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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. CLIFFORD c.RoBINsoN
TOBACCO

Users of the weed claim that to-
bacco is a great help in mental work
where the effort Is sustained and a
stimulant needed. On the contrary,
six great educational institutions in
our country, by carefully grouping
tobacco statistics, have proved that
such is not the fact.
If a boy or man is in normal
health there is nothing of more vital
Importance to his physical well-being
and mental balance than the full
supply of oxygen to the lungs. Deep
breathing will provide the system
with more power and disease re-
slstant qualities than any other sepa-
rate bodily process. :
In a smoker OF medium habits
the loss OF oxygen power OF lung a
pacity is reduced 10 per cent. There
Is no doubt that the poisonous effect
OF niootin, in the medium or heavy
smokers, produces arterioselerosis
Gardening OF the arteries).
Nicotin in tobacco Is known to ex-
cite and stimulate the adrenal
glands to excessive secretion. This
excess affects the blood vessels. II
constructs them in heavy smokers
to a marked degree, affecting arterial
and heart action. This means short
ening of life.
If its sedative effects are a solace
to men and women, all well and
good. But the little solaee and pleas
ure It affords does not stop the users
deterioration in mental and physical
health. The pleasure is costly.
It might be a good thing to put
the use of tobacco on an exact
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
GOVERNMENT CHANGES OF A
DECADE TOLD OF BY HASKiN

All sorts of new work is to be
found in the department of agricul-
ture. The packers and stocKyards
administration, office of farm man
agement and farm conomlc and
bureau of markets would be names
which the government worker of ten
years ago would not recognize and
yet they have all been established
and are doing important work. Many
other lesser activities have been un-
dertaken.
1t is only a little more than ten
years ago that the great department
of commerce was organized. There
used to be a department of Com
merce and Labor but these have
been separated, bringing a new mem
Der into the Presidents cabinet.
The department of labor is carry
ing on activities such as those in
the charge of the children's bureau
and the women's bureau which
would have been regarded as chin
erical a decade age.
Another census, the fourteenth,
has been taken by the census bureau
and 1t has revolutionized its methods
by Improvements to its electrical
tabuiating machinery. The census
helped work out the draft In the
world war. The bureau of stand
ards of the department of
has flown forward in its scientific
work with amazing swlftness and has
has worked out problems Of great
use t. industry.
The enumeration of changes could
go on depicting a government about
US inherent from that of ten years
ago as the 1910 government was
from that of Civil War times. And
IN addition to the notable changes
IN existing departments there are
whole new ones of great Importance.
For instance the federal trade COM
mission has been set up and has Tux
en- q definite niche in the hall of
government. The United States
Shipping Board, the tariff commits
sion. the federal reserve board, all
were unknown ten years Ago..
In this decade great war agencies
came and Went. The food administra-
ton, the fuel administration the
council of national defense, the war
industries board, the war labor board
and many others were created, flour
lshed and performed valuable service
and then went out of existence.
These agencies were due to the war
but the changes which have come
from natural growth are as numer-
VI as those sprlnging from the war.
They show that the United States
government keeps up with the times
and meets the never-ending changes.
Not George Washington, not Ahra-
ham Lincoln. not even Theodore
Roosevelt would be able to identify
many governmental activities now
going forward
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
@. By whom was sky-writing j,
was first suggested? w. o,

@. By whom was sky-writing
was first suggested? w. o.
4. 1t was first used in England
in 1911, when ~aeroplanes were a
curiosity. Jack Savage of London,
while making a fight noticed that
his engine was "oiling up" This
gave him the idea of writing letters
in the sky.
@. Where is the largest poultry
farm in the United States? E. p. A.
A. The largest is the Corliss at
Petaluma. California, which has q
capacity of 10000 fowls. The
largest poultry farm in the East
is "I.aurelton," Lakewood, New Jer-
sey' with a capacity of 10000.
@. If a man standing on a NOV
ing car jumps vertically upward.
does he come down in the same
place? U. o. Y.
A. A man who jumps vertically
upward from a moving car comes
down. in reference t. the train, in
the spot from which he started. In
reference to the ground however.
he lands at a point in advance of
his starting point because his body
has acquired a momentum due to
the motion of the car In the latter
instance his feet will have described
a parabola.
@. What kind of wood is best
for bows and arrows? II. d. L.
A. The Forest Service says that
hickory and yew are used for maxi
ing bows, while ash and oak are
used for making arrows.
@. Please explain operation of
proportional voting system which
according to the newspapers, OBJ
tains in the Irish Free State. ID.
McD.
A. The secretary of the associa-
ton for the recognition OF the Irish
Republic says it would be almost
impossible to explain fully in a few
words the system of proportional
voting in ireland Briefly: several
candidates are nominated for each
Office by each party the voters regis
tering first, second, third. fourth or
even fifth choice. 1t is necessary
for election that a candidate receive
a majority of first choice votes or n
number of second choice votes more
than double the number of any first
choice votes received by any other
candidate and so on. Should a cam
didate receive a surplus or votes ov-
er the number needed to elect these
votes will be credited to the next
candidate for office of the same par
ty.
@. How a 1 clean a mesh bag :?
@. C. H.
o. One way-to clean a mesh bag
is to apply with a piece of cotton
Il preparation consisting of LIQUID
ammonia and chalk. . Let this dry
and then wipe off with a soft piece
OF cloth. This preparation can be
bought from a jeweler for about
fifty cents. 1t would be best for
you to have a jeweler do this work
If possible.
@ Which noise can be heard the
farthest. artillery or thunder? Z.
c. j.
A. The greatest distance at
which thunder can be heard Is u
teen to eighteen miles but IL is not
Mother
In rs years "a children have been
born to Nine. Marie Michael Gras-
set of France. She gets the govern
nlent gold medal for the largest
French family.
Why the gold medal? If every
mother had as many children, the
earth in a few generations would be
so crowded with inhabitants that hu-
mainly would be one dense mob
packed together like sardines. And
think of Fathers job, supporting
them!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
THE REFEREE
Fatal
tBy AlSes.; Applet

Fatal
The death rate of tuberculosis
among Americans has been cut in
two in the last fifty years, says DIR.
Stephen j. Maher, chairman of the
New England tuberculosis Confer
ence.
On the other hand, many other
diseases are increasing their death
roll, cancer especially. We also have
maladies, like Spanish flu, that were
practically unknown to people of a
half century ago.
In solving one problem, we usually
create several new ones. And as fast
as we protect our health In one di-
r%ection, nature attacks us in another.
Its her old system of survival of the
neutrality-suspicious. the race by
making the individuals constantly
fight to keep alive.
YGnder
Fewer babies are being born in
the large German cities, writes the
Berlin correspondent of Journal of
the American Medical Association.
This year the birth rate Is lower in
many German cities than in leading
French communities.
Such a situation, prolonged, might
easily have a deep effect on Euro
pean politics. For France fears the
German cvadle, additionally high
birth rate, a lot more than she fears
adult Germany of today.
The cradle, to the average Euro
pean politician, means chiefly: Can
non fodder.
Chewcr
Oar Henderson claims the tobacco
chewing endurance championship of
the United States. In a contest at
Jonesboro, Ca, he chewed two days
and nights without stopping. Doc
tors ended the contest, warning that
he might develop lockjaw.
An item like this will interest
about a dozen times as many people
rs could be induced to concentrate
on the really important problems OF
politics or economics-which is the
chief reason these problems remain
unsolved.
Morbid
The tomb of "~Bluebeard' Landru
in France has been visited this yeaI
by an endless procession of Amer
lean tourists. Most of the time the
tomb is covered with flowers left by
morbid young women.
It's difficult to understand the
psychology of the wreath bearers
DOt WHY IL w AH0y It III tAS CN
treme minority. For each young
woman who would take a flower tc
Landru's grave there are at least O
thousand who would leave poison
ivy. Worth remembering, for most
Of us are inclined to base our gen
eral opinions on the activities OF
minorities.
Simple
Industrial engineers in the east
are launching a movement to sim
plify spelling. Roosevelt had the
same idea, and it's a sensible one.
Stenographers alone waste thousands
of hours of time by needless tipping
of such things as "ph" where 81
would serve as we'll. Or Cigarette
for "cigaret' and catalogue" for
"catalog."
The supply of time and energy
available for each of us is limited.
Why waste any of it with useless cf-
fort2
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
scrious bladder Trouble

"Could not stand nor sit and was
forced TO cry out from intense pain
tana. 1.-THE doctors said I had in
flammation Of the bladder and an
~operation was necessary. Tried
Foley Kidney Pills and improved at
once. Tell all my friends abou
Foley Kidney Pills as it will save
many from suffering and perhaps, as
in my case, a dangerous operation
Bladder and kidney trouble demand
prompt treatment. Foley Kidney
Pills give quick relief. Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

AM reader can get the answer To
n question by writing The Perth
Ainooy Evening News Information
bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Direo-
tor. Washington, D. C. This otter
spps.es strictly to information. The
medicinal and financial troubles II
aoes not attempt TO settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhsus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
GIVE tull name and address and en-
lose Two cents In stamps for return
TO the inquirer utee'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
Bible Thought For Today

3 POWER OF THE WORD:-For the word of God is quick,
Ind powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing
wen to the dividing asunder Of soul and spirit, and of the joints
nd marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
.eart-Hebrews 4 IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

If they bring these Monaghan fos-
sils into. America the things may u
for congress.
Had King Tut dresses last winter.
Found dinosaurs now. Dinosaurs
vent naked. Look out!
Seems as If scientists are able to
dig up about everything except pre-
war prices.
If they go far enough into these
Monaghan relics they may find a
nickel cigar
Better bring these scientists back
to America and let them try digging
for coal.
Dinosaur bones are great big
things so rheumatism must have
been terrible in those days.
OF course huge dinosaur eggs were
found by egg-sperts.
Bet the ancient dinosaur had to
crow like a cannon after laying eggs
six inches long.
Imagine an ancient little boy care
fully trudging homeward with an
egg on his shoulder.
When huge dinosaur eggs were
common, ham and eggs were prob
ably q ham and an egg.
Ancient picnics were, bad. Think
Of forgetting the salt for a boiled
egg six inches long.
These huge eggs they found are
millions of years old. Bet they
found them in a cafe.
Perhaps these ancient eggs are so
big it only takes about ten Of them
to make a dozen.
Mongolia, with six-inch eggs a
| million years old, must be a bad
! place for actors.
Fossils a million years old have
| good teeth. Wonder what kind of
tooth paste they used?
Dinosaurs walked on -four feet.
! Hope their discovery doesn't start
a dinosaur dance.
Advice not to carry all your eggs
in one basket originated when eggs
were six inches long.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

All of these dinosaurs dug up in
Mongolia lived in a cave, proving
rents were high then.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Monaghan discovery is greatest
known in paleontology. They even
found what that word means.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Sutton Street
Sutton street. extending from AM
boy avenue east to Westside avenue,
was laid out on the John Arnold
estate by C. c. Hommann. The street
is sixty feet wide and is well built
up. 1t has been graded and Is part
ly curbed. There are many private
sidewalks and some shade trees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
-0MS
EAiftl&
World
BY S DIXON
NEA Service Writer

the New Orleans Zoo received two
deer from the antipodes. They were
beautifully spotted. Authorities were
at a loss how to classify them, or
what names to give them. A negro
keeper solved the problem.
This week park policemen were
startled by ucu calls: Come Seb-
ben. Come Lebben!" One cop
thought he would add to his laurels
by raiding a crap game and pushing
his way through the bushes went to-
ward the calls.
What sre you doing, boy?" he
asked.
Calm dem deer" the negro re-
piled. "Dey's mahked jes' lax a path
OBJ dice"
Since then the deer have been
known as Seven and Eleven.
Ernest G. Hunt of New Orleans
recently swan Lake Pontchartrain.
a distance of % miles, in Is hours
and 5 minutes. Hunt wrote a des-
cription of his swim for the news
papers, and in closing said:
II lost IL pounds on the swim"
Swimming pool proprietors imme-
diately commenced advertising class
es fer fat ladies, and now the line of
buxom matrons and maids is so long
that extra days have had to be pro-
vided for their accommodation.
Statistics just compiled by the
New Orleans school board show
that girls are better spoilers than
boys. Perfect papers were turned in
by 1921 girls, as compared with 2152
boys. The crusty old bachelor
school teacher, in commenting on
the superiority of the girls, said:
mo wonder; the female of the
species always uses more words than
the male"
The migration of negroes to the
north, according to Walter A. Valois,
Louisiana planter, has not so much
affected the number of laborers as
1t has the quality and noun of
work performed. Valois easily re-
cruited enough white laborers to
take the places of his negroes in the
cotton fields and sugar cane. But
they couldn't get the work out of
the mules that the negroes could.
"A negro could drive a mule down
a straight row without having any
lines" said Valols, lust talk to him,
that's all. White men don't know
the mule language, so there is great
delay in their work.
Blind children in New Orleans will
no longer be barred from the full ad-
vantages of the public schools for
education, under a new arrangement
for their schooling.
Sightless children will be taken
right into the public schools and the
regular classes. Heretofore they
have been placed in a special school
for the blind. They will be helped
with their lessons. the same lessons
that all children with good eyesight
have to prepare.
In 1900 New Orleans had a death
rate of 81 per 1000 population. The
monthly mortality figures for 1922
are 1872 pei 1000.
Principal reason for this note
worthy b%etterment of public health
Is the magnificent city waterworks
and sewerage system constructed at
a cost of $4,000, 900.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Scientists found seventy fossil
skells well preserved, showing all
fossils are hard headed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

Well, scientists found eggs six
inches long in Mongolia, which may
make Dur hens mad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02
weather Changes Cause sickness

Extreme changes of weather dur-
ing Fall cause many colds and
coughs. For quick relief from
throat, chest and bronchial tgtouble,
coughs, colds and Group S Faley's
Honey and Tar. Contains no Cpi-
ates-ingredients printed on TIE
wrapper. Largest selling cough med
icine in the world. "Foley's Honey
and Tar is the most pleasant and
efficient comedy for coughs and
colds that I ever saw" writes VIM.
Jones, Ell Dara, Illinois. Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Discoveries only date back a few
million years, Sc first coal strike is
not among them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

If they bring these Monaghan fos-
sils into. America the things may run
for congress.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Fossils a million years old have
good teeth. Wonder what kind of
tooth paste they used?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Mongolia, with six-inch eggs a
million years old, must be a bad
place for actors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Ernest G. Hunt of New Orleans
recently swan Lake Pontchartrain.
a distance of % miles, in 10 hours
and S minutes. Hunt wrote a des-
cription of his swim for the news
papers, and in closing said:
II lost IL pounds on the swim"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-02

Dinosaurs walked on four feet.
Hope their discovery doesn't start
a d%inosaur dance.
Advice not to carry all your eggs
in one basket originated when eggs
were six inches long.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
COU Mt T q n
EFOR E

Using a bull dog for a STEP
ping stone.
Numbering the dentist who is
always smiling. Don't wait longer
than ten.
Seeing a mouse If you don't
happen to be wearing silk stock.
ings.
Making a short cut through a
police station.
Refusing the job Of bathing
suit censor.
Bawling out the cook instead
Of the wife.
Drying the dishes with the table
cloth.
Cracking a nut with your spec.
tacles.
Inviting an actor to dinner.
Betting on the weather.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
FAMOUS CRACKS

PLENTY Of room up in front of
the car"
isn't he a big child?"
"It doesn't do you justice at
ALL"
"I'Il sell it to you below cost
because you're a friend"
Hes just like one Of the
family
So Say, old man, have you got
FLYER until pay day."
Guess I'll take a walk and
work UP an appetite"
l. well, well. how the time flys."
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

Effie says she's going camping
this summer. and she's all flutter-
ed up about it. She IL one OF those
girls who win run from a bug and
scream at worm. What a pleas
ant vacation she's going to have!
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

Did fever read the family al
bum for two solid hours while
your girl talked to another guy
over the telephone?
Did fever mail letters to your
mother and your little friend In
the chorus and then discover
that you'd put them In the wrong
envelopes?
Did fever loan your new over
coat to a friend on the day be.
fore he moved to New Zealand?
Did fever get docked half q
days pay because you forgot to
set your watch ahead when day
light-saving time went into eff
feet?
Did fever have tadcab splat.
ter mud all over you just after
you'd put on your new white
fIannels to go to q dance?
Did fever come home from q
banquet at s o'clock I'm the morn.
ing and discover that your wife
had. forgotten to put the key
under the mat2
Did fever ask the boss II you
could take your vacation when
your girl was taking hers and
have him tell you that he'd Just
promised those two weeks to
somebody else?
Wit and Half-Wit.
Wise: How much do you
charge to weigh hogs?"
Crax: Nothing. Just step on"
Exchange.
Unhappy Day.
She: What part did You play
during the war;"
He: Err played T was q
captain just once in Hoboken."
Hello, the Club! Is my hus-
band there? Not there, you say?
But watt haven't even told you
my name"
Say, lady; there amt nobody's
husband here neverr was the
darky's reply.-Black and Blue
jay
The Washington times., 1923-05-12

/ wouldn't give two cents for q
man who let his wife cross-exan-
inc him every time he showed up.
The Washington times., 1923-05-12
NJ EDBURY
S A VS.
By John P. Medbury.

By John p. Medbury.
HK ALL order houses and dry
w goods companies are hav-
4VA ing lots OF competition
now that drug stores are carry
ing everything from bungalow
aprons to ham sandwiches.
You rush into . drug store and
the clerk asks you whether you're
sick or hungry.
When you tell him you want
something to stop your baby
from crying he says, Certainly,
would you like paragoric or a toy
sail boat?"
You can 90 to one side Of the
store and eat q salad, and then
20 to the other side and buy
some indigestion tablets.
But even IL you don't get sick,
they never get sore.
They can sell you tonic to
make you eat and then sell You
the food to eat.
Then after you finish your
luncheon in the drug store, you
go to the rear and purchase
some cooking utensils for the
kitchen.
And while you're looking at
pots and pans You can have the
clerk wrap up q can of asthma
remedy for your sister and buy
set Of cuff links for your brother.
Some pharmacies even keep
small parts for automobiles.
Later on they'll probably stock
up on tenders and engines.
A lot OF drug stores carry gro
ceries. They'll ssIl you coffee
and then fill your doctors pre-
sciption to break you Of the
habit.
The majority of them even sell
magazines aESd books. This is so
that you can buy something to
read while you're waiting to be
waited on.
One dame went into a drug
store to purchase . box Of cough
drops and finished two novels
while they were wrapping them
up.
She goes in there every month
now and buys five cents worth
Of something, because she's read
ing a continued story in one of
the magazines.
As soon as the story is fin
ished. the drug stere viii lose .
nicIxle customer.
These pharmacies sell you so
much Ice cream for ten cents
that you get cold all over, but
then you can walk right across
the store and buy an electric
heater ana get warm again.
Every week they offer some
thing special. One housewife
says she can hardly wait until
they have their furniture sale.
1t sounds funny, but these drug
stores are great convenience;
about the only thing you can't get
from them Is your meat and coal.
Copyright. 1923. King Features
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