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The New York herald., 1922-11-26

the Plaza yesterday afternoon. A pro-
gram was given by Miss Helen Rutl.
Davis, reader; Miss Emily Rose Knox,
vioiinist, and MIR. Judson Ryder, barry
tone. After the musicae there was dane
Ing. Mrs. Carl Jungen entertained the
directors at her home, $50 West End
avenue. November II. The first card
party was held on Friday afternoon at
the Plaza, Mrs. Carl Jungen chairman
and Mrs. Ellis ]. Hofford vice-chair-
man.
At the annual meeting of the Darracn
Home for Crippled Children, held No
vember l3. the following officers were
elected: President. Mrs, Marshall Oar
rach: first vice-presidcnt, Miss Susie B.
Shielding. second vice-president Mrs r.
w. Geissenhainer; treasurer, Col. Charles
Elliot Warren; recording secretary
Mrs. A. +. Worral. and corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Thomas II. Willard
The vacancy on the board OF directors
caused by the death of Mr.. George H.
CASTOR. Wice-president OF the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company. will be
filed hy Mr.. J. v. n. Dorr. The other
members of the board of directors are
Mrs. Marshall Field Cd, Mrs. Thomas II.
Willard. Miss e. f. Gregory. Mrs. s. B.
Shedding and Mrs. Charles Elliot Warren.
Having disposed OF it's property on
104th street. where the home has been
located for nearly twenty years, and also
having sold it's country place at Groton.
Conn, which was the gift of former
president. Mrs. ~. NJ. Pond, the work OF
the Darrach Home for Crippled Children
will be carried on in future in the new
kome just purchased at $50 East Mosholu
Parkway. near the Botanical Gardens in
The Bronx.
A number OF affairs win be given this
winter and special appeal will be made
for the benefit Of the building fund,
Theoria, Mrs. Harold George Wood
president and founder, held its first
evening dinner and theater. party on
Tuesday. Dinner was at the Hotel
Astor and the society later attended the
Knickerbocker Theater to sec "The
Yankee Princess" On Thursday Theorla
held an extra matinee to see 1.-The
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

ThereS IN xetzcAnsentf fmyun
electric vacuum cleaner which
removes an gcrm-ladcn dust,
znd keeps your library fresh
and clexni T
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Drama Comedy. Edyth Totem presl-
dent, at the Friday review at the Hotel
Astor last Friday saw a fun act OF
Goetho's Faust by the Drama Comedy
Players with Grayte Hull as Faust.
annette Ewart as Mephisto. Myrtle
Schiffman as Hdrth1 and Emnne Maak
as Marguerite. Lillian Croxton sang a
group of songs.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

The Beethoven Society, Mrs. Dudley
Van Holland acting president, opened
the season with musicale and dance in
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

The first OF the series Of current
events given by Marion Gaylord Atweii.
under the auspices OF the New York
City Colony. National Society OF New
England Women, was held or wedncs.
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Two ono act rlays. Cinderella Mar
ried." by Rachel Lyman Field. and
ssvhe Purple Dream" by Donald Breed,
will be given by the Radcliffe Club Of
New York ~ the MacDowoll Gallery
Jos West Fifty-ffth street. on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. The proceeds
will be added 20 the Radcliffe College
Endowment Fund.
on the general committee are: Mrs.
william Franklin Eastman. Miss Rachel
Field. Mrs. Shelley Hull. Miss Jessie
Macdonald and Mics Elizabeth Whec-
lock. Tho patronesses include: Miss
Eleanore Lothrop, chairman; Mrs. Al
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

Phalo, Mrs. Robert r. ferguson presi-
dent. will meet tomorrow afternoon. at
the homo of Mrs. Alexander BicClsaT,.
2So Riverside Drive. The study topic
The New York herald., 1922-11-26

There will be two more meetings of
the bridge tournament at the residence
of Mrs. Thomas Webster Edgar at 2sl
West End avenue under the auspices
81 the Calendar Club. Miss Louise Bur-
&c founder. They will be- on Tuesday
afternoons. December n and 10.
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Continued on Page Seven.
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Manhattan Study Club. Mrs. Edit
II. Pearscns president. held its musica
and drama day on Monday at the Hofe
Mc.tlpin. Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins
chairman. sang several sporano mum
bers. accompanied by Miss Beatric
Raphael. The other artists were Mo
zoila Bennett, vlolinist; Clio AIlessandr
cellist, and Luigi Costantino. pianist
Margaret Vale spoke on drama.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
What Poetry Is Not.

Attitudes towards poetry are as
various as its kinds. And the reader
must have thought over these at
titudes when he considered the prob
lem Of creating an audience or becom-
ing part of one, says Jeanette Marks
in the North American Review. Some
excellent people, not ill-educated either,
look upon poetry as one of the ele-
gancies Of life, withal a little super
fuous. Others think poetry is sugar
water. 1t is sometimes. So are some
people, and there are no federal laws
for putting them out of the way.
Some men and women regard poetry
as sentimental nonsense. In that it
might be said certain types of poetry
are like any cross-section of human
nature to be found anywhere. The
most damaging of all attitudes is that
which holds that poetry is inmical
to the facts of life and OF science.
Some poetry is. The greatest poetry,
speaking the common speech of COM
mon human experience and love for
nature. never Is.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
TEXAS ONCE SISTER NATION
Interesting to Recall Time When the
Great State Was an Inde-
pendent Republic.

When Washington, capital Of the
United States, was little more than u
village Of mud streets between 1896
and 1846, says a bulletin of the Ma.
tional Geographical society, Austin
was a similar world capital. the seat
of government of the Independent re-
public Of Texas, which for ten years,
Immediately after independence had
been won from Mexico, existed as the
fellow-natiOn Of the United States.
Ministers and special ENJOYS were ac-
credited to the republic by the United
States, and half dozen or more of
the leading nations of Europe, and the
forms and amenities of world diplo-
macy were carried out punctillously
in the little capital.
Austin preserves a memory of the
only republic to enter the United
States in the name of its principal
street, Congress avenue Along this
thoroughfare We're situated the CON
gressional halls of the nation. At the
head of this avenue, on the crest of
commanding hill. is the present state
capitol It's architecture, like that of
many other state capitols. is largely
borrowed from the capitol at Wash
ington, and it is almost as extensive,
being the largest Of the -fprty-eight
statehouses
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Lopez Real Discoverer,

Francisco Lopez, the discoverer Of
gold in California, died in poverty,
and the place Of his burial is un-
known. Marshall who accidentally
discovered gold in the mil race at
Suffers Ford six years afterward, was
given $1,000 year by the state and
a monument of brass was erected to
his memory. Sutter, who had nothing
to do with the discovery, and did not
own the land upon which his mill
stood, also was given pension. Lopez
Immediately reported his discovery to
his employers. Sutter and Marshall
kept the discovery secret until they
had taken possession of large tracts
of land, for which they gave the In
dans almost nothing. Both Sutter
and Marshall knew that their claims
as first discoverers of gold were false.
They were adventurers, and We're at
San Fernando in 1916 during one of
the Mexican revolutions, and had
heard of the gold fields in the SAP
ernando district.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
GOT IDEA FOR CASH REGISTER
Original Maker of Machines Copied
Device From Automatic Indicator
Used on Ocean Vessels.

The invention of the cash register
was due to one Of those happy ac-
ciGents of which only the alert mind
takes advantage. A business man
of Dayton, Ohio, named Jacob Ritty,
had a store in a good location In that
city, and it attracted many custom
ers, yet somehow it was not profit
able. He worried so much about
his lack of success that vacation
became necessary, and he decided to
take trip to Europe. While on the
voyage, Mr.. Ritty one day visited the
ships engine room. His attention was
caught by the automatic Indicator
which recorded the revolutions of the
propeller shaft. The idea occurred
to him: Why not devise machine
to record the sales in a store? Hence
the cash register
AT the time of this invention John
II. Patterson owned a retail shop in
small mining town near Dayton. He
tried two of the machines-then of a
rather crude type-and was so pleased
with the results that he realized the
opportunities they offered. He bought
out the company that was making
them and became its president.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

Two French workmen were talking
at public bar. OF course, since they
We're not talking about horse racing,
they were talking about politics.
'The various national debts go up
into trillions OF lrancs," declared one,
with the air of man who is saying
something astounding.
The other didn't blink.
"Trillions. l say" thundered the
first. "Do you know what trillion
No" vx-l--~~--4->---4-- laer-+Aas,
yes" draw1ed his friend, "the
ze1 Os."
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
TRULY MARVELS OF NATURE
Immense Trees In Calaveras Grove,
California, Worth Trip Across
Country to See.

One Of the most interesting sight
seeing places in California for the
nature lover is Calaveras grove, fam
Gus for the grandeur and age of it's
big trees. The grove is privately
i. owned and Is in small valley near
at an elevation of ATOP feet. In the
grove are ten trees, each 80 feet in
diameter and more than seventy trees
between Is and 80 feet in diameter
One of the trees, now down, "the
father of the forest" must have been
45O feet high and 40 feet in diameter,
according to New York Times writer.
In 1853 one of the largest trees, 90
feet In circumference and over 800
feet high, was cut down. Five men
worked % days telling it, using large
augers. The stump Of this tree has
been smoothed off and now accomo-
dates 80 dancers. In 1858 u newspaper,
the Big Tree Bulletin, was printed
there.
Near the stump is section Of the
tree 25 feet in diameter and 20 feet
long; beyond lies the immense trunk
as it fell, measuring 3O2 feet from the
base to the extremity. Upon this was
situated barroom and tenpin alley,
stretching along it's upper surface for
a distance Of 81 feet, affording ample
space for two alley beds side by side.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
CUTS THIRD TEETH AT ia
to Read-Born on Christ
mas, 1907.

St. Louis.-Ebbie Talbot, half In.
dian and negro woman, who says she
is one hundred and fourteen years
old. is exhibiting her third set of
teeth. of which she now has three.
She has paper, purporting to have
been written by a person where she
formerly lived who was in possession
of the facts. which states that she
was born in North Carolina on Christ
mas day, 1907. Born in slavery, she
says she was more than fifty years
old when she was emancipated.
she does all her own housework
and has cared for twenty-seven-
year-old paralytic since childhood.
Her mind and faculties are unim-
paired. and with a primer and the
help of a neighbor she is learning to
read. She is supported by the char
,ty Of neighbors and of others.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

II believe in giving everything its
due and want to say right now just
can't praise Tanlac too highly for what
it has done in my case," declared
James P. Humphreys, proprietor of the
Hebron Motor Co., Hebron, Md.
"For three years or more 1 suffered
from indigestion. After eating 1 would
bloat terribly with gas and my heart
would palpitate until it interfered with
my breathing. 1 was habitually consti-
pated and my nerves were all upset.
My sleep was unsound, got up morn
ings all tired out, and / was only a
shadow of my former SELF
"Well, Tanlac has given me keen
appetite, stomach trouble has disap-
peared, my nerves have steadied down,
and I have gained several pounds.
Tanlac, to my mind, is the best thing
ever sold for stomach trouble and run
down condition"
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Qisinteurating. Az It Were.

one of the most prominent and dig
niticd business men of our town. AS
he passed me he raised his hat and
in doing SO he knocked his cigar from
his mouth. Trying to catch the cigar,
he knocked his hat off. Also trying
to keep that from falling, his nose
glasses slipped from his nose, fell to
the walk and broke. Gathering up
his scattered belongings. he remarked
that it looked as if he were coming to
pieceS.-EXchange
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Pollen Carried Far.

is known to be carried far. The Swed-
iSh experiment station reports quite
extensive rain of tree pollen on two
fire ships. twenty and thirty seven
miles from shore. and the pollen of
algae is known to have been carried
even as far as 20O miles.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
MYSTERY CENTERS.
ABOUT LOST Girl
Parents identify Child as Their
Own, Then Discovery of Body
Causes Doubt.
PROBLEM FOR POLICE
small French Village Is Torn With
Excitement Over Battling Mystery
Body of Child Found in
Mangled Condition.

Paris.-A battling mystery Is ex-
citing the Inhabitants of the small
Brittany village of Gaos al Ludu. near
Chateaulin, In the Brest district.
Early in April a little girl. Pauline
Picard, disappeared from her parents
farm, not the slightest clue existing
as to what had become of the child
and all searches proving fruitless
Finally, it was thought she must have
been carried off by gypsies, although
none had been observed in the neigh
borhood at the time of her disap-
pearance.
Just when the parents had given up
hope of finding their daughter, it was
reported from Cherbourg that small
girl had been found wandering there
whose age and appearance CORE
sponded to that of the missing Paul
Inc. The Picards Immediately hurried
to Cherbourg and declared the child
theirs
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Uncle Eben.

"Of course, you wants to look at
de bright side" said Uncle Eben. hut
ain much comfort in standin' outside
lookin' at de 'lectric lights. when you
wants to go inside an look at de pic
lures.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
In the Last Place.

Mrs. Nagg-I never should have
married you in the first place!
Nagg-But. my dear, I-er-always
understand that you did it in the-er
last place New York Sun.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Did Not Seem to Recognize the Par
ents.

lowed by the inhabitants. among them
the Picards who recognized the
clothes as those worn by Pauline the
day she disappeared in April. The
child itself could not be identified, the
face having been partly devoured by
foxes.
Although it would seem almost in
credible that the parents should make
a mistake. the Picards are now uncer-
tain whether the child they have been
nursing for more than a month IS
really their own, and the police are
faced by threefold task: To dis
cover the murderer, identify the MUIR
dered child, and If she is proved to be
Pauline Picard, discover the identity
of the little girl from Cherbourg.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

Labor worketh a harshness on sor-
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Don't Know Parents.

A curious fact. however, was that
the child did not seem to recognize
the parents and remained mute when
addressed in Breton, although Pauline
had been used to speak that language
Taken home. the child was recognized
by neighbors and the police officer
who accompanied her from Cherbourg
was satisfied that She really was
Pauline Picard, although there was
no Indication as to how she had
reached Cberbourg.
The adventure thus appeared to
have reached happy ending until re-
Gently a startling discovery was made
which makes the whole affair more
mysterious than ever. A farmer cross
ing field about a mile from Goas Al
Ludu discovered the horribly mutt
lated body of small girl, entirely
naked and the head cut off. Close by,
carefully folded, lay the clothes.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

JAMES P. HUMPHREYS, we'll
known automobile man of Heb
ron, Md, who declares he believes
Tanlac is the best thing to>over-
come stomach trouble and rum
down condition. States it COM
pletely restored his health.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
In 1850.

Yesterday"
"What! A live one?"-Life.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Rats i'm the Cellar,
M!ice In the Pantry,
COckrOacheS
i'm the Kitchen

What can be more disagreeable than a
home infested with pests! Destroy them
with Stearns' Electric Paste, the standard
exterminator for more than 43 years.
Kill rats, mice, cockroaches, waterbugs
or ants in a single night. Does not blow
away like powders; ready for use: better
than traps. Directions in IS languages in
every box. Money back if it fails.
Z OF. size CSC. IS OF. size $1.50.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15
Recognize Her Clothes.

The farmer hurried to the village
and returned with gendarmes, fol-
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

Sell Trees and Plants for Worlds Greatest
Nurseries. Steady work. commission weekly
Brown Brothers Nurseries. Rochester, n. Y.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

RADIO AT REDUCED PRICES-Standard
43 plate variable condenser. s3.25 Full line
Write today. U. s. Ratio & Electric APP
pliance Co., 1862 Fulton St. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Palisadian., 1922-07-15

Government Blankets-Doube wool and cot
ton, s175 double shoddy, S1.50. Parcel post
paid. Remit with order. Satisfaction guar.
Powers & Co, All Cherry St. Phila., Pa.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-12
FIX XMETUCHEN
RATABLES At
TAX SURVEY
Increase of About $4,000, 900
Ordered by County Board
of Taxation
TOTAL OF $5,00O,O0O
Reform in Fixing RatabIes in
Orders to Local Assessor
Breen
TOTAL OF $1,000, 900

METUCHEN, Dec. 12-As a re-
suit of an inspection yesterday of
between 200 and 800 properties in
Metuchen by members of the Mid
dlesex Count Board of Taxation in
structions were given to the local
assessor, John Breen,, that the bor-
ough's valuations will have to be
increased to about S5,000,000 for
1928. The total ratables in Metu-
chen at the present time amount to
slightly less than s3,000,000, which
will mean an increase of about S2,-
100000 in ratables.
Yesterdays inspection was the
fifth made this year in Metuchen by
the county board, the result being
that valuations here were found to
be far too low. The 1928 assess
ments, as made by Assessor Breen,
equalize the valuations but the
county board regarded these valua-
tions as much too low and conse-
quently gave instructions to increase
the ratables.
Heretofore the assessments have
been made per plot but this year
Assessor Breen is placing the as
sessment based on the lineal front
footage of the property. This sys-
tenn was found satisfactory by the
county board but they decided that
the values placed on the property
per foot were far too low.
Before the 1928 assessment is
completed and before a hearing on
the new assessments is held, the
county board will make another in
vestigaton here and if it finds that
ratables have not been increased as
much as the members think thew
should be, instructions will be given
to again change the assessments.
The action of the county tax board
in coming to Metuchen yesterday
was the direct result of formal
complaint being filed with that body
by the local chamber of commerce
complaining against the unequal as
sessments here. The chamber of
commerce claimed that such un-
equalization prevents the growth OF
the community and retards the erec-
ton of new buildings. 1t further
claims that the oldest residents and
holders of the most valuable prop
erty in the borough are at present
the lowest taxpayers, it being the
new home builder and owner of
property who shoulders the bulk of
the tax.
The county board members point
ed out that under the present sched-
ule, Metuchen is not paving its full
share of county taxes. The chamber
of commerce will endeavor to have
property owners here attend the
hearing in order that they might
compare their taxes and valuations
with those of neighbors. No date
has been set yet for this hearing.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-12
CRIPPLED
CHILDREN HERE
Elks Plan to Spread Christ
mas Cheer Among Them--
Committee Meets

Plans were made to care for the
needs of the poor "Krippled Kid
dies of this city and to entertain
all Krippled Riddles of this city at
a meeting of the charity, "krippled
kiddies" and women's auxiliary COM
mittee of the local Elks Lodge, last
night.
Harold E. Pickersgill, who is cred
tied with starting the campaign by
the trip to Asbury Park last summer
requests that all crippled children
send their names and addresses to
the Elks home or the News office as
they did for the summer event.
There are many crippled children
who are in need of clothing and
other necessities, and all need enter
tainment. A canvass of the city will
be made starting on Sunday to see
just what these kiddies must have.
All crippled children of the city
will be entertained at the local club
house on the Wednesday between
Christmas and New Years and at
this time small gifts will be given to
each one. Mrs. Chester Darling is IN
charge of the dancing section of the
entertainment for this occasion.
Kelly & McAlinden Co. for useful Xmas
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-12
MAN AND WIFE
ARE MURDERED

MIDDLETOWN, Ind, Dec. H.
William Shaffer, thirty-ive years
old, a farmer, and his wife were
found murdered here today. Mrs.
Shaffer's head had been cut off by
a sharp instrument presumably an
ak and Shaffer's head was split wide
open. The bodies were found by
party of passing farmers. Mrs.
Shaffer's body was found in bed.
while that of her husband was
found in the barn. A twelve year
old girl uninjured. but suffering
from exposure and lack of food
was unable to give any details of the
tragedy. The couple is believed to
have been dead for several days.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-12
WANAMAKER IS
CALLED TO REST
Merchant Dies in Philadel-
phia Following Months
Illness

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.--John
Wanauaker died at his home here
at s o'clock this morning. He pass.
ed away at his town home, 2O32
Walnut street. He has been con-
fined there since early in November
with a. heavy cold contracted at his
country estate, 'Lindenhurst at
Jenkinstown, near here. He was "a
years old.
Mr.. Wanamaker was active in his
business affairs UP to the time he
was stricken. He spent much of last
winter in Florida and was in this
city all summer hard at work. He
was always an early riser and was
usually ip his mercantile establish
ment before the stores were open:
Mr.. Wanamaker is survived by his
son, Rodman. a resident OF New
York city. and two daughters, Mary
B., wife of Barclay. H. Warburton,
and Elizabeth, wife of Norman Mac
Leod, both of Philadelphia.
CONTINUED on page 4)
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-12-12
$4,000 DRUGS
TAKEN IN RAID

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Narcotics
valued at $4,000 and names and ad-
dresses of about 1000 persons, said
by the police to be selling agents and
addicts, were seized early today by
Deputy Police Commissioner Simon
and a force of agents.
William Regent, in whose apart
ment the drugs were found, was held
for investigation.
Among the seized letters and
cards, Simon said, WAS one from a
well-known motion picture actor in
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, indicating that the
actor acted as a selling agent.