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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
HEALTH TESTS CUT
in HALF

sewing machines.
For what has been a theory has
now been made a demonstrated fact.
Direct proof. based on a six-year
survey of mortality records for a
group of 5,9S7 men. that periodic
health examinations will greatly
prolong human life has been put
before the National Association Oh
Life Insurance Medical Directors
by DIR. A. s. Knight, president Of the
association.
DIR. knight asserts that the NOR
tality for this selected group. every
member of which voluntarily took
advantage of a life Insurance. com
pany's offer for periodic examina-
ton at the life extension institute
was only So per tent of the rate ex-
pected by standard life insurance
tables.
This analysis was the first long,
term test of the efficiency of periodic
health examinations, In reducing
mortality, that has aver been made.
Simply expressed. the facts show
that among 1000 average adults, ~
will die within the year; and 500 are
sub-standard or physically impaired:
that of the 10 who will die. six VIII
be of the sub-standard group. With
periodic examinations, however
only six will die. three from the sub
standard group; and three from the
rest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
BY DR.. II. H. BISHOP

Most people who believe them
selves in i'll health because they are
"overworked" are really simply the
victims of bad air. poor died, poisons
o. worry. They attribute their
lack of normal good health to work,
which to them has become too great
a burden simply because they have
not continued to observe the few
rules of health, or never learned to
observe them at all.
1t Is a common fallacy for the
man who breaks down in middle age
to believe himself a victim of over
work. The college girl often be-
lieves her health has been ruined by
too much study. They prove their
case, to themselves at least, when
their health improves when given a
vacation.
The truth of the matter is that
they merely need to give their bodies
the rest. food, air and exercise that
they demand. 1t is true. too. that
they undoubtedly tax their capacity
for work beyond the powers of the
body. but their working capacity Is
only a fraction Of what Il would be IL
they took exercise, were not con-
stipated. did not eat too much. or
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
Science Service

A practical ammonia gas mask
which is of inestimable value for use
in industrial plants as well as in
the equipment or fire departments,
has been invented by Col. G. A.
Burrel, former chief of the research
division, chemical warfare service
of the U. S. army.
Such a mask is of value where a
break occurs in the refrigerating
unit of an Industrial or commercial
plant as II is an efficient protector
against these obnoxious fumes.
This new ammonia mask is so ar
ranged that in inhaling the user
draws air through the supply canis-
ter where it is purified and from
whence it passes through the con-
Meeting tube into the face piece.
The exhaled air is carried away
through a special exhalation valve.
A distinctive feature of this novel
gas mask is the method of keeping
the glass lenses free from moisture
and of insuring clear vision at all
times. The dry. incoming air is
drawn against the lenses SO that it
dries off any moisture.
No nose piece or mouth clip is
used on the mask so that speech is
unhindered. The surface that rests
against the face is fiat and broad
which operates for the wearer's
comfort and safety against leakage.
The apparatus straps " the
shoulders and against the chest
where it is ready for immediate use.
yet entirely out of the workers way
The face piece Is carried in the
harness pouch when not In active
service. The entire apparatus is
light in weight. weighing only 81
pounds ready for use.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
~BcrtonB raleys
(1\ Daily Poem
&MsSiA8

The Diamond Horseshoe CLEANS and
CLOVIS
With splendor as of storied Rome.
The audience. in serried rows,
Fills all the house, from pit to
dome;
The leader waves his thin baton,
The music rises as Of yore,
But there's a golden magic gone,
The voice of voices is no more
The sound of woodwinds swells and
dies,
The cymbals clash. the snare
druiAs rell,
Above the zoom of viols rise
Voices hat shake the heart and
soul;
Into the throbbing air are tossed
Vast harmenies that stir and thrill.
Yet Is one lyric glory lost,
The voice of voices now is still.
I'll Pagliacci"-we shall hear
Never again from human throat
That burst of beauty, warm and
clear,
That sheer heart-breaking broken
note;
There shall be 'bravos'' as of old,
The house again shall quake and
roar,
| But that one voice of liquid gold,
Caruso's voice, shall sing NO more!
(Copyright. 1921, NEA Serviee)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
Learn One New Thing Every Day

BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Eighteenth OF July extending along
the ridge of the peninsula. with its
colonnades and sidewalk cafes, gives
a touch of Paris. And as a great
packing center for the live stock
produced on the unsurpassed pas
lures of Uruguay Montevideo is
comparable to Chicago or Kansas
City. Evidence of this fact is some-
times waited on the winds when
they blow to the city from the seat
of the gigantic industry across the
bay.
Men and Women Keep to Them
selves.
"In physical equipment Montevi-
dec is modern. 1t is well lighted,
we'll watered, adequately supplied
with transportation facilities, and
most admirably drained. Socially 1t
clings to the past. following more
faithfully than any other large city
outside of Spain and the Orient the
old Spanish-Moorish traditions of
society's proper attitude toward
women.
Counting is still carried on by
smitten SWANS parading below the
balconies of their senoritas and
whispering sweet nothings to them
from a safe distance. Ladies go
freely on the streets. but not in the
company of men. Society is mainly
a matter of fandly parties. Even
at the opera there are separate gall
leries for men and women.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

Montevideo, capital of the Repub-
lie of Uruguay. is described in the
following bulletin issued by the Ma
tional Geographic Society:
physically situated 20 that it Is
one of the healthiest cities in the
world, with an equable climate which
makes 1t a delightful place to live
in, and possessing an atmosphere
free from the hustle and noise of the
more modern and commercial Bue-
nos Aires and the more metropoli-
ian Rio, Montevideo has become the
resort uity of South Americans At
Antic Coast. Thousands of wealthy
South Americans are to be found
there at nearly all season of the
year, participating in the carnivals,
gambling in the great government
owned casinos that may be conf
pared to those of Monte Carlo, or
merely enjoying the restful life or
Spanish habit of looking to ma
mana Since Montevideo is in the
southern hemisphere it's seasons are
the reverse of those in the United
States. Visitors are especially nu-
nerous for the bathing season which
begins in October, corresponding to
the northern May, and Is at its
height at Christmas, the southern
midsummer.
Detached impressions of Monte
| video will bring to mind many sim
lies and contra SITS with better known
cities. Like New York 1t covers a
| narrow peninsula from shore to
| shore; but in architecture it Is the
| aatith isis of the North American
metropolis. being made up or a
seemingly vast number of low stone
buildings, a few two or three stories
in height, the great majority OF
| them but one story. The principal
| thoroughfare. The Avenue of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
BY DIR EUGENE LYMAN FISK
Medical Director, Life Extension
Institute

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-No discus
sion of the limitation of ornaments,
however world wide. should be COM
plete without this important agenda
the question of the greatest arma-
ment of all, the Grim Reaper's
scythe.
1t has none of the brisk rattle of
the machine gun, none of the sweep
ing beauty of the man O. war. Yet
its efficiency as an every day engine
of destruction taking its daily toll
of lives, is greater a thousandfold.
And this efficiency. as shown by a
long series of scientific tests just
completed. a be reduced by so per
cent-can be cut in two.
One reason why war and NOR
tally are so difficult to combat Is
that the average man would rather
listen to a brass band than to a
statement Of statistics.
However, enough readable evil
dence is now available to command
the attention Of every thinking man
and woman In the United States to
the fact that their days of illness can
be reduced, and their lives of use
fulness ~appreciably extended. IL
only they will give the same at
tention to their own bodies that they
give to their automobiles or. their
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
Boards AND MEN

won renown for thousands OF years;
it came down to the skirts OF his
garments.
George Washington and the men
of his day were close shaver. The
generals Of the Civil War on both
sides were mostly full.bearded men,
and 80 were the presidents who fol-
lowed the war. Grant, Hayes, Gar
field.
Then the mustache became our
most popular adornment. And now
we have fallen upon the day Of the
safety razor and the beard is in lit
tie regard. But 1t will come to its
own. Styles change. The day will
arrive when men will be as proud Of
a good beard as they now are of a
smoothly shaven face, and they WHY
rejoice in their deliverance from the
tyranny of the RAZOR.
The day may come when even
side whiskers are popular again.
But let us hope that that will be
after most of us are dead.
How would Michelangelo have
gotten on with his statue of Moses
If he had been compelled to repre-
sent him as beardless?
There is something to be said for
the beard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

@. Which President appointed
each chief justice of the United
States? C. ].
A. The chief justices of the
Supreme Court in the ord. In which
they were appointed, together with
the President who appointed them
are John Jay. 1~Tss-1795, Washing
ton; John Ruthledge, 1875. (not
confirmed), Washington; Oliver
Ellsworth, 1796-1S01, Washington:
John Marshall, 1s01-1s35. Jefferson:
salmon Chase. ~1ss4-1sTs, Lincoln;
Morrison Waite, 1s74-1Sss, Grant:
Melville Fuller, 1SSs-1910. Cleve-
land; Edward d. White, 1%910-1921.
Taft; William III. Taft. June 80.
1921, Harding.
O. Can you tell me whether the
people of Hawaii, Guam and the
philippines, are citizens Of the Unit
ed States? d. c.
A. The Naturalization Bureau
says that people born In the Hawai-
Jan Islands are citizens Of the Unit
ed States, but those born In Guam
and the Philippines Are not.
Q. Can children's cotton clothing
be rendered fireproof7 NJ. 7. E.
A. Into the starch used for mus
Inns or other light and fluffy material
used for dresses, etc., put an ounce
Of alum or sal-ammoniac to about
3 or 4 quarts of the starch when
! ready to use. This renders such
material uninflammable to a large
degree. All clothing of children
should be so treated.
@. Why were x-rays so called?
v. +.
A. Roentgen rays were called *
| rays by their discoverer on account
| of their enigmatical character.
O.. What shape was a Roman
toga?
A.. The Roman tosa, which was
worn as a loose outer garment by
citizens when appearing in public,
consisted of q single large piece of
cloth of a shape approaching a
semi-circle.
Q. How thick is p~lats-slass? d.
A. Polished plate glass varies in
thickness. 1t can be made as thin
as one-eighth of an inch or as thick
as one and one-half inches. The
plate glass in general uss is from
three-sixteenths to five-sixteenths OF
an inch thick.
@. How did coats-of-arms origin.
~ 4s "a
A. Armorial bearings came into
existence probably about the middle
| Of the twelfth century. The shields
of the French knights in the First
Crusade were of plain polished met
al. Heraldry probably developed
during the Crusades, the knights
adopting devices for purpose of
identification and to commemorate
events. The Normans also began to
use such devices about the same
time, sometimes choosing animals or
objects whose names were similar
to their own. Soon the system be-
came so complicated that it became
necessary to introduce some system
and the science of Heraldry was
finally evolved.
O.. Please give a short biography
of Chaminade. l.. w. G..
A. Cecile Louise Stephanie Cham
made, the French composer, was
born in Paris in 1861. She was a
pupil of LIE Couppey, Savard, Mar
sick and GODDARD, and made her de-
but as a pianist at eighteel. Because
of their righteousness and piquant
rhythm, the Chaminade compost
lions were for a time very popular.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
OVERWORK
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

ceased to worry continually.
OF course, there are many cases
of true overwork. But if n will
use a little observation, he will mo-
tice that the men who are the most
efficient. who get the most work
done, those whom others regard as
live wires" are most careful about
their daily health habits.
There are a number Of simple
rules easily remembered that are
| recommended by the Life Extension
Institute. They are:
Ventilate every Dol you occupy.
Wear light, loose and porous
clothes.
Seek out-of-door occupations and
recreations.
Sleep out, IL you can.
Breathe deeply.
Eat sparingly of meats and eggs.
Eat some hard. some bulky, some
raw foods.
Eat slowly. .
Drink sufficient water.
stand, sit and walk erect.
Do not allow poisons and infec-
tions to enter the body.
Keep the teeth, gums and tongue
clean.
Work. play, rest and sleep in mod
Grafton. z
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
PUBLIC OPINION
ARMIsTICE DAY PARADE
Editor Evening News.

Gentlemen-Kindly allow space
for the following in your Public
Opinion" column in your valuable
paper:
While reading Wednesdays edi-
ton of the Perth Amboy Evening
News, 1 noticed the line of march
selected by the committee for the
Armistiee Day parade that, Hall ave-
nue., one of Perth Amboy's Main
business streets. was omitted.
AS d business man of Hall avenue
I do not think it proper to deprive
Hall avenue of the right Of having
the parade pass there as about six
ty per cent of the ex-service men
came from that section of the city
and fought in the great struggle.
When the Liberty loan. Red Cross
and other solicitations were being
taken the business men of Hall ave-
| nue. never failed to do their share
and always willingly subscribed.
Again, I ask, Is it right for them
to be deprived of seeing the parade
pass up Hall avenue.
Hoping that the parade committee
will look this matter over, l remain
Yours respectfully.
Hall Avenue Business Man
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

The early ace of mankind were
bearded.
1t would be interesting to exam
inc the portraits Of different gener-
atoms and nationalities and to dis
cover to what extent portraits could
be assigned to their proper places
in history by the record of the work
Of the z
In Greece shaving the face came
in with Alexander. He was a young
king. and 1t became popular to APP
pear young.
Greek sculpture commonly repre-
sented beardless men, for the rea
son that the sculptors largely chose
athletes for their models, and these
were young men. But when they
chose ideal types. as Homer or
Sophocles, they made them bearded
Homer with a long and flowing
beard, Sophocles with a beard of
moderate length.
In Arabia a man is honored in
proportion to the length of his
beard. "Tarry at JerichJ till your
boards are grown" is the word to
the hostages who had been sent
back with the insult of clipped
boards. The beard of Aaron has
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

Babe Ruth will sing in vaudeville
and the audience may break some
home-run records.
The western girls college teaching
gunnery must call it domestic SCI
ehce.
work. Well, we have the peace.
Do your Thanksgiving early and
avoid the rush.
From the high rents one would
think houses are being b0otlegged.
What has become of the old-fash.
Toned Mexico where election returns
were given in killed and wounded?
y Have you that rundown feeling
or do the neighbors refuse to gos-
sip about you?
Laughing may make one fat, but
being fat doesn't seem to be a laugh
Ing matter.
This weed that will cure the to-
baceo habit must be cabbage.
Most prophets are valuable be-
cause the opposite usually happens.
You seldom hear a man brag that
he has gotten 10000 miles cut of a
suit of clothes.
Tax lodging and taxi lodging
keep us all up In the air.
The moon is reported twelve miles
ahead OF Schedule and so are other
high things.
wrist watches have gone" Ours
/ wouldn't.
A Harvard professor is con-
vineed angle worms can think and
some are convinced he can't.
Mary Garden says she will marry
an oil king. Wonder If Mary knows
which n yet?
Roses are gone and violets are.
too. and we'll be soon, cause the
rents past due.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
Questions Answers

ANY reader can get the ansver to
any question BY writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ], Hsskin. Director.
nl,e. strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troublea 1t
does mo- attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake. ezhaus-
tive research on n subject Write
your 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., 1921-11-05

Roses are gone and violets are,
too, and Wen be soon, cause the
rents past due.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

Mary Garden says she will marry
an oil king. Wonder if Mary knows
which one yet?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05

A Harvard professor is con-
vineed angle worms can think and
some are convinced he can't.
The Nome nugget., 1921-02-12
COMMERCIAL BODIES FIGHTING FOR
 ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

SpuI-red into action by the refusal of the House of Representatives to allow the $s55.OO0 appropriation asked for Alask1l road and trail construction by the War Department. the Chambers of Commerce of AlaSlt:l are bombaryi- ing the Senate with telegrams urging that body to increase the $350, 0,00O al lowed by the lower house to the sum originally sought by the department.
 The Juneau Commercial Associa- ton has apparently taken the inftia- tive in the fight 70 obtain the full amount asked and has sent wires to the various Chambers and other civic bodies urging them to wire Senators Warren. Wordsworth and Chamberlain asking them to work for the full ap- propriation. The Juneau message points out that the appropriation of the full s955, 900 asked is vital 70 the success of the cooperative building devised by the Alaska Road Commits on which contemplates road and trail construction on an immnesely in creased scale and an expenditure O nearly two million dollars in trai' work annually. The tex. of the Ju neau telegram is a3 follows
 Juneau. Feby 9-2l. Chamber of Commerce. Nome.
 Army bill as passed House cuts War Department estimate for Alaska roads from S955,000 to s35O0OO. Urge your organization to immediately wire Senators Warren. Wadsworth and Chamberlain, requesting that the full amount he appropriated. as the CO., operative program, which contem- plates an expenditure of nearly two million yearly, depends upon it.
 signed Juneau Commercial Associa- tion. Allen Stattuck. president.
 The local chamber lost no time in wiring the senators named to the fol- lowing effect.
 ''We appreciate government re- trenchment policy. Alaska materially injured on account of war Assis tunce needed now to rehabilitate. Co., operative road building program vital We urge you to use your best efforts roads appropriated this session.
The Nome nugget., 1921-02-12
TREASURY IS
 FACING SERIOUS STRAIN

Rigid economy in .he affairs of ter- riuory must be the order of public af- faIrs during the next two years or plans for the raising of greater revenue m'Isa be devised. in the opinion of those familiar with the tewiuory's finanoas.
 At the present time all public monies that cnpne into the public treasury are derived dpotn license fees and special taAes on the output of mines and the fisheries. These have been hsufaicient to carry on the business of the territory and for the past two years thu public business has cost more than the income.
 According to the books in the of- flee of Territorial Treasurer Smith there is an annual incdme of about $550.00o.
 The large pant of the territorial moir,tes are derived from the fisheries business. On account of litigation
The Nome nugget., 1921-02-12
FAMOUS CASE DECIDED
Steward Gateway

NNeHdTu NEi-t"ayD
 H. F.. Ellis. known as Copper River Red owner of the famous Cliff Mine at Valdez. which produced over Il million dollars in gold. gets de cision in his favor in q prolonged and protr,rted litigation. Judge Jennings ut Juneau. to whom the case was transferred from Valdez. recently rend- cred his opinion after trying the case unop deposition and briefs of the various attorneys, and gives a sweep ing decision in favor of Ellis.
 Edmund Smith. George Treat and Logan Archibald. all former residents of Valdez. and of considerable prom,- hence in Alaska, endeavored to com pei Ellis to deed to them a fifth inter est in the mine and the valuable ma- chinery used in operating the claims. The case, or some features of it. has been tried in the United States appel late court at San Francisco, on two occasions. and has been fin the courts since. 1915. F.. F.. Ritchie. Donohoe and Dimond, of Valdez: Lyons X Or ton and Simth, Chester and Brown, of Seattle, represented Smith, Treat and Archibald. and l.. V. Ray of Seward is the attorney who acted for Ellis.
The Nome nugget., 1921-02-12
LOCAL NATURALIST
 RECEIVES HONOR

Chs,s. W. Thornton, whose studies of the plant life of this region have resulted in considerable increase in knowledge of local flors. as well as in the discovery of several new species. has achieved the pleasant distinctio of having one of his latest finds named after him. according to Il letter received by him on a recent mail from Paul C. Stanley, Assistant Curator of sonian Institute. Mr. Stanley writes under date of December 3:
 Upon receipt of q letter from Dr. J NJ. Greenman. strtins that he had named the new species of Senecio which you collected on Seward Pen insult "Scnecio Wigh.ii... I wrote to him. suggesting that it would be only proper for him to change the specific name of +he plant. and name it for the collector. Dr. Greenman has kindly consented to do this, and sn the species will be published instead as ''Senecio Thorntoni :"
 I am glad tha+ We have the oppor- tunity of making this slight recogni- ton of the valuable botanical work which you have done in the last few years in the region about Nome.
 Nar-y
 Paul C. Standley.
 Assistant Curator, etc :"
 The species of plants included in the Senecio family are quite abundant near Nome, no less than six types having been found by Mr. Thornton According to Charles Francis Saun- ders, author of several botanical works the genus Senecio is an ex- ceedingly numerous one. comprising perhaps 1000 species altogether. and is distributed almost throughout the world. More than 40 varities arei n- flower is usually of yelowish hue. with about q dozen rays or petals q half inch or less in leng.h radiating from a central disk and grow in loose. branching clusters. The plant is q somewhat shrubby perinnial forming a bush usually two or three feet Ugh. but sometimes taller. Tho leaves are alternate. narrow and are distinguish This is probably responsible for the narne Senecfo. which, acc ,rdine to the author referred to is a modification of the Latin word Senex, meaning an old mar.
The Nome nugget., 1921-02-12
THE LESSER EVIL

"Of the two evils, you should choose the lesser observed the Benedict.
 'Huh," Erunted thA Batchelor. "Is that why you would rather go out and home and spend the evening there?