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New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
FIRE THIS AFTERNOON
Home of Albert B. VolZ at ii Dewey Street Is Badly Gutted-Loss Will Be About $3,5OO.

The fire department was called out by an alarm from Box 64, at the cor ner of Wilson and Smalley streets at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon, for fire in the cottage at II Dewey street owned by Albert B. Volz. The fire started in the cellar from a stove. The flames ate through the partition into the first floor, and the entire ten ement and contents were destroyed entailing a loss of $3,5o0, according to Chief William J. Noble.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
ups CARLSON IMPROVING.

Mrs. Helga Carlson, of 2l Wallace street. who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the New Britain General hospital Sunday evening" is reported 10 be doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. Carlson was taken i'll very suddenly, she was rushed to the hospital Sunday evening and operated upon immediately by Drs lE T Fromen and M. A. kinsella.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks for the many kind acts and expressions of sympathy from friends and neighbors, also the many beau tiful flowers. during the illness and death of our wife and mother.
 MRS. SARA COOLING,
 MIR. R. B. COOLING,
 MISS COOLING,
 MIR. AND MRS l.. F. LOOMS.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
Mrs. Annie Rutherford.

Funeral services were held for Mrs Annie Rutherford this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the B. c. Porter Sons un- dertaking parlors on Court street, and the remains were taken 10 Indian Hill cemetery, Middletown, for burial The pail bearers were all nephews. They were Fred Arthur Kenneth and Robert Brooks of Hiegannm and Walter and Arthur Darley of Water. bury
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
CARD OF THANKS.

I wish to etxend my most heart felt thanks to kind friends for the sympathy extended at the time of the death of my beloved wife, Mrs. Ralph Roberts. RALPH ROBERTS.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
Eleanor Louise Natzkc.

The funeral of Eleanor Louise Natzke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, A. P, Natzke of l25 Griswod street. who died Saturday, was held yesterday afternoon, Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe of- fciated at the service and the burial was in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Margaret Rurke.

Mrs, Margaret Burke Of Manchester died yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Timothy Trant, Funeral services were held this morning at st.. James church and interment was in St' Bridget's cemetery, Patrick Me- knerney of this city Is a brother of the deceased,
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
RANKRVPT SAIJ.

The Aaron Sales company of All Main street, will place it's bankrupt stock on sale tomorrow morning com mencing at 9:3o o'clock, Every article in the store must be sold. The tN- lures, cases and all merchandise must go before 10 days.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
Coleman Roth.

Coleman Roth, the nine years old son of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Roth of s7 Whiting street died yesterday aft ernoon at the Hartford hospital. The funeral was held this afternoon and the burial was in Beth Aom cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
rxprRT METER ROBBERS

Bridgeport, Feb. 21.-Joseph w. Mahoney of Flint. Mich. and Jack Sharkey of Portland, Conn, caught robbine a gas meter at BOA Bunnell street today, told the police that they had robbed 40 gas meters during the past ten days.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
OFFICERS ARE LEASED

Jonas Goldsmith, ct al. have leased to Mile. F.. A. Blanchette, offices at 131 Main street A copy of the lease was offered for record today at the office Of the town clerk. The lease will run one year with a monthly rental Of S25.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
PRIESTS HEARING POSTPONED

Montreal Feb. 21.-Preliminary hearings in the case of the Rev. Ade- lard Delorme, Catholic priest charged with the murder of his half brother, Raoul. Ottawa university student to- day were postponed until February
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
WASHINGTON PARTY

NeWington Grange to Recall Old
 Times in Dances, Music and Cos
 tunes Tonight.
 A George Washington dance and concert will be given by Newington Grange at the NeWington Town Hall this evening. A grand march will follow the "Old Folks" concert
 Old fashioned costumes, reminis- cent of Washington's time, will be worn and old fashioned dances will make up the program. The proceeds of the affair will go towards the new hall building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
NEW JERSEY AT ITS WORST

Regardless of the motives that prompted the people in such
large numbers to vote for Edward I. Edwards for United States
senator, his victory will be accepted everywhere as a triumph for
the principles opposed to prohibition. Senator FreHnghuysen, by
his fearless and outspoken attitude on the various issues that have
come before the country in the last six years, has made many
enemies. 1t is always thus. Naturally, it is impossible to please
everybody and those who are not pleased are very apt to store up
the grudge and work it out when the opportunity comes.
Such an opportunity came yesterday in the case of Senator
Frel1nghuysen. Ex-service men jumped on him for his opposi-
ton to the bonus. Those who dislike the tariff took a whack at
him for the part he took in framing that bill. The "wets," of
course, found great delight in lambasting him hard. Everybody
knew exactly what the senator stood for and what he was against
He never quibbled on anything so that it was an easy thing to pick
aim out as a target. A less sincere man, one who is clever enough
to 'get by without committing himself one way or the other
might not have had such a hard row to hoe, not so many explana-
But Senator Frelinghuysen did his duty as he saw it and he
very outset of the campaign, "Let the people decide"
The people have decided. They have put their stamp of dis
approval on the Frelinghuysen record. They have chosen to fill
his place at Washington a man who has been the very antithesis
of Senator Frelnghuysen. The record of Governor Edwards at
Trenton for the past three years has been anything but sincere.
His has been one of the most mediocre administrations the state
has ever had.
Governor Edwards has known but one thing, that is booze.
His whole term as governor has been based on that one issue, his
campaign for United States senator was conducted exclusively on
that issue and now he is to carry it to Washington where his in
fuence will be nil. The Democrats gave us a Jim MARITIME and now
they have given us an Edwards. Of the two, MARITIME is to be
preferred. MARITIME was a joke, but Edwards is a disgrace. New
Jersey has had to stand for a lot; it would seem as if the limit has
now been reached.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08

the British Empire offers the title
Dame which may be prefxed 70
the name of the woman winning the
honour. It Is used with the Chris
tian and surname as Dame Elizabeth
Smith. =
@. When was the first association
of chemists formed? J.. L. D.
A. The first society of this kind
in the world was the Chemical So
ciety of Philadelphia, founded by
James Woodhouse in 1892.
@. What questions are asked ar
applicant in court when he Is being
sworn in as a United States citi-
zen? A. L.
A. The Naturalization Bureau
says that there are no stereotyped
questions asked in the examination
Of applicants for citizenship. The.
questions are based on State and
Federal constitutions, and the fun
damentals of American citizenship
@. What countries have the
shortest and tallest people in tho
world? G.. T. L.
A. Africa has both. The Alike
pygmies are the shortest and tn
Wahuma of Ruanda, East Africa, TIE
tallest people in the world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
DON'T TOUCH"

Iron used to be made ilictly and sold con the quiet,
same as moonshine liquor is bootlegged today.
Before our country won its independence, England made
it a crime to manufacture iron in her colonies. The idea, OF
course, was-to protect the iron-makers in England.
This didn't stop the Americans of that period who had
the bootlegging germ in their blood. They found a sheltered
place in the forest, difficult to approach, and set up their
blast furnaces.
The remains of one of these furnaces still exists near
Youngstown, O., says Prof. Herbert M. Boylston of Case
School Of Applied Science, in, Cleveland.
Human nature seems to hate prohibition of any kind.
Maybe you experience a craving to touch a painted surface
which a sign warns you is fresh and wet. Or you may feel
a hot mental wave of resentment at the sign: Private
Keep Out. This Means YOU"
Many a grown man can recall how as a boy he got his
tongue stuck fast to the cold iron pump handle, during winter
all because he had been indelibly cautioned not to do 1T.
Tell the nation that instantaneous death would result
from pulling the lobe of the left ear four times In rapid sue
cession, and the undertakers would do a big business. Thou
sands could not resist.
All this explains why it is so difficult to enforce prohibi-
ton. AS soon as a thing is prohibited, a crop of law-breakers
springs I'D, ready to take a chance at violating the law for
profit. This was true of the "iron bootlegger' prior to IT'S.
It is true of the liquor bootlegger today.
The greatest law-breaker, officially, is the customer who
provides the proft-the incentive.
On top of all this is the peculiar psychological fact that, as
soon as a thing is prohibited, people who never thought OF
committing the prohibited act suddenly develop a mischievl-
Gus craving to try it at least once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
CITY GOVERNMENT UNCHANGED

With tn reelection of Mayor William c. Wilson and Alder
men Sofeld, Patten and Clark, together with H. E. Pickersgil, the
city government remains unchanged.
The reelection of Mayor Wilson comes as a personal en-
dorsement of the record he has made during the past two years.
That he has been a popular mayor goes without saying, the vote
yesterday, if there were no other evidence, proves it. The mayor
has, indeed, made a good executive and has we'll earned the vote
of confidence he has just received, With the experience he has
already had there is every reason to believe that the coming two
years will be even more successful than the two years that have
just passed.
One of the mayors strong points is his pleasing personality.
He makes a favorable impression wherever he goes and as he has
gone about a great deal while serving as mayor he has succeeded
in favorably inpressing the majority of his felow-townsmen.
Then, again, Mayor Wilson had this advantage: He has just
finished his first term and unless there is something terribly bad
the people are willing to concede that cone good term deserves
another"
Mayor Wilson had a worthy opponent in John K. Sheehy. Mr.
sheehy typifes the successful business man in politics. He long
has been a resident of the city and has rendered faithful and eff
cient service on the school board. He has a record to be proud Of
and there is every reason to believe that had it been the school
board that he was running for, or had he already served a term
as mayor and was a candidate for reelection he would have won.
Dir. Sheehy is the type of man that should take an interest in pol
tics, especially local politics. He had heavy handcaps to over
come, however, and that he failed of election is no reflection on his
ability, neither does it show any lack of appreciation of what he
has already done for the advancement Of the city, particularly
along educational lines.
From the aldermanic standpoint it was a foregone conclu-
sion that John Sofeld would be reelected in the First ward and
that John Clark would win in the Fifth, although in the latter
ward the Republicans put up a strong candidate and made a hard
fight. In the Third ward, which is always debatable, Alderman
patten had a real contest, but once the counting Of the votes be-
gan ID was apparent that he had the people with him.
AS for recorder, it is apparent that Judge Pickersgill can have
the job as long as he wants it. He has been returned to that
office term after term regardless of who his opponent has been.
The people seem perfectly satisfied with Pickersgnl and as long
rs the judge himself is satisfied that is all there is to it.
Now that the election is over it is the duty of everyone to get
behind their chosen officials, whether they are ones personal
choice or not, and help advance Perth Amboy in every way. There
are big things just ahead and they must be handled in a big way
This can be done only BY all pulling togsthss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Applet

Joke.
Is ongress losing its standing in
Wall Street?
A Wall Street newspaper opens
a long story with this:
"A member of the International
Molders' Union of North America
mas represented for several years a
district of California in congress.
This statement is not made with the
intent to reflect on the Molders'
Union"
Arrested.
The Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment digs up this
interesting information: In tifty-six
cities, ~1,464,296 arrests were made
last year. The population Of these
cities totaled 22,000,000. This
means, one person in each fifteen
arrested in one year. or n for
each three families.
Such a condition of lawlessness
Is certainly a more important prob
lem than alcoholic thirst.
Arrests for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct were 343,665, or
nearly a fourth of the total of all
arrests. The d~isorderly culprits, of
course, were not all drunk.
Pay.
Wages OF male farm laborers
average $2S.97 and board a month,
reports Department of Agriculture,
$41.5S without board.
City men can make interesting
comparisons of their incomes with
farmhands.
Farm employers also have been in
a bad way. Their profits in 1920
averaged only $1S6 apiece, say
James R. Howard, president of
American Farm Bureau Federation.
What they're making now will not
be known for another year or so,
the compiling of this kind of aver
age statistics taking a long time.
Goat.
The farmer seems to be the goat
of deflation not only in our country
but all over the world.
London Daily Mails says: CAL
though farm sales this Michaelmas
are seeing a slight downward ten
dency in the prices of Implements,
utensils. wagons, harness and the
like, the fall is far outpaced by the
slump in the market values of pro-
duce, and that is at the bottom of
the agricultural crisis"
Maybe an international league of
farmers is needed more than a
league of politicians.
"GoIIuf."
In business deals, golf is taking
the place once held by liquor, says
Vincent L. Price, president Of a
candy company, in st. Louis.
Where a salesman would enter
tain a customer with rounds of
highballs in the days before prohibit
ton, he now is establishing friendly
relations on the golf course"
Deaths from heart failure, due to
over-exertion by middle-aged men
on the golf course, are increasing
so rapidly that it may not be long
until golf will be as deadly as J..
Barleycorn in killing the people who
have developed a craving for it..
Will golf, too, be prohibited by a
future Volstead?
Diamonds.
A sure sign that worldwide pros
perity is returning comes from
Capetown: Directors of the CONSOLE
dated Diamond Mines of Southwest
Africa are paying dividends again.
And they announce that production
Of the mines will be speeded up to
meet improved demands for dia-
monds."
Diamond buying and prosperity
come, and go together.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08

@. How long is the alimentary
canal? A. F. N.
A. The alimentary canal consists
in brief of the mouth, pharynx aeso-
phagus, stomach, small and large in
testine, and is about 80 feet in
length.
@. What is meant by landing at
Castle Garden" G.. w. B.
A. The modern version of this
phrase is Landing at Ellis Island"
Castle Garden is a large circular
building in Battery Park, New York
city. 1t was built in 1907 for a fort
but was converted Into a garden
where civic receptions and such
functions were held. In 1856 1t be-
headquarters for immigrants. Since
1891 Ellis Island has taken its place
for these purposes.
@. When were high heels first
put on shoes? w. J.. G..
A. According to books on cos
tunes Of the past centuries high
heels were by women during
the reign of Charles II in the four
teenth century. They seem to have
attained their greatest height and
popularity in the reign of Louis XIV
and Louis XIV of France. During
the latter period dress accessories
were greatly exaggerated, the head
dress being sometimes several feet
in height and the width of the dress
es and the height of the heels Of
shoes exaggerated accordingly. 1t
is probable that the term Louis"
chung to the highest French heel for
this reason.
@. What is the correct plural of
teaspoonful? E. McC.
A. The plural of teaspoonful is
teaspoonfuls. The word teaspoons
fui suggests a different thought. Four
teaspoonsful means four different
teaspoons filled with -four, whereas
four teaspoonfuls indicates that n
teaspoon has been filled Jour times.
@. Is ice cream salt put on ice
to cause 1t to melt or to keep 1t from
melting? A. L.
A. Salt Is put with ice when max
ing ice cream in order to melt the ice
and release the cold which freezes
the cream.
@. What proportion Of the sugar
is refined in Philadelphia? M. r.
A. Philadelphia ref1nes about Is
of the sugar manufactured in the
United States.
@. Is there any title that can be
bestowed upon a woman in England
as a reward of merit? G.. P. j.
A. The Most Excellent Order OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
ANALYZED BY HASKIN

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5--The re-
cent publication by the Institute
for Government Research entitled
THE National Park Service" has
brought tc the attention OF con-
gressmen and departmental execu-
tives in Washington an Important
activity now going on in their midst.
The executive branch of the govern
ment for the first time is being anal
yzed, inventoried and put down on
paper. In O few months or years, at
most, this great organization which
we call the government, which m
ployes derectly the services of $780,
600 persons, and which is so vast
and intricate that ever those best
acquainted with it are continually
being surprised by its ACTIVITIES, will
be an opep book to those who take
the trouble to read this admirable
series of bulletins.
The Institute for Government Re-
search is an outgrowth and further
development of President Taft's
Commission on Efficiency and
Economy. 1t is, however, nc longer
an official Organization but Is sup
poted wholly by private contribu-
tons. The Institute now consists
of a body OF trained political scien-
fists VIII, as volunteer agents for
the public are studying the govern
ment with the view eventually Of
making II more efficient. The di-
rector of this work, Is w. f. Will
loughby, who was a member OF the
Taft Commission. The chairman Of
the institute Is DR.. Robert S.. Brook
ings. who during the war welded
enormous power as chairman of the
Price Fixing Committee OF the War
Industries Board.
The object of the institute Is, as
stated, 20 bring about greater eff
cheney in the operation of the gov
eminent departments; but before
reorganizing an executive depart
ment it 1s necessary to know what
that mechanism Is doing. Away
back in President Taft's admtnistra-
ton the Commission on Efficiency
and Economy discovered that no
one knew what the government was
doing. The work was too great and
too ramifled to be compassei by any
one mind. Work was being dupli-
Gated and Implicated in mero
Instances because one branch of
the government was that
some other branch was engaged in
the same line of research. Because
of the size of the government and
because of the way in which the va
rious departments had peen tuilt up,
1t was impossible for any di, Getting
head to know the details OF what
was going on.
Consequently, 1t was decided that
the first s1ep in reform must be an
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08

Girls play football at Peabody Col
lege and box at University of Illi-
nois. Two new courses in domestic
science.
Forest fire statistics show too
many hunters are blazing their
trails.
It is estimated that not enough
people are saving for Christmas.
Some men have all the luck. In
California a man was drowned in a
wine vat.
More candy is being eaten, accord
ing to dentists.
In a one-year test a Tacoma hen
laid 335 eggs, leaving her only 80
Sundays for days of rest.
This is a fine country; but in Bel
GUM, a married couple was fined for
kissing too much in public.
Budget director says U. s. will live
within it's income next year. But
will it live within ours?
Big naval gun factory at Washing
ton is making mail boxes. Yes, the
pen is mightier than the gum.
Thirty cases of fake booze with
real booze labels were found in Bos-
ton. Circumstances alter cases.
Fuel hint. When you get a cinder
in your eye run home and put it in
the coal bin.
San Francisco man asks divorce
because she bobbed her hair. Real
love laughs at locks bobbed.
Irene Castle, dancer, was out driv-
ing and raj into a road roller. The
road roller won.
Ship landed with 25 doves whose
call is thar! har! har!" May be ex-
lied Russian doves of peace.
In Texas, a lioness killed a mule.
The female of the species is more
deadly than the mule.
Harding had to work on his birth
day. Now what little boy wants to
grow up and become president?
Beauty secret: Driving too fast
often damages the scenery.
The height of ignorance is sitting
up all night because the washwoman
has your pajamas.
of the expedition later took the lead
In the movement which resulted in
the creation of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park in 1872.
No other parks were added to the
system until 1890. when the Yose-
mite, Seouoia and General Grant
parks in California were taken over
by the government. Then followed
the creation Of the Mount Rainier
Park in 1899. Since the year 1900
the government has created IA ma
tional parks, so that the total num-
Der Of them La now 10. The parks
did not attain great popularity with
the travelling public until after the
outbreak of the war in Europe.
That fact. shutting off ocean travel,
added to the development of auto
mobile roads in the west, and turn
ed a flood Of tourists into the parks.
Whereas before 1915 only about $50,
900 persons visited the parks each
year, last year the tourists num-
bered over 100000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
Ouestions- Answers

Any reader can get b answer TO
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D. oner T rps
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
Toes not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
Bible Thought For Today

WINNING AN ENEMY If thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to
drink-Proverbs %: 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-08
MISS T BEATS

Electrical Scalp and Face Massage
Derma Plasta and Boncilla Massage
Board of Trade Bldg, Room "A
Phone 1914 Perth Amboy. N. j.
Office Hours, Mon, Wed, Fri. 1o.so-s .. N
Tues. Thurs. Sat. 1o.s0-s .. m.