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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
THE IMPROVING
COUNTRY PRESS

Chas. Moreau Harger, in the April
Scribner, discusses the powerful in
fiuence which the rural press has
exerted in the making of a nation:
Coming as it does close to the
hearts of its readers, the old home
paper-even if its policy be not
always acknowledgements res
pect and confidence
He shows that to the family in
the country town or on the farm
stead, the weekly visit of the country
paper or the small city daily is an
event enjoyed by all.
Cartoonsts in the metropolitan
press have visualized for the public
a ridiculous and peculiar type as
representing the country editors
personality but this writer shows
that his readers know him and arc
not disillusioned.
He is close to his constituency
Further, it is constituency with
more leisure than any other, more
time for reading the news and opin-
ions of the day" This makes the
country paper vehicle of opinion
and mode of political leadership
The country paper is loyal to the
government and continues to take
a large part in earnest discussion
of public affairs from disinterested
standpoint. 1t is the country weekly
and smaller city daily that makes
the path of radical and demagogue
difficult, standing as it generally
does for prosperous, independent
American homes.-Industria News.
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Something TO
Think bout
BEHIND A MASK

WITH the exception of children.
w who are just beginning to find
their way about through labyrinth
Of words of perplexing colorings,
meanings and difficulties, the great
majority Of humans habitually hide
the truth behind carefully adjusted
mask.
To our shame, be II safd, we take
as naturally to exaggeration as q duck
takes to water. or an eagle to the
naked cliffA
Behind our mask We are guilty Of
every conceivable form Of degrading
deceit, against which the better part
Of US rises very often in silent pro-
test. though It avails nothing beyond
a temporary twinge Of conscience.
Emotion, passion, pride and svarics
are shrewdly concealed from our init
mates, and we frequently chuckle to
ourselves at our ability to continue
the fraud without being suspected of
the despicable purpose that causes 1t.
We pun out our character and at
tributes, posing as sanity beings, when
we know in our hearts we are the op-
posite.
We like to magnify ourselves In the
eyes Of others, just as they seek to en-
large themselves as they strut before
US, preen their fine feathers and crow
in sheer vanity.
And this conceit. which Is very DIFF
dcult to understand In reasoning be-
ings, Is responsible for much Of our
unhappiness.
1t Is at the best perilous weakness.
sure at some time or another to strip
N Of our rags Of dishonor in the pres
ence Of those Of our friends whose
good opinions we prize and wish to re-
tain.
But under the masks our faces ex-
hibit no concern when this thought
steals suddenly upon us. though we
may experience a sickening sense Of
humiliation when we try to look the
world In the eyes
A man or woman with restless
personal ambition Is very apt to wear
a mask until ne or she fails to reach
a cherished goal. In burst OF anger
the disguise is brushed aside and we
are Mortified as we catch a glimpse Of
q terrible face we never knew.
1t Ia only when our strength wanss,
when our hands tremble and we strain
our failing eyes toward the ,darkening
west that we fnd courage to tear the
mask from our face and reveal our
selves as we really are. 1t 10 then we
tell those about Us to be unashamed
in the simple garb Of truth as II the
Ingenious child
teH Aecays Nsnasssss sseaissaaa
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morrison
JOHN TORTIS

THERE was sharp competition
i among various contractors through
out the state for the building of the
new memorial hall in the capital. The
memorial committee had held meet
ings every day for q week, hearing
bids. comparing estimates. investigat-
ing credentials, until there were only
two principal candidates left. The
committee were the solidest citizens
of the community, and they had hon
estly at heart the significance and
beauty and usefulness of the new
hall.
Mr. James Hare was talking.
Gentlemen, believe me, If that hall
isn't finished before winter, and II 1t
isn't one Of the sights to make the
old state proud my name isn't James
Hare, that's all Trouble getting
laborf That's all crazy Bolshevist
talk. You give me this contract, and
I'll start work tomorrow-that's what.
Trust me- gentlemen. l know what
I'm talking about You want a real
handsome memorial: this is no time
to hem and haw. Well, l propose to
put you up something thatll make the
whole country sit mp and take notice"
Mr.. James Hare mopped his heated
brow violently and then, handkerchief
In hand, began to gesticulate wildly
In the enthusiasm of his oratory.
Presently he went out, leaving the
table heaped up with plans and blue
prints; and, almost before the COM
mittee were aware, a quiet gentleman
was ushered into the room II was
John Tortis, who had worked his way
up from bottom to top In the firm he
represented
What were the ideas Of the commit
tee about the memorial. was what
John Tortis wanted to know. Before
they knew II the committee were
speaking at length, one after another.
Meanwhile Mr.. John Tortis simply put
In q word here and there that served
to bring out more information from
the older men. 1t was only at the
very end of the interview that in a
few concise sentences he made his
proposition In definite terms, with no
promises.
When the fathers of the city were
once more alone together they sat In
silence for a moment. Then the chair
man said: II am reminded of an old
saying of my fathers. He taught us
when we were children that there is
reason for all things and that the
good Lord has given us two eyes and
two ears and only one mouth for
purpose. Gentlemen, my trust Is In
the man whose habit It is to use his
eyes and ears twice where he uses
his mouth once"
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT2
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
BLESSED WITH THE HEALTH
WE DO NOT USE

In the sweltering summer days in
the great cities children pine away
and die for the lack of cooling
breezes and freshening waters. Out
of pity, the fire companies turn out
at stated intervals and flood the
streets to provide cooling showers
for the little children.
How grateful those children, (and
grown-ups, for that matter,) would
be for the Delaware River and the
two canals along side. Every sum-
mer various groups in Philadelphia
and New York provide funds for
vacations in the country for worthy
and needy children of those cities.
But here in Lambertvlle and New
Hope, with the inviting waters oil
the river and canals at our very
doors, we do not appreciate it.
Swimming is one of the most
healthful sports in the world. An.
nette Kellerman is noted for her
piehdld physique. Yet she was an
unhealthy cripple in her childhood
Her father, desparing of medical
and surgical relief had the convic-
ton that if she could be taught to
swim she would develop muscles
that would aid in her health. He
persevered in teaching her to swim
and her beautiful body is proof OF
the healthful qualities of swimming
The warm days are coming, (ol
at least we hope so!) and it is moi
only for your pleasure, but fol
your good health, that you are urgec
to splash about in the canals anc
river every chance you get.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
GETTING DANGEROUS

The rapidity and regularity with
which drunken drivers are being
jailed in Trenton and vicinity
especially in vicinity-should begin
to impress lesson upon all those
who are inclined to mix hooch with
gasoline. 1t begins to look as if
the heyday of the drunken driver
was almost over.-State Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19

breath, as 1t does for my strong
cousin. Big Wind"
Il cannot do the things that Mr..
Wood Rat can do" said Little Wood
Mouse. "but l do not weep over It."
"Oh, that is all very well for you,
but 1t is different with me-" sighed
Little Breeze. big Wind bowls and
makes fun OF me because am so
small and weak, and am tired of IL.
/ can't see why Mother Nature will
not let me be a Big Wind instead Of
a soft, fluttering wind only strong
enough to rustic the leaves"
Il think IL belonged to your fam
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
T. d / T o r | A l. S
"A CUNNING WOMAN is A
KNAYISH FOOL"

Lord Lyttleton.
Some women watch their husbands
like a hawk-beeause they are
jealous. Some women watch their
husbands like a hawk-because they
want to get something on them
in order to secure a divorce. The
first are angels of virtue in com
parison to the latter.
But the most despicable of all
women are those who "sue for sep
arate maintenance" They don't want
a divorce-that would enable their
husbands to marry again. No! They
want all the money they can get out
of them, and give nothing in return
for it.
They are by nature parasites
blood suckers, if you will!
But the cunning scheming of a
selfish woman brings it's own re-
ward. They only make of them
selves knavish fools for all the
world to see and despse!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
GOOD MORNING. JUDGE

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE
"Well, Rastus," said the judge as
the familiar face of an old offender
appeared before him.
81 heard good reports of you
when you were in France. How come
you have fallen from grace?"
"What did you heah, judge"
"I've been told you acquitted your
self WE'LL"
81 wasn't acquitted, Judge, | got
two or three months in the guard
house. Treat EN- Square.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-19
INK FROM OTHER
PRESSES
Humorous and Serious Topics
From Leading Editors
of the Country
ALL FULL!

It is told of Charles Lamb that
one afternoon, after he had taken
his seat in crowded omnibus, a
stout gentleman looked in and po-
litely asked: "AlI full inside ?"
81 don't know how it may be with
the other passengers" answered
Lamb, "but that last piece of oys-
ter pie did the business for me."-
Everybody's Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
Girl. CRIPPLED
1zYEARs,.N0N
WALKS
InfantiIe Paralysis Victim Re-
stored to Use Of Limbs
by Operations.
By international News Service.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Seven long
months in the hospital and the re-
ward-the ability to walk for the
first time In seventeen years. That
IL the story Of Anna Wolfe, nine.
teen, OF Brooklyn, who now has the
use Of her legs as the result Of two
operations performed on them at
the Long Island College Hospital,
Annals case IL a striking example
Of the miracles Of modern surgery.
At the age Of two, Anna became
. victim Of infantile paralysis. Her
legs gradually became nisshapen
and deformed. ana she could not
move either.
These deformities were corrected
by the operations. Afterward, pIas.
ter casts were applied and then
braces. Then she began to learn
to walk.
That IL the big sensation in life
today for Anna--her lessons in
walking at the hospital. Each day
Anna experiences the greatest thrill
because she can feel the muscles In
her hips coming into play as she
moves.
Il am STILL" she says, ''Iike a
baby-worse than a baby-in learn.
ing to walk"
After a few more days In the
hospital Anna will be ready to go
home, and in a short time she will
be strong enough to walk unaided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
ATLANTIC GIT
SNARNS WITH
BEAUTIES
Girls Arriving From All Over
Nation to Take Part in
Annual Contest
ny international News Service.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j. Sept. 4.
The most beautiful girls from all
over the nation were arriving here
today Tor the opening tomorrow Of
the national beauty tournament In
connection with the fourth annual
Atlantic City pageant.
Girls, picked for their grace, car
rtage, form and facial features from
eighty-three cities stretching from
California to New York and from
Texas to the Canadian border, make
up the entrants for this yeas con-
test, which will end on Saturday
evening when Miss America" the
most beautiful Of the beautiful, will
be selected.
Miss Mary Katherine Campbell of
Columbus, Ohio, who has been
chosen as Miss America" at the
last two pageants. is again repre-.
senting Columbus, and should she
win again will become the perIna-
nent owner Of the $1,000 Golden
Mermaid, awarded each year TO the
winner.
Thousands of visitors, also from
all points Of the compass, are ar.
irving today TO take part in the
pageant and see the parades of the
beauties. Today the chief topic OF
conversation among them IS what
type OF beauty is going to prevail
at this years contest. Miss Camp
bell, the present Miss America" is
q brunette. does not use cosmetics
and has long hair. Many OF the
picked peaches entered, however,
are Of the new bobbed-hair type
and this years judges must choose
between them.
Wednesday night all If the
beauties will wear evening dress.
Thursday they will take part in tho
rolling chair parade wearing after
noon frocks, and on Friday they
will fit about the beach In the
bathing revue. On Saturday fol-
lowing, judging for their facial
charm, the beauty with the most
points in all classifications will be
crowned 1.-THE beauty Of beauties"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
To
PICK MEXICAN
PRESIDENT
Congress to Hear obregon's
Message Before Naming
New Chief
By International New. service

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 1.-The
Mexican Congress convened today
to hear a message from President
Obrgon before it goes into session
as an electoral college to proclaim
the next president of the republic.
Plutaro ELIAS Gales received the
most votes in the recent presidential
election. He is now in Europe.
General Gales had the support of
the radical element.
There have been recent disorders
in remote parts Of the country and
bapditry designed by rebels to
embarrass the administration, but no
appreciate effect is noted In
Mexico City.
President Obregon was expected
to say that the country has sur.
vived great revolution and the
government Is now putting econ.
omies into effect to pull the nation
out of the financial mire. 1t io
expected these economies will en-.
able the treasury to meet ali
external obligations without an out.
side loan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
COOLIDGE MAY
Be ASKED To
GUST F|RP0
Canon Chase Ready 70 Garry
Fight to White House.
u Necessary

President Coolidge may be asked
to issue orders for the deportation
Of Luis Firpo. the Argentine heavy.
weight boxer. II Commissioner Of
Immigration Curran, at. Ellis Island,
does not act promptly, Canon WiI.
liam 8. Chase, of Brooklyn, who
u leading the fight to drive FirpO
from this country, intimated here
today.
Canon Chase declared that the
honor of the United States Gov
eminent Is at stake" and warned
that the A'eyes of America are
watching to see whether the prize
ring can influence the Department
Of Labor" to delay action on the
deportation warrant until after
Firpo's fight with Harry Wills.
The responsibility, Canon Chase de.
clared. rests upon the Secretary Of
Labor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
CHAULM00GRA
IS FOUND AID
TO LEPERS
Oil and Arsenic Preparation
Curing Chinese Woman
In Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Sept. IA Chinese
woman, formerly of. Vancouver. b.
c., and Lowell, Mass, suffering
from leprosy, who has been under
the care of the Baltimore health
department for more than q year, IS
constantly improving under treat
ment with chaulmoogra oil and a
preparation Of arsenic, Doctor John
f.. Hogan, director of the bureau
of communicable diseases, said re-
Gently.
His annual report told Of two
cases which came to the attention
of the bureau last year. The yec-
ond patient, an italian boy, was
sent last spring to the leprosarium
at Carvllle, La, which Is in charge
OF the United States Public Health
Service. The woman remained in
Baltimore to receive treatment from
Doctor Hogan. Doctor Hogan said:
THE patient is receiving once
week a dose of two cubic cent?.
meters Of chaulmoogra oil, which Is
in use in the leper colonies of the
Philippines and Hawaii, and once a
weak treatment with a compound
rich in arsenic. The oil is injected
into the veins.
Blood tests regularly showed a
positive for the leper bacillus, but
the last one was negative. The pa
tient continues to improve. How
far this Improvement will go is i'm.
possible to say. One, does not use
the. words recovery or cure in
connection with leprosy."
The patient Is isolated and is not
a menace to the public, Doctor Hogan
made clear, as did Doctor c. Hamp-
son Jones, health commissioners. She
contracted the malady in Vancouver
and lived In Lowell for years before
she came to Baltimore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
BROTHER ocToGEUARIANs
MEET AFTER so YEARS

SHENANDOAH, Pa. Sept. IL
Thomas and Martin Cleary, aged
brothers, accidentally met here when
Martin came East from the Far
West on his, vacation, and in the
course Of conversation at a local
hotel he was startled when informed
that his brother Thomas was alive
here, whereas he had been reported
to him as dead years ago, and great
was the joy of the two men when
they met each other for the first
time in nearly half a century, each
thinking the other dead.
Both men are in the eighties and
It was a happy and an affectionate
meeting. The visitor has been very
successful in real estate transac-
tions and has become wealthy, while
his brother here raised q large
family and was kept hustling all his
life, but from this on he will live
in comparative luxury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
SEEKS FUNDS FOR
ERECTION OF NEW HOME

A. sixty-day campaign to raise
funds for erecting q new church, to
replace the present home Of the
Cosmcpol Baptist congregation,
3 street. between Ninth and Tenth
at 4 mass meeting in the church
ct 9 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Plans win be made for extending
the work OF the White Cross free
labor bureau. maintained in cOnnec-
ton with the church, to include the
teaching of the following trades to
unemployed colored residents of
Washington: Carpentery, tailoring,
agriculture. shoemaking, dressnak-
iLg, millinery and domestic science.
p. c. SpauIding, secretary Of the
Republican State central COMMITTEES
and Thomas Il. Jones, president OF
the Coolidge and Dawes Republican
league, win be among the speakers,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
LADY HOBO, 70,
RIDES RODS AND
DEF|E5 AGE
Slaps Chicago Judge on the
Back and Invites Him to
Visit Her in Nevada
BY GERALD MILLER,
International News Service.

CHICAGO, Sept. There isn't
any twilight to a well-lived life
in fact, 100 years doesn't mean
Q thing to a. nice, robust woman
who leaves off corsets and high
boots, hikes fifty miles a day, works
In the gold mines, rides the rods"
every now and Ahen, and keeps
herself young in general.
At least, SO says Mrs. Herbert
Jester, "a seventy.three-year old
youngster, who Just hoped
freight and came on up to Chicago
to transact a. little business" Mrs.
Jester lives away out in Goldficld.
New.
Most Of Mrs, TESTERS life has.
en- are afraid to Go. She got right
down to earth while quite young
and hasn't left it since.
''I stand Jtraighter and Tn
stronger than most men," said she.
"Why, when / was working in the
gold mines of Nevada l tramped
fifty miles a day with the best of
men and spent ha-1 the night nurs.
ing the sick ones"
Mrs. Jester is a lady hobo."H
She was arrested when sheI blew
into Chicago on a freight from
Colorado. And after she looked
Judge John L. Lupe, of the West
Chicago Police Court, in the eye
for a few minutes, the Judge told
her to go on and attend to her
business.
"All right, Judge" said the veter-
an, with hearty thump on the
middle Of his back. Happy daysl
And when you come out to Gold
field, in Nevada, Ill have the doors
wide open!' .~a.,..
Then, while, the Judge coughed
and struggled to regain his shat.
tered dignity and collect his scat
tered senses, the. seventy.three;
year-old LADY hobo" shifted her
coat and worn felt hat, almost the
same color. as her bronzed throat
and arms. to the other hand and
went right on:
And, my boy, It don't make any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
CHURCH WOULD BORROW
ITS oRCANIST FROM JAIL

UNIoNTOWN, Sept. because
they cannot obtain another organ.
list and choir master, Reverend
Joseph A.. Kushner, and trustees
of st. Edwards Church, Fayette
City, petitioned Judge Reppert
to release Frank Bentley from the
county Jail the four succeeding
Sundays. The Judge took their
petition under consideration.
In July. Bentley, the organist
and choirmaster, was sentenced tn
sixty days for q liquor law vio-
lation, but did not begin sentence
until August 26, because of the
plea of the church. heads that
they needed several weeks 70 get
q new choirmagter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
ILLINOIS SHERIFF BANS
MASKED KHAN PARADES

MARION, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-Parades
Of masked Ku Klux Klansmen
henceforth will be prohibited in
Williamson county, Sheriff George
Galligan declared.
The sherifrs statement was made
after an all-night vigil at the county
jail where he and deputies, armed
with riot guns and one machine
gun, stood guard, anticipating, they
said. an attempt by klansn1en to
iberate q man arrested in a khan
parade here last night for wearing
q mask. No attempt was made
to free the prisoner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
Japan's Navy Now Il
Ahead Of Ours,
Says Expert

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. L.
Japan is ahead Of the United
States in preparedness for
naval warfare, according to an
opinion expressed by Rear Adj
Iniral Josiah s. Mexican, COM
1nandant Of the Mare Island
navy yard and well-known au-
thority on naval history and
tactics, upon taking over the
office of comInandant Of the
Twelfth naval district. He said:
"Taking every phase Of naval
warfare into consideration, the
United States navy ii below the
5-b-3 ratio granted by the
recent international agreement
and is tagging behind Japan.
At the present time the United
States navy, in all it's branches,
is operating on a 5-2h-S
basis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
CHICAGO HAS POTENTIAL
GIRL ATHLETIC CHAMPION

CHICAGO, Sept. S.--In little
Helen Filkey Chicago claims to
have a potential woman champion
for future amateur athletic con.
tests. In the Business Mems meet
recently the girl won the broad
jump, javelin throw, 100-yard low
hurdles, 60.yard high hurdles and
l06.yard dash. She finished second
in each of the other three events =
the hop-step-and-jump. the high
jump and the discus throw.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
TOOK TO DRINK WHEN
WIFE BORBED HER HAIR

NEW YORK, Sept. Judge
when I had my hair bobbed five
months ago William started drink.
ing again" Thus Mrs. Mildred
Eve defended her husband on a
drunkenness charge in a BROOKLYN
court. The Judge put him on pro-
baton again with this counsel:
Take my advice and don't con.
Germ yourself with strictly personal
affairs Of women. No matter how
you or any other man feels, you
are not going to exert any control
over the ladies on a matter Of
styles"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-01
RURAL ELEcTRIFIcATIoN
DISCUSSED IN FRANCE

The first conference in France
on rural identification will be held
in Lyons in midi October. This
meeting will have the backing OF
the ministries of agriculture, pub.
lie works and interior.
During the sessions there will
be demonstrations of the applica.
ton of electrical appliances to
various phases of rural life.