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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
This One Did 1t

Tell me, honestly" said the novel
reader to the novel writer, did you
ever see a woman who stood and
tapped the floor impatiently with her
toe for several moments, as you
describe?"
yes. was the thoughtful reply, Il
did once"
who was she?"
"She's q clog dancer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
Easy

Say remarked the new arrival in
chow can l get a drink
hereT'
Got a cork screw?''
yes"
show it to the drst man you meet"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
Write TO Junior Star
By Wellington
By Myer

Dear Children:
The Junior Evening Star win
print bright, interesting letters and
original short stories not exceed
ing $50 words In length. Write In
ink and on one side OF the paper
only.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
Junior Gpenin9 Star
MONDAY. pEcEMBER q. 1913.

Gin pulled some bones from his
pocket and said. Little craps
"Wjeahs the dor queried Milk.
"Doan need none.' returned his
companion. We kin make b'heve."
The time passed and no Eli ap-
peared. = At length Gin got up. ITS
about S O'Clock" he announced. an
abs sleepy"
IL. IL ....a A.r.s...s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-14
Just the Same

Did the doctor limit you 10 any
particular diet3'
No. but his bill did"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
A Portable Wireless.

THE government wireless towers at
! Arlington are conducting expert
ments in regard to the perfecting OF a
small wireless apparatus which can be
used in warfare on the field
At first the wireless method required a
great expenditure Of money and time,
for high poles had to be erected, and IL
was impossible to utilize them except al
certain points. but as the result of many
months work the Navy Department has
at last secured small outfit which can
be carried by men. The weight is dis
tributed in such way that each pack
age weighs less than eighty pounds.
The outfit is in the hands of marines.
and is to be used when parties are land
ed in times of war 1t can be carried
inland as far as thirty-fve miles, and
then communication can be kept up with
the ship Five men can set up the whole
plant in six minutes.
The apparatus consists of a pole, which
is made by fitting seven small poles into
each other in the same fashion as d
fishing pole. When erected. this mast is
forty-two meet high. An electrical bat
rugged to the pole. two men grind away
and the trick is done.
The usefulness of this outfit can be
Imagined when IL is realized that ii can
be carried over all kinds of country, and
that there is no laying of wires or any
enemy cutting the line. The time ana
expense required to rig up poles and
miles of wire over mountain and plan
will be entirely obviated-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

10 work for an amendment 10 the federal
Constitution allowing women throush"ut
the country to vote for President. ' i"e
President and representatives in Congress
Other Jealous woman sufFra&ists 81 THIS
group are Mrs Philander T.. claNtor.
wife OF the United States commission
OF education. Mrs. Charles Il. Tow MS, W
wife Of the senator from Michigan. and
Mrs Richmond i. Hobson. wife Of tl'.
Santiago hero. now representative IRON
Alabama The wives of senator CLAIM u'
Minnesota. senator sherman of itiiinis
and Senator Owen of Oklahoma are .'s'
included among the jealous woman sui
fragists of officialdom.
This zeal for serious work Is E"tt.'r
its hold upon Washington society Is
wealthiest women Thus Mrs. John Il.H
Hammond wife of the mining king. oar
former ambassador TO king iroi -
coronation. is making speeches ina favor
Of eugenics: Mrs. LarZ Anderson, thu
very opulent wife of orr former .tnlh.tr
sador to Japan. spending her spar"
moments writing books. and Miss Mahe
7. Boarlnian, who. like these uth"
ladies. dwells in one Of the palatiai
homes OF the Dupont Circle. is dirertiuA
the affairs of the American National Red
Cross. No man in public life is buster
than Miss Boardman. Daily she sits a
her desk in the War Department dodg ur
tea and reception invitations that IA"
may direct the work OF organizing her
large corps Of nurses, her open-air camps
for tuberculosis victims. her first a'a
work in all parts OF the land. and the
sale OF the millions OF ked Cross stamp
which We lately attached to our Christ
mas packages. In recognition of her Ia
ternational efforts toward the succor q
the suffering in times of great catas
trophe she has been decorated by the
kings of Sweden and Italy, the latter
comforting upon her the golden crown
of Italy.
Copyright. 1914. by John Eifreth Watkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Showing George Up.

WILLIAM J. BURNS, the detective,
w was congratulated in Pittsburgh
on a successful coup.
my success" said Mr.. Burns, was
due to the fact that / went to the right
source for my facts. You must always
know the right source to go to-then
your facts will be valuable. It's like
the sister story.
Nobody like a sister. you know. to
give YOU a line on young man. mus
a girl had just got engaged to a nne.
handsome chap. and she said to TINS
chaps sister one day
Next Thursday is Georges birth
day, and 1 don't know what to give
him. Will you, as his sister, under
, standing all his tastes as you do, sug-
gest some present for him|
"'Oh, l hardly know what to sug-
gest,' said the sister, carelessly; but.
from my knowledge of George, L
should say that he'd prefer something
that he could pawn easily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
MRS. SHELTON, SECRETARY TO

Mrs Shelton who had presided at so many
social functions in far-away Oregon.
Mrs Shelton tells the story of her &C
complishments simply and with as abso-
Lutte lack of self-consciousness In fact.
she claims that everything came 50 grad
ualIy that she was really unaware of it
until actually placed at the head of
great state.
Il started my business career in the
Office of Senator Chamberlain, who was
then a member of a well known Portland
law firm. At that time l was absolutely
untried and without experience so far as
business was concerned. But l did have
the desire to learn and become efficient
As stenographer 1 came in contact with
many of the more technical points of law,
and these | learned.
Il believe that if one has a natural ap-
ttude for the technical terms of law the
study of it becomes comparatively easy
That l was able to grasp the subject was
proven by the fact that later on l was al
lowed to draw many of the legal papers
prepared in the office, such deeds,
mortgages, combinations of sales and 9TH
ers-work which is usually intrusted to a
young lawyer.
ed district attorney of Multnomah county
l was with him as his private secretary
This county is the most important in the
state, as it embraces our largest city
Portland. All my previous experience had
been with commercial law matters, but in
my new position l added to 1t much
knowledge of criminal law, and learned
to draw up indictments. etc.
1T was from this office that / became
private secretary to the governor, SEN
ator Chamberlain having been elected in
1902. / went with him to Salem, the state
capital and took the oath of office his
private secretary. But l do not think l
ever realized that / would in all proba-
bility be acting governor OF the state.
The increased duties and responsibilities
of my new Office left little opportunity for
speculation along other lines.
BY this time / had been with the
senator several years. had become ac-
customed to his work and his methods
and my elevation from the position of
stenographer in his law office to acting
as governor in his absence was SO
gradual that / never realized 1t was hap
ening 1t seemed to me only natural
mat | should continue with the senator
rs his private secretary as he went from
one position to another. 1t was not the
office that had broadened so much--it
was its legal significance. So when the
senator went away for the first time
after he had taken his oath of office as
governor of Oregon, l suddenly found
that l was so to speak, in his shoes and
was really Madam Governor.
To be acting governor of the state of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
TO SENATOR OF OREGON

that Mrs. Shelton has been with him
for eighteen years and has held Offices
of responsibility and trust Is In 1tselt
proof of his opinion of woman abillty
in that direction. But he Is among INC
few men WHO have had the courage OF
their convictions, and long before sur
frage became n matter of politlcs lie
proved his views.
81 see no reason in the world, said
the senator, why a woman should not
hold important offices within the limit
of her physical endurance. | think that
during my term as attorney general oil
Oregon I maintained that there was
nothing to prevent women holding the
Office of notary public: and from that on
the precedent was followed Of appointing
women, and particularly young women, in
the offices of lawyers and Others as
notaries public. Later and as gov
ernor, recognizing the fitness of woman
to serve as one of the regents of the
State Agriculture College, ! appointed one
to that Office I served with her on the
board and there was no more faithful
or efficient person than she.
"All of this was before the enfranchise-
ment of women in Oregon. and | believe
their field of usefulness in this regard
will gradually broaden and they Will he
called upon in many instances, not phIy
in Oregon but other states, TO MI places
of great trust as Wei as PAGES which
REQUIRE business capacity and energy.
One should not imagine from her in
terest in prisons and womens move
rnents Mrs Shelton had neglected the
truly feminine side of things-and by
truly feminine the old-tme idea OF a
woman is meant. For Mrs. Shelton be
lieves in that peculiar quality possessed
by women which they call intuition she
is no more able than most women TO tell
whence this ability comes or Just what
il ts. vet she believes in it. Furthermore.
she says that in her worlS-comlng Ia
contact with all kinds and manner OF
men and Women-it has stood her in good
stead ..Hunches," to fall back upon
slang term which may be taken as 4
synonym for intuition. have more often
than not proved true.
And so while Mrs. Shelton has gone
into the world of politics with straight
forward look in her eyes, and has played
games usually entered only by men, sha
has stin chung to her belief in this
purely feminine perquste and had the
nerve to use it, all other things being
equal
In summing up her success Mrs. Shell
ton said that it was due to hard work.
IF I were asked to give n motto 10
women about to enter the business
world l should say. a capacity for, and
a willingness to. work Real success
means hard, long hours of work. and
comes only to those willing TO give them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

J,ancy. But Madam Governor" strikes
The ear with all the iconociastic signifi-
canoe OF modern times and TO hear 1t
applied TO the chief executive of a state
- to mark an entirely new era In the
march of progress
And the pioneer Madam Governor" is
Mrs. Carolyn B. Shelton OF Union county,
ore, who now applies the qualities which
once served her IN good stead as the
governor of her native state to perform
ing the duties OF private secretary to
Senator George E. Chamberlain.
To enter a mans business world. I'M
tried and without any previous training.
~ an age when a youth would not have
ct reached his majority. and to have ac-
compished all she has, would be an
achievement of which any man Of middle
age might he proud.
Mrs. Shelton began while yet girl and
has forged steadily ahead, until today.
in her capacity of private secretary to a
uited States senator. she also performs
the duties of clerk to the Senate COM
I3ittee is one of the most important ad-
elncts to that legislative body.
Three forces carried Mrs. Shelton
through her career. Perhaps her nat
ural ability had the most to do with It.
Then. Senator Chamberlain realized that
women were capable as ofice holders
long before equal suffrage was granted In
lis state. and made her part of his ON,
ial family. Lastly. a part of her un-
risual career was caused by a peculiar
w on the Oregon statutes.
AT the time Mrs. Shelton was acting
governor of the state the office of lieu.
tenant governor did not exist. Tho Law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

ed for new. Especially was this true of
the state penitentiary.
In practically all states the state in
situations come under the control of the
chief executive. But in most cases, they
have their own governing boards. With
the state penitentiary OF Oregon. however
no such body existed and the institution
therefore came directly under Senator
Chamberlain. Furthermore, it WAS his
hobby. Perhaps in this more than ii
anything else can his progressive ideas
be seen. And to an equal extent Mrs
Shelton shared this interest
About the first question that was
asked Mrs. Shelton upon the occasion OF
her initial occupancy of the governshir
was what she would do in regard to
pardons. And Mrs Shelton answered
promptly and emphatically: Il shall
grant none,' and she told the reason
why.
I do not believe in too free a use OF
the pardoning power" she said. Every
man and every woman, too, should. in my
opinion, submit to the punishment pre-
Scribed for their lawlesS acts whether
the penalty be Imprisonment or death.
Prisons are necessary for the protection
of society, and capital punishment is alb
solutely essential as a deterrent to the
commission of capital crimes 1t has
been my experience that men, hardened
criminals. who unchecked would go to
any lengths. will stop when they face the
only thing that they absolutely fear-a
legal death.
''In Oregon conditions are vastly differ
ent from those i'll the east For instance.
Oregon Is credited many times with
criminals which do not, rightfully speak
ing. belong upon her rolls. | mean that
lawbreakers, often of the worst class. in
endeavoring to escape arrest will start
west. And they may reach our state,
and while there be arrested for a petty
crime, with the result that they become
members of the state penitentary con-
vict force.
when 1 say believe In Imprisonment
and capital punishment l do not intend
to imply lack of sympathy for the
criminals themselves. I do not laci
that sympathy at all. and I believe that
a prison should be made as nearly per
feet as such an institution can. There
are many conditions surrounding the
prison system of today which are bad.
Take the young man sent up for his
first offense. He is thrown into intimate
contact with the worst of habitual law.
breakers. When he is released he has
his criminal record, a suit of clothes and
So! And the result is that there is moth
ing for him. IL he seeks honest employ
ment and tries to overcome the obstacle
of his previous life he has yet to face
the probable b1ackmail of other crimi.
nals-a phase of criminal life which 10 BY
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no means to be overlooked. I believe in
the organization of societies for the pur-
pose of helping conyicts upon their re-
lease.
in the penitentiary of Oregon l be-
leye that we have the best prison iii the
country today--a state of affairs due,
III my opinion, entirely to Senator Cham
berlitin. 1t was he who abolished prison
stripes. tiogging and all harsh, inhumali
methods of punishment. When he hrst
took the chair as governor the men were
fed in their cells, and the food was far
from wholesome. Today there is big
dining room, and the men are allowed all
the bread and potatoes they want, as
well as being given sugar, which was
previously denied them.
1T was Senator Chamberlain also who
established the hobo table. This is a
table at which are placed those con-
victs who come to the dining room dirty.
And. strange as it may sound, this un-
covered one of their most sensitive
points, for they would almost prefer
table.
THE problem Of teaching the con-
victs a trade which they can follow after
their release is subject that has
aroused considerable attention in recent
years; and properly so. In Salem there
was a tailor shop and shoe factory and,
at one time, foundry, all maintained at
the penitentiary. My opinion in regard
to prisons and punishment is simply this:
While 1 favor imprisonment, / do not
favor so branding a man that his whole
future may be ruined
There have been many other move
ments afoot in Oregon in which Mrs
Shelton took a keen interest And equally
important as any have been the
feminist movements, which. by the way,
have taken more than the shape of
votes for women
Il am very glad the women of Oregon
were enfranchlsed. Mrs. Shelton said.
because they worked long, seriously
and conscientiously for it. and deserved
success. But equal rights were far from
a sudden victory. Mrs. Abigail Scott
Duniway, called the Mother of SUI.
frage' in oregon, began the movement
there, and she is now past eighty. The
women of Oregon were ready for the
vote, and / feel that they will use II
wisely. Long before they received the
vote they had accomplished much good
in many ways. We have child labor
law and an eight-hour working day for
women, and several others tending to
help women and children, all of which
are the result of the efficient work OF
our women.
Speaking of suffrage. an interesting
side light was thrown on the subject by
Senator Chamberlain himself The fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11


Toilette gave this week to the delegates
attending the national american woman
suffrage convention.
Club and charitable work have filled
much of the leisure of Mrs. Houston, wife
of the Secretary of Agriculture. As
girl she went in for the higher education
and took her degree at the University or
Texas. Then, before her wedding, she
taught in the public schools of Austin.
After her marriage, and while living. in
st. Louis, she Joined a number of women's
clubs and was especially enthusiastic in
the work of one organized for social
service This awakened an interest in
sociology, which resulted in much good
work which she accomplished for one
of the city hospitals
None of the cabinet women is more
serious in her aims than the chatelaine of
the household of the Secretary of Labor.
Mr.. Wison-his efficient daughter, Miss
Agnes. who served as clerk to the House
committee on labor during his career as
chairman of that body. The frivolities of
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A Warning.

GOV. COLE BLEASE, in brief ad-
" dress to a number of convicts,
said in Colombia:
Il advise you to live quiet. temper
ate Industrious lives. 1t is dissipation
that fills our prisons.
Gov Biease paused. then ended I'LL
pressively: -
"A high old time lays many man
low"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Oregon is no empty honor. And to be
the one delegated to sit on the lid OF
state whose politics are more or less
turbulent and complicated means a great
deal, especially when the one upon whom
this duty devolyes is a woman.
Oregon Is largely a republican state.
Senator Chamberlain is democrat. More
than that. the senator has always stood
for progression, and many of the move
ments which have been inaugurated and
brought to a successful close in Oregon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Miss Wilson was made chairman, ne
has since been busy promoting, the
work of drafting the needed leSisla-
ton.
Here is Miss Margaret's record for four
recent evenings; Attended the Monday
Evening Club to consider medical irispec-
ton and nursing systems for the public
schools: visited Neighberhood House, d
social settlement, to participate In the mi
tiation of a new system of studying the
housekeeping difficulties of the poor; Wis
tied the Grover Cleveland School Social
Center. distributing flowers among the
Virginia reel; presided at a meeting of the
Society for the Prevention of Useless Civ
ing, of whose local committee she IS
chairman.
Serious pursuit also dominates the won-
en- of the cabinet circle. Its leader, Mrs.
William Jennings Bryan, is a lawyer-in
fact, an LII. D. Early in her married life
she made herself an attorney the better to
help her husband earn his daily bread
She is a doctor Of letters as well as of
laws and moreover is, like President vii
son, a skilled stenographer. having learned
the art of photography in the
early days that she might save her youth
full husband a salary and serve as his pri-
vate secretary. She has invented an orig
inal system of shorthand--the only one,
she claims. that can adequately keep pace
with her husbands rapid-tire oratoryr
when he has full pressure turned on.
The writing of plays, short stories and
magazine articles absorbs the leisure OF
Mrs Burieson. wife of the Postmaster
General. During the week before Christ
mas one of her playlets His Secretary,
was acted at one of Washingtons thea
tiers. 1t was bright and witty presen-
tation of the perplexities Of congress-
mans wife, who-like Mrs Bryan. in her
early married life-acted as her hus-
bands private secretary, that she might
save him the salary. This charming and
petite matron of the cabinet circle has
had time to develop her literary talents
despite the fact that besides being
congressman's wife for many years she
Is also the mother of three daughters.
Concerning the rearing of these she has
held original views. including the theory,
applied by her, that each should be given
an Independent bank account that finan-
cial responsibility might thus be learned
at an early age.
an suffrage work are Mrs. Daniels. Mrs.
Lane and Mrs. Houston, respective con-
sorts of the Secretaries of the Navy, In
terror and Agriculture. With their hus-
the function which Mrs Robert NJ. La