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

For many centuries st. Cecilia has
been worshiped as the patroness of
music and musicians. and her fes-
tival which falls on the 22d Of No
vember, was generally celebrated by
musicians of the Catholic faith. In
Rome and many other Italian cities
there are famous churches dedicated
to ST. Cecilia, and in these sacred
edifices the feast was observed with
an elaborate religious and musical
program.
What many critics DECLARE is the
noblest ode in the English language
was written by Dryden in honor of
ST. Cecilia's day, 1897. The poet sang:
Artists as we'll as poets and musi-
clans have paid tribute to st. Ce-
ella In Immortal works. The patron
ess of music is the subject of cele-
brated paintings by Raphael Do
menichino and other great painters.
The first English organization for
the performance of sacred music, in
stituted in London. in 1855, was
named the Ceetlian Society in honor
of the saint.
Cecilia was Roman woman Of
high descent, born about the middle
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
FOR GREATER SAFETY AT SEA

plisb these wonderful, desirable, hu-
name improvements within Few
decades? We can answer without
fear of contradiction from those who
are familiar with the present situa-
ton that these labor asitators have
done nothing, literally nothing. to aid
in this betterment; while, on the con-
trary, they have through their agita-
ton caused strikes and adverse legis-
lation, obtained largely by misrep-
resentation, thereby forcing shipown-
ers to spend millions of dollars to
keep these irresponsible organizations
from putting them out OF business.
Had they accomplished all their de-
sires they would have caused no end
of suffering to the public and indl-
rectly to those dependent upon them:
Their leaders arbitrary actions and
educational campaigns of misconduct,
without cause, have also worked
great injury to their ignorant MEM
bers and reduced the value of those
claiming to be able seamen to such
an extent that they do not measure
up to the ordinary seamen that
helped man our ships thirty years
ago.
This is the deplorable condition to-
day, largely through recently-de-
feated candidate for the presidency
(La Follette) of the United states
who Joined hands with rocking
chair sailor" to further embarrass
shipowners and masters by means
of bill now half way through Con-
gress to the disgrace of that body,
which, If enacted into law, would
dangerously interfere with discipline,
and thereby the safety of the ship.
This bill also bears the misleading
title To Promote the Welfare OF
American Seamen and to
Promote Safety at Seattle Marine
journal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
ROMANCE OF ST. CECILIA

of the second century. She was gift
ed with a marvellous voice, and when
she sang, tradition relates, angels
from heaven came down to listen.
Cecilia was compelled by her par
ents to marry Valerian, noble
youth, but she remained firm in her
VOW to conseefate herself only to
God. To her husband she said, while
the marriage hymn was still ringing
in their ears; Pure be my heart and
undefiled my flesh; for have spouse
you know not, of-an angel of the
Lord" She converted her husband
to her faith, and both soon suffered
nartyrdom. The death appointed for
the sweet voiced singer was suffoca-
ton, but that method failed. Tradi-
ton relates that Cecilia was then
taken forth to the executioner, who
struck her three terrible blows with
his sword, but that she fingered
through two days and nights of
agony, and died, as she had lived,
singing in a voice that was the most
beautiful that ever charmed human
ears"
Many famous prina donnas and
opera singers consider Cecilia their
patroness and seek her intercession
in times Of trouble.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02

made OF a berry as big as a small
bean dried in a furnace and beat to
a powder of sooty color. in taste a
little bitterish, that they seethe and
drink hot as may be endured; II is
good at all hours of the day, but
especially morning and evening,
when for that purpose they enter
tain themselves two or three hours
in Cauphe- houses, which in Turkey
abound more than inns and ale-
houses with u.s. 1t is used much
by the Lacedemonians. 1t drieth
ill-humors in the stomach, COM
forteth the brain, never causes
drunkenness or any other surfeits,
and Is a harmless entertainment of
good fellowship" ~
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02

COFFEE .COMFORTED BRAIN

There are many stories about the
early use of coffee. Here Is one of
them:
In the year 1884. when coffee was
still almost unknown in England, Sir
Henry Blount, an Englishman, Wis.,
tied Turkey and partook of the bev-
erage there. A German traveller had
introduced coffee to Western Europe
about fifty years before that, but
strange as it may seem to the coffee
lover, Western Europe was slow in
adopting this Oriental bean.
So Sir Henry Blount wrote OF
something almost INFESTED in Eng
land. He wrote:
1.-THE Turks have a drink, Cauphe,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
FEBRUARY
Hannah More
By MARY MARSHALL.
Copyrighted. 1913.

Hannah More, one of the most sue
cessful of all English women writers,
was born on February 2, 1745. When
she was three and half years old-a
delicate but delightful little girl-her
mother thought that she was old
enough to learn her letters. But when
Hannah began the lessons her mother
found to her surprise that the child
already knew her letters and could
read little. She had listened to her
older sisters as they went through
their lessons, and had quietly learned
with them when she was supposed to
be playing with her dolls. She had a.
nurse who had lived with the family
of the poet Dryden, and as child
Hannah would be good as long as her
nurse would repeat the poetry of
Dryden or tell stories of the great
man.
The one romance in Hannah More's
life occurred when she was twenty
one. She then met and became en-
gagged to wealthy bachelor who
seemed entirely devoted to her. How
ever, as the day of the wedding ap-
preached, he became unaccountably
reticent about the proceedings and
begged off. Once again the wedding
date was set, and again the bride
groom asked to have q little more
time. Hannah did not bear him any
resentment for this strang., behavior,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02

A well-known Indiana lawyer has
in his possession the original copy of
a UNIQUE document, which he prizes
highly. 1t is a lawyers proposal of
marriage to young woman or wnom
the writer had become enamored,
says the Docket The proposal was
successful despite its lack of senti-
ment, and the couple were married
some thirty years ago. The original
document is here reprinted, the
names alone being changed:
To Anna Blank, of Blank, in the
County of Blank, spinster, daughter
of Edward Bright, of the same place,
gentleman, and of Mary Bright his
wife-Madame:
Whereas, l, the undersigned, John
Smith am a bachelor Of the age of ~,
years and upward now last past, In
practice as an attorney and practi-
toner at law; and
Whereas, the net annual income
and emoluments arising from the
practice of my said profession
amount to the sum of $l,50O and up
ward. and in addition thereto / am
possessed or otherwise entitled to real
and personal property producing a
| further net income of $1,000 or there
abouts, making, together with the
aforesaid professional income, total
| of $500 or thereabouts; and,
Whereas, having regard to the sew
eral facts hereinafter recited, I, the
said John Smith, am In a position
to maintain and keep a wife, and
am DESTROYS to enter the holy state Of
matrimony; and,
| whereas, on divers occasions and In
| divers places l have observed the
4 manner. behavior and demeanor of
j YOU, the said Ann Bright, and have
| further made or caused to be made
sundry inquiries and Investigations
concerning the character, disposition,
propensities, habits, tastes, likes and
dislikes of you, the said Ann Bright,
and have hereby and by other sufii-
Gent means duly satisfied myself that
you, the said Ann Bright, are in all
respects a At and proper person to
become the wife of me, the said John
Smith; and,
Whereas, after due and mature de-
liberation, I have determined to make
} unto you the offer hereinafter ex-
pressed:
Now, in pursuance of such deterrni-
nation, and for divers good causes me
} here unto moving, /, the said John
Smith, do hereby irrevocably (but
subject, nevertheless, to the stipula-
ton contained in the final clause here
: of offer and tender unto you, the said
: Ann Bright, all that and those my
heart, hand, body, soul, mind, under
standing and affections to be held by
} you to the use of you, the said Ann
Bright, for and during the term Of
your natural life. in case you shall
predecease me, or for and during our
Joint lives In case I shall predecease
you.
And hereby promise and declare
that in event of you, the said Ann
Bright, intimating to me In writing
or otherwise within the space of seven
days next after the date upon which
! this letter shall be served upon you
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
HOW A LAWYER PROPOSED"

or left for you at your last known
place of abode, your acceptance of the
offer hereby made as aforesaid, will
within a reasonable period, thereafter
intermarry with you, the said Ann
Bright, at such, church or in such
other building as you may select for
that purpose, and will at all times
thereafter during out Joint lives, at
my own expense. in all things main
tain and keep you, the said Ann
Bright, as my lawful wife.
Provided always, and the offer here
by made as aforesaid is upon the
express condition that if you, the said
Ann Bright, shall not within sthe
space of seven days after the service
or delivery of this letter as aforesaid
intimate by writing, or otherwise,
your acceptance of the said offer, the
same offer shall thereupon be abso-
lutely null and void, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwith-
standing.
In witness whereof / have hereunto
set my hand, designating myself as
your humble servant.
JOHN SMITH.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
ORANGE AND THE LACKAWANNA.

THE LACKAwANNA Railroad Company is quite much
interested in making Orange beautiful attractive and safe city
people Orange for whatever attracts
TO the Oranges the benefit of the railroad
tagging the of Improvement vitality necessary to
Orange and benefit railroad itself shows small spirit
the richly paying railroad in the United States
The bridges the railroad tracks should be
other kind of bridge should be thought Of
and vet representative Of the company would make the
paraveIy difference in cost mountap Of objection
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02

and would gladly have continued her
engagement, but her friends and fam
lily wisely insisted that she break her
agreement. The bachelor seems TO
have been glad of his freedom, for ne
offered her the equivalent of thou
sand dollars year compensation
which Hannah refused to accept.
However, he did force her to accept
q large amount of money-Just how
much is not known-and remembered
her generously in his will. Hannah
had had enough of love and vowed
that she would never again listen to a
proposal of marriage. And she was
as good as her promise
Hannah More's first reputation as
a writer was won in the field or
novels and plays. Garrick, the great
actor, for whom she wrote several
very successful plays, said that sne
was the nine muses. all combined IN
one. In her later life she retired
from society and devoted herself to
writing religious and moral novels
and tracts, which were even more
popular than her former line or writ
ing had been One of the Cheap Re-
pository Tracts" which she wrote sold
to the extent of two million copies
in one year. Hannah More Is also
remembered because of the prominent
part she took in the organization OF
Sunday schools in England.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
Labor lettings.

Thirty unions in the British en-
gineering and shipbuilding trades
have declared for a forty eight-hour
week without a reduction of wages.
Following the example Of the trade
unions. the farmers of North Dakota
are organizing under the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union.
The Sc day now paid to the brick
layers and stone settlers Is the high
est rate ever paid to journeymen in
these trades in New York
In New Zealand every man out of
work has the right to demand en-
ployment upon works of public i'm
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
ODDITIES IN TODAYS- NEWS

York county to pay the alimony which
the prisoners confined in the Jail re-
fuse to pay, allow them their liberty
and close the building, than to con-
tinue the present rate of expenditures.
The sheriff's report shows that 1t
costs about $3.50 day to house and
feed each prisoner.
Ludlow street Jail for the past few
years has been given over almost en-
tirely to the Incarceration of men de-
linquent In their payments of alimony
to wives and former wives. The daily
expense of maintaining the Jail. he
says, is s120.
Stored whiskey In the Ceiling and II
Poured Through Gas Jet.
MUSKOGEE. Okla, Feb. 2.-Dis-
covery by M. E.. WEIGH, a marshal OF
a new method of dispensing liquor
through gas jet has given rise to
a good deal of speculation among fed
eral officers here as to what dodge
will next be resorted to by boot
leggers.'
WEIGH had failed on many occa-
sions to find liquor in suspected
place in Nowata, where he had every
reason to believe that liquor was kept.
1t was by accident that one of his
hSnlSIdItSs III CuQcdpOTinB u LILO
gas, touched hidden valve that
caused the whiskey to pour from the
chandelier. The entire supply was
drained out OF a little copper tank
secreted In the ceiling, just over the
chandelier.
Woman, Hotel Employee at SIS Week,
Heir to $4,000 Estate.
BURLINGTON, VT, Feb. Att was
learned yesterday that Mrs. J. H.
Clarey, employed at SO a week in the
Sherwood Hotel, is an heir to an es-
tate of $4,000 left by her husband,
who lived in New York city. Mr..
Clarey, who was known in New York
as a bachelor, left his wife with four
young children to go to the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. The children were
all less than eight years of age and
one was a. cripple Mrs. Clarey,, left
without resources. turned to hard
work to support the children. as
After leaving his family Mr.. Clarey
engaged in the bakery business in
orty-eighth street and made a for
tune out of manufacturing home
made bread" AT the time of his death
he had ten stores.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
provement at the prevailing rate of

provement at the prevailing rate Of
wages.
The present year marks the thir-.
tieth anniversary Of the first strike
of American telegraphers. The strike
lasted thirty days and involved $1,000
men.
Owing to the prolonged strike In
Dublin, ireland, a number of indus
tries have been automatically ruined
and the families of the strikers ara
suffering intensely.
In Russia the majority of strike
in 1912 u,216, with 511.3os PARTED
pants) were due to politics. The
other 7o2, with 172.o52 participants.
had economic motives affecting them.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
IRvINGTON DEMANDS RELIEF.

SELDOM month goes by that does not lend additional
phasis to the inundaton by the
of rvngton Cellars again flooded and
impossible Saturday afternoon because of inadequate
facilities.
in determining the feasible plan
of relief Whether Skinkle brook is to be wdened system of
drains problem which be solved quickly
Tie large number of in the affected demands
prompt action.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
We Should Rot mind

We should not mind if skies are gray,
If Joy but dwells within the heart,
With conscience clear from day to day,
We should not mind if skies are gray.
Just cease to worry and repine
And let the sun of laughter shine
Across your rugged, upward way
And you'll not mind if skies are gray.
We should not dread the coming night
That marks the passing of the soul,
Just SO our lives show clean and bright,
We should not dread the coming night,
1t means surcease from toll and strife
And progress in the scheme of life.
If we have striven for the right
We should not dread the coming night.
GEORGE C. MASON, in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
Becomes Bride at seventy-four; Bride
groom Is Ninety -four.

Becomes q Ef1QC ~ bcVcuty-tVurt A'AAe~
groom Is Ninety -four.
BOSTON, Feb. Thomas B. Nc
Nabb, ninety-four years old, black
smith, of South Weymouth, Is to
marry Mrs. Alice Clark, seventy-four
years old, of Northampton. The
couple took out their marriage inten-
were married twive before. The sec
ond Mrs. McNabb died two years ago.
McNabb's father died at the age of
116 and his mother at 107.
Boy, Seven and q Half Years-old, Con-
ducts Orchestra Before Gar.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2.-An
italian child conductor, Willy Fer
zero, who is only seven and half
years old, conducted the Russian I'M
perial Orchestra of eighty before the
car and czarewitch and the latter's
sister last night.
The czar chose the program, which
consisted of selections from. Wagner,
Grieg and Bizet The czar then asked
for the Boccherin minute, which
young Ferrero had not rehearsed with
the orchestra. The boy after a few
bars stopped the orchestra. He told
the performers that they were not
iudhiifS cucu5fi' cOffyEdSt .OetWcSn Tue
forte and pianissirno passag es and
then sang to them to show his idea
of how it ought to be done.
Woman Offers Complete Chicken Dinner
by Parcel Post
BOSTON, Feb. Sarah Mitchell,
of Durham, Me-, is advertising a
cooked dinner of chicken, plum pud-
ding, gravy, hard sauce, cranberry
sauce, mince pie, pumpkin pie and
vegetables delivered any time by par
eel post. She put little advertise-
ment in a local newspaper and or
ders began to pour In upon her at
once. She sends enough of all these
good things for four people for $2.21,
including postage. All that Is neces-
sary to prepare the dinner for the
table Is to warm it.
Cheaper to Pay,the Alimeny Owing Thsn
Maintain Delinquents, Sheriff Says.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Sheriff Max
S. Grifenhagen, in a report to the
board of estimate on the cost of
maintaining the Ludlow street jail
the home of the 'alimony club"--de-
claree 1t would be cheaper for New
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

the ability Of the mountain people
to handle their own problems
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-29
ne. IRYlE TOR HUMANS SUFFRAGE

While President Wilson is automatically
keeping himself from getting cornered on the
equal suffrage question, Secretary Bryan is far
from shy about committing himself. The presi-
dent tells delegations of suffragists that their
troubles should be taken to the individual
.||tos but Secretary Bryan recently issued a
formal statement fayoring woman's suffrage
and declaring that he would ask no political
..II for himself that he is not willing to grant
Fl. wife He further announced his intention
. supporting the proposed state constitutional
amendment in Nebraska!
tIhe mother" the SECRETARY said, 'scan Justly
Lain the right to employ every weapon which
can be made effective for the protection of
those whose interests she guards and the ballot
Viii put within her reach all of the instrument
talities of government including the police
power
ssPolities will not suffer by woman's entrance
into it. If the political world has grown more
pure in spite of the evil Influences that have
operated to debase it, it will not be polluted by
the presence and participation of woman.
Neither should we doubt that woman can be
trusted with the ballot She has proved her.
self equal to every responsibility imposed upon
her; she will not fail society in this emergency.
Let her vote, and fnay that discernment which
has throughout the ages ever enabled her to
quickly grasp great truths-made her the last
at the cross and the first at the sepulcher'-
so direct her in the discharge of her political
duties as to add new glories TO her and through
her still bless further society
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-29
ATTENTION TO TOURIST TRAVEL DETAILS

The Star-Bulletin publishes today commu.
nicatiOn from the manager Of the Maui Hotel
in answer to some criticism of the Haleakala
trip voiced by Los Angeles tourist conductor
before the Ad Club recently.
. Mr.. Weber, the visitor, expressed surprise at
the cost of the Haleakala trip To this the man
ager Of the Maui hotel rejoins that two days
hotel accommodation was included, together
with a free auto trip to lao valley and free rid
ing-habits for those of the tourist party who
were unprepared for the exigencies of the ride
up Maui's grand old mountain
The case is strongly illustrative of the need
for more particular attention on the part of
Hawaii's home promotionists to the details Of
tourist travel here Manager Fields letter
plainly shows that he had practically no adj
vance information about the party, what it ex-
pected to do what it wished to pay or how it
should be handled. This may have been the
fault of Mr. Weber or of somebody else 1t
would be we'll for the Promotion Committee to
sift the details of this particular case and find
out Just where the failure lay to see that full
Information was given both the tourist conduc-
tor and the man expected to arrange the Halea-
kala trip.
Here is a case where all parties wanted the
same thing-a trip to Haleakala that would sat
isfy the visitors The Maui hotel as a matter
of good business is anxious to send its patrons
away satisfied; the manager of the party as a
matter of good business is anxious to satisfy
those who take his tours, so that he can sell
more tours; the people of Maui, it is shown, ex-
tended many courtesies to the visitors.
And here is the place for the Promotion Com
mittee to come in with a systematization of
tourist travel in Hawaii to such an extent that
there shall be.no repetitions of this needless in
cident The Maui trip is so well worth taking
that it should not be married by the slightest
misunderstanding as to rates or accommoda-
tons.
Every advertising man, every world-trayeler,
every manager of tours, is glad to join in the
praise of Hawaiis natural attractions.
sYou have the goods" said Mr.. Weber. "Ali
you need is to realize on them
Running down all the details of such an af
fair as this and making sure that it does not
occur again is a function in which home pro-
motionists can prove themselves of real value