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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
WITH THE NATIONS TOILERS

Bakers and confectionery workers
issued 5s1, 900 union labels in the
past year.
There is agitation of governmental
pensions for veteran Federal en-
ployees.
odartse odartse odartse odartse odah
In the past year twenty-five local
unions of different crafts were or
ganized in Porto Rico.
In Great Britain organized indus
tries there are over 100000 women
who earn less than SO a week
The Friday Morning Club, the larg-
est woman's organization in Los An
geles, is to establish home club for
domestics.
In Massachusetts, new law ex-
cludes children under sixteen abso-
lntely frona Aar&as detailed field Of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
by HERBERT QUICK
copyrighted, 1913, by the Newspa-
ner Enferurfne Aasoefa4fou.l

(COpyrshted, 1913, by the Newspa-
per Enterprise AssoefatiOn.)
Every city in the country has it's
cooperative building and loan asso-
Citations. They are in all probability
the greatest cooperative schemes in
America. and the most successful.
Where they are run on real CO.
operative principles. they are an I'M
mixed blessing. They enable the
wage-earner to buy shares in his
neighbours borrowings. and get in
terest thereon. They make it posi-
BILE for the poor man who has saved
UP and bought a lot, to build a house
and make a home.
Wherever in my travels have
found men Of small means living In
their own homes, and especially
where the houses were of the sort
that made me wonder how the people
owning them could afford to do so, I
have found that the, answer to my
query was the purely cooperative
building and loan association.
They have been confined to cities
and towns. One of these which Is
said to be very successful is the
South Baltimore Progressive Build
ing and Loan Association, which has
300 members. 100000 In loans. and
daily deposits amounting to from ST.
200 to 81, 000-and it's office Is in the hat
store of its treasurer, where 1t meets
every other Monday evening. A visi-
tor recently asked the president IL
there is any reason why the building
and loan plan could not be so ex-
tended as to meet the needs of
farmers.
None in the least" said he. Eve
have had applications for loans from
farmers near Baltimore, but we were
compelled to refuse them because We
cannot manage country property. We
know too little about it."
But as a matter of fact-and 1t is
an important fact, I think in these
days of rural credit schemes--the
building and loan idea has been
adopted by farmers, and has been in
successful operation in Defiance
county, Ohio, and its vicinity.
I recommend the study of these ex-
periences to Senator Fletcher, OF
Florida; Representative Bathrick, of
Ohio; Representative Moss, of In
diana, and all those gentlemen who
have bills pending for rural credit
schemes.
A dozen years ago a building and
loan association in Defiance, Ohio,
was oversupplied with money. 1t was
practically forced to make farm loans
on account of this surplus of funds.
Mr.. K. v. Haymaker, its secretary,
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A l,OOO-Mile Australian Railway

saving devices in the construction OF
the line, as considerable difficulty is
anticipated in obtaining suitable
labor. What there is is very expen-
sive. Owing to the poor nature of
the country little local traffic is ex-
pected, but there will be large pas
senger and mall traffic between the
eastern and western states. From
the point of view of defense the rail-
way is essential, as at present all
Communications between Eastern and
Western Australia would be cut off
IL command of the sea were lost The
total length of the transcontinental
railway will be 1853 miles. The guage
is to be standard, feet 81 inches
Engineering News
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15

The Australian Circumcontinental
railway, which is eventually to run
from Kalgoorie, in Western Aus
tralia, at which point 1t connects with
railway already built on the west
ern coast at Perth, to Port Augusta,
on the southern coast in South AUS
tralia, is now under construction.
This line has been under discussion
in Australia for many years. The
road was started during 1912, and the
rails have now been laid for a dis
lance of some ten miles from each
end. Construction had, however, been
delayed by the non delivery of rolling
stock. It is intended to use track
laying machines and other labor
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OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

fhorities in the little Alsatian town
of Zabern They have been told
plainly that they shall not be per-
mitted to treat with contempt the
civil rights of the German people.
They have been made to understand
by the national parliament that the
'sking's coat" invests officers of the
army with no divine right to tram
pie upon the laws of the country.
In similar circumstances in London
OF Paris such a denomination as
that made by the Reichstag would oc-
casion no surprise. Any British or
French cabinet that sanctioned IAN
guage like that used by the kaisers
minister. of war in upholding the
military at Zabern would be turned
out of office before the session closed.
But after the long schooling of the
German people in the ideas of mill
tarism and the sanctity of the army,
the violent outbreak of indignation
on the part of the Reichstag gains
the greater significance. So long has
the tyranny of the uniform been
borne with outward patience through
out the empire that the revolt of the
deputies has a strange and alien note.
Yet even the kaiser is startled into
a new sense of caution, and is moved
to censure severely the officers at
Zabern who exceeded their authority
by making arbitrary arrests among
the townspeople.
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labor, generally described as dan
gerous or injurious to such minors"

labor, generally described as dan
gerous or injurious to such minors"
Rochester IN. " Trades and Labor
Council has begun the publication Of
a labor paper.
Pensions for school teachers have
existed in Germany in some form or
other for two or three centuries.
In New York city two factions of
the Sheet Metal Workers have agreed
to settle their differences. All details
have been worked out and new
union is to be formed.
Last week the first batch of strike
notices lodged by the bookbinders
over Scotland, excepting Dundee,
took effect, and 1t Is computed that
within ten days at least 1000 men
will be idle failing settlement Of the
dispute regarding female and nom
apprenticed labor. IS. 3. :.
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He wore no waistcoat and his coat
was of light black alpaca. His linen
showed the effects of the heat. He
threw his hat upon a bench by his
side. When he saw me he made
motion for me to sit beside him.
Il came over to New York" said
the Senator, Ito prepare for an argu-
ment which | expect to make in the
Supreme Court in October, but I
shall have to give 1t up if this
weather continues"
| asked the Senator il he ever
wrote out the speeches which he made
in the Senate.
mo, SIR he replied ITO do that is
to ruin a speech"
He unused moment and then went
on to say: II think that the Ameri-
can people are altogether too fond of
hearing men talk. i mean by talk
the delivery of campaign speeches or
set and formal addresses. However,
discern signs which lead me to be-
lieve that this great volume of sound
made by public speakers Is to, be
greatly diminished.
There will always be, presume, in
country like ours a large number
of people who will follow a popular
orator around and stand with mouths
wide open to hear him. But intelli-
gent people are beginning to see
through the tricks of rhetoric and to
understand when a speaker is acting
the part. The time is near at hand
when the most effective speeches will
be made by men who are thoroughly
masters of their subjects, who have
collected and assimilated many facts
and statistics, and who then present
their subjects in a quiet, orderly, I'M
rhetorical, undramatic way, seeking
only to convince the hearer of the
soundness of the argument and not
to persuade him that he is listening
to a great orator-a true Orator Puff"
And when / heard Senator Car
penter speak upon the consulate
courts / realized that he was follow
ing the formula which he gave to me
for effective speaking.
Copyrighted, 1918, by E. j. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell
about when Logan was Notified of
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III You Are Nervous. Keep Company
with Good Liquor Occasionally.

PITTSBURG, Pa. Dec. 15.-An oc-
casional Jag" is of benefit to the
system of some persons, according to
DR.. Carl H. Homberg. The doctor
has among his patients some of the
leading men of Pittsburg, including
railroad presidents and other men
who often work under nervous strain.
This must not be taken as advice
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
This Isn't Odd News--Read Date Line
and Re Couviuced

anu ne COHNtucrus
WINSTED, Conn, Dec. 15.-Sum-
mer We'd with winter at Highland
Lake yesterday. Canoeing and boat
ing parties dotted the lake while men
fished for pickerel and perch through
an inch and half of ice in the coves.
A large buck deer, closely pursued
by a dog, jumped into the third bay
OF the lake and. started to cross it, a
distance of a mile. Two men, in a
canoe started after the deer, which.
as they drew alongside, turned sud
denly and capsized the craft. The
men abandoned the canoe and swan
ashore.
John Holland found live crickets
outside his home in West Lake street
and placed them in a bottle for the
skeptical to look at
Freshly picked dandelion blossoms
were worn in coat lapels.
Caterpillars also were out.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
Che Red StocklnS

Fill up a red stocking
With candies and toys
For poor little girls
And for poor little boys
Fill up red stocking
To gladden. the eye
OF those whom old Santa
Has CHANGED to pass by.
Fill up red stocking
That children may keep
Their faith in Santa,
Who comes while they sleep,
A fat little Santa,
Who drops down the flue
With pack full of presents
All shining and new.
Fill up red stocking
That no little heart
Shall burn with its sorrow
And no tears shall start
Because of Christmas
That's dreary and sad
For some little maiden
Or some little lad.
For children are children
Wherever they're met,
So make this Christmas
They will not forget
Fill up a red stocking
For those who are poor
To bring them pleasure
That's tender and surei
-BERTON BRALEY.
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Unromantic.

She (rapturously)--Do you just
love the crisp weather of fall?
He-Sure. It's then that the cider
comes t
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
Cynical View Of Marriage.

Having married. they Immediately
proceeded, as If by mutual consent, to
make the worst OF it.-Ellen Glasgow
in Virginia."
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ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

cannot apply to all kinds of people. :"
he said. But 1 have found in my
experience with certain kinds of men,
professional mostly, that an evening"
relaxation in the company of good
liquor and reasonable men has been
of benefit to their bodies and has re-
lieved them of strain. But 1t must
not become a spree or that foe to
human progress, the hangover will
assert itselfr
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The Girls Refused Invitation.

The Girls Refused Invitation.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Miss Rodgers, of Montclair, N. J.,
knows more today that she formerly
knew about the limitations on the
exercise of human kindness. She
issued a public statement that she
wished to entertain at Thanksgiving
dinner thirty lonely girls living in
furnished rooms and supporting
themselves in New York city. She
got two letters from two sisters,
orphans. on Varet street. this Dor
ough. and no other responses. Even
not go to Montclair.. The plan of Miss
Rodgers was, therefore, a fiat failure.
Tt had sprung out of the gentlest and
most genuine motives. But no human
being on earth wants to be patroniZed,
and least of all the working girl, who
has a dignity of her own to maintain.
Doubtless if Miss Rodgers had got
in touch, in personal touch, with a
few working young women, had in
vited each of them personally to be
her guest, and had made 1t clear to
them that her pleasure would be
yreater than theirs if the invitations
were accepted, they would have come
to her dinner A blanket invitation
monty called charity to be without a
sting.
The incident is worthy of note be-
cause it bears on the real weakness
of so many efforts to be kind to other
folks without knowing the forms of
their understanding. Pride and
poverty go together, where the poor
are worth while There is a set of
hangers-on of charitable organiza-
tions that will tolerate any sort of in
vestigation, any sort of impingement
on proper self-respect, and accept any
sort of invitation to get what can be
gotten. They are really the pauperized
class, which should be taught to work.
We are rather glad that the working
girls of New York city have different
ideals, and that their sensitiveness
does them credit will be the common
judgment of intelligent citizens.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15

Church Vies with saloon by Serving
Free Lunch.
CINCINNATI, Dec 15.-To make
the church as attractive to the needy
as the saloon, the Rev. A. N. Kelly
adopted. the plan of providing free
lunch at his church every evening
from 1880 to $50 o'clock Soup. cof-
fee, sandwiches and cakes are served
After the free lunch there is a SER
mon. A few who have no place for
the night will be invited to rest a. bit
in the upholstered plush pews.
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"Touchingv for Kings Evil.

From the London Chronicle
The practise of touching for the
kings evil continued for nearly CEN
fury after the reign of Queen Anne,
but sufferers could not obtain the
treatment in England. For the touch
ing was performed by the exiled
Stuarts, the Old Pretender, and,
later, his two sons being constantly
called upon by sufferers in Italy And
this belief in the efficacy of the touch
of the exiles apparently had royal
support, for William of Orange, when
refusing all applicants, had referred
them to James IL. at St. Germans.
The Stuarts we're all busy ''touchers,
and Charles III. is said to have treat
ed over a hundred thousand people
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Germany's Warning 10 the Kaiser.
From the New York World.
No such lesson has been admins
tered in long time to the kaiser 8
ministers as the warning delivered
by the Reichstag because of the high
handed conduct OF the military au-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell
about When Logan was Notified of
His Nomination"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15

copyrighted, 1918, by e. j. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15

-BERTON BRALEY.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-05-30

looked at the woman. She was staring
straight ahead. I could not tell from
her face whether it was hard or soft
There seemed to be CLINT in the eyes
that was dangerous, the lines of the
mouth seemed drawn and cynical, and
yet
And you are sure you did not know
to whom you were telling your story?'
"'How should / know? | asked.
why should I care? l am nothing
have been made nothing through the
hard heartedness of another. Is it
right for girl, If she must go into
the world, to know nothing about that
world before she ventures into it? /
was told nothing. / knew nothing
had no weapons with which to fight
against temptation. was only a girl,
poor, weak, foolish girl and
II ceased speaking. The woman
was rocking in her chair again.
started. 1t seemed that something
pearly was beginning to gather in her
eyes, that her hands were clasping
nervously.
OAAoPo yOu O4O uOL AuOW, 0uO
began at last, what story you were
telling. Suppose should tell you that
had little girl to whom had never
shown kindness. Suppose should tell
you that out in the city somewhere is
just such a little girl as you were, a
little girl that was taken in under the
same circumstances and turned out
in about the same manner. If should
tell you, what would you say?'
what would / say?' asked pas
sionately. There is much to say
There is more to do came the
quick answer Nora, she called, and
the big hearted Irish girl came into
the room. I wish you would tele-
phone that lawyers Office and ask if
Miss Betty can come out here for a
moment. Tell the attorney that only
want to see her.
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home that had been mine since in
fancy. I went TO an attorney. He
looked over the case, saw that I had
no evidence of ever having been legal
" adopted and gave it up. The world
was before me. Tender, unused to its
ways, innocent, unknowing of the pit
falls that were before me, must step
out into it, must fight my way alone,
must earn my living.
well, I tried to be brave. From
place to place went, seeking work.
It was denied me. I became shop
girl. After a week / was discharged
for incompetency. And then-then-'
II closed my eyes. lay back on the
pillow.
What is the use of going into all
the hideous story?' begged. There
is nothing that will do any good to tell
You can guess the rest. And now,
here am, lost to the world, lost to
everything, wreck of woman-and
ali because human kindness, human
duty was denied me. did my best, I
did my best
i lay still on the bed. My eyes
were still closed and / hardly dared
to open them. / wondered what effect
my story had made on the woman, but
after all the effort, after all the pain
and suffering I had gone to that |
might tell it, I was afraid to learn the
result. heard the chair in which the
woman was sitting begin to rock back
and forth, back and forth. At last
she spoke.
THAT is your story she asked
slowly.
Eyes
"'Did you know to whom you were
telling it?'
"This brought my eyes open.
".No,' I answered. but you asked
me-
.T know it.
."There was another long silence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-05-30

until Easter, and many Bermuda
lilies"
what became of those mysterious
little pots you had when you started!"
asked a curious woman across the
aisle.
"They went to the school children,
of course. Have you ever thought OF
the joy potted bulb gives to
child?"
Dear me, doing something for
somebody else again! When do you
have time to think about yourself?"
rejoined the same questioner.
when make rose-hip jelly" an
swered the Hollyhock Woman. Rosa
Rugosa makes delicious jelly as deli
cate as the guava. AS gathered the
glowing fruit Of the rose bushes, and
boiled them and strained the jelly last
evening while the wind blew, !
thought of the thin bread and butter
and the company who would open the
first jelly glass with me when the
snow was flying"
'You call that thinking of your
self" began the other scornfully.
Never mind what it u.s." inter
rupted the Primrose Man; II hope
I shall take the cover from that first
jelly glass filled with amber rose-hip
jelly. I hope / may keep count of the
bulbs that open as they come out of
the cellar to sunny window"
"You shall / share what have"
said the Hollyhock Woman gracious
~. "You know / think that Shut-in
lady saw me gather her rose-hips. She
did not want them, and did, and
as l had planted the hedge of Rosa
Rugosas along the side of her little
yard, / felt some privilege to help my
self"
Gardening makes neighbors and
vagabonds of US ALL" interpolated
strange voice. None Of you have
spoken to me; am the lawyer in
the next block Why not form an in
door garden club this winter? They
say folks die Of dullness in villages in
the winter. We get tired of ourselves
and our affairs"
I'VE do not take time to count our
selves, in our village" said the Prim-
rose Man. I'VE are too busy with
rose-hip jelly and the affairs Of our
neighbors Come and take coffee with
me tonight and talk it over. Lady Of
the HoIIyhocks, win you comet"
LENA MAY M'cAULEY.
Copyright. 1872. by W. G. Chapman.l
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1T raised myself hurriedly.
"'Then there lis

81 raised myself hurriedly.
""Then there is
"a little girl just like yourself
answered Mrs. Edwards. 7 did with
her what your foster mother did with
you. But, in my case, it is not too late
to remedy. And that remedy is going
to ne made. She can stay here the
rest Of her life if she cares to. If she
does not, she can have half the money
her foster father left
Suddenly she bent forward. Her
hands covered her eyes.
"T never thought she sobbed, I
never saw never cared!'
but you care now I said to her,
and the tenderness in my heart was
real You care now and you are go
ing to make up for the past That is
all that one can dot is the greatest
of human breadth of character and of
mind to be able to admit mistake
and to right it.
"The woman did not seem to hear
me. Her hands still covered her eyes.
"T wonder if she will kiss me when
she comes,' she sobbed. 4 wonder if
Real tears were in my eyes now,
tears of happiness, tears of real joy
at the knowledge that l had even
through trick, brought softness of
heart where there was only hardness
before.
EYES, I said, and my voice was
strangely husky, she will kiss you, she
will throw here arms around you and
call you mother I'm sure she will
The orchestra across from us was
playing, by some strange coincidence.
the MELODY in f." Miss Clement
gazed below into the throbbing lobby,
she looked far away down the soft
carpeted promenade, where richly
dressed men and women sat listening
to the music. And for some strange
reason, both Of us were silent for
long, long time.