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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
A STATE LOAN FOR IMPROVED ROADS.

THE STATE road department is unwilling to take
roads highways until the department is furnished with
money the roads in order and maintain
them properly 1t is well to plan system of State highways
the provided for carrying out the plan 1t
lion whether in the few the State will be in condition
financially keep building maintaining
already constructed The expenditures for road building
year 737 the appropriation this
S32600 Commissioner Stevens wants $725000 in the
appropriation year addition the
vehicle If expected there shall be serious falling
corporations the Legislature may be
to the alternative of appropang the that
the counties for the schools stopping road building But why
should road Improvement which permanent be paid for
the treasury? In New York Pennsyan and other States
bonds issued distribute the first
years Why should hundred miles of improved
be paid for in cash by the people this when this mileage
benefit people hence New Jersey has State
debt could easily carry five millions of bonds which would
provide for splendid State highway system and for the
This expenditure would greatly increase property
attract population benefit the agricultural interests and
help the living by bringing the
the markets
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
GOYERNMENT BY MURDER.

THE ATTEMPT by murder to restore in Mexico the oil
garchca rule of the Daz type have the of
that have large investments in Mexico and
peace any nhuman price that unhappy country but
the of the American people We in this
beginning Mexican politics. which
heretofore have appeared like crazyqu Few Americans
Diaz Mexico than half slave
1t end this condition that revolution headed by
Madero and having the support of the vast majority finally
Unfortunately Madero did possess the
handing qualities insure for the people the fruits of the
lnon there strong give him the aid
ne needed He moved mercenares and enemies in his
capital the army plotting his
Oils The old regime ready plunge the country into
archy ready destroy the capital intent upon trampng
the of popular liberty But the political thought in
beyond the of former revolutions
Privilege exploitation peonage have had their day The
begun the meanings of the words
Liberty and Justice When nation knows its rights it
longer bondage there be peace until the
frightfu injustice Mexican social system rghed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
School Problem Solved

THE old-fashioned set course with
cultural aims has caused many fail
ures produced hundreds of misfits
and driven innumerable boys and
girls to leave school as soon as the
law will permit" declares Edwin l.
Canine, superintendent of schools in
East Chicago, in a statement adj
dressed to the United States commits
sioner of education.
East Chicago is q city of cosmopoli-
tan character and strong democratic
tendencies, according to Superintend-
ent Canine. There is no wealthy nor
especially cultured class, and extreme
poverty is unknown.
His Problem Was Different.
His problem. therefore, was proba-
bly, somewhat different from that of
other school men. In his efforts to
solve it he emphasizes certain special
features, among which "semi-indus-
trial work." q "maXimum- minimum
plan of assigning school lessons, and
method of reducing the number OF
daily recitations, are conspicuous.
Semi-industrial classes were formed
when it was found that some chill
dren, especially in grades five, SIX
and seven, appeared unable to carry
the regular work, even after re-
peated trials.
Special attention was given TO
these pupils. One-third or one-fourth
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
CURE FOR INSANITY FROM
N. Y. ZOOS BABY SNAKES

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Seventy
five baby snakes of the very impor-
tant brand known as the lance head,
born in the Bronx zoo recently, were
gladly welcomed although they are
the most deadly reptile known. Since
lance head when scientifically used
was beneficial in treating certain
kinds of insanity, efforts have been
made to breed the reptile here. The
success now attained is the result of
several years work during which
many of the reptiles have been taken
alive in the Island of Trinidad at the
peril of many naturalists' lives, only
to die soon after being placed in cap
tivity here.
Experts will extract the virulent
venom from the seventy-five baby
lance heads as soon as they are a
few months old.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24

of their time was spent in the
manual training or domestic science
department, where the work was
made as practical as possible.
Coached by Special Teacher.
Then the special teacher took them
for about the same amount of time
and coached them in the subjects of
the grade in which they had failed.
Under these conditions, Superinten-
dent Canine reports, some of the boys
passed not only the grade in which
they had failed, but the next grade as
we'll.
These semi industrial classes are
open also to children over IA years
of age who have left school
The "maximum- minimum plan of
lesson assignment adopted in Super
intendent CANNES system Is an in
genious application of the principle
from each according to his abilities"
The pupils do not have to have the
same amount to do.
If the average pupils of the, class
are assigned fifteen problems in
arithmetic, for instance, the slower
pupils are assigned eight. ten or
twelve typical problems, while the
brightest are asked to do twenty or
more. The same principle is applied
to geography and history, and to
some extent to English.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
STAR BUREAU.


WASHINGTON, Feb 24-Improve-
ment of the parcel post will be one
of the early efforts of the incoming
administration
President-elect Wilson is parcel
post advocate; that is, he is in favor
of real parcel post, with a fiat rate
to every part of the country, instead
of the present zone system, and at
rates much lower than those now in
force.
Experience Of few weeks has
shown an enormous use of the parcel
post, even with the inconvenience,
high rates and zones which now make
| 1t expensive and difficult to use.
1t has been shown that in some cases
the present system has actually in
creased the old fourth-class postage
rates on merchandise. The use of
separate stamps, the figuring out of
zone rates and the temporary expedi-
ents being resorted to for delivery
of packages, with the failure to pro-
vide for a collection service, have
MADE the operation of the system
very costly, and have done much to
prevent it's use more generally.
Governor Wilson has been on record
for years as favoring a convenient
parcel post with equal facilities and
rates to all parts of the country, and
at prices as low as any charged in
the world. Under the Bourne parcel
post law, the postmastergener has
the power to change the rates and
regulation without further action by
Congress. And the President-elect
has given what amounts to assurances
that he will move very shortly after
his inauguration for cheapening the
parcel post rates and lettering the
service.
1t is a moot question as yet whether
the law gives the executive depart
ment the power to abolish the zone
system. If it is decided that it does
not, there will be additional legisla-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
THE KISS AT THE DOOR

Don't be ashamed of it fellows,
You young married fellows and old;
Don't be afraid of the custom
That's sweet with the memories Of
gold.
All day through the smoke of the
battle,
Through the toll and the worry and
hate,
You will go back again in your
dreaming
To the kiss that YOU gave at ths
gate.
Don't be afraid if they see you
When she comes to the door with
you, men:
But put up your lips for the magic
OF the touch of her loved lips again.
Why, what does 1t count if they tit
ter,
If the whole street laugh with a
roar.
Through the day of your care and
your trouble.
You will dream of that kiss at the
door.
Put your arms around her neck, never
falter;
Look the love that you feel in her
eyes;
Take the soul and the sense of il
with you
Where the field of your days bat.
tie lies.
It will haunt you with visions for.
ever.
And the perfume Will drift through
the room
AS you think every hour of her sweet.
ness
And the kiss that you gave 'neatl
the bloom.
Oh, tho kiss at the door is for sol
diers
OF the dear. holy battle of life;
For the brave who go forth to tn
struggle
| OF the daily and wonderful strife.
Don't be ashamed of it, fellows;
Don't be afraid that they'll sneer
For its dream will go with your bat
tie,
To lift you, and help you, and cheer
B. o. S.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
BASKET WILLOW FARM
CULTURE EXTENDED
Agricultural Department Will
Fill Requests for Cuttings.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. "a
The department of agriculture is get
ting ready to fill requests for the
basket willow cuttings grown last
year on its experimental farm at Ar
lington Va. Distribution of these
cuttings takes place early in March
each spring to farmers and others
who wish to make trials of basket
willow on lands too wet for other
crops. From fifty TO 100 cuttings are
given each person.
The distribution is not a mere Of
fering of government material to
persons who desire to get something
free, because it is required that each
recipient of cuttings shall make n
report of the treatment given and
the results obtained Several select
varieties are included in each set
that is distributed, and the aim is to
secure information as to the best va
riety for each locality, since no one
kind can be relied upon to Yield
maximum results over a wide range
of territory.
In tie basket willow Investigations
carried on at the Arlington farm, at
Arlington, and at Ames, Iowa, by
the forest service, particular atten-
tion has been given to the develop
ment OF American species for basket
making purposes. The European
species now commonly used have
never proved themselves entirely
adapted to American conditions, and
are as rule less thrifty than the
native species. At present there is
ut Arlington a willow garden con =
tanning nearly 500 lots gathered from
all parts of the country and repre-
senting practically every species and
variety found in the United States
and Canada.
A system of selection which has
been carried on for several years is
already indicating which strains
show the best basket willow charac-
teristics for American conditions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
He'll is both sides of the tomb. and devil may be
spectacle and good clothes.-Dr. Parkhurst.
THE BROKEN Idol.

Horatio Homer Howard Smith
Was Broadway's greatest rage;
Rialto folks compared him with
The giants of the stage.
He was the latest thing in dress,
The hero of the hour,
And he got pages in the press
AS Dramas finest fiower,"
Horatio Homer Howard Smith
Went forth upon the road.
He left his Broadway kin and lSith
From whom the dollars flowed
Then out in Oshkosh, Kokomo,
Milwaukee and Peru
The critics fell upon his show
And on Horatio, too.
They said Horatio was a shine.
A five-cent shine at that.
They said his clothes were extra tine,
His acting extra fiat.
The people Kissed his little play
Though few were there to hear;
But those who did not stay away
Remained to boot and jeer.
And so Horatio Howard Smith.
With rage and anger born.
from the road forthwith
And talks of it with scorn.
Thus Broadway claimed its own again
and hailed him with delight,
Although the fact is, gentlemen,
''The Provinces" were right
B. B. in Green Book Magazine
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
On the ~ - ~
SPUR qzn
MOMENT
By Roy K. MouIton

FROM THE uIeKEYYILLE CLARION.
Mrs. Hank Tumms expects to take
in summer boarders this year, and
those who go there will be taken in
all right. Fresh canned garden sass
right from the mall order house every
day.
BY gravy. when Teller wears eye
glasses he kin stay out all night and
look like a college professor in the
morning.
Joe Miller certainly made lot of
vaudeville acts possible.
1t is long lane that has no auto
mobile garage.
Mrs. Hi Higgins. who recently mar
ried HE, threw one of her first bis
cults at him the other day and his
recovery is not expected.
William Tibbitts says he doesn't
believe in being stingy with the VIM
men folks He gives his wife 20 cents
every Saturday night to buy some
thing extra for the Sunday dinner.
One idee of prosperity is to have a
wife who collects alimony from three
former husbands.
Miss Euphemia Perkins. poetess OF
passion, has at last wrote master
piece. Nobody else can understand
what it is about: she can't under
stand it herself and so it is almost
sure to be accepted and published by
one of the 35-c magazines.
We don't know who the meanest
man on earth is, but Hank Tumms
has stole a footstone out'n tn the
to use as pancake grid
die.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
EARLY Missourians Were Poor.

Missouri land was not very valu-
able in 1918. The Spanish authorities.
could not get settlers enough. so Gov
ernor Bernado de Galvez decided to
invite French Canadians TO his coll
ony. He offered to give Canadian set
tiers a plot Of ground and the neces-
sary tools If they would settle in Mis-
souri,. In his official report he said:
"They are so poor that when they ar
rive in these settlements they come
burdened with family, but have not
a shirt to wear. They would be in
great straits if they were obliged to
buy the farming implements neces-
sary for making their living. This
promise would incite them to seek
their liberty"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
TILE SEWN, CIRCLE.

The SEWN circle in our town meets
every Tuesday afternoon,
To sew for heather far away in Fan
zibar and old Rangoon.
That is to say, they meet to sew, but
everybody knows quite well
That tongues as we'll as needles fly
and many are the tales they tell.
Thev get all of the spicy news the
weekly paper dassent print,
And informations passed around
without the slightest sort OF
stint.
When old Lem Hicks gets full OF gin
and starts in for to do his worst,
II is the safest sort of bet the sewn
circle knows it first.
When the sopranner in the choir
walks home from meeting with
the bass,
The SEWN circle spreads lhe he%s
az their engagement round the
place.
When married folks enjoy spat,
harmless one, in all due course
Tho sewin' circles takes 1t up, en-
larges it and brings divorce.
When any married felier tips MS 'i'''
unto a maiden fair,
THE SEWN circle hears Of 1t ana
thrashes round and tears us
hair. - - ,o
A TELLER is a low down brute To 81
and treat his wife like that,
They say he is heartless hirt' Inc
maiden is little cat.
When any purity wilder goes and Guys
herself a new silk dress,
The SEWN circle hears of 1t WITHIN d
day and starts to guess
When any Teller feels some finsh anu
goes and buys an oatmobile
They say: where did he get the
price, No man could do it and
not steal"
The SEWN circle is so good II cannot
see a thing but harm,
II is so mighty ALFRED good that
goodness seems to lose ITS
charm.
It's business is to ruin regulations
with a ruthless hand,
while sewin' for the heather IN lar
Timbuctoo and Zulu land.
Compared with SEWN circles that we
know of, we are bound to state
The heather stand the better chance
of getting through the peariy
gate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
HOW PROHIBITION AIDS WHIsKEY.

WITH THE increase in the number prohibition
there has been corresponding increase the consumption
hiskey the United States Between July 1912 February
this the five million gallons
any taken of the 'noOnsne whiskey
produced icitly. which kept Beer being
bulky we'll be sold in prohibition States without
Whiskey packages readily disposed of
monopolizes beverage The prohibition
also largely promote the sale of drugs in their
For years the German beers steadily spruOus liquors
use, internal statistics Prohibition
the aid of whky with the result that its consumption
has increased where formerly ii diminished
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
MAJORITY NOMINATION. EFFECT.


Majority nominations, as made GER
tain by the proposed second choice
vote in the party primaries, will give
campaigns and political parties new
meaning
A candidate for Office who is the
choice of less than majority of the
voters in the primaries is never a.
strong candidate. Minority nomina
lions cannot be productive of party
harmony. Majority nominations mako
party harmony and strength reason
ably certain.
With the second choice vote, too
there is no reason for anybody try
ing, at any time, to prevent anybody
who chooses becoming a candidate
for nomination. With the voters
choice limited to one there is a rea-
son, where factions exist within p
party, for trying to limit the number
of candidates in a primary fight TO
one representative of each faction
With the second choice this reason
disappears. The more candidates the
better choice offered the voters and
the more representative of actual
party sentiment the nominee is likely
to be.
If the second choice law passes
there is no reason why every man
in the State who thinks there is a
reason why he should be governor
should not go into his party pri-
maries as candidate. AS it is GER
tain that the nominee will be ma
jority choice, the greater the num-
Der of candidates for the nominations
the more thorough will be the discus
sion of principles and issues and the
more representative will be the
party's nominations and platform.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
A CLEAN SWEEP

A Greenville Qllinois) Republican
went home the night of the election
and woke Up his wife and told her
to pack up and get ready to leave
that Illinois had gone Democratic,
and he wouldn't live in such a dinged
State. After storming around for a
time he went out to get some more
election news, and later returned
home and told his wife that she
needn't mind about packing up, that
there was no place to go.-Argonaut
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
AS Good as He Sent.

That the request discourteous is
very likely to be followed by a dis
courteous reply is the moral of the
following little story from the New
York Sum Mr.. l.. was touring with
his family through one Of the Eastern
States. At a cross-road some miles
from Boston he became uncertain of
his route An aged country woman
with a basket was the only person in
sight. He stopped his car and called
out to her: Il say! Hey, your The
old woman put down her basket and
stood at indignant attention I'VE
want to go to Boston, he cried. With
every evidence of resentment she
picked up her basket and screamed
back: well, who's a-hinderin' ye?"
and walked on.-Youth's Companion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
LEGISLATORS, PRIVATE INTEREST IN BILLS.

ONE OF the articles of the Pennsyy Const. ption
"a member who has personal private interest in
bill proposed pending before the General
bly, disclose the the house of which he member
thereon" 1t has enough
legislators in Pennsylvania violate this provision of the
stuton and it quoted in objection the
Legislature. Constitution Jersey should include
ts and the prohibition should be made the
language legaze a lawyer
legislator in taking fee from corporate client TO introduce
bill in the Legislature and work for its In
he is merely forbidden the bill
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
rHE NEW cHANCELLORsHIP APPOINTMENT.

no LAWYER in New Jersey is better more favoraby
Known Trenton recognized leader
the Mercer county bar and his appointment ycechancelor
Walker therefore peculiarly gratifying the
Mr. Backes will make admirable equity judge because
throughout his lawyer and citizen he has been
actively identified with things from the routine
profession in which his judgment admirably displayed
Chancellor Walker be credited with Judicial act that calls
Sor and receives the highest conmendaion s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
DO 1T BETTER

Whatever your work, let it be done
better than it has been done before.
In this world each one is filling a
place.
If you haven't any special work,
make it.
Don't be a parasite. "
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
AToNEMENT WAITS ON THIS CRIME.

THE OFFICIAL explanation of the assassination of Ma
given in Mexico City impose nobody
The dastardy crime accomplished in characteristic
the fahess and treaceOu group who trick
the character for the murder of Maero brother Ma
killed by their guards The attempt
sham The deep 9annation of the taking off of
from their
reckoning for them pay to the Mexican people II will
surely be exacted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
A~sxgrR TO CoRREsPoNDESTs.

Josephine-We would like to assist
YOU, Jo, but really we havnt time
lust now to enter your crusade TO
have the color of the 2-cent postage
stamps changed from red to pink.
You say the red ones offend the eye
and we agree with you, especially
when they are attached to the upper
rieht-hand corner of envelopes con-
tanning bills. We are getting so that
we almost hate those red postage
stamps. We wish you much success,
and If YOU can succeed in doing away
with the postage stamps altogether, it
will be long step in the right direc-
ton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
EASY PAYMENTS

The way to purchase happiness
Is the installment plan.
A kindly deed to one in need
You proffer when you can.
A smile OF two you must pay down;
That isn't much to pay.
Then on the score you offer more
AS chances come your way
OF course, you're paying all your life
You see, the sort Of man
That people bless buys happiness
On the installment plan
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
eople's
Rostrun
Would Increase Literate Vote

Would increase iittiohN
To the Editor of the Evening Star;
Sir-On the occasion of taxing the
vote on the equal suffrage amend
ment bill in the Senate, February 10,
Senator Nichols, of Cumberland,
stated that the interests of women
owning property were safer at pres
ent than they would be under equal
suffrage, since they would then be
at the mercy of illlterate women.
The thirteenth deeennial census fig
ures come just in time to show that
this position was not well taken. As
published in the papers Of the State,
these figures show that the per
centage of illiteracy in New Jersey
is IA 40 per cent. among foreign
born residents, but only nine-tenths
of one per cent among native
whites. They also show that in the
foreign-born population Of New Jer-
sey there are rs males for every 100
females. while among the native
born whites the sexes are practically
equal in number there being ninety
eight males to 100 females. There
fore equal suffrage would increase
the literate vote more than the illit-
crate. and would actually decrease
the proportion Of the illiterate vote
very largely. Since there are Is per
cent. more males than females in the
class that contains by far the largest
share of the iliiterates in New Jer-
sey, it is hard to see now the inter-
ests of any propertied class in the
State would be endangered by equal
suffrage.
These statistics also show that the
men of New jersey would need have
no fear that they were giving women
an undue preponderance of power
under equal suffrage, since there are
$4,000 more men than women in the
State. MINNIE J. REYNOLDS,
Legislative Secretary New Jersey
Suffrage Organizations.
Newark, Feb. "a. 1919.