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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Oben Air Dance
PledSeS MANI

The dance held at the open air pa
vilion In Hayes Park last night by
the South End Club and guests, was
an old time success. Those who re-
member the old days of pre-war time
and who recall the weekly dances at
tended by the younger set of the
southern section of the city may
realize the good time participated In
by the dancers at the pavilion last
evening. Back and forth across the
floor were flung jokes and saIlies re-
calling old Genes n old riends of
days of long ago."
The music was furnished by Miss
Bessie Schanck at the piano and a
violinist. Mrs. Whitney w. Oliver was
hostess of the evening. assisted by
Miss Roberta Winans. Of the w. c. c.
s. Among those who attended were
the Misses Edna Oliver, Doris Will
sey, Ruth Macan, Helen Macmillan
Irene Warter, Elizabeth Macan, Eliz-
abeth Oliver, Murill Haney, Blanche
Warter and Ruth Block, n Messrs.
Francis Hughes, Francis Oliver, Wal
ter Oliver, John Almond, Harry Ma
can, Albert Nelson, Howard Rooms.
Joseph Greiner, Robert Pyster, Har-
old Evans, Harold Hansen, Philip
Pargot. H.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
observation-disclosures

smile. She went on:
"And, Jane Lorimer, suppose you
do Ioathe my ouija board? I'll admit
it's been spelling things this morn
ing. Treat that as absurd, If you
want to, but don't treat my question
as ridiculous"
whoever heard of a man walking
a couple of miles under water from
q wreck to the shore?" I exclaimed
in a tone I intended to make sarcas-
tic.
whoever heard of a nan flying
across the Atlantic through the
clouds-until just the other day."
Chrys improved on my sarcasm.
with scientific wonders all around
us, I don't think my query ridiculous
at all, for all your scepticism. In
fact. Jane, 1 am perfectly positive
that g. strong man, wearing the div
ing dress invented by DR.. Certels,
might be- able to walk under water
the distance from the U-boat to the
shore. What do you think of my
theory?"
II haven't thought al all yet" But
as I set myself to the task, I remem-
bered tina Tiny Golf had said that
when he was tmarooned under the
sea he had actually considered walk
ing to the shore, II only his oxygen
tank had been filed.
1T suppose 1t might be DONE" I ad-
mitted. But Chrys-the explosion!
Surely you aren't cherishing any un-
canny hope that Hamilton Certeis Is
still alive 2"
ITO be continued)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
A FORGOTTEN language.

"Tee crowfoot girdle treetop turtle"
said one gentleman to another, as re-
ported by the Minneapolis Journal, In
an Office in that city. Scalp thirty
reel blaze" he continued. reading from
an old leather-bound ledger. Scalp
thirty reel blaze" repeated his COM
panion, and wrote 1t down on a sheet
of paper. The two gentlemen, says
the Journal, were talking a language
once used but now forgotten In Min
nesota, for they were respectively a
former surveyor general of logs and
lumber and his assistant, busy iden-
flying some ancient logs that had
been a long time sunk in a river. Tbs
strange-sounding sentences were COM
posed Of Identification marks. of which
at least 5000 have been recorded
since the pioneer days when logs were
FIRST cut in Minnesota forests. Bill
Hons Of feet of lumber from the great
forests have been thus marked, and
once In q while some old logs are re-
covered from the river bottom, and
the old ledger Of bark marks and
stamps on the ends of the logs Is
again referred to.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Smart As New York Chic As Paris

NEW YORK, Sept. 6:-America's
star contribution to the art of dress
is the tailored suit!
American tailors lead the world in
designing and creating the suit and
American women wear their crea-
lions with unequalled charm. The
American type-broad shouldered,
free limbed, supple WASTED, slim, ac-
tive, we'll set-up-is at its glorious
best In the severe grace of the suit
and knows It'll
So, then, it is interesting to observe
that in hat latest New York fashion
show, the Shelton Looms exhibition
at the Ritz-Carlton, suits were con-
~spicuously in evidence.
Materials were varied. Velvet,
velour du Nord supreme, duvetyn
and similar fabrics mingled with
such novelties as skatrap, of which
the model at the left was fashioned.
and with domino, w~oolvel, lapinex
and a long list of others as strangely
named.
- VI PAL SG4h AA0R ~
comparatively narrow skirt with a
%footband, nine inches deep, of modi-
fed barrel effect. The coat, perfectly
tailored, Is of many seams, all or
which are left open below a height
ened waistline and separately finish
ed with an inch-wide bias banding OF
self material. The sleeves, long and
c~lose-ftting, are slashed, not at back,
but at the top and front, and left
open enough to disclose the white
woolvel lining, which material also
lines the whole coat.
The stunning costume at the right
is in reality a o a dress. 1t Is a
Jenny model of black chiffon velvet
strikingly trimmed with white shir-
red ribbon. Fastened high at the
throat and quite severely plain 10
the bust line, there is a strong him
of the new brassiere line that Paris
is Introducing. Incidentally, this line
IA arrived at by the Introduction or a
narrow brassiere, the lower edge OF
which laps down over the top or the
corset, shaping the line above the
waist and the corset defines n
wafstline and directs the line below.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
fashion
silversand Lake, the 18th

Silversand Lake. the 18th
Joan dearest:
I have your adorable letter and
am just too gloriously glad for any
thing that you're flirting about a bit.
l always told you you were wasting
the best years of your life in drudg-
cry.
I recognize that your daddy needs
you, and has no one but you. But
there is a difference between neglect
Ing him and wearing you fingers off
to the knuckles in housework. But
o don't tell me who the man Isl I
demand to know instantly.
'Tisn't old Burling, principal of the
high school, is it? Or Sanford, the
real estate chap? John Burling's
nice, of course, dear, but a dreadful
~highbrow like that Harvard student
at Lively Beach who used to talk airy
persifage about the fourth dimension
and why Uganda and the Congo Free
State should belong to the League of
Nations.
Dick Sanford is a duck, as 1 re-
call him. But hasn't he sixteen small
brothers and sisters? You'd wear
your wheels OFF up to the hubs slav-
ing for them, I know YOU.
But back to my own problems.
scar, since you aren't tired of them.
Yes, I talked again with Mary
Eymbal. She has been Ill. poor
Thing, for several days. Nothing but
the result of what that cat. Anita
Corley, did to her-though since our
fare-up she hasn't shown her claws.
joan, if sacrifice proves love. Mary
Kymbal has surely proved her feel
ing for Eric Wallis.
81 couldn't go back to England
ever" she told me in her p~laintive
voice. I've no relatives except an
uncle in India and he would think
me better dead than to do what I
have done. / had a little property,
q house in Essex, and I sold 1t when
I left so as o to take a penny of
what belonged to my husband. / am
frightened now at what I have done.
But-there wasn't any other way
nothing else l could do-was there,
Miss Varick ?"
She is terribly -disconcerting when
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Miss Ella Rasmussen
H0nOred at Dance

In honor of the birthday of Miss
Ella Rasmussen. of Madison venue
the Wanawah X. K. Club held a
dance last night in her honor. Dane
ing was enjoyed throughout the even
Ing and refreshments Of ice cream
and cake were served.
Among those present were the
Misses Nora Larsen, Madeline Brooks,
Madeline Rogan, Marie Rogan, Anna
Scott, Helen Murdoch, Mary Randy,
Anna Horwat, Emma Mathiason,
Mary Leahy, Margaret Leahy, Anna
Dickson, Mary Dickson, Grace Hill
lard. Gertrude DeRusha, Eta Greer,
Aida Voorhees,. and Messrs. Lindley
Henry, Foster Henry, Thomas Henon,
Raymond Rudders, Peter Schoeffer,
Francis Binder, James Catalano,
Arthur Ludwig, Harold Ludwig,
Harold Holdcroft, Fred Egan, John
Grieves, Frank Leahy, Leroy Erick-
son, Norman Dickson, David Preach
err, Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Thompson,
Mrs. G. Brooks, Mrs. Thomas Brooks,
and Mrs. Rasmussen of this city, and
Howard F1orius of Newark.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Miss Helen HudGnech
H0nOred on Birthday

A birthday party was held at the
home of Miss Helen Hudanech, of S97
Laurie street, Wednesday night. The
home was decorated with yellow un-
geles. Music was furnished by
Browns three piece orchestra "A
Jazz Baby was sung by Jack Hepor
and eyes that say I Love You" by
Miss Eleanor Jenesky. Alabama
Waltz" was then sung by Miss Myrtle
Hudanech. A supper was served al
q late hour
Among those present were the MISS
es Eleanor Jenesky, Florence Solt, Es-
Their Whitehead, Helen Hudanech'
Myrtle Hudanech. Antonette Stern
Haterine Hennemy and Messers DICK
Filler, Jack Hebor, William L1ddle'
Jack Miller. William Walker, franz
Seal Douglas Runyon, Samuel White
head and George Hudanech and Mr.
and Mrs. P. 8. Jenesky and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hudanech.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Personals

Phillip Costello, who has been ann
ated with the local branch OF the New
York Telephone Company In the com.
mercial Office as chief clerk mas peen
transferred To the West Brighton
branch where he will take the POSI-
ton Of agent in charge.
Miss Thelma Emmons, OF Madison
avenue, has returned to her nome AZ AZ
ter spending a few days in Sprlnsnelu
Mass. pu,rs
Miss Agnes Kinney. of New Bruins
wick. was a local visitor wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Hammond or ho,
selle Park, spent Wednesday 'lsl'iis
friends in this city
of High street, were New York visit
ors yesterday.
Miss Irene Warter, of Kearney ave
nue. was in New York yesterday;
Mrs. y Cohen, of stare street na'
returned from a motor "Trip 10 DoS'0H
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Energy From Common Powder.

Common blac't sporting powder Is q
source Of momentary energy in some
railway machine shops and is used for
such purposes as loosenlng nuts and
bolts, breaking up scrap iron and steel,
forcing a rusted locomotive piston, and
breaking metal cooled in a furnace. 1t
is employed In steel guns 5 to II inches
long and of proportionate diameter.
The powder is held by a plunger with.
out wad, and 1t Is fred with the
mouth of the gun about an inch from
the work. An ounce charge is tbs
average required for an ordinary loco
motive nut or bolt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Present Wrist Watch To
Red Cross Commander

DIR. Dorothy s. Smyley, commander
of the Red Cross Motor Corps, who
did such splendid work in this city
during the Morgan explosion and had
charge of the direction of the corps
In this city, has been presented by her
subordinates with a platinum wrist
watch ornamented with rubies and
diamonds. Captain Marie Barnum
Waner, of the Nassau County Corps
made the presentation at the Atlantic
Division Headquarters. The watch is
adorned with red crosses made OF
rubies.
DIR. Smyley sails September 16 for
England. but will return and take an
active part in the Red Cross drive
for membership which will start No
yember 2.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Linen Sh0WeY Given
Mrs. William J. Nolan

A linen shower was rendered to
Mrs. William J. Nolan at the home
of Miss Marie Donovan, of 225 State
street, last night. Mrs. Nolan has
just recently been married. In the
course of the evening a supper was
served and dancing was enjoyed.
Among those present were the
Misses Alice Mcdonald, Agnes Major,
May Brown, Helen Donahue, Tess
Donahue, Gertrude Hurley, Mary
Lewis, Josie Beatty, Sadie Julian,
Marie Donovan and Hannah Donovan
and Mrs. William j. Nolan. Mrs. j.
Desmond, Mrs. Otto Rasmussen and
Mrs. M. j. Donovan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Farmers Use Gas Masks.

Valparaiso, Ind.-Gas masks r In
great demand for threshing and ship
ping the wheat infected with Aus
tralian "takeall." All the grain is so
saturated with formaIdehyde that the
workers cannot stand the fumes. 1t is
being shipped to the United States
Grain corporation at New York. where
ell grain from infected districts In
Indiana and Illinois is being held pend.
ing an investigation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
MADE FACES AT SPECTATORS
Germans Provoked Hoots by PopuIace
That Marked Their Departure
From Versailles.

Paris.-The Judge advocate attached
to the second permanent c~ourtmartial,
who Investigated incidents connected
with the departure Of the Germans
from Versailles, reports that it has
been established that the Germans
aroused the protests Of the crowd by
sticking out their tongues at the spec.
tators and shouting "hochs," and that
the charges that stones were thrown
rest upon the unsupported testimony
Of DR.. Theodore Melchior and Greta
Dorlbluch, secretary" Of n of the
delegates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
New Dancing Academy

The New Jersey Academy Co. have
completed arrangements for opening
an academy of dancing, music and
drama. Rooms are o being prepar-
ed for this purpose in the Boynton
Building In 101 Smith street
Professor Leichner, of New York, is
to be the instructor of dancing and
with music and drama departments II
will be an enterprise for this city and
will no doubt be popular among the
younge set,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
"A G. CLARK

Having need for larger quarters has
opened offices In the Board OF Trade
Building, Room POI, Corer Smith and
Maple Streets; Phone S62. All
modern electrical treatments for scalp
and face. Hair Goods In all varieties.
Human hair goods, our spe 1alty.
Switches from $3.50 I'D
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Ssper- Hatehery.

"ws caught him, forced him at the
pistol point to give up the stolen prop
srty, and then cut OFF ons of his ears.
It will be both ears, and both hands,
II ] catch you again Pictorial Mag
azine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
nsN,sH LADIES MEET.

The Ladies' Missionary Society OF
the Danish M. e. church VIII meet
Monday evening. An unusually gooo
has been arranged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06

Optimistic Thought.
If thou takest time into thy affairs 1t
will arlav and orange all things.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-01
Such Sprays
Are Wonders
In Gardens

Arsenate Of lead, at the rate OF tw,
pounds to 50 gallons Of wate-, makes
an effective spray mixture n killing
the potato bug. Early blight ard tip
burn are common enemies OF the pO-
Ia 10 plant These are easily controlled
by spraying with Bordeaux mixture
This is made by dissolvinE five pounds
Of copper sulphate in five gallons Of
water and tve pounds OF Iuickli7ne.
not slaked. in hve gallons Of water
and diluting each solution % > gal
Ions by adding water Then pour the
two solutions at the same time into
a wooden barrel Never use metal
vessels. because copper sulphate cor
rodes the metal
In order to make an effective all
purpose Sprav Z 20 avoid making
up diTerer' solutions for different
purposes t. spraying vegetables. add
two pound OF powdered arsenate Of
lead 10 % gallons OF Bordeaux nix
ture
The above spray mixtures nay be
used for any OF the insect or fungus
enemies Of plants. except plant lice or
other sucking insects. The latter are
best controlled with spray OF to-
bacco solution. 4 desirable formula
is. One ounce OF nicotine sulphate -
per cent. eight gallons OF water end
one cake OF laundry soap.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-01

we rushed. sometimes on the sur
face, sometimes under the sea
There was our fight with the i'm
mense devil-fish, which once in a
huge school, enmeshed the Nautilus.
There was the visit to a wonderful
pearl fishery, where Capt Memo
showed US a mollusc within whose
jaws was a pearl weighing perhaps
500 pounds. Some day he would
return and pluck that treasure, but
not yet-every year was adding to
its value. We visited the skeletons
of long-sunken ships, the corpses Of
the drowned crews still clinging to
the hulls of some. We hunted in
the Papuan Islands. where the Nau-
titus was attacked by the native
savages. An electric current turned
them back Shocked and bowling ere
they could climb aboard.
When one of the crew died, Capt.
Memo had him buried in a coral
glade in the South Pacific, where
was a cross Of red coral that looked
like petrif1ed blood. 1t was a won
derful. solemn sight to see the pail
bearers with the dead body on their
shoulders, ard all treading so rev.
erentially the way from the snip
to the coral cemetery, where at the
foot of the cross the body was in
TERED and covered up. All knott in
prayer. Capt. Memo was the last to
leave.
Your dead sleep quietly out of
the reach Of sharks" I said. when
we were back on the Nautilus.
"Of sharks and men," he replied.
We Yoyaged under colossal ice
, bergs to the South Pole and all but
perished there. escaping from an icy
tomb only as our last breath Of
storage air was exhausted. Wonder
full was our passage from the Red
/ Sea into the Mediterranean by
means OF a subterranean tunnel un-
der the isthmus. (This was before
the digging OF the Suez Canal)
million dollars worth of gold
vessel 0f a Greek diver.
From whence came this store OF
/ gold? Later we learned.
! In Vigo Bay on the Spanish coast
/ the Nautilus came to rest on bottom
Hers in 1902 a fleet of Spanish gal
/ Icons were sunk. and here from this
( sunken treasure more than a century
and a half later this ruler of the un-
derseas came and helped himself
whenever it pleased him. Five hum
dred millions were there" said Capt.
Memo, but not now. Do you see now
J t1w with these and the other treas
ures OF my domain could pay the
national debt OF France and not feel
/ it,"
/ We had now been six months aboard
the Nautilus. For me. the scientist.
it was a voyage OF ceaseless interest;
but not so for Conseil and Ned Land.
At their request I pleaded with Capt.
Memo for our liberty.
You came to my ship without In
I vitation. You will now remain here
was his grim answer
We had left the Southern hemis-
phere and were in the waters on
France and the British Islands when
we were pursued by an armed war
ship Flying no colors. she attacked
at once. Her cannon shot rebounded
from our iron hull.
Capt. Memo, pointing to her, said:
Il am the oppressed. and there is my
oppressor. Through him I have lost
country. wife. children. father ano
mother. Why should | withhold my
vengeance?"
He called out his orders The Nau.
titus sank below the sea We fer
her rushing forward. felt the shock of
her steel ram piercing the hull o.
the enemy. Through the glass panels
We saw her doomed crew crowdlng
The Washington herald., 1919-08-01
Swatting the Diuorce .*Bug'
Examine Bank Book for WoeGerm When He Thives on
"Not Sufficient Funds"

cess. by keeping pace with "set
or gang who have dollars where
they have dimes?
with no thought save that Of having
good time" or being a good fei-
low" or putting up a 'front.'?
Are THOSE. in your household.
some of the things for which there
are Not Sufficient Funds"
II so. I cannot advise you too ur-
gently to QUIT! Either quit the
foolish expenditures or quit the
marriage game-dissolve the part
nership-go your separate ways.
Square Deal.
You are never going to make
go of it If you play 1t with that
kind of cards! You are not even
going to give your children. or your
friends, or the world, A SQUARE
DEAL!
DON'T YOU SEE WHAT A
FEARFUL MISTAKE YOU ARE
MAKING?
In this world you simply get sc
much for so much"-and the only
way to get more is to EARN
MORE. and SAVE MORE.
Who is going to think better OF
you, friend husband. because you
gamble away your income and stay
out late O. nights? Nobody but the
good fellows" who live on the
proceeds of your folly.
Who is going to thank you, friend
friend wife, when you are deckec
out in fnery which every one know
oh. yes they do'-that you canno'
afford? Nobody-not even the mer'
chants who sold them to you, If yol
don't pay your bills promptly.
Who is going to thank you. friend
husband. for those loans" and in
vestments" you made so impetuouslN
the men who protited by youl
rashness? Poutf, They will merely
laugh at you and brand you as 4
"sucker"-an easy mark"
Does the butcher. or the baker. o.
the grocer, respect you. frienc
wife. when you overbuy. or spenC
your surplus on specials" No
+ they, Their respect is reserved 70
/ the woman who chooses her menu
to fit her purse-who knows whs
she can afford and doesn't evel
! FLIRT with anything more expen
sive.
As for this joint idea OF -keepin,
up with LizZie"-the sooner yo1
drop that, the better. Let you
I friends know just how far you cal
go and still remain solvent-sn
sane. II they are REAL FRIEND
! they will respect your limitation
and your courage and frankness il
I announcing them.
Best of all, you'll never land i
the divorce courts on a charge O
Not Sufficient Funds" nor OF eX
travagance Instead. you will hav
the laugh on hundreds who d.
every day in the year.
| CONTINUED tomorrow.)
The Washington herald., 1919-08-01
CHILDREN'S
SUNRISE STORIES
UNCLE W1CGILY AND THE
BELL
by HOWARD n. GAnIs
Copyright, 1872. The Mcclure Se-spspz
syndiczte.l

All Of a sudden. as the bunny was
hopping anoug sone trees hunting
a doorbell. he heard a voice calling:
"oh, please help me OUT Please help
me out! I'm caught fast and can't
get loose!"
UncIo wiegiIy looked around and
saw a clump OF large, nodding blue
flowers.
'Are any of you in trouble?" he
asked
No" answered one Of the blue
flowers. but Bundle Bee has crawl
ed too far down inside one Of our blue
blossoms to get some honey, and his
legs are so tangled that he can't get
oct
''Oh. can get him out" said Uncle
Wiggily. Then. very gently. the rab-
bit gentleman Untangled Mr.. BUNDLES
legs from deep down in the blossom,
and set him free.
"oh, thank you" buzzed the bee.
Il wish I could do you a favor now.
Uncle Wiggily"
We'll, you might. il you could tell
me where TO get bell for my bunga-
low said the rabbit.
"Oh. that is easy" buzzed the bee
I These very flowers are Canterbury
Bells, and I have no doubt that they
I would be glad to ring for you"
Indeed. We will" said the blue
flowers. Take some Of US home.
I hang US in your front hall. and we
will ring and let you know so you
, may open the door" sang the flowers
After that. even when they were
out in the yard. the bunny and Nurse
J Jane knew when someone was call
ing. And il the teaspoon doesn't hide
in the coffee pot when the chocolate
pitcher is playing tag with the milk
jug, I'll tell you next about Cnc!e
: Wiggily and Susie's hammock.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-01
10000 Leagues Under the Sea
By JULES VERNE
Condensation by James B. Connolly

statues in marble and bronze. a
great organ piano.
From the inside OF her a staircase
led to a platform or deck from which
rose two cages, partly inclosed by
thick glasses. One cage was for the
helmsman, the other contained an
electric searchlight to light the course
Of the ship in dark waters. On this
platform also was a place wherein
was stored a longboat
Capt Memo was tall and robustly
built, with pale skin, lofty brow, and
the fine taper hands of a highly nerv-
Gus temperament. He spoke French.
English. German, Latin. all equally
we'll He may have been G5, he may
have been 50 years OF age.
It was on November s, 1866, with
the coast OF Japan in view, that this
strange captain told US we were pris-
oners for him to do with as he pleas
ed. And now" he added our
depth twenty-six fathoms. leave
you to the resources OF these quarters
and your own reflections"
We remained mute. not knowing
what surprise awaited US Suddenly
d udLEllllE ll-lll lOht III Oil Us w 2
saw that only glass panels separa ted
us from a sea which was illuminated
far to either side bv the powerful
electric CLEANS from the ship. What
a spectacle, An army Of undersea
creatures escorted US. They were va
rious and beautiful in the clear wa
ter. many known but hundreds un-
known to US
We heard and saw nothing OF the
captain for several davs; then came
a note inviting US to a hunt on the
bottom Of the sea We dOnnaG div:u ,
suits. then fastened on a sort Of knap-
sack which furnished US not only
with air to breathe but with the
light to see our way. We carried air
guns which fred glass bullets heavily
charged with electricity which had
only to touch the most powerful an,
imaI to kill him. A connecting COM
partment filled with water let US into
the sea. And thus equipped. wadi7g
on the bottom OF the clear ocean. we
killed our game with ease and with
out danger.
That hunt was but the first Of
the wonders Of the cruise Onward