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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16
Breeze from
the Blowouts
BY ]. K. GOWEN. JR.

The splendid power concealed under
the polished hood of the modern motor
vehicle Is no better manifested than
when consideration Is taken of the per-
Torrance In the flood yesterday of a
car owned by q Newark man. When
the water was at its height yesterday
afternoon and evening this man drove
his oar, which is light-powered and
for which no extensive claims are made
by the manufacturer, over the Quilted
and torrent-swept mountain roads of
Yves Orange just to see what 1t was
capable of doing. The result surprised
and more than gratified the owner.
who before had been rather disappoint-
ed in h progress he had made. His
opinion Of his car vas materially al
tered, however, when even hub-deep
sand and water made nc difference to
the progress Of his machine. The
owner took SO much pleasure In his
SOY ride" that. 1t was not until after
dark that he drove homeward, wet
but satisfied.
These spring days with us now are
not all joy for the motorist, however.
True the garage-keeper has not been
heard to lament at the amount OF
business flowing his way, but the man
who cares for his own car has found
life of late to be not all peaches and
cream. 1t is unquestionably rare fun
to splash through lugubrious puddles
and negotiate muddy bends for the man
who has his car spruced up at the
garage on his return. The less for
tunate owner is apt to drive with more
nQ1iffon on6 1nnciIaro h1u Joee --aal
when he thinks Of what awaits him
on his homecoming.
Don't be fooled about ~Assemblyman
Fred G.. Stickel's bill No. % for auto
mobile reciprocity for the State OF New
Jersey. 1t may seem to be staying
doggo for a while. but remember that
appearances are deceiving. Don't go
home early, ladies and gentlemen! 1t
costs nothing to stick around for the
final curtain, and who knows what
may be back of 1t?
Now that the summer season is at
the door the sales of smaller cars will
begin to pick up in a surprising man
ner. The man who buys a smaller
a generally takes more time to make
up his mind than the man who pur-
chases one of the more expensive and
roomier models. strange and paradox
cal as such a state of affairs may
seem. Also, the more expensive cars
are bought earlier in the season In
order that the owner may get the
greatest possible amount Of use from
them. But every dog has his day, and
so every dealer in cars selling under
$4,000 and in the popular roadster
models is beginning to prick up his
ears at the sound of the approaching
big business.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16
SOUTHERN HEAT MAKES
MOTOR TRUCK DEMAND.

The excessive heat endured in the
South most of the year round is the
biggest factor in the rapid adoption of
motor trucks there. Business men j n
the warmer climates realize that
horses there. on account of the heat,
are put at an even greater disadvan-
tage than otherwise. 1t is not sur
prising therefore hat Southern bust
ness men are in a receptive attitude
toward the motor truck.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16
TRUE AUTO VALUES
KNOWN AT LAST,

This is an age of comparative values
and it is being applied to the auto
mobile trade with a vengeance this
year. The glamor. which has sur
rounded the purchase of an automobile,
has practically disappeared. 1t is as
tonishing to see the knowledge dis
played by the average purchaser on his
tour of investigation. He no longer
deals in generalization. but goes to the
very root of things. Even the wealthy
man is waking up to the fact that 1t
is a foolish pastime to pay two or
three thousand dollars more for a car
than 1t can be shown there is in it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16
ACORN SUPPLY co.
BEGINS BUSINESS.

Watch the Acorn growi It has only
been planted since Monday, March II,
but progress has already been noted at
the headquarters. 25 William street,
of the Acorn Tire and Supply COM
pany.
Quality and Service is the motto
which the new company intends to
live up to. A full line of high grade
tires, tubes and an exceptionally COM
piete line of accessories is in stock.
Repairs will also be made.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16

The Schacht cars are making a great
hit in New Jersey. Sales are booming
and the Gray Motor Car Company,
2S5 Halsey street, looks forward to a
record breaking years business. This
company has sold during the past ten
days seventeen Schacht "40' pleasure
cars, Jour three-ton Schacht CONNER
cial cars and one two-ton model. The
Schacht wins on its merits and one car
sells another.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE CHRISTIAN HOME.

The Christian home-why is it such
a fine and precious thing? Because
it is a garden of the Lord, a nursery
for human lives to grow in, says the
Baltimore Sun. Its rich, fertile soil
furnishes the very best field for the
development of the virtues which We
most need. It's seclusion, it's shelter,
its wise and careful culture are in
valuable to growing souls, and moth
ing can make up for the lack of them.
The home is the God-appointed ed
ucator of mankind. we have multi
tude of institutions which we call
schools, but the real schools, where
the real lessons of life are learned, are
the homes of America. We hear a
great deal about the higher education,
but there is higher education still,
the highest that can be had. 1t is
found in the lofty lessons of self-con-
troll and self-sacrifice and sublime
faith and splendid trust, which home
life has such marvellous power to
teach. There is no training to be had
in school, or college, or anywhere in
the world, which can take the place of
the discipline of home. Every true
Christian home is a university, fully
equipped, amply endowed and able to
give the highest education which can
be got in this world. The home de-
ponds upon the mother. If she is
tactful woman she will never have
any trouble in keeping the members
of her household in the proper way,
and truly Christian spirit will pre-
vail.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
COMIC PAPERS.

The first thing some Catholic
fathers of families do on Sunday
morning as they step out from Mass
is to purchase some one of the many
notorious Sunday newspapers. This
paper, reeking with filth, is then taken
home where it's atrocious comic
supplement is handed over to the
children. The following is taken from
the Messenger of ST. Joseph's House,
Philadelphia:
''It is lamentable fact that can not
be denied, that the low theater and
the nasty moving picture show are to-
day the great pitfalls of the young in
all our cities and towns. With them,
completing a demoralizing quartet of
diabolical agencies for the destruction
of souls, go the poisonous cigarette
and the atrocious dime novel. To
which might be added, as fifth agent
of the devil, the so-called comic sup
plement' of the sensational Sunday
newspaper Why it usurps the pre-
tense of being comical or funny is a
perennial mystery to sane people, who
are shocked with it's vulgarity, it's in
decency, it's slang and the evil ex-
ample of disobedience, irreEerence,
INSTRUMENTATION and cheap smart
ness it sets before our youth as some
thing to be admired, enjoyed, laughed
over and emuIated. The comic sup
plement,' like the dime novel and the
nasty nickelodeons, is a filthy dose
that brings nausea to healthy minds
and disgust to decent people"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, APRIL 81, 1912.

The shepherds were filled with won
der. They talked and talked about
the Christ-Child. The little gray lamb
heard them and longed to 60 see the
Wondrous babe too.
One day when they were near the
town, there were three wise men rid
ing upon camels. The little gray lamb
followed them and they led him where
the Christ-Child lay.
Kneeling down, the wise men offered
precious gifts of gold, jewels, incense
and myrrh, but the Christ Child
stretched forth his hands to the little
gray lamb looking in the doorway
He could not resist the little hands,
his heart was filled with love, and
he trotted over toward the Mother and
the Babe, forgetting all about himself
and how unworthy he was.
The Christ-Child touched not the
jewels, but patted the gray lambs
head
He made the sign of the cross,-and
10! the gray lamb became as white as
snow.
Across the ocean in one of the great,
beautiful churches you may see this
pictured in a lovely stained glass win
dow.
The three kings are kneeling there
with their precious gifts upon the
ground, but the Christ-Child makes
the sign of the cross on the gray
lambs head.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
GAN ACKNOWLEDGED FAULT"

"Of course, should be glad to send
you both, but I cannot afford it this
year, so Tom you may prepare to go
and if prospects are better next year
as hope they will be, you too may go,
Arthur"
Thus spoke Mr.. Dare one morning
early in August; as he spoke, he
glanced at his younger son, Arthur, for
reply. But the boy made none and
his face betrayed none of the disap-
pointment which he felt.
The subject of school was not re-
ferred to again that day, but after the
meal, Arthur went to his mother. to
talk things over. For by her motherly
counsel he generally saw things in a
different light. This particular morn
ing, however, he felt very irritable
and when alone with his mother gave
vent to his feelings in these words.
1T seems unfair to me when Tom
cares so little for school,
''You must remember he has never
had chance at high school. Have
patience. 1t is easier for you to learn
and even if you miss years school
ing, I think you may readily keep up
with him.
This well-earned praise did not tend
to make him think better of the stu
alton. AS a rule he was not selfish,
but not being able to attend school the
following year, was a great disappoint-
ment to him.
We'll, then mother, I should be
that much farther advanced for the
next year. may be selfish but I can
not see why, being older should be any
reason for special privileges. Tom
never cared for school except that it
brought him in contact with other
boys who were out for a good time If
/ could go this year, could finish In
two years time and then accept that
position my uncle has promised me-"
Mrs. Dare talked for some time try
ing to convince him that it would be
better to wait year, as In two years
he would be too young to accept pos
ition in his unc1e's Office. But know
ing Arthur's impetuous nature, left
him alone to consider it.
One evening about week later, as
the Dare family were gathered in the
parlor reading, Tom put down his
book and abruptly said to his brother,
Arthur would you like to go to
school In my place next year?"
Arthur could not reply at first. BY
these few words all OF the selfishness
of his nature was brought before him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
CONFINEMENT.

A little bird sat on tree
And sang this song right merrily:
I'm glad, as glad as I can be,
That I'm bird upon a tree
A pretty golden butterfly
Among the blossoms fluttered by
And asked her mate, who wandered
nigh,
Who would not be a butterf1y?"
A tiny little daisy flower
Enclosed her eyes when passed the
shower,
And smiled to feel the suns warm
power;
1T is so sweet to be a flower"
A gentle playful summer breeze
Blew DER the fields and stirred the
trees,
And whispered to each one of these:
Don't you wish you were breeze?'
And Jack, chubby little boy,
With romping dog and rafting boy,
Cried out, with shouts of keenest joy:
ITS jolly fine to be a boy!"
donald A, Fraser.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
MOTHER DEAR IS GROWING OLD

When l note the gathering wrinkles
And the hair so silvery white;
Note the steps each year grow slower
That were once so quick and light;
Note the eyes a wee bit DINNER,
And the carriage not so bold;
Then I whisper, oh, so family,
Mother dear is growing old"
Surely must be mistaken,
Note her nimble fingers fly;
In and out her needles dartlng;
Surely I've no need to sigh.
Hear her laugh so free and hearty
Makes you think of songs you've
sung
Full of thrills and thrills and high
notes
Dear old Mothers growing young.
Young or old it makes no difference,
For we love her just the same.
Observation-Disclosures old Mother,
Surely ne'er was sweeter name!
AS the days pass by so quickly
May each one be brighter still
May your heart grow ever younger
AS your life with love we fill.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE BEAUTY OF OLD AGE.

There is a certain repose and cheer
fulness about old people which exer-
cises a healthful influence Upon the
young. 1t shows by contrast. Theirs
is the perfection of patience.
The young are easily cast down.
They are impatient. They are re-
luctant to wait for the tardy revolu-
tions of fortunes wheel. They are
eager to press forward, to hurry the
natural course of events. To such
young people the companionship of
their elders acts as a sedative. 1t
has taken four score years, perhaps,
to acquire this art of patience. It has
taken many years to find out the fol-
ly of fretting, to appreciate this striv-
ing after prominence, the futility of
jealousy, the satisfaction of loving
ones neighbor as ones self. Old peo-
pie, as a rule, do not appear to feel
as if they had paid too dearly for the
knowledge.
Old people have acquired the fine
art of living in today. They welcome
every hour They are contented with
what it brings, never sacrificing it to
the next. They have learned self
repression. They appreciate trifes.
If youth does not appreciate or envy
the consideration enjoyed by the old
est inhabitant, neither does he envy
youth, it's illusions, it's ferment, it's
self-conceits and intolerance.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
MY OFFERINGS.

/ brought to my God, with thought
to please,
My arms upheaped with the blue
hearts-ease,
With fragrant lily and messy rose,
All gathered for Him in my garden
close.
''These blossoms for Thee, o Cod"
said;
But the Lord smiled not,-and my
flowers are dead.
/ brought to my God a haunting
strain
The mystical dream of poets brain;
| linked each word to solemn tone,
And sang it unto His ear alone.
81 sing of Thy love, o God" said I;
But the Lord seemed deaf to my
throat's full cry.
/ stood me then at His barred door,
My hands upfilled with my meagre
store
Of aims for His poor, and 1 said,
Dear Lord,
But OIeSS me once as my GOOD re-
ward"
| knocked till my hands were numbed
in pain;
But alas, and my gold was all in vain.
20 Cod" I sobbed in my bitterness,
"Will none of my gifts move Thee to
bless?
Wilt Thou of my love-gifts have no
part;
What then can 1. offer to please Thy
hearth"
But the Lord, still sorrowing, answered
so:
s'If thou didst love Me, thou wouldst
know"
Rev. Hugh r Biunt
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
NO HEARTS,.

What thing it is for a man to
have said of him that he has no heart!
No heart! Then he is hardly human
being. He is like an oyster, potato,
a stick, stone; like lump of ice,
only he never is in the melting mood.
Such a man does not love his own
race, nor even his best friends. His
love for his own immediate family is
a sort of selfish feeling of possession.
In reality he loves no one but him
self, and that isn't love. And woman
without a heart, can there be anything
more abhorrent? She seems only a
walking milliner's stand, vitalized
wood to hang dresses upon. We have
no fancy for human icicles; we like
men and women who have hearts.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
CATHOLIC CITIZENSHIP.

Catholics are sometimes looked
upon with suspicion in regard to their
citizenship. These differences arise
through misunderstanding They
come from prejudices born in ages
long past
They tell us that during the Middle
Ages the Church sought to obtain tenn
poral power but they are evidently I'M
acquainted with the history of the
Middle Ages. They don't tell you that
a large part of the civil power of the
Church came by direct grant from en-
perors and kings.
ITO the one who would investigate
the real character of Catholic teach
ings, to him no difficulty should arise
in understanding how a Catholic can
be good citizen. In view of the doc
trine laid down by Pope Leo XIII,
can any person understanding truly
the dogma of the Church have any
question about the citizenship of a
Catholic.
What we ask is, that we be judged
by our best, not by our worst. We
have as little use as any for the So
called Catholic who give public scan
dial, who show graft in public office.
Our standards are based upon the
character and actions of the best of
Catholics.
The men who live clean lives
give the best there is in them when
called to public Office. Places of the
highest honor and responsibility have
been filled with credit by real Cath
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE LITTLE GRAY LAMBS.

Long, long ago there was flock OF
beautiful white sheep; except one
little gray lamb.
He wished so much to be white. He
asked the wind:
Can you make me white?"
No, little gray lamb
1t asked the earth, Can you make
me whittier"
mo, little gray lamb"
It asked the clouds. It begged the
rain to wash It white, but it was Just
as gray after the storm.
One night, while the shepherds were
watching their focks, a glorious star
shone in the sky. Angel voices were
heard like sweetest music. The shep
herds arose and went into Bethlehem
where the Christ Child lay in a man
ger. When they had bowed down to
worship him, they returned to the
field TO care for their sheep.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27

Now he realized that what he had
attributed to Toms Indifference in re
gard to school was in reality his
generosity.
NO." he said finally, "You may 60
this year, I don't think year can
make so very much difference, and
believe you should come first"
That night when Arthur went to his
room, he sat down to think things
over. He then realized how much bet
ter it was for Tom to go in his stead.
After all mothers advice always
proves best, and he went and told her
so.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-27
THE TWO ROADS.

1t was New Years night All aged
man was standing by the window. He
mournfully raised his eyes toward the
blue sky, where the stars were floating
like white lilies On the surface of a
clear, calm lake. Then he cast them
on the earth, where few more helpless
beings than himself were moving to-
ward their inevitable goal-the tomb.
Already he had passed sixty of the
stages which lead to it, and he had
brought from his journey nothing but
errors and remorse. His health was de-
stroyed, his mind distressed, his
heart sorrowful, and his old age de-
void of comfort
The days of his youth rose up in a
vision before him, and he recalled the
solemn moment when his father had
placed him at the entrance of two
roads, one leading into a peaceful
sunny land, covered with fertile
harvest, and resounding with soft,
sweet songs; while the other conduct
ed the wanderer into a deep, dark
cave, whence there was no issue,
where poison flowed instead of water,
and where serpents Kissed and
! crawled.
I He looked toward the sky and cried
out in his anguish: ooh, youth, re-
turn! o my father, place me once
more at the crossway of life, that I
may choose the better road" But the
days of his youth has passed away,
and his parents were with the
departed. He saw wandering lights
float over dark marshes, and then dis
appear "Such," he said, "were the
days of my wasted life!" He saw a
star shoot from heaven, and vanish in
darkness athwart the churchyard.
Behold, an emblem of myself" he
exclaimed; and the sharp arrows of
unavaiIing remorse struck him to the
heart.
Then he remembered his early COM
panions, who had entered life with
him, but who having trod the paths of
virtue and industry, were now happy
and honored on this New Years night.
The clock in the high church tower
struck, and the sound, falling On his
ear, recalled the many tokens of the
love of his parents for him; the pray
ers they had offered up in his behalf.
Overwhelmed with shame and grief
he dared no longer look toward that
heaven where they dwelt. His dark
ened eyes dropped tears, and with one
despairing effort he cried aloud, "Come
back, by early days! Come back!"
And his youth did return; for all
this had been but dream, visiting
his slumbers on New Years night.
He was still young, his errors only
were no dream He thanked God fer
vently that time was still his. own;
that he had not yet entered the deep,
dark cavern, but he was free to tread
the road leading to the peaceful land
where sunny harvests wave.
Ye who still linger on the Threshold
of life, doubling which path to choose
remember that when years shall be
passed, and your feet shall stumble
on the dark mountain, you will cry
bitterly, but cry in vain, ''Oh, youth,
return! Oh, give me back my early
days!"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
A Dozen Reasons Why | Should Vote
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT WILSON


BECAUSE:
He is the only candidate for
president who represents the real.
the vital and effective progressive
forces in this country.
PIE stands for tariff revision
downward in the interest of lower
prices and the elimination of mo-
nopoly.
3.-He stands for trust legislation
which will prevent the control of
prices through any sort of monopoly.
4-He stands for the income tax
and believes that wealth should
share the burdens as well as the
blessings of government.
5.-He stands for the rights of
labor and the protection of the man
who earns his bread by the sweat Of
his brow. as shown in his record as
governor OF New Jersey.
6-He stands for the revival of
our merchant marine, and for the
government encouragement of agri-
culture. industrial and vocational
education.
He trusts the people and be-
lieves that the governed should gov
ern; and that senator's should be
chosen by the people.
S-He faithfully performs in office
the promises made out of office.
9-He will "Clean House" at
Washington just as he has Cleaned
House" in New Jersey.
10-He breaches and practices
clean politics. and practices it eff
fectively. He ~unalterably opposes
machine politics and the rule Of the
bosses.
11-He stands for legitimate big
business every day, but for monopoly
never.
12-As Senator La Toilette says,
He approaches every problem with
the solemn promise to be really, in
the highest sense, a servant of the
people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-08
PLUMBERS LEAVE MERCEDES
Former Manager of Biz Canal Com
pany Will Tour Europe.

Mercedes Enterprise.
Thee. NJ. Plummer, who for the
past three years has held the re-
sponsible position Of general man.
ager OF the American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation company. and
who resigned this post about two
weeks ago, left Sunday afternoon for
San Antonio accompanied by Mrs.
Plummer. They will remain In the
Alamo City for two or three weeks
completing their plans for an extern
sive trip in the Occident.
When asked OF his plans for the
future Mr.. Plummer said that he was
undecided just then what he had in
tended doing but was certain that
for the next two or three years at
least he would be unencumbered and
that he intends to tour Europe from
one end to the other with his wife.
He estimates that this trip will
keep him across the -briny deep for
at least two years. II not longer.