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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23

walled lean-tos, with sod roofs and
window panes of flour-saclzing.
Fences and outhouses there were
none. Uttered paths rambled aim
lessly hither and thither from chip
strewn yards to- starved patches OF
corn, under-cultivated and blighted.
Over the whole place hung an in
describe atmosphere of disconsolate
filth, or unredeemed squalor and vile.
ness. azor-backed hogs rooted every
where, snapped at by a handful of
lean and spiritless hounds. A slat-
ternly woman lolled under a burlau
awning beside one of the cabins
from whose interior came the sound
or mems voices raised in a fierce
quarrel Undisturbed by the hideous
dln, a little girl of about three years
was Dragging by a string an old
cigar-box, in which was propped a.
rag doll She was bare-legged and
oare-armed, her tiny limbs burned
dark red by the sun, and she wore
q single garment made from the leg
OF patched pair of overalls. Her
hair bleached the color of corn
SIX. tel over her face in elfn Wild
ness.
With one hand on the dogs collar.
hushlng him to silence, Valiant. un-
seen looked at the wretched place
with shiver He had glirnnsad
manv wretched purlieus in the siI,ms
of great cities but this, in the open
sunlight. with the clean woods about
1t and the sweet clear blue above.
stood out with an unrelieved hold
ness and contrast that was doubJv
sinister and forbidding. He knew
instantly that the tawdry corner was
the community known as Helrs-
Half-Acre. the place to which Shir-
ley had made her night ride to rescua
Rickev Snyder.
A quick glad realization of her
courage rushed through him. on II.
heels came a feeling of shame that
a SPOT like this could exist, a foul
blot on such landscape. It was
on his own land! Its deniZens held
place by squatter sovereignty. but he
was. nevertheless, their landlord.
The thought bred a new sense of re-
sponsibility. Something should he
done for them. too--for that baby,
dragging its rag-doll in the cigar
box. poor little soul. abandoned 70
a life of besottedness, ignorance ana
evil!
AS he gazed, the uproar in thu
cabin reached a climax. A red
bearded figure in nondescript gar
ments shot from the door and
collapsed in q heap in the dirt. He
got up with dreadful oath--a Jug
thrown at him grazing his temple as
he did so-and shaking his fist behind
him. staggered into a nearby lean-to.
Valiant turned away with a feeling
almost of nausea, and plunged back
down the forest hillside, the shrill
strip of burlap echoing in his ears.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
THE MEXICAN CASE GOES TO CONGRESS

THE MESSAGE to Congress on Mexican ahars TO De ue
livered by the President Monday marks crisis Inc stu
4on has got beyond the diplomatic stage Congress must De
oopsuted In the way President Mckinley went TO con
ress in 1898 when of diplomacy were exhausu
nan showing the unreasonable and refractory sp DIS
- hbitod hv Hnerta The case Cuba much more
serious and the outcome unavoidable after the DION"
inc nm of the Maine harbor In 1898 the American
people we're deeply moved and war was desired iouaS s
country prfectly calm about the only becose hooua
Senator Penrose who knows that would postpone ta
raorm indefinitely The Presidents message will simply lay
the facts before Congress this action will be chiefly OF I'M
rortance for its moral effect Mexico and abroad with the
the hands of Congress Congress maintaining the pol
cv of the government ready if necessary to resort TO
drastic steps there should be change OF mnd az he mexican
canital.
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Continued from Yesterday

Valiant heaved a long sigh of salts
faction as he stood in the sunlight
gazing at the results of his labors.
He was not now the flippant boule-
Warbler to whom money was the sine
qua non of existence. He had learned
sovereign lesson--one gained not
through the push and fight of crowds,
but in the simple peace of a country
side, unveXed by the clamor of gold
and the complex problems of a COM
petitive existence-that he had inher-
tied a need of activity. of achieve
ment that had been born TO do. He
had worked hard, with hand and foot
with hoe and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
perspiring effort that made his blood
course fast and brought muscle-wear-
mess over which nature had nightly
poured her soothing indictments of
peace and sleep. His tanned face was
as clear as a fine brown porcelain,
his eye bright and his muscles rippled
up under his skin with elastic power.
"Chum," he said, to the dog rolling
on his back in the grass. what do
you think of ii all, anyway He
reached down, seized a hind leg and
whirljng him around like teetotum,
sent him flying into the bushes,
whence Chum launched again upon
him. like a catapult He caught the
white shoulders and held him wise
like Just about right. eh? But
wait till we get those ramblers!"
And to think" he continued, whim-
sically releasing him. that l might
have gone on, one of the little-neck-
clam crowd I've always trained with
at the same old place, till the Yer
mouth cocktail Palm Beach career
got double nelson on me and the
umpire counted me out. And I'd have
ended by Laying along through my
forties with a bay-window and a
bunch of boudoir keysl Now l car
kiss my hand to it all At this mo-
ment I wouldn't swap this old house
and land, and the sunshine and that
| gyarden' and inc jefferson and
Aunt Daph and the chickens and the
birds and all the rest of it, for mile
of Milllonaires' Row"
He drew from his jacket pocket
a somewhat worn note and unfoldeo
the dainty paper with it's character
| istic twirly handwriting. THE scar
let geraniums trimming the porch,
| he muttered, 1.-The coral honeysucklt
on the old dead tulip-tree, and the
| fuchsas and verbenas by the straight
walk" How right she is. They're al
growing, too. I haven't lost singl,
Slip" He caught himself up short
strobe to the nearest porch-pillar anC
raped on it smartly with his
knuckles.
At must knock on wood" he said
or I'll lose my luck" Uncle Jeffer-
sons superstitions. Perhaps that's
in the soil, tool
He went into the house and to tn,
library. The breeze through the wide
flung windows was fluttering thu
papers on the desk and the map OF
the wall was tapping sidewise. II,
went to straighten it, and then saw
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
Found by a Foot.

George AIDE, at a dinner at the Ritz,
in London, said of luck:
Nobody is so dependent on luck as
the playwright When he prospers he
considers luck kindly goddess; but
when his work fails, then luck seems
to him spirit perversely cruel and
mean.
HE regards luck then as Tom Jack
sons wife, of Lafayette. does.
"Tom Jackson said one morning at
breakfast:
Hang 1t all, While | was weed
ing / dropped my Imperial Order OF
the BOOSTERS pin on the lawn, and
I've been looking for 1t now over hall
an hour. It's gone for good, | sup
pose.
''That night when Jackson sal
down to dinner, there was his pin be-
side his plate.
Bully for you.' said he. Where
did you find it, MARTHA
81 let Tommy go barefooted this aft.
ernoon,' said Mrs. Jackson, quietly"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23

TN Venice one takes a gondola as
4 in America he takes a taxicab;
with one difference-after the gon-
dola ride he still has some money
left. a gondola is a long black sltiff,
with graceful lines and a swanlike
PROV sweeping up from the water.
It is typically Venetian. 1t Is adj
mirably adapted to the work IL has
to do. There are only two points in
all Venice where a gondola may not
go even at low water-one near the
great theatre of the Fenice and the
other near the Palazzo Mocenigo at
San Stae.
Two is the best number of passen-
gers for a gondola. The rover is
out of sight behind. All is ideal.
There is no noise no dust. not even
the feeling of motion. except the rip
pie of water past the bow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
BRIGADE FORMATION FOR THE STATE GUARD.

AS II will not practicable account of the chronic OPP
position legislative representatives OF the rural sections
RI enlarge the Guard to the size of regular army do
with nine infantry regiments, regiment of cavalry two reg
nents of artillery companies each of engineers and signal
with all necessary accessories the guard organization
will necessarily have to be that OF brigade OF ee iu
five. Out of the two remaining
can field and coast artillery engineers ana
hospta ambulance ammunition and supply train organza
tons This with little increased annual cost
to the State government which pays Sloo or
its equivalent annually the State for the support OF the
National Guard withdraw this support unless the state
the required change of organization aho nat sou
be authorized by the next Legislature.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
,EFLECTIoN FOR THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES

BEFORE THE governing authorities of Montclalr' orange
and East Orange 90 further their joint enterprise OF
forcing upon Bloomfield Beleye sewage disposal plant
for the treatment Monca Orange and East Orange sewage
would be them give prayerul consideration TO the
text of the decision VceChanceor Backes dmssng the
temporary injunction against trunk sewer CONSTRUCTION "ha
should Illuminating for them the comments by the court
opinion by the engineering expert of the mhoh concern
whose advice served these municipalities into fayorng
she Jmhof pan Bloomfield Bellevle and Nutley pre-
barred to go Chance Court for relief as soon as the rs
definite move is made to the Imho nuisance them
and the remarks in his decision indicate the
view the will take Its dapproval of likely maodorous
nuisances" would not be less for likely mai
odorous nusances the people of three municipalities
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
A PARADOX FOR PRoHIBTrIONIsTs.

OF forty eight States of the Union nine have absolute
prohibition liquor traffic either by Constitution or statute
thirty form of local option and are partly wet
and partly dry than 40000000 people, woffths of
the of the United states these States And
vet it shown by internal figures that during the fiscal
wear ending with last from the tax whiskey
exceeded that previous year by $494 the increase
from ynous liquors. including bande of all kinds 1887 69
and that from beer $33691 making records in our
national history the explanation of this seeming
dox? Can there any other than that prohibition does not
prohibt?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
Interesting Items.

The National Woman's Suffrage AS
sociation has been notified of a leg-
acy of $1,000 left to it by the will of
ex- senator Palmer. of Michigan.
1t has cost S1,500,000 to survey the
boundary between Alaska and Brit
long.
A sparrow's nest over 100 years old
has been found In the trunk of an old
ash tree in Cumberland, England.
Berlin's street railway is to be cleo
trified at cost of $4,000, 900.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
THE BILLBOARD NUISANCE.

DISAGREEMENT OF the scenery of city and country in
the United by hdeous advertising signs is evidence of
lingering barbam reproach upon the American abroad
will in this country find the landscape mared
y these signs many them huge and obstructive OF the view
An example billboard erected the top OF
building on Riverside drive the Hudson This big blot
on the landscape itself view one OF the
finest scenic stretches in world the barbarism
licensed authorities because there is no law to prevent
mutaton of scenery for private gam Every traveller III
New Jersey knows unsghty bboards strung along
the lines railroads. spelling the outlook from the car
of getting rid OF tins nuisance would De the
se of the be taxed out of existence and
should be
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
CHAPTER Xxx.
'sIsuspIsD sqI

lie saw them coming through the
III gate on the Red Road-the major
and Shirley in a lilac muslin by his
side-and strobe to meet them. Be
hind them Ranston propelled hand
cart filled with paper bundles, from
each of which protruded bunch OF
Towering stems. There was a flush
in Shirley's cheek as her hand lay
in Valiant's. AS for him, his eyes
like wilful drunkards, returned again
and again, between the mayors COM
pliments, to her face.
''You have accomplished wonders.
sab. I had no idea so much could
be done in such limited time. We
are leisurely down here, and seldom
do today what can be put off till to-
morrow. Real Northern hustle, eh,
Shirley? You have certainly primped
the old place up. | could almost think
! was looking at .Damory Court in the
sixties, sah!
"That.s quite the incest thing you
could have said. major" responded
Valiant. But it needs the flowers"
He looked at Shirley with sparkling
eyes. How splendid of you to bring
them. I feel like q robber."
with our bushels of them? We
shall never miss them at ALL Have
you set out the others?"
"I have. indeed. Everyone has root
ed, too. You shall see them" He led
the way up the drive till they stood
before the porch.
Cad" chuckled the major who
would think that it had been unoc-
cupied for three decades? At this
rate, you'll soon be giving dances,
sah."
"Ah," said Valiant That's tho
very. thing | want to suggest The
tournament comes off next week, l
understand, and it's been the custom
to have a ball that night The tour
ney ground is on this estate, and
Damory Court is handler than the
Country Club. Why wouldn't 1t be
! appropriate to hold the dance here?
The ground-floor rooms are in order,
and if the young people would put up
, with it, it would be great pleasure
to me, l assure you"
"Ohi" breathed Shirley. THAT
would be too wonderful
The major seized his hand and
shook it heartily. Il can answer for
the committee" he said. They'll
jump at it. Why, sab, the new gem
Grafton has never set eyes inside the
house. It's a golden legend to them
"Then I'll go ahead with arrange
ments.
Shirley's eyes were overrunning
the cropped lawn, which now showed
a clear smooth slope between the
| arching trees. 1T was lovely in It's
| ruin" she said. but it was pathetic,
too Unc' Jefferson used to say De
oil place look lax ct ben griebin,
etse'f ter def wild lonesomeness
Somehow, now 1t looks glad. JUST
hear that small citizen"
ITO Be Continued Monday
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
faAE rrA oeleck eErAMN !.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.-Miss
Margery Mundy, Merchantville. N.
j., has aroused the curiosity of her
friends by adopting a pet snake
which she carries about the town
with her. The pets name is Bo. 1t
is slightly more than sixty-two inches
in length.
Miss Mundy's parents have found
DO useful in getting rid of young
men who keep their daughter up after
10 o'clock at night.
30 is of the copperhead variety
and comes from South Carolina. His
poison fangs have been removed, and
Miss Mundy has no fear of him.
When she carries him through the
streets he usually is coiled comforta-
bly, about her neck or waist and
thrusts his tongue at everyone she
meets.
Because some people are afraid of
30, Miss Mundy says she is going to
get muzzle for him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
Nature Had Done Her Part.

Fatherly Clergyman Injecting young
parishioner in curl papers) Why
don't you leave your hair as it was
meant to be, my child? If nature had
wanted your hair to curl she would
have curled it for you.
offended Young Lady--When was
a little girl, she did, sir: but sup
pose she now thinks am old enough
to do il TOR myself.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23

The wood of which a gondola is
built must be we'll seasoned and
without knots. All gondolas turned
out in one workshop are the same
length A new gondola is lett un-
painted for the first year This is
to prove It's newness to any possible
buyer An implanted gondola can
easily be examined for knots. As
soon as it is painted it's value de-
creases.
The gondoliers become very at
tached to their own boats. They
learn their peculiarities; for a gon-
dola, like a person, has a character
of it's own.
Since the earliest days of Venice
gondolas have been in use Their
present form has resulted from grad
ual development The earliest au-
thentic document relating to Venice
mentions the light boats that were
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
WHITMAN SURE OF REELECTION.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHITMAN may be regarded as
ood as reelected will be the candidate least two
tickets 1t is the purpose of the people of New York
work begun and spendd carried on by Mr. WHIT
man shall be until there thorough reform in the
administration of the police department and cleaning out OF
he gunner professional gamblers and white savers Only
man Of the quality Whitman capable of the task and
his place ayoray but the district attorneyshp IN
which NJ has shamed all his predecessors.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
THE LEECHEs AND THAW.

NEWSPAPER WITS cracking jokes the rush of
LAWYERS aienss to Canada to get share of the Thaw
wealth but the spectacle rather for than for mrth
The greed that pursues opuen murderer him
IN any against and society for hire is revolving to the
average mind only thing that gives Harry h Thaw the
least Importance the wealth at his command and his ability
10 hire the of lawyers and aenis at extravagant
prices did possess this wealth he could go hang for
all these servitors would care.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
According to Styles.

There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her brow.
But the styles took a whirl,
And she wears that little curl
Back OF her left ear now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
VENICE, THE ISLAND CITY
Learn One Thing Every Day"
No. 6. A TYPICAL VENETIAN CANAL
Copyright 1915 by Newspaper school, Inc.

to the Venetians "as horses tied to
the the doors of their houses" At first
these boats were simple in construc-
ton, but in the sixteenth and seven
tenth centuries the gondolas be-
came very sumptuous Finally so
luxurious did they become that they
had to be regulated by law Now
they are longer and speedier and are
usually painted black.
There are about twenty ferries
operating across the Grand canal and
the Giudecca. They resemble our cab
service. The gondoliers also have
guilds or unions. The police license
the gondolas; but the real laws of
the gondolier are those of his guild
Each guild has its own meeting
place. where all questions of hours
of work and choice of station are
settled. II one member of the union
becomes sick he is cared for out Of
the public purse, and If he dies he is
carried to the grave by his fellow
members. These guilds are probably
the last survivors of the old medieval
crafts Of Venice.
The skill of the average Venetian
gondolier is marvellous. Rare, indeed,
are collisions. These gondoliers are
not the romantic heroes one may
float in the moonlight singing sore
nades beneath their sweethearts
windows. They are hardy fellows,
thrifty, sober and laborious, good
husbands and fathers. matter-of fact
money-makers.
One dollar and forty cents day is
the charge for gondola and its gon-
dolier in the season: at other times
the price is forty cents less. A gon-
dolier earns on an average sixty
cents day. This does mot seem
very much; but the gondoliers live
fairly well. and even put money into
the bank.
All the gondoiers OF Venice are
divided into two factions. the Nico-
letti and the Castellani. The rivalry
between these two is intense, and the
question of supremacy was formerly
settled by the knife. Nowadays
however, more neaceable but exciting
races arc the means. The Nicoletti
wear black sash and cap. and the
Castellani wear red. There are four
PRINCIPAL races a year The first is
rowed In May for q banner of red
and gold; In August two pennons are
rowed for white and gold. and the
green; the blue banner is the prize in
October.
Every day q different human
interest story will appear in the
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the fair driver and effecting the sud-
den demise of the donkey.
The owner of the automobile i'm
mediatelv pulled out his wallet.
Young woman" he said. stop
orying-I will replace the animal.
"Oh. will you. indeed the young
woman replied through her tears.
sIm afraid sir. you fiatter yourself!'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-10
HARVARD'S VICTORY
BROKE TRADITION
Browns Poor Work Lost to Yale
Eli S Showed 10 Reserve Strength
Green Outplayed Penn.

The stories OF the important football
games Saturday as told by the scores.
are in every instance qualified 10y the
weather conditions. both under foot and
over head. That Harvard beat Prince
ton, even though TO TO 50 broke n ira,
dition of long standing in that such q
victory on the Princeton grounds was
almost without precedent, was, per
haps not such q great surprise. The
experts doped the game ont rs a
close score with the Crimson on the
big end But Harvard was obliged to
earn the victory with 4 drop kick \
drop kick is legitimate aud tho fact
that Brtklev, famous brother Of the
baseball PLAYER whom Connie Mack
saws will make hitter and who is
known to local fandom rs member
! Of the Newport team Of tie Twin state
| league. was able to score once ont Of
. three attempts while his Princeton IL
val, Captain Hobie Baker. tried
| FIVE times for the same result without
success, clearly shows the superiority
At least of one man on the Harvard
team-else ii shows luck Figure il any
way, Harvard won clearly earned vic
tory but what might have happened
Oh q dry field i, as always under such
conditions, question.
| Yale, on the other hand, beat the
Brunonians, Il to o, but that victory
was not 50 much because Of Vale ; su
perior work as il was due 10 the bc
low par standard Of Brown : otfens,
and defense. Yale showed nothing thai
Indicated latent strength for the tive
remaining games with Princeton an,
Harvard, and Brown showed mcrcl,
greater weakness than did the Eli team
Williams and Wesleyan went to
. scoreless tie Toolan Of Williams dem
onstratng, a. lie has ali season, tina
he is the one reliable man in the back
field, while Wesleyan is reported Z
have outplayed in general the Purpl
team.
| As for the Dartmouth Penn battle
! there ism I an expert but who is VI
\ der cover. A score of 4 to p in favo
of the Green indicates that both team
@ were taking all kinds of chances t
: score and trusting TO the god of lucl
: Yet the Green outplayed Penn an
r finished the stronger of the two. |
n the accounts of this game. rs in I'll
II others, is found the undercurrcnt {