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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
Dance A Success
Many Attend Affair Sponsored
by Charles H. Mann
Chapter Monday.

Charles H. Mann Chapter No.
1879 held a very successful aut-
umn dance Monday night in the
Jr. Mechanics Hall, Decatur and
Main street Eddie W'ickman's
Night Owl orchestra furnished the
music for the evening. The
room was beautiful in it's array of
autumn colors and shaded lights.
Numerous prizes were given by
the following merchants Stoloff
Co.. II. w. Fennimore, Chas. Morris
son, A. Spalding. Morris Lake, Mrs.
Calvin Zimmerman, of the Rialto
Theatre. The winners of the prizes
were, Mildred Helms, Evelyn Par
sons, Helen Porteous, Betty Toner,
Guy Shappell, VIM. Yates, C. j.
Harmon, Ed. Weller Ralph Maxwell,
Chas. Albrech, Nelson Brown and
Mr.. Daanti.
Mrs. Nellie Fennimore was chair
man of the committee which made
this dance such a success. Her
aids were, Mrs. Charles Adams,
Mrs. Mary Hommell, Mrs. Carl
Adams, Mrs. Belle Keeper and Mrs.
Walter Peterson.
Those ATTENDING were.
Mayor and Mrs. Charles Jackson,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Stewart, Eva
Collins, c. J. Harmon, Gene Gilbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Corrigan, Dick
Meyer, MI and Mrs. Somers H.
Endicott, Earl Brown, Whitley
Stringer, William j. Cowfman. Joe
Barber, Anna Conway, Florence
Richie, Thos. Brooks Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Conan Van Lew, Mrs. Ray
mond Conover, Ruth Glendenning,
Somers Steelman, Harold Clark,
Lester Channels, Helen Willis, Mrs.
William c. Lear, Mrs. William II.
Hutton, Mrs. Carrie Bowen, Dick
Morgan, William Singauy, Mrs.
Chas. Frambes, Miss Matte Fran
hes, Miss Urua Frambes, Clarence
Thompson, Jack Russo, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Gallagher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albeit Styron, Miss Mildred
Farr, Miss Bernice Bradley, Mrs.
Walter Peterson. Walt Redman,
Mildred Scott, Marge Sinlinson,
Betty Toner, Helen Walker, Jack
Bostick. Mrs. Allie Policy. M. Inger-
soil. Mr. and Mrs. William Policy,
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Sladen, Mrs
Geo M. Bates. Mrs William Thudi-
UNI, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand HON.
mel, Mrs. Arthur kellar, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Candy. Miss Barbara
Firth, Button Adams. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Howard. Walton Field, Karl
Plaster, Miss Lizette Taylor, Miss
Esther BOice, Loretta Havi, Edythe
Kendall, Beatrice Smith, Alice
Spong. Mrs. Richard Shane. Mrs.
Edwina Woolbert, Kay Walter, VIC
let Burnett, Teresa Burnett, Ella
Markee, Maize Somers. Edith Haw-
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Shappell,
Mrs. Alton Boice, Mr.. and Mrs.
joseph Thompson, Evelyn Parsons,
Gladys Swanson, Freda Singer,
Harry Brown, Mildred Lake, Viola
Blackman. Gladys Mathis, Elinor
Elwell, Jean Jones, George Crougal,
Jack Carr. Arthur Furuun, Edna
Duncan, Mrs. Chas S. Adams, Ce-
celia Bowers, Delina Kline, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Fennimore, w. C. Ben
son. Alma viii, Mrs. Mary Hell
frich, Mrs. Paul Randall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Maxwell, Mrs. William
Stevenson, Miss Martha Collins,
Herman Meyers, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Braddock, MyrOn Hommel.
Charles Lear, Earl Shepherd,
Claude Higbee. Edward Thudium.
Paul Bocelle. Alton Fox, Helen
Porteous, Emile Hames. Mildred
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
BISHOP KNIGHT
AT ST. MARKS
Will Administer Apostolic Rite Of
Confirmation Sunday
Morninu

The Ri. Rev. Albion w. knight,
D. D., Bishop Coadjutor of New
Jersey will administer the Apostol-
ic Rite of Confirmation, and preach,
in st. Marks Episcopal Church on
Sunday at HOO A. M.
BY request DR.. MacKinnon will
preach on the subject "The Inter
mediate State"
DR.. Edwin R. Wilson, Choir Di-
rector and Organist. has prepared
special program of music for the
HOO A. M. and 7.30 p. M. services.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
COUNCIL HAS TOURNEY
r. o. U. A. M. Members Pitch
Quoits Durinu Meetings

Excelsior Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
met Wednesday night when an
other round of the QUOT tourna-
ment which is nearing a close was
played. Those taking part are get
ting anxious as to the results. The
final matches will be played the
coming Wednesday night. Prizes
will be awarded winners at that
time.
The entertainment committee will
also have something good for all
who attend. a larger turnout is
looked for. John Kirkbride was
the winner of the attendance prize
for this week
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12

Get The PleasantviIIe Press on
Tuesday and read offerings Of pro-
gresesive PIeasantvilIe merchants
and their bargain inducements for
Dollar Day and Community Booster
Sales.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
WIDOWS CLUB MEETS
Entertained at Home OF Mrs. Cora
Martin. Reading Avenue

Martin, Reading Avenue
The Widows club met at the
home of Mrs Cora Martin, Reading
avenue. Tuesday night. Owing to
he incIement weather only a few
members were present. After a
short business session the hostess
served refreshments and a social
hour was enjoyed.
Those present were Mrs, Nettie
Leeds, Mrs. Alice Herbert, Mrs.
Phoebe Shaw. Mrs. M. Brown, and
Mrs. Cora Martin.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. M. Brown on LenOx
avenue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
BROTHERHOOD MEETS
Rev. r. A. Elwood Speaks to Men
Of First Baptist Church

Rev. r. A. ElWooo opedkS 10 VIC"
OF First Baptist Church
The second meeting of the newly
organized mems Brotherhood OF the
First Baptist church was held at
the church Monday night. There
was a splendid attendance.
Harry Pencils, president, was IN
the chair, and after the regular
business introduced the speaker OF
the evening. Rev. R. A. Elwood, CT
Absecon. His address was greatly
enjoyed by all.
Plans were made to greatly en-
large the work. Refreshments and
q social time concluded the meet
ing. which was pronounced by all
to be q great success.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
HAVE BAZAAR
Keystone Chapter Has Sale ir
Harris Building on
Main Street

Keystone Chapter No. So, o. Il. S.
is holding its annual bazaar in the
Harris Building, Main and Wash
ington avenue This sale will af-
ford many people the opportunity
to purchase Christmas gifts, as that
season is approaching very fast.
Homemade pies, cakes and candies
are on sale every day. Mrs. George
Generosity and a very able COM
mittee are in charge of the affair.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12

nue. entertained Mrs. Philip Bowen,
Mrs. Harry Warren and Mrs. Gar
field Roser, at luncheon, on Tues
day.
Mrs. Paul Loeffler of Pacific ave-
Mrs. John Mathews and Mrs.
Horce Craig spent Armistice Day in
Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-12
Celebrate Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Nichol
son celebrated their Pearl wedding
anniversary recently when mum
Der of their friends surprised them
The house was decorated for the
occasion. Dancing was enjoyed
with recitations by Fl. Cunningham
and Charles May. A vaudeville
act was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kline and Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillip Stuber The couple re-
ceived many handsome gifts.
Miss Evelyn Clark Studer passed
the weekend with her grand par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. William G.
Nicholson, at their home, 234 w.
Park avenue.
At Lenape Park, Mays Landing
A dance will be given Saturday
evening. November IL, at Lenape
Park Mays Landing. by the Wom-
ems Republican Club of Mays land
ing. The public is cordially in
vited to attend. Tickets can be
secured at the door. SO cents each.
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Two Sound Traction Opinions

On the eve of his retirement from
Office. having resigned to take effect
when the President has selected his
successor, Commissioner Rudolph
makes two statements regarding the
local transportation question which
are Of particular Importance and
weight in view Of his long experience
at the District Building, in the course
of which he has had intimate contact
with the traction situation. He de-
plan, which has been proposed as the
basis of a possible merger of the two
corporations, would be unfair to the
public, for it would result. in his judg-
ment, eventually in a twelve-cent rate
of fare. He says, furthermore, that
he is opposed positively to any move
ment designed in the interest of pub
lie ownership Of the transportation
systems.
Service at cost would put the rate
of fare upon the basis Of 'cost" as
computed in terms of valuations. Elk.
perience has proved the impossibility
of arriving at valuation Of the prop
critics Of the companies mutually salts
factory to both the public, as repre-
sented by the Utilities Commission,
and the corporations. When a differ
ence exists of $12 1000, ,O0O-between
the $18,000,000 of the commissions
computation and the $4,000, 900 of the
company, in one case-it is evident
that fare fixing on such basis would
be in the last degree unsatisfactory
and f1uctuating in results. The in
eyitable course of such fluctuations
would be upward.
Public ownership and operation Of
the transportation lines is undesirable
It cannot be made efficient and it Is
not assuredly economical. Fares may
be brought to a low point by arbitrary
dictum under such a system, but al.
ways at the expense of the taxpayers,
who must make good the deficit due to
inadequate operating revenue.
Private ownership and operation,
under Public Utility Commission con.
troll and regulation, is the most de-
sirable mode Of furnishing transporta-
ton to the community. Merger Of the
two corporations on terms that are
equitable both to the stockholders and
to the public is the requirement Of
sound reason and practical service. If
that merger cannot be accomplished
by the voluntary action Of the two
companies it must be compelled by
legislation that takes into account all
the equities and strikes balance for
the benefit Of the public, which must
continue to support the lines by its
patronage, but must not be compelled
to pay excessive fares to render an
undue profit upon inflated capitaliza-
ton.
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Sleep.

Science has again delved deep into
the mysteries of sleep, and has
emerged with startling information
that may Immediately start boom in
the purchase of beds. In experiments
conducted at Colgate University it has
been discovered that six hours of sleep
on a soft and downy mattress laid
upon flexible springs Is equal to
eight hours of slumber on hard and
unyielding surface, such as a board
ing house cot. This information was
culled after exhaustive tests in which
calories of sleep-freshened students
were counted and recounted and men,
tai arithmetic-such as multiplying
459 by 345-was attempted for fifteen
minutes at a stretch.
So all men and women who earn
their daily hardtack by the use Of
what Ring Lardner would laughingly
call the brain should do one Of three
things: Sleep six hours on the soft
bed they may possess, sleep eight
hours on the hard bed that is their
lot or go straightway to the first
furniture store and purchase one of
those soft concoctions which would
save them considerable sleep during
their lifetime, if they figured it that
way
Evening star., 1926-11-10

self a Senator can qualify only by
appearing in the open Senate, while
that body is in session, and taking
the oath of Office.
If Senator Walsh should appear in
the Senate today, when that body
meets as a court to deal with the
case of Judge English of the Eastern
district Of Illinois, and presented his
credentials he could be sworn In i'm
mediately. Here in Washington. how
ever, the understanding is that suffi-
cient time has not yet elapsed for
the formal canvass Of the Massachu-
setts vote necessary before Senator
Walsh can receive his credentials
from the governor. AS Judge Eng
Ish has resigned and the Senate is
expected to recess until December. 1t
does not appear likely that Senator
Walsh will be able TO qualify until
the opening of the regular session
three weeks hence.
The law relating to the payment
of salaries to Senators appointed or
elected to fill vacancies here quoted
would appear to conflict with the sew
enteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing for the direct election
of Senators, which states that Sena-
tors appointed to fill vacancies shall
serve until an election Is held. But
the Constitution also provides that
each State Is entitled to two Senators
and that provision of the COnstitu-
ton was borne In mind when the law
dealing with the salaries WAS enacted.
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had been evolved strictly according to

had been evolved strictly according to
the original project. Lack of means,
lack of vision on the part Of success.
slve Congresses, lack Of necessity in
the early days contributed to- a slow
ness Of evolution. The greatest work
In capital making. following the labors
OF the remarkable period of the early
seventies, when Cooke and Shepherd
wrought wonders against the heaviest
OF odds to lay a consistent founda.
ton. has been accomplished during the
past quarter Of a century. And it has
been during that period that much OF
the loss has been suffered, irreparable
in some degree though unavoidable
in the circumstances.
Realization of the fact that the time
Is at hand for the harmonious devel
opment of Washington according to a
definite plan Is evident in Congress
There is no lack Of funds for the
execution of necessary works. A pro
gram OF public buildings has been
adopted. A corresponding program of
park creation and extension is like.
wise in the making. Time will not
be actually lost if definite, construc-
tive plans are finally adopted, with
precautions against infringements by
private enterprise, If the execution Is
put upon a sliding scale Of successive
installments.
The mistakes and blunders, the omis
sions and failures Of the past may not
be corrected, but the future can be
assured IL the misfortune Of those
faults Is utilized in the adoption Of a
program that cannot be stayed by
f1ckleness of judgment or temporary
stringencies.
Evening star., 1926-11-10
La Plata's Disaster.

Natures eccentricity was tragically
illustrated yesterday when a storm of
extreme violence developed somewhere
over the Potomac River and swung
with tornado force inland. 1t covered
a comparatively narrow space, in most
places only about five hundred yards,
less than a third Of a mile. 1t struck
the Maryland shore at a point of rela-
lively scattered population. Yet by
chance it swept inland along a course
In which lay practically the only con-
centration of humanity, a schoolhouse
in which were gathered about sixty
children.
Had that eddy Of air, weighted by
rain. twisting at an incompatible
speed and racing forward with the
momentum of titanic express train,
been headed few yards to the right
or the left It would have missed that
schoolhouse and those little ones. It
would doubtless have taken toll else
where, but not in such heavy numbers.
IT would have destroyed a few houses
and barns, uprooted or snapped some
trees, and then passed out into the
air, spent and harmless. Or had it
come an hour later along the route 1t
followed it would have destroyed the
schoolhouse without taking any lives
there.
That fatal chance Of location and
time caused the death Of eighteen per-
sons and the injuring of two score In
addition. The little town of La Plata
is desolated. There is scarcely home
there or in the Immediately surround.
Ing area that is not in mourning for
q lost one or grieving over a sorely
wounded one. AS If chosen by the
fates for this sacrifice. the community,
a few hours ago peaceful and happy
and prosperous, Is now desolated.
Succor was sent with almost the
speed of the storm itself as soon as
the word came that Washington's
Maryland neighbor was in distress. If
material aid is needed 1t will Of course
be rendered. In any event, there is
for La Plata and the other parts of
lower Maryland that have suffered
from the storm so familiar to the peo-
pie of this city by frequent visitation.
the deepest sympathy and sorrow.
And for the little heroes who faced
peril so bravely and acted so promptly
to summon aid there is the warmest
admiration and praise.
Evening star., 1926-11-10
Good Roads and Tragedy.

The value Of good roads was never
more strikingly illustrated than In the
cyclone tragedy yesterday at La Plata.
Md. thirty-three miles from Wash
ingtuu. Within two hours from the
time the twister crushed the school
house and its occupants ambulances
had arrived at the little town from the
Army, Navy, Red Cross and local hos.
pitals, carrying nurses, doctors and
medical supplies. The flrst motor am.
bulance reached La Plata from Wash
ington one hour and three-quarters
after the wind obliterated the frail
building, while from Indian Head. Md,
twenty miles from the scene. q sur.
geon and medical attendants were
rushed to the small town in one hour
and quarter. Taking into considera-
ton the inevitable delay after any
such catastrophe, the shock OF the
people nearest the scene. the hurried
phone calls for help, and the mobiliza.
ton Of doctors and nurses in the hos.
pitals, the hirty-three-mile run was
made in remarkable time.
Undoubtedly lives have been saved
and suffering eased by the prompt re.
sponse to the appeal for aid. Some OF
the more seriously injured were
brought back TO Washington on a fast
run, so that proper hospital treatment
could be given. All in all, yeoman
service was rendered to the stricken
None OF this work. or at least very
little Of II, would have been possible
had road conditions been as they were
ten, fifteen or twenty years ago. Six
or seven hours. and perhaps more,
would have been needed to make the
thirty-three-mile trip under the con-
Aitiana that nhtain n mann tn &Ak1
Evening star., 1926-11-10
(Second in a Series of Two.D

The vogue for books in inexpen'
sive form, always a good thing in a
democracy, has reached new heights
this year in America.
There are today available in Wash
ington stores more good books In
cheap, though pleasing, form than
ever before.
It is now possible for a man with
limited means to have a home
library of great books at minimum
cost, composed of volumes of which
he will not be ashamed as to appear
ance.
Above all, these volumes have that
"booky" look which every booklover
at heart wants his books to have.
This is an intangible quality which
publishers of England commonly
more often realize than our own pub
fishers, although there are some ex
ceptions, happily.
Whereas 10 years ago there were
only the books of the Everyman Ii
brary and Burt's Home Library to be
readily found for as low as a dollar
one now will discover a dozen or sc
publishers vying with one another in
putting out good books in cheap
tnOuSn adequate, form.
Nelson's Classics, which have just
appeared on the local market, printed
and published by r. Nelson & Sons
London and Edinburgh, enable the
booklover to crafty his taste at SO
cents a copy.
These are very 'booky" little books
generally with good type. on good
paper, bound tastefully in a pleasing
,n6
as whole a decidedly literary at
mosphere, in the best sense of the
term.
Here, for no more than one pays
for an ephemeral copy of magazine
of destructive criticism, may be Sc
cured the works of Charles Dickens
Sir Walter Scott, many of Robert
Louis Stevenson's, some Of Thackeray,
George Eliot, Charles Kingsley, Vic
tor Hugo, Alexandra Dumas, Jane
Austen, the Bronte sisters, Fenimore
Cooper, Anthony Trollope, to say
nothing of two stories by Harrison
AinsWorth, not heard OF much any
more. and novels by many others
along with many Of the so-called
standard classics" such as Pal
graves Golden Treasure" and some
what unusual books, such as Boswell's
Tour of the Hebrides with DR.. John
son."
This same publisher also has avail
able a standard library at 81, more
strongly bound. on the same thin
paper as it used in the So editions
Many persons like this sort of paper
and surely it's use does allow one tc
pack q large number of books in a
given space.
For sheer beauty, in moderate
priced books, nothing is quite equal,
| in our opinion, to Macmillan's Mod
ern Readers Series, sold for $125
| volume. These are bound in deep
| green half-leather, and have an air
about them that is generally found
| only in books costing many times
| their price.
Here. too. the books which the
English-speaking world has long
| agreed to call classics" rule. Here
one finds Aesop's Fables, Benjamin
Franklin's ''Autobiogra ply" Words
| worth's poems, Lambs Essays o
Ella" and many others, together with
Paters "Marius, the Epicurean,"
Aliens "a Kentucky Cardinal" anG
| Whites "a Certain Rich Man"
| We understand that the plan of
abridging great works in this series
as was done with Dumas "Three
Musketeers," for instance, has been
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Capital Making Principles.

In it's annual report the Commits
sion of Fine Arts, deploring the fact
that unregulated developments have
occurred i'll Washington that have not
only countered the L'Enfant plan fol
the National Capital, but have rem
dered the faithful following of that
plan now Impossible, urges that fur
ther developments should be held as
closely as possible to that project.
Many features Of the L'Enfant plan
have become impraCticable. Some of
those of the plan Of The Mcmillan
Commission. submitted in 1901, have
been rendered unattainablc. owing to
lack of detinitiVe legislation and suf-
fiCient appropriations and the inter
Vention of private enterprise without
restraint or guidance. But the broad
fundamental principles of capital
making are still possible of execution,
and the time has undoubtedly come to
establish them by means of new en-
aCtments.
The Commission of Fine Arts is an
advisory body, comprising the best
available talent IN art and arChitec-
ture. Ii recommends projects upon
its own initiative and passes Judgment
upon others advanced from other quar-
ters. Unfortunately its advice has
been in some instances ignored. The
Capital would have been closer to the
ideal II II had been more faithfully
followed in both positive and negative
recommendations.
At present there is at work another
advisory body. recently created by act
OF Congress. the City Park and Plan
ming Commission. likewise vested with
recommendatory powers. but with no
final authority. 1t has a more definite
function to perform than the Commis-
sion OF Fine Arts In respect to the
immediate development of Washing
ton, for 1t IS charged with the duty
et proposing specific projects, looking
70 the future and co-ordinating with
the States Of Maryland and Virginia
In the laying out OF a harmonious met
FCpCllldD dltd VI Pli equipment. 1lS
proposals however, like those Of the
Commission OF Fine Arts. must await
congressional action, and its work,
when approved. is restricted by the
narrow limitations of inadequate ap-
preparations.
With all the changes and departures
from the basic plans and the tardiness
of action In developing the potential.
tiles ef the Capital. the situation to-
day b gratifying. It would have been
extfaercina<1 N The NAsians4 ettx
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land. but, unfortunately, do still obtain
in other States which have not yet
seen the light of hard-surfaced roads.
Maryland has reason to be proud Of
her State highway system and yester-
days experience will not lessen that
pride. Good roads not only mean good
business at all times. but in times of
tragedy, holocausts and in cyclones
they mean the saving of life and sue
cor to the injured
Evening star., 1926-11-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Chairman of the Reception Committee

Ihairman of the Reception Committee
Isn't 1t the gay life,
Riding on train
The beautiful display life
That marks a lady's reign.
Here's dainty dancer
And a diplomat
While a big financer
Talks of this and that.
Isn't it the glad life!
Dear old Uncle ST
Now forsakes his sad life
Wears a hat so high,
Diplomat and dancer
In retirement bow.
Uncle Sis the prancer
In the spotlight now.
Evening star., 1926-11-10

American radio equipment, like the
American motion picture. assumes
world leadership. Their value to civil
lization is greater than that of ma
chine guns and submarines. Civiliza.
ton is buying what it needs.
Evening star., 1926-11-10

The Prince of Wales has not fallen
from horse in a long time. His
horsemanship has improved or else
he has decided that this method of
arousing a genial interest in an admir-
ing public is unreasonably exacting.