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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
FINAL CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING RUSH
BREAKS RECORDS
Merchants Say That Never Be-
fore Has There Been So Great
a Crush in Newark.

The grand final rush of Christmas
shopping set in at noon today and
promised to end in a record breaking
whirl-wind finish at midnight.
Confusion was added to the chaos Of
the last few days by purchasers carry
ing the bundles through the congested
streets and stores, and in the crowded
cars. There was NJ certainty. that pres
ents purchased this afternoon ant
evening would be delivered in time fol-
Santa Claus to place them on the trees
Merchants declared that the good
times had returned, that there was the
old-time freedom Of purchasing Christ
mas goods and that the sales would
amount to a tremendous total.
In all of the rush of buying this yeai
one Of the remarkable features has
been the even good nature maintained
by the salespeople. Many of the stores
had specially ain their corps to BIT
good natured, no matter what hap
pened, and the result was that most OF
the young women working in the stores
were finishing the ordeal with un.
ruflled tempers. and had given remark
able satisfaction to all of the custom
ers.
The street car company ordered oui
many extra cars to carry the half
million persons who were doing theil
shopping in Newark, and these were
ordered to remain in service until the
stores were closed and the people home
The fire department issued it's fina
warning to Santa Claus, as follows:
Don't put cotton on the Christina
tree or under II.
If Santa Claus must wear cottor
whiskers his beard should be saturated
in a non-combustible fluid.
When candles on a tree are lighted
there should be a grown person in the
room n there should be plenty Of
water handy.
Don't place the tree near curtained
windows.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

nounced their intention of playing
Santa Claus to the little ones of the
tenements. One woman has sent toys
for fifty children.
The work-room for women, in the
same building with the Associated
Charities office, has sent dinners to six
teen families.
Two hundred men and women will
be given a Christmas feast in the Res
cue Home, 80 Liberty street. Special
exercises will be held, to which all will
be welcomed.
Women connected with the Board of
the Home for Aged Women, In Mount
Pleasant avenue, have planned to place
a Christmas tree on the upper floor of
the institution for the most feeble or
the inmates. 1t will be trimmed with
fancy articles and zach member will
receive a remembrance. Services viii
be held in the home on Sunday after
noon, though a Christmas celebration
will take place Friday.
The annual Christmas celebration for
the inmates Of the Kruger Greisen-
helm, in clinton place, will take place
on Sunday afternoon.
Superintendent Oscar Pietschker has
placed a huge tree in the reception
room. After the entertainment the
tree will be stripped, and the useful
articles, which will be neatly wrapped
in colored paper, will be distributed
among the "old folks"
Former Judge Gottfried Kruger,
President John Otto and other friends
of the Institution, were the donors of
wearing apparel and other useful arti-
cles.
on Christmas Day the regular turkey
dinner will be served.
The Salvation Army has distributed
over 800 tickets, good for a Christmas
dinner basket this afternoon. The dim
ner will include chicken, potatoes, tur-
nips, celery, corn, apples, oranges,
bread, butter, coffee and sugar. The
Salvation Army Christmas tree will be
ready on the night of December 80.
The Volunteers of America are also
making plans to distribute many
Christmas baskets tomorrow. Articles
of clothing will also be given away at
the headquarters of the organization,
SO Clinton street.
Fifty men inmates of the j. Clement
French Industrial Home in Plane street
will receive presents Christmas after
noon from q large Christmas tree to
be erected in the main hall after they
have been served with a substantial
Christmas dinner. There will also be a
! musical and literary program in charge
of the superintendent, e. g. Randal
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
GERMAN SINGERS
ARE TO HAVE BIG
CHRISTMAS FE1E
Music, Singing and Big Tree for
the Children to Be
Features.

The Christmas celebration Of the Ger
man Singing Society, in it's headquar-
tiers, the Kruger Auditorium, Monday
night. will be one of the most elaborate
of It's kind. The choruses will be under
the direction of William ~Laufenberg,
who swings the baton for the active
members of the organization. and the
double quartet has Beethoven's beauti-
full Hymn to the Night" on its pro-
gram. Rehearsals were held by the
singers last night.
Henry Wuerzbach will lead the chill
dren's choruses al the Christmas festi-
val of the M. G.. V. Hessischer Saen-
gerbund in Dassing's Hall tonight.
Those in charge of the affair will be
Henry Seipel, Herman Rode. John
Jacket and George Froebel. besides a
committee from the Ladies' Auxiliary.
Another celebration that will prove to
be popular Is that of the Bergischer
Maennerehor, which will do honors to
Santa Claus in Creter's Hall, Holland
street. As In all the German organiza-
tons, singing and instrumental music
and a Christmas tree viii help to keep
alive the spirit of the season.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
To Keen ChiIdren'S Heads Clean

There is always more or less trouble keeping
the heads OF children free from verinin. espe-
cially while attending school. All bad smelling
oils and poisonous drugs should be avoided, as
they ruin the hair and e~ndanger the children's
lives. This simple but sure remedy. which ia
by leading physicians and has
been adopted by school and health authorities.
should be followed by every mother Of children.
Wet the hair with warm water and rub thor
oughly with Fitzgeralds Vermin Hair Soap. a
sanitary medlcated shampoo which can be OBJ
tanned OF any druggist This soap will form a
thick. medicated 1ather. which should be al
lowed to remain fifteen minutes or more-in bad
ca ses 1t should remain over night-rinse of with
warm water. rub dry and comb the hair. This
will thoroughly cleanse 1t of all nits. vermin,
dandruf, contagious disease germs and dirt. and
cure sores and diseases Of the scalp. Following
this course every week. as Is done in children's
Institutions, and by thousands Of careful
mothers. will keep the hair perfectly clean and
II VIII never itch or need fine combfng. 1t will
keep 1t soft and fluffy. prevent Its falling out
and promote Its healthy growth. A lo-cent box
is sufficient for several months use. Mothers
should save this. II your druggist does not hGe
this soap he will get Il for you. or Fitzgerald
Soap Co., coliingswcud. N. J.. will send III to
you by mall ON receipt Of price and your drug
gist's name. and will return your money IL not
entirely satisfied with its results.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
KIDS ARE HAPPY
NOW THERE A|NT
No MORE SCHOOL
Christmas Programs Usher in
Two Weeks Vacation for
Boys and Girls.
EXCELLENT NUMBERS
BY NORMAL STUDENTS
Fall Term Throughout City
Ended at ! O'clock This
Afternoon.

There will be no more school this
year.
At a few minutes after l o'clock to-
day the children placed their caps and
hats on their heads and scampered out
of the big iron gates, shouting and
laughing with the joy of vacation and
Christmas and New Years coming all
together In a joyous heap.
Tonight they'll all go to bed early,
so that Santa Claus will not find them
wide awake when he comes n to-
morrow morning the holiday fun will
begin with the cropping in the toes of
the Christmas stockings to make sure
that no diminutive parcel wiggled its
way to the very, very bottom. And
during the crisp, cold playdays to fol-
low, not a thought will be given to
school until January 4, when each
must troop back again through the iron
gates To the class-rooms
According to custom, exercises were
held in all of the schools. Where the
institutions were small programs were
carried out in the various class rooms
In many cases there were gally deco
rated trees for the Kindergarten chill
dren, who mace the long paper chains
and other ornaments that helped make
things look festive.
Everything was done with a goodly
amount of holiday spirit. for everybody
was happy. Principals and teachers
who live out of town are preparing to
depart at once for their own towns,
to spend Christmas with the home
folks.
Normal Program.
Mise Harriet carnanter arranged the
,rnaram oi,,or 4, tho Nor,,,al and
Training school II took the form of
a canta1a Tho Tegend Of tho Rells -
ard yas n.rticinated in Nv tho etn-
den4s. essed In white costumes Fol
lowing Is the comnlete nroeram.
ITrseen chorus "uarl,r the christ
mas Rells are Ringing" Christmas
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

dations 70 extra guests for the occa-
sion. A big dinner and the distribu-
ton of fruit and candy will distinguish
tho day.
In the Isolation Hospital the sixty
patients will be given a Christmas tree
in each ward and a big dinner. In the
City Hospital, all who may safely be
served with plum pudding will have
their share. and every patient will have
a big dinner. There will be a Christ
mas tree for the thirty children. st,
James's, st. Barnabas's and st.
Michaels hospitals will make their
patients as happy as possible on
Christmas day.
superintendent Frank Dittoerl has
provided an excellent repast for the
inmates of the almshouse, who will
also be given little gifts of candy and
fruit at night. There will be special
exercises.
In the Essex County Asylum for the
Insane the inmates will receive pres
ents. There will be no Christmas tree
but there will be a dinner such as Is
served but once a year.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
CHURCH CHILDREN
TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS,
To Have Music and Distribution
of Gifts.

Christmas eve will be celebrated by
the children of the members of the con-
gregakkon of the First German Re
formed Church In Blum street, with a
tree, gifts and music. Religious serv-
ices will be held tomorrow morning,
when the Rev. Carl Girtanner, the pas
tor of the church, will preach the festi-
val sermon.
Special services, appropriate to the
season, will be held in the German
Evangelical Church in Mulberry street
tomorrow morning. The tree will be
lighted for the benefit of the young
steys of the Sunday school Sunday
night.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
ROOSEVELT GIVES TURKEYS
TO WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24-"IIellol Is
this the White House?''
Yes
well, there are about 200 pounds OF
turkey here at the Union station for
you"
"All right, send them right along.st
An hour later a big express wagon,
creaking and groaning beneath its load
of Christmas turkeys, drove into the
snow-covered White House grounds.
There was a big fellow, a gift from the
President, for each of the hundred 81
more employees about the executive
mansion.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
SNOW PROMISED
LATE TONIGHT AND
CHRISTMAS DAY
Local FOreCaster Thinks Tenn
perature Will Stay Low Enough
to Prevent Rain.

The official forecast from Washington
for New Jersey is rain and snow to-
night and tomorrow.
The local weather bureau does not
believe that the temperature will rise
sufficiently to permit rain, and there
fore snow is expected tonight and on
Christmas day.
at daylight today, and continued well
below the freezing point throughout
the day.
Although there is enough snow on
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

served, will know
that Christmas has
come.
Mart King and
half a dozen other
kindred spirits will
entertain the 1S9
prisoners in the
county Jail. Their
will be singing 0
two quartets, vic
lin. & anO
p a n o, ~vaudevillt
sketches and s.
many other induce
ments to spend the
dayin Jail that War
den Steadman hai
accoTnIno-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
GIVES HIS FATHERS PICTURE.

Police Commissioner William Bonnet
yesterday presented a portrait of his
father, the late John Bonnet, to the
Paramount Avenue German-English
School, and another to the German
Horticultural Society, whose headquar-
tiers are In Newark street.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

poor.
T II @, Associated
Charities has bee
the means of dis
tributing hundred
of Christmas di
ners to the poor q
the city. being til
IN Q d ium throus
which churches an
other charitable or
EXAMINATIONS h a V
been pla C e d /
t o Il h with til
poor. The children
too, have been re
m e m b d, anc
dozens of charitd
bly, inclined per
l. "a ~
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

Newark Theatre this week, find their
viewpoints tinged with deepest indigo.
90, this Christmas Is going to be
lovely, compared to some.' exclaimed
Miss Amy Ricard, in her dressing
room last night, as she began to re-
move her stage complexion and give
her real one a chance to assert itself.
"Why just think how near New YORK
we are!"
yes. but what good is 1t going to do
yoE to be near New York, If you cannot
be there for the fun" said |, pessimis-
tieally.
"We-ell, It is pretty tantalizing," Miss
Ricard admitted. "but see how much
worse it might AVE been. Here in
Newark we stand a pretty good chance
of getting a good dinner, where we
might have landed in some weird, funny
old place where we could get little or
nothing TO eat.
wen be in our homes late Christmas
eve. and Christmas morning. and again
Christmas night" she continued; isn't
that lovely? You don't realize how
much of Il treat it is to be so near
home.'
""You live in New York;"
Live therel" Miss Ricard echoed,
"who doesn't? Why, everybody lives in
New York"
Funny, that idea of New Workers
about their own city.
"We're going to have a regular tur-
key dinner all together, in one of your
excellent restaurants she went on.
Most OF us have people who care fer
us coming out from New York to eat
with us, SO we are feeling quite con-
tented.
C~ultiyating optiniisni.
You know actor people just have to
cultivate an optimistic spirit. Good
ness knows what would become of them
IL they didn't, there are so many ups
and downs in stage life. We know a
thing has got to be, and We resign our
elves to it.
1.-THE powers have ordained that we
cannot eat our Christmas dinners at
home; therefore, we try to be as happy
as VIC can under the circumstances"
and Miss Ricard gave a highly express
sive shrug of her shoulders. you can
generally find something to be glad
about, if you take the trouble to look, -
she announced, looking bke a wise
young oracle.
BY this time Miss Ricard vas attired
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
CHARGES Of CITY
AND COUNTY WILL
HAVE HAPPY DAY
Cheerful Christmas Assured for
Inmates of Institutions
Throughout Essex.

n INMATES of all the city and county
n institutions, from the Jail, where
there will be vaudeville, to the hos
pitfalls, where "a Christmas dinner with
turkey and plum pudding win be
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

the ground now to assure a white
Christmas a rising temperature and
rain would quickly change it into a
green Christmas" The weather
bureau, however. cannot see that it Is
to be much warmer and therefore pre-
diets a snowfall for tonight and to-
morrow.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

p. Mclean Voorhees, is dead III
Hightstown. He was a director of fha
Cranbury National Bank since its 81.
ganization.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
An ActreSs's Christmas,
as Told BY oAmy Ricard
Confdes to AdeIine Stanley Car
rick That This Year Ii Will
Not Be So Bad.
BY ADELINE STANLEY CARRIcK.
'WATHO wouN
wv want to be
a IL actor

ell
person at Christ
mastime? If there
is one time above
all others when the
profession does not
seem wholly desir-
able, even to those
who have succeed
ed, it is just now.
Even players in a
jolly show ike
Girls" over at the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24
CHARITY COLD?
ALPHABETICALLY No!
NOT IN NEWARK
Hundreds of Unfortunate Ones
Will Have Substantial Free
Christmas Dinners.
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
DEEDS GLADDEN. MANY
Salvation Army, Kruger Grei-
senheim, Rescue Home and
Others Aid Work.

HE proverbial GOODNESS of char
ity has been warmed by the
spirit of the Christmas season,
and every organization in the city is
doing it's utmost to make Christmas
D3v bright for fine
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-24

in street clothes. She perched a fun
toque on her light hair. and threw a
lamb collar over her shoulders.
Talking about luck, and things to-
be thankful for" Miss Ricard sudden
ly exclaimed whirling around, I'm
luck herself. We had a rattle for a
dandy trunk today. and Amy won it.
l never won anything in my life before.
It's a peach, and only cost me a dollar
and a quarter. Come in and look at
it," and into another room she pulled
me, where. sure enough. was q fine,
square trunk, studded with innuinera-
BILE brass nails.
ITS a beauty said I.
The Commercial Instinct.
isn't it?" she echoed, and only a
dollar and a quarter" The last named
fact seemed to have made more i'm
preston than anything else.
you like our show?' Miss Rieard
asked, and when l answered emphati-
cally that ! did, and commented upon
the genuineness of the atmosphere in
the first act, she said, its because we
all love it. They had very little
trouble about the business in thai
act. We all knew instinctively what
to do. It's very real, don't you think
so? How many times in real life have
I pasted handkerchiefs over a glass TO
Cry? What girl hasn't?"
"Those soiled worsted slippers gave
one of the most real touches" I ON
mented; "who ever heard of a person
having brand new, clean slippers, ex-
cept at Christmas?"
That's just exactly what Mr.. Fitch
said,' exclaimed Miss Picard. Il wore
a new pair at rehearsal. and he made
me change them for old ones.'
Aud then we wished each other a
merry Christmas and went our ways
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

THEhE are several jobs ia View York
for women that are gong beg
gag The EOrk pays Ten collars or
more per day. and 90 some instances
over hundred per week. yet there
IL practically no one 20 take % TIE
occupation.
There are only three women %
New YORK who Go this work. which Is
ernbaiming said the night manager
u az undertaking establishment
These three are kept 50 busy THAT
ne are compelled. IN numerous cases.
90 confess our inability 70 comply with
the wishes q patrons Who prefer won
Cd emoalmerS. aud - ~s have 10 Ia.
trast TIE work 20 usn instead
~ - really nGch e&s5ex thza nnTz.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

The press of Virginia should be-
gin q campaign against the tendency
7l our young mer End women to-
wards leaving ta- ts-ns and smsr
70 WIS for the ,ar -- Sizes. When
farmer can clear. ole hundred dol
lars on an acre 81 potato-s. he f.
very foolish to leave this oDporu
nifty for a douctfsl and -reca-ou
-ity job The father IS also t.in1
70 the best :nte-es, or his b-y vhe-
le encourages him 20 leave home So
hat ne VIII not have 10 labor sr
hard as Re has" We often hear
--'s tale az woe from the farr~er
.ather 10 his son. That father IS
,sboring under a delusion. The
nan behind the counter or al the
trades II the larger cities is q ver.-a-
be slave in comparison with the
farmer. He is never secure in his
2osiuon. The value o. what ha has
20 give depreciates with the year
and the time arrives when his earn
ne capacity is az zero. This need
never be the case with the farmer
whose energies have not been
wasted. We earnestly urge our
city contemporaries 70 Join the cour-
-ry papers in q campaign Of educa-
ron along this l'ne. Il we can
again restore Re equilibrium be-
tween he CRY ard the country. r.
VII relieve the congestion and turn
he tide back towards the rural dis
tricts where lies Tire weal-H of . PEG
ole. This is a worthy obie-t and
deserves the cooperation Of tire state
press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

Il seems 10 Us that there are
enough families living on the main
road from Williamsburg TO Bielers
on York river to justify building q
telephone line to the latter place.
connecting with the Southern Bel
here. IF the residents along the
quite mentioned put up the line we
believe the local exchange would
handle their calls just for the tolls
hey would get out of it. With
GOD public roads and telephoneic
Connection Bruton district would not
ne a bad place 10 1--we n.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
Big Money Earned by Women Embalmers

llg .n hospital. said another. 70.
Ire e-ubalmlng methods q the presen.
Cay ese very simple. But where there
are Thousands % women who ar
anxious tc become nurses there ar.
ncne who desire 10 start on this gors
woman can show create
aino'ast 81 syTnpathy Tor the bereave
relatives than man IS capable o.
dong
Ia many ways they seem 30 rite
for ne work. and d. 81 beyond ~
compTeheoEion Why women don't ente
th.s profession.
The fact that they DO not fear tn
presence - death can be easily proven
~ inquiry az the morgue or ~ any n
See station. Gore women than ne.
gather a. these places after some
tragedy.
There are eznbairninR schools ST.
this city where woman can enter upon
. course IN this work. but very fer-
%. Upon graduation they can obtain
WORK Immediately. and probably e
one o. Two cases . DAY a. ten doEz
each.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

The only weak plank in the Dem
ocTatc platform. from our point OF
view, IS that regarding a navy. An
adequate navy" IS very indefinite
and may really mean anything
We are not Hobsonized. but we do
believe IN q navy not only ADEQUATE
Tor ordinary coast defense. but one
absolutely adequate to meet in line
u battle the strongest nation on
earth. So long as the war duem
throbs a large navy IS the strongest
guarantee Of peace. However we
believe the Republican platform IS
about as weak as the Democratic on
this issce. but the people want 2
strong navy AM viii have It in spite
OF parties.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

taking about eggs and hers
hat lay them. Gust Arso-ge has 2
hen that Will carry Of the palm any
day. Only the other day when
Icst went TO her nest he found an
egg that was fully as lar-e as the
largest goose egg. Breaking its
shell ne found another perfectly
formed egg inside. an when he
broke the shell of this one. 10 anc
behold. he found third inside o.
that Three eggs. all hard shell
that, IN one day is a RECORD. tits be
Aeved. no other hen IN Wisconsin
can equal The Brodhead WIS
consin Independent.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01

II ever a man had a burden 20
bear II IS Judge Taft. the RepubH-
can candidate for president. His
speech of acceptance was a labori-
Gus effort. made so by the make
SHIFT platform the man must stand
on. But we give him credit for
good sound sense since he adopted
some Of the Democratic planks.
Roosevelt has done the same thing
and ne IS CERTAINLY a popular presi-
dent.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-08-01
IA Ralk nniS.

What are you paying fos poetry
today" the long-haired man IN.
Quired.
The editor glanced az the closely
rolled manuscript in the visitors
hands.
I'll have 20 consult the jahftor." he
said. We are not buying heavily at
present. Just a little now and then TO
occommodate our friends But we
never buy it in less than ten pound
lots"
WhereupOn he went back 90 his
d SIX and the caller faded away
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