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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
! w. W. HELD
 RESPONSIBLE A FOR MENACE
Legislative Committee on Unemployment Submits
 Report to House.

In submitting a. report in the House yesterday on the condition of unem- pIoyment in Connecticut, the special legislative committee explained that the menace of the present situation is the mental attitude due to the eX- periencos of the last year and the in ffuences of the l. w. w. and the BoI- sheviki propaganda. The estimated number of unemployed in Connecu- cut at this time Is 2S,OOO.
 The report, which was submitted by House Chairman Willard B. Rogers of Manchester, and which was order ed filed in the office of the secretary of the state, follows
 The best information we have shows that there are anywhere be- tween 2S,0OO and 30,OO0 men and wo- men out of employment today in Connecticut, and that fully one-half of that number is in New Haven and Bridgeport There are probably s. 900 people in New Haven and some thing more than 1000 in Bridgeport out of work, and there are 1900 or mora in Norwich; the number in Stamford is rapidly growing; there are possibly 1000 in Waterbury and between 2.5O0 and 5000 in Hartford, the remainder scattering.
 This is caused by the discharge Of labor made necessary by the termln- ation of war contracts.
 We find that the condition of la bor Is not seriously abnormal as re- gards the number out of employ rnent; that the menace of the pres ent situation is the mental attitude due to the experiences of the I. w. W, and the BoIsheviki propaganda.
 We believe that more can be ac- romplished in the present situation by continuing the federal employment bureaus than by any other single agency or force that we can suggest as it puts the unemployed in touch with a, possible job by furnishing clearing house.
 The committee earnestly advises that married women whose husbands earn an adequate living wage be asked as a patriotic duty to give up their employment in favor of men. We also believe that employers will he1p materially in bringing about the readjustnent of economic conditions, the immediate. adjustment of which will be beneficial to them by replac- ing the women by men.
 The committee advises that where an industry is forced to reduce it's prOducLpOn, IL SAhOpIS tIl9 P4e1i OA 'S duCing the hours of employment throughout the plant rather than lay ing off or dfscharg1n,g a portion of it's employees. This recon1ne ndation is made without prejudice for or against the question of working hours.
 The committee earnestly advises town and city officials to imm ediately do everything within their power to accelerate construction and repair work in their communities. We would urge the railroad administration, which the committee understands now has funds available, to arrange for the immediate resumption of it's construction work, the recent suspen- sion of which caused several thousand men to be thrown out of work The
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21

Tom Mix has returned to Los An geIes after having filmed The Will derness Trail" at Flagstaff, Ariz. This William Fox picture has it's locale in the Far North, and all the scenes were taken in the heavy snow that fell in Flagstaff just before the MiX's com pany's arrival. 'The Wilderness TraiT' is said to be the biggest picture Tom Mix has made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21

The story of '"The Love That Dares' Is so intensely dramatic that during the making of the picture in Holly wood, Cal, it taxed even the unusual strength of Madame Traverse. The William Fox star entered into the character of Olive Risdon so thorough ly that twice during the filming of the production she broke down and held up the making of the picture a couple of hours-each time until she became calm enough to go through with the happier scenes. She spent as much energy in the making of this picture, she declares, as she would spend in three years on the speaking stage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21

Dustin Farnum Is working fast and hard on his newest play of thrills and pathos, "A Man in the Open."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

There appeared in the metropolitan newspapers this morning an
advertisement alleged to have been issued by what is termed the CAS-
sociaton Opposed to National PrOhibnion'-the most convenient
name, no doubt, the brewers and liquor dealers could think of for the
purpose of hiding their identity. The advertisement is a wild attack
en- nation wide prohibition and shows to what extremes the liquor
dealers will go in their desperate attempt to stave off the inevitable.
The limit for an argument against prohibition is shown in this adj
vertisement whan an effort is made TO link Bolshevism with national
prohibition.
How ridiculousi
Prohibition is the exact antithesis Of riot, lawlessness and disorder
which Bolshevism stands for. Why is it when there are strike dis
do is to close the saloonsi Everybody knows that liquor Isl at the root
of all such trouble. 1t is only after men have become inhamed with
rum that they go out to burn, kill and loot.
back rooms of saloonsi
Yet, this so-called Association Opposed to National Prohibition"
pretends to see danger of Bolshevism in this country should national
prohibition succeed.
The greatest antedote for Bolshevism is a clear brain, sound res-
soning and sober Judgment. This is impossible when men are sstur-
atd with booze.
The reason for the panicky feeling on the part OF the liquor inter
ests is plain. The states throughout the country are ratfy1ng the led
with them. The latest state legislature to be heard from was Maine
where, ON Wednesday, after the senate had unanimously ratified the
amendment. the House passed it with a vote of 120 to %.
Other states that have recently ratified the amendment, a 8 men
toned in these columns a day or two ago, are Ohio, Michigan, Colorado
and Oklahoma. To these have been added Tennessee and Idaho. A
fourteen more are needed to put it across and the legislatures of fifteen
dry states are yet 10 be heard from. ~
No wonder the liquor dealers are panic stricken and N ready 10 go
to such extremes a to try 10 link national prohibition up with Boshe-
sismL The hopelesness of their cause is read right in their own ad
yertlsement.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Daily HN oSc0be
The stars incline, but do not compel
Sunday, January IL, 1919.
ICnnYriQhfA 1910 hu Tho MoCInn

The stars incline, but do not compel"
Sunday, January II, 1919.
Copyright 1919, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Although this is not an important
day in planetary direction 1t should
strongly for good.
k There is a sign making for many
successful inventions and one of these
may be a new airplanc hat will be
practicable for many commonplace
uses.
h star hat presages activity OF
the powers of the mind that are Gre
alive and original also is believed TO
have influence to quicken artistic per-
ception.
Again It is prophesied hat there
will be a nationwide movement to es-
tablish centers OF art, music and
drama. For these government aid is
presaged by the stars.
While the sway today is kindly,
there Is still an aspect that is held
to foreshadow ~jealousies and envyings
hat may affect not only members of
private families, but representatives
of great organizations. The army and
navy will not be exempt from this sim
lister influence.
This planetary government that is
supposed TO encourage jealousy is
menacing to nations. as well as indi-
viduals. the seers declare.
Recognition OF the power of
thought transmitted as wireless tele-
patty will be widespread, IL is pre-
dicted. An instance of telepathy that
affects a person OF prominence may
awaken public interest.
Respect for youth. long predicted,
will be demonstrated in many ways
that will mark 1919 as a e starting
a new era.
THE death OF a famous woman is
foretold n it will have the element
OF tragedy.
There IL o sign ~forecasting changes
in fashions as well as customs. Men
will adopt many odd modes. II is fore
told. and women will have a tendency
toward extreme layishness and ex-
| tIa~Hgarce In dress.
The health should be safeguarded
! with extraordinary are during the
I next few months. Nervous disorders
may be exceedingly prevalent.
Persons whose birthdate IL is have
the augury OF trave and change The
young will court N marry.
Children horn on this day are likely
to be steady anG trustworthy. These
subjects OF Capricorn are usually az
fectionatc and romantic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
A LITTLE MORE COOPERATION
NEEDED IN THIS COOKING GAME
There's many a man who brutaly tells his wife that she can't cook.
BY REV. CHARLES sTELzLE

There's many a man who brutany teMsh ais wife that she m cook.
But there's nan a who doesn't Know HOW to coo because she
doesn't know WHEN to cook.
Her husband comes home my old tme-and, of course, he expects his
supper to be ready o. te dot nc matter when he arrives and even though
he never told his wife when hed get home.
l. And to be sure-the. potatoes are soggy, n the meat is fried to a
about everything eeis overdone, including his wifes temper.
There's no paricula pleasure in serving q meal under such crcum-
Stances N if The wife either hasn't anything to ay, or says toe much, you
can't blame her-if you'd stop to think that you haven't given her a fair
show.
The business Of cooking isrt1K a carpenters job OF a machmists or
La elerks-which pay be left at any i'm and gone back to with the assur-
! nee that it will b e justa $ Sou left it,
t Figure 1t ut or yourtA elf
o know tina there's a lot OF difference between ready to serve"
mes IN a tat o. ldishes that are" cooked Ito ORDER"
n NIner are AZ - tastSeSs-a NJ cold kNt st nes We been nt.Aa-
Ing a long tm waiting Tor 20 whereas tn latter com to yu Ugh off the
fire, cooked justth h right length of time
When you're tempted again to charge you wife with being O. bad cook.
1t might b e a fair thing to ask yourself whether you're a good eater.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
FOR ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS

Whenever any effort is made to change the method of choosing the
legislature in this state those who defend the present system argue
that it is based OF the same scheme by which the congress Oh 'he
United States is elected. Just as each state, regardless of size or pop
ulation. has two senator's, while the representatives, are elected %
each state according to population so that the state legislature Is mau
IN q one senator from each county, regardless of size or population.
This comparison is good as far as it goes, but there is one Dig I'LL
ference. Whereas a congressman is elected by districts mt "hlch
the state is divided according to population, the assemoiyman Is
elected from the county at large, the same as the senator is chosen.
Tn other words, while the United States senator represents II .a'e
as a whole and the congressman represent only districts IN IN STATE
the county is represented in the state legislature ny oo'h "e S'""'N
ard the assemblymen. q
To make the state legislature an exact model OF the congress VI
the United States it is necessary to have our assemblymen hosen ny
districts within the county, the districts being arranged according 10
population. u
There is every reason to believe that it was the intention II I'M
trainers of the state constitution to have the assemoymeh chosen ~
districts within the county. On the election of assemblymen the con-
stitution says:
aA. eThe gp,eral assembly shall be composed OF members annually
elected by the legal voters of the counties, respectively, who shall be
apporioned among the said counties a S nearly as may be according 10
the numberof their inhabitants
This differs from the manner of electng senators, regarding when
the constitution says:
- "The senate shall be composed of one senator from eah county
in the state, elected by the legal voters of the counties, respectively,
for three years"
Here there is no mention Of population. The purpose evidently
being to give each county equal representation IN the upper nous o
the legislature, which is the same as each state IN the Union as IN
congress. 1t is plain, however, that in the matter Of the Assembly te
people rather than the county were considered. This is shown by m
fact that the assemblymen ar elected every year, thus keeping them
in close touch with the electorate. The assembymen also are chosen
~rn accordance with population, which is not so in regard to senator's
~ But under N present method the assemblymen are elected from
the county at large the same as the senators are elected. WINE the
number of assemblymen varies with the population of the county, 80
that a county like Essex, for instance, has twelve assemblymen, whhle
Middlesex has three, Monmouth two, Cape May one and so on, these
II orc not aatfara ahaut the county N 70 IN or
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Don't Tease Child.

Teasing has ruined the disposition
Of many a child. The parents are not
likely TO be guilty of such conduct. but
older children in the family. or some
other relative. may make the child's
life utterly miserable by constant teas
ing. A thoughtless adult. intending 10
be playful. viii keep a child struggling
for some object. almost allowing him
10 get IL yer and ore again. only 10
thwart the ehlid's purpose. and 90
causing q wearing Irritation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Net Adapted for Pet.

The avenge-sixed Alaska walrus ID
o. big as an or and often weighs more
than a ton A walrus was recently
killed by some whalers near Point Bar.
row whose head weighed so pounds,
and skin. Including clippers. 500 pounds
The animal had q girth Of IA feet. the
skin was from half an inch to three
inches In thickness. and the blubbef
weighed 500 pounds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes
THE WINTER sun

How sweet the sunshine on a winter , lay WI y and from a smiling
sLy he snn looks down and winks the otner 90 with sorrow for a
While The graybeards come from armcnars ~ y s rv tbey eel as good
selves forpettfng ailments dire; they smile anu anu 10y az some vagrant
as new, and wake next day with symptoms 9" ON ne n perch upon the
birds that failed IL emigrate, hop o nc aMn - ~ ies moor things,
gate; they seem to think that winters gone m aue pe' the sunshine o a
winter dayi The ice is thawed, the snowdntt mei it5o their winter
s"n+ 81 feeble minded chaps e o chasing out wtnou VI smoke
wrap in June attire they sit upon the porch to eu , d 90 come, to
49, cent torch. and then the doc, the nurse inc uus95s dono rho
feed them pills and make their savings hum; IN yam ning uo lis super
envs prou worse and worse, till the morucian , prmss - II mt
6earse How sweet the sunshine of a winter day! my ngr snrng
throw n O buds away, O you will suffer nan acneS "N P
isn't here, by sundry parasangs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

Compulsory education is a good
thing. But when you are crowded into
a street a beside a man who smells
like a billy goa you kinda wish there
was sue a thing as compulsory bath
Ing.
After a fellow has done some run
ming around he discovers hat a girls
complexion seldom tastes as good as
ii looks.
We do not know much. But we do
know that the way to get the best of
an argument is to stay but OF 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Today We Celebrate

Cornell Honors Memory of Founder.
The man who MADE possible one OF
the greatest of American universities
will be held in grateful memory to-
day by the faculty N students OF
Cornell. who will pay their annual
ibute of respect to the memory OF
Ezra Cornell. The founder of the
famous Ithaca institution was born
112 years ago today, Jan. IL, 1907,
at Westchester Landing, N. Y. He
made O fortune as a pioneer In the
development OF the telegraph, and
gave a large part of 1t to establish
the university.
Westchester county, where Ezra
Cornell was born. had a considerable
Quaker population, and his parents
were of that sect. His father was a
follow that trade. Later he settled
In Ithaca as a mechanic inc miller. In
1S43 he became interested In Morse's
invention of telegraphy. and began
the construction of the first telegraph
lines.
| Cornell University owes its origin
TO the Land Grant Act passed by
Congress IN 1912, when the national
government. although involved in a
war In which Its existence was al
stake, provided for the welfare OF flu
ture generations by donating public
lands to the several states n terri
tories which may provide colleges fol
the benefit of agriculture and me-
| chanic arts. In 1854, while he was d
member OF the State Senate, Cornell
conceived the idea OF taking advan-
tage OF this act 10 found O univer-
sity where any person can find In.
~struction In any study" Cornell prom
Used the state half a million dollars
! with which to erect buildings. the
i terms of the land grant forbiddinl
the use of Its proceeds for that pur-
pose. on condition hat the univer.
sity be located in Ithaca In add.
tional to h original endowment Cor
nell added q quarter Of a million NOR
and by his able financing of the Fed
erai land grant he was instrumental
in adding about three million dollars
TO the university fund. In fact. hi,
work in purchasing and locating pub
lie lands for the benefit of the institu.
ton was his greatest service TO the
great center OF learning which nov
perpetuates his memory
Cornell was founded as a purel,
secular university, non-sectarian. CO
educational, and without restriction
as TO race or religion For a time III
absolute freedom was criticised b,
those who looked upon a university a.
a place for propagating n defending
a certain religious faith. but this spiri.
of opposition has long since died out
and few remember h day when o
nell was denounced Is an "infdel uni
: versity." In DR.. Andrew ID. White. III
first president, Cornell enjoyed tbs
! leadership OF one of the ablest edu.
, Gators the world has ever known
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Bits of By-Pldu
by LUKE McLUkE
Copy right 1918, the Cincinnati
Enquirer

Fact.
This rhyme should not cause you dis
tress,
You Al ind that 1t is very true;
You should not take advice unless
You're sure that 1t belongs to YOU.
Utopia.
Where is this place Utopia? 2" ask
ed the Boob, as he looked up from
the book >he was reading.
Utopia is the place where the en-
ployes go on strike for more work and
less pay" replied the Crouch.
Ante.
My. but this house AZ simply grand,
The place belongs 10 Gambler
Ssro0nfffh troubles and ee6>
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Our Daily Special
Lake McLnke Says.

Any married man can tell you tina,
Q wife either hss something she wants
TO talk 10 you about or else she wants
TO talk TO you about something she
hasn't got.
Every small boy and every married
mar would like 10 be di~sobedient. but
they are afraid 70 take a chance.
The man who has never been sick
has an idea that IL he ever did get
sick all he has to do Is TO buy a bottle
OF patent medicine and get cured.
The reason why q gfrl would rather
have q clear conscience than a clear
complexion is because IL you throw a
stone up into the air IL will ny away
II wouldn't be hard 20 give w
smoking IL you had to smoke the kind
OF cigars some men smoke. would IL?
Sometimes a woman gets SO fat the
only thing she can buy ready made Is
a po~cketoook.
We can't understand why II Is un-
lawful TO marry two women at the
SANE time and why Il In lawful "a
marry six women. n at q time.
Many a married woman wishes she
were single and didn't have 10 beg 9
man every time she needed a dime.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

Did you know hat Tom Pappatheo-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rum
the Moon Lunch Room at 81 Main
street, Hamilton, Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

You can always see Harry Dance
in Lynchburg, Tenn. He Is the Post
master In hat town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

II you want to get a square dea
when you are learning to play tn
piano go to Agnes b.. Just, who teach
es music in Seattle, Wash.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

II you are broke and need some
coin you might call on Iona Little.
who works at the Colin Gardner Pa
per Company. In Middletown. Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

~scmblymen from each county, each assemblyman would be elected
from a certain district and the people living in that district would
vote only for the candidate running in that district. Thus each Sec
ton of the county, according to population, would have a represen-
tative in the lower house of the legislature, while the senator elected
from the county at large would represent all the people of the county
IN the upper house.
This plan is SO logical that it is strange that it is not in force.
There is nothing in the constitution that prevents it, and in the early
days the assemblymen were elected by districts. But such a system
aid not suit certain political bosses. They felt that it made the assem-
blymen too responsible to the people and did not give them enough
control over their selection. So a test case was taken into the courts
and the courts finally decided that the assemblymen should be elected
from the county at large, the same as the senator's are elected.
In order to make the election of assembymen by districts manda.
tory it will be necessary to have the constitution amended to that eff
feet. And because the constitution forbids amendments being voted
upon oftener than once in every five years, this is the year for propos-
ing amendments, as all amendments must be passed by the legislature
at two succeeding sessions of the legislature before they can be sub
mitted to the people. BY all means, let an amendment be introduced
creating assembly districts in each county and let it stand or fall on its
merits. Once the people understand it there is no doubt as to it's
adoption.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Yum, YUM!

(Ad. in a Cincinnati Newspaper.)
The Salvation Army feeds the hungry
with you waste paper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

Nj. and Mrs +. b CaFpenter, Harris-
He says: MY wife and ! suffered from
kidney trouble and had rheumatic
pains all through the body. ~ nrst
few doses OF Foley Kidney pills re-
lived us. and nve hotties entirely
cursd Us Although we are both In
the seventies. we are IS vigorous as
ExerrxhsrsSAdr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

II wonder II YOU Could2 ?" unused the
Rummy, as he put his change back in
his pocket.
demanded the Barkeep. Gas he reafO-
-. 400 the baseball bat that stood
behind the bar.
II wonder IL you could say that a
negro cemetery is BLACKBERRY patch 2"
replied the Rummy as he headed fer
the door.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11

Point.
His punctuation he ignores,
I speak of Author Hites;
And then he wonders why there Is
No point to what he writes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Point.

Paw-A married man, my son.
Maw-Willie, you get to bed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
What?

81 may be dumb"
Said Oswald Winter:
"But what's become
OF old man Winter7"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-11
Is That Sol
Police!

1t could be truly said that Luke
McLuke is living by his wit(s).
Police!
One day I had a load of hay.
And took IL to Bill Jones to weigh.
He weighed II. and l paid him then.
His bill was just an even ten
He took the ten and packed his grip.
And spent II all upon a trip.
And he went on. I guess you'd say,
The NJ tennsr OF his weigh.
~. w. b.
Names Is Names. .
r.. u. ALBANIAN lives at Trotwood.
Ohio
Our Daily Special
A Successful Man Never Makes the
same Mistake Twice