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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-18
Q The Mlamiemre A@dY .
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK

1T HE Missus was reading me some
- stun about how to be CHI cheerful el
and contented." said the Head
Barber. TT was in a book that she
got at the library. and must have been
wrote by some old Joy. because there
was good advice about the blues in
every line"
It's easier to tell other folks how
70 be happy than TO feel lit up your
self" declared the Manicure Lady.
That is what I said to the wife at
the time" replied the Head Barber
But there was lot OF good dope in
what she read. at that One of the
things 1t said in the book was that in
order to be really happy nowadays one
had to make up his mind to adjust
himself to new conditions and the new
way Of living. 1t said that the man
who clung to the beliefs Of his father
would find things on every side to
make him sad and thoughtful"
And that amt no lier exclaimed
the Manicure Lady. Il amt so very
old, George, goodness knows, but even
in my short time I have saw lot of
changes that amt for the best. It
certainly makes me feel sad. for in
stance, every time 1 think how the old
waltz is thrown In the discard and
them new dances has took it's place.
And when 1 wonder what has become
OF the old fashioned spelling schools
that we had when I was a kid. and
that amt so many years ago, I get
kind of sad. Think of the kids that
goes TO school now having any spell
ing bees, or husking bees, or candy
pulls. or sleigh rides. Not a chance
The boys is too busy to pick out the
gang that they want to join, and the
girls at ,he age of Is knows more
now than their mothers ever knew
about things mothers mothers
never dreame,
When I was young girl we used
10 have literary clubs that met every
Friday We would read from the
poems of Alfred Longfellow and
Henry Ward Whittier and all them
old geezers that knew how to write
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that is ashamed only of a wrong in
tention and an evil Decd. sighed at
the tangle of life that held the people
she loved as IL they were lost in a
noisome jungle.
Kenneth's pride fared anew.
II won't ask againi' he declared
stubbornly.
II felt that-so I came I am
not proud. you see, Ken. I have
some money here. Not much-but
1t is quite-quite my own. I'll leave
1t, Ken"
The girl took a little roll of bills
from her bag and dropped 1t on the
table.
moi" There was surprise mingled
with horror of what he had become
In his tone. But Kenneth Nelson
knew that Mary Burk was Offering
him the kindest. truest friendship
his life was ever to know.
Why not? We have been friends
always. You can pay me big interest
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-18
You Can Begin This Great Story Today
:; :; by Reading This First :; -

Charles Nelson, wealthy New
Yorker, on coming home on a certain
afternoon. discovers his son, Ken
meth, drunk, and in the scene that
follows, Kenneth accuses his father of
maintaining another establishment
Nelson admits the truth of the charge.
His wife. a society leader. hears the
discussion, and ii develops that the
estrangement in the familyhas come
through the woman's Indifference to
her husband. Their daughter, Alice.
sides with the father, and Kenneth
takes his mothers part. Kitty Nav.
the girl who had broken up the Nell
son home. contrives to have the son.
Kenneth. fall in love with her He
moves to an apartment house in
which she had lodgings. There settle
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Are all, Moaher, who talk about
others to be classed as gossips?
No. no, Ny Child: those you dislike
are sossips; those you like are ..wen
informed"
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Pride

A young minister had just received
his first call to a country church, and
his wife was excited so much that
she told everybody the good news.
do you know, Mrs. Simpkins,"
she said, Il can't tell you how de-
lighted | am. l."
Yes" replied the sympathetic
hearer, 81 quite understand how you
feel l felt just that way when our
pig won the first prize at the cattle
show"
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CUPBOARD

1t will be a good investment" coaxed
the girl. trying to make ,her love offer
ing appear only a business transaction
''as man to man"
NOR
How silly. I would not hesitate to
ask a favor of you'll IL will never
hesitate to come to you If I am in
need of a true friend. Ken. Why, you
are more than that--you are almost
like my BROTHER
When a woman wants to serve the
man she loves with that peerless de-
votion that can come only once in a
life etime-with that love that most
men, worthy or unworthy, missile
will deny her love-she will call him
friend" and brother" so that he may
the more willingly accept the sacri-
flee that puts his love beyond her
claiming and give 1t to the woman he
has chosen.
Continued Tomorrow
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upon the boy as leeches, Jim, Kitty's
father. whom Kenneth believes to be
only her chauffeur. and Dick lie Roy,
KItty's former dancing partner In
vaudeville. Kenneth learns from Kitty
that his father was the man who had
made her what she Is Kenneth, in
blind passion. strikes his father in the
face. The blow is forgiven by the
father Kitty May had witnessed the
attack. Kenneth leaves the apart
ment looking for work; the girl
makes herself at home in the place
with Dick lie Roy Kenneth has no
money, and he refuses to appeal to
his father for help. though Kitty begs
him to. He is refused a loan by Tom
Harding. his sisters fiance.
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Now Read On

cry that was frightened with perfume
and sunshine that he felt were across
high wall that he might never
climb. There were roses in the garden
spot that was Mary's life. Well, he
thought, he might inhale the perfume
for one more minute, and then goodby
to Mary Burk. But a love like Mary
Burk's never dies-and perhaps, per-
haps-"quien sabe"-who knows what
1t was yet to mean to Kenneth Nell
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dbLOid
dLeS
W.T. HAT. Mother is a diplomat.
w read so much Of them thes.
days.

w read so @'inss much IS Of flsaa"1a sns@ sh...
days
A diplomat My Child. is one whose
manners are so highly polished that
ne can call another man a liar and
the other man will never know it.
What. Mother. is meant by Pa
tience2
Patience. Little One. is that senti-
ment which so soon ceases to be a
virtue when displayed toward the
faults of those you dislike. 1t is also
the best investment married woman
can make.
Are all, Moaher, who talk about
others to be classed as gossips?
No, no. Ny Child: those you dislike
are sossips; those you like are well
Informed"
Is 1t SO wicked. then, to listen to
gossip?
There is nothing more wicked. Lit
tie One. than to listen to gossip. but
1t is the popular thing never to con-
denim the gossip till one has heard all
he has to tell. When his talk is ex
hausted 1t is then quite noble for his
listeners to show their contempt for a
tattler by leaving the room
What, Mother, is Hope?
The answer, Little One. depends
upon the age of the person in whose
breast it is inspired. In mothers Hope
is that sentiment which, when they
see other boys slight. abuse and dis
own their parents, prevents them
from giving their own boys away.
What, Mother Mine. is meant by
getting back to nature?
It is an expression. Ny Child, used
by those who are figuring on Ioafing
for awhile and want the loahng dis
guised
Why. Mother. is Christmas time
called the holidays?
Because. Ny Child. it is that season
of the year when every one is worked
almost to death.
What. Mother Dear. is meant by
leading the double life?
II a man. Innocent One. earns 800
month and gives his wife only s9s.5o
of It. she suspects him of leading a
Double Life with the remaining half
dollar.
But has she grounds. Mother Dear.
FOR such a suspicion?
AS a woman learns the other sex
better. Ny Child, she learns she has
grounds for every suspicion that en-
ters her head.
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But has she grounds. Mother Dear.
Tor such a suspicion?
AS woman learns the other sex
better Ny Child, she learns she has
grounds for every suspicion that en-
ters her head.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18

his father.
1.-THE monks themselves, when de-
manded, could lay aside books for
bucklers ana were not at all averse to
taking part with their students and
clansmen in whatever battle was wag-
ing for the honor of the clan.
$50. peaceful as the seventh and
eighth centuries were, no student or
warrior need die of ennui If he pre-
ferred to die of spear wound. It was
only in the year e97 that Albanian, the
10th abbot of Iona, secured the pass
age Of the law of the innocents forbid
ding women to enter battle.
"How tame the puerile college rival
ries of modern days. when we read
that in the eighth century 200 men Of
the school Of Darrow perished in a
battle with the neighboring scholars Of
Clonmacoise, and the old annalists re-
cord that 800 monks took part in a
battle that was fought in the year s1e.
"a passage from the Brehon laws
leads US to surmise that there may
have beer quite few gayboys among
the college students even in those days.
The law relates to the wearing of
broochpins, and you members of the
legislature will observe that there 10
nothing original in the new hatpin law
which our gallant guardians Of the
peace permit to be more honored in
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18


professional career.
"An interesting reference to these
filial duties is found in a text of Aen-
gus, the Culdee dating from the early
part of the ninth century. AS cx-
planned by "a very ancient scholiast. it
gives pleasing instance Of kindly
obedience to the law bidding pupils
cherish the old age Of their instruc-
tors. Maelruan (Mulrooney) of Tall
laght, near Dublin, had been the mas
ter Of Aengus. who thus alludes to the
tender care lavished on the aged mas
ter by his former pupils:
'Maelruan, after our nursing him.
The shining sun Of Meath's southern
border. e" ~.
At his undefled sepulcher
The wounds Of all hearts are healed.
Here is an extract from the Brehon
law showing the indemnity of the mas
ter for damage done by his charges:
The poet commands his pupils. The
man from whom education is received
lie free from the crimes Of his pupils
II they be children Of natives. even
though he feeds and clothes them and
that they pay him for their learning.
He is free. even though it be strang-
er that he instructs. feeds and
clothes. provided it is for God that he
does It, II he feeds and instructs a
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18

TIC SCHOOLS was 10 prepare men Tor the
priest hood; consequently Holy Scrip
ture and theology were the principal
studies. AS a foundation for deeper
study, they had to learn all the psalms
by heart. Reciting these, day by day
in choir, and meditating upon the beau
ties as expounded by the learned faith
ers of the monastery, the Irish monks
came to a knowledge and understand
ing of the Sacred Scriptures that could
not be produced by mere technical exc
gesis.
Their eighth and ninth century
manuscripts of the New Testament
covered with Irish CLOSES, and Irish
poems and Irish notes. says Prof
Stokes. have engaged the attention of
photographers and students of the
Greek texts for the last two centuries.,'
They form the basis of DR.. Reeves
assertion that the Irish school of this
time was unquestionably the most ad-
vanced of its day in sacred literature"
ave cannot too strongly emphasize
the fact that lessons were conducted
in the Gaelic tongue during the sixth
century when in no other country OF
Europe had the vernacular been sum-
GENTLY cultivated for literary and SCI
entific instruction.
Remember that Ceadmon, the An
glo-Saxon poet whose name is associ-
ated with our earliest English litera-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
ROB HOUSE, THEN
PUT IT IN ORDER
Thieves Get .Jewelry and Sill
verware Amounting to Sew
eral Hundred Dollars.
IspecIaI to the Ne.yark star.l

PASSAIC, N. j., July 2S.-The home
of Arthur S. Hughes here was entered
by burglars yesterday and, after TAX
ing what articles of value they want
ed, they spent considerable time put
ting the furniture In order, rearrang-
ing the table linen in the drawers and
hanging up utensils in the pantry
which they had moved. They neglect
ed to do but one thing-to return the
napkins into the rings. This finally
led to the detection of the robbery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes returned from
Manhattan Beach last night and Mrs.
Hughes started to make preparations
for supper. Going to the sideboard
in the dining room in search of a
knife, Mrs. Hughes noticed that the
napkins were not In the rings.
Mary must have been in an awful
hurry to get away" she commented
TO her husband, but the next. second
she noticed that some silverware was
missing. Thieves have been in. the
house" she quickly called to her hus-
band, and the police were immediate :
ly called. Mr.. Hughes said last night
that he had taken no inventory of the
things that had disappeared, but that
what jewelry and silver he knew to
have been stolen would amount in
value to several hundred dollars.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
TWO OF PENNSY ELEVATED
TRACKS ARE PUT in USE
Especial to the Newark st.r.,

RAILWAY, N. J., July 2s.-Two of
the six elevated tracks which the
Pennsylvania railroad is constructing
here to eliminate grade crossings have
been completed and are now in actual
use for both passenger and freight
traffic.
The trains were run over the new
tracks yesterday morning for the first
time. These two tracks wifi be used
for both passenger and freight service
while the other four are being built.
The elevation of the tracks will ELI
inmate eight grade crossings here and
two at Linden. The tracks average
eighteen feet above the ground and
will be elevated for a distance of ap-
proximately five miles, running from
Bayway in Elizabeth to Colonia. The
entire improvements will not be fin
ished before next spring, according
to the engineers at the local Office.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
TO FIGHT BURNS MS. SALE

LONDON. July 2s.--A new turn has
been given to the protests emanating
from Scotland against the recent ac-
ton of the Liverpool Atheneum, in
selling the so-called Glenriddel manu-
scripts OF the poet Burns, the pur-
chase being understood to have been
made indirectly by an American mill
'lonaire. j. C. Ewing, one of the ac-
knowledged Authorities upon Burns's
works has raised the legal point
that the Glenriddel manuscripts were
loaned, not given, to DR.. Currie, who
later presented them to the Athen-
cum. The legality of the sale will
be contested
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
HISTORIC PIPE TRACED
BY CONGRESSMAN-SLEUTH

WASHINGTON. July 2S.-Repre-
sentative William Kent. of California,
one of the wealthiest members of the
House, recently received from con-
stltuent, Dryden Garnett, of Willow,
Cal, a strange looking. unusually
large meerschaum pipe bowl, which
bore the signs OF long and hard
usage. Along with the pipe came a
note explaining that the writer, who
had worn a blue uniform at the bat
tie of Shiloh, picked up the pipe bowl
after the fight.
Recently he wondered If the owner
were living, and he requested Mr..
Kent to find out.
Mr.. Kent finally located DR.. H. NJ.
Won Stackloff, a practising physician
of st. Louis. who was the surgeon Of
the Flrty-third Illinois Volunteers,
and he said Colonel julius Raith had
owned the pipe. He died at Pitts
hurgh Landing.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
BLACKSNAKE DEV0URS
THREE "RATTLERS" ALIVE
IFrom a stan Correspondent

TRENTON, N. j., July 2S.-Jack
Johnson, a huge blacksnake at the
Cadwalader Park, caused attendants
in the animal house a thrill when he
devoured whole three green "rattlers,"
which were placed in his compart-
ment.
Another blacksnake, measuring six
feet, appeared on the lawn Of the
home of Harry P. Bloom, Carteret
avenue, and caused a small-sized
panic.
All disappeared into the house, and
remined in state of siege for fully a
half hour before venturing out, when
they saw the snake protrude its
head through the lattice work be-
meath the porch. a garden rake was
pressed down through its neck. Then
while the reptile fought, Edward
Stable, neighbor, cut off its head
with an ak.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
RATE FATHER BEATS
GIRL WITH IRON BAR
Especial to the Newark star.1

JERSEY CITY. N. j., July 2s.--
dashed to a bed post. her hands tied
securely above her head and her frail
body horribly bruised from a beating
with an iron bar she received at the
hands of her father, was the condi-
ton pretty Bertha Nicholson. II years
old, who was found when neighbors
broke in her room at 319 Henderson
avenue, last night.
The girl attributes the cause of the
trouble today to the fact that she is
keeping company with a young man
from HoboSen. She says the father
objected to him and warned her that
she must give him up. She repeatedly
refused, and admitted that a promis-
ing intimacy has arisen between
them She said last night that she
would rather be married than live
the life she has been. The father was
arrested and held on the charge of
cruelty.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
SAYS CARNEGIE'S PRAISE OF
KAISER is INCONSISTENT

WASHINGTON. July 2s,--Andrew
Carnegies praise OF the German EN-
peror as a great peacemaker Is ut
terly inconsistent with the teachings
of his own school OF world peace
propaganda. in the opinion of Briga-
dier-General Albert L. Mills. chief of
division of military affairs, war de-
partment.
Mr.. Carnegie halls the Emperor of
Germany as the greatest peace force
In the world" said General Mills, yet
Mr.. Carnegie and his paid employees
are trying to discourage the efforts of
those who are trying to maintain
peace along the very lines which have
been so very effective in Germany"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
MANY SILK WORKERS ARE
TURNED AWAY AT MILLS

PATERSON, N. j., July 2S-The
big silk strike is over, but many of
the employees who left the mills
twenty-one weeks ago were unable
to find work today. The manufac-
turers said they had all the hands
they could use until they received
orders withheld pending the settle
ment of the labor troubles.
The central strike committee of the
Industrial Workers of the World has
been delegated to make official dec
laration of the end of the strike to-
morrow. 1t is estimated that the
strike cost the employees s5,300,000 In
lost wages. The manufacturers lost
their spring and summer orders and
twenty-one small plants went to the
wall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
BURLINGTON MOOSE TO
RUN COMPLETE TICKET
Especial to the Newark starI

BURLINGTON. N. j., July 2s.-
Burlington county Progressives Will
place a complete ticket in the field
next fall, according to a decision
reached at a spirited meeting of the
county committee in this city last
evening. The committee decided to
indorse no gubernatorial candidate
In order that Progressives In the
county might express an unhampered
choice at the primaries.
Reports from every community rep
resented, however. were to the effect
that Everett Colby seems to be the
general choice of the Bull Moosers''
of the county. Many Republicans,
It was also said, have expressed their
willingness to support Colby rather
than any candidate yet suggested in
their own party.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
ASK PAPAL BLESSING FOR
JUDGE ILL AT N. ]. HOME
Especial to the Newark start

SPRING LAKE, N. J., July 2s.-
Judge Thomas C. o'sullivan. of Gen
eral Sessions court. New York. is
seriously i'll in his summer home in
Monmouth avenue here. He is under
the care of three physicians, having
been in bed since last Friday.
Members of the family sent for Mgr.
L. ]. McMackin, of Staten Island. to
come to the judges bedside. Mgr.
McMackin, it has been learned from
friends, sent a cable message to the
Pope, asking for a special blessing
for the Judge, who is a papal knight.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
MADDENED COW ATTACKS
WOMAN, BOY AND MAN
IspeciaI to the Newark stsr.I

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j.. July 28.-
Harry w. Hester, his sister, Mrs
Woodington, and his son Norman
narrowly escaped being gored to
death by a COW yesterday while in
the yard of their home on Mount
Holly avenue. The COW suddenly be-
came furious and made a dash for
Mrs. Woodington.
Hester ran into the yard to help
her He fell over some boards in
his haste, and as he lay on the
ground the COW turned upon him and
tried to gore him, but before she
succeeded she was again driven off
The animal then attacked the boy
who, though badly scared, was not
injured. Later the COW was caught
and tied.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
OCEAN DEMOCRATIC PLANS


TOMS RIVER, N. J., July 2S.-The
Democrats of Ocean county feel con-
fident that they will have winning
ticket in the field this fall. The candi-
dates for the nomination for senator
are Frank r. Austin, president of the
Tuckerton National Bank and Chas.
X. Blodgett, a prominent business
man of Point Pleasant. The candi-
date for Assembly is w. Clement
Moore, publisher and prominent bust
ness man of New Egypt, while Allaire
H. Grant the candidate for county
clerk. is the cashier of the Peoples
National Bank of Lakewood
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
AUTOS ROUT MORMONS
AFTER WOMEN FAIL

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 2S.-
An abrupt end came to the Mormon
invasion of Pleasantville, which so
wrought up the women of that village
that they threatened to drive out the
missionaries if the men didn't. The
women attempted to end a Mormon
meeting, but failed.
They planned to hold meeting in
front of the First National Bank, but
the continuous passing of roaring au-
tos soon showed them the uselessness
of their task. They left town.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
DROUGHT OFF SUNDAY BY
PIPE LINE TO BACK ROOM
Especial to the Newark start

JERSEY CITY, N. j.. July 2S.--The
enforcement of "blue laws" yesterday
came near putting a drought" into
some Jersey places. In Bayonne John
Yore, chief of police, tried to enforce
the Sunday closing laws. but in many
saloons regular patrons were able to
buy drinks, although no liquor was
sold openly.
Robert S. Hudspeth, prosecutor Of
Hudson county, yesterday took steps
to close saloons in North Hudson,
which have been doing as much bust
ness on Sundays as on week days
In many places saloonkeepers ran
pipe lines to their rear rooms and dis
pensed drinks there.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-28
BARBER BROS. FOR FIELDER


SEA GIRT, N. j., July 28.-Repeti-
tons of stories which about a month
ago appeared in some State papers.
purporting to connect the names of
Senator Thomas Barber and his
brother, former Assemblyman Isaac
Barber, Of Warren county. with the
Wittpenn GubernAtorial boom, have
led the BARRIERS to send a letter to
Acting Governor Fielder, characteriz-
ing the story as a canard and setting
forth their unwavering support in hts
candidacy. which they say has been
his since he first entered the race.