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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
NOTICE mo- CoNrRAorons

Sealed proposals for the construction II
a new grade school to be located on the
southwesterly side of Delevan Streets, be-
tween Livingston and Lee Avenues, New
Brunswick, N. J.. will be received Nv the
Board of Education. of the City of New
brunswick. Middlesex County, N. J., In
the Board Room at the Roosevelt Junior
Hlgh Shool, Livingston Avenue and We'll
ton Streets, New Brunswick, N. J., on
November IL, 1928 at p. NJ, as per
plans and specifications prepared by Alex
ander Merchant. Architect, No. 363 George
street New Brunswick. N. J.
ceived as follows:
/. General Construction
z. Heating and Nentilating
8. Plumbing
4. Electric Wiring
Each bid must be accompanied by n
certified check payable to the Board of
Education, City of New Brunswick, Mid
dlesex County. N. j.. to the amount of S
per cent, OF each bid, which amount will
be forfeited to the Board of Education ie
the bidder awarded the contract fails to
furnish a satisfactory bond for the full
amount OF his contract within is days
after the awarding of same.
Plans and specifications may be obtained
at the office of Alexander Merchant, Ar
chitect, No. 362 Geoi ge Street, New Bruns-
wick. n. j.. by depositing the sum of
S2b.oO for each set of plans and speci-
fcations. Number of set limited to fifteen.
The above sum will be returned to the
bidders, providing the plans and specid-
cations are returned to the Architect
within 10 days after receiving OF bids.
Otherwise the above amount will be for
feited by the bidder.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
DANIEL j.. WRAY,
MORRIS BAUER.
MISUNDERSTANDING
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
YOUR TIME

Doctors notice a steady increase in the number Of men
who break down between 40 and so, when they should be in
their prime. Breakdown comes three ways-physically, men
tally or in the ability to forge ahead and reap the harvest
Of past effort.
Why do so many men break down prematprelyf The an
swer is partly that civilization is constantly becoming more
complex with each year bringing more and more demands on
the individuals spare time.
Each year it becomes harder for a man to earn a good
living for himself and family. He goes through his work-day
at high nervous tension, speeded up, giving his last ounce of
strength. This is particularly true of men who work witt
their brains.
Father goes home at night, tagged out. What he needs,
TO keep him fit and help nature recuperate his exhausted cells,
is complete relaxation with plenty of fresh air and little noise.
But socaned "social duties" crowd in. Father finds he is
expected to dress up and go calling on friends. Or maybe
it's TO a movie. Or to lodge. Or to a meeting Of some COM
mittee on which he is serving as Fifth Assistant Deputy Pea
nut Inspector. And so on.
Before he realizes, it's around midnight when he yawns
into bed, exhausted, with an hour or two less for sleep than
he should have. A man can stand this for a while. But in a
matter of years even a strong constitution begins cracking
under the strain.
Too many social duties. Too much gadding about. Too
little leasure time devoted to relaxation and rest. The candle
has been kept burning at both ends. Father weakens, falters,
Tags out prematurely.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
FOOD WILL SETTLE PREPARATIONS QUESTION

In trying TO reach a settlement Of the German reparations
question the fact must not be overlooked that Germanys ability to
pay depends entirely on her ability TO produce goods which can be
converted into cash. 70 produce means to work, and that is what
the Germans have got to do for a great many long years. The
sooner they realize that fact the better it will be for them, and the
better for the whole world.
Now that the Allies, including America, arc going to go into
this matter once more it would seem that if they want the Germans
question Of Germany's capacity to pay is taken up, is to furnish
food. A man cannot work when he shalt starved; there is moth
ing like a full stomach to furnish strength and contentment.
But The food question enters into the proposition further than
that. Not only must the worker himself be properly fed, but his
family must be provided for. A man cannot put his mind on his
work and give the best that is in him when he is worrying all the
time about the sick and puny children at home, and wondering
where their next meal is coming from.
There arc food riots all over Germany today. The thought up
pcrnost in the minds of everyone is where to get something to eat
The people are hungry and there is no food for them. It is all well
enough to say that they should go to work and earn money with
which to buy bread, but there is no such thing as money in Ger
many any more, as far as the great mass Of workers are concerned.
They can work a week and receive several million marks as pay,
but when they have it they have only a great bundle of paper
which nobody wants. A million of them will not buy a loaf of
bread.
To get the German currency on a firm basis so that the money
the workers earn will be worth something, German finances must
,la stabilized, but the only way the finances can be stabilized is to
produce the goods than can be sold for real money. But how can
the goods be produced if the people are starvingf
One of the greatest needs is wheat with which to make bread.
There is a great lack of wheat in Germany. Sixty million people
starving for the want of wheat. Here in this country wheat is a
drug on the market. Farmers cannot get rid Of it. The first
problem for the commission that is to take up the question Of Ger
man reparations, therefore, is to find some means of getting all
this surplus wheat in America where it is wasting, over into Ger
many where il is needed to noursh the people in order that they
can get their minds off the question of food and concentrate on
their work.
Food, and plenty Of it, is the first step then, toward getting
Germany on her feet once more. When a man knows that there is
plenty to eat at home so that his family is not suffering, and when
he has a full dinner pail to satisfy himself, he is going to stop riot
ing and go to work provided his government will let him-and
IL looks as IL the leaders had come to their senses at last, with the
ending Of passive resistance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
EXPECT GREAT SAVING
IN ROAD MAINTENANCE

TRENTON, Oct. 29:-A reduction
of about 100000 is expected by the
State Highway Commission to be
gained by a change In the methods
OF road maintenance inaugurated by
the commission.
This saving is anticipated, 1t was
stated today, although the repair
program of the highway department
Is designed to bring the thorough
fares to q better condition than in
any period since the state assumed
charge of the important of
communication. 1t Is thought that
the estimated decrease will be ac-
complished by the commissions plan
Tor paving roads which now require
the greatest maintenance expendi-
ture and by a patrol system for the
Improvement of others before the
deterioration makes the upkeep al
most ~prohibitive. Favorable results
obtained from repairs which have
withstood the strain of eXacting
traffic conditions were also said to be
factors helping to cut down further
maintenance outlay.
In the budget for this year., Ii was
said, $2,165,000 was originally set
aside for the care of $40 mlles of
highways already reconstructed or to
be rebuilt later. OF the original six
teen routes, 300 miles still require re-
building and in this amount were
said to be 1T miles of macadam and
1876 of gravel, requiring constant at
tention. Teml 5rarily, the commits
sion said, every mile Is being placed
In good condition.
Under a new system established by
the highway board, direct response
billty is placed for the road condi-
lions in different parts of the state.
For the purpose of a closer check
on activities the routes are put into
four divisions for roads and one for
bridges. Each is in charge of a SUI
pervisor reporting directly to Tren-
ton headquarters. Subordinate to
the supervisors are foremen of the
patrol crews and an accounting must
be made for any highway reaching
par, it was stated.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. CLIFFORD C. ROBINSON
Why Worry?

why worry!
No one trouble does more to UNI
dermlne bodily health and strength
than mental overwork mixed with
worry. Worry, carried to the limit,
Will often cause more severe ex-
haustlon and loss than any other
body process.
The brain car perform a great
amount of work. With proper train
Ing, favorable environment and the
right kind of food to provide a nor
NAL blood supply, there is hardly any
limit to its energy. But sometimes,
with n strong emotional incubus at
tached to a brain, which is under
stress of circumstance forced To
work in n groove or single track, ii
soon ONE to the end of its useful
ness.
When you consider also that the
brain Is always busy and never
ceases it's activity, not sven during
your rest or sleep. you can imagine
it's tension and strain IL cluttered UP
with worry.
The periods of activity and rest
must be regulated with great care.
You should not draw too heavily on
the bank OF your bodily health by
overdrafts on the brain. Those who
try to conserve their health well
know that strong or sustained brain
work brings about cerebralhyper-
enia Ia marked increase In the flow
of blood to the brain.)
This increased flow should not in
terfere with other body processes.
DO not attempt heavy brain work
soon after eating. These two great
processes should not be called into
full action at the same time.
Outlines nerves and mental
worry are caused by physical over
work. In a sense they are ono.
Motor activity Is the result of ner-
vous energy. Of.course muscles tire
and undergo changes from their ex-
%ertion, but the V strain is tho
greater.
Don't worry. Try to relax com
pletely from your work hobby at fire.
quent intervals or as often as you
can with the work situation at its
maximum and your worry at mini
mum.
1t Is n good plan to avoid worry
by trying something else. IL you are
q banker or Spectator, try writing
or some mental gymnastics as a re-
Taxing agent. If you r a muscle
worker, the worry will not
bother you to any extent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

Boston is lively this fall. Man
sat his wife on the stove. Well, he
made things hot for her.
Weather Bureau employee In
Washington was robbed, which may
be what's wrong with the weather.
Big smokestack on a st. Louis no.
tel collapsed. perhaps because it
wasn't as high as the rates,
Baroness Pepper, a Metropolitan
opera Star, is back from Europe
looking more like a sweet mama.
Salmon weighing 16 pounds caught
IN oregon Big enough to feed two
cats Or 500 boarders.
A man has brought So camels to
this country from Australia, perhaps
Tor bootlegging m%ascots.
Drive carefully. Blow your horn.
In Omaha, Neb., a wreck victim was
robbed while unconscious.
Probably thinking it was an Office
seeker the governor of Michigan hit
a pig with his auto.
COPS in st. Louis caught an e
thief. Guess he was a hard-boiled
egg. May ave been a bad yegg.
Even If a Miami (Fla.) man did
freak his leg taking a bath, practice
Will lessen the danger.
A post card mailed In 1906 has
arrived in Dnrf1on ND No - a. -
the hunting season.
News from far-off China. Will ed
ucate Chinese women, if possible.
On the day q Vancouver (B C.)
man was 10S he worked 13 hours, SO
when he gets old he can rest.
Fortune teller says Mary Garden
will marry next year. Others may
say 1t was a misfortune teller.
The fifth annual prediction that
the federal soldier bonus will be
passed is being made.
They will pass a federal bonus if
they can't pass it up.
Due to a food shortage Canadian
bears are eating porcupines, without
even salt or pepper.
Juror who fell asleep at the Stokes
scandal hearing in New York would
sleep as a burlesque show.
News from dear old London, Man
bit off his wife's nose. Probably a
quaint old English custom.
-
Lloyd George has had q better u
In this country than Papyrus.
Only thing o can say for having
a girl in your lap is she goes through
the windshield first.
Why be ashamed Of a long neck?
CRATES sell for $4,000 apiece.
The booze peddlers are obeying
the law of supply and demand.
A b%ootlegger is not as low down
in the scale as a bootlicker.
The Japanese call telephone girls
"moshi moshi," sounding to us ex-
act1y like ''mushy mushy."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
WHERE EVERYONE CAN HELP

During the great war it was not merely a badge of honor to
be a member Of the American Red Cross; there was supposed to
be something wrong with any person who did not belong. This
splendid organization modified the manhood and womanhood, the
boyhood and girlhood Of the nation, correatng the patriotic activ-
tiles of all who had to stay at home while our young men fought
in defense Of the country. Everybody then realized the absolute
indspensability Of the American Red Cross, that it was to be a
prime factor in the winning Of the war against Germany.
Equal realization today of the continuing need for the full
functioning of the American Red Cross would render unnecessary
any special appeals in behalf Of its campaign for membership
Hundreds Of thousands of persons would hasten to enroll their
names and promise their cooperation and support.
One emergency is over and we hope it win never recur, but if
it should we must see to it that the organization which rendered
such nobly efficient service before is equipped and ready to render
iFeeAn. But there is a real emergency today which calls upon the
best resources Of the American Red Cross. Across the sea are mil
lions Of little children who are facing death from disease and star
walton. From no other source than America is there promise of
facilities for graphing with this situation. We Americans must
enlist under the banner of the Red Cross to combat epidemic and
famine in defense of these little ones. We are not asked to leave
our comfortable homes and endure hardships and penls abroad,
The representatives of the Red Cross will undergo that ordeal as
our agents. All VIC have to do is to pay the trifling subscription
fee and thus have a part in this great work.
It is inconeeivable that there will not be a prompt response to
the appeal for aid which the Red Cross so confidently makes to the
American people in their annual membership driv~that begins on
Amishce Day, November II.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
TOO FAT?
TRY ~THIS-REDUCE

People who don't grow too fat are the
fortunate exception. But If you find the
rat accumulating or already cumbersome.
which is endorsed by Thousands 81 neonis
VINO Know. Ask your druggist for Mar.
moia Prescription Tablets and follow di.
fectlons. One dollar is the price the
world over. Get them from your own
Druggist or send price direct to Marmola
20, 1919 woodward Ave, Detroit. Mich,
Sy doing this you Will be safe from harm
and easily. without starvation diet or
tiresome exercise.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
wilhnImlnn nimocIs

CARTERET, Oct. 20-Wilhelmlna
Dimock. t%wenty-nine years old, wire
of Earl Dimock, died this morning at
her home on Holly street following a
brief Illness. Mrs. Dimock was porn
In Staten Island but for the last ten
years was a resident here Beside
her husband she is survived by two
sons, Paul and james; her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James Coupland; two
sisters, Mrs. Esther Walsh, and Mar
garet, and a brother, SIMON. She
was a member Of ST. Joseph's
church.
Funeral arrangements are now be-
ing made by Frank L. Burns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

and are mentioned by Pliny. Fire
engines of a sor were used in Eng.
land at the end of the sixteenth
century. The first steam fire engine
was developed by Braithwaite in
1929 or 1880. John Ericsson work.
ed on the problem about the same
time.
Q. Please tell me how the record
OF Pochantas' buried reads.-H. S
NJ.
A. In the parish register of Saint
georges Gravesend, there is the fol-
lowing entry: 1915 G617). NAV 81.
Rebecca Wrothe wyff of Thomas
Wrothe, gent. a Virginia lady borne.
here was buried in We chauncill."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Any reader can get the answer TO
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Direc.
tor. Washington. d. c. This offer
apples strictly TO Information. The
bureau will not attempt 10 answer
medicinal and financial troubles. II
1898 cot attempt to settle domestic
nor to undertake sxhaus.
tive research on any subject Write
your question plainly and briefly,
GlVe run name and address and en-
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postage. All replies are tent direct
to the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

@. Why are automobiles forbidden
in Bermuda ?-J. j. B.
A. Automobiles are not permitted
on the Island of Bermuda because
the Bermudans feel that horse
drawn vehicles are fast enough and
that the beauties of their island
might be too rapidly exhausted II
tourists used automobiles.
O. Is the chinch bug a serious
menace to crops?-J. S.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the average annual loss
due to chinch bugs in the United
States cannot be less than 100000
900. They feed on Indian corn,
wheat and other small grains and
grasses, puncturing the stalks and
causing them t. wilt. Opal are val
liable as exterminators of these
pests.
@. Give comparative cost of the
maintenance of our President and
the King of England.-R. NJ. ID.
A. The total bill for the expenses
of the President and the upkeep of
the White House is about 100000
a year. The civil list of King
George of England approximates
$2,8S8,9
@. Is yellow fever a disease ma
tive to Brazil?-S. H.
A. 1t was not endemic there. 1t
was imported on a sailing vessel in
the second half of the last century.
Q. Why does H. G. Wells in his
Outline of History give the date Of
the birth of Christ as Alb. CIV.
G.. G.
A. For many centuries the exact
date of the birth of Christ was
based on the calculations of Dion
ysius, a learned monk Of Rome of
the 9Th century. Subsequent investi-
cations however, demonstrated that
Dionysius date is at least four years
too late. The discrepancy was dis
covered by a comparison of the his
torical rocerds of Rome with Scrip
tue records of birth of Christ Accord
ing to Scriptures Christ was born at
time of a census of enumeration
made in the territory of Herod in &C.
cordance with the decree of Angus
tus, when Quirinius Tin Bible Cyra-
nius) was exercising authority in the
Roman provinces of Syria. This was
four years earlier than the date of
Dionysius.
Q. What persons have walked
across Niagara river at the Falls on
a tight rope?-K. L. S..
A. Tight rops walkers who have
crossed Niagara Falls are Blondin,
1853; Maria Slepterina, 1876, and
John Dixon, 1890.
@. How many fur bearing animals
are killed for their skins in the
United States yearly ?-J. Il.
A. About 100000 900 are killed
each year to supply the demand for
furs. 1t estimated that 20, 900, 900
of these consist Of muskrat, opos-
sum, mole, lamb kid marmot and
squirrel.
Q. When were felons first sent to
a British colony?-J. e.
A. Tht first instance OF this sort
was when the King sent 10 pris-
oners from English prisons to be
sold as servants to the Virginia
planters.
@. When were fire engines first
used Nv. H. G..
A. Machines for extinguishing fire
were known from a very early date.
They were employed by the Romans
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
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WONDER, SAYS
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
Bible Thought For Today

STRENGTH AND SONG THE Lord i my strength and
and he is become my saIvation-Exodu 1872.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
YOUR WATCH

Serves You "a Hours a Day. All Year.
But 1t requires cleaning and a
little oil. Bring II to us for this i'm
portane work.
RELIABLE JEWELRY SHOP
1OU-A Smith st. Tel. 3Y5.W
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

with relatives who possess fortunes
worth inheriting, and when Govern
nent officials find themselves with an
estate running into real money they
know that claimants will be heard
from promptly.
It is the poor devil who dies. 1.-THE
world forgetting and by the world
forgot" who leaves "a bunch of
junk" that is neve claimed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Years ago getting arrested was
considered strictly masculine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Baroness Pepper, a Metropolitan
opera Star, is back from Europe
ookin more like a sweet mama.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Big smokestack on a st. Louis no.
tel collapsed. perhaps because it
wasn't as high as the rates,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Boston is lively this fall. Man
a his wife on the stove. Well, he
made things hot for her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

Salmon weighing 16 pounds caught
In oregon. Big enough to feed two
cats Or 500 boarders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29

weather Bureau employee in
Washington was robbed, which may
be what's wrong with the weather.