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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
REAL ESTATE

C~onveyanceS recorded at the CRY
Hall show the following transfers of
property in the city;
Neville Street
Lot 4, block 1915, from Emil koyen
to John kalinosky, through Leo
Goldberser.
state Street
Lots 20, 81, 80, block 81, from w.
". Herser to Bernstein d R%osenshih.
through Morris Go.dbergcr.
smith street
Lot rs, block 72, from Max Class
to Henry Bodine, through Harry
Packer Pace
Lots 81 to SO, block 1S5, from
Stamford Heights Company to Louis
Kojeovitz aud Joseph Levine,
through Harry Medinets.
Stevenson Place
Lots IL to 16. trCm Stamford
Heights Company TO Louis k~ojeovitz,
through Harry Medirets.
Prospect Street
Lot SO, btu2k 1T, from Hilda Be-
dine to Margaret Fenwick, through
Harry Medinets.
Lot SO, block III. from Margaret
Fenwick to Henry Bodine, through
Harry Medinets.
Madison Avenue
Lot %. block "a, from j. i. Gold
smith to Simon Sachs. through
j. Miller.
Lot 20, block 81, from Simon
Sachs to Sehamilansky and Herbert,
through George j.. Miller.
Broad Street
Lot is, block 1879, from Thomas
Brown 10 Ira Grouse, through Leo
Holdberger.
Rector Street
Lot 10. block rs. from Edith NJ.
Ramsay to l.. T. Madsen, through
Charles c. Hommann.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12

Montreai's hangman had an in
come of S12,500 last year. He's
probably not worried much about
people trying to get his job.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
MOSQUITO WAR
FOR METUCHEN
House to House Canvass to
be Held to Eliminate Breed
ing Places in the Borough

lBy Evening News stan Correspondent.J
METUCHEN. May IA house
10 house canvass in the interest of
the elimination OF breeding places
OF mosquitoes will be made in Me
tuehen, as the result of q decision
made at the regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Health held last
wight In the Borough Hall.
A representative of the Middlesex
County Mosquito determination AS
sociation was present at the meeting
and cooperation with the board IS
assured. The ~canvasser will devote
approximately half OF his time to
the work OF cleaning up mosquito
breeding places.
Frank w. Miller referred to the
drainage of Dismal swamp and sta
ted that as far as the county is CON
cerned, it is ready to proceed with
the work and is only awaiting an
agreement between Haritan town
ship and the borough of Mctuchen.
The township committee ~appropria-
ted $500 for the work and the COM
mit.ee appointed d year ago is stu
operative, so that 1t is up to them
to proceed with the work.
It was decided to communicate
with the Pennsylvania Railroad and
request them to lower the flagstones
unutf the dICINdy VI thp IAN o"h
TO meet the new drainage level
which is four feet lower.
DR.. j.. Y. Lippincott reported thir-
teen vaccinations performed by him.
The vaccinations were authorized
by the board and were done free of
charge under the state sanitary
code. The receipt Of 100 tubes of
vaccine from the Il. Il. Squibb Com
pany was reported and these will be
used for the vaccination Of persons
unable to pay for them.
G. p. Hull, Peter j.. Gay and Dr.
l.. Y. Lippincott were appointed a
committee to meet with the health
and welfare committee OF the Board
of Education and talk owe the
diphtheria tests recently developed
to determine immunity to the dis
ease, BY these tests II will he pos
sible to determine what persons
should be isolated In CASE of an cpl
demic of diphtheria.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
DEDICATE MEMORIAL CLOCKS
AT LIBRARY IN KEYPORT

tBy Evening News Correspondent
KEYPORT, May 12.-The dedica-
ton and formal presentation of the
clocks In memory of the late DR.. Jo-
seph Edgar Arrowsmith, who for
fifty years was a successful practis-
ing physician in the borough. tool
place at the public library, Tuesday
afternoon, the clocks being present
ed to the library and borough by Miss
Annie Arrowsmith, a daughter OF
Or. Arrowsmith.
A large number of friends of the
late doctor were present and Rev. Il.
r. B. Reynolds presided at the serV-
ice which was opened with an invo-
cation by the Rev. A. G. Brady. Rev.
Mr.. Reynolds followed with a brief
sketch of the Doctors life and work
here aud presented the clocks which
were accepted by DR.. H.. 7. Hopkins,
hAiJng president of the borough
s~kLslch. for the borough, and by
Mrs. A. NJ. Brown. secretary of the
board of trustees. for the library.
with Impressive remarks by both.
Y Rev. MI. Reynolds then gave a
history OF the Arrowsmith family
from the time of leaving England
until the present time and then made
he address of presentation and dedi-
,ation. Miss j. A, Brown II. librarian,
added a few words to Rev. Reynolds
address and stated that the late DIR.
Arrowsmith was the third postmaster
If the borough. The service con-
,fuded with a bencdiction by the Rev.
\. C. Brady.
Tho clocks presented to the bor-
ough and which are placed II on
The inside and one on the Broad
street side of the library are OF beau
,iful design and of the very best me-
chanism. Another feature is that
shey are of the self winding variety.
The gift to the borough and lib
rary by Miss Arrowsmith in memory
of her father, is thoroughly appre-
ciated and n that is most practical
and can be used by all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
METUCHEN

Mrs. George Interest entertained
at one IF the largest card parties
and teas even given in Metuchen, yes
terday afternoon at her home in
Middlesex n All of the rooms
were beautifully decorated with cut
flowers and foliage in a color scheme
of purple and gold while in the large
drawing room and library eleven
tables were arranged for the cards.
After four games of bridge eleven
lovely prizes were given TO the high
scorers at each table.
Among the winners were Mrs.
Howard Bloomfield. Mrs. II. &. john
son, Mrs. Roy Burr. Mrs. Harold
Edgar, Mrs. Edgar Morris, Mrs. Ed
ward Roland. Mrs. Fred Ayres, Mrs.
William Cary, Mrs. Van Schenck,
Miss Elsie Interest and Mrs. Fred
Whitaker. Mrs. A.. l.. Ellis and
Mrs. Fred Pearce presided at the tea
tables assisted by Mrs. jerry Letson.
Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Edgar
Roland. Mrs. Charles Huh and the
Misses Interest.
Mrs. George Cannon. Mrs. Stella
Manning and Mrs. Stewart Crowell,
of the Quiet Hour Club, and Mrs. L.
b. Ford and Mrs. Charles Prickett of
the Borol/ Improvement League.
are attenolng the state convention
of Federated Clubs. which is being
held in Atlantic City, today, tomor-
row and Saturday.
The Quiet Hour Club meets this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dud-
ley Browning, of MiddleseX avenue
with Mrs. Van Middlesworth as the
leader on the subject of Women in
Politics" Papers by Mrs. Stewart
Crowell. Mrs. Stella Manning, Mrs.
Il. FL. Spears and Miss briggs will be
read by the various members and the
afternoon promises to be a most en-
joyable ne.
Mrs. L. Johnson. of Amboy avenue
is entertaining her sister. Mrs. Brew
ster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherford Coerr
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Cary. left
this morning on a five days motor
trip through New Jersey and Penn
~sylvania.
Mrs. Wheeler Clarke is giving a
luncheon at her home today.
Mrs. Gilbert Mason is entertain
ing her mother. Mrs. j.. A: Cox, of
Chicago.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
CARD PARTY TO BE HELD
AT "HUT" IN F0RDS
rBy Evening News correspondent.lt

fBy Evening News Correspondents
FORDS, May ia large card
party and dance will be held under
the auspices of the Rosary Society
of the Church of Our Lady of Peace
in the hut in Fords on the night of
Wednesday. May 20 A committee
of officers assisted by Mrs. Martin
O'Hara, chairman; Mrs. William
Romer and Mrs. Andrew Nogrady
are completing arrangements,
which if they mature as desired.
will make this the one delightful
event of the season to be. given in
the hut. Excellent music has been
procured for the dancing and a
number of lovely prizes have been
donated to be awarded>in the va
rious card games of the evening.
Tickets are already out and may be
procured from any of the members
from now on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12

IBy Evening News SIAN CONSEQUENTLY
METUCHEN, May 1.-THE Me-
tuchen Chamber of Commerce will
hold 4 smoker Friday night. May 20,
in the League house. The smoker is
in line with the program designed
to get the people interested in civic
improvement and will be an informal
get-together meeting. Several
speakers will be present at the
smoker.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12

Conveyances recorded at the city
Hall show the following transfers OF
property in the city:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
HOPELAWN

Miss Dora Sutlara was an out-of-
town visitor on Wednesday.
Mrs. George Barrett and Miss Lulu
Barrett visited friends in Perth AM
boy Wednesday.
Charles Delux was out of town on
Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12

III Iva II was dtGldtu W builu
a home for the nurses at an expense
of $4,000. A $4,000 addition vas
built Il the hospital in 1913. At the
annual meeting in 1914 Sidney Rid
dlestorffer was elected president and
has continued in this office. he still
being the head of the association.
The staff of physicians was increased
when ii was found necessary to build
an addition and during the past fis-
cal year an auxiliary was formed in
GLIDING all of the doctors of this city
and vicinity.
The brick building to the west of
the hospital vas purchased and con-
verted into a maternity hall, it be-
ing connected with the hospital
proper. The latest equipment has
been purchased for the operating
room in which the major operations
are performed and an operating
room has been established for ma
ternity cases.
The officers of the hospital asso-
citation are anxious that the public
take an interest and pride in this
institution which must depend large
ly upon contributions for its main
ly being made in order TO make pos
sible the best treatment for all pa
tents.
During the past veal the cost per
patient day has been SS.40, which is
$1.02 higher than the cost in 1919.
Many of the ward patients are I'M
able t o pay anything for the services
| rendered them and as a result this
money must be secured from other
sources.
More nurses are needed to enter
the training school. Five will gradu-
ate this month, the commencement
exercises being held in the high
school auditorium Thursday night,
May 26. The public at large is al
ways welcome at these exercises, no
Invitations or tickets being necessary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
File Building Agreement

NEW BRUNSWICK. May IA
building agreement has been filed
in the county clerks Office between
George Gundrum. as owner. and
Oscar Mundy, builder, for the cree
lion of a frame bungalow on Fourth
treet, South Amboy, for $685..
according to the agreement the
work 10 to be completed by August
IL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-12
SEWAREN

Mrs. w. II. Tombs and Mrs, 7. f.
Zettlemoyer are the delegates from
the History Club for the Federation
Convention. Both are registered at
the Chalfonte.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
An Irate Husband ReIents

Keep them and train them and love them"
she replied. What did you think, honey?"
We'll, I'm damned II III continue to work for
them" exclaimed Nh South. THE world will
look on me a Pluperfect idiot. You can bundle
up my things snd III leave the hou-eful Of
babies % you. IN through"
he stopped. tSen shouted, Alice 1 would
bsve suffered for you--disd Ioy you--tovLhiuEl
But this is TOO n.ueh--soo mueh!'
you san do just y,or *" aid M South
quietly
Nj. South left out he md not &C.. two blocks
from the rouse wher &c j3mpsS out - rl,o auto
mobile, anS tearing rs hsiI. sroV1n.sd hs ives
going back n "talb this oVt"
Ass thu Nigh the family reacE.d a recon.
SnRscn.
Bot he tsipsst1 went b=es 20 tAo Founding
Institution
"Tt will be q grsAs blov to part With the chill
&rSn," Mrs. South sale after Authorizing that she
ha6 coneedet tat much 20 he kuGbend ar,v.
bEd them month and fox 1aye ard I really lows
them dearly | Vill rahs tnsE. you may bs.tat
believe"
Ms so5th f1rthe declares that her children
are the finest in the world" She has bat few
rules, she say bat these she makes them follow
They must &c 20 school, attend Sunday school
ssy their prayers an ze7s- talk back 70 ther
elders
Il intend TO educate one for the ministry and
another for TIE law says Mrs.. South. I've OF
the boys already display such aptitude OF course.
1t looks II I Peering far iEto tae future
but the years pass quite rapidly and before one
knows it ones children grown 70 manhood
and womanhood. Oh, l an happy woman.
wish al women would love children as / do"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

ats nothing out Of the ordinary" she added.
AT the maternity sanitarum they told me that
dozens of wives have deceived their husbands into
thinking adopted waits were their own, and that
some doctors and nurses helped them in the de-
ception."
Came then the business of breaking the news
to Mr.. South He was FOUND at the grocery store,
waiting on a customer. First he laughed, then
he got indignant
Its an Internal lie!" ne shouted. and hast
ened to his home. There dramatic scene took
place in the presence Of the reporters.
Don't say anything when we go in, but just
listen to the conversation between my wife and
me, and you will be convinced in a couple of min
utes that the whole thing is lie" Mr.. South told
the reporters outside the door.
Two small children greeted him at the door.
Daddy! Dsodyl" they cried, leaping up on him.
Mr.. South petted them and then ushered his Wis
itors into the front room where Mrs. South was
preparing hottie Of milk for the triplets, who
were setting up loud wall from thGjr bed in the
corner.
"Eow are yoT, dear?" WAC TIE way Mrs. South
greeted her husband.
"An right, honey" he said. "AIe the children
n right?"
After her answer in the affirmative, he asked
her If she hRd had any visitors this morning.
Yes, gentleman came cut and talked TO
said Mrs Eoutn.
did he 81. then7" asked Mr.. South.
"NO, dear. Re Adnt get thsra becs-se th:ss
aren't any"
Why" asked Mr.. South.
Because" said his wife, calmly, @thsy mob
our children"
Mr.. South CAPPED ~ her before he AhouteS.
''What1-Then how about the twins" Quietly
the frsl little woman cams % air siee, and laid
bare the story Of bow sha had found eli % the
children at the maternity hospital. the nlnt liz
ing ones aud tia wins Eat died and kept him
in the dark for Il yeArs because 7 wsntee yol
% work for thsm and give up your wild wsys."
Mr.. South sank into a chsits exclkiminr
Woman, 700 have played hell"
She insisted that soc vas guilty Of no wrong
but that God approved CT what sho had dore.
81 know He Doesn't" shouted her husband
~You have acted lie for Il years, and led me
to believe they my children This Is
than / can stand"
mo use to take that view" said Mrs South.
Don't you think you did me wrong!" he shot
a. her.
Certainly not"
"Why have you kept me fooled this way and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

made me slave my head of for somebody eses
children?" was his next demand
Because" she asserted with emphasis, com
ing close to him and catching his arm, you de-
MED me the privilege of motherhood for 20 long
years. and then l brought these helpless little
things into our home because l knew it was
right"
But what did you pile EN- up on me for
and why didn't you tell me, and why-Oh, God.
this IS too much!" stammered the husband, as he.
paced the floor, his face turkey red
She continued to smile, and played with one
Of the little girls on her knee
He wanted to know what she expected to do
with call these children that were born 70 some
body else"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

South struggled these into her home New
Years eve while her husband was at work.
The world would never have known the origin
Of the South "triplets" her other children, had
il not been for clerk in the vital statistics office
in Atlanta who was puzzled because no birth GER
theates for the triplets ever filed. He
hded his suspicious TO a newspaper reporter, the
reporter confirmed them in part at the maternity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

ton Of children; but she knew, likewise, that IL
ne believed they were his own, he would love
them and give them a fathers care.
How she actually fooled her husband, she re-
fuses TO tell
That's my business and nobody else's," she
says, tapping her forehead with her forefnger
and smiling a wise smile. But she admits that,
with her husband expecting her to bear a child,
she went to a maternity horne in Atlanta, where
nameless little waits are brought into the world
by mothers who do not want them, and got a
little boy, which she struggled into her home
Then neighbors telephoned for Mr.. South.
Its a boy" she told him, he rushed home
from work. "The doctor and the nurse have been
here and gone"
Her plan was successful And so, at annual
Intervals, she gave birth" to three more chill
dren. These were followed, in the same
secretive way, by twins" four years ago;
and two years ago by another pair Of
twins" All of them lived except two of -
the twins"
Then, last autumn, Mrs. South was
sorely tempted. She is a devout Metho-
dist and her church-St. Paul's, one of the fore
most in Atlanta-announced that it would educate
as missionaries the first triplets born to q
member.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

home, and then confronted Mrs. South She read
lily admitted the deception.
Il have never told a lie in my life she said
"The tripets are not mine, none Of the other chill
dren is mine. Nobody ever asked me before,
that's why never admitted il before I've done
what / set out to do, anyway-Ive mad children
and I've won Mr.. South from his Wild ways and
made him a kind, loving husband and father"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
Why She Wanted Triplets

81 saw a chance to have three little children
reared Christians and sent out to teach the
gospel to the heather" says Mrs. South. So she
made her plans accordingly, and on a late af-
ternoon in December, secured from Mrs. Mitchells
maternity home at % Windsor street three babies
which, the home records show, were born of three
mothers on Dec. g. and 10 respectively. Mrs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18

Left Home a
49, HlEssaAsgSgEssl By WARD GREENE tsa~4sssaszm -

TT Is strange how there always seems to be
parallel an analogy for everything no matter
how strange that thing may be. But even
more extraordinary, perhaps, is the quite diner
ent effect that similar acts have on those VINO
come within their sphere Of influence.
Take the cases of Mrs. Daniel F. Sullivan Of
Chicago and Mrs F. f. A. South Of Atlanta, Ga.
It was a strong maternal instinct that actuated
both women in the case. Each had hobby
foundlings. Mrs. Sullivan converted her home
into a day and night nursery and cared FOR all
she could lay her kindly hands on. In five years
she "mothered" 1872 babies. Once she took eight
Of them all the way TO Florida to give them an
"airing." She made no attempt to conceal any
thing from her husband. She frankly told him
that the babies were foundlings and nameless,
often. But, in time, her husband became fed
up" on a score Of brats bowling and making mis-
chief about the house and deserted and now is
divorced from her. In other words, she told the
truth and lost her husband
Mrs. South, on the contrary, a woman Of 81,
after rearing three of her own children, saw that
her husband was slipping" from her because, her
children married and out of the house, there was
not enough attraction and responsibility to keep
him home So, noting how many foundlings there
we're in the city of Atlanta, she started out to
kill two birds with one stone by winning back the
love Of her husband and giving home to home
less kiddies at the time. She began bear
ing" children. They sngly, doubly and. at
New Years time. in triplets, much to the aston
ishment of the medical world which read with
amazement how a woman of 81 and a man we'll
over 60 became parents Of triplets. Many be-
lieved her among them her husband, until sus-
picious clerk of vital statistics told newspaper
man his suspicious which resulted in the disclos-
ure. Well Mr.. South became quite peeved when
he heard of 1t. He even stormed from the house.
But he came back, and, persuading his wife to
rid herself Of the triplets, forgave this wife who
had lied 10 him. Which causes one to wonder
how Mrs. Sullivan would have Jared had she told
a falsehood to her husband.
Then there is another angle to the South case
TIE propensity for foisting off other mothers
babies credulous husbands seems to be a fam
lily affair. Mrs. South's daughter-one of her
three natural otfsprDgs-Mrs. Willis H. Swain
o. Jacksonville, Fla. wife of an electrician
passed off five children o. her husband as his and
hers. She says she got tired Of 'petting poodle"
and, after two years OF vain pleading with her
stork, decided 20 get a baby from a found
ling asylum did her mother. So she would
visit her mother for two months before the baby
born" and then return with a fine red-faced
little Indian" over whom her husband would
proudly stick out his chest and crow quite loudly
Mrs South, becoming too laxative gave awav
untruth won FOR Mr.. Swain also clings to his
wife and will keep the babies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-18
The Lure of Baby Fingers

Details Of the clever deception practised on
Mr. South are very interesting. The Souths have
been married for 81 years. Mr.. South has earned
a modest income FOR years as a clerk in grocery
store. They lived in a humble little cottage at %
Weyman street Atlanta Their three children
were actually born 20 them. But they grew up,
got married and left home. Mrs. South was near
ly 40 then; Mr. South was close on to so.
The woman, facing prospectof loneliness and
yesrning for the sound OF fresh voices and the
feel OF little fingers, according 10 her own story,
hit upon her remarkable plan. She knew her
husband would not consent to the outright Rdop-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-25

". J. Wathen and D. Gadue of Occum were very successful Friday evening, bringing in a r pound coon with MT. WGthen's new dog. Sport.
 At a special meeting of the Ponemah Wheel club William Donohue was elected captain of the clubs basketball team, which VIII be entered in the village league.
 Large numbers of football fans took in the Yale-Army game at New Haven Sat urday.
 Tn St. Joseph's church, Occum, Mon day morning Rev. F. R H. DesSureault united in marriage Charles Elmer Phil lips of Baltic and Miss Mary Rose Tetreault Of Versailles. Friends filled the places of honor. The bride wore a white gown of the latest design, with veil and carried white roses. Following the ceremony, a reception and dinner was given at the brides home, after which the happy couple left on a tour. The groom is the son of Charles H. and Ei3yn Treat Phillips and was born in Lisbon. He is an overseer in the mill in Baltic The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Mary Lambert Tetreault and was born in Norwich.
 At a meeting of representatives from four societies, at the Army Navy club, last evening, it was voted to form bas- ketbal league which is to be known as the Taftville Basketball League. Will liam White acted as chairman of the meeting.
 Representatives present were: Will Ham Enos, A. Letpold and William Don o1Ie from the Ponemah Wheel club Herman Fontaine, James Troland and James White from the K. of C.. Harry Mills and Joseph Wa don from the Ar my-Navy; Henry Pepin from the La fayette club.
 The managers chosen were W. Dono- hue. Ponemah Wheel club; J. Troland K. of C.; IT. Mills. Army Navy; Henry Perin, Lafayette club. The managers wil lmeet with the athletic association this week, concerning the league.
 The league is to open during the sec. on> NVeek in November and the associa. ton has give na loving cup for the win ne-.