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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-20
TIE AMERICAN CHJNATOWM-

There is n longer any sentimental talk by evangelical bodies in favor of
unrestricted Chinese immigration for the sake Of converting the Chinese to the
Christian faith. Evidently the clergy of the land have seen a great light since
the time when President Hayes affixed his signature to the exclusion at and
was roundly denounced in many puphs and in the religious press for 81 doing
The "chlnatowns' that have been planted in the large cities serve as object
lessons. They show what we would have % expect if the national doors were
left open for the Chinese They completely stuIufy the arguments If those who
asserted that the chinese would in this country be chrfshanized and be con-
verted into a good citizen class "Chnatowns" are not only the ncorigible foe
of Christianity, but the hotbeds of Oriental vices, only kept in restraint by or
criminal laws They are n exotic in our civilization.
The deaths of two guardsmen an injury # a regular soldier in the war
game at Fort wadsworth are unfortunate Incidents due to the inexperence Of
the men in handling n of the great guns in action Even mimic war has its
perlA
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A PAPER TRUST PLEADS GUILTY.

Now that the wrapping paper combine OF twenty-five concerns has pleaded
guilty in the Federal court in New York o N Indictment for violation Of the
Shernan ant-trust law. and is to be fined, there is a shadow of hope that
the white paper trust which, compared with the wrapping paper trust is a an
elephant to a mouse, will be brought to terms cimnany This omnivorous trust
feeds OF the forests If the country and fattens on the great printing trade. 1T
is destroying the forests, banIuuptng publishers N imposing a tax on educa-
ton and enlightenment. Congress has refused to afford any relief by knocking
down the tariff prop that holds up this criminal trust, and we must. therefore,
look to he courts r a remedy If M can b. found in the law.
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H WcH-pRFsIDeNTrAL NOMINATION.

TIE ViCE.FEE5IDEV7IFE
trutb Of which can only be conjectured. Much of the inside history of the presi-
dentisln nomination is now because the influences that accomplished thu nomi-
nation were visible palpable Less is known about the epeAden
he a clear field mi n % favors 1t vas in that belief that the New Jersey state
convention adophda resolution indordng the candidacy of Franklin Murphy Tor
vce-Preddent. Mr.. Murphy opened headquarters n Chicago IN ne r@h 'A'
M favors would be shown in the contest for the second place The New Jersey
delegation went to Chicago full of the same faith. At Chicago among tn other
State delegations the supporters of Mr.. Murphy me every encouragement and
received the promises of many delegates So great vas the apparent strength OF
New Jareysc candidate hat the State delegation ws confident that the State
would get the nomination. Perhaps. and in all probability that result would
ave been wired by our correspondent at Chicago yesterday if the aft man
aeers hd not in compliance with instructions stepped in an thrown III heir
,neuence in favor of ongressnnan Sherman of New York. The inside history
OF tiss sudden change Of ase,i involving tn violation Of tat agreemen Will
not be written. but the evento of he nomination of a nan identified with the
platt machine in New Yorka ind AFFILIATED with interests that we're at var with
tha administration suggests he means by which 1t was brought about. New
jersey Republicans were discounted and humbled, but New Jersey val only a
avn in the gam ate Chicago.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-20
OUR VANISHING OCEAN MARINE.

Although the total tonnage of merchant ships launched last year 5O2@S
gross tons, has only been exceeded twice in our history in 1s54-5, and then by
about 10000 nd $4,000 TONS respectively the showing for last year is miserable
by comparison, considering the size and the business of the country then and
nov, and the fact that then our flag "a known in every port and the ship
building vas for foreign trade whereas we have no foreign commerce in Aneri
a ships to speak Of and nearly all of last years ships were for domestic
service. Ii Congress to continue 10 ignore the need of encouragement for Aneri-
cal shipbundng and is it content to let foreign ships carry r enormous
foreign commerce and pocket the $aoOOOoOO annually that ought to % to Ameri-
an carriers?
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Il EVIDENCE.

"That is a honeymoon pair in the
next seat" whispered the cigar drum
mer.
Yes" laughed the modern Sherlock,
"and I'll wager $40 against a doughnut
that he kissed her going through the
tunnel"
Ibid you see him?"
mo, but I see something now. He
had a smutty spot on his nose when the
train entered the tunnel, and now she
has one, too."-Chicago News.
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H GOOD WORK.

'"They say you are going to marry a
man to reform him, dear.
Eyes, that is true"
''Who is it, may I ask?"
at Is MI. Gobsa Golde."
"Gobsa Code, the old millionaire! But
I didn't know he had any bad habits
Eyes; his friends inform me he Is
miserIY. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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The NEW WAR SECRETARY.
fession of faith.

AS the appointment of General Luke E. Wright a former Confederate officer
a Tennesseean. and a Democrat, to succeed William H. Taft rs Secretary Of
war vas foreshadowed several days ago it causesno surprise General Wright
has fairly "won his spurs by distinguished service in the Philippines and as
ambassador to Japan, and his appointment val dictated by his exceptional fit
ness for III duties OF War Secretary Men have occupied that office who were
selected for political partisan reasons only, and their mistakes and, transgres-
sions did n o honor to the government. The administration IF the office during
the SpanishAmertan War was a tragical joke.
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Sn 2,>GMtsome Mood
FORCE OF HABIT.

Mrs. Nags-If I should hear a bur-
glar getting in the house I don't know
what / should do.
Mays (confdently)-oh, you would
probably scream out. Don't forget to
wipe your feetl" my dear, and scare
him off.
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COULDN'T APPRECIATE TT.

"Great joke on Jones'"
Where is the 'laugh?"
Went fishing and forgot to take his
jug along"
Case of dry humor."
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NO ROOM FOR OUBT.

She-Are you sure that you love me?
He-Of course I love you.
She-But how do you know you do?
He-Why, isn't your father a mil
lionaire?
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SOAKED AND BAILED OUT.

wifey-Didn't you get soaked last
night. dear?
Hubby (absent-mindedly)-Yep, had
to be bailed out.-Yale Record.
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KEEPING HIS WORD.

Tess-He said he'd go through any
thing for her.
Jess-And SO she married him?
Tess-Yes, and now he's going through
her fortune-Philadelphia Press.
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HIS ONLY OB.JEcTIoN.

Mrs. Bricabrac-And what Is your
objection, Edward, to buying a piano
for Muriel?
Brioabrac-Tm afraid she might want
to play it.
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ApPREHENSIYE.

Father, a few thousand dollars will
start me in business"
Yes, but how do I know that I won't
have to pay out all I'm WORTH to stop
your"
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THO PLANTING 1T.

"Raise anything in his garden?"
"Well, he raised his voice when the
neighbours hens came over and started
to give a scratching party"
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DIDN'T LOOK THAT A

as she fond of him?"
well, she invited him to a luncheon
at her home and served cold shoulder
and spiced tongue
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nIDN,T WANT IT PULLED OUT.

Mrs. Naggs-Don't you know that
wearing you hat in the house VIII
cause your hair to fall out?
Mr.. Naggs-Yes, but then l prefer
to lose it that way.
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ARISTocRACY.

"And she is r%eclSoned one Of the
aristocracy in Kentucky?"
ooh. decidedly! Her family feuds
with the very best people there!"
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SEpvEn SnMF Rpn

"He likes to see the firemen at work"
perhaps he thinks they have dis
covered a legitimate excuse for water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
ANOTHER HIPPoDRoME POSTER.

comprehend is that Partisan Swells refuse
to draw the color line IN taking essons.
In the r hearts they arc surprised to find
MacFea and Davis as much fayorites for
trainers as for bets when in contest
What American in Paris, however.
would not be proud of MacNea. if only for
his luscious humor WHEN he meets ''sa-
vate," the moribund French boxe' done
mostly with the feet!
''Hol on. Mossieu, DON kick NAH haid
off! Bust nah spare ribs! HoI on, mos
sieu.''
Splendid brute-perhaps the most superb
mans body seen in Paris-MacVea has
taken the most vicious kicks of the pro-
fesfOnals. to find out how to meet them.
The ''savate' dies hard. Paris.ans cling
ing to the theory that the LEG is longer
than the arm but when some favorite
pupil from the Automobile Club or Epa-
tant has done paTticu arly well-and to Of
fer delicate amusement to the ladies
present-the black hercules of the Boule-
ward outlaws his fat guffaw and says. bon
prince:
''Ah know yuh wan t. kick NAH haid
off,
All. the humor of his trembling, up
lifted palms. "Hol. on, Mossieui" He
takes two nasty kicks with a sonorous
grunt, then picks the others off as if they
were not. a quiet counter for each French
kick, and no kick can touch him, Vive
PAmerique!
STERLING HELLO.
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palms. thick carpets. shiny silver and
pink fairy lamps. There is a cafe-bar, a
restaurant. a MUSHROOM. smokeroom. a
billiard room. and they are fanked by d
gymnasium, baths, massage rooms. rooms
for private lessons. The running ring.
where Bostock raced his camels, has but
three laps to the mile. Shorty McCabe
has come to Paris. and the HippodrOme
Sporting Club explains and justtfies the
Hippodrome contests to finish.
Ladies pay their go francs membership
like men. The hours-rather than the
dues-keep the clubs tone UP. At night
1t is loud and brilliant On occasions of
the contests social swe,ls with ladies steer
clear of its restaurant and bars. OF after
moons. however. Dick Green, Jimmy Game,
Bon Scanlon and a dozen others-bruisers
If YOU treat them so. but who respond to
polite ways quite perfectly-take a real So
cial air.
These hard men from New York, Chi
cago. New Orleans. Sioux City may have
been rude in their day, but at the Hippo
drome Club they are messieurs, who box
with the other mesSieurs, teach them how
to run their fat off. show them how to
work up muscle and say always: Yes.
Monsieur de X and mo. Monsieur de
Y" and not Monsieur lie Comte' or
Marquis! The one detail they cannot quite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
OUR FRENCH.

MRS CLARENCE MACKAY, at a din
4V4 ner at Harbor Hill, her Long Island
residence, complained of the American ig-
norance of foreign tongues.
Really we'll educated Americans" she
said, know nothing of French or Ger
man, and hence, when they go abroad
and we ALL sooner or later go abroad
they are somewhat Inundated for it is a
sign of bad breeding abroad to be unable
to speak French or to read French
menu.
Our French here in America is SO
preposterous,' said Mrs. Mackay. smiling.
I'm a bookshop the other day I heard a
woman say:
81 want something for Christmas
gift for a young girl
Yes. madam, said the salesman
How about Westward Ho,' by Kings
ley?'
81 thought of something by Hugo.
she said nervously. That we'll known
work of his She hesitated-I could see
she dreaded to pronounce the French
words. That story, don't you know,
about the convict.
THE salesman looked blank.
"'''Lay--.' She gathered up all her
courage. Lay Mee-zay-rab."
1.-The salesman's face frightened
"'Oh,' he said in patronizing tone,
you mean LESS MizzerbleS."
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son. lightweight champion of the world
since he overcame Cans.
Even the most staid Americans of
Paris are proud of these Hippodrome
events.
Did not President Fallieres honor the
last one with his presence in discreet
box? The loge circle and the parquet
doomed with evening toilets like the
opera What an ovation they made for
their black favorite MacVea-he might
have been Caruso.
Before such a Paris public Burns or
Johnson-the winner of the worlds cham
pionship in AuStraIia-must stand up
against MacVea. They can't refuse The
money cries to meet them. Synnott, the
Australian Lemon, has so improved that
he is different proposition from when he
drew with Jim Barry and was beaten on
points by Sam Langford in America. In
Paris he has whipped Jewey Smith in
four rounds, who held Burns for five. He
knocked out Scales. the champion of Lam
beth; Shearing, champion of footing; VIII
son. champion of Seven Dials. He is ex-
pected to give Sam MacVea the hardest
fight he has had on this side-MacVea.
who never has been whipped since he went
twenty rounds to draw with Jack john
son in California!
And do you know what Paris clubmen
pay to tell their lady friends that they
are working up their hitting with Mac
Yea or Synnott, learning quick side-step-
ping from KID Davis or Jimmy Caine
To nonchalantly mention: II knew moth
ing about blocking till I commenced with
Dick Green" Or It's my hour with
Scanlon; do you want to Gomez
You bet they came, the lovely creatures!
And. as TO the men, it is no bluff; they
orynS
hour they pay to Hippodrome stars for
their training is part of their Paris. cinch.
But. surely. Bob or Jimmy never dreamed
of such a f1owery bower!
The marble halls where Bostock kept
the beasts now echo squeals of admiration
punctuated by the tap-tap of the medicine
ball. The vast mirrored bar is now a
ladies' tearoom, elegant with flowers and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
THE HIPPoDRoME POSTERS.

Eruption of American professional fight
ing men-itself a first-class international
phenomenon.
How the best people run to see our
fighters!
When Tommy Burns. heavyweight
champion of the world, knocked out Bill
Squires, champion of Australia. at the
Bowling Palace n full third of the 5000
spectators were clubmen in evening
clothes, accompanied by ladies of society.
When Sam MacVea knocked out Ben
Taylor. heavyweight champion Of all
England. at the Paris Hippodrome some
1J.C00 of all claSSeS-a third ladies.-paid
from $40 in the parQuet to 20 cents in the
balcony, and MacVea alone received
5000
When Willie Lewis knocked out such
middleweight celebrities of England as
Jeff Thorne, Jack Meakins and Curly
WatSon-but / must not make a list.
Briefly, Paris has become the pugilistic
center of the world where our best pro-
fessionals are learning to find biggest
steady money and great honor; where a
wealthy, cultivated population thinks that
physical culture-an American discovery!
means paying tribute to the fighting
game. and where pugilism has been given
palatial hippodrome for ring and club
house-which, too, is American.
*
No one pretendS that Richard klegin did
more than to organize these forces. Burns.
Jack Johnson, Walter Stanton, Willie
Lewis. Kid Davis and lot of others
had discovered Paris before klegin leased
the Hippodrome -
At the Bowling Palace, Stanton had
knocked out in turn. four famous English
middleWelghtS up to their champion
Dick Baily. Buster Brown. Jack Costello
and Tiger Smith.
MacFea was the Black Hercules of the
boulevard. but they were sheep without
shepherd and had scarcely a dawning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
THE DIRT DID IT.

IOHN D. ROCKEFELLER the other day
J expressed regret to a reporter that his
chauffeur had been fined for speeding.
II don't believe in speeding said the
money king. 1T is dangerous. 1t Is SO
dirty, too. You heard, perhaps, about
that tramp the other day?
well, two tramps, 1t seems. were con-
versing on Broadway.
'Tatters,' said the first has got more
nerve than any man / know
:" Tatters is a nervy one the other
agreed. What's he been dom now?'
Whats he been doin'?' shouted the
first tramp enthusiastically. Why, durn-
ed If he didn't march into Delmoniker's
bold as brass yesterday, select a cor
ner table and oder a full course dinner,
with bottle of wine
The other tramp chuckled.
But he didn't get it, did hep
I" Sure he got it! They took him for a
millionaire automobile fiend just in from
Il long rum"
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THE MAIN THING.

DUDOLPH SPRECKELS of San Fran
~ cisco has sold his race horses because
of his aversion to race track gambling.
If gambling were but a mere Incl
dental to racing, should not mind,' said
Mr.. Spreckels at San Francisco din
ner, but gambling Is essential to racing.
1t dominates it. 1t dwarfs it. Like the
case of the fountain pen.
"A girl. You know. gave her intended
a cheap fountain pen for Christmas.
Some weeks later the young man said to
her:
fountain pen you gave me?'
Yes she said.
Well said the young man, do you
mind making me suit of overalls to
go with it?'
''In my parable concluded Mr..
Spreckels "the men is racing and the
overalls are gambling"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05

sense of their Partisan possibilities. Mac
Yea had sacked his impressario and,
managing himself, had knocked out Jewey
Smith in three rounds-when it took
Burns five to give the same repoSe to the
South African champion. Then. just as
the Parisians were calculating to see the
heavyweight championship of the world
fought in the presence of their ladies'
when Burns almost signed to meet Mac
Vea-the Big White Ram stampeded to
Australia. saying he would wait till Paris
had a larger fighting hall.
At once the enthusiasm of Paris for
world pugilism was given a chance to dis
close itself by Paris clubdom. While
podes, rich members of the Automobile
and the other clubs let their gaze fall on
an American of twenty-one, almost a boy
yet curiously holding the good will and
confidence of the bruisers.
Here's your backing" they said to
young klegin. Lease the Hipprodrome
and sign up all the fighters against the
return of Burns and Johnson
All the French and English spectators
had their eyes on the palatial Hippodrome
since Bostock quit it with a fortune.
Its ornately carved stone facades front
on three streets. 1t comfortably seats
1.WO people, ana It's prOWl, aisle seats
and standing room in balconies permit the
crowd to swell to 1900. 1t has rows of
luxurious loges, plush wall hangings,
marble columns, frescoes. mirrors and
stained glass. Its building cost 5000,
GOO francs.
The owning syndicate had held aloof
from fight promoters who could not prove
they controlled the fighters; yet this TWEEN
ty-one-year-old boy from Sioux City,
having signed up all the Paris favorites
from the Black Hercules and the Aus
tralian Lemon to the lightest weight of
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GOOD TALK.

CENATOR BEVERIDGE, during re-
- cent visit to Port and. talked about
oratory.
THE campaign he said, has given
us oratory more remarkable for quantity
than quality. True oratory is that which
brings results, is that which converts an
audience of enemies to an audience of
supporters. Such oratory is rare.
Il have friend whose wife, a sui
fragette,' is a great orator. Her speeches
from the platform are wonderful. and
her husband the other day gave me an
illustration of the efficiency of her private
speeches.
An agent called on my wife this
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the future. In the United States
We have one negro to every nine
or ten whites. Here the proportion
is almost reversed. There are more than
five black men to every white man, and
the black men are beginning to appreciate
their possibilities. Within the past year
or so they have been stirred up by some
missionaries of their own race. who are
said to come from the United States. The
sect is known the Ethiopian Episco-
palians and they are at work in Natal
Cape Colony and the Transvaal. Their
pastors preach the equality of the races,
and urge them TO stand up for their
rights.
l have seen negroes in all the cities of
South Africa. They wear European
clothes and the crowds one sees about the
stations. as fully clad as are the
negroes of our small southern towns. In
many localities they are beginning to re-
sent their treatment by the whites. In
johannesburg, for instance, they object
to the laws which keep them off the side
walks and allow them to go only in the
middle OF the road when walking along
the streets. They do not like the Jim
Crow trailers TO the electric cars, and
they are asking for more schools.
So far the most of the education of the
Kafir has been by the missionaries. There
are now something like five millions of
him south of the Zanlbesi, and his school
children are numbered by the tens of
thousands In Cape Colony there are no
government schools for the natives. Their
education is carried on by the mission
schools, which are aided somewhat by
government grants and under gov
eminent inspection. The natives have to
pay fees. which cover a large part of the
cost, and In some districts they have
given money for the building of school
houses. The government grants are
about one-third as much per pupil for
the natives as for the whites and the
education given them is but little more
than the three Rs II is the same in Ma
tai and also in Basutoland and Rhodesia.
There are now about eighty thousand
pupils in Cape Colony. eight thousand in
Natal and ten thousand in Basutoland
The kaf1rs Of the cities are fast COM
ing to the realization that schooling pays,
any they are now anxious that their chill
Cren should learn. A johannesburg mer-
chant told me of a Kafif tenant of his
who was educating his sixteen-year-old
daughter. He was asked why he did SO
and replied that he had noticed that the
white man was of little value without
an education, and, il SO, why not the
black man? He said that he did not
know that his girl would teach school.
but that he was bound she should learn.
At present the negro here has no OPP
portunity to get a college education. He
is not allowed to go into the universe
ties of South Africa, and as a rule the
people would rather keep hin; Unedu-
Gated. They look upon the natives as
their God-created hewers Of wood and
drawers OF water. and they want them TO
continue so. They would rather that they
should not own real estate nor go into
business. The mechanics and foremen,