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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30
.OSSERVATORY OF MUSIC.

4, "ESIERN ~ Conservatory of
~ ~ Chlcago, Illinois. Complete
~ IN Piano and Theoretical
r,Ias, 49, Diplomas granted upon
%Gon OF course. Frank T..
n c9ll' S' Interstate representa-
salem branch. Studio room
,Si opers House building. Res.
~ IIOO. 9-20-tf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30

WoODMEN OF WoRLD-Meet ev-
cry Friday night at 1880 O'Clock
In Holman Hall Geo. H. Deacan, c.
c.; L. H. Fletcher, Clerk. 1-10-09
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30

The Silverslde run has begun at
Astoria.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30

EVERYTHING for the household, in
the line of furniture, stoves, kitch-
en- utensils, crockery and hardware.
A full line of secondhand articles
very reasonable. Peetz and
Tschudi, S26 N, Commercial street.
Main 451. S-24-tf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30
WATER COMPANY.
WOOD SAWS.

THE NEW GASOLINE WOOD
saving machine operated by Stech
& Humphrey, 1109 Hines street,
near 18th; can be foved to your
residence and your winters sup
ply of wood sawed at short notice.
All orders receive prompt atten-
ton. 8-31-tf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-30
UNDERTAKINGS.

W. Il. RIGDON, undertaken and en-
balner, 252 North High street, op.
pOsite city hall First class In ser.
vice, equipment and stock. Lady
assistant when desired. Only un-
dertaker who has commodious
apartments purely on residence
plan. 5-12-tf
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
should Fortifx Big Canal.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
The Panama canal should by all
means be fortified. It is being built
by the United States government,
which at the same time guarantees
that the canal will always be kept
open for the ships OF all nations.
For his reason, If for no other. the
canal should be fortified. Another rea-
son is that in time of war between the
United States and another nation the
canal would have to be guarded by
b~attleships. thus impairing the eff
cheney of that department. and again
in case of war between nations other
than the United States the neutrality
of the CANA would have to be pre-
served.
Unless the canal is fortified this could
only be done with the aid of a big
fleet of battleships. 1t is far cheaper
and vastly more logical to fortify the
n route now than to make it neces
sary in the future, as the route viii
surely have to be protected sometime,
GEORGE NJ. DALLAS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
know the Evil you'd Bnni.h.

To the Editor OF tile Evening Star:
Our libraries contain books that are
never read By a certain class OF people
because OF the fact that they deal with
conditions that are not pleasant TO
read about. They treat of the sex
question. poverty. crilninology and
other unpleasant subjects. Many a
good mother viii prohibit her son or
daughter from reading the books on
sex problems for the reason that they
think the youth ought to be Eeps in
ignorance of some Of the things in this
world. Many refuse to allow their
sons and daughters To read about child
labor or the lives of the people in the
Sums just because the subject is not
a pleasant II and may MAKE the
reader unhappy. Not only do the
mothers and fathers tell their children
not to e these books, but they them
selves do not read them and condemn
people who do for being vulgar and
possessing "A taste for that which is
unclean.
Recently | attended a lecture at
which the white slave question was
the topic Of the speaker, One or two
women in the audience left the hall.
They did not wish to listen to a ale
OF shame and horror: yet the very
women that left are the women that
try to help their fallen sisters and
brothers, and give much to charity
and TO institutions that help the needy.
asked one of these women why she
did not wish To listen to a lecture that
would help her in her work. She re-
piled that if she thought it would help
her she would have stayed, but that she
did not see in what way the knowl-
edge of the miserable conditions under
which some people live would help
her in helping others. She asked me
to explain.
l told her this: Before a man is per-
mitted to administer to the ailments
Of the human body the law requires
that he take a curse in medicine and
familiarize himself with the body which
he is to treat. He must study that body
for four years II prove to the State
that he understands it before he is
given permission to practise. 9
At college the student is told that he
must sot only try to relieve the
patient t..nporarlly, but must also try
to do away with the disease by finding
out the cause of it. He is told that if
the disease is to be cured the root Of
the evil must be found n treated in
-
from returning.
Although the law insists that people
know something spout the human body
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
JERSEY BANoUETS IN ANOTHER STATE.

STTa He giving CT semi public banquets in New York by men in
public life in New Jersey is an offensive reflection upon their
State. Time was when some excuse could be pleaded for
this practiso. New York hotels We're the headquarters of New Jer.
sey politicians and the proper entertainment for banqueting parties
could he had only in Manhattan. But in late wears all that has been
changed. There are now excellent caterers in several cities of the
State. especially Newark, and ordinary State pride would give them
the preference over the New York hotel or cafe. There is now in
Newark one establishment equal in every respect 10 the best in
New York. The New Jersey Senate is to give a dinner on Friday
night to Governor Wilson. The dinner will not be held on New
Jersey soil, but in New York city. 1t will be remembered that the
governor conducted the senatorial campaign largely from a New
York hotel headquarters, and probably in the matter of the banquet
the committee of the senators deferred to the governors wishes.
But we submit that the practise is unpatriotic and hurtful to the
prestige of the State abroad. It is not pleasant for the Jerseyman
who takes price N his State to read the accounts Of these New
Jersey dinners and banquets held in another city and State. He
fs led to wonder whether there really is any genuine State pride
Among New Jersey public men and public bodies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
stop RidicaIins Irish peo,,e.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
| am pleased to see that the St. Pat
rick's Alliance of America is vigorously
pushing its annual nght against the
cloven-hoofed know-nothings who have
mo use" for the foreign-horn or their
immediate descendants.
The fight of the alliance. as All in.
telligent readers know. is directed par
ticular1y against the ~caricature of the
Irish race pictorislly and on the stage,
and it is making great Roadway, as II
should. It's just about time that In
this enlightened age, to whose enlight-
eminent all the white sons of the earth
have given SO much OF their blood and
brains, a whole race should no longer
be held up to ridicule by vulgar carl
cature. 1t is enough to make the
judicious grieve, and. while the afore-
said eloven hoof Of the know-nothings
is hidden to come extent under the
mantle of decency, it is still there.
Instead of .ridiculing a race, the best
that is in 1t should be held up before
the public. Matthew Arnold once
heaved a great sigh as he looked over
poor, struggling humanity and wished
that men we're more noble than they
are. To this 7 say "Amen,"
f, W. e.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
NOT TRYING TO RUN THE LEGISLATURE.

cts q the West Hudson Board of Trade last night Coz ernor Wilson
gave the assurance that he was not trying TO run the Legis-
lature. He paid a high compliment to that body by saying
that he could not run the Legislature if he tried. The legislators,
be declared, were run entirely by their own consciences, and cannot
be run BY anybody This will make good reading for the Legs-
lature. or that part of it which wears the gubernatoral coors.
There are vulgar persons who would denominate the words uttered
as "tafyp There are others who, recalling recent happenings and
utterances and beholding present aspects at Trenton, will marvel
roucl. The conviction has been forced upon the public mind in this
State that by some kind of metamorphosis the legislative power
has come to reside in the executive chamber at the State House
In the matter of the Geran bill the Legislature has been waiting
from day TO day upon secret conferences by the Governor and his
private cabinet, and will know what it has got to vote for when the
hill finally energies from conference, and last night Governor Will
son, while giving assurance that he wasn't trying to run the Legis-
lature, cheerfuly promised shameful oblivion" for him who should
dare to oppose his wishes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

NAMED busy while the women held
their ears.
This sort of persuasion finally worked
OH the driver of the horse, who had
been saying a few things himself, but
who was completely outclassed by the
man with the controller.
as they do now the writer thinks il
would be a good plan for the Public
Service to insist on the motormen
closing the front door of the car at all
lines Very few persons IN the car
give the motorman the praise he turns
around to get, after he has cleared the
track by using such excruciating Ian
euage. RIAF.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
". LONG FINGERS.

TT the middle finger, which 10 ths
/ one next to the index finger, -
longer than the palm. the fingers
are classed as long. II IL IL shorter
than the palm the fingers are classed
as short. II equally as long as the
| palm, the fingers are medium.
Long fingers denote a disposition to
dwell upon details. to go into the
minutiae Of things. In proportion as
the fingers are long viii this DISPOSE
ton be emphasized,
The late John G. Carlisle, who was
secretary of the treasury under Pres
ident Cleveland, had very long fingers.
He was the personihcation of watch
| fitness, carefulness, thoughtfulness and
of a keenly ~inquiring bent of mind.
These all are characteristics Of long
fingered folk.
One point gained by this
| ing fondness for details is that II In
| sures a good memory For we have
memory, in the main, only for the
things we are Interested in. Hence
your long-1ngered chap to whom the
smallest detail or occurrence possesses
an Importance and a depth OF meaning,
and retains them all in his memory.
Patience is another trait of theirs.
| which is the logical concommitent Of
this careful regard to minutiae.
Between the painstaking devotion to
detail shown by the long-nngered per-
son and the analytical acumen Of the
knotty jointed one there Is this differ
ence that the one is primarily an OBJ
server while the other (the knuckled
individually is a thinker. One seeks, the
other reflects.
When, as was the case with Presi-
lent Lincoln, long fingers are coupled
with prominent knuckles, you have a
con1bination which Is hard to beat in
the way of argument or philosophic
depth.
When long fingers are very er1ac-
lated looking their ~possessors lack
courage. are selfish and apt to be ser
vile. and cannot be looked to very con-
fldently for any fayors. Hypocrisy, too,
is often an element Of their makeup.
They are the fingers the very form Of
which suggests GOODNESS, and that is
why Uriah Heap Ito whose type Of hu-
mainly they belong) vas forever rub
bling them together, as II to keep them
warm.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
THE PRUDENTIAL SURPLUS

e1 BE attitude OF the Prudential directors in the legislation over
ia the companys surplus is that of defense of the interests OF
the policy-hoders and of the integrity Of their great trust.
al the wonderful growth and prosperity of the Prudential is due
primarily to the money of the policy-hoders and to their faith in
the stability of the company. The stockholders have been enriched
beyond their dreams for their cash investments. The companys
policy has been that of strict conservation of the policyholder,s in
terest as having the first claim upon the company, and this policy
looks to every possible contingency of the future. In performing
this great duty the company is still enabled to pay dividends that
yesterday made the stock $50 bid. There is a small number of stock
holders, while the policyholders, according to the last report, aggre-
gate the number of 9.56S,63s, of whom S,567179 are of the industrial
and wageearning class. The enormous growth of this army is
shown by a net increase for last year of 722 495. The insurance
represented amounts to nearly two billions. What wonder that
President Dryden and the board of directors feel the great weight
of their responsibility TO a trust of this magnitude and resolutely
maintain q surplus equal. they believe. to any calamity that would
tax the resources of the company.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

pelofe trying to cure its ailments, it
ooes not say that people must know
something about that larger and more
important body-the social body-before
tfNlns to administer to it's needs.
we haVe people going about the coun-
ttv telling us hat we should do this
ana mat in order to be healthy and
prosperous. yet these people have never
taken the trouble to find out why we
are not healthy and prosperous. why
We are Ill, What caused the ailment
of the social body,
Inc young man. when he ecomes of
age, goes to the polls and casts his bal
lot for the people that are to administer
TO our wants, without himself knowing
our wants, or knowing whether the
people be votes for know our wants.
Our social doctors, the voters. and
the fathers and mothers that influence
the young voters. are an ignorant lot
of doctors. They do not know the sub
Ject they are treating, FOR the simple
reason that they have never made an
effort to study the social body. Thcy
have not read the books that talk Ct
this social body and have never rome
down to the slums to find out how the
diseased portion of this body lives and
what their needs are. Many of them
try to give immediate relief-charity-
Blu few, If any, try to cure the illness
so that 1t will never come back. Few
get down to the root of the evil. for
they do not know what the root OF
the evil really is.
Our young men, young women, and
older men and women, should read the
books that tell us about the social
body even though the subject is not
the most pleasant. The physician must
do some dirty work when performing
an operation, work that he does not
enjoy. but he does 1t because he knows
that it Is the only way of curing the
patient. LAURENCE FIELD.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
pOLYDORE'S QUESTION BOX.

Q~uestion-Do you mean to say that
knuckles are a sign Of a thoughtful
mind? II that is true, then everybody
with the kind of rheumatism that
causes swelling Of the joints must be
q great thinker, for they all have big
knuckles r. 3.
.Answer-I have nj doubt hat you
are correct in your conclusion, for II
you have ever had rheumatism you
surely must know that there are few
things that set one more to thinking
than that does. But aside from joking,
1t is really scarcely likely hat anybody
with prominent f1nger-joints can DO
found who is as impulsive as those
whose Joints are u~ndeveloped. It may
be that the very ailment that causes
the swelling turns the mind aside from
the ~lnnpulsive trend which goes with
smooth fingers. Certain 1t is that /
have never yet met anyone with big
knuckies q mean, of course, in the
first and second joints but he or she
has been deliberate to at least some
appreciable extent.
QUESTIONABLE the gypsies good palm
lists? q n
Answer-Gypsies are good readers of
character. They know human nature
and so. without understanding much
about palmistry, they are able to tell
things that are often amazing in their
accuracy concerning total strangers.
Palmistry is a science, and 1t requires
considerable diligence and application
to acquire it. 1t is safe. therefore, to
say that not one out Of a thousand
gypsies Is willing to devote himself
seriously to the task of mastering 1t.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
AN SENATE.

1eO ONGRESS draws to a close and the Senate majority is eyi
~ dently in a frame of mind TO make the session end in bad
6dor.4 The House has made a fair record. It passed the
RECIPROCITY bill, adopted the resolution submitting the senatorial
amendment to the States and disposed of the appropriation bills.
FTe Senate has defeated the amendment resolution, has yet to pass
important appropriation bills, and the outlook is for the failure of
the reciprocity bill to come to a vote. 1t is on the program, also,
to continue the S62 1000 subsidy to the magazine owners and
make the ninety millions of the American people liquidate it by
paying double postage on letters. The senator's who will retire for
good nexA satugday will have brought about these results. They
- make an inglorious exit flom senatorial Life
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

0TTa HE Supreme Court decision in favor of the retirement fund
law, under which public school teachers in this State, by
the terms of their employment, arc required to pay . per
cent. of their salary to the fund, is a victory for public education.
The fund was instituted for the benefit not merely of superannuated
teachers, but of public educational interests. There is no higher
avocation than that of the teacher and there is no other profession
that is so poorly compensated. Until the retirement fund was in
sttuted the teacher who taught a lifetime in the schools and had
become old and incapacitated faced indulgence upon retirement.
The fund relieves the faithful teacher of that apprehension. II
insures a decent maintenance in old age. Consequently the law is
an encouragement to men and women to make teaching a life pro.
fession. II deters competent teachers from resigning to take up
other occupations. In these respects it is of immense benefit 10
the cause of public education.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
Keen Baseball Clean.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
The statement that the bookmakers
are trying to break into baseball Is to
be viewed with alarm by all those who
love the national game and no action
that can be taken to stop it is too
severe.
SO surely as betting touches q pas
time, so surely does that game become
ruined. The history of sport shows
that betting has poisoned everything it
touches. | am not speaking from puri-
tanical motives, because [ bet myself.
occasionally. but I realize that baseball
can remain clean only so long as the
professional bettors are kept away
1t seems unfortunate that a number
Of people who call themselves book
makers have become so accustomed TO
easy money that they cannot see any
other way of making a living.
But that a clean. healthy pastime
that millions of people enjoy shall be
cone spoiled so that q few wise ones
shall live on easy street. does not seem
fair, and the sooner the authorities take
action the better it will be for the
game.
There has not been a f1ght Of any i'm
p%ortance in the last ten years that has
not been touched with suspicion. and
this is true of every sport around
which there is much betting.
To conclude, let us hope that the one
that has so far remained uncon-
taminated may remain SO forever.
Hoping YOU will give this space in
your valuable columns, 7 remain.
HAROLD BLEEEER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
Let Them shut the Door Ere Swearing.
To the Editor OF the Evening star:

~ e"N f1llV VI IAAC 6N0AAlliE oldl
Why do motormen on the trolley
cars leave the front door open while
they are expressing a difference of
opinion with a driver of a wagon who
is blocking the track? Both Of these
honest, Woodworking fellows believe
they are right and consequently much
abused when such a quarrel is on.
That is no reason, however, for the
motorman to voice his feelings with
the door behind him open. The writer
was riding in a trolley car during a
recent snow storm, when the track was
blocked by a horse and wagon. The
motorman ang his bell again and
again while we crawled along for a
block. The driver of the horse made
several attempts to pull out, but his
horse would slip and slide.
The motorman looked at his watch
and evidently figured he must do
something desperate. He then started
TO swear. several men in the car
urged the motorman to remember there
We're several prospective suffragettes
in the vehicle, but he was too busy.
For two minutes the motorman re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
A FEW FACTS.

In New York a stock exchange mem
hership costs $4,000; i'll Montreal, 500
500; in Boston. S2S, 700; in Toronto,
1924, 800, and IN London, $1,000.
The Morris canal was completed in
1886 and it cost $4,000, 900
New Jersey ranks third among the
States in it's building and loan associa-
ton assets. with s. ,559,03i.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

The People; Rostrum


Tho STAR extends the privilege
OF these columns TO the public ana
invites signed communications OF
not more than one hundred words
treating OF topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

Division superintendent William
Graham. OF the 2. S. r., and Sergeant
Michael Tully, Of the -Four Corners
traffic squad, are great friends. If you
see them in close conversation these
days depend upon ii they are planning
a trip to ireland next summer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

Conductor No. -, of the Mulberry
street line, had six passengers on his
ear all at once ono day this week. He
survived the shock.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01

What is a boy" asked James l..
Hays at the commencement exercises
held in a school recently. He was ad-
dressing several hundred children and
their proud parents.
Mr.. Hays explained that he had
heard many people express their opin-
ions of what a boy really was. lie
wanted the bona fido opinion of the
disputed subjects themselves.
Several youngsters gave their YER
sions, such as, "A good boy is a little
gentleman" etc. Then Mr.. Hays spied
a small hand down near the end of the
ROOM. He babe the owner Of the
hand to stand up and speak.
"A boy is the beginnin' Of a man,
piped the youngster. Many of the edu-
cational authorities present voted this
the best definition of q boy that they
had heard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-01
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Deputy Chief Engineer James {.
Hallock. the busy man in the City Hall,
who builds roads and things for New.
ark, and who is an expert engineer
was for five years director-general CT
public works down in Ecuador. If it
hadn't been fer the annual revolution
he would still be there. He says that
he liked it in Ecuador, and in order
to keep in touch with old times he
goes to New York every now and then
to talk about the DAYS of yore with
Leonidas Plaza and Lizardo Garcia.
the two former presidents Of Ecuador.
under whom he directed" Director
General Hallock and the two former
presidents find the United States less
picturesque than Ecuador. and a lit
tie less exciting.