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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-01
CEPHAS /. SHIRLEY.

The selection of Cephas 1 Shirley for the position
of superintendent of vocational instruction in the
Newark public schools appears to be wise choice.
His qualifications Instructor in the Fawcett
Drawing School have been recognized for years. His
qualifications industrial leader in the business
world also have recognition In the field of prac
tical endeavor he is record, by of his
chanca inventions, man of ingenuity As super
intendent of department of the Hyatt Roller Bear
ing Company he has been factor in the rapid deyel
opment of that concern
1t may be safely said, therefore, that Mr.. Shirley
theorst vocational lines If he accepts the
position offered him by the Board of Education, the
city of Newark will be gamer.
Superintendent of Schools Poland, in suggesting
Mr.. Shirley, made wise change. Until recently he
seemed impressed by the claims of local cotere
of theorists in behalf of of their number 1t will
be interesting to note how this cotere will accept
the defeat of their candidate and how far they will
proceed in the matter of seeing that he is taken
of at the proper time.
A secretaryship for Newark envoy to japan
might not be an inconsistent proposition in view of a
suggestion that has been credited to the
coterie.
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vol. LxxxnI.-No. 1si.
SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST /. 1914
AM r1L w1Np rHAr BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.
JAMES SMITH. JR.
MARCH /. 1889.

As far as conditions in the United States are con-
cerned there absolutely cause for the slightest
apprehension by the most timid. The country has
had business depression for some time and long ante
dating the war cloud in Europe, but every rational
man understood the and knew that these con-
ditions arose from a temporarily arrested develop
ment the of changes in the laws, and new eco
nomic adjustments There no loss of confidence
Business simply paused, and the public understood
Unprecedented crops have blessed the nation this
year. The wheat and corn crops can feed America
and Europe They bring billions of wealth both to
the farm and the factory. The nation has no embroi
ments with nations and except as to Mexico all
our problems are domestic. If ever country had
reason for perfect confidence in itself the American
nation has
Hundreds of millions of American securities have
been held abroad Foreigners have made invest
ments in railroads and mines and industries and
all corporate enterprises In the panic OF the
war these foreign investors specie for
their American securities, and hence the dumping of
these securities the American stock market and
the resultant outflow of gold to Europe
1t will be observed that these conditions all come
from the outside, and 1t is proper that this country
should protect itself this excessive foreign drain
caused by foreign madness In Europe governments
closed the stock exchanges to shield investors who
undeniaby are in real danger 1t is the business
of the financial interests In this country to do the
same service for American enterprise and American
investors, who not in real danger, and therefore
the stock exchanges in American cities have closed to
lessen liquidation and stop the mschievous activities
of stock gamblers.
So far country is concerned it is in exactly
the same position financially it before the
tocsn of in Europe startled the world All the
change made that of buying back at bargain counter
prices of American stocks from Europe and that
means liquidated debt and increased wealth. For
these paid back part of the gold that Europe
for And ua in n q sell
products to Europe increased prices.
If fear and sad distrust" shall hamper the opera
tons of business cripple it's financial the
government stands ready with at least $500 100000
to step into the breach, and the resources
of the banking interests at the service Of the
try. view of the situation in the
United States is that of all the countries of the EARTH
this country is the in which the people need not
have any fear of the near future.
Whatever betides in Europe, we are out of It, We
are experiencing of the natural effects for
this country of cataclysm in Europe and adopt
ing safeguards 1t will not be long before shall
be sensible of benefits ut is i'll wind that blows
nobody good"
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Renaissance of the Great Blue and Gray Camp at
Gettysburg, July, 1913

with horse and light wagon and
with him was Judge Blair, of Hud-
son county. He unloaded into our
tent, No. 3, fine monograph, with
an immense horn attachment, and
other good things. Later on, he set
the machine to work on many of the
old war songs and other productions
until late in the evening, drawing
large audience. We pressed 10th
of the visitors to stay with us all
night. The judge, being we'll along
in years. thought he had BETTER go
back to his bed in town, and did so.
Mr.. Davis, however, said that he
wanted to spend one night in the
tent, especially so that he could say
that he had slept on the same ground
that Pickett had charged over.
Early next morning, just after
reveille had been sounded in the camp
of the United States regulars, he
thought he would surprise the boys,
thinking they were all fast asleep; he
poked first his feet out from under
his blanket, then, very quietly, the
rest of his anatomy, and fixed the
record. pointed the big horn outward
from the entrance and started the
reveille over again, then crept Under
cover and feigned sleep. The music
at that early hour, a. M. wasf loud
and clear, a fine reproduction Of the
official call of a few minutes Hefore.
1t was a memorable week TO all
who participated, and we all highly
appreciated the presence and tenter-
tainment of Mr.. Davis. Lincoln Post
accepted the cake aud directed the
adjutant to send him a letter OF
thanks. JAMES C. TAYLOR.
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ascend, lantern in hand, to her lone
ly watch.
IT was the evening of October /,
not long after Maria, Mitchell's TWEEN
ty-ninth birthday, that she made the
discovery which brought her fame.
AS usual, she slipped away from the
family in the early evening and went
to the roof In a few minutes she
came back and told her father-who
was also an astronomer-that she
had discovered a comet. Together,
the father and daughter returned to
the roof and saw what indeed was
hitherto unrecorded comet.
Several years before this the king
of Denmark had offered a prize uf
twenty ducats to the first discoyerer
of telescope comet, and after due
procedure, Miss Mitchell received the
honor of winning the prize.
Immediately Miss Mitchell was
hailed as a distinguished astronomer
and without delay she was elected
to the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences as the first woman ever
admitted to that society. About. this
time Miss Mitchell wrote that sthsk
situation was very amusing to hers
self to find herself lionized and to
see the doors of fashionable man
sions which had never been opened
before opened to her.. II suspect,
she said with a Characteristic touch
of humor, that the. whole corps OF
science laughs in its sleeves at tn~
farce" as.7r
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MAY GET BACK OUR MERCHANT MARINE.

1t would be folly for Congress at this juncture to
refuse neglect pass legislation to enable foreign
ships of all ages to take American registry The law
which admits vessels of certain age has been of
benefit and is useless All ships should be eligible
for registry in foreign trade
For many years the cry has been that we must
build up our merchant marine But how? The domi-
mating sentiment Congress has been opposed to sub
sdy and there other way for American ship to
compete with the foreigner in the ocean-carrying
trade Suddenly events In Europe present oppor-
tunity. We lost merchant marine by our great
Civil War We may regain it by a European war
vast number of American ships between 1861 and
1866 went under the British and German flags in fear
of Confederate cruisers. May we not get back at
equal number of ships through fear of capture
on the ocean or idleness in seaports?
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war. The experience of the Balkan is renewed
on a much larger SCALE The censor is established in
all news centres and presdes the transatlantic
cables The war correspondent, with his free and
easy dispatches and dramatic descriptions, thing
of the past.
ored and most of it unreliable. For lack of real
news the newspapers will priRt and fabrica-
tons and speculatons. Dispatches will describe vic
tories as defeats defeats victories There will
be imaginary sieges with lists of imaginary killed and
wounded. Some real will filter through neutral
channels and more will be furnished officially duly
colored
But in the end the non-combatant world will learn
the truth Great events cannot be hidden We may
be permitted the plans of strategsts and
the moves of armies but the news of victory de-
feat have wings that defy censors and censorship.
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CAN'T DOSE AWAY suPERFLUous FAT.

The so-caled antifat specific is the latest class Of
nostrums to come under Federal condemnation. AS
the result of six months of experiment with some of
these preparations upon obese employees of the De-
partment of Agriculture, the Bureau of Chemistry
that the only to reduce flesh without in
juring health is diet and exercise directed by skilled
physician.
Unfortunately, these proprietary mixtures can
not be kept out of interstate commerce under the
foods and drugs act, the manufacturers have
learned the of wording their labels to evade
the charge of false claims, and multitude of credu-
ous stout people will continue to weaken their hearts
and their finances, only to find that they have grown
yet stouter. the moral effect of the government
chemists warning may to some extent act anti
remedy the pocketbooks of the quack medicine
commanders.
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To the Editor Of the Evening STAR
At a recent meeting of Lincoln Post
No. IL. G. A. r., the members were
visited by Comrade John B. Pagan,
a. resident of Harrison, also an ex-i
alderman of that place, who had
been deputized by his fellow towns
man, William ]. Davis, to present
to Lincoln Post a token of his regard
in, the form of very fine, highly
ornamented fruit cake, and 1t be-
ing quite heavy, Mr.. Davis sug-
gested that 1t might be made OF the
bullets picked up on the field where
the great camp was located. The let
tering is a fine work of art and
reads: Gettysburg, 1863-1913. Charge
of Picketts Division, July 8, 1863
Now a little history of how this all
came about: Mr.. Davis was a guest
of the we'll known Captain Zeigler,
who had the cake made and forward
ed to Mr. Davis, at his home In the
town of Gettysburg, while the writer
of these lines, Games G. Taylor,
Frederick Scholl, Captain Charles z.
Daily, Daniel T. Hendrickson, David
Terwilliger, all of Lincoln Post, and
James B. Pagan, the present COM
mander of Zabriskie Post of Jersey
City, were located for the whole week
in tent No. 9, East Thirty-seventh
street of the City of Tents, and very
close to the famous Emmitsburg
road. We were told that Mr.. Davis
would be out to the camp to spend
an evening with us, so on Thursday,
early in the evening, he drove up
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UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author Of i.Pushing to the 'FRONT.'" Etc.
Copyright 1914.
THE MAGNET OF HAPPINESS

l once heard OF a woman who had
become SO friendless and so lonely
that she secreted herself in her home,
drew the curtains, and put crepe on
her door in order to find out what
people would be likely to do when she
was dead.
The next morning her neighbors
and acquaintances saw the big
streamers of crepe and, people who
had not called on the old lady for
many years hocked to the house.
Many brought floral offerings. What
was their surprise to find the suIe
posedly dead woman very much alive
sitting in chairl
She told her callers how friendless
she had been and how she had hum
gered for sympathy and love which
had never come to her, and that she
had taken this unusual means to find.
out what people really thought of
her.
The unhappy woman did not realize
that her confession of loneliness was
really an indictment of herself, that
her forlorp condition was the result
of her attitude toward the world. She
had neglected her old friends and
had not cultivated new ones. She
had been selfish and had not given
her love and sympathy to others, and
how could she expect love and SYM
pathy from them?
Reciprocity is the keynote of truly
happy life. One cannot receive all
and give nothing. or give all and re-
ceive nothing, and expect to expert
ence the joy and fullness of true
companionship.
The secret of being loved is in be-
ing lovely. and the secret of being
lovely is In being unselfish.'
Is there not something In human
nature which loves kindness and
despises selfishness? Does not every
body love a broad, magnanimous,
kindly heart? The man who is al
ways studying his own advantage,
always looking for the main chance,
never elicits our love or draws us to
him.
The world loves a Lincoln, because
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| be sacrificed self, comfort. ease. health
itself, and even jeopardized his life,
because he loved the people. The
world loves a Florence Nightingale,
because she gave up ease, comfort and
the luxuries of home to administer to
the sick and wounded soldiers in the
Nth and disease of the camp The
world has no use for the man who
lives only for himself 1t gives It's
love and laurels to the chivalrous and
kind. 1t gives them to the soldier
the fireman, the nurse, the engineer,
the sailor-every one who gives his
life for others.
Many men and women go through
life with sense of loneliness, hungry
for friends and for the love and ad-
miration of Others simply because of
something about their personalities
which repels. These people are very
often proud and sensitive, and they
wonder why they are Stunned and
avoided. but they never learn to study
themselves, and to find out the real
reason.
The virtues that make the heart
rich must come from sweet disposi-
ton, a helpful, sunny soul.
A happy temperament, desire to
scatter joy and gladness. to be help
full to everybody, are wonderful aids
to friendship and sovereign cure for
loneliness.
If you would be happy and have
many friends cultivate an open ma
ture, kindly, cheerful manner, a
joyous spirit; do not be stingy with
your praise, your cordiality, your
lhelpfulness. Fling out your best to
every human being at every oppor-
tunity. Learn to say pleasant things
to people about themselves. do gen.
erous things, and you will be sur
prised to see how your life will en-
large, your soul expand and your
whole nature become enriched and
lennobled.
It is only he who loses his life, who
gives it royalty in kindly, helpful SER
vice to others that finds 1t. This is
the sowing that gives the bountiful
harvest.
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Prudential Names

The Home Office News is publica-
ton for the employees of the home
office Of the Prudential Company.
It's bright little publication. One
contributor in a recent number has
something to say about the names Of
employees. He writes:
For instance, we have two Dolls, a
couple of Peaches, one Sweet and one
Jewel working for us. We have one
Black, six Grays, one Green, twenty
one Browns, one White and a couple
of Kuhns in the office.
Grub reminds us that we have a
bill of fare worth looking over. Who
Dimes on Salmon, Lamb, a Bowl of
Boyle'd Rice, Peppers, a Roll and fin
ishes with several of our Brewers
Case Book Beers has been Eaton and
is surely some FEEDER. We have six
Cooks to do our Canning, and can al
ways find a Carver.
The Index Is arranged alphabetical,
ly, but the supervisors department
has hard time keeping Dear, Lips,
kissing and Smack apart.
The versatility of our folk is shown
by the fact that we have in the big
buildings, one Forman, five Bakers,
two BARRIERS, four Coopers, one Glover,
one Kopp, seven Masons, one Mer-
chant, fourteen Millers, one Painter,
one Sawyer, thirty-seven Smiths, four
Tailors and one Hook, who, it is said,
may be associated with the three
Balls.
We have one Church and two Bish-
ops, Rose with a Thorn and one
Winter, with but single Frost.
For scenery we have two Beaches,
two Brooks, one Clay, one Cave and
Wood.
The vegetable kingdom shows an
Ash, a Bush, with but one Berry, a
lot of Brush, a very dainty Fern, two
kinds of Hay, an Orchard and a
couple of Twiggs to a single Field.
Our Ferry has Seaman both fore
and aft.
Budd and Blum, Law and Lawless,
Swift, Rush and Walker, and Cole
and Burns sound vaudevilian.
One Badger, one Bear, seven Cranes
six Campbells, Eagles, three Foxes,
two brakes and a Gum and Barker
will provide our Hunter with plenty
of diversion for the Chace.
Ireland improves on Geography and
turns up twice.
Strange as 1t may seem, there is
only one Benedict in the Office, a lady
at that.
And-if this sketch doesn't give YOU
| Paine, we will thank our two Stars
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Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL
AUGUST 1
Maria Mitchell
Copyrighted 1914.

II am but a womanl
For women there are, undoubtedly,
great difficulties in the path, but so
much the more to overcome. First,
no woman should say, 4 am but a
woman!'' But a womanl What more
can you ask to be?
'Born a woman-born with the
average brain of humanity-born
with more than the average heart
If you are mortal, what higher
destiny could you have? No matter
where you are or what you are, you
are a power-your influence is in
calculable.''
These paragraphs which were writ
ten by Maria Mitchell in her COM
mon place book, forty years ago, ex-
press better than anything else she
ever wrote her attitude on the sub
ject of woman's sphere of activity
Maria Mitchell, acknowledged as
the foremost American woman as
tronomer, was born on the island Of
Nantucket, Mass, August l, ninety
six years ago. "c
For several years before Miss Nit
chell gained distinction she worked
diligently in her study of the. heavens
and every night she kept her watch
at the telescope on her housetop,
scanning the stars. No matter how
great the inducement might be to
remain below, she never failed to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-01
Taxing Life Insurance.

From the Philadelphia RECORD.
II a country is not obliged to tax
everything it sees. every time 1t sees
IT. IL would be lard to name anything
more suitable for exemption than life
insurance. Very little insurance is in
a shape to benefit the person who
pays for it. Nearly all Of 1t Is the
fruit Of self-denial practised by men
for the relief of their WIDOWS ana
orphans, to prevent their becoming
directly charge upon the taxpayers
or Indirectly a charge on the COM
nunity through requiring support by
their relations. II a country Is not
desperately in need of money 1t might
be expected to let life insurance alone.
But the States very generally tax
the life insurance companies. The
income tax as originally drawn
reached them in three or four ways.
The protests Of the insurance COM
names resulted in changes in the bill,
but did not entirely eliminate the
taxation.
A bulletin issued by the National
Association of Life Underwriters
says;
IF village neighbors collected $1,000
for destitute widow and her or
nhans. and were met at her house by
tax gatherer demanding $40, ne
would probably be mobbed. Yet this
Is what our States take from every
81 900 paid to the widows"
There are over 100000 ordinary
life policies in force in this country
carrying fifteen and a half billion dol
lars. or less than $1,000 each on an
average. Here is something worth
thinking about by the millions OF men
who are making such small provision
as they can to save their wives and
children from becoming public
charges-and being well taxed fol-
their efforts.
Edward A. Woods, of Pittsburgh
Yice-president Of the association. whS
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Unrevealed Political Secret

In the fall of 1884, while on my way
to Boston, l found the late William p.
Frye, at that time United States sem
ntor from Maine in the smoking COM
partment of the car. and he asked me
to sit beside him so that we could
have a chat. The senator said that
he was on his way to New England
for the purpose of making one or two
speeches in the presidential campaign.
l happened to mention to Senator
Frye that in the spring of the preced-
ing year was fellow-traveler with
David Davis, who had few days
earlier completed his term as United
States senator and who was then on
his way to Fayetteville, n. c.. where
he was to be married. l told Senator
Frye that l had had a long and very
interesting conversation with Judge
Davis, in which he narrated to me
some of his early experiences as an
Illinois judge when Abraham Lincoln
appeared before him as lawyer. But
I said that when l ventured to hint
that l would be glad If Judge Davis
would speak of some of his more re-
cent experiences, hoping that he might
allude to the electoral commission
which decided by a majority of one
that Rutherford B. Hayes had been
elected President, the judge instantly
changed the subject or became silent.
What Judge Davis would have
done had he served upon the cleo
toral commission, as it was expected
he would, will always remain one of
the great mysteries of public life,"
said Senator Frye. you know that
when Congress authorized the APP
pointment of this commission and
pledged itself to accept its findings
the general expectation was that
Judge Davis, who was then a mem
Der of the Supreme Court bench,
would be one of the commissioners.
He would have been chosen had
it not been for his still mysterious
and sudden election by the Illinois
Legislature as United States sena-
tor.
n remember very well that those
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HAL ATTENDS
THE MOOSE
SESSIONS
YOUR Special correspondent.

your Special correspondent.
Allenhurst. N jersey, July S1-your
Owne Private Special correspondent
attended the other mite the meating of
the State Committy of the progressive
Partie held at Asberry park. inn A
hotel their. mister Ev Coalbi an a
hosts of Select republicans whom our
members OF Evs anti Republican Ltd.
(limited) clubs were their with there
Canes an Dashing Straw Hats an col
cred hose stockins. when foarmer
GUY Forte got uppe an talSe rite out
loude so as allie their could Heer him
an Say he were four fusing mister
Ey Coalbi quick as | could say Jack
Robinson arozed 2 his feete an say.
guy me fren Can that advise. stande
firme frens the Time Is cumeing wen
are cumepatriets the socielists, the
prohibs an the Ladie VOTERS vii
foarme cumbine keeps reg Repub-
licins spite in y an Wen that Gloryus
time arrives l luke forwarde Beaing
askt 2 take nothin Less than a seat
with me other milliunair frens inn the
senate clube at Wash. wheir | Be
longe o X alrite as the Rewarde four
me dooty an patritism the dimmy-
crat Party. this was followed Buy
sumo whom claped there hans in
APPLAUSE of N. jerseys far sealing
Statesman you Bet then II was de-
cided that any man can Bee pro-
grisive Repub IL he vii send l 2 the
chairman of the great Cause whom Is
Bounde Buy partie ties 2 sea that allie
Bills for cegars and toothe Pickles
our pd. four, if He will Belief that mis-
ter Ev Coalbi is Greater man that
mister Ed Osburne, shoute for Bill
Barnes great fren Human, an Bee
above all things a Beliefer inn keep
ing the dimmycrats in power to gette
GUIDE Guvernmint. more Soon again
Shortly.
yours Truelly,
HAL,