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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03

Too Easy

Cole Black had fallen foul of the
law and was having a preliminary
conference with his counsel.
Can you prove an alibi?" asked
the latter.
"Al-what's that. boss?"
"Alibi. Can YOU prove where
you were at the time the offense
was committed?"
''Lawsy, boss, OATS jes' what
abs skeered dey's gwine ter find
out !"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03
ART CLUB CATTLE IS
Members Entertained al Home Of
Miss Hannah Madden Wed
ncsday ~ ernoon

ncSday - ernoon
Members Of the AbSecon Art
club were deli&;itfuliy entertained
at the home OF Miss Hannah Mad
den, "Wednesday Afternoon. The
afternoon was passed with fancy
work, after which a social hour
was enjoyed.
Those present were; Miss Mae
Cordery, Mrs. Clenimic kunkley,
Mrs. Charlotte McMullin, Mrs. f.
Elwood, Mrs. Emma Johnson, Mrs,
Walter Roberts, Mrs, Charlotte
Hammell, Miss Lornie Boice,' Mrs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03
LIBRARY m USE
Many Apply to Miss Louis Draper
or Text Books

or Text Books
Many local people are taking
ial 10 be obtained at the public
library. Miss Louise Draper,
librarian is much r1eascd with the
interest manifested.
Below are few of the very
good books: The Dim Lantern,
by Baily; O Doctor, by Nelson;
Foursquarc, by Richmond; Brew
stel's Y; lion9, by McCutcheon;
Judith oil Goddess Valley, by Will
Isle The Library is open Monday
from 3 to 5 =. NJ. and Thursday
from 7 p. NJ. to . 2. Nj
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03
CHRISTMAS PARTY PLANNED
Ladies Auxiliary CT Volunteer Fire
~ Company Meets

Company Meets
The Ladies Auxiliary OF the Vol
untcer,,Fire Company met Monday
night in the fire house. Plans were
r"ade TO hold a Christmas party at
he December meeting. The atten-
dance prize was donated by Mrs
NJ. M. Townsend and won by Mrs
Edna Conover. " @s@at
Those attending were: Mrs. Essie
Giberson, Mrs. NJ, NJ. Townsend.
Mrs. Irving Rider. Mrs Lena Freas,
Mrs. Earl Fairbrothers, Mrs, George
Cook, Mrs. Mildred Smith, Mrs
Annie Smith. Mrs. Viola Shovel.
Mrs. Edna Conover, Mrs Marie
Freas, Mrs, Mary Hamilton and Mrs
Fairbrothers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03
SCHOOLS TO HAVE
DEPARTMENT WORK
Steps Taken to Re-organize Teach
ing in Upper Grades

ing in Upper Grades
Starting next week Grammer
grades of the Absecon Public
school will have departmental
work. Mrs. Turner fifth grade, will
teach Arithmetic and Music; David
Rigging seventh, English, Reading !;
Ashton Marsh, eighth grade, His
tory. All with teach their own spell,
ling lessons.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03

Mrs. Elton BraGdock, OF Halbcrt
avenue, was Philadelphia visitor
on Saturday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-03

Lena Smith, Mrs. James Town
send, and the hostess, Miss Mad
den.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
BOOKS RECEIVED

WHAT PRICE PROGRESS? The
Stake of the Investor of the Dis
coverieS of Science. BY Hugh
Farrell. author of The Sherman
Law" etc. New York: q. +. Put
nam's Sons.
THUNDER; The Auto
biography of an American Indian.
Edited by Paul Radin. New York.
ID. Appleton & Co.
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BE
LIEF; Belief in God. Belief i'm
Christ. the Holy Spirit and the
Church By Charles Gore, II. u.
New Edition. in one Volume. Ne"
York: Charles Scrihner's Sons.
BROKEN NECkS; Containing More
Il .001 Afternoons" by Ben IIeCht.
Chicago: Pascal COvici
AMONG US CATS. Text and Pictures
by W. +. Hill. New York: Harper
& Bros.
TIE SINGING GROW; And other
Poems. BY NathHIIa Crane. Illus
trated by Mac Harshherger. New
York Albert & Charles Boni.
THE WORLDS DEBT To THE;
IRISH. BY James j. Walsh. NJ ,
d.. Ph. d. Lift. D.. etc. author oil
The Century of Columbus. etc.
Boston: The Strttford Co.
FURTHER NONSENSE VERSE AND
PROSE. By Lewis Carroll. Edited
by I4ancford Reed. illustrated by
H. M. Bateman. New York: u.
Appleton & Go
SEX EXPRESSION IN LITERA-
TURE. BY V. T.. Calvcrton, Editor
The Modern Quarterly With an
Introduction by Harry Elmer
Da &
Liveright.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE RECENT
PAST; An Outline of European
and American Philosophy Since
1860. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner'S Sons +.
SPORT IN FIELD AND FOREST.
by Ozark Ripley. author of list
CONTINUED ON Fourteenth PaceD
Evening star., 1926-11-28

for noted societies and written on
astute subjects.
But first. last and always, he is the
artist. Wherever he has gone he has
drawn and etched. and the result has
invariably been significant. an inter
pretation of tangible beauty or of
beauty in character. He is n past
master Of the art of elimination: he
knows better than almost any one
else the value of line, the beauty of
texture. II is not simply what he
presents but the way he presents ii
that stirs and delights thr arr lover.
In the present exhibition is included
a series of 20 etch.ngs made in Mex
leo, six of which are drY-ppintS. II is
said that from the standpoint of art
Mexico possesses a riCh and as vet
undiscovered treasure for the artist.
These etchings confirm this statement.
The old churches with they beauti
fully ornamented faCades and their
picturesque towers have proved eX-
cellent subjects, and Air. Washburn
has interpreted them SympathetiCally.
There is one showing a courtyard and
little doorway With stone paving
leading up thereto which is extremely
lovely, appealing not only on the
moment but continuously to the
ina gination. What is behind the little
door? When will it open?
In the Arizona series-numhers u
to 27 in this eXhibtion-there are four
portrait heads Of Indians, very Rom
brandtesaue, a record of vanishing
race made with sensitive feeling aud
huma nistc touch - characterization
homely but beautiful. Here. too, is
an exquisite little dry-point, Tho
Village Member Of Moccasins,' SO
simple, So significant
Suggestion is given of travels in
other lands 10y etchings Of subjects in
Havana, in Toxic, in Bangkok. il
Venice and in Morro Pay. But the eX-
hibition concludes with q series Of
five pure landscape interpretations
made in New JerSey--Our pWn New
Jersey. These are all drv-points. ail
very simple, very big, that is, spa
cious in suggestion, with an astHte
treatment f.f t1nfetF in hn f3l,porf,rrt !
Evening star., 1926-11-28
VT-America's Place in the Air

From a sense of pride, from a sense
of utility. of safety, of glory, America,
the inventor of the airplane, must b.
swiftest nd strongest on the wing.
No matter what it costs. it will be the
best investment we ever made.
England is subsidizing aircraft.
Her citizens are building planes and
dirigibles. They are planning lines
through her compact little island and
far out to her remotest colonies. She
is urging her people and her people
are urging the government to become
the fastest and strongest nation of
flyers in the world. France has al
ready outstripped the world in the
development of aircraft. She has al
most 10 planes to England's l which
she could put into the air. She is
building more, and plans to carry pas
sengers and express and freight from
her shores to all countries of the
world through the air. Germany is
again building Zeppelins and multi
motored planes and is using her mar
velous mechanical genius to develop
new and more effective airplanes.
Japan is substituting commercial flyers
and is appropriatinS large sums for
military airplanes.
Every country in the world is Civ
ing attention to it's flying force. None
is so backward that it does not see
that man, once having conquered the
air. will never rest again with his two
feet upon the earth. There will be
reverses and losses and discourage
ments. Many experiments will be
very expensive in money and some
what in life. but the more difficult a
thing and the more dangerous, the
more eagerly the adventuring spirits
of the world flock to it. There are
probably today more than 100 900 men
in the world who. on an hours notice,
could take plane into the air. These
numbers will increase, and they are
going to find a way of using their
skill and machines profitablv.
AS longer and longer flights are
maintained. the boundaries of the
earth will be comparatively obiter-
ated. Flyers will criss-cross over ma
tons and land on foreign soil.
Shall we, who invented the air
plane--we who are called the most
progressive people on earth-continue
asleep at the hangar while other ma
tions utilize the vast domain of the
air and this product OF American
genius? Congress, once laggard. has
now recognized the potentialities g
air transportation. The congressional
eye has swept the horizon of peace
as we'll as possible war. American in
dustry and patriotism heretofore have
met every test and opportunity. Will
they not seize this chance to write
Americas future in the limitless air?
THE END.
- lCopyEight. 1e262
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Continued from Third Pageo

,,,onv of Gen. Patrick and Gen.
Mitchell before a committee OF Con
eyress that controls the monetary re-
sources, and, therefore, the prepdre,u'
ness of the Nation. Linked with the
whole question as it affects the Ohlteo
states are the data covering wnat
n+ber countries are doing. According
70 Cen Mitchell, time is essential IN
The creation of an effective service.
He warns: 4.
.ayVherever air power can operate
surface craft and ships of war or all
classes can be dominated and destroE-
ed Air power must be organized 10
act instantly; if it is not. 1t Will De
very difficult to create 1t af'er war
has started
Let US add to that statement an
other vital thought:
We must either prepare 10 deIehu
ourselves against attack or the moral
$500 IF this country must be exerted
"a compel other nations to limit the
building of fighting splanes. codify
rules Of aerial warfare and make I'M
nossible the bombing of defenseless
cities. Otherwise civilization Will be
ruthIessly destroyed in the next con-
eict A further conference on lt1nita-
ton of armaments is an international
necessity. The immediate uniflca-
tion of our Air Service Is a great ma
tional need.
No startlingly new invention has
ever been perfected so swiftly as that
of the airplane. The Wright brothers
made their first successful experiment
in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, n. {.
ONLY % years, and now every
country in the world has heard the
throbbing pulse of the swift-w1nged
man.bird. Abyssinia, Siam, Mesopota-
mia. Egypt. Siberia, the plains OF
Tihet South Africa. the North Pole.
the highest mountain ranges. the most
desolate plains, all have seen. like the
nronhet. a cloud in the air not larger
than a mans hand. that means vast
1nsweeping storm of flying craft which
will oyerspread the heavens by day
and spangle them by night-sWift mes
sengers of commerce or war The
world has unfolded It's wings, ana
never again will the air be a strange,
invisible continent of emptiness.
England is marshaling vast array
of aircraft. France can put thousands
of planes into the air now. Every
country in the world is giving atten-
ton to its flying force. Intelligent,
fostering laws, research. experiments,
subsidies, every aid is being given to
the flyers.
Shall we let Europe carry our air
passengers, as we so long allowed 1t
to carry our ocean traHc2
Evening star., 1926-11-28
CHINA FURNISHES BIG PROBLEM
FOR Z. S. DIPLOMACY TO SOLVE
400, 100000 Population 81 Per Cent Illiterate
War Lords Divert Funds of Government and
Due Foreigners to Military Uses.

increasing the loans and raising funds
20 meet the requirements of their
masters.
Outrageous internal taxes of every
conceivable kind are levied upon mer-
hants and tradesmen, the revenue
rom which does not go to the support
>f maintenance of the civil functions
II the government, but to the mill
AIRY. The officials remain unpaid.
No Chinese citizen dareS protest or
attempt to do anything to bring order
out of the chaos that obtains Every
newspaper article which escapes the
censor and which may be regarded as
a criticism of the dominant Warlord
or his underlings, subjects the editor
to the peril of summary execution
without even the pretenSe OF a trial.
1t would be unreasonable TO expect
any people, much less those OF coun-
try so vast in area, so numerous in
population, so without means of com
munication and so illiterate as the
Chinese, to evolve republic along
occidental lines within the short space
of ii years. Today we cannot regard
China as a republic III anything more
than name.
Obviously, our trade, as we'll as that
of the other nations, with China can
not be increased or even maintained
on it's present basis until there is
peace, so that the frugal, industrious
and patient Chinese people may enjoy
the fruits of their labor rather than
be continuously robbed by bandits and
soldiers.
The attitude of the United States
toward China always has been helpful
and sympathetic. Conditions in China
change so rapidly it would seem i'm
possible for our government to an
nounce in advance any definite policy
which could meet the changing condi-
tiOnS.
1t is entirely sympathetic with our
creditors in their efforts to collect
long pa st due debts from the Chinese
government, and also with the in
rerests of our merchants and manu-
facturers who are desirous of promot-
ing trade with the Chinese. The re-
spOnSihility of our relations with
China rests primarily upon the Pres
ident and the Secretary of State. l
have an abiding confidence in their
ability and willingness to discharge
that duty wisely and well.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1926-11-28
BY SILAS III. STRAWN.

What can other nations do to help
rescue the Chinese people from the
enSlaVement of the WarlOrdS and to
bring order out of the existing chaos?
That is one of the big world problems.
In its solution, as in that of any other
difficult problem, we must begin with
a knowledge of the facts.
China is larger than the United
States. Mexico and Central America
combined. 1t is larger than all Eu-
rope More than 400,000,000, or one
fourth of the people of the earth, live
in China. AS nearly as can be, it Is
estimated that 81 per cent of the
Chinese can neither read not write,
even in the Chinese language. By
that l do not mean that the Chinese
are stupid or of low order Of intelh-
gence The great mass have no edu-
cational opportunities.
China has a great variety of natural
resources. There are comparatively
few industries. The great mass of
people exist by tilling the soil. There
are 1000 miles of railroad, compared
with 265, 900 in the United States. The
tonnage available for transportation
is large. On account of cheap labor,
the operating ratio of the Chinese
railroads to their earnings Is less
stead of the earnings of the railroad
going first to the payment of en-
ployes and for operating expenses and
maintenance, then the net to the own
ers as in other countries, in China all
of the earnings of the railroads are
confiscated by the warlords.
Since April 10, 1926, there has been
no government. No regard is paid to
the orders or wishes Of the so-called
"regency" cabinet. The entire coun-
trv is overrun by soldiers and ban
dts Foreign legations are unable to
secure any redress from the central
government for wrongs done to their
nationals in any part of China. Pro-
yincial officials hold the central gov
ernment and it's orders in contempt.
Long -past-due obligations, foreign
and domestic, for money borrowed and
materials furnished to operate the
railroads and public utilities give the
central government little or no con-
cern. The officials, who are the mere
aaents of the warlords, are interested
solely in devising ways and means OF
Evening star., 1926-11-28
PAGAN MOTHER. BY Arthur Morti
mer. New York: George II. Doran

%ANIrAA> 4ho DN AIIIluI
mer. New York: George Fl. Doran
Co.
THIS is called, whether wisely or
not. the reckless age. And utter
recklessness constitutes the exclusive
theme of this romance. A story of the
moment. finding in the hectic charac-
ter of the present q sympathetic set
ting for personal eXceSSeS of tenn
permanent and behavior. Love of
pleasure is the motive here. A mother
and daughter are equally possessed
of the urge for self-indulgence. 1t
is in the contrast between the two
that this author does such excellent
and convincing work upon theme
that is rather repellent. The
eagerneSS of a young girl for life and
its pleasures is one thing. That of Il
mature woman in the Samc direction
is both pitiful and grotesque Holding
each to consistency with it's own in
diviidual problem and situation. the
author combines the two in Il social
drama whose counterpart is, in es.
sentialS, patent on every side. Nat
urally, the divergence between the
two WidenS. For the girl, new to life
and at heart Il fine girl wakes up in
time to face about upon a more health
full, upon a more beautiful future.
With the woman. howe> er, there is
practically nothing to face about upon.
since Il sanity old age doesn't offer
much to any live woman, or man
Evening star., 1926-11-28
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Paintings Presented the National CaeryEtchngs View
at the Dunthorne Gallery-An Exhibition
of Portraits

traits of Bishop Darlington of Harris
burg. Pa; Cot. Wade Hayes of the
Eth Regiment, New York; Mrs. SNOW
den Fahenstock and DR.. George David
Stewart, president of the American
College OF Surgeons, to mention only
a few.
Mr.. Brown follows in the tradition
of the old English school, and occa-
eiunally in his portraits he introduces
= picrureSqueness of composition
which allures He has apparently
teen wei, taught, and presumably
possesses a gift for likeness, but be
yond this his work has no merit to
Iccommend 1t. 1t is conventional,
spiritlesS, in the extreme. Occasion
ally his craftsmanship falters. As
tcchniCian he is al times fumbllng;
his paintings are insiStent with the
medium: they are effigieS. not charac-
ter'izat;ons; lifeless. often inane, and
yet they are of a sort which attracts
the public. and, through sheer prettl-
ness, m;seads.
England has given to the world
great portrait painters, and still has
such on her lists. For instance, john
I.avery. William Orpen. Augustus
John all OF whom are doing virile. sig
nifivant work, following in the great
tradition. but along new paths, and
are bringing thereby additional honor
70 their nation. We have in this
country portrait painters who are pro
ducing works of great distinction, such
as Leopold :. y1fert and Cecilia BeauX,
both of whom are represented in the
CorcoIan Gallcry's permanent collec-
ton 1t is such painters as these in
Great Il 'itain ana in America who set
Il standard by which all york must be
Judged.
4 X j; X
THE art section Of the Twentieth
Century Club Of this city has late
ly made q pilgrimage to Philadelphia
to the Sesquirentennial. under the
leadership OF Mrs. Q. l.. Veerhoff,
chairman of its art section. The 60
members who We're in attendance were
welcomed by Mrs. Martin. chairman
Of the woman's committee of the ex
Nilli, on ~n1 nrtCrt4 ned at a tea at
Evening star., 1926-11-28
BY LEILA NECHLIN.

~ HE George Buchanan Coale col
1 lection of 10 paintings given
1 last Summer by Mrs. +. 7.
Il Redwood of Baltimore to the
Evening star., 1926-11-28
REVIEWS OF AUTUMN BOOKS
Volume of Essays by A. Redman and the Latest Novel by
Robert Herrick-Books of Short Stories for
the Winter Evenings

either, for that matter. SO, the Sct
thing in this case is rather a make
shift, more than a little vulgar amt
mean But-what would you? one
must work with what he has. Drawn
straight from the present. PAGAN
Mother" is a fair portrayal of tn"
passionate reach for one more ftiuE
at life that many Il woman - making
regardless of any other demand that
may rightfully he pressing upon h";.
There are no judgments offered here.
no preachment. Stronger than thes'
is the logical and ineVltabIe quite -
of the matter as it stands here Ia liS
unhappy implications of fact.
+ = =
THE CORBIN NECKLACE. -
Henry Kitcheu Webster. author "r
The Innocents." etc. indianapolis,
The Bo5as Merrill Go.
DIRECTLY bad time for Punch, the
great house packed with grown
folks assembled for his sisters we'd
ding. Nothing for boy to do, except
to wander around looking at the
Workmen and skirtinC clear of the So
Cial doingS of the house. Then Punch
fell to thinking about his grandmoth-
lection at all for the famous pearl
necklace that had been Il subject nf
family contention since long before
Punch was born. Suppose. with all
the coming and going, that necklace
should be stolen. And. believe it or
not, that's just what did happen. So
this three-day adventure is about
equally divided between IL shift of
bridegroOmS. that produced an entire
ly unexpected wedding, and a deeply
secret search for the stolen jewels. y
hectic time, YOU may believe. And
when the thief was discovered this Is
what he had to say about his part IN
the affair: Never tackle a job where
there are any damned boys on the
premises" For. YOU see, it was Punch.
just nosing around. as boys and pup
pies do. that struck the true trail and
delivered the Culprit. OF course, the
other story, the romance and the wed
ding, has place here, but 1t is place
clearly subordinate to that of the
sleuthing Of Punch. \ lit of fun pro-
ieCted by this author In the odd times
between serious novels like The
American Family" ana Joseph Greer
and His Daughter
Evening star., 1926-11-28
BY IDA GILBERT MYERS.

THE EINSTEIN DELUSION: And
Other Essays. By L. a. Redman.
San Francisco: \. NJ. Robertson.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

T HE George Buchanan Coale col
lection of 10 paintings given
last Summer by Mrs. +. 7.
Il Redwood of Baltimore to the
Smithsonian Institution have
lately been placed on exhibition with
the National Gallery collection in the
National Museum. This includes a
portrait of Thomas Hopkinson, which
for Some time was believed to be by
Sir Godfrey Kneller, but which has
now been positively identified by ex-
pertS as work by Robert Feke, one
of the early American portrait paint
"rS who worked in Boston. New York
and Philadelphia between 1926 and
1850.
Thomas FIopkinson was born in Lon
don in 1909 and died in Philadelphia in
17al. Ie was Judge Of the admiralty
court OF the the Commonwealth OF
PENNSYLVANIA: one Of the founders and
first president Of the American PhiiO-
s0phical Society, Of which Benjamin
Franklin was the first secretary; the
father of Francis IIopkinson and the
grandfather of Joseph Hopkinson, the
author of Hail Columbia" The por-
trait represents him three-quarter
length in rufiled shirt and cuffs, stand
ing with right hand on his hip and
left hand extended in gesture; be
wigged and looking with keen eye
toward the obServer--a portrait com
parable to those splendid examples by
this painter owned by BoWdoin Col
leGc.
OF equal interest in the collection Is
q portrait Of Mary HopkinSOn, daugh-
ter of Judge Thomas Hopkinson, born
IN Philadelphia in 1742, the wife of a
Or Morgan. surgeon general during
the American Revolution and the first
70 establish medical schools in this
country This is the work of no less
famous a painter than Benjamin West,
and is indeed "A most valuable addition
To the National Gallery collection,
which includes. il may he remembered.
Vests own self portrait. Mary Hop
kinSOn is seen seated. holding small
lute-iilc musical instrument, possibly
an oddly shaped guitar. She wears
mauve-colored gown trimmed with
dark fur, and on her head a veil and
pearls. She has also pearl earrings
and a nackiace--an exquisite painting
which fortunately. is still in excellent
condition and has apparently escaped
the devastating hand OF the reStorer.
Two other important but less no
table works are a portrait of 1humaS
Mexican, u SIGHer of the Declaration
Of Independence, now attributed to
Charles Wilson P"ale, and j portrait
Of Mary Abigail viii Coale, a grand
daughter of Judge Thomas Hopkin-
son and niece OF Mary Hopkinson,
painted by Thomas Sully.
Among the other works included in
the collection is a Dutch portrait, Jan
Cytenbogacrt. by Van Ness; a French
portrait. NiVien. by himself: deco
ratiye painting Of Il woman surround
ed by flowers and cupids, the artist
of which is unknown; a genre, The
Continentals," by Frank B. Mayer, of
historic interest but little artistic
merit and THE Vintage" by a. r.
Neron, an oblong panel painting rem
dercd with consummate attention to
detail. In all, generous and most
welcome gift