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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
HASKIN,S
LETTER
The Elixir of Life
BY Frederic j.. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S-Dr.
Benjamin Breakstone, of Chicago,
has recently announced the discov-
cry of a modern elixir OF life. DR..
Breakstone does not describe his
contribution to medical science in
such a poetical way, he calls 1t, in
fact, a thyroid gland treatment. But
he has undertaken the task of add
ing two more feet to the stature of
Little Lillian" q dwarf twenty
n years old and only t~hirty-six
inches tall. And If the doctor can
do that, his treatment will consti-
tute a more potent elixir than that
sought by the alchemists for many
hundreds of years.
DR.. Charles Mayo, famous surgeon
of Rochester, Mimi, told the Inter-
state Assembly of Physicians that
his opinion of such glandular treat
ments as that proposed by the Chi
cago man was mostly humorous"
He further said that If the news
papers would give as much space
to constructive medical articles as
they do to freak" performances,
their readers would find much more
profit in reading them.
The smaller and more obscure
gland is, the more important it seems
to the body. Without thyroid glands
we should all be two or three feet
tall, instead of five or six. Yet the
glands themselves are tiny, oval
shaped organs, concealed in the It's
sues of the neck. They belong to
the class of glands called "ductless,"
This simply means that no tube or
| duct has been developed by the body
to carry the secretion manufactured
by the glands into the blood stream.
There they remain, in the neck, like
little, sewed-up sacks from which a
tiny bit of liquid is constantly ooz-
ing into the body. 1t Is this liquid,
or secretion, manufactured some
where within the glands, that con-
trolls the nourishment of the body.
There are but two thyroid glands,
proper. but there are a large num-
Der of reserve, or secondary thy
roids, called parathyroids. These
may grow along the tube that leads
from the mouth to the stomach as
far down as the heart. The second
airy thyroid glands are particularly
important for those animals which
do not eat meat, but are not of much
use to meat-eating, or canivorous
animals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
INCREASE FOR POSTWAR

With the constant increase in
wages tor all kinds of labor, 1t is
not surprising that an agitation has
been started among the employees of
the post Office department to get
more money for the services they
perform. When postal employees
want an increase, however, there Is
a great deal of red tape to be UNI
wound before II can be accomplished,
for the wages of these men and
women are fixed by congress, and
congress is sometimes hard to move
There is always a clamor to spend
| the public's money for various things
that congressman believe will make
votes for them; they delight to build
federal buildings in Jonesville n
Hootstown; they can readily see the
necessity of spending millions in
dredging Goose creek and Fish's
inlet, because all these things make
an impression on the folk back home
and the representatives from the
! district where the improvement"
has been made can "point with
pride" TO his achievement.
But when it ONE to raising the
wages of Woodworking employees,
men who are devoting their life to
maintaining a service of which the
whole nation is proud, it is hard to
get congress interested. Yet, con-
sidering the work performed and the
character of the men required, the
pay they receive is hardly adequate.
Take the letter carrier, for In
stance. Today he is started at $1,400
a year. He trudges through all kinds
of weather carrying a heavy load,
lup and down steps and through
many streets rendering a valuable
service to the people, yet seldom is
The heard to complain. The postman's
whistle never fails to bring a thrill
to the household where he stops,
and there is always a shadow OF
disappointment when he is seen to
go by. Now, this postman having
started at $1,400 a year gets an in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
r AND DOCKS

While much is being said just now
about the commercial development
of Perth Amboy's waterfront, the
city must not lose sight of the de-
sirability of the park and recreation
feature. Interest now centers on
the land the city owns along the
south shore facing the Raritan river.
But It must be remembered that
part of this land was bought ex-
pressly for park purposes. while
other tracts adjoining were bought
for commercial development. In
fact, the land for commercial use
cuts the land for park purposes in
TWO.
The first property the city bought
along the Raritan river vas the
Gregory tract at the foot of Madison
and Brighton n This was
purchased with the idea of develop
ing 1t commercially at some future
date, and 1t was placed under the
Jurisdiction of the harbor board.
Later the Hayes tract to the east of
the Gregory property was purchased
by the city as was the Wonderland
Beach property to the west of the
Gregory property. but they were
designated as park property and
were placed under the jurisdiction
of the park board. In the mean
time, the city owns a valuable dock
property along Staten Island sound
between Smith and Fayette street,
which could be made extreme use
full IL properly cared for.
The big proposition, however, Is
along the south shore, and one of
the first things 10. be determined IS
whether that property which The
city owns extending all the way from
the Central railroad to Catapla ave-
rue, should be developed as a park
and recreation center with bathing
beaches and amusements or should
be developed for commercial pur-
poses with steamship docks and
warehouses.
There is no doubt that Perth AM
boy would profit greatly by making
this a great playground for the peo-
pie. Would it profit more in later
years, however, If the site were used
COR commercial interests? That is
the question that must be solved
once and for all before any extern
sive program requiring the eXpen-
diture of large sums OF money is
adopted.
Money spent in finding out exactly
what is the best for the city in this
matter is we'll invested. Ten thou
sand dollars spent now to secure a
comprehensive port plan might save
the city hundreds OF thousands oil
apllars later, or it might be the
means Of showing the way to bring
about a development later or II
might be the means of showing the
way to bring about a development
that would add hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the city's assets
Incidentally, if this port survey Is
authorized at once it might be th'
means of inducing the Board Of
Army Engineers to approve 'h'
thirty-foo. channel in the Rarl'ar
river which alone would be wortf
the $4,000 investment.
The Board of Aldermen have
everything to gain and nothing t
lose by proceeding with the por
survey to determine definitely wha
shall be the character of the devel
opment along the south shore o
* - .ta.-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
Asked and AnSzyeyed

Any reader can get the answer 10
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Direc-
tor. Washington. d. c. This offer
applies strictly to Information The
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medicinal and financial troubles n
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-.
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to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

AS far back as 1856 it was proved
that If the thyroid glands were re-
moved from a dog. the animal died
in one to four weeks. The dogs
food does not seem to nourish him
after his thyroid glands have been
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
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latjon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

The United States spends more on
gum than religion. This is because
one is used chiefly on Sunday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
OsTkR8o

The Perth Amboy Evening News
will not be published tomorrow,
Thanksgiving Day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

An auto race is almost as danger
Gus as the human race.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

Very few of these European
statesmen egging on another war
got shot at during the last war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

TODAY'S BIBLE THOUGHT
Confess your faults n to another,
and pray one for another, that We
may be healed.-Jas. SIG.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

The Evening News Is always glad 10 re-
ceive communications from its readers but
letters intended for publication must be
I~easonabie in length ana must be signed
ny the name and address of the writer, II
r. requested the name will not be published
HEiess personalIt es are in1ulged in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

A man can't talk with his mouth
full of hairpines, but a woman can't
talk with a/pipe In her mouth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

In Germany, in recent years, n
whole race of these dwarfs lived &C.
gether for eight or ten generations.
In a sort of Lilliputian village. Bar
mum found them and brought sew
eral of them to this country to
amuse the patrons Of his circus. The
probable cause of a whole race of
cretins springing up is that two peo-
pie with deficient thyroid glands
married and had children. The chill
dren, in turn. married with similar
dwarfs, and so the group gradually
increased by intermarriage.
No method has been found to
cure cretinism, once it has stunted
it's victim in childhood. Thousands
Of children are saved untold suffer-
ing, today, by supplying of additional
thyroid extract, when the deficiency
in their glands is discovered in time.
But to take a mature dwarf, or cre-
tin, and make him start growing all
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

Nothing makes a skinny man
madden on a chilly morning than
seeing a fat man p~erspiring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

Hurry up with your worrying
about Europe. Try and get 1t all
over with before the holidays.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28

Dancing develops the muscles.
That's all settled. Now IL 1t would
only develop discretion.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

TULSA, Okla, April 4.-The Burbank
oil production records. Burbank now Is
producing $4,000 barrels daily, while
Tonkawa is turning out 81, 900 barrels,
but has less proven territory left to
drill. The combined production of Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma fields Is running In
the neighborhood of $4,000 barrels a
day.
GREEN BA, Wis, April 4.-Northern
Wisconsin maple sfrup producers fore
cast a heavy output this season. Sap
is beginning to run and the flow is
plentiful today.
ST. PAUL. April 4-The Minnesota
Cooperative Creameries Association
plans this season to establish large
butter and cheese market in the mid
dlewest. The association plans to mar
ket the 1923 output Of the Wisconsin
OF batter ade 1n bS 5000 %fnneeota eot
farmers.
P!TTSBURGH. Pa, April 4.-Re-
gardless of the fact that a new high
record was established in produc-
tion in the first quarter Of the year.
a sn t plate for PsE nf t9day esry
shipment. Last November heavy
bookings were made at $475. The
carnegie Steel and the Jones &
Laughlin Steel companies are accu-
mulating steel to be moved by barge
down the Ohio river. Each Will send
out at least one big fleet this month.
SHARON, Pa. April 4.-Steel mills
OF the Shenango valley are on 100
per cent operating schedule this
week. Three blast furnaces will be
added to the active list within two
weeks.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April A.
Local coal dealers have announced
the regular seasonal decrease of SO
cents ton on domestic sizes of an
thracite, although the operators have
made no lower prices.
ATLANTA, April 4.-Reports from
the peach districts Of this state to-
day showed that smudge pots saved
the orchards of middle Georgia from
effects of the frosts which prevailed
around Easter time.
CONCORD. n. H. April 4.-The
New Hampshire granite quarries and
plants are working at a high speed
to meet demand arising from build
ing operations In all sections of the
country.
SEATTLE, April 4-Predictions
were made today by Puget sound
, growers that the head lettuce crop
Will total 1900 carloads or 200 cars
more than the record. This will mean
an income of s1,00e.000 to farmers in
western Washington. Shipments are
being made as far east as Cincinnati
and as far south as Galveston.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Priyate Wire % The Star Office.

The new issues OF Bridgeport Ma
chine Company common and preferred
were admitted to trading, the COM
mon opening at 15A, but subsequent
ly breaking below 10 against the
subscription price OF $14 a share.
The company is engaged in the sale
and rental of oil well drilling and
fishing tools and has recently paid
dividend at the rate of 81 per share.
annually Current earnings are said
to be in excess of the dividend re-
quirement at this rate.
Word that the directors OF United
Shoe Machinery Corporation will pro-
pose an increase in the authorized
capital stock at the annual meeting
of stockholders in May from $780,
OOO, 900 to $75.000.OO0. consisting Of
100000 shares of preferred stock and
100000 common shares of $25 par
value, had little effect upon stock.
Mining shares did little one way or
the other. Cortes Silver continued
one OF the active leaders OF the low
priced members on report OF the un-
covering Of a large ore body in the
St Louis mine. assayfng several
hundred ounces of high grade silver
to the ton.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
REGRETS ADVANCE
IN AUTO PRICES
Head of Studebaker Company De.
plores Action Taken by Some
Other Firms.

NEW YORK, April 4-The tendency
toward price advances Is deplored by
A r. Erskine, president OF the Stude-
baker Corporation. who says:
"Adances in the prices OF iron.
steel. tires. glass, leather and other
materials entering into the construc-
ton of automobiles have already ad-
vanced considerably the cost of pro-
duction and caused increases in prices
by some makers. Further increases In
material or labor cost will lead to
general increases, which will inevi-
tably check the sale of cars and react
on the whole industry and the en-
ployment situation. For these reasons
advancing prices are to be deplored."
Evening star., 1923-04-04
BY WILLIAM HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK. April 4.-The curb
market for a time today was disposed
to continue the recovery which set
in in the late dealings Tuesday, but
the upward movement proved to be
short lived and around mid afternoon
renewed selling was encountered.
Vacuum Oil managed to maintain
most of its advance of the morning
and at one time was up two points
from the previous close. Trading in
the independent group was uninter-
esting and changes for the most part
We're small.
The upward movement in the new
Midvale Corporation of Delaware
shares continued vigorously in SYM
pathy with the rise in Mdvale Steel
on the big board. This new corpora
tion was organized to take over the
Nicetown plant, which did not go
with the others into the Bethlehem
merger. Each holder Of 100 shares of
Mtdvale Steel received ten shares in
the stock of the new Delaware cor
poration.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
COAST LINE TRACK PLANS.

RICHMOND, April 4.-When it's
plans for double tracking between
Richmond, Va. and Jacksonville, Fla.
which are to be carried out this sum-
mer, are completed the Atlantic Coast
Line will have complete double
track route between Florida and the
east. Grade reductions will be made
and 10000 tons OF steel rails have
been ordered under the program of
spending s26,000,00O on improvements.
New equipments, which will be in
service by November I. includes 95
locomotives, 101 steel passenger cars
and 5,331 freight cars.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
When She's Away.
From the Detroit News.

THE wifes away" said the man
who wore a sort of run down look,
"and I've been cooking my own break
fasts The thing that gets me Is how,
in the name Of goodness. a person can
cook three things, excluding coffee,
and have them all done at the same
time. I'll tell the waiting world that
to do it is gift. If that woman
doesn't come back soon I'll be blis-
tered in every exposed part of my
body from hot, flying grease. Did you
ever try first to cook bacon, then drop
an egg into the spider and fry 1t in
the hot bacon grease? Do II, and I'll
bet if you never uttered cuss in
your life you'll begin right then"
Evening star., 1923-04-04
FACES 7 INDICTMENTS.
Middle States Sales Company Head
Accused Of Theft,

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 4-Seven
indictments charging theft of $36,766
were returned against George ]. J..
MacKay, forty-five, former head of
the Middle States Sales Company by
the county grand Jury late yesterday.
A separate indictment against his
wife, Mrs. Elsie MacKay, charges her
with the embezzlement of $4,4O0.
Mackay, who was arrested In St.
Louis a month ago after a six months
nationwide search, is in Jail here in
default Of $4,000. A warrant will be
issued for Mrs. MacKay, 1t was stated.
She is said to be in st. Louis.
AS head of the Middle States Sales
Company, which sold stock of the
discount company. MacKay is al
legged to have converted to his own
use sums which may total 500, 900.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
Within the Law.
From the Topeka Capital.

FrOm tHe IOptKH Cdpltal.
A salesmanlike- looking inspector
stopped overnight at small town
Kansas hotel and was surprised to
find a dirty roller towel in the wash
room. Indignantly he said to the
landlord:
Don't you know that it has been
against the law for years to put up
a roller towel in this State?"
Sure, I know it," replied the pro-
.prietor. but no ex post facto law
goes in Kansas, and that there towel
was put up before the law was
passed
Evening star., 1923-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS,
Busy Little Bee a Myth.

The busy bee is a myth, according
to E. A. Phillips of the Department
of Agriculture, who described 1t as a
loafer needing to be continually
spurred in order to force him to
gather nectar. The worker bee will
sleep around the hive and make only
one or two trips day unless the
beekeeper establishes ideal condi-
tions for field work. The idea that
bees work for nothing and board
themselves also is an error, he says.
Beekeepers must be highly skilled
and must attend to the hive at brood
ing time to prevent the loafer bees
from stopping work.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
When q Man Is Old.
From Howe's Monthly.

From HOWE 5 hUHlHIy.
In Miami, Fla, recently, I heard a
married man telling of wonderful
new drink the bootleggers were SELL
ing. "It will cause you to see double
and feel single" the married man
said. A few hours later I was on the
beach. where thousands of women
were in bathing, and heard a woman
say: "A woman is as old as she
looks; man Is old when he doesn't t
look"
Evening star., 1923-04-04
Victims Of the Gum Shoe.

From the Everybody's Magazine.
Two young employees Of a florist
were recently startled by the ap-
pearance Of the proprietor while
they were engaged with a game Of
checkers in the back of the shop.
Justly. indignant, the proprietor
roared:
How is it that 1 hardly ever find
you fellows at work when 1 come
back here?"
account of those rubber heels you
wear"
Evening star., 1923-04-04
SILK AT NEW TOP.

NEW YORK, April 4 Especially
The raw silk market rose to new high
levels for the year today, rejecting
an active market and price advances
in Yokohama. Trading was not par
ticularly active here. Quotations
were: XxA. 1915 and 20-22 denier.
$3.50; XXB, 1925: extra, $9.15; best
No. TX, ss.12h; best No. /, 1910; Kan
sal No. l. $500; Canton, 14-16, 1855:
Canton, 20-22, $S25.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
MAY BUILD RAILROAD.

Permission was given the Kansas
City Southern railroad today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
proceed with the construction of
fourteen miles of new line between
Lawton and Baxter Springs, Kan. The
new line will give a connection with
the Missouri Pacific and will enable
1t to reach Oklahoma territory, its ap-
plication said
Evening star., 1923-04-04
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
Wash. Rwy. & Elec. pfd-5 at 73%, 10
at "a
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Elec. 1st 5s-sl, 900 at 81. 81, 900
at o.
Capital Traction 5s-Sl 900 al 81
Capital Traction Coz at saL 5 at e9I4
Washington Gas Lights at 50la.
Potomac Elec. deb. 6s-S1 900 at 100.
Continental Trust Colo at 90i5
Capital Traction Colo at a9as 3 at 99L5
American Security and Trust Col at 3l0.
s at 80. l at 310. at 80.
UNLISTED SECURITIES.
rulps:D
Ranking Trust ard Mortgage Coo at 10.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
That Small Boy Again.

From the Utica Press.
Teddy-You haven't any whiskers
or very much hair.
Sisters Hero-Well, what of it?
"Oh, I was only wondering how pa
was going to manage it."
Manage what?"
He said he was going to mop the
floor with you"
Evening star., 1923-04-04
MADE NEW DIRECTOR.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., April g.
elected a director of the American
Smelling and Refining Company to
succeed Daniel Guggenheim. retired.
at the annual meeting of stockholders
today. Other directors were re-
elected.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
FLOUR ON FREE LIST:
COAL TAX REMOVED
By the Associa ted Press

WARSAW, April 4.-Speculation in
foodstuffs has led to such an increase
In the price of cereals that the gov
ernment has put -four on the free
list. The ruling especially affects
American flour, which can be deliv-
cred, T. o. b. Danzig, from to z per
cent cheaper than the Polish article.
The 40 per cent tax on imported coal
has been removed until further no
tice, thus permitting foreign coal to
enter Poland free from duty.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

80 9-16d per ounce. Money, 2 per cent.
Discount rates: Short bills, 2 per cent;
three month bills. 2Aa2 5-16 per cent
NEW YORK. April 4.-Foreign bar
silver, 67h. Mexican dollars, 51h.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
ASK 20 PER CENT
INCREASE IN WAGES
South Carolina Cotton Mill Op.
eratives Strike for High
er Pay.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
YORK, S. c., April 4.-One hundred
operatives at the Neely cotton mill
here went on strike today for a wage
increase of approximately 30 per cent
Twister room employees of the mill
yesterday asked for an increase of
So 80 a week
Evening star., 1923-04-04

NEW YORK, April 4.-Following
is an official list OF bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
Market today:
Evening star., 1923-04-04

A man without clothes loses his
body heat twice as rapidly as one
fully dressed, a loosely woven ma
terial, whether of wool or cotton,
being the best safeguard.
Evening star., 1923-04-04

Fort Leavenworth. Kan, has the
only organization affiliated with the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
composed exclusively of the wives
and DAUGHTERS of Army officers.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
FOREIGN BONDS.

Argentina is % -. 1O0h 1O0E I0ols
Sc King of Neither Is 100 99la 100
sMss Esfsan coTs Govt , s,ss ,dSx 1925 1928
IT OF Mexico As. 4oL 40 40
Evening star., 1923-04-04

NEW ORLEANS. April 24.-The
weekly crop report from the govern
ment was possibly rather better than
expected, and the upward movement
was checked. Moderate reactions set
in, and around noon the trading posi-
tions were unchanged to six points
up, compared with the close of yes
terday. May fell of to 1883, and Oc-
tober to $500.
Evening star., 1923-04-04
TODAYS COTTON PRICES.
Reports Of Bad Weather Factor in
Firm Market.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. April 4.-Cotton fu-
lures opened firm: May 29.35: July
1855; October 25.72; December 25.15:
January 24.S5. The market showed
renewed firmness. owing to continued
advances in Liverpool and unfavorable
weather in the south. First prices
were to 81 points higher, with Nav
contracts selling up to 294S, or ii
points above yesterdays closing
quotation.
There was further covering on
complaints of delayed farm work In
the south and reports of an increased
spot demand in the south, and some
stop orders were uncovered by the
opening advance. After their execu-
ton the market reacted several points
under realizing, with May selling off to
1888, or Is points from the best.