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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

| Decorations of this sort could be
used for almost any sort of a Hal
lowen'en party. But if you have in
min a party of ghosts and spooks
n witches. decorations of black
cats and old women on broomsticks
will lend an eerie and suggestive
touch.
These silhouettes can be purchas-
ed at a five and ten cent store or
made at home. Black card board pa
per and a pair of sharp scissors
with a paper pattern are the neces-
sary utensils.
Orange and black crepe paper can
be fringed and used ~foP~shades owe
the lights, or attractive '"transpar-
encies" can be found in the stores.
Bats and owls are effective, cut
from black paper and used as
shields for side lights. The yes of
the owl can be cut out to let the
light shine through, and the veins of
the bats outspread wings and a thin
line to mark the shape of his body
can be removed with a sharp knife.
Tree tiny owls car be pasted to-
gether to form individual holders for
nuts Or candies.
The broom of an old witch can
| bear the name of a guest for a place
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Women Win Prizes

At the exhibition of painting held
at the Artists Cooperative School
clubrooms in New York City, on Oc-
tober 26, for the third year students
Mrs. Roy O'Brien, formerly Miss
Agnes L. Sack, of this city, was
awarded first prize of $50. Her
painting, THE Pasture" was chosen
as the best among seventy-three
others. Friends of Mrs. O'Brien who
were present at the exhibition say
the choice of the judges was unani-
nous. Even in her school days Mrs.
O'Brien exhibited a marked talent
for drawing and painting and won
several prizes offered for drawings
among the school children. Miss
Winifred Keogh, of High street,
Newark, won second prize of S35 and
Franklin Sanders, also of Newark,
received third prize of $25.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Girls Club Has
Hallowe en- Party

The Girls Club held their annual
Halloween party, in the auditorium
of the public library last night.
Black cats, cornstallSs, ghosts and
COLLINS prevail everywhere. Miss
Alice J%orgenson was awarded first
prize for the prettiest costume,
dressed as an old fashioned miss;
Miss Emma Sanford, and Miss d.
Sanford, was awarded the prize for
the most grotesque dressed as an old
man and m Miss Elsie jacob
son was awarded the prize for the
funniest and Miss Anna Kutcher for
the most original. The judges were
Miss Barbara Mcleod, Miss Ada
Wilentz and Miss Esther Wider
strom. A peanut hunt, three legged
race and many other games appro-
pirate to the occasion were enpoyed.
Delicious refreshments of cider,
crullers. apples, and Jolly pops were
served by the committee in charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
nNIine and THING"

One Mothers Says:
1 taught my children very early
the difference between possessions
that were theirs alone, and objects
which belonged to other people.
~Playthings all had a distinct owner
ship acknowledged by the rest of
the family. 1 have known mothers
who ran their homes on the basis
that everything was ~everybody'S to
be astonished as "thievery" in their
children. The children merely
picked up some object when they
were visiting as they had been ac-
customed to take whatever they
wished at home without inquiring
whether it belonged" to some one.
(Copyric-. 1928, Associated Edi-
tors.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
BROADCASTS
BY LORA KELLY

1IlOsC otdI -GJSu itSioiiSS
We have a fondnesS for old-fash-
Toned poetry. The troubadours of an
earlier days had such high-hown
rather restfuI to browse in their
flowery verbal pastures.
They were simple souls, too, for all
their fancy meters. They were al
ways lifting the praises of coral lips
sometimes better known as "ruby"),
"alabaster brows," violet eyes" and
throats like unto those of swans.
"She walks in beauty like the
night"-and all the rest of the high
flown phrases sound as if their
sweeties were heavenly creatures
who hadn't much in common with
their legally married aides who milk
ed the COWS, cooked the breakfast
eggs and washed up the dishes.
Men aren't ,riting poetry like that
any more. In an g when women
aspire to be executives" there isn't
much incentive for a r~ed-blooded
poet to say it with flowers.
Despite the strides of modern den
tistry and the consequent higher
standard of oral hygiene, nobody is
writing odes to the flapper's pearly
teeth.
Beauty draws us by a single hair"
sounds a trif1e ridiculous when we
contemplate several rows of bobbed
heads in the orchestra seats in front
of us.
"Her little feet stole In and out,
like mice, beneath her petticoats"-
or words to that effect. But a lot of
things a happen in 800 years. The
I<inp Tut Ia and the he
moccasin are anything but coquettish
in the of Sir John Sucking
indicated in his NOUS smile.
AS for coral lips and alabaster
brows. everybody's wearing them
and all the erstwhile poets have gone
in for commercial advertising.
Copyright, 1923, by Public Ledger
Company
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

Let the table decorations for your
Halloween party be as rustic"
as possible. A large pumpkin,
used bowl fashion, filled with rosy
apples and nuts and grapes has the
merit of being as inexpensive as it Is
artistic.
If a floral centerpiece is preferred
the same pumpkin bowl will be
charming filled with autumn leaves
and vines; Light the table with
candles and use carefully pressed
and lettered oak or maple leaves for
place cards.
The candle holders offer a chance
for quite a bit of originality. Car
rots, turnips apples, potatoes and
cabbages can be carved or followed
out in the center to form holders for
candles. Orange shells can be used
for tiny Jack O'Lanterns. A large
ear of golden field corn a be brok-
en- in half and the cob cut away at
one end to hold a candle.
Little Cost
Bowls of asters, wild ones, and
%goldenrod with feathery wild Gle
mats, branches Of autumn leaves
and stalks of corn can be used ef-
fectively throughout the house.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

beware a red-headed girl on the
airteenth day of the month! That's
what I'm going to scream in Billy
Cut-out's ear tomorrow night at the
Halloween party said Marjorie
Clipper, as she stood before the mir
ror in her witch dress.
I'll read Nancy's future from
leaves in a teacup and say she'll wed
for a penny! After I've searched
.Nlict's palm, I'll chant: Strange
places. many jewels in gold casesl"
you're wonderful" Natalie told
her. Tell me what mine will be-"
"Ht' That's what you'll have 10
wait until tomorrow to know!"
Tomorrow night you will wind up
the path by a Pickering jack-o-lan-
tern, straight to the Halloween
h%ullabaloo! The little brown owl
in the orange and black gowned
fortune ~teller's hand will tell her
what to say, so she's sure to be a
success!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Noted Women to
Attend Dinner

Mrs. George S. Silzer, and Mrs.
Fred NJ. p. Pearse will be honored
guests at the Middlesex County
Democratic Woman's Club dinner,
which will be held in the New Pack
er House tonight. Mrs. Katherine,
Donges, of Camden, a state commit
teewoman, will be the principal
speaker OF the evening. City and
county candidates will also be pres
ent to address the session. The Rut-
gers Jazz bandits will furnish the
music during the dinner and a fine
entertainment has been arranged by
the committee in charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Keyport Women

KEYPORT, Oct. 30:-The regular
meeting of the Guild of the Reform
ed church will be held this after
noon. The Far and Near Society will
be the h~ostesses of the occasion.
The Girl Scouts of the Reformed
church will meet in the church
house tonight at Z o'clock.
Mrs. Andrew J. Dykstra and Mrs.
Peter Van Rikxoort are superintend-
ing the sewing school of the Reform
ed church. The sessions resumed on
Saturday and a large attendance was
present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Girl Scout News

A regular meeting of the Pansy
Troop No. 3, was held yesterday at
the Y. NJ. II. A. The study of leaves
was taken up. Many girls took
their observation test. Songs we're
sung at the close of the meeting.
The color guards are Lillian Plane
and Elinor Siskind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30


kinds of foods, even though thei
must eventually figure largely I,
his diet. First wean him, which
process taken leisurely. viii usual
ly consume about a month, making
the change from n bottle to two
etc. every three or four days.
When the baby is on All bottIe
feelings and is digesting them nice
ly, it is time enough to take the othcf
suitable foods, soup, cereals, etc, intS
consideration, adding them in smal.
amounts to his daily menu.
To hurl a baby used only to bress
milk into the midst Of diet suitably
to the baby who has always hal
cows milk and who at 3 or
months is ready to begin On rkh4
foods, would be to court dlsastf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Society TO Entertain

The Baptist Christian Endeavor
Society will entertain at a Hallow-
cen party in the basement of the
church on November 2. at 8 o'clock
for members of the society and their
friends. Everyone must come
masqued. Prizes will be awarded
for the prettiest, most unique and
most grotesque costumes. Games
will be played and the hall will be
decorated suitable to the occasion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Fcrds Woman
Club To Meet

FORDS, Oct. 30.-The annual
birthday party of the Fords Branch
of the Woman's Club of Woodbridge
township will be held on Wednesday
afternoon, October 81, in the Fords
fire house. Miss Sarah B. Askew, of
the State Library Commission in
Trenton, and Mrs. j. II. Thayer
Martin, of Woodbridge, will be the
speakers. Good music is assured.
Each member may bring a guest to
the party.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

We are able to Offer
readers now a new Ieafiek On
feeding. How the baby shouId
De Ieu from the time he Is I
months to s years Is incIuiesi IN
TINS %hp.. ANY Of the readers of
'ilis department. may have IL by
SEND = a self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope tho loose stampe)
and asking for 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

Mrs. Roy Burr won the champion
ship in the Ladies' Golf Tournament
held last week at the Metuchen Golf
and Country Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rolfe entertain
ed the Friday Evening Club OF the
younger set, at their home on Ora
ham avenue. Mrs. Howard Thomp-
son, Mrs. Kingsley Powell Ted Dana
and f. M. Potter were the prize win
ners. The mex meeting will be with
Miss Evelyn Letson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
The Girl Whose Fiance Makes Friends
Instead of Money-A May-and-November
Marriage-How to Cure a Lazy Daughter

DEAR DOROTHY DIX al in love with a young man two years
my senior. We have been going together for several years and 1t is our
intention to marrya as soon a he is making sufficient salary. The trouble
is that h seems to be making n o progress whatsoever. He holds a minor
position with a lage company, and Is not particularly brilliant, but seems
to 10 his work well. He has a host of friends and is always lending them
money which he never gets back. am working myself and realize lust
how short a distance a small salary goes 1 believe that if he could go
SOL kind of position where a good, disposition ad a knack at
making friends mean more than gray matter, that he might get som@-
where.
What shall I do? We are both still young, but we don't seem to b\
getting anywhere and this business of continuous counting is getting N nv
nerves. M
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

Vegetable Com
pound that when l
realized l needed
to take something
torelieve my pains
and back che and
Ito help build me
up began to take
that. | had been
sick off and on for
years and barely
weighed a hun
bred pounds, but
now | have had
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

If your young man has a position With a large company. and inst
stays put, yea after year instead of rising o a better place n eettinr
a bigger pay envelope, have the courage to face the situation as it is and
reahzet that he has about got his number. He has struck his stride ad
isn't likely to hit a faster gait
Also realize that having hosts of friends isn't always In asset II a
young man.. 1t is quite a likely to be a liability. The who cn al
ways be counted upon for a touch never has any money in the bank. and
there's re thousands of me who spend more time and enereya attending ITO
their friends affairs than they ever do o their own.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
What South Amboy
Women Are Doing

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbv'o~'"r church will serve an
oyster supper in the lecture room of
the church on Friday evening, COM
mencing at 5 o'clock. Supper will
be served from that hour until 8
o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

There will be a special meeting of
the members of the Metuchen Club
at the Club house Thursday night
to arrange plans and regulations for
the coming year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Finds a True Friend

Finds a True Friend
every woman who values her
health should be proud to have a true
friend like the Vegetable Compound"
says Mrs. w. E. Shaw, 1927 Walnut
Street, Chicago, Illinois. 81 had fe-
male weakness so badly that | could
not stand on my feet. Half of my
time was spent in bed and | had pains
in my back which we're unbearable.
| tried everything l could think of to
help myself, and when a friend adj
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound | began taking it at once.
recommend it without hesitation"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

II you are in love, then, with a young man who has
III ne virtues except the virtue of being able to make
money you nave two courses open to you-you can either
break of with him, or else marry him and mother him. Yn
can protect him from his friends by taking his money away
MIN before they have a chance to borrow it, and YOU
can spur him on to make the best of such business ability
al ne mas. And, as you are a business woman yourself.
you can keep on with your job for a while until you save up
enough to have a little start in life.
But you Will always have to be the backbone of the
family yourself. You will always have to do the managing
II ne planning, and the looking ahead, and you alone
can decide whether matrimony under such conditions is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Answer:

AHsWtTs
IL here were some fountain of youth in which you
oud alp the old man and make him young, he and his oir1
wife might be congenial and eompanIonable, but, alas. there
Is no ueh miracle working place. Ponce de Leon never found
II Alchemists have never discovered the magic formula for
transforming age into youth. Even monkey glands a fail.
ufe; Age is age, and youth is youth, and never the twaIn
snail meet on any common ground of understanding.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
Answer:

-AHsWeI:
There isn't any place where a good disposition and a
knack at making friends mean more than gray matter.
l.. NJ. j. It's brains that count in this hard, cold world.
where the prizes go to the shrewd go-getters and not
to the lovable, easy-going chaps whom everybody likes and
everybody imposes upon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
10 Relieve PAIN
and BACKACHE
Women May Depend upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound

Minneapolis, Mimi had heard
80 much about Lydia 3. Pinkham's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

III all sober truth there is no other such insurmountable bsrri.rh IL
o6e we yout Pe0 ne as age. Ilme makes a bridge over which the feet Of
imy 40 moi n9t mink bH,a "a h old think. They have not the same tastes, nor
u caIeS ana, theTeIore, there cn be no real companionship betveen +ban
nmG Una nat makes h tragedy Of the marriage of a young girl to an old
hdl ana OIL a mn who marriesa woman older than himself Tbev -
eViable. H oueA' u Is III
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

Answer:
Nhoso Will not work. neither shall he eat" Whv mo trv
ne Starvation Lln cure on her for a while? If you convince hen.
ueiy uImly II she Will have no food unless she earns n
she VIII go to work. Half of the no-account men and woman
IN te world could have been turned into industrious Cit
ZEN II helr mothers had had the nerve to take their n1atss
oil the table when they refused to work. It's the knowledge
soIIoro rsooIe alMays go PACK nome, where there's three
aqua[e meals and a good bed. that makes thousands OF bows
anu girls quit on a job when it gets hard.
DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright. 1923. by Public Ledger Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

The Wednesday Bridge Club will
meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs.
Edward Clark, of Plainfield avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
What Metuchen
Women are Doing

METUCHEN, Oct. 30:-The three
day Library Festival" held in the
High school last week, introduced a
new form CT benefit entertainment in
the borough which will probably be
an annual event. Crystal Brown had
charge of the arrangements. The
program included Mrs. Francis Payne
Lowe, elocutionist; M. Tuckerman,
baritone; Miss Ruth Emerson, plan
list, DIR. Samuel Grafflin. lecturer:
Guy Hunter, blind pianist; Mrs.
Kemp S%tellings, v%iolinist; DR.. L. w.
Davidson, lecturer and Miss Mary
Schenck. a feature of the entertain
ment WAS a delightful fantasy by
Winifred Agnes Hope, called,
Friends in Bookland' when was
delightfully."- portrayed by thlrty-two
young boys ana girls under the dir
ection of Mrs. G. p. Hull.
A farce by Booth Harrington, "a
Trysting Place" was given Saturday
afternoon and night, the cast in
cluded Miss Elizabeth Clark, Miss
Mae Carman, Mra. Edward Morris,
Messrs. Kennech Nook, Elliot Corbin
f. NJ. Potter and c. p. Hull. undec
the direction of Mrs. C. z. Hull, the
characters were well chosen and the
parts we'll played.
The Quiet Hour Club met recently
at TIE home of Mrs. STEELE Manning.
Mrs. Kenneth Badmann was leader
for the day and papers were read
by Mrs. IL. Il. Johnson, Mrs. Jerry
Letson and Mrs. George Carman.
Miss Kelley a guest, gave a short
talk on Italian Art and Miss Wini-
fred Ayres rendered two solos. Mrs.
William Dinwiddie was elected a
member. The next meeting will be
on open meeting with Mrs. Schenck
on the afternoon of Nov. 8.
Members Of the Quiet Hour Club
are planning a benefit bridge party
to be held at the Club house on the
afternoon of November ninth. The
proceeds will go to the Federation
for the new building to be erected
at the Woman's College in New
Brunswick. Mrs. IL. b. Johnson,
Mrs. William Mckenzie and Mrs.
Van Middlesworth are the committee
in charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

The annual masquerade dance of
the Metuehen Club will be held at
the Club House tonight with Miss
Abbie Robins as hostess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

A membership drive is now under
way by Court Sancta Maria, Cath
Ollie Daughters of America. A new
applicant for every member is the
slogan. Much interest is noticed in
the drive at this time.
When the local Red Cross chapter
holds it's annual roll call from No
vember II to 20, the school teachers
and the Woman's Club will assist.
Mrs. b. c. Duvier is chairman of
the drive this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

such good results that | am recon-
mending the Vegetable Compound to
every one. Mrs. j. j. BIEBER, 1899
18th Ave. South, Minneapolis, MINI.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

Money isn't everything. and very often the man who does not
now TO push his fortunes. and who can never give his wife a fine he
on a limousine give her a tenderness, a companionship. a svmnafhv
make e richer than any Mrs, Croesus, and that cause her to be en-,
by the wife of many a millionaire. DOROTHY Dx
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

The young wife wants to dance. to play, to go TO places
OF amusement. She longs for gayety, for laughter, for Tho
society Oh people OF her own age. The old husband wore out
ue Pleasures of youth years ago. He had his fill of dancing
III Oh running about. Now his rheumatic old bones do nat
cry out for Jazz, They yearn for warm fIannels. and hotvvater
paes, ana the radiators. The tired old man wants Quiet
IN wnlch 10 doze over his paper, not to be dragged about a.
parties and theaters. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30
MY DEAR DOROTHY DIX ba

MY DEAR DOROTHY DIX have a friend who is married to a man
old enough to be her father. When the girl married. him felt thai
she would AVE a better lance TO happiness in marrying al old mar. n
"a settled in his habits, than she would if she married a mar
Also she had a girls dream about being a n old mans darIing.
but n fnds the old MAJ a tyrant, who never wants to e anv-
where, o do anything that she wants to do. He wants t. stay at bons
al me m and is upset if any Of his habits are changed. There ia No
compromising or congenialty between them and the young wife is bored
and miserable. "o 40 ooleu
To add to the horror of the situation, there is a young man Win sba
could care for bt h believes in being It least honorable mi Ios1 ~
ner Id husband. DO you not think If the old husband would onv ~ ~
TO De compamonable, and congenhl, and remember that his wfa Is an-
TITLED to some of the pleasures of youth that they might still be ennv9
A FRIEND.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

furthermore, all old people n tyrannicaI and opinionated and
~ 70 pc oDeyed, and 81 the young wife finds that instead of 1,
an ola mans darling she is an old mans slave.
oau indeed, is the lot of the young wife of n od man hut
orn gnu re- mstortunes OF herself by her folly in not marrying in
vi az class, ana II "a only endure her misery with what fortifuda
philosophy she can summon to her aid.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-30

DEAR MISS DIX have a daughter fourteen years old. unusuaux
IMs ahd strong Tor her age, who absolutely refuses Il helm rna IL -
o o"Su B tasks although. we have n o servant. When I insist non so co.,
99nas uIu1,s uch is making beds o r sweeping, it is eve don u3fbon4
n@ III driving upon my part. and impertinence upon her All vacaHor
house, What shall l do with her? OH SAVING oou thA
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
NAME KHAN CANDIDATES

East st. Louis, Ill. |, Feb. 2S.--In.
terest in the local political situation
today turned to the municipal cleo.
ton to be held in April after the pri-
mary yesterday in which three candi-
dates alleged to have been supported
Ivy the Ku Klux Khan were nominated
as city commissioners and two other
reputed khan candidates were defeat
ed.
The Rev. William Eames, Ralph
Cook and August M. Eggmann, were
the three victorious candidates who
were said to have endorsed the khan.
They polled three of the four largest
votes for commissioner. The defeat
ed candidates were declared to have
been included in the alleged slate" of
five put forward by the khan, were M.
l.. Harris for mayor and S. r. Por-
ter for commissioner. They ran far
behind the other trio.
Widespread interest was forecaste
On the result of the primary after
three men were arrested on charges
of distributing anonymous political
circulars which urged the defeat of
is candidates, said to be Catholic or
said to have been supported by Cath
Ollie organizations.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
ENTER POSTER CONTEST

The following High school students
have signified their intention of enter
ing the poster contest under the aus
pices of the Amphion club: Helen
Reckenburg, Prescott Brown, Grace
Richter, George Rotherforth and Le-
roy Begiey. Several others expect to
enter the contest. There are three
prizes offered. The first prize is $3.50
in gold; scond, two seats for the Am
phion play: third, one seat for the
play.
Charles Covert has been added to
the list of those nominated for the
office of assistant editor on the board
of publication. Others running
against him are Catherine Callahan,
Gertrude Fieber and Robert Snider-
man.
The Amphion club will begin It's re-
hearsals next week for the production
on April 20, 1t was announced by Mrs
Guilford today.
The first games of the interclass
league will be played this afternoon
as follows: Senior mid-years VS..
freshmen; seniors VS. juniors: the
freshmen mid-years VS.. juniors mid
years.
The Debating club will hold its reg
ular meeting at the close of school to-
morrow.
The girls interclass league will play
its first games tomorrow at the gym
nasium. Indications point to a hard
fought league race.