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

1t is quite fitting that the famous
woman whose birthday falls on Lin
coins birthday should be a Presi-
dents wife-Louise C. Adams.
Though she was born In London in
1875, she was an American through
and through. for she was the daugh-
ter of Joshua Johnson, the American
consul at London, a member of the
old Southern Johnson family. John
Quincy Adams met her in London
when she was nineteen, and they were
married there three years later.
From there they went to Berlin,
where Adams's diplomatic life car
ried him, and it was seven years be-
fore they finally went to America and
Mrs. Adams had chance TO meet ner
distinguished father-in-law, the for
mer President John Adams. For
eight years after this they lived in
Washington, young Adams having
been elected senator, but in 1909 he
was appointed minister to the court of
St Petersburg. This meant that Mrs.
Adams would, for the sake of being
near her husband, have to leave her
children in America But she gladly
made the choice. In Russia, though
Adams was ambassador, he was not
rich, and Mrs. Adanss charm of man
ner and graciousness had to make up
for lavish hospitality. From st. Pc
tersburg the Adamses went to the
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The age of the great cathedrals had
its jerry builders and grafters and
incompetents, even as this present
day, a writer in the Engineering
Record, New York, declares. He says:
IAN architectural hornets nest was
recently stirred up by writer in
London paper who bemoaned the
passing of the craftsman from his one
time leadership, and lamented that
the master builder OF medieval times
had given place to the mere architect
of today.
Granting that there were giants
In those days who left behind them
monuments of such eternal beauty
that they have been the chief inspira-
ton of all that have come after, it
is by no means true that the merit
belongs to the builder or the crafts
man alone. The great work of an
tiquity was wrought by the combina-
ton of artist and mason in proper
lions now unknown, with time as
their silent partner. However the
creative mind began its career, its
host was usually sleeping in the
crypt it had planned a century or so
before the building, as we know it,
was finished As to the most of
medieval work it has gone to well de-
served decay long since. We let our
imaginations run riot in dreams of
the faithful workman's loving
artistry, forgetting the nameless and
pestilent bunglers whose clumsy fin
gers wrought denominations in wood
and stone. And few even of the mas
terpieces have escaped the stupid and
ruthless meddling of the renovator,
whether architect or builder by
training.
mo. the old days were as full of
bad design and worse execution as
our own. The ruins of st. Marys
Abbey in York, for instance, show
as vile grade of rubble as any
cheap contractor of the twentieth
century could imagine, and the build
ing tumbled easily into the decay it
deserved. Some of the good and
stable work of the past has happily
remained to us and has served as a
model from century to century. The
ordinary architect of today makes
fewer mistakes by copying it than by
trusting to his own Imagination.
Whether his predecessor began as an
artist or as mason makes precious
little difference.
But before passing hasty judgment
upon the architect of our own times,
think moment of the evil days upon
which he has fallen. In the medieval
times he must perforce know only the
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Copyright, 1918
LINCOLN THE MAN

of his marvellous life have no match
in fiction or history. We shall search
the biography of the world in vain
for a man who reached such heights
of power, and yet has graduated from
such humble beginnings and such an
iron environment.
Instead of a scholl and university
training, Lincoln had little else than
hardships, trials and struggles to lift
him above relentless circumstances.
Behold him as a lank, awkward
youth, telling down trees on a little
claim, building his homely log-cabin,
without floor or windows, teaching
himself arithmetic and grammar In
the evening by the light of the fire.
In his eagerness to know the con-
tents of Blackstone's Commentaries,
he walked forty-four miles to pro-
cure the precious volumes, and read
one hundred pages while. returning.
Yet it was this man, born in a. log~
cabin, without schooling, or books,
or teacher, or even ordinary oppor-
tunities, who won the admiration Of
mankind by his homely, practical
wisdom while President, and who
emancipated four million slaves.
What an inestimable blessing to the
world, what an encouragement, an
inspiration to the poor and lowly
born, that his great achievements can
be accounted for by the triumph in
his character of those qualities which
are beyond the reach of money, of
family, of influence, but are given
freely to the lowest as we'll as to the
highest There is no quality of integ-
rity. perseverance or industry that
distinguished Lincoln that anyone, no
matter how poor and humble, how
hardly circumstanced. cannot culti-
vate.
His career is a rebuke to the indo-
lent, faint-hearted youth of today,
who in this age of opportunity dares
to cry mo chancel''
Abraham Lincoln is becoming more
and more our national hero, and he
would drop into oblivion were we to
discover that he had ever bartered
that most precious attribute--hls
manhood, his character--or ever Of
fered it for sale.
die when may said this king
among men, 81 want 1t said of me by
those who know me best that I al
ways plucked a thistle and planted
flower where / thought a flower
would grow
What glorious ideal, and how
gloriously realized!
No man ever lived of whom IL
could have been more truly said that
The elements
So mixed In him that Nature might
stand up
And say to all the world. This Is a
mani
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Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL.
FE6kUAkf IL
Louise c. Adams
Copyrighted, 1918.

court of st. James, where Mrs. Adams
saw again the friends of her girlhood.
Finally, after six years absence, the
Adamses went back to America and
were happily reunited with their chill
dren, and before many years Adams
received the highest honor his coun-
try could give him in becoming Pres
ident of the United States. In the
White House Mrs. Adams was one Of
the most gracious Of all its many
hostesses, and Is usually conceded to
have been one of the most beautiful.
But neither of the two Presi-
dents of the Adams family admired
a merely beautiful woman. Like
her famous mother-in-law, Abigail
Adams, Louise was a woman of
extraordinary intellectual ability. AS
a diversion she used to make trans
lations from the Greek of Plato for
her children, and during her separa-
ton from her father-in-law she car
ried on a correspondence which shows
her unusually deep understanding of
philosophical and political questions.
In one of her letters, after she had
told her father-in-la her impression
of several of the philosophers whom
he had recommended to her, she said:
But 1. have never seen anything
that would satisfy my mind or that
would compare with the chaste and
exquisitely simple doctrines of Chris
tianity."
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1t has been said of Lincoln that he
grew to a great mental stature and
achieved his masterful grip upon the
intelligence Of the world, not alone
because he had extraordinary nat
ural endowments, but because he had
an Unsuitable interest in realities, and
never allowed book or q formula
to obscure the sunlight of a living
fact"
A great many people are inclined
to look upon Abraham Lincoln as a
marvellous being, raised up for di-
vine purpose, and endowed with sub
lime attributes which are not be-
slowed upon ordinary mortals. Yet
If we analyze his character we find
it made up of the humblest virtues,
the most ordinary human qualities.
1t was his incorruptible manhood,
his answering honesty, his love OF
truths, his adherence to what he be-
lieved to be right in the face of all
temptations and difficulties that,
more than all else, made him the
sublime character he was.
Lincoln never shrank from espous-
ing an unpopular cause when he be-
lieved 1t to be right. At the time
when 1t almost cost a young lawyer
his bread and butter to defend the
fugitive slave. and when other law
yers had refused, Lincoln would al
ways plead the cause of the unfor-
tunate whenever an opportunity pre-
sented. go to Lincoln" people would
say. when these bounded fugitives
were seeking protection, hes not
afraid of any cause, If it's right"
His fellow lawyers called him per
verseiy honest" Nothing could in
duce him to take the wrong side of a
case or to continue on that side after
learning that il was unjust or hope
courage could have sustained him as
hostile criticism and a long train of
disaster, to issue the emancipation
proclamation, to support Grant and
Stanton against the clamor of the
politicians and the press.
Everybody who knew him felt that
he was every inch man, large
hearted, generous friend, always
ready to help everybody out of
trouble, whether it was poor widow
in distress or a farmer who needed
advice. He had a frank, transparent
mind. He never covered up anything,
never had secrets. He always left the
door of his heart wide open, so that
anyone could read his inmost
thoughts.
Abraham Lincoln inherited no OPP
portunities and acquired nothing by
luck. His good fortune consisted
simply of .untiring perseverance and
right heart.
Yet the romance and achievement
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
When Tschaikowsky Directed His Concerts in America

In mid-spring OF 1891 the great
music hall in New York which Is
called Carnegie Hall, was to be dedi-
Gated, and 1t was the wish OF those
prominent in musical life in New
York and elsewhere in the United
States that the dedication ceremo-
MES be made especially impressive
through the presence Of some of the
great musicians of the world.
Walter DamroSch was sent to Eu-
rope for the purpose Of inviting some
distinguished musicians. His chief
object when he went was to secure the
famous Russian composer, Tschai-
kowsky. He was successful in OBJ
tanning RELATIONSHIPS consent. He
promised to conduct his own piano
concerto and was especially gratif1ed
to learn that Adele Aus der Ohe
would be the soloist who would play
the piano part in that great compo-
sition.
Tschaikowsky was greeted with
long-continued applause when he
took his place upon the little plat
form where the conductor of the or
chestra stood. He was seen to be a
typical Russian in personal appear
ance. His beard was scraggly and a
male russell color, as was his hair.
His complexion was very fair, like
that of a child, and his eyes were
blue, sometin es darkening when I'M
der excitement.
It was observed that during the
pauses he turned toward one of the
boxes and made a slight nod of recog-
milton. To that tribute he received a
response by just a waving OF the
hand. The owner Of the hand was
concealed behind the box curtain. Yet
there were many in that audience who
knew that these communications of
friendship and respect passed be-
tween James G. Blaine and Peter
Ilvitch Tschaikowsky. None realized
that this was to be the last public
appearance of Mr.. Blaine at any place
Of amusement. He was, in fact, taken
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severely Ill at the close Of that con-
cert and never regained his health.
By invitation of Tschaikowsky I
called upon him at his hotel the next
morning. I found him standing be-
side a piano which was open. On top
of the piano was scattered manu-
script of music, and it was at once
apparent that the composer was en-
gagged in composition He evidently
was a true Russian with a fondness
for the cigarette, of which he con-
sumed many during my call.
He said to me, among other things:
That great hall, that audience
whose enthusiasm and friendliness
inspired me, the splendid orchestra
which / conducted and which played
my music so well and the wonder
fully brilliant manner in which Aus
der Ohe played the piano part in my
concerto filled my heart with graft
tude, but there was something
greater than all this for me to re-
member. l was honored by the pres
ence of your great man, Mr.. Blaine.
From my place at the conductors
stand / could see that he was listen
ing with intense pleasure to my
music. / shall go back to- Russia
with one recollection which will never
be dimmed, and that is that I have
known one of the greatest men of the
world, for so / esteem Mr. Blaine.
We had heard of him in Russia. He
seemed to us there a great man, but
he is one of the men whose true
greatness can only be appreciated or
understood by those who have been
brought under his personal influence.
| When / go back to Russia I shall tell
my friends 1t was well worth nv
trip across the seas to meet Mr.
Blaine"
It is a strange coincidence that both
Mr.. Blaine and Tschaikowsky died In
the same year, 1893. only few weeks
apart.
| Copyright. 1914, by f. J. Edwards
! All rights reserved
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-12
THE JURY CoMMIssIoNERsHIps.

AS THE sherifs of large majority of the
Democrats only Democrats appointed be jury
mssioners the law by Chancellor Walker The
of the wentyone shers of the State will expire this
year of them Democrats The jury requires
sheriff the commissioner shall be of different
poca parties IT, therefore, Republican shall be elected
succeed Democrat Democrat Repub-
an the commissioner will changed by appoint
Walker has chosen three Progresses Salem
Ocean and Bergen Democratic shes
will recognize the third party future appointments
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WORDS YOUUSE INCORRECTLY

English-(unless, perhaps, the men
CHANGED to be the Siamese twins).
Grow-To grow means to increase
or to become larger. Yet three peo-
pie out of four misuse IL by such
phrases as THE bank account is
growing smaller" or ST am growing
used to it, etc. In other words, :
The bank account is increasing
smaller" or 81 am increasing used
to 1T Grow does not mean be-
come, though most people seem to
think so.
misunderstanding is another al
most universal stumbling block. II
is commonly misused to define phil
anthropic' or Charitable" Humaui-
tartan really means human" (as op-
posed to .divine'). mortal Gas dis
tinguished from "immortal") and
human does not mean humane
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-12
How New York Dies,

From the New York World.
The $50 persons killed by vehicles
in New York last year equal the local
death rate of population as large
as Salem. Mass. Add 1874 homicides
and we have the death rate for a
Mobile, Ala, or Canton, Ohio. Add
453 suicides and we have the death
rate for Trenton or Hartford
As in the general mortality lists,
these victims of violence were of all
ages, Of both sexes, of every walk In
life. They formed regiment of 1,227.
Including those who died violent
deaths less culpable, the total of
9, 656 furnished the death rate for a
Paterson and Passaic combined.
The homicides alone are more than
half the record of all England in 1906.
Nearly 200 lives are part Of the price
we pay yearly for our liberation of
the gunman, the bomb-planter, the
wielder of knife and stiletto. Yet
the New Yorker has So per cent.
greater chance of being killed by an
automobile than by a murderer; the
preponderance is much greater If he
is of steady habits. Automobile kill
ings in 1913 We're 302, against 112 in
1910. The rapid increase was due
solely to careless driving.
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yiolincello-This should be violon-
cello. The suffix Cello" is the Ital-
ian word for little" Thus violin
cello would mean "a little VIOLIN"
whereas a violoncello is much larger
tban a violin: The word is derived
from a big,i stringed instrument Of
olden days, known as the violone. A
violoncello meant originally "a little
violone"
Couple--As a synonym for two"
the word is grossly abused. Its cor
rest use is for two objects that are
in some manner Joined together. To
say Il bought a couple of hats" is
incorrect. unless the hats were con-
nected one with the other. II saw
ooupls aS nen' IL equally bad
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Character Building Libraries.
m the Philadelphia Inquirer.

II EOiu lut ihquiiVAf
The plan for establishing character
building libraries in a number of the
public schools is deserving of en-
couragement. The matter is in charge
of the committee on elementary
schools of the Board of Public
Education, and they propose to
begin operations by installing
such libraries in three Of the
downtown schools. If these prove
successful they will be gradu-
ally extended until all of the schools
are supplied. According to DR.. Brum-
baugh, these miniature libraries will
contain only books that will aid in
developing manly and womanly traits
in the boys and girls and that will
have a tendency to elevate their moral
natures. The books will be approved
by a committee of the Board of Ed
ucation and of prominent citizens in
terested in education. 1t is the be-
lief of those who are urging the in
novation that once the libraries are
started there will be many donations
of suitable books from friends of the
children.
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1859.

Fifty-five years ago today, when
Lincoln was celebrating his If
tieth birthday and was within six
years of his death, he was so
little known to fame that he did
not appear among the biograph-
ical books of the day. Two books
of 1860. surveying the field of
some fifty Representative living
men," named him only once, cas-
ually, In connection with the
Douglas debate, Beginning with
his first presidential term some
impromptu biographical sketches
appeared, mostly in pamphlet
form, but it was not until his
assassination in 1865 that the
flood Of Lincoln literature began.
It continued for half a century
at the rate of nearly a score of
books a year, including every
available word of Lincoln's own
writings.
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moisture in the air, compelled to
breathe dry, vitiated air and to at
tempt mental tasks with suffocated
Francois deprived of natures gen
erous supply of oxygen. This is the
condition in a large number of school
rooms throughout the land today.
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Men who Are Paid for Eating.

From the Washington Star.
II sounds like the ideal job when
one hears of getting paid for eating,
but there are two men in Uncle
Sans employ who draw their salaries
mainly because of this. and they will
vouch for the fact that such a posi-
ton Is by no means as simple a little
thing as a person might suppose. OF
course, they do more than this. They
investigate into foodstuffs, prepare
reports and do other things that
layman can hardly explain. But they
get paid for eating as we'll.
The two men are DR.. c. F. Lang
worthy, chief. and DR.. Robert Miner,
assistant, in the bureau of food
hygiene of the department OF agri-
culture These two men have a corps
Of assistants who, like themselves,
are required to do plain and fancy
eating. Occasionally subject is
brought in. under the auspices of
Uncle Sam, and he is placed in a
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1900 MILES BY WIRELESS.

WIRELESS message transmitted direct 45o0 miles
station station in Germany and dictated by
The ambassador Berlin achievement for world
wonder long step the development Of agency
If yet mperfecy understood and destined
i perhaps the greatest insuumentalty OF man
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Hbrabam CineoIn
1914.

1914.
!. Today. If Lincoln were granted
twenty-four years on earth to
complete the Biblical allotment
of three score and ten, he would
have to devote most of his life
extension to reading II he sought
to review all that has been writ
ten of him. There are today near
ly 1000 books and pamphlets
which have appeared as distinct
issues relating to the life of Lin
coin. Scores of them are in for
eign nguages-French, German,
Italian, Japanese and modern
Greek-which Lincoln would never
be able to read at all. There are
also over 1000 title entries to
articles In magazines, covering
every range of his life and char
acter, but he would search almost
in vain for traces of that hostile
criticism which he read Of him.
self in his day, so great Is the
mass of appreciation.
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ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

which was stretched across the
tracks so that the city f1remen could
fight a blaze in the home of Groza
Ward, which is under smallpox
quarantine.
Barring slit Skirts Made Him Unpopu-
lar; General Must Retire.
BUDAPEST, Feb. 12.-Generai
Fedeke has been relieved voluntarily
of the command of the garrison hero.
The retirement Ia laid to attacks on
him in the press and social circles for
his order prohibiting the wives OF Of
ficers from wearing slit skirts at
ball given recently.
The wives of the officers retaliated
on the general by announcing that
they would not go to the ball anyhow.
and 1t had to be abandoned. Tho
women said they would take orders
from the Paris couturieres, but not
from a Hungarian general.
Long Island Couple. Married Sixty 1--WE
Years. Have Never Quarreled.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-After sixty
five years of married life, Mr. ana
Mrs. Theodore Tuttle. of Speonk.
Long Island, said at their anniver..
sary celebration yesterday that in all
those years they had never quarreled.
He is eighty-seven and she is eighty.
four
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stu. s7.ss 1. s7.sb.

From Golfers weekly.
The Germans are nothing if not
practical. An Unconditional Prussian
scientist has been assaying the hui
man body and has discovered that its
value as junk is s7S5.
The fat is worth $3.50; the albumen
at present egg rates about $3.50, and
there is enough phosphorus to put
heads on 1000 matches. There is
enough iron to make a shingle nail
and enough lime to whitewash q
small henhouse.
1t thus seems that death would
greatly enhance the value of some
citizens even at the German scien-
lists rate. But even science over
looks things occasionally. Many men
would reveal other valuable material
If scrapped Take, for instance, the
man who capitalizes an impoverished
hole In the ground In a Western
State and sells 100000 of gold
mining stock based on an annual out
put of four ounces of old iron and a
suspender button.
He could be melted down into $50
pounds of the finest brass.
Consider the alderman who goes his
way voting away franchises in spite
of the frantic objections of the citi-
zens.
At the present price OF leather his
hide would bring in twice $7.s5. After
the young congressman has bowed to
the will of the old timers for few
months his backbone would yield
enough Para rubber to make an au-
tomobile tire, while If the supply of
ivory ever runs out enough can be
gotten from the heads Of few prom
inent ex-railroad presidents of the
hands off and-let me -ruin-this rail-
road-myself' kind to preserve the
noble game of billiards for many
years.
Man is mine OF materials. prec-
ious and otherwise, and the German
scientist has only scratched the sur
face