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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 20, 1914.
THE DEATH OF POPE Plus X.

Time was when the death of a Pope was great
political event in Europe, when change in the
papacv meant dynastic struggles and changes and a
reeasting of the maps The centre of medieval
Europe was Rome and the arbiter of nations was the
sovereign pontiff IN whom blended the temporal
with the spiritual power. In those days there was
less real reverence for the Pope by the ambitious
jealous and grasping princes who ruled the people
than there is today.
Time and again, when all Europe acknowledged
the spiritual sway of the Pope, Rome was attacked
and the Pope driven forth or imprisoned. As late as
the last century Napoleon made the Pope prisoner
in France and is that the Roman states repre-
sentng the temporarily of the Pope, were taken and
Incorporated in the Italian kingdom. But with the
loss of the temporal power the Pope has vastly in
creased in his spiritual kingdom, not only in num-
bers but in the affections of the Catholic world.
Could we conceive in our age of any political mill
tary violence against the person of the Pope?
And was there ever a time in the history of the
papacy when it was a temporal power, when it occu-
pied as exalted place in the contemplation of man
kind or welded greater influence over the minds of
men? The Pope dies and the event makes no dis
turbance in the worlds affairs. No political ambi-
lions and passions are let loose, government is
threatened no existing system is in danger. Only a
sanity old has passed and there is mourn
ing
The death of Pope Piux X occurs amid the tur-
MOL of the greatest and what promises to be the
most destructive war in all history, that seems
to engulf civilization itself With what horror the
Pope contemplated the tremendous drama opening
in Europe can hardly be realized Only those in
intimate contact with him the anguish with which
he beheld Europe enveloped in a confagraton of war
The spectacle too much for this gentle and
bengnant prince of peace. 1t caused his death.
OF the long line of the Popes many saw troublous
times and even experienced their vicissitudes, but
none beheld in Europe situation to compare with
the present of great nations, highly civilized and
possessing wealth and ornaments compared with
which those of former days were Insignificant, en-
gagged in death grapple. The world has made more
progress in the arts peace in the last hundred
than in five centuries before and to the anguished
r.ind of the Pope the world had suddenly plunged
back into barbarsm.
VIII the event of the death of the Pope bring
reflection to the combatant nations of Europe? viii
it give pause to the awful strife which entering
upon its most tragical stages? VIII the solemn and
aeconate exhortation to the world the last utter
ance of the Pope which issued the eve of his
DEATH have its desired effect? Then indeed will the
world be infinitely blessed and the memory of this
sanity man will be revered by mankind as of
one who in his death had worked a great miracle.
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Marie Louise de Berry-one of the
most striking figures of the court of
the French king in the early eight
zenith century-possessed all the
faults of her age and all the faults
of the closely bred Bourbon race to
which she belonged. She was the
daughter of the Due d'Orleans, son
of Louis XIV, who was regent of
France during the minority of Louis
XIV, and through the aid of a group
of intriguing courtiers she was mar
ried at a tender age to a cousin, the
Due de Berry, a grandson of Louis
XIV.
The princess, says a contemporary,
was a marvel of wit, of pride, of
ingratitude and folly" She was bad
ly brought up, having spent most of
her childhood in the company of
chambermaids at Versailles, was
adored sby her father and barely toll
Grated by her mother. In appear
ance she was tall and handsome,
well made with, however, little grace,
and had something In her eye that
made you fear what she was" She
was an exceedingly clever and mag
netio speaker. She was "timid in
trifles, yet in other things terrifyingly
bold" 1t is said that in spite of her
small features she was strilingly
handsome.
The man she married was of ordi-
nary height, rather fat and of strik-
ing blonde complexion. He knew
nothing but how to read and write
and if the king, his grandfather, look
ed hard at him or spoke about any
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20

From an interview with Professor S. T.
Dutton, of Columbia University.
Many have said that the big war
mocks all our works and turns our
proposals to ridicule, but L want to
say that this conception of the work
is wrong.
We saw this war coming. Every
advocate of peace who has studied the
grounds for his faith has known that
this clash was coming DIR. Jordan
saw it, and expressed regret that one
nation should load itself up" on the
border of another nation when this
condition made it practically certain
that sooner or later the loaded ma
ton would "go off"
Tt is hard to think of the aged En-
peror Francis Joseph, who tried to
play the role of peacemaker to the
/ end, being swept off his feet and fair
ly engulfed in the raging torrent OF
war. The declaration of war came
like flash of lightning and the Serv-
ians among whom / visited a year
ago as a member of a commission
designated to investigate the Balkan
wars, had nothing to do but abandon
their harvests and take up arms
again, all because their powerful
neighbor was harsh and greedy and
was able in a moment of passion to
mobilize her great armed force.
About Emperor William there are
several definite things to be said He
has always said that he kept his army
ready for instant mobilization in or
der ito preserve peace" but he did
not use his army to that end, More
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
THE GREAT ARMIES CLOSING IN.

The great armies of Germany and France, with
the British and Belgian supporting the latter, are
closing in Their operations yelled by the censor,
but enough information is passed to the world in
suspense to show that the great in Western
Europe has really begun
Attention is centred two great movements,
that of the advance of the Germans through Belgium
and the French advance in Alsaee, which is seen
to be that of an army intent upon invading Germany,
its object also being weaken the German strength
in Belgium and to occupy position to threaten the
flank and rear of the German army when it advances
on Paris.
Belgium except Antwerp is now virtually in the
hands of the Germans 1t is exceedingly costly
prize and one that was not contemplated, for Ger
many asked no more than highway through 1t
has been won only by the hardest fighting and by
great sacrifices. But the possession of the buffer
state means an advance into France, and then will
begin the more serious aspects of the war.
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Let US strive to have a little OF
the spirit that fills the officers and
men of the army" said President
| Lowell recently in addressing a meet
ing OF Harvard students called to
consider the Mexican situation. Reg
ular soldiers do not hold torchlight
professions or make public demon
stration.
Young men are all thinking of
war and of their duty to serve the
country. But diplomatic negotiations
take time, and in the meanwhile let
US keep our heads cool"
| A great deal Of valuable energy is
| xpended-wasted-i unrestrained
outbursts of emotion and enthusiasm,
that could much better be applied to
the accomplishment of some great
purpose.
| The greatest forces in the universe
/ are no1seless, are perfectly poised.
scientists tell us that there is force
enough in a few acres of growing
grass to run all the machinery of
the world, and yet, like all the other
forces of nature, it is absolutely
noiseless.
The strongest characters are never
noisy They are balanced, poised,
serene. The water in little noun
tain brook dashing down over the
mighty Mississippi river. Weak char
acters, like an empty wagon, are
noisy. They fuss and fume and ac-
complish but little.
Men who easily lose their heads,
who go all to pieces in an accident,
or when any great strain is brought
TO bear upon them, or anything very
unusual occurs, are weaklings, and
are not to be depended upon in an
emergency.
There is something superb, some
thing We cannot help revering and
admiring in the person who can
stand perfectly calm, unmoved, se-
rene when others are excited and
lose their heads and have no control
over their acts.
know a business man in New
York who spends only two or three
hours day in his office and takes q
months vacation several times a
year, man of very few words, with
no pretense or fuss or noise, yet this
silent power in the private office runs
an enormous concern.
His business, like his brain and
character, Is noiseless, but effective,
because system, order, method reign
everywhere.
l know another man who storms
and ramps through his place of bust
ness, scolding, nagging, finding fault
with everybody, keeping everybody
by the ears, destroying the peace And
comfort of all about him. He is con-
stantly in hot water. He is always
in his office by 1880 in the morning
and usually remains long after every
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
AUGUST 20
AUGUST 20
Marie Louise de Berry
Copyrighted 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

MARSHALL~
thing to him but hunting or game he
became so embarrassed that he could
scarcely speak.
The duchesse abominated him, and
in return he committed the mistake
of falling very much in love with her.
The duchesse fell in love, instead,
with La Haye, who had been a page
in the kings employ and with char
acteristic boldness suggested to him
that they elope to the Netherlands.
The unfortunate man, it is said, al
most died of fright at the proposal
and feared that in refusing he would
lose his place at court. But he didn't.
When the duchesse went to Paris
she was the talk of the city. She in
sisted on having kettledrums playing
before her as she went through the
streets and when she went to the the
atre she sat on raised dais and
stage and others in the pit, and or
dered beforehand that the house
should be especially lighted.
In the midst of all this pride and
holiness the duchesse used to go
quietly away to a convent of the
Carmelites in Paris, where she had
Special apartment set apart for her
USE and here she would stay for
days, in prayer and fasting, strictly
following the rules of the order. 1t
was said by the Parisians at the time
that she did this through fear of the
devil"
The unfortunate lady died when she
was twenty-four, worn out by her
unnatural life, poisoned. 1t was said,
by the physician who attended her
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Evening Star Astrologer
Copyright, 1914.)

may lose favor in his own country for
a time. the seers declare, but he will
gain world wide fame by something
that he will accomplish before the
first day of the year.
Notwithstanding the eclipse, the
planetary rule for today is fortunate.
Both the sun and Saturn are in
strongly benefc aspect and Uranus is
friendly.
The time is a lucky one for begin
ming new projects or taking new po-
sitions.
This is lucky day for old per-
sons. They should make the best of
the access of energy, which the kind
~ rule of Saturn is supposed to give
them.
Farmers, florists and all who delve
iii the land are subject to a good
omen under this confguration.
Contracts for leather materials of
all sorts are believed to be profitable
when Saturn exercises a helpful in
fluence.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the forecast of busy year, which will
be successful If all loans of money
are avoided.
Children born on this day are like
ly to be quick, brilliant and generally
fortunate. Girls have the augury OF
happy marriage, but they may choose
some one not successful in business
affairs.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20

NO STEP FORWARD SINCE WARNINGS DAY.
1t is now seventeen years since Colonel Waring
ceased to be street cleaning commissioner of New
York and the man who holds that Office declares
that the city in all that time has not advanced one
step in this function vital to the health, comfort
and convenience of its people. Mr. Fetherston points
to the progress that has been made in this respect in
other cities notably in Germany, while in New York
the uncovered ash garbage can the ash cart,
the waterfront dump and other antique nuisances are
as much in evidence they were in 1897. Only re-
Gently an expert commission pronounced New York
to be thirty years behind the times in sewage dis
posal Are not these shameful confessions for the
chief city of America and the second in the world?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
Queer Place for Nest

A thrush has built its nest, laid
three eggs, and in the natural course
of events will, if undisturbed, rear its
young on a scaffold-pole at the sec
ondary school for girls. which is
being erected in Northampton, Eng
land. The nest has been built at the
junction of two poles. There are be-
tween fifty and sixty men working on
the building, but the bird takes not
the slightest notice of them.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
UPLIF1 TALKS
THE LEVEL-HEADED MAN IS MASTER
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author Of Pushing to the Front. Etc
Cartwright 1914.

one has left. No matter where you
see him he always makes you think
that he is late fer a train. He never
can stop to talk with you without
constantly reminding you of the
value of his time and yet, after a
half-century of blowing, putting, and
driving and scolding, he has been
able to build up only a little, plea
yune business He has no self con-
troll, no balance. His Office is always
in confusion, letters, papers and en-
velopes piled up in tumble on his
desk. He is always hunting for
something because he has no system
or order.
1t is the level-headed, balanced
man that is in demand everywhere.
1t is much better to have mental bal
ance than brilliancy 1t is better to
have comparatively small ability well
balanced than to be a one-sided
genius.
We often find people who can do
marvellous feats in some one direc-
ton, but who have poor judgment,
who are not level headed.
A balanced man has good judgment,
and this implies symmetry of deyel-
opment of the various faculties And
strength of character and of mind
come from the harmony Of evenly de-
veloped faculties.
In a perfectly adjusted machine
every part is made with reference to
every other part. The movement of
every wheel in a perfect timepiece
must be exquisitely adjusted to the
entire watch, and each must be suited
to every other wheel in the watch.
You would not boast of your watch
because it had a very powerful main.
spring while all the other parts were
very delicately constructed and were
not intended for so much power.
We take it for granted that the man
who cannot control himself cannot
control others; that he is not suitable
for leadership.
Mental poise indicates power, be-
cause poise is the result of mental
harmony.
The poised physician or surgeon in
a critical case where a life hangs in
the balance always has the advan-
tage of the excitable physician who is
full of fear and loses his head in an
emergency.
Mental poise gives strength to the
lawyer The poise of mind suggests
great reserve power. 1t is the law
yer who maintains his equanimity
and perfect balance in a great trial,
while the little attorneys rant and
fume, that carries weight with the
jury
Mental poise gives us a glimpse of
the possibilities of the coming man,
man when all of his faculties shall be
symmetrically developed, SO that his
life will express harmony instead of
discord.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
Laughter in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United
States is absolutely and indisputably
supreme when 1t comes to solemnity,
dreariness and gloom People do not
laugh once a year in that funereal-
looking chamber All you have to do
is to set your feet inside it in order to
understand that the dispensing of
justice is a heavy, ponderous and
serious affair.
Not long ago, however, Mr.. Justice
Lurton made the lawyers, the audi
tors and the other justices laugh
right out loud.
A lawyer from the South was argu-
ing a case concerning two secret fra
ternal lodges.
May the court please" said the
lawyer heatedly, the opposing lodge
not only got hold of our ritual and
used it. but also got our insignia and
regalia."
"Just a moment" interposed Judge
Lurton. Ibid they also get your
goat?"-The Popular Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
Roosevelt and His Candidates.

From the New York World.
Colonel Roosevelt gave Mr. Human
a blanket certificate, but his candidate
is finding it hard to live up to all the
ideal qualifications he was certified to
possess. Somehow the gilt with which
the Progressive leader plastered the
stand-pat Republican does not stick,
and It is all Mr. Humans fault. He
insists upon exposing himself to the
light and air, and every now and then
fresh spot peels off to the horrorsof
the Coloners devoted followers
When the Colonel announced that
Mr. Hinman was a good enough Pro-
gressive for him and was to be nom
mated for Governor, he neglected to
find out how good a Bull-Moose he
really was. 1t begins to look as though
he were just a wicked old-line Repub-
lican and didn't care much who knew
it. He has not undergone a sudden
conversion to woman suffrage, as the
Colonel did the last time he was a
candidate for office. He is not infatu-
ated with the initiative and referen-
dunn, as all Progressives must be who
are true to the faith.r He does not be-
lieve in the salvation of the world by
the recall, which ranks him with
Barnes and Murphy, and Penrose and
Lorimer. in the eyes of simon-pure
Progressives.
1t is difficult to tell what to do with
q man like Mr.. Hinman when you are
trimming a campaign on high prinei-
pies. He does not seem to understand
how to change his color according to
the company he is in. He cannot blow
hot and blow cold. He does not seem
to have any of the instincts of a
sspractical man" 1t is terribly en-
barrassing to do business with a de-
cent reactionary Republican when you
are the Progressive boss and your
candidate will not even help to fool
people by keeping still about his polit-
icaI views
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
PARIS STOCKING UP.

Paris is preparing for a siege. The city is being
we'll provisioned Numerous cattle have been placed
in the great parks, and the courses and houses
are being stocked with food. Paris has sustained
several sieges and it does not forget the last by
a German army, when cats and rats were at pre-
MUM.
Before the German armies invest the French
capital they will have to overcome the great military
strength of France we'll of England, and pierce
through the formidable lines of defense which France
has been constructing for forty years Confident as
the Parisans are in these defenses they do not pro-
pose to risk siege and famine. They are stock
ing up
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20

Captain Frederick C. Wagner, who
was provost marshal of the city of
New York at the time of the draft
riots of 1858, and who assisted the
police department and State militia
in subduing the rioters and saving
the city from contemplated destruc-
ton, is still living. Although in his
eighty-fourth year, he preserves his
mental vigor and much of his physl-
cal strength His name is familiar
one to those who are of the Masonic
fraternity, partly because 1T was due
largely to his efforts that the fine
Masonic Home at Utica, N. Y, was
built and richly endowed.
1 knew that Captain Wagner, short
ly before his appointment by Presi-
dent Lincoln as provost-marshal or
New York. was prominently ident-
fed with the rubber manufacturing
interest of the United States. but I
did not know until he told me In the
course of a conversation that IL was
he and his partner, Horace Day, who
fixed upon the name for an article
which became not only the most
popular and widely used footwear for
men, but one which supplanted she
calf-skin boot which for many years
was regarded as an essential part of
the dress of one who wanted to be
thought a gentleman. There are
many still living who will easily re-
call the popularity of the Congress
gaiter, and 1t is also likely that none
excepting Captain Wagner and Few
of his friends knew how the name
was fixed upon for this article.
For many years every man who
wanted to be thought well dressed
wore calfskin BOOTS" said Captain
Wagner. "They reached from the
sole up as far as the knee. Some OF
them were very deliberately made. My
partner, Mr.. Day, and l controlled
the manufacture of what was called
elastic cloth. 1t was made by weav-
ing narrow, very fine strips or rub
her into linen cloth, the cloth being
snnnewhat loosely woven. Somebody
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ALLENHURST'S
"TOWNE BAND

your Special correspondent.
Allenhurst N. j. Angus 19-are
Towne Band witch consists of reel
Musicians our getting Tired practiz-
zing nitely too hon j P. Tumulty. IN
less he say reel sumo wen He shall
Bee Reddy receive Our Bands
sarahnade so as Too here 1t play, all
practizing shall Disist Immediately at
once. all the wel-nown Aires have
Bean gone over with the professor
frum N. yorke an the Boys xpect 2
create a Big showing so that hon
vii tel the marine Band at Wash d c
District of Cob of our Bands great
attempt keel them. all the Boys our
jest itchin four the mite 2 Bee Pulled
offe
Last mite here a debate at Squire
stacks office bit G. Harr and mister
L. Becker whom has TRAVELLED sumo
As whom were the greatest man st.
Patrick or July ". durn me if the
Boys arond stacks didn't say July ".
your own Private Special correspond
int renamed newtral on the Vote.
moore Soon again Shortley.
yourse Truelly,
Hal.
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How the Congress Cater Got Its Name

conceived the idea of using this kind
of elastic cloth in the manufacture
of shoes of good quality. Experi-
ments were made and 1t was found
that by inserting a piece of elastic
cloth upon each side of the shoe, Just
in front of the heel and reaching up
to the instep, it was possible to make
a shoe which could be slipped on and
off with perfect convenience and that
1t would hold its place perfectly
After this was demonstrated, MT.
Day and l were convinced that there
would be instantly a large sale for
this kind of shoe. One evening we
were chatting about it, realizing that
our only interest in ~~the thing was
that we could find a very large mar
ket for our elastic cloth if the shoes
proved to be popular. While we We're
discussing the matter, 1t suddenly
occurred to me that in order to aid
in putting these shoes upon the mar
ket we ought to find a good name
for them. We did not want to call
them shoes.
MIR. Day was of my mind, and
after silent thinking he suddenly said
to me: I have got it. Well call
them Congress CATERS. The word
Congress will appeal to everybody
and the word gaiter mas more 1aSh-
ionable sound than Shoe.
1.-THE name was a hit and so were
the CATERS themselves. Very rapidly
they supplanted the calf-skin boot,
and it was chiefly due to them that
the fashion Of wearing boots ended.
At the time of the civil war they
were almost exclusively used through
out the United States"
I asked Captain Wagner if he could
explain why they had lost their popu-
larity.
"Oh, yes" he replied. Somebody
invented theVbutton SHOE and that
invention speedily gained as great a
popularity as the Congress gaiter had
secured twenty years earlier"
copyright, 1914, by DR.. e. ]. Ed
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