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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
rHE CUSTODY on CRY HALE.

The City Hall has been occupied by
the municipal government since the
beginning of the year. and a been in
physical possession of the city all this
time. The City Hall Commission was
created to build and furnish the struc-
ture. That done, its authority ter
the fiction Thai it had not concluded
its appointed work, and it has obstin-
ately held to that fiction ever since.
BY the same token the commission can
hang on indefinitely, for it can always
find something to do in and around
the City Hall to keep up h fiction.
The attempt by the commission to
appoint the persons to take charge of
the new building was an usurpation Of
authority hat the commission had to
retreat from, but 1t has since asserted
itself in ways to make unpleasant re-
lations with the Council committee on
buildings. The recent Interference with
the lighting arrangements was one in
cident of the kind. This anomalous
situation should be ended as soon as
possible. The City Hall has been turned
over to the municipality, which is now
responsible for its maintenance. The
City Counsel will doubtless find law
enough to terminate the authority of
the commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
FRIDAY, JULY 2s, 1907.
NO LEASE OF THE cITY'S WATER
PLANT.

A lease for ten years of the city's
driven wells and machinery at Belle
vile to a private water company
would be a public outrage, even if the
company did not intend to use the
plant to divert potable water out of
the State. The representatives of this
company, one Of the tentacles of the
East Jersey Water Company, at
tempted in the Legislature to prevent
the enactment of the law forbidding
the diversion of water, and the ia
miliar faces of East Jersey Water
Company lobbyists were seer at Tren-
ton while the bill was pending. The
suit subsequently brought in the courts
to test h constitutionality of the new
law was in the interest of the East
Jersey Water Company, which also
used influences at Washington to Sc
cure the right to lay pipes under the
defiance of the State and it's laws. The
denial by the president of the Hudson
County Water Company that his con-
Germ has any connection with the East
Jersey won't wash" The East Jersey
Water Company would never allow the
Hudson County Water Company to
exist as an Independent and rival COM
pany. The same interests control both
and the same lobbyists, official and
otherwise, act for both.
But it is surprising that any con-
sideration should now be given to the
offer of these men for the machinery
and wells at Belleville. Not long ago it
was officially shown that Newark was
approaching the limit of her present
supply in the Pequannock and that it
would soon be necessary to build a new
reservoir. AT the same time there is a
State law that compels the city to pur-
chase from the State n additional
supply Of Wassr at a cost annually
for an amount of water equal to the
Belleville supply to exceed the amount
of annual rental on the proposed lease.
The Belleville wells hold a reserve
supply. in addition to the limited re-
serve in the reservoir at Cedar Grove.
The pipe line to the ~Pequannock may
at any time be so seriously damaged
that for a month no water can be
drawn from the Macopin intake. The
Cedar Grove reservoir contains less
than a months supply, and in that
month about 800, 900, 900 gallons of water
can be taken from the wells at Belle
Vile. These wells. if jealousy kept,
may prove YewarlS's salvation. To
lease them for ten years. under any
terms whatever, would be a public
crime.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Monotony Of diet is depressing. Think
out any change on each day of the
week, for years, as the insane patients
in the State Hospital for the Insane at
was arranged in order to a~ggravate
mental ailments it could not be better
conceived. And then, again, think of
the dirty utensils used in cooking. the
badly kept kitchens, the slovenly cui-
sine. the milk taken from filthy cows in
a filthy coward and impregnated with
typhoid germs. And this institution is
supported at an annual expense of
nearly three hundred thousand dollars.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

During the financial dog-days of a
Southern college a wealthy merchant
called upon the president to say that
he had provided in his will for a rather
handsome bequest to the college, to be
paid after the death of himself and his
wife. h president was overjoyed,
and asked permission to the
gift in the city paper. This request
was granted on condition that the
donors name should not pc mentioned.
Accordingly the president wrote a
eulogistic notice of the donation and
hurried to the newspaper office. In his
haste he neglected to give his item a
title. h editor, hurried and worried,
absently clapped on the first words
that came to his mind; and the item
appeared the next morning with the
caption:
Two Pair of Shoes to Wait For
Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Whether a State shall have the power
to furnish the means by which immi-
grants are enabled to make the passage
to this country is to be tested by Loui-
siana, which wants labor from Cuba
and proposes to get it by advancing
money to laborers. The labor of Cuba
is desirable for Louisiana, which grows
tobacco. There are other States that
and they will be interested in a decision
in the Louisiana case. But it is hardly
possible hat the United States Supreme
Court will pronounce against the power
of the Federal government to restrict
immigration to this country. The i'm
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in such large amounts then. They paid
as high as Z per cent. interest. aud the
officers of the financial institution OBJ
tanned the preference on the principle
of patronizing home trade. Comp
troller Connolly broke that tradition by
getting New York bidders. The loan
was placed yesterday without any such
preference and simply because a local
institution vas the only bidder for the
whole of the loan.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
BEER IN TABLET FORM.

According to a London dispatch, a
producing beer in the form of tablets.
The tablet when dissolved in water, the
lent quality and flavor. There are UNI
limited possibilities in this announce
is a bulky article, involving much
labor and care in its handling and sale.
1t is subject 10 federal and State taxes
and regulations. Under our excise laws
it cannot be sold on Sunday. Now, if
this Danish tablet is all it is claimed
to be, the convenience and economy
for the beer drinker will be immense
and the excise law will lose its terrors.
A beer tablet can be sold in any guam
tity at retail by the druggist, or can be
peddled on the street. The nan who
puts a couple dozen of the tablets in
his vest pocket would on a Sunday
need nothing more for his refreshment
than a glass and a faucet. There would
be no violation of the excise law or of
the old blue laws if a man should go
to nj of the outlying parks on a Sun
day, call for a glass of water and brew
his own glass of beer. But If these
tablets come in general use, what is to
become of the brewer and the brewing
industry? And how shall we replace
the loss of public revenue from license
fees?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
H COUNTY LOAN.

The finance committee of the County
Board was fortunate in placing with a
local institution the s5OO,OOO OF 4 per
cent. bonds issued for the new con-
~struction at Overbrook. That class of
bonds is not much in demand just now
ms many municipalities have realized,
land the sale at par speaks well for the
lcounty credit. Time was when county
and city loans were ali taken by local
anstitutions. They We're not borrowing
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
AMERICANS ABROAD.
Only by Wearing Automobile Clothes
Can They Escape 0pprobrium.

Tourists who do their touring abroad In
an automobile escape opprobrium; they
are not called tourists" but "automo-
bilists. or motorists" IN. b. 1t is not
absolutely necessary to have an automo-
bile for his: often the clothes alone Will
sufice.) That is the only escape for II
is only in guide-books and railway posters
that he escapes the adjective damnatory.
He is called 'odious.'' "horrid.' low.
etc. In this connection, one of the
strangest things in the world is the IN
Election with which some of our country
men speak the word american" as IL
it meant something unpleasant or gro
tesdue, and those who so use 1t are not
always expatriates,
Half a dozen Americans stand at one
end Of an aisle Of Notre Dame in Paris
nothe half dozen at the other end. the
two parties exchange giances OF hostility
at first sight.
Says a lady Of the first half dozen; frhe
place is spoiled. One can never come
here wishout finding a lot of Americans.
Saws a lady Of the second half Dozen
with a shiver: 'Tet us &c. Here come a
lot Of AmericaIA Booth Harrington IN
Everybody's.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Former Mayor Frank Katzenbach, of
Trenton, formally avows his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor at a moment when his local COM
p%etltor, Judge vroom, is suffering from
a sudden revelation in respect to the
State Hospital for the Insane that dis
sipates all idea of his candidacy. Even
the ward association in Trenton that
nominated Judge Vroom will now be
disposed to withdraw his name.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
same Man.


Even self confidence will get bumped"
reflected Adele Richie, the star of
Fascinating Flora" Whereby hangs
a story.
"A man came shooting from a brightly
lighted window one night, and landed
with a crash on the sidewalk.
IT'S all right he said to the crowd
that had gathered. as he stiffiy rose.
That's my club, the Eighth Precinct.
Tn a Smith man, and there's ten Jones
men in there. I'm going back to them.
You stay here and count them as they
come out of that window
H limped back into the club. There
was a great uproar. Then a figure
crashed through the window. and struck
the sidewalk with a grunt.
That's onep said the crowd.
mo said the figure, rising, Don't
start counting yet. It's me again.'"-
Young's Magazine.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

To the Editor of tho Evening Star:
Please give me a detailed statement OF
Japan's naval equipment. r. d. v.
Japan has eighteen first-class battle
ships, eight second-class and third-class
battleships, thirteen coast defense ships,
thirteen armored cruisers, twenty-nine
protected or frst-class cruisers, thirty
eight other cruisers Of the second or third
class, t~wenty-three seagoing gunboats,
eighteen river g~unboats, forty-three tor
pedo boat destroyers, eighty-seven tor
pedo boats, ninety-nine miscellaneous,
such as transports. hospital boats, special
service ships, tugs, etc, and seven school
and training ships. Her navy has 1855
officers and 30, 490 men.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Mrs. silvers, the widow of the patient
who was fatally beaten and kicked by
two attendants in the State Hospital
for the Insane at Trenton, got her first
information about the tragic circum-
stances of the death of her husband
when she read in the Trenton papers
this week the Acknowledgements by Dr.
Ward to TIE Assembly Investigating
committee She was poor and had no
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
Sensible Attack Upon vagrancy.

In Toledo a Police Court judge is now
applying with success the plan of provid-
ing work for Migrants as a>cure for va
grancy. Toledo contractors and business
men are cooperating with him. They keep
him supplied with a list of places where
laborers are needed. When a man Is ar
rested for vagrancy by the police of this
Ohio city and is arralgned before the po-
lice magistrate his story Of misfortunes Is
heard and his trade is learned. Then the
judge looks over his list and offers the
vagrant a choice between accepting en-
ployment in one of the positions. at fair
pay. or Imprisonment at hard labor in the
workhouse. During the two weeks that
this plan has been in operation thirty pris-
oners have chosen to accept the opportu-
mites to work for pay.
This experiment at Toledo has grown
out of a local shortage in the supply of
labor. Perhaps 1t cannot be continued
when the demand for laborers is less brisk.
But even If only temporarily successful it
ought to afford valuable suggestions to
the national committees which is being
formed to work out a solution of the va
grancy problem in all its phases.-Chicago
News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
rHa TRENTON Asylum SCANDAL AND 4 FBw OTHER MAT

A helpless and defenseless inmate of the State insane Asylum
in Trenton was done to death by men employed to care for
and protect him. This was reported to the board having charge
of the institution of which Garrett D. w. Vroom is President.
Instead of promptly notifying the Prosecutor and police authori-
ties, the asylum officials hushed up the matter and allowed the
guilty men to escape. And they were permitted to go in such
a way as to make search for them extremely difficult. What
can we think of such public servants3 What must we think
especially of a man like Vroom being a party to such a
transaction?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

pull when her husband was killed,
and she had no means of learning the
truth. IBut murder win out" and per-
haps there will be some retribution for
the men who committed the crime as
well as for those who concealed it.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

'How is it a smart looking chap like
you never married?"
We'll, you see, when I was quite
young I resolved ! would never marry
until I found In ideal woman After
many years l found one"
well. h them"
S was looking for an ideal man."
-Bystander. .
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

migrant when he lands is free to go to
any State or territory, and he is, there
fore, at the port of entry under the
jurisdiction of the Federal government.
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wnntcd Some Reminder.

Now" said the tailor. well make
this suit of clothes perfectly comfort
able for you"
Don't do that" answered Mr.. Cum
rox; gust let me feel a little dressed
up, los I won't forget my company
manners and annoy mother and the
girls."-Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

ibid he have any luck hshing?"
well he says he caught a number
Of fish, many of which weighed three
pounds"
81 see. They were so small it would
take a great many of them to weigh
three pounds."-Philadelphia Record.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Gabriel-T've blown my trumpet three
times and nobody pays any attention
to 1t.
Israfel-That's strange.
Gabriel-Isn't it? People just make
a hasty jump for the curbstone and
then look which way the auto went
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
rag Of England.

To tho Editor OF the Evening Star:
Will you please tell me which English
flag, the union jack or the red ensign with
the union jack in the corner, is the stand
ard of the British nation? c. ]. 8.
1.-THE union jack, which, by the way,
contains the history Of the unihcation Of
he United Kingdom. Upon the cross of,
st. George for England there have been
charged at several times the cross of St
Andrew for Scotland april IL, 1865, and
st. Patrick for Ireland, the latter addition
fixing the date of the union jack in ques-
stion of priority at 1901. BY act. Of Charles
/. the union jack was restricted to royal
ships. On July 2S. 1907. the red ensign car
rying the union jack in the canton was
authorized for a merchant ensign. In 1864
the white ensign was assigned to the royal
navy and the blue ensign to certain other
official ships, the naval reserve and royal
yacht squadrons. In the regiments of the
British army the union jack is one of the
two colors authorized to be carried. 1t
is designated as the royal or Kings color.
The second, or re~gimental color, is a flag
of the same hue as the facings of the
regiment, with the blue union in the cam
ton and displaying in the field the title,
number and historic deeds OF the organi-
zation.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Count de spendall (after the quar-
rel)-My 1ifei
His Wife (the heiress, haughtily)-
Your living, you mean.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
Fortunate Jones.

Jones-Fine time we a at the club
last night, Ell?
Brown-You bet! Did you get home
all right2
Jones-No, I was arrested before I
got there, and spent the night in the
police station.
Brown-Lucky dog! I reached home.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Language of stamps.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Some time ago I read an article In your
paper giving the significance OF stamps
placed in various positions on an envelope.
I have lost the paper containing this in
formation. You will greatly oblige an
EVENING STAR reader by reprinting it.
MARGARET D..
1.-THE following, which anyone having
consideration for the comfort of mind OF
postal clerks will refrain from using, is
commonly supposed to be the language OF
stamps: Upside down on left corner-"I
love you" Same corner, crosswise-"My
heart is another's." Straight up and down
-"Good-bye. sweetheart" Upside down
on right corner-"Write no more" In the
middle, at the right-hand edge-"Write
Immediately" In centre, at topD"Yes."
Opposite. at bottom-'.No." On right-hand
corner, at right angle-'Do you love me?"
In left-hand corner-'T hate you" Top
corner. at the right-"I wish your friend
ship" Bottom corner, at left-"I seek your
acquaintance" On line with surname
Accept my love-" The same, upside down
II am engaged" At right angle, same
place-'I long to see you."-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

Carrot Vroom is a sanctimonious Pharisee-one of the "hoher
than thou kind who has gained a little local reputation in
Trenton as a heightened politician because of his unvarying habit
of discovering the defects and weaknesses of his neghbors. The
low, ungenteel methods of the other fellows in the game shocked
him, but while criticming everything and everybody he kept both
ewes open for the interests of G. D. W. Vroom and both hands
were out all the time. He is a lay judge of the Court of
Errors and Appeals, and as such sits in review on the decisions
of the Supreme Court justices, while as Law Reporter he is
their subordinate.
OF course all connected with the suppression of the facts
about that Grim will be indicted by the Mercer County Grand
Jury so that they may have an opportunity to vindicate them
selves. Meantime every last one of them ought to be separated
from public Office, and the divorce cannot come too soon.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

People who happen to be living around New Providence
lust now n enjoying rare treats these Sunday evenings at the
Methodist Episcopal church in that place. Dr. Willis Fletcher
johnson is delivering weekly discourses on various topics and
those who hear him are most eu1ogishc in their comments. DIR.
Johnson is the foreign expert of the New York Tribune but
besides that specially he is an authority on a number of sub
iects. His fund of information is extraordinary and he presents
the rare combination of a man who writes vo1uminously, grace
fully and accurately. Without turning y hair he can rattle
off IL his typewriter in one day half a dozen articles on differ
emit subjects any one of which might be accounted a fair days
work for an ordinary mar who had 10 look up data, refer
ences and authorities; he carries them all in a wonderfully
we'll arranged memory.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
FROM STAR

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required ror
publication, but as a guarantee Of good faith
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
His only Chance.

His only Chance.
What was that noise I heard before
L came into the room?" .
81 was giving my wife a piece OF
my mind"
But 1 thought she wasn't at homer
That's just the a why 1 was
doing it.'-Fliegende Batter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26

DR.. Johnson has written a number of books which have
attracted attention O both sides of the Atlantic. Among them
are "Four Centuries of the Panama Canal, . "a Century of
Expansion" SANKEY'S Adventures in Africa and "Parsifal
and the Legend of the Holy Grail
DR.. Johnson is a favorite speaker at educational gatherings
He is a quiet little man of sturdy build, liked by everybody
who knows him. New Jersey affairs interest him greatly, and
the wide1y-copied editorials in the Tribune on our State
topics are from his pen.
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slightly the worst OF It.

'Bilkins's cat yelled for three hours
the other night, and then I got up
threw a lump Of coal at it."
Hit the cat?"
Nope. I hit Bilkins, who had just
come out to let the cat in"
There must have been some salts
faction in that"
There was for a moment, and then
Bilkins returned the GOA through one
of my plate glass windows. Blu that
wasn't the worst of it,"
Nor"
NO. He went in the house and left
the cat outside yowling."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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winninr compllment.

The beautiful girl shook her head In
the negative.
No" she said. after a moments de-
liberation, 81 can never-no, never-be
your wife. But I'll tell you what |
will do. Just to show you that there
is no hard feeling on my part, / will be
present when you marry some other
girl and lombard you with my shoes
for luck"
All, here was an opportunity. Quick
as a flash the young man responded:
'Please don't. If you must throw
old shoes borrow them"
"And why not use my own?"
Because they are SO small we could
never detect them from the rice"
Flattery won. The beautiful girl de-
cided then and there that the young
man was altogether too clever for any
other girl, so she reversed her decision
and the, cards are out.-Chicago News