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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
THE LATE EDWARD W. WHITEHEAD.

IN THE of Edward W. Whitehead the city loses faith
panstakng all who enjoyed the pleasure of his
acquaintance friend and his widow and child devoted
husband and father
Edward W Whitehead Che aFectionately known
Ed) and His whole life and demeano
exemphed love for his fellow and his strongest character
deep human interest he took in the of those
and his marked ondness for children BY he
grateful prepared discuss subjects that affect
pleasant smile.
Fond Of public life and deyotee public subjects, his
naturally toward politics. and few better in
than he. AS municipal Librarian and later chief Of
Municipal Labor Bureau the City Hail. he found opportunity
signal service and nothing delighted him than
knowledge that he had aided knowledge
aileyiated suffering.
MIR Whitehead literary frequent
butor newspapers His writings always interesting
entertaining by of quaint and original
expression that carried logic with them
For time he published and edited periodical entitled The
Registrar Copies of this distributed free and
Of income attached the financial drain
forced him to abandon its issuance
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How George William Curtis Prepared His Speeches

II never knew how George William
Curtis prepared his blograr hical or
histoi ical orations until about the
time fixed for the dedicauon of the
Bartholdi statue Of Liberty in New
York harbOr,', said ex-senator
Chauncey M. DepeW to me at the
time when he was describing what he
knew OF the methods adopted by
some OF the great orators in the
preparation Of their speeches.
II had always been an adnliEeF OF
Curtis's biographical OF dedicatJry
addresses. Curtis possessed q re-
Tnarkable command Of tho resources
OF the English language for express-
ing even the most subtle shades of
thought. He also had the power OF
embodying profound thought in
singularly appropriate language and
also using just the right periods
that Is TO say, length Of his sentences.
He had, In addition, an eXtraol dinar-
fly beautiful voice for public speak
ing.
Il never had an opportunity to ask
MIR. Curtis what plan he followed in
preparing these addresses, and, in
fact, l never learned from him di-
rectly
Il think it was about a week. per-
haps ten days, before the dedicatory
ceremony in celebration Of the ell ect-
ing of the Bartholdi statue in New
York harbor that ] was called upon
by the committee in charge NJ tine ar
rangeueuts The chairman said to
me. Mr.. Depew. we have come TO
ask you to deliver the dedIcatory ad-
dress at the unVeiling Of the Bar
tholdi statue Of Liberty
That is an honor / said, but you
surely do not expect me to prepare en-
address worthy OF the occasion in
so short a time. ] am at this time
particularly busy In certain very Inn
portant railroad matters. Why don't
you ask George William Curtis to de-
liver the address?
" Well, Mr.. DepeW, the spokesman
replied, we did ask Mr., Curtis and lie
declined. He recommended that we
ask you, for he assured us you were
a very quick worker in the prepara-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

Nothing" says Kaid Omar, the
blind beggar OF Mogador, us to be re-
GREETED which might happen indis-
criminately to q good man or a bad.
Ii Allah should mold together all such
nlisfortunes as broken bones, sickness,
poverty, death into one horse, and ell
such blessings as health, wealth, many
sons, long life INTO another, the wise
man would not seek to distinguish
between them. He would shut his
eyes and jump on the first horse he
touched. For all such things are in
different There Is no good but God,
no evil but SIM
LAS long as Islam fiourishes there
will be beggars, for there will always
be devout people who will give away
all they have, and SO become beggars
themselves" writes Albert Edmonds
in "Barbary Coast" THE
beggar is regarded more as holy
man than as q person in need. He is
one Goods poor" Aims are given,
not to decrease poverty, but to In
crease piety.
"a man ahuffles up to nae on Broad
way wSth u hard luck story and asks
the price of a nights lodging. l look
him over carefully, cross-question him
insultingly, and find it hard to decide
whether he needs the money or wants
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

Japan has another land question
besides that in California. Missions
In Japan, despite the fact that the
law does not permit an American "
own land there, hold moro than &c.
100000 worth Of property. made up OF
schools, churches, residences and the
land on which they stand.
For many years. in fact. till 1903,
believe. this property was held in
the names of few trustworthy
Japanese" said Rev. Heron Smith,
Methodist missionary, now doing
graduate work in journalism at the
University of Kansas. For instance,
in all central and eastern Japan, the
Methodist mission held Its property
in the name of Sennosuke Ogata.
graduate of DePauw University.
He could have sold 1t or mortgaged
it and no one been the w'""~ but 1t
speaks well for the dependa blenesas
Of the Christian Japanese that not
one OF these TRUSTEES was unfaithful
to his trust. OF course. y ere was
a great risk in such q policy. for
at any time the man might die and
no ono could foresee what course his
heirs might take. says the BostoE
Herald.
cat length a law was passed
granting to foreigners the rishts Of
juridical person; that Is. a company
of foreigners might form a corpora
ton which could hold property. A
smart lawyer was engaged to 70 into
the matter. and, his investigation re-
sulting Satisfactorily. the rnissionar-
les of each church.. who. whether
they are harmless as doves or not,
are sharp as serpents. immediately
organized themselves into 'shadan'
or 'saidan,' two kinds OF corpora-
tions.
Thus the law is both obeyed and
evaded, and thus it Is that Ameri-
cans have had and still have. control
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
CURES BY HYPNOTISM

long time now. In the middle ages its
mysterious power was looked upon az
magic-and, indeed, in the hands OF
the interruptions 1t was made TO work
great evil Cagliostro, the hypnotist,
who figures so largely in Dumas's
novels, is q character founded on fact.
In former times hypnotism was re-
garded as a form of fraud which peo-
pie dubbed carlatanry because they
could not understand 1t.
Nowadays, however, hypnotic sug-
gestion is practlsed with great sue
cess by many medical men. Its ef-
righteousness in dealing with mental
and nervous diseases is generally &C.
knoWledged.
Many ives have actually been saved
when all other cures have failed, as a
result OF recourse to hypnotism. One
typical case was that of mother who
lost two children in one night. The
lapse from the effects of which she
was not expected to recover. She
was subject to fits OF mental delirlum
which the doctor found 1t impossible
to calm. She could not sleep. No
food passed her lips. Gradually she
got weaker and weaker until at last
an old friend of the family who had
studied hypnotism for years asked to
be allowed to see what he could 40.
After reluctant consent was given
he succeeded in putting the patient
into hypnotic sleep. While in this
sleep she was made to take regular
nourishment. Every day she was put
into the trance at certain time. The
hypnotist simply said, "Sleep until s
O'clock" and she slept, waking to the
% 10 al
Very soon an improvement was to
be seen in her condition. AS result
of regular nourishment she gradually
regained strength. The brainstorms
ceased, and eventually her nerves be-
came normal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

Gertrude Yates, nine-year-old girl
who was born blind, is stated to have
mad her sight restored by means of
hypnotism recently, says London Tit
Bits.
Her case is said to constitute one OF
the most remarkable hypnotic cures
ever effected-for 1t appeared from the
first to be quite hopeless. But after
the hypnotist had induced hypnotic
sleep and told her she could see, she
began to see and describe the things
around her quite correctly-and what
is more, 1t is claimed that her restor-
alton. to sight Is permanent and that
she ID now able to see we'll enough to
read.
II remains TO be proven, however,
whether the child really sees, or
merely thinks she sees while under
the influence of psycho-suggest
Peop'e have been known to see, do
and imagine extraordinary things
while in hypnotic trance which they
could certainly not have seen and
done when not in the hypnotized
state.
There is no accounting for the ex-
traordinary power OF the hypnotist.
But 1t is a well-known fact that not
every person can be hypnotized 1t
would seem, therefore, that hypnotism
is produced, not 80 much as the re-
suit of the power of the hypnotist,
but as the result of some particular
mental condition of the person sub
jected to it's influence
1t is possible to suggest dreams to
4 hypnotized person-it is possible also
to make him play, dance and even
sing. Trilby, Du Maurier's famous
heroine, is by no means an impossible
character, though there is as yet no
actual instance on record in real life
Of a person unable to sing note in
time under normal conditions being
endowed with a voice like night
ingale while in a hypnotic trance.
Hvpnotisn has been practised for q
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
JAPAN'S LAND QUESTION

OF q part Of tho land. and IL So not te
be wondered at that hearts do no'
exactly go out IN gympathy TO theb
compatriotD In California.
Ever since japan opened her door,
to foreigners and their commerce ano
religion the land question has been c
disputed one. When we remember
that Japan's area 10 only that of
Kansas and Nebraska combined, ano
that on this land, only 10 per cent OF
which Is arabic, must live 52,o00,oot
people, we can understand why japan
has never opened her doors wide fo
immigrants.
"Bor many years, TIL the constitu-
tion was promulgated in 1869, think
foreigners were required to live II
foreign concessions, as they were
called. These were located Ia Toxic
osal,e, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaii
and Hakodate, and varied IN sizs
from three acres in Osale to $50 ecret
In Yokohama. The land within wat
let to foreigners on perpetual leases
the rate being about $1,000 q year
quite high as rates went III thoRe
early days.
"As years passed these cities grew
and the concessions became the CEN
tres OF commerce and much increased
In value. The rental, being station
ary, became ridiculously low, and
though the foreign police, judges and
jurisdiction Of all kinds were com
pletely done away with, The Hagus
tribunal upheld the foreigners in theif
right to the land at the original rate
ABOUT half the leases are hel5
by British subjects, half the remain.
der by Americans and the other guar
ter by Germans, French and swiss
In some of these cities the foreignere
today refuse to pay taxes Of any kind,
and the question must come UP again
at The Hague or before an arbitra-
ton committee for further consider,
afiont'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
SOME. AMERICANISMS

Passing by the "tonguefish," we
come to "tonguey," an old English
word, now United States and dia-
lect.D, It's a good word and the Eng
glish should not despise it. Tony"
that is, heightened, swell, is for the
United states and English colonies.
The Pail Mall Gazette spoke OF
tony residences, as the Americans
have it." We should let it go; It is els
vile as tasty" ''Toot'' is Scottish
word, ITO drink copiously, to empty
the cup; the meaning "to go on q
spree" in American; but ''toutins
KEN" q tavern bar, 10 old English.
'Toot' perhaps was originally thieves
cent. "Toothpiclz" for bowie knife is
surely American-''Ar Arkansas tooth
pick
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
bard 10 Beat

There's a book by some new writer
In its cover green and gold
It will make existence brighter
For posterity, I'm told.
There's a volume slim and snappg
BY famous humorist,
Guaranteed to make you happy,
Give. your funny bone twist
There's book that | admire,
For I've read it DER and DER
tbs a tale of pirates dire,
Pistols, cutlasses and gore.
There's a book the future telling.
Where each man his fate can see
But another far excelling
These books most appeals TO me
It's q book think delightful;
When it's opened l rejoice
So think it's only rightful
In its praise to lift my voice,
For, you see, married money,
And ! know no family strife,
That which makes existence sunny
Is the checkbook of my wife
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

The October section of the oxford
English Dictionary includes words
from "tombal" to the one that follows
"trahysh,' writes Philip Hale, In the
Boston Herald. "Tombal" Is a news
paper word in England meaning "of
or pertaining to u tomb" and is not
to be commended. "Trahysh" 10 a
variation of the verb "traise,' to be-
tray. But let us look at the "Ameri-
eanis.ns," real or alleged, in this Sec
ton.
First comes the verb TO tong" TO
handle with tongs, especially to
gather CLANS or oysters with oyster
tongs: and wo have "tonger' and
longing" A sawlog is tonged. The
word .'tongs'' was formerly used in
New England for pantaloons and
roundabouts. There Is a quotation
from Sylvester Judd's curious ro-
nance, Margaret: 1.-THE boys dressed
in 'tongs,' name for pantaloons or
overalls, that had come into use.
Margaret" was published in ls45 Is
''tongs' still used in this sense any
where in New England?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
Winter sport
From Outing

What world the snowshoer has at
his command! Take the train to
some north woods station this winter,
load a toboggan with camping equip
ment and drag it back to log cabin
on some woodland lake. Take an Ice
fishing outfit and race across the
wind-swept lake when the flying sig
mails call you from one end to the
other Take the little hound along
and tramp through the rabbit
swamps, gun in hand, and listen to
the thrilling music.
Scale an icy peak and view the
white, wintry landscape while you
rub your tingling ears. Hunt up a
deeryard and run down its inhabi-
tants with the camera. Or just cruise
around the great white forest, study
ing the trails and enjoying yourself
from the time the first rosy streaks OF
dawn glisten on the snow until the
long afternoon shadows fade away
and you gather with the pals around
the big fire in the snug little camp.
Then decide what you think of Web
footed Navigation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
Mealeen Rallwag rravel.


From the Engineering Magazine.
Few persons. when looking at the
finished roadbed OF a railroad from
the rear END OF q palace car, over
think Of the work done by the en-
gineer. Following this tendency,
those who now travel IN comfortable
trains TO the eaboard over the noun
ia n divisions Of the Mexican Central
railway, have no conception OF the
hardships which the engineers en-
dured who made the surveys ana
located those divisions.
The Canyon de Tamasopo, on the
road to Tampico, will serve as an
example Of what these hardships
were. This canyon Is eighteen miles
long, with perpendicular cliffs many
hundred feet high on both sides.
When the first surveys were MADE,
the canyon was devoid of roads or
trails, and indescribably gloomy and
picturesque. The sun hardly ever
penetrated to its rocky bed, where
the engineers camped. and where a
sudden rain, in a few hours and with
out previous warning, might create q
torrent that would fill the bottom OF
the canyon from side to side many
feet deep and carry away every
vestige OF the camp outfit and survey
already accomplished At night the
noise Of the rocks, becoming de-
tached from the cliffs above and fall
ing into the canyon, made sleep q
succession Of Nightmares. When the
actual location was made, It was
found that, in order TO obtain proper
grades, the road would have To inter-
sect the cliffs at about half their
height. The difficulties then began in
earnest. On many days not over 10
feet could be staked. All camp COM
fort had to be abandoned, and night
would find the engineers camping on
the cliffs, near the last stake swing
ing their hammocks over rocks and
precipices, and securing what little
rest they could under such circum-
stances. The roadbed, as now finished,
is nearly all carved out of the solid
rock; the total track curvature Is
12.24s degrees and In the aggregate
only about one-f1fth OF the distance is
on straight lines.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
same Path to the Same Ine

From the Detroit Free Press.
After a loud flourish of trumpets
about the searching inquiry the gov
eminent was to make of the egg ana
cold storage situation, Washington
dispatches now inform the country
that there is no cold storage trust
in this country, and that prices OF
eggs and other products are not con-
trolled by few conscienceless deal
ers.
Why this necessary futile and need
less Investigate was ever nsti-
tuted is now eve~ "reater wonder
ever. It had all been done be-
fore. II is don - utcr again and
reaches precisely the same result it
cached in the past. Some day, per-
haps, our governments will learn the
senselessness of YEARLY and useless
ly going over ground already ira
yersed and will save time and money
by looking up the records in their
archives when agitators clamor for
WaSteful repetition of work.
The agricultural department and the
department of justice have found out
what the predecessors of the present
incumbents found out years ago, that
there Is no system of extortion work.
ing in the cold storage business, and
that, while there may be few iso-
lated instances of unreasonable prac-
tises, these are not common to the in
dustry as q whole. The report will
not satisfy the grumblers, who will
be as positive as ever that someone
Is robbing everybody else. 1t dfscloses
nothing new whatever. Why was SO
much effort thrown away in reach
ing Ii?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02

ton Of addresses, while he was very
slow one
Then Mr.. Curtis went on to ex-
plain to us what his method of pre-
pairing biographical and historic or
deoicatory addresses was. He said:
always exact at least three
months as the time which l should
require IL preparation Of an address
Of this kind. L have declined a good
many invitations because l could not
nave the three months which / regard
as imperative if I am to prepare
satisfactory address.
You may be Interested in hear
ing how I prepare the addresses
have delivered and into what appro-
pirate parts | divide the three months
that | require. am occupied for the
first month entirely in studying the
subject, looking un historical or other
needed references, outlining the
method which I will use and then
vi lifting the first draft.
During the entire second month
] let the address lie In my mind. so
to speak. ! think it over, but ] do
not touch pen to paper. Sometimes
several days pass before l permit 1t
to occupy my thoughts. / let it lie
fallow, so to speak.
The third month I am absorbed
exclusively in perfecting it and pol
ishing it. Revision follows revision.
This labor serves practically to i'm
print IT on my mind so that it is al
most verbally committed TO memory.
Then l have an Grafton which i am
certain is the best can prepare.
Now, YOU sec, in view OF this
method ii would be impossible for me
10 accept your invitation to deliver
tine tla6icatOrv gddreaG Al fl1e ftnVeit.
ing of the Bartholdi statue
When I heard this explanation, -
said Senator Depew. Il then under
stood how George William Curtis
gained his reputation as a great
orator"
Copyright, 1914. by L. J. Edwards
Ali rights reserved.
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards viii tel
How Guilmant Learned to Impro-
v
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
Use Society Columns ss Basis for Per
sonal Taxes.

The Ohio Federation OF Labor
resolution declaring for the establish
rnent Of a life insurance department
by the State.
OF eighty-hve legislators denounced
enemies of workmen's compensation,
fifty-five were defeated for re-elec-
ton.
States in which tho greatest num-
her of women are working for Wagts
outside their homes are the States In
which women do not vote.
In the canal colonies, where the
area is to be reaped Is enormous, and
where labor is scarce, as much as
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
WITH THE NATIONS TOILERS

thtrty-two cents day Is paid e. high
rate for Indla) for hired labor.
Ontario labor unions Will petition
the Legislature for the introductior
or B. law to prevent the employment
of minors for moro than eight hours
in any one day.
The number Of organizatio ions q
present afiiliated to the Free Fedora
tion OF the Worlzingmen OF Porte
Rico Is 100. with an average member
ship OF 10000.
January 1, 1914, approximately ~
900 members Of the Amaigems'
Society of Carpenters, who ~ ~
this country, will become MIR,
OF the United Brotherhood.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is YOU'D
HY MARY MARSHALL
JANUARY 2
Louise MuIbach
Copyrighted. 1918.

b1 MANI
One OF the most popular women
writer's OF Germany, Klara Mundt,
better known by her pen name, LOU
Use Muhlbach." was born hundred
years ago today. Like many other
writer's whose novels enjoy great
popularity, she has been greatly CEN
sored by her critics. She has been
accused of being sentimental. sensa-
tiona1, distorted and inartistic.
Another prominent woman born on
January 2 was Lady Acland, whose
full name Is Christian Henrietta
Caroline. When the revolutionary war
broFe out between the American colo
MES and Great Britain she was about
twenty five years old and had been
married for five years to Sir John
Dyke Acland. He was ordered to
Canada with the British army, and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
A Fitting Name.

What's that you call your muller"
II call him Corporation +" an
swered the old co,ored man.
How did you come to give him
such a manner
FUN studyin' de animal an read
in de papahs. Dat mule gets mo-
blame an abuse dan anything else in
de township, an goes ahead havin'
bis Own way jes de same
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
Where Eliot Went to School.

The ancient cottage at Griff, War
wickshire, In which nearly q century
ago was held the hrst school at
tended by George Eliot, Is situated
two miles from Nuneaton, exactly
opposite the entrance gates Of Grif
House, which for twenty years was
the residence of George Eliot's
father, Robert Evans, the original
Adam Bede, and subsequently ten
anted by Isaac Evans. tho Tom Tul-
liver of THE MIL On tho Fiozs.''--
London Times.