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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
U%NSUSPEcTED INFLUENCE

you probably have no conception OF
your Importance as a unit. Few of US
have" writes Margaret e. Sangster in
Woman's Home Companion. Yet society
Is so constructed that we depend on one
another, and. without quite understanding
It. we constantly assist in holding the
opinions and shaping the conduct of people
who we may never meet. and who ap-
parently mover approach our nelghborhood.
For instance. I knew intimately a young
girl who was born in a tenement house
on the East Side of New York. who
scrambled up as best she could through a
meagre and povcrty-stricken childhood,
working as a cashgirl in a department
store when she was IA. and later earning
her livelihood In a obacco factory. Her
work when Ia first became one of my
girls was very hard and unwholesome. Her
face was pale. her fingers were stained,
her hours were long, and her weekly wage,
most Of It given TO her mother. was a sum
that many girls in well-to-do families
spend on candies and chiffons without q
thought of nor But h had a dainty
air, was fastidiously neat arranged her
hair very PRETTY and was gentle and at
| ~tractive in speech and She had
the sweet and refined air OF a lady. How
to account for 1t would have been a puzzle
had l known girls of only one condition
and training. l asked no questions, yet
found out without much trouble wha
wanted TO know. My little friend was
spending a Sunday with me, and she said,
incidentally, sWhen I was a '~freshair,"
the year / was 10, I saw a young girl who
must have been 10. She was the loveliest
thing you could imagine. She used to
drive down past the farm where we were
staying, and I knew she was going to the
train 10 meet her father. Often she stopped
with her mother and visited a little with
us. and 1 made up my mind that I would
be like that girl. l tried TO talk as she
did. ! made her my pattern. Afterward
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
WHEN TO GET BARGAINS

Go into any Of the large stores and the
material which has had its reign of popu-
larity is shown In the basement. 1t is not
stylish. of course. hut the bargains are
simply wonderful. Five yards of material
which been marked S3.75 on the main
floor could be purchased for 81 in the base
ment. Soiled material which can be cleaned
by washing or the use Of gasoline is very
reasonable In price. These bargains are
have a number OF children to dress and
not one person in twelve stops to consider
whether a child's dress is of fashionable
material or not.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

when I was a cash." I sometimes saw
her IN the store. and obi what a Joy II
was when at last she came to the Settle
ment and sang for us in the evenings.
That girl has been my IDEAL
Did you ever tell her about it?' I
asked.
I have never spoken q single wordst to
her. Was the reply. L don't want to. /
like better, to think of her as a star or a
beautiful flower. She belongs to me and
/ belong to her. and If we were acquainted
maybe 1t wouldn't be SO perfect
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
z. M. q. A. TROLLEY RIDE.

The boys OF the Newark Y. N. G. A.
will go on a trolley ride to Maplewood
next Wednesday night. The cars will
High street at 7 o'clock The ride
will be for the Youths Social Bible Glass,
White washed cookies and ice cream
will be served on the way. Tickets are
for sale In the boys room Of he associa-
ton, 1O7-111 Halsey street.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
$50. 600 FROM MRS. SAGE.

NEW YORK, Aug. a-Through Robert
w De Forest, the announcement was
made yesterday that Mrs. Russell Sage
had given $4,000 for the erection of a
Young Mems Christian Association
building for the employees of the Long
Island Railroad at Long Island City.
Mrs. Sage's sumne home is on the
Long Island Railroad.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
PLANNED SUITS.

. Flannel they are. yet one might take
them for some fine white wo9len goods.
The striped flannel dresses are very
fashionable this season, and since they
combine SO many splendid features Of COM
fort and beauty. no oma should be WITH
gray with a black stfipe. mother Is OF
cream with q blue. dotted stripe, while 9
white lnQka neat with q IAN stripe and
brown velvet trimming.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Many Honor the Roths, of soutl
Orange. 4

ASBURY PARK, Aug. 9.-Mr. and
Mrs. l. Roth. of South Orange. cele-
brated their forty-ffth wedding an
niversary at their summer home, 307
Third avenue on Wednesday. There was
a dinner. J. Roth acted as toastmaster.
lie presented Mrs. Roth, on behalf of
the guests, who were mostly relatives,
given a cane with q gold handle.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
eSSSoNEW5=
( }SH0ppER5.

Chinese mating. which VIII outwear
the ordinary japanese kind. is selling at
w. v. Snyder's at prices to suit the hum
blest purse. The combination Of colors Is
artistic and effective.
Scotch plaid combinations are seen in the
scarfs Of silk for draping the new felt
and Panama outing hats. At Ldssner's
there is a Panama hat turned up jauntiiy
in the front with a scarf Of the Royal
Stuart plaid adjoining It.
A stylish khaki shirtwaist costume seen
at the David Straus store has the skirt
placket closely buttoned with tiny pearl
buttons. As well az forming a neat clos
ing 1t also looks ike n decoration.
A stunning Peter Thompson suit" a
model which still holds high favor. dis
played at LIS. Plaut & Co.'s is of white
linen. with a collar belt and scarf Of pale
blue linen. It is in walking length, and
will make an ideal yachting suit.
Among the warm weather needs seen at
Bamberger's are small palm leaf fans,
light in weight, and are bound around the
edges with black and red silk tape.
"Geisha' fans. the same size. are also dis
played.
Beautiful unmounted canoes In exquisite
taste are on sale at Hartdegen's. Mounted
in Roman gold these make beautiful
brooches and belt pins.
Pretty summer Curtains Of cross stripe
cotton ~grenadine, in white and colored
are attracting housekeepers at
Hahne & Co.'s. They are ready to hang,
and suggest comfort these warm days.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
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The weII-Bred Girl.

It is said hat the girl of today is
lacking in breeding and manners, and
someone who has tried to solve the
question claims it is because there are
two classes of girls in the public eye
the daughters of the super-rich, who
have grown arrogant and who imagine
hat wealth endows them with the
right to sbe rude, and the daughters of
the poor, who faunt bad nner in
public because they KNOW no better.
Between these two is that great mass
of well-bred girls, some daughters of
old families still well to do, and others
whose fathers may have laid bricks or
even carried them, but who, through
education, self-culture and contact
with the better class of men and
women in the business world. have
mastered the true art of gentle woman
hood.
What are the qualities in a m
that go to prove her right to be called
ladyllke and well-bred? % someone asks.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

Here is the way that one woman made
her arms look-not quite like new, but
certainly quite presentable. First she
would fill a basin with water as hot as
she could bear 1t. putting Into 1t some
borax. a few drops Of benzoin and a
handful OF oatmeal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
TO KEEP HANDS FREE FROM STAINS

Keen a bottle of peroxide of hydrogen
and ammonia in the kitchen during the
summer months. This will clean the hands
and nails from unsightly fruit stains, es-
pecially berry stains. Raw tomatoes are
good for the purpose. but the toilet article
is the best.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
LIBRARIAN RESIGNS.
Miss Adams to Take Up Social Settle
ment Work.

PLAINFTELD, Aug. s.-Niss Emma
Adams, who for twenty-one years has
been connected with the Plainheld' Public
Library, and since 1888, the librarian, has
resigned her position, the same to take
gaging in social settlement work.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
Free Concert Moved Because of Death.

JERSEY CITY. Aug. 9.-The free
band concert which was scheduled to
take place in Hamilton Park last night
was held in front of the City Hall be-
cause four families living in the neigh
borhood of the park had been visited
by death.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

Too many women take a discouraged
view of their ugly arms and think that
there is no use trying to do anything for
them. On the contrary, bony elbows and
skinny forearms can be much improved
If a certain amount of trouble is taken.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

The whole world admires and respects
the woman who is a lady as well as a
woman. Everyone knows that If she
is a LADY in the truest sense of he
word she is gentle, and there is not a
person living who does not love and
admire gentleness.
When you find youg voice and laugh
ter growing loud and attracting atten-
tion just pause and ask yourself. Am
I behaving as a lady should?' and
when you are choosing your clothes
avoid remarkable combinations.
Be a lady in looks as well as in ac-
tions. MOLLIE.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

After holding her arms in the water for
about two minutes she used a rubber
sponge on them to wake up the kin and
Just a bit Of pumice on the rough skin
Of fhe elbow.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
The Real Lady.

Perhaps the most noticeable feature
about a real lady is that she never
makes herself conspicuous in the least
degree. She dresses, walks and acts
quietly, and she would almost rather
die than talk or laugh loudly in pub
lie. or at home for that matter. She
never laughs so loud that people turn
to look at her, and she tries to culti-
vate that one beautiful quality in a
soft voice.
To be a true lady means TO be n
great many things. 1t means modesty,
gentleness, s~elf-control and kindly con-
s~ideration for the welfare of others.
The true lady never adopts extremes in
fashions. She tabooes haring hats and
gaudy colors. for she realizes that 1t
is better to be ladylike than to be
stylish" when to be the latter means
that she must wear an outlandish hat
and impossible shoes.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

! A decided Improvement was evident af-
ter the first few trials and after keeping
It up regularly she was no longer ashamed
to wear short sleeves just because her
arms were hopelessly thin and ugly. y
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
TREATMENT FOR ARMS.

With the sleeves of today as much at.
tention ought to be paid to the appear
ance Of the arms as to the complexion
or hair.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

Then she would massage with a ven
geance, using a handful of cold cream for
each arm and paying special attention to
her elbows. After the treatment with hot
water and oatmeal the skin is soft and
takes massage much better than II the
cold cream is applied to the dry skin.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

Pretty elbows are a rarity, even with
rThe skin of the elbow Is thin. and so
many women have a habit Of using their
elbows as props that II is small wonder
that they are hard and lunpy and red.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09

People go where they're invited. Advertise
you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
Tow Boat Delta
Burns and Sinks.
DISASTER OCCURRED AT LOCK
4oE KANAWHA RIVER.

The Pittsburg tow boat DeIts,
Capt. James Riley, took fire last
Tuesday evening and burned to
the waters edge, then sunk, at
Loek4. last Tuesday evening. 1t
is said the FIRE was caused by some
one striking match, on the deck
of the boat, the head of which few
into a bale of oakum. instantly
igniting it. a barrel of oil near
by was soon on fire and the doom
of the boat was sealed. Pilot Jas.
Wright, of this city, who was at
the wheel headed her for the shore,
aid Engineer Russell Stone, also
of this city, who was at the throt-
tie, gave her full steam and soon
the shore was reached. ALI the
crew escaped by close shave, but
lost most of their personal belong
ings. The loss is something like
$4,000, but is said to be mostly
covered by insurance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
The WRONG Bird.

A professional rat catcher in a
town of northern Pennsylvania be-
ing recently called to another place
intrusted a number of ferrets to the
care of a neighbor.
Upon his return he found, to his
disgust, that owing to the careless
ness of the neighbor several ferrets
had escaped from custody. The rat
catcher thereupon proceeded to
bring a claim against the caretaker.
The magistrate before whom the
suit for damages was brought dis
missed the case.
mo doubt" said he to the care
taker, "you were wrong to leave the
doors of the cages open; but, on the
other hand" added he, turning to
the rat catcher, you were wrong
too. Why didn't you clip the wings
of the ferrets ?"-Harper's Maya
zine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
Gasoline Explosion.

Forced to swim 200 yards thro'
the chilly waters of the Kanawha
river to escape the flames of a burn
ing launch, was the fate of three
Charleston men Monday night.
An explosion of gasoline on W, q,
Meade pleasure launch, near the
lower Kanawha ferry, at s O'Clock,
was the cause of the Ere, and to
save their life Messrs. W. G. Mead
Jim Coffey and James Godds d,
who were in the launch, were
forced to make for the shore with
out having time to remove their
oVercoats.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
A Blind s0ot In tn. Eye.

It is remarkable that although
the optic nerve is Of all parts of the
eye the most sensitive to light, yet
should an object fall on it as we
look around us-and some object
must always be thrown on tit is
invisible to US, and in our field of
vision there is in reality a gap,
though in ordinary sight the sur
rounding edges of this gap draw up
together and SO fill it. But by clos
ing one eye by practice one may
actually force the object which is
reflected on to the optic nerve to.
disappear completely from the field
of Vision. Bernstein tells US that
even the sun itself can be made to
disappear if it falls exactly on the
blind spot where the optic nerve en-
tens the eye. This may account for
the fact that some people can close
one eye and stare the summer sun
without inGns.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
A Monster Flower.

Can you imagine a blossom as
large as a carriage wheel? On the
island of Mindanao, one of the Phil
ippine group, was found by some ex-
plorers such flower. Far up on
the mountain of Parag, 1000 feet
above the sea level, some explorers
were wandering when they came
across great buds larger than a
cabbage head. Greatly astonished,
they searched farther and presently
discovered a full grown blossom,
five petaled and three feet in diam
eter. 1t was carried in low lying,
lu1uriant vines. The natives call
it bolo. 1t was found impossible to
preserve it fresh, SO they photo
graphed it and kept several petals
to press and by improvised scales
found that a single flower weighed
twenty-five pounds. 1t was after
ward found to be a species of raf-
fiesta, first found in Sumatra and
named after Sir Stamford Raff1es.
The new flower was called Rafiesia
shadenburgia, in honor of its dis
eoYerer, DR.. Shadenburg.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
Reflections of a Rhinoceros.

am glad beauty is only skin
deep.
Sometimes l wonder what l was
made for anyhow.
l hear other animals talking
about mosquitoes. What are mos
quitoes?
OF all the awkward, ungainly
things l ever saw l think the kanga-
roo in that next cage is the queerest.
1t must be awfully unhandy for
these two legged creatures they call
men to move around. They seem
to have only one toe on each foot.
Some day when l have a good
chance I'll run my horn through
that fellow with the sharp stick that
makes me get up and walk around
when I'm tired. He knows where
my sore spots are.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
FAMOUS DIAMONDS.
The Stories of the Beau sanoy and the
Kohinoor.

Inc otorleS OF tne BEAU oancy ana rhe
kohinoor.
The famous Beau Sancy diamond
was lost by Charles the Bold on the
battlefield of Granson, March 8,
1876. A Swiss soldier sold it for
florin to some person unknown. A
century afterward the king of Por-
tugal pledged it to the Seigneur de
Sancy of France for loan. In 1889
the latter sent it to Henry of Ma
yarre. Thieves killed the messen-
ger, but Sancy exhumed the body
and found his diamond again in the
servants stomach. We next hear of
this gem shining on the breast of
Queen Elizabeth. James II. then
carried it off and sold it to Louis
XIV. Robbers in 1892 looted the
royal treasury, and it did not appear
again until bought by the malaria
jah of Puttiola, who owns it now.
The Kohinoor, an English crown
jewel, valued in the year 1926 cat
half the daily expense of the whole
world" is linked with uncommon
horrors. In order to discover its
hiding place half a dozen shahs were
successfully blinded. The head of
one was shaved and circled with a
ring of paste, in which they poured
boiling oil. Even then he would not
tell. Other historic stones, the Re
gent, the Piggott, the 0rloff, the
Empress Eugene, the Pasha, recall
adventures similarly grewsome, and
so in less degree could many a one
or two karat stone worn today were
its narrative recorded.
The romance of diamonds grips
one the moment he lands in South
Africa. The first notable pointed
out to me at johannesburg several
years ago was a big man with a
black mustache, from whose shirt
bosom radiated a twenty karat gem.
He picked it up in Kimberly, fed it,
concealed in hay, to a horse, ripped
the animal open just over the Trans
vaal border and, there being no OK
tradition treaty between Transyaal
and Cape Colony, wore the stone
without fear of puni3hment. At the
same time all South Africa was COM
menting on the foolhardiness of a
young Englishman who hid about
$4,000 worth of diamonds in the
barrel of his shotgun, He got aboard
ship safely, and the inspectors were
ready to 60 ashore when out of mere
bravado he said to one, laughing,
"Why don't you examine my gum"
The inspector. stupidity serious, took
him at his word, and the man is
now helping to build drydocks along
with others in the chain gang of
Breakwater prison. Public 0pin-
ion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
He Knew.

No one can tell what put such a
funny idea in this little fellows
head, but his teacher is laughing
over it yet. He attends one of the
schools in the west end, and the
teacher was quizzing her pupils in
geography. After she had asked
several questions and received salts
factory replies she asked what vol
cano was. Up went the boys hand,
and his face beamed with delight.
"What is it, Willie?"
ga volcano is just like sheep,
only its hair isn't so long," was the
startling reply.-Albany Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
Detecting Crime In Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian method of detect
ing crime is quick and effective and
has the great advantage of always
catching some one. A priest is call
ed, and by his exhortation, prayers,
sOrceries and drugs youth is sent
to sleep with the command to
dream. The person he dreams of is
the criminal. No further proof is
sought or needed. The sanction of
the church is quite enough. If by
chance the boy fails to dream, he
is promptly put to sleep again by
the same process until he does, so
that he usually manages the affair
in a short time.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
ORIGIN OF TRADES UNIONS.
b,urneymen Bakers Struck In New
York as Early as 1741.

b,urneymen Bakers Struck In New
York as Early as 1741.
The exact date of the origin of
trades unions in America is un-
known. 1t is believed, says the re-
port of the Massachusetts, bureau of
statistics of labor, that there were
no labor unions in the colonies, al
though a strike of journeymen
bakers is said to have occurred in
New York in 1741. Whatever of
associated effort there was among
workmen at this early period was
of temporary nature, having a
single purpose in view, and when
this was accomplished whatever
compact existed was then dissolved.
1t was then the custom to call a
general meeting" whenever a mat
ter of trade Importance presented
itself. Such calls were generally
signed by one or two men of recog-
nized influence in the trade, and the
meetings were, as rule, held in
private homes. They were organized
by the election of officers, state
ment was made of the purpose in
calling the trade together, and after
discussion resolutions were adopt
ed embodying the views of those
present on the question presented.
When the meeting had decided what
the attitude of the trade was to be
all those present, if willing to do so,
signed an agreement to stand by
one another during the difficulty.
Many if not all of the strikes in
colonial times were undertaken
with no more of an organization
than this.
The first real understanding, SO
far as compositors were concerned,
is said to have been in 1776, when
the journeymen printers made a de-
mand for an increase of wages,
which was refused by their employ
ers, with the result that a strike was
called. This proved successful, and
the association ended. Again, in
1886, an effort was made to reduce
wages to 1888 1-3 a week, and the
trade was again called together and
statement issued declaring that
the signers would not work for less
than Sc week.
The great period of growth for
labor unions was in the latter part
of the sixties of the last century,
owing to the organization of great
corporations and to the opening up
of the whole country to the work
of freemen. Local unions were
everywhere formed, vigorous labor
journals appeared, labor parties
we're organized, in some places rep
resentatives of labor were elected
to Office, and many of the largest
and strongest national unions now
existing were established.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-04-24
When Hoops Began.

When were hoops Sin" for the first
time? According to Strut, "trundling
the hoop is n pastime Of uncertain or
igin, but much in fashion at present"
QS0D. DR. Murray's dictionary, Incl
dentally remarking that the original
hoop affected by boys was barrel
hoop. gives no English reference to II
earlier than 1892. But the hoop was
well known to ancient Greek and Ro-
man boys, who called it a "trochus"
(wheeD. Their hoops were made of
bronze, and representations of them on
gems show that they were driven by
little hook with wooden handle, very
like the modern boys hoop stick This
was called by the Greeks "elater"
driver and by the Romans "clavis"
key). Sometimes the ancient hoop had
bells attached to 1t, and modern Lon
don may be glad to be spared at least
that exasperation.-Lon Chronicle.