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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

creased flow of blood from the
heart to the parts that redden. 1t
is indicative of q high degree OF
sensitiveness, which can be most
quickly overcome by learning to
control the emotions.
Q. How much paris green is used
in this country?-C. c. G.
A. The Department Of Agricul-
ture says that about 8, 600 tons
of paris green is used annually.
Q. What kind Of oil are pimen-
toes canned in?-R. +. w.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says it ina mistaken idea that
oil is added N canning spimentoes.
They say that p~imentoes contain In
themselves a natural oil which is
for the purpose. The real
Spanish pimentoes are invariably
canned in their own juices.
O.. Can you give me the origin of
miss Nancy in reference to af-
fected, effeminately dressed men?
d. V. NJ
A This term is generally suppos.
ed to have originated in connection
With Anna Oldfield. an actress of
the 18th century Her vanity was
SO colossal that on her Death bed
she requested hat her remains be
laid in state dressed in very fine
Brussels lace head dress, a holland
skirt with tucker and double ruf-
files, new kid gloves, etc"
@. Is Mrs. Heman's famous poem
'The Boy stood on the Burning
Deck" founded in fact?-I. G. IL.
A. Mrs. Heman's poem Casa
blanca" is founded on the death OF
Louis Casabfanca, a French naval
officer. AS captain of the flagship
Orient. he commanded the fleet
which transported Napoleon to
Egypt. In the battle of Abukir.
Admiral Brueys was killed and
| ~Casabianca was put in command.
He was wounded and the ship
caught fire, but still he remained
at his post. His ten-year old son
would not leave his father and both
were killed when the ship was
blown up.
O.Who is in command of our
forces in Germany?-W. S. w.
A. The War Department says
that the commanding officer in Ger
many is Brigadier General Henry
T. Allen.
@. Is the blood of a monkey iden-
teal with that of a mani. G. c.
A. The blood of a human being is
not identical with that of any Of the
lower animals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
THE OH WAY

I courted Jane for many years
twas either eight or nine-before
she wiped away my tears, and said
she would be mine; whereat / rose
and gave three cheers. and thought
my luck was fine. And / knew much
concerning Jane, ere she became my
bride; she had the sense, when there
was rain, to rise and step inside;
and she vas good, and in her brain
there was nc foolish pride. And
she was sweet and calm and wise,
her temper well controlled,~and at
the fair she took the prize for but
ter bright as gold, and she could
bake the smoothest pies a mans in
sides could hold. And Jane knew
me exceeding well ere counting days
were done; she'd studied me for
quite a spell. and didn't shy or run
what time the sexton tolled his bell,
announcing we were one. That dis
tant day l fondly view, the memory
survives, when 1 went to the church
and drew the best of female wives;
and m divorce court ever threw it's
shadow on our lives. Now youths
go counting half a day, and then
their love confess; and damsels,
thinking marriage play, look coy
and answer Yes" and then they're
spliced and trot away to harvest
their distress. And marriage proves
a weary tramp across a soggy lea,
and he's a boob and she's q vamp,
and they can ne'er agree, and law
yers take their final stamp to get
her a decree.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
\ TIME TO CLEAN UP.

During the next few days we will have an
opportunity to learn just what kind of a town
We are going, to have this summer. 1t Is UP
to the people,. Mayor Wilson has proclaimed
.Clean-up Week" beginning today and all city
departments are cooperating to carry out the
edict. But if the people do not clean up little
can be accomplished.
1t is surprising how the refuse and rubbish
accumulates. There is no way to set ria OF
much of this during The winter. 1t piles up in
the cellar or back yard and becomes not only
an eyesore, but a detrirent to health. All that
the city asks is that you place this refuse al
the curb in front Of your house and the NUM-
cipal employees will do the rest.
It is particularly desirable that vacant lots
be cleaned up this spring. These open places
are 80 convenient to throw waste material into.
They are bound to accumulate trash OF all sorts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

owners should make an effort to get these lots
c,e.ned m at least once a year and now when
the civ is ready to assist. is the time to do 1t.
Tben in order to make the city bright and
attractive it is time to paint up and decorate.
There is nothing that improves the appearance
Of a house, a garage or a fence like a coat OF
naint Even whitewash is better than moth
ing. Let the brushes be busy this week-scrub
brush. paint brush, whitewash brush and
broom.
incidentally, there is a valuable lesson 10 De
earned in this Cleanup Week. movement.
School children ought to be taught the value
of a clean city-its attractIveness and health
fulness. Every child can help. Instead OF tear
ing I'D paper as they come from school and
tossing it into the air to be blown all over
the street. carry it to some refuse can and
deposit it there. Help keep the streets Clean
Merchants, too, have something to learn In
this regard. 1t is a common occurrence LOT
the business man to sweep out his store ana
deposit the sweepings into the gutter only to
be blown about the street and into his CUSTOM
ors' faces as they walk along. Some merchants
seem to think that as long as their sidewalk
is swept they are in perfect condition regard
less of the fact that the gutter just over the
curb in front of the store may be full OF old
paper and refuse. Business men who ought to
know better have been seen to walk out of
their store and pick up large pieces of paper
that are blowing about, carrying them from
the sidewalk where they have lodged temper
arily and carefully deposited them in the gut
ter only to be blown on some others merchants
sidewalk by the next gust of wind.
Cooperation is needed to make a clean city.
Now is the time for each one to do his part.
The general appearance of the city by the end
of this week rests entirely with each individual
and the effort he puts forth to make the city
clean.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

My train pulled into Baltimore
just as another train pulled out. and
/ saw on the platform on the side
next the ticket office a woman in a
wheeled chair. A man with a red
cap was wheeling the chair.
She was to be taken aboard an
other train on the farther side of the
station, and III train had run in be-
tween the train from which she had
alighted and that which she
was to take. Just then a second train
ran in beside ours. making two trains
between her and where she wanted
to go. !
An official approached the wheeled
chair and had a word with its occu-
pant and the red cap. and then ran
yes, ran-to a telephone, which l
suppose was connected with the Of
fee Of the train dispatcher.
Hold Eishty-Three for an inval-
i'd" I heard him call.
Then he ran to another box, which
1 ~conjectured communicated with
| the bridge where the signals were
displayed, and again he shouted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
HOLD. 83!'
DIR. W. e. BARTON

Don't let Eighty Three out till l
call you again!"
Then he ran up the steps of a
car on our train, and opened the
vestibule on the other side, and II
tered the vestibule OIL the second
train and opened that on the farther
side and shouted to the conductor OF
the train farthest over. the one that
bore the number, Eighty-Three.
Hey, Bill" he called. Hold your
train! There's an invalid here must
be got ont"
They actually cut n train in two,i
and waited for the other to pull out
in order that that woman in the
wheeled chair might get on board,
| And everybody was interested in the
! accomplishment of it.
Railroads are managed by corpor-
atoms, and trains are run on sched-
ules, and these take no account OF,
invalids and wheeled chairs. But
railroads and corporations and train
schedules are managed by men with
| hearts, and hearts control many en-
terprises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
THE A TO BUY.

The Chamber of does we'll to re-
vive the agitation to Buy in Perth Amboy.'
Money earned here and put in circulation here
benefits everybody here. Perth Amboy stores
have a reputation for attra ctiveness and fair
dealing and residents Of towns for miles around
have found it advantageous to buy here. Perth
Amboyans should be loyal to their home stores
and form the habit Of patronizing them. A
careful investigation on more than one occa-
sion has shown that shopping in Perth Amboy
is just as satisfactory. and much less trying on
the nerves as going to the larger cities.
But it is also the duty of the merchant to
uphold the reputation he has gained. Because
Of the slack times and uncertainty of prices
there has been a tendency not to lay in much
of a stock of new goods with the result that
people find, N some Instances that they have
not the selection to choose from that they for
merly had. 1t is a mistaken policy to 'lay
down and not to try to please just because
industries are running on part time.
1t Is evident that the great majority of peo-
pie still have money to spend. This is evident
from the unprecedented sale of automobiles of
all makes this spring. The number Of cars
on the road indicate that thousands of dollars
are spent for gasoline every week. The thea
tres, prlZe-nghts ana pail games are patronlzeu
as never before. Summer resorts are already
filling up and late corners for cottages find prac-
tically all OF them rented. People are travel
ing as never before in spite of the increased
rates.
Yes. lots of money is being spent and the
merchant will get his share If he goes after it
and makes up his mind to get 1t. But after he
gets the customer into his store he must have
the goods to show him. If the prospective pur-
chaser does not find what he wants he is COINS
to go elsewhere, even IL it takes him out of
town.
1t has never been necessary to so out of
town to get what one wants, as far as Perth
Amboy is concerned and with the revival OF
the Buy in Perth Amboy' slogan there is
reason to believe that the local merchants are
going to uphold that reputation. Prices here
are as cheap as anywhere and local residents
help themselves as well as help local business
generally by making the most Of the opportu-
nifty here afforded them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
ARE WE GETTING ANYWHERE?

The period of evaporation and CONFUSION 10
upon us. We get up before the sun Is mimi
over the housetops. eat our dinner before NATURE
tells us we are hungry, have supper In the mio-
die of the afternoon and go to bed shortly atter
sunset. BY such a process we try to 1901 our
selves into believing that we have gained an
hour.
The s:25 train now arrives at 1928 although
It is still the 1925 train. 1t Is all so simple
Z You merely add an hour II you want 'he
time vour watch reads, or you subtract an hour
to learn what time the train arrives by Inns
process of addition and subtraction you gamble
a otto whether you are coming or gohs' pu'
"Af i.olly succeed in muddling through.
able Pc youngster In the house who USED 10
ST. g." en- at 6 o'clock now comes to" at Z
YOUNG ! breakfast for the working part OF the
~ !, srn7lv IL over so that the housewife. instead OF
housev,e ahead with her dishes and getting her
"AMIf ming work done has to dress the child and
il its breakfast after all the rest are through
~ which time half the morning is gone ana
~nothing is accomplished but the process OF
getting breakfast over with. At night the chio
must either be put to bed in broad dayhshe
or else be allowed to stay up an hour or TWO
later which disrupts the whole evening.
Yes. daylight saving is a wonderful thing
for those who like it. 1t gives some OIL the
industries a chance to work their men another
hour without appearing to overwork them. IL
does not look so bad for the factory that slaves
its men for eleven or twelve hours a day. IL
is now still daylight when the man gets through
and he is fooled into the belief that he now
has more time to himself.
1t is pointed out, that the great industrial
centers are the strongest in favor OF daylight
saving. 1t gives the worker more time TO deVote
to his garden, etc. But If the industries would
eliminate the slave-like eleven or twelve-hour
day and place their men on an eight-hour
basis. all would have ample time to devote 10
their gardens and do whatever else they want
ed to do under the regular standard time.
Under standard time a man could get up
earlv and do some real work about the mouse
before breakfast. Now he has to bounce out
az bed, swallow his breakfast and hustle TO
\work to prevent being late. He is on the 1oo
Enae mis- neighbor in the next town Is out
9Nbed because in the next town standard time
still nrevails. 1t is all so delightfully."- COM
plicated that everybody ought to be satisfied
1t is getting back to normal with a vengeance
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

A man has his faults. But, bless Pat, ne
doesn't wear a greasy kimono around the house
all day. -.
We know that his advice is gonna waste its
sweetness ON the desert air. But a woman cant
travel smoothly in double harness until she
learns to bride her tongue.
We do not believe in long engagements. the
installment plan engagement ring is likely to
leave a green mark if you wait too long.
1t is all right to take Time for the Forelock.
But you should not tell your troubles before
they happen.
Some men look forward to Pay Day with
delightful anticipation. And other men are
married.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Aftcr.Dinner Speeches.

Prohibition has practically ruined atter-oIn.
oer speaking. And we are glad oil IT,. we
hea rd hut two good after-dinner speeches IN our
LONG and well-fed career. One OF these was
made bv a POSTMASTER, and this is what ne
said: uu... snooob
making this evening. Little Egypt Will now en-
terrain you'll" made
The other good after-dinner speech was maui
~, a friend of ours after we had devoured a
dinner for two that cost SIS. Our friend said:
waiter, give me the check!'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
@. Why do thermometers vary?
D wv

A. Thermometers vary iQ their
indications mainly on account of ex-
posture, assuming that the instru-
ments themselves register similarly
under like conditions. The height
above ground is an important fac
tor, particularly on still nights, when
radiation is quite active near the
earth's surface, at which time i'm
portant differences between ther-
mometers located only short dis
tances apart are recorded. When
there is considerable air movement
these differences disappear to a
great extent.
@. What. is "blushing," and how
can it be overcome?-R. II.
A. Blushing is due to the suspfn-
sion of action of the local vase
motor nerves, which causes an in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing Ths Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskln. Direc
tor. Washington. D. c. This offer
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., 1921-04-25
And We Did!

An Englishman wants to know how II nap
mems that the u. s. A. is in it's present mum
iriaed condition. Well, here's what happened:
"Down With Prohibition" said the vets.
1--WE demand Personal Liberty saio the
prohibition is Unconstitutional" said the
VETS. -, !. uvo+s
"Prohibition is Un-American!" said the Wets
"Tbis isn't Russia" said the VETS.
You can't regulate our personal hapits'
said the Vets.
And we did.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
The Difference.

A German scientist has discovered that a
species of intoxication can be produced by an
sorbing the rays of the sun. IL you strip OIL 10
the skin and take a sun bath, as per direCtlohs'
Won will have a fair to middlinG jag after a
while. But it is much simpler over here. we
wear all our clothing and go out and absorb the
rays Of the moon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Roth Busy.

Hat cleaners are good men. that's true
They work hard, l am told.
But, while they're making old hats new
I'm making new hats old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
,--.I,, roi1 AZ,
OUGHT!

"Hey. waiter!" said the Diner, as he strug-
gled with his steak.
Eyes, sir!' said the Waiter. .uo Tho
Didn't the poet say that.tn praVese arc 'ne
tenderest? p" asked the Diner.
"Yes, sir! I've heard go, sir!' replied the
Waiter. .,o+ cum
nlied this steak was the most cowardly peast
ever created"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
GOSH

They say this town is very dry,
It's hard to get a sup;
Yet every evening after dark
The streets are all lit up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
More To TROUBLED

His wife is having seven fits,
She certainly is mad;
He bought a brand-new suit, and it's
Just like the one he had:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Ny. MYi

The fat girl sits and signs, gee whiz!
She's sad as sad can be.
She's found out that her sweet tooth Is
Her bitter enemy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Oh. Very Well!

do you break these sets asked the laauy
es in the china store. ,. Sos,
mo, man, replied the Clerk. But II you
have, a kitchen maid she will attend 10 tha'
for you"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

Some men make a specially. OF gettlhS MY
tros,hIe So thew can go around and ask their
friends to get 'em out.-Luke McLuke.
And If it weren't for having to help 'em out
again, their friends would wish they would get
in and tick.-Wilmington News-Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

"Our language WOrrles nc, saIu fTvU
TT puzzles me, indeed;
For instance, friend, if ! write lead,
DO / mean lead or lead!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Bring on That Beer!

There, little Cafe, don't you cry.
You'll be a Drugstore bye and bye.
1921.
There, little Drugstore, don you cry,
You'll be a Cafe bye and bye.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
paxv Knows Everything.
why Won Mean Lead" of Course!

Willie-Paw, what is the Japanese Diet'
Paw-Rice, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25
Our Daily Special


1t Isn't Considered a Good Thing TO be co
sidered a Good Thing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-25

Has your neighbor's lawn mower walked you
yet?
Morris tribune., 1921-01-28
Hurt in Automobile Accident

Misses Ella and Edna Solseth, who
are employed at the Morris tele-
phone central office we're the victims
of a sad accident Friday night. Re-
turning from Hancock where they
had attended dance one of the
front tires on the car in which they
were riding with some other young
people was punctured. This threw
the car which was run at a high
speed, off the grade upsetting it.
While their companions escape I'M
injured the Misses Solseth were sew
erely cut and bruised about the head
and rendered unconscious. Being
placed in another car which came
along at the time they were brought
to Morris and received medical as
sistance from DR.. Came Late re-
ports are to the effect that they are
rapidly recovering, and yesterday
their condition was so much improved
that they left for the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Solseth
in Framnas township.
Morris tribune., 1921-01-28
Make Your Mind Your kIondike.

Every man has a rich mine of
precious ores if he wants to work it.
The other day the news went out that
great oil fields had been discovered
in Klondike, the land famous for gold.
The papers say men are rushing to
stake claims as they did in the palmy
days of the gold craze, and there will
be many who will part with all they
have and make their way to what
promises to be a quick fortune. In
the last rush the way to Dawson City
had many CHASTITY group Of bleach
ing bones when the SHOWS Of winter
melted away. The chances are this
present craze will duplicate the scene.
Only a few of the many make money.
1t will ever be thus as long as men
try to win by change the riches that
usually come by toil.-Grit.
Morris tribune., 1921-01-28
FATHER OF MODERN SPINNING
Invention Of Samuel crompton, Eng
Iishman, OF Immense Importance
to the Western World.

At one time muslinS were imported
from India for the reason that English
spinners were unable to produce yarn
fine enough for the manufacture OF
such delicate fabrics.
The invention of Arkwright, by
which spinning with rollers was used,
and Hargreaves, with his spinning
jenny, led. the way for CrOmpton to
combine both Of those inventions in
his mule, thereby enabling spinners
to draw out long threads in large
numbers to more tenuity than had
ever been done by the East Indians.
This invention enabled Lancashire
to assume the first place as cotton
spinner to the world. Samuel Cromp-
ton was born December 8, 1853, at Fir
wood. He came of the farming class
and had rather a good education. On
the death of his father his mother
carried on the farm and set Samuel
to spinning at home. Five years after
his majority he completed his mule,
''his mind during that time being in
continual endeavor to realize a more
perfect principle of spinning"
This he did at the expense Of every
shilling he had; and he gave his in
vention to the world, but in such a
way that he gained no credit. Years
afterward his statue was erected in
Bolton-Chicago Journal.
Morris tribune., 1921-01-28
THE BURGLAR
BY JACK LAYTON.
(@. 1921. Western Newspaper Union

Peggy lay in her whiteN bed, wakeful
and staring at the moon. 1t was awe
some of course, to be entirely alone
at this silent hour Of the night, in an
old mansion on an unfrequented sub
urban road. At memory of the safe
sheltered years past, her heart con-
tracted suddenly. How would it
SEEM" she wondered, ito be away for,
ever from the old home" For there
was but one condition on which she
might remain-and that condition was
part of Peggy's problem. Long ago,
when her stepfather had taken her
mother to his heart, he had taken the
girl too, with all a parents love.
Father Knowles had truly been to her
son had proven a disappointment, the
mans hungry affection Overf1owed to
the girl who was his wife's daughter
and Peggy had repaid his love with
tender care in his later years.
Robert took with him a legacy left
by his mother, and it was supposed
that like a prodigal he would return
when that legacy was exhausted. Peg
gy's mother had stepped in later to
fill the lonely breach, and the elder
Robert Knowles last days had been
his happiest. His will, Peggy learned,
had been made in her favor, leaving
her in the event of her mothers death,
sole heir to his estate. Peggy was
quite alone in the big echOing house
of memories, when most surprisingly
Robert Knowles, the son, came back.
1t was at evening and Peggy in her
white frock received him in the fire.
light. And he was at once so pleasing,
and good looking and altogether diff
ferent from what she had been led to
expect, that her aversion vanished,
and as the evening wore on, friendli-
ness took it's place. Robert Knowles
was apparently regretful Of his youth
full rashness and neglect to his father,
and the excuses he gave sounded true
enough. Peggy generously gave him
the benefit of the doubt, and when she
assured the son that no will could be
found, he announced his intention Of
taking up his abode in the house until
the matter should be settled. Old Mrs.
Weston, the housekeeper, called in to
give information, told Mr.. Knowles
that she had witnessed will made not
! long before his fathers death.
Peggy perplexed and confused as to