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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-03
C|TYFATHERS
RAISE SALARIES
Vote to Increase Their Own
Pay Two Hundred Dollars
Per Year
POLICE ALSO FARE WELL
Janitors and Other City En-
ployes Will Petition Alder
men for More Money

A great surprise was sprung at the
meeting of the Board of Aldermen at
city hall last night, when resolu-
ton was introduced, raising the sala-
ries of the members of the board from
5000 to $500 per ySar. with the ex-
ception of the pay of Alderman-at-
Large Ira II. Grouse, which has been
$500 for some years.
When vote was taken on the mat
ter Alderman-at-Large Grouse, Al
dermen Wilson, Hilker. Anderson and
Reidy voted in favor of it, but Alder
men Waters and Clark passed. The
new raise Is to go into effect on jan
uary / next.
The board also raised the pay of all
members of the police department
from Chief Burke to the newest pa
trolman on the force. The new pay
to go into effect on the first of next
year All of the aldermen with the
exception of Alderman Clark voted in
favor of this. Alderman Clark passed.
For a number of years the men,
bers of the Board of Aldermen. with
the exception of the alderman at
large, have been receiving 5000 year.
A/short time ago they wanted to raise
their own salaries to $500, but found
that under the law they could not do
so, but later they discovered that they
could raise the pay of the members or
the new Board Of Aldermen. who take
office on January 1 next, and last
night it was done.
The new salaries are to\be paid in
monthly installments the same as the
present salaries.
With the increase for each member
It makes a total of $1,000 year
added to the pay roIi
Up until few months ago the
chief was receiving a salary of $4,000,
the sergeants got $1,000, roundsmen
$500 and the patrolmen 5000. An
increase of 800 on each salary was
granted as a war bonus. This bonus
has now been made a permanent sal
ary, SO that the, chief, who has been
receiving salary of $4,000 and war
bonus of 500 additional, will now
receive $2,100. The sergeants, who
have been receiving a salary of $1,000
and a war bonus of 500, will now re-
ceive a regular salary of S1,7OO. The
roundsmen who received salary of
$3.50 and a war bonus of $50. will
now receive regular salary of
$1,000 In the case of the patrolmen,
however, they get an increase of 500
in addition to their former salary of
5000 and war bonus of 500, so that
their new regular salary Will be $1,100
In the case of the patrolmen at this
time a man starts to work for 5000
and gets increase each year until he
receives S1,400. Under the plan to
20 into effect on the first of the year
the new patrolmen will start at $1,100
A petition was received from the
janitors of the different fire houses in
the city asking the board to raise
their salaries 5000 year. The matter
was taken up and discussed and re-
ferred 20 the committee on fire and
they are to report at the next meet
ing.
of the city at city hall and in other
departments are now getting up pc
tition to be presented to the aldermen
asking for raise in pay.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-12-03
PRESIDENT TO Leave
WASHINGTON TONIGHT

1t was generally. believed that the
President would tleave Washington
this evening, arriving in New York
early tomorrow so as to sail probably
tomorrow noon.
The cabinet meeting today was ex-
pected to be the final meeting of the
President with his advisers either in
a body or as individuals, with the ex-
ception of Secretary Lansing, who
will accompany the President as one
of the delegates to the peace confer
ence. With the departure of Mr.
Lansing, Counsellor Frank l.. Polk
will become acting Secretary of State.
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5p <lssocidted Press.

'Bu associated Press-
WASHINGTON, Dec. S:-President
Wilson is expected to leave Washing
ton this evening for New York when
he and the other American repre-
sentatives to the peace conference
will sail ON the liner George Wash
ington for Europe.
Official announcement as to the
time of the Presidents departure was
not forthcoming today, 1T was under
stood, however, that the regular cab
met Tuesday meeting would be held
this afternoon and that the fact pre-
cluded his departure before evening.
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Fire Destroys Important Papers
In the German Foreign Office

By Associated tress M,
PARIS, DNc. 3.-(Havas) = The
German foreign Office has been de-
stroyed by fire. All documents IN tno
possession of the Germans taken from
the Belgfans at Brussels and all doeu-
ments in Berlin which might be use
full in placing responsibility for the
war on the German government nave
been destroyed. Herr Melkenbuhr,
former Socialist member of the Reicn-
stag, declared in a speech In Beriin'
according to advices received mere.
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REDUCE EXPENDITURES

House Committee Would HaNe 5of-
tions of Appropriations Returned
81 A ss0ctdfed Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. s--Enorts %
tbe House approprlation sub-contmit-
tee to reduce. governmental expenaiss
lures through returns or portions %
war appropriations unused as q result
Of the cessation of hostilities were CON
tinued today. Several department oL-
dcials were to appear before the COM
mittee.
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CAN WEAR UNIFORMS

Reserve Officers Given Permission For
Three Months After Discharge.
Rg sN"rf0fed p-ess
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Reserve
officers here today were authorized by
the war department to wear theft uni
forms for thre months after. their
transfer to the inactive list. This priv
ilege already is accorded by law to
ANY person honorably discharged
from the army navy or marine corps,
regulars or volunteers"
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DUTCH REPRlSAL

Stop Export Into Germany Because
Coal Has Been Shut on.
Bu A Ssacidted Press.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The Dutch gov
ernment has decided TO stop all export
to Germany in reprisal for the stop
page of the export of German coal Il
Holland, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
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..., vor,n cuR1srMAs GIFT

r.rr YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT
LEI THIS YEAR BE MUSIC
The NEW EDISON" che phono-
grauh with a sour should be u IN
Eminent The whole family Will en-
Gov IN All the time You can only hear
he NEW EDISON at MONTALVOs, ~
smith ST OPEN EVENINGS
132-11-26-tf.
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WILSON TO VISIT POPE
President VIII Go to Vatican From
American Embassy, Rome
RpnOPtS.

BIZ Associated Prsss
ROME, Monday. Dec. 2.-President
Wilson during his stay at this capitai,
will pay a visit to Pope Benedict. II II
announced by the newspapers mere
He will 90 to the Vatican. 1t is stated,
from the American embassy instead
of from the ouirinal. where the presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson will be the
guests of the king and queen While IN
Rome.
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TO NEAREST HOSPITALS
wounded Men From France to Be
Sent as Near Home as Possible.
R,.N A Prea&-

Sent as Near Home as Possible.
Bu Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Plans un-
der which all wounded men returning
from France will go to hospitals with
in three hundred miles of the homes
of their nearest relatives. were an
nounced today by the war department.
To this end base hospitals at train
ing camps have been turned over TO
the surgeon general, providing seven
ty-five hospitals with facilities to care
for 1O4,2s1 men. Fifty thousand meh
are expected to be sent to these insi-
tutions within the next four months.
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WON'T ENTER GERMANY
Alsacian Soldiers Held Prisoners in
Russia Hesitate TO Return.

PARIS. Dec. 3.-(Havas)-It is re-
ported from Warsaw that 1900 SOL
diers from Alsace-Lorraine. who were
taken prisoners by the Russians. have
refused to return to their homes by the
way of Germany. They are being
housed temporarily in barracks Of
fered by the Polish military authori-
ffaz
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Majestic Delicatessen and
Fancy Groceries
1872 Smith St.
Opposite City Theatre

Opposite City Theatre
A full line Of the famous Gobels
delicious home cooked meats and
hams and bolognas received daily.
We also make all kinds Of fancy
salads.
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MusICs RECREATION.

we want you to learn what MUsIc's
RECREATI0N is. We want an oppor-
tnnitv to show you the difference be-
tween THE NEW EDISON. ."the, phono-
graph with a soul" and all other de-
Vices for the reproduction of music.
we want every music lover to hear this
great Invention of the worlds greatest
Inventor. Call at MONTALVO'S, 20
smith ST. and be convinced.
132-1I-26-tfs
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ALDERMEN RAISE OVVN AND POL/CEMEWS SALARIES
ALLIES TO DEMAND SURRENDER OF THE FORMER KAISER
FIRST PICTURES RECEIVED HERE OF
THE SURRENDER OF GERMAN FLEET

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n
Germans the foreground British
omce submar inspection
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TROLLEY MEN STRIKE
Men Omit 10 Force Dismissal of Wo-
...oz. as EnnlucfncS

men as Conductors.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Dec. 3.-Io
enforce their demand upon the Cleve-
land Railway Company for the dis
missing of women employed as con-
ductors since last August, 2.4OO motor
men and conductors went on strike at
s o'clock this morning.
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FOR mason contractor can 1897 Perth
AmbeY. ls1-I1-27-ofs
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squab, Chicken and Steak Dinners at
New Market Inp, New Market. n. j. r.
p. Ramps. Prop. zz4Su-1l-l-ti'
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WEATHER - Generally
cloudy tonight and
Wednesday.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28
THE KINDERGARTEN
BY DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT.

| The kindergarten is more than par
ticular form Of school. 1t is an essen
tial principle of education-the princi-
pie that education is growth, not man.
ufacture. The kindergarten is child
garden: the home and the school are
the soil; bad habits are the weeds !;
the parents and the teachers are the
gardeners; education is preparing and
enriching the soil, planting the seeds,
wedding the garden bed; the kinder.
garten plays and songs are garden
tools; cheerful spirit, genial hui
NOR, spirit of kindness and sympa-
thy are the necessary sunshine; sor-
row, trials, temptations. tears, disci-
pline are the necessary rain. The pri-
mary school. the grammar school,
the high school, the college, should
all be child gardens in which
the growing youth should be guided
in his growth, but always en-
couraged to grow naturally, simply,
healthfully into whatever flower and
fruit his nature fits him for. The
motto for the parent and the teacher,
should always be: Consider the Ill
les of the field how they grow and
the model of the parent and the teach
err should always be the divine model
furnished by Gods work in creation.
"And God said. Let the earth bring
forth grass the herb yielding seed.
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after
his kind"
If we will plant the children of our
immigrants in American soil, give them
American companions, teach them In
the American language, let them
breathe American literature, discipline
them in the American art of self-gov-
eminent, warm their hearts in the
sunshine Of American tendencies. SYM
pathy and good fellowship. and always
respect the nature which God has
given them however 1t may differ from
ours, they will grow up loyal. patriotic.
devoted Americans.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28

julius Caesar gave it the privileges Of
d Roman colony, and later, Antoninus
Plus, in the last part of the second
century, A. D., built the beautiful tenn
pie Of Jupiter, and the great temple
Of the sun was erected about the same
time. These two temples would APP
pear to be represented on.coins of the
time of Septimus Severus some thirty
years later, and they carry the in
scription on the reverse. "Colonia
Heliopolis Jovi Optimo Maxine Hello
politani."
Great Phoenician MonoIiths.
The great temple of the Sun is
erected on the site Of the Phoenician
temple of Baal. and at the western
end Of the sub-structure are to be
seen three colossal monoliths which,
with other lesser ones, are placed In
the wall at height Of 20 feet from
the ground level and measure respec-
lively "a feet, 1914 feet and 81 feet in
length, by 10 feet in thickness and
about the same in breadth. The
writer notes that they are so beau
tifulfy squared and fitted that, al
though without mortar, 1t would be
difficult to put knife between them.
The quarry from which these gigan-
tic stones were brought is about half
a mile away; and there another one.
still larger, Is to be seen. This is So
feet long and, being squared on all
sides. was left In process of being cut
rom the rock below. when rohers
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drin" by Knowlton, pubIished by Nil
toI Bradley company. Springfield
Mlss.. for 81, and there are lovely
objections by Eleanor Smith and Jes
si} Gaynor.
my mother who has had the regu.
laton music lessons can play simple
sdgs and can learn to guide her chill.
dHn into singing life.
Teach the children to listen ia
bihs and to remember their calls
Tlfre is q book Of bird-calls by Odds
witch Is very good. Its title Is ''Twen.
tyfve Bird Songs for Children" and
1t ks published by G. Schirmer. New
Yak, for $1.25.
fling, "Come and be washed" In
stAd of saying it. Here is u little
tuie spontaneously sung by child
Of Pix: Something ever, ever. sings.
fhe little child was right, but the
tr4lble is. most of us do not listen.
ksk your question In song, mother.
aH soon you will be answered by u
cheerful singing reply.
Baby, where are your sung on
simple ascending scale will soon
brig musical reply from d hiddep
child of II am hiding here"
Play softly. sing gently and listen.
Teach to Follow Tune.
During the day take some familiar
tube and swing the rhythm with the
artls. Let the children step it, find.
int out where the slow and quick steps
cdhe. Afterward, have them draw
liIes on the blackboard to show this
duration. thus: -. >. :. -. -.
L& them find in which direction the
tube goes, up or down, and make pic
tubes of it either denoting the direc.
ti{n with sweep of the hands or
drawing sweeping line on the black.
bhrd
Singing, swinging, stepping and max
Ing pitch and duration pictures, the
Children live in music as fish In water
or birds In the air.
II there are quarrels and tears, play
something pretty and think the word
Harmony. See how this Gains the at
controlled her children almost entire
ly through the power Of constructive
thought and music. They easily yield
ed to the word Peace sung gently
over and over.
Mothers, If they only knew 1t, have
the making of new world of love in
their keeping. and music Is torch to
light them on the way.
To mother who does not know
any music, l say. If you can. get some
one to come for an hour every day
to sing with your children at twilight.
See to 1t that the words of the songs
are constructive and beautiful and
learn to sing a little yourself. Every
one can sing little.
Join the community chorus and II
there isn't one, start one.
"a singing army Is winning army"
A singing family Is spiritually grow
ing family and music the link that
brings heaven to earth.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28
Kindergarten
Helps for Parents
Articles Issued BY the Department
OF rho Interior. Bureau of Educart0u
and the
Nofion0J Observation-Disclosures
MUSIC is A NECESSITY
BY MRS. HARRIET AYERS sEY
MCUR

BY MRS. HARRIET AYERS sEY.
MoUR.
know mother with four children
who made up her mind that home
should be very heaven. To her,
music was Gods special gift to moth
ers and children, and so she began
singing regularly with each of her
babies.
There are many lovely songs which
mother can learn, and the best of
all are the folb songs of different
countries.
Archibald T. Dawson and T. w.
Surett have collected some excellent
and familiar ones in an inexpensive
book called Fifty Rote Songs" pub
lished by the Boston Music company.
These include English and other for
eign folk songs.
gay song for baby as he eats HIS
breakfast and a quiet one as he lies
down to go to sleep-these will sink in
deen and form wonderful foundation
for the music of his life.
With the older babies have a regu-
TAR singing time. Five O'Clock is a
good hour. The children of whom |
speak had Singing party every day
at five. and sometimes the neighbors
came in and sang with them. Their
mother grew to be such a strong In
nuence In the community that many
persons came to her for advice anu
refreshment.
Singing Instead Of Nagqna.
Nagging is often simply u lack OF
something better TO do. A friend VI
this woman In speaking of her home
life said. "She has substituted sing
ing for nagging."
Small Songs for Small Singers BY
Neidlinger &c. Schirmer. New York
publisher; $3.50 illustrated; IS cents
without illustrations) is good collec-
ton for children from four to six
years old. These songs are very mu-
steal. simple, and rather full of jokes
-"jokey" as one child said.
Here are the words of great favor
lite in this collection:
Mister frog came out of the pond one day.
And found himself In the ram:
SAID ne: IN get wet, and | may catch
So he jumped In the pond again.
Joy Is the best tonic there is, and
happiness creates health. The chill
dren's song-hour will affect the atnlos-
phere Of the whole house.
Another good lot of songs is col
lection of Mature Songs for Chill
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would have been placed under it. But
Of what were they, and what power
was sufficient to move and control
this immense mass Of limestone rock !?
Romans Reused the Stones.
The Roman builders would appear
to have largely reused the stones Of
the earlier Phoenician work. The tenn
pie Of the Sun itself had 81 columns,
IT each on the north and south sides,
and ten each on the east and west
sides. On the south side six Of these
great columns still remain standing.
They are 70 feet in height, including
base and capital, while the entabla-
ture above adds another IA feet; the
shafts consist sof three blocks only,
Joined with iron ties, their diameter
is Z feet inches at the base and 6
feet 6 inches at the top. To the
south is the temple of Jupiter. This
is OPT feet by III feet, and on low.
er level. 1t also faced east, and had
a beautiful portico and stone stair
case, nothing of which remains. The
peristyle had AZ columns, Is on the
east and west sides, and eight on the
north and south. These were IS feet
in height, the shafts being 6 feet 6
inches at the base, and feet 8 inches
at the top. The entablature was IL
feet high, the distance between the
columns and the celia is 10 feet, the
ceiling being formed by great slabs
Of stone connecting them, and beau
tifully decorated. The north facade
is the best preserved, where nine col
umns out of fifteen still remain in
position.
About 300 yards from the great tenn
pies IL the small shrine Of Venus, q
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28

IN THE path Of the victorious
British expedition in Palestine as
1t moved northward lay the noun
tain ranges Of the Lebanon, and
Aleppo, the taking Of which city gave
complete control Of the Syrian end Of
the Bagdad railway and Of the Inn
portant port Of Alexandretta, the best
sarbor in the country. From Damas-
Gus the railway to the north traverses
the Beka'a, long, fertile valley be-
tween the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon
ranges. In the middle Of this valley
on the slope Of the latter range Is
situated the ancient town Of Baalbek
celebrated for its wonderful ruins.
Baal5ek is small and prosperous
town, q large part of the population
being Christian, says Country Life.
and II is the seat Of the government
Of province of the same name and
a military center. Ya'kubi, an Arab
writer Of the ninth century. speaks of
Baalbek as one of the finest towns Of
Syria, and other writer's make allusion
to this beautiful spot and Its wonder
full ruins. 1t is spoken Of by the geog-
rapher. MUIR Kaddasi, as the coolest
place in Syria.
AS the name Baalbek, which is
Semitic In origin, implies, it was con-
nected from early times with the wor-
ship Of the sun, probably meaning the
city Of Baal In the Beka'a, by which
the plain is known. The PhOenicians
here erected q great temple to Baal
constructed with colossal stones after
their manner. This was afterwards
utilized and reconstructed In the Grae-
cO-Roman period, when the name Baal-
bek took the Greek form Of Heliopolis.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28
REALITY FOR RUTH
BY MRS. MARGARET STEEL HARD.

which is the secret of comfort for q
child as well as for "grown-ups."
This does not begin to cover the
countless avenues for explanation and
discussion opened up through the com.
radeship engendered by doing these
tasks together, nor the numerous small
problems Of conduct which they solve
But try it yourself. 1t is not at all
new. In truth l suppose it to be one
OF the answers to the old question
How could great-grandmother bring
up family of fourteen children with
SO little nerve-strain?"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-12-28

One morning few months ago !
was passing the playroom. my small
daughters domain, and stopped to
glance in, but finding her absent did
not linger. However, an Impression Of
the room did linger.! and it finally grew
to sufficient proportions to demand my
conscious thought.
What was there about the charming,
sunny room with it's Mother Goose
frieze and carefully chosen toys that
vaguely troubled me? 1t was too or
derby. That was it. orderly in the
sense of being unused.
l paused and reflected how little
time Ruth really spent in the play
room she was always somewhere else.
Where was she, in fact at that partic-
ular moment? Brief search discOv-
cred her vigorously sweeping the back
porch where some drifting leaves had
collected.
why is ;t?" / said to myself as l
poured the boiling water into the dish
pan and swashed the soap-shaker up
and down Extraordinarily. "Why Is
1t that she prefers sweeping the back
porch to playing with her dolls house?
Why does she hang about the kitchen
watching me cook instead of using that
fascinating dolls stove of hers?"
Children Anxious to Help.
ut is because she Graves the actual
and real experience, suspect"
Before I knew it I had brought my
small cutting table, low enough for
Ruth to reach, placed it beside the
sink, covered 1t with a heavy towel
and put the drain basket thereupon.
Then calling to her l pointed to the
dishtowels hanging in a crisply folded
row and said /: would you like to wipe
the dishes for me after this?"
Perhaps you do not think six-year-
old help very competent, but I assure
you that mine has broken but one
saucer in over half year, and that
the glasses and silver are not only
wiped until they shine as brightly as
the crystal and silver of the proven
bal fairy palace, but that by the time
have hung my towels to dry. the last
dish has been put safely away. by a
little girl who must use the kitchen
stool, deftly Unanswered, as means
to reach high shelves. Nor has the
task ever become irksome. Indeed
there has been only a demand for fur
Their duties. so that busting, putting
away laundry, making her crib. and
greatest of all delights. cooking the
cereal and apple sauce for her own
and little brothers. supper, have been
added to the list.
Value Of comradeship.
And so the little duties grow and
pest Of all so grows Ruth. She is find
ing her diminufive place in society and
Feeling herself potent member of the
family group. Through actual partic-
ipution in the responsibilities OF her
home she Is gaining the power to adj
lust herself to life as she finds 1t,