Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-24
HOW She
GOT MRS. SAGE
TO GIVE $4,000
Mrs. Story Induced Rich Woman
to Swell Golfers of WOm-
ems Federation.

One of the things accomplished at
the meeting Saturday Of the New Jer-
sew State Federation of Women's
Clubs, Westheld, was that, following
an address by Mrs. Williams Cum
mings Story, vice-president of the New
York State Federation OF Women's
Clubs, who spoke on Club Admins
tration with a Word on Endowment"
$3.50 was contributd and was later in
creased dto $382.1S by the New Jersey
club-women, and will be put aside as
an endowment fund to be used to pay
Federation expenses. Club representa-
tives pledged the proceeds of plays,
teas and lectures for this purpose.
Mrs. Story told how the New York
women met the need of funds for the
federation. AS O result of persistent
endeavor on the part of Mrs. story
Mrs. Russell Sage presented $4,000 to
the New York State Federation.
Speaking for the Robert L. Stevens
fund for municipal research IN Ho-
boken, William II. Allen, who took the
place of Clement J. Driscoll in New
York, stated that Hon. s. d. Dickin-
son, secretary of state. is soon TO pup
fish the detailed results of an inquiry
into the weights, measures M scales
in eight New Jersey cities-Hoboken,
Camden, Jersey City, Montclair, New
ark, Orange, Trenton and New Bruins
wick. The examination was made for
the secretary by the Robert L. Stevens
fund for municipal research In Ho-
boken. Special interest was taken py
the assistant secretary of state, j. Is.
r. smith, who has In charge the publ
cation of the material.
Some False Weights Bad for Dealer
or $40 dealers whose weights and
measures were examined only 80, had
no defective weights or measures. OF
$3.50 weights and measures, 5000 were
incorrect, almost all causing Il loss TO
the customer. Five per cent. caused
loss to the dealer.
OF 556 places where scales were test
ed, all but 81, or 80 per cent, had In
correct scales. OF 1856 scales tested
1856. or 7S per cent, were incorrect, some
of them causing q loss of from 10 per
cent. to 20 per cent to the customer.
Mr.. Allen suggested that the State
HtUtIhNlDI vi III oi3po CC'
render no greater service to their State
within the next three months than to
come to the support of the secretary
of state and help secure for all districts
In the State Of New Jersey, first, an
adequate law against short weights
and measures and defective scales, and
secondly, adequate provision for in
spection and reinspection, for sealing
and resealing, to see that dishonest or
careless dealers should be constantly
reminded of their obligation to Gus
toners
william r. George, of the George
Junior Republics in seven States,
talked of a republic recently estao-
lished at Pennington. N. j., which, lie
said, was making a fine start.
Interesting reports Of the biennial
meeting Of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs at Cincinnati were
given by Mrs. Henry Dawson. WIZ
spoke on THE Working Side OF the
Biennial Mrs. f. II. V. Mansell, SUI
p~erintendent of the Industrial State
Home for Girls, in Trenton, who re-
ferred to 1.-THE Practical Values of the
Biennial" Miss Elizabeth Cone tn
THE Social Side" and Mrs. Galen j.
Perrett OH the Art Side" Much en-
joyment was derived by the harp solos
exquisitely rendered by Lucia Forest
Eastman.