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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
what states have women SER

@. What states have women SER
wing on juries?@S. b.
A. Our latest report shows that
women serve on juries in Califor-
MIA. New Jersey, Ohio, Kansas, Utah,
washington, Michigan and Minne-
sofa.
O. Who originated the fresh air
movement to give city children sum-
mer vacations in the country?-J.
Y.
A. The Reverend VIM. A.. Muh-
lenberg of New York is credited
with having started the first fresh
air movement in 1S49.
@. When was Frederick Funston
made a brigadier general? -. r. t.
A. Frederick Funston was made
a brigadier general of volunteers in
1899 and in March 1901 when he
commanded the expedition that cap
tured Aguinaldo he was made a
brigadier general in the Regular
Army.
O. How large is the furniture in
dustry in the United States? R. H. /.
A. TIL, annual output of this in
dustry averages about $500, 900 900.
@. What was the date of the
Galveston flood and the loss of life
and property? S. b. ID.
A. The Galveston flood occurred
on September 8, 1900; 5000 i've
were lost, and over $4,000 900
worth of property destroyed.
Q. Was Whistler. the famous ar
fist, a native of North Carolina?
N. N. N.
A. James Abbott Mcneil Whist-
Ter was born at Lowell, Mass, July
10, 1884. His mother was a North
Carolinian.
O.. What is the dress of the
Scotch Highlanders? What are the
colors of the Campbell and Maclach.
Ian clans? T. p.
A. A Scotch Highlander's cos.
tune consists of a kilt; sporan or
purse; filthy or bag; jacket; plaid;
has for it's colors, red, blue. and
black. The Campbelrs colors are
blue, green and yellow.
@. What is the difference be.
tween an eagle and a vulture? j. II.
A. The main difference between
the eagle and that group of birds
know as vultures is that the former
will attack living things, while the
latter will not. In other respects,
the eagle is not far removed from
vultures in either structure or dis
position.
@. Please tell the burial place
of Francis Scott Key, the writer of
THE Star Spangled Banner?" M.
E. T.
A.. Francis Scott Key is buried in
the village cemetery at Frederick,
Md.
@. What is the Commemoration
Ode? c. j. r.
A. In 1865 an ode by James Rus
sell Lowell was read at exercises
held at Cambridge, Massachusetts,,
in commemoration of Harvard men
who had served in the Civil War.
This ode is known as the Commem-
Grafton Ode.
@. Please give the ame of the
late Theodore Roosevelt's brothers
and sisters. Fl. A.
A. Eliot Roosevelt, the only
brother of the late Theodore Roose-
welt, is dead. His two sisters are
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson,
and Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
Q. What is the superstition
about children whose mothers die
at their birth? d. @.
A.. In medieval times such chill
dren were known as fatal children,
and an idea prevailed that they
were destined to fame, but also to
early death.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
BY Robert Williams
General Secretary. British Transport
Workers Union


LONDON, Oct. 29.-International
labor is watching the disarmament
conference to be held in Washing
ton by the great powers with consid-
cradle interest. but with no particu-
lar hope of an outcome that will
really preserve the peace of the
world.
The real conference on disarma-
ment that will tend to keep the ma
tons at peace will be held in ANS
terdam. At the time that the repre-
sentatives of the governments of the
big powers are meeting in Washing
ton. The representatives of the
working classes will be meeting in
the Dutch city.
The International Federation of
Trade Unions has decided to call a
conference of all affiliated transport,
railway. mining and metal working
unions to sit simultaneously.
So far as 1 know, all the important
big and little countries of the world
will be represented, with the excep-
ton of Russia and the United States
America will not be represented
because Samuel Gompers has taken
the A. F. of l.. out of the internal
tional organization. But even at that
we are hopeful that American trades
unionism will be represented.
Russia VIII Agree
Russia will not have delegates, but
from my personal knowledge and
investigation of conditions in Russia,
l can freely say that anything the
conference does to help the cause
of peace will have the cordial ap-
prevail of the soviet government.
The organizations of transport,
railway. miners and metal workers
have all passed energetic resolutions
against war. Therefore, the Amster-
dam meeting will be in the nature
of an International Quadruple ALI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
BY DIR. II. III. Bishop

Your finger nails are there for a
purpose. The duty of the finger
nails is to act as protectors to the
tips of the fingers and thus save
them from pressure and injury. The
sensation of touch is thus made
more accurate.
But not only to look weell but to
prevent any possibility of spreading
germs the nails must be kept clean.
Doctors. nurses, maids, housewives
and especially cooks have the great
est opportunities to do harm be-
cause of dirty finger nails. 1t is a
known fact that cooks have spread
typhoid fever by the nails acting as
carriers" of the disease.
After the hands have been thor
oughly washed an orange stick or
nail file should be used to remove
the particles of dirt under the nails.
Never use the point of a scissors or
the blade of a knife for this pur-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
Fan-Tan and Opium.

Fan-Tan and Opium.
Present day Macao is not married
for the casual traveller by either it's
fialr Tor fan-tan Or it's opulent
opium industry. The latter is ship
ped away to wreak it's havoc; the
former brings the bizarre and the
adventurous. From an a%irplane the
mile-wide tongue of land between
the W rocky hills that mark it's
boundaries is splotched with brilliant
colors, radiating from the tile roofs
OF its blue. green. red and yellow
houses.
HE who lands on a steamer IS
captivatei by its blend of Portu-
guese and Chinese people, by pagodi
and western church, and when the
summons of hunger leads him to a
hotel that has been called the clean
est n most beautifully situated in
the Orient. the contrast persists. He
may order the famous Portuguese
Colares with his yellow water chest
nut pasties, and choose either ultra
occidental game dinners or pudding
of co~agulated ducks blood and sug-
ar-preserved bamboo shoots.~ There
are but 1000 Portuguese residents
there but they represent a four cen
fury impress their nationality has
made upon the total population of
about $4,000.
after dinner the visitor may
stroll along the Praya Grande, both
the Broadway and the Riverside
Drive of Macao. Having shopped
and Summed, he finally will be led
to catch the deeper romance of the
city in the grotto where other poets
have carved lines of praise to the
one-eyed soldier poet who wrote the
glory of farthest west Europe on an
island of nearly farthest east China,
and among many adventures beside,
| was shipwrecked on his way to Lis
bon and swan ashore clutching some
five or six cantos of his poem"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
Questions Answers

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any ouestion By writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
FRANCIS GRoss'S

HUNGARIAN PROTECTIVE BUREAU
Furnishes Service in Insurance. Money
Sending, Real Estate. Loans. Collecting
Rents. Brokerage. Legal Matters. steam-
ship Tickets
SIS MAPLE 6A PHONE l3L2
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

who called them the most danger
Gus waters of the world from a po-
lice standpoint and added : river
trip is spiced with the risk of pratt
cal attack
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

This joy of living 800 years will,
probably be given to rich relativet
first.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Beer may not be good for an ILL
ness; but illness is good for a beer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Wmm;tH.
Loud clothes speak volumes.

Loud clothes speak volumes.
Peace is three years old and smah
for it's age.
Soft coal prices are hard.
This joy of living 800 years will,
probably be given to rich relativet
first.
Better go broke than not go at all.
1t may be true the strongest rope
is made of cotton; we smoke it for
tobacco.
Beer may o be good for an Ill
ness; but illness is good for a beer.
A bee sting is short but to thu
point.
There's no fool like a cold fool.
It's a wise-acre that stops before
you see a dentist.
Aviators say the barking Of a dog
can be heard four miles high. and
We know the dog.
New York's fat reducers are work.
ing like our tax reducers. Some
have gained.
Making skirts longer vas the most
unkindest cut of all.
Divorces show many married folks
with but a single thought.
The average oyster may live only
ten years, but the soup variety lasts
a restaurant much longer.
We have a doctor shortage and
need a patient shortage.
One strong argument against
fighting the Japs is we can't pro-
nounce their generals mt
Nothing improves the outlook like
a square meal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29
Better go broke than not go at all,

1t may be true the strongest rope
is made of cotton; we smoke it for
tobacco.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Peace Is three years old and small
'or it's age.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Soft coal prices are hard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

A bee sting is short but to the
point.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

We have a doctor shortage and
need a patient shortage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Nothing improves the outlook like
a square meal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

One strong argument against
fighting the Japs is we can't pro-
nounce their generals names.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

Aviators say the barking Of a dos
can be heard four miles high. and
we know the dog.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

It's a wise-acre that stops before
you see a dentist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

The average oyster may live only
ten years, but the soup variety lasts
a restaurant much longer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

New York's fat reducers are work.
ing like tax reducers. Some
have gained.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-29

There's no fool like a cold fool.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
TUE yAP CORRESPONDENCE.

Although the correspondence be-
tween the United States and Japan IN
regard to the island of Yap. which has
lust been made public. is undeniably
sharp edged, the controversy IS II A
kind which ought 10 yield TO negotia-
tions. and the sharpness is largely due
to the prolonged diplomatic paralysis
OF the United States, now At an end,
during which we were out Of touch with
the Allies and had no machinery for
looking after our interests. Under these
circumstances a somewhat stronger as
sertion of American rights had to be
made than might have been needed il
the Unitad States had been represented
in the League of Nations and in the
Supreme Allied Council.
The notes. however. have served their
purpose of making it clear that no
American rights have been renounced
aud that action affecting them adverse
II which was taken without the partict-
patton Of our government will not be
recognized as valid. This principle once
accepted. the negotiation Of details can
be carried on IN much more convcr-
sational tone. France has already
responded in amicable terms. and while
the Japanese notes reveal disappoiut-
ment at the beiated assertion Of Amer
lean interests. they do not close the
door to further discussion. Spring field
Republican
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

he perplexifies inevitable sn aurh an
Undertaking 80 far thres, aev depart
uenfs are proposed welfare. health and
eduGatiou There p also the question III
what should be- 5nciuded n each ii he
PROPOSED deparffnents md whether hey
may not ~ combined in one depart
Hent. Partie ularly however the admin
istration should be concerned with ne
question af whether he cabinet should
b. expanded along ne ines contemplate
81 BY the supporters Of the proposed de-
fartnents 81 should bt enlarged at all
The cabinet Is now twice as large ~
It VAS IN the beginning. The five origi-
nal departments are the state. Treas
urs. War. Justice and Postofficc depart
aents. The Navy Department was
created in 1898. he Interior Department
III 1919. the Agricultural Department ia
1883, the Commerce Department in
1909 and the Labor Department in 1919
Il was not therefore until the country
was 100 years old that the movement to
create departments for the special hene-
III Of one class of citizens began with the
formation Of the Department 81 Agri-
culture. and IL was - years later thaU
commerce obtained recognition on The
same basis and % years later that labor
won place IN the cabinet indianapolis
News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
r>scRAsBLINe GOVERNMENT.

The speech which Postmaster sfsh
eral Haya delivered before the American
<awzpapcr Publishers Association g
thia city. printed in full yesterday II 1Rs
Evening Post directs attention y
matter Of utmost Importance. ReorEahz
ization Of the departments Al Washing
ton long needed, is having It's first real
chance for something in the Way OF itez
,,o,nplishn,ent The committee of
which senator Smoot Is the head ~ the
visible sign Of the interest OF congress
in the subject. President Harding has
rcpcatedly voiced his realization OF the
urgent necessity for sweeping changes,
These changes are demanded by every
consideration of economy and efficiency.
As the business OF the Government mas
Increased department has been added
To department. bureau has been piled
lipnn bureau. until a picture of the or
Ranizatinn of our Federal admiuistra-
tiou looks like the creation of cubist.
In truth 1t * not so much government
organization as government dtsorgani-
"a ation.
Here is a real job if there ever was
ono. Is the administration going IL
press its opportunity to perform last
ing service OF is it going to allow the
dissipated? OF course there Will be diff
ficuIties Dispatches from Washington
this week told OF protests against reor-
ganization by officials who are favored
by the existing arrangements. There
IS doubtless much more of this sort of
opposition than appears on the surface.
But the country will he behind any
well worked d-out plan. no matter what
officer holder ii may diSpIease. What
il will not excuse is failure 10 make
beginning. There is no need of waiting
for the ideally perfect scheme. That
would postpone reorganization indefi-
nitely. 1t has been postponed too long
already. Now is the time for action.
Let us have from the Smoot committee
or from the cabinet the groundwork at
least for plan. Reorga ton is in
the air It must be cryStallized into con-
crete form. and without delay. New
York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
HE LET BERGnOIL OFT.

Tho truth at last
Major General Harris. adiutant gen
eraI Of tn, army admitted 70 the House
Committee investigating the escape of
Grover Bergdol that ne alone was re-
~ponsibic for Americas $ prize Stacker
being permitted to so a-hunting for
The fabled pot of gold. General Harris
says that he believed the representa-
tions Of BergdoIls attorneys. who con
vinccd HIM that real gold had been
hidden by the yellow-hearted scamp.
The following excerpt from the AS
sociated Press account Of the Wash
ington hearing is rather interesting
When General Sherburne. counsel
Of tho investigating committee,
pressed Adjutant General Harris as
10 meaning Of the orders for strict
privacy in connection with the
granting Of the request which led
tr the notorious draft dodgers es-
,ape. General Harris said he want
cd 10 keep il out Of the newspapers
and spare the feelings OF the fam
iIy" by preventing publicity thus
being given TO Growers being sent
out under an armed guard Tho
suggestion was made by committee
counsel that possibly protests from
the newspapers were feared, but
this was denied.
II General Harris feared publicity,
then why did ne permit Bergdon 10
leave the disciplinary barracks? Why
was this one man given privileges which
were denied to others? The Generals
feelings for the BergdoI family We're
pearls cast before Hunnish swine. 1t
seems that his sensibilities were alto
gether too acute and fine for the posi-
tion which he held. In the future we
would suggest that the officer in charge
of army prisoners should be a man who
will have consideration for the law Of
the land first, and for the families Of
miscreants last.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05

gathering association. rctires from his
duties this month. Henceforward he
win bo the counsellor of the "A. P"--
an cmoritus position which his lnbors
have Justly earned for him.
Americans who take up their paper
and read on one page stories of evonts
which have occurred in every corner
of tho globe. do not fully realize the
great service which this man rendered
60 this nation when he systematized
the work Of news gathering.
Before his day nows was reliable or
not-according TO the paper serving it,
and To tho correspondents who fur,
nishcd the items. MIR. Stone changed
all of that. He made Of the Associated
Press n gathercr of accurate news
not a vendor of rumors. opinions. and
fake articles lie did bis work 40 well
that today n nowa article hearing the
line. by the Associated Press is ac-
copied with the same assurance of
veracity IA ono purchaHes silver with
tho sterling mark imbcdded in II.
Melville r.. stones contribution TO
America was scrvice--a service which
nroduced news association which
placea at every mans door the truth,
the whole truth. and nothing but the
truth"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
THE OYSTER SITUATION.

Editor Every Evening: Permit ule
a little space in your paper r. say. '!st
a word as citizen only. and not helus
engaged in any way in the business 't
one and The only one natural l1Gustcs
Of our state ] speak only as .tllea
for The best interest of ~ .-r
state and especially those .rS4s.a 3
the business. Mr. Editor ~hue E.ul.-
sylvania can boast p mes natural -as.
oil and coal mines. and New Jersey
our sister state. can boast X her naEL-
facturers and other sea foOd proGl 3.
namely oysters. which abound
abundantly. and have such a wide repl-
tation throughout our countTy. known
by their superior flavor 20 the ror-
slirners Of bivalves rs the Mauricc Eiter
cove oysters. and as a fact today ~.
Maurice cove oyster grounds which asc
81 valuable are being seeded by our
Delaware seed caught fruu our Dem
ware natural oyster beds. And
fact. Mr. Editor. and state ohca.
this business think ii Is due lirse -1at
tht, laws az our State be- enforced Ae
fore the only natural industry q "ur
state becomes depleted. AS tact
some Of the buyers of our oyster plants
from New Jersey say ali orr o>St.rror
need uow Is = mud sucker IL s1e> -n
.hc remainder OF the tinc sc.d ta
refuse the. real life of our beds 81
Editor en- cur statute books t'a t"
eon1peIs these oysters to be rouEn
at the dredgc and an refuse throw 'a
upon the bottom from wherc they Mr
caught and with the exception ot .u
l.t,.k of shells and refuse being allow 4
bv the law u each bushel. Bu, und' 4
the present conditions am informed
All material is beine shoveled back r.
Eardless Of its condition oysters. shells
rock. sand. Sc. and s. being carried 81
other parts of the Delaware kay and
mostly New Jersey shores yet our
state officials sit by and allow 'hts
10 continue from year ~ yel~ as such
has been the case until at present
comes the condition when our oyster
men. those engaged ir this business
are saying the law should ~ strictly
enforced. so that those that Sell hy thc
deck load as wen as those that se. Ay
the, bushel be made to live strictly un
% the rough Gull law. Unless tneFv
is some action brought 70 bear ou this
question they claim that in 4 tcw e,9fs
these valuable rocks will soon III moved
away. Shall we sit idly by ana allow
these things to continue until the revc-
nue. Of our state from this business
becomes 50 small that our state officials
win cry more revenue. with no oysters.
wake up everybody and do your duty.
Signed.
Angry Citizen.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
vATrRp sTrDTRs

Editor Every Evening
which nave ayee and 4" ro'
Ter q ~
snd vanr rvea shau ae~ Iai
achi
Bettrr eduration Il one n 'he 1une-
tlous n fhe hour. and when saw every
ehld taking an armFul - doRwood
tleusorna ~ handful ~ hufter~urs
and vioIrts ~ they passed them
seemed good time - taIk nature
ztndies m thera - an inhorn owe
~ nianta and flowers in the minds n
children. how much more interesting
these same plants and flowers would
~ ~ ,harn If they knew he names and
sorpe IT tho properties a All thry saw
~ tho -oadHide such knnwiedge
would cultivate the perceptions io anch
an extent that in after years thew would
san- what they were passing ~ md
noasibIy view much more that iE pass
ing ~ and around fhem. Tho white
rleu1atis virgins bower IL as "9mrn"r
fvn,ff nv place IA the poison oak 't
now many II even our COUNTRY 'ioN
nj girls know the plant ~ sight. The
"a rr,e things might be said ~ Inc unif"
fringe and the poison ASH. which
manner ~ growth and f0wer are eorn"-
what alike. hut me white fringe s mt
very plentiful n our avanps about
New Castle Perhaps nas 7ii n"'n
broken down and carried home ~ fne
children. hare travelled With MANY
people who apparently .d 0gt So" e"
flowers is the roadside at RI .tnH
nilra more interesting ife nust .e
to taose who see.
A. 2. RitteuEouse.
State Road Del
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05
THE GREAT LESSON.

The great lesson that preparedness
is the best insurance against war seems
already 10 have been forgotten by most
people. The Tribune.
IN the light of the experience of tho
last seven years, how could they have
ever forgotten this great lesson?
Germany was prepared for war in
1914, and therefore Germany escaped
war. Austria Hungary was prepared
and SO was Russia. In consequence
they have known nothing but peace
and happiness. France was less we'll
prepared, but her military establish
inent was better than 1t had been since
the time of Napoleon. The British
Army, although comparatively small,
was fully prepared, and the British
Navy, mobiAzed and ready, command
ed the seas.
Preparedness is indeed the best in
surance, and if there are careless peo-
pie who have forgotten 1t, the thing to
do is to explain to them simply and
clearly the priceless benefits that
Europe has reaped during the last
seven years from preparedness for war
New York World.