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kneel In their stalls while by holy
miracle all the beasts are able TO con-
verse together. But II II mortal sin
for man to attempt TO Oyerhear them; ;
a sin punishable with sudden DEATH"
Holland has many festivities. promi-
nent among them. skating or Ice
carnival. In Switzerland the ski and
toboggan hold sway.
An interesting practice takes place
In Serbia on Christmas Eve. The
younger men and boys OF the family
early In the morning go to the forest
After crossing themselves three times
as is the custom of the Greek church.
or saying a prayer, they select tree.
then known as the Badnyi. They
greet II, Happy Badnyi to you" Then
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one throws a handful of wheat which
has been brought for the purpose on
1t. another chops it down very care
fully as the tree must fall toward the
east just as the sun god rises. 1t is
then cut into two or three pieces. The
first chip that falls is brought home
as particularly precious.
Then the logs are taken home, one
TO each side of the door. The mother
breaks on the longer log small wheat
cake of unleavened flour, called poga-
cha.
The day passes in preparation for
the feast the following day. At sun
set one Of the men. fitted out with
new wooden gloves. brings in the log.
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Ae he passes the threshold the mother
throws at him handful OF wheat
from bowl in which also the chip
has been kept all day.
Then the log Is lighted and lmme-
diately the young folks run out and
celebrate" noisily by firing off guns
and pistols. 1t Is important to keep
the log burning all night.
There are no holidays in Scandl-
navia to which both young and old
look forward with so much pleasure as
the days of Yule. These days. I'm We
olden times, were also celebr;Ad by
the followers of Thor and Odin.
Christmas and the DAYS following
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takes a thorough wash from ~,
root or bath in a large tnh tn" rh1 10
whole year. uui 'ns The
s,, m e some places places old-fashIoned wov.
SUI, exist; Young men often paln ""s -
olacken their faces put queer cru cra,.. or
Cd their heads or hats. won, e'owns
stars on their breasts. ana O.. "rge
carry long wooden swords ge"erally
Is furnished with large ro ~"e man
the men then visit each eor re',n' ana
licit contributions for . t. ,p ana 50
and then they Indulge #, III New
v vonn0 a tal,n ,un, II they find ON rbo, aus
,pev v, ,e'o W loves girl Of rhr y, ,a,
the old Herodes SOM "As to ht
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are legal holidays In the CITY and
there is much merrymaking. but II 10
not to be compared to what one wit.
nesses in the country. In many dis.
tricts OF Sweden aud Norway. among
the peasants and farmers, these con.
tinue for thirteen days and are called
the "tretten Yue days" (thIrteen da 80
of Yule).
The day before Christmas IN tho
AFTERNOON everything is ready for tho
big feast. The house has been thor
oughly cleaned, and leaves Of ,nrlna.
and fir are strewn on the floor WI
tne work Is finished the family geper.
ally go into the bakehouse, which ba.
oeen made warm. and each mernho.
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Thomas Hardy
hns been revtled
by critics and
public an a pessi-
+. mist, determined
to look upon the
dark side of life.
Careful reading
reveals him dis :
passiOnately trIe
to the realities of
life. He depicts
w I I h match less
skill the struggle
OF human beings
against fate-the
fate OF an inner
weakness or u
cruel and inescap-
able circumstance.
He paints these
struggles with q
background OF ma
ture w hich is
beautiful or sinis-
ter. gentle or ugly,
but II always In
evitable and or
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man always invited his neighbors and
tenants TO his great hall at daybreak
on Christmas morning. There they
were RECALLED upon toast, sugar. nut
meg and good old Cheshire cheese"
The house was decked with Ivy and
other green's.
Under the title Of christmas
box" the general English custom,
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ganic. Yet his own "soiitary, brooding,
strongly cOl0red mind" dominates men
and landscape.
This is especially true in his most
famous novel. "Tess." 1t II at once
the most tragicaIly pItiful OF his books,
and, IL deeply read, the most hopeful,
for the sorrows of Tess are due 10 stu
pidities I'm our civilizatiCl which may
be done away with.
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YULETIDE FESTIVITIES
IN OTHER LANDS

y ENGLAND. Christmas
celebrations Of three or four
hundred years ago charm US
with their quaint and simple
jollity. The English always
remembered everyone from
their neighbors down 10
their servants. "In the
country nm ENGLISH pentle-
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Under the Holly Boush

~, have scorne1 each other
Or injured fur, ,d i.I'q lad. IN year,
Y Is,, ~' "o d, a Kind heart bleed
Come gather mere
.,.ood against and SHINING
Forget ,:s i is'a l''i friendship now.
~ All" INKS no longer broken
Be sweet forgiveness Ssh sl''"
Under the holly-oous"'
-. o.bo have loved each other
's S'., @"V and friend and brother
n this fast fading year
,,s - and sire and child,
yonns man and maiden mild'
Come gather here;
and let your heart grow fonder'
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken VOW
o,d loves and younger woolng
Are sweet in their renewing
Under the hoIly-bough.
Charles Mackay.
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N'F Nptrr0V :
Does God {,

death of every sparrow
Does God ca
With the thought q !,
in mind, Mark Twin
wished the Almighty \
hat and coat and take
East London ; he thou,b!
inform Himself as to h.
lstent there He might
towards remedyIng theu
Others share this Ma
are confident that lie
yene in the affairs Of n
cares nothing about 4
such there Is d message
Christ taught His dlg
US from evil"
First of all, Christ
reality OF evil. He loo
ness and sorrow and 4
istent, and not only 81
them as evil. lie does
telling us these things
but grapples with ,her
which must be Overcome
Again, God IS not the
As we look over the
worlds suffering and
cannot charge the LOa
sown these fields.
done this"
This Is proven by u
out In the text, namely
that the world shall be |
evil. When His name
kingdom come, and III
earth as In heaven, Il
hlissful a place as heaVl
uses suffering and sorJ
idence; we should be a
as sin is In the world, |
fering and sorrow 70
men would run to 90 |
However, when the elr1
mind, 1t will be more|
than Eden, for the holg|
Jerusalem, adorned as
! husband. will be the cet
eminent.
Why Deliveranee
The question still reu|
rs TO why God does n
prayer at once and 10
evil. How can lie LOO
heaven and see the SIM
OF men and remain III
some will be amazed II \
cause He Is good Bul
answer and stand read1
II God Is 10 deliver thj
must also punish the VI
other hand, If God edl
gracious TO the wicked, |
the righteous to suffer
son. So that It Is reallY|
ward the ungodly whi1
seem Indifferent toward
After all, II Is judging
world needs MS n prellml
lease from evil. and
when Gods patience 4
His wrath. ]
The matter Is summe1
ter 80, IL: "The Lord
concerning His promise
count slackness; but Isl
10 usward. not willing
perish, but that all sbou|
pentance. But the da!|
will come as a THIEF 10
the which the heavens
with n great noise AMI
shall melt with fcryehI
also and the works III
shall be burned up. III
according 10 His prom
new heavens and a new
lwelleth Righteousness
Meanwhile. the indl'u
o God IN repentance
ivered from the grea'e
he bondage of sin. AlaN
ire more concerned aOo
rom pain and grief 'iaI
hat dwells within them
We heard recently
ne who had rendered
Is n Christian for a ~
ury or more. When
Aviation he dlned one
any OF Christians.
( the meal he remars
osed the way 10 hl'u
ray. Instantly his ho ~,
Z bread and said
ose you were hungp a
ner you this bread
'ould be TO get dow
nd prny me TO give
Thy. there would be !. ~
/, take and eat. 30
eIIverance from The
ny: AS many as
lem gave lie power ~
,ns Of God. even 70 I'd
a Ills name" John II
Daily rh''S
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Origin of Quaint Traditions
of the YuIetide

he holiday season recalls
quaint ideas and Christmas
fancIes of old, even back
TO the ancient days OF the
prulds-a time when the
mistletoe sprIg. as a POI
tent mascot, was presented
as an omen Of good for
tune. as a symbol Of
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naIly rhOg9'

paIly Thovss y
And what greater - 4
upon n nation THAI
Emerson.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15

That the women OF Perth Amboy
are 10 become a big factor in decid-
ing elections IN the future Is now
evident. The women of this city
yesterday turned out in larger num-
bers at the first registration than
did the men. The result came rs a
big surprise 20 leaders of both par
ties who had not expected the
women to respond in such large
numbers to the call of politics. The
general estimate of the number Of
women who would register, made
prior TO yesterday. was that ths
number of women registering would
be about fifty per cent. of the num-
ber of men. Instead OF being fifty
per cent. the outpouring of women
resulted in their registrations being
more than 100 per cent.-or more
than equal-that of the men.
The official figures. as announced
by City Clerk Arthur Z. Graham
this morning, show that 2,525 wom-
en- went to the polls and registered
yesteI day. The men registering
totaIed 2.431. This made a total
registration for the day OF 1886 or
3,f13 more tnan that of lase year
when the women were not entitled
to the vote.
AS a result of the heavy registra-
ton yesterday the, number eligible
to vote at the primaries on Septem-
Der % Is placed at 1854 or 1856
more than last years total.
The first ward was the banner
district" as far as the number of
women registering was concerned.
In this ward alone 699 women went
to the polling places, as compared
with ass men. This total of 1.154
registrants was also the biggest in
the city for any one ward yesterday.
The fourth ward had Liza regis
trants, Of which, however. the men
made up the majority, having 755
at the polls whereas women to the
number of 3S9 turned out.
In the sixth ward. the third larg-
est district in the city. 1,017 regis
tered, of this number SO being men
and 46g women.
The second ward registered 3S5
women and 249 men, making q total
registration for the day of s34. In
the third ward the women also out
numbered the men, 295 to 235. max
ing a total registration of $50. The
same held good In the fifth ward
where 2S9 women and 16S men
registered, for a total of AIT.
The third poll of the first ward
registered the greatest number of
women, 203 as compared to III
men. In the first poll of the second
ward 200 women registered and 127
men. The smallest poll in the city.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
OPEN QUARTERS
IN CIVIC DRIVE
Chamber of Commerce Work
ers Locate at 315 Madison
Avenue for Campaign.

The headquarters for the reor-
ganiZation campaign of the Cham
Der of Commerce at 315 Madison
avenue were opened this morning.
They have been completely furnish
ed and a staff of stenographers and
typists set at work. The preliminary
work is that of making a prelimi-
nary list which will be a card index
of every person In the city who can
be expected TO take an active inter-
est in the future development OF
Perth Amboy. II will be very care
fully prepared. it is stated. m order
that the work of the campaign later
on may be made easy and exhaus-
tive as possible.
The spirit of the campaign is il
lustrated by the slogans which are
being prepared for the windows OF
the headquarters. The slogan chos-
en- for the campaign is Now for
Perth Amboy," and others that will
appear are This Isn't Your Town
or My Town. But Our Town. Let's
Work Together for Our Town." and
If Perth Amboy Is Worth Living
In 1t Is Worth Working For"
The preliminaries of the cam
paign have moved forward satisfac-
torily," said l.. w. Sprague, cam
paign manager. this morning. @On
the first day of our arrival in Perth
Amboy We rode about the city in
order to become acquainted with II
SO far as one can in q short space
of time. The importance of your
industries and the historical interest
attached to Perth Amboy appealed
TO me. This was true, also, OF the
general development OF street sur
faces. Perhaps you will also permit
me TO speak OF the Outstanding
character OF Perth Amboy's news
paper and plant. Standing in what
may sometime be kind of a civic
center the building is of such style
and appearance that it fits excel
lenfly with its environment f.by
Ehould not community's newspa-
per be located in the civic center.
especially when it works for the
civic interest, as / am told the
EVENING NEWS does7 We are
looking forward TO a most interest,"
ing campaign in Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
DEMOCRATS PLAN EVENTS
FOR WOMEN AND MEN

The first meeting of the Perth
Amboy Democratic Club will be
held the first of next week in the
high school auditorium. AS there
were no contests in the Democratic
primaries it was decided to not be-
gin the meetings of the club until
after the first registration day so
that some idea might be obtained
as to the interest the women would
take in the campaign and arrange
ments made for them to attend the
meetings
Yesterdays registration proved
that the women viii take an active
interest in political affairs and the
Democratic party is ready to take
up the matter of organization and
obtained the high school auditorium
for the purpose so that the meet
ings would be more inviting to the
women than hall or political club
room.
Not only will matters of organi-
cation be taken up, but national
speakers will be present at the
meeting as well as county and local
ones The meeting is not only for
members of the club and their fam
flies, but also for all voters of the
city regardless of party or politics.
The exact date of the meeting will
be announced later.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
10 VOTES FOR BURTON ENOUGH, CLAIM
Democrats; BROWN FAILS TOvOTE
Republican Senators Claim
II Votes Are Necessary to
Confirm Appointment.
By special Correspondent.

6y Special corresponding
TRENTON. Sept. ia dispute
arose in the state senate this after
noon as the result Of the vote to
confirm Governor Edwards appoint
ment OF George J. Burton, former
AMiddlesex county assemblyman, as a
member of the state highway COM
m}rsion, when It was claimed by the
Democrats that the ten votes, which
were cast in favor of confirmation
of the appointment, were sufficient
to put across" the appointment,
while Republicans maintained that
eleven votes were necessary. Sena-
tor Thomas Brown, OF Perth Amboy
was not in his seat when the roll
call was held. Had he been present
and voted for the confirmation. as it
was expected he would. the dispute
would not have arisen.
As q result of the argument be-
tween the. party leaders 1t Is a ques-
tion whether or not Burton's ap-
pointment Is confirmed. The Demo-
Gratis maintain that a majority of
the senator's present was necessary
to confirm. while the Republicans
claim that the vote must represent a
majority of all the members of the
Senate. II the Democratic view is
correct, Burton's appointment will
be a certainty. II. however, the G..
o. p. senator's are right. he will have
lost by one vote.
The vote today stood ten to six
In favor Of confirming the governors
appointment. Five Democrats and
tive Republicans voted for confirma-
ton while six Republicans furnished
The opposition. This Is the second
time the senate has been called upon
10 vote on the subject of Burton's
appointment. having voted down the
appointment on the first occasion. AT
that time Senator Brown voted In
favor OF confirmation and he was
looked upon to do the same again
hoday. His absence resulted in the
Democrats losing the deciding vote.
which also would have made any dis
1pute impossible.
Z Senator Simpson, Democrat, OF
Hudson county, who failed to vote
or Burton's appointment the first
.ime this question was up to the
: ienate today affirmed the appoint
nent.
Senator Allen, who refused to vote
n the confirmation. announced that
he Republican opposition was tbs
esult of the proposed intention OF
he highway commission to go back
, warrenitc as the road building
iaterial for state roads in tht
tire.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
2525 WOMEN NAMES
ON REGISTRY LISTS
Men Who Registered at Polls Yesterday Are 0utnumbered
by Women Leaders Of Both Parties Are Surprised by
Interest Shown Among Women Of This City.

as far as the women registering wal
sixth ward. known as poll four.
Iiere but twenty-eight registered AZ
compared with 1OS men.
In the second poll of the fourth
ward 24S men registered, being tbs
largest in the city. There were
121 women in this poll. In the first
poll of the fourth ward 202 men
and 123 women registered. The first
poll of the fifth ward had the Smallest
mems registration, only ainety-three
coming to the polls. There were 7f1
women in this poll The second poll
of the fifth ward was little BETTER
as far as the men were concerned.
with Ei1sty-five. In this poll thero
were III women.
The total registration on the first
registration day last year In each
ward was as follows. First ward, 1885,
Second ward, III: Third ward. t25:
Fourth ward, 36s: Fifth ward. 134:
Sixth ward. s2s, making total Of
1.5z3. thus in the FIRST ward this
year there is an increased registration
over that OF last year vf S5S; In tho
second ward there is a All increase:
ss5 increase in the third ward: 7Sz
increase in the fourth: 343 increase
in the fifth and SOL increase in the
sixth ward.
The heavy registration yesterday
means that several polling places
will have to be added before the
1921 elections and that some arr
rangements will have TO be made At
the primaries and general election OF
this year 10 properly handle the
large number of voters who win 60
to the polls. The number OF booths
in the polling places viii be in
adequate to handle the voters. elec-
tion clerks claim, and efforts win be
made by City Clerk Arthur E.
Graham 10 secure additional booths
According to law a new poll must
be established as soon as there are
400 or more votes cast in a certain
poll at the general election The
voters have two more days in which
to register for the general election,
the days being September "a and
October IL. but already fifteen OF the
polls have registrznfx mum berinK
more than 400. This increase 81
polling places win not take eject
this year. however, as the results Of
the general election win determine
in which districts additional polls
must be added It Is a recognized
fact. however, that Perth Amboys
polling places next year viii take a
big jump compared with the eigh-
cen now in service
Continued on page 30
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
TEACHERS BUSY
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Six Guarantors Challenged to
Sell ST, 600 Worth of Tick
cts Each---Big Attractions

The teachers of the city whose
names are among the guarantors OF
the Chautauqua which will be in
Perth Amboy the entire week OF
September 20, seem TO compose the
few who are making the greatest
effort to dispose of the tickets which
must be sold by Monday afternoon
at O'Clock. At a meeting of the
guarantors held at the Y. NJ. c. A.
last night Messrs. Sturgis. Leffler.
Walker, Steele. Hulse and Klein
hans were challenged TO sell thou
sand dollars worth of tickets each
and readily accepted the challenge
although they realize what large
amount of work this viii entail.
Thus far the work has been lag
made last night to inject enthusi-
asm and new life into the move
lnent which is launched only for the
benefit of the community. Mrs f.
ID. Mendenhall will keep particular
ly busy for the rest of the week,
personally interviewing the mem
bers Of the committee daily, making
a financial report of the tickets sold.
The tent in which the ChautauQua
activities VIII be held is TO be erect
cd at the corner of Maple and JEFF
ferson streets and will be large
enough to cover hundreds of Perth
Amboyans. The features of the pro-
gram are not expected to be disre-
ga-ded by people here who enjoy
good music. good lectures, good
plays and good laughs.
One of the greatest attractions
will be Lieutenant Beivin ". May
nard. the Flying Parson." who won
the transcontinental air race last
October. but who has turned his at
tention from flying for the present
at the invitation OF the Swarthmore
Chautauqua. Rev. Mr.. Maynard is
not the only one of note who is on
the Chautauqua circuit. Men and
women of national prominence.
specialists in the several spheres,
have allied themselves with the
Chautauqua Association in order 10
bring many phases of education di-
.rectly to the people.
1t is necessary that 700 season
tickets be sold in order to cover ex-
penses. These tickets entitle the
bearer to all the afternoon and
evening performances for the en-
tire week.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-09-15
NEW HOUSING
ACTION TODAY
Lawmakers Convene With
Action on Rent Profiteering
on Program.

BY Special Correspondent.
TRENTON, Sept. 15.-The pro-
spect of passage of some bills to re-
lieve the housing situation and curb
the rent profiteers was brighter here
today when the lawmakers returned
for their session than at any time
since this subject has been before
the legislature.
Senators who have been known to
be very lukewarm as to the passage
Of this legislation are said to have
realized that something ought to be
done to improve the situation. 1t is
also hinted that the coming election
Is also proving its effect upon these
members who refused before to move
for relief for the victims of the rent
profiteers.
The four bills of Senator Runyon,
of Union, seemed to stand a very
likely chance of being enacted, at
least several of them. One of these
bills would allow~the city governing
bodies to enact ordinances to deter
mine the reasonableness of house
rents in cases where they have been
boosted to the heights. Another bill
would encourage building by exempt
ing from taxation for the next five
Cdt . Gil nGW 1lOuSc5 GIGCleu Iulo
time. Measure number three author
ICES the assessors to take into con-
sideration the prices for real estate
and the rents exacted in fixing the
valuation of these properties for
taxing purposes. The last of the
series of bills would allow tenants
the benefit of a three months notice
when greedy landlords attempt to
oust them for more profitable people.
This measure would only apply in
the case of tenants without leases.
The cause of the strike situation
at the plant of the Blur Motor APP
pliance Corporation in Bayonne and
the order of the chancery court pro-
hibiting the strikers from picketinig
about the plant, representatives of
the Machinists Union was again
brought up. JaJmes Greeley is here
demanding that the bill to legalize
peaceful picketing which has passed
the House last winter and is now
locked in senate committee. be
passed. Labor wants to know if
the Republican party is going to tie
1t up" declared Greeley. Republi-
can State Chairman Stokes prom
ised Greeley to use his influence with
the senate committee to get the bill
O0l. AiC LlOucC lldo iOLIIIE 10 uO
except to consider again the bill to
validate the list of election officers
appointed by Hudson county board
of elections to replace the list which
BILLY" Verdon slipped over on the
Garven and Hague men. The Hud-
son Democrats are ready today to
move for its passage which seems to
be assured. The bill did not muster
thirty-one votes last week because
of absentees. Verdon is here to op-
pose it. The measure has passed
the senate.
The senate has lot of House
bills passed last week, including
several election measures to facil-
itate the voting of the women and
also some measures of its own. 1t
is reported that the upper branch
wants to adjourn sine die today.