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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.
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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 .
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