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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13
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Unless an unexpected slump occurs
the Lincolns should carry off first
honors in the local firemen's bowling
league. This team has a safe lead at
the present time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

In every match the Perth Amboy
Y. NJ. C. A. volley ball team is show
ing better class. Excellent form was
shown against the crack German
town representatives in Brooklyn on
Saturday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

On Friday night of this week the
Roosevelt Center Girls will play a
return game with the crack Pryor
Sisters of New York City on the Sew
enty-frst Regiment Armory court in
New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

Billy Shine of New Brunswick is in
excellent condition for his eight
round encounter with Jay Lanahan
of Staten Island in the local Audi
torium on Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

4 mems relay skating race is
scheduled for the auditorium on Fri
day night of this week. Great inter-
est is being shown in these racing
events arranged by the Auditorium
management.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

Many local basketball fans will go
to Princeton this weekend to wit
ness the finals in the state high
school and prep school championship
races.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

Ben Jorgenson is out strong for a
crack at Bill Jenkins or Gus Pappas
for the individual bowling champion
ship of the city. There are a great
many other challengers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

A number of local boxing fans
went to Port Richmond last night to
witness the boxing bouts staged in
the Coliseum at that place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

speed" For1nan of New BGuns-
wick who played with the Perth Am
boy baselSu team last year is go
ing south for a tryout with The
Tampa team in the Florida State
league.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

The Wintons of Union Hill will
surely be re-booked for a game on
the auditorium court in the near flu
ture. The game on Saturday night
was a hummer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

Big league baseball teams have
started games with representative
combinations of towns nearby their
respective training camps in the
south.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

Benny Hertz of Carteret is in
training at Nanny Seamen's symna-
SUM in New York City preparing for
his bout with Johnny Carroll in this
cit on March 23.
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Monday afternoon when the battery
candidates will be addressed by
Coach Waddell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13
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tie Nat Pendleton in the feature
event on the next wrestling card to
be presented in this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-13

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Considerable interest is being
taken in the Washington-Lincoln
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leys on Hobart street tomorrow
night.
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A Little forethought caves atter-regrets
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the Classified Section.
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Baseball activities at the local
high school will be started next
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Promoter stuar. robson announc-
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then, with the police, and make
her give 1t up. Your ladyship's
''WELLWISHER."
Lady Tallbois read this extraor-
binary message through with won
der and growing excitement. At
first she was inclined to think il
q hoax. Yet there was a ring of
truth about it; it looked genuine,
and it carried conviction.
"I was right she exclaimed;
''the girls got it. She had 1t all
the time. / knew it,"
Her color rose and her eyes
sparkled dangerously.
Here's her address an every
thing. She's got the stuff! But
who the nation sent me this note,
and why?"
She studied 1t again with q
keener scrutiny.
Sounds like somebody from
Knayth. Gee! can it be the Good
enough? I'll not believe it. This
amt his style at all. He's too big
for such stuff. This reads just
like some sneaking flunky or
maid servant, giving the girl away
-p'raps out of spite. It's got all
the earmarks of such cattle as
that. Very likely had hand in
the job themselves, an didn't get
their share; so they hand me this
thing
Agnes breathed hard.
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usual. but Agnes could see no
sign OF Drummond. She won
dered il he had sent the note
and was unable to meet her.
Choosing a secluded table in q
corner. she ordered tea and tore
open the envelope that had been
given her.
It contained a brief message,
neatly typewriter. on q slip OF
note paper. a
Your ladyship has been robbed.
When you come to look for the
Knayth necklace you will find it
gone. The writer Of this does
not wish to see you .Wronged. I
know that 1t was Joan Tallbois,
now Joan Mottisfont, who took
the necklace. for I have seen her
with 1t. She took 1t abroad with
her, and 1T is now among her
luggage at the place where she
lives, unless she's got rid Of 1t in
the last day or two.
''If you were to go and see her
at Ga Endsleigh Buildings. Coveat
Garden, and tell her you know all
about it. I believe she'd give up
the necklace. She has had bad
luck all through and perhaps
didn't know what she was doing
when she stole the necklace. It's
bit hard on her.
''I think you'd find her at home
between and $50, and if / was
your ladyship would go there
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; pearance Of heavy weather being
in store for Drummond when she
met him. The fresh air cooled her
little for the time being, and as
every taxi that passed was full,
she determined to walk. After all,
it was not far and there was just
time.
AS she passed the corner of
Grosvenor Square, a dim figure
in a felt hat, on the farther side.
began to follow unobtrusively
long way behind, just keeping her
in view. 1t was nearly dark and
Agnes had no suspicion that she
was being watched. Her mind was
busy with other matters.
AS she neared the entrance to
Claridge's man in plain blue,
serge emerged from a doorway
close by and touching his hat.
respectfully handed her an en-.
velope. s@.
For your ladyship." he said.
and passed on
What you mean? Who's this
from" said Agnes.
There is no answer, m'lady. =.
replied the bearer, and the next
moment he was gone. Agnes had
no recollection of having seen
HIM before. With the note in
her hand she passed into the
hotel.
A good many smartly dressed
people We're in the tea lounge as
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"I'll have the truth out OF
him!" she muttered. eth be up
to Harold If he's trying to fool
mel" She rang the bell for her
maid, who appeared at once.
I'm goirf out; get me some
things ready" said Agnes rough
ly, land order the car"
In her room Lady Tallbois de-
cided to change. rejected the idea
and decided to go as she was,
found fault with half a dozen
hats, chose one at last, vented
considerable spite on her distract
ed maid and finally came down
into the hall. All this absorbed
nearly half an hour. Agnes was
entirely without any sense of time
and she found it was already
5:15. In spite Of the delay the
chauffeur had not yet brought the
car round, a~fact which added fuel
to Lady Talibois' i'll temper.
Get me a taxi" she said fur.
iously, that chauffeur's firedr'
AS usual, no taxi was available
when it was wanted, and after
waiting a few minutes Lady Tall
bois expressed loudly her opinion
of the maid, the footman, the
chauffeur, taxi, and London gen.
orally, after which she started on
foot, with the intention of taking
the first cab she encountered.
Lady Tallbois strobe along at a
rapid pace. There was every APP
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A Fascinating Story in which the High
Lights Are Furnished by Crime,
Mystery, and Triumphant Love

on the opposite side observed 1t,
and crossing over he stopped
swiftly on arriving at the place
and picked the note up. following
son without a check.
Some distance further on the
gentleman in the soft felt hat
passed a blaze Of light from
shop window and glanced at the
slip of paper he had picked uu.
The first words on 1t caught hts
eye, and seemed to arrest his
attention. He moved nearer the
light, halted, and read the note
through, having apparently some
difficulty in making It out.
His countenance changed. 1T
was evident that the contents of
this note that had accAdentIv
come into his possession amazed
him. He glanced ahead at the
disappearing form OF Lady Tail.
bois. obviously undecided whether
to go on following her or MOI.
Finally he let her go unattended
and rapidly scanned that strip 81
typescript once more. He thrust
It into his pocket, and for some
time remained before the shop
window lost in thought. Al look Of
intelligence, an eager, DANGEROUS
CLEAN, came in the dark eyes,
shaded by the felt hat. He came
to a sudden decision and walked
rapidly on.
The movements of this fort,1-
nate snapper-up of messages de-
turned down a side street that
made a short cut toward the West
central district and broke into
a swift, noiseIess run.
It spoke eloquently for that
newborn determination Of Lady.
Tallbois to guard herself against
disastrous impulses that she had
not already acted upon the adj
vice of the typed message and
assailed Joan. with all the tact
and discretion Of bull charging
red blanket. But for once
she found herself quite unde-I
cided.
At the top OF st. James street
she saw a police constable on
duty, and was within an ace OF
making for him and claiming hts
services; her knowledge Of the
ways Of the London police was
not extensive and she imagined
that they were available for anv
expedition upon which person OF
the quality of Viscountess Tallbois
chose to cali them.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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Syndicate. Incl
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GOOD NIGHT STORIES
~ SIRE TO READ THEN. TO YOUR CHILDREN

closely you would have seen It
was in his pockets"
"But it was on his face, on his
legsr" cried Gophy Gopher.
well, you see. he isn't like you.
Gophy." said Granddaddy Long
legs, Busy Bee carries his peck
cts in his legs. You carry yours
in your cheeks"
mo wonder he laughed at us,
giggled Browny Ant. You see,
/ don't bother with pockets myself,
so never thought of his having
any. On his legs. Gracious, how
queer! I'm glad I haven't any
pockets on my legs
"And I'm glad carry mine in
my cheeks chartered Gophy
Gopher, and frisking his funny lit
tie tail, he turned and hurried
home.
Grandaddy Longlegs mumbled
something about idle folks" and
trotted off to the woods. Browny
Ant, finding no one with whomNto
gossip, went on to the store.
(AnOther Great Story Tomorrow
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she is an older daughter Of the Tallbois heir
Joan leaves Knayth Abbey and is married to
Philip,
Carey visits Agnes in her apartment and
offers her 100000 if she will give up her claim
and go back to America. Not knowing who he
is, she refuses Agnes sends Joan a bill for
$4,000 for moneys used from the estate. An
anonymous friend returns 100000 which Joan
had paid to Callaghan's men. An attempt is
made to kill Philip in his home.
They move to new quarters and find that
Goodenough, mysterious stranger who served
Joan at Knayth, is their landlord. At Knayth
house party Agnes is attacked by Miguel Cases,
a sutton who has followed her from the States,
and she is saved by Drummond, member of
Calaghan's band, who thinks great deal Of
her. Agnes goes to get the Knayth pearl neck
lace from the vaults and finds that it is miss
ing. It has been stolen by one of Callaghan's
men and they blame Joan with the theft.
NOU 90 or Nth the story.
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BOBBlE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

TIA, I sed, here is a puzzel, a
landlord has five rooms &
= thare is six men that coach
wants room, how does he give
eech Of them a room?
Forget it, Bobbie, sed Pa. 1
want to reed my newspaper.
Why doant you tell the littcl
deer the anser, sed Ma.
It cant be done, sed Pa.
will show you that it can be
done, sed. The landlord puts
Number one & Number two in
the first room for a minnit, sed.
Then he puts Number Three in
the second room & Number four
in the third room & Number five
in the fourth room, sed. Then
he talks Number one out of the
fifth room, sed. Is that clcer,
I sed.
That is as cleer as a total e.
clips, sed Pa.
Well, sed, it is sumthing like
that anyway, I sed.
Bobby, sed Pa, it will be better
for you to Tern strate reeding &
riteing G rithmetick & grammir,
sed Pa, than to Tern a lot Of dip
py puzzels, Pa sed. Many a man
is in the Hoapless Ward, Bobbie,
sed Pa, hoaplessly bughouse, Pa
sed, from trying to do puzzels.
Do you bother yure he'd with
fancy puzzels, Bobbie, sed Pa.
The income tax is bad enoff,
sed Pa.
I think puzzels is good to build
up a chile's brane sed Ma.
Deer old father used to be CRATE
at puzzels wen he was a child,
sed Ma.
I think that must of been what
made him kind of quear in his
older yeers, sed Pa. He thot he
cud talk with the spirits Of his
departed pals, sed Pa.
No dout he cud talk with them
spirits If he sed so, sed Ma.
Maybe, sed Pa. the old gent L.
his pals had plenty of spirits
vile thay was living, ardent spir.
rits, sed Pa.
know another puzzle, 1 sed. II
hen & a half can lay a egge &
half in a day & a half. what
made Steve Brodie hop off of
the Brooklyn Bridge? I sed.
Bobbie, sed Pa, you are not
feeling well. Thare is heck.
tick flush on yure cheeks, sed
Pa. I think you are CITING a
feever, sed Pa. Go to the hay,
Bobbie, sed Pa.
& then Pa made me go 10 bed.
a kid amt got much rights in this
wurld. this is the land Of the
Free but not for kids.
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Interesting Facts

Do you know it is possible TO
play tune on an ordinary tele.
phone receiver?
The musical telephone works
in the same way as the usual
speaking instrument. When YOU
talk into a telephone your voice
moves a little disc which alters
the power of an electric current.
thus moving a duplicate disc at
the other end of the line. This
second disc translates the cleo
trio wave back into the human
language.
In the musical telephone, in
stead of talking into a mouth.
piece, various buttons are press.
ed which alter the electric cur.
rent in the same way that your
voice does. This causes the disc
in the receiver to move up and
down. In this way various notes
are produced, and IL the an.
paratus can be varied sufficient
ly, whole tunes can be played.
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ITS true, though. She's got
the pearls. Nobody wouldn't tro1-
BILE to make this up If 1t was q
lie. Why should they? What
goOd'd it do? And now what's the
move for me?"
For q few moments Agnes hest
tated, and just then one Of the
hotel attendants came into the
lounge from the offices and glanced
round over the assembled people
as il seeking some one. He saw
Agnes sitting by herself and after
a slight pause moved toward her.
Agnes, seeing him approach,
crumpled UP the typewriter mes
sage in her hand with an instinc-
tive gesture.
the attendant.
Eyes! What is it,"
"a message has come by te1e-
phone for your ladyship. 1t is
from a Mr.. Drummond, who re-
grets that he is unable to come
here as arranged and has asked
us to inform you, with his apollo
gies.''
s.All right" said Agnes CURLY.
The attendant bowed and with
drew.
Cant come, can't her" NUT
tered Agnes, frowning; 'Iet him
stay out, then. No help from him.
l don't wait I'm going to handle
this Joy myself. And right now,
before any of US is an hour olderf'
She walked rapidly out of the
hotel, quivering inwardly with an
c,ov. and excitement Some of the
frequenters of the place glanced
curiousIy at her as she went.
Agnes ignored the commission
naire's inquiry whether she want
ed a cab, and walked eastward.
through the darkness. Once more
the man who had Swallowed her
from Grosvenor Square and who
was smoking a cigarette at the
far corner, observed her exit and
again resumed his unobtrusiye
persuit, following on the opposite
side of the street, hundred
yards or more behind.
Lady TalIbois walked at her
usual rapid, staccatO pace, her
brain busy with the thoughts
that the recent news had called
up. She was divided between two
plans of action that occurred to
her. uncertain for the moment
which to choose. She drew her
cloak closer about her throat for
the air was chilly, and in doing
so she unconsciously allowed the
crumpled note to drop from her
left palm, where it had remained
since she left the hotel. 1t flut-
tered to the ground.
The keen eyes Of the watcher
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through" asked Copy Gopher. as
he CHANGED to spy Busy Bee hum
ming around a rose bush. why,
your pretty little brown leggings
are all covered with something vel
low"
Maybe your mother will punish
you when you get home" said
Browny Ant. ST know what I'd
get if I went home all smeared up
like that"
Here, too" agreed Copy Gopher.
"I'd have to spend the day in bed,
while my mother cleaned my leg
gings. You'd better come here and
let us. try to dust that stuff off,"
Think SOP" buzzed Busy Bee,
gayly, going right on. with his
work. "well, you see. my mama
doesn't feel the way you do about
it. The fact is. I'd be run out of
camp if I didn't get my leggings
covered with yellow stuff once in
a while" And, having gathered
all he wanted, Busy Bee spread his
pretty wings and sailed through
the air.
Funny mother that glories in
her son getting his leggings dirty"
growled Pophy Gopher. "Well, it's
not my fault if he gets a whip
ping. I tried to save him."
1--WE could have brushed that
yellow stuff from his clothes and
no one would have been the WISER
sighed Bronwy Ant. "But that's
the way with Busy Bee. He al
ways was stubborn. It's funny the
way he keeps getting his leggings
so soiled! Where do you suppose
he goes to get the stuff"
Can't say" replied Gophy
Gopher, "but' he certainly looks An-
tidy running around that way
very careless and shiftless. My!
I wouldn't dare go home looking
like that"
like what?" asked a third
voice, and Granddaddy Longlegs
came toddling up to the gossiping
fellows. "Go home looking what?"
"Why, like Busy Bee replied
Browny Ant. did you see him a
few moments ago?"
His legs were covered with
some kind of yellow stuff" replied
Gophy Gopher. 1--WE wanted to
clean them off, but he said his
mother would be peeved if we did,
or something like that"
"Whv shouldn't she?" laughed
Granddaddy Longlegs. That's
what she has him for. The vel
low stuff he had on his legs was
pollen. and II you had looked more
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By Maria Jeritza.

The Famous Prima Donna Of the
i Metropolitan Opera Company
and One of the Most Beau
q. tiful Women of the Day.
" HE woman who has an
active, welI-developed body
- because of her constructive
thinking and enjoyment of exer-
else usually possesses arms and
legs that are symmetrically beau
tiful.
If, however, you need to build
up or reduce the size of your
lower limbs, you can easily do so.
There is probably no better all
around exercise than walking to
increase the size of upper legs
that are too thin. But do not
start out with the idea of break
ing speed records.
A mile or two if you walk at a
comfortable, enjoyable gait every
day regardless of the weather.
provided, of course, you are in
normal health-will help you ever
90 much more than a long,
strenuous hike the first day, and
then no walk at all for several
days.
A pleasant companion-either a
friend or a good dog friend-wt!l
make your walk more helpful
because 1T will be more enjoyable.
When you start out to combat
the winds, be sure your hat or
cap is small and snugly comfort
able, and that your clothing is
lightweight yet warm. Your
gloves, stockings and walking
Qxfords should also be stout and
warm.
81 II 1t is stormy, don't forget
your umbrella or raincoat and
your rubbers.
Choose a pleasant route and
vary your itinerary now and then.
One day choose a road that leads
past lovely homes and gardens.
Another day walk down the
smart avenue where shop win
dows and passersby vie with each
other in luxurious attractiveness,
while best of all will be the path
through the park or along open
spaces with big views and the
loneliness Of nature to rest you.
No matter how busy Won are
you can-if you really wish-find
time for this twenty minutes IF
health giving joy each day. If
you are in an office every day
your noon hour will be q good
time to walk.
In addition. get plenty of sIeep
In cool, well-ventilated room.
eat nourishing food and Danish
rom your thoughts that useless
and silly DOGGY called anxiety"