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Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Local Realtors Plan
Board Membership Drive

A drive to increase it's membership
will shortly be inaugurated by the
Grantwood-Palisa Board of Real
tors. 1t is planned to include in it's
scope the entire section along the top
of the Palisades from Woodcliff to the
New York line. The raising of the
membership fee from $25 to $1OO a
year is under consideration.
Plans are being considered for CIV
ing at an early date of testimonial
dinner to Senator Mackay and Engi-
neer Ammon as a tribute to their
services in advancing the Hudson river
bridge project to it's present state of
realization. George Beckmann, chair
man of the bridge committee of the
board, is in charge of the dinner
plans.
The board is seeking to stimulate
sentiment in favor of preserving the
Palisade section between the cliff and
the boulevard for park and is asking
the Hudson County committee to CO.
operate with them in such a move
ment.
P. ]. Carney has been appointed a
committee to investigate the advisa-
bility of having multiple listing signs
of the multiple listing board placed on
houses listed with the board.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Personal and Social
Grantwood

Miss Elsie Sutter of West New York,
was the guest of Miss Geraldine Stan
mex of Lincoln avenue, Saturday. Miss
Sutter will move to town shortly.
Mrs. Charles Hearn, Mrs. Joseph
Kenworthy and Mrs. Gretchen Com
stock, all of Grantwood, were recent
guests of Mrs. James Graft of Bloom
field.
Mrs. Edna Day of Lawton Court will
spend the weekend at Port Jervis,
N. Y.
Mrs. Matthew Kehoe of Quoque, L.
l., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John
White of Columbia avenue.
Mrs. Alice Lucey of Lawton Court
witnessed the horse races at Havre de
Grace recently.
Mrs. 1. Brown of New York City
spent Saturday with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Goe-
man of Knox avenue.
Mrs. ]. ]. Clark of Lawton avenue
is vacationing with relatives in Rut-
land, VT
Downing, Of Grantwood, will spend
the weekend at New London, Conn.
Mrs. J. Grignola of New York City
was the guest of her sister, Miss Grace
Zeberani of Lawton avenue, Tuesday.
Surprise Party
A surprise party was rendered to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strich by num-
ber of friends and relatives Saturday
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
NEW YORK CITY POLITICS

Talking of political caldrons, New
York City, long the most stirred up
city in the world, is now in the midst
of it's most acute stage of upheaval-
ness, to coin a phrase. Mayor Hylan
Is naturally the centre of the vortex
into which the issues have been
pitched. He has been the most talked
of man who ever held the Office of
Mayor of New York. But at the pres
ent time, he is in a peck of trouble
because he wants to be Mayor for the
third consecutive time. Around him
are gathered the foes of his processes
of running the biggest city govern
ment in the world. His inactivity, or
his inaction, on the question of more
subways is the big dereliction in his
two terms. By this time the city
could have been cobwebbed with SUBJ
ways, only Mayor Hylan has been
fighting the traction interests whom
he feared would get hold of things
and pour millions into their treasures
been Hylans chief and only supporter,
and he commands a tremendous fol-
lowing. He feels that Hylan is the sa-
viour of the people in the fare issue,
and it must be admitted that he has
done very nifty job holding the fare
down so long.
But now comes the only logical man
who could successfully oppose Mayor
Hylan with any hopes of success. He
is Frank D. Waterman, of fountain
pen fame. Waterman is a shrewd, up
standing modern business man, who is
at the head of the largest fountain
pen concern in the country He is an
able, modern business man, QUICK wit
ted, keen at taking advantage of con-
ditions, and a man of the highest
moral sensibilities. No matter what
he is otherwise, he would make an
efficient Mayor of the Mitchell type,
and will give the field run for its
money in the primary. If he wins the
nomination he will be hard to beat.
Hylan, Of course, is liable to make a
good race, though with the Tammany
DETECTION he nav make a big failure
His five cent fare slogan is his big
asset, but with the heralding of
Waterman as a leader with the FIVE
cent fare his one big promise, he is
liable to make Hylan stand from
under.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

evening at their home on Lawton
ding anniversary.
Card games and a pleasant social
time made the hours fly pleasantly
until midnight, when dainty refresh
ments were served. Mr.. and Mrs.
Strich were the recipients of a set of
silver knives, forks and spoons.
Those present included: Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Moquist and children,
Ruby and Stanley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arnold Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Johnson and son, Gerard, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Johnson and daughter, Ethel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ostronl and daugh-
ter, Lillian, and Arthur Ulberg, all of
Grantwood.
Mahoney of Grantwood witnessed the
opening performance of "The Bucca
neer" in New York City, recently.
Miss Helen Leeger of Lawton ave
nue. was home from the New Jersey
College for Women over the week
end.
Harry Stiehl of Lawton avenue, and
Miss Irene Lester of Crescent avenue
spent the weekend at Liberty, N. Y
Miss Manheimer Entertains
Miss Claire Manheimer entertained
Oakdene avenue recently in honor OF
her birthday anniversary. Games and
dancing made up the evenings enter
tainment At late hour the guests
partook of delicious supper. The
girls received silver vanity cases as
souvenirs and the boys were given
cuff links.
Those present were Misses Ruth anC
Ethel Sears, Lulu Amter, Myrtle
Wicks, Lillian Faber, Helen Nixon
Edna Rinder, Francis Dumont, An
nette lGarbine; Messrs. James keyn
olds, Seymour Sears, Lindsey Hall
John Hunt, Stanley Stetka, JOSEPH
Garbine, Lloyd Spence, Harold Dietler
Hubert O'Donnell, Nicholas Yoast
Richard Doyle, Alfred Young and
Quentin Stannek.
Miss F. Humphrey of Washington
avenue, spent the weekend at Dia
mond Spring Club, Denville, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bell and family
have moved from Palisade avenue to
their new home in Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Moore anc
son, Jack, of New York City, were re
cent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Clark at their home on Palisadt
avenue.
DR.. John White of Columbia avenue
has returned home from visit to his
brother, at the latters home in AL
bany.
Mrs. Gretchen Comstock entertained
few out-of-town friends at her home
on Lawton avenue, recently.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Neu Mother-ir, -Lou Lock

A lock of recent invention records
the name of anyone who opens the
door, together with the date and time
at which il was opened.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

guests for several days her brother,
John w. Murphy, and his wife, also
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Engelke, all of
Susquehanna, Pa.
Mrs. P. R. Irving and Mrs Ellen
Holleran of Susquehanna, Pa, are
spending two weeks at the Ahearn
home.
Mrs. Anne Glynn of 291 Grant ave-
nue. is entertaining her aunt, Mrs. Ell
len Hunt, and Mrs. Hunts daughter
of Aberdeen, Wash.
The regular meeting of the U. T. c.
will be held on Saturday, October 10.
The meeting will be in the Masonic
Hall.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
What Else Was There
for Millicerf to Do?

When Mrs. Gray came home Milli-
cent met her at the door; she seemed
bursting with news.
Mother -
well, dear?"
What do you think Robert and that
Jones boy did this afternoonT
'Why, nothing bad, | hope"
"Motherr' aIilicent paused impress
sively They went and they built-a
fire! Yes'm! With kerosene! Out
behind the chicken coop where you
told 'em they never, never must! p
"Millicent Your little brother! !!
Why, he might have-but why didn't
you stop him?"
Mother, told him, and l told him,
and he said he would too, and l took
him by the shoulder and shook"
But Mrs. Gray was seized with a
sudden suspicion. "Millicent, you know
| keep the kerosene locked in the
storeroom, and Robert doesn't know
where keep the key. Look me in the
eye, Millicent. How did he get that
kerosene?"
Millicent's eyelids flickered. well,
you see, mOther-er-when l saw that
Robert and that Jones boy were de-
termined to build a fire, why-er-I
had to get the things for 'em, didn't I,
and superintend 'em, didn't IT-
Youths Companion.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

weigh approximately seventy tons
each. They are twenty-five feet
high and twenty feet in diameter.
The individual coils weigh twenty
eight tons.
The power delivered by one bank
of three of these transformers
would be sufficient to push two
steamships the size of the Maure-
tania across the Atlantic Ocean.
They are so large and bulky that
special railroad cars have been
built to shift them about the prop
erty when repairs are necessary.
Each transformer will require $500
gallons of oil, tot9. of $500 gal
Ions for the entire installation.
The Kearny outdoor substation,
in which the transformers will be
housed, is the connecting link be-
tween the huge generators within
the plant itself and the transmits
sion system. The substation is 296
feet long and 430 wide.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Mclaughlin of
Palisade avenue have moved into their
new home on Knox avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kimball Of
Franklin avenue, motored to Trenton,
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Fey of Elberon, has re-
turned to her home after spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Paris
of Grant avenue.
Mrs. Bertha Schooly of Newton, was
the guest of Mrs. Edna Day of Law
ton court, Tuesday. Mrs. Schooly sails
for Lemon City, Fla, Wednesday,
where she will spend the winter
months.
Thomas Fox of Grantwood, recently
purchased Packard sedan.
Mrs. Alice Lucey of Lawton court,
is spending the weekend at Washing
ton.
Mrs. Gerald McInerny of Lawton
avenue, spent Wednesday with rela-
tives in Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kimball of
Franklin avenue, are spending the
holidays with relatives in Boston.
Miss Anna Uhouse entertained few
friends at her home recently. Those
present were Misses Madeline, Viola
and Sara Rosa, and Fanny Delise.
Miss Esther Carlson will entertain
few friends over the holidays at her
home on Franklin avenue. The guests
will be Misses May and Eleanor
| Soderstrom, Corinne Lundberg and
Agnes Fredholm, of Brooklyn, and
Myrtle Bates of Arlington.
Miss Isabelle Grooly of Palisades
Park, was the dinner guest of Miss
Cecilia Mccarthy of Lawton avenue
Wednesday evening.
leased their home on Palisade avenue
to Mr.. and Mrs. J. Nevada and family
of New York City.
Mrs. David CASTOR of Palisade ave.
nue., has been chosen as the delegate
from Cliffside Park schools to the
| ISdClelS COufSuIiOu dI AIlduIlC Clly
from October 9 to 13.
Mrs. Peter Fitzgerald of Lawton
avenue, spent Sunday with relatives
in Bogota.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Hartman were
dinner guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Embler, in New York, on
Friday evening.
Miss M. G. Winterburn arrived home
on Saturday evening after summer
spent at her bungalow in Beachwood,
N. J.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman entertained
Dr. Feiner and the Misses Feiner of
Willow Brook, West Cauldwell on
| Sunday.
| Mrs. j. Braddon has been entertain.
ing an old friend from Philadelphia
as house guest during the past week,
and motored with her to East Orange
on Sunday.
Miss Jean Tearce of New York was
a house guest of Miss Vivien Donald
son, last week.
Cards have been received from Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Smith, formerly of
Wayne avenue, stating that they
have arrived safely in Miami, Fla.
Mrs. William Ahearn has had as her
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

An idea of the magnitude of the
super power electric generating
plant which is being built on the
Kearny meadows for Public Service
Electric andAGas Company may be
gained from an inspection of the
equipment detail now being Install
ed from day to day. For instance,
take the transformers being placed
in the outdoor substation. The pur-
pose of these machines is to trans
form the electric current generated
in the station from lower to
higher voltage before it is sent out
on the transmission lines. Later it
Is transformed again at other sub
stations from higher to lower volt
ages to meet the need of the manu-
facturer or household user.
There will be fifteen $4,000 K-V-A
transformers at Kearny, arranged
in five banks of three each. They
are among the largest built and
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Beefsteak Dinner

Republican Club Beefsteak Din
ner October II at High School.
Senator Mackay principal speak
er. Local candidates, entertainers
dancers, singers, etc.,.
Informal. Open to public.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Apes and MONKEYS

The terms ape and monkey" are
frequently used interchangeably; all
monkeys are called apes and all apes
are called monkeys But the term
ape" is more particularly applied to
TIE tailleSs. manlike monkeys of the
old world. such as the chimpanzee;
while "montey' is more often used
when speaking of the smaller aboreal
monkeys Magazine
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

Arbitration on Rhine frontier re-
ported approved at Locarne confer
ence.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Value of Anfifoxins
Explained BY Doctor

Toxins are the poisons of disease
and produce the symptoms common to
the disease after circulating through
the blood
Antitoxins are substances that work
against or neutralize the toxins in
any given cases, and they are pro
duced by the use of the bacteria of
the toxins. These are injected into
an animal, usually horse, in increas-
ing doses, until it becomes habituated
to them and is no longer made ill by
them. The immunity or resistance re-
sides in the blood, which has now de-
veloped defense mechanism against
the poison.
The animals blood is then drawn Off
in small quantities, filtered and purl-
fed. This blood is in turn injected
into the blood of a man, where 1t
exerts the same protecting influence
against the particular toxin by which
1t was produced as 1t did in the horse.
This is very briefly the nature and
mode of operation of antitoxic Sc
runs. The use of an antitoxin in
diphtheria has already saved count
less lives and has changed the once
dreaded and fatal disease to rather
simple complaint If diagnosed early
and treated with antitoxin.
The discoveries of the Dicks and Of
Dochez promise to give the same re-
lief from scarlet fever when methods,
originated only in 1924, are perfected
or this particular disease.-Dr. Wal
r. B. James in the Outlook.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Shamsey, the Cleaner,
Returns Money and Jewels

Mr.. Shamsey, the cleaner and dyer
of Lafayette avenue, Grantwood, on
several occasions recently found val
uables in the pockets of clothing sent
to him to be cleaned.
In each case he returned the valu-
ables promptly and the owners were
delighted, having been very much wor-
ried over the supposed loss.
In one case the money and jewelry
found by Mr.. Shamsey totaled over
$500 in value.
Hats off to an honest man!
Palisadian., 1925-10-09

When Mrs. Gray came home Milli-
cent met her at the door; she seemed
bursting with news.
Palisadian., 1925-10-09
Electrocution in New York

The law making electrocution the
death penalty for first-degree murder
in New York state went into effect
January 1, 1889. for crimes committed
after that date. The first electrocu-
tion took place on August g. 1889.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

been employed at the Capitol for
more than 90 years.
Michael Y. Carrigan is custodian of
the House Office Building and en-
ployed under the architects office for
IL years.
The Office of the architect, David
Lynn, has as part of it's job repairs
and maintenance of the Capitol Build
ing. What this entails can better be
understood when you stop to realize
that this building is ISL feet 4 inche
long, and it's greatest width is $50
feet One floor of the Capitol proper
covers 1871 square feet. The total
floor space in the entire Capitol Building,
including the terraces, contains 733.494
square feet. In the dome there is ap-
proXimately 2,648.650 cubic feet. The en-
tire cubical content of the building, in
cluding the endorsements, is 49,
1S0,0S0 cubic feet
There are 430 rooms in the Capitol
now devoted to offices, committee and
storage purposes, and of these $50
are offices. There are 679 windows,
$50 doors, 40 fireplaces, IL elevators
and 14,51S square feet of skylight
formed of iron and glass, all of which
enter into the daily care of the Cap
itol Building. ----,
There have also been committed
to the care of the architect of the
Capitol by Congress the House and
Senate Office Buildings, with the care
and maintenance of the grounds,
driveways and parks, and subways
connecting each of these buildings
with the Capitol; the care and main
tenance of the Capitol power plant,
supplying heat, light and power for
the Capitol, Senate and House Office
Iph
the Library of Congress, Government
Hotels for Government workers. and
heat, light and power for the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, the Botanic
Garden, the Washington City Post
Office and the Government Printing
Office; the care and maintenance of
the engine house, Senate and House
stables, repair to the District of
Columbia Courthouse; heat, light and
power and repairs and construction,
machinery and apparatus Of the Co.
lumbia Hospital for Women and
Lying-in Asylum: also charge of re-
pairs and construction of such other
government buildings as are from
time to time committed by Congress
During the last 90 years the fol-
lowing buildings have been erected
under the charge of the late Elliott
Woods, architect of the Capitol: The
House and Senate" Office Buildings,
with the subways connecting them
with the Capitol; the Capitol power
plant; the Court of Appeals Building;
a dormitory for the Columbia Institu-
tion for the Deaf; Columbia Hospital
for Women and Lying-in Asylum; an
additional story to the House Office
Building; the reconstruction of the
District of Columbia Courthouse; I;
removal of 244 houses from the
Union Station Plaza, and reconstruct
tion of the central portion of the
Capitol, including the formation of
% rooms in the space previously oc-
cupied by the Library of Congress,
and remodeling the Supreme Court
Evening star., 1925-02-15

this structure for Senator's, work
shop.
X X X X
THE architectural treatment of the
L House Office Building is the same
as that of the Senate building. 1t
has a total frontage of third Of a
mile. Its area is 110,500 square feet.
and the cubical contents are 100000
cubic feet.
This building now has 1872 offices
above the subway floor, and plans are
now being studied for adding 375 more.
so that each member of Congress may
have at least two office rooms. Four
hundred and fourteen of the 435 MEM
bers of the National House of Repre-
sentatives have their offices in this
building and 81 have their offices in
the Capitol.
Fifty committees, with their chair
men, occupy, 104 of the offices. and 374
members occupy 376 single offices.
There are IL miscellaneous offices for
official reporters, rest rooms, the
legislative drafting service. etc.
The fling. for and assignments of
rooms in the House ONCE Building Is
unlike anything Of its kind In the coun.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
WILLIAM A FREDERICK, 1andscap pe
gerdener in charge Of The capAto1 qtoumots

chamber and suite and of Statuary
Hall, where each State is allowed to
place two statues of citizens who
| gave outstanding service.
| In the files of the architect are all
the. drawings of the Capitol since
| 1850, numbering about $4,000, and
drawings of all the work on other
buildings mentioned. To keep track
of these files is a big job in itself,
to keep the force posted on the
records. This is included in Mr.. Ec-
cards job.
THE Senate Office Building, north
east of the Capitol, and the
House Office Building, southeast of
the Capitol, and both facing the beau
| tiful park between the Capitol and
the Congressional Library Building,
were designed with special reference
| to their relation to the Capitol Build
| ing, architecturally considered They
are both studiously simple in design,
| without pediments, domes or other
strongly accentuated architectural
/ features.
| The Senate Office Building occupies
three sides of square--476 feet on
b street, 40 feet on, Delaware avenue
and 34S feet s inches on c. street
Architecturally. it is classic in design
and Its principal facade resembles in
treatment the buildings facing the
Place de la Concorde in Paris, the
end pavilions being modelled on those
OF the Colonnade du Louvre. The B
street colonnade facing the Capitol
is 292 feet inches long. It con-
talns "a columns, each 20 feet high.
Elsewhere on the building are "a
columns of the same size, making 6s
in all. In conformity with the Capitol,
the B street front of the Senate
Office Building shows three stories
above ground. but the grade falls
away so that 1t Is really q f1ve-story
| building.
This building has 13 elevators and
stairways besides the beautiful
main stairway near the rotunda,
which is one of the artistic features
The rotunda is 81 feet inches in
diameter within Is free standing
marble columns, each "a feet 6 inches
high. The rotunda is IS feet inches
in diameter within the inclosing wall
1t extends entirely through the build
ing from the street floor to the roof,
to total height of 6S feet.
Back, of the rotunda Is the main
stairway with a double intramural
stair of Italian Renaissance style.
entirely of marble, leading to the
great marble conference room, which
faces an open court whose perimeter
lis one-half mile. This is one of the
showrooms Of the National Capital.
1t is SO by "a feet In size 1t is
monumental in character, due partly
to the materials used and partly to
the fact that 1t contains IL Corinthian
columns, each 81 feet 6 inches in
height
This building contains office suites
of rooms each. "a office suites of 2
rooms, 10 single rooms, 8 committee
rooms, and post Office, telegraph and
telephone office, dining room with kitchen
and pantries. bathing room. barber
Evening star., 1925-02-15

steam room, static electric room, a
gymnasium a stationery room and a
police station.
On the second floor are post office,
two telegraph offices. a restaurant and
a legislative drafting room.
The third floor has caucus room
seating $50 persons and is equipped for
showing motion pictures.
The fifth floor has storage place
where members can store envelopes,
printed copies of speeches, documents,
and other material that would otherwise
litter up and clog their offices. There
is also a telephone exchange in this
building, so large that it requires about
25 operators to handle the enormous
traffic.
The subway floor is a mechanical
workshop. Here are found carpenters
shop. cabinet making, an electric shop,
paint shop. plumbing shop and a
large storeroom which handles sup
plies for the maintenance of the build
ing. There is also a. heating room
which contains a refrigerating plant to
furnish ice water in every room, and
a pumping station to regulate the heat.
A large dynamo room, a waste-paper
Evening star., 1925-02-15

shop, and offices for the officials in
charge of the building. The commit
tee rooms are rs by so and 80 by IS
feet. They all have ornamented CELL
ings and marble floors.
Each Senator's Office contains a
mantlepiece with CRATE and fireset.
The electric lighting fixtures in the
Senator's suites are of old silver. All
Of the office furniture is of mahog-
any. So also is the wood finish
throughout the building.
The Senate Office Building contains
approximately 100000 cubic feet and
cost about SO cents per, cubic foot.
In addition to fulfilling it's function
as an office structure for the United
States Senate. this building is a pub
lie monument, alwaya-open for enjoy
ment of visitors to the Capital from
all parts of the country. 1t has total
Of $40 rooms, and total floor space
of 505,300 square feet. In the floors
and roof 2,721.219 pounds of steel were
used. 1t has SIS exterior windows and
639 interior doors. There are 80 miles
of electric conduit, so miles of wire,
and 25 miles of piping. There are
1850 electric lamps used In lighting