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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
PATRONAGE USED AS BRiB,
cry.

The letter of Charles D. Ncr-
ton, secretary to the president,
admitting that patronage had
been withheld from insuraent
congressman and senators, but
stating that tho policy would
now be abandoned, is certainly
an astounding performances. 1t
reveals the president as not only
backing down before the rising
progressive tide, but BADLY adj
mits that he used patronage as
a form of bribery to influence
members of congress. Tho fol-
lowing paragraphs make rather
peculiar reading:
while Republican legislation
pending in congress was OPP
posed by certain Republicans
The president felt il TO be his
duty to the party and to the
country TO withhold federal pat
ronags from certain senators
and congressman who seemed
to be in opposition to the ad-
ministration's efforts to carry
out the promises of the party
platform.
"That attitude, however, end
cd with the primary elections
and nominating conventions
which have now been hold and
in which the voters have had
opportunity to declare them
ssivss. The people have spo-
ksn.n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
A PASS-IT-ALONG PARTY.

I'm sending out your invitations
to a Pass-It-Along Party ask your
guests to bring with them some tri-
ne that they do not want. them
selves, but that might be just the
thing for someone else," Says the
Woman's Home Companion for Oc-
tober. All sorts Of insists will
turn up, from q duplicate volume OF
verses to a pink necktie. These
should be carefully wrapped and
each guest must keep his package
until the game begins and, in spite
Of all inducements refuse to tell
what it contains.
When all are ready, they form
a circle and someone plays on the
piano. While the music plays the
bundles are passed from one to an
other as quickly as possible, but
when, suddenly, the music stops,
each one must keep the package he
Is holding. Now comes a seurrying
into corners, for each one must open
the package that he drew without
letting his neighbor see what it ON
tains. If he Is perfectly satisfied
with his find and decides to keep
1T, he drops out of the game. If not,
he ties 1t up again, joins the circle
and tries bis luck once more. The
music Ia played and the bundles
passed again, and this ia kept UP
until every one is we'll suited Or un-
TIL only two people are left in the
ring. Then the gifts are compared,
and 1t is surprising to see how well
some OF the exchanges fit.
stIf ia xroIY So a. a.4z -
an extra package or two In readi-
ness, in case some of her guests
should forget to come provided"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
Summary of the New Fashion
Features.

81 ASGs r. LrL g. res
For the fall and winter ward
robe Lady Fashion has put her sea-
of approval upon the short coat and
the scant, plain skirt" says Grace
Margaret Gould in Woman's Home
Companion for October. "She also
fayors the one-piece coat dress for
autumn wear, and whatever the
It the fabric. she recommends
a touch of black In the way of satin
cordings or braid.
"She likes the deep sailor collar
and she suggests trimming it with
either fur or MORE bands.
"She says. Let the high waistline
be the vogue and use shirrings wher-
on care to as a trimming.
".She has nodded her head in IA
vor of the collarless neck, but she
kindly says, Don't wear it If 1t is
unbecoming.'
Sleeves are long or short, accord
ing to the type of gown, but always
they are small.
The peasant waist with the sleeve
cut In one with the bodice continues
to be fashionable.
Flat, deep lingerie collars, de-
cidedly quaint looking, will be worn
with many of the smartest autumn
dresses.
The most modish evening wraps
are of black chiffon over a brilliant
color. Royal blue and black in COM
bination are much liked. All the
wraps are cut on slender lines.
Though velvets, brocades and
matlasses are In favor for evening
costumes, yet the transparent fabrics
are just as much in style. The
yelled effect knows no abating.
THE matching bloues of chiffon
or marquisette continues to be the
proner waist to wear with the coat
and-skirt suit"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
MORGAN. RULER OF MONEY.

Morgan rules money al the exact
moment of history when money is
the thing to rule. There never was
anyone like him.
1t would be pretty and neat,
though not truthful, to a that his
present position in the seventy
fourth year of his g is one which
he aimed at from the first-that he
IL realizing his life's ambition. But
Mr.. Morgan has not been the self
conscious force that he seems. In
fact, it Is obvious that in the year
1857, when the young Morgan en-
tered business in New York, no
man could possibly have ~foreseen
the peculiar opportunities which
the twentieth century would offer
the chance of an American king
ship was utterly invisible to the
most restless and conquering eye.
His gigantic power is still new,
and as yet little understood. He in
spires his countrymen with awe, and
with another feeling, which is not
exactly fear, but akin to ia feel
ing of uneasiness. They see him In
the terrific national changes of the
times.-From THE Life Story of J..
Pierpont Morgan" in the October
Metropolitan Magazine. .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
THEIR MASTERS VOICE.

The oxen had belonged to an old
sea captain and their new owner
was unable to back the animals
round in a narrow street, despite all
efforts with voice and ox-goad.
The old captain appeared on the
scene. Hard aground, are ye?" he
called. Then selling the ox-goad, he
raised the old boat-steerer's cry,
"Starn all!" The huge hulBs slow
ly backed at the familiar call.
"Larboard ALL" The beasts swayed
sideways, turned to the right and
the thing was done.-From Success
Magazine
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

40 EFNLAf
In his recent tour Colonel Roosevelt
travelled nearly $500 miles, made
about 135 speeches and addressed APP
proximateIy 100000 people. The thing
that will make his tour memorable,
however, is that he came out sGuarely
for the progressive platform.
Insurgency is rife In Illinois, right
under the nose of Speaker Cannon.
Bouten and others of Uncle Joe's lieu
tenants have already bit the dust, and
those that escape will have to run the
gantlet In November.
The soft pedal eonservationists7
are invoking the ghost Of state rights
to aid them in their fight for the spes
cial interests, but they may find the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
King Edward and The Peasant.

~ VAIN
king Edward enjoyed talking to
common people and visiting their
humble dwellings. j remember an
incident that happened during a
brief stay that be made at Mar
settles before embarking on his Med
iterranean cruise. We were return
ing from Aix-en-ProVence, where
We had been for a motor drive. 1t
began to rain very heavily, and the
royal cars stopped at the village OF
Tholouet, where the King rested for
a few minutes in a wayside shanty
kept by a peasant called Thome and
his wife. Thome was out, and his
wife served the sovereign and the
members of his suite as If they were
ordinary customers. The rain soon
brought M. Thome home. He en-
tered his inn,placidly putting at a
great long pipe.
"'What dirty weather. he said.
And to think that people go motor
ing in a rain like this!'
Then he opened the door OF the
room In which the King was and
shouted:
"Hullo, Gravery, what are you
uolHS mere! 1ou re loohlAS 40 AhO
as a star today
He had only caught sight Of the
Kings back, and took him for one
of his own friends dressed out in
his Sunday best. His Majesty's
aide-de-camp, Captain Seymour For
tescue, called him to his senses by
whispering to him to hold his
tongue.
You're speaking to the King of
England he said.
To the King!' The wretched
Thome turned pale. Mon Dieu, que
ia 'arriba!' he exclaimed, in his ma
tive patois.
He has since religlously pre-
served the poor cane-bottomed chair
in which Edward VII. sat, and the
glass from which his Majesty took q
sip of brandy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
A HINT TO POULTRY KEEPERS.

A rather novel method employed
for curing hens Of broodiness is IL
Illustrated in the Octorber Strand. A
stick about two feet in length is
fastened on the back OF the bird by
means of two pieces of string, which
are tied round the shoulders. This
effectually prevents the hen from
entering the fowl-house and sitting
on the nest, and in a few days gen.
orally stops a hen from wanting to
Sit" as people say.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
Tho Fuel.

Mother readlng,r"In Ireland they
use peat for fuel"
Little Margie-Did they burn him be-
cause he was wicked?
Mamma-Burn who, dear?
Little Margie-Why, Pete, of course.
Chicago News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

An anchor to windward-an ad La
the EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

IL you do not read the NEWS
every day you will miss a great deal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
Bad BLOOD

before I began using csscarets / bad
a bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and my food was notdigested asit should
have been. Now am entirely well, ano
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face. i can truthfuily ssy tnat Sascarees
are lust az advertised; I have taken only
two boxes Of them"
Clarence r. Griffin, Sheridan, ind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

Pleasant. Pslatable, Potent, Tai ) GOOD
10 Good. Never Sioken. Weaken or Grfpe.
l0c. 2Sc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The
s1e tablet stamped &C. Guaranteed 70
cs1re or your money back sG
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

More than 10000 peop1e in this
vicinity read the EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07

WALTER ROSCOE STUBS.
The governor Of Kansas was
rho storm center Of the pri-
maries In his ssats that result
ed tn MS victorious r~snornina-
ton and ho~isd over four -sera
pat congressman. He also pre-
sided ever shs 5s. Paul oons%r-
Walton congress and electrified
she body by stating that he
would rkisk saitlnasr oas.a
soserner stahhs is talked of fsv
senator IN Psaos of Curtis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-07
SIMPLE DIRECTIONS

|
The Brakeman and OTHER
FACES with wings OF BIRD
MEN are shown in this puzzle
picture. Can you find the g
HIDDEN FACES? With pen
or pencildraW a circle around
each one of the six faces on
this picture, or drawing or
tracing O same; number each
head as you find it--the first
one ~, the second (21, etc.
Remember neatness counts.
Contestants must fill out cOu-
pom below, or exact written
copy of same, and attach to
or enclose with your answer.
In case Of a tie, the value of
the prize Will be equally di-
vided between those tfeing, or
q prize Identical in character
and value of that Offered.awar-
ded to each OF such persons.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
ANDREW CARNEGIE

4 NDREW CARNEGIE announces
"a he will go to London to meet for
"A mer President Roosevelt on May
10. The founder of the steel industry
will find his words regarding the man
who is first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen
will awaken a responsive echo in all
good American hearts:
Roosevelt is one of the greatest men
in the world. I admire him intensely.
He Is a statesman of rare wisdom, a
staunch friend and absolutely without
guile. His policies were dictated by
an unselfish love of his country, and
by q deep knowledge of the nations
needs"
Mr.. Carnegie as the representative
of one of the nations greatest indus
tries, or perhaps its very greatest, in
asmuch as it made our modern rail-
roads possible may be regarded as one
of the creators of modern America. All
citizens of Los Angeles and of South
ern California, recognizing the fact that
his genius and enterprise had a great
deal to do with western development,
and, indeed, may be said to have made
California accessible, will unite in
wishing Mr.. Carnegie happy days of
health and recreation in our sunny
southland.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
SUGGESTS THAT TRUSTS BE
OWNED BY THE NATION

LOS ANGELES, Feb. Ill Editor
Herald: For some reason this ques-
tiou of increased cost of living is still
going the rounds of the press, ana IL
the report from Pittsburg, Pa, is a
true one, why the price of meat Is
going merrily up, up, up. From New
York CITY comes the report thal
"Meat prices are higher than ever TO-
day." rr,a
one writer in this mornings Herald
writing on the high cost OF llVlng, Goes
not seem to be satisfied with the pre-.
vious explanation of increased cost OF
living. and says: Someone perhaps
with keener insight than any VINO nave
SO far dealt with this question may lay
bare the root of the evil. -
Briefly, | have this remedy Tor the
evil. 'I.et the nation own the trusts
and since the writer of american
Woman Not Cause of High Prices. Is
inclined toward the ballot L would sus-
gest that when the opportunity pre-
snnts itself. that a vote be cast in It's
favor which will mean that not only
viii the meat trust be owned by the
nation but all trusts as soon as tney
manifest that they are nieiaoe
the best interests of all the people.
Webster's definition of the woru re-
ferring to the political party that au-
vocates the owning of the trusts Ny
the nation is: "A more PRECISE VI .
derIv and harmonious arranseiilei.I u
fine social relations of mankind tht'h
that which has hitherto preVallea.
HARRY HERMANN
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
CITIZENSHIP

A MBASSADOR BRYCE, good-natur-
"a edly accepted by "all parties" as
"A an intelligent, unprejudiced, reli-
able and useful international critic
says of citizenship and Its duties:
each member of a free community
must be capable of citizenship. Ca
paeity involves three qualities-IN-
SELF-C o N T R o L,
CONSCIENCE.
''The citizen must be able to under
stand the interests of the community,
must be able to subordinate his own
will to the general will, must feel his
responsibility to the community and
be prepared to serve it by voting,
working or (if need bel fighting. Man,
however, even in free community, is
deficient in the performance of his So
cfal and political duties and his def
ciencies are Incidence, self-interest and
party spirit
DR.. Bryce has been of more literary
service to the American republic than
has any other human being in mod
ern times. The historian of the future
will comment with surprise on the fact
that the standard and the best books
on America and Americanism in the
and twentieth centuries
were the work, not of an American
citizen, but of a scholar and diplomat
of Scottish blood and British allegiance.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
ETHICS OF TRUSTS

A LOCAL rabbi last evening ad-
"a dressed his congregation on the
IA subject of the Ethics of Trusts"
One would think his treatment of the
subject might have been similar to that
Of the celebrated historian of the
Snakes in Iceland" who wrote "There
are no snakes in Iceland" Trusts have
nothing in common with ethics. In
fact, in all the bright lexicon of trusts
there is no such word as "ethics." The
object of trust magnate is to estab-
lish non-ethical conditions, from the
unholy vantage ground of which he
may defy society
The trust is an Ishmaelite 1t has
no friends; and it's only well wishers
are it's direct benefciarles.
There cannot be an ethical aspect of
the trust question. Trusts violate all
the old-fashioned rules of business fair
play, all the laws of business morality,
all the laws OF American square deal
ing. They are non-ethical, un-Ameri-
can and unprincipled.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
AMERICAN FREE LANCES

* "A LTHOUGH Col. Gabe Blank of
IA New Iberia, a famous sharp
~ shooter in the Estrada army,
was badly wounded and his boot half
full of blood, he captured Maxim gun
which the enemy had taken from the
insurgents in a fierce fight"
This is a specimen of the war corre-
spondence from Nicaragua. In spite
of the fact that some of the stories
sound somewhat too dramatic, there
has really been some fighting down
there, and it must be a matter of as
tonishment, bewilderment and amaze
ment to our European friends that I'm
Gle Sam allows bloodshed and rioting
to take place almost on his doorstep.
Unfortunately the Monroe doctrine
does not extend to the internal quarrels
of Central and South American repub-
lies. We can prevent European ma
tions from conducting aggressive wars
of conquest but we cannot prevent our
perfervid friends from fighting among
themselves, and il the dispatches are
to be believed (they are probably al
least founded on fact), some of the
heroes of the bloodiest battles and
doers of the doughtiest deeds are Amer
leans.
1t may be remembered Americans
saw active service in South Africa. II
is idle to talk about promoting the
cause of peace as long as our govern
rnent allows American citizens to en-
gage actively in the murderous quar-
rels OF other nations
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
RATES

nOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
X reports it is determined to leave
~ nothing undone to secure reliable
data and get the best obtainable ad-
vice on all matters affecting questions
of rates. It is believed the business
like and thorough manner in which the
work has been laid out will yield most
satisfactory results and will fully DEM
onstrate the wisdom of establishing
this public service commission in Los
Angeles.
The result of the investigation will be
to give the public ground on which to
rest abiding convictions as to what
constitutes a square deal in rates. In
a case of this kind the work Of the
utilities board resembles that of
board of arbitration, and whatever
conclusions may be reached should
be accepted loyalty by all good citi-
zens, no matter with what side of the
controversy their personal interests
may align them in the rates question.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19
Wonran's Clubs Helped 10
Make Panama Canal Success

nj OW the women's clubs are the
y power behind the power that is
A. digging the Panama canal, how
they were organized by government
initiative and how some Chicago wom-
en-, and particularly one Chicago wom-
an, put this bit of government diplo-
macy on it's feet and kept it there
during the last two or three years in
which the ditch" has been making
headway, is one of the chapters in the
dramatic history of the great waterway
that has never been written before,
says the Chicago Tribune.
Like other services for the govern
ment, this role of "the woman behind
the man behind the steam shovels"
has not been much heralded from
Washington, nevertheless it is much
realized in club circles and wherever
the circumstances are fully known. In
the clubs it is almost tenet of re-
ligious faith that the "Culebra cut
and other big steps in the great d1tch
are due as much to Mrs. Lorin c. Col
Inns and a few clubwomen who have
worked under her as they have been
to the army engineers, the heads or
departments, the clerks, laborers, or
any other factors in the work.
In this count are Mrs. Philip Moore,
president of the National Federation
of Women's clubs: MrS. JDhn Dlekef-
son Sherman, second vice president of
that association, and Mrs. e. Lewis
Brown. Mrs. Thomas e. Brown and
Miss Beatty of the Canal zone.
Story of Ozark Ages" of Canal
To go back TO the first light which
is to be thrown on the work of the
cIubwomen is to go back to the spring
of 1907, and before the appointment OF
George w. Goethals, D. d. Gaillard
and William L. Seibert. Before 1t was
decided to put the army engineering
corps ION the job" at Panama, it was
we'll known that Roosevelt, then pres
ident, was dissatisfied with the way
the civilian engineers had quit the
work one after another.
Mr.. Wallace and Mr.. Stevens had
both left the work for other positions.
Mr.. Wallace the president Immediate
lv elected to membership in his Anan-
las club. Mr.. Shonts had also resigned,
and it was reported that he said that
"the zone was no fit place to live.
At any rate; when Mr.. Roosevelt
turned to the army corps it was under
stood that it was not because he con-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19

patch in this mornings Los Angeles
Herald:
'oThe house committee inquiry into
the high cost of food today developed
the fact that the retail merchant (of
Washington cannot buy direct from
the farmer without bringing down on
his head boycott by the commission
merchants; and he is therefore forced
to trade through that medium, and to
charge to the ultimate consumer what
ever the increased cost may be"
Now the facts given in this quotation
are practically descriptive of condi-
tions in every great city having no
municipality owned and managed re-
tail, as well as wholesale markets.
Producer and consumer are alike COM
nnlled to pay tribute to cold storage
companies, commission houses, and
often to jobbers as well, the consumer
at the end of the ends, receiving stale
and deteriorated provisions instead OF
the fresh and wholesome food he needs.
The simple expedient of establishing
municipal markets which for a few OF
the morning hours shall be open only
to the ultimate consumer would
automatically and peaeeaoiy regnlale
this unsatisfactory state of affairs
without the scandal and expense of
public probing or prosecutions.
Yet in the face of this patent fact
our municipal authorities consistently
neglect to supply their constituents
with this direct and reasonable means
of obtaining their household supplies
The ill-nourished toiler scans ms
daily bills for second rate provisions,
often covering the full amount of his
daily wage, and then turns his gaze
on the city hall with fatal interroga-
tion in his sunken eyes
~ FRANCES COMYN.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-19

sidered that they were any better en-
gineers than the civilians, but because
the army engineer digs where he is
sent to dig whether he likes it or not
and continues to dig until his work
is done.
With the engineers, however, must
go the laborers and overseers and
superintendents, who are not bound
by army restrictions to stay on the
ground. Although it is generally be-
lieved that the black laborers of the
zone do all the manual work, this is
only another of the fallacies that have
accompanied the canal undertaking.
All of the higher class labor is of that
kind classified as European" and
much of it is sent from the United
States, especially the last two years.
Efforts had been made in those
early days to get this class of work,
but the disinclination OF the best of
them to stay was making more trou-
BILE for the canal commission and for
the war department. Like some Of
the head engineers, they declared, and
particularly their wives decided, that
the canal was no fit place to live.
They were leaving faster than they
were coming. On the whole, the great
ditch was at the stage where it was
dependent upon Woman's WILL Or
rather, upon a womans won't.
At this point the National Civic as
sociation suggested to Mr.. Taft, then
secretary of war, the need of social
interest for the women. Get your
men of skill in all the various lines
said the commission, "and the work
is assured To get such men and keep
them you must aet them have their
family life. But you can let them
have it all you please and if you don't
keep their women contented they
won't stay Consequently interests
must be created for the women
Secretary Taft agreed with this rec
ommendation SO thoroughly that he
sent Miss Gertrude Beelks of the as
sociation down to look the situation
over. She went and reported that the
whole trouble could be relieved by the
organization of women's clubs. Sec
retary Taft, in his capacity OF superior
officer of the canal forces, so far from
scofflng at this idea, Immediately COM
missioned Miss Helen Boswell of the
Womens Forum, New York, to go to
Panama and organize the FEMININE
reputation into clubs after the manner
of clubs in the north. l.-