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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28

who go there to be divorced.
But in Massachusetts, a woman
has only n~inety-six chances out OF
a hundred of being married, and
would have less but for the immi-
grafton which comes into that state
and remains there.
In the older states the ratio of
men to women is usually less than in
the newer ones. A woman in the
west has a better chance, arithmeti-
cally, of marrying, than in the east.
Most school teachers marry, and
that is well. The school officials do
not like it, but the marriage of
teachers deserves to be encouraged.
The average school teacher is likely
to be a good wife and mother.
A majority of stenographers
marry, and that is well. They ought
to marry. The training of children
In the schoolroom is in general bet
ter preparation for matrimony than
Office work; but on the other hand, a
majority of stenographers live at
home and have some domestic re-
sponsibility.
America is not depleted of its
manhood. An enormous majority
of our girls who grow up will have
husbands, That is an encouraging
fact for the girls, and not less so for
the men whom they are to marry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-That
| the Chinese are prepared 10 with
draw from the Washington CONFER
ence. unless they get what they con-
slider a square deal, is the opinion OF
some Well-informed observers.
1t has repeatedly stated that the
Chinese demands are for the most
part merely trading points, and that
China does not expect to get them
all. There is reason to believe, how
ever, thai China is determined TO
get due recognition of her rights as
a nation or else refuse TO sign any
agreement whatsoever.
In this bold stand the Chinese are
supported by two considerations. In
the first place. they made a distinct
gain by refusing their sanction to the
treaty of Versailles. Their refusal to
sign that treaty left the Chinese
problem entirely unsettled, and now
il has come up for international con-
! s%ideration again with much better
| prospects for a solution favorable TO
The Chinese. In the second place,
some solution of the Chinese prop-
lem is necessary to the success Oh
the conference. China's wlthdraWai
would be a serious matter. Pubic
opinion weighs heavily with the con-
ference and public opinion demands
a fair deal for China, which is per-
haps the one genuinely peaceful and
peace-loving nation represented at
the conference. While other ma
tions have piled up ornaments II
cherished imperialistic ambltlons'
the Chinese have peacefully gone
their way. Stronger and more pei
ligerent nations have sliced their
country up into spheres of influence
and more progressive" nations have
exploited it commercially. and yet
China is today one of the most DIS
tinctive and unified nations in race
and culture on earth. Furthermore,
although it has not adopted all OF
the machine technology of the west
ern civilizations, it has a civilization
of its w which commands world
wide respect. The Chinese have
shown that O nation which tends 70
the business of raising crops and ba-
bies NAV retain it's individuality in
spite of all sorts of military n
commercial aggressions on the part
of other nations. China is an expert
ment in peaceful living. Leave her
alone and give her a chance. That
seems to be about the gist OF the
more intelligent popular demand.
Conditions in China.
In order to stimulate this demand
the Chinese are making earnest ef-
forts TO explain the actual condition
of their country TO w~esterners. the
casual reader Of newspapers is apt
TO think of China as a nation torn
10y civil var and in a somewhat cha
otto condition. AS a matter of fact,
the civil war in China does not
amount to as much as did our recent
coal mine in West Virginia. There
are two national governments in
China and they occasionally make
military expeditions against one an
other. Yet extremely few men are
killed or wounded in these wars.
Telegraph lines. mails and railroads
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28

national government. She needs a
better one than she now has, 10 De
sure. She will never have a stable
currency. for example, until n mas
a stable national government. But
the preponderance OF local power
over national power may well be an
advantage to the Chinese in their fu-
ture development.
What China needs, in order 10
pursue that development, is ffee-
dom from outside interference, n
that Is the gist of all thai n Is
asking of the conference. She wants
her territorial and political integrl-
~ affirmed, she wants the pollcy OF
the open door reaffirmed. She want
all spheres of influence abolished
and all secret agreements concern
ing her revealed. She wants no
plans made concerning her without
her full knowledge and consent. she
wants control of her natural re-
sources and of her public utilities
She wants foreign troops Withdrawn
from China. She wants all OF the
concessions, that have been maue
by China to foreign concessionalres
reviewed, and she wants those abro-
gated that are no longer equitable or
hat have .lapsed by non-fulfillment
of terms. China wants her debts al
iusted on the same basis as those Oh
the other nations. She is no more
insolvent than the European nations,
and she does not see why these ma
tons should assume the right to take
charge of her financial affairs.
These are the main things China
hopes to get from the conference.
Her method is to seek to create pop
ular sympathy for and understand
ing of her position. and to get her
case before the conference early IN
it's sessions, while public interest is
still active. Closed doors n secret
understandings have always cen
Chjna's undoing. Even as she is the
one nation which come forward with
a clean record Of not having dis
turbed the peace, so she is the only
one which is free of all leanings to
secret diplomacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
TILT FACES
r

The first principle" upon which
the japanese offered to restore
shantung was ito return to China
the lease of the kiaochao Bay ter
ritory and the rights relating to the
neutral zone"
Another principle" was for the
Join. operation with the Chinese) OF
the Shantung railway"
China rejects Japan's proposals
point blank. >She contends Japan
can not return the lease of terri
tory formerly held by Germany be-
cause that lease expired the mo-
ment China declared war against
Germany.
Japan's occupation of Sh%antung,
the Chinese delegation insists. Is
purely military and the peninsula
must be returned Internationally.
Must Quit hallway
Japan's stipulation relating to
"joInt operation of the Shantune
railway (also formerly belonging to
German ~subjects) is unacceptable for
similar reasons. China is willing to
pay Japan hale the appraised value
of the railway but refuses to make
this a condition of Japan's evacua-
ton of the territory.
1uAHdt III HGi hichioAoiitoAhs nv
where mentions Shantung. but the
point is covered in the general prin-
ciples.
The Chinese delegation says If the
greas powers a be made to live
up TO the American doctrine of the
open door. territorial integrity and
/ political independence and the prin-
ciple of equal trade opportunities
japan will naturally have to get OUT
of Shantung.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
BY WIN. PHILIP SINfMS
Written Expressly for the N. Il. A.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-China
and Japan having reached a dead
lock with regard to the return of
Shantung, only the friendly inter-
vention of the United States and
Great Britain can prevent this
phase of the Far Eastern problem
tying up the conference.
Japan's direct proposals to China
naming the conditions under which
Japan would get out of Shantung,
resulted in the two countries draw
ing further apart than ever. Aside
from the unacceptability of the Jap
anese proposals. the attitude of Min
lister Obata at Picking riled the Chi,
nese almost TO the boiling point.
When the Japanese minister called
at the Waichiaopu 1.-THE Chinese for
eign ofiice) to get China's reply TO
Japan's proposition he at first said
he did not feel justified in conveying
China's response to his government.
Instead, he suggested the Chinese
think 1t W. a while longer.
subsequently, however. he con-
scented ito take II way. read it care
fully, and decide later whether or
not he would accept it,"
China Wrought Up
Nothing since Japan's attempt TO
bully China into accepting the "21
demands" of 1914 has so angered
the Chinese as this incident.
1t is now an open secret that
China had nothing to say directly
to Japan with regard to Shantung
but will wait for the conference here
to intervene.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
THE CANDY "FIEND"

tive organs out of order or put on a
lot of fat.
Ten chocolate caramels during the
day are the same as an extra meal,
and yet how few women realize this
when they are indulging themselves?
A person who eats as much candy
as hat should skip a. meal to give
the stomach a chance to catch up.
If you eat candy instead of the
third meal you are taking your food
in too concentrated a form, which is
irritating to the stomach. The stom-
ach was built to take care OF foods
having proper bulk for it to work
on. Candy Furthermore does not con-
tain vitamines and minerals that are
essential to good health.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
TERROR

An airplane, protected by steel armor plate and mount
ing thirty machine guns, has been perfected by John M.
Larsen, Long BLAND inventor and engineer.
/ Daily it becomes more certain that the next wars major
Sombats will be fought in the air.
The disarmament conference has it within its power to
prevent the next war" Then brains like Larsen's can de-
vote themselves to the perfection of fool proof transportation
of passengers and freight by air. The inventor of a war de-
vice turns the clock backward.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28

O. What Is the international
status of>Fiume?-F. b. l..
A. The State Department says
Fiume is a free city and an inde-
pendent nation. although 1t has not
been recognized as such by the
American Government.
@. Tell me when the house fly
came into existence c.
A. The common housefiy has been
known to man as far back as VIZ
have any record. and fossil flies
have been found in rocks of prehis.
toric times.
@. What are the morning and
evening stars?-V. T. l..
A. The morning stars at present
are Mercury, Venus. Mars. Jupiter,
Saturn and Neptune. The evening
star is Uranus, but ii crosses the
meridian so early in the evening
that is scarcely visible to the naked
eye.
@. Under the Washington Agree
ment between the coal operators
and miners. do the non-union fields
have a right to u wages before
March 81, 1922.
A. The ~so-called Washington
agreement is not involved in this
question. as hat agreement was to
run until the end of the war or until
March 81, 1920. The agreement
now in effect is that established
under the award of the Bituminous
Coal Commission following the
strike of November. 1919. and 1t
runs until March 81, 1922. The
question of it's application to nom
union fields is a matter of contro-
versy. The West Virginia non-un-
ion operators have generally held
that the award of the Commits
sion and the subsequent agreement
did not apply to them, and have
acted on the assumption. The min
ers generally have contended that
the award and agreement should
govern %non-union as well as union
fields.
Q. How many of the states have
satisfactory laws for the registra-
ton of deaths?-F. F. s.
A. In "a states there are laws
which are regarded as satisfactory
for death registration, since at least
so per cent of all deaths are regis
tered. In II states there are laws
under trial, which will probably be
found satisfactory, while in South
Dakota, Nevada and Arizona, the
laws do not secure good death reg
istration.
@. When did the American eagle
first appear on our money Nv. Il.
T.
A. The design of the eagle was
authorized for use pm gold and sill
Ger coins Of the United States by
the Coinage Act of April 2, 1892.
during George Washington's admin
istration.
Q. Can an ostrich run as fast as
a horse ?-G. A. f..
A. At full speed an ostrich Is said
to make 90 miles an hour and for a
limited time can outrun a horse.
Ostriches can be run down by men
on horseback, because the ostrich
runs in more or less of a circle and
the horseman can take Advantage
Of the facs.
@. How does a farce differ from
a comedy? What is considered the
best farce?-I. l.. X.
A. A farce differs from a comedy
in the emphasis placed OH the plot.
IE a. farce the characters are what
the plot requires them TO be. while
in comedy the plot is subordinated
to the characters. The Farce de
Pathelin is considered the most ia
nous, its authorship being attrib-
uted to different persons. Gener-
ally. Pierre Blanchet who lived in
the fifteenth century is credited
ten by the poet ViIlon.
-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
METUCHEM POSTMASTER
BY GEORGE ii. MANNING
washington, Correspondent Of Perth
AmbOy NewS)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28:-In the
closing moments of the senate ses-
sion Wednesday night before ad-
journment sine die the nominations
of the following New Jersey post
masters We're confirmed:
Harry Harsin, Asbury Park; JOS
eph H. Mclaughlin. Bradley Beach;
Alice A. Ayres,s Island Heights;
Annie l.. Quint, Metuchen; James A
Morrison, New Brunswick; Richard
j. Rogers, Rumson: Patrick f
KANE, South Plainfeld.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
Questions Answers

Any reader can get the answer 70
any question BY writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
Washington. ID. c This oner ap-
pIies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial troubles 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exheus-
tive research on a 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., 1921-11-28

Honesty is the best foreign policy.
Marriages have decreased. so
skirts will be heightened.
We favor open winters openly ar
rived at.
A bird in the hand is worth sew
eral dollars.
Nothing binders digestion like
worrying over Japan.
BRAND strengthened the worlds
friendship for France. Other heroes
are Woodfl and York.
The road to peace is paved with
good ~preventions.
Marry in haste and lose half the
wedding presents.
Jazz music will not stop until boil
err making pay better.
When a girl sees a movie kiss she
wants to second the motion.
Fortune smiles at some people and
laughs out loud at others.
About $4,000 are killed each veal
at railroad crossings. How would
undertakes for flagmen do?
A happy medium was jailed the
other day.
Ireland's national dance is the jig
and it isn't up yet.
Nations will find there is no wrest
in peace.
Lots of men, who think they were
fools when they married, haven't
changed much.
China's open door seems to have
let the cat out.
Reports say thousands of knicker-
bockers IRE being made for spring;
but theJ may be nothing in them.
From the way they tussle abou
the floor dance haul is correct.
Lives of great men Oft remind us
that their lot IA not sublime.
Washington married a wildly
that's M reason he was able to
tell a lit. +
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11

there was no change, and in the re-
naming 20 the percentage of rented
homes increased The proportion
which mortgaged homes formed OF
tn total number OF homes owned
by their occupants increased In
every city except four-kansas
city. Kan, Los Angeles, Calf.
Scranton, Pa, and Spokane, Wash
The most pronounced changes be-
tween 1910 and 1920 in the percent
ages which rented homes formed OF
the entire number of homes are
those for the following four cities:
Baltimore, from 6S.3 to 53.7; Cam
den, 70.S to SOS; Philadelphia, 1874
to sos; Los Angeles, 55.3 to 65-3.
The most striking changes be-
tween 1910 and 1920 in the percent
ages whic, encountered homes rep
resented OF the total owned homes
appear for the following cities, in
each of which the percentage was
more than one-third greater in 1920
than in 1910: Akron, 49, to 64.9;
Albany, 302 tos43-5; Atlanta, 34.1
to AZ; Baltimore, %. Lto'4S1; Dali
las, 1913 to-461- Houston, 4.5 to
BAT; Louisville, 241, to 342; New
Orleans; 1875 to 3o.1;;' Norfolk, 25.4
to 451; Richmond, e 2 To 34.2;
Youngstown, 399-to 81 6.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11
|54PER CENT OF
PEOPLE OCCUPY
RENTED HOMES
LESS Than 30 Per Cent OF Ameri-
CANS Own Their Own Resi-
dences, Survey DlscIosex.

More than so per cent of the
homes in the United States are
rented, while less than 30 per cent
3of American families own thetr
tdweIiings Is a striking fact in con-
fuection with the housing problem
,disclosed in a statement just issued
by the. department census bureau
sbasedson the 1920 census.
According to this statement, 54.4
sper cent of the homes in the Unite
States in 1920 were rented, 2S.2 per
cent were owned by their occupants
and were free from encumbrance,
and 17.5 per cent were owned by
their occupants but were mort
gagged. The proportion which the
mortgaged homes formed OF the
total number OF homes increased
from I45 per cent in 1909 to IS ger
I cent in 1910 and TO 17-5 per cent In
1920.
The term home as employed by
1.-THE census bureau, signifies the
abiding place OF q single family
and does not. therefore, necessar-
fly denote an entire dwelling, which
may house a number of families, as
in the case of an apartment build
ing Moreover, two or more fami-
/ lies may occupy an ordinary dwell
ing house.
The total number OF homes enum-
Grated in 1920-identicaI with the
number of families-was "a ,351 ,676.
OF this number, 12,943,59S were
rented and 1886, 800 were owned by
their occupants, and for the remain
ing 541.118 the facts as to tenure
were not ascertained by the enum-
lerators. or the owned homes,
IS ,522,11 were free from encum-
Ibrance and 4.059,5 were encum-
fbered, while for the remaining 2S5,-
s24S the status as to encumbrance
was not reported.
Percentage Increases.
The proportion which rented !
homes represented of the entire |
number of homes increased from |
53.9 per cent in 1900 to $40 per cent |
in 1910 and to 54.4 per cent in 1920 |
Although in the country as a whole |
d slight increase in the percentage |
of rented homes took place during
the last decade, 10 states and the |
District OF Columbia showed de-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11

creases in this respect and in one
state, Mississippi, there was n
change. The largest proportional
decrease in the percentage rented
was that OF Maryland-from SCI Ia
1910 to SOL in 1920; while the larg-
est proportional increase appears
for North Dakota-from 249 in the
earlier to 34.7 in the later year.
The percentage which mortgaged
homes represented OF the total num-
Der of homes owned by their occu-
pants increased from BIB in 1900
to 32.S in 1910 and to 1873 in 1920.
Only three states-Vermont, North
Carolina and Mfssissippi-showed
decreases in this respect between
1919 and 1920, the largest proper
ttonai reduction being that for Mis-
sfssippi-from 27.9 In 1910 to 23.7
In 1920, and In one state, South
Carolina, there was no change. The
largest proportional increase in the
percentage of encountered homes
was that for New Aexfco-from Sc
in 1919 to IT'S in 1920.
In general, the most striking in
creases In the proportions OF en-
numbered homes are those for the
eight Rocky Mountain states, In four
of which-Montana,W Wyoming, New
Mexico and Hevada-the percentage
that encountered homes formed of
the total owned homes in 1920 was
more than double the corresponding
percentage in 1910
In As of the 68 cities having 1o0,-
900 inhabitants or more in 1890
decrease took place during the past
decade I'm the percentage which
rented homes formed of the entire
number of homes, in three cities
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11

You needn't keep on feeling dis
tressed after eating, nor belching,
nor experiencing nausea between
meals. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
dyspepsia-it strengthens the stom-
ach and other digestive organs for
the proper performance of their
functions. Take Hood's.-(Adver-
eisement.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11
SUITS

Suits that were formerly Of *
SIS, $3.50 and S30.95 now
Suits that were formerly NJ IN
5000, sos and 500. so now L 80"
Suits that were formerly R7 SA
SIS, so. so, SS5 and $50. so at = 81"
Suits that were formerly 90 Rn
$3.50, $IIo and Sis now at O"'O"
Suits that were formerly SI.25 GQS
4I35 and $3.50 are on sale at wv
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11

P p;s:;f; to '2a; s *s's on 5o :as $3.50
Dresses that were formerly 90 ~
SIS, $3.50 and sos are now oC.cU
Dresses that were formerly 20 20
500 50, SIS and $3.50 now at OC.OU
Dresses that were formerly TX on
$3.50 & Sis are now sale at sc.UU
Dresses that were formerly 90 IN
SI25, SI55 and $3.50 on sale CCsCU
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-11
COATS

Coats that were formerly
S39,95, S45 and $40. so, now
coats that were formerly
SIS, 5000, sos & 500. 50 are
Coats that were formerly
SIS, SIS and $50. so are now
Goats that were formerly
$3.50 and Sis are offered at
Goats that were formerly
SI25 and $3.50 are offered at
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

Above - SIXTY YEARS
0 N T H E JOB. Ira
Shockey, Of Ling, West
Virginia, a recent caller on
President Harding, is still
working rain or shine,
every day after sixty years
as q mail carrier in the
rural districts.
International
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

Right - MERMAID
M A r r I Il S. Miss
Charlotte Boyle, ma
tional woman champ
ion s w | m m er and
daughter of Colonel
Sir Joseph w. Boyle.
Allied Food Admin
istrator in Rumania,
who dove into the
choppy sea of matri-
mony last week with
Henry w. Clune, of
Rochester, The popu
lar New York mer-
maid assis t e d in
teaching the Prince
Of Wales some new
swimming strok s es,
while competing at
Waikiki B each in
Honolulu last sum-
mer.
International.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

AMERICAS BEST ALL-'ROUND
AMATEUR ATHLETE. Harvard's
famous colored star, Ned Gourdin,
holder of the worlds broad iump
record, wins the N. A. A. U. annual
peptathlon championship at Travers
Island from field of six competitors
by the narrow margin of one point.
Gourdin won the broad jump, javelin
throw, 200-meter dash, was third in
discus throw and finished sixth in the
1,500-meters. Pau, Thomn,o,