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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15

The People: 5 Rostrum


mems votes will do something for them
this year by passing this bill, SO they
do not have to hold up the tradesmen
until payday.
l know of a case where q man who
works for the railroad gets a salary of
about $50 a month, and has to borrow
money to get through until he is again
paid.
Do the lawmakers of the State of
New Jersey think our business men are
not in favor of this bill? Let any of
them ask the grocer, the butcher or
any other business man who depends
on the railroad man for his living, and
see what he will tell them. Last year
the Pennsylvania road complained of
the great expense 1t would be to pay
semi-monthly, but they have moved to
New York, where they have to pay
semi-monthly, as the law of New York
State calls for 1t. Why can we not
have such a law In our State? The
Democrats said at the last election
that the people should rule. Well, let
us see II 1t is the people or the corpora
lions that rule" Hoping o will
grant me a small space in your great
paper and thanking you for same I am,
A RAILROADER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
4 COUNTY RECOUNT IN OCEAN.

fM URING the recount of the vote for senator in Ocean county
III the representatives of Senator Mathis resisted the attempt
to procure a recount of the vote of the whole county. They
successfully insisted that the recount should be confined to Lake
wood. If the intent was to secure a certificate for Mathis by falsi
flying the vote in the ballotbox in the Lakewood district it failed
in it's object. Under present circumstances Mathis is down and
out, and, therefore, he has nothing to lose by a recount of the
whole county vote. The courts have refused a certificate to Mathis
but judicial action does not affect the right of the Senate to de
termine the qualifications of its own members. If the Senate com
mittee on elections shall order a recount in Ocean the move could
not be logically opposed by the friends of Senator Low, for the
reason that they had originally demanded that this course should
be taken to settle the question of the senatorship. Mathis is now
willing, and perhaps even anxious, for a county recount. If offers
a last chance of securing the seat he covets. But have the rest of
the ballotboxes in Ocean county been no better guarded than was
&A Lakewood ballotbox?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
BxASPHRATING.

All afternoon Mr.. Stubb had been
moving pictures from one room to an
other, and his only reward was dust
and perspiration.
Hurry up. john" chided Mrs. Stubh
impatiently. you will never finish at
that rate"
Mr.. stubb removed the cobwebs from
his ford brow.
Woman, do you think I'm a ma
chine7'' -
Gracious, how funny!"
Madam, may I ask what is funnyf'
why. dear. If you were a machine
you would be a moving picture ma
chine
And then and there Mr.. Stubb
washed his hands n started for the
club.-Chicago News.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
THE AMERICAN BOY SCOUT.

eTTa HE Boy Scout movement is growing in this country, Organi-
cations have started up in all the principal cities and many
of the smaller towns. President Taft, former President
Roosevelt and other prominent men give the movement their
cordial Endorsement. In England the movement is now looked
upon as of the first Importance in the training of English youth,
and it has the support of all classes. 1t has developed in many
thousands of boys traits and talents of great value to the nation
in important respects. A generation thus trained will be well
capable of conducting the defense of the country against a foreign
foe, and the individual qualities brought out are valuable to the
nation in time of peace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
Ticket scalper. a Nu,s.nc,

To the Editor Of tina Evening Star:
The action of the New York City
Board of Aldermen in passing an ordi-
nance that, II constitutional, will do
away with that nuisance, the ticket
s%peculator, should meet with not only
the hearty support of all New Workers.
but even more SO with the approval Of
the suburban residents.
The latter class are more at the
mercy of the Spectator than the resi-
dents of Manhattan. as the latter IAN
stop at the theatre on his way to bust
ness and purchase tickets direct at the
box office. The suburban resident, I'M
less he makes a special trip solely for
the purpose of buying tickets, is forced
to give up extra prices to the sidewalk
Spectator, as by the time he reaches
the theatre, In nine but Of ten cases. he
finds the box office out of tickets.
ROSBVILLE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
THE HOUSE APPROVES RECIPROCITY.

IT'D ESPONDING to overwhelming public sentiment, the House
Inn of Representatives has passed the bill for reciprocal trade
concessions with Canada TO cheaper food prices in the
United States and at the same time enlarge the opportunities for
our manufacturers. The large majority for the Mccall bill is a
surprise. While all forecasts of the vote on the bill showed that
it would pass the House, nobody predicted that it would receive
such a measure of support. The action of the House on a legis-
lative bill is never an indication of what the Senate will do in
acting upon the same bill There has been much doubt as to the
course of the Senate in The matter of tariff reciprocity, and the
doubt will not be removed until a final vote is taken in the Senate
But, nevertheless, the size of the majority in the House gives great
encouragement TO the belief that the Senate will yield to the mani
fest wishes of the country and send the bill to the President for
his annrnyal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
PUNCTUATION ri

Returning from school the other aft
profoundly informed her mother that
she had learned how to "punchtate."
well, dear" said her mother, land
how is it done?"
you see, mother" explained the
child, when you write fHark!' you put
a hatpin after 1t, and when o ask
a question you put a buttonhook."
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SOME Do.

In Brooklyn a few weeks ago a Sun
day school teacher asked his class of
hopefuls this rather debatable ques-
tlon.
who will tell me what is the chief
end Of mann
From h most attentive pupil came
forthwith his answer: ITO glorify
God and annoy Him forever."-New
York Tribune.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
SHE LOOKED DIFFERENT.

And who is this stage celebrity"
asked the lady in the picture store.
why, that Is Mary Garden" said the
clerk
Mary Gardeni" exclaimed the opera
enthusiast. why. where In the world
did she get all those clothes ?"-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
THE DAYS BEST O


tn F. FRANCIS DE LA RUE. at the recent sanitary convention in Des
Moines, said;
THE disposition that we make of our sewage is very dangerous
very absurd, today There will come a time. when re shall dispose o sew
age wisely. But or present handling of it reminds M Of a witucism OF my
old father
"Once, when 1 was a little chap, l said to my father:
Papa, where does the barber put the hair he cutso off your headT
And my father, without looking up from his newspaper, answered;
Why, down your neck of course Exchange.
+ /T rUMoR la funny thing" said Bmks.
~ "Tt ought to be-" said the Philosopher
"oh. I don't NEAR that way said BInks. II mean that it is
strange thing Now. I can't speak French. but cal always understand
a French joke; and 1 can speak English. but I'm best If 1 can see an English
joke"
Most people are said the Philosopher
Are what?" said Btnks.
"Blest if they "a see an English joke said the Philosopher. 1t is
'aep If an UNUSUALLY keen vsin."-Harpers Weekly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
AN IDEA.

II see it is said that although Mime
sota's rivers and streams are said to
be capable of providing 1000, 900 horse
power. less han one-third of that
amount is being utilized" said the
business man.
well, perhaps they could get more
out of 'em If they went out and
whipped EN-" suggested the trout fish,
erman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
la REASON FOR H A

This was heard in an overcrowded
Boston elevated train yesterday morn
ing; Say. Dick" said the young nan
whose football tactics had won him a
strap II the rush.. Say, Dick. I've been
riding on the L every morning ex-
cept Sundays and holidays for two
years, and I've never given UP a seat
to a lady yet"
You're a polite one" sneered Dick.
"T've never had a seat to give up
Boston Post.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
QUITE NATURAL.

you were talking in your sleep las.
night, John, but I couldn't understand
a word you said" was theswife's o
ing salute.
We'll, I was just dreaming that
was at work on my car" said the hus-
band, who CHANGED to be a car con-
ductor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
CAUSE AND EHFEcT.

"I see from the papers," said Daw-
son. that there is q great scarcity Of
chorus girls this year"
II was afraid there would be-" said
Wiggles. IT'S only another case OF
cause and effect. The French cham
payne crop has practically failed, and
Holsters are scarcer than hens teeth
this season,"-Harper's Weekly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
A RARE EpHAK

Smith Cat the dime museum)-Pshaw,
I don't see anything curious or remark
able about that old man that seems to
gather such a crowd to look and gsna
at him.
Jones+Dcn't, Ell? Why. that old fell
low lived sixty-eisht years in Adams
county. Ohio. and never once sold his
vote.-Life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
CAME uncle Sam Anord Light :

tan't uncle sam AnOru LtBht
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
The writer is one of the forty-fve
citizens who recently took the civil
service examination for clerk In the
departmental service in a room on the
top hoor of the postof1ce building.
None of the contestants has any means
of knowing whether he is successful
or not until the papers are criticised
at Washington. The complaint ! am
about to make Is not the work of a
~'sorehead." I am a constant reader
of YOU paper, and particularly your
non-partisan Rostrum columns. Many
of the citizens letters have proved eff
fective, as well as interesting, by pub
LEGATION in the Evening STAR.
1t is a well-known fact that the gov
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
HER p%REROGATIyp.

MI. Lately Married-But, dearest, I
thought we had planned to go to the
opera this evening?
Mrs. Ditto-Yes, love; but I have
changed our mind.-Puck.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
THE BAFFLED MAGICIAN.

Aladdin was Boosting of his lamp.
But 1t won't keep an even temper
allure in an incubator" cried a u
suburbanite.
Sadly he owned there were limits te
magic.-New York Sun.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
HIS NEED LASTED.

'I say. old man, you've never re-
turned that umbrella I lent you last
week"
Hang it all. old man, be reasonable
its been raining ever since."-Punch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
Thinks Mail Rate Increase o

Thinks Mail Rate Increase o. X.
To tho Editor of the Evening Star:
Notwithstanding that publishers or
magazines are up in arms because OF
the proposed increase IN mailing rates
why the general government should be
expected to make up the deficit thai
must result from the absurdiy low cost
of one cent a pound, which they are
charged for mailing,
I fail to see why the aforesaid pub
fishers should enjoy a virtual subsidy
In their business. The argument that
magazinea serve a useful public pur-
pose in exposing graft cannot Justify a
tax upon the entire community. The
newspapers admirably supply the gap
between the voter and his Representa-
tive in government, and nearly every
hamlet and community in the Ian is
favored by being in close touch with
one Of them, and they are more fitted
to represent public opinion than a
magazine the issuing Office of which
may be a thousand miles away. A rate
lower than cost is a form OF special
privilege which canno be defended
even were the magazines the sole tri-
Dunes of the people. NJ. B. OWEN.
Demands Semi-MonthIy Payment Law
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
We, the railroad men. have read OF
a bill introduced by Assemblymar
Egan. of Hudson, which provides that
railroads shall pay their employees
semi-monthly.
What we would like to know is what
has become of this bill. Have the cor
porations again succeeded in throwing
1t into the waste basket, or has it beer
covered up so no one can see 1t?
Last year Assemblyman dwell, "fath'
err of the bill. succeeded in getting Il
through the House, but 1t was killed
by Senator Wakelee, of Bergen, becaus'
he was a corporation man and did no
care for the railroad men who yotet
for him. Let us hope that the gentle
men who were elected by the railroad
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The STAR extends the privilege
OF these columns to the public ana
o more than one hundred words
treating of topics of h hour.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-06-08
Full Exclamation on Opposite Page of this Paper
What is a Premium Sale ?

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
BY ROY L. McCARDELL

Patsy got back to the house Just two minutes ahead
of the constable. mulced two dollars for the
first year, and dollar each succeeding year that
Patsy should honor with his presence So long
Patsy had not been taxed, he had passed his time raid
ing the neighbors without molestation but from the
moment he bore his license tag he and marked,
the easy mark.
Suits for damages were brought against me for the
raids and ravages of Patsy The dog catcher gathered
him up and telephoned that he had dog that belonged
to me, evidently unlicensed Patsy wasn't valuable
enough to steal and keep, license tags and unless
dollar poundage Immediately forthcoming
Patsy would be shot at sunrise-or words to that
effect.
This message received at my domcie during my
absence returned, find my family in tears at the
impending fate of Patsy. 'Tis always thus in e-the
most worthless are the best beloved.
| went to the pound, ransomed Patsy. and again
mulcted an extra dollar for duplicate tag.
The poundmaster and his assistant from this on
played tag with those tags and Patsy. At refusal to
ransom him from the pound dire threats that Patsy
would die the death of dog would the
telephone Finally forbearance ceased to be virtue.
| determined that | would pay poundage
for Patsy, the latter appeared to be in doubt as
to whether his home with or the dogcatcher,
and l always had suspicion that the license tag
rked him. for he got he would
hurry away to have it quickly though surreptously
removed
On the fourth fifth occasion of this kind stood
pat. secured injunction against the poundmaser to
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g, is English through and

strange to say kelly song is English through and
through.
Patsy at this time about the size of black derby
hat and of the same color and shape. From the very
beginning, he pest and nuisance. The word
welcome" on his back would not have made him
of an articulate doormat than he was.
There would be at the top of the stairs from
Gertrude our light running domestic, yep from Patsy,
and down the two would together. Sometimes
this happened dry, with dustpans and brooms and
again would be damp casualty with the scrub bucket
Time passed on and Patsy grew like calf and looked
like He developed procvity for sleeping out in
the middle of the road; for when Patsy wasn't eating he
sleeping and his adolescence passed in eating
in the house and sleeping in the road Automobiles
who him in time stopped and cursed him. and others
went him. Sometimes the auto was wrecked,
sometimes Patsy Often there was no casualty.
Patsy, although the household abored, could never
be taught to "sit up and beg Why should he beg,
when stealing easier? And in the matter of plage
his intuition uncanny. Hot meat cold equally
palatabe to Patsy. He could open the and
take it out while roasting; he could open the cebox and
puroin it when cold And still he grew and grew
Half grown he fell prey to wanderust and raided ice
boxes and ovens within the three-rnie radius.
We determined to tie Patsy up. One might well
have tried to tie up rhnoceros. We had substan-
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w - WIN AOiii 1AOS
quarter-inch steel cable. Tha'
the cable was concerned; but OF
off the porch.
By this time Patsy had de-
veloped into the most beau
tiful dog of the Newfoundland
type ever seen outside of a
watchdog of the treasury" pic
ture or the famous masterpiece,
Saved from Watery Grave"
wherein a noble Newfoundland
is shown to have brought a
child from the watery depths
without even wetting himself
or the child. Patsy's coat was
curly and glossy black. He had
a white shirtfront as ruffled
and lacy as a Southern Colonels
on parade. His tail waved grace
fully and majestically, with will
low plume effects. Everybody
said, "What a beautiful dog!"
and the fact that he was as
worthless as he was comely we
never betrayed.
Being a Newfoundland, he
was supposed to be a water
dog; but the only way to get
Patsy in the water was to drag
him to it and throw him in.
An epidemic of burglary began
toragein the neighborhood when
Patsy was fully grown. We
had nothing valuable enough
for anyone to steal; but what
was the use of having a watch
dog and not winding him up?
Every evening at nine we
would scour through the neigh
borhood for Patsy and bring
him home and tie him up in the
hall. At last the locally oper-
ating burglars broke into So
ciety. Our house was entered.
As a matter of fact, when the
burglars broke into our house
they simply got into debt; but
we lied nobly about it for days,
and the cash and jewelry that
we said we lost had the neigh
bors aching with envy. That
the burglars got nothing was no
fault of theirs. They ransacked
everything, and we never heard
a sound except once during the
night when Patsy gave an an
guished cry of pain and we after
ward concluded that they had
kicked him to make him get out
of their way. The burglars were
not to be baff1ed, however.
Three nights later they returned
and stole Patsy.
Here developed the only good
trait Patsy had ever evinced. He
when we wanted him, and he
if somebody else wanted him.
week, and aired himself for two
hero resting on his laurels.
The local authorities, seeing
been robbed of a valuable dc
notice that my dog tax was due
dog, and the constable was sent
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tial and commodious DOLLHOUSE
erected for him by one of the
best architects in New Ro-
chelle, by day work and union
labor. From that on, until we
severed him from it, when Patsy
went visiting he took his house
along with him.
1t was a consensus of expert
opinion in the community that
Patsy should be put on a "dog
trolley" As the reader may or
may not know, a dog trolley
consists of a stout wire stretched
over an intervening space at a
height of some ten feet from the
ground. From this a chain
attached to the captives
collar slides to and fro. This
is supposed to confine the dog,
and at the same time permit
exercise.
Our trolley for Patsy ran
between the back porch and the
stable, a distance of some hun
dred feet. 1t was a splendid
run for Patsy. When he saw a
cat or a tradesman, he would
make a dash, ard then some
thing gave. &c. awhile it was
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prevent him destroying Patsy as he again threaten
ing do and prepared to have the matter threshed
out in the courts.
Meanwhile the children cried for Patsy their little
hearts would break. They worried about him
when they didn't know where he was; but when he
in the pound, from where voices called the
telephone, "You better across with dollar for
this mutt, we're going to shoot hirn! they trembed
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the collar. When finally collar strong enough to
hold him was made of stee' rivets and sole leather
the trolley wire found to the point of least
resistance. We went from heaviest tleoraph wire to
quarter-inch steel cable That held atsy, far as
the cable concerned but the third day he pulled
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MY DOG PATSY
TIE was a Newfoundland
I founding. Maggie Cline
sent him to us in a SatCh-

I founding. Maggie Cline
sent him to us in a satch-
el with the following renuncia-
ton:
Here is a pup that was pre-
sented to me by an ardent adj
mirer when l opened at Keith &
Proctor's in Newark this week. 1
think dogs are bad luck; SO l
give it to you If you think you
owe me anything for it, you can
write me an encore verse to my
new song. Has Anybody Here
Seen Kelly?" I'll give you an
idea for the verse. Kelly is walk
ing down street with a friend,
and he disappears. The friend
sees crowd going into a building.
and steps inside and commences
to shout. Has anybody here seen
Kelly?' And it's a synagogue.
After you write the verse try it on
the dog. and if he can stand it
send it to me. Faithfully yours.
MAGGIE CLINE. the Irish Thrush.
P. S.-His name is Patsy.
The reader will understand
that this was two years ago,
when "Has Anybody Here Seen
Kelly?" was a new song, newly
arrived from London; for,