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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Being constant reader Of your
paper for a number of years, ] hope
YOU will find space in your valuable
paper for the following experience ]
have lived through, and that may be
of some utility to other girls. l am a
ladies' waistmaker. The highest salary
/ could earn, working the whole week,
was very seldom above SO, and that
was considered by the other girls III
the shop l worked extremely lucky,
for the average earning was about Sc
per week. A friend of mine advised
me to try a job in a union shop in
another city. ] have taken the ad-
vice, applied for a position IN Sucn =
I made myself at home in that shop
a girl approached me afterwards
was informed that she was shop
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
By Dr. ANO1NA1'D hHHNH f'O'
A. B.. NJ. A, NJ d. tJohns Hopkins>.

Leather shoes Chief Cause of Foot
Troubles.
It is said by Pliny that the express
sion "A cobbler should stick to his
last originated when a shoemaker
several thousand years ago, not con-
tent with pointing out the defects IN
a shoe on a painting by Apelles, pre-
sumed to criticise the drawing OF the
leg. The artist checked him with this
well-known rebuke.
Yet I'll wager can Of string beans
that the artist knew as much about
shoes as the cobbler. Why? Because
artists learn new things, and shoe
makers stick to the same ancient
lasts, year In and year out. Indeed,
the trouble with shoe factories is not
that they wander from their lasts"
but they perpetuate the same old
pedal errors.
DIR. Little estimates that shoes have
been worn by man In some foolish
form Of pedal Imprisonment for near
ly 100000 years. Whether those time
honored shoes were made to sheath
the foot, to protect it, or to cooper
ate with the foot as lever and sup
port is not known.
of the shoes of today, to wit, they
are encumbrances as well as nui-
sances.
Essentially they needs must fcee-
fend the feet from frost, snow. wet
and cold, scratches, cuts, irritations,
insect bites. snake bites, puncturea,
sores, bruises and similar convu :
sions from below.
Next to bare feet. the thin c'asa,
quarter shoe, such as the " alte
canvas slippers of summer, are su-
perior to all others. They permit the
natural motility of the feet and
ankles; they allow the cool zephyrs
to play about the ankles in a hygienie
way; they prevent fetid perspiration
of the feet by steady evaporation.
Moreover, such shoe permits the
normal function of the foot to do It's
work without the obstruction Of
leathery materials. Fallen arches, fiat
feet and other evils are more often
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
WHEN THE SUPREME TEsT CONES

The spirit with which we meet the
unusual happenings. the vicissitudes
of life, measures orr fibre, tests our
quality.
A boy scout was met not long since
by the Germans in a little town IN
France. and, because he refused TO
give information as to whether there
were any French troops ambushed
near the town. he was told that he
would be shot. Without a particle Of
fiinching. the boy walked resolutely
TO the telegraph pole, backed up
against it, while the rifles We're
leveled at him. He not only did not
show the slightest sign of fear or
flinching, but he received the Volley
of shots with defiant smile on his
boyish face. ,
1t makes a tremendous difference
how we face the inevitable, with what
spirit we receive the blows of a cruel
fate, whether like coward of like a
hero.
The manner in which this brave boy
met his fate made @ tremendous i'm.
preston upon the soldiers who shot
him, and the picture they will never
forget.
During the recent Mexican trouble
private soldier, Samuel Parks, dis
appeared into the Mexican lines, and
this is the Eeport of the Mexican lieu
tenant who executed him: Parks
died bravely, facing the firing squad
" it'll his eyes unbound and without
a sign OF f1inching.'
1t is a great thing to bring up chill
dren to feel that they were destined
to play a grand part in life and that
they should play it grandly, coura-
geously. heroically.
In most every great catastrophe
where human lives are in peril, on
land or sea, some unsupported hero
comes to the front. Time and again
it has happened that in some great
railroad disaster a hobo who was
stealing a ride under the train, whom
no one of the passengers would think
of Assnciating risks his life in res
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
A Sensible Movement.
q nal+imnrn News

From the Baltimore News.
II is TO be hoped that the debutantes
viii be successful in their efforts to
10 away with that sort Of rivalry in
that leads TO sense
less expenditure. II the result Of the
war brings home To the American
people the folly and worse OF osten-
tation and display, made to force
upon public attention the depth of
somebody's purse. 1t will have served
lis one good turn. There has been
Tar too much of that In American
life. and 1t has been harmful not
only In leading into extravaganza
many who cannot afford to keep the
paee aet by Weaithier friends, but in
creating a feeling of discomfort in
nultitudes who have constantly
forced on their attention the in
equalIties of life.
1t is to be said for Baltimore that
it has been singuarly free from the
vulgar display of wealth that has
been SO much criticised In many
other American cities. One OF the
charms of this city has been the good
taste and the wise discretion gener-
alIv shown here In entertainments
and the attitude of the debutantes in
endeavoring at this time to make
their bow to society in as simple and
Inexpensive way as possible speaks
well for both their hearts and their
heads.
People who can afford TO entertain
should not. of course, shut down
upon every expenditure they car
m mage to do away with because
times are not prosperous. To do sc
would mean additional hardship fol
many who depend for livelihood
upon tho hundred and one things that
are needed for reasonable social de.
y1ands. But the money spent can be
spent with discretion and directed
into channels that will do q maxi
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
ELIMINATION OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON

The football season will end next Saturday with
the Army and Navy game The games of the leading
universities which have become national classics were
never before attended by greater interest of which
the elimination the presence of about 20 900 spec
tators-there would have been than $4,000 il
there had been room In the vast stadium at New
Hayen-at the Yale-Harvard game today.
1t is a healthy sentiment that takes many thou
sands of people to football game, but they only
as spectators would be much healthy senti-
ment that should make football universal game
among American youth
1t has been said of American sports that there are
too few players; too many who look What a
splendid body to recruit army for the national de-
fense from would be couple of million good football
players
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Early Umbrellas.

As late as 1884 Cowper in describ-
ing the change which was then
taking place in the manners and Gus
toms of all classes, mentions the
umbrella in such way as to show
that. although its use was becoming
much more general, yet its adoption
by the lower classes was still suffi-
GENTLY novel to call for comment.
Though the umbrella was not
adopted by gentlemen during day
light until almost the end of the
eighteenth century, there appears to
have been previously a kind of tram
sltion period during which an UNI
brella was kept at many coffee
houses for the use of fashionable or
etfeminate men when the night was
q wet one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
Copyrighted 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
NovEM BER II
" Johnston, Hetty Green

The women who celebrate Novem-
ber 21 as their birthday have as their
patron the woman who, for many
years, enjoyed the reputation of be-
ing the richest woman in America.
This Is Mrs. Hetty Rowland Robin
son Green, better known simply as
Hetty Green. She was born seventy
nine years ago today in New Bed
ford, Mass. From her father she in
herited u large fortune. and through
her own remarkable talents as
financier she greatly augmented her
fortune. For many years there was
scarcely a large financial undertake
ing in the country in which she did
not have some financial interest.
Another celebrated American won-
an whose birthday falls on November
21 is Mary Johnston, who was born
forty-three years ago today. She Is
a Southern woman by birth and
training, and her first novel was n
romance of the colonial days in. Vir-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

United States will never tolerate the
continental form of CONSUMPTION. To
rob the youth Of America of five of
the productive years of their lives
would be an intolerable infringement
of private liberty. Neither is it
necessary. All that needs to be dotfe
to prepare an adequate military force
for the defense of this country can
be accomplished without Interfering
with out industrial efficiency. If all
boys, upon reaching the age of eigh-
teen, were given six months of sum-
mer training ii would be of ines
tinlable good to them as a physical
equipment and in establishing
habits of orderliness, promptness and
obedience. Industrial training for two
hours O day could be added to the
regimen. The manual at arms and
field formations can be easily taught
to plastic youths in six weeks, and
a more than fair mastery of the rife
can be acquired in six months in the
summer With systematic range prac-
tice.
IF such a plan is not acceptable
everything possible should be done
to increase the National Guard OF
each State, The Pennsylvania mill
tia ought to be quadrupled. But this
will never be accomplished under
the penny wise-and-pound-f foolish
policy now in vogue. Provision must
be made for a more adequate train
ing of the commissioned officers, the
entire militia--field, staff and rank
and fle--must be paid for their time
the annual encampment must be
extended considerably and the State
must declare 1t an offense for any
organization TO oppose the enlistment
of citizens or to boycott or modest
| them after they have entered the
service. If the lessons of experience
| are unheeded, now that they are be-
| ing emphasized so decisively on ths
| fields OF Europe the United States
may live to rue our blindness and
: curse our stupidity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

cuing passengers from the burnizk
wreck.
The elevator boy may never have
dreamed that there was ANYTHING ne
roic in his nature, but the building
takes fire and this boy, who was sell
dom noticed by any one, who did not
show any special signs of ability IL
q few minutes develops the most he
roic qualities. He runs his elevator
up through the burning floors when
choked with smoke the hot cable
blistering his hands, and rescues a
hundred people, who, but for him
might have lost their lives,
A ship is wrecked at sea, and a
poor immigrant becomes the hero of
the hour, commanding a lifeboat and
giving orders with ealmness. author
ity and force when others have lost
their heads
Many a time criminals have risked
their lives to save human beings in
great peril.
We never know what heroism is
beating in human breast until some
great catastrophe or peril brings 1t
out. 1t has often happened in the
worlds history that men who were
regarded as the skum or the dreg.
of society have done immortal deeds.
There is a God in the peanest
man, a hero in the biggest coward.
1t is comparatively easy to show
heroism ON the battlefield, under in
toXicating excitement, with a thous-
and comrades looking on. But it Is
a very different thing to be a hero
in ones every day life. It is a very
difficult thing to be a hero when no
eye sees, no renown recalls and no
flourish of trumpets salute"
There are many times in ones life
when it requires great COURAGE 10
stand firm and alone for a principle
when others abandon and denounce
us. 1t often takes more courage to
say NO when others say Yes"
more courage to take stand alone
when everybody else is on the other
side than 1t takes to face the enemy's
gun or cannon's mouth in battle.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

mum of good. The fact that thought
is given to the matter cannot but
serve q good purpose, perhaps with
lasting effect.
Making an Adequate american Army of
Defense.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Major-G General w. w. Wotherspoon,
retiring chief of staff of the United
States army, has rendered a service TO
this country in speaking in blunt, SOL
dierly fashion about our unprepared-
ness to resist invasion, There is moth
ing Of the lingo in his nature, neither
is there anything militaristic in tho
policy he suggests.
In view of the lessons we are learn
ing each day from Russia, France and
Flanders, our military force Is hardly
more than toy. The greatest service
Lord Roberts tried to render to Eng
land was his last; had it been appre-
ciated by the authorities Great Brit
ain would now have an army of
| 4, 4,000, 900 men of all arms in the field.
| In point of fact, If England had lis
| tened TO the appeal of Lord Roberts
on behalf of universal military SER
| vice when he made II ten years ago,
| there would have been no war, be-
| cause 0eTtnduy WOulQ newer nave
| faced such a British force added to
the millions of Russia and France.
Lord Roberts did not advocate con-
scription in the sense in which it Is
| practiced by the great European
| powers. He believed that young men
of service age-say between seventeen
and twenty be taught the
essentials of soldering in twelve
months. Such a brief period would
not be burdensome to the government
and would not incapacitate the youths
for subsequent industrial occupations
Indeed. from such training they would
receive physical and temperamenta
| benefits that would be invaluable to
| them throughout life.
There Is no doubt the people Of thu
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
THE EXAMPLE OF A DOWN EAST HAMLET

If New York city gave 100000. or Newark
$1,125 OOO to the Red Cross fund for the European
war sufferers the world would wonder and admire
But that would be the magnificent exhibit of charity
either city in proportion TO its size, did what has
been done by little town named Dublin, up in the
New Hampshire hills. That New England hamlet has
contributed to the fund 1880, which is SO for
man. woman and child in the place. On per capita
basis Dublin, N. H.. is entitled to ahead in the
human brotherhoodgclass
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Marquis of Angiesey Leaves Battle Front
to Visit His Tailor.

LONDON, Nov. 21.--The reason
why the marquis of Eng' esey, one of
the wealthiest peers In England, sud
denly returned from France a few
days ago, and, after remaining at
the Ritz Hotel for twenty flour hours,
hastened back to rejoin his regiment,
has just been revealed.
1t appears that the marquis was
forced to apply for brief leave be-
cause he actually didn't have a coat
to his back. The ordinary wear and
tear of campaigning started the worll
of demolition on the somewhat
fragile quality of khaki designed by a
fashionable tailor. and a piece OF
shrapnel completed it by ripping out
the whole back, without wounding
the wearer. The marquis had two
uniform coats made during his brief
visit. 1t is curious to note that the
last holder of the title, the cousin
of the present marquis, was chiefly
famous as the possessor of the most
extensive wardrobe in England. in
Guiding more than 300 coats.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Did His Share

Patrick O'Hare, the First Regiment
armorer and member of the famous
American team that won the interna-
tional championship in England, tells
this story: A regiment of the allies
was lying entrenched one night, be-
fore the day on which q great battle
was expected, when the colonel ap-
peared and said. Boys, you'll have to
fight like tiends tomorrow, because
we are going to tackle three times
our number The following day,
shortly after the battle had started,
he saw one of the members of his
regiment making for the rear at full
speed. "Hey, you, where are You
going?" he shouted, but the runner
kept right on, turning to shout over
his shoulder: ''I've killed my three
men; that's my share"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
CHIT CHAT

point" woodcock. over near Cedar
Grove the other day the nimrod and
his dog reached a stream and the
dog, standing on the bank, started to
point" eagerly toward the river. The
hunter took a close look and, just
beneath the surface Of the water,
spied an exceptionally large fish.
Wondering why the dog should
point" fish. the hunter decided TO
take shot at the fish. The volume
of shot tore the fish open and, to
the hunter's surprise, out few a
small woodcock which the fish had
evidently swallowed alive. The bird
presumably had gone to the edge Of
tho stream for drink and was
caught by the fish. The sportsman
is now very proud of his pointer"
and the thorough manner in which he
trained it,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Cause to Weep

When Willie's father returned home
from work the other night. he found
his offspring in tears, and nothing
could seem to soothe him. The parent
could get no explanation until he
finally threatened the lad with a
'licldng." Then Willie burst forth:
Il got one licking today, that's why
I'm crying
You got one licking todaye'' que
ried the father.
Yes" said the pride of the family,
"and you were the cause of it
81 am the cause of it," said the
father in surprise; "how was that?"
You remember last night when 7
asked you how much money 1000, 900
shi'lings was. You said it was a
dang lot of money Well, that was
oul lesson today and IL wasn't the
right answer"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
MIR. TAFT KNOWS.

Professor William H. Taft adds his voice to the
national chorus demanding the immediate strength
enng of the countrys deenses. He declares that we
must have not only strong navy, but an adequate
army and coast defenses with complete protection for
the Panama Canal. Mr.. Taft has been not only Pres-
dent but secretary of war; and he speaks with thor
ough knowledge of the present dangerous conditions
His Judgment is that of every American pubcist who
has discussed the subject.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Taking No Chances

a painter was busily engaged in
painting the front Of a house on
Roseville avenue the other dav
friend of the painter came along,
but so diligent was the exponent of
the paint and brush applying him.
self to his task that he failed to
notice his friend.
After watching the painter for
several minutes in silence, the spec
tator remarked: Say, John, what's
your hurry?"
The startled painter turned around
and spoke thus: Hello, Bill. I'm
hurrying to get through before the
paint gives out"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Luxury.

"Those Bullionss simply roll in
wealth.
Don't they--and say, did you ever
see Mrs. Bullion's set of state teeth?'
state teeth?'
"Yes-the ones she wears at recep-
tions and dinners. They're made of
diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires
and elneralds in succession. Why, one
of her smiles is worth SsS,OO0. Now
York World
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
I1eedleSSneSs

The tailor on your coat will sew
Some buttons with great care,
Although nobody seems to know
Why most of them are there.
You purchase food you never eat
And books you never read,
And everywhere you turn you meet
The things you didn't need
A lady wears the plumage gay
That fashions rule may claim,
With furs and feathers on display.
The Indian does the same,
The jewels flashing near and far
Mean love and hate and greed,
And what we crave most fiercely are
The things we do not need.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Woman Lauds Labor Union

delegate) asking me for union book
or course, had no such book to
show. Nevertheless 1 was allowed to
work, being the first week on the
job, / could not pay for q union
book, but the girls of the shop gave
me a chance. Eventually I Joined
the union. My earnings for the same
work as I used TO make in a. nom
union shop are double the amount
earn as high as 500 per week.
That is what the union did for
me. FANNY WILLIAMS.
403 Plane st, Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Chicken Roll.

Take one-half pound Of remains OF
cold chicken, one-quarter pound of
lean ham or bacon, season with pep
per, salt, little minced parsley and a
CRATE of lemon rind. Mix with four
ounces OF boiled rice nicely seasoned.
Bind with beaten egg, form into a roll,
tie round with creased paper and
pake Tor twenty to thirty minutes.
Serve with a rich brown gravy
poured over.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Citizenship.

Aliens Of the age of twenty-one and
upward, who have enlisted in the
armies Of the United States, in the
regular or volunteer forces. and have
been honorably discharged. are en-
titled to become citizens upon ueti-
tion, without previous declaration of
intention, and are not required 10
prove more than one years residence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
WHY wALL STREET GRINs AND BEARS IT.

Some idea of what the in Europe has cost a
single group of business interests in this country
be had when it is estimated that brokers connected
with the New York Stock Exchange have lost COM
missions on fifty million shares during the ninety
three days of It's enforced vacation. And yet the
strongest objection reopening the exchange
from the very concerns which would have done the
great bulk of this trade. They know the danger and
they know that idleness is better than ruin.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21
Thought for the Day.

Science is nothing but trained and
organized common sesse, differing
from the latter only as Il veteran may
from a raw recruit, and it's methods
differ from those of common sense
only as the guardman's cut and thrust
differ from the manner in Which
eavage Yields his club.-Huxley.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

anything to hurt each other What is MORE the troll
ley companies could not compete with the railroads
in speed even If they wanted to, Their lines run
through public highways and largely through city
streets, which we're made present to them by COM
placent municipalities, and high speed would be out
of the question there Neither have the trolley lines
heavy enough rails to stand faster traffic.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-21

due to leather shoes in general than
to high heels, sedentary occupations
heavy weight or other ascribed
courses.
The baby's toes are as aggressiv.
and prehensible as fits fingers Its lit
tie feet, ankle and toe Joints are free
and useful. 1t is the guilty fault not
of fashion, as the cobbler says, but
of the shoemaker himself, that adults
lack as graceful, pretty and useful
a foot as an infant.