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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19

without any help from the estera
bone-dry states can and will pre-
vent the appeal of the eighteenth
amendment. Let him discuss ma
tional issues. such as foreign debts.
the League Of Nations and d terri
torial guaranty to England, France
and other nations. Let him tell
where he stands on the merchant
Let him tell where he stands on the
bonus. | was not afraid to vote
against a cash bonus because D.. knew
that the money to pay it would have
to be raised by taxation AMI hat n
further burden of taxation would
cause depression in business and
unemployment - Unemployment
the loss from which would greatly
exceed the amount of the bonus.
II recognized what the boys had
done for us and advocated paid up
insurance. which 1 know and
which they will yet realize is much
better than any cash bonus and in
creased taxes. / challenge Governor
Edwards 20 tell exactly wnere he
stands on the subject OF a cash
bonus and il he favors it. to explain
how the money to pay 1t will be
raised. Let him tell the irdast-ial
state of New Jersey how ne would
save US from the competition of
cheap foreign labor and how his
Southern Democratic tariff policies
would prevent the closing of our
mills. Let him take the public into
his confidence and be homes. with
1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
SOUTH AMBOY

James O'Neill, formerly of South
Amboy, with his family has taken up
his residence at "a Cwinnerton ave-
nue., Tottenville, where he recently
purchased a home.
Final completion of arrangements
for the masquerade dance to be held
in st. Mary's Hall, October 81, under
the auspices of the Catholic Daugh-
tiers of America, are announced by
Miss Clara Cusick, chairman of the
affair. The hall is to be decorated
for the occasion and n of the lead
ing ~orchestras in this vicinity will
have charge of the music. Prizes will
be awarded for the most striking cos
TUNES.
Joseph Cannon spent yesterday
with friends in Brooklyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Compton
have returned from a two weeks stay
at Chicago, where they visited with
relatives and friends.
Miss Evelyn Goats, of Elizabeth,
spent yesterday with relatives on
Second street.
The Investors and Owners Build
ing and Loan Association nav an
nounced hat they will receive shares
for the eight series, which will close
on the second Tuesday in November.
Up until the present time success
has marked the business of this
thriving association. 1t boasts of
one of the largest memberships OF
any building loan in the state, for
the short period of its existence.
The members of the Independence
Engine Company, entertained large
crowds yesterday afternoon and last
night, when they held a benefit per-
Torrance at the Empire theatre. The
affair was in the form of a moving
picture, entitled THE Storm" Long
before the opening hour of the night
performance, a huge line waited to
get into the theatre. This was evil
dent also at the second performance
of the evening at 9 o'clock. The
matinee was jammed to the doors,
and the men realized a neat sum for
their efforts. New York City the
atre district had nothing on Broad
way last night, if crowds are to be
considered. For a time traffic was
tied up. by the hundreds that waited
to get into the building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
WANT BIG G.. or GUNS
At DUNELLEN Event

Assistant County Treasurer Will
son S. Fredericks, president of the
Dunellen Republican Club and AS
semblyman Edward j. Peterson,
chairman Of the committee on he-
publican campaign meetings. are
making an effort to nave Senator
Frelinghuysen. William N. Runyon
ard Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
sreak at the DuneIlen theatre on
Thursday evening. November 2, on
which date they are scheduled TO
sneak at a Republican rally at
Pl& infeld. Mr.. Fredericks is MAX
irg a strong bid for these men to
visit his borough and has called
TIE attention of the state speakers
bureau and the county committee
on campaign meetings to the fact
that Dunellen is less than three
miles distant from Plainfield ard
must be passed by the speakers
while enroute to their homes after
the rally in Union county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
TWO ROOSEVELT
MEN GUILTY
Convicted of Breaking Into
and Robbing Post Office at
Carteret

TRENTON. Oct. ia jury Il
the United States Distric. Court
found a verdict of guilty against
Philip Lynch and Mozzavius Mocci,
of Roosevelt. charged with break
ing into the postotfice at C.lrteret.
Middlesex county, and stealina
about SIS in change and 100 post
cards. The men will be All aignea
for sentence next Monday. The YER
dict of guilty covered ell three
counts of the indictment.
1t was charged that the two de-
PENDANTS engaged a room in the
building in which the post Office was
situated and on November rs last
year, forced the door to The office.
1t was said that shortly after the
robbery the men left the town. They
were arrested February % by
Henry j. Harrington. police chief of
Carteret. =
AS a defense. the men stated
that they stood outside the building
while a colored man who was un-
known to them did the actual
breaking and entering.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
Father John
: Medicine Builds
New Strength

I" he children were quite
u Father Johns Medicine built
them up after an attack of pneu-
monia. Some of my children are
married now and they are giving
Father Johns Medicine to their
children with good results" (Signed)
Mrs. M. Tanning, 9 Jacques street,
worcester. Mass.
From one generation to another
Father Johns Medicine has proven
its value in thousands of homes. Be-
it is composed of purest cod
yer oil with other ingredients. this
cbld-fashioned food tonic has justly
earned its standing as the greatest
body builder. 1t success has covered
d period AZ more than ~67syears.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
WOODBRIDGE

Rev. Mr.. Bushman and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Tatan returned today
from Atlantic City where they at
tended the synod of the Presby-
torian churches in the state of New
jersey.
The local chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will hold a meeting
on Wednesday night, October rs. in
the high school auditorium. Fol-
lowing the reports from the chair
mel of the various departments,
new members of the executive
board will be elected, who in turn
will elect the officers for the Ell
suing year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
WIRE ME. AND I'LL WIRE YOU
1897

JOHN MARTIN
GENERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
So BRIGHTON AVE. PERTH AMB0Y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19
Announce Engagement

ROOSEVELT. Oct. 19:-Mr. and
Mrs. John JACKIE of 36S Fayette
street, Perth Amboy. announced TINS
morning the engagement OF tneir
daughter, Mary. to Michael Govaietz
of % Leieke Carteret.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-19

nc a easy to peel on a corn as to skin q
banana. Touch it with ''Gets-It" and the
trick is lone For hard corns. soft corns'
BID corns new corns. n corn or callus.
All pain stops instantly and the corn
right Oh root and all. with the fingers.
Your money cheerfuily refunded II IL
fails. But 1t never fails Costs but a
tribe. e. Lawrence q Co. Mr. Cnicago
Sold in Perth Amboy by the Perth
Amboy Pharmacy, J.. J. Buckley. s.
H. Rostkowski. City Pharmacy, Inc,
Joseph G. Sill
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
ONCE OVERS
THE VALUE OF A WORD.

An oft repeated word is bound to make impression
on the mind. r-
1t is well have inspiring motto always before
you. - =!
When that word also written many times daily and
is seen in print in certain spot day. greater
impression is made.
Whether the person be conscious of it not, the
imprint of thought which the word leaves
is bound to bear fruit in time.
example, two unpretentious business blocks in
small city were the of Main street and
little side street. alley is what strangers called it. But
the alley was named PROGRESS STREET"
The men who engaged in business in these
stores and had the word Progress before them
The town was hundred years old and upto-date
hotel and industries needed who thought of them
and finally succeeded in making regular boom town Of
that cityi -
Men who daily turned the and did business in
the location Of Main and Progress streets.
Several million dollars worth OF plans have come to
be real things for untold benefits to that place. becsuse
the leaders in the for growth and improvement
lad "Prsgreae" bsfors them every day.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Letter in Reply to Lucy Lowelrs "Over
Thirty Club"

times, though not always. the
wife's salary larger than that OF
the husband.
I admire any woman OF thirty.
or under who will not, just for
the sake Of being able to wear
wedding ring and display q hus-
band or an imitation, tie herSeR
down to needless worries, econo-
mics, etc. for any girl who IL
capable Of earning her own living
these days is very foolish to give
up q good position and salary for
some of the men have seen run
ming around.
I am not man-hater-far
from it. Since living in Wash
ington I find that 1t Ia very diff
cult for a girl working in an
office, in fact, next to impossible,
to meet the sort of men with
whom she cares to associate.
am perfectly normal in every
way and adore a good time. but
have my ideal of a man, and he
must be one whom I can respect
and be proud to present to my
friends; otherwise play around
alone and the big question Ii
How to meet the right one"
p. b.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
MORE WOMEN
NOW FAILING
IN BUSINESS

II ONDON. More than three
times as many business
- women failed in 1921 as in
1920. A Board of Trade annual
report states that among them
were one woman engineer, one
woman builder. tive directors or
promoters OF companies, and two
butchers. the total for 191 being
325.
1t was a record year for the
number Of men bankrupts, how
ever. The total was 2,O16 in
1920 and 4,S40 last year, and the
estimated liabilities increased by
$4,000. 900.
The failure Of Lady Duff Cor
don, the celebrated dress design
er, whose unsecured liabilities
were stated to be $4,000, will
contribute to this years list Of
women bankrupts. a.
The argument Is one-sided," !"
said a successful London busi-
ness woman. THE Board of
Trade does not tell about the
large number Of women who sue
ceeded. More women are going
into business now than ever.
THE proportion of women to
men In business IL growing every
year. and the number of women
bankrupts Is not out of proper.
ton to the number OF successes" !"
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
w IS E M E N

rooLIsHNEss often precedes
II wisdom
Never mistake self-conceit for
genius.
Let not your tongue run away
with your brains.
Be careful-small suspicious
destroy good regulations.
Tho more of others burdens
we bear, the greater our strength
to carry our own.
Thinking about what you are
doing is better than thinking
about what you have done.
Not our difficulties, but what
we do with them, accounts for
our successes or failures.
Duty and interest are perfectly
coincident, for the most part In
this world. but entirely and In
every instance IL we take In the
future and the whole, this being
implied in the notion of q good
and perfect administration Of
things.
Copyright, 1917. by Kathleen Norris.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

IN HE TIMES published the
other evening several letters
Il written by different women Of
Washington advocating the forma-
tion of q club for women over thir-
ty. The opinion of one of the con-
tributors interested me greatly.
and wish to submit my ideas on
one of her suggestions, which was
that 1t would not be q bad plan
to take all unmarried women OF
thirty years or over out and shoot
them at sunrise.
To me such a suggestion seems
perfectly ridiculous. Why should
a woman, IL she wishes. not re-
main unmarried up to or over
thirty? It Ii surely her own af.
fair, and IL she does not happen
to find q man for whom she can
care in the way she wishes, by all
means let her remain unattached.
1t is far better to be an "old
maid" than to marry just for
the sake Of having somebody to
support one. and half the time
the person one marries IL not
even capable of that.
have seen 30 many cases right
here in Washington. the husband
and wife both working. and some
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Philemon and Baucis Lived Over
Again in China

which to pay for food and their
lodging. o..
Outside the city there is a home
for destitute old ladies. Its direc-
tor invited the wife Of Wong Flu to
take asylum there. The old man
urged her to go. She refused. She
would not leave him.
wsng Flu did not want his wife
to suffer their poverty. He de-
termined to kill himself. He Dor.
rowed a rope. made a moose and
fastened the other end to an ap-
pie tree in their courtyard. His
wife discovered him before II was
too late, and, weeping, begged
permission to accompany him In
death.
Then the gracious gods arrived.
this time disguised as three
American ladies. BY magic a
considerable sum was raised.
more than Wong Flu had ever
seen in his life, and It made It
possible for him to live with his
wife in a little house just outside
the city and still have enough for
food. They are now living hap
pily.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
OUR INSPIRING LOVE
OF NATION
The Red -Blooded Americanisfn" Of Hearst
Newspapers and the Preamble to the ]
Constitution Of the Military Order !.
okthe World War.
sef RvRUJ PRICE 5
By RILL PRICE.

<<1T o me-" writes . valued
reader Of The Times.
"the great strength and
power Of the Hearst publications
" their red-blooded Americanism
on all foreign And domestic 'ques-
tons; their steadfast and success
ful hostility to this country's en-
tanslement with foreign nations:
their courageous stand for the
masses Of the American people
against powerful interests that
would disastrousIy dominate our
nation II they could. Therefore. I
send you the preamble to the con.
stitution Of the Military Order of
: the World War and the national
song dedicated to that oreaniza-
ton. believing that the pledges Of
patriotism and devotion to coun-
try will prove inspiring to all pa
triotic readers Of your paper, par
ticularly in this city. the birth
place and headquarters Of the
order"
In this season, when passions
and bitterness are nfeilowed by
kindly thoughts. and our hearts
are filled with good wishes for hu-
manity the world over, we rejoice
greatly in the peace and happi-
ness Of our own nation. and are
more than ever filled with, patri-
otic fervor and determination that
this peace shall continue through
preparedness for possible aggres-
sion from other nations. That
preparedness Ia assured through
nationwide impulses or patriotic
love for country and through SEN
sible and suitable military and
naval policies. tt 10. as the CORE
spondent says, most inspiring to
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
BY Lucy Lowell.

~ DOR little helpless. hideous
bit of life! Born without
legs and without arms and
all its ,lifs forced to lie In Its
cradle or perhaps In q chair,
when years have stolen along the
aisle Of time and paused their
minute. or two and stolen away
again into the aeons!
Baby eyes, watching other
children run and skip the rope
and play ball and write and learn
to be useful and dependable,
watching. always watching with
out hope.
Almost you can see the little
mother, the girl OF nineteen.
white and spent, drawing out Of
the shadow and asking for her
baby. Almost you can see the
pain in her eyes when they laid
her first.born in her arms. the
deformed infant she had brought
into the world and q life Of
terror.
But this isn't the strange part
of the strange story. That came
about when they told her that
her baby probably would die.
They believed It better that the
poor little twisted life should go
out; the life which always would
e burden to itself and to those
about.
But the mother hesitated not
one. instant.
"She must live! I want her
to live no matter what her de-
formities! Maybe God will be
good to her. This 10 my cross
and I must bear itp'
All, little mother, with the pain
filled eyes and the. hopes all with
cred and dead. You don't know
Il now, but you are one of the
great OF this earth! 'This IL my
cross" you say. and your philoso-
ply, springing from your mother
heart, is the spirit and heart and
soul Of life itself.
And we are not given brains
and the power to think for the
mere object Of achievement. For
( achievement means the acquiring
of wealth or fame or place. And
not one of those may be taken
with us where we are going on
our long, long way of progress.
But there Ia something we may
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
COwards Not Wanted in the
Navy
Navy
President Harding's Wise Punishment

By President Hardings ORDERS which the country win sp.
plsud two midshipmen dismissed from Annapolis and
three sset back"
The action, punishment Of haxng, necessary Hsng
oowardics And it cowardics made by the foolish
ooncet Of men in higher class.
They torture young ten to That very low form
Of cowardice Is not needed in the American navy.
Courage generosity pity fer the weak eagerness to defend
those in trouble qualities needed in young Americans
called to defend their country.
group of young induging their viles in
snc by ormsnng another absolutely helpless in the hands
Of cowardly crowd pleasant sight in institution
supposed develop heroes The Presidents punishment
inflicted despite much pleading by Congresmen and Others
does him great credit
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

and twenty-eight operas. cantatas
and masses. Nevertheless. practi-
cally all of the compositions by
which ne II remembered came
later. Moreover. he died at
thirty.five, having crowded q
whole musical life into half the
allotted span.
Schubert. another Of those to
whom musical expression came.
as II were. naturally, shyiy con-
fessed to having written several
compositions before the are Of
twelve because no couldn't help
It." BY the age Of eighteen he
had, further. composed q wondsr-
ful mass.
Ihs 'fAct of the matter sssns
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

r ONDON - Boys at school,
when and II they learn logic.
are introduced to the we'll
known fallacy: A man il an
animal: . bird 10 an animal;
therefore. . man il a bird.
Mothers and fathers Of boys
and girls who show precocious
musical talent might do worse
than remember that II is a fal-
lacy. Because the great masters
OF music have nearly all shown
precocity. II docs not follow that
every boy who shows precocity
10 or win b . great master Of
music. 4 ,t
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Lucy Lowell Tells Of Mother Who
Fights for Life of
DefOrmed Child

and shall carry along and along
through the aeons that roll be-
tween us and the seventh
planet" or the seven-thousandth,
which Is only a beginning OF the
way after all.
That thing is character.
We make 1t splendid or destroy
II at will. And a few rare per-
sonalities like. you, little mother
of the mal.formed baby, have the
courage to mould 1t with the
scalpel of pain.
Copyright. 1922. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES

The only superior" people are
those who do not call attention
to the fact.
A decline in respect for its
women 10 the surest sign of a
nations decay.
Justice 10 an admirable thing,
Of course. but Its failure to work
keeps q lot Of US out Of jail.
When q lawbreaker gets caught
in the net. he cares nof 30 much
for favorable witnesses as he does
for favorable political pull. 1
Hez Heck says: "Keepin' nine
of tho Commandments at q time
is about all any of US kin do"
(Copyrixht, 1s33, by Premier syndi-
cate. Ino.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

to be that all the great masters
Of music showed. as might be ex-
pected, remarkable enthusiasm
and aptitude for music from their
earliest years, but not by any
means always for composition.
So much for the great ones!
How many other infant prodi-
gies, whether a. players or COM
posers, have left fame behind
them with their infancyf The
musical sea n studded with these
unchartered wrecks. 1t In the
exception rather than the rule
for . prodigy" to make geed IN
after years.
The wise parent win remsmbsr
fhis 1Act-ana act On ~
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

AS a matter of fact. very few
OF the masterpieces Of the world
have been written by composers
while still in their teens. The
most striking instance to the
contrary is Mendelssohn's Mid
summer Nights Dream" which
he wrote when he was seventeen.
Many competent judges think Il
is his best work.
Mozart, perhaps the most
naturally gifted musician who
ever lived. had written q little
opera. ''Bastien and Bastienne,"
not to mention q really remark
able quintet. by the time he was
twelve. At twenty-five he had
written 1hirty-sfx symph6nSes
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Why Do the Irish Fight?
Why Do Any Men Fight They EMO

Men fighting the Irish Free State they fighting
under English rule but bitterly Houses burned
trains deraied killed in their end
off,
Nan fight because they always HAVE does
that they always WILL fight They all
cannibals, and are cannibals no longer.
When John L. Sullivan stopped Queenstown, Jerry
side driver that drove from Queenstown Cork with
out letting his horse walk STEP laid down this rule for the
enlightenment Of Tote Fitzgerald charming and vruous bar
maid Of the Queens hotel who wondered why fought
% much:
MEN fight my dear, because they enjoy It, Irshmen
especially Take that away from them, and what would
! there be left7"
seems that going to take it away from them.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Don't Despise Revolutionary
"Claptrap'
The French Brand Gave Us Our Revolution.

Mr Hoover writes about American Individuality" book
worth reading He sayS:
Americans not fooled into the preense that all
equal in ability character, intelligence and ambi-
ton That was part Of the claptrap Of the French
luton" 4gdtsS
Qnts Hen FAR from being equal Tor, scisn-
lists tell you truly thsrs i difference between highly
developed white and the lowest African than there
= between that African savage and BLADE Of grass
At the sams time tho 'claptrap" Of which Mr.. Hoover
spsa part Of the American Revolution well the
French Revolution Human beings do not amount to much
That Includes their leaders.
But you must make them THINK that they are somehing
make thsm think they good anybody else in
order to start them and got them to do something.
the average human being including the wise gentlemen
IN Warrington could realize how little he amounts TO- hs would
ny: Somebody ought to shoot me, and make for
somebody really worth while"
Il the claprap Of the French revolution, by the
way Mr. Hoover that educated and produced American
revolution Jefferson Franklin and the others educated
by tho French writers that brought about the revolution in
France Ours started little earlier but the start from
the "captap namely from the theory that although
equal they OUGHT to be and CAN be-
long they have monarchs ruling and expressing them
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
Baptized With
Jordan Water
~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-To have
been ba ptized with water

~ BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-To have
been baptized with water
~ brought from the River
Jordan itself 10 the unusual dis
tinction enjoyed by Francis An
tonic, -months-old son Of Mr.:
and Mrs. Peterson Marzoni, OF
this city. the ceremony taking
place in the Independent Presby-
terisn Church here.
During tour of the Holy Land
last summer Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
p. Glass, grandparents Of the In
fant, learned Of Its arrival. A
bottle was obtained, filled with
water from the stream made IA
nous by the baptism OF the Saw
iour and brought across the seas
from Palestine in anticipation Of
the event recently solemnized.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
BY Thomas Meloy,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.


-EKING-Philemon and Baucis
u lived over again In China
IL when the good offices OF q
benevolent aid society prevented
q dual suicide and made possible
q happy, peaceful life for them to
the end of their days.
Wong Flu, aged seventy. was a
maker of reed baskets. For years
he had toiled until his growing
age made 1t necessary for him to
stop work. As Ia proper In honor
able Chinese families, he was then
supported by his son. His wire,
aged sixty-nine, shared with MIN
his contentment, and they had
lived for nearly half a century to.
gcther. the neighborhood's model
for conjugal bliss.
Misfortune came in the death OF
the SON. Their other son had gone
years ago to another province and
nothing had been heard from him.
There was no money left with