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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
SOUTH AMBOY CHURCH
HAS 18TH ANNIVERSARY
tBy Evening News correspondent.

lBy Evening News correspondent
SOUTH AMBOY, June 16-Mem-
bers of the First M. E. church of
this city are celebrating the twenty
seventh anniversary of the present
church building during the week
with tie following program:
Monday night, DR.. c. III. Wool
ston. pastor of the East Baptist
church OF Philadelphia, delivered
his famous object lesson. What l
Say in Wonderland At this time
the boy scouts, the girl scouts, men,
bers of the Junior church and boys
and girls of the Sunday school were
on hand in large numbers,
Tuesday night a musical program
was given by the choir of the
church.
Wednesday night a prayer meet
ing rally in charge Of the pastor,
was held.
Thursday night, Rev. Edward
Mount of Manasquan will tell his
personal experience of western life
among the cowboys and billiards..
This will be illustrated with one
hundred colored slides.
Friday night, former pastors
night" A social time with the for
mer pastors of the church. Re-
freshments will be served by the
Ladies' Aid Society.
Sunday. June 10. Anniversary
Sunday" preaching in the morning
by the pastor. In the evening at
seven-thirty by Rev. j. d. Bills, SUI
p~erintendent of the New Brunswick
District, will preach the anniversary
sermon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16

could see it was helping me. | am
keeping house now and am able to do
~ of my work. l cannot say enough
FOR your medicine. 1t has done more
for me than any doctor. Youmay print
this letter if you wish.
C. CoRLEY, care of A. P. Corley,
Edmund, S. c.
Ability to stand the strain Of work
is the privilege of the strong and
healthy, but how our hearts ache for
the weak and sickly women struggling
with their daily rounds of household
duties, with backaches, headaches,
nervousness and almost every move
ment brings a new pain. Why will
not the mass of letters from women
all over this country, which we have
been publishing convince such women
that Lydia E. Pinhkam's Vegetable
Compound will help them just as
surely as it did Mrs. Corley?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
RED BANK-EATONTOWN
ROAD CONTRACT GIVEN
tBy Evening News Correspondent

TRENTON. June 16:-The State
Highway Commission awarded TO
the Newark Paving Company a con-
tract for the construction of the Red
Bank-Eatontown road. The depart
ment estimated the job at $242.99G.-
70. The contractor will do the work
for 87.9 per cent. of the depart
ment's estimate.
Alexander j. Melmoe, of Newark.
was low bidder and received the con-
tract for the construction of the
1jsbon-Four Mile road, Burlington
county. The department estimated
the contract to be worth $50, 80.
The contractor will do the work for
S2-9 per cent. of that estimate.
The contract for repairing two
bridges on Route No. -, from Pat
erson to Phillipsburg, was awarded
20 Broadhurst 81 Company, of Hack
ensack, for $3,575. Cummings e
Ryan of Jersey City were awarded
the contract for repairing of the
Culvert bridge near Overpeck, for
~$2,S60.59.
The commission ordered adver-
tlsements for reconstruction of Route
No. 5 from Chatham to Madison.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
KEYPORT

Mrs. Anna Osborn and daughter,
Miss Helen Osborn, have returned
from a visit with Miss Villa Hager-
man, of Bayside, l.. 1.
Miss Mildred H. Bedle, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Bedle,
will complete her course at the
Montclair Normal School on June
Is.
Donald Van Brake has completed
his curse at Rutgers College and is
at his home on Maple Place for the
summer vacation.
The local schools have closed for
the summer vacation. Tomorrow
night the Alumni Association will
hold the reception to the graduates,
an entertainment will be given to
be concluded with the annual Alum
nj ball.
The awarding of diplomas to the
graduating class of the local high
school will take place tonight and
the address to the graduates will be
given by Henry E. Ackerson, Jr.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
SALE OF REED WORK
AT KEYPORT TOMORROW

KEYPORT, June 16.-Tomorrow
afternoon at the public library the
Keyport Literary Club will hold an
open meeting at which time Il sale
of reed work and other articles
made by the handicraft department
during the year will be conducted
and Mrs. Beatrice M. Stern. of Mat
avian, will give a talk on Citizen
ship" All are invited to attend. A
silver offering will be taken and all
proceeds will be donated to the fund
now being raised by the club for the
Woman's College at New Bruins
wick.
Plans are completed whereby a
social hour will follow the talk and
tea will be served. The meeting is
directly in charge of Miss Margaret
Bedle who is chairman of the com
mittee in charge of raising the fund
for the college. The club has pledg-
ed $40 as it's minimum donation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
Cured 1t the Age Of 81
Marshall, Mich

hr. c.. E. Brooks. Marshall, Mich
Dear SIR
Less han a year ago I sent to you
.or an appliance which came promptly.
Iieetlv' nje bPaayye worn orr d the a y hi.eo per- no,
quite ten and one-half months. 1t has
cured my rupture.
I tried the other day while the appf-
|anything out of the opening to make a
|preak there. but i could not. though /
Now / think this quite remarkable as
!, am In my eighty-frst year. am an
|oId veteran of the Civil War. born and
alsed in the town of New Boston. N. III.
9 wnerep enlisted In the 10th N, Il, vol
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
! CLASS DAY At
SOUTH AMbOY
1921 Graduates at Delightful
Event. Commencement to
be Held June %

10y Evening News Correspondent
SOUTH AMBOY. June 16.-Class
Day exercises of the class of 1921
were held in st. Mary's Hall, Tues
day. The place was crowded with
friends and relatives of the gradu-
ating class as well as a number of
under-classmen. The exercises this
year were more distinctive than on
any previous year. There were
eighteen young ladies and gentle
men from the graduating class that
took part in the exercises.
The young ladies looked charming
IN their handsome gowns while the
boys of the class were attired in a
more conventional style. Decorations
were beautiful-the gold and blue
OF the school intermingled with the
gold and white of the graduating
class and the white and garnet of the
Junior class. combined to make the
scene m of exceptional color and
charm.
The program was opened by Cor
neEus Ryan delivering the tribute
of the class esteem to their rector.
Rev. f. G. Grifiian. Following this
Master William Meacham. just a lit
tie tot, handed the gift of the class
to the Rector. Miss Clair Mullane
tleu presented ner lQeaS on Our
Class" This paper was an excellent
satire on the work of the class.
The history of the classical stu
dents was written and read by Miss
Anna Coakley and that of the Com
mercial class by Miss Carmelita Gill
christ. Both brought forth a great
deal of applause with their ready wit
and humor.
THE Song of the Juniors was
then rendered by the class. opening
the way for the reading of the COM
positions on the class flower, the
class colors and the class motto. by
Gertrude H~ensberger. Helen Hackett
and Joseph Meacham. Mr.. Meach-
ans composition on the class mot
to. "Quotidie Mort Sibi," was excel
lent. John Vail let those present
lin on some inside information about
the Juniors" and Thomas Meacham
followed with the class prophecy.
Presentation of the class gifts was
made by Miss Mary r Holton and
James Wade.
Graduation exercises. coupled with
a play entitled Her Only Love-" will
be held in the hall on June %. The
class is the largest in the history of
the local schools. Four boys of the
class have expressed their intention
of entering Holy Cross in the fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16

eighth district:
Number of officers, teachers and
scholars. LOS; number of Sundays
in session. sos; average attendance,
719: number on cradle roll, rs; num-
Der in Home Department. 95; num-
Der of adult and registered classes,
s.: number of registered and organ
lied secretary's classes,5 8; number Of
scholars united with church. %:
amount contributed to county Sun
day school work. $3.50; contributed
to missionary and benevolent objects.
$159.54: schools represented at con
vention, Is; points attained. Is. The
Sunday school class at the state
Home for Boys, with an enrolment
of 2SS has an average attendance
of 2SS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
women WHO
CANNOT WORK
Read Mrs. Corley's Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience
, Edmund, S. CT was run down
with nervousness and female trouble

dnQ eV-
cry month. l was
not able to do any
work and tried a
lot of medicines
but got no relief.
/ saw your medi-
cine advertised in
a little book, andI
had not taken two
bottles of Lydia
E.
Vegetable Com
pound hafOre 7
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
T ANNIVERSARY

On Saturday JUNE 18th, we ask you to
celebrate with us the 57th Anniversary Of
our business carer. This Event is Dis
tinctly Different" from all others in the
ordinary course of the year 1t is a
THANK Offering in appreciation of the
Public's Patronage, Confidence and Good
Will.
New Condition Prices. Exceptional At
fractions and Values are offered.
Handsome Souvenirs will be distributed
to purchasers.
A. SALE & CO..
3a22-6-16-2t Keyport.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
Others Failed But
tho Appliance Cured
MI. c. Il Brooks,
Marshall. Mich

MI. C. Il Brooks,
Marshall. Mich
SIR
Four Appliance did all you claim
for the little boy and more, for 1t
cured him sound and we'll. We let
him wear 1t for about a year in all,
he had begun to wear it. We had
tried several other remedies and got
no relief, and 1 shall certainly recon-
mend it to friends, for we surely oWe
1t to you. Yours respectfully,
VIM. PATTERSON,
No, III & Main Stu Akron. o.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16

I cannot feel but that I owe you this
testimony for I had never expected to
be cured. However. thanks be to God.
/ found a cure through the valuable
Appliance you made for me. Your friend,
Holly Hill, Fla. e. A. RicharGs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
Pennsylvania
Man r.

9As - u. Plophot
Marshall, Mich.
Dear SIR
Perhaps It will interest you to know
hat j have been ruptured six years
nd have always had trouble with 1t
ill / got your Appliance. 1t Is very
Easy to wear. FITS neat and snug. and
IS not in the way at any time. day or
aight. In fact, at times 1 did not know
[ had 1t on: 1t just adapted itself to
he shape of the body n seemed tc
De a part of the body, as it chung to
he spot. no matter what position /
was in.
1t would be a veritable God-send to
he unfortunate who suffer from rup-
lure IL all could procure the Brooks
rupture Appliance and wear Il. They
would certainly never regret 1t.
My rupture is now all healed up and
nothing ever did it but your Appliance.
Whenever the opportunity presents it.
self I will say a good word for your
Appliance. and also the honorable way
In which you deal with, ruptured peo-
Pile. 1t. is a pleasure to recommend a
GOOD thing. among your friends or
/ am, = HsaS-%
Yours very sincerely.
JAMES A BRITToE. :
&c Hortn Ave. D. Bethiehem, Pa.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16

We send our Appliance on trial to
prove what we say is true. You are 10
be the judge. Fill oat free coupon os-
loW and mail today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16
Child Cured in Four Months

Il Jauseu bG, DuDuQu9e IuNl
Mr.. O. e, Brooks, Marshall, Mich.
:. Dear Slr:-The baby's rupture !
altogether cured, thanks to your AZ
pliance, and we are so thankful to yc1
II we could only have know of
sooner, our little boy would not haG
had to suffer near as much as he dit
He wore your brace q little over Tow
months, Yours very truly
ANDREW EGGGNsEGGEE.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-16

II you have tried most everything
else, come to us. Where others fail is
where we have our greater success.
Send attached coupon today and we
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We send on trial to prove what we
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once having seen our illustrated book
and read it you will be as enthusiastic
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The New York herald., 1921-04-03

the world from Darkness and Nothing
ness.
No one had been willing to pay such
price before. But Odin was brave.
In the most poetic of prose Mr.. Colum
describes the Eldest of the Gods. as he
took the horn which was filled with
water from the Well OF Wisdom and
drank of Il:
And as he drank all the future be-
came clear to him. He saw all the sor-
rows and troubles that would fall upon
Men and Gods. But he saw, too, why
the sorrows and troubles had to fall,
and he saw how they might be borne
so that Gods and Men, by being noble
would leave I'm the world a force that
one day. a day that was far off, in
deed, would destroy the evil that
brought terror and sorrow and despair
into the world
Then when he had drunk out of the
great horn that Mimir had given him
he put his hand to his face and he
rlucked out his right eye. Terrible
was the pain that Odin All-Father en-
dured. But he made no groan nor
moan. He bowed his head and put his
cloak before his face, as Mimir took
the eye and let II sink deep, deep into
the water of the Well of Wisdom And
there the Eye OF Odin stayed. shining
UP through the water, a sign to all
who came to that place OF the price
trat the Father of the Gods had paid
for his wisdom"
Mr.. Columns book is not for children
alone. All who care foR the regions OF
mythology will like it. All who care
for the spirit OF poetry will like it.
And yet It is for children. Never
STOPPING. never patronizing them nor
obviously writing for them II is book
that children will understand Mr..
Colum knows how 10 write for chill
dren because he fortunately appreci-
ates that children have brains.
Tho book Is illustrated by willy
Pogany, who has put into each picture
charm and vitality.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Fugue on jealousy
Fanaticism, Love

ELLEN LEWIS. BY Elsie Singmaster,
Houghton Miffin Company.
One is impressed always with the
authenticity of Miss Singmaster's work.
She knows her subject to the last de-
tail and she understands her own
meter The result IN her books is
real style OF her own-close grained.
strong, and full of sure. subtle touches.
One found 1t in her last years novel,
Basil Everman" 1t is even more
apparent In ELLEN Lewis" the new
book just out.
The plot of the story is a sound and
engrossing one, laid as are her earlier
books in the Pennsylvania region she
knows so we'll Ellen and Matthew
Lewis are the motherless children OF
DR.. Edward Lewis, far in advance in
tellectually, as well as ethically, OF
those in the little town In which he
practised his profession. and especially
superior to the hard baked. even fanat-
| ical "Seventh-Day Baptist" beliefs
which prevailed in the Milhausen
| family into which he had married
Ellen is like her father in intellectual
vigor Matthew reverts to the mothers
line and after running away from
school casts In his lot with his jeal-
ously religious grandfather and Amos,
a half-mad, fanatic cousin, while Ellen
| eagerly begins to prepare herself for
college under her fathers tuition. And
so comes the parting of the ways for
the two young people and Ellen's real
life begins.
| We shall not go on with the plot
out of Difference to the authors in
tent, which is clearly concerned with
the reaction of her characters against
the life which opens up TO them.
Ellen's vigorous and vivid personality
develops in a logical and convincing
manner. Her adventures in search of
a satisfying future lead her into widely
different circumstances, all of which
/ contribute to her own growth and un-
derstanding, while the effect of her
evident superiority upon the two
young men she leaves behind her. her
| brother and the fanatical cousin Amos.
who loves her, is one of the subtly
skilful effects OF the book.
| Indeed, several stories are bound up
as they always are in real life, with
Ellen's progress in development, and
the authors management of each of
these with its own dominating motive
whether of love, passion, insane jeal-
ousy or religious fanaticism (they are
all there), reminds one Of the mastery
play and interplay upon itself of the
| theme of a Bach fugue.
Whether she is regarded as a novel
list pure and simple or as delineator
of character and customs, Miss Sing
master Is a writer to be reckoned
with. She has a convincing fidelity, a
sincerity and a grip upon her problem
that is more masculine than other
wise.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Facts About
Sleeping Sickness

A NATURALIST ON LAKE VICTORIA.
BY G. p. Hale Carpenter. Z. p. Dut-
ton & co.
Victoria quite as attractive as Mr..
Beebe, the naturalist, made British
Guiana. Nevertheless. his book is an
antidote for the disease he was sent to
investigate-the sleeping sickness. His
chief interest is In his investigations.
Most of his pages are devoted to the
life habits of glossina morsitans, the
insect which carries the disease bear
ing trypanosome.
He is no Maeterlinck or Fabre. The
insect which he studies does not ap-
peal to our sympathy. Nevertheless
he has written as interesting an ac-
count of jungle life as Paul du Chaillu.
He has noted the fact that Selous. the
big game hunter, was unobservant of
insect life because OF preoccupation
with big game. He does not fall into
the same defect. Perhaps II is be-
cause 1t Is rather difficult to overlook
any creature as bulky as a hippopota-
mus.
WI. SdTpclttT Whs IHuCu intcTtsNeu
In the monkeys which abounded on the
shores Of Lake Victoria. He noticed
thirteen distinct sounds which they
made to express distinct emotions. Not
even Prof. Garner contributed as much
to the study Of simian phonetics
In the main. however, he regards
the larger animals from the angle OF
his own study He is eager to find just
how each animal affects the life his
tory of glossina. He found that a spe-
cies of antelope. the sitatunga or trafe-
laphus spekei, was the source OF the
trypanosomes which carried the infec-
ton. His first suggestion was to de-
stroy the antelope. Fortunately, he
found this was impracticable.
He has the following passage upon
the hippopotamus: "A new monthly
Journal was founded TO deal with CO.
lonial interests and n specimen copy
of the first number reached me on the
islands. In IL was an account OF =
lecture given by some one ON sleep
ing sickness at n meeting OF a ,hoto-
graphic society. wherein were found
these astonishing statements. The iec-
turer said II had been proved that the
tse- tse could not exist without feed
OF crocodile's blood % and that II was
well known that the hippo had an in
veterate habit OF destroying crocodiles'
eggs Cor was he supposed to cat
them? My memory fails on this
poLnt). There. then. said the lecturer.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
A Love Story Poem in Prose

To repent, and Wur the Woman Of
Shadows, dwells a while with Rose
heart until she has learned the litany
of Santa "Of my garment of sorrow
must / make a raiment of joy to cover
the nakedness of the poor. To the sick
must take the flowers of kindness
that are now as snowdrops blossoms
ing under the mantle of the winter of
grief. I am to look into the eyes Of
the old and find patience. and Into
the hearts of children and find hope.
And I am 10 tend the bed OF pain.
and ease the suffering OF the sons Of
men i'm such measure as ! may, that
all things may befall me as the Lord
God desireth."
1t is easy III putting allegory into
words to grow mawlSish In sentiment
and trite in diction. Miss Wallace
never loses the high dignity OF her
conception or the freshness of her
style. The book IS an exquisite little
gem and will be dear to the hearts
Of those who seek for real distinction
in literature.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03

a gentleman who hauls freight on
wagons drawn by oxen from remote
centres Of commerce, such as was
Sidney. Neb.. TO outposts Of civiliza-
tion like, say Custer. Rapid City and
Deadwood as they were in an earlier
day; 50. you see. he Is professionally
more akin TO the mule skinner"
In addition to introducing us 10 a
new type Of hero. Mr.. Harris has given
living individuality to Mr.. Stegg. He
Is the chronicler OF a typical Western
locale. where the unfenced range was
thing OF yesterday and whore the
varsovienne II still danced in the little
log schoolhouse. or Mr. Stegg he
says 1T Is not TO be supposed that
he originated the sadly portentous
phrase. that reminds me. but there IS
no doubt that his reminder is set on a
trigger. a breath will set It off,
bur once started, It's mechanism has
to run down of Itself"
With such a mouthpiece, Mr. Harris
manages to tell stories which are far
above the average in originality and
characterization. The Bracycephalic
Bohmhus Ia perhaps the best In the
volums.
The New York herald., 1921-04-03
Reviewed by
MARY GRAHAM BONNER.

In retelling the Morse Sagas Mr..
Colum has more than justified the
assertion that this book is a Juvenile
classic, for not only will it entrance
The children OF to-day, but 1t will fas-
cinate all boys and girls who thrill
over deeds OF daring and mighty adj
venture, dire punishments, romance
and magic. And such boys and girls
are of all time.
There is Loki, "the doer of good and
the doer of evil" who "only half be-
longs to the gods" Again and again
Loki gets into trouble with the gods,
but his active little mind is never rest
ing And wicked as he may be at
times he is ever sprightly and inter
esting with an imagination full Of
new schemes.
At one time when he has particu-
larly angered the gods he transforms
himself into a crow But he is impair
tial in his choices Of disguises for he
lives a while as n lizard. again as a
salmon. and he builds himself house
with -four doors to II so that he might
see in every direction"
We read Of the battle maidens-of
Brynhild. who became mortal and
waited in sleep for her hero; Of the
Three Giant Women after whose com
Ing the gods began to value gold and
to hoard 1t. "They played with II no
more. And the happy innocence OF
their first days departed from them.
The most graphic and beautiful
story in the book is that Of Odin's
trip TO Mimir's well. Mimir was
tho guardian Of the Well Of Wisdom
end In order that Odin might be per-
mitted to drink Of the Well Of Wisdom
he had to pay the price OF ono eve.
The thought OF being forever with
out his right eye was n frightful one
10 Odin. but he, as the All-Father Of
the Gods. knew that he must have
the wisdom that would aid In savinl