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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

The president of the Lackawanna Railroad Company should
issue orders to prevent in future the unnecessary and irritating
annoyances experienced last Tuesday night by thousands of New
Jersey passengers. When the block i'll the tunnel became known
it ought to have been the duty of somebody to post Immediately
in the New York ferry houses conspicuous notices announcing that
trains were being delayed. Failure to do that compelled people
to travel to Hoboken and then return to New York to entan
bv another road. That kind of thing has a bad effect because
it creates the impression that the company is Indifferent about
the comfort and convenience of its passengers. OF course, Mr..
|Truesdale and his principal lieutenants don't feel that way, but
lit is up to them to see that competent subordinates are n hand
to take the necessary action.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Canvasser-Good morning, madam. I'm
introducing a polish for cleaning silver.
It is superior to anything now on the
market and the price is only fifty cents a
box.
Mrs. Smart fsharply)-Don't want any
Canvasser-Sorry to have troubled YOU
madam I see the lady next door was
right.
Mrs. Smart-Ehl What did she say!
Canvasser-She said l needn't waste my
time calling here. as you had no silver.
Mrs. Smart-The impudent thing! Wv
me six boxes.-St. Louis Globe-Democral'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Execution 10 the Rule.

knowledge is power, you know.
quoted Shortleigh,
Tn not SO sure of that replied
Long. Il know you orrowed $40 of
me six months ago, but l don't seem
to have the power to get it back
Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

SAY" said the theatrical manager to the
play manufacturer, eve got a job for
you
What kind of a job?"
'I bought a job lot of scenery at an auc-
ton sale today and ! want you to write a
play TO fit it,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
roosevelt Cats i'm democratic Bags.

Every few days some Democratic news
paper. lets a Roosevelt cat out of the bag
and the people who read them must won
der at two apparent facts; one is that
Roosevelt has 80 many cats and the other
is that Democratic editors have got them
all bagged and ready to use on dull days.
Jersey City Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
rhe Ambitions Josh.

docs your son like his new positionY
NO" answer Farmer Corntossel'
Josh is havin' his usual trouble with
bosses that want to butt in and run the
business wrong."-Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
In Literature.

what are you doing for a living
now?"
II am like a last will and testament"
"How's that?"
Reduced to writing" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
How About Grubb and Fordyces

There is not the same unanimity among
the Colbyites that prevailed a year ago.
Passaic County wants Pagan as a guber-
material candidate; Hudson prefers Colby.
and Essex Is pledged to Sommer. No one
has yet suggested General Grubb or
Colonel Fordyce.-Trenton Times.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Easily Recognized.

"Hdw did you know he was a defeated
candidate"
Because" answered Miss Cayenne, he
Is always talking about the country's
need of an absolutely honest ballot
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

How can I prevent the flies get
ting into my sugar basin." wrote a
Constant Reader to a journal.
Fill the sugar basin with salt" was
the laconic reply.-Pele Mele.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Accidents win Happen.

Miss Gushington--I admit, Arthur, that
this Is not the first time l have been en-
gagged, but I'm sure your noble, generous
heart
Little Brother-Sis, the baby's got your
bag of engagement rings!-Judy.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
whnt He deserved.

Husband (handing his wife some
money)=There. dear, is ten dollars ana
1t has bothered me a little to get 1t Tor
you. 1 think l deserve a little APP
plause.
Wife-Applause? You deserve an
encore, my deari"-Ex.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Miebt Prove IAN Exception.

Justice Fort is willing to resign from
the Supreme Court bench to accept the
Republican gubernatorial nomination. He
evidently thinks the old proverb about a
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
out of date.-Trenton True American.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Maud Muller, on a summers day,
Raked the meadow sweet with hay"
Her raking stunt was just a stall,
She had a date out here, that's all!
The Bohemian.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
RetaIiating on the Doctors.

Confronted by an organization of pa
tients who threatened to hire club doctors
on salary. the physicians of Williamsport
have withdrawn a proposed 60 per cent.
increase in fees. The worm Is turning
with a vengeance these days.-Readlng
Telegram.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
worth More Than a Milton.

A rich old man who recently married a
beautiful young woman gave her 1,60O,OOO
as a wedding present. Evidently he was
not fooled into believing that she took
him for love alone.-Elizabeth Evening
Times.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Reward of Merit.

Guide (to a party of tourists that he
is conducting)-The view is so mag
nifcent from here that tourists gen.
orally give me a tip of forty sous
Bon Vivant.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
N HUMOROUS VEIN.


Peckem-My wife referred to me as the
head Of the family today.
Meeker-How did that happen?
Peckem-She was talking to the man
who called to collect a bill.-Buffalo Cour-
ter
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Everything now points to a sturdy contest at the Democratic
primaries between the respective champions of Katzenbach and
Child. AT this moment the indications are that Hudson will
favor Katzenbach and that Essex will be pretty solid for Child.
If these conditions remain unchanged a battle royal may be
looked for. j. M.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

The testimony given by inmates of the Railway Reformatory
indicates that cruel, not to say inhuman, punishment was re-
sorted to in order to cow and subdue refractory prisoners. But
it would be well not to swallow as gospel all that the witnesses
have testified to. They were not committed to the Reformatoy
as a reward for attendance and decorum at Sunday School, nor
because they had won distinction as models of veracty. Some
of them are, undoubtedly, bad eggs. But, even at that, if
their stories be true, they have been treated ouuageously. How
much truth there is in them we can tell better after the testi-
mony is all in. Until then it might be well to suspend judg-
ment.
Meanwhile it occurs to one that at least once a year there
ought to be an investigation of all public institutions. If that
rule were adopted there would be less likelihood of abuses
creeping in.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
A Perfect Fellow.

Jones-Who is the really perfect
man, / should like to know?
Brown-The man your wife was go
ing to marry If she hadn't married you!
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Coal is fossil peat. The peat Dogs of to-
day might become beds in some future
geological aye. Professor Potonie. of Ber-
lin, says fhae is a strict parallelism be-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication, but as a guarantee Of good faith.
-Ed1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Comment w made the other day in this column on the
sapent opinion of one Edwin Robert Walker, to the effect that
managers are not expected to manage. The paragraph con-
c1uded with a query as to whether this was the same Mr..
Walker who had been Col. Sam Dckinson's guide and adviser
all through his troubles. From one of Trenton's most prominent
officials comes this answer
eyes, this is the same Mr.. Walker. Also, a former law
student and protege of Judge G. D. w. Vroom, President of the
Hospital Board of Managers; also the same MI. Walker who acted
as counsel to the Board of Managers in the farcical investiga
ton conducted by the Board six years ago, and, also, the same
Mr.. Walker who has acted as counsel to the Board of Man
ayers at various times as the record of bills for legal services
paid to him conc1usive1y show"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

It was learned on the best authority this afternoon that
the present managers of the State Hospital for the Insane have
that they all will resign before the first of next year. Il
said they would retire earlier were it not that they are I'M
willing to do so under fre.-Trenton news dispatch.
Oh, they'll retire under fire all right, either by resignation
or some other process. The longer that they hang on and the
greater the pressure necessary to create the vacancies, the
heavier will be the fire.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
THE SENATE INVESTIGATE coMMTTHE44sYLUM MANAGERS
U1r r. IT, oMr
WILL 0ET OUT.

Senator William J Bradley is chairman Of the Senate lives
dgahng Committee. He is a levelheaded man with some repus
tation to lose. Those who know him will be surprised If he
allows himself or the committee to be made a tool OF by any
body. He is, of course, not unaware of the fact that the
creation of the committee aroused suspicious of the motive behind
it. 1t looked like an attempt to offset the revelations OF the
Assembly Committee, and, indeed, was so proclaimed by some
indiscreet. partsans. To follow out a program confirming that
idea of the reason for the Senate Committees existence would
be a political blunder amounting to the proportions OF a crIme.
Traversing the Assembly Committees pastures for the purpose
of minimizing II pa1iating the disclosures made before that com
mittee would be, to begin with, time, energy and money waste.
1t would mean more than that, however. 1t would mean that
the Republicans had been trapped into the position of defending,
explaining or excusing the incapacty, inef6ciency, gross negli-
gence-and worse-exposed by MI. Backes. If the Republican
leaders knowingly let themselves be led into any such position
as that they need not look for sympathy. What they ought to
to do is to leave no stone unturned to convince the public that
they have a proper appreciation of the wrongs done by the
offenders, and that s. far as lies in their power they Ire in
favor of adequate punishment. They might begin this pressing
duty by convincing Governor Stokes that the Republican party
is being made to suffer for every day that the culprits are
allowed to remain in Office.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

Why is it that at the seashore one sees 50 many comfort
able-ooking persons, from the material point of view, who carry
around with them an air of sadness1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Cautious Critics.

None of the critics Of the navy has yet
offered to stand out and let one of those
defective ba~ttleships take a shot at
him. Camden Courier.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
White House Brides.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
Kindly publish the names of the various
brides who were married in the White
House. ETHEL
rThe first White House wedding occurred
during the Administrative Of President
Madison. Mrs. Madison's youngest sister,
Lucy Payne washington, widow OF q
nephew Of President washington. was
married March IL. 1871. The second White
House wedding was that Of Miss Anna
Todd. cousin of Mrs. Madison. to John
G. jackson. Maria Hester Monroe, daugh-
ter of President Monroe. was. married in
the famous mansion March 9, 1920. The
next was the marriage Of John Adams,
son of President John Quincy Adams. to
his cousin. Miss May Helen, February 10,
1923. During the administration of Presi-
dent jackson. the marriages of Miss Della
Lewis to Goer Pagent, secretary OF the
French Legation; Miss Mary Easten. niece
Of Mrs. Jackson to Lucicn B.. Polk. and
of Miss Emily Martin, q relation of the
Presidents family, to Lewis Randolph.
took place. Elizabeth Tyler, daughter or
President Tyler. was married to William
Waller. January 81. 1912. and Nellie Grant,
daughter OF President Grant, was married
to Algernon S~artoris, May q, 1874. This
was followed by the marriage of Miss
Emily Platt. niece of President Hayes, to
General Russell Hastings, June, 1878, the
WCdAAAhS VI ItCOioCht NlCNCiuhA " &AA9o
Frances Folsom. June 2. 1885, and finally
that of Miss Roosevelt to Hon. Nicholas
Longworth, February II, 1906.-Ed.l
Chewing Gum.
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Can you tell me what the chewing gum
is made of that we use today, and oblige
CHEWER.
[The substance from which the gum is
made is called chlcle, and Is the sap from
the zapote tree. a tropical fruit Indigenous
to Mexico and the Central American
States. The sap of the fruit tree Is OBJ
tanned by cutting a cash in the tree, and.
upon boiling, 1t becomes a heavy elastic
quality not unlike rubber. Thomas Adams
and his wife, of Brooklyn, were the first
people to experiment successfully with the
sap. They found that chicle would pro-
duce a, rubber gum" and Mr.. Adams be-
gan the manufacture Of his celebrated
"tutti f%rutti," from which he has amassed
a large fortune.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15

People of New Jersey, on reading the
disclosures of the deplorable conditions at
the State Insane Asylum at Trenton, be-
gin to think william j. Lee was not as
crazy as the Board If Managers would
have them believe.-Hudson Observer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-15
Germany's immigration.

The immigration problem Is agitating
other leading nations Of the world, and
shows the changed conditions on the East
ern continent. Tt is now stated that GER
tain national measures restricting immi-
grafton are contemplated In Germany. In
this 1t is proposed to follow to some ex-
tent the laws already in force in the
United States prohibiting the incoming of
an undesirable citizen class of immigrants.
The opponents of this kinl of legisla-
ton point out the fact that during recent
years mine owners, manufacturers and
large farmers ave imported into Germany
thousands of pauper laborers from Poland
and Italy. To meet this criticism large
employers of labor declare that this i'm
portation of workers has been necessltated
by the exorbitant demands of domestic
labor. The advocates of the restrictive leg
islation claim that it is the duty of the
government to maintain the standard of
living and of efficiency Of the German
laborers, which cannot be done they are
forced into competition with the cheap
workmen from other countries. The
measures are likely to provoke a lively
fight in the Reichstag.-Hartford Post.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
Speeds the Parting Tenant.

Mrs. Annie Baxter of S95S Exchange
avenue, used means a little bit too
strenuous to GUST an undesirable aen-
ant from her house, and this morning
Judge GoodnOw gave her some advice
on the proper course to pursue and
discharged the tenant, w. r. Loveless.
an electrician employed at the steel
works. on a charge of disorderly con-
duct brought by Mrs. Baxter. The tes-
timony showed that Mrs. Baxter tried
to speed the parting guest with a brass
curtain rod, and that Loveless resist
ed her attacks with some strenuous
ness. The court held that the premises
were in the possession of Loveless I'M
til he had completely vacated them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06

really exquisite. A favorlte model
this year is cut after the short box
style, and this length coat is to be
worn almost altogether for afternoon.
This might be called the empire jacket,
for there is a little yoke below which
the fur hangs loose to the hips. In this
style of Jacket elbow sleeves still pre-
vail, but in the long wraps, built pre-
eminentiy for warmth. long sleeves are
more in favor. On this coat little
collar Of velvet is embroidered in old
gold, with small tie Of lingerie and
valenciennes. Among the inexpensive
fur coats astrakhan takes first rank
The Illustration shows a stunning
model
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
RENSSELAER, NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mead and daueh-
ter. Lottie May. and son, Wavne. are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Clark and
Mr. and Mrs. Will Porter. They viii
spend a few weeks here
One case OF scarlet fever is in the
Short family. the patient being verv
low.
Mrs. VIII Porter is improving and IS
up and around again.
There is not vacant house IN Rens-
selaer at present.
Roth brothers viii finish putting nm
ice in a couple Of days. They renort
the incest, clearest and thlckest ice
that they have had in a long time.
Tho little daughter OF Mr.. ana Mrs
John Werner, the tailor. is improving
nicely and IS UP and around.
DR.. Kannal made business trim 70
the first Of the week.
4 Hallick IS spending most ~ h,s
time now at Indianapolis working
against the syndicate trying to get TO
drain Calumet river.
me county commissioners ara IN
session this week at the court bousa
County Treasurer-elect Mr.. Almond
getting his hand IN ready for Jan.
. 1908 when the present county treas
iere s. r. Nichols. retires.
4. Leopold VIII build some more new
enant houses here this spring,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
HAND
Or COLD FEET?
South Chicago Italian Scar
ed by Countrymen Who
Want Money.
IS ASKED TO GIVE UP
Dominic Faleo Stays In Police Sta
ton Through Fear He Nav
Be Killed.
Especial to Lake County r,n,o


South Chicago. Feb. 6.-Three Ita1-
ians whose names the police decline 70
give out are held without being hooked
at the sixteenth precinct police station.
One Hundred and Sixth street and Ave-
nue. NJ, on charge of being members Of
Black Hand society. The organiza-
tion' according to the police has been
trying to force Dominic Faleo. Of One
Hundred and Seventh street and HOWE
avenue. South Deering, to give nm 5000
out of his hardearned savings. The
men were brought in late last night
All of them were arrested in descrin-
tions given by Faleo in South Deering
Two were apprehended by Patrol Ser
geant Pearson and the other by Detec-
tives Carlson and Ryan and Sergeant
Fitzgerald.
Faleo applied to the Nineteenth Pre-
oinct- police for protection about
o'clock yesterday afternoon, after hav
ing been threatened by four of his com
patriots in 0. A. Kurz's drug store
renee avenue. He told the police that
he had been threatened and money
had been demanded of him when he
first came to South Deering IN Novem-
Der of last year, at which time he pur-
chased a couple of lots on One Hundred
and Seventh street. The purchase Of
the lots is said to have put the Black
Hand follows wise that Faleo had mon
ey, and they demanded $500, threaten
ing that they would kill him if he
did not give up that sum-
Send Emissnry.
About two weeks ago Faleo was ap-
preached by a boy whom he did not
know, according to his story, and warn
ed that he would better leave the
or he would be killed.
Last evening in Kurz's durg store
four men approached Faleo in a threat
ening manner and demanded the 5000.
Mr.. Kurz. who was behind the prescrip-
ton case, heard a racket in front and
put the men out. Faleo, thoroughly
frightened, went to the police station,
about six blocks distant, told his story
and asked for protection.
FaleO declares that he came to this
from Foggio, Italy. in May of
1903, and settled in Lorraine, .. He
worked hard and saved his money, and |
his possession of few hundred dollars |
IS believed to have aroused the cupid I
ty of the Black Hand boys. Faleo re-
ates that the first overtures from the |
society came in the form of an invi !
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
Drowned in Flax Seed.

The eoroner's jury IN the inquest on
the body of Michael Whalen, 993 1O6th
street, who was killed at a linseed oil
mill at 109th street and the Calumet
river yesterday afternoon, by being
buried under a quantity of flax seed, re-
turned an open verdict. Death was
determined to be accidental, and re-
sponsibility for it was not fixed. other
workmen were present when Whalen
was buried under the flax seed, but
they could not dig him out in time to
save him from being smothered
Whalen was SO years old and married.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
ST. JOHNS NEWS

Frank Thiel returned from the city
yesterday.
Mrs. Anton Reitman IS visiting rela-
tives in Chicago.
Miss Matilda Stark is visiting her
parents in Lowell.
Mrs. William O'Brien was in Dyer
yesterday on business.
Henry Overhage OF Dyer visited with
Christopher Blocker yesterday
Ben Dahlkamp is now employed as
bartender in John Miller's saloon
Messrs. Joseph Gerlach and Peter
Stark made business trip to Chicago
Tuesday.
crowd of friends gathered at the
Monon depot yesterday morning to bid
farewell to the party leaving for the
south.
While cutting down trees in Henry
Grieving's woods. a tree fell over, strik-
ing Jacob Held's foot, and crushing
it so that DR.. Chevigny of Dyer had
to amputate three toes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
EMBROIDERED rHEArER BAG.

and black spangles, or a dainty and
beautiful bag may be made with white
or yellow silk done in yellow or gold
beads and gold spangles.
Pretty bits of brocade and light
weight bits Of furniture tapestry also
make lovely bags by following the
woven pattern in putting on the bead
work. There are little novelty houses
dealing IN the clasps and chains where
the bag may be lined and mounted and
where the beads and spangles in colors
and sizes may be obtained. Steel chain
and clasp should be used for the gray.
gilt for the yellow and gun metal for
tie black.-Philadelphia North Ameri.
can
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-06
MODES IN FUR.
Mink Nearly rs Smart and Expensive
as sable.

as sable.
1t is interesting to watch how the
different sorts of fur viii be one year
so fashionable and the next quite out
Of vogue, and in the same way novel
kind Of fur, like caracal. for example.
is when first introduced too inexpensive
to be exactly smart, but in a few sea
sons has grown far beyond the limits
OF small purse. Sables, OF course,
and chinchilla can never go out of IA
vor Yet even these exquisite skins
Will be far more popular one winter
than another.
This year mink is very nearly as
fashionable as sable itself, and conse-
Quently Its price has so advanced as
TO be almost on a level with the true
sable. The dark skins of mink are
indeed beautiful and worn with vel
vet or cloth skirt OF the same shade
make most attractive costume. One
mink wrap was made up in the en-
pire model, the yoke formed Of parallel
stripes, while in the rest Of the jacket
the skins ran horizontally save for a
deep border all around. The wrap
fell almost to the knees, so as to be
really very warm. The high standing
collar was faced with cream lace, and
there was a full jabot and sleeve ruff
fes of the same, the coloring being