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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
THE DAYS BEST STORIES

<fC o you think a change IF scene would improve % husbands dis
pOsdtion?'
where"
Have yu decided n n placer"
Not yet But the dear mans getting so irritable that wefe got % do
something. I'm reading the sport page % see If We can't md some town
where the HON team always wins"-Washington Star.
ST7HE other day in Spokane a couple Of me- we're walking down Howard
street, when they happened to come in view of IN clock n the tower
. of the Great Northern depot which has fol faces.
IT'S a fine clock said me of the men, hi the hands o. the dias don't
mark the same time. Sometimes they may vaya minute or more"
That's queer" said the other man; they're all geared by the same
mechanism, are they not?'
Eyes. but they vary somehow"
A few days later the other man passing that way thought he would look
found the time theret to be 1:2o and then walked around to where he could
see another ace of the clock and, suree enough, there was a minutes differ
ence. The third n fourth dh1ss ho wed just about the anne Inference
This puzzled him for a time until he figured out that it had taken him about
a minute in Zach cas- to walk around to where h e could see the next dial
At once he guessed that II he could divide himself into our men and stand
where he could see all fol dhls at nee he would find the for face SHOWING
the same tins-The Weekly Observer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
Fnvors Teaching Swimming.
fbA Tdfhnr ~ thA UNr.ut,~ dtn-

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Boat upsets; occupants unable 10
swim, drown" This Is an example of
the headings of so many OF he articles
I see In you paper every evening. Why
is 1t that year after year these aoci-
dents will happen? Why will not the
city officials. who have the power. at
tempt to prevent them?
A short while ago there was talk Of
the Board of Education taking the mat
ter up and including swimming in the
daily studies of the school children.
This, in my estimation, would DO the
most effective preventive against
drowning thai could be instituted. BY
all means this Idea should DO encour-
aged by the parents of every boy and
girl in this city, and In every city in
the world, for that matter. The EVE
MING STAR, I am sure, will see that
this veritable life-saving idea Will be put
into execution, and, more than that, be
carried on consistently. Let us not
wake up to the Importance Of this
matter when we have a repetition Of the
Slocum disaster. LIFE-SAvER-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
wants Modern Hotel.

wv
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Why is 1t that, with a population Of ap-
proximately S5o,0 900 and a cl~osely-allied
suburban population of a quarter Of a
million, we present the very odd spec
tacle of a great I'M rich community
without one frst-class, up-to-date
hotel?
That a modern hosiery containing
accommodations for four or five hum
dred guests, centrally located. prefer
ably in Broad street, between Lincoln
and Washington parks, would prove a
paying venture from the beginning. the
writer and many others feel convinced.
Yet the capital necessary to build
such a structure is woefully backward
in coming forth.
Time and again during the past If
teen years the newspapers have an
nounced that plans were being pre-
pared n that the necessary financial
support was pledged or was sure to be
pledged for the erection of a fine new
hotel, but In every instance the project
has never gotten beyond the o paper
STAGE owing to the local capitalists
depended on to finance tho undertaking
backing out at the eleventh hour.
Our highly unenterprising Board OF
Trade has had the new hotel project
under advisement on various annual
occasions, only to eventually pass 1t up,
interest never lasting much beyond the
speech-making stage. However, not
much could be expected of this organi-
cation. An organization without sufh-
Client enterprise to ~bef1ttingly house it,
self could hardly be expected to sue
cessfully carry out n other outside
building enterprise. 1t seems quite clear
that Newark's moneyed men haven't
sufficient pride Of city in their make
up to ever invest their money in this
much-needed and long waited-for new
hotel.
1t is quite possible, though, that out
side capital. many millions Of which
will pour into our city and suburbs
for investment in real estate and
building enterprises on the completion
OF the high-speed tunnel roads between
this city and New York, may do for
our city what local capital has 30 long
beer afraid to do.
PETER ELWOODB.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
THE AUTOMOBILE LAW MDEFENsrBLE.

chief of the State department of motor vehicles, is to
81 address the Automobile Club of America in New York to.
morrow night. Mr.. Smith will doubtless present q brief in defense
of the New Jersey automobile law, which, for the sake of getting
$1,000 in fees from motorists of other States who pass through
New Jersey, subjects New Jersey motorists to the full license fees in
other States at a cost to them computed to be several hundred thou
sand dollars, and inficts losses upon New Jersey tradesmen, garage
keepers and sea and mountain side resorts. The State law is indie
feasible from any point # view, and any defense of the law by the
motor commissioner will not represent the sentiment of this State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 9, 1910.
THE STATE ISSUE OF WATER CONSERVATION.

~ QUESTION that has greater Importance to the people OF New
m Jersey than has the conservation question to the country at
large is that of the conservation of the State water supply.
Legislatures have ignored this question and legislation in the past
has given to private enterprise advantages in the States watersheds
that have threatened the welfare of the people of the State. There
Is IS yet no ~welldefned conservation policy, and sleepiess private
interests n at work to secure such a hold that they cannot be
dislodged. State control through the State Water Supply Commits
sion Is insecure. The municipalities are chiefly the subjects OF the
commissions jurisdiction. Nobody knows what the combined water
companies are furtivey doing to entrench themselves and make any
belated plan of conservation enormously costly for the State. A
representative Of one of the companies has already c1phered up a
cost approximating a hundred millions for State ownership of the
water supply. In the Legislature this year it was with extreme
difficulty that the McCran bill forbidding the diversion of sub
surface water out of the State was passed by the Senate, although
recommended by the Governor. What, then, can be expected of an
other Legislature that has received no mandate from the peope?I
And the time to deliver the mandate is in a State election.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
WHERE SENATOR FRELINdHUYsEN STANDS.

TT N his statement to the Somerset County Republican Committee
in regard to his candidacy for the party nomination for gov
, ernor Senator Freinghuysen presents academic views on every
subject except excise and the automobile. On these two points he
may be said to take a positive stand. AS a candidate before the
people q man who has served in the Legislature and participated in
important legislative work is, however, to be judged in the election
more by his public record than by what he may formally say before
his nomination. The statement by the senator is colorless. All but
two Of the propositions made, a governor of either party is expected,
as a simple and ordinary matter of duty, to live up to. And there
viii be much greater responsibilities imposed upon the next gov
ernor Of New Jersey than those relating to the excise laws and
automobiles. Questions and issues will come up in the election
campaign that will dwarf in interest all that Senator Frelnghuysen
treats of In his statement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09

TO the Editor Of the Evening Star:
While the city is considering the best
means Of improving the STRENGTHENING
department and the adoption Of such
methods as will best apply to the city
at the present time 1t might be well to
start by watering the streets before
they are swept. In some sections of
the city there is a half-hearted attempt
to spread a little water over tho pave
ments before the sweepers get to work,
but in the majority of instances no
effort ia made to wet down the streets,
Yesterday morning between 5 and
$3.50 a gang of street cleaners were
working IN Broad street, adjoining
Washington Park, and their labors re-
suited in clouds of dust blowing over
the passengers In the numerous crowd
ed cars that were at that hour carry
ing people to their work. There wasn't
o drop of water on the street and it
looked almost like criminal negligence
to have the sweeping done under such
conditions.
Before we adopt any of the more
intricate methods of STRENGTHENING
work let us put into operation the
simple. fundamental principles that
should attend the proper execution of
this branch of our municipal work.
w. J.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09

Had the attempted assassination of
Mayor Gaynor succeeded it would not
alone have put a period to the life of a
remarkably well equipped and useful
public servant; it would have sum-
marily ended an object lesson In mu-
nictpal government which was benefit
ing every city in the country. A jurist
Of exceptional ability and renown,
Mayor Gaynor knows what are those
bounds beyond which city officials and
city employees, notably policemen, may
not legally 90. He has practically
ended the autocratic reign of the New
York bluecoats by asserting himself as
the court of last resort and summarily
Diminishing those policemen who have
been found guilty of exceeding their
authority at the expense of citizens.
He is seeking to shield and increase
the comfort of the citizen through the
laws on the statute books, rather than
to excus any failures on his part to
attempt relief of intolerant conditions
because of legal technicalities. AS a
common-sense mayo who knows the
law he Is becoming more useful every
day. The entire country is to be con-
graduated that Mayor Gaynor escaped.
When a man basks or shrinks in the
limelight Of public interest which may
at n time be turned into the search
light Of investigation and criticism,
no n a draw neal him for an In
slant without being seen and acquiring
more or less 1eeting fame. A hitherto
obscure and unknown constable of a
small suburb OF Cleveland, O., was
graciously permitted by Mr.. John D.
Rockefeller and his minions to arrest
the magnate himself yesterday for ex-
ceeding the Ohio speed limit in an au-
tomobile. Today the name of the OBJ
scure Is known In every corner of the
country. Now throughout his life and
in his obituary he will be referred to
as Constable Bilkey, who ono arrested
John D. Rockefeller for speeding. Such
is fame once removed.
After a consideration Of the Over
brook scandals and the hating In
vestigation which is being made Of
them, the public may turn with relief
and almost pleasure to the charges
which are being urged against a play
commissioner, who, 1t is said,
used profane language to a citizen and
the citizens wife. Heinous though such
an offense is, 1t is impossible thorough
ly to appreciate Its terrible scope after
being regaled for SO long a time by
the regular accounts of life and con-
ditions at the county hospital for the
And In the commissioners
case he may have had a reason.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
A PAUSE IN BRITISH POLITICS.

ID RITISH politics has taken a recess until November. The
lid matter of the kings accession oath has been disposed of by
a radical change in the declaration, the budget has been
passed and the important issue now is the future status of the
House of Lords. In England, more than in any other country, com.
promise rules in politics and legislation, and the issue on the Lords
will be settled, at least temporarily, by compromise. The present
power of the Lords is as obsolete as the old accession oath. and now
that the issue has been made and joined it will be SO greatly cur
tailed that the Lords will no longer stand out against the wishes of
the king and Commons. The House is the direct representative of
the people, and, as the pursebearer, will make budgets. without anv
interference by the landed and aristocratcal interests represented
by the Lords. During the recess the Liberal and Conservative
leaders will have opportunity and leisure to come to some agree
nents to avoid a great struggle, and there are good prospects that
when Parliament meets in November it will be with an understand
ing and agreedupon plan to be adopted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09

In need, met with an accident and Ia.
therefore, unable to work. Previous 70
the accident he had been on strike for
several weeks n in that way all the
money the family had saved vas used
UP. Although the man had been work.
ing steadily for years a few weeks Of
idleness sent his family begging.
Now. does this fit in with the busi-
ness mans theory? Surely there is
something wrong with conditions whom
such stories arc not In the
daily press. Who Is to blame and
what Is to bo done? I wonder IL some
nan higher UP" has anything to do
with b case? v. M. p.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
ARE YOU AN 0rPRNnRRi

Humility Is the weather goat.
When a man feels that he IL about
to melt and run down into his shoes
and the thermometer shows no ex-
cuse for such a Transformation
scene he blames 1t on the hu-
mildly.
IT Isn't 80 hot today" a weather
waseaore will remark WHEN the at
mosphere seems to be preparing to
explode; ITS the humidity, which
Is very high or very low"
The humbiest laynan or most I'M
scfentf1c dub may with perfect
safety gay anything about the hu-
nudity and its effect on the days
temperature and get away with it.,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
HOW O FTP

THE unexpected always happens"
said Quoteur.
Always" asked Criticus.
Invariably"
Then If we have any sense we begin
to expect 1t after q while and 1t isn't
unexpected any longer. Then what?"-
Baltimore Sun.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
Thiniss It n Nuisance.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
1 think the newspapers are put to
great expense and the public to much
annoyance by such men as Gore and
those others who are charging men in
Office with bribery, graft, etc Mr.. Gore
tells that Vice-President Sherman 40
cepted an offer in the Indian land case,
evidently without asking Mr.. Sherman
whether the charge was true or not.
Now, If he had first gone to Mr.. sher-
man and asked him If Mr.. lannon's
charges were true Sherman would have
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
HOW II WORKS nIrr

After an absence Of many yt
Alaslza or South Africa or
other remote point, the wandel
turned to his native city to
his vacation Of a week.
What became of those persj
VINO were arrested in connect
with that remarkable murder mi
tsry?" he asked.
AL Of them got what amountd
co imprisonment for life, atthoug
thsy were never sentenced"
friend explained. "You see the tris
has been postponed from time t
time"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
LOOKING FORWARD.

In the great future there will come a
day
When we a path Of confidence may
tread
And learn exactly what our great men
say,
Instead of what somebody says they
said.
Washington Star.
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HOWARD PURDELL.
waverly. August 8.
An Injustice to Poverty.

To the EDITOR OF the Evening Star:
In a recent issue of your paper I
noticed an account of a family who
were to have been evtoted unless some-
n paid their rent on the day 1t fell
due. Later I saw notices OF the con-
tributions received from kind-hearted
strangers. At about the same time
that I heard this pathetic news 1 also
read an article written by a successful
business man, In which he tries to
prove that 1t is only the lazy, the shift
less, who are ever in need of charity.
What a contradiction to those words
of wisdom" is this charity story! The
head Of this family, which Is so terribly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
THERE ARE A FEW.

Where did you spend your vaca-
tion?"
"On a farm"
Mosquitoes. hall bedroom. skim
med milk and all that sort of thing,
I suppose?"
mo, this farm wasn't q comic
weekly farm; 1t was way out irps.e
country" ~
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WOULD BE FOOLISH.

but will your father give his con-
sent7"
Don't worry about that. Father is
not going to waste time opposing a
summer engagement."-Washington
Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
STIMULATED.

your novel is evidently the result of
inspiration"
YES; 1 didn't start 1t until after reda-
ing the advertising notices my pub
fishers got up."-Washington Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
ACCEPTING A COMPLIMENT.

Census Man-How old are you, mad
ann
Lady1Twenty-hve.
Census Man (gallantly)-You could
easily say you were five years younger
you are.
Lady-Oh, rye done that already.
Boston Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
TOUCHING.

"In never offer any more friendly
advice"
Wouldn't he listep to your"
H listened to me carefully and then
struck me for 50. OF course, I had to
cough up."-Loulsville Courier-Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
The People 5 Rostrum
tFAEFEF

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
invites signed communications OF
not more than one hundred words
treating OF topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
q "IMPOSSIBJLTTY.

Ethel-Poor Harold-he has brain
fever.
Bertie-Impossible. Could a worm
have water on The knee?-London
Opinion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09

answered no, and the matter would
have been dropped, but instead. OF watt
ing for Mr.. sherman's testimony In the
matter he spreads the accusation over
the country and stirs up the people.
giving the composftors a lot of work,
likewise the newsboys, and furnishing
matter for conversation at the clubs
and the family table to the exclusion
of true gossip.
L mention this as the most recent
case, but o win see that in tho Bal
Hnger affair the same indiscretion has
caused no end of commotion until Bal
linger steps In and kills suspicion by
his denial" If Crippen is innocent of
the crime hat he is accused Of no
doubt we will pass through the same
procedure In his case. FELIX.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-09
The Deadly Running Board.

" the Dditor Of the Evening Star:
One of the greatest dangers that
menaces the trolley riders of Newark LIS
the ~ever~present peril Of the open car
running-board. In writing to your
"Rostrum" I do not wish to protest
against the presence OF the running
board; It Ia, Of course, q menace In
itself. but so long as the city has not
taken any steps to force the trolley
company TO provide sufficient cars to
accommodate the public the running
board becomes a necessary evil. What
1 do wish to protest against, however,
Is the custom Of truck drivers in back
ing their wagons up In such a position
that persons standing on the running
boards of cars r in constant danger
of losing their lives.
The matter was forcibly brought to
my attention by an experience I had
on a South Orange avenue car the other
day while standing on a running-board.
A truck was standing backed against
the curb in such a that the
axle. wheel and hub projected over the
running-board. As the car slowly
forged along the conductor probably
saved the company many dollars In
damages by calling out to those stand
ing on the board, Jump upl" We all
jumped, and jumped quickly; just In
time to avoid the sweep OF the hub.
Thanking you for your courtesy in
offering your columns, and hoping that
this kick will do some good, I remain
yours faithfully.
HOWARD PURDELL.
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NAME NOT c~npYRIGHrrn

Dear Sir-Would it be improper
to refer to a regatta as the sheu
EamesF AQUATIC
Not IL the county fair workers do
moi object.
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Dg
WMsEM
CAMPAIGN IMMINENT.

The time has come" the walrus
said,
To talk about the nation;
TO point with pride at waving flags,
And the administration"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-28

Unionyille Monday after several
weeks visit with his brother Mr.. J.
Ray.
Mr.. r. Keith departed last week
for California. where he will move
his family In the spring.
Invitations are out announcing q
Japanese party to be given by the
Optanales Halloween eve at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. j.. Trents.
Mrs. J. Earle has returned to her
home in Quincy. H., after q de-
lightful visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jordan Earle.
Mrs. Jennie Drew Is in Lagrange,
H., for an indefinite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Williams enter
tanned Mrs. e. Morris and daughter
Grace Allen, at supper last Monday
evening.
Mrs. Ed. johnson, who has been
quite i'll, is slowly improving.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-28
OTTUsfWa ITEMS.

Mr.. VIM. Thompson, of Newton
spent several days last week visiting
his parents.
Miss Matte Williams, who has
been visiting Miss Mary Robinson In
Buxton has returned home.
Quite number Of young people
enjoyed hayrack party Wednesday
evening, given by Roy johnson,
Earl Wagner and Mayo Weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Thompson
have gone to Newton to live. Mrs.
Thompson was formerly Miss Matte
Foster of this city.
Miss Ruby Rabb has gone to Mus
catine to remain indefinitely.
A literary society has been organ
lied at the A. NJ. E. church for the
benefit of the young people.
Delinquent subscribers please be
prepared to settle your accounts
soon. b
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-28
BURLINGTON ITEMS.

Mrs. H. Tyler is seriously i'll al
her home on West Hill.
Mrs. H. Cooper is reported able
to set up. 3. Z. .3
Miss, Gatlin, Of Springfield, is the
guest OF her aunt, Mrs. r. Woods.
Mrs. Harry Woods and niece Viola
have returned from visit In La
grange, Mo.
Mr.. Jim Scott has returned after q
brief visit at his home in Missouri,
Mrs. Ellen Morris departed Mon
day for Chicago where She expects
70 make her future home.
& Mr.. VIM. Ray left for HIS home irl
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-10-28

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y

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