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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
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Armistice Day with all that it means to humanity every
where, will be observed throughout the country tomorrow.
Its significance has not been lost on Perth Amboy. This
city is preparing to celebrate the day on an elaborate scale.
For many weeks past a committee representing organizations
here has been at work with the result that plans are COM
plete for one of the greatest demonstrations that the city
has ever seen.
It is to be hoped that the real meaning of the occasion
will not be lost on the people generally. The day Is to be
made especially impressive because Of the solemn ceremony
that is to take place at the national cemetery at Arlington
where the body of an unknown soldier, representing ue
thousands who gave up their lives for the cause OF democracy
in the late war, will be buried with military honors and In
the presence of the most distinguished gathering that mas
ever assembled on American soil
President Harding, through an act of congress, has de-
clared the day a national holiday. The governors OF the re-
spective states have declared it a legal holiday as far as the
states are concerned, and the mayors of the various clues
throughout the land have proclaimed 1T a munlclpal hoh-
day in keeping with all the other divisions OF our govern
ment. We do not recall any holiday IN America That mas
been so universally proclaimed.
Perhaps the most impressive feature of the day, will be
the two minutes of silence when, from 400 O'CLOCK uhtl
12 o'clock, noon, all activities are to cease as a tribute 10
the heroes who fell in the great struggle. Here, again, Pefth
Amboy can enter into the spirit of the occasion by giving up
these Two minutes at noon tomorrow in memory OF the SOL
der dead.
While tomorrow is to be a very solemn day, it also is a
day of great rejoicing. Let the flags be displayed In pro-
fusion. 1t was only a few years ago that municipalities were
wing with each other to see which one could show the
greatest NUMBER of flags. Perth Amboy was admitted to be
one of the leaders in this particular. On many of our streets
there was not a residence without the stars and stripes
showing.
Why not do it again tomorrow? No matter whether the
flag is large or small, let it be seen somewhere on your resi-
Gence tomorrow when the boys march in honor OF the great
victory and when the silent tribute is paid to those VINO
marched away three years ago and failed to return.
Tomorrow, then, is the day for Perth Amboy to show
that old-time patriotic spirit that was so evident when the
great war was going on. There was nothing too good for the
bows when they marched away; let the same feeling prevail
tomorrow when they march at home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
THE HOURS FOR VoTIN

While in New Jersey the polls for a general election
are open at 6 o'clock in the morning and remain open until
7 o'clock at night, in New York the polls used to open at
6 o'clock and close at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The fact
that New York closed so early was often used as an argu-
ment for New Jersey to close the polls earlier in this state.
New York, however, has seen fit to lenghen the hours
for voting so that now the polls are open until 6 o'clock in
stead of closing at 5 as heretofore. From 6 o'clock in the
morning until 6 o'clock at night, twelve hours, is ID deemed
long enough to afford every person an opportunity to get to
the polls and vote.
New Jersey might well follow New York's example in
this respect. There used to be two hours difference between
the closing of the polls in the two states. BY New York
frightening the time in that state one hour, as has been done,
and by New Jersey cutting off an hour, the polls in both
states would open and close at the same time. While there
may be no particular advantage in this, the fact is, twelve
hours is long enough time to allow for voting and by giving
the election officers an hour earlier start on the counting the
result would be known earlier and the ordeal would not be so
fatiguing-
As tampering with the election laws has come to be
a habit in New Jersey, here is a change that would not harm
anyone, but, on the contrary, would be decidedly beneficial.
No valid reason can be given for keeping the polling places
open until 7 o'clock at night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
HEALTH BY VENTILATION

Window boards. simple mean for
letting air in during the winter,
DETECTING it upward SO that the air
will reach the breathing zone with
out chilling the feet, are excellent.
For the lack of SUCH simple things
most people go through ar entire
winter WITHOUT raising a window.
When it is necessary to be saw
ing of gas or coal, a partial sub
stitne for ventilation can be secur-
ed through All electric fan.
The importance of GOODNESS Of air
is almost as little appreciated as the
Importance of motion of air. Most
people ~enervate themselves by heat
especially in winter.
The temperature of living rooms
and work rooms should lever go
above 20 degrees and for young
people and those who have not lost
largely in vigor, a temperature Of
) to 10 degrees lower is preferable.
Heat is depressing. 1t lowers both
mental and muscular efficiency.
In the Geld season. indoor air is
often too dry and may be moistened
to some extent by heating water in
large pans or open pots.
In very cold. dry weather, the air
supply of an ordinary medium sized
house requires the addition of not
less than 10 gallons of moisture
every "a hours and sometimes
more.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
WHY THE EXCISE BOARD?

Can anyone give a satisfactory reason why the taxpay-
ers of Perth Amboy should pay five men 5000 a year each for
the next three years for doing practically nothing? Has
the city got so much money that it can afford to support
sinecures of this sort? What particular influence do these
men have that they should be so favored?
Time was when the excise board earned its money.
That time is no more. Liquor licenses are forbidden; there
remain only a few pool and billiard parlors to be licensed
once a year. This is a mere matter of routine and could
easily be looked after by the Board of Aldermen. Why, then,
The excise board?
This 81 900 a year that is TO be paid out to five men
for doing nothing might well be added 20 the appropriation
for Fairgrounds thereby adding to the pleasure of the chill
dren and, incidentally, helping them to grow up into better
citizens. There are many ways that a city as hard pressed
as Perth Amboy is for money, could use this s., 900 a year
rather than hand it out in what amounts to authorized graft
for five men who happened to get their names put on the bal
lot at the last election for excise commissioners.
Why not take steps TO abolish the excise board?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

of the child into the adult is retarded
or altered. Here again, it is con-
tended, in the Caucasian race the
male traits are more developed than
in the negro and Mongol races. In
the latter types men and women
are more alike, while the men have
less hair on the skin and also less
of the pugnacious quality which is
~typically male.
The suprarenal bodies, which rest
upon the kidneys. have been shown
to control fermentation which causes
the color of the skin. Disease oil
these bodies has been found to cause
a gradual ~darkening of the skin,
That skin color is a race character
istic is obvious. The s~uprarenals are
also known to have something to do
with the maturing of the individual.
Children with over-developed supra
renal bodies become prodigies OF
muscular development and also
reach an early sexual maturity.
The pineal gland, which is buried
in the brain and is no bigger than
a grain of wheat. is the least under
stood OF any of the ductless glands,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
BY DIR. II. II. BISHOP

hI DIA. H. H. DISIlO1
People can live without food for
days and without water for hours,
but without air-only a few min
utes. 1t is readily seen then that
the air supply is of prime import
ance.
The mere construction of the
proper kind of buildings does not
insure good ventilation. The most
important features of ventilation
are emotion, GOODNESS and the pro-
per degree of humidity and fresh
ness.
Most people are u~nreasonably
afraid of air in motion or drafts. A
gentle draft is really n of the
best friends which the sincere
seeker of health can find. OF course.
a strong draft directed against some
exposed part of the body, causing
a local chill for any length of time.
is naturally undesirable.
But the ordinary draft resulting
from good ventilation is healthful.
The best sort of ventilation is usual
ly to be had through the windows.
1t is advisable to keep windows
open almost always in summer and
often in winter.
Whenever practicable. one should
have an entrance for fresh air and
an exit fer stale air at opp it;
sides of the room. Where ti.ers
cannot be a cIoss current CT air
such as this. circulation may be es-
tablished by opening a window both
at top and bottom.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10

Three years ago tonight-do you
remember it?
1 do not think 1t was the whistles
that wakened US. 1t seems to me l
wakened just an instant before the
first whistle blew. 1t was 2:30 IN
the morning of Monday, November
IL, 1918.
What a day it vas that followed!
What tumult, what bilarity, what
unrestrained mirth!
Peace had comet And with 1t had
come everything we loved and hoped
for!
So we thought, and I am not ready
yet to admit that we were wholly
mistaken. But 1 think strange
thoughts on this eve of the third an
niversary of the armistice.
Our boys came back-my own
three sons, and the sons of my
~neighbors. I had marched from n
Municipal building to the train in the
town where / live with n con-
tingent after another, and in the
case of scores of the boys 1 was the
last man In their home town with
whom they shook hands a. the train
pulled out.
Their parents saw them through
barred Enclosure which they might
not pass; I was permitted. and a few
others with me. to spend the last few
minutes with them on the PLATFORM
and to bid them their last Godspeed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
CHANCE TO SAVE SIBERIA
FROM BOLSHEVIKI

Kerensky government by which rep
resentatives of all parties and organ
izations were chosen. Every politi-
cal party. provided II had a certain
number of votes, was entitled to
representation.
Peasant Control
when the assembly met, the pea
SAINT faction was in the majority. A
liberal constitution was adopted.
with an executive body of sever men,
under which came the ministry.
This executive body. when an
emergency demands. can promul-
gate laws which stand until the
next session of the Duma (con-
gress), when these laws must be
ratified or rejected.
The constitution proclaims the in
volatility of private property: the
freedom of the press: free religious
worship: and declares strongly for
compulsory education. In general,
1t is not unlike the ideas which we
have adopted and observed in the
United States, except that it's tenets
are perhaps more inclined toward
socialism.
Disorders Rare
Since the establishment of the Far
Eastern Republic. disorders have
been very rare, except when engi-
neered by the Japanese military.
At least 80 per cent of the people
are supporters of the new govern
ment. All the workmen and peasants
are with IL. The only class that with
holds it's support is the one with old
regime tendencies, ard that is in the
minority.
From our viewpoint. the Far East
- -z-.Ts- - ~ LN-
yet established in Siberia or Russia.
While it may not be ideal. 1t is
an effort in the right direction. and
If given economic support by the
world generally. its ideals will soon
expand to the remainder of ST.
IBERIA and eventually to old Russia.
And when that occurs. order and
system may be expected from the
chaos OF today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10

Charles ii. Smith has just return
ed from serving two and one-half
years as American member of the
~Interallied Railway Commission in
Siberia. He has resigned and Is I'm
Washington laying before the State
Department data concerning Japan's
part in siberian affairs. In In fol-
lowing article he describes the Far
Eastern Republic organized at
Chita, which may send an unofficial
delegation to h arms conference.
BY CHARLES II. SMITH
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9:-One of
the nations demanding recognition
before the coming armament parley
is the Far Eastern Republic.
This republic is an outgrowth of
the demands made by japan on Rus
STA for the establishment of a buffer
state between Japan and bolshevism.
The japanese idea was to establish
a state which would be under Japa-
nese domination or, at least, favor
able to Japanese plans.
Evidently the soviet government
foresaw that such was the intention
of Japan, for it tent its most trusted
agents to establish this state. Con-
seuuently, the Far Eastern Republic
has been organized by representa-
tives of Moscow and the liberalists
of the Far East.
Buffer State
Moscow saw at the outset that
communism never could be estab-
lished in Siberia and was entirely
willing to fall in with the japanese
idea of a buffer state. However, to
forestall Semionoff in his ~endeavors.
a new state must necessarily be
established by the liberal thinkers.
Therefore, the temporary govern
ment at Chita was formed by the
representatives of Verkhne-Udinsk,
Blagoveshtchensk, Habarovsk and
Vladivostok governments.
This temporary government called
a general election for representatives
to a constitutional assembly. The
plan of election was that of h
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
~BertonBrale
(K1\ Daily Poem
IA A one IDEAL
EXPERIMENTATION

My landlords different than most,
Although perhaps l shouldn't boast,
But-wel he takes 1t as his task
To do whatever l may ask;
He mends the roof, or paints the
wall,
Repapers dining room and hall;
In brief, he seems to take a pride
In doing things as 1 decide.
j~anitor is quite unlike
The kind you usually strike;
He keeps UP steam, he tends the fire
Whenever it is my desire,
He never gives me any lip.
He doesn't ask or want a tip,
He feeds my dog, he feeds my cat;
Few Janitors are nice as that!
You ask me, where are landlords
Who with such kindnesses abound /?
And where do j~anitors exist
Whose virtues make so long a list?
The secrets plain enough to trace
/ am the landlord of my place,
/ W my house-and, saving pelf-
/ am the janitor myself
Copyright. 1921. NEA service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10

"ParadoxicalIS much of u
Christmas celebration Is many CEN
turtles older than the event the day
commentaries" says a bulletin
from the Washington. d. c., head
quarters of the National Geo.
graphic Society.
ION Christmas morn expectant
Miss Five-year-old will spring from
a brass bedstead as her father
flashes on the electric lights. and
run to a darkened, steam heated
room, where there will be a Christ
mas tree. lit by tiny candle like
blubs. strewn with dolls, and sweet
meats and toys.
"A retrospective spirit VINO
broods over this scene would recall
that the tree is a relic of the ma
ture worshipping days of u Ay-
ran ancestors who saw In the
spreading branches a harbinser Of
the o%utfolding of the daylight's
precious hours. The candles orig
Teutons, who chose the first sign
to their Sun God for smiling on
them again. The .mistletoe carries
one back to the Druids.
THE accepted rites of Christmas
day are a concentration into "a
hours of many ceremonials which
our less hurried ancestors spread
over the Yuletide season.
And Queen Elizabeth Only Re-
ccived One Pair!
Zone might think that Merry
England would lead the national
procession in Yuletide festivities.
But Christmas sustained a blow
there when an act of Parliament
in 1852 forbade any observance of
the day, either in church or home.
In the time of Good Queen Bess'
giving was thoroughly established
as a Christmas custom because that
lady let it be known that she ex-
peoted articles of apparel from her
retainers; a PRACTICE family sug-
! gestive of the tribute silk brought
to the Empress Dowager of China.
II is even limited in old chronicles
that Elizabeth did not hesitate to
say so when the gifts did not meas
ure UP to her expectations. 1t also
Is recorded hat upon m Christ
mas a maid knit her a pair of black
silk stockings; and henceforth she
would wear no other kind. That
obscure maid of 1861 unwittingly
tapped the pockets of the American
male for millions of dollars worth
of tribute silk for Christmas 1920.
IAN epitome of the origin OF
Christmas festivities. or of the mat
ter of gifts alone, would make a
volume of archaeology. Toys often
are repositories of ancient human
evolution. more significant than the
faint traces of other milleniums
dug up by the pick and shovel. Not
an adult H. G. Wells, but a preco-
cious Daily Ashford, it almost
seems, would be best equipped to
write a history of. mankind: for
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
BY DIR. w. L. BARTON

And I was there when they came
back.
Why did they go forth to 1.-THE
worlds mad-house' as a father said
bitterly to me as we walked away
from the station together after his
one son had gone forth to war?
We sent them into "a war to END
war;"
And some of them died over there
in that war to end war;"
We meant it, too; and three years
ago tonight we were sure that we
were at the dawn of it.
We may be three years nearer TO
that dawn tonight than we seemed
to be them
Saturday there convenes in Wash
ington a body of men who may really
do what we sent our boys across the
sea to do.
Or we may be a hundred years far
Their away from that event than we
then seemed.
Let no man speak otherwise than
~reverently of what is to occur during
the conference. Let us believe in 1t,
and hope for it and pray for it. Let
us pray for it more earnestly even
than three years ago tonight we
prayed for peace. Let us and let all
America highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain"
May God bless and guide the dis
armament conference at Washing-
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10

Q. What countries come next to
England as purchasers of u auto
mobiles? ID. G. A.
A. People in England buy more
of our passenger cars and motor
trucks than in any other country.
British India second as a buy
err of our passenger cars, but Canada
is second as a purchaser OF motor
trucks.
Q. Could you inform me where
the relic of the Battleship Maine Is
now. located? lakewood, o.
A. The steering wheel of the
Maine is in the National Museum al
Washington. The mainmast Is at
Arlington National Cemetery. The
wreck proper was sunk In 600
fathoms of water on March 16. 1912.
after appropriate ceremonies had
been observed.
@. What is the origin of the AL
banians. and what language do they
speak? L. S.
A. The AIbanians are supposed to
be descendants of the earliest Ayran
immigrants, Macedonians. Eripots,
and %Illyrians. They divide them
selves into Tosks and Ghegs. Tho
language and alphabet Is a mixture
from various sources. Latin char
acters are used by the Ghegs, Greek
by the Tosks. The people are most
ly illiterate and the spoken language
is a mixture Of Latin. Greek and
Slavic tongues.
Q. Please inform me the number
of Protestant chaplains and the
number of Catholic chaplains in the
Army and Navy of the United
states? w. v. w.
A. The War Department says that
the +, are SO Catholic chaplains in
the Army at To ame and 142 Pro-
testant chaplains, making a total of
181. In the Navy there are 30
chaplains, of which 10 are Roman
Catholic and the rest Protestant.
@. Does the carbon in the soil
form the carbon compounds in
plants? J. H. NJ.
A. An authority on fertilizer says
1.-THE carbon Of the soil takes no
direct part in forming the carbon
compounds of plants. 1t Is not nec-
essary to apply carbon fertilizer to
produce the carbon compounds of
plants, because the carbon dioxide
of the air is the source for crop pro-
duction. 1t is estimated that there
are 80 tons of carbon dioxide in the
air over every acre of the earth's
surface. The carbon in the soil is
an indirect element of fertility, be-
u it is usually combined with
other elements, as nitrogen and
phosphorus which are absolutely
necessary for crop production"
@. What were the names of the
chorus girls in the original Flora
dora Sextette? A. G.
A. The original Floradora Sex
tette was composed of the following
girls: Margaret Walker, Mary Will
son, Daisy Green. Agnes Wayburn.
Marjorie Ralyet and Vaughan Tex
smith.
Q. Do house flies have
lungs? S. H.. NJ.
A. Housefies have lungs.
@. Where on the Thames embank-
ment is Cleopatra's Needle? w. M.
S.
A. The obelisk, Cleopatra's Nee
die, is located on the right Of the
Victoria Embankment by the Adel-
phi Terrace. in the rear Of Westmin-
ster Bridge.
Q. To settle an argument will you
publish which month of the year
the Harvest Moon occurs? o. K.
A. The September full moon IS
called the Harvest Moon; the Octo.
Der full moon, the hunters Moon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10

but is now known to have some def
mite effect upon the development OF
the individual.
The thyroid gland is perhaps the
most important of all these glands,
both in it's function of regulating
bodily activities and in its effect on
growth. Disease of the thyroid
gland stunts and changes the growth
of the body to such an extent thai
the victim seems to belong to an
other species of humanity.
Children In whom this gland is
diseased become cretins, Or dwarf
idiots. When the affliction comes
later in life, the skin and hair are
affected. One type Of idiot-dwarf-
ism which results from affliction OF
the thyroid has been known for over
half a century to the medical pro-
fession as monaghan idiot" because
of the resemblances of the physical
type Il that Of the Monaghan race
These mysterious glands are now
the great unknown of the human
body. Their study perhaps prom
Uses more for the future of mankind
than any other thing in medical
science.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
WANDER
OF AMERICAN LEGION

Hanford MacNider, of Mason City,
Ia, the new national commander OF
the American Legion, won nine sep
arate citations for valor while in the
army and rose from second lieuten-
ant to lieutenant colonel of infantry
during his term of service with the
Second Division.
His honors include the Distin-
guished Service Cross with an oak
leaf cluster for additional recogni-
ton of bravery. the Croix de Guerre
with five palms, the Croce al Merlte
di Guerre of Italy and the ribbon of
a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
of France.
MacNider was born in Mason City
October 2, 1889. and was graduated
from Harvard in 1911.
In 1916 he went to the Mexican
border with the Iowa national guard.
He stayed in uniform until Septem-
Der, 1919, when he resumed civilian
clothes as head of a banking invest
ment kOmpany,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-10
LEADER OF DEMOCRATS

Cordell Hull. of Carthage. Tenn,
newly chosen chairman of the DEM
ocratic national executive commit
tee, is known as the father of the
present income tax law.
He is considered the best inform
ed man on taxation in the country.
AS a boy he had no idea of reach
ing such high standing as his is to-
day, for he a busy helping his
father guide RATS of logs down the
Cumberland river.
But he determined on law as a
career and at eighteen entered Cum
berland university.
After his graduation he served one
term in the Tennessee legislature
and then left for the Spanish Ameri-
can war as captain.
As circuit judge in Nashville. from
1903 to 1907, he was known as a
quick, decisive thinker.
He is now fifty years old.