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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-22
Luxury of An Automobile

STTHERE is nc doubt that motors have greatly simpnfed the problem of
getting tic and from country balls. Many of use are old enough to
- remember the sensation of being tightly packed intoa n omnibus for
a slow drive of many mles-often fifteen or twenty at the very least
through dark country lanes. This entaned, to begin with an carly dinner,
a start eyena at that before n had time properly to digeH, and a return to
ht soup and bed just about that mystic hour when the housenaids begin to
The return Journey in those days certainly had some compensatons, for
Ia a rule. n of the omnibuses was u usually filled With the female section of
the party the other with the men, ote nsby that they might smoke. really
hal hey might sleep HI seep of h just without being considered impoHte
Bau-going under these circumstances vas certainly not all bliss but it had to
be gone through, and / a NJ bound to say that more ofen than not a all
for u young men, the game was well worth he candle.
II these latter days 10 country house is considered properly equipped n
less it is possessed Of n or more motors while almost always some of the
house, party arrive in their W cars which are consequently eligible as aux
Hilary conveyances when the ball night arrives. How quickly one gets "
fifteen or twenty miles of country road in these days! And how comfortably,
too for cars are so roomy I'M glide ale ng so smoothly that il. is qme possi-
BIZ to play a game of bridge to while away the time en- route. In fact In
oonveniences Of all kinds are in these luxurious days reduced to a minimum.
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Shiny Trousers.

Dear Miss DOOM:
Kindly tell me how to take the shine
off a mans blue serge trousers; also
how to press them without getting
them shiny? READER
Wet a cloth with vinegar n sponge
the shiny places. When pressing Y
the trousers with a damp cloth and
press through the cloth until thorough
ly dry.
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Chicken Sour Honman.

Take the liquid the chicken has
boiled in and add a cup of coarsely cut
white and dark meat. Thicker the
stock with n little -four moistened in
water and stir with the broth. When
the right consistency add a tablespoon
full Of the best sherry wine. Remove
and~serve from e tureen with small
squares Of toasted bread on top.
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Sixteen and In Love.
Dear Miss Doom

Dear Miss Doom:
VIII o please tell me whose place
II Is to write first, a mans or a zir1,se
l am IS and owe a young man whom
l met at an entertainment a few weeks
ago I would like to write a letter.
but / want your advice arst.
WAITING.
You are too young to prattle of love.
Better wait until you are old enough
to know your own mind. Let the
young man make the advances.
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AUrTMATrY5MEnu
rMS@G (@S

MISUNDERSTANDING
Grape fruit
Oatmeal with cream
Lamb chops
Popovers Coffee
DINNER
Consomme soup
Roast chicken
Fried sweet potatoes
Baked creamed onions
Water cress. French dressing
Strawberry ice cream
Coffee
SUPPER
Potato salad Sliced ham
Chocolate cake Chees
MoNDAY-BREAKFAST
Stewed peaches dried
Shredded wheat biscuit
Fried bacon
Gems Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Corn chowder
Sliced chicken
Hot ginger bread
Tea
DINNER
Chicken soup, Hoffman
Veal chops
Potatoes gu gratin
Hot slaw Currant jelly
Cottage pudding
Coffee
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taking care of yourself and that you
v no idea Of betraying their trust
IN you in any way. They probably still
consider you a little girl, and a con-
hdential talk will open their eyes.
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"You will admit that the Democrats
have been right sometimes"
YES" replied the strict partisan.
Through force of circumstances they
have occasionally voted with Republi-
cans."-Washington Star.
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A NEW OH STYLE.

The newest sashes have their long
ends, or sven the one end when there
10 but one gathered into a plaque or
q pliable beaded OF embroidered motif
as a finish. This is only a revival
of the mode of the twelfth or thirteenth
century, when the leather belt was
finished at the end by. being run
through a buckle like the one which
fastened it at the waist.
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Correspondents are requested
cot to send stamps for personal
replies. Miss Doon's NATL IL o
heavy to permit her to write
private letters.
Letters written ON both sides
of paper viii not be considered.
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II MAIL BOX.

ETHEL SNAPEK-By answering the
puzzles regularly you will no doubt be
a prize-winner soon.
WILLIAM KALLENBERG-The pic
ture sent Uncle Jack is too small TO
reproduce. Send a larger photograph.
DAVID GOLDSTEIN-Your puzzle
will be published this week.
MORRIS WACHSMAN-See answer
to above.
Newark. n. j.
Dear Uncle Jack-I received my
game. which 1 thank you very much
for, and if I happen to be the lucky
one for yesterdays puzzle l should like
t have a box of paints. Thanking 0
again for my game / remain,
FLORENCE LANKEN.
443 Eighteenth avenue.
Newark, n. ].
Dear Editor--I nave a new pair OF
skates. and ] Ear hardly skate on them.
My playmate has a pair, too. Every
day we go skating together, and we
have jolly times. 1 fall so many times:
sometimes hurt myself. When 1 have
more time I will write you a longer
letter. Sincerely yours,
GERTRUDE LEGLIsE.
1877 Thomas street.
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Art Schools.
Dear Miss Doom.

Dear MISS Doom.
Please let me know the names and
addresses Of some good art schools for
young ladies. They must be in the city
Of New York. ART.
Am sorry / cannot give names and
addresses in this column. You will End
the schools listed in the back OF the
New York city directory.
PUzZLED-Better be sure OF his sin
certify before you permit yourself TO
take him seriously.
NJ. McG.-Mr. S~tonelake, on the third
floor. will give you an application
blank.
G. WI cannot give names and adj
dresses in this column. Am sorry.
Look in the city business directory.
L. S.-write to the chief of police 81
that city.
STEADY READER-When true love
comes to you you viii not find 1t neces-
a to argue as TO its existence.
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SAYINGS OF THE wEATnRR.w1sH.

When the perfume of flowers OF the
odor Of fruit is unusually noticed rain
may be expected.
When the sky is full of stars, ex-
pect rain.
If pigs are restless there will be
windy weather. Pigs can see the wind.
Flocks of crows signify a cold sum-
mer.
When the owl nests look out for a
storm.
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L. s-write to the chief of police u
that city.
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Floeks of crows signify a cold sum
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When the sky is full of stars, ex-
.cf vain
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

y rightfully classed as clerical work
ers, but there are other thousands
of wage earners in the Federal in
dustrial plants, for the national gov
ernment operates the largest printing
office in the world, to say nothing of
gun factories and other bee hives of
industry. AS is the case with all
such innovations, some of the moves
OF the new Economy and Efficiency
Commission provoked temporary crit
icism, for they resulted in the intro
duction of time and labor-saving ma
chimes that displaced human work
ers. However, other places were
found for the men and women thus
temporarily out of jobs, and taken
as a whole, the work has accom- pliSh-
ed much for the betterment of the
conditions of employment under the
government The Commission has
special committee to examine all new
il-yentions that promise help or relief
from irksome conditions, and their
aim is not to introduce new depar-
lures in a dictatorial way, but to Sc
cure the interest and sympathy of
the government employees as a class
and to. whenever possible, make
changes or introduce new equipment
in line with suggestions made by the
workers themselves.
One important step which the gov
ernment took in 1911, while not de-
signed exclusively for the benefit of
the labor element of our population,
will certainly be of greater assistance
to the working classes than to any
other section of the community. was
the inauguration of the Postal Saw
ings Bank. This new means for lay
inC up a little money for the proven
bial ''rainy day. has for the average
Workingman three big advantages.
First, it will. when in full operation,
make of every postofice in the land
a savings bank so that a toiler can
make deposit without undue trouble
on his way to or from work. Sec
ond, it is an ms ution where an
account may be opened with so small
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men ten hours or more per day in
the face of agitation by all the great
bodies of organized labor. Now the
effect of the most recent action by
Congress will be to put the private
yards more nearly on the same basis
as those managed by the government,
and it is predicted that the day is in
sight when no government vessel of
any kind will be constructed save on
the eight-hour principle. for which
the labor leaders have fought so
long.
Another new evidence of the prac-
teal way in which Uncle Sam is now
giving heed to the rights and needs
of toilers is found in the increasing
restrictions that are hedging about
convict labor, so that the cheap pris-
on-made products may not be permit
ted to afford ruinOuS competition to
the fruits of honest toll. Many of
the States are backing up Uncle Sam
on this subject and others are about
ready to fall into line. Similarly
Uncle Sam has given heed to the pro-
tests of the union bandmen and other
musicians who claim that they are
injured by the competition of mill
tary and naval bands, the members
of which receive the means of liveli-
hood from Uncle Sam, but are nat
urally ever willing to earn extra
money by outside engagements when
these latter do not conflict with their
regular service obligations. If the
agitation keeps up Uncle Sans musi-
clans may be absolutely prohibited
from accepting outside engagements.
However, Uncle Sam is not waiting
to be forced to take action before
seeking to better the conditions of his
own employes,-and. incidentally. it
may be stated the government is. all
things considered. the largest en-
ployer of labor in the country That
there is a disposition to improve the
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gions. The outcome of these investi-
cations will be that the officials will
be able. ere long. to give the miners
more dependable information than
they could ever get before as to the
causes and characteristics of explo-
sions; how they may best be avoided;
the relative menace in different kinds
of dynamite and other explosives; and
other secrets of the mines which the
miners have heretofore had to merely
guess at Appealing even more
strongly to the popular mind is what
the Bureau of Mines is doing in res
cue work" for the miners.
AS the vehicles of this relief and
rescue work the Bureau of Mines has
placed in commission eight mine res
cue cars, which means that num-
ber of Pullman cars converted into
relief stations or hospitals on wheels.
These cars are stationed respectively
in the principal coal mining districts
of the country and they are ready
one and all to respond instantly to
a telegraphic summons for help On
board each of these cars are three or
four men who have the experience
and the hardihood to lead a band of
rescuers in penetrating mine where
miners are held prisoners by fire or
caVe-tnS or have been rendered help
less through the exigencies of a mine
disaster. The cars also carry the
necessary equipment to outfit volun-
teers who are willing to follow the
lead of Uncle Sans underground life
savers.
The rescue equipment includes ap-
paratus for fighting fire in the mines
and first aid" appliances of the latest
pattern, most valuable of all are the
so-called Oxygen helmets" which en-
able their wearers to penetrate mines
filed with poisonous gases and to
drag back to daylight and to life the
miners who have fallen in their
tracks,-mayhap uninJured and un-
burned, but helpless under the in
fiuence of the deadly fumes that fill
the mines after explosions. The he'll
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The Euz7 cSeW WaTrzor a1d
his AAEe2

ing certain seasons of the year the
hominS instinct always brings them
to the cliffs of these desert islands
for the rearing OF their young, and
all the cunning of man has proved
unavailing in attempts to colonize
them elsewhere. Their manner of life
is among the strangest of animal kind
Annually the seals come home dur
ing the month of May. Up to that
time the herds have been absent
through the winter feeding far to the
southwark and waxing fat and strong.
Even the northern coast of Califor-
MIA has witnessed their playful an
tics. But with the advent of the first
of May some great bull seal is seen
by the waiting government agents to
climb from the water of the Bering
Sea and lumber laboriously to a very
definite spot on the rocky beach. Here
he falls into a month long sleep, a
time of restful preparation for the
great battles that are before him.
Other bulls of a similar nature and
age soon follow and likewise scram BILE
upon the beach and fall asleep. They
a-e careful. however. not to infringe
upon the territory of the bulls that
have come earlier, for each of these
nary line, and whatever comes within
this is in danger of precipitating a
grapple to the death. For. when the
old bulls climb upon the beach and
/ lie down to sleep they have staked
out a claim and woe be to the crea-
! ture that attempts to infringe upon
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loyal, or they remember the disci-
pline of the previous season and fear
the anger of the bulls.
Shortly after the arrival of the
cows the pups are born The nomen-
clature of COWS and pups is somewhat
confused and not logical withal. but
so they have come to be called. With
the birth of the young the interest
Of the bull in his family is greatly
increased While previously he had
noticed nothing but an attempt to in
fringe upon his territory, he now be-
comes most active in his solicitude for
both mother and child. His lethargy
is thrown off, for now is the season
when he must recruit new members
for his harem and defend it against
all the multitude of his fellows who
are likewise attempting to obtain re-
cruits-
For three months the harem mas
ter has no time to eat a bite. He
dares not leave his post for fear some
vigilant rival will steal his cows. He
dare not sleep for the same reason.
When the harem is located at some
distance up the beach there is doubt
if he even has a drink during all this
time. He attempts to keep his COWS
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likewise from doing any of these
things. He knows that if they at
tempt to run the gauntlet to the open
sea there is danger of their being
stolen by some of his rivals. He is
therefore always on the alert. If a
COW starts for the water he pursues
her. She fees, but he overtakes her.
She is dragged back by the nape of
the neck in no gentle manner and
flung, often wounded and bleeding.
among the other cows. These scrfm-
ages are likely to precipitate other
complications. The bulls of adjoin-
ing harems may take part in an at
tempt to secure for themselves the
fleeing COW. Battles have been wit
messed in which two bulls would seize
a COW with their teeth and tear and
rend her until the skin was ripped
from her body and she was mortally
wounded. Other battles result in a
fight to the death between two mas
ters of harems. both being so disabled
as not to be able to recover their
harem, the claims being left to the
next bull above that was able to seize
and defend them.
Men dare not invade the rookeries
during the breeding season. As the
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-04

season advances the rigid observance
Of the divisions Of the rookeries are
gradually broken up. The pups have
become able to take care of them
selves. The old bulls are worn to
emaciation. Finally these drop down
into the sea and drink their fill, pass
on to the feeding grounds, where the
long fast is broken and the process
of accommodating stored up vigor for
another season of activity is begun.
The whole colony disintegrates and
its members feed TO the south until
the arrival of another May.
When the United States acquired
the Pribilof Islands there were 4,0OO,-
600 seals upon them. This number
has run down to 5000 at present
Yet it would have remained as Of
old and might even now be increased
to the original number, but for the
single fnfiuence-the claim Of other
nations of a right to kill these fur
seals on the high seas. Great Brit
ain long ago waived this right. Our
own fishermen were not allowed to
kill them. japan. however, insisted
upon it and every year fishermen
got more seal furs than did the gov
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met fits over the head and shoulders
of the wearer. excluding all air and
presenting somewhat the appearance
of the armor worn by submarine div
ers. On his back the helmeted res
cue worker carries a cylinder filled
with compressed oxygen, which Is
drawn through a tube as needed into
the helmet. The cylinder holds a
two-hours supply of oxygen and the
rescue worker can, at the expiration
of that time, replace II. unaided, with
a freshly charged cylinder, so that
he can keep on working in the danger
zone.
The ofhcials of the Mine Bureau are
not content with their own efforts in
practical rescue work, commendable
as they are. It is their ambition to
have a squad of the miners in every
camp and village fully as competent
as are the men on the cars to carry
on relief work in an emergency. To
that end the special cars, when not
needed at mine disasters, are all the
while travelling from mine to mine In
their respective districts, giving dem
onstrations for the benefit of volun-
teer relief squads and instructing
them in the use of the helmets which
the mine operators are usually only
too willing to buy II their employees
will learn how to use them. In the
evenings, under such circumstances.
the car is converted into a lecture
hall, and Uncle Sans mine engineer.
who is aboard, talks to all the miners
who can crowd into the car on the
subject of preventatives from mine
dangers, first aid" work. etc.
In conclusion be It noted that while
all these new wrinkles have been
claiming attention in Uncle Sans
growing category of services to labor
the government Department of La
Dor, under Secretary NaEei. has gone
on striving to be of service to the toll
ing mass along the lines prescribed by
law. Particularly has it been active
in bringing about the arbitration OF
labor disputes. either before or after
the calling Of strikes.
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their rights.
The selection of these claims is in
accordance with the best of military
strategy, for each is to be the seat
Of harem which is to be maintained
only so long as the master is able to
give battle to all corners and remain
supreme. The SCARED old veterans of
many wars acquire the best positions,
because they are able to go and take
them. These are beach fronts strewn
with jagged rocks. Other corners Sc
lect sites for the harems that have
advantages next in Importance. and
their maintenance of these depends
upon their ability to defend them
against bulls of lower grade that
aspire to them.
The bulls sleep on their rights for
a month or six weeks Often no fe-
male arrives until the middle of June.
These find their lord and masters
sleeping indinerently. each on the
spot that he occupied the year be-
fore. If he has been displaced by
some bull that has fought and van
the allegiance that the year before
belonged to his predecessor The COW
climbs softly out of the water and
takes her place beside her lord and
master. Yet other members of his
harem appear and take their places
within the imaginary circle that the
bull has drawn about him. There is
no coercion on his part, and no at
tempt to influence the COWS in taking
up their homes. Yet the latter are
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a sum as one dollar, and where small
deposits are welcomed. Third, it pro-
vides for the toi1ers what they have
never had before,-an absolutely safe
and guaranteed depository for saw
ings backed by the government, where
interest is paid on savings and yet
from which a depositor can withdraw
his funds at any time without advance
notice, in case he is confronted with
sickness or other emergency.
The year 1911 likewise saw the put
ting into shape of valuable labor
data obtained in connection with the
census of 1910. Some workingmen
may be inclined to regard what the
U. s. Census Bureau does for the
cause of labor as purely sentimental
in value. On the contrary to many a
workingman the statistics gathered by
the Census ought to be Of interest and
Importance. For example, it ought
to be of value to an artisan in any
trade to examine the census returns
and ascertain in what sections of the
country there are the fewest mem
bers of his trade or where, vice versa,
the trade is overcroWded; where
wages are highest and lowest; and
where the cost of living is greatest
There has been one development of
the year lndl uuQu0SllOndD4y Status
pre-eminent above all others in its
Importance. This has been the inau-
guration of the active work Of the
very newest branch of our national
government,-the U. S. Bureau of
Mines. The principal object of this
new Bureau is to contribute in every
way possible to the welfare of the
miners of this country, and particu-
larIy the coal miners, who obviously
stand most in need of help.
The Bureau of Mines has gone
about the rendering of assistance in
the most practical fashion. For one
thing, it has purchased a coal mine
in Pennsylvania, and here it's experts
are carrying on all sorts of tests and
experiments under the actual condi-
tions that prevail in the mining re-
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pay and condition of Federal toilers
has been emphasized this year in the
operations of the Post Office Depart
Iaent, which has on it's payroll more
persons than any other branch of the
government While there has been
general retrenchment in the postal
esta blishment, that hasn't met the ap-
proval of everybody by any means,
the Postmaster General has declared
that it is his aim to advance sal
aries all up and down the line in the
mail establishment.
A most important new factor in
Uncle Sans movement to improve
conditions for his own employees is
found in the operations of what is
known as the Efficiency and Economy
Commission,-a body of half a dozen
men that was created a comparatively
short while ago. This is one of Presi-
dent Taft's pet projects, and Congress
gave him 100000 as a starter to try
out the scheme. The function of this
Commission is to overhaul and mod
ernie the whole system of doing busi-
ness in the Government Departments
at Washington, where some thirty
thousand men and women,-resident
of every State and Territory
e. rloyed. Uncle Sam has been rather
unprogressive in the equipment of his
clerical offices and in the methods
of doing business there and conse-
quently gradually got pretty far be-
hind the times. The purpose of this
new board of business doctors or
consulting experts is to rejuvenate
the establishment and put Uncle
Sans headquarters on a par with
the big establishments in the bust
ness and industrial world.
To appreciate how wide a range of
workers this effects it is necessary
to bear in mind that not only does
the government employ more than
a score Of thousand people who may