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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
STATE AND NOT THE RAILROADS TO BLAME.

TT is not altogether reasonable to hold resentment against the
railroad companies because they increase their rates for
freight and passenger traffic. The railroads are IN business
for profits and dividends, and, like every other commercial INTEREST,
they take uall the law allows" The resentment must, rather, be
turned to the government that permits the railroad to charge all
the traffic can bear. The railroad is not an ordinary commercial
enterprise. 1t holds a State charter to operate State highways,
and under that charter it assumes obligations and responsibilities,
as well as enjoys privileges. If the railroad negects its obligations,
if It uses the power the State confers upon it unjustly and oppres-
sivey, is not the State government to blame? In the matter OF
rates and 1t must be remembered that there is also a question of
increased intrastate freight rates for shippers to come up, what
has the State government done to curb the tendency of the rail-
road to charge all the traffic can bear? The State government fixed
a maximum limit for fare at three cents a mile, an extravaganty
hiob rate and there it is on the statute book today. The railroad
cam by law charge up to that limit. There is no power in the present
official machinery of the State government to interfere or to regu-
late rates in any way. Who is to blame for this? Not the rail
ksads They have accepted the legislation given to them, and are
Operating under rate regulations of their own. State government,
present and past, is the culprit. The Legislature is the responsible
aufhnritv-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
THE DAYS BEST STORIES

+ A UNITY" said little Constance, don't you want som of m candy?'
- THANK you, dear" "a the reply "sugared almonds are favones
= = of mine" 3
"The pink or the white ones?" asked the little tot. #
"The white ones, please" M
There vas silence until the last tece had disappeared. W
"They were al pink at first Aunty," remarked constance-Succes Maya
zine 8#8
<<r OOK heer" demanded the irAe purchaser. What did you mean by
- bunkoing me into buying this horser'
Whats the trouble with him, sr?" asked the dealer quietly
"why, he runs every int h gets near a automobile You sidh he had all
most human intelligence, SIR"
Isr"-Chichago News
~ ENArOR DEPEW recently brought this from Europe:
I'm III smokeroom of the ship I heard a. interesting thing about a
- Montanan In Chester. Chester. o know, is walled Its wide walls, on
which you could rive a hwsea are famous You ca circle the own OF them
But thu Montanan knew nothing about Chester 10 had only arrived in
Liverpool that afternoon. As DOR as he finished his quaint dinner he said to
the waiter in the quaint Chester inn; N
what is he best way for me to anase myself for q hour or obefore
bedtime? N
We'll sir md the waiter IT'S a n evenfng. tho moor Is full and I think
you'd find a stron N the walls most enjoyable A
Whit do yu take ma far7 A toncats "-Dstret Free Press
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
GROW7NG FEELING AGAINST FIGHT PICTURLNG.

TIA VEN England has taken up the antiJefries-Johnson fight film
IT. movement. The British government will forbid the exhibi-
ton of the pictures in Great Britain as brutalzng. Canada
is moving. Ontario has already acted in the matter. In the United
STATES the feeling against the pictures is rapidly growing and it is
becoming organized. A majority of the cities have decided to pro-
hhit the pictures and other cities are falling into line. But there
should be a prohibition also of all prizefght moving pictures. The
law that forbids prize fights and makes them criminal is not con-
sistent il it doesn't also forbid the vivid reproduction of a prize fight
in all its moving details. The moving picture is worse than the
actual fight. The pictures are viewed by hundreds of thousands,
including women and children, while only a few thousands see the
fight, and they are nearly all men of the sporting class.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08

to gain entrance to the room in
which the gladiator's treasure was
hidden escaping with anything
more valuable than their lives, II.
indeed, they could get away with
that much.
The demonstration inside the
squared circle at Reno should have
proved to the most dense Of
highwaymen that a bullet from the
ordinary Al affected by their ilk
would, in all probability, latten it.
self out upon the dome or other ex-
posed portion of the anatomy of the
Senegambian, as so many of us now
love to call the hero of his race
With ammunition spent to no pur-
pose a number stick up" men
closeted with Mr.. Johnson in the
neighborhood of the loot would to
the casual eye of the innocent by
stander seem to be in most pre-
carious plight.
The old CHORUS. ooh. Mistah
Johnson, turn us loose" would
doubtless arise from the scene with
considerable gusto.
The ordinary footpad would no
doubt prefer a cell in a nice strong
prison to such a predicament.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
ANOTHER INSANE ASYLUM FATALITY.

m S long as the legislative appropriations forbid the managers of
f7l the State Hospital for the Insane to engage competent and
trustworthy men as attendants by paying adequate salaries
there will be assaults and c~ubbings of patients in the hospitals.
Not long ago there was a fatal case of the kind in the Trenton hos
pital. Yesterday the city prosecutor was called upon to investigate
another fatal case, a patient whose ribs were broken and whose in
testines were ruptured. The responsibility is upon the State. The
managers of the hospital have represented to leaders in the Legisla-
ture that owing to the small salaries paid they are obliged to hire
men without due regard to their antecedents or capacity, but while
the State appropriations mount up year after year the insane wards
of the State are left to take their chances with attendants whose
only recommendation is their cheapness.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
Talk VS.. Acts.


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
The old saying, Talk is cheap" has
again been demonstrated, this time by
our righteous but Weakened Gov
ernor. How e%loquently he talked
against riches and how spiritually he
voiced his sentiments in favor of re-
ligious teaching in the public schools,
and yet how ANONYMOUSLY he failed
when he had it in his power to do a
real service to the community.
But another election is drawing near
another nance for the people to use
their brains in their selection of a chief
executive. 1t is time for us to look
around, to examine the records of the
candidates of all parties and the
platforms Of all parties. and support
the party that represents us, even
though that party be small. 1t is al
ways better to vote for a thing we
want and not get it than vote for a
thing we don't want and get it.
GOOD GOVERNMENT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
what Pavement for Plank Roads

what Pavement for Plank Roads
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
As>in the case of the pavement to be
laid in Broad and Market streets, there
is a great difference of opinion about
the kind of material to be used on the
Plank road between Newark n Jer-
sey City. The Hudson county Free
holders yesterday voted for wood block
pavement, though the Essex County
~Freeholders had voted for granite
blocks and asked the Hudson Freehold
ers to concur. Jersey City has not a very
large amount of wagon and truck traffic
on the Plank road to Newark, but a
great many Newark manufacturers and
shippers send hundreds of trucks over
the road every day and night.
Essex county must pay 1ve-eighths of
the entire cost of paving the Plank
road and maintaining the pavement in
good condition. Therefore, in all fair
ness, Hudson county ought to give way
to Essex county in this important mat
ter. The proposition to have the Essex
county part of the road paved With
granite blocks and the Hudson county
part with wood blocks may not be ac-
ceptable to the Hudson county Free
holders, whose course gives the impress
sion hat they do not want the Plank
road paved, although they have voted
for paving 1t.
Newark manufacturers and brewers
who send their horses and wagons over
the Plank road to and from Jersey City
and New York daily do not want wood
block pavement. Several drivers told
me last night that in rainy or sleety
weather, or when the wood pavement Is
coated with ice, the horses slip and
fall, and that If wood blocks are used
on the Plank road many horses legs
will be broken. These men speak from
experience. The city Of Elizabeth was
bankrupted by wood pavement years
ago and Newark would nave been also
If it had not been for the courage of
Mayor Frederick w. Ricord. Granite
pavement lasts twice as long as any
wood pavement and is admittedly the
best for heavy traffic. TAXPAYER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
WHAT pTOMAN IS.

when Justice Brewer" said a Kan
sas lawyer, was or the L~eavenworth
circuit as a criminal Judge he had nc
patience with the pleas of hypnotisn
and such n~ew-fangled notions that ther
were coming to the fore. Once, I re
member, a nan was being tried before
him for shoplifting. A witness said he
thought the prisoner had kleptomania
q presume, judge he added, 'you
know what kleptomania is, eh?"
YES" said the judge. I do. 1t is 9
disease that I am sent here to cure
kansas City Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08

m TRAIL of corruption in this State has been struck by the
~ Frelinghuysen School Investigation Commission, and it is
already broadly defined. At the inception of the inquiry,
which had promised to be desultory and lacking in interest, there
were surprising developments in Atlantic City. Hackensack fur
nished another sensation, and the borough of Secaucus, in Hudson
county, the fourth district to be visited by the commission, shows
a criminalHy in its school management that is amazing. What
may we not expect before the commission finishes its rounds of the
school districts of the State? The school taxes in New Jersey are
very large, but they are cheerfuly paid for the sake of popular
education of the youth of the State. The belief has generally been
entertained that the public school finances were. almost universally,
honestly and efficiently administered, as the people of the school
districts are close to the schools and can keep a vigilant eye on
the expenditures. But the fact that in three out of four districts
investigated there has been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and dishonesty
shows that the people have been careless and have permitted
grafters and corruptionists to get into school boards and deplete the
school funds. The probe of the Frelinghuysen committee cannot
70 too far or too deep now, and no political partisan consideration
should be permitted to cover up criminality and shield rascals in
office from exposure and punishment. The trail must be followed
up to the end.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
THEY WANT WHAT THEY waNri

Some of the merchants would
block all attempts to pave Market
street with anything other than
wood block.
Wood block or bust" IL their
battle cry. and they are prepared
to fight 1t out on that line Il it
takes all summer. to say nothing
of autumn, winter and spring.
1t isn't that they nave any par
ticular fault to find with asphalt;
it's the principle OF the thing. They
took their stand originally on wood
block and on wood block they win
continue to stand or fall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
THE COMMON TYPE.

81 suppose said the fair summer
girl to the itinerant photographer who
was plying his trade at the seaside re-
sort, you are a good Judge of human
nature?"
WELL" he replied, cautiously. IT have
many opportunities of observing it."
Would you mind telling me-" she
continued, what you consider the most
common type of women"
THE tintype, ma'am," he answered
unhesitatingly. -Four for a quarter"
Chicago News.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
A e OF NATURE.

Colonel Dennison had become the
happy father of twins, and his I'M
bounded pride in this two-fold blessed
ness found expression on every occa-
sion.
He stood with a friend on the bank
steps one day as a young woman passed
wheeling a baby carriage containing a
pretty girl baby.
Doesn't a woman look queer" said
the colonel loftily, with only one
childi'-Success Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08

a good work and they are each in need
of financial aid.
Though nearly all the inmates of the
four institutions, men, m and chill
dren, were admitted from Newark and
Essex county. a man from another
county remembered the institutions in
his will. Few rich Newark men are as
liberal in their wills. Will the generous
action of Mr.. Beaupland influence
Newark men 20 remember these insti-
buttons in their last will'
CATHOLIC.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
SURE: Go AHEAD.

Dear Sir-Kindly tell me whsn
dancing with a young man on q
pavilion should you hold his hat
while dancing with him. BY an
swering same you will oblige.
A. B. c.
This delicate point has been over
looked in the rules for etiquette.
There is, however, no improperly
in the practise, and 1t may result
in enabling the young man to use
same again.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY,

A Scottish. lassie, asked by her
teacher, Why did the ~Israelites make
to themselves a golden calf?" replied
with the ever-ready and practical rea-
soning of her countrywomen: We'll,
ye ken, marin, they hadna as muckle
siller as wad max a coo."-Tit-Bits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
< THE EVENING STARS TW0-PAGE MAGAZINE <
WMTE
THE GOVERNOR 3 A

1.-THE rates are wrong, I think"
he says: I'D like to see them
righted;
But what am I to do with men 50
stubborn and benighted
AS those who rule at Trentonf I
am sure 1 should be fiouted-
Reform would meet the same old
fate; it's forces would be rout-
ed.
If there was any special oaTl eercan
a special session
I'd call 1t and escape the pam Of
such a sad confession;
But as 1t is, why, this an0~ that, ct
cetera, and SO on,
IT'S best, I guess. to simply wait
and see how things viii 80
on"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
ROB WH0Mp

Johnson, the ebony and undis-
puted champion Of the world, is
said to have taken French leave of
Reno because he had learned of a
plot to rob him of his spoils.
1t is difficult to imagine a couple
of d~esperadoes who had managed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
EXPLAINED.

81 had a quarrel with Binton yester-
day." says the mar with the undeter-
mined w~hiskers, land he told me l was
an automobile license tag. Sounded
silly to me. That's no kind of a name
to call a man"
Didn't you understand what he
meant?" asks the man with the extra
chin.
1T didn't mean anything"
Sure 1t did. He meant you were q
back numberi"-Puck.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
why Not Newarker., Too,

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
BY the will of the late Stephen Beau
pland. of Madison, just admitted to
probate at Morristown. two Roman
Catholic charitsbl institutions are
benefited. st. Michael's Hospital will
receive $1,000. and the Home for the
Aged, at South Eighth and Warren
streets, in charge of the Little Sisters
of the Poor, will get the same amount.
st. Mary's Orphan Asylum, South Or
ange. get $1,000. and the Catholic Pro
tectory for Boys, in Arlington. $500.
These are worthy institutions, are doing
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
wants Wood Block.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
In you news columns of yesterday
I see that the three business associa-
lions of the city have decided to make
their fight for wood block pavement
an affair to a finish. Hurray for the
wood block men. say l, and may they
win out over n of the most preju-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08

Another evidence Of the amazing
scope of the metropolis of these United
States as a world market is afforded
In the statement that one-half of the
diamonds of the world now go to New
York city. A great many of them find
their way out again, to be sure, but a
large percentage of the shipments re-
main right in the city. In a great
many way New York is the most re-
markable city in the history of the
world. London seems to have a long
lead now, but the day will doubtless
come when the city across the Hudson
is the metropolis of the world.
Aviators seem to count hat day lost
that sees no forward step In the science
of aerial navigation. Curtiss. who al
ready has a number of triumphs to his
credit, is said to have sent his aero
plane out over the sea at Atlantic City
Wednesday at the rate of so miles an
hour. 1t is not believed that any Of
the bird-men have ever driven a heav-
i~er-than-air machine through the at
mosphere at greater speed. The day Is
not far distant when the locomotive al
no longer be regarded as a rival of the
airship, so far as speed Is concerned.
Granite block as material for paving
continues to play In the hardest kind
of luck in this vicinity. With a Board
of Works Endorsement behind it for
Market street paving the granite de-
veloped such furious opposition that
it was necessary to drop it. Now the
Hudson county Board of Freeholders
has refused to concur in a resolution
passed by the Essex county board for
granite-block pavement on the Newark
Plank road. The popularity OF the
material seems to be limited to New
ark and Essex county officials.
If Newark authorities are not dis
posed to put any ban on the moving
pictures of the Jeffries-Johnson i'm
broglio, as has been reported, their
attitude is refreshing. There Is about
as much danger of riot and sedition
" SuCH PlCLhACS III 4NCWdIh DIS l1lCA0
would be at the North Pole or the top
of Mt. Mckinley, could the films be
shown there. The present movement
against the pictures. except that legiti-
mate portion of it In thu black belt,
seems to border on hystcria-
The new marriage law is not working
smoothly as yet. Possibly all 1t needs
is a little practise. New Jersey has 80
long been the land of the free and the
goal of those who were brave enough
to take a matrimonial chance that new
restrictions are naturally irksome.
Lawmakers who seem to have put OBJ
stacles in the way to Hymen's altar
In this State may have been animated
by a desire to keep down the divorces.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
SAFE LEAD.

st hear Lem Boggs sundayed with
We, D~eacon?"
"Ya'as.."
Coin to lose yer darter, eh?"
II reckon. but not to Lem. Zeb
Higgs Mondayed, Tuesdayed. Wednes-
dayed and Thursdayed with us. l judge
Zeb is the lucky man."-Success Maya
zine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
A THOUGHTFUL MOVER.

"Take this sofa on the first load and
leave 1t on the sidewalk"
What for?"
Z 81 that any neighbors who wish to
watch us move may have comfortable
eats ."-Pittsburg Post.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08
KNEW THE "DOc."

Anxious Customer-Are you sure
that you have that medicine mixed
right?
Druggist-No. / am not; but I've got
it mixed the way the doctor ordered
it.-Judge.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-08

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public n
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
Ab5orbeN< Otter Efc1AaS5 AHgAzr
Advice on Social Customs

TO be rated high if It be not ever pres
ent, even on picnics.
One OF the convenient places for the
display OF picnic manners Is at the
luncheon table. The lack Of the con-
ventionaI accessories seems 10 inspire
the picniekers with a desire to be posi-
lively crude, A request TO pass the
bread generally brings It by way of the
air. 1 have seen two persons. mature
and surely old enough TO know better,
hitting each other with long rolls OF
bread. AS for throwing food
There is always one vulgar picnicker
who considers It his duty to terminate
a meal by ruthless hurting OF the to-
natoes, lemonade, watermelon and
bread 1t does not matter whether
dresses are ruined or people discom-
hted. Oh. mol He Is on a picnic and Is
going 10 have a hilarious time. Does II
sound well in print? Does 1t not look
worse in actually?
Frequently on these little excursions
there is a tendency to break down the
barriers that all Well-bred persons use
Tor seif-protection. kissing is quite
common; an insulting intimacy between
young women AID men exists, apparent
~ with no thought OF the consequences.
Riding home in the moonlight seems to
suggest an alarming disregard for con-
ventienality.
From the start 10 the finish Formally
and, alas! good breeding have been for
gotten.
Do not misunderstood me. I Ike MIC
MICS, and | heartily approve Of fresh
air and wholesome fun. do not co,n-
tenance a coarse. nl-bred Interpretation
The Washington herald., 1910-07-03

Dear Mrs Symes
/ kindly tel me II fve applications Of
vassline . the eyebrows and eyelaShes are
2 How Is tannln in powder form used
to reduce thick lipS7
g. What can be used 20 develop thin
srms7
8 What l. the cause Of white spOts on the
s Is per0xide. good to whiten the teethH
IL not. what is2
9 Is there anything that can be used 20
7. What can be USED 20 make the haif
grow? YVONNE-
!. II would be absurd for me 10 say
that q definite number Of applications OF
vaseline TO the eyebrows and eyelashes
Is sufficient 1t is necessary 10 apply
the yaseltne until the growth is slim
ulated.
2 The powder must be dissolved be-
fore applying II 10 the lips. Take one
teaspoonful Of tannin TO eight ounces OF
water.
8. To develop thin arms massage them
with cocoa butter and exercise daily
with dumbbells.
4 The white spots on the nails are
caused by bruises Or lack OF proper
care.
s. Peroxide used occasionally is good
TO whiten the teeth. but 1 do not ad-
wise the conStant use OF Il.
s. To have bright eyes one must be
healthy III mind and body. Any drug
used 10 make the eyes brilliant viii
surely njure them beyond possibility OF
repair.
Z. To Increase the growth OF hair use
che tonic for which here Is the recipe: