THE NASSAU POST: FflEim>flT, N. Y., WEONESDAY, Af»fllL 1, 1914
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1914
PnbUalMd Wednerday* and gaturdaTB bj
turn NASSAU rosY rinusHiNO coMrAnx,
t2-S4 South GroT* jtrMt, FrMport, Naaaaa
County, New Tork.
BAND W. BUrHEBLAND, Editor JAMES E. STILES, BiuinaM Maaa«er
Uc oflSce may step and receiTe a Rlip. while tbe musical instrument bidden In the interior of the appartus plays "You made what I am today." In that way we could determine the light weights In advance.
Answ^ers To Correspondents
CONGRESSMAN BROWN FOR CRANBERRY BARREL
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SUBSCBII'TION TERMS
ONE YEAH W.M
SIX MONTHS *1.40
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ONS MONTH M
ADVERTISING BATES ON APPLICATION
Application for ratry aa teeond eUtf* mattar •t tha Post Offlea at FrMport. L. L, N. Y.. paoding.
An coBinitinieation iboald ba addreaiad to TBE NAS.SAU POST.
Main OlBca Freeport, L. I., N. Y.
ManhatUn Offlea, 6 Ileakman St., (Sth Floor.)
Branehc* at Vallay Stream, Ljrnbronk, East Roekawar, Roek villa Centre, L«na Beseb, Ocean Side. Baldwin, Uerriek. Bell- mora. Wantacb, Seaford. Bempatead and Min¬ eola. Telapbone •! Preeport
Tbe auccess of tbe auditorium pro¬ ject will be a fair teat of the public spirit of Freeport.
PBOTECT OUB PISBERMEN |
Formal demand ahouid be made by | Representative Brown to the proper | authorities In Washington to exclude | Nova Scoiia and New Foundland fiah-1 ermen from the water of Long Island.
These aliens In Increasing numbers each year seek the eastern bays and operate with beam trawls until condi¬ tions of weather compel them to re¬ turn to home waters. They are bold, almost defiant.
Every foreign fisherman who enters a Long Island bay should be compell-
TO THE PUBLIC CENEBALLY—My apecialty ii tlia «iTl»« of advice, to whieh I am the more inclined sceinc tbe aearsitr of true wiidom Uieee day*, ancj more particular* ly the aljaence of accurate infonaatlon of p ub ie affair* lunontf the maste*. dtie in part
to their relentles* pursuit of filthy lucre n-Bardlea* of tha future of our beloved Rcpub- ; Uijf£es NcCCSSitV of Soccial Csslc lie, in part to the i I copaidered policy of the metropolitan dailies published hard by of |
giving them half truths and pilk>rying too fe w offender* a^ainct our moral*. I am prepared j for Shipping Small FfUlt—RcpOrtS therefore to advise free y and without eh-* rge, being not ao Jofty in my pretention* ai j
to ignore the humbeet cases, be they itone br uine*, wart* upon the body politic (which is i Appropriation fof WatCrwajTS
my long suit), snake bites, moral obliquities of every sort, even person* in travail. It j
may be considered that the merit of my kd vice lieth rather in iU fmnkness than its \ _____
wisdom, to whieh opinion I bow in aU humility. BERRY BELL PEPPITR, Esq., F.S.A
I Congressman Lathrop Brown, ap- ' pearing before the House Committee on tiie Judiciary recently to argue agaiii:;t including the trustees of mu¬ tual savings banks under the provl- ! sions of the proposed Interlocking Di¬ rectorates Law, drew the attention <if
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bv HERBERT OJ. CLOCK
SHERIFF—You are young, vigor- (gettes," a diminutive rightly deserved ous, attractive, ambitious and a cer* j for their many deeds with hatchet and tain chaplet should adorn thy fair i torch. On this side of the water, brow. Win it by aolvlng the longtime I where they behave themselves, they mystery of those robberies of the Mer- are "suffragists;" when they don't, ^^
rick postoffice, thua putting It all over : tbey are "feminists" The centre o^ ;^;^comii^ttee"pa7liculariy"toVhe7rlef your predecessors. Confine thy ob- suffragist activity Just now is Last servations to Nassau County, for if the! Ro'=''***y' °°^ Rockville Centre. The ; ^: ^^^^
signs be true these raids are ^om-1 ^^'^''^^'^^^'^^^.^ ^'";; P"'^^^'*^'^ ^™"f | is printed In the record of the com- I ... ... ^ the South Side Observer a couple .....
mlUed by some of its residents, proba-: . . , . ¦ ..^ , , mittee hearings.
» ! of pages of interviews with the males
bly living not far from the poatofflcc^, „,^,^ „i„,„nv «.-!,« ho,^ .-.,„„i^.„i,, I The Congressman also appeared he
submitted by the attorney for the sav- Charles A. Miller which
itself. The Federal authorities will
; of their vicinity who have completely surrendered to their cause. Coimsel-
fore the House Committee on Coinage, i
ed by the United States government ! undoubtedly render you every aaelst- ! j^j. g. q wrIght leads the list, several! Weightji and Measures to argue tiie
'ance. Go to It. j clergymen are In tho throng and | ^^'^^^sity of a special cranberry bur-
Tlie public will approve of at least one act of tbe Legislature. We refer of course to its adjournment.
Recovering his sights after many yeara, a Civil war veteran asked to be •hown a picture of "Teddy." It was ft flight for Bore eyea.
The attitude of William Barnes Jr., eminent machinist of Albany, toward the gubernatorial ambitions of Mr. Hedges does not seem at the moment to indicate that he la to be Job's comforter.
A man who would steal a .chicken would not hesitate to take a gold watch and chain. The limit of the punishment provided by the code ¦hould be given to every one caught feather or fowl handed.
to pay for the privilege. Canada is not over polite in holding up Anjeri- can boats and demanding license fees Canada knows the value of fishing privileges; apparently we do not.
The Long Island fishermen would make the line of prohibition extend from Nepeague to the east end of Gardiner's Island and thence over to the east end of Plum or perhaps Gull Island.
Fixing boundaries is not at the mo¬ ment the Important thing. The urg¬ ent matter Is to notify the government to the North that its fishermen must keep out of our waters.
Long Island fishermen are industri¬ ous, hard working men and they are entitle^ to protection.
j Brother Richensteen heads the pro-j''«' »° ^^e proposed Rlandard barrel FIRST VOTER—The Constitution j cession of Publicists. Scripturaily j lesishuion now under consideration under which we have been permitted I speaking these good men are the j ^°'^ ^^ protection of producers and to live, move and do business for near-1 Bheep, Just as those doughty ones h°"''"'^'^''-"* '''''"-'• He made the point ly a generation was made the organic I standing afar off. Dr. Bulson, John j t'*'^* cranberr/es, by reason of Iheir law of New York State in 1894, by Lyon and others too numeiious to : *'"''" ^'''•' ^vhen shipped in a flour Elihu Root and Joseph H. Choato. No I mention are the goats. The mere i 'carrel, become beatljjd and compressed detail of Its fabrication escaped the j fact that you have at "your tongue's j'^'^'^ ^^^'''^'"^ accordingly. R. C. Brown.
end no reason why women should vote ; °f Kiverliead and George W. Davis of should be no bar to your getting ' Manorvllle, two of the largest cian- aboard the band wagon. At least ! »'*^''">' growers ou Long Island, strong- sixty suffragists have told me their I ^^ endorsed the petition of the Con- cause would prevail and when you ' ^''essman.
find any such number of ladles agreed | Representative Brown reports that upon one thing it is v.^orih scientific | the Rivers and Harbors Bill as amend- conslderation. Unlike Saul of Tarsus, *^^ 'U *¦!'« House of Representatives
Harry Payne Whitney of Nassau County and the wide wide world, re¬ ports that his herd of moose has stiay- ed from the preserves in the Berk- Bfaire Hills. Herds of other Moose bave Bti'ayed recently, too.
attention of those two astute Republl cans. Mr. Choate was made the Pres¬ ident of the Constitutional convention on motion of Mr. Root, and Mr. Root became its floor manager by the unan¬ imous consent of its Republican ma¬ jority. The instrument thus devised was a Republican product calculated to promote the Intereata of the Repub¬ lican Party. It is time to hold another constitutional convention, to do over some of the things done by that Re¬ publican majority and to do some of the things that were left undone. Al¬ though .Messrs. Choate and Root sti¬ pulated by Article XIV that the next constitutional convention should be held by delegates elected in the year 1916, they graciously conceded
AVIATORS WING TIME
The man made birds of the aviation flock are roosting over Hempstead and | I'lat "at such times as the Legislature Mineola way, waiting for the warm
I have seen no great light and shall be compelled to trudge along In the mire on foot.
CO.MFENSATION COMMISSIONER —Nassau County cannot have two members of this important commis¬ sion, you should know, and as Harry Keith has been spending practinally I $5,000.
carries the following appropriations for Long Island:
Dredging Sterling liasin. Creenport, 122,500.
Maintenance Mattituck Harbor, iHK- 000.
I Maintenance Huntington Harbor, i $5,000.
Maintenance of Hempstead Harbor.
The Preabytery^f Nassau County is (}ulte In believing that the minimum salary of a pastor of a church should be not less than $1,000 a year. The fllgnlty of the ministerial calling is none less than the needs of the stom¬ ach reoui^e It.
breath of Spring so tbat they may take wing.
Gulls and swallows, hawks and eagles there are among them—craft that soar an ddip and poise like na¬ ture's own winged travelers.
On the waters of Nassau's bays lie the man made ducks that skim the waves and rise in swift and easy flights, bearing navigators whither they would go.
Strangely remarkable these develop¬ ments of human ingenuity, yet how common place in a world where a thing is never new tor more than a day.
What next?
may by law provide, the question'Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same?' shall be decided by the electors of the .State." The electors are now called upon, or will be shortly, to determine whether constitutional delegates shall be elected at the election of next fall who shall hold their convention in the spriu.g of 1915, a year in which no
all the winter in search of one of the commisslonerships he would feel ag¬ grieved if you entered the race at this late day. Mr. Keith served as counsel in Nassau when Mr. Glynn was comp¬ troller and he feels that that gives him an inside position in the race. Some others are not so confident. However, something is expected to drop in a day or two, but whether it will he Harry's
The bill authorizes the survey of a harbor of refuge between Huntington Harbor and Plum Gut, and for a sur¬ vey of a small portion of Hempstead Harbor south of Bar Beach.
Presidential activities such as electing j high hopes or a commissiouership re delegates and holding national conven- j mains to be seen. tlons will occur. The Republicans are
It U taking a lot of time to decide what Bort of a school building is to be erected on the northeastern school Bite and to decide on a responsible contractor to undertake the work of
I PREEPORT HIGH'S DEBATE
I , It may encourage the debaters of the Freeport High to know that at a conservatiev estimate several miles of fervid oratory have been declaimca in
H. W. Thornton, who has resigned M general manager of the Long Island Railroad to become the manag¬ er of the Great Eastern Railway of England, may have a gentle reminder of home every time he looks at the time tables in London and sees tbe namea of Qravesend, Brighton, Hemp¬ stead, Southampton and St. Albana.
conatruction. Let us hope that the j Congress on the subject of the nation- delays may not continue at the next ! <'^ attitude toward the freedom of the stage of the work. ' Filipinos. As a matter of fact about
all the Filipinos have received in the way of larger freedom has been ora¬ tions.
Some of our opaulelted soldiers re¬ cently turned a lyrical broadside against the "Little brown brothers" at a dinner in Washington when they sang: "Beneath the starry flag. Civilize 'em with a krag." A Krag, It is well to know, is a kind of rifle. Assuming that the attitude
opposed to this proposition. Partisan Democrats, therefore, may be expect¬ ed to give it support, even purblind Democrats are likely to see enough in it to -warrant their falling into hne. Independents generally can find am¬ ple Justification iu existing conditions for their affirmative voles. It is the Republicans against the field with a good prospect of the former losing the race. As this is the nature of a movement for the uplilt, even Tam¬ many votes will be permitted to be cast and counted. A mighty poor spe¬ cimen of a citizen you will be, .Mr. First Voter, If you don't get i^to.the procession.
thousand dollars,
that "each appointive commissioner shall devote his entire time to the du¬ ties of his office, and shall not hold any position of trust or profit, or engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsi.stent with his duties as such commissioner, or serve on any political committee or under any political party." Mr. Keith's ap¬ pointment would seem therefore to re¬ lieve him of all further duty as coun¬ sel to the Board of Supervisors (pay¬ ing $3,000 per) and as State Commit- leeriian. Of course, Harry wouldn't
want to hold all three offices even if it MERE MAN—The ladies who labor were permissible. No, Indeed, in the English vineyard are "sufCra- BERRY BELL PEPPER, ESQ.
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
The indications are that the coming week will be one of unseiiied weatuer and frequent rains over nearly all pans of the country. Temperalures during the next several days will av¬ erage above the normal over the East- The salary is seven j ern and Southern States and near the The law .stipulates normal along the northern border and in the Rocky .Mountain Region and on the Pacific Slope. A disturbance cen¬ tral Sunday morning over the South¬ ern Plain States will move slowly northeastward and be attended by gen¬ eral rains the firpt part of the week in the MissLyslppl Valley and the distiicts east thereof. Anotlier disturbance that is approacliing the North Pacific will move eastward over the Northern States and cross th'e Great Central Valleys Tuesday or Wednesday and the Eastern State."* Thursday or Fri¬ day; this disturbance will be attend¬ ed by rains and be followed by a change to confiiderable colder weather in northern and central states east of the Rocky Mountains.
An undergradu¬ ate, 'When his rooms are in col- legs, dines in coll. al least five limes each week, if he lives in "digs," he conies to hall at least four times. That is, one charged for a uaii dinner five or four limes each week. Attendance Is not compulsory. One can miss all tbe din¬ ners if he likes. He is, ho^wever, charged Just the aame. The meal is •table d'hote.
Dinner, unlike luncheon and break¬ fast, is not served in llie undergrad¬ uate's rooms. Each .college has a large, in boiih' lases huge, old Medie¬ val hall. Som*' of these structures arc hundreds of yeai's old, and In style of architecture, appointments and the manner in which certain customs are still observed, links tlu,' present day Oxford to its feudal past.
When a student ini.Mids dining in college, he says thai Ik' is "going to keep a hall." Most "halls" are at sev¬ en o'clock; some are-later.
The student must wear his gown while at dinner. Tliin- are also a number of other rules, relating to dress, connected with this function. Cndergraduates are not allowed lo wear at dinner the white flannels of the summer term.
In order to pltcure one ot these old halls, 1 shall illiistraie with a sketch of tbat of my college.
The dining room is a large, oblong aparlmeni. Its ceiling with their huge time stained rafters are lofty; its walls paneled with oak and hung with portraits of iiersons I'ormerly connect¬ ed with the college; large stained glass windows
the length of the room, cast a rather "dim, religious light." Across one end
through which in olden times i
smoke was auposed to escape.
I Immediately after chapel tbe
' legfe bell rings for "hall." Underfl
uates, wearing the short, absurd 1 ing gowns of the "commoner" or
; long, more dignified appearing, less convenient ones of the are seen strolling arm In arm toi ball.
I Upou entering tbe building el man usually goes to his own tabl^i As a rule the students are seated ft(j cording to "year," but "commoner and "scholars" are not placed at same table. The "commoners" py one side of tbe hall, the "scholM^l (he other.
By the time that the riMim is falrl; well filled with undergraduates til "High Table" arrives. One of is j scouts is usually sfationed at a dow, overlooking the walk, and aa tli^ dons ascend the steps, he gives th^ signal to the "college servant" has charge of the hall. This "dI|B|j tary" throws open the "High Table'l door—there are two entrancea; ona for the dons, the other for the atudenta —and in a stentorian voice anounceal ."High Table, please, gentlemen."
Men who were seated on the oftkeii bencbes at the table spring to theiij feet, groups talking at the fire breah up, and silence falls upon the compau) as the dons file into hall
ORGAN RECITAL AT ELKS' CLUE
First of Series on Sunday-Audi£nce| of 150 in Attendance
The first (jif a series of bl.monthlyl organ recltiJs to which the public isl invited, wan given nt the Elks ciub-l bouse on Sunday afternoon. Morel t^tH0 150 persons were prestmt. Prof. Cobb.^f, Manhaltan, demonstrated lu| a repertoire of (juasi-religious Belec- tions, the remarkable qualltiea of tbe| new organ. He was assisted by C. H. Reii.Kliaw, of Uockvlle eCntre, pianist, .Mr. Reed, of Rockville Centre, render-1 ed tbe "Rosary."
These .Sunday afternoon redtala will I become a feature of the social life at the Elks club hotise. The new lodge room, with a seating capacity of over] 500 will be turned over to the ufe^ Of the public upon these occaaloiis. *I^e<^ arranged at Intervals ! "^'^'^ recital will be held on .Sunday,r| April 12, at which Prof. Escuche, of) Rockville C<'nlre. will preside at the
organ.
of the chamber a balcony extends; at During tlie season Prof. Woodcock,
the other, on a dlas, is situAted the "High Table" at which dine tlie masttir and dons in evening dress; along both sides of the body of the hall the tables of the undergrdauates are arranged; down the middle ot the room stretch the serving tables. In winter a sea- coal fire buriiH in tho enormouB fire¬ place. Just below the dlas. In the center of ihe roof 1." an opening
of tlie Garden Cily Cathedral; Prof. Hammond, of Manliattan, and Prof. Scott, of Newburg, will appear.
Back From Brooklyn Vlalt E. R. VanTass^l and family of HempHlead avenue, Rockville Centre, have returned after spending the win¬ ter in Brooklyn. Mr. VanTassel is an active member of the Rockville Centre ('lub and an enlliURlaslic bowler and golfer.
Among tbe masses of tbe people in Nassau County we venture to say that the interest in the election to decide on the holding of a constitutional con¬ vention la about as great aa their in¬ terest would be in a bye election in tho Shorpabire district of England. Somehow, constitutions and even by¬ laws do not aeem to bother the ordin¬ ary run of mankind.
The young woman passenger who thoughtfully provided a hair pin as an emergency aubatltute for a blow out fuse on a Freeport car, thua permit¬ ting tbe helpless motorman to keep _tO bis schedule, adds one more ex¬ ample to the record of the resourcefui- aeaa cf tbe sex. Tbe slang expres¬ sion "Tbat'B tbe kind of a hairpin I am" used originally with tbe mascu¬ line gender, is sadly out of-date these days.
Speaking of the scheme of Frank A. Wood, the Nassau County ae&ler ot weights and meaaures, to eatabllah municipal weighing machines, it might not be a bad idea to add automatic MftiM upCHi which citntlWTi*»« for pub- Is no room for a bureau <if farm (ads.
HIGH SCHOOL JOKES
FF^OM
THE STUDENT
Voice (In chapel.)—"Yes, the tune
of the troopers Is correctly shown In i of a piano is quickly lost, but that of the song, any old thing is good enough ; a drum sticks!"
for the Filipinos.
Who said Latin was dead?
" Tango, tangere, terke, trotum.
NO ROOM FOB FADS |
It is stated that the proposed ex-
Miss Este.^ (In Eng.): "What are pert of the proposed Farm Bureau with ^^^ 'Lydian Airs' mentioned in 'L'All-
ro' ?"
proposed headquarters at Mineola, will receive a salary of $3,000 a year. On his visits to Nassau County farm- era he will carry his overalls and rub¬ ber boots, so that hia demonstrations of methods with respect to the hand¬ ling of the rutabaga and crooked neck squash may be thoroughly realistic.
Just how long the expert will re¬ main ta any one farm does not appear in our news i-eport. How the expert will b? able to serve an experienced farmer without being advised in ad¬ vance as to what the farme rdoes not Itnow.we are unable to say,
All efforts to broaden the knowledge of modern farm methods are worthy of serioua attention. If established, the farm bureau should be an essen- tlally practical organization. There
Rollo: "Winds that blow over the Lydian desert."
Miss Fitzgerald (in Economlca): "Paintings are necessities, not luxur¬ ies, for rich men." J. N.: "Is a paint¬ ing necessary for a w^onian?" F. C: "It is to some."
Notice
Will the person who "atole" the set
of Jackstraws from the library kindly
jcelurn tbe same, so that the regular
afternoon matches may be resumed?
Calm Student — ing to you."—Ex.
"No, sir) just listen-
Rollo seems to take history ques¬ tions for conundrums, his reply *tora recent query being: "I can't gueaa."
Miss Fitzgerald (In Eng. Hist.) "Who was the next King of Eng¬ land?"
Brilliant Scholar: "Ethel" (Eaeth- ellng.)
Where does Florle Keogh learn all the latest hits?—Foolish Question. From C at Raymore'a of courae.
Mlaa Swenson: "Alfred, change this sentence to direct discourse: He said be would arrest them if tbey come.
RcUo -If they come he aaid he would ..rrest them.
"Domy" (in ohapel, as Mr. Arthur fixes phonograph): '"Now we'll hear a record better."
"Ohme": "Why?"
'"Domy": " 'Cause It's goin' to be louder (Lauder)."
liate Prof.—"Well, what are you doing in this claa sanyway? -Are you leojrhing anytblng?"
Georgt lad.
Mulcahy—That aby, little
Marjorie Forbes (In Caeaar) Why doesn't Proplor have a poaitive form?
Miaa Swenson: How do I know? Do you think I was in Rome when tb«y isoks La'dn
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Every Man His Own Banker
Every dollar you earn ia like so much capital tbat repreaenta at least 6 per cent. Interest
Why Not Save Tbt Interest?
It is a good way to begin an Interest account; thua you will be mak ing your earnings do double aervlce. Thia bank will pay you 4 p«r cent intereet <>n your money deposited here in a apeclal account
Many Business Men Do This
Why not youT Connect with the right Bank. The Unitvd Sialea
(government baa accepted this bank'a application aa a member ot
tbe government reaerve organization kuowji aa tbe Federal Reserva
Act.
This Bank is a Dealgnated Depository for tbe State of New Tork
and United States Postal Savings Fund.
John H. Carl, President
OFFiCBRS
E. Htttcbeson. Vice Prealdent
DIRECTORS Jobn H. Carl Cadman U. Frederick Henry Hebenatrelt
T. P. C. Forbes, Jr. a. C. QlUles U. H. Homan
Oeorge J. Qolan Eklwin Patten
C J. Dooley, Caabler
J. Enaor Hutcheaoa Oeorge W. L«ft UlrdeU V. Brower
