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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW YEAR.

The new year will open with prospects vastly different from those that were
presented when thu present year was ushered in. Then all vas doubt and dis
trust The country vas feeling all the dire effects OF a panic Money vas locked
un the banks were embarrassed, factories hd closed or curtaied Grafton
railroads had abandoned improvements general business vas depressed IND
nobody could oresee what a day would brng forth. There has been gradual
: industrial conditions have wonderfully improved. The dark clouds have rolled
by, confidence is fully restored, and the prospects for the nw year. are all that
coud be desired. I Jul national State I'M local affairs, except only rs they
were affected by the panic, we hay been fortunate during the year now closing
There has beer a big deficit in the governments ncom as compared with x
penses,b tut that was incidental to the business conditions, and We may nope to
= sec a urplus reappear in te new ear We hay been fortunate in both or
domestic md foreign affairs or bat1eship fleet accomplished a feat n
lexampled in naval history, we have made magnificent progress in Panama canal
|constructon, we hav permanently settled Ill difficulties with Japan m made
her or ally in the Pacific. we have given a nw govenmen to Cuba At home
/ we have advanced some great national enterprises, such as thosef for interior
waterways n forest preservation The Stat is left with some problems to
solve and our city has som important ones OF tsh hands, among them the de-
velopnen of a systemo of municipal docks AM a trunk sewer to New York bay.
yearisf favorable to the State it holds good auguries for the individual, for to a
large extent III fortunes of the Individual are bound up in tho welfare of the
State So individuals We can look forward to the new year with hope ad IN
= fdence that it will prove a happy me and that a least its joys will outweigh its
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KEEP PLAYING.

If you're on to the game and you're
wise to the rules,
Keep playing.
Buck through the centre and give it "a
ram,
Smash on and rash on. you'll squirn
through the jam.
If their trick is "a dim, let your trick
be a liam;
Don't WEIGH just because you've res
ceived one hard slam.
Even if you are down, they've not
counted you out.
When you've rested, go back at the.
bunch with a shout.
Get our wind, grit your tee :, you're
not hurt for a damn
Keep playing.
Suppose you are last, there are more
laps ahead,
Keep running.
Many a victory is snatched from de-
feat;
While there's breath in his body, no
nan can be beat.
Don't you know you've a chance to
the very last heat?
Brace up there and put some more
speed in your feet.
If you try hard enough, you'll catch
on to the way;
Chances are hat tomorrow is your
special day;
Screw your courage up tight, twist
some grit in your meat!
Keep running,
Herbert Kaufman, in Ev~erybody's.
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independence of Women and Children
Is Destroying the Old Family Unity

and, when she is a mother, the Off
spring are not as healthy and vigor-
Gus as those of other classes"
Professor Hagerty went on to show
how many of the former functions of
the home have been taken over by
other social organs. The kitchen is
practically the sole survival of the old
industrial aspects of the home, and one
result has been that the children have
been individualized and relieved of the
obligations of household duties. The
Sunday school, the prayer meeting and
the church have to a great degree as
sumed the former religious functions of
the home; the kindergarten, the school,
the playground and the social settle
ment have usurped it's educational
work., and the state has taken over to
a great extent the responsibility for
the education of the child.
Most of the American States" said
Professor Hagerty, are passing child
labor laws. Movement in the direction
of child labor legislation began in the
early part of the nineteenth century
and the movement was continued
throughout the century. In the United
States child labor legislation is passed
to protect the child against the par
ents. TO say that a child shall not be
employed in a workshop or mine until
he is Is years of age is to insure the
child the right to an education and
the right to proper physical develop
ment.
Social experience has taught us that
in the absence of child labor laws, the
child would neither be educated nor
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
The More Educated a Wife the
Less Do the Domestic Vir=
tues Appeal to Her.

given the proper physical development.
In the last TWO features, compulsory
education and child labor legislation,
the child is individualized in the bet
ter interests of society.
1.-THE present tendency toward estab-
fishing homes in family hotels and
flats, and in the use of boarding houses,
tends to destroy the family solidarity
without any apparent advantage.
Boarding houses, the flat and the fam
lily hotel are abnormal institutions in
which to develop family unity and
strength. In these regards family SOL
idarity suffers without compensatlng
advantages.
Family solidarity is better main
tanned in the country thar in the city.
In the country children usually remain
at home until they are of age. Many
of the outside agencies above described
are not present to weaken the inlu-
ence of the home. In urban communl-
ties the conditions are so diversified
that new developments must of neces-
sity be sought. In city life 1t would
seem that the hope of the children of
the family lies in the social settlement,
the playground and the school.
lIc tOlulllOflS Oh the nOlle llle III
the city, sc far as the great mass of
people are concerned, make it lmpos-
sible for the home to do the functions
of any of these agencies. However,
here family solidarity must be main
tanned by an increased interest on the
part of the parents in their children,
less attention to clubs and less interest
in club life on the part of h parents
and more for the benefit OF the chill
dren.
With the better education of both
fathers and mothers it will be easy for
them to supplement the training of the
school and the church and the social
lied agencies. Persuasion must dis
place coercive authority, and upon the
whole we will have better trained,
more cultured, more responsible young
men and young women.
"The state may provide better edu-
cational facilities than can the family,
but state education, with it's system
and its methods, must be supplemented
with individual education or the part
of the parent. To control the child and
to secure best results he must be
reached individually"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
Markham on How He Wrote
1.-THE Man qvHh the Hoe
Painting Inspired Poem
Finished Ten Years After
1t Was Begun.

7THDWIN MARKHAM, the poet, while
NJ, the guest of Albert Brandt, of 81
Southland street. Trenton, on Sun
day, told how he came to write 1.-The
Man With the Hoe.' He said:
Melville Upton, now literary editor
of the New York Telegram, was re-
sponsible for its first thoughts. A good
many years ago he came into my study
in California to look over some books.
He was an art student and one of my
early friends. Going To the mantel he
looked intently at a small copy of Mil
let's noted painting, The Man With the
Hoe Turing to me Upton said: There,
Markham, o have it'-meaning that
the picture embodied an idea that could
be told in a poem that would find a
place in the hearts of the people.
VA few days later | wrote one stanza
of 'The Man With the Hoe and then
put it aside until, ten years later, the
sight of the original painting, in the
celebrated Croker collection, prompted
be to complete the poem. I did nothing
with it until one night, when, called up
on to recite at a Dime party, l read
the verses l had been SO long in COM
pleting. A few days later the San
Francisco Examiner featured the poem
and before long it had attracted wide
attention. 1t has now been translated
into twelve languages, including Rus
sian and Japanese"
The writing of THE Man With the
Hoe" the poet continued, made a great
turn in his career. His writings came
into demand and he decided to give up
bic professtOO long followed. that of
school teacher, and to take up literary
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
A FAREWELL.

By-by, poor old nineteen-eight!
You've been wiped clean off the slate
Nineteen-nine has come along
With a much more hopeful song,
While you in the past recede
With "a record that, indeed,
Strikes the reader like a vail
Like a gloomy hard-luck tale.
There are people that we know
Who have suffered all the woe
That a man could ever dream,
AS you passed along h stream
Depths of trouble past the probe,
Who il you should speak of Job
Would reply, His luck vas great!
Didn't live in nineteen-eight!"
Yet for all of that, my boy, u
Though you haven't brought much joy
| must say that / car see
Spots quite pleasing unto me.
Once 1 owned a yeller pup,
Fleas had nearly eat him UP,
Yet, like you, though full of blots.
He was quite a dog-in spots.
You have put old Bryan out.
Sent him hiking up the spout,
And the Solar Plexus you
Gave the Doc was good and true.
Tally one for you, old chap,
One good e-ighteen-karat slap
Where twas needed offsets ten
You have given better men.
Airs been fresh all through the year;
No charge on the atmosphere;
Words and phrases have been cheap;
No one had to pay for sleep;
And the finest scenery
To all corners has been free.
Glad you've gone-don't feel bereft-
But you've got some credit left!
John Kendrick Bangs, in Harper's
Weekly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31

Amos H. Van Horn who died in Newark MT long ago after a successful
and honorable business career will be remembered with gratitude. A quiet
citizen, not given to osnadon, ad a patriotic one he has left W public be-
quests one of 100000 or a soldiers ant sailors monument n Military Park and
and Lincoln Parks, respectively. Last yes the project for the erection Of a
$4,000 monuments to soldiers md sailors of the Civil War "a started, but the
magnitude OF the undertaking discouraged its promoers Mr.. Van Horn has
with splendid generosity, provided two-ffths OF the IN, a amount N itself
sufficient to secure a splendid memorial If it is possible to raise the balance Of
$5oMo by subscription it would be most desirable Properly speaking. Newark
nothing in IN way of art sculpture that car ompae with the least
OF the monuments IN a European capital and a soldiers n sailors monument
to pc erected in our city should be a work oft the highest art imposing alike il
rang ITO see
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
The PERCENTAGE voTe IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS.

In the important special eectiono on constitutional amendments in 1908 the
the following year the total vote poned IA 4S2547. The vt in the special cleo
lion vas less han 10 per cent OF h toal vote in the State in a general election.
In the special elections In the election districts this year on voting machines the
percentage of the vote as compared with the total vote in the State the gen
erale lecuoni in 1907 wa 26 pei cent, Or over 10 per emit greater than the per-
centage in the special election on constitutional amendments in 1903. Secretary
If State Dickinson In his suppressed report dwems impressivey on the per-
looked the comparison with thu much smaller percentage If vote in the last cleo
ton on constitutional amendments. The fact is well known that in special cleo
tons the vote is always small The vote n the safeguarding amendment in
1897 vas only onethnd Of he vote in the general election in 1900, and that was
al Issue that fairly tore up" the State. With as much sense and justice Secre-
tayD Dickinson might claim that the Sc per cent of the yoters who failed u vote
in that election We're all favor of gambling as that il voters who did not
machines that they would lot record a vote against their continued use"
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CONCERNING E 7

This came through the mail to the
writer t'other day. 1t is entitled 1.-THE
Eve Before New Years" 1t is very
sad. 1t made us very mournful the
past two days. We print it with the
understanding that its author, K. G.
Schwinn. a gentleman. we believe, al
though "K' stands for Kate, too. does
not do it again. One of these In a life
time is an ov~erabundance:
Twas the eve before New Years, and all
: through the house
Not a creature was stirring. save pa with
a Souse,
Who stood on the doorstep and clawed
through the air
In search of a keyhole that used to be
there.
He found it. We heard him step into the
hall,
Fall in the parlor and snore-that was ALL
We smiled with indulgence and sleepward
| But just for a short fifteen minutes or so,
For out oil the lawn there arose such a
| We sprang from our beds to see what was
the matter.
Twas only dear brother who made all the
Informing the neighbors I'm one of the
boysh."
| We playfully poked him and bedward were
gone.
| Leaving our brother asleep on the lawn.
A few minutes later. some twenty, I'd say,
We heard heavy footsteps approaching our
way.
| And grandfather, after an informal talk,
| Hung his clothes on the gstepost and slept
on the walk.
Then silence. AS over the hills came the
sun
| Our handsome star boarder arrived with
a bun.
| That was all, save at nine we arose with
a grin,
| Made the rounds of the boozers and
gathered them in.
| Twas pa, as we carried him up through the
hall,
Continued to sing. Happy New Year fer
ALL"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31

work in the East. Ten years G he
came to New York, where his fame
grew and is yet growing. He resides on
Staten Island.
Just now Markham is preparing to
publish a volume entitled THE Poetry
of Jesus 1t will consist of three Sec
lions, in prose. The first section might
well be called a prose poem. 1t will
treat of the life of Christ, as a literary
craftsman, something that probably
never has been lone before.
When asked which of his own writ
ings he liked best Mr.. Markham, after
a moments thought, said "Virgilia' and
1.-THE Homing Heart companion
poems, written by him three years ago,
were his faVorites.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
THE OLD AND NEW COUNCIL.

business preparatory to the advent of then icy Council Of 1909 which
Hvene with the new year. The record of the outgoing Council is a credit
: n. 1t rave the peope% coed administration of the public affairs gen
its history was not marredb by my scandal, 1t provided well for the needs
W hys departments. while al the .same time reducing the tax levy an me
last acts that of granting an appropriation Of $2670W to the Boardo of Edu-
IN for the purchase OF land, to include a site for Il school athletic ground,
s. credtabk. The new Council for next ear will b. equally divided politically,
(which involves danger of deadocks. 1t should be patent to the members that
reason and compromise must prevail if the public interests are to be well served,
encouraging evidences of it in the preliminary agreements of the " political
narHes
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
BUT HE WENT.

The physician doesn't exactly know
yet just what the nervous, gasping
person meant, when he rushed into his
Office and said:
Hurry right over to the house, doc
tor, my mother-in-law is dying; maybe
you can help her."
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IN THE DARK.

Maude kissed me last night.
1t was dark when she did 1t;
With a squeal of delight
Maude kissed me last night
BY mistake-'twas all right
] would never forbid it;
Maude kissed me last night,
1t was dark when she did III
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
CONSOLING.

Penelope cannot see how Ethel
can Dear to have her hance play foot
ball.
Constance-Oh. Ethel is one of those
people who would look especially well
in mourning.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
ALAS, POOR MISTLETOE!

Full many a sprig of mistletoe
Is born to blush and sigh unseen;
Also throughout its life to grow
And see no maiden kissed. / ween.
Joe Cone, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
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ALAS

A sympathetic Leap-Year Ballad.
FIRST STANZA.
Mary's mother stamped her foot,
Forth from the house she drove her,
And yelled, Get out and find a man!
For leap years nearly overt"
SECOND STANZA.
She roamed the streets all night and
day
But not a man she found.
And now she has to sit and wait
Till 1912 rolls round!
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
A NEw.YEAR OUTLOOK.

'Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference is quite droll;
The opti.nist sees the doughnut,
The pessimist, the hole.
ladies Home Journal.
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EVOLUTION
Puzzle.
HISTORY.

The goddess of Night was being
christened.
1--WE had better not spell it with a
*" they said; 'the public might con-
fuse her name with that of the new
secretary of state"
So saying they proceeded with the
ceremony.
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STATUS.

HE has always been a great wan
derer. hasn't hep"
YES, in his mind"
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HAPPY NEW YEAR.

The writer would resolve to stop this
gruesome humor column, but then, you
know, the children must be clothed.
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SAD.

And now we can't have any more
Messina grapes! But then, the water
wagons at hand, anyway.
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EXPLANATORY.

'Why does that fellow ask that
drunk to show him the way?" the lady
wanted to know.
maybe he thinks he can get full
directions" the gentleman explained.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
JUST FOR THE N

"Who ever told her she could sing?'
Nobody, only the teacher who gets
SO for each vocal lesson
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PHENOMENON.

Two Poles hit policeman with his
club.-News Item.
Which sounds perfectly correct II =
you understand the English laneuage
thoroughly.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-31
WHEN A WOMAN'S.

A Nos a YES for a that.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-15
A TarTy Carrying.

'Did you hear about Maurice Be-
mans capture?" inquired q policeman
on the Powell street beat.
1T was getting dark when the pa
troll wagon drove up in the alley by
the City Prison down here back of
where the old Tivoli used to be. One
OF the buns makes a quick sneak
and goes up fire escape to the top
of a new building. He lays low
soon's as he gets on the fiat roo.
"'Bout 10 o'clock that night Maui
ice hears sneezin'. He goes up the
re escape. There's bum lying low
N the roof.
"'Get up says Maurice.
"'No,' says the bum; I'm stuck
on this place. And then Maurice
sees what's the matter. After the
bum lays low up there a while the
new tar they'd been putting on the
roof that warm day gets cold and
holds the bum tight.
Maurice goes down to the Jail
keeper and tells him, and they sends
a trusty up on the roof to watch the
bum all night. Bout 10 o'clock next
morning the tar warns up and they
gets the bum loose It's a kind OF
bum story, but it's true. San Fran
cisco Call.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-15
For Driving Screw Eyes.

The amateur carpenter, whether
man or woman, has lost no time in
realizing the great possibilities of the
screw-eye. These things are capable
of a great number of uses. and if an
assortment of them is kept around
the house there is hardly day when
their convenience will not be prac-
tically demonstrated. Feminine fingers
are not always hardened enough to
drive them home, and, indeed, some
time the sturdier digits of the mascu-
line are not sufficiently strong to ac
complish this task, so that it is not
always possible to drive them into
the wall far enough to be substantial.
A time and labor-saying device for
accomplishing this work without un-
due severity on the fingers has been
recently invented and it is shown in
the accompanying cut. 1t IS supplied
with a locking jaw which takes hold
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-15
Roads Of Burnt Clay.

In many localities the absence of
gravel or even stone for crushing
makes the good road problem diff
cult one to solve. Many plans for
making roads have been tried in the
absence of these articles, but usu-
ally the road turns out to be mud
road after all. Down in Missouri eE-
periments are being made with burnt
clay roads, and according to reports
fair roads can be made of this ma
terial. The first test Of clay roads
was made a. St. Louis during the
exposition. The clay was burned and
hauled on the road and while a good
road was produced it was too expen-
sive to be practical. In Mississippi
they are burning the clay right on the
road and obviating the hauling. The
road is graded, plowed very deeply
and furrowed crossWiSe. CorJWood
is piled lengthwise to form iiues. Two
or three layers Of smaller wood are
piled above with layers OF clay be-
tween the pieces Of wood, and the
chunks of clay diminishing in size
toward the top and being placed just
close enough to allow air currents
through the whole pile. Six inches
of burnt clay was made in this man
ner after leveling and rolling. This
road is said to be free from dust ana
not to hold water.-Agricultural Stu
dent,
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on at Danncmora. n. Y, where the
Clinton prison is located. The aim
has been to produce sign board that
would be proof against the weather
at ali seams Of the year, and to this
end the boards themselves are made
Of seasoned one-inch white pine, we'll
protected with paint, the letters being
painted on in black Oh a white back
ground, and arc legible at a distance
Of forty TO fifty feet, depending on
the size of the sign. The painting is
thoroughly weatherproof and the
signs will last Indefinitely. The
boards are mounted on wrousht-iron
standards. heavily coated with white
lead as a rust preventative, and to
which they are attached by bolts and
nuts. They are made in a variety Of
styles and sizes, such as those shown
by the accompanying illustration, de-
pending on the nature Of their loca-
ton, and are sold at nominal prices.
The sign shown by the cut is the
largest size made and provides twelve
different distances, the two parts be-
ing at right angles to another, this
being variable according to the angle
of the rossroads.-From The Auto
mobile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-15
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Even conscience may be close
mouthed.
Many a woman marries for love-
of luxury.
Failure is always eager for re-
turn match.
The devotion Of chronic bor-
rover is really touching.
Nine-tenths Of what man knows
about his neighbors his wife tells
him.
Man is made of clay, but that
doesn't prove that every man Is a
brick.
It's the man whose methods won't
bear looking into that we should look
out for.
A fellow seldom has to tell his
love. Most girls are pretty good
guessers.
There are more ways than one to
kill a cat. In fact, there must be
nine ways.
The fellow who is willing to bet
his bottom dollar doesn't have to dig
down very far.
This world is a fleeting show, and
the best some of us can do is to get
standing room.
The politician doesn't forget his
Il
uses them over again.
There are lots Of things besides
happiness that money won't buy;
manners, for instance.
Many fellow who has told girl
she was good enough to eat has been
obliged to swallow his own words
From Musings of the Philosopher, y
in the New York Times.