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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

I brought the accomplice to light.
One day, when this lady was amaz-
ed to receive a number of unre-
quested packages from a second
store, she called its manager on the
telephone.
Il am sorry" that gentleman re-
piled to her complaint. 1T is the
first case of the kind we have had
here, although l understand it has
happened a good many times in a
neighboring house. They suspect
that one Of their employees is in
volved, since only someone cor
nected with the store could know
the numbers of so many different
accounts.
"Oh.'' cried the lady, thinking
rapidly, I'll bet it is that nice
looking, friendly clerk, who wears
such artistics ties. 1 gave him the
number of my account at your
store by mistake the other day and
then changed it to the correct
number at his store, explaining my
mistake"
An investigation proved that the
lady was correct in her suspicion.
The young man in question had
been supplying his attractive young
wife with names, addresses and
llulIADtIS OL various charge dCCOQntS
and directing her shoplifting ef-
forts. For six months the scheme
had worked beautifully land might
have continued to do so, had he not
made a fatal slip by sending her to
the other store. Both the clerk ana
his wife are nov serving a term
in Blackwell's Island.
Most shoplifters, according to the
aforementioned store detective,
confine their thefts to feminine
lingerie and silk stockings, proba-
bly, because these articles can be
crumpled without injury and are
easily concealed. Jewelry of all
Kinds is also highly favored by the
shOphfting sisterhood. One woman
apprehended during the Christmas
rush season of last year, had nine
strings of beads concealed about
her person, each of which was
worth SIS. Another woman, ar
rested for taking an expensive UNI
- With great gusto how
a fe wdays before she had calmly
= store with al I'M
l paid Tor SUI on, the pockets of
which cont;iued a bracelet and a
silver VANITY ~"sc lifted" from the
jewelry counter. -a
One OF ti.- .Iost irritating things
about the professional shoplifter,
says our friend detective, is her
usually brilliant histrionic ability.
When caught in the act of stealing,
she is apt to throw an emotional
fit. tearfully appeal to the women
shoppers about her, mention her
little children who are dependent
upon her. speak of the shame hei
arrest will cause her dear old I'M
Gle, who is a clergyman, and other
wise prey upon the sympathies OF
the crowd until it looks upon the
lone male detective as really the
guilty party and the shoplifter al
his innocent victim.
1T takes nerve to stand youl
ground in such a situation" he de.
clared. but then if you didn't have
nerve you wouldn't be a detective
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
BY VIM. PHILIP SINfMS
Written Expressly for NEA Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE
arms conference here may shortly
be called upon to face a dramatic
and far-reaching change in China's
status, according to a high author
ity in the confidence of Chinese Of
ficials.
The calling of a national conven-
ton, the resignation of President
Hsu Shih-chang, a struggle between
Picking and n coalition of Eastern
and South 81 China. and the until
cation of u country along entirely
new lines are among the sensations
forecast.
The war lord of Manchuria, Mar
shall Chang Tso-lin, commonly
spoken of as China's real boss. is re-
ported as being disgruntled. Further
he is said to be flirting with DR.. Sun
Yat-sen's faction in Canton, where
a rebel" government has been set
up. Marshal Chang and DR.. Sun,
according to information emanating
from Picking, may join hands in an
effort to gain control of the coun-
try.
Call for Convention
Meantime General Wa Pei-fu,
commanding the YangtZe River
Valley or Central China, the richest
part of the country, is working with
Peking against both Chang Tso-lin
and DR.. Sun. His idea is TO call a
national convention, unite the ma
ton and elect a new president.
The present president of China,
Hsu Shih-chang, would resign office,
it is said. Immediately after the ma
tional convention had assembled and
thus leave the way open for an
election. President Hsu is known
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
ART OF BEING UNHAPPY
BY DR.. w. f. BARTON

There is in the world enough of
real sorrow to cloud the horizon of
almost any man If he will let it do
so.
There are experiences in life which
are hard to bear and impossible to
understand. But the cloud is small
compared with the sun.
The sources Of human joy are
many. There inhere in every sense.
They are ministered in food and
sunshine and song of bird and beau
ty of flower. The occasions of sor-
row are relatively few. They are real
and they are painful, but they are
not so many a. life's joys.
Yet there are people who dill
gently cultivate a habit of mind
which makes them oblivious to the
joy of life and renders them Keen
ly observant of its sorrows. They
sedulously seek after the occasions
of hnhappiness. They compel them
selves to be sad.
I am no advocate of artificial or
even of superficial joy. / am no ad-
vocate of that kind of optimism
which is based upon absence of
thought or lack of courage to face
life in its full meaning and content.
But I feel that the person who
makes the most Of life's miseries
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Americas DISCOVERIES Came from
Iceland

THE island is approximately 200
miles wide and 800 miles long, but
hardly a habitation can be found
more than forty miles from salt
water. There are no railroads and
few carriage roads. The Inhabitants
depend almost entirely on water
transportation along the coast and
in the many fiords.
Iceland can be considered the
halfway station between Europe
and America. Nearly 700 years be-
fore Columbus sailed to the West
Indies through the warm south At
lantic in his relatively large, decked
ships, daring Scandinavian sea row.
ers in their open boats passed from
Norway to Iceland and from there
to the coasts of Maine and Rhode
Island.
Though Icelanders, faced by i'm
placable natural forces and condi-
tons, have been unable to achieve
any great degree of physical devel-
opment on their la~va-covered, short
summered island, they have made
notable advances in less material
fields. A truly remarkable literary
development sprang UP in this far
northern island in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries, a full hundred
years before the Renaissance began
to make itself felt in sunny Italy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
SAYS CHINA Is ON VERGE
OF MAKING NEW DEAL

to be DESTROYS of quitting Office ever
now.
1t is suggested that General Ii
Yuan-hung, vice president of China
under President Yuan Shih-kai, then
president upon the death of Yuan,
might be induced to accept the pres
idency again.
Behind this movement Is a ma
tion-wide demand for a China on
the order Of the United States, but
with much more power left to the
states. or provinces, and less to the
central government.
Unless foreign powers interfere
with China's domestic aspirations. a
government patterned along these
lines is considered a certainty.
Favor Federation
DR.. Sun. General WI and the
Picking government, despite their
differences, all favor a system of
virtually autonomous provinces
Joined in a federation with a CEN
trail government of limited powers
But a showdown between the
rival factions, and even "a brief civil
war may be necessary before 1t can
be determined how the new govern
ment is to function.
Should Marshal Chang march on
Picking from the north, and DIR. Sun
Sun advance from the south, the
position of General WI, Peking's
supporters in Central China, on the
Yangtze, would at least be precari-
Gus. There are a number of doubt
full" provinces. with enormous popu-
l%ations. which might throw their
weight either way.
Here, however, are the elements
of a brand new China. simmering
and ready to boil. This it may do
before the adjournment of the arms
conference here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
Than CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets-the SUBJ
stitute for calomel-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
observation-disclosures. These little olive
colored tablets are the result OF DIR.
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have n % bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They take
hold of the trouble and quickly correct
it. Why cure the liver at the expense OF
the teeth? Calomel sometimes plays
havoc with the gums. So do strong
liquids. 1t is best not to take calomel.
Let DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets take
its place.
Headaches. "dullness" and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when youfeel "logy" and
"heavy." They ~"clear" clouded brain
and "perk w" the spirits. 15c and 30c
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
POISONING
co NIMoN SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

rounded, the stomach thrust out,
the head thrust forward, chin up
and arms hanging in front of the
body. This is a characteristic hab-
it Of those afflicted with weak mus
cular and nervous systems.
The simple fundamentals that
most people know and disregard
are to set the shoulders back and
square them evenly. to keep the
chest high and well arched for
ward, the stomach in and the neck
T erpendicular with the CHA. 1t is
not necessary, however. 20 20 exag-
gerate this attitude that enc resem-
blcs the stiffness of a ram-rOd.
One should have a sense OF firm
ress or tautness Of the abdominal
muscles AMI rot of fiaboy relaxa-
zion. When one changes Il slCuchy
posture int ar erect posture, there
is a sense of having reversed the
way the body hangs on the spinal
column.
After years of wrong posture, it
is difficult to get the knack of true
posture, but when it is learned it
gives a curious sense of poise and
ease,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
ENTER THE SHOPLIFTER, HASKIN SAYS

we've got our own system. They
don't get away with as much as
they used to-" -
We pressed for details. by what
astute methods are shoplifters pre-
vented from running off with the
store?" we inquired.
"Oh, we get to know a lot of the
professionals by their looks" the
detective replied. And there's US
ually somethin'' about them to ex-
cite suspicion. One thing and an
other"
But your SYSTEM" we persisted.
We'll, there's the store aisles, for
instance. Notice how wide the
aisles are in this store? That amt
for beauty and it amt for comfort.
It's because the light-fingered Liz
zies don't like them. They prefer
the narrow, crowded aisles where
they amt so likely to be seem"
This was all the information
we could drag forth. The system"
it seemed, was a secret formula
which had to be carefully guarded.
If the shoplifters once get wise to
1t. it would be useless. To make up
for his inability to crafty our GU
riosity in this respect, however, our
friend showed an eager willingness
to discuss other important matters.
He gave us, in elaborate detail, his
private views on the Disarmament
Conference: dwelt upon the care
lessnesS with which the mails were
handled, and explained the most
dramatic plays in the late world
series. Finally, when he had talk
ed himself into a good humor and
we were nearly in a state of coma,
he allowed himself to be steered
gingerly back to the subject of his
own secret activities.
Let me see" he said cautiously,
stroking his long jaw. the case of
Gabrielle Lemaire was in the news
papers, so there can't be no harm
in tellin' that. Mind 1 don't say it
happened in this store, but it shows
the kind of schemes every store is
constantly havin' put over on it."
Not long ago, it seems, a certain
store became aware that it was los
ing a good deal OF valuable mer-
chandise to an extremely clever
young woman. She was attractive
and fashionably dressed, and always
made a favorable impression upon
the sales force. Representing her
self to be the possessor of a charge
account, the number of which she
gave, she would order goods sent to
her supposed address and then, at
the last moment, decide to take a
few packages with her because she
could not wait to have them sent,
The goods, later delivered 10 the
true owner of the charge account
were Immediately returned, so thai
the store was not long ignorant OF
the fact that il had been defraud-
ed. The a was referred to the
store detectives. who at once be.
came concerned with one question,
How did the young woman know
the numbers of other persons
charge accounts? Undoubtedly, sh,
must have an aceomplice workinf
in the store.
How Thieves Were Caught
1t was a customer who finally
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

@. How many members of the
House of Representatives and Sem
ate were lawyers in private life?
L. ID.
A. According to a recent survey,
there are yes lawyers in Congress.
The total membership of the two
houses is 531.
Q. Are motorboats forbidden for
duck shooting? II. +.
A. Federal regulations prohibit
the use of po~werboats in taking
wild fowl While it would be un-
lawful to hunt wild fowl in a boat
equipped with an engine, it is per-
missible to go to and from ducking
grounds, attend to ducking outfits
and pick up dead ducks with such
a boat.
@. Is wool and hair the same sort
of thing? r. L. A.
A. VOL is a living appendage of
the skin. produced by increased cpl
dermal cells. The difference be-
tween wool and hair is one of de-
gree rather than Of kind.
@. What we'll known man cut a
hole in the lower part of a door to
admit a cat, then cut a smaller one
for the kitten? S. w. c..
81 VIC diiiOb NOQOl1 lOI III du-
thenticity, but this tale Is told
about Sir Isaac Newton.
Q. How much does a hippopota-
mus weigh? Is he in captivity fond
Of sweetmeats? II. Z. d.
A. Large male hippopotamuses
frequently weigh from 4 to Az tons.
This animal will eat sweet things,
but Is not particularly fond Of them.
Q. Has the Indian population of
the United States increased sor de-
creased inpthe last decade? G. w. X.
A. The Indian population of the
United States has decreased in the
last ten years, according to the GEN.
sus reports. In 1910, the popula-
ton was 265,683. In 1920, the popu-
lation was 244,437.
@. What are considered the Seven
National Wonders OF the United
States? v. M. F.
A. The following are considered
the most noteworthy wonders of the
United States: Grand Canyon, or
Canyon of the Arizona; Yosemite
Valley; Mount Rainier; the Missis-
sippi River; Sequoia Forest Re-
~servation, California; Niagara Falls;
The Great Desert
Q. Which is most dangerous and
poisonous, the bite of a rattlesnake,
or a tarantula, or of a scorpion? A.
II. S.
A. Any species of the ra%ttlesnake
is more dangerous and poisonous
than the tarantula or scorpion. The
bite of the tarantula is painful. but
no dangerous, while the sting of the
scorpion is also painful, but rarely.
If ever, fatal. The scorpion of the
southern states, known as the mule
killer, is entirely harmless.
@. Kindly send me the rules gov.
erning the egg-rolling contest played
on the White House lawn on Easter
Monday? N. L. H.
A. The Superintendent of Grounds
of the White House says that so far
as he knows there are no rules gov
erning the egg-rolling on the White
House grounds. Many contests take
place. but these are entirely unof-
fetal.
@. Does the King of England re-
ceive a salary? H. NJ. r.
A. The King of England receives
a certain amount of money which
might be construed as a salary, but
is known as the Civil List, allowing
him a sum of 100000 pounds. OF this
sum, ITO, 600 are to be used for the
privy purse of the King and Queen;
125.S00 pounds for the salaries OF
the royal household and retired al
lowances; 10000 pounds for house
hold expenses; 10000 pounds fol
general works; 1920 pounds for
aims and bounty and 5000 pounds
unappropriated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
BY DIR, II. III. BISHOP

People r not always poisoned
by external means: sometimes they
poison themselves because OF a lax
ity in regard to the proper carriage
Of the body.
One Of the simplest and most
effective ways to avoid self-poison-
ing is to adopt and maintain an
erect posture. In an erect posture
the abdominal muscles tend to re-
main tau and to afford proper sup
port or pressure to the abdomen.
In a habitual s%louching posture. the
blood of the abdomen sometimes
stagnates 10 the liver and the CEN
ter of circulation. This uses a
feeling Of dependency and mental
confusion. headache. GOODNESS of
the hands and feet and chronic ia
tigue and usually constipation.
Although a slouching carriage is
often the result of disease or low
vitality, it is also a cause Of these.
In walking. the most common err
ror is to slump with the shoulders
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
ICELAND: LACKS ICE AND
RAILROADS

Carrying ice to Iceland will appear
to most persons about as REASONABLE
as carrying wheat to the Dakotas,
cotton to Texas, or beans to Boston.
But according to recent press dis
patches the IcelanderS have made
an appeal to Norway, the nearest
European country, to ship them ice
in order that they may save their
herring harvest from spelling be-
cause of the mildness of the present
winter. Some of the paradoxes OF
this supposed land of ice are dealt
with in the following bulletin issued
from the Washington, d. c., head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society:
1.-THE land which has come down
in history as Iceland might with
more accuracy have been given a dia-
metrically opposite title. and called
The Land of Fire The surface of
no other country. perhaps, is so
deeply marked by the whitening
blasts that we'll up from time to
time; and in no country of equal
area are to be found so many vol
canic peaks and vents. Nearly 5000
square miles OF the 10000 of the
country's area are covered by lava
flows.
Winter In Capital Milder than in
Milan
iceland is approximately the size
of Ohio and about 5000 square miles
larger than Ireland. 1t is only a
short distance off the Europeward
coast of Greenland. and its north
ernmost cape just touches the Arctic
Circle. From there the Midnight
Sun can be seen. In spite of its
position so near the North Pole, lee
land, thanks to the Gulf Stream, has
a relatively mild winter climate.
Reykjavik, the capital. is in the same
latitude as Nome, Alaska, but has a
January temperature milder than
that of Munich, Germany, or Milan,
Italy.
"Icelandic summers, however. are
cool, due to the large fields of ice
that float down from the north,
Grain cannot be grown satisfactorily
| and all breadstuffs must be import
ed. Hay, potatoes, and turnips are
the only agricultural products OF
any importance. Cattle, horses and
sheep are raised in considerable
numbers, and large quantities of fish
chiefly cod and herring-are taken
from the neighboring waters.
Though Iceland has an extensive
area, for all practical purposes il
might just as well be only a seventh
it's actual size. Although Europeans
emigrated to Iceland about seven
| hundred years before Old World col
onies were established in the now
tanned North America, only the val
leys and lowlands near the coast OF
the island have V e been developed.
This is not because of a lack of
energy on the part of the hardy
Scandinavians who settled the is
land, but because the interior, COM
prising about six-sevenths of the
| total area, is a waste of lava. bould-
ers and q avel, devoid of vegetation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

and the least of its blessings is a
kind of traitor to the common
wealth of humanity.
We owe it not only to ourselves
but to each other to be resolutely
alive to all the reasonable joys of
life. 1t is a part of genuine religion
to teach men that life's good things
belong to us by right Of III heritage
from a good God, and are to be used
and enjoyed.
Misery is not the normal condition
of human life. 1t we are miserable
it is in part at least because we are
failing to make the most of that
part of life which rightly used would
make up happy.
Let us admit that no man can
wholly escape sorrow. On the other
hand a nan must try hard if he
wholly shuts himself out from the
light of joy.
The heroes and heroines of life
have been men and women who con-
quered pain and shame and lived
triumphant lives radiant with a kind
of serene joy.
We all have a right to share in
that kind of happiness, and in some
other kinds rs well.
Don't cultivate the art of being I'M
happy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

feet isn't told where to get off.
You can't beat a good wife.
The nation to start disarming will
be explanation.
"Use more water" said DIR. Bishop
and the milkman saw it.
Beer isn't a drug on the market.
Mexico is as quiet as a successful
man.
Men laugh and women cry at a
wedding because both know what is
ahead of the groom.
Chaplin has given up his humor-
ous idea of being serious and will
seriously be humorous.
If there is a bootlegger union il
eve strikes.
Mary Garden announces she has
$50 pairs OF shoes ana spoils her
marriage expectations.
Isn't it strango what some peo.
pie put auto licenses on?
Some wise men are letting their
whiskers grow as preparedness for
Christmas neckties.
Women once drove men to drink,
but in Chicago policemen ID it.
There is a destiny that shapes our
ends, tight shoe them as we may.
A former governor of Idaho has
proven governors can be honest by
dying in the poorhouse.
The cranberry crop is about 422.-
600 barrels n now all we need is
the turkeys.
"Yap in Arms Farley" says a
headline. zap. zap, zap is the way
dogs of war bark.
Edison says only two persons out
of a hundred r intelligent. That
is about the number of neighbors
without monographs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

The nation to start disarming will
be explanation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

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Men Grey Flannel Shirts
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Mems Leayy Outing Elan
\ mel ~pajamGs; regular price
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regular price $50; special
At Soc
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

A man who stands on his W
feet isn't told where to get off.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

use more water" said DIR. Bishop
and the milkman saw it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

You can't beat a good wife
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

Beer isn't a drug on the market.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

Men laugh and women cry at a
wedding because both know what is
ahead of the groom.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

Mexico is as quiet as a successful
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-14

Chaplin has given up his humor-
Gus idea of being serious and will
seriously be humorous.