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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
The Clergy and
the War Problem

The causes of war may not be so
clear as it's preventives. These may
not all be easily enumerated, but
some of them can be, and In a new
book they are. This timely volume
comes from the press OF Funk e.
Wagnalls Company, and from the pen
of George Holley Gilbert, Phi. D., D.
D. It's title carries boldly its mission
-"The Bible and Universal Peace"
1t affords good reading for anyone
at this time, but its chief appeal is to
ministers of the gospel; and the power
which they can WELD for the peace it
advocates Is thus outlined:
The clergy of the United States
number approximately 10000, and
there are, perhaps. about three times
as many in Europe, exclusive of Rus
sian-700,00 in all. These men, as a
class, have that authority which
flows from a thorough education, they
have the prestige of representing
religion that has surpassed all others
in its power to uplift humanity and
they have the unique personal infiu-
ence that springs from a ministry
to men in the vital matters of the
soul and In the most sacred events
of the outward life. These 100000
Christian ministers have an oppor-
tunity to determine the ideals of per-
haps twenty millions of boys and
girls whom they have consecrated to
the God of peace in baptism.
Moreover, this great host of minis
tiers who are pledged to preach the
gospel would have, In the advocacy
of ueace almost the unanimous sup
port of the women of the church,
probably not less than fifty millions,
as we'll as the support of a majority
of those women of Christian lands
who are not in the church, and they
would also be upheld by a number OF
men within the church which, IL not
as large as the number of women,
would, nevertheless, be many times
as large as the army of Xerxes, while
a multitude of men outside the church
are ready for a leadership of peace.
Upon these 100000 ministers of the
gospel rests peculiarly solemn re-
sponsibility for the peace of the
world. They are, of all men, best
acquainted with the teaching of Jesus,
and 1t Is their sole business In life to
enforce that teaching. Granted that
they do not agree on the question
whether the gospel ever sanctions
war, they must agree, IL they read the
gospel intelligently and without the
fear of man, that Jesus laid supreme
emphasis on the attainment of quail
ties of character which render war In
creasingly impossible, and they must
agree that the spirit of Jesus would
try every suggestion of brotherly love
before 1t would even consider a resort
to the dread arbitrament of war"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
MANY STUDENTS
ON HONOR ROLL
Mgr. Whelan Presents Testi-
moniaIs to ST. Patrick's Ca
thedraI School Pupils.

H1onsignor Whelan. presented
large number of the students OF ST.
Patriclk's CathedrSl School with testl-
'lnonials last night at gathering in
the school auditorium. Among those
who took part in the exercises were
Edward Flynn, Benjamin Munelly,
Chritopher Roche and Phlllp Mul-
vaney. Following is the roll of honor
Eighth Grade-Raymond O'Connell,
RAYMOND Logue. Joseph Coogan, John
Hoey. Philip Mulvaney, Vincent TAI
hot. Gregory Roche James smith,
Eugene Brady, Joseph Valentino,
James O'Mara, James Meehan,
THOMAS Degnen, Walter Leamy.
Francis Casey, Edward SchWlndt,
Eugene Neary. John Feely, Edwin
DonnolIy. Joseph Lavelle, Joseph
Hoffman, Arthur O'Toole, Gerald
Griffin, Thomas O'Hara, William 100
hey. Paul Peck, John Coogan,. Johh
Mcmahon, John English, Cyril NC
Nair. .
Seventh Grade--John McSweeney,
Joseph Turbett, John McCurry, I'd
ward Leamy, Howard Moynhan,
Harry Reilly, Joseph Lynch. John
Wegnann, Victor Donnelly, William
barrett. Stephen Swan, John NC
Cam. Joseph Rowe, John Sugrue,
Vincent Enright, Arthur Lee, Frank
Dempsey, Louis Wierdo, Philip BOY
Ian, THOMAS Burns, Thomas Leonard
Joseph Gaven, Philip Mckenna, hugh
Gallagher, John Thompson, Charles
RaWding. Michael Mccarthy, James
Page. William McCabe, John Carney.
Sixth Grade-James McSweeney.
Sylvester Shine, Frank MeWatters,
william Dietz, Joseph Donnelly
Peter Maloney, Francis Maher Jonn
Lundy, Euene Laurent Harold hniL-
fin. peter Kenney, Andrew Howell,
Thomas Holins. William Griggs,
Charles Gall. Lawrence Fleming,
Howard Dassing, Eugene Devin, Will
lam Degnan, James Dalton, John
Costello, Walter Chadwick, John
CoakIy, Edmund Burns, Thomas
Matthews. George Theroux, Christie
pher Roche, John Caller, William
Sales. Frank Dillon, Paul Smith, Jo-
seph Harrington
Fifth Grade-Gilbert Brady, Dennis
Dwyer, John Fitzpatrick, Norman
Tlorke, Andrew Hill. Edward Hene-
gan. John Kenny, Edward McManus,
William Nolan, Jerome Osbahr,
Henry Purcell, George Regan,
Thomas Durham, Francis Zimmers,
Benjamin Munnelly, John McGili,
Stanley George, Henry Kelly, Will
lam Quinn.
Fourth Grade - Raymond Fitz-
patrick, Edmund Flynn, Edward
Hargan, James Purcell, Arthur Peck.
Patrick Gallagher, Robert Leamy,
Edwin Hollen, Peter Murray, George
Murphy, Daniel O'Keefe. Edward
O'Rourke, Leo Carleton Wilson, f.
Gerard Sug rue, Harry Morgan. Ray
mond McGae, James Tierney, Joseph
Cavanagh, frederick Metzler.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

and from my senior in the next
room; and ] bore heroically the hurt
felt when some Of the country
papers, because of the scantiness Of
their fonts of type. printed my long.
overrunning hexameters as prose. /
had studied the verse not In Long
fellow alone, but in Kingley's An
dromeda' and Goethe's Hermann
and Dorothea,' but my story l had
taken from a potentially of our own
life, and in the tragedy of the slave
girl whose master CANDLES her away
at monte on a Mississippi steamboat,
and who aings herself into the river,
/ was at home with scene and cir
cumstances. The popularity of the
piece had Its pains as well as pleas
nres, but the sharpest anguish l suf-
fered was from an elocutionist who
was proposing to recite 1t on the
platform. and who came to me with
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

army of immigrants. These people
of all nations he sees as they are,
and he puts them before the reader
in chapters that are quaint, humor-
Gus and informing.
Mr.. Graham begins with the voy-
age. I'VE collected" he says, ION the
quay at Liverpool-English, Russians.
Jews, Germans, Swedes and Firms
all staring at one another curiously
and trying to understand languages
we had never heard before. Three
hundred yards out in the harbor
stood the red funneled Cunarder
which was to bear us to America.
and we waited impatiently for the
boat which should take us alongside.
We carried baskets and portman-
teaux in our strained hands. Most
of us were wearing heavy coats and
some had sacks upon their backs, SO
we were all very ready to rush
aboard the ferryboat and dump our
burdens On its damp decks. What a
stampede there was, people pushing
into portmanteaux, baskets pushing
into people. At last we had all
crossed the little gangplank and all
that remained on shore were the few
relatives and friends who had come
to see the English off This pathetic
crown Sdub 1913 thAAo cOh6Df
waved their hats and handkerchiefs
and shouted"
On the voyage across many and
varied were the experiences and Mr..
Graham, who saw them with the eye
of O participant, writes Of them with
accomplished skill. But the book does
not end with the landing at New
York: in fact, only one chapter Is
given over to the trip. Following
that there is a breezy account of the
arrival of the immigrant at Ellis
Island, of his life in New York, Chi
cago and other big cities and of days
In the country. There are chapters
on American hospitality, on the char
acteristics of Americans and on our
celebration of Decoration Day
throughout thend all 1t is the human
element that Mr.. Graham emphasizes'
with the result that his narrative is
a human document of the first I'M
portance. a document which Is q real
INTERPRETATION of q life in this colin
try which, as the years go on, VIII
make Its influence felt more ana
more.
with Poor Immigrants to Amer
lea, is illustrated with nearly thirty
pictures made largely from photo
graphs taken by Mr.. Graham on Ms
iourneyings. Published by the Mac
MILAN Company. New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

it, to have me hear him read 1t. He
did not give it with the music of my
inner sense, but I praised him as
we'll as l Could till he came to the
point where the slave girl accuses
her master with the cry of Sold mel
Sold me! Sold And you promised
to give me my freedcnl' when he
said. And here I think I will intro
duce a Shrek "A shriek?' l faltered.
Yes. Don't you think 1t would Ill
the suspense that comes at the last
word "Sold!"? Something like this
and he gave a cry that made my
blood run cold, not from the sensl-
sbility of the auditor. but the agony OF
the author oh, MOI inplored him,
and he really seemed to imagine my
suffering. He promised to spare me.
but whether he had the self-denial to
keep his word l never had the cour-
age to inquire"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

Maid of the Mist" by John Oxen
ham, author Of RED WRATH" etc,
is the story of physician, sterl-
ing sportsman and gentleman, who,
wrecked on Sable Island. Nova
Scotia, shows courage and resource
In protecting Scottish French
princess from burly seaman.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
Literary News Notes

DR.. Dugald Christie the author of
Thirty Years in the Manchu Capt.
tall" just published by Mcbride,
Mast & Co., went to Manchuria IN
1889 as a medical missionary of the
United Presbyterian Church of Scot
land and settled in Moukden, where
he has been ever since.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
Red Cross Contributions
TO Be Received Here

Frederick Frelinghuysen, treasurer
OF the New Jersey State Board of the
American Red Cross, has received
word sfrom the national headquar-
ters of the society that he may now
receive donations for the national or
ganization.
Contributions may be made in cash
or by check to Mr.. Frellnghuysen at
$50 Broad street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-03
With Immigrants
to a New Land

A book in which the reader sees
life from a new angle Is stephen Gra-
hams with Poor Immigrants to
America" just published. A great
many volumes have been issued de-
scribing the experiences of the for
eign visitor to our shores These have,
however, usually proceeded from a
tourist OF author travelling in the
cabin OF Pullman. Mr.. Graham Is the
first author of Importance who has
approached us as one of the great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18

x/OU could not live without breath. OF course YOU
7 know what breath is: but if YOU can describe It
without hesitation So that your definition tells
.xa.t1v what it should tell, and more, YOU are
natural photographer You know also what box IS
also case chest trunk, basket, chair sofa, and nun
rcds Of other things used by everybodv but try 70 tell
quickly what box or any Of the other things IS so that
what YOU say could not describe any other article Can
You DO it,
The most familiar words are the most difficult to de-
ire and even the definitions in dictionaries are not al
WAYS perfect: though likely To- be better than even the
most ACCOMPLISHED editor could make ohhand. In
making them for publication the statements care
FULLY studied and often amended Ones only recourse
when in search OF definition IS the dictionary which
should be used by everybody; but this does not mean
that ANYBODY must accept unqucstionngly whatever
he finds there or reject whatever is not there.
What does freless mean; Would anyone have 20 ask
hso Someone did ask it twenty years ago IN letter
20 the editor OF morning newspaper and the letter was
printed with the answer that the word was not in the
Gctionarv because it was utterly unfit for Use. The
dictionary then either Websters or Worcesters;
Jew persons thought Of any other.
TiyecSS was then and is good word, freely used
in speech and in literature; but Webster and Worcester
lid not sanction it. Even these metlculous leXicog-
~anbers however recorded without objection CedSeeSS
and yeenAess words almost exactly like hreleSS which
s, no more Objectionable than they Such attempts
~ dicton began with the dawn Of etymoogy, and will
probably persist sporadically. Many Of our present
everyday vocables now unchallenged by anybody,
nave oulved much more strenuous opposition than
,iyeless has encountered All dictionaries published
-ince 1890 include this word being as good any
other.
When an advertiser mentioned the emoHieHce Of some
thing the prooreader objected that, the word eoi
Hence was in the dictionary it should not be used
That obector showed himself a careful man, and he
did what many other careful men would do; but his
action suggests the pertinent question, Which comes
first. the egg the chicken? II we may not a word
that is not in the dictionary, how could the dictionary
be made2 Since il is a record Of words that in
they be used before the record made therefore
the objection is not adequate. We DO not keep SUI
fciently in mind the prime function Of dictionaries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18

.irriagcs and were from hiiccn minutes L" an noun
,. However. after they had done this once or twice
.1 I,,ys found Mrs Wilson q Miss Wilson seated
~ the room IN lonely state and anxious 10 get TO work
.b.,. became more punctua Nowadays the directors
= charitable undertaking IN Washington can nave Il
.,o.ting on iuc-which Is worthy OF special mention
All this does not mean that there wa. no clilJy
,.r IN Washington before the Wilson's arrived lhcrc
ya. and the women engaged IN It accomplished Won
lrs But there were comparatively few Oh them. Inc
Win. have made il not only good thing to do, but
bc fashion the correct thing In previous adiIlS-
items society," was too busy with teas, bridge parties
and dances 90 permit Of real industry in charity Ihcy
gore either on a tro lag or IN auction jag. The Jag IS
MI there: but it is phanthropc. II was noted that
60, III the entertainments given for Miss jessie wilson
acforc She was married there not one bridge party
,,t one trot Her entertainments were confined 10
unchcons and dinners.
This was because it had got into the mind OF every
hodv that the Wilson's had something 70 do besides
hufiling cards and ourneying up and down polshed
aoor l. was in the atmosphere 10 be useful, to limit
md restrain amuscmcnts, and TO have everything done
with = fine sense Of legitimate proportions. As the
administration progresses it will be seen that the tune
lions AT the White House will be only those winch are
bsolclv necessary as result Of government etiquette
The Wilson's believe in entertaining; but the people
bc,. entertain are their relatives, close friends and
hose who have interests in common with them.
THERE is another great reason Tor simplicity ana
real work in Washington society now This IS
poor administration All their lives the Wilson's have
bccn far from wealthy. y school teacher or college
professor does not amass riches, and the whole family
crew ND and conducted itself with the expectation that
j.. would never have a great amount OF money at us
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18

New ones would never be needed if language did not
progress Language is progressive. and one Of the regular
stems in its progress IS new use Of its elements shown
in such word as emoieuce No dictionary has ever IN
Guided all the good words Of the language though most Of
them assert such intention They simply cannot 90 H.
NOTHING could be more fallacious than the common
notion that whatever the dictionary says Is rght
Everyone Of them contains much that Is not ught.
Worcester for instance had word, PfaHfomnGfoh de-
fined as meaning illusion which copied from the
CRANKY work Of a man named odrel, who presented as
one word every two-word phrase not according 70 ms
idea. in regular grammatical construction. He had
made the word from Popes line The phantom nations
OF the dead and credited to Pope His obseSson led
to many other ridiculous perversons Of language. The
one mentioned repeated in each work printed before
1890 when it was dropped.
Dictionaries are in one respect much like directories.
Their items must be garnered one by and the IN
formation given comes from many sources. The labor
Of gathering ceased long ago for the body Of the Ian
guage but even that originally had TO be CLEANED word
by word For each new publication however AZ least
as many words added the early works contained
altogether. And the finding and selection Of the
words is only beginning. Defining them Is the task
OF many men.-hundreds the latest work. and
about fifty on the just preceding, the difference
being attributable 10 different methods Of dividing the
work.
Samuel Johnson was really the author Of his dction
arv and his assistants mere amanuenses. Noah
Webster was likewise actually the author Of his work as
first published With him dictionary authorship ceased
and each later work has been written by many special
and general writer's and colated by editors under d
rection Of chief editor Nobody knows better than the
editors that they cannot avoid the printing Of many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18

command. The members Of the Cabinet, except pos
. Postmaster General Burcson and Secretary Of the
Treasury NcAdoo. are not wealthy men.
In the Taft administration there were, because Of the
wealth Of their husbands four great Cabinet hostesses
They were Mrs Wlckcrsham, wife Of the Attorney
General; Mrs Meyer, wife Of the Secretary 81 the
Navy: Mrs. NacVcagh, wife Of the Secretary oi me
Treasury and Mrs. Knox, wife Of the Secretary 81
State. These women were famous for their entertain
ING because they followed the lead Of Mrs TAFT, VINO
introduced a new note into White House functions She
made it a rule regardless Of cost, 10 entertain fifteen
hundred people as brilliantly and with much care for
detailed beauty and amusement as would have been me
case at a dinner TO dozen friends Her society affairs
were many and most Of them were attended by great
numbers Of people This White House policy resulted
in Washington hostcsses particularly those who had
Dlentv Of money being more lavish in their social life
than had ever been the case before.
Mrs. Taft. although she contributed generously %
charitable undertakings devoted her energie 20 society
and 10 music It was under her stimulation that Wash
ngon hostcsscs got the habit Of bringing 20 Washing
ton for their entertainments noted and high-puced
opera singers from New York. This was OF q piece
with the social life during the Taft regime Money was
no consideration.
FOLLOWING the Tafts and their wealthy Cabinet
l. women. came the Wilson's and a Cabinet unusually
devoid Of wealth These women, even II they wanted
10 could not entertain on the scale that the former
fashion Big entertaining requires big money-that IS
all there is 20 it, If YOU have not the money you can
not do it on big scale Today the Vice President lives
in rooms in hotel because he can't afford 20 have
house Members Of the Cabinet who are in homes Of
their own live nodesty because they can't afford TO
live in any other way. The complaint Of Mr. Bryan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18


fallibe editors q who often -oli thar e cried
when he was six years Old because there Has error
he dictionary.
ONE Of the most remarkable phenomena 3D.. human
~ experience NAV be tvpitei av tre common ' %
cornmonsense in using the dictionary, Every boz. has
20 consult II occasionally. and almost every .iE r,--
reads It or fails 20 read enough ~ ger ae r.--
nation. \ striking instance d.. .a, Has Shown r
recent press review, which said -ha, IN certain .-
tonarv "simplihcd spellings were preferred. while 1
fact they were only mentioned as being proposed and
the preferred spelling was in general tae same as
OF other works. This review also sad chat rronrr
tons had been submitted -o committee. and that -..
committees vote determined tae choice for the ..o
The truth that these persons marked their per rl
choice for each Of a selected M 81 words. and these pref
erences were recorded as such personal choice in the
back part Of the book the pronun.a,i.rs given r ugh
out the work having been previously determined ,nie
pendentv The reviewer read ,he preface -oo hastily
b. far the conmonest shortening IN thi. respect, is
absolute neglect Of the Introductory natter
Alite care in crtcizing Is particularly commeniaoe
especially 20 guard against citing authority part %
statement which as a whole has opposite effect
Liability such error IS enhanced hE tae divisions 20
definition often involving OF necessity aar -ri'n.
nicely that would be intoerable elsewhere Another
source Of danger 20 the hasty critic found 30 ae ac
that photographers leave some little secyen. matters
unstated and some readers grasp only what IS literally
expressed Such the cause Of some. ..E assertion
that il was not admissible speak Of he foot o, street,
not perceiving that such use Of foot was tae same #
foot Of a class. etc. Il might vel he called arr-
TO speak Of grinding handorgan because Webster lr
ternatonal Dictionary had definition 20 grind ..'
provided for such Use.
On seeing bqyentesis in print as the name % e curve
mark man wrote 10 the editor that Webster t' ti
arv defined parenthess as meaning the words ,t.','.
and he did not doubt that other dctionane- yer, iae
Websters But Webster and all Others g'e NE
definition he missed. His criticism proved f- eN'
cept his ignorance The dictionary is wor., n n-e-
less 10 one who does not read enough, when '1S ii
a definition either 70 be assured that The rt n' Is
found or 70 know that it is not there.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
DRIVEN BACK FROM WARSAW
AdvIces From Petrograd Are to the
Effect That Retreat Of the
Germans Continues.

London, Oct. 27.-There has been
no slackening of the retreat of the
German armies from before Warsaw.
according to the best information
here. Apparently the kaiser's troops
have been driven from position after
position and have been forced to con-
tinue their hurried marches toward
the frontier without getting a mo-
ment's rest from the pursuing armies
which the Grand Duke Nicholas is
pushing forward at top speed.
An official statement from Petro-
grad regarding the operations in Po-
land says:
The precipitate flight of the Ger
mans continues. They are evacuating
Lodz, rs miles west southwest of
Warsaw. They made an unsuccessful
attempt to arrest the offensive Rus
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
Italians Land in AvIona.

Rome, Oct. 27-Avlona, Albania,
was occupied yesterday by Italian
naval forces.
The expedition was in the nature Of
a relief and sanitary organization,
which purposes to aid the large popu-
lation which has taken refuge in the
city to escape the prosecutions of the
insurgents. These people are said to
be in a deplorable state.
Everything was done to remove
from the expedition anything SAVIOR
ing of political or territorial occupa-
ton. Pains were taken to show that
Italy; step was merely for the pur-
pose OF seeing that the decision Of
the London conference creating an
autonomous Albania was carried out.