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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16

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Women pride themselves on man
aging lovers and husbands who
would gladly manage themselves if
only they could find out what the
wife wants.
It's a rare wife who lets a hus-
band see the chart h has marked
on the of matrimony. Hus-
bands who hope to navigate these
uncertain waters with success often
set out without sailing orders.
Some wives get their own way by
nagging; some by helplessness; some
apply rouge to their faces and ex-
pect to conceal the untidiness of
their homes; some have Mysteries TO
prove that they ought not TO have
babies.
But after a while these tricks wear
out: or worse, they become like un-
reliable compasses which will carry
the matrimonial bark straight onto
the rocks of everlasting domestic
trouble.
An older member OF their sex
makes some plain observations con-
corning four girl chums. all about
to marry:
Lately I heard one engaged girl
boast that she couldn't cook-and
never intended 10 learn. Another
couldn't sew, never darned her
stockings-and she wore expensive
silk onesI Another just hated house.
work. another Just hated babies.
And all had promised 10 marry
unsuspecting young men who doubt
less were like other men in dream
ing of what an ideal home-maker
the little wife would be-
Now I am too old and too wise
to try 10 enlighten a modern girl
about anything. but / put one ques-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
Our Water Drinking
Lnpresses Visitor
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING

NASHINGTON.-Its all fright
fully interesting over here. and real
". II you wouldn't drink 90 much
water you wouldn't be 30 very I'M
like usi"
Lady Ernie Chatheld frankly
laughed at US. Lady Chatheld is the
wife of Admiral Chatfield of the
British navy.
You know at dinner you have
your buffers standing about pouring
water continually. You sip a bit and
he pours more water-more water."
She laughed at US again. A nice,
frank, lovely laugh without the least
Of an edge.
Its why" Lady Cbat1eld's slim
fingers we're toying with the edge
of her light brown wool sweater
'it's quite ike being in a home for
a cure and being ordered to drink
milk-the way you Americans drink
wateri
And you keep your rooms warm
er than we do in London. We never
let them get above so there. She
crossed her knee. One black silk
stockinged ankle hung SHINY down.
tipped with a foot clad stubby Ut
tie patent leather pumps.
ITS such a nice drowsy thing to
do, though-this being so warm"
Her voice is rather soft and the
words came with a careless slow
ness.
But let me show you what I am
most interested in"
With the graceful swing OF a girl
athlete she was o. OF her chair and
then back with a photograph of
three children.
"Ours," She held It ont at arms
length. They were beautiful young
sters.
And they aren't with me, so you
see 1 can't stay in this interesting
and bewildering America long.
Must go home TO my babies and
leave Sir Chatfield here!" She drew
her slim little face into droll lines
for a second.
Lady Chatfield looks very young,
though Angela. her Oldest daughter.
is IL. Katherine il 10 and Ernie.
named after his father. 10 s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
I Compare Some Handwriting

Chapter "a
You silly child! You don't sup
pose McMasters would prosecute one
OF his own stars?" Plainly. Mother
dear was annoyed.
NO. / do noti I only said II re-
sembles McMasters' peculiar style.p
1T was written by an unbalanced
egotistl" This comment came from
Motherdear. "Only-a maniac
could continue to shower these in
tense epistles upon so cold and I'M
responsive a recipient, Now, Miss
Boutwell,, do not reply to any more
OF them. But you'd better file them.
And let me see all Of them. II more
come in"
Motherdear tipped the letter aside
as II 1t really didn't disturb her, but
| could see that she was awfully p
set about something. To take her
mind from my p%ersecvtor. I contin-
ued to talk about the producer:
"McMasters is so kind to me, now
isn't he, Motherdear?"
why shouldn't he be? Are O
not helping him to pile up his mil
lions? If he had no popular actors,
where would his profits come from?".
Yesterday my dressing room was
full of fowers-all blue-and
straight from McMasters' gardens.
He came In to congratulate me about
Love I'm Leash and he said he had
selected the flowers himself. And
here's q note from him. one he left
today with my maid"
took the note from my handbag
and gave 1t to Motherdear.
HE writes that / haven't more
than started-you see? And that in
a few months more I'll be a whizl"
l laughed excitedly.
It was utterly absurd to think
that McMasters. a big man In one
Of the biggest Industries of the time,
should write soto a little girl like
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
WHAT RED CROSS HAS
DONE IN PERTH AMB0Y

The local chapter Of the Red Cross
has enumerated a few OF its activi-
ties during the past year toward
which the funds hat are collected
each Roll Call go. and present them
to the public in the following brief
form:
First aid classes have been popu-
lar. Aiorg health lines the council
has helped to start the Free Dental
Clinic for school children and paid
the dentist until the first Of the year.
An emergency nurse corps was or
ganiZed consisting of twenty-three
members which is ready for any
emergency.
II disaster occurs a sufficient sup
ply of surgical dressings, clothing,
bedding and so forth has been stored
in a central place for local use and
in the vicinity.
The production department has
banded several women to make sur
gical dressings and sew for the des-
titute at home and abroad.
The knitting department has knit
ted sweaters and other garments for
the unfortunate Europeans.
Concentrated work is being done
for the ~ex-service men and their
families and over 2,205 calls have
been made. 1855 calls received at
the Office and active work has been
done at the rate OF $50 persons a
month.
Thirty two crippled children have
been taken to clinics and hospitals
for examinations, treatment and OPP
erations, all financed by the Red
Cross.
Work has been secured for many
people. Destitute women and chill
dren. locally, have been fed and
clothed. sick and discouraged have
been helped. homes have been kept
together and welfare work OF many
natures has been specialized in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16

ton to this group:
"Do you girls tell the men You
are to marry that you don't intend
to keep house? And that you hate
babies?'
Were not that silly.' one as
serted.
but you have some definite plan
for keeping your husbands interest,"
ed?'
Then they were enthusiastic.
They had discussed the point. This
was their conclusion: A wife can
manage a husband best-by keeping
him amused
They We're plain about that. But
any old wife could have told theM
that men are not so easily tanned =
man must be made coTnfortable-
before he permits himself 10 d
amusedl
II did not suggest this. I asked:
you've talked it over with the
They shook their head in unison
answered in chorus: MOI"
Probably those perspective hus.
bands were common men with ordi-
nary ideas about the home they
wanted-ordinary but very right and
proper mans notions. Doubtless
they assumed that women have an
instinct for home-making. and are
anxious TO drudge for a home, and
grateful to the loving husband who
provides the chance.
They had no idea what was in the
back of the girls heads.
If, a few years after marriage.
those girls pity themselves because
the men are proving disloya1. viii
they remember that they themselves
didn't play fair before the wedding
day?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
NOW IS TIME TO PLAN
THANKSGIVING PARTY

Thinking about a Thanksgiving
party, of course!
And perhaps, IL it's to be a very
gay event and you have lots of time.
you'll string popcorn and cranDer-
ries and make festoons in effective
places.
Then you must have pumpkin
chips as apart of your refreshments.
Select a deeply colored pumpkin
peel it and slice it very thin. To
each pound of chips add a pound OF
sugar and a gill of lemon juice with
the grated rind. Stir well and let
stand overnight. Then cook slowly
until tender. Skim the chips out,
let them stand two days to get nrm
and then put them in a jar with just
enough strip to keep them moist.
Spices may be added to this il de-
sired. 1t is quite like a very costly
preserve.
The sandwiches should. of course,
be minced turkey or chicken and hot
spiced cider is a nice addition.
woke up. ..
"Of course, babies do make life
more complex. bYt they give II a
deeper meaning and broaden ones
understanding. bSSlutS my heSS
state work-with the prices OF
clothes as they are today. You see
/ believe in woman's economic In
dependencei even il my husband
were a millionaire. / would be SELL
supporting! 1t makes woman freer
more independent"
In private life Phyllis Duganne j.
Mrs. Austin Parker. wife OF tins
young overseas aviator, also
writer.
At eight this young person had
her first poem published in a Bos-
ton paper, at IL she won a short
story contest in the same paper, al
II she arrived in the SATURDAY
Evening Post with her Grabbed
Youth" At the same immature age
she became associate editor or a
magazine. Her stories began to ap-
pear regularly in leading magazines.
At 10 she was married. at 20 she
was a mother.
Her first nook. Prologue was
written in those months when Jane
was awaited; the proofs were cor
rected in the hospital after Jane
was born.
Her second book, "Ruthie," a
child's book. has just been published.
At present she has started three
books and says she is torn with in
decision as TO which n TO finish
first.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
Confessions OA Movie Ctar

me!
Lets hope he's a prophet" was
M~otherdear's comment.
Goodness me! It's Just like a
chapter in a fairy tale!" I confded
to Motherdear. IF I'd known when
l started In the movies where I was
headed for and how soon 1 was go
ing to arrive. I'd have been much
too frightened to start!"
And that was sincere enough.
Now it's a good deal like being
up in an airplane without a landing
field in sight!"
with the pep you've got, I guess
your plane won't crash for lack of
gas right away!" Miss Boutwell, con-
cluded the conversation with that
contribution. then departed to the
postoffice with a huge bundle of an
swers to my fans.
Motherdear went into conference
with the cook.
1t occurred to me to compare the
writing we had called disguised
with the letter. I had received from
McMasters. There was the same
peculiar quaver in the down strokes,
not made by the shaking of a hand
unaccustomed to the pen, but as an
Intentionally decorative feature.
Also there was a habit of underlin-
ing the "u" and overlining the IN"
McMasters had once been a reporter.
After ten years of press service he
decided that he wanted to make a
million. which he never could do on
a newspaper. So he tried various
angles of the movies and eventually
became one of the big producers of
the time.
Whether the public approved of
his private character or not was not
one of 'TcATasters' worries.
They liked his pictures. That was
enough for him.
Ito be continued)
Copyright, 1921, NEA Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16

NEW YORK.-If you were to ask
me, "Who is the most remarkable
person you have ever metz" I would
reply, phyllis Duganne."
Why?
Well, because she Is only Fl. she
Is the author of two successful
books, she is a constant contributor
to the leading magazines. AND she
Is married and is the mother Of an
adorable baby!
Looking at this slender. almost
fragile young woman, with her fluff
fly bobbed hair. her achievements
really overawe one.
Naturally Phyllis Duganpe says 1t
is all onsense hat a woman can't
have a career and a baby.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16

Most of the professional women
I know are married. but they haven't
babies. They seem &c think it puts
an end to their careers.
why, Janey has really helped me
to work. You know babies require
set hours and set attention. Up at
Truro. where we have just bought
an old house, 1 used to give her
breakfast at eight in the morning.
get our own breakfast. tie Janey
under the pear tree outside my win
dow where + could see her, give
her all her toys and then / would
work until ~.
"Then I'd bring her in. feed her,
put her to bed for her nap, get u
luncheon. straighten the house, and
work another hour before Janey
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
If YOU ARE WELL BRED

You will not hold the fork con-
cave side up and load 1t with food
shoyel-wise. Except when eating
small vegetables, such as peas. the
fork should not be used spoonwise.
You will not mash vegetables be-
tween the prongs of your fork In
preparing to lift them from your
plate.
You will not tip a plate or dish in
pursuit of a last morsel of food.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
Wigwam Will Amuse Them

Where is the childish heart which
doesn't love an Indian game?
So tell them to play Wigwam Sat-
urday mornings when time hangs
heavy. Half of the little folk should
be Indians and halt, of them white
people. The Indians are given a few
minutes to slip away and hide. leav-
ing a trail OF confetti. corn husks
or bits of paper. Each Indian goes
a different way and the white men,
of course. have all selected a place
to wait. in which they can't see
where the Indians are going. .
At the expiration of the time limit
the white men set out after the
Indians and the n who brought an
Indian back first won the game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16

"Or spots. or stripes" declared
Mrs. Rock-Fish.
Handsome is as handsome does"
quoted Nancy wisely.<
The fish ladies looked thoughtful.
shes right" they said, "well elect
Mrs. Butter-Fish, and now we'd bet
ter go home to u families" Which
they did.
ITO Ra Coutfnued.l
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-16
THE WOMAN CITIZEN

How is 1t possible for the woman Of to-
day TO meet the requirements Of q home
maker. mother and voter, with all her So
cial and political activities. 10 she 10 to
go on suffering the pain that comes from
ailments peculiar to her sex?
Check the malady at once by . con-
scisntious treatment Of Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at the first
sign Of baekache. and drappinE down
sensations. so common to women who
suffer from female diseases.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
ESCAPED JAIL
4. !. ! PRISONER NOT
YET !. CAPTURED
john Redmond, Alleged Safe
Blower, Saws Bars On
4 Cell Window.

Minot, Aug. 24.-Despite the no-
tfces sent broadcast over northwestern.
North Dakota, informing police and;
county officials Of the Jail delivery in
Minct yesterday morning, John Red
mond, charged with blowing q safe
Minot "a few weeks ago, Is still at
large. officials today were inclined
to- believe that he had succeeded in
making his escape to some point sew
5eral hundred miles from Minot.
Redmond, gained his liberty by saw
ing through four bars, two on his cell
and two on a window. The cell bars
were about one inch lin thickness
while the bars on the windows are
three -quarters Of an inch in diameter.
Redmond was in q cell with j. J.
Shirley, accused Of being implicated
insthe robbery Of the Martin State
arrested with Redmond d half an hour
after the filling station was blown. He
wasS changed from one cell to another
Saturday and it seems altogether
probable that he secured his saws
and sawed the bars since Saturday.
His person and the cell5weres searched
carefully by j. "A. Mccartney, the jail-
err, Saturday morning. Mccartney al
so tested the cell bars Monday, night
and while he did not examine them
carefully they appeared to be all
right. Redmond's escape was not dis
covered until the jailer went to the
cell yesterday morning about z
O'clock. Anderson declined to talk
about his partners escape. Shirley
said be made his getaway about 4 a.
m. and that Redmond and Anderson
had gagged him to prevent him call
ing the jailer. The cell the three
men were in is located upstairs.in the
southeast corner Of the Jail, the Jail
er's room-is on the main floor and
officials are inclined to believe that II
Anderson and Redmond gagged Shir-
ley the Jjailer would have heard the
struggle. Sheriff Scofield is Of the
opinion that it would take six men
like Anderson and Redmond to tie a
gag on Shirley.
Where or how Redmond secured
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
NORTHWESTERN News

the files with which4to saw the bars
Isl not clear ofncials. The men
have had no visitors sands 50 far. as can
be learned were strangers in this sec
ton and had established no Gomez
tons with underworld characters In
.Minot. It Is believed he sawed
through the, cell bars Sunday and
Monday and the window bars Monday
might, a
The reason for Anderson remaining
When his partner was taking French
leave is a question officials have not
solved. It Gems probable that he
will sendeavor, to claim mo part in the
robbery, placing the blame on Red
mond.X n Z
Redmond and Anderson were ar
rested at an early hour July418. The
police, had been notified that the safe
In the filling station was blown.
Prompt action on the part Of the
night force resulted In the men be-
ing located. With them was a IS
year-old youth whose home is In Trie
mountain, Mich. He is held al a wit
ness. Redmond carried a revolver.
Black powder usedsin blowing the
safe was discovered on Anderson's
person, according to the police.
A reward OF $50 has been offered
by Sheriff A.. p Scofield for Red
-mond's arrest. His description is:
Age 20. height 5 feet 8iA inches, hair
dark brown; eyes blue; face, thin Ian
medium; two large front upper4teeth;
completion fair; nationality, Irish and
Indian; weight, l45 pounds shoes
size IN hat, size Z y wore blue
shirt, dark brown suit and brown
Fedora hat, |s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
Judge Orders City OF
Minot To Make Use OF
Regular Official Paper

7 Minot, N. D., Aug. 24.-Judge John
C. Lowe yesterday issued a peremp-'
tory, writ Of mandamus requiring the
city commission to publish its official
proceedings and legal notices in the
Ward County Independent. The man
action vas instituted by Glenn
ID. Colcord and c.. F. Truax when the
board named the Minot Daily News
official newspaper for the city in ac-
%cordance, with a law passed at the last
session Of the legislature and which
became effective July /.
The Independent had been elected
official county and state paper at the
last election and Attorneys MCGEE
and Goss, representing the Independ-
ent, commended that the Independent
was entitled to the official printing Of
the city because the law passed at the
last session of the legislature did not
receive the necessary two-thirds vote
to REPEAL the initiated law governing
legal printing and under which the
Independent was entitled to the city
printing. Attorney John j. Coyle,
city attorney. presented arguments on
behalf of the city, The decision will
be appealed, Attorney Coyle stated
today. An effort Is being made to
have the matter argued before the
supreme court September 2.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
REGULATIONS ||'lC|,'|U A
AIM ATCONTROL
OF SMALLPOX
With Compulsory Vaccinal
ton utlawed the Health
Board Takes New Steps

Bismarck, NJ D., Aug. 24.-New
regulations for the quarantine Of
smallpox cases have been issued BY
the state board of health.
Otis perhaps needless to say that
the new regulation is not exactly
lfke says the health board bulletin.
st Is obvious, however, that the old
rule has become inadequate, and that
the law Of 1919, prohibiting any re-
qutrements!o Of vaccination, makes any
other plan impossible. It is to be sup
posed that as much use as possible
will be made Of isolation hospitals"
The bulletin also calls attention to
the prevalence, Of smallpox in the
years and adds: THE facts are strik-
Ing. No comment need be made"
Increase for 1921. &
The tables show an average Of
247.S Of smallpox for the first
six months Of the past eleven years in
the state; 1,325 cases during the first
six months OF 1921, and a total OF
1906 cases In the last three years up
to 1921 Two deaths were reported
during the first six months of 1921;
the total number OF deaths in the last
eleven and a halt years is IS.
The new regulations of the board
required that when, smallpox Is found
the premises shall be quarantined un-
til observation-disclosures completed, and
that all persons exposed to smallpox
must be quarantined for a period o1
fourteen days after the date Of the
last exposure, or until the health of.
f1cer has satisfied himself that there
is no longer danger Of the spread OF
exposed to smallpox shall be permit
Ito enter ,anyr schOoI building ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
Often Farm In Pembina
County Has Produced
Fruit For 30 Years

Pembina, N. D., Aug. 24.-One Of
the attractions in Pembina county
this fall is the John A. Often farm
ear Neche, where all manner OF
fruits not usually successfully grown
in this latitude have been made to
yield p%rofusely.
ID MI. Often, who now has one Of the
finest farm homes in northeastern
North Dakota, first came to this re-
gion in 1862 with Major Hatch's d.
vision. Thirteen years later in 1875
he located with his wife on the farm
where they now live. For forty years
the couple lived in the original log
house, but a>few years ago erected a
home equal to most homes found in
the larger cities Of the state.
For thirty years the Ottens have
successfully produced apples and
plums and many other varieties of
fruit that most farmers thought could
be grown The foresight Of Mr..
Often is shown by the fact that he
planted forest trees as a wind break
many years before he set out his first
fruit trees. :"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
TEN PER CENT CUT
is EXPECTED In
LAND VALUATIONS.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 24.-A re-
duction in land values. probably 10
per cent or more, will be made by the
state board of equalization. according
to George E. Wallace. state tax COM
missioner. South Dakota recently re-
duced values about 10 per cent. he
said.
The state board, discussing the
question of land values, accepted the
tax commissioners recommendation
for a reduction in values In the IA
counties west and south of the Mis-
souri, river, because of poor crop con-
ditions. The reduction. Mr.. Wallace
said, ranged from 10 to Is per cent
Valuations of the counties Of Bur-
leigh, Emnlons. Logan. Mcintosh and
Kidder also E to be cut somewhat
less than the counties west of the
river, Mr.. Wallace said.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
Town Criers To Meet
!. With Ad Club Men

Bismarck. N. D.. Aug. 24.--Town.
Criers clubs of North Dakota, afili-
ated with the Associated Advertising
Organization meeting at Mandan,
Monday and Tuesday, August: 20 and
80. 1t is planned to develop plans
for more effectively aiding the vigil.
ance committee Of the Associated Adj
|vertising clubs in driving out fake and
fraudulent advertising in North Da-
kota. #sEaE
ing in the entertainment of visitors.
will give a smoker on the Mckenzie
hotel ROOT garden Sunday night. Rep
+resentatives from a cities in the
state are expected to be present.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-24
r. -igns As Manager
OF Minot Normal Hall

Minot. N. D., Aug. -24.-Miss Mary
Agnes Cantwell has resigned her po-
sition as manager of the Normal hall
and will devote her&attention to her
business interests in Minot Inc Mon
tana according to an announcement
made at the normal school today.
Miss 2Cantwell's resignation will take
effect at the close of the summer term,
September 9. She will remain in.
Minot and will be actively connected
with the fYe Novelty Shop which is
owned by the Misses Cantwell.
Miss Cantwell came to Minot six
years ago from Montana to assume
charge Of the Normal hall. She has
been prominent in normal circles and
has also taken a keen interest in
women's. clubs She is. president of
the Minot Business and Professional
Women's club and chairman OF the
food committee of the State FEEDER
alton Of Women's clubs,