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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
American Hero Worship
The Result of Impulse
oT FLINT. Author of Power and Health Through Progressive
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s Exercise"
4" HEN George Bernard Shaw said, II should like to go to
America if 1 could do 81 quietly, without convusing the
~ whole country, without delivering a hundred addresses to
enormous crowds, without a salute of 101 guns, without
the risk Of being FoRCIBLY NATURALIZED AND ELECTED
PRESIDENT and subsequently, seized and imprisoned by Mr.. Com
stock" there was some truth in his jest. Americans are HISIER-
lCALLY EXTREME. They either love or hate. And they are
tickle. A great MAJ who is loved in America should beware. The
love of today may become the hatred of tomorrow; for not as he rs, but
as he is IMAGINED TO BE, is a great man regarded.
When Admiral Dewey, after sinking a fleet of Spanish ships, set
foot in New York, we.were ready to give him the presidency. Instead
we gave him a house, which, to our intense modification, he turned
over to his wife. Subsequently, at the instance Of his wife, Admiral
Dewey announced that he would take the presidency were it offered to
him. But it never was. WE GREW TIRED OF DEWEY
Then Hobson, because of a brave act, became popular-so much
so that every one wanted to kiss him. When, however, after first yield
ing, he closed the kissing bee, we had no more use for him.
10 the sober reasoning, Engishman such excitability is amusing.
Though quicker than he, our quckness is OF THE HEART rather
than of the head.
We Americans would be less impulsive did we reason more.
Things reasonable are not wonderful in the ordinary sense. And yet
we need some education to be capable of wonder. The African pygmy,
Ota Benga, when sightseeing in New York, evinced not even surprise.
This was not remarkable, though many considered it SO, for few saw
ages have the capacity for wonder. They feel no more interest in
skyscrapers, subways and suspension bridges than do horses or COWS.
Show a savage a watch, and he thinks it alive, but to him life is not
wonderful WONDERS UNFOLD AS THE INTELLECT DE
VELOPS Our primitive ancestors did not wonder at the stars, but
we do when we look at them through our telescopes. The ordinary
observer cannot wonder at the Milky Way as does one who knows that
it would take light, which travels about 1856, 700 miles a seconds 10000
years to flash across it.
On the other hand, the intellect may s. develop that many
SEEMING WONDERS are explained, and then they cease to be
such.
THE TRICKS or a HREsTtDtclTAroR ARE MARvELous-uN-
TIL HE ExPLAlNsaTfEM. NO ONE MARvELs AT WHAT Nj en-
DERsTANps. socSs Eax4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17

Convention of the building laborers'
unions of the international protective
union, which is not affiliated with the
A. f. of L., decided to become indie
pendent and form the building labor
! ers' protective union of New England.
The unions claim to be dissatisfied
| with excessive international taxation.
The British National Association
of Dyers and Finishers made a de-
mand recently for 10 per cent. adj
vance in wages; a conference of ens-
ployers and operatives representa-
tives took place, when an agreement
was made to accept an immediate
advance of 5 per cent. from January
/, 1907, and a further advance IoEa5
per cent. in March next, If the condi-
tons of trade are then favorable.
The question of a reduction in work
ing hours was adjourned. Any fur
Their dispute is to be relegated to a
joint committee of representatives OF
both parties. ssyvr
One of the best agreements that
. the m%achinists have re- made with
l railroad company is the n recent-
ly made with the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy. By the provisions of
this agreement wages have been in
creased all the way from two cents
10 six cents an hour for j~ourneymen,
and from two and one-half cents to
four cents an hour for apprentices,
which is a greater increase at one
lime than is generally conceded. The
agreement covers the entire system
Of the railroad company, and is prac-
tically the first that has ever been
made between the company and the
Machinists' Union.
Official statistics of the thirty
ninth annual congress of trades I'M
ions which recently met in Liverpool,
England, show a remarkable growth
of organized labor in the British
ISLES. When the body was organ
ized in. 1868 there were only thirty
four delegates, representing local
mions with a membership of only
1lS,307: At the last meeting there
we're 45S delegates from 213 organ
izations, with a total membership of
lnion lei of 100000. In the con-
gress there were thirty members of
parliament as delegates. The cen
tral body has a fund of over $1,000
300, while the local unions that make
Up that body each have to their credit
large sums of money.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17

spaeeoic Dai1v Neuvs is another
newspaper 10 feaiize tliat the Only
real 4 to down bossism and ring
rule and secure real reform is tc
stand by the reformers who are sin
cere IN their efforts TO give inc peo-
pie 2 square deal fhe Passaic News
says:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
THE QUEST OF THE QUERuLoUs.

(Wallace Irwin in Success.)
1t was midnight, that was certain;
and the king behind his curtain,
Lay enwrapped in sonorous SUM
bers-dreams, no doubt, of
Christmas wassail.
Ger the town the snow lay Whitley,
and the full moo smiled po-
litely,
On a real antique cathedral and
an operate castle.
Twas the psychologist moment for
the warlocks of the deevil
To be practicing the mischief of their
darkest medi-evil.
Suddenly from out the seething of
the monarch's measured breath
ing
There arose at first a chuckle, then
a most pronounced guffaw,
Then the giggles, ripping thicker,
boiled and burbled to a smoker,
Then a whooping, "Well, I never
heard the like o that-haw-
haw!"
Till the Lord of the Bedchamber and
a dozen oriflammers
Rushed into the royal presence in
their dimity pajammers.
In his bed the Kink lay choking in
an agony of joking,
While the sympathetic cOurtierS
watched him chuckle, gasp and
stutter.
They despaired of his condition, so
they called the Court Physician,
Who prescribed Il strong sedative,
till at last the King could splut-
ter,
''On my crown! that was delicious.
How the joke of it doth thrill
I have dreamed a dream so funny
that ! think it's going to kill
me!
''And before | die of chuckles, good
Lord Chamberlain, Guy Buckles,
Pray draw near and let me whisper
in your ear this little story
So the Chamberlain, eXuedient, lean
ed and listened, quite obedient,
With a look of deepened sadness
on his features grave and hoary.
And with signs that rem his bosom,
to his gravity attesting,
He observed, Indeed, Your Majesty,
it's very-in-ter-est-ing!"
No reception could be cooler. "In-ter-
est-ing!" roared the ruler.
Don't you know a funny story
when you hear it, you old gloom
er?
Soldiers, drag this varlet rusty to
the dungeons dark and musty-
Put the thumbscrews on h%isscrazy-
bone to touch his sense of hui
mort"
So the Chamberlain was packed away
with prisoners the meanest.
And received the prompt attention of
a talented machinist.
One week passed in ervou tension.
And, in passing, | might men
ton,
Seven Dukes, a Cook, a Butler,
who were all decapitated,
And within his palace roomy a the
King, in poses gloomy,
Mumbling DER that funny story,
still quite unappreciated.
Now and then he told 1t sadly to some
%wretched, mute clodhopper
Who, in lieu of timely laughter. lad
his neck across the chopper.
Then. full armed for war and pillage,
rode a Herald through the VII
lage,
And before him gtrode a Sandwich
man, this lettered placard bear
ing,
hear your good Kings funny
story, -,
Which he'll tell to Anybody with
the Proper ens of Daring.
He who fails to Laugh like Others)
will be taken to the Slaughter;
He who Laughs shall be Rewarded.
he may wed the Monarcn's
Daughter"
Hungry for substantial pottage, IN
his neatly mortgaged cottage,
Lay the little peasant, Johnnie
ZONES. close by his widowed
I ...tEnr=
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

Rs-Raritan Copper Works.
2e-High and Lewis streets.
27-Madison avenue and Paterson street
28-Market and First streets.
B5-Smith and High streets.
S7--State and Smith streets.
f3-Ruckingham ave. ana Hartford 81
15-Commerce and Front streets.
l7-f1igh and Washington streets.
E4-State st. and Buckingham ave.
5s-Hayy avenue and Charles street
57-State and Wayne streets.
s2-Washington and First streets.
S3-4New Brunswick ave, and E1iIa 81
g4-Sfnith street and Watson avenue
6b-Commerc and State streets.
72-Front and Smith streets.
7a-Vater and Gordon streets.
74-Kearny venue and Gordon streeI
B2-Smith and Herbert streets:
E3-Woodbrfdge road and washington 81
84-Lehigh avenue ana Stanford street
TO send In an alarm, open the door OF
the box and pull down the lever and let
go, once only. Stay at box until hrenen
arrive
SPECIAL CAIIa.
! tap-Break in circuit. 2 taps-Drln
and fire alarm test. 3 taps-Ftre out. D
taps-Police call. 12-Calls for Lincoln
Engine Company. 13-Cal for Washing
ton Hose. f4-Call for Mcclellan Engine
Company 15--Call for Protection Hook
n Ladder. 16-Cali for Eagle Hose
Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
\ Striking Study of Young America,

WV vi OHlt& <klAtEICus
The second series of the Schurz
reminiscences, opening in the Novem-
Der McClure,s, are of unusual inter-
est to every student of American af-
airs. Mr.. Schurz came to this coun-
try at the age of twenty-three, after
a youth crowded with stirring politi-
cal adventures. He arrived at the
most critical period of u history
during the throes of the anti-slavery
movement. His mind was alive with
all the vigor and freshness of youth,
ma his European experiences had
given him a s%ingularly mature insight
INTO political and social phenomena.
fhe sight of this vigorous, undevelop-
cd republic, with its curious, often
DlZafre contrasts and its absorbing
social problem, made a profound inn
preston upon young Schurz, and his
comments upon it rank among the
most Interesting of this statesman's
ntterances.- He describes his first
visit to Washington, then a strag-
Cling village of magnificent dis.
tances"; his first view of the Amer.
lean congress; and with a brilliant,
sympathetic pen he sketches the fig.
ures of the statesmen of that time
His portraits of Douglas, the 'slittle
giant" and parliamentary pugilist.r
of Chase, majestic and serene under
the furious vituperation of his oppo.
nent; of Butler, with his ''prancine
0ride,' and of the mysterious Seward
have an inestimable value and charm
for every. student of those stirring
times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
HillerY Rcforminp?

Senator Hillery seems to be I'M
dergoing the same kind of reforma-
tion which was the experience of Sen
ator Colby. A few months ago, Hill
lery appeared on the same platform
with the Essex county senator TO de-
fend the republican machine against
the attacks Of the reformer. Hillery
was then, as he had been for years,
a thorough-going maehinist in poll
ties, and was doing his utmost to de-
feat the movement having for its
principal object The overthrow of the
Estate house ring and the administra-
ton by corporations behind it. At the
present time, however, Colby and Hill
lery are working together upon Il
civil service reform measure, while,
to make matters still more interest
ing, the Morris county legislator is
reported as being determined TO bolt
the Republican caucus, in the event
OF the selection of Drdyen for Unit
ed States senator. Hillery has evil
IDENTITY zen a light. and it may be
that its rays first fickered upon him
when he unsuccessfully tried to dis
prove Colby's assertions that the state
administration was misrepresenta-
tive, Observation-Disclosures and cor
rupt.-Elizabeth Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
THE Only WAY orT.

MONDAY. n.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17

There is not much FUN in keep
ing boarders"-but there is PROFIT
in it lie YOU HAVE AS MANY PEO-
PIE AT YOUR TABLES AS YOU
CAN ACCOMMODATE-and timely
advertising, and reading Of ads, n
ables you to do this.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17

Gardens drug store. 81 Hall Ave,
Is a branch Office. for the EVENING
NEWS. where Want advs. are re-.
ceiyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-17
Ole ss
Function
Of the
Lawyer
BE-.
EDWARD N.
SHEPARD.
Prominent New
York Lawyer
And Reformer

LAWYER may very justly present to a legislative COM
mittee or to a governor an argument In behalf OF any plan
Of a railroad corporation or for any special interest, SO
long as he speaks confessed and definitely for his client,
PUTTING HIS CLIENTS VIEW, but putting it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

in the world, both demanding that the old standard copied from the col leges for men shall be abandoned and that a new standard for women shall be raised.
 The effort, more or less conscious more or less unconscious. on the part of college authorities to satisfy this demand is perhaps the most important and most marked tendency of today in the education of women.
 The most marked practical result of this tendency Is perhaps the intro duction of departments of domestic science in many of the colleges for women. The culminarY and needle arts have a distinct value as educa- tional discipline Past experience in a well ordered home furnish the men, tai basis which is necessary for the reception of instruction and future needs supply the practical incentive to interest in the study.
 The chief difficulties which are en- countered in the establishment of such departments are, first the association of such employments with menial ser vice and the prejudice which arises therefrom, and. second, the drudgery which It involves. The former will be dissipated as these arts develop into sciences and the latter will be reliev- ed by the comforts of modern cleo tricaI invention.
 Another marked tendency of the woman's college Is to give place in the regular curriculum to the so-calfed fine arts. music, painting and oratory. Formerly it was necessary for these
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
By W. T. sheehan.

It should be a source of pride to the Alabamian that the educational regen- eration of his State was brought about by Alabamians, native born, and iden- tifled in life and thought with their people.
 A few years ago Alabama's educa- tlonal standing was one to bring hu- initiation to her thoughtful citizens. Her per oentaee of illlteraey was among the highest. her per centage Of literacy among the lowest of all the States. Her educational affairs out side of the State were only mentioned and discussed to point moral or adorn a tale
 In less than eight years all this has been changed. The educational reform has been complete. No Alabamian has cause for shame when education in this State Is discussed. He can LOOK the world in the eye. For no state in the Union. bearing burdens like Alabama, a vast part of her population black and unproductive is doing SO well with schools and colleges.
 Alabamians have done the Work, LOO
 A measure of credit. at least ls que President c. w Daugette, President of the Jacksonville Normal Schools Tor his labors, with other distinguished edu- cators of the State for It's educational regeneration. At least woro or oreoli should be said for one Nno MaEsnso
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

perforce of circumstances many will still pursue vacations which are com monIy regarded as masculine But such are no longer the new women;" they are rather the unfortunate ones, the glamour and glory of 1t all being faded and gone.
 On the other hand, the new woman" of the twentieth century will be she who has gained new conception of the old fashioned womanly duties. In- stead of fleeing her household duties, it will be her care to render them more simple, that thereby she may perform them more perfectly; instead of flee ing the cares of motherhood she will understand better their significance and devise means to lessen their bur den; instead of fleeing the drudgery of the kitchen she will remodel 1t into a scientific laboratory and solve the mysteries of nature while ministering more intelligently to the necessities of her family. And in the doing of these things she will solve the servant problem by becoming independent of them.
 ] The question as to the ability of woman to master the course of study assigned for the man having been set tied. there is opportunity to raise the question as to whether or not such a course of study is best adapted to the proper development of woman. The answer to this question must be large 1y influenced by the change In our ideal of her end and mission. If she is to be the equal and the rival of man she should undoubtedly have the same Training; if on the other hand her mis-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
PROF. (. W. DAUGETTE AND HIS
 WORK FOR THE NORMAL SCHOOL

shoulder to shoulder with the other and bore well his share of the work. And like the others who did 1t Profess sor Daugette Is a native born Alaba- milan.
 The Time of Regeneration.
 Opportunity. time. men and place, all mean much in the history of State, nation or an individual. The energy and tho executive ability of Professor Daugette. and he possesses those quail ties to a rare degree, met their oppor- tunity and had their field for work when he was called to the Presidency of the State Normal School. The hour was striking in that year of 1899 for a new era of education in Alabama.
 Patient. hopeful men throughout the State had been laboring for it. The law makers of Alabama had been rous- ed to their duties and their respousi- billtIes The common schools were about to advance as they never advanc- ed before. There was about to be ere ated such a demand for teachers as never existed in Alabama before. It was a ripe opportunity for a Normal School, a ripe opportunity for man of talents and of executive ability low ing his work.
 So Professor Daugette became the head of the Jacksonville Normal School. Were the possibilities of the opportuni- ty attained7 When he assumed charge of the school 1t had onlx tWentxsnYs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

sion in the world Is peculiar one. then 1t Is reasonable to suppose that a peculiar and special training IS re- uuired.
 Such are some of the practical con alterations which are responsible TOT the modern tendencies in.the educatioh
 Perhaps. however the most impor- tant factor in the development or these
 Tendencies has been the new coucep-
 tion of mind for which modern psy- chology stands, and the use oi
 this conception in the development
 of the pedagogy of the day.
 So long as the mind was regarded
 as an entity possessing the three fac
 uities of intellect. sensibility and will.
 there could be no difference discrim-
 mated between the mind of man and
 woman because these three faculties could be attributed to each. But with
 the new conception of mind as com plex of conscious processes originat-- once manifest the possibility of a wide difference in the mental natures of male and female. The fact that one wears the hair done up in a knot on the top of the head and the other wears the hair cut short and parted on the side implies to that extent dif- ference in the mental constitution of the two. The habit of wearing a l feather in the bonnet will be the cause of peculiar series of conscious ex- periences and to. that extent furnish peculiar material out of which the mind is wrought. In other words, ac- cording to the view of modern psy-
 chology the mental nature is deter mined. first by neredity. which fur nishes the mould or pattern. second by | the physical bodE which furnishes, al | it were, the warp and third by environ, ment, which supplies the wool
 | Certainly the physical body and the environment of woman are essen, l tiaIly different from those Of man Therefore. argues the educator, sinct this difference implies a difference 1T the mental nature, it must also involve a difference in the educational pro. gram designed to develop this msnta nature. The female college of today il
 therefore confronted on the one hant lwith theological considerations con corning the nature of the female mind | and on the other hand with practi cal considerations concerning th'
 place which must be filled by woman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
- HAYwooD ,. PEARcE, T.

There is no doubt that woman has been long in coming into her own. Al steruately the slave and the toy or man, the nineteenth century was well oes a. before she began to realize tnas sns had any world significance. Sne ..a nau for So long reyolved a.,,t as saT her fo realize that she might exist as an Independent planet. ..
 It is perhaps hardly strange that the first conception of this indepenu erce was more or less erroneous. Wi'n the first dawning of the consciousness of her Independence there was eoupleo th6 idea of rivalry. She must wear male attire: she must enter the nsts of commerce and trade and the profes- sions and show herself the equal or man in every field of endeavor.
 This tendency was particularly mani fest In the institutions for the higner education of woman which were 1ound- ed in the nineteenth century. Partly because of this tendency and partly because these institutions were round ed and directed by men, the ideal set before every one of them was that or the male college. college for women was judged as to its excellence ac- cording to the degree of nearness py which It's curriculum approacheo tna' 4of some standard college Tor men
 The only doubt as to the wisdom oi this sort of q college course for wo- men was with reference to her ability to master 1t. In order to demonstrate this ability and otherwise insure a per fectly equal chance in her rivalry With man, a demand was made that the doors of the male college be opened 70 women. This was done in many in stances and it was repeatedly demon strated that woman was capable oi completing satisfactorily the same course of study as man.
 Before the close of the nineteenth century there was perhaps not single field of endeavor which had not beer catered by woman as the equal anc the rival of man. This has been per haps a necessary phase of the evolu- ton of the ideal woman who is to be- not the vassaL not the slave. not tht toy--not even the equal, bat the com plement of man.
 If read aright the signs of ths times, the new woman" of the twen' tieth century will be vastly different from the predecessor of the nineteenth There will undoubtedly still be wo men who must earn their bread ant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

be obtained in private fsmilies from $10 to sl1 month. Other expenses are equally reasonable.
 Tuition in the Training School Is free. In the Third Grade and Second Grade claass9 for a term of three months the tuition is s10. For the Ftrst Grade and Life Class it is s12 term. The Normal Course is free.
 Incidental fees for Normal students cash session amount to $i0, A library fec of S1.O0 Is required from each stu dent
 The Twerty-fourth Annual session of the Normal School will begin on Sep- tember 19.