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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
EARLY HOLIDAY SHOPPING.

People who do their holiday shop
have every advantage in buying and
none OF the Inconvenience and dis
comforts that attend the crush of the
holiday season. 1t is, therefore, desir-
able to do shopping at the earliest
practicable time. A consideration Of
no mean Importance just now is that
of keeping currency in circulation. The
oma who now, at her leisure and
convenience, makes her Christmas pur-
chases Is a beneficial factor in the
financial situation. Many a mickle
makes a muckle. With thousands of
women shopping. the financial life
blood of business is bound to be quick
ened. A New York woman submits a
formula for holiday shoppers and it is
worth reproduction:
"First-Do as much as possible of
your shopping before December 1.
"Second-Have it all lone one week
before Christmas.
'~grhird-Shop early in the day.
"Fourth-Carry home as man par
cells as possible.
"FIfth-Do not ask to have parcels
delivered on the day of purchase.
"Sixth-Do not ask to have articles
sent home on approval.
"Seventh-Do not shop during lunch
hours. thus shortening the hour for the
clerks"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
You will confer a favor by furnishing me
with a description Of the fraternall society
known as the Heptasophs. l. D.. V.
1.-THE Order of Heptasophs is a benevolent
fraternal order in the United States. III
was founded in New Orleans In April, l0oz'
by Alexander Leonard Saunders and sew
eral prominent Free Masons. 1t was orig
inally called the order Of Seven wise
Men, but the title was later changed to
the Greek form. The ritual is very elaoor-
ate and much significance is attached TO
the number seven, the number In each
chapter being sever or a multiple Of that
number. After 1872 the adoption Of a death
benefit system was agitated, but aroused
great opposition, leading in 1878 to the Sc
cession of the Zeta Conclave Of Baltimore.
which organized the Improved Order OF
Heptasophs. In 1880 the order finally
adopted the benefit feature. Membership
is confined exclusively to white male per-
sons, and a belief in the existence Of a Su-
preme Being is r~equired.-Ed.]
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
suec,aI Guidance Needed.

An old darkey who had not been to
church for a long time appeared one night
at prayer meeting. His presence at the
meeting was commented on by one of his
brethren Of the church. The CONVERSE
ton between the two was something like
this:
Say, Brother johnson, 1 ain't saw you
heah at de meetin' house for a consid-
cradle Duration
Oats So replied Brother johnson; Use
been very busy"
"Well, how came you heah tonight
Brother Johnson
well, you see, it's like dis. Brother
jackson. Use repairing a chicken coop for
some white gentlemens. and Use got a situ-
atoms putting a fence round a watermelon
patch for another gentlemans. / need spe-
cial guidance from temptation wash
ington Post.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
A jolt for Father.

He had been calling at the fashionable
boarding school to see his beautiful daugh-
ter, and as he was leaving he paused to
say a few words to the principal.
Madame he impressively remarked, y
owe YOU much for the manner in which
o have reared my dear child since she
has been under your care. When | see
how innocent and demure she is l feel
that ] have indeed done wisely in placing
her In your Charge
Yes" responded the pleased principal,
and how proud o must be to be the
father of such a large and devoted
family
"Larsel Devoted" cried the old man.
Il don't understand you"
Devoted to each other returned the
principal. mo fewer than seven of Della's
brothers have been here during the fast
three weeks to take her out automobfling,
and she is expecting another tomorrow -
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20


Newark has had night schools so
long. and they have become such a
necessary part of the Newark public
school system, that it is hard for a
Newarker to understand why the city
of Elizabeth, our next-door neighbor,
should have none. There is in Eliza
beth a large working population, and,
many foreign-born, to whom the OPP
p~ortunity for instruction in a night
school would be a boon It is singular
that Ehzabetha with all its intelligence
and wealth, should never have made
any provision Of the kind. There is
now a movement for the institution Of
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
How THE NEGRO VOTED.

Prior to the election in New Jersey
this month there was speculation as
to how the negro vote would go. Some
sanguine Democratic leaders believed
that Candidate Katzenbach would re-
ceive Avery large part of this vote for
two reasons-the prejudice in the negro
mind created by the Brownsville affair
and The neglect Of the negro by the
Republican party in the distribution
OF the Offices
But there is no evidence anywhere
Of n material change IN the negro
vote. IN Atlantic City paany white Re
pubIicans voted the Democratic ticket,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
10. THE POOR PLAYER.

There are hard lines at the present
time for many members of the theat-
rical profession. In New York, where
actors most do congregate when at
leisure, there are said to be upwards
of three thousand actors without en-
gagements. The theatrical season is
only two months old, too. Many of
these actors started cut with COM
panies on tours when the season
opened, and the companies came to
grief on the road and had to disband.
The proverbial im%providence of the
average actor makes the situation
hard, for not a few are without visible
means of support.
The fact is that during the exceed
ingly flush times the theatrical BUSH
ness throughout the country has been
overdone. The roads have been filled
with travelling companies, the most of
them inferior in quality and makeup,
and now that extravaganza of personal
expenditure has been halted they
never will be missed. The people of
the small towns who have turned down
the barn stormers" can turn to other
and better amusements and dispense
with lurid plays and tank shows. Good
attractions in cities always attract.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

but the large negro vote was Repub-
lican. In Cape May City there is a
considerable negro vote, and Cape
Mays plurality for Fort was lips, or
541 more thar the plurality last year.
In Camden the negroes all voted the
Republican ticket, and in Essex County
not 10 per cent. of the vote was Demo-
cratic. Evidently it is not yet time for
the Afro-American to break away from
his Republican leading-strings.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

AS for those which are not properly to
be prescribed as nuisances, they might still
be kept within bounds on any OF these
other grounds which might be found appro-
pirate, and, failing that, they could and
should be made objects of taxation on the
principle which we recently reported as
having been established with success In
some New Jersey municipalities. There
are thus plenty of ways in which to get
rid of Objectionable bi1lboards. just as
there are to get rid of the ~nuisances OF
smut smoke. of stenches and of unneces-
sary noises. All that is necessary is recog-
milton of the reasonable and elementary
principle that the sense of sight Is equally
entitled with the other senses to protec-
ton against needless afffont.-New York
Tribune.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

A small boy, returning from school one
day, inquired of his father what people
meant when they spoke of the claw of
compensation" The father, in the course
o. his explanation. cited the fact hat if
one of the senses Is lost some one of the
others receives a corresponding develop
ment; as. for example, IL a mans sight
became impaired his sense Of touch or
OF hearing would become more acute, and
so on.
"Oh. now I see why 1t is interrupted
the little fellow, that when one leg is
shorter than it ought to be the other is
always longer. "-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

altogether of matters connected with
his official appointments next year.
Others are attending diligently to those
matters, and when the Gov~ernor-elect
takes office he viii find that the whole
slate of appointments has been made
for him and that he win have nothing
more to do than to send the names
to the Senate for confirmation.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Marius Cosecalde had a bad habit Of
boasting of his grand relations and friends.
II dined with the president of the board
of trade the other day." said he In a loud
y dice in the drawing room of a big hotel.
Then l am surprised that you have not
recognized me" remarked an old gentle-
man in the corner. Marius, thinking him
self detected, stun out of the room with
out uttering a word.
But I am not the president of the board
of trade, all the same" continued the old
gentlemen with a smile.-Nos Lolsirs.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
south stands Firm.

It is certainly an instructive illustration
of the conservative business methods of
the South that, at a time when the chief
business centre of the North Is struggling
desperately to stem the tide of bankruptcy
which has resulted from unwise s~pecula-
ton and wild finance. 1t evinces no such
evidence of recklessness and holds out
through her safer methods Of business such
n prominent source of relief to the country
at large.-Louisvtlle Courier journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
VIEWS OF EDITORS.


we all may not agree with President
Roosevelt's reasons for ordering the ola
motto, I'm Gold We Trust" eliminated
from the new coins of these United STATES
but we are bound to admire his courage IN
facing the religious sentiment OF the coun-
try with a blunt defense OF his action.
WHY he is no more afraid Of the min
isters than he was of the walking dele
gates who once tackled him in Chicago
Brooklyn Times.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
barred Out by the Rules.

Vaudeville Manager-I can't book your
act-no profanity is permitted in this
house.
Vaudeville Artist-There's rot a profane
word in our entire sketch.
Vaudeville Manager-I know, but we
don't like our audiences to swear, either.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
A Motto for our coins.

1t is a foolish uproar which is being
made over the dropping of a coinage
motto of such recent and indifferent
origin, and SO on, of place. If we u
have a motto on the coins we suggest as
more appropriate that one adopted for
use on the first coins struck under au-
thority of the Continental Congress:
Mind Your Business. "-Springield Re-
Publican.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Roosevelt is to blame for all our financial troubles. Of
course. Certainly. He did the wildcat specializing which
closed the Knickerbocker Trust Company in New York. And
surely he is responsible for the stock speculations of Brooklyn
bank officials. They simply took the money entrusted to them
and played the stock market as they would the races-tookN it
without leaving even imitation security in its place.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
Terrible woman.

MY wife" growled Kadley, lis the
most forgetful woman"
"Yes?' mildly inquired the polite
visitor.
Yes, she can never remember in the
morning where 1 left my pipe the night
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Wears Wife-No. The vicar is not in
just now. Is there any message you would
k me to give him when he returns?
Old Woman icheerfully)-Please, mum,
Martha Higgins would like to be buried at
2 o'clock tomorrow Aforementioned.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Superintendent Ito new clerk)-Why, you
want to get off nearly every day! Your
predecessor was a different sort of q man.
He knew how to arrange things. On the
same day, one time. his step-mother died.
his wife gave birth to twins, and he at
tended to a law suitl-Transatlantic Tales.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Why don't you come right out and say
you ont like that man who wants to
marry your daughter"
What for21 asked Mr.. Cumrox He's
popular enough with mother and the girls.
now. -Washlngton Star,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Father Ito suitor)-So you have come to
ask for the hand Of my Emmy. Young
man. do you know that she is my only
daughter?
Suitor-Well, sir, l don't want more than
one.-Lustige Batter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

And now the readers who have so patiently waded through
this column night after night in the hope Of finding something
worth while are to have a rest for several weeks. They prob
ably need it and the writer thinks that he does. They have his
sympathy regardless of whether the feeling is refrigerated.
!. M.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

a system of night schools, and, for the
credit of the city. the system should be
established.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
Care of Goldfish.

To the Editor of the Evening Starr
VIII you please tell me what I should
do to keep goldfish, as to changing OF
water, feeding, etc.? P. D. B.
1.-THE following method Of keeping an
aquarium is said to be satisfactory: Place
sand and pebbles on the bottom. Keep
fresh green's in it, such as can be bought
at places where goldfish are sold. The
fish eat these green's; a few snails are
necessary for the existence Of the fish n
keep the water pure. Prepared fish food
in minute quantities can be dropped in
enthusiastically, but the less used the
better, as the greens are all the fish real
ly need. If conditions are right in the
globe, 1t Is best not to change the water
or, at least, not more than once in five or
six months. OF course, water should be
added as it evaporates.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
conn,dernte Hobo.

Now said Mrs. Goodart, IF you do a
little work for me I'll give you a good
meal after a while"
Say. lady" replied Hungry Hawkes.,
you'll git off cheaper II yer gimme de
meal now. Work always gives me a fierce
appetite. philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20


To the Editor Of the Evening Star.
Will you oblige an old reader by pub
fishing in your interesting information
column a list of the birthstones and
they symbolizef TOM R.
There are two lists from which you can
make your own choicei
January, garnet (constancy and 1denty,i
February. amethyst (sincsrity)i March.
bloodstone (wisdom and courage); April,
diamond u~nnocence); May, emerald (Buc-
cess in love); June, agate health and
wealth.; July, ruby (contented MINDS
August, s~ardonyx (true friendshiPi Sep
tember, sapphire (~constancy>; octoben
opal (hope and good luckoi November
topaz friends ana l~overs)s December. tur-
quoise (prosperdty).
January, garnet (power); February, anne
thyst (pure love); March, bloodstone
(courage); April. diamond (purityN May
emerald (true love); June. pearl Qnno'
~cence); July, ruby (charity); August, far
donyx (happiness): September. sapphire
Consistency; October, opal Chope); No
vember. topaz Friendship; Decemhers tur-
quoise (prosperity).-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
DUSTY BLOOMFIELD AvHNUE-H0W THR PUBLIC SERVICE c0RPo-
RATION MAKES ITSELF POPULAR, ETc, ETC.

The Newark Board of Health, the Board of Works or the
Essex County Board of Freeholders, OF all three, ought to join
hands in compelling the sprinkling of Bloomfield avenue, within
the city limits of Newark and especially in the vicinity of
Branch Brook Park. Except during actual rain, or a period of
four or five hours thereafter, that thoroughfare is one OF the
busiest in this part of the country. Besides being intensely
disagreeable and uncomfortable, it is dangerous to health, and on
that ground the Board of Health has ample power to intervene
1t is apparently useless to appeal to the Public Service Corpora
ton to. at least, protect its trolley passengers from this
nuisance.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Every man and every woman, too, who wants to help hurry
financial and business affairs back into their normal state, ought
to do everything possible to put and keep money in circulation.
Every dollar counts now. 1t counts to put 1t into the bank
and it counts doubly to use it in purchasing merchandise.
Wage-earners especially should see to this because they are
sure to be the principal suffers by any delay in relieving the
currency sringency.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
FIR STAR READERS
ANONYMOUS

Anonymous communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as q guarantee Of good faith.
Ed
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

A mans fool friends often do him more damage than his
worst enemies. In which category would you place the persons
who are booming Frank S. Katzenbach for President
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Goyernor-elect Fort can afford to
take things easy ms diyest his mind
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20
Henry White. American Ambassador to France,

Henry White, American Ambassador to France, is being
criticised for attending a French Royalst wedding which was
turned into a sort of demonstration against the Republic to
which MI White is accredited. There need be no occasion for
surprise. Those who know anything about Mr. White woudnt
expect him to do anything else. Anything With the suggestion
of royalty about it catches him.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Speaking about Presidential tickets, how would Taft and
sound?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Fairgrounds, and still more Fairgrounds for the youngsters
There's no investment cheaper and more productive of lasting
results.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

How wel-trained are some of the Public Service Corporation
managers in the gentle art of making enemies for the company
Here's an instance: When one East Orange citizen re-
opened his house in the Fall he received a gas bill that seemed
hardly worth while paying by check, so he let it go. He was
foolish enough to assume that the ?. S. c. would follow the
custom of other firms or corporations and add the amount to
the next bill. Did they do itf Not by a long shot! The
course followed was to wait awhile and then spring a notice
on the man in question that if the bill were not paid by noon
of the second day following the gas would be cut off. And
the man has been paying gas bills to this concern or its pred
ecessors for more years than he cares to remember.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Governoreect Fort doesn't have to go far afeld in search
of advice. In fact he can get about al>that is good for him,
and of the right kind, too, from a young relative of his who
is developing into a hrstclass newspaper man. Judge Fort has
probably heard of the young mamie is located at Lakewood.
The advice that he will get in Lakewood is, after all, very
simple and straightforward. Summed up it amounts to this:
Keep your pledges to the letter and the spirit. Make
Everybody in the States service earn his pay. Rout the in
efficient, the incompetent and the negligent employees, high and
low, and serve in the same way those directors and heads of
institutions responsible for scandals unearthed by the Assembly
Investigating Committee. And stand for the public interests all
the time.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-20

Apropos of royalty, isn't it uproariously funny to have
people born and raised here, and calling themselves Americans,
organizing the "Order of the Crown" to which no one is
eligible unless descent from royalty can be proved. What his
tory tells us about most of the old-time Kings should prompt
most sefrespecting people to keep quiet about such descent in
stead of publicly confessing it.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Confederate Memorial Services
at Ruena Vista

~
Gaxsffe Co,reSb0sdenee
June 17s--Under the auspices OF
the Blue Ridge Camp OF Coufed-
crate Veterans, memorial services
were held in the Opera House here
on the afternoon of Friday, the
l4th inst. The Veterans and Sons
attended in body, and although
the weather was so very unpropi-
tious. our citizens and school
children manifested such interest
as TO I'LL the capacious room to
OVERLOOKING. The services consls-
ted of music we'll rendered by a
select choir and a male quartette;
PRAYER, Introductory address b!
Rev. DIR. j. B. Ayerett and GRAFTON
by Hon. Frank T. Glasgow which
was repiete with interest, doing
Justice to the occasion, adding
anew to his reputation as a speak
er and eliciting much praise from
his hearers, tending to the produc-
ton of renewed desire On the part
of the living to do honor to the
memory of the brave ones who lie
beneath the sod.
After these services large pre-
cession, consisting of Veterans,
Sons and citizens, drove to the
cemetery-some of our young peo-
pie Drawing the mud and going ca
foot, where the graves of % of our
sleeping comrades were decorated
with beautiful flowers and small
Confederate flags. The rerairs
of two of those who were cur ene-
mics in the great strife also lie
there. These were in like manner
strewn with flowers and Federal
flag placed on each grave.
Too much cannot be said In
praise of the ladies who manifest
ed so much interest in our cause
and whose kind efforts aided go
m UGH in making our endeavor such
a success. They are the moving
spirits in all such good deeds, and
especially so in our little noun
tain city.
1t is "a pleasing thought that tn
more the years increase ond the
less our number becOmef, the
stronger the faith in the cause fol
which we fought and the more l.
the faithful survivor of the strug
| lie becoming the idol of the PEG
pie of the South, as well as con
stantly increasing desire to DC
honor to the memory Of the derd'
Increasing efforts on the part CT
the Sons to perpetuate the memory
of the deeds of their fathers Is
source of real comfort.
SENEX