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New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
WIRE SCREENS PREVENT
GASES FROM EXPLODING
Fire Underwriters Make Announce
ments OF Important Dis
coveries Made

Chicago. March 2S.--Discoverie OF
far-reaching Importance to Industrial
concerns and others handling infiam-
mable solvents such as. gasoline, ether,
alcohol, amy acetate and light oils,
have been announced by the Fire I'm
derwriters laboratories as a result Of
a study of the fire danger from vola-
tile liquids
Screens Of fine brass. copper or sill
yer mesh, the chemists discovered. will
prevent the spread of flames through
vapor filled pipes connecting storage
tanks Of the highly iniammable H.
guilds. The investigation was under
taken at the request of one of the
worlds largest explosive manufacture
ers to reduce the fire hazard In his
factories, but the discoveries will be
applicable wherever dangerous solv-
ents are handled.
The experiments c,vered fiat and
cone shaped wire screens in pipes of
from one-half to six inches in dame
ter, and showed that when properly
applied the screens would halt the
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

presidents closest personal friend and
most influential adviser Attorney Gen.
Daugherty. Hence too the presidents
announced purpose OF making a
speech making tour of the country.
THE announcement oi Attorney
Gen. Daugherty will have little or no
effect upon the national political sit
uation to either party One of the
outstanding issues In the 1924 cam
paign will be the record Of omission
and commission of the Harding ad-
ministration whether Mr., Harding
heads the ticket or not. On this Is
sue the democratic party is ready
now to 60 to bat"
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
DEMOCRATS SCOFF
AT HARDING drive
Chairman Hull Not Impressed
With denomination Move

Washington. March 23--Character-
izing Attorney Gen. Daugherty's an
nouncement of President Harding
candidacy for second term as one
which will have little or no effect
upon the national political situation
in either party" Chairman Hull OF
the democratic national committee Is
sued the following statement:
THE semi Official announcement by
Attorney Gen. Daugherty that Presi-
dent Harding would be a candidate
for nomination is of small interest
as compared with the reasons for
making the announcement at this
time.
| IF President Harding had only
risen to the level of an ordinary pres
ident it would have been taken for
granted that the party would renom-
mate him. The doubt concerning his
denomination has been raised by the
fact that his administration to date
has been the most conspicuous fail
ure of any in the 20 national admin
istrations.' With this fact confronting
them, the progressive element in the
republican party as well as the con-
servatives of sound political judgment
long ago realized that Mr. Harding
could not be reelected and began to
look for another candidate. The
failure of the Harding administra-
ton was demonstrated and empha-
sized by the reputation given it at
the polls last November.
THE reactionary supporters of the
president largely confined to the Of
flee holding and office seeking classes,
evidently realized that If Mr.. Harding
was to be renominated something
would have to be done to revive in
terest in him which was fast waning
and also to suppress those party lead
ers who are rapidly deserving the
Harding cause in search of another
candidate, Hence the announcement
of the Harding candidacy by the
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

flames. although the rest OF the pipe
was hlled with dangerous vapor mix
ture. Mixtures OF ether and air
proved the hardest to control, gasoline
being next In order, followed by ace
tone. alcohol, light oil and amyl ace
tate.
The investigation also included BEN
zol. toluol. turpentine. kerosene, amyl
alcohol acetic acid, aniline. nitro
benzoi. glycerin. linseed oil. cotton
seed oil. palm oil, paraffin oil. chloro-
form, lard oil. camphor and phenol.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
ss1NyMhml4Nu -
! 1ch1KMAupprk@

cold doorman bluntly asking your
business or an equally Indifferent
wicket girl. human barbed-wire en-
tanglements about the persons and of
fices OF the mighty, ImperNons to
beauty or guile, they stem the food
of youth hatterinG timidly or boldly
at the gates. allowing few TO trickle
through at commands from the in
side.
Conceit fairly oozed out through
my tired feet as traipsed around
trying to find breach in the walls.
| had to demonstrate that was a
born" actress, but where and how.
couldn't act in the streets.
Whore You start.
Just how do you get into the
movies?" I finally asked one gate
nan, eating humble pie-I. not the
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
No Pitfalls on Streets.

In another way, too, Hollywood was
different / couldn't find any of the
pitfalls which believed lined the
streets for unwary girls, saw no
roistering at night No one ogled me
around the studios. Sleek men In
sleek cars didn't draw to the curb and
invite me to ride.
Frankly, this was rather disappoint-
ing
Where were all the gllded tempta-
tions that beckoned so often from
the pages of Hollywood tales I'd read I?
Later was to encounter a few. but
for the moment. stripped of illusions,
] found that was just working
girl looking for job about which I
knew nothing. A mere fragment OF
star-dust from which now and then
a blazing meteor is formed!
TOMORROW try to pry my way
into FINLAND via a movie school,
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

gateman.
you apply at the casting Office,
and register" he yawned. Hours
from to 8. and to s."
Later ] learned to know this keeper
quite well. but to this day he will not
let me enter without work pass or
proof of appointm ent.
You are not borne into the movies
on palanauill--you do literally
break in." while Hollywood con-
tinues prosaically and unaware of
your presence to bake pies for street
car conductors as well as comedians.
This Indifference takes the starch
out of young upstairs, and probably
is necessary to put them in the proper
frame of mind to forge ahead if it
doesn't turn them away.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
.QUAKERS IN LONDON MUST
SEEK LARGER QUARTERS
Home OF Official Headquarters OF So.
ciety OF Friends Is TO be Sold
at auction.

London. March Ia Devonshire
house, In the old city Of London,
which for $50 years has been the Of
fetal headquarters Of the Society Of
Friends Is to be sold at auction. This
is because the ancient and historic
building is too small for the constant
~ growing activities of the Quakers,
most Of which take some form of
charity.
The Quakers acquired a part Of the
building for meeting house in the
18th century. The monthly meetings
of the executive committee, called the
Meetings of Sufferings. were held
there. A library of all books written
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
torted idea of Hollywood.

forted idea of Hollywood.
Instead of magic city opening to
the smile of a pretty girl, the Holly
wood of motion pictures is scatter
ing of business plants among the
homes and shops of a sprawling ex-
tension of Los Angeles
Your "Pass" to Enter.
You need no pass to enter Holly
wood except ten cent street car
ticket from the Los Angeles railway
stations. The conductor may or may
not know where such and such a
studio is located. He has more i'm
portant business than to play guide
to every movie pilgrim. Thus you
grope your way to the gate Of the
studio lot, and there you stop.
You stop before a courteous but
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23
VIRGINIA BRADFORD FINDS No
TON OF FINLAND WAS
ALL WRONG.
BY VIRGINIA BRADFORD.

BY VIRGINIA BRADFORD
Hollywood, March 2S.--Despite tons
OF literature written about IT, Holly
wood remains in the mind OF mil
lion American girls a glamorous place
OF romance. vastly different from
what It Is,
Coming here to break into u1tion
pictures, really believed that every
one living in Hollywood was some
how connected with the movies. that
here was perpetual carnival and a
succession of mysterious delights pro-
vided for star and satellite.
Ridiculous, OF course, but many
girls back home have just such dis
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

money. In pre-revolution days, ten
dollars a month would keep a Rus.
sian student in ragged but happy com
fort.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-23

by Friends was formed. and the quar-.
ters have become the repository Of q
valuable collection OF relics relating
to the history aud works OF the
Quakers. ts
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
TACOMA NOW BOASTS
 MOST DEVILISH WOMAN

TACOMA, April 2. - Fisherwomen are said to be rare-women being SUD- posed to have neither the patience to wait for the fish to get hungry nor the courage to disentangle the slimy, wriggly creatures after they have be- come sufficiently hungry to eat the bait, and the hook
 Mrs. sLavina Hause, however, who lives on the Narrows, west of here, is not only fisherwoman, but a devil fisherwoman. She fishes for devil fish, and she catches the dangerous octopi in such numbers as to make the devilfishermen envious and jeal, Ous.
 Mrs. Hause, a wiry, little woman who became a devishfisherWoman two years ago for pleasure and profit, de- clares she would rather bag an octo put than "cook good meal" although her husband and business partner de clares she is equally capable al either.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

added considerably to the number of their employees, but are operating chiefly on repair work.
 "Oregon-Despite heavy rains and snow, lumber production is fast ap preaching normal. Calls for help are beginning to come from agricultural districts. Unemployment is confined chiefly to commercial and unskilled lines. Nearly all industries are op erating. A large building program will follow the winter season.
 Washington The peak of unem ployment was reached in February Indications point toward early absorp tion of all idle, except in commercial work. Building programs are being outlined in all the larger cities. March will again see operation of logging camps and inland mills. Car shortage is confined to a few localities only Optimism prevails in every quarter
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
BIG OUTPUT TIMBER
 ARIZONA LAST YEAR

TUCSON, Ariz., April 2.-Arizona forests produced 93,500,000 feet of timber during the year ending De- cember 31, last, according to state ment by William H. Killen, member of large southern Arizona lumber company, with headquarters here, in an address given before the Rotarian organization.
 Of Arizona's forest supply MT. Killen said in part:
 "It is estimated by the Forestry Department that Arizona has 5,000,- 900 acres of forest land, producing about 5000 feet to the acre." And in pointing out necessity for forest protection and transplanting of that portion now cleared, he added: "At the rate at which the timber was cut during the year just ended, the supply will have become exhausted in approximately twenty years"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
UNEMPLOYMENT PEAK PASSED
 NEAR WEST
General Optimism Seen in All Lines of
 Business

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. - The peak of unemployment throughout the Pacific Coast has been passed, accord ing to J. A. Kelly, San Francisco, dis trict director of the employment ser vice, United States Department of Labor, in his report for February made public here today.
 The building industry continues tc flourish, the report says; iron and steel, lumber and shipbuilding are now fast approaching normal; while the opening of spring farm and or chard work has caused a noticeable reduction in the surplus of unskilled labor.
 An abstract of MT. Kelly's survey of conditions in California, Oregon and Washington follows:
 "California-The opening of spring slight reduction in the unskilled labor surplus. This demand however, can be met by local labor markets. Many transients are moving throughout the state, seeking employment. The lum. Der industry is, for the most part, op- erating to capacity, and in some places overtime and night shifts are the rule The building industry continues to flourish, especially in the larger cities A shortage of plasterers, plumbers and finish carpenters is reported. There is a demand for moulders, pattern makers and machinists. Decided i'm provement is reported in the San Joa quin Valley oil fields. Shipyards have
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
4 Northern POtIatch
By w. c. DENNY, Panama Crossing

are stacked up, and piles of choice cuts of moose, caribou and fat noun tain sheep. Ducks in battalions, also swan and geese are added, the lowly porcupine being an additional delicacy. Huge kettles of (buD blue-berries cooked in moose fat are waiting.
 The prospective feasters are wont to pass in and out of the cabins when the cooking is going on, no doubt in contemplation of forthcoming gastron- omic delights.
 A small boy Justify beating tom tom summons the hungry horde into the big cabin, everyone bringing his own dishes and sack of generous proportions. A new bolt of calico is broken open and spread round in front of the diners, who sit cross legged on the floor. There the table | is set and each family group is en- titled to the portion of cloth that is directly in front of it.
 Heaps of food are placed before the visitors and hosts. Often this pile of food represents ones social status. It 1 is here that the sacks are brought into use by the happy Indian, who carries home many tempting meals for the future.
 The extent of the potlatch is reck- oned by the number of days of feast ing followed with long speeches by the elders and much singing and danc- ing at night. The gifts to be present. ed after the village larder is exhaust ed, are arrayed where all may see them, lines being stretched on which are suspended the blankets, guns, bolts of calico, clothing, etc.
 The final day of the potlatch is the one big event of the affair. Then the last big speech being made and the last songs sung, the man who is either giving or is in charge of the potlatch comes forth with large white blan- | is made and the gifts are bestowed.
 It is only when one realizes the struggle these natives make in earning the wherewithal for a potlatch that one can understand what these gifts mean to the child-like Indian.
 The women play an important part for the seemingly inexhaustible sup ply of fancy moccasins, winter init tens and mosquito gloves, are the re, suits of long evenings of toll. The fine soft caribou and moosehide, tanned by the laborious primitive process, make one appreciate the patience with which these people are endowed.
 There is no lingering over farewells after the gifts, and one by one the visitors hitch up their dogs and de. part. Strange in contrast is the de. parting. Gone is the finery, for when one goes to potlatch wearing a finely beaded coat he must give it to one of the entertaining villagers. So back into the nondescript garments of every day life and out on the trail goes a silent, subdued, but intensely happy Indian.--The Alaskan Church man.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

To those in the conventional bounds of civilized society the social usages of an Indian potlatch may seem rather strange in contrast. However, the rules, if they may be so called, are none the less binding.
 Years, perhaps, of hardship and toll in frozen wastes are represented by a single potlatch, so the people are in reality well aware of the forthcoming event.
 Following weighty and lengthy con, ferences, messengers are sent to the surrounding villages and camps. To be messenger is indeed an honor for he is dispatched from home amid much singing and beating of drums.
 Upon drawing near to a village or camp the messenger stops and fires suitable salute with his ever-ready Winchester, burning up expensive am munition with child-like abandon. A delegation conducts the courier to "a cup of tea" which, in the parlance o1 the land, means all one can eat and often very generous portion to carry away.
 Time is an unknown factor with the native. Therefore, when the proper amount of parleying is over the invit ed guests gather up their finery and amid a deafening clamor of bowling yapping and dog-barking, the teams are hitched up and the merry jingle of the dog-bells echoes on the clear, frosty air. After the first mad dash of the start is over, the dogs settle down tC their regular travelling pace.
 Often the guests may travel for sev eral days or even week, so regular routine work of the trail is soon taken up. Brief stops are made for "boiling the tea," and when the days travel is over camps are quickly and skillfully leaping fires for a short time, fe" desultory dog-fights are stopped, and the Great Silence of the North reigns
 Dawn sees the brigade on the trai for another day. An early camp will be made but a few miles from the destination. Here the final prepara tions for the big time in the next few days are made. The gay dresses o1 the women are brought forth, beaded coats and moccasins are. dOnned anC a happily expectant crowd seeks 6 few hours rest on the beds of spruce
 At an early hour the visitors pull ul to the village-but not to enter; GUS tom requires that an additional invl tation be given, so a delegate comes out from the village and delivers the welcoming ovation, a salute is fired by the visitors, which is answered 1T town by the entertaining Indians. A song in the strange, wild harmony ol the Northern Indian is started, ant the moosehide drums boom forth z welcome. Thus is a fitting entrance effected.
 Preparations for the first big feast have been under way since early morning, the young men and womeI doing the cooking. Great heaps o1 frying-pan bread reeking with grease
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
Dance Empress Cabaret April 7.

buy on fancy Yakima potatoes so we are passing this buy on to you and making a special price of 21ac pound ONeill Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
SIGNS OF SPRING

The first buttercup.
 And the first new spring bonnet. The first baby chickens and a new calf
 Also we hunt the step ladder and the window cleaner.
 Everybody's feet are muddy and we all talk about the roads.
 The sky is a glorious blue and the mountains never were so lovely. We begin to think of a picnic lunch. And the small boy thinks in terms of marbles.
 We plan our garden.
 And wonder if the neighbours hens will get our peas this year
 Then it snows-
 So we know spring is here. Dance Empress Cabaret April 2.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

q thought you could keep secret, said her friend.
 Well, I kept it for a week." was the reply. Do you think I'm a cold storage plant?"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

TUT, TUT,-BUT GO ON A thing that's worth doing Is worth doing well, Now, all together, boys, Let's given
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
SHORT STORY

I don't like boys-yet they take me everywhere; to dances, to parties, and even to school They clutch me, they press men and squeeze me. They get all the enjoyment out of me they can and then they throw men away Sometimes I am picked up, but am al ways cast aside in the end. Why should they take advantage of me so: They know I am helpless and unpro tected, but what can I expect? I AM ONLY A CIGARETTE.
 "Why should New Years day be a legal holiday?" inquires an exchange "There's only one advantage in it that we can see, and that is that the banks are closed and they won't pre- sent a fellow with a sight draft on that day"
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

Lives of great men all remind us,
 AS their pages OCT we turn, That we're apt to leave behind u Letters that we ought to burn.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

When you start saving money for a rainy day the weather bureau i'm pulls off a long season of wet weather.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

Special for a few days, Olympic flour, 49's, $2.75 per sack. The Blum O'Neill Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
LEE

History of man: Twenty to thirty hardship; thirty to forty, hard-boiled {; fifty to seventy, hard arteries.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

When the great American public something different from what it has.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

The hardest luck is usually home made.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

Minister in Michigan is also bar Der. In other words, he slaves 'em six days ill the week and saves 'em on Sunday.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

The Tanks are coming, remarked a Cordova dentist, as he prepared his patient for the operation.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
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The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

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The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
SUFFERING IN SILENCE

About the only time woman will suffer in silence is when her false teeth get stuck together with candy.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02

WANTED-R and A HORSE POW
 CT electric motors, single phase,
 no volts Apply Times office. 31-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1923-04-02
LOST

He tried to cross the railroad track Before the rushing train, They put the pieces in sack,
 But couldn't find the brain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-18
Shower is Given
Miss Helen Haley

KEYPORT, Aug. 1S-A miscel-
laneous shower was rendered Miss
Helen Haley recently at the home
of Miss Mary Van Pelt here. Miss
Haley was the recipient of many
gifts. The rooms were handsomely
decorated in a novel color scheme.
Each guest present received a favor.
Those present were the Misses
Lena Fraw1ey, Katherine Armstrong,
Marie Dougherty. Florence Glider
sleeve, Elizabeth Hanson, Edna Sen
sen, Madeline Medallion. Gertrude
Haley, Dorothy Haley, Isabel Camp
bell, Mary Haderman, Mayme Pow
ers. Margaret Powers, Margaret Lay
ton, katherine Horralin, frankie Van
Pelt, Betty Haley. Dolly Van Pelt,
Anna Van Pelt, May Ven Pelt, Helen
Haley, Messrs. Ted Crime. Joseph
Cerieno, and J. j. Albrick, Mrs. Will
liam Maggie, Mrs. J.. Haley, Mrs. j.
j.. Flood, Mrs. p. Greiner. Mrs. Paul
Dolan, Mrs. ]. White, and Mrs.
Thomas Tracey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-18
Mr.. andMrS. LOWenkOpf
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Perth Amboy
Personal NJ enti0n

Eugene Parker, of Hobart street,
leaves tomorrow for Canada, where
he will remain for several days.
Miss Bertha Edelstein, Of Kearny
avenue, is spending the weekend at
Lake Hopatcong.
Miss Vivian McGregor, Of Madison
avenue, leaves tomorrow for Lake
George, where she will spend several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Widerstrom and
family, of Madison avenue, motor
ed to Asbury Park yesterday.
Mrs. Walter Leighton, OF Keyport
is spending several days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Mil
Ter, of Madison avenue.
Misses Rose and Mary Huff, of
High street, left today for a two
weeks stay in Belmar.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowenkopf and
daughter, Gertrude, of Market street,
have been spending a week at larry
town, n. Y.
Lambert Hughes and Milton Mac
William, of this city have returned
/ from a several days stay at Lake
Hopatcong and Middletown, n. Y.
Emil Stremlau, of Rector street,
has left for a vacation in Maine.
Mr.. an dMrs. Arthur Graham, of
Water street, are spending the week
end in Connecticut.
Misses Blanche Spiegel and Eta
} enbergNof this city have been spend
ing a week al White Lake, in New
FORK state.
Miss Ruth Mckenzie, of Fayette
street. leaves tomorrow for a weeks
stay with friends in Brooklyn.
Henry K. Golenbock, of Rector
street, is spending the weekend in
Asbury Park.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans J. Miller, of this city, on Au-
gust 10. Mrs. Miller was formerly
Miss Helen Sokolinski.
Miss Margaret Crowell. of High
street, is spending a few days in
Port Richmond, S. l..
Misses Leona Lembecke and Flor
ence Sykes. of this city, visited in
Asbury Park Thursday.
Mrs. M. Lane. of Port Richmond,
and Mrs. Malone, of Tottenville,
were guests of Mrs. Ralph Crowell,
of Water. street, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Handerhan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Handerhan
ard son, of Madison avenue, arc
leaving today for a weeks stay IN
Canada.
Max Elmer and Leroy Kemmerer,
of High street, left today for a motor
tour through Canada.