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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

The facts, so far as science has stud
led them, are that animals do have
thicker fur IN cold winters. mn
in very cold climates have thicker
coats than similar species fartner
south. This is a well recognized
fact in the fur trade, where furs from
the far North bring much higher
prices than pelts from warmer latl-
tudes.
The overlooked fact here is that
the warmer coat is furnished by ma
ture after the cold sets in, not be-
fore. Roughly speaking, the cola
stimulates the skin to produce thick
err fur. Yet reports of thicker fur
on animals in the early fall are
widely regarded as a sure sign Oh
heavy weather ahead.
Government scientists have never
made any experiments of changing
animals from one climate to another
to test their adaptibflity in this re-
spect, 1t is believed that a LOUISE
n muskrat, for example, mlght
freeze to death if taken to a coid
climate because his skin would prop
ably not react quickly enough TO
clothe him properly the first winter.
If he survived that year the next
year he would probably adapt MINI
self like the other animals OF the
region. This is problematical. But
it is certain that he would not grow
his thicker fur instinctively pelore
the cold weather struck him.
Information is another misinter-
preted animal function. Early nj
bernation is often pointed out as
one of the signs of approaching coiu.
AS a matter of fact, animals do not
hibernate so much on account OIL
cold as because of their bodily con-
dition. When a bear has an men
of fat on his body, or whatever ne
needs for the winter. he feels we
NAV imagine, much like a person
who has eaten a hearty meal. 80
the bear curls up in a protected
place and sleeps.
With some animals this desire for
| sleep comes in the hottest part OF
the year. Ground squirrels IN tne
West go into the ground in July
| and stay there the balance or the
summer months.
An example of how liberation is
| connected in our minds with weatn-
err is the ground hog shadow ira
dition. The ground hog. or WOOD
chuck. is supposed TO regulate the
coming of spring. The story soes
that the ground hog comes Out Vi
his hole on Candlemas Cay, Fepru-
arv 2. and looks around. IL he sees
his saadow he rsc.rrs to his hole,
| thereby informing the world that
winter is not over. If the SKY Is
cloudy he ventures out to enjoy the
spring days that are coming.
Don't Trust the Ground Hog.
This tradition got its origin
through the January thaw that sets
in some years. For a week or two
the weather is pleasant and melting
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS By THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY


1.-The Philippines, 1000 miles
from the Pacific coast of North Am
erica, furnish at once the greatest
stake and the most difficult terri
torial problem of the United States
in the Pacific" says a bulletin from
the Washington, ID. c., headquarters
of the National Geographic Society.
This is no tiny island territory
like some of those that fly the Stars
and Stripes in mid-Pacifc," con-
tinues the bulletin. but a country
of nearly $4,000 square miles-a
greater area than that of New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Maryland combined; or among
the islands, greater than h three
large southern islands of Japan upon
which the life of the nation GEN.
tered while it grew to imperial sta
ture.
''This PARKWAY territory of the
United States is inhabited by 9,000,-
900 people of many races and diff
ferent religions. less than a quarter
the present population of the three
most important japanese Islands.
But the tropical Philippines with
their ample rainfall and luxuriant
vegetation are capable, in spite of
their mountainous character, OF
supporting a much larger population
than at present.
A Turbulent Land for Spain
Magellan, who sailed almost
around the world, and whose name
has been given to the famous strait
to the south of South America. dis
covered the Philippines. sailing
among them from across the Pacific
in 1921. He was killed shortly after
ward in a skirmish with the natives.
Magellan, though a Portuguese, was
operating for Spain but the Spanish
were Slow in asserting their sover-
eighty. They captured the native
city of Manila in 1870 and founded
the Spanish city the following year.
"With only one slight break, Spain
remained in control until Dewey de-
feated the Spanish fieet in Manila
Bay in 1898, but it was not a peace
full possession. The Dutch attempt
ed time and again to capture the
archipelago; Chinese and japanese
pirates made raids on the island
cities; and in the sixteenth century
a japanese Shotgun actually demand
ed that the Spanish governor of the
islands acknowledge the sovereignty
of Japan. The British captured Ma
Mia in 1862 and he'd it until the fol-
lowing year, but their control do
rot extend outside the city. In ad-
dition the Spanish had to cope with
the piratical Moros-Mohammedan
Malays-of the southern islands. who
were continually raiding the more
developed lands to the north. Fin
ally instructions broke out; and il
was in the midst of of these that
the United States took control.
Education Americas Hobby
''Since p~acifying the islands. the
United States has given the F1lipinos
steadily increasing political contro
of their affairs. The a~ppointive CON-
mission which ruled over the islands
at first under the America regime
has now given place to an elective
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1--WE are
going to nave a hard winter this
year"
Yod hear a lot of amateur prophe-
sizes to this effect, and a few TO n
contrary. Some base their predlc-
tons on the way the squirrels are
piling up nuts and some on the report
that muskrats have thick fur, ana
some on the fact that ducks have
come South ooner than usual.
The government attaches no sig
nifcance to special industry on the
part of the squirrels. or to any OIL
these other things. Nor does 1t con-
slider reports of early flight OF pirds
to the South a true warning that
winter will set in sooner than US,
ual. The government Diologlst anu
meteorological regard these phenohi-
ena as interesting but not more 10
be relied upon than the pretty story
of the ground hog and his shadow.
'sThe fact isl says DR.. A. X. Fish
or of the Biological Survey, I'VE
have no proof that animals are sup
piled in advance with
warnings of storms or cold weather.
ON the other hand, there is a goou
deal of proof hat they do not know
in advance about weather cohdI-
tions. If they did, there woul pc
fewer c~atastrophies in the amman
world. ha
"Weather changes often overtake
birds. for instance, with tragic re-
suits. If birds could sense storms
far ahead we would not hear OF
5000 600 Lapland longspurs being
beaten to the ground in a driVlns
storm in Minnesota. This incident
occurred in the spring when THESE
birds were flying North. They were
caught in the gale. After 1t was over,
ornithologists measured n area
of the frozen lake where the pros
lay dead and then counted the pHus
to a square yard. ACCORDING TO car
ful estimate, 5000, 900 were wiped
ont that day. When birds do seek
shelter in a storm it is generally be-
cause they can no longer keep up
in the air. not because they sense the
storms approach"
Early migration of birds is COM
monty accepted as an infalllble sign
that winter may be expected at once.
Birds really migrate. DR.. Fisher says
not because they anticipate cold'
but because the food supply is dis
appearing.
When they migrate sooner than
usual in the fall it may mean that
winter is setting in and destroying
their chances of getting food, or II
NAV mean that less of the food
needed by those particular BIRDS Is
available. Or, as a third SUPPOSE
ton, there may be unusually large
flocks of the birds in a locality and
the food supply is not lasting so late
as usual.
What Makes Fur Grow.
BY the same specious reasoning
it is sometimes asserted that animals
are provided with thicker fur in
preparation for a severe winter
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

| Farmers know by experience that
this fine weather does not hold, n
| that it is almost invariably followed
by a setback. Spring is apt to come
sooner If there is no January thaw,
and the temperature rises gradually
a little later. The ground hog comes
into the story because he energies
from his winter quarters o TINS
| time. If he out and hnds
the sun shining he is supposed TO
know that the warmth is too unsea-
sonable to last. The story would be
more reasonable if the fate of the
! winter rested on the temperature OF
ground hog day rather than the sun.
A day of freezing temperature may
be bright and sunni Yet the sign
would read that the grounding saw
his shadow and winter was not over.
Tracing the different traditions
il is easy to see how they originated.
Today we merely quote them with
out considering their significance or
without making allowances for facts
that science has proved since the
old weather lore was evolved.
The conclusion of scientists is that
lower animals are not better equip
ped to be weather prophets than
human beings would be without
their instruments and
knowledge.
Those of us who are much in the
open learn to gauge weather condi-
tions a day or two ahead. Clouds,
humidity, and the winds are rella-
BILE signs, though not infallible. The
most threatening looking cloud may
not be quite heavy enough to precl-
plate it's moisture before the wine
carries it far away. SOM persons
| also claim to know when rain IS ap-
preaching by special s~ensitiveness.
These are short range predictions.
Human beings cannot be relied upon
to gauge the weather more than a
daJ or two ahead, so the meteotolo-
| gists insist. And the same is true
of the creatures OF the animal world
TIE squirrel in the autumn ttde'
as many nuts as he can find, rot as
many as he figures he will need Tor
a long or short winter. Unusual ac-
tiyity of bees does not necessarily
mean that they anticipate a long
winter either. In Southern Canlor,,
mia bees collect honey all year round
as busily as if a long. cold winter
was about to set in any minute.
More credible is the statement
hat the cattle are restless just be-
fore a storm. Human beings are
similarly sensitive to the electricity
in the air and the unusual wind
either no or chilling-which often
precedes storms.
But as far as the coming winter
or any winter is concerned, one
prophet or sign is as good an an
other. If you take the advice OF
the government experts. you won |
buy your coal or your winter over
/ coat on the strength OF n SOUR
rels' antics or the strangely signii-
cant acorn crop.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
BY PAUL A. II
Michigan Department
of tho American Legion

NltCifiedu DCBaE tfAhCttt
of the American Legion
The American Legion must go TO
the former service man who is sick
or disabled, or who has a just claim
against the government, IL 1t Is to
be Of the greatest service to him
and to the government.
It's first duty Is to these. and
these it must find.
Few are the cases that will vo-
UNFAIRLY come to II for help. Null
t%itudinous are those worthy ones
that must literally be dug out"
Last year the welfare department
of the Michigan Legion expended
$4,000 in operations and reaped
over $4,000. 900 IN unpaid claims for
former service men, besides locating
hundreds in hospitals for treatment,
and being of incalculable service in
minor matters for others. This year
II plans to double or quadruple that
service. And it will do it in two
ways:
BY carrying its welfare work d.
rect to the man himself and by pro-
viding the tuberculars of the state
with proper hospital care.
STATE Gives Hospital
The first is to be accomplished by
establishing in 20 or more cities of
the state, branch welfare offices;
each in charge of a competent man
each closely linked with the post of
that city; each working in complete
harmony with the Red Cross and
the Veterans Bureau; and each
prepared for the speedy handling
of claims or cases.
The man in charge will have a
prescribed district, placing his SER
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
NATURES REMEDY
SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

is nothing like fresh air to build up
the physique so al to resist the un-
favorable conditions that most or us
confront during the cold season.
This fresh air remedy applies to
old and young alike, including baby
hood and old age.
Ventilation during the winter
months is a problem of prime i'm
portance. Enough windows should
be kept open to allow a free circula-
ton Of fresh air. otherwise you
have dead pockets of air in your
rooms at home and place of occupa-
ZION
There is nothing SO healthy as
clean well, -aired homes built so as
to admit plenty of fresh air all the
year around and as much outdoor
living in the summer as possible.
Life is worth while only in proper
ton TO the state of ones health and
it is a patent truth h a no one can
stay healthy in stale air.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
PROLONGING LIFE

White males, who have reached the age of ten, can
Expect on the average to live fifty years more. A generation
sago, the figure was only ~forty-six.
The life of man has thus been increased four years, in
|nbout a generation, says the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company.
Woman's gain has not been as great Her life expec-
Efancv is about nfty-two years, a gain of a trifle more than a
wear and a quarter. But she still leads man.
This prolonging of life, says the insurance company, is
the result of campaigns of health education and public health
Eservice.
That, and not monkey glands, in the long run will prove
! BE the road to an average lifetime of $50 years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
mBertonBralG
(@DailyP Poem
@MpCHujce

Jenny is a butterfly,
Jenny is a f1irt,
Jenny's ways are frivolous,
Jenny's speech is pert;
But oh the flashing smile of her,
And oh the Willing glance!
The grace and pep and style of her
That make my heart to dance.
Mary is a steady girl,
The girl I ought to wed;
She's fair and wise and gentle,
With a loyal heart and head;
Her virtues / could tell about
For days and weeks. maybe.
But-Jenny's cast a spell about
The silly soul of me.
Jenny is a butterfly
Who let's dull care go hang;
But oh the airy wit of her,
The elfin charm and tangi
Mary'd stand the gait of me
Throughout the toll and strife;
But Jenny-Jenny'd laugh with me
For very joy of life.
And that-and that's the best of II,
We'd share the vim and zest of it,
And-devil take the rest of it
When Jenny is my wifei
Copyright. 1921, N. e. A. Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

tai lumber.
Mr.. Edison has drawn down upon
himself the righteous wrath of some
of the people whom he has been
trying to educate of late.
They are saying that his questions
published as a test of an education
are no proper tests; and l think that
to a great extent they are right.
A recent magazine article has
much sensible talk about what no
body ought to know" knowledge
is said to be power. That is not
true of all knowledge. Some knowl-
edge is not only important but may
assist in cluttering up the mind SO
that even the valuable knowledge
which it holds is lost in the scrap
heap.
The overloaded mind Is not the
efficient mind. One may strip off
the sails of his mental boat, and
make of them merely additional
ballast.
One thing every man should know
and hat Is what sort of knowledge
he can expect to use.
He ought to acquire that knowl-
edge. and keep it where he can get
at it..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17

Evidently some Of the richest mo-
vie stars need a check.
Russia is miserable; proving mis-
cry like happiness. comes from
within.
People who don't like Perth Am
boy might improve it by moving.
Another thing that seems to have
come out in the wash is restaurant
soup.
Some of these near beer" places
ought to change their signs to bee
near
Rockefeller, Jr., is building
schools in China. Money talks in all
languages.
Clergyman advocates a school Tor
mothers-in-law. Just wait until n
catches him!
A new automatic p~honograph
plays three hours without stopping
but don't tell the neighbors!
If "Bill Haywood" ever does re.
turn to the land of the Stars ana
Stripes he'll see the stars ana get
the stripes.
Nobody can decide whether the
sun stays out all day or stays U
all night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
Questions Answers

ANY reader can get the answsr 70
any Question BY writing The Perth
Amboy evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin- Director.
Washington. D. c. This oner ap-
olies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial troubles. II
does no attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject write
your question plainly and briefly.
dive full name and address and n
close two cents in stamps for return
postage All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-17
MEMS OVERCOATS


The greatest array of mems
FINE overcoats ever shown
in the city.
Extreme styles for the
young men and conservative
styles for the conservative
men.
The fabrics and workman
ship are the best, and our
prices the lowest. You are
invited to give them the once
over before purchasing your
Winter overcoat. A good
coat for SZo.UU
A better coat for $50 & $50
Cannon & Sheehy
% Smith st.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
SURGICAL WORK IN MID.AIR
French Authorities Equip Airplana
With Every Appliance Neees.
sary for Any Operation.

The French authorities have found
airplanes so useful for transport and
other services in their colonial ter.
ritories that they intend to introduce
large multi-engined airplanes, which
will be assigned, with a pilot and a
small staff of mechanics. to surgeons
who have large territories to cover.
The cabins will be equipped as
operating theaters possessing every
life-saving device that modern surgery
can suggest. The surgeon, with dis
assistant acting as anesthetist Will
be able to perform major as wei as
minor operations just as readily ID
remote areas as if he had his patient
in a well-equipped hospital.
1t will be possible, should patenl
in transit develop any suddenly 40
verse symptoms, to perform a dellcs's
operation in mid-air.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
CALL FOR MORE CHICKENS
Poultry Supply Seemingly Has Not
Kept Pace With Human PopuIa-
tion in This Country.

City folks who move to the country
and most of them want to. but won't
admit it-always want to keep chick
ems. 1t seems easy, 1t promises to be
profitable, and anyhow there is some
thing fascinating in the idea, to wom-
en- as to men.
Under the circumstances, then, the
United States chicken census of last
year, report of which is just available.
possesses sentiment as well as busi-
ness interest.
There were 359, 1887 ,3S5 chickens on
farms in the United States on January
1, 1920, as against 2S0,340.957 chick
ems three months old or more April 49,
1910. Inasmuch as many chickens are
slaughtered and marketed each year
between January l and April 15, COM
parison is difficult. The actual in
crease, If there was any, probably cor
responds with that in egg production
So per cent. In actually the
growth of fowl population does not
keep pace with that of human beings
No wonder eggs and fried chicken
come high
Iowa leads with 27,746,51O. with
Illinois. Missouri, Ohio and Texas not
far behind.-Beaumont Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
win Reach Naval Adju.tment

Observation-Disclosures all rumors and
reports to the contrary the conference
continues to be the place of explora-
ton OF the possible, and the possible
Is summed up in. the concessions which
can be peacefully extracted from jap
an in the Far East. Before long there
VIII be another open session and an
nouncement will be made that the
naval ratio has been adjusted. The ad-
justment wiz save the Mutsu, but It
win not materially change the proper.
Hons hxed BY the Hughes proposal.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
Open War on Potash Industry.

New 1ork.-Germany has seized con-
trol OF the American potash market,
virtually wiping out all American COM
petitors, in the first important clash
OF the new commercial war;" DIR. John
K. Teeple. president of the New York
section of the American Chemical So
ciety, declared in an address at the
Chemists club. The new potash indus
try in America, he declared, was be-
trayed by thirty-four American distrib-
uting companies, which he named.
These companies, he said, had signed
secret contracts which eliminated all
possibility of competition with the Ger
man monopoly.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
U. S. CAN PROTECT INTERESTS
OF SEVEN STATES IN COLO
RADIO RIVER.
ALL GET PROTECTION
HOPE EXPRESSED THAT ACTUAL
DEvELoPMENT WORK CAN
START SOON.
rN,.t,tn y,r.p.per unlon Nsv. serIes.l


Riverside. Calif-The United States
Is the only instrumentality which can
protect properly the seven states in
terested in development of the Colo
RADIO river, it was declared before the
league of the Southwest here by sec
retary of Interior Fall.
The secretary made his statement as
means OF resolving dissenslon which
had arisen in the league over the ques-
ton of equality of votes for the diff
rerent states represented, which in
turn arose from differences over
whether public or private development
of the streams potentlalities should he
favored
The question OF federal control of
the stream the secretary answered by
declaring that from any viewpoint con
troll rested with the federal govern
ment.
"The ultimate power to deal with
the waters of the Rio Colorado is the
United States" he said "These are
my individual views. There has been
no cabinet discussion or administrative
discussion. TIE questions of irrigation,
reservation of water, flood control, all
must be taken into consideration and
until these are determined, the United
States will continue to exercise its
power.
{, In
velopment work can proceed
The delegates voted down a motion
to invoke the unit rule by states and
also voted down the suggestion of the
Colorado delegation that the league
take no action on any matter before it.
''rhe United States will seek to con-
tinue Its controlling powers over the
Colorado until the question of equita-
BILE distribution of the water rights is
determined" he said. This was inter
would not grant any permits for pri-
vate or public power development rec
lamation or irrigation works until the
Interstate Colorado River Commission
has determined the rights of the seven
states in the basin of the river.
The secretary, who attended the
meeting as the personal representative
of President Harding, said he had no
message from the executive, but that
the president, in his message to con
gress, had used terms that the secre-
tary thought would meet the approval
of all people of the arid land regions"
Director Arthur z. Davis, of the re-
clamation service, declared that the
federal power commission would ap-
prove no permits on the Colorado until
an investigation now under way is
completed and a comprehensive plan
for the whole development of the river
system submitted to congress thru the
secretary of the interior.
''In any future development of the
lower Colorado / promise that nothing
will be done to interfere with feasible
development of the upper reaches" he
said. 1T is planned to reserve a Ger.
tain part of any reservoir on the lower
Colorado as flood control. In order
to intercept floods reservoir is neces
sary on the lower river"
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16
Prosecution tor SELLING ciaaret.es.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The first
prosecution in Salt Lake City in case
wherein the sale of cigarettes was
charged has resulted in failure, Ray
Samuelson being acquitted. The trial
was by jury in the City Court and n
verdict of not guilty was returned, the
jury, In explaining its verdict stating
that there was no evidence to show
that the supposed packet OF popular
brand Of cigarettes really contained
cigarettes.
The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16

How lucky is man If what he
likes to do best, also makes money.