Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-26
THE REFEREE

Spooning
A thousand married women All
ovef ;he country get a Questionnaire
from the snoop society founded by
young John D. Rockefeller. The IDEA
is to make a scientific analysis OF
ancient institution, spooning before
marriage. It's a secret nose count
answers mailed without signing, 80
they can't be traced back to
| sender. Protected by this mask or
secrecy the women can answer
freely, tr%uthfully.
Some of the answers are rather
sensational, enough so that socioio-
gists ''view with alarm" But va no
tice that $50 of the 1000 claim they
| didn't spoon before marriage, never
| even kissed their finances. II n
rest OF the answers aren't n more
! truthful than this, better consign
! the whole inquiry to the waste
basket.
A wooden flatiron, used $500 ear
! ago in Egypt, is put on exhibition by
the gas company in New York City.
Later some one got the idea OF using
iron instead of wood.
Another ancient device Is a Ro-
| mai water heater. A hole was dug
| In the ground, lined with sheepskfn,
| filled with water, then hot stones
! were thrown in until the water
| warmed.
These relics, and others, remind
| us that life was very drab except for
q favored few in the oldep times. We
| look back. see only the glory of the
ancients as dug out of their tombs,
forgetting that the whole thing
rested on frightful human slavery.
| Nine-tenths of us would be slaves II
we lived in Tut's time.
Rubber
Americans are spending nearly a
billion dollars a year for tires and
other things made of rubber, says
A. L. Viles, big mar in the rubber
industry.
This reveals the importance of
the move to free US from England's
. virtual corner ON the worlds rub
Der production. Brazil. through its
government, announces that it'll
gladly cooperate with our manu-
facturers to develop a big American
owned rubber industry down there.
Whether Americans will be benevo-
lent enough to shade the price Eng
land will demand, remains to be
seen. Price of everything usually Is
as much as the holder can get.
Buying
Farmers buying power is return
ing rapidly. They're the chief GUS
toners of the big mail order houses,
which report remarkable recovery
In business"
Montgomery Ward &c Co, for in
stance, have been doing three-fifths
bettcc tn n they were a year ago,
measured in dollars. Sears-Roe-
buck sales have correspondingly
gained about a third.
The duration of the present boom
is going to depend a lot on the FARM
ers' ability to buy-that is, their in
come.
Latest hairdressing style in the
east Is the King Tut bob. The hair
falls straight all around the head
and is cut off on a level with the
chin. Same effect as If the hair
were trimmed along the edges of a
crock placed over the head. (
May not seem important to a man.
But it is, to a woman who has been
wondering how long she'd have to
save to get money enough for IA
permanent"
p. s.: The ears are exposed, hair
brushed down behind them.
JOY
Corporal Paisley of the Royal Ca
madam Mounted Police, is on the
home stretch of a 3000-mile trip by
dog team over snow and ice. It's the
longest "mushing'' trip on record.
We boast of the comforts and joys
of civilization. But how quickly
would you change places with Cor
poral Paisley, gliding along in the
crisp air of the far north, adventure
bound, expenses paid?