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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-09
Are American Women Really Lacking
in knowledge Of Current EOents?

Proofs. American Flag Floats yer
Frigid Territory.
Wherever men congregate the proba-
bilities possibilities of the discov-
cry of the North Pole is a much-dis-
,oussed topic.
= Tt is an additional frozen dessert for
the merchants and bankers when they
are lunching.
h day aborers at noon our re-
fresh themselves with this chilly sub
ject as well as with the contents of
their dinrer-pails.
But we womenl Well, that is a diff
ferent matter. How many women have
read up this subject? How many can
intelligently discuss it? How man can
go into detail?
why. I can" you perhaps indig-
nantly retort.
Then let me tell you that you are a
very unusual woman. And If such is
the case, you form one of a small and
select minority.
For your next-door neighbor, your
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-09
Silken Reins for Children

A FASHIONABLE New York smother appeared oil Fifth avenue recently
~ with her small daughter tethered to herb W rens of silk. The convenience
= = of having a child so harnessed when u for a walk IN a crowded stree
will appeal to many a mother. f II
AS most children dote m playing ho@s the indignty Of suchc control will
not be resented a if thu method of that tnid Western another were adopted
who handcufed herd daughter to hrb by silver links, lest she be kidnapped.
A dainty set of rems hat will be a goodlookng present to a young child
cal b. easily made att home Cover inch-widet tap with double satin ribbon,
overcast m the edges. The tape may be any desired length; two yards and a
quarters give plenty OIL eway for a restless child. Allow enough rbbon to pull
Run the, tape through thu ribbon, sew u p ends. then overcast the ends of
ribbon together after fulness a been arranged. Make a cross strip of ribbon
covered tape, long enough 10 go aroun the chids neck and asten tic rdns 1T
chest line on each side, to form a harness. N
Where the, neckpiece joins tho refns cover with a manylooped rosette with
brass sleigh bells in the middle an attached to half a dozen short ends.
In the middle of the chest strap III another rosete. without ends, with more
bells attached.
To make these reins more serviceable they can be covered with wash ribbon.
or with chinas silk o. mercerized Saline, cut in strips h esfred width, rn u D
m the machine7 M turned. s. covered they can g in tn washtubw when soled.
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Writer Suggests that Classes Be
Formed to Discourage
Superficiality.

friend across the street, n the one
who lives in the next block. know
naught of this wonderful, history-mak-
ing discovery. beyond az perfunctory
and Indifferent knowledge cleaned from
the headlines in the newspapers.
Your sister, u mother-in-law. your
chum share your neighbours vague and
hazy idea on this subject.
The words North Poles will con-
tinually confront our eyes, will con-
stantly sound in our ears, so why not
make ourselves thoroughly familiar
with this all-important, ever-interest-
ing matters?
New discoveries invariably produce
new fads. An enterprising Fifth ave-
nue. milliner in New York already has
his window, decorated. to represent an
ice palace, and hung all aboutson pegs,
to represent ~icicles. are hats trimmed
with snowballs.
New signs at the soda water foun-
tains read North Pole Fizz.'' "Esqui-
mau Sundae,'' Cook Fizzle' and
"Peary Glace.'
Just as the average woman easily
and lightly quaffs these frothy and
evanescent connections, so does she
daintily skim over the news and the
events constantly occurring in this
rapidly and unanimously p~ulsating
world.
No, the average American woman,
ever the one who has had education
and advantages, is sadly lacking in a
deep and comprehensive knowledge
and information where current events
and politics are concerned. This is not
to be an argument on the suffragist
question, so we will eliminate the
political from our discussion, but will
again repeat that the American
woman's Interest in affairs, local, ma
tional, or foreign, is almost nil, and
could well be put in the proverbial
thimble.
True. our women with their world
renowned ~cleverness, tact and finesse,
are fascinating conversationalists-
bright and quick. and possessors of a
flashing wit and a ready humor.- But
try to penetrate below this scintillating
strata of clever chat and refreshing
repartee. and you will invariably find
that you cannot delve very deeply,
should you search for the intelligence
which is retentive as well as assimilar-
ing, for the mind which ponders and
weighs over that which it receives.
Why are we American women so
Negligent about freshening up our in
ttellects? We are not .remiss about fur
bishing and Frightening our homes, nor
about planning and attending to our
clothes. Why not do some mental
housekeeping, too?
Perhaps you do not belong in this
rusty category. At any rate, 1t will
do you no harm and no end of good to
learn more. Increase your store of
knowledge. There are sewing circles,
bridge clubs, luncheon gatherings, cook
ing classes, German and music lessons
galore, out did it ever occur to you
that there are exceedingly few classes
in current vents? Think it over.
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g~estion. was grey. Yet even it's ample
drapery could not dissemble the fact
that she was quite small. girlishly
slight, like the onla in the doorway;
nor did aught temper her impersonal
and detached composure, which had
also beeff an attribute of the woman
in the doorway. And, again, she was
alone, unchaperoned, unprotected.
Yes? Or NO? And, if yes: what to
do? Was he to 'alight and accost her,
accuse her of forcing an entrance to
his rooms for the sole purpose Gas far
as as~certainable) of presenting him
with the outline of her hand in the
Dust of his desks top? . Oh.
hardly! 1t was all very well to be
daringly eccentric and careless of
the worlds censure; but one
scarcely cared to lay ones self open
either to an unknown girls derision or
TO a sound pummeiing at the hands of
fellow passengers enraged by the insult
offered to an u~nescorted m g.
: The young man was still bordering
ways and means when a dull bump APP
prised him that the ferryboat was en-
tering the Long Island City slip. "The
devfl!" he exclaimed in mingled dis
gust and dismay, realizing that his dis
traction had been so thorough as to
permit the voyage to take place almost
without his realizing it. SO that now
worse luek!-it was too late to take
any one of the bundled fantastic steps
The had Contemplated half seriously. In
another two minutes his charming mys-
terry, so bewitchingly ~incarnated, would
have slipped out of his life, finally and
beyond recall. And he could do naught
to hinder such a finale to the adven-
ture.
Sulkily HI resigned himself to the in
evitable. waiting and watching. while
the boat slid and Numbered clumsily.
paddle wheels churning the filthy
waters over side. to the floating bridge;
while the winches ratified. and the
woman sitting up briskly in the
drivers esat of the motor-qar, bent for
ward and advanced the spark: while
the chain fell clanking and the car
shot out, over the bridge. through the
gates, and away. at a very consider
able. even If lawful, rate of speed.
Whereupon. writing FINS to the
final chapter of Romance. voting the
world a dull place and life a tread
mill. anathematizing In nc uncertain
terms his lack of resource and address.
Maitland paid off his cabby. alighted,
and to that worthy's boundless won
der. walked into the w~aiting-room of
the railway terminus without deviat-
ing a hairs breadth from the straight
and circumscribed path of the sober
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= Copyrighta1907. by
The. Bobbs- Merrill Company.
All Rights Reserved.


"Anisty"-deliberately. lis said to be
the greatest. jewel thief the world has
aver known. He has the police Of
America and Europe by the ears to
catch him. They have been hot on his
trail for the past three-years and would
have nabbed him a dozen times If only
he'd had the grace to stay in one place
long enough. The man who made off
with the B~racegirdle diamonds smash
ing a. burglar-proof vault into scrap
iron to get ~'em-don't o remember"
"Ye-es: I seem to recall the affair.
now tina you mention it." Maitland adj
mitted,. bored .fWell,; and what. of Mr..
Anisty?"
sOnly what 1 have told you, taken in
connection with the circumstances that
he is known to be in New York, and
that the Maitland heirlooms are toler-
ably much so as your care
less habits, Dan. Now. a safe deposit
vault" *
"Un-m-m,2 considered Maitland.
you reallySbelieve that Mr.. Anisty has
his bold burglarious eye on; my prop
erty?"'
TITS a big enough haul to attract
him. argued the lawyer, earnestly:
"Anisty always aims high. Now,
will you do what l nave been begging
you to do for the past eight years?"
Seven corrected Maitland, punctii-
iously. "~It's~just seven years since |
entered into mine inheritance and you
became my counselor.
"Wel seven, then, But will you put
those jewelsin safe deposit?'
sOh I c,,nroea sop II
But when?"
Would it suit you if l ran u To-
night?' Maitland demanded so abruptly
that Bannerman vas disconnected.
"IAer-ask nothing better
"In bring them in town tomorrow
You arrange about h vault and advise
me, will you. like a good fellow?'
BLESS my soul! I never dreamed
that you would be so-so-
"Amenable to discipline?' Maitland
grinned, boy-like. and, leaning back
appreciated Bannerfaan's startled ex-
preston with Keen enjoyment. well,
consider that for once you've scared
me. I'm offe--just time to catch the
ten-twenty for Greenfields. Waiter!'
He scrawled his initials at the bottom
Of the bill presented him. and rose.
sorry, Rannerman,v he said. chuck
ling, .:ta short a pleasant evening.
But YOU shouldn't startle me 50. you
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ly up Madison venue that Maitland
glanced at his watch and elevated his
brows obviously; then with his stick
poked open the trap in the roof
IF you really think it best for me to
go home, cabby, you'll have to drive
like hell" he suggested mildly.
"Yessir!"
A whip-lash cracked loudly over the
horse's back, and the hanson, lurching
into Thirty-fourth street on one wheel,
was presently jouncing eastward over
rough cobbles, at a regardless pace
Which reused the gongs of the surface
cars to a clangor of hysterical ex-
postulation. In q trlce the 81" extern
sion was roaring overhead; and a little
later the ferry gates were yawning be-
fore them. Again Maitland consulted
his watch commenting briefly: "In
time"
Yet he reckoned without the ferry,
one of whose employees deliberately
and i%mplacably swung to the gates in
the very face of the astonished cab
horse, which promptly rose Upon it's
hind legs and paved the air with ges-
lures of ~pardonable evaporation. To
no avail, however,; the gates remained
closed, the cabby with language)
refined his steed back a yard or two,
n Maitland. lighting a cigarette,
composed himself to simulate patience.
Followed a wait of ten minutes or
so. In which a number of vehicles
.joined company with the cab; the pas
senger was vaguely aware of the lar
ring purr of a motor-car, like that of
some huge cat, in the immediate rear.
A circumstance which he had occasion
to recall ere long.
In the course of time the gates were
again opened. The bridge cleared of in
coming traffic. AS the cabby drove
aboard the boat, with nice considera-
ton selecting the choicest stand of all,
we'll out upon the forward deck. a
motor-car slid in, humming, on the
right of the hanson.
Maitland sat forward, resting his
forearns on the apron. and jerked his
cigarette out over the gates; the glow
ing stub described a fiery arc and took
the water with a hiss. Warm whiffs
of the rivers sweet and salty breath
famed. his face gratefully. and he be-
cs me aware that there was a moon.
His gaze, rowing at VIII. he nodded an
I even-tempered appreciation of the
nights splendor; in the city a thing nn-
suspected.
Never. he thought. had he known
moonlight so pure. so silvery and
| strong. Shadows of gates and posts
Law upon the forward deck like stem
ellis of ~Iampblack upon white mar
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BILE. Beyond the boats bluntly rounded
nose the East river stretched its rest
less, dark reaches, glossy black, woven
with gorgeous ribbons OF reflected light
streaming from pier-head lamps on the
further shore. Overhead. the sky, a
rallid and luminous blue around he
low-swung noon, was shaded to pro-
found depths of bluish-black toward the
horizon. Above Brooklyn. rested a ten
uous haze. A revenue cutter, a slim,
pale shape, cut across the bows like a
hunted ghost. Farther out a home
ward bound excursion steamer, tier
upon tier of glittering lights, drifted
slowly toward it's pier beneath the. neW
bridge, the blare of its band, swelling
and dying upon the night breeze, mer-
cifully tempered by distance.
Presently Maitland's attention was
distracted and drawn. by the abrupt
) cessation of it's motors pulsing, 10
the automobile on his right. He lifted
his chin sharply, narrowing his eyes.
whistled low; and thereafter had eyes
for nothing else.
The car, he saw, with the experienced
eye of a co~nnoisseur, was a recent
model of one Of the most expensive and
opular foreign makes: built on lines
that promised n deal in the way Of
speed. and furnished with engines that
we're pregnant with multiplied horse
power: all in all not the style of car
one would expect to find controlled by
a solitary woman. especially after 10
of a summers night ~,
Nevertheless the lone occupant of
this car. was a woman And there was
that in her bearing. an indefinable
somothing-w1ether 1t lay in the car
riage of her head. which impressed one
as both spirited and independent. or in
an equally certain but less tangible air
of self-conddence and relianee--to set
Mad Maitlands pulses drumming with
excitement. For, unless, indeed, he
labored gravely under a. misapprehen-
sion, he. was observing her for the sec
ond time within the past few hours.
Could he be mistaken, or was this
in truth the aame woman who had
Gas be believed) made, herself free Of
his rooms that. evening"?
In confirmation of such suspicion he
remarked her Costume, which was alto
gether worked out in soft shades of
grey. Grey was the misty veil, drawn
in and .daintily knotted beneath her
chin, which lent her head and face
such thorough protection against pry-
ing glances; Of grey suede were the
light gauntlets that hid all save the
slenderness of her small hands; and the
wrap that, cut upon full and flowing
lines, cloaked her figure beyond sug-
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"7HE BRASS BOWL
"A Thrilling Story of Lobe
and Romance.

know. Pardon me If / run; I might
miss hat train"
i: But there was something else"
1T al wait"
Take a. later train. then"
What. With this grave peril hang
ing over me? Impossible! Night
Banherman, discounted, saw Matt
lands shoulders disappear through the
dining-room doorway, meditated pur-
suit, thought better of it, and reseated
himself. frowning.
Mad Maitland, indeed!" he com
mented.
AS for the gentleman SO charac-
terized, he emerged, a moment later,
from the portals of the Nlub, still
chuckling mildly to himself as he
struggled into a light evening overcoat.
His. temper. having run the gamut of
boredom, interest, perturbation, mysti-
~f1cation and plain amusement, was now
altogether inconsequential, a dangerous
mood for Maitland. Standing on the
corner of Twenty sixth street he
thought it over. tapping the sidewalk
gently with his cane. Should he or
should he not carry out his intention
as declared to Zimmerman, and go to
bGreenfelds that same night? Or should
he keep his belated engagement with
Cressy's party?
An errant cabby. cruising aimlessly
but hopefully, sighted Maitland's tall
figure and white shirt from a distance,
and bore down upon him with a gallant
clatter of hoofs.
"Kebsir?" he demanded breathlessly,
pulling in at the corner.
Maitland came out of his reverie and
looked up slowly. why yes. thank
you,' he asesnted amiably.
Where to-, sir?'
Maitland paused on the forward deck
of the craft and faced about, looking
the cabby trustfully in the eye. 81
leave it ito you," he replied politely.
'"Just as you please -
The driver gasped.
You see,' Maitland, continued with
"a courteous smile. II have two engage
ments; one at Sherry's, the other with
the ten-twenty train from Long Island
City. What would you, as man to man.
advise me to do. cabby?"
well, sir, seem as you puts it to me
straight" returped the cabby with en-
.gaging candor. I'D goy.home. sir, if I
twas you, afore 1 got any worse
THANK you" gravely- Long Island
City depot. then. cabby."
Maitland extended himself languidly
upon the cushions. Surely he told
the night. '.the driver knows best-he
and Bannefman.'
The cab started off jogging so sedate-
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-09
By LOUIS
JOSEPH VANCE

in mind and body.
The ten-twenty had departed by a
bare two minutes. The next and last
train for Greenfields was to leave at
ten-ifty-nine. Maitland with assumed
nonchalance composed himself upon
q bench in the waiting-room 10 en-
dure the thirty-seven-minute inter-
val. Five minutes later an able
bodied washerwoman with six chill
drendren in quarter sizes de-
scended upon the same bench, and
the young man in desperation allowed
himself to be dispossessed. The news
stand next attracting him, he garnered
a fugitive amusement and two dozen
copper cents by the simple process of
purchasing six might extras which he
did not want. and paying for each with
q f1ve-cent piece. compromising, at
length, that he had irritated the news
dealer, h meandered off, jingling his
copper fortune in one hand, Juggling
his newspapers in the other. and made
a determined onslaught upon a slot
machine. The latter having reluctant
iy disgorged twenty-four assorted sam
Piles of chewing gum and stale sweet
meats, Maitland returned to the
washer-woman and sowed dissension
in her brood by presenting the treas
ure-horde to the eldest girl with in
structions to share it with her brothers
and sisters,
1t is difficult to imagine what folly
might next have been recorded against
him had not, at that moment, a fero-
cious and inarticulate howl from the
train-starter announced the fact that
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Author of the BLACK Bag,
"7he Pribate War Etc.

Maitland laid the responsibility for this
most ~iatiguing errand.
The brakesman's wolf-like y2lp-
Observation-Disclosures ringing IN hisfears
when he awoke and stumbled down aisle
and car-steps just in the mic of time.
The train, whisking round a curve
eJsaked by a belt of somber pines, left
him quite alone in the world, cast
ruthlessly upon his own ~ ~
Al hour had elapsed; it was nov,
midnight: the moon rode high, a eolIsf
white disk against a background. ofiYs
sapphire velvet, its pellucid rays re-
vealing with disheartening distinethess ~
the inanimato n lightless roadads -
hamlet called ~Greenfelds; its general
store and postoffice, it's soi-diAants -
hotel, its struggling line of diiapiaAtSdfs III
habitations, all wrapped in silence pro
found and impenetrable. Not even q ~
dog howled, not a belated villager was VS.
iii sight, and 1t was a moral certainty
thai the local livery service had olosed
down for the night.
Nevertheless, Maitland, with a Hes
p~eration bred of The prospective ffve,
mile tramp, spent some ten valuable
minutes hammerlng Upon the door >ot@
the house infested by the proprietor Of
the livery stable. He succeeded only
in waking the dog, and inasmueh as
he YVES not on friendly terms With tAatas
animal. presently withdrew at dfscte-
tion and set his face northyyardI nponH :
the open road. NJ sdE
ITO Re Continued Monday = H51'
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How Many Have Read Up on
North Pole, for
Instance?


THESE warm summer-autumn days,
a cold blast has blown in On US.
Figuratively speaking, that is. The
North Pole is said to have been discov-
cred, and thoughts have. for the noncc,
reverted from hot, parched climatic
conditions to frigid and geld regions.
from torrid, perspiring mortals, wear
ing the emblem of American summer
time-the wilted collar-to fur-clad In
%dividuals silhouetted against a back
ground of icebergs.
In h street cars, the heads of the
male, passengers are immersed in news
papers, eagerly or specifically reading
the enchanting headlines: North Pole
Discovered. Doctor Cooks Thrilling
Trip to the Pole. Peary's Positive Polar
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NEWS FOR SHOPPERS
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A beautiful desk of dark, rfefly
grained mahogany. built on colonial
lines, with a cupboard above, having
glass doors showing a light mahogany
lattice, will be found at Hahne & Co.'S.
- ssr 81
High top shoes of calfskin in black
and tan, with medium heels and heavy
soles. just the thing for winter wsar,
are shown at L. S. Plaut & Co.'s.
- a'dsn
Rich, glossy broadcloth of finest
quality, for making gowns for id1ks<ss y
wear, is shown in all the seasons pQpu-.s
lar colors at l.. Bamberger & Co.&'Rs
Charming little felt hats for children,
trimmed with velvet ribbons and ppsa
pons, have been reduced in price at
Lissner's.
Enough linen for a waist, already
stamped for embroidering. with the
floss for doing the work, may be pur-
chased for a small amount at the w.
v. Snyder Company's.
- ..A -.
Good quality tw%o-button mocha
gloves in gray and brown. with stitched s
backs and outside seams, will be found
at the David Straus store. IssasSs
At the Goerke Company's there Is az
showing of sugar and cream sets r 81
imported French , china, with gold
handles and pretty rose patterns, 'niceeH
for wedding gifts. FSlsSst
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AunTM
rMaN8 [@@

SUNDAY-BREAKFAST.
Sliced pineapple
Cream of wheat
Crisped bacon Fried eggs
Rolls Coffee
DINNER.
Cream of caulif1ower soup
Roast chicken Celery sauce
Mashed potatoes Green peas
Tomato and pepper salad
Ice cream Cake
Coffee
SUPPER.
. Salmon salad
Hot Saratoga chips Celery
Cream cheese sandwiches
Jelly cake Tea
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Apple
Shredded wheat with cream
Omelet Toast
Rolls Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Baked beans Stewed tomatoes
Chicken croquettes (from leftover
Rice pudding Cocoa
DINNER.
Bread soup
Pork chops Lyonnaise potatoes
String beans Chill sauce
Lettuce with French dressing
Cup custard Coffee
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one teaspoonful beef extract little n,,lst
meg, one tablespoonful fine cheppeds
parsley, few spoonfuls cream, or a little
milk. In place of beef extract mix the a.
yolks of three eggs with three-quarters
cupful cream or milk, and d to it thea
soup; let it get hot, but not boil. Serve.
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is it proper for her to close the door
after him. or let him do 1t? Also,
which should hang up his hat and cane,
after she has shown him the hat rack7
Thanking you, MANNEJsSs
The most natural thing would be for
the hostess to close the door. She
should permit the caller to hang his
hat and cane on the rack. Questions
such as these usually solve themselves
naturally.
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Rain Spotted Silk.

Dear Margery Doom: stss
I have q silk dress like the enclosed.l
sample, and the other day was caught
in the rain when l had 1t on. 1t is fear
fully spotted. Please tell me hewssuts
remove the rain-spots? A READER.
l would not try to remove the spots
myself, but would take the dress TO
a professional cleaner. l think the
entire garment will have to be washed
in order to give it one shade once more.
and doubt if you could make a success
of the operation at home.