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The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Garment Retailing
Has Bright Future

The future for the garment retail
Ing trade looks bright. Frsnklin
Simon. president OF the National Gar
ment Retailers Association, yester-
day told the members OF that organ
ization at the Hotel Commodore. in
New York. In opening the third an
nusl convention.
I'VE have passed through the worst
stage" said Mr.. Simon. "rhe decline
In prices usually is overdone not only
In the stock market but In the COM
modify markets. In certain lines
prices are now as low as they can
go. and recently we have seen some
rebound. My advice TO all retailers IL
TO buy goods now, but not to plunge.
The une employment situation presents
a problem for retailers to consider.
We can't expect people who are not
employed to spend as much money as
they do when working
A call 10 retailers to take a greater
pride and dignity In their calling was
made by Samuel w. Reyburn. presi-
dent OF Lord & Taylor, who welcomed
the visiting retailers to New York. and
by p. A, OConnell. president of the
Il. T. Slsttery Company, of Boston.
who addressed the convention on the
subject OF wholesale discounts.
Mr. o'Connell asserted that viola
tions OF the 20. 80, net 80. or
8-l0, 80, SO terms agreed to by
three retailers associations and three
manufacturers organizations in 1917
had been the subject of recent con-
ferences. on the grounds that some
manufacturers had violated them. An
agreement has been reached, he said,
whereby the manufacturers have been
given six months from January l this
year to prove 100 per cent enforce
ment OF these terms among the asso-
Citations agreeing to them or the en-
tire agreement will be rescinded.
COMBATING CRITICISM.
Combating unjust criticism, said
Mr.. OConnell, was one of the retailers
duties at present. "A short time ago
in Boston," he said, "the retailers
called together a number Of bankers.
including the federal reserve agent
in that district, and showed them that
they. the retailers, had taken great
mark downs as their portion of the
price decline. We were tired OF hav-
ing manufacturers and bankers ac-
cuse us of artificially holding up old
high prices. We retailers have taken
staggering mark downs, but 1t is diff
fcult to put this idea across to the
general public"
II was, suggested at the meeting
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
WOMAN DESIRES TO INVEST 81 800

Miss J. 81 have 81 500 to invest
in some good stocks. / want to feel
sure that my money will not be
lost. DO you think five shares each
of u. 8. Rubber preferred, Bethle-
hem Steel per cent preferred and
Pullman will serve my purposef
want stocks that will pay z or 8
per cent.
Answer.-We think your selection
a wise one. These are good stocks.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
DESIRES TO INVEST 81 900 FOR
DAUGHTER.

l.. My daughter has $1,000 in
the bank and wants me to invest 1T
for her. What is your opinion of
the Capitol Theater New York
city Ar.t nertEaRe leasehslA 2
Per cent gold bonds:
Answer.-These bonds appear to bt
well secured, and we think offer q
sound investment opportunity.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
TO INVEST $4,000.

Il. NJ. s.-For the past four
months ] have been keenly inter-
ested In your advice TO investors.
On February 10 l will have $4,000
cash to invest. Please advise ne
what securities 10 hay. j desire to
make every dollar work for me. l
sm q widow. absolutely taexpert-
eaeed In anaacinI matters, and
should rather implicitly rely upon
your advice than obtain counsel
from brokers. 80 many OF whom
favor some pet stock OF their own.
Answer.-We think you will nnd II
advisable to invest approximately
half in bonds and half In preferred
Industrial stocks.
We suggest one each OF the follow
ing 81 900 bonds: LsuisvfIie 4 Mask
Vile 7s, New York Central IL, Penn
sylvanin Railroad -, Chicago 4 Nsrth
western Is, Dela ware 4 Hudson u.
These bonds mature In 1880. The
balance OF the money may be directed
into ten shares each OF the following
preferred stocks: Bethiehen Steel {
per cent, u. .. Rubber . per cent.
Baldwin Locomotive z per cent. Union
Pacinc Z per cent, Atehison RaiIws,
per cent.
The New York Stock Exchange
firms advertising in The Washington
Times have no pet projects OF their
own. and you will be perfectly safe
in dealing with any of them.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
AMERICAN SHIP AND COMMERCE.

w. K.-CD II the Hartman and
the German ship interests have
anything to do with American ship
and COmmerce Corporation and are
back 1t. 1t would seem to me that
the stock would be a very good
speculation at $11. 1t looks good
to me. (2) What does the term
"debenture" mean applied to New
York Central 9 per cent bonds?
Answer-(D. American ship and
Csmmeree Corporation is a holding
company, incorporated July Is, 1919,
in Delaware, with an authorized
capital OF 100000 shares without
are outstanding. w. A. Hartman
par value, of which 669,183 shares
e Co, June, 1920. bought an ex-
tensive interest in the company and
Mr.. Hartman was elected president.
Last August this corporation and
the Hamburg American Line entered
into a twenty-year agreement for
the operation Of trans-Atlantic pas
senger and freight service between
between Germany and parts of the
world other than the United States
The two companies act as agents
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

would be depriving If of a part of what right
fully belongs to it. This. Notwithstanding the
fact that of the 1000 population of the islands
sc per cent. are Swedish speaking.
The commission does not side-step the self
determination question involved in the dispute,
but frankly says that in this case self-determi-
nation should not apply, for the reason that the
Swedish population of the islands is only a
small part of the Swedish population of Fin
land as a whole and that the position of the
majority of the Swedes in Finland would be
adversely Influenced by the separation of the
islands from Finland.
There is every good reason to believe that
the League Council will approve the commits
sion's decision and that Sweden will accept the
verdice against her. thus vitalizing the most i'm
portant function of the league-the settlement
of disputes between nations by the process OF
peaceful arbitration instead of by war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
LONG

OAN N
When 1 was young the women
wore great spreading gowns that
swept the floor and gathered dirt
and leaves; that raiment of a bygone
day is out of date and done away,
and how my spirit g%rieves! The side
walks now are just a sight, with
rubbish lying left and right, an eye
sore and a crime; the women's dress
es do not sweep the refuse and the
garbage heap as in the sanity time.
When L was young a damsel wept If
peradventure, when she slept, her
ankles she displayed; she knew the
gossips all would boot and give to
her a wide repute as bold and
naughty maid. And nov such mod
esty is lost; the old ideas are a frost,
a roorback and a jest: the well turn
ed ankle is a sight that gives artistic
souls delight. and soothes the savage
breast. When l was young the
woman laced until she had an in
sect's waist, a fragile thing to view;
and caught her fairly on the frame.
she'd surely break in two. And now
the ladies in our grad nave waists
like Mrs. Venus had, an armful.
more or less; and, / am told, they
do not feel the armor plate of bone
and steel hat used to cause distress.
And sc, although we zip and bray
about the fashions of the day, and
say they make us sore, although the
modern styles we curse. it may be
that old things were worse than
those we now deplore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
LEAGUE OF NATIONS AT WORK

In settling the Aaland Islands dispute between
Sweden and Finland, which a year ago threat
ened war between the two countries, the League
of Nations has functioned in a way to chal-
lepge the administration even of its most Sc
We're critics.
This particular activity OF the league is of
Special interest to America, as one of the three
commissioners appointed to work out the solu-
ton is an American-Abram Elkus, former
ambassador to Turkey.
The commissions report. recently submitted
for approval of the League Council. declares
that Finland,s right of sovereignty is incontest-
able and that to deprive Finland or the ISLANDS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

United States were church mem
bers. In 1906, 1911 per cent. and in
1916, Al per cent were church men,
bers.
@. How is the reach of a boxer
measured &C. G. d.
A.The boxers reach is measured
from the tip of one hand to the tip
of the other.
O. What is implied when a person
Is said to be shedding crocodile
tears ?'-D. w. p.
A. The expression means hypo-
critical grief. The crocodile was
tabled to weep as it ate it's victims
@. Who introduced modern i'm
provements such as electric lignrs
into Korea?-T. K. X.
A. The first railroad, the first
electric light plant, and the first
waterworks in Korea were con-
structed by Americans.
made of that thread is wound on?-
C. w. G..
A. Poplar is usually used for
these spools.
@. I have seen references to the
Didache and cannot find out what
it is. Please enlighten NELL. o.
A. The Didache or Teaching of
the Twelve Apostles was a didactio
work for use in the early church.
1t was discovered by Bryennius at
Constantinople, and published in
1888. 1t had been writer in Greek
about 1856 A.. d. 1t is of great
value for the study ofsorganization.
belief and worship of the early
church, and was held in high es-
TEEN. In it is a description of the
Two Ways-of life and of death
in the form of rules for Christian
conduct.
@. What has become of the
German liner "Imperator pa. w.
A.The Imperator is TO- the Cum
arder "Berengavia."
Q. What is the number of letters
sent to the Dead Letter Office year.
ly?-H. M. C.
A. The Postofice Department
says that more than 2~0,000,000
pieces of mail reach the Dead Let
ter Office annually. due to the fact
that they are so incorrectly or il
legibly addressed that they cannot
be delivered.
@. Who was the father Of the
modern art of fortifications?-A. H.
A. John Ziska, a famous leader
of the HUSTLE party in Bohemia
gained this title. In 1920 he took
up a strog position neear Prague
on an eminence since known as
Ziskaberg and held it with a few
thousand men against an army of
10000
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
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aEsS1
THE MAYORS APPEAL

Mayor Wilson, speaking as the representative
of the city, has made an appeal for funds to aid
tine families of the stricken fremen who lost
their lives in the Market street crossing horror
Wednesday afternoon. The mayor, doubtless.
knows that this money is needed and would be
welcomed or he would not have issued the APP
peal
The I'M NEWS has consented to act as
custodian of the fund and all amounts whether
sent to the mayor or direct to the EVENING
NEWS office will be acknowledged in the coll
umnF of this newspaper.
The fact that the mayor has taken the lead
inlthis move ought to assure a generous re-
re. 7bonse. There ought not to be any soliciting,
st n begging, for such a cause as this. Every dol
ia Str. must be a voluntary contribution. When it is
bet ~tenembered that there are already nine vic
Io r. TBS and several in the hospital still in a criti-
but 81 condition., it must be realized that the sum,
ON be of any real benefit to the families, must
| Thonach a large total.
an Thus far the contributions have been liberal.
! Mai,ut there has got to be a great many such
9ashinseral contributions If the reputation of the
|a, : g is to be upheld. There must be no skimp-
! point in Perth, Amboy's appreciation in this mat
plan St
Sandfthese hremhen who lost their lives Wednes-
lal Str were in the service of the city. That means
N - w. u ''uo SaS' ON
ONT ing without pay. They had volunteered to
an maaotheir lives daily, If necessary. in order to
side property and even life itself, when threat
- by fire. In this worthy service of the pub
hey lost their own lives. Those depending
- them have suddenly found themselves
hout any direct means of support.
le people of this city cannot ignore such n
lion. Sorrow rs expressed on all sides: SYM
is universal. The mayors appeal fur
Do ~ an opportunity lr oil u eNpiesS "ei
Eher ceilings in a more substantial way than
r con
SchenA fund as the mayor proposes ought not
m anu in reaching large proportions. Peo-
g both n use as an excuse for not contrib
,rious causes that they are always
uests the c , o on
son. , sNe y"
ever get to it. They put If off from
>lIrcro day until it isttoo late.
- But on IN occasion like this there should be
y no putting off that which each one may feel it
: duty to be performed. These fremen who
III lost their lives were not in the habit of putting
off what to them was their duty. The instant
duty called they responded with an enthusiasm
i that has thrilled all of us many times. VIII the
beople of the city show a like promptness in
IL responding to this call that the mayor has
U made?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

Q. Can a copy of Chief Justice
Whites will be obtained?-C. M.
A. A certified copy of this will
may be obtained from the Order De-
partment of the Register of Wills
Office, Court House, Washington. d.
C. This will contained but 81 words
1t reads: This is my last will. I
give, ~bequeath and devise to my
wife, Leita M. White, in complete
and perfect ownership. all my rights
propert yof every kind, and nature
whether real, personal mixed, wher-
ever situated, appointing her exec
utrix of my estate, without bond
inc giving her seis1n thereof"
@. How has the membership in
churches compared with the in
crease in population in the United
States?-J. l.. w.
A. The Bureau of Census says
that the first religious census was
taken in 1890. At this time 1927
per cent of the population of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

Bunker Hill still stands, with her
granite monument, just where Daniel
| Webster left 1t when he delivered the
| great Grafton which he had commit
| ted to memory while fishing at
Marshfield.
Bunker Hill is n of the glorious
lost causes. Whoever fortified that
hill instead of the one nearer
Charlestown Neck, committed a not
able military blunder. and gave to
his new country something new to
glory about.
Bunker Hill reminds us not of the
wisdom of military leaders but OF
the stalwart courage of the men who
on June IT. 1775, stood behind their
hastily erected redoubt with Putnam,
or behind the rail fence with Stark
and proved themselves soldiers.
Who Won?
The fighting was mostly at the
fence. The hay had been cut and
was laying in windows, and the men
gathered it and stuffed it between
the fence rails. Raw troops do not
object to risking their heads if their
legs are covered. Hay is not an in
vulnerable protection against bullets,
but il helps the minds of n men
who are sheltered by it.
The battle of Bunker Hill is re-
corded as a British victory, but it did
raore to discourage the victors and
more to put heart into the men who
were defeated than any con.ampor-
airy historian could have imagined.
May Mean Success
II is not the only time in human
history that defeats have been turned
into victories.
All the time old Peter the Great
was being whipped he contemplated
his defeats with pleasure, because
he knew he vas learning how whip
ping was accomplished. 1t was not
long till he had learned. and then
Russia began to be a nation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin. Director,
Washington, d. C. This offer APP
plies 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 exhaus-
tive research on any 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., 1921-06-17

IF Won want a man to go around Dragging
about your intelligence, keep. your mouth snu'
and let him do all the talking.
After a girl passes the age of fifteen tnere
should be a law prohibiting her from wearing
pink.
The man who thinks thirteen Is a lucky num-
her believes that the man who thinks 1t an
unlucky number is superstitious.
Every woman has wealthy relatives. II they
do not exist, it doesn't take her long TO invent
some.
: We can't understand the man who complains
of being lonely. Why, every cubic inch or ali
contains a. million microbes!
!, When a man tells us about the glorious
sunrise he saw we know that he didn't get up
to see it. He was up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
Nothing New Under tho Sun.

The original stenographer did not wear ear
puffs and did not chew gum. He wore a toga
and sandals. and he did his work with papyruis
and stylus in the year 20 B. c.. Stenography is
one of the most ancient of the professions, st
Luke reported the Sermon on the Mount IN
shorthand. julius Caesar was proud OF the
fact that he could write shorthand. SO was
Augustus, the first of the Roman Emperors
The famous Grafton of cicero was reported IN
short hand in the Roman senate In 63 Is. y
There were no less than forty official short
hand reporters in the Roman senate. Horace
Livy, Ovid, and Plinty were all shorthand eX-
perts. Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode
Island, was a stenographer. SO was the son OF
the first governor of Massachusetts. And be 1
remembered that Julius Caesar, who dld mos,
to develop stenography, was himself STABBED
to death with styli, the instruments used 1oi
shorthand writing in those days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
THE STATE BONDS

II is reported from Trenton that, following
the rejection of all the bids offered for the
state bonds recently put on the market, Gov
ernor Edwards. state Comptroller Bugbee and
State Treasurer Read hope to overcome the
bankers ring the next time by having inde-
pendent bankers purchase the securities. 1t is
said they hope to induce the bankers to display
more patriotism in buying these gilt-edged Sc
curities offered by the state.
There is evidently a -great deal of camouflage
| about this kind of talk. Both Governor Ed
wards and Comptroller Bugbee are bankers and
they are well aware of the condition of the Sc
curities market at the present time. New York
bonds failed to find purchasers when placed on
market recently. The city of Philadelphia did
not get a bidder for bonds offered by that city,
and so it has been with all kinds of municipal
securities lately.
1t was from a sense of patriotism that many
OF the banks in the state agreed to take any
of the bonds at all in the recent offering by
the state. 1t was the first time the state of New
Jersey has issued bonds in many years and to
make sure that the bonds would not go begging
on the market the New Jersey bankers felt that
it would be a patriotic thing to do to secure
enough pledges from New Jersey institutions
to assure taking up the entire issue. Accord
ingly, although many of the banks were hoping
that they would not get the bonds, many fnan-
cial institutions of the state pledged themselves
to a certain amount. according to their financial
standing, and the bid was made.
1t was natural, however, that the banks
should want to make sure that the bonds were
legal. In New York state, when the bonds to
pay soldiers bonuses were placed on the mar
ket a test case was at once instituted so as to
secure a final decision from the court of highest
resort as to the legality of the issues. Natur-
ally, no bank wants to invest it's depositors'
money in securities about which there might
be some doubt as to their legality. The result
was, in bidding for the bonds offered by the
state, a stipulation was made that they would
be purchased on condition that they were found
to be legal by the court of errors and appeals.
To be accused, then, of being unpatriotic and
of forming a ring" the inference being to take
advantage of the state. comes rather hard after
the effort put forth to show the country what
confidence the New Jersey banks have in their
own state. The state treasurer may not get
such favorable bids another time for some of
the banks, who did not care much about bid
ding in the first place, will probably feel that
they are now released from their pledge and
will not bid again. 1t is not likely that the
state will gain anything by the move it has
made in rejecting all the bids recently received.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
DEFEAT AMI VICTORY
BY DIR. w. e. BARTON

There are lessons enough in daily
life. if one cares for them. The moral
value of a defeat in business or am-
bition depends upon the stuff that
is in the man defeated.
Most successful men have monu.
ments erected in greatful memory OF
the Bunker Hills where they were
defeated, and learned how to sue
coed.
That is the principal value of de-.
feats; they have in them the seeds
of subsequent victories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
Bangi

Father was deeply interested in his news
paper when he heard a lot of noise in the rear
of the house.
For Heavens sake, who is making all that
noise q" shouted father.
lone of the children Just fell out of the
window yelled mother from the rear of the
house.
"Nell," said father as he resumed his read
ing, tell the children that if they can't fall
out of the window quietly, they'll have to stop
it. that's ALL"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
Orr Joe Miller Contest.

Gus Gildehaus claims that the Oldest joke is
the one about the two men who had an argu-
ment as to which smelled the worst, a homo or
a goat. One man bet that a hobo smelled
worse than a goat, and the other man pet
that a goat smelled worse than a hobo. SO
they named another man to act as Judge anu
stakeholder. They brought in the goat and
the Judge tainted. Then they brought in the
hobo and the goat tainted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

mo, George!" she said. Il can't marry you
1 like you in a way, but 1 do not love you
enough to want you for a constant companion
oh, that wouldn't be necessary" protested
George. II wouldn't be home much anyway
after we got married."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

The Upper Silesian revolt is going to kee
Marshal Foch from seeing the BIG FIGHT Jul
2. Sherman was right, marshal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

Germany is 600, 900 rabbits delinquent in ma
terials she must deliver under the peace treaty.
She says she can't catch 'em-which sounds
reasonable to anyone that has ever tried.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17

Take notice that in accordance with
Chapter 312, Session Laws of 1915. and by
virtue Of a lien that we have Hereunder.
we shall sell at public auction on Mon.
day, June 81. 1921 at 1 P. NJ. at No. $50
| Amboy Avenue. Perth Amboy. N. j., one
Hudson Sedan, engine No. l2oS
now or formerly belonging to Turkel Sam
soc. 6hOS
NJ. A. SWANICK,
p. S. SWANICK.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
BITS OF BYPLAY
BY Luke McLuke.
Copyright, 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
No Joke.

"A fellow don't know where to go,
Homes are so scarce" said Mr.. Grouse;
Il rent what's called a bungalow"
But it looks like a chicken house."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
NOTICE

All persons concerned may take notice
that the Subscriber executor ETC., of Mar
garet Gleason, deceased, intends to exhibit
his final account to the Orphans Court OF
the County or Middlesex. on Friday. the
first day of July. 1921. at 10 AM. in the
Term of April 1921, for settlement and
stated by the Surrogate.
Dated. May rs. 1921.
JOSEPH DEEGAN,
3400-5-27-5t Dew Fri. Executor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
Both Wet and Dry.

He hates the Volstead law, does Hett,
For beer 1 hear him sigh;
/ know that he is very wet,
And yet l know he's dry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
WuH!

A year ago she gave her consent,
And married Mr.. Kemper;
Now he's found that her temperament"
Is nothing but her temper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-17
All Right Doc!

Appendicitis can happen to a man but once
but it's different with marriage.-Luke McLuKe
Marriage Is more like indigestion-you know
what caused all the trouble, but you went rlght
and did it all over again.-Duty Miller