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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
The Sieve
The Commuters Life

There's the alarm clock a-clanging
and Gathering,
Hard at the portals of slumber a
battering.
With its whirring, burning prattle
And its marring, jarring rattle,
| Calling us to up and go to meet our
daily fate.
iHow's the watch? That clock is
slow! It's fifteen minutes late!
A leap to the floor. from the bed to
the drawer
OF the bureau where ought to be
collars in store.
The usual luck! the blamed thing Is
fast stuck,
1t looks like last nights one will
go a day more.
A dab of the comb and q pat of the
brush
A splash from the pitcher all over
the face,
Clothes fly to and fro, some slip on,
others go.
A twist and suspenders slide into
their place.
Going fast, dressed at last; the ef-
feet may be crude.
But anyhow now we are off for our
food!
Haven't time to sit and eat, the meal
must be a melee,
Lay the victuals out in rounds and
grab 'em on the relay.
Melon in the dining-room,
Oatmeal not at all,
Eggs and bacon must be taken
Sprinting through the hall.
Coffee off the door-mat
On the final loop.
Lay the cup and saucer down
Softly on the stoop.
Brush the drops from mouth and nose
Catch the breath and cough
Then a distant whistle blows
Eight blocks off
Scamper, squirt,
Pound the dirt,
Breakfast surging meath the shirt.
One block. two blocks, three blocks
past
Anyone can make train If they can
only last.
Awful yelp,
Howl for help
Shrieking to the sky,
As a friend in a car like a fast
shooting star
Goes merrily rolling by
Groan, moan, moan, groan,
Has the man a heart of stone?
Only one more block to go
Oh!
MAY this morn be ever cussed
One suspender's gone and bust.
Last lap.
Flop, flap
On the train mid hearty chaff
Tired? OF course,
Charley-horse
Has us nipped from thigh to calf.
Safe and sound aboard the smoker |
weak in flesh and brain
Nothing like committing, boys, II
you can stand the strain
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09

guents merely crack or split the irri-
to enter. To relieve the violent pains
alum water or a five per cent. solu-
ton of subocetate of aluminium may
be temporarily applied before the dry
powders are put upon it. In five days
the swelling and redness will be gone.
If blisters form, there is different
story to tell Then the moist suboce-
tate of aluminium is carpeted upon the
burn. The attendant must, gently,
without tearing or pulling them out
of place, puncture each blister with
a sterilized needle.
DIR. Ravogli, who has had evidently
larger experience with burns than
many hospital surgeons, wars against
the use of linseed oil, lime water and
all of the popular, time-honored,
ready-to- hand remedies. These greasy
substances tend to encourage germs,
bacteria and dirt in the burns and
thus invite death and disaster weeks
after the burn occurred.
Picric acid stains the skin yellow
and is not as helpful as the suboce-
tate of aluminium. Meanwhile, the
physician must watch the sufferers s
internal condition. The kidneys must
be kept active by means of glycose
solutions, the wound must be watched
for pus, the intestines are to be kept
empty and the wound exposed, at
times, to clean, fresh, sterile air by
either the doctor or the nurse.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
SUBURBAN EDITORIAL COMMENT

Arabic was not discussed at all, was any reso-
luton introduced passed
The meeting held behind closed DOORS and
the authority for the assertions regarding what took
place was L. Beicker who said he had acted as sec
retary of the meeting, and showed to reporters a
written statement including the sentence THE
alliance expressed their sympathy with Germany
U-boat war and justified the sinking of the English
liner Arabic; declaring that neutrals may take
warning and keep off warning nations ships which
have to pass the zones" 1t now appears to be
up to Mr. Blecker to disavow his alleged statement
to the newspaper men, or else to explain why he
so grossly misrepresented a large and respectable
element of the citizenship of Elizabeth and made that
city by-word throughout the land
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBEnG.
A. b., NJ. A, M. D. (John Hopkins).

What a Burn May Mean; Best First Aid
Remedies.
A burn, ever so small, is an iniqui-
tous visitation, possibly more serious
| In the light of the ensuing poisons
and shock than by an inherent ma
| lignancy in the wound itself.
Prof. A. Ravogli, one OF America s
foremost investigators of burns, has
insisted for nearly a score of years
upon the necessity of treatment of
the whole human structure as we'll as
of the spot burned. If physicians
universally were to prick up their
, ears and harken to DR.. Ravogli
many calamitous consequences of
burns would not need to enter the
Angel GabriePs records.
The terrors, pains, cries of anguish
and screaming torments of the VIC
tim of severe burns should be at
tended to simultaneously with the
local dressings. Morphine should be
given at once.
Blisters and burned skin should
never be touched or removed. Time
must be given superficially burned
flesh, to detach itself slowly. The It's
sues are better able to manage this
than any artif1ce of man. Many a
burn thus turns out not to be as deep
as IL seemed TO be at nrSt.
About the third or fifth day after a
burn, the charred or blistered epider-
mis- comes away from properly cared
for burns. This is complete at the end
of two weeks.
The wound is then uneven, with ir-
regular edges and corrugated sur
face From this comes the newly
growing scar of "granulating" tissue.
There is no hair or Irregularities in
"scar" skin. II the burn is over too
wide an area, a graft" may be called
for.
II burn falls to go through the
surface of the skin, talcum powders
these have either bismuth or tale
in them-are soothing as well as useful
remedies. Not only Is 1t folly, but
Highly destructive, to use butter, vase
line, salves or other oily materials
upon such first degree burns. I'm
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Alaska Was Transferred to the United States

The late DR.. Delavan Bloodgood.
who was for many years medical di-
rector in the United States navy,
lived for a time after his retirement
at the Brooklyn navy yard. DR..
Bloodgood gained an enviable repu-
tation for his services, especially dur
ing the Civil War. He was regarded
by the Navy Department as an ex-
pert authority upon the treatment of
yellow fever, and that was a plague
which constantly gave the Navy De-
partment concern, since 1t was neces-
sary to send government ships to
various ports in which yellow fever
annually appeared and sometimes de-
velop into an epidemic.
DIR. Bloodgood was an interesting
narrator of anecdotes, and his per-
sonal appearance and vivacity of
manner gave additional charm to his
narration. In conversation with the
late Frederick w. Seward, shortly
after his return in 1900 from a visit
to Alaska-which had been purchased
by his father, William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, from Russia for
the United States in 1867-Mr Seward
said that he was inclined to think
that DR.. Bloodgood was the only
person of that time living who wit
messed the ceremony of the trans
fer of the sovereignty Of Alaska to
the United States. Several weeks
after Mr., Seward made this statement
to me I met DR.. Bloodgood in the
Presidents room of the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank of New York. That gave
me an opportunity to ask him how
it happened that he was at Sitka
when the. United States received by
formal ceremony the sovereignty" OF
Alaska.
"It was due In part to chance and
in part to misfortune and also to
great good fortune that l was there,
said DIR. Bloodgood. "In the early
winter of 1867 the Navy Department
received information that yellow
fever had become epidemic at Pan
anna and that it had attacked the
sailors and marines who were on
board the warship jamestown at that
port. The Navy Department instruct
ed me to go at once to Panama and
do what l could to suppress the
scourge. I found a terrible state of
| things on board the Jamestown. The
| fever was in its most virulent form.
l thought that 1 was immune, but
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
A sLANDER ON ELIZABETH REFUTED.

Sensational newspapers, seeking to stir up a
lingo feeling in this country, have made much of
supposed occurrence at a meeting of the German
American Alliance of Elizabeth, held August 22 at
which, according to widely published reports
lutions were adopted justifyng the sinking of the
Arabic. 1t was even asserted that formal express
sion of qualification at deed which cost the lives of
American citizens received with cheers" 1t now
turns out that this published story was baseless
reflection upon the patriotism of an organization of
American citizens of foreign birth. Ernest German,
the secretary of the alliance, declares that the
sion was a regular monthly business meeting at
tended by not than thirtytwo delegates OF the
dferet local societies, and that the sinking of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
UPLIFT TALKS
AMERICAN MANNERS
ny oRIsON SWEET MARDEN,
autha # Pushing to the Front, Etc.
Copyrighted 1915.

It is said that the root of true ell
duette is in the heart" that 1T IS
kindly consideration for others; theA
graceful observance of the right thlns
to say or do" 1t Is true that genuine
politeness is of the heart, yet the pos
SCISSOR of a very kind heart may often
be lacking in the outward forms oil
good breeding.
How often do we see kindly, we'll
meaning people put in the most
awkward, embarrassing positions be-
cause they do not know how to be-
have properly on certain occasions OF
when things happen suddenly, like
running up against a person and then
blushing and stammering instead OF
apologizing, not knowing how to be-
have at a well-ordered table, or not
being able, because one has not been
trained, to practice 1.-THE graceful OBJ
servance of the right thing to say or
to do on all occasions.
Our manners should be automatic
A child should be SO well trained in
good manners that he would do the
proper thing at the proper time auto
matically, without the slightest heSi-
tation or embarra ssment.
How quickly we can tell the we'll
bred person by the little marks of
automatic good manners, automatic
courtesy, that are as natural to him
as walking or talking. What con-
trast to the one who is trying to be
we'll bred and we'll hammered, to ap-
pear at ease, but who has not had
proper early training, and, con-
sequently, in spite of all his efforts,
is often awkward, confused. humiliat-
ed and ill at ease, because he is afraid
he has done or said, or will do or say,
the wrong thing.
To a sensitive person the lack of
early training in good manners in the
conventional forms of etiquette means
constant humiliation and chagrin.
through life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
THE CANALS STRATEGIC VALUE.

A test made with the battleships the recent
practice cruise for naval cadets to and from San Fran
cisco convinces naval experts that four of largest
dreadnoughts could be locked through the Panama
Canal at the same time, using the duplicate lock
chamber and placing the ships in column of twos. 1t
further concluded that the entire main batteship
fleet made up of four divisions of five ships each and
a flagship, could be passed through the canal in
twenty-four hours. What this would in case of
need to transfer whole naval force quickly from
one ocean to the other is apparent by glance at the
map, and 1t also vindcates the policy of providing
ample Notifications to guard the two terminals
of the lsthmian waterway.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
FINDS GENERAL PROSPERITY.

Views OF more than thousand representative
bankers and business men contribute to a cheerful
summary of trade conditions throughout the United
States, made by the American Exchange National
Bank of New York The distribution of the money
flowing in from abroad a great range of terri
tory as farms, mines and forests have all been drawn
upon to supply the needed material Thus, people in
all parts of the land share in the benefits of the
immense export trade. The railroad situation is
improved and the outlook Frightening. Mistakes of
the past are being corrected and general business is
on a sounder basis than at any time for decade.
The Federal reserve system has helped to restore
confidence and the bankers and business of
America are cooperating never before in the up
building of Industries Peace prosperity and
plenty" Is the heartening conclusion Of the whole
matter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
DID THE ARABIC SHOW F1GHTq

And so the U-boat which sank the Arabic not
destroyed captured by the British after ALL She
has turned up at German port and her commander
explains that while he engaged in destroying a
freighter the Arabic appeared the and kept
heading for the submarine If intending to ram
her This, If true, certainly warranted the sinking
of the liner by torpedo, and Germany has rep
resented to government. German dsavowal of
the sinking of the Arabic conditional. 1t was
promised only the hypothesis that the Arabic did
not show fight attempt flight
The British captain had already asserted that his
ship unressting and attacked without warning.
This was general denial. In view of the German
submarine commanders story specific rejoinder
from the British steamship captain appears to be In
order If he persists In denying that he tried to
the U-boat the United States government will be up
against the very embarrassing question of veracity.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

erection of steel grating above the
glass dome on the center of the
banking house of j. P. Morgan &
Co. from attack from above.
Since the attack on j. p. Morgan
last spring armed guards have been
stationed on the roof of the banking
house on the Mills building to the
south and on the twenty-story build
ing at 81 Wall Street to the eass.
The glass dome, which is now being
grated, has proved one of the dis
appointments of the Morgan struc-
ture. The dome is in the shape of
an inverted saucer of ground glass.
1t was the most ornate feature of a
building designed to be architectural
ly perfect. But instead of absorbing
sound, as does high arch, the
dome acted as sounding board
Clerks a hundred feet away could
hear soto voce conferences between
partners.
In order to correct the defect it
was necessary some time ago to raise
the dome, impairing to some extent
Its beauty, and to string wires be-
meath it. Now 1t Is necessary to pro-
tect it by grating.
Odd Bits of News Culled from the War
Dispatches.
LONDON-A British soldier who
| lost his feet at the front and who
was fitted with artificial pedal ex-
tresnities used them so dexterously
that he Is frequently accosted by re-
cruiting sergeants.
PARISH recently-issued military
order prohibits soldiers, back from
the front, courting In uniform.
LONDON-The Overseas Club has
adopted a suggestion from Canada
to SOW maple seeds around the
graves, cemeteries or roads where
Canadian soldiers have fallen ir
] France and Flanders.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
SEPTEMBER
Princess LambaIe Emile Pouson
BY MARY MARSHALL.
SEPTEMBER 9
Copyright, 1915

Emile Poulson, who was born Sep
tember g., 1858. in Cedar Grove, N. J.,
Is remarkable as blind woman who
has won out. Early in her life she
became teacher in the Perkins In
stitution for the Blind in Boston,
Mass, and there she perfected her
knowledge of the kindergarten sys-
tenn. With her sister she became edi-
tor of the Kindergarten Review, and
with her she wrote many textbooks
for kindergarten students. Among
these is Nursery Finger Plays" we'll
known to all kindergartens.
Princess Lamballe, who was born
in Turin, France, September 8, 1749,
was named, in full Maria Theresa
Louise de Savoie-Catignan. She was
noted as young woman for her vir-
tue no less than her great beauty, and
when eighteen she was married to
the Prince of Lamballe, being left
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09

widow within year OF her marriage.
Thus freed from family duties, she
entered the service of Marie Antoi-
nette, the youthful wife of the dau-
phin, later King Louis XVI. A gem
uine friendship sprang up between
the princess and the queen, which
seems to have been free from any
thought of self-advancement on the
part of the princess. When the rev.
olution broke out In Paris and the
king and queen were forced to fec
from Versailles the Princess Lamballe
chose to follow the queen and to suf-,
fer her Imprisonment with her The
Paris mob apparently were infuriated
at her show of loyalty, and, innocent
though she was, they executed her in
the most revolving manner. The
memories which the Princess lam
bale wrote while in Queen Marie An.
toinette's employ are read with great
interest to this day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
Montana Coal Mining

The first record of coal production
in Montana was thirty-f1ve years
ago. in 1880, when the output amount
ed to only 224 tons. Up to 1888 the
production had been rather small.
amounting to 41,467 tons IN sAat
year. In 1889 1t rose to s6s..o1 tons
and increased rapidly until 1895, when
it reached a total of about 1,5oo, 900
tons and averaged approximately
that quantity until 1904 Since 1908
1t has shown a still further increase,
reaching the maximum of 3,240, ,97s
tons in 1918.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
CONGRESS HAS HANDICAPPED OUR SHIPPING.

According to Attorney General Gregorys finding a
large percentage of the foreign vessels engaged in
American trade and all the ships under flag which
were built in foreign countries exempt from i'm
portant provisions of the LaFollette seamens law,
which will go into effect November 1. This places
vessels under handicap,
as 1t means that foregn-registered ships excepting
only of Russia Italy and Greece II they comply
with the laws of their countries may receive
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
Neiohbors It's Hard to Love

The adviceful golfer who insists on
telling you just what was the matter
with every shot you played.
The bill collector who mentions the
sheriff on being booted from the
"Welcome" mat
The suffering war fan who ex-
plains the strategy of the Friedrich
stadt operations as compared to those
In the Wolkowysk region.
The individual who suggests an
evening at the theater and then slips
by the doorkeeper on pass while
you cough up for a ticket.
The next-door neighbor who bor-
rows your lawnmower and after
using it for a week tells you It needs
sharpening.
The jitney driver who refuses to
stop when you have given him the
signal by putting your foot up against
the radiator.
The Declaration of Independence.
(From the Bridgeton Evening News).
will not pay any bills contracted only
| by myself. CHARLES T. BOWEN,
Fairton, N. j.
| f.
| Many, many explanations are com
| Ing to the world at large from tn,
clan of physicians, but the particula,
mystery of the profession that de
mands solution is why an assortment
of humorous publications is invari
ably found cluttering up the table II
the waiting-rooms OF ninety-eight pc
cent. OF the sawbones?
s.
And why are the aforesaid period
icals always of a date three months
g. M. Il.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
Get is Cry to Be Bappp

Let try to be happy. We may if we will
Find some pleasures in life to o'erbalance the ILL.,
There was never evil if well understood
But that, rightly managed, would turn to good.
If we were but ready to look to the light
AS are to sit mopng because it is night
We should own it truth, both in word and in deed
That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed.
Let US try to be happy! Some shades of regret
Are sure to hang round which we cannot forget
There times when the lghtest of spirits must bow
And the sunniest face cloud on its brow,
We must never bid feelings the purest and best
To lie bunted and cold in bosom at rest;
But the deeper our griefs, the greater our need
To try to be happy lest other hearts bleed.
Oh, try to be happy 1t is not for long
We shall cheer each other by counsel of song;
If we make the best of time that may
There is much we do to enlven the way
Let us only in earnestness each do our best,
Before God and conscience and trust for the rest
Still taking this truth, both in word and in deed,
That who tries to be happy is sure to succeed.
Selected.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
Shock of $4,000 Damage Suit Kills Wom-
an who Had Thirteen Husbands.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept 9.-Mrs.
Polly Anne Weed Strodes, aged
eighty-nine, who had been married
thirteen times, died here yesterday at
her home. Physicians say her death
was due to shock over the filing of
a $4,000 damage suit against her
last Saturday.
The suit was brought by James
Handley, who was shot last February
by Harrison Strodes, the thirteenth
husband of Mrs. Strodes, who disap-
peared after the shooting, skipping
$500 bail that his wife had to pay.
Mrs Strodes then sued her husband
for divorce, and made 1t known at
the time that as soon as she was
given the decree she was going to
look around for her fourteenth hus-
band.
She said that husbands were the
easiest things in the world to get,
and that in spite of her many matri-
monial experiences she still believed
in men.
Chose Wrong Snake When He Picked
Up Rather for Charming.
LARNED, Kan, Sept. 9.-W. Fl.
Maloy, a harvest hand from Berry
vile, Ark, working near Rozel, was
bitten on the index finger of his
right hand by a rattlesnake.
Mr.. Maloy had never received an
Introduction to the Kansas rattler
and thinking to demonstrate his
ability as a snake charmer before
his fellow workers on harmless
snake of the Kansas wheat fields,
he picked 1t UP from the ground,
where 1t lay coi1ed. He received the
bite in the process. He was glveI
medical treatment Immediately and
| brought to the Larned hospital.
Steel Armor Protects Roof Over j. r.
| Morgan's Offices.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Long after
dark last night workmen began the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09
Answers to Health Questions

M. s. Al have pains in my chest
and back, the latter being worse at
night. I have no cough. What do
you suggest?
A.-Take tablespoonful of milk of
magnesia about an hour before meals
and a. wineglassful of olive oil about
half an hour after meals. Eat plenty
of vegetables, cereals, fresh and
stewed fruits, drink three quarts of
distilled water and one or two quarts
of fresh milk and cream daily. Obtain
regular exercise In the open air daily
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09

tifcates from American port authorities without In
curing of the regulations regarding life
saving equipment Arguments rapidly piling
up for the repeal of statute which in dis
eliminates against the Stars and Stripes the high
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-09

Il
At last the secret of longevity Is
out. 1t is not necessary to imbibe
a few gallons of the elixir Of youth
as Ponce de Leon believed, nor is 1t
demanded that one swear off tobacco,
alcohol, pinochle and other things
that tend to make long hours.
Longevity has just been discovered
to be merely state of mind. All
you have to do is to believe you can
can back time off the boards and keep
on thinking that you are going to
rival Methusaleh for say, ninety or
q hundred years.