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ATLANTIC CITY GAY
WITH FALL CROWDS
Continued from page X
grouped an interminable line of old
fashioned pictures, colored engravings
jf English landscapes, views of Scot
land and a thousand and one other
subjects. To the lover of art, apart
from all suggestion of oil paintings,
these pictures are most attractive.
There is an appeal about them at once
strong and lasting. Whoever put the
thought into execution of making so
extensive a collection of reproductions
in color for the most part certainly
hit upon an idea entirely worthy.
There are many real gems aihong
them.
At Haddon Hall the evening dinner
hour is a spectacle and also immedi
ately thereafter. The people who flock
to this great resort do not appear to
be of the ultra-social caste. Indeed,
they represent people who have the
highest social standing no doubt in
their home towns scattered over Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, but they are
just plain, well-to-do, everyday people,
the men being all successful in busi
ness with ample means to pay from
*15 to *50 per day for accommodations.
And they get the best here that mon
ey will buy. The evening display of
fine clothes among the women guests
was characterized by a Palisade lady
of our party as suggestive of a Village
Review—or you can make that word
Revue. It is all very wonderful and
equally democratic, more of the latter
idea prevailing than I ever before saw
associated with such an assortment
of diamonds, silks and laces.
And here is an amazing statement:
In all of this glittering array of fine
garb and jewels I have yet to see a
woman in the evening in a decollete
gown. True, the prevailing brevity
in dress skirts makes a liberal display
of pretty hosiery and ankles, but that
is a mere nothing at all, since ankles
no longer possess the charm they once
held. They have grown too frequent,
or whatever the word is to properly
describe their numbers.
So these evening reviews go on, the
delight of the visitors, the joy of the
owners of the hotels who provide all
the other attractions that bring people
here in droves and brigades. Of one
thing I would like to speak, and that
is Atlantic City service. In dining
rooms one never sees the snob waiter.
For the most part they are colored
men, taught to be courteous, and all
are most attentive. Little Abraham
Ferguson, who came fr«m Baltimore
and who has served our table with a
form of fidelity really admirable, Is
worth his weight in gold engaged in
this work of serving at which he ex
hibits all the virtues of his calling, po
liteness, patience and that most beau
tiful of virtues, humility. Abraham
is an honor to his calling, and I would
feel complimented if he could serve
me if I should pass the great resort
again. At least I would call for him
if I did.
They are putting on a big steel
framd addition to the Chalfonte-Had
don Hall hotels, making them the
peers of any hostelries in the country,
costing probably a million or more
each when the additions are com
pleted.
In other ways Atlantic City is fast
rushing ahead and growing with re
markable rapidity. On all sides there
is an immense quantity of building
going on, there being already hun
dreds of beautiful homes now occu
pied the year round by their owners,
and many others used only in summer.
Real estate people are plunging head
long into developments in all avail
able directions. Some of these devel
opments are large and pretentious.
At the present time there must be 75,
000 population in Atlantic City, and
it is easy to see that another live
year period or less will find 100,000 or
more here. I confidently predict
this.
Of course, with all of the attractions
here, there is a great deal of price
raising, particularly along the board
walk. Last spring there was a local
movement to beat back the grafter,
but he apparently will not down. Sun
day New York papers sell for 15 cents;
Philadelphia Sundays go for 12 cents.
All New York dailies sell for 5 cents,
and there is no publication that is
not higher than the fixed publisher’s
price.
The taxicab here is almost pro
hibitive. To the New Yorker used to
paying from 25 cents to half a dollar
for short rides the price of 75 cents
in Atlantic City for two blocks seems
exorbitant. I understand there is now
an effort making to lower taxi fares.
1 hope so.
These October days, the past ten of
them, have been marvelous, with clear
sunshine all the hours of the day and
brilliant starlight at night. There has
been a brisk tang to the early morn
ing hours, the mercury starting around
42 degrees and going a bit under 60
for the middle of the day. Along the
drives around the resort the autumn
coloring is beautiful. There is a small
percentage of large forest growth
around here, but the Bmall pin oaks
and maples are almost dazzling in
bright reds, orange and carmine.
There are many long lanes of these
smaller tree colorings now at their
height of beauty.
C. T. L.
An Indiscret Remark
“I'll never tell another man that
I’d rather dance than eat.”
“Why not?”
“He kept me dancing until all the
cafes were closed.”
Using One’s Abilities
The art of being able to make a
good use of moderate abilities wins
esteem, and often confers more repu
tation than real merit.—Rochefou
cauld.
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Reversing the Order
“Wisdom comes with age," Quoted
the professor.
“Not always,” chuckled the cynic.
“The flappers get their share in
youth!”
BEST SABLE FIELD
IMPERILED BY OIL
Russia to Decide Between
the Two Industries.
Moscow.—Sables or oil? That is
the question which the Soviet govern
ment’s planning commission must de
cide.
Far off In the northern Pacific the
peninsula of Kamchatka protrudes
from the mainland like a dagger blade
separating the Bering and Hunter
seas. For decades Kamchatka has
been Russia’s best happy hunting
ground for sables Every year 5,000
of the little blue-black animals, whose
skins are valued at approximately
$500,000, were hunted down on the
peninsula.
Now an expedition led by P. L
Polevov, a geologist of the Soviet geo
logical survey, has discovered oil on
Kamchatka. The oil is of an extra
fine quality and yields 75 to 78 per
cent of kerosene, whereas the best
crude product of the Baku field yields
only 40 per cent.
The find is of paramount Impor
tance to the economic development of
Siberia. Russia's unfathomable petro
leum resources in the Caucasus are
too far from this vast domain, while
the oil fields In northern Sakhalien,
which have been granted as a conces
sion to the Slnc:uir company, are still
occupied by Japanese troops. Consid
erable pressure is therefore being put
on the Moscow authorities to appropri
ate a sum of money for the opening
of the Kamchatka field. But here the
sables Interfere.
The oil deposits which Professor
Polevov has discovered are situated
Just below the trapping grounds for
sables. The sables from the entire
peninsula rush Into this trapping
space during a certain season of the
year when the three rivers of the dis
trict overflow their banks. The small
fur-bearing animals seek refuge In the
high open preserve especially set
aside for this purpose by the govern
ment. A decree prohibits any man
ner of industrial or mining activities
in the area. And the soft sables,
seeking refuge, findj death. Experi
enced hunters have no difficulty In
trapping the creatures wholesale.
Kamchatka supplies one-fourth of
Russia’s sables.
Will madame be able to step Into
one of those brilliant shops on Fifth
avenue next summer and buy herself
a cape made of Kamchatka sable? It
depends on the decision of the bol
sheviks In Moscow. Will they annul
the decree and permit the sinking of
wells, thus to drive the sables away,
or will they be kind to the sables and
help them reach Paris and New Tork?
Youthful Genius Gets
Job With Chicago Opera
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Henry G. Weber, u twenty-three
year-ola Chicago hoy, who has been
acclaimed abroad as a musical genius,
will make his debut with the Chicago
Civic Opera at the Auditorium this
season. Herbert M. Johnson, business
manager of the opera, learned of Mr.
Weber’s musical prowess while search
ing for new talent abroad, and cabled
to President Samuel Insult. Mr. Web
er, who was visiting his mother in
Chicago at the time, was signed at once
as an assistant director.
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■ ! London Society Is
;; “Hunting Treasure”
11 Loudon.—A line und suBpen
■ < slon of her driving license, im
| J posed on the Hon. Lois Sturt, a
•' socially prominent young woman
l! of London, for speeding at the
• • rate of 50 mfles an hour In Ke
I! gent park, has brought into the
light the activities of what has
. < come to be known as the “Socl
11 ety of Bright Young People."
■ i The arrest ami line revealed
|| that the latest hobby of the
• • younger social set is the elabo
11 rntely organized "treasure
• • hunt." Money is secreted in
11 various parts of London, and
■' motor parties follow the trail
Ifrom point to point, with clues
|| which involve a combination of
■ • quotations or the solving of
11 acrostics.
+ Lady Diana Cooper is one of
£ the keenest players in this game,
? the style of which may hence
£ fortl) be cramped, however, by
T Miss Sturt’s breach of the.speed
£ laws. Site was glad to inform
+ the court, however, that she had
4< carried off ttie prize In the eon
£ "s'
Sh-h-h!
Visiting Buyer—What is your new
scheme for displaying your hosiery?
Sales Manager—It’s a secret. We
are going to have a roomful of man
nequins and then release a mouse.
Woman Bemoans Fact
of Lack of Chivalry
Chivalry once flourished in this lunt
of ours, but, alas, now it is as dead as
an Egyptian mummy. It Is a lost ari
—so lost, indeed, that were a mun tt
be observed practicing its rites in this
age his friends would tap their fore
heads significantly and sadly remarl
that “poor John is evidently not quit*
as he should be.”
See the crowd dashing after tht
early morning trains and cars, en
Joins a woman writer in London An
swers. Do the present-day men stanc
on one side and help the women on'
Oh, dear no 1 The scene is more like
a football match or a free fight, from
which the distressed damsel emerge*
with her hat over one eye, half her
hairpins lost and a couple of ribs brok
en in her umbrella.
The modern “lord of creation” dif
fers considerably from the knights ol
old.
On arriving at the office, wtien his
typist apologizes for being five min
utes late owing to some calamity in
the house circle, does he sweetly say:
“Oh, don’t mention It I”
No, he snaps out, “There’s no ex
cuse for you, Miss Smith, you’re not a
victim of the morning after the night
before.”
He reaches home In the evening and
when his wife desires to unburden her
self on the subject of her household
worries he Insists on taking the floor
and holding forth on the lack of ap
preciation of his great business abil
ities shown by the managing director.
When the baby cries In the small
cold hours of the morning, does he
hop out of bed and gently soothe him
back to slumber again? Oh, no! He
sleepily grunts "What’s a woman good
for if she can’t keep one small kid
quiet?”
As a lover, too, the modern young
man is sadly lacking. His ancestor of
a few generations ago would have
fought a duel to death to win a smile
from his adored one; but the suitor of
today becomes a sulky bear if his
lady-love keeps him waiting for five
minutes, although he knows only too
well gold medals have never been
awarded to the fair sex for punctu
ality.
No: the age of chivalry is dead; but
we Twentieth century women have
slaughtered It ourselves, so its no use
grousing. Through reaching out for
votes and equal rights with men we
have toppled off those pedestals on
which we used to be enthroned.
No longer can we shroud ourselves
In a veil of romance and mystery—
we’ve torn it to bltS on the golf course
and the football field.
Yet sometimes—bend your head and
let one modern woman whisper a se
cret—I’d like to creep back to my de
serted pedestal.
Willing to Oblige
One of the best stories of mistress
»nd maid is reputed to come from Miss
Margaret Bondfleld, the prominent
labor member of the British parlia
ment. A new maid, raw and fresh
from a country village, caused her
mistress much worry because she did
not know how to answer when spoken
to, and never addressed people in the
rigftt way. At last, having endured
the girl’s awkwardness as long as pos
sible, the mistress said to her one
day: “Oh, Mary, I do wish you would
call me ‘mum.’ ”
Mary looked astonished. For a long
time she turned the request over in
her slow-working mind; then at length
she spoke: “I couldn’t do that,” she
said, “I really couldn’t.”
“Why not?” asked her mistress pa
tiently. “Why can’t you call me
mum’?”
“Well, yon see,’’ hesitated Mary,
‘that’s what I call my mother. But”—
with a sudden flash of joy—“I’ll call
you ‘auntie’ If you like.”
Ponce de Leon's Search
The story of Ponce de Leon, the
Spanish explorer, who came to Flor
ida 400 years ago and roamed the
new continent In search of the
“Fountain of Youth,” and finally per
ished In the wilderness, is familiar
to every high school student.
Now comes Col. L. M. Maus of the
United States medical corps, who in
an address declared that the place
for which De Leon was searching was
the Hot Springs of Arkansas. That
It was tales of the “healing waters”
of these springs brought to the sea
coast by adventuring explorers of
which history has no record, which
came to the ears of the Spanish ex
plorer and sent him into the interior
In search for the “Fountain.” De
Leon’s expedition, according to Colonel
Maus, was not so fantastic as the
school books make It appear.
Life Devoted to Cheat
Romance centered round the' life of
John Henry BlacUburne, the noted
chess« player, who died recently in
England at the age of eighty-two. In
Ids youth he wns employed In a hosiery
store, but was discharged because he
overstayed his leave while chess play
ing in London. He then devoted him
self to his favorite game, and when
he toured the country his balance
soon found reward, for he was hailed
ns a chess genius. While In his prime
Blackburne met all wizards of the
board. Two years ago. when eighty
years old, he played 20 games simul
taneously in London, winning nine,
drawing ten, and being beaten In one
by a woman.
As a Matter of Fact
The Girl—Does he do anything ex
cept play golf?
The Man—My dear girl, what is
there to do but play golf?—L<m4og
Mail.
Fliers or Grounders
“You're foolish to marry a woman
who has money. . She will always be
throwing it up to you.”
“I don’t care in what direction she
throws it, so long as I get it.”
Probably Both
Office Boy—Your wife telephoned
that she'd like to see you about 5, sir.
Boss—Did she say whether it was
about $5 or about 5 o’clock?—Boston
Evening Transcript.
|^Vniage^Gossip^|
—The manager of the Palisadian has
offered the Woman’s Club of Palisade
the job of reporting for this column
as one means of earning their quota
for the music studio fund. For the
first three weeks Mrs. Beans will
gather the news. It will be appre
ciated if anyone having items of in
terest will hand them to her.
—Mrs. William Archibald returned on
Monday after a three months’ vaca
tion spent at her summer home at
Weekapaugh, R. I.
—Mrs. Ella Blakeley returned on
Wednesday from her old home at Ho
bart, N. Y., where she spent the sum
mer visiting friends and relatives.
—The Helping Hand Society met to
sew jon Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Miss Brieby in Kingsland
Lane.
—Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schaeffer are
celebrating their wedding anniver
sary on Saturday with a dinner and
theatre party in New York. Mr.
Schaeffer’s mother and sister are
their guests.
—The Sunday school board met at
the home of Mrs. Mapes on Wednes
day evening.
—The strike of floor nnisners, which
was responsible for the delay on the
work o{ the Valentines’ new home,
has been settled. The polishing is
going forward, and they hope to move
in this week.
—A large number of Sunday school
teachers and workers from Palisade
will attend the convention to be held
in the Reformed church in Hacken
sack at 7:15 Friday evening.
-—Mrs. James Wolcott was taken on
Monday to the Fifth Avenue Hospital
in New York, where she will receive
insulin treatment.
—The Harry Clark family made the
most of the holiday by driving up the
Storm King Highway in their new
1925 model Buick.
—Captain Harry Elkan was present
ed by his company with a silver lov
ing cup at a dinner given in his honor
at the Twenty-second Regiment
Armory last Saturday evening.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Felser and fami
ly have been touring New York state.
They returned Friday evening.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flemming
have as their house guests Mr. Flem
ming’s mother and sister.
—Mrs. Charles Levey entertained for
her small son, Jefferson Bayard Le
vey, last Wednesday afternoon in
honor of his fourth birthday. Six
baby friends, with their mothers,
were the guests.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cuny will
shortly move into their new home on
Cumbermede Road, in the block south
of Bluff Road.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henri Jeltrup and
sons spent the week-end and holiday
at their summer place on Long Island.
They are closing the camp for the
season.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hoke motored
to Philadelphia over the,week-end.
—Dr. and Mrs. Charles Littwin and
fcmall son toured Pennsylvania last
.week, visiting relatives and friends at
various points.
—Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew Lake moved
into their new home on Edgewood
Lane last Friday.
—The Peddlers’ Carnival, to be given
by the Woman’s League at the school
house on the evening of October 25,
promises fun for everyone. Several
members are working up a humorous
sketch. There will be food and flow
ers for sale. Tickets are 15 cents.
—On the evening of his departure for
France Mr. John Pie was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henri Jeltrup.
—Miss Calm Hoke was among the
speakers at a meeting of the Progres
sive party in Cliffside High School on
Wednesday evening.
—Dr. Floyd Leach spent Saturday
morning in giving a practical lesson
and demonstration of photography to
the group of Camp Fire Girls in Pali
sade. The party took pictures with
various types of cameras and lenses
along the cliff, with careful attention
to lighting, composition and mechani
cal details. They then went to the
rectory for a lesson in developing.
This is the second of a series of cam
era talks to the group by Dr. Leach.
The first was an informal lecture on
the construction and adjustment of
the camera at the home of Mrs.
Beans, the guardian. This was illus
trated by Dr. Leach’s excellent and
varied equipment. The next will be
a lesson in printing, from the nega
tives made on Saturday.
—Mrs. Vincent B. Kelley is visiting
with Mrs. Tams.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Unger and
daughters motored to Cornwall on
Sunday. Miss Hiers and Miss Per
sons were their guests on the trip.
—Mrs. D. C. Rosenthal, daughter of
Mrs. Kisch, sailed with her husband
for Europe on October 4 on the Brem
en. Mr. Rosenthal will study for his
doctorate at Leipzig.
—Mr. George E. Clark is giving much
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368 BERGEN LINE AVENUE
UNION HILL, N. J.
time to the coming exhibition of the
Art in Trades Club at the Waldorf
Astoria. He has been announced as
lecturer on the 20th and 31st, the
days when it will be visited by the
New Jersey State Federation of Worn- ,
en’s Clubs. His work as chairman of
publicity has included getting out the j
catalogue. Among the interesting
items is the hunting lodge used by
Queen Elizabeth, brought over by
Charles of London. Those who have
visited the tapestry works in Edge
water will be particularly interested
in the tapestry studio, exhibited by
Mr. Kleiser. Other exhibitors are the
Tiffany Studios, Sloane, Partridge of -
London.
—Mrs. W. W. Schmidt is recovering
from an attack of grip.
—Palisade hikers Saturday found
twelve varieties of wild flowers—dai
sy, snap-dragon, evening primrose,
evening lychnis, thistle, white‘golden
rod, three species of yellow golden
rod^and three species of aster.
—Mrs. Charles Levey entertained at
luncheon at the Hotel Astor for Mr.
and Mrs. Tujaque and daughter of
New Orleans. The luncheon was fol
lowed by a theatre party to see “Rose'
Marie.”
—Captain Darby has a new Lincoln
car.
—Mrs. James Mulhern of Warren
avenue had the misfortune to fall
and break her arm last week.
—Mrs. Adele Oman entertained a par
ty at dinner on Friday evening in
honor of Mrs. Schroeder of New York.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Beckmann are
back in town for the winter. j
—Mr. and Mrs. Lovett, who spent last
winter in Palisade, have taken a home
in White Plains.
—The Eisenberg family of Warren
avenue will move to New York on
November 1.
—Professor Moorecroft is among the
lecturers announced for this season
on the program of the Columbia Insti
tute of Arts and Sciences.
—Rev. and Mrs. Allan Hunter’s ad
dress is 414 West 120th street, New
York city, and the phone number is
Cathedral 5441.
—To Mr. and Mrs. Fred \V. Buck
man on October 14, a boy, Frederick
William, Jr., weight eight pounds.
Truth and the Wine Cup
When the head is under the influ
ence of wine many a thing swims out
of the heart.—Jugo-Slav Proverb.
Pity ’Tis, ’Tis True
No, Cuthbert, colleges never get so
old that they lose their faculties.—
Williams Purple Cow.
A.
Chapters in Bible Alike
The 19th chapter of II Kings and
the 37th chapter of Isaiah are identi
cal in wording.
No Wedding Bells for Her
A flirt is a girl who would sooner
have a man on the string than firmly
anchored.—Boston Transcript.
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EVEN A SHAVE
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