Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-08-28
LURES HIS FRIEND TO
DESERTED SPOT THEN
R0BS HIM OF MONEY
TAKE A TRIP
TO PANAMA
BY READING


great Panama Canal This does not
mean that you should pack your
travelling bag, nor will you need to
get new white serge. The clothes
you are wearing will be sufficient,
and just leave your linens where they
are now. You won't need to make
any preparations further than to see
that The EVENING NEWS is de-
livered to you daily.
The trip In question Is In the shape
OF great big beautiful book, filled
with word paintings as we'll as water
color paintings which vie with each
other for predominence, and yet par
adoxfcally harmonize at every angle.
The new illustrated book is called
Panama and the Canal in Picture
and Prose-" and each section of this
title Ia fully covered. First, 1t tells
you all about Panama, that crooked
little neck of land which has been
divided so that the entire world may
be more closely united; then 1t fully
explains all that Is of interest relat-
Ing to the great canal itself; finally,
lit portrays rare views of the coun-
y
reproductions and artistic color
plates, describing them In beautiful
word pictures that hold the attention
of the reader to the very end.
The knowledge to be gained by a
close reading of this volume will for
ever after be valuable asset to
every man, woman and child, for this
great waterway Is destined to be-
come an important factor in time of
peace as well as in war. 1t will revo-
lutionize the shipping Of all the ma
tions of the world; it will bring
about changes in the trade and COM
meree of all the earth; 1t will open
up new avenues Of trade and estab-
lish new relationships between the
various countries of the globe.
The EVENING NEWS realizes the
Unusual. educational advantages Of
fered In this volume, and has ar
ranged for a great distribution to It's
readers. While parents will want
the book for themselves, they also
must not lose sight of the fact that
the school child of today is the one
that will face the problems present
ed by the changed conditions OF the
future when the canal shall have be-
come a working factor among the
nations of the earth. So the child
rem as we'll as the older members of
the family should have access to this
standard work; should learn Of the
wonders of this segantic engineer
ing achievement; should study the
characteristics Of these strange peo-
pie on the zone; should know of
the history, purpose and promise OF
this mighty interoceanio waterway.
The book itself is indeed a work
of art. 1t Is more than double the
dimensions of an ordinary novel;
is printed from new type, large and
clear, on special highly finished pa
per; bound In tropical red vellum
cloth, with the title stamped In gold
and the front cover inlaid with
beautiful striped color panel show
ing the famous Culebra cut. 1t con-
tains more than six hundred mag
nifcent illustrations, many of which
are made from unique water color
studies and reproduced In their ar
tistic colorings to full page size.
No expense has been spared to
make this splendid big volume the
standard work on Panama and the
Canal.
Willis ]. Abbot, the author of this
book, spent many months in the
Canal Zone, and his intimate ac-
qua1ntence with officials In charge of
the work afforded him every oppor-
tunity for gathering his facts. The
result is full and complete story of
the canal from its inception to its
realization, story so accurate and
comprehensive that it will ever be
referred to by those who would know
the true history of the great problem
which has at last been solved by the
skill of modern engineering.
Every place OF business, every
home, every school and public insti-
tuition should have copy of this
great canal text book. The EVEN
ING NEWS makes this possible by
offering 1t for six certificates, one
Of which is printed daily in these
columns, and the small expense
amount to cover the items of the
cost of packing, express from the
factory, checking, clerk hire and
other necessary expense items. A
smaller volume has also been pre-
pared which contains practically the
same text matter, with only q hum
dred Photographic reproductions and
none Of the color plates. Either
volume will be sent by mail for an
additional fee to cover the exact
amount Of postage. This is all ex-
planned In the Panama Certificate to-
be found In another column of this
issue.
Clip the certificate today and lose
no time In taking advantage of this
wonderful offer.