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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
HUMORIST WRITES
ROAD SIGNS BETTER
THAN HE KNOWS
Hard Road Sense in Fun for the
Press.

Hard Road Sense in Fun for the
Press.
Bugs" Baer, a well known news
paper humorist, has written and
published series of "road signs, "
probably merely intended to en-
tertain But many of them might be
erected with benefit to the safety
of traffic.
Don't run up your mileage with
skids," contains a lot of real caution
in tabloid form. Don't do your
thinking with your brakes" will
STRIKE a responsive chord in every
man who has had near-nervous pros
tration at the sight of the reckless
driver stopping in a hurry. There
are three grades of eggs, but only
one grade of crossing and that's
dangerous" ought to be pasted in
the hat of all those who try to
beat the train" across it's right of
way.
The glass in your windshield is
the ssrle stuff they put in hospital
windows. Which will you look
through ?" is very pertinent query,
and Fifteen miles an hour may be
a chill but fifty is fever" is not too
medical to be understood.
To towns troubled with too much
speeding by tourists, Mr.. Baer sug-
gests "Speed limit in this town fif-
teen miles an hour. One day for
every mile over that" or Owe have
seven hotels and one Jail, take your
pick"
Don't try to scare locomotives
with your horn" "The minute you
save may be your last one" "You
wouldn't travel on freight train,
so don't try to travel under one,
are all good to remember.
Mr.. Baer intended to be funny,
and succeeded; he may not have
intended to be srious, but many can
take his cleverness seriously with
benefit to themselves and the gener-
al public.
In other words (Mr. Baer once
morel, Accident insurance is good
thing to have without the accident"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
Che Uhu
OF
Superstitions
BY H RIDING KING
CURE FOR NosE-RLEEo

IN MANY sections of the country II
is believed that wearing red bean
strung on a string around the neck
Will cure, or prevent, nose-bleed. This
is q survival of primitive mans belief
in sympathetic specifically that
part Of II which is classified as homeo-
pathlc or initiative magic and which
depends upon the law of similarity.
The ancients worked this magic both
ways. When 1t was case of action
in general 1t was a cese of like causes
like. But when 1t has strictly a cura-
tive process 1t was like cures like"
This belief can be traced far back
through the ages and prevails today
among nearly all peoples who are In a
primitive state. The old Greeks and
Romans used to cure" jaundice by
means of the stone-curlew. whose lnrge
yellow eye, we are assured by Plu-
tarch and Pllny, drew out" the dis
ease from the patient; and the German
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
PROFESSOR LECTURES HIS
CLASS BY LONG DISTANCE

Teaching a university class by long
distance telephone is a novel expe-
dent recently employed by profes-
sor In one of our Western universities.
During the Christmas holidays TINS
gentleman made visit to town
some so miles from the university.
and was unlucky enough to be de-
tanned there by quarantine hnpos-
ed to check the spread Of a contagi-
o1s disease. Being unable to return
to his work, and yet unwilling to
give up his classes throughout the
entire duration of the quarantine. the
professor conceived The novel idea OF
resorting to the telephone. The long
distance service proved SO satisfac-
tory that he was able by this means
TO conduct his classes at the univer-
sity fifty miles away. and to keep In
touch with his students, without coz
travening the quarantine regulations
In the slightest degree.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
CALLED iEa.r nO.a5E
OPERATORS CENTRAL"
Term Originated When First
SWitchb0ards Were
Invented.

The term central" as applied to
the telephone central office and some
times TO the operators has signif-
canoe which few realize
De to ,he fac. that every tele-
phone line IS a seper..te pair IF wires
connected to switchboard. 1t Is
necessary that the switchboard in
each community be at the central
point in the town.
This point is sometimes called thr
wire center" It is the place wher
ali of The wires of all of the sui
scrlbers are brought together. and
real estate values are comparatively
high At that point
In tie case of manufacturing con.
Germs, the principal factor considered
Is transportation facilities Thus fac
tories are on the outskirts of towns
Gas and electric light plants are usu-
aiv located considerable distance
from the center of the community
} sliS Is IedSiDle because the pfb1 tsS
az these concerns is pied or wired
INTO the town and then many Gus
toners can be supplied from one pipe
line or one circuit. Telephone com
panies, on the contrary, are compelled
to place their buildings in the very
heart of the community Because o:
this fact telephone buildings eannor
be of the factory" variety, but must
be constructed architecturally SO that
they viii conform 10 the surround
ings. Thus buildings constructed by
the telephone company are good look
ing and credit to tie community
They must he more strongly built
than the ordinary building so that
they can carry the very heavy equip
ment which is placed H. them. With
the present-day construction costs
new buildings required to meet the
needs Of the people for additional
telephones are a considerable item In
the telephone compa iy's budget.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

sylvanIa contains over 100000 list
ings and almost 100 pages.
The accompanying Illustration is a
reproduction of part of the instruc-
ton page Of the 1870 directory
AT that time In order TO make a
call 1t was first necessary to turn a
crank, push up knob and then wait
until the Exchange office" signalled
you by ringing your number After
that all that was necessary was to re-
peat the same signal before removing
the telephone from the hook
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
MEMORIAL ROAD FOR

W ia NAN " Al
Permanent decentralization of the
famous battle fields of Palo Alto and
Resaea de lie Palma. fought during
the War with Mexico, is sought by
members of the American Legion in
Texas.
The Legion programs calls for the
construction of direct road be-
tween Brownsville, Texas and the
battleields, which are now COM
paratively inaccessible. The roads
would roughly follow the route taken
by General Zachary Taylor's army
on its march into Mexico. Each
camping ground will be appropriate
ly marked.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
ONLY 500 NAMES LISTED IN
Telephone directory OF 1879

Phlladelphia's Bell Telephone d-
rectory in 1879, the only one of its
kind in Pennsylvania at that time
contained some three hundred list.
lngs and about thirty pages.
The great volume that Is now issu-
ed twice year in Philadelphia by
the Bell Telephone Company of Penn
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

Peasants to-day use reu DIrds TO draw
OUT st. Anthony's fire or relieve pa
tents flushed with fever.
Anything red or yellow is supposed
to be beneficial in cases where the dis
ease manlfests iteslf by a like color
IT will readily be seen, then, how red
bean worn around the neck should,
according to the ancient principles Of
sympathetic magic, cure or prevent
nose-bleed. The relation between the
primitive mans magic and the modern
mans science is interesting Frazer
says Of sympathetic magic that It "as-
simes that things act upon each other
at a distance through a secret sym
pathy, the impulse being transmitted
from one to the other by means OF
what we may conceive as a kind of in
visible ether, not unlike that which is
postulated by modern science for pre-
cisely similar purpose, namely, to ex-
plain how things can physically affect
each other through a space which APP
pears TO be empty"
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syudteats.)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

The development of the telephone
has been remarkable Today the only
action necessary to signal the operat-
or Is to remove the receiver from the
hook, or, with the magnetic type of
telephone, turn the little crank.
Despite the simplified manner of
making telephone call today, tele.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
HIS UNLUCKY THIRTEEN

The Cadger-"I amt never lad
nance No matter where go or
wot | works at, my unlucky number
,obs up and does me in some 'ow.
The seholder-"What do you
mean? What's your unlucky num-
Der"
The Thirteen, lady.
r'welve jurymen an a judge. -Ex-
,hange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

phone companies devote several pages
of valuable space In the front part
of directories for the information and
guidance of telephone users. On
these pages many valuable sugges-
tons are included that will help sub
scribers to get the most out of their
telephone.
AT the present time there are thir.
ty-fve different Bell Telephone d.
rectories published at least twice a
year in Pennsylvania. representing
distribution of over 1892, 900 copies
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
Change of Publication
Day for RecOrd-Nescs

Beginning with June 5, 1924.
The Lambertville Record and
The New Hope News will be
issued each Thursday instead of
Friday, as in the past, so all
news and advertising copy must
be in one day earlier. AID copy
should be in by Wednesday
morning for that weeks issue.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

Twenty years ago it was impos-
sible to telephone from New York to
Denver Now one c.; talk rom
Havana, Cuba. to Catalina Island in
California, distance of $500 miles
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

a large crop this year. He set out
1000 new plants this Spring. He also
has one and one-half acres IN
grapevines, of the best varitles OIL
market grapes. He markets his fruit
in the community and neighboring
towns.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
Has ndort stookholders-

The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company has a afger number
of stockholders than any other Amer
ican corporation according 10 figures
recently issued which showed thar
the company bad nearly BOO 400 stock
holders
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

Richard Reiman, the progressive
Butter Greek Valley trucker, near
Trumbauersville, has six and one-half
acres of raspberries of the large
black variety and has prospects for
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
Telenhonlnn In France

Telephone subscribers In France
must guard against becoming angry
and critlcizlng the telephone operat-
ors II they do not want to have serv.
ice discontinued for two days, ac.
cording to decree issued by the
Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

million dollars aay "a being
spent by telephone companies In the
United States on telephone eonstrue-
ton and replacement
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05
To call the Exchange Office:


mah til, call will le answered by ringing bell
Telephone
The Exchange Once you
will the taking the Telephone
Then place the Telephone Gloss 70 the mouth the tube the
lightly touching H. naturally diin ty and not too rapidly
through talking
asignal TO the Exchange Once dSunnect the wires.
1t; otherwise Interrupted calls will
Report promptly any interruptions delays
Fs5rNary
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

POLICE DOGS, elbows, Airedales,
English and Irish Settlers, Great
Danes, Irish Wolf Hounds. Finest
breeding in existence, farm-rais-
ed and guaranteed in AL condition.
Grand Champion Komet Won Hohel-
uft, Double Champion Bera of Elm
view, Red Lenming Chow and
other noted Dogs at stud Breed to
the best and buy the best. Puppies
for sale at reasonable prices and u
few very exceptional females given
to reliable people on breeding basis.
Police Dogs trained by noted German
Trainer at reasonable fees. Strong
heart Kennels, Easton Avenue, New
Brunswick, New Jersey, Telephone
1443-W-2. (5-23*)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

WANT to trade good roll top desk
for large, heavy table. Gordon Coop
er, Record office, Lambertville. If
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

FURNISHED ROOM for rent. Run
ming water in room, and convenient
to bath. Electric light; private en-
trance direct from street, in center
of town. Immediate possession. APP
ply Record Office, 6 Coryell ST.,
Lambertville. tt
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

NUTTVE UF SETTLEMENT
Notice ia hereby given that the following
account win be audited and stated by the
Surrogate and reported 10 the Judge Of the
Orphans Court of the County of Hunterdon
On Monday. July Z. 1924.
in the term of April, A. n, 1924,
for settlement and allowance
Estate Emma FRuss, deceased.
George c. Green. Administrator
CHAS d. MeCRACKEN, Surrogate
(6-6 to 7-A-Pr's fee Shl
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-06-05

The information Page of telephone directory 1879
shown In the extract
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
FAMOUS WOMEN.
HORTENsE OF HOLLAND

Few queens have been more absolute in character, and few have possessed more beauty and talent than the fair but frail Hortense of Holland. Born in Paris in the year 17S3, she was the daughter of the immortal Josephine Beaucharnais by her first husband. In compliance with the wishes of her inn perial stepfather, Napoleon, she was given loveless marriage to Louis Ma poleon, although she was then violently in love with another man. The cleva- tion of Louis to the Dutch throne made Hortense a queen, but royal responsi- bilities did not sober her, and she was the mistress of many prominent men. One of these, Admiral Veruel, Dutch naval officer, was commonly supposed to have been the father of Napoleon III. NJ. de Morny, universally recognized as the illegitimate half-brother of Ma poleon III, was the son of Hortense and the Comte de Flahaut. Another son of Hortense, George de Heeekeren d Anthes, was taken by his father, Baron de Heeckeren, to Russia. There he married sister of the wife of Push- kin, the great Russian poet, and paid such attention to Mime. Pushkin that duel was fought, in which the poet was slain. A descendant of this son of Hortense was killed on the French front in the early part of 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MT. and Mrs. Orr Give Dinner
 To Visitors

Mir. and Mrs Cyrus pittman Orr en- tcrtGincd last evening at a beautiful dinner at their home in honor of the sUperintendents of the Southern Life and Health Insurance company from three states. Alabama. Florida and LouiSiaaa, w;io are here ia convention.
 During the evening fhc superint"nd- ents presented their president, Mr Orr. with beautiful gold watch and ei.ain as 2 token of their esteem.
 The dining room table had for il dn.'- oralinn q large bowl of hufereals- aud ferns,
 Enjoying the l,sri,a!ity ef Nr. ar Mrs .nrr were: Mr. alJ ]Ir- Y" t. La5hrop. Mr. and Mr. P P. "aaz-a $. Mr. and Mrs. \. l.. Kii... rr. a.il !. ~. Charles Nice. Mr. and Mrs. Jt,;s GJ'fi- ness. Air. and Mrs, N. T. Warre5'. ar ! NIr. and Mrs. Ellis ot New oriea'Is.
 Mir. Orr is president of th" to"'5aut, Nr. Lathrop. secretary aud irzazh CT: Mir. Kidd. superintendent of agenaia~ Dr. Nice. the physician. aud Mr Caiii- ness coun il. This WAS delightful affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
SOCIAL CALENDAR

Hadassah chapter will hold their reg ular. meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Knesseth Israel synagog, Seventh avenue and Seventeeth street
 The East Lake chapter No. 258 70. E. s.. will have play and social Tuesday evening at the East Lake Masonic temple. All friends and the public nre invited to attend.
 The Psychology Study club will meet Tuesday morning at ii o'clock at the with Mrs. q. W. Bridges hostess.
 The Junior League will have a special 10 80 o'clock at the Independent Pres. byterian church.
 .odist church of WoOdlawn will serve an oyster supper next Friday night at the home of Mrs. Robert Echols. for benefit Sunday school building fund. The public is cordially invited.
 The regular monthly luncheon of the Axis club will be served in the Tutwiler hotel ball room Monday, January 2S, at 12 80 o'clock. Miss Rose Converse. visiting teacher for the city schools, will make an interesting speech regarding her work
 Any former members of the Volun. teer Relief association, who is inter- ested in deciding about the Volunteer Relief Association Memorial at tue Children's hospital, will please attend the meeting at the Independent Prcsby. terian church Tuesday morning at 10 80 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
Paderewski Visit Promises IoBe
 Gala Event

Perhaps the greatest disappointment experienced in the art world last year was when the engagement of Paderew- ski was transferred from Birmingham to Montgomery because of lack of seat ing capacity to accommodate the great number of people who desired to hear and see this world known diplomat statesman-ex-premier of Poland. mem- Der of the League of Nations and great est pianist of all time.
 The local management after, doing all within its power to secure place of sufficient size went to Montgomery and placed him there. The consequence was that thousands of people applied for tickets from throughout the state, north, south, east and west. A carload of people went from Birmingham. Hun dreds were turned away from the box office because the seating capacity was only about 2,500.
 On that occasion the distinguished pianist promised to come to Birming- ham this year if an auditorium could be secured which would justify the fee he charges, which, by the way, is the largest, it is understood, of any living artist. Since he will appear in Bir- mingham on February and will prob ably match John Mccormack in at tendance at his concert. review by Henry T. Fink, one of the best known critics in America, will be of interest He says of his New York engagement An the tickets for Paderewskfs first recital here this season in Carnegie hall Saturday afternoon, December 15) were sold long ago. His second appear ance will be in the same hall on the following Saturday afternoon, when he will play for the benefit of the Ma Iternity Centre association.
 I am asked sometimes what-quite apart from the music itself-was the most thrilling moment can recall in my long experience of forty-two years as a musical critic It was the> mo- ment, last April, when Paderewski ap- peared in Carnegie hall for his final New York recital. At double the usual prices for seats the hall was packed as had never before seen it packed in more than thirty years. Some of the boxes, intended for four, had eight per sons in them. And this vast audience, from parquet to ceiling, when the pre- mier pianist came on the stage, got on it's feet to show him the respect due to the worlds foremost musician. =
 This respect, this homage, was shown the great pianist throughout the country. Within two weeks of the first announcement of his return from poll. tics to the concert stage. his manager had received twice as many offers as he could accept. The receipts for the New York recital have just referred to were $9,400. San Francisco, having a largr hall, made a record with the pay ment of SPA ,590 for single Paderew- ski recital. The average for sixty-six recitals was S7 7,O00, making over $460,- 900 for sixty-six appearances.
 Who says that music is played out Rubinstein, in 1872, got S5O.0OO for playing 215 times on his American tour, and that was considered big money" Paderewski bettered it on his third American tour by playing eighty-six times for S247,S55.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
Montevallo Girl: Name Honorary
 Members

At the recent monthly luncheon of the Birmingham chapter, Montevallo alumnae and Students association, the honorary members were named. which are as follows Dr. T. W, Palmer and Q. c. Carmichael. presidOat mid dean. respectively, of AlsbRmn College for Women at Montevalle Misses Brooke, stallworth. Putnam, mad Funk, faculty members of Alabama College for Wom- on Miss Minnie Sellers. stnte presi- dent Alumnae association Messrs. NJ. ". Joseph and l.. Sevier of Birming- ham. and Mrs. Nat Majors, Birming- ham. @
 The luncheon was we'll attended, there being present a number of new members.
 president. Mrs. D. F. Bucks. into three Eugene Henry. leader, Mrs. Gregory Miss Beatrice Norris. leader Miss Mildred Collins. assistant. Business wemen's circle. Miss Irene Savage. loader; Miss hebecea Krentzman, as sistRnt. Thess cirelse will compete in a membership campaign.
 The chapter will give a Valentine ten Saturday. February 16. at the Blue Triangle club rooms from 8 80 to b 80. to which friends of the chapter are invited. Tickets may be obtained from members, or from Miss Estelle Patton of the Business Iand Professional Women's club rooms. The next monthly luncheon will take place Saturday, February 9, at o'clock, at Business and Professional Women's club room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MRS. ECH0LS HOSTESS TO WESLEY CLASS

Mrs. Robert Echols was hostess to the Wesley class of the First Methodist church of Woodlawn last Wednesday afternoon at the monthly social and business meeting.
 Several matters of business pertain ing to the work of the class were dis cussed. after which q delightful social hour was enjoyed.
 In serving and entertaining Mrs. Echols was assisted by Mrs. ]. A. Walker, Mrs. H. F. Williams, Mrs Hattie Strong, Mrs. C. &. McLarn. Mrs. Laura Reed. Other members present were Mestames Putnam. Pate. Atkin- son. 5finsea. Gladden.. Shiflett. Snrad- ley, Bush, Williams. Davidson. McLan- don, Pickens, Roquemore. Malloy, Fay Tor. Nunnelly, Vest, Adams, Dean, Simpson, Foster. Dawson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
New Method of
 Reducing Fat

naws item from abroad informs us that the American method of producing slim, trim figure is meeting with aston ishinY success. This system. which has made such a wonderful impression over there must be the Marmola Prescription Tablet method of reducing fat It isssafe tc say that we have nothing better for this purpose in this country. Anything that will reduce the excess flesh steadily and easily without injury to the stomach the causing of wrinkles. the help of ex. ercising or dieting. or interference with ones meals is mighty important and useful addition to civilization's necessities Just such a catalogue of good results fol. low the use of these pleasant, harmless and economical little fat reducers. We say economical because Marmola Prescription Tablets (made in accordance with the fa- nous Marmola Prescription) can be ob- tanned of any druggist the world over or from the Marmola Company. 4612 Wood ward Ave, Detroit. Mich.. for one dollar a box, which is decidedly economical price, considering the number of tablets each box contains. They are harmless Adv.