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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
TAXES AND TREES.

A current item OF news af-
fords pregnant suggestion to
many New Jersey towns in
which the burden of taxation is
keenly felt-as. indeed, where
is it not?-and equally to those
which ought to mean all
who are seriously concerned
over the rapid and ominous de-
pletion of the forest area and
therefore of the available sup
ply Of native wood. The state
ment is that numerous villages
in Alsace maintain on the 9TH
erwise inutile slopes of the
Vosges Mountains extensive
forests, which, being protected
and cultivated according to the
principles of scientific forestry,
provide each year a marketable
product the returns from which
are sufficient to pay the costs of
local administration and thus to
that considerable extent relieve
the people of taxation.
Now we are not so enamor-
ed of governmental engage
ment in business as to recon-
ment that American towns
should thus go into the lumber
business, and we realize that
only a small proportion of
American towns comprise with
in their boundaries considera-
blet racts of land suited for
nothing better than forestry.
Such differences between AL
SAGE and America are. howev-
er, mere details. The outstan-
ding general principle is the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
WHITE HORSE
PIKE.

A chorus of protests has
gone up from automobiles
who use the White Horse pike
that the big passenger buses
are making travel unsafe by the
fast schedules they maintain.
The drivers say they are ex-
pected to make schedule time,
no matter how congested the
traffic may be. The result is
they are obliged to dodge in
and out of line in hopes Of
making up few minutes in
running time.
Now comes Motor Commits
sioner Dill and says that he has
heard the cry Of the motorists
and that he is going to take
steps to stop the danger. Ar
rests will be made and the
licenses of the drivers will be
revoked.
In the meantime many auto
mobilists are abandoning the
White Horse pike and using the
back roads, not only because
they are safer, but also because
in the long run much better
time can be made than to fol-
low the long and often slow
moving line of cars on the
White Horse pike.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

never again to meet until we reach
the heavenly shore. The demon.
STATIONS of divine power all along
this section of the Atlantic Coast
were Notifications and demonstra-
tons of divine power that live for.
ever.
Dear Reader: Honor God and
He will honor you" Peculiar work
calls for peculiar kind of faith.
1t can be found in new visions of
the love of God for the salvation of
souls breathed in our own hearts,
and nowhere else. Leave the banks
of the narrow streams along which
so many of Gods children are
coasting, stop hugging the banks Of
the inlets, pull hard on the wheel
and steer straight for the ocean of
Our Fathers unfathomable love,
then with the bible at our elbow,
earnest prayer on our lips. and love
of and for God in the heart, then
with cable that will never break
and an anchor that will hold in
every storm, we will become mas
ter of every situation in which we
may be placed.
Our age is one of great deal Of
noise making and self advertising.
There is real lack of the nobler
motives and the finer graces of be-
nevolence, hence, there is sore
need of silent workers and noise
less benefactors who are willing to
go out as did our Master and min
lister to the poor and helpless in
the more isolated districts in con-
secrated silence. You have but to
study the Biographies of men, and
you will readily find that the men
who do the greatest work in the
world are not necessarily the men
VINO make the 0lOSb NOISE, out Tie
men whose lives are supremacy
buried in the great moral and spir-
ituaI forces that are shaping and
Transforming the world. 1t is their
silent activities that are bringing
into existence and eventually will
bring to the front the powers that
will dominate control and give
sape to all human history in every
part of the world in which we now
live.
If | can bring into some soul lit
the light,
If I some pathway drear can rem
der bright;
If to some one in gloom can show
the sunny side,
Though no reward | win, | shall be
satisfied.
| Absecon, N. j., Sept. 4th, 1926.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

same in both cases. There are
thousands of American towns
situated similarly to those of
Alsace, and there are tens of
thousands of American land
owners who could do precisely
what the towns of Alsace are
doing.
All through New Jersey
there are uncounted miles Of
brush or idle lands neglected,
often ravaged by fires. Such
lands are all owned by some
body, and taxes are paid on
them every year; but they give
no return, save, perhaps, in a
few huckleberries and hazel
nuts, and cotton-tail rabbits in
the cunning season. Yet they
were once mostly covered with
valuable timber and are to-day
quite susceptible of being re-
planted and reforested; when,
if cultivated instead of merely
being cleared" they would
yield an appreciate revenue in
addition to enhancing the agri-
culturay or other value of the
adjacent lands. There is OPP
portunity for America thus to
learn a profitable lesson from
the country in which its name
was coined and given to the
world.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
A SOUND PROPOSITION.

Banks were probably never
rendering a greater service to
the public than they are today.
Within recent years they have
been emphasizing the value of
properly safeguarding the in
terest of wife and mother, in
estates which are left to them
in the shape Of insurance pay
ments or other assets.
The banks and trust compa-
MES have been doing good
work in showing the problem
faced by the average woman
who is left money to invest.
Her business has been running
the home and raising the fam
lily. In 90 cases out of 100 she
cannot be expected to know
the difference between good
and bad investments. The re-
suit is, that savings left for her
protection are too often ac-
CURED by the smooth stock
salesman who offers her a gilt
tering proposition which prom
Uses large returns.
An insurance trust, admins
tered by the modern bank,
eliminates the danger of lost
capital and assures steady in
come. 1t is the height of folly
for dependent persons to at
tempt to speculate with or in
vest funds upon which their
future living depends. There
would be less need for charita-
BILE institutions, if the insurance
trust idea were better under
stood and more extensively fol-
lowed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
STANDARD APPLES WIN.

Boxed-apple growers were.
pioneers in establishing stand
ard grades through which their
product has gained recognition
and its market integrity has
been assured. Only by estab-
fishing ard adhering to such
standards has the boxed-apple
industry been able to compete
with other apple-producing sec
tons more favorably located
as to markets.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
MOSQUITOES IN THE CITY.
New York Times.)

For a long time it has been
known that it is the female mos
quito whose proboscis punctures
the skin with such irritating re-
suits, and many still have the no
ton that focks of these females
periodically swim the air channels
between New Jersey and New York
in order to feed for time on met
ropolitan victims. But DIR. Harris,
Commissioner Of Health, makes it
clear in his recent statement that
such ignorant persons are SANDER
ing New Jersey, and, what is still
more, neglecting their duty in New
York
Everybody except the few fortu-
nate ones immune to the pests
knows that all of the city is swar-
ming with them. Not only the out
lying boroughs, but the completely
paved sections of the centre of
town are infested. 1t is the inhos-
pitable appearance of business and
theatrical regions which misleads
some people who are acquainted
with the breeding habit of the mos
quito into thinking that so many
could not have originated where
apparently there are no undisturb-
ed pools suitable to mosquito eggs.
But fiat roofs, slightly depressed in
spots that hold stagnant water, OPP
en- tanks and damp easements IN
the business districts serve the in
sect Just as we'll when she sets up
housekeeping as the tin cans, bot
ties. discarded cooking vessels and
untidy back yards mentioned by
DIR. Harris.
He is just in pointing out that
cooperation from the citizens Is
essential if the plague is to be
stopped. The Health Department
|
keeps a staff of permanent mosqui-
to warriors, augmented just now
by fifteen temporary men. Money
to employ more Is available, but no
more men can be found who will
undertake the arduous and painful
work of fighting the poisonous
fiers. This force works in the
swamps, which are Wholesale bree-
ding places.
A point in DR.. Harris demand for
cooperation is the depressing Ell
feet of clouds of mosquitoes on real
estate values. That argument
should appeal strongly to both own
ers and real estate Hgunrs
talks for the benefit of those il0
are willing to do their part bn "Es
| ignorant of the best method4 q e
preventing an increase in the pres
ent crop of mosquitoes should be-
helpful. Drying up pools, even tiny
ones, is commendable, but not al
ways feasible. A thin film bf any
kind of oil ON a pool that cannot
be drained Is always a possTbiittys
and it is effective, for it s14others
any wigglers that may be aNoadX
on the way to wings, and it disc0lll
ages the laying of more eggs ~
] that spot. AS for the adults
are now with us, they are hefSst33
stay until old age or yiQ{n
death takes them off.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
FORMER INSPECTOR
Public Is Cheated.

tolIC 10 SHCdlCu.
To the Editor: ~
Dear Sir: Far be ii from me to
rap the Atlantic City Pageant, or
anything else the resort puts on,
but allow me to make a few OBJ
servations through your valuable
paper on the resort affair, follow
ing my reading your story that
Beauty Alone VIII Not Win"
| have attended the Pageant ev-
cry year since its inauguration, and
right now | want to say that popu-
larity with the public has nothing
to do with the selection of the
girl. No matter who is the most
popular with the crowds, no mat
ter who they cheer the loudest, it
doesn't mean anything.
And now they are not going to
rank beauty so high. 1t is charac
ter, poise, personality combined
with physical proportions, facial
beauty and general manner, which
will count.
The judges are supposed to OBJ
serve the large number of girls at
the parades, dinners and dances,
and then they come before the
beauty jury" when miss Amer
lea" will be selected.
Allow me to observe that this is
another excellent way to cheat the
public out of having anything to
DO with the Pageant, as well as
cheat the girl who might be the
most popular out Of her share of
the "honor and glory" of being the
successful candidate for "Miss
America"
The Beauty Jury is supposed to
know all about the qualifications
OF a perfect specimen, maybe they
do, and then, again, maybe they
don't, but | believe the public
should have something to say about
the matter. They pay the money
that helps to a great degree, to
prolong the season and support the
Pageant.
PAGEANT FAN.
Sent 9 1Q06
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
SERMONETTE
BY r. Ashley Cake.
SILENT SERVICE.


night the angel of God whose l am
and Whom | serve. Acts %; 81.
1t was near the noon hour when
| arrived at Montauk Point, the ter
minus of the n. Y. e L. l. railroad,
near midway across the plains,
making my way toward the L. S.
l.. S. S. u dense fog sets in, all the
road ways were hidden from my
view, and nothing could be heard
but the tumultuous roar of the old
ocean. | was kept in suspense UNI
til meeting a lady who was riding
across the plains en- horseback,
who relieved me of all suspense,
and was soon entering the sta
ton where the Captain and Crew
gave me hearty welcome.
A hundred and ten miles journey
along this treacherouS part of the
coast, with its twenty-eight Govern
ment houses wherein | was to
preach the gospel, walking the san
dy beaches, wondering as to how
was to get across the treacherous
inlets, with the storm tides that
would occasionally rise and would
drive me up toward the rocky ledg-
es, confess it was the time my
faith was sorely tested, as Josiah
Allen said to Mamantha, Il was
filled with fear and tremblin." But
mans extremity is Gods opportu-
nity-"It was this night there stood
by me the angel of God, whose |
am and Whom | serve" The beau
| ty of the vision was far beyond all
power of expression. 1t can never
| be framed in words. The Saviour
clothed in robes of righteousness
and in garments of salvation was
in the scene, the great glory BEAM
ing from his glorified countenance
| turned the darkness of the night
into marvellous light, a sense OF
| holy awe, a real sacredneSS filled
| the trembling mind and heart, until
those shining features with their
weight of glory seemed fastened
upon me; then ii was i'll sweetest
tone, He spake the words to me
| listened and caught every word
Fear not, for | am with you, | am
going to go with you to the end
and | will not leave you"
| Wordsworth must have had q
like experience when he made his
first visit to Switzerland, coming
down the southern slope of the
Alps, all nature, the cragged rocks
the drizzling cataracts, together
with the floating clouds in the sky
became like Apocalyptic pictures.
Materialsm became TRANSPORTED
while he became conscious of the
presence of God and was filled with
the joy Of elevated thoughts.
Instantly all my fears and arem-
bling were gone. Early in the NOR
Ining, with faith in God, together
with my vision following me, the
Captain and myself were making
our way to the extreme point of
the coast Here it was with the
Montauk Light House Keeper, we
had our quiet service where the
angel, promised in the vision, was
present to own and richly bless in
more ways than one. 1t was YER
ification of the promise, "He will
give his angels charge over thee
to direct thy steps, and to keep
thee in all thy ways" On our re-
turn, began the long journey along
the coast, preaching the gospel in
every station, patrolling, the beach
es with the lonely surfman all
hours of the night, besides holding
our little prayer service at the mid
night hour in the little watch
house, then parting as we have felt
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03
Letters To The Editor

ers the cause of the many mos
quitoes.
After a spell of rain there are
more mosquitoes than before, be-
cause the water collects, the eggs
are laid, hatch into wrigglers, and
then into mosquitoes. -~.----,, s---.--.
Residents of the Mainland should
oil or pour out stagnant water if
they wish to reduce the number of
mosquitoes.
FORMER INSPECTOR
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

All, well; if one-half OF NE
world knew how the other h4lS
lives, 1t would rise the devil about
it!-Baltimore Sun. S#
How were you able to pile M
your great wealth ?" asked thel cub
reporter. at was due to the fact
that Barnum was right" replied
the rich man.-Enquirer. ~,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Weak fishing in Barnegat Bay
has not been so good for years as
it is now, and the average catches
have been from five to a dozen a
day The fish have been running
good at night, although for some
heason that has never been salts
factorily explained, the fish caught
at night are nearly always smaller
than those caught during the day
Snapper bait for this fish has be
come very popular. Tuna fishing
has Stacked up somewhat, but in
all probability they will be heard
from the latter part of September,
that being their time for coming
into the bays and along the coast
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Little Muriel-"Dear me, mo-
Their, | wish were Mrs. Morton's
little girl instead of yours"
Mother-"Why, child?"
Little Muriel-"I like her cigar
cites SO much better. Rife.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

the use made of the expensive
roads. Especially is it justifiable
in New Jersey, since SO large a
number of the highway users in
that State are visitors from other
parts of the country. N
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Work ON the new edifice of the
Ocean City Baptist Church at Tenth
and Wesley avenue is being rush
ed and the first consignment of
steel has arrived.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Automobile excursions to the
Mainland to- pick huckleberries
have become the rage. along the
shore. In the woods the berries
are now at their best, and the only
drawback is the mosquitoes and
seed ticks or "jiggers."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

make Pleasantvile another
civic
shows the who responsible these i'm
provements building pathway
held back by the
present limitations
it has offer
facilities moderate cost
sidewalks modern schools
public utilities they business
industry with them.
Municipalities improvements to
We but Pleas
With false economy
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

ALI of the South Jersey resorts
are anXiously awaiting the winter
schedule of railroad timetables to
see how true are the rumOrS that
the companies are going to furnish
less trains than usual as a result
of the bus competition.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Love is dead when she looks
at his coat hanging on the wall
and says to herself: eff my dear
Elmer were only hanging there"
Reading Times.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Somebody remarks with much
truth that with all the bobbed hair
and short skirts, women will never
be emancipated 50 long as most of
them who smoke feel it necessary
to sneak away from the company
10 enjoy their cigarettes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Some people are inclined to
worry for fear they are not pick
ing out the right things to worry
about.-Los Angeles Times.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

Observations of oldest resident
"A lot of water has gone over the
dam since woman with short hair
was considered queer and one
wearing a short skirt brazen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

-Ethel-"Did you have a nice
vacation, dear?" Esther-"NO, all
the life guards were taken by the
time | got there. Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

I want my boy to have an cas-
Ter time than l had-And that's
one explanation of Chronicle
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

So many men don't care what
kind of work they do, just so it
isn't wOrk-Los Angeles Times.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

All young man can do about
matrimony is pray that the right
woman will pick him out-Life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-09-03

PAGEANT FAN.
Sept. 2, 1926.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
rdan Former Bear Pitcher Original Hard Luck Kid
HELEN, SUZANNE START
TENNIS ANKLE EPIDEMIC
By ROBERT ]. PREV

LONDON, April 3. = swatch
your ankles" is London's latest adj
vice to lady tennis players.
With the return of competitors in
the Riviera tournaments an epidemic
of "tennis ankle" has been detected,
and the victims are undergoing rem
edial massage designed to bring the
swollen joint back to an alluring slen-
derhess. Players preparing for the
summer games are searching for spe-
cially designed shoes.
1.-The reason that tennis tends to
thicken the legs and ankles says a
foot specialist, lis that most sports
shoes give no support to the instep.
Consequently, the whole weight of
the body is thrown on. the ankle
joint.
Suzanne Lenglen has not suffered
because she has always worn spc-
cially designed shoes. Many pro-
fessionals at Queens and the Bath
Club (where the Prince of Wales
plays) wear shoes with shock-absorb-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
0'DOUL AGAIN r
FAILS TO MAKE GOOD

Everything that goes up mnst come
down, says the old adage. But mighty
few things come down as fast as
Frank lefty" ODOul. the big noise
from Salt Lake. who yesterday was
turned back TO Bill Lanes me- Holly
wood club by the Chicago Cubs.
1t was O'DOuls third straight up
and down trip TO tho majors. Each
time the wiSeacres found something
radically wrong with the big fellow.
This time, Joe Mccarthy and his aids
picked on ODOul's fielding as his big
weakness. On the Pacific Coast
"Lefty's" fielding had never been so
bad as 10 call much attention to il,
especially with him hitting constantly
in the neighbOrhoOd of 400.
Bill Lane was mighty glad to get
ODoul back. Frederick Zoelers and
ODoul will make up as good an out
field as there is in the loop. Sheehan
and Connolly are excellent reserve
men. Last year O'Doul cracked the
ball at a .375 clip despite very poor
finish in which he brought his average
down from above 400.
Today the Angels will learn just
who is coming to them in the Beck
deal. One outfielder is due. but it is
said that officials of the two Wrigley
clubs are at logGerbeads over the
man. The Angels want o right-hand-
ed hitting on fielder. which limits the
choice to jain. Brooks. Scott and VII
son. but the Cubs like.tbis quartet too
well to be quite willing to let any one
Of them 90.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
HIGH BASEBALL
PLAYERS
BUSY
Breckenridge Talent for
Diamond Looks
Promising.

Although there are seven of last
seasons lettermen in Chicago with
the basket ball squad, Breckenridge
High Schools baseball team has been
putting in ten days of hard practice
under the coaching of Dewey Smalley,
former Texas University star.
Pinkey Whitney, former Bracken-
ridge athlete, who repos>s back to
Decatur of the Three-I League, has
been aiding Smalley with the candi-
dates and at the same time gathering
in a little spring training for himself.
Whitney and Smalley picked teams
from the group that reported out Fri
day and held the first scrimmase
game of the season. Ducharme, Dit
mar and Lefty Howle, all capable
hUrlers. took the mound for short ses.
sions, while Brotherman and Hide.
brand donned the mask.
Bra ckenridge is well Supplied with
an array of battery talent. having
four catchers and six pitchers. Rees
anu sS"tCt 'NtIt lHt .EesuldT TtCtlNtFs
last season. while Elkins. Cheatham
and Letch are the three other pitch
ers.
Those who reported Friday are as
follows: Captain Lefty How'll Hide
brand. pucharme, l.. Ferguson. Mur.
ray. Cullen. Sweet, Rock. Brotherman,
Dittmar, Pfaghaupt, Schweppe, Var
gas, and Rodriguez.
Last seasons team is returning
almost intact with the exception of
Red Davis. centerfielder. who is at.
tracing attention in the outfield win
the Texas University Freshmen at
Austin.
the squad includes: Dittmar
Cheatham and HOwle, pitchers; Res
and Sweet, catcherS Fenner, first
base; Howard Mcmillan, second base
Friery. shortstOp. and Bass. THRU
base. Coach Cannon has Veltmam
Hildebrand. H. Fergu
son. Hugh Mcmillan and Murray for
his outfield. Lester Veltman, brother
Of Arthur. will probably be shiftet
rom his old position in the left gar
den TO center field to replace Davis.