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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
UNRECOGNIZED.

King Ferdinand was rs years old,
says the Westminster Gazette, when
his difficult task of ruling Bulgaria
began. He had to contend with the
further hardship hat the European
courts refused to recognize his rank,
beyond the continual danger of plots
and attempts at assassination which
he had to lace within Bulgaria. OF
his external difficulties a good story
is told:
On one of his unofficial visits TO
France-for France did not recognize
him for ten years-King Ferdinand
paid a visit to the Bourbon Due
d'Aumale, his uncle, at Chantilly.
The Due d'Aumale was working in
his library when his nephew, with
out previously having been an
nounced, entered the room.
Surprised at the interruption the
Duke began to look extremely angry
with such an unceremonious visitor,
when suddenly he burst u laugh
ing: MY poor Ferdinand, forgive
me. I was like Europe-I did not
recognize you."
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LOCALISMS

To the traveller the variations in
speech n accent and homely
phrases that characterize the people
Of different parts of the country are
always interesting. There is a region
where you wait on a person, in the
sense of waiting for him, and if after
awhile you ask concerning him you
may meet with the reply, Hes gone
away some place" There, also, is
the good old Schotch phrase, the
house has to be 'redd up" and a
person is as likely as not T. be a
body" Not there, but in New Eng
land, do YOU sit down side Of some
one; it was. we believe. a gentleman
from New York State who on first
hearing that expression asked the
user of it, What was the matter of
him. The Fastener with "a place.
Of n or two acres viii invite you to
come out and see "the grounds" a
Middle Westerner with similar pos
sessions is likely 10 ask you to walk
round the "yard."-Youth's Com
! panion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
WIRELESS JOSH

"We have taken Tenedos and await
your orders" said the Greek admiral
to the Turkish admiral during the
battle of the Dardanelles; to
which the latter retorted, your shells
are falling wide. Take better aim"
These pleasantries entirely lack the
flavor of chivalry in the remark of
the commander of the French at
Fontenoy. "Messiours Englishmen,
shoot first" They are more like the
Dragging speeches and taunts of the
Homeric heroes. preceding their
sometimes mortal cornbats. And the
two admirals ~conversed by wireless,
which was quite safe and deprived
their performance Of even the sem
blance of heroism. A new term will
have to be invented to describe it.
Perhaps the bana1ities of war;
would do.-Philadelphia Record.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24

George Ehret, jr.. the Misses Joyce,
John Joyce, the Misses Farreliy, Mr..
and Mrs. John L. Jordan. Miss Made
line Heminway, Karl Bissell and Miss
Bissell. of New York.
Miss Kruger, whose marriage 10
MI. Bergman will take place on
January q at the home of her PAR
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gottfried Krae-
ger, of High street, has chosen her
sister, Miss Gretchen Kruger, as
maid of honor. and Miss Dorothy
Kruger, Miss Ella Feigenspan. Miss
Melitta Kruger and Miss Madeline
Warner as bridesmaids. Karl Riehr
will be best man and the ushers will
be William Kruger. George Strooell
and Walter Coghlan.
Newark society was we'll repre-
sented yesterday afternoon at the tea
given at the Hotel Marie Antoinette
by Mrs. William Carroll Wilson. who
is spending the winter there, to an
nounce the engagement of her sister,
Miss Mabel z. Selby, to George
| Schreiner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schreiner, OF 104 West 123rd street,
New York city. Mrs. Wilson and
Miss Selby were formerly residents
of Lincoln Park and have many
friends in this city.
A pink color scheme was carried
out in the decoration of the looms
and the engagement announcements
were attached to pink roses presented
to each guest by little Miss Esther
Selby, of this city, and Miss Alma
ca ,,T.O &C Man You'll aftU Nj.
Schreiner's niece.
In the receiving line with the host
ess. who wore a gown of purple and
gold brocaded velvet trimmed with
gold lace. and Miss Selby, who wore
white chiffon brocaded velvet trim
med with gold lace, was Mrs. John
Schreiner whose gown was of white
brocaded velvet with a tunic of black
lace. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Schrein-
er carried orchids and Miss Selby
lilies of the valley and orchids. Pre-
siding at the tea table We're Mrs.
William S. Champ, of New York, and
Mrs. John Frank Davis, Of this city,
and assisting were Miss Marion K.
Bailey and Miss Nathalie Stouten-
burgh, of this city. Miss Esther Glib
son and Mrs. Frederick Straube. Mr..
~Schreiner's sister, both of New York.
After the tea Mrs. Wilson enter
tanned at dinned for the receiving
party, the assistants and Mrs. Boyd,
William Z. Selby. William S. Champ.
John Frank Davis, Charles Reyn-
olds, John %Schreiner, George Schrein-
er, Herbert Schreiner, Frederick
Straube, Edward Cook and William
Carroll Wilson.
The marriage of Miss Jeanette Is.
Nelson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jasper W. Nelson. of 931 Bergen
street, and Harry L.. Chrissinger. of
Hagerstown, Nd. will be solemnized
tonight at the home of the brides
parents by the Rev. Sherman II.
Marcy, pastor of the Weequahic
Presbyterian Church. Miss Adrienne
Smith, Of Jersey City, and Miss Anna
Lyon. Of this city. will be brides
maids and Jasper ID. Nelson will be
best man. Charles Vollmer viii play
the wedding march.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
THE BOMB IN INDIA.

r NDIAS population is not of the character to make trouble
for rulers. 1t is patiently and humbly submissive to au-
n thority. The great India mutiny was a revolt by a small
fraction of the people and the melting cause was the sending
out to the British native troops of cartridges creased with lard,
which was held in religious adherence. Stupid official OBJ
stinacy forced this ofense upon religious prejudice with deplor-
able consequences. Probably the real provocation for the bomb
throwing at Delhi Yesterday was the transferral of the seat of
government from Calcutta to that ancient capital, a step that
Involved heavy losses for Calcutta interests. which were of
fered no compensation for the change. There are 300, 600
people in India ana a few discontents and agitators. These are
mostly men who have been educated in English schools and who
hive learned to resent alien rule of their country. But that
rule has made immense reforms in the vast empire, curbed the
rapacity and cruelty of the native princes, irrigated large tracts,
built railroads, highways, waterways and reservoirs and saved
millions from famine and plague.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
TOO PERSONAL.

At Denver a few weeks ago a col
ored woman presented herself at a
registration booth with the intention
of enrolling and casting her first vote
in the ensuing election.
She gave her name. her address and
her age; and then the clerk OF regis
tration asked this questions:
What party do you affiliate with ."
The woman's eyes popped out.
Does I have to answer dat ques-
tion?" she demanded.
THAT is the law he told her.
Den you jest scratch my name
often dem books" she said. "Ef I
got to tell his name I don't want TO
vote. Why, he amt got his divorce
yit!'
And out she stalked.-Saturday
Evening Post.
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The True Santa Claus
By Irving R. Bacon

hoes not say whether or net II was
| Christmas eve when Nicholas per-
formed his first great act Of snealSy
kindness. At ~anyarate, it was a
bowling, stormy night when he set
forth, and, pushing open a window
| just a little ways, threw a bag filed
| With gold coin into the room at thF
| house Of the ~disconsolate father ana
daughters.
Then They Fonnd the Bag.
When they found the bag next
morning they could not but think
that it was Providence itself that per-
formed the deed. Nor was 1t long
before a suitable young man came
along and led the eldest Of the three
girls to the altar.
But, alasi there were two more. A
mere bagatelle for our jolly good st.
| Nicholas! He set out again on his
mission Of mysterious benevolence,
and threw another bag Of gold in
through the window. He felt as much
timidity abut doing good as a burglar
might feel about stealing, judging
from the precautions he took not to
be discovered and the haste with
which he made his getaway,
The second daughter was duly mar
ried off; and from that time on the
father. believing that the mysterious
donor would assuredly call again 10
help the third daughter to a husband.
kept nightly vigil-just like the chill
dren do when they are waiting to get
a look at Santa Claus.
Well, Nicholas came around all
right, and. as before, threw in his bag
of gold from the resemblance of
which to hosiery, 1t may be that the
time-honored custom Of hanging up
the stocking has sprung. The watch
ing man pounced upon his burglar
ious benefactor and, judge Of his sur
prise when he discovered him to be
the most illustrious of all the resi-
dents of the city.
Could Be Heroic, Too.
But not only were deeds of kindness
performed in secret. the forte OF
Nicholas. He could rise to heroic
heights of valot when need was. and
1t Is said of him that at the council
OF Nicaea, n of the most famous of
the worldwide conferences of the
Catholic church, Nicholas bestowed a
drubsing upon Arius, whose heresy
had rent ChrIstendom in twain. The
assembled bishops did not approve
OF Ii muscular display, and although
Nicholas was at hat time a bishop
he was stripped of his dignities and
cast into prison. But at the interces-
sion of nearly all the world-for even
then the fame of his generous charity
a spread afar-he was soon set at
liberty and restored to his see. There
is a different version of the imprison-
nent story which is the more prob
able of the two, inasmuch as there Is
no reliable authority for the state
ment that he was present at the
council of Nicaea. According to this
other story Nicholas was imprisoned
during the persecution under the EN-
peror Diocletian and came very near
winning the crown Of martyrdom, but
he was released when Constantine the
Great asceuded the throne.
After st. Nicholas's death many
churches were dedicated to him and
he became venerated almost univer-
sally. His body was stolen from the
City Of Myra in 1857 by italian mer-
chants and taken to Bari near Naples.
1t still rests there in the Church Of
San Nicolo.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
A MINIMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN.

II Y establishing a minimum wage of nine dollars Tor women
employees the Public Service Corporation has taken an
advanced step most creditable to the company manage
ment. There are many women in the companys employ they
hare light clerical work, convenient hours and free midday
luncheon. have pleasant and wholesome surroundings and a good
moral atmosphere. The company took this step as a result oil a
welfare investigation. which decided that the minimum amount
upon which a young woman can live, with "a fair margin Tor
ordinary comforts was not less than nine dollars. The policy
thus begun, and at an appropriate season, affects a few hundred
women, but the example set is of immense value. 1t follows the
Progressive doctrine of a minimum wage for women, which me
Star heartily indorsed, a doctrine that, now so gratlty1ngly
put in practise by the Public Service Corporation as "a moral
obligation will be sure to convert other large employers of
women.
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W. HAT a surging tide of thoughts
w and feelings crowd in upon
even the most prosaic person
when he turns with reminiscent eyes
to the days of childhood and sees
himself sitting up late Oh a Christ
mas v battling bravely but vainly
with the sandman IN an effort to
catch a glimpse of dear, good old
Santa Claus putting gifts into the
hung-up stocking! Probably every
body has had this experience, and
now that we know who the Santa
was who stole in after our battle with
the sandman over and the road
to the stocking lay clear, it seems al.
most ruthless to take into our conf
dence the little ones OF today and tell
them, too, the truth that makes us all
feel sad in the time of dislllusion-
ment.
But. then, the real Santa himself
was not at all so greatly unlike the
legendary one whom children love so
we'll! True, he did not take the
chimney route to the waiting stock
ings; but he was a mysterious enough
siver of gifts at that to satisfy the
most exacting mind, and SO, after all,
one need not feel greatly di~senehanted
TO exchange his mythical friend fol-
the real one.
Santa Claus is known, in the church
calendar, as st. Nicholas of Myra.
He was bishop of hat place and died
there on December 6 in the year of
grace 345. AS a saints day of death
lG ALMA IS fhn x.FhIaI 49, .L..-.[
has set aside as. sacred to him, his
f~east-day, there are many countries
where December 6, instead of %, is
made. h psychological one for his
advent with toys and other gifts for
children, But with us in the United
States. December % Is the day of
days and, after all, what is the diff
ference? AS long as Santa brings his
presents, it matters little whether he
appears on the 25th or any other day.
A Marvellous Child.
Wei, anyway. st. Nicholas of Myra
was a marvellous sort Of a child him
self and, if the early records of him
may be trusted, he began to per-
form notable miracles from the very
hour of his birth. His nurses told of
his standing up in the basin wherein
he was recei ling his first bath and.
foldins his hands, casting a ave
ful, eestatic loo& toward heaven. That
was, indeed, a promising beginning
for a saint, and his parents. good.
pious people, and Ut was nothing for
them to be ashamed of very rich.
brought up the youngster in a way
that served to augment all his ex-
cellent tendencies.
And when they died and left
Nicholas heir to a fortune he went
about doing with t the things that
nave made him so dear to all the
children the world over, as Santa
Claus.
For instance, there was q mar in
Parara, Lycia, 1 country in Asia
Minor. where st. Nicholas was born.
who had three lovely daughters. This
ma had been opulent but became
poor, and the young men who had
admired his daughters grew reserved
and distant; for then as now bowers
lend the greater part of the eDchant-
ment to the marriage contract. The
father OF the girls was almost in de-
spair, and, It is said, contemplated
taking a desperate step. when st,
Nicholas came to the rescue. History,
or at least Simeon metaphysics,
VINO wrote the history OF tho saint.
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a SENTENCE THAT WAS A "MLsT4KE."

~ NE OF the convicts pardoned by the State Board of PardOns
Yesterday is an express driver. Convicted in Jersey City
~ of the theft of two dollars from the company, he was
sentenced to two years in State prison. He had served nine
months when pardoned. When the case of this man was in
vestigated Judge Blair is understood to have said that some
mistake must have been made. that il was never intended to
impose such a penalty. 1t would be well to examine the records
Of the court in which this man got such a sentence, for com
1arsons with the sentences of other offenders. 1t will undoubt-
IDLY be found that men who committed much greater ofenses
were let off with much lighter sentences.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
FROM THE nrokEYy1LLE CLARION

There are a lot of expert hammer
throwers among the DANES Of the
smart set in this mans town. Our
polite society lives on gossip. 1t is
getting so the editor of this paper
can't come of a Sunday with d
new pair of pants unless every Wild
ow in the town, grass. sod n clo-
yer. as we'll as all the old maids, so
ciety buds, bellies and scions whisper
among themselves and wonder no"
he got EN-. For their benefit we
would say there are a few people IN
his town. although they may not be
high toned or belong to the most ex-
elusive circles, who pay for their pa
per. and there are VINO
advertise ard let us trade it out, SO
there is no mystery about the pants
None whatever.
And nov let us hope we can go
to church in peace next sunday ana
act as near like a Christian as a MAJ
NAV and run a weekly paper IN MS
burg. -.
If Hank Tunns had taken the
clarion the past nine years ana hot
confined his reading to Hostetter ,
almanac. he would have known neI-
ter than to have been saken IN as NJ
was the other cay over at West Kick
evville. where he went 20 sell a load
of wood for a music stool and no"
he is tho maddest man in n county.
ue brought the stool home and says
he turned it every which way most
all of n afternoon and never a
sound of music came from il. Hank
always was fond OF music. too. MOT
al: Subscribe for the Clarion ana
keep posted.
Elder Haskins came in on Thursday
and paid his subscription. Good boy,
Elder. The Elder Is one of natures
noblemen ana never let's 1t get more
than six years behind, which IS quite
unusual in these parts. The hlder
has recently purchased a new auto
matte barb-wire s~tretcher, n in
addition to putting up fences is now
ready 10 tune pianos at a moment
notice, Give him n call. He has a
good ear for music, having played
b flat cornet in the H~oppertown Sill
yer Cornet Band in 1874. The Elder
also PLAYED the melodeon and Is some
pumpkins on the triangle.
Ansel Peabody Sundays in west
Hickeyvil!e quite frequently lately.
WHAT'S the lady's name, Anse"
j and Miss E o. were seen
driving down the west road last sun
day evening behind a handsome pair.
Wedding bells are heard in the dis
lance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
MEAN MAN!

\ few days ago two young ladies
entered a trolley car and found only
standing room. I'm going TO get a
seat" said one to her companion.
Now you Sect Selecting a sedate-
looking gentleman, she walked up to
him. my dear Mr.. Green" she ex-
claimed. How delighted l am to
meet you! You are almost a
stranger. Will l accept your seat?
Well. I do feel tired, I admit. Thank
you SO much The man rose. sit
down. Jane. my girl" said he, as
he c~Ourteously pointed to the vacant
seat. II don't often see you out on a
washing day. You must feel tired,
I'm sure How's your mistress?'-
National Monthly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
THE BIO CHRISTMAS PACKAGE NAL.

IN He Christmas package is more in evidence than ever before
in the p~ostohfces of all cities, showing that the "Spug'
movement recently started by people who never read
Dickens and who never were in sympathy with the Christmas
spirit. Perhaps it was the wide advertisement given to the
Epng movement that gave greater fervency to the Christmas
spirit, as evidenced in the increased demands upon the postoffce
department, AT the Newark postofice the scene has been I'M
precedented. TO say that the facilities of the Office were over
taxed puts the case mildly. 1t is a tribute to the postoffce
fefce that it was handled with celebrity and dispatch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
A YOUNG DIPLOMAT.

They were entertaining the minister
at dinner and after the dessert had
been eaten little Johnny said: Wont
you have another piece of pie, Mr..
Hobbs?'
The minister laughed. well, John
n.y." he said, "slnce you are so polite
/ believe ] will have another slice"
"Good!" said Johnny. Nov, ma,
remember your promise. You said II
It was necessary to cut into the sec
ond pie / could have another piece
The Ladies' Home Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
CITY GARBAGE DISPOSAL.

yT HE new contract entered into by the Board of Works for
garbage removal will cover the period of waiting for the
establishment of the proposed system of garbage disposal
and utilization as fuel for electrical development. The contract
calls for sanitary methods of collection and disposal and will
therefore be an improvement on the old method. In some re-
spects Newark has been alert and progressive in it's govern.
ment. while in Others it has been singularly slow. We are years
fehind many cities in our system of disposing of the citys refuse
and are now only trying to catch up. Bt we are long past the
time when garbage was dumped within the citys limits to fill
up vacant lots and incidentally make work for the neighborhOod
doctors.
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On the y ~ -
SPUR Of qzH
By Roy K. Moulton
NOTHING COMING Down.

NOTHING COMING DOWN.
All don't know what's de matter of dc
eatin's nowadays;
De butchers in this town they seem to
have an awful craze
OF chawgin' moh for poke chops than
they evan did befoah.
lit makes a Teller fisger as the winter
breezes blow, 8
An the coal man am u hoistin' up his
prices so blame high.
That a peck of anthracite am all a
common cuss kin buy.
And the taters and the lour am suahly
both a~-risin', too,
And to git a little hoecake I'm about all
All kin do.
Almost every sort OF needin's hat a
feller's got to git
Am bein' showed up higher, then a little
higher yit.
There's surely something the matter in
dis town.
For it's all a-goin' up and nothin'
coming down.
Excep' de snow;
All badly know
Why it is so.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
UP-TO-DATE WISDOM.

William NJ. Wood, the head of the
Wooden Trust. said at a dinner in
Boston, according to the Globe:
1T have always been against specu-
lation. To try to get rich by stock
fluctuations instead Of by honest
work for the m good is TO be
an undesirable citizen.
Besides, these calculating invest
ments are very risky and uncertain.
It's a wise stock, you see, that knows
it's own par"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
Dinner Stories

From Germany comes this story
about a novelist and an editor. The
editor had ordered a story of a GER
tain length, and the novelist had
written several hundred words too
many. In order to make the story
fit the space at his disposal the last
few paragraphs were condensed into
u single sentence. This is the way
it read: "Von Berken took a small
glass of wiliskey. his hat, his depart
ure, no notice of his pursuers. a re-
Volver out of his pocket, and, finally,
his life"
At a trial in court when the Wit
ness on the stand was being sub
jected to a merciless cross-examina-
ton, in answering one question the
witness nodded, whereupon the court
stenographer, who was crowding the
limit to get all and could not see the
witness, ut once demanded. Answer
that question" to which the wit
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
Spugs Can't Hurt Him.

The old, time-worn saying about
giving the devil his due might as we'll
be abandoned. He will get II anyway.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-24
The Sly Mink.

A girl is so sly she can nearly
always put off being very fat till
after she is married.-New York
Press.
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ness replied. Il did answer it; !
nodded my head" The st~enographer,
without a moments hesitation, came
right back with, "Well. I heard it
rattle, but could not tell whether it
was up and down or from side to
side"