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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18

The newspapers are full of brave
deeds, heroic acts calling for courage
and quickness of action, showing a
mental attitude keyed to such de-
mands. life held in readiness, as 1t
were. for any call fate may make
For instance, Morris Ferber, news
paper dealer, of Yonkers, N. Y. was
designated yesterday by the Carnegie
hero fund foundation to receive a
silver medal and 81 900 for saving the
lives of two women about to be run
over by a railroad train.
Then there is Conductor Dwyer'
who, while his train was speeding to-
ward Detroit on the Pere Marquette
road the other day, saw farm house
in flames, stopped the train, rushed
to the burning structure and saved
an aged man. a helpless paralytic,
from being burned to death
A bucket brigade was formed from
the train to the house, water being
taken from the locomotive and passed
from man to man until the fire was
extinguished. These are but two OF
hundreds of similar incidents where
promptness of action has won honor
and fame. In fact, practically all
the men who have left their mark on
Tic WITH nave OCEil lAlOot HhS
acted promptly and have taken time
by the forelook--men who seized the
moment and did not wait until to-
morrow, but grasped the occasion
when presented and did their work
promptly. These are the men whose
names are entered on the honor roll
of the nation.
The employee who has so trained
himself that he has quick mental
poise, symmetrical character; VINO
has courage and who has control OF
himself is in reality much more OF
success than is a coarse, brutal en-
ployer who bulldozes those dependent
on him and uses slave-driving meth
DDS in his establishment. Such an
employer may be at the top finan-
cially, but his employe trained in
mental poise will outstrip him in the
race.
The great trouble with the majority
of young men is that they have a
very distorted idea of the sort of abil-
ity that makes for success. 1t is
natural for young people to look up
with great reverence, respect and adj
miration to their employers and to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
THE POPULAR FRENZY IN WAR TIMES.


People now alive who witnessed the scenes that
occurred in the principal American cities after Fort
Sumter was fired upon readily understand the
excitement and turmoil in the European capitals at
the outbreak of the present
sudden frenzy seized upon the population.
Crowds rushed from street to street with camorous
demands upon storekeepers and househoders to hang
out their flags men were laid hold of rebel SYM
pathizers drummers beating to marched at
the head of professions of men and boys In social
life friendships were sundered and brothers Were
alienated for to extent political craftsmanship
was mixed up in the general Generalization
In European cities, naturally, the popular menace
was for the spy and strangers in cities who did not
speak the country's language under suspicion
and in many cases were roughly used Americans
speaking English were mistaken for Englishmen, and
in many cases found it hard to establish their
identity 1t is well known in Europe that it is the
practice of governments to maintain elaborate
spy system in other countries, and hence these
popular manifestations
There are no kid gloves for use in countries sud
denly plunged into The instinct of self-defense
aboshes all conventionalities and makes men per-
emptory and often brutal The stranger within the
gates of city excited by the of war need not
look for courtesies or even decences The people
facing terrible realities and in mood for the
social amenities. And when travels out of his
native country he take his chances of unpleasant
experiences.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
AUGUST 10
BY MARY MARSHALL
AUGUST 10
'rincess DjemiIe of Turkey

Shrouded in the mysterious, i'm
penetrable aura which the East casts
around all her women, Princess
Djemile is in rank unsurpassed
among women in Turkey, and at the
same time she is one of the least
known. She is the sister of the sui
tan and she was born seventy years
ago in one of the royal harems in
Constantinople.
1t has been her lot to live in one.
of those luxurious palaces full OF
soft divans, which seem to invite one
to the life of inaction and repose-a
palace breathing, as such palaces do,
the poisonous atmosphere of sensual
pleasure, love of luxury and ease.
These princesses, as one of their
number secretly wrote a few years
ago, "open their eyes day by day to
a repetition of the idle luxury, and
have no moral strength to withstand
the deadening effect of their life.
They are mere puppets of humanity.
Their foreheads encircled with pre-
cious stones, their necks laden with
heavy pendants, and their wrists
weighed down with bracelets, they
care no longer to preserve the greater
gifts of the intellect"
And vet since Princess Djemile was
born there has been gradual and
insistent change in the status of Tur-
kish women--a change which, al
though it has not accomplished many
outward results as yet, is neverthe-
less deep rooted in the consciousness
of the Turkish women. The women
Of the harems are beginning to fret
under their shackles; within the de-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18

laws is sufficient for the purpose. He has instructed
the county prosecutors TO act Win it be necessary
for them to wait for complaints? And what will
their action amount to? In Hudson County the
prosecutor acting upon his initiative had the
meat trust investigated and got the grand jury to
indict But what did all this effort and expense
amount to?
bill was introduced in the Legislature for the
regulation of the storage of foods in cold storage
warehouses The bill emasculated before it
became a law. What good left in the bill proved
valueess for the inspection purposely left in
efficient. And it is in these storage houses that
the forestaers food hide their supplies for higher
prices. But why does Governor Fielder ignore the
natural resources of New Jersey of relief
of its people from food prices that mean actual
starvation for many, and that seriously lower the
vitality of working people?
Why does he not turn to that great productive
asset of the State the fisheries in posses
sion of a squatter trust which its control of
the property to levy private tax on the fish the
people buy? Could the State do better thing than
to the fisheries and provide for cheap fish
for the people?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
FAMILY THE FIRST CONSIDERATION.

Many reservists in countries outside of their own
have responded to the call by the governments and
left wives and children to take of themselves
New York State judge who appealed to in the
case of one reservst about to abandon his family de-
cided that mans first duty is to his wife and chill
dren and he placed the reservist under bonds.
Under our laws foreign obligation upon indi-
vidual is recognized as binding The reservist can
obey foreign call but he must first provide for his
family if only that his wife and children shall not be
made a public charge He cannot use such call as
a reason for deserving his family.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
ruasDAY EVENING, AUGUST Is. 1914
a "JNI THE PENNIAN" AT WORK.
FOUNDED MARCH I, 1889.


= :, A slick Jim the Penman,' individual who
F1i least imagnes he is slick, is working overtime
hese days or rather nights, writing announcements
IL alleged Endorsements of certain candidates for
political Office The Evening Star is in daily receipt
az these Endorsement proclamations. signed by one
lame as secretary at this place and different name
er another location with handwriting quite pretty
rom spenceran standpoint but awkwardly dis
ssuised. The reasonable deduction to be drawn is
hat the Endorsements" fakes and that Jim the
4Penman" or his employers attempting to impose
upon the newspapers and. through the newspapers,
teerpetrate a fraud upon the public. Such smart
aleck" political tricks calculated to do the persons
sought to be benefited harm than good. They
are contemplate and they dishonest. Such lin
adorsementsn will not appear in the Evening Star in
the shane the impostors would have them appear, but
the names of the prospective benefcaries will
gpear that they may receive the ptess publicity due
them for the sins of their hired men, their Jim the
Penman's" for they doubtless quite numerous.
Another device for manufacturing popularity is
ito send to the papers accounts of mass meetings
at which this candidate that candidate unani-
ously indorsed amid cheers by the large gatherings
Investigation frequently reveals that these vast as
sembages" were held in 10x14 foot parlor of can
family dwelling and that sometimes but three or four
persons mobilize tkerein to plan the strategic move
for inflated popularity
2T These neat little schemes are dangerous and
always very very risky. expose would surely
rain the reputation of candidates for sincerity and
honesty.
Thrilling tales of outpourings of citizens TO boost
certain candidates often reach newspaper offices over
she telephone route and these tales, it be re-
marked in passing are censored at the other
end of the wire They just brimful of victory for
their favorites.
Needless to say only bona-fde communications,
sent in by persons whose reliability and responsibility
are known to the editor of the paper, will be given
space in the Evening Star.
SO that innocent person may suffer through
oyerzeaousness of friends publication of certain APP
parently fraudulent Endorsements will be withheld at
this time repetition of attempts at deception will
be treated unsparingy.
Al. Straight open and bona-hde happenings in the
political world will be treated merit warrants and
communications bearing upon such happenings, and
AL authentic information applying thereto will be
welcomed, but not the so-termed "phoney" stuff.
- The Evening Star has rare collection OF Jim
Tile Penman" effusions, and some beautiful specimens
of announcements of great meetings" in small
prfvate parlors in three-famy dwellings These are
being preserved for insertion in waste baskets, as
gscribed 1t hardly fair to put the paper to the
expense of buying these extra sized baskets but con-
fditons must be met regardless of expense
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18

A foreign trade of nearly a billion
dollars a year is enough to make the
exporters and importers of the United
States sit up and take notice OF any
country. and Argentina crowded that
figure last year. To be a little more
exact. it was about sSS0,000,000. That
is nearly $125 per capita. The foreign
trade of the United States is about
81. 20 per capita. Evidently Argentina
is some trading nation, and the ques-
tions What and from whom does that
country buy, and what and to- whom
does it sell? are just now OF pecuhar
importance. This Pan European war
is stirring UP the business interests
of the United States as they nave
never been stirred before, ana they
want to- know number OF Things.
In this connection the Pan Amer
lean ITnion. Washington, d. c.. pub
fishes in the July number of its
Monthly Bulletin detailed review of
the commerce of Argentina for 1913,
which reveals some very important
facts. For instance. we find that in
textiles. including manufactures OF
silk. wool. cotton and other fibres.
Argentina imported nearly $50 100000
worth: iron, steel and manufactures
thereof. to the value of $50.00O,00O;
railway cars, automobiles and other
vehicles, worth over s370OO,000; earth.
stone, coal, etc, nearly S3l.OOO,ooo;
building materials, nearly $86. 900,
and food products, $4,000 600. These
are but six of the nineteen major
classifications given in detail.
Who sold Argentina the goods2 The
following are the amounts in round
numbers of the imports from each Of
the leading six countries, given in
Argentine dollars and an Argentine
dollar is worth about ninety-seven
cents in United States money: From
the United Kingdom Great Britain,
NOT including Canada, Australia or
other possessions), 100000, 900: Ger
many, ST. 100000; United States, S62,-
100000; France, sSS,OOo.OOO; Italy, $780,
100000: Belgium, s22OOO,o00. OF the
total imports the United Kingdom
furnished 31.1 per cent; Germany,
1873 per cent; United States, 14.7 per
cent; France, 81 Italy. S.3; Belgium.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
What Argentina Buys and Sells

5.2. In other words, over "a per cent
of Argentina's imports in 1913 came
from four of the European countries
now busily engaged in trying to ex-
terminate one another.
The second question. What and to
whom does the country sell !? is about
as important as the first If Argen-.
tina can't sell her products she can't
get the money to buy. That's a pretty
plain proposition. Now, what does
she sells? Pre-eminently food prod
ucts, needed just now by the war
ring nations as perhaps never before.
Last year Argentina sold over $780,
100000 worth of agricultural products,
consisting principally of corn, $112,-
100000; wheat. s109,00O,QOO; linseed,
$50,000,000; oats, 100000, osQ; barley,
fruits, hay, etc, in smaller quantities.
OF live animals and meat products
she sold $186,000, 900 worth. OF frozen
beef over 321 900 tons went to the
United Kingdom, 3.415 tons to Italy,
2,S32 tons to the United States and 767
tons to France. OF frozen mutton
45.1S1 tons went to the United King
dom, 254 tons to France and 245 tons
to the United States.
Food products like those mentioned
will be in such demand that ways and
means will be found to transport
them to Europe, and if there should
be any surplus doubtless the United
States will be glad to be a large pur-
chaser. Other products. however,
may not be so easily disposed of. For
instance, of the exports of salt ca tile
hides. over 10000 tons went to Ger
many, 14.D00 tons to the United King,
dom, 1000 tons to the United States,
1000 tons to Belgium, etc. OF flint
cattle hides nearly 1000 tons went to
the United States, 1890 tons to Ger
many, 1850 tons to Italy, over 1900
tons to Belgium, etc. OF unwashed
wool over 10000 tons went to Ger
many, $4,000 tons to France, 1880
tons to the United Kingdom, 10000
tons to Belgium and 5000 tons to the
United States. Quebracho logs and
euebracho extract Gor tanning pur-
poses) were exported to the amount
of about $4,000, 900. The question for
the consumers of such products as
these in the United States will be how
much of them can this country buy?
The greater the imports into the
United States from Argentina, the
greater will be the amount of exports
| to that country. Both sides of the
| question must be considered.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
UPLIFT TALKS
THE HONOR ROLE OF DAILY LIFE
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Flushing to the Front" Etc.
Copyright 1914.

have a very exaggerated estimate Of
their ability. They naturally think
that such men must be geniuses, or
they could not have accomplished so
much as they seem to have. But
many an employee who makes no noise
in the world is. measured by high
standards of excellence and nobility
of character, infinitely more success
full than Is his employer who has
made great stir. Such an employe
may be in training for the honor roll
of daily life. 1t may be that. tomor-
row, or next week, his great oppor-
tunity will come, and his years of
practice in promptness. reliability,
courage will be rewarded by a chance
to prove the best that is in him.
There Is no capital like reliability. 1t
often turns out that the young man
is the best who does not have an ex-
traordinary development of special
genius, but who is just normally,
symmetrically developed in all his
powers and facilities, poised, ready to
respond to any demand fate may
make of him.
Lincoln had almost none of the
striking qualities which we ascribe to-
genius; in him the common, every
day virtues predominated He was
not great orator. not a great writer;
many of his contemporaries knew
much more about the law than he did
In fact, he possessed practically none
of the great commanding elements sof
what is usually termed genius, and
yet he was great. because Of the high
average of the commonest virtues
reliability, courage perseverance.
honesty. IA
Lincoln has been the ideal of tens
of thousands of American youths,
who have envied him and who have
marvelled at his career. and who
have probably thought that he was so
infinitely superior to them in native
ability, was such a commanding
figure in the world. that there was
little use for them to try to measure
up to him. And yet his greatness
was nothing more than the results of
the conscientious exercise Of the most
ordinary and the most commonplace
qualities. He was faithful In the
small things, and had thus fitted
himself to lead in the greater. His
name is high on the honor roll be-
cause he was ready when his great
opportunity came.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Lighthouse Lenses.

In the latter half Of the eighteenth
century one of the members of a
little scientific society in Liverpool
told a brother scientist that he could
read a newspaper by the light of
small candle at a distance of thirty
feet. The second scientist said the
thing was impossible. To prove his
contention the first scientist coated
the inside of shallow wooden box
with slipping pieces of looking glass
so as to form concave lens, placed
it behind a farthing candle an6
readily deciphered the small print at
the stipulated distance.
The experiment was witnessed by a
Liverpool dock master. He was a
thinking man and saw great posi-
bilities in this learned jest He
straightway adapted the principle to
lighthouse requirements, and forth
with the modern reflected light, with
Its miles of reflected range and I'M
told life saving, powers, sprang INTO
being
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
THE STATE AND THE FOOD PIRATES.

The Seven Sisters" acts have been statutes for
more than year, having been passed in 1913. Not
-eong ago when the Encouragement was asked why
the statutes had taken prolonged sleep and why
his Office had made the laws operative the reply
was that there was appropriation and that no
complaints had been made.
srsr- How the Seven Sisters laws are now to be
galvanized into life and made Immediately effective
SO that the people can have a remedy for prevailing
conditions without delay is yet to be seem Governor
Fielder is said believe that prosecution under these
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Mrs. Leland Stanford's Worry Cure

, have had since MIR. Stanford's death
a great many difficulties to meet and
to overcome, and occasionally some-
thing happens, or used to happen,
which caused me to worry great
deal. At last l realized that it was
not well for me, and certainly was
not well for the matters which |
had under consideration to permit
myself to be cast down or to be the
victim of worry.
II thought a good deal about this
matter, and at last studied out the
real philosophy of worry and its cure.
1t is purely a mental condition, and
it can be overcome by sort of mem
tai healing done by the person who
is afflicted.
First, when / found a At of worry
coming on / instructed my maid to
darken up the windows of my cham
Der so that the room was almost as
dark as it would be at night and
then l cautioned her that she permit
no noise to be made anywhere around
the house or grounds. Then / lay
down upon a sofa, perfectly quiet,
and was able to withdraw my mind
from anything which concerned my
life. l got into a half -dreamlike con-
dition. After trying this two or three
times l found that it was an admira-
BILE cure for worry little later |
discovered another one. I would get
the trashiest kind of novel, the more
wishy-washy it was the better, al
though / wanted it to be clean story.
Then when l felt disposed to worry
a little | would take up the novel
and read and if l was not quite my
self when / finished the book | would
read another. These two are my
cures for worry, and they have been
nerfect rures Sometimes 7 adont one
and sometimes the other method. 1t
depends upon my mood. | am per-
suaded that there is truth in the
poverb which says. Worry kills more
people than disease.
Copyright, 1914. by DIR. L. ]. Ed
wards. All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18

| Leland Stanford, who was serving
as United States senator from Cali
fornia at the time of his death in 1893,
had counsel constantly with Mrs.
Stamford. not only with respect 10 his
great business interests, but also
upon the plans which he had worked
out for the establishment of the Le-
land Stanford, jr., University. The
institution and many of it's features
represent the judgment and advice of
Mrs. Stanford
She was a woman of rare business
capacity and possessed unusual in
tellectl1al power. For that reason
Senator Stamford was confident that
in case he should be taken away be-
fore the work was completed 1t still
would be carried on exactly as he and
Mrs. Stanford had contemplated it.
Several years after Senator STAN
ford's death Mrs. Stanford took great
interest in q historical work Which 1t
was expected would tell the story of
the Pacific Coast under the civiliza-
ton of the United States and before
that the civilization which Spain had
established there. Mrs Stanford was
much consulted by those who were
preparing the work, and she gave
valuable information to them.
by ner lnNlldtlOH thei0 NotAN uPoii
her one day one of the editors who
were engaged upon this work After
a short conversation she said to him:
Doesn't the work go satisfactorily?
| ask the question because, as L look
at you, it seems to me that you are
worried. Something is on your mind.
If that is so, l can tell you how to
drive worry away
The editor confessed to her that
certain matters had arisen which
were embarrassing and which, In
fact, did cause him to worry a little.
Mrs. Stanford said: do you care
to listen to tn e experiences of a
woman who has learned how to over
come worry?"
When the editor said he would glad
Iv receive this communication, Mrs.
Go ,,fnrd want on to say: "Y Oh know
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Evening Star Astrologer
Copyright, 1s14.)

favors. 1t is an suspicious time Tor
seeking political recognition.
Surgery and medicine are Well
aspected. Increased endowments OF
hospitals apd medical colleges are
foreshadowed by the stars, which
seem to Indicate that a marvellous
discovery for safeguarding life VIII
be announced.
There is a rule said to forewarn OF
troubles in the far East in which the
United States will be concerned.
Perplexities and anxieties for the
mayor of New York city are prog
nosticated. He will suffer from tbs
Vaccinations of enemies. Civic
scandals are presaged.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is Wild
probably have a busy year, but they
should be most conservative In con-
Quoting all their affairs. The eclipse
of the Sun on the twenty-first is De-
lieved to portend a critical time for
all born between August is and ~:
Children born on this day may be
quick tempered and intense in nature.
They are likely to be fond of pleasure
and able to make friends. They nave
the augury Of happiness and success.
A girl may marry a man much older
than herself.