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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
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The Wife and the Once
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Marriage should have no shackles,
I in the opinion of Jack and his bride.
They're trying out the theory. Now
she's about to help him in business
by employing her social talents.
And now I have made Jack late
to the ONCE two mornings in sue
cession! I'm terribly sorry be-
cause Jack hates it SO. He's pune
tual by nature: never too early.
never too late at any engagement.
Unfortunately. there's a stah
meeting the first thing each morn
ing. And the boss" has a horrible
habit of pointing out tardy individ-
uals. for reprimand, and making
them feel like small boys late to
school.
This morning he pointed a fore
walked in eight minutes after 3
o'clock. Andshe fairly yelled out:
Late again, Madison! You were
late yesterday! Why? Explain!"
And after storming so that almost
everybody turned around to see how
Jack took 1t, the boss" went right
on with business and gave
Jack a chance to say a single word.
Perfectly maddening!
And it was my fault that Jack had
to endure this humiliation. But ne
didn't tell me about it. Jessie Lana.
don did. She had Iunched with her
husband down town and then a
phoned me.
"I thought you ought to know"
she said, 80 you car get the poor
boy of earlier in the morning"
so sweet of you to tell me. dear.
Jack never would" / answered. AS
I hung up the receiver / was re-
minded of what Jack often had said
that business and society mix about
as well as oil and water.
l think Jack is wrong. l think q
wife can help a husband wonder
fully by being friendly with the Oh
fee. But Jack insists that ne
doesn't like cliques. and that just
as soon as the wives get friendly n
cliques r sure to form and create
jealousies and rivalries.
I'm hoping it won't happen in our
case. For Jessie Langdon added an
invitation to her phone talk. VI
rather, she said that she called me
to invite me to a morning pridge.
It's a progressive party from 10 10
IL, with breakfast at noon.
A brand new idea in this town. 1
think III give one. L wan 10 ~
to Jessie's to meet the wife OF acks
boss" I am convinced 1t VIII De
a good thing for Jack II 1 am on
friendly terms with Mrs.
I'm happy because / have my
lovely pearl beads TO set on my black
crepe when ! go to the morning
bridge. But I came close to losing
them the other day on a street ar.
Across from me I noticed a strange
looking man. dark. thin. a foreigner,
was watching me. He was rude. l
annoyed.
In the crowd on the platform as
we left the car this man stood close
to me. AS i stepped out he was
higher than ! and at the
I thought / felt a touch of warm
fingers on the back of my neck i
/ SILVER when I think Of III! !
put my hand suddenly to my collar
and my precious beads. unclasped,
slid in a heap into my palm!
I'd weep IL I lost those silly
bought with the first money my nus
band gsys me.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

button upon which falls the whole
burden OF keeping the coat buttoned.
This scring has brought forth a
legion of gay waistcoat effects. DAM
ty vestees. and richly embroidered
blouse fronts which 1t is simply cruel
to cover up. So the suit coat oblig-
ingly fastens at the neck In many
cases and flies open at the most gen.
erous and revealing fashions without
even a belt to subdue II.
This new habit of fastening at the
neck instead of at the waist line al
lows two collar treatments. which
seem to be equally popular. One is
the youthful Peter Pan collar. or a
round neck with no collar at all: the
other is the scarf collar which many
women like because 1t enables them
to dispense with a fur neck piece
and yet be comfy about the throat
when a treacherous chilly wind
arises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
AvENEL

The Sunshine class held their reg
ular meeting recently at the home
Of Miss Inez Van Cleft after the
business meeting. Refreshments
were served and dancing enjoyed.
The class will hold a food sale. on
April 20, at the frehouse on Rem
sen avenue at 2 p. NJ.
Miss Aida Van Slyke of Trenton
Normal School is spending her
spring vacation at her home.
Mrs. A. Lance was a Perth Am
boy visitor Friday morning.
Miss Elsie Brewer. Miss Violet
Nugent, Mrs. William Soper and
Mrs. German. of Jersey City. were
the guests of Mrs. L. B. Van Slyke,
Friday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
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Dr.. Edwards. a practicing physician
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Thousands take them every night Just
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

| sick!"
"Yes. you can whistle. He was
knocked out. / got him up to his
room. 1t was pretty awful. He sat
on the bed with the papers In his
hand. gibbering. Just gibbering.
Was his wife mad? Was she crazy?
He to be guilty of a thing like that?
He capable of a beastly thing like
that? A vile, hideous. sordid intrigue
with a girl employed in his own
house? Fife! His wife to believe
that? An unspeakable, beastly thing
like that? He tried to show me with
his finger the words on the paper.
His finger shaking all over the thing.
tHapgood, Hapgood, do you see this
vile. obscene word here? 1 guilty
OF that? My wife, Mabel. think me
capable Of that? Adulterer! Adult
terer! My God, my God, adulterer!
The word makes me sick. The very
And l am to swallow 1t. 1t is to be
me, my name, my title, my brand.
Adulterer! Adulterer!'
II tell you, old man . I tell
IT managed to get him talking
about the practical side of ii. That
is / managed to make him lister
while / talked.
Next morning-that's this morn
ing, you understandable was a little
more normal, able to realize things a
bit. I mean: in a panic fever to be off
and state at the registrars that he
was going to defend the action: but
normal enough for me to see it was
home Immediately after and tell the
girl what she had t. do and all that.
/ told him. by the way, that 1t would
pretty well have to come out now.
ultimately, who the child's father
a the girl would practically have
to give that up in the end to clear
him. You know, I told him that in
the cab going along down. He
ground his teeth over it. 1t was
horrible to hear him. He said he'd
kill the chap If he could ever dis
cover him: ground his teeth and said
he'd kill him. now-after this.
well, he got thr ,ugh his business
about twelve-then a thing happen
ed. Can't think now what it meant.
We were waiting for a cab near the
Law Courts. A cab was just pulling
in when a man came up and touch
ed Sabre and said. Mr.. Sabre?' Sabre
said, Yes and the chap said very
civily. Might I speak to you a min
ute, STRIP
Suddenly someone showed past
me and there was old Sabre getting
into the cab with this chap who had
come up to him. I said, 'Hullo.
Hullo. are you off?
He turned round on me a face
gray as ashes, absolutely dead gray.
I'd never seen such a color in a
mans face. He said, Yes. I'm off.
and sort of fell ovey his stick into
the cab. The man. who was already
in. righted him on to the seat and
said, .Paddington' to the driver who
was at the door. shutting it. l said.
through the window, Sabre! Old
man, are you il?'
He put his head toward me anu
said in the most extraordinary voice.
speaking between his clenched teeth
as though he was keeping himself
from yelling out. he said, If you love
me. Hapgood, get right away out of
1t from me and let me alone. This
man happens to live at Tidborough. |
I know him. We're going down to-
gether.'
81 said, Sabre
He clenched his teeth SO they
were all bare with his lips contract
ing. He said. Let me alone. Let
me alone. Let me alone.
And they pushed off.
Il tell you what I'm going to de-
I'm going down there tomorrow. I'm
frightened about him." |
CONTINUED in our next issue)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
KEYPORT

Mrs. Fred L.. Schilkneeht spent
Friday with friends in Long
Branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. D. Gravatt. of
Bradley Park. we're. the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Tilton
Friday.
Mrs. +. X. Richardson, of Phila-
delphia, has returned after having
spent a few days with her aunt,
Mrs, Eugenia Smith. Mrs. Rich
ardson is well known hare. having
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17


He had-once. He showed me
the letter. Well. you know. old man.
every fox knows what foxes smell
like; and / smelt a dear brother
solicitors smell in that letter. Ask
ing him to- make a home possible for
her to return to 81 they might re-
sumo their life together.
II handed II back. ! said. HIM
again. I said. HIN. you remember.
old man, there was that remark
that remark that perhaps the girl
might have a claim on you. Remem-
Der that. don't your"
by Jove. I thought for q minute
he was going to flare up and let me
have 1t. But he laughed as II I was
. fool and said, oh, good Lord. man.
that's utterly ridiculous. Man alive.
with all my faults, my wife knows
me-"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

again, they're indomitably blind and
deaf to the hfdeous cruelties in their
application. They mean well. They
cause the most frightful suffering.
the most frightful tragedies, but
they won't look at them, they won't
think of them. they won't speak OF
them: they well .
"Old Sabre put his head in his
hands. He might have been praying.
with that he wen back 10 all
that stuff I told you he told me when
I was down with him last month. He
said. his face all pink under his
skin, he said, 'Hapgood, I've got the
secret. I've got the key to the riddle
that's been puzzling me all my life.
Light, more light. Here II is: God
is-love. Not this, that, nor the
other that the intelligence revolts at.
and puts aside. and goes away. and
goes on hungering. hungering and
unsatisfied; nothing like that: but
just this: plain for a child. clear as
daylight for grown intelligence: God
fs-love. Listen to this, Hapgood:
He that dwelleth In love dwelleth
In God and God In him: for God Is
love-" Ecstasy. Hapgood. ecstasy
when / saw him again was about
three o'clock, and l walked right
Into the middle of the development
that has pretty we'll let the roof
down on him.
HE was in the lobby. No else
there. Only q nan who'd Just been
speaking to him and who left him
and went out as I came in.
Sabre had two papers in his
hands. He was staring at them and
you'd ha' thought from his face he
was staring at a ghost. They were
divorce papers. The citation and pc
tition papers that have to be served
personally. Divorce papers. His
wife had instituted divorce proceed
ings against him. Naming the gEi,
Ef1e.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
Last years suit positively will not

Last years suit positively will not
do.
Last years suit. II you remember
correctly. frequently was so short of
skirt and SO long of Jacket that only
a few inches OF the former showed
below the coat hem as the fair
'wearer tripped along.
skirts have been growing longer
since then. The coats Of this years
suits will be shorter.
The straight line box coat 10 most
emphatically the coat of the hour.
The breast pocket is usually omit
ted from this seasons coats. and the
two remaining pockets may be inset
or patch affairs. as fancy dictates
and the tailor agrees.
The neck treatment OF the coats
varies considerably. OF course. there
Is always the notch collar. descend
ing in a sharp-pointed v to the n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

been formerly Miss Adele Boyer, a
summer resident of the borough.
Mr.. Anna Osborn and daughter,
Miss Helen Osborn are spending
several days with relatives in As
bury Park
Miss Annie L. Tilton spent Friday
with her cousins. the Misses
Amanda and Doris Gravatt, of
Bradley Park.
Miss Emily Hauser is a patient in
the Allenwood sanatorium.
The Thursday Evening Card Club
enjoyed its annual theatre party on
Saturday witnessing The Truth
About Gladys" in the afternoon and
Good Morning Dearis' in the
evening.
Tonight a moonlight dance will
be held in St. Mary's Episcopal
parish house.
Miss Anna Bungosdy spent Sat-
urday with friends in New York.
The Girls Friendly Society of the
Episcopal church will hold an en-
tertainment in the parish house on
Friday night. April IS, when a farce
"Reminiscences of the Donation
Party" will be given.
The Mems Club of the Reformed
church will hold a banquet tomor-
row evening TO be served in the
church house by the Ladies Guild.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

boy or GRID could wish.
Marbles. kites and thingumbobs.
Drums and horns and canes with
knobs,
Jumping-jacks that worked or
strings.
Dolls and carts-all sorts Of
things.
They went from counter to coun-
ter. entranced at all the things they
saw.
Never once did they think of their
errand.
of in his cave wicked old Twelve
Toes did a sailors hornpipe on one
foot and a Spanish fandango on the
other. Then he kissed himself
heartedly.
Il knew It. / knew it, he cried
Once get a child inside of q 1ve-
and ten-cent-store with a dime in his
pocket and you'll never get him ont.
1t will take twice as long to ret
two children out. And as there are
about a hundred stores those Twins
will spend about a year on that
mountain, the way I count.
Sure as you're living, III marry
Princess Therma yet"
Ito Be Confinued)
Copyright. 1922, NEA Service)
About n hundred guests are ex-
pected To attend.
Fred Bronkhurst of New York
spent the week end here with his
wife and daughter. who have been
spending the holiday week with
Mrs. Bronkhurst's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Miller.
On Thursday night the members
Of Raritan Grange Patrons of Hus-
bandry enjoyed the annual recep-
ton in the public library hall. about
160 members being present. An en-
Joyable program vas given by talent
from the Star Lyceum bureau of
New York and music was furnished
by Bedford orchestra of five pieces.
The event was one of the mosi
pleasant ever given by the Grange
and all present enjoyed the event
to the fullest extent. Dancing for
lowed an excellent program and
elaborate refreshments were served.
Raritan Post No. 90 American Lee
gion will hold a boxing and wre<t-
ling match In the high school audi
torium Friday night, Aprn Is
pleasing program has beer
by the entertainment committee
headed by Warren Wal1ing and
many tickets are being disposed OF.
which bespeaks financial success
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
.sThe sixth Mnnnfain,,

Nancy and Nick on the Five-and-
Ten-Cent Mountain, stood gazing
into the store window. where the
fishhooks were each of them finger
ing the dimes they had found in
their pockets. It had been a sur
prise to discover the money. for
neither of them had a penny when
they started.
"Oh, look!' cried Nick, there's
the very kind of hooks I've been
wanting to catch sinners with"
Then suddenly his eyes caught a
glimpse of something else. And
there's M of those new tops that
play a tune. I'd like to see how it
works, And look over there-there's
a balloon you can blow up as big
as a tin pail Come on inside,
Nancy, l want to look around"
Nancy did not have TO be urged,
you may be sure, for had not her
quick little eyes seen things, too-a
remarkable china doll with joints,
and a hat that wouldn't come off. a
box of paints, and a whole washing
set with real clothespins?
In they went, and joy of joys!
There was everything in that won
derful store that heart tof a little
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17
OUR FIRST YEAR

took them to the nearest jewelcr
The clerk said the clasp was all
right. He suggested that somebody
had tried t steal them, and we
laughed together.
Who would risk committing a
crime for a string OF false pearls?
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright, 1922, N. f. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-17

Marriage should have no shackles,
in the opinion of Jack and his bride.
They're trying GU the theory. Now
she's about to help him in business
by employing her social talents.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14
Veterans Interested in Bonus,

: World war veterans in the Fort
Mill community are watching the
progress of the proposed bonus
legislation now being considered
by committee of Congress.
Should the bonus bill which it is
thonght will be introduced in the
house of representatives within
the next few days be enacted into
law probably as many as 200 ex.
service men who live in the town
OF Fort Mill, the township outside
the town and the upper section
OF Lancaster county will be bene.
ciciaries of the bonus to the ex.
ten, 1t is estimated, of something
like $4,000, If the amount Of
compensation allowed the men is
81 per day for the time they were
in the service as has been propos-
cd .An the Fort Mill men who
wereN Noverseas with Company G.,
sl38th infantry. were in the serv-
ice Nearly two years as were other
Fort Mill men. There are perhaps
less than score of negro ex-
service men in the Fort Mill COM
munity.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14
TAX NOTICE-182I-22.
Office OF the County Treasurer of
York County

Office of the County Treasurer of
York County.
Notice is hereby given that the Tax
Books for York County will be open
ed on Tuesday, the 18th day of No
vember. 1921, and will remain open
until the 31st day OF December. 1921.
for the collection of State, County,
School and Local Taxes. for the fiscal
year 1921 without penalty. after
which day One Per Cent Penalty will
be added to all payments made in
the month OF January, 1922. and TWO
Per Cent Penalty for all Payments
made in the month of February.
1922, and Seven Per Cent Penalty
will be added to all payments made
from the 1st day of March. 1922. to
the 18th day of March, 1922, and AZ
ter this date all unpaid taxes will go
into execution and all unpaid Single
Polls will be turned over to the sew
eral Magistrates for prosecution in
accordance with law.
All of the Banks of the County will
offer their. accommodations and IA
cilities to Taxpayers who made desire
to make use of the same, and l shall
take pleasure in giving prompt at
tention to all correspondence on the
subject.
All Taxpayers appearing at my Of
flee will receive prompt attention.
Note-The Tax Books will he made
up by Townships. and parties writing
about Taxes will always expedite
matters IL they will always mention
the Township or Townships in which
their property or properties ave To-
Gated. HARRY L.. NEIL.
Treasurer OF MY.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14

went to- Columbia to assist the
delegation in rearranging the
proposed expenditures for the
year on basis which would pre-
|clude the necessity Of asking the
people to pay more taxes for the
county government. For several
years the levy for county purpo-
ses has been s mills. Recently
requests for additional expendi-
lures for roads end bridges indi-
Gated that it might be necessary
to increase the levy for 1922, but
it can now be- stated definitely
that there will be no increase. On
the contrary, if THE proposed tax
of 2 cents per gallon on gasoline,
] cent Of which would 60 to the
county and the other cent to the
State, is collected there will be
an additional amount for the up
keep of the county roads without
n corresponding Increase in the
county levy.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14
cold Hill Naus

e, I. Crook is convalescing al
his home in this community, fol.
lowing a recent severe illness.
There have been a few cases OF
mumps in this community recent,
y but i is hoped that the worst
John Goss and his family have
returned to their home in Aiken
after spending some time with
Mrs. Goss' father, C. T. Crook.
y. w. Evans Of Kingstree re-
Gently spent several days with
Willard Wilson. "Boagus.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14
: AN ORDINANCE
Amending an Ordinance Known
as the Traffic Ordinance.


Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Town Council Of the Town of
Fort Mill, S. C,Sin Council As
sembed, and by Authority of
the Same:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful
for any motor driven or other ve-
hicfe to turn on Main Street be-
tween Academy and Tom Hall
Streets.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
motor driven vehicles to use cut
outs within the corporate limits.
See. 3. 1t shall be unlawful to
race the engine OF motor driven
vehicle on Trade Street either in
doing repair work or otherwise,
Sec. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for
anyone under the, age of fifteen
(15) years to drive a motor driv-
er vehicle within the corporate
limits without written permit
from the Mayor
Sec. 5. Any violations of these
sections shall ibe punished as pro-
vided in the so-called traffic ordi-
nance.
Sec. 6. All ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
Done and ratified in Council as
sembled this 7th day of Febru-
airy, 1922.
A. G. hYTLE, Mayor.
Attest =
c. S. LINK, Clerk.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-02-14


house Of representatives last week
was the PASSAGE Friday of the
socslled luxury hll, designed ia
|raise something like b million dol.
lars : year FOR the State treas ury
from the sale Of articles on which
property tax only has hereto,
fore been paid. The total in
come Of revenue the bill will
produce, however, should it pass
the senate in its present form and
then be approved by the govern
or, is speculative. Nobody, hot
even the federal collector of in
Itcrnal revenue, Mr.. Bradley, who
was called in for consultation by
the committee which reported the
bill, could do more than guess
how much money it would bring
in. 1t no material changes are
made in the bill and it is enforced
with a degree Of strictness which
marked the enforcement of the
national luxuries law, one is safe
in concluding that it will have a
decided effect upon the old sys-
tenn of raising practically all the
tax money for the State, upon
real property. On motion in the
house Thursday night to continue
the bill, which meant to kill it,
the opponents Of the measure lost ;
hut when the bill was again ia!
ken up Friday morning the steam
roller which the ways and means
committee had used so success
fully the night before had fallen
into the hands of the opposition
and they did some effective steam
irollering OH their own account by
inserting in the bill the following
additional articles on which it is
proposed to collect the luxury
tax: Candy, costing more than 80
cents pound, 5 cents per pound
playing cards or dice, 5 cents for
each deck or set; perfumes, CO.
logne or toilet water, 5 cents for
each sale; chewing gum, l cent
per package. The original bill
provided for luxury tax only OH
chewing tobacco, cigars, cigar
cites, smoking tobacco. snuff, gun
shells, pistol cartridges, fruit Jul
ces used in the manufacture of
soft drinks, and fountain syrups.
The most turbulent sessions of
the ways and means committee of
recent years in preparing the ap-
preparation bill ended late Friday
night with the final touches being
given that important measure. I'm
the last half dozen years the men,
bership of the committee has
been increased until today its
number goes beyond one-fourih
the entire house membership of
124. The committee has therefore
become unwieldy. More than a
million dollars of the amount rec
bmmended by the governor has
been Topped off the appropriation
bill for the current year, but
whether the topping has been
done at places which both the
house and senate will agree was
wise remains to be seen. But if
the bill should be adopted as it
will be reported to the house, the
levy for State purposes will be
reduced about 21-2 mills, without
taking intd account further re-