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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

ton to fight with. Then the boats
were set on the water. There were
nine steamers and fifteen sailboats.
When they came to the place what
do you think they saw? Four hun
dred tin soldiers to fight 354; but when
they started to fight 200 of the tin SOL
diers were killed and forty were
wounded so they could not fight. At
last the tin soldiers had to give up.
Just forty of the wooden soldiers were
killed, but none were hurt.
The little China maid was sitting in
her room one day when she heard the
sound of drumsi- -rub-a-dub-dub.
Up jumped the China doll and ran
out to the street. and there she saw
her dear old soldier. In three days
they were married, and a grand we'd
happier wife in all the world and there
never was another war in that quiet
nursery town.
HAROLD ROWLEY.
Age years, Whittier.
Your story was very good, Harold,
but was far from neat. Try to use
more care next time.
The two sides were fighting for their
lives and it was thought that the tin
soldiers would surely beat when this
brave captain (whose bride>was Miss
China DolD thought of a plan. He was
going to take the German dirigible
Zeppelin and fly over the tin soldiers.
Then he must drop a bomb.
He soon wrote a letter to his sweet
heart telling her everything that he
was going to do. Oh, how Miss China
jumped and cheered when she received
the news.
The next day was a busy one for the
wooden captain. He took the dirigible
and bomb and flew over the field where
the tin soldiers We're staying, with
Count Zeppelin driving the dirigible.
He dropped the bomb and laughed
when the frightened tin soldiers ran
away from the bomb and the dirigible.
They thought it was a great bird sent
to kill them, so they ran home for
safety and never went near the wooden
soldiers again.
AS for the captain, he was put at
the head of the army and went home
rejoicing in his good fortune. He was
married to Miss China Doll and lived
happy the rest of his days.
ESTHER LOWELL.
Los Feliz school, fourth grade. Age
years. 4515 Prospect avenue, East
Hollywood.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

Y HE Wooden Soldier and the
China Doll were going to be
l married. and since the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27

TN HE Wooden Soldiers were very
brave. Every time their captain
n roada a hold advance he thought
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
EXT THE VOTING MACHINE.

TaHE legislative act that forced the voting machines upon the
voters of the State at a cost of more than a quarter OF d
million dollars to the State treasury, and that contemplated
a total cost of about 100000, was the outcome of a job Inere was
a large profit in the deal, and there were welifoundeo suspicious
of a rake-off by the active promoters of the job. The state palu
an extravaganza price for the machine, so there was ample margi"
for a good rake-of. After the machines had been n use IN ceftal
districts the disadvantages of machine voting became evident. me
first note of opposition to the voting machine was sounded in these
editorial columns. The sentiment against them grew untu II was
found advisable to abolish the absurd Voting Machine COMMISSION
that was laboring to equip the whole State with the macnlnes-
That was the first blow at the voting machine trust. But II mao
loyal support in the secretary of states Office and from certain
members of the Legislature An act gotten through Gu Legls
lature permitting the election districts to vote on the question OF
retaining the machines had for its object the sidetracklng OF a re
pealer of the voting machine law. But that act gave n voters
the opportunity they wanted. In nearly three hundred districts the
voters have legislated the machines out, and by maJor1ues MAJ
take away all excuse or pretense fol. their retention by the State.
1t is a serious blemish upon representative government when Legs
lature after Legislature, controlled by special interests, refuse to
perform a simple duty demanded by the voters OF the state ana
compel them to resort to the trouble and expense of holding hun
dreds of special elections to get rid o f a grafttalnted device that
they do not want and that they protest against.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
The People S Rostrum


many fine old trees were cut down. 1t
carried on the work Of destruction that
trees were distractions on sidewalks
and should not be retained in a city.
Finally the superintendent of public
parks began to cut off the branches Of
the stately old elms in Military Park
Some of the old giants were u down,
only a part Of the trunks of others
were left standing, after the branches
had peer cut off. Then citizens who
spent many hours of their childhood
under the canopies Of boughs of the
old elms began to protest against the
destruction and the manning of the
trees. Every local paper printed edi-'
torials and communications demanding
that the old elms be preserved and that
as soon as a tree died and decayed it
should be replaced by a young tree, but
the vandalism continued.
Then several verses with the head
ing "a Plea for the Elms' was print
ed in the Newark Daily Journal. The
author of the poem gave a w~ord-pic-
ture of children trundled by mothers
and maids on the walks in the park
canopied by the spreading boughs of
the elms when he vas a boy. He made
a pathetic plea for the preservation of
the old elms. He asked the city au-
thorities to stop the b~utchering of the
elms.' l recall this couplet:
Let not the crue AK or saw
The treasured elms destroy,
But leave to Time, the elements
That wicked, base employ"
Public sentiment was aroused by the
verses and. the old elms in Military
Park were saved from annihilation. In
later years came Branch Brook Park
and the letter OF the late Monsignor
George Hobart Doane, which gave
citizens a good deal of useful knowl-
edge of trees and flowers and incul-
Gated a love of trees in a great many
people. Then came the Shade Tree
Commission, which has planted thou
sands of young trees in all sections OF
Newark to beautify the streets and
avenues. Now we are to have an army
of school children to help care for and
preserve the trees. All citizens should
encourage the good work.
TREE CULTURE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

N Coats and Comfort
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
l believe that If eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty" a good strong fight
against the foolish custom to which
men have to submit, that of wearing
coats In this hot weather-will in time
force convention to permit men to shed
those garments of summer torture.
Why In the name of common sense
must We yea things that we don't
want? oh, why must we swelter in this
torrid heat just because some foolish
women still object to seeing US in our
shirt sleeves in public?
When I think of the costumes worn
by men at the seashore, and the promo
made bathing suits Of milady, who
walks the beach to show her figure, 1
cannot understand what objection any
sane human being can have to a long
sleeved shirt.
A reform movement, labeled mo coats
and comfort" ought to be started right
here in this city. Surely there are
SNNNSH AOo@AiCSS HiSh VI LIE piouoSr
spirit to enter into his fight. 1t is
even likely that Theodore Roosevelt
would indorse the fighters. T. R. is al
ways there when it comes to progress.
We could and would promise all the
ladies that suspenders would either be
discarded Dr. worn out Of sight, and
that we would be as neat around the
waist as is the most fastidious female.
Won't someone please start the ball
a-rolling? NO COAT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
A cONUNDRUM.

This morning Jim Morrou, farmer,
had his horse hitched in front of Roses
trunk store. Coming out Of the store,
MI. Morrow united the horse, climbed
into the buggy and drove directly
across the street to Johnson's book
store. There he climbed out, tied his
horse and went into the book store.
Why didn't he walk across the street
from the Rose store and leave his horse
hitched until his return?-Atchison
Globe,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
THE DAYS BEST STORIES

q ENAToR DEPEw. in his washington residence OIL his 7sh birthday, told
a reporter that his health was perfect
You do. indeed, sh| said the reporter heartily 'look thu picture
of health"
Yes said the enator 81 shouldn't have said 1 W a well if my pear
n didn't bear me ut A seIfconrad idry statement is merely ludicrous
You have heard about the census taker?
"a census taker rang the bell Of a Hiyer place residence the other day
and an elderly gentleman opened the door. Az
II like to see the head Of the house said the census taker.
tSh-hi Not so loudr whispered the elderly gentleman. Now. what is
it? I'm the head of the house, "-Picayune.
- HE son of the house had been at home for his summer vacation. n
Hiram n of all work. had listened for hours to his talks If coI-
lee life When the boy wenbback every embero of the family tucked
a parcel surrepthousIy intoh his trunk
II put something in there myself" said Hiram proudly TIC me Of h nj
daughters Il want that boy should make his mark o n the football ean
this year. sure
"What did you give him?' asked the young girl seeing that Hiranl onged
to tell
II gave him my pair OF brass knu ckles" said Hiram. in a tone Of t-
umph- Il guess you can't beat that" Youths Companion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

NV EWARKS school population increases annually, and so do the
NW expenses. For the school year ending July 1 the enrolment
was 57,742, an increase of 1,795 over the previous years en-
rolment. Inthe higher schools the High School showed an increase.
of 1919. and a total of 2105, while the increase in the Normal School
was Al. An increase of 700 in the kindergarten classes may also be
noted. These figures relate only to the regular day schools. In the
teachers corps the increase for the year was 81, with an aggregate
salary increase of S115,660. The greater number of pupils also en-
tailed larger expenditures for textbooks, furniture and other sup
fall will no doubt be as large as that of last year, and is likely to ex
coed il, and the increase will lnecessitate still larger expenditures for.
schoolhouses, supplies and teachers salaries. But Newark has the
satisfaction of knowing that its school administration is both capa
BILE and square.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

IN NEW and formidable reform party was launched IN Pennsyl
A vania last night by the nomination of a strong State ticket
by a State convention assembled in Philadelphia, and there
is a real prospect that the new party will carry the State in Novem-
Der. The nominee for governor, former State Treasurer Berry, q
Democrat, is in high repute for his courage as State treasurer In ex-
posing and causing the prosecution of the State officials and con-
tractors who had looted the State treasury to the extent Of
100000 in the building of a State capitol at Harrisburg. Ihe
candidate for lieutenant governor, d. Clarence Gibboney, is the
active and inyeterate foe of the corrupt political regime that holds
PHILADELPHIA bv the throat. The other names on the ticket are
strong. The formation of this party, to be known as the Keystone
party, is the outcome of a revolt in both of the old parties against
the chicanery that forced undesirable candidates upon the two
State conventions. Until the new party was proposed there seemed
no escape from electing one Or the other of these candidates. A
way is now provided, and if there is any virtue left IN the common
wealth, any regard for honesty and decency in State government
and any desire for reform, the voters, without regard to party, will
flock to the new standard and redeem their State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
HIP. HIP. HuRRAYi

The chorus of one of the most
beautiful gems OF political verse to
which our attention has been at
tracted this year is hereby submit
ted to a critical public without
further comment:
He is a man of his word true and
faithful to all,
His record is one cant be beat.
Any n with dishonest schemes
down he would call,
Vindication to him proved q treat.
AS the working mans friend he has
always been known,
And as such labors hard every day.
His record as alderman plainly
has shown
There was o better than-s"
Name mercifuliy omitted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
THIS is THE SEASON.

The national political game OF
hide-and-seek looks simple enough
to the outsider. but is really very
complex.
While there is no book of rules to
guide the novice, Hoyle never laid
down as many conditions to be OBJ
served as this pastime abounds in.
In it's essential feature the game
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
ROOsEVELT'S NEPHEW BEATEN.

tn OOSEVELTS nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, candidate
Inn for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Oneida
Herkimer district in New York, was beaten in the primaries
yesterday, though he wore the prestige of his uncles name. The
regular Republican organization was opposed to him, and won out.
Coupled with the failure by the Ohio State convention to nominate
Garfield, Rooseyelts alter ego, for governor, this defeat indicates
an. inveterate hostility by the party organization to the influence
of Roosevelt. 1t shows a widening gulf between Beverly, where
the regular Republican headquarters is, and Sycamore Hill, to
which the Progressiyes flock as to a Mecca.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
1t is rather surprising to learn,
through a recent account in your col
umns, that inoculating rabbits with
the virus of rabies is not vivisection,
and also that the animals do not suffer
when thus treated.
Vivisection, which means, etymologi-
cally, the cutting Of live animals, has
Gene to include all operations upon
them not done for their own needs, and
in this broader sense the word is con-
stantly used to include NEGOTIATIONS Of
many kinds. of which it is probable
that none a be more agonizing in its
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
GOVERNOR FORTS SEA GRIT LUNCHEONs.

FORT at Sea Grt yesterday was host to an army
WU of invited guests, representative of all parts of the State.
Midsummer gatherings of this kind are beneficial to govern
ment in New Jersey. They are instructive to men who have to do
with public affairs, and they promote the sentiment of State pride.
They serve to teach them that they are not merely Essex men or
South Jersey men, but Jerseymen; that their environments are the
boundaries of the State. The sectional and parochial feeling and
sentiment are a bar to State progress and an obstacle to good legis-
lation, and the further the people of New Jersey get away from it
the better for the State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
NEGLECTED HIS N

II was born in a log cabin on a farm"
began the tramp, but he got no
further.
And is this all you have made Of
such splendid o~pportunities?' cried the
men he hoped to ouch. you deserve
no consideration whatever"
And he angrily passed along.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
A CARELESS MAN.

Father-Why have you quarreled
with Harry?
Daughter-Because he proposed to me
last night.
Father-Well, there was NO harm in
that, was there?
Daughter-But I accepted him the
night before.-Illustrated Bits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
IFANTHE PARALYSIS NOW.

m MALADY, evidently new to the doctors, is infantile paraly
~ sis, which is said to be as contagious as scarlet fever. 1t is
prevalent among children in Washington, and cases are
under treatment in Philadelphia. The seriousness of this disease
lies in the fact that generally the patient remains paralyzed to
some extent for a long period after convalescence. The value of
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research can be appreciated
when an unknown and battling disease appears to claim human
victims. The institute has a problem to solve in this mysterious
enemy of childhood.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
PERHAPS.

"Mr. Bryan has the satisfaction
Of knowing he wasn't outvoted
1e to l."
But isn't it possible he would
have found a sort OF vindication in
a division at that ration
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

Tn a well recognized and well-ofi-
cered corporation the loss of one such
book would be followed by a diligent
search and an inquiry; the disappear
ance of eighteen en- bloc would point
suspicion and intensity the ardor Of
the investigation" So says Special
Master Rowland in finding the officers
of the United Wireless Telegraph Com
pany in contempt of court for failure
to produce missing stock transfer
books. Since the prosecution Of crimi-
nal corporations has ceased to be an
uncommon occurrence, there has grown
up a feeling that the disappearance of
the books of the company under fire
must be regarded with the suspicion
which always attaches to the fight of
an individual accused OF crime.
The necessity for having two men in
the cab, of every locomotive is urged
train meets with accident-and is then
forgotten. A disastrous wreck on the
New York Central was averted yes
terday merely because the fireman, who
was busily engaged in shoveling coal,
happened to notice that the train had
dashed past signals set against it. He
hurried forward to the cab and found
the engineer dead, his head having
been crushed by a pole. Perhaps an
unusually disastrous wreck, due to
such a cause. will one day stir up in
sistent demands for reform.
Although Theodore Douglas Robinson,
who is no less a person than the nephew
of the former President of these United
States, covered over 100 miles a day in
his automobile during two weeks of
campaigning for the Republican con-
gressional nomination in the Oneida
Herkimer district of New York, he is,
apparently, soundly beaten. Such an
outcome of the vigorous campaign is
the more astounding and-er-incompre-
hensible in that my nephew and 1 hold
the same views regarding great public
questions" Have the Republicans Of
New York lost sight entirely of the
eternal fitness of things?
MI. Bryan says all Is not lost save
in Nebraska. He proceeds to
outline a plan of action whereby his
party may be made to see the light
and thus permitted to remain in the
Bryan fold. 1t has been a habit of Mr..
Bryan during his career as a public
man to confuse the theory which he
was earnestly exploiting, for the mo-
ment, as a party ideal and to regard
a failure to support said theory, on the
part Of Democrats, as treason to party.
Mr.. Bryan is not an old man and in
h years to come he may bring him
self to see where he was mistaken.
Does hot weather stimulate criminal
tendencies to action, and IL SO, why?
There is an explanation for the acct
dents which punctuate the holiday sea-
son, but it is necessary to go deeper
the reason for the alarmingly
large number OF assorted crimes in
which summer abounds. Once in
a while it is found that the perpetrator
of some peculiarly brutal atrocity is
actually "crazy with the heat" But
these cases are exceptions. May it not
be possible that some germ of the hook
worm variety which hibernates preys
upon mankind when the sun warns It
life?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
EASILY ANSWERED..

"Please, gentlemen. I would like to
know how to get rid of lees on a
little kitten fore weeks old without
hurting the kitten Of mother
"B. H."
Administer stovaine or any good
anaesthetic to the animal before
drowning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

reverses the relaxation Of child
hood from which it takes its name,
in that the crowd does the seeking
for one intangible object known as
1.-THE Nomination"
Thus, in contradistinction to the
"hide-and-seek' of boyhood, all Of
the players, to begin with, are TT
and all but one of them remain Sc
after the game lie concluded.
When the occasion seems to de-
mand it, which is all too rarely.
1.-THE Nomination" ignores the rules
of the game and starts out looking
for one particular man. This inno-
walton always peeves the bunch of
players who are ignored. and they
r likely to endeavor to get a great
deal of and more or less
biting irony out Of their system.
Which merely serves to stimu-
late the amusement OF the bystan-
ders.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
A COMEBACK.

Il am just beginning to realize"
said tho aged philosopher, that I
know little or nothing"
well, what you don't know
won't hurt you." replied the fippant
youth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

And it is equally true and signifi-
cant that it 10 a short lane which
has no beginning.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

WMsEM
No LET.up

NO LET-UP.
Jack spratt preferred the hot
weather,
For winter his wife stood her
ground;
So taking the pair, together
They grumbled the whole blamed
year round.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

A MASTERPIECE, ANYWAY.
"Maud's hair is what you would call
Titan, isn't it?"
well, Titan, or Observation-Disclosures
Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
Favors shade Tree Leagues.

FaNoES Shauc hFEc
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
The plan of the Shade Tree Commits
sion to organize the children of the
public schools into leagues for the care
and protection of shade trees in New
ark is an excellent movement. When a
league is organized in each of the
schools there will be an army of boys
and girls to water the young trees in
hot weather and report on the condi-
tons of all trees in the neighborhood
of these schools. The children will
also acquire useful knowledge about
trees in their various varieties. The
Shade Tree Commission is doing good
work in planting young trees in the
streets and avenues of our city to
beautify it, and also in the preserva-
ton of the trees.
Twenty to thirty years ago a war was
made against trees IN the sidewalks of
streets and avenues, especially
along Broad and Market streets inc
other business thoroughfares, and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29

effects than that for obtaining this
very serum.
Pasteur, the inventor of this method
Of injecting disease fluid from suffering
animals into human beings, used thou
sands Of dogs in his laboratories, and
gives us vivid accounts of their terrible
sufferings. DR.. Berdoe, of London,
visited the institute and tells how the
poor creatures shook the walls with
their frenzied bowls. Any one who has
seen a real cas- Of rabies, or hydro
phobia, or who has read a medical ac-
count Of the horrible disease, will be
slow to believe that animals ~inoculated
with it 10 not suffer.
One cannot help thinking OF Edmund
Vance Cooks humorous suggestion that
the characteristics of animals SO used
may be transmitted to those persons
inoculated with the %antitoxin. WHY
not? As a biological proposition it is
not altogether absurd.
The possibility of injurious effects
effects from serum is acknowledged by
h medical profession, and before long
the universal demand may be Ito quote
Mr.. CooD for some good, clean blood,
to make us partly human" *. s. N.