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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
prspoNsrpLrry OF THE GIN MILLS.

-o,oa have continued their good work
-u.~ .ba "store" at state and Commerce
streets where the negro. who murdered WIS
Harvey Wilson, said he got the gin ne drank
hsfors committing his crime. This prompt ac-
,,o, was exactly what was to be expected ITO"
no,;ce department that has established such a
rsrord as the Perth Amboy department now
enjoys.
-r,.,ou, /, the least. attempting to lessen the
accessibility of the negro for his crime one
.,nnot help but wonder whether he would nave
- .,ch a heinous thing il what little brain ne
nossesses had not been paralyzed with liquor
:. . .,wavs been a mooted question as TO the
ra.nonsibility of a saloonkeeper in selling booze
-. man who. while under the influence thereon
goes out and commits a crime.
Indignation is running pretty high against
This gin mllr' where the negro secured NE
hoove as we'll as against the negro himself
The responsibility of the dispenser OF the hquof
would be great enough under any circumstance
Int with the sale of the liquor a crime IN iseh'
.he nerson responsible for inflaming this nesros
mind. whether the crime was commltteo as vi
rect result of his drinking or not, deserves all
the punishment that the law provides.
incidentally, there is good reason to believe
that there are numerous other stores selling
Honor illegally in this city. We learn tnat uh-
desirable characters from all the nearby camps
are in the habit of coming here especially on sat
urday nights, to get their booze, which can De
secured in this city so easily. Must we wait
until another crime is committed before cleaning
nm this situation? Why not do the cleaning up
now so as to save as far a spossible, the eitys
reputation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
AVOID DAYLIGHT SAVING CONFUSION.

The New York Evening World, which strong
ly advocates the adoption of daylight saving
in summer, regrets the repeal OF the daylight
saving law in New York state. but finds salts
faction in the fact that New York city has an
ordinance putting the new time into effect
despite the action of the state legislature. 1t
admits. however. that there is going to be con-
siderable confusion due to the change in time
in some places and not in others. Then the
Evening World gets right down to the real root
Of the whole matter. It says:
but there is no good reason why the
city should be satisfied with a condition
which leads to confusion. Congress is ex-
pected to meet in special session in about
a month. Representatives of the urban in
dustrial communities of the East should
make a strenuous effort to secure passage
of a federal daylight saving law applicable
to all the Eastern standard-time belt"
A federal daylight saving law is the only
solution for the whole problem. By all means
let US have It. But at the same time let state
legislatures and city councils keep hands off.
Standard time is not something to be trifled
with in such a manner. If all the agitation
that has been carried on in the various state
capitals could be concentrated at Washington no
doubt such a law as is desired for the summer
months would be enacted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Luke McLuke Says
Even the smartest man has taken the nook so
often by the time he is sixty years old that his
mouth is pretty sore.
The old fashioned man who used to train his
dog to turn somersaults now has a son who Is
trying to train his auto not to turn them.
Cheer up! Maybe if you were making twice
as much salary you would merely make twice as
big a fool of yourself.
Nowadays a man never refuses an invitation
to a booze party. He is afraid there will never
be another party.
Woman was created from a mans RIB. Ano
she has been a bone of contention ever since.
You can't blame a good baseball pitcher fol
getting swell-headed when he wins ten straight
games. But no pitcher was ever as proud OF his
curves as a well-built girl is of hers.
You may have noticed that nearly every cir
is a speaking likeness of her mother.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
Remarkable Remarks

II will give $1,000 to anyone who
can prove to me that the earth IL
round, not fat."-Glenn Wilbur Vo-
Iva, high priest of Zion City, Ill.
EVERY new thing is hailed as
making war impossible. Probably
they said the same of the bow and
arrow."--Sir Lewis Bayly, British
admiral.
1T can't enjoy myself at the shows
they are producing now. I used to
enjoy the old fashioned dramas and
comedy. They had pretty girls, too.
but they were decently dressed. Now
it is legs you go to see."-Supreme
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
We suggest the following:

A. We suggest the following;
Prepare a solution of nitrate of sill
YER and add a small amount OF gum
to It, SO that the liquid will not run.
Then with a Gamers hair pencil. or
a new pen, draw the desired motif
on the silk. After the drawing Is
dry, hold the ribbon over a vessel
containing water. zinc. and a little
sulphuric acid. In a short time the
silver will be reduced and adhere
quite strongly to the fabric.
O. How many words is the aver
age shorthand writer supposed to
take?-D. v. d.
A. The average st~enographer is
supposed to take from so to 100
words a minute.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
w TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get ths answs r to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening New Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Direc
tor. Washington. D. C. This offer
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake h
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., 1921-03-16
Political Announcements.

H. L.. TAYLOR FOR COUNTY CLERK.
1 am a candidate for what is left of the Of
flee of Circuit Court Clerk on the Republican
ticket. This office pays no salary unless you
can stick your unfortunate fellowman who is
compelled to come into Court. 1 am qualified
for said office. L can run a typewriter and l
will not be compelled to skin my unfortunate
l have killed lizards on the old rail
fence, chased butterflies and grasshoppers and
hummingbirds and tumble bugs and June bugs.
1 have heard the boot owl boot, the screech
owl screech, the fox bark in the high cliffs and
the crickets sing under the rock hearth, and l
have split rails with dogwood gluts and swung
the hickory maui. I will be around to see you
all. I have no opponent yet, but If l have one.
Just bet that I'll give him the darnest race he
County, KY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
The Honest Moonsbiner.

We learn on good authority that twenty-five
moonshiners, representing that many districts
in Kentucky, held a convention at a Louisville
hotel last week. The moonshiners met to devise
ways and means to protect the public from the
bootlegger. The moonshiners claim that they
sell their product for IS a gallon at the still
and the same gallon costs the public $50 when
it is sold in the city. The moonshiners want to
eliminate the middleman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, can you name six noted legisia-
tive bodies?
Paw-Well, there's the American Congress.
and the British Parliament, and the French
Chamber of Deputies, and the German Reich-
stag and the japanese Diet, my son.
Willie-But that's only five, and the teacher
wants us to name six.
Paw-Well there's he-er-er-th Hungar-
ian Goulash. Now, don't bother me. Can't you
see I'm reading!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
PROPHETS OF OLD
BY DR.. w. e. BARTON

phets did 1t.
Nathan did not say to David, IAN
exceedingly unfortunate condition
has arisen, and a situation exists for
which widespread social conditions
must be held chiefly responsible, u
! regret to say. Is liable TO
work harm. by ~indirection, TO the
royal government" he said
art the man."
That was what caused David to
rise from his throne and clothe him
self with sackcloth. n cry, Have
mercy upon me. 0 God" /.
The old prophets were very per-
sonaI: they were terribly rude. But
their rudeness was effective; and
David was too sensible a man, and
fundamentally toe just a man. to
do other than admit his wrong.
In the day Of judgment. which Is
today, the index of the books OF the
recording angel may be searched In
vain for any page devoted to soci-
ETY.. For all of society's sins, tndi-
vidual men and women must ac-
count.
Court Justice Ford of New York.
Lincoln would have tolerated no
class legislation in a democracy. He
refused to admit a class distinction
between capital and labor."-John
Hays Hammond. mining engineer.
1.-THE thing we are suffering from
is not so much the result OF the war
it is the interruption and the
throwing out of gear of the worlds
economic machinery."-Frank A.
Vanderlip, ~financier.
"All former business depressions
were at times when the nation was
| comparatively poor. At present We
| possess SO per cent of the worlds
| gold. We were never richer. Panic?
No!"-J. H. Tregoe, secretary. Ma
| tional Association of Credit Men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

When he was young he had long hair,
And Archie he was called;
He's fifty now, no hair is there,
And now he's called Archibald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Are we to understand that Coolidge viii
the department of the senate" in tn
Presidents cabinet?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
Firms Is Firms.

Every time you yell at a noisy dog you adver
Else a furniture dealer who has a store at az
Broadway, Pittsburg, Kas. His name is Q. G
Whybark.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Having said his say about the Jane who sues
for breach of promise Billy Sunday may now
turn his attention to the man who breaks his
promise to the Jane"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

I'd get an acquittal
If / hit Hank Hutch;
He thinks too darn little,
And talks too darn much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Since the latest wine-and-beer ruling of the
Department of Justice doctors prescriptions
have shown an increase in popularity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Hnhl
BY Luke McLuke.

This is a funny world, We gods!"
Exclaimed old Uncle Steven;
you'll find when people are at odds.
They are trying to get even.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
Come o. In!

(Kansas City Drovers' Telegram.)
If the Names Is Names Club, conducted by
Luke McLuke, Cincinnati, needs a good haircut
ter in it's barber shop 1t might be possible to
get L. Bobbitt, barber at 3714 East Twelfth
street, Kansas City.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
OUGHT

rs your wife interested in the questions of the
day." asked Brown.
Il don't know" replied Jones. But when
get home late she sure is interested in the ques'
'tions of the night"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

why not go a step farther and invite the
speaker of the House to sit in cabinet meetings?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

She has been ill, but Mrs. Low
Is better now, my friend;
She says that she is "so-so," so
/ know she's on the mend.
Luke McLuke.
Yet notwithstanding this, we know
When all is done and said,
The lady still is very Low,
Her life hangs by a thread.
Newark Advocate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Fairgrounds are the remedy for the hazard
of children playing in the streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

You Know Him!

Did you know that A. Barker is Dog Tax Col
Iector in Dallas County, Ala?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16

Dear Luke: Even a preacher may have the
juice of joy in his veins. | have. l like your
column and am able to do better work after /
read Luke every day. And 1 arise to nomi-
nate Early Dawn, of Andersonville, Tenn. as
fire maker in the Names Is Names Club.-J. II.
Sharp, Baptist Home Mission Board, Knoxville,
Tenn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
Luke McLuISe Says

Dur Daily Special.
Common Sense is Mighty Uncommon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-16
what's the Fare To Chinicoth
-
Thanxi

Keep this under your hat, men. But You can
C. A. Bier in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Evening star., 1921-08-27
REALTY MEN FORM A CLUB
TO BOOM SAN FRANCISCO MEET
Ralph V. Solltt Says Washington is Des-
tined to Become Heart of the, World"
at Real Estate Gathering.

realtors of the city, Mr.. Solltt empha-
sized. The realtor holds in his hands
the architectural and physical beauty
factors entering into the progress of
the capital and should always bear this
fact in mind in consummating business
transactions, the Shipping Board official
explained.
Sees Business Prosperity.
Prosperity awaits every business
man of the country who puts behind
him all thought of the so-called busi-
ness depression and who forges ahead
to work doggedly and with a deter
mination which brooks no interfer-
ence, the speaker said. A business de-
preston remains a business depres-
sion just SO long as business men are
content to allow conditions to remain
as they are. The cry for remedial
legisla ton in commerce and industry
comes principally from those whose
pessimism inciteS them to lethargy,
he charged. All the legislation in
the world could not accomplish as
much real good as countrywide
decision by business men to get down
to work and produce. build and do
things. he concluded amid applause.
H. Latane Lewis. presiding officer.
introduced Mr.. Sollitt. A rising vote
of thanks was accorded the guest Of
honor for his speech. Arrangements
for the luncheon were in charge OF a
special committee composed of Lee D.
Latimer chairman; Jess Hedges and
Percy H. Russell.
Evening star., 1921-08-27
BUILDING BRINGS
$70Q,oDOAF SALE:
The Interstate Property on F
Street Goes to a Local
Investor.

Sale of the Interstate building.
131s-1321 F street northwest. a ten
story Office structure. for F. A. Morse
to a local investor for approximately
$780, 900. was reported today by John
F. Maury. local realtor.
= This building was occupied during
the last few years by the Unlted
States Shipping Board. 1t Is one OF
ties on F street, the lot containing
6.677 square feet. When the Shipping
Board vacated the building short
time ago it was renovated and re-
modelled. The structure is freproof,
Of steel frame. brick, hollow tile and
elevators. There are 110 rooms ana
suites of offices, with a large store
on the ground floor.
The building shortly will be re-
named. it is understood; The gross
revenue from this building will ap-
proximate 100000 b year.
Gives Apartments In Deal.
The Biltmore apartment house, at
the corner of 18th and Eiltmore
was given as part Of the consldera- l.
ton in this transaction. 1t contains
twenty-five apartments of four. five
and six rooms and baths each, ano
has several garages and apartments
for servants in connection WIN tne
10.446 square feet Of ground. The
gross annual income from the build
ing is near 100000.
Another part of the consideration
was the apartment house at l5l1 20
street northwest, just on Sherldan
hu;Idine of recent construction. and
contains sixteen apartments OF tnree
and five rooms and bath earh: Ihe
gross income approXimates $l2.000 pei
annum.
The Riviera Sold.
The Riviera apartments. 2310 Ash
mead place. was sold for David A. Baer
| to an out t-of-town investor. This four
story fireproof buildins was buiit II aooui tad
! of Connecticut Avenue bridge. 1t runs
| through from Ashmead place to Bel
mont street, which will be one of the
main drives or boulevards between Rock
Creek Park and Speedway Park; Ine M
building contains about thirty five
apartments of one, two. three and -four
rooms and bath, each. The gross in
come is s36,360 per annum.
AS a part of the consideration in this
! transaction the purchaser gave the
uated on the Telegraph road four miles
below Alexandria. Va, in Fairfaa
county. This place contains approx.
mately 725 acres of ground. about hall
of which is in valuable timber land ant
the other half in cultivation. There is
a large and commodious house of ter
| rooms, a large barn, dairy barn fol
forty cows. corn cribs. outkouses, two
tenant houses, and other numerous i'm
I proyements The place adjoins the
original tract of Mt. Vernon. the double
bitches dug by George Washington
separating the two places Still being
! intact.
Evening star., 1921-08-27

take four hours to dry. they would
put the towel through wringer.
Now, after the towel has been put
through a wringer, it can be hung
out in the same shunshine. the same
air and the same temperature and it
will dry in one hour.
Business was put into the wringer
in 1920 and 1921. Although you and
I don't like to go through a wringer.
nevertheless it is very much better
for all If some Of us go through the
wringer once in so often. If we cut
a dogs tail Off at one clip, the dog
suffers a lot for short time, but
soon forgets 1t. If, however. we cut
off the dogs tail a quarter inch per
month for thirty-six months, at the
end of that time the dog will be
pretty well discouraged.
Hills and Valleys.
1t is to be expected that the ex-
tent and intensity of this present pc
riod of depression will correspond
rather closely with the extent and
intensity of the recent era OF pros
perity. Along the new. uneven road
of business the hills approximately
Evening star., 1921-08-27

Formation Of a San Francisco con-
vention club, designed to encourage at
tendance of realtors at the next annual
convention of the National Associa tion
Of Real Estate Boards, was announced
today by the Washington Real Estate
Board. This action is in line with
movement fostered by other boards
throughout the country.
Member boards throughout the coun-
try use many different ideas in de-
veloping attendance at the annual con-
ventions of the national association, II
is stated by Executive Secretary Petty.
These conventions, which have been
called postgraduate courses in real es-
tate, offer unlimited opportunities for
the development of business. The prac-
tical discussions that take place each
year bring out the latest ideas on many
topics that enter into the practice OF
real estate, it is pointed out. 1t is said
those boards throughout the country
which are meeting with the most sue
cess consistently have large represen-
tations at the annual conventions.
Principle Of Club Idea.
The principle of the club idea is based
on pooling the expense money of the
individual members which is paid In
monthly installments throughout the
year and investing it in some manner
to produce a profit. This profit is used
for the benefit of the entire delegation
in the matter of providing badges.
posters and other paraphernalia to ad-
vertise the local board in the conven-
ton city. Among the members of the
Washington board, the following have
San Francisco convention, and these
men will form the nucleus Of the club:
Thomas E. farrell. Percy H. Russell,
R. L. McKeever. William S. Phillips,
Joseph A. Herbert and Clarence F. Don
oboe.
LaterSon an organization will be eff
fected and a treasurer designated to
handle and invest the funds as paid.
The officials of the local board are
enthusiastic over the idea and are striv-
Washington attend the San Francisco
convention next summer.
.Heart of the World"
Washington is destined to be not only
the "heart of the nation,' but the heart
of the world" it was declared by Ralph
" Sollitt, assistant to the chairman of
| the United States Shipping Board. in an
| address before the Washington Real
Estate Board at its luncheon this week
| in the Lafayette Hotel.
The nations capital is just entering
! it's full glory, in the opinion OF this
government official. Washington has
risen from a national plane to interna-
tlOHdi prominence 90 i.suie VI III
recent world war, Mr.. Sollitt pointed
out. With world trade npterests. edu-
Gators and financiers looking to Wash
| ington for guidance. and with world
diplomats coming here at the instance
of the United States government to
consider the disarmament question, the
city is rapidly assuming cosmopolitan
aspect, he indicated.
/" The extent and character of the de-
| velopment Of Washington depends in
great measure on the spirit of public
service and the Observation-Disclosures of the
Evening star., 1921-08-27

equal the valleys and the valleys ap-
proximately equal the hills.
1t makes a great deal of difference
when the highest point Of a period Of
depression is reached. Four years of
prosperity with the peak in the first
year is much less satisfactory to
business men than four years of ever
Increasing business with the peak
coming near the end.
Conversely two or three years of
depression seem less serious If the
worst point comes at the outset and
conditions become less severe from
then on. To have a severe slump
followed by long period of sinking
cutting the dogs tail by inches
is most discouraging of all.
Prosperity comes when service re-
places selfishnses. The sooner we
put this principle into actual prac-
tice, in our own lives the quicker will
we prosper again.
Next week Mr.. Babson tells how
we could all have much more than
we have today.)
Copyright. 1921. Fleming H. Reven Com
pany First published IN this newspaper by
arrangement with Associated Editors. Chicago.'
Evening star., 1921-08-27
Making Good in Business


nized and fulfilled panic will be as
rare as a dinosaur. In this connec-
ton, note what dollar will do:
81 spent for lunch lasts five hours
81 spent for necktie lasts five
weeks.
81 spent for cap lasts five months.
81 spent for an automobile lasts
fve years.
81 spent for a water power or rail-
road grade lasts for five generations
81 spent in the service of God lasts
for eternity.
- This does not mean that we should
put our income in the contribution
box and starve to death, but that we
should wake up to the terrible re-
chasing power. We speak of the
almighty dollar" In one sense this
is true. Don't abuse that power. Use
1t in making good. Get the vision.
l said that smallpox. save in iso-
lated cases. has been conquered. AS a
national plague, it has been abolished.
Not for long time can we hope to
eliminate the occasional business
failure. But we can eliminate panics
and depressions as national epi-
denies We can do this. as has been
explained in detail above, by follow
ing identically the same principles
which have been so successful in
agriculture and in health work. Tu-
berculosis has been shaken in it's hold
on the world by better methods of
living. Panics can be stamped out by
better methods Of doing business.
Our Immediate Problem.
So much for the general problem.
Now for the immediate problem Of
getting out Of the period of depres-
sion that we are already in.
Everyone is interested in the an
swer to this question: "How long
will this period of depression last?'
1t will last until the imitation Of the
past few years is taken out. The ac-
tual length of time will depend on
how this is accomplished.
To illustrate what l mean. let US
assume that before me is bowl of
water and dry, clean. healthy hand
towel The towel in that condition.
represents normal business condi-
tions. as, for instance. 1911-12. Then
1t was in the state of this towel,
neither inflated nor Debated. but
clean and healthy. ready to use.
During 1917-19. however. the towel
became saturated with water. This
The drops Of water that fall off the
towel when lifted out of the water
may be indicative of the orders for
goods which fall to US during such
inflated times. The saturated towel
represents business when we were at
the highest point in January, 1920,
thoroughly saturated with water.
Such saturation must be taken out.
We must always get the towel dry
again.
There. however. are two ways of get
ting towel dry. If l took a towel
AL
ping-it would take about four hours
for such a towel to dry. But there
is another way. which our mothers
used. Instead of letting the towel