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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-02-04
OLD suPERsTlTIoNs

A reader furnishes US list OF old
superstitions which were PART Of our
folk lore In this part of the country
before We had to have folklore so
cieties to preserve this sort of thing;
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-02-04

EpEcY &c .s~1y.e 3, 2: 3: $;
uLUNILO CO.. ssis niesss s Ass.ss. chiesss
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-02-04

"Apologizing-a very desperate hab-
it-one that Is rarely cured. Apollo
giving is only egotism wrong side out.
Nine times out Of ten, the first thing
mans companions know of his short
comings Is from his apology."--Oliver
w. Holmes.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06

boulevard
 Oldeld Tires the of day tire design See them Union line Odfeld standing the terrible Apache Trai Ask motorist who Odfeds Oldfied industrial Booth rugged, staunch spells MILEAGE!
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
WANTS AN UGLY HUSBAND

Miss MilIie Long, who boasts that she is the worlds ugliest woman, ar rived in Philadelphia the other day from Buffalo. She wants a husband And she wants him ugly.
 T have had thirty one proposals of marriage" she said. But when tie up it is going to be with the ugly man who has money. All the good looking ones who have asked me to marry them were after my cash and the farm I own near Buffalo. What chance would I have with a hand some husband?"
 Beauty is merely a matter of line, in the opinion of Miss Long. Ugh- ness is her line. She flaunts her gltt, which she says is God-given. Seven feet two inches in height she weighs ninety pounds. She fell out of crib when she was years old and broke her nose. Her 'professlonaI cos tune consists of black tights.
 As it pays me to be ugly, accept ugliness as a gift. said Miss Long. T believe that if you can't be beau tiful it is better to be frankly ugly. Most women will agree with me. They try to make up for what nature did not do for them by using all sorts of paints and powders. All the paint in the world couldn't help me, so l have never been tempted to use any And I never have to worry about get ting my beauty sleep. p.''-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
OLDSMOBILE IN
 NEW QUARTERS

Forced to seek more commodious quarters, the Snow & Tufts Auto company 1asx week moved to 305 North Central avenue. occupying the establishment formerly used by the Roamer Motor Sales company.
 All departments of the Snow X Tufts company have been installed in the new location. The full line of Oldsmobile models is on display and Manager Bob Coulter has had his hands full the past week putting his various demonstrations through their paces for the benefit of prospective buyers. Another carload of Oldsmo- bile fours are expected to arrive early this week.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06

manufacturers authorized local rep resentative so that the latter can keep a proper check on such equip men, there still ale some motorists who neglect to avail themselves or this protection?"
 "As authorized represenllVe Tor manufacturers of most of the lead- inv automotive electrical equipment, we are prepared to render official service and fulfill the manufacturer guarantee covering these equipments The only requirement. is that the mo torist shall register the equipment here at our station and come 10 us for adjust ment ana service When needed It insures satisfactory per formance of the equipment at all times. and, replacement according to the guarantee in the event Of deiec- tive material or workmanship-wh whlch means real money to the car owner.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
Why Do Some Folks
 Act Tn Reuerse?

Why IS tt that there always are surne people somewhere who will per s4st in doing things in reverse" as the saying roesl When one method ct dcirc a thing Is almost universally adopted after long experience and Investigation, such as keeping to the right when driving an automobile st ts hard 10 conceive of any county cr state or government persisting in the opposite method of driving to 1le left
 Yet that is what they do in Novia Scotia for example. Despite the in rilprce brought to bear by the Cana Gfan Automobile association. the Pro- NlrciRl Motor League and other or ran3Eations. the Novia Scotia gov Wrmment could not be induced to change its rule of the road from 1eFt 10 right. even though this rule win now make the situation in Can
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
LAZY MANS DREAM A REALITY

The amateur eIectrician had always used his knowledge to have himself work. When he was in college he ar ranged a device which would close the window without getting out of bed. Now he has devoted his talent to the furnace.
 bed" he said, which starts the fur mace going strong in the morning. press it when the alarm clock goes off and it opens the damper on the fur mace in the cellar. Then I can take another nap and get up in a warm house.'-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
ANToNYs eLuNpER.

The school dramatic society was giving its first performance of the season, and the play they had chosen for the momentous occasion was Julius Caesar.
 All went smoothly till Caesars body was brought in, and Mark Antony had to deliver his famous speech.
 He put his heart into his part, and the audience felt acutely for the poor citizens. who were all presumably horror stricken and overcome with grief, when Antony gently but firmly grasped, as he thought, the face cloth and slowly. very slowly, began to draw it back.
 Just then an excited whisper came from the other end of the corpse.
 '.This end, you idiot."
 But Antony was too much wrapped in grief to hear. He preserved, and then suddenly disclosed to the intent " gazing audience, Caesars boots!- Edinburgh Scotchman.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
SIGNAL DEVICES hOW NECESSARY
 $ AY { KANSAS

TOPEKA Kans.. Nov. 5-(SpeciaD --E1rclose2 motor cars in Kansas, af- ter November i. must carry a signal t-r eeNtce so constructed ''as to show tfye intention 10 turn and stop"
 That s the ruling of Attorney neral Barrett on the new state raotcr traffic law. Devices with the s1u<ie word stop says Barrett. will Cct meet the requirements. Several ~lgrSa devices have been submitted 10 tne secretary of state. but none has s-ct been approved.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
ArLEAsT ONE FRIEND

sIs Bill Grabcoin here?" asked the affable and prosperous looking caller
 NO, sir" said that gentleman's sec retary. MT. Grabcoin is out.''
 As the visitor walked way the sec retary turned to the stenographer and remarked, Just think of anybody calling our boss Bill!'"
 "Oh, you never can tell" replied that young woman with an air Of great worldly wisdom. The worst office crab I ever worked for had .. friend. d."-Birmingham Age Herald.
 Farm tractors in use in this coun- try have increased from 5000 in 1910 to 135,000 last year.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06
ada more confusing than eyer. it is

ada more confusing than ever, 1t is thought by experts there.
 And why it is" says the repres- entative of the Electrical Equipment company of Arizona. that. even though it has been demonstrated over and over again that the only method of securing the full benefit of the manufacturers guarantee covering the electrical equipment on automo- piles is by keeping in touch with the
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06

eording to veteran drivers of the game. The strength and fitness of a tire to withstand abuse is more vital on tht track than under any other condition. Since Oldfield tires have been manufactured oy Barney, prac- t.cally all the great drivers have used them. and Milton, Murphy and Sarles are among those who have won their
 big successes on Oldfields. Bill Me-
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06

Tommy Milton. Jimmy Murphy and Roscoe SaYles, who will be here this week. These gentlemen stake thire lives on tires every time they appear on the oval. Their big sue cesses have been made on Oidfield tires.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-06

More races are won and lost on tires than in any other manner. ac-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
THE BUSY BARD

I punch my Tyre to buy a tire or
sparkplugs for my flivver: l sing a
lay to purchase hay and gas and
beans and liver. The poet knows
but small repose, these days of
stress and %straining: he works the
muse for oyershoes to wear when
II Is raining. He swats the harp to
buy a carp to feed his aunts and
nieces: he turns out loads of hot
stuff odes. on ancient Romes and
Greeces. And grocers say, THAT
rhyming jay takes life so beaStiy
easy. while we must hump or hit
the dump. where go the bankrupts
cheesey." And plumbers sigh, as
they so by. THAT poets gratis a
daisy: he merely sits and throws his
fits. and he is fat and lazy: and We
poor ginks fix busted sinks and
faucets that are leaking. and when
patrons always shrieking." As
the snap I'm owning; / bask at ease
and write my wheeze while working
men are grooming. But oh, the
times when decent rhymes won't
come. for all my trying, when my
old dome won't frame a pome that
men might call undying! The bar
rem days when cheer-up lays it
cannot be writteni The
CHASTITY nights when he who writes
is by the brain-fag smitten, Oh,
then the bard would deal in lard,
or plumb with plumbers. gayly, If
he could soak the harp whose smoke
has risen yearly, daily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
KILL DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL.

Just when New York is about to repeal her
daylight saying law, New Jersey has a bill pro-
,iding for setting the clocks an hour ahead in
me summer damned through the assembly. It
would be the irony of fate if, after enduring the
confusion of last year when New York had a
daylight saving law and New Jersey did not,
the tables should be turned this year and New
Jersey should have such a law and New York
should not.
What a lot of humbug it all is, anyway. State
legislatures have no business monkeying with
standard time. That is a matter for congress TO
regulate II there is going to be an advance
of an hour in the summer let It be done so as
cover the entire eastern time zone so that all
will be the same. The Eldridge bill
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
SOME MATTERS OF TASTE
BY DIR. w. L. BARTON

An old Latin proverb declares that
in matters of taste there is no basis
for discussion; if a man likes a thing
he likes it, and that is all there is
about 1t. The fact that another man
does not like it, is not to the point.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
Thus we say, Every one to his lik-
ing" and. There's no accounting for
tastes." An even homelier proverb
has wide currency-"Every one TO
his W liking" as the old woman
said who kissed her cow"
But these proverbs are not to be
taken entire and at a gulp. Consider
the old woman who kissed her COW.
What disappointments in other
kisses. actual or hoped for, must
have lain behind her philosophic ac-
ceptance of the companionship.
Had fate been kinder. she had pos
sessed husband and children to kiss;
fail these, there was always the
COW. patient. generous. ~appreciative.
If she smoothed and parted the
soft hair between bossy's eyes. and
there planted a loving kiss. her taste,
If not above the kindly criticism of
an amused smile, deserves at least
the tribute of the reminder that she
might have made a choice much
worse. But given a favorable oppor-
tunity for the cultivation of her real.
taste. she would have given bossy a
kindly pat. and bestowed her kisses
elsewhere.
AS a matter of fact. tastes are
wholly arbitrary.
People have a taste which leads
them to blend green and red. My
mother did so in her rag carpets.
There was a stripe" which alter
mated with "hit-or-miss" and which
was never expected to hit. but whose
free combination of color made its
happy contrast with red and green.
or orange and blue.
Those tastes were not arbitrary.
My mother did not know it, but there
is a scientific reason why the eyes
love blue in combination with or
ange. and red in combination with
green.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
,,tpDIEsEx MUST FIGHT.

Union county. by making an attack on the
ra,ahlas of Middlesex county may have started
something that will have a far-reaching effect
and 60 a great deal farther than the Union coun-
" officials ever dreamed. In fact, it has been
learned that Unions skirts are not clean in TINS
matter. by a great deal and some interesting
facts regarding valuations in the county north
q, MS are likely to be brought out at the next
hearing.
And II the ratables in Middlesex and Union
. h. subjected to review in this manner, why
not every county in the state? This is likely to
,.n,sn !, Union persists in her present attitude
toward Middlesex.
II Is up TO Middlesex county to put up a nght
and protect her interests. 1t is very evident
that the valuations here cannot be compared WITT
.hs valuations of Union county,. As the EVE
MING NEWS pointed out Immediately after the
first hearing on the subject, Union county with
the wealthy cities OF Elizabeth and Plainheid
and the suburban towns of Westheld, CRAWFORD
and similar places. is the home of a great many
millionaires. On the other hand, Middlesex Is
made UP Of laboring people. There are estates
In Plainfeld and Elizabeth that If assessed at
their true value would equal the valuation OF
a whole residential section OF Perth Amboy or
any other municipality in Middlesex. Yet, Union
county officials are grieved because the ratables
here are not as high as they are in Union.
AS for waterfront property. Union county has
had all the development as far as waterways
are concerned. The property there is close to
New York and the facilities are much greater.
No one, for a minute, will claim that the water
front of Middlesex can be compared to the
waterfront of Union for value. There they have
the great population and the industries. Here
we have mainly meadow land and vast I'M
developed tracts. Some day, perhaps, the land
hereabouts will be developed and become OF
great value. That is what we are all hoping for,
but that is not the condition at present and it
would be unfair to fix taxes on such a basis.
Middlesex county must be awake to the sit
uation that confronts it in this fight. There has
been some loose talk on the part Of some coun-
ty officials that ought to be stopped. too. OF
course, the higher the ratables the more money
these county officials will have to spend and
that seems to be their main object regardless
of who is hit. But the interest of the county
demands that this fight that Union county has
started is met in the proper manner. Middle
sex county does not propose to be put in the
millionaire class for the purpose of being bled
Tor state taxes when there is no justification
for It.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
HAVE'COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin is yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
You have a bad taste in your mouth
a lazy, no-good feeing-you should
take Olive Tablets.
d.. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after II years of study.
Dr. dwards'O Dive abletsareapurely
ndmixedwitholiveoi
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohavea clear, pink skin, brighteyes
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like
childhooddaysyoum must get at h ecause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipation. Take one o. two nightly and
note the pleasing results. Millions of
boxes are sold annually at 15c and Soc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24

O. What is the total annual cost
for each House of Congress?-
w. B. Il.
A. The report of the treasurer
of the United States says that the
expenses of the Senate in 1919 TO-
tailed $2,112.571.7S. while the entire
cost of the House of Representatives
for that year was S5.303, 054.67.
@. viii there be a Naval Train
ing School for boys during vacation
this year?-M. c. c.
\. The Navy Department says
that at the present time they have
not made any definite plans for es-
tablishing a naval school this sum-
mer for boys 16 years of age.
Q. Who was Saint David? Where
and when did he live and died.. o.
A. The exact dates of the birth
and death of st. David, the Patron
Saint of Wales. are not known. but
ne is SAID to have lived about 500
A. D., and to have died at a great
age. He was a son of Sandde, a
prince of Cunedda and his mother
was Non. a Cymrid Saint. st. David
founded many churches, SO in Wales
still being called by his name, and
a shrine at st. David's is the object
of pilgrimages. Hts festival is cele-
brated on March LIST.
Q. Why do all the japanese YES
sells use the name Maru?-B. f. X.
A. Steamship authorities say that
the japanese word "Maru." which is
used in connection with the names
of japanese vessels. NEAR steam
ship or vessel, depending upon the
way in which it is used.
q. Where is the largest railway
al. - Tha ITAfNA1 CFuHa-p
A. w. S.
A. The Bureau of Railway Eco
Monies says that the largest railway
terminal is the New York Central,
which has So tracks or a total train
capacity of 46. The largest building
is the Pennsylvania Station, New
York city.
@. What was the Anatomy of
Abuses &c. s. T..
A. This was a work by the Puri-
tan, Philip Stubbes, published in
1888. condemning many of the GUS
tomary amusements of the time. a
reply to it by Nash was entitled An
atomic of Absurdities. (15S9).
Q. Has there always been a dis
tinction between Shoel and Gehen-
mac. Med.
A. In the earlier versions of the
Bible. distinctions were 0 made be-
tween Shoel and Hades. which were
names for the abodes of departed
spirits and the words Gehenna and
T~artarus. which were names symbol
izing the places of punishment and
torture. In the revised version of
the Bible these distinctions are in
dicated by the text.
Q. When will the United States
Steamship California be put in COM
mission Nv. j.. p.
A. The Bureau of Construction
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24

Tastes vary; but they are not so
tastes are capable of cultivation and
Improvement. They ar4 not hope
lessly diverse mol incurably cor
rupt.
When Oscar Wilde sem his craze
round the world. with pale pink and
sad yellow and anemic greens and
God-forsaken blues, we well know
that it would not last long.
Tastes are very cratic, but there
underlies the eccentricity of popu-
lar taste a sub-stratum of good taste.
That fact gives us much to hope for
in some things that just now do not
exhibit good taste.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
An Eve 10 Business

In a certain Sunday school on
a Sunday afternoon one of the
teachers became somewhat faint,
and was placed upon a form while
the usual r~estofatives were APP
piled.
Suddenly a little girl stood up
and persisttently called Teacher!
teacher" in order to attract the
attention of one of those who
were attending to the unfortunate
invalid.
At last the little one was heard,
and the teacher, turning around,
asked in a somewhat hasty man.
ner:
well. what is it?"
please, teacher" replied the
child. my father makes coffins."-
Pearson's Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
WHY. Luke Drinks Raisin Jack.

rs 1t true that your wife writes your stun Z!
rs your stuff original or do the other papers
let you copy stuff from them?'
How on earth do you manage to think of
all those things every day in the Year,"
II had a dandy one for your column the
other day, but I've forgotten it,"
do you write a different column every day
for each of the papers in your syndicate. or do
they all use the same column ?"
oh. l guess it isn't hard to write a column
like that when you get used to it, is it,"
"A friend of mine told me that you were
drunk all the time. but | don't believe it. You
couldn't write a column every day if you were
drunk. could you?"
why don't you quit knocking the women and
knock the men once in a while?"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24

that passed the House Tuesday ought to be
Killed in the senate. Also it is to be hoped that
New York will repeal the law that caused so
much confusion throughout this section of the
country last year. There is trouble enough in
the country as 1t is without having to so through
with that ordeal again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24

and Repair of the Navy Department
SAYS that the u. S. S. California will
probably be commissioned during the
month of July.
@. Who was, or is. Akib?-
Il. w. u.
\. lie Rabbip Akib is the pseu-
lished in 1861 his Sermon du Rab-
bin AkibAtraduit lie / Hebreu.
Q. What are the. leading breeds
Of ponies? Which is the SMALLEST
T. Il. G.
A. The five principal breeds of
ponies are: the Shetland, Come
mara, Galloway. Dartmoor and Ca
madam. The Shetlands are the
smallest. originating, as the name
implies, in the Shetland Islands.
Wrong Brother
A wealthy gentleman has a
brother who is hard of hearing.
while he himself is remarkable
for having a prominent nose.
Once this gentleman dined at a
friends house. where he sat be-
tween two young ladies, who
talked to him very loudly. rather
to his annoyance.
Finally one of them shouted a
commonplace remark and then
said in an ordinary tone TO the
other:
did you ever sec such an ugly
nose?"
Pardon me. ladies'" said the
gentleman. at is my brother who
is deaf!'-Houston Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
n question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. 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 n 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., 1921-02-24
Our Daily Special.
a Fool And His Money Are Soon Married.
Luke McIuke SAYS,

A homely girl feels better after she sees some
girl who is homelier than she Is.
A man has to talk about the Weather or
Politics, But a woman can talk about Nothing
in Particular.
If you will put on the right kind of glasses.
you can discover a defect in an Angel.
1t doesn't cost anything to tell a poor sickly
guy that he looks Fine, and it brings about a
million dollars worth of comfort TO him.
Say something when you talk and people won't
find fault with your grammar
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
Wise Georgei

George had been keeping company with
Mabel for six months, but had not yet proposed
to her. But George was no fool.
Il wish you would answer me a very import
ant question:" said George one evening when
conversation had fallen fiat.
"Wha is it, Georges" asked Mabel.
Tell me this" replied George. Il am very
anxious to know just what date you and your
mother have decided upon for our wedding p
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24

why all the harness on that dog?
No cart / see him draggin'i'
The kid said; II don't need a cart,
You see, his tails ~a-waggin'."
-Simian Goober.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-24
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright. 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Flat Life.
BY Luke McLnke.

Fiat A cooks cabbage. and. land sakes!
Just heal how Flat b roarsl
The smell kills all the ferns, n takes
The varnish of the doors.