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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
A LESSON UNHEEDED

The praise given that stretch of concrete
road in Railway by the New York state highway
commissioners, who declared that it is one of the
finest stretches of highway they have ever seen,
ought to set the members of the New Jersey
State Highway Commissioners thinking.
With this beautiful example of highway con-
structi~ before them the New Jersey commits
sion has deliberately awarded a contract for
continuing the paving of this particular road
from the end of the present concrete to the
Elizabeth city line with a patent material which
will cost the state a great deal more than IT
would have cost to have continued the present
concrete.
What is the excuse for handling the taxpay-
ers' money in this manner when there is so
much to be done in the way of highway con-
struction?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
d3@S
A GENTLE REMINDER

A dispatch from Montana telling of the first
fall of snow reminds us that winter is rapidly
approaching. The weather hereabouts has been
unusually fine for the past few weeks, but with
the first real storm there will be a decided
change. If the coal bin is not filed 1t is time
to get busy. One cannot help but wonder how
much of the hundreds of dollars being spent
lat the carnivals and amusements generally,
fought to be going toward preparing for the long,
cold months to come. There is the furnace to
be fixed and the roof to be made tight. Time is
.terowing short for accomplishing these things.
ri incidentally, we are reminded that the Mackay
bal probe committee which was appointed by
he last legislature, has been holding numerous
hearings in an effort to bring about a reduction
Fin the price OF. coal, but in spite of their %investi-
cation the price Of coal has been advanced in
many places even while the hearings are going
Ton. This committee is spending $4,000 of the
Taxpayers money and the results so far are nil.
'Unless the Mackay committee can show some
Immediate hopeful results of its labors," says
the Paterson Press-Guardian, sit should &C.
Knowledge defeat, fold its tents and go out of
business. The people are getting tired Of the
demonstration in New Jersey which. to date. has
echo of the federal Investigation that blew up in
smoke several months ago."
That's Just about the size of the matter. and
those who have been holding off thinking that
something would be accomplishing had better
not delay any longer. AS We remarked at the
beginning, winter is only as far off as Montana
and it sometimes takes mighty little time to
cover that distance east.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
"PARTY GOVERNMENT"

President Harding has named four men to
represent the United States at the disarmament
conference to be held in Washington In Novem-
Der. They are Secretary of State Charles E.
Hughes, Elihu Root, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and Senator Oscar W. Underwood. All
are Republicans excepting Senator Underwood.
The defenders of the administration declare
that the fact that there are three Republicans
and only one Democrat Is due to President
AHarding's 'scrupulous regard for the preroga-
Aeeves of 1party-gevernment.'"
It seems 1t makes a difference who plays this
.ssparty government" game. Woodrow Wilson
was bitterly assailed by Republican senators
for doing exactly what President Harding is
doing, in spite of the fact that in most of the
Numerous bureaus and special departments Gre
ated during the war President Wilson named
Republicans to head them.
AS the Harding administration progresses 1t
is interesting to note how the things that Presi-
dent Wilson was bitterly criticized for doing be-
4 come perfectly proper when done by President
4 Harding.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
Learn One New Thing Every Day

Bulletins By
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

the Oder, and focal point for a rich
mining and manufacturing province.
Even in the century of Americas
war of independence Upper Silesia
was a wooded. sparsely populated no
mans land that no nation would
have expended energy to fight for.
Now it is the western Pennsylvania
of Europe.
Silesian Cities Weaned from Breslau
"If you will draw a triangle on a
map of Silesia. with Gleiwitz. Myslo-
WITT and Tarnowitz at the apex
points, a triangle which would in
clude Kattowitz, you will mark off
an area about one-sixth the size of
Rhode Island in which three-quar-
ters of a million people had their
homes before 1914. Nor was this
region affected by the war.
"As these Silesian cities along the
borderland of the New Poland have
developed they have ceased clinging
to Breslau's skirts. They have been
made more self dependent by rail-
road lines and by a canal which
meets the Oder at Kosel to which
point the river has been made navi-
able"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
GOOD COMPANY
BY DIR. w. e, BARTON

boy has sold out his stock of maya
zines. and you have devoured the
morning paper down to the stubble.
what have you to think about?
How many good poems do you
know?
How much do you remember of
what you once learned of the teach
ings of the great philosophers?
Have you in your memory a deep
reservoir of good things which you
can draw out for your OWL refresh
ment when you need them?
When you lie awake in the night,
do you go through the foolish
process of fretting because you can
not sleep, or have you anything
good to think about?
The millstones of the human mind
Go ever round and round;
If they have nothing else to grind.
They must themselves be ground"
What is prostration but
the wearing out of the two millstones
with no grist between?
Fill your mind with good things.
Be good company for yourself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
ENFORCING THE GAMBLING LAW

Alderman Clark. who is spending a few days
IN milwaukee,, has sent the Evening News a cup
ming from the Milwaukee Sentinel OF septeihoei
4. showing that Perth Amboy Is NOT the Only
nlpce where the law against gambling, at tesu-
walls and carnivals is being enforced. The emp
ping reads as follows:
concessions conducting wheels OF 1ortuhtS
and other alleged gambling games at tne iesu.
Val on Edison street, between Oneida ana Knapp
streets, were ordered closed on Tuesday by Cap
tain Harry McCrory of the detective bureau.
.The edict forces the discontinuance OF games
with chances as fruit, candy, canned goods IN
dian blankets, kewpie dolls, vases and o'ner
prizes. 80
"A storm of protests followed the issuance OF
tho order. City Clerk j. j. Weiher. Jr., COM
tmander OF the Frank Stoltman post FORMER
Mayor David S. Rose and n number or alder-
men and officials of the post complained against
.ihe ruling. They called on Chief Laubenhelnler
and asked that the order be recalled but the
5chiet refused.
/" The games are ran contrary to the state
ruling on gambling ne said III reply. III the
proceeds went to the legion post. OF any other
worthy organization, we would allow the con-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
TIE RENTED HOME

TIE RENTED HOME
The money you have paid for rent
is gone beyond recall, though you
have paid it for a tent, or for a
stately hall; some landlord took 1t,
cent by cent, and left your bundle
small. Some landlord took your
iron men AMI left you feeling sore.
for you were needing every yen to
buy things at the store; and every
month he came again, and took
away some more. You've bought
that residence, alack, you poor mis-
guided gent You've bought the
blamed place front and back, and
by the strain you're bent and still
the landlord owns the shack. and
bones you for the rent. Not yours
the rooftree overhead, not yours the
cistern pump; the landlord owns h
fence and shed, the whole works
in a lump; when you can't pay him
you must tread the pathway to the
dump. When you are sick or out
of luck the landlord stern appears.
and clamors loudly for each buck
for which you're in arrears, and
hauls your dunnage in a truck to
soulless auctioneers. A sane and
prudent wight is he who in his W
shack dwells, though it may plain
and humble be, not built for bloom
ing swells; we see him meath his
vine and tree and note he's wearing
bells.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
Health Talks
ChiIdren's Diseases


With the fall opening of school
parents should add a fourth r to the
famous three RS of childhood
reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. This
fourth r stands for Right Living.
By applying it to children it will help
protect them against the dangers OF
p~reventable diseases.
By taking simple precautions, by
watching carefully for first symp-
toms, and by teaching the children
the first rules Of right living the
mother has the power to do much
in minimizing the danger Of diseases
which constantly children
gathered together in the school
room.
Many mothers believe-foolishly
enough-that it is better to let their
children catch what are known as
''children's diseases early-and get
over them. Such mothers do not
know that these diseases kill more
than fifty thousand children annual
ly.
Here are contagious diseases tpar-
ticularly dangerous during school
days) with their symptoms explain
ed so that mothers and teachers can
recognize them early and take pro-
per precautions:
DlE1 if1EIftlA. All acute QlSedsd
of the nose and throat. Caused by
throats." The germ enters the
? mouth and causes the growth of a
false membrane in the air passage
which strangles the victim. The
symptoms are sore throat, chills,
fever and general feeling of languor.
SMALL POX: Vaccination of a
child at the age of M year and
again at seven will remove any pos
sibility of catching this disease.
Symptoms are chills, headache,
backache, nausea, vomiting. Erup-
ton appears on hands and face on
third day.
WHOOPING COUGHS: "This "sim-
ple' disease kills ten thousand chill
dren annually. Starts like an ordi-
nary cold with an ordinary cough.
After a week Or ten days the
"whoop" is heard.
SCARLET FEVER: Symptoms
are a tired feeling. restlessness,
chills. vomiting, high fever. Skin
becomes hot and dry. Swollen
tongue becomes "furred." Rash and
more fever.
MEASLES: Another simple all.
ment" that claims thousands of vic.
Tins annually. symptoms: Cold
watery discharge from nose and
eyes, hoarseness and coughing.
MUMPS: Child or adult rarely haa
this disease twice. Symptoms:
Swelling and tenderness of glands
back of lower jaw.
CHICKEN POX: Rarely fatal.
Symptoms are generally INT as
small pox. Much itching.
SIMPLE COLD: Paves the way
more than anything else for serious
disease. Lowers the body resistance.
Children with colds should be
taught to use their handkerchief
when coughing or sneezing.
The best way for the mother to
prevent her children from catching
these diseases is to keep them in a
normal state of good health all the
time. Keeping the children away
from others with these diseases is
Z essential. If a mother or teacher
recognizes any of the above symp.
toms in a child, or thinks she does,
a physician should be consulted at
once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12

You r considered by others to be
good company. You can talk on sub
jects grave or gay, and people like to
have you with them.
Are you good company for your
self?
What have you to think of when
you are all alone?
You have your business and your
frets and cares, and you can think
Of them, but there are times when
those are just what you ought not
to think about. What else have
you to think about?
You do not care to think about the
things you talk about. There is no
joy in telling yourself the last joke
about Ford cars, though you get a
laugh out of your friends by telling
that. There is no fun in thinking
about your golf score, though that
is a fruitful theme of conversation.
What have you in your mind to
think about when you have nothing
to do but think?
When your train is delayed by a
wreck down the line. and the news
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
DODGERS

If you are rich and want to dodge taxes, you
you: spare change in tax-exempt bonds. There
are about SIS, 900. 900, 900 worth Of such securi-
ties in the country, not counting Liberty and
other bonds of the national government.
This enables many to dodge income tax. 1t
also keeps capital out of business.
When congress reconvenes, an attempt will
be made to provide for taxation of securities
now tax-exempt. But it cannot be done, without
a constitutional amendment, which would take
time. Time, however, is nothing to congress.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
PACKERS

The Wilson administration divorced the meat
packers from the activities outside the packing
busine; Now Attorney General Daugherty is
reported about to modify the ruling. so that
the packers, when they ship meat west. could
bring back fruit and groceries from the Pacific
coast in refrigerator cars that would otherwise
be empty.
Result: Threats of war between packers, CAL
ifornia fruit growers and the National Whole
sale Grocers' Association.
The packers needed breaking up. But hauling
empty freight cars when they could be filled
with freight is nonsense.
Congressman Fordney estimates that the new
tax bill will save the public 81 a year apiece.
But don't go right out and spend it. That saw
ing wort be effective for two years.
The soft drinks people have always acted as
if the country went dry for their particular
benefit. Pretty soft for them now, if the tax is
taken off!
1t is said that women will soon adopt knicker-
bockers for street wear. Knickerbockers for the
women and knock the bickers for the men.
The Bolshevist government demands that
those who take up the work of feeding Russia
shall be pledged to refrain from interfering
in her politics. When did the Bolshevists ever
refrain from interfering with the politics of
other nations?
A wild hawk was noticed on the spire of a
Fifth avenue church ir New York the other day.
Owing TO the pigeons in the church belfry, it is
supposed he came there TO prey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
O.. Is there an Assistant to the

@. Is there an Assistant to the
President ?-W. T. K.
A. At the present time there is no
such office as assistant to the Fresi-
dent. The creating of the position
OF Executive Assistant or Assistant
TO the President has been discussed
as it has been thought possible to
relieve the President of some rou
tine executive duties.
Q. How can peppers be peeled for
canning ?-F. T. M.
A. Place the peppers in a hot
oven from six % ten minutes until
the skin cracks and blisters, but do
not let them burn. The skins can
then be removed easily with a slen-
der pairing knife.
@. What crimes are punishable
with death under English and Unit
ed States laws?-A. w.
A. Under English Jaw there are
-four crimes for which capital pun
ishment may be exacted. They are:
Setting fire to royal d~ockyards or
arsenal; piracy with violence; trea-
son; murder. In the United States
each state has jurisdiction over its
own territory. Crimes punishable
with death include in various states
I CIHoI. Illul uSi dlool iapSr ~ >
robbery of the mail with jeopardy
to the lives of persons in charge, res
cue of a convict going to execution,
burning of a vessel of war, and cor
ruptly destroying a private vessel.
Q. Is Postmaster General Hays
still chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee ?-F. T. o.
A. Shortly after he entered the
cabinet. Will H. Hays resigned as
Republican national chairman and
was succeeded by John T. Adams,
national committeeman from Iowa.
@. Just where is the Muscle
Shoals Power Project located?-K.
K. P.
A. The Government Project of
Muscle Shoals is the Muscle Shoals
Dam, known as the Wilson Dam,
near Florence, Ala, which has a
normal population Of about 1000.
Muscle Shoals itself is a rapids on
the Tennessee river and is the end of
the navigation of that river until
above Knoxville. where the river is
again open to navigation.
@. Is Neufchatel cheese a cream
cheese?-G. U. s.
A. Neufchatel cheese Is not listed
as a cream cheese, since cream
cheese is usually made from milk
having about 6 per cent fat, while
Neufchatel cheese Is made from milk
having only four per cent fat.
@. What chemical is it that will
burst into flame when water is pour
ed upon tic. J. c.
A. The Bureau of Chemistry says
that metallic potassium practically
always bursts into flame when water
is poured upon it. In some instances
water will also have this effect on
sodium.
@. In what mine explosions were
most lives lost?
A. In the United States the great
est loss of lives occurred in the ex-
plosion at Monongah. w. Va. De-
cember 6. 1907, when 35S men were
killed. This was exceeded at Univer-
sal, Great Britain. in 1913, when 439
lives were lost; at Radbold, Ruhrre-
vier, Germany, in 1908. where the
loss was $50, and at Courriers,
France. in 1906. when 1909 was the
total.
O.. Why is the Adams apple SC
called?-T. z. A.
A. This projection in the neck is
formed by the thyroid cartilage. In
the male it is particularly prominent
| and is so called from the fancy that
it was caused by the forbidden fruit
| of the Tree of knowledge sticking in
the throat of Adam.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12

"Kattowitz. which vas besieged
for weeks because of the fighting be-
tween Poles and Germans Of Upper
Silesia, is one of those cities which
blossom on the long stems of mining
shafts, deep rooted but exotic" says
a bulletin from the Warrington. d. e.
headquarters of the National Geo.
graphic Society.
1T is one of the most fascinating
phases of geography, this matter OF
why cities are born, flourish, and
sometimes perish. From ancient
times ocean harbors and navigable
rivers. forts and crossroads of trade
routes have been magnets for hui
man population. But Kattowitz and
it's close-ciustered sister cities OF
Silesia are modern phenomena,
sprung up like mushrooms among
coal and iron mines.
"Quantity production and stand
ardization also seem to be modern
attributes of cities. Kattowltz is
akin to it's neighbors. Konigshutte
and Beuthen. along a straight line
to the northwest, and to Gleiwltz,
Zaborze and Zabrze to the west.
Zabrze retains that name on the map
though some of its Germanic nhabl-
tants. at M stage of the Worlo
War, thought it would sound sweeter
if it was called Hindenburg. and they
petitioned for that change.
Once in "Wild and WoOlly" East
"Kattowitz is about n hundred
miles to the southeast of Breslau,
mother city of Upper Silesia. Once
Breslau was the frontier city of Eu-
ropean civilization, Even in the
| century that Columbus sailed west
ward, all of Europe beyond Breslau
was the wild and woody east of the
continent.
when railway and waterway i'm
provements, telephone and telegraph
bound Europe into a new economic
unity Breslau emerged in another
role-that of a railroad center, ship
ping place at the navigable head OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
SMILE WITH ME
BY Tom Sims.

Even if you can tell a woman's age it is
best not to.
Lenine is slipping back because his clutch
won't hold.
If .neighbors had their way songbirds would
be ~jailbirds.
ireland seems to be at the little end of John
Bulls horns.
The Order of the Bath started in a house
with only one tub.
Perhaps the shipping Board was one of these
festive boards"
If you don't believe home-brewed beer is
medicine, taste some.
Collectors must feel popular; everyone asks
them to come back.
What's higher than travel on the high seas?
Travel on the railroads.
A man named Looney wants McAdoo for
President. Who's Looney?
Married men claim they live longer; but single
men say it only seems longer.
A Missouri woman wants to sell her hubby.
Most women would be glad to give theirs away.
Still. Silly stiller's still still sinking still sxill.
Now be still still.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12

cessions to continue, but where a large share Of
the gain is pocketed by the concession owners
we can not permit them to operate
This is the first instance in which the chance
games at carnivals have been suppressed. Sim
liar games will also be suppressed, the chief
stated, and warrants will be issued for the pro-
prietors. The closing edict followed a confer
ence Tuesday morning with District Attorney W.
c.. label.
Warrants were issued late on Tuesday for
the following for operating concessions at the
carnival: Elwood Allen. 1913 Firth street; Har-
ry Timer, s25 Third street; Theodore Lake, 90
Locust street, and Ada Lewandowski 1140 Third
avenue"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12
W TO QUESTIONS

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12

A wild hawk was noticed on the spire of a
Fifth avenue church ir New York the other day.
Owing TO the pigeons in the church belfry, it is
supposed he came there TO prey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-12

Congressman Fordney estimates that the new
tax bill will save the public 81 a year apiece.
But don't go right out and spend it. That saw
ing wort be effective for two years.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-05
FIGHT AGAINST HOG CHOLERA
Department Of Agriculture co.op. or
atsd With 81 States In Cam.
paign to Stop Disease. /.

The United States Department q
Agriculture during the last fiscal year
co-operated with "a states In investi-
eating reported outbreaks Of hog chol-
era, administering treatment, prevent
ing the disease from spreading, and
stamping out the contagion, by ap-
proved methods Of cleaning and dis
injecting premises. pens, and yards,
where cholera-sick hogs had been
held. 4 81
In addition, bureau Of animal indus
try veterinarians conducted demos.
STATIONS, assisted veterinary pracd.
TONERS in improving their technique,
and conducted general educational
work. During the greater part Of the
year, 40 veterinarians devoted their
time to, the control Of hog cholera, b1t
In the last quarter, when It becanas
evident that such activities would II
curtailed during the fiscal year I'M,
owing. to lack Of funds, the num5;elk
Of veterinarians was reduced For
the same reason It became. necessary
to reduce the educational part Of a.
work. Il
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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-05-05
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
How to Succeed How to Get Ahead
How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS

aren't going to be able to choose q
second time as far as that goes. To
waste most Of It in doing disagree.
able Of boresome work Is q vast pity.
Many women have been doing new
and interesting work. / have. heard
dozens Of women announce that they
would never return to the jobs they
had filled before answering the call
Of their country. Many had done only
routine work. and hated office life.
suc women are determined not to
fall back into the rut.
The salary IL not everything in a
job. You, yourself. are more impor-
tant than any salary. When you
plan for a job. study for It, seek It.
remember Yourself. Look for Joy IN
your job, a. much as for money I.
will Day you double measure q
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