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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Bedtime Stories
The Buzz in the Rocks
BY Thornton w. Burgess
BeWare, beaoore hoav near. yo~ go
Tc things of a0hich yon do not
know. Mother Bear.

This is one of the first laws of life
all through the Green Forest and all
over the Green Meadows. And it is
one of the hardest of all the rules for
the children of the Green Forest and
the Green Meadows to obey, and for
some of the older folk, too, for that
matter. This is because of curiosity.
Anything new, anything seen for the
first time, awakens curiosity, and Gu
riosity wants to know all about it. SO
curiosity leads many little people and
some big ones into great Trouble or
danger by urging them to go too near
strange things.
Mother Bear had done her best to
make the twins understand this. Over
and over she had charged them never
TO go near thing until they had
found out all about it. But often the
twins forgot, as children will. Or
sometimes they thought they knew
all about thing when they didn't.
That is mistake often ma lie by those
old enough to know better.
One day Mother Bear left them for
o little while to play on a ledge of
rocks, the very ledge in which their
father, Buster Bear, had spent the
winter. They liked to play there. 1t
was great 1un TO CilmD dnouV over Inc
rocks, to hunt for little caves and to
play hide and seek.
They had been playing fer some
time waen they happened to approach
a spot on which jolly, round, bright
Mr.. Sun was shining his broadcast. AS
they drew near this spot Boxers
quick ears caught a strange sound.
Instantly he stopped, with his head
cooked to one side, that he might listen
better. Woof Wool stopped and did the
same thing, just because Boxer was
doing it. Then she also heard that
queer sound. 1t was sharp whir-
ring sound, and somehow those two
little Bears didn't like it. Somehow
it seemed like warning. For min
ute or two they stood perfectly still
listening. The queer sound stopped.
But the instant one of them moved
it began again.
WHAT do you suppose makes ite"
asked Woof-Woof
II havent The least idea" replied
Boyer~FIt sounds to me sort OF ugly"
* olTcan't tell anything w sound
said Woof-Woofs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Magistrate Denies
Crime Waves Are
Due 10 CodClIing g,
Tells Charities Conference
Probation System Is MOI
to Blame, but Wars Ef.
fects and Unemployment

City Magistrate Alexander Brough,
speaking yesterday afternoon at the
opening session of the twelfth annual
New York City Conference of Charities
and Correction, disputed the conten-
ton, which, he said, is held in many
quarters, that crime waves are due to
the coddling of delinquents.
He attributed crime conditions in all
cities largely to the after effects of
the war and to unemployment.
"Those interested in social service
work are not coddling first offenders,
as has been declared by officials and
others who question the system of
parole and probation" said Magistrate
Brough. "In order to correct this mis-
taken idea clear knowledge of what
our work means must be instilled in
the minds of citizens. We are not cod
ding delinquents, but are seeking to
treat them scientifically in the best
interests of the community"
In discussing future steps in deal
ing with delinquency, DR.. Katharine
d. Jaws, general secretary of the
Bureau of Social Hygiene of New York,
said efforts should be made to treat
children who show signs of becoming
delinquents before bad habits are def
nitely formed. The school is the best
field for this form of social service
work, she added.
The session yesterday afternoon was
held at the United States Charities
Building, 10 East Twenty second
Street and attended by several hun
dred delegates. The evening session
was at the Brooklyn Chamber of Com
merce, the principal speakers being
Samuel Rabinovitch, manager of the
United Jewish Aid Societies of Brook
Ign and Bird S. Coler, Commissioner of
the Department of Public Welfare of
New York
The conference will convene to-day
at Seaview Hospital, Castleton Cor
ners, S. l., where health topics will be
discussed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
X. of C.. Button ON Jew
AnnaZes Court Clerk
Peddler Says He'll Never Wear
Emblem Again After Talk
With Policemen

Joseph Doran, chief clerk Of the Tombs
Court, was somewhat surprised yester-
day when he observed Elias Rosenberg,
candy peddler of % Orchard Street,
wearing Knights of Columbus button.
Rosenberg had been arrested by Police
man George Dittmeier. Of the Beach
Street station. for peddling in a re-
stricted district. He was fined 81 by
Magistrate Sweetster, and as he was
about to pay the fine Doran saw the
button.
"Do you belong to the Jewish branch
of the Knights Of Columbus? ?" asked
Doran
Maybe" replied Rosenberg.
Several policemen, apparently men,
bers of the order, overheard the CONVEX
sation. One of them requested Rosen~
berg to step into the detectives room.
He did. AS he left he was without the
button and was muttering a promise
never to wear O similar emblem again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

he lived happily and congenially with
her and praised her to others and made
her expensive presents. This is held
by the defense to indicate forgiveness
in the fullest sense of the word.
1t was pointed out that Mr.. Stillman
visited Buffalo with his wife at the
time the "hysterical" letter, so-called,
was written, that he returned with her
TO New York and that they lived to-
gether until Christmas. 1918. 1t was
said that month after the birth Of
Guy and nine months after the "hys-
terical'' letter, Mr.. Stillman made his
wife present of an oil painting which
cost him $4,000. The point that he was
aware of the alleged attentions Of
Beauvais from 1917 on and that he
took no action, but continued to live
with his wife is held to refute his
assertion that he had not forgiven her,
and is sufficient, one authority says, to
throw the entire complaint out of court
If substantiated before Referee Daniel
J, Gleason.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Athletic Club to Vote
On Smokers for Women
Resolution Prohibiting Prac-
tice i'm Club Houses Seized
uled for Debate Tuesday

A special meeting Of the New York
Athletic Club has been called for next
Tuesday evening, it was learned yes
terday, to consider whether women
shall be permitted to smoke in the
clubhouse in the city and in that on
Travers Island or on the grounds sur
rounding the latter.
A resolution prohibiting smoking by
women has been framed, the author
still being anonymous, and will come
up for discussion and vote Tuesday
evening. There has been considerable
discussion of it already, especially by
the women.
Things are coming to pretty pass
if we deprive the women of all the
nice things in life,' said Mrs. Arthur
w. Teele, wife Of one of the gov
errors of the club and non-smoker
herself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
SIS Men and / Woman, Taken
I'm Gambling Raid, DISCHARGED

Fifty-fve men and a woman were
arrested early yesterday in raid on
an alleged gambling house at POS West
Thirty-eighth Street. The men were
charged with disorderly conduct and the
woman, who described herself as
Louise Dlingesa, thirty-fve years old
of 1 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, was
charged with maintaining a gambling
house.
Arraigned in jefferson Market Court
the fiftysix prisoners were discharged
by Magistrate George w, Simpson for
lack of evidence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

We have in our own stocks
duplicates of some of the pat
terms at the grade prices quoted
above-more than double-near-
ly three times--the prices in this
sale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
EarlyAmerican
Chests oDrawers
and Bureaus
AU QUATRIEME
AU QUATRIEME

That quaint and con-
venient piece Of furniture.
the chest Of drawers, is
one Of the most pleasant
things that can be brought
TO the country house. For
bedrooms they are, of
course, most suitable and
have very definite prac-
teal mission as well as a
decorative one. In the
halls and living rooms of
The country house the chest
Of drawers is dignihed and
charming and can hold in
Vulnerable things that 9TH
erwise have no place for
safe keeping. Then, too,
the print and fabric col
lector likes to have one in
his library to hold his
treasures, as the old Salem
sea captains used them to
hold their charts.
To interest you today.
we have chosen a list of
a few of the early Ameri.
can chests Of drawers that
are priced from 500 to
$l65 - low prices for
these fine old pieces.
An old pine chest of
drawers. having very beau
tiful original brasses, two
drawers and lift up top,
500.
Tiny curly maple bureau
with four drawers. $50.
A mahogany chest of
drawers with carved and
twisted posts, $l25.
A chest of drawers of
mahogany with finely huted
pillars, $l75.
Another at the same
price is inlaid and has FIVE
drawers.
A mahogany chest with
fine inlay on top and
around. $50.
A small maple chest of
drawers with cut-out top
and bracket feet. $3.50.
A small swell front ma
hogany chest of drawers
with four O-gie feet, $l85.
A cherry chest of draw
ers with unusually good
fluted pillars. extending TO
top and very finely turned
legs, $3.50.
Fourth floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Curtain draperies-slip covers
cushion covers-screen panels
there are here just the Gre
tonnes for all of them; formal
patterns, stripes, architectural
designs; floral effects, verdure eff
fects, bird designs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Wonder and
knowledge

are children of pleasure no mat
ter how old we get.
To see new things and things
from afaf, and to hear the won
drous, exquisite tones of the
great organ, that gets better as
1t grows older and is we'll used
and much more played upon, is
never-ceasing delight.
Be always welcome to come
yourself and to bring your
friends as often as you please.
1t is a good and convenient
meeting place.
(Signed)
ut &am<
May 10, 1921
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

One long aisle will be given TO
the display of these cretonnes, SO
that you may compare designs
and texture in comfort.
Fourth Gallery, New Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Local Official Record.-The following Of
fetal record shows temperatures during the
last twenty -four hours. IN comparison with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Weather Report

Figures Indicated are standard time
Sun rises 1855 am. Sun GETS. 1908 pm.
Moon rises. 5:o6 pm. Moon sets. S:ls a.r1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Local Forecast.--Fair to-day and to-
morrow; gentle, variable winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Highest, "A degrees Cat 1850 p. ny low
est, 81 cat a. M; average, So; average
Same date last year, IS; average same date
for tf1rty-three years, 60.
Humidity
e, m. -. 75 / p. NJ. 4s p. m. Sc
Barometer Readings
s a. m. 1913 l p. M ,ao.1 8 p. M. .Sol3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Wanamaker Furniture
woka cperod desgns
SIOZS8Z
S337l7 Of nachedb edroomsu suites a
$50
fourpo and4
al perc
S5,417
1852 o
5000 worthof reedch tyle, thar
$50 o painted whie),
$17o87 It in, in
1924 and at
$341 400 total
that
all ncerned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19
Important Feature

There is sufficient yardage of each
pattern to cover the requirements of
the largest house--or even small hotels.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-19

Tbe Go1tnot1 5bop
For Men
Indian madden printed
handkerchiefs (or bandan-
nas) of silk or crepe, with
neckties to match, are the
proper accompaniment of
the Scotch tweed, Shet-
land or homespun golf suit.
Burlington Arcade floor,
New Building.
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Back to Pre- War | rices


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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
TIME TO TALK PERTH AMBoY

The aldermen, by naming their entire board to go be-
fore the Port of New York Authority Friday afternoon, have
shown the proper spirit. Now that the first step has been
taken to make Perth Amboy a first class port with shipping
facilities on the waterfront second to none, ii is our duty to
tell the world. Let the port authority know that we fully
appreciate the value of our own waterfront and that as long
os the state authorities have seen fit to include us within
the Port of New York without asking us whether we cared
to go in or not, it is up to the authority in charge of the port
development TO recognize our advantages.
The Port of New York Authority is being pressed from
all sides by the different municipalities within the port dis
trict that are alive to the Importance of the situation. Perth
Amboy will have plenty of competition in the demand for
recognition by the port authority, but there is not a city in
the district aside from Manhattan itself, where better ship
ping facilities can be found. 1t remains for Perth Amboy to
press her claims, bringing out her advantages in the most
'orceful manner showing the port authority that, if is really
sincere in its desire to develop the entire port for the good
Of the whole without thought of favoring any particular
section, it cannot ignore Raritan bay and the facilities that
Perth Amboy has to offer.
1t will be up to the aldermen when they appear before
the port authority Friday afternoon to tell what they propose
to do for the development of this city's waterfront. They
must insist that this city is practically committed to the ex-
penditure of at least 81, 900, 900 for harbor improvements
and that a commission is now at work on the plan.
If there ever was a time to talk Perth Amboy, it will
be this coming Friday afternoon before the Port Of New
York Authority. And the best of it is, we will have a lot to
NIX about. The foundation has been laid for big things and
ii is the duty of the aldermen to drive home the facts before
she port authority so as to impress them as they have never
been impressed before.
Besides the aldermen, who will represent the city prop
er. there will be a big delegation present representing the
Rartan Terminal and Waterways Association, which will
also talk Raritan bay and river. 1t is up to all hands to unite
to put this section of the port on the map.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
Daily Letter by Frederic J.. Haskn

price. The wholesaler and the
retailer refused to follow suit. The
cost of their operations was high,
chiefly because wages remained high
and by cooperation and storage,
both ~ which the farmer lacked,
they were able TO keep up their
prices to a great extent.
But the farmers form about for
ty per cent. of the buying public.
Having very little money, this large
section of the buying public bought
very little. Manufacturers of farm
implements Immediately felt the
pinch. Their sales in many cases
fell off more than half. Other man
ufacturing lines also felt it. AS a
result factory employees were thrown
out of work. Unemployment set in.
1t affected millions. So the buying
public was still further reduced, de-
mand declined still more, the cost OF
every retailing operation rose. and
the retailer, with his high prices,
was less than ever in a position to
reduce them.
1t is a stalemate which is easy
to understand, but hard to remedy.
If a bushel of potatoes would buy a
pair of shoes in 1913, but it takes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
Discomfort
Berton Braley's Daily Poem.

Don't be c%ontented; never mind the
folk
Who preach contentment as the
highest virtue.
Who bid you plod along until you
croak
AS though ambition were a thing
to hurt you.
Never be satisfied with what you
are,
Contentment is a phrase by fools
invented;
Go on and hitch your wagon to a
star,
Don't be contented!
If man had been content since time
began
We'd still be monkeys from the
branches swinging
Without the will to change, to dream
and plan:
And all brave tales of wonder that
are ringing
Down centuries of time, would be as
nought;
Progress was eve by unrest TO-
mented.
It's discomfort that stirs the world
to thought;
Don't be contented!
Keep wanting more-more money
and more fun,
More education and a broader
vision;
Don't be complacent over what you
have done.
Keep on-keep on. in spite of all
derision;
Seek, with a hope that will not be
denied.
Each chance for growth that for
tune has presented:
And always keep your mind unsat-
isfied,
Don't be contentedi
Copyright. 1921. N. Z. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
BY DIR. II. IL. BISHOP


The common conception concern
ing germs is rather hazy. People re-
gard these little animals or organ-
isms as beasts of prey that lurk in
wait for their victims in out of the
way
Now the germ as a rule is a
very delicate creature. 1t must have
food to live upon and darkness to
live in. Sunlight usually destroys
germs Immediately as does the US
ual temperature of the outdoor air.
Warmth, food and darkness are the
essentials this organism must have
20 live and multiply.
Germs multiply under favorable
conditions in terrific numbers. 1t Is
only the fact that they cannot get
enough food hat keeps them from
filling up the earth in a few hours.
The dark interior of the human
body that is somewhat low in resist
ing power is an ideal place for
germs to multiply and do their pol
sonous work. Thus we come to the
conclusion that it is from persons
and not inamimate things that do
not contain conditions for breeding
germs that diseases are caught"
Many people are afraid to touch a
car strap OF a DOOh llldl has OCSi
used by strangers and many people
much as they like money, are often
afraid of old, worn-out currency.
In the bureau at Washington
where old, worn-out currency is re-
ceived for redemption, it is said that
infectious disease has never occurr-
ed among the clerks who handle 1t.
There must be a good reason for
this amazing fact and it is therefore
probably because the germs of in
lection find the best place TO live In
the warmth of the human body
rather than in inanimate things that
do not furnish the essential condi-
tions that favor their existence and
activity.
If infectious diseases were really
conveyed by such means as money,
rags. car straps, ETC., n of the best
media imaginable would be old rags.
and a test of this theory would be
found in the "a markets of Alexan-
dria, Egypt. where the rags are
largely the cast-off clothing of the
natives of the interior where infec-
tious diseases are always prevalent
Yet the British sanitary officers
have never discovered infection
among the people hired to handle
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
BY LEW Il. PALMER
Member Of Safety-to-Life Committee
National Fire Prevention Association


The appalling loss of $4,000 lives
and $500, 900, 900 in property de-
stroyed by fire in the United States
during the year 1920 has been recog-
nized by the federal government as
a menace to the nations welfare.
National fire prevention organiza-
tions charge that 50 per cent. of
those killed and injured each year
by fire are mothers and children IN
der school Age.
Notwithstanding the school trag-
edy at C~ollinwood. a suburb of
Cleveland, o., 90 per cent. of the
school buildings OF the United States
are today classed as veritable fire
traps.
The fire cost in the United States
exceeds the total cost of education.
Approximately 300,000 homes are
destroyed in n year..
Follow These Don'ts
In order to keep the home fires
burning
late in Easements, workshops or any,
| where about the premises. Clean
| property seldom burns.
Don't burn trash, brush Or rub
bish near buildings, fences and other
property, nor permit children to do
so.
Don't keep ashes in wooden boxes
or deposit them against wooden
buildings or partitions. Keep in non
combustible receptacles.
Don't change your electric wiring
without consulting a competent
electrician.
Don't hang electric light cords on
nails.
Don't fail to take precautions with
electric flatirons and always use
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
FOLLOW THESE DON'TS
IF YOU'D AVOID FIRE

with signal light.
Don't fail to place metal protection
under all stoves and protect wood
work where stoves or furnaces are
close to walls.
Don't pass stove pipes through
ceiling, roofs or wooden partitions.
Don't neglect to have all fiues
cleaned, examined and repaired at
least once each year..
open ~fireplaces.
Don't connect gas stoves, heaters
or hot plates with rubber hose.
Don't use gasoline or benzine to
cleanse clothing near an open flame,
light or fire. Use non-infiammable
cleaner.
Don't use liquid polishes near open
lights. Many such compounds con-
tain volatile infiammable oils.
Don't Use a Torch
Don't thaw frozen water pipes by
applying a torch or open flame of
any kind. Wrap pipes loosely with
cloths and pour on hot water, or
send for a plumber.
Don't allow children to play with
matches. Keep matches in closed
metal box.
Don't go into closets with lighted
matches or candles.
Don't fail to remember that there
is always danger in the discarded
cigarette and cigar stub.
Don't let electric wires come in
contact with metal objects.
Don't hang lace curtains near un-
protected gas jets.
Don't stand coal-oil lamps on
shaky tables.
Don't use hot hair curriers' with
out removing celluloid combs.
Have you taken these precautions
to protect your home? If not, start
today-National Fire Prevention be-
gins at home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18

In 1906 Lewis and Clark made
their memorable tour of explora-
ton. Three years before the event
President Jefferson had asked con-
gress TO appropriate $4,000 to cover
the expenses of the undertaking.
There was grave doubt in the
minds of Congress whether there
was anything In all that s terri
tory worth that sum to the United
States. Fifteen millions for the
Louisiana Purchase seemed an ex-
travagant expenditure.
But Jefferson got the money. and
the exploration was made.
In 1880 Captain BENJAMIN L. e.
Bonneville blazed a trail to the Pa
cific. The discovery of gold in Cali
fornia in 1849 and the Mormon ex-
odus from Missouri and Illinois to
Utah made a track, but IL was so
long and perilous that many pre-
ferred the route around the Horn or
across the Isthmus.
And now the mail train or the pas
senger makes the journey in less
than four days from coast to coast.
But that is not the limit. In this
year of 1921 a record has been made
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-18
Science Service
Potassium, Lime and Brick Taken
From New Jersey Sand

From New Jersey Sand
Science has turned the green
sands of New Jersey into salts of
potassium, agricultural lime and
building brick. AS a result, a huge
potassium plant is in operation in
the state.
In former years the United States
imported potassium. Then geolo-
gists and chemists found that the
green sands contained great guam
titles.
The potassium is tied up with the
s~ilicates, of course, but when the
sand is digested with lime the cal
cium of the lime dispiaces the po-
tassium so that it forms a soluable
salt and may be recovered. after
certain refinements as caustic potash
From potash the other potassium
salts, including chlorides. sulphate
and carbonate, can be made.
Much of the land in the eastern
part of the country is in need of
lime, and the waste calcium salts
from the New Jersey potassium
plant are suited to such use, cor
recting soil acidity and improving
the general condition.
1t VIII take the entire output of
the plant for some years to meet
this demand
The huge plant also makes sand
lime brick in great quantities. plac-
ing New Jersey at the door of a
great consuming market t.
The lime-burning plant is the
largest in the world.