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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES
OUTLINED BY HASKIN
Daily Letter by Frederic ]. Haskin

identified with the new Democratic
administration, and he was assured
by mutual friends that the presl-
dent-elect would invite him into the
cabinet. But as days heightened
into weeks without a word to him
from Princeton, McAdoo is said to
have become convinced that some
thing had occurred to prejudice Will
son against him and to have aban-
doned all idea of coming to Wash
ington, when at last, the long dis
lance telephone brought him the
Hateful message.
Again, according to another tale,
during the first few weeks following
the declaration of war against Ger
many, McAdoo was the one cabinet
member who was constantly called
into consultation by President Will
son. The secretary OF the treasury
was summoned to the White House
TWO or three times a day and not in
frequently the president called at
the treasury department. 1t was APP
Larent that Wilson leaned heavily on
McAdoo in those trying hours. Then,
suddenly, this intimate relationship
ceased and Secretary OF War Baker
became the recipient of all those
presidential attentions and conf
dences.
So marked was the change, it is
said McAdeo again became con-
! WINGED that he had been under
mined" - something or somebody
had come between him and Mr., Will
son. One day Mrs. McAdoo APP
peared at the White House, almost
in tears, to inquire FROM members of
the family what had happened to
estrange Mac and father!" The ex-
PLANTATION was simple. In the early
days of the war the first emergency
measures to be taken related to fl
nance, and the president had given
almost his entire attention to them.
Hence the constant consulting with
the secretary of the treasury. Then
in order came the question of mill
tary preparations and the president
had turned naturally to the secretary
of war. He had not dropped Mac
like a hot cake and made Newton
Baker his chief adviser!" All of
which goes to show that one may
be close to Woodrow Wilson and yet
not know how close.
But, aside from the Wilson inf1u-
ence and where it may be thrown
| when the Democrats come to select
their presidential nominee in 1924,
William Gibbs McAdoo has two ele-
ments of strength that are all his
own. First, he has taken q mas
tiers degree in the school of prac-
teal politics, and, second, he made
a record in the Wilson cabinet, to
which he and his friends may point
with pride. AS secretary of treas
ury virtual head of the reserve bank
system and director general of the
| p1f1rnndc he 10 y IN 1spAOA &1,,oI
with all kinds of people in every
part of the country and enjoyed ar
opportunity such As few men have t.
build up a personal political organi-
cation of real national size.
Just how much he made of tina
opportunity will be seen after a few
roll calls have been taken in the mex
years Democratic national con
Vention.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

Most Of our soldiers are return
ing from the Rhine married, show
ing Germany will get even.
The British say they can pay
their debts, but lots of people can
do lots of things they don't do.
This blame country Ia so poor we
have only 100000 Of the worlds
~1S,25G.00o autos.
In Quebec. Is men went to Jail
rather than go to work, showing
one cause OF unemployment.
Everybody thinks everybody is
getting worse, but everybody al
ways has thought that.
A New Jersey man got 5000 for
his broken nose. but he was not
sticking it where it didn't belong.
Some people never seem to be n
a hurry unless they + driving in
auto.
National shoe retailers say every
woman needs 10 pairs of shoes a.
year. Read 1t to your husband.
Chicago actor was fined 500 for
winking at a woman. What are you
going to wink at If you don't wink
at a woman?
A little flirting now and then Is
Just what marries the best of men.
Home is not where a. ma hangs
his hat. 1t Is where he throws his
hat on the floor.
These are ticklish times for the
little boy with scratchy underwear.
If these new talking movies are
perfected the movie fans will have
to study several foreign languages
Former one-horse towns are one
filling station towns now.
Tho curse Of the age is Darn
those wrinkles"
Only a few more months until the
annual scare about women discard
ing dresses for knickerbeckers.
The funniest thing is seeing an
old bachelor petting a baby, espe-
cially If she Is about 20 years old.
After buying = gold ash, the
stingiest man always worries about
its turning brass,
A salesman has plenty of wind,
1t Is the trade wind.
Our street a system isn't so ter
rible except that most of the cars
are going In the wrong direction.
Worry about your vacation one
hour every night ana you can de-
eide where to spend IT by July.
Two can live cheaper han some
one.
Our idea of a fine thing not to do
Is pull a red-headed girls hair.
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ley in the spring and summer OF
1847.
@. Did VaiIandigham, the ia
nous Ohio "copperhead," die a nat
ural death or was he killed?-A. T,
".
A. Vallandigham's death was
tragic, but was accidental. He was
engaged as attorney in a murder
case and was illustrating to the jury
the manner in which the victim was
shot, when he fatally shot himself
with the pistol he held in his hands.
@. What do Africander cattle
have to have for food?--N. N. G.
A These cattle can thrive where
others would starve and can live Off
the veritable blade of grass. They
are suited for the western plains not
only because of their ability to sur
vive on short rations, but also on =
count of their remarkable resistance
to disease and their camel" attrib-
ute of going a long way without
water. A dressed carcass of a full
grown steer raised on the range
weighs from 600 to 500 pounds. The
average percentage of dressed
weight to live weight Is from 60 to
61.5 per cent.
@. What is a sea Cookie. W.
A. A sea cock is an injection
cock inserted in the side OF a steam
ship, and leading from the sea to the
condenser. It is supplementary, &c
the regular injection cock through
which supplies of water r admit
ted to the ~condensers of marine en-
gines.
@. What are winter golf rules?-
p. K.
A. Winter rules vary with differ
emit courses. Their purpose is to
save wear and tear on the cours al
the season when the turf is most
easily destroyed, and as a general
proposition they provide that players
shall improve the lie of their balls
or tee them up. through the fair
ways. In some clubs the use of rub
ber tees Is encouraged. and in others
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

the players improve their lie in the
rough, in the traps and on the
greens as well as through the fair
ways.
G. Why is tuberculosis called the
white plague?-S. J.
A. The Public Health Service
say that in the early days of treat
ing tuberculosis. the patients were
so often confined to their homes and
not allowed fresh air that they soon
became pale. 1t was due to their
complexion that the phrase IVY
plague" became applied to theS5
Tins of tuberculosis. y
@. In early days were news
papers sent by mail?-M, e. C.
A.. In the days of the Colonial
postal service, newspapers were Lot
admitted to the mails. The post
riders carried them, however by pri-
waite arrangements with the printers.
Special riders delivered the papers
at rates agreed upon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
. SEVERE q AFTER


after an attack of the FLU"
which left me with a severe cough
nothing seemed to relieve me until I
writes Mrs. X. D. Drake. Chiids.
used Foley's Honey and Tar"
Maryland. Coughs resulting, from
Influenza, Whoopiug Cough,
Asthma, Group, La Grippe and
Bronchitis are quickly relieved with
Foley's Honey and Tar. Contains
no opiates--ingredients printed on
the wrapper. Largest selling cough
medicine In the World. Sold every
where.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
Q. What kind of fur is kolinsky?

@. What kind of fur is kolinsky?
M. C. r.
A. Among furriers, the name is
given to any n of several Asiatio
minks. 1t was primarily the name
Of a Russian mink from the district
of Kola in northwestern Russia.
Q. How does the number of i'm
migrants that come to this country
compare with the number of them
that tire of it and 90 back?-S, o,
II.
A. Statistics do not assign rea-
sons for the departure of aliens from
our country. During the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1929, there were
S0s,556 i'm migrant aliens admitted
to the United States and 1912
emigrant aliens departed.
@. How many Mormons went in
to Utah originally TT. P.
A. Brigham Young led a COM
pany of 143 men, three women and
two children into the Salt Lake Val
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
Questions Answers

ANY reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederick J.. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington, D. G. This offer ape
plies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice or legal.
Bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address nd en-
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postage. All eplies ae sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
Bible Thought For Today

LIFE AND COOL DAYS:-Het that will love life, and see
good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that
they speak no guile Peter $40.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

This blame country Ia so poor we
have only 100000 OF the worlds
1~3,25G.000 autos.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

In Quebec, Is men went to Jail
rather than go to work. showing
one cause OF unemployment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

Everybody thinks everybody is
getting worse, but everybody al
ways has thought that.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

The British say they can pay
their debts, but lots of people can
do lots of things they don't do.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

A New Jersey man got $500 for
his broken nose. but he was not
sticking it where it didn't belong,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

Some people never seem to be I
a hurry unless they + driving il
auto.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

National shoe retailers say every
woman needs 10 pairs of shoes a
year. Read 1t to your husband.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16

After the 15l3 election, Accordins
TO one stePy, Mr., MeAdeo was kept
on the anxious seat until the very
eve OF the Wilson inauguration, be-
fore he received the slightest au-
Ith~oritative intimation that he was
to be rendered a cabinet portfolio. He
made no secret OF his desire to be
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Butterfly Perfume.

TT has long been known that many
butterflies and moths have seen
glands that emit delicate and pleas
ing odors. A we'll known example
here in America is that OF the mon.
arch butterfly.
A government naturalist describes
the perfumes of some of the charac-
teristic English butterflies. which he
interestingly likens to the odors OF
well known English flowers. A dis
tinctive and characteristic perfume is
probably secreted by each species,
That this is SO Is supported by the
records that the males Of the large
garden white butterfly diffuse a faint
but delicious scent OF balsam or
lemon, those of the small white
Pieris rapae shed an aroma OF thyme
and from the green-veiled white
Pieris napi there emanates a faint
but delightfully."- odoriferous perfume
resembling that of the lemon verbena.
Other butterflies, according to their
kind, diffuse other odors, as sweet
brier, honeysuckle and other choice
perfumes. which are sometimes So
strong as to be perceptible to thu
blunter senses OF mankind.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

PeromHa
tSurs eFrmAsa
of SmeSma naaTabe
Evening star., 1923-10-21

F. W. Gilmer: David Gardiner Of New
York, and one or two others.
1t does not seem to have been gen.
orally known, however, that there
was a luncheon at Corcoran house
for the company invited on the cruise
nor that one of the expected guests
having dropped out at the last mo-
ment, thirteen sat down at table.
Thereafter Mr.. Corcoran could never
be persuaded to break bread with
thirteen. He disclaimed any feeling
OF superstition, but claimed that the
memories evoked were too painful
x x X
THE life of W. W. Corcoran is one
of those romances with which the
history of young America bristles.
Beginning life as an auctioneer and a
merchant in a small way, he went
into bankruptcy twice. Then he
drifted into the banking business. But
the foundations of his great fortune
were laid on tip from John c. CAL
houn, whom he greatly loved and ad-
mired for whose craftsmanship he had
profound respect, that Texas would
be annexed and that the United
States would assume her debt Mr..
Corcoran thereupon bought up almost
the entire issue of Texas bonds, which
were then selling at four cents on the
dollar-to have them go to par with
in a few weeks after the border re-
Evening star., 1923-10-21
TRAGEDIES of Lafayette Square Have Made American Ho

~ OES some strange fatality
hang over Lafayette Square?
The very thought seems pre-
49, posterous. It's such a peace
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Rapid=Fire Dyeing.

TT is always Of interest to chronicle
a new conquest by the ideal rep
resented in the phrase, zone continu
Gus and automatic operation" a.
,deaf which is in a larger measure
responsible for the great Industrial
development Of the twentieth century
Thus, where formerly we had to feed
single sheets of paper twice into (
press and remove them each time
turning them over between the two
printings. then carry them to folo~
er, put them through this, and t1nall.
stack them on table and count them
we now increase our output hun
dredfoId by inserting the end OF =
roll of paper Into the jaws OF wei
press, which performs ali these op
erations automatically. in their order
Similarly, in factories turning our
| large quantities of Identical meta
parts, the use Of half a dozen differ
ent lathes, drills and planers, eacl
! with It's own operator, each demand :
/ ing that the work he brought to 4
| from one of the others. has gone oul
before the specially designed auto
matte machines which receives q
rough chunk of metal at one end and
turns out a finished binding post or
| thumb screw or valve collar at the
+ other.
There is a rather novel application
! of this principle worked out and pat
ented by a New England textile con
, Germ specializing in blue yarns. In q
continuous run through the appara-
tus the white yarn Is boiled and
cooled, passed through two compart-
ments of indigo, washed, and wound
on reels Not only does this process
save many dollars a day in labor and
effect an economy of per cent III
the color used, but 1t has practically
eliminated breakage of yarn in proc
ess, and has If anything improved the
quality of the finished product Its
capacity is $1,000 yards of yarn per
day.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
Chairs Made of Grass.

THE manufacture of furniture from,
grass Is an important industry
in certain parts of the Mississippi
valley. Ordinary grass cannot, of
course. be employed for this purpose.
1t Is the wire grass, which may be
found in bogs and marshes In the
great glacial belt extending from
the Ohio valley into the British prov
inces of the northwest. This species
of grass is practically lacking in
nourishing qualities. For long time
it was the despair of farmers, as 1t
seemed impossible to eradicate 1t.
Some one Of an inventive turn of
mind conceived the idea of twisting
the tough growth into twine. From
this it was an easy step to weave the
twine into beautiful mating. The
idea did not stop here. At st. Paul,
Oshkosh and other cities, couches and
easy chairs are made from the tough,
pliable material.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

ter OF the late Levi p. Morton. once
Vice President of the United States.
The Cosmos C1ub-where. it is said
an authoritative answer may be OBJ
tained at a moments notice to a
question on any scientific subject
occupies the historic Dolly Madison
house. where for many years the
fair Dolly queened It ovsg Washing
ton and gathered the wit and fash
ION Of the youthful Capital about her.
The club also has the almost equal
ly historic Tayloe house and in be-
tween Is a modern building, which
stands on the site of an old house
associated with q tragedy. It was
long the home of Maj. Rathbone, a
friend Of Lincoln, who chanced to be
in the box with the President when
he was shot. Later Rathbone went
abroad, and while he was travelling
in Holland with his family, he killed
his wife and daughters in a sudden
At Of insanity. He was incarcerated
in a Dutch asylum and eventually
died there.
On the site of the Belasco Theater
hard by, lived William H Seward
Linco1n's Secretary of State, whose
death was plotted by the same con-
spirators who marked Lincoln. His
assassination was attempted on the
very night that Lincoln was shot and
he missed death by a narrow margin
Seward was confined to his home with
fractured jaw, the result of an ac-
cident: and the assassin. Louis Payne.
gained access to the house by pre-
tending to be the bearer of a mes
sage from the Secretary's physician.
Once in the house, he made his way
to the room where the patient was
lying, stabbed Stewards son, Frederick
Seward, who tried to bar the way,
threw the nurse to the floor, and
managed to slash the throat of the
Secretary of State before the servants
and those in attendance could appre-
hend him. Payne was caught, how
ever, and was hanged with Mrs Sur
ratt and the others convicted of plot
ting with Booth to assassinate Lin
coin. Secretary Stewards wound
proved to be slight and he recovered
within a few weeks.
The old house, which was torn down
years ago to make way for the play
house. was also the scene of a politi-
cal suicide. For James G. Blaine
lived there when he was Harrison's
Secretary of State. and it was from
this house that he made the an
nauncement that he would be cam
didate for the Presidency against his
chief. He coupled the announcement
with his resignation as Secretary of
State, but those familiar with the
history of the times contend that
Blaine's political influence declined
from this moment.
This was in 1892 and Harrison, as
history tells. defeated him for the
nomination. Eight years before, in
Evening star., 1923-10-21
By J. A. Waldron

appreciative eyes. There was Just
suggestion of uncertainty in his
manner as he Waded out.
That's our chap" exclaimed May.
Stunning, isn't he, in that suit?"
Rather" replied Genevieve. 'T
think / shall experiment"
x ~ X y
~ENEvIEVE walked to the waters
" edge a short distance from the
stranger, who stood knee deep, still
gazing out to sea. She advanced with
little exclamations meant to denote
that deep water was strange to her,
accompanied by graceful pantomime.
until submerged to the breast. when
she emitted little scream.
The. stranger, who had also ad-
vanced on a line with her, only about
fifteen feet away, seemed to be in
deeper Suddenly he disappeared. It
was not the dive Of an expert, but a
clumsy exit from view. He seemed
to be drowning. AS he reappeared,
spouting water and with frenzied
motions, he cried 'Helpw
Genevieve was really q water
nymph. with perfect confidence she
swan toward the place where the
stranger had disappeared. For a sec
ond he came up. and as quickly went
under again with an inarticuiate
cry.
May, on the shore, began to scream.
and ran to the waters edge. The
beach guard, who was down shore,
came running. and q crowd quickly
gathered.
AS the stranger appeared quickly
again, Genevieve seized him expertly
and by main strength got him into
shallow water and then ashore, carry
ing him bodily much of the way.
The stranger recovered with arnaz-
ing quickness as the crowd pressed
close. He was himself again in a
moment, apparently none the worse
for his experience. The beach guard
cautioned him against venturing out
again If he could not swim and
walked away, after complimenting
Genevieye upon her bravery.
AS Genevieve stood looking at him
the stranger regarded her quizzically.
with smile.
"Ah, madame" he said, mo doubt
owe you thanksi And yet-you are
Mrs. Beale, are you notr'
Evening star., 1923-10-21
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T HE beach disclosed the usual
mid-week multitude of women
and woeful minority of men.
- 1t was not an ultra fashion
able resort. yet many OF those there
evidently f1gured-of course unwill
ingly-in the surtax column of the
income tax table. Most of the multi
millionaires were probably on COM
petitive show at more fashionabl
places
There are compensations to the by
stander that sentimentally counter
balance mere money. There were
relatively as many pretty women at
this resort, perhaps, as at any other
in which greater average wealth fig
ured. Possibly the percentage Of
pretty women here was greater.
Il was a lazy, sunny afternoon.
Two young and slightly women,
dressed more with a camera and male
admiration in view than with pur-
pose to get wet, lounged some dis
tance from the crowd and near the
shore under a canopy large enough
to screen them from the sun yet frank
enough to show them to passers-by.
ST wonder, Genevieve, IL that hand
some chap we saw at luncheon will
go in this afternoon?" one asked.
He looked at you-or was it at me?-
almost constantly"
I'm generous enough to admit that
he might have been looking at both
of US, May" the other replied. "And
I also wonder if he will come out in
regalia."
"If he should, would you have an
impulse to see IL the colors in your
costume were fast?"
81 might. have another quite as
fetching as this If these coiors should
run"
"I might, too, although have moth
ing else with me but that very ordi-
nary practical suit"
Both laughed as though they en-
ioyed the thought.
But only one of us can try him
out" said Genevieve. "He may not
appear at all. We may be fooled.
Yet we should settle preliminaries.
I'll match you for the first chance If
! he does come"
That's fair"
THE young women produced small
i bags from a miscellany of wraps.
magazines and feminine odds ana