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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
@. Is the German immigration

Q. Is the German immigration
quota full?-A. J.. p.
A. The annual quota is 67,607. At
the present time, 1908 Germans
have been admitted. The English
quota has already been exhausted
@. Where was the first Englis1
toll road?-B. II. i.
A. 1t led from st. Giles-in-the-
Fields to the village of Charing, now
central London. 1t continued from
Charing to Temple Bar and turning,
went along Perpoole. Parliament
authorized the levying of the first
toll on this road in 1916.
Q. What are Hhe by-produets OF
cotton ?-B. J. r..
A. The by-products of cotton are
oil Good and lu%bricating), cellulose.
celluloid, %guncotton, stock feed, and
cloth.
@. Who invented limericks and
why are they so-called?-L. r.
A. Edward Lear is sometimes
named as the originator of the linn
erick. While tutor in the family of
the Earl of Derby about 1884 he
wrote his first nonsense book for the
entertainment of the Earl's young
son. The word limerick is said to
be the name of a song current in
ireland, the refrain of which SONG
containsNthe place name Limerick .
@. What is the difference be-
tween the Bureau of Entymology
the Bureau of Ethnology?-M. c. G.
A. Entomology is the branch OF
zoology that treats of insects. The
Bureau of Entomology is under the
Department of Agriculture. Ethnol-
ogy is the science which treats of the
division of mankind into races, their
origin. distribution and relations and
the peculiarities which character
lie them. This bureau is under the
Smithsonian Institution.
Q. How Is Sault ste. Marie pro-
nounced, and what does it mean
B. L. r..
A. Sault Ste. Marie is pronounce
ed 500 Saint Marie. This is the
French name for Saint Mary's Falls.
A town In Ontario bears the name
and also n on the Michigan side
of the rapids. For many years, the
population of the towns was about
the same, but the latest censuses
show that Sault Ste. Marie. Ontarion
has more than $1,000 inhabitanti
while the Michigan city has less thar
$4,000.
A thousand dollars makes a fine
gift, but is rather expensive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
SMILES

You know, Christmas takes a lot
of preparation. Buy your bootleg
now so it will be a month old men.
Let your whiskers grow. Rub a
little hair tonic on them daily. They
will cover up Christmas necktles.
You will get some handkerchiefs
for Christmas. Now is the time to
catch cold so you can use them.
Get to work on your indigestion.
Have a doctor look it over and patch
it up for the coming holidays.
Don't throw away your old gloves
now. They are good for a few more
miles. You nay get new ones
Christmas.
Who will send you Christmas
cards? That's the question. You
had better send out about a million
AS Christmas presents for govern
ment employees VIZ suggest nam
mocks, easy chairs and lounges.
Who gave you unexpected pres
ents last Christmas? You can get
even. Give them presents this year
How about your enemies? Give
them Christmas presents such as
folding beds, saxophones and prunes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

proved to be the last stop, their
funds, or strength or courage be-
coming exhausted there.
But within a few years there were
practically no beneficiaries for the
Mullanphy fund, as he had de-
scribed them. 1t now amounts to
about q million dollars. and for the
last half century the administrators
have been hard pressed to find legal
ways of spending the income, linz
tied as they are by the conditions
prescribed before the Civil War.
.
Situations such as have been de-
scribed are known to philanthropic
workers as the handicap of the Dead
Hand. That is to say, the donors
of these funds in establishing them
out Of the finest motives and a
wholly generous spirit, have done
SO in such a name that In effect
their dead hands are to continue
forever the controlling force over the
funds. 1t has seemed that most
philanthropists have the idea that
they must stipulate even to the
minutest details exactly how their
charities are to be administered or
the money will be wasted or de-
voted to less worthy purposes. And
in about nine cases out Of ten it
develops hat they defeat their own
ends.
To eliminate this Dead Hand is
the object of the community trusts
which are now being established
throughout the country. The idea
originated with the late Judge Fred
erick Golf, of Cleveland, according
A. T0-I-L IT@.y@ nfrnnfnn nf the
New York Community Trust, and
the movement is growing rapidly.
y y
AS the plan has been worked out
in New York City, ten of the leading
banks and trust companies have
| agreed to act as trustees of funds
| intended for public purposes and to
| turn the income over to a distribu-
ton committee to supervise its ex-
p%enditures. This committee consists
| of eleven members, n chosen by
the president of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the State OF New York;
| another by the president of the New
York Academy of Medicine; a third
by the president of the Bar Associa-
| ton; a fourth by the mayor of New
York; a fifth by the president of the
Board OF Trustees of the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences; a
sixth by the senior judge of the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, and the remaining five by the
trustees of the Community Trust.
This committee is expected to re-
| fleet business prudence, popular re-
| sponsibility and civic progressive
ness" as former Secretary of Com
merce William C. Redfield puts 1t.
It's membership is so rotated that
some reappointments occur each
year and there is assurance that the
funds will always be safeguarded
and applied only in ways h a Will
conserve the public interest.
Under this system it is hoped that
persons bequeathing money for phil
anthropic purposes will not specify
Just how it is to be expended, but
will leave that to the discretion OF
the committee. But If the donors &c
have a specific charity which they
Insist upon designating they are
urged to leave the distribution of the
funds to the committees decision
when If in the course of events the
time should come when the origlna
purpose of the bequest can not pt
carried out to the advantage of the
community as a whole. That is whai
makes 1t in reality a community
trust.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

their annual campaign to raise the
$4,000 necessary to maintain the
home for another year. The workers
are not numerous. but If those who
are appealed to will meet them with
the genuine Thanksgiving spirit, the
amount can easily be secured. 1t Is
the old folks appeal and It ought
not to go unheeded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
REAL THANKSGIVING APPEAL


Next week is the week of Thanks
giving. Not that we have zane to
observe a whole week in the observ-
anoe OF this late autumn festival, but
1t Is because Thanksgiving Day,
which custom has fixed as the last
Thursday in November each year,
comes within the next seven days.
Now, Thanksgiving is a time when
u thoughts naturally turn to the
old folk, the home back on the
farm, the family gatherings and the
rs,n.niscences of the days that have
zone. There Is a hallowed meaning
to Thanksgiving that softons the
heart and gives this particular sea-
son OF the year n meaning all its
own.
It is fitting, therefore, that during
Thanksgiving week u thoughts
should turn to the Home for the
Aged where a group of old folk
are spending their declining years.
thankful that they are alive, yet de-
pendent lergely upon the younger
generation for their support, old
age is something no one can escape
unless death comes early in life. And
no one knows in what condition he
or she may be when the closing
r. period of life is reached. Even the
biggest fortune may be swept away
and friends and loved ones may
have departed. What, then, is II
store?
II Is because old age is so certain
vet the condition in which we ma!
find ourselves when it overtakes u
so uncertain, that the Home for tn
Aged is such a worthy institution
and deserving of ~everybody's sup
mort. The Home for Aged In thu
citv is one of the best institution
~ its kind to be found anywhere
That it is we'll kept and its inmates
are happy and contented is eviden
10 anyone who visits there. II i
managed by a board OF capable meI
r and women who give a great dea
( az their time to seeing that thes'
old people who have put their con
ndence in the citizens of Perth Am
BOY are properly cared for.
II requires only about $4,000 t.
run this institution for a year. |
would seem as IL Perth Amboy, VIII
the help Of some interested friend
\ in nearby towns, should easily rails
Nhis amount. When 1t IS realize
that $4,000 a year means a home
peace mad contentment to ninetee.
aged people 1t seems like an insig
niacant sum, indeed. Five Thousan
dollars out of the many thousand
spent in this city each year is hardl
a drop in the bucket, yet 1t mean
everything to these nineteen 'nmatf
Of the Home for the Aged who
this Thanksgiving time will pref
ably look back TO the time VINE
they, too. had family gatherings an
carved the turkey,-the white mes
for the children with an extra 81
slice OF pumpkin pie,
Beginning Monday. then, the wee
of Thanksgiving, those interested !
the Home for the Aged Will star
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington, d. G. This offer
applies strictly to information The
bureau will not attempt to a wer
medicinal n financial troubles. Ut
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name n address and en-
close two cents in stamps fer return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
TRUSTS
BY Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The
wisdom of Benjamin Franklin is
proverbial, but when he came to die
he did a thing such that time has
demonstrated he is not to be ranked
as high as a seer as he is as a sage.
In his will he left the sum OF 1000
pounds sterling to the city OF Phila-
delphia as a fund from which .oans
were to be made upon interes. at
5 per cent. to such young, married
artifcers under the age of twenty
five as have served an apprentice
ship in the said town, and faithfully
fulfilled the duties required in their
indentures."
These loans were to be not less
than fifteen pounds or more than
sixty pounds each. Franklin calcu-
lated that at the end of the first
hundred years the fund would have
grown to about 131, 900 pounds and
he stipulated that $1,000 should be
set aside for similar loans for an
other century while the 100000
pounds should "be let out in public
works, Notifications, bridges, aque-
ducts. public buildings, baths, etc.
or whatever may make living in the
town more agreeable to strangers
resorting thither for health or tenn
porary residence" He recommended
specifically that, if it had not been
done before, the city of Philadel-
phia should consider bringing by
pipes the water of Wissahickon
Creek into the town so as to supply
the inhabitants"
Franklin,s carefullv MANNED phil
anthropy did not work out in any
respect. In the first place, the prac-
tice of apprenticeship under articles
| of indenture industry vas ended
| within a comparatively few years
| a maximum loan of $500 at 5 pei
| cent. soon lost its attractions t
young men anxious to start in bust
ress for themselves and at the END
of 100 a the fund.- instead o
Amounting to $650,0oo, as Franklin
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

had calculated, was actually consid-
erably less than 100000. For the
last thirty-flve or forty years no
loans whatever have been made for
the very good reason that no appli-
cant has qualified under the condi-
tions of the Franklin will. And in
the second place the city of Phila-
delphia grew so rapidly that it could
not wait 100 years, which would
have been 1890, to install an ade-
quate water supply system.
=
Two more modern examples of
how not to bequeath money for phil
anthropic purposes are cited, both
also in Pennsylvania. Some sixteen
years ago a citizen of that state left
his fortune of $3,500,000 for "the
care and education of poor, white,
healthy girls, both of whose parents
shall be deceased, not under the age
of six years or over ten years, of al
least average mental capacity" to
be discharged at the age of sixteen,
Boys were excluded from the ben
%eficences OF this fund, as were girls
who were colored or sickly or had
either parent living, or who were
stupid or under six or over ten.
Two years later another citizen
of the same community left his for
tune of $4,500,0 900 for the care Of
full orphan or fatherless white
girls, not over thirteen until they
arrive at seventeen years"
After some ten years had passed
these fortunes, a~ggregating the hugs
sum of $4,000, 900, sufficient to pro
vide for many hundreds of worthy
and needy children, were taking carr
| of only ia girls, and the admins
| trative problem had become a de
| cidedly serious one.
1t is said that there is not a stat
, and scarcely a city in the countr.
that does not afford similar instance
of charity gone wrong. In 1S5'
| Byron Mullanphy, mayor of ST
Louis, left one-third OF his propert.
To be devoted to the relief of pho
neers, stranded in that city, bu
"bound bona fide,' as his will de
creed, ito settle for a home in tn
West" AT that time st. Louis hat
been for several years the jump
Ing off place for westward-ho set
tiers, apd for many Of them it ha'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
ProIonsing Life

The monkey gland treatment for
old men is discussed at the Royal
H. Straling, says the only way to
College of Physicians in England.
The leading speaker, Professor 70.
lengthen life materially Is by
engines-by breeding from long
lived individuals. Every family has
what might be called its customary
death age, also its danger year. And
the number of years the average per-
son is destined to live is generally
| determined before he is born-by
the kind of life led by his father
and mother and ancestors who came
before
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
d@8&O
TonAY,s BIBLE THOUGHT

Yea, yea, and nay, nay:-Let your
communication be, Yea, yea; Nay,
nay; for whatsoever is more than
these cometh of evil.-Matthew 5:37.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
HEALTH TALKS
NERVES

A large number of women de-
velop nervousness or nerve insta-
bility as a result of some chronic
ailment which is permitted to gnaw
at their vitality and remain undis-
turbed for years.
Many people, often in the same
family, do not understand or sym
pathize, especially if they have
never suffered in the same manner,
and declare that the symp-
toms in Aunt Jennie or Sister Sue
are Imaginary" But it isn't. The
one afflicted knows different,
through the terrors of many a nerve-
racked day and Affections that
sometimes last for years.
Nerves" are a deadly enemy to
the appearance and attractive per-
sonality of n woman They ag-
gravate and increase to a marked
extent any actual i'll health she may
have.
The first thing to realize is that
there Is a cause. You must try to
remove that and make UP your mind
or will to escape from nerves. If
you are troubled with dyspepsia, be-
gin at once to get your digestive
organs into a healthy, sound condi-
tion by right eating, habits and
proper food. If you are doing more
than you should properly do, let up.
Don't be a martyr. They r. not APP
preciated at the present day.
Practice muscle relaxation with
complete rest al certain intervals
during the day and try deep breath
ing frequently during both rest and
work. The nervous oma breathes
rapidly, and by so doing eXpends
energy she ought to save
Lastly, strive for mind control.
Refrain from anger, sharp words or
Irritating remarks which are evil
dences of a nervous explosion. Don't
think of yourself, or try self-pity.
Use your energy for others and be
the happy warrior.
Here Is another ease where the
health examination comes into the
play. Have you ever had one, a real
honest health examination by a real
physician? It's purpose is to find out
whether there is anything wrong In
the machinery of your body. II
there is you should know it and try
to bring about a complete restora-
ton in your health.
This will definitely tell you what
to do so that you may not continue
drifting along for years into neuras-
thenia, nerve instability and health
bankruptcy.
A fox can scent a man a quarter
of a mile away, but o must get
very close to a pole-cat.
You can always spot a man who
drinks coffee out of a saucer, be-
cause he spots himself.
The nice thing about two autos
crashing is you often find whiskey
in one for the injured.
The proof of the pudding is in
digestion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

MeH1DtT OF TIC AbsOCIHItU EIFH5
The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the Use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise
credited to this paper and also the local
news published herein.
The Evening News is also a member of
the American Newspaper Publishers' AS
ISOLATION and the Audit Bureau of Circl-
1ation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

Ted Wright went from Los An
geles to San Francisco on roller
skates, 450 miles in seventy-three
hours of actual skating, twenty-three
hours along the way for resting and
eating. He had pavement all the
except six miles of dirt roads.
Our civilization is building a won
derful network of good highways.
Before they're finished, traffic will
switch into the air.
The man who plays the horses
may find he is the victim of horse
play.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

Communication
Tho Evening News Is always glad to re-
ceIve. communications from its readers but
letters Intended for publication must be
reasonable in length and must be signed
py the name and address OF the writer. II
requested the name Will not be published
Unless %personallt es are Iniulged in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
Secs Show 12S Times

Did you ever see a show so inter-
esting you could sit through 12S
performances? Doris Symonds has
seen the musical comedy, Little
Nellie Kelly" that many times in
Boston. Voluntarily, too, she paid
admission, wasn't an usher. Doris
is fortunate. She demonstrates that
she can go through life without
m~onotony. Life is a repition of
the same old show. There is novelty
only during the intermissions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
$50 Miles ON Roller Skates

1t would be awful If there was
nothing for reformers to kick about.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
ROYALTIES on Records

INONiTIIVo OH INNVOTUo
The bird is dead but sings on.
Caruso is gone, but his phonograph
records are paying nearly 100000
a year in royalties to his heirs. The
talking machine and the movie cheat
the grave by saving personality from
extinction. Lincoln would seem
more real and less NEUROLOGICAL If
these two inventions could have been
used when he was making his Get
tysburg address.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

Get to work on your indigestion.
Have a doctor look it over n patcn
1t up for the coming holidays.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

A fox can scent a man a quarter
of a mile away, but you must get
very close to a pole-cat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

You can always spot a man who
drinks coffee out of a saucer, be-
cause he spots himself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

A thousand dollars makes a fine
gift, but is rather expensive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

Who will send you Christmas
cards? That's the question. you
had better send out about a million
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24

The nice thing about two autos
crashing is you often find whiskey
in one for the injured.
The proof of the pudding is In
digestion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
The New Automobile Licenses

One Chicago man, probably a coal
dealer or landlord or bootleggerI
paid $500, 900 income tax.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

| WHEREAS That certain deed of
trust dated September 11th, 1922,
executed by 7. P. Brockett and
Ethel G. Brockett, his wife, parties
of the first part, and the Pioneer
Abstract and Title Guaranty Com
pany, a corporation, under the laws
of the State Of California, party Of
the second part, and c. w. Patter.
son, party of the third part, and
recorded in Booje 1913, of Deeds, at
page $50, and following, records of
Imperial County, California, to
which reference is hereby made, did
grant and convey the said premises
therein described, to the Pioneer
Abstract and Title Guaranty Com.
pany, as Trustee, for the uses and
purposes set forth in said deed of
trust among other things to secure
the payment of two certain notes,
and interest accruing according to
the terms of said notes and other
sums of money advanced, with in
terest thereon, the same being made
payable to the, said party of the
third part, and
WHEREAS default was made in
the payment of principal and inter
est due August II, 1923, and all
subsequent payments, and
WHEREAS it is provided in said
deed of trust and notes, that upon
such default, the holder of said
notes may elect to declare the
whole amount, with interest due
and payable, and
WHEREAS the said third party
did elect and declare and has declar
ed the whole amount of said notes,
with interest and advances due
and payable, and
WHEREAS the said third party
has made advances under the terms
of said trust deed in the sum of
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars
and Fifty-two cents ($525.52,) and
WHEREAS, the said advances
have not been repaid to the said
party of the third part, and
WHEREAS the said party did
give notice of the aforesaid default
and did declare his intention to
foreclose and sell under the pow
cr of said deed of trust, as provid-
ed in Section 1924 of the Civil Code
of the State of California, and did
on the 9th day of August, 1923,
record notice of such default and
election to sell in the office of t.
County Recorder of Imperial Coun-
ty, California, more than three
months prior to the date of this
notice, and
WHEREAS the whole sum of
principal and interest accruing
thereon and advances made under
the provisions of said deed of trust
still remain due and unpaid, and
WHEREAS the said party of the
third part has demanded in writing
that said Trustee proceed to sell
said premises granted by said deed
of trust according to the terms and
conditions thereof, ...E tt
NOW THEREFORE, notice is
hereby given that the undersigned