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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
a PLATFORM OF ONE WORD

Assemblyman Peterson, in making his campaign for re-
election on the slogan of economy, is on the right track. He
does not need any other platform. Economy is the one big
word in this campaign and the candidate who sticks to it is
going to win votes.
Incidentally the people are going to be asked at
the coming election to pass on the proposition to bond the
state for $14, 00O,0 00 to be spent on the various state instl-
tutions. Here is a chance for the voters to take a little hand
at economy themselves. Perhaps if the people will cease
pouring out the money for the public officials to use just as
often as the officials ask for it, the officials will find some way
of financing these projects without so many bond issues ana
tax increases.
The various public boards and commissions have been
on a spending spree ever since the war. Why shouldn't hey
spend money like water when all they have to do is to ask
for more and it is forthcoming without the least compunc-
tion? Suppose a Young man who had formed the spending
habit was furnished with all the money he wanted by his
father every time he asked for more and when that was gone
more was forthcoming without any hesltancy on the part oil
the parent, why shouldn't the boy become a spendthrift?
Would not the father rather than the boy be to blame for the
extravagances INDUCED in?
The same thing applies to the conduct of public affairs.
The taxpayers are largely to blame for the waste in public
office because of the generous manner in which they Keep
puttino I'D the coin whenever the spenders ask for more.
Seldom has a request for money on the part of the public Of
fcials been turned down by the people. On the contrary, it
has usually been granted by an overwhelming majority. Isn't
it about time TO call a halt and tell the public officials that
thew must make what funds they already have at their dis
posal do for the present? Isn't it about time to let these
nublic officials known that the wild spending must cease;
That there is not an unlimited supply of coin in the pockets
of the people and that the ever-mountng tax rate and in
crease in bonded debt is getting irksome?
There is no doubt that the state institutions need extern
sive additions and repairs. They have needed them for a
long time. Why did the state legislature permit them to get,
in such a deplorable condition in the first place? Having
permitted it, let the state officials find a way out. They can
do it out of the savings that they could make in handling
state affairs once they find that the people are not going to
Acome across with more millions for the asking.
Yes, economy is the real issue in this campaign. Any
candidate who takes that as his slogan needs no other plat
foFm this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
THE CITIES ARE DOING IT

Even Philadelphia has a coming commission at work
The city on the Delaware founded by William Penn was laid
ont in tbe first place. in such straight lines with the street
forming complete squares, that it was hardly expected a city
plan or coming was necessary there. In fact, the idea is not
so much a plan as it is to restrict the character and size OF
building in certain localities.
tt is significant that the coming commission in Phlla-
delphia has been at work for nearly two years and IS only
now about ready to report. 1t is evident that planning a city
and establishing zones is no slight task. 1t IS something Una
takes months of study and it requires the advice of experts
along that line. Every city that has gone into this matter
thoroughly-and there are hundreds of them-has found
the services of an expert necessary.
All these cities are up and doing. They have engaged
their biggest men TO head the movement and a real work for
me development of the municipality is the result. There IS
not a place in the United States where there are greater pos
Utilities for development than right here in Perth Amboy II
ve only go about it in the right way. 1t is time something
! was done toward making use of our facilities if we are to
keep abreast with the times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12

@. What was the highest temper
allure in the United States last sum-
mer?-L. b.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
125 degrees registered at Greenland
Ranch. Death Valley. California. on
July 31st, was the highest anthem
tic reading for the year.
Q. How should an American flag
be disposed of when 1t is worn out?
e. i. b.
A. The State Department says
that the most satisfactory way TO
dispose of an American flag which
has become too old for service is
to burn IL.
@. What are the four anthrapoid
apes?-H. L. O.
A. The a~nthrapoid apes are the
orang-utan, the chimpanzee the go
rilla and the gibbon. All of these
approach and some exceed man in
size and all are more or less at
home in an erect attitude.
@. Was the Roman coliseum
standing in the time Of Christi
c. c.
A. This amphitheater was not
built until so A. d.
Q. What is oakum ?-F. F. A.
A. Oakum, which is used for
caulking. is any hemp fiber for fill
ing cams, but especially that OBJ
tanned by untwisting and breaking
up old rope.
@. How did Sing Sing get its
rame?-H. p. w.
A. Sing Sing" is derived from
the Indian words for "a stony place"
but the name of the town was
F., chanoaJ in 1Qn1 70 OScinin0
q. What was the name of Moses
sister who nursed him while he was
being cared for by Pharaoh's
daughter &c. H.. NJ.
A. Miriam the prophecies was the
sister of Moses and Aaron, and
while not specifically named is gen.
orally supposed to have acted as
nurse to him in his infancy.
@. Which state had the greatest
loss of men in the war?-J. B. G.
A. New York state suffered a loss
4,7S2 men in the World War which
was the greatest number. Pennsyl-
vania was second win a total of
1888.
G. When was the first University
Club established and how many are
there now IS. J.
A. The University Clul. of New
4 l. 4 city 10 tliS OitNoI ~
Vt the kind in the United States.
since its founding IN 1855, about 60
similar organizations have been es-
t~ablisheo.
@. OF what caliber is the Meiji
rife ok. NJ.
A. The M9iji or Arisaka rife is
a breech loading rifle of .256 inch
caliber, having a magazine holding
five cartridges loaded from a clip.
This rifle was used by the Japanese
infantry in the Russo-Japanese war.
Q. What is q Moa?-D. N. P.
A. The moa was a wingless bird
found in New Zealand somewhat
like an ostrich in appearance. 1t
varied from the size of a turkey to
birds IL feetin length. They were
edible and their determination more
than 500 years ago is probably due
to this fact. i
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
A LEAKING HEART
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEL WELL

eat enough good nourishing food to
keep his muscles well nourished, but
he cannot eat indigestible foods, for
this calls upon the heart for more
action.
He cannot afford to indulge in
foolish eating Is a man with a
strong heart and a cast-iron stomach
thinks he can do.
There are various forms of exer-
else which a man with a leaking
heart can take. He must have some
form of exercise or he cannot keep
his muscles in trim. He can play
tennis. ride a horse or swim. But
these must be entered into moderate
ly. He must respect his wind and
not make a heavy drain on his heart.
If he feels his heart pounding in
his chest, or in his throat and is
panty" he should stop Immediately.
The man has gone o far in his
exercise whenever he finds these
symptoms. He is doing himself harm
rather than good by such action.
The important thing to remem-
Der about a leaky heart is that it is
all right as long as it is strong
enough to supply the extra demand
for blood which is called for because
of the leak. Building up the wind
is one of the best ways to do this
| and for this reason 1t is that eXer-
cises should be taken in moderation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
A FINE r
BY DR.. w. f.. BARTON

Indeed, I do not like to be disap-
pointed. Being disappointed Is large
" a habit. People can max up their
minds to enjoy life, and enjoy 1t. In
spite of its inevitable trials. Or. they
can go through life disappointed in
everything, and disappointing every
body, CheSterton says:
II have met a tourist who has
seen the great Pyramid, and who
told me that the Pyramid looked
small. Believe me, the tourist look
ed much smaller.
THE mistake of critics is not that
they criticize the world. but that
they never criticize themselves.
IL delicately suggested to those
who were disappointed in the Sphinx
that it was just possible the Sphinx
was disappointed in them. The
Sphinx has seen julius Caesar; it
has certainly looked on the face of
the young Napoleon.
rs it not barely possible, l limited
to my fellow tourists, that after
these experiences the Sphinx might
be a little depressed at the sight of
you and me?"
1t is good to cultivate the fine art
of not being disappointed. One
gets more out of life, and also gives
more.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
BY YOUR FINCERPRINTS
SHALL THEY KNOW YOU

ploye can learn to identify prints
after a few hours study. That Will
be part of his training.
Life insurance companies will take
up finger printing, too.
When a person takes out a policy,
his prints will be placed on the pol
icy. And when he dies his prints
will be taken again and compared
with those in the policy.
That will ave life insurance COM
panies thousands of dollars they are
spending every year now in litiga-
ton arising from disputed identity
cases.
When you register for voting in
the future, you'll put your finger
prints alongside your name. ThatU
prevent doubling at elections.
Prints will be used in civil service
examinations, too. to prevent a man
from taking part of the examination
and letting a clever man double
for him on some other part.
Passports will carry finger prints.
They're more conclusive ideptifica-
ton than photographs.
And prints will be used on every
deed, mortgage, transfer, contract
or any other official document where
Identification is required - even on
notes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
COLUMBUS DAY

October i2 is the 429th anniversary of the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus. All over the world it Is
celebrated as Columbus Day.
What Columbus sought was a shortcut route to India,
BY way of the westward ocean.
What he discovered was more than a continent, it was
was a turning point in civilization and government.
When the fearless Italian navigator landed ON the ISL
and and Guanahani, West Indies, in the early morning of Oc-
tober ~, 1892, he opened the door of the land that made
government by the people possible.
Gold lured the early explorers of America. But it was
refugees from European political oppression that built the
foundations of the mighty civilization that has risen on the
American continent.
Individually, and as a nation, we owe a tremendous debt
10 Christopher Columbus. And let us not forget the queen
who pawned her jewels to finance his venture into the I'M
charted Atlantic ocean.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12

Mr.. G. X. Chesterton has been to
Jerusalem, and has written about
his experiences there. So many
people had preceded Mr.. Chesterton,
and had written of what they saw,
it must have been hard for him to
say anything original about it. But
he has done fairly well. He says he
was not disappointed in the old
Biblical city:
Various cultivated critics told me
I should find Jerusalem disappoint-
ing; and l fear that it will disap-
point them hat 1 am not disap-
pointed"
Not at all. If other people had
gone to Jerusalem and found 1t all
that they hoped. Mr.. Chesterton
would surely have found it very dis
appointing: but inasmuch as that is
not the ordinary verdict. no one who
reads Mr.. Chesterton could doubt
that he would find it exactly what
other people did not.
In this instance l am in accord
with Mr.. Chesterton. l was not dis
appointed in Jerusalem. l knew be-
fore l went there about the dirt and
the fleas and the beggars, and | de-
termined to enjoy the city in spite
of them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
AVENEL

Mrs. Wilma Burdge and son,
Robert, of Newark, visited Mrs. L. b.
Van Slyke on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Edward Moran is i'll at her
home.
Miss Edith Baker spent Monday
evening in Sewaren.
w. Chester and family visited
friends in Newark on Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Z. Weiner was a Newark Wis
itor Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles Sissel visited friends
at Elizabeth Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b. Labat and Miss
Susan Sabo motored to Newark re-
Gently.
The Avenel Sunday school orches-
ira held their regular practice Mon
day evening at the home of Mrs. L.
b. Van Slyke.
Mrs. r. Lance spent Tuesday in
New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
Science Service
PAINT YOUR HOUSE? NO NEED!
COLOR'S "BUILT' INTO IT NOW

The modern building methods.
using concrete, stucco, and speclai
roofing material, has created a new
demand in the mineral field.
Formerly the desired color effect
was obtained by the use of paint or
by colored building stone, brick,
tile or terra Gotta. Stucco walls and
composition roofing, now so general
ly used, are dull and unpleasant
looking, so architects have devised
a method of injecting into the sur
suitable and permanent colored
gravel, or aggregate" to use the
trade name. In this way, not only
is the desired color effect secured
and the walls and roofs beautified,
but a surface finishing is provided,
which is most enduring.
Slate aggregate" is often used.
Several companies in the east make
a business of grinding slate and sort
ing 1t to the desired uniform size.
One company produces an exclu-
sive permanent green slate. "ag-
gregate,' much desired for roofing.
Another company makes a specially
of a purple blue slate product. In
Virginia there is a company en-
gagged in making aggregate" out of
a CLASSY apple green rock. This hnds
a very wide market on account OF
the peculiar color and color effect.
Several plants are engaged in
grinding the waste mica from the
mica plants to produce silvery white
flakes, which are suitable for roofs
and on stucco walls.
The value of any particular min
eral is however chiefly in it's color.
This demand for color, in present
day building, has in recent years
made a market for a number of new
and unique industries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
BY HARRY ii. CALDWELL
President International Association
for Identification

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-You'll
be putting two signatures on all your
bank checks before long.
First you'll take a pen and write
your regular signature, as you do
today.
Then you'll place three fingers on
an ink pad you carry in your pocket
and put your finger prints ove your
signature.
Any clever crook can forge that
first signature and get your money
out of the bank. But the finger
prints are a signature no one can
copy.
When finger prints come into gen.
eral use in banking. forgery will be-
come a lost art. But they'll do more
than protect you against criminals.
They'll get your checks cashed for
you in places where you wouldn't be
accommodated un icr present bank
ing methods.
When you travel in the future
you'll carry a little card bearing your
finger prints and a statement from
the cashier of your home bank, indi-
eating that they're yours.
Any cashier or other bank en-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
BY DR.. r.. III. BISHOP

Statistics show that heart disease
kills more people annually than do
either tuberculosis or cancer. In
vestigation indicates, too, h a a
great many of the cases of heart dis
ease now occurring are preventable.
Under favorable conditions a leaky
heart. which is one of the forms of
heart disease term quite j elusive
can be so treated that the effect of
the trouble will not be 'elt until old
age.
Men with sound hearts probably
can afford to live lazy lives, Convert
ing their muscles into putty, but the
man with a leaky heart must keep
his muscles in trim if he would V
long.
In the case of a leaking heart,
some of the blood that should be
bumped into the arteries leaks out
through the tiny outlets not intended
for that purpose and so the heart
must repump some of the blood each
beat. This requires good red mus
Gle.
\ good red heart muscle is not
possible to keep without first keep
ing the arm and leg and shoulder
muscles big and strong. Then. too,
he man with a leaky heart has to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
BY HERBERT QUICK

ID XshS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12-No n
ran blame Japan for entering the
disarmament conference in q guard
ed way.
Her whole future. in some re-
spects. may hang on the decisions.
SO may ours. So may those of the
British empire.
Japan has left many I%oopholes
open for withdrawal II she desires
10 withdraw. She insists on her
reservation that matters
ing only a few nations or which are
accomplished facts" ought not to
be brought into the discussion.
Does the Shantung matter con-
Germ only a few nations? And how
about the Siberian occupation?
What of freedom of immigration
under this head? And the zap Is
land controversy? How many of
these are accomplished facts?"
That is to be worked out
Japan has a treaty of alliance
with Great Britain now expiring.
Japan wants this treaty renewed.
Great Britain dislikes to denounce
the treaty. Yet not only Great Bril-
tain but some of her colonies do not
want it renewed unless on terms
satisfactory to us.
Japan's Future
If this treaty is not renewed, jap
an may be isolated. But she wants
friends and allies.
How will Italy and France line up
in the conference? 1 think it fair to
cay that they will look at the Pa
cifc questions with something of the
eye of outsiders; and that should
make for justice.
Japan's desire for friends and al
lies ought to impel her to accept
every just decision.
Open Meetings
There has been a good deal of
honest opinion expressed In this
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
HELP OF ALL NEEDED
TO CUT ARMAMENT

country in favor of perfectly open
meetings of the conference.
1t is perfectly safe to say that the
meetings will most of them be held
in private. When tentative PROPOSE
tons are put forward diplomats do
not like to have them prematurcly
discussed. Such discussions often
make it impossible for the person
making them to back out.
The most that we car expect from
the disarmament conference is that
an honest policy of publicity be ar
rived at.
The civilized world will be on trial
this fall and winter. 1t will be on
trial as to its t~ruthfulness and as to
its sense of Justice.
And its statesmen will be called
upon for a higher craftsmanship, a
more lofty exaltation of spirit, a
more complete dedication to the
good of not only their own peoples
hut of the world thap ever before.
1t is easy to make WARRIOR states
men. To make peace takes a greater
man. To plan for permanent peace,
the greatest of all.
We, as q people shall be on trial.
Let US see how broad we can be,
how fair. how sympathetic with
other people.
Fearful of Result
My last word is that l am fearful
of the result.
Our people and the peoples of
other nations will support almost
any effective plan to remove the
crushing load of war they carry;
that load so we'll described in Jap
ans note as "the d~eadening burden
on industry and cultural develop
ment which swollen and competitive
ornaments create"
Let US dedicate ourselves to such
a support of every endeavor our
representatives may make to that
end.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
Will Whole Cities Wear Gas Masks
In Next War?

In connection with present discus
sion concerning the use of aircraft
in war, particularly the formation
of deadly gases to be released from
airplanes, the National Geographic
Society has issued from its Wash
ington, ID. c., headquarters the fol-
lowing bulletin:
Loaded with high explosives of
today, the modren air bomb will cave
in the whole fronts of buildings,
shatter armor, and demolish all
sorts of military objects. including
the destruction of life by concus-
sion," says the bulletin, which is
based on a communication from
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, Assis-
tant Chief of Air Service, U. s. A.
For instance, the whole waterfront
at Halifax was destroyed by an ex-
plosion in the harbor.
Heretofore projectiles from large
cannon have beer designed to pierce
the armor of battleships, and then
cause their effect by driving the
fragments through the bulkheads
and into the various parts of the
ship. Twenty-Five such shots went
clean through the German flagship
but, aside from killing about 200 of
the personnel. never destroyed the
speed of this ship. These twenty
five shots altogether a no more
than about 1000 pounds of explo-
sive in them.
Single Air Bomb would Wreck Ship
But one OF u present air
bombs, which weighs n ton and
contains from 1000 TO 1.400 pounds
of explosive, dropped on her from
an airplane, would have wrecked
this ship to such an extent as to put
her completely out of action and end
her usefulness as a war vessel.
"Our cities in this country are
particularly subject to the destruc-
tive effects of bombardment on &C
count of the inflammable character
of the constructions and in many
| cases the difficulty encountered IN
| getting people out of them In the
! event of such an attack.
Why Some Cities Are Likely Targets
New York is a notable example.
1t is situated on a narrow peninsula,
| and so marked out by two rivers on
| each side of it that it cannot be
mistaken from aircraft, either by
day or by night. Communications
off this peninsula for people trying
to get away from a bombardment
attack are very bad. so that the pop
| ulation could not get away, and the
conflagration which would be incl
dent to it would be more serious
than anything that has ever oc-
Cured in any city.
"Bombardment from airplanes Is
not confined to a coast-line because
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tones, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the Acknowledged liver
and disordered bowels.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions. away
goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you a bad taste, coated tongue.
poor appetite, a lazy. don't-care feeling,
no ambition or energy. trouble with
undigested foods? Take Olive Tablets
the substitute for calomel.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one Or two at bedtime for quick
relief. Eat what you like. 15c and 3oc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12

Cities have more than so per cent
of the population. That's what is
wrong with the country.
The onion crop is above normal
and strong winds are predicted this
winter.
All war paths lead to ruin.
Drive slow or be driven slow.
One way to keep others off your
toes is be on them yourself.
Congress Khan Probe"-headline
1t sure Khan.
Modest Rents Seems to mean
they have beer well raised.
Time women buy a few more
pistols this will be the Western
hemisphere.
Some wedding rings are around
the eyes.
An alarm clock that went off like
corks popping would get most men
out of bed.
Void oats are hard to tame.
Distance doesn't lend much en-
chantment to prosperity.
A body, said to be 1000 years old,
has been dug up in Maine. Police
are at work on the case.
-
The worst habit is the habit of
forming bad habits.
Voliva says the world is fiat. We
know one who thinks himself Ma
poleon.
This charge OF the tite brigade is
awful.
Bedtime Story: II am going TO get
up early in the morning."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-12
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