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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
SUNDAY GOLF AND BASEBALL
AND "A FALLEN HERO"
Mayor Of Plainfeld and the TRAITORS Figure in Gentle Satire in
Paper Newark Rector Edits.

ct HAT tsn.s s% 1rsm sl ,sr,'n No ,'f iaas. %l is he ns sss idol p' OK t ss s sts.nhs sns n nn.
bending Tories No longer may lie carry his head high above his
fellows Is holding a mems conscia rectL Sunday BASEBALL! Never! Most Of those
who wished to play Sunday baseball were poor young men; and poor young men
had a NERVE to expect Mayor Fisk the Incorrupibe ito connive at this defiance
of the law of the State and of ound morals. And there has been M Sunday
baseball in Plainfeld" The above begins In article in The Crown, the Rev. E A.
The article continues:
know. too hw fercey and justly he eXcoriated the sinners of Atlantic
City for their Sunday lawbreakng. If they did not like the law, let them agihe
for a change. But while HI avs exist they must and will be observed; yes,
they must!
1T was a gof-shck that did it, and his W gorstck,a 1t that! The Plain
las long been noted for Its devotion to law and religion. Sunday golf in par
tfcular had long been bhorrentt to them; for was it lot a violation Of the law?
And We're they lot nder obligations to observe the Seventh Day to keep it holy
Oh the Ffrst? Other golf clubs, made u p of wicked men, of sinners, of law
breakers. In fact of traitors who were little. If any, better than anarchists
these sos o Benal might play Sunday gof-though they would have only them
to blame if the very holes should open up an swallow them and all their
deviish apparatus, caddies tees and all. But as for Planfelders and their
houses,t hey would frequent the meeting houses, ant then u in hi church.
yards of a Sunday, with The Saints Everlasting Rest for the rainy afternoons,
and Bel and the Dragon for the title ones.
But the sad truth must be told that the Plainhehers got fred of being good.
They listened 20 the Establishments o. the Divv1e and voted by a large majority
for Sunday golf They la Joined themselves to BaalPeor. They are plain
traitors. They are Undesirable citizens ruthless malefactors of great wealth.
exlaw-and-order nan the ex-anthatis1good! It is sad to contemplate. Let
u $ weep a tear There! Now W. fel better. It's wonderful how much help a
good cry at the right time is"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
THE STATE VOTE ANALYzED.

h vote in New Jersey on Congress IN the Legislature "a powerfully
affected BIZ The presidential vote on the other hand, the latter vote va not at
Ill affected by State N local politics. as Tatse normou plurality ows Nj
Taft got every Republican votea IN a very large number of Democrattc votes
While he ran more hi 10000 ahead OF the Republican Assembly vote n about
5000 ahead of he Republican plurality on ongressmen he pulled both tickets.
along gaining r them many thousands of v0est they otherwise would moi have
The Taft candidacy saved Gardner. in he Second Congress district As
1t was his plurality, compared will that Of 1904. fell o Immensely. In 1904
when Roosevelt carried the State by S059S plurality. the Republican Assembly
plurality was 1851 Taft secured a larger plurality, nut the Republican AS
semblyp plurality this year is 6O901. or abou twelve thousand less There is a
difference of 966o in the vote of Essex county alone Salems Democrat pu-
ranty his year of 1OS also makes a Republican losso of s6 from 1904, which
its Republican plurality rom 1853 to $685. while Warens Democratic
plurality goes ron 1920 N 1904 to 1000. Bergen shows an extraordinary Repub-
increase, from 1880 in 1904 to 6%3 Burlington shows a large decrease
from 1855 to 1896 Hudson's small Democratic plurality Of 175 four years. ago
vas increasedt tt only $780, while h county went to Taft. Ocean fell o nearly
a thousand. There were decreases in the Republican purahdes in Atlantic,
Camden Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middhsex and Passac
The increase in the Republican and Democratic vote was 1885, the Democratic
increase being he largest namely 22S46
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
WHY THE AIR COOLED.

Speaking of peanuts" observed the
man with the red whiskers, they amt
the only thing in the world what is
small"
The man with the Hall Game express
sion murmured that hat was a great
and universal truth, and then the man
With the auburn capillary eppendages
continued:
"A friend Of my wife was visiting q
friend Of hers who a just moved Into
an uptown apartment house. The friend
of my wife's friend vas showing her
friend Il. e., my wife's friend) around
the place. and she was enthusing over
it like women always do. Finally the
friend Of my wife's friend showed her
(my wife's friend, you know into a
small room In the rear, and she (my
wife's friend again, of course) went
into spasms of rapture over 1t.
"'Oh, what a cute little room to keep
your refrigerator in!' she cried.
my wife says that her friend says
that the atmosphere got several degrees
colder right off, inc then her friend
(the friend of my wife's friend, you
know says rather sharply to her:
"'Why, that's my Kitchen"
After every n had stopped trying
not to laugh the man with the John
Kendrick Bangs expression started to
spring the joke about the dog that was
trained to wag his tail up and down,
and the meeting adjourned sine die
Indianapolis Star.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A QUESTION OF T
tho Editor of the Evening Star:

To tho Editor or the Evening Star:
Sir-Pleaase answer the following: A
rents property from B (by year,, SIS
month. At end of fifth year B prom
Uses, in a letter, to improve property,
steam heat, etc, amounting to $500 or
more. He raises rent SO, or to SIS a
month. A pays SIS from April 1, 1908.
until November 1, 1908. b has not made
improvements. A refuses to pay SIS
without improvements. B refuses SIS.
Will you please decide for the remain
der of year..
If when A. rents property from b
he has sever in the family, and all
family marries, leaving A alone, will
the law allow him to take one or more
b~oarders, not sublet? A.
Bayonne.
Ia landlord, who promises to make
improvements as a condition of rails
ing the rent and fails to make the i'm
~provements, may be sued for the total
amount of the increase, provided that
the rent was raised only because of
the promise. The tenant should pay,
hereafter under protest. and sue before
a justice of the peace for the full sum
collected under the broken promise.
Unless there is q contrary stipula-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
TIE cry OF HE BOOT.

1t is not at Ill likely hat The religious bgos Oft the country Ear succeed in
their efforts to array the people in the United States againste each other in their
public affairs on sctarian ines The world of Europe al America has
pretty veil outgrown the spr of religious intolerance tina las allotted the pages
of history with SO many crimes n d inflicted so much misery on mankind. Prest
dent Roosevet's vigorous characterization of this intolerance. wherever it sur-
vfves has, stirred VI the bigots % protests hat have a sixteenth century ring
The President has lost grace with the intlerants tut lie has gained grace m
mensey with the millions Of EVERY ace and creed who believe in religious free
dom n equal rights for all men,, irrespective OF their religious faith. rights
guaranteed by the American constitution md confirmed by hi American people
of our day.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
BUT HE DIDN'T.

Gentlemen said the man on
crutches, as he got into the street
car with great difficulty and sat down
with a sigh, sit may be that some of
you went to the country for a vaca-
ton last summer"
II did," answered three different men
in chorus.
Perhaps you saw a bull in a field?"
we did"
"And you wondered if he was alive:"
I'VE knew he was"
Yes. but I didn't. 1 got over the
fence to see. 1t turned out that he
was, and the result Is before you-two
months gone by, and I shall have to
use these clutches for at least an
other. Gentlemen, take no chances.
He is always alive and loaded and
ready"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A DIVIDED ESSEX DELEGATION.

Essex county will not get the speakership of the newly elected House of
Assembly. That is plain. The delegation is hopeesAy divided, and a house
divided against itself cannot stand. The deHe of the party leaders is o effect
n organization of thu Legislature that shall be free from party friction and in
sureu unity of action in carrying out he policies oft the majority in control That
is a natural desire The party leaders at Trenton could not be expected % favor
IN other kind of a legislative organization. 1t would be a curious leadership
that did. The Essex delegation, If it wereu united upn an acceptable candidate
for speaker, might succeed in the party caucus in nominating III candidate, but
it was evident last night. when the delegation met to confer or The organization
that there can be n 10 nifty in the caucus The Essex members cal however,
command other legislative positions. Eleven men in a caucus of forty-four1
members mako q strong unit.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
NO RADICAL TARIFF CHANGES.

Mr. Ferdinand w. Roebnng, of Trenton, is right tin saying that If the impress
sn becomes general that the tariff is tic b. materially reduced and cheaper
goods imported a prolonged business revival cannot be hoped fol. Tariff gta-
uon has always hurt business and the growing agitation OF. the question cannot
fall O effect pom manufacturing interests. Capital is tmid. Business houses
will lot stock III with goods IL they have reason to believe that there will be
reductions Ii. HI selling value of these goods in the hear future; and that means
orders to the manufacture. and less work fr the labor employed There
should, however, be M general apprehension now. The President and Congress
are Republican, the question of tariff revision is entirely in Republican hands,
and there is a high protecuonist majority both in the Senate n House Of Rep
resentauves Tariff changes will be made for the Republican party is pledged
alarm anybody.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
THE VINEGAR BIBLE"
For Of Die EVENING STAR:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is the meaning of the express
sion 1.-THE Vinegar Bible?" 4 came
across it recently in reading of a book
collection in London, but have been
unable to discover any reference volume
that will enlighten me OF the subject.
READER.
1.-THE term, Vinegar Bible is de-
rived from an edition of the Bible that
has long been noted chiefly for its typo
graphical errors. In an old Oxford edi-
ton of the authorized version of the
Bible the chapter heading of Luke XXX.
reads THE Parable of the Vinegar
IT should have read 1.-THE Parable of
the Vineyard The printers blunder
was overlooked by the proofreader, and
so it appeared in the finished volume
Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24

The Paterson Call takes a unique view of the case of Councilman Spitz of
Passaic, who, it is alleged, "a discharged by his employing company because
he refused to betrayt the public interests to thu East Jersey Water Company in
the matter of a water contract The Call views he matte in this owe light:
III the first place, there naturally will be a protest against m employer assum-
ing Jurisdiction IN authority over an employee in anythng not concerned with
his regular business connection On the other hand, when a Ia works for a
other. or for a company or corporation. it will be argued that he ought to be
loyal in every respect to those who pay him the salary ne lives upon. There are
arguments or both sides of this queNion" o mention of SpHzs oath of Office
of his public duty of his personal honor. of loyalty to h people who elected him
as their representative n who look to him to protect thdri interests. 1t is to
be hoped that he ethcs preached by he Call are nt taught to Paterson youth
in Paterson schools
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
RELIGION AND THE PRESIDENCY.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
A reader would thank you for an
swers to the following:
1. Can a Catholic become President
of the United States?
2. Is Judge Taft a Catholic?
3. What is the religious belief of a
Unitarian? J. E. I.
Arlington, Nov. is.
II. No religious views a debar a
man from becoming President.
2. Pr~esident-elect Taft is a Unitarian.
3. Any encyclopedia will give you
full information on the Unitarian be-
lief.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
CONTRACTOR FOR HAVANA STREETS.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
1 would like you to furnish me with
the name Of the contractor who has
just recently been given contract to
build new streets for city of Havana,
Cuba. J. l.. c..
Communicate with David e. Nc
Comb. supervising engineer of urvey-
ing M paving. Havana, Cuba.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
IN

MADAME" said the tramp, II am in
sore need of alimentary s~ustenance.
Would'st favor a peripatetic philos-
opher with a contribution of comesti-
bles?"
yes" she replied. "You will note a
collection of arboreal u%sufruct in rear.
Disintegrate yon heap into sections
compatible with stove usage"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A PUMPKIN FANCY.

The Jackolan-
Terms grin, gold-f1lled,
Would any man
Adorn and gild.
If he could but
That pumpkin try
In one large cut
OF homemade pie.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A TIMELY EXCUSE.

Blinks-I see links got home Jagged
last night and his wife didn't even call
him down.
Minks-Yes, he told her that h oil
in the water had made him light
headed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
ONE MORE.

His Friend-I suppose that your
Thanksgiving turkey will be stuffed
with chestnuts?
Humorist (patiently)-Yes. and L
suppose you are about to contribute
that chestnut about my being able %
stuff the turkey with my own chest
nuts?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A SWEET THING.

There was a young girl from Bayonne,
Who was exceedingly fond of colonne
She used 1t all day.
She drank 1t, some say,
And you could smell it even over the
'phonne.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
WORSE,

at cannot sing the old songs
Her promise short and terse
She kept. But then she went n sang
The new ones-which were worse.
Boston Traveller.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24

A statement by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company showing the amoun of
money paid out by the employees relief funds of the company since their Or
lion dollars. When the company projected this system of relief funds nan of
the employees objected n resisted, and there was a strike talked of The men
did nt comprehend their w best interests They ave- realized since thu vas
benefits conferred by III system.,T The good that has been lone is simply in
8calculabi&
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
A HOT ONE.

Mr.. Rantum-Refuse me and I'll foi-
low you to the end of the earth.
Miss Cutting Hintz-Fear not. I'm
going on any polar expedition.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24

Bess-Jack says my mouth Is the
prettiest he has ever seen.
Frank-Indeed? Well, I'll put mine
up against 1t any time.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
ALSO GETS IT IN THE NECK.

"Some people say that I don't care
about Thanksgiving" remarked h tur-
key, but as a matter of fact, 1 lose my
head about It."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
NOT GUILTY.

Artist-Now that you are through
posing, I wish you would tidy things up
q bit.
Model-Sir, I'm not a working model.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
NOT WILHELM.

A German war balloon was fired on
yesterday. No. you're wrong; it was
not the Kaiser. n 1t wasn't half as
far up in the air as he is, either.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ton In the lease the tenants may take
as many boarders as can be accom-
modated.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
EVEN So.

Honesty is the best policy, but some
of the people that carry the other va
riety draw Town bigger premiums.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24
HER

why are you an old maid" asked
the sweet young thing.
1T was sentenced to this state be-
cause of contempt of court" replied
the spinster.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-24

x<- HAT eminent law In -order man, Mayor Fisk of Painfed, ha
- fallen from grace No longer is lie the idol of hi stern and in
- bending Tories. No longer may he carry his head high above hi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19
HAS
FAST TRACK SQUAD
Three Teams viii Repre-
sent Club in HatChetites'
Meet Next Saturday.

After the showing made by the track
team from the Bloomingdale Club last
season, the boys from r street have
turned TO this popular sport with a vim
and enthusiasm which promises We'll for
their work in the indoor games this
winter.
Manager Morley has organized three
OF the fastest track teams in the North
west 10 represent the Red and Bl-ck
in the George Washington meet. and The
Bloomingdale rooters viii go in a body
20 the matches. Besides the three relay
races, the r street club has entered its
crack distance runner. Corridan. in the
distance events, and has Farmer in the
dashes, and it hopes 10 land some
points ia these races.
The senior team is composed IF White
Ccaptain). Turner. Hennig, Farmer. and
WOrley (managerJ, while the intermedi-
ate team viii have as good. If not a bet
ter bunch OF athletes, with Frank BicI-
ask. one of Centrals crack distance
runners of last year. Van Reuth. late Of
the AIoysius junior team. Stecher. II.
Perry, and O'Brian. The junior team is
made up of veteran runners. Nichols. last
years captain; Hammett. Burlington,
and Potter.
Captain White has several good races
scheduled with Baltimore clubs, both in
Washington ana IN Baltimore. besides
the proposed matches with the Bliss
Electrical School team, First Gurley
team, Baltimore City College, and
others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19
LEXINGTON CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

The Bloomingdale Club held its an
nual election of officers at the resi-
dence Of Ralph Rourke Mills. 134 r
street northwest. last Friday evening.
and the following officers were elected
for the coming year:
Nathaniel T. Morley, president;
Thomas B. White, vice president; VIII
liam c. Hammett, treasurer; George
E. GOnard, secretary; Lee T Turner,
sergeant-at-arms; Thomas B. White.
press representative, and Nathaniel T.
Worley, director of athletics.
The following captains were elected:
Baseball, James Fegan; basketball. Lee
Turner; football, William Farmer:
track, Thomas White,
The following committees were ap-
pointed. Athletic. COnbOye VOrlev
Corrfdan. and Turner; membership
Gonard, Farmer, and Baker; entertain
ment. Turner, Houck, Tompkins, Wor-
ley, and Mills; revision of the consti-
tuition, WOrley, Turner, and White.
elections, GOnard, Baker, Appleman.
Bragg
Five new members were chosen. as
follows: Bragg, Van Reuth Stecher.
Darlington, and Bowers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19
BOYS DEPARTMENT
WANTS GAMES WITH
Y. Nj. C. A. RESERVES
Issues Challenge for Return
Contest in Its Own
Gym.
Sporting Editor Times.

Sporting Editor Times,
The boys department basketball team
of the y. NJ. c. A., although a lsht-
weight team. extends the courtesy OF
its gymnasium for a game with any
team in the District OF vicinity OF good
standing
Notwithstanding the one-sidedness OF
the score in favor of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Reserves in the last game PLAYED in
the latter's gymnasium, it was an in
teresting game. 1t gave the boys an
opportunity of putting into play their
free passing tactics, in which their sig
nails played a strong part. The snappv
ezhibi ion put up by the boys excited
wonde- and admiration al the senior
department.
The Reserves outweighed the Juniors.
but We believe if given a return game
the score will be reversed.
Before our same with the Reserves We
were promised a return game and we
have in every way endeavored TO OBJ
tain the same with no success. al
though the Reserves clinched a game
with the Fort Myer team. who were
no match for the boys department.
c. H HILDRETH,
Captain and Acting Manager Bows De
partment Y NJ c. A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19
AUSPICIOUS PLANS
FOR INDOOR EVENT
OF BLUE AND GRAY

Providing the plans made by Man
ager Moran mateTialize, the George
town indoor meet, eset for March 7
this year, viii be one of the greatest
of its kind ever held south of New
York
The Blue and Gray games are AL
ways more or less attended by. college
athletes. The prominent prep schools
will again be invited this year and their
races should create the usual amount
Of interest On account OF holding the
meet well along in the season, il be-
ing practically the last big indoor meet
of the Washington season, the local
management is enabled TO pull of
events which include the winners OF
the various races in this section OF
the country curing the early part OF
the season. This is practically the case
in the one-mile Southern collegiate
championship class and the one-nile
prep school championship of the Dis
trict.
Besides these contests. the races be-
tween three or four Of the larger uni
yersities, such as Cornell and Penn. al
ways attract the usual amount Of at
tenuOn. In the open events Manager
Moran expects to have the leading ath-
letes Of the country competing As
the entry blanks have not been sent
out yet no prediction can be made as
TO the list OF men who win compete
in these events. The New York Athletic
Club has sent word that it will send
team to the Georgetown games in
Guiding men who have made themselves
famous the past two years by their en-
deavors on the track and in the field.
Other schools that have been invited
and which viii in all probability at
tend are the Carlisle Indian School
Wesleyan, Columbia, Princeton. Penn
sylvania, Yale, Fordham. Virginia
Johns Hopkins. and Catholic Univer-
sity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-19
NOT MUCH CHANCE
OF JOHNSON-BURNS
BOUT BEFORE NAY
What Con S titute s
Weights of Different
Classes Again Under
Discussion.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia story IS cur
rent in local pugilistic circles 10 me
effect that Tommy Burns has promised
TO meet Jack johnson on May 20. BY
which time he viii have cleaned u
about all there is in sight in England
and viii be ready for business on this
side of the water
While few have ever been able to see
wherein Johns0n's danger 10 a big game
fellow like Burns lies. the Canuck ig M
mans fool, and ne would be d candidate
for the foolish house II he were 10 take
on the big black unless he had plenty
Of time 10 get himself in drst-class
shape
Anasmuch as Burns is to meet lem
Roach on St. Patrick's Day, and Urob-
ably will not sail for this country for
some little time after that date, he
would not have time between the date
OF mis- arrival here and May 20 10 get
himself in the proper shape for a cham
pionship battle.
1t is probable that Burns will meet
Johnson in time, because he Is out for
the dollars, and the black fellow has
been so assiduOusly Jouted that there is
little doubt that a match between him
and Burns would bring a most profit
able crowd to the ringside, but unless
calculations are very much out, Il VIII
be date later than May % when the
fight takes place.