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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08
Daily Letter BIZ Frederic J. Haskin

Many of these young men had not
attained to proper physical devel-
opment because as children they
had never had enough to eat. This
is at the bottom an educational
problem too. For it is impossible
to teach anything to a starved or
hungry child. II the child ome 20
school in that condition it is the
duty of the state 10 feed it. In
deed, it is necessary for h state
to feed it if the education which the
state proposes to give 1t is not to be
a total waste. 1t may be right, I'M
der an individualistic regime, to let
the adult starve if he is not sufti-
cient enough to feed himself, but to
let the children starve or half
starve is surely imbecile. For that
underfed child will in a majority
of cases fail to attain a healthy eff
fcient a%dulthood, and will therefore
be unable properly to feed his chill
dren in turn.
Take, again, the problem of crime
The United States produces more Of
it than any oxher civilized country
in the world. Yet scientists have
proved beyond question that more
than 90 per cent of all crime is
committed by persons OF impaired
mentality who could have been
identified as such in childhood. In
other words, if a proper scientific
study was made of the school child,
the greater part of crime would be
prevented by isolating the criminal
when young. Furthermore, in this
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08

O. What Is meant by the 5-5-3
and 1p.1O-7 ratio for the navies?
A. The Navy Department says
that 5-5-3 Is the proportion of naval
strength based on tonnage to be al
lowed to Great Britain, United States
and Japan in an effort to limit arm
aments. This Is taken on a basis of
100 for Great Britain. 100 for the
United States, and 60 for Japan.
Japan asks that the ratio be 10-10-7
or 100-100-70, basing the request
upon the representation that her
present naval strength Is In this
proportion.
. q. When a horse Is hitched to a
wagon in the regulation manner,
does he pull the wagon, or push it?
Is it not true hat his pushing
against his collar pulls it? A. l.. G..
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that both the pushing and pull
ing movement are involved when a
horse draws a wagon forward.
@. What time is 1t on shipboard
at .eight bells'? Il. d.
A. Four, eight and twelve o'clock
are marked by eight bells. Begin
ming a half hour after these hours,
| bell is struck: half hour later,
two bells, until eight bells ends the
ordinary watch.
Q. Is it true that voting is com.
pulsory in Argentina? w. b.
AZ The Argentine Embassy says
that every man on reaching army
| age in the Argentine is given a book
with a registration number and other
statistics. Every vote is recorded in
| this book and If not recorded or il
the mar does nft vote, a fine Is i'm
| posed varying according to the judg-
ment of the court. Women do not
vote in Argentina.
@. How long have pearls been
recognized as valuable? T.. A.
A. Pearls are of extreme anti
guilty, records of their existence in
China showing that they were gath
cred 1000 years before Christ.
Pearls were in early Chinese history
accepted in payment of taxes.
@. What became of the tract of
land given to Lafayette by this
try? s. G.. G.
A. History records that a tract OF
| land which was given to Lafayette
was later sold at the time of his
great financial embarrassment and
the money was placed in a bank to
his credit.
O. Has the top of Mount Everest
ever been climbed? NJ. Il. r.
A. The summit of Mount Everest
has not as yet been reached. An
English expedition is at present at
tempting the ascent of this noun
tain, but has not reached the top.
@. Do any charitable organizations
send workers to Ellis Island? M. T.
b.
A. The Salvation Army, the Red
Cross, and the Welfare League send
people to Ellis Island to work among
the immigrants.
@. What does the Turkish nation
al emblem. the crescent, signify? NJ.
X.
A. The Turkish national emblem,
the crescent, was originally a pagan
symbol, the symbol of Diana, the
patroness of Byzantium. Its origin
dates from the time of Philip, the
father of Alexander, the Great.
While he was trying to take the city
he set his soldiers to work on a dark
night to undermine the walls. The
crescent moon, however, appeared
in time to reveal the plan to the in
habitants. In gratitude for this, the
crescent moon was adopted as thu
symbol Of the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08

Let those who are interested dis
pute whether Francis Bacon wrote
any or all of the plays attributed to
William Shakespeare. 1 am more
Interested in some things l am sure
he vro e.
About the time the Mayflower
reached Plymouth in 1920 and the
Pilgrims clambered through the
surf and scrambled from the shall
lop to the rock and from the rock
to the shore. Francis Bacon wrote
his "Novum Organum." He under
took to restore or cultivate a just
and legitimate familiarity between
the mind aud things"
That is a great need of every gen.
Grafton. The man who can assist us
to establish a right understanding of
the relation of the human mind to
external things is in every age a
benefactor. Bacon did that and the
world has been wiser for many ages.
The learning of the last 800 years
is enriched by the great work of
Francis Bacon. 1t influenced thought
not only in England but on the
continent.
1t came to America. I own Cot
ton Mather's copy of Cacon's great
work. 1t belonged to his father.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08

The new book IT Have Only N.Y.
self TO Blame is being censured.
The mistake was in not blaming
congress or the prohteers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08

WASHINGTON. Dec. s-Another
big coal shortage is coming this
winter, say leading coal operators.
Weekly production of bituminous
coal now is 100000 tons short OF
normal. That's a danger signal.
So it's up to you to get along
with as little coal as possible this
winter, if you want to keep from
freezing. You can do this by pay
ing a little attention to your fur
mace or other heating apparatus,
says the United States Department
of Agriculture.
Rigth now-before the extremely
cold season really arrives-is a good
time to study your chimney. Bad
chimneys, badly placed, are at the
root of much defective heating and
coal waste.
You'll find that your chimney
lue is round, square or rectangular
If it's round, that's best, IL square,
not SO good and IL rectangular, the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

eral acceptance of the theory that
this was a temple for sun worship.
Because of an astronomical
change which slowly shifts the APP
parent point of sunrise It successive
summer s~olstices, it has been posi-
BILE to compute the date of the build
ing of S~tonehenge as approximately
1880 B. c. 1t is believed that the
smaller circles and the avenues and
other monuments of great stones
belong to approximately the same
period, which is the late Neolithic
Age. While the larger circles like
the Stonehenge and Marlborough
Rocks doubtless are temples for sun
worship and human sacrifice, 1t is
believed that the smaller groups of
stones mark burial places"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08
GOOD MEDICINE
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

are artificially heated in the cold
weather and as a rule i~mperfectly
ventilated. This is the great reason
why we should take advantage of
mild weather conditions whenever
possible and get a lot of fresh air
and walking.
There is nothing like fresh air and
exercise to build up the physique to
resist the ~unfavorable conditions
that most of us confront during the
cold season.
This fresh air remedy applies to
old and young alike, including baby
hood and old age.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08
To Stop Coughing at Night.

When anyone is suffering from a
bronchial affliction or has a cough
that fingers on and grows worse at
night, the loss of sleep tends to
weaken the gufferef and grows more
serious the longer it is neglected.
Mrs. NJ. Suter, SAT Longbrook ave-,
Stratford. Conn; writes: "Foley's
Honey and Tar has given me great
relief from a severe attack of bron-
chitis." No medicine stands higher
throughout the nation as a family
remedy for colds, coughs and Group.
Sold everVwhere-Ady.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-08

Any reader can get the answer TO
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Infsfmstion
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin- Director.
olies strictly to Information This
bureau cannof give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. II
does not attempt 10 settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subtset Write
your question plainly and briefly
Give full name and address and
close two cents IN stamps Tor return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
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sTAR-GAZING FOR AGES

New York.-Patient study by man
for centuries is responsible for the
high development of astronomy to-
day, says A. A. Hopkins of the Sci =
entific American In an article ON the
Lure of the Stars" in Mentor Maya
zine.
Twenty-eight hundred years before
the birth of Christ men were study
ing the stars from the top of Mt.
Ararat. The Chaldeans credited Noah
with their knowledge of the heaven
ly bodies. They first divided the sky
and then the year into twelve parts.
although the Chinese in the same
period made similar division. They
first found that the circle contained
$50 degrees.
Every temple of the sun god in
Egypt had Its corps of star gazers.
Although largely astrological in pur-
pose this study disclosed valuable
scientific data. The Greeks-notably
Thales, Aristotle and Hipparchus--
stabilized astronomy in general, cal
culated the eclipses and cataloged the
stars. For 1.4o0 years the system
of Ptolemy, who lived in 100 A. D..
was accepted. He held that the earth
was the center of the universe and
that the sun and planets moved in
selves in motion. In 14O0 the Adabs
made the most worth while star cata-
log in an observatory at Samarcand.
Then came Copernicus. who explained
the rotation of the earth. Tycho
Brahe, Dane, without the aid of q
telescope, made remarkably accurate
observations. Calico. having heard
of the invention of the telescope, con-
structed one and first turned it to
astronomical use. Johan Kepler, the
next great figure, founded modern
astronomy. Newton propounded the
law of gravitation and the compost :
ton of likht. HALEY discovered the
comet that bears his name Euler
and Laplace put astronomy on a
firmer mathematical basis. and the
latter advanced the nebular hypotho-
sis. Kant and Herschel carried the
science to the state of highly organ
lied observation that it is now in.
With the instruments OF enormous
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20

JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES.
From THE Philippines Inside Out"
by Gertrude Emerson, in Asia Mag
azine.
Were the United states to with
draw from the Philippines, the gov
eminent of the Philippine republic
would have to depend for its protec-
ton on some sort of international
guarantee of neutrality--provided
such guarantee could be exacted--
or a programme of adequate coast de-
Tense. An American army officers
recent estimate of an annual budget
of $3.50, 100000 pesos shows the abb
surdity of carrying out any self-de-
tense programme on the part of the
Filipinos. They must, therefore, fall
back on international good will. Sure
ly an optimism overshadowed by
something of sardonic humor.
Japan, stones throw away, MAIN
tains a powerful navy and standing
army of 100000 men, with reserves
of $500, 900. One-half the total gov
eminent budget of 1,562,542,7s7 yen
| for the current year is. allotted to
army and navy expenditure alone. 1t
is true that liberals are advocating
armament restriction. but the power
full army and navy clique still rules
Japan. 1t Is extremely Improbable
the proposed naturalization treaty of
the Filipino nacionaIistas. Japan's
foreign policy Is clear and unmistak-
able from her record of conquest in
the past quarter of a century. 1t Is
not temporary occupation that fol-
lows the Japanese foot and elbow
insinuated into neighbor's house.
but permanent intrenchment. and the
practical dispossession of the original
owner: Japanese development of
mines and valuable concessions, Japa-
nese control of strategic railways,
erection of Japanese forts. a Japa-
nese police system, Japanese goods
commanding the markets to the ex-
clusion of competitors. Yet l found in
all the Philippines, among Filipinos.
but two expressions of opinion about
Japan: racial dislike and diplomatic
indifference Persons not connected
with the government invariably ex-
pressed the former attitude, but those
representing the government, without
a single exception from Quezon, Os-
mena and Aguinaldo down, main
tanned that an Independent Philip
pines would have nothing to fear
from the neighbor to the north, but
that on the contrary, perhaps trouble
lay in the Pandora's box of Ameri-
can-Japanese relations. This attitude
of the officials puzzles. II the insist
cnt Philippine demand for independ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
PANTHER BULLDOG GAME STATISTICS

First Downs-Howard 8, 6
Total
by Southern yards
Average Length Of PmtsHowar averaged % IL yards eight
punts; Birmingham Southern %
Return of Puns-Howard
Southern returned punts SO yards
Return of Kick OffHoward
kckoffs yards
kick-offs
Ground Lost PnalteBy Howard, yards;
yards.
Passes Attempted By Howard II; by Birmingham Southern
Passes Completed-By Howard with yards; by
mngham- Southern /, with of
with o.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20

created by the Legislature with a
capital of millions, with the secre
tary and undersecretary of finance,
the secretary of commerce and COM
munications and the secretary of
agriculture and natural resources
among the officers for the current
year. has to Its discredit the handling
of it's most important subsidiary
undertaking, the National Coal com
pany. DR.. Warren d. Smith, the
only American in the bureau of
mines. recently went to Cebu and
Mindano at the request OF the acting
governor general to make a-thorough
investigation of the properties OF
the company and to report thereon.
The substance of the report is the
advice that the company had better
sell out and quit IL possible, writing
off the expense of 100000 pesos to
experience. The common criticism
against the activities of. the National
Coal company Is that it has worked
backwards and spent money in Law
ish amounts on railways and docks
and surface work generally without
ascertaining> that enough coal could
be mined to pay even a fractional
cost of initial outlays. Actually 80
little coal has been produced by
the National Coal company. 1880
tons is the figure cited. that there
has been no return for the millions
expended. and the company has car
ried on a questionable enterprise of
buying coal elsewhere and reseliing
it TO the government. with a hand
some profit to the administrators
concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
u.s. KELLY MEETS BOORDE AT B. A. c. MONDAY --SPORTS
COOPER ROAD RACE
WILL BE RUN MONDAY

The annual Cooper road race OF
birmingham Southern college. will
will take place Monday morning over
the Birmingham Athletic club course.
The race is run yearly by the track
aspirants of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
college to select a squad OF track
men from which to pick the team.
The Cooper road race is fostered
by Mrs. B. A. Cooper of this city,
who presents annually three medals
to the first three men finishing in the
race. The event is a three mile at
fair and should prove a thrilling trot,
judging from the number of stars that
are in the event from last years
team. The team that will represent
the Sunshine Slopers in the Emory
meet will be taken from the men
finishing in order Monday. The event
begins promptly Monday morning at
$3.50 o'clock from the B. A. c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
PLAYA FoUR RECoRDs

A late model multiple-record
photograph which utilities the motion
of a turntable to effect record
changes is now on the market. says
the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Four revolving record tables carry
the records and pass in consecutive
order under the tone arm for playing.
Instead of the tone arm being guided
across the records by the record
grooves, a lareg revolving table, sup
porting the four spinning disks,
slowly moves the groove under the
tone arm. During the playing, the
larger table moves very slowly. When
the, piece has been finished, the tone
arm automatically rises, and the
larger table, after short stop, sud
denly makes partial revolution by
which the next record is brought into
place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20

weighs around the 1S5-pound mark
now, and is hitting as hard as when
he weighed 150.
The Battler will have a few pounds
on Freddie Boorde, but they are not
expected to have Any bearing on the
outcome of the scrap. Boorde, who is
one of the fastest men Kelly has ever
met, should be able to hit as hard
as Kelly, who is more of a boxer
than a slugger.
Scrappers Are Rivals
Kelly and Boorde have been rivals,
in a friendly way, for almost a year
now. Their meeting Monday night
will be the first time that they have
ever fought. so the bout should be
replete with thrills and action.
Each of the two scrappers has
world of friends in Birmingham, and
a crowded house should greet them
Monday night.
Jack Brady, the Bessemer Flash,
will meet John McGinty. who now
calls himself kid Irish" of Pratt
City, in the six-round semi-final
scrap. Brady. everything that his
Nickname. Flash" implies, will
probably try to outlook his heavier
and harder hitting opponent.
Claude Wilson, Danny stevens and
others will meet on the preliminary
card. Danny stevens will meet
Jimmy Woods. while johnny Shahid
meets Carl Arnold. Wilson's oppo-
nent hasn't been selected yet.
The bouts tomorrow night begin
promptly at $50 o'clock. Biscoe
Seals will referee the main affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20

say, guy, ne began IN mis- usual
snappy manner. 81 just saw the
fanthers wallop the Bulldogs at
lockwood park. You want to know
what did it? Well, 1t was speed
the Panthers got the jump on the
bulldogs. Getting the jump is what
counts these days"
Asked a few things about his fight
tomorrow night, Freddie started an
other spiel:
"Well, take II from me, I'm go
ing to get the jump on Kelly, just
like the Panthers did on the Bull
dogs. I'm going to fight q heads up
battle, hitting when an opening Of
fers itself. and always beating Kelly
to the punch. believe that 1 am
last enough to get the Jump on Kelly
and beat him to the punch. II am,
! Will win that bout Monday night.
Boorde Feels Great
Never felt better in my life. Fin
ished hard work for the bout this
afternoon. and am in great shape.
Watch my smoke Monday night"
Boorde. who worked out with
claude Wilson yesterday, suffered a
slight cut over the eye. but the
wound is expected TO heal rapidly.
The slight cut is not expected to give
Boorde ANY trouble.
Kelly has continued training, and
Is in as good shape as ever. He
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
OLD DOLLAR BILL TAKES NOTES ON GAME
BARNETT. FuLLBAcK

One of tn first things about that Saturday
which the Panthes the Bulldogs 1914 that this
Birmingham brass band barefaced e All during
the awful struggle the band It'll Be Hot Time
Old Town Tonight and time they footed this
getting colder and colder and the kept sddng and by the
had fell the coolest
renced this winter In fact it cold that the Bulldogs
keep they forward under until the quarter
when they did cut loose with
IT want to know the truth about that there's
named Lackey what plays the Howard
crowned hero of the battle but the
was that no Birmingham Southern rooter could
bottle Since seeing this here Lackey that he
should ought TO for the city commission
thing That bird don't know nothing stopovers tell you
what he done.
setting alongside of Doctor
fourth quarter Doctor had just asked
had told him the fourth How they
says Dock and before could get the
mouth Candy had kicked 5-yard line and acev
had ketched the opal in his and
ing twisting, sdesteppng and squirting So
yards for touchdown for the pre fell nv lot
to see in football kicked goal and that's
the she wound up.
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thought it was gave him for
keeps by the way he held onto
1T In going around left end for a
touchdown. Baker kicked goal.
That made the count 100 in the
Golden Blacks favor, and many
thought Howard players had been
lucky to get in on a pass at
this juncture.
Howard's First Game
This made the Bulldogs peeved.
They started some real fight
and some real football after that.
Mike Norton got away with the
ball and Afford tackled him SO
hard that II looked like Mike
might have to play the rest of
the game on crutches. He was
hit so hard that everybody ex-
pected him to speak nothing but
broken English for the rest of
his life. Soon after this How
ard got the ball and the Pan
theirs were penalized Is yards
for holding. IL must of been
somebody in the backfield, for
that line certainly was not hold
ing at tndt point.
Then Lee Ford started the
antney-over game. by chunking
forward passes. Lee started one
on it's way, and a Panther leap
ed in the air and broke 1t up,
but knocked the ball smack into
the hands of Clark for a 16-yard
gain. Immediately thereafter
Ford shot another pass and again
Panther leaped UP in the air
and knocked 1T into Jockeys
hands, just like the play had
been made to order. Lackey fell
across the goal line, and How
ard supporters fell across each
others neck. Following the
touchdown Ford kicked goal and
the score was 1917.
1t was that way at the end of
the half. and then when the third
quarter came around Howard
started playing the Panthers
off their feet They outplayed
'em; all through the third quar-
ter, but wasn't. able to put
across score.
The bloody Fouth e
This here Miller. quarterback
ing and Hne-bucking. and doing
various and sundried other
things for the Painters, includ-
ing that booted field ghoul, in
tercepted forward pass and re-
turned the ball to Howard's Al
yard line. Immediately there
after Miller chunked a pass to
Baker for 14-yard gain and the
ball was on the Baptists 6-yard
line. Howard was penalized for
being cff-side and this put the
opal on her 1-yard line. Rogers
went over left tackle for the
touchdown, and this made the
count 1871. with Miller missing
his kick for goal.
Right after this score Candy
kicked Oft to the 15-yArd line and
Lackey made that wonderful run.
The end of the game was getting
pretty close, and Howard worked
the ball into the Papthers' ter
ritory following this The Panth-
ers held EN- for downs. and got
the ball. but couldn't gain. They
tried kick. but it.swas blocked
down under the shadows OF Bir-
mingham- Southern's goal. And.
just as the kick was blocked the
game came to close.
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ence were suddenly granted, II Phil
ippine goods were subject to import
duties on the same basis as those of
other countries selling their products
to the United States, which now alb
ippine trade, 1T might be that the
Philippines would find themselves in
an awkward position. They might
need to orrow, say, a little money.
And IL they should explain their
troubles to Japan, Japan might cour-
teously offer to lend them whatever
was needed--for a few concessions:
And the old threadbare drama would
begin all over again.