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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
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WHATS ALREADY HAPPENED

This bride and groom have agreed
TO maintain their individual liberty
despite marriage. She nearly wreck
ed his bank by buying ssss
worth of furniture yesterday. Now
read what she does today.
Did you do any more shopping
today. Peggins? ?"
/ sat up on Jacks knee and pre-
pared to confess. Perhaps / had
the davenport cost.
Il did, Something all for myself
that I've wanted all my life"
"What?'
Guess"
How can a man guess what a
girl has wanted all her life ?" laugh
ed Jack. Show me, Peggins!'
THERE"
From my blouse / pulled a string
OF pearls: OF course 1 mean pearl
beads.
Beads, You've wanted those
things for years? Well, I'm glad
they're yours at last, my dear.
Again nay I inquire-how much?"
TWENTY-FIVE"
twenty-five cents? Why wait
for years?" A hug ended this ques-
ton.
DOlldfS.
twenty-five dollars for beads?
You don't mean it,"
But these are not ordinary
things. I bought them at Barnick's.'
Are you saying that the best
jeweier in town sells mock pearls?'
He has to. They're so fashion
able. And Just look at mine! As
lovely as the gen in my ring."
Carefully we compared the gen.
uine and the false pearls.
Cant see the least ~difference!'
Jack admitted. "Synthetic-and a,
good as that? Marvellous! Charged
too?"
NO, sir. Paid for, And oh
Jacki / just adore them! Why
they look a lot prettier than the!
seemed in the shop"
They look good to me. too. Syn
thetic-and / can't detect the diff
ference!" he repeated. Then, with
kiss. "Pm glad you bought them!"
81 adore them! And / had q won
derful time shopping today-thank
to my hubby!"
Good enough time to last
month. Peggins?"
"Why-I was going down tow
tomorrow. We do need more dishe
Wedgwood. II we're going to Civ
a few little dinners our presen
table equipment il pretty scanti"
! Now, is 1t? I thought we hal
wedding presents to last a centur,
A man doesn't know much abou
such things. But. Peggins, dear,
you can possibly get along I wis
you wouldn't shop any more tn!
month";"
"Oh-h-h. Why not-now I ca
get things charged"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
Kitchen Hints
Tempting Menus

II the average h~ousekeeper would
learn to use the cheaper cuts of meat
in appetizing and attractive ways
she could do much toward reducing
the cost of high living.
The shoulder of lamb makes a
perfectly good roast n Is never as
Expensive as the leg Of lamb. The
breast, shank and neck can b made
into very palatable and nourishing
dishes that will take the place OF the
expensive chops. on ordinary &C.
casions.
Roast Shoulder OF Lamb
A shoulder Of lamb. 2 slices OF
bacon, = cups stock. . tablespoons
butter, 4 tablespoons flour, l tea
spoon minced parsley, 2 medium
sized onions. 2 carrots. l small tur-
nip, 6 peppercorns. Ia teaspoons
salt. u teaspoon pepper, "a cup
canned tomato juice.
kemove bone from shoulder.
Cover bone with cold water. about
three cupfuls, and bring slowly to
the boiling point. Let simmer two
hours. Wipe meat with a damp
cloth and trim of the thin tissue
like covering. Season with salt and
pepper, roll tightly and tie.
Cut the bacon in narrow match
like SITlpS anu liloCAs Ah tHO 49,
Slice vegetables and put in bottom OF
casserole. Dot with butter and add
meat.
Cover closely and put in a hot
oven for twenty minutes. Ado pars-
ley and peppercorns. Pour over two
Icups stock, cover closely and roast
lin a slow oven for two and one-half
hours.
Take out meat and remove strings.
Strain stock. There should be one
and one-half cups. Melt two table,
Ispoons butter in pan, stir In
flour and stir over the fire until the
flour is brown.
Add stock slowly. stirring con-
lcanned tomato juice. Serve in q
gravy boat as a sauce for the meat.
RagOut of Lamb
Two pounds of neck OF lamb. 1
lcup boiling stock. Q tablespoons but
tier, Q tablespoons flour. l onion. l
lcarrot. 1 strip celery. sprig parsley,
Thyme and bay leaf, yolks 2 eggs.
y cup cooked spinach. juice "
lemon, y teaspoon salt, X tea
Trim meat. Put into cold water.
bring slowly to the boiling point.
Drain and plunge into colo salt
water, let gtand uVe uliuutes. Dios"
and dry between towels. Cut into
two-inch squares.
Melt butter in sauce pan. ada
sliced vegetables and simmer with
out browning for fifteen minutes.
SIT in flour. stirring constantly and
|slowiy add boiling stock. Add pars-
lev. thyme, salt and one-eighth tea
spoon pepper. Stir until the mixture
boils and il perfectly smooth. Put
meat in casserole and pour over
sauce. Cover closely. simmer two
hours In q slow oven or over . slow
fire.
Heat spinach and rub through =
fne sieve. Remove meat from cas-
ssrole and strain sauce. Add spin
|ach PURGE and when almost boiling
add the egg yolks beaten slightly
with two tablespoons cream Add
lemon juice to spinach when rub
bling through sieve.
Cook the sauce over hot water
until thick and smooth. Arrange
meat on a hot platter and pour the
hot sauce over it.
Copyright, 1922. NEA Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
SEWAREN HISTORY CLUB
PLANS FOR ELECTION

SEwAREN. April THE Sc
warren History Club met at the home
Of Mrs. J. A. Lahey Wednesday
afternoon. The principal business
transacted was the accepting of the
proposed changes and amendments
to the constitution as arranged by
Mrs. ]. q. Walker and Mrs. A. @.
Brown. The principal changes be-
ir.g emitting second vice president.
adding assistant corresponding sec-
rotary AMI the formation of the ex-
ecutfve board on board OF directors.
The orig.na constitution of this
club when federated in 1918 was
along these same lines. The rule
was also established that no officer
should succeede herself and the
clause that there must be two can
didates Tor each ONCE omitted.
The question of raising the club
dues to 50 was left open for fur
Their discussion.
The nominating committee for the
coming erection on May 3 consists
Of Mrs. j. G.. Walker. Mrs. A. c.
Walker. Hrs. J. r.. Haywood. Mrs.
F. I. Perry. and Mrs. J. F. Ryan.
The officers to be elected are vice
presiden., corresponding secretary
and treasurer. The president to APP
point tho chairmen of the various
departments by whom with the ON
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
AVENEL CLUB ELECTS

AvENEL. ASriI THE A,ere
Eranch Of the woman's Club heit
their biennial election "Wednesday
night at the Progressive Club Nc
Arthur Lance was elect a chairnf
Mrs. Ray Hancock. vice chaIrmau.
Mrs. l.. Van Soyke. treasurer.
being no candidate for a secreta..
Mrs. Herbert Bernard was appoin
secretary protein. Before the ne
chairman took the chair. the mex
bers OF the club presented Mrs. IL. $.
Baker. S. their former chairms
with an electric lamp. which wa
given with appropriate remar
Mrs. Baker expressed her surprise
and gratitude In a BETTING mamie
which was the conclusion OF the FL s.
period OF the Life OF this branch.
Refreshments were served under
the supervision of Mrs. w. Brun-
berg, Mrs. p. J. Bonota. Mrs. Harry
Dietz ami Mrs. j. FELTON,. Mrs Ar
thur Lance presented her staff OF Of
fcers with floral bouquets which be-
speaks that coming term win be
accompanied with beauty as well -
labor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
The s~queedilIums

lI1c SQuctOlAIumS
It did seem as though Nancy and
Nick were never to get over tho
Seven Mountains.
They hadn't gone over half OF
them yet, and here they were with
another diflculty before them. Some
one had stolen the lost record from
its hiding place. Without 1t, 1t was
of no use to continue their journey
toward the Princess Therma's PAL
I.
No, It wasn't Twelve Toes. the
Gorcerer, who had taken 1t. He was
not allowed to follow them. Besides.
after finding that the terrible dreams
he had sent to the Twins had come
to nothing, he was 30 disgusted that
he few to his cave and changed
himself from q bat into q dragon
again. And there he sulked and
sulked. I hope he enjoyed himself
doing It.
Nick and Nancy stood looking and
looking at the hollow place in the
ground where the record had been,
trying to make up their minds what
to do next. when Nancy happened
to kick q stone with her toe. As 1t
rolled away she saw a round hole.
"Just look there!" she pointed.
"T'd believe 1t was the gnomes. Nick.
Crookabone or Jigabump, or Snip
Scissors has come and stolen 1t just
for meanness!"
Scarcely had she finished speaking
when a tiny creature came out fol-
lowed by a dozen others. The crea-
ture wasn't a bug or a beetle or q
ny. for he wore the finest Of clothes.
being dressed in scarlet satin with
a large neck ruff and a high pointed
hat. The others following were
quite as elegant.
Goodnight. friends" he called TO
those behind him. We've stayed
later than usual. The SUMS quite
Up. But no wonder! With such q
fine new dance floor! I'd certainly
like to know what kind person left
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
YOUR DRUGGIST

Does not keep Pinkhsm's Compound
He Soils Ii.
During the year 1920. nearly s.0ee.eoe
bottles Of this medicine were shipped from
the factory az Lynn. Massachusetts. There
Is also . branch IN Canada and one In
Mexico
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has the largest sale Of n medi-
cine for vomen's ailments Every day,
more and more women are proving fts
worth Made OF selected roots and herbs
this compound contains no harmful drug
ana can be taken In safety b. any woman
ADV.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
OUR FIRST YEAR

Because / like to pay all bills be-
fore the tenth each month. I'm
proud OF my credit. Every man
ought to be. So / abuse ms
credit. See. dear? I'd hate to have
any bill run. And Peggins. you'll
admit. this furniture bill will have
to run unless ! dig into my saw
inEs!'
But / expected we'd pay It little
by littlei OF course, IL you saw so
I'll let the dishes go for a while,
Although Bonny Tearle, and some
other girls. who have everything
are coming to lunch with me this
week-and il would be nice TO have
that darling Wedgwood.."
Ito be continued)
Copyright, 1922. NEA Service)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
IF YOU ARE WELL BRED

You win never drink coffee frou
a saucer.
You will not Dip UP q Qooufua =
soup and blow on It to COOL IT,
You Will imbibs liquids from -
side Of a spoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
Arhor Dav Celebration

TRENTON. April I'm Keeping
with the statute designating the
second Friday in April as "Arbor
Day" state Commissioner Of Eduea.
tion John Enright. today forwarded
letters to county and city superin-
tendents urging that the schools
within their jurisdiction appropri-
ately celebrate the occasion by az
ercises. Ynasmuch as next Friday 10
a legal holiday, the commissioner
stated that the exercises should be
conducted at the convenience Of the
superintendents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07

When Is a dot not a dot? When
it's a tiny square. or a wee circle,
OF wen a minute embroidered rose
bud.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
DANCE MASS MEETING

ASHEVILLE. N. c., April The
ministers OF Asheville decided today
to call . mass Meeting At which u
was said they will quote reason.
with members Of the dancing set n
their parents In an effort 70 remove
the necessity of keeping In force q
city ordinances passed last fall for
bidding public dancing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
by OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON :

1t here for u.s."
Suddenly he spied the Twins. MY
my, whom have we here?" he asked
in a condescending voice.
Nancy and Nick" said Nancy,
And who are your"
I'VE are the Squeedillums," said
the tiny person. AT your service"
Ito BE Continued)
Copyright, 1922, N. T.. A.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01

to engage in an enterprise which will bring hap
piness, success and prosperity to others. They
confine everything within the radius OF selfish
interest.
Public spirit does not expand and grow if per-
sons are unwilling to participate in projects that
benefit the whole community. So long as per-
sonal gain and individual returns are kept upper
most in mind in the consideration OF every
enterprise, the community lags in the execution
of public movements.
Some persons capitalize on public spirit be-
cause they believe their personal participation
will reflect itself in increased personal gain.
They want to see their names on committees,
they want to take the floor, not for the purpose
of serving their fellow men, but to be personally
conspicuous Real public spirit does not vaunt
itself, nor seek glory. The impostors who try
to capitalize on this form of popularity are soon
found out. The public quickly detects the rogue,
no matter how effectively he tries to disguise
his motives and presently he finds himself rele-
gated to the rear, forgotten and spurned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
WASH KIDNEYS
IF THEY HURT
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys
if Back Pains You or
Bladder Bothers.

Flush your kidneys with salts occa-
sionally. saws a noted authority, who
tells us that too much meat ana rlcn
food may form uric acid, which almost
paralyzes the kidneys in their efforts
to expel it from the blood. They be-
come sluggish and weaken; then you
suffer with a dull misery in the kid
new region, sharp pains in the back or
sick headache, dizziness, your stom-
ach sours, tongue is coated, and when
the weather is bad you have rheu-
matte twinges. The urine gets cloudy,
full of sediment, the channels often
get sore and irritated, obliging you to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
To help neutralize these irritating
acids, to cleanse the kidneys and flush
| off the body's urinous waste, get four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here: take tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for a
| few days, and your kidneys may then
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia. and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys; also tt
Ineutralize the acids in urine so it nc
Longer irritates, thus often ending
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure and makes delightful efferves
lcent lithia water drink.-Advertise
lment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
Ripping Rhymes
BY Walt Mason
THE SAFE COURSE


I harvested my tomatoes, and sell
them at the store; grow two mashed
potatoes where but one grew before.
rather slender, but every lit
tie while save some legal tender, and
have decent pile. The shameful name
of piker on me is oft bestowed; ought
to be a hiker on speculation road.
"Oh, come where fortune beckons, ;"
my smiling neighbor cries; he takes
his all and reckons that he will draw
a prize. He speeds where hosts are
rushing, great riches to behold; he
goes where oil is gushing, where mines
are yielding gold. l see him come
back, plodding, with weary feet and
knees; and l am busy sodding, or
pruning rhubarb trees. l still am
growing carrots, or moving fragrant
hay, or teaching piebald parrots to lay
three eggs a day. My humble labors
keep me contented, year by year; nc
get-rich craze can sweep me from this
my proper sphere. 81 see," says Neigh
Dor sadly, you're at the same old tricks
saw you at when madly l went tc
buy gold bricks. thought your toi
was sordid, l jeered as went by;
I'd soon have money corded around
me ten feet high. May my luck never
reach you, for all my dreams were
bunkl And now 1 would beseech yol
to stake me with a plunk."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
After Dinner Stories

Next door to the Woman lives a
dear little girl, Roselle, four years
old, who has always shown a marked
fondness for drawing ever since her
tiny fingers could hold pencil. While
visiting Roselle's mother one Sunday
when the children Of the family re-
turned from Sunday school, the Wo-
man noticed that Roselle Immediately
got big pad and pencil and went to
one end of the room, alone, where the
other children with their dolls would
not disturb her Every once in a
while she would look up and away
with serious rapt expression, for al
the world as if she were writing a
poem. The Woman found herself won
dering at the curious and unusual look
in the child's eyes, so she could not
resist upon Roselle's privacy to ask
What are you drawing, Roselle?'
"Oh," said the child as if startled, I'm
drawing a picture of God" "But
DEAR" exclaimed the Woman, mo one
knows what God looks like" Perfect
ly reverently the child replied: well
they will, when get this picture
finished"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01

should be utilized. Much OF the govern
ment printing is done only on one side
of a sheet. Mr.. Redfield had his de-
partment provided with supplies of
such printed paper after it had served
the purpose for which it was first used
and his office work was done on the
blank reverse side. Other officials
of the government took up the plan
and no taxpayer can have any just
complaint of waste of paper in the
government departments at Washing
ton during this period.
Not all of this war economy has
passed out of fashion. 1t will be re-
called that the fuel and food admins
trations, the war industries board, and
a score of other governmental organi-
cations were in existence during the
war. They all had stationery printed
Now that they have gone out of exist
ence, it would not be surprising if all
| the surplus stationery printed in their
names We're scrapped. But in the in
| terests of economy, all of it has been
reprinted. A slug mas been printed
across the names of the defunct boards
and bureaus and beneath them the
names of active offices have been
/ printed. In this way much waste is
being avoided and expensive stationery
! is utilized
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
SHADOWS HELP US SEE LIFE's BEAUTY
BY George Matthew Adams

wasting time and
ing picture where shadows.
to
rested like
formations of rock
into the valleys OF hgn
the contrasts that this play OF
shadows
How eacn
shadow but for
=s
that lives Gan we not
learn a 'front.'
Shall do
that tread the trail?
Or llwee
lift out sleep into work and
beauty service?
shadows in suppose that there
lives Would equal TO
length outstretche
faith
shall be able
the mornng!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
Musings For The Evening

= We believe there is altogether too
much lost motion in the motion pic
stures-at least conversationally. Last
night we witnessed again what we
have seen so many times-three or
four minutes of jaw exercise which
brought out only one or two words.
The villain and heroine were facing
each other in tense situation. Sud
denly the villain began speaking. He
talked and talked md talked. We
thought he was reciting one of Long
fellows poems. But all that he said
appeared on the screen Immediately
afterward as follows:
WILL your"
Then the heroine began her reply.
and she talked violently for some min
sntes. as heroines can when reused
And she replied and replied and re
piled. and the sum total of her talk
when flashed upon the screen was
s"NO!"
1t is only. on the screen that any
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
DO YOU GET UP NIGHTS
ON ACCOUNT OF
BLADDER?
This Symptom Tells You Something
Is Wrong. A Dayton Mans
Experience.

Mr.. John Lumpkins. Carrie St. Day
ton, Ohio, saws in his own home paper,
the Dayton Herald: For two years !
had to get up fifteen to twenty. times
each night The scalding and pain was
awful. After taking a few doses of
Lithiated Buchu. the gravel came. un-
til at least twenty-five pieces have
passed Some were as large as bean.
/ am glad TO have this way of telling
my fellow sufferers about this great
new remedy"
Initiated Buchu acts on the kidney
and bladder like EPSON Salts on the
bowels. It cleans them out and helps
to relieve the bladder of abnormal de-
posits. The tablets cost &c each. This
price makes it possible. to place in the
are useful for relief The formula is or
the package. It is likely you have new
er taken anything similar. Try a few
doses for backache. scalding. scanty OF
high colored urine and frequent desire
at night
Lithiated Buchu at A G. Luken Drus
Co, Daf1er Drng Co, Quigley DRUG
sStores and drug stores everywhere, ol
write The Keller Laboratory. Mechan
icsburg. Ohio.-Advertiseme
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01
By FREDERICK J. HAsKIN


WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IA
sheet of paper is a light and flimsy
thing, but by the process of multiplied
ton, it becomes a problem. Each year
the problem of what to do with sheets
of paper looms bigger in the federal
government establishment.
Rudyard Kipling wrote rather
lengthy poem entirely about the files.
He found it a fruitful subject. Ex-
perts have written lengthy prose ar
ticles about files and manufacturing
companies and business colleges have
lots of expert advice to give concern
ing files. The reason the subject is
so important and has so many COM
mentators is that files represent, first,
the records of what people have done,
and second, they represent an ever
increasing problem in storage. F1rst,
they are vehicles of information; sec
ond, they are dead weight. On both
counts, they require much attention.
A good example is the interstate
commerce commission. By following
a case through that body, an idea can
be obtained how the files, the slips OF
paper, grow in bulk A shipper be-
lieves he is being charged too much
freight. He files a complaint with the
| commission This starts a new file
| 1t is given a docket number. The
commission notifies all railroads in
volved that the complaint has beer
| filed and they must defend the exist
| ing rates. A hearing is set by the is
suance of an order Another slip o
paper. Testimony is taken, evidence
being given on both sides. This ma!
add anywhere from a dozen sheets o
typewriter paper to half ton o
typed and printed matter, depending
on the Importance of the case. Some
times great stacks OF statistics, callet
exhibits, intended to illustrate the jus
tice or Injustice of rates are added t
the documentary evidence. Then al
parties file briefs, which are printe'
arguments. In big case brief ma,
be as big as an unabridged dictionary
All of these must be retained in tn
files. Finally, the commission render
an opinion and issues an order. Thes
the added to the files.
:, There are some half dozen cases
, day brought before the commissio
and each new case starts another I'll
which grows as the case progresses
: All these papers must be retained
7 they are federal records. The probler
} is growing constantly and it is expec
: ed that the commission soon will hay
to erect a great warehouse in at
dition to its present commodiou
:, quarters, merely to store these slip
| of paper
! Patent Office
!. Files Extensive.
( The patent office Is another govern
t ment agency where files accumulat
:, rapidly. The general land office
: another. Since the war the Veteran
4 bureau and the war and navy depar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-01

of shavings from blanks and blank
books; $4,000 pounds of shavings
from white book paper; SOC, 700 pounds
of shavings from various white and
colored paper, strawboard and such
bookbinding materials; $4,000 pounds
of printed paper waste; $500 pounds
of MANILA paper clippings; 100000
pounds of wrapping paper waste, book
cloth, buckram clippings and sweep
ings; $4,000 pounds Of cuttings from
strawboard. pulp board and other bind
ers' boards; 5000 pounds of twine and
rope; 125,000 pounds of discarded and
mutilated publications; 1000 pounds OF
dicarded and mutilated account books
and ledgers.
This is a total in the neighborhood
of 100000 pounds of waste paper
| pasteboard and twine. A fifteen-hun
dred-ton wastepaper basket.
The contractor who is awarded this
waste must remove it at frequent in
| tervals, as it accumulates during the
period his contract covers. If he diC
not, the government printing office
would be literally crowded out of it:
buildings; its waste basket would grow
bigger than its shop.
During the war when special eff
| fort was made by the civil branch o
4 the government to economic, a gooC
deal of paper was saved which, in or
.dinary times, is thrown away. Will
! lam c. Redfield, when secretary o
commerce, started useful fad whicl
saved the government probably thous
ands of dollars. He gave instruction
! that for inside office memorandum US
and the passage of notes between oi
ficials of his department, waste pape