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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

official investigation into the con-
1itions of the Ceylon pearl fisheries
have Just brought to light some eX-
tremely interesting facts concerning
the habits of the pearl oyster.
Experiments with X-ray plants
placed in the vicinity of the pearl
banks, with the object Of separating
those oysters containing pearls from
the others, have been tried, but found
to be expensive and Ineffective.
In the matter of assisting forma-
ton of pearls, experts refer to the
extensive and, successful industry
carried on in Japan in pearl culture.
Small leaden images of the Buddha
and other nuclei are inserted between
the mantel and the shell, and these,
setting up local irritation, in course
of time become partially covered with
pearl matter. After they have grown
sufficiently large they are removed
and the basal part of this concretion
(Which has grown to the shelD Is
carved out.
This method, the investigators
think, will possibly revolutionize pearl
fishing in q few years They point
cut that since probably not .0l per
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
THE CAUSE FOR MEXICAN TROUBLES.

During the earlier Phases of the struggle in Mex
leo The Star pointed out that It not merely one
Of political parties and factions and the ambitions
Of leaders, but aH agrarian war uprising of
the. peon class ainst the lords of the land The
Star kened thy underlying causes to those which
COZ .ecpitated th4 great French Revolution, and de-
ler;ed that thb only solution of Mexico's troubles
was>tne breaKg up of the individual land and peon-
age system of Mexico and the division of the soil into
peasant proprietorsh.ps.
The New York World yesterday took exactly the
lSame grould Declaring that there would be no per-
YnffSsnt peace In Mexico until land monopoly by a
small class shall be broken the World says 1.-THE
Mexican problem is agrarian problem. The great
mass of people are living under feudalism They
nothing. few everything. The Constitu-
tonalst movement is campaign for peasant proprie-
torship That is the meaning of Villa and Zapata and
Carranza and all the forces that have been battling
against Huerta. What is going in Mexico is a
revolution the people against despotc priv
ilege"
The American people should have clear UNDER
standing of what is going on in Mexico and their
sympathies should naturally be with the struggling
NiIIons in Mexico Foreign interests in Mexico have
become ally of the ruling class. Having obtained
enormously rich concessions from corrupt govern
uents in Mexico, they the foes of the common
people, who may some day recover from them the
national property thus given away Madero the
leader of the people in the struggle for national
dom. He was too weak for the role of liberator and
he was sacrificed, the Gracchi in the same
cause for the Roman people many centuries ago.
Carranza has taken his place, but the strong is
villa, sprung from the loins of the people, who
promises to be their deverer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Woman, Crimson with Rage, Tells
Her Story in Railway Train

Crimson with rage, the lady boarded
the Tube train. 1t was evident to the
rest of the passengers that something
had occurred to upset her equanimity.
She sighed like a locomotive giving
off steam, and bounced down on the
seat in n style that BODIED i'll for the
compartments upholstery.
A gentleman opposite ventured tho
remark that maybe she had found
siXpence and lost shilling.
This ERE s a free country. l 'ope?"
asked the lady with some asperity.
Seems to me you're dom your best
to make it one, anyway" observed
the gentleman.
Coos what | mean" continued the
excited one, "if no one couldn't ave a
bit o trouble without askin' leave o
the likes o you It'd be best to emf
CRATE"
The male passenger concluded that
discretion was by far the better part
of valor II was only tryin to cheer
you up a bit, missus," he remarked
with a chastened air.
The lady thawed visibly. Truth Is,
she announced, 1--WE 'ad q shock,
Knocked me ali of cap, as the say
in goes. It's my second"
husband ?'F quened the male pas
SenSef.
The lady nodded "Shan't never be-
lieve I'm men no more" she declared
Married IN five months ago last Fri
day and thought | was dom myself a
bit o. good Sweep-that's wha e was
and "A better 'earted and more ard
Workin' Teller never stepped. And yes
terday e gets run over and was took
to the 'orspital."
",IJrt bad?" inquired the gentleman
II was when I see i'm just now"
snapped the lady, First thing they
done was TO wash i'm"
THAT amt upset you, l 'ope?"
NO" replied the lady, but 1t do
come as "A bit OF a shock when a
woman's been pattin' 'erself on the
back. thinllin' she'd found Il decent
Englishman for a husband to find out
as her old mans a niger. London
Weekly Telegraph.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

The Pennsylvania railroad system
paid $3.50, 397, 067 in wages last year.
West Virginia employs more than
80 900 men in the mining industry.
Less than 40 per cent. of the GUS
tom tailors in this country are or
ganized.
The cigar factories of New York
employ nearly twice as many women
as men.
There is a unanimous sentiment
among mine workers against compul-
sorry arbitration.
On June /, at New York city, Inter
national Association of Marble Work
ers will convene.
OF 1915 London, England, county
council employees, 1913 are eX-soldiers
and 779 eX-sailors and marines.
SIX States still without compulsory
school laws are South Carolina, Geor-
Gin. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi ana
Texas.
The recent strike of municipal
workers OF Leeds, England, which
lasted q month, cost the city about
$4T0,00
The Detroit Federation Of Labor
has purchased q lot upon which VIII
ne erected q labor temple.
T,o1,,roh,, 9 c. Building Trades
Council is fighting the manufacture
of furniture in the State penitentiary.
Eight women have been appointed
recently to act as field deputies In the
assessors office in Los Angeles, Cal
The state free employment bureau
IN Worcester. Mass, has filed LIN
positions, representing ninety KINDS
81 employment. IN the six months
since it's establishment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoH SWEET MARDEN,
Author Of "Pushing to the 'front.' NV
Copyright 1914.
THE AFTERMATH OF ovEREATINO

enemy, 1t oVertaxeS the energy u
the different organs. which instead at
going to increase the DoweS OIL the
whole system. is expended in get
ting rid of the excess Of food and IN
eliminating the resulting poiSons,
Perhaps larger proportion OF the
American people than of any other
nation mar their health and hap
nIness and cripple their careers by
avereating and eating the wrong KIND
Of food. The great majority OF US
eat twice as much as is CONSISTENT
with the best physical condition ana
do not realize what a tremendous
risk we run In so doing. IL heVcS
occurs TO the average man or wom-
on that any surplus nourishment
taken into the body, any FOOD, no
matter how good, which Is not nee ss-
sarv for the healthful nourtShment
and maintenance of the cell tissues
becomes a perpetual menace in the
way of intestinal putrefaction pois@
oning. .,.,..
overeating and the consequent putre-
faction of unnecessary and unap-
sorbed nutriment, is the cause OF
more headaches, dyspepsia, bilious
ness. mental dulness and general lack
of ambition than almost anything
else. ,.,
Mr.. Fletcher says that We should
eat less and chew more. He claims
that the more completely we enjoy
every mouthful of food the more good
we will get out of it, the less likely
we will be to in1ure ourselves by eat
ing too much. 1t will pay to follow
his advice not only from a health
Int also from an economical stand
point. because if we Fletcherize our
food we will feel better and happier
and we will not require more than
half as much as when we eat hurried
ly and do not take time to masticate
thoroughly.
Habitual overeaters ruin their en-
ioyment of food They do not know
what real palate enjoyment is, which
can only come from simple living
eating slowly, masticating thorough
ly and digesting perfectly over
Indulgence has taken away their nat
urai appetite, which alone can give
that hearty, healthy zest for ROOD
which gives pleasure in the eat'1g'
and. most important of all, results in
the increase of power and efficiency.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

How many, SO faro asked DIT.
Lewis, who had called upon his
friend, Jacob Schneider. about 0
o'clock one evening, and found him
alone, very seriously occupied with
a big wooden bowl of doughnuts.
"Oh, eight or ten, perhaps-only a
few, anyway
Didn't you have any supper"
yes, of course l did; ate supper
as usual, and l shouldn't have
touched these but somehow l didn't
feel very well and was sort o. lone
some, and these doughnuts are kind
o. company for me, you know. The
old woman always fries them for me
in the evening and when they are
nice and hot L sometimes eat more n
twenty of EN-, just to sort o pass
away the time, you knoW!'
His wife would urge Jacob to clean
up the doughnuts evenings, for ne
wouldn't seem to care for them at al
mornings, partly because they would
be cold, but even more because OIL
his catarrh, biliousness, liver torpid
ity, constipation, sleepiness, dulness,
low spirits, etc, which always both-
cred him the most mornings. But the
doughnuts after supper had nothing
to do with tnOSe InlnSS, or VIII Hi'
pimples, blotches and yellow or brown
spots! OF course not. Those were
mysterious Affections which the doc
tor would help him to get rid OF; ana
perhaps show him how to avoid.
The sin of overeating is not pecu-
liar to the rich or the well-to-do. A
Jacob Schneider with his doughnuts
can be as much q glutton as q DIVES
or q Luculus with rich and costly
foods and rare wines. Excess in eat e
ing is not confined to any class or
country. 1t has been well said that
civilized man lives upon one-fonrth
of the food he takes and the other
three-fourths he takes at the peril OF
his life. The great majority OF
people suffer seriously from overeat-
ing, from burdening the system to get
rid of what it cannot convert into It's
sue and power.
In reality, only a small part OF
what overeaters take into the sys-
tenn is required for the building up
and maintaining of the tissues. The
residue is only a poisonous. danger
Gus burden, and instead of building 1t
up most of it becomes the body 3
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
THE AMENITIES OF BRITISH DEBATE.

British papers fond of referring to the
inemperanee of debate in the United States Congress
Probably their notion of the decencies of discussion
a deliberative body Is when former prime minister
of the British empire the floor of Parliament calls
present cabinet minister "a despsed agent and
meanest criminal" Such the language of Arthur
Bafour Unionst, referring to Mr. Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, during the home rule debate
yesterday and it would take greatdea of searching
of Congressional Record files to find match for this
British exhibition of bad temper and bad manners
and bad language.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
A Question of Tact.

A young man who had just been en-
gagged as commercial traveller by q
Manchester firm was warned that the
great fault of his predecessor had
been want of tact. The young man
started out, and, to the surprise of
his employers, orders began to come
in at a quite unprecedented rate.
The climax came when big order
was sent in from a firm with whom
the wholesale house had had a bitter
quarrel, ending in q total stoppage of
business.
The travellers employer sent for
him on his return and asked him
how he managed that particular mir
acle.
II used tact, sir" was the reply,
"as YOU warned me to. When | got
10 Mr.. BIS shop he came UP and
asked me what firm L represented.
remembering the circumstances, /
handed him my card and said, Why,
these blooming ldlots! hohdoli
Opinion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
PorhrIo DIaz.

E'rOm the Washington Star
Porfirio Diaz, eighty-four years old
Is resting at Monte Carlo. Interested,
of course, in the Mexican situation,
and solicitious, of course, for the
country's welfare, he yet declines to
comment for publication on the stir
wing news that reaches him.
He has no thought of returning
home, and there is no sugge ton in
Mexico of calling him back. His day
Is past. 1t was a long day, and
glorious for Mexico. Under his guild
ance, call it what you will-the coun-
Try made the only notable strides she
exer- has made In the path of real
progress,
He was high-handed, but his was a
strong hand. He was called Presi-
dent, and was as much of a Pres
dent as his people could assimi ate,
ne held elections, and presided over
them, and the results were always In
his favor. The voice of the peop.e was
the voice of Diaz. There was no such
thing as going behind his election re-
turns
~sAsts last. age having overtaken him,
he lost his grip. Younger men as
serted themselves, and he was driven
away. His great services were for
gotten, and it was exile for him.
The new order came forward with
trumpets blowing. What had taken
place was proclaimed as the sponta-
neous action of men who had out
grown leading strings, and were com
psstont for, and would have, a voice
in their own affairs. Henceforth the
government must be the product OF
anhorepresent the plain people.
We now know that the overthrow
OF Diaz was accompanied by the most
sordid means; that Madero was
wholly incompetent for the work he
had undertaken, and that his end
though abhorrent and pathetic, might
have been foreseen.
Revolutions do not go backward.
But this saying is based upon the pro-
position that they usher in improve
naent. Not so the Madero revolution.
That ushered in only disorder, which
has steadily increased until anarchy
almost has been reached. Mexico to-
daE Is in plight so pitiable that the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
THE GROWING WASTE BY FIRE.

Something over $25,5OO,OOO was the fire loss in
the United States and Canada last month"; and il is
safe to that 90 per cent. of it preyentable
The disheartening feature of this showing is that the
figure is nearly half much again that of March
last year. in spite of the supposed educational
paign against carelessness that has been conducted
during recent years, and the hundreds of thousands
of dollars that cities spending motordriven
apparatus and other ire-fghting improvements. We
Americans, when II comes to national vices, are
good at confession, but poor hands at amendment
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Try to Produce Pearl Oysters

cent. of the larvae inhabiting the
tissues of the pearl oyster ever pc
comes the nuclei of pearls, it would
appear likely that future science VIII
concentrate on so treating the oysters
that o large percentage of these
larvae will form pearls.
A merchant relates an interesting
incident that occurred some years
ago. A couple of Arab fishermen
were fishing with headlines up the
Persian Gulf, near the pearl grounds.
and one of them fished up an oyster
which contained a pearl. He took 1t
to the bazaar, where he offered 1t at
first for eight annas (sixteen vents'9
During the haggl'ng usual in the
circumstances he was offered by an
other person a larger sum. The Arao
became wary, and while the negotia-
tions were proceeding an Armenian,
who was passing, happened to see the
pearl and offered Rs. 200 $500. But
the owner guessed by the offer that
the pearl was a valuable one and did
not part with It, Eventually 1t ar
rived in Bombay and was sold in
Paris for 100000 record price for q
single pearl, it is believed. \
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

tuberculosis is one of the most Sc
rious public health problems of the
Orient. Active organizations to
fight this disease have been formed in
Japan, the Philippines, India and
Australia. A movement is on foot for
national organization in China and
In @ number of the local cities work
has been started. While no accurate
figures are available, those who are
in a position to know claim that con-
sumption takes annually from 500,O00
TO 100000 lives in China alone. In
India the death rate is fully as high.
and on account of caste distinctions
and native representations the prob
lem OF prevention and treatment is
peculiarly difficult. The Japanese
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
English Great Soap Users

can't be good for the health; it's not
natural There was an Englishman at
Philippopolis who used to wet himself
all over with cold water every morn
ing. Disgusting! 1t all comes from
the English; their climate makes them
so dirty that they have to be perpet-
tlally washing themselves.
"I.ook at my father. He never had
n bath in his life, and he lived to be
49, the healthiest man in Bulgaria. L
don't mind a good wash once a week
to keep up my position, but once a
Gay is carrying the thing to lidicu-
lous extreme"
1t is difficult to keep away from the
international aspect As to Germany.
that great country is we'll up in the
list. So is Spain. Not so Italy or
France. Holland is quite high;
Sweden quite low
Cold and warm climates seem to
have little to do with the matter.
The Brahmin's morning additions are
"a religious ceremony and hygienically
thorough.
A great physician recently said that
the skin cleans itself, and that it is
possible to oVerdo the washing habit
The history OF the soap industry in
England is romance in itself 1t
has become very great since the.
Haralyzing duties We're taken off in
1858. But in spite of the erection of
this and that Soapopolis, 1.-THE un-
soaped," "the great unwashed," are
very much in evidence every day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
In the World of Labor

In Pennsylvania 1t is the aim of The
unions to get the railroaders into the
State Federation, with the view of
getting them to quit hauling scabs
and carrying soldiers in time of
strikes.
The House committee on mines has
agreed to favor the Taylor bill, which
provides for the establishment of ten
mining experiment stations. One is
to be located in Alaska and the
others In the Western mining States.
Each station will be allowed $4,000
yearly to conduct experiments to inn
prove mining conditions and to pre-
vent waste in mine operations.
In the last ten years the loss suS-
tanned by organized workers in the
United Kingdom through strikes and
lockouts has been equal to f17,413,1S
in wages, not to mention strike pay.
Against this the net gain in wages is
returned at f2,7l4,340 leaving a net
loss Of f14 ,69S,S4S. OF the strikes, one
half have been won by the employers,
one-quarter by the strikers, and the
remaining quarter compromised.
San Francisco Labor Council will
interest the International Molders'
Union and the labor movement of
California in project to erect a
suitable monument over the grave of
George Gunrey. who had charge of
the metal trades strike IN Los An
geles in 1910-1911,
As the result OF a statewide in
vestigation, James j. Barrett, deputy
State labor commissioner of Mis-
souri reports that thousands of dol
! lars are annually eXtorted from labor
ers who are shipped out on railroad
construction work through a chain OF
/ labor agencies and their allies located
| in Kansas City.
| The London County Council has
adopted a new scheme for half holi-
day closing under the shops act
About 10000 shops will be affected by
the scheme, which takes effect on
August 1. The Thursday closing days
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
by MARY MARSHALL.
APRIL 30
Anna Robena Laidlaw
Copyrighted 1914.

Which do you think is the more
musical, Anna Robena Laidlaw or
Robena Anna Laidlaw? If you have
an ear for music akin to that of the
great composer, Schuman, you Will
see readily that Anna Robena is the
more pleasing combination. 1t was
at Schuman's suggestion, in fact,
that the charming young English
pianist changed her name from
Robena Anna Laidlaw to the more
pleasing arrangement, and it is by
tho latter combination that She will
always be remembered.
Anna Robena Laidlaw was born
ninety-flve years ago today in York
shire, England. She was the daugh-
ter Of a wealthy merchant and early
displayed a talent for music. No
pains were spared in developing this
talent. She studied in Edinburgh and
then in Germany, and at the age of
she was deemed sufficiently
proficient to play at the court OF
King William ". in London on the
occasion of Paganinfs farewell con-
cert. Then she returned to Germany
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
New Austrian Perplexities.


From the New York Evening Sun.
One more wholly disturbing de-
velopment in the Balkans has taken
the Austro-Iungarian statesmen by
surprise. Servia and Montenegro, it
appears, have concluded az treaty
which in fact creates a new dual
kingdom and unites the two Serb
States, to which the late war gave
u common frontier, in close alliance.
Customs union, military associa-
ton, joint pledges for combined oper-
atoms IN case of war--these are
among the provisions of the latest
document. By it there is I'm fact Gre
ated n tight little State of above 81
100000 of people, capable of putting
war-trained army of over 400, 900
troops in the field and wig lily in
spired with hatred OF Austria, the
common foe.
By such an arrangement, too, all
the Austrian schemes to keep SerVia
from the sea are wrecked, for Monte
negro has two seaports Of her own,
Dualcigno and Antivari, and with the
actual union of Montenegro and
Servia they become available for
SerVia.
Austria holds Russia responsible
for this latest Balkan move, perhaps
not unjustly. On a frontier. Joining
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dali
malta, which contain 100000 Serbs
already eager to escape Austrian
rule, there is erected a strong Serb
State. whose armies will be a power
full aid to Russia if war with Austria
comes,
1t Is these ver-multiplying ankle
ties and perils which add to the
gravity of the situation created by
I
Francis Joseph, whose long and
troubled reign seems ending in inter-
nal chaos as complete as that which
faced him as boy, when he
assembled q throne shaken by the
great Hungarian rebellion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

we're fixed for all London north of
the Thames except Bethnei Green
and Stepney, and south of the
Thames. excepting Belham, Batter
sea, Brixton, Chaplain, part of Dull
wich, Earlsfield, Forest Hill, Herne
Hill, Norwood, Southend, Stockwell,
Streatham, Summerstown, Syden-
ham, footing, Tulse Hill and part of
Wandsworth, which are closed on
Wednesdays, or, at the option of the
shopkeeper, on Saturdays.
The congress OF the Italian FEEDER
alton of Bakers, Confectioners and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30
Taking His Cue.

A small street urchin from the city
who was spending some time IN
srash-ai Camp was the source of con-
siderable entertainment to members
Of the family at q farm where he
frequently called for milk and apples.
"Whaddye think about the young
ster. anyhow?" the farmer asked his
wife one evening.
aHe's a nice little fellow" the wife
replied; ''but can't just make him
out"
GLOW make him out?"
EVERY time grampaw sneezes
.Isch,' that boy allus laughs and yells
'Ka Bibble!' Judge.