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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
Another BLOT ON American History.

Announcer Blot ON American History
To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
A blot of horror. which will take
years 10 eradicate from the memory
of people and never will be from those
associated and related to the victims of
the New York catastrophe. at which 1
happened to be present and assisted the
burned and injured, and which fol-
lowed so closely tn Newark disaster,
but is much worse. This is due not to
any neglect of the fire department,
who are unjustly being criticised, but
to the IMPROPER building construction,
the lack of law obedience and proper
protection in factories employing sew
eral hundred On a floor in high build
ings filled with in1ammable materials.
The fire-escape, instead of being ade-
quate, is Of the size and construction
of one on a three-story tenement, with
ladders only fit to oreak you neck in
trying TO get DOWN in a fire rush of this
character. No country has such a num-
DER Oh ulSdSteIS, wen With OuT lUl-
mense and most improved fire depart
ments and training colleges. Quickly
Is the blame fixed and just as quickly
forgotten and the responsibility shirked.
Cheap and slapped-together buildings,
with no reason and t~horoughness about
it, seems to be the American fashion.
Shout and c~riticise today; forgotten
and buried tomorrow. So much has
been said about the slowness of the
fire departments getting to these So
called fireproof fire traps, which are
like a blast furnace filled with good
fuel, waiting patiently for the spark
and high WHY'D to put it in a roar of
flames. They would probably be more
efficient if each attended more fires
daily and had only twelve hours or
duty, thus giving them more leisure and
diversion, also putting them in a better
condition the next day for work. Actual
experience M practise is worth one
hundred times more than study and
dreaming about 1t. Yours truly,
HENRY BANGE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
poLyDoRE QUESTION BOX.

Question-Would you be kind enough
to answer this question in the Evening
STAR? From the enclosed drawing OF
both hands you will see that the life
line is different on one hand from the
other. In looking over hands Of diff
ferent people / can never find a life
line so queer as that on the right hand
of the drawing. Would you tell the
meaning of this, and oblige
STUDENT OF PALMISTRY.
Answer-If all the markings in the
drawings you submit are accurate the
explanation is very simple. An abnor-
mally large mentality, wherein there Is
a perpetual struggle between magma
ton and a tendency toward the prac-
tical, threatens to bring on an extreme
delicacy of health during about twenty
years.
This period is indicated by an
island on the right hands lifeline,
beginning at the twenty-ifth and end
ing at the forty-fifth year.
Unless means are taken to bring
about a more harmonious balance be-
tween the poetic and the business
natures in the subjects makeup, and
thereby avert this threatened period of
i%ll-health, his Cor her) disposition will
undergo a corresponding change from
one of sympathy to one almost entir@-
ly devoid of sympathy.
This diminished sympathy is ars0
shown on the shorter heart line in the
right hand coupled with the loss of the
fork which appears in the heart line
of the left hand.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
FAITH CRUELTY SHATTERED.

ooIHOUT not your faith in princes" That sage advice ought to
be written in the bright lexicon of Senator Nichols, Of
Cumberland county, but it seems to have been omitted.
The Cumberland senator, though a Republican, has been steadfast
in his support Of the Governor and his vote in the Senate has been
counted on for the RecordGeran bill, not yet brought to a vote in
the Senate. Senator Nichols had faith the imbibed it from an ad
dress by the Governor) that he would control a certain appointment
for his county. But alas for this trusting faith, and also for the
senator's personal and official regard for the executive! The control
fell to other hands. The Cumberland senator exhibits his wounded
spirit in the Bridgeton Evening News. But what a sorry exhibition
il is, too! May there not be other expectants of princely favor who
are fated to meet the same experience? And may we not expect to
hear a loud chorus of complaints about the time the Legislature
10 q clOSep
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
CHEATING PROTECTED BY THE LAW.

eTa He city ordinance relating to weights and measures as it has
existed for years has offered a premium for cheating. A
dealer who deliberately fixes his weights or measures for
the purpose of defrauding his customers robs them just as much as
if be had picked their pockets or burgarized their houses, and yet
he has been subject only to a small fine and the confscation of the
fraudulent weight and measure in case he should be detected. AS
an inspector has come around only once a year, if he put in any
appearance at all, there has been precious little danger of detection
1t seems amazing that a law so lame and impotent should have been
passed without strong protest and should then have been enforced
so long. But let us not wonder. The present Legislature has just
passed an act legalzing the watering of milk, and the Governor has
signed that act.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
NEW YORK PHILANTHROPY INVOKED.

ID E sure that New York will generously respond to appeals for
i'd a fund in aid of the survivors of the factory fire calamity
last Saturday. New York never fails in that respect. In
this case the New York community should Guido itself. Some atone
ment must be made by the public for a great crime which would not
have been possible if the public itself had not been negligent of its
duty. Nearly all of the unfortunate victims of the fire left depend
ens, who are now the worthy objects of the public care. All of the
expenses of the funerals should be paid out of public subscriptions.
Not a penny should be permitted to be taken from the slender
funds of the unions to which the victims belonged. All the world
is now looking to see what New York will do as an act of atone
Tnent
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
ONLY TWO KINDS.

Little L~awrence's grandfather was
very i'll and a trained nurse had been
employed to care for him. When he
became convalescent a young woman,
who had studied in a hospital for a
short time, vas secured in her place. A
sympathetic nefghbor meeting Law
renee, the following conversation took
place:
How is your dear grandpa this
morning. Lawrence?"
HE is better"
Have you the trained nurse stiil?"
mo, the trained nurse has gone away
and the one we have now Is half trained
and half wild.'-Woman's Home Com
panion. -.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Ferdinand Ruth, of West End ave-
nue., is a mighty hunter of game and
tells this one:
You see this fancy vest? Wen, 1t
got me into much trouble one day
while / was hunting for rabbits out In
Long Island. I never bagged one.
Why? Because, and you may believe
me or not, his vest held me up. How?
Well, 1t is made out of the skin of a
good old hunting dog of mine, and las
the evil that men do lives after Them"
as Shakespeare says, and as even in
our ashes live their wonted fires" so
this dog lived again, though dead.
For, and again I say you may believe
me or not, just as the first rabbit was
sighted that skin stiffened up so that
I couldn't bulge. 1t was the spirit OF
that good OLD hunting dog that you
just couldn't keep down"
A Roseville lawyer, who has much 10
do with divorce cases and occasionally
talks about them at home, was resting
in the bosom of his family yesterday
afternoon when the city ambulance
rushed by. Necks were craned. and
just as the ambulance disappeared
around the corner his 5-year-old
youngster piped out:
Another man nagged to death by
his wife, I suppose"
Tf 4, not 10 Uaparoffxr Eoour.a fhaf
Sergeant Thomas Connell, now sta
toned at police headquarters, was at
one time one. of the best pugilists of
the heavyweight class n the police
department. At the present time,
though his weight is 200. Sergeant Con-
nell is still able to "go some" .
He proved his ability as a f1stic ar
t'st several nights ago, when on his
way home from a lodge meeting. Ser
gtant Connell got on a car and rode
several blocks past his home uninten-
tionally. In walking back he was ac-
cosred by a ma who asked for a
match. The stranger who would have
the light was BY no means a small
man., according TO the sergeant, and
v hen he struck at ConnelI there was
much surprise. TON" side-stepped the
ruIhan, and with a we'll directed blow
took his antagonist from his feet. Hav-
ing lost his equilibrium the alleged
"hold-up'' man was 'all in" and from
the account of our friend Tom the
stranger will long remember the en-
counter.
Deputy Collector of Customs Henry
Lemassena, who has many friends
among the juvenile population of his
neighborhood, was present when one
Of his little girl chums was discuss
ing spring. She knew that Tuesday,
March q, was spring because teacher
said so.
Shortly after her mother scolded her
for soiling her white dress. We'll,
mamma replied the child, II had
that dress on from Sunday until
spring"
P. T. Quinn, for many years secre-
tary of the Board of Trade, is a pic
turesque figure on Newark's business
streets on pleasant days. His long,
white flowing locks, his broad brow and
the scholarly stoop" habitual with
him, call to mind the figure Of the
late Mark Twain. Much of his time
on the street is spent IN cheerful chats
with old friends.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28

50 NIoAt
TO the Editor of the Evening Star;
That useless and fruitless jaunt of
the committe, on county prisons of the
Board 4 F7eeholders to Cle~eland and
Detroit, for the ostensible purpose of
learninf something about the way
prison labor is conducted In the West,
makes one laugh or grieve, according
to the state o. ones finances. 1t makes
the man laugh who is not asked to
help to foot the bill and it makes the
man grieve Who knows how such things
are worked" n at the same time is
asked to help foot the bill.
Why didn't the committee make it
San Francisco, while the time was
ripe Wouldn't a little trip like that
at the expense of the citizens of the
county have been fine? Still, a jaunt to
Cleveland and Detroit, with the ex-
pected negative result, isn't so very
bad.
Wonder II a little intelligence in the
way of utilizing Cleveland and Detroit
literature on the subject of prison ron
tract labor wouldn't have been Just as
good? A.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28

danger faced them. That is exactly
what the drills are for, to teach them
to keep their heads in real danger.
When the drill is started the girls are
at first told when to expect the prac-
tise. Before going any further 1t would
be wise for the trainer to pick out one
girl in each loo as leader. II she has
the roper sand, her example will do
more good than anything else.
After a few lessons the factory m
ployees are warned that they will not
be told when the fire alarm will sound
for a drill-that they must act as
though their lives depended on their
actions. Repetitions of his will soon
make them adopts at escaping, and
hearing the fire gong so often they will
not faint when 1t is sounded in earnest.
Factory owners and manufacturers
will delay installing this system and
the delay might be fatal. Can't we
have a city ordinance making fire drills
in factories compulsory? HUMANE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
value Of Human Life.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Which Is more sacred, property or
human life? The answer depends upon
the person. The wealthy manufacturer,
with very few exceptions, thinks that
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY,
MARCH Is, 1895.

Judge Child, of the Circuit Court,
refused to grant a new trial in the
case OF Charlotte G. Hulse, who wac
recently awarded $4,000 in her suit
against the Central Railroad Com
pany.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-28

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The People 5 Rostrum


The STAR extends the privilege
OF these columns to the public n
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, 1911-03-28

Following the appearance ~ Rloor'-
field of the surveyors employed by the
Lehigh Valley railroad COMPANY
comes the report, that the company is
about to build a railroad on the bed of
the canal from Jersey City to Easton.
DIR. r. S. Tracey, register of vital
statistics, estimates the population of
Greater New York at 1885, 59.
The Gazetta Italo-Americana, a
weekly paper devoted to the Italian
population of Newark, has been issued
for the first time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

ured nets and may be as broad as one
wishes, from one-third to three-quarters
of a yard being the width. The length
may vary from one to two yards. In
selecting the net. stout. wei made ma
teriaI with Arm thread and clear. fairly
large meshes should be chosen. The
zephyr, wool or silk Is run through the
meshes across the scarf. The running Is
done so that the design is brought out
the most effectively. The zephyr or rope
silk is used in making the fringe which
adorns the ends. The scarf may be any
color, or combination OF cOlors desired,
but those made with white, cream or ecru
net are the most favored. They are usu-
ally run with pale pink. lavender or blue
Gray net, run with pale lavender. Is pref
ty for an elderly woman.
The eastern Scarfs are OF crepe de chine
worked in the ieweled embroideries of the
East Indies. A beautiful one Is of fuchsia
purple crepe covered with mosaic de-
sign in colored gems and silk In rose and
old blue tones. Handsome effects in
beaded borders are among the latest nov
elites. as are also those elaborated with
colored embroideries In silk. wool. che
Mile lacet and gold and silver threads.
Wide. finely knitted wooden scarfs are
again very fashionable. They are fastened
together in the center with buttons to
form q hood at will. At the ends is
frill of double mousSeline de sole with q
very full heading. In all pale tints these
scarfs are charming. and they are light.
easy work, should one wish to make her
own scarf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
ely ModIsh is this
Restaurant HIT With
Hufc and RetICule

this night, and hat is worn or not, a.
one pleases. Women who make the jour-
ney through the street usually prefer to
wear a hat. but when the trip is made in
q carriage or taxicab an elaborate Golf
fure is subst tuted.
The fashionable Partisan couture Just
now is SO intricate that 1t is not deemed
hair. which would have to be clipped on
In a bang. So an entire wig is substituted
and the natural hair coiled underneath
There are several costumes of the type
to be observed on any gala night in the
fashionable dining places, illustrated on
today's page. Many New Workers., liv-
ing in hotels or In small apartments
fox with no family ties which would
make the gathering about a family table
possible-who choose to make a celebra-
ton of the holiday by dining In festive
where lights, flowers. music and beauti-
full costumes lend the suggestion Of good
cheer unprovided In any other way.
\. ith lovely cltnging gown Of canary
yellow chiffon. combined with pale gray
crepe meteor. Is shown one of the mod
ish sets" Of hat, mum and reticue OF
which milliners are making feature
this winter. much to the disgust, one
feels sure, of the furriers whose husi-
ness In muffs must be suffering thereby
This handsome restaurant set by Beer is
bengaline, the silk being almost covered
with an elaborate design In furnished
gold The hat has a crown of sea skin.
and turned up against this is brim Of
channels. which is slashed to allow the
admission of huge fat bow Of yellow
and black striped silk Yellow, by the
way is the color OF coiors for evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
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bon over the front of the head in what Is
called the "bandage" filet and match the
band with earrings In very smart effect.
though only the young or piquant face
can stand the severity of this style. All
couture ornaments are more or less try
ing to middle-aged faces especially when
the ornament has scintiliating effect. A
gracefully arranged hairdressing with one
or two jeweled pins thrust among the
coils or braids Is far safer style unless
the face Is young and rosy and glowing.
chain of some sort about the neck Is
the almost invariable accompaniment OF
every feminine costume now. This chain
may be slender affair. as fragile as a
bit Of silk. and serving only as a support
for handsome locket or plaque" as
these ornaments are called. The plaque
is a dainty filigree affair of silver set
with diamonds and other jewels. and the
more striking the contrast between the
rich jewels and the threadlike delicacy of
the fligree mounting. the more beautiful
the plaque Two Of these plaques are
pictured. each swinging on its fine chain
wear outside the tailored coat are ex-
Quisitely dainty also. On the end of such
chain may be q tiny watch. a lorgnette
or convenient pencil. The trinket is slip
handsome chain falling In a graceful fes-
toon over the coat front. There are fine
guard chains OF oxidized silver with rhine
stones. amethysts or imitation pearls set
at intervals. Gold chains with small
pearls every inch or two are also rich
and refined IN style. More conspicuous
chains have balls Of red Japanese coral
jade or the vivid lapis lazuli. and very
handsome chains of this sort are set with
genuine jewels. Miss Mary Garden. on
her arrival in New York last month, wore
over a smart black tailored coat a superb
chain Of fine gold set with diamonds and
rubies.
The two pins illustrated are of silver
set with sunken rhinestones and recon-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

wear this season, and all shades ~
are shown, from a very pale canar
the deepest mandar in orange II,
''ruffied canary" and which do resc ll-
BILE the color of the little song bird
plumage when rufiied.
Two Thanksgiving dinner gowns for
the home table are illustrated-one a
gorgeous affair for wear at formal
late dinner. where there are many
guests, and the other q simple little frock
of embroidered gray chiffon for the home
dinner. This little frock is charming In
it's delicate gray coloring and In the
combination Of soft satin. embroidered
chiffon and gray tulie. the latter bein6
laid In airy folds over white lace on the
arms and left shoulder. cluster Of
cerise ribbon flowers Ii caught at ono
side of the bodice.
The other gown 10 Of black satin en-.
broidered with green threads A border
of god embroidery goes around the hem
OF the skirt and TIE bodice 10 trimmed
with gold lace yelled with green chif.
fon and laid over pink chiffon This
gown 10 by Worth and shows this cou.
turier's mastery treatment Of the deool.
ietage In a gown CT dark fabric. the pink
chiffon and lace blending into the dssh
tone SO softly that there u NO harsh line
OF demarcation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
Cleaning Wooden Skirt.

A SMALL amount Of soap tree bark
will easily clean a black wooden
skirt Put the bark into a gallon OF
water and set 1t on the stove. allowing
IL to boil ten minutes; then strain and
pour the strained water into a tub con-
tanning sufficient amount OF warm water
to wash the skirt Rub thoroughly in
this water. Do not use board. but rub
the garment between the hands.
Put the bark strainings back on the
stove with cold water and heat it just
warm enough for rinsing water. Rinse
the skirt in this anu hang out to dry.
When 1t il almost dry take IT from the
line and iron 1t on the wrong side while
il Is still damp.
A bit Of old kid glove or old canvas
sewed under the bands Of the skirt just
where the hooks and eyes are to be
placed will prevent the bands tearing
away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
Notes and Notions.
Perfume by the Cake Now.

THE latest luxury for the woman who
: likes a faint suggestion Of sweetness
about all her belongings Is the cake Of
perfume which may be tossed among
lingerie or laces without the trouble OF
sewing sachet powder up in cotton batting
and six pads. These cakes Of perfume
are put UP attractively. and when the per-
fume fails-as all perfumes do when ex-
posed to the air-the surface Of the cake
may be scratched and a new surface Of
sweetness exposed. These cakes Of per-
fume are not by any means inexpensive,
small size costing almost dollar but
the perfume is dainty and refined and by
scraping the surface occasionally the
cake may be used some time
Fashionable Bookmarks-
A WOMAN who reads a great deal and
who always keeps two or three books
going at the same time, hit upon the no.
ton Of using fashion paper ladies for
bookmarks, the modish little personages
being clipped from a fashion magazine
that uses a heavy cream paper for its
pages. The idea proved SO successful
that now she makes paper doll book
marks for her friends, providing each
little paper lady with back of white
cardboard and sometimes touching up the
figures with transparent photograph
colors.
Comfortable House Dresses.
WORK dresses. those worn about the
W house. are really models of comfort
and neatness this season. They are new
on the market. and the garments are TAX
ing the place of the old-ttme Mother
Hubbard wrappers.
The sleeves of these dresses are three
quarter length. SO that they will not have
to be rolled up or pinned back, giving
freedom in the use of the arms without
fear of getting the dress soiled. Many
of the dresses have regular roll collars or
those Of the Dutch variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

in the other. There are also inemoraa-
dun tablets and coin purses in this d.
minutive size. and all these trinkets come
provided with chains attached to rings
which may be carried over the finger or
hung on a chatelaine pin. Another chate-
laIne ornament much fancied nowadays
is the lip-stick case. To the unsophsti-
Gated this slender gold or silver tube
might appear to be an innocent pencil. of
the sort that telescopes upon itself when
not In use: but one end of the metal case
opens on tiny hinge and within Is re-
vealed the stick of jellylike lip rouge,
which more women than one would be-
lieve use now. This soupcon Of color on
the lips is great addition to a pale or