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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

to introduce manual traininga domes-
tic science and various forms of vo-
cational work two years earlier than
they are now begun.
Our secondary school work is now
at great disadvantage as compared
with the work done in the gynasien
and realschulen in Germany, the
lycees of France and the so-called
public schools of England. By Civ
ing six years to the high school, the
boys and girls who go to college may
easily have, on admission to college,.
a much larger amount of mathsmat-.
les, languages and other subjects
than they now have. ] feel quite sure
that by an arrangement of this kind
and Il little more care in the prepa-
ration and selection of teachers you
may gain for most children two years
in the twelve.
The division of the high school into
two sections of three wears each will
make easier a second differentiation of
work at the end of the first three high
school years.
"At present only about one-fourth
of the children enter the nigh school.
The compulsory school age in most
States corresponds quite closely with
the elementary school period. Parents
and children are thereby confirmed in
the idea that the elementary educa-
ton is all that is needed. Besides,
the break between the elementary
school and the high school 1t this
time suggests leaving school and n al k
ing it easier. If the break came at
twelve or thirteen the great majority
of children would be in the nigh
school doing high scnool work u;f'.er
high school conditions, and probably
a much larger proportion Of them
would continue in school than under
the present conditions"
The Inland Empire Teachers Asso-
citation, which adopted the resolution
favoring the new plan, enrolls about
1000 teachers from the States of
Washington, oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana. The resolution passed unani-
mously.
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In the year 1885 Charles A. Dana
was urgently invited to visit Boston
as q guest of those who were to cele-
brate the completion of public
building. There was great satistac-
ton in Boston when Mr.. Dana re-
sponded cordially to the invitation.
He had not been in that city in some
years, and he wondered whether ne
should discover at the time OF his
visit any of the landmarks which
we're familiar to him when, in his
early manhood, he lived in Boston.
He knew, of course, that the OLD
South Church remained, and there
was no doubt about his instant iden-
LITIGATION of the state house. but
much of the growth oil the city
toward the west mad been made s.nee
his departure from New England.
When it was known that Mr.. Dana
was anx .ous to look at Boston as
spectator who had long been away d
committee was appointed cohslstlhs
of two or three men who were 1anI-
liar with every part OF the CITY anu
with the story of the new buildings
as well as the traditions of the past
to accompany him in an open car
rage. ,,.,
Mr.. Dana was delighted. He looked
TO the right hand and to the left. lie
asked to be taken on long walks. lie
pointed out many buildings WIN
which he had been familiar in MS
early days, and he told some inter-
esting anecdotes respecting some OF
them. He seemed to care less about
the new part of Boston, the Back
bay region, than he did about the
cid part, with which years before ne
had been familiar. At last one Of his
hosts said to him:
why, Mr.. Dana, you seem to be
very familiar with Boston. You
know quite as much about the old
Part of the city as we Go. You have
told us some things which we did not
know. You could not have known
more if you lived here"
81 did live here for time q year
or two after my course at Harvard
was ended said Mr.. Dana. Il be-
gan my career here. / was graduated
from Boston into larger field.
He smiled as he said this, keenly
approaching the interest and some
thing like establishment with which
his hosts heard this statement.
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You've probably noticed quite ire
ouently that your eyes look deeper
and brighter when you wear certain
frocks than when you wear others.
but perhaps you have not bothered TO
wonder the reason why. It's a very
simnle reason. And when you find it
out it will 10 some extent help you
solve the problem of an unbecoming
dress
The color of the eyes is strongly af-
fected by the color of objects close to
them or constantly in the range of
vision. and while a shade that is iden-
tical with the shade of the eyes will
deepen their color and brilliance, a
color that is the complement of the
color of the eyes has the disastrous
effect of making them colorless and
dull.
For example, a girl with palish blue
eyes may throw on a COAX of strong
and decided blue and her eyes will
seem TO be those of another person
so much will they brighten and deep
en- in shade. Remove the blue cloak
| and try material of a greenish vel
| low. and the eyes will look even palel
and more washed-out than before.
Gray eyes are deepened by the use
of gray and black, brown eyes by the
use of brown or black, and, in the
case of hazel eyes, brown tint may
be impaired to the eyes by the use o.
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MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1914.
pIsoU1ErrNG NEWS FROM MEXICO.

I.+a disnatches from Vera Cruz and other Mexican
cities are fraught with intelligence of the foreoodhe
kind Every scrap of coming from the turbulent
section is of disuueting nature and plain, common
sense view of the situation will lead to but one con-
cluson. that the United States must prepare most
thoroughly for war; there must be no sleeping at the
switch in Washington, while our soldiers IN Mexico
are resting their arms.
For our soldiers down there cannot sleep
They are surrounded by a treaeherous and i'm
nlacable enemy; menaced by pers remote from open
warfare.
To sleep with them. might be followed by massacre
snd annhilaton to allow themselves to be lulled into
feeling of false security might mean the selt-sacr-
fee of life.
And it is not the duty of the secretary of state or
the war department to take chances that may spell
disaster to the American by permitting our SOL
ders in Mexico or our citizens in that country to get
the impression that whitewnged peace is certainty.
It must be presumed that we are getting the rosy
side of conditions in Mexico censorng of press dis
patches would exclude the worst features of the story
What, then, to infer? What is the worst!
The Evening Star predieated that neither Villa nor
carranza would accept mediation that would result in
a cessation of hostes between the rebel forces and
Huertas army The rebels have Huerta on the run
and do not propose to give him chance to rest up
and refresh for a renewal of battle. Carranza en-
phasizes The Stars impression in his utmatum TO the
A. B. c. medfators He will agree to no condition that
will mean an advantage to Huerta.
Huerta declares that he will not submit to any
mediation proposition containing suggestion that he
should resign abdicate
There's the situation in a nutshell.
In the meantime the Mexicans harassing our
soldiers firing upon them employing desperate efforts
to keep food them and doing everything in their
power to provoke and keep up hostilities.
Huerta does not want peace with the United
States
1t will not be to his advantage to have peace
War will suit his purpose better That is, war with
the United States. 1t would to draw attention
from Huertas impending defeat by Villa and his death
for the rebels will make short work of the dictator
should he fall into their hands Huerta knows what
to expect.
Now where at?
There is much being said about Huerta preparing
Tor flight.
Well let him flight"
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The general impression that the
Caribou national forest in Idaho de-
rived its name from the graceful and
fleet-footed animal of that name is
contradicted by the data compiled by
Frank NJ Butler. the veteran ranger
of the reserve, who has d discovered
that it probably sprung from the
nickname applied to one of the early
settlers. That man was John Fair
child, a miner, who arrived at Soda
Springs, Idaho from the mining camp
of Caribou in the British possession,
and was known as Caribou Jack.
According to Mr.. Butler, who paid a
visit recently to the Fourth district
headquarters in this city, Caribou
jack made prospecting trip on
what is now known as Mccoy Creek,
about 1871. When he found gold in
paying quantities, there was a rush
for the new field, and the place re-
came known as Caribou's diggings.
In line with the custom of those days,
Mr.. Butler relates, the streams We're
named for the men who panned
gold in the district, and thus there IS
Mccoy Creek, Keenan, Creek and at
one time there was a Keenan, City.
with a population of about 300 per-
sons.
Being somewhat shiftless by nature,
Caribou Jack" enjoyed only indif-
ferent success as miner. His opera
lions were placer mining of crude
style. At the head of keenan, Creek
he put down one shaft about eighty
| feet, but failed to locate bedrock.
| Evidences of this gold mine are still
| in existence, according to the forestry
men. Fairchld continued his efforts
as a miner until 1880, when he fol-
| wv. wounded bear into the brush
| on Bear Greek, about two miles south
u ouaa springs, and the Infatuated
| animal ended the earthly existence of
Caribou Jack" But the miner lie t
! monuments behind him in the shape
| of names for a national forest and
J postoffice, the latter having a tri-
weekly mail service by means of a
| star route.
! That Caribou might have attained
considerable prominence with the aid
of railroad facilities is Indicated to
Mr.. Butler by the fact that the out
| put of this mineral district to date
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our s4-a-week officials.

From the New York World
Dressed in fiannels and corduroy
and not too recently shaved, Lieuten-
ant-Governor OHara, of Illinois,
begged for job in a Bridgeport
Comm corset factory. Nobody
wanted him for his looks, but his
oratory secured for him a grudg' ng
trial at "a a week. After three days
at handling packing cases and dis
tributing supplies he was discharged
and q more useful man put in his
place, presumably at real wages
Meanwhile Mrs. O'fTara-this hap
pened during the investigations OF
the Illinois Vice Commission into
working girls troubles-got q job in
a knitting mill at So, stuck her week
out, was not discharged and received
three offers of marriage.
But why should MIR. O'IIara be
surprised at his own ill success? He
/ is not a worker. He is a statesman
| The country is alive with statesmen
/ who would be dear at 81 week II
any productive occupation. They f1nc
/ the referendum and recall States ar
! Eden of perpetual eloquence and agi
| tatlon. In Albany we have legisla.
! tors who, II hired at actual value
would have to be paid off in dozens
for lack of smaller fractional coin.
age.
Mr. O'Hara's attempt to discover
his true economic value was beneath
! the dignity of a Observation-Disclosures
| being i'll advised. He should not hav,
revealed the fatal secret of official.
| dom.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

From Guy de Maupassanrs "Ahoat"
We drew near the squadron, the
heavy ironclads standing out in SIM
gle file. like battle towers built in the
sea. They were the Colbert, the De-
vastation, the Amiral Duperre, the
Courbet, the Indomitable and the
Iticheleu; two dispatch boats, the
IIidrondelle and the Milan, and four
torpedo boats going through eVolu-
fiuns in the gulf. l wanted to visit
=, the Courbet, as it passes for the most
perfect type in the French navy.
Nothing can give a better idea of
human labor, Of the intricate and
formidable labor done by the ingeni-
ously clever hands OF the puny hu-
man animal than the enormous iron
citadels which float and sail about
bearing an army OF soldiers an ar
senal of monstrous arms, the enor-
nous masses of which are made of
tiny pieces fitted, soldered, forged,
hnlted together toll of ants and
: giants, which shows at the same time
all the genius, all the weakness and all
the irretrieyable righteousness Of the
race, so active and so feeble direct
ing all it's efforts toward creating in
struments for it's own self-destruc-
lion.
At the moment that | leave the
snip to get on BOARD my cOckieSHBli
hear the sound Of firing on shore,
1t is the regiment at Atibes, prac-
Using rifle shooting on the sands and
amongst the pine woods. The smoke
rises in white fakes, like evaporatine
clouds of cotton, and I can see the
red trousers Of the soldiers as they
run along the beach, The naval Of
s f1cers point their glasses landward
and their hearts beat faster et this
spectacle of mimic warfare. At the
mere mention of the word war / alr
7 seized with sense of bewilderment
as though l heard of witchcraft o.
the Inquisition, of some far-distani
thing ended long ago, abomina.ole anc
Ironstrous, against all natural law
The gallant little soldiers, RUNNING
about over there, are as surely
doomed to death as the fiocks o.
sheep driven along the road by the
h butcher They viii fall on som'
n plain, their heads split open by sabel
81 cuts. or their chests Tiddled by bull
lets. and yet they are young men wh'
might work, produce somthing, b.
fseful Their fathers are old ant
,7verty stricken; their mothers VIII,
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during twenty years have loved them,
adored them as only mothers can
adore. may perchance hear in six
months or a year that the son, the
child, the big fellow reared with 50
much care, at such an expense and
with so much love- has been cast in
n hole, like a dead dog, after having
been ripped open by bullet and
trampled crushed. mangled by the
rush of cavalry charges, Why have
they killed her boy, her beautiful boy,
her sole hope, her pride her life?
She cannot understand.
Warriors are the scourges of the
earth We struggle against nature
and ignorance, against obstacles of all
kinds, in order to lessen the hard
ships of our miserable existence.
Men, benefactors, scholars, wear out
their lives in toll, seeking what may
assist, what may help, what may
solace their brethren. Eager in
their useful work, they pile discov-
| cry on discovery, enlarging the hui
man mind, extending science, adding
something each day to the stock of
human knowledge, to the welfare, the
comfort, the strength Of their coun-
| try. War is declared. In six months
the generals have destroyed the eff
| forts of twenty years. And this Is
what is called not falling into the
| most hideous materialisml
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Trade Terms.

Little that is humorous attends the
purchase of coal, yet one Cleve' and
man found at coal yard in that city
an Individual who managed to infuse
a degree of RIGHTEOUSNESS into such
a transaction,
How much is stove coal?' asked
the prospective purchaser.
"That depends" said the salesman.
"a Ia carte, it's seven and half. Gull
de-sac, it will cost you fifty cents
extra. Exchange.
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d Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
Maya a,sssS4ersA. -.
Harriet Litchfied eas
Copyrighted
Noted Women
BY MARY MARSHALL,

To have had the most beautiful
speaking voice of her time and prob
ably of all times among Eng ish
women is the distinction of Harriet
Litchfield, the birthday patroness of
May 4. She was born in 1777 in CAL
eutta, India. where her father was
head surgeon of the English hospital.
He died when his daughter was nine
years old and soon after that time
Harriet began to display the talents
which were to make her famous. At
fifteen she appeared as Julia in The
Surrender of Calais"-a popular play
of the day-and her abilities were at
once recognized.
Meantime Harriet had gone to
England, and when she was, sixteen
she played in Scotland, where she
was seen and greatly admired by the
poet Burns, then in the prime of his
literary career. The young actresses
reputation was not established at
this time, and when the great poet
Burns-then the literary lion of
Scotch society-wrote a letter of
praise and encouragement to her she
was greatly elated. The next year,
when she was seventeen. she married
Mr.. Litchfield, whose name she
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took as her stage name. Unlike many
actresses of great talent, Mrs. Jitch-
field proved herself to be perfectly
adapted to a long and deep attacks
ment, and so the lives of Mr. and
Mrs. Litehffeld We're spent in lifelong
devotion.
Mrs. Litchf1eld was a great favorite
in London society and in theatrical
circles, but the quality which was
most praised by the critics of the day
and which makes her worthy of REL
membrance was her marvellous
speaking voice. Though not an
iraseible person herself. Mrs Litch@
field made her greatest triumph in
playing such parts as Emilia in
"Othello," Lady Macbeth in Mac
BETH" the queen in Hamlet" and
Julia in the once-famous play, The
Surrender of Calais" In which she
made her debut.
There are two European Processes
who celebrate their birthday today.
They are Marie Christine, princess OF
Bourbon Siciles, who is fourteen
years old today, and Anne Monique
Pie, the daughter Of Frederick Angus
tus Ill, king of Saxony, born ten
years ago today.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
Coming Words.

The esteemed weather bureau has
sprung a new one. 1t is the word
"smog," and it means smoke and fog.
The bureau explains that very fire.
quently there are times when this
mixture Is apparent in the atmos-
phere. and it considers the new word
a great little idea.
Very well, "smog" let it be. But
why end there? Let's call mixture
of snow and mud "smud." A mixture
of snow and SCOT "snoot," and a mix
ture of snow and hail snail" Thus
we might have a weather forecast;
Small today, turning to snoot to-
night; tomorrow smoggy, with smud.'
-Kokonlo Times.
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How Forest Got Its Name

has been more than s13,00O,O9O in gold
alone most of which was taken from
the placer claims The most pro t.
able of the gold claims were the
Keenan, Gulch and Blk Gulch, located
about seven miles apart
In 1890 a company composed of the
officers of the American Express
Company gained control of all the
water and 172 twenty-acre claims by
purchase from the original owners.
This company put in immense ripe
lines and hydraulic giants, built large
canals, one of which is nine m les
long, and is still working the ella ms
on a paying basis. 1t was in 1891
that the petition was circulated for
the establishment of postoffice and
Caribou. although it was then spelle /
"Carriboo," gained recognition by the
federal government. Later the for
estry subdivision was officially named
the Caribou national forest.
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AS IN 1861.

The first State to report to Washington that its
National Guard was ready to respond to a call and
had mobilization camp prepared was New Jersey 1t
will be recalled that of the first bodies of troops to
reach Washington in 1861 the First New Jersey
brigade under General Theodore Runyon. and that
President Lincoln reviewed the brigade and warmly
thanked General Runyon and the State of New Jersey
for the quick and patriotic response.
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Eyes at Their Best

golden brown or deep rich red.
Back eyes can often be made al
most uncannily bright by the use of
black.
The girl who finds herself with a
frock of very unbecoming shade may
sometimes alter the effect by the. add
dition of touch of the color that i'm
proves her eyes, placing it as close
as possible to her face, for every
very slight patches on the cheek, bits
of color in the hair, even a ring with
colored stone that is held close to
the face, will have its effect on the
eyes.
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InDioIabIe

When hear men discoursing idle things,
Who beauty and corruption would unite
AS who should say-"Now call darkness brightF
NY wondering soul more passonatey cings
To every image-every strain, that sings
Of beauty--still, ah, still the worlds delight!
Prizng the that bloom which knows not blight,
To which touch of time DETACHMENT brings.
From rocky Chios, from sweet Avon's side,
From Athens, Sicily, earth to bless
From each dear Land where Joy hath dwet with Truth
1t comes adown Times inexhausted tide
In myriad form, the ancient loneliness,
Wearing its glory of immortal youth!
Florence Earle Coates
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Such a Modest Chap.

Markley Ito FOSTERING insurance
man)-Look here when you talked
10 me last year you told me that the
company you were with was the best
in the world
Agent-My dear sir, 1t was at that
time, but the company ! am now
with, having since had the benefit of
my services, has, of course. taken the
honor away from it.-Boston Tram
script.
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His Friends.

BILL see hereafter any girl who
goes to Panama to be stenographer
for one of the companies working
there must sign an agreement not to
get married for five years.
Jill--Gee! [ know a lot Of women
whom they might send down there.
and I'll guarantee they won't be mar
ried in 500 years without signing any
Observation-Disclosures Statesman.
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From the New York World.

rom tne new lpTh Noilos
Two German aviators flying with
the wind, have made 100 miles an
hour. If that speed could be main
tanned in continuous flight it would
be possible, for instance, TO leave
New York after a o'clock brealkfas ST
and arrive in Chicago for lunch.
Perhaps Americans are not. as a
rue, aware of the progress being
made abroad in aviation under the
spur Of military competition and
necessity. So far America has treated
| the dirigible more as toy than as a
possibility in air transportation on q
large scale. The announcement that
Count Zeppelin will visit America
next year and bring with him his
largest dirigible is interesting
AS regards aeroplanes also, Europe
seems at present to be in the lead in
developing an invention whose credit
belongs to Americans-th Wright
brothers. NJ. Sikorsky's great biplane
| has made repeated flights over st
] Petersburg and its envirous. carrying
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Newly Elected Mayor of Deadwood Near
ly Torgets Date of Inauguration.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, May 4.-'@Take
the oath quick before a notary public
and return by first train, or Dead
wood has a dead mayor" This mes
sage today brought to a sudden end
the vacation here of ]. H. Mason,
newly elected mayor of Deadwood, S,
D. Mr.. Mason, who had overlooked
the date he was to become mayor,
hurriedly called in a notary, took his
oath of office, and caught the next
train West.
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Had 1924 in Pocket, But Couldn't Get
Accommodation at Hotels.

PITTSBURGH. May 4.-No Pitts
burgh hotelkeeeper would accept Aus
trian money in payment for accom-
modations, and Michael STEMS, with
1924 in his pockets, had to sleep al
the police station.
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Nor can it be possible that the nation will sit supine
while the administration is using executive patronage
and other means to get the treaty passed.