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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14

Child welfare.
That's the main plank in the plat
form of Mrs. Peter Olesen, who was
recently nominated for United
States senator by the Minnesota
Democratic party.
''The fight for roman suffrage has
ended" says Mrs. Olesen. 1--WE must
now devote ourselves to the well
fare of the children. That Is the
big thing from now on"
And that is why Mrs. Olesen be-
lieves that women should have seats
in the United States senate.
1.-The woman a be mother to the
nation just as she is mother in the
home" says She. while men are
interested in children. after all the
child is more in the province of the
mother"
Mrs. Olesen's husband Is superin-
tendent of schools at Cloquet. They
have one daughter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
The Seasons Latest Modes
For Your Easter Selection
VERY BEAUTIFUL
~PETTICOATS

Petticoats that would gladly
welcome a breeze just to show
their beauty out 'o-doors -
those of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
A Very Good Line of
Mems Furnishings

Mems Silk Shirts at $3.50 and $3.50
Made of fine Eagle Crepe, well finished, a
shirt that you can bank upon.
Mems Shirts With Soft Collar Attached
At $1.59 to $3.50
Excellent values everyone of them, and
very comfortable-and good looking, too
your choice of either White or Tan.
Mems Socks at 35c to CSC Pair
Some are a little higher, too-if you want
them-the materials are Lisle, Fibre and
Silk.
Mems Neckwear at 29c to $1.49
Smart in every way; ties that appeal to
both the young and also tie conservative
generation.
Warm Weather Collars for Men and Boys
At 8 for Soc
An exceptionally good assortment to Sc
lect from, good looking even in the hottest
weather..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14

~. .a.,er 70 look from ad to I'D than TO
RIM from store to ~store-read the Mer-
chandise ads IN the classified section Dc.
fore you start shopping.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
SPORT COATS
AT S5.98

Makes its first appearance at TINS
store. Whatever is new In outdoor
apparel for sports and the e rnds
representation in our store. A wealth
of richness to choose from.
Well made Of the finest materials,
in the seasons most desirable shades
Sizes 16 to "A.
Three-Quarter Length Sport Coats,
at $9.75
Very good quality materials are
used in the making of these coats,
excellent Workmanship throughout.
In the seasons best colors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
Wraps & Capes
So.oS to S29.9S

When a cape or wrap Is oe-
coming, it proves an indlspensl-
BILE acquisition to a woman ;
wardrobe. \ becoming cape or
wrap. always looks stylish, and
assures the maximum OF smart
wear.
You will note the simplicity
Of line. the graceful flare, ana
the artful placing of the trim
ming. These are features when
make for becomingness III
Capes and Wraps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
cHILDREN's TWEED CAPES
For the Girl of 2 to 6, $3.50

In tan and blue-all we'll finished,
tut in the becoming circular flare,
an excentional value.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
Changeable Taffeta at S4.49
and S4.98

Are all well made as usual,
neatly finished, in various be
coming ways-in all desirable
cnlnrS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
OF Changeable Tafeta With
Jersey Top at S3.98

Possess that smart ruffle bot
tom that is so very popular
and those of
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
Exquisitely Fashioned
FrOCkS
at $14.95

The Spring Frocks have many
features that warrants COM
mendation.
The materials are Silk Crepe
and Tricotine. Long lines,
panels, pleated skirt of modest
width and trimming of various
kinds, make this season styles
very attractive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
CAPE DRESSES AT 1898

Another model that is exceedingly be-
coming, the smart jumper dress pro-
nounces itself correct, and the cape
completes a beautiful whole. Sizes 6 to
IA years.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Serving the Common Veal

In refusing $4,000 year as head
of the Philadelphia sesqui-centennial
exhibition Mr.. Hoover shows sense
of public spirit which rivals that Of
Mr., Edward Box, who SO generously
offered to underwrite this salary for
Mr.. Hoover. Just as the Philadcl-
phlan was prompted by desire to
serve the public, so Mr.. Iloover's re
fusal was founded on his belief that
he could best show public spirit by
serving the country in the Cabinet.
In an age when it is often difficult
to persuade able men to hold under
paid government positions it is good
to see some ono with Mr.. Hoover S
prestige place service to country
above personal consideration. The
ideal of public service, rarely at
tanned iii this country because of the
many disadvantages Of holding oFcc-
tive office, requires the stimulation
W Stot tAtlliUlt. llC Jttit iOC nJl-
vate gain so often forces good men
to eschcw public service that it
seems sometimes surprising that the
government can command ability so
long as it does in the face of COM
petition with the business world.
Whether or not Mr.. Hoover has to
consider the problem of personal
finances, his refusal of the Philadel-
phia position must be counted an
other example of making good by
deeds his faith in the cause of serv-
ing the public. There is little glory
in the work of the Secretary of Com
mercc. 1t lacks the lure of world
politics and the prestige Of admin
istering vast organization. To
prefer it, therefore, to work outside
the government shows a spirit that
is refreshing in these days when ma
terial gain has so completely got the
upper hand in the reaction that has
followed the war.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15

abilities before the selection is made
for the varsity shell.
Such system seems not only TO
promise well for the champion crews,
but, what is equally important from
the point of view of sports and the
university, will bring out a record
attendance and thereby increase the
number of students participating in
athletics. In this respect rowing SUI
passed both football and baseball
some time ago by making possible a
greater number Of competing units
of about equal strength, instead Of
the few squads recruited primarily
to furnish material fer the varsity
teams. This very fact has given row.
ing one Of the most genuinely i'm
portant, even though less scnSa-
tional, positions among college
sports. handicapped only by the
limited facilities at most of the uni
vcrsities.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
chance to maintain its efficiency and
morale under flexible and responsible
department management.
Indecisive

The vote on the Robinson amend
ment to the four-power Pacific treaty
was indecisive in two respects. With
eleven Senator's not recorded, the
supporters of the treaty lacked nine
Of two-thirds majority of the full
Senate. Yet the opposition was two
short of the necessary one-third.
There is no chance of fastening an
amendment on the treaty. A reser-
vation paraphrasing the Robinson
amendment could be adopted only by
general agreement. But voting for
such an amendment or reservation is
a different thing from voting for or
against the treaty, if neither amend
ment nor reservation carries.
The country wants to have the
treaty ratified. The wreckers in the
Senate may possibly muster strength
enough to reject it temporarily. My.
Lenroot gave warning yesterday
that in such an event the other
treaties might be withdrawn and the
country be asked to pass on the issue
at the fall elections. These are not
far ahead. Do the wreckers care to
invite such a referendum?
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Defends the Frying Pan

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why scrap the frying pan? I
nave been associating with one for the
last twenty-five years, and wouldn't care
to keep house without it, even when we
give the general housework absent
treatment most of the time, when we
arc on our regular job of newspaper
reporting
My two sons and myself are pretty
good-looking specimens OF American
stock, and we use little grease in our
daily menu. The frying pan heated
redhot in an emergency will pan a
portion of steak for the big fellow
when mother doesn't care for meat.
Turn it quickly until it is brown on
both sides, lower the flame to a mini
mum of heat, and cover the pan until
the steak is ready for warm plate.
The same dcspised F.f'P. is ideal
for poached eggs, with muffin rings to
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
The Rowing Season

Reports from different parts of
the country show that the warm
spring IS already bringing the crews
out on the water. The period OF
unsatisfactory training in tanks and
on rowing machines is about over
and the real rowing season will soon
be we'll under way. Large SQUADS
OF candidates are getting into train
ing by running, developing wind and
endurance and strengthening the
leg muscles. The more hardy single
scullers are already in form, and the
endless process Of grouping new
elghts is in progress.
From Harvard, always keen on
rowing, come stories of a new record
to be expected during the season.
Great as has been the increased nom
ularity of rowing among the under
graduates, fostered largely by the
excellent system of class crews. it is
hoped that the impetus given the
sport by the methods of DR.. Howe.
the new director Of rowing, will re-
suit not only in larger number of
oarsmen than ever before, but in a
higher general average of skill. DR..
Howe realizes that out of a mass of
material unsuspected good men are
often developed. He also realizes
that by using the varsity oarsmen
freely to coach the candidates the
training Of the new men is hastened
and the instructors themselves learn
much through being forced to ana
lyze and study what they teach.
Furthermore, by starting all the
crews early the new director has
made 1T possible to give all good
men a. fair chance to show their
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
The Rhine Claims Justice

ne argument that tallure to rat
ify the Versailles Treaty debars the
United States from collecting its
share of the costs of the Rhineland
occupation is best disposed of by
carrying it to it's logical conclusions.
1T is limited in some quarters that
since Germany pledged ali her
resources to the Allied powers which
ratified the treaty she is not at lib
erty to pay anything to any other
power, and that whatever she is able
TO ray must go Internationally to
the nations represented on the Rep
aratlon Commission. Such conten-
non seeks to deprive the United
States Of its undeniable status as a
belliGerent. We have been left, some
foreign commentators say, without
even the right to retain the property
O. Germans which we seouestercd
although the German government
has expressly authorized us to do 50.
Must we hand this over to our
allies?
Such claim falls of it's own
weight. Former German ocean
cables have been assigned to the
United States at Allied conferences.
Former German warships have
been turned over to cur navy. Our
Joint interest in the German over
seas possessions ceded to the five
principal Allied and associated pow
ers has been conceded by the Allied
Council states and was recognized in
the Yap treaty. The fact that we
were in the war against Germany
cannot be juggled now under the
peace settlement table.
Our troops occupied a part of the
Rhlneland under the armistice
terms. They were there on the same
footing as the British, French and
Belgian troops from November, 1918.
until January, 1920, when the Ver-
sailles Treaty wen: into effect. It
was agreed that Germany should
pay for maintaining them. The
other Allied governments urged us
to keep garrison en- the Rhine in
spite of our not being party to the
| Versailles Treatv.
There is no indication that thev
Will now repudiate the armistice
compact or even seek to draw dis
tlnctlon between costs incurred be-
fore January, 1920, and since. Our
government has no desire to rush an
accounting through. 1t simply was
found advisable to present the ac-
count at a time when the occupation
bills of the other armies were being
PAID, so as to avoid future misunder-
standing. Germany has indorsed
our claim. 1t is a part Of the gen.
eral Allied claim, which is a first
lien on German payments. It is to
be presumed that the EuroDean AL
lies will offer no objections Sin prin-
clple' to its settlement.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Putting the Army in Binders

he House Appropriations Com
: mlttee has tried to reduce the en-
listed strength of the army to u.s.
uOO men and at the same time to
meet the argument that not enough
troops viii be left to keep the nine
continental departments organized.
1t could accomplish that only by
practically directing the President
to Withdraw 14,100 men now sta
toned outside the United States-in
Hawaii, the Canal Zone, China and
Germany. The committees measure
provides that except in case of
emergency the appropriation it con-
talns shall not be used to pay more
than a certain number of troops
outside the continental limits of the
United States, including Alaska.
1t viii remain with the President
to say when an emergency exists.
The Presidents constitutional power
Is thus not directly challenged. Yet
legislation of this sort is a needless
cause of friction between Congress
and the War Department. Congress
supports the army. But it has no
competency to command it or to
regulate all the minor details of mill
tary policy, such as the size of garri-
sons and the distribution of troops.
The Administration has cooper
ated earnestly to reduce the enlisted
strength of the army to minimum.
The present total is about 10000.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee admits that the home strength !
ought to be large enough to enable |
the War Department to carry out |
It's reorganization plans. But why |
place such minute restrictions on
he strength of outlying garrisons?
The reduced army ought to have a
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Enough Gold

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l note with amusement the
statement in to-day's Tribune in the
article about DR.. Wcndt. that his work
may lead eventually to the changing
of base metals into gold" as if such a
thing would be desirable. The only
reason gold is useful as a standard of
value is because Of its scarcity. If it
could be made Wholesale we would
soon have to seek another monetary
standard.
And the economic value Of gold is
very slight. It's use as jewelry comes
about largely because of it's scarcity.
If we could secure great quantities of
platinum, which is extremely useful in
many chemical processes, we would
have something worth while. But the
discovery Of way to make gold would
benefit the man who first undertook It
successfully, for a time only, and for
the rest of society it would be a curse
from the start, because of the debase-
ment of currency.
REXFORD SHARP.
New York, March 13, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Federal Aid to Mothers
No Warrant for National Control,
Saws Woman Onponcnt

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Mrs. Florence Kelley in a letter
published in The Tribune asks why
Federal aid should be accepted "for
building armories in which the militia
prepare to defend the country etc,
and yet not for keeping children "alive
through infancy.'
To constitutionalsts it Is sufficient
to know that the Constitution itself
provides Congress with power "to
raise and support armies" but no.
whore do we find that the states or
the people delegated power either to
Congress or to any Federal bureau
cracy "to raise and support children"
This is one of the powers reserved
in the bill of rights to "the states or
to the people, 1t is the chief function
and reason for existence of the family.
Another matter that confuses Social
lists, but nobody else, is the distinction
between state aid for the needy and
maternity care for all residents" as
proposed by the original Sheppard
Towncr bill, until the opponents of
Socialism persuaded Congress to cut
out "maternity care" and "bencfts."
There are families who cannot care
for their own children, but there is
not county or state in the Union
which is not thoroughly able, financial
ly and otherwise, to care for its own
widows, orphans and destitute mothers.
Moreover, there is hardly a county
IN the country which has not more
practiclng physicians, with years of ex-
perience, than the Federal Children's
Bureau. There is no necessity what
ever for national control, investigation
or instruction" of the average county
doctor or public health nurse.
IF county or state will not employ
q public health nurse the thing to do
is to arouse that county or state to
the desirability of employing one or
thousands, as the case may be.
But we need no central "soviet" of
public health nurses or lay advisers
imposed upon us from WASHINGTON.
Under the Stitt act every municipal
corporation in New York can appropri-
ate money for prenatal and maternity
care without any restrictions or bu-
reaucratc regulations from Washing
ton, and can conceive of no reason
why anybody who believes, with Gov
ernor Miller, that "our system Of gov
ernment is based upon the bedrock of
local self government" should want to
change to the system of nationalized
maternity care after investigating its
terrible results Gas described by Sir
Paul Dukes and others) in Soviet
Russia. j. S. EICHELBERCER.
Editor of "The Woman Patriot"
Washington, D. c., March 13. 1920
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Prisoners Earnings
Wrong Impressions from Statistics of
the Atlanta Penilentiary

| To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Articles appeared in the news
Papers day or two ago calling atten-
tion TO the prosperity" Of Federal
prisoners in the Atlanta penitcntiary,
because, according to an announcement
Of Attorney General Daughcrty, they
"had earned $4,000 in bonuses in
eleven months"
This is a glarng instance Of the
power OF bulk statistics to create an
impression exactly contrary to the
facts. IF the press could have analyzed
the Attorney Generals statement it
would no doubt have called attention
to the poverty instead Of prosperity of
the prisoners at the Atlanta peni-
tcntiary.
Taking tho figures Of the Attorney
General, in $50 days (about eleven
months) the prisoners together earned
Sl37 day. being paid at the ratio Of
two cents per yard for cotton duck
But this is divided only among the
mill-about 500 all told. Sc we find
that each prisoner in the cotton duck
mill earned about q cents day, or
approximately 500 a year. Certainly
nothing to gloat over
Tho prisoners who do not work in
the cotton duck mill do not make a
cent. During the eleven months men
toned by the Attorney General there
prisoners in confinement, so that dur
ing that period approximately I 200 Of
them received no compensation at all.
At the present time the average is
500 of them are making no money
whatsoever. Even this situation, how
ever, is better than conditions a year
ago, when there was no productive
labor Of any kind for the prisoners.
It is no uncommon thing for the
public to form erroneous ideas from
bulk figures concerning institutions.
Invariably when I investigate places
NiilCH pay pllSOHtlS Iol lHtil idDOl liit
officials quote total amounts, and seek
further to heighten the effect by re-
marking in an offhand manner that
"somc Of our prisoners make $25 and
$50 per month"; Sometimes they do,
but 7 have always found that in such
instances a large part Of the money
must in turn be paid over to "helpers,'
who are usually assigned to the more
capable prisoners.
At time like this, when crime and
its corollary, prisoners and the treat
ment of prisoners, are matters demand
ing urgent consideration, it does not
seem wise to permit still additional
misconceptions to accumulate.
JOSEPH F. FISHMAN.
New York, March l3, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
The Need of Nerve

The spectacle Of lawmakers and
political leaders with ears glued to
the ground to catch every shifting
wave Of public emotion is not an en-
couraging one YET 1t is to be wit
messed every day by observers Of ma
tional affairs.
The most serious shortage this
country is suffering from just now
IS a shortage of courage in public
life. In Congress it is not the right
or the wrong Of the bonus question
that is considered at all. 1t is the
political expediency of the individual
members vote upon it.
This is true Of practically every
important question. The legislators
own opinion, however firmly held,
does not count. Casting aside his
better Judgment, casting aside his
own conviction of what is Just and
wise. he votes to mend his political
fences.
That kind Of vote is wrong vote.
Furthermore, it never accomplishes
even the purpose for which it is
cast. The American people admire
courage above every other quality.
they are far more intelligent than
Hheir Representatives believe them
70 be-far quicker TO detect, to de-
spise and to punish cowardice.
The men who stay in public Office
are the men who have the intelli-
gence to form sound convictions and
the courage to act upon them. Go
back to the beginning of our history,
and you will find that the leaders
who won public esteem were leaders
who led.
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson.
Lincoln, Roosevelt were not to be
moved from the courses they had
chosen by howls or clamor. Their
colleagues who needed these things
disappeared from public life. They
remained.
Holding public office is too often a
thankless task; but more towards
than brave men are cast ruthlessly
out of it and forgotten. The trim
mers Of to-day viii trim in vain.
They may compromise with their
consciences, but they can never COM
promise with honesty. Sooner or
later their constituents will know
them for what they are and turn to
men who have the nerve to stand up
and fight.
To seek to placate every little fac
ton, to vary ones attitude on every
public question to suit the tempo
rary attitude of groups of lobbyists
and buffers is not craftsmanship. It
IS sheer political stupidity.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-15
Her Daughter
With Whom the Mother of Flap
per- Is Not Dissatisfied
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In reply to "Columbias" letter
on "the happer" let me say that
believe she and I are talking about
girls OF different ages. The commonly
understood meaning of "fapper" is a
girl of high school age I think that
the girls who have finished their
schooling and who are capable of earn
ing their own living should no longer
be called "fappers." Furthermore. l
am sure that no mothers would pub
lcly disclaim responsibility for the
actions and manners Of their daugh-
ters' unless those daughters were well
beyond their school days
Now to answer "Columbia's" cues
tons. When the little "fapper" re
ferred to finishes high school she viii,
be able to speak her own language cor
rectly and in addition, Latin, French
and Spanish, and will be prepared to
enter Bryn Mawr. Was any more cx-
pccted Of high school graduates a gem
Grafton ago? Her manners are
"amiable" and polished" would not
call them "suave," as that word has
come to imply all insincere exaggera-
tlon OF manner, and she Is, above all
things, sincere. Her face is exactly as
nature made it, except for powder on
her nose, which I believe most self
respecting women use, as neither men
nor women admire red or shiny nose.
She is both spiritual and material
She worships God in church and tries
to lead practical Christian life out
side of church, but she also loves
things material-pretty clothes, dane
ing, the theater, etc.--like all other
healthy, normal young people. think
she is grateful to her parents for their
"sacrifices,' but her parents have no
exaggerated idea of their own "sacri-
hces." She helps her mother in MANY
and various ways-not scrubbing floors
and washing dishes, however, as we
nave maid to do those things.
l still believe the younger girls
superior to the girls of the same aee
generation ago.
THE MOTHER OF A "FLAPPER."
New York. March IS, 1922.