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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
Fire Drill Averted Panic.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Being an eyewitness to the fire drill,
as executed by the children of the
Eighteenth Avenue Public school, yes
terday, when a fire threatened the
building, ] wish to commend the princi-
pals and teachers for the good manner
and order In which the 1,400 children
left the building. 1t proved that fire
drills are absolutely necessary and
shows how much danger can be avoid
ed when the scholars are properly in
structed in this direction.
It is useless to say that a panic was
averted. Had it not been that the
scholars have on several occasions re-
eeived their instructions from the
principal and teachers to always keep
a level head and to use certain exits
there is no telling what the result
might have been.
This school is, no doubt, from its ap-
pearance, one of the Oldest In the city,
suppose hat the interior Is well
equipped with fire appliances, which
are ready to be used at any time. This
will be of service in case there should
ever happen TO be a small blaze, which
could be extinguished before the fire
apparatus arrived. ]. B. HIGGINS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
pOLYDoRE QUESTION BOX.

Question: inclosed a second print of
my right and left hand a week ago, but
you have not answered it. You said II l
sent a better print you would give me a
reading. KATHERINE C.
Answer am not able to find any
trace of the prints you sent me. do
not recall having received them at all.
l certainly would have been but too
glad to comply with your wishes. II It
does not entail too much trouble. may I
beg you to SEM another set of prints?
Question: must beg to acknowledge
your kind and interesting answer to my
questions. I should like to have my
hands read by you without the inter
mediacy of imprints. Do you ever do
so? PUZZLHD
Answer-You are very kind to express
qualification and I thank you. I shat,
be glad to answer your second query. ie
you will let me know where q cornmu.
nication can reach you.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
rhlnk. aI.hop w.. WRONG.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star: =.
A noted clergyman of Maine spoke
at a recent conference of E~piscopalians
in Portland, Me, and pleaded for the
continuance Of war. He also advised
his hearers not to let the talk of dis
get too great a Roadway or
We would regret it.
This divine pleads for war and war
riors because he say it tends to uplift
men and women morally and phys
ically. There are a great many people.
including the writer. who think The
Episcopal bishop is wrong, Wal has
been the means of settling all interna-
tional labor and personal disputes in
the past. n the past is nothing for
us to brag about, In the opinion OF
the writer war is the essence of ''un-
civilization" Savases war with each
other and TAX 3 delight in killing as
many as they eth, If we do not take
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
The People 5 Rostrum

no mayor shall be elected by the peo-
pie, but that one of the Ave commits
sioners chosen in each municipality
that has accepted the act shall be
designated as mayor by his col
leagues in the board. He shall not
lave more power than his colleagues.
Is this m~ake-believe mayor to have
the power of selecting the members of
the boards of education in cities like
Jersey City, Elizabeth and Hoboken,
for instance, when the Frelinghuysen
law did not contemplate any such
thing? Are the people going to stand
for the appointment of their repre-
sentatives in the school board by some
body whose selection has been far re-
moved from them, who has not been
clothed with the power in the repre-
sentative spirit? CONSISTENT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
THE FEE OF THE CANAL BASIN.

1A HE Chancery decree signed yesterday in the successful suit
by the attorney general to recover for the State its equity
in the Morris Canal new basin at Jersey City is the first out
come of the tentative compromise agreement between the State
government and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company respecting
the future disposition of the canal property. The decision by the
Chancery Court was announced last January and the railroad com
panys lawyers were prepared to take an appeal to the Court of
Errors. The tentative agreement put an end to further litigation,
and yesterday the form of the decree was mutually agreed upon
and the decree was signed. BY the terms of this decree, after re.
paying to the company $4,000, with interest, that was paid to
the Riparian Commission in 1880, the company can retain the lease
as tenant of the State until 1874, paying annual rental. The rail.
road company has raised a question of repayment of taxes on the
basin property, but it is only a lawyers bubble. No equity court
would ever allow such a preposterons claim. If the tentative agree
ment shall go through, however, the state is to give the fee of the
basin to the railroad company for 10000, by far the most profit
able transaction that the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company ever
entered into.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
Gathering OF Plum C~rabber.,

To the Editor of the Evening STIR:
There's n thing that is most strik-
ing in the reports on the dollar dinner
OF the Progressive Republicans Thurs
day night. At least 1t is most strik-
ing to me, and | have followed local
political events pretty closely for some
years.
To me the most striking thing about
1t all is that every man of any prom
inence in it is an officeholder and has
a good fat job as the reward for his
services as would-be wrecker Of the
Regular Republican party. From
George L. Record, prince of wreckers
n prince misohief-maker of any
wing of any party he happens to be
affiliated with, down to those tina are
hanging onto political skirts for what
most tenderly. If the list of the lead
ers is looked over it will be seer how
many have been ~gladdened with fat
jobs.
less unsophisticated parsonage, I mag
ined when the great reform move
ment started that 1t was actuated by
purely patriotic motives. But alas!
Once again I am forced to admit that
it was the a-ttractiveness of the politi-
cal plums that vas at the foundation
of the getaways activitiesl H.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

Gus Mayer, the New York c%artoonist,
that fact alone makes him great. They
all tell of one Of his experiences during
the visit of Prince Henry to this
try.
Mayer was assigned to sketch Henry.
He liked forth to where Henry would
be rugged out in tweeds. The mar at
the door, whom Mayer knew well,
politely but earnestly told him that
without the conventional dress-suit
Mayer could not speak the password.
The c~artoonist and the scribe that
went with him took a taxi down to
Baxter street. and in a few minutes
got a fit-me-quick claw-han1mer that
looked like a relic from the days of
the Spanish inquisition. Nevertheless,
they got in.
When the fest was over the two men
returned to Baxter street to claim their
tweeds and leave behind. gladly, too.
mission successful? 1t was not. The
Baxter street. clothier had moved by
the time the men returned. Why?
Because the dress suits were worth
$3.50 apiece and the tweeds aggregated
a century bill. Besides. it is said down
in Baxter street, that it is cheaper to
move than pay rent.
Colonel Edward S. Edwards, secre.
tary and State superintendent of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, who has his Office in the
main building of the .'Pru.' laughed
hoarsely the other day when it was
suggested by a friend that, like Othel-
10, he will soon find his occupation
gone because of the advent OF the
auto.
why he said, 'how many cases
do you suppose we had last year,
Don't know came from the friend
Well" he returned. mo less than
500, nearly two for every court day In
the year. Does that look as though
we have got to the 'horseless age?' I
guess mott"
And then the colonel chuckled and
went on to tell of the many offenders
that his men caught who promptly
pleaded guilty,
A poor woman went into the dental
office of DIR. Marcus Straussburg, of
this city. After examining the tooth
that was aching the. doctor advised
having it extracted. To avoid any
pain, as 1t would be rather a difficult
tooth to extract, he told her that she
had better take gas. Upon being told
it would cost a dollar with gas
she askedA with all sincerity, will 1t
not cost less to take ke%rosene?"
Harry B. O'Connell, member of the
Board of Works. stood at the corner of
and Broad streets yesterday
looking at the rough spots In the pave
lnent. when a couple of Market street
business men In chorus.
Hello, Harry; when are you going to
give US a new pavement" said the
business men in chorus.
Just as soon as you people get to-
gether and make up your mind what
you want" shot back the genial COM
missioner.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
spring Cleaning Due.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
When are the alleys and side streets
of this city to receive their annual
spring cleaning? The larger streets
INC alleys in the centre of the city
and In the better class f residential
sections have been fairly well taken
care of up to date.
But In the crowded sections OF the
city, particularly in the Italian section
of the Fifteenth ward and the foreign
section of the Hill district, the condi-
tons are a disgrace. A great improve
ment could also be made in the Iron
bound district.
The street department should get
busy ON these sections at once.
OBSERVER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
Xxx. QUALITY OF HEART LINE.

Two Heart lines may be equally long
nd perhaps equally conspicuous, and
yet there may be a worldwide differ
ence between them. One, we will say.
is clear and deep, the other wide but
shallow. In the former case you have
health. vigor and good morals; in the
other case the heart is physically weak
and there is always danger that, in
morals, 1t may not prove invulnerable.
for the heart in this case is tickle and
as ~changeable as the inconstant
moon"
This characteristic of the lines is
called their quality or character. And
so, you see, the Importance Of being
able to distinguish at a glance just
what the quality of a line is
First, let us consider the best kind
of Heart lines-that which is clear and
deep. 1t will be recognized partly by
the fact hat 1t appears to be deeply
craven into the palm and partly by
the absence of any islands. chains,
cross bars or other distractions.
When you find a Heart line of this
kind you may know h a its owners
heart is in excellent physical condi-
| ton organically and that nothing is
more foreign to his nature than to fit
butterfy-like from one budding love to
another. He is constant. Though
ardent in his affections, he is not at
all inclined to be demonstrative. And
\ sentimentality he simply spurns as un-
worthy of the deeper kind of love.
OF course, in reading this line Gas
in fact any other kind of line) you
must not neglect to take a cheiros-
nomic inventory of the person before
making any positive procurement.
So. for instance, If he be a Lunarian,
you must not attach the same warmth
of affection to a clear, deep Heart line
as IL the person were a Venusian, Mar
tan, Ap%ollonian or Jupiterian. The
Lunarian is naturally q cold, selfish
type, and all that a deep, clear Heart
line can accomplish for him is to some
what thaw out the reserve with which
nature has hedged him in. ifl
If this Lunarian's fingers are short
and spatulate, the coldness will have
received another infusion OF warmth,
and still another one, If the flexibility
of the hands or fingers is pronounced.
So many counter-checks to the Lu-
marian GOODNESS cannot but render even
SO selfish a type very agreeable.
Even the Saturnian, who is inclined
by nature to be malignant, derives
much geniality and warmth when the
Heart line is deep and clear, and this
warmth will be increased, according as
the line is accompanied by spatulate or
comic finger tips, f1exibility. good color
and the impulsiveness and intuitive In
tellect tina goes with short, smooth
fingers.
If all this fine combination is found In
he hand of a venusian, it is dollars
to doughnuts' that he is one of natures
noblemen of the highest and most ad-
mirable type.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
RREcONCfLABLES IN MEXICO.

IT t Is yet TO be seen whether the principal insurrecto chiefs in Mex.
leo will comply with the arrangement effected between the
Diaz government and Madero. There are yaulting ambitions
among these chiefs, and their forces, having entered upon a career
of conquest and of pilage, are indisposed to lay down their arms
and go back to their old conditions of hard and poorly requited
labor, Promises have been made to them of which they see no full.
flment in a mere change of heads for the government and the in
auguration of some slow: going reforms that perhaps will be of no
benefit to them. 1t was shown in the incident at Juarez, in which
Madero was brow. beaten and placed under arrest by one of his
leutenants, that his personal authority is precarious.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
Are Laws Consistent.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
One of the school reform bills passed
at the recent session of the Legisla-
ture provides that The members of
the board of education in every city
of the State shall be appointed by the
mayor after January 1 next. The COM
mission government bill provides that
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
A NEW STYLE OF LEGISLATURE.

m LEGISLATURE cringing under a masters whip, like so
IA many animals in a cage, is the conception of the ideal legis
lative body now presented for adoption by soberthinking
people in this State. 1t is not an inviting one for men who may
be disposed TO make personal sacrifices to accept nominations for
the Legislature and will not encourage good men to be candidates.
But who would have thought until now that the New Jersey Legis
lature would ever be depicted as SO many animals in a cage, cover
ing under the whip?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
invites signed communications or
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

Constables Osborn and Schroeder, of
of Elizabeth, who is charged with as
sault and battery upon former Alder
man Francis Coyle.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19
YEARS AGO TODAY,
MAY 10. 1896.

Augustus Dusenberry resigned as a
member of the board of governors of
the Garfield Republican Club.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

Samuel J. Davis delivered an address
on Armenia" at the last regular meet
ing Of the Adelphi Bachelor Club.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

The Sinking Fund Commissioners
arranged with Comptroller Gibson
for the purchase of one-third OF the
$500, 900 worth of High School bonds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

Word was received here from Cleve-
land, O., that the Rev. Drs. C. C. Nc
Cabe and Carl Cranston were elected
bishops at the Methodist Episcopal
conference in that city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-19

Edward Nelins, OF 326 Cushion street,
Philadelphia. vas run down by a Penn
~sylvania railroad train at the Green
street crossing. He was taken to st.
Michael's Hospital by Patrolmen Tully
and Ebert. Both legs of the Phila-
delphian had to be amputated.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-12
CONSERVATION OF
CR|LDREN's eyes
0ne-Third Of Cases Of Blindness Is
PreventabIe and Most Cases Of
Defective Vision Result from
Abuse of Eyes.
LBy Associated Press.l


San Francisco, Cal, July PA
conservation of vision day" when the
care of the eyes will form the subject
of consideration in the schools and
public assemblies throughout the
United States, was proposed by DR.. F..
Park Lewis, of Buffalo, N. ", in, an
address today before the department
of special education of the National
Education Association This sugges-
ton was made in order that thought
may be fixed upon the subject, and the
public enlightened as to the necessity.
certain day in the fall of 1912 as a
conservation of vision day" was sug-
suggested.
In his address DR.. Lewis said, in
part:
THE children of the country are its
most valuable resource. To the extent
that their efficiency is developed, and
their productiveness increased, will
the standard of civilization be raised.
The most valuable single asset in their
effectiveness is their eyesight, and this
is in large proportion of cases need
lessly sacrificed. One-third of all blind
ness is preventable, and much larger
proportion of people with defective
vision need never have suffered this
handicap had right protective meas
ures been employed.
"A movement is under way to CO.
ordinate the efforts OF the teachers,
the doctors, the social workers, the
sanitariums, the architects, the elimi-
mating engineers, the mothers and the
public generally in making more wide
ly understood and carrying into effect
the principles of the hygiene of vision.
This is being developed through the
American Association for the Conser-
walton of Vision, which includes in its
active membership many of the most
distinguished scientists in the country.
1T is proposed, and this work has
already been begun, to issue publica-
tions under the authority of special
lists in the various departments. These
will include studies in the proper
lighting of schools, the best form of
type and paper to be employed, and
more especially the lessening of the
hours of eye work. II will consider
also methods of protecting the eyes
from needless accidents. These causes,
contributing so largely to defective
eyesight, are largely goyernabe.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-12
Bank Examiners Meet.

Philadelphia, July 12.-National and
state bank examiners of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia met here today for a confer
ence, the first session of its kind ever
held in this section and among the
first in the country. The discussions
will follow the outline suggested by
Lawrence 0. Murray, national comp
troller of the currency, at Washington.
The interchange of experiences and
the discussion of various phases of
their work is expected to produce i'm
portant results whereby the interests
of depositors, financial institutions and
the examiners will be benefited. Comp
troller Murray is the principal speaker
on the program here, and addresses
will also be made by c. S. Hunter, of
Virginia; J. c. Motter, of Maryland,
and various others.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-12
MoRMoNs IN MADISON COUNTY.

We have no patience with the Nor
mon elder and his private creed. Why
the good people of Madison county
submit to the existence of colony in
their midst is more than the writer
can understand. AS far as this paper
is concerned it is prepared to make it
warm for the sect whenever any at
tempt Is made to locate here.-Nava-
sofa Examiner-Review.
Two or three years ago some Nor
mon missionaries visited Bryan,
preaching on the streets and distrib-
uting literature, but so far as we
know they made no converts. There
is little danger in Mormonism or any
other outre cult where the people are
intelligent. 1t appeals only to the
ignorant and superstitious. To use
force in suppressing it is not neces-
sary and is generally bad policy, be-
cause it gives its votaries an excuse
TO raise the cry of persecution and
thereby win sympathy. Truth is the
best weapon to use against error in
every form.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-12
MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS


San Francisco, Cal. July 12.-The
keynote sounded in paper by Miss
Elsie VI. Shave, of st. Paul, Mimi,
pre- sident of the music department of
the National Education Association, at
a section meeting of the association
today on Public School Music in Re-
lation to the Music of the Community
was that public school music is one Of
the largest factors in the making of
America musical nation.
Music in its relation to the home
was first considered. Germany" said
the speaker, lis said to owe the pre-
eminent place it holds in the musical
world today to music in the home. One
of our foremost musicians in America
today-a German by birth-has said
that he owes his musical gift, not to
his father, who was noted as con-
ductor, virtuoso and composer, but
rather to the lullabies and other sim
pie folk-songs that he heard from his
earliest infancy from his mothers
lips.
How can our public schools assist
in bringing more music and music of
better quality into the home? By
having nothing but the best music
sung or played in the school; and Sec
ond, by including in the course of
study many beautiful folk and other
simple but good songs, which through
love and familiarity the child will nat
urally carry to his home. With the
advent of the mechanical piano
player and talking machine in the
school, the supervisor has an addi-
tional responsibility, as it becomes
the duty of the supervisor to select
music for the children to hear that
will cultivate in them an appreciation
of the very best in the art of music"