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The Washington times., 1923-05-15
When Birthdays
Are a Joy

Children lovebirthdays, for to them each sue.
ceedinr year brings more Of hope, activity and
friendship.
And old people enjoy birthdays because they
can look back proudly on what they have ac-
complished; the children they have raised, the
community respect they have earned, the story
Of unusual vitality that their years tell to all
the world.
On this, our third anniversary. we are privi-
legged as an institution to have the joys Of both
young and old.
We, too, can glance over our accomplish
have helped bring to fruition the community
esteem we have won, the evidence our age gives
Of a sturdy business constitution.
And with the clear gaze Of youth, we see life
stretching out before us SO full OF promise, OPP
portunity and good will that we await with
eagerness all that the future may bring.
The Washington times., 1923-05-15

gives pleasure to announce to thousands OF
friends and customers that the fire, while of
serious nature and considerable magnitude did not af
feet the operating department Of our plant in the
slightest.
Thanks to the prompt and splendid efficiency of the
Fire Department, it confined to the stock rooms
and certain portions of the main office
Deliveries and all other features of the business will
60 on without interruption.
The Washington times., 1923-05-15

agile contorti0n fsats.
Honorink the shipping Boards
debut in vaudeville house II.
stalclles are tIttssed n. sai,nr
costume ana souvenir b6okletn ~
the performances are awarded
Altogether . wham Of 4 biil.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
DON'T BORROW

Don't acquire the borrowing habit for it is a bad one and
it gains momentum quickly.
Many young girls get the habit, especially if they go
away to school, of borrowing each others clothes. OF course,
there is nothing actually wrong in the borrowing of ones
clothes, if one cares to do it, except that it forms the bor-
rowing habit.
Let that same girl enter the business world and she will
be the borrowing type. Every business woman is familiar
with the girl in the office who is forever borrowing ones
pencils and pens. What a nuisance she is, isn't she? Why
doesn't she keep her own pencil sharpened9 Why doesn't
she see that she has an eraser on it or that her pen is IN good
conditions Whyf-because she has acquired the borrowing
habit. It is so much easier to borrow from some one than to
bother about those little things ones self.
There is nothing actually wrong about that kind OF Dor
rowing either. It is only annoying and aggravating, aud Of
course, one doesn't like to gain the reputation Of being a
nuisance.
But from these two kinds of borrowing habits there often
grows another borrowing habit which many times leads to
trouble and unhappiness. That is the money borrowing habit.
It may be only an occasional dollar at hrst. Boon II oouoles
and trinles and before one realizes it, one has borrowed more
than one is able to pay. That means debt and debt always
means unhappiness. So don't start the borrowing habit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
BY MARIAN HALE
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, - Introduce the
jazz note into your costume II yor
wish to be smart" says Toxic, one
of the most original fashion design
ers in New York.
Get off the key occasionally and
break up the customary rhythms OF
blouse, skirt, and hat If you wish tc
be distinctly 1928" she advises.
Consistency may be a jewel, but
it is no longer a fashionable one
II you can just start a little discus
sion between your gown and your
earrings. or estrange your hat n
costume. and do it subtly, artistical-
ly and provocatively, you have the
makings of a sartorial success"
Toxic herself, who has another
name, Powell (but no one ever uses
it,, is one of the most successful
dressers and successful business wo-
men of the metropolis.
From portrait painter, she turned
into a fashion designer. The first
things she designed were for the
Princeton Triangle Club shows wher
she was living in Princeton.
With The Best
They were so enthusiastically re-
ceived she decided to plunge right in
on a big scale. So she rented and
equipped a shop in New York right
in the swagger Fffties, among al.
the smart shops that boast they
carry nothing but importations. and
went to work.
She announced frankly she hac
never been to Paris, and never ex-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Women Bridge
Protest Not Likely
To Be Granted

METUCHEN, July 1.-THE plar
of the State Highway Commission in
connection with the new bridge
spanning Highland Park and New
Brunswick and using Jones avenue
as main thoroughfare is not to be
altered according to present indi-
cations. Little encouragement was
given to the New Jersey State Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs who have
recently filed protests against the
use of Jones avenue declaring that
II would become a handicap for the
New Jersey College for Women
whose main building and campus
are located on that highway.
Governor George S. Silzer in q
communication to Mrs. Pricket de-
clared that he had nothing to dc
in the matter. General Hugh
Scott told Mrs. Prieket in a letter
that the commission will have &c
pursue the most economical way
when building the bridge which
points to the fact that Jones avenue
will be used in spite OF the clubs
protests.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

pected to go there for her styles
that she wasn't Influenced by them
in the least. But she was tremen-
dous1y interested in the American
woman.
And now her American styles are
so popular she can't fill all the or
ders she gets.
"Non-conformity is my motto, be-
cause the only way to be distinctive
is to be different, and to be different
you must have some ideas of your
own that run counter to Paris.
THE American girl is unlike ev-
cry other girl, because she is a COM
posite type, and she should show
this in her clothes.
What's Ahead
This season, elegance will be the
keynote of styles, l believe. The
fapper has turned into a lady. We
are going to see ruffled frocks thai
lie on the floor when you sit down
and have yards and yards of cloth in
them. They will require large hats,
French heels. and jeweiry.
skirts will be long generally. but
the length should always be deter
mined by the height and general
build of the wearer. never by rule.
Waistlines will go back to normal
Just for the novelty of it.
But the smart woman will OBJ
serve no rules. She will wear ear
rings with her sport suit, IL Ii
pleases her, and a iopppy hat with
a tailored suit If it seems right.
I'm no respect have women gained
their rights so completely as in the
world of fashion"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
MET CHINESE BANDITS

BY Nea Service
sEATTLE-"Boo pahi Boo pah.
Maguay bin dzi lalae!r
("Be not afraid Be not afraid.
The Americans are coming.")
The Chinese city of Chung King
surrounded at night by 1000 raging
followers Of 'Daw Jo," Chinese wo-
man bandit chieftain. Savage Celes-
tial devils hacking at the gates and
thirsting for blood.
Inside, hysterical and shrieking
natives and worried foreigners. No
means of resisting the enemy horde
outside, once the gates yield. No
chance of escaping a cruel and sense
less massacre.
And then off in the distance. Ian
terri lights flicker. A column of men
swinging rhythmically and nonchG-
lAntly in the darkness, the white of
their smart uniforms family seen in
the glow Of the bobbing lights.
Lookout Shouts
As the column draws nearer, the
'slouf-slouf" of foreign shoes upon
the ground.
A lookout perched on the wall
jumps with joy.
BOO pah! Boo pah, Ho. Ho! The
Americans are coming. Don't be
afraid"
The frightened throng inside takes
up the chant, sobbing will relief.
Staccato commands outside. A
rush. The attack. Then quiet.
Such is the picture of the China
of today as drawn by Miss Margaret
E. Deabler. Red Cross nurse, who
with a party of hospital workers.
has spent the last ten month"; in the
Chinese interior in the vicinity Of
the Yang-tse river, in the Interests
of the Syracuse in China" ho>:,ktal.
founded by the University of SYRIA
cuse, Of which she is a graduate.
At Chentu
Miss Deabler, arriving here from
the orient, will lecture in the EAST on
conditions in modern China.
With a party Of IL doctors and
nurses. she was stationed in the cit.
OF Chentu, in the province OF Sche'
zuam, 1900 miles inland, on tbs
Yang-tse.
They were studying the interior
language and conditions in prepare.
tion for the work in Syracuse In
China" hospital, which is now par.
TALLY built at Chung King, 1850
miles inland.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Teething syrups are dope and
nothing else. They should have
no place in a baby's life. Teething
rings may be used when the teeth
are to be cut. They satisfy the
baby's instinct to bite on some
thing. They may be hard rubber
Or celluloid, but whatever they
are they should be clean and not
picked from the floor, the resting
place for most of baby's things,
and put back into his mouth.
Tho healthy baby has very lit
tie trouble cutting teeth. He may
be a little off his feed" for a day
or so; or he may be irritable and in
clined to be slightly feverish. The
thing to do is to heed natures
warnings. Give MIN more boiled
water. Do not urge him to eat.
Keep him Quiet and in the air and
first thing you know there will be.
a shiny white line in his red gum
baby's first TOOTH
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
YOUR BABY AND MINE
Bv MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED

Teeth
There seems to be a concerted
idea mat IL the baby's teeth do not
appear on schedule that h mother
can help them along by teetning
biscuits of rubbing them rou
with a thimble, or helping them out
with LIQUID teething syrups. Tnis IS
e~roneous teeth grow like bones
ar muscles or any other part of the
human anatomy and it Is a safe m
dication when they come in prlgnt
and shiny and on time that the pany
is a good healthy baby, getting It's
due supply of nourishing food. II
thew are extraordinary late one may
be sure that it is not teething rings
or thimbles that are needed but 1000
the kind of food that will give the
teeth an impetus to growth.
Children do not teeth at eAactly
the same time. But there Is d se4-
oral uniformity. The first teeth
come between Ave and seven month
Nv the time the child is i year ola
he will usually have six teeth, four
urper and two lower. Between the
twelfth and fifteen month one can
expect the other w lowers, lnen
The molars or double teeth and then
the upper and lower double teeeh
last.
The cause of late teetn may ~
traced back to an inadequate diet
for the mother during pregnancy.
The tooth buds are In n GUMS
when the child Is born and will
evertualiy push themselves up
and out. We can't circumvent ma
ture. But IL the mother has had
"a diet poor in minerals and the
child is also fed poorly. either
through the mother or artihcial-
". we can only expect n a n
teeth will suffer as the po9y
suffers in every other way, n
perhaps less ~noticeably.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS MEN
By MARY ADRIAN
By MARY ADRIAN
THE MOTHER OF CAMILLE carrot
She Was an Artist in Making Gowns and Her Son Became the Full
fllment of Her Ambitions

A lifetime based upon q spirit OF
friendship and companionship with
his mother did a great deal to make
of Camille Corot, the great French
landscape artist, one of the worlds
most noted painters. A certain in
herited love Of beauty and tendency
toward the expression Of this love.
was also existent, although in the
mother it was manifested in the
making of gowns and hats.
Nine, Corot was a Swiss girl
who early IN life came to Paris to
learn dressmaklng and millinery.
Here she met corot, senior, who was
a foorwalker in a coutouriere's.
They were married, and the young
wife continued her work at home.
both before and after the birth of
their son. Later she opened her
own millinery shop, which was very
successful.
Nine. Corot was a woman Of In
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Some Refreshing
D nks Proposed
By Sister Mary

Every woman likes to offer a long,
cool drink to the chance caller on
a hot summers afternoon, but IL she
must spend most of the minutes of
the call preparing the refreshment
the caller Is uncomfortable and the
visit q failure. This informal serv-
Ing is a real problem to the woman
without a maid.
One solution Is to keep fruit sirups
on hand. If small fruits are canned
by the open kettle method there is
always a lot of extra juice. Save
the extra strip from each can and
when through with the canning, re-
scald the juice and seal in pint bot
ties or jars. Always be sur there Is
at least one bottle on ice. With the
addition of water and cracked ice a
refreshing drink Is ready in the
twinkling of an eye.
Fruit not perfect enough in shape
for canning might be used for fruit
sirup.
Lemon Slrup
Three, dozen lemons, 3 pounds
sugar, l quart water.
Wash lemons and CRATE rind.
| Squeeze juice from lemons. Put
grated rind, juice, sugar and water
in a smooth sauce pan and bring
slowly to the boiling point. Let boil
five minutes and pour into sterilized
bottles or jars and seal while boil
ing hot. Be sure the bottle or can
is full to running over when sealed.
Cool and put n bottle on ice and
store the rest in a cool, dark place.
When wanted dilute with cold wa
ter. Lemon strip on hand means a
great saving of time in an emer-
gency.
Raspberry Shrub
Six quarts raspberries, 1 quart
cider vinegar, granulated sugar.
Wash and pick over berries. Put
berries and cider vinegar in a stone
jar. Cover with a clean cloth and lei
stand 36 hours. Strain through a
jelly bag. Measure juice and use
cup for cup OF sugar and juice. Put
into preserving kettle and boil 10
minutes. Pour boiling hot into ster-
ilized bottles and seal. When want
ed, dilute with ice water.
Currant and Cherry Sirup
Four quarts red ~currants, l quart
sour cherries.
Wash fruit carefully. Do not
stalk currants. Put in preserving
kettle with just enough water TO
cover bottom of kettle. Heat slowly,
crushing with a wooden potato
masher to extract the juice. Simmer
until fruit Is soft and juice flows
freely. Strain through a jelly bag.
Stone cherries. Heat slowly as
with currants. Do not let the fruit
boil while extracting the juice.
Strain through jelly bag.
stone crock or un-nicked enamel
ware pan for "a hours. Strain
through jelly bag.
Fill sterilized bottles to within an
inch of the top. Cover corks of bot
ties with circles of cloth and put in
bottle loosely. Put the half sealed
bottles in rack in boiler and add
| enough cold water to three-fourths
cover bottles. Bring slowly to the
boiling point. Reduce heat and keep
| just at the boiling point for half an
hour.
Remove boiler from fire and let
cool slowly. When water is cold,
take out bottles and seal. To seal
force cork into bottle. Open cloth
around cork and cover. cork and
clsth well with sealing wax. Store
ma dark, cool place.
When used, sweeten with sugar
strip and dilute with ice water. The
strip has a remarkably fresh taste
when opened.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

telligence, industry and tact. she
was sturdy in body and strong IN
mind, and exceedingly ambitious for
her little boy. When she saw that
he apparently inherited her talent
for drawing-tshe of ten drew pat
terms and made sketches OF frocks
for ~customers) she vas delighted,
and encouraged him. giving him
things 10 copy from. She regarded
him as the artistic fulhllment Of her
self.
Camille and his mother were al
ways pals. He was a great admirer
of her proves as a costumer, and
once said to a friend:
Mamma is a sculptor who fm-
proves upon nature. II a woman
hasn't a good form she can supply
her with such amorous proportions
that lovers viii straightway fall at
her feet.
Next; The Mother Of Samuel Chass.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
BY MARIAN HALE
NEA Service Writer

NEA Service Writer
NEW YORK.-In the fight for
womau suffrage. Betsy Graves Ray
neau of Detroit was one of the most
earnest and interesting leaders. To
day she is quite as distinct a person.
ality in the artistic world.
Her portraits are exhibited at the
most exclusive Fifth Avenue art gal
leries, and celebrities flock to her
studio.
'They're so different" critics cay
of her oil studies.
That's because I try TO make each
portrait a character study" she told
me. II try to do with a brush what
Theodore Dresser does with words.
| study my sitters Is if l were gjing
to write about them instead Of paint
them. That's the reason | care very
little for doing merely pretty women.
Just putting a pink and white skin
and a rosebud mouth on canvas
doesn't interest me at all. I'd rather
paint disappointment, or bitterness,
or craftiness. or any personal quail
ity which is a definite attribute of
character and may be the very thing
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
that detracts from conventional
beauty or regularity"
Brains With Beauty

that detracts from conventional
beauty or regularity"
Brains With Beauty
That started us talking about the
modern type of woman that is being
developed by the complex existence
of today.
"As women become more intellec-
tual, they should improve in looks"
Mrs. Rayneau averred. Brains ac-
tually mean a better skull formation.
And I believe men will acquire q
taste for intelligent women. But af-
ter all, whatever type women pro-
gress to or revert to, men will always
have to accept them as they are.
They are so necessary to the race, no
matter what they become.
THE beautiful woman will always
have the advantage at the start, and
the brainy one at the finish.
"I have found that most beautiful
women were not intellectual, not be-
cause they didn't have the capacity,
but because they did not have to.
They could get all the excitement
they desire without exerting them
selves for it.
Personality Instead
1.-THE woman, however, who looks
into her mirror and sees hat her
Irish nose, Italian eyes, English chin
and German figure form a composite
type that has no claim to beauty, and
who admits frankly that since there
isn't much to attract men with on the
outside she'd better develop the in
side of her head, is the one that
grows a personality.
"And she's apt TO get more inter
esting as the beauty det~eriorates."
Mrs. Rayneau is a thorough femin-
list and believes in women and their
! possibilities. She believes they have
| everything now but recognition.
And when women can get a slant
on life that is purely emotional, or
that is a combination of intellect and
emotion, with the intellect holding
the emotions down where they
should be, they will force men to rec
ognize their worth and give them
their rights in the artistic world" she
concludes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
BROADCASTS
BY LORA KELLY
AL : !; Lac
MHEzEkRl
TcIItale Tablets

4CAAttAAC LdUhCbS
The sunshine thought for today is
that in some respects the world is
growing better.
Tombstones aren't particularly
cheerful reading, but when the moss
covered tablets are over 100 years
old and erected to strangers, one can
bear up hravely.
Social history is written pretty
plainly on some of those granite
slabs or ruder sandstone, craven
with chisels.
In one early nineteenth century
churchyaTd IRE are a number of
elegies which speak glowing of wo-
mans position in a bygone day.
Under a tangle of vines we read:
Erected to the Memory of Hezekiah
Praise-God Adams, Aged So" Near
by is another marker. Elizabeth.
wife of Hezekiah," ETC., aged 81"
Beside Elizabeth rests MARY Jane,
wife of Hezekiah," etc, Aged 30"
Under the willow tree Is Prudence.
Wife of Hezekiah," ETC., aged Al"
and just west Of her Is the fourth
faithful consort, who was a compan-
ion for his old age, Phoebe, Aged
54."
A long row of tiny stones, each in
dicating a baby under two years of
age, a few Of the names duplicated,
stretched It's significant length
across the foot of the family lot.
Almost any graveyard in communi-
ties which have been settled more
than 100 years contains mute testi-
mony of woman's hard life in
pioneer days.
Quantity production isn't anything
new in this country. Consider Heze-
kiah.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS

Notice is hereby given that the ANAL re-
port and map of the cost of curbing and
grading New Brunswick Avenue, was Med
In the office of the City Clerk Of the city
missioners of Assessments for street I'm
provemerts.
Owners of lands 10 be assessed for SAID
IN prnvcrlent are hereby notified that the
Ccrimissicrers OF Assessments will meet
in the Connect Chamber, at City Hail IN
the City OF Perth Amboy, on the a1Ht
day OF July, 1923. at 5 p. NJ. to consider
~jections which may be presented.
Dated. July 18th. 1928.
PHILIP p. COSTELLO.
CITY Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

We are able to offer our
readers nov a new ieaflct IN
feeding. How the baby should
be fed from the true he is 2
months to 3 years Is included In
this Slip. Any OF the readers OF
this department may have 1t by
sending ii self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope tho loose stamps)
and asking for 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

The cavalier cape has come back
but not this time for the cavaliers.
This old-time masculine style has re-
turned for feminine garb. The q V
alier care Is three-quarters length
and often, as 1t is sketched here
made entirely OF pleats. I. is much
more effective when worn with n
dress hat carries but the same
pleated style.
on the beach or on the street. lis
sritabieEess depends on tia ma
terial. Made Of jersey. wool canton.
or any OF the lrinted cottoa fabrics
in the light colors it is suited for
sports wear. Made of crepe de chine,
Poiret twill or a light French REP,
it will be a popular costume for :3Il
street YEA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Wall Paper

To remove wall paper from the
wall use a heaping tablespoon of
saltpeter to each gallon of hot
water and apply this mixture with
a brush.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
woman Is Appointed

CHICAGO, July 17-Mrs. Joseph
T. Bowen. prominent / ncivic activ-
tiles here. has accepted appointment
on the Republican national commit
tee, 1t was announced today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Salty Soup

When the soup is too salty add y
few slices of raw potato and remove
after they have boiled a few minutes
They will absorb some of the salt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Turn Mattress

Turn your mattress frequently.
from end to end and side to side.
Then It will wear evenly and be more.
comfortable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Practically all of the iodine of the
earth's surface is in the sea, ac-
.cording to DR.. McClendon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Drowned Beef

Put a little sugar to The liquor n
which you haste the roast1a&S
want it to get rich and brown ia
color.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

There were days not so long g
when yards of long clothes trailed
after the child who wasn't sufficient
~ old enough to make its protests
understandable. Ruffles, tucks and
heavy embroidered trimmings made
life still more difficult for both
mother and child.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Bandits raided and looted Chenfu
and the doctors and nurses fed down
river in Chinese junks.
THE entire population of Eche-
guam province" said Miss Deabfar,
SIS too busy either banditing or pro-
tecting itself against looters to find
time in which to build.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

Here is the latest version of what
any baby should wear. The dress is
simple with a side yoke closing. The
gertrude fastens on the shoulders.
The band has straps that button in
front. The outfit is planned so that
there is the minimum Of turnings to
get the baby dressed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
Women Swimming
Schedule at The "

The following swimming schedule
will be in effect at the Z. M. G.. A.
swimming pool tomorrow. Woinen's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17

ironing TabIeclofh
To iron your tableeloth to best adj
vantage fold it wrong side out with
selvages together and corners even.
Then iron both halves OF the wrong
side.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
POISON IVY

Or irritations caused by other nox-
ious weeds such as Sumach or Poi
son Oak can be relieved and remov-
ed by applying our PoSIoN Lo-
TON. You can buy'it in our phar-
macy at Csc on soc a bottle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-17
harmac y, Inc.

Tho Home Drug Store
Smith and Oak Streets
Perth Amboy, N. j.