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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22
PUBLICITY ATTRACTIONS
AID LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE

ever attempted anywhere. 1t was de-
signed by Gilbert E. Gable, whose
Liberty Statue on the south side OF
City Hall is nearing completion. 1t
is eighty-two feet high and thirty-fve
feet wide. Its base will rest on he
sidewalk, and a hole cut out of metal
will permit pedestrians to pass
through it. 1t will almost the
central sections of the buildings ana
will be plainly visible from Girard
avenue.
More than three and a half tons OF
galvanized iron go into the making
of it. A carload of lumber will be
used in the framework to back 1t up.
Not a nail will be driven or a hole
bored in any part of the building to
hold up the figure. This seeming inn
possibility will be accomplished by
driving wedges into the crevices be-
tween the stones and by a system OF
cleats. bands and cables will insure
absolute stability.
The design shows soldiers leaving
a trench. The leading one has his
foot on the top. In practice this Will
come just at the top of the arch lead
ing to the City Hall courtyard. The
second soldier is getting a footing to
follow his comrade. Back of him Is
an immense roll representing a Liber.
ty Bond. FL sf5s 't
Incidentally there will be virtually
no waste in handling this attraction,
for when it has served its purpose It
will be taken down and the metal and
wood used for another purpose.
At the east side of City Hall VIII
be an advertising attraction represent
ing the "Battle of the Tanks" Thia
will show great tanks such as used
on the European battlefelds.
The whole of Philadelphia will be
covered with illustrated signs and
posters. Arrangements have been
made to distribute similar signs and
attractions throughout the district, SO
that during the drive one can hardly
look in any direction without seeing
something about the Liberty Loan.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22

Never, perhaps, has publicity played
such a part in a government undertake
Ing as it Is taking in the campaign to
sell bonds in the third Liberty Loan.
Particularly in the Third Federal
Reserve District, the headquarters of
which is in Philadelphia, is the ad-
vertising idea in evidence.
The replica of Bartholdi's Statue of
Liberty erected in the center of
Broad street before the City Hall in
Philadelphia is here shown as it will
look upon completion.
1t will be over fifty feet in height
and the torch in Liberty's hand will
be Illuminated at night. The base
of the foundation is thirty-fve feet
by sixteen feet and twenty-five feet
high and is built of wood and iron.
It Is seven feet square at the point
where the statue rests. In the foun-
dalton there will be booths for the
taking of subscriptions to the third
Liberty Loan. Each subscriber will
be entitled to- ascend the stairway to
. AO 1OOI VI liz ObICuO LII QIlfG lnlO
the pedestal a large headed tack bear
ing his initials. This will transform
the pedestal gradually from a wooden
to a metal surface.
In making the mould 10,100 pounds
of plaster of Paris was used and the
amount that went into the finished
statue was $500 pounds, making 1890
pounds in all. Enough to lay a thin
coating over the street of an entire
city block.
An interesting point is that the
leading sculptor at work upon the
statue is of German birth but took out
his first papers two days after arriv-
ing in this country in 1893.
A gigantic representation of Ameri-
can soldiers going over the top, back
ed by a Liberty bond" to be placed
on the north side of City Hall, is an
other publicity stunt scheduled by the
Publicity Committee in Philadelphia
for the third Liberty Loan campaign.
This is the biggest cut-out figure
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22
WIDE BRIM is STILL MODISH
Most OF the Crowns on Hats of This
Kind Are High and Large and
Many Are Soft and Draped.

The straight wide brim and the wide
brim rolling up around are still with
us for modish hats though liked better
for street wear than for the acconlpani-
ment of evening toilets; and the de-
signers do all kinds of charming
things with the wide f1oppy-brimmed
%capelines.
Among the shapes with wide straight
brim some of the best looking models
have crowns of fur, brims of velvet
and perhaps a cord or narrow ribbon
drawn around the crown and knotted
to hide the line Of union.
Most of the crowns are large and
high and many of them are soft and
draped, though there are plenty of stiff
crowned hats in velvet, hatter's plush,
black satin, etc. The big crowns, es-
pecially the more severe ones, are not
by any means universally becoming,
and the woman of small face or petite
figure is likely to look very topheavy
In a majority of the most modish large
shapes. If she searches diligently
enough, however, she will find a crown
Of modest size, for they do exist, albeit
rather apologetically.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22
Upholstery at o m

If one is doing over the furniture
that needs renovating, the best way
Is first to take off the original cover
ing, and from this cut the new one,
being just as careful as one would be
In cutting a dress. The material must
then be pulled and stretched to cover
the spaces, are being taken to keep
the thread of the material running in
the right direction. In lacking the
covers on avoid marring the wood
work. A very small hammer is best
for the purpose. Where the surround
ing woodwork is easily marred, the
striking part Of the hammer may be
covered with a piece of an old thick
kid glove, stretched tight. This makes
the hammering a little more difficult,
but 1t lessons the danger of marring
the wood If the hammer strikes. The
choice of the right gimp is important
where the edges Of the cover have to
be covered.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22
SKIRTS GROW STILL TIGHTER
Some Seen Recently Do Not Attempt
to Give the Wearer Enough Room
for Walking.

At a morning talk for charity, given
In a small room of one of the smart no.
tells, some of the best gowns of the
season made their appearance, says a
writer in the New York Times. Two
or three fine points forced themselves
on the student of styles at this gath
ering. One was that patent leather
oxfords, pointed of toe and high of
heel, have become the ultr~a-fashiona-
bic footgear of the winter. They are
worn with never a vestige of a spat,
the theory of the wearer being that
cold air is good for the ankles. AS
n little debutante put it: "If air is
good for the lungs, why not for the
ankles?"
Another point fully demonstrated is
that skirts are to be tighter and tight
er. Often they are so tight that they
are made to lap over in the back in
order to give room for walking. In
other cases they are just frankly tight,
and do not attempt to give enough
room for walking.
Still another point is that hats are
plain at the point of having no trim
ming at all. Many were seen that
had not even a band around the crown.
They are lines, all lines.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-03-22
The Philosophy Of Rrocade.

Folks who study the philosophy Of
clothes declare there is a psychology
ical reason for the present craze for
silver and gold brocades, says the New
York Evening Mail. The general ten
dency in street and afternoon frocks
is toward simplicity. The seasons
only trimming of prominence is fur.
This, so students Of dress tell us, is a
reflection Of the war spirit. And the
brilliant brocades, on the other hand,
express 'the letting off of steam"
Women cannot subsist on a steady diet
Of simplicity and so they r taking.a
little fling with brocade chapeaux and
garments for formal evening wear.
Whatever else one may think about
the soundness of this explanation, 1t is
interesting. And no one will deny that
never before have gold and silver bro.
cades been utilized In such attractive
forms,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
Draft QuestIOnnaires
Being Mailed by Local Board

The work of sending out the ques-
to youths of eighteen and
men between the ages of thirty-six
and forty-fve started last night when
the local draft board sent out three
hundred of the three thousand ques-
tionnafres n they will continue to
send out the questionnaires at the rate
OF three hundred a day until all have
been mailed.
1t is expected that the question
naires. properly filled out will begin to
come back to the board commencing
tomorrow night. The board and a
number of volunteers consisting of To-
cal lawyers and citizens will sit at City
Hall every night from Friday until all
the missionaries ave been filled out,
to assist those who need help.
No Questionnaires will be filled out
during the day between the hours of
s o'clock In the morning and 5 D. m.
All who need help must apply at night.
The work of making up the list OF
seventy-three men who are to go to
camp November IL to 10 is now we'll
under way and will be completed in
time for the call.
Inductions for three men into the
officers training school at Fremont,
CAL. were received by the local board
today. The men to go are James Will
liam Quigg. Robert z. Waters and Leo
Schwartz. These men are to leave
here about November rs so that they
can be In camp by the first OF Decem-
her
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
NEW HOUSING
PROPOSITION
United States Housing Corpor-
alton to Erect Forty-Four
Apartment Buildings

Declaring that the United States
housing corporation of which he is a
representative, has just completed a
plan for the purchase of tho whole
Arnold tract of land extending from
Amboy avenue to Penn street. and
that they would receive bids In new
York city this afternoon for the erec-
ton of forty-four houses to accom-
modate 156 families and that the cor
~poration inetnded to spend $4sT'OOO,
James Montague appeared before the
Board of Water Commissioners az
their meeting at city hall last night
and asked them to put mains and nre
hydrants in this section of HI city.
Tho board agreed to do this as soon
as the work on the houses Is started.
Mr.. Montague had plans for n
erection of the new houses, which
showed that they are to be built after
the Philadelphia style. solid rows OF
houses, two stories high. He stated
that the deal for the land had Just
been contaminated; that the price
paid was $4,000 and that when the
work was completed the amount OF
money expended would be exactly
s497 1000. He said that the oids
which are received today will be OPEN
ed at once and a general contract
given in a few days to n man, who
in turn will sublet the other contracts.
The work is to be started just as soon
as possible and to be rushed along
rapidly.
1t will require 1900 feet of six inch
main and twelve fire hydrants for this
housing proposition. according to Mr..
Montague and II the board needs pipe
or material OF any kind the housing
corporation will get the right of way
In these materials for the board.
Mr.. Montague stated that the streets
in this section were not graded and
that sewers had not been constructed,
but that the housing corporation
would do all of this work and that ne
felt that 1t would be a great credit
to the city when they had finished.
The streets are to reflled and a heavy
bed of cinders put down. the side
walks are to b. of concrete and the
cutters on each side of the street
very wide n also of concrete, tho
sewers are to be large n Of the best
kind and the sanitation well taken
care of.
He could not say at this time
whether the houses would be of stuc-
co, brick or wood. but he did know
they would be built in five room fats
wit hone roof over the entire forty
-four houses and that the flats would
rent for about s25 to $40 each for the
five rooms
Superintendent Samuel ]. Mason
figured that the cost to the Water
Department for pipe. hydrants extern
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
DELAYED License Granted

Morris Epstein. who for several
months has been vainly trying to Sc
cure a saloon license In this city, a
his wish grathed last night when the
Excise Board decided without a dis
senting vote TO give him a transfer
of license from Jacob Termtiveitz Of
34S oak street.
Epstein was at ono time I'm the
wholesale candy business in this city
md later he had q saloon at the old
Rogan hotel. where he lost his license
on a charge of selling on a Sunday.
Still later Judge DAILY sent the local
board a letter explaining hat the man
who had obtained the evidence against
Epstein had in the meantime beer
sent to state prison and that the grant
ing q license TO him should not be
held against him by the commission
ers. The license matter was put off
from time to time, but at the meeting
last night II was finally granted.
The hotel licenses of Marine Palisl
and John Ernst were renewed as were
eight saloon and two billiard licenses.
The meeting was called to order at
eight o'clock and lasted five minutes.
All of the commissioners were present
with the exception of Commissioner
Mullen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
CITY ROBBERS BUSY
Many New York Criminals Are In
South Amboy.

MANY new 1Ork criminals Are In
South Amboy.
By Special Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Nov. South
Amboy has become the mecca for a
large number of criminals from New
York city and vicinity.
These men are In the city for two
purposes. to rob the honest workman
of his hard earned money and to es-
cape the draft. The past FEW weeks
has brought to light several cases of
bold hold-ups. They seem more fire.
quent now since the explosion. It
will be remembered that as soon as
the state militia troops were with
drawn from this city complaints be-
gan to reach police headquarters of
robberies.
On Tuesday evening a man came In
the city hall badly done up. He was
on his way to the Morgan plant and
was stopped by a gam Intent on rob-
berry. As he started to run they threw
house bricks at him.
No police Officer was In the hall to
receive his report and he began to
criticise the police and the police pro-
lection. He threatened to get q hold
of q gun and shoot up the town.
Last night a Polish man came into
the hall with a complaint of q bold
hold-up. According to the man he
was waiting on VOLTS switch for o
car when he was attacked by q gang.
beat up and robbed OF one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07

sion. etc, would be just sts-soo and
the commissioners may ask the Boa
of Aldermen to allows them 20 issue
bonds for this amount to rush h
work through. Tho return In rentals
to the city. IL each nat Is rented. win
be ..1,550 per year. h Is at the fiat
rate OF so per family.
The board and Mr.. Montague dis
cussed the matter of piping. Mr.. Mon
tague being OF the opinion that II
would be necessary to use wood pipA
here as he stated he had been in
formed the government would not
allow the use of any more cast iron
pipe. This new ruling having gone
into effect a short time ago. The mat
ter will be looked up later.
Mr.. Montague said hat the plans
were to spend for street grading, sew
ers, etc. $4,000, for the houses
themselves $29e.4o0. OF this they
land and that the balance to make
up s497. 900 would be for other things.
The members of the board decided
that the advantage to the city in this
case would be excellent and figuring
that the taxable property after COM
pletion Is about $685. 900 this would
net the city about $4,000 per year In
They decided to do all they could to
help the housing corporation and as
soon as that work Is started the city
water will be there for them.
Some timo g the housing corpora
ton talked over the matter OF erect
ing a number of houses In this city.
but the matter fell through.
MI. Montague told the commission
ers that the houses would be as per-
manent as the Industries In this vicin-
ity are Of a permanent nature and
will not be closed with restoration of
peace. He stated that the plan here
now is to take care Of the workers.
It was suggested h q the rent of
s25 to $50 would be rather high in
the section of the city where the
houses are to be erected. This Mr..
Montague stated would have to be
found out later on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
WATER BOARD
FAILS To SIGN
win See Board of Aldermen
Before Making Contract With
the Government

Deciding that the Board OF Alder
men were the proper ones with
whom to discuss the matter before
they signed the contract with the
Ordnance Department of the United
States government giving the gov
eminent water for Camp Raritan al
Germantown and at Colonia at a
seven cent rate or $40 per million
GALLONS when the rest of the users OF
water had TO pay a nine cent rate,
the Board Of Water Commissioners
last night decided not to sign the
contract with the government until
they had taken the matter up with
the city fpthers whom they plan to
meet on Friday night.
Some time ago the Water Commits
sioners asked the Board of Aldermen
to issue bonds for the mount OF
$780, 900 so that they could make i'm
provements in order to sell the gov
ernmcnt three and a half million
gallons OF water per day. 1t was I'M
derstood by the aldermen at the time
thai the request was made that the
commissioners were to ask the gov
ernmcnt the $40 n million rate but
at a later meeting 1t was decided by
them after a lengthy conference with
Major O'Brien of the Ordnance De-
partment tina they would have to
sell the government water at a seven
cent rate and a contract to this effect
was to be drawn up by Major
O'Brien.
This contract was received and at
the meeting last night IL was decided
by the commissioners not to read or
accept the contract until they had
taken the matter up with the alder
men and found out what they were
going to do about giving them the
SEQ, 900 bond issue II the city faith
srs refuse on h grounds hat the
contract should read 500 a million
gallons instead of $40 they will ex-
plain matters to the aldermen and IL
that body still refuses the commits
sioners will return the contract to
the government and let them fght It
out with the aldermen or the COM
mander at the plant.
The commissioners have received
no money from the government al
though Major O'Brien assured them
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
A MONSTER
MEETING
for Tomorrow Evening
at High School to Start
U. w. w. Drive

The "Seven-in-One" campaign L.
scheduled to start with a big boom in
this city tomorrow night at a monster
mass meeting in the High School au-
ditorium.
The committee expects the hall to
be crowded and advise all those who
want good seats to come early. Those
in charge are confident on the eve OF
the drive. that Perth Amboy will
greatly exceed her minimum quota OF
s40.0 600. The leaders Of the campaign
all over the country urge that the
people tar themselves to he utmost.
as the national quota of 100000 900
must be subscribed II the drive 10 to
be a complete success.
The sever organizations co-operat-
ing in this campaign are the Y. NJ. G.
A, Y. w. G. A, W. C. C. s., A L.
A. ]. w. b.. X. of C. and Salvation
Army. and they will all havD promi-
nent speakers at the meeting tomor-
row night. The Y. M. c. A. will be
represented by DR.. II. J.. Johnson, who
has just returned from the other side,
and has been twice cited for bravery.
William J. Kearns. city attorney of
Newark, will speak in behalf of the X.
of c. Brigadier F.. easier, of the Sal
walton Army will give an address for
that organization. The other speak
ers have not been announced as yet.
Mrs. Lester A. White, a well known
artist of this city, will render several
violin selections. and Rev. wilbert
Westcott will offer the invocation.
The Home Defense band and st.
Mary's Fife and Drum Corps will fur
nish the music for the occasion, and
they will give a band concert on the
High School lawn at 1880. TO which
everybody is invited.
The center section of the auditorium
has been reserved for the relatives of
boys In the service. and the committee
requests that all who have not re-
ceived tickets. will either call at head
quarters at 1914 Smith street or tele-
phone III.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
TWO SERIOUS
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Soldier and Woman Seriously
Injured in Motor Casualties
In City Last Night

Two serious automobile accidents
took place last night within a few
hours OF each other in different sec
lions Of the city in which two people.
one of them a woman and the other
soldier, were injured. They were
taken to the city hospital where they
are now In p~recarious conditions and
may die.
Shortly before Q o'clock last night
as George Hauck, of Lyndhurst. q
driver OF a large moving a owned
by Mullen & Deitch of Lyndhurst,
was driving out New Brunswick ave-
nue. near the Hebrew cemetery, no
ran into and Knocked down an I'M
Identified soldier. The man was rem
dered unconscious inc besides having
both legs broken was otherwise badly
injured.
John Ostergaard, of Fords, who
was passing in his automobile. wit
messed the accident and placed the
soldier in his car and rushed him to
the city hospital where he is In a
dangerous condition.
Hauck came to this city where he
reported the matter to Police Ser
geant Morris who was on duty at
headquarters. The accident happened
In Woodbridge township and the
police Of that town were notified.
Hauck was paroled until wanted.
A rev hours previous to the above
accident another serious one took
place in which Miss Mary Collins. of
80 Smith street, was the victim and
was so badly hurt hat she was taken
to the hospital where she is in a seri-
Gus condition.
Edgar 8. Gould, OF Sterling place,
a Orange, was driving q big repair
truck owned by the New York Tele-
phone Company out Amboy avenue
toward Woodbridge when he noticed
that the Presto lights on the truck
had gone out. He declares that he
pulled over to the side Of the road
and was busy fixing the light when
Robert Collins and his sister Mary.
Of 50 Smith street. came driving along
In an automobile and the touring car
crashed into the truck. damaging the
touring car and badly injuring Miss
Collins. h was rushed to the hos
pital by Arthur Clausen, of Amboy
avenue. who was passing in his ma
chine at the time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Important Session Held at South Am
boy Recently.

Important Session Held at South Am
boy Recently.
By Special Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Nov. AT a re-
cent meeting of the Board Of Educa-
ton, A. l.. Grace introduced a resolu-
ton that provided for discounting a
note with the First National bank for
five thousand dollars to pay for emer-
gency repairs to school number two,
in anticipation of aid from the federal
government.
When the committee went to the
bank to rrange for the note they
were informed that the law did not
permit the Board of Education to
borrow money for this project. A
special meeting Of the board<was held
in the office of the city ~superinten-
dent of school to discuss ways and
prent at the meeting Messrs. Rue.
Delaney and Mack.
After stating the purpose Of the
meeting President Mack called for re-
marks from members Of the board
Mr.. Rue stated tina only way that the
money could be had was to apply to
the Board of Estimate for the amount
and have them recommend this ap-
preparation from the common coun-
Gil. Mr.. Mack stated that he thought
this the best way as he had had a con-
ference with John A. Coan. who had
given him q ruling In writing. The
sense of the ruling was that the pro-
cedurs recommended by Mr.. Rue vas
the proper method.
Mr.. Delaney offered q resolution
that the board appeal to the Board of
Estimate, requesting an emergency ap-
Precipitation OF I'VE thousand dollars.
This resolution also authorized the
secretary to draw a warrant for the
j. NJ. voss Construction Company. up
on receipt Of the money. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
Two bills of the ]. NJ. voss Con-
struction Company for $7.50o.66 and
$6e7.07 were ordered paid.
Upon the suggestion OF Mr.. Rue.
the chairman of the building grounds
committee the bids to supply school
number with curtains were OPEN
ed. There were two bids received.
each specifying Two different grades
of shades: Wolf g. Company. sis.
$125; NJ. Kaufman. t111.4e S125.40.
After examination by the committee
Mr.. Delaney offered a motion the con-
tract be awarded to NJ. Kaufman for
S117.4s. he being the lowest bidder.
1t was then decided to adjourn until
after the meeting of the council next
Tuesday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-07

It Is estimated that an antelope eaD
travel at the speed Of 20 feet Or more
for each second