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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
DISTRIBUTION OF CALLS DURING TYPICAL 0AY

Feeling the pulse of the public" is
more than newspaper phrase. 1t is
something that can actually be done
and the telephone does 1t. The above
chart, which illustrates the ebb and
flow In the tide of telephone traffic
during a typical day, shows graph
cally how the volume OF telephone
talk rises and falls with the business
and social activities OF the commun.
ity.
In typical city the highest traffic
point, or peak of the load" as II is
called in telephone parlance, is reach
ed between 0 and 10 A. NJ. That is
when business begins to get into full
swing-the stock exchanges open and
telephone exchanges in the business
sections of the city are taxed to their
capacity. The traffic drops gradually
until the lunch hour between u and
o'clock, and rises again until 1t
reaches another peak between and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.
These microphones picked up the
voices and Transmitted them by di-
rect circuits to Gimbel Brothers
Broadcasting Station "WIP" in Phila-
delphia. Here the circuits terminated
directly In the broadcasting apparatus,
which Is one of the latest and most
powerful types of Western Electric
Company Radio Telephone Broadcast.
ing equipment Even the applause
which followed the various numbers
was plainly heard by the radio public.
This was probably one Of the most
important and enjoyable telephone
and radio feats ever attempted In
Pennsylvania and the success Of the
undertaking stands side by side with
the gratifying results obtained dur
ing the broadcasting of Governor Pin
chot's inaugural speech when the same
combination--tel and radio
was used.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
u. S. Roquefort Cheese

America is to have its own rogue
fort cheese, which will look, taste,
and smell just like that which has
been made near the village of Rogue
fort In southern France for 1000
wears. The French roquefOrt Is made
from sheep milk and ripened In cool,
windy caves Lacking the strain OF
milking sheep and the windy caves,
United States government experts
have successfully substituted cows
milk and built insulated curing rooms
where conditions found In the original
Roquefort eaverns are simulated.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

o'clock In the shopping districts
calls reach the highest point between
g and O'Clock L. NJ, and In residen-
tial sections there are two high
points, one around . o'clock In the
morning when the housewife is plac-
ing her order with the butcher, baker,
etc, and the other about 7 p. NJ.
when evening engagements are made,
After that the traffic dwindles away,
till midnight finds the switchboard
practically idle.
But the traffic curve may without
warning give most spectacular IL
lustration OF how sensitive II Is to
the public pulse. A big fire or acct
dent will send thousands OF anxious
people to the telephone nd the traf-
fc curve will shoot upward A rainy
day that drives people Off the streets
or the interruption of transportation
service increases the numt err OF tele-
phone calls very noticeahly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Grating Tomatoes
on Unison Weeds

]. NJ. Hilton, a resident Of Kershaw.
Lancaster. county, S. c., has had con
siderable success in grating tomatoes
on Unison weeds and growing very
hardy tomato, which Is blight and
drought proof According to speci-
mems exhibited, the meat of this toma-
johnson fruit is frmer than the regu-
lar tomato
Mr.. Hilton plants his tomato seed
according to custom, and when the
plants get to the height of six or more
inches he CRAFTS branches to the Jim
son weed A firm-aeshed tomato and
bush that resists drought and blight
have been the dream of truckers. If
his plan, which has worked very sue
cessfully on small scale several sea-
sons, can be enlarged to CONNER
ciaI scale, the graft system may be
come hobby with truck growers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Efficient

Willis-How is the efficiency expert
coming on at your Office?
GIllls-Fine He was such success
for the boss that we employed him
for a week.
Ibid he make goodT'
an say he did He showed us a
new way to beat the time clock, taught
us n lot of brand new excuses for be-
ing late. and how to hook the bosss
cigars without being caught"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
50v,UCO MIss of Gables

Submarine cables are expensive
things to make and lay, the 100000
miles of cable In all AT the bottom OF
the sea represe ming S500,0e0,00O' each
line costing about 81 900 mile. The
average useful life Of cable nova
days is between thirty and forty years.
according to conditions. Some l0WO,-
600 messages are conveyed by the
worlds cables In the course Of a year,
and under present conditions the
working speed is up to 100 words
minute. About nine-tenths Of the cable
messages are sent in code or cipher.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
USE OF TELEPHONE
AIDS HEARING

There is a notion that the use Of
the telephone is bad for the ear
This has been proven untrue. Re
suits show that the telephone is not
Injurious to the hearing, but rather
makes 1t better.
In most cases the receiver is placed
to the left ear and tests have shown
that 1t is better than the right ear
and that II Is the telephone that
makes 1t better.
The practice of using the telephone
has made left ears far more sensi-
tive than right ones. Just for the
sake of proving II TO yourself, put
the telephone receiver to your right
ear the next time you use the tele
phone. You will probably find that
you can't hear as well through your
right ear as you can through your
left
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Brifain's Taxable Wealth

Taxation since the war has changed
the distribution of Individual holdings
that make up Great Brltain's taxable
wealth. Landowners now possess more
bonds or cash than previously, and
fewer ancestral acres. The proportion
tates is about twice as great as that
in the smaller estates subject to in.
heritance tax. Every individual. rich
or otherwise, seeks to adjust his hold
Ings in such way as to make the tax
burden least oppressive.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Paradise Nuts

Paradise nuts are sweet and oily and
resemble the brazil nut. The nuts are
formed inside large urn-shaped shell,
commonly known as a monkey pot"
similar in construction to that inclos-
xg brazil nuts. but much larger When
a mature pod falls to the ground the
natural gas within blows off the neatly
lifting lid of the Urn, scattering the
nuts and nj the same time PRODUCING
a Characteristic report which beings all
the neighboring monkeys rushing to
the fcnSt
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Where Bears Liue

The black bear is the best known
member of This family in North Amer
lea. Three of mis- grand-uncles live in
northern ATTITUDES. the white polar
bear amongst the ice en- the Arctic
ocean, the grizzly in the remote fast
nesses of the Rockies and the Kadiak.
that giant amongst wild animals, on
the islands adjacent to the coast Of
Alaska These three species are very
much larger than their dusky relative,
but are not nearly 50 harmless and
attractive.-Nature Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Osfrich-Feather Industry

The United States formerly took
about half of the South African pro-
duction of ostrich feathers, but
changes in fashion have reduced the
American demand. and the Industry to-
day Is in very depressed condition.
South African exports of ostrich feath-
ers amounted to about $2,000,000 In
1922. compared with $l5,000,0O0 in
I019
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
In the Spring

Il wonder what is wrong with my
watch ?" said the father. Possibly II
wants cleaning"
ooh. no, daddy" said his little son.
at is quite clean. had 1t In the bath
room yesterday and ! washed all the
works Boys Life
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
LAMBERTVULE
SCHOOL NOTES
The Reason
From February "Steel and Blue"

A fool" said the professor to
the student who had asked catch
question, "can ask questions that
even a wise man can't answer"
SIS that the reason" asked a
student in the back row, "why
flunked last term in this subject 2"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

OF the 34000.0O0 miles of wire In
the Bell System over ninety-slx per
cent is copper, The Western Flee
trio Company. the manufacturing
branch Of the system. uses 75,000,OO0
pounds of copper annually.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
A Light Talker

Did the speaker electrify his audi
ence?"
mo. He merely gassed it."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
en-

What is more to be desired in
an accident than presence of mind ~
81 don't know. WHAT"
absence of body"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

Absent minded dentist, tinkering
inside of the hood of his motor car:
Nov I'm afraid this is going to
hurt you just little"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
At ANY Dance

First Stew-"Say (hicl all ish
girls have awful broad belts on"
Second Stew-"Belts! (hic) Ems
reSSes."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

Girl Gin tears) -"Why come to the
game drunk? ?"
Brute" economical. See two
games with one ticket"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Anxtnlnn To Please

Mistress won't have that
husky milkman in my kitchen.
Nora-All right, mum; l know
smaller one.-Juggler.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

Continued from second page)
Cub Aviator 1.-TWO thousand feet
in air. "The engine has stopped
nd the gasoline tank is empty; how
in the world am going to get
down."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

THE 1924
RECORD-NEWS ALMANAC
is NOW OFF THE PRESS.
IF YOU DID NOT GET A COPY
LET US KNOW RIGHT AWAY.
IT is A GOOD ALMANAC
IF WE DO SAY SO.
SUBSCRIBERS MAY SECURE
COPIES BY CALLING AT
THE RECORD BUILDING
CORYELL STREET,
LAMBERTVILLE,N NJ.
THOSE DESIRING EXTRA
COPIES MAILED TO THEM
WILL PLEASE SEND &c. POSTAGE
THIS ALMANAC is ALSO
A COMPLETE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
OF THE LEADING MERCHANTS
OF THE COMMUNITY.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
Facts About the Telephone

The Bell Telephone System
serves two-thirds of the worlds
telephones. This service extends
to more than 10000 communities
and important parts of Canada
and Cuba
More than 100000 holes mus
be dug every year to accommodate
the telephone poles erected in new
locations and those replaced. NOV
ed and reset by the Bell Telephone
System in the United States.
In proportion to population
there are ten times as many tele-
phones in the United States as
there are in Europe
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

suppose Molly will be in Mrs.
Moons room all the time since Frank
has come up.
Mildred will follow Molly in Mrs.
Moons room cause Dick is here, too.
If Canopener didn't come to school
wonder if Shrimp could find her
way.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29
FRESHMAN NOTES
Poor Third Warders

Poor Third Warders gotta share our
fate
Gotta get up early, gotta stay up
late
Gotta do their lessons, when they
want to GO
To see Tom Mix and others, at the
movie show.
Gotta be so awful brave, when
they gotta face
A science test on Moisture" they'll
SILVER in their place
They'll grow thin and scrawny, and
bemoan their fate
Cause they gotta get up early and
gotta stay up late.
hey won't be sorry they worked
when they leave our l.. II. s.,
Sorry, pard ?" they'll answer |
should never guess
Sorry that when first | came | be-
moaned my fate,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

where do you live ?"
Nowhere; where do you live?"
Next door"
Shopper-"Pd like to look at a
fly swatter, please"
Clerk-"Sorry, sir, but we don't
handle sporting goods"
81 just saw horse with a wooden
leg"
"Where?"
"0n the merry go-round.
Ernie Ireland sure fell for Hilda
the other night (Skating, of course,
and he saw stars, too"
Trouble and Bubble were twin
brothers. One day Trouble got lost
and Bubble went to hunt for him.
He met a policeman and asked
Bubble where he was going.
81 am looking for Trouble, re-
piled Bubble.
"Then come with me" said the
policeman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-02-29

Cause | hadda get up early and
hadda stay up late.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
MAKES STUDY OF LAUGHTER
Psychologist Declares That He Can
Tell Ones Character by the
Vowel He Uses.

A well-known psychologist has been
mailing a study of laughter, which he
says differs In its Indication of char
acter by Its vowel sound. s
Those who laugh In "A" he says.
or make sound IKE "a sare loyal to
then friends frank In their speech,
fond Of hustle and movement and Of
versatile character. HFs54
People who laugh In wE' are sell
dom cheerful company because they
- phlegmatic and melancholy.
Nioqt children laugh In ~" and peo-
pie who continue to laugh In II" after
they have grown to be men and women
haze chIldllke qualities, They are
pbiii affectionats. ifresolute but
candid and are always obliging and
ready TO work for others. They are
apparently not very strong characters.
People who laugh on the vowel 20"
are often successful In life because
they are not oversensltive. They do
not worry about public opinion, and
criticism slips of their backs like wa.
ter off ducks. They are generous,
self-confdent and. In spite of their
pushfulDess, usually liked and trusted.
Few people like laughers In ~" As
matter Of fact, these individuals are
very sparing In their laughter. Life
for them holds little Of fun and mlrth.
London Tit-Bits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
TOLD FORTUNES IN COFFEE
Magazine Printed In 1881 Tells Of the
"Famous Mrs. Cherry"
9eeress.

Coffee has been put to many curious
uses, according to William II. Ukers
author Of "All About Coffee" (The
Tea and Coffee Trade Journal com.
pany, New York;, but none stranger
than the one described In an account
reprinted from an English magazine Of
1871, Of fortune-telline, or "dlvlnatlOn"
by Coffee grounds.
The fortune-teller, or "diviner," de-
scribed herself as "the famous Mrs
Cherry, the only gsntlewoman truly
learned in the occult science of toss.
Ing OF coffee grounds, who has with
uninterrupted success for some time
past practlced to the general satisfac.
ton OF her female vlsltants Her hours
are after prayers are done at st. Pc.
ter's church, until dinner. IN. r.
She never requires more than one
ounce OF coffee from single gentle.
woman, and SO proportional for see.
ond or third person, but not to exceed
that number at any one time.)
IF this one ounce OF coffee repre.
scented her payment for reading lls
future, the charge could not be con
sidered exorbitant." comments M
Ukers She seems to have had lesA
regard for her own fortune than for
those Of her patrons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
EXCHANGED PIPES FOR LAND
Three Hundred Were Part Of the Rrloe
William Penn Paid for Tract In
Seventeenth Century.

Pipes in the Seventeenth century
were largely made In Holland of pine
clay imported from England-to the
disgust and loss Of English plpemakers,
In 1868 the company Of tobacco plRe-
makers petltioned parliament to forbid
the export Of tobacco pipe clay, since
by the manufacture Of pipes in Hol-
land their trade was much damaged.
The company's request was granted,
but in the next year II again found II
necessary to go to parliament, show
Ing their threatened ruin because
cooks, bakers and ale-house keepers
and others made pipes, but 50 unslslll-
fully that they were brought into dis.
esteem, and requesting that none be
allowed to follow the trade who had
not been apprentices seven years.
During the latter part of the Seven
teenth century English pipes were pre-
sented by colonlsts in America TO the
Indians. They subsequently became
valuable as objects Of barter or part
purchase value in exchange for land.
In 1867 100 pipes and 100 jew's-harps
were given for strip Of country near
Timber creek In New Jersey. william
Penn, the founder Of Pennsylvania,
purchased tract Of land, and 300
pipes were included In the articles
given In the exchange.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
WILD TURKEY likes TO SAIL
Uses Wings More Than Is Supposed.
Volpanes Down Mountain Slope
at Express Train Speed.

Wild turkeys use their wings more
than is supposed; for going to and com
ing from the roost; when disturbed;
often to come together from consider
able distances; when changing their
feeding grounds and sometimes they
will fly into tall trees apparently just
to spy out the land, ID mountainous
country turkeys do good deal Of sail
ing down long slopes. This wild vol
planning is most beautiful and Impress
slve flight downward and the rush OF
the wind through these makes sound
like bowling shrnpnel. The speed Is
terrific, and 1t Is checked by the birds
gracefully swerying to one side ere
they come TO ground, On several Ncda-
sfons I have attempted to time such
flight, having the birds In full view and
knowing approximately the distance
covered. Unless my estimate was
wholly wrong, turkeys can volplane
down a two-mile mountain slope In a
shade over minute and half. An
other fly Of about three miles, includ-
ing dip to distant ridge, seemed to
be made In three minutes fiat. But
such speed, under the circumstances,
is not extraordinary when we remem-
Der that green-winged teal, along a
straight river reach, has been timed at
1870 miles an hour. The speed of wild
things is at least one insurance policy
they carry against determination.
The case of the wild turkey is exclt-
ing in Its promise. Here Is great
bird for long in many states on the
verge Of extinction, now coming back
in all his regal stateliness Nor is the
mere killing Of him the only sport that
his return affords His presence once
more In our forests invests them with
the spirit Of prlmeval witness that no
man wishes this country ever wholly to
lose.-Arehlbald Rutledge, In the New
York Independent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
Not a Good Shot.

The business Girls boss is a sales
man Of nervous temperament, quick
and energetic in his dlctation and
quite fond OF highsoundlng phrases.
He has his fair share of slang and
many a snappy sentence has she type.
written that would make an English
professors hair or he had any stand
on end In horror.
At times he mixes his metaphors,
but the other dny she got the best
one yet The boss was writing to the
editor-ln-cbIef OF large metropolitan
daily complimentlng him on his edi.
torlals, and telling him they were the
only ones he (the b0ss) ever read con
slstenlly II was big compliment
the boss thOught-and then he
thought he'd caP the climax, so to
speak, and he dictated:
I'm my opinion your editorials hit
the bullseye squarely on the nose
every time p-New York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
Age Golfer Should Retire

The question Of how long can golf
err golf has bothered men with bulky
walstllnes and advancing years. Sci
ence has taken a hand In the discus
sion, and several English physicians
have decreed that fifty is the age when
golfers should retire. The ancient
game has long been regarded ms espe-
clally BETTING men OF advanced years,
since II provides ample exercise, en-
Joyment and competition without the
accompanying danger of being too
strenuous. The death Of prominent
Engllshman, who succumbed while
playing golf, has revived the discussion
Of the age at which golfers should re-
tire. This Englishman was slxty-hve
and was the twelfth Engllshman past
middle age to die on the links this
year. Physicians contend that the ar
terles have become rigid at this age,
and that club swinging ID likely to
be fatal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
Storms Start in Mountains

Wlndstorms Of great force which
sweep over great stretches Of coun-
try are often developed In mountain
Gus regions on perfectly still days.
If the sun beats down steadily upon
a great perpendicular face of rock the
air Is heated and begins to rise. AS
1t moves upward currents are formed
as the air PUSHES in to I'LL the partial
vacuum. In a short time the air cur
rents are rising with considerable
force upward along the wall OF rock,
gaining momentum as they go on. On
reaching the top they are likely to
sweep over the edge and either de-
scend on the other side or continue
across the country. Such winds are
developed in the Rocky mountains and
travel for many miles. The Indians
were greatly mystifed by these winds
which seem TO come out Of clear
sky and attributed them to the spirits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-04-04
-she'i olsht to DO better, seems to


me-"
Emeline, who had been In the next
room and heard every word, entered
with flushed cheeks and flashing eyes.
Mrs. Phetiplace," said she, "you are
mistaken. could not do better. John
ought to marry--if I-if were worthy
of him. There has been too much Of
that sort Of talk and IL you don't
stop Interfering I'll Oh, you are a
horrid old thing" and vainly trying
to choke back her tears she fled from
the room.
"For the lands sake" exclaimed
Mariana. "Well, must be goln."
That night John, who had worked
himself up to the grand remuneration,
called upon Emmy. Emmy" he fall
tered, II have come to the conclusion
that ] am not the sort" ,
"Stop. Iohn.f cried Emelina. Il
know what you are going to say. one
half the community is Of the opinion
that you are not worthy of me and
hhN bAiOh NOhSluCib luC uh-
worthy Of you. Perhaps they are both
right Be that as 1t may, you are the
man | am going to marry"
"Why, Emmy" said John, ARE you
sure you want to take the"
"Yes, l am willing to take the risk
If you are" she replied. "When is Il
to be?"
"Darling as soon as possible" said
John.
"A week from tomorrow then" said
Emmy.
Mariana Phetlplace, Althea Vernum
Carrie Armstrong and Jane Martin
were among those. not present at the
wedding. They still enjoy good health
however-and are ION their job"