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^PALI'S APIAN Founded 1906 by the late Charles Thoma» Logan, Jr. Incorporated 192 6. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY by the Palisadlan, Inc. Charles Thomas Logan. President; Walter Stein. Vice President; Charles W. B. Lane. Secretary *nEn!eredUas second-clasa mall matter at the Palisade, N. J., post office, March 18, 1916. _ ' PRICE 4 CENTS PER COPY By Mall or Carrier $2.00 a Year Advertising Rates Sent Upon Request ADDRESS The Palisadian Editorial Office Office No. 2, Grant-Lee Theatre Building Palisade Junction. Palinode, N. J. Phone 1448 Cllflside Publication Office 647 Gorge Road. Grantwood, N. J. Phone 2002 Cliflside CHARLES T. LOGAN. Editor; CHARLES Vt B I-ANE. Manager and ARRociate Editor, THOMAS deV. FREDERICKS. Assistant Manager. REPORTORIAL STAFF— Mrs. Charles W. B. Lane. Palisade- Mrs. George Donaldson, Grantwood; Miss Florence Nagel, Cliffsldt. Mrs. H. A. Mattice, Goytesville. C. Abbott, Fort Lee: Mrs. C. Johnson, Englewood Cliffs. Special Correspondents. G. N. Vincent, Boonton; J. K. Wilson. Fort Lee; Mrs. George F. Hall. Grantwood: Mrs. H. D. Reynolds. Palisade. ADVERTISING— Mrs. Mary W. Torrey. Hudson Trust Company Building. Union City. N. J. John A. Baldwin. CIRCULATION- John A. Baldwin. {MEMBER New Jersey Press Association OFFICIAL PAPER Borough of CUffaide Park Borough of Fort Lee 1 CHIDING CIVIC CLUBS Accusing the civic clubs of devoting their activities too much to material things rather than to the spiritual has gotten a North Carolina minister into a lot of hot water. He simply went out of his sphere to accuse the wrong people. Civic organizations are not much given to religious discussion, since the purpose of their existence is altogether towards the development of material things. "Xet it is not stretch ing the imagination much to say that their activities really embrace much that is morally and spiritually uplift ing. Not only do they stress the prac tical, but they lay emphasis upon ne cessities and these ideals go hand in glove with the spiritual. They encour age the feeling of brotherhood and public service, all vital to moral train ing and benefit. They cannot be re garded as rivals in any sense of the church, but their ideals are agencies for ideals that the church stands for always. And no agency that does good needs to be chided for it. ‘ Such are the vicissitude* of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other. Such are the changes that Jieep the mind in action) we desire, we pursue, we ob tain, we are satisfied) we desire some thing else, and begin a new pursuit.— Dr. Johnson. MEANING OF EDUCATION The press of the day is discussing the true meaning of education. This should be an easy matter to define. It really is not what a man may know but how he uses what he knows. Just knowledge is not power unless proo erly and usefully applied. If one know a lot and do not make it worth while for the benefit of others he is far from being properly educated. C. W. Eliot said that “the fruit of a liberal education is not learning but the capacity and desire to lcam; not ' knowledge, but power.” Even this is not altogether as clear as it might be. If one have power of education and not the spirit to properly apply it for tne Detterment oi oiners u, is seinsn education. The more we impress up on the child mind the meaning of that old saw, “as the twig is bent the tree's inclined,” the better for the child’s fu ture usefulness. We hear pratings about educating children right. There is no right way that does not elimn ate selfishness with the replacement of usefulness. It is hollow mockery to attempt to teach the child mind the meaning of anything that he is not willing to practice in living. Living is not merely doing what one is told. We must live and learn, and learning appreciate those virtues that in practice 'produce the best there is in us. Of one thing, all minds will not assimilate the same teachings alike. Misinterpretation is one of the easiest of the processes of education, lleing thorough in the way of actually know ing, is one of the most important met hods of education. Of what good is it to actually smother one with ac complishments without concentrating upon the higher meaning of character? Many 'an educated man or woman is cultured in ull but character. The beauty of life is in being properly educated, its curse is in being wrong ly-educated—falsely educated. Chas. * Buxton said one of the wisest things about education: “The essential difi ferencc between a good and bad ed ucation is this, that the former draws on the child to learn by making it sweet to him; the latter drives the child to learn, by making it sour to him if he does not.” » How To Kill A Town The following rules are guaranteed to kill any town in the State of New Jersey: Take no interest in public affairs. 2. Let a few shrewd, willing politicians transact all the business of the town. 3. Stay away from all the public meetings, then complain to your neighbor about what was done. 4. Make disparaging remarks about the town and its in habitants. 5. Discourage all new comers by your indifference. 6. Magnify your imaginary grievances in public. 7. Traduce, malign and slander your honorable, trustwor thy public servants because you don't happen to like them or their methods of doing business for the public welfare. 8. Keep trying to make the taxpayers believe that they are governed by grafters. —Rev. A. MacNeill, in the Ridgefield Park Bulletin. WHO LOST THE WAR? ' The world is still interested in set- ( tling the responsibility of the late j World War. Winston Churchhill has 1 recently published a book in which he < claims Germany defeated herself. 1 Churchill says that French and * British offensives on the western front < were more costly to the allies than to the Germans; victory for the allies 1 was made possible only by Germany’s compelling the United States to go in by her own offensives in France which ■ proved too expensive in men and mat- | erials. i While this is an entirely new slant on the World War, nobody can say whether Churchill is right or wrong. Anyhow, wars are refought after they are over. The beginning and the end , of war is all argument. Its duration is the only fighting part of it. In some sections the Civil War is not yet over. Nevertheless, one side generally loses. The evening of life brings with it its lamps.—Joubert. CROWDING SCHOOL CHILDREN Nothing is or could be more reactive of present day methods of teaching than the rcvellations that are almost daily coming into observation. Whilst there are no real clues to the cause of such sudden and widespread student suicides, there are no doubts but that it is all or mostly due to the system of “advancing” students too rapidly for one thing; and another is the thing of putting too many of them in to deep water. The curiculum of the Schools of nearly all kinds, including our colleges and universities, is be yond the power of a large percentage of students. When they find they cannot make their marks they try all other means besides their own to force a standing in the examinations. To keep from flunking, a student will try anything. Pride is the urge, and there are always a few of the more advanced who are willing to aid all they can to uphold the dignity of classes in the matter of securing higher marks for the weaker ones. When these deficients are flooded with a great pile of impossible tasks; with a horde of philosophies to men tally upset them, they only sink deep er into the mire and the tension snaps reason. That there is something radically wrong with the present system of ed ucation is self-evident. This writer saw recently a fourteen-year-old girl struggling with her text books. She had been given a long list of ques tions utterly beyond her abilities, and she had no other recourse but to go out and ask a friendly neighbor to help her get at these questions. Of course, that was a sort of “research work," in a way, but it was scarcely defensible from the ethical viewpoint. She got her answers and her marks, but not by her own abilities, or any directions given by the teacher. But for outside aid she could not have passed. Other children are given these things and are expected to bring in answers in some way. And but for aid they would ninety per cent. fail. President Butler, of Columbia Un iversity, is authority for the statement that children of today are forced, and for the further view that the old me thod of teaching the rudimental things is far better as a way of prop erly grounding a child’s education. Something is wrong somewhere. The wicked flee when no man pur* sueth.—Proverb* xxviii:!. COLLEGE RELIGION A questionnaire recently circulated among the students of the Northwest ern University shows a largely “ in different and independent” spirit in the matter of religion. This is per haps nothing unusaul, for the condi tion is fairly general in all of our great institutions of learning. While this attitude may seem deplorable, we may ask if it really amounts to much? The large majority of students ‘are young and not altogether set in their viewpoints of life and religion. There is always an element of skeptics in all large schools who do not really .■ant to commit themselves. Then, oo, college life is a place for asking luestions, rather than for getting ixed opinions. We somehow feel that Jorthwestern students cannot be far lifferent from most others of other iniversities. Give them time and hese religious questions will regulate hcmselves. The church need have no ears that these youngsters are to be le'rmanently alienated. Nothing has wrought more preju lice to religion, or brought more dis laragement upon truth, than boiterous mreasonable zeal.—Barrow. BOXING IN THE SENATE The. recent passage at arms in the United States Senate has led Gene 1'unney, our champion heavy-weight mgilist, to remark that if they are joing to fight in the Senate, they jught to take boxing lessons. True enough. But they do not have enough mcounters to make the trouble of get ling in trim of any real value: None if the Senators would have much of i chance to get into the ring anyway, so what’s the use of all the bother of getting in shape? Of course, it is not an engaging spectacle to see. a couple if fat Senators puffing and blowing and falling over seats and themselves in an encounter. They make a poor exhibition. But would they make any better showihg if they took up box ing? Seriously, the thing to do is to behave, which they sometimes don’t. Had I but served my God with half j the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age left me naked to mine snemies.—Shakespeare. IMPROVING THE ARMY FOOD Congress has gone into the improve ment of army food and recently pass ed a bill looking to this end. The “chow” allowance is to be so improved that the soldiers will get better ra tions. Soldiers march, work and fight better with proper food. It seems al most incomprehensible that any con dition could ever have existed that the army could have been without proper food. The impression prevailed among the soldiers that army cooks could prepare nothing but slum, beans, sal mon and corned beef.. But even these properly cooked are good to most hun gry men. And their food value is recognized. GETTING YOUR CONNECTIONS l)o you want to get your telephone connections without trouble? All right, here is your receipe— Just call your number something like this: “41144, please.” “Thank you,” says Central. To which you reply: “Thank .you.” And Central says: “Your’e welcome.” Now, isn’t that nice—perfectly spendiferous! Do not many believe no zeal to be spiritual but what is ceniorious or vin dictive? Whereat no zeal is spiritual that is not also charitable.—Thomas Sprat. ANOTHER DIVORCE MISCUE That staid old conservative central continental city of St. Louis, has [tow developed another divorce sensa tion. A woman in a divorce suit told jf how her husband hated her, and claims that he had turned her nut of doors “scantily clad.” All very very well, of course, and in a way ;;ood enough testimony. The hubby in the case should not have hated his wife, which was impolite, to say the least. Hut it is hard to see how he fur nished very strong grounds when he >ent her out into the cold world ‘scantily clad.” In presenting'this bit of evidence <he was -sadly in error. This is an ;ra of scantily dressed women, and [hey do not hesistate to' go out of loors “scantily clad” any day in the .veek and at any season of the year. She might have revised her testimony ;o advantage. OFF THE ftEATEN RATH Wmt'DOC’ WILSON QUIZZ GAME For Little Boys Over 40 Now that the questionnaire has re plapcd the “cross word puzzle” as a popular craze, we have concocted a set of questions as a little, individual “skull test” of our own. Answers to the queries may be found at the foot of this column. Do not look at the answers first. That wouldn’t be nice. What Do You Know? 1. Who was the man who said that Lemoine avenue will be built through to Palisade avenue before summer comes? 2. Give the maiden name of a school house that has had its “assembly room” condemned as a fire trap. 3. Whose fllivver made the highest leap from the holes in Palisade avenue iuring the month of March? 4. When perspective home builders ‘give a look” at Fort Lee streets and sidewalks what do they say? 5. Give the names of several council men who have not made a single con structive move since being elected. 6. How long will the broken stone stay in the holes in the paving on Pal isade avenue? v 7. Why are the sidewalks on Lin wood avenue better than those on Main street? 8. Would it be a good plan to build a beautiful extension of Abbott boul evard all the way to Coytesville? 9. If the Abbott boulevard extension took every cent of money the Borough could scrape together, would it be worth it in the end? 10. Name one of the men who hopes to be elected Mayor of Fort Lee at the next election—only one, not the whole twenty-seven. Men I like men, They stride about, They reach in their pockets, And pull things out. They look important, They rock on their toes, They lose all the buttons Off of their clothes. They throw away pipes, They find them again. Men are queer creatures, I like fnfen. ” . ♦—Dorothy E. Reid in “Poetry.” 0*Zatso! I like girls,. They stride along, They always use lip stick, A shade or two wrong. / They look apathetic, They pull at their clothes. They fold their coats tighter, They powder their nose. They smoke in the rest rooms, They wear phoney pearls, . Doggon their pictures! . I like girls. —J. R. W. The judge *gazed with horrified wonder at the accused murderer. “Do you mean to tell me” he asked indignantly “that you killed this poor, old woman for the paltry sum of $3.?” “Well, you know how it is ,Yer Hon or, free smaks here, and free smacks dere; it soon counts up.” s —Harvard Lampoon Since we have been running a poet ry column, there has been a lot of meritorious efforts finding their way to the discard. We retrieved a few of them from the Editor’s waste paper basket, look at them— Oh, gay is me, Oh, gay is me, I see a robin in the tree, He sings “Yip Yip,” He sings “Yipe Yipe,” Oh, give the poor bird a piece of tripe, —Gaspard Geevum. Look at the beautful sunshine, Shining all over town, If you want to bluff you’ve been away, Just let it burn you brown. —Hot-Dog Kelly. ANSWERS To Questions—Top Of Column 1. He was too bashful to sign his statement. 2. Ask any little boy in the street. 3. Mine. 4. “Let’s drive out a little further.” 5. Write names on a piece of paper and keep until next election day. 6. It’s half out now—figure it out for yourself. 7. I don’t know. 8. It will be some day no matter what you or I think about R. 9. Is Broadway a paying “propo sition?” 10. “You know the one I mean.” POETRY Lovers Of Poetry Are Invited To Submit Original Or Clipped. Poems For Publication In This Column. Please Give Name Of Author And Source. The Lights Of Home1 The workman trudges slowly on— Across the fielcls his footsteps roam, And then, he lifts his tired eyes And sees a gleam—the lights of home. ' His soul is glad, his head is high, For there lies warmth and peace and rest. He thinks, with strangely fluttering heart, That after all, Uiis hour is best. Through life’s gold morn and after noon The world seems good, and pleasures call; But gladly turns the wanderer home, ! When dusk and evening shadows fall. . O Father, grant that we may find True joy while through the world we roam, And that, when all our work is done, We, too, may see the lights of home. - —Mary Saunders Hawling, Age 16 Ridgefield Park. A Spring Snow Storm The skies grow dark and leadened, Thickly the snow flakes fall; ’Neath a veil of fluffy whiteness, Spring hides her face from all. Yet, in my window blooming, j An Easter lily fair, Whispers of earth’s resurrection, In silent, perfumed prayer. —Mrs. A. M. Lane, Palisade, N. J. Handful Of Roses Everything my heart would say Valiant roses shall declare. Since my lips, less bold than they, Dread her frown and do not dare. They shall nestle on her breast, They shall whisper, soft and low, “He loves truly, he loves best, Who’s afraid to tell you so.” \ Everything my heart would say These brave roses know full well, And they mean, in their sweet way, More than any words could tell. They shall be her bosom’s guest; They shall whisper, soft and low, “He loves truly, he loves best, Who’s afraid to tell you so.” —William Winter in N. Y. Tribune. i O little self, within whose smallness lies All that man was, and is, and will become, Atom unseen that comprehends the skies . And tells the tracks by which the planets roam; That, without moving, knows the joys of wings, The tiger’s strength, the eagle’s sec recy, And in the hovel can consort with kings, Or clothe a God with his own mystery, O, with wha darkness do we cloak thy light, What dusty folly gather thee for food, Thou who alone art knowledge and delight, The heavenly bread, the beautiful star Give us thy light, forgive us what we are. —John Masefield: Sonnet. i Poems I Love By Charles Hanson Towne “THE GYPSY GIRL,” By Ralph Hodgson Here are passion and beauty deftly mingled. There is magic in most of this English poet’s work. He has pub lished three or four delicate volumes filled with lovely lyrics. His moods are many; his fancy is exquisite; he is al ways the meticulous craftsman. > “Come, try your skill, kind gentlemen A penny for three tries!” Some threw and lost, some threw and won A ten-a-penny prize. i She was a tawny gipsy girl, A girl of twenty years; I liked her for the lumps of gold That jingled from her cars. I I liked the flaring yellow scarf, Round loose about her throat, I liked her showy purple gown And flashing velvet coat. i A man came up, too loose of tongue, And said no good to her; She did not blush as Saxons do, Or turn upon the cur. She fawned and whined, “Sweet gen tleman, A penny for three tries!” —But oh, for the den of wild things in The darkness of her eyes, Ravelings By “RAGCLES' AIR CASTLES! Who knows what “air castles” might develope into, if a few public spirited citizens of vis ion dream a little and picture an ar tistic, as well as useful building for a Memorial. The memory of those who died in the Civil, Spanish- and World Wars could be honored. If there is just one Civil war veteran from this section would it not be of historic, as well as personal interest to some, to read about him. Perhaps some of his relatives are still living here. Who were some of the first fam ilies to settle in this section? How has it grown? Perhaps- someone would be interested in writing a history of Cliffsidc Park and how much more it would be read if one could go to the library and use it for reference in-, stead of feeling obliged to buy or bor row. Indeed, how can one find out things except in book or what people say. In a library EVERY ONE has the privilege of knowing. A great many things have come out of the air that we didn’t realize were there—the radio for instance—so if any one has visioned the advantages of a library in. Cliffsidc Park, let the vision take shape and make the lib rary be as real as radio. An Appreciation Upper Montclair) N. J. Mr. Charles T. Logan, Editor of the Palisadian, Palisade, N. J. Dear Mr. Logan: Several months ago the Palisadian started to make its regular weekly appearance at the above address. What a clean, newsy and fearless paper it is. I have watched the Palisadian since its first bow as a monthly publication many years ago, when at that time it was delivered to me very far south of the Mason and Dixon Line. You and those who have helped to make this paper what it is today are to be congratulated. I feel that the Palisadian has a large future before it and I know that it is going to meet it in a way that will help everyone in your community. I wish to thank you Mr. Logan for the opportunity of reading this spark ling paper with its excellent editorials. Sincerely yours, B. Palmer Davidson ' March 18, 1927 — Bell’s Idea for Telephone In June. 1875, an accident to one of the experimental ‘•harmonic tele graph" instruments causing a vibra tion to be reproduced on u similar In strument In the next room gave Alex ander Graham Bell the idea for the telephone, says the Dearborn Inde pendent. )i__MJ MALCOM COYTE star of “The Show Off” to be present ed by “The Barnstormers” of Engle wood at Carney Hall, Wednesday evening, April 6. War Hero Goes “West” After A Brave Fight Edward Brooks Dies Despite A Blood Transfusion Given— 'Had An Excellent Record Edward B. Brooks, a war veteran who was cited for bravery under fire during the great war, passed away on •Thursday morning of last week after a blood transfusion that proved of no avail in saving his life. Sergeant Schlupp of the Fort Lee police depart ment gave the blood required for the transfusion. Brooks, who was fifty years old, served as a corporal in the Twenty third Regiment of Brooklyn on the Mexican border, and as a private in the 106th Infantry of the Twenty-sev enth Division in the World War. He was gassed and wounded while per forming his duty in France. He received a citation for devotion to duty from Major General O’Ryan for first aid service to the wounded while under fire during the. attack on Hindcnburg’s line on September 27, 1918, and wasvgiven special recogni tion of his valor by the late President Woodrow Wilson. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, at his late home, at 4 p. m. The Rev. Edward Keldcr, pastor of the Dutch f-eformed church of Coytes ville, officiated. Interment was in the Brookside Cemetery, Englewood. Mr. Brooks is survived by his wife and by a sister, Mrs. Charles II. Bolich. .John Heus and Son of Fort Lee, had charge of the arrangements. Elusive as Soap Owing to its coloring, n new fish nt the zoo can, even under the closest scMitlny. appear and disappear in the water, It must he about the snme shade as a tablet of bath soap.— Humorist. Legal Advertisements Legal Advertisements Charter No. 8874 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Reserve District No. 2 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Fort Lee, N. J. 50,000.00 66,702.15 AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 23, 1927 RESOURCES Loans and ■.discounts, including rediscounts, ac ceptances of other banks and foreign bills of exchange or drafts, sold with indorsement of this bank .. $1,141,799.52 TOTAL . Overdrafts, unsecured, $3.21 . U. S. Government securities owned: a. Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) ... b. AH other United States Government secur ties (including premiums, if any) . TOTAL .. Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc., owned.: Banking House, $26,212-75 Furniture and fixtures, $8,000. TOTAL . Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank .... Cash in vault and amount due from National Ranks .. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank . Miscellaneous cash items.. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer ... Other assets, if any .r..:. TOTAL .....!. $1,141,799.52 3.21 116.702.15 960.404.16 34,212.75 97,750.98 48,462.81 48,462.81 155.29 155.29 2,500.00 6,388.93 2,408,379.80 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in. Surplus fund . "a. Undivided profits . Circulating notes outstanding . Certified checks outstanding ...j.. Cashier’s checks outstanding .1.:.. Individual deposits subject to check .v. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) .. Total of demand deposits (other than bank de posits) subject to Reserve . $ 50.000. 00 25.000. 00 72,842.63 47,400.00 5,984.28 3,015.99 559,828106 5.00 559,833.06 Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) • ... Other time deposits ... Total time deposits' subject to Reserve . 1,644,000.84 TOTAL .... 18,160.00 1,626,143.84 2,408,379.80 State of New Jersey, County of Bergen sn: I, Fulton R. Hardman, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is tru? to the best of my knowledge and be lief. . . FULTON R. HARDMAN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of March, 1927. GEORGE H. SCHLOSSER, Notary Public > Correct—Attest: John C. Abbott, Carl L. Kielite r, Harold Kell, Directors . ■ • >i« k i