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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
Anyhow, the Senator's Secre=
tary and Stenographer Had
Something Interesting to Say.
BY THOMAS F. LOGAN.

q UPPER had been ordered in a
- a Washington cafe. and the sena-
tors stenographer a in her
best mood, for she faced a dua1 joy
she vas about to eat and had every
expectation of meeting her one best bet,
writes Thomas #. Logan, in the Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Gee" she exclaimed, this is life.'
1T certainly is the proper cafe" re-
piled the Senator's secretary. "Funny,
though, how all the fine looking men
have the namby-pamby women and the
slapped-together men have the fine
looking women"
Don't you understand how that is?'
asked the stenographer. Well, it sell
dom happens that both parties to a
contract have equal ambitions. They
may start even, but If the m is a
corker, she will pull the man up with
her like Mrs. Bellamy-Storer."
whats become of the Bellamy-Stor-
ers, by the way?" asked the secretly.
"They turned up at one of the White
House receptions about a month ago.
And Mrs. Longworth, who was there,
received them with open arms, and SC
did Mrs. Taft and all was well. Say,
do you think he'll Gomez"
"Whom do you mean?" asked the
secretary. absently.
why Mr.. Hitchcock, of course. You
said this was where he was to be found
Now you are not going to back out, are
your
ooh. no, OF course, not replied the
secretary. Say not such-take bach
those N%crooI, crool woids. But Hitch
cock is a very busy man, very busy
"Do you really know him very well?'
asked the stenographer.
"Oh, merciful g~oodness!' exclaimed
the secretary. What a skeptic is this
young one. On the level, we were in
Yale at the same time. He used to play
on our college team. Came from Am
herst, O.. as / remember it. Gradu'
ated in 1891, l think, and became a law
yer. Oh, / remember him quite well
There was John Dickson-now chic
counsel for the Erie railroad in New
York-he was a Yale man. too, abou
that time. Oh, we all knew each othel
very WE'LL"
fsHow did Mr.. Hitchcock get along Sc
qutckly?"
'fBy the lard index system replied
the secretary. "He became assistant
! secretary Of the Republican Nationa
Committee in the campaign of 1904 and
helped to systematize things. Then HI
became first assistant postmaster-gen
eral in 1905 under Cortelyou."
"The only eligible man in the Cab.
met remarked the s~tenographer, re
hectively. Gee, l am just crazy u
meet him. Isn't hat always the way
everybody here but the one you wan
to see. Look There Is Senator Cartel
over there. Looks awful funny witt
that bunch of spinach on his chin, bu'
he's a bright one, all right"
"One of the best parliamentarians II
the Senate and comes from Montana
too. Shades OF Montana diamonds
Say, there Is senator ~Guggenheim, o.
Denver, over at that table--no, lool
right over the shoulder Of that bald
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They Talked About Everybody
and Everything that Is Going
on in Washington.

thought of meeting him." said the
stenographer.
"Oh, on the level"
Isn't that he over there now-nt
yer there by the door,"
by George" l guess it is" admitted
the secretary.
well, aren't you going to call. hin
over?"
"Oh, that wouldn't look right. He j:
coming over this way, though. Well
guess I'm in for it. How do you do
Mr.. Hitchcock"
How do you do, young MANI" sale
the postmaster-general "Oh, yes, thu
senator's secretary. Yes, yes, I know
the senator very well. oh, indeed,
am very glad to meet you. oh, yes, ]
am glad to meet you, too-the senator
~stenographer, Ell? Well, well, we'll, ths
entire Office force. No, I guess lie wal
m~istaken-my college was Harvard
And the postmaster passed on to joir
his party.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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THE GENTLE CYNIC SAYS. !


Hungry poets are not satisfied with
empty honors.
The less a man says the more guess
ing his wife has to do.
The only way to crush al egotist Is
to pay no attention to him..
When mi good term begets another
we shall have perpetual motion.
The mar who jumps at conclusions
seldom lands where he expects to.
It's easy to reason with a man after
you have staked him to a good dinner.
A man has grounds for a divorce II
his wife refuses to help him with the
nouseworK.
A professional gambler enjoys meet
Ing an amateur who knows all about
the game.
The Lord doesn't recognize the char
ity of the man who grunts every time
he gives.
The pawnbroker acts as timekeeper
for many a man who fights hard luck.
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A VOTING MACHINE ELECTION IN wesrrIeLD.

Instructed by the experience the special ekctions In election districts last
ear, in which the voting machines we're busted lin nearly all the districts, the
voting machine rust agents are OIL III nj vve this year, I'M will leave no
stone unturned In any district in which a vote shall be taken tic OBSCURE ma-
tmay for h machine They are immensely encouraged by the thrteens ma-
iorty secured at a moderate expense N the recent election in a small district of
Bergen county with about 100 votes The First ward of Westhed, in Union
county, is to hold a special election OF June 20 The ware has 1859 population
and about 1913 voters 1t is overwhelmingly Republican II the November cleo
ton 1T ave Taft 3S6a and Bryan TO- Senator Alderman received 1888 votes, or
two more than Taft No effort will be spared by the voing machine trust to-
saw III single machine 10 in use in westfed town, which will be deIuged
with trust literature in newspapers I'M pamphlets until election day. and worked
Mess open ways The appearance u a reaction aust be kept up at IN cost
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F all the old houses in Newark, the Boudinot homestead, which stands
at "A Park place. next to the AmeMcan nsuran Companyis build
ing. is preeminenty of historic interest The house vas built at the
beginning of h nineteenth century 1t was originally wne and coupled
by E1isha Boudinot, one of thu foremost among the citizens of a centurya 9
On September q. 1924 the house vas the centre Of Statewide interest
General Lafayette visited Newark at thai time n vas royalty Entertained
He arrived at oon and vent directly to the Boudinot house. where h e took
luncheon. In thu Afternoon, with great ceremony. he vas welcomed to- the
city. 1t is said that the famous Frenchman was SC pleased with Newarks
hospitality thath e otter spoke o. 1t in after years.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 10, 1909.
MUNICIPAL TAX RATE AND the AVERAGE RATE.

The Newark municipality would be In a nice pickle financially today If the
state a for the limitation of municipal tai ratess should forbid the city to
sdopt a rates such as o will be required after the estimates for tax levy shall
have been nj to thu bone. Money the city must have fol- isn ecessaye EXPENSE.
and the borrowing power is restricted, and Is always reluctantly used. except
OF course. wheret is public policy in distributing the cost If permanent public
improvements overs series Of years But the tax-rate question is uppermOs in
al the municipalities OF. the State and lin nearly IL of them high figures will
obtain this year. 1t las been charged that the maximum tax rtew vas enacted
in order that the local rates should b kept low, and so provide a low average
rate in the State Tor the railroads to pay With local tax rates generally ad-
anced. te average rate mus be sendby increased. The average raei in 1908
raj ISL OF h 800 of valuation IN s2nag4,9s of frstdassr railroad property
Welding 1854 n7s Of tax A few points increase in the average rate will add
several hundred thousand dollars o the State railroad taxes.
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II AUTOMOBILE As AN Arm OF WAR.

1t was inevitable that the motor car should be turned to military uses In
Germany it hs become an important feature of the military establishment and
is utilizing 1t in her army. n such matters the United States proceeds
more leisurely. 1t is left. to motorists in New York to originate the idea of a
volunteer automobile corps to be exercised in military duties. An automobile
an be made much more serviceabIe than a cavalry troop 1t car be used
both as cavalry and light artillery, as vel as n infantry arm, and at n time
it can be ued in the medical service OIL al aids to observation balloons Oh aero
planes What better or more attractive feature could be added to the National
Jersey, with its thousands of motonsts?
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The Sabbath, as We in America understand it, is not widely known n Africa
among tn benghed denkens thereof and there is reason o believe that when
hi white man goes here he makes special note or observance OF he day.
1t Is in evidence that Roosevelt doesn't, for he goes hunting big anne OF Sum
lays and, contrary to he reributive Law for such tansgresaons. he las not
been killed eaten by wild beasts. but has bagged several lions n a big
rhnoceros on his Sunday trips Doubtless though, the retrtbution will come
later. Bt hat is not all of Rooseve,s offending. It appears that h has dis
tnbued cigarettes among the untutored natives The Anti-Cigarete League
is quite excited over the matter. Are the as yet unconverted aborgfnes 20 be
debauched in heir habits I'M morals by Americana cigarettes, and trust-made,
There is grav ecrufcismL also, " Roosevelt various societies organized to
protect animals from fnhuman mar. Why, they ask, should he go or a slaughter
ing expedition, why wantonly kill animals that never harmed him? Do they not
ave the God-gfven right % live? If not why were they created? Roosevelt is
too remote from civilization and toe strenuously busy tt hear these criticisms
upon hiss conduct, but they will all come home o him when lie returns to confront
al indignant moral sentiment.
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WNY VIC &ahor Vote Did
Not So 10 Mr.. Bryan
BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT.

r. AM, of course lot blind to the fact that one of he chief arguments in
my favor with the wage-earner in this campaign was the fear that the
= election of Mr. Bryan would make the hard times permanent, and the
hope that the continuance of the Republican party in power would insure q q
turn o. good times. This argument doubtless neutradzed ste directed
against m al a man unfairt to labor, n there were probably . nh OF
men who voted for m without approving me-, ecau Will hey liked MT.
Bryans attitude in h Injunction matter. they preferred to CIV v1ctery 10
that side which al likely to insure steadierz work n better wages Still
1 think n spite of Ill this, it mus De conceded th the showing made by
Mr.. Gompers upon the ISSUE against m as an enemy of labor a conader
ably ess than he expected Ito be, andthat this was due In part II least 70
the fact that no nj al controlt the vote Of the intelligent ApQringo man
that he does not yield to mere sentiment or the calling of names, u rat
he himself investigates the reasons and makes u a n independent mind
McC1ures for June VI
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"A Thought for Today

A mans body and his min = are exactly like to jerkin IN q
Jenkins lining; rumple the M you rumpe the other-sterne.
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UNpRepAREDNess FOR TIE WHITE PLAQUE War.

Statistics read to the National Association for III Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis at Washington last week showed that according to the las Federal
census al average of $4,000 persons die annually in the United States OF con
sumption. 1t ws also shown by figures that the total number of hospital beds
available in the United States at the present inn for tuberculosis cases is about
$1,000 Allowing for the thousands wo can be treated at home, it may be com
puted that the country lacks about $4,000 beds in hospitals fr such cases. The
costo f providing the additional beds, at about $3.50 each daily, would be s7-
s5o00 annually for the whote country. The ueo of open-a air camps would reduce
this annual cost The figuring goest o show that 1t axes money to fight the
great white plague. The American people have heretofr been indifferent ant
supfne They witnessed the enormous annual sacrifice of life and made NJ de-
Tense. A spirit of fatahsm seemed % possess American communities. They are
waking u low, and they must realize the absolute necmsityf for making u D for
past neglect Money must be appropriated IN subscribed to provide the sinews
Of war in a campaign which should not lac until the great enemy is conquered.
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n INDEX OF THE NEW D E CAMPAIGN.

A reception given to Assembiyman Biauvet at Paterson Mast night and at
tended by New Idea leaders in Essex and Hudson was a introductory to the
dollar dinner TO be given IN Newark next week. when the New Idea will put its
best foot forward The centre and core of the New Idea is in Essex, but 1t
temporarily shifted to Paaic lastn night where former Senate Colby formally
announced his purpose to be candidate for he Essex senatorshp in the year
1a1a N Assembyman William ParmenterM Martin wa hailed as the New Idea
candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor next year. OF their omi-
nation more will doubtless be heard at the dollar dinner in Essex, al event that
viii riet the political interest OF the whole State.
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THE SERENE ScoRcHER.

so that policeman held you Up
again."
Yes" answered Mr.. ~Chuggins. i
|think it's a case of professional jeal-
ousy. He's annoyed because my auto
mobl, can go faster than his bicycle
Washington Star.
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MORE APPROPRIATE.

Lord Broken has arrived" re-
marked the tall clubman, land * has
M. p behind his name"
YES" chuckled one of his lordship's
creditors, but it should be N. p"
an. Pr"
Yes; never pay"
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When old time knights went forth with poes and pushed each other OF their
the ground, w elearn, from ancient scrolls was oHen Uttered up with
corses; for when a mar is weighted down with half a tor
nm TIME of casironr aiment, n falls n and upon his crow
-9- his life is apt o De the payment. I've read Of forty armored
CycuTEpc knights h persisted in a mornings fitting 0f such the
lWnlLNo ancient scnvners wrue-of sue h bard we're always It-
> im). {, there IA changing then of STEEL and there was
of bolt n casting, you might see The charger reel n hear
its rider fortune blasting. And Then he vanquished hero uni 81 plainly
dead hat non could doubt it, a dray would gather up TIN junk, and moth
ing more was said about ii. c, good old days, when fighters fought and
in the tourney played their capers! They scorned to fill with bany rot the
columnso of the sporting papers. W
Copyright 1900 2 George Matthew A''"' MaA7nascv
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
TAUGHT HIM ALESsON

CRoHbl hai alwrs been inclined 10 CON
- N''l.>'n nm choll expenses especially
l' 'le matter az hIS W.c S dress bills If;s ,,,f.
went wen, So i.,r as 70 say that he was pcnuri,,,s
one h'',t cen IN need of a new boa for Z, t,~..
1l'lJ. and after She limited that her hlnri0,.s-
H"u.I never he quite complete till She hll one.
ne az last consented to make the purchase He
.[ W[Ht INTO a store and picked out two. one ,f
winch was a cheap imitation a,f,i~ ,c.I ,k.
other fine expensive one, ''''' ''''
b. i3N,nF Them to his office before goin., home
Nv .''h$rd The prlcc marks th. cNpcnsiv, tlg
on the cheap boa and vIce. vcr,l
i'ls W'ie examined them tor "a Ions, time very
[['''uNN indeed, and then sand "Now. dear
the expensive boa is a beauty and II !, r.,lh,
,,., ny'y E''d OF You To- allow me my choice some
- "'u.i take 1t without a word but
''1.,N don think We can afford the mon,
1,''IE one and besides dear. think the chrap
uIr ,ur more Stylish too Why Cros. dear
"It' the m1tter' Are YOU ill>"
81, guy Gear old eros had m.td, his getaway into
'"J h,Eht where he could Kick himself MS hard
- nc IcIt ne deserved. But what he would like
!" SNOW IS this Did his wife happen ON th,
more expensive boa 10y pure accident. or
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A Great Helm.

If you wish never to fail to get
tight pot-pie, have a shallow steamer
made that will fit inside the kettle
and come up just even with the top.
The liquor will boil up I'VE the
iumplings, but they are not sub
merged, which makes them heavy.
To bake two kinds of bread OF cake
in a tin, fit a section of heavy card
board crosswise in the centre Of a
brick-shaped tin, or better, get a
timer to solder in a piece of tin.
With the cardboard, which should
be we'll creased on both sides, only
bread or cake can be baked, but with
the tin, meat may be cooked in one
partition, beans or a vegetable in
the other.
Akin to this is the divided spider,
to use with a hand coal-oil stove. 1t
mas three tin receptacles, each with
cover and handle, so shaped that
they fit together in the shape of a
spider. Meat can be boiled in one, a
vegetable in another, and in the
third, water be heating for tea and
dish-water. Amy one Of these can be
removed when the contents are done.
This is a great help in winter, as we'll
as in summer when one does not wish
to keep up the fire in the kitchen
stove.-Sarah E. Wilcox, in The
Country Gentleman.
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Stop the Best Saloons.

Probably you would say, Break
up all these filthy and low haunts, all
these places where the habitually in.
temperate, the degraded, the wretch
eddy poor s~congregate, and let these
beverages be sold only in respectable
places and to respectable people!"
But is this really the best plan? On
the contrary, it seems quite reasonable
TO maintain that it Is better to sell to
the Incorporate than the sober, to
the degraded than to the respectable,
for the same reason that it is better
to burn up the Oh hulk than to set
fire to a new and splendid ship. I
think it worse to put the first glass
to a young mans lips than to crown
with madness an old. drunkard's life
long alienation-worse to wake the
fierce appetite in the depths q a gen.
erous and promising nature than to
take the carrion of a man, a mere
shell of imbecility, and to soak it in
a fresh debauch. Therefore, if I were
going to say where the license
should be granted in order to show
its efficacy, I would say-Take the
worse sinks Of intemperance in the
city, give them the sanction of the
law, and let them run to overlooking.
But shut up the gilded apartment
where youth takes it's first draught,
and responsibility just begins to fall
ter from it's level.-Dr. e. H. Chaplin.
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Alcoholism's Terrifying Increase.

The French Academy of Medicine,
considering alcohol and its relation
to children. listened to the report Of a
long examination undertaken in Nor
mandy by DR.. Brunon, of Rouen, who
said alcoholism is increasing in that
part of France in terrifying proper
tions. Alcoholic drinks are frequent
ly given there, even to sucking babes.
When the children are i'll, alcohol is
the first remedy given, even in cases
of commissions. Women, particularly,
have taken more to alcohol, which
accounts for the increase in alcohol
ism among children. At the present
time the mode is for youth to take
absinths, and in this is involved the
greatest danger. Many young men,
sometimes t~hree-fourths of the whole
number drawn to appear for examina-
ton for the army, are more or less
drunk, while fifteen to twenty may
ors, with flushed faces, assist in the
examination. The effect Is that Nor
mandy, which a century ago supplied
the majority of the army's cuiras-
siers, to-day cannot furnish men Of
the required height, and alcoholic
trembling is frequent among the
young soldiers.
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Whisky and CONSUMPTION.

Whisky neither cures nor prevents
consumption, according to the annual
report Of the Henry Phipps Institute,
Of Philadelphia, which says: 1T be-
comes more and more manifest that
all extreme views upon this subject
will have 10 be abandoned. That al
cohol neither prevents nor cures
tuberculosis is evident from the
number OF alcoholics who have come
for treatment, aud that it does not
strongly predisposc to the disease
seems to stand out prominently from
the vast preponderance of non-alco-
holics among the applicants. Neither
can it be shown that the children or
alcoholics are more prone to tuDer-
culosis than the children of n~on-alco-
holicS"
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Daily Life in America.

At a recent dinner in London the
conversation turned to the subject OF
~lynch;ng in the United States. 1t was
the general opinion that a large per-
centage of Americans met death at
the end of a rope. Finally the hos
tess turned to an American who had
taken no part in the conversation,
and said:
"You, sir, must have oftet seen
these affairs?"
YES" he replied, I'VE take a kind
of municipal pride in seeing which
city can show the greatest number OF
lynchings yearly"
ooh, do tell us about a lynching
you have seen yourself" broke in
half a dozen voices at once.
THE night before | sailed for Eng
land" said the American, II was CIV
ing a dinner at a hotel to a party OF
intimate friends when a colored wait
er spilled a plate of soup over the
gown of a lady at an adjoining table.
The gown was utterly ruined, and the
gentlemen OF her party at once seized
Tie waiter, tied a rope around his
neck, and at a signal from the injured
lady swung him into the air
"Horrible!" said the hostess with
a shuddcr. "And did you actually
see this yourself?"
well, no." admitted the American
apologetically. Just at that moment
I happened to be down stairs killing
the chef for putting mustard in the
blanc e."-Life.
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Washing the Dishes.

Dish-washing need be done but
once a day. If dishes are cleaned
with the pliable blade of a palette
knife they can be put away in neat
piles and washed as one task. There
are dish-washers which save the
hands and require no towels in dry
Ing. the dishes being rinsed and left
to dry. One of my maids told me
chat the castles of Ireland, the part
from which she hailed, were supplied
with ideal kitchens equipped with
racks where dishes were left to dry.
The china and glass were of the finest
kind, there was a large quantity in
both and this process kept the pieces
bright. Why do we still cling to the
dish towel?-Betty Bradeen, in the
New Have Register.
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Temperance Notes.

A tippling Christian is a teacher
uf tipping.
South Carolina will probably pass
a rigid prohibitory law.
In North Carolina intoxication of
railroad employees while on duty has
been made a miSdenleanor, punish
able at the discretion of the court.
Judge J. l.. Fort has submitted all
amendment to the constitution OF
Missouri to the Legislature, which is
intended to bring the State under
prohibitory law.
There are two sides to the saloon
questionable side that wants to put
down the saloon, and the side that
wants to put down what is In the sa-
loon.
James 4. Barnard, in the Templar,
says: Fifty years of temperance
agitation in the United States has re-
suited in reducing the annual per
capita consumption of alcohol by just
mi h%alf-pint."
Heinrich Charles. the we'll known
editor of Rationale P%rosperiat, New
York. is boosting" a campaign OF
education in favor OF temperance
among tho German residents OF the
United States.