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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-07
CLOSE DEAL FOR
BIG POWER
TRUST

(By United Press Leased Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, May T.
That the California Gas & Electric
corporation is to eliminate the
last Of its competitors from the
local field by the purchase of the
City Electrical company, is an
nounced today. While the prin-
cipals refuse to confirm the re-
ported negotiations, it is under
stood that with the exception of
minor details the deal is ready to
close. The consideration is report
ed to be 100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-07
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YOUR COUGH

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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
CHILDREN ARE SPOILED BY
MISAPPLIED AFFECTION
A Spoiled Boy or Girl Means Spoiled and Ignorant Parents
Rigorous Treatment Is Not Necessary.

- N n % country of the word-not even IN Francois there's greater reverence
and love of childhood than there is in America. Generally speaking, the
- American child has a good time.
Our children are the sunlight of the present, and re nave come to regard
them as the backbone of the future. They need all our care;t they need all our
reverence-m the right ms of that word. they are the best work that can be
built up for the welfare and strength Of p@terity. But above ALL, W re must
remember that they are lot playthings, they are no. toys; they are not mere
dolls and puppets Being children they are to be treated as children. Simple a
the point appears, it is just here hat the difficulty lies.
a natural child is a delight a spoiled child is a abomination. The spelling
means either that the parents devotion has run into mere fond blindness or it
train the child properly Too often the parents our run on the line Of least
resistance; it is easy to crafty a child, to give it what it asks for, to pamper it
.outwardy an neglect it morally.
The old World sometimes charges America with a wholesale spelling of chill
dren, says Arthur L. Salmon in the Chicago DAILY News The charge is unjust,
dren who figure prominently at the dining tables of European hotels and board
frequently good specimens IF what hfssn ought not to Dramatically pre-
cocous, unnaturany sef-assutve, NATURALLY prone to appear like boredn little
men m women.
1t must not b. supposed that such children are confined toany single nation.
There has been tendency alt the worIdo over to make much o children % spare
them all possible suffering to pamper ard admire and give to them. All
elements of personal rgor have been eliminated from methods Of education; any
manner OF chastisemcnt has become rare; there hs been a general wish that
childhood should be free and happy The wish is righteous. bnt its manifesto
lions have not always been wise. and the worsta uRerers are TIL children them
selves
Childhood has been taken nut of IFS right place; it has been perverted IN
distorted. The child has been made a prodigy and a nuisance lie has been
listened to instead of being taught to listen, has been loaded with sts instead
of being taught to give, has been made selfish Instead of being taught the Joys
of unselfshnes. There aun be too much love. there. cannot pc too much
tenderness Or care;b but love and caem may Themselves be misappied-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

n. Legislature each year until last year appropriated nnuahy a amoune
oonal TO 81 per ent. Of the State school taxes. The appropriation for 1905 vas
% nor cent. or s1O12S4O in ALL The Legislature last year appropriated fr the
nr@,t vear only 100000 For the last decade and up to the present year thu
counties nave received out of the railroad taxes collected by thu State al a'er-
aeo f a million dollars a yea for support of he public schools The lastL esis-
,ature cut tfsd down by bout 100000. Governor Fortsp plan is to wipe 1t ot
altogether and in addition, saddle upon the municipalities all the cost
amounting to more han 100000 of the purely State institutions OF an eauoa
tonal character Ii addition. the municipalities are asked to surrend more
thar $500 100 annually of heir income from taxes o. railroad property. I'M
aggregate lossa annually to the public school resources Of the municipalities ma
therefore, be computed at about $1oMOOo. And Tor what? To enaole the state
overnme to keep up al extraordinary rate o expenditures" he re-
not of the State comptroller FOR the fiscal year ending October 81
1900 showed a total of $27ol2697 of gross expenditures. III CON
trorers repor for the last fiscal year, ending october 81, 1S showed
gross expenditures, exclusive of school moneys paid INC de TO the
counties, amounting to s2SS69s74 The States annual expenses increased by
s2ayE27, o. more than 100 per cent in eight years If thu supplementary
ppropratfons are added TO each years disbursements the increase is greater
for last year. Governor Fort accuses the municipalities Of extravaganza in heir
schools expenditures What kind of a glass house does the State government i've
in hat it car afford TO throw bricks? And how about the municipalities?
They are o carrying al aggregate Of not far from NOoON0o Of public debt
contracted becaus they were unable to raise enough none. ron taxation for
their pressing needs. The school districts arr heavily bonded. Newark alone
is carrying $5h79Oo of school debt And yet with all this debt the puohc
schools arc at least " years behind in their proper equipment an accommo-
Via kind o. a face can the State administration seek to recoup its extrava-
ean@s by pIundering he municipalities school moneys % thu plea that hey
are extravaganty spent and should be diverted to general State uses: And. if
tics pay the costo of State institutions, and then takes $4,000" n cash nut of their
tax income for the public schools the maximum tax act will remaint o forbid
am increase in the tax rae in order to keep down the average local ratef for
railroad property. The only recourse that will be leftto tbs plundered munich
paHties will be to starvet the schools or bounce up the valuations higher than a
kite There be panous times for the taxpayer ahead if the scheme of the
Governor fr rcplenishfng the depleted state treasury is adopted by the Lesis-
Tatme
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
Congressman Serene Elisha Payne,
the Chief Mandarin of Washington

7 about him, and he loved to hear the
%pcpulace cry, "Hail Serene, mighty
Sereno; give us a job. Sereno.'
1t was mighty hard to keep that am
bition in check. He never knew where
it was going to break out next. When
he was in the university at Rochester
he had the ambition Of the late Mr..
Caesar looking like a bumblepuppy.
His ambition had every other ambition
beaten pugnosed. He became ambitious
to be a lawyer, He became one
| Wanted to be city attorney. Cinch.
Wanted degrees. Got EN- right off the
reel-LL.D., l.. Q. T., and a whole lot
more.
Then he thought he would like to pre-
side over a State convention in New
York. Easy? Why. it was like taking
candy from a crippled child. Someone
said something about the American
British joint nigh commission in his
hearing one day. Gee" said he. II
don't know what it is. but it sounds
good" and he was appointed to that.
And then. he went to Congress. All,
Caesars prophesy to Mark Antony on
that warm June morning was to reach
it's full fruition! Noble Caesar! Noble
| Serene,
Serene looks very much like the no
best Roman of them all. Great big
fellow, with a fine big head, crisp white
hair, ford cheeks and a noble mus
tache. But no sense of hunlor. abso
lutely none. J. Adam Bede used to tell
him funny stories, but when Adam,
would finish Serene would always turn
on the cold water spigot n freeze him.
Serene kept quiet for a while in Con-
gress, but he was there with his am
bition every minute. Then Speaker
Reed resigned. Wow-you could have
seen S~ereno's ambition jumping all over
the House. 1t hoped up and down and
jumped around and nobody could catch
hold of it. Everybody became excited,
Serene was going to be speaker.
Then up rose the lean and hungry
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. He wanted tc
be speaker. me, too," said Jim Sher-
man, hopefully. "Tll have a little OF
the same" spoke up Uncle Joe Cannon
Nov you'll all get off" declared
David B. Henderson,; 81 saw it first"
In vain did Serene Cry EFT tn Brute
Serene got the hook, just like Caesar
got it. Henderson got the job. Their
the speakership became vacant again
Up went Sereno's ambition again. but
this time Uncle Joe beat him to 1t
Serene fell Imply back in his seat
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

PRESIDENT lectT Taft has made a distinctly favorable impression in the South
during his sojourn in Georgia. Nj. Taft ent South for thai purpose. n his
object was not merely personal but political H went to a State hat had n
the November elections shown signs of weakening N its Democratic loyalty. He
national election. In all probability Mr. Taft will be a candidate for renomi-
nation. too and if the Republican party can be built W in the southd during the
next four years h will ave he Solid South to back him in the Republican
national convention, and will perhaps have the help of Georgia, North Carolina
ad Missouri not to speak of Virginia andHentucky. o elcth him.. If the Southern
Democratic leaders continue to be as supine as they are Mr. Taft will be
so far advanced ia his propaganda hat they won't be able to overhaul him
before he makes &odl. II they propose to rust to tradition and former Demo-
cratic majornues to keep the South solid four years hence they may be prepared
for some unwelcome results
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
Looks Like Julius Caesar, but Is
Not Refusing Any Crowns /.
Just Now.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. u.

IOH1 - ~ 1900
TO become fully acquainted with
Serene Elisha Payne, the dis
tinguished representative from
Auburn, N. Y. chief mandarin of the
House, floor leader, tariff Trainer and
general whipper-in of the natives, and
in order to fully understand his sweet,
seraphic nature INK splendid ambition,
it becomes absolutely necessary to 60
back to one warm June morning in the
old Roman days.
Julius Caesar, somewhat troubled in
s~pirit-his good wife. C~alpurnia, in a
fit of anger. had SHE'D her powder puff
at him-Was on his way to the Senate.
Mark Antony-dear. faithful old Mark
was waiting at the corner saloon, in
tending to ask a job for a constituent
"tIail Caesar, good morrow" said
Mark.
Beware Of the hives in March. Cas-
sius hates you worse than Jupiter
hates St, Louis. Brutus says you are
ambitious and that if it came to a show
down you could not carry your di-
vision. They want you job, for they
say the gettings are good"
Imperial julius Caesar leaned against
q lamp-post, hummed a bar or two tC
the effect that his wife would not lei
him, and then confided to Antony his
fears that Brutus's little band of night
riders were going to make dents in hin
like a Swiss cheese. He didn't give
boot about it, however, he declared, for
he nae a theory of incarnation-hiS
spirit would live after him In some
other body. in some other land, at somC
other time.
"IIl bet you're thinking of Serene
Payne" said Antony, right off the
trigger.
"Oh, you kid. you guessed right tbs
very first time said Caesar.
So it came to pass that Serene was
born with Caesars spirit. says Thomas
S. Logan in the Philadelphia Inquirer
What chance. therefore, did Serene
have to avoid his fate? 1t was al
destined to be from the moment he frs
saw the light at Hamilton, n. Y, where
he happened to be born on another
warm day in June, 1S43. He had hi
ambition, he hated to have lean mer
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
SOME COMMENTS ON JERSEYS SEWERAGE POLICY

It is singular to see in New YORK and Philadelphia papers such an absolute
Ignorance Of the geography of the state that lies between the two cities This
ignorance has been almost grotsque in their comments on the question of a
Passac sewer. The New York Times, for example, does not kno that Newark
hay emphes into New York bay and that therefore. sewage empted inoo one
bay is naturally carried by the tide into the other The Philadelphia Press,
Board of Health to cease. sewefng into the Delaware river in 1919 thinks it an
"odd contrast of zear' that New Jersey should be defended in a suit t prevent
the State from sewerng into New FORK bay Camden is one hundred miles
inland from the sea. Newark is on an arno Of the sea. There is IL the differ
ence n h world. If the Philadelphia Press wants a parallel we refer it to the
case OF Paterson N the Pas&aco only a quarter the distance from the ocean
that Camden is The State of New Jersey has ordered Paterson to quit sewerig
into the river by 1919 and the remedy sought is the trunk W to New York
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
Wiles of Woman
Shown in Many
Artificialities

. The humanitarian spirit of the shoe
. manufacturers in marking the
. feminine shoe two or three sizes
. lower. than it actually is may be
! apparent, but how about the other.
. industries which help woman to be
! that which she is not? While her
. a~rtlficiality as to appearance ends
. with the shoe. it begins with the
! hat. Here is a condensed catalogue
! of tHenty-three items-symbolic
. number-in which woman can de-
I ceive her looks:
. l. Hair dyed.
! 2. Hair curled.
: 3. Hair rolled over a cushion OF
: false hair known as the rat. \
4. On top of which is worn a hat
: with the carcass of a bird or two.
! >. Wrinkles of forehead concealed
I by cosmetics.
!. 6. Eyebrows blacker than natural
I color.
I :. Opening OF the eyes heightened
I by means of sulphide OF anthony.
s. Eyelashes darkened.
+ 8. Lips Redeemed.
I 10. Artificial teeth made of gold.
I II. Cheeks more pink than is
+ natural.
II, Other parts of the face more
{ white than is natural.
{ 10. Dimples artiicially created by a
: dernGtologist.
: il. Neck elongated and propped up
by a high collar with wires.
! is. Tips of ears tinted.
5 10. Finger-nails more rose-colored
3 han is natural.
3 II. Shoulders marbled with benzoin.
8 is. Bust fuller than is natural.
> 19. Waist more slender han is
3 natural.
8 20. Abdomen reduced artificially.
3 q. Hips made broader or mar
Z rower than Is natural, as fashion
Q dictates.
. %. Feet smaller than is natural.
I %. The body scented.
+ This list can be increased ad in-
: finitum by preachers, moralists,
!. ~misogynists, and what not, when
s considering other factors of decep-
: ton besides those of mere appear
s ance. Here is the hint: The woman
( who ~falsifies her face is likely to
( falsify her smile.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
Runs the House When Joe Cam
non Has an Engagement
Somewhere Else.

~murmurlng Antony's words: This
was the most ~unkindest cut of ALL"
Did it take the ambition out of him?
Did Caesar give. up when Calpurnia
SHE'D the powder puff at him? Ten
thousand times, no. Before the SIN
had set, Serero had his eye on the
Craftsmanship of the ways and means
committee. Oh, juicy plum! 1t was
the very job for Serene. Caesar him
self could have done no better. And
did he get it? He did, and not in the
same way that Caesar got his.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

NATURAL BENT.

lis a sin to check the children at
their play.
George Jones was killed at football
yesterday:
Henry smithers's neck was broken at
the coasting,
And our Philander, though we are
not Boosting,
Fell a score of yards from out a poplar
tree
He's an angel now; a lovely child
was he.
Let the children be untrammeled In
their sports.
Listen! What were those two ominous
reports?
Charlie Jenkins didn't know the gun
was loaded,
So he shot his Sister Nell when IL ex-
ploded.
Hark! the changing of the plungins
ambulance
Sammy Thompson spilled carboiic on
his aunts.
Do not hamper, then. the guiieiess
cherubs' play,
Though we read these sreusome stories
every day.
Let them blithely shoot and stranefs
one another
Don't disturb them though they die
and worry mother.
Utter freedom we should grant the lit.
tie elves;
Thus they sweetly educate their little
selves.
Gillian in Chicago News.
Many a mans fortune ran 10 a.+;-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
SAITH THE FOOL:
A long face makrs
short work of a
man.
SHORT CUT.


A man
And a maid
Now I'll bet
You're afraid
| intended to
Ring in that
Brook with its shade,
And if that's
Your belief
Kindly let me
Dissuade
You from any
Such thought
That you
Suddenly made,
For I've pondered
And weighed
Your desires
And hates
And obeyed.
1t isn't my
Nature to bore
Or to jade,
SO the brook
And the shade
And conventional
Glade
All shall
Rapidly fade,
And I'll hereby consider
The man and the maid.
Well, this
Reticent twain
Now I s'pose
You'll complain
With a sniff,
And disdain
That these mushy
Old tales
or the usual strain
Arc entirely worthless
And give you a pain,
But I beg of
You not to-
To kindly refrain
From thinking the like
And to let me explain
That this beautiful
Tale-and it is
Won't contain
A Vestige of love q.
And not even a grain
OF nonsense
Or folly or
Chatter insane.
Or impossible scenes
Or those rantings Inane.
But / know
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
NORTH JERSEYS IMPENDING GROWTH.

William G, McAdoo, president of the Hudson River Tunnel Company, may
not be a prophet or @n of a prophet but there is good reason to believe as true
what he says, namely, that within a few years the territory in New Jersey
within a ten-mhe radius Of Manhattan will have a greater population than
Brooklyn. Greater than the population Of Brooklyn ten years hence, Mr.. Nc
Adoo means. The Hudson river tunnels will furnish the needed outlet for popu-
lauon from Manhattan. n the rushw will begin as soon a thct tunnels from
Jersey City to Cortlandt street are put in operation, with electric rapid transit
"a Newark. Perhaps in five years Mr. McAdoo will be astonhhed at his own
yMteraton
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
NATURALLY.


The writer sympathizes with Mary
Garden for not wanting to appear as
Salone.
he wouldn't, either.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

The Chinese New Year is called
Eung Lee Sen Din.
Somewhat different from ours, with
the exception that we have a din"
too.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
MINUS THE *"

More men marry women for their
dough than because they need them.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
VERIFIED.

skating in Military Park. This Is on
the square.
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HARMONIOUS.

rillman predicts a conflict Of races.
SO does Hughes.
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NONsENSIcAL

Nurses in pajamas yell at dre.-News
note.
Why? They were in evening dress.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

OF your wants
So I'll quickly restrain -
Oh. gee! I'd forgotten,
/ MUST catch a train,
And it's very late now
So / mustn't remain,
But / willingly promise,
Some time soon again,
To consider the matter,
And tell of this twain.
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EASILY OVERCOME.

crowded thoroughfare will eventually
get over it.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

Many a mans fortune can be esti-
mated in round numbers, thus-sooo,0 900.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

Car contemporary. the Trenton Times makes a sinEulary inconsistent
criticism of the State Board Of Education The Times approves the recommen-
xdaion that municipal school funds De taken possession of by the State and
then it severely censurcs the State Board for adopting, with great reluctance, a
prepared resolution saying that the board could sec 10 objection" to that
course. In. the view of the Times this extremely reserved ehverance is setting
up the viii of the board against the Legislature. In point Of fact, the board
simply submitted Ito he will of The Governor.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21
SHE DID.

Ruth was picking UP the leftover
strands of grain.
rs that your occupation?" they
asked.
YES" she told them.
"Yo1 have quite a large field" they
told her.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

The New Jersey Red Cross Fund contributed from all parts of New Jersey.
and largely from THE NEWARK STAR fund, low exceeds $4,000 THE
STAR fund is close upon 10000 Other funds collected in the state n col
Strbutions by New Jersey citizens to funds outside of the state swell the total
of New Jerseys sympathetic and spontaneous gift to Italy to gratifying pro-
portion.
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! IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR ]
: by g. DE ROY KOCH. I

BY &c. DE ROY KOCH.



OF your wants
So I'll quickly restrain -
Oh. gee! I'd forgotten,
/ MUST catch a train,
And it's very late now
So / mustn't remain,
But l willingly promise,
Some time soon again,
To consider the matter,
And tell of this twain.
NONSENSICAL.
Nurses in pajamas yell at fre.-News
note.
Why? They were in evening dress.
MINUS THE *"
More men marry women for their
dough thar because they need them.
NATURALLY.
The writer sympathizes with Mary
Garden for not wanting to appear as
Salome.
he wouldn't, either.
HApMoNIoy,c
"nn"oi"ooo.
rillman predicts a conflict Of races.
vrp,r,rn
We hear they're going to ~inaugurate
skating in Military Park. This Is on
the square.
ACCIDENTAL.
The Chinese New Year Is called
kung Lee Sen Din.
Somewhat different from ours, with
the exception tina we have a din"
The woman who is afraid to cross a
crowded ss3 ,Ssl !, thor0ushfare will. eventually
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-21

r N no country of the worid-not even in Francois there a greater reverence
= and love of childhood than there is in America. Generally speaking, the
= American child las a good time
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NOW.

2t us forget the past.