RURAL LIFE WORTH WHILE Conference Seeks to Adapt Religious Environment to Farm. Conservation of form life as the source of Ihe nation's greatest manhood is the aim of New Jersey's first Country! Church Conference, which opened to- j day at State College. Clergymen and! laymen representing every rural count} jn the Statu attended. The conference .takes the place of the usual Farmers' Week program, the subjects usually treated at the later sessions having been assigned for institutes and county board of agriculture meetings. Dr. W. II. S. Demurest, president of Rutgers College, presided, and welcomed the delegates, lie expressed the belief that a greater duty confronts th State in its attitude toward the rural community than merely teaching the farmer to grow better crops, and -suggested- that the reason that many of the country's best fumilies are getting away front the farm, despite the increased efficiency in crop production, is that the social and spiritual life of the cubUtry community lias not kept step with material advancement How one township is settling the problem of making farm life brighter was told in interesting manner by Rev. it. H. M, Augustine, president of the Hanover Community League, in Middlesex county. Here a man with a virion of what the ideal rural community should he like has brought bankers, merchants, farmers, school teachers and clergymen into associated activities that have produced a model community life after which national movements for country life betterment nre being patterned. " mat the time has passed when the country church is satisfied with the - college divinity student, who aspires to a city pnipit as soon as he can shake

the rural dust from his shoes, was the dominant note in a round-table conference conducted by Dr. J. L. Sear'.e, president of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church of America, and Dr. Edwin I.. Enrp. of the Drew Theological Seminary. Dr. R. M. West spoke tonight on "The Life for | Which the Rural Community is WaitALL THROUGH THE STATE -Delegates are arriving at Scrnnton in large numbers for the State Educational Convention. — Hazleton saloonists again oppose annexation of West Hazleton to tlw city with a doubling of license fees. — liazleton's Country Club was partly unroofed, and several new buildings . rocked off their walls bv Sunday's storm. —Francis .1. Torrance has been elected president of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane Building Commission. —in a blinding snowstorm at Myerstown, a Reading train ran down and killed Aaron Blecker. aged 03, for 30 years employed on the road. —Miss Katherine Koons. an aged nurse, was perhaps fatally hurt at Carlisle. when she was run over by a horse driven by two unidentified young —Father William Graham, of St. Pat rick's Church, Pittsburgh, who refused to return to Ireland to claim millions in the Hare estate, has been badly injured by burglars. —The Public Service Commission hea-U objections to ordinances of Frackville granting permission to the Schuylkill Railways and Electric Company' to use its highways.

INSURABLE DOMESTICS Workmen's Compensation Board Names Hotels, Hospitals, Etc. Hurrisburg, Dee. -'..—At a meeting today the Workmen's Compensation Board adopted a rule that the term "domestic service" us used in the new compensation law, which goes into effect January 1. applies only to service in a private home, and does not apply to service in a hotel, hospital or other institution. Under the law farm labor and domestic .servants are exempt from ccjipensution benefits, and the ruling • of today makes this term apply in private families only, and proprietors of iKiarding Houses, hotels, etc., will lie required to comply with the terms of the At the same time the Board exempted 42 organizations and corporations from the necessity of taking out State tiiat they" ciin meet all claims against theui from current revenues. Among those so exempted were the school districts of Philadelphia. Scrnnton and Lebanon and the cities of Bradford FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS line. As a prime war necessity, it is living sold for what th- traffic will bear. A Government inquiry might soothe the feelings of consumers without Impoverishing John I).— New York World. Norway has at last discovered who put rhe -Jay" in -Fjord."— Boston Transcript. Maybe it would bo a good plan for the British ro ask an armistice of tho Central Powers while they wash out their dirty linen in public.— Rochester Herald. There are some evidences that the Ford pence expedition Is growing a little tired of Itself.— Cincinnati Times-Star. Lloyd George says that whether England wins or loses the war depends on the labor unions. That Is u statement to lie remembered. It Is uot unlikely that it will find a place In the history books.— Charleston News and Courier. Horse meat has been placed on the New York bill of fare by the Health Board. A saddle of colt ought to lie palatable.— Detroit Journal. Maybe the Vienna papers that consider the American note "uncouth" consider It polished conduct to shell women aud children.— Cleveland Leader. The value of the principal farm crops in the United States this year was something more than $5,500,000,000, and yet there are those who think the present prosperity is all a matter of war munitions.— St. Louis Republic. What better proof that America is thej land of opportunity than that Mrs. Del, Drago, of New York, is able to give $2,-1 000,000 to suffering Italians?— Louisville^ Reports that Colonel Roosevelt himself suggested the Gary dlnucr revive impres-j slous of a personally-conducted overwhelming demand.— Washington Star

! STICK TO OFFICEHOLDERS | New Bucks County Officials Make Few and Slight Changes. Doylestovn, Pa., Dec. SI . -Appointments in the Bucks county row offices were made today, and all who are to serve under the newly-elected county officers and who take up their duties the beginning of the New Year are already in the office-holding class, as folWllltam II. Murphy, of Bristol, reappointed Deputy County Treasurer. Burroughs Michencr. of Mcchaniesville, appointed deputy by Recorder Horace O. Reedc-r. of Newtown. A. Harry Clayton, of Doylestown, retained as deputy by Register of Wills Oscar O. Bean. The present Deputy Sheriff, Nelson K. Leather man, has beeu reappointed by Sheriff Charles Gnnz, of Morrisville. Clerk of the Orphans' Court Charles Brown, of Bristol, has appointed John W, Birkey. of Bristol township, as deputy. The present Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, William F. Kelly, has been appointed deputy by Clerk of the Sessions Joseph Slack, of Penn's Park. poveFyon mud flats Atlantic City Meadow Squatters Found in Wretched Condition. Atlantic City, Dec. : The destitute condition of people of the houseboat colony who squat in squalor on the meadows between the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad lines, near the entrance of the resort, aroused the city authorities to action todav and the squatters will be compelled to move. Several of the colony were found in a half-starved condition. Benjamin Chambers, aged "king" of the squatters, was in such weakened condition that it was impossible to move him to Ihe City Hospital and he may die. Chambers had lain in a bunk in his houseboat since Friday night without a thing to eat or drink. The colony is composed of poor fishermen aud their families who have been hard hit by the frigid weather. They drag old barges upon the mudflats aud then construct shelters aboard for their homes.

il SH01 FULL SNAP AND GINGER COMING JAN. 17 There's One of the Greatest Dance Features Ever Seen. "Sita," Presented by MLLE. SIMONE DE BERYL The Charming Widows, a big burlesque and extravaganza production which is new in every detail, will come as one of the top-notch attractions on the American Circuit, Is a big drawing card, and the advance sale of tickets it brisk. The company* is made up oi the field of burlesque, and in all there are thirty-live people, including twenty pretty anil vivacious chorus girls. The show is resplendent in new and stun cinl stage settings and novel elect ricueffects. The management has tried to get away from toe stereotyped brunt: of Inii iesiptc, and has interjected a variety of novelties into the production. Probably the most interesting feature i- the boardwalk runway, extending form the stage right through the audience to the lobby of the theatre. On litis runway many of tlic musical numbers are introduced, anil this gives tire audience a close view of the girls. Eddie Dale, the clever little German comedian, is the commundqs-in-chief of the fun brigade, and his able lieutenants include Sam Carlton, Hebrew funster; Jimmy Cooper, in a straight role; Pauline Palmer, "The Ginger Girl;" Ada Lum, prima donna; Dainty Helen Stanley, ingenue; Hugh Skelly and Harry Peterson. The claim is made that the chorus is the handsomest aggregation of girls in burlesque. The girls are not only young, but they are also oxcelleut singers and dancers as well. The musical numbers include the latest popular songs, as well us "Wanda," "There Was n Time" aud "Sailing Down Honeymoon Bay," which were written expressly for the show. The first part is supposed to take place on the grounds of the Chantilly Yacht Club, in France, and the story has to do with the laughable exBrriences of Herman Klutz (Eddie ale) and Izzy First (Sum Carlton). In the second act tin- scene shifts to the Polo Grounds at Long Island, and Klutz and Izzy arc -still involved in laughable inixups. Vaudeville specialties will he interpolated. The added attraction is "Sita," in which Mile. Simone Do Beryl is featured in u sen- i Rational dance. This act will lie presented with special eosf times and stage | settings.

IN ALL PARTS OF JERSEY —Daniel Mumford, of Woodbury, has set aside seven acres of laud for the exelusive use of the Gun Club. — Since the boom struck Paulsboro last August, 98 houses have been erected and there are 09 under construction. —Justice of the Pence Daniels lias started a crusade uguinst crap-shooters at Glbhstown, and arrests arc to be made. — An entertainment will be belt! at the Williamstown M. E. Church ton {.'lit. to swell the fund lor a free reading room. — The monthly meeting of the Camden county Firemen's Association wis held • last night In the Oaklyn Fire Company Hall. — High winds on Sunday ripped off a section of the tin roof of the Broa 1 Street M. E. Chureli. The Interior of the edifice was undamaged. —A "Holiday Dance" will lie held in the Hlgbtstown Opera House tomorrow evening, under the auspices of Engine Company No. I. — The church of Westville, Matte*' "» Protestant, has arranged for an old-fi ioned watch night service, beginning 30.30 Friday night.

—Most of the lee houses in South Jersey are still empty, the first crop having melted while the farmers were waiting for a heavier freeze. -The Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders will elect Samuel Mlnterbotgniitzation Saturday. —William Clawges. retiring chief of the Burlington Five Department, has been presented with a silver shaving set by tho Board of Engineers. throwing lilm heavi'fy to the ground, William Seeds was badly injured. —J. C. Savltz, former Assistant State Commissioner of Education. wUl address the next meeting of the Westmont Par-ent-Teacher Association, on January 10. -The annual dance of the Mlllvliie the Mnntunuskin Hall. The proceeds were donated to the Public Library Associa—31. M. Borden, of ColUngswood, ^an lecture on the bacteriological condition of water, at the Haddonilelu Y. M C. A. tonight — Nouli steelman. a Millville fireman. '« suffering with tetanns, the result^ of .-piiyfllclans are making every' effort to

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