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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17

footsteps were going up or DOWN."
Not definitely" the professor
hesitated. zone would suppose
naturally that they were descending
u. escape by way of the street and
yet it seemed to me that they were
coming up, although we me- no
one." .
He paused. Framed in the hall
doorway there had appeared a tall,
m~iddle-aged man clad in a tattered
dressing gown, with a lean, smooth
shaver, irascible face upon which
establishment struggled with resent
ment.
whats beer going IN here, Off
cer?' he demanded. I'm Griswold.
on the floor above. Who's been
pounding on my door fit to wake the
dead?"
II
There's been murder going on,
sir." Officer Boyle retorted grimly.
$50 it was pounding you heard?"
That was l." Professor Semyonov
remarked with dignity. Il stopped
on the way down at this persons
door but received no response"
"And your names Griswolb?" the
policeman prevented an evidently
heated rejoinder by his sharp ques-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17

building, to my knowledge"
Thanks, sir" Boyle turned again
to the telephone and the municipal
machinery of investigation into the
death of Miriam Vane was set in
motion.
We'll" Boyle squared his Shout
der5 with a satisfied air. III get
what dope | can. III ask you, SER
geant. 10 see that these three gen.
tlemen stay in this room. Don't let
n of tl,tm put a finger on the
corpse, eitrer!"
He added the last in a horse
whisper. that mus have been plain
-ly audible to the entire group Tor
even the Young MIA IN the chair.
overcome with horror as he APP
pvared, shu6dered ard as the police
MAJ started UP the stairway with
Il heavy t,ead n" raised a haggard
face.
"It can be-" he muttered as IL
to himself M Miriam! l must
be going mad"
$50 it's Miriam Nane, the woman
painter, that's been murdered, as
thas police officer said ;" Griswold
drew his dressing gown closer about
his lean Term. II should like to
know. sir, why you banged on my
door and d:agge mt into it,"
He turned ~irascibly to the profess
sor. VIII shook lack his name OF
bushy whi.e hair and smiled with
suave urbonity.
MY dea- sir. ths sound of the shot
came from beiov MY rooms some
where and my friend and could not
tell whether 1t came from your
apartment or this one"
az can TIL when | hear a fiddle
playing at rngodly hours over my
head whether it m from above
or the top flcor!' the other retorted.
II move dt wn here. away from my
club, and my Office, and my bankers
in order to get peace and quiet ana
| land in this sors of thing."
A scream shrill but subdued by
distance fi@ated down to them at
this iunctu,e and the professor muir
INJURED in ar. aside to Barry:
"Eviden;h your excellent friend
of the police has broken the news
of the tragedy nor too diplomatic
ally to my neighbor in the skylight
apartment"
Continued TomorFOw)
Copyright. 1929, N. T.. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17

Henry Griswold, and l know
nothing whatever about an. muir
der!" declared the newcomer. IL
do not care to be embroiled in any
such!-"
Your, here, and you'll stay, sir,
till we hear from headquarters
Boyle replied significantly. $50
you're on the fourth floor and this
gentleman here on the fifth" He
indicated TIE professor with marked
courtesy in Difference to the SER
geant, and then turned to the young
man in the chair you have the
apartment on the second floor, sir.
just over the shop"
The young man Eodded without
lifting his head and replied with
muffled toes:
Eyes. My name is Gordon Ladd.
I-Iheard you making that racket
you know. ana went down to the en-
rance ana let yoC in"
"And that's all that lives in this
house?" Boyle looked from n to
another of them but his gaze finally
fastened uron the professor and the
latter replied:
"A lady lives ON the top floor, the
OF the shop 1 can tell you nothing,
but there is a janitor or superin-
tendcnt VIII occupies the basement,
although / have never found him
there when he is wanted for sud-
den repairs or other emergencies.
There ara no other occupants of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
AVENEL

Mrs. Walter J.. Singleman and
daughter Joan. of Brooklyn. spent
the weeE end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lace.
Miss Elsie THE. of New York,
spent the Weekend with Mrs. p. j.
Donota.
Mr.. and Mrs William Johnson, OF
Free Acres are visiting their daugh-
ter. Mrs. II j. Baker.
Adelbert Alcxay has returned from
his trip abroad during which lie Wis
tied his parents and made extended
trirs through the greater part of
Europe, returning by the way of
PariG
\ straw ride given by the Junior
class t. Woodbridge High School on
Friday nigh, included in its numbers
the Misses Bess Baker, Laura Van
SlyKe. Elizabeth Sdrdor and Elna
Bcrgh, of Avenei.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. Rogers and family
visited Mrs l.. b. Van Slyke, Sunday
night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
SOUTH AMBOY

The Woman's Auxiliary of Luke
a. Lovely Post No. 60. American
Legion. in an effort to interest new
members held a social in the Legion
headquarters last night. The pro-
gram consisted of singing and in
strumcntal offerings. a delightful
menu was served during the even
ing. The members arc working hard
toward the success of their euchre
10 be held in the city hall in Feb
ruary. The social was in the form
of a ~get-together meeting. having
for its purpose the reception of new
members. Several applications were
received and passed on last night.
John Delaney, who recently
sprained his wrist. is able to be
about again. The accident happen
ed in a basketball game some time
ago.
William i. Ryan, a letter carrier
who recently sprained an ankle
while on duty, is rapidly improving.
The Mechanicsville Hose Com
pany apparatus after undergoing ex-
tensive repairs has been put into
service again.
The c~ross-over section of trolley
track at the corner of Main street
and Stevens avenu which has
caused considerable damage to resi-
dental properties at this section,
has been removed and in its place
a straight piece of track has been
laid.
st. Mary's High School Athletic
Association held its regular monthly
meeting yesterday. Plans for the
coming baseball season were dis
cussed together with consideration
of offic RS for the summer season.
1t was planned to hold the election
of officers at the next regular meet
ing. The senior class of the school
will hold a social Thursday. 4 fl
ting program consisting of refresh
ments, dancing and singing has been
planned.
Today the Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation of st. Mary's parish will
meet in the school hall. The par
ents will visit the children in the
classrooms. This will be the second
meeting of the newly formed organ
ization. Plans for social activities
will be considered.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17

| raved about her genius" The pro-
fessor turned. 1T is evident that
we are too late here, for this kitch-
enette door leading into the outer
hall is bo1ted from the inside; but
someone is coming"
Someone had indeed arrived. They
fastened back to the living oom tc
find standing just within the door
way a young man in a dinner coat
with wildly rumpled hair, and a po-
liceman in uniform.
The latter advanced with aggres-
sive authority which suffered a sud
den change.
whats been going on here? =
heard a shot and I've been pound
ing below till this young gentleman
here let me in! oh, you're here
Sergeant Barry. This is my regular
beat, sir. and thinking there was
| something unusual"
There is, Boyle" Barry nodded
grimly to the policeman. I'm that
| studio yonder there's a woman lying
shot through the heart"
"A woman" The young man in
the dinner coat repeated with a
+! gasp. Not Miriam Vane! It's i'm
possible."
He rushed past the group to the
studio doorway, chung there for a
moment in wordless horror, then
collapsed into the nearest chair,
burying his face in his hands. +
Boyle was instantly all business.
After a quick examination of the
body he turned to Barry.
Would you mind telling me, Ser
geant ?" he began but the other in
terrupted him.
mot in the least, although we
know very little. l was here I'M
officially, visiting this OF friend of
mine, Mr.. Semyonov, who lives OH
the fifth 1oor-two above this
when we heard the shot and rushed
down to investigate. There seems
to be no in the apartment di-
rectly above this one, and / took
the responsibility of breaking in the
door here because we could get no
reply to repeated knocking and the
light from the studio there streamed
out under the sill into the outer hall.
You Fan see how brilliant it is: it
must be some special light for art
lists to paint by at night"
"Ill have to report this at once
to the station" Boyle, who had
been listening attentively. nodded
and turned to the professor. Have
you anything, sir, to add to what
Sergeant Barry has told me?"
Professor Semyonov pondered for
a moment, and then said slowly:
"Only that when we heard the
sound of the shot and opened my
door I fancied that l heard foot
steps on the stairs below" .
Barry, whose eyes had turned to
that collapsed figure in the chair,
thought that he saw a shudder
sweep over it as though an unseen
hand had shaken the inert form,
but he said nothing as the police
man paused at the screened tele-
phone on the table to inquire:
Gould you say, sir, whether those
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
MATAWAM

A mystery supper will be held in
the First Baptist church tomorrow
night. A feature of the affair will
be the fact hat the menu will cor
tain no item that will cost more
than five cents. The proceeds of
the supper will go toward installing
a memorial window to the ex-sol-
diers and those who died in service.
John Mulsoff was a New Bruins
wick visitor yesterday.
DR.. Nathan Erwin was a visitor
in New Brunswick yesterday.
Miss Eva S~tillwagon, who has
been i'll at her home in Main street,
is recovering.
DR.. and Mrs. Fountain Burle,y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Detective Sergeant John Barry is
pending the evening with his
l.icnd, Professor Semyonov, in the
iat.er's rooms on the fifth floor of q
.ew York apartment house. a re-
solver shot is heard from below and
tAen hurrying footsteps on tho
airs. They rush downstairs and in
the studio apartment on the third
foor discover the occupant, a beau
ful woman, lying dead on the floor
IN front of an unfinished portrait. a
j.. llet has just pierced her breast.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
= Sergeant Barry made no comment
but gently dropping the limp, warm
head back upon the rug ne rose
tand started a swift, comprehensive
search of the apartment. From just
tehind him i've his shoulder a
large reflector threw the powerful
light whose .refracted rays had pen
etrated even into the outer hall;
back of the easel and at n side
where the artist could obtain the
: bcst view of it stood a small i'm
rfovised model throne with three
steps and a section of balustrade,
sud back of it again the drawn
shades over a row of half-opened
y indows tapped in the little, hot
=bIeeZe Which, udu opl uIS ~ VIZ
? he passing of the threatened storm.
A long table covered with scat
tered tubes of paint and brushes, a
fcW plain chairs and many canvases
q various sizes stacked against the
walls completed the furnishings of
me workmanlike studio, the ceiling
Of which was n huge skylight OF
;iass, and the detective turned back
into the luxurious living room, his
land mechanically searching for
md finding the light switch in the
wall.
Instantly the soft glow of many
low, opal-tinted lamps sprang into
eng and revealed the sheer beauty
o. the arrangements of the room,
but Sergeant Barry's eyes searched
cnly for some sign of disorder that
would indicate hurried flight, and
finding none he opened the door at
tire back. 1t led into a boudoir up
i olstered %delicately in light blue
sid rose, and through that he. pass
"a into an ivory and gold bedroom
and to the tiled, immaculate kitch-
beyond, but nowhere was
here a sign of alien presence.
1.-THE icebox contains only butter
nd cream, and that dress and nat
loon the bed would, indicate that
IS. Vane had dined out" the pro-
2gsor observed.
"Vane? Miriam Vane?" Barry
.heeIed suddenly. "Is that who she
:. the artist who has created such
: stir with her new type of por-
gaiture among the celebrities?"
Eyes. Her portraits are DANGER
sly near c~aricatures, for some per-
Nc-se impulse has seemed to guide
Tor brush although so Subtly that
tl'Qr clients themselves have rarely
detected tina sardonically revealing
touch or two, but the critics have
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1929, n. e. n.
Richly Made Receiver

Walter j. Rie.iey has been ap-
pointed receiver Tor Lyman Gordon
who has = mems furnishing estab-
lishment in Carteret. The appoint
ment of Attorney f;iclley as receiver
was made by Fe1eral Judge Charles
T.. Lynch on Friday. Mr.. Gordons
assets are listed at $4,000 and his la
bilities at $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
Starf 500 600 Damage Suit

y suit for damages amounting TO
SO, 900 has been instituted in the
supreme court by Louis Rosenhlum.
administrator ad prosequendum OF
James Gyug against Benjamin Pa
lefsky OF 81 Fleming avenue, New
ark. The Plaintiff sues through his
attorney. Counselor Jacob S. Kar-
kus. The suit is the result of an
automobile accident which occurred
in Port Reading on November 6,
1921. when the defendant was OPP
Grating his automobile on Wood
bridge avenue and ran into the de-
ceased wh1 was riding a bicycle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17

have returned from their honey
moon and are now residing with Dr..
Burlew's parents in Freneau.
Miss Helen Stout. of Everett. was
the recent guest of her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mulsoff.
Mrs. Howard l.. Lewis and chill
dren, Hope and Ralph. have return
ed from a visit with friends in Lake
wood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
Seek Friends in Hour or Need

"In the hour of need we quickly
seek our best friends" writes Chas'
Schridd Ward de Wet, 957 73rd
Ave., Oakland. Cal, "ou little boy
and girl had a severe dry, rasping
cough without phlegm, a cough that
Chokes and f1ushes the face of the
sufferers like unto commissions.
Foley. Honey and Tar was a Won
derful emergency remedy" Cases
like this give Foley's Honey and
Tar it's reputation as the best rem
edy for coughs and colds. Sold
everyWhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-17
NOTICE

ROWE-At Elizabeth. N. J., January 18th,
Mary Elizabeth, widow of Edward IL,
Rowe. age CT years. Services at Christ
Church. South Amboy. Wednesday. Janu-
airy IS at 1880 A. NJ. Relatives and
friends invited to attend. lntermcrt in
Christ Church Cemetery. South mhoy
101S6-1-16-2t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19

r HE. had been so inclined, y. :. VI.
L Hutchinson could have broadcn"d the
scope os This Freedom Little.
Brown X Co... his latest novel. and
could thus have covered all the inplica-
tiOns Of his theme. Those imnirarion
however. Will suggest themselves 10 the
thoughtful lraGNr.
Instead of G,vdvirr rho r-oLIcm Of
the home from ,,bir., rho noibcr;. oh.
sent greater rsrr of fine lime from
any causo Ls bgs ronfreJ h,msoIs n
the study OF ,br nrobIcnl nf n homo from
which tho mo.be . vas ohsan. ha,,usa
she was cuaagod IN business.
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,bero !, ~, .,.,. ,,,,,:H, ,!, .i,",
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
HutchInson's TRAINING

il is not generally known that a. :.
VI. Il.jrhlnsUn. III" author of the most
sensational publishing success Of last
year. IF WmteH Comes,~ and OF This
treedom.' prbushed on September T.
is Il product Of Flcct Street, London's
''ncwsnaper row. stan ting with oc-
caAonaI assignments. he AS made ed.
tor -"hicf Of the Ioudou Daily
Graphic within few years HIS
ramir!C"EC"s uf his carly training under
y. ". Eyrr"u, L,R editorial chief. are
highly div"rt!us. In the Royal AIaga
zine he. writes; 1T vas my powers Of
expression. my tI"r.gi4ng fights wi, h
what ! 'horghI was s.J!r that used 10
make him tand. mo- suffer most. |
would write a 1nr,iitne line such rs
'Rose fingered NawN was tinung The
Eastern sky.' Everett would groan IKE
one stricken unto d"nrh. 'You mean the
sun was rising, dQn'r VOW, Hutchiu-
son" lie would oHr'am. and when !
faltnr"d 'ycs.' 'rncn say ~. man he
used to cry ond doNn would como the
blue pencil, terr,h" Il, tar brush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
COSTERS AND COCKNEYS
DROLLY CHARACTERIZED

Tho writer wh" can intcll gently even
SCRATCH thC Su,fscc oc any human
gr"Ip--bn r. Ligh or lows certain 90
add something u the Sarcty "f nations
4. Neil Lyons haS done ths and .
lnt)o bir moce IN n Market Bundle"
Dodd Mead & COS What Thomas
burke did for limehcuse and what
Hugh Wiley and 0ctavUs Roy Cohen
have dono Iori.ho American ''da,dl bel, -
Mr.. Tyou has done for l.ondon'S East
Sld".
His collection Of character sketches
lack the drama'i" >Ntensity Of Bnrkc'S
II. m-housr Niglts'' bur contain some
tHin@ Of tho Lappy-Go lucky freedom
% l.r studirs of Wiley aud Coi,eu. The
9a'or Of the gutter "rops up only occa-
iuu4.ly.
Tn" cost"rs who walk through his in
res''nG pag"a nave sense Of MIu0r
1t" rl"'r own ENd The small farmers
aHd 'h"r wives nui sweethcart> have a
ru.I ,sonLy tlat Mr.. Lyon iut"vprers full
Vol. There Is a. least one good hearty
rarrnle in each l,tln sketch while y
"'"'inc g!impe" "t tears serves 10 add
Ni'c" 10 gh" Wp0'r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
SOCIAL. PROBLEMS
Dr.. Edward Alsworth Ross Dis
cusses Many Contempo-
rary Issues

Dr. Edward Alsworth Ross latest
payers on contemporary problems Of
soriu'ogv and issues concerning the pub
Gr welfare are coucctcd in volume
entitled "The Social Trend" which
tho Century Company brings out.
Thr distinguished University Of Wis
ccN>.n professor. who is publicist as
we'll rs SociolUg!st. looks n these prob
jHEA and issues with the expert eye Of
IA" social observer aud cons Iders their
Importance and solution with the
trained mind Of the social philosopher.
lie gives both the latest data and
'tr most deeply suggestive aspects OF
sI,I important subjects rs the menace
of migrating races. birthrate aud death
rate of our era. dismissal wages, the
modern legal profession froih the So
Co.og,st>' point Of view. women in
',".r new economic position. training
citizens with "spurk' for public serv-
l,c, the changing domestic position Of
women, folk depletion. rural changes.
prohibition IN its sociological aspects.
tho spirit of service. advertising, news.
papers and war.
Ease aud CIoarncss mark Dr. Ross
discussion OF topics which in their very
ra'nre are abstHsc and complex. Not
only does 10 succeed in setting forth
tn" facis. but hH also conveys to the
reader the Influences and implications.
Elo succeeds often IN saying something
now and usually in saving something
important. Abov" oil DR.. Ross IS al
ways sincere. and this quality shines
"ur through th" interest OF his ina
tcrial and the clarity and raciness Of
his presentation. His papers may be
said 10 have that genuine value that
belongs 70 eagerly Interest ed and care
iIDv weighed comment by Hn expert
IN social observation. The amount of
enlightenment. oi sudden penetration.
of valid criticism. Of regroupiug Of
ideas. which Or. Ross eau give 10 his
readers measures his value 10 them as
much aS his wide experience and long
observation Of the sociul field in many
lands. His row hook IS readable, iu-
forming and stimulating.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
PHILOSOPHY SINCE 1900
ANALYZED AND RATED

"Ensli~H and American Philosophy
Since lGOn" Macmillan Company is
covered Thoroughly in porily tome by
Arthur Kenyon Rogers. formerly OF the
faculty Of Vale University. His book
deals not with the technical problems
Of philosophy. buc only with those cen
trail and eliminating points of view
which constitute a mans philosophy in
thn distinctive sense.
Dr. Rogers discusses each school Or
philosophir thnucht that has originated
or developed IN tho past century in the
English speaking lands. lie sets forth
dohnitcN"ty and with unusual clarity
tho principles anT canons OF the lead
ing thinkers Of each school
The book. Tn" Nuthpr Confcsses in his
introdur1i"u, iS not designed TO recon-
mend or further any ono school. but
rather - show TINT the business Of
ph,loso>hy IS 10 clarity and bring into
harmony the fundamental beliefs that
are Implicated i'll our normal human
interests. This refcrcncn 90 the needs
Of living. II is pointed ont, furnishes
I'll" tombstone by which the sanity Of
philosophical rcasOnings and the va.
lidity OF philosophy can be tested.
This critical surrey OF modem phllo.
sophical thinhin. begins With Duguld
Stewart. Francis lc0err. Janrs Mar
down the deradrs 10 William James,
+. :. q. Schiller. Hcr'rand Russell and
John Dewey. Balm. SidcwicN. New.
mau. Romanrs. Mntthcw Arnold, BO.
sanQuot, Maurice. Joseph L"Conie ,the
rhiladelrhiHrb, George Henry Lewes.
Josiah Rour", Buckle. Darwin. Car
NIc and Emerson m" amonc the Judi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19

TT DESERN rs attention because "i
l. tho irCrrHslng nlmber Of women who
srs going ina business and into III"
rrofess.o .on,. Mr.. Hutchinson hns donc
well 20 confrc himself . the cShib.I'Cr
Of 'lc cohseoUeucos Of IN" business
a.'fy les nf the mpther. He very - o
d.rt!r belrreS thor tho first dGtl ..
'he VIE and mother Is Ia b." husband
and "h..Irer. and that II business m
Ielfe!os with the rerformanr" 81 ia.
..'r 10 business should b" given "o.
There are extreme fom.nists "f uo's
sezsg wLo !nsisr that he has 70: rDaoe
o.. case. Some have even gone 50
iar n : 10 say ihar he arguments viii n
lie has made his characters advance
estabiSh beyond question the r'gAJ - =
married woman 10 the Sane Kind Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
WRITES OF THE BUSINESS WOMAN
TWO CENIUSES
The Correspondence Of Wagner
and Nietzsche Now Avail
able in Vernacular

'rI'he Nietzsche. Wagner Core.
spondence," edited in the original by
Elizabeth Forster Nietzsche, has been
translated by Caroline Y. Kerr. An In.
PRODUCTION BY II. l.. Mencken is added
to Boni & Liverisht's American ed!-
ton.
The readers pleasure or boredom with
this long and factful book will depend
largely upon his interest IN the two
vivid personalities involved and their
philosophic creations. II "Das Rhein-
gold" means little to him and "N1oreep"
rather lees than nothing las 1t is likely
to do). he can 60 through Mr.. Menckcn' =
superb introduction. written in his hap.
piest vein, and not bother With the en-.
suing documentary mass.
It is true that the prolific Wagner
wrote many letters fl many moods
cnchantingly submissive, crotchety.
polemical, argumentative and passion.
ate. But those cited in the present VOL
ume are in general colorless. when not
rather apostrophically absurd. There ~
certainly no more pitiful sight than
men Of genius falling in love with one
anothcr's work and then sQuabbling,
though the Sietzsche- Wagner contro-
yersv had its roots in something deeper
than the Swinbupne- Whitman i'm.
brogio.
But the average reader. with per.
haps superficial grasp of the situation,
NAV be assured that Mr.. MenckGn' g
preface IS worth while, if considered
only rs n superior piece Of writing 'on
its own" No says. in conclusion. OF his
subjects: They attacked the very foun..
dat!ons of modern civilization. To all
men they were startling and dlsIuieting /;
10 most men they we're appalling. But
the years deal kindly with them. More
and more they tend 30 prevail, or, at
all events. to get themselves heard,