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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
REAL SUCCESS

What is your definition of SUGGEST Is it merely a good
job and a full pocket-bookf You may have both, but if that
is all you are a miserable failure.
The only truly successful person is the person with a
full lfe-a life that is big and broad in its interests, fine
and cultured in its appropriations and universal in its sympa-
thies.
Are your interests big and broad or are they cramped
and narrowf In your reading don't be like one young woman
I know. She is extremely ambitious, which is splendid, but
she is narrow, which is cripplng. She is SO interested in her
work, that during her leisure hours she reads only books and
magazines dealing with her line Of endeavor. If only she
would divide her time between business books and literature
of an entirely different nature how much wider would be
her interests and consequently how much broader, more in
teresting and vital her personality. I doubt too if her bust
ness knowledge would suffer for there is such a thing as be-
coming stale.
Your ability to appreciate the better things of life, art,
music, iterature-that is the yard-stick by which to measure
real success. These are the things that bring out our better
selves. When they do we say we feel "good, and when we
put that "good'' feeling in action we do our best in the
1t is the assertion of our better self, and the more that self
asserts itself the greater will be our success.
Are your ~sympathies deep, real and UNIVERSAL In pro-
portion as you develop an appreciation of the finer things
in life, will your s~ympathes widen.
Open wide the doors of your life; the door of your mind,
your heart, your soul. Keep them open. When you do, you
will have learned what real success is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

level with themselves"
Miss Nicolet e overalls when
at work. Overalls and Knockers on
women no longer attract much at
tention, she says.
Hard to Start
Miss Nicolet from girlhood inter-
ested herself in machinery. But she
had trouble convincing others in her
sincerity. Authorities at the Uni
yersity of Illinois were skeptical, but
bowed to her desire for engineering
as her career.
Her debut in the Kansas City
power plant also was difficult, but
she showed her employers and fell
low employees what she knew and
could do. Now she's in charge of
certain units of the plant and can
hold her job as long as she wants 1t,
her superiors say.
"Of course you get a little greasy
in your work, but that's part of the
fun" the young girl engineer re-
marks. Then, when working hours
are gone and you get into more
dainty garments you feel fine"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
YOUR BABY AND MINE
~ By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED
Prenaring for Confinement


Many mothers in rural districts
do not have the advantage Of a
trained nurse at hand when ready
for confinement, nor have they one
within even a short distance. Those
mothers, If the baby is the first one,
lose their heads completely when
they know the baby is about to ar
rive, and have no idea what to do.
Usually there is some older oma
who can make the active prepara-
tons. There should be some boiled
water ready for the Doctors use. The
bed should be made up freshly and
covered under the sheets with OIL
cloth or rubber sheeting to protect
the mattress. Six thicknesses OF
newspaper opened to its full width
and covered with old, freshly laun-
derNd sheets may be used directly
under the mother, and removed
when the birth is over, leaving her
on a clean bed. She should be bath
ed, her hair braided in two braids,
white stockings drawn over her legs,
and a clean nightgown put on. Then
go to bed and wait for the doctor
and nurse to arrive.
II one has time to prepare the
room 1t is well to have an empty
table for the use of the doctor. Two
wash basins of enamel, a large
pitcher. a slop jar. absorbent cotton
and boric acid should be on hand,
as well as the boiled water. He Will
bring all other necessary supplies.
The room should be clean, If pos
sible scrubbing the floor and having
no covering or it. It should be airy
and light and with no unnecessary
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

back to normal position. Do this
several times.
Then, letting your head be a ger
feetly dead weight, describe a circle
with it slowly. Do this half a dozen
times or more.
For a double chin, here's an effee-
tive exercise. Just pucker up your
lips is If you were going to whistle
and instead blow an imaginary
feather off your lips. You can do
this many times a day, to your ad-
vantage.
These exercises will keep your
neck relaxed, and If your cords or
muscles are inclined to be stringy
or unduly prominent they viii cor
rect that, too.
Remember, a double chin is quite
as much a matter of incorrect posi-
ton of your head as II is of fat.
Keep your head up, poised firmly on
your neck and The flesh won't sag.
Tomorrow-Miss Dolan tells how
to reduce superfluous flesh about
arms and shoulders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

By LoRA KELLY

The Tired Business Man OF 2O2S AID
Here comes a woman who predicts
that, in less than a century, all ousa-
ness will be done by ONE
Just what mans sphere will con-
sist of under those circumstances she
doesn't specify, but goes on to PACK
IN her prophecy with census hgures.
t"Since 1880 the percentage OF
women engaged in business has In
creased from lat to PHI, while dur
ing the same period the percentage
of men engaged similarly shows a
decrease OF S per cent she an
nounces.
zone thing I am sure Of, If this
situation does come about, Is that
women will inject into business SONS
of the qualities it now seems TO lacA
For the purely masculine qua..-
ties OF bullheadedness ana OPACITY
will be substituted Inauguration IN
tuition and real courtesy
What will engage h oI
Il dear brotherly friends IN such d
beatihc state may only be con3ee-
tured. With the strides made IN lne
electrical world TO simpliry nouse
keeping, there can Dc NJ
OF that sort to keep men
They may become a parasitic class'
given to playing polo or plnochle' a.
cording to taste. Maybe Iheg w.
xrhan their present somper gar
~ dress for a revival or golo laSs
and ruffles such as graced the oau
French courts or a minstrel show N
the nineties. -
we doubt If even a BACKGROUND OF
gracious leisure would keep ehe
from running past traffic signals
cussing out Central
despising perfume (pubiicly)
using the floor as an asntray
Knocking wife's relatives ,,, =.
expecting the sun TO stahu sun
they have a slight pain. .,
| convright, 1928. by Public Leogei
Company
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
CocoaP popular Shade
In Poland AS Well
AS New York Area

Che vogue of cocoa as a popular
shade for. decoration prevailed not
only in metropolitan fashion centers
last fall, but reached even to the
hinterland of eastern Poland, ac-
cording to Miss Amy Pryor Tapping,
American Relief Administration
worker who has just returned to this
country after four years of work in
Poland as director of the Polish
Gray Samaritans.
A consignment OF cocoa had been
sent into a Polish town for the chill
dren whom the American Relief Ad-
I ministration was rationing by hun
dreds of Thousands in feeding kit
chens which were directly in charge
Of the people of the community.
They had never seen cocoa and were
a little puzzled as to how to use it.
But since everything that came to
them from the big relief agencies
was meant for the rehabilitation of
the community, in some way or
other, they took the brown powdery
stuff and made a great batch of paste
and applied 1t industriously to walls.
They had refurnished a number of
rooms before they found that the
stuff was intended for the interiors
of kiddies instead of houses.
What color was it," said Miss
Tapping, answering the inquiring re-
porter to whom she was describing
the work of thirty Polish-American
girls in her charge who yer super
vising the feeding of a million and a
half children in Polish refugee dis
tricts. "Oh, it was a perfectly good
cocoa brown!"
The work of the American Relief
Administration feeding districts in
Poland, each of which provided basic
daily feelings for an average OF
100000 children, has been taken
over by the Polish government, and
most Of the members of this group
Of Polish-American volunteers, who
were sent owe by the International
institute of the Y. w. c. A. during
the war, have returned to America.
A number of them, on the basis of
their experience in Europe, are pre-
pairing to equip themselves through
professional training for further
work in child care in America. Miss
Tapping also is transferring her ac-
Invites to this field, as a field worker
on the staff of the American Child
Health Association, a national or
ganization working for the improve
ment Of methods of teaching health
to children in this country and
abroad,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS MEN
By MARY ADRIAN
THE MOTHER OF ROBERT BURNS
She Had Neither Education Nor Genius, but Deep Understanding
and it was That That Helped Her Inspired Son

A tender hearted and affectionate
mother, whose chief interests were
her family and her god, and who
had little notion that she had given
to the world a great genius, was
Agnes Brown Burns, mother of the
great Scotch poet and lover, Robert
Burns. Certainly none of the philan-
dering instinct which was so strong
in her son was inherited from this
good, rather sweet and entirely sim
~P1e-souled woman.
Agnes Brown Burns was a good
wife and mother in the accepted
sense of the word. She worked hard
TO keep her family looking and feel
ing well. Her devotion was tre-
mendous and she would have been
wiling to make any sacrifice for the
welfare of her dear ones, according
to her own lights.
Mrs. Burns, like most of the wo-
men of her day and station, was al
most complete uneducated. n
did not have what would be consid-
cred an intellectual turn of mind,
either by instinct of training, but
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
Consider Charm
In Beauty Contest

CHICAGO. Aug. 17:-Charm. q
balance struck between that indefh-
able quality of personality and poises
and not classic perfection of features
and form made traditional by paint
ing and sculpture, viii determine
he selection of the nations most
beautiful girls, according to the plans
announced for a pageant of beauty
and style to be held here next No
vember.
Beautiful girls will be selected
from every section Of the country
by various newspapers, through con
tests, and all winners will gathet
here for final decision.
A new standard OF beauty is t
be set by the judges. The hair, eve
facial feature, the teeth the nee
and arms, the hands and finger nal4
and the ankles and feet ire to J
judged separately on a table Of pei
centages. But probably for the hr
time that indeinable quality q
charm and personality will cweig
heaviest in the scale
From the ranks Of the workin
girls Of Chicago other girls viii d
chosen. There. too, the element g
personality and poise will play a
prominent part IN the judging.
Hairdressing contests and cosmetir
races" in which skill and speed
with the cold cream jar. the roug
box. the powder compact and the
eyebrow pencil viii be tested, also
will be held.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
Sister Mary Tells
| How To Put Up
| Yellow Tomatoes

Yellow tomato preserves have
a delicate flavor all their own. They
have an old-timey tang not found
in any other preserve and the clear
amber look of them makes any
body's mouth water. Serve them
with hot, buttered, crispy toast and
tea some dark, cold afternoon. The
most fastidious guest will be de-
lighted.
The tiny pear-shaped golden love
apples should be used for the fol-
lowing recipe:
| Preserves
One-half peck tomatoes, sugar,
two lemons.
Scald tomatoes and slip off skins.
Weigh. Use as many pounds of sugar
as there are pounds Of fruit. Use
one cup water for each pound of
uar. Put sugar and water In pre-
serving kettle and bring TO the boil
ing point. Boil three minutes Add
tomatoes and lemons sliced very
thin. Simmer until the tomatoes
are transparent. Pour into sterilized
pint jars and seal while boiling hot.
The lemon may be omitted.
Candied Tomatoes
Six pounds yellow tomatoes, three
pounds light brown sugar.
OldIu LOIIldlOtS anu Sip shAIl5s
Prick with a needle to prevent
bursting. Put layer for layer of
sugar and fruit in a crock and let
stand over night. In the morning
drain off Juice and boil to a thick
strip.
Add tomatoes and simmer slowly
until transparent but perfectly
| whole. Skim out on platters and
dry in the sun adding strip as fast
as it dries in. When the tomatoes
have absorbed all the strip and are
firm pack in layers. Sprinkle each
! layer with powdered sugar. These
sweetmeats IA be used in place Of
figs in many puddings.
Conserve
Four cups yellow tomatoes (the
large ones can be used), five cups
sugar, one orange, two lemons,
three-quarters cup preserved ginger.
Scald tomatoes and slip skins. Cut
in small pieces and measure. Put in
preserving kettle, bring to the boil
ing point and skim. Add sugar.
juice of orange and lemons and the
rinds of both. Boil one hour. Add
chopped preserved ginger and boil
until mixture is thick. Pour into
sterilized jars and cover with par
ATTN when cold.
Amber Marmalade
One-half peck yellow tomatoes.
two pineapples, sugar.
ScaId tomatoes and slip skins. Cut
In small pieces and put in preserving
kettle. Pare and CRATE pineapples.
Add to the tomatoes and measure
combined fruit. Add as many cups
of sugar as there were cups OF fruit
and simmer until mixture is clear
and thick. Pour into sterilized jars
and seal.
Copyright, 1923. EA Service, Inc.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
Produce Market

New Jersey produce on the New
ark market: Supplies of New Jer-
sey produce We're generally light in
the wholesale district today due to
the late arrivals Of most lines. Green
beans were very light and solid at
higher prices, lima beans held
steady. Elephants were slightly
weaker and beets. carrots and ra-
dishes moved at unchanged figures.
Potatoes in moderate supply and de-
mand met a stronger market. Peach
es and apples were moderate and
sold very well.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

furniture or 'fxings.' The absence
Of dust harboring furniture even az
ter the confinement is over is sooth-
Ing and restful TO the patient.
All supplies for the mother, such
as sheets and pillowcases, and sani-
tary napkins should be ready. The
last may be made Of surgeons gauze
and cotton. or, If made of other ma
terial, should have been baked in a
slow over for sterilization. The
sheets and pillowcases may be treat
ed this way also and put aWay where
they will be kept from dirt and the
contamination of handling.
To have sheets and pillowcases IN
the hot sun and then fold them and
run over with a hot iron and put
away where they viii keep perfectly
clean and free from dust, is another
good way to sterihze them.
Keep in mind that the same pre-
cautions that doctors use for surgi-
cal cases should prevail at a BIRTH
In this way. only. can one be sure
to avoid infections. ;
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Already the styles that will be
worn next fall and winter are be-
ing shown in fabrics suitable warm
weather. The woman who likes
her new clothes very new and who
Is alert to the development of styles
will notice among these advance
models frocks made on the lines OF
these sketches.
The circular front cut of the skirt
is accentuated with a flounce which
also trims the bottom of the skirt.
Carrying out the same idea sleeves
may be cut with a curve from wrist
to elbow and edged with ruffles
Such frocksJauthentic forecasts
of next seasons mode-are shown in
heavy crepes MORE and satin so
that one may enjoy next winters
fashions in this summers fabrics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
(By NEA Service)

(By NEA Service)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-It's a lot
more fun to run turbines and dyna-
mos, and study and operate ma
chinery than it is to clerk in a store
or teach school.
So announces Miss Clare Nicolet,
twenty-two-year-old mechanical en-
gineer in the big power plant of the
Kansas City Power & Light Com
pany.
Miss Nicolet, without losing any
of her feminine charm when off
duty. is as stern and efficient a me-
chanical engineer during working
hours as any man.
It's a Climb
Weighing only s5 pounds and not
as tall as the average, she finds it
necessary to use a stepladder more
than men. Otherwise, she is on an
equal plane with them, she believes.
1.-The men in the power plant treat
me with respect" she explains. "At
first they were inclined to doubt my
ability. but, after I had shown that
I knew machinery, they put me on a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
NV ANNE DOIAN

One of the saddest sights a woman
ever sees is the advent of her second
chin. Nothing warns the world quite
so effectively that Youth is on the
wane.
To be sure, youth does wane, but
why tell the world? Let that be
your little secret.
When it comes to the matter of
double chins, heavy jowls and rat
necks, an ounce of prevention is
worth pounds of cure.
A little daily care will keep these
destroyers of beauty away, but only
the most stern and ~unflagging indus
try will get rid of them once they
have been allowed to start.
The swans neck is the standard
of beauty, according to poets and
sculptors. All right, let's study the
swan. He exercises his neck con-
stantly, darling his head in and out
and around with marvellous grace.
Now just imagine for a little while
that you are a swan. With your
shoulders erect, push your head out
as far as you can straight ahead of
you.
You won't make a particularly en-
trancing picture as you do 50 ano
you won't deceive any stranger that
you are a swan, but you will eNer-
else the muscles that make for swan
like beauty.
Then try this: Let your head drop
as far over your spinal column as it
will, letting your mouth fly open as
it will be inclined to do. Then come
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

she seemed to realize that there was
something in the world aside from
things that met with the five senses.
She gave the tenderest sympathy
and understanding to her son., and an
understanding that was amazing,
considering her position and ideas,
Although the idea Of a boy growing
up to be a poet, or a writer of any
kind was abhorrent. almost dis
graceful. in the minds of the people
among whom they lived, she was Sc
cretly pleased when her son exhib-
tied early tendencies in that direc-
ton. She encouraged him, without
really knowing why, except that
she has a dim consciousness that
there was a higher spiritual plane
which might be approached by this
route.
She had. according to biographers,
superiod instincts and habits, and
V her son a great heritage OF
understanding.
Next. The Mother of Alexander
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

We are able to offer our
readers now a new ieaflcf on
feeding. HoH the baby should
be fed from the time he Is :
months to 3 years is included IN
this Slip. Any of tLe readers Of
this department may have IL by
sending a self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope ino loose stamps)
and asking for Il.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

To clean decanters that are not
finely cut drop half a dozen buck
shot inside with half a pint Of warm
soda water and shake vigorously
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Hang the new wall paper with
which you are going to patch the old,
in the sun for a while and it viii
soon be faded to match.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Whe frying left over cereal, dip
it in egg white before frying and you
will have a truly worthy dish-so
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Wash the new silk stockings be-
fore YOU put them on and you will
find their tendencies to form ladders
much reduced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
Dirt On Mirrora

Remove fly specks and dirt from
mirrors with whiting mixed to a
cream in alcohol.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
FiImy Mahogany

The best of mahogany becomes
hlmy and the best way to remove it
is to wash the wood every few
months with tepid weak suds and
then polish with a fine furniture
polish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

A lump Of camphor put in the sill
yer chest will prevent the silver from
furnishing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17
What Middlesex
County Women Are
Doing This Summer

Mrs. Sofe Wolf, Of New Bruins
wick, has withdrawn as a Republi-
can candidate for the assembly. She
ran un-successfully last May for city
commissioner in New Brunswick and
ever since her defeat has declared
herself in line for the legislature.
Mrs. VOLTS reason for Withdrawing
as candidate is because she has been
advised by leaders to hold off until
next year, when she will return with
renewed vigor. Mrs. VOLTS wish is
to go to Trenton to advocate laws
for the welfare of women and chill
dren. As she has been doing well
fare work for the past twenty years
she feels that she is entitled to some
recognition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Mrs. E. II. Boynton has been do
ing excellent work in exterminating
the summer pest, the mosquito. Mrs.
Boynton is the only woman member
of the State determination Commits
sion and is also chairman of the
mosquito determination committee
Of the State Federation of Woman's
Clubs. Through Mrs. Boynton ten
counties have local determination
commissions and the state is widely
known for what it has achieved to
date. With the backing of the
women great things can be accom-
plished along these lines, declares
Mrs. Boynton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Next. The Mother of Alexander
Pope.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-17

Two steps in the Swan Exer
else" to beautify chin and neck.
This is the second of a series OF
Beauty Exercises, written by Anne
Dolan, noted New York physical cul-
ture expert. to help you retain your
youth and beauty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-28
POWER COMPANY
CONSTRUCTION,
ING RESERVOIR AT
GABRO LAKE.

Two large crews are at work at
Birch Lake dam and on Gabro Lake
on the south Kawishiwi for the
Phoenix Utility Company in con-
structing a reservoir at Gabro Lake
and the improvement: Of Birch Lake
Engineers have been employed the
past few months in survey of the
situation and at the present time
construction work is going forward.
The work is being done to furnish
water supply for the Ely Hydro
Electric plant at Kawishiwi Falls
and includes dykes and dams on
Birch Lake and a reservoir at Gabro
Lake as supplementary water sup
plies for the plant at Kawishiwi.
In connection with the Gabro pro-
ject a sawmill will be put in and
timber prepared for the dyke. The
timber will be Furnished by the
U. S. Forest service and has been
marked for cutting.
1t is estimated that crew of 200
men will be employed all winter
and for the past month trucks have
been busy toting supplies to head
quarters at Birch Lake dam. The
Gabro construction is located about
eight miles from Birch Lake and a
road has been built for the trans
portation of supplies, men and
machinery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-28
HIGHWAY COSTS
AND EARNINGS

The value of good roads to the
farm is known and appreciated best
by the thinking farmer. The prop
erty owner knows, likewise from ex-
perience, how good roads enchance
realty values. The automobile own
er has learned to credit better roads
with handsome savings in car oper-
ating costs. Everybody is rapidly
coming to a realization of the value
of good roads.
Roads ought to be- good, we're
paying for them," was the half
thinking Taxpayers comment. But
is it true? Aren't the good roads
paying for themselves? Yes, and
yielding profit besides? That
trend of thought is expressed in
part in a recent editorial in the St.
Paul Daily News:
"Minnesota's growing popularity
as a tourist state was wildly por-
trayed in figures submitted at the
annual meeting of the Ten Thous-
and Lakes association.
During the present year 100000
persons visited the state and spent
$40,000,000 while here. They were
brought here largely through the
efforts of the Ten Thousand Lakes
association.
"When the last legislature was
asked to appropriate $4,000 year
for maintaining this body, cry of
extravaganza at once was raised by
a large element of the lawmakers.
1t looks now as if the work ac-
complished we'll justified the expend-
iture.
"Also the good roads built in re-
cent years were large contributing