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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
c,v,;r.s1rEETCJENT AMERICA.

Mr.. IT. G. Wells, in writing of the interdepend-
ence OF European countries and of the sen-su'-
fciency of America, says:
IT doubt if it would make any very Sc
rio,s difference for some time in the ordl-
nary daily life of Kansas CITY, let us say
il all Europe were reduced to a desert IN
the next five years"
In a limited degree. this is true. Kansas Guy
would not see the desert which Europe had be-
come. Her streets would look the same. out
wardly she would live to a large extent the same
nc. che lives now-and so of other American
cities and farming regions.
But all America would feel the change keenly
We would be shocked in every intellectual ana
business fibre. For one thing, We would be lel'
to bear the banner of the white race alone save
for some nations which are weak in numbers
and others which are weak in whiteness. we
would feel a sense OF helplessness in confronting
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Will ENFORCE PROHIBITION.

WHEN chief Tonnesen gives his assurance tnat
40 soon as the new prohibition enforcement
act. recently passed by the state legislature eoe'
into effect on May 1 he will take drastic step'
= that If is enforced in Perth Amboy there
,s every reason to believe that 1t VIII De oo"7'
Chief Tonnesen is a man not given 10 looSe U'N'
Ills record as a member of the Perth AH'ooS
notice force shows him to be a man VINO goes
through with whatever he sets out TO accom-
n,;sb without fear or favor. The people nave
vood reason to put their confidence IN MIN.
p.cting Chief Tonnesen are such men as Al
-. coeeId chairman OF the police COM
,o,ttee. and Mayor Wilson. These men, too can
he depended upon to give the CHIEF a Tree HdN'
IN cleaning I'D the city. 1t is quite evident that
however "wet' Perth Amboy may have oeeh III
,ha mast and regardless of how "wet" it may be
st the present time, conditions Will De oeciue0iS
different after April 30.
Liouor dealers who have felt safe IN deiSlhs
the law up until now will learn that 1t VIII not
ho healthy for them to do business IN such d
brazen and open manner hereafter.
II will be impossible to wipe out the tranic
completely all at once. In iact' IL VIII taNe d"
otber generation to bring about real prohioiuon'
ANY habit or custom that has been as long %
tabpshed as has that of drinking intoHlca'he
t,,,uors cannot be changed in an instant. But II
IL going to be changed for prohibition is now d
r.rt of the federal constitution and practlcaliy
.verv state has drastic laws backing up the 1eo-
.l,, volstead enforcement law; what Is more
these laws are not going to be repealed.
The advantages of prohibition are belng rear
,zed more and more and even those VINO 1or
%h.n,.eIves are wet would not return to the
o,d conditions. The sooner those who have peen
holding out, hoping against hope that something
would be done to let up on the enforcement OF
prohibition, accept the inevitable the better II
will be for them. j..
While the selling of liquor may continue 1t
will be dangerous business and will be placed III
tbe same class as robbery and murder. Inc
1iouor dealer of the future Will nave TO carry
nm his work like the thief in the dark ana M
S,ilI be placed in the same category.
There will be no excuse in New Jersey aite'
-Azv+ee~ failure to enforce the prohibition laws
The act just passed by the legislature is very
pIain and with Chief Tonnesen on the Jop ther'
"a every reason to believe that conditions II
Perth Amboy are going to be decidedly different
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

On the morrow of this day. 80
wears ago, the nation awoke to It'd
ires of terror. On the preceding
night. Friday, April II, 1865, Abra'
ham Lincoln was shot, n early the
next morning he died
Fifty-six years is a long time, hut
lib still are living, in nearly evety
community in America, some VINO
can remember the incredible horror
of that tragedy.
Then followed what must be rec
koned the most remarkable funeral
of modern times, as the body OF Ao-
rallam Lincoln journcyed. by SOW
stages. ~ night and day. through
various cities. back to his
Springfield. -,
Walt Whitman, in verses well
known, but least CHARACTERISTIC OF
him, told the story of the nations
grief in 80. Captain. My Captain
But that was not his finest interpre-
tation of the event. The most sub
tie tender lines thai he t.rote
about it were in his longer poem:
"When lilacs last in the dooryard
bloomed,
And the great star early droop'd IN
the western sky in the night,
l mourned and yet shall mourn with
ever-returning spring.
Ever-returping spring, trinity sure
to me you bring,
Lilac blooming, perennial and droop-
ing star in the west,
And thought of him / love-"
The poem is discursive. but moth
ing ever written has so remarkably
preserved to the imagination the
| picturetof the sad procession from
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
LILACS BLOOM AGAIN
BY DIR. w. e. BARTON

Washington westward:
Coffin that passes through lanes
and streets
Through day and night with the
great cloud ~darkening the land.
With. the pomp of the inlooped hags,
with the cities draped in black
With the show of the states them.
selves as of crape-veiled wom-
en- standing
With professions long and winding
and the fiambeaus of the night,
With the countless torches lit. with
the silent sea of faces n the
unbared heads,
With the waiting depot, the arriving
coffin. and the somber faces.
With dirges through the night, with
the thousand voices rising strong
and solemn,
With all the m%ournful voices of the
dirges poured around the coffin,
The dim lit churches and the shud-
dering organs-here amid these
you journey,
With the tolling, tolling bells perpet.
ual clang,
Here, coffin that slowly passes,
I give you my sprig of lilac"
Again the lilac blooms in the door
yard; again the great star droops
in thefwest: again those who are
older remember and those who are
young are told of the great heart or
him that bore the sorrows of his
country through four long years OF
war, and never cherished enmty or
the spirit of revenge; and that ceased
to beat when peace returned and the
lilacs bloomed in the dooryard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Remarkable Remarks

"Al1 over the world men, con-
s~ciously or unconsciously are nsht-
ing to oust women from the posi-
tons they hold, not because they are
incompetent, but because they are
Edgar Wallace, BRUSH
publicist.
american mothers and fathers
ARE too busy with their work or thelr
measures even to supervise the eau
cation of their children.'-Governor
Charming II. Cox. Massachusetts
1.-THE peak of the housing shortage
has passed."-John f. Lloyd, spresi-
dent. National Retail Lumber Deal
ers' Association.
Man is no longer woman's Whoie
existence. She has learned soiue
common sepse."-Caroline Reilly
executive secretary, National League
| of Women Voters.
public school teachers should go
to baseball games, get excited, yen
their heads off, enjoy themselves,
learn to sweat. and keep human.
DIR, r. c. Groome, Philadelphia
| school superintendent.
ut RIA be doubted whether since
TIE days of savagery, there was ever
| such a forlorn degradation or the
esthet.c nature as at the present mo-
ment."-Dr. Charles Wadsworth, Jr.
Philadelphia clergyman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
Cnsung Heroes

JnSung heroes
The owner of the Blue Front store
has ample reason to be sore, to heave
a ~throbbing sigh; for when the price
slump hit the land he had all kinds
Of goods on hand. lie Fought at prices
high. He had to sell them under
cost, and every night there was a
frost, when he sized up the till; each
day of business stripped his roll. and
put him further in the ho,e-it was
a bitter pill. And yet he wore a
smiling face, and went around With
princely grace, refusing to be glum.
and urged his neighbors to be glad
and boost their good old native
grad. and help to make things hum.
The merchant princes of the land
have seen a seasons profits canned.
they had a plexus blow; We'll just
forget the loss" they cry, for bet
ter luck will soon come by-we
haven't time for Woe" The wailings
come from doleful gents who lost
some twelve or fourteen cents. from
pikers here and thare; the bigger
men just stand the yeff and face the
harsh world with a laugh, and side
step grim despair.
Copyright, George Matthew Adams
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

Q.Has any other President of h
United States, besides Wilson, Wis
tied the Pope Of Rome?-M. c.
A. President Wilson is the only
President who, while in office, WIS.,
tied the Pope.
@. What is the compensation re-
ceived by Federal jurors and how
can one become such a juror
C. PIX.
A.. Federal jurors receive SO a
day and five cents a mile to ana
from court. In order to be a FED
eral Juror of a United States court
it is necessary to be a citizen OF
the United States, to be able to
read and write, and to be at least
81 years of age. You should send
your name to the clerk of the Unit
ed States District Court, n ask
10 have your name put on the jury
list.
or II feel badly &c. F.
A. The correct form is II feel
bad"
0. What is the history of the
Sword of Dame cles ?"-J. Ii. S.
A. Damocles was a courtier and
sycophant in the reign OF the elder
Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse.
His praise of the lot of kings were
suns until Dionysius silenced MN
by inviting him to a luxurious ban
auet, at which he found suspended
over his head by a single hair. a
keen edged sword. 1t was meant to
typify the actual status of kings.
O, What is white gold made OF?
C. G.. X.
A. White gold contains fine gold,
| fine silver. pure nickel and iridium
@. What Is the chemical ANALYSIS
Of ordinary sea water?-J. s. w.
A. The following is the compo-
sition of sea water: Oxygen, 1913:
hydrogen, 1857; chlorine, 2.07: So
dunn, LA: magnesium, ID; cal
cium, .o5; potassium, .O4;
90; bromine, 00S: carbon. O02.
O. Was the late Theodore Roose-
Welt the only American member or
the Royal Geographical society,"
A. E . -
A. we find upon consulting the
list of Fellows of the Royal Geo
graphical Society that the late The
odore Roosevelt was not the only
Fellow Of American birth. The list
includes a number of citizens OF
the United States among them be-
ing DR.. Smith, Geo. A. Storck, Jas.
Stokes Capt. Jas. F. j. Archibald,
A. J. Drexel Biddle. Richard Hard
ing Davis.
@. What is tobacco dust, which
is used as fertilizer made from and
how much nitrogen an dpotash does
it contain F. r. e.
A. Tobacco stems consist OF the
waste stems or ribs of the leaves,
aand parts of the leaves themselves
which result from the stripping o,
tobacco for the manufacture OF CT
CARS, or in smoking and chewihe
tohscco. The stalks include the
main stem and branches of the
nlant. The stems are frequently
ground and sold as a fertilizer. ane
the product is valuable for its nj
trogen from 2 to 3 per cent and TIT
potash from 6 to 10 per cent. :,
, @. 1 am the daughter OF an ole
soldier. Can I obtain a pension
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
WAS IN BED THREE DAYS.

Mrs. Josie Reed, 217 N. Exter St,
Tulsa, Okla, writes: 81 was in bed
three days with my back. I took
Foley Kidney Pills and in two days
was at my work again. I cannot
praise your medicine too much"
Foley Kidney Pills stop bladder ir-
regularities and strengthen the kid
neys. They help eliminate from the
system the poisons that cause back
ache, rheumatic pains. stiff Joints
sore muscles, swollen hands and feet
puffiness under the eyes. Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Direc
tor. Washington. D. c., This oner
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
you. question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

A man wants his wife to dress 'senslolyi' go
she won't show as much of her epfdernlis as
other women. And. if she does dress that way.
he is ashamed to go out with her because she
looks so old-fashioned.
II he gets to be twenty-one without anything
happening to him, his mother can worry for fear
he'll get bald before he is sixty.
A girl can go upstairs and dress" for two
hours and then come down wearing the clothes
she had on when she went up to dress"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
TO CAPTURE NAIL ROBBERS.

Capture a mail robber and win a reward as
high as $4,000. That's the amount offered by
Postmaster General Will H. Hays ito any pos
tai employe or other person who brings in a
mail robber."
All postofice workers who handle valuable
mail are to be armed. It's a return to shot
Gun riding, of the old wells-Fargo days. Shoot
straight, boys!
Organized bands are plundering the mails
right and left. Their loot, in the dozen leading
mail robberies during the last ten months, to-
tailed over 81, 600, 900.
The biggest Job was the theft of $3,5OO,o0o
from a train between Omaha and Council Bluffs,
November 10, 1920. Since robberies of register
ed mails have to be made good, these lootinss
are a direct levy on every taxpayer.
It's a big sum-that $500, 900. Jesse James
was a piker.i In the popular imagination he
looms I'D as the greatest robber. Yet his loot
inrs were small enough that the Ford brothers,
members of his own band, shot him in 1882 to
get the SO, 900 reward offered by Governor Crit
tenden of Missouri for Jesse James capture
dead or alive"
Another piker, compared with modern road
agents. was the Dalton gang. This was the last
great gang of train robbers of the old style
IndJ WcIheu III thO oPOh N'
whole train, gambled their lives. The Dalton
gang, trying to pull a double-header robbery
of two banks at the same time, was surrounded
by a posse of 300 citizens at Coffeyville, kas'
When the smoke cleared away, Emmett Dalton
was the only ~gangster left alive. After his pris-
on DAYS, in discussing his "big jobs" he said
that the gang "once got nearly $4,000"
There were. however, master crooks in the
H. ~a,r that stole
$500, 900 from a New York, New Haven & Hart
ford train in 1866. They were captured by AL
len Pinkerton. probably the greatest detective In
American history.
To arm postal emplayes is sound horse-sense.
1t may lead to the big mail looters getting cold
lead instead of what their perverted brains con-
slider fame. The country hopes so.
Young ladies who are eating yeast cakes for
their complexion could have a delightful heart
to-heart talk with the old timer who carried a
buckeye for rheumatism.
The senate proposes to wrap more red tape
around governmental departments salaries, thus
making it easier for politicians to retain the
reins.
If the price decline keeps on, we may YET
again see the day when housewives can AFFORD
enough eggs to bake an Angel Food cake.
We are returning to normal. A waiter occa-
sionally says Thanks" even when the tip Is
only a dime.
1t might occur to Holland that Bill Hohenzoi-
fern would not "abuse his privileges il given
none.
Heroic deeds are never as good as warranty
deeds when it comes to borrowing money or
them.
A people never sink quite as low as ;heli
musical comedies.
Last wear. dandelions were dug for wine-this
year, for food.
Petrihed bones of a tiger dug up In Utah. W.
y have the blind kind now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

B. b.
A, 1t would depend upon your
age. The Pension Bureau says that
there is no law granting a pension
to a soldiers child who is over Is
years of age
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
The Limit!

"smith won't take any mans word Tor any
thing" said Brown. en- .oaa q
That's right" agreed Jones. He read a
s,.,ement in an agricultural paper that one
seed of cotton planted and replanted Will pro-
duce 40. 900, 900, 900 seeds in six years, ana ne
wrote in and demanded a recount
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

I'd hate to live in Utah, gee!
I'd dodge that blue-nosed cline,
Where smoking is a felony,
And cigarettes a crime.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mercy.

The good reformer wildly stares'
And for assistance begs;
The nasty tables and the chairs
Display their naked legs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
WouIdn't IT.

Too many men, it seems to me,
Are cultivating memory;
Do you think it might be oetter
To cultivate a good forgotten?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

Prosperity is coming, -
Won can hear the wheels
And business, friend, will soon be just immense
Get up. old boy, and hustle,
Kick hard times on the bustie'
Work hard, shut up, and use some conhhioh
sense.
Dull DAYS will soon be over.
And you'll soon be in clover,
Look cheerful, and don't croak. If you are WISE
talk good times, and you'll win theh'
Re game, and you'll be in them.
Now is the time for you to advertise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
cr... Excitcmept Prevails:

Great Excitement Prevails: .o,
Billy sunday is holding a revival IN hits
W. uart to he there when Luke McLuke hits
the sawdust~ traiL.-Warren (Ohio) Tribune.
orr idea of maximum accomplishment "oulu
be Billy Sunday lining up Luke McLuke an
shooting him down the sawdust trail.-Wllmins
ton News-Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Lake McIMke Says

Our Daily Special.
There's No Fool Like a Bold Fool.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Mean Brute!

"Iove makes the world go round, slsHeu
Miss Oldgirl. r,;.;,
HUH" grunted Mr.. oldbatch. $50 does rais'h
jack"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
No JOkei

The old fashioned Wolf in Sleeps Clothing
now has a son who is a sheep IN "ohs Oio'h-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

We see by the fashion hints that skirts WI
nose This means that the working girl will con
tinue to wear hers from Z A. M. until aoou
1880 F. M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

Petrihed bones of a tiger dug up in Utah. we
have the blind kind now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

Last year. dandelions were dug for wine-this
year, for food.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Nance Is Names.

Some men are hard to do. But you can II
an z. Il. Mann, in johnson, Neb.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

wilue-Paw. what are the ups and downs OF
life? urr otbar
people down, my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
HOOray!

Hooray!
See. saw, Volstead Law,
Johnny shall have a new MASTER
He shall have but fourteen cases per DAY,
Recause he can't drink them faster.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14
Alta Girl!

Elsie Stammers, office messenger of the Western
Union in Louisville, KY, doesn't do anything o.
the kind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

Johnny shall have a new MASTER
ue shall have but fourteen cases per day,
Because he can't drink them raster.
But This Was No Fake Marriage.
Charles Leroy Fake and Jessie May Shlith
were married in Fayetteville, n. c., last week.
Tho enraptured lover and his corn fed sweet
heart were walking down the street. arm In arm.
They passed a fat man with a face like a con-
crete mixer.
you are a Venus" he sighed.
IAN / as lovely as Hebe? 2" she cooed.
He looked at the fat man and then az MS
girl, but he did not reply. He couldnt.-Cyrus
Corntassel.
She called on a hungry young DR..
To find out what it was that had snr'
The M. d. didn't know,
But he needed the dough,
And $40 was Just what he sr.
The Joke is on him, she's his dr.,
When his bill came she wrote him a lr.
Saying, mo cure, no pay.
That is always my way,
And I'm certainly not any hr'
Newark Advocate.
Alta Girl!
We take great pleasure in announcing that
Elsie Stammers, office messenger of the western
Union in Louisville, KY, doesn't do anything OF
the kind.
Names Is Names
Some men are hard to do. But you can hno
- r " Afo~- in rhran Nah
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-14

A people never sink quite as low as ;heii
musical comedies.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07
"MlSery Is Bitter"

My Dear Miss Fairfax: Is 1t right
for two persons to sacrifice all or a
life time of happiness together for
the sake of one person who would
be hurt by It? We are all young
and I the youngest. The man love
as I will never love another and
who I am absolutely sure loves me,
has been married for seven years,
and has a lovable son. years old.
l think his wife is contented for he
has been all woman could wish for
a husband. He loved her, OF course,
when they married but he was very
young and did not know what real,
life-lasting love could mean, how a
tinsel substitute could deceive. Be-
lieve me. his Is not weak nature or
one which would swerve from duty
II he saw 1t clearly. His wife has
never guessed-she is happy in her
home and baby and husband; but
she is young woman, has plenty
of money in her own right and
would not be desolate without him.
I do not know how much she loves
him.
AS for us--happiness Is so sweet
and misery so bitter. the sacrifice Is
too impossibly great-and yet. Miss
Fairfax, what you say about 1t may
help us to decide. I thank you,
sincerely. r. X
I am certainly glad you have
written me for II girl ever needed
advice, you do.
You are thinking too much Of the
big II" in this matter. The mother
OF a baby Is entitled to first con-
sideration. l would call you selfish
and foolish. You say she has money
and would not be desolate without
him? How do you know she
wouldn't?
Don't you know. my dear, that a
married man who makes love to a
single girl is coward? If he
doesn't love his wife he should
frankly tell her so and make some
effort to settle their relationship in
an honorable way. feel perfectly
sure that man loves his wife as
much as a deceiving person can
love. and that he is simply having
an affair on the side with you. Don't
let him make fool Of you. You
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07
Problems That Perplex
Answered by
BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

are dramatizing his love. "Happi-
ness is so sweet and misery so Bit
ter" you say. Misery Is bitter. in
deed, and the deepest misery in the
world is remorse. Don't do anything
that would cause you to experience
It
Forget this man. Pull yourself
together. Act honorably toward the
wife and child. My indignation to.
ward this man Is very great for
think he knows he is merely deceiv-
ing you in order to entertain him.
self. think your Intentions are all
right. but am very sure you sadly
need this advice / am giving you.
ii may make you angry, but you will
believe me right later on.
A Fair Weather Girl.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am going
about with young man and we love
each other dearly, but due to present
business conditions he has not been
able to fulfill his promises to me. !
know it is not his fault. AS | am
accustomed to having everything. l
have been seriously thinking OF ex-
planning matters to him and severing
our friendship. Kindly give me
your advice. "FRANkIE."
II you want luxury more than you
want this boys love, don't overesti-
mate your regard for him. Tell him
honestly that you can't reconcile
yourself to giving up the worldly
things on which your heart Is set. To
be honest with him is fairer than to
let him idealize you.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07
Washington
Society
Bureau of The Bee.
Washington. Aug. 6.

Ordinarily when the flag is absent
from the flag staff on the White
House, denoting that the president is
gone, it acts as signal that legis-
lators and other officials may just as
we'll be absent also. But not this
year. These are obliged to stick to
duty, no matter how long the presi-
dent may play, up in the White
mountains. He needed complete
rest, and so did Mrs. Harding. They
have both stuck to their duties to the
public and to the government very
faithfully since last June, and every
one in Washington is glad there is
not even telephone at the Weeks
lodge near Lancaster N. H.
Society was much thrilled the last
weekend by the visit to Washing
ton of Christian d. Hemmick and
f. Cremer, son of former minister
from the Netherlands, who flew to
Washington from New York in two
hours and a half, in Fokker air
plane. During their stay here they
took many little parties of friends
for a sail over the city, encircling