Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-10

Miss Cornelia Bradford Is n woman
who is thu honored by her colleagues.
1t must not be thought that Miss
Bradford asked the men TO stop smok-
ing. That is not so. She told them, in
fact, that she does not object, that she
likes the smell of a good cigar. The
men stuck to their decision, neverthe-
less.
If a bill now in the Legislature be-
comes a law, it will be necessary to
have at least one woma on every
board of education in every city in the
State. This will give mothers, sisters,
cousins and aunts an opportunity to
have a voice in educational matters,
and il is considered to be very wise"
legislation by most New Jersey women.
A vast army of wome1 is now getting
ready to introduce a bill in the Legis-
lature that will give them the right to
tie. Whether oil not they will be
given this privilege is not yet known,
but it is by no means certain that they
will be turned down." Most of the
big men in the country lave declared
themselves in favor of votes for
women and even Governor Wilson has
been reported to favor it, although this
week he said he has not yet made up
mind about the rubject.
A pitiful little story was told in the
papers this week. 1t was about a little
~15-year-oid boy driver who fell asleep
in his wagon and permitted the two
broncos he was supposed to be driving
to run away and injure :. pedestrian.
The little fellow was very cold and very
sleepy.
He had to get up very early in the
n rning to deliver his goods, and it is
m wonder that he "drowsed off"
This week the entire world celebrates
In one form or another the birth of one
OF the worlds greatest writer's. Charles
Dickens war horn n hundred years
ago last Wednesday, and the people Of
the United States and England, espe-
cially, showed their esteem for the man
and his work.
Though born Of potr parents, and
though his means Of acquiring an edu-
cation were limited, he rose steadily
from obscuFity to greatnc-1. It was
by hard work, by his love for humanity
ana his love for Justice, that Dickens
accomplished the thin > that he did.
He was the friend of every child, and
every mar and oma He was in
strumentai in abolishii.g the debtors
prisons in England and was responsible
for many other reforms in that country.
Can it be said that most great men
were born, in February? 1t seems so.
This month the birthdays of Washing
ton, Lincoln, Dickens and Edison were
or will be celebrated. These men are
surely great, and their greatness Is
conceded by al the world.
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor Of
the photograph, the -incandescent cleo
trio bulb and hundreds of other Won
derful things. is today observing the
sixty-fft anniversary of his birth,
This mans career is indeed wonderful.
The only education he aver received
was that given him by his mother. AT
the age of II he became a newsboy.
and today he stands head and shoul-
ders above all inventors of the world.
When the schoolboy and schoolgirl
of today gets growed up he or she
may find that all the railroads will be
owned and operated by the federal
government. No. this does not mean
that Socialism will have arrived, but
that big interests will not invest in
a non-produciive business. Thai gov
eminent ownership OF railroads is q
possibility. and that 1t will come about