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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
HOW THE COMMISSION TAKES HOLD

Camden has been very much in the limeight of late because
the people there recently adopted the commission form of govern
ment. The new commission took over the control of the city a few
weeks ago. That it is making a notable start is evident from the
following editorial published in the Camden Daily Courier:
'The most important action yet taken by the new City Com
mission came with the announcement Saturday that a city plan
expert is to be employed at once.
at means that Camden will quit growing up like Topsy.' It
means a line will be drawn to separate the expanding industrial
district from the residential sections.
"It means there will be more attention paid to beauty as a
civic asset.
It means increased realty values.
at means that the bridge approaches will be laid out to meet
the traffic requirements of twenty years hence-not built merely
to care for the traffic of today.
cit means that Camden's civic structure will be built to en-
dure throughout eternity by expert craftsmen in city planning.
"Camden has been suffering from a mysterious ailment for
several years. Some say it is growing pains Other diagnose the
disease as cirrhosis of the liver. To some, it seems to be c~ongested
arteries, while a few declare til S an impeachment of speech.
Amateurs have tried to effect a cure and have failed. The
expert city plan surgeon will bring immediate relief. In time he
will effect a permanent cure.
"The Board of F~reeholders, most progressive of all the old
governing groups, will join with the city commission in helping to
convention this week. The f%reeholders' action may be taken to
mean that the city planner will not confne his work to untanglng
the snarl in Camden, but that he will extend his ideas into the
suburbs.
"Here is a case where the Associated Municipalities of Cam.
den County should join with the commissioners and the freehold
ers. Greater Camden-though more beautiful than the old Cam
denis growing up as a combination of thirteen units. No serious
effort has yet been made to coordinate the growth and the utili
ties of the boroughs and townships that encircle Camden.
tGreater Camden's growth must be harmonized, just as Cam
denis expansion will be. The various municipalities probably will
always maintain their community identities but greatest growth
can only come through co-ordinating their advantages.
AMore work-not for amateurs. but for experts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
PUBLIC OPINION
Praise For Alderman CLAIR

Praise For Alderman Clark
Editor, Evening News:
Many men who think we'll do not
talk well, and there are plenty of
good takers who have very little
ability to think. Mr.. John Toolan
might be put in the latter category.
AS n who was present at the meet
ing of the City Democratic Club on
Thursday evening the remarks of the
assistant prosecutor of Middlesex
county did not sound very well to
the ears of some CT his listeners. 1t
certainly was not becoming for the
assistant prosecutor TO criticise a
public official OF Perth Amboy for
| doing his duty as he sees it, If that
is politics, the writer wants none of
it. AS one who does not take much
interest in politics other than to vote
when Mr.. Toolan tells the Demo-
cratic Club that Alderman Clark
walks about the streets posing as a
friend of the poor man he is making
Il mighty big mistake, for Alderman
Clark is the friend of any real man
in need, as the writer OF this knows.
as he p~efriended HIM when he need
ed aid. The writer does not know
when an engineer is competent or
when he is not competent, but If
anyone took the trouble to watch
the field parties that leave the city
engineers Office and then look at the
bills thai are presented to the city
by the engineer for these parties he
would certainly come to the con-
Clusion that it did not take much
time or brains to make an engineer
or an engineers helper. Then he
would know quite well why Alder
man Clark objected to such bills. II
Mr.. Toolan did just a little more
thinking he would leave men like
Alderman Clark severely alone. Mr.,
Toolan offered himself to the voters
some time ago, but the voters re-
lected him. The voters seem to have
Iconfdence in Alderman Clark, at
least they show very good judg-
ment by keeping him in the alder
manic chamber, so that he may take
"ie FAIRPLAY
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
Geographic News
Bulletins by the
National Geographic Society
GOING TO EXCAVATE
AT AMERICAN LUXOR


Neil M. Judd, director of the
Pueblo Bonito Expedition of the Ma
tional Geographic Society, left
Washington today to resume explor-
alton of the most important prehis-
torfc ruin in the United States at
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
BY May Is Indians will be swarm
ing over the walls of the ancient
village, teams will drag wagon loads
of earth and stone away, and ~teel
dump cars will scurry back and forth
| over a miniature railroad. Almost
| overnight a canyon which has been
deserted since years before Columbus
| came will become a beehive of indus
try.
Pueblo Bonito was an aboriginal
apartment house of 900 rooms, four
stories high, encircled by a single
outer wall.
Viewed from the towering north
cliff the ancient village is semi-circu-
lar, with the greater portion of its
dwellings, or suites, grouped along
the curved side.
A long row of one-story houses
| connects the extreme wings of the
semi-circle. From the middle of the
straight row a cluster of ceremonial
chambers extended to meet the
! curved section, thus dividing the VIII
lage, and providing for each half an
open court. In these courts sacred
dances and religious ceremonies were
performed.
Some ancient walls still stand
more than 80 feet high. Its 400
ground-foor rooms occupy an area
almost equal to that of the United
States capitol.
Rooms of Pueblo Bonito are
grouped in suites as in modern
apartment houses. If they were all
occupied at the same time the resi-
dent population of this aboriginal
family hotel was between 1900 and
+, 1000 persons.
The National Geographic Society
has been exploring Pueblo Bonito for
three years but many puzzling prob
lens remain to be solved.
| Where was the water supply for
this prosperous community? What
forests furnished the hundreds of
beams used in this colossal village
standing now forty miles from any
timber of comparable size? Exten-
sive fields in which our earliest
farmers grew corn, beans, squash
and other food plants now are
buried.
Mr. Judd is a widely known Amer
lean anthropologist and, within the
past. ten years, has organized and
directed twelve archaeological expedi-
tions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

@. Is there a chicken WHICH hA'
all white meat?-E. M. Z.
A. There is a breed of wild lowi
in Patagonia which answers THIS oe-
scription. These Araucana fowls are
beirr observed in the Buenos Aires
700 with an idea of cultivating TN
all-white-meat domestic fowl.
O. What is the correct use OF the
eag when used to drape a soldier
casket?-I. j.
A. In draping the soldiers casKet
with the United States nag, the stars
should be at the head. II the a $
ket is wrapped about with a a
and placed in a box for burial, 1t is
not considered that the a Is desc
Grated by earth being thrown upon
the box. If the flag is wrapped
around the box containing inc
casket, the flag Is remoVed pc
foro the box is lowered into the
grave.
@. Do weevils develop from a
germ inside of seed?-G. L. c.
"A. Such an idea is erroneous. The
small round holes observed in seed
are made by the grubs of the wee
wills. The eggs are laid in or OH
tho pod, and the grubs when hatch
ed gnaw tiny holes in the seed and
| burrow in. When they emerge they
are adults.
@. When was advertising begun?
p. J.. A.
A. Advertising is of great antiq-
uity. Egyptian advertisements for
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

runaway slaves. ETC., written on pa
nyri were discovered at Thebes, max
must have been at least 4O0O years
old. The earliest form of modern
ADVERTISING was by, mean OF crie:s
or signboard. Shops in Pompen
have been discovered having signs
to advertise their wares. such as a
goat to denote a milk seller. In the
middle ages in Europe, picture
advertisements. were. resorted t2n
since few oeople were able to wri:&
Arte:- the 18th century printing ann
public education became common.
The earliest newspaper advertise
ment preserved is said to be Ger
man. 1891.
O. What country buys most OF
the machinery we sell?-A. s.. T.
A. In 1921, Mexico absorbed more
American machinery than any other
country in the world.
@. What was the first post office
in the United States ?-L. l.. L.
! A. The first post office was estab-
lished in Boston in 1888. In 1857 a
postal service was started in Vir-
ginia in 1872 a mail route was
started between New York and Bos-
ton, and in 1888 William Penn es-
tablished a post Office in Philadel-
pAitus "Ath NCORAy AAoAAo W
places near that city.
q. How does the price OF wheat
land compare in Canada and the
United States?-- l.. ].
A. Senator Calder says that the
average price of wheat land in this
country in 1920 was $92. The aver
age price of wheat land in Canada
is $43.
@. How can moths be distinguish
| ed from butterflies ?-D. S.
A. The antennae or horns of butter
flies are always thread-like and
knobbed at the tip. while the anten-
a of moths are of various shapes
but never bear knobs at the tips.
Q. How long is a radio wave
length?-L. A. G..
A. The wave length is about 3.28
feet or one meter.
Q. How does a maxim si1encer
work ?-H. r. D.
A. The maxim silencer practi-
cally the same principles as those
applied TO automobiles. The gases
are filtered out instead of their
being permitted to rush out. The
aid closes in slowly instead Of with
a crack.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
THE TEAM

PcIta Amboy has every reason to be proud of It's high school
debating team. The representatives of the Perth Amboy High"
on the rostrum have won the cup offered for the best debating
team in this district and in doing so have not only reflected great
credit upon the school, but have brought honor to the city.
The achievement becomes all the more notable when it is
realized the caibre of the teams the local students have met.
And those with whom the Perth Amboy team debated had already
won laurels for themselves by defeating their rivals. That Perth
Amboy should come out on top is a real distinction.
We congratulate the high school debating team on its victory
and we congratulate the high school upon the kind of students it
is turning out; we congratulate, also, the city upon having a school
that can produce the winning team in a debating contest covering
a large section of the state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

These big James heading the list
of stockholders are taken by the in
experienced person to indicate that
the proposition is sound. What they
are more likely to e "a is that some
big men have decided to risk a few
thousand much as a boy might risk
a dime at a boardwalk rattle stand.
The loss of an investment of this
sort to the financier is an incident.
He may restore the balance of his
account by a o fortunate gam
BILE in oil or gold mines. But even
if he does not, the loss is less to
him than TO the small investor who
risks income or savings.
Men Also Poor Investors
This comparison does not mean,
of course, that the big man never
loses heavily. Roger Babson, bust
ness expert, says that few men know
how to invest money, and that 81
per cent of the successes ultimately
fail. The Census Bureau puts it an
other way, with a still higher figure:
"0f the men who make money, 80
per cent have nothing left when
they die" During his career Andrew
Carnegie is said to have made SS
millionaires, but at the time Of his
death all but five were, in the YER
nacular, broke.
If men, with their long experience
in business, make so poor a show
ing, women could scarcely be eX;
pected to improve the national rec
ord for financial cleverness. The in
surance companies have for some
time been watching the result of in
surance settlements. Statistics are
not easy to obtain, and those avail
able are apt to be misleading but
insurance companies are convinced
that the average woman, like the
average man, is not to be trusted
with sudden wealth, that the safer
plan is for a beneficiary to receive
money in payments as income.
This plan has been steadily gain
ing favor among insurance polio.
holders, and business men are TAX
ing up the idea. More and NOR
estates are left to heirs in income
form. To mention two prominen
instances: j. p. Morgan, remember
ed seventeen women in his will, blu
not one of them was to receive cash
C~arnegie's will provided mostly in
comes. Annual payments on some o.
these incomes a high in the thou
sands, but no lump sum greater thai
$4,000 was ~bequeathed to any one
Even Lloyd George who was reInem
bered in this will, was not given cash
Thus the man who succeeds il
holding on to some money until hi
death is beginning to make sure tina
it outlasts the seven year lifetim
allotted to the average estate. In
ran companies prophesy tina
eventually this practice will pre-
vail and widows will be given yer
little opportunity to invest, and los
their money. But that peacefu
time is a good way off apparently
At present, the widow and her in
] heritance still represent a situatio
that leads up to a dramatic china
followed only too often by a tragi
ending.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
A TRUTHFUL STORY
SIMPLY TOLD

Men and women in every walk OF
life testify to the wonderful results
obtained with KOREKTO, the only
remedy of it's kind that will posi-
lively add vim and igor to your
body; by aiding digestion and In
creasing the appetite Korekto al
most infuses new life in people sur
fering from INDIGESTION, HEART
BURN, LOSS OF APPETITE and
y tension that naturally fol-
lows a~ute indigestion.
Don't be Respondent, don't hang
your head down and walk with list
less eyes. when KOREKTO is
GUARANTEED TO relieve distress
almost instantly. Korekto will make
you feel better. eat better and sleep
better. Sold and guaranteed by Ma
tional Pharmacy Stores, Inc. Smith
s. Madison SITS. Perth Amboy. N. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

You never see a bootlegger having
a fum-age sale on old stuff.
A sidewalk is a paved place for
women to stop in the middle If
While they argue.
What we can't understand about
marathon dancers Is how do they
! get off from work that long?
a picnic is where everybody takes
pickles and wonders why there ism {
enough fried chicken.
One gardened tells III he planted
| them so fast he thinks he has
broken the seed limit.
A cop is a man in uniform you
always think is coming. but who
very seldom arrives.
Fresh paint in a liquid TO poke
| your finger at before it 6rys.
A grocery store is a place of BUSH
ness at which people pay cash until
they can get credit.
A clean apron is a thing slipped
on to hide a dirty dress
Slippers are what dogs chew.
Socks are wearing apparel, usu-
ally with holes in both ends.
Parlor reds and blue~law agitators
are low on the white that makes
the red, white and blue.
I The garden is mightier than the
can opener.
An ant is a bug about picnics.
Perhaps wild flowers are wild be-
cause everybody's after them.
Woman's place is in the home, not
the garden.
Some men living a dogs life have
no license to do it.
Blowing your own horn a little is
necessary. Do not however, blow 1t
to beat the band.
A garden plot is a plot to prove a
seed catalog a liar
Chuckle and the world chuckles
with you; weep and somebody will
steal your handkerchief.
A clock watcher is usually a mar
who is marking time.
. Porch swings, auto seats and pari
: benches indicate the June bride croT
will be large.
A steady beau is any beau sisteI
can make feel shaky.
Screens are fine mesh wire whiel
flies think are put up to keep then
fro-n getting put.
About the only easy way to hold
job these days is to marry some o
the boss kinsfolk.
: A puncture is a little hole founI
in auto tires at long distances fror
phones or garages.
The average man has a bette
d average than the average ma
8 thinks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
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How to wash a silk sweaterT
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

vho comes trst. grinds trst. And Who
nrst turns to the Abe Classlnen AZ
before spending money. nnds sr'st tor n'
mill.
Collect Your Iewelry through the at
trsctive and economical offers appear'ns
Tally IN Classification So
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
The Old Town
Street by Street-Know Your City
AVENUE

Colgate avenue extends from
Brace avenue to Waltrous lane.
This street. although partly graded
has no other improvements Sewers
are greatly needed In this section of
the city, it is said. Although there
are a few houses on this thorough
fare, the street is still under devel-
opmcnt. The avenue is cut through
what is known as the old Hatch
farm development.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
Bible Thought Tor Today

AsSURANCE-1f any man be a %worshipper Of God,
and doeth his viii, him he heareth.-John 9:31.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

What we can't understand abou
marathon dancers Is how do the,
get off from work that long?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

A sidewalk is a paved place for
women to stop in the middle Of
while they argue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02
NOTICE NO CREDITORs

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Anton Massopust, executor Of Mathew j..
Ward, deceased, by direction of the Sur
rogate of the County of Middlesex,. hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said
Mathew ]. Ward TO bring In their debts.
demands and claims against the estate of
the said deceased. under oath or affirina-
ton. within six months from this date or
they will be forever barred OF any action
therefor against the said executor.
Dated, April 6, 1923.
ANTON MAsSOPUST.
Executor.
23552-4-1i-9t Dew Wed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

You never see a bootlegger having
q tum-age sale on old stuff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

The average man has a better
average than the average man
thinks
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-02

a picnic is where everybody takei
pickles and wonders why there ism
enough fried chicken.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-07
LOTS OF Time
FOR PRACTICE
Marble Champs viii Timber
Up During Vacation

Saturday az the Fairgrounds
meant preparation for tho week that
IN 20 come vacation week. Play
field marble champions will have hlK
whole days. right m succession. In
which they can practice g. their
hearts - and knuchios' - content
Their respective playnelds are ready
% cooperate ana 10 supply plenty
u practice material IN the way
u both ducks" for the rings aud
aphrring partnnm
hsaitle. Il happens, wns ono ~ tho
first cities entered IN tho national
tournament 10 hold ~ preliminary
games and 20 discover its plnyfield
champions Many cities ~ the East
have their playfisld tyouts stilI on
tho calendar ~ happens that Just
today both Sacramento. Cal. and In.
dlanApoiia. Ind. are staging their
first elimination games.
a few cities. however. are ahead
u all Of uH, IA pointed out day
or 10 hEo. Birmingham. Ala. has al.
ready found It's champions hoy
whosa name II Howard Champion. ="
and who Birmingham therefore
thinks viii win IN the national finals.
rrbo ss don't believe anything Ia
nAmesl Then. just now comes word
that Knoxville. Tenn has found ia
flnsl winnor-Clarcnos Cowan. ~
yoarA. who u said 10 be a wizard
with a "tBw"
Early IN May Seattle will b rsady
20 announce its wlznri-hs who Will
travel across tho United States In
juno 20 play IN tho national games.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-07
Put Up the
Flag Again
National II on or ] S
Saved by Dancers

NEW YORK. April "a nov
non stop dancing record was sstah.
ashsd here when Aiihs RUN Moiisck
ana Jack Butler. world var veteran.
brought az with a great flourish a.
10 o'clock today after dancing Tor
20 hours and 10 minutes. They
started dancing az s46 Thursday
night
The previous record was ~ hour
and 10 minutes. established ia Paris
~ French student
Tho above announcement vas
made by Tho management Of the
Hosslnnd dancing academy. along
with tho qualification that tho dane.
err had taken out a total Of 70 min
uten permitted b. the rules.
A. no time, however. was a dancer
OF the floor. II was stated. while
one was absent the other danced on.
Five three minute periods were al
lowed.
a band and two Photographs sup.
piled the music.
when the handsmsn tired, the
Photographs were rolled on and
when record was finished on ons
the other machine was started. thus
keeping up a continuous flow oi
music.
Chocolate bars. coffee. soft-boils'
egEH and other foods were served
the dancers. A tea wagon contain
ing the food was placed within
reach and The two picked up the
foof ~ they Elidsd BY.
Mia Alma Cummings OF Ear
Antonio. TEXAS. several days age
danced for n hours In q local hail
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-07
WILL INSCRIBE
PARK STATUE

Plans for the placing OF an inscrlp
ton on the statue OF former Recrs
hfy of state William II. Seward NJ
Volunteer park were outlined gatuf
day morning when party Of Seattle
civic leaders accompanied Juiean Ar.
mold 70 tho park for a View OF the
statue.
Tho Inscription which viii be
placed on The statue viii be taken
from a speech made by Senator Sew.
ard In congress In 1858. II viii read.
The Pacific ocean. lia shores. It's
ISLANDS. and tho vast regions beyond
WIZ become The chief thraier OF
events in tho worlds great hers.
after
JudEp burke. Professor MeAny.
". n Henderson. a. r Hninea and
,. c. HsrbsrnRn wcrs in tho party
that accompanied Arnold to the
PARK.
Immediately following. Arnold and
The party LETT for the S. 3. Pr-siien,
Grant. where a dinner var given III
his honor. In the afternoon he was
10 rpsak before the University club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-07
LHEERC the To LNINR
Doing Their Own Playing

with the new idea Of producing lie
own comedy and drama
The thing OF note Is that these
labor ,rouperu have produced ssrik.
Ing and li,,is known ons-act dramas
that bite into the yiials Of life. tho
sort Of thing that no American audi.
ence. 10 this time. would sii thru.
especially workinE-eia audience.
II. instead OF depending upon the
fluffy. petty. maundnrlnE asininitisa
annually ottared by thu New York
theatrical bosses. tho people. tho ma
ton over. formed their own local
companies and produced the plays
that mean something. and that arc
not for box office advantage chiefly.
40 would begin 20 creep Up Ia con-
adsrlbly higher plane Of national
existence.
Next viii como the movie Of. by
and for the people. and then indeed
there viii be n different aura up and
down Main NJ. ID. 4.