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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-17
Drive 1t

Drive the 1924 Cleveland with
its new power plant and sixteen
other big improvements Even
if it were not powered by the
finest motor of its size ever placed
in an automobile, it would still
be the soundest investment in
the light six field
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-17
SHEET METAL
a. B. MASON

skylight, Metal Getting. Timing. Pipeless
Furnace and General Sheet Metal Work
90 JEFFERSON ST. TEL. SIG
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-17
KOREKTO IS CERTAINLY
WONDER, SAYS
Mr.. LUTHER ROBERTS

81 was troubled with Indigestion
for the past SO years, I have tried
almost everything under the sun,
that was advertised for indigestion
and heartburn, and to tell the truth,
was reluctant to take Korekto; now
1 am mighty glad l did. The first
bottle gave me instant relief and L
am glad to recommend Korketo to
all sufferers with indigestion and
heartburn" Signed.
LUTHER ROBERTS.
525 State ST., Perth Amboy, N. ].
Korekto Is Guaranteed to Make
You Feel Better, Eat Better and
Sleep Better.
National Pharmacy Stores, Inc.
Smith st. and Madison Ave-,
Perth Amboy. N. j.
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A CAR AND A WIFE, A PLEASING LOVE STORY

is good pal. And they all knew
Marcella Du Vol as such.
DO you ever regret the fact
that you didn't marry her, Bob?"
Dense Albert Farr asked the
question.
II don't regret the fact that
I'm going to marry her." Bob
snapped back. Come on. Let's
play golf.''
While they played, Marcella
flew past the blooming apple or
chards, the green fields, the cosy,
little country homes, and the
other alluring things that exist
in the late spring. The beauti-
full sailor tilted rakishly to one
side. her hair escaped its net,
her gloves split, but still she
drove on. And all because she
didn't know how to stop that car
or turn around
She wished she had the agent
there. She wished she had the
car back in the garage and her
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; money spent for it back in the
bank. She wished-and then she
gave a dry sob. go She knew she
was going to be killed. She
Well, right then she ran into
a hig wagon of hay, jogging up
the road. Crash of glass; That
was her lights. A sudden bend
ing! That was her fender as the
car turned. And with another
bumped she stopped.
Exactly an hour later Bob Ben
nett arrived with the agent in
his gray roadster. HE was play
ing me round of golf when they
called out to him from the garage
about your accident" Bob ex-
planned his presence to the rather
disheveled Miss Du Vol, who
tried to glare at him. Hell
take your car back to the garage
to get it a bumper, and I'll drive
you back to the courthouse to get
q husband"
Miss Du Vol mounted the seat
beside him. She looked at his
square chin, his firm hands and
Lis mouth, closed in firm line.
The agents back was turned.
And very quietly she slipped out
of her role and became Marcella
again. She buried her face in
the collar of his tweed coat.
"Oh, Bob" she begged, cant
we stop at my house long enough
for me to comb my hair? 1 know
that courthouse crowd and l
don't want them to say that 1
made a frumpy looking bride"
Bob Benefits mouth lost it's
firmness. His eyes shone. You
darling!"' he forgot the agent and
put both his arms around her.
You are just as frivolous as a
flapper. OF course, you do need
a. husband, even worse than /
thought. And the one you are
going to get wants you dolled up
fit to kill. So Wen drive past
YOUR apartment and you can have
whole half-hour to get ready,
while l get a minister.
The automobile agent turned
just then. And. knowing women
as well as automobiles, he spoke
to Bob Bennett instead OF to
MarceIla Du Vol. THAT bumper
will be on i'm the morning" he
said; "you folks can have your
car by . o'clock.
And he started back to town to
spread the news that there was
going to be a wedding.
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turbed. You haven't even had
a bumper put on that car" he
said.
Il do not need bumper any
more than l need a husband"
Then Bob Bennett reached out
and grasped her arm. What you
need, young lady," he forgot her
thirty years, lis a husband. You
have needed one for ten years.
Your judgment needs one: your
fiery temper needs one, and"
A little later, in her beautiful
new car, she drove down the
street very, very carefully and
out toward the country club. She
wasn't going to stop there.
Bob Bennett and several other
men were just starting on the
course when she passed. They
all waved at her. For, after all,
it takes real men to appreciate
the value of a good business
woman, who wears beautiful
feminine-looking clothes, retains
all her feminine charms, and yet
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A Serial Replete With Romance, Adven-
ture in the Worlds Capitals, and
Stirring Situations

; q. few hundred dollars in Amerf-
can yellowbacks. Under these was
a plate of etched steel, such as
might be used for an exceptionally
large business card. There were
also a package or two of letters,
banded and sealed, and larger
package of unmounted photo
graphs, carefully tied together and
as carefully sealed where the
yellow tape-ends had been knotted
together.
The one thing that caught and
held Kestner's attention was a
dispatch-box of metal covered with
AN outer case of worn pigskin. He
drew this to the front of the
safe, turning it over. and over
and flashing his light interroga-
lively about it. It was locked,
and his spider" was too large
to be of use.
He hesitated for a moment, but
only for moment. Then he caught
up the plate of etched steel, held
the box under his knee, and
worked the edge Of the plate be-
tween the box and its lid. Then he
was sufficient to make the lock-
pried with all his force. That force
bar yield and let the lid fall back.
A moment later he was going
through the contents.
The first thing on which his
wavering pencil of light fell was
a methodic bundle of blue-prints,
each print folded to the size Of
a legal envelope, and each backed
by several pages of typewriter
matter and enigmatic rows of
figures. interpersed with small
designs, the nature of which the
man with the flashlight had no
time to determine. But what i'm.
pressed him, even in that cursory
survey, was the care and neat
ness with which each document
had been prepared and filed away.
On the back of each, he also
discovered. stood a methodicalIy
penned descriptive-title, and he
stopped closer to decipher these
titles. Then he stopped and took
a fuller berath, as though IN un-
looked-for shock had imposed OH
him the necessity of some prompt
mental REIMBURSEMENT For the
documents into which he had
peered at haphazard were labelled
as follows:
TO Be Continued Monday
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A RECIPE OF
EXCELLENCE

Triple roll is a delicious lunch
con dish. Boil two pounds of
tripe in one piece as directed. In
the meantime, boil, mash, and
season four large potatoes. Add
to them one tablespoonful of
chopped onion, two cupfuls of
soft bread-crumbs, one-half
green pepper chopped fine, one
pimento chopped fine, one tea
spoonful of salt, one-eighth tea
spoonful of pepper, and little
paprika. Lay the trip on a, board
and spread it with the mixture.
Roll tightly and tie wit ha string.
Roll tightly and tie with a string.
oil, and again in flour. Lay six
strips of bacon over the top and
place in a roasting pan on a
trivet. Bake for one hour at a
temperature OF $50 degrees
Fahrenheit. Cut the roll In slices
for serving and cover with hot
tomato sauce highly seasoned.
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ROMANCE OF
JEWELS
BY Barbara Bayne-
The Excelsior" Diamond.

80 ~S~S0S~b D6&SbGOBSAe
" HAT which some men call,
fortune, some fate and
- others providence caused a
kaffir in the Jagersfontein mine,
South Africa, on June 80, 1898, to
stoop, pick up an enormous crys-
tai weighing 971A carats out of
the "blue" and secrete it in his
blouse. With the end of that
days work a mans lease on that
part of the Jagersfontein expired.
And the big stone was the last
found on that day!
The Kaffir delivered it to the
manager and was rewarded with
500 pounds and what be valued
far more, a horse and saddle.
In point of size the crystal
eclipsed any diamond then in the
world-even the great Mogul
was relegated to second place,
SO they named it Excelsior"
In the rough it measured inches
in length, ~ inches thick and
its breadth varied from ~ to 2A
inches.
News of the discovery flashed
round the globe and the whole
civilized world-interested in dia-
monds-boiled with excitement.
Though the color was fine,
expert examination revealed in
ternal flaws so placed that their
elimination could only be ac-
complished by reducing the stone.
No purchaser could be found to
pay the fabulous price demanded
for the enormous crystal, and in
1904 it was decided to entrust it
to an Amsterdam firm to cut.
The three largest cIeavases
weighed 1853, 147, and 100 carats,
respectively. The remaining $40
carats were cut into drop and 4
marquise shape brilliants. I'm
fortunately, the present owners
of the large stones are unknown.
THE "CuIlinan Diamond is the
Subject of the Next ArticIe)
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

mo man can lose what he never
had.
Said IZaak Walton 1599-1683
in his noted work 1.-The Compleat
Angler"
"GlOries like glOwwOIms afar
off shine bright"
This expressive line is from
THE White Devil" by the Eng
hsh dramatist, John Webster,
published in 1912.
Words are the money Of fools"
Those who are not wise accept
mere words in payment of serv-
ices rendered. Hence the saying
of John Hobbies G5S8-167O in
1.-The Leviathan."
cali political power is a trust"
According to the English states
man, Charles James Fox, in a
speech in 1888.
There is 10 grief which time
does not lessen and soften"
Wrote the great Roman orator,
Cicero. in one of his epistles.
Copyright, 1929, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?

1.-When was shakespeare
comedy "Alls Well That Ends
Well" first played?
2.-When was the revolver in.
vented?
3.-When was Hot Springs, Ark.
ansas, made a national park?
4.-When did Lafayette revisit
America?
When was the London Bridge
built?
ANSWERS to these queries will
be printed MOndayD
ANSWERS
TO yesterdays questions.
Gold coin was introduced by
Croesus, King of Lydia (56O-546
3. c.
2.-Flute is said to have been
invented in Phrygia in the Six
teenth century Is. G..
3.-The celebrated battle of
Marathon, Greece, took place 400
B. c.
4.-Benjamin Harrison was
President of the United States
from 1SS9-1S93.
"Stonewall" Jackson died
May 10, 1858. \
tcopyriEht. 1928. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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By Ninde Harris.
/<"IVE thousand dollars,
five thousand dollars,
- FIVE THOUSAND DOL

FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS"
Miss Du Vol tilted her proud;
little head, on which the expen-
sive, black sailor had a jaunty
BALANCE little more to one side,
tried not to look down at her trim
suede oxfords and her beautiful
crepe dress with a feeling of
pride, while she sang that refrain.
She even attempted a careless air
as she passed the Wilton apart
ments.
But she could not do exactly
that. She knew every bachelor
in all those bachelor apartments,
who saw her, was saying, "SHE
won that $4,000 bonus the insur.
ance company offered. And she
was the only woman competitor
against thirty-seven men," She
hoped/they added, "And she can't
be a day over twenty years DID,"
In reality she was exactly
thirty.
Then the gayest of all the gay
bachelors came swinging down
the apartment steps. He wore
gray tweed; he was carrying golf
sticks; and his nifty golf cap did
not quite hide all the gray that
sprinkled his hair.
Hello, Marcella," he called boy
ishly. Even if Miss Du Vol had
become a dignified Garner of a
salary of five thousand dollars a
year, besides another five thous-
and in bonuses, she was still
Marcella to him. For hadn't they
gone TO school together, and
hadn't he proposed TO her almost
as many times as she was years
old? And wasn't he the only
bachelor in that apartment whom
she couldn't fool about her age?
Miss Du Voll waited. II am
going out in my new car" she
said loftily.
Goodness no, Marcella," Bob
Bennett, the gayest bachelor lost
some Of his unconcern and drop
ped his golf sticks. "You mustn't
do that. You don't know enough
about that machine yet to reverse
or do anything except have Il
collision of some sort"
Marcella kstamped her foot.
Bob Renne was not a bit dis
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y Ann Isle.
Whose Married Life Serials Have
Won q Nationwide Success.
copyright, 1898. by International
News Service.)

SAuiys MS ndHuS cldsp
a ing mine 50 that /
felt his strength running from.
his hands to mine that were sud-
denly SO cold. He went to sleep
-painlessly."
/ hardly knew that had
screamed until I felt Jim hold
ing me close and rocking me in
his arms as If were baby.
Under the soothing Of his voice
the hot tears came from my eyes
which had gone burningly dry
for minute or two. The tears
rested me. Suddenly I felt my
self grow firm and calm.
Poor Neal!'' / whispered. II
must get ready to go to him. .
Il bought you the black you'll
need, dear" said Jim. Its here
in this suitcase all packed and
ready. That was attended to be-
fore phoned.''
Jim, dear!" / managed. But
as I tried to. find some way of
telling him what his magnani-
nous love meant there was a
click of q key in the lock and
MY brain clicked in unison.
''Phoebef' I gasped. You're
planning to stay with herr"
I'm planning to persuade her
that my place is with you" Jim
flung back at me. III tell her.
You mustn't try. 1 won't have
you hurt
''HelIo!' breezed Phoebe's
voice. Look at the spoony low
ers sitting in the twilight. Me for
electricity! I'm ready to have
the blind staggers after an all
afternoon shopping session
need illumination
At the words she switched On
the brilliant overhead chandelier
we so seldom use. Mechanically
/ tried to smooth out my face.
But in the glare of light it must
have been revealing, for Phoebe
cried:
What is it," Anne's been cry
ing. Why are you home so early?
Neal
Quickly then, before she could
work herself up into hysteria.
Jim took his little sister in his
arms and told her the news with
which he'd just had to cause me
such grief. His firm tone COM
manded control of Phoebe. but
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Gained in Every Way

Buffalo, N. VT had some female
troubles that just run my health
down so that lost my appetite and
felt miserable all the time. could
not lift anything heavy, and a little
extra work some days would put me
in bed. A friend had>told me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and gained in everyway, could
eat better and felt stronger. / had
found nothing before this that did me
so much good. Mrs. j. GRACE, 291
Woltz Avenue. Buffalo. N. Y.
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anything heavy
without having q
backache. / tried
different things.
Then / saw Lydia
E. Pinkham 'sVeg-
etable Compound
advertised In the
newspapers and
began taking it as
the dire tions
said. I feel very
good now and can
do all nv work. I
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HUPID-frst DAMS in the attic-joyuy caroing
the top Of his yrcsoprano voice the Spring
when other sung"Thuh
glad that King Winter packed his trunks with all his and
the white spilled
throwing
the cedar bathing
stockings and frocks
Busy gilded dreams OF moon
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r. A LII right, Wilsnach. This
may be a busy night
4A for both of u.s."

"Goodt' said Wilsnach as he
hung up the receiver, for this
piano-recital business has its
drawbacks!''
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LlIlIlIlIIIIIIlIIIlIII

recommend the Vegetable Compound
to all my friends, and you can use my
testimonial letter. % = Mrs. HATTIE
WARzoN, $40 Garden ST., Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
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The Fall of Carthage.

THE site of ancient Carthage is being sold off and
divided into building lots and the surrounding hills,
rich in history are being slowly covered with residential
villas of modern construction.
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THE HAND OF PERIL, By Arthur Strin
WAYS OF A HUSBAND
A SEQUEL 20 "WHEN A GEL MARRIESo

a couch, staring with something
CLASSY and horrible in her gaze.
Its an omen''-she mouthed
strangely. Poor Neal, 1 didn't
want him to suffer, wanted him
to--be happy-for a time.
"Are you-going to-leave me?Y
she asked. in a voice that was
terrible because she seemed 80
resolute to keep it from any
thing but the blandness of ques-
ton.
Looking up. my eyes met Jim,s
fixed on my face compassion.
ate1y.
II must co. cried, protest
ing against something in my own
heart which seemed to say that
couldn't do more honor to
Father Andrew than in standing
by Meals wife
II must CO." I repeated stub
bornIy.
Phoebe shuddered and turned
dry, pinched little face to me.
"of course she said. duly.
"I'l1 help you pack. This is dread
full for you. too
"Annep' cried Jim. What are
you going to do? If you want.
I'll see the boy through and
bring him back to YOU
"Anne?" Phoebe whispered.
IN stay with you. dear"
said. knowing I'd never loved
and respected Jim more than in
this minute when he'd stopped
me from going to dear Father
Andrew, who never can need me
again as Phoebe does.
For Phoebe's sake I didn't
put on black for Father An
drew. might have liked
the emotional satisfaction, the
following of old custom and the
respect to a beloved memory i'm
piled by mourning. But / felt it
would be criminally selfish to in
flict Phoebe with the dreariness
of black.
Neal had all Father Andrews
affairs to settle. so Jim gener-
ously stayed on with my young
brother. The days were hard to
bear. Phoebe chung to me des-
perately. following me even to
the office, where Betty found 1.
little copying and filing with
>which Phoebe was glad to busy
herself
For once had little joy In my
work I couldn't concentrate on
it. Ny task. however, was made
easier by Ralph Lacy's considera-
ton. He came in for two or
three hours every day and went
over Miss Mays copy and Bet
tvs, as I would otherwise have
been compelled to do.
Rosa had been compelled to
take the business trip which
otherwise Jim would have made.
This kept Mabel working over
time at the office.
With Carlotta and Pat carrying
the burden of Meals work and
Tom and Daisy devoting them
selves to getting my apartment
ready, Ralph Lacy became the
logical person on whom to count
for cheer and assistance.
One evening he and / We're
washing the dishes, while Phoebe
rested, as she shows more and
more need of doing each day.
Go Be Continued Monday
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Fewer women are earniro
their own liVings now than thirty
years ago,
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2 MORE women
join The ARMY
OF Those Observation-Disclosures
to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound !.

Milwaukee, Wis., hadabad pain
in my left side and / could not lift
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light nights, country
maneuveng
Summer the which professional
vinemosaced
fanngysweet guitars strummng
silently gliding Summer
enough time
getting playthngs-and Summer
weapons! NELL (.
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REtzM 11Oaz aEouz9l
Thousands Have Discovered
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets
Are a Harmless Substitute.

DR.. Edwards Olive TabIets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. These little olive
colored tablets are the result of DIR.
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does. but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calomel. They take
hold of the trouble and quickly correct
it. Why cure the liver at the expense
of the teeth? Calome1 sometimes plays
havoc with the gums. So do strong
liquids. 1t is best not to take calemel.
Let DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets take it's
place.
Headaches, "dullness'' and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and a
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "logy" and
''heavy." They CLEAR" clouded brain
and "perk up" the spirits. 15c and soc
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The Vampire Bat.

whom they attack nor do they attack who
feigns Sleep says F. w. Up de Graft They will not
attack of party while any of them is awake.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-03
Ell MAGAZINE "CoMERCIo"

A nuestra mesa de redaccion ha lie
gado ell tercer nnmero del muy acre
ditado magazine "Comercio", el cual
con tanta habilidad edita en- esta ciu-
dad, nuestro distinguido amigo el Sc
nor don Eduardo Larroca.
Ell numero tres de este interesante
magazine, trae una exposition bri-
llante del movimiento economico de
nuestra isla.
Entire otras notas de actualidad he
mos leido en- este n1mero brillantes'
trabajos literarios de los sefores Wal
dermar E. Lee, Antolin Min Martinez,
Dr. Victor Gutierrez Ortiz, Antonio
Perez Pierret, y Juan O'Neill.
Ell ndmero del mes de JUNO ccnsta
de sesenta paginas en- papel satinado.
Agradecemos el envio del ejemplar
que Sc nos ha remitido. ~
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-03
CAMARA DE REPRESENTATIVES
DE PUERTO RICO
PeticiOnes leidas aver tarde.

No. 326.-Del Conceio de Admins
TRACTION de Cialesfi solicitando la apro-
baei6n del P.ide la G. % reorganizan.
do eI Cuerpo de la Policfa Insular er
Puerto Rico.
No. 1927. Del Concejo de Admins.
TRACTION de Barceloneta, por el Sr
Juan T. PUG, Comisionado de Servi-
clio Pdblico, sclicitando no sea apro-
bado Ell P. del S. SO, enmendando Ia
Ley Municipal, en- 10 que respecta q
conceder facultades al Gobernador pa.
ra destituir Alcaldes.
No. 1928. Del DR.. Roman Benftez
por 81 y en- representation de la Aso.
ciaci6n de Medicos de Benefiencia, er
San Juan, solicitando la no aproba.
ci6n del P. del S. Sc para enmendal
la Ley Municipal.