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The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Sparrow Grass.

sparrow grass, OF asparagus, as some
VIII have IL. Is in great plenty at the
present time. Most welcome news as
nearly everyone is very fond OF aspara-
gus, and as it is within the reach Of
every pocketboek According 10 the an
clients, asparagus is a deobstruent. a
remedy against toothache. an antiseptic.
and Is excellent as a pickle in affections
of the spleen. Robert Southey insisted
mat 'sparagrass" was the proper spell
ing, but we don't all agree with him on
this point Walkers dictionary Of 1871
contained this note: Sparrow grass is so
general that asparagus has an air of
stiffness and pcdantry" And vet. we
don all agree with this eminent author
lily. At any rate, whatever the proper
spelling and pronunciation Of this fayorite
garden vegetable, It seems rather certain
That II was originally found in the wilds
or Natal, Persia, and Siberia some two
thousand years ago. and that GurIng this
Ions period up 10 the present day It has
been cultivated into a most presentabIe
and delicate dish, with only one draw
back II YOU have eaten any you know
what we mean.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
The DissoIute Comet.

From the Newark Star.
Considering the fact that Mr.. Halleys comet has
come from such a distance and is 20 be with rs 50
short time the least do is 20 mention i:
evcry day or We have nothing in particular 10
cay to-day. excepting that the Comet would have
much larger following including ourselves, Il it kept
better hours.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Revealing n Sore Spot.

From the Sioux City Trburc,
Bryan scores severely the appointment o. Hughes.
Two years ago the ablcst speaker the Republican
hustings. the one who most thoroughly analyzed
Bryan and his speeches was Hughes. More. even.
than the speeches Of Taft did those Of Hughes con
tribute % he discomature d Bryan.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

An Alabama man. ninety-seven years
Of age. says he has eaten hot biscuits
regularly all his life and never yet has
experiepced the slightest inconvenience
from them. Death surely has no terrors
for that man,
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Pays in the Long Run.

From the Louisville Courier Journal
Numerous actresses are now making
speeches on woman suffrage This re-
quires more mental application than los
ing a hatful Of diamonds in a hotel or
sleeping car. but it also results in wider
advertisement
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
OFTEN uNINTELLIGInLE.

OFTEN UNINTELLIGIBLE.
II was a Boston baby
That came along one day
To grow amid the culture Of
The famous old Back Bay.
Ihey named the infant Browning.
For he was simply grand.
And then he Said so many things
They couldn't understand.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Her Feminine FoiIs-

Ever notice how girl whose folks
own a summer cottage has other girls
visit herr"
Ihats natural enough"
But as the girl grows older, did you
ever notice how. her line OF visitors grows
uglier, year by year?"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Speaker Cannon has been studying 4
set OF burglar tools. II he leaves poll
tics. Of course, 1t will be necessary 70
have some other gainful occupation in
VIEW says the Philadelphia Ledger
This, 1t will be observed. however. is
merely a Pennsylvania view.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

An Arkansas diamond in the rough has
been attracting a great deal OF attention
in New York OF late. 1t is perhaps. I'M
necessary to add that IT is not the Hon
JEFF" Davis.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Census Blanks FAN short.

From the New YORK sun.
Knicker-The census considers you a
resident Of a house # you sleep there
regularly
Boeker-Suppose the baby keeps you
aWake2-
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

A Chicago man has discovered that by
setting his photograph TO playing Wag-
merriam music he can stop the cat yowl-
ing in the neighborhood at night. His
neighbors however, may much prefer
the cat yOwling
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

A number OF learned doctors have
solemniy decreed that, after all. there
is no meteorological harm In kissing.
Thought these medical highbrows would
come TO their senses after while.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Senator Clapp insists that he cannot
be read out Of the Republican party by
anybody. In fact. this game Of Clapp IN
and Clapp out does not appeal to the
Senator at all
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
NOnpluSsed.

II"III IT'F"
She-Do YOU prefer an ugly woman with
brains or a pretty woman without any?
He-Madam, I prefer present company
10 either.
(And she is stiu wondering exactly
what he meantJ
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Knocking Tennessee.

From the Atlanta Georgian.
Living may be high enough IL Tennessee but life
is certainly cheap enough.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Senator Bacon is talked OF as leader
OF the Senate Democrats. The Senator
probably would not lead them anywhere
whence they might not easily be led
right back. II necessary.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

There will be no more polar dashes
right away, because the men who in
variably put up the polar dash fund are
putting Il up nowadays for something
else more 10 their liking.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Our Ncighbora.

From Ire Boston T7rs-ript.
Mrs Caller-Do you know the woman
next door well enough 10 speak to-
Mrs. SUbbubs-Weu enough? I know
her too wei 20 speak TO.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Needed the Improvement.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Il always feel, after I have spent an
hour or two in your company" he said.
that I am n better man"
1t is very good OF YOU TO say so. she
replied. Don't hesitate TO come often"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
-Four Nnriefiea.

Abe Martin. IN Indianapolis News
There's four varieties o. Repubhcans-out an cut
In an out. down an out an 10 bad
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

From the Houston Post-
Wouldn't YOU like 20 get one Of these
new egg beaters?"
1T would hardly be worth while; 81 Is
so hard I'm these cold storage times 10
get new .eggs."
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
A Crafty Move.

My Brooklyn aunt has put me down
N her Will for $4,000 1t pays to humor
old folks"
What did you do?"
went into half-mourning the time
her pet rubber plant died"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Getting known

Don't jump Off the bridge. Youu sell
your play yet"
This is not suicide. but a bid for fame.
Ihey say my play IS good enough 10
produce, were II not by an unknown
author"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Mark Twain died worth a million or so,
Il is said. II is just as well 70 bear in
mind. moreover, that Mark never made
any Of his money by whining
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Getting Solid.

'Ferdy loves me desperately. that's
clear"
How noW?"
lie lets father win from him at poker
and mother trim him shamefuHv at
bridge"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

There is nothing more bright and
promising than the Democratic outlook, %
notes the Buffalo Times. Nevertheless,
tho Democrats would appreciate a look
in, we suspect
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
rnusunI state of Affairs.

FROM the Seattle Post-IntslIgerorr
Il viii be interesting % the public % know that
the Niearayuan army now numbers 200 men and
only has one general
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

May is the date on which Jamaica
was discovered in 1894 It is the birthday
of Lot NJ. Morrill,, Secretary Of the Treas
ury under Grant qSS); of William Proc
tor the noted American educator dSlD:
William L. Wilson. author Of the Wilson
tariff bill GS43); Jacob A. Riis, the re-
former GS49), and the day on which
Thomas Hood. the poet, died In 1875
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
ShnuId LIE nnint

Senator how is the baby al your
house,"
Taking too active a part in the family
affairs for a new member"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

All the members OF Secretary Balm
gers Ananias Club are large and robust
specimens, II seems
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Don't poke FUN at a baseball crank %
advises the Greensboro Record. Rather
useless suggestion, inasmuch as practi-
cally everybody is a baseball crank
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

geles Express. II IS hard 20 believe this
will be allowed 20 come TO pass. right In
the midst Of the June bride season!
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

with the Congressional minority of the
moment. And minorities cannot pass
laws
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

There is no law 70 prevent any one
from footing the United States Treasury. -
says the St Paul Dispatch The active
desire TO pass such a law always abides
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

A man OF tho name OF Booze has been
convicted OF a felony in New Jersey.
Booze IS indicted from one end OF the
country to the other every day.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

From the Charleston News and Courier.
II Is said that society women IN New York care
more for their pet dogs than for their hair but its
false
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Nevertheless, we are firm in the faith
that straw hats Will be reasonably
numerous around and about the streets
by July 4. anyway.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Even Kermit seems to have become an
indistnguishable part Of the general
background effect
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
CHAT OF THE FORUM.
with All the Brakes Set.

From the New York World.
The railroad bill In the Senate is travelling on
freight schedule
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Popular in Time.

From Lppincotts
Are your poems widely read?"
''Well, the last one I wrote was read
at over fifty editors"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

No man I'm this country ever Will have
the temerity 20 assert that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is in any sense a local issue
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

He doesn't seem 10 be awed by the
comet"
He's not 10 be awed by anything that
he can see for nothing"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Unquestionably Mr. Weston IS a great
walker This country Is fun Of men.
however. who might walk from Caufor-
MIA 20 New York without serious physi-
cal Inconvenience. II they had either the
time or the inclination. But they have
neither; and, really. why should they?
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
In Rnd

TN never offer any more friendly ad-
vice"
wouldn't he listen to you?"
lie listened to me carefully, and then
struck me for 81 OF course. had 10
cough up"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

When I reach New York and am
settled for a few days in one Of IT'S
swell hotels" said Robert II. Keua-. OF
New Orleans. at the Arlington last night
Il am loiP 20 leave. We don't have
hotels IN my section where everything
for mans comfort Is provided with the
same lavishness as in New York. a con-
versaton overheard IN the only hotel
in Greenville, Ky. will show YOU the
difference. GreenviHe is not too well
blessed with railway facilities, and Il
you want to take a through train out
in the morning you must leave at $50
o'clock. On this occasion q guest ad-
vised the proprietor that he would 20 on
that early train. Another man added
that he might leave on the same train.
The proprietor paced TO and fro IN the
lobby for some time. Finally he ad-
dressed the man who said he might go
All you all suah you's gwyne on the
$50. Mstah Jacobs2
1 don't know yet. Why?'
'Wa'al, I thought II you all wasn't
Goin' I'd give the alarm clock to Mr..
smith,"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

There IS no city IN the world that has
more expensive cIubhouses than New
York. according 10 Dr. Fred S. Allen. Of
New York. who IS at the shoreham.
To a man with a modest income" said
DIT Allen. "one good club IS in many
ways an economy. For ;he millionaire. a
dozen clubs are not worth their dues
He rayr md IL convenient 20 faS three
or four Of them, and he probably does
not enter the others more than once a
year.
Il know one man IN New York who
is q member in twenty-one clubs. He
las paid dues TO one Of them ever since
il was organized. nearly twenty years
ago. and he has been inside OF its doors
but once. II one picked out at random
a dozen young men OF wealth and social
position in New York, he would find that
they had AZ least five clubs in common.
This is both the weakness and the
strength Of New York club life The
club does not identify in New York as &
does IN London Each club has a few
men whose names are always associ-
atcd with Il, but the majority OF lis
members are also members Of several
other clubs, which they use quite as
much. and their loyalty is divided. Were
this not the case. however, we should
have many fewer handsome cIubhouses."
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

a Rhode Island girl says the world
VIII end on June q. notes the Los An
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Mr.. Rockefeller says tho world is get
ting better. and Miss Ida Tarbeu says
so, too Guess Il surely must be-
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
A Long Stretch

I suppose it takes a vivid imagination
10 write?'
Yes; and that fellow has 81. Why, he
imagines he's a poet"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Ont OF Reach,
Riches have wings.
That's why
The pesky things
Roost high.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
CRIPPEN'S FATHER STILL
BELIEVES SON INNOCENT.

Los ANGELES. Cal, Oct. A.-"My
son is innocent, even though he stands
convicted, and l believe his wife. Belle
Elmore. is living somewhere in the
United States
With tears streaming down his face,
Myron A. Crippen, father of the man
sentenced in London to be hanged,
made this statement today when the
news was broken to him.
II was apparent that the aged man
has small hope of the course of the
law being changed. In his hour OF
sorrow, however. he referred with pride
to his sons early life.
He said that as a child Harvey" had
an unusual mind-that in his desire for
music hen his parents would not per-
init him to indulge his artistic taste
he made his own violin, and that at an
early age he entered the office of a
physician at San Jose, Cal, and got
the rudiments of a medical education,
which was completed at Ann Arbor,
Mich.
Mr.. Crippen is practically penniless.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24

lean farmer are being sold in foreign
countries to the consumer abroad for
less than they are being sold to con-
sumers at home
AS to other things than food, l am
curious to know why your observation
and inquiry should lead to such diff
ferent results from those commonly
experienced. For instance, a man
whom o know when l spoke to him
the other day about your singular ex-
periences with prices in England re-
marked that in the ummer of 1909 he
had bought a suit in London and that
on buying an exactly similar suit here
only two weeks ago had paid double
that price.
IF you brought back with you from
England anything purchased there you
of course furnished to the customs
authorities a sworn statement of your
purchases. Would you mind getting
me a copy of it or giving me authority
to obtain one, so that l may make a
few comparisons?
You refer me to Senate report No.
9l2, filed June 8, 1910. Allow me, by
way of returning the favor, to refer
you to the same report, but to part 9,
filed June %, 1910. being the minority
report of the select committee ON
wages, ETC., which applies to the ma
jority report those methods of dissec-
ton so satisfactorily applied by a Pro-
gressive Republican, the late Senator
Dolliver, to the Payne-Aldrich bill. and
with like results.
you viii pardon the length of this
reply, | know, and allow me to re
main"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
INJURIES MAN RECEIVED
WEEKS AGO CAUSE DEATH.


Charles Schoflsld, SO years old, of 80
Spring street, died in the City Hospital
Saturday night from delirium tremens,
supposed to have been brought on by
confinement and injuries sustained a
month ago. Schofield applied at the
hospital ON September % for treatment
for injuries he claimed he received by
being struck by an automobile a few
days before. An examination disclosed
ribs were broken.
He is said to have been "a heavy
drinker. Unable to obtain liquor and
the pain from his injuries, along with
the confinement, are said to have
caused the delirium tremens.
When he was admitted he told the
authorities to notify Thomas Brooks,
care of Marshall & Co, Kearny, who,
he said, was a friend. At the hospital
it was said Mr.. Brooks had been no.
titled.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
HATS OFF ORDER ENDS
IN FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT.

RaFale Salerno, 80 years old. a car
penter, of As Adams street. was fined
$40 in the Third Precinct Police Court
today for creating a disturbance at a
party on the second floor of the Adams
street address yesterday afternoon.
The prisoner failed to escape when
Plainclothesmen A%dubato, Brex, Scan
lon and Smith were sent to the house
Salerno was bleeding and his left
index finger had been cut by one of
the rioters who escaped.
The men quarreled because one or
dered all to remove their hats while
eating. When several refused the
c-ommandant threw them off and the
fight started.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24

blocks, in the hope the toys might
help him to spell out his name, tina he
muttered the word Newark" The
physicians then placed Newark news
papers before him. He seemed to rec
ognize names that he ran across in the
news and advertising columns. Postal
cards bearing pictures of streets and
scenes in Newark were shown to him,
and he said he recognized them as pic
lures of places he had seen. All efforts
to get from him his name, address or
any fact about himself, however, have
failed.
When found by a policeman yester-
day the man wore a blown suit of com-
mon material, black lace shoes, q
white soft shirt and a green tie. The
name Newark is stamped in each of his
shoes. The man, who is evidently a
laborer. is about As years old. five feet
eleven inches in height and weighs 40
pounds.
The Newark police said today that
no man answering the description of
the patient in Bellevue has been re-
ported as missing from Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
ST. VINCENT ALUMNAE ELECTS.

Officers elected for the coming year
at the annual meeting of the AluiEnae
Association of St. Vincent's Academy.
held yesterday afternoon, were: Miss
Anna Dervin. president; Miss Jennie
Mcdonald, vice-president; Miss Sadie
McGlone, secretary, and Miss Agnes
Smith. treasurer. An executive o
mittee was appointed and Miss Mollie
Cahill, Miss Helen Leary and Miss
Annie Heron, of this city, were
chosen.
Another meeting of the alumnae will.
be held November IA, at 1880 O'clock at
the academy, when plans Will be per
fected for Il social affair which will be
held during the winter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
SPPEN TO HANG
bNE WEEK EARLIER
THAN FIRST DATE
Convicted American, UncOn-
sciOus in London Cell, Will
Have Case Appealed.

LONDON, Oct. 24-Dr. Hawley IL.
Crippen, convicted of the murder of his
wife, Belle Elmore, the actress, will be
hanged on November 8. The date
originally announced was November Is,
but to',y the sheriff advanced the day
one week.
DR.. Crippen today is utterly pros
trated in his cell, while Ethel Clare
lie Neve, his alleged accessory, is In
mortal fear as to the outcome OF her
trial, which begins tomorrow.
1t has been necessary to call a ply
stefan to Crippen's cell several times
since he was sentenced to death. His
nerve is shattered, and he has long
periods of unconseiousness.
His case will, it is announced, be
appealed to the home secretary at
once.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
EPIDEMIC OF BURGLARY
DISCLOSED BY REPORTS,

The police department for the past
few days has been receiving notices
of many small robberies about the city.
Mrs. Nora Wairano, of 1884, Bleecker
street. reported that her poclSetbook,
containing $3.50, was stolen from her
pocket. Although the theft occurred
some time ago. she did not report it
until yesterday.
Horace F. Baldwin. of % Fourth ave-
nue., reported that while his family was
out Saturday night some one entered
his apartments and stole much valu-
able jewelry. The thief used a key.
William Schott, of 80 High street,
left his new wheel standing in front
of a store while he entered to make
some purchases. When he came out
his whee was gone, but an old one
was left in its stead.
Mrs. Ray Meyers, of PIG Court
street, reported that while she was out
Yesterday some one entered her gro
Gerry store and stole 500 from the cash
drawer.
Mrs. A. Heck, of 81 Camp street,
was also a victim of the boarding
house ffim-fam. A man entered her
place yesterday and desired a ROOM.
He gave the name of j. Elliot and
after paying for same went out. He
returned soon after and ransaked the
rooms. He was successful in getting
several watches and other small jewell
ny, He left some photographs behind.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
THIEVES LIFT WATCH OF
COP ASLEEP IN STATION,
One-fOurth of Police Department
Loses His Time-piece.

CRAWFORD, Oct. 24.-Not since the
first automobile have Cranfordites been
in the ferment of excitement that now
prevails because of the controversy in
which the members of the police de-
partment prominently figure, growing
out of the theft of an $50 gold watch
which some wag lifted from the
fourth OF the force, as he dozed at his
desk In the local Bastile early yester-
day morning. The crime becomes more
heinous through the sergeant's accu-
sation that the theft was committed
by one of his s~ubordinates, who, I'M
satisfied with this INJURY, added insult
by unlocking the doors of all the cells
In the lookup. The only thing that
prevented such a Jail delivery as Union
county has never seen. giving liberty
to desperadoes, thieves and cutthroats,
was the fac that all of the cells were
tenantless.
Today Halsey threatened to lay the
matter before the Police Board at the
next meeting, ond in the meantime
make a strenuous effort to fix the theft
on one of the three night patrolmen.
They Indignantly deny any knowledge
of the robbery, and declare that if
charges are preferred against them
they will, in turn, complain to the
Police Board that Sergeant Halsey was
asleep at the switch.
Strangely enough the friction be-
tween Sergeant Halsey and his men
originates with the missing watch,
whose relentless accuracy has been re-
sponsible for sundry Ines locked from
the patrolmen's pay for reporting late.
Sergeant Halsey is also unpopular with
the men because he has s~teadfastly re-
fused to become affiliated with the
Crawford branch of the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
ST. ANDREWS FAIR.

Under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society of st. Andrews Methodist
Episcopal Church, the annual fair will
be held wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day evenings, November 2, 3 and 4. The
fair will open at 8 O'Clock with an
address by Joshua Briefly, and each
day upper will be served from 5 until
10 o'clock. Mrs. Emma Waer will be
in charge of this feature.
The fancy articles will be presided
over BY Mrs. w. w. Nanderhoof and
a committee, while flowers will be sold
by Miss Edna A. Vanderhoof.
Miss Emma Banks will have charge
of a booth devoted to miscellaneous
articles, and an ice cream table will
be managed by, Theodore S~kellinger.
r Gibbons and Cummings
Beam. Mrs. William Fl. Cornwell Is the
general chairman in charge
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
AGED SONuSiER FAILS
TO CHARM LISTENERS.

Becaus he disturbed the peaceful
slumbers of residents of Crane street
at an early hour this morning with
alleged singing. John Griffin, Sc years
old. of q Belleville venue, fell into
the clutches of Policeman Garry and
landed in a cell.
In the Second Precinct Court today
Griffin said it was a long time since
he felt so happy, but the judge recog-
nized him as a somewhat frequent
caller and gave him sixty days in Jail
in default of $40 fine.