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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
KEEP CHILDREN'S KNEES
COVERED SAYS DOCTOR
BY MARIAN HALE

NEW YORK-No matter how
pretty and dimpled and pink little
Hildegarde's knees are, cover them
up with stout, warm stockings dur
ing the coming nippy school days.
Our climates too changeable for
children to wear socks, warn DIR.
M, Alice Asserson in a series of
time admonition to mothes.
TITS true socks r r. by some
children in England and France
during the winter" she says. "but
there the weathers less variable. A
child particularly a very little one,
should be kept warm from neck
to his toes"
DR.. Asserson IS director of chill
7 dren's work for the New York Tu-
herculosis Association, which CO.
operates in the health program of
the New York Federation OF Wo-
mems Clubs
q DRESS children in wool or silk
and wool undergarments, or in cot
ton, If berry far SOUTH she advises
Tsbut never put dark wooden dresses
on them. Dark wool isn't easily
aleaned and too often such dresses
are worn ~uncleaned from one season
to the next. Dress the child In
ginghams and prints that may be
washed weekly.
ssMany country schools now pro-
hihit wooden frocks. They insist on
washable garments. Some schools
have for a uniform pleated wooden
skirts, with cotton biouses. Health
authorities say that the all-cotton
9rock, quit or uniform Is better. In
childhood, diseases are more easily
contracted hence the nee for the
utmost care.
ssThe wise mother will select gay
einshams and quaint prints for her
little girl.
IA little girls school dress form
ing the principal feature of a Fifth
avenue window display recently was
Sc red and white check Bingham,
with q front panel extending from
the neck to the hem of the little
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
YOUR BABY AMI MINE
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED
New

Someone asked me recently why
1t was that when so much good ad-
vice Is given everywhere, magazines
newspapers, government pamphlets.
etc.. about the proper care of babies
that so many mothers continue on
In the time honored way, making the
same mistakes and rearing the Ia
bies in the old haphazard wayY
There is one very good answer TO
that-and that is-advice is some
thing everyone gives and nobody
takes, and 1 can't even say whether
that is original, or borrowed from
some unknown source. At any rate
it's awfully true. Also mothers
everywhere are afraid of new things,
that is things that are new to them.
If AAnt Sadie's baby was fed every
time he cried and survived the pro-
cess, when Aunt Sadie's niece's baby
comes she hands on this advice with
the "look-at-my-baby air, and the
niece is afraid to do anything differ
ent. So she feeds her baby every
time 1t cries-which may be from
one hour to three, despite all the
good advice to the contrary.
There are so many persons to say:
Don't pay any attention to what a
book says. Likely the person who
wroteSi 1t Is Sn old maid and never
had a baby" And the new mother
shivering in her ignorance finds II
easier to follow the advice of all the
nelghbors and her family than 10
take a reputable book and 30 as II
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

says, in the face of all the natural
opposition. Some people have a ter
rible fear of doing anything which
they have not done before. They
must be backed up by the expert
ence of every other mother they
know, before they can find the cour-
age to do anything
As a matter Of course the only
way to care for a baby is to follow
some one persons advice, n in
whose Judgment one can depend,
either a doctor, who understands
babies-or barring that, a good book
written by a reputable baby special
island follow it with faith and
courage. Many doctors differ in
small matters, and these are of little
consequence-but in all the big es-
sentiaI things they think alike. Read
a hall dozen books on babies and
you will find little difference in them
One can follow one or the other and
come out right. Just have faith thai
it Is right and do it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
By HERMAN
NEA Service staff Writer.

MT. VERNON. N. Y.-"By their
shoes shall we know them"
So goes the new rule of the flap
per. And mere man now must watch
more than his step.
For if he wears fussy tan ties
knotted in a carefully deliberate
bow, he Immediately is spotted as a
meticulous bachelor. If he wears
high buttoned shoes, he's pitied as a
henpecked husband.
Peggy Barclay, popular Swarth-
more College coed, gives these shoe
rules:
There's a close connection be-
tween a mans shoes and his person
ality.
1.-THE successful business man
wears well-polished. sensibly design
ed shoes of conservative style. Such
a man makes the ideal husband.
1.-THE man with little feet and
sleek. shiny shoes is usually annoy
ingly s~elf-centered. self-absorbed and
self-satisfied.
men who wear shoes with toes
turned up are very materialistic, Of
ten pessimistic, and sometimes down
at the heels"
Broad comfortable shoes indicate
that the wearer is a man with a
genial disposition.
Marrow shoes suggest a single
track mind.
Loud tan shoes, IL they are high,
are usually worn by the same kind
OF man who displays a sparkler on
his little finger.
"Brogues, both black and brown,
indicate usually the %collegian.
"Pearl-gray shoes mark the gay
old bachelor, who in the old dMs
used to be a stage-door Johnny or
the man from the country who tries
to be spruced up.
rBut this rule Of the shoes, like
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS MEN
THE MOTHER OF ALEXANDER Won HUMBOLDT
By MARY ADRIAN

stand as a splendid example Of the
benefit of natural education. The
mother, who was a person OF rare
understanding and perception. soon
caught the drift of her schildren's
minds, and not only allowed them
to follow their own inclinations. bat
gave them every possible assistance.
Her keen intellect. together with
her great aspiration for her sons,
made her their constant companion,
She heard all their childish trou-
bles, and established herself in their
minds as a companion rather than
a mentor. She brought them with
her into the realm of thought, and
started them early on the right paths
of reading and learning. In his
later years, Alexander Won Humboldt
never neglected to mention that
whatever he had achieved was large
ly occasioned by the early training
afforded him by his brilliant moth
ar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

A woman of the world, beautiful,
spirited, clever, educated. and a wo-
mar who believed in giving her chill
dren a somewhat free rein so far as
their ideas went, was the mother of
Alexander von Humboldt, great Ger
man scientist. Both Alexander and
his almost as famous brother, VIII
liam, were sons of her second mar
riage. a marriage as happy as her
first one to the Baron Won Hollwede,
had been miserable.
In those days divorce was UNI
thought of, but Providence ended
this unhappy marriage by death, and
the Baroness, a widow at thirty-six,
with untold wealth in addition to
her charms of face, form and mind,
was soon besieged with s~uitors.
She married a Major Won Hum
boIdt to whom she gave the title of
Baron. From this happy union
came the two remarkable sons, who
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
Sister Mary Gives
Some Useful Hints
Ono Canning Apples

IT you happen to possess al apple
tree full Of apples now why not can
some for winter use when the fresh
fruit Is not at hand2
Canned apples are quite as good In
apple sauce cake as fresh ones
They can be used for sauce, in pud-
dings, and make a very good pie
when pie timber is car
Can them with or without sugar.
IF canned with sugar they win re-
quire no sweetening when used.
Canned Without Sugar
Pare, core and quarter apples. Be
sure to cut out all blemishes. A
bruised spot in an apple will not
cook tender, but win become hard
and tasteless by cooking. Put into
preserving kettle with enough cold
water to cover and cook until ten
, der, but not broken. Put into ster-
iIized cans and seal. The cans must
be brimming full and the fruit and
strip boiling hot when sealed. Wrap
"a towel around the cans TO prevent
breaking the can and burning the
hands. Wiring towel out Of hot wa
tier and entirely can.
To use for pie. drain apples from
juice. arrange In pie shell and sweet
en- to taste.
For sauce put contents Of can in
sauce pan, add sugar to taste and
heat thoroughly.
Or apples can be put up by the
cold pack method. i.
Cold Pack
Wash apples. Dip IN boiling watsr
for two minutes. Remove and dip
in cold water. Drain Pare, quar-
ter and core. Pack in sterilized
cans, pour over medium thin strip
and boil 20 minutes in hot water
bath outfit.
Medium thin strip is made By
boiling three cups of sugar and two
cans of water until the sirup is
"sirup-y" OF about four minutes.
And here is a recipe for apple
sauce cake:
Apple Sance Cake
One cup sugar. y cup butter and
lard mixed, IL cups Apple Sauce. 2
cups ~raisins. 3 cups flour, 2 teaz-
poons soda, 1 cup nuts. Il cup
shredded citron. 1 teaspoon vanilla.
1 teaspoon lemon juice. 1 teaspoon
cold strong coffee, 1 teaspoon Gina
man. u teaspoon cloves, a tea
spoon allSpiee, u teaspoon nutmeg.
Il teaspoon salt.
Cream shortening and sugar
Stir in apple sauce. Sift one cup
flour over raisins. Stir into first mix
ture. Sift salt and soda with re-
manning flour. Add spices, nuts and
citron and stir into first mixture.
Add vanilla. lemon juice and coffee
and mix thoroughly. Turn into a
deep. well buttered and Toured
brick a and bake in a slow oven
This cake can be wrapped in oil
ed paper and stored in a tin box for
Indefinite keeping
Sour apples can be used to make
a delicious relish to serve with
meats.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

BY LORA KELLY
Miss Alma D. &C Cone.
Trenton, n. J.
Telling the truth

Telling the truth
The scientists are always taking
the joy out of life. We ordinary
mortals no sooner get adjusted to
"thinRs as they are" when some of
these research sharks rush III of
their laboratories with a brand new
discovery.
This time 1t is a drug that makes
LIE impossible to tell q lie. The diff
hculty, Of course, Will be in getting
people to use 1t generally, because
Truth 10 the dose one would always
prefer to have somebody else take.
Reporters are q much nisunder-
stood group OF humanity. The COM
lmonest charge against them Is that
they do not tell the truth. What a
lchaotic world this would be II some
Adventurous city editor administered
In lose Of tbs new truth-telling drug
and the paper printed the results!
An eruption OF Etna would be q kids
lfirecracker in comparison
Many a time We ached to write
Iup q wedding tr%uthfuliy, ate: this
fashion:
Miss Sadie Smith and Jim Brown
let last got married yesterday, after
everybody thought the affair was all
on. Jim has been flirting around with
chorus girls lately and Sadie is a
Ilong-suffering and forgivins woman
to stand for him at all. But she has
a horror of being an old maid SO she
decided to become Mrs in the eyes
of the world. no matter how much
her ~self-respect was jolted.
The blowout at the Smith home,
cost the old man considerable. But
both he and Sadie's mother were re-
lieved when the date was finally set,
and so they put up for the relatives
feed quite cheerfully.
1t 10 likely that Old Man Smith
will have to continue to shell out for
the newlyweds' board and keep for
some time, for Jim Is a notorious
loafer and cannot hang onto a
nickel more than ten minutes at a
time.
After q short honeymoon trip,
financed exclusively by the Old Man
they will reside at the old home
stead. till. during and after Jim gets
a job"
Don't cuss out the reporter, or
dope him with scopolamin.
Invite him in and feed him ice
cream and wedding cake. 1t is much
more conducive to polite authorship.
Copyright 1928 by Public Ledger Co.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

well. Oh, it is a grand thing to have
your health l feel well all the time
and can go out like other women and
not feel that awful torture. WhenI
took your medicine first l thought it
should cure after the first bottle, but
/ am glad my husband kept me at it.
have had nine bottles and now ] am
well. Mrs. JENNY EVANS, 1904 La
fayette Blvd, Detroit, Michigan.
If you are suffering from displace-
ments, Irregularities, backache, ner-
vousness or other forms of female
Weakness, you should take Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The reason is given in letters like
these, and we have published thou
sands of them. You may expect that
9 medicine that has helped otheg
women win help you. Try it..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
SUFFERED FIVE YEARS FROM
KIDNEYS

"I suffered with kidney trouble for
five years or more. I could not
sleep at night and I was always
tired after coming home from work.
and my back ached." writes John r.
Gordon, Danville, Ill. 81 secured
some FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS and
after a few treatments 1 felt better
and could work with more ease, be-
came stronger and could sleep bet
ter" For quick relief from Back
ache. Rheumatic pains, and Kidney
and Bladder trouble use FOLEY
KIDNEY PILLS. Sold everywhere
ADV.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

| could not stand
on my feet for any
length of time. /
was working in a
factory but had to
quit as / was too
much on my feet.
A friend recon-
mended Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
to me, and ! can
hardly believe it
myself that / am
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

We are able to offer our
readers now n new feaflcf On
feeding. How the baby should
be fed from the time he Is Z
months to 3 years is included IN
this Slip. Any of the readers OF
this department may have it by
sending a self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope tho loose stamps1
and asking for IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

all rules, is subject to some modifi-
cation. It works so well, however,
that most of my friends use it for
the first size-up."
Miss Barclay is one of the asso-
ciate editors of the Halycon, Swarth-
more College magazine, and secre-
tary of her class.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

skirt, and this panel was outlined
with a row of simple fresh-water
pearl buttons. These buttons are
inexpensive. strong and washable,
making them suitable for the small
frock that must go to the tub again
and again.
DRESS the child warmly and sim
ply, in clothing that can be kept
Clean" DIR. Assessor concludes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

With all the dashing style OF 3
cape and all the snug comfort Of a
coat--the Goat with a Cape" is
here to satisfy every demand for
fall and winter.
The cape back reaches well below
the wrist. The double collar almost
covers ones chin. The smart side
closing may be marked by long ties
or a buckle. silk or metal en-
broidery or braid is used Tor the bor-
IderH Of trimming.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
Apple Relish

Eight pounds apples, 3 sweet
green peppers, 2 small onions. l
pound seeded raisine, 1 tablespoon
salt, 2 cups cider vinegar, 1 pound
brown sugar, 2 lemons. 1 tablespoon
mustard seeds, 1 tablespoon ground
ginger. u teaspoon cayenne pepper
Pare, core and chop apples. Mince
onions. Remove seeds and white
fibers from peppers. Slice lemons
very thin, removing seeds. Put al
ingredients in preserving kettle and
cook gently until thick. Pour into
sterilized jars and seal while hot.
Apple Butter
Put sweet cider in kettle and bell
until reduced one-half. Add apples
The cider must cover the fruit. TIE
apples should be pared ana quar-
tered and cored and all bruised spots
should be removed as carefully as II
preparing them for sauce. Boil
slowly until the apples are tender.
stirring frequently. Mash with a
wooden potato masher and cook IN
til thick and smooth. Stir to prevent
sticking. Sweet apples are excellent
for e'thickening" the butter. Just
before removing from the fire add 2
teaspoons ground cinnamon to each
quart OF butter. Pour into tone
crooks and cover when cold. The
cinnamon may be omitted accord
ing to taste.
Copyright. 1928. NEA Service. Inc.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

O. How many people carry life
insurance Of $1,000, 900 or more7 s.
A.
A. A recent report says that nifty
six men and two women carry poll
cies amounting to at least $1,000,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04
JOY OF health
WOMAN'S RIGHT
Mrs. Evans Freed from Female
Weakness by Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Detroit, Michigan.-'T had female
weakness with pains in my back, and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-04

FOR RENT-Store, up-to-
date and reasonable; Madison
cor. Gordon. Inquire H. Her
bert, Board of Trade Bldg, room
POI. 217 Smith Street.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-07
Adams Cross Roads

+ Sunday school Sunday morning at
Bloomery Church. Let's all come out
and take an active part after the sum-
mer vacation has passed.
Mrs. Thomas Porter and grandson,
Woodrow Bradley, of Baltimore, is
spending a week with her mother, who
is sick, Mrs. d. G. Adams.
Miss Ethel Adams, Armour Wright
and Floyd Smith and Miss Pearl
Wright spent Sunday at Oyster Shell
Point.
Our schools have opened. Marian
Adams, Laura Seely, and Wilmer Will
son entered the 8th grade at Bridge
vile this term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeb Fountain and
three children of Woodlynne, N. J.,
spent three days with his brother and
family.
Mrs. Arthur Adams visited her ia
ther on Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Elmer White, near Bridge
vile. He is little improved.
Mrs. J. W. Tiley has returned home
fro mthe Salisbury Hospital, much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Harry Hill of Salisbury is
spending some time with her parents
here.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-07
FELTON,

Labor Day passed very quietly in
our little town, with few visitors to
brighten the homes of some of our
residents.
Tomatoes in this section are very
plentiful, and the factories have more
than they can handle. The price at
present is 25 cents per basket, and
with the overflow of tomatoes this
week, the price will probably drop.
Help is very scarce and the factories
could employ many more if they could
get them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Drake and lit
tie son, Edward, of Wilmington, spent
the. weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. julius Carson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Emerson of Will
mington spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. George Kitchens.
Mr. and Mrs. julius Carson and son
of FELTON,, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Drake
and little son Edward, of Whining
ton, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Carson on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Delong' of Bal
timore spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Delong.
Mr.. and Mrs. Medcliff returned to
Wilmington Saturday after spending
few days with her sister, Mrs. George
Kitchens.
Quite a few from here attended the
State Fair at Wilmington last week
and reported it as being very fine.
A number of our people have been
attending the carnival at Dover this
week.
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ware on Monday, August 9th, and
left them a fine baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hates and chill
dren were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Kelly on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Cooley of
Hillside, N. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Gables, Mrs. John Williams and chill
dren, David Goldon and Mrs. Leonard
Levake, all of New York City, Spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cox and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Friedel.
Our FELTON, High School opened on
Tuesday, September 4th, with a good
attendance.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Simpler and left
them fine daughter. They are wear
ing a smile as this is the first child.
Mrs. Mae Purdy was the guest of
Baltimore friends last week.
Albert Vincent has purchased from
E. Hughes a Ford truck and Fordson
tractor.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-07
.ONL YONE SUPERVISOR AT A TIME
PLEASE!
BY Helen Gregg Green

Aunt Becky and I were calling at
the home of new neighbor recently.
Aunt Becky is Northumberland
and family counselor to all of us. She
had known the newcomers for years,
while Patsy" as she called her, had
been living in suburb of the city.
Patsy has four children, the oldest
ten and the youngest three. Patsy's
elderly cousin Edith lived with them.
We happened to see the children all
together, as our little visit was made
on day when they were not in
school.
soon noticed that neither Patsy
nor cousin Edith had any control over
the children.
l wondered at this, as they seemed
to be conscientiously striving for dis
cipline.
While I was inwardly studying the
situation found the trouble.
Patsy, Jr., was plainly straying from
the way of right.
PATSY, Jr., Patsy, Jr., stop!" came
excitedly from cousin Edith, and
PATSY, dear, don't" implored Patsy,
Sr.
II was just telling Sister that she
shouldn't do that" drawled ten-year-
old Maybelle.
And then I knew! The trouble was
too many supervisors.
No doubt every time child COM
mitted a misdemeanor, Aunt Edith,
Mother Patsy, Daddy, if he were pres
ent ,and the other children, took a
hand in the disciplining.
While I was thinking, Aunt Becky
was talking.
my DEAR" she was saying, don't
you know that chile should be dis
ciplined by only one person at time?
Too many supervisors giving instruc-
tions is confusing to the young mind.
In this way your discipline becomes
weakened. I should think you would
know better, Edith Sykes, having
taught school fifteen years."
"Why er er, I never thought of
applying my pedagogy to my nieces
and nephews," frowned Aunt Edith.
why not? You taught school sue
cessfully. Now help Patsy to raise
her children successfully"
"Why Aunt Becky, how do you,
spinster, happen to know so much
about children?" Patsy smiled.
"Oh, Aunt Becky knows more than
all the rest Of us put together" I Of
fered.
The next time I called on the in
teresting little family, noticed a de-
cided change. The children were all
better behaved and happier.
Eyes, Aunt Becky knows what she's
talking about, all right" Aunt Edith
admitted.
Indeed she does!" And Patsy, Sr.
turned adoring eyes toward four hap
by children playing in the corner of
the long room. 1--WE hope she will
come often"
"And give us lessons!" added Cous-
in Edith, her eyes twinkling.
Milford chronicle., 1923-09-07
Dagsboro

The farmers here are now busy WIN
fodder and tomatoes.
Mrs. Chas. Gray and Mrs. waiter
Rogers are very ill at this writing.
Miss Hannah Cannon spent the
weekend with Miss Lillian MCGEE OF
Millsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Warrington ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry warrington OF
Wilmington and Mr.. and Mrs. Otls r.
Jefferson spent the weekend WIN
Mrs. Virginia Lingo and Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Lingo. They also entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. David Reed OF Ellen
dale on Sunday.
Hannah Cannon spent Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lingo.
Miss Jennie ,Hearne of Delmar is
snending some time with her sister,
Mrs. Geo. Smith. 4,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip West and
daughter, Eta, of Philadelphia are
spending a few days with Mr.. anu
Mrs. I. A. Hudson.
Alfred West and daughter, Flor-
ence. made a business trip to the city
the first of the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams of Phil
adelphia were callers here on MOL
day. 1onn,o
Mrs. Geo. Smith, Misses Jennie
Hearne, Etha Smith and MRS. Anna
Williams, motored TO Milford OH
Thursday and did some shopping:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Evans OF Bay
ards, visited Mr.. and Mrs. GUS betts
Dr. T. G. Davis preached two very
interesting sermons Sunday in the M.
p. Church. The minister's wife being
away, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Williams en-
tertained DR.. Davis and Rev. Mason
at dinner and Mr.. and Mrs. john
Fisher entertained them at supper on
Felix Hall has been visiting rela-
tives here. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis P. Jefferson al
tended the wedding Of Harold Long
and Miss Myrtle Powell at Millville OIL
Saturday. ,a,+od
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverly Baker visited
Mr.. Bakers aunt at Whaleyvllle Oh
Mrs R. M. Andrews of New York,
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Willen, Mr. anu
Strs Joshua West of Bridgeville anu
NJ, and Mrs. Harvey Bunting OF this
+o1rn t111 visited Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
West on Sunday. Do,+;rnore
"ss Samuel Ward and son of BaltlmoTe
80 heen recent visitors of John F.
"vSC Woodrow G sturgis spent the week
ond With his brother, Elwood Sturgis
at Millsboro. ~ overrsion to
.4iant;c nT City from here were: WOOL
As1"n son Tnomey and family, Otis Betts
anS s Family. Will Bunting, Eli Buntlng'
Lee Bunting, Frank kuip anu MIL '-