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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
u. S. Commissary Stretches
Miles, Filled With Supplies

warehouse the variety and quantity
Of its contents amazed us. First we
passed tons upon tons Of tobacco,
piled to the roof. Smoking there, we
thought, for a million men until the
Hun IL driven back to Berlin. Next
wa canned sweet corn. 1t looked as
IL the entire crop of Iowa was In that
one place. Then maccaroni by the
ton upon ton. Next was shovel heads
enough Of them to dig trenches
from the sea to Switzerland. Next.
canvas, garbage receptacles, cooling
peils, picks, stoves, ~stovepipes. water
pipes. all sorts OF food stuffs. and
hardware and supplies.
Back in America we heard folks
complaining that America was not on
the job. II those kickers could come
to France and see what the army had
done here in less than a year, 1t would
go home more content It would
90 home with chest expanded and
Chin up to brag about the Ability of
America to meet an emergency.
For here a city, apparently perma-
nent, has sprung up. Just to operate
tpese warehouses and railroad yards,
SSS sprsoRs f5r g'n q are Eoo seqs slIsS t townT
There are mess halls and office quar-
ters. There are c~ongregating places
for the men, notably q number of
huge~Y NJ. @. A.. huts. There is the
Allies Hut which serves English,
French and Americans; there Is a hut
exclusively for the colored %laborers;
there is an officers club, operated by
the "Y" with canteen, billiard table,
lounge and other comforts; and there
are two enormous huts for the en-
listed men, with room to seat in each
upwards OF seven hundred and fifty.
These are provided with. piano. pho
nographs, canteens. libraries and
the Job and know just how to talk
to the Annex boys.
The " women In a permanent
camp like this Is a great institution.
She gets acquainted. She sews on but
tons. she chats with the boys and they
come to her with their tales OF woe.
have an interest in each and every
one Of them. her influence is amazing.
The mere fact of a woman being there
Is fine. It holds the boys to the
scratch. = She even affects their per-
eonal appearance. Here are four
young women, shut Off from the
word the only women in a camp con-
tanning thousands OF men. And they
are having the time of their lives.
Many more are needed for such Jobs,
and America must supply them.
These places are the social center,
and give the social life to the commits
sary town. It needs some relaxation,
some place to go, for II is q remarka-
bly, busy and hard working place.
Daily huge trains come in with loads
to be stored; other huge trains come
in to be loaded with supplies for the
front Nobody has O minute to loaf.
Back home q business, a Wholesale
house. which required, let us say i've
thousand men. just to handle its ware
houses, would be some c Over
here. we are told, this is not " Q the
largest Of Uncle Sans depots. It
looks as II the United States meant
business in this war, and was making
preparations to stay right here until
the Hun was disposed Of for good
and all. Anyhow that is what the
boys in khaki will tell you"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
up on Sugar Given
to Consumers by GrOcers

The federal food administration for
New Jersey, now that II has caught
up with the distribution of sugar GER
tif1cates for August has begun to check
up on the amount of sugar and un-
used distribution certificates in the
GERS of the state on August 10.
Circulars asking for this informa-
ton have been sent to all grocers.
The idea is to ascertain just. what are
the sugar requirements of the state
and to have the sugar records as COM
pfete as possible. This compilation
by the state administration is in addi-
ton to any such work as the county
administrators may perform.
The first patches of the sugar
pledges received by the grocers from
their customers who make purchases
on the two-pound basis, have been
sent to the county administrators and
they are being checked up for the pur-
pose of discovering cases of boarding,
II there r any.
State Administrator William s. Ty-
Ter still finds that there are some
people who are not familiar with the
have been coming to state headquar-
ters for information with regard to
obtaining sugar for canning. In one
instance a woman who thought hat
she should DO her canning on her two
pound allotment, wrote requesting an
Increased allotment.
Canning is encouraged by the state
administration, and people desiring to
obtain sugar for that purpose may get
twenty-five pound sugar certificates
upon the endorsement of the local
administrator. Sugar saving is urged,
but a second twenty-five pound allott-
ment will be given If the county ad-
ministrator is satisfied that the per-
son will use 1t for canning only.
1t has also been found that many
people have the impression the ban
had been lifted off wheat flour. There
have been no changes whatever in
the wheat regulations with regard to
the $ of substitutes, and a person
purchasing wheat must do SO on the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23

BY Clarence BudfnktOn Ke11and.
PARIS, Aug. Il: (Hy Mall.)-Uncle
Sam Is in the wholesaiA business
raised TO the nth power. ! have just
sssn .0 one of Of h III, S0 S9Iasss g,s dsg ,gs S snd
6sss Of IL Ill. Fhen I Remember that
Eest Wholesale 9rocsry Or hardware
or supply h0use ia America gems
puny BY comparison
This establishment of Uncle Sarn's
cannot be figured by so many feet Of
poor spaes. ~ Y the usual store. You
have TO think Of II Ia units Of acres,
almost Of miles. just stop and COP
slider that 1fty miles Of railroad, On
intricate network. are required to
take care 81 this one depot, and you
proportions.
One stands on q nearby hill and
gazes. not at q building but at q pan
Drama. Building after building
stretch almost As far 81 the eye oan
reach. They are no toy buildings.
The day wa hot-and when ] had
walked from one end to the other of
3ust one building I was ready for q
rest 1t must have been half a mile
long. Thefe were not two nor three,
but literally ? dozen Of these-And the
ENANAA8S WykU 1oe 9AS98A W AohbS
All the stock that Uncle Sam keeps
there,
Out on the ground, carefully covered
by tarpaulins, we're hiliocks and
mounds OF boxes and crates. Further
along were mountain ranges Of baled
hay, It seemed 10 Il there were
enough hay there to feed ell the army
horses and mules In the world until
they reached 4 fips old age. There
We're piles Of bags containing fodder
that might have been heaped into a
Woolworth building.
AS we passed the open doors of q
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
DON'T COMPLAIN
It's A Sure Sign of Nervous
ness and a Run-D Down
System

The man or woman who Ia always
nnding fault is usually on the verge of
look About you; the healthy are almost
always happy and usually are the peo-
pie who do the big things. For your
" sake and that of oil about you. do
sap your mental and physical strength
to the last drop
Build up the body by increasing
your strength and vitality. CHAsCO-
Win, the Body-BuiIder, q combination of
Iron and other strength making drugs,
will increae your stesMgfa and vitality,
often 100 per cent a tW6 weeks. But
you must take It E4sularly. =
Sold in Perth Ashboy By Raritan Drug
Co. Board of Trade Bldg, Smith and
Maple SITS. Perth Amboy. " 1.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
Plants Travel by Air.

In Porto Rico. where the atmosphere
ts moist and balmy, air plants often
lodge In the most unusual places and
produce some weird effects while grow
Ing. Frequently they establish them
selves on telephone and telegraph
wires. The insulation rots In places
and the plants take root grow and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23
TRUCK DRIVER INJURED

]. O. Trolley Strikes Motor Truck at
Keyport Corner.
By Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, Aug. 22-One of the
Jersey Central Traction cars struck an
automobile truck at the corner of
Broadway and Front streets late Wed
nesday afternoon. The truck was
driven by Michael Stermick OF New
ark, who received a severe shaking
up. DR.. s. II. Cassidy was called and
upon examination found the man to
sustained a sprained back. Mr..
Stermick sent word to his son ct
Newark to come here and drive the
truck home. which he did. the father
accompanying him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 21:--Miss
Florence Lowden, daughter Of Gov
ernor Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois, will
take the part of illinois," in The
Masque of Illinois," to be given here
August 26. under the auspices of the
Illinois Centennial Commission as part
of the celebration of the anniversary
of the adoption of the first constitu-
ton of Illinois.
f1fty-ffty basis with substitutes. In
bread-making the standard of three
quarters wheat flour and one-quarter
of substitutes nay be used.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-23

Passions are likened best to foods
and streams, the shallow murmur. but
the deep r dumb.-sir Walter RAJ
leigh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Issues Credit Rating Book

T think that I am going to like the increased business that will come under my supervision in taking over the Mer- chants Credit association" said W. V. Trammell, and especially interested am in the work of issuing first-class credit rating book, which my association
 will complete at an early date.
 With such men as compose my direc- torate behind me, with their cooperation and influence, I am sure that we will have the best credit rating system pos- sible within a very short while. While we will do collection work as I former ly handled, the interesting feature of the service that we will furnish will be the reports on people in Birmingham seeking credits. I have a hobby about handling these matters, and am some times censored for being lenient with a man who is in tough luck A man may be bad pay this year, and Al pay next year, so the ratings must be kept right jam-up so that no one will be done an injustice, merchant or customer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
Louisville Courier Journal
 Surrenders to Suffragists

7THE Louisville Courier-J Journal has A come out in favor of votes for women. That settles it! Marse Henry is not even acting in an advisory ca pacity," or at any rate, his advice in this particular move was not taken by Judge Robert W. Bingham, the new owner of the Courier-Journal.
 What must be the feelings of the grand old editor emeritus in this dark hour? No man in public or private life has opposed woman suffrage more bitterly than Colonel Watterson. who emptied the vials of his wrath many times on the female hooligans" and rampant feminists who were try ing to turn society upside down, ac- rording to his way of thinking.
 Naturally none of the suffrage lead
 
 controversy. Although many of them tried to handle him, without gloves, in what was at times a most unlady- like fashion, they usually came to grief. His heavy artillery never ran out of ammunition and he stuck to his guns regardless of the peppering he received from fair antagonists. X
 Those who elected to stay neutral, and many who did not agree with Colonel Watterson read his brilliant editorials with keen enjoyment and unholy delight, secretly felt like shouting, Hay on MacDuff!" When the colonel set out to make the fur fly there was more excitement to the paragraph than any of his contempor- aries could ever hope, or dare, to create.
 Now, all IS changed. From hlS re- tirement Marse Henry looks on help lessly as the Courier Journal strikes it's colors to his erstwhile foes. A victory, in sooth, for Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida Husted Harper and all other doughty champions of the "cause."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
THE FoAM-wHrrE STREAM

From the Chinese of Ii Pc GA. D. 7os- 762.y By Kenneth Morris. came at dawn to the source of the
 Foam-White Stream, And there on the breast of the lonely
 mountain lay Watching a thousand beautiful island
 gleam In their green and gold. and the blue
 of eternal dream On the worldwide waters sparkling far
 away. watched the seaward white clouds drift
 ing sail, Cloud by shining cloud through the sum Each swiftly asiint. as huge and sil-
 very whale. Or dragon. flashing in silvern glitter of
 mail The blue and foam of his native waters
 through. My song. that was loud at noon, at dusk
 fell low, And died when the stars shone white
 OCT the wane of day; And I came from the moonlit mountain,
 hushed and slow, Hungry at heart for the homely Tights Under sthe caves Of the cottassrs. IF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
A PLUCKY FRENCHMAN m Stars and StrinaS Trance

From Stars and Stripes, France. This didn't happen to an American, but it made some Americans gasp, and
 boosted the blue coats one more notch in their estimation.
 A French balloon observer was at tached to an American unit. For four days he went up in his bulky sausage and remained there unperturbed by whistling shells, directing the fire of American batteries. On the fifth day a German airplane dived from a low
 cloud with it's machine gun going. The
 balloon dissolved in flame and smoke,
 and the observer took to his parachute. The Boche airman, not content with destroying the sausage, pursued the Frenchman as he floated down, pumping bullets at the outspread umbrella. And the Frenchman cooly drew his revolver
 anc answered the Boche's fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
LUXE M,LUKE SAYS

l People used to see how far they could make dollar go. But nowadays they | seem to be seeing how fast they can make dollar go. l While it is none of the worlds busi- ness, the world simply can't forgive a man who forgives an unfaithful wife. 1 We never knew but one man who was boss of his household. And he was an old bachelor who did his own cooking and made his own bed. l Even though the hat, the tie and the suit he is wearing were selected for him | by his wife, a man won't admit that he is henpecked.
 A man thinks it strange that while he often reads about people who are SUD- posed to be smarter than he is, he never meets any of them.
 1 After q woman has been hitched to the same man for a dozen years she figures that they should have given her a hero medal instead of a marriage certificate. After she has caught him in 234 lies, a man gets mad because his wife won't believe him when he does happen to tell the, truth once.
 | Any time a man starts to talk about women it is a safe bet that he doesn't know what he is talking about. 1 The managing editor of a wheelbarrow may not have much ambition, but you icsn't say that he hasn't much push.
 The only criticism we can offer in re- 1 gard to the one-piece bathing suit for women is that when well-built girl is
 wearing one, and it is wet why wear il at all?
 l A woman argues because she knows that she is going to win the argument
 But why the Sam Hill does . mar argue?
 l The girl who marries for money is going to be disappointed. But she has 1 the consolation of knowing that she
 wasn't disappointed in love. | You would like to have all the money that is wasted in town. wouldn't you. Well. maybe you wouldn't need it if yot
 could hang on to the share that VOL waste yourself.
 LOOK ABROAD. SIR From the Portland Telegram. ' When you are inclined, Mr. Averag
 Man. to get all 'het up over the higl
 cost of living. consider the condition Q l your contemporaries in northern Franc Fand Belgium and be glad that your alive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
Montgomery Advertiser Is Ninety Years Old

7T7HE HERALD extends it's
 4 felicitations to the Montgomery Advertiser on the observance of it's ninetieth birthday. Although, as the Advertiser says, there are number sof papers in the United States more than ninety years old, the esteemed Mobile Register being one, to have survived for that length of time un- der the same name and to have re- nained for more than half of it's nine ty years under the same management, is an achievement of which it may justly feel proud.
 Conducted from 1865 to 1913 by MI. William Wallace Screws, the % ,yeetiser became ono of the most
 .As'sed joqznals in tho United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
Should Teach Children

"1n our programme for the rearing of our children I fear we are overlook ing one important cause of loss of life among children no longer classed as in- fants,'' said Ernest w. House.
 "This is "preventible accidents We must, as parents. put more emphasis on Safety First. Within a week recently three children met with serious acci- depts, two cases being fatal.
 Let us be careful ourselves and teach the boys and girls more regard for life and limb. I never have believed in Frightening children or making them nervous and timid, but practical common sense instructions we can give. We can take care that we do nothing ourselves to make accidents possible. I have mo- ticed recently many boys on bicycles holding to street cars on a grade. This is a free ride stunt that is only too apt to end in free ride in an ambulance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30

Brand Whitlock describes how German soldiers cringe before their officers. How long will it be before Germans overcome the crinsing habit?
 # # x Since it appears that Grown Prince Rup- precht went home to get married, you couldn't strictly speaking, call it vaca. ton he's having.
 # x # MT. Carnegie is reported to have bor- rowed money recently to pay his taxes. He seems about to achieve his ambition to die poor.
 The average doughboy in France may not regard himself as a crusader. but he knows that he isn't there to fight flor loot.
 For moth-eaten monarchy. Spain is showing astonishing spunk in the sub. marine controversy with Germany.
 x # # Important developments are expected on the western front. That is the place to look for important developments.
 # # x. General Foch seems determined to translate 'The Watch on the Rhine" into "The Rout on the Rhine.'
 x # [. It seems like a waste of breath for 9 Boche to stand up and yell "kamerad" at an approaching tank.
 .. # + Men who used to shed tears because they were too old to join the army may cease weeping now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
PEsKY NUANCEs TRIP JIM HAM From the New York Herald

From the NeW 1Ork Herdlu-
 Premier Clemenceau's insinuation that it's own J. Ham Lewis is shy on understanding of the nuances has ere ated a sensation in Chicago. With his once pink whickers and what Col George Harvey is so cruel as to pro- nounce toupee, Jimham presents a study of the nuances in his own scin- tillating self. As for French-does he not juggle that with a fluency that is the admiration and delight of all deni- zens of Archey road? The only con clusion Chicago so far has been able to reacb is that it is MT. Clemenceau who does not understand the fine dis functions of the language he has spoken for something like 77s years!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
Fertilizers Should
 Be Ordered Early

1NIRECTOR J. F. DUGGAR of the O Alabama cooperative extension service urges the farmers to order fertilizers to be used this fall for grain and other crops lat the earli- est possible moment" If it is not se- cured early it may not be possible to obtain it just when it is needed.
 More and more freight car space lis being utilized for transporting war material. Professor Duggar says it lis the wish of the government that farmers be supplied with fertilizers and other material for producing Large crops, but it is the duty of the farmers themselves "to help out on this proposition by not waiting until the last minute to secure their ma Iterials: whatever they may be-" The extension service stresses the importance of this matter and asks the farmers to give it their attention. The railroad administration has issued orders that all manufacturers of fer Itilizer and shippers "not only load the cars to capacity, but add to this 10 lper cent" That the cars may be loaded as directed manufacturers must have their orders in hand at a date sufficiently early to arrange and assemble in groups all of the less than-carload quantities.
 This plan calls for earnest and in- tclligent cooperation. Here is an op- pcrtunity for the farmer to help "can the Kaiser" at the earliest possible time The appeal of the government through the extension service will, it lis believed, meet with ready response.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30

that the whole army is trying to edge in on their company mess.
 The beans ran low-which will indi- cate the gravity of the situation-in company that was having it's first hot meal out of the lines.
 Three hundred and seventeen men I've fed finally exploded the mess. ser geant "Three hundred and seventeen! And when We went into line we were only 200 strcng. You'd think a company would lose when it's fighting, but 1t don't. It gains"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
EACH TO HIS TRADE

From the Charleston News and Courier scrap heap when the military authorities asked for these young men, said Repre- sentative Kahn in the debate on the man power bill. This is an excellent hint for some of MT. Kahn's colleagues who. un- like him, seem convinced that they know more about military matters than the military men know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
ANOTHER KIND OF BRAY

From the New York World.
 Might as well serve notice right on on the alert and efficacious builders of squibs and bright paragraphs that their desire to construct ap obvious jest by playing on the capture of Bray should be throttled on the spot It isn't pro- nounced that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30

States and enjoyed deserved populari- ty. Col. Will T. Sheehan, editor, and Charles H. Allen, publisher, who took charge of the paper at the death of Major Screws, have ably upheld it's prestige and have conducted it with the same lofty ideals which actuated their predecessor.
 It is gratifying to know that the Advertiser is enjoying great prosperi- ty and was never more vigorous than lit is today in fulfilling all it's func- tions. To commemorate it's ninetieth birthday a special edition was issued, containing historical matter of great interest, not only to the people of Alabama, but to the whole south.