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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
THE MENACE OF THIS RECALL.

The signature of Governor Fielder TO House bill
s34 which provides method of recall in COM
mission government cities, has caused CONSERVATION
among the commissioners in commission-ruled muni-
cipaties It is doubtful whether the bill passed
and signed with full realization Of It's effect 1t
would seem that the act deliberately designed to
deceive both the Legislature and the Governor, and
that in both cases its authors were eminently sue
cessful.
Crafty drawn, the bill has provided, in the first
part that 25 per cent of the total vote must sign the
recall petition, thus making it appear that recall
would be more difficult than under the old law requir
ing Is per cent. The joker follows.
After an elaborate and remarkable scheme Of
petition is provided for the act requires that the
commissioners to be recalled must file an incumbents
petition in order to contest his recall and that
such incumbent's petition must contain least 16
per cent of the total vote.
This is not the worst, by any The act pro-
vdes for negative vote the recall. To recall the
vote is "Yes" not recall NO thus placing what is
always an advantage the positive vote, in the hands
of those seeking the recall The act further provides
and here is the vital part that below the recall ballot
shall be printed the names of those seeking election
should the commissioner be recalled, such names to
be printed by petition containing per cent OF total
vote.
Thus it is plain that this law allows the opposi-
ton every part of which would nominate candidates,
TO concentrate votes against commissioner sought to
be recalled For instance, IL the commissioner be
Democrat and a recall petition be hled against him,
then the Republicans Prohibitionsts Socialists and
the Democrats OF faction will all file nominating
petitions for their candidates These will all
vote to recall in order improve the chances Of their
own candidate.
This law in all likelihood would oust any oom-
mission against whom It's provisions were invoked
II will affect the stability of government in commits
sion-rued municipalities and Is perncious piece OF
special legislation In effort to oust Mayor Rid
die OF Atlantic City the Legislature and Governor
have struck a blow at commission government every
where.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
ELEVEN MILLIONS DAY AT MOVIES"

No recent development of American life is SO
amazing in its proportions as that Of the motion
picture Not even baseball approaches in popularity
or in profit this form Of public entertainment and
instruction An authority says that eleven million
persons about one-nnth Of the entire population
of the United States visit the picture shows every
day and that years ago the receipts Of the busi
ness were $275 5,o00, 900. The figure must be much
larger now.
But this enormous sum, although spent upon
recreation is by no means wasted Not only the
aims needed diversion for minds under the strain
Of the European war, but large portion OF the
exhibit is distinctly educational. The movies are
teaching history geography and science to the
as no books or lectures can do II.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
A STATE PENSION SYSTEM.

Pensions for retiring State and municipal of1cials
and employees will be the subject for investigation by
governors commission this year, to ascertain the
practcability of establishing system. The subject
will prove perplexing to the investigators
A general pension system relate only to those
holding Office or jobs by appointment, and not to
elective officers who in oface for stated terms.
There is q pension system in municipal police
and fire departments, but the duties of the thus
employed involve hardships and peris, and 1t Is Just
that they should have this benefit School teachers
have their pension fund
Presumably what is in contemplation is some plan
of assessment for classes of public employees to make
the system self-supporting. man holding perma-
public job at moderate salary afford to pay
fraction of his salary to pension fund which In
sures him maintenance in his declining years or when
he shall be permanently disabled.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
PAN.AsER1oAN FINANCIAL CONFERENCE.

When the first Pan-Amercan Financial Confer
ence meets month in the city of Washington it
will fairly be expected that new relationship be-
tween the United States and the countries OF South
America will begin. 1t is not likely that all that
should be accomplished in one meeting of this char
acter can be completed but the fact that the first
meeting is to be undertaken is fraught with promise
of new era of trade between the two Americas.
Central America, Mexico and Panama included in
the conference
Among the delegates of the Latin-American re-
publcs ministers of finance and directors of their
respective national banks The purposes of the con-
ference are discussion OF the financial relations Of
the United States with these republics and the orma-
tion of plan for improving those relations and
practical arrangement for business transactions
that will for the good of all the countries inter
ested John Barrett director of the Pan-American
Union, speaks from knowledge of facts when he says
that he does not believe New York hnanciers and
business men have yet awakened to the Importance
of this conference
1t takes but little Of the imaginative faculty to
foresee the possibilities Of such conference. When
seventeen out of twenty Latn-American countries
have decided to send delegates, according to latest
report, they must be very much in earnest The
of trade relations with European countries
has turned attention to the United States That
which has been thought of and desired for long
tme--the closer union of all the Americas in what
ever tends to their respective national developments
is about to become a reality.
Travellers returning from South American coun-
tries have for some time persisted in saying that
those countries ready to buy anything the United
States has to sell and TO exchange a variety OF
products but chiefly prevented by lack Of proper
banking and shipping facilities and the extension Of
such accommodation In the way of credit the
stiles of such longdistance trade require If this
first financial conference shall devise the way for
meeting these trade conditions, big step ahead will
have been made.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22

action from the Billy Sunday campaign IN Phiadel-
phia. Pittsburgh and Scranton and it's sympathetic
wave in other towns
The enactment Of this bill the principal object
of the Sunday Juror, which was promoted in every
way by the Prohlbitonist leaders This was intended
to be the first step towards Statewide prohibition
That also was the motive Of the local option bill
introduced in the New Jersey Legislature and it was
in the popular branch of this Legislature too, that
the bill met signal defeat. Billy Sunday methods
of influencing legislation also used In this State
and with the same result.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
GRADE CROSSING PROBLEM UNsoLvED.

That the grade crossing bill vetoed by the Gov
ernor was not bill that Governor should approve
is made evident enough in the given for veto
ing the bill It is not by such measure that grade
crossings will be eliminated in New Jersey. The
method Of elimination provided insured the indeh-
mite continuance of the grade crossings while
unlike the present law the bill assessed large part
OF the cost upon the municipality.
1t would also be difficult to deal with the railroad
crossings at the seashore, where the people would
most seriously object to track elevation, while It
would be impractcable to depress the tracks A new
law can also be hung up by the railroad lawyers
probably for several years in the courts The prob
lem OF getting rid OF the death traps must find
more satisfactory solution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
Billy Sundays Methods
rnOM A LABORING MANS vIEwPoI INT.

ming themselves while doping out ear
tickling sermonettes for the man who
gives most for his support.
II they deserve their remuneration,
then / would like to know what a
God-fearing, bold and enthusiastic,
straight gospel preacher, who
breaches twelve to fifteen times d
week, not sermonettes, but real SER
mons backed up with all the physical
power and speech at his command,
with collar, coat and tie off, sweat
ing for Gods work and the gospel, is
worth?
I presume IL some of our clergy
had to do clerical work on the basis
of piece-work, according to the
amount of good they accomplished,
! as we get paid many of the laboring
men, according to the amount OF
work done daily many of them would
have to send their families to the Sun
day breakfast association for the only
meal they would get on the Sabbath.
AS to charity. Our newspapers have
made known some of the substantial
charities Billy has helped. The poor
blind woman in Philadelphia who re-
ceived $500 from her Bible leaves as
her daughter read same, through the
visit of Billy and his heartfelt sym
pathy. no doubt would of had to prove
to a band of specialists her blindness,
to numerous charity organizations her
need to numerous financial lords her
ability to handle money, and finally,
after lot of red tape, pull or Sec
tartan influence, she might have re-
ceived $50 OF the $500 originally given,
after the salaries of the charity rep
resentatives had been paid, and then
attached to the $50 would have been
rules and regulations as to how she
was to spend It,
AS to the good accomplished In our
factories and shops. II man stops
drinking, swearing, etc., and gives
evidence OF having changed his mode
of living, from sin to righteousness.
the present common expression for
warded is. you must have been to
| hear Billy Sunday or Have you hit
the trall?'' giving clear evidence of
! the work of Billy towards a life of
Righteousness and Christian living.
] If a critic. sIkeptic, infidel, back
slider, drunkard. thief, liar, etc., you
will not be credited with having come
| in contact with Billy Sundays SER
mons. But at present IL you have
changed noticeably from these vari-
| GUS known circumstances you will
make others believe by your actions
/ that you have been anected by Billy
! Sundays so-called gospel vulgarities
God give us more OF this so-cailec
vuigarity, or neutrality-suspicious.
rather than sanctamonious formanty
and morality, the benefits of which
are only enjoyed by the so-cailef
upper-crust of society in church and
! business iife-too high to be attained
by the common laborine classes. who
by their physical strength and lives
are paying for the pleasures ant
enjoyment of the present-da,
aristocracy. HARRY w. BUTZ.
f02 Mt. Prospect ave-, Newark.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
Labor News

A State council has been organized
by Texas printing pressmen.
A Western dining-car company has
substituted mattresses for walters.
Hudson Bay railroad work is ex-
pected to give 5000 men work this
season.
Pennsylvania restricts the hours of
female employees In hotels TO sixty
three week.
On May 10 at New York, United
Hatters of North America will con-
vene
There are at present eight pension
plans for funds for employees Of the
city of New York.
New York State will not allow wom-
en- to work more than seventy-two
hours a week in canneries.
The italian Council of Ministers has
appropriated $4,000, 900 to give work tc
the unemployed.
It is stated that 81 per cent. o,
young criminals Of the United States
are due to child labor.
Leaders of the Casa del Obrerc
Mundial-a federation of labor organi.
cations formed on industrial line.
! and embracing over $4,000 - eework-
ers-have established recru Offices
in Gale de San Juan de Latran, In
Mexico City, and state that they will
enlist $4,000 workers for the Con.
! stitutionalist government The wives
and daughters of these men have also
formed a corps Of nurses for services
| in the hospital and field.
The New York State Federation o.
Labor has called upon the loca
unions to begin q campaign to secur,
the enactment OF law drawn UP by
the legislative committee Of the fed
GRAFTON. This proposed law aims Il
have the injunction evil lessened II
that State, and ls based upon tn,
Massachusetts, statute. The bill
specifically provides that picketinJ
10 not to be restrained by Injunction
and that such shall only be granite,
when absolute proof is brought tina
unless 1t was forthcoming propert,
would be DANA ged. or suoh loss 1000
stoned for which no adequate rerned,
at law exists.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22

mouth College to devote himself to
saving his country, took pains at the
Lotus Club dinner in New York to re-
mind the nation that the Republican
party has an actual college president
who could serve 1t in the presidency
as well, IL not better, than the former
president of Princeton Is now serving
IT, He nominated Nicholas Murray
Butler, of Columbia, as the successor
to Woodrow Wilson.
President Butler agrees with ex-
Congressman Mccall that a man who
has been at the head of a great col
lege has had training that Ats him to
be the head of great nation. An
drew D. White. former president of
Cornell, and David Starr Jordan,
chancellor of Leland Stanford Uni
versity, and Charles 3. Van Hise, of
the University of Wisconsin, will all
agree with Mccall. And every school
man, with any hankering after pub
lie life, stands ready to maintain that
II there were more of his profession
In public Office 1t would be better for
the country. And there are many
Pennsylvanians who believe that II
all the schoolmen were like Doctor
Brumbaugh the country has made a
mistake In not calling on them oftener
to serve Il,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
A Result without Significance.


From the Public.
Because the successful candidate
for the mayoralty of Chicago hap
pened to be running on a ticket
labeled "Republican," and his CHIEF
competitor on ticket labeled Demo
cratic,p an effort is being made to
represent the result as having ma
rional significance. That 1t had IN
saot no such significance is far from a
comforting reflection. The result was
.of due even to so much thought on
rlainRs worth while as would be re-
duired to blame the party in power
for an existing evil. or to expect relleI
from the party seeking power. or
two equally unfit candidates a choice
has been made. The party label had
nothing to do with the result, except
IN SO far as some Democrats voted
6or Thompson to save their party
from the disgrace of Sullivan domi-
nation, or to saddle on the Republican
party the discredit for the kind OF ad-
fuinistration Mr.. Thompson may be
reasonably expected to give. Many
voters succumbed to an appeal to re-
lixious preJudices. A counter-appeai
70 nationalist prejudices proved a
boomerang
The rivalry between the friends Of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
UPLIFT TALKS
THE VALUE OF A "sILvER TONGUE"
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Pushing to the Front" Etc
Copyright, 1916.

/ mastered the alphabet can make him
self master if he chooses.
Every man, says Lord ChestertiAld.
may choose good words instead OF,
bad ones and speak properly instead
of improperly; he may have grace IN
his motions and gestures, and may
be very agreeable instead of dis
agreeable speaker If he will take care
and pains.
It is a matter of painstaking ana
preparation. There is no royal roao
to success in acquiring fine address
any more than there is to the acdui-
sition of other desirable things.
There is nothing that will paw bet
ter both in self-satisfaction and as
weapon for forging the way to sue
cess In life tnan the ability to tax
we'll.
The reputation of being a good
talker helps one all through life. How
often when a man is wanted for an
important position some one will say
Lets send Mr.. Smith, or appoint
him for this or that place. He will
represent us with dignity because he
knows what to say and how to say.
it. He always makes a good impress
sion with that silver tongue of his
Whatever other ambition you may
have resolve that you will become q
specialist in conversational ability
You may not be able to practice law,
medicine, or any other profession, or
attend to business. but you have q
chance every day to bring into use
your power of speech. One of the
best possible investments you can
make is to spend time in studying
| the thesaurus for synonyms. and
equivalent expressions, in order to
| give variety and breadth to your con.
versation, broaden your vocabulary
| in every possible way and never fail
| to look UP the meaning of words that
are new to you. This Is an educa-
| ton in itself; IL will mean very much
to you. You cannot be good talker
| with a narrow vocabulary or a lim-
| itad knomiedPe
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22

The Yale Ten Eyck prize for speak
ing has been awarded to Chinese
student, Henry Wang, Of the class
| OF 1916.
Think of foreigner mastering a
language so different from his native
| tongue as English and enunciating
| 1t more clearly and correctly in the
contest than did any of the other par
| ticipants, of whom the majority were
native Americans accustomed TO the
use of English from childhoodl
1t seems strange that we Americans
neglect what should be fundamental
of our ducation-complete mastery
OF our native tongue. Yet there Is
no other accomplishment that can
profit us more either in business or
in social life than the power of con-
versation. Who can estimate the
| charm of a fine diction the advant-
age of the power to talk well!
! What accomplishment can for a
moment compare with the abllity to
use language in such a way that 1t
sways our emotions more completely
than does fine music? What charm
Of person or manner exceeds that or
a powerful and fascinating speaker
Yet our students learn Latin.
Greek, higher mathematics, and
theories which they may never or
seldom use, but that which Is brought
into constant exercise almost every
minute of their lives they seldom
learn as a fine art. The average per-
sons conversation Is but an accident.
He has never made it study He
seems to have picked up his vocabu-
larry on the street, in the car, in the
store, everywhere. He has never
made a scientific study of words.
their roots, origin and meanings, or
their synonyms.
1t is a rare treat to converse with
persons who are masters of the art
Of expression. Their voices are like
music in our ears, they have the pow
er to charm, to soothe, to satisfy
like beautiful face or form. But II
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
BY MARY mARsHALL.
APRIL ~
Ada Rehan
Copyright. 1915.

was she that after q family confer
ence In the Cregan family 1t was de-
cided that Ada should take up acting
as a lifework.
Before long Ada Rehan had made a
place for herself. playing with such
stars as Edwin Booth and Lawrence
Barrett. During the course of her
stage life she created some forty
characters. That she was comedi-
enne of the first class no one denied
and many were those who thought
that one had never known her equal
in farce. She possessed a buoyant
and mirthful spirit seldom matched
by any actress. Her most celebrated
role was that of Rosalind, In "As You
Like It."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
Answers to Health Questions

FhiS W0tc W ttOAtNti N&bOo@tO'iS
A. C.-Q.-Is the wearing of a heavy
rubber band around the hips injurious
to young woman not overly strong?
A.-Such a band naturally impedes
the flow Of blood, movements of bones
and muscles, and causes wasting
away. 1t Is an enlarged garter and
corset, which in some instances may
do great harm.
M. Z. M.-Q.-1-Won't you GIN
give the formula for the henna hsNs
stain that you mentioned some weee'
ago that can be used every nighs
without injury to the hair? You said
1t could be obtained from any drug
gist's book of formulas, but most OF
us do not like to ask the druggist to
look at his book.
2-Can this be used for dark hair, il
properly prepared, without turning 1t
red?
A--1-The leaves of the henna, a
southern Asiatic plant. have long
been used by Oriental women as O.
dye for the hair and finger nails. One
method of using the leaves is to make
a decoction with boiling water In
about the proportion of In z, and to
apply this uniformly to the hair after
first washing the latter to remove all
grease. Owing to the gummy chhf
acter Of the leaves the hair becomes
disagreeably sticky after making the
application. The decoction spoils
readily, but may be preserved for
some time by adding about 20 per
cent. Of alcohol, which also pre-
cipitates q portion of the gum. The
leaves may also be extracted with
diluted alcohol, and this tincture IS
also suitable as g. dye.
This dye is entirely harmless. and
may be used in any amount. but must
not be used SO freely as to stain the
skin. It imparts to the hair dark
brown or black color which is quite
lasting.
It is also used in the form of a
powder which Is mixed with water
and applied to the hair in the form
of paste. This is allowed to re-
main over night, and is washed off
the next day with water.
Oriental women are said to use
1lenna leaves in connection with the
leaves of the indigo plant, known as
"reng." The color may be varied by
using different proportions of reng
and henna. the more OF the former
that is used the darker will be the
shade produced.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22

Ada Rehan, one of the most bril-
liant women condolences ever seen
in this country. was born in Linn
erick, Ireland, flfty-three years ago
today. Her father, an Irishman
named Crehan, came to this country
with his children when Ada was but
FIVE, so to all intents and purposes
America was her home. Her sisters
went on the stage at an early age
and the opportunity for her to try her
skill came when she was but four
teen. Her sisters company was play
ing in Newark, N. ]. aud, owing to
the absence from the company of one
of the leading women, Ada was given
chance to appear. So successful
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
Dape | Failed?

have worked and have won
Certain pleasing victories;
If the thing that have done
Be not heard of overseas,
Or their merits be denied
Or unnotced by the crowd,
Still, TO me they have supplied
Moments when my heart was proud.
have loved and have heard
Her who seemed angelic say
Tenderly the golden word
That swept all my doubts away
Though the world may never look
For such worth as have had,
Or perceive my little nook,
have filled it and been glad
have seen her child and mine
Sleeping in her proud embrace
If my gifts be not divine,
Nor my place lofty place,
have worked and hoped and won
All the love man may claim.
Have failed if have done
Naught to bring me wealth or fame?
IS. E. Kiser, in LIE
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22
Death Makes Her . Legal wife. Court
Holds.

Death Makes Her . Legal Wife, Court
Holds.
NEW YORK, April 22.-How mar
riage that was void in 1907 became
legal in 1916 by the intervening death
OF one OF the parties to the tangle
was pointed out yesterday by Justice
Crane, of the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn, in an action by Mrs. Clara
w. Muttram for separation from
Alfred j. Muttram, coal and Ice
dealer, of 4s1 Baltic street, Brook
lyn.
The Muttrams were married in
1907. Mrs. Muttram, about a year
previous, had divorced her first hus-
band. George Dougherty, in the courts
of Ohio. Because Dougherty was a
resident of Brooklyn at the time Jus
tice Crane held that the divorce de-
cree was void. but as Mrs. Muttram
continued to live with Muttram after
Dougherty's death, in 1908, she legal
ized her marriage to him. Justice
Crane held that common law mar
riages are still valid in New York
State.
Mrs. Muttram can now proceed
with her suit for separation from her
former common law husband.