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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
SMILE AWHILE
BY Lee Kingston.

I owed two dollars to a man and
him / lodged for seven years, when
ever he approached I ran, my pep
and spunk were in arrears.
No matter how much coin came
through, that, debt went on from
day to day and I was always shy
that two, until I was ashamed to
pay.
I dared not seek the marts of
trade for fear I'd meet that one
time friend; my hair grew thin,
my teeth decayed. ! wondered how
it all would end.
Then yesterday upon the street
I met that object OF my fears;
there was no chance for a retreat.
He squeezed my hand and brought
the tears.
Said he, well. this is good, by
Jing," he made me take a good
cigar, and if there had been such
a thing, he would have steered me
to a bar.
I caught his eye in shamed ap-
peal. I spoke about that loathsome
two. Said he You're wrong about
that deal. It's me that owes a
five to you.
"I've always meant to send a
check, but, somehow, let the thing
go by"-then when I wept upon his
neck, I knew my old friend won
dered why.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
THE CHURCH AS A
"P0WER HOUSE"

"r IKE to hear that man preach.
because he gives me something to
live bv during the week" That Is
what n busy business man said
about his pastor. It was high praise.
why should people go to church,
~ II is not for something like this?
There Is no particular merit In be-
ing bored, even when the process is
labeled "pious," and there Is no re-
s~istiess fascination in listening to q
pulpiteer perform. even when he
does II well. Then what IL the merit
of church attendance?
II one goes back to his work
Monday as lean and spent, as list
less and inspirstionless, as empty Of
courage and as void OF hope as
when he closed shop Saturday night,
the church has not met his need.
There should be something in the
hour in Gods house to lift us out
Of the sordid and selfish, and set us
anew on our quest for the Holy
Grail. There should be something
In the minister's message that
makes tired souls look up and take
hold afresh, and wavering feet
straighten and steady. A man
should go out OF that sanctuary with
a shining vision. and a cleansed
conscience anu u SAABAh6 hCoA 6tN
a will that is charged afresh with
the power that overcomes the
world.
Then the church must be a pow
er-house. It is a mistake to try to
make II a playhouse. People do
not go to church for what they can
get at the theatre. The theatre can
beat the church when 1t comes 10
/ entertainment. The preacher who
has dropped down into nothing but
an entertainer has forgotten his
commission.
It is not enough for the church to
be a schoolhouse. 1t must instruct,
but it must do more. Men need
more than information; they need
inspiration. They need motive pow
err strong enough to drive life up
hill.
The church has missed its mission
when the switch is thrown on Sun
day morning and no power leaps
out from that central dynamo to
recharge the spent wires of human
life that are there to be made alive
AGAIN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
HEALTH ADVICE

In dressing the baby, he should
be handled as little as possible. A
little baby's body is very tender and
II handled roughly OIL too much, he
will be made very uncomfortable.
All the clothing should be drawn
on and off over the feet instead of
over the head.
When he is dressed completely.
baby has on a band, shirt, diaper,
skirt, dress and bootees. None of
this clothing should be heavy or stiff.
1t is better to dress a baby lightly
and slip on a little short jacket for
cool mornings and evenings. When
baby is a few months old, It is a
good plan on a hot summer day to
take off all his clothing for a few
minutes in the middle of the day
and allow him to roll and play on
IA bed.
Elaborate or fancy trimmed gar
ments have no place In a little baby's
wardrobe. Both mother and baby
are better off without them, especial
ly If the mother must care for the
garments herself. Lace about the
neck of a little baby's dress is liable
to irritate the tender skin and cause
the child a great deal Of discomfort,
as will starched garments. Some
times these irritations are difficult
to heal.
For the first few weeks of life, the
new baby does little but eat, sleep
and grow. He needs many clean
clothes, and these should be Of the
simplest and most comfortable kind.
The following are all that are ne
cessary:
For everyday wear there should be
six plain white slips. These should
be cut by the kimono sleeve pattern
and a tape III through a facing
around the neck and sleeves. If they
are made twenty-one inches lone
from shoulder to hem, they will not
need shortening. They should never
be made longer than twenty-seven
inches. Two Sunday slips may be
made with bishop sleeves and a little
embroidery on the front. Set-in
sleeves are more difficult to put on
a little baby. For wear under the
slips, baby needs also four flannel
skirts, Princess style. For hot
weather these may be made of the
very lightest weight flannel or part
flannel and cotton.
Baby needs four "nighties' or Sleep
Ing bags of white outing flannel or
kitted material. For winter wear,
the sleeves of the nigh:ie may be
made two inches longer and the bot
tom eight inches longer. Draw tapes
may be run through the sleeves and
the hem and baby's hands and feet
protected from the cold.
Sleeping bags are made thirty.
three inches long and twenty-seven
inches wide, open down the front
The baby is laid in and the bag but.
toned up. He can be changed with,
out taking him out OF the bag.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
DAILY HOROSCOPE
Sunday. september 10 1920.

SUNDAY SepteuiOcr IL tAp<O.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicats.) 4
While Saturn exercises sinister
power this day, Venus Is In benehc
aspect, according to a~strology.
Under this planetary government
old doctrines and ancient creeds
may be often attacked, since Sat
urn Is in evil place. Religious con-
~troversies will be numerous during
the winter months.
During this sway Of the stars the
mind may be turgid and disturbed
so that the thoughts will destroy
hope rather than nourish It.
The churches will find new work
to do at this time, the leers de-
clare, and there will be unity Of
action in large undertakings.
Venus is In an aspect today which
is read as threatening to women
who will be subject to severe cr.ti-
cism and to increased responsible
ties.
A new leader Is prophesied for
the new voters of the land. She
will not belong to any political par
ty, but will sIpersede the pioneers
who won place in ante-suffrass
days. -
Just as the prophesy that old
leaders of men could not retain
their power has been fulfilled, so
will the prediction that women will
follow new acknowledgements come
true the seers declare.
Surprises appear to be fore
Swallowed principally in the reading
of political horoscopes. The seers
again give warning that in the new
era there Is no place for WORKOUT
traditions or ~reactionary ideas.
The Moon Is in a sign making
for the upsetting of ancient faiths,
whether they be religious, social or
political.
Ancient lore foretold that under
this sway fishermen would have ex-
ceedingly bad luck.
Next month is likely to be a time
when earthquakes will be numer-
ous. Shocks will be felt in regions
seldom affected. After the total
eclipse of the Moon on the 27th the
most severe shocks are ~forsecast.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is have
the augury of a successful year in
business as well as in all other am
bilious enterprises. They should
proceed with caution, however.
Children born on this day may be
rather fond of pleasure and opposed
to hard work. They are likely to
be exceedingly lovable and brilliant,
but they may be inclined to spend
money lavishly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

not thus informed
II Ia all well enough to talk about
the home brew and the private stills,
but what about the business
being done In nearly every
saloon In town? The city Is
filled with what are known Is booze
automobiles and the public in gen.
'eral has a pretty good Idea as to
their identity. II the average person
on the street has common knowl-
edge Of such things, why should not
the authorities, whose duty 1t Is to
investigate and find out the actual
conditions. have evidence enough to
arrest and convict? To claim that it
is impossible to get such evidence
and make such arrests is to admit
that the authorities charged with the
enforcing of the law are grossly in
competent.
Judge Rellstab, in his charge to
the federal grand jury a few days
ago, called attention to the duty that
has been put upon the state, county,
and municipal officers to exercise the
concurrent power" to aid In en-
forcing the prohibition law, notwith-
standing the failure of the legisla-
to pass an appropriate and eff
|fective law. The way the local
authorities throughout the state have
ignored this matter Is q scandal that
ought not to escape the attention of
the federal grand jury. Not only
ought the guilty parties to be ferret
ed out and indicted, but some attea-
ton ought to be paid to those local
officials who deliberately refuse to
do their sworn duty.
Local authorities cannot escape
with the plea that the matter of pro-
hibition enforcement is entirely up
to the federal authorities. The
courts have ruled that 1t is as much
the duty OF the local government as
it is the duty of the national govern
ment. Where the violations are as
fragrant as they are in this city and
elsewhere there is absolutely no ex-
cuse except a deliberate defiance
which law-abiding citizens ought not
to tolerate.
To permit present conditions to
exist is only to breed contempt for
law generally. There is absolutely
too much of this already. Whether
one believes in prohibition or not, it
is the law and the constitution and it
ought to be enforced by every official
charged with such duties. There
will be no sympathy for those who
may later on get caught in the fed
eral net. Conditions as they exist in
this city and elsewhere regarding
the liquor traffic have become in
tolerable. Prosecutor Stricken must
follow up his letter with action If he
finds that the police authorities
throughout the county are paying no
heed to his warning. Let him go the
limit with nc favors shown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
The Horrors Of ProbIbition.

II your lips are cracked don't read
this. We know that the good and
pure Volstead Act keeps us sober by
prohibiting III the use Of the word
Beer" and prohibiting the publica-
ton of a picture of a Brewery. But
did you know that even Near-Beer
is prohibited in Alabama, and that It
is a sin and a crime to have foam
in a soft drink? The Alabama law
says that mo liquid may be sold
which looks like, smells like or
foams like beer" Perish the foam!
That is going some, even for a mar
row minded bigot Then why not a
Twentieth Amendment prohibiting
the manufacture, import, export,
sale or use Of yeast?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
wanted Father To Rest.

SAN FRANCISCO. - The patrol
mar saw Thomas c. Smith dragging
a vacuum cleaner along the road.
"Where'd you get it?" queried the
law, ITS my pappy's," replied Tho
mas, I'm hiding it out on him so
he can't work today. He needs a
rest" They locked Smith up OF a
larceny charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
D'yEVER MEET

Egbert saved his country in the
cruel German war
BY counting beans and biscuits in a
commissary store,
But back in civil life again, he
found II irked his soul
To work and earn three, squares a
day to keep his stomach whole.
He wants to go to congress on his
record in the fray
So now he's making speeches. but
he hasn't much to say.
The folks they gaze upon his mush,
they hear his bleating notes
And walk away e~ontentedly. He's
lost a lot more votes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Just as EaSyt

Dear Luke: Since you know every.
thing. please tell me this. Suppose
use the words to-" two" and too
in one sentence and want to state so
how shall 1 spell the word left blanl
in the statement. Il used three -:
in one sentence? Henrietta.
Dear Henrieeea: How long Il
a piece of string Luke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
. pRosEcuroR,s wARNING.

It will be interesting to see what
effect Prosecutor Stricker's letter TO
the police authorities throughout
the county has on the Illegal whiskey
trade that is now going on in prac-
flcalIy every community. 1t is inn
possible that the authorities are I'M
aware Of this condition. If they are
they are about the only persons who
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
EIGHTY-YEAR-oLD SOLDIER WRITE.

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with constipation for years. 1 have found
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ter and natural shape than any medicine
I ever nave AIKEN. I am almost eighty
years old and I am pleased to tell you of
the value I have received. Foley Cath
artic Tablets cause no pain. nausea nor
gripping. They relieve indigestion. sick
headache. biliousness ana Fcur stomach.
Sold by Farnekov & Perz.-Adv
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

The dramatized version of The
Fall and Rise Of Susan Lenox" was
a dismal failure in New York and
died an early death. Any one who
has read this David Graham Phillips
story of Cincinnati as it was when
the town was wide open" will won
der how soon New York Is going to
see a dramatization of Havelock
Ellis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
We'll. Welt

OF course, most anything Is likely
to happen at most any time. But
what we started to tell you was that
Will o. Kerr lives in st. Petersburg,
Florida.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Bunkumi

A fashion writer tells us that:
The woman who has a shapely leg,
with q small ankle and swelling
curve. has no place in the startling
new picture that American society
makes. The straight, small leg is
the fashion of the hour" Some fe-
male with a shape like a bed slat
and a leg like an ice pick started this
hokum. There isn't anything pref
tier than the aforesaid shapely leg,
with the small ankle and the swell
ing curve, and as long as men are
men the Shapely leg will be in fash
ion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

you liel' They lie!" He lies!'
you hear
The angry candidate complain;
But do not be alarmed, my dear,
II Is a part of each campaign.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Amt Ii the Truth?

Most people have a careless way,
They join the spendthrift crowds,
And won't save for a rainy day
Until they see the clouds.
Luke McLuke.
And when the clouds pour out the
rain
You hear them whimper much;
But when the storm is on the wane
They buy to beat the Dutch.
Canton (Ohio) News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Missouri.

There was a young woman named
Hoplin.
Who wore a scant dress male OF
poplin.
A man took a look.
And he said: Great Gadzooki
she musr think the men are from
Jopllni"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
THE BRAKES ARE OFF.

American railroads rapidly are
getting into good running order.
They have made wonderful gains
since Uncle Sam turned rails and
cars back to their owners. Out of
the ~fearfully costly CONGESTION has
come order. The roar of railway
chaos has given place to the hum of
industry.
The brakes are off, and American
railroads are responding. These rib
bons of steel again are rushing.
throbbing arteries of trade. For
which the nation may give credit to
private initiative.
Increases in railway operating
efficiency have been effected so
rapidly within recent weeks. say the
Railway Age. that the railways
probably are now moving more
freight than they aver moved before
at this time of the year" During
the first week of August, 70,077 more
cars were moved than during the
came week of 1919. The movement
of freight ears during that first Aug
ust week exceeded the first week OF
June by 20 per cent.
Up to August "a, the roads moved
81 00.oo tons more of coal than
were handled in the same time last
year. September came in to find the
roads dumping more than 1000 cars
OF coal at Lake Erie ports every day
enough coal to guarantee the North.
west it's winter fuel supply.
Since the government quit rail.
reading the car mileage has beer
increased from twenty-three Il
twenty-six miles, and now the pri
vate wner have set the goal a
thirty miles. Each mile added il
equivalent to putting into operation
81 1000 new cars.
Yes, the removal Of government
operation has had the same effect a
taking off the brakes. Railroad
wheels now are turning more easily
faster, and TO better purpose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
wuni

From now on the women of this
country will be heard FROM" said
the Bachelor. as he read the suffrage
headlines in the newspaper.
"Whaddy va mean from now ONT"
demanded the Benedict. You have
MT been deaf for the last 10 years,
have you?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
oreacberaees" Are Now Provided.

"Teacnerages' are NOW ffOViucu.
FRESNO, Cal.-fmperial Valley
folks are building teacherages. Short
age of teachers made the educational
authorities provide the plan of free
bungalows for its teaching corps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Mean Brutei

when is the proper time to con-
graduate a bride and groom?" ask
ed Mrs. Gabb.
after they have lived together
for at least 20 years and r still
happy" replied Mr.. Gabb.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

The slowness of the public pulse
would indicate that both the Re-
publican elephant and Democratic
donkey need some monkey glands.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

lad in FIT. Worth (Texas) Record.l
wANTED-Married man to milk
and drive Ford.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

The Fall is here and leaves will
leave
The trees and make US sigh and
grieve:
The leaves will leave, the trees will
stay,
To SILVER through each wintry
day;
The trees will stay. and yet. by jing
You'll find the trees will leave next
Spring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

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lation-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Says Lloyd George TO Baron Wran-
gel: If you've got to wrangle, wran-
gle by yourself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

The change from government con-
troll hasn't made it any easier to open
a car window.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
BITS OF BY-PLAY
Rr LIKE McLuKE.


1870. by The Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
OuIioL nnnN
The Drummer.

Florence Gutzwild lives in Youngs
town, Ohio.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
Our Daily Special
Luke McLuke Says

Some Men Would Rather Talk
Than Be Popular.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Advice for the little ones: Do your
Christmas limiting early.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Henry Ford's employees sing at
their work. His factory must be a
regular E-iizzle-um.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Census says Vermont has lost
population. Yes. it's an anti-suf-
frage state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18
That's Different!

You should love your neighbor as
yourself" advised the Deacon.
But suppose your neighbor 4:
taking a correspondence-school
course in cornet playing" demanded
the Rounder.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Iufff, IuIl1
Our lips we smack,
We're ready, men;
The oysters back
In style again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-18

Communications
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receive communications from It's readers
bur letters intended for publication must
Be reasonable in length and must be signed
BIZ the name and address OF the writer II
rsouested the name will not be published
unicss personalities are INDUCED in.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-11-03
Still Paying the Price for War

1t should be surprising thai prices of most commodities
falling than find them rising during the war and IL
the period Immediately following it,
millions OF Withdrawn from productive industry
engage the business of killing and millions indirectly en-
ed for the purpose inevitable that the supply of
commodities used for the ordinary Of life should be
tailed with higher prices the result The
credit for purposes also contributed the result
Prices continued for time after the cessation Of
hoSicS the conditions that them the
midst OF the The dcmobzation of immense and the
oadustmen Of business to time basis could not be
hed by and hence the economic forces that operating
during the continued work
With conditions affecting production heading
certainly due take downward they
trend the other when the abnormal situation created
by the The revolt against
only served the downward tendency which al
ready developing
Just the upward of prices worldwide scope
OF the tide the affecting
countries South America less than Europe and country
is seeing the price pendulum swinging downward
The period of rising prices presented exceptional opportn
N the producers and venders of commodities make exception
profits whether these
gains conditions justified greedy enough play
game of proteering In the period of declining prices it is
dent that precisely the opposite condition exist
the sacrifice OF profits if not the sustaining actual losses
10 however that prices will the prewar level
IN the future overlook the dominating
stuaonhe fact that far consequences
ccrned the and that until the conditions
and industry that caused by eliminated
TO the The losses which producers
are suffering just certainly part
the debts
prices to reach their odtme level until relation
tween production and consumption restored and when the
destruction of considered
facts anticipate this condition will reached within
well producers and vendors all commodities will
bear the basic Tact of the present situation in mind.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-11-03
INDIANS ARE DRAMATIC
SAYS a YOUNG DAKOTAN

Indians have a great deal of dra.
matte ability and express themselves
with unusual ease in pageant act
ing" says Miss Deloria. young Da-
kota Indian woman who has written
and directed pageant for her peo
pie called The Fifty Years Traili
The pageant was recently given be
fore a convocation of the Episcopal
Church in the West Pantommic pa
geants prove the best because the
Indians know how to act better than
they know how to use their voices.
Miss Deloria, who has charge Of tic
activities for Indian girls of the +
w c. A. is planning other pageants
Of Indian setting with prologues in
both English and Indian.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-11-03
Hail President Harding

Warren Harding will be the chief of the ma
onahd may the good Lord have his soul giving him he
WISDOM courage and strength to make president
mat ne may safely pilot the ship of through
Fellow Democrats, address you deep sorrow: is
Ter medicine but the doctor has ordered
IKE good fellows let the inevitable begrdgng our
epuocn friends the great gobs of satisfaction they get
because has been long time they privileged to ffer
see with JOY following election They ckin
there no denying and they celebration coming to them
We believe it James A. Garfield one of the dark
hours OF the nation camed crowd York by famous
speech which he began with the Words the heavens
and the government still rules in Washington Well there has
been no change administration the celestial realm and as long as
tha IS true we can stand 1t if the Republicans in Washington
O course we could tell how it happened but are not going
70 40 II at the present moment In due time shall the Demo
cratic alb at this time sufficient ct that
Nr Harding elected by overwhelming be our
that he will be able handle successfully big lob which the
pie have given him. W p