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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07
Training School
 for Colored Nurses

1.-THE entertainment to be given at S the Jefferson theatre next Wednesday night for the benefit of a colored nurse training school will deserve large patronage, for the cause is one, of strong human appeal, to say nothing of the talent presented on the programme.
 Seats will be reserved for white people and as our colored leaders of both sexes are commenting them selves more and more to the white community by their patriotic spirit and their earnest striving for the moral and industrial improvement of their race every seat should be oc- cupied.
 Opportunities for lending assistance to the colored population in all laudable undertakings should never be overlooked. And the founding of a training school for nurses is an en- terprise of far-reaching value.
 Every ticket purchased by a white person for Wednesday nights attrac- tion will be worth while. The act will be sincerely appreciated both for the sentiment of good will it conveys and the financial aid it gives.
 Those burly. serious looking soldiers Of the French Foreign Legion do not sug- gest the musical comedy tyne of French man who kisses his fingers on the slight est provocation and shouts 'Oo. la, la"
 # < *
 It is easy to understand the feelings of the colored soldier in southern camp who is said to have "carved up a civil ian friend who he found flaming his girl with an exemption card.
  dlers, and few are more despicable than individuals who induce holders of Liberty Bonds to trade them for worthless stock.
 x I. As
 The women of Birmingham gave an i'm posing "manless'' parade. but 1t is con soling to know that they called on mere males to review them.
 * # #
 After numerous hostile demonstrations had been directed at him Ferdinand or Bulgaria wisely concluded that as king of Bulgaria he was misfit.
 While we are making the world safe for democracy "gasless Sunday has made streets and country roads safe for the motorless masses. * * < With 10000 Americans arriving daily. In France is it any wonder that Prussian war lords feel a slight chill in their neither extremities? x < * While we are not at war with Turkey one notes the disappearance of the Turk ish impresario who used to present orien- tai dancing girls. * + < When the central powers are disabused os the notion that made in Germany peace is possible it will be time to start neg gotiations.
 The influenza scare is spreading a, such . rate that every time an inor- fsnsivs person sneezes he is regarded with suspicion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07

picked himself up realizing he was not hurt he looked across at the Hun trenches with new respect.
 Well" he said brushing off his clothes. "all An got to say is-this country sure do give service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07
NERO OUTDoNE

From the Louisville Cour.er-J ournar
 The burning of Cambrai, the battering of the Cathedral of Rheims, the sack and many events which Wilhelm has cele- brated by drinking champagne. yet Nero won immortal infamy because he was said to have fiddled while Rome was burning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07

who was tried for killing her huspano in the bed in which we slept, put pelns acquitted every night she got cahoie and crept down to the dpor begging pite- ons,v to be forgiven. Since my scare l am ready to believe in ghosts or any thing" And so was for she maoe ft so realistic that I sat with chatterihs teeth to the finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, keep me in love with my world with the men I work with and walk with, with the circumstances that surround me, with the God who Is over me. May my heart be in low ing, warm, intimate sympathy with the labor and the life of my time. For Jesus sake. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07
Doing His Dit ModcstIy
Will Miss Dr. Bradley

The going of Dr. l.. M. Bradley to selma will remove one of the most be- loved preachers in the Birmingham dis triet, said pr. A. K. Wright. presi- dent of the Birmingham Pastors union.
 He has during his long residence amongst us served a number of the lead ing Baptist churches most acceptably pr. Bradley is the father of Leon Brad ley, the brilliant newspaper man who gave up his place at the outbreak Of war to volunteer and by grit and appli- eaton won a lieutenancy and has been In France since last fall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
sunday school Workers Go


 ". H. Naylor, Hubbard Stamps, P. c. coVington, w. F. Johnston. and Prof. w. l. Pitman have all gone into the Y. M c. A, work" said E. c. Cox, super intendent of the First Baptist Sunday school.
 This gives us five triangle stars on our service flag. Some are still in camps In the United States, while others are al the front. I was rejoiced to hear that Hubbard Stamps reached the other slde safely. Every Sunday school has lost some of it's very best workers to the army Y. M. c. A."
 Doing His Bit ModcstIy
 It is curious how soon a man drops out of the public eye" said H. Key Miner
 For instance, take the case of w.. Blanks Everett, the erstwhile secretary or the Chamber of Commerce
 When he was here he was in evidence at all of the public gatherings. his name was in all of the papers daily, but for months he has been quietly at work hid Tn one of the war activities. He was bright, genial. likable. chap and l have used him merely as an example"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-07

It's funny how one thing recalls an- other I do not know when have thought ago I was living in an uptown board ing house in New York, at which num- Der of actors and actresses and those engaged about theatres lived. l got many insights into the stage from the gossip from the inside, but I am not going to tell it at this late day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

Names Is Names.
George Georgegeorge lives at ST.
Rose, Quebec.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
YOUR PRICELESS PRIVILEGE

How much do you believe in a democracy, Mr.. Voterf
You are doing a great deal of talking these days about over
throwing autocracy and making the world safe for people VINO eject
their own government, but how much do you actually appreciate the
nrivileoe of being a part Of a democratic government
Today we have a demonstration of the first principle of a gov
eminent "of the people, by the people and for the people" You are
willing to send your boy to France or go yourself, if need be, to fight
that that government may be preserved for you and for your chill
dren. But are you interested enough to put on your hat and walk
TO the polling place before 9 o'clock tonight to cast a primary
BALLOT
In the primary we find the very foundation Of representative
government. 1t is here where the people select the men who are to
run for office. If you do not care enough for the privilege OF nomi
mating and electing your own government officials, what's the use Of
wasting so much blood and spending SO much treasure to preserve
this privilege for ourselves and our posterityf
It is at the primary where the democratic form of government
begins. If you dom care about the privilege offered by a democratic
form Of government, then you might as well have a car or a kaiser
debating your government for you, relieving you of all responsible
ity: your overlords would see that you are properly cared for and
you would accept his decisions without question as being the best
for your personal welfare.
Is our adherence Of such a system of government merely a
shamq Does not the privilege of eectng our own government OIL
GERS and having them directly responsible to us mean anything 10
us, after ALT
How dearly would you sell the privilege Of voting at today s
primary if that privilege were likely to be taken away-from you for
all timei An American army of 1,75OOO0 in France today is the
answer.
Then, if you value that privilege SO highly, why not go around
to the polling places at once, if you have not already done so, and
show by your action that you mean what you sayf
Never before have the priceless privileges of choosing ones
own government been SO thoroughly emphasized upon the American
people as today. Our elections this year, both the primary and gen.
eral, ought to have the biggest vote in the history of the nation. If
men do not show their appreciation of a democracy now, there is little
hope that they ever will appreciate 1t. Then, indeed, is the war
In vain.
But we know from the enthusiasm shown throughout the country
for the war that men do value the right to govern themselves. Today,
that is now accepted as the model for the world. You ought not to
let the opportunity of participating in it pass.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
erwin ON THE JURY

AT the beginning of every term of the court of common pleas
the judge has the usual number of requests to be excused from jury
~auty. Yesterday when the September term opened, the requests
were unusually numerous. OF the sixty men summoned for petit
jury duty, half of them desired to be let off in order that they might
continue their various occupations without interruption.
And it is doubtful if ever before there were SO many really good
excuses either. 1t was exceedingly hard for the judge to dis
criminate. Nearly everybody, these days, is engaged in some form
of war work, which, as we all know, must be kept going at top notch.
For a man thus engaged to be called upon to spend more or less of
his time for the next three months hanging about a court room, often
with nothing to do, but unable to get back to his work in time to
accomplish Anything, is aggravaing, to say the least.
But civic work must go on even if the country is at war. We
cannot abandon our courts simply because nearly everybody is en-
gagged in some fsrm of war work. Trials must be held and thSre
must be men to serve on the juries. =
Petit jury duty, nevertheless, is an abomination to the average
citizen at any time. Instead of being considered an honor to serve
the state in this manner, it is looked upon with adherence and some
thing to be avoided if any reasonable excuse can be found.
The main reason for this is because a man summoned for petit
jury duty is forced to waste so much of his time, especially those
wicker it is comparatively easy for him to go around to the court
house In the morning and if he is not called ON a jury, he can 20 back
TO work for a time at least, even if he is likely to be needed in the
afternoon. This is not the case with the man from Perth Amboy or
any other place outside the county seat. He must hang around and
hang around, knowing all the time that his business is either at a
standstll or is left to run itself which means a loss and possibly
ruin.
For every man who has served on the petit Jury that three
months experience is looked upon as a nightmare. If he has never
served. he lives In constant dread of being summoned.
ms ought no, to be. Serving the state in this manner ought
20 be an honor and a privilege.
We believe that If the court would divide the irv name 60
that a man called for jury duty could serve mob a certain number
I weeks knowing that he would actually be serving for that time
and then be excused for the remainder of the term n great reform
would be accomplished and the feeling toward petit Jury duty would
be entirely changed. We understand that this is the practice in some
OF the counties and we believe that Judge DAILY would win the ever
lasting gratitude OF hundreds of busy men in Middlesex if he would
inanggrate some such system here. Reform along this line is greatly
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Daily Horoscope

The stars incline but do not compel
Wednesday, September rs, 1918.
The hours OF greatest human ac-
tivity this day r guided by kindly
stars according TO astrology. Nep-
tune and Jupiter are in benefc as
pect.
1t Is a rule under which to push
all business interests Buying and
speculation are subjected 10 Influences
believed TO promise gain.
Initiative is well directed. Plans
as well as actions r supposed to
be favored by the stars.
There is q sign making for great
commercial enterprises that combine
altruistic and gatnful aims.
University professors as we'll as the
heads OF famous educational institu-
ton shave the promise OF honors and
fame after the war, when they will
be called to important public service.
The seers declare hat In the COM
ing year colleges and schools will
make much progress In practical
training for the needs OF the new
era that is dawning.
Sorrows fires. attended by explo-
Eions. are prognosticated for more
one American city this autumn
and the coming winter.
some sort OF trouble especially at
fecting France and Russia Is fore
Swallowed.
Earthquakes are likely 70 disturb
the Wekem part OF Eneiand =
disaster due to z~eIeEnis shoft
s4sed Ter the twelfth DEG
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Today We Celebrate
Anniversary of the Discovery of the
Pacific.

Anniversary of the Discovery of the
Pacific.
Four hundred and five years ago
this week the Pacific ocean was dis
covered by Pasco Nunoz de Balboa.
1t was between the Gath and 29th OF
September, In the yea 118, that the
Spanish adventurer first gazed upon
the waters of the great ocean.
Some historians allege that Balboa
chrtstened the unknown ocean the
Pacific. It is more likely that the
credit belongs to Magellan. It was
in 1920 that the great navigator
after steering carefully through the
strait which bears his name, swept
into the calm waters of hat new and
unknown sea on which he was the
first to sail, and which he named Mar
Paciflco.
Vasco Nunoz de Balboa was one of
the bravest and most successful of
the Spanish discoveries of America.
BY birth he was a hidalgo or gentle
man, but was in poor circumstances.
In 1901 he sailed or a voyage of dis
coVery to the western seas, and settled
In Hispanolia. Ill fortune still our
sued him and he was a failure as a
farmer. He smuggled himself on
board a vessel bound for the Isthmus
or Darien by hiding in a cask which
was conveyed from his farm to the
ship as IL containing provisions. Bal
boa gained many followers, and soon
obtained complete authority in OAR
len. On September /, 1918, he set
out with about 100 men and sailed
TO Coyba, where he left half his
forces to guard the ships and canoes.
With the remainder he started on his
periious journey across the isthmus,
Late in the month they reached the
summit OF a mountain range, when
Balboa, leaving his followers a little
distance behind. climbed a peak.
from which he gazed oct upon the
glorious expanse of The Pacific.
Later Balboa determined to ex-
plore the western sea, and with infin .
tie labors the materials for building
shlps wcro conveyed across thu 18TH
mus. and two b~rigantines were con
structed. In these vessels he took
possession of the Pearl Islands. III
was his ambition 20 all to the coast
OF Peru. but the Pacific was FAR from
deserving ifs name and he was forced
by terrible storms - abandon his ven
ture.
During Balboa's absence a new
governor had been appointed in His
panic, now Haiti. and he was Jealous
or Vasco's success. Balboa was in
duced TO return to Hispaniola, where
as a reward for his services 10 tha
Spanish king, his head was chopped
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

Longitude.
Holland comes under a planetary
direction that should benefit the coun-
try.
Hospitals will occupy public atten-
ton in the United States from this
time on through the winter. Insti-
buttons will benefit and great achieve
ments r indicated for American sur
geons.
Increase in the birthrate will be
appreciable during the next two
months and many boys will be born.
There is a good sign for the well
fare of mothers.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the outlook of a quiet year. The
young will seek social advantages.
Domestic friction is to be avoided.
Children born OF this day are likely
to be very artistic and talented, but
inclined toward untidiness and care
lessness.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

Our Daily Special.
You Can Get Some Things For
Nothing, But Experience Isn't One OF
Them.
Luke McLuke Says
Nobody loves a kicker. But, on the
other hand, the fellow who is salts
fed with things hasn't much of g
future.
Every husband hears so much from
his wife about what wonderful hus-
bands all other women have that he
wonders why he never meets any oil
these model birds because all the
married men he knows are just COM
mon ornery NUTS like himself.
We hate to hear a healthy man
complaining about his luck. Any man
who has good health has all the good
luck in the world.
When a gabby guy qualities a state
ment by saying that somebody else
said 50, the betting is that the state
ment Is a plain damli.
Winter approached when mere
man can't see a leg show by standing
on a street corner but will have ia
hike to a musical comedy and put W
two bucks and 20 cents war tax when
he wants to view feminine stine, hook
and gaskin.
80 NAN09G RAOAAASCA OaA hAAN
that we would buy her a ford as soon
as they began selling fords in the TO-
cent stores. And now that they have
quit making fords we figure with .
sigh of relief hat we are a dime 70
the good.
Keep your advice to yourself. PEG.
pie always find fault with the things
that they get for nothing.
A man may be able to make the
rest of the world believe that he is I
genius or a hero. But he can't fool
his wife that easily.
Where one man Is hustling to keen
out of debt, hundred others arc
hustling to get out Of debt.
Why is IL that a woman can lool
stylish In a 81 suit when a man viii
make a $40 suit look like a hand-me-
down when he wears it7
The world spends half its time ad'
vising a rich man how 10 spend his
money and the other half advising a
poor man how TO ave his money.
A porch climber may have his
faults. But you'll have TO admit that
he is ambitious to rise in the world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Visitors Always Welcomed
WOOD o FARMS
N. j.

Orders received at Seaman's
Pharmacy. Phone Perth Am
boy 200 or phone direct to the
farm.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes

Since our dads died at Valley Forge. before they'd be submit
I'm to that old bonehead German George who then ruling Bril-
tain. a sort OF eoldness has obtained between two mighty nations;
= bonds or friendship all were strained. though we were blood rda-
lions II took another German king with soul for war expandins)
between these mighty realms to bring the perfect understanding.
Our banner floats DER English domes the common foe deriving
and yer countless Yankee homes the British flag is flying. The
ofen that one time we knew the German kultur smothers;
fiendsAlps sealed with blood. and true. and we are close as broth
~ We sing with them. God save the King" and raise Tlad
k3oodles ana they viii make the rafters ring with good old "Ysnkee
Doodle britannia rules the waves you bet and DER that heaving
Sc We stretch our hands. already yet with brotherly emotion
Nnen Kaiser bh has quit the fray. brought down by stress OF
fo8efAeri" And that viii be the sourest Pill. the sickesf desc al Bit
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

copyright. 1918. By the Wheeler Syndicate. Inco
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

You naturally insist on a. n
glass when you drink.
Is the milk you put in it clean7
Just because you can't SEE
any impurity is no proof. You
must know the milk is CERTI-
FLED to be sure.
Being sure is the only way to
be safe.
Wood Brook milk is CERT
FLED.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Bits of By-Play
LUKE McLUKI
Copyright 1918, the Cincinnati
Enquirer.

NORITlkuk 4V4os LIZ NAAS
Enquirer.
Over There.
('Bad weather slows up drive OF al
lies. '-Dispatch from the front.)
o weather man, turn on the sun
And keep the weather fine,
Until we've run the filthy Hun
Across the filthy Rhine.
Mean Brutei
"A man can't be married against
his WILL" snapped Mrs. Gabb.
Maybe not" growled Mr.. Gabb.
but most men are married against
their better judgment"
Smart.
your SON is dull" the teacher grim
Remarked to Thomas Tart;
But I will 8 a strap on him,
And that will make him smart"
Huhi
"You are the apple of my eyer"
sighed the Young Man.
That's funny" giggled the Young
Woman.
whats funny" asked the Young
Man.
why, five minutes ago you told
that I was a peach" replied b
Young Woman.
Aw, Gwani
The Goa mans a philanthropist,
He Is O kind man, ] insist;
For, when I pass his place each day,
I see him give his coal A-weigh.
Paw Knows Everything.
wilie-Paw, what is the better
part of wisdomf
Paw-To know when You have said
enotgh, my son.
No Joke.
''This fact In life one often meets,
You'll find 1t true" said Fritters;
THAT, while a wife is fond OF sweets,
Her husbands fond Of bitters."
Chi
Some folks new saw the inside OF
a pawnshop, while others are regular
customers. But what we started TO
say was that Matilda Hockmuch lives
in Elmwood Place, Cincinnati.
what7
What has become OF the o. :.
schoolboy who used to play leap frog !?
And what has become OF the o. +.
dude who used to part his hair In the
back7
Fooeyi
This Oswald Falls
Gives me a pain;
He always calls
A girl a Jane"
Luke McLuke.
N
OF all the gall
That is impert,
Is he who'll call
A girl a skirt"
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
To me it's rougher
Than the dickens
To hear some duffer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Fire Alarm Boxes

z3-Raritan Copper works
and sheridan Straefa
tb-Smith Street and Central r. r.
t6-Market and First Streefa
t7-Madison Ave and Paterson a.
26-High M Lewis StreetaL
Sb-Smith and High Streets
46-New Brunswick Ave. ana Nav ~.
tl-Smtth and State StreetA
t1-Atontic Terra Gotta Works
ls-BuckinghAm Ave and Hartford 81.
tt-Commerce and Front Streets.
Estate and Washington SIS.
A1-High and Washington Streeta
6f-State 81. and Buckingham Ava
6b-Parker 81. ana Pulaski Ave
be-Hall Ava n Charles 81
bI-State me Wayne Streeta
United Lead Worka
6s-Aaurer.
62-Washington and First stresta
e3-New BrunsWtck Ave. and Kim ST
e4-cmtth Stree , watson Ave-
6b-Commerce and state Sareeta
Tz-Front and Smith StreetA
7S-Water and Gordon Streets.
14-kearny Ave and Gordon street.
tl-brace and Hanson Avenues
s1-Smith and Herbert Streets.
S6-Near City Hospital
1t-AmbOy Ave. and W~ashfnRton 81
S4-Lehigh Ave, q Stanford Street
sb-Near city Hospital.
44-NeFille n JohnEtone EtreetA
s6HCtexeland and Brace AFenueM
sl-Ampoy and Han Avenues
s4@AmooY ' 4n4 luaI4s Street
.1-LaaFe1ce sud EfareIE
|*@%eFt4te arc t~qeEEtCr4 <*Fe<4
lt1t-k1ith street. ans Central = =
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Call them chickens"
North Georgia Citizen.
HoOrayi

When women get the vote most of
them won't bother about going
around spellbinding for either politi-
cal party. But Ida May Stump in
R~osedale, Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

HaW, HaWI
A small boy overheard his father
compliment a friend by saying that
he, the friend, was the greatest story
teller in town. And when the boy
got home he told his mother that his
father was talking to the greatest
liar in town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24

If you would make the Kaiser bow,
Lend Uncle Sam your coin right now.
And this wal we will win.
It's up to you to buy a Bond
To help u boys across the pondI
So kick in, friend, kick inl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-24
Names Is Nnme

Things To Worry About
A caterpillar hasn't any hips.