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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
The Japanese Bath

private house the master and mistress
NAV have their baths first, ana the
same water serves for the inVlgora-
tion and diversion Of the servants
The ignorant foreigner who goes INTO
a Japanese tub for the purpose OF
cleansing his body, and with soap
snoils the water for further use, is
not only guilty of social error, but
entails a hardship on the household'
including the servants,
The Japanese idea, in a modlheo
form. might we'll be introduced INTO
America. There are no statistics to
tell us what proportion of American
workmen use bathtub, but it Is
said to be a confirmed habit with the
Iaboring japanese. Their work done
perhaps they go to the public bath-
house and smoke and gossip as they
loll in hot water, and then return
home with a clean body and tranquil
mind. To be sure, there are times
when the Japanese are overcome with
sake: but their habitual excess is the
bath. and it has merits that shave
and a prolonged soak in an American
saloon do not possess-EXchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Harriet Martineau, the foremost
woman writer on Unitarianism, was
born one hundred and twelve years
ago today in Norwich, England. Miss
Martineau's brother. James Mar
tineau. was one OF the most proTni-
nent Unitarian divines of his time,
but, unlike his sister, he was loyal
to unitaranism throughout his life,
while the gifted sister passed from
Unitarianlsm TO agnostieism in ma
ture age. and remained in that state
of mind throughout the rest of her
long life. For Miss Martineau Char
lotte Bronte entertained a warm at
tachment She speaks of Miss Mar
tineau in the following words:
Her house is very pleasant, both
within and without; arranged at all
points with admirable neatness and
comfort. Her visitors enjoy the most
perfect liberty; what she claims Tor
herself she allows them. She is up
at 5. takes a cold bath, and a walk by
starlight, and has finished breakfast
and got to her work by o'clock. She
appears exhaustless in strength and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
A Prine.Minning Play.

From the New York World.
A play-writing contest conducted
bv a New York thea trical producer,
who offered prize of $4,000 to the
author of the manuscript that met
with the approval Of a board Of three
competent judges, has been won by
a woman. Her victory is the more
credita BILE to her and her sex because
her drama, Children of Earth,
easily won over ! ,646 rivals.
Miss Alice Brown. the New Eng
land novelist, the short-story writer,
may be congratulated for proving
that her sex is a match for the men
when it invades the field of dramatic
literature.
Until comparatively lately women
rarely aspired to be dramattsts. But
the theatre of today is as open to the
women as to the men. Their grasp
of its opportunities is shown by the
fact that two of the most popular
plays produced in New York two
wears ago were Miss Githa Sowerby'
Rutherford g. Son" and Mrs. Eleanor
Gatess The Poor Little Rich Girl
In the dramatic season just ended
IS out of the 104 new plays that were
produced were written by women
Ten of these met with a fair degree
of success, which is a high percent
age.
High-brow theorists of the stages
duty to art and society, and faddist'
who are appropriating it for propa
ganda, will find food for reflection IL
Miss Alice Browns triumph. TIL
Rlay With which she has vanquishe
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Along with the discomforts of warm
weather come many hateful little IN
+erior nests. ants, spiders, flies, COCK
reaches. very inelegant topics or as
cussion all of them and yet problems
which perplex even the most fastiol-
ous of housekeepers from time 10
time. III,
Every woman who has worried with
tho horrid insects knows that the only
safe and sure way of killing COCK
reaches is "swatting," but there are
verv few women who do not find the
sv,at process so offensive as TO be
impossible.
Then there are the poisoned roach
foods in powder form. Most of them
do not kill but only stun the roaches,
so that they have to be swept up ana
killed in some other way and this, too'
is a revolving task. The liquid poison
snread around, no matter how care
fully causes endless uneaslness, lor
fear it will get into the food. Aito-
gether, the roach problem is most
nerplexing one to the average house
keeper. o,-, :,
But once again Uncle Salhuel, al
WAYS so keen to- look after the inter-
| ests of the national housewives, comes
! to their aid and has caused research
work and experimentation to be done
in the government laboratories u
clear up the difficulty and has ISSUED
a bulletin giving the results of scien
tifc dealings with the problems.
The first method of eXtermlnatini
reaches that is recommended sound
very fantastic and even humorous
but it is said to give wonderful re
suits.
mix one part of plaster of pari
and three or four parts of flour. Plac
this dry mixture in saucer or on
fiat piece of wood or tin where roacne
are numerous. Nearby place anothe
fat plate containing pure water. sup
Div a few inclines of wood or card
board from the floor to the edge c
the plate or saucer to give easy &C
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
JOY IN THE SOUTH JERSEY PEACH ZONE

There is no peach crop failure talk heard from
South Jersey In fact the harvest of that section,
especially in Atlantic is put by experts at double
that of any previous year Commission merchants in
the big cities are beginning to find that Delaware's
Wanted peaches find easier market than the South
Jersey article, and men who own peach orchards are
picking out their makes of automobiles.
An abundant peach crop in New Jersey and Della
ware means something, too. the housewife. The
mddleman who handles the distribution of the crop,
must have his profits, which never modest but
when the farmers prices low the consumer gets
some of the benefit and with cheaper peaches there
will be more family canning for the winter larder
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Why He Remembers Great Civil War Financier

water power. Although | was not pro
fessionally or pecuniarily interested IN
a proposition of this kind, yet as d
man of science I was greatly con-
cerned.
1T occurred to me TO write to Jay
Cooke and tell him all about TINS
opportunity l had never met the
financier, and he, of course, dld not
know me in any way. Yet II seemed
TO me that 1t might be worth Whiie 10
call his attention to this opportunity.
IT wrote the letter, and after | sent
it | made up my mind that MI,
Cooke, if he read it at all, would
throw it in the waste basket, since ne
had much weightier matters for con-
sideration, and especially because the
letter was written by young man
who was a stranger to him. But TO my
delight | received, few DAYS ldtel,
a letter from Mr.. Cooke In Whlch ne
spoke in the kindest manner of what
| had said in my letter to him. and in
which he also intimated that there
was undoubtedly a very valuable sug-
gestion in my communication. lie
was at that time not in a position 10
take the matter up, but these klhuly
words were of the highest encourage
ment to me. / have always treasured
that letter ,,..-,
There came later an addltlonaI
sense of pleasure because, although l
myself had nothing to do with 1t pro
fessionally or in any other way, yet
the very plan which 1 had laid before
Mr.. Cooke was afterward taken up
and perfected and exactly what mao
predicted would be the result was IN
this way accomplished. l think that
when he read my letter Mr.. Cooke
was persuaded that some day What
had suggested to him as possipi :,
downright. 1914, by E. j. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Ohm.

Fair and fat, specialized and big
mustached it needed not it's cultural
tones and Teuton accent to acquaint
the London hotel manager thai the
new arrival was from Germany.
"Yrom Pottsdammerburg l vas
come, sir" announced the newcomer.
"a very nice place, sir returned
the manager, politely.
Der vas a peter"
Eyes? Belin?'
"Nein. Ohm"
ohm In-er-Germany, of
course?'
"Donner and bitten, nein! In Eng
land. In dis country"
"Ohm?' said the manager, thought
fully.
"Ya," growled the German. 81 vas
come from Pottsdammerburg to see
Ohm. Der was no blaze like Ohm. L
vas ad der concert in Berlin, und L
hear der great English soprano sing
dot der vas no blaze like Ohm, und
all der English pebbles in de concert
CRY like her leedle babies Dot must
be der wonderful blaze, Ohm, to make
der English boobies CRY, und | dell
mineself dot I will go und see his Ohm
vat vas no blaze like. Now, sir, Yich
! is der way to Ohm? '-EXchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Partial accounts of the luxury OF
bath lead us to believe that
we have something yet to learn ABOUT
what is regarded by many IN TINS
country as a necessity and by more
as a superogation. In Japan the bath
is not only a necessity, but a dehght-
full recreation, and when hot DAYS
come some of us wish we were Oh the
Land of the Cherry Blossom, soaking
in an Oriental tub. -.
The Japanese have way OF ther
own of taking a bath. They have d
system that in some respects resen-
bles that enforced at. swimming pools
in This country. You must first wash
the body thoroughly and then you
enter the tub, the water of when Is
heated by an Individual system
There. if you are in d public bath
house, you may srnoke and doze or
chat with your friends, in a disslpa-
ton that is said to be exceedingly
refreshing. The water is kept not
nerhaps Increases in heat, and when
YOU leave the tub it is still regardeo
as fit for the next customer In a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Cost of Raising a Boy

bog something might be proved by h $
figures. But he cannot. The 500
boy may be a million dollar man am
the $4,000 boy an impecunious dc
pendent. Cheap raising does not mean
a cheap product when it comes to
rearing boys. No doubt Abraham Lin
coin, for instance, cost his parents
less than $4,000; he very likely left
the parental roof with the financial
accounting all in his favor. And one
would not have to go far to cite
plenty of examples to prove that
lavish expenditures in upbring4ng has
been worse than money wasted.
There is homely old saying to the
effect that silk purse cannot be
made from a pigs ear. But it is prob
ably closer to the point to say that
raising boy is a gamble at best-a
gamble for the boy and a gamble fos
the parents. Still it is the best gam
BILE in the world, and somehow on the
whole it turns out pretty well. The
81, 900 wages, plus affection. hope, in
terest, faith, may all be lost, but still
1t pays to rear the boy. May his
numbers increase and his shadow
never grow essLIndianapolis News
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

u wish every American young man
would take the time to read the biog-
raphy of Jay Cooke, the great tinan-
cier-so far as the marketing of ma
tional bonds was concerned-of civil
War days." said William j. Wilgus
to me at time when he was speak
ing of some of the wonderful achieve
ments of American men of science.
Mr.. Wilgus has gained recognition
with men of science on both SIDES OF
the Atlantic. He 1t was who conceived
and worked out the original plan by
which the railway tunnel which con-
meets Detroit with Windsor, Canada,
was built. Mr.. Wilgus was also the
engineer who planned along original
lines the electrification of the railroad
approaches to the Grand Central Sta
ton in New York city.
Il have the most tender feeling
myself for Jay Cooke Mr.. Wilgus
said. He was not only a great
fnancier. but he was also
gifted with the ability quick
" to understand how science
could be made to serve American
industry of all kinds. The story OF
his life should be "a great stimulus
for American youths who have the
honorable ambition to make the most
of their abilities.
q have in my possession a letter
from Jay Cooke written to me When
| was a young man, which l prize
very highly for two reasons. When
| was Just about beginning my pro-
fessional career I had occasion to, go
to the far West. While there l had
opportunity to visit Duluth and a
considerable portion of the western
shore of Lake Superior.
u was greatly impressed with what
I thought to be the vast possibilities
that were in the water power and IN
the Industrial development which
would follow the utilization of TINS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
south Americans in Our Navy.


Washington Letter TO Brooklyn Eagle
The friendship and cooperation of
the A. B. G. powers of South America
are not only sought by the United
States in the diplomatic affairs of the
Western hemisphere, as evidenced by
the mediation proceedings now in
progress at Niagara Falls, but the
idea that these countries may at some
time become the allies of the United
States if the Monroe doctrine ever be-
comes an issue in warfare. is pro-
NOTED in an active way by the naval
authorities of this country.
Almost simultaneously with the ac-
ceptance of the mediation offer the
navy department granted to three Of
hcers of the Brazilian navy the privi-
lege of receiving instruction in naval
warfare on United States battleships,
and these officers viii report to Ad-
miral Badger aboard the flagship Wy
| oming at Vera Cruz. The Argentine
| Republic already has twelve naval
| officers aboard American ships. Chilli
| has no officers with American ships
| at the present time, but has been
| represented in the recent past. Naval
| officers from Peru, however, are now
| receiving instruction in the United
| States navy, while two officers of the
Cuban navy are aboard battleships In
Mexican waters.
Naval strategists, as well as diplo-
mats. regard the policy of traininl
South American naval officers ABOARD
the modern ships of the United State
as one of Increasing wisdom and i'm
portance. in view of the fact tina
three South American countries ar
equlpping themselves for warfare will
the most powerful type of battleships
The A. 3. c. powers-Argentine Bra
I'll and Chili--possess seven battle
ships of the dreadnought and super
dreadnought class. In the Unite
States these are regarded by nava
authorities as seven battleships adde
, to the American fleet in defense of tn
, Monroe doctrine. This would be
very considerable and welcome rein
forcement to the naval strength of tn
United States in case of war with a
) important power. From a mlitar
standpoint. the training of officers
/ the methods employed by the Unite
r States navy is looked upon as
! highly essential element in the &C
= operation of those seven battleshiI
with our own.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
some ProhIems Of sIeep.

Frederick Peterson, in the Atlantic.
When lower forms of animal life
are experimental with in the labora-
tory. the tendency is to diminished
activity or complete rest (sleep) In
the dark and to increased activity in
the light. This chemical effect upon
protoplasm in general becomes
rhythmic with the alternating day
and night, and in the hundred mil
lion years that led to the evolution
of man the original terrestrial pro-
toplasmic rhythm became an estab-
lished function OF animal life. With
the development of a nervous system
this regular periodicity of action an
inaetion was doubtless taken over -
considerable extent by the neurons,
as has occurred with other functions
of protopasm
IL this be true, may we not look
upon sleep, that robs us of twenty
| three years Of activity in our short
| lives of three-score and ten, as q
| bad habit, as an incident OF rather
| accident of our existence on this par
| ticular planet? One wonders, for in
stance. as 10 the relations of sleef
and activity en- a planet like Jupiter
with a ten-hour day, five hours O
light and five hours of night, will
six years of polar day and six year.
of polar night, and seasons eaei
three years long. What about sleel
on Saturn, with its luminous ring
and eight moons. and also five hour
of day and five hours of night2 How
about sleep on planets lit by duple
or triplex suns, or in the solar sys
tenn of Theta Orionis, with seve
sunS2
| There seems to be such a thing a
: intensive sleeping. just as we hay
intensive gardening and farming.
2 has been shown experimentally tina
repose is deepest during the frs
hour or two, and that sleep become
: | more shallow, more superficial
5 thereafter; and it is conceivable tina
: by sleeping intensively for two G
4 three hours we might secure as niue
9 actual rest as we now obtain by dis
d sipating it over seven or eight hours
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JUNE u
Harriet Martineau
copyrgb
BY MARY MARSHALL.

snirits. and interchangeable in the FAC
ultv of labor. She is both hard and
warm hearted, abrupt and affection
ate. liberal and despotic. | believe
she is not at all conscious of her own
absolutisn. Some of the gentry dis
IKE her, but the lower orders have II
great regard for her. She is certainly
n woman of wonderful endowments.
both intellectual and physical; and,
though I share few of her opinions, 1
must still award her my sincerest es-
teem.'
Although Miss Martineau was in
mature years a wonder of physical
strength, she had been as child very
delicate in health. As a result of her
early delicate health she was denied
the power of hearing and the less i'm
portant sense of smell. But she did
not obtrude her misfortune on those
about her and. in fact, had way of
making people forget it. "Often have
I seen her with her trumpet laid by
her side" writes one of her contem-
poraries "and genial smile upon her
pleasant face, while conversation WAS
going on around her in which she did
not happen to be included"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
sHAp INDUSTRY POISONED TO DEATH.

Delaware bay and river shad fishermen, who
have just closed losing have reason TO com
plain Bitterly of a federal and State policy of indf-
ference which allows their industry to be poisoned
to death by commercial greed. The pollution of the
water by waste oils and acids from numerous fac
tories along the river and its tributaries is chiefly
blamed for this springs poor run of shad and the
consumer also felt the effect in fancy prices for this
favn tn nd
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Sufficient Provocation.

"Why did you beat Dobson so ter
ribly?" said the judge, indicating the
bebandged figure of the plaintiff.
IT asked him why a horse had run
away, your honor" explained the
prisoner, land he told me that it was
because the animal had lost his
equineimity."
HIM" said the judge. Dis
charged. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
The Month of May.

mia Hermens Simpson,
o May it is a wonderful month
Celebrated in song and story,
What could be more elegant
Than beautiful May morning?
I'm the wonderful month of May
/ quote the German poet, Henry
Heine,
All nature seems to be quite gay
And | do feel quite finely.
Gotham Weekly Gazette.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
The Other Kind.

The captain of one of the ocean
liners was showing a lady friend of
his over the ship during one of the
eastward trips. As they passed
through the steerage he called his
fair companions attention to a big,
husky, Irish immigrant who was put
ting away with knife, fork and spoon
a bountiful supply of corned beef and
cabbage, combined with other art-
cles of diet. The captain eyed him
for a moment. then addressing the
young lady said
Just look at the enormous amount
of food that fellow is consuming"
81 suppose. captain" said the far
young girl, "he is what you sailors
call a stowaway. "-Lippincott's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Women and workers."

The tongue glib when the brain IS OF wooo
They tell classes are two!
The women who work for a livelihood
And the women like me and you.
Who marry and mother and suffer and slave,
Who labor from to sun
Whose only tranquility lies in the grave
Where the web of forgetting is spun.
We've never a whole half holiday,
Nor the wages worker" may earn,
And the jobs that do and the laws obey
Are the kind that a worker would spurn!
But our pay is the clinging of pink finger tips,
And the love that faithful man gives
And we'd barter thrill from his masterful lips
For all the sweet freedom that liyes
New York Time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
POLO TOMORROW.

The International polo game at Meadow Brook
tomorrow between American and British teams of
four exctes interest both sides of the Atlantic
The British team, selected with great care from
among the crack polo players of England. is fully
representative one and also is the American four
And the odds favor the Americans although they
have in their practise matches been playing up
to the best expectations of their friends
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

From the North American Review
THE senator from Rhode Island
seems to think our course at Vera
Cruz was not right, said Senator
stone. I will say to him that the
whole country approved of that
action, except, perhaps. the senator
himself The senator lamented the
loss of the lives of Americans, but
charged our men with taking the
lives of two hundred innocent MeXi-
cans. Think of that Innocent Next
cans-snipers, who were making war
on our soldiers against all the rules
of civilized warfare Press report.
Let US see. Did not the British
Gle a similar complaint against our
shippers at Lexington. Massachusetts
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

all her men and women competitors
has no sociological mission; it is just
a human drama of New England
types. laid in the simple surroundings
Of New ENGLAND Life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
SOLDIERS MONUMENT IN NEWARK.

1t would be gratifying if fund should be
collected sufficient TO erect handsome soldiers
monument in our city in 1915, when the city cele-
brates it's 25Oth anniversary. The late Amos H.
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Canada has 23,OOO,OOO acres in tim
Der reserves, as compared with 49,.
O0O. 900 acres in the national forests
of the United States.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Exclusive of the United Kingdom,
the area of the British Empire is
II ,244,000 square miles. In the last
twenty years it's population increased
from 3O7 All, 900 to 81 49,. 600.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Foreign Echoes.

One half the population of France
S engaged in agriculture.