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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
TIME FOR MIDDLEsEx TO BUILD

While if is not disclosed how much of the 5000 deficit
in tbe account for widows and the care of tubercular pa
tienis by the county is for the tuberculosis patients alone, it
is enough to call attention TO a situation that has got to re-
ceive serious consideration by the Board of Freeholders'
When it is realized that even with the great sum of money
now being spent on the care of tuberculosis patients there
are a great many more cases in the county than can be cared
for because of lack of room in the various sanitoriums
where the patients are sent, it is apparent that to do justice
to these unfortunates something more has got to be done.
The fact that the county already has a site for a county
sanitorium seems to offer the one solution. With a building
once erected there is no doubt that the county could save
considerable money and, at the same time, do a great deal
more good.
The fact that it is now necessary to send the patients so
far away from home makes it difficult to get those stricken
with the disease to go to these sanitoriums until it is too.
late, practically, to do them any good. In other words, in
! nine cases out of ten, under existing conditions, it is a case
of sending the patients away to die, instead of sending them
away to get well, as ought to be the case.
With a tuberculosis sanitorium right here in Middesex
county within easy reach of home, which means frequent
visits from friends and relatives, the patients could be cared
for properly and in time to do real good. Most of the coun-
lies in the state have their own institution of this kind. Mid
dlesex is decidedly backward in this regard, the people of this
county having to depend on other counties and sanltorlums
outside the state. Naturally, these places take care of their
own patients first and admit patients from Middlesex only
when there is room. AS a result there is usually a long wait
ing list here.
When the county is already under an enormous expense
TO care for the tuberculosis patients anyway, it would seem
wise both from the economy standpoint as well as from the
humanitarian point of view, to build a sanitorium on the site
which the county owns between Fords and Metuchen. This
sp3ti IS ideally located with the first class facilities including
wonderful springs affording an ideal water supply right on
the premises. The nearest station on the railroad is Menlo
Park while the fast line trolley runs through the property.
The ground is high and the air rs good.
Now that a crisis has been reached in the matter of caring
for the tuberculosis patients of the county it is to be hoped
that the Board of FreehOlderS will take I'D the matter of al
county sanitorium seriously and give Middlesex county an
institution of its own.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
TO ASSURE THE VOTER HE VOTED

About the only things accomplished by the recount of
votes cast in this city at the last election are the bills to be
paid and a general showing up of the ineficiency of many
of the election boards. The bills are something that concern
the losers in the contest. The ineffciency of the election
boards, however, is something that concerns every citizen.
Year after year the most precious possession of a free
people, the right to choose their own public officials, is
placed at the mercy of incompetent, irresponsible persons
who are no more capable of handling the job entrusted to
them thana hod carrier would be behind the teler's window
in a bank.
Perth Amboy is not the only place where such a condition.
exists. Two election officers in Essex county have just been
found guilty of fraud in connection with the handling of the
ballots in a certain polling district in Newark. This is even
worse than ignorance and carelessness, but it all shows what
the honest voter is up against as long as the standard Of
election officers remains as it is. This is not saying, of
course, that there are not honest and capable men handling
The ballots in some districts. There are, but even these men
after being on duty from 6 o'clock in the morning, show
signs of the strain long before the last ballot is counted
around the midnight hour and often running over into the
morning. Mistakes are bound to occur in spite of the best of
Intentions.
What is the remedy? The voting machine as it has been
improved in recent years will do the trick. A voting machine
properly set by competent hands, something that could
easily be accomplished, could not go wrong. Every vote
would be registered as promptly and regularly as the num-
bers are totalled on an adding machine in a bank. NO man,
whether he be ignorant or incompetent, whether he be just a
common crook or an honest man thoroughly exhausted,
would have anything to do with the totalling of the votes,
That would be done automatically by the machine as the
votes are cast. When the polls are closed the result is right
there ready to be announced. There would be no necessity
for recounts then. Every candidate would be certain of a
square deal and every voter would be certain that his vote
counted as he intended it to count.
New York has seen fit to install voting machines in differ
emf sections, some of the more progressive cities being COM
pletely equipped with them. The voters soon become accus-
toned to that method of voting, just as they had to become
accustomed to voting with the new ballot that was adopted
here a few years ago. The great advantage of the machine is
readily apparent. 1t is time for New Jersey to take up this
matter again. The recounts that have been going on since
fhe recent election proves how essential it is to have some
~ - oornoof1u paoisferin0 the votes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

Many years ago there was a
Worlds Fair in Buffalo. And there
was a Railway that ran into Buffalo
from that region toward the going
down of the sun And its officers
said among themselves, Go to, let us
run a train against time. and beat
the worlds record for a long run.
And they took two fine new loco
motives that had been built to haul
the Empire State Express. and they
brought n of them to Chicago. and
the other they placed at Collinwood,
which was midway and nigh unto
Cleveland.
And the first of these fine new
loo omotives left Chicago hauling a
baggage car and a day coach and
a parlor car. And in the parlor
car were the officers OF the COM
pany. And they had instruments
whereby to register speed.
And the fine new locomotive
pulled out of Chicago and fastened
toward the sunrise. And it made
a good run, but when it pulled into
Collinwood, it was Three Minutes
under the worlds record for that
distance.
And the officers said:
This will never do. The other new
locomotive must do better.
And so they were starting to hook
up the other new locomotive, be-
hold, they discovered a broken valve.
And they said, we cannot use that
locomotive.
Then were their hearts heavy.
But they said, give us an engine
of some sort, for We must get to Buff
falo.
And the yardmaster said, behold,
we have only one locomotive in the
yards with steam up and this is Old
Fifty-Two-that years ago went on
the main line and hath long been
hauling local freight oil a branch
line.
And the officers said. give us any
thing that hath wheels and a boiler,
for we must get on to Buffalo.
So they hooked up Old Fifty-Two
Now the engineer of Old Fifty
Two was no longer young, but in his
day he hal been a great engineer,
and he knew his engine. And he
said.
Old Girl, we will give them a run
for their money.
Now the officers were sitting in
sackcloth and ashes, when they
CHANGED to look out of the window,
and behold, the telegraph poles
went by like a picket fence. And
they looked at their instruments,
and behold, they were going sixty
four miles an hour.
And they began to sit up and take
notice.
And after a time. they looked, and
behold, they were going seventy
miles an hour.
And they became greatly interest
ed.
And the fireman was sprinkling in
the coal, and keeping the steam
pressure Just where ii belonged, and.
behold, the trai climbed up to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

CT Wellington admittance to an as
fsembly in London because he APP
reared at the door in trousers
Mistress Monroe at the Whlte
House made it a rule that gentle
men we're to attend the Presidents
reception in the conventional small
clothes. But at last trousers TOOK
the place of knee breeches even at
society functions.
That the modern man clothes
are unbeautiful, unsanltary, ana
uncomfortable has been pointed out
by Irwin Cobb in an impassioned
plea for the return of short breech-
es such as are worn in the Army
and for goIhng. He feels that the
~stovepipes in which modern man
stalks around hide a feature of his
anatomy about which he can i'll at
ford to be over-modest. He points
out that a man generally retains the
shapeliness of his calf long after
he has lost the slender waist and
wavy pompadour of youth.
But it is the comfort of the army
treeches which Cobb bewails most.
He predicts that knee breeches
will eventually be one Of h fruits
OF the war since so many men a
the chance to test their advantages
It would be a rash prophet who
would dare TO predict that h fem
mime leg is to be out or i'll next
month. But it may be forecasted
with certainty that the leg will not
retire to it's old status of continual
seclusion. Now that it has been
dragged into the limelight it will
be with us. at intervals anyway, for
years to come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

Only one more income tax pay.
ment before Christmas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

| been told, is comfortable. and wher
not carried to extremes is far less
to be decried than the hobble skirt,
sheath gown, the transparent, x
ray skirt. the germ catching train,
and other whims of recent years.
The knee Is getting more atten-
ton than it has had for centuries
There is even a sentiment in ravor
of a return 10 knee exposure fol-
men. Willie women are so impet-
uously pursuing freedom and their
rights, men, it seems have been
entrapped by fashion into foregoing
their long held right of freedom
of the knees.
While his lady went weighed down
by a ton of silk train, the courtier OF
a few centuries back proudly strobe
about in doublet and hose or
breeches and boots. A good call
and a trim ankle were assets oil
manly beauty. A man might load
himself down with a velvet cape,
He would YEA sleeves that resem-
bled giant sausages. He would
even aprear In trunk hose which
made him look as if he had a pump
kin about his waist, and forced him
to go through doors dieways. But
his leg remained pretty consistent
ly in evidence. And among all the
gossip and TRADES against extrava-
CANT fashions there is no record,
that we can find, to show that the
world ever objected to the mascu-
line knee.
The Pest CT PantalOons
Yet at the beginning of the nine
tenth century, statesmen and
tradesmen alike allowed themselves
to be enCascd in trousers. Even
Thomas jefferson. whose shapely
calf was so widely admired, ur-
rendered to the demands of style.
This step taken by Mr.. Jefferson
called forth signs of regret. 1t was
admitted. however. hat he could
do no differently. considering that
nc was CT the progressive school OF
Politics. For politics were the
means by which trousers were rail-
rcaded into the fashion in this coun
try.
The Republicans. being the pro-
gressive element, took to wearing
full length p~antaloons, as a symbol
Of their courage to abandon the
conventional. The federalists, on
the other hand. chung to the knee
breeches and buckied shoes as a
badge of g~entlemanly conservatism,
1t is interesting to note that the
society of the early nineteenth
century regarded trousers as un-
ccuth. An official refused the Duke
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

@. How many transcontinental
railroads has South America? c. G.
A.
A. At present South America has
but one transcontinental railroad. IL
extends from Valparaiso, Chile, to
Buenos Aires, Argentina. There is
a line being constructed hat will
connect the Argentine system with
northern Chile and Peru. This will
give surer communication al a time
that the southern traffic is often
suspended by severe snowstorms.
Q. Is Edna Lyall living? M. j. M.
A. Ada Ellen Bayly, who wrote
under the name Edna Lyall. died in
1908.
@. Was 1t found possible during
the war to stop the braying OF
mules? Z. l.. O..
A.. A military veterinarian says
that operations were made on the
Army mules during the war and
proved successful in the silencing of
the mules bray"
@. Can mild steel be used as a
container for mercury without the
steel affecting the mercury or vice
versa? j. l.. p.
A. Mild steel may be used as q
c%ontainer of mercury without either
affecting the other.
Q. What constitutes a dwarf and
what a giant? R.T.
A. Conventionally speaking, a
dwarf is an individual who does not
attain the height of four feet when
full grown. Giants are individuals
whose stature exceeds seven feet.
Q. To settle a dispute, what is a
tandem? X. +.
A. In reference to time only a
tandem is humorously taken as
meaning lengthwise. In regard to
two or more things, and specifically
of horses-a team harnessed one be-
fore the other.
@. What are the colors of the
United States postage stamps up to
IL cents? W. E. B.
A. The one-cent stamp is green:
two-cent, red; t~hree-cent. purple or
violet; four-cent. brown; ive-cent.
blue; t%en-cent, yellow; and twelve
cent, brownish red.
@. What is the lowest temperature
reached at York Factory, Hudson
Bay? w. E. H..
A. According to the Handbook
of Meteorology' by julius Ham, the
average minimum temperature at
York Factory, Hudson Bay, is AZ de-
grees below zero, while the lowest
recorded temperature for a number
of years was SO below zero.
@. Are pigs naturally dirty ami
mails? NJ. NJ. o.
A. Pigs are the cleanest of all
farm animals if they are allowed to
be so. Pigs will not sleep n a filthy
bed unless compelled to-. They
should not be made to wallow in
dirty holes. Germs of hog cholera
may remain alive and active for six
months in such places. If the pigs
are to have a wallow 1t should be
constructed of concrete, and should
be drained and cleaned frequently.
@. Take a tub of water and put
it on the. scales. Put a live fish in
it. Will the fish add to it's weight ?
Fl. r. u.
A. If a live fish of a certain
weight be placed in a tub of water,
the weight of the whole will be in.
creased by the amount of weight O
the fish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

It was not so many years ago that
A visit to the dentist was indeed an
occasion to be dreaded. Dentistry
had not advanced to the painless
methods OF our present day.
It is, perhaps. for this reason that
most people still dread to go to the
dentist and accordingly postpone
their visit until a painful toothache
or ulcer compels them.
Even were the dentists method as
painful as of yore 1t would be ex-
tremely foolish to put off the visit
until the last moment.
We know many facts about the
teeth and their influence on general
health we did not know a decade
age.
We know now that many diseases
get their start from bad teeth.
1t is now an accepted fact that
many cases of general systematic in
fections have their origin at the root
of some infected tooth or from gums
affected by p~yorrhea, an inflamma-
tory condition Of the gums about
the necks OF the teeth which ulti-
mately gives rise to a condition In
which pus Is present.
Estimates show that three-fourths
of all cases of rheumatism have their
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03

Cut This Quit Is Worth Money.
Cut out this slip, enclose with sc
and mail 1t to Foley & Co., 1895
Sheffield ave., Chicago, ILL.,, writing
| your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills for pains
in sides and back; rheumatism,
backache, kidney and bladder all
ments: and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
a wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation, bill
iousness, headaches. and sluggish
bowels. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
FEAR OF THE DENTIST
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

origin from infected teeth or tonsils.
Sometimes these infections are the
real cause of heart, arterial and kid
ney diseases.
a good dentist is always extreme
" careful properly to fill the canal
left after he has killed a nerve"
He does this in order that the tooth
will remain healthy and not menace
the health of the others.
On the other hand. the germs or
their poison may lodge in certain
Joints and cause stiffness and de-
formities known as rheumatism.
1t is useless to treat such disease
without first removing the first
cause that is constantly furnishing
more and more infection.
The best way to treat this condi-
ton is to prevent its possibility. This
may easily be done by allow.
ing a tooth to become so decayed
that II will ache. As a rule the only
teeth in which II is necessary to Kill
a nerve are those that have ached.
The best thing to do In the case OF
| bad teeth is to abolish that fear OF
the dentist and visit him before your
teeth can have the chance to poison
your whole system. 1t means less
| pain, too, in the end.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
ARABLEOFOLDFIFTY-TWO

eighty-four miles an hour.
And when they pulled into Buffalo,
the telegraph instruments along the
way were hot with the reports OF
the fight of that train. .
And the worlds record for a long
distanc, run was broken.
Now listen unto me. all We men
who stand idly upon life's side track
thinking that there is no great place
In life for you. Hauling freight on a
branch line is no. disgrace. but
highly honorable. Yet are there men
who are fooling away life on short
hauls OF less than carload lots.
who ought to get out onto life's
main track. and actually get there.
1 am no longer young. but I am
running on the main line, with the
throttle wide open and the track
clear; and / invite other men who
are no longer young, but who are
capable of going some, to back out
Of the round house and undertake
some job worth while and renew
their youth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
Child Almost Strangled.

Mrs. G.. Grab. 3116 Washington
ave., New Orleans, La. writes: my
child had a cough so bad she would
almost strangle coughing. Foley's
Honey and Tar relieved her cough,
and l recommend it to any mother"
Foley's Honey and Tar gets right at
the seat of trouble, clears nose and
throat of mucus, heals raw and in
famed surfaces, loosens tightness OF
the chest and checks Group, whoop-
ing cough, bronchial and "fu'
coughs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-03
Questions Answers

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any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-07
THREE GAMES ON
SUNDAY AYPR0GRAM
IN STEEL LOOP

Three games will be played at
Parks Field Sunday July 10, one of
the regular Steel League games will
be played in the forenoon. starting at
10 O'Clock. a game between the Com
pany Representatives and the EN-
ployes Representatives will be called
at 1870 while the second schedule
league game will be called at $3.50.
The Company and Employe repres-
entatives We're frustrated in both
their previous attempts 10 stage their
ball game because of heavy rain falls
with the result that tho baseball COM
mittee announced today the triple bill
for next Sunday.
In the morning contest the Rail
Mill and C. and w. teams will meet.
the representatives take the diamond
at 1880 for the second game and the
Shops and Wire Mill mines clash at
$3.50 for the third game of the day.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-07
GEORGES TO SAIL
FOR FRANCE SOON

New York, July s.-Georges Carpen-
tier and his manager, Francois Des-
camps who plan to sail for France on
July "A. conferred with Tex Rickard
here today on the Frenchman's cam
paign in defense OF his lightheavy-
weight title. Although a contest with
Tom Gibbons. the st. Paul boyer early
ir October was discussed at length by
Rickard and Descsmps, no definite
action was taken, the promoter said.
Carpenters present plans call for
vacation OF about month with his
wife and baby at Dieppe, France,
after which he will return TO this
country. Another conference is
scheduled tomorrow afternoon between
Richard and Descamps.
Carpenter has lost no popularity in
defeat Judging from the reception ac-
corded him today. Recognized when
aliyhting from his motor the boxer
was Immediately surrounded by
crowds OF persons, eager to shake his
hand. followed wherever possible. Civ
ing lusty cheers at frequent intervals.
Harry Grebb, the Pittshurg light
heavyweight. also is seeking a match
with Carpenter.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-07
JACK DEMPSEY VISITS CHICAGO
ON Way TO SALTLAKE Home
Hints That ''Frame-up'' Was To Have Been Staged
During Recent Fight-Mariage
Rumors

Chicago, ILL.,. July 6.-Jack Dempsey
mingled with thousands OF Chicagoans
today in the city parks and along the
lake front seeking relief from the 80
degrees heat waves that enveloped the
city. The champion was surrounded
by admirers from the time he arrived
this morning until he retired tonight.
Hundreds of persons welcomed him at
the railroad station, he held open
house at his hotel, and when he went
out. during the afternoon he was
quickly recognized and besieged by
throngs, who desired to greet him.
Dempsey, told his friends today that
two men, one with a towel in his hand
were found in his corner in the third
round of the fight last Saturday He
said that Mike Trant, the Chicago de-
tective sergeant, who was with the
champion during the period of train
ing, questioned the men and had them
taken away by police Dempsey eS-
pressed the opinion that the men In
tended to throw towel into the ring
from his corner and create a scene OF
disorder.
Tran, said today that the men had
told him they were placed there to
mop up the ring IL II became smeared
with blood during the fight and that
they We're there at Richards orders.
He thought II best in any case how
ever he said that they be removed.
Regarding his next fight Dempsey
said
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-07
SEEK MATCH FOR
JACK DEMPSEY

Los Angeles, Calf. July e.-Proposal
Of a bout between Jack Dempsey and
Jack johnson was telegraphed to Jack
Kearns. manager for Dempsey. a;
New York last night by Captain j.
McCaw. British war veteran here.
The proposal was endorsed by l.. II.
Calver- and G. b Manly. who have
been handling wrestling bouts here TO
raise funds for Los Angeles Post No.
i Disabled Veterans OF the world
War. of which they are members.
McCaw proposed that Dempsey and
Johnson meet Labor Day and fifty
per cent OF the net receipts be divided
between tn fightrs and fifty pr cent
to go to the local post of the Disabled
Veterans.
Calvert said the matter would he
taken up by the local post Of disabled
veterans for approval Friday nixht by
directors OF the post.
New York. July s.-"The public can
have n Dempsey-Johnsou match II It
wishes, but | believe there is no de-
mand for the bout now or in the near
future" Jack kenrns. manager OF
Jack Dempsey. said today on learning
that Captain J. NJ. McCaw of pnsa-
dena. had offered the champion a
guarantee of two hundred thousa nd
dollars to box Jack johnson on Labor
day.
kearns stated that he had drawn no
color line on behalf OF the champion.
but suggested that johnson should
meet Harry Wills or another leading
boxer before being considered for a
championship match