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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
THE LURE OF THE TRADES

There will be at first a gasp of amazement at the announce
ment that a college graduate. the holder of several degrees, and a
civil engineer by profession, has declined the offer of a university
professorship so that he may continue to carry on his trade as a
plasterer. But if his statement as to his earnings in the last men,
toned capacity is correct, who. on sober second thought, will deny
that he has chosen the better part? In what college is he going to
draw down a monthly pay check of $5009 University professors
with such an income derived from their calling are few and far be
tween. It has long been a grievance among educators that their
earning powers are far smaller than are those of mechanics, and
here is a concrete instance that proves their case to the hHt.
But, it may be argued, money is not everything, and there is no
comparison between the dignity Of the two positions. Perhaps not,
but it may be noted in passing that, in a republic in particular,
it is hard for a man to maintain dignity when his income is so
exiguous that he is not able to meet his monthly bills. In many
other respects, however, in addition to the money detail, the plas-
terer's position has decided advantages. His work is not sedentary
and because Of the muscles It brings into play t. is in itself con-
dneive to health; his hours are regular and not too long to de-
pfiye him Of recreation or Of cultural pursuits, if be is SO minded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
D., T. & |.

Ford will spend 20 to 80 million dollars for complete
Identification of the D., T. & I. It's 455 miles long, so the
cost of e~lectrifying a steam railroad averages $4,000 to
100000 a mile.
Our country has around $4,000 miles of railroads. To
e~lectrify them would cost from 10 to 16 billion dollars, at
the Ford rate.
That would be expensive or cheap, according to econonn-
les that would or would not result. The amount invested should
never worry anybody. The important question is: Will it
be a paying investment
The first link of the D., I. & ]. to be electrified is about lS
miles long. In a sense, it's probably a laboratory experiment.
With 13 miles finished, Henry will have discovered a lot OF
things to avoid in electrifying the remaining 442 miles.
By using current on a big scale-500,000 horsepower at
work, night and day-Ford expects to cut his electric power
cost to a tenth of what it is now.
It is logical to expect that all American railroads will be
electrified eventually. The coal probably will be burned at
the mines, generating electric current to be sent to far
distances over high tension wires-or by radio transmission,
who knows9 A system like this is the dream of a great many
scientists who are trying to solve the coal problem. The~
vision a day when the whole nation will be on an electrical
basis with the power derived from coal burned at the mines,
incidentally saving tremendous coal freight haus.
Ford climbed to the top by making autos. 1t will be inter-
esting to see if he rounds out his career by becoming as big
in the railroad business as he is in the auto industry.
His whole life seems to revolve around the problem Of
cheap, fast transportation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
@. Are sapphires and rubies de-

@. Are sapphires and rubies de-
rived from aluminium? L. H.
A. They are corundum, which Is
aluminium oxide. the hardest miner
al except the diamond. It is called
according to its color, sapphire
(blue); true or Oriental, ruby (redl;
Oriental amethyst (%purple); Orient
al emerald (green); Oriental topaz
yellow; white sapphire (color-
less). Adamantine spar is smoky
brown, sometimes translucent. EN-
cry is very d~ark-colored and con-
tains magnetic.
@. What part of the total crop of
sugar cane grows in louisiana? c.
H. B.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that nine-tenths of AM
erica's $50, 000-ton cane sugar GRO
is produced in Louisiana.
@. Was Shakespeare rich? ]. R.
NJ.
A. Shakespeare became very
prosperous, as did two other actor
managers of Elizabethan times
Henslowe and Alleyn.
@. How is cotton mercerized? A.
NJ. p.
A. The cotton is treated With a
solution Of caustic alkali, and then
stretched while being washed with
hot water. The process which gives
the fibre or fabrics a brilliant lus-
ter, was introduced by John Mer-
Ger, an English calico printer, in
1874.
Q. What makes the kettle sing T?
G. l.. j.
A. When the water in the kettle
boils, the kettle is filled with steam
which attempts to escape. The spout
is a comparatively small opening,
and the pressure of the steam be-
comes great enough to cause the
singing or whistling sound as it
rushes through it.
@. Are telephones installed along
roadways for the use of motorists?
e. K. p.
A. This has been tried from time
to time since 1910, but usually it is
found that the revenues from such
a service are not adequate to meet
the costs of operatiin. There are
telephones available at such fire.
quent intervals in garages, stores
and farmers homes that the need
for highway telephones is negligi-
BILE.
O. How is 1t possible to tell dyed
skins from natural furs? RI. v. K.
4. One authority says that 'if
1t were generally known that the
undyed skin is whitish, and that the
underfur close to the skin is a light
drab, or pale blue color, it would not
ha so aaav ~ sell dyed skins as nat
urap."
@. What lis the difference be-
tween time fuses and percussion
fuses? l.. ]. P.
A. Time fuses are planned to burn
a certain length of time before they
set fire to the explosive charge in
the shell; percussion fuses are set
in operation by the impact of the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
THE REFEREE
lBy Albert Apple)

Oscar
Have you been following the ad-
ventures of Oscar Beiall, twenty-five,
worlds champion stowaway? Six
teen times he has been caught, hid
den away aboard ship, trying to slip
into the United States. And sixteen
times sem back to Germany.
When he comes again he should
be allowed to stay, even if it requires
a special act of congress-. When
anybody wants America badly
enough to spend two and a half
years crossing the ocean sixteen
times, America should want him.
Westward
Our foreign trade swings to the
west. We're doing 1900 million dol
lars worth of business a year, buying
and selling across the Pacific. It's a
fifth of our total with out
side nations.
Inspiring news this, for u Pa
ciic coast states. And just as impor-
tant to the rest of us. Our foreign
trade future is out yonder where the
sun sets. Fodder for gloomsters:
We're buying, from the orientals, 81
for each so cents we sell them.
Waltz
The ol~d-fashioned waltz is coming
back to its former popularity, ac-
cording to dancing teachers. They
say it is VIRTUALLY certain to monop-
Ollie the casinos, cabarets and grand
bathrooms"
If true, it al much in a moral
way, for the waltz is a creation of
modesty. There are two sure ways
of getting peoples real number
when they are drunk, and when they
dance.
Money
In Kansas they are bartering
clothes for wheat. A farmer buys a
for it with wheat elevator receipts
at 81 a bushel.
Money is not needed at all, except
as a bookkeeping convenience. Our
farmers are learning that our chief
| economic trouble, as In Europe, Is
in our money ivstem. If Ford runs
for president, his chief play for the
farmer vote probably will have to do
with a new system of currency.
Typical
A mar is arrested, charged with
neglecting to support his wife. Ac-
cording to the testimony at the hear
ing, he kept his family of five in a
shack, provided only one bed, and
failed to furnish enough to eat. Not
withstanding, he manages to own
and run an auto.
We wouldn't go as far as to call
him a typical American, but he GER
| tainly has some typical tendencies.
Clue
Bernhard Schultz is convicted in
the celebrated murder trial in Berlin.
The only clue was a single hair held
tightly in the fingers of the victim,
Hans Friedman, stock broker.
Scientists in the courtroom proved
by chemistry that the hair came
from Schultz's Stead He broke down
and confessed.
There is no Perfect Crime, except
in fiction and the movies. Every
criminal leaves a clue, ~betraying
himself, as inevitably as the light
ming cannot hide its work after
striking the tree.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
.HG6
ENlftl@
WUK[d
By GEORGE BRITT

1NEEA 0GINlCG WIAlCI
CHICAGO, Aug. 24:-It will be
you visit Chicago, but it's unsafe to
try to impress him with highbrow
stuff.
Six drivers for n single cab. COM
pany, 1t just to light, +
doctors of philosophy. About fifty
others are bachelors of something
or other, of colleges and universe
ties.
The city pays more to ride in a
taxicab than to be taken by the hand
of scholarship and led along the
bumpy road to learning.
The childish game of "~tattooing,"
by mean of the old favorite trans
fer pictures has struck society's
exclusive North Shore. Children of
the wealthy thrill at the same saw
age decorative system the children
of the alleys enjoy. Pictures of
kewpies and lions and red butter
flies are transferred, from the orig
inal watersoaked sticker, not to the
intended sheet of paper, but to a
childish arm or neck.
Afternoon tea is but a step re-
moved, perhaps it is the next step,
from the candy and fruit habit
which is developing in Loop office
buildings. The promoters are a dill
gent band of peddlers. Each after
noon the peddler appears, and is
met-not with references to building
rules against such salesmanship-
but with a shower of nickels. The
city license office reports nearly 800
pbasket and pack peddlers," mostly
selling edibles in Loop buildings.
.
For family reunions even the
Smiths would be hard put to beat
the record of the Breakstones, who
just assembled 206 of their known
$50 members for a convention here.
Cousins came from a dozen states
! and Canada. The name was adopted
only about a century ago by an an
cestor in Lithuania, when a royal
edict required modernization of cog
nomens.
Whisperings about fake "old
masters in Chicago art galleries and
mansions serve to bring forward the
story of a genuine artist who lived
here in the traditional penury. This
woman received word one day that
$500 had been sent her by cable
from Switzerland. She hurried
through the studios in her building
in search of some other artist who
had a bank account and might iden-
tify her. There was none. The JAM
itor at length introduced her at his
bank.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

shell against an object after 1t has
been projected from the gun.
@. What Is the real name OF the
tree of heaven?" L. G. H.
A. This is the ailanthus tree.
A native of China, II is now used as
a shade tree in many parts of Eu-
rope and America. The wood IS
hne-grained, satiny, and suitable Tor
cabinet making.
@. Are snakes deaf? w. Il, r.
A. Snakes have no external ears
and 1t is thought that they hear lit
tie or nothing. Whether they feel
sound impulses through their bodies
or bones is a subject for specula-
ton.
@. What is fustian writing? M. A.
NJ.
A. In literature. fustian signifies
a forced, bombastic styleSof writing
Astounding with metaphors or 9TH
er rhetorical figures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

The world owes you a living. You
can't put the collecting in the hands
Of an agency.
A married man hugs his wife. A
single man hugs decisions.
Any boy who hates arithmetic can
tell you how many hours it is until
school starts.
The female of the species dresses
cooler than the male.
What the u. S. needs is reverse
gears for gas meters.
The male mosquito is a vegeta-
rian. OF course it is the wife that
spoils your vacation.
A stitch in time saves nine. A run
in time saves nine innings.
Speeders run down walkers fas-
ter than cops run down speeders.
Save your fly swatters. Very
handy for spanking the children on
lonely winter afternoons.
Statistics would show 1000 new
words telling how hot the weather
has been.
An utter idiot is one who utters
everything he knows.
The burning question will soon be
the price of coal.
Black sheep are good at going
wool gathering.
The auto question is how many
miles can you go, on credit?
Are the moths enjoying your ov-
ercoat this summer?
Cider improves with age. But the
good usually die young.
Half a loaf is better than a whole,
Loaf one week instead OF two and
you Will ecove quicker.
They say poets are born. Sounds
IKE poets. tt ng to lay the blame
on their parents.
All the world is a stage. And
shooting craps with loaded dice Is
liable to be an exit.
Corn crop is good. Wheat crop is
good. So is the crop of wild oats
Much cain is being raised.
Ford will leave some footprints or
the sands of time, footprints and
auto tracks, also.
Some blushing June brides ar
Sill pluShing over a hot stove.
Two can live longer than one.
AS a mar thinks so is he. AS d
woman dresses so is she.
It's a wonder they don't catch
cold changing from a summer dres,
into a hot bathing suit.
Fine feathers make fine birds. AND
fine feathers make sad birds wher
the bills come in.
Misery doesn't always love com
pany when it comes for dinner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a. - When
the great war ended in victory for
the Allies the question as to how
much Germany could be made to pay
for the havoc she had wrought be-
came Immediately the n of en-
crossing interest to everybody con-
cerned. 1t still is. Moreover, it has
been debated in parliamentary
| bodies, in diplomatic exchanges, in
conferences and in the public prints
for almost five years and it is yet a
controversial subject.
Germany's ability or capacity to
pay mas been confused or lost sight
of in arguments as to the amount of
Preparations that could be demanded
in fairness by the Allied nations.
Even the amounts that Germany has
already paid and should be credited
with are by no means definitely as
certainable in all the confusion hat
has ensuede
Lord Curzon, speaking for Eng
land, has declared emphatically hat
o crisis is at hand and that if COM
plete chaos in Europe, and possibly
throughout the world, is to be avert
ed, Allied chickering's owe priority
rights in settlements and the indem-
mites to be exacted must cease. The
first sane step to be taken toward
world rehabilitation, he points out,
must be a determination by an i'm
partial, expert tribunal of how much
Germany can pay, and how she can
pay it.
1t is, therefore. with unusual inter
est that a volume just from the press
/ e.. chic V.1k UUvTI1 IA Traafr~n1 md
read. 1t is entitled, "Germany's Ca
pacity to Pay" 1t is a study of the
subject made by the Institute of
Economics with the sole purpose of
arriving at the facts without preju-
Moulton and c. Z. Mcclure, who
were assisted by the council and
staff of the Institute.
The Institute of Economics was
established by the Carnegie Corpor-
alton of New York for the avowed
sole object of ascertaining the facts
about current economic problems
and Of interpreting these facts for
the people of tie United States in
the most simple and understandable
FORM Robert S. Brookings is
president, Arthur T. Hadley, vice
president. David F. Houston, treas
urer, and Mr.. Moulton, the Director,
of the institute, which has its head
Quarters in Washington.
In his preface to the book Mr.,
Moulton says that mo discussion of
the political aspects of the problem
is attempted, nor is any detailed plan
of settlement recommended. The
purpose has been merely to make as
complete a diagnosis as possible of
Germany's economic condition and
of her ability to continue making
Preparation payments, and to point
out the bearing of international trade
conditions and commercial policies
upon any reparation settlement
~whatsoeVer"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
Questions Answers

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J.. Haskin, Direc-
app les strictly to Information. The
bureau will not attempt to answer
medicinal and financial troubles. It
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor TO undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
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Give full name and address n en-
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to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
Must Pay In Trade Balances

In general, the conclusion reach
ed in this notable contribution to the
r@eparations subject is that Germany's
capacity to pay is to be measured by
her trade balances-that is to say,
by the surplus of her exports over
her imports.
I'VE have set no definite annual
sums that Germany can pay through
the development of an export sur
plus" say the authors, for the sim
pie reason that it is utterly impos-
sible for anyone to know whether, in
view of all the conditions that exist
and that will continue to exist, Ger
many will be able to develop any
export surplus. 1t depends upon
wholly indeterminate factors. The
Germans themselves do not know a
particle more about the possibility
than any one else"
Under the so-called london agree
ment of 1921 Germany is supposed
to pay a total indemnity of 1S2 BILL
lion gold marks, the annual pay
ment to be two billion marks, plus
26 per cent of her exports
In the year 1913, when the German
export trade surpassed all records,
these terms would have required the
payment in one year of as billion
gold marks, and the authors say that
Germany, for all her resources and
her prosperity, could actually have
paid in that year less than one-half
that sum, for she had an adverse
trade balance of 673 millions.
In discussing the relation Of Ger
man foreign trade to the r%eparation
problem the authors summarize their
conclusions az follows:
Since Germany now has and can
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
The Old Town
street by street-Know Your City
PACIFIC STREET

Pacific street extends from Brace
avenue north to Love Lane. 1t was
laid out on part of what is known as
the old Cornell property by c.. c..
Hommann about twenty year ago
and was developed by Kelly & Nc
AIinden. The street is quite thickly
settled has sewers, shade Tree and
has been graded. There are no side
walks or curbing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

NOTICE
To EASTERN POTASH CORPORATION
its successors or assigns:
WHEREAS. on the twentieth day Of
September, nineteen hundred and twenty,
the Board of Commerce and Navigation
of the State of New Jersey executed .
lease to EASTERN POTASH CORPORA
TION OF lands under water of Raritan
River, in the Township of Raritan, Mid
dlesex County. New Jersey.
AND WHEREAS. rentals in arrears and
unpaid are due the State on said lease;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, under
the provisions of Chapter SO Of the Laws
of 1906, to EASTERN POTASH cORPoR-
ALTON, it's successors and assigns, that
IL the rentals due July /, 1921, JanyaSy
/, 1922, July /, 1922, January /. 1921 y
July /, 1928, in arrears and unpaiH H.
said lease, together with interest at six
per cent. (6%) per annum from the re-
spective dates on which said rentals be-
came due until the date of such payment
be not paid on or before the S0th day OF
August, nineteen hundred and twenty-
three. all rights under said lease shall
determine become null, void and Of ne
effect and forfeited to the State of New
BOARD OF COMMERCE AND NAv1aA-
TION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
VICTOR GELINEAU.
Director and Secretary.
Dated, July goth. 1923.
Observation-Disclosures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
Bible Thought For Today

H WHICH SATISFIES =Wherefore do ye spend
money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which
satisfeth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat We that when
is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness-lsaiah DO Z.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

Save time IN shopping-save money IN
buying-through the little Merchandise
ads in the Classified Section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24
NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY
TInnUnATnN

The City National Bank of Perth Am-
boy located at the City of Perth Amt \
in the County of Middlesex and the
of New Jersey. is closing its affairs. -
note-holders and other creditors of the as Z
ISOLATION are therefore hereby notified to
present the notes and other claims for
payment.
Dated. July End. 1929.
WILLIAM H. PULLEN.
Cashier.
261e6-7-2-dly 2 months.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

What the U. s. needs is reverse
gears for gas meters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-24

The female of the species dresses
cooler than the male.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
SALIVA |0N|STS
GET DONATION
OF $500
Contributor to $4,000 Fund
Now Being Raised. Praises
Army's Work.

A $500 contribution was sent in
yesterday for the $50, 900 fund being
raised by the Salvation Army. The
donor, in mailing his check, sent
the following message:
II should be very glad to double
this sum. and will do so if neces-
sary to make this campaign a sue
cess, but believe that the work of
the Salvation Army is a work
which every one, rich and poor,
high and low alike should share in
and encourage.
I'm the work of the Salvation
Army there is something so akin
to the teachings of the Nazarene
that / believe every person who
gives to the organization, whether
he gives much or little, Immediately
feels better for the deed, breathes a
purer air, holds his head a little
higher, carries a lighter heart and
may boast of a clearer conscience. ;"
The third week of the campaign
opened yesterday with the $50, 900
goal far from achieved owing to
very dull second week. Efforts
are being made to raise the needed
money this week Contributions
should be sent to army headquar-
ters, COZ e street northwest.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
SCION Of FAMED
D ARTAGNAN
ARRESTED
Pleads Guilty to Passing Bogus
Check-Denied
Probation.
D. 1nternatlor.,,aI, Sc. servlce.


LOS ANGELES, May 22.-Had
the three Observation-Disclosures, An
mis- and Athos-been in Judge
Averys court here and heard the
great name of D'Artagnan be-
smirched in the mire of crime they
would have wept with shame.
1t was Jules DArtagnan, who
says he is a direct descendant oil
the hero of Dumas romance. who
caused it all. He was given his
choice OF Punishment from Cali
fornia forever or ten days i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary al
San Quentin.
D'Artagnan pleaded guilty to
passing a fictitious check for $40
He had asked probation, and when
given a hearing before Judge Avery
his plea for leniency was denied de
spite his lineage.
In the report of the probation of
ficer was revealed the story of the
modern D'Artagnan. sailor ad
venturer instead of soldier, a
felon instead Of hero.
D'Artagnan told the court he was
born in France; that his mother
is Spanish and his father French
He ran away from home when
twelve years old and became a
sailor, he said. This was his first
step away from the precedent es
tablished by his ancestor, the cap
tain Of the kings musketeers.
The Washington times., 1923-05-22
Federal Highway Now
Has $4,000 Miles
In system
BY International News Service.

NEW YORK, May 22.-By
the end of the summer approx
mately 10000 miles of roads in
the United States will have been
designated as part of the Fed
eral aid highway system, Score
tary of Agriculture Wallace
today told the American Auto
mobile Association.
When the system is conf
pleted, Wallace said, it will be
possible to travel from any
town of 5000 population or
greater to any other town of
the same population without
leaving an improved road.