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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20

II
a writer for Figaro that he could see
Universal peace" said the man whose
vision concerning the war was SO amazing
1y prophetic. Universal peace, not on the
horizon, far away-but near U.S."
"Seven years are needed to build up q
deceased organism" went on Mr.. Kipling
eve were badly wounded in the war. Seven
years will be needed to build up-for the
world to recover it's equilibrium. Three
years have gone. We must be patient fol
four more"
Then Mr. Kipling said remarkable thing
saying it not with the easy, critical flip
pancy of Bernard Shaw.
Cali that is done until then will scarce.
ly count" he added. Nothing will remain
of our words; hardly of our action Of to-
day. We are in a period of transition be.
tween illness and health. In four years. time
we shall be cured; human energy will have
triumphed and we shall live once again"
Figaro comments:
perstitious."
Well, Mr.. Kipling has been astonishingly
right about so many things that one hest
tates to press against him an adverse predic-
ton on the vast concern of world peace
And in this case foul years more is no great
span.
MI. Kipling must be right about one part
of it, anyway. A true peace cannot come Of
the finest words and the most carefully ar
ranged treaties and agreements. Broken
hearts must be mended; wounds must be
healed-"an organism rebuilds itself in
seven years."
real peace cannot be reached simply by
agreement, however much that may point
the way to it,
Time, the great solvent, must be the final
agency. Another English writer, Jerome K
Jerome once in his young and perhaps SEN
timental days. wrote pretty line in so light
and gay work as idle Thoughts Of an
Id4e Fellow:
''The sting must be plucked from the
beautiful face of sorrow before we can press
her cold lips with ours"
So comes the real peace gently-and with
time.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
Cause for Reflection

"The question will now be-" says Editor
Dan G. Bickers, of the Savannah Morning
News, eff the fair sex will be as fair in
politics as they have been or have not been,
as the case may seem to be, according to the
viewpoint-in war and in love?"
Well we've never been to war, but fair
ness in politics and love sometimes seems to
be somewhat unfair-not to allege that we've
ever been more than neck deep in politics.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
A Whale of a Job
rs it to become necessary to Investigate
and possibly to correct living conditions


in the Atlantic ocean?
A recent government report informs us in
most matter of fact way that a. whale
registering from the Atlantic tried earnestly
to get into the Pacific Ocean by way of the
logical, though artificial, passage-the Pana-
ma Canal.
The huge mammal stuck in the Atlantic
entrance, it is reported and while in this en-
barrassing position was rather inhospitably
done to death with machine-gun fire and
high explosive plunked at it from airplanes
The evidence, considers The New York
Tribune, would tend to show that the whale
had become dissatisfied with living condi-
lions in the Atlantic; " state of affairs which
that paper whimsically recommends to the
attention of congressional committee, with
the various subcommittee and the corps of
trained Investigators.
"There is a tariff angle, too," suggests
EThe Tribune 'Shou1d whales raised within
! the three-mile limit on the Atlantic Ocean
| side be allowed free passage through the
Panama Canal? If SO, should not also the
whales of the Pacific, naturalized or native
born, be allowed free tolls, and is it not the
| duty of Congress to raise an appropriation
to provide whaleladders for the canal, SINH
lar to the fish-ladders of inland Waterways"
Another reason for a searching investiga-
| ton would be the reception with machine
gun fire and high explosives of a whale
which approached the entrance to the canal,
on either side, on what was apparently a
peaceful mission.
One rowing whale thus may have provided
Congress with sufficient material to keep it
| busy for a session.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
News From SnagviIIe

The deputy constable left this morning in
heavy disguise for parts unknown on secret
mission. 1t is believed he is going to raid a
moonshine still, as he took empty jug
with him.-Snagtown Lance.
The results of the deputy's raid will be
awaited with interest by his numerous fell
low officers and friends.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
The Meriwether Vindicator

That splendid publication, the Meriwether
Vindcator, is forty-nine years old, ana us
ripeness is a thing of joy to the hearts of it's
readers. Judg. H. H. Revill editor, is a
writer of force and vision. His "Fireside
Flashes are gems of philosophy.-La
Grange Reporter
The Vindicator is as much part of Mer1-
wether county as Greenville, the county site,
is. Long may it survive.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
improvements in Meter

Meter has done more building for it's size
than any other town in, the state, we believe,
during the past three years. Regardless of
general business conditions, good or bad, this
city has Continued to- build.-Metter Adver-
tiser.
This spirit has made of Meter one of the
most progressive of Georgia's small cities. 1t
will help any city to go forward in spite Of
the financial depression.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20

."How did you happen to become bur
glar?" asked the welfare worker.
"By easy stages replied No. 1916.
81 first bought soft drink concession at
county fair, then 1 drove taxicab awhile
After that 1 promoted wrestling bouts and
almost before knew it I was breaking into
peoples houses"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
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THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20

great many are for the island highway
because it will make Buffers point and
Jones' creek more accessible. 1t only re-
quires one trip there to make you get that
way.-Brunswick Banner
Do they go to these two points after fish
or something else?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR GIRL
By Helen Rowland

just little sad, as girl feels at closing a
love story, after the last chapter.
A man never can understand why girl
wants to "dramatize" everything from a
telephone call to a kiss; and he will dodge
a woman who deluges him with emotions as
he would a waiter who spilled plate of hot
soup over him.
Even fool knows enough to laugh at a
mans joke; but only born siren knows
enough to hang onto his coat lapel and beg
him to "tell it again!"
The success of Irritation, as Of other
life comedies, depends so much upon the
effectiveness with which you make your exit.
If t'the bes: of husbands is a golden fetter"
and the best of wives is silver hobble, no
wonder the worst seem like an iron ball
and-chaln.
When marriage is just a matter of chance,
divorce is just a matter of time.
Copyright, 1921, by the Wheeler Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
SMILE A WHILE

When we get a new year let take better
care of it than we did of our old one.
A present in hand is worth two in the
mail.
Some people can give until it hurts with
out giving much.
William Hart married the first part Of
this month. His wife must call him BILL"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20
Killing the Prophet

~ UDYARD KIPLING, in Paris lately to
n receive another honorary degree, told
a writer for Figaro that he could see
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20

Every girls letter to Santa Claus: Oh,
good Santa! Send me sable coat, plati-
mum wristwatch, bunch of mistletoe and a
man who knows how to kiss me against my
will!
What comforteth it a man to have a
psycho-analyst reveal his suppressed desires,
when he knows perfectly we'll that the pro-
hibition laws are going to make him keep
right on suppressng them?
Grandfather selected a wife for her virtue
and her domestic accomplishm ents; Father
chose a mate for her beauty and culture;
Sonny is looking for "side-kick'' with plen-
ty Of pep and good cellar.
World peace may be in sight, but most
husbands continue to wake up mornings
with all the good old fighting spirit of u.s."
When a man marries, he feels though
he were writing "Finis' at the end of the
Book of Romance-and he can't help feeling
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-20

just little sad, as a girl feels at closing a
love story, after the last chapter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

1t is a dangerous thing for a nan
to bring home a daily paper with an
item clipped out. His wife will no.
tice that column and that spot in
the column Immediately.
What was it that you cut out
here 2" she asks.
"Oh, 1t wasn't much of anything.
Just a little item hat caught my
eye. I cut it out and left it on my
desk in the Office"
That does not satisfy her. She
wants to know what the item was
about. She is not easily satisfied.
That item must nave been a particu-
larly good one. or it would not have
interested you SO much; and now,
you can hardly give IN intelligent
idea of what it was about! Men are
very stupid.
. There are, as I take IL, two good
reasons behind this interest which
we must all confess in the little
square hole in the paper where a
clipping has been cut out. In the
first place, the mind demands COM
pleteness, and the hole Is direct evil
dence of vacuity. Nature abhors a
vacuum. II the paper were COM
plete, we might skim over the page
and never notice that item; but we
cannot fail to set the hole.
The other reason is that we have
a right to be interested in what
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
RIPPING RHYMES \
By wait Mason.
ALL ARE

Ny neighbor. Johnson. plays the
flute, / hear him at ii night and day:
he cannot play it worth a boot. and
yet he whangs and whangs away.
There ought to be a law. I've said,
when much incensed by music stale,
whereby punk fiutists might be led
to court, and fined. and placed in
Jail. For nowadays we all believe
in shooting laws at every jay; If any
thing should chance to peeve. vi
want a statute. right away. And 30 /
sat me down to think how ! might
have a statute framed, to cinch that
fiuting johnson gink. and make him
sorry and ashamed. And as l sat,
I heard him say to someone, just
beyond the hedge, II wish that bard
would move away-he surely keeps
my nerves on edge. He has a wheezy
photograph that plays a lot of an
Client STOP; month after month I
stand the gan, for there's no law
to make him stop. I'd play sweet
music on the flute. soft, Soothing
chords that throb and thrill, but
when | start that fat galoot turns
loose his clanking music mill. Now.
you are learned in law. my man, so
tell what methods one employs to
get a statute that will can that obese
poet and his noise.' Long hours I
sat there. sad and mute, then NUT
tered. with, a hollow laugh, Before
/ squeich my neighbours flute I'd bet
ter bust my photograph"
Copyright by George Matthew
Adams.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

be held to complete a job with the expecta-
.ion that 1t will be finished within the ninth
hour. II he is held only fifteen minutes after
the ninth hour he can claim, and the railroad
must nav him, the equivalent OF three hours
and twenty minutes work at time and one-half
rates.
ITO show the extreme to which the rule can
be carried. here is a case that came up on our
road recently: Unforeseen circumstances pre-
vented the first job from being completed and
the man in question was assigned to a second
lob and finally to a third job. Time was claim
ed at time and one-half for the ninth hour
three overtime calls of three hours and twenty
minutes, each at time and half, or a total OF
sixteen and a half hours pay for three hours
and twenty minutes of actual work performed
This practice, Mr.. Peters pointed out, Is cost
ing the Long Island railroad nearly $4,000 a
month or $4,000 a year. Realizing that the
Long Island road is one of the smallest in the
country it is easy to imagine what the rule Is
costing the railroads as a whole.
The employees must see this as well as the
management and no doubt it was the remedy
ing of such abuses as this that the labor leaders
had in mind when they said they had no inten-
ton of demanding. a continuation Of the war
time agreement In toto.
We believe that the great majority Of Amer
lean labor are honest and do not want some
thing for nothing, especially when they see
that a rule that gives them pay for more hours
than they actually work is driving their en-
ployers into bankruptcy. We believe this mat
ter could be amicably settled by employer and
employe getting together. For that reason Mr..
Atterbury's attitude in refusing to confer with
the representatives of the men is to be re-
GREETED. 1t only adds to the suspicion that the
real object of the railroads is not so much to
abrogate the agreement as it is to break up the
unions. This is unfortunate. While there may
be some abuses because of unfair demands
on the part of labor, on the whole the organ
;zation of the workers is a good thing and the
employers and employees, through their respec-
tive organizations ought to be able to work to-
gether for their mutual interest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
CUT OUT OF THE PAPER
BY DIR. w. E. BARTON

manifestly has interested someone
else. Someone must have thought
that a good item, or he would not
have gone to the trouble OF cutting
IL out. 1t is a fair assumption that
that item was the best thing there
was in the paper.
There is in Springfield. III, a
single file of a paper which has been
published continuously in that city
since the days Of Abraham Lincoln.
II was originally the office file. and
o it is in the State Historical
Library, On a certain page an item
is missing. There Is reason to be-
lieve that Lincoln himself wrote that
item, for he was a close friend or
the editor, Mr.. Francis, and a ire
ouent contributor OF signed and un-
signed articles in the journal. 1t IS
believed, also, that Lincoln himselt
cut the article out.
A great many people have specu-
lated about that article. which was
a short one, and why Lincoln was
sorry he wrote 1t; for 1t Is assumed
that he changed his mind and wish
ed he had not written it. But no
one can be quite certain. All that
lies behind these opinions is a vague
rumor and a hole.
A hole in the center OF a newspa-
per page can be the ground OF a
good deal of speculation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

@. Was rehabilitation OF our
army more rapid after this war
than after the civil ward. G. N.
A. During the first twelve
weeks of the recent rehabilitation
$1,000 more officers and men were
discharged from the service. than
the entire number of men discharg-
ed during the year and one-half of
Civil War rehabilitation.
@. Please describe and give the
use of the peavey which is used by
lumber jacks.-R. N. j..
A. A peavey is a stout lever 5 to
Z feet long, fitted at the larger end
with a metal socket and pike, and
a curved steel hook which works on
a bolt. 1t is used in handling logs,
especially in driving. A peavey diff
fers from a cant hook in having a
pike instead of a toe ring and lip at
the end.
Q. Why is the name "Filipinos"
spelled this way, when the island IS
spelled philippine pa. B. w.
A. The Philippine Islands were
named in honor of Philip of Spain.
The Spanish form of the name is
''Islas Filipinas." The English form
is "Philippine.' while the word for
the inhabitants has not been An
CLICKED to the same extent.
@. How many automobiles are
there in the U. s.?
A. On January LIST, 1921, it is es-
tmated that there were 100000
passenger cars and 100000 trucks
@. Are vegetable fats more d.
gestible than animal fats?-L. N. c.
A. Generally speaking, animal
and vegetable fats are equally di-
gestible. Investigations have shown
that there is very little difference
in the digestibility of fats which
have a melting point below body
temperature.
Q. What city is known as "The
| Heart of America ?'-S. S. S.
A. This name is applied to Kansas
City. Missouri.
Q. Who is the American Commits
sioner in Berlin who is qualified t.
wise passports?-A. NJ. p.
A. Ellis Loring Dresel. ESQ.,, hal
been appointed to this position.
@. How many Presidents hat
children born in the White House
j. II. NJ.
A. Grover Cleveland's secon'
daughter was the only President
child ever born in the White House
@. When did Homer live2-M. V
A. Homer was a poet of ancien
times, about whom little is know
other than that credit is given hin
for at least shaping the Had ans
possibly the Odyssey. His date 1
placed by Herodotus about $50 E
c., by the moderns. anywhere from
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
ST. PARISH.

st. Mary's church is to be congratulated up
on the fine financial showing of the parish as
set forth in the statement for 1920 just issued.
With the debt entirely gone and a surplus of
s22,433.97 to begin the new year with, the
priests and parishioners have a right to feel
proud.
1t was only a few years ago that st. Mary's
congregation undertook to build the handsome
church edifce that now stands at the corner
of Center and Mechanic streets. 1t seemed
like an enormous task and some of the more
conservative ones had their missivings. But
The entire parish arose to the occasion in the
true Perth Amboy spirit and today st. Mary's
can boast Of one of the finest properties In the
diocese.
No little credit for the 1ourishing condition
of the parish is due the Rev. DIR. William P.
Cantwell who has shown himself to be a great
business executive as well as a devoted pastor
and leader. We are sure that under his capable
guidance st. Mary's has only just begun to full
fill its mission in this city. The important place
it holds in our municipal life has already been
manifested. Its influence is widely felt and is
bound to increase as time goes on. Judging
from the achievements of the past and the pros
perfty Of the present there is practically moth
ing that is impossible for the st. Mary's of the
future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington. d. c. This offer
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. II
does moi attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full amt and address and en-
close two cents In amp for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

ItNC CTVTH DuFD
About the time a boy gets over his contempt
for Girls he also gets. over his contempt Tor
Good Clothes and Soap.
One nice thing about the styles is that a man
can size up most of the rest of a girls anatomy
before he asks her for her hand.
Eternity is the interval between the hour a
small boy gets home from school and the time
supper is served.
BY the time a man gets so prosperous that he
has time and money to burn he is so old that he
has lost all interest in conflagrations.
Some of the dresses are so thin that II a man
tried TO hide behind his wife's skirts people
would take her for a quadruped.
You may imagine that you are a good guess
er. But the Champeen Guesser is usually a pre-
s~cription clerk in a drugstore.
When a fellow is engaged to a girl he doesnf
know it until after she has informed all of hei
friends of the fact.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
to 100 B. C.

900 to 100 B. C.
@. How much radium has been
used on watch faces?-F. j. w.
A. The u. S. Geological Survey
states that at the present time there
are 6 oz. avoirdupois of radium EEL
ement or metal) in existence. From
: to 10 per cent of this amount has
been lost by its use on watch faces
and for similar purposes.
@. I found a sharpshooter's badge
Is there any penalty for keeping it?
II. r. l..
A. The War Department says that
as a sharpshooter's badge is not es-
pecially valuable, there would be no
penalty il you keep this badge
which you have found provided you
do not wear it and give others to
understand that you won it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
Obi

"Just what difference is there between a dip
somaniac and a common souse 2" asked the Old
Fogy, as he looked up from the newspaper he
was reading.
well" replied the Crouch, "a d~ipsomaniac
is a common souse who has money enough to
sleep it off In a Sanitarium, and a common
souse is a d~ipsomaniac who has 10 sleep 1t oil
in the cell of a Police Station"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
Particular

What was the matter with that
lady who just hurriedly left the
store?" asked the grocer.
"She found fault. with the pota-
toes" replied the clerk.
what was the matter with the
potatoes?"
"She didn't like the color Of their
eyes."-Yonkers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
Haw, Hawi

The Government is sending models OF the
new American ship around to the larger cities
to stimulate travel on American vessels.
American ship owners say they can't compete
with foreign vessels because the latter have
bars on board. They are going to quit because
sells.
The Prohibitionists claim that a majority of
Americans voted for Prohibition.
Don't prohibitionists do any travelling?
Representative Edmonds claims that they do
but they all travel on wet ships.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

OF all the ugly things designed
To make man look his worst,
I'll bet a dollar you will ind
The Ear Nun comes in hrst.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

"Wben 1 die. [ want you to marry again as
soon as you cam growled Mr.. Gabb.
why, how siily!" exclaimed Mrs. Gabb.
what is the idea OF such foolish talk 2"
"Foolish. nothing" insisted Mr.. Gabb. II
want some one to be really sorry that died
after 1 am gone"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

Skilled is the sleuth who can tell the differ
ence between a bursting tire and a pistol shot
and between the explosion of a bomb and a
home still.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
JUST JOKING
Perhaps

Perhaps
The autumn moon was
softly through the leafy arbor where
they sat-he and she. He kissed her
silently. She slapped him soundiy;
"Oh, forgive me-" he cried. II
was the moonshine. / should v
have done it had 1 been myself.
Again she slapped him. Perhaps
the night air was intoxicating-per-
hans-Corneil Widow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
Advifef

Safeguard your health with care, my men.
Take this free from the siver;
It's hard to have a light heart when
You have a heavy liver.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

Some people judge the merits of a new
melody by the way 1t makes their shoulder
shake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

When other money sources fail, the modern
bandit robs the mail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

The proposed international bridge at Detroi
should be called the Bridge of Ryes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
Any Other Nominations?

About the only thing the average youth In
herits from his Father is his Politics.-Luke
McLuke.
when a boy how we inherited Fathers pants.
and Mother was the Tailor.-Coldwater (Ohio)
Chronicle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02
No Joke

Wouldn't it be fine if we could live our lives
over?' said the Optimist.
"What good would it do us?" sneered the
Pessimist. 1T would merely enable us to make
our mistakes easier"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-02

Wives are selling for s1.S5 apiece in Turkey.
You can't call a wife like that dear"