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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22
MANY ATTEND LECTURES OF
NEWARK ADVISORY BOARD.
New Classes Being Formed and
Work Is Growing.

Interest in the university course of
lectures nov in progress under the d.
! rection of the Newark Advisory Board
is growing steadily. and those In charge
| are much gratified. The enrolment in
| some classes is much higher h a anti
cipated, although In two courses, Cor
poration- Finance" and Economics
there are few students, and an effort Is
being made to enroll more students 30
that it will not be necessary to drop
| these courses. The present Students n
the courses named are anxious to have
these courses continued, and the in
| structors and those in charge, who have
| been known as the Local University
Board, a branch of Now York Univer-
sity. are making every effort to have
the classes continued.
DR.. Gertrude Edmund has a course in
Especial Methods in Reading" with an!
enrolment OF SO students. The first ses-
sion was held last Wednesday from 8 TO
6 o'clock. Professor A. l.. Bouton, who
is in charge of the English courses, has
been invited to deliver the address on
academic day at the University of
MARYLAND, Baltimore, early next month.
The classes in Latin will meet for the
first time Saturday afternoon from 4
to 6 o'clock in the American Insurance
Company building instead of in the
Free Public Library as advertised.
Some professional men, including law
yers and physicians, are enrolling for
this course. The course, Industrial
Education dealing with industrial
and manual training schools n prob
lens of Industrial training. will be
given at the office of the National
League for Industrial Education, 70
Park place, Saturday afternoon from l
to 9 o'clock. The first session will be
held October 80. A course in beginning
Italian is being organized.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22

STAR WANT d BRING RESULTS.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22
CIT PRICE OF SCHOOL PLOT.

At the request of President Guild,
Of the Board of Education, the Board
Of Works yesterday reduced the price
set upon the property in the zeal of
the Fourteenth Avenue School, which
the Board of Education wishes to ac-
quire for school purposes, from $4,000
to $4,000. and the School Board win get
the land at that price. The property
is 100 by 200 feet.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22
TWENTY-FIVE DIR IN ,QUAKE.

SIMLA, British India, Oct. o.
Twenty-Five persons were killed and a
score OF others injured in recent earth
quake shocks at Bellput, a small town
the Quetta railroad, In the central
part of Beluchfstan. The railway sta
ton and several residences adjoining
were raxed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

ished seam VIII be one-quarter of an inch
wide, with the raw edges turned inside it.
whence the common name. bag seam.
The French seam IS shown at illustra-
ton l.
When pressing, turn the seam edges
toward first one side, then the other.
All the finer qualities of lingerie are
supposed 10 be made by hand, but care
full Notwithstanding with All even ten
sion, moderately loose on both upper
and under threads, IS equally satisfac-
Tory and very much quicker Some
sewers prefer the chain-stitch machine,
because of the greater elasticity OF the
stitch, but II the proper care Is given TO
the tension the locb-stitch machine gives
results that are quite as good.
\ careful operator regulates the ten
sion and also the pressure bar (the up
right bar to which the pressure loot IS
attached, and which IS regulated by 4
screw band at the top according TO the
material that IS being worked upon. 1t
IS hardly fair TO the best machine 10 ex-
pect It to produce equally perfect stitch
cry OH heavy WOODEN cloth and fine ba-
tiste without this regulation
The French seam IS used for Joining
the cores of lingerie skirts. the front and
back sections OF shirt-waists and of chill
dren's dresses and for the seams OF
night-dresses, chenises and other under
wear; It IS also used IN making silk petit
coats. A great many lingerie waists have
fine embroidered beading, sometimes
called hem-stitched beading. inset III the
seams, and though in handmade waists
this Is joined BY overhanding the rolled
edges of the beading and waist material
together. It may be much more rapidly
done with the French seam, making il,
in this case. as narrow as possible, not
allowing the full three-eighths OF an
inch
At illustration II IS shown a fellcd
seam, which makes a perfectly flat and
smooth finish, but is not always desirable
Tor dresses, because the second row of
stitching or OF hand-hcmming that Sc
cures the edge shows or the outside. It
= used in making mems shirts, and Is
particularly veil adSpted for The shoulder
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

TO undertake them. \ process called re-
moving the skin OF the lace has come
i'll vogue. 1t appeals to one, for It
would he ideal ii the claims for 1t
were justified by facts, 1t would be
like replacing an old and worn garment
for one that Is new.
An application Is made to the face
which blisters It slightly. 50 that the
outer LAYERS OF the skin are removed,
and 1t IS claimed by thus removing the
outer LAYERS of the skin that the pimples,
blemisheS and wrinkles are taken away
Such IS not the case. TO judge from the
faces l have seen which have been sub
jcCted to this treatment. The new SKIN
which replaces the other Is Coarser IN
texture. and because II Is new and thin,
1t wrinkles more easily. The cOloring
is changed and i not - delicate The
idea OF how it acts and looks can be OBJ
tanned from how the skin looks after 4
slight burn. I say TO those who have
written and asked me about lido not
submit to anything so foolish and IN
profitable.
The skin OF the face is 4 most delicate
tissue, and must be treated with the
greatest consideration. would impress
upon my readers that those who would
have good complexion cannot attain It
+ BY external applications alone. More
I than half the secret OF success IS 10 be
found in the internal conditions. Rich
and lnliReAGble foods write the tribute
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

l was indeed Tor me terrible mo-
= ment
The call boy had knocked at my dress
ing-room door and asked, Miss Adams,
may they ring:" and [ had answered
"Yes." But then il. instead OF
MAY they ring" he had asked,
MAY 1 wiring your neck" l would
have gasped out Yes" just the same,
my nerves were 1T such tension. For
the dressing room was that OF the
Empire Theatre, New York; 1t was the
night OF my debut as Babbic, in Barric's
Little Minister and 1t was the first
time any call boy had come to my dress
ing-room door and asked, May they
ring"
For this was my first appearance as Il
star, and It IS the stars privilege to delay
the curtain An actress, before She be
comes a star, simply Is notified when to
go Oh But, in 4 company headed by a
star. when the orchestra IS ready the star
is asked, May they ring?" If every
thing Is all right. She answers in the af-
frnatiyc. But if She has been late IN ar
irving. or if something has gone wrong
and she feels that she viii not be ready
for her che. It Is her privilege 10 keep
the curtain waiting
BIT that knocking on my dressing
room door on that night, that voice,
Miss Adams. may they ring" were as
terrible TO me as the knocking on the
gate in Macbeth
What odd things we think OF III
crisis, At that critical moment-the su-
preme moment of my career so far-an
anecdote flashed through my mind. 1t
was about a liou-tamer who, having re-
Gently arrived here. left his lions one at
ternoon and started fora walk up Broad
way to see the city. But he was so
frightened by the crowd and the noise
that he turned right about and went
back and sat down III the cage with his
lions, Congratulating himself that he was
III safe, quiet place again. And l
thought 10 myself, ii I only had nice,
quiet cage TO go back to now
But ! hadn't, for | could hear the
orchestra playing and 1 knew It was a
question only OF a few moments before
the ordeal Trying TO crowd out the
dread of that ordeal. other things kept
coming into my mind
Five years earlier Charles Frohmau
had sent Tor me to come to his Office
Miss Adams he had said. L have
made d contract with John Drew to star
under my management. How would you
like to be his leading woman
OF course | had wept with Joy. What
actress wouldn't have wcpt under the
same circumstances And now. while
the orchestra was playing for my debut
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11
The Danger of Experiments-FaciaI
Torture not Necessary to Attain
Beauty.

which they exact upon the face Indiges-
ton and constipation arc the twin de
stroyerS of a healthy and fine skin, es-
pecially that part of 1t which belongs TO
the face
am often asked what think Of com
pleNion masks and the efficacy OF sleep
ing in them. This Is another method OF
suffering III order to be beautiful. and
the results are not at all commensurate
with the inconvenience involved Our
grandmothers used to frequently resort
to these devices, and the old books on
the care OF the person give many recipes
for unguents TO be applied to the
inner side of these masks. which were
fastened over the lace and worn at night
| cannot see how anyone could sleep in
them, and in disturbed rest one would
lose any benefit which might come from
All application thus made No: do not
recommend TO my friends to wear masks
over the face at night 20 improve the
complexion. BE content with applying
cosmetics to the skin, ii ], Is thought that
they are needed
In the category OF strenuous care Of
the complexion may he ciassed the p-o-
cess called 'steaming the face" for. in
deed, It Is something OF peHance. I
am often asked whether the results are
beneficial and repay the trouble and IN
convenience. Stcaming the lace for the
Improvement OF the complexion IS a
comparatively recent method of improv-
ing the facial skin, and 1t consists OF ap-
plying steam 10 the face for ten or fifteen
minutes.
Boiling wafer Is placed IN 4 basin, to
the top OF which can be applied a cone
of paper so that It viii fit it tightly The
face is placed over it, SO that the steam
can be directed upon it. This IS vaiu-
able in those cases where the circulation
OF the blood IS imperfect in face and the
complexion : poor IN consequence! u
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

scene and stops TO quiz Martha y bad
luck VIII have II. She spies her Bob
talking to some other gal" Ihi, Is too
much for Martha. She dabs the Jones
baby into Toms arms and dashcs off 20
check Bob'S attentions to that other
gar Tom, the Jones baby III his arms,
scampcring after her and shouting pro-
tests
Enter Jones, btrc! Love for lis of
spring has drawn him from the beach.
Where Is the darling: Where Is Betty
Martin? The answer to the latter que5-
ton comes in the shape OF Betty herself
She explains to the agitatcd parent that
William is safe with Martha High
Appear at that moment Martha, but no
haby-only the stanmered explanation
that she gave Joncs's offspring to the
the gentleman that-ALr-What' s-hi,-
name" Imprecatons upon the heads
OF the two nursemaids, and off dashcs
the distracted father in search Of his
lost darling
But the transfer, oi that poor child
are too numerous to detail The Jones
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11
Most Popular Actress in America Tells
Her Own Story of Her Debut as a
Star in New York

as star, how easy It seemed, compare
lively speaking, to have gone through :
play simply as leading woman for a pop
ular star, carried by his enthusiasm
There was another knock at the door
and right then and there l had stage
fright, and every other kind OF fright
there Is, all in one, But my cue came, ]
suddenly found myself confronting 4 sea
of faces-and with equal suddenness
fright and all else, save the role | wa.
to play, vanished, and ! was acting. At
ter It was all over | asked. "How's the
play and how am | :" When Mr.. Froh-
man replied, All right said. Please
telegraph to my mother. And then !
went home
1t seemed to me quite an adventure,
and if YOU do not think that to make
your debut as a star Is an adventure,
just try il. But. instead OF arguing this
point, / want to tell how The Little
Minister came to be dranatized for me
by Mr. Barrie. do not think ain lay
ing myself open to a charge OF cgotism in
telling tins because. quite as much as
myself, It concerns that writer in whom
arc blended as in none other the appar-
emily opposite qualities OF the whimsical,
the poetic and the emotional. and to
whom ! am indebted not only for The
Little Minister" but also for Quality
Street. Peter Pan and What Every
Woman Knows"
1t was chance that led Mr.. Barrie 10
dramatic The Little Minister" The
popularity of the Barrie novel led my
manager to seek to have it Tor the stage
but not especially for me. As the pro-
fcssioDal expression Is. he didn't see NE
i'll 1t" He met the authors agent in
London and made an arrangement with
him Tor Mr. Barrie to dramatic the
novel About SIX or seven months later,
however, he received i letter from Lon
don saying that the novelist had made
various starts at dramatizing the book,
had abandoned them all, and finally had
reached the conclusion, to quote his own
words, that it was impossible to find a
play i'll The Little Minister There
the matter practically rested.
Some time later Mr. Barrie himself
came to this country, and having had ne
gotiationS with Mr.. Frollman. although
through an agent, he called upon him at
the Empire Theatre. Mr.. Frohmau was
out, 50, as a performance was going on,
Mr.. Barrie was shown to an orchestra
chair. Mr.. Drew was playing Rose
mary and l was supporting him.
What followed l prefer to tell in Mr..
FrOhman'S own words
Il had returned TO my Office" he SAYS,
and I remember distinctly Mr.. Barrie's
being shown i'll during the second inter
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

in his hands A. that moment the
waiter hears q customer loudly calling
for his order What to do with that
baby Another call. Lose a customer
and tip Tor an unknown child? Not If
the waiter knows himself Quick as 4
wink he deposits the baby on a tray,
rushes on with both. rids himself OF them
By showing tray and baby OF to the near
est table. and dashes off to fill his order
Plunged III despair At this very table sits
Jones, Senior. Hearing d sound, he
looks zap. There before him Is sweet
William. served mp like an cntrce at a
table d'hote, but alive and kicking!
Thus end the adventures Of the Jones
baby, but they ended differently that
night The baby was Of such Importance
il the farce that my mother had advised
the manager TO get a dummy But he
demurrcd He had found a nice baby
just Il month old that would do splcu-
didly. Welt did do splendidly until
the critical moment when the waiter was
standing tray IN hand. ready for the cue
to rush on with the baby on the tray.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

mission lie hardly could wait to be in
troduced before he exclaimed: Mr..
Frohman, | think I've seen my Lady
Babbie and I viii dramatic The Little
Minister ~
/ have had another debut in my lie A.:
/ was only nine months old when it hap
pened and 50 am telling It from hear
say. 1t was TIy actual debut on the
stage, and It occurred under circrrm-
stances 50 unusual that I don't think it
stretching 4 point To call them unique
My mother was connected with 4 stock
company in Salt Lake City There was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11
The Making of Lingerie Practical
Suggestions on Preparing Fine
Linen UndeFgarments

material. What Is known a. the French
scam. and Is also called d bag seam.
is most frequently used, as the appear
ance from the outside Is the same ~
an ordinary seam.
To make It the garment should be
basted for fitting, with the seams to
ward the outside After fitting, If any
alterations have been made, trim the
seams TO The regulation three-eighthS OF
an inch wide, then make the first row
Of sewing One-eighth Of an inch from the
r-w edges. Now remove the hastings
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

Willingly one OF the chief participants in
the action of the farce. Betty and an
other nursemaid. Martha High, are chat
ting. when Betty spies her jack wait
ing to see her about meeting her in the
evening She makes short work OF
sweet William Jones, Junior. Just hold
the baby for me she says to Martha !;
and, without further ado pops the in
fant into ALartha's arms and goes off to
join Jack.
Just at this moment Tom ChalHnch, a
lively young hotel guest with pcnchant
Tor pretty nursemaids, comes upon the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

Is good to restore color II the so-called
muddy complexion. to remove the deep
red and dark stains LETT from pinples; it
also prevents the formation OF the purple
pimplcs. softeus harsh. coarse skin with
enlarged pores and removes wrinkles
The chief benefit comes not only from
improving the circulation. but from the
thorough cleansing OF the pores OF the
face. and the stimulation OF the sweat
and oily glands, the blocking up OF which
makes the blaCkhcads and pimples
Those who have naturally 4 great deal
of color and a rush OF blood to the face,
and those who have a very fine delicate
skin, should not steam their faces; they
need an entirely different method for
their skin.
What the -tcamin= does for the face.
the compicNion-brush in 4 measure will
also accomplish It brings the blood to
the surface. stimulates the glands and
clcanscs. The brush selected should be
neither TOO harsh nor too soft, but
should be adapted to the kind Of skin
OF the individual. One with very deli
cate skin should not use this at all In
fact, It should only he used Tor the def
mite purposes. that l.. OF clearing q
muddy skin. stimulating the glands to
action, and removing and preventing
blackheads by thoroughly cleansing the
skin.
Nearly al of this can be accomplished
by all intelligent use Of the pulps of the
fingers. I have often told YOU tiIat the
fingers impart 10 the skin OF the face 4
Kind OF cosmetic unlike anything else
Nou can bring the blood to the surface
by their use, you can erase the wrinkles,
YOU can remove bIackheads and prevent
the glands from failing to do their duty.
The Complexion-brusheS have one
danger in common with face cloths. I'm
less they are carefully washed and made
surgically clean after use. the impurities
which they collect viii injure the skin
and produce the very conditions that
they arc employed to remedy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

For just then that baby gave sob that
swelled into wall, a cry, strickland
baby was in u sudden tantrum behind
the scenes that neither lis mother
hush, hush, hush, nor the managers
comments, more terse than elegant,
fear, could silence. The fortunes of the
farce were trembling in the balance
Il CHANGED that at that moment my
nurse, wondering at what was delaying
my mother, arrived with me at the stage
door: and 1t furthermore Glanced that
the manager, looking this way and that
in despair, cast his eyes down the nAr-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

baby IS passed from one person to an
other; and father Jones, in his Devil
dercd and despairing search, always
happens upon the last person who has
had his offspring. and always just as he
or she passed It on to someone else
Finally sweet William IS dumped into
the arms OF the hotel proprietor, and
that individual hands him over to one
of his walters. just as the latter Is hurry
ing off TO fill an order.
Jones staggers upon the scene from
his ruthless chase. throws himself down
in a chair BY a table and buries his face
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

row passage, and saw 4 woman standing,
and III her arms baby. Suddenly my
mother saw the manager dash down the
hall and reappear with a baby, her baby,
III his arms The next moment I was
on the tray and the next had been
rushed on the stage and placed on the
table, and there I was, smiling at the
audience.
And the audience It had seen a
month s-old Jones baby disappear and Il
few minutes later reappear as nine
months'-old baby. The difference in
size was So obvious that d shout Of
laughter went up. But / am told that,
instead OF being frightened. / sat there
and waved my hand, and that the louder
the audience laughed the faster I waved
my hand And so-without knowing
anything Al al about it made my first
appearance on any stage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

a double bill, the two-act comedy The
Country Girl and new onc-act farce
called The Lost Child. or Jones's
Baby" My mother had part in the
comedy, but not III the farce; but. as II
was novelty, she waited TO see how II
passed of, We are a theatrical family
The farce Is highly amusing; for
while 1t IS no longer played. or at the
most but rarely. It can be had in print
and | have read It with much amused
interest-since l was the Baby OF the
performance I speak OF, The scene Is
laid at all English seaside place. where
William Jones, 4 taIlow chandler, has
brought his wife and his baby boy and
namcsakc, whom he dotcs on. Tor
change. Leaving Baby in charge OF
nurse Betty. the proud father and his
vile start Tor d stroll on the beach
And now the Jones baby becomes I'M
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

wear OF batiste, HsinsOok or lcngclOth.
All OF these garments being unlined,
require 4 different seam-fnish from the
usual lined and boued gowned; they
must have in fact the lingerie finish,
which is that no raw edges may be LETT 10
show from the outside through the sheer
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

turn the seams toward the inside OF the
garment. and stitch on the lire where
the hastings were. As the second row
OF stitching viii be only Oue-quarter Of
an inch from the row ALREADY made. this
first row VIII hold the seam securely,
making rebaseing unnecessary. The I'm
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

I IN GE RE, a
H word that ,yc
have adopted from
the French, we have
changed from it.
original meaning OF a
place where linens arc
kept, to a compre-
henslye title for all
white garments that
III ay be Numbered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-11

old idea that
It Is necessary to
suffer IN order to b.
beautiful IS so deeply
rooted that it is diff
hCult to overcome it.
Every now and then
/ receive letters ask
ing Me about strange
modes OF procedure,
their value and how