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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02

The suggestion made at the conference of the
Board of Works Commissioners on Monday of pub
city department for the work of meadow and harbor
development was practical. A great municipal i'm
1rovement of this character cannot be too widely
advertised, and it should be made Familiarity known
ocally
Newark is preparing to make an important sea-
bort commerce 1t is also laying out large tract
or manufacturers who will have unrivaled facilities
or transportation by water rail. Sites for manu-
gacturers will be ready in six seven months.
These are highly important facts to be made
known abroad and to recite at home. And for
knowledge of them there have been only occa-
5ionaI articles in the local newspapers. Probably
majority of the people of Newark have no
idea of this enterprise of their city while to the out
world it is unknown except in the cases of large
manufacturers who have been communicated with in
regard to sites the meadows.
All the large corporate enterprises recognize the
value of publ ity All business houses court pub
LEFTY. Meadow and harbor development is a munich
pal business enterprise. We are spending money for
plant that is to bring profit in rentals and dock
charges in increased ratables and in wages, and in
other respects, and to insure its the methods
employed by large private enterprises should be
adopted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02

son, late wife Of the President, they
could do no better than to subscribe
to the stock of the proposed memorial
which is designed to realize
in the concrete Mrs. Wilson's ideal
for the Improvement of the condition
of the poor of Washington. 1t was
her hope to see evolved a system of
housing for the poor people of this
city insuring them comfort and health
at rates within their means, and her
interest in the so-called alley legisla-
ton, which was 80 pathetically ex-
pressed during her last hours in terms
that led to a later enactment, arose
from this wish. She did not live to
see any tangible advance, but it is
evident that her work along these
lines was not in vain, as the propo-
sition now pending attests.
1t is planned to organize COM
pany, on a business basis, through the
stock subscriptions of the women Of
the United States, to take an entire
city square and erect thereon series
of model dwellings to be rented at the
lowest possible rates to former alley
residents. this block to include a
municipal washhouse, a day home for
the care of children whose parents are
occupied, and other social features
tending TO amellOrdIe tne cOnulIlOnS
of the poor. 1t is expected that this
will be a profitable investment and
not a mere charity. Indeed. practical
solution of the housing problem un-
questionably lies In such investments
by the philanthropic who are willing
to accept moderate returns on the
capital they thus put to work for
public good.
THE Ellen Wilson Memorial
Homes project should not be difficult
to finance in these circumstances
The result would be a memorial to the
late first lady" of noble character
and it's success would doubtless lead
to other enterprises of a similar char
acter to solve Washington's most seri-
Gus social problem. Alley reform Is
far from being accomplished through
the enactment of the law recently put
upon the statute books, largely as a
result of the interest manifested by
Mrs. Wilson. That law in itself re-
qulres amendment to prevent injus-
tees, and, moreover, It does not &C
tually relieve the condition of the al
ley jewellers, but merely lays q foun
dation for a clearance of present
slums without providing for the nous
| ing of their occupants. Housing en-
terprise must follow. through either
| philanthropic or municipal enterprise
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persuasive "Uriah Heep" class, who
call themselves brokers" but are in
reality a menace.
One who will describe a house in
the most captivating terms, vouching
for the high quality of materials used
! and the master workmanship in its
construction, swearing by all that the
price asked is much less than it cost
| to produce, at the same time knowing
| in heart that he is deceiving his
client, such men are the matter
which clog the wheels of progress in
the real estate business and subject
all brokers to the odium: All real
estate men are alike, robbers and
crooks is one reason why
many advertisements read: mo brok.
ers or agents. only principals need
| reply" etc.
However, this is not always a safe
guard against deception, as some
owners employ the tactics of the
"Uriah Heep" broker 1t is not a
crime to build an inexpensive house
and offer it on the market at a fair
profit making price, but 1t is a wicked
crime to demand and accept the price
of an expensive house for it, from one
who is trusting to your honor and
perhaps investing all their savings
in a home.
The real estate business can be con-
Quoted on a high minded and right
eous basis.
This is a business that must be con-
Quoted with most careful attention,
courteousness. refinement, diplomacy.
The broker seeks his customers.
The owner desiring to dispose OF
| property, seeks the broker who car
produce a customer. One of the most
| injurious customs adopted by some
so-called brokers is the habit OF pre-
senting properties to possible pur-
chases, the particulars and conditions
of which they possess but vague OF
| "hear-say knowledge" Success rare
| ly crowns their efforts.
The requirements of a real estate
broker place him In responsible pc.
sition; he is the medium through
which a seller and a purchaser may
weave their threads of negotiation
! whereby each obtains value for value
given.
The idea is to impress upon thu
minds of real estate brokers that the!
should appreciate the fullness of thei
privilege and understand that il
handling homes and homeseekers
they are fulfilling trust which re
quires the strictest integrity ant
righteous judgment. Speculation cal
be conducted on these lines and whei
done so there will be more activity
money will resume its bouyancy ant
confidence will reign.
Let us strive for a platform upoi
which the real estate business ma!
be established that is -four square,
bearing in mind also the great trutl
that any form, society, or organiZa
ton is all the more a perfect on
when it's component parts are dds
I tinctly separate from each other an
nevertheless united" F. B. w.
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continental for him and that I re-
garded him with contempt" said Mr.,
Simmons.
of course a letter of that kind
greatly concerned me. The charge
was absolutely false. / had never
expressed any other but good opin-
ion of President Johnson. If 1t was
believed In Washington that l did
speak of Johnson in this way then
it was inevitable that off would go
my head. The only thing / could do
was to say in reply to the letter that
the accusation was absolutely false.
ut was made by a man who had
been anxious to secure an office I'M
der me, and he wrote to Washington
saying that I had made the depre-
catory statement regarding the Pres
ident. Therefore, 1t was an issue be-
tween myself and him, and he was
a man of high character. Before act
ing, the Treasury Department sent
a man from Washington to make fur
Their investigation. The man who
made the charges narrated to him in
detail the place where and the time
when 1 had said these things to him.
All could do was to deny.
AT last the Treasury Department
inspector met a gentleman who said
that he thought he could get Sim
mons out of the scrape. He took the
inspector to Boston banker named
Potter, and he asked the latter If he
recalled having said to the man who
made the accusation that he looked
upon President Johnson with con-
tempt. Potter instantly said that he
had, and when the inspector looked
at Potter he realized how the mis-
take had been made, for Potter was
the living double of myself and each
had been mistaken for the other a
good many times. It was case of
mistaken identity and it almost cost
me my office. That was the only ex-
perience I ever had in public life
which caused me anxiety or even
serious annoyance"
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SO that the people may know the truth. 1t is also
necessary that this inquiry shall not be delayed When
is stated by competent authority that there is a
serious shortage of for both the army and navy,
of guns and ammunition and supplies of all kinds as
we'll as of aeroplanes, submarines and subsidiary
ships the nation demands knowledge of what the ex
tent of the shortage is and what it means.
The welfare of a great nation is not in the keeping
of few men at Washington. In a democracy like
it is the people who the best judges of the
national needs. And the safety of the country lies
with the people themselves. 1t is for them to say
whether the country shall be prepared or unpre-
pared for upon the people of nation fall all the
SEQUENCES
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OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

their little duchy, the historic i'm
portance of which is quite out of
proportion to its area of a hundred
miles by ten. The duchess is blessed
with wit, and the duke, among other
good qualities, with humor; which he
certainly exemplif1es in the relish
with which he is fond of relating the
most unroyal experience of his Ca
reer.
At Ems, where he had accepted an
invitation TO dine with local dig
nitary, ne once CHANGED to reach the
corner near which stood his hosts
mansion, somewhat ahead of time.
Disrnissing his carriage, he paced UP
and down the block in the dusk en-
veloped in his military cloak, that
the other guests might have time to
arrive, since etiquette demanded that
all should be present when he should
appear. In the dim light his features
were unrecognizable: he was merely
tall, soldierly figure. AS he passed
the house in his stroll. a side door
was suddenly thrown open, and an
enormously fat woman, in the cap
and apron OF a cook, bounced out,
flung her arms around his neck, be-
slowed a loud smacking kiss upon
his countenance, and thrust into his
hands as she released herself-he had
been stunned into entire passivity-a
large, greasy parcel, smelling of ham
| and cheese.
"There. my dear" she exclaimed.
as she did so, 1--WE have got a royal
prince coming to dinner tonight! I
| am driven off my feet; I can't give
you any more. Come tomorrow
| night"
She bounced in again as abruptly
as she had bounced out, and the duke
| realizing her mistake and vastly EN-
| toying it, continued his stroll. alert
! for developments. They came. A
soldier appeared on the other side OF
| the way--a melancholy and self -ef-
| facing soldier, who eyed the windows
| of the house of feasting with anxious
| expectancy. The duke crossed over
| and addressing him as one soldier to
another, asked If his sweetheart lived
| there. Receiving an affirmative re-
| ply, he handed over the parcel, and
| told him he was expected on the
| morrow.
"She gave me something else for
you, though" the duke added. smil.
ing, which ] do not exactly know
how to give you
Alasl the unromantic lover was moi
interested even to inquire what il
was-although probably he knew
"Keep it, Keep lit" he called back
cheerfully, as he departed with his
ham and cheese. II have got all
want for today"
So the duke kept it to himself; bui
the story he did not. He told IL for
the first time shortly afterward to hi,
fellow guests at the dinner table
! amid shouts Of laughter.
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From Everywhere

An average elephant, in point of
strength, can do the work of half q
dozen horses.
Belgium produces an average OF
100000 tons of raw sugar per year.
Alcohol is prohibited throughout
Russia until the conclusion of the
war.
II you are of average weight, height
and appetite and live to be seventy
five, you will have eaten fifty-four
tons of solid food and fifty-three tons
of liquid. That is, about 1900 times
your own weight.
r. L. Stevenson takes high rank
among those who have broken speed
records In novel writing, the first
draft of his "Jekyll and Hyde" hav-
ing been written in seven days. He
is closely followed by Crockett, who
penned the greater part of THE
Stickit Minister" In a week, and COM
pleted it at a forty-eight hours sit
ting.
The elder Dumas once completed a
volume of 10000 words in sixty-six
consecutive hours for wager, and
Beckford's romance, "Vathek," is said
to have been written at a single sit
ting, which occupied three days and
two nights, during which he never
removed his clothes.
The German 16h-inch gun, popular.
ly known as the Drummer" is dis,
charged electrically from a consider.
able distance, its action being sucf
that the operator cannot remain near
It's projectile weighs approximately
nineteen hundredweight, and on leav
in the gun describes parabola GOV.
ering a distance of twelve miles ant
rising to an altitude OF 1000 yards
The shell in exploding emits deadl,
gases. l.,
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For THE NATIONS DEFENSE.

The organization of National Security League
by two hundred and fifty representative citizens of
New York city is the beginning of movement des-
lined to spread throughout the country, branches
of the league are to be organized in all sections The
men who participated in this initial organization are
not of the rebrand class but conservative citizens
who comprehend the perils to which the country may
be exposed by neglect of the national defenses.
1t is first necessary to have present naval and
military ornaments investigated and reported upon
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02
THE WAR A SCHOOL FOR OUR NAVY

AS a result of government keeping its eye on
the events of the European good deal Of Amer
lean progress in naval construction is made in Ger
many" Our thirteen submarines building are of the
German type. and the triple-plated bottoms on the
six super-dreadnoughts on the ways are like
those of the latest German capital ships The United
States however, as scholar is disposed to be per-
fectly impartial in it's choice of tutors in the war
game AS soon as the British navy does something
effective with its submarines and dreadnoughts we
shall do some copying in that direction also.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02
ANOTHER FORWARD STEP IN wALL STREET

The next step in Wall Street, now that no dire
effects have followed the opening of the Stock Ex-
change for restricted sale of bonds the opening of
the exchange restricted sale of stocks Since the
exchange closed stocks have been dealt in privately
and eighty separate stocks show gains of as much as
fifteen points over the prices on July 80.
More than a hundred issues of stocks and bonds
have been daily traded in at prices exceeding those OF
the closing date There now seems to be little no
risk in another step toward full resumption of bust
ness by the New York Stock Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02
Answers to Health Questions

CONSTANT READER-1-Is -
= good for the skin, and is powder
harmful?
What is a good shampoo for oily
hair?
3-what is good for blackheads?
+What is the cause of dreaming
too much?
IL never heard of any harm COM
ing from 1t, and various powders can
be used with safety.
2-Pure boiled or distilled water.
preferably boiled with teaspoonful
of salt in every pint. Use some neu-
trail soap, neither acid nor alkaline
one-half dam of resorein, one-half
ounce sulphur, one-half dram COM
pound tincture of benzoin, three
drains of oil of theobromine and three
ounces of castor oil.
3-For blackheads this is very pop
ular: Sulphur and glycerine each O.
dram, benzoated lard each one ounce.
with rose oil.
TOO many covers or not enough,
sleeping on back, going to bed with O
full stomach, sleeping on a soft mat
tress, constipation, excesses of any
kind in the evening.
READER-After you have gained
thirty pounds at a sanatorium and
are said to be o. K. from tuberculosis.
what is the best home treatment to
stay cured?
Live at home just as you did at the
sanatorium. Do not change the eX-
cellent outdoor habits, the fresh night
air, the meat, milk and eggs, the cold
shower or wash in the morning, the
sunlight of the high noon.
The secret of cure in tuberculosis
is gain in weight from plenty Of
sunlight, with nutritious fatty meaty
pabulum. fresh air and proper exer-
else. Work as much and walk as
much out-of-doors as possible.
ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW-Would you kindly give me
some advice as to what to do for lit
tie sparks that come in front of my
eyes? Ny sight otherwise is very
good.
Go to an eye specialist and have
your eyes examined.
DIR. Hfrshberg will answer questions
for readers of this paper on medical,
hy gienic and sanitation subjects that ara
OF general interest. He will not under
take to prescribe offer advice for in.
dividual cases. Where the subject Is not
of general interest letters will be
swered personally, IL q stamped and ad-
dressed envelope IL enclosed. Address all
inquiries to Or. L. X. Hirshbers, care
this ONCE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02
Minimum Wage Law Invalid in Mime
sofa.

Minimum Wage Law Invalid in Mime
sofa.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
One of the chief panaceas of social
rsformers has been the minimum
wage law. At the time when the
.su1bite slave" discussion ragged most
,-iolently legislation of this sort was
sought in various States, and in some
eases was achieved. The theory was
n effect, that virtue was a question
If money. 1t was the poverty pue
not fine will, Of the victim of vice that
consented. There never was SUI
.icient ground for such an assuIlp
ion. All impartial investigators OF
he subject agreed that, although
noverty might be in some cases d
contributing cause, the roots Oh the
social evil went deeper than tnat'
Parental neglect, vicious associates
mental or moral degeneracy-these
we're much more powerful influences.
But to prescribe a minimum wage
was such an easy remedy thdt
earnest and unthinking deYotees OF
the uplift grasped at it eagerly
Now comes the District Court OF
Minnesota with a decision that mini
Inl,rn wage legislation in that state,
which was to have gone into erect
Monday, is unconstitutional Inc
question has yet to go to the Su-
creme Court of Minnesota, but mean
while the orders of the commission
having the matter in charge have
been suspended by injunction. rms
decision rests upon two GROUNDS
one is that the law delegates legls-
lative powers to an appointiYe COM
mission; the other is that II is an
abridgement of the right of contract
Nor is this what Mr.. Roosevelt would
cau a merely Legal Interpretation
of the principle involved. The couri
noints out that "the actual working
Of the law would be apt to increase
immortality if morals are dependent
on wages" For IL 1t be held tha'
morality is impossible below a Ger
tain fixed standard of wages, the eX
euse for immortality will become more
plausible.
There are economic consideration
also, though they need not be DIVER
upon here. The only logical STANDARD
Of wages is the value OF the worker
A minimum wages would favor a Ger
tain portion Of the community, but l
would work to the disadvantage o
another portion. Thus, women o
low wage-earning capacity, II al
artificial compensation were liked
would soon be without any work a
ALL This obvious truth may not b.
recognized by those who believe tina
legislation can do anything. But II
practice there is no escaping it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02

Standing on the broken caisson OF a
gun in the trenches in Flanders, priest
said mass while shells fell ABOUT MIN,
killing the gunners who knelt at MS
feet.-News cable.
On to the broken caisson he climbed
out of the muck and stencil,
swaying with rigid body he stood
Bathed in the reek of the trench
Outward his blackened fingers he
spread.
He'd come from gun nearby
Blessing the tattered sappers who
knelt
As they made ready to die.
About his splintered altar there
squirmed
Shells from the guns of the foe;
Splashing the shrinking gunners
with death
AS they watched their comrades go.
"Gloria in excelsis Dec, ct in terra
pax hominibus.'
As angels prayed the night they
swayed
In Joy at the Christ child's birth,
so LnlS grim piISSb dt uC1Nh o WIN
feast
Pledged mans faith from stricken
earth.
Loudly he chanted his sacred
themes,
Yet faint his voice in the roar
Belching from brazen MOBILES Of
death
A choir which kept its score.
Upward his plaintive prayers were
borne
In the wake of souls gone free.
Beneath him quivering soldiers dice
AS they begged God for victory.
Around his caisson shells fiared red
Their spit was his candle light.
! Glowing with death they dropped
their toll
In the chalice of eternal night.
"Agnus Del, qui TOLLS peccata mundi
miserere me-"
oh, Lamb of God; oh, most holy rod
Oh. heart which we all cherish,
Grant us this day this which W,
pray
Peace, God, else We must perish.
F. Eugene Aokermann, in thu
washington Star.
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BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
BY MARY MARSHALL.
DECEM BER 2
Mary Mortimer
Copyrighted 1914.

Mary Mortimer, who was born in
Trowbridge, wiltshire, England,
ninety-eight years ago today, came
to this country with her parents
when she was five years old and set
tied with them in New York. Sho
managed to get a common school
education herself, but still thirsted
after more learning. So she went to
work as school teacher, thereby
earning enough to pay the expenses
of a few years at Geneva Colleges.
After finishing this course Of study
she became principal of the school at
Geneva, and later became principal
of Brookport Normal School in New
York State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-02

In 1850, when Miss Mortimer was
thirty-four, she established the Fe-
male College at Milwaukee and
taught art and history at that col
lege. AS time went on Miss Morti-
mer's reputation spread abroad as
one of the most prominent of Ameri-
can women educators, and she spoke
in various parts of the United States
on subjects of art and history and in
favor of higher education for women
Another celebrated woman whose
birthday falls on December is Mrs.
Barclay, the English novelist, whose
novel, 1.-The Rosary" is exceedingly
popular, both in this country and in
England.
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News of the Labor World

New York's first municipal employ
ment bureau Is now in operation.
Next to agriculture, the railroads
form the greatest single industry In
the country.
OF Switzeriand's $4,000 household
ers, 235, 900 are members of co-opera-
tive societies.
The executive officers Of the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor
have been instructed to introduce at
the next session of the Legislature
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God Give is nen

God give The time demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and willing hands,
Men whom the lust of Office does not kill
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy.
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who stand before demagogue
And dam his treacherous batteries without wlnkng;
Tall men, sun-crowned who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
j. G. Holland