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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
copu5shhd 1910 M The

Tommy kept awfully still for a few
minutes after / had confessed that
l was-a w%anderer on the face of the
earth, but not because he doubted me.
He did not know my strange story, he
couldn't guess why / was not going
straight to the Lorimer house, he hads
mt the slightest idea why / and Eloise
Vanderlyn had exchanged places. New
ertheless, he trusted me.
Tommy is a mighty kind man." I
said to myself. Bob, who ought to
have faith in me. would drive me
furious with his silly suspicious, just
now"
81 thought, ma'am, you might not
you might not be sure what to do
next, SO l made a little plan. / made
IL two weeks ago. / was getting aw-
full anxious to hear from you. So I
fixed things so / could chuck a suit
case into the bus the minute you
phoned. There she is. So now you
can go right to a hotel. / know a
pretty fair one, where you won't see
any Lorimers, nor nobody else you
know"
Lead me to it, Tommy, this min
utei" 1 exclaimed using the slang to
make him smile.
This minute it is, ma'am. I've been
driving round and round the place.
ma'am, but I guess before We go in
side, you'd better tell me what name
to put on the register"
Circle around the block a few
times more. Tommy, while / do som
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
HOW WILL GERMANS PAY
BIG WORLD WAR DEBT
BY HAROLD f. BEcHToL

BY HAROLD +. BECHTOL
European Manager of the N. +. Al
PARIS. May Ga little secret
history" from the peace conference:
At one stage OF the peace-making
the diplomats called in Kanes, the
greatest British economist, and asked
him in effect:
MIR. Kanes, how could we collect
from Germany the greatest amount
she could possibly pay in the shortest
timer"
Kanes told them: BY giving pref
rene to German manufactured
goodsi
The idea didn't make much of a
hit with the diplomats.
But they had asked him q cold,
technical question:; and he had given
them the cold, technical answer, as
they later on found out from a lot of
other economists and financiers, and
from their W study.
This incident illustrates the great
est difficulty of the whole peace con
ference; namely
How much of a damage bill Ger
many can pay. and how to get it.
It Isn't Solved yet-by a long
shot.
The bill is still to be collected.
There are exactly six methods of
~ " nv AN
cial experts here advising the peace
makers.
But will public sentiment tolerate
the three biggest methods?
The financial authorities I have in
terviewed all say that the big stumb-
ling block in getting the damages
from Germany lies in the fact that
the three methods that would net the
greatest sums bump smack into
strong anti-German feeling
FIRST-Against anything Made
in Germany"
SECOND-Against lowering French
or Belgian labor conditions, wages or
demand by taking part of the debt in
work.
THIRD-Against inviting German
competition in dye and other indus
tries developed by the allies during
the war and expecting protection; IN
coal and other raw materials.
TAX the Germans-every one Of
them-to the last cent they can pay"
sounds good but it means nothing.
The Germans will be taxed all
right, but hat hasn't anything to do
with how to collect the bill.
AS one peace conference economist
nut Il: You have to think in terms
Of actual values that can be lifted
right out of Germany: and not in
evidences of values. such as cur
rency."
There are six ways. according to all
the financial authorities, 10 get the
values.
Here they are:
Payment OF Gold.
This is the most direct method. But
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

Germany's gold reserve is about 10
per cent of the currency II supports;
while 80 per cent is considered the
sound minimum to keep up conf
dence. So the allies can't take much
Of the bill in gold, especially as not
only Germany but neighboring dis
tricts formerly under German occu-
patton have paper dependent on this
gold reserve.
Merchant Ships.
Most of these the allies now have.
They can be valued and formally turn
ed right over, though ii will be neces
sary to keep certain supplies flowing
into Germany before she can get far
with payment. That can be arranged,
however, and the ships form a simple
method of collection-up to the "a
mount they're worth.
s-Foreign Property Owned i'm
Germany.
This means property outside Ger
many or securities on property out
side Germany. owned by the German
government or by German subjects
residing in Germany. These can be
turned over to the allies. In the case
of private ownership the German gov
eminent can reimburse the German
owner in currency. Possibly arrange
ments will be made which will
stretch this method out to Ger
man subjects who r not living In
Germany, too.
4-Raw Materials.
Coal is the principle raw material
with which Germany will pay. Pot
ash and dyestuffs are mentioned as
others. France was formerly the best
customer for German coal but france
expects to have all she needs when
she gets the outpost of the Saar VAL
ley. about 10 per cent of the Ger
man supply. Germany, however, will
have plenty to export. But-as point-N
ed out. France, the big customer, is
out of the market; AND coal is al
so the biggest raw export of the Brit
ish Isles. If Germany is permitted to
sell too much she will cut down the
demand for Britain's coal!
SManufactured Products.
Here would be one of the greatest
methods of collection, were 1t not for
the boycott sentiment against goods
Made in Germany" Products such
as optical equipment, lenses, fine tech
meal Instruments, and so on, having
high value because of the workman
ship on them and requiring little or
no imported raw material, would be
velvet" for paying the bill If the al
lied peoples wanted to buy them! The
manufactures articles would be turn
ed over to the allies free: sold, and
the money applied on the debt. Neu-
trail countries goods. could pay the al
lies instead of Germany. But-aside
from the boycott. allied business de-
mands protection!
6-Direct Labor and Material.
This method can be best illustrated
by using Northern France as an ex-
ample. The Germans would prepare
in Germany all the bricks, glass. lum-
Der. furniture, concrete, machinery
and betting to rebuild Northern
France; send it over with German
workmen: and completely restore the
devastated region. This is n of the
plainest cases in lifting values right
out of Germany. But here you bumpl
into the labor unions and labor gen.,
Frenehmen need his work.
And anyhow, France doesn't want an
German mansion, peaceful or
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Tnnidanfat1v- |
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
Funeral Services Tomorrow for
Chas. Schrimpf at Woodbridge
Bu speciaI correspondenf.

By Special Correspondenf.
WOODBRIDGE, May 6-FuneraI
services for charles Schrimpf, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Schrimpf, of
Grove, avenue, will be held from his
parets home tomorrow afternoon at
2 O'Clock. Rev. w. V. ID. Strong, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church, will officiate, assisted by Rev.
J.. v. Bushman, of the Presbyterian
church. Interment will be in the fam
lily plot in Woodland cemetery. New.
ark. a
found yesterday morning byk1I
ging party after having been in ' -
waters of Staten Island sound since
he was drowned from an overturned
rowboat on Sunday, April 20.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
Jail South River Men
By stan Correspondent.

By Stat Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 6:-Two
prisoners were turned over to the
warden of the county Jail today. They
are Walter Armstrong and William
Ducy, both of South River, who are
charged with atrocious assault and
battery by Nicholas Amoralo, also of
South River. They are being held to
await the action of the grand jury on
Norden, recorder of South River.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
Republicans Meet Thursday

The Perth Amboy Republican Club
will meet Thursday night at the club
rooms in the Odd Fellows Building.
This will be a regular business meet
ing. The entertainment and stag in
connection with a meeting hat is
planned by the club. will probably
take place within a month.
The Perth Amfboy Democratic Club
which was to nave met last Thursday
has postponed the meeting until n
|roek from this Thursday. The meet
Ing last week was ppoosaeSned ~
cause Of a Red Cross Concert N .nnee
Strand theatre, which many OF Inv
members desired to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

Traffic Officer John Murray is back
on duty at the five corners after hav-
ing done plain clothes duty for sever.
al days. Murray was injured while
stopping a runaway horse on Smith
street on April %. His uniform was
torn to shreds and he was severely
bruised and scratched while clinging
to the animals bride from State and
Smith streets to Smith and High
streets, where the horse was brought
to a stop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06
A Drop On a
Touchy Corn
instant relief! Then corn or
cailus lifts off with fingers

Just think, You can lift
off any corn or callus with
out one twinge of pain.
A Cincinnati man discov-
cred this ether compound
and named il freezone.
Any druggist will sell a
tiny bottle of freezone for
very little cost. You ap-
ply a few drops directly
upon a tender corn or cali
lus. Instantly the soreness
disappears. then shortly
you will find the corn or
callus so loose that you
can lift II right off.
Freezone is wonderful 1t
dries instantly. 1t doesn't
eat away the corn or cali
lus. but shrivels il up with
out even irritating the
skin.
Hard corns. soft corns,
or corns between the toes.
as well as painful ealluses.
lift right off. There is no
pain before or afterwards.
No soreness or smarting.
Women should keep q tiny
bottle on the dresser and
never let q corn ache twice.
ADV.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

tered az last at q small hotel in q
side street: and then I opened O sur
case crammed with woman's nuHy
silk stuff. From hair brush to nan
file boudoir slippers to kimono,. the
things were of a quality to dehgnt .
bride.
Then I thought of what the war had
done to Tommy-of his partial blind
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

NEW BRUNSWICK, May 6--Ap-
plications for letters of administration
We're filed this morning in the Office
of the county clerk by Katie Ziemba,
of Perth Amboy. on the estate of
Stanislaw Ziemba. who died October
IA 1918. The widow and a SOL sur-
yiya
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-06

bis had limp. I knew veIg
ness en- a~e the average girls IDEAS
ven nssSsline good looks. ! realized
OF 49, 4 would be for Tommy 70
rev hrsaa He couldn't dance ana
1nu i 60 important in a modern
wooinF, Almost as important as an0
Solitaire which seals the engag Tnremv
Girls would be apt to scorn ToH"s'
no Re C~ontinued.D
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

ing speculations was the foundation
of a national school Of music and
dancing. The question came up for
the first time at this session and the
dancing masters intend to push the
matter until it takes some definite
shape. Nose Christensen, Of Port
land. Ore, who has made a life
long study Of dancing, was the first
70 make the suggestion. He pointed
out that every civilized country IN
the world but the United States had
2 national school OF dancing i
would take years to perfect one here,
but il would not take more mon =,
he declared, than is now being spen.
annually by municipalities on dance
halls and musical entertainments.
Mr.. Christensen has the Russian bal
let in mind and believes that Amer
.ca is approaching somewhat SIM
liar institution.
The dancing masters were agreed
that there was little likelihood OF tn
revival of the o.d-fashioned dances
the redowa, the schcttische, the
Newport, lancers and auadrllles. For
one thing, the young people Of to-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

day were pronounced too selfish to
care greatly Tor group dancing
They wanted speed above all things,
and they wanted to dance two and
TWO rather than in mass formal on.
1t was predicted that the fox trot
had a long life ahead Of it that the
doom Of the shimmy was already
sounded, and that the old-fashioned
watt would be popular dance dur
ing the season Of 1920. 4 new order
Of things will prevail for the Castle
dance. No longer will the girl have
to keep backing ircessant!y. After
this it will be tifty-tfty for her part
ner and herself. The war has had
il; effects on the dance, and the new
regulations adopted by the conven-
ton were based largely on army and
navy rules for dancing.
Moreover, the dancing masters
have made up their minds to make
dancers out Of business men. They
compared notes on the business men
of New York and OF the Far West,
and decided that, as whole, they
did not have half enough exercise,
and the best way 70 get it was 10 set
the phonograph going ard fox trot
with their wives ard daughters and
neignbors after TIE days work was
done.
So they are going TO start q CAM
va.gA for the lImbering up Of the
business man. Less rheumatism and
= green old age will follow II they
trip the light fantastic toe, the pro-
fe .ona,s contend. In proof OF this
they pointed 70 Louis kretlow, one OF
their number, who is seventy-slx
years old and has been teaching
dancing for upward Of sixty years.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

them entirely to the scrap heap.
The saxophone, the slide trombone
and the clarionet they c.assed as
the guilty parties. whose wild and
woolly wiggles need to be straight
ened out.
with an abundance Of beautiful
music at our disposal we make noises
fit only for the illiterate and the
savage" declared one Of the dane
ing masters from the Far West. 1T
is almost like going back to the
tom-tom and barbarian days. Real
dance music is becoming a rare
thing"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

should rest just above the small
of his partners back.
,. The girls left hand should
rest palm downward in her part
ner's shoulder.
3. The girl should look over
her partners right shoulder and
vice versa.
4. The girls right hand should
rest palm downward in her part
ner's left hand.
). Partners should stand at
least six inches apart.
6. Dancing should be'from the
waist down only.
In other words, me death
clutch" must 90. Dancing partners
must gaze over each others shoul-
ders instead Of into each others
eyes. They must be distant to one
another. In fact, the new ordinances
sound almost ike a return to the
DAYS Of the minuet. when Beau
Brummel, in satin breeches, touched
but the extreme tip Of his partners
fairylike fingers and thought him.
self overbold if perforce he had to
lay his lace-frilled hand on the
whalebone sides of his blushing
Cynthia.
Not that the dancing masters are
particularly anxious to revive the
minuet, Newport or the lancers. Oh,
no; they are not "snappy" enough
for the twentieth century American
But they want little Of the stifi
backbone and crinoline Of the '90s
mingled with the toe dexterity
end muscular agility Of the twenti-
eth century. And if they can't bring
this desirable combination to pass
by means Of charts and what not
why, then, they will petition for
civic ordinances, so that dancing will
be as much Of municipal affair as
FIRE reels and cops and all the other
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Simplicity

Fenton Bott, president OF the
American National Association Of
Masters Of Dancing, stoutly ad-
hered to the opinion that at heart
people like the graceful, moderate
dance and simple music best Of all.
He had been surprised to find a
dance in progress on the roof OF
the Astor Hotel, where the old
fashioned waltz was the favorite
number and classical music monopo-
lized the programme. This, he
thought, was hopeful sign.
"It's ridiculous to expect that
people will have nothing but the
music Of the fine old masters.
There is much in the popular music
that is excellent for the modern
steps" declared Mr.. Bott. But
this cheap, trashy jazz. Why, it
has put ragtime quite in the shade,
and that was bad enough, goodness
knows We need a little more Of
Griec. of Strauss and the other old
masters. The cowbells and noise
that pass for music now are offensive
to any refined ear, and are directly
responsible for this ugly jumping
around that is an insult to ones
intelligence.
"Play a simple old air; get people
dancing in the old-fashioned ray and
see if they don't enjoy Il emse'ves.
But Just as long as Broadway con-
tirues TO shake its shoulders it will
be hard for US to prevent national
tendency to do the same. There
you have the whole thing in nut
shell-the theatrical producers. They
could do more TO improve the stand
ard of dancing than any other body"
The correlation existing between
music and dancing came in for a
good deal Of attention, and the pho
nograph was blamed for much Of
the Indifferent pirouetting around
that passes muster in these days.
While the informal dance in the
home was commended as an excel
lent thing, the dancing masters
/ pointed out that the tempo on the
phonograph was frequently irregular
and the phrasing uneven. They de-
cided to consult the phonograph
companies about it and see what
could be done to standardize tempo.
The jazz instruments they would
try to control without relegating
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Al Sorts

Many elements were represented
in the four hundred dancing teach
ers gathered in convention. a oaby
Of tour danced around On her little
pink toes with winning spon:aneity.
Girls in ;heir teens, who run dancing
schools VI their own in different
parts OF the country, were there.
But the seasoned veterans OF yeaN
Of experience constituted the main
body Of the gathering. ley voiced
the views Of North and South.
Of East and West. They came from
Texas and even from Canada. One
and all pronounced shimmyirg and
jazz q menace to their profession.
This was their thirty-ssxth con-
ver.ion, and they had hoped to ef-
feet the amalgamation Of inc Ameri-
cum National Association VI Mas
tcrs Of Dancing and TIE American
Society Of Professors Of Dancing
before il ended, but this project fell
through. i.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

He was ore Of the spryest fynres on
the ballroom floor Of the As.or dur
ing tne con.cntion an! vigorously
io.ned in al the new dances.
He frankly admutte. that he
"al0red" the modern aancu, and was
not in the least keen 10 see the s.eps
of thirty years ago revived. But
the sa.mmy he believed - be quite
outside tic pale Of decency. With
long flowing beard, black satin knee
brrecnes and trim hose he made o
picturesque figure as he moved grace
fully around among the younger
dancers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
The Solution
What to do about il?

What to do about It!
Well, they would pass civic or
dinances standardizing dancing and
music, and inspectors would be ap-
pointed TO enforce the law until
their art was put on higher plane
both publicly and in private. But
this, they argue, would be but pal
liative at best. The real cure goes
deeper. One Of their most interest
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

IL Is iazz music robbing the
terpsichorean art Of all Its
grace?
Are we about to have a national
school Of dancing similar to the Rus
nan ballet?
These were only three OF suncry
pertinent questions propounded BY
some four hundred dancing masters
during their recent convention IN the
Hotel Astor. II it had the habit OF
working. Broadway might have
taken fright when these dancing eX-
per.s put their heads togcther-or
rather their heels-and SAID that
things must be thus and 50, and
even passed a resolution saying they
would do their best to cut out the
shinmy and the jazz if only the
Methodist Church would take It's
ban off dancing. e
For the life of them thes visitors
from all over the country could not
See any grace in the way New
Workers wiggle their shoulders and
their hips and glide through the
mazes of the dancec IN death
clutch, TO the syncopations Of popu-
lar Jazz music. They came together
eager for reform and loud IN protest
over the decadence Of the modern
dance hall and the demcra.izlng IN
fuences that have crept surreptl-
tously in and started a canker IN the
heart Of the dance. They blamed 1t
largely on the popular music, and
sighed a little over the half-for-
gotten strains Of the beautiful Blue
Danube" to which grandmother
valtzed herself to standstill. They
passed a number of resolutions, call
ng for civic and national censorship
m the modern dance. and pledged
themselves to work in their individ-
IA! spheres for a higher standard Of
dancing and music.
In addition, they made some not
very complimentary remarks about
the sort Of thing that can be seen
any day on Broadway, when the
chorus girls are not on strike. They
wen went so far as to blame the
Gay White Way for what they called
hls wild, suggestive music, with
NE wiggly squirms in it," and "the
pctesque and immoral dancing that
passes for art" One Of their num-
osr had religiously attended New
Icrk theatres for three months so
nat he could give the convention the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

benefit Of his conclusions, and, IN
nutshell, they were simply this; lie
had not seen or heard anything that
he though. could really be classed
as dancing or singing. He found
shimmyinc wherever he went, and ne
heard the bleating Of the saxophone
and kindred instruments until he
could stand it no longer. This self
appointed investigator Is man who
has travelled the world over and
studied the dancing of Russia and
France. He frankly believes that
Americans are as untutorcd as IL
fants in the art Of dancing. but that
they have a great future III this di-
rection. If they had a spark Of real
art in their souls. he argued, they
never would endure the sort Of
thing they hurrah and pay for see
ing on Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Shin1n,y

Now to return to the shimmy-
which, after all, was what most ex-
cited the dancing masters-it first
came to life in a negro dance hall in
the West, and this, they claim, is one
score against it. Moreover, they
cannot see that it has solitary
commendable feature. 1t offends
artistically and morally. and one and
all Of them have discountenanced
it, along with dancing vagaries Of a
similar kind. For, after all, it would
be futile to refuse to dance or teach
the shimmy while other abuses just
AZ serious continue to flourish. So
they came down with the gulllotlne
on anything that could be termed
suggestive dancing, and drew up
charts to be hung in dancing schools
and dance halls all over the country,
with the following rules for what
they term correct position;
/. The mans right hand
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

appurtenances Of city life. TIE
shimmy surely would not have the
ghost of a chance, they argue, if Pat
Murphy might be expected IN any
minute with his shillalah to show
them how they do "a bit o a dance
in an Irish shtreet.'
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Wrong, say the dancing masters

no NEW WORKERS know
how to dance?
L. Is Jazz music robbirg the
terpsichorean art Of all its
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1919-08-21

The National Guard in the World
War wrote a record Of which il may
always be proud, the regular army,
always. the enemy in the past Of the
Guard, being compelled TO admit its
efficiency. The Germans rated some
Of its divisions as among the best In
the American army. And the Ma
tional Guard should be encouraged.
The Wadsworth- Kahn bill slaps
American manhood IN the face. The
selected armies Of America with the
Guafdsmen did break the Hindenburg
line, and there is no earthly reason
why men should be conscripted in
time Of peace to serve against their
will on foreign shores.
Let the government provide strong
enough regular army to police Amer
ican possessions, to keep watchful
eye on Mexico and in event of war
the National Guard IL given sufficient
encouragement and such other forces
as may be demanded by the emerg-
ency, will look after American inter-
ests on the field Of battle.
II is to be hoped no Mississippi rep
resentatiye favore the conscription
bills nos pending before the Ameri-
can Go. -ras8 Clarion Ledger.