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The evening world., 1919-01-20
EIGHT WOODS PLAYS.

A. H. Woods has eight shows In
New York. They arc Friendly Enc
mics" up In MabcIs Room" The
Woman in Room l3" The Big
Chance" Roads OF Destiny" "Busi-
ness Before Pleasure" Under or
ders' and Eyes of Youth" with
Marjorie Rambcau starred. quite a
record, We should say.
The evening world., 1919-01-20
TINNEY HAS A SHOW,

Broadway hears that Frank T,nney,
now that Alta Boy" has finished It's
engagement here, has arranged to
take out soldier show Of his own.
Every man In the cast Will be u dis
charged doughboy. Frank, himself.
has just received his discharge papers.
The evening world., 1919-01-20
MISS cAHILL COMING IN.

Marie Cahlll will begin an engage
ment at the Longacre Theatre Feb. 8
in Just Around the Corner" new
comedy by George V. Hobart and
Herbert Hall Winslow. G. NJ. Ander-
son is the producer. William Collier,
In Nothing But Lies" will go on
tour in two weeks.
The evening world., 1919-01-20
"sevEN CHANCES" AGAIN.

Selwyn & Co. have acquired from
Roi Cooper Mcgrue the right 10
make a musical version OF his com
edy, Seven Chances" Henry Bios
som and MIR. Megrue Will write the
book and Raymond Hubbcl the
music.
The evening world., 1919-01-20
A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

NJ. Tads " Ncic Hdrcn has
named his new baby Solomon.
Bet he appreciates q litIe SoHy
Tude.
The evening world., 1919-01-20
FOOlISHM ENT,

4 Huntington maiden named BcS
Spilled mUcRd0c orcr her dress.
Said she. as she frorncd.
"FH Just stick around"
Imagine her Kidding the mess!
The evening world., 1919-01-20
FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.

How did you como out in the
poker game last night, Mosc?"
mo good, Mis,ah Brown! An lest
couldn't win tor losin'"
The evening world., 1919-01-20
The Days Good Stories

two OF them wagons and one buggy
was borrowed !"--I oungstown Tclo-
gram,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
MAY WEATHER FORECAST
BY T u. S. EXPERT

l. An important meeting of the
League of Planets is set for May 10.
Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Uranus
and the Earth will issue their electro
magnetic commands to the SUM-
Storms, quakes and volcanic eruptions
On Earth will result.
The sunspots created on May 10
will be huge and powerful. They will
be strong enough to overcome the
fact that winter has departed. They
will cause the birth Of q storm of
Vancouver that viii probably be felt
southwark along the Pacific coast.
Its main track will cross the country
to the Lake States and the East
The storm viii strike the Pacific
coast May lila, following a warm
wave. The Central States win have
transforms and electrical displays
May 14-17. The Atlantic coast viii
have heavy winds May 1919.
That league session of May 10 win
also cause earthquakes, and evere
from Central America to Chile, about
May 1921.
Venus, which causes both dom este
and volcanic eruptions. will command
some heavy lava-fiows as the result
of that same meeting. They will af-
feet LaSSen, Vesuvius and the other
volcanoes between May Is and 81.
Here are the laws that I n
formulated after many years of scien-
tific investigation-laws of limitless
possibility for benefiting humanity,
yet confronted, as all new discoveries
are. with the prejudice and indiffer-
ence of those who always oppose pro-
rreEc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
WouldSt Know The Language Of The Cob?
Then Lend Attentive Ear To Lesson One

"Poggy bait" is sweet stuff.
The fellow who is a sore head Is
said to shake a mean lip"
Peddlers are 'fbumboats" and q
beach combeP' Is one who buns sal
Tors for jack.
Those who stay I'm bed are "bunk
lizards" The hammock Is known as
the dream sack"
Jacobs Ladder" Is the ladder
thrown overheard to take on passen-
gers.
Anything that Is o. K. is always
Jake" and the sailor who say II
feel Jake. Just had two hours shut
eye exercise" has just rolled out of
the bunk.
The old saying a by the Great
Horn" and now IL Is changed to by
the Lord Harry"
'Doozy" Is easy or agreeable.
For one to be 'Gowd up" is to
have too much liquor.
"Gadgets" are anything. If a sailor
doesn't know the name of a thing II
Is a gadget-
The BLACK gang are the boys in
the engine room
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
Letters From Soldiers
From :. II. Sosin.
IN Mr. Sfrfrkar.

Mr.. lear MI. Str1Cker.
Imagine 10000 men, by no mean
the full strength of our division, tax
ing part in an inspection and review.
The regimental standards and guidons
waving proudly in the breezes as the
division Is massed and later as 1t
passes the reviewing stand and the
eyes Of the commandments. Also
four massed bands of infantry, num-
bering nearly ESQ pieces, supplying
the martial music as battalion after
battalion swings past the reviewing
stand n takes up the double time IN
order to be out of the way of units fol-
lowing. Picture this in your mind and
you win have as near as possible an
idea OF what our division went
through last Wednesday.
OF course hiking ten Of twelve miles
a day through mud ankle deep, sleep
ing I'm pup tents in the open or on the
field with the sky as a blanket, rain
or no rain n going over the top
three or -four times have become side
issues or ~bv-products with US.
You know there is a peculiar sem
sation which accompanies one when
he hears the command, Tets CO."
when only thirty or forty meters away
or at the top of a hill is old Jerry. Our
detectives were always gained de-
spite the fact hat the third time we
went ove of 173 men making up the
company only sixty seven men an
swered the roll call twelve days later.
Since November IL we have been in
Mussey-la-Do Dose, surrounded by noun
tains which three or four times q
week we hike over. It is supposed
to be our rest camp. but say. until
the other dav we drilled, hfked, then
drilled some lore For what I do not
know.
I was going to tell You about the
weather, but you are tired reading
by now. This weather is like the
country-unsettled. That is. II rains
and rains, then stops tor a while and
then sometimes It ain seven or eight
days a week In these parts The first
time we had snow vas last Sunday.
but It rained on Monday SO the snow
precipitated.
The latest rumors are that we viii
depart from these shores In May.
j. e. SOSM.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01

fed seamen but their jig and yours
won't qufb.
If you don't have an interpreter
between you and the COB you might
just as well visit q Chinese fleet for
you won't be any wiser about battle
ships thar IL you were looking them
over at q mile away.
One can easily see why the Ger
mans found navy q mystery. And
since hostilities have ceased, / am
sure the navy department viii not OBJ
ject to my making public a code OF
their lingo.
I stepped aboard as a 'rharbor gas
ket' because of the white collar and
tie.
The girls are known as "calicos,
| tudies. danes. waxdolls, jelly beans,
widderS or weezels."
Coins are washers, clackers. Jack,
liberty bait, gilt, plate, holy
stones and JOY berries.
The man who thinks of nothing but
eating is q ''chow hound"
The minute man. Is the fellow
who reaches the boat just as his lib
erty IS UP.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
Useless Job Holders At Peace
Meet; Each Job Most Useless

expert on-caIi 1t Upland, since I
promised not to embarrass him. It's
one OF q dozen small countries repre-
scented by Crillon experts.
How do you like your job?S
at isn't a job; it's a title"
He didn't need questioning. You're
not going to embarrass me, are you?
-. All right. I'll tell you some
thing funny, though the humorous
side Of 1t appeals to me only at brief,
widely separated intervals.
81 haven't been called upon for a
single, solitary thing since peace be-
gan to be made. Not a thing.
The council had Upland up twice
without asking for anything, and l
thought perhaps il was UP to me to
offer something. So I went to the
s~ecretariat and inquired whether any
information was desired. / was told:
Why-er-certainly. send It right
along over
"sSend what?' I asked. on. any
thing you have about Upland would
be valuable Can you imagine that7
Upland to fill a library.
well. / decided TO do something
81 / prepared a summarized memo
randum on racial population, q poll
teal summary, a brief historical pa
per, some pertinent geographic facts
and so on. And sent them over the
following evening.
by that time. I have since learn
ed, some sort OF an agreement had
been reached, and / guess it still
stands. Anyhow, they never had any
use for my data I have taken some
pains to find out. and I am confident
the matter I sent ove has not been
read by a soul-not eve by a secre-
tary.
"Oh, well, I have been out to the
front, out to Versailles, and have had
three months to study Paris . /. But
I feel SO blamed good -for-nothing."
"Is this true of-all the experts ?"
Yes. in varying degrees Upland
affairs -aSenI tha subject Of as lnucfI
controversy as some others-but rs
per cent. OF the expert advisors have
haS ten days for gathering knowledge
or seeing Paris to n day of advis-
ing. And a lot of them are just like
me-absolutely useiess!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
Celebration I'm Matawan

W ~ tfCSDON0&8.
MATA WAN, May 1.-The one hum
dredth anniversary celebration OF the
birth of Odd Fellowship in America
was flttingiy celebrated by Knicker-
booker Lodge, No. 81 [. o. o. r. of
Matawan, in the high school auditor
fum last night. The large room wal
crowded N following the address OF
welcome by Councilman Frank How
ard Lloyd, who is a past grand mas
ter. the entertainers kept the au-
dience amused until a late hour.
Councilman Lloyd 1 nhis address of
welcome, told Of the work Of the Odd
Fellows Lodge and sopke briefly OF
the Victory Loan and urged Matawan
to raise the quota The entertainers
were: E.. J. Stevens. musical enter
tainer, Billy Kenny. humorist, Ed
win Clark. juggling comedian; Haley
& Clifford, comedians and Lugarda
Sisters, musical entertainers.
The Knickerbocker Lodge here was
organized March 80, 1S47 and is one
Of the most successful organizations
in this locality. The lodge Is well
known and has a large membership.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
By HAROLD e. BEcHToI,

European Manager of N. E. Al
What Is the most useless job at the
eacp confareupa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01

European Manager of N. E. Al
What is the most useless job at the
peace conference?
"MINE!" answer
The door turner's:
The roof guards;
The experts.
Read and decide for you slf-
Hour after hour, day after day, the
roof guards-American soldiers arm
ed to the teeth-pace back and forth
across the roof of the Crillon Hotel,
which houses the American peace
mission, their fixed bayonets glisten-
ing in the sun.
Their job Is to see that nobody
taps the telephone wires leading to
the diplomats rooms. and hat no
spies are dropped from airplanes or
balloons.
1 interviewed one Of these SEN
tries by shouting up from a top floor
window opening on a court:
"Hey!"
Hey, %yourself!" none too pleasant
".
GHow do you like your jobY"
He debated whether to shoot me,
decided not to; and answered:
"Go T. HE'LL"
Cant; got to write a story about
your job"
Reporter, eh? Say. amt
this a swell job for a soldier :.
! got 1t on the guys that turn the
revolving doors for a joke job j.. +.
C'mon up n look at this important
cable I'm ~guardin'."
He surveyed the housetops and
smiled YEARLY. Fine view of tn
Madeleine roof"
Then he looked at the wires and
scowled.
Then he wheeled and walked AWAY
between the chimneys.
The Iowa private, an electrician
before the-gar. whirlsSthe revolving
door and a big-shouldered secret
service man entered the lobby.
"How do you like your job?"
He kept his eye on the sidewalk
and smiled over his shoulder:
"Useless, amt 1t? It would
have been easier for that fellow to
push the door himself than it was
going to swing it."
He kept the door going for a
stream of men and-women.
"Iookit Sem eye me . Seei
-. . See how 1t puzzles 'em?"
"Why don't you swap jobs with a
roof guard? ?"
"Well, t IRE got the satisfaction
of knowine hat If somebody wasn't
guardin' root. the roof wouldn't
door'd keep revolvin' If there wasn't
through with a whole lot less worry"
The college professor. an energetic
middle-westerner, was literally
squirming in his chair.
He Is the American peace missions
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
fFAfHRICHG|
r
T''EopoRE PETERSEN,
Sergeant, Med. Oct t5fst Field
Artillery.

Sergeant Petersen tdeceased)
was decorated for conspicuous
gallantry In action at Peronne.
France. March 8, 1913. Mortal
~ wounded during an enemy
bombardment, Sergeant Peter
sen. though himself too weak TO
minister to other wounded sol
diers. directed his associates In
treating the wounded and re-
used to receive assistance him
self until all the others were
cared for. When gas shells be-
gan to fall In the vicinity he d.
rected the men in adjusting
their masks and was the first to
test for gas. He continued to
supervise the treatment Of the
wounded. despite the fact that
he was suffering great pain. I'M
III the arrival of the surgeon.
who sent him TO the rear. He
died on reaching the hospital.
His mother, Mrs. N. J. Petersen.
lives at 90 Central avenue, Osh-
kosh, Wis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
Ling and Willing Now
Biting at Long Branch

Both ling and whiting are now be-
ing caught from the Long Branch
pier. the first whiting of the season
having been pulled i'm by @. e. Lem
her. of az Grove street, Elizabeth, the
early part of this week. He was
awarded the SIS ticket given by the
management of the pier to the fisher
man making the first catch.
Among some of the catches made
at the pier this week were ~thirty-one
ling and-three whiting by J.. Flemm,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
Standard Bearers

The Standard Bearers of the Simp-
son M. e. church held their regular
meeting at the home of Miss Flor
ence Lutz, of Meade street. Plan,
were made for a strawberry festival
which will be held the early part OF
Following the business meet.
inf refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
What "SunsbotS"
Say Of Weather

May S-12-Scattered rainfall
from the Great Lakes to the At
lantic sections. Frosts east OF
Mississippi Valley and northern
slope.
May 15-19-The warm wave
coming from the west will be fol-
lowed by strong winds all along
the Atlantic Coast from north to
south.
May 23-27-Cloudy, foggy and
general threatening weather from
the Great Lakes region to the At
lantic Coast; scattered rains fol-
lowed by a cold wave.
May %-S1-Unsettled and cold
weather at most points of the At
lantic sections. Rain in the north
and middle portions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
BY PROF. ALBERT F. PoRTA

BY PROF. ALBERT f. PoRTA
(Noted Sunspot Scientist and DIscov-
erer of Portals Laws"
Don't put away your umbrellas
and o~vershoes. There win be rain
In May over most parts of the United
States"
That Is the ultimatum issued for
May by the League of Planets which
has been formed out in a
We r the manufactures of the
feague-we human beings with crops
to protect, floods to control and base
ball games to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
FireAlarm Boxes

zs-Raritan copper Works
24-Market and Sheridan, Street
26-smith street sna Central T. s.ae.
5S@frarkefSaS.Lehrsf Streets
27-Madison Ave. and Paterson 81
2R-High and Lewis Streets
and High Streets
9s-New Brunswick Ave and . W St.
s7-Smith and State Streets
i2-Atlantic Terra Gotta Fri
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81
f5-Commerce and Front Streets
is-State and washington SITS.
thigh n Washington Streets
54-State St and Buckingham Ava
55-Pzrker st. n Pulaski .Avo
6s-HaIl Ave. n Charles st
Estate n Wayne Streets
5p-Near United Lead Works
s2-Washington and First streets
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm 81
e4-Smith Street AND Watson Ava
65-Commerce anC State Streets
72-Front and Smith Streets
and Gordon Streets
74-Kearny Ave. n Gordon Stre
S1-Brace and Hanson Avenues
S2-Smfth Ind Herbert Streets
S3-Amboy " and Washington 81
B4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
B5-Near City Hospital
ke-Cleveland and Brace Avenues
and Hall Avenues
D2-Amboy Ave. and Tnsiee Street
as-iawrence and Francis Streets
D4-Nevfffe and Inhrstone Streets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01

of 201 Brace avenue. this city: fifty
eight ling by ]. Kresmarek and J.
Boos. both of this city; z. Bader. OF
~ Cleveland avenue. Trenton. twen-
ty-nine ling and one whiting and c.
Monek and c. Zeyen. both Of Sewar-
en-, forty-nine ling.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-01
BY ROY GROVE

NEW YORK, May 1:-Listen, all
ye land lubbers, here's a tip.
IL you want to know anything
about the Atlantic feet, anchored out
here in the Hudson for the Victory
Loan, don't ask a sailor. Not that
the Water Cest Babies aren't quail
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-28

Saddle Horse. for RenL ncirs
Livery. Phone ~.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-28
ITALIAN SOCIALISTS
WOULD RECOGNIZE REDS

ROME. Nov. as-1hc directors Of
the socialist party today adopted a
motion declaring that the soclaiia;
victory az the general elections Is an
act OF complete solidarity with the
soviet republic Of Russia, clearly ex-
pressing 10 the Italian government
in order TO rccoEni1e immediately
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-28

PULLMAN rAxI. PRONE 75l
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-17
NEW GULF COAST SURVEY
COMPLETED BY U. S,

WASHINGTON, Jan. i7-compietion
Of the new coast and geodetic survey
charts for the Mississippi river IRON
announced by the department OF com
merCe. -
The most important nav information
made svsilab bic consists OF the results
Of the water area in the gull IRON
North PASS to South pass. Fhe inshore
limit was the three -fathom depth curve
and the examination was extended sea
ward TO the 100 fathom depth curve,
A long interval elapsed between the
survey recently made and the one
which preceded It and great changes
occurred along the sea front Of the
delta. The three and 10-fsthom depth
Curye have advanced seward from a
quarter OF a mile to a mile and a guar,
ter, due TO the steady acoumulation OF
river silt Farther seward this char
artsristic advance OF the delta into
tae galf is evident, but less pronounced,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-17
PUT SOMETHING
BACK INTO SOIL
County Farm Agent Would
Help Improve Worn Lands,
Negro Assistant Valuable.

No attempt will be made by Lieut..
W. NJ. Landess, new county agricul-
tural agent for Shelby county, TO lay
down a rigid policy Of farm improve
ment. 1t Is Impossible for a-county
agent to do that successfully he said
TO The News Scimitar. every far
mer,B case must be treated as a sepa-
rate and individual one. Whatever each
man needs better to cultivate his farm
must be supplied by the county agent
as that need arises.
The only general policy which Lieut.:
Iandess would enunciate was the broad
purpose to work for better relations be-
tween the landowner ana the cr0pper,
and the u%pbuilding Of the rundown cot
ton land. Farm lan in shelby county
aud all this section or Tennessee, IN
tact, has been more or less exhausted
by the old system, he said, The crop
per farmed Il for just what he could
get out Of 1t from year to year, with
out regard to the future OF the land.
Now we would like SO TO alter com
%ditions." said Lieut.. Landess, tina me
cropper will be interested in building
up the land which he uses instead OF
merely getting what he can out OF It.
We want to teach him TO keep live
stock to ~fertilize his land, and to con-
dition part OF his land while he uses
part Of II. II a farmer will start taklns
care OF his land he will find that he
Val kIVN ~ v
on half Of It, and always be rebuilding
the other half, Longer leases, too,
would give more incentive 10 the crop.
per, or renter, TO take care OF n
II intend 10 work toward this end
lettering the relations between the land
owner and the cropper and causing the
upbuilding Of the land
A negro farm agent will be put TO
assist Lieut.. lAndess, This man will
work among the. negroes and strive to
teach them advantages OF the plan
which the new agent speaks OF. There
are more negro farmers, especially of
| the cropper class, in Shelby than white
/ men, Lieut.. Landess says, n h work
among them will be important.
Lieut.. LRndess viii also make an es-
pecial effort TO develop community in
terest and community cooperation N
shelby county. The farmers learned
A good deal OF the value OF working TO,
gether during the war" he said, land
we want 10 help them continue, I'M
prove In community helpfulness.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-17
mrs. LEBAUDY HELD
IN MINEOLA JAIL

MNEoLA. L. /, Jan. I7.-Mme
Jacques Lebaudy, arraigned in Hemp.
stead yesterday on q charge Of first
degree murder in connection with the
shooting Of her eccentric husband. the
millionaire emperor Of Sahara Sat
urday. WAS brought to the Nassau
county jail here to await action hy
the grand jury.
Nine. Lehaudy, who tainted during
her srratgnment. VAS in a state u
near-ccRlapse when she reached the
jai, p Nr pEinsas Seaman. wife
81 me sheriff ard matrcu Of the Sail.
conducted her to = private roOm Ad-
joining Eer own Apartments Sheriff
seaman announced however. that
Nine tehsudy would be transferred 10
a. ordinary cell as soon a. she was
strong enough
When Nine Lsea 4iv VAS taken fro-
Phoenix lodge.' TIE IAbaDdy No,-s
At Nsstbury. she left hsr f-s-vpa--1t8
cAGghter. l~&cQuears fay - hose ssfs.v
she says sire hot her husband tn tears
JsccseAss AL q ca0~a - ~ frfe~ts
o. TIE family during her ~-sthsrs tn
P~rJsGan2sEt.
TIE gard fg-y "a su-~rts4 70 ra-,s--
ts Ia1Eg t2SAF Il ~Rx m~.s-s- NO.
teAI Max RessFsFs NsE -r-F re.
E1Es- aeF wA@ &rc1~ "a -fAs -ANauay
te ~ h&s~ pa - go y -.
sse%stgE soa@ tsa r-h1E -rw sesh n.
saw Ls@a~1y @NxN q rsTsgvsr tasss.
I h@ f@G NNp aaAp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-17
WILL BACK FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. II. HIavas.
Morris Hughes, the premier Of Aus
tralla, declared to the Temps that
France would not have a more faithful
and fesolute friAnd at the. peace oon-
ference than Australia. The men Of
the Antipodes, he said, were unanimous
in considering France as the champion
Of their ideal OF liberty. Peace. the pre-
rpier said. would only be satisfactory
II France liz protected in the future
against the German danger and is able
70 recover from her heavy losses.