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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

Two million trade unionists in
America are wondering why Rev.
Charles Stelzle, founder of the "De-
partment of Church and Labor of
the Presbyterian Church, has left the
religious field.
Seven great denominations on this
continent now maintain bureaus of
social service dealing with the work
ingman because Stelzle began Ten
years ago to preach a new gospel,
pleading for better understanding
between labor and the church. From
small beginnings in New York this
machinist- preacher has built up
country-life departments and immi-
grafton departments Of the work.
conducted social surveys in city and
rural communities. directed labor
temple and been the first secretary of
the social service commission of the
Federal Council of Churches of Chris
in America.
And now, with the machinery OF
these organizations running smooth
ly, he steps down and out to take up
new pioneering.
"The whole people, on both sides of
the labor question, are ready to face
the facts" he says. 1.-THE human side
of the labor problem is the great
thing. / went into the work within
the church, not so much to get the
workingmen to go to church as to get
the church to go to the workingman
and study his problems. The thing
we want to talk about is not how to
build up the church, but how to build
up the people. The church is a means
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsON SWEET MARDEN.
Author of Pushing to the Front" Ets
DON'T FIRE THE BOY
1918.

possible expediency before discharging
help. Sometimes just a little encour-
agement, little praise, when an un-
ruly employee does well, will result in
wonderful improvement.
Only recently the manager of a large
department store told me that he had
been so tired with the stupidity, the
carelessness and apparent indifference
of a girl clerk that he made up his
mind he must discharge her. He had
talked with her and advised her, but
found that it did little or no good. He
called her into the office one morning
to tell her that he would have to let
her go. While talking to her, how
ever he asked her why it was that
she could not do better, and she told
him that she didn't like the work she
was doing; that If he would put her
in the silk department he would find
she would do better. He made the ex-
pertinent, and she became a different
girl. She took great interest In
Silks in fact, had an almost perfect
knowledge of silk textures and colors
The girl is now in charge of the silk
department at a large salary, and her
employer says she has become indis-
pensable to the concern.
Instead of firing an employee who
has tried you perhaps past endurance,
change him about, try him in different
positions. He may develop genius. He
may now be round peg in a square
hole, and after he has found his place
he may prove very valuable to you;
but if you discharge him it may dis
courage him from trying.
Many men seem to think that they
can treat their help in any way; that
they can scold them, hound them, nag
them, find fault with them, and use
all sorts of slave-d driving methods in
their treatment of them, and yet get
their best service.
While there is now and then a con-
scientious person who tries to do his
best under all circumstances, there
are a thousand who will give back
what they receive.
Action and reaction are pretty
nearly equal in this world. AS a rule,
people pay us back in our own coin
They will pay back kindness with
Kindness, hate with hate and ingrati-
tude with contempt.
DR.. Marden's uplift talks will APP
pear in the magazine pages of this
paper every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
EDITORIALS BY THE PEOPLE

noticed on Harrison street, East Or
ange, the reckless driving of a young
man, with more nerve than brains,
and evidently driving to show off be-
fore the two young men on the same
seat with him. The car was num-
bered 172 and when 1 called up the
East Orange police department TO
know if there was any way to imme-
diately ascertain the name of the
owner Of that number, was told that
it could be secured from Trenton or
an agent of the motor vehicle depart
ment next day. If a murder, bur
glary or any crime of Importance had
been committed and the guilty one
was seen speeding away in q car OF a
certain number, finding out the owner
of that car next day would be pretty
slow work, and it is my suggestion
that the newspapers call attention to
this condition with a view of having
some police department secure, ana
keep up to date, list of automobile
registrations of this State, where 1t
would be accessible during all hours
of the night, for information to the
police authorities of any municipality
in this State who might have occa-
sion to use 1t.
| have written a letter to Mayor
HauSSling, suggesting that the ponce
department of Newark take this step
forward and do now what should have
been done when the fast automobile
first became an important factor In
crime. If Newark does not take this
step, / hope that some one OF the
smaller municipalities viii take the
time and trouble to secure and keep
the list for the public good.
Very truly yours.
EDWARD S. PIERSON.
POI Arlington avenue. East Orange,
N T.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Senator Frye's Opinion of a Fellow Senator

Senator Fair, and l found him a man
of extraordinary intellectual powers
1t was my hope that some day the
senator would address . the Senate.
But he has not done SO yet. AT least
not to my knowledge.
Il was chatting with him one day
in the cloakroom at a moment when
the clerk of the Senate was reading. a
long statement and I said to him:
You are wholly different in two
respects from your predecessor, SEN
ator Sharon. Physically you are as
unlike as two men could possibly be,
and there is this additional difference:
Sharon, ] am told, was rarely in his
seat. You are never absent from your
place In the Senate unless on those
rare occasions when you are out of
town. ] have noticed, too, that you
are careful listener, paying to every
senator who speaks the courtesy of
close attention.
He said to me in reply:
I have never heard a dull speech.
l am intensely interested in watch
ing and studying every senator. II
he is talking about something of
which ] have no understanding I be-
gin to study the man himself. l am
fond of building up theories to ex-
plain the mans career. I take note
of his tones of voice. | never tire Of
watching senator who is speaking,
and it is more than amusement to
me; it is really instructive. I have
learned more of men and of the quail
tiles which go to make men success
| full outside of certain lines of bust
ness since l have been in the Senate
than I ever knew before. I hope that
l shall maintain the reputation you
| have given me of being a good lis
tener. I have observed that not al
of the senators are good listeners
II was more highly impressed than
ever with Senator Fair after I heard
him make this statement in this in
formal way" said Senator Frye
! Copyright, 1914, by E. j. Edwards
! All rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
"Lincoln's Original Letter of Accept
ance."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Franklin Tract Sells for $4,000

was ready. Remembering the price
his father had originally given, he
piously called Half a crown" and
Mr. Hodge, the auctioneer, cour-
teously accepted it, knowing the mo-
tive behind the call. The next bid
was the real start, E320 coming from
Mr.. Quarritch's representative. On
went the duel between him and Mr..
Stevens With a big effort the for
mer reached f1,000.
Mr.. Hodge.
mo, f5," replied Mr.. Stevens, and
at the enormous sum of f1,005 the
more than skyline survivor was his
although Mr.. Hodge had playfully
suggested to his rival, Just beat him
by his family half crowni''
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06


Human Factor in Accidents.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
Taking thought may not add a
cubit to our stature, but it will add
years to many lives and preserve
limbs and health in thousands of
cases. The Interstate Commerce
Commission In its annual report, has
something to say about the causes of
railroad accidents, and especially
about the human factor one hears so
much about.
Decidedly, the human factor is re-
sponsible for accidents. Seventy
four per cent. of the whole number
of accidents during the year re-
viewed were caused by mistakes,
and all of the mistakes were viola
lions of simple and reasonable rules.
The rules are "habitually violated
and the traffic men as habitually
pass over the violations and fail to
take corrective steps.
What is the explanation of all this
Indifference and carelessness? Why,
the explanation is that employees
and their superiors alike have not
taken on sufficient thought to safety.
1t is too often assumed that nothing
serious can happen, and that rules
are made to be honored in the
breach.
The way to make travel safer is
to pay more attention to safety-all
along the line and all through the
service. Eternal vigilance is the
price of the maximum of safety re-
aljzable. Disobedience of rules
should be punished and the habit of
taking chances earnestly discour-
aged.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
All Men Should Dance.


Inc strand.
Beneficent nature intended that man
should dance And at the beginning
of this life, before reason plays any
part in our manifestations, we dance
Little children dance in happiness
in sorrow. in anger. They dance about
their mothers in love Youth dances
gloriously in exhilaration. Age bows
and sways in grief. Every movement
or gesture of man that emphasizes
thought has definite relation to the
dance. And recently Sir Ray Lank-
ester has pointed out that even ami
mails and birds dance from the mo-
tives that impel human kind to this
form of expression.
| might go on indefinitely about the
effect of dancing, its value and It's
benefits, intellectual, spiritual and
physical. | believe, | know, that
every time we try to express a beau
tiful thought we are uplifted. BY so
much has our better and higher self
been developed and strengthened. Life
is a struggle for self-expression, the
dance is a medium of expression for
ALL Not every one can sing or play.
Few can write verse; and though IN
spring and refreshing indeed, listen
ing to music or reading poetry can be
but secondhand self-eXpression. This
must not be taken to mean that l
do not love poetry and music, for
were / not what | am l would choose
to be poet or composer and
harpist, sort of modern Sappho. Yes,
though few can be poets, or compos-
ers, or musicians, everyone can dance
And as an onlooker everyone can APP
preciate dancing more readily and
deeply than other arts, since real ap-
probation of art must be largely sub
iective, and no form of art is really
felt unless it strikes a sympathetic
chord within us. We are all born with
the ability to appreciate the dance
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
NEWARK's GROWING INSURANCE FUND.

WHEN THE municipal insurance fund was established hVe
ago appropriation of $4,000 by the Common Coun-
Gil upon experiment and insurance men shook
their heads grave doubt After five of operation this
grown by accreon to $l2482o the additions beng
what city have paid the private companies II the
property of city by the fund had been covered by
private policies There has been increasing addition to the
fund each year 1918 being fifteen thousand
dollars.
nasmuch there has been fire loss the property
nothing paid of the fund The city now has
enough insurance capital provide for serious loss OF pubic
by fire. public buildings good risk being
ways occupied we'll protected the fund be expected to
by each year amount TO sum large enough to
the risk of conhagraton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
OUR NAVY A SCHOOL FOR YOUTH.

THE AMERICAN navy is being converted into great edu
caonal we'll training school for young while the
standard for recruits raised high that not of
good be enlisted The splendid conduct of
thousands in Europe during the recent bat
eshp showed the world the fine material of the Amer
lean navy ordered that schools for elementary edua
ton shall be established on warshs for who
grounded in such knowledge This will fit the bueacket
strive commission in the service and will benefit him If
leaves the therefore, signal advan
ages American youth good subsistence education
technical training and opportunities in life he might never have
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

Edwin Booth once seolded one Of
his supers for the careless way in
which he took his part. Look at me"
said Mr.. Booth, why don't you do as
| dor" "Ah, Mr.. Booth" said the
man, 'if 1 were you l would not be
carrying a spear for 81 a night"
Don't scold the employee who
doesn't always do things as you
would do them. Remember, he has
not your experience, judgment or
present ability. If he had he would
not be working for you.
Don't fire" the boy who has disap-
pointed you. Think how you would
like to have some one treat your boy
who happened to make a mistake or
to do some foolish thing. Do not
throw him out. Take an interest in
him. Try to arouse his ambition.
Tell him of your struggles to get a
start in the world, and how important
it is to do everything to a finish.
Show him that every letter he writes,
that every we'll done thing is a step
to something higher.
Did you ever think, Mr.. Employer,
what it may mean to you to discharge
boy or girl, perhaps in fit of tenn
per or for trifiing offense?
1t may seem a little thing for you
to discharge employees, but it may
be the turning point in their careers.
1t is a most unfortunate thing for
young people, who are very suscep-
tible to Encouragement, and who are
the victims of their moods, to be dis
charged. They sometimes become so
disheartened they think it is no use
to try to do their best
Some employers say that their time
Is too valuable to spend breaking in
green boys, and they discharge a boy
upon the slightest provocation, for a
little mistake, blunder, carelessness.
They do not realize that this may ruin
him.
Remember that you can persuade a
boy, you can lead him, into almost
anything, but it is very difficult to
| drive him. If there is anything in him.
Perhaps the boy you want to dis
charge has not had the love and
care, the tender influences in his
home, which your boy has had. In
fact, he may have no real home at
all, as you have 1t. His home may
even have a vicious influence upon
him. Are you sure there is nothing
| in him which you can bring out?
Employers should resort to every
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JANUARY 6
Joan of Arc
rished.191
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Copyrighted. 1918.

The most famous woman ever born
in France was undoubtedly Joan of
Arc and yet her great work was ac-
complished when she was seventeen,
and her short life was terminated be-
fore she was twenty. Moreover half
of the people of the time thought she
was insane and in the end she was
condemned as a hereto and burned
for it. If she had lived today prob
ably no one would have doubted the
fact of her insanity. We would have
ridiculed her and hustled her off to an
insane asylum. Yet today we have
made her a saint in the church, and
very learned Unconditional college pro-
fessors spend long years of their lives
in studying every last detail of her
short existence.
One of the things about Jeanne that
seemed to give her contemporaries the
greatest disquiet, and one of the
points that counted against her in the
charge that brought her to the stake
was her mode of dressing. She in
sisted that 1t was part of her religious
duty when in military life and ever
afterward to go dressed in hose and
doublet. Certainly petticoats would
have been very inconvenient. When
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
DUMPING CRIME ON OTHER CITIES.

NEW YORKS police commissioner has plan of deal
ing criminals 1t very simple They to be shipped
of town Gangsters bahand burglars pckpokets and
the given transportation if take them
70 other cities and towns If the plan carried Newark,
which conveniently and outside of New York police
Jurisdiction may expect large increase of criminal population
md as receptacle this dumpage from New York city will have
increase police force unless be arranged to apprehend
New send them together with Newark criminals of
Known records York The game that
ay But probably police commissioner will not be
oitted to carry plan dumping New York crmnay
other cities
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
A sOBERER CITY IN IS YEARS.

THAT THE drinking habits of Newarks population have
greatly changed thrtyHve be TESTIFIED TO by
every citizen familiar with the conditions and during the
seventies sight that period to see nebriated
men and New Years and Fourth OF July ceepra
lions marked by much intemperance
Nowadays il is rare to see drunken Newarks
streets An evidence great Improvement in public habits is
found in the excise board In 1875 there was one
licensed place nnesx of the population NOW there Is
one TO every 22 licenses have been granted by the
excise board for hrtyree months The license fee has been
gradually absurdy small in 1875 and is now
by probtory The record IN prohibition cities IKE
Portland restriction only tends TO the larger use
of spruous liquors Reasonable regulation has promoted obrey
In Newark
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

she was locked up in prison near
Cambria two ladies, Dame Jeanne de
Luxembourg and Dame Jeanne de
Bethune, came to visit her and
treated her very kindly. But they
were distressed at her mans attire.
They offered her woman's clothes, or.
if she would not accept that, cloth to
make a dress with; but Jeanne re-
fused, alleging that she had not yet
received permission from heaven to
put her mans dress aside. Later at
Arras many Burgundian lords and
one gallant knight offered her the
much-needed woman's dress, but
nothing would induce her to change
her mind. When she was brought to
the ecclestical tribunal she still wore
the dress of a boy, with her feet In
shackles and her brown hair cut short
over the ears. 1t was shocking in
those days for women--even the
lowest sort--to show their hair, and
the pious monks who sat in Judgment
were panied beyond description, for
they had never seen a woman's hair
before Later, when reproved by the
bishop for her persistent wearing of
mans attire, Joan said: Dress is
but little thing-less than nothing"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
MADE the Church Go to the Workingman

to that end. The world is greatly con-
cerned today with how the people are
living"
Stelzle has become a scientific So
biologist. He has organized staff OF
half a dozen trained investigators.
He proposes to make surveys of
human living conditions for either
side in labor controversy or for
social service agencies or public off,
Gals. He is going to report the facts.
studied at close range. concerning the
mental attitude of management and
employees toward each other and
toward welfare work." bonus pay
ments, shop and housing sanitation
and toward labor legislation affecting
the industry. He will look into the re-
ligious, political. racial and educa-
tional factors in the situation and
give an opinion as to what forces In
the community are breaking down
its life and what ones are building
it up.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Saws Tango Is So Modest 1t Bores hef
to Tears.
A Long Reach.

A simple little device has been ar
ranged to give the peanut vender at
hall games, circuses, ETC., the long
reach that he needs, says the Popular
Mechanics Magazine. 1t is an eight
FOOT mole, with which he can do busi-
ness with anyone within eleven and
one half feet of himself. On the END
If the pole is a wire spike that holds
half a dozen bags of peanuts. A run,
mel into which a nickel can pc uTopPeu
connects with slot In the noiiow
noia The customer takes a bag from
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
He Knew How He Got 1t.

'That large bump running across
the back of your head" said the
phrenologist, means that you are in.
clined to be curious, even to the point
of recklessness."
IT know it," said the man who was
consulting him; II got that bump by
sticking my head into the dumb
waiter shaft to see If the waiter was
going up, and it was coming down.
Ladies' Home Journal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
How He Knew.

The wayward young man, broken
in health, was sent to the Southwest
to recuperate. He was in Jail in Ari-
IONA for stealing hindquarter of
beef He wrote home: Dear father,
I've picked up some flesh since came
here, but am still confined to my
room. Please send me $780, '-Argo-
nalIt
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Puns of Famous Men.

From the New 1OTh 1IlDune
The pun as form of wit holds no
very high position in the estimation
of most writers and humorists. New
ertheless, many outstanding hgures
in the history of English literature
have not refrained. on occasions, from
turning punster.
Theodore Hook once Dragged that
he could make a pun on any subject
well, then" said a friend. make
one on the king"
"The king is no subject replied the
wit.
To a similar boast Douglas Jerrold,
a fellow clubman, replied: Can you
make a pun on the signs OF the
Zodiac?"
"By Gemini, I can, sir" was the
double barreled retort.
DR.. John Watson, better known as
Ian Maclaren, was another wag who
boasted of his faculty for punning.
At a dinner in London, where many
literary men were present, he asserted
that he could make as good a pun as
any one in the room. The challenge
was accepted. Thereupon DR.. Wat
son assumed serious mien and ap-
peared lost in thought:
Come now, Watson" exclaimed
Hall Game I'VE are all waiting
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
EXTENDING LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

THE SUGGESTION by the county supervisor that the
Lincoln highway extended Passac continue
he heart Newark and that the entire highway be made
If the State road system should be carried
she nv co-operaton of the county city part
state system the highway would be cared for by the State II
idea of national highway from ocean to ocean realized
nen will assume of the upkeep In all probability this
highway will be authorized by Congress at an early date
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Ideals

One saw a star and said:
How far away you shine
In heavens scaleless blue!
How foolish they who claim in you
A guiding light divine!
For earthly paths an earthly guide
In such does truth abide"
But one upon the sea
When wind and wave were wild
And unknown waters round,
BY that stars CLEAN true bearings found,
And harbor snugly isled;
And from that night he claimed TO see
Proof of that stars divinity
Arthur Wallace Peacl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Wide Awake.

THAT young Quisby is a wonderful
chap for pulling new business to his
bank"
whats he done now?"
why, he's added a section of crates
and nests to his safety deposit vault,
and next week he'll install burglar
proof coop, Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

the spike, drops a nickel in the slot
and the coin rolls down into a box
beside the vendors hand, ringing a
bell on the way.