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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13
MOTOR LICENSE
BUREAU OPENS
staten Island Branch Conven-
lent for Owners to Secure
Plates

TOTTENvILLE, Dec. 13:-Auto-
mobile owners on Staten Island
have found the branch motor We
hicle bureau of the New York Tax
Department convenient to c
their new license plates for 1928
instead of having to go over to
Manhattan or send their applica-
tions to the secretary of state as
heretofore to have them in time be-
lore the expiration of the old IL
cense. The office, which is in the
borough hall at st. George, vas
opened a week ago and since that
time more than 400 applications
have been received and plates given
out for motor vehicles in the bor-
ough. Preparations are already be-
ing made to handle the rush Of ap-
plicants during the last week Of the
month, which is expected to swamp
the office and keep the clerks busy
making out the cards and giving
out the plates.
Only licenses for pleasure AMI
commercial cars are given out at
the branch bureau. Those seeking
taxi and omnibus plates must go to
the Manhattan Office to secure such
license. All those who wish to order
their license by mail must send
their applications direct to the
Manhattan Office as no license will
be mailed from the Staten Islani
Office according to notice given by
X. Birdsall, cashier in charge of the
local branch bureau. He also states
that no Information concerning the
weight of different makes of auto
mobiles will be given I'VE the tele-
phone. The island office is open
from 9 in the morning until 4 in
the afternoon, with the exception
of Saturdays when it il open from
9 until noon. Everyone must Sc
cure their plates before the first Of
the year this time and display them
at that time.
There will be extension OF time.
as has been the case for the past
several years, until the first of
February, it has been announced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Roberts of
Brooklyn visited at Prince Bay
Sunday.
William Langford is recovering at
his home from a recent attack OF
pneumonia.
Mrs. F. W. Bateman and Mrs. Ar
thur Duff have been visiting the
formers sister at Elizabeth.
D. McAllister Mayne has been at
Newburgh the past several days at
tending the Southern District con-
vention of the New York Realty
Board.
The new residence of James Ken
ney in Station avenue Is rapidly be-
ing completed.
The moving picture show of st.
Marks church last night, presented
by the pastor, was fairly attended.
The annual election of Richmond
Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias,
will take place tomorrow night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13
ToTTENvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. DIN White, of
Davidson, North Carolina, are visit
ing Joseph McCallum of Bentley
street.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen D'Zubay, of Manhattan
street. recently. Mrs. D'Zubay was
formerly Virginia Treval.
Martin Burrows left yesterday for
Miami. Fla, where he is to spend
the winter.
Mrs. William McAndrews is home
after visiting her daughter at Wa
terbury, Conn.
Mrs. Maude Gerity and son with
her two sisters, Misses Anna and
/. ellen Powers, of Perth Amboy.
have taken up their residence in
Elliott avenue.
John Warren, nineteen years old,
of Newport, was taken to the Mem
orial Hospital yesterday morning
where he was treated for a scalp
wound that he received when struck
by an automobile in Amboy road
Three trustees will be elected fol-
lowing the prayer service at st.
pauPs church tonight.
The lecture by DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman, of Brooklyn, at Bethel
church last night was fairly well
attended.
The nomination of officers or
the Richmond County Building &
| Mutual Loan Association will TAKE
| place tonight at the meeting of the
| association at the Office in Main
| street. The election will take place
| at the January meeting.
George Wexos, of Brooklyn, was
fined So by Magistrate Fetherston
yesterday for a smoking automobile
and Irving Slutzsky. of Manhattan.
| charged with having dirty license
| plates and no lights was given a
! suspended sentence.
Because the complainant failed
to appear the case of George Dewey
| Morehouse and his cousin, William
| Flashofsky, charged with stealing a
motorboat from George Ramsay
three months ago, was put over yes
terday in the county court until the
term of supreme court in January.
| Both prisoners were again remand
ed to the county jail
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13
GATHERING IN
HONOR OF DAUGHTER

TOTTENvILLE, Dec. 13-Mr.
and Mrs. George Wood, Of Arthur
Kill road, entertained at a family
gathering at their home Sunday in
honor of thei~ daughter, Mrs. Elton
Wood and two sons. Elton and
James of Georgetown. Del, who
came up for a visit. A dinner was
served. Those at the gathering
were Mr.. and Mrs. George William
Wood of Fords, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Wood and son Horace of New
Brighton, Miss Jennie B. Wood and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Wood and
son Harry of Tottenville and Miss
Johnson of Georgetown. Del, who
accompanied Nus. Wood here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13

A Christmas gift that will be appreciated y very housewife anda price that less han
half Irregular The cl sets are of the finest qudtyim imported pottery, highly polished smooth finish
with Delft Blue decorations A complete khhen outfit that takes care of all es CO 0Q
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13
MOLLY STARK COUNCIL
D. OF A. ELECTS OFFICERS

TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 13-At the
annual meeting of Molly Stark Coun
ell. Daughters of America, held re-
Gently at Amicitia hall, Pleasant
Pains, the following were named
,or the ensuing year:
Past councillor, Mrs. Blanche La
Forge; associate past councillor. Mrs
Emma Chadwick; councillor. Mrs.
Louise Mespath; associate councillor,
Mss Ada Sherb; vice councillor, Mrs.
Violet Lenior; conductor, Mrs. Sa-
rah Kelly; warden, Mrs. Jennie
Miller: secretary, Mrs. Susie Brou-
cham; associate secretary. Mrs. Jane
Mitterway; financial secretary. Mrs.
Emma Wederman; treasurer. Mrs.
Emma Latourette; inside centinel,
Mrs. Alice Bendell: outside sentinel,
Mrs. Lucy Huber, and trustee for
eighteen months, Mrs. Blanche La
Forge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13

Solid oak or mahogany frames 4
with spring cushion seat ard
back. A chair that will give the
acme of comfort, strongly and
well built throughout. On sale
this week only.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-13

Today's Indexed directory OF wants and
.ffers will be found on the classified page
LOOKING FOR a place to liver Read
the real estate ads In the classified ad
section.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13

til recently. The denuding of the
range pasturage last summer by To-
Gusts and grasshoppers left no sus-
tenance for the animals during the
winter just past and many of them
perished.
The Indians have been rounding up
these small horses periodically and
taking them into western Canada to
sell. But 1t was found that they were
hard to break and difficult to keep on
the range when turned out. They
invariably took other horses along
with them when they disappeared.
Since the formation of the Federal
Remount Service, which has charge
of horse breeding for the Govern
ment, applications have been re-
ceived from the Cherokees for small
thoroughbred stations, which they
intend to turn out on the range with
their native mares. This kind should
in time greatly improve the breed
OF wild horses.
While the horses which were de-
stroyed in Washington had little eco
nomic value, the manner of their
taking off will arouse compassion In
all lovers of dumb animals.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Bear Traps for Burglars.

A Mr.. CoGAy of the Williamsburg
section OF Brooklyn, after being Wis
tied by burglars ten times, decided
to depend no longer on Commissioner
ENRreHT. He set bear trap inside
a window of his home and caught a
burglar in it.
That burglar, it may easily be
imagined, will never try housebreak-
ing again. 1t is one thing to get
caught at the crime in the ordinary
way, to be taken to comfortable
police station, to be released on bail
easily jumped. to be convicted, even,
and sent to a prison where there are
good food and motion pictures. But
it is quite another thing for the
criminal TO feel the iron jaws of a
bear trap close on his leg. A bear
trap does not coddle or release on
bond.
Unfortunately every householder
cannot safely set a bear trap for
burglars. He might accidentally
catch himself or his wife or the chill
dren or the dog. IL it were not for
that the whole town might well turn
trapper.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
aepublican plurality was 5000.

Republican plurality was 5000.
In 1906, in a total vote of $4,000.
the Republican plurality was $500.
But of course in none of those years
was there a woman vote.
In 1912 the Democratic candidate
won by 1900.
In 1916, although the Republican
candidate for President carried the
State. the Republican candidate for
Representative in the Thirty-seventh
District won by only 2,70O votes.
1t is obvious that the normal-vote
of the district is not to be calculated
on the figures of 1918 and 1920.
There is consequently no way Of
establishing to-day what the normal
vote of the district is. Men well ac-
quainted with the politics OF the
counties in the Thirty-seventh dis
trict believe it should be Republican
by 10000 plurality. With the total
vote reduced by one-half, the Repub-
licans should have looked for plu-
rality of 5000. Mr.. HENRY got 5000
plurality, or two-thirds of the vote
due him. In the distribution of votes
there are numerous factors which
must be taken into account. such as
the personal popularity Of individ-
uals.
There is no sure way of determin-
ing whether his stand against the
volstead act did Mr.. IRVINE harm or
good. 1t certainly helped him In the
cities, and probably injured him in
the rural districts, to which Mr.
HENRY owes his election. In their final
consequences the wet and dry issues
may have resulted in standoff.
If that be the case there is a
shrinkage in the Republican vote in
the Thirty-seventh district, and, due
allowance being made for the per-
sonal followings of the candidates,
this shrinkage brought the Republi-
can vote below normal.
Tuesdays election in the Thirty
seventh District furnishes no conclu-
sive evidence on the question of the
Eighteenth Amendment or the rela-
tive strength of the two parties. The
element of personal popularity and
the weather conditions may have
meant much more in the result than
is estimated Moreover in a small.
vote the larger falling off generally
is in the rural sections, which are
the dry sections. In the villages and
cities where it is easier for the voters
to reach the polls naturally the vote
is relatively larger.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Hopper in the Spring.

These spring nights will soon re-
turn DE Wolf HOPPER to the ranks
OF active entertainers in the theater.
Mr.. HOPPER and the spring have more
than one quality in common. It'fis
true that they both recur. II Is
equally matter of fact that both OF
them are welcome. Both have been
associated too in the thoughts OF
playgoers. Mr.. HOPPER added his own
welcome influence to the Geason as
far back as the days of "The Black
Hussar" at Wallack's and in the sac
cessful Wang at the Broadway The
ater So when he comes before the
public at the Jolson Theater Satur-
day it will be by no means the first
time he has amused his fellow man at
this period of the year.
And in what varied forms has he
brought smiles to a world that was
at times less in need of them than
this planet may be to-day! After the
dramatic stage no longer seemed to
him the best field for his talents he
appeared successfully in almost every
form of comic opera. When he began
Vienna was sending here such fine
specimens Of the skill OF the COM
posers who wooed their muse on the
banks of the Danube as Prince
Methusalem" and THE Beggar Stu
dent" and he was a part OF the sue
cess Of them all. From Paris came
other works besides Josephine Sold
by Her Sisters" in which he ap.
peared. and then there were such
notable American products as "The
Lady or the Tiger" and "El Captain
all OF which added luster to his
fame
When it seemed as II Mr.. HOPPER
had distinguished himself in every
usual form OF comic opera, he added
d few more leaves to his laurel
wreath by finding success in a field
that demanded the highest interpre-
tatiye skill and the keenost intell.
gence in comedian. He took up
the Incompatible products Of GILBERT
and SULLIVAN and ono after another
created anew their funny men for
the benefit Of generation that was
then making their acquaintance. He
was never at any time in his career
more admired than in this branch of
his artistic activities.
He added artistic distinction and
his own personal humor to a Hippo
drome extravaganza. lie has told
his unique stories In vaudeville.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Shad-o-graphs.

This is the month WHOM the poets spill
the ink.
Each Of them more or less mad.
This is the month when the book was
crst to drink.
This Is the month when young love is
In tho pink.
This is the month OF the shad
This Is the month when the oyster
passes out
Chcrrystone. Lynnhaven--gad
This is the month when the fly is on
tho trout,
This Is tho month when the weather is
In doubt,
This Is the month Of the shad
This IL the month when the ump re-
marks. "Play ball
All but the Bambino"
This is the month when the furnace
starts to pail.
This is the month when the car champs
in its stall
This is The month cf the shad!
Yes this is the month when our hero
walks the panks.
Truly the hit of the show.
This Is the month when the epicures
give thanks.
Bless every bone in his spine and head
and TANKS
And.-roe. brothers! Roe. brothers !!
Roc!
MAURICE NORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
The Steamship Garfield SaIyaged.

From tho Panama Canal Record.
The steamer Garfield, aground In Galera
de zamba Bay. Colombia. since January u.
got clear at 3;45 p. NJ. March IS. The
salvage steamer Favorite of the Panama
Canal, which assisted In freeing the Gar
field, brought her in tow to Cristobal, ar
riving there at A. NJ. March 20. The
Garfield was leaking and Il may be neces-
eary to put her in dry dock.
AS told in the Ponama Canal Record Of
March 8. the salvage operations were diff
cult on account OF the wide reach of shall
lows. where heavy seas. frequently rolling
under fifty mile gale. made work slow and
hazardous. The Garfield Travelled one and
three-auarters miles through a series OF
bars. coming TO q stop in five feet of water:
and In order to get clear had TO work back
to clear water through the same obstruc-
tons, while most of the time heavy seas
we're pounding her. II Is considered re-
markable that she came through with such
relatively little damage and without the
loss OF her cargo.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Tuesdays Election.

The Republican candidate for Rep
resentative won by only 3,0S7 plu-
rality at the special election in the
Thirty;seventh Congress District on
Tuesday. The Democrats and the
vets find this figure a subject for
jubilation. They compare 3,oS7 with
29,750, the plurality of the Republi.
can candidate in 1920.
But the greatness of tho change is
more apparent than real.
The total vote in the 1920 election
was 1924. The total vote this week
was only 3S,511-scarcely more than
half the vote at the Presidential
election
What is more to the point. the cleo
tion OF 1920 was the greatest Repub-
lican sweep in tho history Of New
York. HARDrSG carried the State by
more than million.
The Democrats and the vets tri-
umphantly recall that the Republi-
can plurality in the Thirty-seventh
District in 1918 was 10000. That Is
true, but 1918 was Republican year
up state. Governor WHITMAN polled
225.000 votes more than Ar SMITH
above The Bronx. Again. in 1918 the
women were already voting. The
total vote in the Thirty-seventh Dis.
trict in 1918 was 10000. or nearly go
per cent. more than the total vote or
this week
II must be remembered that the
Republican candidate who polIed the
large pluralities of 1900 IN 1918
and $4,000 in 1920 was ALANsoN r.
HorGHToS. very popular man IN
the southern tier. and that Judge
IRVINE. the Democrat who ran
LEWIS HENRY such close race this
week. is also popular.
For adequate comparisons OF Tues
days result we should go back to
years when the total vote for Repre-
sentative in the Thirty-seventh Dis
trict was about the same as this
weeks total vote.
In 1902, In total OF $4,000, the
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Tom and Rags.

When Justice BOYLE of the Chill
drens Court decided on Tuesday that
Tom. 10-year-old boy, should not be
separated from his dog Rags during
his stay in an institution to which
he had been committed as a waif
he showed qualities of heart which
proved that devotion to the law had
not made him callous.
Boy and dog we're alike homeless,
the former turned adrift on the
world. To Rags, however, he was
a beloved master to follow as long
as life lasted. Ever since puppyhood
on the East Side Rags had been the
companion Of Tom, and 1t will be
written in letters of gold in the book
of good deeds that when there arose
the danger of forced separation the
lad refused to go without his faithful
dog.
Tradition and custom were alike
shattered when Justice BOYLE signed
the papers committing Rags to the
institution on Staten Island along
with his master. but nobody can
fathom the JOY which his action gave
to the devoted friends. for which bet
ter days would seem to be dawning.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Kept Their Strange Vow.
Kansans Swore They Would Never
Step on Brick Walk.
From, the Hutchinson Ne,cs

From the Hutchinson Netcs.
Years ago when the City Council at
Gcneseo forced L. Hill. an old man of
that town. to build a brick sidewalk in
front of his home Hill and his wife
both vowed they'd never set foot on
that walk.
They both kept their vows Hill died
a couple OF years ago, and at his death
his widow had the coffin removed
through the kitchen SO it would not
have to be carried over the offensive
brick walk in front. And the widow
steadfastly persisted in keeping the
strange vow.
Never was she known to step foot on
the front walk. She lived alone and
neighbors very seldom saw her. This
strange vow may have cost the life
of the old woman.
A few years ago a milkman calling
to leave milk found her dead body. fully
clothed, lying near the front door. She
had apparently been trying in her ill
ness to get the door open to call for
help. but being SO long disused the door
had swollen shut and she could not open
il. With her hand clutching at the door
knob she had evidently fallen uncon-
scious and died there. But she had
kept her vow.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Baltusrol Hill.
Extremes Meet Where Louis Keller
Laid Out n Coli Course.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Those
who knew the late Louis Keller or have
read Of him remember him as the man
who published a social register. built
fashionable clubhouse and laid out
golf course. These are laudable activi-
ties in a complex civilization, where men
and women are after all but grown up
children on whom unwelcome cares have
been thrust. But to a tramp his fame
Is more solid. The tramp links his name
with the Baltusrol, a fair hill that
o'erlooks yonder vale in the mist, leafy
spot in the woods scattered thick with
the gold of the sun"
The Baltusrol is part OF the watershed
separating the valleys of the Passaic
and Raritan rivers. 1t is wooded, leafy
"a roamer with imagination may find
the remoteness of distant and more ia
nous mountains within a stones throw
of ornate luxury. Its tortuous trails
reincarnate the spirit of savagery.
Here may be found the homes and the
homely lives of the meek and lowly. 1t
is not fashionable to motor over this
hill, for the roads are bumpy. 1t is. as
is meet for the primitive. the resort of
youth strolling hand in hand in sylvan
simplicity and the cap and bells of ad-
venture. ON it's slopes may be found
extremes of people.
Roaming over 1t with a camera l fixed
my machine TO carry away on plate
house OF picturesque ancientncss. Fixed
to a tree that shaded it was sign that
told the wayfarer that there were pigs
for sale. When l had got partly set
tied a woman came to the doorway. See
ing my evident care she asked whats
the big idea?'' She promptly got my
point when ! told her that my original
idea was not big. as l only designed to
photograph the house. but since she had
favored me with her presence perhaps
she would consent to be snapshotted.
with smiling composurc she assumed
pose and faced the ordeal.
A Swiss farmer and his wife cultivate
q few acres sloping valleyward on its
sunny inclines. There Berkshire hogs
and Chester whites arc yearly slaugh-
tered whose spareribs and hams reach
local markets. Butter and eggs. berries
and peaches come from this land OF
plenty and arc the reminders Of the
milk and honey of ancient Palestine.
At the base OF the hill and skirtng
the road from Summit to Scotch Plains.
but hid from view IN summer by the
umbrase. Is a pond-a lake In the loose
nomenclature Of the region. You would
miss It from tho roadway in the green
ness of juno, hut in April at sundown
its location is made audible by vocal
frogs celebrating with pagan revcl the
return of spring.
This hill could be magniicd into a
mountain Of narrative. II Is a mine of
instruction. romance. ee-sat1rs. ycn.
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Romance and the Wild Horse.

Wild horses OF the Western plains
have long had romantic association
and many writers OF fiction have spun
tales OF stations that rivaled domes-
tic bred horses IN beauty Of form and
neetness OF foot.
AS a matter Of fact. the wild horse
Is generally small and unprepos.
sessing owing to generations OF In.
breeding. 1t Is long time since the
days Of CoRTrz and his Andalusians.
and though occasionally fine wild
horse has been rounded up in the
West or Southwest the average in.
dividual is OF an inferior type whose
representatives died in great mum
hers on the former Spokane and Col
vrrfe Indian reservations In the State
of Washington, near the British Co
lumbian border, during this years
cold season.
A hardy breed and capable of en-
during the severest weather when
there is forage under the snow to be
uncovered by their hoofs, the wild
horses Of Washington have held their
own in the struggle for existence un-
The New York herald., 1922-04-13
STADIUM SUMMER CONCERTS.
Open July with HadIey and Van
Hoogstraten Conducting.

The summer concerts in the Lewisohn
Stadium OF the College of the City of
New York will begin the evening OF
July 8, 1t was announced last night by
Mrs. Charles S. Guggenheimer, chair
man of this years committee, and Ar
thur Judson. who will again be man
ager. Henry Hadley and william Van
Hoogstraten will be the conductors. Mr..
Hadley taking the first three weeks. Mr..
Van Hoogstraten the second three. Six
weeks of outdoor concerts, every night
In the week, have been decided upon.
There may be two additional weeks.
There are to be several changes in
the stadium musically. There will be a
new orchestra platform larger and set
further back. 1t Is to be built on new
scientific acoustic lines and will make
possible what never has been possible at
the stadium concerts before, the near
ing of the faintest pianissimo notes. The
field" at the foot of the stone steps, set
with tables and chairs, will be made
much larger.
No detailed announcement Is made as
to the orchestra, except that it will be
the best possible. The present plans
call for a new, technically perfect or
chestra platform. the best symphony or
chestra obtainable and moro work than
ever before upon the actual selection OF
the musical numbers, measuring them
by winter symphony standards.
Mr.. Van Hoogstraten sails for Europe
this Saturday on the Amerika. He and
his wife. ELY Ney the pianist, will spend
the greater part of the summer in Ba-
varia. returning to this country ia July.
His wife, with their little girl. who did
not come over with them this winter.
will get back here later, probably early
in the fall.