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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16:-The
South Sea Islands and the Orient are
just now enjoying a tremendous
popularity among persons who have
never been there.
The South Sea Island craze was
started by a book which described
in the most luscious language that
paradise of eternal summer, of easy
living, of few clothes, and no re-
straints, and of beautiful native
maidens who fell in love with white
men on sight, and knew little or
nothing about marriage.
The material for this book. it is
said, was supplied by a man who
had spent some years in the islands,
but the luscious writing was done by
q clever woman who had never been
to the islands at all. The book was
quickly followed by other books by
the same author and by others.
Boats bound for the South Seas be-
gan to be packed with tourists.
Then came the inevitable reaction.
The wanderers found that the South
Sea Islands were just about like
Florida, California. Or any other
winter resort country. They found
that instead of lying around and
picking up breadfruit whenever they
got hungry, they had to pay $12 a
day at the hotels. Instead of caper-
ing naked on coral strands, they had
to dress for dinner. There weren't
nearly enough beautiful native mai
dens to go around. AS for the eli
mate, It was nice for a while, but no
tropical climate agrees with a white
man for very long at a stretch.
In a word the tourist found that
the hard realities of human life
logged him ven to the South Sea
Islands, and that the books had
been mostly fairy tales. So many
were the disappointed tourists that a
literature poking fun at the South
Sea Islands has sprung into being.
Many magazine articles have been
written to that tune. and now a book
is out which is a parody of all other
books that told about the i~rresponsl-
BILE delights of the South Seas.
This comedy has been played over
again. The South, Seas nave leaped
into sudden popularity time after
time, and then have been forgotten
again. Robert Louis Stevenson gave
them a u some years ago, and be-
fore that. Herman Melville set men
to laundering after breadfruit and
tropical warmth and beautiful cop
~per-colored damsels.
Places that Aren't
OF course, what the writers de-
scribe, and what the readers banker
after and often go in search of, is
not the South Sea Islands as they
really are, but a purely imaginary
realm which will give play to all of
the longings which they cannot sat
isfy at home. These periodic crazes
about strange faraway Arcadies are
simply evidence of the fact that
most men are only half satisfied by
the reality and so live largely in
1 their dreams. This craving for some
place else is chiefly interesting as
revealing the unsatisfed longings of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
THE LURE OF SOME PLACE ELSE

These books and plays and pic
lures, then, are above all a diagnosis
of civilized life in America. They
show what it lacks by showing what
the man who is living 1t instinctively
Graves. And the things which he
Graves invariably are less work, less
restraint, more adventure. more
freedom, and especially more free
dom in the matter of love.
The instinct of the average man
as to what is the matter with his
life is probably right. Most people
doubtless do work too hard, and
above all they work too monotonous-
ly. They do the same things over
and over again until those things
become meaningless. There is not
enough of change and excitement in
their lives. There is not enough to
feed their i~maginations and develop
their emotions. Most people, too, are
not satisfied in love.
So far the average man is right.
He knows what he wants, even If he
won't admit it, or at least he feels
what he wants ever if he doesn't
know it. The books he reads, the
pictures and plays he goes to see
are his confession of longing and
aspiration.
Where he is wrong is in supposing
that if he could just go to some far
away place all would be different.
AS a matter of fact, life is amazingly
similar wherever you go. You can
satisfy your longings in a measure
anywhere if you are strong and clever
enough, and if you are not. the odds
are against you on a South Sea
Island no less than or the Island of
Manhattan.
Salvation for any man is not flight
to some far-away place where the
game is easier, but in a careful
study of the environment about him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
BY DR.. X. ii. BISHOP

SUNDAY is the only day I get time
N eat a square meal" You're heard
this said many a time. In fact, you
stool at (vpIlb's?Dt tn b-HRDLU
Yourself probably have said the same
thing.
man-almost everyone is busy even
these days at meal times-to rush
into a quick lunch "joint." sit on a
stool at the counter and bolt a meal.
This, of course, leaves plenty or
time to do something else during the
lunch period.
Then on Sunday. the above de-
scribed busy man eats a feast. He
stuffs and stuffs and feels so heavy
and drowsy afterward that he must
snatch a little nap.
These busy men always nave IN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16

men. The South Sea Islands are by
no means the only popular never
never land. The Orient is another
one which has a spell of popularity
every few wears. 1t, too, is having
one Just now. A series of s%pectacu-
lar plays, p%urporting to describe life
in the Orient, have had a great sue
cess. Several books of the same
character have been best-sellers, and
the movies as usual have followed
suit.
1t is interesting to note hat this
imaginary Orient has almost exactly
the same essential features as the
imaginary South Sea Island. In this
Orient of the screen and the stage
il is once more always summer. once
more people are shown leading easy
unrestrained lives, and once more
the unclad damsel of emancipated
morals is the leading feature of the
Gene.
These colorful portrayals of an
easy idle life, full of excitement and
desire, devoid of hard work and
clothes, draw enormous crowds of
typical Americans, who work hard
every day in the week and often go
to church on Sunday, who lead lives
of routine and restraint, in the most
law-ridden land on earth, anu VINO
are easily scandaliZed by any sug-
gestion of immortality in the lives OF
their neighbors.
Things Men Crave
Is there anything strange in their
liking for these pictures and books
and plays, which describe life as a
thing of freedom, adventure and
lust? Nothing at all. In each of
those worthy citizens is buried a
subliminal self that longs for just
those things, and the preposterous
books and pictures give him a sort
of vicarious satisfaction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
BY DR.. w. f. BARTON

epoch in our history"
He was right about 1t. The Boston
Tea Party was one of the important
steps leading up to the American
Revolution and the freedom of the
colonies.
The issue over which this event
occurred is now remote and 1t is not
necessary to go into historic details
nor to recall much of literary COM
ment.. ~
There is, however, one lesson
which law-making powers might all
consider in every generation and
that is that the. necessary
to the support of the government
should be so levied and distributed
as to yield the necessary funds
with the least practicable discomfort
and resentment.
The tax on tea was a trivial thing,
and may seem not worth the fuss
and bother it caused. But 1t vas an
irritating tax. and il failed in both
requisites as q laudable tax: it yield
ed no income worth while and 1t ir-
ritated the people to the point of
rebellion. The causes of the Bos-
ton Tea Party should be studied by
all lawmakers in the primer of
taxation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
BOLTINC MEALS
SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

digestion, and small wonder!
The man who does not give his
stomach a square deal will show it.
He will usually become anaemic
looking or gain too much weight.
Four simple rules to remember
about eating will go a long way to-
ward keeping one fit:
1. Eat at regular hours and not
between meals.
2. Do not bolt the food but chew
it well. Remember that the stomach
has no teeth.
8. Do not eat when excited or
angry, as 1t such times the stomach
has difficulty in digesting the food.
A. Food should not be washed
down" with water, coffee or milk.
Drink after the food has been swal-
lowed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
GUILTY

In a Detroit court, the Judge was about to sentence a
young man for larceny. The youths mother stepped for
ward and, assuming probation responsibility, said, Il spoiled
hin as a child. | not he, am to blame | should pay the
penalty
parenthood is the most serious responsibility that
comes into anyone's life.
The neglected child, later a failure or a criminal, can
1requentIy thank bis iaber or mother for his predicament.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16

AS far as we can Zee, they have :
quit rolling their stockings.
Trouble is easy to borrow: but
hard to pay back.
Ireland has plenty of loose bricks
for reconstruction.
The most important step some
people take is the shimmy and even
then they feel shaky.
Pay day is fathers day.
Eve invented the first loose-leat
system.
Why worry? Only one person In
get into the movies.
To forgive and forget is fine: to
give and forget is finer.
A service flag in the window
means daddy's gone a-hunting.
That pavement of good intentions
in hell won't last long after the
speeders get there. =
q vi tAA&AA L GSAio SOAo 4VE =
song hat are not songs.
Difference between president"
and Vice President" is we have no
babies named Calvin Coolidge Smith.
Some people go about a thing
while others talk about it.
ireland Stands Firm" says a
headline. No doubt she would move
to a better neighborhood if she
could.
A friend in need is a friend gone
to seed.
When a fowery fellow meets a
green fellow the time is ripe for a
lrotten deal.
It's cas- to learn figures on a
windy corner.
Anybody can swear ct smoking
after Christmas cigars.
There may be merchants who
don't advertise. but you never heaf ,
of them.
Even an optimist can't see much
fun in missing a street car.
The wal veteran who shot a Chi
cago packer must have discovered
who invented canned corned beef.
It's never too late to spend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-16
Questions Answers

Any reader can get the answer 10
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
bureau. Frederic j. Haskin. Director.
Washington D. c. THIS offer APP
plies strictly TO Inc
bureau cannon give advice on legal.
medicinal and troubles. IL
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
live research on IN subject Write
your question plainly ano briefly.
dive full name and address and en-
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postage. All replies are sent direct
TO the inquirer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
SEE LITTLE HOPE
FOR NEW BUILDING
Rep. Hickey Modifies Bill,
Asking Improvement of
Postoffice Structure.
Special to The News-Times:

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2f.-
Andrew J. Hickey. Thirteenth Indi-
ana district representative In con-
gress. who has been attempting 70
frame a measure for a new postof-
flee building in South Bend, has
found il necessary TO modify the bill
TO conform with certain changes on
such measures. Inasmuch as there
seems to be little chance of passing
legislation securing a new building,
Rep. Hickey has altered his bill 10
extend the size of the present build
ing TO the alley. This modification
TO the present building would furn-
ish 1900 square feet Of additional
floor space.
In order 10 bring the matter to
the attention of the authorities
here for effective legislation, mes
sages from the South Bend Chamber
of Commerce and the Elks' postal
committee and complete data on the
existing conditions in the South
Bend posta! department submitted
by John y. Hunter. postmaster.
were received by Will Hays. post
master general; Sen. Harry s. New
of Indiana. and Rep. a. j. Hickey,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
ADD AMENDMENT TO
IMMIGRATION BILL
Indications for Final Vote and
Big Majority in Prospect
for Bill.

WASHINGTON. April 21.-Final
vote in the house on the temporary
immigra ton bill with indications Of
its passage by large majority was
in prospect Thursday night after
the house. sitting in committee Of
the whole, had voted down. with one
important exception, numerous
amendments. The bill would limit
aliens seeking admission to the
United States to three percent OF
each nationality registered by the
1910 census and would be in effect
for Il months from date Of pass
age.
One amendment adopted would
permit aliens suffering religious
prosecutions to enter the country in
excess of the three percent speci-
fled. provided they presented salts
factory proof Of their admissability
to the immigra ton officials.
Rep. Sabbath. democrat. Illinois.
failed 10 obtain consideration OF an
amendment exempting from the
three percent limit aliens who seek
asylum in the United States for po-
liticaI reasons. but was given per-
mission 10 reintroduce the amend
ment Friday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
.SEEBIRT CHARGES
CITY HALL CROWD
GIVES OUT BOOZE
MayoraIty Candidate in Bitter
Attack Upon Present
Administration.

Eli F. seebirt. republican candi-
date for mayor. took off his gloves
last night in answering charges OF
his opponents. and in two addresses
at the Lincoln and Studebaker
schools told his audiences in no un-
certain terms OF what he termed the
existence of present immoral condi-
tions.
He charged among other things
that IL conditions Of the past three
and one-quarter years was 10 be a
criterion Of what South Bend might
be If the present administration were
retained for another term, that
South Bend would become a second
Monte carlo. and that French Lick
would be heaven as compared with
this city.
He charged that denlzens OF the
red light district were ordered 20
take down the cards Of the candidate
who stands for the legalization OF
that business by the present admin
istration and told by the city hall
crowd that II they desired 20 CON
-inue i'm operation they would have
20 come across and vote right
Attacks Carson Policy
He charged that the peseut mem
ber Of the park board who is a can
didate for the same Office on the re
publican ticket was put there by the
CONTINUED on PAGE FOUR)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
WHEREABOUTS OF
HAYWOOD PUZZLE
Department of Justice to Take
No Steps Till Monday
Others Surrender.

By Associated Press:
WASHINGTON, April 21-The
Department OF Justice is without
advices as TO the present where
abouts of William D. Haywood, sec
retary of the I. W. w, who was sen
fenced 10 a prison term at Leaven-
worth. Kas., Lewis J. Bailey. assist
ant director Of the Bureau OF In
vestigation said Thursday night.
Reports indicate. however, Mr..
Bailey said that he is in Russia pos
sibly at Riga or Moscow.
AZ Haywood has until Monday TO
turn himself over to the authorities
to begin serving his sentence after
the recent disposition Of his case
by the Supreme Court, Mr.. Bailey
said, the department could not take
steps TO apprehend him until then.
If Haywood does not show up Mon
day, he said. the department would
use every means at its command 10
effect his return.
Haywood was last seen IN New
York in March. Mr.. Bailey said, and
If he has gone 10 Russia the ques-
ton Of passport regulations would
arise, requiring the assistance Of the
state department 10 determine how
he left the country.
OF the As men sentenced 10 prison
with Haywood Mr.. Bailey asserted,
all except six have delivered them
selves 10 the authorities and the
whereabouts Of five of these latter
are known. so that Haywood is the
only one of the l. W. ". whose cases
were recently before the Supreme
Court on final appeal. who could be
attempting TO evade sentence
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
TO PROBE CHARGES
AGAINST OFFICER
Daugherty Refuses to Grant
Personal Interview to Capt.
Rosenbluth.

WASHINGTON. April 21.-Att'y
Gen. Daugherty refused Thursday to
grant a personal interview to Capt.
Robert Rosenbluth OF New York,
who is charged at Tacoma. Wash.
with having ordered the shooting Of
Major Alexander Cronhite at Camp
Lewis in 1918.
Capt. Rosenbluth was accom-
panied 20 the department of justice
by Sen. Calder of New York, who
was assured by the attorney general
that the charge against Rosenbluth
would be investigated thoroughly.
At the department is was ex-
planned that Mr.. Daugherty in re-
fusing TO see Rosenbluth took the
position that since he planned TO
make a personal investigation OF the
whole case. he should not receive
personal statement from the defen-
dant
Capt. Rosenbluth was received by
Mr.. Daugherty last week. but Off
GERS Of the department said this was
before the attorney general had
started his investigation. The ac-
cused man appeared at the depart
ment with a letter from Sec'y Hoo
yer, II was said, and was accom-
panied by Catherine Davis. former
commissioner of corrections in New
York City.
Describing the interview Thursday
Mr. Daugherty said Rosenbluth told
a straight forward story, but that It
was yet too early to form an opin-
ion in the case. He reiterated that
Rosenbluth, who is at liberty on
bail following his arrest in New
York, would not be sent west for
trial until the department was rea-
sonably sure of his connection with
the case. 1t was added that il was
not vet determined whether the case
was one for the federal or state
courts. and that If Rosenbluth was
extradited under state laws the de-
partment would not interfere.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
ACCEPT AMERICAN
CABLE PRINCIPLES
Acceptance by Japan and
France Expected to Make
Agreement Possible.

BY Associated Press:
WASHINGTON. April 21.-Japan
and France are understood TO have
accepted the American principles
OF distribution of the former Ger
man Atlantic and Pacific cables at
a session Of the international COM
munications conference held late on
Thursday At the state department.
While details OF the operation Of
the cables 20 be allocated have yet
to be worked out. the acceptance by
Japan and France of the American
view is expected 20 make possible
an early agreement on all such
questions. Actual working out Of
the distribution of the Pacific ca
bles by which IL is understood the
United states Will receive the line
from Guam 20 Yap. and Japan that
part OF the line from zap. extend
nC formerly 90 Shanghai. IL was in
dicated Thursday night. will be de-
ferred pending the clearing up Of
the status OF the Island OF zap.
In addition 20 the cable from
Guam 20 Zap. and that from New
York 10 Brest. now in possession Of
France. the United States is also
expected 20 receive from Great Brit
ain the cable now extending from
New York 20 Emden. Germany. IN
exchange. it is understood Great
Britain viii receive one OF the pres
eut American cables connecting
Canada with Great Britain
Norman Davis. former under sec
retary ~ state. who since the con-
vening OF the conference has acted
as chairman. presented his resigna-
tion Thursday and IL was accepted.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
INVESTIGATE BIG
BLAST IN DETROIT
Two Die and Scores Injured
in Mysterious Dynamite
Explosion.

By Associated Press:
DETROIT. Mich. April 21-Po-
lice late Thursday began an investi-
cation Of mysterious explosion on
Detroit's west side Thursday after
noon that caused the death OF two
persons. injured A score Of others
and caused property loss running
into the thousands.
The explosion occurred in a small
shed at Elsmere ave. and Fort 81.
West. IN the rear OF the Gustav Her
mann soft drink parlor Lawrence
Burnett. .. at play in the yard OF
his home near the shed, was buried
beneath the wreckage. and killed.
Mrs. Hermann. wife OF the owner.
and who Is supposed 10 have been
in the building al the time OF the
blast, was blown 20 bits
This was established by means OF
clothing found two blocks away.
Three business buildings in the
vicinity. including that OF Hermann.
and FIVE homes were wrecked or
badly damaged by the blast. Most
Of the injured were taken from the
demolished homes Virtually all
windows In buildings within a radius
OF three blocks wtre shattered.
The cause OF the explosion had
not been determined by the police
Thursday night. Il was az first be-
lieved an acetyIene tank IN a near
by garage had blown up. Herman
told police that 20 his knowledge no
explosive had been stored IN the
shed Investigation revealed the
detonation was caused enther by
dynamite or T. y. T.
The more seriously injured in
cludes Mrs. Louise Burnett. mother
Of the dead boy. Her two-year-old
son was slightly hurt. An unldenti-
fed girl about is years old. was
made deaf and dumb BY the ex-
plos!on.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
Irish Parliament to
Prohibit Emigration
Heavy Emigration to U. S.
Causes Decree-Permis-
sion Now Necessary.

DUBLIN. April 21.@The decree
just issued by the Irish republican
parliament prohibiting emigration
from Ireland without permission
from the proper authorities" al
though IL is directed against all emil
grafton, was directly occasioned by
the heavy increase in emigration
TO the United States so far this
year. II was declared here Thurs
day. The number OF Irishmen ap-
plying at the American consulates
in Belfast, Dublin and Queenstown
for vises has been so great recertl
that the consulateS' staffs have been
working 20 the limit 10 keep up with
the demand. At Queensr own police
assistance was required 10 regulate
the lines that formed outside and
10 enforce the arrangement that 20
persons only should be admitted al
one time. a considerable proper
tion OF the emigration 10 America
has been OF young women.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-22
FARMERS UNION IN
DEBATE ON TARIFF
Effect Compromise Between
Free Traders and Pro-
tcCtiOnists.

Rv Associated Press
WASHINGTON April e1-Tarif.
taxation and Amcricauization were
discussed az Thursdays session OF
the National Farmers Union. which
IS meeting here 20 frame "a program
cf national legislation affecting aE-
ricultural interests a committee
recommendation for duties on poui-
try products preCipitated a lively
tariff debate between Free Traders
from the south and Protectionists
from the northwest during which
the Virginia delegation divided
; compromise was effected by the
adoption Of a resolution pledEing the
moral support Of the organization
for the poultr-men.
Former Rep. Pollard 81 Nebraska.
while declaring his adhesion to the
principle Of protection. opposed ELI
do~sinc any specific duties OF pro-
lection. but favored tariff which
would represent the difference I'm the
cost OF production at home and
ehroad He said the farmers should
re careful IN their demands for duty
on farm products as the republican
marty. of which he IS a member had
used this as a "sop" 90 the farmers
fr the past. an order 20 impose high
duties on manufactured products.
4 reporr from a committee named
to rsrort an estimate Of losses sus-
tanned recently by farmers. was re-
committed. because of opposition "a
mart OF the findings which some
delegates construed 90 De am en-
Forsement OF the Plumb leaEue plan
FOR .oneration Of the railroads
The committee first reported the
farmers had sustained a loss Of
seven billion dollars as a result o.
the unnecessary proateer'ng Of
rniddIenen. arbitrary restriction Of
credit by federal reserve banks. and
unreasonable rise in railroad rates
af OF which have been credited by
autocrauq economic power exercised
~uuder unjust laws"
The convention endorsed th'
AmericanIzation bills introduced ir
congress by Rep. Upshaw. democrat
Georr.a. which would require publi-
cation in parallel columns OF an
English translation or all newspaper
articles and publications printed il
a foreign language