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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
HOW MUCH IS YOUR MONEY WORTH?

Toward the end of the CYil War, when
Confederate paper money was more paper than
money, a Southern officer stopped a farmer on
the road and offered to buy his horse.
FI1l give you 5000 for him-what do you
say?" asked the officer.
"You go to blazes!' was the farmers reply,
Il just paid $4,000 to have him shod."
Even today, some people claim that a dollar
won't go much more than half as far as 1t
used to.
But others-the real wise ones-know that
a dollar will go just as far as ever-if they give
it the right start!
They're the people who watch the oppor-
tunity market in the Abe Classified columns
every day-their money is worth one hundred
cents on the dollar because they spend it where
it brings the biggest returns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
FIRE ALARM BOXES

sf-Gordon and Meade Streets
23-Madison Ave. and Paterson Street
24-Market and Sheridan Streets
s5-smith ana Central r. R.
2s-Msrket and First Streets
27-Raritsn Copper Works
s9-High and Lewis Streets
34-Madison Avenue and Smith Street
35-smith and High Streets
36-Nev Brunswick Ave, and New Street
57-Smith and State Streets
4l-standard Underground Cable Co.
42-Atiantic Terra Gotta Works
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford ST.
45-Commerce and Front Streets
4e-Stats and Washington Streets
47-Htgh and Washington Streets
53-Cortlaudt and Easton Streets
53-Division and William Streets
54-Stste and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker 81 and Pulaski Ave.
56-Hail Ave. and Charles Street
57-state and Wayne strests
5s-Near Lead Works
59-Maurer
62-washlngton Street and Park Avenue
63-New BrunHwick Ave. and Elm Street
s4-smith Street and Watson Avenue
65-Commsrcs and stats Streets ......
72-Front and Smith Streets
T3-Water and Gordon Streets . =. ......
7t-Kearny Ave and Gordon Street
s1-Brace and Hanson Avenue
S2-Smith and Herbert Streets
STANDBY Ave. and Washington st.
"a Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
s5-Near City Hospital
88-Cleyeland and brace Avenues .......
STANDBY and Hall Avenues
92-Amboy Avenue and Inslee Street
93-Lawrence and Francis Streets
S4-Neville and tombstone Streets
SPECIAL CALLS
13-Washington Hose Co.
l4--McClellan Engine Co.
15-Protection II. a L.
t6-Eagle Hose Co.
llT-Liberty II. g. L.
22-LIncoin Engine
t44-Garfieid Hose
as-Entire Department.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
RIAL ESTATE FOR SALE
sixty PLANS
F0R BRICK HOMES

Every prospective home owner will
be interested in this booklet OF house
plans for brick homes which is now
ready Tor free distribution to readers
Of this paper.
This publication, prepared by the
Common Brick Manufacturers As
socation OF America, contains exterior
views and floor plans OF so houses
Illustrating various types OF up-to-
. date homes. These plans weRe pre-
I pared by skilled architects with a
view of Offering the utmost in COM
fort. convenience n attractiveness
at the least expense.
Il will be well worth while for you
70 look over his book OF plans care
fully before building a house. You
are certain TO find one that will suit
4 your taste, your mode OF living and
your pocketbook.
Write today for your copy OF this
booklet. Enclose " cents in stamps
for return postage.
Frederic ]. HAskin. Director,
Information Bureau,
Washington. d. c.
enclose herewith two cents ia
stamps for return postage or q frss
(. copy OF the Brick Homes Booklet as
offered by the Perth Amboy Even
ing News.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
EMPLOY ENT
Help Female

CAsHfER-And Bookkespsr; good salary |
10 start. Apply Peoples Clothing Co,
1S4-A Smith Street.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; to help dress
maker. =. Weiss, S17 Maple street.
GIRLS, 25-wHo KNOW HOW TO SEW
ON MACHINES WANTED. OUR Ex-
PERIENCED OPERATORS ARE MAX
ING UP TO $4,000 A WEEK. WILL
PAY BRIGHT GIRLS WHILE LEARN.
INC UP TO *14.oO A WEEK. WE HAVE
WORK FOR FIFTY-TYo WEEKS A
YEAR. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST
SANITARY FACTORIES IN NEW JER-
sEY DON'T MISS THIS oPPoRTU-
NIFTY. SIDNEY RosENsTEIN & CO.,
$50 MARKET STREET
GIRL-For housework; no washing or
cooking. 96A Madison Avenue.
GIRL-Or woman for general housework,
no washing; good wages. Apply 255
state Street.
GIRL-For light homework. Apply LOG
Madison Avenue; upstairs.
GIRL-For homework; small family; no
washing. 400 state Street.
GIRLs-Wanted. Apply Castles Ice Cream
CO.
GIRLS-Experienced and inexperienced
on shirts; good wages; paid while learn
ing. Raritan Mfg. Co, 284 State Street.
GIRL-For light homework: no washing
or ironing. Apply 100 Market treet.
0TDy L. .r.a-- N.--r -.
161 Water Street.
GIRL-General housework: no washing,
no upstairs work; good wages. Morrison,
81 Casino Ave. Crawford. Tel. 352,
GGRL-White; for general homework;
good wages 49, Kearny Avenue.
OPERATORs-On all classes Of sewing
machines; operators can make as high as
$4,000 a week. Apply Goldstein Klrsh-
ner Co, SO Green street, Woodbridge.
y. J..
OPERATORS-And fnishers; experienced
on dresses. Apply Model Dress Co, $40
Division Street.
oPERAToRs-oN DRESSES; STEADY
WORK GOOD PAY TO EXPERIENCED
GIRLS. RELIABLE DRESS CO.. $50 NEW
STREET.
OPERATORS EXPERIENCED ON
MEMS SHIRTS; A FEW LEARNERS
TAKEN; GOOD PAY; STEADY WORK.
APPLY GOODMAN, COHEN & CO., 271
SMITH STREET.
oPERAToRs-To TAKE WORK HOME
on MEMS SHIRTS; POWER MA.
i CHIMES FURNISHED. APPLY GOOD
MAN COHEN & CO., Ell SMITH ST.
sALEsGIRLS-Apply ]. G. McCrory's.
and 10 Cent store. 104 Smith Street.
WAITRESS-Wanted. Apply City Hospi
tai, New Brunswick Avenue.
Observation-Disclosures to take wasl
home. INQUIRE 256 Washington street.
WoMAN-To clean and dust in furnitur1
store. Albert Leon & Son, Corner Smitl
and state Streets.
YOUNG GIRL-For light homework. In
quire S97 state street.
YOUNG GIRI-For light homework
sleep home. 369 High street.
YOUNG GIRL-To help with houseworl
107 Brighton Avenue. downstairs.
YOUNG GGRL-As nurse maid. 1O5 Levi
Street; downstairs.
Help W~antrd-Mmr I
/: BOOTBLACK-Wanted. Apply stran
Barber shop. SO Smith Street.
BoY-For restaurant work. Apply Hot
/ Madison.
BoY-To learn trade. Perth Amboy Co
. aies & Skylight Works. ass Maple St
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
MERCHANDISE

A-Articlss for Sale
= A-Barter and Exchange
|r-Business and Office Equipment
flS--Boats and Accessories
1-Rnilding Materials
|4s-tsarm and Dairy Products
Ess-FueL. Feed and Fertilizers
|E-Good Things to Eat
EB--Home Made Things
sl9-Household Goods
~I0-Jewelry and Watches
|A-Machinery and Tools
l}e-Musical Instruments
E-Seeds, Plants and ~
H-Specials at Stores
s-Wearing Apparel
fs-Nanted-To Buy
ROOMS FOR REAL
E-Rooms with Board
'k-Rooms Without Board
n-Rooms for Housekeeping
b-VRcation Places
lp-Nhere to Eat
l5-Where to Stop in Town
i4-Wantsd-Roons or Board
REAL ESTATE FOR RESr
s-Brokers in Resi- Estats
if4-Apartments and Flats
.l5-Business Places for Rent
is-Farms for Rent
a-HoUses for Rent
sle-Onicss and Desk Room
fs-auburhan for Rent
Midsummer Places for Rent
1-Rarted-To Rent
RIAL ESTATE FOR SALE
sjz-Business Property for sails
Lf5--Farus and Land Tor SAILS
B-Houzes for Sale
lk-Lots for Sale
ss-Resort Property for Sale
fH-Suburban for sale
als-Resi Estate for Exchange
5a-Wanted-Rsal Estate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SEVERAL WOOD WORKERS OF Elk
PERIENcE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT
WHICH Is STEADY AND OFFERS A
CHANCE FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR
AMBITIOUS, INDUSTRIOUS WORK
Frs. APPLY IMMEDIATELY TO X. D.
VosLBR. EXPERIMENTAL DEPT,
AERoMAR1NE PLANE & MOTOR CO.,
KEYPoRT. y. ].
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
FINANCIAL


Business opportunities 90
GENERAL STORE-Doing good business.
reasonable price; must sell because or
illness. Box 8, Care News.
GOOD OPPORTUNITY-For a man to
open up restaurant business. Inquire 2Os
Pordentown Ave, South Amboy.
ICE CREAM PARLOR-To let in big
summer resort, Apply Jos. Turek, Sc
warren Beach.
Money To Loan 40
MONEY-To loan at 5 and SO. Margar-
etten & Lobel. Raritan Building. Phone
$50,
ONE LOANED-On second mortgages,
notes purchased and all other collaterals,
strictly confidential. fucker g. Cast, S12
Raritan Building. Tel. 1885.
MONEY no LOAN-Up to $500 on note
or any other security. Raritan Loan So
clety, Room 2Os Rarltan Bldg Tel. 1855.
MONEY TO LOAN-On household furni-
ture legal interest; loans $4,000 up to
SSOO.co, hours Q to 8. Sat. Q to II. Call,
write or phone Perth Amboy 1851. Mu-
tual Finance Co.. Inc. Room 305 Rarltan
RufldIng. ITS Smith Street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
INSTRUCTION

Music. Dancing. Dramatic a
GIBSON STuDIO-No play, no pay; free
mandolin with 10 lessons for $50. Rogers
224 Smith Street. Tel. 1852.
RERNARDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC-Violin
instructions a specially; Instruments fur
nished free: 81 Smith Street, Perth
Amboy, Nj
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Business Property for Sale ~
CHOICE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY-In
business center of city for sale or rent.
George ]. Miller. 176 Smith Street.
Fous,s For Sale r.
BROAD STREET, family frame house;
8 rooms with improvements. $500: cash
$500. Charles l.. Steuerwald, Inc, 2oS
Smith Street.
CARSON AVE, 6s4-Five room house;
for sale or rent; part improvements.
CLEVELAND AVE-. 619-1 family frame
house; 6 rooms; all improvements; extra
lot.
GROOM STREBT-Near Laurie; 6 rooms
and bath in perfect condition; lot .25x1O0.
team heat, gas range and water heater.
So, 900. 90 cash. balance easy monthly pay
ments. Conard & Company. 1o2 Smith
Street.
HIGH ST, 1851 family home; s rooms,
garage; plot 5Ox153; price and terms rea-
sonable. Telephone 214-M.
NEVILLE STREET, family frame
house; 6 rooms with all Improvements
good section, s6600.00; cash 1880. 90.
Charles l.. Steuerwald, inc. 20s Smith
Street.
SMITH ST., 52S-2 family frame dwell
ing; part improvements; garage for 2
cars. Call after 6 P. NJ.
WASHINGTON ST.-House; 6 rooms,
5000. Hans Nielsen Coz 1876 Smith st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

,-Bnsiness Opportunities
,-Tnvestments. stocks, Bonds
Money to Loan
L-Wanted-Io Borrow
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
EMPLOYMENT

r-uelp wanted-Femsls
s-Help Wanted-Male
Help Wanted-Male or eniAI
E-Solicitors, Canvassers. Agents
S-Situations Wanted-FemAle
T-Situations Wanted-Male
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
AUTOMOBILE
SERVICE

,x-euxiness Services offered
SA-Electrical Service
nP-Radio Ssrv1cs-supplies
s-Bullding-Contracting
t0-CleanIng, Dyeing, RenoVaLlah
-Dressmakins-Millinery
ts-Heating, Plumbing, RoonnE
Reinsurance
n-Launderine .
Fs-Noving. trucking. storage -
fs-painting. Paper;nE, Deeofatinb
Observation-Disclosures
fS-Professioral Servi'as
ls-Repairing
in-TailorinK and Pressing
lf-Wanted-Business SERGE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
Suburban for Rem

LAURENCE HARBOR-Attract ively fur
nished 4 room bungalow with front and
rear screened porches; three blocks from
beach; ideal for children; shade trees,
awnings, water; every convenience; easy
committing; season $275; monthly 800.
Johnston, 212 Brookside Avenue.
METUCHEN-5 room house; 10 minutes
walk from trolley and 8 minutes from
buses; healthy location; rent SIS per
month. Inquire e. +. Campbell, Real
Estate Office. opposite p. r. r. Station,
Metuehen, N. j..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or unfurnished
house in Metuchen from June is to Oct.
list. Address House Care News.
SOUTH AMBOY-344 Fourth Street; S
room flat; all improvements and garage.
SOUTH AMBOY-147 David Street: apart
ment; s rooms, bath; all improvements.
INQUIRE 146 Henry ST.. South Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

YARD MAN-Experiencedi also driver
wanted, steady position; married man
preferred. Raritan Coal and Charcoal
Co, 641-645 Catherine street.
YOUNG MEN-And laborers. Apply Sim
pick Foundry and Machine Co, ass New
Brunswick Avenue.
YOUNG MAN-Foreign raised for poultry
farm. Apply Arnold 9i7 Middlesex Ave.
Hetuchen. Tel. 257.
YOUNG MEN-And boys; good opportu-
nifty for willing workers T~ottenville Hat
Works, me-, 81 Johnson Ave, Totem
vile.
YOUNG MAN-To make himself useful in
restaurant. Palace Hotel.
YOUNG MAN-Wanted one VINO has had
some experience working around ma
chimes or machine shops preferred. Ad-
cess by letter. IS, D" Care News.
Help Wanted-Male ana FemaI" o
Statesmen SALESWOMEN-In
Brunswick, Newark. Elizabeth, Railway,
T~ottenville, Perth Amboy and Sou:h Am
boy. You take order, We deliver and
collect. Every home will buy; It's a dol
ply only between Z and 10 o'clock 7. NJ.
or by letter. Mr.. Bennett, SAG Market
Street. Perth Amboy.
Solicitors, Canvassers. agents 50
AGENTS.. r., Watkins Company will
employ a lady or gentleman agent In
Perth Amboy. Watkins Products are
known everywhere and our salespeople
make big incomes. Investigate this OPP
portunity. Full particulars and Va Ua5,e
samples sent free to hustlers vino mean
business. Write today. The J. r Wat
kins Company, Dept. So, New York, n, Y
MEN, WOMEN-SaIary SIS full time,
$50 hour spare time selling genuine
guaranteed hosiery to. wearer, beautiful
line. I-nternational Mills, Norristown, Ia
Situations wanted-Femnle 3,
SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR With
knowledge of tipping, experienced; de-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
ROOMS AND BOARD

Rooms with Board o.
vate family.
HOTEL REMINGTON-377 Smith Street.
Furnished rooms by day or week; rooms
steam heated; meals served: also regular
board. Tel. 494.
ROOM AND BOARD-In private family.
Tel. 12s7-W.
Rooms With0ut Board 68
BRIGHTON AVE. 121A-Two- furnished
rooms for light housekeeping.
KEARNY AVE, 149-The Westminster;
nicely furnished rooms: all improvements
LAURIE ST. 4S1-Furnished room for
.gentleman; private family; all improve
ments.
You'll Find satisfaction among the
Merchandise ads in the Classified Section
every offer is alphabetically listed for
your convenience.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
CLASSIFICATION
ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS
S-ComlnR Events
a-Personals
lo-Lost and Found
AUTOMOBILE
A-Automobils Agencies
t1-Automobiles for !
I2-Auto Trucks for SaIs
[2-Auto Accessories
Es-CaraEes-Autos for Hlrs
fs-Notorcycles and Bicycles
ls-Repa,rinE-Service otaSlous
l7-Wanted-Automo6lles
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
Wanted-Real I1state

Mnnted-heAl Eatato 80
WANTED-We have calls for property In
all parts OF the city. II you have ANY
property to sell, list 1t with us and get
q square deal. Conard e. Company, 100
Smith Street.
WANTED-To purchase house; 6 rooms.
bath, improvements; large plot; no war
rs. News Office.
WANTED-To hear from owner HAVING
farm for sale; give particulars and low
est price: John j. Black, Chipnesya
Fails WlAeRnsln.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12
L

Courses
Instruction classes
Musical, Dancing. Dramatic
Private Instruction
Observation-Disclosures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

Dogs. Cats. Pets
s-Horses. Cattle. Vehicles
g-roultry and Supplies
Stock
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

- Automobiles For sale II
GOOD USED CARS-Garretson Co., ass
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-12

CASHIER-And Bookkespsr; good salary
10 start. Apply Peoples Clothing Co,
1S4-A Smith Street.
, 1923-03-18

question. whom we then considered
quite wealthy. has wasted a consid-
cradle portion of his patrimony-
and drives a "Hivveri" SO that
mothers one affirmative Judgment
was moro or less a failure.
But getting back to the job in tho
orchestra. 1t was hard for her to
break away from her high school
friends. but It brought a salf-dis-
cipline that since has carried Betty
successfully through some hard
problems for a girl of her age.
And 1 did not c~haperone her to
and from the theater.
I knew that a self-reliant girl is
her own defense.
And soon Betty left me for two
years. An act failed at the Mission
Theater. Betty substituted-and was
given a contract.
Some people have frankly told me
It vas a cruel thing-letting a To-
year-old girl go out ION her own"
But l knew Betty's spunk, 1 knew
she had a fighting personality that
would carry her over Obstacles
and by staying home and working
myself I could make some money
myself. Betty could save. and we
would both be free of the Overhead
that a stage mother always is.
Stranded.
1 managed Summer resorts about
this time. maintaining all the out
ward appearance of efficiency 1
could while waiting for the timer
ant letters from my child, flooding in
from all parts of the country.
And Betty went brokei
, 1923-03-18
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regretted. I could have supported
both OF us. But l knew that sooner
or later Betty must get used to work
ing-and we arranged that she
should play the violin at the Mission
Theater, Salt Lake. afternoons and
evenings while going to school in
the mornings, On my part this was
a relinguishing of ambitions that
Betty should be a future Maud
Powell, for Mr.. Compson and l had
hoped for years that some day she
would be a concert violinist. That
she should ever be an actress never
entered ~ heads, although in later
years I could recall that she had a
habit of initiating after we had seen
performances by Olga Nethersole,
Florence Roberts. and Mrs. Leslie
Carter. But we never took this
phase seriously, and never let her
air her tendency along this line in
public, for both Mr.. Compson and I
had a holy horror of infant prodigies
who spoke pieces.
The First Job.
For Betty the idea Of working was
a bit tragic, for she was getting we'll
in with a nice crowd at high school
and well you know there are al
ways these girl and boy love af-
fairs. Speaking of love affairs, Bet
ty has had several of them like any
normal girl-but none Of them have
taken" In most of them Betty de-
ferred to my negative opinion. There
was one young fellow. however. 1
rather favored. But Betty decided
against him-and now It is a IA
vorite Joke with her that the chap in
, 1923-03-18
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A poor season stranded her in San
Francisco. She didn't have money
enough for fare to Salt Lake. 1
didn't have enough to send her.
So the plucky child took a position
as nurse girl with a San Francisco
family for $50 n month-and worked
for five months to get enough to get
back to me! 1t was really somewhat
like a fiction story, the son of the
house fell in love with her!-but that
phase 500 passed.
Back in Salt Lake Betty went out
on another vaudeville trip. important
because when she swung around to
Los Angeles Al Christie saw her,
and took a test for his comedy COM
pany. Betty had to come back to
Salt Lake to finish the season-and
, 1923-03-18
Betty Compson as | Know Her

for she knew she was on honor.
Betty has always been a child OF
self-determination
And yet I believe my opinions
have more weight with my daughter
than those Of 80 mothers out of 100.
She trusts my opinions because
she knows 1 am not trying to enforce
the bogy OF maternal control"
against her. She knows she doesn't
have to listen to a thing l may say
and lots of times she doesn't. But
more times she does-because Betty
and 1 have gone through a lot of
hardships together and she looks up
on me as an elder chum than a
mother. in a sense that mothers ex-
ercise the scepter of sovereignty.
She asks my opinion. I give IT.
But l always tell her that 1t is mere
ly my opinion, and that she is abso-
lutely free to do as she likes. 1t is
an ideal arrangement, for as a
"chum" my opinions will be regard
ed till I die, while as the old type Of
autocratic mother my authority
would tend TO diminish as my child
grows older.
/ never go near the studio because
] feel that a stars mother should re-
tain the audience viewpoint when
] see a picture ! want TO see Il with
, 1923-03-18
THRIFTY FILM FOLK

NO motion picture actors own
their own homes? Official
statistics not only answer de-
cidedly in the affirmative but also
show that the players of the films
are providing homes for some fifteen
OF twenty thousand non-profession-
ais in and around the suburb of Hol-
lywood, California; An excellent
refutation of the charges OF extrava-
gance and lack Of thrift sometimes
placed against the acting profession
is provided by a list which shows an
imposing group of actor-landlords.
players who have saved their money
and placed it in income-providing
property.
There's Noah Berry. who owns one
six-6at apartment-and left to an
agent the construction OF an eight
fat unit when he departed for a
months location on a Pacific island.
And 7. Roy Barnes. the funny man.
he collects each month from a whole
flock Of tenants. Recently, he had
to send his wife around, a set OF
whiskers grown for 1.-THE Old Home
stead" being just a tribe out OF
characterl
Pretty Mary Miles Minter and her
sister have bought, sold and rented
a choice collection of bungalows.
Charles ogle, the eminent character
actor recently cleaned up a tidy lit
tie profit when he sold his bungalow
court to a man who wanted it more
than he did.
And Elmer Harris. who has writ
ten a few score OF photoplays for
Lasky and Realart, has a steady in
come from a bevy of hardware stores
and meat markets on a popular Hol-
lywood boulevard. If It was gem
orally known hat Agnes Ayres is the
super-beautiful landlady for n group
of Hollywood apartmenteers-un-
doubtedly the population OF Southern
California would have another sud-
den increase.
Do picture players own their own
homes? Yes, indeed and the homca
Of a few hundred others to boot
, 1923-03-18

out having read the story before or
having seen 1t in production. 1want
TO be able to criticise it from the
standpoint of Mrs. Smith or Mrs.
Jones rather than Mrs. Compson.
Temperament Taboo.
And 1 want to curb any tendency
to temperament. Don't act" 1 tell
Betty If she happens to return n bit
irritated from the studio. Being of
the home only, with no relations with
the studio, my perceptions are not
blunted. I can tell at once the natural
from the stage-and Betty is kind
enough to say hat / am a valuable
balance wheel to her.
Ours is not perhaps the ordinary
relation of mother and daughter-but
real hardships that we have both
endured have brought a strange spe-
cies of c%omradeship l think many
mothers would envy.
Tragedy overlook us when we
were in Betty's third year in high
school, Mr.. Compson died after a
lingering illness. brought on by ex-
posture ut the Silver Horn mine.
Frisco, Utah. where he was superfn-
tendent and where Betty was brought
up.
There was no money. Then and
there l made a decision / have never
, 1923-03-18

Our hardships wouldn't have been
30 hard If Betty had been content
with one room in a boarding house.
But her years on the road had Great
ed a tremendous passion for a home
and all our little savings went
towards furniture-so when hard
times came we had collections and
things like that to meet
But we both tried TO keep our
chins up. to keep cheerful and to
keep working-and as a result we
are now able to take it easier.
Now Betty is a Paramount star.
and one of the best known girls IN
the country. She has retained her
equilibrium-and always will, lean
promise you. When ucces came as
hard as 1t did for Betty-and only
because of the hardest kind of hard
work-one just doesn't lose ones
sense of proportion.
AS 1 see Betty now in a beautiful
evening gown it seems a long cry to
the little tomboy who scampered
over the ragged ore dumps at the Sill
yer Horn mine.
May 1 feel that I had a little part
in all this, at least to the extent OF
insisting that my daughter battle her
own major problems. with mother
standing by in an advisory capacity
Only2
, 1923-03-18

I signed Betty's first contract. be-
cause she was under age, but 1t was
my last. Since then I have insisted
that she handle all of ner own busI-
mes affairs-while I attend to the
household.
Her first salary was S40-munif-
cent because in vaudeville she had
been getting S25!
Then it went up by dribbles-and
then Betty had a disagreement and
lost her job
Betty calls it her darkest hour,
those three months she was out of
work. call it Destiny.
And l am glad to have a little part
in it for Betty took my advice and