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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

congress conYenes, and meantime
mere IS a reported shortage of COM
mon labor in almost all lines from
the farms to the steel mills.
M%exicans May Solve Problems
1t is hard to determine just what
THIS shortage really amounts to. The
employers claim that they cannot
possibly get as much unskilled la
Dor as they need. On the other hand.
friends of labor say that II the em-
ployers would offer an adequate
wage, they could find men. The man
on the outside has a hard time get
ting at the truth of the matter. This
much may be asserted: for q quarter
OF a century the hard, unskilled work
OF this country has been done large
ly by immigrants for low wages.
while the native Americans have
mostly become skilled artisans. Now
the foreign supply of cheap labor
mas been greatly restricted, and SO
TAR nothing has been found to take
its place, unless the Mexicans prove
TO be a solution OF the problem.
To lhany an American reader of
the newspapers, il mist be a sur
prise to learn that tho Mexican la
borers who have been imported are
good and reliable wol kmen, The
newspaper reader must almost in
evitabiy have got the impression
that a Mexican is a man who loafs
whenever he is not staging a revolu-
ton, shooting at his latest president,
or numbering innocent American
concessionaires.
AS a matter of fact, the typical
Mexican is a peaceful fellow, of
good physique and intelligence, with
Il natural aptitude for mechanics,
The prevailing racial stock in Mex
leo is indian, and the North Amer
lean Indians are of much the same
stock from kamehatka to Yucatan.
L we import a few million MeXicans,
we will not be so much introducing
a new element into the population
mere az restoring an old one
Almost anyone who has employ
ed Mexicans will testify that the
Mexican workman is skilful and even
clever. He is far Iilelier and more
versatile than the stolid European
peasants we have been importing,
The trouble with HIM lie that he does
tot regard work as tho only object in
life. Let him get a little money a.
head n he is apt 10 quit and devote
himself 20 the pursuit of pleasure
and beauty until he is broke again.
This trait, which has much philoso-
{ hical justification, is hard for the
Yankee employer to appreciate.
But is is o than probable that the
Mexican will quickly lose it when he
gets into the great American indus
trial machine. In his own country.
where land is cheap, il is relatively
easy for him to make a living and
relatively hard to starve him out.
But in Pittsburgh, or Allentown his
c~pportunities for loafing will be few.
he merciless II. 6. l.. will eat up
his wages as fast as re makes them
He will become a good hustler, for
the same reason that so many of
the rest OF us are good hustlers,
which is that he who does not hus-
tie does not eat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

@. How long is the shadow of the
earth, and how wide Is it at the
distance of the moon? j. r.
A. The Navajo Observatory says the
cone-shaped shadow cast by the
Earth has a length of a million
miles: at a distance from the Earth
equal to that of the Moon, this sha-
dow has a diameter of six thousand
miles,
Q. How fast does food move
through the intestines? l.. O'C.
\. The normal rate of progress
after the food leaves the stomach is
about one inch a second. Altogether
there are about 16 square feet of alb
sorbing surface in the small intestine
and it is there that most of our nour-
ishment enters the blood or the
lymph.
Q. At what time do the cherry
trees bloom in Japan? X. f.
A. The brief period of their bios
soming is in April.
O.. What was Tabard Inn? j.. A.
A. 1t was an ! dIondon hostelry
made famous by Chaucer as the
meeting place of his pilgrims before
starting to Canterbury. 1t received
its name from its sign which was
tabard or sleeveless coat.
Q. How many kinds Of insects are
there? j. NJ. t.
A. It is impossible to say how
many kinds there are, but there are
as many as 100000 named species.
Q. DO grapes grow in many coun-
tries? j.. L. f.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

A. Native species of the grape NJ
found in nearly all parts OF the
world.
E. c {. no" large "'s p''S u''
A. The Emperor Penguin is the
largest species and may stand over
four feet high, and weigh nearly 100
pounds.
@. What is the Great schism? x.
S. G.
A. This term is usually applied to
the division between the Roman and
Greek churches, which began in the
ninth century.
@. Does the federal government
allow the public to use the national
forests for camping, hunting and
fishing? d. L. G.
A. The use of the national forests
by the public is encouraged by the1s
government. Certain regulation,
however, must be observed. These
deal almost entirely with precautionsA
against fire.
@. Who was the inventor of oxya-
cetylene welding? i. x.
A. The process of oxacetylene
Welding was first suggested by Le
Chatelier in France about 1895,
shortly after the production of cal
cium carbide in the electric furnace
and the first welding equipment for
factory use was introduced into the
United States from France in 1905.
Q. Why was Radcliffe College
given that name? Z. T.
A. The name was given in honor
OF Lady Mowlson, whose maiden
name was Anne Radcliffe. In 164S
she gave 100 pounds to Harvard, the
first gift made to the collC-e by a
oman
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

Did you ever find an old arrowhead or other Indian rellcy
in the woods or in a farm field turned up by the pillow? No)
childhood is complete without this thrill.
In the accompanying pen-picture, Artist Satterfeld shows
a boy finding an arrowhead. Imagination-which is strongly
developed in all children and which virtually disappears in
the maturity of most people-reconstructs the past for the
arrowhead finder. He pictures the plowed field when 1T was
a dense forest, alive with deer, wild turkeys and other game.
For days after, the lad will play Indian, longing for the
outdoor life of the savage. The boy would trade his marbles
or prize top for the secret locked up in the past-how the
arrowhead happened to fall where it did, whether shot at a
deer or man. 2
The life, of which that arrowhead was a part, is almostA
forgotten now though relatively few years have passed. Itx
makes you wonder, how long until our civilization will also
be forgotten.
The Indian who fashioned this arrowhead thought it was
a marvel. So it was, by his nGards. 1t seems crude to us,
with our high-power rifles that have replaced the arrowhead.
And the tools we use in our civilization will seem equally
crude to people of the future. Change is eternal. Our most
perfected devices are only in the first stage of development.
''see'' it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15
FINE SHOWING BY LOCAL TEAM

Perth Amboy has reason to feel proud Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
yolley ball team that went to Chicago last week to try out for the
International championship. That the local boys didIno bring
home the bacon is disappointing, to be sure, but there is nothing
10 be down-hearted about in the result.
Anyone who knows anything about yoIey ball can under
stand what condition the Amboy contingent was in by Saturday
night after playing ten games during the morning and afternoon.
In these ten games the local boys defeated their opponents, two
out of three, and qualified for the finals.
The boys have put Perth Amboy on the map. The team
from this city was the only sextette from the East that was in
the running at all. The other leaders were all from the Middle
West. This is real advertising for the city. It is talking Perth
<Amboy in a way to be heard in all parts Of the country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15
Oueaions-Answ

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing rhe Perth
Amboy Evening News information
Bureau Frederick J Haskin. Direc-
plies strictly to Information. The
medicinal and financial troubles II
does not attempt to settle sorest'c
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly ana BRIEFLY.
Give full name and address ans en-
close two cents IN stamps for rsturn
postage. All ep.lss ne sect direc.
TO the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15
stons Hacking Coneh

Had a hacking cough for years,
and Foley's Honey and Tar is the
only remedy that reached my
cough. 1 have not been troubled
with it since" writes Mrs. E. M.
Dolby, Asbury Park. N. ]. Cough,
Colds, Group, Throat, Chest aNe|
Bronchial trouble are quickly reliessy
edSwith Foley's Honey and Tar. Con-
tains no opiates-ingredients printed
on the wrapper. Largest selling
cough medicine in the World. Sold
everywhere.-Adv. p
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15
The Old Town
Street by Street-KnoW Your City
IngIe AYenne

Eagle avenue extends from AM
boy avenue and as yet it is without
improvements OF any kind. There
are no homes on this thoroughfare
at present. The street has been
partly graded but that is the only
Improvement that has been made
to date. The Park Commission In
tends to plant some beautiful shade
trees along this avenu and other
wise beautify this section of the
city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

Nothing makes us happier thar
seeing a shoe clerk buy a pair oil
shoes that hurt his feet.
Children are small people not al.
lowed to act like their parents die
at that age.
Wish wagons went past the milk
mans house every morning, waking
him an hour before time.
Fountain pens are long slender in.
struments you shake to spatter ink
all over creation.
What would be nicer than seeing
a landlords wife disgusted because
he won't paint their home?
A fat mar is a man so wide peo-
pie don't know whether to climb
over him or walk around him.
wouldn't it be fun to see a bar
Der shaving himself and arguing that
he didn't need a massage?
a fat girl Is a girl who has to
look in a shop window to see if her
SHOES need shlning
How would you like to see a cor
chasing himself because he swiped
a couple Of bananas?
A skinny man is a man whose ell
BOWS poke holes in his coat sleeves.
Nothing beats an old-fashioned
thunderstorm for finding things lost
under the bed.
No wonder Europe has such a
nara time. A tourist tells US they
are all foreigners over there.
Hope the weather man gets wet
when he says fair and it rains.
Chinese are much better at fleeing
than at fighting, even dressing with
shirt tails already out.
Wish all people practicing on cor
nets would move next door to all
people practieing on trombones.
DR.. Copeland says eat less sugar
and live longer. Sugar price boost
ers Will pose as b~enefactors.
Hope the laundryman's W shirts
get torn up in the wash.
Florida man who said he stole To
travel has gone on a long trim TO
the penitentiary.
The first of every month we al
ways hope Il postman has a mill
lion bills addressed to him.
In Washington. 195 quarts of booze
evidence are gone. Nobody knows
If it went before Congress.
Aviators may soon get so they can
go some place about as quick as they
can stay where they are.
- 7TTnxz
Springs evil is finding a way to
carry all the truck you had in vest
pockets last winter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15
Bible IT, hit Tor Today

- THE ROAD TO WANTING that oppresseth the poor
to increase his riches, and he that giyeth 10 the rich, shall surely
come to want-Proverbs % 16.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

Fountain pens are long slender in
struments you shake to spatter ink
all over creation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

Wish wagons went past the milk
mans house every morning, waking
him an hour before time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

What would be nicer than seeing
a landlords wife disguised because
he won't paint their home?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

Nothing makes US happier than
seeing a shoe clerk buy a pair of
shoes that hurt his feet.
Children are small people not al
lowed to act like their parents did
at that age.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-15

A fat man is a mar so wide peo-
pie don't know whether to climb
over him or walk around him.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
RADIO RAG

How you, Ashes? -
You have me kid, You have ms.
How about guessin a few %.
day? just three.
All right, shoot.
How do people who once par
yelled at electricity regard 4
now"
They make light of It." MS
Ha, ha, ha. I'm screaming. IS
Shut up, here's another: Why
is modern pretty girls dress
like ballad?" mtnl
ITS sweet and low"
Grab this: What's the differ
enoe between U and I?' aas
eleven letters in the alpha
bet"
Well, got to hand it to you.
you guessed EN- all.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
FIRST AID :

When travelling in a crowded
street car, a mans first concern
should be to his feet where they
will not be stepped on by the
other passengers. The best way
to do this is to suspend yourself
from the straps in the manner
of an African monkey doing Ms
daily dozen in the treetops. Then
you can. get a first mortgage -cfi
a vacant seat by simply dropping
into it. III
When middle-aged lady
stands beside you, it is, wise 70
become suddenly interested I'm
your newspaper. She win not say
anything to you until you OFFER
your seat to the flapper who gets
on at the next stop. Then she
will swear softly at you in San
skirt, but you can escape listen
ing to her remarks by leaving
the car and walking the rest of
80 =
the way home.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
REMEMBER
THE TINE
BY Jack Casey.
VERYBODY Waaf ains

IN VERYBoDY was singing
When you were sweet
- when you were sweet
SIXTEEN? And Indian sonks
got all the rage and bass singers
initiated the Big CHIEF when they
sang. And after that there waz
an epic OF cowboy songs which
always made you want to live On
a prairie and be lulled to sIssD
by the mournful bowls of coyotes.
which you couldn't pronounce
properly for years. and the mourf.
ing doves, which you thought
were morning doves.
You had a ride on the seat
with the driver of a hack and
knew for the first time how tie
driver of a circus wagon mist
feel perched UP so high. And
how wonderful the horses backs
looked to you and how fearful yer
was lest the hack bounce high
and you'd fall off y
- su.ss
Girls wore rats" in their ha1r.
Some were made of hair and some
wire. Yer dad fell over the lawn
mower in the cellar and gave SOd
a licking for leaving 1t with the
handle down. Men wore pins I'm
the knots of their tie instead OF
below EN- and women wore sat-
tenberg lace collars over their
coats.
- "a
Yer'd lose a penny through the
cracks of a wooden walk and
work for hours trying to get lit
out with sticks and table knives
and such and finally muster q
gang to. lift the walk and turn 1t
over. And how strange it looked
underneath; young blades of grass
almost white in color, squirfny
bugs and crawling things, ard
sometimes yer'd find another
penny that had not been re-
covered.
- -
A college man who liked tlle
girls was called a "fusser" and if
he went with one he was said 20
be rushing her" Girls were
guimpes and hardly anybody
knew how to spell the wordssse
REMEMBERS?
I'll, say YER DO. asoe
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
Careers.

sen Barlow's parents thought
that he
should study for the ministry.
While for his counsin Philip Pope.
he Cnurchmen had but little
hope;
But tickle Fortunes msxi,
hands
Have strangely changed tho.
early plans;
Fnlf s name the list of preachers
tops,
WINE Zen is wanted by the cons
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
WE WONDER

If the same man who nannEs
the Pullman cars names the. col
lars.
If a prison pen Is as bad as p
postoffice pen. $50
=-x-
How a bass drummer can fall
asleep on the job.
-s-
If 1t wouldn't be clever to pay
our income tax in counterfeit
money.
If natives of Alaska tip their
hats out Of doors.
If reformists wouldn't like -
stop locomotives from smoking.
First-Hand knowledge.
Hal-Do you remember thar
fellow Briggs who used to. live
here? 1s
Valves, he was the chap who
wanted to study prison conditions
with a view to reforming them
Hal-Whatever happened to
him? SSS
Val-He got sentenced to ten
days in Jail for speeding.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
FLAPS FROM A
Z -. "
FLAPPER
By Flossie Flapper.

y - AON0NC4S - ASSR
- SEE that certain self-inspired
persons are now starting out
with fervor and indignation
to reform the flappers. Heaven
help us.
I haven't much use for girl
that has to be sentenced to stay
home nights.
We've had an efficiency expert
around the works for several days
I'll bet he'll make a lot or wise
jabs that will ball things up ana
run into money.
This CUFF about the gapolness
Of women gives me a pain. IL
Is a fiction that has been stand
ardized by the jokesmiths ana
seems likely to hang on forever
Take a look at Congress or a
mems convention and have a
real laugh.
The boss seems to be convalssc-
ing from his attack of income
tax.
Everybody says that / am re-
snonsible for Wally buying that
used carA-reconditioned, newly
painted, in fine mechanical con-
dition and practically brand.new.
No such thing. knew nothing
about it until he rolls-roughed UP
In : it.
When you try to kiss a flap
per, very often she becomes a
slapper.
You generally use a leash for a.
dog; for a man you don't need
one.
There was a time, under
stand, when fainting was q social
accomplishment Goodness gra-
cious!
You must admit that the flap
per at least has enough backbone
to stand UP for her rights and
her personal attractions. A whole
lot of them have failed to fall for
the hobbIe skirt.
The guy who said that chick
ems come home to roost had 1t
right. That's about the only. time
many of them do come home.
Plenty of the girls think that
the boss is a crank. But what
would they think of a boss that
told funny stories around the
office?
Some folks get terribly shocked
because the modern girl is such
. live wire.
The good old red Indian had
more pep, when he painted his
face. So do we.
The strains of Mendelssohn's
don't appeal to me yet. Flat life
IL flat life all right.
Adam may have had a tough
time. But Eve had her troubles.
TIL venture to say.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
Wisdom at I.astt

Il see Ghray is making great
strides as humerist."
4es-at last he's taking his
work seriously
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
So Generous.

He's always paying compliments
He paid me one to-day.
Unfortunately, however,
That's all that he does pay!
The Washington times., 1923-05-08
FIGURE IT UP

A statistictan says there were
$1,000 200 accidents last year, but
this does not include the two
cases where a plumber remem-
bered to bring his tools with him.
The reason why so m any
women stutter is that they try
to, learn their neighbors' affairs
and tell all about their own at
the same time.
The Lucy Stone League has
again launched protest against
married women taking their hus-
bands n a mes. Just taking the
names isn't so bad, but the
trouble is that some women not
only take it but completely ruin
it.
women never have any trouble
@nout their husbands staying out
all night in Greenland. Each
night is six months long.
One Chicago business man
got SO tired Of having his stenog-
rapher report late for wor,r
every morning that he bought
her, pair of silk stockings with
clocks on them.
~~"%I
shylock went to great limits
70 get a pound Of flesh, but some
OF the stout women herea bouts
would do even more to get rid
Of it.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

I haven't much use for giri
that has to be sentenced to stay
home nights.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

The good old red Indian had
more pep, when he painted his
face. So do we
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

We've had an efficiency expert
around the works for several days
Til bet he'll make a lot OF wise
jabs that will ball things up and
run into money.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

The boss seems to be convalssc'
ing from his attack of income
tax.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

The strains of Mendelssohn's
don't appeal to me yet. Flat life
IL flat life all right.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

The guy who said that chick
ems come home to roost had it
right. That's about the only time
many of them do come home.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

This CUFF about the gabDiness
of women gives me a pain. 1t
is a fiction that has been stand
ardised by the jokesmiths and
seems likely to hang on forever.
Take look at Congress or a
mems convention and have
real laugh.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

You generally use. a leash for a
dog; for man you don't need
one.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

When you try to kiss a flap
per, very often she becomes a
slapper.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

- SEE that certain self-insplreo
persons are now starting out
with fervor and indignation
to reform the flappers. Heaven
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

There was time, / under.
stand, when fainting was q social
accomplishment. Goodness gra-
cious!
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

Some folks get terribly shocked
because the modern girl is such
. live wire.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

You must admit that the flap
per at least has enough backbone
to stand UP for her rights and
her personal attractions. A whole
lot of them have failed to fall for
the hobbIe skirt.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

Plenty of the girls think that
the boss is a crank. But what
would they think of a boss that
told funny stories around the
office?
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

Adam may have had a tough
time. But Eve had her troubles,
TIL venture to say.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

Everybody says that / am re-
sponsible for Wally buying that
used carAreconditioned, newly
painted, in fine mechanical con-
dition and practically brand.new.
No such thing. 1 knew nothing
about it until he rolls-roughed UP
In it.
The Washington times., 1923-05-08

REMEMBER!
I'LL SAY YER DO.
Evening star., 1923-09-26
REPORTERS TN RIOT
BY RADIO OCTOBER IA
Program of Deadline Club Is to
Have Burlesque of Cabinet
Meeting

The Deadline Club of Washington
newspaper reporters will make its
debut to the radio world on October IA
with radio riot" to be broadcast by
WRC, the Radio Corporation of America
station at I4th street and Park road
northwest. The entire program will be
presented by members Of the club who
have talents along lines other than
writing.
The salient feature of the. radio
riot Will be burlesque on a cabinet
meeting in the White Mouse. Every
topic, of national and international
Importance will be touched upon in
facettous vein by the reporters. An
interview with the cabinet mem
bers" by corps of newspaper men
ater the meeting will give the in
visible radio audience conception Of
the rapidIty with which the reporters
nre questions at the government de-
partment heads after a meeting with
the President ~ ~
There will be number of musical
seiections on the program. John
Haverty and his Deadline Club Or
chestra wfll play several jazz selec-
lions; Howard P. Bailey. The Even
ing Stars bass soloist, will sing
three old time favorites. and John
Muskiller Will play several selections
on the piano. Other features will in
ciude a humorous story on THE
Great Cocaine Mystery at the Wash
ington Monument In. 1889" by James
Ring. and bedtime story by Lester
Inskeep. The Deadline Club COM
munfty chorus also will take an i'm
portant part In the radio riot"