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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
UNITED SINGERS WILL BE
FEATURE IN PARK CONCERT,

The United Singers of Newark will
feature the band concert program to-
night in West Side Park, and a big
crowd will probably be out to hear
them. The following instrumental pro-
gram will be given by Suenderhaft's
band: Star Spangled Banner" over"
ture. 'Romantique,'' Keller Bella; Sc
lection, Dolly Dollars" Herbett;
waltz, Dolores Waldteufel; selection,
sounds from Germany" Trenckler;
descriptive, Winter" Lampe: selec-
ton, Macbeth Verdi; selection,
Medley" Head; march, providence
Line Williams; america" United
Singers of Newark will render this
program under the direction of John
j. PlemenikS "Schaefer's Sonntagslied'
c'~Shepherd's Sunday Song''). Kreutzer:
'Sonntag" ~c'Sunday''), Birseck; "Noch
sind die Tage der Rosen" ("Life's
Springtime'0, Spicker; "Gruesse an die
Heimat" C"Greetings to Honey, Kro-
mer; my Old Kentucky Home" Foster.
to be sung in German, arranged by
Won der Stucken.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
LURE OF DANCE HALL ON
MANHATTAN'S EAST SIDE,

The storm of lance madness his come
over the young people of New York.
Streets in which the dance halls are
located are picturesque enough ex-
ternally. The hall is usually up one
or two flights of stairs and has as
much street frontage as possible,
framed in big windows of plate glass.
Brilliant lights shine through. The
sounds of a waltz or two-step pounded
on the piano and emphasized by an
automatic drum flow out to the pasScr-
by. Boys and girls fit past the win
dows or slip into the doorway in twos
and threes, and sometimes competing
managers remain outside, announcing
the special features OF their halls. The
noise, the lights, the air of excitement
in Leslie's. Inside, the story Is taken
up in two ways. II it is a dancing
academy, the new patron is urged to
take lessons.
In price the admission to the dancing
academy ranges all the way from 8 to
20 cents for girls and from III to 30
cents for young men. In the cheaper
halls the manager is not, as a rule, a
dancing master. He has with him al
assistants two or three young men
known as "spielers.' These spielers are
generally excellent dancers, and their
business is to attract young women to
the hall and keep them entertained
while they are there. Sometimes the
spieler is a woman who works in a
factory during the day and who is
expected to bring her fellow workers
to the academy at night. In the case
of the women spielers, they are usually
doing the work because they like to
come to the dance hal. every night and
cannot afford to pay for the privilege.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
LET THERE BE DARKNESS,

Years ago. says Guy Bates Post.
the actor, 81 appeared in an amateur
performance of a play that had a dis
tinct religious flavor. The leading
player had studied for the ministry
and had a deep and sonorous voice. In
one of the scenes the lights were sup
posed to be turned down and a raging
storm simulated. The accompanying
lines were:
"'Oh, Lord, deliver us from the pow
ers ofadarkness.'
1.-THE leading man spoke the lines,
but darkness didn't follow. He spoke
them again. and still the stage was
distressingly light. Finally he roared:
".'Qh, Lord, deliver us from the power
of darkness, AND, also give that fool
gas man sense enough to turn down
the lights
THE gas lights went down and the
audience reared"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

MI. and Mrs. August Soffel and Mil
ton Soffel, of Montclair avenue, nave
gone to Oak Ridge for the rest of the
summer. They recently returned from
Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Hudson, of De
Graw avenue are entertaining Mrs.
Hudson's mother, Mrs. johnson, of Bal
timore.
Miss Ada Aszman and Miss Elsie
Aszman, of Mum avenue, have gone
to Bermuda, where they will stay until
the end OF September.
Miss Mildred Gaffy and Miss Ruth
Gaffy are spending several weeks at
Brookside. Morris county.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Terhune, of Mt.
Prospect avenue, will remain at their
summer cottage at Greenwood Lake
until late in the fall.
>
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Clarke and Miss
Bessie Clarke have gone to Ocean
Grove for three weeks.
Mrs. c. p. Belnis. jr., is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Bush.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Their odor is anything but disagree
able to human beings; in fact, people
seek them out and often spend days
in the woods cutting branches and
making pillows of the 1r-balsom trees.
VIII the fir tree thrive in this sec
ton of the country? If so, the plants
ought to prove more effective tina
dynamite for getting rid of the mos
qnitoes and a great deal more agree
able to the residents. Can the Mos
quito determination League and the
Newark Shade Tree Commission CO.
operate in their work and see If the
above plan is feasible? B. WRIGHT.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
FIRST COFFEE DRUNK IN ENGLAND.

1t was at Baliiol College. oxford, that
coffee was first drunk in England. and
there not by an Englishman u by
a Greek bishop, John Evelyn writes
in his diary: There came in my tyne
to the college one Nathaniel Conoplos,
out of Greece, who. returning many
years after, vas made bishop of Smyr-
ma. He was the first I ever saw drink
coffee, which custom came not into
England till thirty years after Eve
Ign apparently considered the coming
Of coffee to have been the most i'm
portant episode of his undergraduate
days next to the quarreis between his
tutor II the c~antankerous master.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
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QUBURBAN ToWNS

Mrs. Edward Holden, of Mt. Pros
meet avenue, and Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. Burnett. Jr., of Ridge street, have
gone to the Belgrade Lakes, Maine, 10
remain until fall. :
Miss Gladys Street and Miss Paul
inc Street, of Summer avenue, are en-
loving the sea at Asbury Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schmidt, OF
Hardwood venue, are now at Lacka-
.waxen. Pa, for several weeks stay.
Miss Marguerite Noble, of Clifton
avenue. who is spending the summer
at Lake Hopatcong, has beer enter
tanning Miss Leila Van Duyne, of his
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Kempf, OF CHI
ton avenue, are the guests of Mr.. ana
Mrs. William NJ. Clarke. of Heller
Parkway, at their summer home at
Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. O.. r. Smiley and MISS
Doris Smiley, of Belleville avenue
have gone to Mill Village, Pa, for a
holiday period.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Believing in the STARS desire to
promote the interests of the people
of the community, l herewith submit
the following, which I know will be
successful and of great benefit to the
working class who pay rent should
you be interested by it. My plan is to
form a club or league, members to pay
a small sum weekly, for the purpose
of receiving assistance in paying rent
in case of threatened eviction on ac-
count of sickness or out OF work. 1t
could be managed municipality or other
wise, and for a name ! might suggest
"The Rentpayers' Protective League"
/ have seen so many times where
homes have been broken up, destroyed
and families thrown on the streets,
when a membership in such a club or
league would have been a godsend.
JOHN MOSS.
Is CLAYTON street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Mnnts Better sideMnIk..

10 the Editor of the Evening Star;
In walking about the city yesterday
| noticed that the sidewalks in many
sections of the city were in a terrible
condition. This ought not to be, for |
am sure that the sidewalk inspector
does not allow these breaks to escape
his attention. There are many places
in the city where the walks are in
splendid shape, and l feel sure that If
a little more attention is paid to certain
sections the city will be called "the city
beautiful"
| have been informed that the city
department Is doing all in its power
to have people fix up their sidewalks.
Many are willing to do their share
without being forced to, but in many
instances complaints have to be made.
Now let all do their share toward maxi
ing the streets a treat for strangers.
PROGRESS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Danger from Signs.

To the Editor of the Evening otaf'
The recent storm has demonstrated
again the constant danger of the over
hanging signs along a business street
like Market. | have more than once
seen a falling sign come within a few
inches of a pedestrians head.
While the danger does not threaten
often, it is extremely great while i
lasts. | know of no provision in the
building code for the suspension OF
signs. n would suggest proper regula-
tons as the only remedy.
PEDESTRIAN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
WILL SOON CARRY
MAIL BY FREIGHT
Magazines and Periodicals to Be
So Transported After
September |.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Arrange-
tnents have been perfected by the post
office department whereby s~econd-class
mail matter, consisting of magazines
and periodicals, heretofore transported
In railway mail cars, will be carried by
fast freight, beginning September l.
The order was issued yesterday.
Publishers generally have assured the
postmaster-general that they will be
satisfied with the arrangement, and
assurances also have been received
from the railways that the mail can
be delivered promptly. The expense Of
transportation and delivery will be far
less than at present.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The commits
sion to Investigate second-class postal
rates expects to finish its inquiry this
week. When the inquiry was resumed
here yesterday Second Assistant Post
master-General Stewart presented
figures to show that the cost Of carry
Ing second-class matter had slightly
llcfedSeu uuIl0S the past year oH llS
rural free delivery routes.
The publishers contend that the aver
age number of pounds carried each day
by q rural carrier does not exceed
twenty-five, and that since each car
rier, with his horse and wagon, can
carry 200 pounds, the cost would not
increase with an increase in The
amount OF second-class matter handled.
Justice Hughes pitted his knowledge
of postal affairs against that Of Third
Assistant Postmaster-Genera Britt,
the next witness. Hughes wanted to
know the cost of handling various
classes OF second-class matter. Britt
knew of no seeond-class matter CLASH
fication further than the original one.
Hughes t%hereupon directed his atten-
ton TO the laws of 1906 providing for
the Weighing of second-class matter
according to a score or more classifi-
cations named in the enactment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
I'm TO Board of Works.

~ 10 BOHF0 OF nbfNss
10 the Editor of the Evening Star:
II is high time that our estimable
Board of Works commissioners would
wake up to the responsibilities en-
tailed by them, and quit trying to
dodge situations over which they have
complete control. The killing of a
child in an unprotected sewer recent
~ and the subsequent death OF Fire
man Biebel in a torn street has aroused
the people of Newark. We know full
we'll hat the Board of Works could
have all the sewer openings protected
in forty-eight hours il they wished to.
Also we know that the Standard Btu
lithic Company has a yearly contract
awarded by the Board of Works. and
whom the Bruce street asphalt was
torn up it was done with the knowl-
edge and consent of the Board of
Works.
What a pretty state of affairs We
have when our fire and street depart
ments do not cooperatei In twenty
minutes walk a person can see sew
eral streets torn up for reasphalting,
laying a sewer pipe or some other rea-
son. The tragedy which happened to
the driver Of Hook and ladder Com
pany No. 8 is liable to be duplicated at
any time. 1t takes an instance as
forclble as the killing of Driver Bic
bel to prompt a change in many of
the loose city ordinances. Let the
Board Of Works get down to business
and ~straiehten out these matters or
let us know the reason why.
CITIZEN.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
LOCAL WAR NEWS
OF FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The Newark Daily Advertiser, now
he STAR, on August "a, 1861, pub
lished the following:
Newark has responded in a liberal
manner to the support of the govern;
ment, both in furnishing men and
arms, and, in proportion to her popu-
lation and wealth, rivals any other city.
Our savings institutions have also
maintained a substantial position, not
withstanding a considerable demand
upon them, and are among the safest
in the country. As a whole, the
moneyed Institutions of our city have
this far weathered I'll. financial storm
with remarkable success"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Too Many Grade Crossings.

TO the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Grade crossings are as common in
different parts of the city and county,
just as if there had never been any
agitation against them.
Lehigh Valley railroad at Frelinghuy-
sen avenue the West Newark cross
ing of the "Pennsy," the Bloomfield
avenue crossing, the Cries at Fourth
avenue and the Lackawanna's at East
Orange.
DO you see, Mr.. Editor, every trunk
line and branch line, except the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey, is lin
it," When will the time come that
will mean safety to the people Of the
county? c. A. B.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
ENnnwS MISSION COLLEGE.

AMHERST, Mass, Aug. 24-Mrs.
James, widow of the late president Of
Amherst College. has given 100000 TO
endow Doshisha College, a missionary
institution at Kioto, Japan. The
founder of the college was a Japanese
student al Amherst and a favorite
scholar of President James.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
MITCHELL WRITING A BOOK
ON ECONOMIC SUBJECTS,

John Mitchell, the labor leader, is
said to be writing a book on economic
subjects. He will take the lecture plat
form early in July and tour the our
try, speaking on 1.-THE Philosophy,
Purpose and Ideals of the Trade Union
Movement and industrial Accidents
and Compensation to Workmen for
Losses Caused by Them"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Fir Trees VS.. MosauItoe..

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
In a recent issue of the Evening
STAR appeared a letter from n of
your correspondents on the mosquito
question. He declared it had been no
ticed that where fir trees are grown
there is a scarcity of mosquitoes. This
contention is worth looking into. for il
is reasonable to suggest that the tur-
pentine in the trees is disagreeabie
to the pests and they will make their
homes out of reach of this odor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
THRILLING WITH CITY OPPORTUNITIES.

1Ta HE extraordinary showing that is made in the United States
census report of the industrial progress of the city of New
ark during the halfdecade between 1904 and 1909 should
be inspiration enough for this community TO tackle any feasible
proposition for the development of the citys commercial as well
as industrial advantages. With all its growth along Industrial lines
Newark is only half developed. We have not begun to utilize the
immensely valuable natural advantages that lie on Newark Bay
and the meadows. 1t is there that our city will have its future
greatest growth and will win its best treasures. And how these
opportunities have been trided with!
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
FALLS IN FIT INTO FIRE HE BUILT

JERSEY CITY, Avg. 24.-Andrew
Peterson, 81 years old, set fire to an
old mattress in the back yard of his
home at 553 Jackson avenue yesterday,
and when doubling the burning mat
tress over was seized with an epileptic
nt and fell into the flames. He was
burned terribly on the body and head
before neighbors pulled him out. He is
In a dangerous condition in the City
Hospital.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
BY Adam Fay Kerr.
En- Route to Denver.
Dear Bill:

En- Route to Denver.
Dear Bill:
One of the most notable sights in a
Seeing America First tour is the
smile on the Pullman porter's face
A tourist soon learns to produce this
smile. You draw two bits from your
pocket and drop it in an open palm.
Then watch the smile and maybe
you'll near a thank you" For two
bits more you can make him bow.
Another bit of valuable advice: You
do not need to tip the dining car con-
ductor. He makes the walters split
with him. Also keep asking the brake
man if the rain on time. 1t pro
notes harmony and good feeling, both
valuable features of a transcontinental
tour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

NBoUT MEN/
@@UFNoW

watts all dis we're talk about abol-
ishih' Newark was the query hurled
excltedly at Sergeant Suchard over the
Fourth precinct rail yesterday by one
Of the new cops, who hasn't been in
this country a hundred years.
do We all got to move down to Perth
Amboy?' he went on, and Sergeant
Suchard assured him in this wise:
Don't you worry about a%bolishing
Newark. It's only the port they are
thinking of ab%olishing.9
The cop puzzled for a minute and
then put on this finishing touch:
We'll, if dey abolishes the port, viii
We all have to go back TO drlnkin' beer?
Watts de matter. amt vine good fer
New Jerseyers?'
Frank Donnelly, plainclothesman OF
the Fourth precinct, has now become
a full-fedsed baseball manager. lie
was elected to that exalted position by
the members of the Fourth precinct,
and since he has taken charge of the
boys he has turned out a winning team.
He is not a new man when it comes
to managing. and acts like a real old
hand at the game.
Don as he is called by most of
his players, is somewhat of a player
himself, and during practise gets out
and bats the ball in all directions,
making the men chase the sphere so
as to timber them up.
The season has arrived for an abb
rupt departure from the city by Post
master james l.. Hays. The former
senator is subject to hay fever, which
RACES from this week to fortnight or
month hence. according to the physi-
cal condition of the victim. But the
postmaster has heretofore picked tbs
time as the opportune season for his
vacation and kills two birds with one
stone, amply assisted by the White
Mountains of New Hampshire.
Lawyer Edward S. Black was rep
~resenting a complainant in a suit be-
fore Judge DUNCAN recently and al
cross-eXamining a negro, witness. who
in size resembled Sam Langford.
ibid the complainant strike. you?'
asked Mr.. Black.
"Ah don't remember" answered the
witness.
ID you mean to tell me that If h
struck you you would have forgotten
it?" Numbered the attorney.
Looking the complainant over criti-
cally, the negro laughingly answered:
Nah partner knocked me unconscious
once, and ah can't remember how he
did it,"
"It's queer what a fascination it is
for some people TO see their names in
print" said DR.. Paul Menk while
talking with a friend in his fathers
drug store on Market street. DO you
know there are scores OF people come
in here, ask to looll at the City Direc-
tory, turn to the page with their names
in it and draw rings around their cog
nomens. They are so ticlled over the
fact that their names and addresses
are exposed for public view that they
make the name more conspicuous with
a cross, circle or mark of some kind"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
BY Thomas Moore.

Oft. in the Silly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
OF other days around me;
The smiles, the tears,
OF boyhood's years.
The words of love then spoken,
The eyes that shone.
Now dimmed and gone
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound mo,
Sad memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
Kansas is threatened with a plague OF
grasshoppers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
AIRSHIp AND EXPRESS TRAIN.

IN TWOODS great trip from st. Louis began at 500 a. m. on
EN August IA, and, counting today, he has been eleven days
on the way. But he has made sixteen stops, the last one
at Fort Plain, \. Y. and he travelled only Il few hours each day,
and only in daylight. Atwood's speed equaled or exceeded that of
a fast railroad express, but an express travels day and night and
makes short stops. 1t does not, like the aeroplane. need to have
its fuel replenished at frequent intervals. There is no stoppage for
sleep and there is no such exhaustion for the human operator as
there is in the case of the airship. Even after an aerial service
between the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards shall have been estab-
lished the express train will still be the conveyance for people who
want to get there" in the quickest time, and there will be no
sleeper or buffet on the aerial conveyance for the selfindulgent
traveller.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
STATE INSTITUTION INSPECTION.

m TOUR of inspection of State institutions, advertised in ad.
IN vance, cannot be productive of results in the way of in
vestigation and cannot be other than perfunctory. lnsttu-
tional officers who have been notified that an official visit is to be
made lose no time in putting their houses in order so that every
thing shall be spick and span for the visit, and if there are any
skeletons they are securely hidden in locked closets. Everything
will be spick and span in the State institutions when the Governor
is making his rounds, only doubtless there will be some evidences
of Institutional poverty paraded to show the pressing need of special
appropriations.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
THE CANADIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

m LII the signs in the exciting election campaign now in progress
IN in Canada point to a victory for the government and for
reciprocity. Premier Laurier, in his speechmaking tour, is
attracting vast crowds and eyoking a sentiment strongly favorable
to reciprocity, even in the French-Canadian sections, where the
feeling had been said to be opposed. While the United States
receives large benefits from reciprocity, Canada is the principal
gamer, and it would be singular indeed if the Canadian people
should deliberately elect TO reject a bargain so plainly adyan-
tageous.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
MONUMENT FOR RALPH TOMBSTONE

DENVER, Aug. a.-The Denver
board of supervisors last night voted
to erect a monument in honor of Ralph
tombstone, the aviator, who was killed
at the meet at Overland Park on No
vember II last. The tablet will be
placed at the spot where Johnstone's
machine fell.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
An evening paper of our city last
night stated thai the Eleventh Ward
the candidacy of Senator osborne for
denomination. This is not true. No
action was taken. The Eleventh ward
will be for Frank NJ. McDermit for
senator with almost a unanimous vote
in the primary. Yours truly,
CHARLES j. WATSON,
Member of Committee.
4S5 Orange street,
EX-Freeholder Eleventh ward.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Gas DIE. OF CHOLERA IN WEEK,

CHIASSO, Switzerland, Aug. Am
official statement of the italian gov.
eminent shows that between Angus,
10 and August 10. inclusive, there have
beer 1872 cases and 6S5 deaths from
cholera in Italy.