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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
THE PAVING

Continuation of the controversy between the city and county
authorities concerning the placing of shoulders along the new
concrete paving in New Brunswick avenue will IN no way settle
the problem. All concerned readily agree that this work should be
done as soon as possible to save the paving from certain destruc-
ton. SO why not get together and save the city and county some
money before it is too late.
New Brunswick avenue is now bearing the brunt of the heavy
traffic, in fact so many vehicles are passing over the highway that
many cars including trucks are forced off the new concrete on to
the present dirt shoulders. Every time a machine passes over the
unprotected edge of concrete a great strain is placed on that
part of the paving and it will not be long before the concrete
starts crumbing away. The drainage factor is another matter
to consider. When the improvement was made it should have
been made a sealed job, with paving from curb to curb. This
was not done, however, SO the placing of shoulders on the roadway
is the only thing to be done.
AS progress on the Amboy avenue paving job is slow and dis
couraging, the New Brunswick avenue detour will be used for a
very long time. Because of this every effort should be made to
protect the present paving at that point. 1t has been found that
where there is a will there is a way. There is a way to provide the
shoulders on the New Brunswick avenue paving and the work
should be done at once.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
A PROBLEM IN EDUCATION

Among educators of Judgment and experience it has long
been held as an axiom that not every one is fitted to derive profit
from a college education.
That, in fact, is one of the reasons why college authorities in
sist on the attainment of a certain standard of educational equip
ment by each applicant for admission before he or she can be re-
gstered as a student, and also reserve to themselves the right to
drop any student from the rolls at any time without cause as
signed. 1t is now, however, freely admitted that the entrance tests
hitherto in vogue have to a large extent broken down, for it has
become increasingly evident in recent years that a considerable
percentage of those matriculated are simply wasting their own
time and their parents money in a vain attempt to obtain degrees
and enter professions for which they are mentally or Temperament
tally unqualified.
AS a substitute for the old entrance requirements, which have
been tried and found wanting, many modern educators are recon-
mending tests based on applied psychology, a science which has of
late been making enormous forward strides. It has not yet reached
the stage of ~infallbiity in its results, but that it supplies at least
a fairly reliable standard for judgment has been proved by expert
ments made at Lehigh university. In the fall Of 1921 all freshmen
admitted to that institution were required to take the Trabuo
mentimete test. 1t was thought at the time to be an extravagant,
almost an audacious, estimate when those who conducted the ex-
periments predicted that 81 young men would not be able to com
plete their college course for lack Of necessary ability, but the
event has justified the prophecy, for Al have been already dropped
and the work Of the other 16 is so poor that but few of them are
expected to graduate.
On the economic side it would therefore appear that millions
o. dollars are being wasted annually in forcing on college students
an education which they are unable to assimilate. Worse still,
however, are the discoursgspaent and hoplessness which come on
many a young man when be sees himself a failure where others
are successful. The consequent modification and depression often
cloud and embtter his whole life and prevent the development of
other abilities which nature gave him and which, if applied wise
ii and under proper guidance in the right direction, would make
him q prosperous, respected and happy either.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
EATING OUR CAKE

The vast national wealth Of the United States theoretic-
ally belongs to all of us. While most of it has been cornered
by a minority Of the population, the future probably will bring
a more fair division for our descendants of a few generations
from now.
So the conservation of our national resources-preven-
tion Of needless waste-should interest all of us. The natural
wealth forests, mines, soil fertility, etc., may belong to indi-
viduals other than ourselves, but our cost of living will to
considerable extent rise or fall accordingly as national re-
sources are wasted or saved. You realize this when you go to-
buy some lumber out of the timber supply that's left in the
woods.
What we call high cost of living is, to considerable extent,
the penalty of squandering our national resources.
Since 1889 the exports from America have totaled 1OS bill
lion dollars. And 40 billions of this ware exported in the last
nine years.
Did it ever occur to you that a large part of this 10S bill
lion dollars worth of exports represents natural resources OF
the United States that never can be replacedY
In manufacturing, for instance, five-ninths Of the final
value of product represents cost of raw materials.
On which basis, it seems logical that, since the adoption
of our Constitution, we have exported natural resources equiv.
alent to a fifth Of our present total national wealth.
That's the penalty of big foreign trade. J%Ea8
When it comes to squandering natural resources, the most
dangerous leak is in the form Of diminishing forests. Deplet-
ed fertility Of SOIL for instance, can be replaced quickly by
commercial fertilizers. But large trees take many years to
grow, even several generations.
ln)the use of wood, we Americans are approaching Rus
sian standards of living, warns N. Y. State College of Forestry.
since lSof,. which was the peak year of lumber production.
our output has been decreasing three per cent a year. ;
Between 1907 and 1920, our population increased Is per
cent, but our lumber output correspondingly dropped from
soUO board feet a year for each American to BIG board feet.
Available forests are vanishing so rapidly that. unless
we plant trees on a Tremendously big scale. wood will be az
scarce IN America in 1880 as it now is in Russia. II you don't
realize what this means, ask a Russian-who will tell Won how.
IN the OLD country, peasants gather even twigs.
heplantlng OF trees is a job that belongs to government
ana even more so to the timber barons who are heading no
toward a treeless nation. AS for the rest Of II . chaf
ouy is TO BACK the replanting by Uncle Sam and the states.
and to exercise great caution not to start forest fires. especial.
~ when camping or taking strolls through the woods.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
Geographic News
Bulletins By the
National Geographic Society
The Presidents Flag.

49,
The Presidents flag, because II Is
seen only upon extraordinary occa-
| sions and because It's design is of
more recent adoption than our 9TH
er flags, probably escapes recogni-
tfon OF arouses the curiosity OF MANI
who do see 1t, says a bulletin OF the
National Geographic Society.
The Presidents flag now flies over
a Washington hotel which is temper
arily the home of the chief execu-
tive and it was displayed on the
! Presidents automobile in the funeral
! procession of the late President Har-
ding.
The flag now consists Of the Pres
ident's seal in bronze, upon a blue
background, with a large white star
! in each corner. The design of this
seal may be seen in the floor of the
entrance corridor of the White House
and was used by at least ms Pres
ident in his favoTite stickpin.
Usage Governing Display
The custom governing the uses of
the Presidents flag and the history
of its adoption are described in
Flags of the World" a compilation
by DIR. Gilbert Grosvenor and Lieu
tenant-Commander Byron McCand-
less, u. S. N, as follows:
when the President visits a ves-
sci of the United States, the Pres
ident's flag is broken at the main
/ the moment he reaches the deck and
is kpet flying as long as he is on
board.
when the President Is embarked
on a boat he usually directs that his
flag be displayed from the staff in
the bow of his barge. Whom he
passes in a boat flying his flag, yes
sells of the navy parade the ull
guard, four ruffles are given on the
drum, four flourishes are sounded
on the bugle. the National Anthem
is played by the band, and officers
and men salute.
Previously there were two designs
displayed on flags and on colors to
be used in the presence of the com"
mander-in-Chief of the army ana the
navy. The navy design was of an
earlier date than that OF the army,
and consisted of the coat-of-arms OF
the United States, as shown in the
Great Seal, upon a blue ground. This
happened to be almost identical with
the infantry colors.
An Earlier Design
LAAO iCoAdOIt . COAOi NJ
signed to be distinctive from the in
fantry %colors, and consisted of a blue
ground with a large crimson star,
outlined heavily with white. Within
the star was to be seen the coat-of-
arms of the United States, and out
side the star within it's angles were
powdered small stars to the number
of the States in the Union.
"The double display of flags and
colors at the Grand Army Review
in 1915 caused considerable COM
ment, and as a result the suggestion
was made to the President that the
navy flag might fittingly be made
distinctive from the infantry colors
by the addition of four stars-one in
each corner.
The flag of an Admiral and
General bear four stars as a sign of
command.
The President approved of the
idea, but directed that the coat-of-
arms, as shown on the Presidents
seal. be used upon the Presidents
personal flag and colors,'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

known plays. The labels, some
neatly printed in large red letters and
pasted on, some scrawled with cray
on, bring up pictures of the produc-
tlons and of the probable contents OF
the mysterious trunks. About fifty
productions are stored in this ware
house at a time. Most of the labels
are of plays not far back in theatri-
cal history.
. What becomes finally of all the
abandoned productions the spangle
bedecked costumes, the balcony
scenes, and the twin beds so neces-
sary to the modern farce? A play
that runs only a week may close with
its scenery and costumes but slight
ly damaged. 1t would seem that the
producer might recover something
on his investment by selling a per-
fectly good drawing room with fire
place and door leading ito conserva-
tory.
Little Salvage Possible
Joseph Klaw, president of the Cain
Company. says this isn't often pos
sible. The trouble with the drawing
room mentioned is that the door
probably isn't in the right corner for
any other play that may be produc-
ed IN the near future. PlayWrights
rebuild their stories around definite
settings and every door and window
must be located exactly according to
the stage directions given. So even
IL the door fits the specifications of
another play demanding a drawing
room, most likely the second drama
would require a secret panel where
the fireplace stands. The result ia
that a $4,000 production is not Of
ten worth more than $500 when the
play is done.
Electrical equipment can general
~ lie used again. II period costumes
are left over, the producer NAV sell
them to a theatrical costumer, But
a stage career is hard on all cos
TUNES. They deteriorate quickly.
how quickly may be imagined from
the statement that If a play is going
to a big city after a few months run,
the production has to be renewed
to a great extent.
Properties have a brief, intense ex-
lstence on the stage, too. When a
scene has to be changed in two min
utes, perhaps without the curtains
o N"NACht oCSHo SHllIeFS nave no
time to handle objects with elaborate
care. An example of the toughest
treatment accorded stage properties
occurred in a play where a table was
broken by a falling sandbag at every
performance, and a door had to be
battered down with an axe. The
top of the table and a certain panel
of the door were faxed in the sense
that they were of light wood and re-
neWed at every performance. In
other instances, a chair that looks
natural but has to be tossed about
is reinforced with iron to lengthen its
life. Ordinary stage furniture, how
ever, is not much good after it has
been used night after night in a bed
room farce or in a mystery thriller.
The producer keeps his packing
cases and scenery in storage for a
while, using what he can in other
plays. Sometimes equipment re.
mains in the storehouse ten or fit.
teen years. Finally, if he is payinp
storage in a pubic warehouse. thf
producer destroys what he canayt
l.-e.
The rose arbor that has been the
scene of more than 800 PROPOSAL,
may make its last on IN,
city junk pile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
INVESTIGATE R

Governor Slzer is correct when he says that the people OF
ew Jersey "do not want an additional million dollars added to
hat they are already carrying in giving his objections to fur
er- increase the salaries of the state employees. At the same
the governor suggests to the Civil Service Commission that
problem Of reducing the number of state employees be studied
tn the view of gaining greater efficiency instead OF granting
"A age increases in blanket form to all the state workers.
{ There is no doubt that there are many workers IN the state
departments and bureaus that are worth more than they are re-
ceiving. At the same time there are a lot of sinecures and loafers
who should not share in any general pay increase. The Civil Ser
vice Commission should investigate to find out who are worthy
and who are not before any increased compensation is given. In
this way they will help Governor Slzer in his campaign for great
er economy and efficiency.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

@. What Is the most powerful
sumulant known? e. C.. s.
A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. An
astringent principle of the ~supraren-
81 grand used as a hemostatic and
a heart and yasomotor stimulant.
known.
Q. Did Mr.. McAdoo have n
der the Hudson river? C. 10. s.
A. William @. McAdoo was pres
ldent and director of the Hudson
and Manhattan Railway company,
operating the Hudson river tunnel
system which was completed on
March 8, 1904. This was the first
tunnel under the Hudson river.
Q. How can a reasonable rental
be figured for property? A. M.
A. 1t Ia the custom to figure 10
per cent to IL per cent per annum
Of the cost OF the property for rent,
which will net you 6 per cent to Z
per cent, after paying insurance,
taxes, repairs, etc.
Q. What women were voted the
most famous in the United States?
NJ. w. A.
A. The names of the twelve women
0SNAASQ hAO 4i0oI 0ihlAlk ulblSu Dy
the voters in the contest conducted
by the League OF Women Voters
are Jane Adams, philanthropist;
Cecilia Beaux, painter; Anna Jump
Cannon, astronomy; Carrie Chap
man Gait, politics; Anna Botsford
Comstock, natural history; Minnie
Madden Fiske, stage; Louise
Homer, music; Julia Lathrop, child
welfare; Florence Rena Sabin, anat-
omy; M. Carey Thomas, education;
Martha Van Rensselaer,, home econ
omics; Edith Wharton, literature.
@. Should people walking on
country roads walk with the vehi-
cles or should they face the ones
approaching them? E. B. M.
A. A committee known as trs
Motive Vehicle Conference Commit
tee is attempting to encourage uni
torn traffic regulations and rules
throughout the various states of the
United States. This committee rec
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

ommends that people when walking
on a country road or highway al
ways walk facing any on-coming
traffic.
q. What does the Indian name
"Winona' mean? I, p. H.
A. 1t means ''f~irst-born daush-
ter
Q. How much does 1t cost to
iced a hen? M. E. C..
A. Taking a leghorn hen for an
example, the cost of feed for one
year Is about $1.35. This type OF
hen requires so pounds of feed. The
computation is based on a cost of
2 Ia cents per pound.
G. q. W. s niaaes
A. Mock olives may be- made for
home use from unripe plums The
plums, when just beginning to. ripen.s
but still green, should BE picked In
a 40 degree brine Cone pound salt
and one gallon of water). The brine
should be poured, hot, over the
1rult and allowed to stand for SO
hours. 1t should then be poured of.
Place the fruit in a new brine and
Doll for n minute. Drain the
plums.. pack into jars, cover with
not prime. Process and seal pint
Jars for 80 minutes at 212 degrees
fahrenheit. The Department OF Ag-
riculture says that If 1t is possible. al
thermometer should be used in test
ing the water in canning or pre-
serving, since a more uniform pro-
duct Is secured.
O.. What is the oldest article of
furniture in the world? j. w. c.
A. The Oldest known piece OF fur
niture in the world is the throne Of
the Egyptian Queen Hetshepsu,
which is preserved in the British
useum 1t Is known to be more
than 5000 years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
Questions Answers

ANY reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J.. Haskin, Direc-
tor. Washington, D. C. This offer
apples strictly to information. The
bureau will not attempt to answer
medicinal n financial troubles. It
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
ulve iull name and address and an
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
The Old Town
Street by Street-Know Four CITY
NEW STREET

New street extends from New
Brunswick avenue to Barracks street
and was laid out in 1892 by c.. c.
Hommann. The street is thickly
built up, is paved, curbed has side
walks and all other city improve
ments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
Bible Thought For Today

~ GODS DAILY BENEFITS Blessed be the Lord, who
daily loadeth us viii benefits, even the God of our salvation
Psalm g. 9.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

When the two New Orleans women
with Is kids each go to a movie,
people think 1t is a picnic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Birmingham (Ala.) filing station
employe got arrested for robbing
people while off duty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Tornadoes passed through two
sections of Kansas. Either that or
a couple of wheat farmers got mad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

In spite OF revenue agents a man
back up in the mountains of Ten
nessee is 106 years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
NOTICE OF

LIQUIDATION
The City National Bank OF Perth Am
boy located at the City of Perth Amboy,
In the County of Middlesex and the State
of New Jersey. Is closing its AFFAIRS. All
note-holders and other creditors OF the as
ISOLATION are therefore hereby notified to
present the notes and other claims for
payment.
Dated. July and, 1898.
WILLIAM H. PULLEN.
Cashier.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

81 - v AobRAAl6
people while off duty.
Man who umpired a ball game in
Three Rivers, Mich, escaped.
Swiss rifle team is coming over.
1t is not true they learned while
shooting holes in cheese.
Bobby Hartman, a 12-year-old st.
Louis golfer, made a hole in one.
His father will
Presidential possibilities had bet
ter make all the noise they can be-
fore the world series.
Keep away from Deauvilie. French
bather wears a transparent suit.
Postmaster of Forest city, Ia,
made a golf hotSi in one. That may
be why the mail Is late.
While a wild man was shooting up
Braceyille, ILL.,, several thought it a
presidential boom.
Three dams broke near MassilIon,
O.. Just below them was as wet as
New York, almost.
Helen Martin of philadelphia,
solves prize puzzles. Give her a
place in Coolidge's cabinet.
Epidemic of saxophone stealing is
rampant in New York. Perhaps
there is a robber band.
Many just returned from summer
! resorts may enjoy learning one has
burned In Michigan.
Los Angeles landlord has been ar
rested charged with robbing people
who were not his tenants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover Jones of
Delphi, Ind. have been married 60
years without a shot.
Woman kicked out a train window
in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Luckily, she
was inside at the time.
Statistics show the U. s. has $780,
900 miners too many. This doesn't
seem to be enough.
These days you never know IL your
wife Is down town at a movie or
getting a divorce.
A young lady tells us she is going
bathing suiting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Applet

Cal
Calvin, fourteen-year-old son of
President Coolidge, has been SPEND
Ing his summer working on a tobac-
co farm near Hatfield, Mass. A
newspaper reporter found him carry
Ing a tin dinnerpail, sweating In the
broiling sun as he bundled tobacco
leaves and hung them on drying
racks, and riding eight miles each
way to and from work on a bicycle.
Such a picture of the son of the
ruler of the greatest republic in his
tory Is a comforting reminder of our
system of democracy in which the
humblest of us has a fighting chance
to rise to the very tip-top. The DEM
ocratic outlook is not quite as COM
forting in some other directions.
$3.50
Young Calvin, son of President
Coolidge, has been getting $3.50 a
day for his vacation work on a
Massachusetts farm.
Twenty years ago it was a rare
boy who made more than 81 a day
during vacation. A lot OF us can re-
call moving lawns 10 hours for so
or rs cents.
The modern boy doesn't know 1t,
but he has a relatively easy exist
ence compared with youths of the
previous generation. And, on the
average, it's just as true OF grown
ups.
Vice Presidents
Six presidents of the United States
have died in office and been auto
matically replaced by their political
running-mates. the institution known
as vice president.
This that the chances are
one in five that the vice president
will become president by the acci-
dent, death.
Isn't it time to stop Joking about
the vice presidency and take it very
seriously?
The Best Avai:aoIs properties IN and
near thu city are offered for gale in the
| Evening News Classified Columns.
II You Are looking for q good real estate
| Investment, look first at the Lots Tor
Sale" column in she CLASSIFIED Section.
Advertisers are people. And svery per-
son can prohtably use classified ads.
Save time IN sho~pping-save money n
buylng-throuEh the little Merchandise
ads in the Classified Section,
The CLASSIFIED Ad that tells ali the
facts is the CLASSIFIED ad that gets quick,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

GEORGE H. THOMPSON
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
JobbinE Promptly Attended 70
81 Lewis st. Phone 1409-W
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Man who umpired a ball game in
Three Rivers, Mich, escaped.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Wife in Flint, Mich, claims hubby
tried to drown his trouble by push
ing her off a bridge,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Swiss rifle team is coming over.
1t is not true they learned while
shooting holes in cheese.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Statistics show the u. s. has 300,-
600 miners too many. This doesn't
seem to be enough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

These days you never know IL your
wife Is down own at a movie or
getting a divorce.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-20

Bobby Hartman, a 12-year-old st.
Louis golfer. made a hole in one.
His father will ecove
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-25
SOFT SPREES COSTLY

800 Face PhiladeIphIa Courts After
 Drinks Spiked
 PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 34.--Some- how a keg of spikes gos mixed in with Philadelphia's soft drinks and there were 500 persons, charged with Icing drunk, awaiting trial n the