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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

@. Will an accidental litter OF pups
of a pure blood female Atredale
| lave any effect on subsequent ut
ters sired by a pure blood male?
+. NJ.
A. The Biological Survey says
| that the the string of an Airedele
| female by a mongrel dog will not
| affect the next litter of pups, nor
any that may follow.
G, What is a British c%onsol?--
T. E.
A. The term consol is an abb
breyiation of the word consolidated.
| Consols are the consolidated IN per
cent bonds of Great Britain and are
similar to the United States govern
@, What is meant by the white
| flag of the Chinook"?-M. e. s.
4. 1t is a phenomenon that can
be seer in the western states
Stretching from the crest of d noun
tair. ridge when h Chinook win
is blowing over it. The upward de-
| Election of the wind by the slope OF
| the mountain causes the ascent OF
| the air charged vita water vapor.
O. What distinguishes present
| from ''introduce"?-J. +. S.
A., Introductions take place
among equals, says DR.. Frank Vi
| zetelly, a presentation takes place
| by act of grace.
@. Where is Roly-Poly Square?
A. 1t is a square in Lisbon, Por-
tugal, so called from the peculiar
undulating pattern of its pavement,
@. How many Indians served In
the World War;. D. c.
A. The Office Of Indian Affairs
says that approximately 10000 In
| dams served and there were about
200 deaths.
@. Has Michigan moro lakes
| than Minnesota &c. G.
A. There are eighty-three lakes
Ia Michigan and $50 in Minnesota.
q. How did the Piggly Wissiy
| stores come to be called by that
name?-M. A.
A. Piggy Wiggly is a coined
word. Clarence Saunders, who is
identified with the Piggy Wiggiy
stores, originated the word. He was
on a train going from Chicago to
Memphis, and while thinking of an
appropriate name for this chain OF
stores, he recalled the fact that a
pig goes through a turnstile, wig
giles around and goes out again.
Since turnstiles were to be used in
the stores, he coined the above
words and applied them to the
stores.
G. How large is the Aviation
Section of the Marine Corps ?-K. r.
A. In January 1922 the strength
OF this section was S16.
Q. There is a short poem about
birds being helpful to the farmer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
Ouestions-Answer

ANY reader can get h answer 70
any question by writing The Pertn
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
nlies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake a
tive research on n subject Write
your question plainly and brietly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are cent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Can you quote it and tell me the
authorize. D.
A. Longfellow gives the follow
ing in one of his poems on birds:
''They are the winged wardens OF
your farms, who from the corntields
drive the insidious foe, And from
your harvests keep a hundred
harms"
@. Is the divining rod valuable
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
Bible Thought For Today

PEACE AND TRUTH:-Thus saith the Lord Call
unto me, and l will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things which thou knowest not. Behold.
| Will bring 1t health and cure, and l will cure them, and will
reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth
Jeremiah SO: 2, 8, 6.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Some people think every seaso
comes at the wrong time of the
year.
Strangers who promise to do lots
for you will do you for lots.
We saw a man with q beautiful
complexion on his coat lapel.
Saddest words Of tongue or pen,
There Is no coal in our coal bin"
This light that lies in a womaE's
eyes is very illuminating.
Fire broke out in Detective
Burns cellar but he caught 1t in
time.
Chicago hunter tells us he was
shot at so much in the Michigan
woods it made him heel at home.
If golf interferes with your work
get a job as boss.
Pity the poor bachelor. He has
no home to staw away from.
OOAIleLlllcS we Llluk DICK 10 nor
malcy is the way we are standing.
Wins by Clever Ruse"-headline.
Ruse or rouge?
One man tells us he bought some
thing for a song that wasn't one.
The closer a man Is the more dis
tant his friends are.
What is home without coalf
Now is the time to let your
whiskers grow as preparedness
against Christmas neckties.
Our idea of hQrd luck is getting
killed by mistake.
Only safe place for a speeder Is
the Sahara desert, where roads are
as wide as they are long.
Isadora Duncan says she dances
with her soul, but that isn't what
che shows in her pictures.
Only a few more weeks in which
to do something to be thankful for
this Thanksgiving.
Cheer up, New Year is coming
and we can all swear off something.
with equal force to New York City
or to New England in comparison
with the broad and sparsely popu-
IL ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

lin locating gold or silver?-N. G. =.
A. Many inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding divining rods, min
eral rods, ct cetera, with reference
to their adaptability for locating
buried treasure. Special instruments
such as the dip needle, magnetom-
eter, and the dial compass have
been successfully used in prospect
ing for magnetic iron ores.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
Our OWN
Home Town

The Twentieth Anniversary celebration Of the psrn AmSoy Trust ~ Company Snas y
would no be complete without som tribute to the progress OF the tow 70 wnch IL
owes its name and opportunity. For it is Peril Amboy--Is eltz citizens It's. It's n maus.nes,r It's
business enterprises ant its oganizatons-wh1chh has maze possible us cepeoauon"
twenty years Of successful financial service.
tits an interesting fact that this section Of New Jersey which " proudly clam clam
as Our Own Home Town was heraded as harbor ofo opportunity IN te earnest Gays avs OIL
the Province. Back in 1862 the land which is now within the corporate hm NIT SOL erin
Amboy wa set ad as the particular nr, pety of The Lords roprtors. Thys saw IN
its natural resources and its ideal location the opportunity to develop great center OF
me and indutry-the London of Amerca!
great ambitions for our hwn, but in hose years the plans and expectations OF its pro
pretos did not diminish. The first consignment Of sixty settlers saeo from ,LeMn,
Scotland, August II, 1888, with this harbor as thr. destination. they we're to bet the
ones who would take the first steps toward theb building of the great CITY the proPretos
had panned. History tells us tina "the settlers arrived sixteen weeks later Uecen
her 1881 with provisions, livestock ant farming implements to the value OF $oVou
In spe Of high hopes ant ambitious plans, the progress OF our town IN t1se
early days did not keep pace with the great expectations tso owners nae c neEsneo O e
historical account tells us that the year 1884 saw 81 age infnx Of cotnsn. stuers
Wv sbus are on record as bringing over w hundred and ninety souls Butr was not
until 1870 acenturya and a half afr the arrval oft those first sixty settlers That the
population reached one thousand.
In 1902. the year that The Perth Amboy Trust Company frsto opened It's door,
te populaton had grown to 1886. Today it is neary 4SUW
The growth and development of our town within the past twenty or ury years
seems tremendou when compared with the recordo of unfuhled hopes AND ampMons OF
te frs tcentuy and ahMf IF its life But, in making thec comparison, the WORDS whcn
mr. first deputvg governor rotem a letter in 1888 seem to ring forth as challenge 10
us oday-"HB we'll situate for great town Dr. create city beyond e1Po1auons!
We ma justly be proud of the prgreso of our city within the pas. thirty years
hut the opportunity fol a still greater city is head OF us now, as 1t wasu the cluzens
of 1855, beyond expectations
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

with equal force to New York City
or to New England in comparison
with the broad and sparsely popu-
lated farm lands of the West.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Cheer up, New Year is coming
and we can all swear off something.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Only a few more weeks in which
to do something to be thankful for
this Thanksgiving.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

We saw a man with q beautiful
complexion on his coat lapel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Isadora Duncan says she dances
with her soul, but that isn't what
che shows in her pictures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Saddest words of tongue or pen,
There Is no coal in our coal bin"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
The Perth Amboy
Trust Company
Smith and Hobart Streets

Member Federal Reserve ysem-Under S supervision of United States Government.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Only safe place for a speeder Is
the Sahara desert. where roads are
as wide as they are long.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Strangers who promise to do lot
for you will do you for lots.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Chicago hunter tells us he was
shot at SO much in the Michigan
woods it made him heel at home.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Our idea of Nrd luck is getting
killed by mistake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14

Fire broke out in Detective
Burns cellar but he caught 1t in
time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
MACKEY DOOMED
in COUNTER move
Wares Seek to Stem Beidle-
mans Cuberna natoriaI Drive
by Baokfiring =
$4,000 CHECK A. SHADOW


Harry A Mackey. one OF the ware
chieftains and chairman of the state
Workmen's Compensation Board. il
once more proposed by Ware leaders for
the gubernatorial nomination.
Senator Ware projected the Mackey
candidacy today as at least counter
stroke against the rapidly developing
offensive Of Lieutenant Governor r. Il.
Beidleman.
Ware leaders are mot sure the people
will stand for the incidents connected
with the receipt of n $1,000 check by
Mr.. Beidleman from Charles A. Snyder
when the latter was Auditor General.
Neither are the Varieties sure that
Beidlcmans record on woman suffrage
will yield much feminine support.
At any rate. Senator Ware has re-
sisted all opportunities, up to this time.
to declare for Beidleman. w. Harry
Baker, secretary OF the State Commit
tee and campaign manager for Beidle-
man. is confident that dea will soon
be made with the Ware leaders in the
interest Of the Lieutenant Governor.
Senator Ware is holding off. apparently
believing that he holds the key TO the
Beidleman- Baker situation.
Senator Ware. who was confined 10
his home with q cold yesterday. may be
able to receive visitors today. One OF
them is expected to be Mayor Magce. Of
Pittsburgh, with whom the Senator has
a friendly working arrangement. Magee
is primarily interested in John A. Bell
for the United States Senate. All Ma ,
gee moves therefore will swing around
that axis.
Triangular Race
SO far as the Wares are concerned
the fpht for the nomination is one now
between Beidleman and either Harry
A. Mackey or w. Freeland KendriCk
Mr.. Kendrick was elected Receiver Of
Taxes on the Ware ticket. State leader:
say, however, that Wares real candi.
date for Governor, IL he could have hi'
way, would be Mackey.
Just as soon as the Wares and th'
Baker -Beidleman group settle thil
question among themselves. the Oppo.
sition for the primaries will take form
John s. Fisher. State Banking Commits.
fsioner, continued today 70 be likely
choice of the elements opposed to 4
Ware ticket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21

| This only represents a part Of the
.snjoyment done through agencies of
~ University as the Christian Asso-
kstion maintains an employment Office
IN pjaces many undergraduates in full
ssd mart time employment, but has not
Ismplled figures for this year. The
|whsrton School also has its own ap-
.sintment bureau and has only recently
ksrt out a questionnaire among the
,rsduates to compile figures.
The situation at Pennsylvania Is diff
Il,ent from that at Harvard where the
.smnloyment bureau has issued figures
ssowing that It placed students who are
|ss,uinr their own livelihood in positions
m total snlaries of which were $685.
;s0 az despite the unfavorable business
.ronditions which have made. part time
rositions as scarce as the proverbial
Il,n's teeth
Az Harvard the walters at the union
md the helpers employed by the ath-
|,tIc association. monitors and proctors
n the university are all employed
Ihrough the one employment bureau.
mile at Pennsylvania the athletic as
,ociatlon employs men directly and
tbere is no way 'of keeping track of the
nan placed MS walters. chauffeurs or
ehoremen by the Christian Association.
The types of employment among the
kiudents of both institutions is much
fhe same. but ut Pennsylvania many
men find employment by their own in
Itiatiye and there Is no record kept.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21

One feature Of the situation Is that
''all hands" are for the election Of
United States Senator Grow. whether
or not any word is heard from his sick
room in the Mercy Hospital. Pitts
burgh. The only thing, 1T was cx-
plainedl which would upset this plan.
would be Ahc death os the Senator be-
fore the last day for fling nomination
papers.
Political leaders from various parts
of the State are in the city today can
vassing the field and trying to figure
how to put the curious pieces in the
political puzzle together.
Governor Sproul is out Of town, but
this appointment Of successor to the
late Judge Bregy. may be made early
next week. Leading candidates. 1t is
said. are Harold B. Beitler, counsel
for the Registration Commission and
son of former Judge Beitler, and
Board of Law Examiners.
Mr.. BETTER is one Of those recon-
mended to the Governor by the Com
mittee on judicial Vacancies of the bar
association. This committee has made
five recommendations. Their names are
conained in a letter to the Governor
signed by Hampton J.. Carson. chair
man Of the Committee on Judicial
Vacancies.
The five recommendation are. it is
understood. Lewis IT. Van Dusen, Of
the Civil Service Commission Boyd
Lee Spahr, Chester y. Farr, Jr.. +.
j.. Ballard and Mr.. Better. Among the
lawyers on the committee which made
the recommendation are Senator Pep
per. Francis Skunk Brown, A. NJ.
BETTER. George Wenworth Carr. James
Collins Jones, Francis Il. Bracken.
Henry T.. Brown, John Hampton
Barnes and Theodore +. jenkins,
chancellor of the law association.
Governor Sproul will meet this com .
mttee shortly. He So he would con
slider the bar associations recommen-
dations as we'll as othe 1t is en-
pected that the Governor will consult
with Justice Won Moschzisker and
Schaffer, of the Supreme Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
MINISTER'S RAISE TABLET,
'sundlne Of Insurance Fund 20 Be
l Marked Here Tuesday

presbyterian and other ministers will
participate In the dedication and un-
,elllng OF a historical tablet next Tues.
LAY afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
aother Church" of Presbyterian,fm
'e old First Church, in Washington
quare.
me tablet was erected by the Board
Directors Of the Presbyterian Min
.ers Fund, the first life insurance
e9pany. in America, and one of the
ueS llte insurance companies in the
Cg'n' The tnblet is commemorative
ine founding of the Presbyterian
inisters Fund and the granting OF
eharter by the Colonial Govern
'spt Of Pennsylvania in 1859.
Inc Rev DR.. Perry s. Allen. presi-
,nL OF tn" Presbyterian Ministers
ana, will preside. and an address will
as,ivered by the Rev. DR.. George
mchards, president of the The0-
swal Seminary of the Reformed
"urcn In the United States. DR.. Al
o WIN dedicate the tablet, and his
lns daughter. Miss Mary Virginia
f''|h, will unvcil il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
MAN SHOOTS GIRL
WHO REPULSED HIM
FIees From House at 1407 Jef-
ferson Street After Firing
Four Shots
VICTIM WILL RECOVER

Infuriated when his advances we're
rcpulsed, John !. Rene. twenty seven,
barber. boa rider at 1907 Jefferson
street, shot and seriously injured Hat
tie Decatur. twenty nine. Of the same
address, last night.
Rene fred four shots two Of which
took effect One struck her in the loft
thigh and the other In the same leg be-
low the knee. After firing. Rene ran
to the street and the young woman at
tempted TO follow him. Screaming. she
had almost overtaken him Mt 'Fifteenth
and Master streets. when she collapsed.
Miss Decatur was taken to ST.
Joseph's Hospital. where IL is said she
will probably recover.
Miss Decatur said today that Rene
had been infatuated with her for about
q month. aud persistently annoyed her.
Although spurned on every occasion.
she said. he entered her apartment last
night and said:
IL want TO talk with you.
60 away. ! don't want 10 have
anything 10 do with YOU she ans.
swered
without another word Rene pulled
a revolver from bis pocket and began
shooting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
;LUB WOMEN TO STUDY
ART OF NEWS WRITING
lid Newspapers Want Terseness in
! Voluntary Contributions 2

-
III Voluntary Contributions z
| press chairmen from sixty clubs in
Pbladelphia and its suburbs decided to
totm class in news writing as the
tsvt Of a publicity conference in the
New Century Club yesterday afternoon.
| Francis e. Richter. Jr., News Editor
bfthe PUBLIC LEDGER. and Mrs. Ellen
Fpter Stone addressed the publicity
|Vfiters invited to the conference by
pIrs John Hanna Cross.
Mr. Richter. in explaining why there
|was so much dissatisfaction on the part
|ef publicity writer's with the manner
IN which newspapers handled their
bfoduct, declared the press agents clab-
5nted too much on their stories, at
tempted to get too much in print and
ignored the space limitations Of the
|pRss. He said the papers were in
fuenced by the interest Of the news to
'the public.
,Mr. Richter declared that for rapid
tion there is no business equal to that
N the press. He told of the various
ttsps In getting out an edition and the
felstiye value Of news. The broad ram
ltcatlons Of story getting and the out
but Of news through syndicate methods
made an Illuminating story to the
| vss chairmen and club women, as did
outline OF the processes of compost
p, makeup and elimination Of news
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
NANYATPENN SEEK
|SJOBS TO PAY WAY.
e.,,loyment Records Show Big
Increase in Applications
for Work
ooLLEeES OFFER POSTS

Indication Of hard times is seen
q" ,o rcnort Of the apnointment bureau
" '.SS w School Of Education at the
SI ,ssrsity ~i Of Pennsylvania issued to,
,nn ,.n During 1921 the bureau had
ess esS rcauests from clients and filled
eoc |eoo nositions at total sa larry OF
|,y%e ooI 20. while the year before the
e'svnests totaled SS4 with only. eighty
s.;tlons filed at n total salary OF
89e.Oi5. r ,, ,o,os
|..ss,or Of the appointment bureau.
y, ycar the greatest number OF re-
|ps,.,s for students TO fill positions
qass'Y esss from colleges. and this year there
||sse 81 been tendency to hold their
ss.opt positions among teachers and
N decrease or Mt least not TO raise
',.ries on the part Of superintendents
~ 'Sbe appointment bureau places
.,duates and students and acts as a
.i.sr;nc house between the institutions
"a The prospective teachers. The re-
|~.rt for 1921 is:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21

At the time of her birth. vital records
were not kept in the Cornwall parishes.
and now Mrs. Williams declares she has
forgotten. This statement may be in
genious enough. but at some time in
her life. her relatives say, she destroyed
whatever entries Of her age might have
been among her effects.
Complacent on Progress
She takes such modern fripperies as
arplanes. automobiles and moving pic
lures with a great deal of complacency.
Her first visit to the movies occurred
when she was about 101. 1t was q
picture on which the producer was re-
ported to have spent several million
dollars.
Such Stiffness" she said of It. ~
don't know why grown people should
waste their time on such things"
She declares the movies Of the pres
ent vastly inferior to the moving pic
lures of her childhood. that were one
of the delights of fair day. Then you
paid farthing to look through n peep
hole. while a man jerked pair of
marionettes up and down.
Shocked by High Prices
One phase Of modern life, however,
that excites Mrs. Williams is the cost
of living.
'Tuppence ha' penny for an egg.
indeed she says Indignantly. IF /
were Queen | won't buy them at that
price. More than n shilling for a dozen
Is robbery
Mrs. Williams was married late in
her life. When her husband died,
twenty years ago, she was brought
l.. L., H., l. T. l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
1925, 900 PEARL NECKLACE
TO MRS. JAS. R. CROMWELL
Mrs. Stotesbury's Daushter-ln.Law
Gets Russian Empress Gems

Mrs. James II. II. Cromwell, daugh-
ter in-law Of Il. T. Stotesbury, is the
owner of the SS2j 900 pearl necklace
once owned by the Empress Catharine
of Russia. Announcement of this fact
followed the law suit between the two
jcwclry firms responsible for the sale
of the necklace TO the late Horace II.
Dodge. of Detroit. The pearls are now
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Dodge gave the pearls to his
wife, it is said, in recognition of her
loyalty and help while he was strug-
Cling upward from the humble position
OF automobile mechanic to the position
of multi millionaire. His daughter,
Delphine. married the step son of Mr..
Stotesbury. Mrs. Dodge decided to give
the gems to her daughter, and they were
brought here.
Cartier, Inc. of New York, made
the announcement the gems had been
sold for 81 800, 600, and was at once
sued by Bcnguiat Brothers, in Paris,
who had first purchased the jewels for
additional commissions of $3.50, ,O75. The
pearls weigh 1905 grains, are perfectly
matched, $50 in number, strung in FIVE
strands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-21
CITY,S OLDEST WOMAN, lO6,
STILL IS EXPERT ON BLBL E
Mrs. Susan VILLAINS Thinks Movies and Arplanes Are Strip
peres' and Is Aghast at High Prices

At the age Of 1O6. or therebbouts.
Mrs. Susan Williams is able to sit. up in
bed and recite from the beginning all
the books Of the Bible and such bomilies
in verse as THE Morning Sun" and
"The Love Of God" Perhaps were 1t
not for an accident. now four years
old. that dislocated her hip and con-
fined her to bed, she might do so stand
ing up.
Mrs. Williams lives with her son,
Richard Williams. himself old enough
to be termed elderly" and his wife
In a little house at 2213 st. Johns ter
race, in West Philadelphia.
Here In an upstairs room lies Mrs.
Williams. who once slept in the houses
of Lord Tremaine and of Sir Charles
Saule in her native Cornwall-who was
little girl when Queen Victoria was a
little girl.
Started TO Travel Late I'm Life
Mrs. Williams was born in the village
Of St. Austell. on the manor lands Of
Sir Charles Saule, and until she was
we'll over eighty had scarcely put foot
outside of il.
She spent much Of her early life at
the village Kirk. where she learned so
much of the Bible that she could iden-
tify land perhaps can still any chapter
from it's first verse and dozens Of little
stanzus like those she obligingly re-
cited for her visitors. She wanted yes
terday TO tell one about The Black
Cat" concerning which, she said, a
clergyman had assured her there was
nothing immodest whatever She was
dissuaded. however, by her daughter
In law. who thought too many verses
might weary her.
Just how old Mrs. Williams may be
his uncertain, save that it is at least 106.