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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Ripping Rhymes
The Wolf.
BY w T MASOl,


The wolf is at the door, my
friends, the wolf is at the door;
ny day and night his howl ascends.
likewise his snarling a !
might have buckled down to toll
and kept the brute away, but such
a scheme as that would foil my
plans for endless play. Before the
war | used to work, and go home
tired at night; but now all
thoughts of labor irk, there's too
much fun in sight. l still have
gasoline to burn, L laid in quite
a store: and when that's gone
perhaps I'll earn the coin to buy
some more. For modern mar
must have his gas, and tires, with
one to spare, although his chill
dren live on grass and have no
shoes to wear. Oh, there are mo-
vie shows by night, and jambo-
rees by day, and he's indeed a
feckless wight who doesn't romp
and play. The wolf is at the door,
l wot, the wolf is at the door, and
I've no mutton In the pot, nor
credit at the store. My wife in
siSts the outlOok'S drear, unless I
earn some dimes, but work must
interfere with having bully times.
My children clamor for a bone,
and weeping wend their ways. but
work is something we've outgrown
in these enlightened days. The
wolf is at the door, I ween, he
haunts the old shebang; but I
have still some gasoline, so let
the wolf go hang.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
PUBLIC OPINION
SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
1873 Brighton Ave,
necemher IL, 1919.

EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
INST finished reading In tonights
NEWS a letter from one or the Dogs
| would thank you Tor space 70
replv to his letter and also to set nun
on several points. TO pegln
with. the proposed memorial lWneInea
n building OF shaft, etc.) should pc d
tribute to those who gave their Yves
FOR their country and according 10
the Mayor, who called a meeting or
The Plan and Scope Committee last
Monday evening, the meeting was TOR
the purpose of getting ideas from par
~ticipants OF the war as to the most
fitting remembrance. AS the NEWS
stated the majority favored a Tenor
ial Building, where civic ana paITIo-
tic organizations could meet. inc
Mayor stated that If anything was TO
he done next year. some provision
should be made SO as to make 1t pos
sihlA to allow an appropriation IN the
coming years budget in order TO al
low for preliminary expenses, etc. me
idea was for the City to pay Tor the
Memorial. Suggestions were also maue
for a public subscription TO build a
shaft or statute in addition. Persoh-
ally I think the City should build a
Memorial Building and have suitable
tablets of bronze, etc, therein through
public subscription.
Jasked the Mayor and was referred
TO Alderman Wilson about the Wei
come Home Fund. Some time g L
wrote the NEWS and had a petition
signed by 81 ex-service men asking for
a pro rata division of the money re-
matning instead of my sort of enter
tafnment. Alderman Wilson said that
as there were 1900 some from the
city and there were 1900 at the June
S0th affair. there should be between
400 and 500 men and as only 1856 had
registered the committee could not
without q majority divide the fund.
From personal experience l know
that many men la not registered
because they say they can get enough
10 eat at home, and they have heard
from others the story of the first cele-
bration.
Alderman Wilson and Alderman
Clark said il there vas any way pos
sibIe they would like to be rid of the
responsibility and satisfy the ex-ser-
ice men and hat they had a great deal
OF abuse for their time n trouble
arranging the first celebration. I re-
piled that when the men left the city
the city clerk had their addresses and
could write them: is It possible the
400 or 500 have all moved since theil
return? Also, I expressed the opinion
that IL 1t were advertised in the
NEWS that the ~ex-service men Were &c
be given the same amount per mar
as was spent on the men who were
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Fire Alarm Boxes

23-Raritan Copper Works.
Z4-Market and Sheridan Streets
Z5-Smith Street and Central r.. r
Z6-Market and First Streets.
Z7-Madtson Avenue n Paterson ST.
Z6-High n Lewis Streets.
55-Smith n High Streets.
S6-New Brunswick Ave. and New 81
o7-Smith and State Streets
4z-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
53-Bucklngham Ave. and Hartford &
t6-Commeree and Front Streets
Estate and Washington Streets
81. and Buckingham Ave.
66-Parksr st and Pulaski Ave.
ave. and charles 81.
b7-State and Wayne Streets.
b9-Near United Lead Works.
b9-Maurer.
6z-WashIngton and First Streets.
e3-New Brunswick Ave. n Elm ST,
64-Smtth Street and Watson Ave.
65-Commerce and State Streets,
E72-Front n Smith Streets.
7s-Water and Gordon Streets.
74-Kearny AVG II Gordon Street.
SI-Brace and Hanson Avenues.
sz-Smith and Herbert Streets.
s3-Amboy Ave. and Washington 81.
ss-Lshigh Ave. and Stanford Street.
85-Eear City Hospital
s7-Amboy and Hail Avenues.
bs@CleYsland and Brace Avenues.
sz-AmbOy Ave. and InElee street
s5-LaHrenes and Francis Streets.
s4-Asyills and Johnstone Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Our Joe Miller Contest

Charles Hadley claims that the old
est joke is the one about the man who
heard a poo fellow coughing and
took the poor fellow into q drug store
and bought him a bottle of cough
medicine. About q week later he me-
the same poor fellow on the street
still coughing. Didn't the medicine
do you any good?" asked the man.
NO" was the reply. II haven't tried
it yet" why haven't you tried it?"
asked the man. well" said the poor
fellow, st says IN the bottle hat the
medicine Is to be taken after meals.
And 1 haevn't had a meal since I got
tho medicine"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

The girl who is so prudish that she
imagines the men all have designs on
her when sne c out should eat a
large raw onion before leaving the
house and she will be absolutely safe.
Any woma who has been married
10 years can tell you nat she did not
marry the Best Man at her own we'd
ding.
There may be better ways Of cooling
coffee than the o.. (. method of pour
Ing II into the saucer, but science
hasn't discovered any.
In the early eighties, when women
wore bustles, we used to wonder II the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

A restaurant in Aurora, H., has a
number of S%criptural quotations on the
walls. The walls also contain q ard
pertaining to the food to be had. There
are two cards together that amaze the
mar who enters the place. One card
reads: TRY Our Pies," And the other
card reads: Prepare To Meet Thy
God.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

All applications for 1920 health IL
eense epI9mbing. restaurants. milk. ice
cream and etc Will he received bv This
on and after Dec. 10. 1918.
The board will hold 4 special meeting
on Dec. ~, 1919. ct which tine they
WILL act On these applications.
EXIT AABoY HEALTH DEPT,
chss. y Thompson. See.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Watch Us Grow!

In the Alumni Catalogue of Brown
University we find these two names:
Charles E. Toothaker, Dentist. Phila-
delphia, Penn, and A. 3. Parson, Epis-
copal Clergyman Boston, Mass.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
G. O. p. CITY

The selection of Chicago as the
place for holding the Republican ma
tional convention would have been re-
ceiyed with more enthusiasm through
cut the country If Mayor Thompson
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

(Coldwater (Ohio) Chronicle.)
And what has become of the 0. (.
man who used to play Listen To The
MoCking Bird on the mouth organ?
Luke McLuke. He's dead, but his
son is now saving away Blowing
Bubbles In The Air"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

r. i. Razor, the barber at the Spot
Barber shop, TT. Pierce, Fla, is spend
ing a few weeks In Miami. Fla.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

He raved about her marble brow.
He popped, and they were welded;
She's lost her marble brow, and now
He finds she IS h~ot-headed.
Luke McLuke
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15


Ladies Ready To Wear Clothes"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

Some day | hope that boob will choke
L speak of Oswald Joint;
Each time he tries to tell a joke,
He can't recall the point.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
The Truthful Undertaken.

(Greenup (Ky.) Republican,
Try one Of my caskets and you will
use no other. Edward Heisler, Green
up, Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

He raved about her swan-like neck,
She tried to stop him, but no use;
They wed, and now her swan-like neck
To him looks like that of a goose.
q Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

That's right" agreed Mrs. Gabb.
"He growls all day and SHORES all
night"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Names l. Names


ono Figg lives at LIZA Bohlender
avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

My friend, you should not stretch the
truth,
You'll find this is good dope. In sooth;
For, when you stretch the truth, by
Z jing,
The darn recoiI is apt to sting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

Keep ON Boosting And Let Oppor-
tunity DO The Knocking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication of all
news dispatches credited TO 1t or not
otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published herein.
The EVENING NEWS Is also a mem
Der of the American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association and the Audit Bureau
Of Circulation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

Wuffl
"a husband leads a dogs life said
Mr.. Gabb.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

Subscription Prfce-By mail. including
Postage and war tax. l month, 90 cents
year, $3.50.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

The EVENING NEWS Is always glad
10 receive communications from its
readers, but letters intended for pub
lication must Ne reasonable in length
and must be signed by the name and
address OF the writer. If requested the
name will not be published unless per-
sonalities are INDUCED In.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Fact.
You Know Him.

"What kind of a fellow IS Smith ?"
asked Brown.
Hes the kind of fellow who spends
half his time making promises and the
other half making excuses for break
ing his promises" replied Jones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

J. LOGAN CLEvENGER. Editor.
}. r. OLMSTEAD. Business Manager.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
Dumb Animals

Dumb Animals
women are very fond of dumb AMI
mails" said Miss Oldgirl.
yes" agreed Mr.. Oldbatch. "a lot
of them are not happy until they have
a dog, a cat and a husband in the
house"
Fact.
You should not be knockers, my
brothers.
Nor faults of your fellows, discuss;
For, when we are hammering others,
The others are hammering us.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15
BITS OF BY-PLAY
BY LUKE McLUKE
1919. the Cincinnati In
quirer.
The Good Loser.

The Good Loser.
We love the Good Loser.
We praise the game cuss;
But we love him more when
He loses to us.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

Entered at ~postofice at Perth Amboy.
!. j.. is second class mail matter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

BRANCH OFFICES-New York: F. r.
503 Fifth Avenue. Chicago:
Suite I5I0. Association Bullding.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-15

SeCrCtary AnleflCan LtBIUII.
1873 Brighton Ave.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
WILSON IS HELD
!. SPONs|BLE FOR
MUCH Of UNREST
Governor of Indiana Puts Re-
SponSibility for Existing.
Chaos in the United States
Up to the Administration.
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlRsl

st. Louis, Oct. 15-While discuss
ing the Adamson law. the steel strike
and the printers strike, Governor
James p. Goodrich, of Indiana, in
speaking before the Grain Dealers
National association at banquet
here said that it is apparent now thas
the pendulum has again swung too
far in the direction of control, and
that the influence of radicals in this
country has been materially Widened
by the encouragement that has come
in numerous ways from the admins
tration at Washington.
Just as we fought the domination
of the slave oligarchy in the middle
of the nineteenth century and the
capitalistic class in the latter part oil
the nineteenth century, SO we must
fight the domination of this class in
the early part of the twentieth CEN
tury," said Governor Goodrich.
There is no more dangerous force
operating among us today than the
class minded man whether he Is a
laborer, capitalist or farmer, the
one who demands a privilege for his
class at the expense of the American
people.
Led by unreasoning promisors OF
Utopia, millions of honest Americans
are being drawn into a debauch Oh
industrial revolution.
II concede the right of the worker
to organize, bargain collectively ana
in every legitimate and patriotic way
to advance the interest of his class
lust as | concede to every worker
| the right not to belong to an organlza /
| ton if he so elects. But 1t is clearly
apparent for the time being that the
| organized workers in many lines Oh IN
dustry in America have fallen under
| the control of radicals like Foster ana
| Fitzpatrick, while Gompers ana some
others of the conservative type are ne
| longer able to control ats policles.
The Influence of these radicals III
America has been materially wldeheu
| by the encouragement that mas come
| in numerous ways from the auilllie
tration at washington, by conspicu-
ously turning loose upon us tne IN
temperate ideas and philosophy OF
foreign agitators.
| "Foster FITZPATRICK and their group
| are onenly and frankly direct action"
| lists and if they win their fight, the
i American Federation of Labor win
Ali it's vast power, will pass under
i their absolute control.
/ $50 il is that within a brief span OF
wears we have swurg from intolerani
| domination by southern slave owners
to the tyranny of capitalism and final
w to the despotism of labor.
"The cloud first appeared ominou'
1 in the passage of the Adamson law
4 | have no doubt that the responsible
tv for this piece of class legislation at
taches directly to the president of thu
United States.
III labor Il big enough and intel
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
FOREIGNERS MUST
NOT BRING THEIR
GR0UCHES To IT, s.
Aliens Must Understand That
When They Reach Our
Shores Time for Use of
Force Lies Behind Them,

Easton. Pa, oct Is, CBy Associated
Press. Law and order must be pre-
served in Amerira and immigrants
coming here must realize that when
they reach these shores the time for
the use of force is behind them, At
torney General Palmer declared to-
night in an address at Founders day
exercises at Lafayette college,
THE mistake which seems to have
been made by many who have come
here recently from other parts Of the
world" said Mr.. Palmer, lis this
They affect to believe that the general
movement for better conditions of life
in other parts of the world must have
its counterpart in methods in this
newer world. They refuse to see the
stupendous advance which has been
made in that movement here during
the last century by men of larger
minds and broader visions who pre-
coded them in this land for the very
purpose.
ut is difficult for us to give credit
for sincerity to many of the ultra
radical elass-war agitators, who seek
the short and rough road built by
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
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force when they have al hand the
smoother, though possibly longer,
route. IL is perfectly clear tha, soms
Of them are honestly mistaken; it is
reasonably clear that many of them
are mere self-seekers VINO would ex-
plot some of their unthinking fellows
for their own benefit.
THE ingenuity of mau has made
the Atlantic ocean mere ditch be-
tween the continents. New inventions
will make It narrower still, But 70
must always be wide enough to per
init the immigrant, as he crosses H.
to rid himself for all time Of all the
misconceptions of government with
which the old conditions filled his
mind. He must realize that his reVo-
luton has been fought and won when
he set his foot on American soil HlS
time for the use of force is then be
hind him, his time for the use of ia
telligence has come.
Law and order are essential TO i'm
proyement. the law must be respect
ed and order must he maintained II
progress is expected. | would not hair
for a single moment any movemenC
designed hp its promoters to bring
better conditions to any portion OF
our people but / would use all tha
power Of the peoples government to
make certain that such a movement
shall he conducted in the peaceful
and orderly way provided by the peo~
ple for the accomplishment of all ra-
form"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
BURLESON TOSSES
BOUQUETS At THE
?. 0. PARTMENT
Admits In Speech That Its
Standard Of Efficiency "Bor-
derS On the Miraculous
His Critics Are drilled,
rsv MORNING Jous At spretl LEASED wrRri


Atlantic City, N. j., oct. l5--Nig-
orously turning against his critics in
the first public address he has de-
llvered since entering the cabinet
Postmaster General Burleson today
told the National Hardware associa-
ton and the American Hardware
Manufacturers association, in session
here, that the postal administration
was remarkable in development,
wonderful in organization and that its
standard of efficiency borders ON tn
miraculous"
Speaking of the policies and efforts
n ade to obtain u reversal, the post
master general declared:
Record has been made of what /
stand for and the record is not going
to be changed"
Burleson divided his critics into two
classes, those who were honest and
those who were actuated by Interior
motives. The former, he admitted
frankly, included the bulk of the peo-
pie, because they have not understood
the difficulties under which the postal
service has worked. The latter were
said to be those interests affected by
economies made for the benefit of the
people-the express companies, which
suffered in the development of the
parcel post, the railroad which OBJ
jected to space payment for carrying
the mails, the owners of pneumatic
tube systemS which We're abolished,
and the newspapers and magazines
which fought an increase in the sec
ond class postal rates.
Account of His Stewardship.
In his first public account of his
rIt
in office, Mr.. Burleson said the aver
age tenure of postmasters general had
been only two years.
when the entire world was read
justing itself to war" he asked,
when our splendid railroad system
broke down completely is it any Won
der that there was some slight disar-
rangement of the postal service? Yet
there were people who complained
they didn't receive their mail with
regularity and dependability |
don't blame them for complaining. 1t
is human, but it was unjust"
GAS the only government depart
ment with a nationwide organization,
the postal service was called upon by
all other departments to aid them in
war work." Mr. Burleson continued.
"and this in spite of the fact that tens
of thousands of trained postal em-
ployes had been called to the colors,
or been put in cantonments to give
soldiers efficient mail service.
'In one month. also, there were
$4,000 missed train connections
For the treasury, Mr.. Burleson SAID
his department distributed tens of
thousands of tons of Liberty Loan
propaganda, sold 81 per cent of all
savings stamps sold and distributed
new tax stamps which included the
auditing of fifty thousand accounts,
The postal service also distributed
millions of questionaires and acted as
a recruiting service for the war de-
partment, aided in making the 1000
conservation measures effective and
played a leading part in administer
ing the espionage act and registering
alien enemies.
Exclusion of seditious matter from
the mails was very unwelcome task
MFR. Burleson said. II was denounced
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as suppressing free speech, an auto
crat and Prussian, but / moved on in
the even tenor of my way, performing
my duty with moderation, exercising
no arbitrary power whatever. but en-
forcing the law as written. 1t Is a
great satisfaction that in every case
where my action was contested the
,ourts have upheld me-
Declaring he was not going to be
harsh, the postmaster general turns TO
individual policies for which he had
been attacked. In reducing parcel
post rates and increasing the weight
limit of parcels, he said. he turned
a deficit into a surplus but encoun-
tered opposition from the express
companies, which came within one
vote in the senate of repeating the
law. He declared he met similar
situation in changing the basis of pay
ment for railroad mail from weight to
space. Fifteen railroad presidents
called on him to ask an annual instead
of a quadrennial weighing.
II never indulge in weasel words,
Mr.. Burleson said, 80 l told them
was going to change to the fairer basis
of paying by space occupied. They
laughed and told me to forget 1t, but
l put it over although they were
powerful enough to strangle my depart
ments appropriation and we operated
under a continuing resolution for the
first time in history"
Fight on Second Class Rates.
Much time was devoted by Mr.
Burleson to the fight on second-class
mail rates, which he laughingly said
had made him the idol of the news
papers and the hero of the magazines.
He declared it had cost the govern
ment 100000 above the postage to
carry one edition Of a well known
weekly which averaged $1,6O0,OOO In
advertisements.
THAT deficit was paid by you," ne
told the business men who were his
auditors" until my fight forced a
change, and new inquiries before the
interstate commerce commission try
ing to raise still further the rates con-
gress fixed which l know are too low.
Explaining his opposition to afill-
iation of government employees with
the American Federation of Labor
Mr.. Burleson said he believed 1t was
a public danger for any federal, state
or municipal worker to be allied TO an
organization that uses the strike
Il don't want the postal service 70
| be a revenue producer" he concluded
| 'but we have achieved a surplus
despite ourselves because of cutting
out this graft have told you about
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
EFFORT TO OVERTHROW
CLEMENCEAU CABINET
STARTED IN CHAMBER

Paris. Oct 15.--A final effort to
overthrow the Clemenceau cabinet be-
fore the approaching parliamentary
elections started in the chamber this
afternoon.
The debate in the chamber was pre-
coded by turbulent scene caused by
the attempt of Deputy Paul Meunier
to talk on resolution postponing
discussion of date of the elections.
The deputy attacked Premier Clemen-
ceau savagely. bringing in the name
of the premier's brother. Albert Gle
menceau, who. M. Meunier declared,
was attorney for the Austrian banker.
Rosenberg, who fled from Paris at the
outbreak of the war.
The greater part of the chamber
hooted the speaker, even the galleries
Joining in, which Is most unusual.
Only after thirty minutes pandemo-
mum could the chamber proceed with
the debate.