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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

WITH CUT
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The young
est corporation manager In the world
and the only woman boss Of a big
shipping business Is Elizabeth Robin
son. She is a twenty-one-year-old
slip of a girl, with an office at Nc. IL
Broadway, and she is general traffic
manager for a shipping firm which
does business all over the world.
Three years ago she was drawing
down. $1,000 a week working in
Philadelphia. Now she gets $4,000 a
year, and besides owns an interest in
the business of the company, OF which
she Is also a director. Young, modest,
pretty, glossy-haired, and black-eyed,
she looks like a boarding-school girl,
but what she doesn't know about traf-
fc conditions, shipping rates, bot
TOMS" demurrage, customs, methods
of packing, and all the rest Of 1t, SIM
ply isn't known!
Ambition to Excel
81 was only when I start
ed work for his company in Philadel-
phia," explained Miss Robinson.
"They advertised for a woman of ex-
ecutive ability to take charge of the
office. When l applied, the boss smil-
ed kindly and said 1 was too young.
I talked with him for a few minutes,
and he consented to give me a trial
out Of a hundred applicants. 1 start
ed at $1,000 a week.
Ever since l was q child I always
wanted to be better than anyone else
at anything l tried to do. Once /
wanted to be the worlds champion
typist. And 1 did manage to get the
championship of my commercial col
Ilege. And when I went to work for
this concern, l had an idea that l
wanted to get to the top of 1T. You
can't get anywhere unless you put
your head and your heart into the
thing you're doing.
now Foreign Trade.
IF you are in the foreign trade
game, you have got to know all about
trade routes. l studied homo and
foreign traffic and routing in all theil
ramihcattons, and I think l know a
little about insurance and banking and
shipping legislation. l like business
life, and / can't understand girls who
go into the business world as a mere
means of tidlng over until they car
find a husband. OF course one expects
to get married. But the girl who gets
fun out of her work, always haf
! something worth while, even II the
ideal mar doesn't come along"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
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quite Characteristic of heri Her
morals are true to type!' l remarked
to ~Jimmy-boy when l handed katn-
crime NiIler's letter to him an hour
later. After he had read it, Jim help
ed me compose a reply. We told
Miss Miller hat the party headed for
the Lorimer mines was really hunt
ing for her; we promised we would
send a courier to tell Morrison where
She was held; we made the letter as
brief as possible and put 1t in French.
knowing she could read It. If our
answer went astray, 1t wouldn't be Of
much value to any Mexican who
might chance to find It.
We hired a messenger 70 follow the
search-party and sent him off on the
evening train carrying a note which
was also lone in our best French.
Then Jim promised to watch me
from q distance, the ext afternoon
when I was due to deliver a note to
! Katherine's indian messenger.
Early next morning Jim took mt
out to the field where he parks his
bus. The mechanics were dandy
| chaps. While Indifferent to the thrills
! Of the game, they appeared to ap-
prove of q girl with nerve enough TO
want to be u pilot.
What I really had, I suppose, was
the nerve of q fool. I hadn't the
| least notion of what / was letting
myself in for. Some women have
made aiTplane records. and I told
myself that l might just as well be
numbered among the pioneers, though
as | peered into the blue above me,
l didn't care much about making u
altitude record.
BY the time I'm a grandmother
women will have their own coy air
| planes-sedan style-to do errandi
and make calls in. Why waltz Bet,
ter go to 1t now" thought to myself
The ship may have been q steady
old taxi, as Jim insisted, but 1t didn't
feel SO to me. The mechanics had
installed a telephone connection be.
tween the instructor and pupils. BY
means of 1t Jim explained how he
did things. That was enough for &
first lesson, he said. He showed me
how to hold the joy-stick-let mt
hold her steady" for a few minutes
But a bump" in the air frightened
me out of my senses. To quiet me
Jim "sat round on the clouds" for {
while. AS we skinned the edge o
a cloud-bank, I recalled anothe
unique experience. Once had dinet
in a U-boat at the bottom Of the sea
/ preferred an airplane to a subma
rine. although I climbed out of tn.
car, after Jim had made his landing
with more fear in my heart than
cared to confess to.
To prove that I was game" I sug
gested another lesson in the after
noon, but JIM said thai the bus woul
have to be tuned up by the meehan
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

In Acknowledgment of the work
done by the girls or the italian Aux
iliary of the Red Cross during the
recent Red Cross roll call a
was held last night at the home or
Mrs. Ottavio Galassi at her home, sol
Barclay street. The table was so
decorated with red crepe paper thai
1t had the appearance of a large red
cross. Here refreshments of choco-
late, iellies, sandwiches. cakes and
fruits were served. Dancing was en-
joyed and piano selections were rem
dered by the Misses Rose Cerbo,
Beatrice Knudsen. Bettina Galassi
and a vocal solo by Miss Maria Ca
laSsi.
Among those present were the
Misses Mary Cerbo. Rose Cerbo,
Emma Sanford. Margaret Lendi, Rose
Lendi. Mary FImiani, Virginia Cuff
FAM. Beatrice Knudsen, Anna Ianuc-
eli. Catherine Carasiti, Bettina Galassi
and Maria Galassi.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

NEW YORK. Nov. 24-When
hours of relaxation come, every wo-
nan enjoys them the more in the
silken folds of a dainty boudoir Co.'S
tune. Soft colors in combination
make the atmosphere of comfort
complete.
In the sketch above, one of the
most restful and at the same time
chic. boudoir gowns is shown. Char
meuse satin of softest lavendar verg-
ing on a delicate pink. is combined
at neck and cuff and streamers tying
at the throat. Deep patch pockets,
which gives the appearance OF hold
ing down in shape the loose tunic-
like blouse. + covered with en-
broidery in merging shades. Each
pocket is topped with a pert bow
of blue satin. A small collar Of the
same embroidery finishes the neck.
Suggesting the Turkish outline, the
skirt is drawn into a narrow band
of shirring at the bottom. French
heeled sandals are made of layandar
charmeuse satin. trimmed with snlr-
ring n small blue covered buckles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

Confession S1E&Brtdr
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les after each ascent. Moreover, there
was the business with the Indian
guide, he reminded me.
That, however, will always email
unfinished business"
The field wher Jim parked his
plane was at the end of the towns
main street at the end where most OF
the gambling houses were situated.
As we approached a dive we saw two
men carrying a body to a hearse. One
Of the crowd told Jim that 1t waa
only q dead Indian-shot in a card
game. There'd been q fight over @
ring. too.
JIMMY think you'd better go
and look at the-the dead man." I
suggested, that is IL you don't feel
as sick and faint as I do. 1t may
be-'
'sure-it may be-" echoed Jim.
But whether 1t was-we never
knew. The corpse was long and thin
like the figure of the halfbreed I had
seen in the dark. 1 patrolled the
walk before the hotel at the appoint
ed hour and Jim stood guard but no
body came for our letter to Katherine
Miller.
shes all right. anyway" said Jim.
'Bob's bunch Will soon hear from
our courier"
but she won't know. Jimi She
won't knOwl And now-just read
the last line of her letter againl'
Jim read 1t aloud:
Help me this week or I will run
away with Manuel"
Good Lord! Somebody ought to
save that girl from herselfl" exclaIm-
ed jim.
It wasn't for me TO va that the girl
wasn't worth saving. She had treat
ed me very badly, nevertheless, !
must help her to the limit of my re-
sources.
I never could understand how one
human being can deliberately injure
another.
ITO be continued)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
'qThe Boss" Convinces.

Miss Robinson came to this country
from Russia when she was seven
years old. Her job as traffic manager
is to follow shipments from the point
of origin to the point OF destination.
When she vas sent to New York to
open the New York office of the ship
ping firm, the agents for the Broad
way office building hesitated to do
business with her. They didn't think
they were quite safe in doing bust
ness with "a child like me-" as Miss
Robinson puts 1t. But a few minutes
conversation convinced them. When
she tried to hire office help. many OF
the young women who applied could
not believe she was the boss" She
convinced them also.
With the aid of a big mahogany
desk in a private office, and an i'm
posing array of traffic maps, she man
ages to look the part in spite of her
curly bobbed hair and generally
youthful appearance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
Met Fate Of the Weak.

It seems that there can be no doubt
that the cliff jewellers were extermi-
mated by their more savage and war
like neighbors, the men being killed
and the women being adopted into the
tribe Of the c%onquerors, though In some
cases migratlons may have become
necessary as a result Of drought or
pressure from outside tribes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

The Auxiliary of the Home for the
Aged will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Lavinia Rankin. rs Center street.
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Miss Doris WiIlsey ,of 237 Madison
avenue, attended the football game at
New York University Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
Jazzerizlnq the Buzzer.

A newly designed triple tons cleo
tric bell yields a clear ring from n
push button, a buzz from the second
and a combined ring and buzz from
the third. The buttons may be placed
on three different doors of a house,
oil In Office or shop the signals may
be used for calling three different per-
sons.-PopuIar Science Monthly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Simpson M. e. church
meets tonight at the home of Mrs.
George d. Runyon in High street.
Mrs. Charles Fletcher. of Hamburg,
N. Y, formerly of this city, will ad-
drasS the meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
Tho ereyhound,a orIaIn.

The origin of the greyhound. &C
c0rding to some authors, is a mystery.
In ancient times the greyhound was
considered II valuable present, espe-
cially by ladies', with whom 1t APP
pears to have been a particular favor
tie. In the reign Of Henry VIII the
greyhound was distinguished as one
OF the kings beasts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
a Mid Call.

81 don't mind you writing gush let
tiers in office hours" explained her
employer, "but the management of the
building complains that you put SO
much love in them that they block up
the mail chute"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-24
How Weather Affects Steel.

How WtdtncT NHcCtS oIeuI.
In the heat of summer, owing to ex-
pansion, a steel bridge Is appreciably
longer than it Is in the winter, and at
various times of the year 1t may be
longer on ore side than on the other.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
Local and Personal
j. r. Brooke, Local and News Editor, Phone LII
Blocker G. Blocker, Chiropractors

Blocker & Blocker, Chiropractors.
Our next story, "The Magnificent
Ambersons," by Booth Harrington.
Miss Gertrude Haden spent Sunday
visiting with friends in Watertown.
A twelve-room, partly modern, du-
pick house for sale OF rent. E. C.
Nolan. Phone L 275.
The best and most complete assert.
ment of typewriter ribbons a be
found at the Register Office.
Miss Christine Lum of Aberdeen,
has been visiting for over a week past
at the home of her friend, Miss Laura
Nelson,
Mrs. Sloat of Nashua, Ia, who has
spent the last two weeks with her
niece, Mrs. o. A. Burman, returned
to her home today.
A few copies of last weeks Register
with the fine views Of the building
operations, are on hand. Get one to
send away to a friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Glidden Of
Beresford were visitors over Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sample, parents Of Mrs. Glidden.
Mrs. Frank Gilbride, ST., went to
Houghton, Brown county, Tuesday
morning to make a visit with her son,
who is farming in the country neal
there.
Ray and Minnie Slocum and Mrs.
Vinegar and daughter, Florence, drove
to Hurley, S. D., Saturday for an owe
Sunday visit with Rev. William Slo-
cum
Anton Opsal, a former resident of
Brookings, was in the city for a short
time Tuesday evening on his way from
Minneapolis, where lie makes his
home, to Waterfowl on a business
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Krogh and daugh-
tiers, Ruth and Viola, and Ed. Krogh
and family drove to Huron Saturday
returning Monday. Miss Vera Krogh,
who is working in Huron returned
with them for a short visit.
Mrs. Earl Rowe is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. H. Comstock. Mr.. Rowe is again
the managing editor of the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader and is expected to visit
Bookings over the coming Sunday.
Col. A. E. Vinegar came up from
Sioux Falls Friday and visited over
Sunday with his son, W. G.. Vinegar,
and his many friends. He started
back Tuesday, but the train was late
and he put off his departure unit,
yesterday.
Carl T. Erstad was called here from
his home at Aberdeen last Saturday
on account of the very serious illness
of his father, Albert Erstad, Sr. Mr..
Erstad's condition improved on Sun
day and Carl left for his home Tues
day morning.
Misses Mabel Jarman, Christine
Lum and Laura Nelson left Tuesday
for Pierre and the Black Hills on a
vacation trip, all being teachers OF
the Aberdeen public schools. They
will stay over a few days IL the state
capital and then go on the hills.
Alfred Arstad, Jr., c'me from Port.
land, Ore. Sunday evening in response
to a message concerning the serious
illness of his father. Mr.. Erstad hav'
ing improved greatly on Sunday and
Monday, Albert went to Minneapolis
Monday evening On a brief business
trip, returning yesterday morning. He
will leave for his western home this
week II his fathers condition con
tinues improving.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
Dr.. E. w. Forsee, Osteopath.

For Sale-High grade furniture. F.
NJ. Ellis, sos Fourth street.
Ladies shopping in Minneapolis
will find the Hotel Dyckman most &C.
cessible to all the leading stores.
Come and get a copy of last weeks
Register, with the big illustration of
building operations, and send it away
to advertise the city.
You get a business education but
once Get the best. The Nettleton
Commercial College. Sioux Falls, S. D.,
is not excelled. Get their catalog.
The County School Convention will
hold its regular meeting at White, on
August 18th and 18th. Programs will
be arranged for the instruction and
entertainment of all those who attend
and a full attendance is greatly de
sired.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shanks left Sat.
urday morning for their home at Rock
Island, Ill. Mrs. Shanks has been Wis
iting for the past two months in
Bookings with her mother, Mrs. A.
Leekley and her sister, Mrs. John H.
Roberts.
The Rev. and Mrs. w. B. Roberts,
who have been visiting at the home
of his brother, the Rev. Paul Roberts,
left yesterday morning on their way
to their homo at Dallas, in Gregory
county. They will visit enroute at
several places with friends.
H. L. Hopkins and De Witt Coch,
rane drove over from Clark on Fri
day and visited with friends. They
returned home Saturday and were
accompanied by the butcher family
who have been the guests of Judge
and Mrs. c. G. Sherwood during the
week.
A letter from Leonard Engelson,
who resides at Midway, n. D., states
that a store building owned by him
was struck by lightning a week ago
Monday and consumed by fire. The
tenant, who had a stock of $4,000 in
merchandise, meets with a total loss,
but Leonard had the building fully
insured.
F. P. Herman and family are spend.
ing a vacation at the camping grounds
at Lake Campbell. They were Joined
there by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard L.
Kingsbury and children of Sioux
Falls. relatives of Mrs. Herman and
the two families are having a com.
bined period of recreation at the Knut,
son cottage.
F. A. Irwin, of Wallingford, Ia,
with his Ons was a visitor in Brook.
ings this week. The oldest son, Basil,
is being trained by Coach West OF
State College for the big meet in Chi,
cago the middle of this month. Mr.
Irwin was looking at residence prop.
erty in the city with a view Of pur.
chase and may locate here for the
ing by auto and left here yesterday
for Minneapolis and Warman, MINI.
where he has interests.
Tony Lentz, son of the late c. w. H
Lentz, a former resident of Brookings
arrived Monday evening from Baker
Mont, where he formerly lived and
is visiting his uncle, DR.. E. A. Lentz
Tony has been a truck driver with
the A. E. F. and has only been lately
discharged from the service. He Went
first to Montana and no liking the
looks of crop conditions. came here
where things are normal and better
He will probably stay in and around
Bookings for an indefinite time.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Persian Carpets.

The Shah of Persia has passed a
law forbldding persons to weave
carpets according to European de-
sign. Violation OF the enactment is
a criminal ofrense. and the impera-
tive attitude taken will have a
greater tendency than ever to raise
the Persian carpet or rug in es-
teem. often a Persian carpet will
remain in the family for genera
tions. such careful treatment does
it receive. When the owner OF a
valuable carpet dies he very often
gives instructions that it shall be
cut up in pieces as heirlooms to his
successors. and should a member Of
the family not receive a portion nc
would feel very greatly slighted.
The designs OF Persian carpets
have been handed down from re-
mote ages. Each family keeps its
own design, no two carpets being
alike for fear OF the evil eye.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Where No Money Is Used.

The island IL Ascension, in the
Atlantic. belonging to Great Brit
ain. is Of volcanic formation, eight
miles by six in size, and has a pop
ulation of about $50. 1t was uni
habited until the confinement Of
Napoleon at st. Helena, when II
was occupied by a small British
force. It is $50 miles northwest OF
st. Helena. Vast numbers OF
turtles are found on its shores, and
it serves as a depot and watering
place for ships.
Ascension is governed by a cap
tain appointed by the British Ad-
miralty. There is no private prop
erty in land. no rents, no taxes,
and no use for money. The docks
and herds are public property, and
the meat is issued as ratiOns. So
are the vegetables grown on the
farms. When an island fisherman
makes a catch he brings it to the
guardroom, where II is issued by
the sergeant major. Practically
the entire population are sailors,
and they work at most Of the COM
mon trades. The muleteer is a
jack tar. so is the gardener; so are
the shepherds, the stockmen, the
Erooms. masons, carpenters and
plumbers. Even the island trapper
who gets rewards for the tails OF
rats is a sailor.
The climate is almost perfect, and
anything can be grown.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
When a Girl Marries
STORY OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Anne Hears from Terry the Story of
the Death of AthertOn Bryce
and the WOunding of Betty
By Ann Lisle.
CHAPTER Cxv.

CHAPTEh CAN.
Copyright, 1919, King Feature Syn
dicate, ine.)
GGrTHE whole story. Yes. tell
me, Terry" said very
quietly. In the midst OF
my worry over Betty's
strange disappearance, was con-
sciops OF an odd, warm feeling that
seemed to peFmeate me. II was the
FEELING of belonging.
Only the night befoFe-dismlssed
BY Virgins, flOuted BY Phoebe and
EvVy-I had thought myself the
louelieSt, most frfendless woman
In all our big city. Now Terry
winston was treating me as if
were his dear and trusted confi-
dante, his sister. He was going to
unraVel for me the mystery OF his
odd, battling friendship with Betty
Bryce. knew q Minute OF delight,
and then came . -A1dden reaction.
Before Terry could begin his story
I marshaled 70 into words:
"'rerry-wait! Betty has been the
kindest OF friends to me ever since
my-honeymoon days. But she has
never told me anything vital about
herself. She hasn't made me her
eonfidante. There's Virginia. Per-
hGps Betty'd rather-if some one
has to know her story-Father IL
were Virginia. don't want to take
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Slightly Bewildering.

Dad, what is a roost?" asked
Charlie. "a roost, my son, is a pole
upon which chickens sit at night"
replied his father. And what's a
perch, dad:" "A perch is what
chickens perch on" "Then 1 sup
pose, dad. a chicken could roost
on a perch?" came the further in
quiry. "Of course" was the smil-
ing reply. And they could perch
on a roost:" why. y-yes"' answer
cd dad But If chickens perched
on a roost. that would make the
roost a perch, wouldn't it? But, il
just after some chickens had perch
ed on a roost and made it a perch,
some more chickens came along
and roasted on the perch and made
il a roost, then the roost would be
a perch and the perch would be a
roost. and some OF the chickens
would be perchers and the others
would be roosters, and-Well,
there"
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
The Rhyming
Optinist
The Test.
By Aline Michaelis.

OY 614AAS AAA4SAA1SAA9s
- o many men, when times are
- hard, strain every nerve and
- muscle; though they have
troubles by the yard, they never
quit the tussle. Through days OF
hunger and OF cold, and days OF
pain and sorrow, they struggle on
with faces bold, with hope for each
tomorrow. However hard their lot
may be, they spend no time COM
planning; il seems they always try
TO see the rainbow when it's rain
ing. It is a,cruel, bitter test when
fairest hopes lie shattered, and DER
the landscape, east and west, their
plans are widely scattered. But
there is yet another way mems
worth can be computed, when fame
and torture with them stay and all
their cares are muted. Say, can
they stand the test Of JOY, the test
OF hours OF gladness, when they
have won Dame Fortune coy and
said 'Adieu" to sadness? Say, can
they keep their faith in men. and
do you find them giving not just a
casual five OF ten. but of the joy OF
living? Still do they count old
friendships sweet and are their
hands as eager to grasp their neigh
bors' when they meet as when their
funds were meager? And do they
love lffe's simple things the chill
dren and the flowers, the meadow
where the bluebird sings, the peace
of lonely hours? Ah.. can they stand
the test OF JOY when sunny paths
they're treading, and do they AL
their wits employ to keep that sum
shine spreading?
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
The Rhyming Optimist

their undertone OF pain; will we
all their bliss recapture when you
come to me again? All. I won
der II the flowers in their waking
over there bring you back the past
springs hours-do you md them
still most fair? Does spring for
her coronet wear blossoms from our
garden plot? Are the pink and
miGnonette there and the bule for
get-me-not? Or have scarlet pop
pies budding in the far-on fields OF
France come with tides OF dream
seas flooding out the blooms Of our
romance? can only wait and won
der where the clovers WOO the
breeze, till some day, from over
yonder. back from foreign shores
and seas. l shall hear your step
fall lightly. and, safe folded in your
arms, / shall known loves flame
burned brightly through the stress
and through the storms.
The Washington times., 1919-04-26
Cultured Hirdoos.

In Bengal there are about seven
ty millions OF people, and they
boast OF perhaps the best culture in
India at the present time. The
language as a written language is
only fifty years old. Though for
over a thousand years IL has been
q dialect. there is IN Indian history
unfortunately no trace OF Bengan
having been an important literary
tongue. The language has borrow
ed it's alphabet, grammar, and VO-
caubulary: but, unlike the others.
English words incorporated In Il
ing new materials. There are nu-
merous Persian, French, Arabic, and
English words incorporated in its,
and the wonder OF 1t Is that, in
stead Of having been degraded into,
some vurgar form like pidgtn-Eng-
lish. Bengali has become the most
literary, scientific. and perhaps the
most phiIosophic Of modern Indian
languages