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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS
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★ Bible Thought For Today
PEACE WITH ALL MEN:—Follow peace with all
men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord.—Hebrews 12: 14.
FORCE THE AMBOY AVENUE I88UE
It is to be regretted that just when good progress was
being made on the Amboy avenue paving mutter, tangle,
were beginning to be straightened out and there was every
indication of a speedy settlement of the whole affair, the
Board of Freeholders should huvc stepped in and gummed
things up. Just what the game is no one is able or, at least,
is willing to state, but there is a whole lot of surmising going
on.
Amboy avenue as it is today is a disgrace to the
city, the county and the state. All three governments are
involved. The city, through its Board of Aldermen, has
shown a willingness to do something and the State Highway
Commission, apparently, is( willing to co-operate. At the
outset the Board of Freeholders, too, was anxious that some
thing be done and even went so far as to pass a resolution
turning the highway back to the city before the city had
even asked for it.
The sudden change of front on the part of the freehold
ers is what is attracting attention. What are the motives
that actuate them?
The thousands of people who used this route are be
coming exasperated. It should be made clear to all that the
responsibility at the present time rests entirely with the
Board of Freeholders. The county board is engaged in quib
bling over the cost of the tilling that will be required if the
new route across the lands of the Barber Asphalt Company
is adopted. As a matter of fact, the county will be put to
little or no extra expense by the adoption of this route. It
will be a matter between the city and the state, although for
the part lying within the city limits the county is expected
to divide the cost of paving with the municipality. But the
county’s share will be so small that there is reason to be
lieve some other motive inspires the freeholders to adopt the
petty tactics that they have lately1 put into practice.
Amboy avenue is in a deplorable shape. It is time the
business men and others using this thoroughfare took the
matter into their hands and forced the issue.
-_ GOOD WORK AT THE FIRE
Much credit is due Ihc Perth Amboy firemen for the
excellent work done at the fire at the lead works early this
morning. The loss is great enough as it is and a great many
men are thrown out of work, but there was grave danger of
far greater damage and possible loss of life had the flames
spread to the cartridge plant immediately adjoining the lead
works.
In this cartridge plant is a considerable amount of am
munition. Also not far away is a small powder magazine.
The heat was so intense that water turned to steam almost
as soon as it touched the sides of the cartridge building, yet
by the hardest kind of work the flames were kept away and
'••tyhe city was spared what might have been quite a disaster
in the immediate vicinity of the plant.
Defying the danger and facing the almost unbearable
heat, the firemen worked their way right up along side of
the blazing structure and stood their ground. It was a
desperate light and the firemen went through the ordeai
without flinching. It was an occasion for courage and de
termination. The firemen had both and they readily upheld
the reputation of the department.
DAYLIGHT SAVING IN WASHINGTON
The experiment being tried in Washington with day
light saving will be watched with a great deal of interest.
Instead of moving the clocks ahead an hour the plan is to
retain standard time, but start work an hour earlier. Presi
dent Harding has taken the initiative by "requesting'’ all the
government departments to get under way an hour ahead of
the usual time and most of the business houses have joined
in the movement.
In other words. Washington is endeavoring to take ad
vantage of the additional hour of daylight without the usual
method of fooling the people. Instead of making the people
believe that it is 8 o'clock when it is really only 7 o'clock,
the Washington idea is to have the people exercise their will
power and deliberately get up an hour earlier of their own
volition and get down to work an hour ahead of their usual
time for starting business. .Stores will open their doors at
7 o'clock instead of at 8 o'clock and professional men will
get down to their offices at 8 o’clock instead of at 9 o’clock,
as has been their custom.
There is a psychological effect, however, in moving the
clocks ahead. Getting up at 3.30 or 6 o’clock in the morning
and getting down town to have the store open by 7 o’clock,
or starting work at the factory at 6 o’clock in the morning
instead of at 7 o'clock seems to the average person, to be a
great hardship. Besides, how many persons who are accus
tomed to getting down town to shop at 9.30 o’clock will
"suddenly change their habits and do their shopping at 8.30
even if they do get up an hour earlier?
Will dinner in Washington he eaten at 11 o’clock or
will the noon hour remain at 12 o’clock? In the latter cas?
»he gain in time will be only in the morning, which will have
an hour more time because of getting up an hour earlier,
the afternoon remaining the same. But if the dinner hour
is moved up an hour so as to come at 11 o’clock the con
fusion is going to be worse than if the clocks were moved
ahead because, after all, our daily routine is regulated by
blocks and not by the sun, so that when the hands of the
we are going to quit for dinner ever
t up quite as far as it ought to be for
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The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang—By Fontaine Fox
_ — ■■
DRYING UP THE WORLD
SEEMS HARD JOB
Dally Letter by Frederic J. Haskin
WASHINGTON, May 13—Is pro
hibition a temporary tiling, from
which public opinion will swing
away strongly In a few years or a
few decades? Will public and offi
cial support of the Volstead law in
the United States fall away so that
the law becomes a dead letter, and
bootlegging be tolerated without
much Interference from the police or
from federal oflieials.
The state of mind of the American
public will be well shown in many
of the congressional elections this au
tumn. The wet and dry issue is
foremost in many of the campaigns.
Straight out party issues do not
amount to very much. The same old
hue and cry about extravagance and
taxes voiced by the "outs,” and
pointing with pride to accomplish
ments by the "ins” doesn't arouse
any transcendent enthusiasm among
the great common people so fre
quently referred to by campaign ora
te i.
But the question of liquor seems
to remain a very live one with rearly
everybody. The interest keeps up.
whether a person be wet or dry in
sentiment. In the elections this fall
there will be some effort to organize
on the part of citizens who believe
prohibition a failure and a bad
thing, just as the Anti-Saloon League
and other similar so-called reform
organizations have organized their
followers and the dry voters with
considerable success.
In the coming elections the his
tory of the Volstead law will be re
vived. Anti-prohibitionists will re
call the charge that the Volstead
law was passed over President Wil
son's veto in violation of an agree
ment which had been made witn sev
eral opponents of the measure.
When the measure had gone to the
White House, several Pennsylvania,
New York and other congressmen
who were opposed to the Volstead
measure secured promises, so they
said then, they could go home in
safety, and that there would not be a
vote on passage of the measure
again if it was vetoed by Mr. Wilson,
until they had a chance to be pres
ent and cast their ballots.
■tad Kaith inawu
However, according to certain
anti-drys. when it was found that
there was a sufficiently large dry
vote in the House, with the "wet"
New York and Pennsylvania mem
bers sbsent, the bill was called up
for passage over the veto of the
President, and among those present
and voting the sufficient two-thirds
affirmative vote was secured.
Interest in the matter of proliibi
I tion. however, is spreading through
out the world, partly due to the ef
forts of the agents of the Anti-Sa
loon League. Kngland was made the
first objective of this purely Ameri
can organization. The first emissary
of any prominence who was sent to
the tight little island was mobbed
when he started his campaign, and
in the excitement one of his eyes was
knocked out. However, he took this
loss so philosophically, seeming to
think that it was well lost in his
cause, that there was a revulsion of
feeling toward him personally, and
those who had mobbed him looked
upon him later as a "good sport."
This man, judging by the present
situation, did not make much head
way. and was later reported to be
attempting to ameliorate the condi
tion of the Indian subjects of the
British crown. In the excitement
there of a political nature, however,
he has not succeeded in getting
much publicity well known here ex
cept to his immediate friends and
associates in the uplift organization
for which he works.
For many months past anti-dry
societies have been quietly a' work
organizing. The first object of them
with headquarters in Washington
has declared that it is not seeking
to change any opinions, or proselyte
in any way—that at present no
members were wanted except those
who believed the present supposedly
dry regime a bad thing, with the
bootlegging evil rampant, and who
want a modification of the Volatead
law or eventual repeal of the dry
amendment to the constitution.
The efforts of the dry organiza
tions will be spread to other coun
tries. Some of the agents of those
associations have dreams of a dry
world. They are particularly de
slroua of making countries within
striking distance of the United States
abolish the legal sale and manufac
ture of liquor and beer, believing
that this will be a step toward mak
ing prohibition effective in the United
States. Parts of Canada are some
what dry now, but Mexico and ths
Wait Indian islands, other than
those under the American flag, an
• I
as wet as can be.
Just at this time, though, the
whole attention of the Anti-Saloon
League, for instance, is centered in
the coming congressional elections.
Some candidates, such as Senator
Heed of Missouri, have directly de
fied this organization. Senator Heed
has attacked the actions of Wayne
Wheeler, the moving spirit of the
Anti-Saloon League, publicly. Then,
too, the professional reform organi
zations have the beginning of or
ganized opposition to fight this year.
From present indications, this is re
garded only as a beginning by the
anti-dry organizations, which are
just getting under way. However,
they hope to be able even at this
time to make their presence felt.
It it should happen that the dry
era of today is not a passing phase
of public opinion in America, and
that the spirit should spread to the
rest of the world, the progress is
bound to be slow and perhaps dis
appointing to the backers of prohibi
tion. For instance, the business of
prohibition is not likely to appeal
strongly to the people of this hemi
sphere to the south of the United
States. Latins are different from
Anglo-Saxons. They are different
peoples, and they regard strong
drink from different angles. The
drunkenness which was^ used as an
argument for the abolition of the
saloon in the United States is sel
dom met with among Latin Ameri
cans. They prefer to sit down when
they drink, and two drinks usually
will keep a Latin American occupied
for several hours. It is going to
Jiruv c tx uaiu iimiivt ..
them that they are ruining them
selves financially at that rate of con
sumption.
But it prohibition spreads, and
takes in not only Europe and the
Americas, but Africa, the island
groups, and Asia as well, Shanghai
probably will have the distinction of
being the last city of any conse
quence to bar liquor officially. This
is because of the complicated gov
ernment of this Chinese city. The
powers of the world all have a great
deal to say about this "treaty port."
and they are not backward in the
least about saying it.
For instance, there are French
courts there for trials and suits in
volving French citizens, American
courts for Americans. British courts
for subject of King George, and so
on. If an American flies suit against
an Englishman, making the English
man the defendant, it is customary
to hear the suit in the British courts.
America, though officially dry
through an amendment to its consti
tution, has never thought of trying
to forbid the sale of liquor in Shan
ghai. It is doubtful whether this
would be attempted, should prohibi
tion spread throughout the world,
until the last of the interested pow
ers had gone on record for abolition
of the liquor trade. Then China
would have to be taken into consid
eration, because of the big native
population of this port. The appre
hensive dipsomaniac would do well
to take up his residence in this Far
Eastern asylum.
Did Him More Good
Manv men and women suffer from
backache, rheumatic pains, stiff
joints, sore muscles and other re
sults of kidney trouble because they
neglected the first warning symp
toms. Foley's Kidney Pills aid the
kidneys to throw out poisonous waste
matter that causes pain and misery.
Stephen Lewis, Eldridge, Ky.. writes:
"Foley Kidney Pills did me more
good than all the other medicine I
ever took. I had kidney trouble ten
years. I don't have any pain like I
had before I took them." Sold every
where.—Adv.
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•TOM SIMS
The cost of living is being reduc
ed. So are the chances.
This Chinese argument is to de
termine who's Wu in China.
Ruth has had his tonsils taken
out. Perhaps he got them sun
burnt watching Williams’ home
runs.
Many a garden will soon be all
weeds and a yard wide.
Rouged lips don't taste so good.
The kids always take after dad
when they need new clothes.
New York policemen who killed a
robber will probably plead he didn't
know the gun was loaded.
The faster a man is the easier a
woman catches htm, and vice versa.
The war did some good. It gave
us something to blame everything
on.
There are sections in New Tork
where an American is a foreigner.
Wouldn’t it be great if money cir
culated as fast as rumors?
Famous artist says music Is a
cure for jazz. But the youngsters
say Jazz Is a cure for music.
Every day Is Decoration Day for
the flapper.
This year's corn crop is estimated
at six million gallons.
The reason a girl wants two beaus
is because then she learns all about
both of them
They talk about safe robbers.
Looks as if all robbers are too safe.
Senator New might be consoled
by the fact that the day after his
defeat Mt. Etna boiled over.
The wireless age seems to bs be
tween nine and ninety.
In California, snails are eating
crops. But crops grow so fast here
snails can't catch them.
May dandelions bring June head
aches.
After marrying a good house
keeper the proper thing to do is give
her a good house to keep.
Kind words go farther than
radios.
Perhaps a man smiles when a
girl pats him on the head because
that's his funny bone.
Dempsey says Willard Is too old
for him to flght; but if Jack hangs
around Paris much they will soon
be the same age.
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ELLEN YOUNG
DOCTOR OF SALiES
By Rath letch
Author of Tbo Human SM« of Ro
tall Salim*." "The A B C of Retail
ing.” otc.
As Ellen Young entered the of
fice of one of the well known banks
she was rather amused at the sight
that greeted her In the private of
fice of Mr. I’erry, the head agent.
This short, fat man was' apparent
ly playing the role of peacemaker,
settling an argument betweeu fqur
or five sullen young men ana wo
men who were standing, with hang
ing heads, around his desk.
"Just try to remember this folks"
ha was saying. "We’re all working
for the bank; If doesn't make any
difference what department."
Catching sight of Ellen Young st
the doorway, his eyes lighted and h*
called out.
"Miss Young suppose you come
here and Just say a word to these
young folks. We've been having a
family row. Those in our publicity
department refuse to do some work
that belongs In the accounting de
partment. Our advertising man
can't work with our foreign ex
change manager. Frankly, they are
like a lot of kids scrapping. You
give it to 'em straight from the
shoulder. Miss Young." The bank
agent’s eyes twinkled.
"I've always made it a policy nev
er to interfere in family rows, Mr.
Perry," she laughed. "Nevertheless,
I have some definite ideas on the
aujeet, so If you want, here goes!
"The thing I think that is respon
sible for this argument and for
most arguments in any office is sim
ply a lack of co-operation, or ab
sence of the team spirit. If peo
ple In offices thought of themselves
«•» memuers oi a team, just as men
in a baseball or a football team do.
they'd understand better the team
spirit In business. Of course. It is
quite justldable that one feel a cer
tain loyalty to his own department,
nevertheless in the final annalysis
you are all working for the bank
and not for a single department."
"Just what I tell 'em," interrupt
ed Perry.
"If you think of co-operation as a
group of people pulling a business
load in one direction, you’ll tee the
value of everybody pulling one way.
Suppose one pulls one direction and
one another. How far do you get?”
Ellen Young asked the group.
"If these people will only be w.ll
ing to help out in another depart
ment when they’re asked to and
not be ao narrow in their ideas, that
would help," suggested Mr. Perry.
“It would also give them considera
ble more interest in their work. It
seems to me. if I were doing one
kind of work on a certain subject,
in a certain department, all day long
I should find it a considerable relax
ation to get a glimpse Into the work
ings of another department."
"Certainly it’s a change, if noth
ing more.” Ellen Young told the
group. "Just go outside for a little
while, and you will come back to
your own department relaxed and
with a new viewpoint."
"We're not trying to overwork any
one in this bank. If you've got too
much to do and can’t spare the time,
say so. It's only fair team spirit,
however, for people to help out in
other departments when they can."
"Three people left us last night.”
Cardl Ivey, general manager of Will
iams & Ounn Store, told Ellen
Young.
"Why? If you don’t know it will
pay you to find out." Ellen Young
told him, as he assured her he did
not know the reason.
These days there are decided
cihlcs in handling resignations and
dia'Tiargcs. Ellen Young will tell
you about them tomorrow.
Let Miss Leigh answer your busi
ness questions on selling, buying ad
vertising. employment, etc. Aak
your questions clearly and give all
the facts. Questions requiring tech
nical answers will be sent by mall.
Others will be answered in this
column.
Business Questions Answered
Can you give me some advice
about a nourishing, yet economical
luncheon tor a stenographer in an
office? THREE FRIENDS.
The business girl is usually a
sedentary worker, by which I mean
that she spends most of her aay
seated at a desk and that her chief
exercise consists of holding a' car
strap. She particularly needs large
amounts of those fruits, vegetables
or dishes which will keep her sys
tem purifled and counteract the slug
gishness which her occupation unfor
tunately encourages. Spinach, all
green vegetables and either stewed
or fresh fruits, oranges or apples,
are the foods which will most help
her to keep fit.
Salads offer one of the most at
tractive forms in which such foods
may be taken, especially salads with
a simple oil dressing.
A green salad, a substantial sand
wich, such as cheese or egg. and a
glass of milk la an ideal "balanced"
luncheon for the office woman. In
warm weather ire cream, malted
milk or buttermilk may be a sub
stitute beverage.
(Copyright, 1922. by Public Ledger
Company.)
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Here is something interesting to all, especially important
to men who carry dinner-pails:
The National City Bank of New York discovers that the
manufacturing industry of the United States, which began
along the Atlantic coast, is slowly moving toward the interior
of the country where fuel and the bulk of manufacturing ma
terials arc produced.
Fifty years ago, two-thirds of the nation’s manufactured
articles were produced in the eastern strip beginning in New
England and extending from there down to Florida.
Now that district produces less than half of the country ’s
manufactured goods.
Each year the percentage of manufactured articles pro
duced in the east grows smaller.
What will this lead tot Easy question to answer. The in
terior of the United States (the middle west) ia destined to be
the great manufacturing center, as it now is the center of
production of raw materials, especially food.
Most of the gain in interior manufacturing has occurred
in the Mississippi Valley and the states around the Great
Lakes.
Ohio, for instance, turned out $749,000,000 of manufac
tured goods in 1900. In 1920 this had increased nearly six-fold,
to $3,100,000,000.
Michigan, largely due to its giant auto industry, made the
greatest advance, its output of manufactures increasing from
$320,000,000 in 1900 to $3,466,000,000 in 1920.
California, reflecting the westward movement, jumped
from $250,000,000 to nearly $2,000,000,000 in the same 20-year
period.
Two things have caused this westward movement of man
ufacturing. Both have to do with economy.
The fi^st is the desire to save expensive freight hauls
by turning raw materials into finished goods close to the local
ities where the raw materials are produced.
The second cause of the shift of manufacturing is in land
values. Manufacturing attracts congested population, which
automatically increases land values.
As the landlord’s levy becomes heavier, it increases manu
facturing costs, also the cost of living of employes.
Manufacturing and labor are moving to the interior o? the
country to escape the landlords.
Similarly, and a more important movement, the tendency
is for factories to get out of the.cities and into villages or the
open country, where land is cheap and rents low for employes.
The evil, however, shadows them, for when they move
their industry to virtually worthless land they automatically
make it steadily increase in value in proportion to their labors.
Rents and high land values probably are the hardest nuts
to crack in our whole system of economics.
Questions -Answers
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Q. Why does the nun- ahine on
the north side of buildings in the
summer time in the temperate zone,
when the sun never comes north Of
23% degrees latitude?—E. L. H.
A. The Naval Observatory gays
during tbe time that the sun's dec
lination is north, which is from
about March 31. to September 22.
it rises at a point on the horizon
north of eaat and sets at a point
north of west, as seen from liny part
of the earth's surface, although it
alwaya crosses the meridian south
of the zenith of places north of 33%
degrees north latitude. For this
whole period of six months, there
fore, the sun at rising and setting
will shine on the north side of a
building aet due east and west.
Q. Is snuff-taking indulged In to
any extent nowadays?—F. L. T. *
A. The practice of snuff-taking
la more widely prevalent than is
commonly thought, in the United
States, where the consumption Is
about 9.500 tons a year, the chief
users are foreign born. The suuft
used In this country is all of domes
tic manufacture.
Q. What is the story of the com
posing of Rachmaninoff's G Sharp
Minor Prelude?—U. E. R.
A. When asked this question,
Rachmaninoff replied "The Prelude
was composed when I was twenty,
and one at that age has no back
ground."
Q. When was flogging as a pun
ishment abolished in the United
States Navy and Army?—F. E. A.
A. In the United States flogging
was discontinued in the navy and on
merchant vessels in 1850: in the
army it was abolished in 1861.
Q. What is the best conductor of
heat?—J» F. A.
A. MVals surpass all other ma
terials in heat conducting power, sil
ver standing at the very head of the
list. _
Q. Was Lafcadio Hearn an
American ,an Irishman, or a Japa
nese?—E. T. U.
A. uafcadio Hearn was born of
an Irish father and a Greek mother
In the Ionian Islands. He was edu
cated in England and France, was
a journalist in Cincinnati and New
Orleans, and Anally went to Japan
where he became a Japanese subject
with the name Yakumo Kolsumi.
Q. What is a "bob” in English
currency? What is its value?—U. E.
A. “Bob’’ is a term for the Eng
lish shilling, the worth of which In
normal times in United States money
is 8.248.
Q. What are steamer ducks?—
I. E. W.
A. • This name is applied to a very
large duck found in southern South
America. It is called "steamerduck"
because of its ability to row itself
along the surface of the water at
great speed. This is attributed to
the fact that at maturity this bird
loses Its power of flight.
Q. I have some glue which ha
hardened. Is there any way that ii
may be softened for use?—K. D.
A. If a little vinegar is added to
the glue, and allowed to stand a
day or two, it will be rendered fit
for use.
Q. Why does cypress last longci
if not painted?—A. T. E.
A. The Forest service says that
this is not true that cypress lasts
longer when not painted. The hard
wood of cypress is the most durable
wood there is. and outlasts any other
specie of wood whether painted or
not. However, the sap wood of
cypress is not quite so durable.
Q. Who was the first person to
be cremated in the United States?
—H. O.
A. The first body to be cremated
was that of Baron de Palin at
Washington, Pa., in 187«.
DRIVER GETS 30 DAYS
IN COUNTY WORKHOUSE
METLCHEN, May 16—Peter Pe
tersen, of Newark, who was arrested
here on Sunday night charged by
Lloyd Plotner of Brooklyn, with
reckless driving while intoxicated,
was arraigned before Recorder
Charles C. Webber In the police
court here last night and sentenced
to thirty days in the county work
house. Petersen was accused of
running into Plotner on Essex ave
nue and inflicting damage amount
ing to $50 on the plaintiff* car. He
later made no effort to remove his
machine from the middle of the
road, it is said, and the police had
to station two men to straighten
out a traffic jam that resulted.
Following his arrest Petersen was
taken to Dr. J. Morgan Dix, who
pronounced him drunk and unflt to
operate an automobile. At the hear
inf before Recorder Webber the
defendant admitted drinking a glass
of beer.
Funeral For Lawrence Water*
ROOSEVELT. May 18—The fun- *
etal of Lawrence Waters, who died
Sunday night in Alexian Brrsothera
hospital, Elizabeth, following an ex
tend'd Illness, was held from St.
Joseph's clutch here this morn
ing. High requiem mass was said
l-y Rev. John R. O'Co.tnor. Inter
ment was in 8t. John’s cemetery.
Wcndhrldge.
Mr. Waters was sixty-eight years
old and In view of the fact that ha
had no relatives, his body was
taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Mahoney In Orange street.
Members of the Holy Name Society
acted as pallbearers an dattendsd
the funeral In a body.
Iletters of Administration
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 18 -
Letters of administration have bean
granted hv the surrogate to Ingrid
Blanchard, of Perth Amboy, on the
estate of her husband Emil Blanch
ard. who died at Perth Amboy on
April 9. The deceased is survived
by his widow and three daughters
and leaves a personal estate valued
at *1.100.
Letters have also been issued to
Edwin G. Fraser, of Perth Amboy,
on the estate of his mother. Susan
Fraser, whl died November 1. Sur
vlvers of Mrs. Fraser Include three
eons and four daughters. The
personal estate is valued at *1.0C0.
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Herman and Weiner
Furrier Shop
Expert Manufacturing Furriers
163-171 Smith Street, Cor. Madison Ave.
1 Flight Up.
We receive all pelts direct from the trappers and I
make'them up in any style you wish.
„ Buy direct—Save middleman's profit
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