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The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
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HANDMADE UNDYI
Sheer Garments, Tucked and
 Embroidered, Are Costly.
Factory Work, When Hundreds Are Cut at One Time, Results in
 Great Saving.

If 1t is a handmade affair of sheer pink linen, with a few tiny tucks and perhaps a simple edge of hand cro- chet you pay good price for 1t be cause one person has made ft-by hand. If it Is an elaborate affair of pink batiste or voile trimmed with lace insertion and edging and made by machine, perhaps dozen people have worked on it-yet you pay con siderably less for it. That seems queer, does 1t not? But the distinc- ton of the linen chemise lies in its handmade quality and in its material luxury but the snartest fabric now for lingerie garments.
 Have you ever been in one of the factories where machine made under garments are turned out? Big, bright and = nowadays = beautifully clean places are these factories, and despite the hundreds of people at work and the whir of the busy machines, there is wonderful order. Your pink bRtiste and lace chemise was first fashioned by a special worker. She Il sketch made by a high-salaried de signer. The garment thus produced was called sample. It went into a glass case where it was displayed to buyers who came to select models for the seasons business. Before the sample went to the glass case work ing pattern was made from 1t. This working pattern was chemise cut out of heavy paper and on the paper was sketched the pattern of the lace trimming, with carefully written memorandum of the number of yards of lace required.
 The working pattern, or dummy, as 1t is called, then went to the factory. In a room POO feet long and half as many feet wide the material for the chemise is piled in layers and layers, and sometimes a hundred or more chemises are cut out at one time with an electric cutter. In another room the yards of laca for the trimming are being cut. Along go the material and trimmings to another department with the dummy sample, and the pink chemise moves along from machine to machine, where busy girls do various kinds of work; Hemming, felling seams, hemstitching, joining lace, ruff fling, and even sewing on buttons. The final process is the pressing and then the pink chemise Is ready to go on its Journey to you. Yet all it's peregrina- tfons from designer to cutter, to stitch ing machines, to pressing room have taken less time than 1t took one work CT to make the pink linen chemise by handl
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
Gloves.

French women wore very short sleeves last season, sometimes with gloves long enough to cover the arm. often with short gloves so that gen. erous expanse of bare arm was visi- ble. Just what American women will decide to do in the matter of gloves remains to be seen. These short sIeeved dresses are now to be offered to the consumer for spring, and there can be little doubt that they will be accepted and the glove question. set tied according to the taste of the in dividual woman.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
Black Satin Frock.

new interpretation in ssfrock for which the skirt is of black satin, tilted slight ly in front. much as lady lifts her dress to step into carriage. The bodice Is of white satin, short of sleeve and round of neck. Indeed this bodice that is considered most effec- tive would have been taken some years ago for an underbodice or corset cover
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
"ParasoI Skirt"

Scarlet taffeta with a tight under tunic reaching merely to the calf, and fiaring parasol-like oversight that comes to the knee and is made sure of itself with crisoline, topped off by a crushed bodice of scarlet gauge and all of it banded and striped by purple and orchid embroideries makes a wonder fully fetching dance frock. One of the few black fans seen was carried with this costume when it was shown re- gently at Nice.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
CAMERAS

City Hall Pharmacy Co, The, 15e
 Church St., next to City Hall. Fritz & Haw1ey, Inc. 816 Chapel St
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26

STOVES AND RANGES Bullard's, o1-o7 Orange St. w. B. Hall, 458 to 40 State, near Elm St. Wm. Keane & Son, 31 Broadway. The Curtiss & Pierpont Co.,, Plumbing and Heating, 272-278 Elm St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
"Peach Rose- Color.

A color which has created quite a furor in Paris recently is of yellow ish pink in tone and called peach rose." It is equally becoming to blond and brunei, and this reason alone will tend to make 1t popular shade for summer gowns.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
Eranrance.

The one who likes faint suggestion of perfume about her clothes may achieve 1t by pouring few drops of toilet water In the rinse water or the starch or by sprjnkling orris root or aachet powder under the ironing sheet.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26

 Merchants National Bank, State corner Chapel. New Haven Savings Bank, Orange cor ner Court St Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,, SO4 Chapel St Second National Bank, The, 135 Church St. opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust Co., The, 57 Church St. BOOKS AND STATIONERY Whitlock's Book Store Inc, 21o-221 Elm St.
 BOOTS AND SHOES Besse-Richey Co.,, 784 Chapel St. Cummings & Fraw1ey Boston Branch Shoe Store, 845 Chapel St. Meigs & Co.,, Inc, o1 to o5 Church St. Sorosis Shoe Co.,, 814 Chapel St. BUILDING CONTRACTORS The Larkin-Carey Co.,, 166 Brewery St, New Haven. The Sperry Engineering Co., 82 Church St.
 BUSINESS COLLEGE The Butler School, Orange and Court Sts., entrance 131 Court St.
 CAMERAS City Hall Pharmacy Co.,, The, 15o Church St., next to City Hall. Fritz & Hawley, Inc 8l6 Chapel St.
 CARPETS AND RUGS Bullard's, 91-97 Orange St. W. B. Hall, 458 to 40 State, near Elm St. Window Shade O., 75-81 Orange St.
 "C. E-Z' GAS LIGHTS Gas Co.'s Appliance Dept, 70 Crown St. CHECKING ACCOUNTS First Natioanf Bank, 40-42 Church St. Mechanics Bank, The Church and Center Sts. Merchants National Bank, State cor ner Chapel. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,, BOA Chapel St.
 Second National Bank, 135 Church St, opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust Co.,, The, 57 Church St. CHILDREN's CLOTHING ON
 CREDIT. The Brennan Store, Gate1y & Brennan, 166 Meadow St.
 CIGARS The Gillespie Drug Go, 2 stores, "A Chapel St, and 63 Chapel St. Country Life" Cigars, Distributed by Stoddard, Gilbert & Co.,, Inc, New Haven, Norwich, Waterbury, Bridge port. CIGAR MANUFACTURERS A. Kafka & Co.,, makers of "Evermore," IN. H. Register" and General Hale" Cigars, 119-121 Meadow St. Lewis Osterweis & Sons, lS-2O-z1 Church St.
 CLOTHIERS Adams Clothes. Shop, o68 Chapel St. Besse-Richey Go, 784 Chapel St. I. Johnson & Sons, ""The Live Store, 85-8o Church St. C. E. Longley O., e7-1O5 Church St. Meigs & O., Inc,>o1 to o5 Church St CLOTHING ON CREDIT The Brennan Store, Gately & Brennan, 166 Meadow St.
 COAL The Howard Company, 228-260 Boule- ward, near Kimberly Ave. COAT, APRON AND TOWEL
 SUPPLY. New Haven Coat, Apron and Towel Supply 63-69 Lock St. Phone
 ,CoFFEEs Hermitage" Coffee, Distributed by Stoddard. Gilbert & CO, Inc, New Haven, Norwich, Waterbury, Bridge port. COMMERCIAL EMPLOYMENT
 BUREAU The Butler School, Orange and Court Sts., entrance 131 Court St.
 COMMERCIAL SCHOOL The Butler School, Orange and Court Sts., entrance 131 Court St.
 CONFECTIONERY The House of HASSELBACH, 7o6 Chapel St. CONSTRUCTING ENGINEERS The Sperry Engineering Co. 82 Church St.
 CONVENTION HEAD
 QUARTERS Hotel Vo1k, George, F. Volls, Prop. 224-230 Meadow St.
 CRULLERS Chamberlain, "The Cruller Man." l47 Temple St.
 DIAMONDS The Bijou Jewellers, The Store of Quality, B Church St. Wilfred Lagrenade, 938 Chapel St.
 DRAPERIES Window Shade Co, z5-81 Orange St.
 DRUGGISTS The City Hall Pharmacy Co.,, 15o Church St., next to City Hall. The Gillespie Drug Co.,, 2 stores, "A
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
BOOTS AND SHOES

BUILDING CONTRACTORS The Larkin-Carey Co.,, 166 Brewery St, New Haven. % The Sperry Engineering Co., 82 Church St.
 BUSINESS COLLEGE The Butler School, Orange and Court Sts., entrance 131 Court St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING ON
 CREDIT. The Brennan Store, Gately & Brennan, 166 Meadow St.
CIGARS

The Gillespie Drug Go, 2 stores, "A Chapel St, and 63 Chapel St.
 Country Life" Cigars, Distributed by Stoddard, Gilbert & Co.,, Inc, New Haven, Norwich, Waterbury, Bridge port.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
BANKS

Connecticut Savings Bank, corner
 Church and Crown Sts. First National Bank, 4O-42 Church St. Mechanics Bank, The, Church and
 Center Sts Merchants National Bank, State corner Chapel. New Haven Savings Bank, Orange cor
 ner Court St. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,, S04 Chapel
 St. Second National Bank, The, 135 Church St. opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust Co.,, The,
 57 Church St.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
CARPETS AND RUGS
CHECKTNG ACCOUNTS

CHECKING ACCOUNTS First Natioanf Bank, 40-42 Church St. Mechanics Bank, The, Church and
 Center Sts. Merchants National Bank, State cor
 ner Chapel. Peoples Bank & Trust Co., BOA Chapel St. Second National Bank, l35 Church St, opposite The Green. Union & New Haven Trust O., The,
 57 Church St
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26
COAL

The Howard Company, 228-260 Bou1e yard, near Kimberly Ave.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
AUTUMN,

Summer slips swiftly on. Before
one realizes it September will be
here. And with it autumn, wonder
full season of the year.
The dreamy drone of the lazy To-
Gust will be supplanted by the chat
ter of the nut-garnering squirrel.
The clear, cloudless days of now
will pass and the smoky, hazy
days of fall. with the coppery sun
set, will succeed them. Nature will
soon be at her best.
Indian summe days portend the
nutting season. bins bursting with
garnered wheat, stubble field in
which Bob White fattens. and row
upon row of tepees of corn shocks.
their golden ears stripped and in
piles, waiting for the wagons.
The calendar says the autumnal
change begins on Sept. 20. Nature
herself may make another decision.
She doesn't always run true to form.
At any rate. the fall is a comfort
able season, for then the American
"cashes in" business in the
cities starts to move along more
briskly, and there's pep and push
and vinegar in the very atmosphere,
Autumn supplies a tonic for tagging
brains.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
SMILE

when whisky was but ten a
throw" the thoughtful barkeep
spoke, "a certain bunch of gents we
know were always drunk and broke.
An economic question nice, in which
mind is sunk, is how, with booze
five times the price, are they still
broke and drunk? The man who
used to have a beer. then pass on
satisfied, now. asking for his liquor
clear, accumulates a tide. And when
he's got a proper stew, with all his
money spent, he calls down curses
on the brew of half-of-one per
cent. And then. before he leaves
the place, he wants to see the boss.
he always has at least a case he'll
sell and take a loss. And, that's an
other thing I can't fathom very we'll;
men used to come here but to buy,
now all have rum to sell. They
think to drink it home is wrong. it's
so COMPOUNDED dear. and yet they'll
sell it for a song and spend the
money here. Ha. hum-most little
human quirks / thought that / had
seen. but some Prohibitions works
are ~softening my bean!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
DELAY.

Wonder why it is, when streets
and roads are worn out as a result
of a hard winter and are found in
a deplorable condition early in the
spring, we must wait until fall to
have them put in decent condition.
Perhaps we may expect nothing bet
ter of the present political methods,
but a private corporation or indi-
vidual would not be so long getting
repairs made.
Not until September 10 will bids
be opened for the resurfacing of the
Metuchen-New Brunswick road from
Highland Park to the Hotel Pines.
yet this has been one of the worst
stretches of highway in the state all
summer. This is only one instance.
There is the road between Railway
and Elizabeth that went to pieces
last winter and nothing has yet been
done to make it ~passable, yet thous-
ands Of cars pass over it every week.
The bridge over the Raritan river,
which has now been closed nearly a
month greatly to the inconvenience
of thousands of people, vas known
TO be in deplorable shape for some
time before it gave out altogether,
yet not a thing was done to keep ii
open for traffic.
People are paying a state tax for
the maintenance of the state high
way system; there is a big income
from motor vehicle licenses THAI is
available for road work, and the fed
eral government also makes a liber-
al appropriation, yet the roa13 OF
the state are in a worse condition
than they have been for years. The
only explanation is politics. The
game must be played for the sake Of
the party; public interests are Sec
ondary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
GOVERNMENT.

Wise government can do a lot to
brighten up our days; wise govern
ment will hit the spot in ~fifty-seven
ways. And still we'll have to buckle
down and saw u share of oak, II
we'd have credit in the town and
not be always broke. Good govern
ment will help us all, if we should
help ourselves, and We'll have pic
lures on the wall, and pies upon the
shelves; and we're secure in what
We w of land or hay or gold, and
when we earn a shining bone, it's
ours to have and hold. And we're
protected in car. and in our bed,
at rest; good government will go
that far. when it is at it's best. But
it won't take the place of toll, by
which the prudent thrive; it will not
hoe the weedy soil, or keep the corn
alive. ] don't depend on man made
laws to help me dodge life's ills; the
smoothest law that ever was won't
pay my monthly bills. The noblest
statute in the book won't keep the
wolf away, or buy a sack of spuds
to cook, If / loaf round all day. I
leave my shack at morning, bent on
hours of useful toll; I don't depend
on government to make the kettle
boil,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21

Indeed. what other trade calls 50
continuously for instant decision, IN
erring judgment and such perfect
coordination Of mind and body? To
the thoughtful fan a baseball game
is a psychological study; a marve-
lous demonstration of the specialized
brain in perfect operation.
Fans applaud a triple play. even If
achieved by the opposing team, be-
cause it is an admirable exhibition of
several minds thinking together.
making unerring decisions on the in
slant and doing the right thing at
the right time.
The carpenter. bricklayer and ma
chinist have time to reflect as to
whether one method Of operation is
better than another. But for the
ball player. thought and action must
so coordinate at to seem simultane-
Gus. He dare not stop to think; so
he thinks and acts at the same mo-
ment. AT least, there is no notice
able time-lapse between the thought
and the act.
His decisions are unalterable, as
are his errors. He cannot correct
his mistakes as can other skilled
tradesmen and his one error may
boot the game away. His decisions,
openly made and openly acted upon,
are subject to the instant review of
his boss, the general public. For
him there is no covering up Of mis-
takes in the hope that the boss will
not find them ut.
All of which calls for such con-
slant mental and physical alertness
as is required in no other trade, bust
ness or profession, except, perhaps.
that of the doctor when he is per-
forming an emergency operation.
A noted lawyer once said that
when he had an important case to
try he would work out several difh-
cult problems in mathematics before
going to court in order to timber up
his mind. Several innings of snappy
baseball played in the morning be-
fore the days work would serve the
purpose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
HEALTH ADVICE
MI RATS

EAIEBMINAllNG hAlO
. . . . .
. sRats are carriers OF the .
. bubonic plague, which recently .
. has swept over Mexico with APP >
. palling results and penetrated .
. into Texas, causing deaths. 1t :
= is possible for these carriers of >
. bubonic plague to reach north .
. ern points in shipments or In .
. cars. Rout the rat."-Dr. III. >
. l.. lockwood, Cleveland Health .
. Commissioner.
. . . . :
In discriminating rats either by
poisoning or by trapping, it is i'm
portant to bear in mind hat success
depends largely on the degree to
which the removal of other foods
makes the poisoned bait or the bait
in the traps attractive to the rat.
A variety of poisons may be used,
barium carbonate, phosphorus, ar
senic and others, but even with an
efficient poison, failure often results
through lack of attention to details.
How to Use Barium Carbonate
KIND OF BAIT. Three or more
kinds of bait should be used. Each
must be mixed separately with BARI
UNI carbonate. One kind Of bait
lIOAA CdSA VI hAAC AAi6 GAdcoCo
should be used.
(1) Meat or other animal sub
stance; such as Hamburg steak,
sausage, canned salmon, eggs or
oysters.
CD Fresh fruit or vegetable food;
such as cantaloupe, tomatoes, green
corn, baked sweet potatoes, bana-
mas, etc.
CD Miscellaneous foods. milk or
cheese, peanut butter, bread, cake,
cereals (raw or cooked).
HOW To MIX. The barium ear
Donate must be thoroughly mixed
with the bait, so that the rats can
not eat the smallest portion of the
bait without getting some of the
barium carbonate. In the case of
such substances as Hamburg steak,
cheese, etc, use one part of barium
carbonate to four parts of bait. Mix
thoroughly with a spoon.
Substances which cannot be thor
oughly mixed with barium carbon
ate as just described (for example,
cantaloupe, tomatoes, etc.) should
be cut into small pieces and thor
oughly covered with barium carbon
ate and then worked in with a
knife.
HOW TO SET POISON. The
three kinds Of bait, prepared as
above. should be divided into small
portions, about a teaspoonful each,
and placed freely about premises,
alternating bats 1, 2, 8. 1t should
be set at short intervals, not over
10 or Is feet. DO NOT MIX THE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF BAIT
WITH EACH OTHER.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. The
morning after batting, look for dead
rats and remove them. Take up
bats. Examine these so as to see
which have attracted most rats. If
any kind of bait has not been touch
ed, use a different kind of bait in
stead of this. Fresh bait should be
used each night.
HOW OFTEN TO BAIT. Bait
every night, as long as rats continue
to eat bait.
CAUTION. Keep fowls, dogs,
cats. etc, away from bait.
ANTIDOTE. An emetic, followed
by Rochelle or EPSON salts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
AND OBEY"
y. LANES n VANCE.

sTzove' honor, and obey Thus
recites the ancient liturgy OF n
marriage altar.
there Is no complaint against the
.love and honor" part of the vow a
woman takes when she plights to a
man her troth. but the "obey" feature
raises difficulties. Should the phrase
disappear from the marriage service?
Does it make for a higher and
|holier relation between husband and
wife to require a woman at the mar
rage altar to take a VOW that she
will obey her husband? No doubt
there may be found a woman here
and there who likes it. There Is
enough of the survival OF the age
of savagery remaining in her blood
for her to like a mate who is rough
with her.
But for the average woman, there
is a disposition to protest against the
seeming inferiority with which the
word "obey" seems to brand her and
her sex.
1t all depends on what is meant by
and obey"
Is the idea that woman is to be
seryile? Is the context of obey
the doctrine hat woman Is to trek
along in the wake of her male lord,
and have no thought DR. wish apart
from his? II so, the vow is broken
ere it is made.
Women have gotten their emanc-
ipation. We are too civilized even 10
try to keep the letters on her. The
story of human progress is the story
of the rise of womanhood.
Is the thought merely that of unity
in the home and a provision for head
ship in the husband that the home
may be saved from domestic anarchy
and chaos? If so, is this not already
covered in love and honor?"
Love Is the great spell binder for
life and happiness. Only love can
create a real union of hearts. II
love is lacking, words are useless.
"Obey'' may be left in the service
for the same a that we still
carve gargoyles on the cornice. II
Is classic. But "obey" does not
marry people. Only love can form
the tie that binds"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
Daily Horoscope
The stars incline but do not compel
Sunday, August -, 1920
(Copyright. 1920. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)

The stars incline but do not compel
Sunday, August ~, 1920
(Copyright. 1920, by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
Astroiogers read this as an unim-
portant day in planetary direction.
Order in the small affairs OF life
is emphasized as important at this
time, because great difficulties are
gathering as a result of Careless
habits fostered by the national
frenzy for constant activity.
Women and children should be
especially safeguarded against fa-
tigue and mental disturbance of any
sort. the seers warm, for there is a
foreshadowing Of much illness and
many deaths.
An epidemic seems to be indicated
and cities are requested to pay espe-
cial attention to sanitation.
The engagement of a woman In
public life will awaken national in
terest this autumn.
Again emphasis is placed on the
fact that the aged must give way TO
the young in all big affairs of life.
An old leader in politics Will end his
career within the month.
Diseases affecting the vocal chords
may be prevalent, but moi serious.
Cooperative enterprises. so truly
prophesied long before they wore
ever attempted, now will come
much into public consideration.
Troubles between tenants and
landlords may become more numer-
Gus than at any previous date. In
crease in homecoming will be ex-
~traordinary during the next two
years.
Washington, d. c., comes under a
rule of the stars making for an
awakening of civic spirit that will
make possible the fulfillment of the
prophecy that it Is to be the great
est capital in the world.
An accident at sea is foretold. 1t
will cost the loss of human life as
well as property of great value.
There is a sinister sign that ap-
pears to prognosticate the end of a
kings reign.
Southern states now come under
the most suspicious influences that
are believed to indicate a period of
increased prosperity.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is
should lead a quiet life. Danger will
attend any attempt to neglect seri-
Gus things. Business should be fair
ly prosperous.
Children born on this day may be
too fond of romance and Irritation.
They are usually favorites with the
opposite sex.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21

pend upon It that party expediency
rather than city welfare win decide
most of the questions that viii arise.
This may be all right from the COM
pa~ratively few onceholders, point Of
view, but we can't see where the
average taxpayer benefits. However,
the average taxpayer does not seem
to be particularly interested in such
matters and he will get just the
kind of government his indifference
entities him to.
It's a pity we can't forget politics
when it comes to working for Perth
.Amboy and all pun together for the
advancement Of the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-21
LOCAL POLITICS AGAIN.

Local politics are beginning TO
hum. Candidates are getting their
petitions prepared and soon the p-i-
maries will be held. Republicans
will put UP their men and the Demo-
Gratis will put up theirs. These men
will be nominated not because of any
difference as to how the city will be
managed, but to decide whether one
crowd will hold the city offices and
get the city pap. or another crowd
will live in clover during the next
year.
No matter which side wins. de-