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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
LET TRoLLEYs AND BUSES FIGHT IT OUT

The Newark Evening News makes a good suggestion regard
ing the question of trolley fares. It argues that where there is
competition between the trolley and the buses, the trolley be per-
o;ttsd 70 charge whatever fare it likes trusting to competition to
regulate the matter. Of course, t\ would never do where there is
a MONOPOLY. but on lines where Euses operate, the trolley company
might be permitted to work out its own experiment.
Naturally, if people can ride on the buses for five cents and
the trolley charges ten, the vast majority are going to stick to the
buses and the trolley would find that it would have to cut its price
any other business has to do. This would remove the complaint
that Public Service has always made that it is continually hampered
by state interference. In other words, let the trolley charge
twenty-five cents a ride if it wants to, but it would have to take
the consequences. Without passengers it could not live, and the
higher the far the fewer the passengers when there is another
means of conveyances such as the buses.
When a concern is up against such keen competition as the
trolley is today it is only fair that it be given a free rein to meet
that competition. If the trolley is not to be given free rein to meet
its councillors, then its competitors should be forced to meet the
same requirements regulations and agreements that the trolley is
subjected to.
This has to do only where there is competition. Where there
is a trolley line and no buses, or where there are buses and no troll
Icy, there must be some regulation to protect the public. But the
regulation should apply to one as well as'the other.
After all, competition will determine the price of a ride in a
trolley car just as it determines the price of anything else. The
people are not going to pay more to the trolley when they can get
the same or better service for less money. If Public Service be-
lieves that the service it gives with the trolley is worth twice as
much as the service the buses give, it ought to be privileged to try
it out. The public will soon settle the question.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
EASY, AFTER ALL

A new steel arch bridge, connecting our country with
Canada, will be built across the Niagara Gorge. Not much
excitement about this, for there already are ID bridges
nearby. But there's a real thrill in turning back the
pages of history and recalling how the first was built, a mat
ter of three quarters of a century ago..
Engineers were baffled when it came to getting a line
across the river, though nowadays a flying machine or a
modified cannon would turn the trick easily.
In desperation, they called on small boys to help by flying
kites. Young Holman Walsh won, his kite landing on the far
shore. Then the small kite string was used to pull a heavier
line across the river, followed by a small rope, then a big rope,
finally the necessary steel cables. Passengers Travelled over
in an iron basket attached to the cables. Trips were $125
apiece. 1t was a bridge, though hardly worthy of the name.
There is something both amusing and thrilling in the
thought of young Holman Walsh and his boy friends coming to
the rescue Of the perplexed construction engineers with their.
simple kites in the late 40s.
A big problem, yet it had a simple solution. So with most
problems, they are inherently simple but they BATTLE because
people are inclined to seek a complicated solution.
Howe worked for years to invent the sewing machine. He
was about ready to quit in despair when his wife impatiently
showed him aside, sat down at the machine, turned the wheel
and said: fPut the thread eyelet down at the pointed or lower
end of the needle"
All problems are simple. Man does the complicating.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
STILL CHANCE FOR THE MEMORIAL

The rejection of all bids for the Amboy bridge causes another
delay in the building Of this structure that may help along the
memorial idea. If the legislature when it meets in January can
be persuaded to make this bridge the states memorial to the New
Jersey boys who fought in the World War it would not be too late
for it to appropriate twenty-five or fifty thousand dollars to
add the embellishments that will make the bridge a fitting memo
rial. The foundation work and general plan for the bridge need
not be changed in adding the ornaments to the superstructure.
Arches at the two approaches might be the main memorial feature
with, say, twenty-one ornamental stone light standards at inter
walls across the bridge, one for each county in the state, and each
one bearing a bronze tablet giving the record of that county,
The bridge easily could be made a thing of beauty as well as
one Of great usefulness memorial that would impress itself
upon thousands Of tourists from all sections of the country. As
for the state itself, it could not be placed in a more prominent
place; neither could any location be found that would be more
satisfactory as between North and South Jersey.
There is every argument why this bridge should be the states
memorial to her soldier boys; all that is needed is the right kind
of enthusiasm and support to put it across.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
THE REFEREE
Mother-in-Iaw
(By Albert Apple)

The 18th of June hereafter will be
Mothers-in-law Day, with a pink
rose as its token gift. So DEGREES
the new national association of
mothers-in-law, through its presi-
dent, Mrs. Clara A. Griswold.
On second thought, most of us will
support the movement. The old joke
about the average mother-in-law be-
ing a dragon and a trouble-maker is
as false as the jokes about plumbers
loaing on the job. The average
plumber works more in a week than
the average joke writer in a lifetime.
When we hear a slam at mother-in-
law, we're inclined to investigate the
source of complaint.
Music
Just 900 years ago, in 1923, the
monk, Guido, invented the method
of writing music on paper. Before
Guido, music could be circulated
from one person to another only by
ear. Guido invented the system of
recording musical notes on lines, in
about the same form as modern
sheet music.
We owe much to Guido, the Bene-
dictine. Incidentally, when he
brought out his discovery he had a
hard time overcoming Suspicion and
ridicule. Such is the history of all
new things, especially new ideas.
Swarms
Another record is broken, $1,000
visitors f1ocking to the New York
Aquarium in n day. Similar re-
ports keep coming from museums,
art galleries and the lecture halls.
The mind of humanity is swinging
strongly to science. We are on the
threshold of a great scientific age.
Radio craze is another proof, indi-
eating the trend of the rising gen.
GRAFTON.
Keen
The radio broadcasting station In
Los Angeles gets this telegram from
a listener in Cuba: For Heavens
sake, turn off that faucet. 1 hear
the dripping of water every time you
put on a program and tune in"
investigation revealed a leaking
spigot near the transmitting appa.
ratus. That's extending one Of
mans senses, hearing, thousands o.
miles with almost unbelievable keen,
ness. Later will come a similar ex,
tension of the sense of sight.
Slang
II piked into Deuceaville with {
dimber-damber who couldn't paC
the hoof for a single darkman'I
without his bloss to keep him from
getting pogy. 1 kidded a swell in {
snoozing ken and shook him of hi
dummy and thimble."
No, this isn't the rawlings Of a mad
man. It's a sample of the SLAMS
used in the underworld rs years ago
The slang of 1928 will seem equal!
puzzling to people rs years from nov
in the year 1898. The wording
changes, but the subjects of CONVEX
sation are about the same In al
generations.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
1dS
lNlftlA
VOID
BY HUNT

WASHINGTON.=How to talk
without saying anything has been
for years the popular idea of one of
the prime requisites of a "diplo-
mat"
How we'll our representative to
the Court OF st. James, the Hon.
George Harvey, measures up to this
requirement may be judged from
his last interview before returning
to London from Washington.
Leaving the White House after a
final conference with President Cool
| idge, Harvey was intercepted by a
| group of questioning correspondents.
| Holding UP a restraining hand, the
| ambassador delivered himself thus:
II have not seen the papers to-
day, and therefore 1 do not know
when I am scheduled to resign. But
1 will say this: 1 am going back
to London with the expectation of
| staying until l come home"
! =
"Silent Car' Coolidge has nothing
on Henry Ford as a hard man to
interview when Henry doesn't want
to talk.
And Henry was in one of his most
non-communicative moods. when he
emerged from Coolidge's office the
other day after an hours confer
ence.
Correspondents who had been
awaiting a "hot" story, sensed the
frigid atmosphere as they ap-
| preached Ford and Secretary Weeks
and were chilled into silence. They
looked at Henry, Henry looked at
them; grimly, his thin lips in a tight
line. "Silent CaI' never looked so
forbidding.
Finally one correspondent mus
tered courage to PROFOUND a query
by indirection. Turning to Secre-
tary Weeks, he said:
"Has Mr.. Ford anything to say
to us?" he asked.
Weeks looked inquiringly at Ford.
"You tell emp" Ford answered
tersely, moving away.
All of which left those present
wondering whether Henry's silence
was the result of unconscious sug-
gestion emanating from Coolidge's
personality or whether there was
something more definite in the in
terview that caused Henry to freeze
up like one of his fivvers in a Min
nesota blizzard.
Well, Bascom took the first tricki
BaScom, you Know, Is bascoIn
Slemp, new presidential secretary,
selected, in part at least, as an in
termediary between the White House
and Congress.
Bascom had been In office only
four days when up came Jimmy Gal
livan, Democratic member from
Massachusetts, to pay his respects
and shake the hand of Cal.
To appreciate just what this
means, you should know that Gal
Ivan hadn't been at the White
House for more than four years. He
had a difference with President Will
son back in 10, and a row with Tu-
multy, and he felt no urge to come
around to call on Harding. Neither
did he call on Coolidge until after his
old fellow-congressman, Slemp, got
on the job. :,
II just had to come up to see ole
Bascom," Gallivan explained.
Bascom took the Democratic men,
Der in to see the President and Ca
urged him to stay and have lunch.
Gallivan stayed. He emerged with
the well-fed and satisfied look of a
man who, politically hungry for
four years, has met at last with fill
ing hospitality.
Yes, it does look as If Bascom's
first job was a triumph for har-
mony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
YOUR HEALTH.
By DIR. CLIFFORD c. ROBINSON
Perspiration and Digestion

Perspiration and Digestion
Perspiration depends on the cir-
culation of the blood. The body not
only requires nourishment from the
blood for cell growth and repair but
also demands the separation and
elimination of waste which cannot
be converted into blood and which
must be thrown off daily in the nor-
NAL healthy person.
Precipitation is a continuous
process, invisible during periods OF
inactivity or sedentary life. Better
condition of play, exercise or work,
even In middle age or infirm adults,
which will promote a healthy circu-
lation and convey an abundance of
blood TO the glands of the skin, Is
desired for increased pe~rspiration.
Physicians of the present day are
we'll aware that the skin does not
play the important part it was for
merly supposed to perform in elimi-
nation. But it is a great cleansing
agent and a sort of health barometer
which clearly indicates a good cir
culation by normal Precipitation. In
addition to this activity, it is better
than any medicine in the preserva-
ton of health and prevention of dis
ease. 1t may be said to remove the
cause of many disorders such as
body poisons, fat excess and clogged
glands and is a means of giving re-
newed strength and body tone.
Precipitation assists the digestion
by the promotion of a healthy ap-
petite. The exhilaration and renewal
Of both body and mind are also aids
to proper digestion. Good appetite
~insures a goodNsupply of blood for
the body. Good food makes good
blood. The life stream of good blood
coursing through your body gives
good skin activity by exercise and
Precipitation and so the wheels of
body action are kept In healthy mos
ton.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Incl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
WHAT WE NEED

There are many things we need IN Perth AmooV' Ot d It" arc
vital and outstanding above all others.
We need stabnity-the will power to determine what is rlgnt
and a determination to see that only that which Is right prevails
We need a spirit Of unanimlty-the ability ana Willingness 10
agree upon what we want and then go after 1t and get 1t.
We need aggressiveness-for without aggressiveness, mdo-
Ience and stagnation will be our lot.
We need loyalty-for without loyalty we will be enrlcnlng
commercial interests at distant points and impovershing our peo-
pie at home.
Some communities thrive and grow because of their natural
advantages. Others are made only through the logged energy
and perseverance of their citizenship.
Ours will be what we make it, and we should make 1t all that
we can.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21

is SOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT

impossible to know whether acct
dents are decreasing or increasing, or
to check up the value of accident
prevention work."
All the states have now been re-
quested to furnish their accident
data to the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics annually for compilation. The
Federal Bureau thus will become
the distributing center for Informal
ton regarding industrial accidents
in the United States.
Some Returns Fairly Complete
In three of the basic industries
fairly complete figures relative to
accidents are now Notwithstanding
transportation and iron and steel. 1t
is regarded as significant that these
are the industries when make her
returns to some bureau or other
agency of the federal government.
AS a result of years of patient
work, the Bureau of Mines has or
gained the machinery through
which a Practically complete system
OF accident reporting has been es-
tablished and the bureau now re-
ceivcs satisfactory records Of ac-
cidents IN all kinds of mines,
whether coal Or metalliferors. The
bureau has e field of work survey
which has enabled it to make prac-
teal use ii this statistical inf orma-
ton to the end that mines may be
made safer.
In the transportation industry the
railroads report accidents to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Commission has a substan-
TALLY complete record which is rea-
sonably well classified statisticaIly
and which has been very s~erviceable
III the installation of safety devices
which have rendered railroad work
less hazardous.
The third industry, iron and steel,
makes it's reports to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. AS long ago as
1910 the bureau began the work OF
developing machinery through which
accidents in the iron and steel mills
OF the country would be reported 10
1t, and it nov receives practically
complies returns.
The classification, tabulation and
presentation of this statistical mater
lal periodically is said to have result
ed in the introduction by practically
all of the large steel corporations
and companies of safety devices and
methods which have led to a start
ling decrease in the accident ratio
In the industry. That is the great
objective, for the usefulness of sta
tistics in accident prevention work
consists in this-that they reveal the
dangerous spots in an industry ano
indicate where preventative meas
ures may be applied with the great
est practical results.
What the bureau now
to do" says Mr. Stewart, 'is to an
ply the same methods to the whole
industrial situation, to organize the
machinery for complete a 4
thorough reports of accidents an6
to make such field surveys as will
put the bureau in touch with the
more hazardous industries: in other
words, do for the entire field what n
has done in the matter of iron and
steel.
"The Association of Governmental.
Labor officials of the United State,
and Canada at its Richmond Con.
vention in May, 1923, passed a re.
solution putting the members Of tina.
organization %squarely in line to a,
sist in this work"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. Are any volcanoes a mile high?
A. d. l..
A. Many volcanoes are that high.
The Volcano of Popocatapetl in Mex
isco is 17,7S4 1T. and Cotopaxi, Ecua-
dor, is 1854 feet respectively-be-
tween three and four miles high.
Mount Fuyjiyama is over two miles
high, and has a crater 500 feet deep.
This volcano has been quiet since
1708.
Q. Where did the game fowl
originate? +. B.
A. The game fowl is supposed to
have been known in India and Sum-
atra as early as 1000 b. C.
@. How many Irishmen fought
with the British in the World War?
G. f. C. L..
A. Lord Wimborne, Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland, reported to Lord
Kitchener on January IA, 1915 thai
there were 51,046 Irishmen serving
as regulars and ~reservists in the
British army in August, 1914. Ac-
cording to Sir Eric Geddes, in the
House of Commons, there were, I'm
to 1918, 1900 enlistments in Ire
land. There was a total of 275,5yz
Irishmen from Ireland fighting in
the English army and navy in the
war.
@. Was any woman made a ma
jor during the World War? l.. J.. P.
A. The War Department says nc
woman was commissioned a major
in the regular army during the
World War. On June 4, 1920, the
relative rank of Major was given Il
the Superintendent of the Army
Nurse Corps, Major Julia c. Stin-
son.
Q. Why did a ball of lightning
make a stone hot that lay near the
place struck? NJ. G.
A. The Naval Observatory says
ball lightning is an extremely rare
form of electrical discharge, and
appears as a globe OF fire a loot OF
eighteen inches in diameter. Such
globes or balls, which are sometimes
visible for Is much as ten seconds
descend from the clouds with such
slowness the y can follow them
They often rebound on reaching the
Earth: at other times, they bursl
and explode with a loud noise. The
heating effect was caused by the ex.
penditure of the energy of the light
ming on a poor conductor that hap.
pened to lie in its path, in this case
a stone.
@. What was the size of the Frank.
lin press? M. b.
A. The Smithsonian institution
says that 1.-THE Franklin Press in the
National Museum is 6 feet, 6 inches
high; 4 feet, 8 inches deep; and {
feet, 6 inches wide. A photograph
Of it can be purchased for fifty cents
from the Museum Photographer
Mr.. A. j. Olmsted."
Q. How did the goods known as
Bingham get its name? NJ. Mem.
A. Bingham is derived from
Guingamp, a town in Brittany, where
the fabric was woven, its .manufact.
ure having been introduced into
Great Britain through France from
India.
Q. Are the History of the Indiar
Wars" published in 1871 and Audi.
bon's works still under copyright
A.. L. B.
A. Any book published prior tc
1857 is free to the public. This be.
ing SO, the History of the Indfar
Wars" published in 1S41 and the
works of Audubon, the last of which
appeared in 1854, are no longer pro.
tected by copyright.
@. Has there ever been a race OF
real giants in the world? L. B.
A. Legends and traditions thai
have been handed down of gianf
races having inhabited the earth in
remote and prehistoric times have
been discounted by scientific investi-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
IN H AIR

In aviation it seems that records are made only to be broken.
Five times, in few more than that number of days, records for
speed have been made and smashed. The latest is a flight by a
marine aviator at the rate of 266 miles an hour-four and a half
miles faster than the fastest bird, faster than earth's most rush
ng wind. Tomorrow some other filler will attain higher speed, for
aviation is still in development.
The rapid advance that is being made in aviation warrants 6S
flef that half of its possibilities have not yet been told. Ameri
can fEers are evidently determined not to slacken effort until all
possibilities have been developed. The challenge of forces and
elements to be overcome has been accepted, and the aviators are
on the wing. Thus does Americas spirit drive her sons to victor
les ID peace, as it has driven them to victories IN war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
THEOLDTOWN
treet by Street-Know Your City
SOUTH r. TRE


These two streets are listed in the
city directory as extending from the
Raritan river to Market street. Ac-
cording to City Engineer Louis p.
Booz, Jr., First street was called
South First street because of the
fact that some years ago the uppeg
part of Park venue was known as
First street. This later was chang
ed and Park avenue was so known
for its entire length and South First
street thus became First street. First
street has grades. curbing and side
walks and is pretty well built up.
South Second street should ba
known as Second street, for accord
ing to the city engineer, 1t is the
| only Second street in the city. II
also Is listed under the name of Sec
ond street in the city directory. Sec
ond street has no sidewalks or curb
ing and is considered an industrial
thoroughfare.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21
ASK YnnR NEIGHRnR

There is hardly a neighborhood in the
United States where women cannot be
found who have derived benefit from
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For nearly fifty years this botanic medi-.
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worst forms of female ills. As one woman
has been benefited by its use she has told
others who have used 1t with the same
good results; so the use of this great
by the recommendation of those who
have found it good. Therefore, ask your
the benefit which ailinK women derive
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-21

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