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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cant, Mary
Cant and Ruth Sanders were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cant. of Northfield, on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
Mr. and Mrs Carl Hopf and
daughter, Althea, motored to Troy,
N Y, on Thanksgiving day to visit
their son Adolph. who is student
at R P. l. there. They stayed until
Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. John Ireland, OF
Woodlyne Manor, entertained at
dinner on Thanksgiving Day, DR..
and Mrs. Milton Ireland, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Voss, Billy Voss, Mr..
and Mrs. John Shaft, of Atlantic
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Updyke, Sher-
man and Ruth Updyke, of PhlladeF
phia; Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Noss
and Oscar Ireland, of Woodlyne
Manor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Snyder had
as their guests on Sunday Attorney
Mark Townsend. of Newark, n. j.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Frambes, OF
Margate, Mrs. Fred Adams, OF
Ocean City; and Japhet Townsend
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brown and
son Jack, spent Thanksgiving at
Delanco, N. j., as the guests OF
relatives.
Miss Edith Worst, of Bethlehem,
Pa, returned to her home on Sun
day. after spending the Thanks
giving holiday and weekend as the
guest of Miss Abbie Sanders.
Mrs. James Fisher has returned
to her home in Virginia after visit
ing relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Goodman,
Mrs. Rotan and Miss Jennie Rotan
enjoyed the hospitality of their
sister in Philadelphia on Thanks
giving.
Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Mahoney
were Philadelphia visitors for a
few days this week.
Mrs. Z. NJ. Powers entertained
on Thanksgiving day, Mrs. Seeley
Turner and sons, Kenneth and Win
field Turner. Z. J. Powers, Ida and
Anna Powers.
Mr. and Mrs. evils Shaw enter
tanned their aunt and uncle OF
Atlantic City. also Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Eastlack and son, and Harry
Scull, at their home on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
Miss Nina Freas is spending a
few days in New York. She is the
guest of Miss Maise Brokaw.
Mr. and Mrs Rodman Smith, OF
Linwood Gardens. had as their
guests on Thanksgiving Day, Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander Keys, Mrs
Little, of Conschocken, and Miss
Marie Ralston.
Lewis Mitchell student a lie,
high University, spent the Thanks
giving holiday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Mitchell.
Mrs. Rockelman spent Thanks
giving Day with her daughter, Mrs
Edmond Somers.
Edmond Somers Jr., student OF
Drexel Institute. spent Thanksgiy
ing and the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Somers
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Soul were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Soul, of Margate on Thanksgiving
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Rose and
family, of Wildwood, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Simpkins on Thursday.
Mrs. Chattin Risley and sons
Carlton and Arthur, are spending
the weekend as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. James Koran, of Haddon
field.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wright
Betty and Billy Wright and Capt
William Risley, were the guests o.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack Cody, of Wood
bury, on Thursday Mrs. Wright
and Betty will spend the weekend
in Woodbury..
Miss Mary Cant and Ruth Sand
ers were dinner guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs, Harvey Resell on Friday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
Newsy
Notes
LOAN OFFICERS
Hold BANQUET
Gateway Casino Is Scene OF
Associations Social
Gathering

Officers of the Linwood Building
and Loan Association and thelr
wives held a dinner at the gateway
Casino, Atlantic City, on Monday
evening. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rossell, MI
and Mrs. Irelan Doughty, Mr., and
Mrs John Ireland, Horace Ireland
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Somers, Mi.
and Mrs. William Rentschler.
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OFFICIAL VISIT.
Keystone Chapter Prepares tt
Welcome Officers.

Members of Keystone Chapter
No. 50, o. e. S. are arranging for
the official visitation of the worthy
district deputy, Mrs. Lima M.
Bellamy, Friday night at the
Masonic Hall in Linwood.
keystone Lodge No. 1853 F. e A.
NJ. will arrange for its annual
Christmas party for the children
on December %.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
CHURCH GETS GIFTS

A hand carved solid oak iecturh
was given to Central Social hall by
Miss Mabel Adams in memory OF
her sister Mrs. Florence McCoiiieli
An electric cross was given for the
church pulpit by MI and MIS-
Carlton Johnson.
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OAK CREST NOTES

Mrs Anna Roy and children
Lorraine, Dorothy and Earl, OF MAJ,
ven avenue, are spending severai
weeks in Phila with relatives.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

church on Thursday night. Mrs.
Smoot is directing the arrange
ments and promises that the enter
tainment will be the best that can
be obtained
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ENTERTAIN AT HOME
Old Fashion Thanksgiving Day a
Erricsons'

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ericsson
formerly of Atlantic City, but now
residing in Mays Landing, enter
tanned in their new home at an OLD
fashion Thanksgiving dinner. Inc
men gunned during the day. Dan
Resell competed in the Westy
Hogan tourney and returned with
two live turkeys. Mrs. Erricson $
guests were: MIS-. Bricker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Resell Jr, Mr.. and Mrs. John
G. Resell, of Atlantic City; Mr..
and Mrs D. NJ. Resell Robert and
Mary E. Mcconnell and Edythe V.
Resell, of LinwooG.
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TEAM TO PRACTICE.
Legion Court Candidates Hold SEES
sion Thursday NIGHT.

Members of the American Legion
basketball team will hold another
practice session Thursday night at
s o'clock in the high school gym
nasium. 1t is expected that the
team will open its season within a
week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

A musical concert and entertain
ment will be given at the church
on Friday evening, December 9.
Prof. Chambers is in charge of the
musical end of the entertainment
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

The Well Wishers club of the
church will hold meeting Tuesday
night at the home of Russell Cate
lette, Shadeland avenue. The presi-
dent of the club is C. P. Burrell,
the secretary d. Welsh and tho
treasurer p. Jones
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of Mrs. Leroy Wilson, $50 Green
field avenue, under the auspices
of the senior choir of st. PauPs A.
M. E. church.
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WARE-BLAkE.
Miss Ellen Blake Becomes Bride
of Osborne Ware,

Miss Ellen Blake, daughter of
Captain John E. Blake of this city,
became the bride Sunday morning
Of Osborne Ware, assistant cashier
Of the First National Bank. The
ceremony was performed quietly in
Wesley NJ. E. Church by the pastor,
Rev Franklin Haley.
The only witnesses to the cere-
mony were Mayor and Mrs. Charles
E. Jackson and Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Marshall Mr.. and Mrs Ware
are making their home at SO Lake
Place.
-<.>s--
Truth is stranger than fiction, but
anw magazine editor will tell you
that it hasn't such a high market
value.
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Saturdays Best Numbers

p. M
1880 (WEAF)-High Jinkers.
500 (WRNY) = Christman's AT
Home Party.
900 (WMCA)-Boxing bouts.
900 (WJZ) Philco Concert.
$50 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nighters.
HOO (WABC)-Beaux Arts Orches-
ira
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

Jonas Catwell has been author
lied to collect for the district
superintendent's salary. The third
quarterly conference will be held
on Saturday, December 10.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

The dyspeptic philosopher defines
success as the result of the greatest
profit from the fewest mistakes.
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Asbury Notes
Three Join church-Other News of
Activities.

Activities.
Interesting services were held at
Asbury M. e. church on Sunday.
Rev. Perry preached at both the
morning and evening services.
Three persons joined the church:
Mrs. Lillian Gillum, Arthur Miller,
Miss Helen Calvary.
Among the visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. Beyman, Mrs Terry and Mrs.
T. Scarborough, Jr
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
WASHINGTON TEA
Unique Event At Baptist Church
Other Notes.

A Martha Washington Tea will
be given at the Mt. Pleasant Bap-
fist Church December 7. The ladies
will appear in Martha Washington
costume. Mrs. Lottie Johnson is
chairlady of the committee.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
Keane'S e H5aH
Food Products

Have You Tried Keane's High
Grade Food Products? Mayonnaise,
Pepper Hash, Potato salad. Sand
witch Spread, Pepper Relish. 1900
Pure. Money Back if not Satisfied.
For sale by;
Herbert Thomas, Main Street
and Reading Railroad.
Queinns Store, Doughty Road.
oueinns Meat Market, Smiths
Landing.
j. A. Conover and Son, Mortified.
Morrison's Market, Somers Point.
Conover's Market, Somers Point.
Mays Landing Dept Store.
De FaIco's Bakery, Mays Landing.
Abbott and Co., Mays Landing.
Also served in Hotels, Clubs and
Restaurants Throughout South Jer-
sey. To all Social Clubs, Lodges
and Ladies' Societies Let Keane
Make Your Salads and Sandwiches
for your Parties and Socials
Special Prices. (Write for infor-
mation.)
]. F. KEANE
116 BEACH VILLA AVE.
Atlantic City, N. ].
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The only man who can afford to
look as though he had no money is
the man who has plenty of it.
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In Linwood Borough
MRS ALTON SANDERS Shore Road 6 elm Avenue:
Newsy
Notes

on Thursday and Friday after
moons and evenings.
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Fridays Best Numbers

FTTudyS DIST TVuTITUcTS "
P. M y
1880 (WMCA)-Comedy playlet.
SIS (WNYC)-Helen Mohr and
Hayes, ballads.
900 HOO (WOR) = Columbia
Chain Concerts.
900 Wandering Minstrels.
1000 (WEAFO-Palmolive Hour.
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RADIO PROGRAM
Tonieht's Best Numbers

Toneht's Best Numbers
p. NJ.
7:45 (WBOQ) : fuckers En-
semble.
800 (WJZ) - Stromberg Carlson
Concert.
900 (WEAF) -Eveready Hour.
9:35 (WNYC)-Arrighl Singers.
1915 (WOR)-St Andrey's Ami
versary Concert.
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ANNUAL BAZAAR

The Drexel Biddle Bible class of
Seaview Baptist church, will hold
their annual bazaar in the church
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29
Thursdays Best Numbers

Thursdays Best Numbers
p. NJ
500 (WABC) = WHY'S Knight
Hour.
500 (WOR)-New York Philhar-
monte Orchestra.
900 (WEAF)-Clicquot Eskimos.
9:15 (WNYC)-Maresca's Melod-
ians.
600 (WJz)-Balkite Concert.
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The pastor, Rev. Perry, and
Robert Murray, are soliciting sub
scriptions to The Pleasantville
Press.
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Wednesdays Best Numbers

Wednesdays Best Numbers
p. M
$50 (WNYC)-Hunter College
Music Course.
800 (WOR) - Columbia Chain
Concerts.
$50 (WEAFD-zipper Orchestra
and Quartet.
1000 (WMCA)-American Har-
mony Trio.
11:OO-12:O0 (WJZ)-Slumber music.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

A large crowd was present at
the church Thursday night to hear
the Harrod Concert singers in a
recital of negro spirituals.
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A sketch Harvest" was present
ed at the church on Friday night.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-11-29

"MiIkmaids' Convention"
The Interstate Milkmaids' Con-
vention will be held at Asbury
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Pastor of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Evening star., 1927-04-24

of the city news of the Winter of
1S60-1S61 had to do with the forma-
ton of military companies, election
of their officers-non-comm or
petty officers included-and of balls
and other entertainments to get
money for uniforms. After Mid
winter and as the inauguration of
Lincoln came near, there was speed
ing up in the formation of new COM
panies and recruiting for the older
companies. Many men wished to pa
rade and to show their Union spirit.
Also, news from the South and North
grew more serious. There seemed to
be feeling in Washington that the
Lincoln inauguration might be the
signal for a secession uprising in
Washington or that an attempt
might be made by Virginia troops to
take the city. Small detachments of
the Army and the Marines arrived
in Washington during the Winter.
There was more than the usual crime
in the city. Incendiarism, highway
assault. robbery. street and bar
room brawls and murder were fire.
quent The Winter of 1S601S61 was
one of hard times in Washington,
due in part to uncertainty as to the
citys future Real estate values
were low, balls and concerts for char
ity were numerous, and there were
free souphouses with queues of
needy persons. You may challenge
Evening star., 1927-04-24
FLOWERS OF LYONESSE.

THIRTY miles to the west OF Lands
End the Scilly Isles rise from the
bosom OF the broad Atlantic. They
number not less than 100, but only
Ave are inhabited and these bv A
sturdy race OF islanders who. when
not following the sea, are engaged in
the cultivation and shipment Of
flowers. Tradition says that the
Settles are the only remaining por-
ton of Iyonesse, the rest lying be-
tween Penzance and the islands hav-
ing been overwhelmed by the sea
Tradition also claims them as the true
Cassiterides, or Tin Islands" of the
Greeks. but this is doubtful, as no tin
IS found in them.
Not so long ago the islands were
set agog by the announcement Of a
visit from the Prince of Wales, who
is Duke of Cornwall and therefore
Lord OF Scilly. 1t is not the first time
s. their rough island story that "A
Prince of Wales has come among the
people there When the last royalist
army had been defeated in Cornwall
in the great rebellion. I'm 1916, Prince
Charles (afterward the Merry Mon.
arch) and Sir Edward Hyde (afterward
Lord Clarendonl fed to Scilly, where
they remained two months. Charles 10
Idle away his time and Hyde to begin
his monumental history of the rebel
lion. The opening page Of the original
manuscript is headed, "Scilly, March
-, 1876" Under pressure Of the par
liamentary navy Hyde and the prince
fed 10 Jersey.
Evening star., 1927-04-24

for the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
the gambler. in front of the Metropole,
on Times Square. l never can forget
that trial. The dominant note there
was the sinister interplay of lawless
and horrible forces under the surface
of any city apparently peaceful and
guarded and we'll policed. Why, at
that trial the evidence brought out
that you could get a man killed for
S15 and that you could get a woman's
beauty ruined by an acid thrower
for s12.
Il sat within feet of Lieut.. Becker.
They electrocuted him at Sing Sing
afterward, you may remember. The
name 'caveman' must have been
coined for him. He was the hairiest,
most brutal-looking example of primi-
tive man / ever saw. Hair grew low
down on his forehead to meet bushy
eyebrows. His hands and fingers were
covered with a thick mat of coarse
hair, almost to the very finRernails
themselves. Never was there a trial
so appalling to me-so sinister an in.
dictment of the carelessness of mod
ern civilization in great cities-so
vivid a picture of the jungle life of
the underworld.
q There was Becker's wife. She took
Evening star., 1927-04-24
THEIR COMMON NAMES.

a SCIENTIFIC man who INDUCES
in an amateur way his taste
for gardening says that he likes to
know the scientific names of flowers.
of course, but that in gardening the
names he cares most for are the COM
mon names. THESE. he says. are like
the nicknanles and pet diminutives
one keeps for intimate friends-not
formal not businesslike nor digni-
fed, but just friendly.
Who named the first flower? Some
seem as if the woodsman had named
them. some the housewife, some the
physician, some the humorist, some
the poet. and most of all the children
There is such delightful suggestion
of childish makebelieve and playful
comradeship in such names, for in
stance. as ragged robin, bouncing Bet,
Johnnie jump up. man in a boat, lords
and ladies and Quaker lady. 1t must
have been the children.
Then there Is that group so pictur-
esquely touched by a maturer fancy.
one which has ranged among noble
names. kingly lives and byways of
history. This gives us the crown i'm
perial. the famelike cardinal flower.
robed In scarlet. indeed, like a prince
Evening star., 1927-04-24

sat there, young incredibly beautiful,
dewy and fresh as schoolgirl.
i have been stunned and amazed
and astounded at the revelations of
your private life that have come
through the evidence in this trial,
said Judge Goff to Nan Patterson.
Twice you have escaped execution or
long imprisorme You are young and
YOU are beautiful. Life stretches be
fore you, Perhaps 1t is not too late
for you yet to make something of 1t,
however much you have marred it.
With this verdict by the jury there Is
nothing that | can do but pronounce
the words that win set you free. But
/ want you to go forth from this court
with the sound in your ears and the
memory in your heart of the words
that were spoken by your Savior, Go
and sin no more"
and" a salty smile of this worlds
wisdom f1ickered on the face of Doro-
thy Dix and twinkled in her wise,
dark eyes, about an hour later Nan
Patterson was enjoying herself with
old friends in celebration of her ac.
quittal
There is another trial III never
forget" she says. 1T was the trial of
Patrick for the murder of William
Rice, the aged Houston millionaire
whose memory stands today in Hous-
ton, Tex, in the shape of Rice Insti-
tute. that beautiful college on its mar
velous campus.
at was late at night when the jury
came in. 1t was cold The courtroom
was icy with draughts. There we sat,
Evening star., 1927-04-24

The islands are very primitive and
have neither railways, street cars,
motor busses nor places of amusement.
The ancient practice of plundering
wrecks has been abandoned. Years
ago, when trade was at its lowest ebb,
one of the islanders was enterprising
enough to send to CoVent Garden,
London, small hamper of the wild
narcissus known as "Sciliy Whites!
He met with immediate success, and
sent other hampers of the flowers
Cultivation began and other kinds of
flowers were added (they number 200
Varieties). the industry was organized
and gradually it reached such colossal
proportions that al the top of the sea =
son from 30 to 40 tons of flowers are
sent from Scilly in a single day.
The flower harvest begins soon after
Christmas and lasts well on into April
ard May, according to the weather on
the mainland. The harder the Winter
the better for the trade. The season
| is at its best about Easter, when the
deman nd for flowers is enormous, and
| prices rule high. Ton by ton the
| flowers are picked, punched, boxed,
shipped to Penzance and thence car
ried in especially designed railway
| trucks 10 London, and all so quickly
| that the flowers are on sale in the
! London shops within 24 hours of their
being taken from their native soil.
And So from the chance thought of a
wise Scillian this great industry has
grown
Evening star., 1927-04-24

newspaper reporters and spectators,
all tired out with the long STRAIN. ana
Patrick's sister sat close up III lfoht.
Before the foreman of the jury had
said a word her shrek rang through
the courtroom. 1t was the most
hlood-curdling, eerie sound, | think, L
every heard 1t was like steer como
raking rown the raw nerves ot every
one of us. She seemed to have sehseo
what the verdict was to be.
she was right. A moment later the
verdict Of Guilty" was the news OIL
the world.
THE dominant note of that trial. OF
course, was greed and avarice that
would not stop at murder. Nan Pat
terson's was the love Of the taWdry
glitter and cheap excitement that
would not stop at anything.
"Yet another note was struck In the
Guldensuppe trial-the note of guilty
love linked with incredible callousness.
In that trial, you may remember, the
wife and her lover, after numbering
the husband and cutting him up ana
stuffing his dismembered body into q
stove. cooked the feast with which
thew celebrated their unholy union
cooked it on the same stove in which
bv fire they were destroying the last
charred fragments of the husband.
Human passions are strange things.
They become inconceivably horrible at
times. That strange power in hu-
manity that can raise the human al
most to the divine can sink the human
lower than the lowest beast"
IVES, the wisdom of Dorothy Dix,
her keen powers of analysis, were
won in the arena, down on the SAND,
battling with the raw and elemental
forces of life. And it is wisdom. wit
ness her conversation with William
Travers Jerome, famous district at
torney of New York, at the trial of
Harry Thaw for the murder of Stan
ford White.
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw was on the
witness stand in that astounding trial.
Hour after hour Jerome had grilled
her in one of the fiercest cross-exami-
nations New York had seen. He
couldn't break her down. She stuck to
her story. Jerome mopped his brow
and sat down beside Dorothy Dix.
Miss Dix" he said, II can't shake
that story of hers
Dorothy Dix smiled a wise little
smile.
"She was trained to meet a better
attack than yours, Mr.. Jerome, she
said "She has been married to
Jealous husband. Night after night
she has been shaken by the shoulder
and walked up and put through
questioning bitterer and more grilling
than any district attorney could de-
vise-even you. Don't ever forget,
Mr.. Jerome, that jealous husband
has all the district attorneys in the
world lashed to the mast.
Dorothy Dix has won to wisdom
Before those wise. dark eyes of hers
have paraded unleashed human pas
sions in all their futility. Strangely
absent are the marks they might be
supposed to leave upon her face. Her
abounding common sense, her sane
philosophy, have carried her past the
shoals of cheap cynicism into harbor
of abiding sweetness. But, tnging
that sweetness. the salty wisdom re-
mains, and with it curious power to
win the confidence and the hearts of
men and women.
The law has recognized that power
in Dorothy Dix. Time after time when
the law has held prisoners whose sto.