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The Advance., 1900-04-05
NEw-JEKsEY STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

Board of Trustees.
NATHANIEL, s. RUE Cream Ridge, Monmouth County
JAMES NJ PARsoNs kiddiese1 County County
aHR1Rs Hunterdon county county
EDWARD Newark, Essex County
Omcers of the Board.
EA5SiEF SAMEs NJ 4 Trsssnper FrsaaGeer
FRANK 8. Secretary
Omcers the School. q
MRS h sRAa E. and Pnepai
ALEXANDER O. BUCK, Assistant Superin tendent
Mss & gEHh
ooaGMBUs SIH ssa 81 of No No Family Family
BENJAMIN D: POTTER, Omcer Of No Family
EP%kp EPSAAg \ No Family Family
THOMAS 4 o6cer Of No. Family
WILLIAM 9. sTEWAR Officer of No: Family
MIIELAM + ooNHoN."~":.:::: RsIisf 9aesr
Teachers.
MRS MRS HAE HAMA 4HEkHs2 soRoO1 soRO01
MIS- Mrs. APsiH PauLfNE Il schooi cRooi
MRS. MRS LdkETR a A n School School
Chaplains.
Rev THOMAS B. NOLAN.
Physician.
DR.. HENRY D. .Jamesburg
,, Military Military Instructor.
Brass Band Instructor.
THOMAS L. LLOYD,. .....School
Visiting Agent.
GEORGE W. sHINN school
Heads of Departments.
JOHN BABCOCK Printing and Editor of Advance
JASON M. MORTlME Bookkeeper
JACOB v PkObASGO Steward
CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT. Farmer
EDWARD y FROSl glneef
COLOMbOS leAcneI
WILLIAM G. STEWART...-... Instructor of Carpentry
THOMAS II. DILLON Drawing Room Brush ShoF
BENJAMIN d. POTTER, Finishing Room, Brush SHOP
JOHN h. tNR1CiEI .PalnteT
FRANK Robbins ..... arpenteS
VINCENT B. Mason
JOHN f. JORDAN 6siacKsmlLh
WILLIAM kEARN SnoemaKef
CHARLES t5Rkor
FRANK B. MIDDLETON, ..""Nlght Waterman
JOHN dALLAGdtSh .. IOacnman
MISS MARY E. DONAHAY. .Matron Main Building
MRS MARY A: JORDAN, Kitchen
MRS M LOUISA DECK Kitchen No.
MRS MIS- KATE M & ENRiG Boys Dining Room
MRS MARGARET SHINN Taforess
MRS MARY A. MACDONALD, .Mendins Room
MRS. MARY E. SHEMELEY Laundry
MRS. AGNES M. CONDON.. Hospital Matron and Nurse
Assistants.
CHARLES r. MACDONALD First Asst Engineer
LOUIS ROESE Second Asst. Engineer and Plumber
MRS. JENNIE A. Laundry
+ The Board Of Trustees meet the first Friday Of
each month.
Long Distance Telephone s-No. 2, Jamesburs N. J.
The Advance., 1900-04-05
LIVED UP TO HIS MOTTO.

The dignifed gentleman with the buckskin
gloves saw pin lying on the sidewalk. He
stopped to pick it up without removing his
gloves.
The first grab assayed about three grains of
sand but the dignifed gentleman persisted.
A bootblack, a newsboy and two idlers stopped
to see the performance, and with this nucleus
the crowd gathered rapidly and began offering
advice
"Good for you, old boy p -=:.>
"Now you've got 1t ~
Somebody get him derrick p
"Say, amt you afraid of apoplexy ?'
"Stick to it v' called a voice with suspicious
intonation of insincerity, and the pin was pick
ed up and the dignifed man drew small box
from his overcoat pocket, opened it and said,-
"Well said, my friend 'Stick to it, has al
ways been my motto, and you will find it blown
in each and every bottle ofthis justly celebrated
mucilage, which I am offering at the small price
of twenty five cents bottle. 1t"
But the crowd bad melted away, with the ex-
ception of the man who had spoken the "cue."
SPANISH PROVERBS.
PROVERBS uncomplimentary to the fair sex
are common in Spain, says Chambers Journal.
trampled to be kept in order;'' ga woman is
like candle; twist her neck if you wish her
to be good - beware of a bad woman, and
do not trust good one y "Crying in wo-
man, and limping in dog, is all asham;'' "A
cock crows on his own dunghill, but hens cackle
everywhere" (this in reference to the supposed
garrulousness and inquisitive disposition Of the
sex J "Show me magpie without spot, and
will show you woman without fault" In
English, counterparts are not Warrington ex-
ample: -
B" Awoman, dog, and a walnut tree
The more you beat them the better they be-"
Mothers-in-law and stepmothers come in for
q good deal of sarcasm; some of the proverbs
in regard to them will not stand translation.
or man who Is accounted lucky they say, I" IF
he fell from the roof, of a house he would fall
on the top of his mother-in-law."
The Advance., 1900-04-05
THE LANGUAGE OF LAW.

IF man were to give another man an orange,
orange;'' but when the translation is intrusted
to a lawyer put in writing, he adopts this
form: 81 hereby give, grant and convey to
you all my interest, right, title and advantage
of and in said orange, together with it's rind,
vantage therein, with full power to bite, suck,
cut, or otherwise eat the same or give the same
away with or without the rind, skin, juice, pulp
or pits anything herein before or hereafter or
in any other deed or deeds, instruments of ma
ture or kind whatsoever to the contrary in any
wise Notwithstanding" g."-Latheran Observer.
The Advance., 1900-04-05
HAD HIS DOUBTS,

A WEALTHY and generous Englishman, while
travelling in America, attended church main
tanned by colored congregation, and was so
pleased with the minister's simple sermon and
the attitude of the worshippers, that he drop
passed for the usual collection. So large a
contribution seemed to fill with amazement the
brethren who passed the baskets, and one of
them, in whisper, confided the unusual con-
trbution to the pastor, who arose and said to
the congregation: beloved fren's, de col
lection hab brought fo'th de munifcent sum
OBJ sixteen dollars and forty-nine cents, purvid-
ed de five-dollar bill glib by de white gemman
am not counterfeit"
The Advance., 1900-04-05

PRIDE must fall if God be true, and will be
mortified in all who indulge it,: "Pride goeth
before destruction"
The Advance., 1900-04-05

DON'T pick quarrels before they are ripe.
The Advance., 1900-04-05

Board of Trustees
NATHA ANIEL 81 s; RUE. ..Cream Ridge, Monnonth County
FRANK s. GASKILL, New Egypt, Ocean County
JAMES M PARSONS, Brunswick Middlesex County
HORACE l. DUNHAM,. Dover, Morris County
GERVAS ELY, Lambertville, Hunterdon County
EDWARD Newark, Essex County
The Advance., 1900-04-05
THE SAME OLD REMARK,

ONE of the greatest sorrows of famous person
ages is thaUit is impossible to live up TO the
ideal opinion which the people whom they
meet in the ordinary affairs of life have formed
of them.
1t is recorded that a certain literary man of
high reputation had occasion to remark to
waiter in the restaurant where he sometimes
luEches,-
Waiter, this beefsteak is very tough"
The waiter looked at him with a sorrowful ex-
preston, and sighed deeply.
''Perhaps you will tell me-" said the literary
man, why you sigh in that fashion?'
"Ah, SIR" said the waiter, g took you for a
man who always said original things, and here
you come and say the same thing that all the
rest of them do"
The Advance., 1900-04-05
THEY ATE TIE BUTTONS.

Grandma could not believe her eyes She
had herself sewed buttons on Margarets and
Dorothy's new clothes. And now here they
coats buttoned, and not a button to be seen
Grandma was sure they were good buttons,
for she had taken them out of the package
mamma brought home with lot Of shopping.
The little girls, with laughing faces, stood in
front of her. holding up their little clothes from
dropping down, watching her establishment.
Then Dorothy said, :" Pm going to 'fess. grand
ma" 17s
"And will too" said Margaret. We ate
the buttons, grandma p' ~"
Ate buttons oh, Margaret, you'll die
When did you do it? Answer quickly p
"Oh, grandma, they were candy, and so
good p' and Margaret smacked her rosy lips:
"Dorothy wetted her finger to rub speck Of
black off of one and it tasted sweet, and then
we bit one, and it was just like yellow taffy,
and we ate them all up before we thought, and
our clothes fell down, and please won't you for.
give us?
Dear white haired grandma laughed till the
tears ran down her cheeks. For mamma said
she had bought the candy buttons for joke,
never dreaming grandma would be caught.
CHANGED HIS MIND.
'pm perfectly willing to do any sort of
work" he argued, as he held the door open.
" l don't ask you to give me meal for no.
thing"
of the house.
"Certainly will. All ask for is the oppor-
tunity."
"Are you particular about the work H'
sNot in the least. Try me at any blessed
thing you want doing"
"Very we'll. My wife's out of town, and
I've got servant who has been running the
house for week or so, and haven't the moral
courage to discharge her. Come in and work
her out"
''Let me see her, sir. Tll go to the back door
and size her up."
He was gone about two minutes, and when
he came back he nearly carried the side gate off
its hinges in his hurry to get through. He
didn't even stop in the front yard, but as he
kept on he turned his face to the crack in the
door and said
"Thank you very kindly, sir, but I find I
amt hungry, and can make these old clothes
do me very we'll till next summerr ~
The Advance., 1900-04-05

LORD Russell of Killowen (when Sir Charles
RusselD was once examining witness. The
question was about the size of certain hoof-
prints left by horse in sandy soil.
elbow large were the prints?" asked the
learned counsel. "Were they as large as my
hand ?" holding up his hand for the witness to
see. <:- <~
"Oh, no." said the witness honestly; it was
just an ordinary hoof."
Then Sir Charles had to suspend the examina-
tion while everybody laughed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

the flattering advance notices. quickly re-
yerted to Mr.. and Mrs. Lent. The young
man was a great disappointment. His voice
proved throaty. hard and unyielding. When
he attempted to force 1t there resulted a
decided departure from the key. The boy
also attempted number Of songs far be-
yond his comprehension. He sang all with
the same expression and mannerisms. The
page song from Mozarts Marriage of FL
caro- was robbed of all its daintiness and
beauty. Mr.. and Mrs Lent never appeared
to better advantage. however. and the dis
appointment felt by the audience in the per-
fcrmance of young Gulick was more than
offset by their brilliant work. Mr.. Lent
played with unusual expression. He Is COM
plete master of the instrument and his in
terpretations upon it proved fascinatingly
delightful to all students of music and low
ers of harmony. In the first selection of
the program suite for piano and violon-
cello, I'm Walde,' d. Pepper, both Mr..
and Mrs. Lent shared in the honorS OF en-
thusiastic applause so willingly bestowed
by the large audience. The suite covers
wide range of styles and tempo and gave
Mr.. Lent especially an opportunity for dis
playing his unusual talents Mrs. Lents
solo work was marked by brilliancy, deli
cacy and artistic effect Her playing is full
of sympathy, rare technique, and often
there is show of power which inspires
deep admiration and wonder in the auditors,
for Mrs. Lent is of slender frame. Mr.
Edward H. Drcop accompanied with his
usual skill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
WASHINGTON'S CABMEN.
Strangers Are DecentIy Treated
Within the CapitaHs Gate..

Within the Capitals Gates.
Mark Twain's recent experience with
New York cabman," said an intelligent
hack driver to a Star reporter ''caIls up
another reason why Washington is favored
over other cities.
II have been driving a public conveyance
in this city for over eight years, and dur
Ing that time | have not had one complaint
made against me for overcharging nv
patrons. nor have ! ever done So and be-
lieVe this statement will apply to % DER
cent of the cab drivers OF Washington.
when stranger alights from a train
in this city and desires a cab or carriag e
he Is driven to his destination without a
demand for an eXtor'ionate fare This is in
sharp contrast with the conditions prevail
ing IN other cities, especially in New York
and Chicago. The confession of the rep
resentative of the Cabmen's Union in Mr.
Clemens instance that extortinn was the
practiced rule and his attempt to justify it
was public announcement of condition
against which the people there and in other
cities have protested in vain
Il will guarantee that a citizen in WASH
lngton may hail a cab on any street, be
driven TO any part of the city and that he
may rely upon being charged only the le-
gal rare CAB pirates are not many nor
are they popular in this city
II passenger is overcharged here he
owes it to himself and TO the public gen
orally to take the claimants number and
make a complaint at the District building
lie ought 10 feel that he can spare the
Time 1t is not the question of the amount
Oh the oVercharge so much as 1t is that the
rates are fixed by ordinance and II a cab
man is not willing to abide by them he
should be driven out of the business. When
the people of a city understand that their
cap drivers are not going TO overcharge for
rides they will patronize them as much
again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
The Choral Society

AT the rehearsal on Monday evening the
announcement was made that the society
had reached its high water mark in the
number of active members. the entire
membership being pol. There are now six
teen ladies on the waiting list. but a few
vacancies remain in the bass and tenor
chairs. The increased interest shown by
weli-known musicians in the society is
evinced by the presence among frs active
members of choir leaders. such as Mr. Ar
mand Gumprecht, DR.. Gabriel F. Johnston.
Mr.. Frank Wilson and Mrs. F. E. Middle
ton, and OF active teachers of music such
as Miss Amy c. Leavitt and Mr.. Robert
G. Stearns. The well-known soprano solo
list. Mrs. Wilson Young. is among the latest
additions to the membership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01
Aside.

1.-The Belle of New York; will soon be
produced In German at Berlin.
Maude Adams season was lately extended
to run until the 1st of next July.
Dorothy Brandon of this city is a mem
Der of the Francis Wilson Opera Company.
Florence Ziegfeld is said to be arranging
for London appearance of Anna Held IN
"Papa's Wife"
Della Fox has been engaged by Manager
Chase to appear here in vaudeville in the
future.
Coquelin is said to be DESTROYS of playing
Sherlock Holmes" in France. and may OBJ
tain the rights for that country.
A new act. entitled THE Gay Miss Plug
ger" is being rehearsed for the vaudeville
stage by Isabelle Urquhart.
George Lederer threatens to invade this
country next season with strictly English
burleSQue company.
This will be the last as well as the first
season of Terry McGovern as an actor.
Overnight stands have disheartened Terry.
William H. Crane has made such hit
with David Harum" in New York that he
will probably play the entire season there.
Negotiations are under way looking to the
early appearance of Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter in New York. presenting an entirely new
play.
Gerald Griffin. who last season headed a
vaudeville act of his own, has combined
forces with Isabelle Urquhart in the pre-
sentation of Even Stephen"
Helen Lord, who made an excellent i'm
preston in Edna Mays old part in The
Belle of New York" has decided to go into
vaudeville, presenting singing act.
Olive May left the Richard CarveT' COM
pany to play Bonita in Arizona" while
Caroline White Joined the former company,
playing Patty.
A military comedy. entitled The Second
In Command" was recently produced in
London, with only mild success. Captain
Marshall is the author.
Digby Bell may become a star once more
next season. 1t is now whispered that he
will join forces with a famous operate
artist. but names are not given
The litigation so long in progress over the
New York Casino has resulted In an AMIGA
BILE settlement, by which George w. Led
erer turns the property over to Henry b.
Sire Mr.. Lederers representatives state
that he is out of the Casino for good He
has formed a syndicate in London, with
$780, 600 capital, and as soon as his business
over there will permit him he is coming
back to build new theater or buy an old
one.
Owing to Unforeseen circumstances beyond
his control DIR. A. G. Rogers Is compelled
to postpone his lectures that were TO be de-
Hvered in Columbia Theater this week. I'M
der the management of the Murray Lyceum
Bureau, until the month OF January 1901.
Tickets issued for the lecture to be given
Friday, November 3D. can be used in ex-
change at a date to be announced later.
LIE Roy Brock. who Is well known in anna
teur circles in this city, wll make his first
appearance In professional life next week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

II didn't know you ever had made
study of dialect"
II never have" replied the author.
Then how did you happen to fall into
the way OF writing ftr'
"Oh. did that while learning to use the
typewriter. '-Ch icago Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

George Lederer threatens to invade this
country next season with a strictly English
burleSQue company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

new act, entitled THE Gay Miss Plug
ger" is being rehearsed for the vaudeville
stage by Isabelle Urquhart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

William H. Crane has made such a hit
with David Harum' in New York that he
will probably play the entire Season there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Della Fox has been engaged by Manager
near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

This will be the last as well the first
season of Terry McGovern actor.
One-night stands have disheartened Terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Coquelin is said to be DESTROYS of playing
Sherlock Holmes in France. and may OBJ
tain the rights for that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Negotiations are under way looking to the
early appearance of Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter in New York, presenting an entirely new
NAV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

1.-The Belle of New York; will soon be
produced in German at Berlin.
Maude Adams season was lately extended
to run until the LIST of next July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Florence Ziegfeld Is said to be arranging
for a London appearance of Anna Held in
"Papa'S Wife"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Gerald Griffin. who last season headed a
vaudeville act of his own, has combined
forces with Isabelle Urquhart in the pre-
sentation of Even Stephen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Dorothy Brandon of this city is a men,
Der of the Francis Wilson Opera Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Olive May left the Richard Carvep' COM
pany to play Bonita in Arizona" while
Caroline White joined the former company,
playing Patty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

Helen Lord. who made an excellent i'm
preston in Edna Mays old part in The
Belle of New York. has decided to go into
vaudeville presenting a singing act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

THE GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA
Reports from the advance sale Of seats
for the Georgetown Orchestra concert in
dictate that when the curtain rises De-
cember the standing room" sign will be
in evidence Already a large part of the
Lafayette Opera House has been sold and
every box has been subscribed for by peo-
pie prominent in social and musical circles
among whom may be mentioned Mr.. Brain
ard HI. Warner, who last spring was elect
ed president of the orchestra and to whose
efforts its continued success is largely due;
the Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith, Mr.
Thomas Hyde. Mrs. E. ]. Somers. Mrs.
Eddy, Mrs. M. E. Norment, VIM. Bruce
King, Mr.. q. W. F. Swartzell, Prof. and
Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. ]. B. Kendall and Mr..
c. L. Pollard. That Washington Is rapid
ly becoming an artistic center is attested
by the fact that every year new musical
number Of concerts given by local and Wis
iting artists and organizations. OF all
these attractions the Georgetown Orchestra
is perhaps the most popular representing
as it does the diversified musical interests
of the city and uniting amateurs and pro-
fessionals in maintaining a standard that
few out-of-town orchestras can approach.
Its history of almost quarter Of a century
since its foundation in 1877 shows a con-
slant growth that has not only met but
anticipated popular demands. and the pres
ent time finds 1t fully up to the REQUIRE
ments of modern musical taste. With a
membership of seventy, making it one of
the largest symphony orchestras ever heard
in Washington, it is fully prepared for the
rendition of a most exacting program
That for its approaching concert includes
works by Beethoven. Chopin, Grieg, Weber
and Lassen, range calculated to test the
versatility Of any orchestra Those who
have attended the rehearsals under Direc-
tor Kaspar's careful direction predict that
the results will surpass In brilliancy and
solid worth all former achievements of the
orchestra
CAKE WALK AND JUBILEE SINGERS.
An aggregation Of talent secured at great
expense from Washington New York. Phil
adelphia. Long Branch. Kansas City, Mo.
and other cities. have entered the contesf
for a prize Of 500. and cake valued at
$25, at Convention Hall, Tuesday evening.
December (. The Jubilee Singers who con.
sist of seventy vocalists. and are among the
leading singers of this country. will render
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

A military comedy. entitled The Second
In Command" was recently produced in
London, with only mild success. Captain
Marshall is the author.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

and shocked. so that she required medical
aid and attendance
This cold and practical consideration of
subject SO long surrounded by the halo of
temperament. Even the Borgias, with all
their diabolic igenuity, never thought of
the kiss as lethal weapon 1t is only one
more of the cruel disillusionings of this
icoEoclastic age. But it is hard. 1t is like
taking poor Cupid, who has SO long been
shivering at the threshold Of the divorce
court. and giving him his coup de grace
with sand bag.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-08
NATIONAL RELIEF CORPS.

Funeral of Past President Mrs. Annie
 Wittenmeyer, to be Attended by Mrs.
 Bodge.
 Mrs. Harriet J. Bodge of Hartford, president of the Womens National Re- lief Corps, with the national secretary, Mrs. Charlotte F. Wright of New Ha- ven, left Tuesday evening for Saratoga, Penn, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, past national president of the Woman's Relief Corps and chairman of the Relief Corps Home at Madison, Ohio Mrs. Wittenmeyer died at her home in Saratoga, not far from the city of Pottstown, Friday. She was born seventy-two years ago, in Iowa, while her parents, who were Kentuckians, were on a visit to rela- tives in that State, and since the close of the Rebellion she had resided in Philadelphia and at her rural home in the neighborhood of Pottstown.
 Mrs. Annie Witenmeyer, nee Turner, was descended from patriotic stock, her ancestors having won distinction in the Revolution, the War ot 1872 and the Mexican War, and two of her brothers wer soldiers in the Civil War. She herself went to the front in April 1861, and continued her services till Novem- Der 25, 1865. She was all along the from lines from Vicksburg to Peters burg, and was on many of the blood jest battlefields. Besides spending $3,000 of her own money she gathered and distributed along the front lines over $2O0, ,000 worth of supplies.
 In October, 1863, Mrs Witenmeyer brought forward proposition to start a soldiers orphans home in Iowa. the first in the history of the world, as far as known. After the war she became secretary of one of the missionary societies of the Methodist church, and