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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13
RARE ENTERTAINMENT
NURSES ASSOCIATION

One of the most pleasing enter
tainments ever given in Richmond,
sqs that held last evening at the
Yand theater, recalling as it did the
iful life of Florence Nightingale,
amous Englishwoman, whose
"A noble ambition was to lessen
suffering Her efforts during
sucan war rs a nurse, have
.icr shine forth brilliantly as a
ring angel of mercy and relief
), life has been an example of
atice and service. BY virtue
sa.endid work achieved, she
l-o Il cross from her queen
Her life was one OF sacri-
"a devotion to suffering hu-
Iay. her efforts in their behal1
G prompted by love and her name
!, II! live among our people IS long
rs we are a nation. in every peFIoo
If the Christian era, woman mas
played her part full well and the large
audience last evening wa; but re-
hinder of their devotion to this spe~
rific work. The entertainment was
given under the auspices of the In
structive Visiting Nurses association,
and Virginia league of Nursing edu-
cation. Mrs. C, OBJ. Cowardin was
chairman and it was through her
antiring efforts that the affair was
sucb a huge success. Among those
assisting Mrs Cowardin were: Mes
DANES Tazeweu Darlington. Stuart
Michaux, J. scott Parrish, Henry
Wayiand. +. d. Hotchkiss, Garnet
Buckner wall. w L. .Hobgood, Ar"
thur 2. Wilmer, Ellis Talbot, Herbert
Mann, Arthur Scrivenor, ESbert @.
Leigh, Jr, j. J. Hickey, Samuel
Cohen, the Misses Anne Smith. Helen
stevens. Lou Belle Catesby Jones.
Adele Williams and Miss Mcdonald
and Miss Rosa Van Wort.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13

The board OF managers of the Re-
treat FOR tho Sick, will meet this
morning at II o'clock at the hospital
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13

Owing to scarcity of help. .!ue to
rush Of farm lahorers to johs in cities,
there will be reduction ~ more than
500 600 acres in cultivated lands in
New York state this year
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13

b. Minor. Mrs. Richard Carrington'
Mrs. Henry Miller. Mrs James Can
non, Mrs. Bernard Meredith. Mrs
Hoge Kicks and Mrs. Brockepofough
Lamb.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13

An important meeting Of the gen
eral beard of SheItering Arms hos
pital viii be held this morning at IL
O'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-13
PERSONAL. MENTION

Miss Jessie MoTett, of Grove ave-
nue., has returned from a visit To rela-
lives in New York.
Miss Bessie Muhlman is spending
this week with friends IN LynchburE.
Tom Armistead, who Is attending
the Episcopal high school at Alex
andria, spent several days this week
with his mother, at Monroe Terrace
Mrs r. GIN has returned 10 her
Floyd avenue home after a visit to
friends al Boydton
Mrs! A. NJ Randolph Jr., of War.
renton. is passing some time here as
the guest OF her parents Mr- and Mrs
James + Pace
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
CHILD HYGIENE WORK,

How far the states have officially recognized
the Importance of child welfare work is brought
out in the annual report of the Children's
Bureau Of the L. S. Department of Labor. At
the present time thirty-fve states have created
child hygiene or child welfare divisions. Be-
fore organized effort for such divisions was
carried on as part of the Children's Year Cam
paign only eight states had such divisions.
New Jersey has appropriated s150.000 a year
for its child hygiene division. This is the larg-
est budget so far adopted by any state. but
some bureaus with only meager appropriations.
through the cooperation of medical, public
health and social welfare organiza tons. have
been able to carry out far-reaching plans of
health work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
HEROES AND THE KAISER.

Wilhelm Hohenzollern is living off the fat of
the land over in Holland. Sixty servants cater
to his slightest wish. He is warmly clothed and
housed: abundantly fed. and has the wisest
physicians at his beck and call. He doesn't de-
serve that. does he? No, of course not. 1t is
owing to no fault of yours that he is getting such
royal treatment.
On the other hand, right here in the u. S. A.
some hundreds of thousands of heroes OF that
war are getting far from a royal treatment.
They are not even getting a fair deal. Some
OF them. disabled by service in that war. are
in sore need. There are not enough hospital
accommodations for all of them. Many are SO
bound up in red tape that they feel themselves
denied the square deal.
Does it strike you as justice that Bill Hohen-
zollern should have castles and servants galore
while thousands of the boys who stood between
the former kaiser's greedy hand and our free
dom should suffer want? Any time anybody
tells you that "too much is asked for the SOL
diers' compare what they receive with what the
cx-kaiser is getting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
WHERE THE BILLIONS co.

The Mississippi Valley Association is sending
a delegation to appear before the Subcommittee
of the committee on appropriations OIL 'he
House OF Representatives in Washington OF
January 10 and 90 to appeal for an increase IN
the federal appropriation for the improvement
and development OF all the navigable rivers
,hroushout the entire valley. All they ask Is
that the modest sum OF 500, 00o,00o be sent
annually in the Mississippi Valley for the next
ten years.
In this connection It is interesting to recall
.he fact that the advocates of good roads are
asking the federal government for a similar
sum.
And why not?
To what better use can the government put
AZ. nson,e,, money than to improve and de-
yelop the various means of communication
throughout the nation? With a chain of per-
manently improved ighways across the coun-
try and with our matches rivers and harbors
developed so as to carry domestic and world
wide mmer the prosperity of America is
assured.
But:
TIL. grim image Of war stares US in the face.
For the next year alone Secretary Daniels asks
the government to provide 800. 900, 900 for the
navy. Secretary Baker asks a mia SUM "
the army. While congress is not likely to grant
all these demands, the nation will be called
upon to appropriate billions for war-past and
future.
Think what could be done with this vast sum
In the improvement and development of the
nation: what a wonderful country we could
have IL the money now spent for destruction
could be devoted to construction.
Yet there are those who would ignore the
greatest peace move the world has ever seen;
they belittle the attempt to get the nations of
the earth together for a mutual understanding
of their difficulties; they would hold the United
States aloof from the League OF Nations and
thereby do everything in their power to scrap
X.
II the nations of the world are going to con-
tinue 10 spend billions of their wealth for
armament, internal development such as water
ways and highways, have to go by the hoard.
There is not enough money for both. II those
who advocate so strongly the appropriation of
hundreds of millions of dollars for internal
development would begin by insisting that the
men in charge of the government first take
lteps to put the power and influence of the
United States back of the League of Nations so
Is to assure its success. then, indeed, would
here be the funds to use for internal develop
nent that is so much desired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

More than $4,000 children were brought be-
:ore courts in the L. S. in the past year. OF
-hese. $4,000 came before courts not adapted to
handling children's cases. Although every state
Except one had laws providing for Juvenile pro-
,ation. less than half the courts hearing chill
iren's cases actually had probation service.
The majority of the courts failed to make
adequate investigation OF the child's home and
family circumstances. his physical and mental
ondition. and his personal tendencies.
Especially IN small towns and rural districts
he child is still subjected to the unsocialized
reatment which the Juvenile court was design
ed to replace.
However. certain important tendencies are
noted in juvenile court work. The intelligent
methods worked out by the best courts are be.
ing adopted by others. Facilities for mental and
physical examinations are being extended. Co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
LET THE GOVERNORS APPOINT.

The incoming legislature will make a grave
mistake IL it tries to tamper with the law under
which the governor has the appointment of a
Public Utility Commission. Such tactics would
be an exhibition of the cheapest kind of poll
tics. 1t would be absolutely contrary to the
principal upon which the government Of this
state is run.
The suggestion that the commission be named
at a joint meeting of the senate and assembly
is bad enough, but to pass the responsibility
on TO the court would be even worse. The New
Jersey judiciary has been kept free from petty
politics thus far and the people are proud of
the record that has been upheld. There is alb
~solutely no reason for asking any judge to ap-
point members OF \ public utility commission
except as a means Of taking that power out of
the hands OF the governor: and the only rea7
the governor is because he is a Democrat while
the legislature is Republican.
1t was a Republican governor that packed"
The Public Utility Commission in the first place.
Now. because a Democrat wishes to turn the
commissioners so appointed out and name new
men in their stead thereby fulfilling one of the
campaign pledges upon which he was elected,
The Republicans talk of all kinds of petty de-
sises TO defeat his intentions.
There has been entirely too much politics in
,he handling of the Public Utility Commission
,lready. The present commission is thoroughly
discredited in the eyes Of the public and politics
nay be found at the bottom of it all. 1t may
be that Governor Edwards does not intend to
Improve matters any In this regard. but the fact
remains that the appointive power should re-
main with the executive and upon him alone
mould rest the responsibility.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
RIPPING RHYMES
SNOW.

When l was young. long. long ago, | loved
to see the falling snow; but now that l am
old and bent, l do not like it worth a cent.
The land looks CHASTITY, stark and dead. when
over it the snow is spread: the land where
late the roses bloomed is in its shroud, in
snow entombed. l like this good old pleas
ant globe when shining verdure forms its
robe, when grass is growing on the hills. and
Goldfish sport along the rills; then everything
seems full OF vim; l dance and shake a buoy
ant limb: and il some common village scold
comes up to tell me J am old. l turn a hand
spring on the green. TO show that l am
sweet sixteen. 1t takes the sunshine and the
breeze to timber up a dotards knees, and
make him feei he's still on earth. a creature
of some use and worth. But when he from
the window looks on naked woods and frozen
brooks. on snow wreaths whirling in a rage.
he feels the burden of his age. 1t seems to
him his age must be a thousand years. plus
two or three. And all the boys he used to
know are sleeping meath the
snow: and colder than a miser's soul the
snow comes down. while church bells toll a
requiem for Tom or Jim-when will the
blamed bells toll for him? Such thoughts
the drifting snowfakes bring. and SHOWS q
bleak and ghostly thing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

@. l understand that the senior
senator accompanies and introduces
a new senator when he is sworn in.
Who performs this Office for repre-
sentatives?-B. A. T.
A. Since all representatives are
elected for two years only, the en-
tire membership of the House has
to be sworn in al the beginning of
a new session. The oldest member
of the House administers the oath
to the Speaker of the House, who
then administers the oath to groups
of members, the groups usually
composed of n or more state dele
cations. In case of a member elect
ed to fill an unexpired term. the
representative is usually introduced
by a member of his state delegation
Q. What are some of the new
fruits and grains that the Depart
ment of Agriculture is importing
from Africa &c. o. z.
A. Many new Kafr corns and sor-
ghums, some varieties of grasses,
some dry land rice. mangoes and a
gourd. which is filled with seeds
that resembles the butternut in
taste. are among the many speci-
mems of African vegetable life.
hich are being examined and ex-
perimentetd with by the United
States Department of Agriculture
q Is the number of deaths in
railroad accidents growing smaller,
or does it only seem so in compari-
son with fatalities caused by auto
mobiles?-M r. S.
A. The Interstate Commerce
| Commission saws that in 1910 * Q-S
persons were killed in railroad ac-
cidents, this being the lowest death
record since 1898.
Q. What is tie longest road in
the world ?-W. A. T.
A The Lincoln highway may we'll
be styled the longest road in the
world. 1t crosses twelve states,
connecting New York with San
Francisco as directly as possible.
consistent with the topography of
the country.
Q. How many people are drawing
Spamsh-American war pensions?
a. The Pension Bureau says that
the number of pensioners of the
Spanish-American war on the rolls
now is PASTA.
Q. Please explain the use of am
monia in making ice. Is it used in
the brine only or in the ice itself?
d. w. S.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
ammonia is used as a refrigerant. 1t
is not placed in either the brine or
the Ice In fact. after ammonia gets
into either the brine or the ice. 1t IS
a sign that something is radically
wrong with the plant. Ammonia
gas is compressed and is then cool
ed, usually by water flowing over
the pipes through which the am
monia is passed. This cooled gas
under high pressure is then allowed
to expand and in SC doing it takes
up the heat from whatever sub
stance surrounds it. The substance
may be either brine or water. In
the case of the former the brine is
cooled to a temperature well below
the freezing point of water. while
in the case of the latter. the water
is changed into ice.
@. Where were postage stamps
first used DIS. +. G.
A. The history of postage stamps
begins with the issues made by
Great Britain IN 1910 under the
administration of Sir Rowland Hill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

operation between the courts and other social
agencies has been increasing, and in some in
stances social agencies have given the services
Of trained social workers for probation work.
A further Development is indicated in the
tendency 10 merge the cases OF children with
those of their families, and TO try them before
family" or domestic relations courts. In this
way the child is dealt with as a member of
his family and all the family circumstances are
taken into account.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
MCCORMICK ARRIVES
IN GERMAN CAPITAL

BY The Associated Press.
BERLIN. Dec. "A. - Senator
Medill Mccormick, of Illinois, ar
rived here from Warsaw last night.
and found he had been n of the
most advertised men in Germany. II
is generally taken for granted by
the German press and public, that
he is the representative of Presi-
dent-elect Harding. 1t is expected
the senator will meet a number Of
political chiefs and German govern
ment officials. including President
Ebert
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
CaIIOsities
FoNTAINE FOX.

@. My little girl is bothered with
callouses under her toes and be-
tween them, and are very painful.
How can they be removed?
Answer
The callosities under and between
the Toes may possibly be due to the
wearing of improper and ill-fitting
shoes and can be corrected only by
the wearing OF proper fitting.
low-heel shoes and by keeping them
neatly trimmed as closely as posi-
BILE without causing them to bleed.
On the other hand, it is no uncom-
mon thing for warts to form on the
bottom of the feet of people which
r e often mistaken for corns This
disorder is extremely resistant to
ordinary forms of treatment, but
yields most readily to one or two
applications of radium. Ny advice
to you is to consult your family
physician in order to determine
whether or not these are true corns
or warts. and, if the latter, secure
his assistance in obtaining the radi-
UNI treatment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer TO
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ., Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington, d. C. This offer
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
YOU question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

a good part OF their time on the
ground, are always gray in color.
Nature does the best she can for her
creatures, and man seems to be the
n force that can upset her calcu.
lations. He wiped out the dodo and
the passenger pigeon. just as he has
SO many other forms that had been
centuries in achieving an adaptation
to their environment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
WHY Editors See Red.

The teachers, principals, SUPERVISORS and SUI
perintendents of the public schools of the coun-
ty held a meeting in Muncie. Indiana. to appoint
delegates to the convention of the Indiana State
Teachers Association. The headline man on
the Muncie Star intended to use the word
"Pedagogues." But this is how the headline
appeared in the paper:
CONVENTION WILL BE
HELD By
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
A Parallel.

drunkenness has increased 500 per cent.
since prohibition went into effect. Prohibition
has been a misfortune for the country. 1t has
had a demoralizing effect. I have never seen
so much drunkenness and decentralization as in
the past year. People who have hitherto never
cared for whisky now react vigorously against
the useless policy of compulsion. We have be-
come a nation OF lawbreakers. Our law-abid-
ing instinct does not react in the slightest
against the buying, stealing and distilling of
spirits. Corruption is rampant. Prohibition is
a painful farce"
No, dear reader. this is not a statement OF
conditions in the United States under prohibit
ton. But il could be. 1t is the statement OF
the foremost statesman of Norway after a years
trial of prohibition. These words of Christian
Nicholson seems TO describe conditions in this
country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Luke McLuke Says

Some of the zeaiots seem TO have an idea
that he laughs best who laughs least.
The man who is always telling his troubles
is merely adding to them.
Every divorce case reminds us that Wedding
Bells are first Pealed and then Repealed.
The man who is too honest to steal kisses
won't make much OF hit with the girls.
Every girl should cultivate Patience. She'll
need a whole lot of it when she gets married.
When a man falls he falls just so far. But
when a woman falls she never seems to hit the
bottom.
Every time we reread Martin Chuzzlewit we
discover that the world is filled with men like
Mr.. Pecksnif.
Any man who can stay home all day Sunday
and not have a quarrel with his wife is either
an Angel or he is terribly Henpecked.
The best bet we can think of right now is
that you are not nearly as important as you
think you are.
One nice thing about a bald-headed man is
that he doesn't spend much time posing for his
picture in photograph galleries.
A Chorus Girl isn't supposed to know how TO
sing. And a Show Girl isn't supposed to show
half as much as a Chorus Girl.
When they are Engaged. he promises her that
she will wear a Diamond on each finger. And
when they are Married she wears diamonds in
the corner of her eye.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
HEALTH NEWS

Send your question to Information
Bureau, United states Public Health Ser
vice, Washington. ID. G.. Give name and
address II you wish personal reply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Then IL Happened.

Then II Happened!
Il wonder 10 you could?" unused the Cheer
full idiot.
the Wise Guy.
'Why, il there was a big reward offered for
the arrest of a criminal, and you arrested him,
I wonder IL YOU could say that the criminal was
pinched for money! replied the g. ~ful
Idiot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

I'll give such credit as is just
To dancers that l meet;
For l know that a dancer must
Be handy with his feet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

A youth arrested for theft in Jersey City says
he is a millionaire's son. which Identities as
effectively as though he said his name was
Smith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Mtif!

A nasty lawyer is old Bland,
To be a witness is no fun;
For, when he gets you oil the stand,
He's sure to get you oil the run.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

The probity of congress is probably all right
but there's no question about its prone-ity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Firms Is Firms.

Firms Is Firms.
The Bonney Shanks Company, of Ha milton
County, Tenn, has surrendered its charter.
Ho, Hum!
The days are getting short, dear me,
And it gets dark too soon, l VOW;
1t is a fact, ! will agree,
That it gets late quite early now.
Luke McLuke.
Yes, all our days do shorter grow,
The atmosphere grows stronger,
But sad to say our gas bills are
Most surely growing longer.
Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Giddap!
Robert Quick is President of the Quick Sales
Company, Waukesha, Wis.
What's the Fare To Nashville?
Yon can fnd the Frank & Earnest Garage in
Nashville. Tenn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Paw Knows Everything

Paw Knows Everything.
Willie-Paw, what is the power behind the
throne?
Paw-Well, If the King is married. the pow
er behind the throne is the Queen, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

Hicks.
Another Tout
Is Oswald Peckt.
Who talks about
The female sect
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Spastic Paralysis

@. I have a child suffering from
spastic paralysis, probably caused
by injury at birth. l first noticed
it after she had a cold when a few
months old. She gets stiff. throw
ing her head back. her left arm
back with the hand turned with the
thumb pointing back. Has very lit
tie control of her muscles below her
head. can partly turn over when IN
her back or side. There is no de-
formity noticeable.
Answer
This condition is most commonly
associated with m~enirgeal hemor-
rhage with secondary changes. In
fact. the cause of this condition is
not we'll known, though the various
pathologic changes. Of course. are
matters of more accurate knowl-
edge. In a lumber of instances
symptoms do not appear until some
weeks or months after birth. and
the outlook for recovery in whole
or in part depends quite largely on
the extent of the p~aralytic involve
ment. The treatment of the dis
order itself is without avail. This
consists largely in sustaining the
strength of the infant or young
child, preventing the development
of deformities and by special sur
gical procedure and training the
intellect. l would advise you tc
consult a specialist in dis
eases in order that your child may
have a thorough and expert exami-
nation and the best possible advice
based on such examination.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

Have you noticed that the atmosphere in
this high altitude has an intoxicating efect?"
asked the Tourist.
Yes" replied the Guide. 1T makes a man
air-tight, doesn't it,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Great Excitement Prevails!

There was a city election in Pulaski. Va, last
week. The people voted on this question
shall Cows Be Permitted To Run at Large? 2
The vote resulted as follows:
For cows running at large-701. Agains
cows runnign at large-249.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

Now that the hunting season is open, John
Will Hunt in Nashville. Tenn. and you can c.
Howard Hunt in Camden. New Jersey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuk


Copyright. 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
Names Is Names.
c. L. Ahl is City Solicitor of Bucyrus. Ohio.


Our Daily Special.
When a Man Gets Loaded He Thinks That He
Is a Big Gun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27

There Nin't No Sich Animal.
A rare young man
Is Billy Blows;
He knows more than
He thinks he knows.