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Evening star., 1925-05-24

New World. In effect the narration
is mimeographic copy of the day-by-
day existence of Samuel Waterman in
America. In so far, therefore. as the
externals of event are able to proiecf
the truth Of "A situation. this novel is
Of purely realistic quality. Externals
are, however, but half or less than
half the truth of any matter. SO. for
the generally gray and desolate tone
OF this story, for its ultimate recession
into disappointment and deSpair one
must seek other causes than those as
signed by the author, namely. the
failure of America TO live up to it's role
Of refuge and support. The source of
the gloom is. as a rule, the immigrant
himself He invariably embodies dis
content. That is why he is an immi.
grant. A child, i'll immaturity if not
In years, he looks for the quick realiza-
tion of the chiid's dream
Aggrieved at delay, he becomes even
more unready to accept the tasks Of
the new life along with its benefits
His rea ction is unfaiiingly against this
new life, the new country itself This
general attitude works out in a spe-
ciaHy curious manner with the Jew
who, like this Samuel Waterman, con
jures up all manner of race hatreds
against himself, and dwelIs long upon
the exclusions that from every direc-
ton seem to be operating against him
Now the very soul Of Jewish life is ex-
clusion. Exclusion with the Jew is an
institution, the basis of his existence.
the source of his racial solidar rity, the
essence of his racial permanencc. the
bulwark of his power. 1t is his re
ligion. his politics, his social gospel
Yet the burden of this story. the bulk
of it's inner content. is complaint
against racial discrimination So, too.
with many other writer's on this sub
ject. Excellent writer's, many OF them.
Yet the sum of their work serves
| chiefly to give point 10 the homelv
saying that you can't eat your cake
and have il, too
Evening star., 1925-05-24
WILD MARRIAGE.

WILD MARRIAGE BY B. H. Ieh-
Brothers.
IF this romance have any other
excuse for being than the quite
sufficient one of "a welI-constructeh
and interesting story-that is. if il
carry some definite purpose, that pur-
pose can be nothing else than TO show
that our institutions of higher learn
ing need to be Jared out Of their
wooden conservatism. even if il take
a regular scandal TO effect this release.
A university student is the point Of
interest here. An engaging fellow
who does many interesting things
none of which includes study A few
companions of like habit surround
him. A vague background that by
rights ought not to be called "a set
ting of university life" The story
engages itself chiefly with the results.
immediate and more remote. of this
young man allowing himself TO be
fallen in love with by pretty married
woman. Chivalry and fair dealing
many emotions save that of love il
self-lead this youth toward the wild
marriage" suggested by the title of
the story. Rescue comes, not from
the guardians of youth that these
great institutions are said 10 be. but
from the boys mother, who in her own
revolt against marriage appears to be
the only one who has any valid thing
TO offer in this case of imminent per
sonal danger TO the boy. An admi-
rable story drawn off from current
life-one that causes one to wonder
why college professor should write
novel wherein the best character OF
all-the wisest and the most lovable-
should be the woman who had her
self transgressed the traditions of re
spectability in which the university
lived and moved and had its being.
y
DUCDANIE. BY John Cowper Powys.
author OF 'Mandragora. :" etc. New
York: Doubleday, Page and Com
pany.
IT'S a Greek invocation to call
fools into a circle'-that due
dame" John Cowper Powys here
swings the circle around a group of
fools whose measure of folly reaches
TO every point of the circumference.
The ''circle" is that of the house of
AShover, now petered out TO Il couple
of sons whose blood has thinned from
its original bravery 10 a mere trickle
eNpending itself in loose amourS and
general qualification. The action
of this romance is a lettering thing
Rather does il advance by way of It's
atmosphere of doom. by the implica
tive presence of the dead hand of dis
solute ancestors pressing down upon
this pair of sons. As a whole the
novel objectifies vividly by way of the
sustained tension of its drama the
fact of individual helplessness in the
face of its inherited blood. on the one
hand, and on the other the seeming
chance, or mischance, of the world in
its bearing upon human life. a book
of sustained gloom. Not anywhere
along its course is there a single
bright or hopeful spot. The writer
projects in these two brothers what
purports TO be the fate of all men
who go where they are pushed, fol
low where they are led, like whirling
wind, like a feather tossed about like
a revolving grindstone"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
SNAG PROOF SMOKERS

A story is going the rounds that
man called on DR.. L. A. Hamil-
ton and complained that he had
been suffering with a continuous
headache for several weeks, Doc.
prescribed for him, but the head
ache did not respond to treatment.
After using every remedy he
knew, Doc. finally informed the man
agreeable, so the mans head was
opened up. It was found that he had
brain trouble, and Doc. took out
the brains and closed the missions,
so that he could make careful
study of the brain in his laboratory
without having to keep the man
himself under observation.
But several days passed and the
man did not return to have his
brains replaced. Finally Doc. saw
him on the street, and asked why
he had not been back. "Oh, l didn't
need to. The headache has left me
entirely"
Doc. replied, "Well, | have your
brains up there in my laboratory.
Don't you want them put back"
ooh, guess not" said the man
indifferently. "You see I've got
job as efficiency engineer at the
Rubber Mill now, and | don't need
any brains"
Perhaps he uses slide rule!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
WE'RE NOT so YOUNG

DIR. Valeria Parker, of Washing
ton, speaking at the concluding
meeting of the International Coun-
Gil of Women, declared that the
United States as "a younger mem
Der of the family of nations" dis
played call the impulsiveness and
selfishness of youth"
The lady betrayed before foreign
delegates strange unfamiliarity with
the comparative age of the United
States. Our nation is not one of
the younger, but one of the very
oldest members of the family of ma
tions. Our national flag is the oldest
in Christendom. We are older than
united Italy or united Germany.
We are the oldest of the many ma
tions of this hemisphere.
The sixteen new European nations
created as the result of the World
war, the Portuguese, French and
Russian republics are all infants in
arms as compared with Uncle Sam.
True the people of these nations
have long lived under some govern
ment, but the American colonies had
two hundred and fifty years of ex-
istence before the Revolutionary war
with greater degree of self gov
eminent than prevailed in most
of Europe during the same period.
What European nation has more
of the marks of maturity in it's ma
tional thinking than has the United
States-which are less impulsive
or more selfish National Repub-
lie.
Scientists in Utica, Tunis, have
dug up a pair of dice which are
said to be more than 1000 years
old. The news dispatches fail to
state whether or not they were
loaded.
The trouble with many man who
: has a load on his mind is that Sc
much of it is junk.-Boston Tran
script.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
VET WAITED TOO LONG
TO FILE HIS ADJUSTED
COMPENSATION BLANK

Washington, d. C.,-Warning all
veterans to hasten the filing of their
adjusted compensation applications,
American Legion service officials
here cite a recent case where pay
ment was disallowed on an appli-
cation which had been started, but
not completed at the time of the
applicants death.
Relatives of the veteran found the
incomplete application among his eff
fects and filed it in behalf of his
estate. Controller General McCarl
ruled that it could not be construed
as valid. The ruling read:
"Where a veteran entitled to COM
pensation under the World War ad-
justed compensation act partially
completed an application for the
benefits conferred by the act but
died before completing same, and
the uncompleted application is sub
sequently found in his effects and
filed in his behalf by other persons,
it is not valid application as con-
templated by the act and payments
under an adjusted service certificate
issued on the basis of such an
application are not authorized"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
Il D / T o r / A L s
GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH

This summer there will be thou
sands of vacationists in the Della
ware Valley who are drawn here
by the water sports offered by the
Delaware River and by the unex-
celled charm of the landscape Dor
dering it. There will be thousands of
motorists who drive from afar to
view the beauties of this section.
But apparently the people who
live here do not appreciate the ad-
vantages offered by such scenic
beauty and the water sports the
river affords. Certainly other people
would not spend their money in va
cationing along the Delaware if
they didn't feel they were getting
their moneys worth.
The Y. w. C. A. has large
camp at Point Pleasant and another
one below New Hope. There are
many camps for both boys and girls
conducted along the river every sum-
mer. And thousands Of others have
cottages asd tents which they oc-
cupy during the summer.
There is no more beautiful section
of the river than that which lies
between New Hope and Lambert
vile. The sharp curves both above
and below the towns give the river
the appearance of a placid lake. II
gives exceptional advantages for
canoeing, and the bathing isn't
bad. The gentle slopes of the bottom
on each side afford opportunities
for good beaches if sand were spread
upon them. 1t is pity the two
towns can't provide such bathing
beaches as they have at Morrisville
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
My Favorite Stories
By lRUlN S. COBB
A Lover of Statistics

There was q seance on--a regular
seance, with trance medium and o
black cheesecloth cabinet and mys-
FERROUS table rapper and a ghostly
guitar picker and smell OF frying
cabbage floating In from the back of
the house and everything orthodox,
like that. The medium was a stout
lady In black, who was raising
brown mustache and whose controls
took those liberties with the English
language which seemingly Is permit
ted In realm where there is neither
space nor tlme-nor grammar. she
came from Brooklyn, where so many
of those who take In spirituallsm for
living do come from, but at the time
of which / speak she was playing the
provinces, MS the troupers say. The
audience was OF fairlsh size, Amid
the throng sat half-grown youth
from about three miles out on II. II.
ID. No. .. He was attending his first
spiritualistic seance. And he was be-
Ing suitably impressed AS nantes
tatlon succeeded manifestation, his
eyes popped and his ears twitched.
If he had had gIlls, beyond doubt they
would have opened and closed.
Presently the mediums husband.
who acted, so to speak, as ringmaster,
desired to know whether there was
yet another present DESTROYS of hav-
Ing speech with some dear departed
one. If so madame would undertake
to establish llaison.
This was the cue for the yokel. He
mustered courage TO stutter an EN-
barrassed plea. He wished to have
speech with the shade of his late ia
Their,
After n proper wait there were
sounds In the cabinet and through the
darkness there spoke the tones of one
of seeming hoary age.
rs that you. my SOM" asked the
voice.
yes, paw. this here is me-" an
swered the youth.
WAS there any questions you
wished TO asst me concernin' my pres
ent staten continued the accommo-
dating voice.
The boy thought moment. Then:
Where air you, pawn he Inquired
with simple directness.
Heaven, my SON"
Air you an angel, pawn
"0h, yes, my SON."
IAN angel with wings and harp
and everythingT
The answer was somewhat muf-
fed but seemingly in the affirmative.
The son considered a moment. Then
he had an inspiration.
Il say, paw" he demanded sagely,
"whut do you measure frum tin to
tip7"
Copyright by the Central Press Association.)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
INK FROM OTHER
PRESSES
Humorous and Serious Topics
From Leading Editors
of the Country
A BAD BREAK


They had been talking about the
absent-minded professor at the
breakfast table who scratched his
pancakes and poured the syrup down
the back of his neck. "Absent-mind-
edness is joke" said the serious
minded brother. 81 had a friend
whose domestic troubles started with
Observation-Disclosures and finished with
a divorce. He was reading the after
noon paper when his wife inter-
rupted him with the question: "Hen-
ry, where do you buy your type
writer ribbons ?"
81 DON'T" replied Henry. II gen.
orally buy her stockings and-er-
err"
The trouble started right then and
there.
college Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04
LIMERIX

A stalwart old Infantry colonel
Was approached by a pacifist jol-
onel;
When they asked him to write
On why men shouldn't fight,
He consigned them to regions in
folonel.
j. C.
Captain Blue was so fond of his
draught
(Which he imbibed both fore and
aught)
That he ran on a reef,
And now, to his grief,
The craught he commands is a
raught.
"A. R. T.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-06-04


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Milford chronicle., 1925-10-16
MiIlville

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams and
son Harold of Philadelphia, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. Will
liams' brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Williams.
Z Mrs. Clara West left by motor on
Sunday for New York where she will
meet her son, Earl, who has spent
the past two years in South Ameri-
ca.
Mrs. Janet Quillen of this place
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Quillen of
Ocean View, spent Sunday in Har-
rington as the guests of their son
and grandson, Horace Quillen.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Steele and
P. Derrickson spent We'd
nesday in Harrington as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Sharp.
Mrs. Lula c. Lynch, W. R. Ring
Ter and children, Billy Ross and
Catherine, spent Sunday afternoon
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-16

April, THE Cherry Bower" Jap
anese articles.
May, The May Pole" embroidered
articles, shower gifts, baby gifts.
June, The Circus Tent" hot
dogs, peanuts, toys.
July, The Sig nof the Firecraker"
aprons and house dresses.
August, The Picnic Basket, "
cakes and pies.
September, THE Little Red School
House" children's clothes, toys,
school articles.
October, The Witches Caldron," ,"
ice cream.
November, "The Sign of the
Pumpkin" canned fruits and vege-
tables. December, THE Christmas
Wreath" Christmas gifts and novel
ties.
Miss Florence Bailey has returned
home from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Helen Latchum, of Whining
ton.
The first snow of the winter fell
here on Saturday afternoon, the
earliest snow fall in the memory of
our oldest residents. The snow, only
a slight furry, was accompanied by
a high wind that Uttered the streets
of the town with dead limbs from
shade trees.
The duck shooting season opens
here on Friday, October 10th, and
those farmers residing near the
marshes report that the feeding
grounds on Prime Hook and Broad
kill marshes are rapidly filling up
with ducks, black and red heads.
Many marsh owners who trap for
muskrats have posted keep off no
tices on their premises This is done
to keep gunners from disturbing the
rats. The muskrat season opens De-
cember 1st and trappers report that
there are more rats than last win
ter, owing to plenty of water on the
marshes during the summer. Last
year the mouth of Prime Hook creek
was dredged out, allowing the
draining of the rat marshes, caus-
ing hundreds of young rats to per-
ish in the mud. The mouth filled up
last spring and held the water on
the marshes and the feeding places
of rats were flooded with the result
that the young were not drowned.
A Kings Heralds Missionary So
ciety has been organized under the
auspices of the w. F. NJ. S. of Gosh
en- NJ. E. Church. They will meet the
second Tuesday afternoon in each
month. The following officers were I
elected: President, Margaret Black;
vice presidents, Elizabeth Bailey, !
Dorothy Reed, Margaret NAPLES;
secretary, Emily Haz-
zard; recording secretary, Almira .
Goodwin; treasurer, Ruth Eldridge; .
leader, Mrs. ]. W. Hahn. The chair
men of a special work were elected
as follows: Mite box, Myra Bailey;
Junior Friend, Anna Lank; Mission
ary Magic, Ruth Jones; Bob & Bet
" Club, Lottie Donovan; program,
Emma Jones, Roberta Jones.
Mrs. Emma S. Wilson has return
I'd home after spending some time in
Atlantic City. She was accompanied
,Ome by her daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Fisher and daughters,
Lillian and Clara.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence B. Johnson
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-16
Glendale

A terrible accident happened last
Saturday evening at the crossing of
the two railroads at this point. when
a north bound freight train was de-
rallied and Ebe Hastings, engineer,
was killed Instantly and Sewell A..
Knox, fireman, was slightly injured,
and Grover c. Bradley, brakeman,
was severely injured, when he jump
ed off. All three of the men were
residents of Harrington. 1t seems
that the men in charge of trains
should be more careful when ap-
preaching a crossing with so many
signal lamps as are located here. 1t
appears from the evidence that en-
gineer Hastings mistOok a light
burning to be the one which would
indicate a clear track, but when
near, discovered that one of the
lights were out ,and the track was
open. Too late, he applied the
emergency brakes. The fireman and
brakeman jumped and supposed
Hastings would follow, but he was
caught in the wreckage and the life
crushed out of him. This is the
fourth or fifth accident of this ma
ture which has happened at this
point The only difference being that
in the others no lives were lost If
there is anyway in which this cross
ing could be made safer, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company should
proceed at once to make such i'm
prOvements as would throw a great
er safeguard around the lives of
their men.
Deputy Great Sachem V. C. Hick-
man, accompanied by Chiefs F. T.
Higman, George Peters and George
Townsend, of Sackimas Tribe, No.
10, of Milford, trailed to the hunting
grounds of Ioka Tribe, No. 35, and
raised up the Chiefs, Warriors and
Braves of that tribe. Sachem, G. E.
Clendaniel; Senior Sycamore, Law
renee E.. Warren; Junior Sycamore,
John w. West; Sonaps, R. W.
Swain and C. W Ennis; guard of
E. NJ. Daniels; guard of the
forest, G. H. Spicer; warriors, G. w.
Fred Donovan, Raymond
Tucker and Robert Veasy; braves,
A. R. Jones, D. H. Reed of E., Isaac
and 1. w. Warren. At
ter long talks by the visiting chiefs
and members of Ioka Tribe, corn |
and venison were served.
DR.. G. Layton Grier of Milford was
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w.
lester Monday night where he ad-
dressed a gathering of the ladies of
on the needs of the Emer-
yency Hospital of which he is pres
dent.
At the session of the M. E. Sun
lay school, Sunday morning, Miss
Nay Thayer was elected delegate,
ind Mrs. D. M. Donovan, alternate to
lttend the Sunday School Conven-
ion which will convene in Bridge
lille on Tuesday, October goth.
The high winds and cold weather
n Saturday played havoc with late
rops of beans, potatoes and etc, al
o Uttered the streets with dead
imbs and leaves blown from the
hade trees. It was the coolest day
yer experienced so early in Octo-
Milford chronicle., 1925-10-16
er. so saY onr Oldest men.

/ Der. so say our oldest men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Marker gave a
surprise party in honor of Mrs. Mar
ker's brother, Stanley Wilson, of
Marcus Hook on Saturday night. A
large number of relatives and
friends were present. Refreshments
were served.
An event happened here last Sat
urday which never occurred before
in the recollection of our most aged
citizens. Men and women muffled in
coats and OvercOats with gloves on
their hands picked lima beans dur
ing a snow storm.
Who is it, that said Ellendale was
not on the map Just think of it
that-Hunt's Mammouth Circus
Show will exhibit in this town on
the 10th inst. We are on the up
grade and feel as proud about it as
a peacock with two tails.
Our barber seems to keep busy.
The work which he is doing for both
men and women is equal to that
which~the best city shops are turn
ing out. Give him a trial.
Harvey Smith is making repairs
to his store and dwelling on Main
street.
Our people are in a perpleXing
situation in regard to street lights
Their last hope is gone as the light
ming bugs were compelled by the
cold weather to seek winter quar-
ters.
Sunday school class No. 0. visited
Good Will class of Lincoln NJ. j.
Sunday school Sunday morning.
They had the pleasure of hearing J.
Elmer Perry, of Wilmington, deliver
very interesting and instructive
address. 4
J. A. Ellegood is making extensive
repairs to the dwelling and out
buildings on the Warren farm, near
here. Coverdale and Short are doing
the work.
The revival services at McColley's
NJ. E. Church, near Redden, are
growing in interest. The pastor re-
ports six conversions and the church
is being greatly strengthened from
a spiritual standpoint. Shouts of re-
joicing are heard nightly. Mr.. Ha-
mer asks for help. Go to his assis-
tance.
Both of our tomato factories paid |
their growers off on Saturday, and |
report the longest pack in their his
tory.
The excursion from Philadelphia,
Chester and Wilmington to George
town and points south on Sunday
was the largest of the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Abbott and
children of Robbins were enter /
aimed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
1lwood Lynch on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lofiand of
Milton, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Short
If near Glendale were callers at
he home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Iofiand on Sunday.
W. S. Hickman of Slaughter Neck
lad as his guests on Sunday Mr.. and
Irs. George Coverdale, daughter Ra-
hel and grandson, Paul Smith.
E. G.. Reed and daughter, Miss ]
Iinnie, were circling among friends {
ere Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Esberg, son Billy, ]
Irs. Arthur Holmes, Mrs. Josephine {