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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
NEW BOOKS
AT LIBRARY

Among the new books at the Pub
lie Library are the following:
Eon-Ficticn.
Chflds-Short ballot principles
What under favorable conditions,
the short ballot may be expected to
accomplish, and other governmental
lproblems of interest to officials and
citizens"
Ferrero-Women of the Caesars.
Picking out the most dramatic PEE
Iriod In Roman history DIR. Ferrero
considers the lives, aims, ambitious
and achievements of those imperial
ladies who contributed so much to
the history of Rome"
Galsworty-Little dream. An al
legory in six scenes.
Horse1ess age. Operation, care
| and repair of automobiles. Brief
articles by many writer's; contains
valuable information.
James-P1uralisttc universe.
| Eight lectures as follows: The types
of p~hi1osophic thinking: Monisttc
| idealism; Hegel and his method;
| concerning Fechner; the compound
ing Of consciousness; Bergson; n
continuity OF experiences; and on
illusions.
Kratz-Studies and observations
in the schoolroom.
Ross-Changing Chinese. "a first
rand study of the conflict of ORR
| entail and Western cultures In
China"
Thomas-As a man thinks. "Un-
usual both as q delicately handled
study OF the social relations OF the
Jews In America, and as a remarka-
BILE piece of dramatic construction.
Fiction.
De Morgan-A likely story. AN
! old Italian portrait which possesses
La voice offers a pretty problem to
inimitably described psychical re-
| searchers, patches up a quarrel be-
| tween an artist and his wife, and
| tells the story of IT'S unhappy six
teenth century original.
Ferber~Dawn O'Hara. The story
is laid In New York and Milwaukee,
and the heroine is q brave young
woman who eonquefs her
misfortunes by her courage and In
dependence.
! Jacobs-Ships' company. Twelve
short stories with the nautical flaw
or and English humor OF the
iauthor's preceding collection"
Malet-Adrian Savage. A distfn-
guished young man of letters Is in
Hove with q charming young French
woman. An English girl wakens his
sense of chivalry and complications
begin.
misunderstanding adventures
iof Letitian Carberry. A delightfully."-
| farcieal story of the mart the elder
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
BILL FOR NEXT WEEK
AT PROCTOR'S THEATRE

1t is a rule with the management
of theatrical houses to present q
light bill ON the week before Christ
mas, but q glance at the following
program will show that this Is not
the case with the management OF
Proctorss theatre, who will offer a
bill of more than unusual merit,
commencing Monday. December Is.
Sidney Shields players in a one
act comedy sketch. broadway y. S.
A." will prove a big drawing card.
as 1t Is beautifully staged, the dia-
.iogue il bright and to the point,
and full of laughs, making q most
enjoyable half hour.
Another headliner is Mike Bar
|nard and Amy Butler. This little
lady has been we'll named, ssThe
Little Magnet" and Mr., Bernard
lis recognized as the worlds cham
pion ragtime player. This act can
not fall to delight.
Mary Evans, whistler and fniita-
tor, Is enc OF the ~eieyerest perform
ers On the stage today.
Cole and Warner, German come
dams, have a bunch OF funny stories
witty sayings and connie songs thai
keep the audience laughing while
are on the stage.
| The Musical Simpsons, mar and
woman, have q high class musical
act that Will prove q treat to those
who appreciate real music.
H
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES
or ST. pAUL'S S. S.

An elaborate program has been
arranged in connection with the an-
nual Christmas celebration OF st
Pauls German Sunday school which
is to be held In Washington hall TO-
morrow afternoon and evening. In
Guided In the program will be an adj
dress by Rev. DR.. Jacob Ganss, pas
tor OF the church Besides this there
will be vocal and instrumental Sc
lections by the scholars of the school.
After the program the usual distri-
button Of gifts from the Christmas
tree for the children and other gifts
from the older ones in the church
and Sunday school.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
TO ESTABLISH
DAY NURSERY
fcentinued r.onn page l.,

fall in with this view. The Law of
lore rules aud he develops like a
flower under It's influence. The
mother finding her little one SO low
ing and a~ffectionate toward the nur-
sery workers. naturally asks herself
the reason. and gradually tries to
I'm tine to be loving and tender.
herself. The restful sleep In the
middle Of the day quiets and
etrengthens the nervous little body.
s..u 4 the weary mother returns
al night to claim her own, he is
bright and cheerful. instead OF frac-
tlnns, as he would have been had he
been left In the charge OF ~neigIAbors
all day
Some idea Of the need or q day
nursery a be had from the appeal
VI Captain Wilbur, of the Salvation
Army who has several families on
MS hands In which the father is dead
80 &c s.osssvs is anxious 20 work.
but cannot leave her little ones. One
woman LII particular has twin babies
10 loo after. Captain Wilbur Il
anxious TO make a merry Christmas
xaF these children and fer that rea-
son appeals to the people TO dror
fnear money literally into the not or
the sidewalk. With a Gay nursery
established, these mothers would
have , place where they could leave
RAesr young children while thay &c
oHz and earn q living for the family
Xlsa Ii the work that the WomanEs
%tHp trying To accomplish thfs
#szT ~ e AeaHlns others 10 heEf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
LODGE
TO HOLD BALL

Plans for a ball some time In
January was the principal matter
taken up at a meeting OF Perth Am
boy Aerie No. 1886, Fraternai Or
der of Eagles, In its rooms In Eagle
hall last night A committee. COM
posed of Bert Redwood chairman;
Thomas Lucas, secretary; Nels Ham
son. Matthew Rodda, j. Yost,
Charles Will, d. L. Hall, Joseph
Mischler, Joseph Mosko, Henry Krell
and L. B. Moore. was named to ar
range for the affair. At this session
one candidate was initiated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
DELEGATES not
BE RECOGNIZED
New Jersey Republicans Find
Themselves in Barred.

now stand New Jersey cannot send
delegates to the Republican National
Convention which meets In Chicago
June Is. The newly enacted pri-
mary laws OF New Jersey cali for 8
primary on May rs to elect dele
gates to tho convention. Rules OF
the Republican National Committee
provide that no delegates shall be
recognized who are not elected
thirty days before the election.
New Jerseys delegates under the
new laws will be elected only TWEEN.
ty-one days before the convention
y Is expected the primary law viii
be amended at the forthcoming SEES
zion OF the Legislature to meet this
condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
DRIVE WAGONS
ON SIDEWALKS
Numerous Complaints to Po-
lice About Practice.

Numerous complaints from the
western and northern sections of the
city of horses attached to grocery,
milk, bakery and butcher wagons
being driven on sidewalks made to
Chief of Police Patrick J.. Burke,
are being attended to. The chief
has issued orders to his men to
break up the practice and make ar
rests II necessary. He learned by
means of the complaints that many
residents had improved the side
walks In front of their homes with
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16

investigated and found no cause to
make arrests.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
ARE ACQUITTED
IN STOKES CASE
Jury Believed Stories Told
by the Girls in Court.

New York, Dec. 18-With a verdlc'
Of acquittaI the famous Stokes shoot
Ing case has ended. The jury believed
the story told by lillian Graham and
ethel Conrad that they shot the mil
ilonaire hotel man In self defense. II
Is said that the members of the jury
considered Stokes on trial. and the yer
dict for the girls may therefore be
taken as one of guilty for him.
The verdict surprised both sides.
Counsel for the chorus girls figured on
disagreement, or at the worst a con-
yfct1on on the second count Of the In
d~ictnent, assault In the second degree
Assistant District Attorneys Buekner
and Embree expected a verdict OF
guilty In the first or second degree.
Both young women were visibly affect
Cd BY the two words that lifted them
ont OF trouble, Miss Conrad particu-
IarIy. Her hysterical screams shriiled
through the courtroom long after the
Jurors had departed.
The jury deliberated just an hour.
When 1t retired 1t was followed by a
procession Of court attendants carry
ing the exhibits-the dear, dearie let
ters; the cross, Grabbed. ugly old cove
letters; the gay garments worn by Mr..
Stokes on the night his legs were dam
aged, two revolvers, a whisky bottle
and other odds and ends. The foreman.
John r. Flemer, called for a ballet,
which was taken viva voce. Eleven
spoke up mot guilty" Garlic R. Wag.
ner, the youngest mai of the twelve.
said Guilty He qualified his vote by
saying he meant guilty on the second
count. assault In the second degree.
The next ballot showed the same re-
ault, II to /, young Mr.. Wagner still
un~convineed. The twelve went over
the testimony again and took a third
ballot, with the same result. But on
the fourth Mr.. Wagner came around
and voted for acquittal.
The jury was composed almost en-
t1rely OF married men, only young Mr.
Wagner and one or two others being
In the single state.
When the jury returned and the fore
man pronounced the verdict Of mot
guilty Miss Conrad. who had waited
with hands tightly ciinched, relaxed all
Of a sudden and fell forward on the
table. She began to sob. the sobs rose
to q wall. and the wall broke into
screams.
Miss Graham sat very still, whisper
ing once or twice with Lawyer Moore
Moore and Jordan shook hands with
the jurors, but the acquitted did not
attempt thanks, 1t was more than half
an hour before Miss Conrad recovered
from the attack of hysteria.
Later, In MI. Jordan's office, she and
Miss Graham talked about the verdict.
Miss Conrad said they were lovely |
men, these jurymen. and wished she
had a thousand arms to hug them with
But the trial Ind not pleased her, espe
ciaIiy Mr.. Buckner's definition OF herr
Gs a chorus girl.
why she said poutingiy, Ishad al
part In a show once where | slapped a
mans face
"aood thing MI. Bnckner didn't hear
about that said Miss Graham. ''He
would have put that In your war rec.
ord"
The young women. have not decided
what theatrical engagement they will
accept.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
PUBLIC TALKS
BY ENGINEERS

Plans for a course OF public leo
lures on engines and boiler sfhcfen-
nv FOR the months of January ana
February were formulated at .
meeting of the Stationary Engineers
held last night. The series Of leo-
lures will be given by . otats
Education Committee OF the organ
zation. Charles L~andbeck, master
mechanic OF the g. Pardee works.
gave an interesting talk on q con-
yentlon scale OF the W.B. Doiiers-
Four new members were IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16
JOURNALIST TO
GIVE LECTURE
Hebrews to Hear R. Brainin
Auspices Bnei Zion.

Hebrews throughout this city
generally are interested In q lecture
to be given by r. Brainfn, q ceie-
brated Hebrew journalist, under the
auspices OF Bnei Zion Camp 20, In
the temple Beth Mordecai In Hobart
street, Tuesday night at s o'clock.
He viii talk on s'Chanuca and Juda-
speaking ia the Hebrew LAM
guage.
Mr. Brainin is editor and publish
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16

The Westminster Cadets we're
measured for their Q uniforms
last night following a drill by DrHl
Master sturgis in the chapel. Plans
for the Installation OF new ofilcers
to be held the middle OF January are
being made. Three new applications
for members were received.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16

ashes, aagstones aud other mate-
rials The work has been done for
nanEht In many case whers4 the I'M
proyements have been ruined en-
tirely by careless drivers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-16

Police Called to Stop Fight.
A saloon brawl between Italians
at New! Brunswick avenue and Pros
pect street caused a call to be sent
for the police at 1920 O'Clock last
night. iPatrolman George Kozusko
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14
HOME TOWN
4 HELPS u
WINDOW BOXES IN GUAYERE
How They Brighten Up the Town In
Switzerland Where the Cheese
Comes From.

Those who think all the delights OF
Switzerland lie among the high Alpine
peaks or in the joy of winter sports
will find upon visiting it that much
OF It's strong appeal lies in the pic
lage scenes.
Famous for it's chocolate and
cheese works, the town of La Guayere
still clings to it's ancient customs and
surroundings. Many Of the houses
date back to the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries, while the chateau Of
the Counts of La Guayere is Of an
even earlier period.
Ancient buildings, however, soon be-
come commonplace to the European
traveller, says Country Life in Amer
lea, and so probably the first thing
one notices in this interesting viii
lage is the prevalence of window
boxes.
They are everywhere. No matter
how old or t~umbledown the house may
be, there are always Towering plants
in the window, and they brighten up
the whole town wonderfully. Gay col
Ors are the rule; pink and red ge-
oAO "O0C IOAlL4OA' alIhOu6A
n sees a few nasturtiums and car
nations, with an occasional h~ydrangea.
Unlike American window boxes,
which are boxes in ~actuality contain
ing a considerable quantity Of soH,
these usually found in Switzerland are
a sort Of grated box, with sides much
like a picket fence, in which potted
plants are placed. These boxes are
either set upon the broad window sill
itself or just outside upon brackets
secured to the wall of the house..
When there are very heavy storms
which might do damage to the plants
the blinds may be closed to afford pro-
lection in the former case or the pots
may be taken indoors by one in the
latter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14

was quite evident that one Of them
had found favor in her eyes, and that
she was still free. He would enter H.
he decided; but how?
First OF all, something must be done
to bring Gormly himself into the pub
lie eye in some other capacity, some
higher capacity. some o attractive
capacity, han that of a mere retailer
Of ribbons, SO to speak; the public eye
for Gormly being Miss Haldane's lq-
uid orbs. And Gormley knew that the
way to private consideration Is more
often than not through public inter
est. He had to do something to Just1-
fy himself, therefore, to make himself
known in some enviable way; in short,
he determined to make himself worthy
Of her. And again the question arose;
but how?
He had thought vaguely Of the ra-
cling game, of the most magnificent OF
yachts, Of the finest and ~speediest Of
stables, Of the fastest string Of auto
mobiles, of a thousand similar things
which he had dismissed as unworthy
of his high purpose and inadequate to
his end; until finally. fortune favoring
him, he hit upon the field Of politics.
| Miss Haldane in some Of those now
rather frequent conferences, had cas-
ually enough remarked that she liked
men who did things, who really &C
complished something for good in this
world.
Gormly instantly resolved to dc
something. Now if any man really
wants to accomplish good in this
world, there are few opportunities OF
greater possibilities than those pre-
scented in the political arena. There
is also no field in which it is harder
to accomplish the end. Gormly as
political force was entirely unknown
He was without experience. One
requisite, popularity considered vital
he had, and, that vas an abundance OF
money. Another requisite he pos
sessed albeit unwittingly, was char
acter. And still a third was his, anC
that was imagination coupled Will
capacity-the ideal and the real; the
dreamer and the practical man in n
An irresistible combination that!
Fortune was further kind to him
however, for cOncurrently with his de
cision she presented him with al
opening. Gormly's business was suffi
GENTLY great to have enabled him t.
extend it in several directions. H
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Bribery.

Mrs. M.-WhO did you vote for?
Mrs. NJ don't remember his mama
He gave me his seat in the street car
last week.
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reader. He had neither the time o
the inclination to search the journals
in which were chronicled the dOingS
OF social New York-in which the Hal
dane name was prominent; SO he in
structed his private secretary, Cha
loner, upon whose discretion he could
rely. to have sent to him at his private
address all clippings relating to Miss
Haldane. Gormly, therefore, knew the
life OF the object of his attention as
we'll as it could be known from it's out
ward and visible presentation before
the public. Indeed, there was little
that was ~concealable under ouch cir
cumstances-the higher you rise the
less privacy you have, obscurity being
the prerOGative. or the penalty, of the
humble-so that he was entirely
aware of Miss Haldane's goings and
comings, who her friends were, what
houses she visited, what diversions
she affected, who paid her attention,
6nd so on.
Meanwhile the man did not neglect
his Understanding would ever
make him do that-but he divided his
time between it and the young woman
which was a great concession to her
influence. One reason why he had be-
come such an assiduous student of the
clippings was because he wanted to
know whether Miss Haldane was, or
was likely to be, engaged to be mar
ried. His apprehensIons on that score
were soon set at rest. 1t was Miss
Haldane's second season. She had
created an instant Juror when she had
1oo- lo,-nohod in cnNiofr tho woor hn.
fore. The usual contingent of i'm
pecunious foreigners had promptly
laid their coronets at her feet; but 1t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14
Practical Side of School Gardening

Some time ago the writer was called
In to admire a small garden almost
choked with a p~rofusion of ornamental
plants and flowers. 1t was learned
that but two years 6 the yard was
nearly devoid of vegetation, but that
the little boy of the family commenced
planting seeds and cuttings from the
school garden supply. Soon the slum-
bering taste of the mother was awak-
ened and nov she tenderly cares, with
the help of her enthusiastic boy, for
this wilderness Of beauty. If this
school garden had accomplished no
more, this one case would be sufficient
recompense for all time and labor ex-
pended. Truly 1t Is a beautiful and
philanthropic work.-Los Angeles
Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14
Holland a Land of Flowers.

There are two Hollands, one of the
bikes and windmills, and one of the
flowers, that is seen by comparatively
few, says Country Life in America.
The Holland Of the flowers is a thing
of the past each year by the time the
average traveller gets around that way,
which, as a rule, is July or August.
So early as February the annual
flower pageant gets a start with the
rare Tulipa haufmanniana, winter
aconite and snowdrops, until it makes
it's first grand demonstration with
scilla and ocu in March. Then in
the glory of the tulip and hyacinth
comes the greatest burst of color, fol.
lowed by the Spanish iris, early gladio-
lus and lily to provide an anti-climax
that runs over into June. But for
sheer gorgeousness, nothing can match
the heydey of the tulip, the banner
bulb of Holland.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14

four as a possible father, and she had
no hesitation in approaching Gormly
with much more familiarity than she
would have dreamed of allowing her
self had he been younger. And yet
Gormiy himself was a young looking
mar for forty-four. He was still as
tall and slender, not to say spare, as
he had been when a boy. He was
smooth shaver, and the hecks Of gray
in his blond hair were scarcely notice
able. If Miss Haldane had ever given
thought of his age, she would have
supposed him ten years younger than
be was; that Is, on appearance. When
she thought of his business, she would
have considered him sixty. Ever since
she could remember, she had dealt
at the great shop, and Gormly himself
unconsciously took on to her the as
pect of ancient history.
So the little affair ran on; Gormly
consciously becoming more and more
deeply involved, Miss Haldane uncon,
sciously Intervening herself in the
same tangled web.
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The comhustIhIe Olive.

AS long ago as the middle OF the
eighteenth century, a famous Georgian
actress, Mrs. Kitty Give, felt the call OF
tho nerves commonly associated with
modern ome The whole green room.
according to the author of "Garrick
and his Circle" cared her tantrums.
Her character stood high, but her
clean, wholesome nature and honest
heart scarcely Offset her temper. She
was the one player Garrick feared. and
he did everything he could to dis.
perse her nerve storms, or, II they
broke, assuage them. 1t is among
the legends of the English stage that
he said to her:
81 have heard Of tartar and brfm.
stone, but you are the cream of one
and the flower Of the other!"-Youth's
Companion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14
MAKE THE SUBURBS PRETTY
UnsightIiness in Development Usually
Due to Greed of Spectators
and Promoters.

The unattractiVeness of most su.
burban development lies, first, in the
fact that the land is hopelessly sub
divided into uniform and monotonous
units admitting of little or no variety,
excepting by an expenditure of money
which the investment does not justify;
hence the attempt to obtain variety by
stunts and detail, much Of which is
tawdry, John M. Carrere writes in
Country Life in America.
Secondly, the designing OF these
houses, which has been mostly in the
hands of spectators and promoters,
has not usually been intrusted to archi-
tects of skill, and has not been devel-
oped with the idea Of elevating and
developing public taste, but rather Of
catering to passing fancies.
Assuming four lots, each SO feet
wide, if, instead of building, as usual,
four houses with a narrow frontage
and extending back into the lot-aII
in a row., with a small garden in front,
a contracted space separating them,
and ugly yards in the back-it were
planned to place the two end houses
with narrow fronts and extending
back, and the two middle houses set
back and designed with broad fronts,
thus forming a court, a composition
would Immediately be possible, and
a better distribution Of light, air and
grounds-whether for ornamental or
merely back yard purposes-would
Immediately result without any inter
ference OF property lines or Of light
easements.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-07-14
WorrNlno Hanninesa.

The bishop of Manchester, speaking
at a meeting at Church House, West
minister, said the secret of happiness
was to have a sufficient multitude Of
worries.
The mar who had only one worry,
a blind that would not be pulled up
straight by the servant. or a coal
scuttle the bottom Of which was al
ways coming out, found his way to
the lunatic asylum. But the mar who
had no time to dwell upon his wor-
ries because he had to go from one to
another. and back again and round
and round like a squirrel in a cage.
could be a perfectly happy man.