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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
NO MAPS FOR THE CITY

The request of the City Plan Commission for a complete set of
city maps showing street grades, sewer system and the general
topography Of the city, brings to light a rather remarkable con-
dition. The city does not own such tracings and blue prints.
When the different city engineers retire from office they take
the drawings and tracngs that they have made for the city with
them. The city, apparently, does not even take the precaution to
have a blue print made. The result is that when any contractor or
succeeding city engineer desires to know a street grade Or the
location of a certain sewer he has to make the rounds Of the offices
Of former city engineers until he finds the map he is looking for.
1t is only fair to say that the engineers are not particularly
to blame for this. All Of them, SO far as known are perfectly will
ing to leave the maps with the city, but there is no one whose duty
& is to receive them and there is no provision for filing and index
ing them so that they can be of use TO anyone in the future. 1t is
gust another incident showing the lax methods and ineficiency
bf our present form Of government.
Imagine a large corporation employing an engineer for a
humber Of years who, during that time, makes numerous maps and
drawings of great Importance to his employers and then permitting
Che engineer to take all these maps and drawings away with him
as his private property when he quits their employ. The general
manager of that corporation would make it his business, among
bther numerous details of running the concern, to see that all the
tracings were properly fled for future reference and they would
pot be disturbed without the permission Of the one in charge.
That is what a city manager would do for the municipality if
ghe city had one. The proper fling and indexing Of all city maps
may Be one of the details of city government that does not con-
Germ the public at large to any great extent, yet the situation that
eonfronts this city today when the City Plan Commission needs
the maps showing street grades and sewers and they are not to be
had excepting to ask the former city engineers to kindly furnish
them, helps to emphasize the need Of a more responsible and bust |
nesslike method Of handling the affairs of the municipality.
The city manager bill has been signed by the governor and is
now a law. Any city in New Jersey can now employ city manager
whenever it wants to. Wonder how long it will be before Perth
Amboy is progressive enough to have one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
IMAGINARY ILLS

A nerve specialist tells us, a woman came to him on the
verge of collapse, and it developed that what she really wanted
was advice about investing her money. Doc gave the advice,
collected his fee. The patient went her Way--relaxed, con-
tented, cured.
Nerve specialists report a big increase in cases Of pre-
tended illness, technically known as hypochondria. A hypo-
chondriac is a person with morbid anxiety about his or her
health.
Frequently a hypochondriacs mental distress actually
produces counterfeit fits from malady to malady. One day,
he imagines he has cancer of the stomach. Next day, a tear
that Bright's disease is developing. And so on, leading the
doctor a merry chase, he meantime feeding the patient bread
pills.
The hypochondriac usually is imitative-hears that some
one else has a certain malady, then begins fearing ne mas
the same.
A generation ago the 'hypo'' was considered a mental
case, and even doctors smiled a trifle at hlm--When they
weren't cursing behind his back.
Now it is recognized that an unbalance OF the bodys
endocrine glands is the most common cause OF lhypoehon-
dria. If the thyroid or adrenal or pituitary glands are feo
active or not active enough, the victim often becomes neu-
~rasthenie, imagining ell kinds of symptoms, fear Fitting
from disease to disease.
In such condition, the "hypo' is sincere in the belief that
all the maladies in the universe are clutching him
There's still another type of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
patient fakes illness and knows it. The motive here Is to
attract sympathy. The we'll person is taken for granted
hypochondriac, craving affection and attention, pretends to
be i'll.
We all have this craving for sympathy and care, though
few of us are willing to "enjoy bad health" to get it.
As for the glandular-neurasthenic type OF "hypo," it's
much more agonizing to imagine you're i'll than really to be
i'll. especially in the clutches of the mysterious maladies that
originate in the endocrine glands or the imagination, and
which as yet are only vaguely understood by the medical
profession.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

no p~retence to hollow culture and
theoretical learning. Every course is
applied. The university teaches prac-
teal agriculture by conducting a $50
acre farm. 1t teaches forestry on it's
own 1000 acre tract. Sciences are
taught from the point of view of
their practical application. 1t is said
of the school that a graduate may
not be a finished architect, but he
can draw a working plan for a prac-
teal modern dairy, and then build it
and operate it himself.
Farm Work Finances Many
The big, blue grass farm tract
serves as the chief means of helping
| students TO earn their tuition. Few
of them have sufficient funds to get
through the year without earning
! some money for themselves, but in
this college where students come for
study rather than for the social &C
tivities work is looked upon neither
a s a hardship nor as a disgrace. The
students run a creamery where best
grade butter is produced and sold.
Some Of the girls Saw. and some do
domestic work.
"The Lincoln Memorial University
is the only hope of the people for
$50 miles in any direction from its
DOORS" says DR.. John w. Hill, chan
cellor of the university.
DR.. Hill is now in this city raising
a $4,000. 900 fund to extend the
work. He says that he has given his
life to the study of Lincoln and to
the application OF the Lincoln prin-
ciples to education, civics, and every
thing relating to national life.
PROBLEMS in the university IRE all
settled by considering what Lincoln
would say about Them" DR.. Hill ex-
plains. Eve find that there is no
question of today that a not be in
terpreted through the cosmic mind
of Lincoln"
The university is the result OF an
expressed hope OF Lincoln, DR.. Hill
points out. In 1868 Lincoln said to
General Q. o. Howard. IF you ever
come out of this horror alive, and I
pray God that you may, / want you
TO do something for those mountain
people who have been shut out of
the world all these years"
Twenty-Five years ago Howard
helped to establish the memorial uni
versity at Cumberland Gap to fulfill
the request of his chief.
Now, DR.. Hill says, there is a plan
on foot to create a Lincoln National
Park in this Cumberland Gap region.
The scenery is inspiring. The loca-
ton is appropriate. being the noun
tain region from which Lincoln came
and which he neve forgot. A bill
to establish this park is to be intro
duced at the next session of congress
and the chances of its enactment are
said to be good.
This, of course, is another OF the
many Of the great tributes to Lin
coin. 1t is interesting to imagine
what the rail splitter would think of
all the tributes to him. Assuredly
he would respond warmly to the re-
markable memorial that is perhaps
least generally known, the noun
t%aineers' university at Cumberland
Gap.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
STREET REpArR NEEDED At ONCE

The condition Of the city streets is something that must give
the Board Of Aldermen a great deal Of concern. One Of the worst
conditions s to be found on Sheridan street which is the approach
TO the bridge over the Raritan river. This street carries an enor.
nous traffic and the season is just opening for the summer tour.
lists going to and from the coast resorts.
Last Sunday there was a steady line of cars passing over the.
Bridge. a person living In Newark remarked that the road be-
twesn that city and the shore was in good shape excepting the ap-
preach to the Raritan river bridge on the Perth Amboy side. Perth
Amboy cannot afford to have such a reputation. To have the thou
sands Of autoists from all sections Of the country who visit the
New Jersey coast, go home and say that the worst stretch of road
Eas in Perth Amboy is giving the city a black eye.
The startling thing about the condition of Sheridan street is
that it was supposed to have been put in good shape late last sum-
mer. 1t was then in bad shape, but the holes were all filed and
the going was comparatively smooth. Today, however, the street
seems to be in worse condition than ever. Something permanent
must be done if Perth Amboy's reputation for being a we'll paved
city is TO be upheld. Money ought not to be wasted in this way.
Last year nearly the whole summer passed before anything
was done in the way of real street repair because the contractor
engaged to do the work was busy elsewhere. This ought not to be
thoroughfares ought to be in good shape before the heavy travel.
sets in.
incidentally, it might be remarked that $4,000 which the al
dermen have mentioned in their resolution as being needed for
street repair will never do the work required this spring. Unless
it can be shown that the FIRE alarm and police call system is abso-
intely worthless, it would be far better to put up with what we have
for another year or two and spend the money on the streets. The
\ $4,000 that it is proposed to spend on the fire alarm system would
20 a long way toward making the streets what they should be.
New Brunswick avenue and Market street need fixing badly
as we& as every other paved street. With Sheridan street in the
condition that it is and with the demand SO great for the streets
ID general, it is the duty of the aldermen to make their money go
as far as possible in putting these streets in condition. Other mat
tes excepting the school can wait.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

A. Ida Conquest Mrs. Riceardo
liam Collier in the play, "On the
Quiet" 1905.
@. Which States have names de-
rived from Spanish words?-G. b,
L.
Florida. Montana, Colorado
and California.
O. In what war did France and
England fight together before the
World War?--I. M. G.
A. France and England were al.
lied against Russia in the Crimean
War, 1S54-1S56.
c.. Name some of the art mJb
seums I broad. b. B.
A. Among the foreign art CALLER,
les are: Brera Gallery. Milan; Ufizzi
Florence; Pitt, Florence; Louvre,
Paris; Luxembourg, Paris; National
Gallery. London: Tate, London; AL
cazar, Madrid,
@. What is the earliest date oH
which Easter has fallen in recent
times ?-T. G..
A. In 1918, when it ocsurred OF
March 20. 1t fell ON March % in
1885 and 1913. however.
~. what is tuG lftdiltilS VI tll0
name Tutankhamen ?-H. L. w.
A. An Interpretation of it is 'ths
living image of ANON
O.. How can a crack filler be
made from newspapers "A. D. G.
A. a very complete filling for
open cracks in floors may be made
by soaking newspapers thoroughly in
paste made of I pound of flour. 8
quarts of water 2 d / tablespoonful
of alum. boiled and mixed. Make
the final mixture about as thick as
putty. and it will harden like papier
mache.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

@. Is more coal mined by ma
chinery in this country than in Eng
land?-L. p.
4. According to the latest avail
able authoritative statement SO per
cent of the coal product OF the
United States is now machine mined,
while in Great Britain less than 10
per cent of the coal output is mined
by machines.
@. How fast do the wings of a fly
mover. L. G. -.
A. 1t has been calculated that a
fly makes $50 wing strokes a second;
a bee 240; wasp, ITO; d~ragon-tly,
rs; and butterfly, s.
Q. What may be said to have
been the beginning of the c%onserya-
tive movement in this country ?--M.
0. S.
A. The conservation movement
was first clearly started in the
United States in 1908. In May of
that year President Roosevelt called
a conference of Governors at the
White House to which facts regard
ing Natural resources were presented
by experts and at which plans for
CONSERVATION were COuSlued u
Q. A man saved a boy from
drowning. The boys father promis-
ed him a reward and then refused
to pay it. Can't he be compelled to
pay it?-F. H.
A. Promises made after services
rendered can not become the basis
of legal action, because such services
are not rendered in view OF a corsid-
Grafton. Thus. promising a reward
after the son has been saved from
drowning does not make the father
legally liable.
@. Who were the t,mericap lead
ers in the battles of Lexington and
Concord "A. v. l..
A. At Lexington. Captain John
Parker was in charge OF the 70 mil
itiamen. At concord. Colonel Bar
rett had under his command the $50
militiamen engaged.
@. Did Ida Conquest ever play
with William Collier?-D. II.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
CAPITOL
*: JOKES
By HENRY ALLEN COOPER
U. S. Representative from Wisconsin,
First District

Many years ago an old boarder
called Tom was left for the night in
charge at the desk of a small Racine
hotel.
To brace himself for his work, he
took a number of drinks. About 2
a. m. a travelling man drifted in and
asked for a room. Tom didn't pause
to register this guest, but stumbled
up the stairs ahead of him and bang
ed upon the first door he came to. A
sleepy but angry voice babe him:
Git away from that door,"
Seems to be somebody in there"
quoth Tom.
Seems to be-" agreed the traveller.
So Tom continued down the corri-
dor, banging on door after door until
he had aroused half the guests, when
at last he came to an empty room.
'There you be-" he said to the
new arrival. There's yer room"
And he turned and walked down
the hall.
"Hey! Wait" yelled the travelling
man. where's my key?"
Key" exclaimed Tom, indignant
". key! Why, damn you, if you're
an honest man you'll stay in there"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

At last Dempsey will fight. Bu
il took a lot to make him mad.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
GEORGE II. THOMPSON
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Johbing Promptly Attended to
81 Lewis st. Phone 1409-W
Is Your Stomach Made of
Galvanized Iron?

How long is your stomach able to
Withstand the onslaught OF vegetable
i|rritants?
Your heartburn and Indigestion
will not be cured by Pills, because
the cause.
Constipation with its attending
evils, loss Of appetite. indigestion
and headaches q be cor
rected and cured by the scientific
preparation KOREkTO, which 1.
absolutely harmless. containing no
Vegetable or Chemical irrttants and
is sold with the express understand
ing that if it does not relieve your
suffering after the third dose your
money will be cheerfully refunded.
Buy a Bottle Today at Our Risk
Distributed Nv
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
THE REFEREE

(By Albert Applet

Dodgers
Uncle Sam gets after the tax
dodgers and in mi year collects
more than 800 million dollars.
Many corporations thought that,
by hiring cunning bookkeepers,
they could evade taxes. They are
learning they guessed wrongly. At
that, the 800 million dollars is only
a fraction of what has been hidden
in the intricacies of complicated
books. Some corporations and indi-
viduals even keep a special set of
doctored books to show the tax man.
1t is one of the modern forms of
scientific stealing.
Nearly 40 years ago Comte de
Chardonnet. Frenchman. discovered
how to make artificial silk from
nitric acid and c~ellulose.
Today a textile man claims that a
third of the "silk' we wear is
synthetic, the artificial kind. Ones
as good as the otner on the aver
age, depending on the purpose.
What's happening in the silk in
dustry will happen fin other indus
tries. The chemist will rule the flu
ture, producing even synthetic foods
I your boy wants to study chemis-
tlSi bIItUhI d6S IllII 4lV1S . Al
greater field.
The new vaccine for flu tried out
at the Army Medical School in
Washington, seems effective" Pre-
lininary results look good, though
it's too early in the game to warrant
any enthusiasm.
However. a serum or some other
cure and preventive for flu event.
ually will be discovered by scien-
lists.
Then nature will send a new dis
ease. Always she keeps a certain
amount of competition that we must
fight. It's part of the survival Of
the fttest, also building up Jul
strength by making us struggle 0
existence.
Prosperity
Production Of pig iron in February
was larger than in any February OF
the past, reports the Iron Age trade
journal. Output was more than
during the corresponding month OF
the great boom of 1919.
Pig iron production has long
on tod as the barometer OF
general business activity. Months
,, prosperity seem to be ahead. II
there is any real danger 1T is over
production, some economists say.
But overproduction is an impossible
ity. The breakdown always comes
in the system of distribution.
Profits
Mrs. w. J. Crowder, in her
kitchen at Lynchburg, Va, was
peeling potatoes. Tucked into a
cash in one she found a note from
the farmer: IT got "a cents a
bushel. What did you give?"
Mrs. Crowder paid $40 a busllel.
"a cents illustrates why our farmers
are being reduced to d peasant class
also why consumers in cities n
the cost of living beyond their
There's a shortcut by which
most of the difference, So cents,
could be divided between farmer
and The shortcut must
be found.
Dancing
Scotland has forgotten the high
land fling and gone wild over the
fox trot. In the town of Ayr, Clrt
Houghton and Miss Edie Cole fox
trot over Is hours without stopping
Other Scotch lads and lassies envy
their record.
When you see dancers rhytllnli-
cally animated by music, the
thought suggests itself that the hui
man body is like a radio receiving
apparatus, yesterday tuned to war.
today to the milder emotions. Few
of us can tune" in on real thought
without static.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
National Pharmacy
Stores, Inc.

Smith st. and Madison Ave.
Perth Amhoya n. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

Q HIndenburS says france IS
wicked. Another Hindenburg line.
Windstorm which destroyed sew
eral southern towns was not caused
by returning congressman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

Won HlndenburS says France Is
wicked. Another Hindenburg line.
Windstorm which destroyed sew
eral southern towns was not caused
by returning congressman.
At last Dempsey will fight. But
il took a lot to make him mad.
The former Kaiser has a new
grandson and you can congratulate
the little boy or his nerye
April is coming. April is the
month that makes ducks happy.
Texas singer has broken into
grand opera because she is high
toned.
Pittsburgh Jail has a radio. Bet
weather reports and time signals
make the prisoners mad.
Porch swing and bicycle makers
hope gasoline does so to a dollar.
Babe Ruth is in trouble again. 1t
is q sure sign of spring.
Kentucky isn't what it once was.
1t took five to shoot a cop.
The national balloon race for 1928
has been called off; not, however.
from the scarcity OF hot air.
A Georgia farmer tells us his cat
tie have more ticks than a couple of
eight-day clocks.
The girls OF 1923 hardly has a
stitch on her back because most of
it is pinned on.
Too many of the trials of being a
movie actor are held i'll court.
The average wife il raising two
or three children and a husband.
You are not getting old until you
hate to wear a new suit.
'IIomc, Sweet Home was writ
rem 19a years ago, but If you are
away You can write i: every day.
The meanest boy in our neighbour
hood ticks a chocolate bar all over
so you won't ask him for any.
One thing worse than having a
job as a wife is beng a dressmaker
and always having sewing to do.
In the wilds Of Mexico they hunt
lions with autos, perhaps because
pedestrians are so scarce.
An alligator of the Cincinnati zoo
has lived 125 years without any ex-
cuse whatever.
Since a Philadelphia preacher says
there is no hell. maybe he> can tell
us what summe is as hot as.
People who have stopped at hotels
may be glad to learn a big has
burned in Pittsburgh.
Oklahoma I'M shot a neighbor
for listening in on the telephone, but
all OF Us can't do that
Serious shortage OF preachers is re-
porte in Montana. Greatest
preacher shortage is. in their
pockets.
The Chinese women may be ig-
,norant, but most OF them manage
20 get married before they reach
fifteen.
The turning point in a mans
career may be where the worm
turns.
Our kick against human nature
is it isn't always human.
-
Hope boiled ham and cabbage
never get a divorce.
A. ii. KOYEN
Dealer In All Kinds Of
Mason Materials. Sewer Pipes
Cement
IEIIIGH COAL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
Oueaions-Answer

Any reader car get ths answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederick j.. Haskin, Direo-
Tar. washington, D. C. This Offer ap-
plies strictly to Information. The
medicinal and financial troubles. IL
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhsus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and or'efly.
Give full name and address and sn'
close tive cents In stamps for return
postage. All epiiss as sent direc.
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21

The former kaiser has a new
grandson and you can congratulate
the little boy on his nerve.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
Bible Thought For Today

THE CHRISTIANS MISSION -Preach, saying, The
kingdom Of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils, freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew 1871, s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-21
PURIFY YOUR
SLUGGISH BLOOD

IN Winter you eat freely of rich,
heavy foods and do not get enough
- outdoor exercise. As a result, your
blood is impure and sluggish when
spring comes. You feel dull and
sleepy, have no energy or ambition,
and are easily tired. I
Don't drag yourself around in that
half alive way all the spring. Begin
today to take Guides Pepto-M angan.
the most widely used and effective OF
all spring tones. Your druggist has it.
In both liquid and tablet form.
Guides :
Tonic and Blood Eurichsys
-
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-12-12
John Rathom, Editor Of
Eastern Paper, Is Dead

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Dec. 12.-
John Revelstoke Rathom. editor of
the Providence Journal and Evening
Bulletin, died last night at the age
of Sc years. He was horn in Mel
bourne, Australia, and educated at
the Scotch College In Melbourne,
Whinham College at Adelaide and
Harrow. England.
In 1886 he was sent by the Mel
bourne Argus to Egypt and went to
Vancouver, B. C.. in 1889. He
later reported on the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, returned to Canada
and took a position on the Victoria
Colonist In 1892. Rathom became
editor of the Daily Astorian at As
toria, Ore, then was on several
newspapers in Portland, Oregon. He
went east and became associated as
editor of the Providence Journal. He
was elected director of the Asso-
ciated Press in 1917 and member
of the Executive Committee in 1919.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-12-12

Many important Alaskan matters
are reviewed and recommendations
made in the annual report of E.
Lester Jones, director, Coast and
Geodetic Survey, to the Secretary
of Commerce.
Surveys in Alaska
This bureau is constantly in re-
ceipt of a large volume of insistent
and urgent requests for detailed
surveys OF particular areas in all
parts of Alaska. This is natural
result OF the thousands of miles OF
coast line and the vast are varied
amount of natural resources which
are known to exist adjacent to wa
ter transportation in that Territory
resources which include such much.
needed products as crude oil, coal
timber for pulp paper. copper and
chrome deposits, marble, lumber. and
enormous quantities of food fishes.
In spite of the Bureaus activity
in Alaska throughout the past years,
extending to the limit the approp'