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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28
The Old Town
Street by Street--KnoM Your CITY
Front Street

Front Street
Front street extends along the
water front from Gordon north to
Fayette stree and from Commerce
to Washington street. 1t was one of
the first streets to be laid out in
the city. The street is lined with
factories and docks and is purely
an Industrial street, although there
are a few houses in the section neal
Gordon street. The street is paved
from Gordon to Smith street and
from Smith to Fayette street. The
balance of the street is not improy-
ed. Some years ago the street extern
ded completely along the water
front, however, a block of the street
was taken over by the Roessler &
Hasslaeher Chemical Company, thus
causing a break in the thorough
ia ire.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28
Ouestions-Answ

Any reader car get the answer to
any question by writing rhe Perth
Amboy Evening News information
Bureau Frederick j.. Haskin. Dirsc-
tor, Washington. D. G. This offer .
piles strictly to Information. Ths
medicinal and 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 II az
close two cents In stamps for rsturn
postage. All epiles 10 seat direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

Save time in shopping--savs money in
buying--through the little Merchandise
ads in the Classified Section.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28


A fine way to ruin an old hat is to
buy a new hat.
Statistics show very little unem-
ployment. This is great news for
June college graduates.
Texas wind which carried a
try store to town may have been one
of these trade winds.
Some neighbors will take any
thing except a hint.
Artificial bait may not catch FISH,
but it catches fishermen.
Burn spring cleaning rubbish. Do
not sell it to cigar makers.
They call 1t strawberry shortcake
because it doesn't last long.
Time for prophiteers to predict a
small cantalope crop.
What's worse than a one-armed
man trying to tell about how big a
fish got away?
About the most popular person on
earth is a sleepy chaperone.
Many an amateur gardener grows
I nothing but disguised.
,,A 1A-, oA 4h1 ha1
team which ranks the lowest is the
rankest ball team.
Pretty soon farmers will be plan
ming picnics to make it rain.
About all some OF our citizens join
In at church is the singing.
1t is nice for colleges to teach
everything, but graduates shouldn't
think they know everything.
A mans affections are never
stolen when kept where they belong.
Some of these spring autoists
think a train should take to the
woods when it sees them coming.
When a man THINKS ne mas louno
a jewel he gives her me-.
1t is all right to hit a fly when ne
is down.
These one-man straw tops the
men are wearing need two men tc
handle them IN a windy day.
When two young people get theii
heads together they are dancing.
Talk may be cheap, but cheal
things don't pay.
All golfers MAJ be liars, but al
liars are not golfers.
Fine feathers make sad bird
when the bills come in.
II necessity is the mother of in
yention, laziness is its uncle.
wouldn't it be funny il everybod
believed everybody?
Nothing makes you see things !
a different light like a full MOON
The world gets better. You sci
dom hear a ukulele now.
"Love and let love" seem to b
the spring motto.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

Statistics show very little unem-
ployment. This is great news for
June college graduates.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28
Bible Thought For Today

GODS WORD STANDS;-The grass withereth, the flow
err fadsth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever
Isaiah 40;s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

Texas wind which carried a coun.
try store to town may have been one
of these trade winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

Some neighbors will take any
thing except a hint.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

May flowers bring June weddings.
A fine way to ruin an old hat is to
buy a new hat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-28

Artificial bait may not catch fish,
but it catches fishermen.
Evening star., 1923-03-27
:POL|T|C|ANSAG0G
! At WILSON ACTION
: Urging of Governor to Name
. Friend for Nicholson Seat
= Stirs Comment.

Former President Wilson has set
" the politicians agQG by his letter TO
Gov Sweet OF Colorado. suggesting
the appointment of Huston Thomp-
son to the vacancy in the Senate
occasioned by the death OF Senator
Nicholson. Mr.. Wilson has In sew
eral instances thrown the weight OF
% lis personal influence in the scales
for or against the candidacy of men
for elective offices. with varying sue
o cess. but this is the first time he
has essayed to sway the appoint
-ment of 4 man to office.
The, first reaction Of political
:" thought upon the current incident
o is that M Wilson is ca carrying yita out 9sd
recently by his close friends. that
Srhe former chief executive would be
= round taking. increasing interest In
the politics of his party to the eN-
tent of advice and counsel, though
not by speechmaking.
Backed Two Winners.
The first case in which Mr.. Wilson
succeeded in defeating a candidate
for office was when he was Presl-
sdent. He opposed the denomination
of James L. Slayden. long time q
representative in Congress from
% Texas. President Wilson favored the
domination of Carlos Bee, brother
in-law of Postmaster General Bur
Lesson, and Bee was nominated.
. Mr.. Wilson vigorously opposed the
candidacy of Senator James X Narda-
man Of Mississippi for denomination
and Vardaman was defeated
- Mr.. Wilson, in the last campaign, op-
posed the denomination of Senator Reed
"of Missouri. urging instead the selection
of his friend Breckenridge Long. who
phad been third assistant secretary OF
State during his administration, but
Senator Reed was renominated and re-
elected.
Mr.. Thompson, Mr.. Wilson's choice
for the vacant Senate seat, is now a
member OF the Federal Trade Commits
sion, to which he was appointed by
President Wilson. They are old friends
. and closely associated in politics. Mr.
Thompson was the founder of the ffrs
9 ''Wilson-for-P President" Club in Colo
rado. At the democratic national con
e. ventfon in San Francisco he was closely
n touch with President Wilson anC
was regarded az one of his spollesmen
The death Of Senator Nicholson, by
reducing the republican strength IN tht
Senate will enhance the power Of tht
radical bloc in that body and give then
an additional democrat with whom the!
may combine to discomfit the majority
Evening star., 1923-03-27
POLICE CAR IN CRASH.
Collides With Street Car in Trying
to Avoid Hitting Man.

In an effort to prevent running
down Benjamin f. Bennett, negro.
tweuty-one years old. OF 1430 )
street who was running TO catch a
car at 7th street and Florida avenue
last night. the eighth precinct patrol
automobile operated by X. P. Green
low swung into a Capital Traction
street car standing on the west
bound track on Florida avenue at
Tth street.
Bennett was grazed by the right
front fender of the patrol and fell
TO the street, receiving slight
bruise on the head. He was taken TO
Freedmens Hospital in the patrol and
treated by DIR. Baumgartner. Both
street car and patrol were Slightly
damanged.
Evening star., 1923-03-27

scending to the ground n q speed Of
about thirty miles an hour. The tar
get-giider has a wing span OF twelve
and one-half feet and weighs only
twenty-three pounds.
1.-THE target glider should provo a
valuable addition to the equipment OF
fields where training in aircraft gun
merry is featured" the War Department
announced.
Evening star., 1923-03-27
AIR TARGET DEVISED.
Considered Important Step tr
Aerial Workmanship.

A target. Stimulating an airplane in
flight and against which actual fire
could be delivered In the training of
anti-aircrsft and airplane gunners, has
Just been perfected by the engineering
division of the Army air service at
McCook Field. Dayton. Ohio.
The new type Of aircraft. known
technically as target glider" is
fastened to the top wing of an airplane.
and when the desired altitude is
reached. It Is released. gradually de-
Evening star., 1923-03-27

Th' feller that stops t make
sure he's right before he goes
ahead needn' be surprised if he
finds that somebuddy else has
beat him to it.
When you see two pedestrians
talkin' t'gether it's a cinch
they're discussin' how close they
come t gittin' killed.
fCopyrisht National Newspaper SerYice.)
Evening star., 1923-03-27
Doubtful.

From the lawyer and Banker.
An old Negro woman stood by the
grave of her husband and said mourn
fully, "Po' Rastusl I hope he's gone
where I spec he amt"
Evening star., 1923-03-27
Soon Find Out.
From London Opinion.

From London Opinion.
Patient-Can this operation be per-
formed safely, doctor?
Doctor-That. my dear sir, Is just
a. what we are about to discover.
Evening star., 1923-03-27
Patterns-the Newest and Best
Topcoats at Equally Low Prices

$40 Topcoats of imported English fabrics, in tweeds
overplaids and herringbone weaves. Sizes
IS to "A. These fine coats are all shower G. ~ 00
proofed Exceptional at VoOsOO
Mems Conservative Topcoats OF allwool Oxford gray
unfinished worsteds, Chesterfield model CO.. 90
Sizes IS to a.. Special at p@TsOO
Palais RoyaI-Main Floor.
Evening star., 1923-03-27

SIS All-wooI Tweed Topcoats, $3.50
sleeve lining, new box models, in gray and
brown mixtures. Sizes "a to "A. Extra
special at
$50 Gabardine Coats, -proofed,
fine quality. Special at
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27
New York Day by Day
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

York, O. Park
the almost
those n
remaining of
peaceful wide stairways
members unconsciOusly TO walk tiptOes.
ANY ulcheon DrlhgI men whose are known an over te
world table Oliver bit
thinks him Pan: chreubic and beaming,
wouldn't beam with hit Broaway Isaac Marcosson who has talked
to Fiji kings circd the world dozen
handsome the brothers who
Chase Ernest
merry of children foreign-born
driving from out of the East Side and through the barred
only have keys this picturesque breathing
Some months The Players with discussion Younger
when final the overwhelmingly remaining
the present location.
There another type of ubmanfar from dignity
The He midnight
faced and ele9hannG In short dog; His club is apartment
La Vie IariSiCnne. He
lacking compannh although they scarcely be termed
thing but fair weather friends He has telephone numbers yes
DAYTIME by his diamond cuff links broad striped silk shirts
fedora hat And rubbcrse mustache.
Incidentally
Of the midnight They shoulder
about TO be eed they have paid 500 the fur
they balance
the Whatever it is the imitation they
Niagara piiful to behold.
One of the big hotels that the upkeep of furnishing writing
To
cards giving them the privilege of the writing
the cashier
There night Bowery dance hall that Tak engaged
ficuff His
that he o every with his
Copyright 1929 By the Mcknight Syndicate, nc)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27
Weight and Nutrition
BY II. Arlington Bruce.

That a child's weight is a depend
able index to the state of his nutrition
is a belief held not only by the lay
public but by hygienists generally.
In fact. decisions as to the nutrition
of this or that child are commonly
reached by a practice based on this
belief.
The child is weighed and his
weight compared with the average
weight of children Of the same sex.
age. and height If he is more than
{. or at the most. 10 per cent below
the weight standard for his group, he
is clasScd as under-nOurishCd and
physically unfit.
Objection 10 this method Of deter
mining the nutritiOnal state has from
time to time been raised. on the theory
that while it may in the main be
sound method it is likely to lead to
mismdgmCntS in the case of not
few children. Now come n trio of
Investigators from the United States
Public Health Service with an array
Of statistics going to show that the
objection is well taken.
According to their report nearly
10000 children of native parentagc
were given clinical examination
and graded INTENTIONALLY into four
groups" excellent" good" fair"
and "poor"-as judged from the clint
cal evidence. AT the same time their
weights and heights were carefully
measured.
For comparative purposes there was
subgrading into two divisions. sat
isfactory" and "unSatisiaCtory. the
excellent" and good" being group
ed into the former. the fair" and
poor" into the latter. Then the eff
fort was made to ascertain how far
weight as an index 10 nutrition coin
ridcd with the actual nutritional
state revealed by the clinical study.
This was the finding:
although the children in the fair
or poor nutrition grOup weigh less.
on the average than those in the
good or excellent grour, large
proportion Of the children in the we'll
nourishcd group weigh less than some
in the fair or poor group. And a
considerable proportion weigh less
than the average weight Of the chill
drcn of fair or poor nutrition.
Hence:
The situation sCcrs to he that
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27

under nourished children. on the aver
age. weigh less than well-nOurished
children. but the fact that an indiv-
idual child weighs less or more than
the acreage is not conclusive proof
that he is Under-iiourished or over
nOurished. He may weigh less yet
be well-nouriShcd, and he may weigh
more than the average yet be poorly
nOuriShCd."
OF course. it seems great pity
that so simple a method as that of
the weight-age-sex-hcight standardiz-
ing cannot be accepted as an absO-
lutCly Trustworthy means of ascer-
tanning the nutritional state. Yet it
would obviously be mere of a pity to
be misled by it into prescribing cor
receive treatment when such treat
ment actually is not needed. or into
Withholding treatment perhaps SOrely
needed.
Consequently. in the light of the
Health Service investigators findings
the sensible thing would be to use
the method by weight merely as an
accessory to individual nutritionaI
studies. Especially should this be
made the rule in all cases where
symptoms excessive irritablity.
chronic tiredness. mental dullness. etc.
suggest malnutritiOn as a possible
explanatory factor.
Copyright, .i922, by The Associated
NewSDapcrS.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27
THE CLOSING YEAR.

TiS midnght'S holy hour-and silClcc now
Is broodng like gentle spirit o'CI
The still and pulsclcSs world Hank on the winds
The bells deep tones swelling; It's the kncl
Of the departed year. No funeral train
Is sweeping past; yet, or the stream ana wood,
With melancholy light the moonbeams rest
Like pale. Spotc>s shroud; the air j. stirred
As by mOurncrs sigh: and on won cloud.
That floats 50 still and placidIy through heaven
The spirits of the seasons seem to stand
Young Spring bright Summer, AutTmns solemn
form
And Winter with his aged lock>--and breathe
In mournful cadcnrps that come abroad
Like the far windharp's wild and touching wall,
\ melancholy dirg" Ger the dead ycHr,
Gone from the Garth forever. It's - time
For memory and for tears. W'lhin tie deep,
Still chambers Of tho heart SncctCr dim.
Whose tunes like the wizard Of Time
Heard from the tomb Of ages. points it, cold
And solemn finger to the beautiful
And holy visions that have pas,d away,
And left shadow Of their iovclmcSS
On the dead waste Of life. The year
Has gone. and with it many gIorio"> tbronG
OF happy dreams. Its mark is on each brow.
its shadow in each heart In - swift course
1t waved its sccptcr DER the beautiful
And they not 1t laid its aad land
Upon the strong man. and the hau,n'y form
i fallen. and the flashing eye ann.
II trOd the hall of rCTe'ry where tin OHgCd
The bright and joyous, and The fearful wall
OF stricken ones is heard. where crNt tie song
The battle plain where sword md Spc#" shield
Flash'd in the light Of midday. ana tie strength
OF scrricd hosts j: sLver'd AMI the grass,
Green from the soil of carnage. waves above
The cruShd and Wondering skeleton 1t came
And faded like wreath Of mis- a; eve;
Yet ere it melted in the vicwlc>S arr
1t hpraldcd its millions TO their hon"
In the dim land of dreams. Rrmors,lc,g Time
Fierce spirit of the glass and scythc-wiat powC'
Can stay him in his silent course, melt
His iron heart to pity: On. still on
He presses aud forever. The proud h:"d,
The condor of the Andes, that SoIr
Through heavens unfathOmablc depths. to brave
I'll" fury Of the northern hurricane.
| And battle his plumagc in tie huu Ter, homo. ,
| Furls his broad wings at nightfali, and sink
down
10 rest upon mis- mountain crag-bJt lime
| Knows not the weight Of sleep wraliucS:
And nights deep darkness has no chair to bind
| His rushing puon.
| Time. the tombbuildcr. holds his fierce career,
! Dark. stern all ptilcNS, and pausoS not
! Amid the mighty wrecks that >trew Il, path
| To. sit and muse. like nthCr cOnguCTu~s.
| Upon the fearful ruin he has wIUught
George ID. rrcntice
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

Maybe Uncle Joe didn't mean il
that way. But one Of the little
stories he told the other day might
have been set down as n sermon on
courage. He might have written tue
text this way:
Never quit. Never get frightened.
Never give up"
When Uncle Joe Cannon got off the
little wOOd-burning train at Danville,
ILL.,, siXty-Odd years ago, he might
properly have been described as tray
cling light He had 81, few clothes
in an old carpctsack, and bundle of
law books tied up with a piece OF
rope. His idea was that Danvillc
must be full OF litigation and that he
could soon forge his way to the head
of the local bar. He asked byStandcr
at the depot where he could find a
hotel.
Over there said the lOafer.
He trudgcd over. with his carpet
sack and his roped-up law books and
his 81. The proprietor of the hotel
was genial man. The future Uncle
Joe liked him at once.
But | cant pay dollar day for
board and lodging" said he in dis
may. why. l only have 81"
The proprietor was really genial.
He didn't merely look, that way He
owned farm on the outskirts of the
town. and he allowed Joseph G. Can
non. attorney at law, TO live on credit
until he should begin to make money
at the bar. He had confidence in the
young man. JUST as Uncle Joe had CON
fidcncC in himself. But there was not
as much having in Danvillc as Uncle
Joe had hoped. and there were too
many good lawyers. Cannon spent
months there without even being nod
dcd to by client. His genial friend
was mistaken.
AT the end of a year" said Uncle
Joe. Il owed him for all my board
and lodging and for $1,000 borrowed. "
Sometimes it is diffitult to sec
which of two heroes is tie brQ-er.
After n ycar-a year Of debt and dis
couragcmpnt and laughter from the
more fortunate members Of the bar
n year that must 20 down rs a bad
wear even for careless young law
Yer in a careless young country
Cannon got his chance.
Every one knows the rest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27

this plan were shrewd enough to con-
slider that the average taxpayer does
not protest against this or that appro-
priation, or even against the total of APP
preparations voted at any session of the
Legislature. 1t is doubtful if the average
taxpayer could tell whether the total
appropriations at any session were more
or less than the total appropriations at
any previous session.
But what the average taxpayer does
take Cognizance of is the tax rate. If
the rate should be lowered he would not
be particularly grateful to those in att
thority. (This opinion is supported by
the natural law which requires exercise
Tor Development; the taxpayers don't
get much chance to exercise any sense
OF gratitude they may havc.) If the rate
is raised-and that is what is almost in
variably done to 1.-THE taxpayers cry
out against the rate-fiXcrs.
So what the Legislature really did
when it o,eated the Automatic Tax
Board was to provide means OF pass
ing the buck 1t could appropriate as
much money as it pleased without hay
ing the onerous task of raising the rate.
But the scheme did not work out we'll
in the mechanical sense. The attorney
general rulcd-very properly. no doubt
that the Legislature could not, under
the constitution, delegate to any other
body the right to exercise full discre-
tionary powers in the matter of rate
fixing Ii the Automatic Tax Board
had free hand in fixing the rate its
exercise OF its power might be tanta-
mount to the levying OF taxcs-a func
ton which only the Legislature itself
is authorized to perform.
SO, an Automatic method of fixing
the rate was devised. The board, under
this SYSTEM" is required to make cal
CulatiOns whose accuracy depends ncces-
sarily upon methods of bookkeeping and
accounting which are antiquatcd, to say
the least The members of the board
would be miracle men if they could, I'M
der such conditions ascertain the rate
required to raise the revenue necessary
to cover the Legislatures appropriations
The board made a miscaculation for
the fiscal year which ended on August
81, 1922. The rate it fixed was insuffi-
cicnt to raise the revenue necessary to
cover the Legislatures appropriations
But instead OF economizing rigidIy toI
make up the difference, the lawmakers
have been spending much money IDOL
i,hly ever since that mistake was made,
and now. with the rate raised to the
constitutional limit, the state treasury
is still facing deficit The Legislatures
answer to this prOblcm-if pending bills
constitute the answers additional taxa
ton in weird and vicious forms.
The seat OF the entire trouble is to be
found in the fact that the states affairs,
already suffering from lack OF business
management. arc in the hands OF men
who know even less about finance and
economies than did their predecessors
whose Incompetence started the state
out on the road to its present plight.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-27
Pointed Paragraphs

Clouds come high. but we must
have them.
4 landslide is significant move
mcnt in real estate.
As rule IT isn't best to trust a
near friend too far.
No man is as dangerous as he
thinks some woman thinks he is.
IF n man sleeps in church he doesn't
necessarily dream of heaven.
Hustle for what yOu can got and
don't worry about what YOU can't
have.
Probably there is nothing in the
world that gives man that tired
feeling quicker than to have another
man say, why don't YOU do as |
do"