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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23

ing the amount of free in the treasury to rep
resent the surplus over and above all obligations.
Under the law every dollar of Indebtedness of the
treasury paid before the fiscal year is ended.
This does not includes the amounts payable on un-
completed contracts A year ago they aggregated
81 900 1850 and the appropriations for them re-
manned in the treasury but not as free cash, and
therefore not part of the surplus.
The annual expenditures of the State government
restricted to the appropriations by the Legisla-
ture of the previous fiscal The receipts of the
treasury are governed by circumstances. The comp
troller in his annual report to the Legislature
estimated total for this year of $8,743,S7O from all
except institutions and commissions. This
estimate conservative one, was made prior to the
legislation this year. which is expected to largely in
crease the receipts. Economies effected will also
help to swell them.
The eomptroller's report October 81 there
fore, will undoubtedly show that the State has
larger surplus cash in the treasury than it had
in 1913 and will be well prepared to meet all of its
obligations the next fiscal year without any resort
to a State tax
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
WORK BETTER THAN CHARITY.

The coming winter will be severe trial upon the
charitable resources of Newark which always
strained in the winter months. The Associated Chari-
ties Bureau shows that during the last four months
the appeals for aid from families were double the
number for the corresponding period last year, no
less than 1854 cases being reported Cold weather
will multiply the applications
One effective way to meet these conditions is for
the municipality and the county to provide work for
unemployed labor. The worst thing for the public
authorities to do at such times is to abandon defer
public improvements BY doing they infct hard
ships upon hundreds of laborers and throw them
upon the support of public and private charity As
the private charitable associations hard put to
to respond to the appeals made, and in the winter
they may be overwhelmed
Public work that is needed and must be done at
some time should properly be done when employment
for labor is most needed Mayor Haussng is strongly
favor of this and the Board of Works is in
sympathy with him.
1t would not only be cruel, but uneconomical, to
carry out the purpose contemplated by Mr. Raymond If
he should beelected of postponing cutting out plans
of public work. The charitable societies would be
put to straits and the and aims department
would be swamped
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23

In the days when the State banks OF
New England were maintaining with
success a fund with one of the large
hanks of Boston with which bank
notes were redeemed upon presenta-
ton, it was spoken of with pride by
New England bankers that in all the
years these banks issued their notes
and redeemed them at Boston there
was not an appreciabie loss on ac-
count of any of these issues. The ag-
gregate loss in all the years was
fraction of / per cent.
That high standard of banking was
naturally reflected in the disposition
of the leading business men of New
England also to maintain high credit
1t was regarded as a serious reflection
upon the credit of any business man
If he offered his notes to note brokers
with the understanding that he was
willing to pay a larger rate than the
one customarily demanded by the
banks. There were, of course, coca
sions when business men of good re-
pute found themselves temporarily
embarrassed, and to relieve their en-
barrassment they secretly sought the
aid of the note brokers, or, as they
were commonly called the note shaw
ers. These transactions were carried
on in secret, because business men
feared that if it were known that they
had borrowed money and paid an ex-
cessive rate of interest upon the loan
their business standing would be seri-
ously affected.
But there was one business man of
New England who was not ashamed
to let it be known that he had been
compelled to borrow money with the
agreement that he was to pay inter-
est at the rate of per cent. a month
for its use. He was Francis W.
Bird, and in his day no name of a
citizen of Massachusetts, was better
known.
Mr.. Bird had created and devel-
oped large paper-manufacturing es-
tablishment. in his time one of the
largest of the State. His philanthro-
pies, his willing acceptance of his
duties as a citizen, and his energy,
which led him to undertake many
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23

II has been said that the making
of a perfect loaf of bread Is the goal
of all those who aspire to excel In
cookery. Certainly bread, which
forms part of every well-planned
meal. is a food of which the palate
naver tires. Let the loaf be ever so
SATISFACTORY. however, with respect
10 size and symmetry, crust and
crnmb. when 1t leaves the bakers
oven. II may nevertheless experience
subseuuent changes which sooner or
later render 1t less attractive, palat-
able or wholesome. Stale bread does
moi appeal to the taste in the same
way that fresh specimens Of the
"staff of life do; but in addition to
| the development of staleness bread
may also develop so-called bread dis
eases caused by HETEROGENEOUS,
rendering the product unfit for hui
| nan consumption. Furthermore. like
| MANY other unprotected and careless
lv handled articles of food, exposed
bread may become a purely mechan-
| zeal carrier OF Objectionable organ
1 isms.
THE recent agitation in behalf OF
| improved conditions in the food IN
| dustries has involved not only the
adulteration OF the products entering
| nestle animals. but likewise the
cleanliness of the articles OF diet IN
| tended for human consumption. The
! plea for clean milk is becoming more
prominent than the propaganda for
| pure milk. Sanitary food legislation
/ Is beginning to, aim at food that Is
clean from the point of view OF the
hygienist,
nronptly followed the cry for clean
mix and unpolluted water. Already
in many communities regulations are
In force which compel the protection
~ bread and bakery products between
The oven and the home. Bread
wrapped with either porous or paraf-
f,ned paper is now a common sight
even In small villages OF the United
States.
Although the practice has met with
public approval in many quarters. IL
has been claimed that wrapping in
iured the quality and Availability OF
the loaf. This claim demands con-
| alteration along with the possible
sanitary advantages chemical in
| vestigation of the subject has been
completed in the department of food
and drugs of the Indiana State Board
of Health. The wrapping of the
bread. either in semiporous waxed or
paraffin paper, retards the escape OF
moisture and tends rather to the
preservation OF the freshness OF the
bread than to its staleness. I'M
wrapped broad loses its freshness
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
When Note Shaving Was Popular in New England

things, brought him into prominence,
and that was amp1ified by his i'm
pressive personal appearance, for he
was a man of unusual stature, stand
ing more than head above the ma
jority of men. Mr.. Bird was, how
ever. not brought. into prominent Off
cial relation with the people, and
that was chiefly due to his almost
unique frankness in expressing his
convictions and in justifying his
actions. At a time of a temporary
emergency Mr.. Bird visited the office
of note broker in Boston to ask for
the discount of note for about $4,000.
You can have the money, Mr..
Bird. I'll buy your paper without
any Endorsement, for l have perfect
confidence in you. But / shall have
to exact an interest at the rate of 2
per cent month"; said the broker.
Mr. Bird did not object to this
high interest. The note was accepted
and he received the money. 1t was a
time of some lively political activity,
in which Mr.. Bird was prominently
associated. There spread abroad
rumors that Frank Bird had been
borrowing money of the note shavers
and paying per cent. a month for
it, and that was a dangerous aecusa-
ton to make at that time against
any business man who was being
urged to run for political office. The
rumors were at last brought to Mr.
Birds attention. His friends hoped
that he would promptly deny the
accusation. Instead of doing so he
said:
THAT statement is true. You can
tell anybody who asks you about
the transaction that I did it. And
you can, furthermore, say that l
would have paid 10 per cent. a month
rather than fail to meet an impera-
tive business obligation
They respected his frankness. They
repeated his confession, and yet.
while there was admiration for his
courage, there was a feeling that his
political availability at that time had
been impaired.
Copyright, 1914, by E. J. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
FUGITIVE LAWYER oRooKER.

The disclosures of the affairs of Roland D. Croker
lawyer and swndler, a fugitive from justice,
astonishing in their number and moral turptude. It
is now manifest that the missing lawyer defrauded
many persons who had financial dealings with him and
betrayed every reposed in him. And he did all
this smilingy, if his acts were the correct and
ordinary acts of honest man.
When he got to the end of his criminal rope
Croker disappeared He had come to be suspected,
explanations were due from him, obligations were
maturing. 1t was time to disappear. Crocker did
not live extravaganty. AS far as known he did not
gamble in Wall Street His living expenses were
modest. His plumber aggregated many thousands of
dollars Evidently he carried off with him the great
bulk of it. But should any effort be spared to appre
bend this scoundre and bring him back for summary
punishment?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
RTPTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
OCTOBER %
Jemima Montgomery, Nelte DouD'eoay
Copyrighted 1914
nv MARY MARSHALL

Jemima Montgomery was born
ninety-three years ago today in Eng
land She was married to the Baron
von Tautphoeus, who was chamber
lain to the King of Bavaria. The
English baroness was a woman of
srreat social gifts and she became ex-
ceedingly popular in the land of her
adoption. For many years she filled
q difficult social position with infinite
fact and much distinction.
The baroness was not content
merely to live her life among her in
teresting neighbors. She decided to
write her experiences so that her
friends in England could get the
benefit of them, too. Those written
accounts met with immediate success
and were read eagerly by small, dis
terminating class of English readers.
The Baroness Won Tautphoeus is es-
pecially to be remembered as the first
of group of English women who
turned their life in various foreign
capitals of Europe to account in the
production of something of perma-
nent literary value.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
THE GROWING WONDER ON THE MEADOWS.

Ten city blocks of area have already been filed in
on the meadows and thus reclaimed for manufacturing
sites And in making this large area of solid land the
city has deepened the channel by using the dredging
for the filling in thus accomplishing two purposes So
far advanced is this work that factories will soon
begin to be located on the reclaimed meadow, and
there are many applications for sites.
This great improvement has already attracted
national attention. and is spoken of in civic bodies of
other cities and at Washington. 1t should be better
known to Newark citizens than it is During the in
speetion of the work this week Mayor Haussling made
the remark: II have only wish, and that is that
could bring the whole city down to show them how
their money has been invested. 1t certainly would
save me a lot of talking"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBER RIG.
A. B., NJ. A., M D. (Johns Hopkins,,

Dreams Are Mathematical Workings OF
the Mind.
Dreams says DR.. j. Mortimer
Granville, "are night thoughts, un-
checked by the Judgment and uncon-
trolled by the will" To say, however,
that dreams are but interludes which
fancy makes when reason sleeps is
not true, because reason, logic and
intelligence are as keen, il not keener,
in dream states as in waking states.
It is also an error to say that life
is two-fold, with a world of dreams
and world of wakefulness, bound
aries of existence and unconscious
ness. The truth is that consciousness
Is bigger and broader in dreams than
in wakefulness.
Nay, even the will and the judg-
ment actually play an important part
in dreams. The distinction Is that it
is not the will and judgment of whims
and moments, but of the whole life,
The houses of memory are ransacked
and phantasms of real things, which
went unnoted in the light of day. are
pronounced and prominent in dreams
We dream multitudes and myriads
of dreams every time we sleep. The
degree of recollection, our power to
piece these dreams together after we
awake, depends more or less on the
depth of our sleep and the viyidness
of the dream. The more deeply we
sleep, the less able we are to recall
what we dreamed.
Dreams are not the children of idle
brains begot of nothing. On the con-
trary, they are a thin substance light
as air but more constant, the up
growth of a busy active intellect. 1t
is also a fallacy to say that a great
dreamer is in i'll health without all
This wits about him by day
True enough, most irritations of the
skin, the Innings of the tissues. the
clogging or disorder of any organ, all
tend to produce those distressing
dreams called nightmare. deliriums,
night terrors and sleep waking. Such
dreams however, are more muscu-
lar than intellectual
dream dissected will be found to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
The Movies Future
BY II. III. VAN LOAN.

An uninterrupted success, either to
man or an institution, Is death.
The moying-picture industry has
been run with an uninterrupted sue
cess and has made more millionaires
! in q shorter space of time than has
either the Standard Oil or the steel
industry. But, successful men, in the
| language of well-known written die
OF apoplexy, Bright's disease, govt
and broken films. There never has
been a success in this country which
did not, at some time in its history,
show a down and out period. Even
the great New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, with its mil
lions. and it's board of directors,
could not Withstand the pressure.
Whether the fact that one OF the
prominent officials of the company
was very unpopular with the news
papers had anything to do with the
downfall of the road is question
that / am not in position to take
up.
But do know that certain gentle
men in the moving-picture business,
WHO may, vi liitiy Iols iieefC $780, 49,
life as the motive power for push
carts and who now wear their in
itials i'm diamonds on their watch
fobs are also very unpopular with
the newspapers.
Do not think that have gone into
q, trance, or gazed into crystal to
get this. l have done nothing more
| or less than consult my letter file,
/ r that Tho film
people have not played fair with the
newspapers Do you remember how
| the automobile people pulled the
pedal extremities of the editors
throughout the country until some
thing snapped, and the report there
of killed every free notice of the au-
tomobile manufactures?
For example, the other day the pub
licity manager of a large company
said the newspapers couldn't conduct
their moving picture department with
out mentioning this particular film
firm, whereas | know one factor in the
moving picture field which has mem
toned this particular firm but once IN
the last six months.
The question often asked me, as
moving picture critic, is, what is the
future of the movies?
NV answer is this: The moving pic
ture business will eliminate that whis-
key-drinking, tobacco splitting element
which is now trying to run it, and
! leave it in the hands OF those who
have the interests of the public at
| heart. History does not record that
anv man ever became wealthy by try
| ing to milk the public. He made his
money. trying to benefit the public
! by studying how to make something
better than was made at that particu-
| lar time, and, in giving the benefit OF
| his thoughts and ideas to the world.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
Nan Who Didn't Succeed


They sing of the men who build the mills
And girdle the earth with steel
Who fill the hour and WELD the power
That molds the public veal.
Honor to them that in honor do
The work that the world must need,
And yet in chief hold brief
For the Man Who Didn't Succeed
tbs not to excuse the incident;
No plea for the down and out;
Nor specous rot condemnng what
The leaders are about
Merely to ask in a casual way
Of those who chance to read
For fairer view, and kinder, too
OF the Man Who Didn't Succeed.
His house is small his table light;
His family must endure
The snubs and sneers of the buccaneers
Whose debts fall on the poor.
Yet his is home and no hotel
His wife is a wife indeed,
There's nothing above his childrens love
To the Man Who Didn't Succeed
Admitting it's true that he did not make
The most of his talents ten,
He won no pelfs raised himself
At the cost of his fellowmen.
His hands are clean, his heart is white
His honor has been his creed
Now who to say that he
Is the Man Who Didn't Succeed?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23

! The world, in turn, paid him for what
he had done
This is a warning.
Last summer the theatrical world
was spending sleepless nights trying
to find out whether the moving pic
ture business was going to put 1t out
of business. AS / write this the theat-
rical season is going along merrily,
which illustrates the truism that the
amusement public is tickle quantity
to deal with.
My relations with the newspapers
and the film manufacturers are most
pleasant and cordial, and, as friend
of the latter, | advise the film manu-
facturers to meet the newspapers half
way, for, if they do not, they Will find
themselves in the same predicament
as the gentleman who killed the goose
that laid the golden egg.
When some of these people arouse
themselves from their lethargy and
see concerns like the Kalem, Vita
graph, World Film Corporation, Jesse
Lasky and the Universal at the top,
they may understand why 1t pays to
advertise, whether it be a mouse-trap
or feature film.
Jay Gould sold mouse-traps, Peter
Cooper sold glue, sad Commodore
Vanderbilt ran a ferryboat to Staten
Island. They all believed in adver-
Using, which means doing better than
the other fellow and letting the world
know about 1t.
The moving picture business to-
day is'not organized, and I say this
as one who has thoroughly investi-
gated the field, and had continuous
dealings with those at the head of
it, yet it is bigger than the Standard
Oil, and more influential. The pa
pers throughout the United States
are willing to tell the truth about
anything and everything, but the
moving picture men are not willing
to pay for the paper and ink which
is occupied by their free boosts. But
the newspapers get to the public be-
fore the moving pictures do, and time
is an important element in influenc
ing public opinion.
All great business is built around
psychology and the average moving
picture man knows about as much
about psychology as a cat knows
about operating a powers camera
graph. They know how to make the
sign of a dollar mark, and their
minds move in circles which receive
terrific setback when they return
to the point from whence they
started.
Inc moving picture business would
do well to arouse itself from its dol
lar grabbing, comatose condition and
get an organized bureau to teach the
public what is good what is elevat-
ing and what Is the true purpose of
the moving picture industry of the
! United States of America. There is
nothing wrong with the moving pic
ture business, but those interested in
it do not bring out the good points of
their own business. and the time to
start doing it is now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
Household Inventions.


Rochester Evening News
The fact that thing has always
been done a certain way--the mere
precedent-limits originality and halts
progress. For example,. In recent
issue of the Survey the question why
kitchen sinks have been made so low
was discussed. No one seemed able
to explain. Finally a certain maker
discovered that the original sinks
were made when the washing of
dishes and other sink work was done
in wooden tubs with high sides Such
tub when used in high sink came
up too far, so the sink was made low.
Furthermore, as running water and
fixed faucets had not long been made,
the tub had to be lifted out of the
sink, and the lower the sink the
lighter the lift. Though improvements
in faucets, dishpans and other access
series of kitchen sinks have been
made. no one has seemed to realize
that the sink could be improved by
raising. So women were-and are
compelled to endure discomforts when
doing their ordinary household work.
There may be o certain percentage of
inconvenience to be reached before
the human mind grasps the fact that
something must be altered. The wise
inventor, says the Journal of the
American Medical Association. at
tains a reputation for bi-illiancy by
making his invention before the need
becomes obvious to others.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-23
a Great Industrial Era Ahead.

n RftHh AAhh 4hhN"hF
From Fibre and Fabric.
However much we may deplore the
conflict abroad we are compelled to
consider its commercial Importance to
u.s. We need not get excited over
vastly greater business for us in
Latin American countries, believing
that we are going to supply for them
all that Europe has hitherto furnish
ed, because, in the first place, South
America will be less competent to
assimilate so many goods, inasmucb
as Europe will be a smaller pur-
chaser here, and, second, il seems
obvious that our trade in Latin Amer
lea will Increase in about the proper
tion of our ability TO furnish adequate
shipping and banking facilities to
meet long credits, and to sell the kind
of goods that are wanted, delivered
in the manner wanted
But when this situation becomes
more settled our resources will be
taxed in selling to Europe and supply
ing our own markets al the same
time Fifteen million men in the
field will use up apparel necessities
about three times as fast as when
peace prevails. The equipment of
100000 horses is no small item, and.
moreover 1t means steady equipment
of supplies and food for this vast
army. Europe cannot fight and meet
these requirements simultaneously.
The more one of our industries is
taxed, the greater the activity which
will be reflected upon others. Ii is
the history of war the Civil War,
the Crimean, the Franco-Prussian
and others that the first shock pro-
duced dullness, but upon recovery
industry doomed and prices scared.
There is every reason to believe that
history will repeat itself, and as the
waste and demolition exceeds any
previous demonstration, the sources
of supply must be looked to, to meet
the inevitable demand.
We are at peace, the greatest in
dustrial nation; we have the mills,