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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS Bnbltahed Dally vacept Sunday at Jeflereon siraai corner or Med Iron Avenue, Pcrtl Amboy. N. J.. by tbe PERTH AMBOV EVENING NEWS COMPANY Telephone 400 441 40* J. LOGAN CLEVENGER Editor D. P. OLMSTEAD General Manager Bubacrlptloa'Price by malL Includloe ooatasa and war tea. 1 month. 4j canta. ^*ki!rrM at Poet Office at Perth Amboy. N. J.. aa aecond claaa mall raattar. Brocb Offlcei-Nw. York. F B. Northrop. 104 Fifth Avaaua; Chicago. Suit lilt Association Building. __I^__1|TTTBr»rr^m— Communications . . __ Tha trc itn Newt is always glad to recelva communications from Its readers hat latter* tn’arded for publication must ba raasonabls in langtb and must bs glgti* STis S?m?<Sd sddrUsofThi wrltsr. If requested tta. nams wlU not b. publish* unless personalities sro indulged in. _ ___==SB==^B=5Ssas^^==^==:r Member of Tbs Associated Prsss The Associated Pr**na s exclusively entitled to the use for pabllcatlsn of sll now dlssamhea’credlted to It or not atbarvrlaa credited In tble paper and alao the Ioca ” nThi'UEvtnmIhNr.« la alao a member of the American Nawapapara Publl.be* Aaacciation and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. ^ ... a Bible Thought For Today BEGIN THE DAY RIGHT:—Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I life up my soul unto thee.—Psalm 143: 8. ----- - —-g-g==S_—— FOR A THIRTY FOOT OHANNEL That Congressman Appleby is keeping the interest of Us district always in mind while helping to make the laws of the nation is evident from the reports that come from Washington regarding the rivers and harbors bill that is to go before congress at this session. Raritan bay is the big T gest asset that the third congressional district has as far as the country at large is concerned, and the benefits to be derived from its proper development would extend far be yond this immediate vicinity. For many years Perth Amboy has been agitating a thirty foot channel in Raritan bay. When the channel was put through Staten Island sound Perth Amboy joined in the movement well knowing that it was of only secondary im portance to this city as the main entrance to the local harbor was up the bay direct from Sandy Hook. As long as this channel in the bay remained undeveloped this whole Rari tan section could not grow as it should. Now, through the persistent efforts of Congressman Appleby, assisted by Congressman Radcliffe, of the Passaic 1 Paterson district, Raritan bay is given the recognition that is its due. The bill as it now stands calls for a thirty foot channel in the bay as well as in Staten Island sound. Wc are assured that there is an excellent chance of this pro vision remaining in the bill. If Congressman Appleby can suoceed in putting this across he will earn tho everlasting gratitude of this entire section. To achieve during his first year at Washington that which former congressmen from this district have tried for many years to accomplish would, indeed, be a remarkable record. Although nothing is sure until it is actually accom plished^ especially when congress is concerned, never be fore have we of this section come so near seeing our am bitions gratified. What are we going to do, therefore, to back up this excellent work of our congressman? It has been frequently said, without contradiction, that 1 lie future of Perth Amboy and vicinity depends on the devel opment of tier harbor and waterfront. This development depends largely on the depth of the channel up the bay in order to accommodate large ships. Vessels bringing cargoes lo the various industries already located in Ibis vicinity have lo lighter part of their load at considerable expense before they can proceed up the bay to the dock. Were the channel of sufficient depth not only could fhese vessels proceed at once to the dock, but the industries.could save a great deal more money by placing even larger vessels in the trade in which they ure engaged. Here is Perth Amboy’s opportunity to get behind wnat means more to the future of the city than anything else ex cepting a comprehensive city plan. Now is the time, if ever, when the Chamber of Commerce, the Raritan Terminal & Waterways Association, the Board of Aldermen and every other organization that is interested in the development of the Raritan, to show how much they are interested. Let Congressman Appleby know that his efforts are appreciated; that we arc with him to a man and that the entire city stands ready to give him every assistance that lie requires to put this program across. In Ibis effort 1 here is no doubt that we can also coqnt on the co-operation of Woodbridge, South Amboy and New Brunswick as the future of all these place along with Perth Amboy’s depends on the development of Raritan bay. With the provision for r thirty foot channel for Raritan bay in the rivers and harbors bill the efforts of this entire section aught to be concentrated on keeping it there until the bill becomes a law. This is the big tiling before the peo ple here at the present time. Congressman Appleby is cer tainly doing bis part ami he is entitled to the united support of those who would be the most benefited. Let’s make this thirty foot channel up the bay a reality this time. — —1 ~ 1 — — INCREASING 8IGNS OF PROSPERITY II is good news that comes from the plant of the Ameri can Smelting Is: Refining Company in this city. All indica tions point to a big change with a new interest behind the activities there. The most gratifying thing at the present time is the employment of more men getting the big plant in shape for the contemplated changes. Incidentally, we understand that the American Smelt ing & Refining Company is concentrating its work here in the East at Baltimore. It will be recalled that Baltimore has adopted a new system of taxation whereby land values are made to carry the load while buildings and machinery are exempt. Naturally, this attracts manufacturers and helps build up the city in many ways. Unless New Jersey wakes up and put her system of taxation on a more modern basis she is going to lose metre and more of her industries. According to all reports, however, the A. S. & R. plant in this city is to be busier than ever once the new interests take hold. Perth Amboy welcomes these increasing signs of returning prosperity. £ THE LITTLE SCORPIONS CLUB—BY FONTAINE FOX I ' ‘ ' _/__. ^ It NAD SEEN SUSPECTED tnat some outsider was uistening IK oN THE CEU0 MEETINGS SO "/'fgANY Makshau Was appointed a committee of ONE To INVESTIGATE AND TAKE ACTION and THE Woftj.0 KNOWS HE DID ! _ '■ ' ■■ IMI JEWELRY ART MENACED, I MR. HASK1N DECLARES Dally Ltttcr by Frederic J. Ha skin ... ‘ rsrr . '■ . —■ ■ WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Prob ably one of the most highly paid classes of workmen in the world employed In an industry of which tlie public knows almost nothing— that of making high grade jewelry by hand. The facts about this trade were brought out at a conference held by the Jewelry Crafts Association in New York. Tho leading topic of discussion among the jewelers was the enormous Wages which their workmen are demanding and receiv ing, and the difficulty which they experience in getting new men. Think of a workman making as high as $150 to $200 a week! Yet some of the jewelry workers and dia mond setters get that much, while weekly earnings of a hundred or more are not uncommon. A good I Workman gets about $2 an hour, | while an exceptional one may make $3. The standard week is 44 hours and time and a half is paid for overtime. As there is always a short age of competent workmen, most of the men work overtime during a great part of the year, and so pile up their enviable earnings. During the war conditions were even better for the workmen and worse for their fmployers. , Some of them during that period were making as high as $5 an hour and double time for overtime. The em ployers objected to tho demands for more money and less working hours and a long strike took place. The result was tho establishment of the open shop principle. This was not as great a victory for the employer as it usually 1r, because the shortage of first class workmen enabled them still to successfully demand very high wages. These men are interesting, not so much on account of their spectac ular earnings as because upon them depends the survival of an ancient art which is threatened with ex termination, or at least great in jury, as are so many other arts, by the modern domination of machin ery. Machine .uauv acwnrj v nc-pi Certain irnes of machine made jewelry may be beautiful and often are. Some materials can be worked very successfully by machinery, and of course machine made jewelry Is much cheaper than that made by hand, and so within the reach of per sons who could not otherwise afford iewelrv at all. The place of ma chine made jewelry is secure and not to ho criticised; but the fate, of jew elry malting as au art Is in the hands of those Jewelers and their work men who do fine hand work. ^ This art is threatened by the scarcity of workmen. In this country, especi ally. few young men care to go Into a trade in which it takes ten to fif teen years to become fairly Profi cient. As a result of this, the Unit ed States has been getting many ot its high grade jewelers from Rurope, a preponderance of them from Germany and France. Many o' the skilled workmen were killed or dis abled In the war. The restrictions of the new immigration law prevent others from conting to this country. Hence the difficulties of the modern manufacturing jeweler. These makers of hand-wrought iewclry truly have behind them a great artistic tradition. The making ot jewelry has always been recog nised as a high art. and In the Ital ian Rennaissance it attained ltfJ bi*b* est dignity. Jewelers in the Italian cities of that period wen often sculptors and painters as well, and were often quite as famous for their work In jewelry as for that in other arts. Botticelli heads a group of such artists. Benvenuto Cellini is another celebrated Italian of: the, sixteenth century who was a jewel* and goldsmith and made beautiful ornaments for the gorgeous poten tates of that day. Fine Handicraft Formerly Until the introduction of machin ery the making of Jewelry remain ed a fine handicraft. In colonial days in this country, and in the early days of the republU; there were many goldsmiths, some of whom considerable reputations, although they were not to be compared with the great artists qf rennaissance Italy. The making of cheap Jewelry by machinery was a blow *° *2? work by hand, just as mnehine work was to the making of pottery, fab rics and many other things. It u true the designer still was necessary but long, series of articles were made on a single design and both the execution of designs and the materials to be used were limited by machine processes. i Modern designers of jewelry do not seem to achieve reputations out side of their own trade. It is charac teristic of modern industrialism that the artists are buried under the busi ness. so that an especially beauti ful piece of work is known by the name of the firm that sold it but never by that of the man who cre ated it. Furthermore, the designer and the workmen are now distinct, where once they were the same person. Sometimes the jewelry manufacturer himself is the designer, while he employs the highly skilled work men to carry out his ideas. The designer is an artist possessed with a thorough knowledge of jewelry construction and usually one who has grown up in the business. How Jewels Are Designed When a customer desires a brooch or pendant or ring mounting, the designer paints in water colors on celluloid or paper an oxaclj picture of the article as it will look when finished. Perhaps several designs will be submitted before ono is ac cepted by tile customer. In the case of very expensive and elaborate pieces of work, a wax model is some times made. Tills is extremely diffi cult work which only a f^w of the designers are able to do artistically. In tills wax model the metals and jewels are shown in their natural colors as nearly as possible. According to a jewelry manufac turer who also designs jewelry for fashionable folks in the National Capital, there is a constantly in creasing demand for well designed, well made, hand wrought jewelry. As he explained It, it gives discern ing people an opportunity to express their individuality and taste. Every body likes something different. Peo ple are now going to makers of jew elry. he said, in much the same way that they go to their tailors—to have something distinctive mado to meet certain conditions of pth-pose. fitness and personal taste. As the designs for hand wrought jewels are seldom, if ever, repeated, the product is unique. One thing which has worked for the survival of hand work against machine competition is tlie popu larity of platinum. Fine platinum jewelry is very hard to stamp by machinery, without losing the fine and artistic execution. This, how ever. is now done, and some designs can "be produced in that way, but platinum lacks the fiiio malleability which makes gold so easy to work bv machinery. Platinum, on the other hand, has distinct advantages over gold for hand worker. It is pos sible to do much fined work with it. and It is more enduring. Hence tire making of platinum jewelry promises to remain, wliat all jewelry once was and probably still should be—ono of <the tine arts. Never Want* Anything Else "I tried many different kinds of cough medicine,” writes Mrs. E. K. Olson, 1917 Ohio avenue, Superior, Wis.. "but I never want anything else than Foley's Honey and Tar. 1 used it for all my children and a'so for my grandchild. It has always done line work." Foley’s Is a pure, wholesome and absolutely safe rem edy for the relief of colds, coughs, crop and whooping cough. Children like it and it checks sneezing and snuffing. Sold everywhere.—Adv. FOR RENT 3 BOOMS FOR RENT lt« Lewis Street Apply 83 Broad street __ ... - -1.- -'-t-J • MISS RETTA DEATS Electrical Scalp and Face Massage Derma Fla*la and Bondlla Massage Office hours Mon..Wed.. Frl. 1-6 P. M. Tues., Thura., Sat. 1-8 P. M. Board of Trade Bldg.. Room 214 Phont 1644 Perth Amboy. N J A. H. KOYEN —Dealer Id All Kinds of— Maeon Material*. Sewar Pine*, lament LEHIGH COAL 581-8? 8AYRE AVE., « Stone All Shapes PHONE l«w RES K*-» WIRE ME. AND I’LL WIRE FOB 1997 •OHN MARTIN GENERAL ELMCVR1CAL CONTRACTOR ft BRIGHTON AVE. JPaBTU Aft-BOY MILE Id OMSIMS Ini' greatest danger of jaywalk ing :s jaydriving. Peggy Joyce says the next man aha marries will lie poor. Before .or after taking. Peg? A building boom will bring down tho house. Most advocates of light beer and light wtne'arq making light of what they really want. Fine reformer motto: As they sho-v, so shall we weep. To tax or not to tax, that’s the bonus question. Seme pconlo favoring tho 13 month year think it will give them longer to loaf _ Tho bobbed-hai.- fad may be grow ing* but the bobbed hair isn’t. Senater Smoot says Congress is going mazy and the general opinion is it will bo a shorf trip. A littie flirting now and then often ma-rtes the best of men. They say the airplane is taking tho auto’s place. On our rough str-ets tile auto Is taking the air plane’s place. Taking a girl a. face value means several dollars a wjek. I.ent is that tlnro during which some people swear off the same things tl.ey swore ofT on New Year. T- might reduce colds some if the beads c ir dear girls wear to dances were made of wool. John P.’s granddaughter will marry a riding teacher. Why not a chauffeur and boost the gas busi ness? Spring is here when the Georgia peach crop gets killed. A high schoot paper claims flap pois arc a necessity. Necessity, we adu, knows no law. Prosperity is still around the cor ner outside the high rent district. Now that "Uncle” Is retiring, who remembers Joe Cannon's stogies? Where there was smoke there was fire. DA. M. HULSART CHIROPODIST Successor to nr. J. Morrow R/TITAN BLIHJ. BOOM 3M PHONE 1541 I Office hours Mon.. FT!. 10*6 P. M. Tues. Thura.. Sat., 10*0 P. M. Not open on Wednesdays SICK WATCHES PROMPTLY CURED ^ at the RELIABLE JEWELRY SHOP "All That’s In the Name” IMA SMITH ST. TBL 4S5-W TRY THE NEW OKAY HAH REMEDY Permanently banishes Gray Hair in 15 minutes at MISS PETERSON'S HAIRDRESS ING A MANICURING PARLOR 175 Stnlrh St.. Raritan RNlMInx ■it 1 YOU AND I 1 In on.' year New York City has apent *W9,000,000 to increase its water supply. All watersheds with in 200 miles have been exhausted. Forty engineers rushed to a greater distance, seeking new water sources. All this is a penalty for destruction of forests. With trees gone, top soli washes away and rains and melted snows rush seaward in torrents. Drought follows flood. Instead of the water supply being balanced the year round. Senseless destruction of forests is crippling our economic system in thousands of othe- ways but now® is more dangerous than the effect on water supply. COLDS You have heard this sayiing, and probably are guided by it: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.” That is wrong. The author of this saying was IIlp poehateb, famous Gieen physician. About 2,300 years ago, he wrote: “If you feed a coljJ, you'll have to starve a fever.” Some of the words have fallen by the wayside. In treating a cold, starvation diet is the best medicine. UNCLE JOE Uncle Joe Cannon’s retirement from congress after forty-six years’ public service will make a good many readers feel old. It seems only yesterday that Uncle Joe was in his prime, his famous cigar cocked at an angle, czar-ruling the House. What is foremost in his mind as he goes back to Danville, 111., to bask in the sunset of life? Probably this—the tremendous change in politics and the national government since the heydeys of Foraker, Pen rose, McKinley', Cannon and Mark Hanna. TROUSERS Next time you see a picture of King George of England .look close ly and you’ll notice that ho wears hla trousers with creases pressed along the sides Instead of front and back. Thus he perpetuates an old cus tom. Time was when all men creased their trousers the same way. Seems odd to us now. But one of theso days it'll be back in fashion. FORWARD If your great-great-great-grand fathfer could read and write, it made him famous for miles around. In those days, the average person couldn't even sign his name. A census report now shows 15,300, 000 American children between the ages of 7 and 13. And 13,869,000 of them are listed as attending school regularly. The world has made more prog ress, for the average person, in the last 200 years than In the preceding 2,000 years. — ■«— - DODGERS Only 5,332,760 Americans paid In come tax on 1919 earnings, accord ing to Uncle Sam’s final audit. The average net Income was 83,724.05 ,or about 871.50 a week. It requires considerable gullibil ity to believe that only 6,382,760 out of some 46.000,000 ’’gainfully em ployed” made that much during the 1919 boom. A good many fish slip through the net. STEERAGE In the old days of unlimited immi gration, ocean steerage accommoda tions were far from inviting. Scarci ty bred Indifference. I Now, with Immigration restrict ed, the steamship companies are fighting each other for the business, and steerage accommodations have been revolutionized. Much has been said for and against competition. This much is certain—without competition there’s very little service for the public. \ , . What Is Money For ® • ■ Money has been put into the world for some good Eurpose. We think that purpose is health and appiness and money spent for other objects is 1 wasted. If only you will keep the money you are tempted I to spend for things that do not contribute to health or happiness, you will build up a fine surplus. Spend wisely, keep wisely, bank_ your money wisely—here at interest. | 1 Perth Amboy Trust Company ,f4% on special accounts” Stores Wanted One of the largest retail grocery chain systems is now in the market for additional locations within 50 miles i of New York City (Greater New York, Long Island, i Westchester, Connecticut and New Jersey). When answering give exact location, size of store and basement, if any, length of lease and rental desired. Address • P. O. Box 759, > City Hall Station, New York, N. Y. Health News Perth Amboy Board of Health, Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Analyses of Milk Samples Collected Feb. 8, 1922 ' g2 w 12 & s- a » f 5. _ ... g *> Source of Supply - ^ / 'Q - PASTEURIZED - r. a. ittiuc L/o. u - iuiik,uo.;.-a.b i3.y?> 2,o00 P-1 2. Wood Brook Farms(Wood Brook Farms) 3.6 13.00 2,000 P 3. Clark’s Creamery (J. Fogel) .3.5 13.10 3,000 0 4. Reder Bros. (E. W. Hope) . 3.5 13.95 2,000 0 CERTIFIED 1. Raritan Valley . 3.5 13.80 5,000 P 2. Wood Brook Farms(Wood Brook Farms) 3.8 13.80 5,000 0 RAW 1. C. C. Christiansen (C. d Christiansen).. 4.0 13.90 4,000 P 2. Maplehurst Dairy (A. Hansen) .. 3.6 14.10 6,000 P 3. Wm. Thornall (Wm. Thornall) . 4.8 13.90 6,000 P STANDARDS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH PASTEURIZED r. 3.0 11.50 10,000 0 CERTIFIED .. 3.0 11.50 10,000 0 RAW .X. 3.0 11.50 300,000 0 juaras as 10 oeunneiu are imerpreieu as ioilOWS: P—That visible dirt is present. P-1—That visible dirt is present and shows that more care must be taken in handling milk. P-2 That-visible dirt is very plain and shows that more care must be taken in handling milk. P-3—That visible dirt is in excess. • t Questions -Answers Any renter can get the answer to any quxMlon by writing The Ferlh Amboy Livening News Information Bureau, Frederic J. Bukin. Uirector, Washington, D. C. This offer ep piles strictly to Information. Tbe bureau cannot give advice on legal, medicinal and Onanclal roubles It does not attempt to -eltle domeetie troubles nor to undertake exhaus tive research on any subset. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name adn address and en close two cents In stamps for roturn postage All repllss are sent direct to tbe Inquirer. Q. Is it true that the state of Maine has a large number of rivers and lakes? VV. B. A. There are 1,600 or more lakes and ponds in Maine, and over 6,000 streams. Q. is there a poisonous principle In potatoes? H. It. T. A. Solanin is a characteristic con stituent of potatoes and other plants of tho same family, it is acrid In taste and is poisonous. Only a trace, however, about 0.01 per cent on un average, is found in tho tubers of the varieties which are grown for the table, and this quantity is far too l small to cause any unpleasant symp- I toms. It is claimed that the char- " acteristic flavor of potatoes is due to this mere trace of solanin. At any rate, tho very starchy potatoes which are lacking in flavor contain only about half much solanin us the better table varieties. Potatoes which have grown on the surface of the ground or which have been ex posed to the light frequently turn green .and such tubers contain ab normal amounts of solanin, as do old and shriveled potatoes which have sprouted. It is best not to use such old potatoes,- but if they are eaten the flesh around the sprouts should be cut away, as this portion is particularly liable to contain so lanin. Small or unripe tubers con tain a higher percentage of solanin than full grown tubers. Q. When was the last eruption of Popocatepetl? J. U. JU A. No considerable eruption of this volcano has been reported since 1646, though minor eruptions oc curred as lately as 1802, and the crater still emits fumes. Q. Was Dion Boucicault, Sr., an author as well as an actor? C. H. O. A. Boucicault had written many plays before he appeared as an ac tor. His first play was produced before he was nineteen years old and he was thirty when he appeared behind the footlights. Q. Is Roquefort cheese made from cow’s milk? F. H. N. A. Roquefort cheese is made from the milk of sheep. Gorgonzola, an other highly flavored cheese, is made from cow’s milk. Q. Please publish a good recipe , £ tor cement for broken china. J. B. C. * A. Jeweler’s cement for china is made as follows: soften 8 parts of Isinglass in water containing a little alcohol. Add to it 1 part of galba num, 1 part of gum ammoniac and 4 parts of alcohol. The mixture Is used hot. V. wnere are me Aeolian isl ands and are they cultivated? M. L. M. A. This is a group of seven large and numerous small Islands, north of Sicily, in the Mediterranean. The larger islands comprise Lipari, S;< lina, Vulcano, Fillcuri, Strom boll. Panaria and Allcuri. Though of volcanic origin, the islands as » whole are well cultivated. The chief productions are currants, olives, figs, tropical fruits and salt. Wine also Is produced. Q. Who was divinely guided tj the dew on the fleece? It. F. A. In the sixth chapter of Judges beginning with the thirty-sixth verse, is the following: “And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Is rael by my hand as thou has spoken behold I will put a fleece of wool oi the threshing floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou has spoken. And It was so, for ho rose up early on ftie morrow, and pressed the fleect together and wrung the dew out ot the fleece, a bowlful of water." Cut This Out—It Is Worth Money Cut out this slip, enclose with O' and mail It to Foley & Co., 283i A1 Sheffield ave„ Chicago, 111., writing’ll your name and Address clearly. You will receive in a return a trial pack age containing Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills for pains In sides and back; rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ail ments: and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleans ing cathartic for constipation, bil iousness. headaches, and sluggish bowels. Sold everywhere.—Adv. MILADY’S BEAUTY PARLOR A. SILL PROr. BOORS—* A. M. to « P. M. TUESDAT. FRIDAT AN*D SATURDAT UNTIL » P. M. II SMITH STREET PHONE 892 PERTH AMBOY. N. I. FRANK P. WOGLOM STATIONER NOW LOCATED AT 197 SMITH STREET NEAR M’CLELLAN ST. PEUH AMBOY HARDWARE CO. • Wholesale Factory. Plumbers’ Contractors’ ' SnppbeJ. largest Supply House In r Central Jersey. phones: JlOO—3101—2X03; Night Calls: 795W. 58OJ. 40»1. IK69R, 1319 “P. A. Hardware lor Serrloe.” j The C. & S. Co. Carl 0. Christensen & Sons SEAMAN STREET Wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of Mason’s Materials Sheetrock Wall Boards Anty-Hydro Waterproofing j Metal Lath, Roofing, Sewer \ Pipe j COAL Prices Right, Prompt , \ Service TeL 1440 J /