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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

Mummies Made Into Paint.
an egg.

In times when mummies were
Thought less of than today many were
exported and purchased by color man.
ufacturers. who ground them down by
machinery and turned them into a dell
cate brown liquid paint which was the
delight of all artists.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

teen years God
had notZp0Een.
Suddenly the 81
lellce was broken
and a voice fell
upon Abraflalns
ears tina. must
have flied his
soul w~ita=awe. 81
an the Almighty
God walk=before
Ne and be thou
perfect
Why such a
revelation. Abra-
ham had been en-
shared by the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Sailors Will Sleep In Bunks.

SCATTERING a custom of the ga, the
new scout cruiser Detroit will have
hunks which can be folded up SO as
n to be in the way, instead of the
time-honored hammocks, and each man
of the crew will be assigned a locker
in which to keep his belongings in.
stead of being compelled to pack t EN-
in a bag.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Cuticura Soap for the Complexion.

cuticura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear.
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Observation-Disclosures.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Wise Business Move.

The visit of the American silk com
mission TO Japan has brought forth
fruit. The object of the commission
was TO try to induce the japanese to
improve their raw silk and the meth
DDS of marketing ii. To bring this
about a new silk bureau has been or
ganized by the department of agricul-
ture at Tokyo. while the silk reelers
themselves have decided to employ
every possible means TO improve the
quality of japanese silk. Another sug-
gestion of the Americans, the amalga-
nation of smaller mills. is being car
ried out. The importance Of the silk
industry is shown by the great in
crease in production. While in 1912
the value of the crop was ~ 100000
yen, it reached 95O,UO0.0oo yen in 1922.
One must be imposed upon more or
less. but that sort of thing is reclpro-
.n1
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

like those things,
made from Dread
and butter with
flowers
For a clover
S a n d W tn
u is trimmed
off from the loaf
and packed in a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

Prunes.-NaSh q
pound Of prunes
IN warm Water until the water is clear.
linen put them to soak over night. In
the morning to the same water add
a ~three-inch stick of cinnamon and
" slices of lemon or orange. Cook
slowly in a covered dish until the fruit
Is very tender. No sugar will be
needed If they are cooked a long time.
Bran omelet.-To two-thirds of a
cup1ul of bran add a ~teaspoonful of
salt, a dash of pepper, and paprika,
two-thirds of a cupful of milk and
four eggs beaten slightly with a tea
spoonful of minced onion If liked.
Melt n tablespoonful of butter in
each side of the omelet pan and pour
he mixture into one side. covering
II with the other. Cook very slowly
SO that the bran and onion will be
cooked. Brown a golden brown on
both sides, urn on a hot platter and
serve.
Breakfast Apples.-Wash and wipe
four large tart apples, remove the
cores and slice In q%uarter-inch slices
without removing the skins. Melt two
tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying
pan; when hot turn in the apples and
cover Immediately. Cook briskly for
a few minutes. When delicately
Drowned, turn over and cook on the
other side. Sprinkle with cinnamon
and sugar and serve hot with ham
and eggs or sausages and griddle
cakes.
Raspberry Jam Gems.-Take one
cupful each of graham flour, whole
wheat flour, and bran; add one tea
spoonful of soda, two te~aspoonfuls of
baking powder, one tablespoonful of
sugar, n t%easpoonful of salt; mix
well, then add two t~ablespoonfuls of
vegetable oil, one %well-beaten egg,
two cupfuls of sou milk, or butter
milk, and one-half cupful of raspber-
~ jam. Beat together thoroughly and
pour into creased gem pans. Bake
twenty-five minutes in q hot oven.
AA- -
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Their Thrifty Landlady.

First Boarder whispering to e c
ond)-"I say, Jim, I wouldn't risk eat
ing the rice pudding-there was 8
wedding next door yesterday."-Bos
ton Evening Transcript.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Gear thu World Alive.

The strange things which are done
in the world (Which are some mil
lions daily are jast what keep the
world alive,-kingsley.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Exercise

Doctor Friend-'Now that you have
a car, you mustn't neglect exercise"
Patient-"oh, l sha'nt be able to: it's
q secondhand car"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

The only thing we do not know is
how to be ignorant of that which We
cannot know.-Rousseau.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

Girls who make the greatest exer-
lions to catch husbands are usually
last in the race.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
Human Voice.

The tones of human voices are
mightier than strings or brass to move
the soul.-KlopstocA-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
CThe Kitchen
Cabinet
700

You may carve It on his tomb
Etone. you may cut II on his
card,
That q young man married lie =
young mar marred'
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
A Divine
imperative
BY REV. J. r. seHAFFER
Z Acting Superintendent Fl Nea. aIoody
z Bible institute. Chicago.


TEXT am the Almighty Cod. walk
before Me, and be thou perfect-Gen.
III.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST

As prunes are such wholesome fruit
and especially good for breakfast for
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
THIS is SANDWICH SEASON

There is a group of aesthetic sand.
witches which may appeal to those vho
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

What a startling announcement his
must have been 70 Abraham. For thlr.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

Don't worry when you stumble:
remember, a worm is the only thing
than can't fall down.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

those who cannot
use acids, one
likes to r
them for variety
with other hav-
ors.
c a m 0 n
Prunes.-Wash q
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

loose and lanlxy comedian, and
Clyde Bates, fat and funny, will
be co.workers in leading the
merrymaking. Supporting play
ers will include Major Johnson,
a clever midget entertainer: Jim.
mic Hamilton, leading man, and
Victor Kaplan, light comedian.
Aaron and Kelly, featured STEP
pers in varied styles OF dance,
will hold some real ''darlsy jubi.
lees"
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

her and as the lampoonist would
make her.
1.-THE F1appers' Review opening
burletta, will parade flappers OF
every kind in a panorama of
comic incidents. 1t is said that
Walter Brooks, who produced the
ensembles and dance numbers.
has devised many novel situations
for both the first part and the
comedy-burlesque finale, Hop
pers on Trial. Jack Hunt, a
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
rs You Like If. y

'As You Like It" will begin its
career at Polls Theater here on
April Is, 1t was disclosed yester-
day. The production, the first
venture of the newly formed Ma
tional Theater, will play ! two
weeks out OF town and then make
Its bow in New York.
Robert Milton is staging the
production.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

GAYETY-Rube Bernstein. pro-
Queer Of the musical burIesque
which opens at the Gayety today,
has nit upon q fruitful topic for
funmaking in the "F1appers"
that peculiar species Of young
girIhood that hasO kept tongues
wagging, cartoonists busy and
paragraphers writing for many
months. Bernstein's Broadway
Fiappers'' viii, it is declared. get
every ounce OF fun out of the
toibles OF the flapper as we know
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Variety Bills
Here This Week

Continued from Page Eighty
dances. and, as a companion Of
1ering, La Bernicia and company
in spectacular offering of songs
and dancing called the spirit of
the Dance"
Others will be Lillian Watson,
ch3nteuse and Coincidence, with
her company, in a cycle of beau
tiful new songs; Oscar Lorraine,
violin virtuoso and comedian:
Geolet and Hall, who have a
novel way of presenting their
vocal offerings, and the famous
Petit Troupe of sensational gym
iaasts and aerialists.
Hoot" Gibson, the rough.rid.
ing screen star, will be presented
in his latest Carl Laemmle pro-
duction. "The Gentleman From
America, %
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
THE ATLANTIC IN ENDLESS WAR

reserves. fr6a} one side t salient
to anothe Ia 8 few ears it took
off some 16 acres ~ round from
the neighbofhood Of Maine avenue
and forced most Of il round to the
lee of the point at ONO and New
Jersey avenues. r the sea in its
warfare against the and sometimes
ruins a haven Of refuge, at other
times il is compelled BY the land to
create such g haven if the Mary
land Virginia shore i S the long,
barrier-like island of Assateague.
Once the seward southern point of
this island was only a bare lip.
Gradually. however, the land began
to force the sea to give it sand. and
with this, it has built a fine hook
behind which many mariner seeks
safety from the fierce nor'easters
that sweep these coasts.
"When one comes. to the Vir-
GINA capes and studies conditions
there, it is found that In times past
the sea had another ally, of which
no mention has yet been made
subsidences. In bygone age the
Susquehanna, the Potomac, and the
James rivers rolled in stately gran
deur to the sea. Then there came
a subsistence. and the sea rushed
in through the reach between Capes
Charles and Henry and over
whelmed the land in all that vast
area we call Chesapeake Bay. "The
land has not always been without an
ally to counter balance this display
of strength. Sometimes there come
upheavals of the floor Of. the sea
that drive the water into retreat
which often becomes a rout.
From the Virginia eapes south
ward, one may see the same forces
at death grips that are found on the
Jersey and other coasts. But neither
at Cape Cod nor in Jersey will one
behold to such advantage the role
played by the wind, the bolshevik of
the land and sea war, as in the re-
gion of the kingly capes and in the
vicinity of Hatteras. Now it bold
ly marshals its forces alongside
those of the water and urges on the
attack with the utmost abandon.
And now. repentant of that role, it
steps in and helps the land erect
great barriers of sand dunes
against which the widest sea, in its
maddest moments charges in vain.
"Along the southeasternmost
coast of Florida, from Cape Flor
ida, which guards lovely Miami, on
down to Key West, is theebeautiful
key region. where the coral polyps
have established foundations upon
which the land has been able to
build first-line defenses that break
up the assaults of the sea before
they reach vital ground"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
THE LAWBREAKERS WEAKEN

There have been noted several instances
lately of would be robbers being fooled by
their intended victims. For example, one
man beat the robber to gun and put him
TO flight. On another occasion two women
by their screams SO frightened the bastard
that he dropped the valuables and ran has
tily away. Several incidents more or less
strikingy illustrate either that the thieves
are not adept at their trade or that the
preyed-upon public is awakening to its own
protection, especially in view of the police
commissioners explanation that there are
not enough officers to go around. A good
slogan would be: Every man his own police
man. Or: She who shreks in time saves
nine. Now that it has been proved that law
breakers have their professional weaknesses,
the public should take advantage of them.
Perhaps the time will come when the police
will have no further duty than to enforce
fair play between the public and those deni-
zens of the night who toy with property that
doesn't belong to them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08

moved now, are in demand for commercial
purposes rather than manufacturing, outside
mercantile development pressing for more
room in, that quarter. Business houses seek
ing this location would not relish blockade
of cars loaded with coal, lumber, brick and
cement standing for days on the second
track while being emptied piecemeal. Ave-
nue. has come into demand as a thorough
fare in that section and the ruling of the conf
mission permits its being made what it should
be- Altogether it was progressive COM
promise of a problem for the present and
near future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
TAX-FREE SECURITIES AGAIN

Secretary Mellon has again urged the
passage of constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the further issue of tax-free securi-
ties. There is widening public sentiment in
favor of such measure as far as concerns
federal securities. To prohibit states and
municipalities by federal statute from issu-
mig tax-exempt bonds except as regards
federal taxes appears to be an unnecessary
invasion of local freedom of administration
of public affairs. Let the federal govern
ment prohibit the further issue of tax-ffee
federal securities and let that act stand as
example for the states to follow as they see
fit. Twenty to thirty billion dollars are
constantly tied up in federal loans. If this
amount were released to federal taxation an
immediate effect on the federal revenues
would be noted, an effect that would grow
as the outstanding tax-free debentures ma
ture. The question of state and municipal
taxes is not for the federal government to
determine Public opinion may safely be
trusted to bring states to follow the federal
policy. The average taxpayer is not usually
a bondholder, and the average taxpayer will
undoubtedly demand this measure of relief
from what he is pleased to term his tax
burden"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
Poor Boys Who Succeeded
By FREDERICK sHoUK LAW
Charlie. pieken.1 .he NoveIi.t

About 1928 a hungry-looking, poorly
dressed lad was pasting labels on backing
boxes in London warehouse, earning $3.50
a week. He lived in a dingy attic, played
with the toughest boys in the city, and on
Sundays visited his father and mother, who
were both in prison for debt Forty years
later that boy, Charles Dickens, was the most
popular man in England and in the United
States; speaker before great audiences;
an editor of successful publications; a friend
of every one, and the writer of shelf full
of books that every one wi shed to read.
People laughed and cried over his books,
learned from him new sympathy for the
poor and remeded great abuses.
Instead of giving up to poverty and shame
the boy had read every book he could find I;
had remained faithful to his parents, even
though they were in jail; and had determined
to be a real man. While he was a humble
clerk in law office he studied shorthand.
He became the best police court reporter in
London, and then became reporter for Par
lament.
Always open-eyed, he saw the laughter
and the tears all about him, and wrote brill
liant sketches of London life. Then he
wrote novel, HPickwick Papers," so full
Of rollicking fun that it made him instantly
famous, From that time he wrote book
after book with tireless energy, every book
boisterous with laughter and damp with
tears, and brimful of sympathy.
If Dickens had been born rich, or had
been sent to college, could he ever have
come so close to the heart of life? His
"misfortunes" were his greatest oppor-
tunities.
Dickens is the most loved of all English
authors. In any public library you will find
his books dirty and tattered because they
are read so much. He loved his characters
and laughed and cried as he wrote. He aimed
his pen at abuses, loved and understood the
poor and always sided with the weak. He
is buried in Westminster Abbey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
PUT THE GIANT TO WORK!

Further appropriations for carrying on
CONSTRUCTION of the Wilson dam indicate
definite congressional commitment to the
project. 1t is hard however, to reconcile
readiness to complete the dam with the de-
Law in making any sort of provision for
extending the benefit of the project to the
people. There is before Congress DEL
mite, adequate proposal for the operation
Of the dam and associated plants on basis
4hat affords not only assurance Of great
industrial development, but an actual re-
turn to the public treasury of great por-
ton of the money spent at Muscle Snoals.
The federal government is usually content
to establish enterprise of public nature and
to receive its recompense in the public
benefit resulting therefrom, as in the case
Of appropriations for rivers and haroors'
waterways, barge lines, reclamation projects,
rcforestation undertakings and the ike.
Why, then. should there be so much quib-
bling over how much the government is to
receive back in this particular case? a
The public reward will appear in the great
prosperity that is certain to attend an IN
dustrial development on such a scale as that
contemplated: in the impetus given to water
mower development by the success exempli-
fled at Muscle Shoals; in the tremendous
and incalculable increase in taxable values;
in the actual creation of taxable assets not
now existent There need be no fear tina.
all the benefit can possibly accrue to the
developing corporation. On the contrary, it
is logical to presume that the chief benefit
will be the public benefit. The people are
willing. Why should the peoples agents in
Congress hesitate?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
THE SCHEME WORKED
|le Providence Journal.

From the Providence journal.
"Please, SIR" piped the tiny Gus
toner, whose head scarcely reached
the counter, father wants some oak
varnish."
GLOW much does your father
want, my little mani" asked the
shopman. -, :,
Father said you was to fill this,
said the little fellow, handing over a
half-gallon can.
It was duly filled and handed
over.
"Father will pay you on Satur-
day." said the recipient casually.
And the face Of the shopman
grew dark. eve don't credit here,
he said. Gimme hack the CAMP
Meekly the little lad handed back
the can, which WAS emptied and
given to him with a scowl.
"Thank you, sir" he said.
Father said you'd be sure to leave
enough round, the sides for him to
finish the job he wants to do. And
| think YOU have. sir"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
RUsSIA'S POPULATION DECLINE

1t is reported that Russia's population is
100000 short of what it should be, ac-
cording to estimates based on the normal
rate of increase. as of 1914, and for the
period ending with 1920. The human loss
actually sustained in the war cannot begin 20
account for this human shortage. Neither
does the actual mortality of the active rev.
dictionary period total anything like the
estimated loss. The blame is laid upon the
soviet regime, which paralyzed Russia's pro-
ductivity and caused her people to starve
That is an indictment which sovietism will
find it hard to answer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
=
A BAD HOLIDAY
MONTGOMERY Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
We never cared for the idea of observing
January / as a holiday. 1t is the one day
of the year on which everybody should wish
to work as good omen for the days to come
1t is the one day on which everybody really
feels the impulse to go and do labor and
make good start for the year to come.
Since we have too many holidays, and are
destined to create still others as we grow
older, what better start carr we make than
to abolish New Years as : day Of technical
idleness for people?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
THE VANISHING WHALE

Even though most of us have confined our
whaling expeditions to novels describing
what is both an exciting sport and an indus
try, We may take more than an academic in
terest in the announcement made by Sir
Sidney F. Harmer, director of the natural
history department of the British museum,
that if whales continue to be killed at the
present rate they will be exterminated in
ten years. Men have gone to sea to hunt
these giant mammals from the days of Al
fred the Great. England, France, Spain and
Scandinavia had their hardy whale hunters,
who established their headquarters on the
North Atlantic coast, long before Americans.
became competitors In the course of cen
turtles the methods of capturing whales have
been made less arduous and less dangerous,
by the adoption of new weapons notably the
whaling gun, but it is doubtful if there has
/ been much improvement in the skill of the
, whalers. The lore of the sea is old and once
it is learned, there is not much to be added
to it. The Vikings could sail boat as well
as any Gloucester fisherman of today and
the early whale hunters, who risked their
lives in frail craft in battles with monsters
of the deep, were experts, as skilled as they
were daring. Their calling was more haz-
ardous then, and that they made it profitable
is proof of their skill and courage.
There was sore talk of introducing whale
meat as substitute for beef, to cut down
the high cost of living, and while it was tried
in parts of the United States, it was not sue
cessful enough to give any additional value
to whales, who are hunted for whalebone
and oil. A ton Of whalebone, which may be
found in the mouth of one whale, is worth
100000 but if it produces as much as thirty
tons of oil that is worth only about 1000.
The lucky hunter Ct a sperm whale who
finds him lump of ambergris in its stom-
ach, may sell it for $40 an ounce, for use in
making perfume.
Sir Sidney's suggestion that legislation
be enacted to prohibit the further hunting
of whales reveals the scientists zeal to pre-
vent the extinction of a species, but it will
hardly meet with favor from the whalers,
who make good livelihood cut of their
calling Yet they would suffer most If
whales were exterminated. Modern arts
and industries could get along without the
whale, in spite of its usefulness. Man has
a way of devsing substitutes for his necessi-
ties, long before fhe original sources are
exhausted. Long live the whale.