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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
ehuckled Kittredge.

chuckled Kittredge.
And he submitted uncomplainingly
when they took him to the Bertillon
measuring department and stood him
up against the wall, bare as q babe.
arms extended. and noted down his
dimensions one by one, every limb and
feature being precisely described In
length and BREADTH, every physical
popularity recorded. Down to the i'm
preston OF his thumb lines and the
precise location of a small mole on his
left arm.
All this happened Sunday morning.
and in the afternoon other experiences
awaited him-his first ride in a prison
van, known as a panier a salade, and
his initiation into real prison life at
the Sante. The cell he took calmly. as
well as the prison dress and food and
the hard bed, for he had known rough
camping in the Maine woods and was
used to plain fare. but he WINGED "A
! little at the regulation once a week
prison shave, and the regulation bath
| cnce a month! and what disturbed him
chiefly was the thought that now he
would nave absolutely nothing to do
but sit in his cell and wait YEARLY for
the hour to pass. Prisoners under
sentence may be put TO work, but one
az secret is shut up not only from the
rest of the world. out even from his
fellow prisoners. He is utterly alone.
Cant | have a pack of cards?"
asked Lloyd with a happy inspiration.
Against the rule" said the guard.
But [ know some games of solitaire.
I never could see what they were in
vented for until now. Let me have
part of a pack, just enough to play old
maid solitaire. Ever heard OF that?"
The guard shook his head
Not even a part of a pack. You
won't even let me play old-maid soll-
taire?' and with the merry, CHEEKY
grin that had won him favor every
where from widest Bohemia to primesf
Presbyterian tea parties. Lloyd add
ed; That's a hell of a way to treat a
murderer"
The Sunday morning service was just
ending when Kittredge reached the
prison, and he got his first impressions
of the place as he listened to resound-
ing Gregorian tones %clianted, or rather
shouted, by tiers on tiers of prisoners,
each joining in the unison with fun
lung power through cell doors chained
ajar. The making Of this rough music
was one of tho pleasures of The week.
II at once the newcomers heart was
gripped by the indescribablc sadness
OF it.
Having gone through the formalities
Of arrival and been instructed as to
various detail of prison routine, Lloyd
settled down as comfortably as might
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22

Lloyd lay between an old p~ickpocket
and a drunkard. He did not sleep, but
passesd the hours thinking. And when
he could think no longer he listened to
the ~pickpocket, who was also wakeful,
and who told wonderful yarns OF his
%conquests among the fair sex in the
time of the Commune, when he was a
strapping artilleryman.
You're a pretty poor pickpocket, old
chap" reflected Kittredge, hut you're
an awful good liari"
In spite of little sleep, he was serene
and g~ood-natured when they took him,
handcuffed, before Judge Hauteville
the next morning for his preliminary
examinations mere formality TO
establish the prisoners identity. Kilt
redege gave the desired facts about
himself with perfect willingness--his
age, nationality. occupation and pres
ent address. He realized that there
was no use hiding these. When asked
If he had money to employ n lawyer.
he said mo-" and when told that
the court would assign Maitre
Pleindeaux for his defense he
thanked the judge and went off smil-
ing at the thought that his interests
were now in the hands OF Mr.. Fullzof-
Water. "I1l ask him to have a drink, 2
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CONTINUED From yestcrday.)

Haven't time to listen" he said inn
patiently, there's no use whining. l
can't do it and that's the end of it.
If / let you talk with his man and
the thing were known, / might lose my
position He rose abruptly as il to
dismiss her.
Alice did not move. She had been
sitting by a table on which a large
sheet of pink plotting paper was spread
before writing materials. And as she
listened to the directors rough words.
she took up a pencil and twisted 1t
%nervously in her fingers. Then, witt
increasing agitation, as she realized
that her effort for Lloyd had failed, she
began, without thinking, TO make little
marks o. the blotter, n then a writ
ten serawl-all with - singular fixed
look in her eyes.
You'll have to excuse me-" said the
jailer gruffiy, seeing thai she did nor
take his hint.
Alice started to her feet. IL beg
your pardon h said weakly, and.
staggering, she tried to reach the door.
Her distress was so evident that ever
this ~calloused man felt q thrill of pity
and stepped forward to assist her. And,
as he passed the table, his eye fell on
the blotting paper.
why. what is this?' he exclaimed,
eying her sharply.
"Oh, excuse me. SIR begged Alice.
II have spoiled you nice blotter. l am
SO sorry
Never mind the blotter, but He
bent closer over the scrawIed words,
and then, with a troubled look, Did
you write this?'
"Why-er-why-yes, sir, I'm afraid
I did," she stammered.
Don't you know you did?" he de-
| manded.
III wasn't thinking she pleaded
in fright.
He stared at her for a moment, then
he went to his desk, picked up a
printed form, filled it out quickly and
handed it to her.
There he said. and his voice was
almost gentle, Il guess I don't under
stand about this thing"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
~ NieId
EAr$

A WRITER on economic questions
has asserted that for every office
position employing a woman at $40 a
week. there are at least twenty appli-
cants. He referred to bookkeepers and
s-tenographers.
That these are among the most over
crowded vocations nowuopen to women
is generally conceded.
1 have so often wondered at the lack
of discrimination IN the part of those
choosing a vocation in this respect that
l decided to get the Information at first
who were taking a business course in
order to, If possible, find the solution
of this problem.
The first girl that l interviewed re-
piled that her sister had taken a train
ing the year previously and was now
making Sc a week and that she thought
it would do very well.
The second said that she took up the
work because some one had told her
and that a bookkeeper had to be good
III lis VI Ills bAt AiiA ilO WIN VI IL
stenographcr was mechanical, meaning
that h would have to give little
thought to 1t.
The third said thai she took up the
work because she thought 1t would
furnish her enough money to buy her
own clothes until. Well, she didn't
finish the sentence, but we all know
that she felt that it would not be neces-
90 49, - 1... xV, -, Ia -. .,.. =, go L., -
earn a livelihood.
Now we have thousands of expert
stenographers and bookkeepers. who
have combined accuracy with educa-
tional qualifications before specializing
and quickly gained a place on the list
of high salaried employees.
They selected the work because the
were fitted for it, and brought a love
and real interest to bear upon it.
But the girls that 1 had interviewed
had given the matter little considera-
ton. They trained for the work mere
ly because some one else had lone so
because 1t is an easy job, or it would
do. without stopping a K
consider whether they were tempera'
mently or otherwise fitted for it, o
whether better opportunities might no
exist in more congenial and remunera
tive work.
The sum total of their argument wa
that s~tenography or bookkeeping woul
give them an opportunity to earn a lit
tie money and that was all.
They a not considered the fact tina
this was an overcrowded field of wor
where financial rewards are all out c
proportion to the services rendered, O
why.
In he first place. stenography is nc
easy If n qualities properly for it, an
when one stops to consider the require
ments of it. the hardships, and the sell
denial, of the work, one stands almos
helpless in the effort to find the reaso
why so many thousands of brigh
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
VALUE OF PURE SUGAR.

1t may be said that sugar is not gen.
orally known to be a most nutricious
food. Recently, however. scientific men
have emphasized the food value of
sugar and candy, giving both n high
rating among nutriments.
In its pure state sugar is strength
giving, but bad candy or impure sweets
of any variety SOU in the stomach,
which is one reason why candy has
generally been regarded as unhealth-
full.
1t is pleasant now to know that it
may be eaten without harm. for the
average person is like the little boy
who said it seemed remarkably strange
to him that all good things were indi-
gestible.
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for Sc a week, he will scarcely be will
ing to raise the salary of the girl who
works for him unless she is exceptions
ally capable.
He reasons that if he cannot get one
s~tenographer to work for the wage
that he has to offer he can find a dozen
others who will.
Against this argument there is no
appeal, nor is there a remedy for this
condition except that which the girls
themselves can administer.
If half the members of this class of
wage-earners would go into newer
fields of work, creating a scarcity of
help along these lines, it would benefit.
not only the capable women who re-
main, but the enterprising ones who
wisely seek the newer fields.
It takes a brave woman to follow
her ideals, but what more pitiful sight
than a woman doomed to years OF
d%rudgery through lack of the courage
to do it. says the writer in the Phila-
delphia Press.
The low wages, the long hours of the
average wage Garner, in an overcrowd
ed field Is due either to lack of dis
elimination in choosing or to lack of
courage to change when the mistake II
made.
The one remedy, and only one, that
can be found. is finding yourself in an
overcrowded vocation, get out as soon
as possible.
Look about you and find something
to do hat will enthuse you and will
stimulate your efforts in the direction
of your ideals
Weigh the opportunities in the art
istic trades. and the various DEPART
ments of commercial art, and see what
the wide field of other professions may
hold for you.
The doors are open to you and these
newer vacations offer IN interesting
variety.
Demonstrate our ability to find the
right n for o and then keep over
lastingly at the work until you win
success.
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N M2S.MAY
G.. MOODE

TALENT young women are s~trenuously
struggling along these lines, knowing
full we'll the endless and monotonous
drudgery that are inexorably the por-
ton of those who engage in II.
When a young woman has mastered
h technical part of the work and
gained the necessary speed to hold a
position, she has brought to bear upon
it a power Of concentration and an in
telligent effort that should bring sue
cess on a larger scale in many other
vacations, no difference how much
pains a beginner may take to master
the details of this work or how pro-
ficient she may become in the mere
technical part. her advancement is
slow, and her wages are small.
When we attempt to find a reason for
the small compensation, we find our
selves face to face with the argument
of the law of supply and demand.
When a business mans Office is
crowded with applicants who will work
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bling girl in his arms and drew her close
to him with tender words, while the
guard muttered: "Nom dun CHEN! ii
ne perd pas de temps, celui-la,.
This was not at all the meeting tlsat
Alice had planned. but as she felt her
lovers arms about her and his warm
breath on her face, she forgot the mes
sage that she brought and the questions
she was to ask, she forgot his danger
and her own responsibility, she forgot
everything but this one blessed fact OF
their great love, his and hers, the love
that had drawn them together and wa
holding them together now here. to-
gether, close together. she and her
Lloyd.
You darling he whispered, you
brave, beautiful darling! | love you'll i
love your And he would have said it
still again had not his lips been closed
by her warm, red lips. SO they stood
silent, she limp in his arms, ~gasping,
thrilling, weeping and laughing, he
feasting Unsuitable on her lips. on the
fragrance of her hair, on the 1.-the
roundness of her body.
"voyons. voyons!" warned the guard
"Soyons ~serieuxl"
HE is right murmured Alice, I'VE
must be serious. Lloyd, let me 60 and
with an effort she freed herself. II can
only stay here half an hour, and | don't
know how much of it we have wasted
already" She tried to look at him re-
proachfully, but her eyes We're swim-
ming with tenderness.
1T wasn't wasted, dear" he answered
fondly. ITO have held you in my arms
ike that viii give me courage for what
ever is to COME
But. Lloyd" she reasoned, nothing
am here to help you TO get you out
of this dreadful place.
you little angel!'' he smiled. How
are you going to do it?'
"Ill tell YOU in a moment she said.
but, first, you must answer sonle
questions. Never mind why l ask
them, just answer. You will, won't
you, Lloyd? You trust me?'
"Of course 1 trust you. sweetheart,
and I'll answer anything that THAT
/ cam
Good. I'll begin with the easiest
Iquestion,' she said. consulting her
list. "Sit down here-that's right.
| Now, then, have YOU ever had govt Or
rheumatism Don't l~augh-it's ilnpor
tant."
Never he answered. and she
wrote 1t down.
do you play tennis with your right
hand or your left handT"
Gro he Continued Mcrary-)
MHE
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
SOULS BEAUTY.

Under the arch of Life, where love and
death,
Terror,and mystery, guard her shrine,
! saw
Beauty enthroned, and though her
gaze struck awe,
| drew it in as simply as my breath.
Hers are the eyes which, over and be-
meath,
The sky and sea bend on thee
which can draw,
BY sea or sky or woman, to one law,
The allotted bondman of her palm and
wreath.
This is that Lady Beauty, in whose
praise,
Thy voice and hand shake still-lonG
known to thee
BY flying hair and fluttering hem
the beat
Following her daily of thy heart and
feet.
How p~assionataly and i~rretrievably,
In what fond fight, how many ways
and days.
ID. G. Rossetti in Chicago Journal.
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"a Married Mans Attentions.

Deal Miss Doom:
I work in a factory where a number
of men are employed. One, a mar
ried man, has taken me to my door
several times. 1 did not tell my
mother, as 1 thought nothing of 1t.
Now my mother has found 1t out and
feels hurt, not because l did not tell
her, but because he is married n 1
have never met his wife. Is she right?
Am I doing wrong? She thinks his
wife would feel very badly If she
knew. A. y. r.
Your mother is quite right. Even il
the mar means we'll, it is not right for
you to accept his attentions, whether
his wife would feel badly or not. No
girl can afford to give opportunity for
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he in his cell to pass the afternoon over
the Last of the Mohicans." He chose
this because the librarian assured him
no books We're as popular among
French convicts as the translated works
of Fenimore Cooper, Good old Stars
and S.ripes,' murmured K~ittredge, but
he stared at the same page for II long
time before he began to read. And once
he brushed a quick hand across his
eyes.
Scarcely had Lloyd finished a single
chapter when one of the guards APP
peared with as much of surprise on his
stoiid c-ountenance as an oyerworked
under jailer can show; for an unpre-
cedented thing had -happened-a pris-
oner au secret was to receive a visitor
a young woman, at that, and, sapristi,
a good-looking one. who came with a
special order from the director of the
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THE MENU RECIPES.


Sift together one pint flour, two
tablespoonful sugar, one and one-half
teaspoons baking powder and a pinch
of salt; mix in three tablespoonful
butter, four eggs, two ounces sweet
almonds, half pint cream. half teacup-
full raisins and half wineglass of rum.
Beat the butter and sugar to white
light cream and add the eggs thereto,
one at a time, beating the mixture
from three to four minutes between
each addition. Mix the whole together
into smooth batter and pour into WE'LL
creased cups to two-thirds of their
capacity. Bake for twenty minutes In
a fairly hot oven. and If at the end OF
that time any uncooked batter adheres
to a straw inserted in the puhs they
must be returned to h oven for a
few minutes longer, or until the IN
serted straw comes out clean.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
"And When He Could Think No Longer
He Listened to the Pickpocket."

lie Listened to tue "flckpOclNcl'
prison. Moreover. he was to see her in
the private parlor. with not even the
customary barrier or iron bars to sepa-
rate them. They were to be left together
for half an hour, the guard standing mt
the open door with instruction not to
interfere, except for serious reasons. In
the of the Oldest inhabitant
such a thing had not been known!
Kittredge, however, was not surprised,
first, because nothing could surprise
him. and, also, because he a no idea
what an extraordinary exception had
been made in his favor. SO he walked
before the guard indifferently enough
toward the door indicated, but when he
crossed the threshold he started back
with a cry of amazement.
"Alice." he gasped, and his face
lighted with TRANSPORTING joy. 1t was
q bare room, with bare floors n bare
yellow painted walls, the only furnish
ings being two cane chairs and a cheap
table, but to Kittredge it was a marvel
Gus and r%adiantly happy place, for
Alice WAS there; he stared at her almost
unbelieving. but it was true-by some
kind miracle Alice, his Alice, was therel
Then, without any prelude. without SO
much as asking for an explanation or
giving her time TO make one, Lloyd
sprang forward and caught the tren-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
TOasts for a Dinner.

Dear MISS DOOM;
I expect to attend a dinner to be
given for girl graduates. Can you sug-
gest some toasts that would be APP
propriate to the occasion?
COLLEGE BOY.
Here are a few: Here's to girls who
neither stoop to conquer nor tip-toe to
be SEEM 'Priestess of the teachers
art, give, oh, give, me back my heart;
but if you won't, don't be unkind, just
keep the heart. but spare my mind"
or Happier when she is happy than
when she is miserable"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
WHAT EVERY EMPLOYER KNOWS.


That he is paying his men more than
they are worth.
That he is doing them q great favor
by hiring them.
That his employees are thriftless and
Incorporate.
That the blacklist is a great deal
more moral than the boycott.
That he would do vastly more for his
men if they would only let him.
That it is better for him to interfere
with the business of the employee than
for the employee to interfere with his
business.-Chicago Tribune.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
For an Air Rider.

Dear Miss Doom;
Please tell me where l can pur-
chase light sticks for %aeroplane
models IL If there is a place where I
can get magazines or papers about
aeroplanes. A READER.
/ cannot give names and addresses
in this column. Apply at the Free
Public Library for books and maga-
zines OF the subject. Very likely you
will find advertisements of the ma
terials in the magazines.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
Observation-Disclosures
/ ENAMELING.

8 A. new form of dainty work for +.
( women is enameling. 1t Is claimed .
s by ARTISTS that the work is de- !
3 lightful1y interesting, though pa .
( thence is required to produce the /,
3 very best results. The work calls !
I for several tools and a kiln. +,
{ Metal is procured in various thick J
8 nesses and of curse is cut and
+ hammered into the desired forms, F,
I The enamel Is mixed with water in
3 a dye and is applied TO the bur- p.
I nished metal with a small brush. +,
1 The real charm of the work is ;
8 obtained in making the design as /,
/ artistic as possible. After the paste .
! or dye dries, the articles are placed :
Z in the kiln, Practically any metal
( car be used for the foundation, and !
; one a make jewelry or dresser .
!. articles, such as trays, powder F.
{ boxes and the like. )
A. I~T.Jx ~ n
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
WHAT EVERY LOVER KNOWS.


That love is enduring as time itself.
That she cares for him for himself
alone.
That income is more often a failure
than marriage.
who is too good for him.
That always before when he thought
he was in love he was mistaken.
That poetry is the only kind of litera-
ture which is worth while anyway.
That the mar who has no sentiment
in his sou is fit for treason, stratagem
and spoils.=Chicago Tribune.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22

To Be a Nurse.

Iedr MISS DOUn.
/ am a girl of 16 and would like to
know IL L can become a nurse without
graduating from public school. Also
please tell me what else is necessary.
MISS READER.
The requirements at the City Hos
pital are that an applicant must be
between the ages of 20 and 80 years,
a graduate of a grammar school at
least, and, preferably of a high school,
and have certificates of good health
and good moral character. The re-
nuirements in all hospitals are similar.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
NEWS FOR SHoREPS

The valentines have arrived and a
choice selection may be viewed at
Hahne K Co.'sl
Bureau scarfs of linen. with inserts
and edging of linen torchon, are reason
ably priced at the David Straus store.
At l.. Bamberger q Co.'S will be
found guaranteed hot-water bottles OF
white or maroon rubber at special
prices.
Tailored waists of white madras and
striped p~ercale. with laundered collars
10 match, may be found at the Goerke
Company's.
Dainty linen rabats, edged with
renaissance and Irish crochet, may be
viewed ut l.. s. Plaut e Co.'S.
An assortment of many popular
makes of corsets is being s'closed out,
at the w. Y. Snyder Company's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22

NJ. Paul Coquenil. a celebrated French detec-
tive, meets Alice, the candle girl at the Notre-
Dame Cathedral and Is told of a dream she has
had. a great crime is pictured involving Lloyd
k1ttredge. an American and her adnirer.
Coquenil departs and kittredge appears on the
scene. The former is visited at his home by
Lucien Pougeot the project of police. Coquenil
refuses an offer from Rio Janeiro. A telephone
call Is received that a man has been murdered
In a private room at the Ansonia Hotel and the
two hasten there Kittredge, who was a mem
Der of a banquet party. is suspected and Is
followed from the hotel to the cathedral, where
he again visits Alice. He is arrested. Codueril
inspects the hotel premises and enters room z,
from where the shot9 wore fired.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-22
Spot on a Carpet.

MY Dear Miss Doom:
I spilled a land lotion of glycerine
and rose-water on my carpet, which
is of body Brussels. VIII you kindly
let me know how to remove the
stains. CONSTANT READER.
Apply YER hot fuller's earth; rub in
thoroughly and let remain for several
hours. After brushing off rub the spot
with chloroform.