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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
COLD WEATHER
HALTS PRACTICE
High School Baseball Team
Takes Things Easy
Call Off Game
TUcKERToN SATURDAY

Cold weather the early part CT
the week, in contrast with the
warm days as they were first.
called out, held up selection Of the
High school baseball team anG
halted practice at the Floral ave-
nue. diamond. Coach "Ty" Helfrich,
instead of putting the men through
a practice drill. used them to get
the diamond into shape.
The weather also caused the
postponment of game which was
to have been played for practice
purposes with the Pleasantville
Athletic club nine tomorrow afteI-
noon 1t was believed that tn,
game would aid both mines to get
into shape for their early season
games.
Coach Helfrich was afraid to
work his men at all the first fou +;
days Of this week fearing that the
workout would do them more in
jury than good When the warmer
weather comes he will give them
plenty of practice. both fielding
and batting. to make up for the
time they have lost.
Selection Of the nine which will
start against Tuckerton High
school as the Maroon plays its
first game of the season win be
made the latter part of the coming
week No team has as yet been
placed together by phe Coach, he
declared a few days ago. The
game is played Saturday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
Knew the Signs

The old adage that "Straws show
which way the wind blows" was
never better illustrated than In the
career of the late Valentino. He
had been playing minor parts with
equally minor success, but one
morning he rushed on to the set
wreathed with smiles.
why so happy this morning.
asked Douglas Conrad, his di-
rector.
MY dressing room was broken
into last night" exclaimed the
beaming Valentino.
"You are happy because you were
robbed!" gasped Conrad. You
haven't gone crazy, or anything,
have you?'
mo, no." said Valentino. 1.-THE
thief stole eight OF my pictures |!
Success is at hand !"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
MILLER TO LEAD
HIGH SCHOOL FIVE
Elected Captain of 1929
Team BY Lettermen-
Green Manager
HAS FINE RECORD

George Miller, who broke into
the lineup this winter as a center
and forward on the High school
basketball team, and played the
majority of the games throughout
the Maroon's long schedule, has
been selected to captain the 1927.
% five.
Announcement of his selection
was made yesterday by Coach
Emory Helfrich. Lettermen voted
for him few days ago.
Robert Green, who played in a
number of the games this year, was
elected to manage the team which
will play for high school next year.
Green is a forward. He is of no
relation of Captain William"
Green, who captained this years
team.
Miller is the only man. of the
five in the starting lineup who will
be at his forward post next year.
His running mates, Terry, at the
other forward, Captain bill"
Green. with Saracinsky and Brad
ley, both graduate in the spring.
In all probability he will be
changed from a forward berth to
the center position where he
played on number of occasions
this year. Although he failed to
play an impressive game early in
the season, he came through the
latter part of the schedule with
some fine work, and aided the
Maroon in no small way to win the
games it had on the credit side CO
its ledger.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

For pitchers I have five on
whom | can count as regulars
Rommel, Gray and Ehmke as right
handlers and Walberg and Grove
as left handlers with Pate for re-
lief work and Jack Quinn to heir
us. Willis looks very good also.
q have great catching staff in
Mickey Cochrane, Cy Perkins and
Foxx. Perkins is one of the few
men in baseball who can remain
out of the game for a week or four
weeks and then go in and play
great ball. Foxx seems ready"
Connie did not mention his third
base problem, but the probabilities
are that Dykes and Hale will share
it, unless one or the other fits in
well with the winning combination
which Connie hopes will swing into
action when the bell rings.
I noticed one thing about Connie
and Kid Gleason as they labored
with the family on the field. Both
are impressing upon the players
this year the necessity of going
slow with their training. With
practically month TO go, Connie
wants them to take their time. He
has reason to feel that last year
they underestimate the warmth
of the tropical sun down here and
as result fairly played them
selves out before the opening
tho caacoa
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
within the last half dozen
schools years.

No public move has as yet been
made towards a decision which
will settle whether the Pleasant
vile baseball club of this year will
be organized-that is within the
knowledge of the writer.
With the results of last year,
when, although the Pleasantville
club won a South Jersey pennant,
it lost quite a bit of money because
of lack of support on the part OF
its townspeople. it seems improb'
able that team like last years
will be again formed.
Many favor a combination team
which will include both the
younger and the older players,
They declare that there is enough
baseball talent in the city to form
a nine. which would attract a
crowd and pay expenses, which
would not be heavy.
As it stands now, the base
ball bug may jump anyway.
Just what will happen will
doubtIcssly be determined
within the next few weeks
when somekind of a meeting
will be called, and baseball
plans will be talked over.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
Legend of Faust

Faustus ID. Johann Faust) was
a person born at Kundling, Wurt-
temberg, or at Roda, near Weimar.
He is said to have died In 1888. He
was a magician, soothsayer and as
trologer. and boosted of having
performed the. miracles of Christ.
1t was believed that the magician
was carried off by the devil, who
had lived with him in the form of
black dog. Legends say that this
event occurred on the night be
tween the twenty-third and twenty
fourth Of October, 1893. Goethe'x
tragedy published in 1909 is
based on the Faust legends.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

bill Lamar is in better shape
now than he was at any time last
season." went on the tall leader
Lamar, a wonderful hitter. came
to camp total stranger to the
weakness which has prevented him
in the past from keeping in condi-
ton. He looks better physically
than he did year ago this time
and has told friends that he has
found himself at last.
And Eddie Collins has already
! shown me how he will help our in
field" went on Connie.
Eddie always knows what 10
do. He keeps the boys up and at
every pl D.. There's nothing worse
to the men on the field and those
on. the bench than the spectacle OF
a player in a play not knowing
what to do"
Then Mack went on to discuss
his team in generally.
'.In addition to Eddie at second
and Boley at short l imagine that
Poole will start the season at first.
Branom, the new first baseman. is
a big fellow and l don't want to
hurry him. There is no doubt but
what he is good man. though.
Il have five outfielders from
which to choose-Cobb, Wheat
Simmons, Lamar and French. Nc
matter what choice l name, I'll b.
satisfied with the outfield.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Here. again, is where the wealth
er strip is saving of money and
time. Here is where this so-called
luxury becomes a concentrated
time, money and health saver. Fuel
saving is also considered impor-
tant. Even in the installation OF
the heating plant if your house is
weather stripped there will be a
reduction of the heating area. This
saves money.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
Art Copied From Nature

Mans early inclination toward
art frequently found expression
through examination of various
forms of nuts, and his drinking YES
sells were fashioned in imitation of
the halved coconut or some other
hard she'll protecting the kernel.
In India ancient clippers were made
of nutshells, and specimens of an
tiquity are now on exhibition at
the Indian museum. South Kensing-
ton, London. King Henry VI pos
sessed a silver vessel made like
nut in 1923. Chinese carvers still
work artistic devices on nutshells.
In Tibet Buddhist priests often pos
sess rosaries comprising more than
100 beads, all made Of carved nuts.
1927 is not a leap year." de
clares a contemporary. Except Of
course, for pedestrians.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
D. ROSELL wins
LIONS SHOOT
Beats Out Kelly and Edwards
BY One Bird-Meet
Tomorrow

With one target to spare. Dan
Resell again was first as the
Twenty Lions club had a shoot
at the grounds on Park avenue
above the New road last Saturday.
He beat out S. Edwards and Kelly
by one bird.
Another shoot is planned for to-
morrow afternoon, when visiting
gunners will be welcome.
Results of Saturdays shoot
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Newlywed-"W Why don't you get
married, old chap" Singleton
why should | get married? | have
trouble enough with my automobile
and my radio
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Here's where take my life in
my own hands said the hero as
he sat down 10 write his autobio-
graphy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Some people seem almost as mis-
placed in life as train announcer
with adnoids.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

The more We have the more we
want, which may explain the secret
of barr wing trouble.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Sillicus-"I don't suppose a fell
low is ever sure a woman loves
him till she tells him so herself"
Cynicus-"Why should he be sure
them"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Dill" Am the first fellow you
ever kissed?" May-"As a matter
OF tact, yes
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Claude-"May call you by your
first name?" Norah-"How about
your last name?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25

Tommy Thevenow, kid short
stopping star of the ST Lonis
Cardinals last season. received
$4,000 salary and his salary dis
cussions with Owner Sam
Brcadon Of the club this spring
have been caused hv Tommys
desire to raise the ante to at least
sc, 1000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-25
DO A WEEKS WASH FREE

Know the advantages OF a tub
that's 2 gallons bigger! OF the
smooth glossy Bakelite impeller
that won't wear rough in 100 years.
-. that impells the greatest wa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Mules and AirplGnes
By DR.. FRANK cRANE.

OTATISTICS wonderful thing They sometimes
knock impressions sky high and seriously alter our
opinion Of things
Time when railroad traffic was considered rather
dangerous, but nowadays safer on Pullman ear
than Relatively people die in their beds
than do from train wrecks.
The same is true of airplanes
Flying used to be very dangerous but now 1t Is not con-
sdered much
Statistics show that eight pilots lost their lives In COM
merca aviation last year. while eighty persons were kicked
to death by mules in Missouri alone So more dangerous
to keep mule and his business than It ID to
keep airplane.
The Of mule be more perilous than the
front end of an airplane.
Many who drives team Of mules might Law this to
heart He thinks when he person sailing the air
that it is hazardous business but after all 1t not so
hazardous riding behind a mule.
great many people killed by automobiles in the
United States but there probably great more
people killed by sktsh horses before into
general usage, only their deaths not recorded
The old family horse great pet but he dan
gerous institution You could tell when he going
to take it into his head to run away.
Statistics not handy just present but probably a.
people injured by runaway horses as are now in
jured by automobiles.
When drive automobile the only uncertain element
is yourself When drive horse and buggy you are
only uncertain but the horse is uncertain
Altogether it to be safer Yourself to an
airpane than 10 skittish horse
OF course there people who think that all horses
are perfectly safe you understand them then there
people who think that arpanes are lust as safe
Copyright 1872 by The Mcclure Newspaper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
DANGERS OF
REDUCING

F You want a Simmer waist,
i wear out your shoe soles in.
stead of your automobile tires.
declared ". L. Price of st. Louis,
in an address at the annual con-
vention of the Midland Confec.
toners Association.
Worst failing Of the American
people is its desire to find royal
roads to things it wants and to
get them without working for
I them" said Mr.. Price. "The
typical American is getting to be
person who thinks he can be-
come educated. wealthy, beauti-
full. accomplished, and slender
just by a few minutes easy eff
fort a day.
Most dangerous Of these de.
luslons is the wave of attempted
quick weight reduction that has
spread over this country. largely
on account of foolish and un
healthy fashions. The deaths OF
many women and ruined hen tn
Of thousands more are attriblIt.
able to this cause"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
LIGHT AND GLASS
By Garrett P. Serviss

81 wish to submit a question
that / have often thought about.
Suppose A and B were both
looking in the direction of an OBJ.
ject, light from which would re-
quire seconds to reach their eyes
If no telescope were used. Now,
If A Is using a telescope and B
only his naked eyes, and the OBJ
ject should suddenly burst into
light. would A see the light
quicker through the telescope
than B would with the naked
eye? c. A. D., Plano, Ill.
MO, unless the light were so
an faint that the Frightening lny
the telescope rendered 1t more
quickly perceptible to A than to
3. In fact. there would be an
tnfinitesimal delay In the passage
of the light through the tele.
scopic lenses. Light loses about
one-third of its velocity in pass.
ing through glass, but since even
then it travels $4,000 miles per
second, the amount OF the delay
in traversing an inch or two of
glass would be imperceptible.
In principle, then, we see that
the telescope delays rather than
hastens the arrival OF the light
at the eye.
Collects Light
1t seems to be generally as.
stunned that the chief function of
a telescope is a magnify things
and thus to "see far" That, to
be sure, Is the practical result.
but the first business of the tele-
scope is to collect light. It rem.
ders visible stars thousands of
times too faint to be seen by
the naked eye. by gathering at
its focus a vastly greater guam
tity of light from each star than
the unaided eye is able to do.
The diameter of the human
pupil (the round dark window in
the center of the eyel is gen.
orally reckoned at a fifth of an
inch. The diameter of the object
glass of the smallest pocket tele-
scope is an inch Now, since
the area of round openings is as
the square of their diameters.
tHS uhS-lICn leleSCOpe objective
admits % (5x5l times as much
light as can enter the uncovered
pupil. "A truly large telescope,
like the Lick. with an objective
three feet (36 inches) in diameter.
collects at its focus about thirty.
two thousand times as much light
from a star as falls from that
same star upon the retina of
the naked eye. The huge 100.
inch telescope on Mount Wilson
collects 250.00e times as much
light as the unassisted eye can
gather. IL Mr.. Pease ever gets
his. S00-inch telescope, its mighty
rejecting pupil will collect MANY
times more light than any tele-
scope made.
Loss Of Light
All this assumes that there IL
no loss of light in the telescoue
but in fact there Is Considerable
loss. so that the figures as given
are too large, but not so much
too large as TO lnvalidate the
comparison.
Now. in consequence Of this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
Municipal Officials Favoring
the Big Corporations

The public will continue to await with much interest develop
ments in the Of District officials charged with unduy
and unfairly favong certain corporations in the matter
contracts
The Potomac Electric Light Company now charged with
being beneficiary of favorsm the District Building
The installation Of electric signal lights Washington streets
and in other ways
The House subcommittee investigating District affairs and
the District Commissioners themselves have opportunity to dig
much deeper into the awarding Of contracts the signing Of
vouchers and other things connected with the signal light
affair
What seems lacking the bringing light Of the full
motives which actuated officials in strongly favoring
least two corporations. $3.50 n
established rules for letting contracts and in permitting
pOraions given contracts to have easy sailing? Why have
officials spent lot of valuable official time smoothing
way for corporations to do about as they desired?
Public officials are Of course confronted with bids from
responsible and unworthy concerns difficult to compel live
mp to their contracts The natural tendency of officials is
give contracts where there the best assurance Of satisfactory
fulfiIment.
AT the same time there is too often tendency to favor
sponsibIe and financially sound The public naturally
grows suspicious when favoritsm shown The ordinary
citizen knows that in his dealings with the municipal govern
ent he is held to the sctest accountability and Is not al
lowed to ''get away with anything
Take the matter Of street paving, for example The
ege citizen must promptly pay all special taxes and
me of them far ahead of actual work upon proposed
improvements He is shown favor he quickly called
account
Then compare this treatment with the ease with which
street companies in Washington escape their full duties
street repairs There are many streets in Washington that
demonstrate this situation The Gibson subcommittee has only
TO make automobile trips to satisfy its members
The street railways Of the District required by law
pay for street upkeep between all railway and
for two feet each side Of the tracks Are these corporations
compelled by District officials to live up their legal
quirements in the same individual citizens?
There streets in Washington containing tracks that
are disgrace to the city and invariably the worst cond
tons found in the track In the
street railways evade their duties permitted
their time to meet the requirements Of the law The su
frers from these notorious conditions the citizens Of Wash
ington who vehicles and take their chances in bump
ing in and out Of holes, ruts and depressions
there favoriism here do the railways simply
bluff their way District authorities whose business it
to see that they comply with the law?
There instances Of long delays in making
repairs Of streets containing and when repair work
started the most exasperatng procrasinaton in finishing
the work
While the Gibson subcommittee is bringing light favorism
toward corporations let this repair situation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01

light.gatherinE power Of the tele.
scope, 1t can see much deeper
into space than the unaided eye
can. If it gathers 250,000 times
as much light as the pupil alone
takes in, 1t can see a given OBJ.
ject 500 times as far away. To
show how this is so, suppose
that a star is just barely visible
to the naked eye. If its distance
were five times greater 1t would
be IS times fainter, and so would
be far beyond the range of eye
sight.
Remember that the brightness
varies inversely as the square of
the distance. But pocket tele-
scope with a one-inch objective
would Just bring the star into
sight again. And il the star were
removed to 500 times it's original
distance. 100-inch telescope
would Theoretically bring it into
sight again. because 50Ox5OO q. e.
500 squared equals 250,000. which
is the number of times fainter
that star would be. and also the
number OF times the light-grasp-
ing power of 100-inch telescope
exceeds that of the naked pupil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
DISCOURAGE
SAVAGERY

TNHE annual report of the game
\ commission Of the state OF
Connecticut advises fathers to
take their sons and daughters
with them on their hunting trips
to familiarize them with the
handling Of firearms. We cannot
agree with this commission'E
advice. for there Is all about us
evidence enough of an already too
great familiarity with the use Of
firearms, as well as there is of
an alarming disregard of the
value of human as well as of
animal life. Tie teaching of our
twentieth century civilization
rather should tend to discourage
the savagery Of killing than 10
rekindle mans tendency toward
Observation-Disclosures. Exeter,
N. H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01
By ELSIE ROBINSON
A Bad Mother

fact that he has ruined her
life
No. they don't quarrel any
more than most married folks.
And suppose in their way
they are still fond of each other.
But always there is that gnaw-
ing dissatisfaction, that lurking
resentment in Emily's heart.
And as soon as the children
grew = old enough to listen. she
began telling them about it.
If the living room rug liz
shabby she tells Thelma how
much nicer 1t would be If her
father earned as much as Stella
Reynolds. If Roger wants a
camping outfit she tells him that
poor boys can't expect things
like that. Il
She doesn't make these re-
marks violently nor with marked
malice. Perhaps she doesn't
realize that hey are malicious at
all, But always the miasma of
her discomfort pervades the
house like an infection.
1t is an infection and 1t Is
breeding sick minds in her chill
dren. They feel in vague way
that they have been wronged-
cheated out of things which other
children have. They see their
home as a shabby. unsuccessful
place. They both feel inferior.
Thelma shows it in her increas.
ing sensitiveness and morbidness.
Roger shows it in his suspicion
and irritability.
Yet the neighbors think that
Emily is a Good Mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01

college, and her
folks told her
that she was
foolish to give
up q career
and marry a
struggling engi-
ne er. B u I
e mily wa 8
spoiled - S h 9
wanted her own
way and she
had it.
B e fore six
m on his h a d
passed she had
repented Of her
b arg ain. But
baby T b elm q
was already on
t h e ay a n d
Emily didn't be-
lieve in divorce.
She stuck by
Dan--b ut she
has never let
him fnrRet the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-01

Lets see.
1t is true that Emily works
hard, that she is intensely loyal
to her home and family, that
she is a good manager. And vet,
in spite of the good cooking, the
careful service, there's something
wrong.
Thirteen-year.old Thelma is al
ways ailing. She's a morbid,
moody child-folks say she's
''queer"-Although she seems
bright enough, she is always fall.
ing behind in school. Has abb
sent minded spells-cries easily.
Roger. who's IL. isn't getting
on very well. either. Roger
seems healthy enough and has a
fair average at school. But he is
developing into a sull<y, irritable
boy. Carries a chip on his
shoulder all the time. Even the
friendliest teachers find him stub
born and suspicious.
It's strange. for both Thelma
and Roger were happy little
tikes. Jolly. good natured little
rascals-not an abnormal thing
about them. Just within the last
four years they've been getting
this way. Wonder what ails
them?
Look behind the scene and
you'll see what ais them.
It's q common story and all
the more tragic for its common.
ness. Emily was an ambitious.
proud girl when she married Dan
Winters, IA years ago. She was
20 then, in her second year of