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Evening star., 1924-12-10

the campaign. The sum so far in
hand or pledged assures the con-
tinuation of the work of the nurses
for more than a year.
Work Is Enlarged.
Miss Gertrude II. Bowling, director,
In giving her report on the nursing
work, told the meeting that a larger
nu nber Of new patients had been
visited and given nursing care dur
ing November than In any month OF
the current year, with the exception
of March. The 80 staff nurses made
total of 6,117 visits to 1,742 pa
tients. OF these visits, 3,S9S were
nursing visits, 1.159 Instructive, 220
prenatal, 72 venereal disease follow
up, 81 tuberculosis and TOT miscel-
laneous and social service visits. In
connection With the society's special
maternity service, nurses were pres
ent at SO deliveries.
The question Of requiring an annual
physical examination for all men,
bers OF the nursing and Office staff
was brought up by Mrs. @. Brown
Miller, chairman OF the nurses COM
mittee. Authority was voted Jointly
to the nurses and finance committees
10 work out the details for such ex-
>aminations. the ruling to go into
effect January /.
Members of the board present were:
Mrs. Whitman Cross, president, pre-
siding; Mrs. Adolph C. Miller. Mrs
e. Brown Miller, Mrs. Frank weeden,
Mrs, Emory Scott Land, Mrs. William
M, Grinnell, Mrs. David Potter, Mrs
X. M. Kaufman, Mrs Louis Froth-
ingham, Miss Julia MATHS, Mrs
Northup Dean. Mrs. Cressen Newbold
Barry
Evening star., 1924-12-10
PERSONNEL BOARD
SCOREDBY merriam
Declares Law Has Been Vio-
lated and Agency Should
Be Abolished.

The Personnel Classification Board
was subjected to a scathing denun-
citation by Lewis Merriam of the Insti-
tute for Government Research, former
adviser on the classification act to
Senator Sterling and Representative
1ehlbach, at a meeting of Washing
ton Chapter OF the American Asso-
ciation of Engineers, to which Fed
eral employees were invited, at the
National Museum last night
THE Personnel Classification Board
has violated the law passed by Con-
gress in letter and spirit, and its
failure to carry out the terms of the
act justifies the movement to abolish
the board and transfer their work to
the Civil Service Commission, whose
representatives on the board have en-
dsavored to carry out the intention
OF the act in letter and spirit" de-
clared Mr.. Merriam
Three Shortcomings Cited.
The speaker, amplifying, said the
board had failed to carry out the
three main objects Of the act, namely:
The Standardization of salaries, de-
fining of positions and the proper
application OF the merit system. THE
last two budgets in their defining of
positions have shown no improve
ment and some of the titles are more
vague than before" declared Mr..
Merriam, who also asserted that the
Government employees were told they
had a flexible classification act. We
do not have a flexible classification
act, but we have flexible standards
where they should be definite" he
said.
Mr. Merriam urged that every per-
son interested in the act should sup
port the Lehlbach bill providing for
the abolition of the Personnel Classi-
fcation Board.
Sixty-two separate divisions of the
Government, each with different
methods and ideas as to construction,
was deplored by Brig. Gen. r. c.
Marshall, jr., retired, chief of con-
struction during the war, and now
general manager of the Associated
Contractors.
Favors Co-Ordinating Work.
In urging the establishment of a
Federal department of works, Gen.
Marshall declared that all Govern
ment construction except of a mill
tary nature should come under one
department. He said that there were
27 building agencies 1S bureaus that
built roads and 10 bureaus that
handled projects involving hydraulics
and river and harbor works.
I'm Government construction there
is little less confusion than construct
ing the Tower of Babel" declared
Gen. Marshall. in pointing out that
Evening star., 1924-12-10
S6,722 DONATED
TO VISITING NURSES
Falls Short of TWo-Year Bud
get-lncrease in Activi- ,
ties Is Reported.

The total amount received to date
in the two-year budget campaign Of
the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety Of Washington, ending last
month. now is $66,722, according to
the report submitted by Mrs. William
Nj. Grinnell, chairman of the finance
committee, at the regular meeting Of
the board Of managers Of the society.
yesterday, at the home of the secre-
tary, Mrs. Franklin H. Ellis, 1927
Nineteenth street
The sum needed to maintain and
expand the work of the nursing or
ganization for the ensuing two years
was placed at $4,000. While the
amount received Is far short of that.
the board of managers are gratified
by the fact that more than $4,000 of
the money which has been con-
trlbuted has come in since November
"a, the date of the official close Of
Evening star., 1924-12-10
3O,OOO,OOO Feet
Lumber Shaped
Up for Toyland

Ten thousand first assistants to
2 Santa Claus have knocked off
work for the year after cutting
more than 30,o00.000 board feet Of
lumber into the curious shapes de-
manded by the rulers of Toyland.
There are nearly 400 establish
ments in the United States taking
orders from Santa Claus. One
manufacturer of toys in New York
State uses 100000 feet of lum-
Der every year and the total value
of the products Of the industry in
all parts of the United States
reaches s35,000,000.
That takes q tremendous num-
Der of trees, the American Tree
Association points out in a bulle-
tin calling attention to argument
for reforestation.
These commercial Santa Clauses.
the toymakers. ply their trade
largely in the East. New England,
New York, Pennsylvania and
Michigan are the States in which
the bulk of the industry is located.
AS forest resources have been
gradually used up In the East,
however, the manufacturers have
had to depend upon timber brought
from the West and the South.
Evening star., 1924-12-10

campaign for funds to endow a part
of the university library and to con-
tinue the building OF q greater George
Washington University along this line
The dedicatory exercises will take
place In Corcoran Hail. a historic
address, Lafayette at the First Com
mencement," will also be delivered by
a member of the university faculty.
Miss Estelle Wentworth. director of
music for women IN the university,
will sing 1.-The Marseillaise" The mems
glee club will give selections. The
public is cordially invited to the exer-
cises, at which will be shown many
Lafayette relics.
Evening star., 1924-12-10

it was impossible for Congress to
know how much 1t is spending and
to keep a proper view Of Government
construction as 1t is practiced now.
He urged that a department of
works would eliminate Federal COM
petitive bidding, standardize rules and
requirements and expedite construc-
ton and make for efficiency.
A. c. Oliphant of the American En-
gineering Council and Harold Almert.
national president of the American
Association Of Engineers, also spoke.
Evening star., 1924-12-10
JUSSERAND TO PAY
HONOR TO LAFAYETTE
Ambassador Will Deliver Principal
Address at Dedication Of Alcove
in g. w. u. Library.

Ambassador Jules Jusserand will at
tend the memorial exercises at George
Washington University next Monday
evening at S:15 o'clock, when the
Lafayette alcove in the university
library Is dedicated.
The French Ambassador, in one of
the last Of his Washington appear
ances. will deliver the principal ad-
dress OF the occasion, which marks
the one hundredth anniversary Of the
visit Of Gen. Lafayette at the first
commencement exercises of George
Washington, In 1924.
The Lafayette alcoYa ia the resillt Of
Evening star., 1924-12-10
Maj. Drake Transferred.

Maj. Albert F. Drake, Judge advo-
cate, has been relieved from duty at
headquarters, District of Washington
this city, and ordered to Chicago fol
duty. Maj. Theodore Hall, Judge ad
vocate In Hawaii, has been assigne ed
to duty at headquarters, District OF
Washin gton
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

aterE year over In he normal depart
ueaf sou kraw," volunteered the girl.
Ralph t1eaeht 2 minute then put a
crisp one-aaliar LII into the basket.
oh that's too G8ch L give called
the girl, lut EalzA Las disappeared
down the stairs into the school
That die lot end RalTh's thoughts
on the matter. however, Il the after
noon he net Frances, one of his girl
friends from the Eormal department.
Ralph" she burst forth, the tag day
surely is going over big. They expect
TO make quite a lot more than they
did last year. Why" she exclaimed in
her joy do you know, they always
say artists are so very pOor-well,
Aida told me some nice young man put
a dollar bill in her basket and never
said a word about wanting any
change"
Ralph smiled: THAT fellow probably
was thinking about some composition
be was making and didn't even know
he put it in"
NO, he didn't, because Aida said he
thought a minute before he dropped
il in
That evening as RalPa worked in his
'oom at the boarding house, some way
or other he just couldnt keep his mind
off his home. He had known right along
that he couldn't 60 home for Christmas,
but as the time drew nearer-only two
more days row before Christmas vaca-
tion-he felt very lonely There was
someone besides the folks who made
Ralph wish he were going home. Ralph
] heayed a sigh.
Gee, hate to think of it. She viii
be home from college for the holidays,
and [ won't be there to take her
around. Well, little girl, You under
stand if all the rest don't. Hang il,
I would like to see you, Lillian !"
Everybody at school went about
whistling and singing, why shouldn't
he? He should Hadn't lie given that
dollar he had been saving so long for
some colors he wanted? If he couldn't
90 home, he was at least contributing
to someone else's happiness. Come to
think of it, there are loads Of people
in this very city who have no place
10 even think of as home.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
PROFANITY
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

I RAN into Brown the other night
about eight o'clock as l was COM
ing down Green street. He was with
two or three companions, well-known
men about the town. 1t was a com
monplace discussion that they were
carrying on, but he was swearing pro-
fanely and loudly, mixing his oaths
with vulgar gutter talk. l was not
shocked, for as a boy | had been
thrown with all conditions of the un-
derworld-coal beavers and river rats.
and ignorant section gangs, and l had
heard the talk of the riffraff that fol
lows threshing outfit in the North
west-but l was surprised.
You must not class Brown as an
ordinary loud-mouth boob. He has an
educated. religious father and a re-
fined mother. AT home Brown is him
self an active member of the leading
Protestant church, and sometimes at
vacations he leads the Christian En-
deavor meeting. At college he was a
prominent man. He was wearing an
"I'' sweater when | first met him, and
known organizations of upper class
men.
He is not Il coarse fellow; he has
simply learned TO swear as he learned
in the grades TO chew tobacco
because h. thought it was smart and
made him appear grown up. lie swore
at first to let people know, vino would
not otherwise have suspected it, what
younz devil lie was, and he swpars
now because he wants people to realize
what an important character he is.
OF course at home he doesn't swear
NJ his mother or his father or his pas
tor or at anyone or in the presence
of anyone whom he respects. With
his profanity he tries to impress his
overworked landlady and the laundry
boy, and he aWes younger fellows who
see a good deal of his swagger and
hear a good deal of his profane talk.
1t is habit easily acquired but not
easily broken. Brown does not stop
to think how coarse and commonplace
it makes him; how 1t cheapens him !;
how irreyerent it is, and If there is
anyone who should reverence God it is
a man brought up and trained as
| Brown has been. Nor does he realize
how every vulgar, profane word he
utters throws discredit upon his teach
ers and his father and his mother and
himself
EVERY fellow does it" is the excuse
offered if one ever stops to offer an
excuse. II is a common, vulgar fault,
too common and vulgar, in fact, for
the man who has opportunities and
training and who, if he is to get far
in the world, should have ideals above
the low and the profane.
20, 1924, Western Newspaper Uuiou.)
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

giving Ralph a knowing little Shove,
1--WE see Santa, too, and he big, so big
that he bring me and Angelica lots
nice things. And he talk to US and
pick US up Ike you did Angelica
Ralph gave a start. Someone was
laundering upon his door with two
fists instead of one. The door was
locked. He slipped the bolt.
"Well, at last" painted a messenger
boy; 1--WE been pounding for the last
half hour here. Sorry to waken you,
sir; know it's late, but I just had to
deliver this message tonight, sir"
"That's all right" said Ralph, hur-
riedly tearing open the telegram. The
door closed; Ralph read:
"Telegraphing money for you to
come home Christmas. Lillian arrives
today. DAD"
Ralph could have shouted for joy.
20 1929, Western Newspaper Union.l
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

Suddenly Ralph burst out laughing.
Posing as a martyr-the idea; a
healthy, hearty, young, robust boy like
him posing as MARTYR
His laughter echoed in the semi
empty room and died out He was
seated in an old morris chair with his
back to the door, deep in thought,
when a light rap on his room door
stirred him. Thinking it one of the
1oys living in the house, and not both
ring to rise, he called, Come inp
The door opened and Ralph beheld
4 little black-eyed, black haired urchin
n what once was a white corduroy
3ress. Leaning against his knee. she
tooked up into his face. His artist s
eye thought instantly, "My, those
4yes Wouldn't they be wonderful to
)ainti'
Say" said the little thing as she
oiled her eyes, did you know, am
going to the children's party Friday
lown at your school"
Well, where did you drop from?'
calculated Ralph in his surprise. 81
IN sure I never saw you before. I
lont know your name but I think I
hall call you the 'Yamp.'"
Ny name jose corrected the little
.lrl Indignantly.
We'll, you surely know the art Of
oling your eyes" laughed Ralph.
"Do you want to see my sister? She
%, TOO Friday"
Yes, bring in the sister, 'Yamp-
ne mere tine merrier!'
The sister. just able to toddle across
he floor dressed in a figured calico
ompe. suit was hoisted and boosted
nto Ralph's lap by Jose. The baby
uddled against Ralph, nesting down
perfectly content Ralph felt a little
brill yibrate through his frame.
The "vamp,' still at Ralph's side,
gaming both elbows on his knees,
)eered into his face with her large,
ustrous eyes.
"My sisters happy, too, you see be-
,ause she goes with me Friday"
81 'appy" reiterated the black
haired doll on Ralph's lap.
"Is that rightY" laughed Ralph,
lugging the little kiddies. but,
Vamp, why do you come to tell me
about itY"
The vamp looked rather dismayed
"YOu send me and Angelica" she said
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
H. ]. Dennis & Co.'S Offer
To All Who Suffer Stomach
Agony, Gas and Indigestion
Money Back One Bottle of Dars MenthaPepsn Doesn't
More Good Than Anything You Ever Used.

can Danish Indigestion or dyspepsia.
catarrh Of stomach or any abnormal
condition that keeps the stomach in
constant rebellion and one bottle will
prove it.
And how happy you will be when
your stomach is as good as new for
then dizziness, nervousness, sleepless-
ness, headache, dull eyes and other
ailments caused by a disordered stom-
ach will disappear and you will be
your old happy, contented self again.
II. J. Dennis & Co. and every regular
pharmacist guarantees one bottle of
Dare's Mentha-Pepsin to show the way
to stomach comfort.
over 5000 bottles sold in one small
New Jersey town last year-ask your
self why2
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
Catarrhal Deafness

is often caused by an inhamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is infiamed you
have a rumbling sound or Imperfect
Hearing. Unless the Inflammation can
be reduced, your hearing may be de-
stroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it-rid your system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh
Sold by all druggists for over 40 Years
T. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
NOTICE.

Pursuant to Section 502 of Chapter 236
of the Laws of 1918, approved March 4.
d9lS' noL5ce IT'S Is hereoy gwen f t,at d oie nn @
ough, will sit at his residence. Main Shore
road near Asbury avenue, Linwood, on
Friday. January 2, 1925, between the
hours of and 4 o'clock p. m, when the
assessment list for the year 1925 may be
inspected by any taxpayer for the purpose
of enabling such taxpayer to ascertain
what assessments have been made against
him or his property and to confer infor-
mally with the assessor as to the cor
rectness of the assessments, to the end
that any errors may be corrected before
the filing of the assessment list and dupl-
cate with the Atlantic County Board of
Taxation.
RICHARD J. SOMERS,
Assessor
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

You can be so distressed with gas
and fullness and bloating that you
think your heart is going to stop beat
ing.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and gaspy.
You think perhaps you are suffo-
eating.
You are dizzy and pray for quick
relief-what's to be done?
Just one dessert spoonful of Dare's
Mentha-Pepsin and in ten minutes the
gas disappears, the pressing on the
heart ceases and you can breathe deep
and naturally.
OH What blessed relief; but why
not get rid of such attacks altogether?
Why have chronic Indigestion at all?
With this wonderful medicine you
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
This Will Astonish
PIeasantviIle People

The QUICK action Of simple cam
phor, hydrastis, witchhazel, etc, as
mixed in Lavoptik eye wash, will sur.
prise PleasantYille people. One man
was helped Immediately, after suffer
ing with sore and red eyes for 10
years. An elderly lady reports Law
optik strengthened her eyes so she
can now read. One small botl usu-
ally helps ANY CASE weak, strained
or infamed eyes. Aluminium eye cup
FREE. Thomas f. Crawford, Drug
gist Sold in Absecon at Hurd's Drug
Store.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
pLEAsANrvILLE Trust COMPANY.

PleasantviIle N. j., Dec 10, 1924
Notice is hereby given to the Stock
holders of this institution that the annual
meeting will take place at the Banking
House on .
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925,
at $50 o'clock in the afternoon for the
purpose of electing directors to serve for
the ensuing year and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
ID. S. LeCOMPTE, Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
PAUL H. POWERS, Cashier.
Pleasantville, n. j., Dec. 19, 1924.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Somers
Point will be held at it's banking house in
the City of Somers Point, County of At
lantic and State of New Jersey, on Tues
day, the thirteenth day of January, 1925,
at II o'clock in the morning, for the cleo
tion of directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
EARL r. RYNE, Cashier.
Somers Point. n. j.. Dec. 10, 1921.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
An Exception.

Tommy, stop eating with your fin
gers"
But, mamma, weren't fingers made
before forks?"
mot yours, Tommy"
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
Cement Blocks For Sale
Orders Taken.
Also ROOFING and JOBBlNG
of All Kinds done.
A. j. Scar,
Fernwood Ave, Cardiff
P. o. Box 291, Pleasantyille.


The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Absecon
will be held at its banking house in the
City of Ahsecon, County of Atlantic and
thirteenth day of January 1925. at $50 o.
clock in the afternoon, for the election of
directors for the ensuing year and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
WALTER j. ROBERTS, Cashier.
Absecon. y. j., Dec. Is. 1924.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

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50 issues for S1.50.
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The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
Aged Apple Trees.

The apple tree is the longest-liyed
of American fruit trees. In many
parts of the East it is not unusual to
find trees healthy and bearing fruit at
the age of 100 years.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

Don't exaggerate your own faults.
Give your friends chance to at least
do that much for you.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20

Rollicking snowflakes and little lads
and lasses are natural playfellows,
and nearly all youngsters will make
the most of winter pastimes if they
are warmly clad. Nothing entices
them more than u snowstorm, and as
it is a good thing to keep them out
of doors as much as possible-winter
and summer-they must be dressed
to be comfortable. Children's outfit
ters have everything they need-togs
to romp in and others for wear when
they must attend to their serious
affairs-like taking little journeys to
Sunday school or otherwhere. Here
is gay little maid, smiling in the face
of winter, with her dress-up clothes on
and quite able to protect her against
the cold.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-12-20
Poor ChiIdren's
Christmas Party
By ELEANOR KING

Buy tag, pleaded smiling girl at the
head of the stairs which lead into one
Of the large art schools. Ralph, one
If the many students hurrying into the
school, eager to be at work, thrust his
hand into his pocket absent-mindedly.
This tag day business was happening
too often. He had not a cent of
change.
You wouldn't regret giving if you
could see those kiddies. We do this
Evening star., 1924-02-15

Linen Sets, with wide fare
cuffs, Peter Pan collar, heavily
embroidered, in brown, Copen-
hagen, cardinal and black. Other
sets are bound in apple green,
with yellow long-stitch embroid-
cry. Many other
linen sets, beau G1 M
tifully embroidered. Ol .UU
Choice, a set. .......
Evening star., 1924-02-15
Veils Haze aPlace IL, the
NetD Season, Fashions

Small Square Wells, Of
hcxagon mesh, with border Of
Verniceflo design. In many
new shades, and wboy
on gray, brown on
s;,ss.. % sia: y q. s'ss on $2.05
Semi Circular and Square
Vefls, plain and co1nbina-
ton colors, each Ct M
at ~AsOO
New Reversible Bordered
Vellings, in filet and fexagon
Tneshes. These may be worn
flowing or closely fitted. A yd.
.59c to SITS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

ings at law or otherwise have been
instituted to recover the debt secured
by said mortgage, or any part thereof,
and
WHEREAS, 1t was stipulated in
said Mortgage that if default would
he made In the payment of any portion
OF the principal or interest promptly
at the time the same should become
due, or If default be made in the pay
ment of the taxes assessed or to be
assessed on said premises before the
same became delinquent, then the
whole sum. both principal and inter
est, at once become due, and
WHEREAS, The whole amount oil
the principal and interest has become
due nv reason of such default, and
WHEREAS, The amount claimed to
be due upon said mortgage at the date
of this notice is the sum of Thirty
six Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and
sixty-nine cents C$3676.6 So besides the
sum of Twenty-Five dollars attorneys
fees. stipulated for in said mortgage.
NOW THEREFORE. Notice is here
by given hat by virtue of the power
of sale contained in said mortgage,
and duly recorded as aforesaid and
in pursuance of the statutes in such
case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be %foreclosed by a sale
of the mortgaged premises therein
described. at public auction by the
Sheriff of Hand County, South Da-
kota, at the front door of the Court
House in the city of Miller, Hand
County, S. D., on the 4th day of April.
1924 at n O'Clock 7. NJ. of said day.
The Mortgaged premises are situated
in Hand County, South Dakota and
are described as follows, to-wit: The
north half OF the north west quarter
of section thirty, township m humid
red ten, range sixty seven, west Of
the 5th p. NJ. containing eighty acres.
Dated February &c, 1924.
Hand County State Bank,
M%ortgageC.
Harlan J. Bushfield,
Attorney for Mortgage.