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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21

@. What is considered proper
cooling of milk in butter-making P
r. N. l..
A. By proper cooling is meant
cooling to so degrees Fahrenheit or
below Immediately after milking.
@. Does the Hickory Horned
Devil turn into a butterfly, and If so
what kind of a butterfly Pr. L.. C.
A. This worm turns, not into a
butterfly. but into the Royal moth.
@. How high do ocean rollers get
and how long are they?-C. b. r.
A.. The photographic Office says
that the extreme height Of ocean
waves has been estimated at 80 feet.
and their length at from 900 to 700
feet.
@. How can shoes be made water
proof at home Pm. D.
A.. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that either of these for
mulas is good: Natural wool grease,
s ounces; dark petroleum.. 4 ounces;
paraffin wax, 4 ounces; OF tallow, IL
ounces; cod oil. 4 ounces. The in
gradients of either mixture should
be melted together, warming them
carefully and straining thoroughly.
Better penetration is obtained II ap-
piled while warm, but the grease
should not be hotter than the hand
can bear.
O.. Under what sign of the Zodiac
was Caruso born. and were any other
famous singers born under the same
sign ?-T. K.
A.. Caruso was born under the
sign Pisces. Geraldine Farrar was
also born under this sign.
@. How many men did Germany
lose in the World War?-B. N. G..
A. According to what are said to
be the final authoritative statistics
concerning the losses of Germany in
the World War, the lost dead num-
bered 1,80S, 545 of whom $4,000 were
officers. Nearly rs per cent Of the
officers participating in the war are
on the death roll.
@. Has the Congressional Library
ever been burned ?-E. l.. G..
A. The building which now houses
the Library of Congress has never
been destroyed by fire. Until 1897
when this building was completed,
the library remained in the Capitol.
There. it was destroyed in 1914. when
the Capitol was burned, and again
in 1851. a fire reduced it to 10000
volumes. It now contains nearly g.
000.0 books. charts. maps. pieces
of music, ct cetera.
@. Why does the United States
government put a wal tax on glasses
when they are not a luxury but a ne
cessity PHI. Z.
A. Eye glasses are taxable II
mounted in gold or silver. When they
are mounted in anything else they
are not taxable. The new law which
has not yet passed Congress speci-
fically exempts eye glasses and spec
tacles.
@. OF what material are most of
the buildings in London made p
p. l.. l..
A. All parts Of London are alike
in the fact that most of the buildings
are made of brick. There are no
ouarries nearby. SO the stone for the
finer buildings must be brought from
a distance. The smoke-laden Lon.
don fog blackens the entire city al
though the West End suffers least in
this respect.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21

THE interchange Of some of the
largest ~hattleships in the American
navy between the Atlantic n Pa
cific fleets through the Panama ca
nal shows that the big waterway is
functioning along the lines laid
down for it when the United States
undertook the task of constructing a
seaway between the two Americas"
says a bulletin issued from the
Washington, D. c.. headquarters Of
the National Geographic Society.
when the work of building the
canal was undertaken" the bulle-
tin continues, mo n dreamed
what a tremendous amount of mate
rial would have to be moved to maxi
it a disable waterway such as it is
today.
cat that time it was figured that
the total excavations for the canal
proper would be 100000 cubic
yards. But by eason of enlarge
ments and slides the task continued
to grow until approximately a quar-
ter of a million cubic yards of mate
distance from Union station, WASH
ington, D. c., to Pennsylvania ter
n,inal New York. Is approximately
228 miles. Imagine instead of the
roadbed a canal with vertical banks
45 feet deel and 124 feet wide
deep and wide enough to accommo-
date the biggest ship hat floats. and
connecting the Nations metropolis
with the country's capital-and
you will have a picture Of the
amount of material that had to be
removed to make the great 18TH
milan highway a completed project.
Dirt Dug Would Make 400 Cheops
Nor does this remarkable COM
parisoI include either excavations
by the French in the canal nor those
of the Americans for the auxiliary
port works. coaling stations, etc.
These were vast enough to widen
the imaginary Washington-New
York shipway to 1874 feet. On the
bottom of this ditch could be laid
down eleven standard American
railway tracks.
Zone can get another picture of
the immensely of the task by re-
fecting on the fact that the total
spoils which had to be removed to
unite the seas. divide the continents
and shorten the sea lanes of the
world at Panama were equal in vol
ume to more than hundred
pyramids of the dimensions of Che
ops. two such pyramids for every
mile of the big waterway from deep
water in the Atlantic to deep water
in the Pacific.
1.-THE saving effected by ships US
ling the canal has more than justified
the hopes of the government in I'M
dertaking its construction. In pre-
war days the cost of maintaining a
freighter in commission a approx
imately ten cents per net registered
ton per day. Thus, a ~10,000-ton
steamship maintenance cost about
$1,000 a day, Its average speed was
around ESQ knots a day. On the trip
from New York to San Francisco
there is a saving of thirty-two days.
With such a ship. this extra dis
lance would cost. on the basis of pre-
war prices $4,000. On the basis OF
present prices it would cost about
$4,000. The vessel, by using the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
RIPPLING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
THE CRIPPLE


Old Jimpson Jones has spawned
limbs, he cannot use them any
more; the gay world round him
scoots and Skins, as he sits by his
cottage door, and casts his tired
and ancient glims on autos passing,
score by score. The autos glitter
like a star, they're painted up in
gorgeous tones; the back seats often
empty are, and well might rest
some weary bones; the joycarts
journey near and far, but no one
stops for Jimpson Jones. The driv-
ers look to left and right for damsels
who might like a ride; they'd like to
show some maidens bright how
smooth and fast their boats can
glide; and cripples languish through
the night, forsaken, sad, and heavy
eyed. Old Jimpson Jones has bung-
ed-up feet that will not stand the
walking test; and shining cars go
down the street and show all kinds
OF pep and zest; he often e an
empty seat, on which a poor old
man might rest. And he is sick
to go afield to country roads wnere
green things grow, to see the Or
chard and the field, the farmyards
where the ROSTERS crow; oh, such a
joyride we'll might yield more pleas
ure than he'll ever know. The
autos roar and chug and crash, and
throw up clouds of dust and stones,
and some of them were bought for
cash, an some involve extensive
loans, and some are good, and some
are trash-but not one stops for
Jimpson Jones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21

The City Plan Commission has failed miser-
ably. Another year has passed without a step
being taken toward giving the city a plan to
work by. The little that mas been done by the
commission that was named by the mayor has
merely furnished amusement for the aldermen.
Petty politics, personal duarrels and jealousies
stand in the way of accomplishing real results
in municipal development In this city at the
present time. Every attempt at real civic en-
terprise is doomed to failure for lack Of support.
What Perth Amboy needs today is real leader
ship. Never was there a greater opportunity to
do something; never was there so much to work
with. Yet we do nothing. When will Perth AM
hoy wake up?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
THE GAME WARDEN

The shooting of WiniaM Hoblitzel, of Rah'
way, who has been a state game warden in thi.
section for a great many years. calls attention
to a branch of public service that receives but
little consideration on tho part of the genera
public, but the importance Of which can hardly
pointed to see that the laws regarding the con-
servation of fish, birds and wild animals are
obeyed. Some may think that this is done sole.
ly for the benefit of the sportsmen. This is not
so. The protection of wild life is as much a
necessity to every human being as is the protec-
ton of our water supply - any other essential
for living.
Scientists tell us that If svery bird were killed
it would be impossible for human beings to live
on this earth five years after the last bird had
gone. This is because of the great service the
birds perform in killing the insects that other
wise would destroy every living green thing that
grows. Even as it is, the insects sometimes get
beyond control and cause great destruction.
Without the birds man would be utterly helpless
in this great struggle.
The class of people who would deliberately
violate the game laws are q class that must be
guarded against. A game warden has got to be
prepared to defend himself in an instant. A
person who would take the life of a bird or ami
NAL when It is unlawful to do so, would just as
likely take the life of the person who attempted
to interfere with him. This has been shown
on a number of occasions.
Older residents are familiar with an instance
Of a game warden being punished for killing a
man who was caught violating the law. But, as
have seen in the case of the Railway tragedy,
1t is often a case of the game warden's life or
the life of the law-breaker. If the game warden
Is fortunate enough to pull first, truly he is
entitled to protection on the part of the state
for defending himself while carrying out the i'm
portant work he is called upon to do.
The criminal who shot Mr.. Hoblitzel ought to
be run down. There should be no let-up on
such characters. The victim of this shooting
was highly respected in this community. He
had the esteem of every sportsman and he was
known as a faithful official. He had to deal
with desperate characters and, 1t seems, he has
has at last fellen the victim of one Of them. His
tragic death ought to be a lesson to all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
Health Talks
Paralysis

liAldllll1O analysis
Despite it's name, infantile para1y-
sis is not confined to babies and
children. 1t sometimes affects adults.
1t is a contagious disease, yet just
how it is spread is not definitely
known. In most cases, the infection
probably is direct from a sick per-
son to a well person, yet it may be
passed on by a third person who has
been in contact with a victim of the
disease.
The early symptoms are, as a rule,
fever, weakness, fretfulness or irri-
liability. and vomiting. Later there
is pain in the back. neck, arms or
legs, accompanied by great weak
ness. Often cases do not result in
paralysis and these are known as
abortive cases. These, however, are
just as infectious as the more serious
cases. If paralysis is to occur 1t
usually appears from the second to
the fifth day after the disease has
developed.
The germ or tiny virus of the dis.
ease is present in the discharges
from the nose, throat and bowels Of
those i'll from infantile paralysis
eve in the cases that result in &C.
tual paralysis. 1t may also be pres.
ent in the noses n threats OF
1iVdllHy SilAiol GIL III lIlS odlllo IailAiiys
Thus it is necessary to keep the
children from a family in which
there is a Ease of infantile paralysis
away from other children. All cases
of infantile paralysis are required
by law to be reported to the local
department of health. which will
then placard the house.
During an epidemic of infantile
paralysis it is we'll to observe some
rules and precautions hat will pre-.
vent a great deal of the disease.
' The house should be kept abso-
, lutely clean. Screen all windows
against flies. Garbage should not be
allowed to accumulate and the re-
ceptacle should be kept tightly cov
cred. All forms of vermin, bed-bugs,
reaches and body-lice, should be
killed. Bodily cleanliness is espe-
cially important.
The best preventive of infantile
paralysis is absolute cleanliness and
a strict observance of these few inn
portant rules of hygiene.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
Learn One New Thing Every Day
UNCLE SANS GATE no TIFF PA CIFIC
Bulletins By
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

canal in prewar days, paying $1.20
per net registered ton, or $4,000,
saved it's or charterers $21,-
900. On the basis of present day
prices the saving amounts to near
ly $4,000. If, as is now planned.
the coastwise shipping using the ca
nal is exempted from the payment
of tolls, O. 1%0,000-ton steamer will
save $4,000 every time it passes
through the canal, in tolls, and at
least $4,000 in distance eliminated
Saves Many Thousands Of Dollars
while it looks rather high to
think of a 1~5.753-ton ship like the
Crga paying $1S,900 for an eight
hour trip through the canal, yet to
choose that route between the East
and West coasts of the United States
over the Magellan route, would save
upward of $4,000 on the trip.
Another interesting thing about
the toll rates at Panama Is the COM
paratively low rates at which cargo
moves through the canal. A net
registered ton in shipping practice
is 100 cubic feet Of cargo space.
For instance cotton takes much
more room than %nitrates. A cargo
of the latter has moved through the
SoAAoA Ava - ga q ScAt WAAAiS q
cargo of lumber might cost a dollar
a ton. The average rate for bulk
cargoes ranges around CT cents a
long ton.
1.-THE rate of $1.20 per net ton, of
$4,000 for a 10000 ton ship is no
higher when viewed from the stand
point of cost of operating the canal
than when looked at from the an
gle of knot-moIey saved.
Canal Costs $4,000, 900 q Year in
Interest
1.-THE present income from the ca
nal Is barely sufficient to pay the
mere costs Of operation, with no al
lowance whatever flor depreciation
or interest on the investment. As
the canal cost $4,000, 900. and as
the government has to pay at least
five per cent for money borrowed
today. 1t will be seen that interest
charges alone would amount to
$4,000, 900 a year.
I'm other words if Uncle Sam OPP
| Grated his canal on the basis that
the railway companies operate their
roads, he would have to make a rate
of about So a net registered ton in
stead of $1.20.
with the tremendous decline In
ocean freight rates in the past two
years and the large increase in trans
continental railroad rates the COM
petition of the canal using steamship
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21

At a commercial mems dinner
which I attended a few days ago a
man, prominent in the business world
and an authority Of some note, said:
"Out of every hundred business
men in America. nfnety-eight fail"
1 have heard hat statement be-
fore, and 1 wonder If it is true. He
has means of more accurate knowl-
edge than I, and yet I am disposed
to doubt If the proportion is as large
as that. I should be included to
think that the proportion of success
es is much larger.
And yet. the way is straight and
the gate is narrow that leads to sue
cess anywhere. and few there be
that find it.. For wide is the way
and many are the tributary paths
that lead to failure.
But this I think is true, that no
where near ninety-eight per cent OF
American men fail permanently. The
man who fails as a lawyer, makes a
success as a real estate agent. The
man who fails as a preacher goes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
THE E WHO FAIL
By DR.. W. e. BARTON

into life insurance and succeeds.
The man who fails as an editor
makes a success as a stock broker.
In this land the opportunities are
SO free. and the spirit of generosity
in business is SO broad, that few men
fail permanently If they have char
acter, health and industry.
All of us have failed at something,
and no one of us is anything like the
success he ought to be. Success in
America is almost too Easy. We
should be stronger men if we had
to toll more earnestly for our sue
cess.
You have tried something and
have failed? Phillips Brooks was a
fiat failure as a school teacher. and
Ulysses Grant was no great success
as q farmer or tanner.
No man Is a complete failure TIL
he gives up the struggle.
So long as a man has courage to
try again. no n has a right to call
him a. failure.
If you have failed, get UP and try
again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
ADDRESSES

Fifteen thousand misdirected letters reach the
Philadelphia postof1ce daily, Other post ofhces
make the same complaint.
It costs Uncle Sam $6.ooo.ooo a year to take
care of mail, improperly addressed through
carelessness.
You want to cut the cost OF government "A
good way to help is not to mail a letter or parcel
until sure the address is right, with full details
for delivering.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
SMILE WITH ME
BY Tom Sims.

Women marry at face value.
An egg with a past can't come back.
Charge haircuts to overhead expense.
Tempests are made in teapots since prohiol-
ton.
New shoes hurt most when you pay for them
Wonder II Obregon would recognize West Vir-
GINA?
Many an oyster stew hasn't heard oysters are
back,
You can't place a short -skirted woman on a
pedestal
Low tide is the only thing that's low at a
beach resort.
A small bank balance is a true sign Of a hard
winter.
All foreigners must be named by a man with
hay fever.
Women claim it's their own hair because they
bought it.
Milkmen have decided Ford's synthetic COW
was all bull
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. Director.
Washington, D. c. This offer ap-
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bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
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troubles, nor to undertake exhaus
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
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postage. All replies are sen direct
to the inquirer,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-21

line for transcontinental freight has
hit the railroads a very hard blow.
Much tonnage that in prewar days
moved from seaboard to seaboard by
rail is now going by sea, with the
result that hundreds of freight
trains are moving no more"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-28
j. OF NJ. notes

A very unusual entertainment was
given recently in the gymnasium by
the members of the Greek letter soror-
tiles which make up the Panhelenic
society. The festivities represented
the occurrences In country tavern.
The decorations were few and yet We're
in accord with the spirit of a tavern.
Around the sides of the gymnasium
were small tables with chairs where
customers gathered for their usual
gossip and refreshment.
At the end of the hall sat the old
tavern keeper elizabeth Ring) and
his jolyl little wife Constance Tur-
ner). These characters caused much
attention and excitement. AS usual,
there was the tavern keepers daugh-
ter CHope Perkins,, who with her co
quettish ways drew the customers on
to spirit of merrymaking. The eve
ning's entertainment opened with a
grand march in which everyone par
ticipated. These 1nc,uded everyone
from the Gid Dust Twins to society
bellies. Later the tavern keeper an
nounced the arrival Of solo dancer
who would entertain them for while.
The dancer was Shirley Daugherty,
who gave a nymph dance. A short
dime afterwards a musical company
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-28

! is planned to operate four nights a
week from $3.50 to IL p. NJ. beginning
| October so, the weather reports and
commercial and naval press will be
posted on a bulletin board in Lord
Han. Visitors are welcome from
$50 to $50 and may inspect the ap-
paratus and receive explanations. The
only restriction is that visitors be
quiet. Later transmission set will
probably be installed and the station
! will be In operation every night in
the interests of the University and
visiting nights will be cut down to
one or two week.
Captain Buker. OF the Bates cross
country team was on the campus and
went over the Standpipe course over
which the State championship meet
will he run November 4. Allan Mer-
Ger of the Colby team also went over
the course Both men who are pos
sible individual winners, expressed
approval Of the course and thought
the. race would be much more fair
over this course than over the one
at Brunswick where the race was
held last year.
The Maine Masaus is progressing
rapidly this year. At recent meet
ing. "Stubby" March was elected
president and plans were made for
the presentation of a short PLAY TO
be given in the gymnasium Those
who are trying out for dramatics will
then have an opportunity to show
their ability. Rehearsals for 1.-THE
Lion and the Mouse" will begin in
about two weeks. The east will in
clude all who were Masque men hers
last year and possibly a few new
men.
The Fruit Show given by the Heck
Club held its biggest night wednes-
day. In addition to the fruit and cut
flowers and plants. there were side
shows. consisting of menageries and
so forth put on by the various classes
and by the girls of the home econom-
les department The affair proved
very successful.
Wednesday night a meeting was
held Of the Mathematics Club COM
prised of students majoring in nathe-
matics. The rather small number OF
members present discussed plans for
the coming year and decided on
speakers for future meetings.
The senior military students are
engaged in building trench in the
back field. It is planned to build a
different type OF trench each year
until there is a complete set OF field
battle positions.
Theta Chi's initiation began We'd
nesday and the Freshmen appeared as
gladiators with steel Cor tin) armor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-28

from the city entertained with songs
and dances. The company consisted
Of Anna Daley. assisted by Ida Stack
pole. Ruth Bessey, Ada Wray Doris
Hunter, Rebecca Hall and Alta Jones
Following this the customers passed
much Of the evening in old and new
games. Shortly before the tavern was
to close, Isaac, a peddfer, arrived SELL
ing dolls dressed TO represent differ
ent countries and characters Of story
books. These We're: Scotch. Elsie
Perry; Japanese, Mary Mclean; Lit
tie Boy Blue. Edith Twitchell; Little
30 Peep, Sylvia Tibbets: American Tin
Soldier, Lucy Chamberlain. A girls
orchestra composed of Virginia Col
bath, Sarah Wiswell and Alice Bun
ker. furnished music for the dancing
and entertainment. The refreshments.
doughnuts, apples, corncakes and CT
der. were served by IL barmaids. The
party was attended by nearly all the
girls and all worked for its success.
The committee in charge was compos-
ed Of Gertrude O'Brien, Avis Strout
Betty Kingsbury and Doris Twitchell.
Mrs. Estabrooke, Mrs. M,nson and
Mrs. Hendrickson acted as charerones
for the evening.
The Intra- Mural Association has
started in strong this year. This as
ISOLATION was formed in 1890 for
the advancement Of athletics among
the students Of the university. Proper
trophies are awarded each year to sue
cessful participants in the various
sports.
This year the tax paid to the ath-
letic association from the money paid
by each house and the mems dormi-
tories gives them one vote and one
representative in the association.
Coach Flack and Trainer shenkel are
representatives from the athletic de-
partment.
The officers which were elected this
year at meeting at the Phi Epsilon
Pi house of representatives from the
various fraternities ar: Bus Walker.
Kappa Sigma. president: Biff Cohan,
Phi Epsilon Fl, secretary and treas
urer.
The proposition of giving recep-
ton to the Bowdoin team was dis
cussed and thought advisable. IT is
understood that reception and dance
will he given to the Bowdoin football
team on the night Of November after
the game.
Plans are being made for Maine
Night on Friday evening, Nov. 4. the
biggest and best ever. George II.
CDutch'D Bernheisel, who played OF
the team for four years as erd and
quarterback. will be chairman of the
meeting. Sumner Waite II. former
Maine quarterback, now a lieutenant