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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
women Become HystericsI

North Wales people, knowing that
scores of residents from that town used
the Doylestown local each night to re-
turn to their homes, became wildly ex-
cited, many women becoming hysterical
Motor parties were formed and anxious
pgrents and relatives were driven at
break-necli speed over the five miles of
Intervening territory, only to be called
upon to help Identify the dead, or to be
told that members Of their families had
been removed to Philadelphia hospitals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-14
Blames Clear Signal;
III Killed in Wreck
Continued from Page One
Passengers Unaware Of Peril

Z OhtIHUeU TfOW THEt VIC
mentum of the five heavy steel coaches
and cars was too great.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

WORKING TOGETHER

The action of the Perth Amboy Republican Club in endorsing the
movement to have the state take over the Raritan river bridges places
that influential organization squarely behind an agitation that means
much to the taxpayers Of Middlesex county.
The club Significantly refers to the fact that the movement TO have
lie state take over these structures was advocated by Freebooter Hill
ker. a Republican, last July. Evidently this was done in a N effort to
make the public think the Republicans ar not playing second fiddle
to the Democrats, the Perth Amboy Democratic Club having taken
sctivc steps along this line recently.
But there can be II craftsmanship in a matter of this kind. 1t is
purely a movement for the benefit of the taxpayers by having the bur
den of The upkeep of these important structures placed where it rightly
belongs, and any organization that has the welfare of the people of
Mlddlesex at heart, as both these political organizations must have,
could do no other than get behind such a movement. There is credit
enough for all in this if the desired object is attained.
The fact that the Republicans have passed resolutions and APP
rointed a committee . look after the matter ought to have a great i'll
fuence at Trenton even though Middl tx is represented by a com
rletc Democratic delegation in the legislature this year. With both
PARTIES ON the job there is bound to be wide attention drawn to the agi
tahon and an influence will be brought to bear on both sides of the
chamber that must have its effect.
With Republicans and Democrats working together Trenton can
not help but be impressed with the issue as it appeals to Middlesex
Public sentiment will arise above mere party and an influence will be
brought to bear that will have an important bearing on the outcome
1t is up to other municipalities in the county to get busy IS they
are affected along with the rest of us. The Board of Trade and the
civic organizations. in every community ought to do their part. BY
Iutting up a united front at Trenton this year, and by making the APP
peal TO the state highway commission strong enough, something can be
accomplished, especially as a Middlesex man is al the head of that
commission.
Whether the Democratic club followed a move on the part of a
Republican freeholder, or whether the Republican club is falling in
line with the Democratic club really makes little difference as far As
the taxpayers of the county are concerned. The main thing IS that
both parties re enthusiastically behind the movement and r going
to work hard 4smsEsssy g taanset51 this unjust burden. There is
good chance Of success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
BOY SCOUTS HERE

The movement TO organize the Boy Scouts on a large scale in this
cit, is worthy the encouragement of every citizen. Here Is a genuine
work for the boys. While there is an energetic Y. NJ. c. A. the Boy
Scout movement does not in the least interfere with its activities. The
boy Scout movement is something that is different and its wonderful
work among the boys is recognized everywhere.
The committee having the organization of the Boy Scouts in charge
has been fortunate in securing Prosecutor Joseph f. Stricken to head
the movement in this city. Mr.. Stricken knows how to inspire the boys
and under his leadership the movement ought to meet with great
success.
til planned to have as many as 5000 boys in the scouts in this
city. A general secretary will probably be engaged and with troops
organized all over the city a friendly rivalry will soon be established
that will add impetus to the whole movement.
The boys, when properly led, take TO the scout movement as ducks
take to water. 1t is right in their line and with the moral upIft that
goes along with the work, the whole movement cannot help but be
greatly beneficial not only 10 the boys, but to the whole community.
Ar. Stricken plans to surround himself with a large COMMITTEES Of
prominent men TO assist in the work and once the movement is fairly
started Perth Amboy viii soon be one of the biggest scout cities in
TIE country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
ENOUGH OF THIS
good chance Of success.

When the legislature meets again on Monday the House ought to
lc organized without further delay. The people in general are not
particularly interested in the petty political squabbles. OF course,
craftsmanship has got to have its play and with the assembly standing
Unity to thirty it was to be expected that there would be a certain
amount of iockeying for party advantage. But from now on valuable
time is being wasted and the patience of the public is about exhausted.
It's childish to go on voting thrty-thirty indefinitely. Such petty
tactics could be kept up until Doomsiay if there n not leaders big
enough TO get together and project an organization. The mere flip Of
n coin will settle the squabbIe, as undignifed as such a procedure may
be if no other method can be arrived at. The thing is to get. the House
organized and get down to business.
On the other hand, there would not be a great deal lost if the lcgs-
lature did not convene at all this year. Most of the states have legis-
latiye sessions only once in every two years and they are none the
worse off. Judging from the great number of useless laws enacted
every year New Jersey could very well dispense with her legislature
for Il whole year, and this year would be as good as any.
If the legislature is going to organize it ought TO do SO forthwith
aud end what is rapidly developing into a disgrace. If it is not going
10 organize, let the senate adjourn and call it quits. 1t is either one
thing or the other, gentlemen, and it ought to be settled Monday night
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

strument for good. 1 do not for one
moment believe they would be willing
to see this country ordered about by
a Heterogeneous world league OF all
nations. I do not think that. when
they come to study the subject, they
will be willing to go further than a
policy Of na~tionalism a little mitigated
and accommodated to n judicious and
limited accord upon certain common
mutual concerns.
Any League OF nations" should
await future exhaustive consideration.
The issues of the war were issues
between the central powers and the
allies and ourselves. The function
of a peace treaty is to settle those Is
sues. The issues as TO "A league of
natoins and a revision of the laws
Of the seas are issues between the al
lies thmselves and between them and
each of them and all of the neutral
powers. Upon these latter issues
there exists the widest diversity OF
opinion, and it is wise not to force
upon a conference that must adjust
the comparatively simple demand of
the ono the complexities and confu-
sions of the other.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
NATURE ENRlCHES THE HANDICAPPED
By REV. CHARLES sTEIzLE

WIS the English coast towns we're in nightly lea, I@l o. - in h yiIages
the airplanes o. h huns they placed o. guard tn DINO m nnro highly develop
than vas hat Of those who could see. FOR the p @S han by the
planes was discovered ~ tins u oh 'H
sight II their machines. .-.nod oms are made to serve
1t often happens that the WORLDS nahuo@PP"
better because of their hindrances. -4uh+s
Their suIerfngs become wings instead O WeieHTH.. VINE be
They are lifted into rarer atmospheres aho h'o Ne"
cause o their Affections. ,. &c +bose who are in full
If all their faculies -. =. an ;r.oIerable nuisance,
They look upon the slightest inconvenience as a."
not to b countenanced by UGH as hey are: -. oove- II los that
Whe mature takes way ne faculty it gives more po~er ="
are left bringing their possessors closer to IN sPerh"""
And this ono in part for the lsssu suffered
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Today We Celebrate
Scotia's Greatest Bard Is Commend
rated Today.

Scotia's Greatest Bard l. Commence
rated Today.
In the calendar of the Scots the
twenty-fifth of January is eve sac
red to tho memory Of Scotia'S greatest
bard, Robert Burns. who was born
100 years ago today. 1t is now nearly
a century and a quarter since Burns
completed that all to brief nfes' jour
ney from the little house of clay
with one room where he was born. to
the little house with one room where
he now sleeps" and each year has
witnessed an increasingly genearl OBJ
of his natal day. Wherever
there are men of Scotch blood the
name and afme of Robert Burns will
be lovingly remembered today. ms In
many cities there win be public OBJ
of the anniversary.
While IL is naturally upon Scotch
men that Burns exercises the greatest
Influence, "the ploughman poet is not
without a host OF admirers I'm all lands
His sweet and gentle influence has
permeated the world and has made a
lasting impress - on humanity.
Perhaps the most devoted of the
non-Sratch devotees OF Burns was the
late Rev, Robert G. Ingersoll. So
Freat was Pagan Bob's" devotion to
tho Scotch bard that his friend, the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher facetfously
suggested as the most appropriate ep-
itaph for Ingersolfs grave the words.
Robert Burns" Ingersoll was purely
English In descent. but no Scotehman
ever exceeded him in his admiration
OF Burns.
Ii was while on a pilgrimage TO the
birthplace of Burns in 1876 that In
! gersoIi wrote the well known line.
which begin:
Though Scotland boasts a Thousand
names
az patriot, king and peer.
The noblest, grandest Of them all
Mas loved and Graded here"
This poem. thanks to the Rev. DIR.
John Watson, "Ian Maclaren." now
occupies a place OF honor pm the
walls OF the Burns cottage at Allo-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

ultimately In the abolition of war and
the salvation of the world.
is. there will always be some fat head
on hand to second 1t.
And ii takes all the Romance out
of the Honeymoon when She suddenly
discovers that what h married
chews tobacco in bed.
A smart mar is one who has his
own way when he is down town, but
let's his wife have her own way whan
he Is a home.
The fact Of he matter is that
whether you marry the girl or nit her,
an engagement Is ccrsain to result in
squalls.
1t Is ecubtfut # a Mother ri -ss hGr
newborn babe any more loving care
than Il Youth ENes a newborn eye
row mustache.
The best bet we know of Is that
even when hips are not stylish the girl
wnS Is Euilt properly will keep right
on displaying her curves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Ope IL llISe HuIIlDcT
of small states. We
have given them
liberty and democ-
racy, and yet the
gift would be like
the Dead Sea fruit
of ashes offered to
their famished lips
unless we had an
organized power in
tho world to restrain
the oppression and
the injustice by SUI
perior powers which
inevitably will come
to them IL they are
left to their own re-
sources.
II am my broth
er's keeper" That Is
the principle of the
league of nations,
and that will result
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes
THE UNFORTUNATES

.Ob come and feed our faces" the abject Germans whine; in
countIess prussian places men have M chance to dine; their kultured
rorke ne hollow. they have no roasts TO swallow, n o peo II cal 10
fn1ow n neither beer o wine. Americana" they below, pray
food the Germans first; w e know were punk and yellow, put e
ms Till we burst: send m your cooks and walters and feed III yawh,,
I'M cratersv with beef and yams and taters, and kraut and nFer"urst,
OF. chez. If I were bossing this graft of dishng grup, u pies "ouu
I be tossing ito N Prusian dub, till all the other critters we're gwen
axe and frftters ie cream and stomach bittsrs, n rap Juice ~
the tub. I'd a to Fritz and Hene, "Shoost Vat! me %ai waning
good: you get ne morsel tiny of rich, uplifting food; III an n ONE me
nations have had abundant rations; SO can your llamehtatohs nv Ha
saw a rick of wood. You lose at every cLater men you % b ppe Won
fats in folds and creases and yet you bring vahses 70 ea sds, on ne
friends, heroic souls; they'll get the bread they're needhg au 6 pup
In flowing bowls: and vol the licked, the beaten, ma come when
they have eaten the doughnuts crisp and wheaton am sahef "
thu holes"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Luke McLuke Says.
Patience is a good thing unless a
man is so patient that he sits around
and waits for the sun to shove the
snow OFF his sidewalk
You know WI at happens when you
advertise IA business. increases IT.
And the same thing happens when
you advertise your troubles.
You are prone to TO whine that YOU
do not get what you deserve. But the
betting is that II YOU really got what
you honestly deserve" you would
have an awful holler coming
And you may nave noticed that
when a man gets just so full he Is apt
TO get soulful.
The world is growing better. Fewer
OF u young Hen are Comh'pg their
hair a la Sea Lion.
When you meet some men you get
the idea that they were put on earth
so that other men could make q good
living without working.
Never trust the kind of a man who
thinks tina. his own women folks ara
pure. eart that other women viii hear
watching.
II doesn't matter what the motion
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

ment and conscience
as to its vital inter
ests or it's war-mak-
ing p~rerogative to
the will of Il foreign
majority. I should
not wish to see the
country ~signatory to
an agreement which
the American pco-
pie would be likely
to %repudiate If put
to the test.
/ think the Amer
lean people North.
South, East and
West) believe in
Anne ri C a $ m.
think they believe In
mathematician Nc m IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
She ShouId Worrxl

She Should worryi
Her neck has furs
To stop the breeze:
But she looks cold
Below the knees.
Luke McLuke.
Why worry Ger
The lady's furs
And chilly knees.
For aren't they hers ?
Newark Advertiser
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
u. s. SENATOR'S DEBATE ON PLAN
FOR HA WING LEAGUE OF MA TONS"

(Thj3 is the third of series of debates which the leading United
States senators are conducting, throug the columns of the EVENING
NEWS, on the subject of the League of Nation" at the same time
as The subject is being discussed by the statesmen Of all the world rep
resented at the peace conference in Paris
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Willie-Paw. why are there no mar
riages in Heaven
Paw-So the bachelors won't be
able to crow over the other follows,
my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Bctcl,a!

My boy. give ear to what ! say,
For II Is true" said elem;
"You'n fnd that things will come your
way,
II you'll go after them"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Rr G. KIN

BY PHILANDER G. KNOX, Rep.
United States Senator From Pennsyl-
yania.
Copyright. 1919, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
1 should not vote for any treaty
that subjected this nations judge
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
For

BY JAMES d.. PHELAN, Dem.
United States Senator from California
Copyright, 1919, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association)
There are in Eur
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Alta BON!

Some merchants are up at sunrise
seeking the elusive dollar. But what
we started TO say was that Early Day
has n general merchandise store at
peytonia, Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Eighteen Doila~~ and Thirty Cents
S.r."
He tainted away while paying for a
meal in HIS restaurant. on New
Years eve. and has been confined TO
his bed since.-Bloomington Bulletin.
We know how 1t feels. We were out
New Years Eve.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Ifooray?

Their ietterhead usel to read as fol-
Sourbeer - Rodenberg,
East Germantown. Ind.
Now II reads:
Sourbser S Rodenberg.
Pershing, Ind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

"Don's ask mo favors." said old Pratt
"Or I'll show you the gate;
For gratitude's one virtue that
Few people cultivate"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
Bits OF By-Pldy
Doing Good Things.
by LUKE McLUKE
Copyright. 1919. the Cincinnati
Enquirer.

81 like to 10 good things" he'll boast,
He claims he's done a ton OF them;
And l am handing him this a
Because / know I'm one of them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
FNoocy!

1T says here that a man VIII live
longer if he eats garlic" aid the Old
Fogy. as he looked up from his news
paper.
He won't if he hnaSs around in my
vicinity commented the Crouch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25
treat Scheme

The man with fringes on his pants
entered the Office OF the Promoter.
II have a great invention" said the
ma with fringes on his pants. And
/ want you to put up the coin to man.
ufacture the device"
And what is your great inventiong
asked the Promoter.
1t Is an alarm clock" replied the
visitor.
Pooh. pooh!" sneered the Promo
ter. "There are too many alarm
clocks on The market now"
but this one is guaranteed to get
a man up" insisted the visitor. 1T
doesn't ring a bell. 1t honks like a
speeding automobile and a drowsy
mar automatically jumps out of bed
to get out of the way"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Don't CAB and you won't get in Dutch,
Keep still. and use your head;
For what you say won't count as
much
As what YOU leave unsaid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-25

Our Daily Special.
Few Men OF Ability Have the Abii-
ity to Keep still.
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O~~ The o
Scrap Book
MAY HAVE BEEN MISJUDGED
History Has Only Word Of savants
as to the Bad Temper Of tho
Tyrannosaurus,

No admircr In theory Of the good
Old times would care to 60 so far
bacS as the period OF the dinosaur,
whose bones were not long & dis
covered In Canada, and the Tyran-
nosaurus, whose skeleton Is almost as
recent a find in the Bad Lands Of
Montana. Roth belonged TO the gi-
gantic land animals of prehistoric
America, but If the dinOsaur was bad
enough To meet wandering owe the
landscape, the Tyrannosaurus was
worse. According to the s%avants, he
was the biggest animal, except the
vegetarian and gr7tle-mannered an
cestor Of the elephant, of his time, and
had the worst temper. One wonders.
however, If the savants are altogether
fair to the Tyrannosaurus. Granting
that he was uncommonly well pre-
pared II make trouble, does IL neces-
sarily follow that he always went
about looking for II? Unvexed, he
may have been of a good.natured and
even affectionate disposition, for. after
all, the disposition Of a prehistoric an
imal leaves no fossil remains.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
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May Mean War on Rats.

There is not enough leather to 20
round. Fish skins are susceptible TO
tanning, and there are rat skins which
make good leather. large enough for
many purposes. Yhey would do for
some kinds Of gloves and mittens, says
the Little Journal. They may be sewed
together to make cloaks and other gar
ments, and they are not too small TO be
available for parts Of boots and shoes.
The general rule as to leather is that
the thicker the fur is the poorer the
hide. and vic versa. According to this,
rat hide would produce superior
leather.
Somebody with the gift Of guessing
computes that there are 100 OO, 900
rats in this country, and the damage
they do would feed a good-sized army.
IT would take at least 5000 skins a day
to supply a small modern tannery. No
body wants the rats: they belong to
anybody that can catch them. That Is
the only problem-tO catch them and
skin them, and then deliver the goods.
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VICTORIAN ERA WORTH WHILE
Deserved Rebuke for Those Who Smile
at Epoch Which Had Many
Good Points.

Why do the heather rage against the
Victorian epoch? Men who lived
through a great part Of It found it
exciting, interesting, amusing and
sometimes terrible. T~alleyrand once
said that nobody could understand the
real delights of society unless he had
lived before the French revolution.
Similarly, what young person, or near
young person, of today q experience
the delights OF the time when IL was
possible to begin at ease the first chap
ter Of a volume of Dickens or Thack-
cray, 10 wait impatiently for George
Eliot's new novel or even TO bear the
shock of Robert B~uchanan's famous
review Of S~winhurne2 There were, too,
the terrors occasioned by Mrs. Harriet
friendship induced her 10 print the
condolences of Lady Byron Our eyes
were turned towards England, 1t is
true, vet Hawthorne and Emerson were
not only discussed, but read. Among
the lesser lights there were Gail Ham
llton ana James FIELDS, whose very
satisfying literary essays were great
features of the Atlantic Monthly.
People really did not spend their time
in singing "Juanita" or In reading
"Ouida" on the sly, nor did all the
m dress in the msgentas and sol
ferinos In which contemporary sstirists
clothed the ladies of the middle periods
Of Victoria and Eugene. The Crimean
and Civil wars, s. microscopic To the
careless young, the Franco-Prussian
struggle which preluded the chaos Of
1914, were events that kept our minds
from %stagnating and there were doors
and thinkers In Europe worth our con-
slant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Francis
Egan In Yale Review.
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MUST BE BORN A SINGER
Certain Formation Of Throat and Noe
triIs Imperative for Utterance
Of Sweet Sounds.

According to recent scientific dis
coveries, singing birds, like human
singers, must have a certain type Of
throat and nostrils. A full throat, large
thorax, open nostrlls and slightly pro-
truding lips with good length from the
point Of the nose to the point Of the
chin and full cheeks are, say the scien-
lists, positive signs In a human being
of the power to give forth tone.
If the ears are round and well set to
the head 1t is a sign not only of the
power TO sing, but to appreciate, and
the combination means the great artist.
With feathered songsters much the
same rules hold good. The round,
somewhat pointed beak Of the canary
opens wide and his thorax and throat
are exceedingly big for so tiny a bird.
according To the Philadelphia North
American. He can hear and appreciate
the smallest sound and his trills and
the beauty of his tone are due to his
throat, IN the roundness Of his head
and the shape Of his bin.
The duck, on the other hand, having
a fiat bill and a small throat can only
quack. Even If he longed to sing he
could not acquire any pleasant notes,
and It Is the same way with some peo-
pie. The most careful training cannot
give the sound box which nature pro-
vides for those to whom she gives the
great gift of vocal powers.