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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09

Stanhopove - to neni Spatne
.vymysleno. Veru, to prekvapi
a zpusobi neobycejnou sensaci.
"Jeste ne dlouho, Vysosti, :"
pravil Mainau klidnym usme-
vem, "ponevadz Sc svou lady
Stanhopovou nebudu cestoyat
po Oriente, nybrz zit ma SVEN
osamelem statku We Fran
cich."
Jasna PAM sc odvratila Il
pevnou rukou dala Znamenl, "a
by Zacal koncert. Kdo il bllze
znal, chvel Sc. kdyz byly jeii o
ci otevreny tax neprirozene 81
roko v jeil smrtelne bile tvari,
rty tax tesne sevfeny brada
Y odhodlanosti tax skoro brutal
nj posunuta pred, nikdy nevy
hovela nijake prosbe a nebsla
pristupna citovejslmu hnutl
XIV.
Nevodska kapela hrala mi
strovsky primadona zpiNala
uchvatne. Jeji Vysost pani ve
vodkyne sana dala znameni
ke hlucnemn potlesku "A zahr'
novala CHI nmelkyni presta,
bach dukazy sve prime 4 mi
losti. VSe minulo tax hlaace
zdanlive nenucene, pevne Il
ME etikety byly dodrzeny tai
dokonale, ze sc Llama domn
vaIa, re ien .jejich zilach he
recne koluje vnitrni mucivi
, nepokoj a uzkost pima predtu
, chy. Nebyla S to podivat Sc II;
bledy Medusin profil vevodkA
, min, aby Sc neulekla. Tam, u
: prostred skupiny dustojnikl
: divine Sc odrazejice od skye
! lych paradnlch uniforem, sed'
~ 'dve cerne postavy; dvorn
/ marsal i dvo,ni kaplan. Mlad;
, zena byla by mohla v rysecl
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09
y DRUHA CHOT. q
ROMAN
~ Ndps0La E. Maylit0Ud PFel0SH Jar K1ind. ~
ROMAN
Ndps0d E. MaTlittOUd.

zmocnovala litost, ze vystavo-
val svou mladou zenu tolika dy
chtivym pohledum, neslyseli,
ze il septal nezna slova, slova
nahle probuzena, prudke zarli
vosti, nerozumeli mu, kdyz s.
durazem tax slavnostnim j
predstavoval nekolika starym
damam jako svou chot', byla
to po jejich nazoru komelie,
novy rozmar, jejz 81 zamanul
pri nemz musila volky nevol-
ky spolupusobit jeho uboha o.
bet i cely dvur jako vzdy.
Jednotlive tony znejici sem
z orchestra nahle umlkly; pri-
tomnf stall jako sochy a vsech
ny oci sc uprely ma postranni
dvere, kterymi vejde ted We
vodkyne. Kridla dveri Sc slav-
nostne otevrela a nejjasnejsi
pani vstoupila do salu obema
malymi princi a nekolika DANA
mi a pany.
Y teto chviii Llama mimo-
volne Sc podiNala na Mainauo-
WI tvar. Temny plamen sahal
az mad skrane, kolem rtu po-
hraval zly dsmev.
Zach, zlute hedvabne saty,
pomerancove kvety We VIA
sech,' pravil tise, nepetuje po-
pohledu mlade zeny. "Liano,
podivej Sc dobre Ma tuto kras-
nou kneznu. TAX vypadala ma
plese, kdyz mi slibila, re bude
mou. Jak sc zda, chce prave
dnes obnovit tyto nebeske vzpo
minky"'
Vevodkyne vskutku vypada-
la neobycejne krasne. Plamen-
ma, skvela zlut' vlnici Sc ko-
lem hluboce obnazenych ra-
men, zhave kalichy kvetu, spa
daiici nenucene cernych ka-
deri do celia, propujcovaly ie-
il bezkrevne, voskove bile pie
tt cosi temer demonickeho, k
tomu pruzne, hadovite mekke
pohyby, zvlastni vasni dysici
rys kolem blede rudych rtu, kl
lem lehce Sc chveiiciho nosu
zar velikych oci; Lane mimo
volne prisly ma mysl Willy, je5
utanci predmet sve vasne. Pre-
padne-li opet tomuto kouzlu
Mlada zena Sc chv6la, polozils
sve krasne, stihle prsty uze n;
jeho rame a pfivinula sc k ne
mu tax tesne, re mohl slyse
nepokojny tlukot jejiho srdce.
"Raoule!.' zaseptala pripo
minajic Sc mu, obratil sc pre-
kvapene. Tento meme mekk.
srdecny ton z ieiich ust slyse
poprve; poprve byla celia jej
duse bez rousky vyjadrena v,
velikych, ocelove sedych ocich
Jez hledaly ieho pohled :
pred vchazejici vevodkyni pre-,
celym dvorem mu prozradil
.iedine slovo provate dzkosti
ze jeho laska jest opetovana.
KneZna Sc ia nekolik vteri
zastavila, bylo TO, .iakoby IL
jeji zarlci zlev padl vySe &c
nv zavoj, krasne kIenute oboi
Sc chmurne sylastllo. Tam ons
jako mleko blla, stfibrem pc
seta roba, jez jake svlt meslc
sc skvela meZl pestryml toale
tami patrne prekvapila, byl
zrejmo, re sdili PAM vevodk,
ne vseobecny podiv, re Sc mi;
da zena dostavila ku dnesnlm
vecirku.
Ale ptece kracela hned q;
le. kyvala mllostlce pozdravl
tic ma vsechny strany. wynn;
lmenaIa dvorniho marsala, Jen
ncbyl tax dlouho We spolecn,
sti, podayaiic mu ruku, ably
polibil, a znovu jej milosti1
a lichotive vitala IA kracej
dale Sc smelou obratnosti obi
lila celou radu pozvanych II
kolika yhodnymi slovy. Veil
posazeny diamanty V JeJl ru'
.,.Enl IoStan iiskpr ZIIte. VII
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-09
Pkelo$U Jar. Kdlin0.

nevinnemu hudebnimu vecir-
ku,' rekla chladnokrevne o.
mlouvajic zaroven, re mlada /
zena nebylo vlastne ami pozva-
ma.
Llama zrudla a podivala Sc
polekane ma manzela, jenz pfi-
vedl j sem.
"Vysosti jsou vyjimky, chy-
staii-li Sc velike zmeny," pra-
vii svym obavanym, ustepacno
sti primo prosycenym hlasem,
~ toho duvodu jsem pohnul
baronku, ably mne sem dopro-
vazela. Odjedeme nejbliz-
sich dnech."
"Opravdu barone Mainaue?
Tato costa ma vychod bouri va
81 krev jako horecka. Myslim,
ze byste Sc vydal ma nj, kdyby
svet byl plamenech. Dobre,
ma konec vas cestovani unavi a
vratite Sc pax k nam snad take
|trochu pristupn6jsi."
Jeji tvar Sc vyjasnila. Ale
prave re dosahla ted potvrze-
nj, ze kyzena katastrofa nasta
ne V nekolika dnech, rozciloval
il dvojnasob hrdy kid a sebe-
vedomi, nimz setrvavala MIA
da zena po boku Mainauove.
Coz nestala .jiz jednou nohou
IA ceste domu, snad Sc jiz nj
kdy nevrati do Schoenwertu?
A prece il nenapadlo vysmek-
nout ruku, jez lezela tax pev
ne na Mainauove rameni opira
| JIG Sc 0 sve dobre pravo.
"Tesite Sc, re Ease spatrl-
te svuj itchy Rudisdorf?" taxa
la sc nenavistnym pohledem
ma jeji JENNIE prsty.
| "Vzdala jsem Sc umyslu jeti
do Rudisdorfu, Vysosti," odpo-
vedela Llama stisnene a rozpa-
cite; bylo trapno mluvit 0 tom,
ale prime otazce Sc nemohla
vyhnouti.
Vevodkyne milnovolne ustou
| pila vzad, puvabne Zdvizena
ruka S veiirem svezla Sc vedle
pc susticim Safe. Jake? Wy
zustanete V Schoenwerte?" u.
stepacny usmev skubl bezbar.
vymi rty. Zach, rozumim, iste
velkomyslnou a nechcete opu.
slit naseho dvorniho marsala, :
pfipojila rychle Il milostive ma,
klonila hlavu ke starci, jenz sc
pomalu priblizil. Pres sum ,
sale zachytil jeho bystry slucf
: kazde slovo rozmluvy. Ted Sc
polekane vztycil.
"Vysosti, prosim nejponize
neji, vas starry verny dvorn
marsal nema naprosto mic spo
) lecneho timto roZhodnutim.
,jprotestoval, klada ruku ma srd
: Ice.
"To ie pravda, stryc meme
} Y tom nijakeho podilu,' ujist''
lval Mainau zcela klidne a dost
lhlasite. Skoro sc Zdalo, re NIL
4 vi spise ku pritomnym nez
4 v6vodkyni. "Ackoli 81 vzdy pr
+ il ponechat jej vernym, pecli
i wynn rukam, Y tom pripade pr
:, ce jsem sam sob6 nejblizsim
: Nebyl jsem S to odhodlat S
e roZloucenl a proto ma zena Y
: sve laskayosti pojede Sc mnou
o. Zn6lo to TAX jasne, vazne
: dustojne, jako by nikdy neby
!. ma techto rtech pohraval uraz
u w, frivolni usmesek, iako b
nikdy nebyla byvala doba, kd
l. prencchal stihlou, mlcici zen
l. po SVEN boku bez soucitu zly1
/ .jazykum, nejnenavistnejsim
Z posuzovani, a dokoncc kdy j
} vyzyval.
il Vevodkyne Sc nahle ovival
e svym vejirem rychle hlucn
ic otevrenym, jakoby obro'
l. skem sale nastalo nahle dusn'
e. "Tedy novy rozmar, baron
/, Mainau?" tazala Sc marne 5
e snazic, ably jeji HAS znel p'
~ IsmaSna y ypsele "DosJld isl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
SMALLEST MAN

The smallest matured man in the world is Peppino Magro.
In the big circus the barker points him out as Baron Paucc,
his show-busness name.
Magro is % years old, but he is only 81 inches tall and
weighs only 80 pounds.
Born in Sicily. at the age of Is he went through the great
Messina earthquake. They dug him out from under a pile of
bricks and plaster that would have killed any normal man.
His small size saved him. Handicaps frequently are bles-
sings at critical moments.
The man who is afraid of the water because he can t swim
is not apt to be drowned. 1t is the accomplished swimmer,
lured by overconfdence, who takes the dangerous chances.
We know a onearmed man who views his handicap SO
philosophically that in his bluest moments he cheers up and
says: 90 well, one thing, | can never get my right arm
cut off,"
Peppino Magro, world s. smallest man, has about as great
a handicap as any one living. And yet his very handlcap Is
his means of livelihood, a sort Of blessing IN disguise. IN
Sentember he will become an American citizen, and IN ap-
plying for naturalization papers he gave his occupation as
"~exhibiting myself"
Few of MS would care to trade places with him and be only
Of ;rcbes tall MANY of us consider a shortage of a few inches
in orr height a misfortune or even an outright handicap.
Penpino. however, takes life jovial1y. HIS latest ooserVa-
tion-comparing himself with the world about hm-s. Ias
he will fight Dempsey if Jack will train down TO MS weisn''
Let's keen Peppino in mind and not take our troubles too
seriously.
IT would be. to most of us, a handicap to pc the woriu .
smallest man. Peppino Magro. And we would CONSIDER ~
> similar handicap to be Antonin, the French giant, ! iet
4 inches tall in his bare feet.
Tn world of midgets, Peppino would be on an equal
inc with all. SO would Antonin, in a world OF giants.
Handicans. physically, are handlcaps only by compaI-
son with the average of humanity.
II is so with intellect, to some extent. Inc extremes
.on;us and sub-normal ality-simultaneou are OF TINS
World would and vet not of it. Possibly life is b happier when we are
normal. lust average people. Brlllancy, IKE lnieriori'y' 10
horn into miseries that the rank and file escape.
In q world of monkeys, better to be a monkey tnan q
super-man.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
THE HERD INSTINCT

According to a journal published in the interest of the theat-
trieal business and allied trades the popular song, Eyes, We Have
No Bananas" has made a million dollars for the publishers
Whether or not that is literally true, there is no doubt that it
has made a tremendous hit. And yet it is one of the siliest, most
banal things ever written.
The line, eyes, we have no banans' is funny because of the
absurdity of the construction, but it is not particularly original,
the idea in one form or another having been a stock gag" on
the vaudeville stage for years, and there is practically nothing
else in the "lyncs' that is worthy of attention. The tune Is IN
sfpid, and not particularly original, either. The chances are that
the average person, if shut off from association with his fellow
men, would never care to hear the piece a second time; yet the
same person, coming in daily contact with men, women and chill
dren who talk about the banana song or hum snatches of it, talks
about it or huns snatches of it himself, and asks the orchestra
to play it when he visits a restaurant where there is music.
1t is the herd instinct which is responsible for this phenome-
ncn. The impulse to initiate, to go along with the crowd, is the
cause of the undeserved popularity of this stupid and unattrac-
tive ditty.
1t Just goes to show that human beings are as gregarious as
sheep. Slaves to fashion, they sing the song that appears to be
Fashionable though they don't think highly Of it, and very few do
Fortunately, fashions of this sort change quickly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
UP TO THE CITY

The Board of Freeholders is entirely right in demanding that
lie city of Perth Amboy do something to build up the shoulders
Of the new concrete pavement on New Brunswick avenue. The
seity made a big mistake in not providing for the paving OF the
narrow strip on each side of the concrete to the curb when the
concrete was being laid in the center. 1t il apparent now that
the money could have been raised for this Improvement. Other
things that cost more have been authorized since this pavement
was laid.
The Board of Freeholders has paved the center OF the avenue
a a county road. 1t has demanded Of the contractors a bond that
the pavement will be kept in good condition for five years. But
the contractors declare that they cannot be held responsible Tor
water getting under the concrete if the shoulders are not built up.
As a matey of fact, the condition is dangerous as it is. After
the heavy shower on the Fourth of July the strip OF roadway on
both sides of the concrete was turned into thick mud and the
tracks showed that in lodging the heavy traffic on this road since
it has been used as a detour, some of the cars ran off the pavement
and sank down into the mud nearly up to their hubs, This is 60
ing to be a serious situation in winter unless something is done by
the city to improve conditions. If the city is not going to pave
the strips between the concrete and the curbs permanently, the
least to be expected is that shoulders of crushed stone be placed
along the concrete just as the shoulders are placed along the state
Highways. The freeholders have done their part in improving New
Brunswick avenue. It is up to the city to see that the job is COM
|pieted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
THE STATE STREET PAVEMENT

No time was lost by the Board of E~reeholders in accepting the
paving on the westerly side of State street. Hardly has the last
bit Of asphalt cooled before a check for final payment was ordered
drawn for the contractors. This, apparently, completes the job
as far as the general contractor is concerned. But owing to the
location of the trolley track, about two-thirds over to one side,
the narrow strip of pavement on the westerly side OF the street is
practically useless until the Public Service paves between its track
and puts the rails down to grade.
Slow progress is being made at the switch where the street
curves just before reaching the plant of the American Smelling
e Refining Company, but there is a long stretch of track between
that point and the Maurer road that must be lowered and paved
before State street can be used for its full width. Unless more
activity is shown in getting this work done t. is going to be almost
another year before State street is as it should be. But now IS
the time when the street is needed because of the Amboy avenue
having which makes the Sewaren road the logical route to Wood
bridge. The State street paving was started a year ago and 1t
ought to be finished by this time. 1t is up to the freeholders to
see that the Public Service hustles up its part of the work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Applel

Penny
Chicago has a $4,000 suit Tor
damages, resulting from a dispute
over a penny. Passenger entered 9
street car, got ready to pay the Z
cents fare. He dropped a penny.
Conductor picked 1t up. Passenger
threw 6 cents in the fare box. Con
ductor called to him to come back
and deposit the other cent. He told
the conductor to do IL. Against the
rules said the conductor.
Dispute followed. Passenger claims
the conductor finally threw the PEN
ny on the floor and told him to
drop it in the box or get off. Pas
senger got of. but decided he had
experienced $4,000 worth of men
tai suffering and humiliation.
Is 1t any wonder our courts are
clogged and slow moving when dis
putes such as this can take h
courts valuable time and force the
more important cases to wait!
Consolation
Two-ifths of our country's imY
! ports in the last IL months consisted
| Of raw materials to be used in man
u~factariDg.
American labor gets the job of
working this stuff up into finished
| products, q lot of which are ex-
ported.
With imports exceeding exports,
its consoling to learn that 40 per
cent of the flood of foreign goods"
Is raw material instead of finished
/ products of foreign labor imported
in competition with American labor.
Wheat
A world grain expert figures there
are SO million more bushels of
| wheat available in the leading coun-
tries this year than in 1922. Since
the world is not apt to eat that
much more wheat. 1t is rather obvi-
ous that the slump in wheat prices
has been partly due to this surplus.
Overproduction Is the farmers
chief problem.
Graveyard
Here's an important change. For
generations the death rate among
American males has been higher
than that of females, from cradle
to grave. But the female mortality
rate is increasing. In two of the
last three years 1t was higher than
The death ate among males. So re-
ports the Metropolitan Life Insur.
ance Co.
You can interpret this either OF
two ways: Either girls and women
are becoming more susceptible Il
civilized maladies, or men and boys
are more healthy and d-isease-resist-
ing than in the past.
Danger
Women If you live 35 years you
nave in a sense passed the danger.
mark. From about Is to IS, in re.
cent years, the death rate has beer
higher among women than men
But after 35 the mortality rate OF
men is higher than women's, in ev-
cry year
Mems dissipation and folly begin
20 collect their tolls about the age
Of 35. Wild oats yield a sure crop.
Moo
Another worlds championship is
broken. Bella Pontiac loses out as
the champion butter cow. The new
title holder is Agassiz Segis May
Echo of British Columbia. In one
year she gives 30.8Y6 pounds OF
milk. 1873 pounds of butter.
ThatIl make many a dairy farmer
green with envy.
Mrs. Echo represents the pains.
taking and laborious efforts b,
which millions of farmers are stead.
lily increasing the city mans fooc
supply. Is the city man doing a:
much for the farmer? Not much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21

originally all s-ply and carried the
warn size, that is to say, three
strands of size so yarns were twisted
together and called Nc. SO thread.
When 6-ply or Six-Cord came into
use. it was decided not to change
the numbering of the thread, Du
to use six strands of yarn size 100
to make the No. so thread.
@. Where can / send samples OF
soil to be analysed free?-R. e. k
A. Samples of soil are a~nalyzed
free of charge by the state agrlcul-
tural experiment stations.
O, What gives the peculiar finish
that oatmeal wall papers haye2-A'
E. r.
A. Sawdust is used to produce the
distinctive surface of this kind OF
paper. -.
8. How deep is Salt Lake in Utah?
B. r. M.
A, Great Salt Lake has an average
depth of less than 20 feet. 1t y
said thai the changes in area q
the lake are due to the huctuations|
in rainfall. In 1850 the area was
1850 square miles. In 1853 1t hao
increased to ALTO square miles.
since 1869 and 1870 the lake mas
been gradually receding. One cause
of the diminishing of the waters IS
the used for irrigation, ana
a second cause is the fact that M
amount Of water contributed to the
lake by the inlets has decreased.
@. Which is more DANGEROUS, aru-
fetal or natural gas?-S. T. IL.
A. Artificial gas (water gas) 10
more dangerous to use than natural
gas because It contains carbon mon-
oxide. a poisonous gas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21
COAL FEARED
AGAIN THIS WINTER
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskip

that will give the public assurance
that there will be no interruption in
the production of anthracite, and it
is not unlikely that something of this
sort has been done. However, ac-
tivities of the Commission along such
lines necessarily must be altogether
informal, for the Commission has no
authority in law to do anything of
the kind.
Indeed, there are those who assert
unhesitatingly that the Government
is powerless to do anything In the
situation. Those who take this view
point out that when the recent coal
strike was threatened and after it
was under way all appeals to the
Federal authorities to do something
to avert the disaster were answered
with the statement that there was no
law under which the Government
could intervene. The President could
only offer his good offices as media
tor in the public interest.
At any rate, the Government did
not step in and prevent a strike at
that time. and there has been no act
Of Congress since that would enable
it to do so.
However, there are others who
hold that whenever the President
decides that the Government should
intervene it ear do SO, and do SO
most effectively, even though there
may be no specific statute contem-
plating such a proceeding. Injunc-
ton and conspiracy actions in the
Federal courts have been discovered
to be result-getters of the best kind
in such emergencies, and on one
memorable occasion a President sim
ply served notice on the recalcitrants
that IL they did not do so and sc
by a certain date they would find
the Government running their in
dustry on and after that date.
President Harding voiced his con.
Germ we the anthracite situation il
a letter to Chairman Hammond Of
the Coal Commission a month ago, II
which he said:
"I regret that those who serve the
anthracite consuming public as mint
operators and mine workers have no
already agreed upon the terms o,
the new contract, but with your re,
port available on July 1st, there
should be no delay in reaching {
speedy agreement"
Perhaps the most significant thinl
the President said, however was:
1.-THE public desc yes prompt as
surance that there will be no inter
rnption after August 31st in the FLOW
of COAL"
Prompt assurance" may meal
something like that mot later thai
August LIST" report that has beef
bruited about, and the fact that tn
President and those who represen
him are keeping in close touch will
developments may prove to be tn,
best possible insurance against tn
coal shortage that is feared. TIL
President and the Coal Commissi "
have both said that industry and tn
home must be free from the menac,
OF constant interruption of the Goa
supply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-21

O.. What country has y nag most
nearly like ours?-E. v. s.
a. The flag of Liberia is Identical
with ours except for the fact that
n has a single star upon its held.
In fact, our flag was taken as a
model for theirs.
O. What is Joseph Conrad's real
name and nationality ?-J. Z. +.
A. Joseph Conrad KorDeniowski,
| The son of a Polish revolutionist was
born in Poland in 1855. Though ne
aid not learn English until COM
paratiyely late in life he became the
master of a style idiomatic to a
high degree and notable for its de-
| scriptive resource.
@. How many teachers have Har-
ward. Yale, and Columbia Fl. s. b.
A. Harvard University has 1888
| professors and instructors; Colum-
| bia, 970, and Yale, 410.
O. Give the exact wording of the
message sent by GensSAl Pershing
to the French Government when he
landed with our troops in France?-
U. T.
A. This letter written. in the en-
| Urgency arising from the German
| offensive of March 81, 1918 is simple
and direct, truly the message OF a
soldier. It reads: March 20. 1918.
To General Foch: / have come 70
| say to you that the American people
would hold it a great honor for our
| troops were they engaged in the pre-
| sent battle. I ask 1t of you in my
name and in that of the American
people. There is at this moment no
other question than that Of fight
ing. Infantry, artillery, aviation
| all that we have are yours to dis
pose Of as you will. Others are COM
ing who will be as numerous as may
be necessary. I have come to say
Ito you that the American people
would be proud to be engaged In
the greatest battle of history. Per-
shing." This letter is exhibited at
the Library of Congress.
@. What system is followed in the
numbering Of spool cotton?-A. W
A.
A. The numbering Of cotton
thread is based on the size of the
warn from which the thread Is
twisted. The finished thread wal