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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
PARK WALKS IN BOSTON.

Believing that the main reason
more people do not make greater
use of the wonderful variety of parks
In and about the city is that not
enough invitation Is extended, the
Public Recreation League of Boston
has been conducting for several
months a series Of park walks on
Saturday afternoons. Parties are ar
ranged for informal outings to the
natural beauties in the vicinity of
Boston. The walks are for the pub
lie, without membership, dues, or
other f~orDiality. Anybody interested
is welcomed. The invitation is given
through notices in the daily press,
and by circulars cent out by mall.
The example it is expected will In
cite private individuals to organize
independent walks. Although each
party has guides, their efforts are
not SO much to point out every feat
urc, but to discourse upon a few and
to hint CT the others that lie just on
this side or on that, and to so in
duee the trampers to return In small
er parties by themselves. The Public
Recreation League is really adapting
autdoSr use the decent system,
Ar Of museums have
Tho Survey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
u. s. STEEL MASTERS DELAY
EIGHT-HOUR DAY ABROAD.

While the National Child Labor
Committee and the Consumers
League have been downing the buga-
boo Of Interstate competition, there
has been arising q specter of greater
magnitude, and, II we may believe
those who declare that they have
actually seen it, of more terrifying
visage-competition between nations
for the foreign market.
The steel industry In America Is
especially fearful that If the S-hour
day is adopted in the United States,
Germany, where the 12-hour day and
7-day week also obtains, will drive
our manufacturers out OF the mar
ket.
ut Is just this condition." says
John A. Fitch In The Survey, that
gives Importance to a meeting in
London of the Commission on the
Continuous Industries of the Inter
national Association for Labor Leg
islation.
cat this meeting Il developed that
in Germany $4,000 steel workers
have a 12-hour day, but that during
the ~ hours q 2-hour rest period is
required by law, and is rigidly en-
forced. In 1909, these conditions
were considered in the Reichstag and
a resolution was adopted urging the
Federal Council to establish a maxi
mum Of 10 hours in the steel In
dustry in general. So far the Fed
eral Council has taken no action.
The chief objection brought by the
manufacturers against such restric-
lions was the fear OF the effect Of a
handicap In competition with the
United States.
"In great Britain, beginning some
fifteen years ago, the 8-hour had has
been extended until today half Of the
iron and steel manufactured in the
British Isles Is produced under an
8-hour day.
"The only strong argument against
an 8-hour day in Germany is the
United States, and the only strong
argument In the United States is Ger
many. The establishment Of an g.
hour day in the United States, wheth-
er by voluntary action on the part
of the steel companies or by law,
would probably sweep away the
whole difficulty"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
ROOSEVELT is
MUCH PLEASED
JubiIant at Reception He Got
In New England.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 19.-Colonel
Roosevelt is back to Sycamore Hill
flushed with satisfaction over the i'm
preston he believes he has made in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island and
tubilant YER the Unexpectedly enthu-
siastio reception accorded to him In
those two states. While he reiterated
gain that he would ~studiously avoid
making a personal attack upon Gov
Wilson, be desired to make plain
his determination to give blow for
blow II the governor himself opened
hostilities. The colonel said be con-
sidered his reply to the aspersions cast
On the Progressive platform by Wilson
as very neat
1t was not necessary, he continued,
for the Progressive party to borrow
from the Democrats or Republicans,
while on the part of Democratic candi-
date there seemed to be a strong dis
position to point out continually the
resemblance of his principles to those
of the Progressive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
ANVIL SPARKS.
The birds sing foa those whe

The birds sing fo9 those who
listen.
The simple truth is too simple for
many folks to respect.
The highway of holiness Is no
place to put on high ways.
No grief Is great enough to kill
any who takes 1t right.
People who love children may be-
come aged, but never old.
A gloomy religion has no attrac-
tions for the cheerful mind.
The cold hand of a Christian Is
the coolest thing in the world.
Who has learned to delight in the
Lord always has a soul full of Joy.
II we mix u s~eed-sowing with
doubt the harvest Is apt to be weeds.
A sanctifed sourness Is the notion
some folks seem to have OF religion.
II you don't build any castles in
the air, you will never build any on
the ground.
II there is anything in the world
sweeter than a baby's smile, 1t would
hua.trip to the North Pole to
-Tho Christian
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
CAMPING IN UNCLE SANS WOOD
LOTS.

It is estimated that we'll on toward
half a million people enter the Ma
tionaI Forests annually for recreation
purposes. Principally owing to the
attraction furnished by Pixies Peak,
the Colorado Forests take the lead
in popularity, with 10000 visitors.
California has owe 100, 1000, Of whom
half are credited to the Angeles. The
Tahoe, Sierra, and Sequoia National
Forests are also popular resorts for
Californ1ans. Arizona, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana are other States In
which recreation use Of the forests
1s heavy.
The administration and protection
of these forests Is In the hands OF
the Forest Service Of the Department
of Agriculture, and Is conducted not
only with a view to the utilization
of their economic resources, but also
to make them serve the public in
every possible way.
The Forest Service works in CO.
operation with State authorities to
protect game and fish and to restock
streams and lakes with trout. An i'm
portant part Of the work of the For
est Service Is the construction OF
trails, bridges, and roads to make
access easier into the remote parts
Of the forests. Where occasion calls
for it, regular camping places are
established, and sometimes reserva-
ton of sufficient forage Is made for
the saddle and pack horses of camp
ers.
The use of the National Forests as
! reservation grounds Is increasing
steadily. There Is no better place for
application of the motto "See Ameri-
ca First than on the National For
ests.-Henry S. Graves, Chief of the
United States Forest Service, in The
Survey.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
A CURIOUS PUZZLE.

Ask your arithmetic teacher at
school to double the number of his
pupils, add 3, multiply this sum by
5, add to it the number of pupils
absent on that day, multiply the re-
suit by 10, add to it the number of
his W aunts, and then tell you his
answer. From his answer you sub
tract $50 and the remainder will be
the correct number of his pupils pres
ent and absent, and the number Of
his aunts as well. For example:
Supposing the number of pupils is
6, doubled equals II, plus 3 equals
Is, multiplied by 5 equals rs, plus
3 equals 78, multiplied by 10 equals
$50, plus 3 equals 1888. S~ubtracting
$50 from 1888 leaves 633. Therefore
you can safely to your
teacher that he has 6 pupils, 3 alb
sent pupils and 3 aunts.-The Chris
tian Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
WIFE SEES HER
GEMS STOLEN
Remained Quiet, She Says, to
Save Husbands Life.

Atlantic City, N. j., Aug. 19.-Mrs.
Walter F. KLEIN, wife Of a Philadel-
phia banker, lay In bed and coolly
watched a burglar steal jewels worth
$4,000 from the apartment of her
summer villa at this resort rather than
chance injury to her husband by wax
ing him.
For ten minutes the woman kept
perfectly still, her ayes on the robber
as he ransacked the room. She waited
until she was sure he had left the
house before arousing Mr.. Klein.
He Immediately alarmed the neigh
borhood, organized a posse of wealthy
c~ottagers and searched the neighbor-
hood, some going in automobiles while
others combed the district afoot, all
to no avail. The police were notified
and are working on the case.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
PITH OF THE MAGAZINES =
TWO TUBS AND ONE SHOWER
BATH FOR 1859 PRISONERS.

California has placed herself among
the western states which seem to be
awakening to new policies in their
prison administration. For some
time there was co nsiderable COM
plant of alleged antiquated and bru-
tai methods In the treatment of the
inmates at Folsom prison. The resig-
nation of the warden followed, and
a successor, J. A. Johnston, was Sc
cured, and was thought to be thor
oughly in touch with modern re-
formative practices and ideals.
THE later found" says The Sur
vey, that the entire bathing system
for the S Of 1,159 prisoners con-
sisted of two tubs and n dilapl-
dated shower, which had probably
seen two decades or more OF service.
1t had been impossible for the men to
obtain a bath more frequently than
once in every two months. Mr.. John
ston has had plans drawn for a new
bath house, containing showers,
plunge, tubs, and dressing rooms.
The work of construction and fur
nishing will be done entirely by con-
Wet labor.
Another projected improvement is
the installation of an automatic VEN
tilating system which will alleviate
the Objectionable conditions now ex-
listing. The cells In the main build
ing are occupied by from four to six
men each. These cells are closed by
boiler plate doors, the sole ventila-
ton being furnished by holes in the
doors one and three-fourth inches in
diameter. 1t is also planned, as soon
as the new walls and the new build
ings are constructed, to grade the
prisoners into three groups and to
abolish stripes except for the lowest
grade"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
ALL-SUMMER FRESH-AIR CAMPS.

Among other settlements which
have done interesting and significant
fresh-a1r work Is Hale House, Bos-
ton, which for several seasons has
conducted an all-summer camp at
Squam Lake, N. H. Another Boston
settlement, the South End House,
has since 1907 provided and directed
the caddy force for the golf links
of the two great hotels at Breton
Woods, in the broad alley at the
base of Mount Washington. This
forms practically q summer camp for
boys connected with the clubs of
the settlement. Sixty or seventy BOYS
each season are benefited by two
solid months of good air, good food,
and wholesome companionship, to-
gether with occupation and It's re-
ward. They have the best of sleep
ing quarters and excellent fare, play
rooms, picnic, open f1replaces, ETC.,
and are under sufficient discipline to
prevent disorder without it's being
irksome.
Christadora House and the Uni
versity Settlement, both of Manhat-
tan Borough, New York City. carry
on summer camps. The latte? has a
camp for girls called Cedar Grove,
near Montclair, N. j., which it owns
and has conducted for several sum-
mers; and a boys camp is main
tanned at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, on
the estate recently presented to the
University Settlement by Mrs. Joseph
Rowland In memory of her husband,
the late General Rowland. The es-
tate comprises 226 acres of woods
and meadow1and, situated at the foot
of Mount Beacon and with splendid
views OF the Hudson. The Rowland
Mansion itself is used as a vacation
resort for social workers. 1t Is
known as Tioronda House.-The
Christian Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
FISHING FOR s

Many people there are who delight
in Just fishing for fish. Such an one
vas John Quincy Adams. The story
was told by one Of his clients, whose
case was to be tried on q certain
morning. that he could not get his
counsel to leave his nshing-hoat ex-
cept long enough to write q note to
the Judge which read: Dear Judge:
For tho sake Of old Ixaak Walton.
please continue my case until Friday.
The smelt are biting, and I can't
leave" And the Judge having read
the note announced to the court:
"Mr. Adams is detained on import
The Christian Her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
WOULD UNSEAT BOWMAN.

Chairman Ansbsrry Charges Corrup-
tion and Bribery In His Election.
Washington, Aug. 10.-"Political cor
ruption" and bribery were terms
employed by Representative Ansberry
Of Ohio, who made a bitter attack in
the house on the right Of Representa-
tive Bowman Of the Eleventh Pennsyl-
vania district to occupy his seat on the
ground that his election was obtained
by fraud.
Ansberry was severe, charging that
corruption of all sorts, including the
purchase Of votes, was proved by the
evidence. He charged that Bowman
vas anxious to delay the vote and
that he feared to speak in his own do
tense on the floor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
THE BLIND SPOT.

In every eye there Is a little spot
that is totally blind. Young eyes,
old eyes, sharp eyes, dull eyes, blue,
brown or black eyes-all OF them,
even the most perfect, have, in each
wholly blind both to brightness and
color. This spot is located just at
the point where the optic nerve emit
ers, and Is approximately o~ne-tWelfth
Of an inch wide.
Several interesting experiments can
be made to prove the presence OF this
blind spot. For example. cover the
right eye with the hand, or a band
age, and gaze with the left eye stead
lily at a point on the wall or screen
about seven feet distant. Let another
person be seated against the wall on
your left-hand side, in such a posi-
ton that his forehead is on a level
with the point at which you are
gazing, and his nearer cheek about
twenty inches distant from 1t. Do
not turn your eyeball, but gaze
steadily as at first, and his face will
entirely disappear, and the wall will
seem to be perfectly blank. If you
spread a sheet of paper or the wall
and note the points at which a PEN
Gil moved back and forth by another
person appears and disappears, you
will be able to make an accurate
map of the blind spot as projected
on the wall.
Another experiment is performed
by painting nine large letters in three
vertical columns of three letters each
upon a sheet Of paper. Hold the
paper at such q distance and In such
ia position before the eye that the
| central Letter of each square falls
| within the blind spot, while the sur
rounding eight letters are still visit
ble.-The Christian Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
MRS. LlTTlETON LOSES.
Her Plan For tho Purchase Of Month.
colo Postponed to Next Session.

WIN SCkfSffSS ~
Washington, Aug. 10.-Another chap
ter was added to the controversy be-
tween Mrs. Martin w. Littleton and
Representative Levy of New York
over Monticello, the home Of Jefferson,
which Mrs. Ltttleton insists shall be
purchased by the government. Mr.. Levy
owns Monticello and Is opposed to
Mrs. Littleton's plans. The battle has
ragged all session, and Mr.. Levy has
been forced to devote nearly all his
time of late to circumventing Mrs.
Littleton.
Mrs. Littleton has lost her fight for
the session, as the rules committee has
decided not to report the Monticello
resolution. She intends, however, to
continue the fight next winter.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19
Has Put 164 to Death.

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 19.-With the
execution at the state prisons this
week of nine men, State Electrician
Davis has put 1874 murderers to death,
according to the records Of the state
prison department.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-19

The EVENING NEWS goes into
orc b pes In this vicinity thar
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
STANLEY COMMITTEE MINORITY REPORT.

ea He minority report of the steel trust investigation while
Ill it takes a position contrary TO the majority report, pre-
sents some strong conclusions and drastic findings. The
two reports are based on the same presentation of facts, as the
committee sat as a whole. AS to control of the great industrial
corporations the minority report fayors the Roosevelt PROPOSE
hon of federal control and regulation. 1t would compel all in
terstate corporations of $780, 900 capital or more to take out
federal charters, smaller corporations to do so voluntarily and
all to be recapitalized at their actual value, control to be exer-
cised by an interstate industrial commission, which shall have
power over prices and interlocking directorates and holding
companies. Industrial corporations are not to own railroads.
The burden of proof is to be upon the defendant corporation.
individuals and States may intervene in suits. As for the steel
trust, the minority report agrees that $70O,O00, 900 of the stock
is water and that j.. P. Morgan & Co. got $50, 500, 1000 for under
writing the corporation. 1t is acknowledged that the labor
situation has always been bad and is bad. The trust controls
more than half the steel business and has an understanding with
independent concerns in regard to prices, while there is a system
of interlocking directories which extends to railroads and other
corporations having affiliated interests. This report is con
ceived in no unfriendly spirit by any means. 1t is forced by
conditions that are fully described and unsparingly condemned
in the majority report. 1t is the very least the minority mem
bers of the committee could say to be consistent with the naked
truth as presented in the investigation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
DO YOU KNOW THAT

New Zealand has $4,000, 900 sheep?
Figuring from the present rate OF
increase of the worlds population, in
800 years there will be yer a billion
people in the United States and TO-
900, 600, 900 in the world?
The first seedless lemons known to
exist in the world are grown in Rial
to, Cal. The trees are twelve in num-
Der and were grown from buds?
The Gatun dam at Panama is
twenty times thicker than it is high,
being about half a mile thick at the
base?
Branding for crimes was abolished
in Great Britain in 1922?
Over ST. oO, 600 pounds of poultry
were consumed in New York city
during 1910?
The Washington Monument is $50
feet in height and the walls are fif-
teen feet thick at the base?
Women's fashions in Japan have
not changed materially in $500 years?
Gold can be beaten into such thin
ness than an ounce will spread owe
140 square feet?
The human voice a carry about
three miles through an ordinary
~three-foot speaking tube?
More herring are eaten than any
other kind of fish?
April is the greatest marrying
month of the year, but the day on
which most marriages take place is
Decemher thirfy-6rst?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29

| out and la-1 him on his stomach with
his heels uphill. Someone shouted:
Get a doctor. And as Tom was a
particular friend of mine, l started
for town as fast as my legs would
carry me. Fortunately I found the
doctor in, and we hurried back to
the swimming-hoie. There we found
a lot of The doctor rolled
Tom around and stood him on his
head, and slapped him, and finally
had him crying. When l knew Tom
had been saved l was very proud of
my part in the performance, as L
had made a run uptown and back
that / believed would long be re-
ferred to as the record. But while
thus pleasantly thinking of a future
of fame a woman said to me:
"fWhy, Ed, look at youn
"And then | realized hat at that
moment and during my run uptown
| and back 1 was as naked as the day
| I was born. The people laughed at
me so much because of the incident
| that / was compelled TO leave town.,
and 1 am not now identified with In
diana"
Not often are schoolroom compost
lions as startlingly original as the
boys essay on Sir Walter Raleigh.
"Sir Walter Raleigh" wrote the boy,
was a great mamie discovered
America-then he discovered Virginia
then he discovered potatoes, then
he discovered tobacco. So he went
back to England and showed them
how to smoke, exclaiming, My
| friends. be of good cheer, for we have
| this day in England lit such a flame
as I trust by Gods grace shall v
be extinguished."
A Columbia professor rebuked the
| hide abound ~grammarian, at a studio
tea in New York, with a story. "A
| lady he said, had a rather dissi-
pated husband. and one evening she
said to a friend: II wish I knew
where George was!" The friend, a
professors wife, said primly: I pre-
| sumo, dear, you NEAR you wish you
knew where he is?' NO. don't, said
the lady. 4 know where he is. He is
upstairs in bed with bloodshot eyes
and a terrific headache. | want to
know where he was!
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
SEWAGE IN HUDSON AND BAY.

I'D OUUTNEY BIGELOW says, dramatically: "There is no
le Hudson river; there is a Hudson sewer" and the sewage
all comes from New York. The example of the Passaic
valley municipalities in providing for treatment of their sewage
before discharging it into New York bay has Influenced the
builders of the Bronx valley sewer to abandon their intention to
pour raw sewage into the Hudson. 1t will be similarly treated.
In the case of the Passaic sewer the bay will be relieved of much
crude sewage now carried into it from the Passaic and Newark
bay. All the fow of the Passaic and its tributaries goes out
through the Kill Won Kul into New York bay and carries with
it the crude sewage of Newark and more than a score of other
municipalities along the river. Mr.. Bigelow should now descant
upon the condition of New York bay, due almost wholly to the
crude sewage of Greater New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
ETIQUETTE

The members of a certain colony of
artists in New York tell, with great
glee, of a comrade who, though he
does pretty well in a financial way. is
always hard up"
One day a collector called upon this
artist to try to get him to settle a
bill for picture frames.
81 am exceedingly sorry said the
artist. but l cannot settle this bill at
present"
Very well, sir. When shall l call
again?' asked the collector.
1T seems to me-" suggested the
artist. suavely, that it would hardly
be etiquette for you to call again until
l have returned the present call
Harper's Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
n SHADOW Of THE BLACK DEATH.

X A y E know in our age how that dreadful malady, the bubonic
WV plague, known in past ages as the "Black Death" is
carried from one country to another. The carrier is
the rat which infests all ships and water terminals. London
got the black plague by infection from the rats which her ships
from the Orient brought to her docks and it swept off a multi
fude of her population. San Francisco several years ago re-
ceved the plague in the same way, and Porto Rico has lately
been visited A rat infected with the plague germs has now
been found on the docks at New Orleans. Cases of the disease
have lately been discovered at South American ports. 1t has
been confidently predicted by scientists that unless the wharves
of our seaports are made rat proof and wholesale determination
Of the species is effected we will have the bubonic plague in
this country. The warning should be sufficient. 1t is not enough
to fumigate vessels before they are permitted to dock. Infected
rats may infest vessels coming from ports that are not infected
and one rat landed on a Manhattan dock might spread the con-
tagion to millions of rats and the feas from the vermin would
carry it to human kind. There is nothing fanciful in the fear
of the bubonic plague and there is a real danger in the apathy
Of public authorities.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
THE CAUCUS AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

II 7 is time for the Democrats in the House who have obsti
nately and blndly held out against the twobattleship pro-
gram to reverse themselves. They are up against an
aroused national sentiment and they are ridiculously stultifying
the Baltimore platform. Nor should there be any halfway re-
treat from their untenabe position. The naval program, the
most conservative we can adopt, is for two battleships annually
and no less. At that rate of building we can barely hold our
cwn with other maritime nations with the aid of the Monroe
Doctrine, which forbids other powers from establishing naval
stations on the American coast. Cripple our navy and that
safeguard will be destroyed, for we will be impotent to prevent.
The men who propose to stop batteship building deliberately
invite insult and aggression and would expose the nation to
horror.