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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
YOUR JOB

i. Collie Chandler is an engineer on the Illinois Central. He
drives locomotive No. 1857. When he comes in from a run,
Cole always fingers around the shops until No. 1167 is in
spected and groomed for her next trip.
When repairs are needed, Cole can't be driven out of the
Cairo shop with a shotgun. The story goes that he hangs
around, watching the shopmen as anxiously as a mother hen
with her chicks. When repairs involve an overnight job, Cole
sleeps in the roundhouse within call.
All this isn't surprising, if you know anything about the
average locomotive engineer and his loyalty to his job.
Collie Chandler starts us thinking about the generally
accepted notion that the average person works reluctantly
and quits with a shout when the whistle blows.
Sometimes we all act that way. But the trouble is with
our nerves rather than a desire to put miles between our
selves and our jobs.
For instance, a real dyedin-the-wool newspaperman never
reads the papers as eagerly as when he is on a vacation. As
The were afraid that he might miss being in on a big job of
reporting.
Work is like an old horse or an auto that has nearly served
its day. The driver gets irritable at times and cusses and
fumes. But just let an outsider start criticizing, and you
quickly learn what the owner really thinks of his steed.
The owner of the most shot-to-pieces flivyer is ever eager to
boast about what it can still do.
So with our jobs, drat them. We hate and love them in
the same breath. Ask the man returned from vacation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
CARS TO RUN END NOT YET

The public welcomes the announcements by the Public Service
railway officials that trolley service will be resumed next week,
probably on Monday. Just what the solution to the problem will
be no one outside the official circle of Public Service seems to
know, but the edct of the court is going to be obeyed.
After all, this is the one big feature. There has been a ten
dency on the part Of Public Service to set itself up as being bigger
than the state. It has defed state authority with impunity, and,
as for municipal authority, it is the same as if it did not exist. At
last the court steps in, and we learn that, after all, the state is
still supreme.
It is evident, however, from the statement made today by
President McCarter, of Public Service, that an effort will be made
Ito increase the fare to ten cents. The strike has lasted long
enough, Public Service seems to think, to prove to the people that
the trolleys cannot continue to operate in the face of bus competi-
ton at the present fare. The fact that the trolleys have been
found to be indispensable is also counted on by Public Service
to aid it in securing an adequate return to operate. Cars may be
running by Monday, but the end Of the matter is not yet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
1L6
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WOKQ

LOS ANGELES. Sept. i9:-Broad-
way, main artery for residents and
tourists alike, is a guage of the life
that flows through Los Angeles.
These days it's like n vegetable gar
den.
For instance, every shade of cab
bage appears in the women's dresses.
Tomato is a ~favorite color. Lemon
Is an emissary from the citrus king
dom. Heliotrope and orchid speak a
word for the flowers.
But vegetables tones rule. The
dark, rudy complexion of the ripen-
ed beet the dlssonant emphasis OF
carrots, greens attuned TO the dusty
dry of vegetable stems long standing
III the field.
The vegetables crowd the side
walk, ready to be shunted into the
picture shows, soda fountains. de-
partment stores. Only an occasional
man, lige a black beetle among the
pods, stalks through the press.
+
1t was u at the United Studios.
They were shooting stills for DON
aid Crisp's new picture, "Ponjola."
The lot was cluttered with English
men.
Whats it all about?" asked a
newspaper man.
CRISP was a Boer War captain
explained. the assistant director.
But there isn't a man in that bunch
of extras below the rank of major.
oh, yesl Those two young fellows
on the end are lieutenants. But
they're of noble blood"
You mean those extras are of the
English nobility"
Sure. Every last man-except
that old guy with whiskers. He's
Kommandt H. DeRoy. He fought
on the other side in the Boer War.
General of the Free State Army"
Who's the first in liner"
That's Major Charles Talbot,
r. G. A, Earl Of Glendora. Next
guy. Lieutenant Colonel Fenwick
Oliver, Indian Army. And SO on,
down the line. All ruined by the
war. All working as extras. Glad
to get the seven-f1fty a day."
There are more artists and would
be artists in southern California than
any other spot this side of the Quar-
tier Latin.
For example, the Pasadena Com
munity Players. This volunteer
group have been giving Los Angeles
and environs European plays which
never would have been presented as
boxoff1ce attractions.
Recently the group put a fitting
climax to the summers efforts by
picking up August Strindberg's
Lucky Pehr."
1t was a happy choice. Strindberg
gives us life in allopathic doses. Life
as it is, propped on vain ambitions,
gnawed by worms of disillusion.
The very imperfections of the pro-
duction seemed to fit the picture,
They typified the fragmentary, i'm
perfect thing life is-even at its best,
and the occasional flashes of real
beauty and earnestness typified the
great moments life holds,-even al
its worst.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
HASKIN TELLS OF DAMAGE DONE
BY THE JAPANESE BEETLE

tried, not one has been found
which apparently killed a sin
gle beetle. The government con
tinues its experiments In the hope
of finding some subtly disguised
poison which will do the trick but,
to date, the results have been dis
appointing.
Dislikcs Anything White
1t has been learned that the Jap
anese beetle dislikes anything white
in color. 1t appears to be the color
rather than anything poisonous
which repels. White but non-poi-
sonous paints will drive the beetle
away from trees. Lead and arsenic
sprays will drive the beetles from
the foliage of a tree but as soon as
the mixture is washed off by the
rains, back ZONES the beetles again.
The beetle lays about ninety eggs
during the summer, deposoting
them in damp ground. During the
winter they work down below the
surface four or five inches and in
the spring turn to grubs OF worms.
In the spring they come forth as
flying beetles destroying all foliage
in their path during a life of about
two months.
The state of Pennsylvania is
dWdktIllHB 10 lIS udLSSL VI IhC
spread of the pest. Thirty thousand
dollars has been appropriated to
study the insect and this probably
will be increased at the nex session
of the legislature. The federal gov
eminent spends far in excess of this
sum. Fortunately the Japanese
beetle, unlike the locust and cater
pillar and other insect ravages IS a
very slow traveller. 1t loves only
about five miles a year, but the
movement is equal in all directions,
like the ripples r%eceding from the
spot where a pebble is thrown into a
pool.
At first the farmers of New Jersey
were not much concerned about the
bright little bug but 10Y they are
becoming alarmed, and are anxious
to see the invader defeated. The
federal government feels worried
about the insect, especially since
the experience with the chestnut
blight. Scarcely a chestnut forest
remains alive as the result of the
devastation of that mysterious
blight. Fortunately it attacked but
one variety of vegetation. Here is a
beetle which attacks almost every
thing save the pine and fir. It's
particular menac lies in the fact
that it devours the food crops. We
can do without chestnuts. We are
putting UP with the acute short
age of bananas everywhere pro-
claimed. But how about potatoes
and beans?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
THE REFEREE
Prodigy
tBy Albert AppIe)

rOdlS
A nine-year-old girl prodigy is so
highly educated that an intelligence
test shows she is qualified to be a
high school teacher. She is Eliza
beth Benson of Los Angeles. In an
all-round way she probably is the
brightest" youngster OF her age in
the world.
But If she lives 200 years from
now her mentality would not be
above normal. Average intelligence
advances rapidly. The average boy
radio bug of 1928 knows more about
science than Abraham Lincoln knew
when he died. He doesn't have Lin
coins wisdom. knowledge and wis
dom are separate and distinct things.
Ford
Net profits of the Ford Motor co.
recently have been at a rate of 1O2
million dollars a year. according to
The LATEST Ford financial statement.
To sCye you the bother of figuring
1t out; 1862 mit:on dollars represents
6 per cent a year interest on 2700
million dollars. which is not far from
three billions.
This gives you a rather staggering
picture of the amount of none in
the Ford camp. Six per cent inter-
est, you know, is about as much as
the average rich man can get, with
absolute safety. At least, it satisfies
most of them barring the profiteers.
Goodwill
Ford Motor Co., in listing its as
sets, values its goodwill" at about
81 million dollars. AS you know, the
goodwill" of a business is an in
knN1xfh1o -. irT,fefH1o arcok .1ArNcaAk
ing its reputation and the value its
name has acquired through adver-
Using.
1t would, of course, take at least
a billion dollars to duplicate the one
item IF the cumulative advertising
value Of the Ford name. How muc
is your W goodwill" worth? You
know when you try to borrow to the
limit.
Ford is the greatest advertising
genius that ever lived. His unique
ingenuity gets him millions of dol
lars worth Of free advertising n year.
Cycles
Japan Is not apt to have another
revere earthquake for 80 years. says
DR.. Chester A. Reeves, expert geo j.
gist of American Museum of Nat
ural History. He finds that quakes
come in cycles. That is, they are apt
to repeat at certain intervals of time.
This principle Of the cycle oper-
ates all through u lives. For in
stance, prices reach about the same
high peaks every so years.
Farmers
Exports of foodstuffs of all kinds
from our country were valued at
979 million dollars in the IL months
ended June 80.
This compares with the 1911-1913
average of 435 million dollars a
year. So the money value Of food
exports is mere thai, twice as much
now as before the war. But what the
exporter gets is an entirely different
matter from what the farmer (pro-
ducer) gets. Higher freight rates to
seaboard, among many other things,
help absorb the gain.
Superstition
All rats left the ship Abner Co.
burn before she sailed from Seattle
to the Alaskan fishing grounds. An
old-time sailor would have said the
ship was doomed. But the Abner
Coburn made her trip north and re-
turned to Seattle safely. That's the
way with most superstitions when
we put them to the test.
However, superstition is based on
precedent-on the law of averages
and It does no harm to keep n eye
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
SMILES
By TOM SIMS

Autumn styles are here. One sea-
sonia woman's waist chokes her and
the mex 1t trips her.
Fashion demands slim people. Fat
ones can reduce by talking to people
who make them sick.
Men are wearing clicked socks
again. Better get good quality or
the clocks may run.
Footballs back. 1t is nice train
ing for the rough basketball games
which will come later.
Half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives, which is what
worries it half the time.
Men who would raise cain il they
found a hair in the gravy enjoy
dancing cheek to cheek.
Wonder IL a divorce ever resulted
from a man finding some other
mans hair on his rolling pin?
Doctors say we eat too fast. Most
of us do. We try to keep u food
down by boiling it.
A model husband is one who is as
nice to his wife in private as he is
in public.
The apple crop is good and many
a farmer is loafing because his cider
is working for him.
Don't call a friend stingy just be-
cause he is saving up the first pay
ment on a lump of coal.
These are stirring times. And you
must keep stirring if you expect to
have any time at all.
Your face may be your fortune,
but a burglars face is his misfor-
tune If it draws legal interest.
The only universal uplift move
ment is lifting up the eyebrows at
the uplift movements.
Political and talking machines diff
fer slightly. You must keep paying
on a political machine.
Poor little unlucky movie stars,
several of them haven't been mar
ried since last week.
1t is hard to be cheerful at break
fast when your face looks as II it
has been slept in.
Tuition in the school of experience
is all you have and then some.
Talking doesn't seem to have the
least effect on a double chin.
Popular songs could be worse.
No song is as bad as its parodies.
A loud hat will not keep your
brain awake.
A ham actor gets egged on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
YOUR HEALTH
BY DR.. CLIFFORD c. ROBINSON
BREAD AND MEAr As Foon

Both children and adults eat too
much meat. Meats food value Ia
well established, but although il
contains more fat than bread, car
bohydrates and minerals are practi-
eally lacking from it.
Bread has been termed the staff OF
life, and in many countries where
meat is not obtainable or used as
food, bread or-its equivalent in the
starch and sugar group (carbohy-
drates) is just that. In such coun-
tries the fats are furnished chiefly
by oils.
The relative value of these two
foods as builders of energy, strength
and blood, OF working power, is OF
great Importance to all workers as
well as laymen in all classes.
White bread is one of our chief
foods in America. AS it comes from
the miller, with some of its nutritive
value taken out by milling its COM
position in each 100 parts is IL parts
mineral matter, 1.3 parts of fat, 81
parts of protein, 35.3 parts of water,
53.1 parts of carbohydrates.
Bread has a fuel value of 1915
calories per pound.
Ordinary round steak contains
about 8.4 parts of unedible material,
liz parts of mineral matter, no car
bo~hydrates, 9.3 parts of fat, 1873
parts of protein, 62.5 parts of water,
and has a fuel value of 745 Galleries
per pound.
The quantity of protein in meat
heterogeneous and albuminous parts
of food) is nearly twice as great as
that of bread. This is the building
material of the body. However, a
half pound Of bread will furnish
enough protein for the necessary re-
quirements of the hard working
man for a day.
Careful experiments, have deter
mined that the protein of Bread
milk, potatoes or meat have practi-
cally the same food value.
Thus, taking all food elements
into consideration, bread is more
valuable as a builder than meat. II
contains more lime and mineral ele-
ments that are strong in bone build
ing, a most important nutritive es-
sential. A person, either child or
adult, may be we'll sustained on
bread without meat, but not on meat
without bread or it's equivalent food
in the starch group.
Some meat onc a day Is essential
but undoubtedly most people eat too
much.
In youth meat is more essential
than in middle age. Old age requires
little or none, a vegetable diet being
fully sustaining.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. Has an American-born wo-
mar married to a foreigner, the right
to vote ?-Q.S.L.
A. 1t depends upon the date of
marriage. If she was married before
September %; 1922, she lost her
United States citizenship but If she
was married after that date she re-
tains her citizenship and is entitled to
vote.
Q. How tall is the tallest giraffe?
A. Specimens of the giraffe have
been noted the heads of which were
IS feet from the ground.
@. What are the five largest rail-
road centers in the United States? P
G.E.B.
A. AS railroad centers, the cities
at the top of the list are: Chicago,
New York City, Boston, st. Louis
and Indianapolis.
@. When was anthracite coal first
used in this country?-J.T.G.
A. 1t is said that anthracite was
| sent from near Sunbury, Pa, to
Carlisle, Pa, and used by soldiers
stationed there during the Revolu-
tionary War, but this is not anthem
tic. Pennsylvania anthracite was
first used commercially in 1912 when
it was successfully burned in a heat
ing furnace by the Fairmont Nail
and Wire Works near Philadelphia.
1t was first used in a blast furnace
by the Lehigh Crane Iron Company
in 1898. Anthracite was first burn
ed in an open CRATE by Judge Pell
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, about
1900.
Q. What is the origin of the use
of trophy cups ?-J.J.S.
A. Trophy cups as used at the
present time are a survival of the old
loving cups used in w~assatling in
, the Middle Ages. 1t was customary
for the company to drink from the
same cup in turn. Its s in con-
| n~ection with sport is probably large
ly due to the fact that these cups
signify good will.
O. What substance can be put
away with tools to keep them from
rusting ?-G.L.M.
A. Calcium-chloride, II placed in
a drawer containing metal, will pre-
vent rusting.
Q. How much feed would It take
to fatten a carload of cattle P
1. 7. l.. Med.
A. The Department of Agricul-
III says NAlaL OAlO 49,
hundred bushels of corn, 10 tons
of alfalfa hay, and 5 tons of straw
will fatten twenty steers averaging
$50 pounds making them gain 1876
pounds each in $50 days. This is
an average carload. Four hundred
and fifty bushels of corn and 1850
pounds of tankage or fish meal will
fatten 70 hogs averaging 100 pounds,
to 200 pounds, making one carload.
@. Is Alma Gluck, the singer, a
native American ?-J.C.D.
A. Alma Gluck was horn in
Bucharest in 1886, but was brought
to this country in 1889, and received
all her education and training here.
@. Who invented the telephone
transmitter now used ?-D. WI.
A. Emile Berliner is credited
with it's invention.
@. Why can stars be seen from a
well or mine shaft during the day
time ?-H.S.H. McC.
A. The stars are not visible dur
ing the day because the superior light
of the sun and its reflected rays from
objects on the earth is Sc strong
as to obliterate the tiny rays from
stars so that they make no impress
sion on the retina of the eye. AT
the bottom of a shaft or very tall
chimney where no light enters and
open. The idea about it being UNI
lucky to walk under a ladder prob
ably originated with a painter drop
ping his can If paint on a pedes-
trian.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
PERTH AMBoY STILL LAGs

Report after report is now coming in from different cities
showing that they have all passed their quota for the Japanese
relief. Perth Amboy still lags woefully. A dollar for every family
in the city would put Perth Amboy across handsomely. A great
many have given more than a dollar. There is not a family in
Perth Amboy in these prosperous times, that cannot afford at
least a dollar for the sufferers of Japan. 1t is a reflection on the
city-and that means each individual living here-if this quota is
not raised. The time is short; why not give that dollar9
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
AT H WHEEL

Slow eye movements are the cause of many automoant acct
dents. A fraction Of a second may mean life or death to the mo-
torist, says an Illinois scientist. Also to the pedestrian.
Slow hand movements ON the steering wheel, slow foot move
ments on the brake, slow thought in consideration Of the rights of
others are also c~hargeable with many accidents. The traffic con-
ditions require alertness Of mind and body, and every man, wheth-
er pedestrian or motorist, in his own best lfesaver.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
THEOLDTOWN
.treet by Street-Know Your City
sherman Street

sherman street, laid out in 1905
by f. L. Antisell, extends from Pater-
street north to Market street.
The street although well built up,
has not been paved and has no curb
ing. There are a few private side
1t was named after General
Sherman, who led the Union forces
in their march to the sea-, through
the south land, during the civil war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19

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. c. This offsr
applies strictly to information. The
bureau will not attempt to answer
medicinal n financial troubles. II
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 and address ana en-
close W cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19

Electrically heated mirrors, screens
and hangings for theaters
been designed, some produce
ing temperature from 75' to 1867.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19

In Southern Europe an effort Is
made to avert hail storms by bonn
harding the clouds with cannon
shaped like huge tunnels.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19

the direct rays of sunlight are cut
off, h retina registers the rays from
the stars and hence they become
visible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19
Bible Thought For Today

VERY GooD:-And God saw every thing that he had
made. and behold it was very good-Genesis 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-19

open. The idea about 1t being I'M
lucky to walk under a ladder prob
ably originated with a painter drop
ping his can Of paint on a pedes-
trian.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-30

acacia and pepper trees The veEo-
iatlon. long untrimmed. has given the
burial ground a torlorn but still
beautiful appearance.
II was tho custom 10 bury the
jewels and personal belongings OF
the dead in early California. and the
graveyard. containing the remains OF
hundreds Of the wealthy old Spanish
families. has become tho treasure
trovs for ghouls Authorities. who
were notified recently o. the robbery
Of the grave OF a scnori,a. member
Of the old pominguex family. have
bent every effort 10 Jail tho pcrpe-
traitors OF the grisly rohhorioa. but 80
far their efforts have been unavall.
Ing.
SO many OF the graves were
opened and robbed that the Spanish
colony appropriated a sum OF money
70 employ a night Waterman. A
oheekup revealed 50 graves have been
opened IN tho past 20 years and old
residents estimate the loot stolen at
5000. 900.
The graveyard contains 1000 dead.
all OF whom were more or less prom.
lneut during the Spanish regime In
California.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-30
AIR CONCERTS
TIE UP PHONES
Use Party Lines to Relay
Radio Programs

BOSTON. March so.-Ths use q
party line telephones 10 relay radio
concerts to those who have no radios
o. their own IL a problem which has
confronted the telephone companies
since the advent OF the wireless teie-
phone.
This was revealed when the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Co,
notified Is subscribers that excessive
use Of telephones would be sufficient
cause for disseminating service.
A common telephone call IN those
radio days. ono official said. runs
something like thiss
Hello, Mary. Freddie Il getting a
grand concert on his radio-want %
listen IN Tor a while -
-Surc. Alice. walt until ! get a
chair and make myself comfortable. -
And 20 Mary. continued the off,
cial, her phone on three party line,
sits down and listens In while her
friends az the other end o. tho wirc
move their phone closer 10 the radio
transmitter. Mary hears perfectly
but
In the meantime other subscribers
on both Mary's and Ailoe's lines walt
patiently, their calls delayed. import
ant as they may be. until Mary Eetr
tired or until Freddie announces
that there Is too much static. y
which interfurcs with tic otherwise
gorgeous" concert, and Mary hangs
up"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-30

He wrote tho nr~ler narcotic IA =
and lohblrd for its passage iie
spoke before tho legislature and 70
ioloed when Gov Louis Hart signed
INV bill he prosecuted the rret ar.
rest under tho law and obtained a
conviction IN record time
lie n Chester A. Iatchclor. deputy
prosecuting aitofney. and ono Of
tho states leading experts In mar
eotlc cases.
Floyd y. Mills. n pastyrRced
youth. with glasses. who resembles
cartoon portraits OF the students Of
tho Latin quarter or Greenwich vi.
lage. has tho unfortunate distinc.
ton Of being the first narcotic user
10 bo convicted under the new
Dceler narcotic law.
The law wan passed ~ tho leEis.
laiure early In tho tosaion. II
became a law March when Gov.
Louis Hart affixed his signature 10
the hill Mills was arrested two
days later IN a Scattis apartment
house with 1859 grains OF cocaine