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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
LOT OF THE COAL MINER
TOLD OF BY MIR. HASkIN
Daily Letter by Frederic }. Haskin

LYNCH, KY, Oct. 3.-The lot of
the coal miner may he learned by
seeing him at work and seeing how
he lives, by seeing his home and
his wife and children. Reading
about what he earns is not alto
gether enlightening.
In a typical Kentucky coal mine
the miner earns his bread, and
everything that goes with it. Yet
he enjoys a sense of freedom. He
may go where he likes and be as
sured of good wages, and the labor
turnover in Kentucky mines. large
and small. large ones especially,
shows that he does go when he
likes. And he likes often to go.
Why, so, inasmuch as he does not
better himself by going? For the
same reason hat a domestic serv-
ant, weary of washing another
woman's dishes, moves on to a Job
nc better in a vain attempt to get
away from dull routine.
1t is necessary for a tall man 10
bond almost double in the tunnels
which lead to the rooms in which
the miners work. The tunnels are
i'll darkness and it is necessary to
be careful not to touch an electric
wire overhead which runs the mine
trolley cars. Miners get used to
the STOPPING position and grow con-
temptuous of the live wire. Ore
strong man grew finally TO believe
the wire would not hurt him aud
in a spirit of bravado took hold OF
it. The wire did not say him, hu-
left him alive as if to teach him
a lesson. 1t visited upon him Tor
life the grim jest of an unseen Titan.
Almost fabulous stories are told
of the possible, and occasionally
actual earnings of miners wnen coal
is high. but the average earnings
of a miner may be learned. If any
where, from the ledSers of a min
ing corporation. The company en-
ployes don't tell. The miners don't
know, apparently.
A man who does hard manual
labor in an isolated room opening
upon a tunnel which runs a half
mile to daylight on a m~ounta!nslde
ought to be we'll paid. A man
whose hair does not sand on end
when he removes coal which has
beer left in the form of pillars. till
the vein has been robbed. n sees
The mountain settle in front of him
and close the opening that has been
made, has the admiration of any
one.
Few desire to witness that fea-
ture of mining. Occasionally an
error of judgment in hat work,
or an error as to the stability of q
slab of slate in the roof of The room
results in a three line raport in thf
press that a miner was killed, and
leaves a widow and numerous chill
dren weeping in a cottage in a Goa.
camp.
Hazards of Mining
There are other causes of coca
| sionaI fatalities, but the statistics o.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

A. The Geological Survey say
that diamonds were made by Rois-.
san by the sudden chilling Of mol
ten iron containing dissolved IA
bon. They have also been made by
another process involving simuIta-
neous action of high temperature
and pressure. Diamonds are not
made extensively as the large stones
are imperfect.
@. Can meat be jellied?-F. r..
A. We submit the following re-
cfpe: Half box gelatin, IA cup of
cold water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 cup
cream (whipped), 1 cup boiling
meat stock, 1 cup chopped cooked
meat, is tsp. paprika, Il tbsp. cap
ers. 2 tsp. salt. Soften gelatin In
cold water. Dissolve in boiling meat
stock, and add salt. Set in a cold
place. and when jelly-1ike, beat thor
oughly. Add the other ingredients
and set in a cold place to harden.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

other street.
AT Himlerville. upon Tug River
in Martin county, across the stream
from Kermit, West Virginia, there
is a settlement of miners which at
tracts considerable attention be-
cause it represents the first expert
ment in cooperative mining.
The Himlerville operation Is a
small one compared with those in
West Virginia, across Tug River, or
in Kentucky. 1t is project Of
Martin Himler, well known in Eu-
Irope as a Hungarian journalist and
welfare worker for his follow Hun
fgarians here and elsewhere. Mr..
Himler, the owner and publisher Of
Magyar B~anzlap', a New York
newspaper, conceived the idea of a
coal mine worked by wage earners
who would own the mine jointly
participate in the dividends and own
tLeir own homes. Himlerville is a
Hungarian community of several
hundred, set down in the hills in
which the Hatfields and McCoys
fought their bloody feuds, and
across a tiny river from the state
in which the fight between miners
and operators has attracted nation
al attention.
Himlerville may be the means Of
providing an illustration of the pcs
sibilities of the cooperative idea
applied to mining, but it is not at
al! likely that its success would If
feet greatly the circumstances Of
coal digging in the Kentucky and
The West Virginia fields. The coal
barons as the operators are called,
will continue to be the large oper-
ators because large operations de-
mand large capital. 1t seems prob
able hat there will be within the
next twenty years fewer examples.
like Stearns, of home ownership by
miners, and more model camps like
Lynch where the company Owls
everything.
Mining coal is at best hard labor.
Nothing could make 1t attractive to
some men. Sut an adage of the miu-
ing country is once a miner al
ways a miner" The exception TO
the rule is the native Kentucky
moutaineer who. not infreqaently,
gives up comparative wealth to ie-
turn 10 his log cabin and the inSo-
lent life Of the hills.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06

Dancing is fine exercise. 1t is
often done with dumb-bells.
Isn't stealing a bucket of coal
grand larceny now?
The easier a girl is to look upon
the harder a la looks.
Nice thing about the world series
is neither team will wind up lower
than second place.
Mud baths are being used to make
people beautiful, but you don't sec
any pretty politicians.
Carpenter wants return bouts
with Sikh and Dempsey. That man
may be out but never down.
In a few days you can say to the
ice man Them days is WENT.
Atlantic City m wants di-
vorce because hubby hit her with
an ak. Women are so touchy.
Halloween is coming pretty quick.
Better be making friends with the
nelgnDOfS
IL Australia, kangeroos are hunt
ed in autos. Being good jumpers
they make fine substitutes for pedes-
TRANS.
The man who names Pullman
cars names towns in Asia Minor.
Marie Escobar of Mexico is doing
well in grand opera. 1t is not true
that she developed her voice while
calling for help.
Three big U. S. life insurance
films nave quit in Europe. Too
risky a business over there.
Flapping tongues for women's
shoes are stylish. A girl tells us
they are reformers' tongues.
A mine in Ohio has been burning
SO years and that's the truth.
Moths don't realize what things
cost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
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A mine in Ohio has been burning
80 years and that's the truth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
SEWAREN

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy W Muller are
receiving congratulations upon the
hortb Of 9. son born at the Railway
hospital this morning.
Mrs. W. A. Weiant, Mrs. Dun
ham, Mrs. M. I. Demarest and Mrs.
w. X. Franklin motored TO NE"
Brunswick and Franklin Fark yes
terday afternoon.
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How to wash . silk sweatsrf
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How to make rice wafflesf
How to detect disease symptoms:
How to handle gasoline property
How to cure q peltf
How to plant spring vegetablesf
How to detect bad milkf
HJw to hight rats n micef
How to bake drop biscuitsf
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Bible Thought For Today

A STRENGTH AND REFUGEE Lord, thou art my
God Will exalt thee, l will praise thy name; for thou hast
done wonderful things. Thou hast been a strength
to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge
from the storm, a shadow from the heat.-Isaiah 1854. 4.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-06
BASKET LUNCHES
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

The basket lunch is harder to plan
and prepare than the lunch at home.
There are many foods that oonnot
be included in It, either because they
are not good cold or because they
cannot be conveniently packed or
carried.
Careful planning is necessary to
prevent sameness. and extra care Is
needed in the preparation OF FOODS
that must be packed in small COM
pass anG kept for several hours be-
fore being eaten.
Write today for a new rs page
booklet which tells all about the I'M
portant problem of preparing aud
serving lunches for school children.
This Is a free Government publ
cation and our Washington Infor-
nation Bureau will -ecure a o p for
any reader who nils out and mails
the coupon below. enclosing two
cents in stamps for return postage.
Write your name and address clearly.
Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Information Bureau,
Washington. D. c.
enclose herewith two cents In
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

had been found guilty Of a technical offense
in an antitrust prosecution and had been
fined by the Court.
The Judge had pointed out TO him that
he might claim immunity. but as he had
been connected with the combination he
refused to take advantage of the opportunity
and elected to stand or fall with his asso-
ciatcs. No question of moral turpitude was
involved. Men seeking to obey the law
found that they had not been able to COM
prehend what the law was and they were
punished.
Mr.. Armstrong is thoroughly qualified for
the post to which the Mayor appointed him.
He will doubtless demonstrate this before
he has been in office month.
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SIGNIFICANCE OF SUGAR

MO TWO families have been more closcIv
~ identified with the sugar industry in the
United States than the IIaveneyers and
Dxnards. There Is curious interest. there.
fore, in the death Of a prominent member or
each family on the same day this week
John &. Havemeyer, who died at the age
Of ninety years, had not been actively con
nected with the sugar business for a number
of years, but he was a descendant of Vii
liam Havemeyer, who opened sugar re =
fnery in New York in the early days of the
last century, and he conducted the business
of his ancestor for a long time
Henry Thomas Oxnard. who died at the
age Of sixty-two years, belonged TO the third
generation Of Oxnard sugar men. Tn.
family originally was engaged in the re-
tining of cane sugar, but sold out to the
80 called Sugar Trust. Then Henry Oxnard
interested himself In the development of. the
bet sugar indul ~ ssd sought such tarik
protsctisn Tor q xosld make It possiAle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
RUSSIA'S FALLEN HELMSMAN

TT MAY be that the hestancy of allied
i statesmen AT Genoa to enter into any i'm
portant treaties with Russia, as well as the
equally conspicuous unwillingness Of inter-
national bankers to bank heavily on con-
ressIons proffered 50 literally by the Soviets,
was due to fOreknOwledge of the retirement
of I.enine. who. according to all reports.
Is seriously If not fatally i'll.
The withdrawal Of Lenine. who for years
has been the one cool mind in Moscow,
would almost certainly bring swift changes
in Russia and perhaps another revolution.
Trotzky. next in command. Is little more
than an embodiment Of hate and passion.
His chief associates are dreamers or de-
structionists. Lenine. whatever he lacks Of
workable political philosophy, has Il mind
tempered by study. experience and contact
with the facts Of industrial organization.
There Is much evidence TO indicate that
the evolution Of Russian thinking toward a
more practical system than communism had
its source In Lenine, and that Lenine him
self was moving swiftly toward republican
convictions against the opposition of the
powerful group which he headed at Moscow.
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to compete with foreign producers. Men
beyond middle life will recall how he was
denounced by the free traders for his alleged
efforts to enrich himself at the expense Of
the poor working man.
But IL was through the efforts OF Mr..
Oxnard that the production OF beet sugar
grew from less than 1000. 900 pounds In the
eighties of the last century to more than
1000. 600 900 pounds in 1921. He created
a new industry and provided market for a
new crop raised on the farms. and the effect
Of his efforts has been to keep the price Of
sugar down to reasonable figure. When he
began his campaign for beet sugar the
United States produced two or three hun
dred times more cane than beet sugar. When
he died the production of beet sugar was
more than five times that Of cane.
The increase in world consumption Of
sugar within the lifetime Of Mr.. Oxnard is
astounding. The total world production IN
1855 was less than 4.50O. .O0O, 900 pounds.
The consumption in the United States alone
last year was nearly 1900. 600, 900 pounds.
The per capita consumption was between
eighty and ninety pounds. What was once
regarded as luxury has become an every
day necessity. Indeed. refined sugar was
originally regarded as n drug and was ad-
IllHiSteTPu rs ON u uC-
scription. This was two or three hundred
years ago. When the Nation was put on
sugar rations during the war every one
thought he was suffering great hardship,
whereas, there was more sugar available for
every one than there was in the seventies
of the last century.
1t would be easy for student of social
progress to write an essay on the state Of
civilization in Nation as indicated by the
consumption of sugar. The backward
nations use little. Their arts and industries
are undeveloped. As their prosperity in
creases their consumption of sugar increases
along with the development of the arts. 1t
could probably be shown that the consump-
tion of the honey of IIymcttus by the
ancient Athenans reached its maximum at
the time when the Athenan State was most
distinguished for intellectual activity.
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ANOTHER MYSTERY LETTER

M HARRY BAKER may really be at
W. loss to explain the internal significance
OF the letter written to a person of his name
and JOB by William c. Mcconnell, former
Prohibition Director in this state. to ex.
plain why whisky permits could not be issued
to firm later indicted under charge OF
big time bootlegging
But the question today is whether a man
% lacking in imaginative perception can be
either useful or ornamental as head of the
State Republican Committee.
II is most unfortunate for Mr.. BAKER
that the queer little mssive was discovered
at this time. For of course. it must have
been another w. Harry Baker. unknown ana
unrelated to the candidate for the Repubh-
can chnirmanship. who intervenPd, If any
body did, to help the Imperial Drug Company
to get whisky which the Imperial druggists
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
A PROSPECTIVE MUSICAL BOON

TTyHE project of giving orchestral concerts
i in the Park this summer Is so obviously
in accord with the sincerity OF popular III
terest in music that it is not surprising that
Councilman Pommer's admirable proposal IS
fast assuming practical form.
At the meeting of the Councils Finance
Committee this week the suggestion was re-
ceived with marked favor Within a few
days the measure. which carries an appro-
priation Of $50 900. will be formally pre-
sented for action. The cooperation of the
Paramount Park Commission is assured in
the queries already submitted concerning the
probable cost of new sound CARRYING shells
at Belmont, Lemon Hill and Strawberry
Mansion.
In Chicago the orchestra under Mr.. Stock
IL an all year, round affair. With the
execution of the present program. the PhIla-
delphia organization would in part be
utilized in activities throughout the seasons.
The intention is to obtain at least fifty
OF DR.. Stokowski 5 players for nightly pro-
grams through the week and Sunday
matinee. Conductors Of distinction and
ability can unquestionaby be secured for the
summer series Of open air entertainments,
devoted TO compositions Of high but not
necessarily of austerely high brow char
acter.
The stimulus to the musical taste and
measures of the community would be i'm.
measurable What j. required now Is
prompt action to enable the attractive en-
terprise TO be launched this summer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
WINGS IN THE NIGHT

TN PARIS and London they are gratihod
i and q little excited because n passenger
airpane flew at night across IN" English
Channel guided from take-off TO landing
BY specially devised signal lights along the
route OF passage. The pilot is credited with
a great achievement and his passengers feel
that they participated in II historic event.
and Europe is convinced that The future Of
commercial nirplanes and air travel j. murh
brighter than It was before.
Reading of all this, YOU would not be led
to suppose that the terribly difficult science
Of night flying was advanced and bril-
liantly practiced years ago in the United
States or that flights which make the Chan
mel crossing seem like minor incident were
part Of almost every days work for pilot :
in the United States Aerial Mail Service.
Filters whose names never appeared in the
newspapers thought nothing Of leaps over
the Rocky Mountains, where there were no
lights to guide them in the darkness and
where such lights would be Of no use he =
cause of storms and snow. One mail pilot
took plane in an emergency and flew at
night half across the country upon an un =
familiar course.
The Mail Service did n great deal to per
feet methods and devices of night FIXING
I, Congress did what mountains and darkness
I and the winter tempests could not do. II
( stopped the airmen of the Mail Service who
to1ore their department was starved almost
" 80 Of existence, did and risked more than
4 ~ other group OF men in the world to
nAhe airplanes and all the minor devces
aerial navigation available for the
X Uoater convenience and comfort of folk who
~ safely upon the ground
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
OUR LIVING LITERATURE

DISTANCE. either in point of time or
II space. Familiarity lends enchantment to
exhibits of the creative impulse in art. This
Is one of the reasons why we have classics.
works which. in literary form. Mark Twain
described as books which people praise but
don't read Classics as a rule are old or
imported. sometimes both
At the present time there exists little dis
position to deny that American literature
not so long ago. vet nevertheless in the past
was once fourishing. Within the memory
of persons not yet venerable il that period
of native production of which Howells,
James. Mark Twain. Bret ilarte. Aldrich.
Joel Chandler Harris. Marion Crawford
were conspicuous figures. They are all
dead. though some of them but compare
lively recently.
For pens that have passed there is no
shortage of reverence. Nor is respect lack
ing for what contemporaneously is produced
in other lands. Britain offers Barrie. Gals
worthy, Conrad. Chesterton. Beerbohm.
Vaughan. Beloc. Hudson-these among
many deservedly admired.
There is brilliant representation for
Ireland in Shaw. Stephens. Moore. Russell.
France offers France. Bazin. Claudel. Roll
land leaders among Il galaxy highly ex-
tolled. Foreign lteratures are always
thriving. at least for purposes of serving as
supposed inspirational examples.
Artistic humility is not intrnscally
harmful. 1t sharpens the critical sense nn~
may. indeed. prove of tonic worth. The
glance abroad reflects appreciation. Not In
frequently, however, it begets myopia at
home.
Reactions TO the present activities of de-
lineatOrs of the life around us may be sub
mitted in evidence 1t is not that these
gifted writer's. whose average age is not high.
are unappreciated individually. The sales
Of their penetrating and entertaining works
Offset any such conjecture.
1t is relatively seldom. however. that they
are regarded collectively, as denoting an
authentic movement. as exempIifying. with
out apologies. American fctional literature.
The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER is fortu
natey enabled to present the situation in
defnitive and vivid fashion,
On each successive Saturday for twenty
three weeks this newspaper will publish short
stories from the talented pens Of con-
TEMPORARY writer's AZ home. comprehensive
demonstration of the wealth Of inspiration.
craftsmanship character drawing. sincerity
Of purpose and interest whettng gifts OF a
SCHOOL that is neither distant nor de-
ceased.
The list of contributors includes Booth
Tarkington. whose opening tale. "ts, np-
pears elsewhere in this issue: Villa Sibert
Gather, Joseph IIergesheincr. Henry SydnOr
Harrison. Theodore Dresser. Irwin s. Cobb,
Julian Street. Rupert Hughes. Dorothy
Garfield Zona Gale Charles g. Norris.
Joseph G. Lincoln. Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Alice Duer Miller. Henry Kitchell Webster,
Ellis Parker Butler, Mary Stewart cut
ting and James Branch Cabell, In their
interpretations OF America here is the staff
Of an American 'Iomedie Humane, n
reading of If" which cannot but reflect
credit upon the new trails ba2ed in the
literary artistry Of the Nation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

The Hotel Association of New fork,
alleging the liquor traffic in restaurants pa
increased under the Volstead act. has asteo
President Harding to make New York really
dry. One wonders If this be simple faith OF
sardOnic humOr ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

That chess game by wireless between
London and New York IL going to be terrip.y;,
hard on traffic cops for, Of course: It WIN
mean that excited throngs will pack thems a.
selves around bulletin boards everywhere
until all hours of the night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

The determination of Mr., Hays to g'Vs
moving picture patrons something finer aha
better must not be construed as an attack
on General Hokum. That Justly popular
producer will continue to delight his thou
sands ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

II Sherman said what he Is alleged to
have said about war he couldn't possibly
have been referring to what 1t would do to
the Sherman law and yet--and yet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

! have q scheme for raising the money.
for the soldiers bonus. said Demosthenes
MrGinnis. quite as good as any yet sue.
gcsted. II is to borrow the money from the
Moscow mint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

One thing that never fails to arouse
enthusiasm for the Fair in any group OF
citizens is the likelihood that both sides OF
the Srhuylkll Will be cleared up and beau
tilted
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SHORT CUTS
Germany continues to play loan hand

He's wise bird. is Billy Magee. Which
explains his swing to Pinchot
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BY and by it will soak into the inner
consciousness of the gang that when Pin
chot wishes to drop n bomb he'll be able
to drop it without n preliminary GRAFTON.