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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S
LETTERS to His CHILDREN
Edited By JOSEPH BUCKLIN BISHOP
Copyright 1919 BY Charles Seribnsr's SonJ

The fall Of 1907 found President
Roosevelt interested in the presiden-
tial aspirations of his friend, Taft,
Secretary of War. Theodore, Jr., was
no longer counted as one of the chill
dren. The young nan had developed
into a traveller, like his father; was
at this time making q tour of the
Great Lakes in a freighter and a lit
tie later took q trip In al army bal
loon. TEDDY Bears were In the a
ket and the famouse Roosevelt
phases were on the peoples lips
During the journey described in these
letters, the president spoke at Keo-
kuk, Ia, on the square DEAL to
capital and labor alike. He delivered
an address in Canton, Oq.at the dedi-
cation Of a Mckinley memorial, and
his tribute to the dead president was
another public triumph for Roose-
welt. He said: Il have a hearty sym
pathy with those who believe in do
ing all h "a "a be done for peace;
but 1 have no sympathy at all with
those who believe that, in the world
as 1t now is, we can afford to see the
average American citizen lose the
qualities that in their sum make up
a good fighting man."-The Editor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

of America as her sacred guardians"
says Mr.. Brumbaugh. I'VE are today
confronted with the facts that thou
sands OF schools are without teachers,
other thousands with teachers Of re-
duced standards and many classes
doubled up in n way or another.
Surely every lover of our land Will
sense the personal duty of urging a
restoration Of our schools to their
former efficiency and of advancing
them to meet the new demands, par
ticularly for a wider use of the school
to make and train American citizens
and to provide the maximum of phys
.icaf efficiency in our citizenry.
"All OF this mea more and better
teachers at a time when for economic
reasons we have fewer and poorer
teachers. Many of our choicest spirits
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
Hearing Is Called OF.

JJAMESBURG, Dec. 29-The hear
ing at borough hall in which Leving-
ston Reed, of this place. was a defen-
dant, charged by Edward Enedeker.
a neighbor, with "appropriating'' a
prize rooster did not materialize, due
to the failure of Judge William Pax
ton and the defendant to appear. Sned-
eker. suspecting hat Reed had taken
possession of the fowl, made COM
plant to Justice Paxton and a search
warrant was issued. Marshal Fill
hover, made the search and found the
rooster in the Reed property, the lat
ter claiming mai the coop vas open
and the fowl had wandered IN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
Give Cantata at KeypoPt.
By Special Correspondent.

DV NUttTUF JOTTtSpOVHPNt.
KEYPORT, Dec. 29-The cantata
around the Manger," which was pre-
scented in Calvary NJ. e. church Fri.
day night by the choir and Sunday
school was such q success that owing
to the requests of many who were
present, the cantata was repeated
last night. In order that the congre-
cation OF the First Baptist church
might attend, no services were held
at hat church Sunday evening. The
cantata was under the personal SUI
pervision of Rev John r. Reeves
and Mrs. Edwin II. Wharton and was
well presented. 1t includes a number
of solos and choruses by the choir
and school and speaking parts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
SEVvAREN

Mr.. and Mrs T. 7. Howell enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Turner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Edgar at dinner
on Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Christie enter
tanned q family dinner party on
Christmas.
Miss Frances Jackson, who 10 tax
ing a special course at Harvard Col
Iege. visited friends in town last
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
ENDORSES new JERSEY
TEACHERS BIG CAMPAIGN

By Special Correspondent
NEWARK, Dec. 29.-Pointing out
that many of our choicest spirits"
have left the teaching profession for
more profitable occupations, Martin
g. Brumbaugh, former governor of
Pennsylvania, in an endorsement of
the New Jersey School and Teacher
Campaign, today declared the very
life of the republic Is at stake" in the
situation confronting the schools.
THE war just over has given new
emphasis to the school and new rev.
citation to the potency of the teachers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

on Board U. S. Mississippi,


Oct. 1, 1907.
DEAREST ETHEL:
The first part of my trip up to the
time that we embarked on the river
at Keokuk was just about in the or
binary style. I had continually to
rush out to wave at the people al
the towns through which the train
passed. If the train stopped any
where l had to make a very short
speech to several hundred people who
evidently thought they liked me, and
whom l really liked, but to whom l
had nothing in the world to say. At
Canton and KeOkuk ! went through
the usual solemn festivities-the COM
mittee of reception and the guard OF
honor, with the open carriage. the
lines of enthusiastic fellow-ClttZenS to
whom 1 bowed continually right and
left, the speech which in each case |
thought went on rather better than /
dared hope-for I felt as il / had
spoken myself out. When / got on
the boat, however, times grew easier.
1 still have to rush out continually,
stand on the front part of the deck,
and wave at groups of people on
shore. and at stern-wheel steamboats,
dnaped with American flags and load
ed with enthusiastic excursionists.
But / have a great deal of time to
myself, and by gentle irmness I think
1 have succeeded in impressing or
my good hosts that l rather resent
allopathic doses of information about
shoals and dykes.( the amount of
sand per cubic foot Of water, the
quantity of manufactures supplied by
each river town etc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
Quentln,s Snake Adventure.

Wnlte House ept. 70, l9Oft
DEAREST ARCHIE:
Before we left Oyster Bay Quentin
had collected two snakes. He lost one,
which did not turn up again until an
hour before departure, when he found
1t in one Of the spare rooms. This
n he left loose, and brought the
other one to Washington, there being
q variety Of exciting adventures on
the way; the snake wriggling out of
his box once, and being upset on the
floor once. The first day home Quen-
tin was allowed not to go to school
but to go about and renew all his
friendships. Among other places that
he visited was Schmid's animal store,
where he left his little snake. Schmid
presented him with three snakes, sim
ply to pass the day with-a large and
beautiful and very friendly king snake
and two little wee snakes. Quentin
came hurrying back on his roller
skates and burst into the room to
show me his treasures. I was discuss
ing certain matters with the attorney
general at h time, and the snakes
were eagerly deposited In my lap.
The king snake, by the way, although
most friendly with Quentin, had just
been making a resolute effort to de-
YOUR n of the smaller snakes. AS
Quentin and his menagerie were an
AAitOA dplAOh ~ NY 1liNCl low Will LllS
Department of Justice, 1 suggested
hat he go into the next room, where
four congressman were drearily wait
ing until / should be at leisure. I
thought that he and his snakes would
probably enliven their waiting time.
re at once fell in with the suggestion
and rushed up to the congressman with
the assurance that he would there find
kindred spirits. They at first thought
the snakes were wooden ones, and
there was some perceptlble recoil
when they realized that they were
alive, Then the king snake went up
Quentin's sleeve-he was three or
-four feet long-and he hesitated to
drag him back because his scales rem
dered that difficult. The last I saw of
Quentin. one congressman was gin
gerly helping him off with his Jacket,
so as to let the snake crawl out of
the upper end of the sleeve.
In the fall of 1907 the President
made q our through the West and
South and went on a hunting trip in
Louisiana. In accordance with his
u%nvarying custom he wrote regularly
to his children while on his Journey
ings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

have gone into more profitable oc-
equations.
"It is q serious situation. The
very life of the republic L. at stake.
The only remedy Is Increased COM
~pensation that we may attract and re-
tain the finest men and women In the
country or the training of our cildren.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

ITO do less is to impair, IL not 20 lose
our ideals. Every lover OF this coun-
try or of his kind must inevitably
urge greater compensation for U
great army Of c~onsecrated and loyal
teachers"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs ". w. K arr
boarding In Railway; .u.mas
The midnight service on -"e
sortv"Sve in the congregation: KEY.
Ernest Leroy Paugh conducted the
service assisted by William Sm a !
Tertart philips, John Paugn, Frans
Lundberg, Ronald Askew' frah -
Holland and Howard L. Shock as
acoIytes. E.. r. Hill, OF Perth AmooSh
predded at the organ
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

DEAR KERMIT
After speaking at Keokuk this
morning we got aboard this brand
new stern-wheel steamer of the regu-
lar Mississippi type and started down
stream. 1 went up in the Texas. and.
Of course, felt an almost irresistible
desire to ask the pilot about Mark
Twain. 1t is a broad, shallow, mud
dy river, at places the channel be-
ing rarely wide enough for the boat
10 go through. though to my inexpe-
rienced y e the whole river looks
ike a channel. The bottom lands,
illinois on one side and Missouri on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
Advice.

Advice.
Don't talk so much my SON. glVe
heed
TO me, and good dops you Won't
lackI
lisa fewer words and you wont neeo
To take so many of them back.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

the a4vanta-
ges Of franklin Light Weight
Flexible Construction IN Q Two
Passenger OPea Eer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

FoUR-PASsENGER ROAD
sierra convenient, attractive
car. Compact, YET having ample
room for foux.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29

TOURING CAR-Frankiin per-
formnnce embodied In a Full Size,
Five Passenger Open Car. Il 10
- uost economical car OF ifstyPs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-29
Changes of Three Centuries.

On Board U. S. Mississippi.
October /, 1907
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

one burned into my heart and BRAIN
HE never said those things to me-"
1 moancd as 1 rocked back and forth
on the floor in my agony. He never
loved me like that"
That he had been young, q mere
boy when they were written. never oc-
Cured to me; had 1t, it would have
seemed no excuse. nor palliated the
offense. He just never had loved me
because he had not told me SO in the
words he had used to Leola-the
woman whose place I had taken in
his home. but not in his heart
1 was gone so long that Mrs. Gray.
knowing my errand to the attic, came
to look for me.
What is it, Mrs. Graham? Are you
ill?" she asked.
"Yes-no-please leave me alone g
while.''
"You are sure you are not ILL.,
then she stopped. She had seen the
note tightly clutched in my hand, the
gown across my knees as I sat huddled
on the floor.
"Yes-I am all right
Don't let anything that happened
years ago distress you,'' she said kind
ly. l made no answer and she left me
alone with my misery.
sat there for an hour longer. Then,
stiffly rising, I left the dress where II
fell, and still holding the note, went
SLOWLY DOWN 10 my Deduulul TOOIH-
But evidences of material care for me
were as nothing now.
IF he had only said things to me
| like that-only once" / moaned as
again read the impassioned words
Then, woman-like, ] put it carefully
away where 1 could torture myself
in the future by reading it again. and
again go thru an orgy Of self-pity as
1 was now doing.
Everett's anxiety because of my pale
face made no impression on ME.
What have you been doing to make
you look like that?" he asked.
! Nothing. 1 am a little tired, that is
ALL" And for the first time 1 was
glad, really glad, when he told me he
was going out for the evening. I ever
forgot to speculate as to-where he was
| going.
! (Tomorrow--A distressful night.)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10

I was doing my homework last
mite and pop was reading the spoart-
ing page, and I sed. Pop, can 1 go
out now and finish my lessins in the
morning?
Sippose you stay in tonite for a
change, sed pop, little boys should
cultivate the acquaintance of their
families. AS's
And he kepp on reading the spoart-
ing page and 1 kepp on doing my
homework, and after a vile 1 sed. 1
haven't got mutch more to do. pop, it
would only take me about ! o minnits
to finish them in the morning, and
maybe not even 10.
Do you think this suffiring werid
would be eny happier If you went out
tonite, do you think the cause of hew-
manity would be benefited in eny way,
shape or form? sed pop.
Yes, sir; sed.
How, in the name of mud and for
the love of Peet? sed pop, and 1 Sed,
Well, the fellows will be waiting for
me, and waiting and waiting, and
they'll start to wonder watts the mat
ter with me wy l don't come, and
they'll keep on waiting and waiting.
Yes, yes, go on, sed pop. and 1 sed,
they'll be serprized 1 don't come, and
they'll wonder wy not and keep on
waiting and wondering and waiting.
And wondering, sed pop. your story
is very sad, there seems to be a site
amount of repetition in it, but its very
affecting, very. Is there eny more of
it? 1 don't know. weather 1 can stand
eny more, but III try. And he took
out his hankerchiff and started to ack
as if he thawt he was crying. and 1
sed, Y Yes sir they'll wonder IL enything
happened to me, and nobody wont
know, and they'll keep on waiting and
waiting and waiting, and
Beet it. before you give me brane
fever, sed pop. Mecning 1 could go
out.
Wich I did. hardly eny of the fell
lows being out and those that was
out not seeming serprized I hadent
came out before
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10

On January an army of enumera-
tors will begin taking the decennial
census of the United States. The cen
sus Is required every ten years by the
constitution of the United States and
by act of congress. In cities the popu-
lation enumeration will be completed
in two weeks. The enumeration of
farms will be completed within thirty
days. Important questions asked of
all persons are: Age at last birthday
each person ten years of age and over
will be asked whether he is able to
read or write; each person will be
asked his birthplace as well as the
birthplace of father and mother; if
foreign born the date of coming to
the United States will be asked. and.
II naturalized. the date of becoming a
citizen; also mother tongue or native
language; each head of family will
be asked whether his home Is owned
by him or rented. If owned, whether
the home Is mortgaged or free of debt;
each person will be asked his occupa-
ton and whether he is an employer
or employe or is working on his own
account
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10

There are -hree things essential to
happiness and prot .ess in this coun-
try. They are fairness. work and
thrift and the greatest of these is
fairness. Proba' Iy the coal operators
have not been IA. to the miners. 1t
is certain that the miners have not
been fair to the operators and the
public. Their greatest unfairness con-
sists in violating their contract which
was drawn to run the duration of the
war or until April /, 1920. 1t will not
do for them to plead that the war is
ended and therefore the contract is
terminated. If the waf be ended now
it was closed thirteen months ago.
The miners unfairness lies in taking
advantage of employers and public
by striking at the beginning of win
ter, when they could as well and with
as much reason have done so last
spring.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10
Dinner Stories

And you say you love me?"
"Devotediy."
it is2"
Indeed I do. and when the cost
OF living comes down I will prove nv
love by making you my wife,
Broadway has one grudge"
Against what?"
Moving pictures"
GU must be wrong. Why should
that be?,'
The screen star acts just as cutely
for Plunksiiie as she does for Broad
way"
There Is certain ione-suffsrins
father whose nerves sometimes give
way under the constant fire of cues-
tions frornshis saikative eight t-year-oid
son.
Dad" asked the youngster. iust n,
the old man had one evening settled
down for a perusaf of his newspar,er.
Dad. am I made of dust?"
Il think notn' responded the. So,
hSppy parent "Otherwise vo,I.d drS
up now and then"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10
rHE EXCESS PRorIrs TAX.

In his annual report to congress.
Carter Glass. retiring secretary of the
treasur took occasion strongly to de-
nounce the excess profits tax. His
position is receiving the endorsement
of business men generally and doubt
less would be approved by a large
majority of other persons. If they but
realized that the tax is coming out of
their pockets.
One OF the most urgent reforms in
our present system of taxation. says
bulletin issued by the Guaranty
Trust company. is the repeal Of the
excess profits tax. This tax in its
present form. tho probably justifia BILE
as means of raising revenue for the
prosecution of the war. is both un-
scientific in principle and economical
ly unsound. Altho this tax is in the
form of direct tax on profits. it is.
III effect. a most unsatisfactory COM
modify tax. A manufacturer. or mer-
chant or other business concern sub
jeet to the tax is required to estimate
in advance. the amount which he is
compelled to add to the selling price
of the commodity and to pass the
same on to the ultimate consumer in
order to protect himself against the
heavy imposition.
Because of the uncertainty OF the
determination of tax. owing to the
intricacies and complexities of the law
a business concern is apt to overesti-
mate. rather than underestimate. its
liability. In doing this. it becomes an
unintentional profiteer in protecting
itself from an undue usurpation of its
earnings. II we abolish the excess
profits tax. we undoubtedly will have
eliminated a potent factor in the ex-
isting high cost of living.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10
sSSSSSSSlSSlS5lSlAs SlAsSSSSl911s1sl9SS

bury our unkind wordsi
And let's do 1t before they are ever
spoken. But let US take our kind and
helpful words and send them to every
corner Of the world. for they will keep
bringing back messages of love and
cheer-so long as there is life.
Some people have the idea that they
must say some things that hurt-for
ones own good. But 1 never could
quite get that viewpoint.
If there are things in US that are
bad and that should be rooted out, 1
believe that love-cords should be
wrapped about them in us-when we
are not 1ooking-and by that method
we would be made to feel that the one
or ones who love US. have our finest
interest at heart. Don't you? In
that way. 1 believe, our badness would
all be squeeze ou.i
The unkind words that you bury
diei Whereas. the kind words which
you send out-live forever!
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10

emphatically, when you're a school
teacher you don't rent a steam-heated
apartment in town; you get a cottage
in the country and buy a good second
hand stove. For that matter, all the
furniture is second hand but you
needn't look like that-it's nice! You
buy few pieces at a time and put on
three coats of paint and then you
enamel it and if you want to you paint
little flow
He could not wait for her to finish.
And for an engagement ring" he
| jeered, you buy some pretty little tin
| thing at the five and ten.'
She shook her head defiantly till
the red tassel bobbed. mo. you don'ti
You hunt up that lovely old amethyst
ring of your mothers that you once
showed toto me-
He was still stubborn and uncon-
fvinced. "And then" he demanded
! when the house is rented and fur
nished and-and everything-who
pays the bills?''
Cant you figure out anything for
yourself" she demanded angrily
Some land goes with the cottage OF
| course: enough to raise garden truck
| for the-the family and besides that
you do whatever you can. Raise
Ichickens or rabbits or bees or thoro-
bred dogs or mushrooms or anything
that seIls-how can L tell exactly
Personally, I've made several hundred
dollars writing 'deteketif' stories
Maybe your-your wife could dc
something like that-after the Dishes
The assistant professor of biology
began to believe he had died and gone
to heaven. He felt as if he were
treading on balloons that bore him
higher and higher, yet strangely did
not break. The prospect of remaining
at his work made him gtddy enough
but added to that the idea of wife and
home was still beyond his rapidly ex-
panding ina magination.
DO you = do you suppose = it
could be done?" he demanded. and
tried to swallow. The red mouth be-
meath the red tam o. shanter was
quivering, but the round little chin
was firm. "Of course it couldi" she
said.
'.Godi" murmured the assistant pro-
fessor of biology fervently, II almost
believe IL could, too! And you don't
believe I'd be a Iow-down cad for ask
ing the best little girl in the world to
marry me and live like that?" His
hands moved forward, eagerly await
ing the touch of the two steady ones
that slipped into his own, while the
paddle. unnoticed, slid into the water
and floated away.
Tim. sure you wouldn't" she
answered, cliff you mean-mel"
Copyright. 1919 by the Mcclure News
peper, Syndicate-)
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-10
Ouestions-Answers

Q. Among what nationality in the United
States is the highest birth rate?-M. A.
A. The Bureau Of Census says that the
highest birth gate in this country is among
mothers of Polish nativity. Negro mothers
rank second. The Bureau reports the
birth of twenty-five children to one co1ored
woman, this being the largest family re-
O. Who will call the first meeting OF
the Leagu of Nationsf-E- T.
A. According to Article V of the covenant
of the League, the first meeting of the
assembly and the council shall be sum,
moned by the president of the United
States. The article does not make this
conditional upon ratification of this ceun-
q. Has the government bought back any
liberty bonds:-S.
a. During the past eighteen months,
biiiion tds easd dollars H@ Worth Of liberty bonds,
thereby reducing the public debt, and max
ing profit of approximately oO.oO0.
Many of these purchases were made with
a view of steadying the bond market
O. What wages are paid laborers who
work IN the cane fields of Porto Rico?-
A. A recent report from Porto Rico
stated that sugar producers have offered
S1-75 and $500 per day for field labor
are demanding $3.50 per day.
O. Have all the French families. who
were driven from their homes by the Ger
. 4. More than 100000 former residents
still are missing from the devastated
regions of France. The pre-war popula-
tfon of the ruined areas WAS 5,23O.OO0-
French authorities believe tina. n majority
of the missing population Will return
within the aext few months
@. What is the significance OF a butter
fly over the gateway OF cemetery =
L. H
A. The butterfly is sometimes used In
this fashion because in mythology 1t signi-
fled Immortality.
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