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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
HOW THEY VOTE.

1t isn't true that. as many a poll
tician has said. "the women will vote
as the men vote"
That this is a fact is shown by the
official returns Of the Illinois primar-
les. In the Republican primaries
there a powerful politician boss
(Thompson) was the issue. The fight
for and against the Thompson
machine. The result?
The Thompson machine candidate
for senator got a 5000 plurality of
the male vote. But the anti-machine
candidate got $4,000 more women's
votes than the Thompson man.
The Thompson candidate for gov
ernor received $4,000 nor votes of
men than his opponent. But the
nti-Thompson candidate got $4,000
more women's votes than the ma
chine man.
Illinois women proved conclusively
that they will not vote as men vote
when men insist upon voting for po-
Iitical machines and political bosses.
Nobody better than the bosses
themselves know why they were SO
emphatic in their opposition to wo-
man suffrage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
PUBLIC OPINION
WHAT MRS. DORSEY SAT-

EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
The report given in your Friday
issue of my remarks at the Cham
Der of Commerce luncheon contains
the following:
Mrs Dorsey commenced her talk
with a little anecdote demonstrating
how the women had had a hard row
to hoe in all of the civic undertake
ings in which they have interested
themselves and how a city run by
men passed the buck" from one de-
partment to the other, when any aid
was solicited of them Mrs. Dorsey
said that there is a sheer need of
some body to whom the women may
go for support not only financial. but
moral"
The above is a mis-statement of the
experience of the Club which I rep
resented and makes a wrong appli-
cation of the anecdote. In the story
the old lady did not know where to
Igo with her complaint. She applied
to parties who could not assist her.
carrying a personal loss to munich
pal officers who could give no prac-
teal aid. The Woman.s Club has
not been working for personal gain,
as did the woman of the story but
for a better Perth Amboy. They
have, however, undertaken few pro-
jects where city departments could
function, with one exception, they
have received from the city run by
men, such support as could legally
be given, and it vas apparently most
cheerfully rendered.
Many questions arise which do not
need consideration by a city official
nor municipal committee. but must
gain public approval and community
...-A . . NAx rrAnnand hranA-
'ly interested civics Chamber of
Commerce could promote.
My point was that with such an
organization functioning in Perth
Amboy the women would know
where to go for moral and possibly
financial support.
My sentiment regarding the fore
eign born women and their interest
in this city has also been misinter-
preted. From personal friendship
with those who have come here
from other countries / know that
many of them now have a warm and
intelligent interest In civic affairs
which concern their homes and fam
lilies; they have also artistic appre-
citation which often surpasses that
of our American born. But tradi-
ton prevents their public expression
and civic participation. My plea
was for an awakening of public
sentiment among the men which
would encourage the foreign born
women in expression of artistic
tastes and civic interests already
theirs.
I regret that in a few minutes of
rapid extempore speech my diction
permitted anyone present to gain the
impression printed, but cannot suffer
a public misinterpretation of either
personal sentiment or Womans Club
experience.
I thank you for the many cour-
tesies your paper has extended to me
in the past, and request n more
the publication of this Letter.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. FRANK DORSEY.
Oct. Q, 1920.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
DAILY HOROSCOPE

"NNiiSoohsy ONtoDSA -
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Uranus, Jupiter and Mercury are
In beneic aspect today. according
to astrology,- while Neptune and
Mars r adverse.
This should be O rule most favor
able to activities involving the use
of the minds highest attributes.
1t Is a sway that stimulates ora
tors, writer's and professional men
and women reveal their best tall
ents and should be especially forsu-
nate for political candidates or those
who represent them.
White Uranus IS in a place held
to awaken the spiritual understand
ing. there IL 4 direction making for
logic and reasoning.
Jupiter offers good cheer to all
who have large interests at stake.
They will gain great advantages
through events that are even now
very near. the seers declare.
There Is a prophecy that the
American mind will become tense
over an advent or a series of events
over which both Mars and Neptune
have power.
The need of education regarding
the real conditions of national life
will be suddenly recognized through
a diplomatic complication occultists
declare.
Women who have attained fore
sight with the vote may cause en-
barrassment to the government ow-
ing to a novel view regarding for
eign covenants that do not recognize
the gentler sex or guarantee the
rights that belong to women.
Occultists forecast a winter that
will be extremely eve in the East
where the coal situation may not be
satisfactory.
Mercury continues to indicate sue
cess and prosperity for writers, es-
pecially those who deal in publicity
as a grocer dispenses treacle.
Messages that in various ways
have a peculiar significance to SOL
diers will be received at this time.
Again army matters are likely to
be discussed and there may be ac-
tivity massing men for special duty.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the forecast of a busy and happy
year.
Children born on this day are like
ly TO be quick in mind and very
talented. They may be expected to
win great ucc in anything they
undertake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
THE Y. NJ. c. A. CAMPAIGN.

It ought not to be necessary to use
my persuasion to get people Of this
,ity to join the Y. NJ. c. A. nova
lays. II there is any institution
hat has made good in the commun-
ity It is this organization. Many a
mothers mind is at rest in the eve-
ming since the opening of the "Y"
because she knows that her boy is
there enjoying the wholesome sur
rounding instead of being on the
street. or worse, up to-she knows not
what.
Anyone having any doubt as to the
work the Y. NJ. C. A. IL doing for this
community need only visit the Y. NJ.
c. A. building any evening. The
reading room, the gymnasium, the
swimming pool. the bowling alleys,
the pool room-yes, and the class
rooms are all filled with young men
II this city enjoying wholesome sport
or improving their minds preparing
for advancement In their life work.
There are also dormatories where
young men from out Of town find
lodging that is next to home.
Business men, too, derive great
benefit from the Y. M. c. A. It
affords them a few hours relaxation
each week where they can become
boys again forgetting all about bust
ness cares as they keep that volley
ball in the air.
Recently the "Y" has been opened
to the girls and young women for one
afternoon a week, greatly e%nlarging
its activities.
Perth Amboy, indeed, has every
reason to be thankful for the Y. M.
C. A. 1t ought to have at least a
thousand members. What a great
vacant space there would be In the
civic life Of this city II the Y. NJ. c.
A. should close its doors. There is
10 danger Of it doing that. of course.
but It certainly must be supported
generously If it is to keep up its good
work.
Sign up the membership card read
iIy. then. when the canvasser calls.
1t is the least you can do in backing
up this institution. Then, having
joined. resolve to go around to the
building occasionally and enjoy the
privileges that are yours. Get n
habit and you will w want to
stop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
THE THOUGHT OF GOD

The thought of God is N which
everybody has. We may not give
God the same attributes nor call
Him by the SAME name. We may
not always believe that the thought
has an answering reality, but there
are few so. crude and untaught but
have moments when across the field
of their mental vision there drifts
the thought of God. Where does
the thought come from?
The race seems always to have
had it. You can go back far enough
TO get behind some things. but you
cannot go-back far enough to find
a world without the thought of God.
The race started with 1t. Almost IL
not quite the first act of conscious
being was a recognition of mans re-
sponsibility to the supreme power
that rules the world.
of the race we have preserved the
m of many of the sages and
philosophers and statesmen and
poets and pioneers and history
makers and world builders, but you
will search in vain for the name of
the man who invented the thought
of God.
Is it a superstition? II so. some
of the cleverest people in the world
have embraced it.. The people who
believe in God are o all fools and
mental incompetents. If It be a
superstition. what lends FEASIBILITY
to the thought? 1t has lasted too
long to be a lie.
Is it an evolution? If so. from
what has it been evolved? 1t was
full grown when first seen. 1t is not
the kind of thought that is produced
so much as the kind that produces.
1t is one of the great dynamic ideas
of the race.
If, then. it is a thought that every
one has. that the race has always
had, If it is not an invention nor a
superstition nor an evolution, where
did the thought of God come from 4?
The most plausible explanation is
that it has come as every other high,
straight. true thought has come
from reality. Back of the thought
of God is the fact of God. Men have
thought God because God is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

election the people are asked 70 vote
on the proposition to bond the state
for not more than t1z.o0o.ooo for
bonuses for soldiers In the late war.
There seems to be no limit to the
demands to be made upon the peo-
pie In the way Of bonded Indebted
ness and state taxes. For this reason
there is grave doubt as to the APP
prevail of the people of the proposed
bond issue for the Hudson river tun-
mel and the Delaware river bridge.
III the people refuse to approve a
bond issue the only alternative, II
the work is to proceed as far as New
Jersey is concerned. is a state tax.
In the face of the present taxes It
will not be very healthy for the party
in power that piles an additional tax
on the people at this time.
with these things in view. the
starting Of the work or the Hudson
river vehicular tunnel today is of
much significance. 1t would seem to
have been better to wait until It is
known where the money is coming
from to pay for the project before
going ahead with II. OF course, be-
ing in New York. 1t is New York's
affair. 1t looks very much, however.
like an attempt to get New Jersey "in
a hole" so to speak. and practically
force her into the deal.
1t is significant that as far as the
bridge over the Delaware is concern
ed. while the state of New Jersey is
going to pay half of the cost. the
state Of Pennsylvania. as a state, is
going to pay only one-quarter of the
expense, the city of Philadelphia
alone will put up the other quarter.
AS Camden and Jersey City are
going to be the main beneficiaries of
the tunnel and bridge along with
New York and Philadelphia, why
should not Camden and Jersey City
pay one-quarter of the expense Of
the projects, leaving it to the state as
a whole to pay the other quarter?
Voters In the rest of the state, where
the tunnel and bridge will be of little
benefit, will bear this situation in
mind when they go to the polls.
In the meantime. however. amid
much pomp and ceremony, the work
on the tunnel under the Hudson Is
actually started in New York today.
1t is in keeping with the reckless
manner in which public officials
handle the peoples money these
days. 1t makes no difference what
the cost or where the money is COM
ing from. their principal is to go
ahead and do 1t and let the money
end take care of itself. Money seems
to be the least of the worries that the
officials have these days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
n WORK STARTS.

Today marks the beginning Of the
work on the vehicular tunnel under
the Hudson river between New York
and Jersey City. The ceremony takes
place on the New York side of the
river, doubtless because New York is
the larger city. but also probably be-
cause over in New Jersey they do not
know where the money to pay for
this states share Of the cost is to
come from.
The people are to be asked to vote
on the proposition to bond the state
for $2s. 1000 900 at the coming cleo
ton. The constitution Of the state
forbids a state debt Of over 100000
unless the people approve by a refer
endum vote. 1t is admitted that this
s2S, 1000. 900 will not nearly bear New
Jerseys share of the expense; it is
taken for granted, OF course. that
with this much invested the people
will readily approve of another bond
issue for a similar amount to finish
the job. making a total expense OF
$50, 900, 900. New Jersey is supposed
conservative because the proposition
includes a bridge over the Delaware
river between Camden and Phila-
delphia as well as the tunnel under
he Hudson. Experienced engineers
have estimated that both these jobs
cannot be completed for less thar
$50. 900, 900. New Jersey is supposed
% pay half this amount.
The idea is that as soon as the
.unnel and bridge are completed a
toll will be charged to use them and
thus both will become self-sustaining.
Until such time as they are self-sus-
tanning, however. the bill which pro-
vides for the bond issue and upon
which the people will vote this fall,
carries a provision for a state tax
to be imposed to meet the expense
until the work is completed.
But New Jersey Is already paying
a state tax for the state highways.
This tax is likely to be increased and
20 continue indefinitely. The State
Highway Commission has also de-
clared that in order to take care of
! The bridges along the state highways
lItt least SIS. 900 will be needed
lind it is proposed to ask the people
3p approve another bond issue for
That purpose.
AZ the same time. at the coming
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
MAGIC CHARMS FAIL.

Russia is facing it's fourth winter
Of starvation since the Bolsheviki be-
gan their disastrous experiment In
ma~terialistic autocracy. The law of
economic productivity. the law of
cause and effect. the law Of all mems
longing for freedom, has each In turn
been ordered by the Soviet Missionaries
to operating. For a time, ap-
|pearance was deceitful, and the Rus
sian people seemed too believe Lenin
and Trotsky had discovered how to
outwit God and Nature.
But. the relentless consequences of
mankind's ever returning efforts to
substitute magic charms for solid
work are at last making themselves
known to the Russian people. Three
winters of starvation have passed
and the written rules, the book of
formulas. the doctrine Of words in
stead Of work, are proving unable TO
hold in check a fourth winter of the
same terrible poverty.
Either Lenin and Trotsky must
change their methods of government
or they will be thrown to earth. They
would have gone before this but that
Russia has been weakened almost to
exhaustion by the rule of the Soviets.
Perhaps it is now toe late for them
to save their necks, however much
they may bow to the coming storm.
But, whether they survive or no.. the
Soviet system of autocracy is DOOM
ed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

BY Special Correspondent.
SEWAREN, Oct. 12-Commander
j. c.. Brown of the Land and Water
holdinf of two large dances for the
purpose of getting funds to finish
paying for the new dock. T. c.
Brown has stood the cost of the new
mock, and there is but v150 left un-
paid to him for the addition to the
clubs property. The dances will be
held October 16 and 23. The one
to be held this Saturday night will
be a harvest dance, and 1t is re-
quested that costumes in keeping
with the idea of the dance should
be worn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Va
Pay as you go and the world will
respect you ven If your ancestors
didn't come over In the Maylower.
A girls idea of q wise man is q
fellow who never asks for a kiss until
after he has taken 1t.
Any husband can tell you that II
his wife had a chance to make $10.-
900 an hour by minding her own
business. she wouldn't hold the Job
ten minutes.
One nice thing about the fellow
who Is willing to admit that he may
be wrong is that he is usually right.
The Lord may not admit a Liar
into Heaven. But we are going to
keep right on telling faded women
how beautiful they are and telling
hopeless invalids how fine they are
looking.
A man can't understand why 1t Is
that his pet barber Is the only man
in the shop who is always busy.
1t takes a boy baby about a year
to learn how to talk. And then it
takes him the next fifty years to
learn how to keep his mouth shut.
Ever notice how anxious a girl is
to act Womanish and how anxious a
woman is to act Girlish?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Famous Marches.
Aw, Gwan!

Aw, Gwan!
The train was pulling out when
the man dashed through the depot
gate.
The man chased the train and
made a desperate leap in an effort
to grab the rail on the rea car.
He missed 1t and fell on his lace
in a pile of cinders.
"Doggone i'll" exclaimed the man.
That's what a fellow gets for jump
ing at conclusions"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Firms Is Firms.

Strong & Manley are in the auto
supply business at Eagle River, Wis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Hevingsi S'pose She Ran Two Milesi
MEMPHIS Willie May Angel a
girl ran a mile to escape the police.
She ran so fast she lost both shoes.
her coat and her hat. The policeman
lost his breath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Amt 1t the Truth!

(NashVille Tennesseean.)
Ask Luke McLuke and he'll pro-
badly say that the one-half-of.one-
percent alcoholic content has caused
acknowledgements alcoholic dis
content.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Sidney Wood jolly, of Lowell, Kan.
sas. wants to know II we are acquain-
ted with the kind of man whose
right hand weighs about 400 pounds
when he goes to shake hands with
you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

oh, why should the spirit Of mortal
be proud!
He has seven sure winners, he brag-
geth aloud;
He goes to the track with a very
sweiled dome,
Then borrows a dime for his carfare
back home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

@. If a mad dog goes past your
house on the road, when you have
your wash on the line, If that dust
flies on your wet clothes would you
get the disease from that? How
long do the germs live?
A. There is no danger of contract
ing hydrophobia in the way you
mentioned. This disease is contract
ed chiefly by the bite OF rabid (mad)
animals, or occasionally by permit
ting the saliva of a rabid animal to
come in contact with a scratch or
other open wound. 1t is imposs-
ible to say how long the germs live,
for some times if a person has been
bitten by a rabid animal a long time
elapses before the disease develops.
Q. Is there any way I can reduce
my hips? 1 have tried dieting, but
have lost so much in my face that 1
look terrible.
A. 1t is not always possible to so
control the development of the body
that it will reduce in any N part.
1t is suggested that you try a COM
bination Of dieting and exercise, es-
pecially walking and hill-climbing,
which should work off surplus fat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

An English suicide wrote farewell
notes in sew n languages but he
hanged himself with one rope.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
HtQh Art.

High Art.
There are works of art that have
brought sculptors fame
That have given painters a world
wide name;
But the work Of art that catches
my eye
Is the lattice work on a cranberry
pie. Luke McLuke.
world renown,
clown:
But the cleverst writer to me, by
heck,
Is the fellow who writes: Enclosed
find check"
Wilmington News-Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Oh, Joy2

This years a hummer,
Best of all;
We're having Summer
In the Fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

81 hear that Smith IL hopelessly
insane" said Brown. What hap
pened to him?"
HE served on a jury in a murder
trial in which the defense was in
sanity" replied Jones. And he had
to listen to expert testimony for four
weeks"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

No man can hope TO be as hand
some ~ the guy In the collar ads.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Bali players these days prefer the
immunity bath TO the weil-Known
shower.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
RIPPING RHYM MES
BY Walt Mason,
THE RATTLESNAKE.

We were camped beside a lake, by
a eucalyptus tree; someone hollered
There's a snake. It's a RATHER!
Hully chee!' Then we dropped our
divers chores In the twinkling of an
ear; sane and useful tasks are bores
when a r~attlesnake is near. And we
formed a ring around, round the
human races foe, and our fingers
clawed the ground for some boul-
ders we might throw. And we
threw, with bated breath, at five
feet Of writhing sin; battling, MUIR
der, sudden death, done VI in a mot
tied skin! Rocks were flying, thick
and fast. some thrown crooked, 9TH
ers straight; and the serpent, to the
last, dared us with a deathless hate.
He is ishmael, this snake, with his
rattles on behind, which, when play
ing tunes, can wake terrors in the
bravest mind. Harried to the bar
rem lands driven from the field and
farm, even snakes of other brands
view the RATHER with alarm. He
has not a friend at court, where
snake advocates appear, but he is a
dead game sport. and a stranger to
all fear. And / felt a sense of
shame when we'd killed that mottled
thing; we had played a tinhorn
game, throwing boulders in q ring.
And the recollection makes luke.
warm pains slide down my neck;
even when we're killing snakes
sportsmanship should be on deck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
HEALTH ADVICE

Even more attention should be
paid to the hands of the cook. They
should be washed always before
handling food, and always after
visiting the toilet, using the hand
kerchief, or otherwise coming in
contact with the nose, mouth, or
other bodily secretions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Here rest the bones of Daniel Duff,
They are as dry as borax:
He drank hair tonic. and the stuff
Grew hair inside his thorax.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12

Iva Bare. OF Huntington. Ind, says
that Iva Fox. of Athens. Penn, isn't
such a much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
BITS OF BY PLAY
Br LIKE McLUKE.
By Lake McLuke.

1920. by The Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Ouch!

II was just wondering" unused the
Cheerful idiot.
what were you wondering?"
asked the Wise Guy.
II was wondering IL you could
refer to a real estate man as a house
party2" replied the Cheerful idiot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
Yum, Yum!
Our Daily Special.

And how would you like to NEE
LOWE Spooner. of Ashford, Ala.?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
me Horrors OF Prohibition.

1920. by The Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
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