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Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
BRYAN MAKES NEW
PLEA FOR PEACE
Great Crowd Fights to Hear
Him in New York City
Attacks Newspapers.

New York, June PSI plead against
war with Germany Should similar
circumstances arise with France, Eng
land or Russia, I would plead Just as
ardently against war with any of those
countries
Those words were uttered list nigh.
by William Jennings Bryan In the
course of his speech on National Hon.
orr at meeting held under the aus
pices of the Friends of Peace In Madi-
! son Square Garden. There were as
sembled to emphasize the peace move
ment upward of 100000 persons. and
the police had difficulty In handling
the crowd, the majority of which
could not get inside the hall.
Bryan signalized the occasion by
making rancorous attack on the New
York newspapers, which, he said, never
to his knowledge had taken the side Of
the American people on any question.
All through his political career. Bryan
said. the metropolitan press had ma
ligned him, and all through his term as
secretary of state it had consistently
denounced and prosecuted him.
Bryan pictured the horrors OF war In
| his most fervid style.
The United States. he said, not only
| should keep peace with Germany, but
| with every other nation, because to
enter the world war would mean the
| loss Of an unparalleled opportunity to
take the lead In arranging terms of
| peace.
Solution 10 Easy.
The solution OF our present difficult
| ties with Germany. Bryan said, was
easy. His remedy was to maintain
| friendly rela tions at aIl times. II a set
| tlement of the differences was impos-
sible now on account of the infamed
state of national opinion brought about
by the war the United States should
wait until the war Is over.
The ex-secretary Of state began his
speech by saying Of President Wilson:
Il call your attention to the fact that
| In this separation OF two officers there
| is no personal element. When history
writes this page 1t will be said that
! two men, each one doing what he be-
lieved right, found 1t impossible to
share responsibility together. He could
net do otherwise than he did, believing
as he did, and l could not do otherwise
! than ! did, believing as did. There
was no concealment. We separate as
two friends should separate. am try
ing outside Of the cabinet to assist him,
He is doing his duty as he sees It. I
believe 1t to be my duty to crystalline
the peace sentiment until the demand
for peace browns the demand for war"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

river, and es yet nobody has stirred
on board. The old man has noticed
If, for he shouts, Ware aegir, stoney,
nay ladr' and d. young fellow jumps
up the hatch and runs to the tiller.
The distant swish has Increased to a
roar now. and a feeling Of intense ex-
element grips us rs We see small
beat rise up on the first wave and dis
appear for moment in the hollow.
Up again she rises, right into the froth
of the "whelps." Another moment and
she Is through into caImer water.
seel The biIlow dashes like monster
tidal wave against wharf and splash
es high up into the air with q roar
and smother of white foam. Now It
has reached the keel" With groan
and rattle of chain she rises to the
wave and is carried along with it, but
not very far, for the anchor holds fast
and she swings slowly round,
The keel IS broadside on now, and
the creamy "whelps" dash right oves
her deck as she rolls In the trough CT
waves, but rs quickly as It takes TO tell
she swings stem on to the current,
which Is now rushing upstream with
tremendous force. and viii continue TO
do SO for two hours or more until high
water when the water lazily returns
toward the sea.
The aegirs are not all as big as this
one; some are mere swell about a
foot high. The best time TO see them
is IN the spring and autumn, when the
equinocsial tides are big on the coast.
Just below Gslnsborough the aegir Is
sesa at it's best as It rushes along
some OF the longest reaches of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
why Itsiy Loves tn. Army.

The Italian soldier is not only Sc
verely drilled, but he is also expected
to perform a good many duties not
usually regarded as falling within the
requirements of military service. 1t is
considsred incumbent on every man
wearing the kings uniform to give aid
whenever and wherever it may be
needed for the protection of life and
property, against crime, accident or
disaster, and whenever calamity be-
falls-such as an earthquake-the first
move is always to send troops to as
sist the suffering. That 10 one reason
why Italy regards her army with af-
feetion as her protector at home as
well as her defender against foreign
gression.-London Chronicle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

leaving masses of broken water in their
wake. These are called the "whelps." I"
Presently we shall see the force of
these ''whelps" when they reach those
big, unwieldy, square nosed barges-
which. by the way, are called ''keels. :"
There Is one such swinging at anchor
In midstream just opposite to us. For
the last half hour the old keelman has
been lolling about the deck smoking his
clay and looking idly at the water.
Now he is alert Gil at once. and.
knocking the ashes out Of his pipe, he
gives turn at the wtndiass to tighten
the anchor chain. After q glance along
the deck to see that eli IS secure, he
looks back up the river. He Is cal
culating where the aegir viii carry
him 10.
There is another barge higher uD the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
And They Didn't Exercise.

William NJ. Evarts, who lived until
be was nearly ninety, said he kept his
health by never taking exercise. The
celebrated DR.. William George Mead,
who lived to the surprising age Of 148
years, spent nearly all of his time in
the open air and played Httls golf.
DR.. Mead used to drink two or three
quarts of water every day, and per-
haps there is suggestion in that. Old
Dubois, who lived In Canada for the
better part Of 119 years on the north
shore of Lake Erie, never worked and
never took exercise. He spent seven
ty-fire years Of Ills life fishing with
hook and line and ate nothing but
baked apples and milk and brown
bread and unsalted butter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
kUSTRIANS TURN ON ITALIANS
He- cnsorcements Have Enabled Them
to Take Offensive.

Verona, Italy, June 25, via Chiasse
and Paris.-According to reliable infor.
nation that has reached Verona. the
Austrians have received such re-en-
forcements as TO enable them TO take
the offensive throughout the front, but
are constantly being repulsed every
where with heavy losses.
The fundamental idea In the plan Of
campaign adopted by Lieutenant Gen
eral Count Cadorna, chief of staff of
the Italian army, is to cause the Aus
trsans the greatest expenditure Of men
with the least damage to the Italians.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
BRITISH CRUISER ToRPEDoED
Berlin Report of Submarines Exploit
of Firth of Forth.

Berlin (yia Wireless to Sayville, N.
70, June 25.-0fficial announcement
was made here that German subma-
rine had attacked, ON Sunday, June 20,
British armored cruiser, apparently
Of the Minotaur class, at a point about
100 miles from the Firth OF Forth,
Scotland. The cruiser was hit by
torpedo, but the effect Of the attack
could not be ascertained by the crew
of the submarine.
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wharves OF Gainsborough, Lincoln
shire. The cry is taken up by every
boatman, who shouts 1t again upstream
"a strange, eerie warning.
Several small boats are now pushing
off into midstream to avoid the mass
Of churning water which breaks on the
foreshore. A group OF children add to
the tumult with a shrIll cry of "Wild
aegirl Wild aegirr which they con-
slider much better isnderIng than
Ware aegirr"
BY craning forward we can see lt
now, rounding bend of the river by
the shipyard. The first wave is big
and smooth, stretching right across
the river, with swirl OF angry wafer
at each side: next follow I'VE or six big
rallera@ Mhlch -xoaE and 1oana along~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

'"This isn't my suit" said Hawkins
to the pawnbroker. "This is half
dozen sizes smaller than mine"
"You are mistaken" replied the
pawnbroker. This is your suit, but 1t
has been In soak so long that 1t has
shrunk."
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announcement.

He was very bashful. but she liked
him and was willing to encourage him,
and she saw her opportunity when he
said:
"That's a beautiful dog you have
there, Miss Ethel Is he affectionatef' r.
'Is he3" she answered arehly. Here,
Brunei Here, good dogi Come aud
show Charlie Smith how to kiss me-
Exchange.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
Not as She Thou oht

Fond Mother-Our Johnny is great
fag orite with his teacher. Sympathetic
Friends that se7 Fond Mother
Yes, indeed. Why, only the other day
she told Johnny IL there were another
boy like him In the class she would
feel entitled to demand an increase In
salary-RIchmond Times-D Dispatch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
substItute fer spsetacIes.

II you forget your specs take a piece
of paper. perferate IT with numerous
holes, place the paper close to your
eye and hold the reading matter at s
distance. This method win relieve the
plight Of torgstful ones. says DR. NJ
Lsaagr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
A Dark Hour Friend,

Jimson-Oh, yes; knew old Sluason.
he was good sort He did very
kind action onee for me when the
clouds were dark and threatening and
the world looked 80 black. Pimson--
What did he dof Jimson--He lent me
an umbrella.--Boston Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

In nautical parlance the phrase "The
three LIS" means "leed. latitude and
lookout" these being the chief three
things TO be considered In keeping q
ship from running aground.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

I NbI.
This curious tidal phenomenon only
occurs on one or two other rivers in
Great Britain, the Severn being one OF
them, where 1t is known as the ''bore. :"
Those who have seen 1t. however, say
that 1t does not equal the aegir IN any
way-wide World Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
Curious Phenomenon That Occurs
In the River Trent.
FURIOUS RUSH OF THE AEGlR.

Like q Monster Tidal Wave the Water
From the Sea Sweeps Up the Stream
With an Angry Roar Flingina Its
Foam High Into the Air.
s'Ware aegirl Ware aegirP'
The river Trent has been flowing out
20 the sea for hours, leaving long
stretches OF brown mud glitteFing In
the light Of the setting sun, 1t is a
calm summer evening. ana we sit walt
ing and Listening on one Of the old
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

Fair today and tomorrow and rising
temperature; light variable winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

"Are you sure these eggs are fresh p
Positive! They were really not due
until tomorrow" - Fiiegende Blatter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

Last Shipment OF Special Purchase
3fe25-White or pink with bead
ing tops run with silk ribbon.
s1.50 White or pink with
French band tops.
st.7S - White or pink with
French band tops and prettily en-
broidered fronts.
Main floor. Old Building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

Touches OF Cheruit and Beer;
triple soalloped nounces; knife
pleated f1ounces; velvet edginas;
surplice waists; Msrie Antoinette
collar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25
Grass Rugs tomorrow al One-QuaTter OFF

Chinese Japanese Mangs at prices ranging from 26e
to Ate yard Only for Monday and Tuesday
next week at these prices.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

satnFaas IN Nsw eray salon. second noor Ia alIdns
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-25

Premet embroidery on double
tunfcs; little fluted ruchings;
banded skirts; buttons; organdie
and lace tabots; panel plaits in
front Of skirt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-10
Why Dressing Up On Sunday
Makes Us Better PeODle

Sunday Is satisfaction to our pride.
Off with the overalls and apron, on
with the shiny collar or the pretty
frock!
Besides this, we all love to dress
up" Men and women are but boys
and girls grown up, and no one who
knows children or who remembers
childhood can forget the Joy of pre-
tending. Jerome X. Jerome point.
out that if you put a boy in chair
and tell him to sit still you are pun.
fishing him, but If you put red cap
on his head and 4 stick in his hand
and tell him he is sentry he will
sit on that chair for hours.
There's one more reason for want.
ing to look nice on Sunday, and per.
haps 1t is the one that counts most
after all. 1t is the only day that
many Of us have chance to 20 ont
with the family. A wife likes tc
look pretty for her husband and she
likes to have the children at thei,
best on the day their father is home:
and the wise husband and father
wants to feel that he fits in with the
family in general appearance
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The Handsome Vcouness
WOme

At parades they are separated from
the male soldiers by bamboo fence.
When captured in war the AmaZons
will never consent to become the
wives Of the Tictors, and are usually
killed for their heroic obstinacy.
The Fanti company OF Amazons
takes the centre of the army and
forms the Kings bodyguard They
wear around the hair narrow white
fiIets with rude crocodiles OF blue
cloth sewn on the band The right
wing is commanded by the Mingan,
or she general, and the left wing by
the Men, or she Acknowledgement
The King often pays distinguished
strangers the compliment of placing
them in command Of his bodyguard.
but this does not even entitle them
to the privilege of inspecting the
corps.
The three corps are divided into
five arms. First come the Agbarya,
or blunderbus women. They are the
biggest and strongest of the force,
and each is accompanied by an at
tendant carrying ammunition. With
them rank the Io-hu-nun, or carbi-
neers; the Ganunlan, sure-to-kill
company. and the Acthi, or bay
oneteers.
The second arm consists OF the
elephant mattresses. who are held to
be the bravest. Then there are
NyekplO-hen-to, or razor women, a.
very light force. The infantry, or
line women, form the bulk of the
force and are armed with old mus
kets.
The fifth arm consists Of Gohen.to,
or archeresses, who in King Gezo's
time were young girls, the pick of
the army and very fine dancers.
They are armed with a peculiar Da-
homeyan bow, a culver of poisoned
light cane shafts and e. small knife
dashed with a lanyard to the wrist.
They are distinguished by scanty at.
tire, by tattoo extending to the
knee and by an ivory bracelet on the
left arm.
Burton gives a long and interest
Rights Reserved.
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the widest excitat;on, induced by
war, she has surpassed any OF the
atrocities ever committed in the
name of war by men, There is for
the horror of nations the incident of
that campaign in the Netherlands by
the Spanish army, when the Dutch
women cut out the hearts of cap
tured Spaniards and flung them
across the walls Of the cities in the
face OF the approaching army"
1t has been amply proved that al
though women are in many ways un-
fitted for fighting they are the most
ieroclouS opponents when they do
engage in it. The AmaZons of the
King OF Dahomey are among the
noted OF all modern examples of
women lighters although many OBJ
servers do not doubt that civilized
European women when aroused will
prove even more terrible than these
dusky African fighters.
Sir Richard Burton, The famous
traveller and Arabian scholar, has
left many interesting details about
the Dahomeyan AmaZons.
The King or Dahomey discovered
accidentally that women made better
soldiers than men. His army having
been greatly reduced by war, he
armed great number Of women,
and with these, in 1928, he~attacked
the combined hosts of the Whydahs
and Popos. and defeated them terri
bly,.
Geo. a nineteenth century Da-
homcyan King, greatly increased the
female force, and his son, Gelele,
still further developed it.
Gelele caused every girl to be
brought TO him before marriage, and
if she pleased him he kept her.
Some became his wives and the
others his finest soldiers.
The AmazOns are nominally wives
Of the kings. They cannot be
touched by subject on pain OF
death. They never leave their quar-.
tiers unless preceded by bell tc
drive men from the road. They meet
men only : the march and in war
!. by the Star Company. Great Britain
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courage and tenacity they have
shown in fighting the police and en-
during forced feeding will be turned
against the Germans.
Several attempts had been made
helore this, with considerable sue.
cess, to organize auxiliary forces OF
women 10 aid the British army. Lady
Erncsiinc Hunt. who is a leading
inquire in English country life, organ.
lzed the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
CORPS, 10 assist the yeOmanry, as the
English volunteer cavalry are called
These organizations had weakened
or ceased 10 exist before the present
war broke out, but now they will be
piaccd on stronger basis than be.
fore.
me enrolment OF women soldiers
is an indication OF the far more cruel
ana ruthless phase which the war
VIII enter upon unless peace is de.
CARED shortly. When women have
taken part in war in the past il has
always meant that the last extreme
OF desperation had been reached
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By DR.. Charles Walterson

by LII. S1lttI 40 w UAoSASSh
TT is much easier to feel pious in
good clothes than it is when one
d Is shabby. The chap who is quite
ready to use cuss words when in his
working clothes is quite likely to be
painfully correct when he gets into
a frock-coat and silk hat. And
defy any woman to feel 'peace on
earth and good will to men" when
she knows that she is the poorest
dressed woman in the church.
There are other reasons for dress
ing up on Sunday besides that of re-
ligion, for only a small proportion of
Americans go to church regularly,
while nearly all have different get
up on that day from the clothes they
wear during the rest of the week.
The principal reason seems to be
that 1t is sign that we don't have
to work on that day. Since being
able to live without working Is re-
garded as evidence OF the fact that
q man is rich enough to live without
1t, and since wealth is the best evil
dence Of success, and since pride is
universal character, dressing up on
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-10

with their silver ornaments. Others
had big foolscaps OF stuffs striped
white, blue and red hanging over
their shoulders. All wore sashes
with the ends depending in front,
and carried, at half cock, muskets or
blundcrDuSses with the muZzle cap
off
Some were decorated with q hu.
man skull or with a lower Jaw fixed
TO a thin brass plate dangling from
the waist. At the end of the per-
formance they formed in line before
the King, salutcd, first with the right
hand, secondly with presented guns
and knives, and then disappeared
within the harem.'
This concluding tribute to the Da-
homeyan AmaZons Is paid by Bur-
ton: They are savage as wounded
gorillas; more cruel, far, than their
brethren in arms
The erudite Burton recalls many
female fighters OF the past. The ma
tive princes OF India, especially those
Of Hyderabad, maintained for CEN
turtles female guard whose courage
and devotion were remarkable.
There was Penthesilea, Queen of
the AmaZons; Judith and Candace.
the wife Of Aban Ibn Sab; Joan OF
Arc, Margaret Of Anjou, Black
Agnes. Jeanne Hachette and Begun
Sombre.
"AIany fair form was found
stark OH the field Of Waterloo" says
Burton During the late Indian mu-
tiny the RAMS were, as a rule, moln
manly than the Rajahs."
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Ing account OF the state ceremony in
which the AmaZons played a leading
part.
First came the five great officers
OF the empire-the Aivaho, the Min
gan. the AIeu, the Ycvogan and the
Adanejan,' he says. The Mingan
had billhook in her left hand as OK.
ecutioneress Of the inside; the others
used slaves or sticks. and all car
ried swords at their left side
These five were habited in long
Hausa robes OF red silk, the upper
garb light and the skirt heavy, and
two wore tin crowns over red calico.
They were followed by the lesser
diSnitaries in blue striped togas of
similar cut, as some had their heads
bound with white calico, like the
male singers and fetisheers
Then came the captainesses, forty
two in number, corresponding with
the men. First stalked two silver
half heads with pouches on their
right sides, cartridge boxes round
their waists and billhooks whose
handles were swathed in CLOTH
"a pair Of bayonet women fol-
lowed with silver sharks on their red
liberty caps. Number nine was a
very bulky figure in the cooks bon
net Of the Minan, or madcap com.
pany, described as Kama. She is one
OF the captainesses Of the right, or
Mingan's side.
Some had shaggy skull caps, like
peppercorn hair, stained a deep in
digo. and others had applied the dye
to their locks, which contrasted we'll
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ance Of women in the present war is
an ominous sign-and why this is SO.
Women are not natural com
batants," he writes. "They do not
rush into war for wars sake. They
are without the blood lust that
makes fighting JOY for fghting's
sake. They will fight only in des-
perate straits. and then only for
their honor, their children or the
existence OF their country. Standing
at one OF these last bitches, how
ever, they fight with the ferocity Of
tigers. They do battle without rule
or reason and 10 the death.
"a soldier Of experience said that
he would rather fight company Of
male soldiers than one woman sol
der. He explained that woman
is too resourceful in the matter of
weapons. War transforms woman
for the time into a beast. Kipling
pointed out that the female Of the
species is more deadly than the male
referring TO her, without doubt. in
her fighting phase. In moments OF
Conyricht 1o1;
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end Avoid the Fate
That BefeZL
Belgian Women

THE much-discussed plan of
arming women 10 fight has
- at last become serious re-
ality in England.
II the Germans ever land an
army in Great Britain they will I'M
doubt lily find women in arms.
Four companies OF women soldiers
have now been formed. Their
colonel is the Viscountess Castle.
reagh, daughtcrin-law OF the Mar
quis OF Londonderry and daughter
of. the Right Honorable Henry Chap
lin, NJ. p, one OF the leaders of the
Conservative party. The father OF
the new colonel presided at meet
cial residence OF the Lord Mayor of
ization Of women soldiers.
The Lord Mayor defined the project
as having the purpose OF providing
a trained and highly efficient body
OF women whose services can be
offered to the state If required
He said that women reservists
patch riding, telegraphing, motoring
and camp cooking, and thus, in time
of necessity, could relieve the men
about an appreciable reinforcement
OF the actual fighting ranks.
Colonel '.Yisc6nntcss Castlereagh's
father said that the corps only would
be brought into action in the event
OF the invasion of England "by
hordes of German barbarians."
He said that the War Depart.
ment would never think OF ordering
armed women into any aggressive
action, but declared that the object
was worthy OF enthusiastic support;
that ii armed them for their own
defeuse in the last extremity" Such
movement, he declared, was en-.
tirely justifahe
The Niscountess Castlereagh is a
very handsome and dashing Young
woman, who is a splendid horse.
woman and interested in many
sports She is the owner of many
prize dogs, among them being Jock.
q $4,000 bloodhound with a pedigree
going back 80 years. She visited
the United States with her husband
in 1905 to shoe, big game. She is an
expert shot, and killed three bears
in the Canadian wilds.
The appearance OF tie Viscountcss
should inspire enthusiasm in her fol.
lowers, and especially in the men sol.
diers with whom She may be asso.
ciated.
This is TO be the beginning OF n
series of regiments in which ii is
hnnp6 lprpll all ni,lo