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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright. 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
More Trouble,

The Tariff Bill
Has been damned through;
We know this will
No worry you.
But we expect
Most any day,
They'll resurrect
Old Schedule *.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04
Take THAT!

Dear Luke: Take that. That that thar, ina
that that, that that that refers to, modlnes. Is
a noun, seems very clear to me.-A. S. w.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

Nazimova says she'll produce a play without
a man. Sounds as impossible as a prayer WITH
out Amen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04
Helm

What you need is a tonic to sharpen your
appetite" said the Doctor. by the way, what
is your occupation?
II am a sword swallower in a circus side
show replied the caller.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

And, as Tramp Starr informs us. you can sa
this much for a skunk-he's always willing t
give you his last scent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

We were interviewing the famous multi
millionaire, =.
"And what book has helped you most II
life 2" we asked.
THE pocketbook," he replied.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

The stork brought twins to Mr.. Tide,
A boy and girl-he swelled with pride;
He thought a while, then said: II know,
I'll name one Ebb and name one FIo!'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

After several weeks of the extraordinary SEES
sion of congress we want to know why the ad-
~jective.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

DR.. Cory Hogg, of Harvey w. Va, has con-
scented to act as Chief Surgeon in the Names Is
Names Hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

Our Daily Special.
II You Knock, Opportunity Won't.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

Be cheerful, friend, whate'er you do,
Don't sit around and gloom and groan;
For when you borrow trouble, you
pay heavy interest on the loan.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

You can find A. Nutty auctioneer in Wash
ington, Ill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

She nagged till he was nearly DEAD
So angry Mr.. Tupp
Put his wife in a folding bed,
And then he shut her up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04
HaM. HaW!

You remember me, don't you?" said the
First Man, as he extended his hand.
"Why, 'er-'er-I can't just RECALL your name,
but YOUR face is familiar said the Second
Man, trying to get away with the old bromide.
We'll, it ought to be-" grinned the First
Man. MY name is Watch"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04
Them Was the Happy DAYS!


I. Booze. the Oakland, Cal, saloonkeeper
has gone out of business.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-04

Names Is Names.
Lolita Cheek lives in B~inghamton, Tennessee.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-30
What Congress Did Yesterday

Stoned emeers 70 be returned T. the
retired list and 10 receive the full
pay and allowances ef the grade
they held DURING the war.
Good, Iewa- ResoIution provfd-
ting for the Immediate eSssiderstiou
by the House Of the Senate bili ere
ating national budget system.
Nelson, wisconsin -Authe erisinr z
the Secretary of the Treasury 10
Designate depositaries Of public
MONEYS In foreign countries and IN
the territories; and insuIar possess
siens OF the United States.
Huddiesten,, AlabaHaa
Ing the Secretary of War 70 use
surplus array stores for. the relief
Of destftutioa In the coal naiuius
regions Of Alabama.
O'Brfen, New Jcrsey-Protestiu
against violations Of the laws of
land warfare committed by the
British forces against the Irish peo-
Die In their struggle for independ-
enee.
Raker. California-Relatiy to the
naturalization and eiti.enship OF
married women.
Graham, Illinois-To amend Sec
tien 407o Of the transportation act
Of 1870. : =
Conmittees Meeting Today.
Interstate Commerce, subcom nit
tee War Risk, 10, open.
Agriculture, trading 4. futures.
>, spen.
ways and Means. subconmittee.,
1850 ex.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-30
BILL PLANS HEIR
FOR d. C.. MOTHERS

Mothers Of Washington whose
children up to Is years old are de-
pendent upon them will receive
financial assistance from the Dis
trict and Federal governments. un-
der, the provisions Of bill intro
duced yesterday by Senator Charles
Curtis. of Kansas. o.. 49,.
The object is to enable the mothers
to care for their children in their
own. homes. The assistance for this
purpose will come from the funds
appropriated for. the Board of
Childrens' Guardians. Annual ap-
propriations are made for this in
the District fiscal bill
The bill was referred to the Dis
trict committee which last session
considered a bill creating a well
fare board to replace the District
Board of Charities. This measure
is expected to be reintroduced and
both measures probably will be
merged into one by the committee.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-30

Met at II noon and adjourned n
5t15 .. N. until noon to-day.
Continued considefatton Of the
army sppropriation bill
. Chairman volstead Of the House
Judiciary Committee announced
there In no hope for any legfsiatfon
that VIII permit the sale ef light
wines and beer.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-30
st. Elizabeth Attendant
Is Cleared of SLaging

Oscar D. FIaherty. an attendant
at the Government Hospital for the
Insane. yesterday was exonerated
by the grand jury of responsibility
for the dsath of Stephen J. Nc
Carthy. a patient, on April 3 last.
McCarthy's death resulted from a
blow on the head. Flaherty con-
tended that he had acted in self
defense.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
TRADE SCHOOLS.

IT EFT your slogan be better and more
Il trade schools for girls. There are
far more trade schools for young men
than for young women, yet it is be-
coming almost as usual for the, girls
of the family to earn their living as
for the boys. Very few girls nowadays
are satisfied with staying at home and
going into society. They want to work
at something; they want their inde-
pendence. And they deserve training
and proper opportunity.
Many women in the smaller towns
are eager for training that win At
them to earn a living. and they can
not get 1t. This Is all wrong, and II
is ,up to us to get our schools. One
girl know wanted course In photog-
raphy, for which she had a strong
leaning. She had to travel hundreds
Of miles and spend much money to
get 1t. She could afford to do SO and
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Drug Formulas
Put i'm Chinese

give, 1t is expected American drug
manufacturers will benefit greatly.
Professors and alumni OF the local
institution, according to the statement
1t issued, are contributing more than
any other city or institution to the
work.
The statement follows:
Germany, before the World war,
tried every means within her power to
have the German pharmacopoeia
translated into Chinese so that Ger
man manufacturers might export to
China drugs of German standards. 1t
is understood that since the war Great
Britain has been trying tc have the
British pharmacopoeia introduced for
the benefit of British manufacturers.
Praises Philadelphia Body.
"That both of them have failed is due
not to the efforts of American drug
manufacturers, but to the merit of the
work Of the pharmaceutical labora-
tories of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy pharmacopoeial revision
committee, of which e. Fullerton Cook,
director of the pharmaceutical labOra-
tories of the Philadelphia College Of
Pharmacy and Science, is chairman.
''The United States Pharmacopoeia
is collection of official formulas of
standard drugs and chemicals for
making various compounds or simple
preparations. 1t is published by the
United States Pharmacopoeial conven-
tion, under the authority Of the gov
ernment, and, under the national food
and drug act of 1906, it provides the
legal standards of strengths, qualities,
proportions, etc.
Thirty Different Formularies.
"There are about thirty different
pharmacopoeias in the world, the most
important being the British, French,
Belgian, Swiss, German, Austrian an
American.
"Hitherto the Chinese have use /
German, British, French and America: /
pharmacopeial standards lndiscrimi-
nately, according to the training of the
particular druggist who filed the pre-
scription. This has led to confusion
and In some cases Is likely to prove
dangerous to the purchaser
"With the Chinese government sane
tioning the new pharmacopoeia uni
-formity and safety will prevail. Ameri-
can manufacturers will have the In
side track and the American scientists.
especially those Of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science, viii
be accorded added recognition for
their services to humanity"
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Brooklyn Communist Tells Of Tor
ture In Russian Prisons to
Force Confessions"
MEETS DEPoRTEES IN JAIL
Found Twenty Men Shipped Out OF
the United States In Various Pris-
ons In Moseow-Many Promi-
nent Men Also Prisoners.

Reval, EsthOnia.--The worst phase
of Imprisonment in Moscow is not the
possibility or probability of execution,
but the daily attempts made to wiring
confessions from the prisoners, says
DIR. Morris Fucker, a Brooklyn COM
munist. who arrived here recently af-
ter having served four months In the
Russian jails.
Fucker was sentenced In New York
in 1919 to 60 years Imprisonment for
sedltien, but was deported instead.
Speaking Of the life Of the prisoners
in the principal political prison at Mos
cow, which is called the 20. o. w." he
said. "the daily third degree to which
prisoners are subjected if they are sus-
pected of serious political crime Is
worse than execution.
Torture Repeated Daily.
"These prisoners are taken every
day. If their captOrs think there Is a
chance of wringing confession from
them, into the questioning room.
There. whether they have anything to
confess or not, they are commanded to
reveal the truth
'The commissar puts revolver to
the prisoners head. Confess, or I'll
shoot he commands. The prisoner
waits for the shot. He never knows
whether 1t Is coming or not.
"This process is often repeated I'M
I'LL fhn nrfcnnnr will
than undergo any further ordeals, In
which case he is shot anyway"
Meets Deported Radicals in Jail.
The mental condition of these prison.
ers becomes such that they would pre-
fer death, said Doctor Fucker. The
Brooklyn communist says that he met
In the various prisons of Moscow 20 of
the radicals deported from America and
that he could well understand why the
sBOlsheviki arrested them, for they were
chiefly anarchists who did not believe
in any government, particularly in a
government so dictatorial as that
maintained by the Bolsheviki."
Fucker said he found in prison also
the president of the Turkestan soviet
republic, Mohammed Hadjiz; Gen.
Alex Gertor. once commander of the
Russian southwestern front; eight
members of the executive committee of
the right wing of the social revolution
ist party, three members of the execu-
tive committee of the left wing of
that party, including MayOrieff. who
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
He Will "Herd Gulls'

from shore; transportation, food.
shelter, boat, ETC., furnished; no work,
no compensation. Address Summer
time, 600 Tribune building. New York"
II have no faith In the theories Of
Thomas A. Edison when It comes to
selecting the man for the place." said
Mr.. Hatch. II have found in my ex-
perience that search for the best
personnel generally leads to the col
Iege man, He may start slowly. but
he has the equipment and once started
he goes fast and straight.
THAT is why l selected a college
man to be warden of the gulls. The
job is one that requires aptitude and
Judgment such as an educated man
may be expected TO possess
Among applicants for the warden
ship of a lonely island were natural
lists. lawyers, poets, authors, artists,
ex-soIdlers, sailors and ornithcIogists.
Mr.. Hatch protects the breeding
place Of the gulls because he believes
they are of the greatest value In CON
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17

-PoLrRooN...

=.
At THE time Of the drafts
"A during the Civil war and
the World war there were a few
men who attempted to avoid
Compulsory military service BY
cutting on their trigger or FIRST
finger, arguing that this would
prevent their being mustered In
TO the army. On no less "a au-
thority thun Archbishop Trench.
deep student Of English, we
find that similar practice was
responsible for the Introduction
into the language Of the word
.poltroon" as synonym for ar
rant coward.
sIn Solden times" states the
archbishop. "a self-mutilation OF
this description was not infre-
quent on the part Of some cow
ardly shirking fellow who wished
to escape his share In the de-
Tense Of his country. He would
cut on his right thumb, become
incapable Of drawing o bow and
thus useless for the wars. 1t
was not to be wondered at that
Englishmen should have looked
with extreme disdain upon one
who had so basely exempted
himself from service nor that
the Latin phrase police truncus
-.one deprived Of his thumb,
later shortened to the two-syl.
labled 'poltroon,' should after
ward have become a name OF
scorn affixed to every base and
cownrdly evader Of the duties
and dangers OF life"
(copyright)
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
BY r. A. WALKER

has only two and q half times as many
marriages as divorces.
In six counties In four states the
record shows so per cent more d.
vorces than marriages.
The innocent parties to these dis
agreements are the children and In
the past 20 years more than 1,300. 900
sons and daughters Of disagreeing
parents have been involved In the,
court proceedings which followed the
desire for separation.
In many states 1t has come to be
easier to get divorced than II Is to get
mnrried. Scarcely two states have d.
vorce laws alike. and what Is Illegal
In one state becomes perfectly all
right so far as the statutes so the
minute the imaginary line between II
and another commonwealth is crossed.
Perhaps the custom Of wedding
rings for men win have a good effect
on the bad record recited above.
Perhaps. on the other hand, the men
will wear their badges Of matrimony
in their vest pockets whenever they
think more conspicuous display will
interfere with an evening little gay
er than they would have at home.
But whatever means Is necessary for
the correction Of present conditions
should be determined and put into
- f r
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
CLAIMS TO LEAD x-RAY WORLD
Bellevue Hospital, New York, Takes
$4,000 Pictures In 1920; Use
% Rooms.

New York.-Bellevue hospital claims
to have the largest X-ray department
In the world, occupying twenty-five
rooms.
Very soon another room will be add
ed to the department, to be used ex-
clusively for treatment of cancer. Prof.
I. Seth Hirsch, head of the X-ray
laboratories Of Bellevue, is at present
in Europe studying the methods Of
treatment of the disease there.
Recently there have been invented
in Germany two X-ray machines for
treating cancer.
Fifteen years ago all the work was
done in two rooms, when only in ex-
treme cases was the X-ray used. No
other medical institution in the world
has taken so many X-ray pictures.
The first year of its installation
something like 400 pictures were
taken. Each year thereafter the num-
ber increased, and during 1920 over
$4,000 pictures were taken Of patients.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
THE GIRL ON TIE JOB
How to Succeed How to Get Ahead
How to Make Good
By JESSIE RoBERTs
By JESSIE RoBERTs

she has now a good business back In
the town from which she started
What is more, she is conducting a
class in her speciality. But she believes
that 1t would pay her town TO run q
vocational school for girls that would
teach photography as well as raany
other yocatiohs. And she is working
for such school
1t is a pity to force so many girls
Into the weary road Of stenogrnphy
simply because 1t is so often impos-
sible to get the needed training in the
hundreds of other yocatIons open to
them. Let every town insist on its
trade school. It win pay for Itself .
thousand times over
(copyright)
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Harvard Graduate Is Engaged
for Lonesome Job.
Private Philanthropy In Which New
York Millionaire Has Been
Engaged for Years.

New York.-Edward Hatch, Jr., who
owns Four Brothers island. near
Burlington, VT, rugged rock that
has become famous as the breeding
place Of seaguIls. has signed up a
Harvard graduate for the lonesome
Job Of herding gulls during their nest
ing season. a private philanthropy in
which Mr. Hatch has been engaged for
some years.
There were 1000 applicants for the
position as the result Of the insertion
of an advertisement in New York City
newspapers which read:
-wnnted-- man to live alone on
an islands inland lake: eight miles
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
FormaI dedIcatlon III the eraat

Oklahoma City, okla.-Lovers have
found friend in Municipal Judge Tom
Chambers.
He handed down decision that sIt-
ting In your lovers lap is not disorder.
Iy conduct The decision was given
IN the case OF Denny OLeary and
Grace Render. Police had preferred
charges Of disorderly conduct against
the couple. claiming they found the
girl sitting on O'Leary's lap.
Judge Chambers Is young and M.
married.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
"combination Fish,

Junction City, KAMA "combina'
tion fish" is the term that is applied
TO Arthur Johnson's twelve-pound
catch for want of a better name. Fisher
men who have almost lived on the
Smoky Hill river for forty years say
the, have never seen anything like
1t. The fish resembles a salmon, but
has sucker mouth way under the
Jaw. The body Is round and twenty
inches long, with very few bones.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Translation of United States
Pharmacopoeia Will Aid
Drugmakers and Scientists.
GERMANY TRIED TO GRAB IT
Attempted Before the War to Corner
Drug Trade in china-use of Dif-
ferent Standards Has Been
Confusing and Dangerous.

Philadelphia. = The United States
Pharmacopoeia is being translated
into the Chinese language, it has just
been announced by the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science.
Through the adoption Of the American
standard formulas for drugs and medi-
cines, which the pharmacopoeia will
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17

serving public health. He has been
interested for many years in plans to
prevent contamination of the waters
of New York harbor. It Is estimated
that there are 100000 gulls in and
about the harbor and each of then, q
said to consume an average of two
pounds Of refuse day. 10 protect the
eggs Of nesting gulIs and save the
young from destruction by yandals
who visit Four Brothers island Mr.
Hatch has constituted himself pFo-
tector of the breeding ground. This
is the ninth warden appointed.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Reds Inflict
Third Degree

was commissar of agriculture In 1913.
and also former minister Of ecelesi-
astical affairs, NJ. Samaun.
Fucker described the summoning Of
prisoners for execution In much the
same way as did Schwartz, the San
Francisco communist, Nwho came out
Of Russia some months ago.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
MEMS WEDDING RINGS.

m HE Brooklyn Eagle, which reports
i most things accurately and well,
published the news that In Its city
the use Of wedding rings for men Is
gaining rapidly In popularity.
This Is interesting and Important II
1t means that men are coming to take
the marriage ceremony and its vows
more seriously and that the divorce
rate is as a consequence to cease In
its upward trend.
The wedding ring is a relic Of saw
agery. 1t is probably descendant OF
the metal bracelet and chain by which
the earlier tribes Of men assured them
selves that their spouses would not
wander away from the house domicile
while the master Of the house was
away hunting.
Some more engaging wife,. having
convinced her husband Of unquestion-
able fidelity, was rewarded by having
the bracelet replaced by the ring and
the chain done away with altogether.
The ring by itself showed that she
was married. The absence Of the
chain said, aHere is an exceptionally
fine wife," That flattered and pleased
both parties.
But II the modern woman Is ex-
pected to wear wedding ring and
advertise her married position. what
good reason Is there why the husband
should not be marked In an equally
prominent manner and his Limitations
of freedom equally advertised?
An old custom of the marriage cere-
mony consisted Of putting the wedding
ring first on the thumb, then on the
first finger, then on the second, speak
ing the names of the Trinity as the
ceremony proceeded, and, finally, when
it rested on the third finger, It was
supposed to signify that next t. her
duties to God the wife recognized her
duties to her husband.
OF course, 1t ought net to require y
ring or any other form of emblem to
make man or a woman hold sacred
the vows Of the altar. If thin band
of gold or platinum Is all that re-
strains either one Of them from wan
dering, then the divorce court is not
very far away.
To most women the wedding ring
is very sacred thing. 1t is the last
thing that goes to the pawnshop when
adversity demands Its toll. Just how
much 1t means to the men, kwho In
accordance with the new custom viii
wear 1t, is a question that only test
will settle.
Y The question of divorce in this c0un-
try1s fast getting to be Of such dinlen-
sions as to demand serious corrective
attention,
In twenty years the number Of d.
vorces granted annually has increased
from about 10000 to $4,000 with
total in the twenty years Of nearly
two millions.
In Nevada there are almost as many
divorces as there are marriages, but,
since Nevada has been the resort Of
many citizens from other states seek
ing freedom from marital Ties, It may
be fairer TO point to- Oregon which
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
notliegy 5aR Book

Al life spent IN brushing clothes and
washing crockery and sweeping doors. a
life which the proud OF earth would have
treated as the dust under their feet;
q life spent at cleriZss deslx life spent
IN q narrow shop. a life spent Ia the
iaborerss hut, may yet be a Life so en-
nobled BY Gods loving mercy that for
the sake Of II king might gladly yield
his crown Canon Farrar.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17
Action and Words.

"what we want is action instead OF
words"
mot always" replied the umpire ;
II much prefer man who yells at
me to one who throws pop bottle"
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17

pass 1t by without look. The sim
plest method Of preparation Is 10 peel
the caps. cut up both stems and caps
and snute in a little butter; when thor
oughly cooked, add cream and serve
on toast or as any creamed vegetable.
Chariton courier., 1921-06-17


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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-24
SUGAR AT 1915 A POUND.

Sugar is down and the housewife re-
joices. But let her try to buy pound
Of dulcitol, or mannose, or xyclose, or
inulin, or any of the three or four
other varieties of sugar, and she'll
have to pay from SIS to 1915 pound.
These are all sugars, and all in
frequent use, and the American chem
list has freed us of our dependence ON
Germany for them. Their chief use
is in bacteriology. One Of them is in
dispensable in the detection of typhoid
as the organisms Of that disease are
SO fond of 1t that they naturally Sc
lect it and so multiply upon it that
their presence can readily be detected.
The military hospitals Of the United
States called upon members of the
American Chemical Society to COOP
crate in the making of rare bacteria
logical sugars for typhoid work and,
according to bulleti nissued re-
Gently by that society, these efforts
soon proved successful. Other rare
sugars are used as guides in the de-
lection of cholera germs. = The Ma
tons Business.