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A GENTLE REMINDER
A dispatch from Montana telling of the first
A foil of snow reminds us that winter is rapidly
| f approaching. The weather hereabouts has been
unusually fine for the past few weeks, but with
P the first real storm there will be a decided
; change. If the coal bin is not filled it is tlmo
to get busy. One cannot help but wonder how
much of the hundreds of dollars being spent
fat the carnivals and amusements generally,
jfeught to be going toward preparing for the long,
! months to come. There Is the furnace to
ixed and the roof to be made tight. Time is
ving short for accomplishing these things,
icidentally, we are reminded that the Mackay
probe committee which was appointed by
last legislature, has been holding numerous
•ings In an effort to bring about a reduction
ie price of coal, but in spite of their investl
on the price of coal has been advanced in
iy places even while the hearings are going
This committee is spending $10,000 of the
ayers' money and the results so far are nil.
Jnless the Mackay committee can show some
_jediate hopeful results of its labors," says
jthe Paterson Press-Guardian, “it should ac
| knowledge defeat, fold its tents and go out of
! business. The people are getting tired of the
: demonstration in New Jersey which, to date, has
Ebeen nothing more or less than a disappointing
lecho of the federal investigation that blew up In
lemoke several months ago.”
I That's just about the size of the matter, and
(those who have been holding off thinking that
something would be accomplishing had better
I not delay any longer. As wo remarked at the ^
[ beginning, winter is only as far off as Montana
I end it sometimes takes mighty little time to
cover that distance east.
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“PARTY GOVERNMENT"
f President Harding has named four men to 1
; represent the United States at the disarmament (
conference to be held In Washington In Novem- |
; ■ ber. They are Secretary of State Charles E. (
Hughes, Elihu Root, Senator Henry Cabot (
Lodge and Senator Oscar W. Underwood. All (
' are Republicans excepting Senator Underwood. ]
iThe defenders of the administration declare
■.that tho fact that there are three Republicans
K-sand only one Democrat Is due to President
itlarding’s “scrupulous regard for the preroga
Hltien uf V'li l.i .in i i nun ill ' "
^ It seems it makes a difference who plays this
“party government" game. Woodrow Wilson
was bitterly assailed by Republican senators
for doing exactly what President Harding Is
doing, in spite of the fact that in most of the
numerous bureaus and special departments cre
ated during the war President Wilson named
^Republicans to head them.
P As the Harding administration progresses it '
' is interesting to note how the things that Presi
dent Wilson was bitterly criticized for doing be
come perfectly proper when done by President
Harding.
FEASIBILITY OF A FREE PORT
Much interest was manifested by the port
authority representatives when they were in
this city Wednesday night, in the suggestion
l made by the Evening News that a free zone be
[ established in the Raritan hay section of the
[ port of New York. All the points brought out
! as essential for a free zone were emphasized
s and it was undisputed that the south shore of
Raritan hay afforded a good location within
the port district for such accommodations ns
'are required.
| Tho various civic organizations in Middlesex
| and Monmouth counties interested in tills port
f development would do well to study this free
laone proposition, make still more sure of tho
! feasibility of the plan and be prepared to urge
Jt strongly upon the Port of New York Au
i thorlty.
The only other community that has laid any
| Stress on the freo zone feature of the port Is
i Elizabeth. But the isolation desired for govern
i ment purposes is enough In itself to prevent a
■ free zone being established In the more thickly
populated section of the port.
»The Raritan bay offers such superior ndvan- i
, tagea In every particular for a free zone that It j
| ought to be comparatively easy to persuade the
| port authority to include this provision In the
' plan that they are to submit to the legislatures
of New York and New Jersey. A little energy
on tho part of the Raritan representatives ought
; to put this across provided the civic organiza
tions which elected these men to represent
them, will unite on this project as the thing
Vnost desired for this end of the port.
enforcing the gambling law
Alderman Clark, who Is spending a few days
I in Milwaukee, has sent the Evening News a clip
I pins from the Milwaukee Sentinel of September
f 7. showing that Perth Amboy Is not the only
[ piece where the law against gambling at festl
I vuls and carnivals is being enforced. The clip
jr ping reads as follows:
|! "Concessions conducting wheels of fortunes
1 and other alleged gambling games at the festi
I \al on Edison street, between Oneida and KnaPP
£ Streets, were ordered closed on Tuesday by ' ''*
, tain Harry McCrory of the detective bureau.
I. "The edict forces the discontinuance of games
".-with chances as fruit, candy, canned goods. In
dian blankets, kewpie dolls^ vases and other
prizes. ,
I "A storm of protests followed the issuance of
the order. City Clerk J. J. Weiher. Jr., com
mander of the Frank Stoltman Pest; tormcr
Mayor David S Rose and a number of aider
men and oflicials of the post complained npain-t [
thfl ruling. They called on Chief Laubenheimer |
and asked that the order ho recalled, but the
chief refused.
"'The games are run contrary to the state
ruling on gambling.’ ho said in reply ‘If the,
proceeds went to the legion poet, or any other j
worthy organization, we would allow the con-1
cessions to continue, but where a large share of
the gain is pocketed by the concession owners
we can not permit them to operate.'
"This is the first instance in which the chance
games at carnivals have been suppressed. Sim
ilar games will also be suppressed, the chief
stated, and warrants will bo issued for the pro
prietors. The closing edict followed a confer
ence Tuesday morning with District Attorney W.
C. Zabel.
“Warrants were issued late on Tuesday for
the following for operating concessions at the
carnival: Elwood Allen, 123 Firth street; Har
ry Tilner. 825 Third street; Theodore Lake. 98
Locust street, and Ada Lewandowski, 1140 Third
avenue.”
NEW BRI'N'SWICK’S BIG SHOWING
We have got to hand it to New Brunswick
for the enthusiasm shown in the matter of port
development. At the public meeting held in
this city Wednesday night New Brunswick was
lepresented by her mayor and city commission
ers backed by a large delegation of representa
tive citizens. They filled the front half of one
side of the high school auditorium. In view of
the fact that these men had to travel twelve
miles to attend the meeting while Perth Am
boyans had the meeting right in their own
town, the attendance from this city was decid
edly slim in comparison.
The string of automobiles that brought the
New Brunswick delegation reached the full
length of one block on State street from Smltn
street to Market street and around the corner
on Market street. It was some display and
spoke well for the civic enterprise of New
Brunswick. We could not help but wonder how
large a delegation could have been gotten to
gether in this city to travel to New Brunswick
to atttnd a similar meettnj if the meeting had
been held in .hat city instead of Ferth Amuov.
LAWS A AII IVUHflJ s mi.ni>
If there were any persons who thought that
the granting of woman suffrage by constitutional
amendment solved all the problems of women's
rights, they soon learned otherwise. Before the
tumult and shouting of victory had died down
the League of Women Voters was out on the
war path to secure to the nation's womanhood
the full fruits of victory through the elimination
if old restrictive laws.
To many citizens tho fact of the existence of
liserlmlnatory laws against women was a sur
irise, as well as the fact thet the federal
imendment alone was not enough to sweep all
hese aside.
Women students of the situation have found
hat existing laws throughout the forty-eight
overelgn states vagy widely, and that many of
hem contain inequalities and work injustices to
itizens of the gentler sex. In some states, nota
ry Wisconsin, the legislatures have already act
d to "free” women from the restrictions of such
nlquated statutes as may have hindered their
ull equality as citizens. The League of Women
'oters met in Cincinnati, O., on August 29, to
rge their case with the commission on uniform
iws. Whether their complete liberation should
ome through separate discriminatory statutes
ne by one appears to be the only point needing
isettssion. The Justice of the demand for re
noval of such disabilities is qbvious enough.
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A LESSON UNHEEDED
The praise given that stretch of concrete
oad in Rahway by the New York state highway
:ommiss.'oncrs, who declared that it is one of the
inest stretches of highway they have ever seen,
>ught to set the members of the New Jersey
Itate Highway Commissioners thinking.
With this beautiful example of highway con
tructi- before them the New Jersey comrnis
ion has deliberately awarded a contract for
ontinuing the paving of this particular road
rom the end of the present concrete to the
illizabeth city line with a patent material which
vill cost the state a great deal more than it
vould have cost to have continued the present
■oncrete.
What is the excuse for handling the taxpay
rs' money in this manner when there is so
nuch to bo done in the way of highway con
struction?
DODGERS
If you are rich and want to dodge taxes, you
>ut your spare change in tax-exempt bonds. There
are about $15,000,000,000 worth of such securi
ties in the country, not counting Liberty and
other bonds of the national government.
This enables many to dodge Income tax. It
also keeps capital out of business.
When congress reconvenes, an attempt will
be made to provide for taxation of securities
now tax-exempt. But it cannot be done, without
i constitutional amendment, which would take
time. Time, however, is nothing to congress.
PACKERS
The Wilson administration divorced the meat
packers from the activities outside the packing
busine . Now Attorney General Daugherty Is
reported about to modify the ruling, so that
the packers, when they ship meat west, could
bring back fruit and groceries from the Pacific
coast in refrigerator cars that would otherwise
be empty.
Result: Threats of war between packers, Cal
ifornia fruit growers and the National Whole
sale Grocers' Association.
The packers needed breaking up. But hauling
empty freight cars when they could be Ailed
with freight is nonsense.
Congressman Fordney estimates that the new
tax bill will save the public $7 a year apiece.
But don't go right out and spend It. That sav
ing won't be effective for two years.
The soft drinks people have always acted as
it the country went dry for their particular
benefit. Pretty soft for them now, If the tax is
taken off!
It is said that women will soon adopt knicker
bockers for street wear. Knickerbockers for the
women and knock the bickers for the men.
The Bolshevist government demands that
those who take up the work of feeding Russia
shall be pledged to refrain from interfering
in her politics. When did the Bolshevists ever
refrain from interfering with the politics of
other nations?
A wild hawk was noticed on the spire of a
fifth avenue church ir. New York the other day.
Owing to the pigeons in the church belfry, it is
supposed he came there to prey.
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CROSSING THE DELAWARE NOW
By Frederic J. HaskJn.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept 12.—Accordlm
to statements issued by civic authorities of th<
Quaker City, work has been begun on the long
est suspension bridge in the world.
This is the new bridge planned to span th<
Delaware River from Philadelphia to Camden
The plans show the span length near the Phila
delphia terminus to be a distance of 1,750 fee
between towers. The main span of the Brooklyi
Bridge is only 1,596 feet, and the Williamsburj
Bridge, 1,600 feet in length. The height pro
posed for the east main river tower is 380 fee
abovo the river. The bridge in its entirety wil
exceed any other suspension bridge in th<
world for any length by 150 feet, if the presen
plans are adhered to.
This bridge, the cost of which has been estl
mated at nearly $29,000,000 is both a relief anc
the fulfillment of a long-cherished desire t<
business men of the city. It is, according tc
authorities at the City Hall, one of those thingi
the necessity and practicability of which has
long been acknowledged by citizens on botr
sides of the Delaware River, but which has beer
delayed by circumstances.
Now that definite action has been taken anc
arrangements for the progress of the work made
Camdenites and Philadelphians are sighing witt
relief and aRking each other, "Why didn t we dc
it long ago.”
The state of Pennsylvania and the city oi
Philadelphia will each pay $8,273,500 toward the
expenses of building the bridge and the state ol
New Jersey has appropriated $12,324,000.
There was much discussion over the location
of the Philadelphia terminus of the bridge, t i*
nally, after an unusually hectic meeting of Penn
sylvania Commissioners on July 20, a vote was
taken resulting in the selection of the Franklin
squaie-Pearl street site. The New Jersey Com
missioners voted solidly in favor of the site
which was at length selected.
Saved the Church
The Franklin Square Plaza is ideally situated
in the center o£ the arteries of Philadelphia
traffic, so that direct routes from that end of the
bridge will lead into all parts of the city, me
fate of one structure with a known historical
or sentimental value was involved in the origi
nal plans. This was St. George s Methodist
Episcopal church. The venerable edifice, called
by many the Shrine of Methodism, 13 dedicated
on the site of one of the roadways planned to
be cut parallel to the new bridge. The early
suggestions were in favor of moving the churcr
to a location more artistically fitted to display
its quaint £hat-m. Later, however, other plans
were Jfawn up changing the approach to the
bridge and thus eliminating the necessity for
removing the old church.
In Camden, fortunately, there was n<M>;'°P"
erty In the path of the proposed bridge, and its
luxiliary roadways, which was of historical value
and interest. The site chosen for the Camden
terminus of the bridge seems to have Prov'c“ ®n
unusually happy choice. The renovations neces
sary to direct the great tido-of human beings
and vehicles which will cross the nuw bridge
into the city c£ Camden will involve neither the
forcing of traffic through that city s busiest
streets nor long, awkward detours.
The deep enthusiasm which the state of New
Jersey feels toward this project is expressed in a
most practical manner by the fact that the ?o,
[>00,000 bond issue was heartily over-subscribed
at Trenton, when the bids were hrst opened
there on Juno 28 by the New Jersey State House
',°Ra!ph11°Modjeska, internationally known for
Ins great list of successes in civil engineering
was unanimously appointed to the! positioni
'hief bridge engineer, treorge S. Webster an
[ awrence A. Ball aro other members appointed
to the Board of Engineers for the construction
>f the Delaware Bridge.
Mr. Modjeska is a rather unusual Person. Born
it Cracow, Poland, in 18G1. with the original
terrible surname of Modrejewski, he came
the United States with his mother, Helena M
jeska, later celebrated as a tragedienne, in 1816.
rhe modification in the Modjeska surname was
made at the time American nationalization pa
neis were applied for. Mr. Modjeska was grad
ated from the College des Fonts at Cliaussees
of Paris at the head of his class and with spe
cial honors. He received the Doctor of Engin
eering degree from the University of Illinois In
1911. He has engaged in many importnt under
takings while pursuing his chosen profession and
is now head of his own lirm In Chicago "T:11
is prominent in many organizations and socle
Mr. Modjeska will receive a sakuy <>f $-'5J
1 month and is to devote nearly one-half of his
time to the designing and construction of the
great work. He will he In full charge of all de
fails regarding the structure, and will have a
fully organized staif to carry out hte .Instruc
lions. Mr. Webster and Mr. Ball will each re
reive a monthly salary of $1,000.
To Carry Great Trains.
Among the most important things planned
for the Delaware Bridge by the engineers of the
bridge commission are six roadways four trol
Icy lines (two tor high-speed service), and two
ten-feet walks for pedestrians. In this way, all
kinds of traffic can be readily served. The
grimy, pokey old ferry-boat between these two
cities seems to be doomed.
What would George Washington think coul
he but know what is planned a® ‘he twentieth
century method of "crossing the Delaware.
The cakes of ice which may form in the river in
the winter time will not have the power to affect
traffic from shore to shore of the Delaware in
the future as is so graphically depicted in the
thousands of copies of that famous old steel en
graving that used to hang on every best parlor
wall.
While no definite date has been set for the
completion of this great suspension bridge it is
generally hoped that It may be completed and
in good working order in time, for the celebta
tion of the Sesqui-Centennial planned tor 1 hiia
dclphia in 1926. Thousands of tourists to tills
exposition in honor of the 150th anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence will find this
bridge a boon indeed. Work on the test borings
for the bridge were begun on August 18, but the
actual construction of the bridge was com
menced oi^ Labor Day, when a large celebration
was held. . . .
Considerable interest in the construction ot
this bridge has been expressed by foreign na
linns. Engineering societies and other organi
zations in Mexico, Portugal, France, England.
New South Wales. Hawaii, Argentina, Holland,
Colombia, and Peru are among thoso which
have shown marked interest in the report an
nouncing the arrangements for building the
Delaware Bridge. It is apparently in imminent
danger of becoming the ninth wonder of the
modern world. At any rate, it will undoubtedly
prove a great convenience to two of our busiest
cities.
SMILE WITH ME
By Tom Sims.
Even if you can tell a woman's age it i!
best not to.
Lenino is slipping back because his clutch
won't hold.
If .neighbors had their way songbirds woulc
be jailbirds.
Ireland seems to be at the little end of Johr
Bull's horns.
The "Order of the Bath" started in a hous<
with only one tub.
Perhaps the Shipping Board was one of thes<
"festive boards.” *
If you don't believe home-brewed beer ii
‘Tnedicine, taste some.
Collectors must feel popular; everyone ask:
them to come back.
What's higher than travel on the high seas'
Travel on the railroads.
A man named Looney wants McAdoo foi
President. Who's Looney?
Married men claim they live longer; but singli
men say it only seems longer.
A Missouri woman wants to sell her hubby
Most women would be glad to give theirs away
Stilt, stilly stiller's still still stinking atU^ »wiH
Now be still still, — -* r*®'
jj RIPPLING RHYMES
I By Walt Mason
TIIE RENTED HOME
The money you have paid for rent
1 is gone beyond recall, though you
• have paid it for a tent, or for a
stately hall; some landlord took It,
1 cent by cent, and left your bundle
■ small. Some landlord took your
■ iron men and left you feeling sore,
; for you were needing every yen tc
; buy things at the store; and every
: month he came again, and took
away some more. You've bought
■ that residence, alack, you poor mls
1 guided gent! You’ve bought tht
' blame'd place front and back, and
by the strain you're bent and still
the landlord owns the shack, and
bones you for the rent. Not yourt
the rooftree overhead, not yours the
1 cistern pump; the landlord owns the
fence and shed, the whole works
| in a lump: when you can’t pay him
you must tread the pathway to the
dump. When you are sick or out
of luck thfi landlord stern appears,
and clamors loudly for each buck
for which you’re in arrears, and
hauls your dunnage in a truck to
soulless auctioneers. A sane and
prudent wight is ho who in his own
shack dwells, though it may plain
and humble be, not built for bloom
ing swells; we see him 'neath his
vine and tree and note he’s wearing
bells.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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any question by writing Tha Perth
Amboy Evening Newe Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
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medicinal and financial trouble!. It
does not attempt to settle domeetlc
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus
tive research on any subject. Write
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Give full name and address and en
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postage. All replies are sent direct
to the Inquirer
Q. Is there an Assistant to the
President?—W. T. K.
A. At the present time there Is no
such office as assistant to the Presi
dent. The creating of the position
of Executive Assistant or Assistant
to the President has been discussed
an it has been thought possible to
relieve the President of some rou
tine executive duties.
Q. How can peppers be peeled for
canning?—F. T. M.
A. Place the peppers in a hot
oven from six to ten minutes until
the skin cracks and blisters, but do
not let them burn. The skins can
then be removed easily with a slen
der paring knife.
Q. What crimes are punishable
with death under English and Unit
ed States laws?—A. W.
A. Under English Jaw there are
four crimes for which capital pun
ishment may be exacted. They are:
Setting fire to royal dockyards or
arsenal; piracy with violence; trea
son: murder. In the United States
each state has jurisdiction over its
own territory. Crimes punishable
with .death include in various states
treason, murder, arson, rape, piracy,
robbery of the mall with jeopardy
to the lives of persons in charge, res
cue of a convict going to execution,
burning of a vessel of war, and cor
ruptly destroying a private vessel.
Q. Is Postmaster General Hays
still chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee?—F. T. O.
A. Shortly after he entered the
cabinet. Will H. Hays resigned as
Republican national chairman and
was succeeded by John T. Adams,
national committeeman from Iowa.
Q. Just where is the Muscle
Shoals Power Project located?—K.
k r>
A. The Government Project of
Muscle Shoals is the Muscle Shoals
Dam, known as the Wilson Dam,
near Florence, Ala., which has a
normal population of about 7,000.
Muscle Shoals itself is a rapids on
the Tennessee river and is the end of
the navigation of that river until
above Knoxville, where the river is
again open to navigation.
Q. Is Neufchatel cheese a cream
cheese?—G. U. S.
A. Neufchatel cheese is not listed
as a cream cheese, since cream
cheese is usually made from milk
having about 6 per cent fat, while
Neufchatel cheese Is made from milk
having only four per cent fat.
Q. What chemical is It that will
burst into flame when water Is pour
ed upon it?—C. J. C.
A. The Bureau of Chemistry says
that metallic potassium practically
always bursts into flame when w'ater
is poured upon it. In some instances
water will also have this effect on
sodium.
Q. In what mine explosions were
most lives lost?
A. In the United States the great
est loss of lives occurred in the ex
plosion-at Monongah, W. Va., De
cember 6. 1907, when 358 men were
killed. This was exceeded at Univer
sal, Great Britain, in 1913, when 439
lives were lost; at Radbold, Ruhrre
vler, Germany, in 1908, where the
loss was 360, and at Courriers,
France, in 1906, when 1,099 was the
total.
Q. Why is the Adams apple so
called?—T, E. A.
A. This projection In the neck is
formed by the thyroid cartilege. In
the male it is particularly prominent
and is so called from the fancy that
it was caused by the forbidden fruit
of the Tree of Knowledge sticking in
the throat of Adam.
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
GETTING
Look for quality and get
it when you buy Clothes
this fall. The G. & S. Store
offers you one hundred per
cent, value at prices ORE
THIRD lower than last fall.
New fall fashions now on
display—Suits and Top
coats.$25, $30, $35, $40
I '
Gannon & Sheehy
92 Smith St.
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Toomerviele Drug *Store .^ y lU
You are considered by others to be
good company. You can talk on sub'
jects grave or gay, and people like to
have you with them.
Are you good company for your
self?
What have you to think of when
you are all alone?
You have your business and your
frets and cares, and you can think
of them, but there are times when
those are just what you ought nol
to think about. What else hav<
you to think about?
You do not care to think about the
things you talk about. There is nu
Joy in telling yourself the last joke
about Ford cars, though you get a
laugh out of your friends by telling
that. There is no fun in thinking
about your golf score, though that
is a fruitful theme of conversation,
What have you in your mind tc
think about when you have nothing
to do but think?
When your train is delayed by a
wreck down the line, and the news
boy has sold out his stock of maga
zines, and you have devoured the
morning paper' down to the atubble,
what have you to think about?
How many good poems do you
know?
How much do you remember of
what you once learned of the teach
ings of the great philosophers?
Have you in your memory a deep
reservoir of good things which you
can draw out for your owi refresh
ment when you need them?
When you lie awake in the night,
do you go through the foolish
process of fretting because you can
not sleep, or have you anything
good to think about?
"The millstones of the human mind
Go ever round and round;
If they have nothing else to grind,
They must themselves be ground."
What is nervous prostration but
the wearing out of the two millstones
with no grist between?
Fill your mind with good things.
Be good company for yourself.
Learn One New Thing Every Day
Bulletins By
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
KATTOWITZ: TUE SCRANTON OF SILESIA
"Kattowitz, which was besieged
for weeks because of the fighting be
tween Foies and Germans of Upper
Silesia, is one of those cities which
blossom on the long stems of mining
shafts, deep rooted but exotic," says
a bulletin from the Wahington. D. C.
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic Society.
“It is one of the most fascinating
phases of geography, this matter ot
why cities are born, flourish, and
sometimes perish. From ancient
times ocean harbors and navigable
rivers, forts and crossroads of trade
routes have been magnets for hu
man population. But Kattowitz and
its close-clustered sister cities of
Silesia are modern phenomena,
sprung up like mushrooms among
coal and iron mines.
"Quantity production and stand
ardization also seem to be modern
attributes of cities. Kattowitz is
akin to its neighbors, Konigsliutte
and Beuthen, along a straight line
to the northwest, and to Glelwitz,
Zaborze and Zabrze to the west.
Zabrze retains that name on the map
though some of its Germanic inhabi
tants. at one stage of the World
War, thought it would sound sweeter
if it was called Ilindenburg. and they
petitioned for that change.
Once in “Wild and Woolly” East
"Kattowitz is about one hundred
miles to the southeast of Breslau,
mother city of Upper Silesia. Once
Breslau was the frontier city of Eu
ropean civilization. Even in the
century that Colunmus sailed west
ward, all of Europe beyond Breslau
I was the wild and w'ooly east of the
continent.
“When railway and waterway im
provements, telephone and telegraph
bound Europe into a new economic
unity Breslau emerged in another
role—that of a railroad center, ship
ping place at the navigable head of
tne uaer, ana local point tor a nun
mining and manufacturing province.
Even in the century of America’s
war of independence Upper Silesia
was a wooded, sparsely populated no
man’s land that no nation would
have expended energy to fight for.
Now It is the western Pennsylvania
of Europe.
Silesian Cities Weaned from Breslau
“If you will draw a triangle on a
map of Silesia, with Glehvitz, Myslo
wltz and Tarnowitz at the apex
points, a triangle which would In
clude Kattowitz, you will mark off
an area about one-sixth the size of
Rhode Island in which three-quar
ters of a million people had their
homes before 1914. Nor was this
region affected by the war.
"As these Silesian cities along the
borderland of the New Poland have
developed they have ceased clinging
to Breslau’s skirts. They have been
made more self dependent by rail
road lines and by a canal which
meets the Oder at Kosel to which
point the river has been made navi
able.”
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Health Talks
Children's Diseases
With the fall opening of school
parents should add a fourth R to the
famous three It’s of childhood—
reading, ’riting and 'rithmetic. This
fourth R stands for Right Living,
By applying it to children it will help
protect them against the dangers of
preventable diseases.
By taking simple precautions, by
watching carefully for first symp
toms, and by teaching the children
the first rules of tight living the
mother has the power to do much
in minimizing the danger of diseases
which constantly menace children
gathered together in the school
room.
Many mothers believe—foolishly
enough—that it is better to let their
children catch what are known as
“children’s diseases" early—and get
over them. Such mothers do not
know that these diseases kill more
than fifty thousand children annual
ly.
Here are contagious diseases t par
ticularly dangerous during school
days) with their symptoms explain
ed so that mothers and teachers can
recognize them ear.ly and take pro
per precautions:
DIPHTHERIA: An acute disease
of the nose and throat. Caused by
germs from children who have “sore
throats." The germ enters the
mouth and causes the growth of a
false membrane in the air passage
which strangles the victim. The
symptoms are sore throat, chills,
fever and general feeling of languor.
SMALL POX: Vaccination of a
child at the age of one year and
again at seven will remove any pos
sibility of catching this disease.
Symptoms are chills, headache,
backache, nausea, vomiting. Erup
tion appears on hands and face on
third day.
WHOOPING COUGH: “This “sim
ple" disease kills ten thousand chil
dren annually. Starts like an ordi
nary cold with an ordinary cough.
After a week or ten days the
“whoop” Is heard.
SCARLET FEVER: Symptom*
are a tired feeling, restlessness,
chills, vomiting, high fever. Skin
becomes hot and dry. Swollen
tongue becomes "furred.” Rash and
more fever.
MEASLES: Another “simple ail
ment” that claims thousands of vic
tims annually. Symptoms: Cold,
watery discharge from nose and
eyes, hoarseness and coughing.
MUMPS: Child or adult rarely ha*
this disease twice. Symptoms:
Swelling and tenderness of glands
back of lower Jaw.
CHICKEN POX: Rarely fatal,
Symptoms are generally same a!
small pox. Much Itching.
SIMPLE COLD: Paves the way
more than anything else for seriou*
disease. Lowers the body resistance.
Children with colds should be
taught to use their handkerchief!
when coughing or sneezing.
The best way for the mother to
prevent her children from catching
these diseases is to keep them in a
normal state of good health alt the
time. Keeping the children away
from others with these diseases la
essential. If a mother or teacher
recognizes any of the above symp
toms in a child, or thinks she does,
a physician should be consulted at
once.
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