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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
FOR FRIENDLESS WOMEN
WHO WANT AND NEED WGoHK
WHY Not Establish a Free Employment Bureau for TheiA DeneHf,
Asks Ada Lynn, in Writing About Mere Sympathy TeaNs
BY ADA LYNN.

LETTER came to me recently telling the story 81 a woman who
"a cam to Newark four months ago expecting to get employment
L IA Is housekeeper. The promises made to her proves false. and she
found herself in thu cheapest kind of a boarding house, walking the streets
daily looking for work, work of kind which would rive hr bread N
butter. Her search was handicapped by her unfamfiarty with the city. In
despair she wrote to me, and fortunately it was sin my power TIC direct lei to
those who were only toe glad to give Ter assistance.
Such cases as thsa are OF every side, only W are too absorbed In our
w troubles, minor though they be to notice them. People will pick up q
book or paper and weep ceans o. tears over the distress of hundreds eft
in som distant city by fire; the ravages of anime, or destruction
by IN earthquake. They never tire of collecting Inscription fon thu relief
of the far-of heather OF Of holding bazars to raisem money for the purchase of
monographs for unsteady inclined Alaskan Eskimos IT Fiji Islanders
But when it comes to looking in their " community for suffering and
poverty. with IN eye to relief, the majority are as blind Us bats Suffering
and misery. tt win their interest, must ave the enchantnent of distance
They like to imagine woes, not to realize it,
Newarkers would be erecting a Monument for themselves in n national
hall of amt If thys set about % free their W Door from their Distress
What we need is a great, free employment agency, with we'll educated at
tendants who would take a personal interest in their applicants. A bureau
where bookkeepers stenographers, houseworkers typewrters and in fact
workers of every sort could apply give references and receive the best eff
forts of those who could help them; where employers, men and women, might
seek for future employees, ad receive the kind of worthy help they wanted;
where everyone would have a chance and where all would get a fair hearing.
This thing is far from being impossible. Bureaus could be started next
week. connected with Jul Young MEMS and Young Women's Christian Asso-
Citations OIL a scale so large that all could be reached.
If this We're done there would be great decrease in the number of "em-
ployinent wanted advertisements, and there would not be Sc many unhappy
persons walking the streets wanting and seeking work. yet not knowing
where or how to apply for it,
Consider your poorer nighbor IS yourself n make it your duty to help
him. Charity AM wen-dong begins not only at home. but next door, and in
that shabby street around the corner.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
rnREArs cANNor PRHYAM IN POLITICS.

1t ought to be evident to the aw-abldmg men who favor local option a 8 a
question in politics that thu. individuals who have been addressing personal
threats to the members of the Legislature, and ven to the Governor, have
gone toe far Threatened lei live long and IS a general rule threats are
impohnt, bt it is rot the effect of the threat but the principle of the thing,
that is to be considered. Every citizen has a right to petition the Governor n
the Legislature, and he has a unquestioned right to represent his views on
public questions, but when lie endeavors to forceh his views O State officials
with threats h goes beyond the limit. There are son political clrgymen sc
intohrant of opinion, an ven in matters in which they are poorly Informed,
that they would talk and go to any extreme to compel compliance with their
wishes, and they would pinory Il brother clergyman who should differ with
them. There val a demonstration of that last week when q worthy Hoboken
clergyman was threatened with trial and degradation because he had ex-
pressed opposition to political local prohibition. Threats had better be enmi-
mated from the cahhsm of politics in this State They don't pay. The
Crosby bill hasn't been advanced m step by the threats. In fact. to all APP
pearances it is as deaf al Julius Caesar
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
THE PRESIDENTS YACHT.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is the history of the Presidents
yacht, the Mayflower? For what pur-
pose was it originally built? l.. A.
1.-THE Mayaower was originally built
as a pleasure yacht, the property OF
Mr.. Goelet, of New York Having d
speed of q knots, it was purchased by
the government during the spanish
American War, and converted into Il
torpedo-boat destroyer, TO be used also
as a cruiser and dispatch boat. She is
275 feet long and carries four 4-inch,
four 3-inch rapid-dre guns and six l.
Founders. For the past few years It
has been utilized as the official yacht of
the United States governmcnt.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
A RASH ORDER.

Senator Curtis. of Kansas-"The In
dian" as he is called-has won a we'll
deserved reputation as an after-dinner
wit, of late. despite his dignity on or
binary occasions. Indeed, it is this dig
nifty which makes his humor Sc deli
cious, for he scarcely ever raises his
voice above his usual grave, conversa-
tional tone. At a recent dinner he
convulsed his hearers ~ telling them
of a breakfast experience at a hash
house in a small Indiana town. When
the waiter brought the ham and eggs,
Mr.. Curtis mildly suggested that the
eggs be taken back to the kitchen and
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
AN INTERRUPTED WATERSHED GRAB.

The first grab so far as known, by the East Jersey Water company
since the State Water Supply Commi ssion a created by the aid of the
ompan as a watershed in Passaic County contiguous to that Of Newark
and needed by Newark. The State Commission mas decided that the grab
vas premature m of o effect, but the watersnake does lot give up his
prey SC easily. The East Jersey has able counsel and is used to litigation.
1t is 10 in the courts trying to III the right to pipe the limited potable
vatero nut of the state for commercial purposes. So the company will go to
he courts to vrestt the prize from N ewark Meanwhile the East Jersey
Water Company is not unmindful of the greater opportunities that will be
opened II D for it If thu State shall au thomze the construction Of a great
reservoir at Mountain View OF the Pas sale. With equal rights with the munic-
ipalHies to tap that reservoir AM With vastly superior facilities for doing
So The company might ven consent to yield to Newark the claim to the
small watershed in DISPUTE.
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now A NEW PRECEDENT MAY WORK.

N outcome IF the contest among the Republican organization eaders
for places in the big Four delegation to Chicago may establish a new
precedent. Old party presidents and usages do lot ave hold his year as
states. as witness Ohio, where he two United States Senators ire complete
w shut out If the State delegation. The New Jersey Republicans never nav
an instructed delegation to a national convention, n o there is N
insstence hat the delegation this ear shall be instructed. The compost
lion of thu MISUNDERSTANDING is a bone of contention. and there is a bill in
The Legislature that is meant to revolutonize the system of electing he dele
Organization men who hoh to old nchorages dhstrust uese mhoFa-
tons and disapprove Of new presidents.
or COURSE the party leaders who may be left stranded by them are n oppo-
siuou. No men like martyrdom, even IN the sacred name of reform. II the
Governor is excluded from the big Four" or the State chairman, or Or
both Of tn United States Senators, the precedent will serve four years hence
when another big Four are o be chosen. But, then, if reform goesm march
I'M O. to it's logical conclusion, neither the Governor, MOI the State chairman
nor either OF thu Senators, % yet any a of note. may get elected delegate
at-larse. The honorsm la all &c to second d third-rate politicians, who can
command the primary votes and combine to elect themselves
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
FREAK BILLS IN THR LEGISLATURE.

The inmate of Morris Plains Insane Hospital who drew a bill for the
Legislature for the abolition o the two State hospitals, the discharge of
its inmates and the sale of the properties by the State, is only a little more
irrational that some individuals who are not inmates of madhouses, and
who worry san legislators with all kinds of unreasonable propositions and
demands. A vete an legislator a few years e kept a memorandum of the
freak bills that had been introduced in the Legislature during the years he
in it,. The record vas a long ant read like a nightmare. So far
as known none of the originators of these bills lived in a madhouse. And the
supply of freak bills is kept up Some of them get into the laws it is true,
FOL legislators themselves have intervals when their minds are OF entirely
lucid. But, IS the veteran legislator remarked, "f half If these bills had
been made laws New Jersey would today be a political lunatc asylum"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
THE PHASES OF THE THAW CASE.

There is enough of the scandaous and salacous in the Thaw cases. as it
has developed since The murder OF Stanford White. to crafty the prurient
taste without dragging it into cheap mdodrama. When Thaw "a o n trial
and his wife was confessing her shameful life an using it's incidents as tes-
thmony for the slayer, sentimental sympathy vas awakened. Many simple
tons believed this vas wifeY devotion, the hersm of a woman's love. But
it wasn't The herocs ire disdpated. Thaw is in a madhouse, the wife has
been watched by detectives to get evidence against her. and now come legal
proceedings for annuhment If the marriage. The sequel to this Tenderlotn
al be anticipated. The heroine will marry or go on the stage
and exploit her noorietyi or she mt do both. And it is not at all I'm
probable that before the story is ended there will be another TenderloinI
tragedy to point the moral ant adorn the tale.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
KIDNAPPING OF CHARLEY ROSS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What was the late of the abduction
of Charley Ross? H. b. w.
[Charley Ross, then 4 years old, was
abducted from his fathers home in
Germantown, Pa, July l, 1874, and vas
never found. Some time after the alb
duction a burglar who had been shot
while robbing a house, confessed to the
Kidnapping of the Ross child, but said
his partner spirited the boy away, and
he did not know where.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
GERMAN FLAG.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
viii you kindly give me a descrlp-
ton of the German national flag and
confer a favor upon an old reader?
&c. *.
1.-THE war flag of the German Empire
has the Prussian eagle in the centre
surrounded by a black circle, from
which radiate -four black lines at right
angles, two being vertical and two
horizontal. This divides the flag into
four almost square fields. The'one in
the upper left-hand or staff corner con-
sists of black, white and red stripes,
with a black cross in the centre. The
other three squares are white. The
black, White and red square with the
cross is also made into an independent
flag and used as a Jack in the Ger
man navy. The same without the cross
is the flag of the German merchant
marine.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
4 SAD DsARrH OF ARTYLLHRYMEM.

Not a single fortified harbor on the Atlantic coast is prepared to meet
an attack from the sea at night is the statement by Brigadhr General Murray
chief Of artillery, because while there are guns enough the equipment Off men IS
insufficient. General Murray shows also that while a total force of 4zOO men are
needed'to man the Notifications the available foce is only about 5000 in serv-
ice now. He says: 1.-THE remaining half of m complete manning detail required
provided at comparatively small cost in time of peace if each of the coast States
cn be induced to organize a corps Of militia coast artillery having the same
organization as the regular coast artillery" But the apathy Of the States is IS
bad as the apathy of Congress. In New Jersey the State pays a big bill
every year to support infantry regiments that would be of little or 10 use
if our seacoasts were attacked, and not a dollar is appropriated for the main
tenance of an artillery corps that in such an emergency would be worth more
than twenty thousand infantry A fossinzed State military board is respon-
sihe for this anomaly
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
WHEN WIFE JETS HIM TALK.

Poor Henpeckl Every time he.
starts to say anything his wife stops
him.
mot always. He has a habit of
talking in his sleep. and when he does
that she just listens breathlessly."
Philadelphia Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
POURED.

Il have poured every day this week
at some function or other" remarked
the ~vivacious girl.
well. well!'' murmured the old gen
tleman who overheard her. Now |
know what is meant by the term, "a
reigning belle louisville Courier
Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
SHE SUPPLIED THEM.

WELL grumbled Mrs. Nagget, in
specting the new house her husband
had taken, there are disagreeable fea-
lures about this place that you didn't
mention before"
nThey weren't here before retorted
Nagget.
What features are you referring
tor"
yours. catholic Standard and
Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
CONCLUSIVE

81 found the Giltedges,' said the re-
porter. tThere's nothing in the rumor
of a divorce"
Sure of that?'
"Surel Why, they were shopping to-
gether, and he was right at her elbow
just as much interested as she a
'"That settles it, said the city editor,
with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
NEW Works. BREAD LINE.

1t is the fashion to describe the bread
line as an escape valve of threatening
misery and revolt. 1t is more profitable
to regard it simply as n of our num-
erous temptations and aids to pauper-
ism, all of which are just now in New
York materially strengthened in their
vicious influence by the virtually UNI
restricted license to Irregularities n
the Commons.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
A PERFECT PARAGON.

"That young widow of old Roxley's
seems to be a fine. sensible young
woman"
"Why, she must be absolutely per-
feet. Even the women of the neigh
borhood admit hat she did everything
in her power to prolong old Roxley's
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11

turned over, /. e., fried on both sides.
But in a moment he wished he hadn't,
for the waiter, fixing him with a Bow
cry eye, calculated: 'Truned over is ut?
Well, if you want them eggs turned
over and you are too d lazy to do it
yourself, you get outer here. seei What
do you think I'm here for, anyways?
The Indian turned 'em.-Aubrey
Lanston in The Bohemian.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
nE nnuGn.

Some fine old piles abroad you'll see,
In case you roam.
But then some fine old piles have we
Right here at home.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
WHAT HE TOOK.

They offered him a seat far back,
But he did grunt;
Denounced them for a churllsh pack
And took affront.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
A SUBsTITUTE FOR MEMORY.

20! no." said willie's mother, TN
sure l didn't promise you candy today.
20! yes, you did" cried Willie.
''Well, if 1 did it has slipped my mem
ory."
20! ma, you amt got any memory!
It's a regular NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
FROM STAR

Anonymous COMMUNICATION cannot be
printed. Except ON political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee of good faith.
Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
MORE LIKE 1T.

she-why, no. The stolen Gains
borough was not a haiti was a pic
ture.
Her Husband-Oh!. thought from
the value it was a hat.-Town and
Country.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11

Nell-Those two girls used to be such
good friends, and now they scarcely
speak.
Belle-What's his name?-Philadel-
phia Record.
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- y THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE x


The enthusiasm for the LAUTER- HUMAN that exists
in hundreds OF homes throughout New Jersey, and, indeed,
throughout the United States, is the best evidence we can
offer OF the wonderfully artistic possibilities in piano playing
that this instrument offers to every non-player. Indeed, the
LAUTER- HUMANA appeals with equal force to the finished
pianist. who with it's aid, is able to increase his repertoire
indefinitely without the need for practise.
These weekly Recitals demonstrate to listeners that the
LAUTER- HUMANA is not merely n mechanical piano, but
that it is far in advance of all other pianos of its class in
artistic control, in the hueonhke rendition that can be secured.
Every number in the present program is played with the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11
MARY UP TO DATE.

Mary had a Teddy bear,
She called it Santa Claus;
And when asked the reason,
She answered, "Oh, because!'
Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-11

YoULD you sell your Russian sable cape in order to help your
nv band if he was in financial trouble? Mrs. Charles w. Morse
w her $4,000 sable garment for $1,000 most willingly, because
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24
KEEPING PACE.
Observation-Disclosures


Kate GreenaWay, friend of children,
is described in the Century Magazine
by Mr.. -Lampson, whose ac-
quaintance with her began in his in
fancy, and who through all his child
hood years knew her as familiar WIS.,
itor. He describes her as neither pref
ty nor ugly, but says that her pronun-
citation, turning robin into 'wobin,"
made her intensely interesting to her
small friends, who insisted on her pro-
nouncing words bristling with rs.
We children always felt that she, at
least, was never bored with us-that
to her, If to no one else, we were not
''tiresome limbs; for she joined us at
all times and in all places, and in a
way unlike any one else.
We did not, could not, realize that
she was not child like ourselves
when she played with us, helped build
our castles in the air, drank in and
drew forth our whispered infant conf
dences. We We're children comparing
notes with a child. who lacked the
colleagues, and never desired aught
contrary to our wishes.
AS we grew, she grew, too; she put
on the same inches of knowledge and
world-wisdom that we did, she kept
pace with us in everything. Whatever
we were. she was.
There was only one time when we
knew her to be an older person, being
of more Importance and greater inf1u-
ence than we were, and that was when
we misbehaved and had to be punished.
Then she was a protector, mediator,
and fearful of the consequence of our
iniquities. we chung to her motherly
skirts. But. to our delight, it was not
for long, and soon, imperceptibly, she
giided back to childhood again.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24
A Marriage' Fiction.

The polite fiction obtains that mar
riages are made in heaven. This ro-
mantle viewpoint is particularly popu-
lar in America, where it is held to be
highly improper for parents to make
any move toward securing good hus-
bands for their daughters and immod-
est for girls TO manifest any interest
in the subject themselves.
The conventional theory is that the
matter Is on the knees of the gods and
that in due season husbands will be
provided like mamma in the wilderness
for sustenance Of the faithful. Unfor-
tunately this miracle does not always
come off for every woman. The supply
of mama gives out. There are not
enough husbands to go around, and
these are unevenly divided. Some wom-
en- get three or four, while others get
none. But neither the old maids nor
their parents realize that the reason
that they did not share in the dispen-
sation was their own fault, because
they did not put themselves, as old
fashioned Methodists used to say. In an
attitude to receive the blessing.-Dor-
othy Dix, in AinSlee's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24
The Old Masters.

L make more money in day than
Michael Angelo made in a month" said
a popular illustrator. give been study
ing up the wages those old chaps cot.
1t is amazing.
Michael Angelo was paid $40 a
month while doing the cartoons Of The
battle Of Pisa. and Leonardo. who helm
ed him, got the same rate. They were
both locked for lateness and off DAYS.
but there was no overtime allowance.
Correggio got for his Christ in the Gar
den 1925. Carracci's Resurrection,
only brought the painter $3.50. Albert
Durer for his pen and ink portraits
was not paid in cash. A bag of -four. a
hundred oysters, pair of boots-Durer
would gladly do your portrait on such a
system of remuneration.
"Rembrandt's top notch price was
S475. He got that for his Night
Watch
Velasquez worked chiefly for the
Spanish government. He was paid at
the average rate of $50 picture, Think
of 1t Thirty dollars for the 'Roke-
by Venus Minneapolis Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24

In advising China to accede to Jap
ans demands, the United States had
China's interests in view. There is a
strong probability that japan would
have made the Tatsu incident pretext
for war If China had not receded from
its position. War would have resulted
in humiliation for China. and possibly
in dismemberment. The present out
come has aroused a strong feeling of
hostility to Japan throughout China
At Picking the United States holds the
favored place among the nations That
alliance Of all the Asiatic peoples
against the whites is off" Not for
years to come will the yellow peril be
mentioned again. The boycott in
Shanghai and the other Chinese ports
against American goods, so far as any
trace Of the embargo is left, will be
lifted Immediately.