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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-03
In Our Ladies Purse
Department

Our initial spring shipment Of Ladies' Hand Bags and
Purses fell far short of meeting the demand consequently
customers disappointed We have today
few numbers of the most beautiful Vanity Cases yet
You invited to in and inspect them They
priced $500, $685., $795, $1,000 s14Oo and $500
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-03

Mrs. Patrick Harr. Mrs. Joseph Ma
honey, Mrs. Michael curran Will en-
tcrtain tho Ladies' Aid society of Sac
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-03
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$350-40 inches wide at $l98 floor
yard.
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selected dress during the
Black Silk Sale? If
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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-03
Have You

selected a dress pattern during the
Black Silk Sale? If not inspect
them Today-a choice" choice.
Main floor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
DEVELOPING WATER FRONT

Under the heading, END the Do-Nothing
Policy" the Jersey City Journal has this to say
about the proposed development Of that city's
water front along the Hackensack river:
"While Newark is spending 50, 900, 900 on the
development of it's Newark bay front, Jersey
City's com missioners are hemming and having
over the proposition to spend S650,OOO to develop
the Hackensack river front at and near Droyer S
Point. This inaction seems strange, too, IN the
light of the fact that only a few weeks ago
Mayor Hague came out with a lengthy argument
in favor of helping to solve the employment
problem by starting public works and enter
prises whenever a proper opening presents IT,
self.
There was to have been action by the city
commission yesterday afternoon, but failure 10
act was excused on the ground that Director OF
Revenue and Finance Cannon had not yet nm
ished his vacation at the seashore.
wonder what the new excuse Will be next
Tuesday!
ar Commissioner Moore intends to have some
action taken on this enterprise, which is SO
clearly up to him, he will have to adopt q
very different policy. 1t is up to him to
put more ginger into his program and his meth
DDS and to strike out hard. He must DO some
real fighting for Jersey City's west SIDE
With Newark spending $4,000 900 for the de-
velopment of the Newark bay water front. Jer-
sey City is finding fault because the officials
there hesitate in spending $4,000 on their
water front. But what are we to say about the
Perth Amboy officials who, with a water front
far superior to either Newark's or Jersey Citys
Hackensack river, are doing absolutely nothing
toward taking advantage of the great oppor-
tunities that all about us?
When will Perth Amboy wake up?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Editorial Comment From Other Newspapers
HOW COMMISSION RULE STANDS IN
VIEW RSE


Defeat of commission government in West
Orange was not due to the will OF those VINO
voted, for there was a majority in favor OF the
change, but was accounted for by the fact that
many people who voted for President last year
were not interested enough to go to the poiis
last Tuesday. Had the thirty per cent. favorapie
vote required been based on the election returns
of any other year than that of a PRESIDENTIAL
contest, board rule would have won by an easy
margin.
In the ten years that the Walsh act has been
on the statute books, in only one other muhiCi-
pality-West Hoboken-has it failed under the
thirty per cent. rule. The issue has come up IN
seventy-fve municipalities, and In some or them
it has been voted upon twice or three times. Inc
Walsh act has been adopted by forty-one and re-
iected by thirty-four. The total vote cast In all
Of these municipalities shows a margin OF To-
425 in favor of commission government.
Only one community In the state has voted
to revert to its old form of government after
giving board rule a trial. and that is the little
CITY of Beverly in Burlington county. rms ooes
not mean that commission government mas
proved entirely satisfactory in the other forty
nlaces where it prevails. 1t does show, however,
a general sentiment that 1t has worked an I'M
movement over conditions formerly prevailing
There has been manifested a growing feeling
that the CITY manager plan would be more effec-
tive than the Walsh act, but the legislators at
Trenton have so far refused to give the voters
a chance to try out that system. Until a city
manager law is enacted, it may be safely pre-
dicted that commission government VIII con-
tinue to hold it's own in New Jersey,-Newark
Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
OPEN MEETINGS

An agreeable surprise greeted those who at
--1ded tire meetingsof the Board of Freeholders
last week when, instead of retiring into executive
session to conduct the public's business as soon
Is the meeting was called to order, the board
continued in open session transacting their bust
ness in full view and hearing of all present. This
IL as it should be.
while admitting that there are occasions when
secrecy is desirable for the time-being. there is
no reason why by far the greater part of the pub
hrs business should not be transacted in the
open and where everyone who cares to do SO
nav hear. The freeholders have not been the
only Offenders in this particular. Perhaps their
example in holding open meetings and threshing
out their problems in public will be followed by
other boards whose work is of vital importance
to the people.
The practice of the treeholders in the past OF
going into executive session almost as soon as
they convene and remaining behind closed doors
for hours at a time. utterly Indifferent to the
rights of the people outside to know what Is
going on, had developed into almost a scandal
Such star chamber sessions did not tend to les
sen the suspicious that have grown up in the
popular mind regarding all these patent pave
n.ent contracts.
The freeholders have delayed taking TINS stano
for open meetings until rather late. The 1ac'
that there is an election approaching and tha'
considerable criticism has been leveled at the
county board for some of its acts might cause
some to say that it was being done for political
effect, The charge might be made that no"
that the season is over and there is little OF I'M
portance transpiring at the meetings, the mem
bers decide to carry on all their business In
public.
Be that as It may the move is a good one and
it is to be hoped the practice. once established
will be continued for all time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
FREEHOLDERS' WISE STAND

The determined stand taken by the Board of
Freeholders against having county roads that
have been permanently improved, cut into for
the purpose of laying pipe lines or connecting
with sewers or water mains is something to be
commended. The county board evidently learned
it's lesson at Fords.
1t will be member that the township of
Woodbridge was given permission to lay a sew
or down the middle of the road leading through
Fords, with the understanding that the road
would be restored to as good condition as it was
in before the sewer was laid. This was not done.
The sewer was 1aid-after a time-and the
trench filled in, but no attempt whatever was
made to restore the road to its previous condi-
ton until it was past all restoration. The result
was, the taxpayers of the county were again
called upon to share in the expense of paving
this highway.
chopped full of holes within a few months.
Pavements, especially the kind that the free
holders have been laying in this county, cost
too much to be ruined in this manner. 1t is to
be hoped that the freeholders will stand firm in
their determination to prevent these pavements
being cut up and that no influence or political
pull" will cause them to make an exception for
anyone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
THE FACE

Put on your happy face, my friend.
and seek the thronging marts, and.
as on sprightly limbs you wend,
cheer up responding hearts. One
buoyant, cheerful, whistling chap,
helps others by his mood; some dell
egate who sees your map may find
his hope renewed. I know I've felt
at divers times hat life's a ten-cent
game. hat like a grapevine trouble
climbs around the human frame.
And, feeling thus. upon the fence
I'd lean and shed some brine; ay.
though 1t had no lick of sense, this
dippy course was mine. And then
some Joyous jay appeared, with u n
shine in his glim; I'd wiring the briny
from my beard and go and prance
with him. Contagious Is the cheer
up smile that happy people wear;
contagious also is the bile that
makes you seem a bear. Pat on
your happy face, old scout, and see
it's rightly clamped, and as you
chase yourself about you'll have the
people vamped. They'll be ashamed
of little griefs DER which they used
to sigh, when viewing n who
beefs as he goes whizzing by. Put
on your happy face, my boy, and tie
the strings behind, and try to show
that life's a joy. and not a dreary
grind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
THE BILLOPP HOUSE

Once more attention is to be drawn TO the Bill
Perth Amboy. The Staten Island Chamber Of
Commerce is going to have a dinner there on
Wednesday in an effort to arouse interest in the
historic old building and have 1t preserved.
There have been so many efforts to save the
Billopp house, all without success, that too
much must not be expected of this renewed &C
tivity in that direction. That the house ought to
be preserved, however, is admitted by all who
are at all interested in historical affairs. When
one realizes all the mansions that New York has
taken over as public property solely on account
of their historical associations one wonders why
the Billopp house has been ignored so long.
Perth Amboy's interest IN the Billopp house
centers mainly in the conference that was held
there between the delegates from the Continental
congress, Franklin. Rutledge and Adams, and
Lord Howe, the commander of the British
forces on Staten Island during the Revolutionary
war, in an effort to end the hostilities. The
Americans came to Perth Amboy and were then
rowed across the sound to the Billopp house.
The conference, as everyone knows, was unsuc-
cessful. 1t was one of the notable events in the
American war for independence, however, and
the fact that the Billopp house was the scene
Of the meeting il In itself enough to warrant it's
IysssEyations
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
Lean One New Thing Every Day
Bulletins BY
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
The Pacific: Maneuvre Gro und of Fleets and Diplomats.
Bulletins By

"If the Pacific were merely a great
ocean devoid of Islands or with a few
bits of land as those III the North At
lantic, probably there would be no
Pacific problem" says a bulletin is
sued from the Washington, D. c.,
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society in connection with
the approaching conference called
by President Harding for the discus
sion of the Limitation of Armaments
and Far Eastern questions. I'm other
words" continues the bulletin, leach
island might be visualized not in
appropriately as the dot under a cast,
hazy question-mark, To split hairs,
it is not so much the problem of the
Pacific that is bothering the world,
as the problem of it's islands.
"If modern fleets had to be operat-
ed 5000 miles from home without
fuel bases, or If cables had to span
such distances under water without
relay stations, offensive naval war
fare and Geographic communication
over wires would be practically i'm
possible. The great powers of the
world woke up to this fact in earnest
about a generation ago and began
taking yer island bases and stations
in the Pacific that previously SEEM
ed of little o significance thar
stages for exotic dances and canni-
bal feasts. Before this. islands and
the lands bordering the worlds
greatest ocean had been acquired
chiefly with the idea of exploiting
their products, and only the larger
areas were considered important.
With the realization of the valuable
parts that naval bases and relay sta
tions might play in the future, there
developed a keen interest in even the
tiniest rocks and coral rings.
U. S. Has Big "Stake" in Pacific
"As landlords of the domains that
bound the vast bowl of the Pacific
now sit three great vitality interested
poyers-the United States, Great
Britain and Japan. In addition there
are four nations hardly less inter-
ested-China, Russia, Holland and
France. Among those countries
whose interests are by no means neg
ligible are Mexico, Chile and the
other west coast Latin-American
states. Spain and Germany. once in
terested at least to the extent that
France is now interested. have pass
ed from the Pacific; but in passing
each has accumulated the problem of
the Onlteu states.
What may be called the stakes
| of the various countries whose lands
hem in the Pacific vary greatly on a
basis of their coast lines. Leaving
minor convolutions of the coasts out
of the consideration in every case,
the United States leads in miles of
frontage on the Pacific with more
than 1000 miles, counting both the
sweep of the Aleutian Islands and the
! part of Alaska above them. The
Philippines add a direct frontage of
about 1000 miles more on the other
side of the great pecan.
Russian Coast Line Important
"Asiatic Russia is second with ap-
proximately $500 miles from Behr-
ing Strait to Chosen (Korea), count
ing the coast line of the sea of Okh-
DISK, comparable in size to our own
Gulf Of Mexico
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
BRIDGE APPROACH N CITY PLAN

The news from Trenton that the specifications
for the approaches to the new state highway
bridge are about completed again calls attention
TO the importance that the north approach is to
the city of Perth Amboy. An expert city planner
would have been just as busy planning this ap-
proach for the best interest of the city as the
State Highway Department has been in planning
from the states point Of view.
The approach, according to present plans, is
going to begin at Smith street opposite Convery
place. This means that Smith street will be
crossed at a grade. 1t is worth at least some
thought as to whether or not it would be better
for the city as well as for travel in general, to
have the elevation start further north, more on
a level with the Convery place bridge over the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks and cross over
Smith street.
We have in mind the enormous automobile
traffic passing through the city over this bridge.
which traffic is increasing every year. When this
constant stream of automobiles crosses the heavy
traffic on Smith street, including the trolley line,
there is going to be trouble, and the Smith street
traffic is likely to be the greatest sufferer. We
now have some idea what 1t will be like in trying
10 get through the line at New Brunswick avenue
and Prospect street. Even with traffic officers
on duty the delay is considerable. If all this
traffic could be made to pass over Smith street
and so on through Convery place to the north of
the city. the traffic both on Smith street and
across The bridge could move on without inter-
ruption. Some feasible means for getting up on
the bridge from Smith street could doubtless be
arranged. Or, it would not be so much out OF
the way to go out New Brunswick avenue and
reach the approach to the bridge by that means.
Doubtless after the bridge is finished many
of these important points will come to light and
1t will be seen how improvements could be made
II the approach, as far as this city is concerned,
were to be built over again. But then it will be
too late. That comes from not having a definite
city plan now while all these things are being
built.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
nrHaTING OUR DISTINGUISHED MEN

Chairman Fordney, of the House ways ana
means committee, made a vicious attack on lot
mer President Wilson in the debate on the new
revenue bill. The speech was political ana Nltu-
repative. He declared that he had voted TOT
government control of the railroads i'll order 10
nut Wilson in a hole, and we did" but ne SUP
seouently said, under cross-fre, that this asser-
ton was intended as a joke.
The friction and jealousies, as well as the iail-
ures and the rancor, of the war time and the
period after the war, when everything was ap-
normal and unsettled and many persons We're r.
ritated, reckless ana vindictive, made a habit OF
denunciation. And of late a few most scathlns
articles concerning prominent public officials in,
GLIDING President Harding, have been puplsheo
and acclaimed.
Men in public life are amenable to fair crltl-
cism. They are public servants. Yet their prom
inence of their offices should not subject them
TO personal assaults; to SANDER, insult and nate
They are entitled to justice and considerations
in criticism. =,
Ordinary fairness, il not a certain respect is
due to men in public office and especially &c
former occupants of the White House and mosI
particularly to the President. Government IT,
self exists on trust and dignity.
If there must be criticism, let it be reasonable
and patriotic. -Passaic Daily Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19

/ Across the southwestern corner
Of the Pacific, British territory
stretches from Dutch New Guinea to
New Zealand, a distance of about 3d.
500 miles, but with a break of over
1000 miles between Australia and
New Zealand. In a way, however,
Australia may fairly be considered
entirely a Pacific land giving Great
Britain by far the greatest coast line.
The continent has for protection a
coast line of approximately 5000
miles. easily reached by fleets from
the Pacific. and it matters little from
a naval point of view that half the
water that bathes this long shore
line is called the Indian Ocean. Can
ada adds approximately 500 miles to
British Pacific coast lines.
THE islands that constitute Japan
stretch along Asia from neal the tip
of Kamchatka to the southern point
of Taiwan (Formosa), and thus have
a frontage on the Pacific of about
2,700 miles. The coast line of Japan
is much greater, however. due to
the western frontage OF the Sea of
Okhotsk. the Sea of Japan, and the
Yellow and Eastern Seas.
Philippines Screen Asiatic Lands
Screened by the Philippines and
the British possessions in northern
Borneo, the Dutch possessions have a
direct frontage on the Pacific of only
about 1000 miles; but their total
coast line. counting that on the In
dian Ocean. is many times that figure
| China's coast line, too, is screened
by Japan. 1t amounts to about 1000
miles. French Indo China, behind
the Philippines. has a coast line of
about 1000 miles on the China Sea.
ION the eastern side of the Paci-
fic. Mexico has a coast line of more
than 1000 miles, while hat of Chile
is more than $500 miles. The ag-
gregate Pacific coast line of the re-
naming Latin American countries
amounts to about $500 miles.
But it is the small scattered is
lands controlled by these bordering
nations hat constitute the crux of
the Pacific problem Practically all
the islands in the Pacific proper are
under the control of Great Britain,
France, the United States and Japan.
All of the French and most of the
British holdings are situated south
of the equator, leaving the United
States and Japan in close COMPETE
ton above that line. Guam is prac-
tically surrounded by newly acquir-
ed japanese islands. formerly owned
by Germany; and Japanese lands
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19
@. Is it true that any part of the

@. Is it true that any part Of the
ocean is fresh water? A. 5.
A.. The photographic Office says
that there are several places in the
different cea of the world where
fresh water may be found. One of
the best known of these places is
beyond the coast of Miami. Florida.
The cause of this fresh water in the
midst of the salt ocean is a spring
formed by a subterranean river.
@. Please advise me the per cent.
of marriages that go oil the rock of
the divorce court. II. o. r.
A. In 1916 1t was estimated that
the number of divorces was 1906.
OF these S1.1 per cent were granted
to husband; $50 per cent granted to
the wife. The marriages numbered
1~,O4O,778.
O.. What religion has the most
followers? G.. p. NJ.
A. The religion which has the
most followers Is Confucianism or
Taoism. The members number 310.-
925,00O.
@. What pitcher has struck out
the most batsmen? f. w.
A. Walter johnson of the WASH
ington team of the American League
has struck out more batsmen than
any other pitcher in the history of
baseball. In a game on August IS,
1921, he struck out eight men, bring
ing the total up to ATS, surprising
Cy Young'S record of 2,771 strike
outs.
Q. You state that the first aerial
mail delivery in the United States
was made in 1911, by e. l.. Owing
ton. Did he make the trip alone?
H. W.. S.
A.. The Post Office Department
says that the post Office pilot E. l..
Ovington made the first air mail de-
livery trip alone.
@. Who was the original maker
of Washington Pie? F. c.
A. While it seems impossible to
trace Washington Pie to it's original
maker, it is interesting to note that
recipes for it may be found in old
English cookbooks.
@. When was a revenue tax first
put on whiskey?. J. C. B.
A. The first revenue tax or whis-
key dates back to March. 1871.
@. What is the possibility of buy
ing secondhand automobiles from
the Wal Department? p. S.
A. The War Department says that
the only motor vehicles available for
sale are unserviceable ones. All
oeTNlCedDle dutOLlODllSS TOI HeCcS-
sary for army use are transferred to
other government departments when
needed. The un~serviceable ones are
offered at public auction, such sales
being advertised in advance in hi
vicinities in which they are to be
held.
@. Does Octavu: Roy Cohen write
both detective and negro stories or
does he employ an assistant to do
one kind for him? I. M.
A. Mr.. Cohen says that he writes
both kinds of stories himself, finding
great pleasure in changing from one
to the other. He finds it refreshing
to turn from one type Of story to the
other. thus keeping an enthusiasm
for both.
@. Is there a daily change in the
height of the water in the Mediter-
ranean Sea-what we call tides here
in America? l.. H. B.
A. The Mediterranean Sea has
very slight tides. At most places the
difference in level is only a few inch
es.
Q. How long has e. Phillips OPP
penheim been writing stories? c. G..
A. Z. Phillips Oppenheim had his
first short story published thirty-five
years ago, when he was eighteen, his
first novel appearing when he was
twenty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-19

But there are numerous other events that all
tend to make the BilIopp house one of the most
famous private dwellings in America. Being
located on the extreme southern end of Staten
Island in a more or less obscure position. 1t has
failed to attract the attention it deserves. Per-
haps this latest effort on the part of the Staten
Island civic organizations to secure some recog-
milton for it Will be more successful than pre-
vious attempts.