Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-04
THE REFEREE
tBy Albert Applet

Flying
A flying fivver, Weighing only 20o
pounds, is perfected by the British
government. 1t has a seven-horse-
power engine and travels % to AZ
miles an hour.
This gives you a glimpse into the
future when airplanes will be cheap
and fool-proof. Men won't have to
stay in cities then, to be near work.
They'll live far out In the country
and fly to cities which will be de-
serted except for shops. factories
Offices.
The big city is destined to be a
! passing phenomenon. Nerves and
bad health will drive us back to ma
ture.
Cities,
New York City will have six mil
lion population before many more
, months, according to estimates by
the Census Bureau. Chicago will be
half as large. Seventy-eight Ameri-
can cities will have over n hum
bred thousand population each by
, July l, as against only 68 in 1920.
We're packing closer and closer
together. Metropolitan residents,
bidding against each other for &C.
'commodations, wonder why rents are
high. In the country, cheap rents
Airplane will solve the rent problem.
And when men can live far out and
fly to and from work. each family
can have its own garden. Solution
of city problems is to abandon the
cities. Watch the airplane news.
The flying machine will turn our sys-
tenn of economics upside down.
limitations
Dealers who sell genuine pearls
are protesting against artificial ones
being allowed to use the name
pearl" Still. they are not sold as
the genuine article, SO they're not
m-isrepresented any more than
Brazilian diamonds" or other sub
%stitutes.
W. have an interesting letter from
a spiritualist who argues that some
mediums must be genuine because
there can't be an imitation unless
there is an original-a genuine"
That sort of reasoning would have
pleased the old Greek philosophers,
who could prove" that black was
white.
Money
Money, old friend, enters the en-
misunderstanding contest. In March
$3.50 million dollars worth of
checks were written and sent back
through the leading clearing houses.
That was nearly $3.50 for every man,
woman and child in the country. It's
rather a revelation as to the amount
of money that has to change hands
to keep things moving, especially
when you consider how much bust
ness is done on a cash basis.
Did $3.50 pass through your hands
in March, for each member of your
family? If not, o weren't up to
the average. Neither were WEI.
Figures lie and liars figure, to quote
Abe Martin.
Station woo, at Davenport,
Iowa, has an evening audience of a
million people, a government bull
letin estimates. You have noticed
that it's about the easiest station to
get-and usually the hardest to tune
out. Observe, it's centrally located.
Hope the government hustles with
the new broadcasting regulations.
Old Man Morse Code is putting q
crimp in amateur radio.
Voodoo
To keep baby from humping into
the stove when he begins to toddle,
tie a squirrels claw or the small
ear-bones of a rat around his neck,
This is done in many out-of-the-way
sections of our country, say a
writer investigating superstitions. II
makes you laugh. But
The 50 bill Is becoming so gener-
ally summed as an omen of bad luck
that Uncle Sam is thinking of retir-
ing it from circulation. Few of us
have altogether shaken the witch
doctors hokum out of our brains. Sc
much for heredity.