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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
THE LID IN CONGRESS TAKEN OFF.

THE LID has been taken off of Congress by the Presidents
Panama canal For months that body has patient and
speces watching the of and the development of
administration policies Debate suppressed lest words
might compromise the with its plans Congress did
does know anything about the governments
policy that it of watching and waiting 1t is
that them national surrender The Pres
dent has said and the lid is taken off.
There will be plain speaking Congress 1t has begun
can't be stopped All the ongsuppressed feelings of American
legislators who love their country and its ideals and jealous
Of its will find free The Presidents message
Epplauded London and Wall Street. has provoked spirit that
be cowed and will down The debate the canal tolls
questions going be memorable national annals For
the first time the republic founded by the patriots of
70 President asks the nation abase itself before all the world
by of utter poltroonery
Partisan politics the nation its foreign
policies divides nonpartisan lines is
doing today But all the intense odium of dcredtab policy
belongs the party power Therefore the Democratic party
faces the crisis its If it from it
without shweck Democrats may thank such leaders Speaker
Clark Underwood Senator OGorman
in the breach to il
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Great Preacher Who Was Never Ordained

On the occasion of a religious con-
vention which was held in New York
city a few years ago, some ten or
twelve clergymen were invited as
guests of William 2. Hall, a widely
known lay evangelist, as well as very
prominent business man, to
luncheon in the private rooms of
club whose membership is confined
almost exclusively to men engaged in
the transportation business, whose
offices or whose homes are in New
York.
In the course of the luncheon one of
the cleTgymen said that in the old
days some of the most effective
speaking. preaching of a kind that
was influential in bringing men into
close relationship with the churches,
was that done by laymen.
THAT remark should not be con-
fined to the preaching that was done
in the early part of the past century"
MIR. Hall said. For the two most eff
fective preachers that we have known
in modern times were both laymen
One of them was an evangelist and
the other was the pastor Of very
large church"
How could q man who was the
pastor af o church be described as a
layman?" one of the clergymen asked.
For the simple reason that al
though a pastor of a church, and
that one of the largest churches in
the world in attendance and member
ship, he was never ordained to the
ministry. He was pastor, but he
was a layman."
WHO was it," several OF the
clergymen asked with common i'm
pulse.
1T was Charles II. Spurgeon, es-
teemed by many to be the
greatest preacher OF his time.
He was the pastor Of the
church organization. whose pulpit was
In what was called the Tabernacle in
London. From the pulpit in that
church Spurgeon preached every Sun
day when he was in London to a con-
gregation numbering thousands. He
was not only the preacher, but the
pastor. The other laymen to whom !
referred just now as one of the mosi
efficient preachers the world has ever
known was, of course, Dwight L
Moody" replied Mr. Hall.
But Moody never pretended to be
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ing bill introduced by the govern
ment providing for State accident in
surance upon limited scale
Last years sales by the Co-opera
tive Wholesale Society, Ltd, trad
ing federation of the great majority
of cooperative stores in England, to-
tailed sl56,S5o, 900, against S146,94O,oo0
In 1912.
Agricultural work for children is
still entirely unregulated outside of
New York and Tennessee, and chill
dren OF tender years are doing an
adults work in the berry fields and
cranberry boys.
"A Saturday half holiday and
eventually a Wednesday half holiday
are economic and industrial demands
of our modern life" was the asser-
ton of the directors of the Lord $
Day League of New England,
The British weavers' organization
has decided TO give notice of. with
drawal from the Brooklands agree
ment on account of the arbitrary in
depreciation placed upon same in its
execution by the employers. This will
probably lead to fresh struggle in
the English textile industry as soon
as three months notice has expired.
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She Knew Sheep.

A city young woman went out to
teach a country school. The class in
arithmetic was before her. She said
Now. children. if there are ten
sheep on one side of a wall and one
sheep jumps over, how many sheep
will be left %
Then up piped the little tow-headed
daughter of farmer:
No sheep. teacher; no sheep"
oh, OH" cried the city young
woman, reproachfully. "You are not
SO stupid as thatl Think again. If
there were ten sheep on one side of
the wall, and one sheep jumped over,
nine sheep would be left. Don't you
see that?"
No, no, mol" persisted the child. "If
one sheep jumped over, all the others
would jump after. My father keeps
sheep Then, seeing the puzzled look
on the teachers face, the little tow
head explained apologeticaly: ''You
know mathematics, teacher, but /
know sheep. Public Ledger.
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UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEs.N;; ~.
author Of 'sPushing TO the Front. Etc.
Copyright, 1913
If YOU HAVE LOST YOUR GRIP

orleans and in three months TIE
dauphifi was crowned king. During
the ceremony of coronation Joan
of Arc stood beside him in full ar
NOR. The moment her mission was
accomplished she felt that her pecli ~
liar power had gone and she beggef
the king to allow her to return home
because. she said the voices gave
her no further command The KING
urged her to remain at the head Oh
the army, but her power had depart
ed and her army was later defeateu
Her faith in herself had multlpllee
her ability more than a thousandfolo,
but the moment 1t was gone her po"
er departed with it.
When YOU have lost your business,
YOUR property. your position, OF
failed in your undertaking, cling te-
naciously to your self-faith. No mat
ter what comes to you. never give
that up. 1t is the power that can
turn any failure into success.
Faith unlocks doors, opens up the
avenues to everything that is good
Hence it is of the utmost value TO
keep it alive, to keep it growing, 10
cultivate it to the utmost.
There are many ways. of cultivating
faith. We can cultivate it by pictuf
ing in our imagination, noble, Sub
by aspiring to all that is noble =and
true. by using every possible method
to improve our physical and mental
condition, and by constantly thinking
that we can do what we desire to do,
and can be what we aspire to be, no
matter what our handicap. To think
you can is to create the force >that
can.
The grip upon ones self and the.
self-confidence of most people follow
their moods. If their courage is up,
If they feel well, their grip is firmer;
but the moment they get a little dis
couraged, or have a fit of the blues
they lose their grip, and are soon
way down.
Now, the man who is successful
pays very little attention to his
moods. except to show them that he
intends to be master, that he does
not propose to throw away a good
days work just because he does not
happen to be in the right mood.
When he goes to his office or store
in the morning, he goes there deter
mined to do a solid days work, to
give his best; and the result is that,
after a while, moods have very littF
to do with him. After he has con-
uuered them few times, and shown
himself master of his mental condi-
tions his mind falls into line With
his resolution.
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anything but a layman nor did he
ever act as a pastor in the strict sense
of the term said one of the clergy
men. Il am certain that you must
be mistaken when you say that Spur
geon was never ordained as a pas
tor
Well, was Mr.. Halls reply, ''in
few days Charles Inglis, widely known
as a preacher and pastor of London,
and who had intimate personal ac-
quaintance with Spurgeon, will be in
the United States. He certainly will
know whether Spurgeon was ever or
dained or not
a rev weeks later Mr.. Inglis arrived
in the United States, and at the first
opportunity he was asked if il were
true that Sturgeon, although a pastor
OF a great church, was never ordained.
II know what Spurgeon told me-
Mr.. Inglis replied. las q boy | at
tended his church. AS l grew older,
| was brought under his direct per-
sonal influence. After / entered the
ministry our relations were very
close. said to him one day that |
had been asked the question whether
or not he had ever been ordained as
clergyman. | can quote his reply
in almost his exact words. He said:
The only ordination that | ever
had came from God. | have no OBJ
lection to ecclesiastical forms or to
the ordination which is visibly mani
Tested by the LAYING on of hands. and
set 1 believe that there is no true
ordination unless it comes directly
from God That was my sole ordina
ton. have never permitted, if l
could help it, any one to address me
as the Reverend" Mr.. Spurgeon. /
am plain Charles II. Spurgeon. !
have no objection if any pastor or
minister is designated by the title
| reverend" but 1t is nothing. It
only distinguishes him as a man who
| has been ordained
There said Mr.. Inglis, you have
an answer to the question which you
put to me, and YOU may say to your
| friends, the clergymen, that the state
ment that you made that Spurgeon,
although a pastor and preacher
who spoke to thousands every Sun
day, was never ordained"
| Copyright. 1914. by e. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
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Most of the people whom l nave
met who are down in the world, OF
talented people who are doing meai-
ocre work, have lost their grip. And
what does that mean?
It means that they have lost con-
fidence in themselves. No man loses
his grip until he loses faith in nm
self.
One of the greatest elements in sue
cess is a firm faith in ones own anil
ity to succeed. To contemplate fail
ure, to think of oneself as uniucky
and destined not to succeed, is 10
court failure. One can accomplish
little without confidence, and to lose
faith in oneself is infinitely worse
than the loss of capital loss of posi-
ton, or even loss of health, for an
invalid or a person without capltai
may succeed, at least to some extent,
but when confidence is gone all Is
gone. AS q rule, a man who mas a
firm, unyielding belief in his ability
TO succeed will reach the goal of his
ambition, no matter what obstacles
he may encounter. We are all fa-
miliar with the people who are con-
stantly depreciating themselves. de-
crying their hard luck and complain
ing that fate is against them. How
can a. man expect to succeed when ne
has lost faith in his own powers? A
hypnotist can so deprive his subject
of confidence in his strength that he
cannot rise from his chair. even If he
be an athlete. People who go through
life bemoaning their luck and think
ing that success is for others but not
for them maust expect failure, for self
confidence is the very foundation OF
all accomplishment.
The world is often amazed at the
marvellous achievement of a very or
binary person who has tremendous
self-faith. The example of Joan of
Arc illustrates the great law, justsas
the falling OF the apple suggestedto
Newton the law of gravitation.
Faith multiplies ability. Think of
a poor French peasant girl of only
eighteen, who could not read or write,
who knew nothing whatever of war
fare, and who had never before been
away from her humble home, lending
on army to victory even when the
crown prince did not have confidence
enough in his country's cause to be
crowned! Where did the power and
wisdom come from to enable this
weak girl to enhearten a discouraged
army, to infuse new life and courage
into it, and to do what great generals
could not do? Her presence doubled
the power of the army. In less than
three months after she had assumed
leadership she drove the English from
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
WITH THE NATIONS TOILERS

There has been an average increase
in wages of As per cent. in Japan.
The Brotherhood OF Railway Car
Men has membership Of 10000.
United Mine Workers demand a
Saturday half holiday.
One-half of the population of
France is engaged in agriculture.
In Pennsylvania one-fifth of the
spinners in the silk industry are chill
dren.
A recent census of England and
Wales shows four women brick
layers.
Strikes in Canada for the past ten
years caused an average annual loss
OF 10000 days.
A uniform child labor law for the
several States has been widely APP
proved.
The A. f. of l.. favors uniform leg
lsiation regulating advertisements for
workers during strikes.
Trade unions Of the State of Vic
toria. Australia. are strongly oppos.
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that tells the traffic and other null
sances when to stop, etc.
The elderly woman passed him, and
just then Fink blew a blast on the
whistle. The Il. w. stopped short,
and. turning, said to Fink:
Sir. are you flirting with me?"
why, no, madame; I don't waste
my time in such frivolous way
was. the officers intended gallant re-
ply.
'Sir, you are-very fresh. You whis-
tied at me. What gives you the inn
preston that you would be wasting
your time if you did flirt with me?
Now, don't you say you wasn't, be-
cause / know better. No doubt you
arc a green officer, and if you wasn't
so young I'd poke your eye out
The woman would have been talking
yet If an automobile hadn't come
along just then and sent her flutter-
ing to the sidewalk.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07

going over to the witness stand,
looked at the card.
1T says Get muh, the vice-chan-
cellor announced in dignified tones.
whats that" inquired the court.
entirely at sea.
1T means me-" counsel explained.
Means you?' queried the court,
arching his lbrows.
mo, don't mean me-" counsel re-
piled.
"Well, you said it did" the court
came back. getting deeper and deeper
in the muddle.
'Muh,'" counsel said finally, lis
slang and means me
"Oh." calculated the court. by way
of indicating he now understood. Il
had never heard it before. Really,
had never heard ii before"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
Obsolete Railway Bridges.

Railroad bridges do not get a chance
to rust and wear out. The rapid evo-
luton of railway engineering has
made them obsolete long before they
cease to be serviceable.
In the last five years. many rail-
way bridges built less than twenty
five years ago have been removed and
replaced by much heavier bridges
This strengthening process was only
one step in long series; ever since
the early days of railway bridges. the
continually increasing weight of 10
comotives and trains made bridges
obsolete long before they rusted or
wore out The history of railway
bridges has been a record of evolu-
ton from light to continually heavier
bridges. AT various times in this
evolution. bridge engineers decided
that the weight of trains then in use,
was substantially the maximum that
could ever be expected on our rail-
ways. The event proved them wrong.
Engineering News.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
PEACE ON ANY TERMS.

AN EXPLANATION of the strange and un-Amercan atti
the administration the question may go
further back than that which offered by the Review
namely, fear of Japan 1t goes commencement
the administration when Mr. Bryan accepting secretarysp
state, that there no whe
Office.
In these words the amable secretary announced the spirit
purpose of his intended they explain
California submit Japanese dctation of her
explains strange torpidty Washington
Mexico and the
when combatve Englhman victim Naturally
explanation of the attitude of foreign powers.
A which n that
povocation will is kick for it invites
chat will be kicks galore
Doctrine will be football of if Congress
low path of dishonorable peace marked for it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-07
"Club Chats" By Members
of the Euening Stars Staff
"Oh, L earned Judged"

chancellor Emery listened
" itrily while two attorneys
wrangled over a question of alilnony
in divorce suit in Chancery Court.
Said one of the lawyers:
II believe that this woman should
receive So a week, but my learned
brother thinks that his client can
not pay more than 81"
We'll" responded the vice-chan-
cellor, 'if you believe that you are
are going to take up the time of this
court arguing over dollar your are
mistaken. l will split the difference
and make the alimony $3.50 a week"
and seven and half it was
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The Old. Fashioned sunday.

Philip Hale, in Boston Herald:
In our boyhood and in our 1itt1t
town every one dressed with serupu
lous care for Sunday. We described
some time ago the men of the sixties
who slushed their hair and perfumed
their whiskerage to make their odor-
Gus way up the aisles of the old
Church. Squeaking shoes were in
order. More time was spent in the
preparation for church than is now
consumed by women in bedecking
themselves for the opera or a ball.
| The bath, the weekly bath, was, of
course, on the night before, so there
was more time for clothes and hair.
! Sunday was day of torture to any
boy of healthy body and mind. and
the hour of fussing before the solemn
walk to the meeting house was more
| terrible than the rack, strappado, lad
| der boots OF any Singularly ingenious
device of Torquemada and his Domi-
means. The hair was combed with
fine-tooth comb, then combed again
for a more aesthetic purpose, then
brushed till the scalp smarted. The
clothes pinched and choked. There
was no play for legs and arms. We
remember a broad collar that chafed
the neck This collar had tassels
which dangled in a foolish manner.
Rude boys laughed at any playfellow
whose mother had made him look
particularly mice" Sometimes after
Sunday school they were not content
with mockery; they tripped up the
unhappy urchin; they threw things at
him on his way home; or in winter
they would rub his face with snow.
Nevertheless we now look back on
this respect for Sunday with pleas
ure. The respect was in some house
holds exaggerated, but the day had
character, and now the week. to the
great majority, is only an apDortion- !
ment of time. Coleridge tells us in |
his Devils Walk that when Satan
visited the earth to see how his snug |
little farm went on he was In ms |
Sunday best, and we know that the |
Prince of Darkness is O gentleman. |
1t is a good thing for any young man
or woman to work for a Sunday /
suit. The youth may have it only
for a courtship, but if the girl wishes
to attend church in the evening. to
sit close in back pew or in the gal
lery, her sweetheart has the proper
male pride. Let him SLOUGH as he
likes during the days of work. On
Sunday he should feel himself fit
and proper" Did not the black
smith wooing in the old comedy say
piteously to the young woman who
reflected on his calling: But. Lucy.
| am always clean on Sunday And
so it is a pleasure TO see on Sun
day afternoon the servant girls, the
maids of all work-alas! a diminish
ing race-in their best clothes, es
Gaping for a few hours the drudgery
of cooking and serubbing, gigglins
with swain and looking forward
to a home of their own.
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Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
MARCH
Il Georgina Grey
Il Cupynsh
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Georgina Grey
Copyrighted. 1913.

The two most influential women in
the cause of women's education in
England during the last century were
the two Shirreff sisters, Emily Anne
Eliza Shirreff, who never married
and her sister, Georgina Grey. who
married a wealthy wine merchant.
Georgina was born ninety Eight
years ago today. She passed most
of her girlhood in travel, and when
she was married to her cousin, Mr..
Grey, at the age of twenty-five, she
had an extraordinarily good educa-
ton. But both she and her sister were
impressed with the fact that for most
English women a high education
or any education at all beyond the
most elementary-wa difficult to OBJ
tain
Their first efforts to relieve this sit
uation were directed to writing, and
their pamphlet, Thoughts on Self
Culture" written jointly had a wide
and influential circulation. In 1871
Mrs. Grey. backed by her sister, pro-
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posed the establishment of a system
of large day schools for girls, and this
resulted in the organization of the
National Union for the Higher Edu-
cation of Women" which, according
to recent statistics, 1912, supports
twenty three schools and has an en-
rollment of seven thousand women.
In connection with this the Shirreff
sisters established the Maria Grey
Training College for the training of
teachers to carry on the work of the
schools run by the National Union.
In all of this work Mrs. Grey con-
tributed very generously with money
left by her husband, Mr.. Grey, and
used her persuasive oratory to gain
the cooperation of others.
1t has been said justly that the
change in public opinion with regard
to woman's education and woman's
work in England since 1869 has been
largely due to the. efforts of Emily
Anne Eliza Shirreff and her sister,
Mrs. Georgina Grey
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Che Older Sister

All the days O. my life I've sat by while the others
Was havin' their fun
was oldest, you see, of the sisters and brothers
Twas that looked
While helped with the washin' and ronn and bakin
The mendn' maybe;
Or I'd have up cause the baby was wakin,
And erwin for me;
When girls lads would be stroin Maytme
In the moonlight
With joke how they be sad sight for the daytime,
Their love-locks turned white
With the fall the blossoms the orchard sheddin
waited inside;
o, the nearest I've weddn
Was dressin the bride;
And the nearest TO home the hob and the
The days bite and sup;
And the nearest I've come to the children lovin'
And takn' 'em up!
ANNE w. YOUNG