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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
A PRERoGATTvE FOR THE PEOPLE.

COMPLETE reversal of the Supreme Courts decision de-
arng the unconstitutional by the opinion the
Court Appeals is of the most noteworthy acts
in this State. In general the
signal service government in this State
progressive ideas government 1t has fixed the contu
right the people adopt reject statute passed
by the Legislature, go into effect only by their approval
comparative unimpoance far as the particular
review concerned whether it declared
stuonal nasmuch the Legislature was prepared TO
il without referendum if the Supreme Courts adverse
sustained 1t of Importance that
this decision with broad Interpretation OF the
established for all time principle OF legislative
government recognizes the right of the people to take
direct part swmakng when right akin to that OF
prerogave of the Governor and for the popular
overrdden majority in the Legislature
also choose between statutes
they did last year
chancellor jury is concerned it takes
place the alternate law in operation since last summer and
of politics No doubt the members
Legislature glad get rid of it, The fight the
year finally had unexpected and fortunate out
brought from the highest court of the State
dverance have lasting effect for good government
in New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
NEWARK's STAKE IN THE PANAMA CANAL

IN judgment John director of the PanAmer
Union addressed the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce
Thursday night other cities have stake the
Newark and the seaboad cities the bank
of the Hudson Mr. cities producing
shipping large of the products that South America
and they have only begun to develop that market.
What they will do in the future their manufacture and
depend their enterprise The Pacific
has mighty meaning for these cities. There coast line of
5000 miles South America heretofore isolated and be
reached in five days by steamng 1000 miles instead of orve
days tempestuous and dangerous of from 5000
$4,000 miles.
Other cities the Atlantic utilizing their oppor
tuntes Habor development and terminals is the watch
cities The New Jersey cities that border
New tributaries have exceptional opportunities
and the immense Importance of her
meadows and bay front 1t is obvious policy ahead
vigorously possible delay await the slow and
doubtful processes thought and the development of
enterprise neghbor They learn by Newark
example and perhaps imbbe of its spirit when plans
development being worked John Barres words
call for action that Newark is already responding to.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

State Federation Of Labor that the
board is in sympathy with the stand
of the federation On the convict labor
question, and will endeavor. so far as
1t can consistently. to comply with
the requests of the State labor body
in relation to this subject.
Public employment bureaus in
Sweden are sustained by the govern
ment.
During the year ended July /, 1918,
wages of Missouri teachers advanced
S2.56 month over the previous year
The average monthly salary of a
Missouri teacher. excluding superin-
tendents and principals of high
schools, is 1881 a month.
The total number OF work people in
the United Kingdom whose rate of
wages were changed, SO far as report
ed during the nine months ending
September 80. 1918, was 1897 as
compared with 1.173,7S6 In the cor
responding period Of 1912. The
changes arranged gave 1.577.1 25 work
people nat increase of s731. 517 per
-raalk.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

Fish do not thrive well in globe,
but should be kept in a square or
oblong aquarium, with generous al
lowance of space, and not less than
gallon of water to each fish, not
bigger than three inches in length,
saws London Tit-Bits.
Then. again, many people make the
mistake of changing the water too
often: it should not be changed
oftener than twice a week. The tisn
are kept healthy, too, by the intro
duction of aquatic plants and a Few
tadpoles and snails into the water
The plants throw off oxygen and the
tadpoles and snails act the part or
scayengers. Before placing flsh into
the tank examine it carefully to see
that it IS perfectly watertight ana
clean. Then cover the bottom OF II
inside with clean pebbles to a depth
of about two inches.
After the aquarium has been hlled
with water and the plants ana
pebbles have been put in 1t snoulu
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDBN.
Author of Pushing TO the Front" Etc.
Copy. light. 1913.
THE ENEMIES IN OUR VOCABULARY

tation. predominant In the VOCABULARY
of a negative man; while the positive,
plus, creative, vigorous, progressive
words, which indicate mental DO.
minion, prevail in the vocabulary OF
a positive. vigorous, progressive chaf-
acter as they did in Websters Vocas-
ulary.
Did you ever think that every time
YOU say ST can't you weaken your
confidence in yourself and your power
to do things? Confidence is the great
est factor in achievement. Self-faith
is a powerful asset, better than money
capital without it. Nobody believes In
the youth who thinks he cannot do
things. who has no confidence In him
self, no faith in his ability, because
everybody knows that he cannot do
thing until he thinks he can. He must
first believe in himself, must be con-
WINGED that he can accomplish it.
] know q young man Who seems
very ambitious in a general sort OF
way, but when the opportunity which,
perhaps, he has been working long
time for comes he willis, his stamina
ooZes out, his ambition waVers and
he does not feel equal to it. He does
not have faith in himself equal to his
ambition. OF course, his life Is a dis
appointment The man who never
wants to give a decided opinion, who
always wants to reserve his judg-
ment or who says he doesn't know,
or that he is afraid, the man who does
not dare TO begin things, who shrinks
from responsibility, or who always
thinks he cannot do this or that, is
not the man to undertake great
things, is not the man for great re-
sponsibility. But the man who says.
81 can do the thing, and | will" The
man who believes in himself and In
his ability to carry through what he
undertakes is the masterful man
the one who will do things not dream
about them,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

Did you ever think that many OF
the words and phases which you con-
stantly use are your real enemies;
that they leave their hideous pictures
and black shadows in your mind? In
the dictionary of fools we find Il
can't very often. plenty of Ifs, lots
of words like "luck" and destiny,
and phases like, IF only had time
or chance like other people" How
many times have you been kept from
doing good deed by such phrases as
"Oh, know / can't do that Some
body else can do that a great deal
better" II am afraid to try" II
haven't the courage" Il fear L shall
take cold or catch some disease If
do this or that?
believe that those two words II
can't have ruined more prospects
and have kept more ability doing the
work of mediocrity than any other
two words in our language.
Did you ever know a person VINO
has a great many II can'ts" in his
vocabulary to accomplish very much!
Some people are always using the
words, oh / can't afford to &c
there" 81 can't undertake. such
hard task; let somebody else
do that" am afraid of this
or that is a terrible hinderer, a ter
rible Brighter of ambition, q cooler OF
enthusiasm. All achievement and
all efficiency depend upon initiative,
and that is easily killed by the fear
words, the words which express doubt
and uncertainty. "By thy words thou
shalt be justified and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned" Every
person indicates his strength or his
weakness by the preponderance OF
strong or weak words in his habitual
vocabulary. Negative, weak words
words of doubt, uncertainty, or hest
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

/ survivors as he rose from his knees.
He would compel parents to slay their
children and children to kill one an
other. and IL there was a survivor
the amiable monarch would dispatch
him with his own hands, shrieking
with laughter at so excellent a joke.
In one of his lighter moods of frolic
he commanded the citizens of Mos
COW to provide for him measure
full of fleas for a medicine" and fined
them 1000 rubles when they failed.
The insanity of Peter III took less
savage If more grotesque forms. His
ruling mania was for the 'pomp and
circumstance of war" and one day he
gave orders that 100 cannon should be
fired simultaneously so that he might
get some idea of the din of battle. On
other occasions he would rise from
his table and glass in hand, pros.
trate himself before the portrait Of
Frederick of Prussia. exclaiming,
My brother. we will conquer the
universe together"
Peters son, the first Paul, was no
less insane than his father, although
his madness was longer in manifest
ing itself So violent WAS his hatred
of the revolutionary round hats,
fashion imported from France. that
one day he sent 200 police and dra-
goons to scour the streets of st.
Petersburg and tear them from the
heads of all who wore them. He ban
ished all the ca bmen from his capital
because one of them was found with
a pair of pistols on him. Hundreds of
his officers and courtiers were sent
in chains to Siberia for glance or q
word that displeased him. many with
out any cause at all. and he sent an
entire regiment on "a 2,000-mile march
because in drilling it had failed to
understand one of his indistinct
words of command.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
Unlocking Directorates Easy

reached conclusion concerning
them. He has decided that no man
should be both buyer and seller in the
same transaction. So stated, the
problem is simple. The country has
become very clear upon this point
and the directors had perceived this
fact.
In the beginning, the interlocking
directorates came about in the most
natural ways. Investors required pro-
lection from their bankers. 1t ap-
peared to be the duty of bankers to
gain representation upon corporations
in which their clients had funds in
vested. In case after case this was
accomplished until the financial ia brio
was interviewer. The result was that
the same set of men often appeared
upon both sides of a financial transac-
ton This did not necessarily mean
that the interests of the clients were
protected. No man serves we'll two
masters. Sometimes he serves one,
sometimes he serves the other. Often
he serves neither. The great tempta-
ton in such circumstances is to serve
himself.
1t took O. long time for the com
mon people to see this. but they see
/ 1t now. The bankers are also seeing
it, They are seeing. too, that there
are advantages to be gained from
/ keeping separate the functions OF
bankers and of business managers OF
going concern. The functions of a
manager and those of banker are
not to be oonfounded. One runs the
business, whatever it may be; the
other passes upon the soundness oil
definite propositions for financing the
| business.
! This recent trend should be a gain
for the whole country. 1t should help
real development in industry. II
should also help the bankers, and the
common people should benefit by one
man serving one master and not two
or three; = for the business of the
country should be better done.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

Kylakos MilShall, an Egyptian
journalist, is now in England with
the object of appealing to British
public opinion for help in obtaining
liberty and fair play for native news
papers in Egypt, says the London
Chronicle.
Mr.. Mikhall pointed out that any
newspaper published in the vernac-
ular may be summarily suppressed
by departmental order, and a license
to start a newspaper may be with
held without any reason being sup
piled. In either case the bureaucratic
decision is f1nal-no appeal is pos
sible.
Recently five daily papers have
been suppressed on the order of the
Ministry of the Interior, without ex-
PLANTATION, though, as rule, one can
guess the reason.
For instance, the Al Akhbar, a
newspaper which was much appreci-
ated by all Arabic-speaking sections
of the community, was suppressed for
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
Giant White Radish Sent to Bryan b
California Admirer.
White Bread.

Hygienists have long called atten-
ton to the serious consequences of
the increasing popular preference for
white bread At present dark COL
ored bread is despised as peasants
food" In the towns the meanest
workman will eat only white bread.
The flour used for making this bread
is obtained by passing the meal
through a very fine sieve, so that it
contains hardly anything but starch
and celulose. White bread, which
plays an important role with the
French people, is thus extremely poor
in really nourishing food, and it is
to the increasing consumption of it
that many hygienists ascribe in
France the racial enfeeblement, the
diminution of stature and even the
present development of tuberculosis.
Representations have frequently been
widely made on this subject, but with
out effect, for the bakers can provide
only what the public demands.-Paris
Letter to London Lancet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
WITH THE NATIONS TOLERS

A demand for a ten-hour day has
been made by the Slaughterers' Union
of Paris, France.
The national child labor commit
tee urges q sixteen-year limit for
dangerous occupations.
A new labor temple at Springfield,
o., houses the entire labor move
ment and the local labor paper.
A new trade union federation, to
be independent of all political par
ties, has been formed in Belgium.
Between $4,000 and 10000 men are
employed in the metal and machinery
trades of Switzerland.
The Minnesota Wage Commission
probably will fix the minimum wage
for girls at not less than $3.50 week.
Strikes by students are of no rare
occurrence in Japan, causing great
difficulties to those engaged in educ9
ton.
The Iowa State board of prison con-
Eel hHA aotihed the off1ears Of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

to William ]. Bryan, Secretary Of
State.
The radish, which, it is said, is the
largest ever produced in southern
California, was discovered by the Sec
rotary of a produce concern, who,
knowing Mr.. Bryan's fondness for
white radishes, decided to give him u
treat. The vegetable was grown by
japanese truck gardeners, and is one
year old.
Pop" Aids Cupid by Bringing Marriars
License Forgotten by Couple.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Jan. a.
Miss Marion T. Wells, daughter of a
well-to-do Milan farmer and young
Henry 7. Seaman fidgeted in an auto
mobile in front of the Methodist
Church parsonage here yesterday. An
hour passed. Suddenly, with a gasp,
an automobile turned nearby cor
ner, and, piloted by an angry-Iooking
man, coughed its way painfully to
the curb in front of the parsonage,
where it stopped.
Here's that marriage license you
went off and forgot" said Miss
Weiss father. II started as soon
as you telephoned, but my machine
broke down several miles out in the
country. / limped in on one cylin-
der" Miss Wells and Mr. Seaman
We're married Immediately. They had
postponed the ceremony from Janu-
airy 10, to be sure and dodge bad
luck
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
AN ADEQUATE IDEA OF THE FAIRGROUNDS

OFFICIAL DEPARTMENTAL reports usually dry reading
report Secretary Mason of the Fairgrounds Com
mission notable exception in that respect 1t both interest
ing exhibit of the affairs of recreaiona
the views that set forth The for
wide reading the Newark community will enghten many
people the activities that going
happier childhood Newark and thus help improve
give State higher average of citizenship
The playground reaches classes that are unreahab by
other of intoxicating good principles and the
srtues among thousands of children whose homes lack moral
discipline it builder of health and vigor for those who
had proper of physical development The reading
the Fairgrounds report will be make and
helpful friends for the playground system city
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
No white slave Traffic.

From the New York World.
After thorough investigation of the
social evil in Europe, DR.. Abraham
Ffexner reports to the Bureau of
Social Hygiene that there is no sys-
tematic white slave traffic and that
current reports on the subject of
baseless exa ggerations.
Experience. has already shown that
these conclusions are true as to the
United States. There are sporadic
cases Of white slavery among the
foreign population of large cities like
New York. but there is no widely-or-
ganized traffic.
The Mann act was passed by Con-
gress to meet a supposedly nation
wide evil; but the most conspicuous
prosecutions under the Mann act
have been for Opponents in which
there was no element whatever of
commerciallzed vice or commercial
lied immortality. All the efforts Of
city, State and national authority
have failed to disclose an organized
traffic that could in any way justify
the am ling public hysteria that has
been inspired by sensation mongers.
1t is not easy to measure the dam
age that has grown out of this white
slave myth under the adroit mani
pulation of emotional reformers, silly
noveists. sorid dramatists and con-
scenceless theatrical managers. The
morbid curiosity of millions of CHI
dren he's been excited and hundreds
of thousands of women have been
terrorized into regarding every male
person as an actual or potential
white-slaVer.
The time has come when a prudent
man hesitates to go to the relief OF
any woman in distress lest he be ac-
cused of trying to abduct her and
sell her into a life of shame. AS for
other aspects of the case the efforts of
the police that might profitably be de-
voted to the pursuit of "cadets" and
other human scum of the masculine
species that live off commercialized
vice have to be diverted to the CEN
sorship of the obscene and revolving
white slave films that are used syste-
matically to debauch the minds of the
patrons of moving picture theatres.
Permanent progress in the way of
dealing with the social evil must come
through such investigations and rec
ommenda tions as those made by the
Rockefeller bureau and not through
hysteria or crude legislation or indif
ference to one of the gravest social
and sanitary problems of modern CIV
ilization.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24

IT was reminded on the first of
January of this year of an incident
which occurred about twenty-five
years ago which at that time made
strong impression upon me-
This remark was made to me by
William p. Hall, president of the
American Tract Society and also one
of the leading manufacturers OF the
United States
Early in my business life" said
Mr.. Hall. II was in the West a good
deal, for my business was of kind
which made it necessary for me to
visit many parts of the country where
railroad improvements were in prog
ress or where new lines were under
construction. In this way l made the
acquaintance of John Newell, presl-
dent for many years of the Lake
Shore railroad. He was very able
railroad operator, and, in addition to
that. he was a most lovable man. He
was a very conscientious person and
his sense of integrity was so keen
that he never permitted himself to
take any advantage, pecunlarly, OF
confidential information which he
gained as a railroad president and
which would be sure to affect the
stock markets. For this reason Mr.
Newell whom everybody who knew
him called Uncle John died, COM
paratively speaking, a poor man; he
left only a small estate.
II think it was about twenty-five
years ago when / met Uncle John al
| Youngstown, o. After some talk with
him upon business matters he asked
me to spend the evening with him
He had no inclination for social life
but he dearly loved to have a friend
or two spend the evening with him
He INDUCED in his favorite tipple
which was vichy. He would drink &
large amount of that in the cours,
of an evening, and it was never con
| terminated by spirits of any kind.
while l was chatting with 'Unclt
John that evening he spoke to me o.
some of the younger men who were
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
There Were Others.

He was rather persevering young
man, and he had proposed to a beau
tiful girl something like a dozen times,
and on each occasion the answer had
been a negative one. Still he perse-
vered, and one night on a moonlight
walk with the soft south wind blow
ing caressingly he once more started
to tell her of his wondrous love.
Della, dear" he tenderly remarked,
throwing away his cigarette to give
his eloquence further play, there is
something that I must tell you be-
fore we return. You have heard IL
before, but
Look here. Jimmy" impatiently in
terrupted the beautiful girl, how
many more times are you going to
ask me to marry your"
Not many, l guess, Della, DEAR"
answered the young man with great
frankness. "One of the other three
girls that am proposing to is begin
ming to show signs of weakening"--.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
HOW TO CARE FOR FISH

/ stand for few days until the bubbles
begin to collect around the plants.
The next step is to proportion the
space to the number and size of your
fish. taking great care that the tank
is not overcrowded. Once in the
aquarium, the fish will require very
little care 1t is in this that the be-
ginner often makes mistakes which
may prove fatal to his fish. He
imagines, for instance, that the fish
require a lot of food because they
come to the top of the water so Gag
erly for the first mouthful, as If they
were very hungry, AS a matter of
fact, a goldfish should not be fed
oftener than twice a week, and then
only with piece of flake food spe-
cially prepared for the purpose. or
some ants eggs.
Providing the most ordinary care
and attention are paid to them, it
should be possible for anyone who
has been used to the care of the COM
mon types of fancy fish to breed the
rarer species, and so make quite a
considerable profit by advertising
them for sale.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-24
Che HmazlnS H1oules

The of human knowledge long er is contained
In volumes written by the learned few,
But in movies for nickel is abundantly explained
For those as ignorant as | and you.
Eugenics and eupeptics and acknowledgement
Are the deeper things that they exemplfy.
Enightening our progeny precisely how they got
The ills that ultimately make them die
They magnify the mcrobe double Jumbos size,
And show you how he shufes off his she'll;
They also hand out miracles before your very eyes
In a that is difficult to tell
The process of digestion they display upon the
And if you have stop watch you time
The period su1cing for the cabbage or the bean,
The orange the lemon the lime
Then why should we our ignorance increasingly bemoan
When for nickel's cost in every block
Such gobs of erudition as few have known
Can be had in twenty minutes by the clock?
= New York Sun.