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to republication. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 35.— arrow, and as inveterate a clubman as
Entered at the Perth Amboy Post Office a* Class Matter. "Cannibals!” you may have exclaimed a wealthy American bachelor. In
Wfien you read recently of a naval many islands of the New Hebrides
force sent to Malekula Island, of the each village has its club house, and
New Hebrides, to quell attacks of the upon his stand lug among, his club fel­
man-eaters upon «bite planters, “I lows, depends his rank in the com­
thought cannibals had disappeared munity.
long ago." "Moreover there is a combination
I'- TROUBLE WITH THE TROLLEY • Contrary to general belief the community forum, public dance hall,
cannibal still is with us,” says a bul­ and children's playground under tho
letin from the National Geographic banyan tree of nearly every native
The Trenton Times cannot understand why the trolley company Hociaty. “And oasmibalism In prac­ village.
ticed regularly by some tribes of the “There are many differences be­
operating the street railway in that city cannot make the system pay numerous South 9ea Island» In tween the Malekulan and the natives
■other places it is recurrent. Mission­ of other islands, though most of them
« a fire cent fare when the trolley lines of San Francisco are so pros­ aries and agents report it stamped
■out, and they speak truly, save for I are ©bvlonsly Melanesian, from their
thick, woolly hair, coal black akin,
occasional lapses into barbarism of noses and heavy ltps. The Male-
perous on a nickel ride. The Times says: these primative peoples Just emerg­ I flirt are accorded the palm for fer­
ing into the kindergarten stags of kulansocity and cruelty by many traveler»
uIf San Francisco, with a municipally-operated street their civilisation. though they are not unique among
railway system can pay expenses, make extensions, provide I "Of all the peoples of the vast the Hebrides natives in these re­
Booth Pacific expanse 'Vvhere the white specta islands the women
for interest on bonds as they mature, give pood service, and man’s influence has keen felt at all expect toOnbesome buried alWe with their
earn a large profit for the public treasury and all on a five- the Malokula islanders perhaps are
the most murderous, treacherous and husband's bodies.
cant fw1©—surely the city of Trenton can do as well. At any savage. Not many years ago ethnol­ "A redeeming feature of the Maie-
rate, the Trenton and Mercer County Traction Company, ogists who saw «orne egg shaped kulong is their scrupulous honesty. A
skulls brought from the island hold traveller’s life may not be worth much
properly managed, should be able to carry passengers for not h ”h hopes that there, at last, might If he irritates a native, but his prop­
exceeding a nickel fare and earn dividends on the money ac­ i the missing link which erty is absolutely safe. Another
the evolutionary step from Malekula distinction Inheres In the
tually paid in. to man. wooden ancestor images found there.
The trouble here is, and it is common to ail the street * xnv ^ligation soon disproved any These effigies display a resemblance
such theory. For the cone shaped to human beings and attest a latent
railway corporations that have been unable to pay expenses, heads of many Malekula islanders is nrftatir taste In their crude coloring.
even with higher fares, that its capitalization lias been so over­ a deformity deliberately produced by "Trouble In the New Hebrides is
v rapping cord about the heads of nothing new. In 1904 an Anglo-
watered that the earnings cannot be made to cover dividends, b&Mea. If the ohUd survives the treat­ French expedition was needed to
•4rentals, ” decent service, and pay for repair, paving and tho ment its egg shaped head points up­ check a native uprising and nearly
legitimate expenses. The Publie Utility Commission several ward. is a Matekulan distinction akin two decades earlier the French inter­
to the tiny fswt of a Chinese wo­ vened to sui press a vtgortous out­
months ago intimated that it intended to investigate trolley man. break. _ ___
“Another custom of Malokula seems "The Now Hebrides were discover­
capitalization. equally harrowing. If a woman dis­ ed by a Portuguese sailor early in the
With the new* blood recently injected into the commis­ closes a gap In the rows of her seventeenth cwfhiryt explored some­
sion, this should be a good time to begin the investigation.” gleaming teeth it means that khe Is what and named by Oapt. Cook a cen­
married, and that the older wvmen tury and a half later, and were de­
have performed this operation in semo clared neutral by France and Great
Perhaps it is not so much the over-capitalization of the companies thing of the playful spirit In which Britain In 1871. Later agreements
(Oopyrignt, 19IS, by tbe Wheeler Syndicate. Ino.) rice throwing sometimes is indulged provided Jolfit control and adminls-
Mg it is failure to give service that will induce people to ride. in at an American ceremony. ^•Tho New Hebrides Ito about 1.M0
"The male Malekulan is a crack
A person who recently came east from Los Angeles said that the marksman with the bow and poisoned miles northeast of Sydney, Australia,

thing that impressed him most here was the awful trolley service. Los Bits o/ By-Play
by LUKE McLUKE
Copyright, 1919, the Cincinnati
Angelea^ he said, has a trolley line which gives a service of twenty Inquirer.
miles in twenty minutes. It has six tracks. The two middle tracks No Joke.
While you may be great runners, men,
•re for express service. A mile a minute is maintained and the fare is And quick to duck and double;
Your skill won’t help you any when
You’ro trying to dodge trouble.
only five cents. What is more, the cars are large, steel cars correspond­
Olli
ing to the regular standard passenger coaches used here on our steam "Why do you argue with your
wife?” asked Mr. Naybor. Dont’ j ou
railroads. Most impressive of all, they are scrupulously clean. know that it is a waste of time?”
“Sure I do,” replied Mr. Gabb.
“But I have to allow her a little pleas­
What a farce the so-called “fast line” operating between here ure once in a while."
and Newark becomes in comparison. Different.
It’s easy enough to take things as
What a comedy the so-called service between this city and New they come,
This is the right spirit, we know;
somehow or other, it makes us
Brunswick is, taking anywhere from an hour and ten minutes to an But, feel glum,
When we part with things as they
hour and a half to travel the twelve miles—and that in dirty, filthy go.
H7alt Masons Rippling Rhymes
BOLSHEVIK
I Indorso the good old plan of the brotherhood of man, and I
hate anointed kings, thrones and sceptres and such things. There­
fore let me have a gun, and amuck I’ll gladly run, shooting people
as I go, causing streams of blood to flow. Oh, for victims I will N,
search, and I’ll burn the village church, and I’ll blow up all the
schools with my bombs and kindred tools. For I love my fellow mon,
and I’d see them free again, as they were before the flood, ere the
race’s name was Mud. I’d destroy the tyrant’s works; so I’ll shoot Rented In
a dozen clerks, and I'll pillage, slay and rob, till I weary of the job.
There will be a brighter day when old things are done away, when
there are no laws in force, and red murder takes Its course, when
tho courthouse Is a dive for the toughest bums alive, and the bats
4 Days
and ravens perch In the old dismantled church. It will be a splendid Have one reserved
time when we’re free to wade in crime, scalping people every day,
with no cop to cry, “Nay, nay!” Let me have my rough on rats,
and my trusty pair of gats, for I wish to go down street slaying every
now
one I meet; thus I’ll help to speed the day when old things are done
away.

cars that are hardly fit for cattle to ride in. Haw, Haw!
“Don't you find it lonely since your
These high grade trolley lines on the Pacific coast pay handsome­ husband died?" asked the Friend.
"Not a bit," replied the Widow. "I
have this old lamp for company."
ly on a five cent fare. Why must the trolley lines in the East get six "But that old lamp can’t take the
place of a husband," said the Friend.
and seven cents for a greatly inferior service? "Why can’t it?” demanded the)
Widow. “It tries to be brilliant and
can’t get away with it; It requires a
is that the trolley companies in the West en­ good deal of attention; it is unsteady
on its legs; it flares up occasionally; It
courage the people to use their lines, whereas here the trolley com­ is bound to smoke, and it is always out
at bedtime.”
pany, by its indifference and neglect—by its actual defiance of the peo­ So Could I.
The hungry dog looked old and stiff,
ple-drives the people away from their lines and makes the jitney and And then I heard him moon;
“I know I’d get some supper if
the private automobile a necessity. I only had a bone.”
If the trip between this city and Newark, a distance of about
c * Gosh!
"You should love your neighbor as
eighteen miles, could be made in up to date, clean, easy riding cars in yourself,” observed the Old Fogy.
"But suppose your neighbor is an hotel or boarding house.
thirty minutes, who would bothcT about jitneys, steam railroads or amateur cornet player?” demanded
the Grouch.
even private automobile!
Be.
There are some moments In our lives own But
If real express servie© were Inaugurated between this city and When wo hate company ;
So, if a fellow has the hives,
New Brunswick, covering the twelve miles in fifteen or twenty min­ My friend, just let him be.
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utes, and with heavy, steel cars kept scrupulously clean to ride in,
Lucky. ”7^
We have Just ieu. ..ed that the new necessary. The bulletin tells of the cellar making a mess of some-brew
there would not be so many people taking the round about route by chef at the Hotel Sin tin in Cincin­ Joys of public lemonade fountains and
nati is Fortunat Mann.
Rahway, using the steam railroad; the jitney would be put out of Wr Prefer a Pink Sommer Girl.
buainess ami the private automobile would be abandoned to a large
(Ad. in Lexington (Ky.) Herald.)
LOST—Blue winter girl’s coat. Re­ 42.15 on eaech 4100 of property.
ward. Eva Beck, 390 Oldham avenue.
extent. The result would be a greatly increased travel by trolley and
Oh. Joy!
tlte fare could easily be maintained at five cents, the same as it is at Owen Moore went through bank­ But Pullman Palace Cars stay In utes after a newspaper makes a
ruptcy Court in Louisville last week. Ashland, Ky., helping the Chamber
He went in as Owen Noel Moore and of Commerce double the industrial take tho whole town knows it.
Los Angeles, where they ride for fifteen miles on a five cent fare. the court just knocked the L out of pay roll.
Instead of whimpering and going to the Public Utility Commis­
Owen, and he camo out Owen Noe
Moore.
sion for permission to raise fare when the jitney comes in and takes Ouch!
The boy stood on the burning deck,
He stood to dodge the heat;
aw ay a large share of the passengers, the trolley company should plan He knew if he sat down, by heck,
That he would burn his seat.
to meet the competition by trying to learn why people prefer the jit­ —Luke McLuke.
The boy plunged from the burning On sbme folks this sets mighty rough cury and Uranus are all In evil as­
ney to the trolley and then improve the service so as to put the compe­
deck,
tition out of business» The flames around did roar;
He grabbed a cake of soap by heck,
And washed himself ashore.
This can be done by making the trolley service so attractive that
—Nashville Kiwanis Club.
Cheer Upl
the people will ride in nothing elso.
The Providence (R. I.) Chamber of
Commerce issues a bulletin announc­ Americus, Ga. --- . -
It is apparent that there is something radically wrong with the ing the closing of all jails and correc­
tional institutions In the state on July
Street transportation in eastern cities. The root of the whole trouble
seems to be a failure to render real service so as to induce people to
ride. It seems like an imposition to ask people here to pay six cents
and seven cents fare for such inferior service when the people of other
parts of the country are getting such high class service for a nickel.
Observations
If collective bargaining is a good way to settle the price of labor,
why isu’t it a good way to settle the price of eats ?
• • •
,
Confirmation Suits
Lloyd George told the House of Commons that the allies had de­
Of all wool, blue serge, made solves that she will never buy another The evening of this day Should he
in the very latest model; ages 8 week
cided for non-intervention in Russia, but that they would continue to
to 17 ; regular price $15.00.
aid friendly elements that are fighting Bolshevism. It is all clear
enough, except that we can’t understand the difference between in­
tervention and intervention.
• • •
Special At S12.50
Just Arrived—75 dozen of our ‘one.
The charge against General Graves is that he refused to help the Famous Grey Foot Half Hose
Japs in an attack on people with whom the United States is uot at war.
for men.
a ■ • • No matter how bossy a woman may summer quarter and the United States
The allies have decided to feed the Russians, provided they will 25c a Pair
atop fighting long enough to eat. 4 usually hear the things that you do fairs, but they should make a©
• • • not want him to hear?
GANNON & SHEEHY
After Helgoland is stripped of its fortifications, there will be no
88 Satth Start
need of the first syllable.
Where Will You Keep
DR. STELZLE SAYS:
Your Victory Note? \
* > ‘n
” * * Bv
Why not keep it and the bonds in that great vault? -
The other day the Central Labor Union In a western city expressed, by
vote, Its disapproval of a philanthropic endeavor to furnish homes for Rid your mind of those little petty anxieties, that cause
working girls.
On the face of It this looks like ingratitude and pure cussedness, but you to flinch every’ time the fire bell rings or the fire
the real reason was that these workingmen and women disliked the pater­
nalism that Is usually prominent in such enterprises. *whistle blows. y*
Full-grown, rospectable working girls like "homes ” but they don ’t want
to be trailed and disciplined and constantly told what to do an.d what not
to do—-girls run away from homes that have these elements even when The devils of pillage and destruction arc outmatched
lorded over by fine ladies who want to “help tho poor.”
"homes" have fathers and mothers to them, and they -aren’t goii^r to be by this great vault. Even the remotest possibility of
"Working-girls homes” should be run on a purely business bams, and
those who live in them should have all the freedom they enjoy in a regular loss may be dismissed from the mind.
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There’s a great need for such places—more than most of us know—and
big-hearted men and women who wish to do a bit of real social service The rent of a safety deposit box is simply insurance
engage in no worthier enterprise.
don’t let them forget that working-girts are just as human as their against probable loss and breach of privacy. Five-
daughters—and that their self-respect should be honored just as much.
sixth of a cent per day is a reasonable rate, for there is
L and announcing the disbanding of In Just a few months Mother will human service goes along with this offering.
the Providence Police and Fire Depart get up on Monday morning expecting
ments on that date, os prohibition is to do her washing and Will discover
expected to make Jails and Courts un­ that Father has spent Sunday in the Call, "phone 100, or write and have a safety deposit
and he has her washtubs filled with
box reserved for you. ■
the benefits of cheaper clovea Only foamy stuff.
one cloud appears to mar the perfect Perhaps it is just as well that girls
sky. Owing to prohibition, the tax wear such tight shoes. A corn or a
rate in Providence is to be increased blister on the heoi soon make a Prin­
cess forget ail about her Broken
The Perth Amboy Trust Co.
Heart.
Atta Boy! When you make a mistake nobody
Trains may come and train may go. pays any attention to it But five min­ PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
jjjjjjjgjm
Daily Hoioscope
Ho, Hum!
Prohibition is certainly tough, The stars incline, but do not compel.*»
It deprives men of beer and hard
stough. Friday, April 25, lfil©.
And if these Antts can, (Copyright, 1919, by the McClure
They will soon put a ban - Newspaper Syndicate.)
On tobacco and even on snough. Until the evening hours the plane­
—Luke McLuke. tary influences are not fottuna.»^
cording to astrology. Jupiter, Mer­
“VICTORY
And they feel it should have rebough, pect After nightfall, the Sun is In
Since the Antis all hope
To hang on to their "dope”
friendly sway. LIBERTY LOAN”
Business is subject to fluctuations
And Insist that for all that’s enough. owing to rumors, whispered and print­
—Cedartown (Ga.) Standard. ed, and many of these aie due to en­ We recommend our clients to subscribe to
Names Is Names. emy propaganda.
Will Shoots lives on Rural Route B, The stock market is likely to he ex­ s the full extent of their ability.
ceedingly uncertain during the next
few daya Speculation will be more More than patriotism, it is sound business
Or Daily Special. than usually risky.
A Man Con Always Win an Argu­ Under this planetary government It nt to buy these short term Government
ment With His Conscience. is held to be easy to deceive, and false :o return 3} or which mature in three
reports more easily command atten­
Luke McLuke Says. tion than at other times. or four years.
It is also our humble opinion that Sensations of national interest aro
if wives would fry more nwsh in skel- prognosticated^ hut behind them all We shall be glad to arrange for your sub­
lets and read less of it in magazines are indications of great advantages to
there would be fewer divorces. this country. scription without charge as we did in the four
We know that the other fellow has Travel is not well directed while preceeding loans. **
bis faults. But you should remember Uranus is menacing. It is particular­
that the Lord didn’t appoint you to ly perilous to go up in airplanes or to
advertise them to the world. journey in vehicles propelled by elec­
After a man has been over the tricity.
jumps for seme time he realizes that
the grdDkr"5bhuua... .flshrdlu
the friendship of some men depends stars toject
Love letters are believed to be sub­
are
malign Influences while the
posited as they are today and
Rariwj Trust Company
on how much you pay for it .
If every husband was as economical wise men will be careful In all their
writings^ even in business communi­
hi the evening as he is In the morn- cations.
350-352 S S .P
tate t erth mboy A . NJ.
tg when he first gets up both he and During this configuration the seers
his wife wpuld have more money! declare that race consciousness is em­
How a man does like to work over­
time on the job when he is making a phasized and sensitiveness accentu­
fool of himself! v
Every other week a housewife re­
ated. The idea of universal brother-1
hood should be nourished.
thing from an agent And every other an auspicious time for entertaining
Builders’ and Contractors’ Directory 1
she breaks her resolution. persons in places of the Sun. It Is al­
The tight wad may not be the most so a lucky night for conferences with
popular fellow in the world. But yqu eminent men. Plaster, Lehigh Coai.
will seldom fluff one in the poorhouse. Financial troubles will reach a des­ SayreI Are. Trt.4S7S-W IRA R. CROUSE
The man who has never seen a sun­ perate crisis in Russia before the
rise is always willing to criticise the summer quarter, astrologers forecast,
ADOLPH H. KOYEN
Sweeeesor to BtewarS Korea
CARPENTER and BUILDER
8tT^M°^e^1<A“boy. N. 3
iwork of the artist who has painted but conditions will continue to grow Mason ’s Materials Cement, Stone. Jobbing Promptly Attended Ta .
worse as the spring advances. BkUeen’s Portland Cement Higginson’s I* D Phone S44. . .Perth Amhe:
Another good bet is that no man’s The Moon in the tenth house In
;n?afl ever comes up to his expecta­ square to Mercury Jupiter denotes
D. J. WILLIAMS
tion» serious diplomatic blunders in the CARL C. CHRISTENSEN Marble and Granite Ifnimiaintd
BIASON sod CONTRACTOR
New Brunswick Ave,
be, it takes her a long time to get her may meet now problems.
husband so he is house broke. Persons whose birthdate It is have
Ever notice that a deaf man can the forecast of success in business af­
AH kinds of Cement Work a Specialty
Telephone HS
Oorner State and Paterson Sts
PERTH AMBOT. M. J.
Headstones Lot Endows
changes and should not risk money. HANS KROGH FRED CHRISTENSEN
Every man expects to b» bluffed Children bom on this day may be CONSTRUCTION CO,
once in a white. Bat if you show a erratic and strongly individual.. These mason and buildeb
man y»w hand after yon have subjects of Taurus one usually fill
him he will never forghe you. lor and very snccessfnl. tu. 1M. BmMmm. n»