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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
THE FRENCH INDEPENDENTS DAY.

All France and many of French birth in America
are celebrating today the anniversary of an event
that signazed the destruction the feudal system
in Europe and brought about in the worlds
politics and new destinies for mankind.
The Baste was only ancient fortress prison,
but it typfed the "ancien regime" In the minds of
the people of France stood for two hundred
lutism and the instrument of tyranny. When the
flame of revolution swept France the people in
stnctivey turned the Bastle the first object of
their vengeance and it's fall the fall of monarchy
and privilege.
The French anniversary comes ten days later than
our Fourth of July celebration. and in its proper
order for it the Declaration of independence in
America that preciptated the French Revolution.
That immortal declaration of human rights and the
example of a people setting up government of the
people, for the people and by the people the in
spration for the uprising in France against agelong
oppression.
If we compare the France of today with the France
of Louis XVI. recognize the for French
rejoicings Under the "ancien regime" the French
masses in direst poverty and out of their
wretched means squeezed all the taxes for gov
and the support of royal extravaganza. The
aristocratic land owner. And the national exchequer
was empty
Today there are millions of peasants who are land
proprietors, there is a popular government the
tional resources immense and the people tAe
creditors of Europe. Through trials and tribu-
lations has France attained her prosperity
But all that is history. Every Frenchman today
can recall the time under monarchy when his an
cestors, if not noble, ignoble and had more
right than the cattle in the field. Why should not
France rejoice today?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14

July fourteen ought to be pro-
pitious birthday for writer's and
actresses, for two women who have
achieved notable success, one as an
actress and one as a writer, stand at
the head of the list of women born
on that day. Clara Fisher Maeder
stands unrivaled as a juvenile actress
and Amanda Douglas needs no in
PRODUCTION to those who have kept
pace with the novel writers of the
past half century.
Clara Maeder was born in London
in 1911 and appeared at the age OF
six as CULVER in a production OF
"Gulliver in Lilliput." Her success
in this and other child parts was
most brilliant. When seventeen Miss
Maeder came to this country with her
parents and became at once one OF
the most successful of stans. AS a
romping hoyden she was most sue
cessful, but when she tried such parts
as Ophelia her abilities were not OF
SO high an order. Her voice was
pleasing and it is said that for many
years she was unrivaled as ballad
singer. William Hunter says of her;
Her special excellence lay in the
direction of her tantalizing piquancy
on the one hand and of fascinating
tenderness on the osher. Sweetly
womanlike and alluring,. her art was
marked by perfect discretion and
natural refinement. She gained an
honorable fame. She has lived GOOD
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14

health most of the time he was in the
presidency. His cabinet was Eat one
time very apprehensive that he
would give way completely under the
strain.
But what l like best to think about
in relation to Johnson are the toler-
ance, kindness and goodwill which
President Lincoln displayed toward
johnson. There were a number of
the intimate friends of Lincoln-I
think his secretary of the treasury,
Hugh MCCULLOUGH, was one-who
spoke with some apprehension lest
the unfortunate exhibition Johnson
made when he received the oath as
vice-president might indicate grave
weaknesses of kind which 1t would
be appalling to contemplate in case
anything happened to Lincoln and
Johnson succeeded him.
Lincoln, himself, however, was full
of charity toward Johnson. His in
variable reply to those who spoke to
him with apprehension about john
sons conduct when he was inaugur-
ated as Vice President was that there
need be no fear of Andrew Johnson.
Mr.. Lincoln said that he had none.
He had known him well for a long
time and he was confident that his
conduct when inaugurated as Vice
President was the result of accident
rather than the revelation of a weak
ness. He was certain that Andrew
johnson was all right, and it was
Lincoln's own words which treasured
those who spoke to him of their APP
prehension."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
Refrigerators In Switzerland

Owing to the Basel climate, which
is cool in summer and cold in winter,
few refrigerators are used by the
families in their homes. A few are
kept by the Weather families, but
none are in the homes of the poor.
All houses are built with large cell
lars, where wines, meats, fruits and
vegetables may be kept almost in
definitely without damage from heat,
cold or dampness.
The smaller merchants use porta-
BILE refrigerators for keeping meats
and fruits which have been imported.
AS most of the meats and fruits Eek
cept seasonable fruits) are imported
is necessary for their preservation
that they be kept constantly in re-
frigerated state.
from the border in refrigerator cars.
These cars are not provided by the
railroads, but are privately owned.
They are not mechanically refriger-
ated, but are provided with ice re-
ceptacles at each end of the cars.
Sufficient ice, usually two tons. is
placed therein to insure refrigeration
for eighty hours, which is the max
imum time from the border to Basel.
AS yet no refrigeration is used in the
transportation of fruits and vegeta-
bles.
Many of the larger meat, fruit and
vegetable shops in Basel use mechan-
ical refrigeration These shops carry
large supplies of all kinds of meats,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14

game, fish, eggs, fruits and vegeta-
bles, and not only supply the local
market. but also some of the larger
steamship lines. These perishable
foods are assembled here from all
parts of Europe and held in storage
for shipments to the border
The saloons, restaurants and small
shops Use artificial ice for refrigera-
ton, which is frozen in blocks or
slabs of three feet six inches by nine
inches by four inches. and is not the
clear, solid cakes of ice generally
used in the United States, but is
white, showing lack of proper
freezing or distillation.
The breweries in winter lay in large
supplies of ice from the small lakes
near Basel. 1t happens sometimes
that the winters are too mild for
heavy freezing. Then artificial ice
is used altogether or in part.
Practically all refrigerators used in
Basel are of local make. Whether
for service in a small store or a large
plant, they are specially designed and
made to fit into compartments pro-
vided for them. The hardware houses
carry a few refrigerators for family
use.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14

The Conauete de Pair, journal
published by the Aero CLUB, OF
Belgium, has apparently come into
possession of important facts when
show what an elaborate scheme Tor
protection by aircraft Germany has
inaugurated on her western frontier
in the direction of England.
In the first place two idea' ad-
yanced aeroplane bases are possessed
on that curving shore between the
Danish and the Dutch frontiers, in
the islands of Heligoland and Sylt.
These two islands are about fifty-six
miles apart, and an aerial squadron
could easily keep constant guard be-
tween them, and thus prevent any
surprise raid on the land north of
the mouth of the Elbe. Furthermore.
Heligoland is but some forty odd
miles from Wilhelmshaven and Cux-
haven, and thus two other lines of de-
tense can be formed guarding against
an attack from the west. Roughly
spealsing,-sby these means 1t will be
seen that the whole sea frontier from
Jutland to East Friesland can easily
| be kept under surveillance by the
buzzing dragon flies of war, and the
great towns of Bremen and Hamburg
protected from surprise attack.
With regard to the offense, it is
pointed out that Heligoland is but
some 300 miles from Hull, Grimsby
and Yarmouth, and German aviators
are thus capable of operating, despite
the distance. with success against the
English coast Moreover, it would be
\ easy for them to dash out from their
advanced base to keep watch on the
movements of the English fleet in
case of war, and hurry hack to refuge
to the island, which is connected with
the mainland by cable.
| And Heligoland is being rapidly
| turned into an aeroplane base of great
| strength. The Berliner Neueste Mach
richten gave some very interesting
| particulars only the other day regard
| ing a double shed for aeroplanes
| which is to be- CONSTRUCTED on the lit
| tie isle in the North sea. This shed
| will be built on disappearing car
| riage''-that is to say, except when it
is desired to release the aeroplanes, it
will be sunk beneath the level Of the
earth and so out of harms way.
| When the warships are to go out 1t
will be raised by hydraulic power,
| and, swinging on a pivot, will allow
the machines to make their ascent
with the wind at their backs.
"Incessantiy,' adds the newspaper,
lis the armament of the island being
| perfected. 1t is becoming an immense
| battleship over q mile long. And it
has advantages over a dreadnought;
| it's armor plating is made of impene-
trable masses of rock, and it can
carry an indefinite number of guns
| far heavier than those of a warship.
England ought often to have cause to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JULY IA
Amanda Douglas, Clara Maeder,
BY MARY MARSHALL
JULY IA
1SN6toSs Sio' "a
Copyrighted 1914.

life and leaves pure and beautiful
memory"
Clara Maeder's family name was
Fisher She married Mr.. James
Naeder when she was twenty-three
and from that time took his name
in her profession, as well as in pri-
Vate life.
Amanda Douglas was born in New
York city but she spent her early
childhood in the country and there
showed her ability as a romancer by
telling the. neighborhood children
stories which would be continued for
many weeks and which were the
product of her own fertile imagina-
ton.
Amanda Douglass ambition for
many years was to become a de-
signer and engraver, but this desire
was thwarted by the prolonged ill
ness of members of her family. For
years she spent her time acting as
a family nurse and in the scant
leisure hours she amused herself in
writing. 81 had no thought of be-
coming a novelist, as | was so in
terested in other pursuits, but this
path seemed open to me and others
proved impossible, as l could not
leave my home"
So it was that Amanda Douglas
turned to novel writing. In 1866 she
published In Trust" which met with
immediate popularity. Other works
which met with similar success were
stephen Dane" and Hope Mills
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
Has Broken Neck, But Still Saves Twi
from Drounin~
A Proud Pre-eminence

tfrom the Paterson Sunday Chronicle
newark is Justly proud of the dis
JUNCTION awarded 1t in a recent census
bulletin of standing at the head of ali
the large cities of the Union in the
percentage of it's inhabitants attend
ing school. Ins fact, the figure for
Newark, 2O5 for each one hundred in
habitants, is exceeded in only one
muhlty or more than 10000 popuIa-
tlon' ana that is Newton, Mass, with
one-half of l per cent. more New
ton has only about $1,000 people. and
the percentage Of school attendance
would naturally be higher than in a
great manufacturing city.
IL is expected that the working of
the new child labor law will material
ly increase the proportion of school
children in all the cities of New Jer-
sey. The present pre-eminence of its
chieI city in the educational field
should be a matter of State pride.
IL is quite possible that the I'M
usually large enrolment of school
children in Newark may be due to its
remarkably fortunate conditions as a
manufacturing city. Its industries
probably cover a greater variety of
trades than any other American city
in proportion to population. If it has
happened that these trades embrace
a larger number where child labor
Is not available ana skilled workmen
have to be employed than is the
case in other cities, the educational
rolls would naturally be the gamer
Take Paterson for example. Our
industrial interests are dominated by
one class of manufa cturers, magnifi-
cent in itself, but which all thought
full citizens feel it would be to our
advantage If it were not so dominat-
ing, and that the attention of the
boomers" of our city SHOULD be prin-
cipally directed to securing a greater
diversity. This iLea was forcibly
urged by one of the speakers at a re-
cent meeting of our new Board of
Trade.
1t is well known that in recent years
the proportion of foreign-born opera
tives in our silk mills has largely in
creased. This has brought here
class of residents whose desire to
make bread-winners of the children
is much greater than it is with the
average American FAMILY, and they
have found their opportunity in the
elementary branches of the silk
manufacture and the laxity of the
child labor laws. That the more dras-
tic regulations of the new law, es-
pecially as it applies to females, will
have an appreciate effect in increas-
ing the attendance at our public
schools cannot be doubted. That it
will proportionately decrease the
number of bread winners in our city
is equally certain. The shadow of
this event has already been cast in
the recent united decision of local silk
manufacturers to close their doors to
all female applicants for employment
who are within the school age.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
The Mint JuIep.

From the Chattanooga Ilmes.
"The only thing bad about a mint
julep,e says the. Baltimore Sun, lis
waiting for it to be made" Obviously
the Sun has not been reading con-
temporaneous reformatory literature
or listening to the persuasive logic of
The Hons. Malcolm Patterson and
Richmond p. Hobson. The mint Julep
is the last word in the satanic de-
moralization because of its seductive
potentialities for leading unwary NOR
tails to the final enforcement of vice
that otherwise might appear hideous
A. any rate, the Sun should have
observed the Hobsonian, distinction
Al fulep is altogether bad when being
made for you by an aproned mixocol-
ogist behind the bar, whether the
process of making be of short or long
duration; but when you make 1t your
self you may very properly predicate
its only badness upon the time limit.
Mr.. Patterson hasn't yet recognized
the distinction. but he hasn't been
confirmed so long as Mr.. Hobson,
his idea being that the demon turks
In the concoction by whatever hand
1t is manipulated.
1t is permitted to refer to another
eminent uthority-provided we first
admit that 1t is altogether wicked
and diabolic when judged by the Hob
Patterson formulas-Hon. Henry
Watterson, who has proclaimed that
there was nothing bad about the mint
julep either in the time of its making
or by whom made except when il
cannot be had.
The best opinion is that all who
have not already become addicted to
if-young men of immature habits and
others who may have so far escaped
It's blandishments-had better let the
mint Julep alone. 1t is peculiarly in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
UPLIFT TALKS
MAKING A BOY TO PUT ON THE MARKET
ay oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author OF Pushing to the Front Etc.
l,-.-l-h4 1n1A

and universities. This has been more
and more recognized, and latey
many of our universities have intro
duced commercial departments.
Many of our prominent men are
graduates of business colleges OF
business llfe-and they pay ready
tribute to the value of such train
ing.
Nathan Straus, for instance, Is a
graduate of Packard's Business Col
lege. and generously acknowledged
his debt To the training he got there.
A long list of well-known men could
be given. and in every instance they
ascribe much of their success TO their
practical, commercial training.
There has been a tremendous
change also in the type of our col
lege and university presidents within
the last fifty years. Formerly they
were chosen more for their scholar
ship, their knowledge of literature
their erudition, literary polish. Mani
of them were clergymen. But nov
the great university president must
be an executive man. He is not se-
lected so much for his scholarship as
for his practical ability, his business
force, his part in human affairs and
public life.
Even the ministry is rejecting this
change in public opinion. Did you
ever notice how much more prosper
Gus a church is when presided over
by a pastor who cannot only preach,
but is also a good business man?
People have more confidence in n
practical preacher The gradual
change is significant. 1t is notice.
able in every department of life and
the educational institution that fails
to keep pace with its requirements,
falls out of the running, so to speak
Parents. in directing the education OF
their children, Should keep this in
mind. No man or woman is really
fitted for life whose training has not
been thoroughly practical, who has
not been trained for the great market
of the worlds work.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14

1.-THE end of education said Lord
Kelvin. lis TO help a man to earn his
living and then to make life worth
living"
As a matter of fact, schools and
colleges are merely factories for MAX
ing boys and girls to put on the mar
lxet for practical life, and If the edu-
cation they afford does not fit the
conditions under which the average
youth must make his living, then
they are on the wrong track and
should be adjusted to the end desired.
Startling as the assertion may
seem, it is nevertheless true that ed
location in some of our American in
situations is better fitted to European
life OF century or two ago than to
the life at the present day in this
country. Education should bear
definite practical relation to the
needs of the civilization in which we
live; it should not be keyed to the
requirement of another age and TO
the habits of people in very different
conditions. School should fit youth for
life, not merely tell you about life.
1t is reflection upon our edfca-
tional system that so many youths
come out of school and college almost
helpless to get living
To be educated should not merely
mean that the mind has been stuffed
with knowledge; it should mean that
faculties have been so disciplined,
trained, that they are capable of Wig
crous. sustained concentration.
The unfortunate thing about our
present system of education is that
the school and college curricula are
usually prepared by teachers and pro-
fessors, many of whom really live
most of their lives in books. They do
not mingle with life; they are not in
touch with it in a practical way
Ii one must choose between the
two, there is no doubt that the bust
ness college comes nearer rejecting
practical life and meeting the actual
wants of the day than the colleges
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
GROWTH OF THE POLICE PRECINCTS.

An idea of Newark's expansion is suggested in
the decision by the police board to make eighth
police precinct in the growing northern section of the
city Until 1872 Newark got along with precinct
and station house William street, and then part
the city armory utilized for second precinct
station With the addition of precinct the
number will have been increased by seven in forty
two years.
Between the time the First and Second precincts
established six years elapsed. and fifteen years
afterwards the Third and Fourth precincts were
established As the Seventh precinct created last
year. the need of eighth shows how much more
rapidly the city is growing, for every addition of the
kind means population and houses to
guard
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
Tango Makes Lemonade Popular

No, do not mean Intoxicating,
liquors. Drunkenness is on the de-
crease in American restaurants, and
the dance is responsible. No man
dares to go out on the floor unless
his head is perfectly clear when he
has to guide lively young woman
through the mazes of the intricate
new dances. Another aspect of the
drink question is that there are more
women In public restaurants now
than there used to be.
Yes. 1t is certainly true that lem
onade is taking the place of the
hishball as Americas national drink
The bills for soft drinks have more
than doubled during the last season.
Lemonade, tea and chocolate are
consumed In enormous quantities. .
The fact that people spend the
evening in the restaurants instead of
going to the theatre after dining is
another of the interesting aspects of
the dance movement. I suppose the
theatrical people don't find 1t so
amusing.
The dance craze has put an end
to the cabaret business The Amer
lean people wouldn't stand for it to
see somebody else having a good
time while they sat still and watched.
The tango has taught us another
lesson in democracy 1t is much
easier to vote with a man, or even
for him, than to play with him, but
he tango is teaching us to play to-.
gether. New York society is much
less formal, much less exacting. to-
day than it was before all castles
We're leveled in the danee.N 1t came
about through the restaurants whtcff-
employed dancing instructors. These
young men were hired IN teach +ha
guests how to do the new stems
which the cabaret performers had
exhibited. Soon it devolved on the
dancing instructors to add the duties
OF host to his program, too. Tho
hest introduced people to one an
other-and there you are, everybody
dancing together
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
CROPS AND PRICES.

According to the law of supply and demand, the
cereal crop figures this year would to promise
very lower prices for -four bread and the other
products of the grain. But those who expect
ing such reduction probably doomed to disap-
pontment. In the first place, corn is higher than
wheat this year. owing to short supplies in certain
sections Hence it will be found cheaper to feed
stock with wheat instead of with Then, again,
the wheat production of other countries does not
promise than the average of recent years. This
will make exports large and tend to prevent prices
from falling.