Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
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o all the nations Ills.
AS IT APPEARS
Mr.. Sheehy for Collector
A business man for a business
mans job, ought to be the slogan
of those who are backing John X.
Sheehy for the position of collector
of revenue at City Hall. Mr.. Sheehy
is a high class, conservative bust
ness man in whom the people of
Perth Amboy have confidence His
administration as president of the
Board of Education will stand out
as one Of the best the city has
ever had. He can be counted on to
give the same careful supervision
to the public accounts. When busi-
ness men of the character of Mr..
Sheehy are willing to serve in posi-
tions of public trust those having
the appointive power ought gladly
to avail themselves of their services.
The position of collector of revenue
is one of the most important in the
city government. Here is where the
clty's finances are handled. Poll
ticians whose sole qualifications are
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service may muddle through in other
jobs, but the collector should be
one above the average. The men
who have held the office for years
past have, with few exceptions, been
men above the ordinary. The Demo-
Gratis have it within their power to
continue this record by appointing
Mr.. Sheehy who has announced him
self as q receptive candidate,
1t would be awful If there was
nothing for reformers to kick about.
$50 Miles on Roller Skates
Ted Wright went from Los An
geles to San Francisco on roller
skates, 450 miles in seventy-three
hours of actual skating, twenty-three
hours along the way for resting and
eating. He had pavement all the
except six miles Of dirt roads.
Our civilization is building a won
derful network of good highways.
Before they're finished, traffic will
switch into the air.
The man who plays the horses
may find he is the victim of horse
play.
The New Automobile Licenses
1t is announced from Trenton that
the new automobile licenses for New
Jersey for the coming year will be
a bright red with white numerals.
The license this year are bad enough
with a red numeral on a black back
ground. With a background of a
kr,r1,f ,A1 tho nufnt4anhi1n will .1nnk
like a fire apparatus coming down
the street. Experts on brain storm
ing will tell you that red has an ex-
citable effort on some people. Timid
drivers had better look out next
year or they are likely to lose con-
troll of their wheel when they see
another car approaching.
One Chicago man, probably a coal
dealer or landlord or bootlegger,
paid $500, 900 income tax.
Safety in Flying
French girl, wearing a self-open-
ing parachute Weighing only twelve
pounds. jumped from an airplane
travelling 100 miles an hour. She
landed gently, uninjured.
This may be the way flying will
be made SAFE Passengers might
wear parachutes in open-top planes
so they would fall slowly If the ma
chine plunged from under them. At
any rate, one experimenter for safety
like this French girl, Denyse Collin,
is worth more to aviation's future
than q dozen stunt fiiers.
Everybody is digging up pre-his-
toric stuff everywhere. All we have
to offer is a few street cars.
For an Automobile Show
1t sounds good to hear the auto
mobile dealers talking about an auto
show for Perth Amboy next year.
There are enough cars, n high
class ones, to make a very creditable
exhibition. Not everyone goes to the
auto show in New York, by a great
deal. People who are not thinking
of buying a car will not take the
time to go to New York to look at
the display. With a show right here
in the city, however, these very
same people who are not thinking
of buying, see the cars and being
attracted by some particular make. a
sale is made. The auto men have
everything to gain by holding a show
here next year. 1t may mean a little
work for them, but it is bound to
create business, and that is what
they want. Anything that will create
business is worth working for.
Things can be too good to be true
Books a be too true to be good.
Royalties on Records
The bird is dead but sings on
Caruso is gone, but his phonograpf
records are paying nearly $4,000
a year in royalties to his heirs. TIT
talking machine and the movie chea
the grave by saving personality from
extinction. Lincoln would seen
more real and less neurological /
these two inventions could have beer
used when he was making his Get
tysburg address.
Sees Show 12S Tines
Did you ever see a show so inter
esting you could sit through IL
performances? Doris Symonds ha
seen the musical comedy, "Littl'
Nellie Kelly" that many times II
Boston. Voluntarily, too, she pai'
admission, wasn't an usher. Dorrl
is fortunate. She demonstrates tina
she can go through life withou
m~onotony. Life is a repition o
the same old show. There is novelt,