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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBEHG
\. B., N. j., NJ d. (John Hopkins,

Grim War Famines Recall the Insect
Foods of Old.
Insects in this country are ordi-
narily not regarded among the cpl
cures feast Of fat things. but with
the cruel war unfinished and the in
terminsble work of Penelope robbing
the very crumbs OF bread from many
foreign lips, this dietetic dish of the
insectivorous humans may yet be
forced upon us.
As a matter OF fact. moths. locusts,
snails. cicRdas and many other such
insects form now. as always. a SEEM
ingly haalth-giving food. The French,
the Swiss. and particularly the north
err Africans. eat them, and many
unable to obtain at this moment the
common forms of human sustenance
thrive upon these strange yet rutri-
tious meats.
Obviously, insects as an edible are
by no means a new thing under the
sun. The cuneifor1n inscriptions
from Nineveh, that ancient Paris
and New York of many thousands of
years ago. show that the chefs in
the ancient hotels of Babylonia Wed
with one another in Offering their
guests insects as table delicacies.
An Ancient Diet.
In Athens of old, the Greek mar
kets had g section like the modern
fish market devoted 70 the sale of
succulent snaiis, locusts, grasshop-
pers and certain kinds of caterpll-
lars. Even Moses and Joshua per-
mitted the Hebrews to eat insects,
and you may read in your Bible, in
the book Of Leviticus, confirmation
of this.
Some OF the Jewish people are only
now beginning to resume this lost
culinary art. Those in Palestine have
already started the primeval prac-
tice. Locusts are now served up,
fried in sesame, olive or cottonseed
oil. Honey or syrup is at times served
with them.
\ thick, brown soup of locusts or
cakes made with insects and rice,
much as the Japanese use rice alone,
are common methods of preparing
them. They may also be baked In
huge jars, fried or broiled in grease,
and mixed with cornbread, rice or
hominy.
In Algeria, Madagascar and north
ern Africa a simple dish of insects is
made by boiling them with water, as
you would chestnuts. and sailing
them or adding any seasoning de-
sired. The Jews and Arabs of eastern
Europe grind up various insects. bake
them into cakes. roast them in butter,
crush them with dates, figs or various
cbeeses, not to speak Of more ways
than a Jananese knows how to use
rice In Russia the insects used as
food are smoked and kent just as fish
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
UPLIFT TALKS
WHAT BOOKS DO you READ? ?
BY oRIsoN SWEET lIARDBN,
Aurho- of Pushing to the Front" Etc.
Copyrighted 1914.

, volumes, but the man who has read
few valuable books and who heE
digested them, assimiIated them.
When you read with a passive
mind you only get a weak, passive
mental impression. 1t is when all the
mental faculties work together in
vigorous concentration that we get a
vigorous mental picture which IL
dyed SO deeply into the mind that iii
stays.
In order to retain what you read.
read intensel.' for a few minptes and
then take your eyes from the bool
and think over what you have read
Repicture II in your mind and then
repeat the process.
After you have read a book it is >
splendid practice to converse aboui
it and talk It over. You thus eteI
the picture SO deeply that 1t remains
The modern express train habit Of
running through books Is fatal to per-
manent mental picturing.
Lincoln was a well-read man. and
yet during his whole life he did not
read as many books as some fifteen
year-old boys today have read. but If
meant something for Lincoln to read
a book, because he ate the book, he
digested It, assimilated it, it became.
q part OF his very being, it was his
own just as tne pidyS which SnakeE-
peare read became Shakespeares.
after he had read and dlgested them
they were his, and no writer has ever
used another writer's thoughts and
ideas to such q stupendous advan-
tage. :
A large part OF the ideas in Shakes
peare's plays were borrowed from
previous writers, but it meant some
thing for Shakespeare to use an
others thoughts, because he. built
them into higher form, and he re-
garded any borrowed thoughts or
ideas as his property which he could.
lead higher up than he found them in
more highly organized compositions.
There is nothing in this world so
valuable and SO cheap as good read
ing.
A real taste for great books is an
indication of fine mental qualities. A
love for the best authors is a mark
of superior man. A coarse, vulgar
mentality could not appreciate the
best literature. The books you love
are a pretty good indication of the
structure of your mind.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
NEW. NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Secretary Seward Kept a Diary

ard il his father had kept diary.
saying that If he had it would now
be invaluable as historical docu-
ment.
"Iawili tell you an amusing story
about my fathers diary" said Mss
Seward. "He made up his mind tina,
there were to be many interesting and
important matters associated with
Lincoln's administration Of which tft
public could have no immediate
knowledge, but which in the future
would be OF Importance for anyone
who purposed writing the history OF
that time.
"He therefore decided TO keep q
diary. He bought blank book of
convenient size and shape, intend
ing to set down in 1t every night be-
fore he went to bed anything that had
occurred during the' day which was
worth recording. The first day he
wrote q full page, and 1t was all IN
teresting page. But that was all he
ever wrote. have that diary still
one written page, all the other ieavas
of the book blank. Father ascribed
as the reason for abandoning the
plan the fact that each day would
be so crowded with events that It
would be impracticable to make q
private record OF them. Very likely,
too, he realized what an onerous task
it was going to be. Fathers diary
of Lincoln's administration consists
of one page, which recorded wlrat
took place on the second or third uey
of the administration"
Copyright, 1914. BY E. J. Edwards
All rights reServed.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
HOW THE STATE INCREASES IN WEALTH

New Jersey gets richer and richer every year in
It's aggregate wealth. This year the increase is more
than seventy-fve millions in assessed valuations Of
real and personal property, without including rail-
road property and bank stock And this makes all
allowances.
Newark and Essex county report, respectively,
increases of sS89S,510 and s15,265,S1S, by far the
highest in the State the county increase being one
fifth of the whole State increase But the develop
ment OF Newark in the near future promises much
greater annual increase for the city.
The occupation of the reclaimed meadows by
man u featuring establishments, with a consequent
large amount of building for the housing of the new
population they will attract. will alone create mil
lions of new property wealth to be added to the
normal increase.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
Prohibition.
Eron the Washington star.

From the Washington Star.
What figure win prohibition cut IN
the campaign of 1916? Shall we see
straizhtout prohibition national ticket
composed Of much stronger men than
The prohibitionists have hitherto nom
mated, or will the two old parties, as
so often before, succeed in dividing q
arge prohibition vote between them :
The prohibition issue has made re-
raarka BE strides OF recent years. once
"a sort OF 3ad in politics, il Is now a
recognized force there. Politicians OF
.great prominence subscribe to it
openly. Others. while Withholding
support, treat the Issue with marked
respect. All alike give 1t eonsidera-
tion in their calculations, State and
national.
Mr.. Roosevelt is making eyes at the
issue. He must have a new platform
gor 1916. and an anti-liquor plank
might suit his purposes. He appro-
PIRATES any good thing he finds in
reach.
Mr.. Bryan is not a candidate for
President, but wants his party under
Nr. Wilson's leadership to go into the
uext campaign as strong as poss DC
Hence his appeal to IL TO divorce itseli
rom III connection with the liquor in
lerests He is keeping watch on MIR
.Roosevelt's Irritation, with the view oi
interfering, If necessary, to prevent
any olss to the Democracy.
Would Mr.. Hobson accept Pro-
hbition nomination for President
He is Democrat. No change has
been announced as the result of his
defeat for the Senate, which he
sscrtbed in part to the liquor In
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17

When the diary Of Gideon Welles
was published, few years ago, was
reminded of conversation which I
once had with Frederick w. Seward,
in which he related to me the manner
in which his father began to keep a
diary on the first day OF the admin
istration of President Lincoln.
Gideon Welles was secretary Of the
navy in the administration of Presi-
dent Lincoln. He and Mr.. Seward,
who was secretary of state, were as
unlike physically as they were tenn
peramentally. AIr. Welles was q
large man, distinguished for a heavy
shock of hair and a beard of the
kind sculptors sometimes represent
the philosophers of classic days as
wearing. Mr.. Seward was not over
medium height, slender smooth
shaven, his head surmounted by a
magnificent crown of iron gray hair,
which seemed always to be rebellious,
not mindful of the brush.
Mr. Welles was an intensely seri-
Gus man and appeared to have no
sense of humor. Seward, on the con-
trary, while tremendously in earnest,
was, nevertheless, of companionable
disposition, a delightful narrator of
anecdotes and possessed of an infinite
sense of humor. These two men,
while respecting each the other and
admiring each others qualities,
nevertheless We're, because Of these
temperamental differences, not par
ticularly congeniaL Mr.. Welles was
! thought to be oversuspicious, and the
publication of his diary was regard
| ed by many as a justification of that
, opinion. He undertook from the be-
| ginning of the administration tc
| keep a diary, and although at tiinee
| he found it irksome and there were
| days when he Was unable TO make
any entries at ALL nevertheless he
! persevered. His diary. when pub
! lished a few years ago. furnished
! many sidelights which illuminated
( the inner councils of LincolDs adj
! ministration.
Several years before Mr.. Welles's
diary was published, in two large
volumes, | asked Frederick w. Sew
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
Labor News

Laundresses in Lyons, France, are
paid so cents a day.
Sick benefits to the amount of
s1.955,00 were paid by American
labor unions last year.
The union label stands for q
shorter work day.
There are but 4s3 union stove
workers in Spain.
In Luxembourg 9l.4 per cent. of the
printers are organized.
Girls employed in japan az
weavers work fourteen to sixteen
hours 2 day.
In Germany's woodworking indus
try 155, 100 employees have trade agree
ments.
Galesburg Dll.) unionists are work.
ing for labor temple.
Street car men of Ohio are prepar-
ing to ask the General Assembly for
q law regulating working conditions,
w LIOuSEbllu
various country districts are enrolled
in the factories Of Japan each year.
British unions spend $4,000, 600 a
year-one-th for strilzes-and have
s25, 900. 900 in accumulated funds.
A strenuous campaign of organi-
2ation Is being carried on by the
Ladies' Garment Workers Union in
| New Jersey. The centre of activity
so far has been Newark, in which city
at least 10000 women are employed
in the shirtwaist industry.
Organized labor will hold the bal
| ance of power in the next Congress
| Complete returns in the hands ol
South Trimble, clerk of the House ol
| Representatives, shows that seven.
teen members of the new Sixty-fourtl
| Congress are bearers Of union card.
and are members of organized labor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

traded In on any Of these exchanges
could yesterday be traded in freely.
This is formal notice TO the whole
world that the United States is able
to take care of itself financially. 1t
was notification to our own people
that the fearful dread Of a financial
cataclysm which existed for several
months has now disappeared.
The full and free reopening of the
stock exchanges has been attended
by hearty advance in prices. Amer
leans are proving that they still have
unlimited faith in their own insti-
tutions and that they are willing to
back that faith with their money.
The chief reason for exercising
great caution in reopening the Sc
curity markets was the fear that
Europe might flood the American
market with American securities
which foreign people own. But 1t ap-
pears now that while war may nat
urally impel Europe to sell our Sc
curities, the disasters of war might
also induce private investors to pre-
fer to keep their money at work n
! the United States
Our banks were never in a stronger
position than they are today. The
| country, instead of being overex-
| tended is -overcontracted. Our pro-
/ duclng capacity Is not all engaged,
| but there is no new construction 70
/ be paid for
The tide is coming in. there is no
doubt OF that. How high it shall rise,
whether to mark beyond all past
records, depends largely upon the
good common sense with which our
/ people brush aside the bothersome
fanatics who aim to get political
fortunes at the expense of our busi-
ness welfare
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
THE STATE AND IT'S HARBoRs.

In all the discussion about harbor development
Tor Newark Jersey City, Elizabeth, Trenton and
Camden word has been said about the partici-
aton the State in the cost of the desired improve
ments And yet the State has very large interest.
The same reason why the Legislature has appropri-
ated hundreds of thousands Of dollars for an inland
waterway South Jersey be urged for State help
Tor the development OF the harbors and water term-
nails of the State.
For the enlargement of Phsdephias harbor ia
cties the Pennsylvania Legislature is expected to
vote million dollars and will authorize city loan
Of s25 900 900 to build piers and dry docks The
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17

are kept The legs and wings are
broken off, and the insects proper are
cooked. fried stewed, fricassee
boiled, broiled, roast ed, toasted and
prepared in q score Of other ways for
the table.
American Food Insects.
There is as much aabumen, oils,
fats, starches, minerals and water in
cooked insects as there is in cattle
meat. They are not palatable raw,
but taken in the various ways men,
toned they are novel, nourishing and
economical. The Rocky Mountain
grasshopper. Calopteri, is said by
+. l.. Simmonds and Percy Collins
to be as delicious as lobster and beef
stew. Moreover, they have q highly
enticing nutty flavor. Those who live
on a wholesome fare of such insects
AS certain Indian tribes have done
wax as fat as Jeshurun.
over and above locusts and grass
hoppers, and prepared in the same
way, countless species of grubs and
caterpillars make nutritious food
Even the common cokehafer, accord
ing to DR.. Collins, known to biologists
as "melolontha," is a valuable food
Fried to a golden brown color in a
paste Of flour, milk and eggs, it is
recommended to tempt the appetite
OF the sick.
The stag beetle, wood boring in
sect. lie also used in some parts of the
world, especially in the mountains of
Italy, as a food. An Australian
species of butterfly. called by the
Bushmen, "busing." is a standard ar
ticle of food there. They are caught
clinging to the trees in the Bugony
mountains. and great fires are made
literally to cook them off. They are
raked from the eTnbers and ground
into q pulp or flour for cake baking.
The palm grub Of the West indies
harvest flies or cicadas, cr'ckets.
caterpillars, the Mexican honey ant,
and certain wild bees are eaten by
different races in diffrent climes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17

when [ went into the street after
reading that book said man who
had been pernsing Homer's "Iliad,
men seemed to be ten feet high.
How many of us have had similar
experiences after reading the lines OF
our favorite authors? How they
loomed up before us for weeks and
months afterward, their great, spIen-
did ideals beckoning us to higher ana
nobler things, urging us to abandon
the mean, low and common pleasures,
and bidding US to look up-to
climb up.
How many dull and indolent youths
have been stirred with nobler pur-
poses by the reading of a single book
How many discouraged and side
tracked souls have had new hope
aroused in them, have absorbed new
courage, and have won success. even
though late in life, through the in
spiration of one book
business man said that he was
always glad to learn the fact that
any boy who worked for him was u
lover of books, and especially glad
that he was trying to improve him
self, because, he said, these were
signs of a superior mind, signs OF
growth, earmarlSs OF valuable traits.
ADtA " int f3pt VI bOOh5 9AithAA
read?" you ask. It takes no longer
to read d good book than a poor one,
a book that will leave something
worth While behind, than one which
will only excite for the moment and
fill your mind with useless rubbish
and make you dissatisfied with life.
Don't read trash, it merely cutters
up your mind and leaves nothing
but dregs behind. Read books that
will stir your ambition, books that
will make you climb. Read books
that when you put them down have
made you more determined to make
more of yourself, to stand for a lit
tie more than you did before. to play
a manly part In the world. Read
books that feed you, not those that
make you feel leaner and poorer.
One of our college presidents de-
scribed the happiest man as one who
thinks the most interesting thoughts.
Books are insurance policies against
isuorance, against dependency and
loneliness, against superstition,
against stagnation.
A well-read man. is not the one
who has wadad through the most
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
MISSIONARIES IN NO DANGER IN TURKEY.

Notwithstanding alarmst reports that find place
in some papers in regard to the fate OF American
missionaries in Turkey, assurance is given by the
state department that the missionaries are in no
peril Frequent stories at length and with harrow
ing details, concerning their reported desperate
straits unnecessarily distress their relatives and
friends in this country.
Secretary of State William ]. Bryan has made
careful inquiry of the American Board OF Commis-
sioners Foreign Missions and reports today that
American institutions and American citizens are
not In danger At present conditions are somewhat
disturbed in the interior So far report has been
received of violence toward American citizens"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
OVER 1900 STUDENTS AT PRINCETON

Prnceton's new catalogue shows enrolment of
643 students in all departments OF the university.
An analysis by residence shows Old Nassau to be a
good deal of a neighborhood institution, New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey together furnish 1861,
or about 66 per of the membership of the stu
dent body our own State standing third the list
With 342. But Princeton is also cosmopolitan enough
to have nine students from China, four from Syria,
and representatives of Great Britain Brazil Canada
Japan Turkey, France Germany, Korea and Mexico.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
BY MARY MARSHALL.
DECEMBER II
Mary Hearn, Maria Angouleme
Copyrighted 1919.
Copyrighted 1914.

Mary Hearn, who is chiefly noted
for the hymn. watching and Wait
ing for Me-" was born December II,
1884. in England. She was the daugh-
ter of a village postmaster, and as a
young girl began to teach school.
Eventually she became a writer, and
in all published some forty volumes,
which were for the most part reprints
from poems and articles contributed
to religious magazines. watching
and Waiting for Me" and many other
hymns written by her are to be found
in the Sanky collections OF hymns.
Marie Therese Charlotte Angouleme,
the daughter of the unfortunate Louis
XVI. of France and his Queen, Marie
Antoinette, was born at Versailles,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
Country Schools

Country children should be taught
in terms of country life" declares W.
r. Hodges in g bulletin just issued
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation.
In order to discover some Of the
definite things that have been done
in rural public schools toward infus-
ing into both parents and pupils
the "stay-on- the-farTn'' spirit, Mr..
Hodges sent $500 letters to superin-
tendents throughout the country who
have rural schools under their super
vision. From the replies many sug
gestions of special value have been
received.
Farm arithmetic, farm geography
| and textbooks in agriculture" have
| been secured by Berls county, Penn
| sylvania. Newton county, Missouri,
! has succeeded in making the school
/ q community centre by having work
done 10 supplement- that done at home
and by inducing patrons to visit the
I schools The latter Is accomplished
ty the "old farm wagon and big din
ner' pail plan, whereby as many as
1000 persons in the community have
visited one school on certain day
in the year.
A teacher of Warren county, In
diana, who gave her pupils the "op-
ton of work in agriculture or Virgil,
was astonished to find that in prac-
tically every instance the students
took both subjects. and the grades
rose beyond anything before expert
enced
I'VE have improvised domestic sci
ence teaching by means Of coal oi
stoves and kitchen utensils. which tht
patrons of the school gave through {
slxitchen shower" says an enthusi
astic teacher from Chester Township
@. A teacher who was not a gradu
ate in domestic science, but who hat
grit and determination" put th'
girls OF this school to work in pre-
pairing hot lunches, which were sol'
at q few cents. a varied menu wa
provided.
Plainville Township, Conn, select
one school in each village and make
OF il "a model school, to demon
strate what a rural school, under or
binary conditions. may become. TIL
result has been that the standard Il
all the schools in the country ha
been elevated.
In Caroline County, Md, lantern
slide views, contrasting the best an
poorest agricultural and domesti
conditions, are used to good effect
Summing up the results of his in
vestigation, Mr.. Hodges declares
THE letters received reveal improve
ment everywhere in the schools 70
country children. There is a feelin
that the country child will be bes
educated for whatever life he ma
lead, whether in the city or in tn
country, if taught in terms of cour
try life. The movement toward th
il nation wide, Country schoolhouse
) are used to some extent as ,civi
Ill akaA ..E
No special feature of rural scho,
work is confined to any one State {
section. Tho home project method
teaching agriculture, used in Mssss
chusetts, is also used In Louisian
Wisconsin and other States. Boy
and girls agricultural clubs are four
IL, almost every State In the Union
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17
ODDITIES N
TODAY'S NEWS
Linen sheets Late j, p. Morgan slept in,
Go to Belgian Army.

Linen sheets Late j, p. Morgan slept ini
Go to Belgian Army.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Sheets be-
tween which the late J. p. Morgan
slept and napkins he used al his table
will go to bind the wounds Of Belgian
soldiers.
Yesterday the Salvation Army,
which is sending thousands OF ban
dages to the warning countries, re
eeived a supply of old linen from the
Morgan home. On each piece was
embroidered the initials e z. NJ
lirst Eugenic Baby in Wisconsin. a
Credit TO the Law.
WASHBURN. Wis. Dee, 1i.-Als-
consin's first eugenic baby was Il real
houncer. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc
Dona4d OF this city, are the frs. pair
married under the Wisconsin eugenie
statute to report the arrival Of a
babe TO the State health department.
In the doctors report the newcomer
is set down rs a hoy who weighs
eleven and One-half pounds
The State health authorities want
the babe called Eugene, alter the
statute, but the parents have not an
nounced their intention with respect
70 the christening, Roth parents
passed she medical examination thai
the State Law prescribes aer The
bridegroom only. They married soon
after the laN went into effecz. aSnu-
airy ! last