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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
FoIey Pills Bring KeIlef

FOLEY PILLS are the best I
have tried. My kidneys work a lot
better since I received your generous
offer" writes John w. Brogan,
Adams, Mass. FOLEY PILLS are a
diuretic stimulant for the KIDNEYS
and while being taken close atten-
ton should be paid to the diet. Avoid
sweets, pastry. starchy foods, alco-
holic drinks, tea and coffee. Drank
plenty of good fresh water, and eep
the body warmly clothed. Refuse
substitutes. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
YOUR BABY AND MINE
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED

We are able to offer our
readers nov a new Ieaflet oh
feeding. How the baby should
be fed from the time he is a.
monthes to 3 years is included
in this slip. Any of the readers
of this department. may have 81
by sending a self-addressed,
stamped envelope (no loose
stamps) and asking for It.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

Often one wants to keep the pleats
close TO the hips; or in a pleated
section of a dress one wants to pre-
vent the pleats flying open.
A good method of holding them in
place is to tack n piece of tape or
binding ribbon acros the under side
of the pleating. Put this tape on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

AS the thermometer slides slowly
down. ones negligee attire must be
hanged for something warmer than
chiffon or silk crepe.
For practical wear the breakfast
coat of corduroy is recommended. 1t
is made of wide-waled corduroy
lined with silk and bound with silk
ribbon. 1t ties, in the fashionable
manner, on one side.
For decoration as well as utility
the other negligee sketched is ex-
actly right. 1t is a %slip~over gown
with odd wide sleeves and a girdle
that fits over ones hips.
Velvet or duvetyn are its materials
and marabou. moufflon or white rab-
bit it's trimmings. The girdle may
be beaded or of silk cord.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

I get a great many letters from women who write that there is a dafk
stain on their past lives. In the headstrong folly of youth they took q
step down the primrose path, then repented of their sin, and turned their
backs upon it, and laid hold upon righteousness.
Sometimes nobody knows of the slip but the girl herself and the man
who was her partner in wrongdoing., Sometimes a woman who had mixed
and had the courage to build anew her life in 0 place where Ter early
escapades ae unknown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
FUR-EDGED Wells

Fur-edged lace wells are a sarto-
rial novelty introduced recently on
tho small satin toques.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
PAJAMAS

Pajamas of pongee, bound with
several bands of brilliantly colored
ribbon, are both serviceable and at
tractive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
SATIN AND CREPE

Black satin and black crepe in al
ternate bands, very finely accordion
pleated, make a charming gown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

while the pleats are basted down in
place, and sew it with a backstitch
on the under edge of every pleat.
The first sketch shows the cloth
chalked for pleats and marked with
tailor tacks. The second shows the
pleats basted down. right side out.
The third shows the pleats wrong
side out. with the tape sewed on to
hold them in place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
SUEDE PUMPS

Suede pumps to match the cos
tune are almost the rule this sea-
son
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

OF the beverages consumed In
America only a very small proper
ton is made from fruits
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

Then love comes to these women. Good men offer them
marriage and an honorable place In society. And the cues
ton they ask is, shall they tell these men the stories of their
lives before they marry them. or bury their secrets. IN their
hearts. and leave the matter on the knees of the gods?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

Three hundred gallons Of ice
cream 700 loaves of bread, and 49,
900 rolls are served each day by one
New York hotel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

That is a problem that no human wisdom canesolye, for, 81 far As
does and damned If she doesn't Her chances of getting happiness-~
tents to the man who has asked her to be his wife are about even, with the
odds for happiness slightly in favor Of keeping the Id lannpe DOWN g
and hard on her secret. a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

The question of right does not enter into the matter un-
less you institute a prematrtmonial confession In which men
shall bare their souls as well as women. There is no more
reason why a woman should tell a man every detail of her
past than there is why he should tell her of every time he has
strayed off of the straight an d narrow path.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

shows no gain or too low a gain for
several weeks then we know it Is
time to make some change in his
diet.
The baby who is gaining enor.
mously every week Is Just as surely
in need of some alteration in his
diet so that his small stomach may
not rebel at being so consistently
overloaded. Altogether, weight IL
the n sur indication OF a normal
development, and should be consid-
cred in that way.
A baby may be weighed wrapped
in a soft blanket, afterward weigh
ing the blanket alone and subtract
ing its weight.
If you wish one of leaflets on
"Weaning," 'Layettes" or Food Up
to the First Year" please send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
and ask for one or all of them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26
O DIX'S LUM

There's No Reason Why Women
Should Reveal the Secrets of Their Past
Lives Any More Than Men Do-Happi-
ness Will Come by Forgetting Post
Mortems and Starting the Slate Clea
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

Men have had the wisdom to perceive this. They realize
that what a woman doesn't know doesn't hurt her, but that
the thing that she does know she worries herself to death
over, and sc few men are foolish enough to furnish a wife
with a working diagram OF their past lives with which she
can torture herself. and them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

They draw a discreet veil over episodes that are best forgot
way, and deal only in glittering generalities in referring to Il
bachelor days.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

Moreover, women are sensible enough to let it go at
No woman wants her husband to tell her things that stab
every time she thinks of them, and that eat like a cank'
her memory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

1t is true that a couple who knew the worst OF each other would Sta
out their life together o a firm foundation of honest understanding, b
nobody can claim that it would make for their felicity, r increase the
affection for each other. -
on the contrary, they would have swept away every illusion. The
would have destroyed the faith of each in the other, and they would hs
called into being an evil spirit, a grizzly ghost out Of the past, that the
could not Danish, and that would forever stand between them. ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

But when there is nothing of this kind. n
youthful folly, n mistake. a blunder in the darl
pented of and lived down, it seems to me the pa
for both men and women to forgo post-mortems,
the slate clean and make a fresh start.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-26

OF course, when either a man or a woman's past life hal
sinister curse that reaches out and lays a hand on the future Q
he or she marries, he or she is bound in honor to tell the other
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
| A v STUDENTS
AID COLLEGE
FUND
Georgetown to Receive $685.
341 for Endowment From
That Branch.

Georgetown law school students
who have succeeded in raising an
additional $6,706 toward the endow.
ment fund for the university since
the close of the local drive last
Saturday will meet tonight for a
final accounting. It is expected to
boost the law school quota to
SIS 200.
The total amount subscribed to
date by the students and faculty is
$69, 341, of which the students raised
$54,34 Their nearest competitors
were the college students who sub
scribed $43,504.
The class presidents at a meeting
Thursday reported the following
amounts raised: Albert H. Kirch.
ner, first year evening class, 1926,
Jerome Walsh, first year morning,
$5,460; F. J. Fitzgerald, second year
evening, $11,965; e. M. Toland, S..
400; Al J. Kane, senior class, $18,.
921; George M. Hanley, post grad
uate class, $3.50. The seniors are
out to raise $4,000.
Subscriptions toward the local
quota, which was oversubscribed by
$150,0O0, are continuing to come
into the office of the endowment
association, it was announced. Nc
official count will be made until all
returns have been received, but the
amount will be-. in excess of $500, 900
The Washington times., 1923-04-27

ADVERTISEMENT.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
PRISONERS AID
DISCUSSES
PLANS
Fate Of Offenders When Freed
From occoquan Worries
Superintendent.

What becomes of local offenders
against the law when their time 10
up at the Occoquan workhouse,
and they are turned back into
Washington with a jail record be-
hind them?
William l.. Meyer, superintendent
of the Capitals penal institution, is
worried about the future OF these
men and women, he told the ami.
versary meeting of the Prisoners
Aid Society in the Washington Club
last night.
Since last July, he said. more
than 1900 petty lawbreakers have
been released from the workhouse.
Most of them, 1t is supposed, have
taken UP their lives in Washing.
ton once more, with none to give
them a boost along the road OF
right living.
The various moral influences
thrown about them in jail should
be followed up after the prisoners
release, said Mr.. Meyer, by trained
social workers.
Major William L. Peake, District
taller, brought another angle into
the discussion, showing that while
the prisoners were well cared for al
| the city's expense, their innocent
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
|Seaplanes Run Down
Two Marines Who
Escaped Guards

PENSACOLA, Fla, April II.
-Seaplanes were used in run
ming down two prisoners who
escaped from the marine guard,
and who are back in their cells
today.
The pair sought shelter in the
dense cumberland north OF the
naval air station. They had
reached Bayou Grande, the
northern limit of the Govern
ment reservation, when the
planes were sent after them.
From their vantage point,
skimming above the bayou, the
pilots easily detected the fleeing
men and, gliding to the WATER
recaptured them.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
LISTS FOR HORSE
SHOW WILL CLOSE MAY {

Melvin Hazen, manager of the
National Capital Horse Show, re-
minds those intending to exhibit or
participate in the meeting coIn
mencing May Is that entry lists
will close May 5.
The 1928 show promises to eclipse
all preceding in class of horses
shown and diversity of events
Chargers from the A. e. F. stables
Brig. Gen. Mitchell's hunters and
imported hunters, entered by Mai
Gen. H. K. Bethel. military attache
of the British embassy, will be
among those vying for ribbons.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
SAYS SHAMPOO WITH
OLIVE OIL TO HAVE
GLOSSY HAIR
usE PALMoLryE SHAMPOO

Glossy, soft and shining hair is
not SO hard to have as you think.
Beauty specialists now say to sham
poo with olive oil-that Is the Sc
cret. Because it is the miidest of
cleansers; leaves hair soft and plant,
cleaning richly. Thousands of the
heads of beautiful hair you see are
due to it. The simplest form and
easiest to use is Palmolive Sham
poo. Thoroughly cleans the hair
and scalp-removes all dandruff.
Never leaves hair dry or brittle.
You can obtain it at any drug or
department store for few cents a
bottle. It works wonders. Use 1t
Just once, and you will note the
Improvement.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27

wives and children were thrown for
the time on their own resources.
Judge Kathryn Sellers OF the
Juvenile Court, suggested that
churches. regardless of denomina-
ton, should supply the "follow-up
workers. The conditions described
by Meyer and Major Peake, she
said, are known to the churches,
and many are doing work along
the lines indicated. Harry G.
Gaskell and DIR. william c. Rives
also spoke. The Rev. d. r. Covell
presided.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
No More
Wrinkles!
New Discovery SmO0ths
Them Like Magic

@ CIENCE has perfected a remark
- able new treatment-which is
guaranteed to remove every tired line
and wrinkle, no matter how deep
seated it may be
Nothing like this new treatment has
ever been known before. You just
press small quantity of delightfully."-
fragrant cream into the wrinkle, let it
remain for a short while, then remove
1t. AS if by magic each line and
wrinkle is gently lifted away, reveal
ing charming new youthful com
.plexion Even after the first few days,
the face appears years younger looking
This new discovery is called Domino
Wrinkle Cream. Women everywhere
say it is the greatest beauty discovery
in years For it proves that there is
no longer any excuse for beauty-spoil-
ing wrinkles. Why let unsightly lines
and wrinkles rob you of your attrac-
tiveness when they can now be so
easily banished? Get Domino Wrinkle
Cream today. Sold by all good drug
and department stores.
The Washington times., 1923-04-27
Diamond
Flashes:

There lis a type of
diamond known in the
trade as q "Flash. |"
The term is quite de-
scriptive, for it signi-
fies a diamond de-
signed to make an
ostentatious, glitter
ing show.
- - -
Flashes" are usually
inferior stones, cut so
as to present an ex-
pan Sive sur face.
Fla w s and carbon
spot s are common,
color is apt to be poor
and the worst Cheap
ening" point of the
stone - its shallow
nessis concealed by
the mounting.
From an investment
poin t of view, a
Flash" is most un-
satisfactory, as is the
case with all inferior
diamonds. The value
of the Flash" is
vested largely in the
owners pride of pos
session.
The appearance of
wealth, however, is
often useful both in
business as well as
social circles. And,
unQuestionably, a dia-
mond indicates pros
pe1ity in a greater de-
gree than any other
possession that one
may display.
- -
The point involved is
simply one of good
business judgment. A
side-by-side COMPARE
son of a Flash" with
a smaller diamond of
fine quality, will i'm
pei the vast majority
of people to decide in
favor of the latter.
Fine diamonds, flaw
less, of clear, white
color, properly pro-
portion d and ac-
curately cut are not
only priced posses
sions and impressive
ornaments, but a safe
and profitable form
of investment.
= - -
We have been dealing
in these first quality
diamonds for more
t h an half-a-century
and, when we urge
you to consid er
quality first when
buying a diamond, we
speak from a lifetime
experience.
= . .
In these fifty odd
years as diamond
merchants we have
sought not simply to
please each patron
but to assure them
permanent satisfac-
ton.
+ +
And three generations
of Washington's best
people will testify to
our success.
R. Harris & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

the storage for potatoes. Both the
crown and Mr.. Splat abandoned their
and the John Harris of the day came
into his own again.
Subsequently, another descendant
Of the family, Mrs. Gator Of Trews-
bury, Cirencester, purchased the
service, and by this ladys orders II
was offered for sale at Christie's.
When unearthed n:nety-five years
ago, the local experts judged it to be
Of Queen Anne design. The judges
of today know better. For years
collectors have been endeavoring to
vately, but have failed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

monograms. Later on the rim OF
each was engraved with the coat Of
arms of Sir Christopher Harris.
Time went on: the civil war began.
Sir Christopher's descendant held a
command in the royal forces at Ply
mouth and became alarmed for the
safety of the heirlooms. Accordingly,
he had them hidden away in a cave
in the parish Of Northampton, on
Dartmoor, and the secret Of their
hiding place died with him.
For nearly 200 years the Eliza
bethan banqueting service lay in the
ground. Then at Christmas time,
1897, the countryside rang with the
story of it's discovery by Mr. Splat
of Brixham. who wished to enlarge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
Earthlight.
cUNLIGHT, moonlight and starligt

CUNLIGHT, moonlight and starlight
are familiar to every one, but
earthlight, on the other hand. is per-
haps known only to the scientists
If the layman be of an observant
turn, he may notice that after the
sun is eighteen or twenty degrees
below the horizon. so that twilight
IS no longer possible and the stars
are not especially bright and clear.
there will be a peculiarly greenish
glow about the whole circle of the
horizon, gradually falling off to alb
solute darkness at the zenith.
This is earthlight. The observatory
Of Groningen, in Holland, has made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
Lake of EPSON Salt.
TT appears the famous asphalt lal

TT appears the famous asphalt lake
of Trinidad has Il rival. At
Basque. in British Columbia, is Il lake
than contains not asphalt, it is stated,
but EPSON salt. extending to a depth
OF forty-one feet and perhaps even
a greater depth
The miners who discovered the lake
drilled to that depth and were then
obliged to cease for lack of drilling
facilities. The lake is said to cover
an area Of seven acres and TO have
hard crystal surface. When the
snow melts from the mountains the
surface is covered six inches deep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

land a certain John Harris command
ed thirty-f1ve volunteers ON a vessel
called the Adwyse, and a relative.
william Harris. paid ESQ, a much
larger sum then than it is now, to-
ward the defense Of his country.
The HARNESSES, as a reward OBJ
tanned considerable share of the
loot from the luckless Spanish ships.
In 1851, it is known. the family
possessed a few silver gilt dishes.
The spoils from the Armada permit
ted the making Of more. Accord
ingly, the service was extended to
fifteen dishes and seven plates. sew
orally hall-marked for the years 1893,
1904 and 1901, and carrying the
makers mark-three trefoils and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
Some Famous Dishes.

TN a London auction room not long
ago there was sold a service Of
twenty-five silver gilt dishes. so
beautiful in themselves and so IA
nous historically that they brought
nearly 100000. The romantic story
of the Harris Elizabethan banquet
ing plate, as it is known, is thus told:
At the time when the Spanish Ar
mazda had set out to conquer Eng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

a report on this light According to
the measurements taken on luminous
nights, using the light Of star OF
the first magnitude as a unit, the sky
about the zenith has an illumination
in a square degree varying from .os
to .16, of which only .02 is starlight,
the, rest being earthlight-one OF the
most mysterious Of all electrical
phenomena.
On the cloudiest nights, with no
star visible. this earthlight will make
an appreciate impression on pho
Geographic plate and at certain times
it is as intense as twilight.
The explanation is that it is a per-
manent aurora, not confined to any
one section Of the heavenA L4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

with water. which quickly become
brine. Then the sun evaporates +.
and all that is necessary is to scof"
and lift off the thick crust that Ia.
formed. Spring freshets prepare ar
other seveu-acre pan, and the miner :
harvest Il crop that they may dispose
Of for SO a ton. 4 few years ag"
the same product sold for 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
As Safe in Turkey.

From the Kansas City Star.
With 50 many murders being. con
mitted in America just now. ono be
gins To think that the official report
/ stating that American citiZeng are
as safe in Turkey as in their own
country may verge upon tho truth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

evenly diffused. In the familiar
aurora the green line Of the spectrum
is always present and the same char
acteristic is to be found In the earth
light phenomenon.
Evening star., 1923-02-11
REPUBLICANS TO HOLD
MEMORIAL FOR LINCOLN
114th Anniversary Will Be Marked
by Masonic Auditorium
Services.

Arrangements for the 114th ami
yersary of Lincoln's birthday to b."
held by the League Of Republican
State Clubs. under auspices of the
republican state committee and the
Harding and Coolidge Club. Tuesday.
at the Masonic Auditorium. have been
completed.
Edgar Z. Snyder. president of the
league: William T. Galliher, chair
man of the republican state commit
tee, and Louis A. Dent. president of
the Harding and Coolidge Club. and
Edward +. Colladay, national republi-
can committeeman for the District,
constituting the executive committee,
announce that the principal address
will be delivered by Representative
William A. Rodenberg of Illinois
Lincoln's home state.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willenbrandt
assistant attorney general of the
United States, and John Hays Ham
mond will also address the meeting
| Edgar &C. ShSdet.' United States
marshal for the District. will preside
| Special music has been arranged by
! the Washington Quartet. consisting
F.! of j. +. NJ. Bowie. Mrs. Bowie. Miss
Mclean and Fred East, with George
Wilson at the piano.
! President Harding and his cabinet
Evening star., 1923-02-11
Allan Davis, James G. Wilkes and
Joseph C. McGarraghy.

Allan Davis, James c. Wilkes and
Joseph C. McGarraghy.
Nine acts will constitute the pro-
gram of the Vaudeville Review. The
committee has selected the cream Of
stars of bygone high school dra-
matte fame to be its cast. among
those of the fairer sex who will par
tictpate are: Miss Franc Schreiner.
Miss Una Garner. who has scored
some notable hits recently In amateur
circles; the Smith Sisters, soprano
artists; Misses Eileen Lallie and
Sarah Kane. the Jimmy" girls of the
St Patrick's Players; Misses Inge and
O'connor, two st. Patrick's thesplan
stars. The young men, who will play
the heroic acts are: Eddie" Rein
muth, leading man in "The Private
| Secretary. 1919; Elton B. Taylor. now
with the Shakespearian Society; The
| Drifter Trio" in the personages Of
Harry Frame, William Gross and
Joseph Jackson: Tom Du Fief, the
! perfect lover; "Spotty" Harvey and
| Tom Murray. Lew Frank. lie Roy
Mccarthy and. Alfred McGarraghy.
| The committee in charge of ar
rangements consists of A. McGarra-
ghy. chairman: Marie Collins, secre-
tary; NJ" p. Bradshaw, NJ J. Watts
/ garet Criser, program: Gregory Lani-
| gan. school chairman, and John A.
Reilly, publicity.
| The committee at large consists OF
| Misses II. B. Bell, A. A. Jones. 3. l.
| Yoder, j. c. Mace, F. NJ. Butts. NJ
Mcmahon, E. l.. Corbett and *. Cut
| water.
Evening star., 1923-02-11
Must Boy Take
Debts of Dad?
Is Court Issue

Shall a hoy be made to pay his
fathers debts? This, in effect. is
the question argued yesterday before
Justice Siddons in the District Su-
preme Court.
George Howard, bank president
and clubman, died January %,
1919, owing $4,000 to the estate of
his mother, Lady Cecilia Howard
of England, formerly Miss Riggs
of this city. His father, Sir Henry
Howard, life tenant of the estate.
was still living. but died in 1921.
George Howard's son, Henry How
ard, sixteen years old, is his only
heir and is entitled to one-ffth
Of the estate of his grandmother,
which share Is estimated at
$4,000.
The other heirs of the estate re-
side in England. and have re-
Trust Company, the trustee of the
estate, to have the court determine
whether the debt due by George
Howard should not be paid from
the share which descends to his
son because of his death. The
boys share will be wiped out n
REQUIRED to take up his fathers
burden. it is stated.
Attorneys Jeffords & Dutton ap-
near for the trustee and the Eng
iish heirs, and claim the estate
should be reimbursed before amy
money is paid over to the BOY. Al
torneys Frank j. Hogan and +. L.
tones contended the boy Is en-
titled TO his share free from the
incumbrance OF his fathers debts
Justice Siddons took the matter
under advisement