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Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04
PLANT ,SUPERSTITIONS

When drops of water hang on the
leaves of plants, they will soon bloorl.
If house plant suddenly withers, 1t
is sign that some one will soon die in
the room.
If person purchase a plant that
another person intended to buy, it will
wither and die.
If slips are cut from plants with
shears. they will not live. They must
be broken off to do well.
Count the blossoms on your favorite
plant. If they are odd, you will have
no enemies, but if even you have at
least one.
When you free your plants or shrubs
of broken twiss and dead leaves, never
burn them, as it will make the plants
sick and probably cause them to
wither. away.
If you pick up shrub or plant of
any kind after it has been discarded
by some one else and the plant grows
it is said to mean certain old age to
you.
Old wives, when gathering herbs for
their salves and simples, were wont to
judge of their luck during the year by
the facility with which they found the
desired plants.
If plants received as gifts grow and |
flourish, it is a sign that the giver is
true and faithful friend, but if they
wither and refuse to grow, the giver
is false and an enemy.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

Good roads boosters sometimes have
the enthusiasm jostled out of them a.
q trail-blazing trip.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

Women are taking to golf, says Q
headline. Yes, they've been attendfnn
teas long enough. RI.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04
FOR SALE!
Money to Loan

have money to loan. From $1,000
to $1,000 at 6S on first Mortgages.
JOHN RELDMYER, JR.
Real Estate Broker
North Broad Street
Telephone ITO. Midd]etown, Della.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

When drops of water hang on the
leaves of plants, they will soon bloom.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

If person purchase a plant that
another person intended to buy, it will
Wither and die.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Of
Blackbird' Hundred

The taxable residents OF Blackbird
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred. are hereby notified
that the county and school Taxes for the
year 1920 are now due, and the under
signed Tax Collector Tor said Hundred,
will be
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

If house plant suddenly withers, it
is sign that some one will soon die in
the room.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-04

If slips are cut from plants with
shears. they will not live. They must
be broken off to do well.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
Jazz as It Seems to One Who Is Not Cultured in Current Music
By FoUsE Seventeenth Community Church.

To who not cultured to be the reproduction sick banyad Goans beowngs baTngs and ceivabe by which physical dstmpes themselves struggle together that appears have neither rhyme rhythm Its quality suspected that it lends itself to those sensual that years of jungs of the Congo Amazon and the rot Paris Its ots and jars neither oohe satisfy the It the ordinary effects of music and acerates where it ought to heal
 It's most place banquet where chat their and where in former days soft and hidden music accompaniment the flow of soul Jaz however crowds close against tables until must talk boeoy fashion he would courteous his Tbak whose development had fine of the increasing discussion uncheons and dinners of threatened by this noisy neoper To protest this that sweeping the world futile
 abundance and available all the only antdote Music that speaks the yearnings of the spirit will be replaced by the the feh The the divine which
 springs; the other ephemera the animal whom peal When of thousands feast the best that the
 produced and when myriads of little children the of the smile with compacency the jazzes it's
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

Founders are found along the shores of almost all countries.
 Thousands of factory girls in Eng land are leaving the mills for domes- tic work.
 Because of it's strategic importance Detroit has had a military garrison ever since 1701
 Of twelve "deaf and dumb" beggars recently arrested in Paris, eleven were found to be in full possession of the faculties of speech and hearing.
 A larger number of patents are granted in the United States each year than in any other country.
 According to Scottish custom, the gift of a bunch of heather to a High land lassie is equal to an offer of marriage.
 Japanese paper currency of 1884 bears the figure of Jingo-Kogo, who was empress of Japan in the third century.
 Women in Holland recently ceIe- brated the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of a law opening the high schools and colleges to girl students.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

MYTH an assured confidence in
 w its success, manufacturers of blouses have presented again the blouse of georgette crepe with em- broidery of beads; in both overblouse and tuck-in models. Nearly all the fancier blouses are made in the first mentioned style and cut with either kimono or set-in sleeves.
 It is natural that so beautiful fabric as georgette crepe should have an army of devotees, but there are other materials in the running which will gain as the weather grows cold. Crepe de chine and crepe satin are also wonderfully beautiful in texture and not so sheer as georgette. AS a rule, they are selected for the less fancy blouses. Georgette lends itself so we'll to novel effects that designers like to work with it, and the demand for fanciful and novel decorative fea- lures keeps them busy. For trimming beads, embroideries and sOutache braid predominate in present showings- both bugle and seed beads, give good account of themselves, and in girdles there is a new departure to- ward those not made of the material in the blouse.
 In this model an Overblouse Is made
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

not only universally prosperous but rich beyond the traditional dreams of You have only supplement the fancy with con which find wholly lacking that all this opunce and this direct results of the the wholly of resentment.
 What the facts? Did the United really profit the the lives and dd mind relatively insignificant? In dollars the America of her participation in the when finally will fall far short of the entire indemnity Germany make parsons There has been much of that already Surely good when all striving get together purpose for the veal from dputng the relative of the buttons to the great
 The second mapprehenion which referred that who have been led to doubt that the peoples Europe have been doing the utmost for themselves before seeking help
 Gladly the highest tribute the and pride these soy mten peoples Already the better understanding between Great Britain and the United States achieved farreacng result the first time history the turbulent Atlantic become mill pond practically danger
 naval warfare concerned There for good hope that whatever apprehnsons exist of peu possibilities the Pacific may be dispelled than commonly anticipated.
 When if b that splendid consummaton shall have been attained the apparently universal desire disarmament will follow inevitably and earth will years forever
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
BRIEF INFORMATION

Five Wisconsin cities now employ policewOmen-
 Without wasps fig trees would not produce fruit.
 The owl parrot of the South Pa cific islands rarely flies.
 The United States levied its first in- ternaI revenue tax in 1791.
 Mangrove trees form dense groves to the very edge of the ocean.
 Cyclones revOlve in opposite direc- tions in the two hemispheres.
 Mrs. Anna Slaght is assistant man. ager of one of the largest hotels in Chicago.
 Birmingham, Ala, has a business and professional woman's club of l. 400 members.
 One of the first schools for girls in Japan was opened by an American woman in Yokohama in 1871.
 Twelve officers hold the rank of field marshal in the British army, the only non-British holders being the emperor of Japan and Marshal FOch.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

of georgette crepe and handsomely embroidered with seed beads in two colors. It has boat-shaped neck bound with a narrow bias fold of the greorgette, set-in sleeves little longer than three-quarter length with band set on and opened. The sleeve and band are caught up in a few folds. held to place by a small bead motif The girdle is made of beads and silk cord.
 If one is looking for a new blouse for present wear, 1t may well be Of black georgette crepe combined with color, as old blue, jade-green, henna, or both blue and henna. The color is sparingly used as in a narrow band about the neck or a lining for the girdle, or an inset piece at the front. Black wool fringe is sometimes used as a finish on these blouses and single fiowe- motifs, embroidered in two or three colors, are posed on them. some times near the girdle, and again. near the shoulder.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

T>hE between-seasons' wrap, like the
 ! between-seasons'h hat, is an acquisi- tion to the wardrobe that proves to be very accommodating thing. It makes Its appearance at any time of the year in weather that demands it, and passes under the scrutiny of the crit ical quite sure of their approval. It is made to suit weather conditions rather than seasons
 Midsummer brought in and late sum- mer is approving some very handsome knitted garments, capes and coats, along with tuxedos and sweater-coats, that have promising future. They are made in many colors and color con- binatiOns, and varied as knitted gar ments can be, by the use of different kinds of stitches in the process of making them. Many of the capes are accordion plaited and many both striped and plaited. For making col lars, cuffs, borders and all trimmings
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

angora cloth is used and the comblna tion of the two fabrics is wonderfully effective.
 The cape pictured Is a handsome wrap for present wear and for fall It Is shown in plain colors and in stripes in a considerable variety of colors. In white with stripe of or ange and trimming of light gray an- gora it Is a beautiful wrap but not without rivals, in vivid green with white or gray angora. in blue and white stripes, in tan and brown and all the sweater tones."
 Duvetyn will assume the responsibtl- ity of providing many wraps for au- tumn. It is made in all colors and its texture softens and enriches even the most vivid of them. Among the smartest of the materials for fall and winter appears the reliable and time honored cheviot, showing vagaries in it's weave as we'll as plain patterns.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
AIdrich,s Critic

'As time went on," says Ferris Greenslet of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, ''he was growing Increasingly fastidi- ous in the revision of his prose, and in the end he smoothed and filed it with the same loving, lingering care that he bestowed upon his poems. As he wrote in one of his letters: There is only one critic I stand greatly in dread of he becomes keener and more exacting every month; he is getting to be a dreadful fellow for me, and his name is T. B. Aldrich. There is no let up.'"
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
Why Not Two Leagues for Western
 World and One for the Pacific?

would recommend PanPacc League of Nations you please quite ready completely unctioning league world Why not begin with two leagues for the western world with
  with headquarters, say, at Honolulu?
 The United recom- mendaon President Harding We have PanPacf which the Pacific have delegates Let meeting the be called and let United States there with for developing and extending the real working Pacific central conang body for considering the basic problems such emigration overpopuaton aocation ply which all the Pacific.
 should immediately appoint committees of experts thorough studies these problems each country affiliated be represented ont these committees.
 primary functions of this PanPacfc commission should be the fa by these investigations and by of interchange and research bureau of the highest p second to enforce compulsory publicity. That the should compel all interests seeking commercial v ages the saeguaded officially income tax returns
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

select serge. This lightweight and delightfully."- pliable fabric bids fair ts have a strong vogue next season, navy blue leading the color procession. Very bright-colored lightweight velours art used with very good effect to fashion vests, sometimes entire sleeves fl serge frocks.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

When little Ninette Lal gave her Chinese wink" to the immigration inspectors at Ellis Island, N. r., 1t was enough to make even the solemn officials forget their task of sorting out immigrants by geneaology, as pro- vided for in the new law. Ninette would have been barred under the Chinese exclusion act. but for the fact that her father Is. a scientist and in ventor. and such Chinese are exempt. Mrs. Lai, an English woman, and her baby were admitted and permitted to join the Chinese husband and father in New York.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
seroe for Next Seasons Frocks.

Apparel for fall Is occupying the at tention of designers to the exclusion of all else just now, and the woman who wishes to pad out her summer ward with a wool tailored frock for cool days or motoring will do well to
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
Straidht Lines.

One notices in the things coming fin for fall a decided tendency toward the straight line in suits. Dark colors predominate as usual in the beginning of the season.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
Now for the First Time the Turbulent Atlantic Has Become a Mill Pond
 By G. B. M HARVEY, Ambassador Great Britain

The mutual helpfulness between the United States and Great Britain which all desire cannot be realized until two great misapprehensions have been removed-one of which has prevailed Europe respect ing the United States and the other has permeated the United States to Europe The two combined ap- pear to constitute the chief barrier to full and effective play and cooperation based upon confidence and derstanding.
 l find in Europe the common impression that the United States alone among the nations of the world is today land of milk and honey whose people
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26
corsaue Flowers.

Corsage flowers of velvet ribbon. tho edges of the ribbon gathered to puck CT it into petal shapes, are a new de tall. =
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

Dallas Lore Sharp BosonOur American schools do not their of study they provide for captains of industry educational negc the natural and formal vocational education Great books work with the hands, the place school Education has become the theory of the beehive put into on Children emotiona spiritually worker bees starved scientifically
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

Lieut.. Gen. Uehara Yaninishi is shown reading an address at a re- cent memorial service for those who fell in battle. It was shortly after he was invested with the office of Japanese minister of war.
The Holbrook news., 1921-08-26

Aes Hrdka anthropoogs and not Asia the cradle of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01
Escaped from BOIsheviki

With passports from four varieties
Of Russian Government. Tor near Gov.
ernment) in his pockets, DR.. Gregory
Zillhorg, formerly under.secretary to
the Minister of Labor in the Kerensky
Government, set out to escape from
Russia to America.
Challenged by a representative of
the B~olsheviki Government, DR.. Zil-
laorg would hastily produce the Boil.
shcviki passport and pass on; chal-
lenged by a Ukrainian guard, he
would show the Ukrainian papers and
be permitted to pass. Thus, little by
little, and with a false guess as to
the allegiance of his inquisitor mean
ing instant death, DR.. Zilboorg made
his way to the Russian frontier and
eventually to America.
He has a thrilling tale to tell. He
tells it in excellent English, for, al.
though he has been in America less
than a year, his vigorous mentality,
which gave him three Russian doc
torates, has enabled him TO- master
our language with little difficulty.
His Chautauqua lecture-"Russia
In Revolution"-will be an exposition
of that Russian thought which lies
between the Bolsheviki on the one
extreme and the military group, who
are attempting to restore the
archy, on the other.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01

portation.
Rough handling of shipments In
transit and faulty construction of
boxes or containers are the principal
reasons for the losses ~aggregating
the figures aforementioned.
Little wonder, then. that q group
Of nine officials constituting the COM
mittee on claims of the American
Railway Express Company journeyed
to Madison, Wis, recently to witness
tests conducted by the Forest Pro-
n proper methods of box construc-
ton.
The experimental equipment used
by this government laboratory con-
sisted of a drum II feet in diameter,
said to be the largest testing ma
chine of the kind in the world. The
packages of goods, not dissimilar IN
preparation to actual consignments
for shipment. were subjected to a
pell-mell tumbling on the inside of
this spacious drum, which completes
one revolution a minute.
The apparatus is employed in
making accelerated service tests.
thereby affording immediate and ac-
curate data for the design of i'm
proved shipping containers. Condi-
tiolS outdIlliHS Oh railway trains
while shipments are in transit are
duplicated in the laboratory.
A sparsity of nails, tendency of the
wood to split, defects such as knots
and knot holes, thinness of the ma
terial in the sides, top or bottom,
are among the weaknesses common
ly revealed by these laboratory tests.
For instance, according to scien-
tific conclusions, nails Sd and small
er should be spaced not more than
two inches apart when driven in the
side grain of the end and not more
than one and three-fourths inches
when penetrating the end grain of
the box.
The spacing OF nails in end con-
struction should be increased from
the aforementioned figures to one
fourth inch for each penny over six.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01

in making the event a success. Spe-
cial features of entertainment take
place each night which are well
worth attending. On Tuesday night
the Children's Polish Band, which
are spending some time on the out
skirts of the borough, attended and
gave a two-hour concert and an
aerial attraction proved popular.
The carnival will continue each
night this week and on Labor Day
and evening and it is hoped that a
lcrge amount will be cleared to be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01
AVENEL

H. J. Baker and family motored
to Jersey City recently.
Sidney Greenhalgh and family
have returned from a camping trip
to Washington, d. c.
Miss s. Martin, of Red Hook, N.
Y, visited Mrs. j. B. Labat, We'd
nesday.
Mrs. H. Tompkins entertained her
mother and sister, of Brooklyn,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Outwater is entertaining her
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01
kEYPORT BEACH FETE
is COMPLETE SUCCESS

rBy Evening News Correspondent
KEYPORT, Sept. 1.-THE Beach
Park carnival which has been in
progress since Saturday night con-
tinues to attract large crowds night
ly and the committee In charge feel
amply repaid for the effort exerted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01
HOW BOXES ARE TESTED

Railway and express companies
pay in excess of 100,000,000 annually
in the adjustment of claims filed by
shippers who sustain damages and
frequently complete losses to COM
modities consigned to railway trans
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01
mother of East Orange.

mother OF East Orange.
The Steel Equipment Corporation
team of Avenel defeated the Merck
company's nine by s to 5 Tuesday
night in an Industrial League game
at Riverside Park.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-01

used for the purchase of Beach Pari
as a community center.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
Falls Dead in Kitchen

While about to enter the kitchen of
her home to prepare supper last night
Mrs. Helen Golfer, sixty years old
1913 North Howard street, fell dead
from heart disease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

Isl Of Later SnlltnEs on R~Cu"-t
st. PhiIu. Freight Or1rr. Pnurs. Pidg.. phiIs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

turchi, ora posano come liberatori in :
nanzi all Armenia cCrtamente acuui =
sterranO prCstigiO go riusciranno get
tar fuori turchi. LArmcnia non
poasiede larghc propricta o industrie da
essere communicate, ed infatti bolsce-
vichi rapprcscntano una piccola mino
rita nclIa mia nazione.
Soto l'articOlo settimo dcll'armi- =
stiaio con la Turchia, gil allcati sono
autorizzati ad occupare viaggo del
armenia in caso di disordini. Non solo
| disordini 81 vcrifcarono. ma Mustafa
kemal, .capo delle truppc del nazionai =
sti turchi mel tcrritorio armcno, entro'
anche in Kars g Alcssandropoli. senza
che gil Allcati muOvessero un ditto. II
pOpoio armeno chicdono che eli Allcati
mantengano n loro parola costringano
Mustafa' kemal ad cvacuare il loro ter
ritorio," +"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
MALONE'S APPEAL LOST
Conviction for Seditious Utterances
Upheld by London Court

London. Jan. 1S.-The sentence OF
six months Imprisonment imposed last
November upon cut. Colonel Les
trnngc Malone. L,Mral membeN of the
House Of Commons. after his cOnvic
tion of alleged scdtious utterances,
has been confirmed by the Court OF
Appeals. the court dismissing an ap-
peal from the lower court.
Lieutenant Colonel Malone was ar
rested in Dublin, Nov 10. The chargc
was based upon speech delivered by
Malone in Albert Hall in London a
short time previously in which he was
quoted as declaring that bloodshed
would be justified, If it were necessary
to bring about the british revolution -
and as adding: "What are a few
Churchlls CT n few Curzons on lamp
posts compared with the misery of
thousands of luman beings"
The prosecution n; the trial declared
this speech was nothing less than "in .
citcmcnt to murder"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

consult Great Britain relative to the
suggested suspension of naval program.
"Only when an American British
agreement has been reached he add
ed, "can Japan be in position to con,
slider this proposition. Japan's naval
program is fixed at the minimum neces-
sity for national Defense
Charges that it appears the Amcri- :
can Government, is giving the incident
arising out of the death Of Naval Lieu
tenant Langdon at Nladivostok undue
importance are made by the Kokumin
Shimbun.
"If, as believed" the newspaper
continues, "Apcrica goes as far ps ia
bring up Jap0n's basic policy in ST.
IBERIA, including the question of the
evacuation of that country by japanese
troops. it is likely fresh cause for dis
cussion has arisen between the two
governments. Moreover, such a ques'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
IA CESSAz|0NE DEL
BLOCC0 D. F|UME
Ia citta' .Ritorna al Suoi Liberi
cohmerci Secondo un An
nunzio Ufficiale

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