came to dead tiger, one, she decided,
that the Indian had killed. Near by were
two cubs, and she supposed that the dead
animal was the mother She blew her
whistle and went over to examine the
litter. Just then the mother tiger came
tearing down the mountain, yellow
streak of maternal rage, and Miss Mac
Gregor opened fire fast and furiously
81 had to get her or she'd have got me-"
explained the explorer. t"Tigers are terri
bly, ferocious when anybody NEEDLES with
their cubs"
The guide appeared. after the shooting
was over. The tiger that the Indian
killed proved to have been the father Of
the family. Miss MacGregor adopted the
cubs and kept them until they were as
tame as house cats, but left them in Para
when she started on her homeward jour
ney.
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4
dence, r. I. You probably have heard
that the safest place to run a crooked
game is as close to the police station as
possible. So I had my garage a block
and half from the station, and the cops
used to come in every morning regularly
to sort of look over the cars / had in
there. I used to keep a memorandum
book with the numbers of all the cars
owned by the big fellows in town-those
that every cop was supposed to know.
They were of different makes, and as
soon as I had brought in car of that
type from somewhere else I put fake
number on it, and always one that be-
longed to the owner of car of that type
who was well known to the police. Then
the cops would drop in, take look at
that stolen car, repainted and fitted with
the fake number, and they would say:
oh, you have Dr. Hunts car here to-
day; what's the trouble?S And I'd tell
them something about valves needed
grinding, &c. and they'd walk out quite
satisfied.
"That garage helped me pull some
funny tricks in this business, and some
of them are being pulled every day by
other crooked garage owners in all parts
of the country. I used to advertise all
kinds of makes of cars for sale, and most
of the time 1 didn't have a single one on
the floor that was really for sale. Say,
for instance, advertised an Oldsmobile
touring car in good condition and fell
low dropped in during the day to look
it over I'd tell him that the car was out
just then with another prospective pur-
chaser, but if that man didn't buy it for
the price I wanted, or for some other
reason, I'd drive the car around to his
house that night and we could take spin
in it and he could see what he thought
of it. Then I'd call my assistant in and
he'd jump on our motorcycle and take
whirl through the town-sometimes even
to the next town, where I knew car of
that make was-until he spotted it.. He'd
phone me, and I would jump in my little
truck (Which had a big sign Service
Station and RepairsO and drive over to
where that car was standing. I'd throw a
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POST olstead Coat
Rockers Careful
Uncle Finding Nothing in
Pockets Now, Thinks High
Cost of Drinks TO Blame.


A chronicler of the curious has dug
up an odd effect of prohibition in re-
Iation TO the social and financial rite
of visiting ones uncle. Men and women
who pawn their winter coats or other
garments are much more particular
about not leaving anything valuable in
the pockets than they used to be In pre-
Volstead times.
Those once careless souls are now
possessed by gripping frugallty which
impels them to go through the pockets
so thoroughly as not to leave even a
stray Glove or lipstick to meet the ex-
ploring fingers of the conscientious
pawnbroker.
Whereas, before the Eighteenth
Amendment, according to leading MEM
bers of the avuncular fraternity,
: ulsters or baby lamb coats hurriedly en-
trusted to mine uncle were as likely as
not to have diamond sunbursts or pearl
dog collars lurking IN the pockets.
Pawnbrokers testifying to this strik-
ing change in the habits of their best
customers agree in attributing It to
the high cost of drinking. Improvident
persons of both sexes WHO are In the
habit Of pawning their garments in
emergencies have to pay so heavily
now for their normal degree of stimu-
lation that they can no longer afford
to be careless with their property.
How it used to be In the damp old
DAYS is revealed by some pawnbroking
"reminiscences collected by the curious
chronicler One benevolent uncle tells
of a bibulous young man who hooked
his overcoat for S. and was never seen
by the pawnbroker again. But IN
pocket of the coat was found bank
book showing a credit of 5000 in a
Pennsylvania bank. The. pawnbroker
tba hOOl< RI the bank
Another "Reminiscences is that of
young man who pawned a pair of trou-
sers and left them in soak for long
time. When redeeming them he re-
marked:
Il hope the moths didn't eat the legs
off 'em."
ooh, no." said his uncle, II took ex-
ira care Of them. Just you see II l
didn't put camphor balls in the pockets"
The young man put his hand into one
Of the side pockets and Withdrew 1t full
of camphor balls, among which nestled
a pair of gold cuff buttons that he had
long since given up for lost.
Another pawnbroker tells Of seal
coat frequently pawned by gay and
good natured matron of the sporting
world whose fortunes fluctuated as her
husband did or didn't come home or
mail her a check. On one occasion
after pawning the coat she sent her
maid I'm f1utter to tell the pawnbroker
TO search the pockets as she had left her
$1,000 diamond earrings in one of them.
Her uncle assured the maid that he
had searched the pockets well before
hanging up the coat in his mothproof
dugout But the girl insisted on ex-
aiming it herself as her mistress had
a secret pocket inside one of the sleeves.
And there, to the pawnbroker's great
astonishment, she found the earrings.
He says that since prohibition he has
been searching all tho sleeves for
secret pockets, and finding nothing but
holes.
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rope around the front axle and my as
sistant would Jump in and steer it. In a
few minutes we'd be out OF sight and in
little while at the garage. And the beauty
of that scheme is that If we had been
caught was caught several times dead
to rights-all we had to do was to prove
the telephone call from certain pay sta
ton calling for tow Then I'd swear at
the crooks who probably wanted to steal
that car but didn't have the nerve to do
it themselves and had me tow the car to
the garage where they'd claim 1t later
on The owner usually expressed his re-
gret that should have been so imposed
upon and my valuable time wasted.
v.
1t must be understood that these are
the experiences of a professional auto
mobile thief. Thousands of cars are
stolen every month that aren't really
stolen at all: they are simply borrowed
by joy riders and abandoned at some
desolate spot in the country or in some
deserted street of the city after the gas
has given out, or the joy riders have
grown tired of their dangerous sport
These cars, announced as stolen by the
authorities and by the insurance COM
panies, are naturally recovered, but less
than per cent. of the cars stolen by real
automobile thieves are ever recovered
again Once they have entered one Of
the garages belonging to fence Ga
dishonest dealer in stolen goods) they
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13

ing car going this way like h! told
them l surely did see a car whizz by on
the road to Boston going at least mile
a minute. I waited till the sound OF their
engines had died down, then got into the
car, drove her out of the marsh on. to
the road, and leisurely back to the
garage, where I sold her that same night
for $1,000 flat.
".
''Now as to the disposal of the stolen
cars. AS I explained before, every pro-
fessional automobile thief either owns
garage himself or he is a silent partner
in one which makes business of dis
posing of stolen cars. 1t is no longer
mystery to most people low car can be
changed in a few hours time by simply
exchanging parts and fittings with half
dozen other cars. And of course the
changed cars can be sold with ease as
used cars; once, in fact, sold stolen
car back to it's owner less than week
after had stolen it from him. 1t is true
that car had been so changed that even
the manufacturer himself would have
been surprised at the result.
''Let me tell you how I used to work
the game when 1 had my own little gar
age (about twenty car space) in Provl-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13
Not Quite.

Wilks-Well, old man, suppose you
have your vacation plans all laid?
Riaks-No. AS matter of fact, I've
only got three weeks Of the two mapped
out,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13

Jim was so drunk last night that he
was talking clearly.
Talking thickly, you mean.
No don't. He shutters when he's
sober
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-10-13

FOR RENT. - Bungalow. 4 rooms and
bath. hot water heat. electric light, ga
rage. S3S month 632 Adams Ave. Pill
FOR SALE.-Three-quarter brass bed
stead. box spring and mattress, all in
nrst-class condition. Phone 25S. II
FOR RENT. Apartment. or furnished
rooms for housekeeping, hot water heat
$50 Broad St, near Park Ave. p72
FOR SALE. B eight-months' old pigs.
c. Hackney, Pitney Road neal Leeds.
FOR SALE. - Reversible Bloch Baby
Coach, like new. s25. Phone 204. SO E.
Washington Ave, City.
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FOR SALE-3-acre farm, clear. 5-room
house. barn. chicken houses. a bargain
for quick sale. Henry Hannay, Steel
manville Road. P. o. address Box eos.
r. n >. P~leasantvine. Take car 70 Lin
wood. Pc
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N CENT A WORD.

minimum eharge-25c nrst Insertion Ice
each additional insertion0
PLAYER PfANo@SS-note. mahogany. %
Rolls. bench. will sell or rent TO relia-
Bile party. z. Pleasantville Press office.
PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Red Mems Hall. Michigan and Attain
tic AYES, Atlantic City, sunday night.
AT s o'clock sharp. Mahlon Simon.
Young gifted medium and demonstrat
or. of Philadelphia. Come hear him.
WANTED.-Girl. white preferred, TO cook
and take care of small apartment for
two. Phone P~leasantville sos. 10
WANTED.-Woman to cook in kitchen.
Stewards Restaurant. lls 5. Main ST.
FOR RENT-Furnished room and kitch-
enette. 6S Woodland Ave. p71
FOR SALE.-About 1000 loads genuine
Hog manure. no bedding. SO load. NJ.
B. Schulz. Egg Harbor Road. Cardiff.
FOR RENT.-Three Housekeeping rooms,
corner Jersey Ave. and Noah's Road.
Inquire $50 Noah's Road, in rear. PHI
A YOUNG COUPLE desire two light
housekeeping rooms. communicating II
possible. with heat and light must be
reasonable. 7. Pleasantville Press
office. So
WANTED.-Young man, strong. for Ford
truck driver. must have license. Apply
in person. w. II. Blowes, Spruce St,
Blenheim. Phone 524-W. p69
FOR SALE OR RENT. - Furnished. =
Ik9AAA IAHAAEAA1AF A1AA IL -
order. nice location. minutes walk to
trolley station. rent to adults only.
Apply SIS :. Doughty Road Pleasant
vile. pbe
FOR SALE-Two double heaters. Cali
- Brighton Place.
FOR RENT. Furnished. small apart
ment. hot water heat, electric two gar
ages. extra room. 200 :. anklin p4O
HIGH-CLASS DRESSMAKING lone by
Mrs. Elsie Taylor. Shore Road. Abse-
con. near Nevada avenue. Phone 59-J.
ONE LARGE HORSE for sale. no reason
able offer refused. Also good Hamp-
shire SOW with l. pigs. come and see
them and make offer. Renninger. above
Pennington Station. Phone Pleasant
vile stills.
FOR SALE.-5-room New Bungalow. ee-
mented bottom floor, electric lights;
well water in kitchen: lot 60X110 corner.
Also 3ia Lots. 6dX110 each. VIII sell
very reasonable. Call and see il. Own
err. Gourlay. corner Revere Ave. and
Franklin st. Oak Crest, Mortified. pro
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the Ac-
counts of the Subscriber as Executor of
the Estate Of James L. Smith, Deceased,
will be audited and stated by the Surro-
gate and reported for settlement to the
Orphans Court OF Atlantic County, on
Wednesday, the Fourteenth day OF No
vember. next. at which time application
will be made for commissions.
Dated October Sth. A. d. 1928.
SAMUEL JOHNSON,
Absecon City, n. j.
Priptar'S fee 81 50.
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FOR SALE.-An hrst-year Law books.
half price. Fine opportunity for stu
dent to obtain necessary text books.
205 Brighton Place. pro
FOR RENT.-Furnished room and bath,
hot water heat. Apply 1856 \. Main
st. p71
FOR SALE. - Good cook stove. 20 S.
Main St.
FOR RENT.-Garage. 9 East Greenfield
Avenue. Inquire evenings upstairs
apartment. Phone ISL. Il
GOING SOUTH Sebrfng. the wonder
town OF F1oridai Best water in n
State, Best for climate. Best for in
vestment! Booklet free. Write Geo.
w. Crosley. Box 203, Pleasantville. p10
FOR SALE-Touring Car, or will give
for painting OF house. Y, P~leasantvllle
Press Office. u
LOST - Three months old male kitten.
white and maltese. small tip on end OF
tail. front legs crooked. Finder please
return TO So Pleasant Ave. 20
FOR SALE. - Eclipse Gas Range. good
condition. 1 burners. solid top, 10 IN.
oven. glass door-S1o. 100 5. Franklin
Ave. pfo
FOR RENT.-1st or End floor apartment
in Bungalow. all modern improvements,
separate heat, garage. / Z. Edgewater
Ave. p71
FOR SALE.-Delicatessen and light lunch,
business increasing daily; also touring
car; cheap. y, Pleasantville Press
office. pro
PLAYER PIANO. - sS-note. mahogany.
$3.50, bench and rolls, terms if desired.
i. r. Palmer, p \. Main St, Pleas
antyille.
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the second lowest bidder when Coun-
Gil asked for bids recently. John Ora
afola, the lowest bidder at that time,
desired to withdraw his bid but in
stead Council rejected all four of the
bids then submitted and re-advertised.
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LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING. - Rooms rea-
sonable. heated, all c~onveniences.
Marlboro Cottage. cor. Main and Pleas
ant.
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Printers fee, $3.50.
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eoEHLER GETS CONTRACT.

At the adjourned meeting of Abse-
con City Council, held on Wednesday
night, Edward Goehler was awarded
the contract for the sidewalk and curb
ing work for the year. Goehler was
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-10-13
GARD OF

The family of Jesse L. Risley wish to
thank their many friends and members
of the Daughters of American Revolu-
ton. Atlantic County Historical Society,
Founders and Patriots, and the Lake
Family Association, for their kindness
and sympathy during their sad bereave-
ment.
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GARD OF

We wish to thank our many friends fol
the floral offerings and the expressions OF
sympathy in loss OF our dear Husband
@ MRS. A. BIGGs AND FAMILY.
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CHICKENS.-Wil buy or sell in any
quantity. Write c. Hare, Absecon, or
call phone 246.

UuaULiINs hiILS -. I1dlCt <1OSCNOIg Vi
call phone 246.
FOR SALE. Overland truck, covered
top. cheap. no reasonable offer refused,
or will exchange for smaller car. Ray
mond Adams. 235 y. Second st. Phone
52-M.
DRESS MAKING AND ALTERATIONS.
Apply 500 Doughty Road, or Phone
133-M after 6 p. m. Mrs. Hawkins.
WE NEED an industrious, reputable lady
J. r. Watkins Products in Pleasant
vile. A few good territories also open
in other nearby cities. The nationally
advertised Watkins Products AVE been
Known and Used since 1868. Don't ac-
cept any other offer until you get our
proposition-it's different. Full partic-
ulars and samples are free, write to-
day. ]. R.. Watkins Co, Dept. 80, 100
Perry St, New York, \. Y.
WANTED.-Farm and Country property
of every description. No matter where
and our representative will call. Strout
Farm Agency. Egg Harbor City, N. J.
Both phones 5-02.
WHO DOES YOUR PAPERHANGING?-
Hudson. 425 ~. Main street. A postal
card will receive prompt attention.
R. j. HUGHES EXPRESS.-Daily trips
to Atlantis City; Storage. Phone
vile. Office: Pip Atlantic Ave, Allan
tic City, phone Marine 3671-R.
WE BUY Anything you have to sell for
c a S h. Both phones. Drop postal.
Moore's. 2218 Atlantic Ave-, Atlantic
City. Established 1896.
WANTED. A CHEAP FARM am look
ing for a cheap farm. ranging in price
from $500 to $500. do not object going
t~iculars to Lock Box 437. Egg Harbor
City. n. j.
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HOURS OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
IN NORTHFIELD.

Mr.. James Chambers, Building Inspec-
tor in the City of Mortified, announces
office at Second and Davis Avenues be-
tween the hours of 7 and 8 p. NJ. daily.
Application forms for permits may be
vile 1874.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-27
designs for the stamp, all comment
Grating the 10 colonies.
Silent Jungle Furious With Life

Director William Beebe Of the
Tropical Research Station of the New
YORK Geological Society once founu
1000 living things in a square yard OF
tropical jungle floor. Life in the
tropical jungle is more varied and
luXuriant in its forms than the life
in temperate climates, but many au-
thOrities comment upon the silence
and the absence of visible life which
have been impressed on them in
tropical wilderneSSes. ...
Recently Mr.. Beebe walked slowly
one mile through the jungle for the
sole purpose of recording just how
many forms of animal life he cour1
either see or hear in the course of his
walk. 1t is only when travel through
the jungle is interrupted to stand, sit
or squat now and then, he explains.
that the observer becomes aware OF
the wealth of busy life about him.
Mr.. Beebe took As minutes to walk
his mile. In that time he heard or
saw 536 living animal organisms. The
list he sends TO the Geological Society
Bulletin is an amazing evidence OF
what a trained and informed observer
can see or hear and identify in SO
short a time. Some of the organ
isms he found on leaves, some OF
them under leaves. Some flew past
him. some crossed his path, others
were in trees or on the ground. Many
he identified only by sound.
His list includes birds, snakes.
ants, monkeys, bees. grasshoppers.
caterpillars, beetles. spiders, weasels,
crickets, squirrels and lizards. These
creatures were of many varieties.
Occasionally his notes lecord a
jungle animal as resting, but from
the list as whole an impression is
received of furious, milling activity.
All these hundreds of living things
were making the most Of their brief
lives.
Where Mr.. Beebc did not find them
feeding. mating. pursuing or devour-
ing one another, they were flying o.
crawling or fighting. That is the
quiet of the jungle.