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VOL. XIV NO. 23-"Ten Pages FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1909 Official Paper of Nassau County FREEPORT NEWS Single (M)pi('s of the Review chii ho Bocnred at H. (J.diefz's and the Review office on Main St. aad DaSilva's .iti W. Merrick Road. ¦ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willett.s of Wal¬ lace Street are the jiroud jiarents of a young son. The first rnet^ting of the new Village Boanl of Trustees will be held this Friday evening. ChaB. A. Sigmond has returned from his southern trip, considerably im¬ proved in health. The chewing gum machines in Free- port depot were broken open Tuesday night and the gum and money removeil. Assemblyman William O. Miller »w} fannily have mov'ed into their' ren¬ ovated home corner Ocean Avenui; and Smith Street. Rev. Kiieeland Ketcham (fornurly pastor <if the Preshyterian Ohurch here) receives $1000 from the e.state of (Jlibert Ketcham, late of Riverhead. Weilnesday, April 7, a sale of ap¬ rons, also ice cream and cake, with an all-around social time, will be held in the chapel of the Preshyterian ('hurch, Koosevelt. Rev. W. F. .Schoiinhoveii, jiastor at Rockville Centre, jireached a temper¬ ance sermon in the M. E. (Church Sun¬ day morning in evchange with Kev. W. A. Richard. Freeport has two candidates on the Republican ticket to be voted for next Tuesday and both good men- Elvit|, N. Edwards for Assessor and Franklin B.'- dell f<H* Overseer of the Poor. f^ias. P. Seaman, who was nominated on the Prohibition ticket for Justice of the Peace, has declined the ofHce. Mr. Seaman did not know he had lieen favored with this n(jminatioii until he saw it in the iiewspajitT, and was some¬ what surprised. His large dry" goods .store does not allow him time to both¬ er with jiolitics. Freejiort (Council No, ol, Jr. O. IJ. A. M., held a class initiation Friday evening in the new lodge rooms, when an exceedingly liii-gt> number oi the memt)ers were out. A delegation from Valley Stream .inii members from Hempstead and Lynbrook were present. During the evening Deputy State Councilor J. I). Tunison arrived un¬ expectedly with Natiimal Representa¬ tive Kleist. Mr. Tunison made a short address to the members before the in¬ itiation when five candidates were duly inducted into the mysteries of the order. Following are the .services in the Episcopnl Church of tho Transfigura¬ tion during the coming week : Palm Sunday, April •!- Holy com¬ munion .nnd Blessing of Palms, 8 a. m.; Holy communion and sermon, 10.;?0 a. m.; evensong and sermon, 7.l?i» p. ro. Holy Week Holy communion, daily i «xcept Friday, 9 a. m.; litany, Wednes¬ day, 10 a. m.; evensong, Monday, Tues¬ day and Wednesday, 5 ji. m.; evensong, Thursday, 8 p. m. Good Friday, April i) Matins and ante-Communion, <.» a. m. ; children's service and address, 10 a. ni. ; passion , aervice, 12.00 m. to .'5 p. m. ; evensong and sermon, 8 p. m. Easter, April 11 Holy Communion, 7 a. m.; Holy communion and sermon, lO.ilO a. m.; .:liildren's service and ad¬ dress, .'{ J), m. ¦ evensong and sermon, 7S.0 p. m. Very Reverend John Robert Moses, M. A., Dean, Cathedral of the Incar¬ nation, Garden ('ity, will preach at the evening service next Thursday even¬ ing. Ladies' Homo Journal for .^pril now on sale at the Review Stutiimery .Store, 62 S. Main St., Freeport. MILLINERY Straw hats, flowers and feathers; hats made to order. Ella Post, fiO Grand Ave., Freeport. Easter Post Cards for sale at the Re¬ view Stationery Store, 62 S. Main St.. from une cent to 10 cents. People having more eggs than they can use should read the adv. of E. L. Young, commission merhcant. in this issue. If you have some aggressive corns you will be thankful for the reminder given in Smith ft Bedell's ad, especial¬ ly if yoa heed it. it The last of the series of Lenten cake sales by the Altar Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration will be held this Saturday afternoon vvith Mrs. Frank Dvelin, 129 (ilenada Court. About thirty memhers oi .Aljiha Council, Daughters of America, attend¬ ed services at the Presbyterian Church Sunday evening when Kev. Charles Herbert .Scholey preached a special sermon in honor of their visit. "Bidding Je.sus Welcome"' will be the morning sermon theme of the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at the First Presbyterian Church. The even ng subject will be "The Dismay of the Venturesome." Kev. W. A. Richard, I). D., is attend¬ ing the annuiil session of the New York Fast Oinfercmce at Stamford, Conn. Ul bis. al.ise.ucv Rev. F. W. HNS?fra« of '^••'>okl.yn^ will jiccujjy ^he..ini/pit -Sun¬ day. The Woman's Home and Foreiun Missionary .Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet in the chapel next Tuesday. Ajiril 7, at •J..'!0 p. m.; sub¬ jects. "India" and "The Freedmen." AM women of tli'.' I'lingrcgatioii are urged to attend. The grati-bag social held ijy Aljiha C'ouncil, Daughters of America, in Fraternity Hall last Tue.sday evening was very largely attende.l. A pro¬ gram of recitations and music was rendered, after which refreshments were served, and all report a v«ry pleasant evening. Special Friday and Satunlay. Peanut j Cream Kisses, 10c a lb.; Peanut Brit¬ tle, lOc Ib.; Assorted Chocolates, lilej lb.; DaSilva's, 1.^-17 W. Merrick Rd.| j To the number of churches in Free- port a Lutheran is to be added. Ser¬ vices will be held Sunday morning at Opera Hall, 28 South .Main St. .Sun¬ day School at 9:45 and C'hurch at 11 o'clock. Rev. George C. Loos, Field Missionary for Greater New York, will have charge of the services. An invi¬ tation is extended to Lutherans and all others interested in the work. Want aoma tosK«ry for Easter 1 A. LayyU adv. in this ivae. Fire Department Elections will he, held next week. The officers in the j various companies will be chosen Tues¬ day evening and those for the Depart-1 nicnt Thursday evening. Friday even¬ ing the annual business meeting of the i Department will be held. | The election of officers will be field at the truck house of Excelsior Hook and Ladder (^o,. and the business meet¬ ing at the engine hou.se of Wide Awake Engine Co. Dr. Ct. Carleton Kitchell, wishes to announce that he has opened an otlice at the F'reeport Bank BIdg., Room No. 2, and will continue the practice of Optometry on every Tuesday and Thursday. Hours t» a. m. to .5 p. m. \ Eye examinations and glass furnished at reasonable prices consistent with! j first-class workmanship and profession- ;a< skill. Difficult ca.ses solicited. Dr. Kitchell has been practicing Optometry i in Rockville Centre and Brooklyn for the past nine years and he is recom¬ mended by your physician. It. Hospital a Surety At a meeting Sunday a number of ; interested jihysicians pledged them¬ selves to raise sufiicient funds to fur¬ nish the proposed new hospital here, for which about $11000 is required. The physicians, who reside from Patchogue, on the east, to Far Rockaway, on the weAt, are very enthusiastic, and have already interested some of the ladies in their various communities, who are preparing to hold euchres and entertain¬ ments to raise the funils. The officers of the newly-organized hospital, which has been incorporated by the Secretary of State as the South Side Hospital of Freeport, are Dr. William B. Savage of Islip, President; Dr. E. S. Moore of Bay Shore, secre¬ tary, and Dr. Edwin Carman of Free¬ jiort, treasurer, It is expected to place about forty beds in the institution, which will be prepared to handle all cases of sick¬ ness, with the exception of those of a contagious nature. Operations and special work will be a feature of the institution. The phynicians along the South Side who are interested are Dr. Terry and Dr. Overton of Patchogue; Ur. Sav¬ age of Islip, Dr. Hewlett of Babylon, Dr. Moore and Dr. Hulse of Bay Shore, Dr. Rhame of Wantagh, Dc. Carman and Dr. Fletcher of this place, Dr.. Manning and Dr. DeLanoof Rockville Centre; Dr. Jacques of Lynbrook, Dr. See Fiwter of Valley Stieain. and Dr. Slocum of Far Rockaway. Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Stiles and their daughter, Mildred, have been spending the week at Saratoga Springs. The members and friends of I'i'ee- jiort Council, No. 57, Jr. (J. U. A. .M.. had a fine time Wednesday evening at their new hall. It was the occasion of an entertainment tendered to the la¬ dies and to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of the (Jouncil. The hall ! was filled to overflowing, their beintr I ahout TiilO pre.sent. The following jirogram was ren- ! dered: .'Xddross of welcome. Past j Oiuncilor Walter B. Coz/.ens; overture, ; ! piano, .Mr. Philli|is; address, D. S. ('. I Tunison; liumorous songs, Dan VV. I Quinn of New York ; humorous stories ! and recital, .Mr. Colgan ; selections on I bells and mandolin, .Miss I)a«a Harmon; fhumorous songs and stories, Dan W. jc^uinn; "American Patrol," jiiano, Mr. i Phiinps; sketch, ".\ Severe Lesson,'' j Miss Har'mon and Mr. (Colgan; hnmor- ' ous songs, Dan VV (^uiiin, concluding with Home interesting illustrated views i of the order hv Bro. Ja.'^. N. Walker 1 of Br.ioklyn. J.luch credit is due the committee, ofi j which Walter Cnzzens was chairman ^ ; and John Dunbar treasurer, who have ilabored haid the last three or four ' weeks in jirejiaration for this evetit. j The rest of the committee were Steji- j hen VV. Hunt, Frank S. Snedeker and Richard Miller. ¦ All ladies pre.sent 'were jiresented with a souvenir, a small silk flag. Fishing tackle, Sjialding base-ball I goods and Easter novelties at Da.Silva's riri-17 \V. Merrick Road. OBITUARY DALLAS .MEADE BEDELL Dallas, the ten months' old child of .Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Bedell, died Tuesday morning of convulsions, after a two months' illness. Funeral ser¬ vices were held Thursday afternoon, Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, ofliciating ; interment at Greenfield. .MITCHELL W. SMITH Mitchell VV. Smith died at his hume on Smith Street Monday evening after suffering for the jiast two years from tuberculosis. Mr. Smith was a native of FreejKirt but went fo Brooklyn .sev¬ eral years ago. His health failipg he went to Liberty, N. Y., but grew wor.se and so came back to Freeport to sjiend his last days. The funeral was held Wednesday night at his home, Freejiort IxKigeNo. 000, I. O. O. F., of which he was a Past Grand, attending in a body ; with interment this morning at .Mount Olivet iJemetery, Maspeth. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife aiui one son. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hersfeld en¬ tertained a large number of their frienda Sunday afternoon of the oc¬ casion of the ceremony nf circumcision of their week-old son. .Mrs. Kichard M. Kolisch and daugh¬ ter linse, after sjiending a few daj s with Mrs. Kolisch's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller, liave i-eturne.l to their home in New York. .\ third district alarm cMlled the Fire Dejiartment out this ni.irnitig at a (juarter of eight. Hunting for es- caiiing gas with a lighted match caiise-l the tire, at J. Venditfs, 21 E. Meirick Road, but it was jiut nut be¬ fore the hremen arrived. I In the Freejiort Bajili.-L ("hurch I (Stanley W. Roberts, minister) there will be public worship of God Sunday I at in.oO a. m. and V.uO p. m. PJven- ; ing theme, "A Scene on the Via Dolo- i"osa." .'\ recejition to new memhers land the Ordinance of t'ominunion will jhe observed at the evening service; j Bible School at 2.:!(i; Y. P. .S. C. E. 1 meeting at li.l.j; C. E. .social Thur.s- ; day evening at 8; mid-week service Fritlay at 8 p. m. Everyone is most conliallj" invited to all services. BALDWIN Flnrence Story has entirely r. frnm her hmg illness. red VOTE "YES" ON (.il'ESTIO.X No. 7. J.'hu L. Fischer broke his hiiee eaj. We wish to call attenti.m to the jilan "" Tuesday afternoon, uf the Hempi-terid Town Lands A^sio-J >•>.,».¦.:-. ,.,. ,¦> ,.^, ,¦.,.,.- ¦ Viatnm for saving the common lands ' -vfr^.'Hattie .Strang and fa.nily have for the peojile or rather resEricting''^'*-^'^*'^'^''^ **"¦ ^^'^^''^'^'"• their sale t.. j.ublic auction to the high- ^j^.^ ^j^^^.j^^ j.^,,,,^^, j^ ^,^.,,^. ,,, ,^^ ,^^,,. est bidder af cer due notice. ,"",,^; "" ,,,^^^^.,, _^,_ Ihis association has givi'ii much; thought and study to this jirohlem. ! .Mrs. l.vdia Bahlwin has n'tiinie,! i,. Thet(nvnhasa great wealth in this : ,^,,,. i,,,^,^;,,^^^ inmi Bmoklvn. jjrotierty, which should be carefully . - c.mscrved. Vote YES on (^lesfi.ni No. Prof, and .Mr.s. Shubert are ei-ter- 7. Advertisement. taining friends from Sag Harh.ir. WANTAGH ^ Elbert T. Da\ ison is buil(li;ic; a hou.-e ! oil Milliiurn Ave. next to C. Omklev's. Mr.s. J. J. Fus.sell is spendinu a lev.' . .Jame.^ Fallon has retuni.-d lo ins days with friends in the city. ¦ j""ik' here aft.}r a Winter in i;rn..klyn. The Sigma Euchre Cluh met Thurs- [.-ev. James t^.iote, a fortner jiastnr. day afternoon at Mrs. Wilbur .South-i will jireach in the M. E. Church on ai-^1'--^- ' Sunday.* Young Bro.s. are tearing down their Kichard .Suits has iiurcliaseii the "oal' bins netir the railroad tracks, j house of .-Mfred Bedell nn P;ir!c Avenue, and will erect much larger ones. ! near Thomas .Avenue. The monthly meetine' of the Wan¬ tagh Hook and Ladder Cniiijiany will be held in their hall this Thursday evening. t'ajitain Win. Hunt has jiurchasud Valentine Ackley's launch Edna B., which he expects to shortly have thor¬ oughly overhauled. Ilenry J. Smith, who sulfereil a stroke of paralysis some time ago, has removed to I'reeiiort, where he is living with his son, Francis Smith. I'hieves lii'oke open the chewing gum sl.it machine at the dejiot Tuesday night and made away with all the chewing gum and jiennies therein. .\. .Schreilier and family lia\e ro- turned to .Sea Crove .Manor after sfien<l- ing the Winter in Brooklyn. .'\liout fort> frienils tendered (Jlias. Jansen a jileasant surprise Thursday night in honor of his binhday. Geo. Zallenhofer and famliy, who have sjient the Winter in Brooklyn, have returned to their home here. .Miss Edith Sjirague has returned from Sjiring C'ity, Penn., where she sjieiit six weeks with her grandmnther. The second annual dinner nf the Arrow Athletic (.'lub was held in Pearsall's Hall on Wednesday night. The regular meeting of the Wantagh • -'^l'"- »'"' ^"^I''^- ^-- ^1- Goodnough have Gun Club will bo heid next Mondav j »'emoved to their home on Harrhson evening, at which time it is exjiected I Ave., recently jiurchased of Wrn. Car- more applications will be acted ujion. , man thru the agency of T. I). Smith.^ School Notes Easter vacation begins Saturday and lasts until Monday, April 12. The Jirize speaking contest will he held at the Sigmond Ojiera House on Ajiril :!0. The Tattler will not be published next week on account of the Easter holidays. Miss Grace Scroxton has been unable to attend to her class for several days on account of illness. .Miss Helen Powell and her friend. Miss Webster, visited the school for a couple of days this week. Lavv'rence Wright brought a steam engine which he made to school and demonstrated its workings to the Physics class. The base-ball team is practicing very enthusiastically, the tirst league game being Wednesday, April 14, with Hempstead High, at Hempstead. High School rhetoricals are to be held Friday afternoon. The children from Miss Lcith's grade will sing at these exercises as a special feature, A special meeting of the Board oi Education was held Saturday night to consider the teaching force for the coming year. The following teachers have signed contracts to teach during the coming term: Principal, Prof. Roy Leon Smith; George Bodley, Miss Caroliu': G. Atkinson, Miss Grace Parker, Miss Anna E. Ketcham. A large change in the teaching force is expected next year. The following teachers are to spend their vacations away from Freejiort: Mr. Barnes, at his father's home, Clyde, Wayne County; Miss Fitch, Llanerck. Penn. ; Miss Lewis at her home at Katskills; Miss Kelly, Cort¬ land, N. Y.; Mis» Ostrander, Boontun, New Jersey; Miss Carmer, New York City; Miss Knight, Herkimer. N. Y.; Miss Grace Parker. Cape Vincent; Miss Jane Parker and Miss Hicks, Washing¬ ton, D. C. ¦ Mrs. John IL Davis will sing "The Palms" in the Memorial (Church next Sunday evening, and Piaster Sunday Mias Laura ('owles will sing a solo, with a sjiecial iinthem hy the choir. Someone tried to enter the residence j of Samuel Chester Saturday night and j began by breaking the window. When I he tried to enter the intruder was met, by Mr. Chester with a hammer and | took himself off, jiresumablv t.> sleeji 1 it off. " I Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey oi j Freejiort was the jirincipal sjieaker .-it | the meeting held in Firemen's Hall l Tuesday evening, in the interests of I Local Option. The attendance was' small, but these who went said that the talk of Mr. Scholey, wihtout being] radical, w.as iiueresting and instruc- j tive. I A business meeting of the (Ihristian j Endeavor Society will be held in the .Memorial Church this Friday evening, j The Society will hold a sale of home-j made cake and jdes at the jiarsonage j .Saturday, .'XpriI Kt, at which time itl is hoped to raise money sufficient tol make the tii'fal jiayment on the piano. The sixth Lenten sermon in the .ser-1 ies by Rev. Thomas S. Braithwaite! will be preached in the MemnrialChurch : next Sunijay evening. Palm Sun lay, | when he will take for his topic "Christ's Idea of True Kingliness." On the evening of Good Friday the pastor will preach the seventh sermon in the series, taking for hi.s tojiic "The Wav of'the Cross." ' Fred V/. Hoppen of this place, for¬ merly of Brooklyn, son of Mr. and j Mrs. Fred Hoppen, was married ' Wednesday evening to Miss Ethel Flor¬ ence AriTistrong, of 53rd St., Brooklyn, at the residence of the bride. Miss Gertrude Hoppen, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid, and Fred Smith of Brooklyn was best man. After a short wedding trip to Florida they will reside in Baldwin. I .Miss Edith Wheal*>y is able to walk about again after being confined to her home for about ten weeks with a brok¬ en ankle, caused by a fall on the ice. The vested choir of about twenty-live voices of Trinity Church, Hewletts, are exjiected to give "The Crucifixion" some time in Easter week in the M. E. Church. The choir of the M. E. Church will render special music on Easter Sunday both morning and evening. .Mr. Charles IL Thomas is leader and great interest is being shown. The highest tide in a numlier of years was that of last Thursday, when it rose so high as to cover the Old Mill RoaU by the bridge, and carried away some of the trees at Foxhurst. Frank Wortman has jiurchased a shop from Richard Carman and has had it removed to his jiremises and rented it to Box and Robbins. jilumb- ers, f.irmerly of East Rockaway. The Home Dejiartment Social of the M. E. Sunday .School held in the chapel on 'I'hursday afternoon was a very en¬ joyable affair. Refreshments were aerved and a jirogram rendered. The Woman'rt Foreign .Mi.-ioionary Society held its regular monthly meet¬ ing at lhe home of .Mrs. \V. L. Shubert on Friday afternoon. The subject for the day was Burma. Thia auxiliary now numbers twenty-three members. On Saturday evening the inembers of the M. L. .S, gave .Miss .Maude Pet¬ tit a birthday surprise and kitchen shower. All who participated had a delightful time, in bestdwinn the large assortment of kitchen ulen.sils, believ¬ ing there is quite as much fun in giv¬ ing as in receiving. Arthur MacGillivray narrowly es¬ caped being run over by a train Mon¬ day night. He stood between the rails of tbe ettst bound track waiting for the west boand train to pass when the screams of fhe peojile and the whist¬ ling of the train warned him of theap- jiroach of the east bound train barely in time to jumji between the tr.acks and save himself. i The election of otlieers of the Juiiinr Epworth League was held in the chapel on Wedne.sday afternoon and the fol¬ lowing boys and girls were elected to serve for a term of six months : Presi¬ dent, Ethel Arnot; first vice-jiresident, Esther Smith; second vice-pres., Edna Cunther; third vice-pres., Eliza- lu'th Tuckey; fourth vice-pres., Ruth Brubaker; secretary, Elix.abeth Gunth- er; treasurer, Kennetlv Thomas. The Sujierinti'ndent of the League is Mrs. Charles H. Thomas and Mrs. Francis W. .Miller is assistant. I'rnfessnr an.l .Mrs. .ShuberL eiiter- t:.uvted the tuac,lu,'-rs^ of,lioth.a(to<.iVki,l)SVs,t-^ _^... l-'ri(lay evenii-.g at their rcside.n.cie ou .May Place. Incidentally, Miss (.Hara Dean, one of the members o*" the fac¬ ulty, was surprised with a ''kitchen shower." Cunid has gotten into the ranks and Mis.s Dean will jirobably not teach school next year. .\ delightful evening was had by all. liev. Wiliiam l>. Tuckey jirem lied a stirring and convincing sermon en the .|uestion .if loc.d oiition last Sunday morning in the .Methodist Ejiiscopal t^hurch. \n the e\ening he gave a touching story nf "The Liglit-House Kot.'per," illustrated by steniojiticon pictures. .Mr. Tuckey is now attend¬ ing the si.xty-lirst session of the New- York East Cniifereni'i' al Stamford, Cdiin. The sei'ond trial of Roco Calzone the Italian who siiot ;ind killed another Italian here last Sejitemher was held at the ('ounty Court .M.inday, the charge heing murder in the s«.'coiid de¬ gree. The jury were unable to agree, 7 staiiiling for absolute acpiiltal and .". holding in j.art for the ch.irge of murder and manslaughter, ('alzone was liberated on motion of his coun¬ sel, Max.son it Jones, on :?."iO(> bail in case he should be wanted again. So Icotig as he behaves himself the County will probably be sav •(! the exjiense of H third trial. His attoriH'ys evi.lently put uji a strong defense as there was noiiui'stioii ahout the shooting, iiu'ivly the matter of motive. BELLMORE Charles Russell has jiurchase.I a new horse from Meyer of Freejiort. The r.'gular meeting of the Demo- cratif Club was held in Firemen's Hall last Thursday eveniiur. .¦\. C. ."VIcRolierts and family of P>rooklyn have moved into.X. H. King's house on Wilson Avenue. Wm. Fanshaw has rented his hou.se here to Mr. Gardner and family of Brooklyn, for the Summer. It is exjiected that the old Sec(md District will give the Rejiublican tic¬ ket a good majority at the coming election. And why imt, rertainly they are worth it. The Ladies' .'Xuxiliary «if the Smith¬ ville South Atbl.'tic Club will Iwild a calico hoji on Tues.lay evening. April l.'l, .n Firemen's Hall. All ladies at¬ tending are to wear calico dres-es antl bring a calico bow to tnatch. .•\niiouncement has been made of the marriage of Miss Abbie Bowne of this place uml Ernest :-5orren,soii, who is also well-kiiown here, the marriage having been solemnized in .New York cit J on Friday, March 12. The happy- young coujile will resliJe in Nev, York. The infant "ion tS^r, ai^l Mrs. Gus¬ tav B.ipji was christened last Sunday evening, Gustav Christian Kedwick Bojip, by Rev. James Hall, with Mr. and .M;.;. Christopher Mitchell of NcW York as the child's god-jiarents. - .Monday evening a champagne dinner ' was held at L. Brown's hotel, which proved a vcry enjoyable occasion for tho.se pre.sent. Toasts were made and responded to by John Add. Chas. Russel, Peter Johnson, Pt ter Kresi?, Gustav Bopp sr., Harry Zeiner, J, A. Stiles, ('harles Lawmaster, Nicholas •Meyer, Leander Brown and Mrs. N. Meyer. The young Bopp received some valuable jirescntH. FOR SALE-Launch .38ft. Ly 10 ft., has new 12'h.p. reversible Lamb engine, also toilet. Summer and Win¬ ter cabin, cushions, lights, bell, etc. J. W. Muller, cor. Church and Archer Street*, Freeport.L. I. It. ^'jJ
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|Nassau County Review 19090402
|Nassau County Review 19090402
VOL. XIV NO. 23-"Ten Pages
Official Paper of Nassau County
Single (M)pi('s of the Review chii ho Bocnred at H. (J.diefz's and the Review office on Main St. aad DaSilva's .iti W. Merrick Road.
¦ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willett.s of Wal¬ lace Street are the jiroud jiarents of a young son.
The first rnet^ting of the new Village Boanl of Trustees will be held this Friday evening.
ChaB. A. Sigmond has returned from his southern trip, considerably im¬ proved in health.
The chewing gum machines in Free- port depot were broken open Tuesday night and the gum and money removeil.
Assemblyman William O. Miller »w} fannily have mov'ed into their' ren¬ ovated home corner Ocean Avenui; and Smith Street.
Rev. Kiieeland Ketcham (fornurly pastor
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What Trump is doing
Is giving us permission
To ask the question.
-From someone known as Haiku Guy, a commenter at Da TechGuy's Blog.
Like Da Techguy, I'm on record as not being a birther, but it's fascinating that we're going on into the third year of Obama's presidency and not only has the issue not died, but now a C-list celebrity like Donald Trump is starting to chip the fringe off of it...
Where does Donald get off making such demands about birth certificates?!? I know where...look at that combover, if anyone deserves to issue demands of honesty from others it should certainly be from the guy who wears it on his skull.
Bottom line, it's a fair question, especially since the left has been acting like such asses about the whole thing. Yeah the birthers are obnoxious too, but liberals could easily make fools of them by showing the damn piece of paper already.
By the way, is it just me or does anyone else think that Trump is only running for president so it can be the theme of the next season of The Apprentice?
Wouldn't it be hilarious if Donald Trump was our 45th president? They could broadcast Obama's concession call to him live, and the whole world could hear the Donald accept it...
Trump: Barack, you were the project manager for this assignment we call America, you failed to provide a clear vision, you failed to lead, you trashed your team in front of the competition, and when they needed you the most YOU WENT GOLFING.
Obama: Mr. Trump if...if...if you inherited this mess from George-
Trump: You went over budget to the tune of trillions. The world thinks you're such a joke the country just asked ME to succeed you!
Obama: -W....W. Bush you would see that this job didn't...uhh...support my ego in the way I thought it-
Trump: SOMEBODY SHUT OFF THIS GUYS TELEPROMPTER! I'm tired of you putting divots on my golf courses, I'm of tired your wife telling me I can't have a cheese steak sandwich, and Mr. Obama, frankly, the entire country is tired of you.
Barack...YOU'RE FIRED!
I'm suddenly very close to endorsing Donald Trump for president...just kidding...maybe...

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The best looking cameras in the world. Ever.
There are few gadgets that cause us such strong emotional reactions as cameras. From the ultra modern compacts to the most ancient of pin-holes, there's just something magical when you get one in your hand. There are, however, a select few that cause us a stir before they even get that far.
This week is Style Week on Pocket-lint and the focus of today is photography, so it would be remiss, no, cruel of us not to begin by taking a look at the best looking cameras to have ever graced the shelves. Some are still available today, some hard to find and some only available to the very wealthy indeed but which is the one that you would choose?
Polaroid SX-70
Nothing says instant photography like a Polaroid and nothing says Polaroid more than the fantastically retro SX-70. Still highly sought after today, the SX-70 was a high end piece of kit when it came out. The first to use the classic Poloroid SX-70 film, it was, in fact, a single lens reflex (SLR) camera and able to process and print colour snaps on the spot in broad daylight. Quite a feat at the time.
More importantly, of course, it looks beautiful. For some, that 70s wood panelled look might be a touch Griswold family station wagon but, for most, it's a winner. The clever part is the way it collapses down to a flat packet which was originally pictured as small enough to fit in a gentleman's suit pocket. The design meant a seriously complicated optics system which included three mirrors in order to see what was going on down the lens.
Combined with the genuine nickel-copper-chromium plating, it was understandably pricey. These days, you can still pick one up second hand in the usual places and even in the brown leather finish too. You might want to grab a stack of film while you're at it.
Leica M8.2 Safari Edition
It would have been easy enough to populate this entire list with Leica cameras but, if we really have to choose one above all the others, it's got to be the Leica M8.2 Safari Edition. Quite simply, it's stunning.
If you're not that familiar with the Leica M cameras, then what you're actually looking at, believe it or not, is one of the first digital rangefinder cameras that the company made. The M9 has gone on to take over with its full frame sensor and superb looks of its own but it's this Safari Edition, of which only 500 were ever made, that really puts the icing on the already deliciously tasty cake.
The all-metal magnesium alloy body of the camera, topped and bottomed by plates cut from solid brass, is already a wonderful thing to behold but turn that mottled finish olive green, add a tan leather strap and Billingham case to match and you've got a thing of true beauty indeed. They were $10,000 when first on sale in 2008. Expect to be paying more than these days - if you can find one for love or money, that is.
Rolleiflex 3.5
Frankly, any of the Rolleiflex medium format film cameras would do. They all look stunning and actually very similar as well. That's all down to the TLR system. That's Twin Lens Reflex rather Single Lens Reflex. The idea is that both objective lenses on the front of the camera view the same scene at the same focus which is why the two are connected. One is for the actual picture taking and the other to send the image of the scene back into the camera and onto a mirror set at 45 degrees so that you can see what's going on as you look straight down on top of it. Make sense? No? Doesn't matter. They just look great.
You're supposed to shoot from the hip - or the waist, at least - and wind the film on with the handle on the side of the machine. Basically, you get to feel all Austin Powers as you leap about snapping through frames like there's no tomorrow. You can still pick up a Rolleiflex 3.5 at the usual places and you don't quite have to spend the earth to get one either. What it will cost you is bags and bags in film and processing. Still, with those Zeiss lenses on the front, it may well be worth it.
White Pentax K-m
It's a little frustrating that all you have to do is paint something white and people go for it but if that fact isn't proved by the iPhone, then it certainly is with the Pentax K-m. Ultimately, the K-m is a fairly standard DSLR that errs on the side of the attractive but in bright livery it just stands out as a stunner in the way that 99 per cent of all other modern DLSR cameras simply don't.
Specs-wise, it's a fairly ordinary to unconvincing machine reflected not least of all in the very achievable price tag of under £400 which includes a matching kit lens. Don't let that put you off though. The white Pentax K-m will raise eyebrows - both in a good way and bad - the moment you pull it out. It's not to everyone's tastes but it certainly makes an interesting first foray into the world of DSLR photography.
Nikon Coolpix P300
The Nikon Coolpix P300 isn't quite the pinnacle of compact power in terms of image quality and features - if you want that kind of thing, look more towards the Canon S95, Panasonic LX5 and Olympus XZ-1 - but it does edge the competition in style and design. While the LX5 goes most of the way there in terms of boxy, utility looks, the P300 takes it home with so many smooth black panels and severe edges that it looks like the kind of thing that might come out of a modern day USSR were the grand state still flourishing today.
Fully manual and completely affordable, the P300 is nice and minimal pretty much all over until you get to the rear where there had to be a quite a huddle of button controls lest it might barely be considered a camera at all. Yes, it's a bit of a rip off of the Sigma SD1 stylistically but you can't blame Nikon for doing it better.
Olympus OM-1
The 70s and early 80s was a superb time for camera design - certainly looking back it from 30 years in the future. Of course it may just be that these are the first decent cameras many of us had in our hands courtesy of parents who'd splashed out back in the day and lost interest some time in the interim. Either way, there's an undeniable emotional connection with these big, boxy, black and silver, chunky, wind on and click machines with shutter releases and mirror slap to die for.
We really could have picked any one from the Canon FTb, A1 or F1 through to the Minolta XD7 or any of the Pentax M range but, for us, it's the grace and style of the Olympus OM-1 that seems to encapsulate the reall essence of these 35mm SLR cameras, all the way down to the shutter speed dial on the top with its roulette wheel grip. Almost makes you want to break out the film again.
Olympus PEN E-PL1
It's not the latest and greatest of the Micro Four Thirds family but Olympus still hasn't managed to beat one of its older mirrorless interchangeable lens camera for looks. Whereas Panasonic, the other partner in this format scheme, has primarily gone for features and convenience, for Olympus it's all been about the art from minute one.
Looking much like the original Olympus E-P1, the E-PL1 features the same winning colour scheme of white with a tan grip that had carry around photographers drooling over this thing as a fashion accessory before they'd even worked out if it could take decent pictures or not. Still available at a cut price £238, it will still deliver a very decent shot as well as HD video too.
Pentax 645D Limited Edition
It's going to be a touch too mock mahogany Rover dashboard for some people but the Pentax 645D Sport Burgundy edition of the 40-megapixel medium format camera was named the winner of the Camera of the Year award at the Camera Grand Prix in Japan in 2011. Getting hold of one is not easy with even the Pentax online store not giving much of a clue as to who's stocking them or how many there are going to be in the run.
Either way, this weather-sealed, lacquered beast of a camera is going to be out of the price range of most who seek it. Even the standard 645D comes in at $10,000. We dread to think how much extra Pentax will tack on to the limited edition.
Holga 120
From the sublime to the ridiculous, for something probably more affordable than anything on this page and made from little but plastic - including the lens - is the quite amazing looking Holga 120. Again, medium format, but this time on film, it's become the firm favourite of the retro-photo-o-philes who hang out at the Lomography stores of the world.
Made in China, it has an entirely low-fi aesthetic and image production often leading to the vignetting, blurs and light leaks that can make this form of analogue photography so much fun. You can pick one up for £20. Yes, £20. What are you waiting for?
Leica III (any of them)
Ok, so we couldn't resist squeezing another Leica camera into the list. We just couldn't forget about the Leica III because it's just so utterly bizarre. A cross between the sort of thing you'd expect to find in a mad scientist's laboratory and a Philip Pullman fantasy adventure, it's actually quite possible to pick one up still for around £500 given that they only went out of production in the 1960.
This contraption of a camera will still take cracking pictures to this day and you'll be able to attach some of the best glassware around to the front of if you can find the money to stump up for the odd £1k+ lens. With more knobbles, bobbles, dials and spy glasses than anything else you'll ever see, it's completely unique and known for just that by enthusiasts the world over.
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Maybe more cash does make people happier. Especially salient are analyses done by University of Pennsylvania economists Daniel Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers. In their updated 2010 study, "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth," the three compare subjective well-being survey data from 140 countries with those countries' income and economic growth rates. The researchers find that within individual countries richer people are happier than poorer; people in richer countries are happier than people in poorer countries; and over time increased economic growth leads to increased happiness. "These results together suggest that measured subjective well-being grows hand in hand with material living standards," they conclude..
Feb 13 2013: For me; Happiness is a journey rather than a place. Money can buy the chances to venture forth along different paths, but in my opinion, your heart and mind is where you "feel" happy. So ultimately, money can only buy an opportunity to feel this emotion. Actual happiness is priceless.
Feb 13 2013: Hi Thomas
"For me; Happiness is a journey rather than a place".
I think it is journey and the place..
"Money can buy the chances to venture forth along different paths"
"but in my opinion, your heart and mind is where you "feel" happy. So ultimately, money can only buy an opportunity to feel this emotion. Actual happiness is priceless"..
So, there is happiness(place) and actual happiness(journey)?..
Feb 21 2013: hey mohammad.
Thats an interesting concept. Thanks for that! Perhaps a place, talking metaphysically, can be seen to be happiness itself. Arriving at happiness. Like in the idea of enlightenment. But if we are staying on topic and talking money... Then physically buying your way to a place, whether it be a home, car, new sweater, swimming pool, these tangible objects are not what bring you happiness. Rather the opportunity to be happy. Happiness is in the heart, not in the pocketFeb 14 2013: "Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination"
(Roy M. Goodman)
I have embraced this concept with the heart, mind, every cell in the body, and every breath I take. For what it is worth, I tell you that it changes the dynamics of the life adventure.
Feb 14 2013: Hi Colleen
What make you really happy in this life?..do you mean happinese is a way of thinking..
Feb 14 2013: Hi Mohammad,
I believe it is more a way of "feeling" or "being" and how we feel, is impacted by our thinking....yes? Everything is connected....our thoughts, feelings, and how we use that information contributes to our behaviors...how we act/react, and the outward
manifestation of the life experience, which we then perceive internally....thoughts....feelings....perceptions....behaviors:>)
I prefer using the word content, rather than happy, because the definition of happy suggests more of a fleeting feeling, while contentment suggests more of an underlying, in depth feeling....more of a foundation in my perception.
I am content with the life experience. I KNOW that I will face challenges, and rather than be distressed, upset, angry, etc. with challenges, I face them as an opportunity to learn, grow and evolve, while hopefully contributing to the whole of humankind.
What we focus on expands. Change our thinking, it changes our perceptions and feelings, which may change our life experience....make any sense?
That's why I asked you in another comment if you think your new educational experience may help take you out of your feeling of "struggle" maybe for a little while?Feb 16 2013: Dear Colleen
"I believe it is more a way of "feeling" or "being" and how we feel, is impacted by our thinking....yes? Everything is connected....our thoughts, feelings, and how we use that information contributes to our behaviors...how we act/react, and the outward
manifestation of the life experience, which we then perceive internally....thoughts....feelings....perceptions....behaviors":>)
as far as human behavior is concerned, I think Butterfly affect works more in a Sub-consequence way.. You know nowadays I am in Kuala lumpur.. if you ask me what life is like in Iran?. I would say it is a war. A serious war...yupe..that is why I think about myself as a soldier…It was always there..
I really like this lecture... this is the true fact in Iran. People in Iran call it soft-war...
"I prefer using the word content, rather than happy, because the definition of happy suggests more of a fleeting feeling, while contentment suggests more of an underlying, in depth feeling....more of a foundation in my perception..
I am content with the life experience. I KNOW that I will face challenges, and rather than be distressed, upset, angry, etc. with challenges, I face them as an opportunity to learn, grow and evolve, while hopefully contributing to the whole of humankind.
What we focus on expands. Change our thinking, it changes our perceptions and feelings, which may change our life experience....make any sense"..
I have heard about a guy who spent 30 years in prison. Base on a wrong judgment….people of a country are in prison... deprivations... sanctions....and extremists…
Best RegardsFeb 5 2013: Happiness is subjective. What makes me happy may be diffirent from what makes you happy. For some people, money can sure "buy" them happiness. They use money to acquire material things. These material things give many people the feeling of happiness. But personally, I still believe that 'the best things in life are free'.
Feb 5 2013: i challenge you to name a single thing that is truly free
Feb 5 2013: Hi sir. Love and friendship are things that are truly free. Aren't they?
Mykle Ykle
Feb 5 2013: You have a good point Kenn, but some people like to have their points exposed and have the last word. They might feel like your answer wasn't quite to their standards and simply argue that love and friendship aren't necessarily free since you must have to invest time or some other valuable asset in order to receive love or friendship. This is not my case, I like your answer.Feb 5 2013: not really. they require time, time that you could spend on other things. in a primitive society, you often can not afford love, and many do not get. they can't afford to wait for the right person, or leave the current one that proved itself a mistake. love is quite expensive to find and maintain.Feb 5 2013: I LOVE your perspective Kenn and Mykle:>)
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I bet Krisztián will catch onto this idea one of these days....LOL:>)Feb 5 2013: Dear Krisztián,
Happiness is truly free....it is a choice:>)
Feb 5 2013: Dear Colleen,
Agreed (more than just the word itself)
as Tolstoy says: "If you want to be happy, be" - (as we see here, he didn't mention "...., have"Feb 6 2013: it only goes against common sense and scientific results
Fritzie -
Feb 6 2013: Colleen, sorry about your fall.As an active person, you are likely to have a speedy recovery, I know.
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You raise a point with which I fully agree but which can be elusive. A sense of well-being/contentment/satisfaction runs deeper than the specific events of the moment. In fact those attributes are excellent support for determinedly working to improve things that need fixing or to weather challenges and set-backs.Feb 6 2013: If we are going to assume that "happiness" is defined as a conscious state of well-being and contentment, you cannot say complete happiness is free. All men require fundamental factors to survive -food, water, shelter... Lack of these things do not lead to contentment nor over-all well being. Money and wealth, though, provide access to these things, with some sort of price. According to the study associated with this post, "within individual countries richer people are happier than poorer", and concluding this, as no coincidence. To believe that happiness comes at absolutely no price, is to truly deny the existence of man's basic needs.
I believe that happiness is an individual state of being. Not existent by factors such as love or friendship, (though IS influenced by these things). Happiness exists solely within you. Agreeably, "If you want to be happy, be". In my perspective, this means living in each moment. Taking each moment as it is. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Feb 6 2013: i agree with the first part.
in the second part, this statement "Happiness exists solely within you" is i believe similar to "what you see, exists solely within you". the sense of vision happens in the brain, so this is a true statement. but it is also true that vision is heavily influenced by external stimuli, and that is the reason of it. so it is not a contradiction. happiness is a mental function tat is dependent on many inside and many outside factors.Feb 6 2013: I agree Lorenz....good comment:>)
I also agree with you Krisztián, that "the sense of vision happens in the brain.... also true that vision is heavily influenced by external stimuli, and that is the reason of it. so it is not a contradiction. happiness is a mental function tat is dependent on many inside and many outside factors".
You insightfully recognize, Krisztián, that vision happens in the brain...influenced by external stimuli...happiness is a mental function...dependent on many inside and outside factors".
I suggest that we can use the external/internal influences any way we choose. For example, the reason I stopped commenting on TED yesterday, is because I fell down the stairs in my home.....slipped on the top step and went all the way down to the bottom of 16 steps on my back.
Although I experienced some physical pain, discomfort and bruising, my sense of contentment was not affected. Three friends stopped in the afternoon, brought me lunch, visited, and offered to do some "chores" for me because I was less able to move comfortabley. The circumstances changed my activity for the day, and my underlying feeling of contentment was not affected. I was VERY GRATEFUL that the accident was not worse....I have some discomfort, but can sill move, so nothing is broken. I am grateful for the help of my friends. I focused on healing (heat, ice, ibuprophen, stretching, etc.), and also focused on the love and willingness to help which my friends offered.
So, we do not need to allow external circumstances to cause unhappiness or discontent. We CAN experience a foundation of contentment by using the "mental function", as you insightfully recognize in a different way....make any sense?Feb 6 2013: Krisztián,
This is a reply to your statement..." it only goes against common sense and scientific results"
Which is a reply to my statement.....sorry I couldn't get the reply closer:>)
"Dear Krisztián,
Happiness is truly free....it is a choice:>) "
I respect YOUR beliefs as YOUR beliefs Krisztián, however, to say that my beliefs go against commen sense and scientific results" is not true because LOTS of us recognize the scientific research that is being done on this topic, and there is LOTS of scientific research which supports the idea I offer and experience in each and every moment of my life experience. To me, and a LOT of people, it makes logical, reasonable, common sense, and it's perfectly ok if you choose to not embrace the concept:>)Feb 6 2013: Fritzie, A reply to your comment in sequence was not possible.....I copy it here...hope you find it!
"Fritzie Reisner
Less than 5 minutes ago: Colleen, sorry about your fall.As an active person, you are likely to have a speedy recovery, I know.
You raise a point with which I fully agree but which can be elusive. A sense of well-being/contentment/satisfaction runs deeper than the specific events of the moment. In fact those attributes are excellent support for determinedly working to improve things that need fixing or to weather challenges and set-backs."
Thank you for your kind encouragement Fritzie....I agree that being active helps recovery....being active also causes the body to be more flexible, which I'm grateful for!!!
I wholeheartedly agree that "A sense of well-being/contentment/satisfaction runs deeper than the specific events of the moment... those attributes are excellent support for determinedly working to improve things that need fixing or to weather challenges and set-backs."
That is where I perceive the difference between the use of the words "happiness" and "contentment". Happiness, to me, based on the definition, suggests a more fleeting ( specific events of the moment, as you say) feeling. Whereas, contentment feels deeper to me.......and......I agree......offers the support for working/playing to improve and/or weather challenges. Thanks for putting it in those words Fritzie:>) While the feeling is not elusive to me, the way to explain the feeling sometimes is elusive to me, so thanks for clarifying:>)
Aries Eroles
Feb 1 2013: There was a quotation that simplifies this.
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"Money can't buy happiness, but happiness needs money."
An instance, a musician loves his music. But he can not play his music when he does not have money to buy his instruments.
Ryan soc
Feb 7 2013: I think this is the best answer about the question.
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Money is important to us but it's not enough to buy happiness but necessary.
Happiness is not related any material things.
Tim Petersen
Jan 31 2013: as an amendment to my previous post, I should have stated earlier; since losing everything I 'thought' was important fifteen years ago (money, equipment, and property), along with my first love and children which were by all accounts the very most cherish-able aspects of my existence. I am gaining the wisdom from the pain, wisdom which I think must be the property of the sole-owner, Love, but to often not acquired until we suffer the pain of love, (everything else is knowledge) and this wisdom is teaching me through the understanding of my pain, no amount of money can buy the joy and happiness that I have been fortunate enough to have known at one time, and still lives in my heart and memories.
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Sometimes, in tracing the source of our joy and happiness, the heart is unable to debate against the mind. The mind, operating on past memories and fears of tomorrow has a completely different understanding of joy and happiness. he is only concerned with circumscribing the imaginations of tomorrow brought about by the fears of yesterday. The heart, on the other hand is the one who knows true happiness and joy, the contentment of just living the present, and really being the "being". We must listen closely over the clamor of a fearful mind
You see, I am completely un-able to say it simply...
Jan 31 2013: You haven't wasted your pain.
Thanks for your story, Tim !Feb 6 2013: Hi Tim,
The heart-mind debate is like a minute by minute committee meeting inside ourselves. The mind usually doesn't have time to hear the heart and sometimes the heart takes off and the mind has to deal with the effects. I wonder if this is a side effect of our speedy industrial growth, which makes balancing the two 'in real time' our biggest challenge. The heart knows "happiness comes only from being the being", while the mind has to figure the sustainability for the conditions that support living and " wisdom certainly is the property of the sole-owner " who acquires it through true expense.Feb 9 2013: I think it's up to the individuals perspective I'm sure money can make some people happy maybe truly happy but for others it can't I find my happiness in the constent pursuit of my passion even though I'm broke.
Feb 10 2013: But your not entirely broke are you Daniel? You have enough to feed, cloth and shelter yourself from the elements right?
How much does your passion cost each month?
Feb 10 2013: Your right I'm not ENTIRELY broke. I live check to check and fall behind some months but I have shelter. The cost of my passion varies if I have a good month I'll spend about 120 on my love :)
Feb 10 2013: Honest answer. I've been there.
I'm just able to save a few bucks each month, but it grows. I'm not so sure we have to love money but we sure have to appreciate it's worth to us.
Is there anything more convenient and effective to facilitate trade or transactions between two or more people?Feb 10 2013: Couldn't agree with you more John. As for your question I don't know but your question would make a hell of a Ted conversation!
Feb 10 2013: I think I remember someone broaching such a question a while back. I forget if there were any mutual conclusions. It crops up from time to time on TED.
It does make one think however. Moneys both convenient and expedient. In fact we don't even need money anymore, just value and a plastic card. The difference is: if you lose your value in a dramatic bank failure you have no net worth unless you can prove you own assets. Money (the paper kind) is a kind of document that lists your value at a moment, usually the amount of money you have in your possession. Without money I guess a persons value is defined by their earning potential to themselves or someone else.Feb 10 2013: Barter, which a LOT of folks in this area do all the time. We all have skills, talents, and material goods which we can trade......works pretty well:>)Feb 16 2013: Money has little to do with being happy. Being happy is a choice, it is perspective and the ability to make the best out of what you have, little or a lot. More money can equal more problems, it is only part of your happiness if you choose for it to be. Choosing happiness = happiness. Anyone who is having a bad day I suggest you force yourself to laugh for 5 minutes, right out of the blue, get a few people to do it with you. You will likely end up laughing for real and will feel better. Choose it :-)
Feb 17 2013: YES! It is indeed a choice, and laughter is good medicine.....well said Mathew:>)
"Be happy with what you have and you will have plenty to be happy about..."
(Irish proverb)
Jared Kent
Feb 15 2013: yes...and no...Money is a small part in the make up of happiness just as knowledge is a small part in the make up of wisdom. On a side note: We are far too obsessed with money in our world. Everyone realizes money is something we as humans created out of thin air.
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Feb 15 2013: Yes! I couldn't have said it better.
Jesus Zuazo
Feb 15 2013: Hello Mohammad:
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People with truly real problems like a war, hunger, diseases live with a pain and sadness in their hearts, then a little bit of light make them feel happy, but happiness shared the heart with sadness. With money can improve their status, buying food, take care of theirs ilness, scape from wars etc... as they can eliminate truly worries more place to happiness ... Beware with the money because as it can buy happines it can buy worries too.
Thanks to share...Feb 7 2013: Let's look at Maslow's Hirearchy of needs and satisfaction to determine the answer. First is physiological needs (food, water, clean air, etc.). So on the first level yes money can buy those things. Second stage is Safety needs (housing, clothes, etc.), and money can buy those as well. Third is love and belonging. I think in some cases money can buy this because being in a relationship is expensive and more people will be inclined to hang around you and include you if you can bring money and goods to the table(look at celebs and their friendship rings if you disagree). So, I'd say about 50/50 on this one. Fourth is Esteem. This is tricky because having money does increase self-esteem (this is a proven fact with research studies), but this also has to do with personality so I would say 75/25 money is included in this. Lastly is self-transcendence (go beyond one's ideal self, more of a spiritual thing and very difficult to achieve.) This one has nothing to do with money at all and all has to do with a person. I would say people feel happy when 3 of these things are full so when looking at this I think money can buy 4 of the 5 things in here. So in conclusion, yes money can buy happiness, but it cannot buy complete satisfaction with one's self.
Feb 7 2013: i think you are oversimplifying the maslow hierarchy. the 4th stage is not "esteem", but more than that: it is status, recognition, fame, prestige, and attention as well as strength, competence, mastery, self-confidence, independence, and freedom, as wikipedia lists. many of those are heavily dependent on money. either directly, or through the time required to achieve these, time that could be spent on earning money.
and the 5th stage may be expressed in paintings, pictures, or inventions, says wiki, but may i add discovery, creation of something worthwhile, something remarkable. this is directly money dependent in many ways. my previous example was james cameron, who spends huge sums on deep sea expeditions, for example recently visited the mariana trench.
Feb 8 2013: You are correct, I did just simplify it to make it more easily read, but that is the overview without the technical jargon, but you are right. When we look at this hirearchy money really can buy happiness and I think this is the best measurement of happiness we can find. I do not know how much you know about Maslow, but his research has impacted many fields in business leadership, psychology, and education just to name a few. This is the most accurate, scientific description of this emotion, and I think it proves money can make a person happier.
Feb 14 2013: Hi Eric
Do you really think that money can buy happiness?..
so, the richer you are, the happier you are.?...Feb 14 2013: Yes I really do. my family has had times where we did not know where our next meal was coming from and the stress of that insecurity is unbelievable. Anyone who has been in that situation can understand and it is almost unbearable. Now, I am lucky enough to be a little more stable and that relaxed pressure is a completely different world. We can look at this hirearchy all we want, but real world is where it counts and money can relieve a lot of stress. Your worries are less, and instead of deciding how to pay for that box of ramen noodles you need, you can decide which video game to buy. I have a unique point of view because I have seen both sides of the situation and having money really raises your contentment and happiness.
Feb 15 2013: It doesn't sound, Eric, like you are saying that people with great material wealth are happier than those with less. It sounds like you are saying, rather, that having a certain amount of money so that you don't have to worry about food, shelter, and other vitals is necessary before you have the mental space to be happy.Feb 9 2013: Eric, you stole my idea. About a year ago I wrote exactly what you said but in story-form and in russian;)Jan 31 2013: One of my favorite speakers at TED, Daniel Kahneman made the following claim involving a Gallop survey:
" We found that with respect to the happiness of the experiencing self. When we looked at how feelings, vary with income. And it turns out that, below an income of 60,000 dollars a year, for Americans -- and that's a very large sample of Americans, like 60,000, so it's a large representative sample -- below an income of 60,000 dollars a year.. people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an absolutely flat line. I mean I've rarely seen lines so flat. Clearly, what is happening is money does not buy you experiential happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery, and we can measure that misery very, very clearly. In terms of the other self, the remembering self, you get a different story. The more money you earn, the more satisfied you are."
Feb 6 2013: " Below an income of $60,000 per year people are unhappy "
~ Daniel Kahneman
Feb 6 2013: Yes, it is $60,000 and not 600,000. I do remember Kahneman making this error, but I copied the text exactly as it was in the transcript. I have edited the comment now since I have explained the correction here..
Feb 6 2013: Thanks:-)regards.
William Vail
Jan 30 2013: Give this a thought, you see an old lady struggling with her shopping bags,so you feel you want to help her. You then pick up her bags and help her reach her home. She then offers you some money, which will make you more happier taking the money or refusing to take the money? Someone very important once said "there is more happiness in giving than in receiving " in my case I get more happiness in helping someone for nothing than I would if they paid me.
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Feb 4 2013: Thanks for sharing. I used to work at a retirement home a few years ago and there was this one resident with whom I became very close to at some point offered me a large sum of money (around 300 dollars), which came as a surprise to me. Although she had the right intentions (it was to fund for my education) and as generous as the offer was, I had it reported and returned to her for reasons that I would be held responsible for any financial loss that any resident may have in that facility. I couldn't refuse it then because she kept insisting that I keep it. Besides, it was against policy to accept money from residents regardless of what purpose and I can honestly say, I was more concerned about my own safety than future opportunities.
I, too, would refuse the money if I was given something like $20 just for helping an old lady with her bags. I've had to do that with my previous jobs and considering that I get PAID already, doing that for free is no big deal and it's the least we can do for people we encounter once in a while, right? I don't believe that it's being ungrateful but I do know some people who find it to be incredibly rude to refuse their money as a tip and so at times I had to. I'm glad you brought up this point. :)Feb 16 2013: As a matter of fact, in the current society money does buy happiness. Every minute.
Whoever says the contrary shall cut down his entire in/out flows of money from his life starting from tomorrow, just to see how much his happiness really depends on that. Oh, you should obviously not lean against anything you purchased with money in the past, of course. That would be cheating: instead of relying on a purchase made today, you rely on a purchase made in the past. Nor lean against the money or possession of other people, naturally.
Don't want to call it money? Call it possession, acquisition, ownership.
Of course there are psychological and spiritual aspects to be considered too, since humans with a *certain* level of acquired happiness can start living on a different level of existence. But why does this topic always go so very far away from the real human being who is speaking? It looks like it's so damn easy to forget who we are and what we are doing in our every single day.
And before pointing out that "what you buy is not true happiness but basilar needs", note that:
- unsatisfied basilar needs = TRUE unhappiness, I guarantee you by experience.
- you're just stating that *for you* those basilar needs are no more enough to feel happy. I know people who would be filled with immense joy for several days in your place.
Naive? Yes. But sometimes one has to be like that, when idealization goes so far away from reality.
Of course if you happen to have just too much money for your own real need of happiness, then the statement "money doesn't buy happiness" is magically true. But now you should know what to do with your surplus: give it away. Unless you're a penny pincher! ;-)
>> This post is an intellectual provocation, and should be taken as such. No one really expects human beings from being so pure to really become consistent to this simple truth. And I purposely neglected other important aspects involved, many of which already on this page.
Feb 17 2013: However, many people who barely have the means to meet their basic needs happen to be extremely happy. It's a choice, being hungry to the point of pain is uncomfortable, scary, etc. However, the choice remains it's just harder to make. Once basic needs (not wants) are met happiness becomes an easier choice if you want it too.Feb 17 2013: Dear Robert,
I say that money does not buy happiness, and you suggest that a person who believes this "cut down his entire in/out flows of money from his life starting from tomorrow, just to see how much his happiness really depends on that."
I planned well for retirement, so I would be comfortable, and because of our economic situation, I am now at poverty level. My money "in/out flow" was cut down considerabley because of loss of investments. I'm still very happy/content. I was a happy/content person before the financial challenge, I am a happy/content person in the present moment, and will be a happy/content person in the future because I KNOW it is a choice.
You say..."It looks like it's so damn easy to forget who we are and what we are doing in our every single day."
I suggest that if we forget who we are and what we are doing in our every single day, then we can indeed get lost in the idea that money buys happiness. I also suggest that when we KNOW who and what we are, we make choices regarding whether we want to be happy/content in each and every day.
You say your comment is an "intellectual provocation", even though you present it "As a matter of fact".
Who would this "matter of fact...intellectual provocation" be for my friend? Yourself?
Feb 17 2013: Dear Mrs. Steen,
I'm absolutely supportive for your own situation and sharing the understanding of the point of view you're proposing. Please, do not be deceived by the sour and pinch tone I've used on purpose, as I said it was intended as a provocation aiming to hit a particular aspect of the topic.
Reading your kind reply, I would say that you're not so far away from my real (unsaid) point of view, and I like that. At the same time, I recognize that I've failed to make you see through this particular keyhole.
I doesn't really matter anyway.
My best wishes for your days to come
Robert :)
Feb 17 2013: Dear Robert,
I do not feel "deceived" at all, and I've peeked through many "keyholes" of understanding during my life adventure:>)
How about sharing your "real (unsaid) point of view"? It DOES matter Robert....to me anyway....because I enjoy discussing what is "real", and I am aware that our perception of "real" may be different for each and every one of us at any given time:>)Feb 25 2013: Hi Colleen Steen,I do like to see your sincere comments here.A very good conversation between you and Robert here.Thanks:)
Feb 25 2013: Thank you Edulover:>) Respectful comments, from which we can all learn, are GREAT.....in my humble perception:>)Feb 15 2013: In today's economy, it may appear that money can buy happiness due to the overwhelming amount of people that are struggling financially. However, if we closely examine our happiness, we'll find that material possessions bring only temporary satisfaction. When your iPad is out of sight, it is also out of mind. When your honey, daughter, or best friend is out of sight, your heart feels a yearning for that person. We're social creatures, and we rise depending on our relationships with others. I guarantee you, a person who has no material possessions but is involved in a loving relationship will value his/her life much more than a person who's only "relationship" is with his/her money. We need to be able to distinguish the difference between temporary and lifelong satisfactions. Can money enhance your soul? Not a chance.
gaya belloul
Feb 13 2013: beeing happy, don't need noney any more, all it need is being in the places you like, with the ones you like, there are person's, whom are happy when feeling pain ( masochist) others when watching TV for example, there is no standard happiness and there is no cost for hapiness we can laugh all the day without paying a pound. as we can spend millions in the day searching for happiness and being sad inside. do you think that all the stars we see daily in TV for example are happy. I think that the most of them are not. We can be happy for so raisons, hapiness doesn't depend on money, but in person's. me I found my hapiness when I am with my family and friends.
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Feb 13 2013: Hi Gaya
Interesting perspective….
you know there are too many poems in farsi about that..
but I think, if you want to be in the places you like, with the ones you like...you have to spend "good money"....?..
gaya belloul
Feb 16 2013: Hi Mohammad,
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Hope if had been able to understand that poems, your speaking about,
when I say the place and the persons you want to be; I don't mean that I want to be in Las Vegas or in Paris , all want to have is a safe and quiet place, a place can't give you pleasure the only thing that can really make you happy is the ones with whom you are. if you had seen the movie called "into the wild" you will certainly remember what he sad at the end of the movie, he sad :" there is no happiness without sharing " I really never feel more pleasure than I have when talking with some persons. so do I need to go elsewhere I or beeing with somebody I have to pay to be with me.
John Wright
Feb 11 2013: I think that the way in which you use your money can make you happy. For instance, if you were living in poverty there is a great chance that you will be unhappy about certain things that some money could solve. You would want food, shelter, and clothing. Having money would solve these issues and eliminate that unhappiness. As we accumulate more and more wealth we tend to accumulate more problems. Many of us let it get to our heads and therefore we perceive more problems. Often the people around us can add to these problems to. If you accumulated a great deal of wealth and donated some of it to a family in need this would most likely make you quite happy. If you were to spend it all on drugs and then became a drug addict you may not be happy. It is all about a successful allocation network. Where you put your money to work can really influence how happy you become.Feb 10 2013: Money, on itself can never give happiness or joy unless you have a complimenting attitude when it comes to using your money for buying happiness. As it would explain, an unhappy soul cannot be satisfied with fancy dinners, expensive holidays, luxury clothing etc.However, such things might make you feel better for a while. When saying this, I agree with Leo Taylor when he explains the transitory and permanent states of happiness.
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Money with all its powers and magic, is only capable of buying a suitable environment, those perfect conditions and setup for your heart and mind to start feeling happiness. I have personally seen and known people, who have been happy in their lives in the longer run even if many phases of their lives has been a struggle for survival.
Also, the happiness that comes without any influence of money is far more divine than what money can buy.
Leo Taylor
Feb 10 2013: Perhaps we need to better define happiness. As I ponder happiness and the questions of happiness I am analyzing a new way of looking at the concept. It occurs to me that we may be discussing two very different aspects of happiness. One is a transitory state. At any given moment one can be sad, amused, joyous, angry, tired, envious, and even happy. I am beginning to understand that in regards to happiness we, as a society, may be intermixing the transitory state of happiness with the concept of happiness in regards to how we view are lives, or personality as a whole. To say a person is a happy person is NOT the same as saying that person is in an emotional state of happiness at this very moment. Perhaps they are generally a happy person, but at this moment are suffering from a death in the family.
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So, does money buy happiness? You mean the long term general state we would define as a happy life or person? Perhaps not, but will it affect that transitory state we call happiness? Perhaps yes, but then I think we would need to also add other transitory emotions that are affected by using money such as joy, anticipation, buyers remorse, etc
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Feb 15 2013: What you write is absolutely consistent with the research on the matter.
baali omar
Feb 9 2013: hello Mohammed,
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I think that when we're talking about society the money plays an important role and has a direct impact on making the population feel the happiness and the satisfaction,it's important to mention that in the rich societies there are a lot of facilities and entertainment and this contribute on reducing the leisure of the population and this lead to the bliss , however in poor countries the life style is always the same and the population don't find ways to spend their time and as you know 'nature abhors a vacuum' so the people in this case are going to fill this vacuum with delinquency violence.
Feb 10 2013: ..rich societies there are a lot of facilities and entertainment and this contribute on reducing the leisure of the population and this lead to the bliss ...
I live in a rich society but I can't afford to enjoy the products of that rich society. I make just enough to not be poor. I can't attend the opera even though I love classical music because a ticket cost $100.00. If I took my wife it would be $200.00. That is well beyond my means for us to help support the classics. So who is supporting them? The rich are. Where did the rich get all that money when they don't do any work to make that money? They invest the money they have. How does one get money to invest? They inherit it or their family hires them at a very high salary to perform a job they are not competent to preform. Not always but it happens often enough.
Capitalism destroys the earth. Socialism maintains it and puts something back.