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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
GREATNESS OF A NATION

the prize nor in the quarry, but in
the sport itself, whether 1t be with a
gun or rod or a bat and ball.
The daily happiness, which should
be within the reach of all men, must
be in the daily business of life, in
doing things, In raising crops, in MAX
Ing articles, in selling them. This
sort of happiness is the kind which
all men should be entitled to pursue.
This kind of happiness might be
called the happiness of career. the
happiness of a purposeful existence.
Is 1t really within the reach of all
men?
At once, 1t is evident that there is
at least one class of human beings
that finds it exceedingly difficult to
pursue happiness. There Is one class
so burdened at the start of the race
of life that it Is scarcely worth while
for it's members to attempt to make
the race at all There is class down
toward the bottom of our American
civilization which Is so exceedingly
unprivileged that to describe it's mem
bers as pursuing happiness is mani
testify absurd.
What these pursue is simply one
unslsilled Job after another as each
Is lost They do not pursue happiness.
Yet they are entitled to do so, ac-
cording to the intention of those who
made this nation independent.
If this nation is to be true to its
foundation IDEAL 1t must set about
making it possible for every citizen
to pursue happiness. The handicaps
of life must be removed. Life must be
so arranged, so re-arranged, IL neces-
sary, that people start somewhere
near even, In education, in physique,
in fortune. No nation can be great
unless its least citizen has the chance
to pursue happiness.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
FAMILY DISCIPLINE NEEDED

1t is a matter of course that some
prove unequal to such liberty and fall
into vicious ways, and to these con-
ditions Is due much of the crime found
among foreigners.
The second generation Is apt to
make worse showing than the first,
for lack of a discipline under
such circumstances is almost impos-
sible to maintain. Sentiment is
strongly against physical castigation,
and the offender is likely to be pun
ished by the courts for a severity
which is out of date, but which in
many cases is probably not Intentional
cruelty, but desperate resort to
check an unruly child by the only
means left In a country where the
smart young American children feel
the inferiority of their old-fashioned
foreign parents. This is one of the
inevitable tragedies of migration;
fortunately, the results are not cumu-
lative, for with the next generation
parents and children are both Amer
lean.
Yet in a less degree the same diff
Guilty exists in American families.
Changes in the conditions of living, in
customs. ideals, amusements, educa-
| ton, the state of the sciences, are i'm
mense from generation to generation,
and the adult who stands still for q
moment Is quickly outstripped by
Youngsters
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
INCREASED NORMAL SCHOOL FACILITIES.

ONE NEED of State increased facilities for training
public teachers With the addition of the school in
three State normal schools but they
enough supply the schools the State State
Commissioner Kendall shows that other State has hire teach
other States the that is done New Jersey
additional would hardly supply the annual
demand.
This need For years selfish influences and leg
ave ignorance restricted normal school education single
institution Trenton which did furnish per of the
for the schools Local Trenton combined
with real estate appropriations The State
Education peunctory body and had influence
legislation realized the results of this neglect
for il by building schools Our teachers
should be taken from among the youth of State.
there should be smaller classes for
Every child has its individuality class be taught
lump And with adequate there should be higher standard
essential is increased
facilities.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
DECEMBER 80
DECEMBER 80
Marquise de Pompadour
Copyrighted. 1918.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

MARSHALL.
Never did kings favorite have to
work so hard to retain royal faVor as
did Pompadour. Every talent and
ability she possessed had to be called
into play. She danced for him and
sang and got up theatricals, told
funny stories, quarreled, intrigued,
lied and fiattered to retain her posi-
lions. Soon after this she was ennobled
by the title of Marquise de Pompa-
dour and was given sumptuous apart
ments in Paris, Versailles, Fontaine-
bleu and before long had an annual
income of a million and half francs.
The kings infatuation was bound
to wear off, but the marquise had an
other trump card to play. She was
clever and the king knew 1t. There
fore she was Indispensable in his po-
litical intrigues. So she became In
stalled as chief political adviser ana
for twenty years was the predomi-.
nant influence in French court mat
tiers. Upon her depended the choice
of ministers, ambassadors and gen.
erals, and matters of state were never
settled except in her presence. 4
At last, worn out at forty. with her
beauty faded past the repair Of paint
and powder, the marquise died and
the king for whom she had spent
her life was rather relieved than dis
tressed. When the funeral carriage
bearing her remains to Paris left
the palace at Versailles in frightful
storm the king watched from the win,
dow. 1.-The marquise WILL not have
good weather for her journey" he
said without touch OF emotion, and
that was all. p
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Pushing TO the Front" bfo.
LET 1T GO WITH THE OLD YEAR

Why not resolve this coming year
that whatever you do or do not do.
you will not be haunted by skeletons.
that you will not cherish shadows7
Determine that you will have nothing
to do with discords, that every ons
of them must get out of your mind.
No matter how formidable or persist
emit, wipe them out. Forget them.
Have nothing to do with them. Do
not let the little enemies-worry and
fear, anxiety and regret--sap your
energy, for this is your capital for
future achievement.
Whatever is disagreeable, whatever
initiates, nags, destroys your balance
of mind, forget it--thrust 1t out 1t
has nothing to do with you now. You
have better use for your time than
to waste 1t in regrets, In worry, In
useless trifles. Make war upon
dependency, if you are subject TO IL.
, Drive the blues" out of your mind
as you would thief out of your
house. Shut the door In the face OF
all your enemies, and keep 1t shut.
Do not wait for cheerfulness to come
to you Go after It: entertain Il;
never let 1t go.
If you have had an unfortunate
experience, forget it. II you have
made failure in your speech, your
song, your book, your article; II you
have been placed in an embarrassing
position; IL you have fallen and hurt
yourself by false step; II you have
been slandered and abused, do not
dwell upon it. There is not a single
redeeming feature in these memories.
and the presence of their ghosts viii
rob you of many a happy hour. II
you have been indiscreet, imprudent;
| If your reputation has been injured
SO that you fear you can never re-
deem it, do not drag the hideous
shadows, the rafting skeletons about
with you. Rub them off the slate of
memory. Forget them. Start with
clean slate and spend all your ener-
gies in keeping 1t clean for the fu-
ture, and you will be surprised at
the Transformation in your life and
! its effect upon those around you.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30

About year after the second IN
auguration, in March, 1873, OF Gen
eral Grant as President, Senator OIL
yer P. Morton, who represented In
part the State of Indiana In the
United States Senate. visited his long
time friend. the late Nehemiah ID.
Sperry, at Mr.. Sperry's home In New
Haven, Conn. There had been init
mate personal and political relations
established between Senator Morton
and Mr.. Sperry years earlier and IN
the early part of the Civil War. Mr..
Sperry had visited. at the request of
the war sgovernor OF Connecticut,
William II. Buckingham, Morton at
his home in Indiana at one OF the
most trying periods of the conflict.
and just at the time that Morton was
gaining his reputation as one OF the
great war governors. There were not
only political but temperamental con-
genialities which served to establish
a very warm friendship between these
men. Years later, Mr. Sperry was
chosen to represent the New Haven
district in Congress and was re-
elected for several terms, and was
during his last term the Oldest mem
Der of the House.
l CHANGED to see Mr.. Sperry and
Senator Morton at the New Haven
railroad station. Mr.. Sperry had,
with solicitude and tenderness, pro-
yided for the comfort of his friend,
who. as a result of paralysis, had lost
completely the use of his legs. 1t was
necessary to carry him from one
place to another, and an invalid chair
was provided for him. Under Mr..
Sperry's watchful eye the senat or
was carefully taken from the carriage
TO the railroad car. The day was
unbearably hot and the senator wore
over his waistcoat nothing but an
old-fashioned linen duster.
A few hours later had an oppor-
tunity to chat with Mr.. Sperry about
Senator Morton. He said:
"In my opinion, IL Morton were In
good health and were not constantly
threatened with the recurrence of the
paralysis which has cost him the use
of his legs, he would be the Republi-
can candidate for President in 1878.
I suppose Roscoe Conkling will be a
candidate, but he cannot get the
nomination. General Grant is very
fond of Senator Morton and relies Inn
plicity upon the senator's counsel re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
WITH THE NATIONS TOILERS

their salaries increased from s25 to
$50 year.
Akron (Ohio) labor unions have
formed union label exchange.
Over 1.699,00 persons are employed
by the railroads OF the United States.
Statistics show that clerks gener-
ally are poorer paid than factory
girls.
The scutchers in the fax mills
about Ballybay, Ireland, demand an
increase of two cents an hour.
A board of Cancellation has award
ed big increase in pay to Grand
Trunk telegraphers and station en-
ployees.
An elght-hour day for child work
ers has been established by law in
Colorado. Illinois. Kansas, Arizona,
Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska, New
York, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
NOT THE ASSESSMENT VALUE.

AS AN invarabe rule when offered for sale
the city State its value claimed by the to be from 100
per higher than its assessed valuation Allowing ber
ally for pure greed in the prices asked is evident that the actual
value of the property from so 200 per higher than the
If the property developed the is
lifted approximately the owners valuation but remains what
81 There legally be different true values" to
pr the assessment and the selling price and two widely
ent recognized Should it not be incumbent the
essos take cognzance of offers of real city,
state federal government compare the values claimed
the assessments reconcile by
Il Eera increase in the assessment?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30

How many of US make our backs
ache carrying useless, follish burdens!
We carry luggage and rubbish that
are of no earthly use, but which sap
our strength and keep us jaded and
tired to no purpose. If we could only
learn to hold on to the things worth
while and drop the rubbish-let go
the useless. the foolish. the silly. the
things that hinder-we should not
only make progress, but we should
keep happy and harmonious as well.
One of the secrets of right living Is
letting that go which absorbs our
energies and retards our progress. We
should let our unfortunate past ex-
periences drop into the world of OBJ
livion. We should never recall dis
agreeable memory or mistake unless
IL be to arm ourselves against falling
into further errors. If the past tor
ments and haunts you, cut 1t Off
sharply as if with a knife. Do not
allow it's shadow to darken your pres
ent or rob your future of Its posi-
bilities. Profit by the lessons 1t has
taught, but do not morbidly brood
over them.
Do not hang on to the things that
keep you back, that make you UNI
happy. Let go of the worry, let go
of the anxiety, let go of the scolding,
fretting and Tuning, let go of criti-
cisrn, let go of fear, let go of anxious,
over-strenuous life, let go Of selfish
living. let go of the rubbish, the USE
less, the foolish, the silly; let go of
the shams, the shoddy, the false; let
go of the straining to keep up APP
pearances, let go of the superficial, let
go of the vice that cripples, the false
thinking that demoralizes, and you
will be surprised to see how much
lighter and freer and truer you are
to run the race, and how much surer
of the goal.
The American people do not know
how to let go. We keep our muscles
tense and our nerves up to such q
pitch that it is the hardest thing in
the world for us to drop things.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
Ten Years Of the Aeroplane.
From the New York Evening Post.


It was with definite sense for the
dramatic that Orville Wright chose
the tenth anniversary of the now
famous flight of IL seconds over the
North Carolina sand dunes to an
nounce that the real problem OF the
aeroplane today, the question of auto
matte stability, is on the point or
being solved. improvements in me-
chanical invention do not always
come from the hand of the original
inventor. Yet 1t will seem the eternal
fitness of things if the problem OF
making flight in a heavier-than-fll air
machine normally safe should be
solved by one of the men who made
flight in a heavier than-air machine
normally possible. The achievements
of the aeroplane need not be re-
hearsed in detail. We have Travelled
lar from the first successful expert
ments at Kitty Hawk. At the pres
ent moment an ambitious airman is
on his way from Paris to Australia
by way of China and the East
Indian land bridges. The conquest
of the Atlantic is predicted for the
near future.
But it has been process of de-
veopment not devoid of vicissitudes.
With continuous Improvement in the
SdSOllilt IlOlOls Lhc ioeAttS dAit
power of the aeroplane have advanced
rapidly. The element of safety has
not kept pace 1t is regular feature
of the days news that the story of
another triumph of airmanship in the
matter of distance covered or altitude
attained, or difficult bit of navi-
cation accomplished, should be fol-
lowed by another of the disasters such
as have marked the present year. In
the public mind the question has re-
NAMED whether the achievements of
the aeroplane are not, after all, the
achievements of specially qualified or
exceptionally daring navigators. This
suspicion is justified, though only In
part. In reading the almost daily
record of aeroplane mishaps one must
keep percentage in mind. In relation
to the number of airmen now plying
their trade and the air mileage COW
cred, 1t may probably be shown that
the ratio of accident is decreasing.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that,
because of the defects in the aero
plane and because of the ignorance
of the laws of the medium 1t moves
in, the element of accident is always
present; and the expert is hardly more
immune than the novice. The mar
velous feats of Pegoud are no guar
antee that disaster will not overtake
him in the course of a comparatively
simple fight.
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OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

called upon. We hope he may make
as brilliant a record at Johannesburg
as he did at Panama, but we regret
his going to South Africa. Guaya-
quill is not yet free from yellow fever
and the west coast still trembles In
fear of bubonic plague, despite the
rigid quarantine and distinctions.
With the opening of the canal that
coast will be so near that we would
like to feel free from faint.
Bison Now Number 5000.
From the New York Times.
A recent shipment of fourteen bison
from the Bronx Park to the new
bison range in the Wind Cave Ma
tional Park, in the western part of
South Dakota, calls renewed atten-
ton to the efforts to conserve this
special of animal once SO plentiful
The fourteen animals were present
ed to the government by the Ameri-
can Bison Society. an organization
which is working to prevent the ex-
tinction of the bison. At the present
time there are in the United States
and Canada, in various herds, slight
ly less than 5000 pure-blooded bison.
The principal herds are located in
Canada, in the Yellowstone National
Park, in Salt Lake City. Utah: in the
Wichita National Forest in Okla
homa, in Montana. in the Blue Noun
tain Forest in New Hampshire. and
at Fort Pierre. SD, while smaller
numbers of the animal are scattered
over the country In geological parks.
If the work OF caring for and de-
veloping the buffalo herd in the Wind
Cave National Park Is as successful
as 1t has been at the Wichita reserve
under the direction of Mr.. Rush, the
establishment of the new bison range
will go a long way toward giving
back to the West many of the noble
animals The Wichita herd was
started about seven years ago with
fifteen buffaloes, which were present
ed to the government by the Amer
lean Bison Society. and the herd now
contains forty-eight full FLOODED ami
mails, of which twenty-seven are
males and twenty-one are females.
At the Oklahoma reserve consider
able difficulty was experienced at first
because of fear of the Texas fever
tick. BY careful burning of the
range, however, and the use of oil
sprays on the animals. the attend
ants prevented the loss of the herd,
which was predicted by old cattle
men of the Southwest. Only two anil
mails were lost from any cause. The
work of freeing the ranges from fever
ticks was gradually extended. and
for several years not single loss
from fever has occurred.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An AneCd0te of Oliver p. Morton

specting political matters. I am sure
Grant would be rejoiced If Morton
were to become the candidate, al
though Grant would share the appre-
hension of others that If he should
be nominated and elected Morton
would not live through the presiden-
tial term.
what a wonderful intellect and an
equally wonderfully will power this
man Morton possesses! 1t was a
combination of intellect and will
power which enabled him TO domi-
nate the State of Indiana in the
troublesome times of the war He Is
a man without particle of jealousy,
and ] don't think he has much ambi-
ton. For instance, we were chatting
yesterday about one and another of
the members of the Senate and
asked Senator Morton whom he re-
garded as intellectually the ablest
man in the Senate on either side of
the chamber. He replied:
60 I should have to think that over
before ] made a reply. but, Sperry, 1
will tell you one thing, and that is
this If you want to know who was
the ablest man intellectually whom I
ever met in the Senate, wouldn't
hesitate an instant in answering you
Perry. 1t was a great loss to the
Senate and to the country when Perry
died, year or two ago.
Why. Senator Norton said I. I
once asked Senator Perry the, very
question l have just asked you, and
without any hesitation he replied that
yours was the ablest intellect In the
United States Senate
II did not add said Mr. Sperry,
another thought that passed through
my mind, and that was this: Each
of these men, who each had unhesi-
tatingly paid tribute to the intellects
of the other, was paralyzed, neither
of them being able to use his legs.
But the disease which had physically
destroyed life In the lower part of the
body had in no way touched the brain
of these two men,
Senator Morton died in 1877 as the
direct result of second attack of
paralysis.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
From HSe to HSe

Man early found the way to fracture
Rough hints by methods of his own,
And weapons thence to manufacture,
Twas thus came in the Age of Stone.
In later days, when tin and copper
He somehow found out how to blend
In the proportions just and proper,
We see the Age of Bronze descend.
At length, becoming skilled in smelling,
A further victory he won;
The Age of Bronze before it melting,
The Age of Iron was begun
But now man straining at the collar
Another metal seeks to win,
He's after the Almighty Dollar,
For we are in the Age of Tin
Yet still the race is ever hoping
That the future shall unfold
1t will supply the final coming,
And usher in the Age of Gold.
GEORGE B. MOREWOOl
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NOW AN ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION.

THE MUNICIPAL Christmas tree is established
ercan institution The immense of children
Military Park yesterday showed how strongly the idea
peaed the juvenile mind and the appreciation of the children
kes unwritten for the city The idea will grow
do Municipal Christmas tree celebrations in the future
much elaborate than this the first essay by the city
of catering the Christmas pleasures of childhood.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-30
Unique Christmas Tree Celebration Of
Schooner Outside Golden Gate.

Unique Christmas Tree Celebration on
schooner Outside Golden Gate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. So.-The
barkentine James Johnson, from
Newcastle, Australia, sighted San
Francisco the day before Christmas
and seven-year-old Evelyn Hansen,
the captains daughter, was happy,
for she had been promised a Christ
mas tree In the city; but a breaking
bar held the ship outside the heads
The crew, however, got together and
out of raveled rope yarns, sticks and
blue, they built Christmas tree and
loaded it with pillage from every
dunnage bag on the vessel.
Little Evelyn forgot her disap-
pointment when she saw the tree and
there was a merry celebration in the
cabin. In the midst of it though a
squat hit the ship, split the mizzen-
sail and tore away other sails. The
damage was repaired and the festivi-
ties continued. 1t was not until last
night, with the aid of two tugs, that
the ship was able to reach port.
Pareiasaurus, Ancient Reptile, Unearthed
In South Africa
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Did you ever
see a pareiasaurus, or ever hope to
see one? 1t lived in 1S,000,000 B. c.,
and was a large-l imbed reptile, about
nine feet long and standing about
three and a half feet high. In many
points, according to a description of
1t In the American Museum Journal
for December. it shows affinities with
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Tomorrow MIR. Edwards will tell
How Famous Railroad Man Got
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Copyright, 1918, by f. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
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Berlin tcan,) teachers have had
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-31

ton for a certain dainty gown treas
ure as a memento?" I asked gal
lantly.
She blushed divinely, and added:
"And also to give you a receipt. The
paper found in your coat, SenOr-I
saw its Importance, a concession. 1t
is filed with the government.
How can 1 ever thank you" 1
cried, truly delighted.
"Oh, senior, it is l who am the
debtor, and Alike" Then she whis-
pered in her husbands ear: May p"
He bowed, with an indulgent smile.
And then the beautiful girl threw
her arms around my neck-and
kissed me.
Copyright by W. G. Chapman.)
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Daily HeaIthogram.

Wash extensively perspiring feet
night and morning with soap and
water and rinse. Then apply a solu-
ton of alcohol and salicylic acid in
the proportion of one quart of alcohol
to one tablespoon of saicyliC acid.