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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Daily Horoscope

1.-THE stars incline but do not compel
saturday, February 81. 1920.
Copyright. 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
This is a day of special promise
to mortals, according 30 astroloSy;
Venus rules strongly for good and
Mercury upholds the benefic sway
while Mars also is adverse.
1t is a rule under which love
affairs should flourish. for it makes
for susceptibility and
Weddings and engagements have
the most promising rule, since
consistency and devotion.
Women have the best sort OF
guidance from the stars as they
are posted during this confgura-
ton and the year should bring
them many Of their hearts best
desires.
Letters written during this as
pect of Mercury are held to be
most fortunate, whether they car
ry love messages or merely bear
business contracts.
The theatre should benefit greatly
from the planetary government which
seems to indicate that women will do
much to improve conditions on the
stage.
There is an suspicious sign for
hotels and restaurants which will
profit greatly through some novel
~evpedient that becomes fashiona-
BILE.
Much travelling Is prognost1cated
for women who will organize from
coast to coast. thus beginning to
attain new power In the business
world.
Patience is %counseled by the seers
at this time for they forewarn thai
women will be impetuous and daring
IN big enterprises, owing to the in
fiuence OF Uranus which controls the
psychic faculty.
Rest and relaxation will be impera-
tive during the early spring days when
peculiar dangers Turk in fatigue and
exhaustion.
Astrologers predict many strange
inventions hat will greatly alter the
everyday life of Americans. One of
/ these will be as epochal as the tele-
phone, 1t is prognosticated.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is have
the forecast of an active prosperous
year. Money and property will prob
ably increase.
Children born on this day are like
" to be exceedingly talented and
clever. These subjects Of Pisces are
generally very popular and they pro-
gress rapidly in any profession they
adopt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
REAL GET-TOGETHER EVENT.

REAL GIlT-TOGETHER EVENT.
There vas much significance in the
~get-together dinner given by the
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
night when merchants and manufac-
turers pledged their united support
to any project that had for its object
the boosting OF Perth Amboy.
Just at present 1t is the Buy in
Perth Amboy'' campaign that holds
the center of the stage. 1t is being
run primarily by the merchants
bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
But the enthusiastic in which
the manufacturers got behind the pro-
ject shows a cooperation that will
count for a great deal.
Not only are the manufacturers go
ing to aid the campaign in every way
possible at their respective plants by
making it's advantages known to their
onui~-~- - -
tribute $1,000 toward the financing
of the event.
This Is the spirit that means much
for the future of Perth Amboy. 1t
is very often the a that jealousy
exists between manufacturers and
merchants in communities such as this
n it must be admitted that Perth
Amboy has not been without such a
feeling. But 1t is beginning to dawn
on all of us that no one element
llone can make up a prosperous city.
The industries bring the population
and pay the wages that support he
stores where reasonable prices pre-
vail make a city an attractive place
to live in and men for industries are
not SO difficult to secure. By both
elements realizing their dependence on
each other and with both working
for the welfare of the city as a whole
the future prosperity Of Perth Amboy
is assured
The Chamber of Commerce has
made it possible for these important
elements to get together under such
favorable auspices. If the chamber
does not accomplish anything more
this year through this event alone 1t
has already rendered q big service to
the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT S
Retirement.

The blamedest bard that ever
was all day 1 punch my Tyre; and
passing neighbors often pause.
and say. why not retire? You
have a bundle put away, so let
your labors close; you now are To-
coed, bent and gray. and need a
long repose. So put away your
ancient harp. and can the rhythmic
wheeze and emulate the fossS
sharp who basks in gilded ease"
And still my trusty harp I swat.
as 1 have done so long. and every
day attempt TO trot upon the peaks
of song. For when a man lays
down his tools. and says he'll
work no more, and joins the loaf
ing bunch that drools around the
Blue Front store, he advertises to
all men. to everyone's distress.
hat he will never find again the
number of his ness oh. not for
me the rocking chair before a do
tard's fire, and long white whis-
kers made of hairI won't give up
my Tyre. I'll never see the day,
l trust. when I'll be satisfied to
sit around the house and rust and
some punk hobby ride. Fol years
20 come. I have the bunch, TT
write my limping lines, and make
Bill Shakespeare and that bunch
take in their blooming signs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Declaring hat regular saving will
be a powerful fac3or in curing the
present economic ills, caused by the
I'ost-HVar reconstructlon period, Alfred
T.. Marl;ng, President of the cham
b"r # Commerce OF the state of New
York, in a statement yesterday urged
the people of this district to produce
more and save, as a means of reduc-
ing the high cost of living. Mr.. MARI
ing has, of late. devoted considerable
time to the study of the present -un-
settled economic conditions, and be-
lieves that greater production is nee
essary to reduce the high living costs.
In his message, calling on the peo-
pie to save, Mr.. Marling stated that
it is essential that it be brought home
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
ct alone the reausst esIns o0mpIIea

let alone the request oeihB coHaPAS"
with.
This is o the way to run the city
government. Water has a great deal
to do with the health of a city and
there ought to be the closest kind of
cooperation between these two de-
partments.
Under a commission form of gov
eminent there would be this coop
Grafton. The FIVE commissioners
would meet at least once a week and
every department would there be
represented so that any question
could be readily answered and all
branches would work together for the
common good.
At present the water board con-
siders itself a little government in
its W right and apparently feels
under no obligation to answer a per-
fectly legitimate inquiry from another
department of the city government.
The mere fact that when the Board
Of Health wants to ask the Board
of Water Commissioners something it
has to write a formal letter and have
1t formally received, shows the vast
amount of red tape that handicaps
municipal government as it is now be-
ing conducted.
If we had commission government
the commissioner in charge of health
affairs would simply ask the COM
missioner in charge of public works
what he wanted to know and he would
get his reply then and there. The
other commissioners would probably
enter into the discussion. AS the whole
thing would be public, the people
might gain some interesting informa-
ton. There would be no opportunity
Of a letter from one department to
another, asking for important infor-
nation, being merely filed without the
slightest recognition.
our present form of government Is
costly. inefficient wasteful and al
together lacking in cooperation for
the management Of city affairs. Under
the commission form OF government
all this would be largely Illuminated.
1t is about time to get the movement
for commission government in Perth
Anboy under way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
ElYe Alarm Boxes
f@

s5--Smith Street and Central r. Il.
26-Iarket and First Streets.
27-Madison Avenue n Paterson ST. .
2S-Higk and Lewis Streets.
35-Smith and High Streets.
New Brunswick Ave and New ST
B7-Smit and State Streets.
f2-Atlai't tic Terra Gotta Works.
s3-Bucbingham Ave. and Hartford St.
t5-CommeTce and Front Streets.
estate and Washington Streets
b4-State st. and Buckingham Ava
s5-Parker st and Pulaski Ave.
b6-Hall Ave and Charles s..
b7-State AID Wayne Streets.
Smear United Lead Works.
62-Washington n First Streets.
e3-New Brunswick Ave and Elm ST
Street and Watson Ave-
65-Commerce and state Srreeta.
72-Front and Smith Streets.
and Gordon Streets
Ave and Gordon Street
and Hanson Avenues.
s2-Smith and Herbert Streets.
e8-A nboy Ave. n Washington ST.
e4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
s5-Near City Hospital
e7-Amboy n Hail Avenues.
and Brace
p2-Amboy ave. ard Inslee Street,
a3-Lawrence and Francis Streets.
and tombstone Streets.
s2-Raritan Copper Works.
and Sheridan street
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Luke McTnke Says.

The only safe thing to predict about
the new Spring styles for women is
that they will cost more than they did
last Spring.
The difference between Father and
Mother is hat when Company calls
Father does not spend an hour apollo
giving for the locks Of the place.
The ashioned man who used to
blame all of his troubles on Booze
now has a son who blames all of his
troubles on Prohibition.
Some men are as afraid thai a ghost
might walk at midnight as they are
that one won't walk on pay day.
isn't 1t wonderful how Honest and
Upright you feel when the Other Fell
low gets caught up and you did not?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

10 per cent reduction in buying OF
unnecessaries would result, another ~
per cent decrease in prices would fol-
low, making a total decrease OF 40
per cent in the cost of living but
without specializing in figures, most
business men realize the prime neces-
sity of greater production in the eff
forts now being made to set the world
Alright"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Then u Happened!

81 wonder if you could unused the
Rummy, as he poured a bottle of
witch hazel into his cereal beverage
to give it a kick.
"Yo uwonder If you could what?"
demanded the Barkeep. as he got a
gun out Of a drawer back of the bar.
why. if a man bought a e hat
and left the tag with the cost mark
on the hat when he wore 1t, 1 wonder
If you could say that there is a price
on his head?" replied the Rummy, as
he headed for the door.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Hide the dominoes, lads! Burn that
game of Authors and see that the
Jackstraws and tiddlewinks are des-
troyed! Chop up the chess board and
throw the parcheesi outfit into the
furnacei Two Cincinnati men were
arrested for playing checkers this
week..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
He'll Get En-.

Don't wash your dog when feas pur-
sue
The task he will not shirk;
He knows just where they are and you
Should let him do the work..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Getting Delegates for Edwards

TETCIfIT DCTUgdtVs TUT T.UFF'FrU'
Friends of Governor Edwards or
New Jersey are busy gathering West
ern delegates to the Democratic ma
tional convention to support him for
president. In the East the governors
supporters rely On John B~arleycorn
to rope in the delegates for him
The Sun and New York Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Wilmington News-Journal.)
Luke says hat dignity fits the av-
erage person about like a No. IT col
lar fits a No. 1917 shirt. Only with
dignity the sufferer is not the wearer
the rest of the folks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

The plumbers a forgetful lob,
He must think were a set Of fools:
For, when he comes to do a job.
He has TO send back for his tools.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

"a mar never loses anything by be-
ing polite" observed the age
II know a lot of them who act like
they never intended to-" commented
the Fool.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

The women folks make us men grin,
They never will stand pat;
One half of them want to get thin
The rest want to get fat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

ITO spring this awful joke 1 dread"
Remarked this dern fool Dullers;
"a fe low can't paint his nose red
By using water colors.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Senator Thomas of Colorado, ap-
peals eloquently for bi-metalism as a
means of helning Europe and Colo
RADIO silver miners. :
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Police!

bill collectors should make great
detectives, said the Cheerful Idiot.
"How's that?" asked the Wise Guy.
They are always finding men out,
aren't they?" replied the Cheerful
Idiot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Haw. Hawl

Haw. HawI
There Were as many ladies' az men
at the banquet. The hall contained a
number of paintings of beautiful
wemen. The speaker was floWery
and started to compliment the ladies
present. He called attention 10 the
paintings around the walls with an ell
oquent gesture, and said:
What need is there of these paint
ed beauties or tire wall, when we have
so many with Us at the table?'
Ard he cou'd not Understand why
the temperature Of the hall went
down sixty degrees.
Mercy.
You're a blame fool If you lend 1t
You're a miser If you won't;
You're a big fool If you spend it,
You're a tightwad If you don't.
Luke McLuke
You're a parvenu If you flaunt 1t,
You're a churl II it's never showni
So you're an imbecile to want It.
ENeeGL IeL -CIIS stuff alone.
Newark Advocate.
You're a hcump if you do not take it
Whenever the chance is lear.
And her if you work to make it
They call you a profteer.
Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

This will be a tame presidential
campaign If the press agents or
ganize and strike for higher standards.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Must Have Shaved Recently.
We find this in a notice issued by a
detective agency:
Look Out For
Woman aged 90. Build slender, Com
plexion dark. Face smooth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Bits of By-Play
The Plumber.
BY LUKE McLUKE

Copyright, 1920, the Cincinnati In
Quirer)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

The EVENING Mans 3 always siau
TO receive communications from us
readers. but letters intended for pup
i~fcation must Ne reasonable In length,
and must he signed by the name. and
address of tn, writer. II requested the
name win not re published unless per
soreIiftpr ave .ndn'us4 IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Our Daily Special.
The Best Singer Isn't the One Who
Makes the Most Noise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Wuf!

I. R. Lovely lives in Jacksonville.
Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Gosh!

There is no seashore at FIT. Worth.
Texas so you could notice 1t. But you
Fan always c.. A. Crabb on Market
street in that town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20

Wuff!
When the notices the way Congress
mar Smith, of Illinois, is fishing for
the VETS. it must make Willie Sunday
want to change his name.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-20
Namca La Names.

NHT1VY Is NHH1VS.
You can find A.. Huckleberry II
Louisville, Ky.
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them into the pockets In his checks.
But he had done this very thing. and
70 he must be going to take them to
his storchouse.
OFF scampered striped Chipmunk,
and after MIN stole Happy Jack. his
eyes shining with excitement. Pretty
soon he saw an old stump which
looked M II II must be hollow.
Happy Jack grinned more than ever
an he carefully hid himself and
watched. Striped Chipmunk scram
BLEED up on the old stump. looked
this way and that way as II To be
sure than no one was watching him.
and then. with n fiirt Of his funny 1T.
tie tail. he darted In n little round
doorway. lie was gone long
time. but by and by out he popped.
looked this way and that way. and
then scarnpered or In the direction
from which he had come. Happy
Jack didn't try 10 follow him. He
waited until he was sure that Striped
chipmunk was out Of sight and hear
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'<xs sul nJul strus
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Jung
su uitM zoos pur spTu sxrtd sH
hoods lsAus sil syrr ssurgs puv
lusIu ~ mo ssuioo
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uoom sgl " susu, srqsaIvtnsI ".
After he had finished reading. Mr..
Chuck said he never Understood he.
fore why tho moon was fun some.
times. and he was very much Obliged
for telling him. But there was stiii
enc thing h. didn't know. Why was
II that Mr.. Moon was Just as thin on
his last quarter as he was on his
first7 What was tho Use Of him
spending any money az all,
Berthe Hat looked at his hook AMI
then said that wasn't In the story.
Copyright. 1920. n. r.. ~
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Hippsrty. hopperty. one. two. thrssi
what do you think becomes Of mel


what do yos mink becomes Of mel
CTRIPED CHIPMUNR would
- shout this In his shrillest voice.
Then he would vanish from sight all
in the wink Of an eye. You couldn't
tell where he went 10. At least. Hap
by Jack the Gray Squirrel couldn't,
and his eyes are sharper than yours
or mine. Happy Jack was spying.
He was catching Striped chipmunk
without letting Striped Chipmunk
know 1t. At least. he thought he was
But really he wasn't. Those sharp.
twfnkIing eyes OF Striped ChIpmunk
SEQ everything You know, he IN
such a very little fellow that he ifas
to be very wide awake TO keep out
n danger.
And he is wide awake on. my.
yes, indeed When he is awake.
and that is every minute OF the day.
he IL the widest awake little fellow
you ever did see. He had seen
Happy Jack the very first thing. and
he had guessed right away that
Happy Jack was spying on him 80 as
to find out II he had any Of the big,
fat NUTS that Happy Jack had
knocked down from the tall hickory
tree when he had quarreled with his
cousin. chatterer the Red Squirrel.
In the top OF II. Now. Striped Chip
munk had all OF those fat nuts safely
hidden. In his splendid new store
house. but he didn't intend 10 let
Happy Jack know II. so he Just pre-
tended not 10 see Happy Jack or to
know that he WIS anywhere near.
but acted az II he was just going
about his own business. Really, he
was just tsaving tho best time ever
fooling Happy Jack.
The corn n ripe; the nutz 40 fan;
Anorns are sweet ana plump.
! soon will have my storshouse fun
Inside the hollow stump.
Striped chipmunk sang this Just
~ Il no one was anywhere near and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-23

"'"RN and bleeding the mi'er
i lay at tho bottom OF the hey
crSx.
Tho storm howlcd and ragged
about him. but he was hanging
on 70 his precious shells. II was
inky dark and he was sorc and
hurt. but he staggered up and
tried 20 walk against the storm.
"fie heard Kind Of other roar.
too, inside the storm. and he shud.
dered. IT'S the voice OF Tam
anous.' he said an anEry Tam.
ancus' He knew that Tamanoua
Was not his friend any longer.
-The blackneSs grew deeper and
deeper. whenever he tried 20 move
the wind caught him and tossed
him about like leaf. and the air
was fun Of scrceching. bowling
voices. as N TarnAnous had many
voices, 'Ha, har they icered. IA,
Ia, iiiaquA HAi hal haF
'-rhe laughter grew shrilier and
more frightening every minute
and the darkness hlacker tiii it
seemed as II Il could never be
light again
the old mans teeth chartered
and he trcmhlcd. 4 will give him
great SIT he said. 'ramanous
wishes a gift And he hung a
handful of shells into the storm
all that he carried In his left
hand
AT that the storm stopped a
minute and he could hear offers
pulling around him. but they, were
invisible.
Then the storm started M
again worse than ever. louder and
harsher and crueler: and demon
hands seemed 10 grab at his
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BERTHE BATS PIECE

After Or. MAX had taken his SCAT
Again beside tho other visitors In tho
Meadow Grove school after curing
Marble Muxkrnt. the school had
reading Mr. Scrihbie Scratch. tho
fairy schoolmaster. called on Berthe
Bat first.
Now BERTHE Ia very queer. He has
to ny all the time or else hang up
by his feet. and. rs you can't read
flying. BERTHE had TO read hanging.
And. being upside down. he had 20
read upside down. This IL what;
only II you wish TO make any sense
out Of Il you will have TO do the
same as Berthe did.
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1qsIu sl az 6WaB
dTTs 'suSIq pun lyos suIBSQ snigI
'punos % suldsSIs " gu usum ivu.I
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ufuo STU o. DIN ssmoo suIuIni STU NIL
'sIuN pIo ufaII
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IN pun mo 4ssA sui suldssfs IsIJv
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-23

strings OF shells and the demon
offers beat him with~thcir paws
and tore at his right hand and his
belt.
-IIe couldn't stand H.
string after string he fuug
away until he had just ono string
left.
~fle chung 90 Il a long time. but
the noise and tho bcatings and
the laughing was 80 awful that at
last he threw that into the storm.
too: then he sank To the ground
unconscious,
Il guess he must have slept
hong time or something, but when
he walked there was skai.ki. the
blueiay. and he was at the very
spot he started from.
lie was hungry as everything
and felt for bis bag OF kamas. but
the bag was gone and a whole bed
Of kamas grew beside him.
"He washed some and ate. Then
he started 10 walk. but he was old
and he creaked and he felt queer.
and then when he came near his
lodge. he saw an old squaw all
dressed and painted up 90 beat
the band. and she was singing:
NY old man has ron.i rsrsi rooei
Ny Old man 90 fAhoma has SOM.
To hunt the ~lk he went ianK age.
whsn VIII be cone Down downi
do~ni
: powu 70 the salmon pit and me -
"'Nour old man Is down. down,
down. shouted the wise old man.
Then they talked II al over
and she was quite rich from work.
Ing and he was poor from being
too greedy. and 80 they both
found. out that you mustn't be sci.
fish--it won't work.
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BY THORNTON ". BURGESS
Striped Chipmunk Has More Fun

he was singing just for JOY. OF
course. Happy Jack heard It and he
grinned 10 himself.
80 your storebouse IL IN a hoI.
low stump, my smart little cousin
said Happy Jack 70 himself III
that's the case, I'll soon find H."
Striped chIpmunk scurried along.
and now he took pains 70 always
keep In sight. Happy Jack followed.
striped chipmunk picked up a plump
acorn and put In the pocket In his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-23
ITS his storehouse, sure
enough" said Happy Jack.

right check. Then he picked up an
other and put that in the pocket in
his left cheek. Then he crowded an
other into zach. and his face was
swelled out no that you would hardly
have guessed that 1t was Striped
chipmunk II yop had CHANGED TO
meet him. MY, my, he was a funny
sight Happy Jack grinned again as
he watched, partly because striped
chipmunk looked no funny. and part.
iy because he knew that IL Striped
Chipmunk was going 20 eat tho
acorns right away lac wouldn't stuff
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-23
Saved My life
With Eajplic
Says New Jcryey Woman

81 was Aerly Ma until l found
Eatonic andT q truly say it saved
nv life. ItV the best stomach
medicine evef pade," writes Ars-
Ella smith,
Acid sto6 ZACH cS\see awful misery
which ionic QUIZ NY gets rid OF
by taki mp and cxTying out the
acidity lnd gases which prevent good
digea( bn. A tablet takl after meals
briuS quick relief KeS ? the storh-
sc Wealthy and helps TO 4evcnt the
m)hy Ills SO liable to arise from cx~
sIfs acid. Don I suffer from tomach
oiseriee when you can get Dig box
OF Eatouic for tlifle with yous
druggists guarantees