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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
DESIRE TO BE THOUGHT GAY

long enough and loud enough they
NAV eventually utter a mot anu
claim the fame of being a wit for
ever and ever afterward AS mat
ter of fact, however, a brilliant light
conversationalist is one of the rarest
things in the whole world. Such a
one is born though time and expert
ence may elaborate the gift.
Lots of people talk-tals an awful
Iot-but very few are worth listening
to. About everything else in gave'v
there must Re no sense of strain.
Better be silent than force your hum
orous ''note' A wittv conversation
les not so much in what is sa d as
the whimsical way person saws it
That is why so many books of humor
invariably get all-edged' mentally
Inserted by the reader between
brackets
That, too, is why so many people
who amuse you once drive YOU fran
tic with boredom the second time. 1t
IS so difficult to be lightly amusing,
and anus 'ngly light. without being
merely frivolous and "gigg'y."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
When Public Recognition Came to Great R. r. Promoter

my acquaintance with E. H.
Harrinan-we used to call him Ned
tegan many years ago when we were
both young men and members of a
baseball club which used to play on
Saturday afternoons on a Staten
Island baseball field" said the late
Charles Finney Cox-for many years
treasurer of all the Vanderbilt lines
that run west of b lffllo-to me
shortly after Mr.. Harriman's death.
Gwen at that time Hartman was
noticeable among the young men for
his freedom from vanity and self
conceit. He was tremendously in
hut he was singularly modest. 1t
used to occur to me that he never
took time to think about himself.
"Afterward when Mr.. Hartman
began to gain national recognition, l
occasionally met him and always
noticed that he was still without any
sense of Inconsistencies, or any
manner which suggested self-conceit,
although he was imperious, dogmatic
and arbitrary.
81 was speaking to one of Mr.. Har-
riman's intima tie friends of this char
acteristic just after he sailed for
Europe on what was to be his last
trip. This man tod me that per-
sonal friend of his, who was also
a personal friend although not a
business associate of Mr.. Hartman,
spoke to him one day about the de-
lay in recognizing his ability and his
achievements He said to Mr.. Har-
riman that he was well past fifty
years of age before the public had
begun to notice that a man of the
name of Hartman was doing great
things. A good manv men had gained
notorietv and some had secured large
reputa ticns who were. younger than
Mr. Hartman and had gained these
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
"Rum" and "coffin Nails"

Prohibition prohibits, but it does
not seem to prevent a'toge Their. Ac-
cording to internal revenue reports
the total consumption Of whiskey in
the United States has doubled in the
last fifteen years. 1t is a mystery to
MANY people where all this strong
drink goes to, when the dry terri
tory is being so steadily extended,
The situation is regarded as so UNI
satisfactory that the temperance peo-
pie have decided to make deter
mined effort this year to force pro-
hibition to the front as a national
issue and secure a Federal amend
ment on the subject so that prohib :
ton can be made really to prohibit.
Cigarette smoking is also on the
increase despite the fight being made
on this vice. Upward of fourteen
billions of these ready-made "cofhn
nails" were used in this country last
year, and every month shows a big
ger consumption-The Pathfinder.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

regulations while he was still OBJ
scure.
MIR. Hartman said in reply: Per
sonally, | am rather glad of it. |
think great notoriety tends to make
man self-conscious. If a man is
satisfied with what he is doing. that
ought to be all the recognition he has
a right to SCI k.
But l suppose the reason for the
late recognit on of which you speak
is the fact that I was brought up in
New York city. That is one of the
hardest places fer a man to gain
such reputation as is followed by the
constant printing of his name in the
newspapers. There are actors and
writer's of books and politicians who
get early into the newspapers. but
that is not true of the business men
of New York. The reason is not far
to seek. New York is so big a city
and there are so many very able pJen
in the city who do Their work quietly
that it rarely happens that one of
them comes out into the limelight.
"1 suppose if / had been born
somewhere west of the Missouri river
and had undertaken railroad work
cut there | would speedily have dis
covered that people were talking
about me; and it was, in fact, not
until l took hold of the Union Pa
cific railroad and identified myself
with the work of reconstructing that
system that / began to observe that
the newspapers were talking about
me. have never given the matter
any particular thought. but now that
YOU have spoken of it 1 presume that
had to go away from New York
and grow up with the country else
where ~ make my name known to
the public
Copyright. 1914 by E. J. Edwards.
All rights resarved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
scientific FIremen for London.

From the Manchester Guardian.
The remarkable efficiency of the
London fire brigade is now to be fur
ther Increased by the formation of a
scientific smoke department, organ
zed for the special purpose of rescue
work, Smoke is as deadly as fire
when lives are in jeopardy Already
hremen have smoke helmets, but the
work is attended with grave danger,
and the London county council now
recognizes that there must be trained
fremen able to make the best use of
scieut fic appliances. Accordingly. at
Euston fire station, there is ia be
special scientific department. with Sc
lected men willing to learn the science
of fire lighting and ready to take IL
risks. There will be'a so a coupe of
motor cars to carry smoke helmets
and appliances and also equipped W tn
dynamos and portable searchlights.
oxygen reviving apparatus, and cleo
trio fans for blowing air into places
where dense smoke or poisonous gases
exist The men will be trained exclu-
sive'y in rescue work, and instructors
frcm collieries are to give them les
sons The new scientific branch will
he especially useful in severe disasters
by which many lives have been lost
owing to escaping gas.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Gardens for children.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Miss Celeste Parrish, supervisor of
rural schco's in Ge0rE'a, is The mo-
ing spirit in a campaign to have
children create gardens in the back
yards of city residences.
The plan IS an eX client one.
1t is well, as Councilman Ashley
suggests, to make the back yard as
ornamental and well kept as the
front yard Health and beauty lie m
thst direction.
II the child can he given an intell'-
gent interest ia gardening his HE
win tale on a fresh, an nsp ring AMI
"a broadening influence
The idea is valuable, also, as Uncut
eating habits Of industry and love
for the SOL
The little money and time spent in
the innovation would return divi-
dends cut of All proportion to the
neglig. Bile investment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
AIaska's Coal

The development of the coal re-
sources of ALASKA has been he'd back
on account of the lack of legislation
perm ting the exploitation of the
known extensive and valuable fields
In 1912 the commercial product of
coal in Alaska amounted to only 300
tons. In addition, 9lO tons We're
mined under the direction of the bu-
reau of mines for testing by the
United States navy. The imports Of
coal into Alaska amount to about
100, 900 tons annually, but most of the
transnortatit n and manufacture ng in
dustries OF the territory now depend
on California oil fer their fuel.-Ge0-
logieal Survey Bulletin.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

BY MARY
One of the most famous of French
dancers, Marie Anne Cuppi known
as Camargo, was born 204 years ago
today. She was a native of Brussels
and was the daughter of a dancing
teacher of that city who was related
to the Spanish noble family of Ca
margo. 1t was from this noble fam
iy that Marie took the name which
later made her famous.
When Camargo was a young girl
she went to Paris to study under one
of the greatest ballet masters, and
came back to her home in Brussels
after three months to set the whole
town talking over her wonderful i'm
provement. Her ability and talent
were clearly phenomenal. After that
she danced in all the leading capitals
of France and Germany. In Paris
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Dictionary Handy Article: Teacher Sub
dues Mad Dog With It.

NEW YORK, April ia d!ction-
airy, well aimed by Miss Anna G..
Lander in her classroom of Public
School No. 80, in Washington avenue
Richmond Hi l, L. l., yesterday aft
ernoon hit a savage collie dog on s
ear just as he was springing for a
little girl at the blackboard. The
blow knocked the animal aside and
then he attacked the teacher.
Before bound ng into the scfool-
room the dog had bitten Adele Car
man, of Washington avenue, and
after being choked by Mrs. Helen
Lockwood, living next door to the
school. he had run into the bu' ding.
With her arm filled with text books
Miss Lander pursued the animal o t
of the ROOM lombard ng him W tn
text books as he ran yelping down
stairs. AS the collie was leaving the
building he bowled over Policeman
Merede, who had responded to the
screams.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
saving the Babies.
la Ia Washington star.

From the Washington Star.
The check put upon the work OF the
federal ch ldren's bureau by the re-
usal of the appropriations comm 'ttee
of the House to provide a moder te
Increase above the meager sum now
allowed for the prosecution OF the I'M
portant activities of the bureau is
regarded with regret by persors con-
eerned with the high mortal ty rate
of infants in the United States. This
bureau which was established in the
belief that it Won deal effective y
with, number of quest ons vital to
the interests of the nation, has lee
struggling along with the very sma
annual allowance of $25010. 1t was
believed that the field OF labor Of the
bureau could be more c osely cult
yated and the range of its OPERATIONS
extended by the larger Appropriation
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
A STATE STATIONERY REFORM.

Departmental stationery OF the State government,
which under the long-existing system abolished
by new law, was extensively purchased and various
in style, will be provided by the State House
Commission and will be uniform. AS graft of some
kind exists in all the departments of government SO
there has been less graft in the contracts for
stationery. The State House Commission can make
all purchases bulk at cheaper prices, and will make
sure of amount and quality.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
"silO Cocktails Form Solution In Dry
Delaware County.

DOVER, Del, April 15.-Temper-
ance advocates are aghast. With war
on rum rampant and successful, a
new means of getting around strict
option laws has been found. The
"si!o cocktail has been invented
here, and apparently is popular,
Judging from a number of cases at
tribu ted as "silo jags."
The "silo cocktail is new in CEN
trail Delaware. Among certain classes
of rural topers it is finding favor and
is declared by them to produce the
same tickling sensation as corn whis-
key.
The "si.o" drink is composed of a
half pint of drlppings from a silo,
added to a half pint of water and a
Lite sugar.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM TIE EXCHANGES

about the tigness of a hen, and spoke
Indian, Portuguese and Arabic. 1t
named the kings name; although IFS
voice was that of a man, it could
neigh ike a horse and new IKE n
cat. Ii was produced before the as
asmblv of the judges and the priests,
and there 1t spoke with great grav-
ity The assembly were unanimous y
of opinion that the evil spirit had no
part in endowing it with these
talents. but to be certain ii was
thought most prudent to take the adj
vice of Res Sela Chr'stos and the Su-
per'or cf Mahebar To them it was
sont but II died on the road .
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
FOREST NOTES

China imports wood pulp from Great
Britain, Sweden, Norway and Ger
many.
The highest mountain in Montana.
Granite Peak, with an altitude of
nearly 10000 feet, is in the Beartooth
national forest.
Norway has IA tree-planting socie-
ties. The first was founded in 1900,
and since then twenty-six million
trees have been planted, more than
two million having been set out last
year
In many parts of the west snow is
leaving the mountains earlier than
usual Foresters saw that this may
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Jailed Chickens Going to ROost, Brand
NpiRhbOr rs Thief.

BLOOMSBURY, Pa, April 15.-Be-
cause chickens in his pen went
home to roost," IN a pen of his
neighbor, when searching police Off
GERS released them, Lloyd Reifendei-
fer, of Morgantown, is lodged in the
Columbia county jail.
AS soon as the chickens were
turned out of Reifendeifer's pen they
went back to that of George Wall,
who accused Reifendeifer of stealing
them.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
APRIL is
Camargo
copyrign
BY MARY MARSHALL.

MARSHALL.
she was especially, admired, and ii
was there that she attracted the ad.
miration OF Voltaire. She was highly
esteemed in her old age and received
court pension of fifteen hundred
livres.
Vo,taire wrote a clever verse to this
famous dancer which begins with the
lines, "Ah, Camargo. que vous etes
brilliante" (Ah, Camargo, how bril-.
liant you are)
A famous woman of the present
day who celebrates her birthday or
April Is is Anna Mary Galbraith. a
prominent physician of New Yorl
city. She received her medical de-
gree at the Woman's Medical College
of Pennsylvania.
Catherine l. Of Russia, the low-borr
wife of Peter the Great, was born
April Is, probably in the year 1879.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
YOUTHS Two Toes Part of Fraternity's
Initiation Fee.

KANSAS CITY, April 1.-Two tres
from his left foot have been given by
Cameron Reed, twenty two, of Cam
bridge, Mass, as part of his initial on
fee in a fraternity he asp'res to 10 n
at the Tn versity of Missouri, where
he is a solhomore.
Reed, with three other students
came to Kansas City for the Eat r
vacation, riding the brake beam, in
order to qua ify for the fratern ty
that is eligible only to those who have
Travelled "a thousand miles without
q red"
Early yesterday the students
boarded the rods of a train to make
Their return trip to Columbia, Mo.
Reed fell as the train started and
whee crushed his foot. He was taken
to a hospital here.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
CONSISTENCY!

1t was in the conservatory.
Wont you let me hug youY' he
murmured ardently.
mt here" she replied. 1T
wouldn't be proper"
Going out on the dance floor they
ereag d in a hue and tanpoed under
the scrutiny of staid chaperons.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
some Blrdt
M Inc London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The owners of the Bagenbeck col
lection would doubtless be willing to
pay a fancy price for any bird As
accomplished as one des ribed by
James Bruce, the eiehteenth century
ira, eler. In 1921 there was brought
into Abyssinia a bird which was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
When the Garden Wakes Ep

Oh, such busy outdoor world!
Such putting forth of leaves!
Such prinking of the tinest buds
That natures workshop weaves
For winter weather now is past
The gardens waking up at last!
Narcissus rears his scented crest
dainty little fellow;
The crocuses look Shyly up,
All painted pink and yellow
And, bordering the beds,
The modest violets lift their heads
In tunic of the palest green,
daffodips gold cup
Mods in Good morning" welcome to
The pansies springing up
Quaint kitten faces, grave and gay,
The first to come, the last to stay!
White hyacinths, fragrant group,
Shed sweetness far and near;
Their waxen bells paean ring,
Unheard by mortal ear
we are the very breath of spring.!
The perfumed petals seem to sing
The lilac trees are swelling fast,
The rambler buds would too,
But Mother Earth chides: mo, red rose
'Tis not quite time for you!
Wait till the summer days are here.
It's only spring-time now, my dear!'
Maize V. Caruthers, in the N. Y. Times.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

Of $130000 which was asked for by
NJ SIS Lathrop and the secretary of la
Dor According to cersus hgur s,
. 000 American babies die each year.
and a high proportion of this NOR
fality is due to causes which the
chi'dren'S bureau bel ewes can be
corrected. with such Grand a m "a
view. the money ought to he forth
coming that the trial may be made
The argument of the committee on
appropriations is that the Increased
appropriat ON asked for would srre.y
be stricken ont In the House On a
roint of order. II is within the power
of the Senate to allow the sum es'<ei
forNby the chi dren's bureau, and il
this way the provis on may get
through Congress. Such a small sum
is not TO be weighed against the
prospect of educating mothers and
saving chi,dren's lives.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
ODDITIES IN
TODAYS NEWS
Woman. Under Knife SIX Years. Dies
After Twenty fourth Operation.

After IWenty-f0urth Operation.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Within six
years Mrs. Mary Steffen Wilson,
thirty years old. wife of James w.
Wilson, of Rapelyea avenue, Corona,
undO rWent twenty-four operations
She died in the German Skin and
Cancer Hospital, in Manhattan, on
Monday night. Mrs. w lson's III
heath was caused by a fall. Her
spine was injured, and shortly after
ward she underwent her first opera
ton. A year later three operations
followed in quick succession, and
finally cancer developed Since then
she raised most of her time in hos
pitfalls.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
STATE BANKS MAY NOW BE FEDERAL.

State banks and trust companies in New Jersey
will now be permitted to be incorporated in the
federal reserve banking system and it is probable
they will all take advantage of the law signed
YESTERDAY by the Governor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
A Great Invention.

From PearSon's Weekly.
Mr.. Ed son, who recently tried to
take a holiday from work, and is said
to have become i'll through boredom
is apt to be rather crusty with visitors
to his work rooms when they ask too
many questions, one day a rather
talkatiVe journalist pointed at a
model whats that2' he asked
Mr. Edison, who was getting very
weary of the mans end ess quest ons,
replied blandly: "That my dear sir,
is a cradle that rocks by sound You
put the baby in and the louder it
bowls the faster the cradle rocks!"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

A French inventor recently gave
demonstration on the River Seine, in
Paris, of life-saving mattress which
he has designed for use on passenger
carrying vessels. The mattress is
filled with a fibre of great buoyant
qualities. In the test referred to above
the mat trees was strapped to an iron
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

mean a bad fire season. and they are
making plans for hard campaign.
New Jersey is said to have the
greatest proportion of railroad mile
age of any State in the country, OF
one mile of railroad to every three
square miles of territory. This makes
an unsual risk of forest fires set by
railroads.
The heavy storms in southern Cali
fornia during the past rainy season
wiped out many miles of trails In thei
national forests of that part Of the
State They are now, being rebuilt foH
the coming summer for use in fire.
protection. They are also of great
pectors.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

New Zealand breeds between 2S.0O1,-
10e and 24,000,090 sheep, Of which about
% per cent. are annually exported.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

The canal system in China is the
most extensive in the world, with the
possible exception of Holland. Wher-
ever the lay of the land permits the
Chinese have made a canal. Thus
they are enabled to carry the products
of their labor to market at mini
mum expense.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

II is estimated that the annual
catch of Holsters in the world is 1885,
900 coo.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

New Zealand exported more than
AZ 90 1000 pounds of butter in 1912.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
NOTES OF SCIENCE

bed. and it not only supported the bed,
but it's occupant, who was a woman
of average weight, and the inventor
fioated along at the side, supporting
himself by resting his hand on the
raft.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

Copyright. 1914. by E. ]. Edwards
All rights resarved)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-20
REV. McCLELLAND DEAD
(Idao Falls Post)

W. w. Keefer came into the office
this morning and said that he noticed
in his. home paper from Pennsylvania
an account of the death of Rev. S. B
McClelland which occurred last week
in Ohio. Mr.. McClelland will be re.
membered by many people of this
city. He was pastor or the Presby.
terrain church for a number of years
and make many friends in this city
Mr.. Keefer and Mr.. McClelland were
boys in the same town in Pennsyl-
vania.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-20
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

Notice is hereby given the stockholders of the Peoples
Canal and Irrigation company corporation that the regular
annual meeting OF the stockholders of said corporation will be held
the office of the company Moreand on Saturday the 9TH
day of March, 1914 o'clock the afternoon for the pur
pose ecng directors for said corporation serve for the
ensuing and for the purpose of considering and voting upon
the proposition of issuing negotiable bonds of said
amount exceeding ooo pay the outstanding nde
edne of the from the proceeds the sale thereof and for
the purpose of doing all things necessary be done in relation
thereto and for the transaction of any other business that NAV
regularly come before said meeting
Dated February 7, 1914. W. P LINDSAY.
Secretary