Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-09
THE REFEREE
lBy Albert Applet

u. and 5.
Gallagher and Shean have buried
the ak with Zlegfeld after a long
argument (Which might have been
staged by a clever press agent). This
famous -omedy team will remain
with the New Amsterdam revue In
New York City this SImmer and go
on tour with it next autumn.
If you see them, they may look
familiar. They are veteran yaude-
vile performers who never set the
town afre rntil they got the right
song: Absolutely. =. Positively. -"
The song made them.
Makes all the difference in the
world whether the rifle delivers
buckshot or birdshot. Most of us aim
at the big game of life with bla. k
cartridges. This is illustrated by
genius-gifted writer's having a
weakness for writing about nothing.
CUCKOO
The whims of the alleged human
race are impossible to fathom these
days, no matter how long you study
psychology.
Why did absolutely, Mr.. Gala
CHER Positively, Mr.. Shean!' take
the country by storm? Somehow it
struck the right chord in a jazz pc
Rod.
We used to have more motive.
even intelligence, in u national
musical whims, as when Eva
Tanguay started epidemics of JOY
with Il Don't Care" and Bert Will
liams with Nobody"
The psychology of today is baf-
fling, probably because today is so
close to the borderline of insanity.
Jobs
1t looks as If the big fellows" are
expecting the business boom to last
longer than the crepe-hangers pre-
dict.
The movement of iron ore down
the Great Lakes, bound from Lake
Superior mines to the iron and steel
mills, is continuing at such a heavy
| rate that experts predict shipments
for the 1923 season will be close to
| go million tons That would be near
ly a half more than during 1922.
And the wise steel men are not apt
to be buying and stocking high
priced ore unless they are reason
ably sure of a market for finished
| products made from the ore.
Wages
How much money are you max
ing? Enough to have $42.3S left
after paying room rent? That's
what the average farmland is get
ting, according to government inves-
tigation. And the figure doesn't in
clude land board" They pay their
board out of the Sass.
Highest farm wages are in the
north Atlantic and New England
States-$3 a day without board.
Lowest rate is in the south, $1.4S.
These are average figures. The city
man can make interesting COMPARE
sons with his own income.
Farmers
We are far from being balanced
evenly in our system of economies.
The New York Herald figures that
a plasterer in New York City for
eight hours work gets as much
money as the farmer has been aver
aging for 762 eggs
The intelligent plasterer Will tell
you that it's not a matter OF him
| getting too much but of the farmer
not getting enough. Too many mid
dlemen upset the economic alance.
Solution of a great many of u
pocketbook problems is in finding a
| shortcut between farmer and con-
sumner. Like looking for needle in
haystack.
Joker
New York Herald says it takes %
chickens weighing thre pounds each
to pay a painter for n days work
in New York City. 1t figures on the
| basis of what the farmer, who raises
the chickens, receives. The joker
becomes apparent when the painter
| goes out and tries to buy his 20
| chickens with his days wage. A
money system, based on exchange of
units of commodities instead of gold,
might be fairer for most of us.