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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
i-EALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBE re-
A. B., NJ. A., NJ. ID. (John Hopkins.l

Tho "soven Year Itch"--Its Cause and
Its Cure.
The proverbial seven-year itch of
tradition is now cured in less than
seven days. 1t is caused by q little
insect, the "acarus scabei," which is
ever al ''ilrtful dodger.p This little
bug is not as big as a mote in the
sunbeam.
The aItful scaVies, or Itch mite, -
like the female mosquito, the lioness
and other female creatures, Yerlfies
Rudyard Kipling's scientific poesy
that the female of the species is more
deadly than the male" Accordingly,
the "seven-y -year-itch" bug is repre-
sented by it's better-half
Doubtlessly the contagiousness of
such carnivorous insects will now be
no longer questioned. One victim by
fishing a veritable forest fire of itch
Ing.
The female "acarus scabei," like a
tiny prairie dog, scratches her way
into tho flesh, deposits her eggs. and
tucks herself in at the blind, inner
end Of her burrow or "cul ul-de-sac," I"
as snug as bug in a rug.
The cave or blind alley along whose
path is left line of invisibly small
eggs can be seen at times as a black
streak or grayish line from the dirt
carried in with the minute, crawling
creature. The acarus herself is there
as a white speck at the inner end.
Blisters, white heads. or pustules soon
appear and stir up sedtion and rebel
lion in the cracks of the furrow.
Cause and Complications.
Torquenadan itching causes scratch
es and finger nail infections, which
complicate the scabies by spreading
further contagion. If not quickly
cured the skin becomes a beehive of
vexatious insects whose javelin
thrusts would be intolerable to Job
himself.
The itch mite herself is of such mod
est mien that she refuses to bulge
from her lair except at night. More
over, she seeks only the most flexible
and sofest-textured areas of the Skin
for her burrows. Unequal to the task
of entrenching herself in horny
skinned hands of manual toilers, she
enters the tender fabric of the finger
webbing, the skin of the hips, the
front of the forearms, the armpits
and the thighs.
Untreated, the "seven-year Itch
will be sure to continue beyond the
few days necessary to eradicate 1t
with such remedies as balsam of peru.
sulphur ointment and calamine. 1t
may, then. pass into a chronic state
which resembles some type of "ec-
zema."
Scabies occurs rarely, If ever. on
the face or head. The palms usually
escape, too. due to the tougher skin
of those areas.
Method of Treatment.
All bedding and worn garments of
the itch victim should be sterilized in
dry oven, and the skin thoroughly
soaped and bathed. When the skin
is dry sulphur ointment should be
massaged into the flesh, followed by
another bath. This process should be
repeated daily for several days.
Instead of sulphur ointment. pure
sulphur may be applied to the affect
ed areas. After the third or fourth
day calamine lotion may be employed
to allay the irritations, inf1amma-
tions and itching.
There are many degrees and differ
enceZ in the sensation of itching as
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Promotion from the Ranks.


Congress should not delay in adopt
Ing Senator Chamberlain bill Cor
some similar, measure) providing for
the admission to West Point of pri-
yate soldiers in the United States
army who wish and manifest some
competence to become officers.
Even If the standing army were TO
be kept at its present size, the need
TO promote democracy, inspire loyalty
and stimulate the enlistment OF high
grade recruits would call for wider
avenue for the advancement OF men
from the ranks.
This need becomes no less than Inn
peratiye If the movement greatly TO
increase the size of the army is TO be
fully and efficiently realized. Amerl-
can traditions and aspirations require
that the nations defense organization
shall invite the youth of the Land TO
4. service in which the demonstrated
merit of the individual shall be MS
tsilarantee of promotion.
The Chamberlain plan would re-
f.uire every company or troop com
mander to furnish lists of privates
from which Presidential and congress
ssionaI nominations to West Point
might be made. 1t would encourage
the man in the ranks to fasten ms
4 rnbition on commission, ana, py
nersistent effort. procure 1t,
No great, permanent, Voiunteer
army is possible in America unless ~
nffers that incentive TO hard work ana
loyalty whifh is contained IN tne
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

| asked the late Charles Levi Wood
bury. who was distinguished mem
Der of the Boston bar and who IN his
early manhood was brought into fire.
quent association with Rufus Choate.
If he could tell me whether the latter
was, as | had heard careless in mat
ters appertaining to his personal
health. Rufus Choats died when only
fifty-nine years of age, and he had
been for several years a sufferer
from the organic disease to which he
at last succumbed. I had been told
that Choate was utterly reckless so
far as his health WIS concerned eN-
cepting that he was peculiarly sensi-
tive to cold and often dressed him
self in multitudinous shawls, wraps,
and coats
II suppose said Mr.. Woodbury.,
that the organic disease from which
Choate suffered was brought on by
intense study, almost abnormal con-
centrations of mind upon any question
of a professional character, lack of
exercise and paucity of sleep. In his
personal habits he was of exception
ally high standard. He had no eX-
cesses, nor did he appear to have any
passion excepting for his profession.
He recognized the truth of the say
ing that the law is a jealous mistress.
Nevertheless. Choate was intem-
perate in one thing. He was not in
temperate in the manner ordinarily
associated with the use of that word,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
CONCRETE FLOOR FOR THE SEA.

With her neighbors at one another's throats
sturdy Holland quietly keeps on with century-old
fight Of her own-her struggle with Neptune. Every
attempt of the monarch to occupy more of
The latest is pavement laid on the bed of
the sea itself Some years ago, related in the
Scientific American it discovered on the coast
OF the island of Schouwen in Zealand, that, although
the dikes remained intact the waters oozed up in
the dike-protected polders the undermining
the land and this undermining began far out
from the coast under the waters The water ate
into the land until the dikes having lost their founda
ton, toppled over
1t was the engineer OF the department OF water
ways for Schouwen, Mr.. de Murat, who devised
means of defense against these inroads. He caused
the sea bottom where 1t sloped away seaward from
the the dixie to be strengthened by laying over
il flooring of concrete Such flooring is in reality
a sort of mat composed OF blocks of concrete each
one meter (39.37 inches) square. Every such mat
weighs 200 900 Kilograms (220 tons). 1t ia con-
structed on an incline built the water. When
the mat is ready iron pontoon is drawn up just
above it, and by ingenious system of hawsers and
pulleys the mat of is hosted until 1t rests
by means of hawsers A tugboat then tows off the
whole affair-pontoon and mat-to the spot where
Il has to be sunk This proved effective that the
Netherlands government adopted the method for all
places where the coast is menaced.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

States acquired the automobile habit with eelerity
than the preceding twelve months. In this country
alone factories sold $625, 100000 worth Of auto
mobiles and 500 900 900 worth sent to Europe,
largely to meet the demands of The gasoline in
dustry benefited by the large motor business to the
extent of selling 900 barrels of gasoline; 20-
OOO0 900 gallons of lubricating oil employed in
motor operation and 5000 900 tires
The benefit of the automobile business to the
American working is shown by the statement that
ninety per cent of the cost of manufacture goes to
labor. There $50 factories in thrtyfour States,
and in Michigan alone mainly at Detroit, 81 500 work
men employed in the industry.
To this marvel of progress among American indus
tries is attributed the wonderful growth of Detroit
That city by the Federal of 1910, had a
population of 465 766. The Detroit Free Press in
special edition of 164 pages, carrying more than
100000 lines OF advertising, makes claim to approM-
mately 100000 inhabitants of its home town, and
has visions of the million mark by 1918.
1t is a remarkable commentary the popularity
of the motorcar that the home demand has increased
at a greater rate than wars emergent demand.
It is taking permanent place in the national life that
will grow more and more important the years go by.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
To an Old Favorite
BY JOHN JAMES Clifford.

Have you ever heard ditty so path
etically pretty
That it seemed. indeed, a message
from the heart?
Such to me is annie Laurie" You
remember annie Laurie?"
What masterpiece it is of vocal
art
When dear mother was a singer it
was always my "tear-bringer,
And it still retains this power of by
gone days.
I would rather hear one chorus of
that song than all the porous
Which is plastered on our ears ut
cabaretsi
For it has a. love and passion of the
pure, romantic fashion;
There is soul-thought, strong, yet
peaceful. in each note!
While the tunes now have a stealing
of a -your-finger feeling
Or a Sentiment" that dies within
the throat
Still why must the --latest ballad
(Which is so much like a sals1
Be so poorly dressed in beauties OF
the past?
Afl Because the modern market
makes the dollar its first target
And leaves the words and music to
the lasti
Therefore. give me Annie Laurie. ..
sweetly ancient Annie -Lau-
rie,"
With its harmony SO welded to the
rhyme
You may choose the ''ragtime no
toni l but claim in fond devo-
tion $50
A dear old favorite, improved with
time!
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How Great Lawyer Treated His Voice

but he resemhled Balzae, the French
novelist. in his use of coffee. ] don't
know whether at his own table he
drank strong coffee and several cups
of it. but l do know that when he
was preparing to address a jury he
fortified himself by visiting a res
taurant near the court house, which
was famous for it's coffee. He would
drink always two and sometimes
three cups of clear. strong coffee. He
abhorred stimulants, deploring the
use of brandy by a lawyer as a stinl-
ulant, saying that brandy burned out
the brains. He got exactly the mem
tai stimulus that he felt he needed
after he had drunk two or three cups
of coffee
"He had another somewhat eccen-
trio and yet very wise habit. When
he was going to address a jury he
caused to be placed upon the table
before him a pitcher of very hot
water with an earthen mug. lie
would occasionally sip little hot
water, pausing in his address to do
that. He explained that by saying
that the speaker who used cold water
was in danger of finding his voice
cracking, whereas if he used hot
water the contrary effect was pro-
duced, the vocal organs being in that
way gently and in healthy way
stimulated"
Copyright, 1916 by f. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserVed.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Evening Star Astrologer

of these will be a successful political
leader.
Trouble that will dlscredit man
who has held high office is signified
b." the stars.
The middle of this month may be
a time of great misfortune for the
czar, who has an ominous forecast for
the next few months and may lose
territory as well as armies.
This month and next should be fair
ly lucky for France, so far as internal
conditions are concerned. Financial
aid should be ample, and the indica-
tions are that money will be wisely
expended.
Conspiracies and intrigues are fore-
cast for Norway. The stars seem to
show that the war spirit is spreading
rather than subsiding.
President Wilson is warned that he
must fight secret foes and guard his
health during the next few weeks.
The last month in spring and the
second month of summer may be
marked bv naval activity and danger
of serious troubles.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is should
take good care of the health during
the coming year. Business anxieties
are foretold.
Children born on this day may have
many ups and downs in life. They
are likely to be persevering. Girls
may be unhappy in marriage.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

there has been another slight move
ment in Gaillard cut which prevented
the passage of beats through the
channel recently opened. The condi-
ton should be of sufficient import to
arouse Congress to the desirability of
securing possession of the Nicara guam
Canal rights at once. The advisable
ity of the purchase can hardly be
questioned. The United States can af-
ford two canals and it could afford to
pay a great deal more than is asked
by the Nicaraguan government now
for the rights rather than to see pos
session go to foreign capital.
Unless all signs are greatly mislead-
ing, peace is about to be established
in Mexico. The necessities of that
country alone will call for enormous
shipments of manufactured articles.
The manufacturers of the United
States should easily secure and handle
this large foreign trade. The return
to normal conditions In Europe
which cannot be very far ahead-will
make competition for world trade
will be in demand.
The trade which should now be 60
ing through the Panama Canal will
make that waterway rself-supporting
and will gradually return the money
invested, If the United States secures
the Nicaraguan Canal rights now
work can be commenced at any time
that II is expedient or when a demand
makes it necessary. Then, il the
Panama Canal continues to be a
source of trouble from recurring slides
the Nicaraguan route will offer
paGSaQA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

American Federation of Labor in
January, 1916, had four locals in St.
Louis with S,612 male and 1926 female
members.
The New York State Industrial
Commission has ruled that it will not
consider applications for exemption
under the ''one-day- of rest in seven
law where it is possible to comply
with the law by the employment of
additional workers. The only emerg-
encies that will be considered are
fire. flood or other conditions (which
could not be anticipated in the statute
itself"
Experts have agreed that for a
family consisting of man, wife and
three children under fourteen, S6 a
week must be spent for food, $3.50
for clothing, $3.50 for rent, so cents
for fuel and light. and then 81 for in
surance, health, furniture, recreation,
education and so on-a total of $14 a
week.
Investigations made with forty-six
articles of food in daily use in thirty
of the principal towns of Australia
give the percentage of increase since
war commenced as follows: Labor
States-New South Wales, SO per
cent, and West Australia, 1913 per
cent. Conservative States-Queens-
land. 31.3 per cent, and Victoria, 16.s
per cent.
Some months ago the officials OF
the st. Louis and San francisco
Railway Company made an appeal to
their employees to be more careful in
handling freight cars. They had
after careful investigation. deter
mined that the careless handling OF
these cars was costing them heavily
in the way of payments for damaged
shipments. The employees responded
Loyalty to the appeal. and in five
months they have saved the company
$146.000.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
BROAD ST. BRIEFS

MORRIS SHERRERD, who CHIEF
engineers. is about to go into the
drawing game making sketches of
proposed changes in Mulberry street
with view to widening that byway.
Look before you leap, Morrie, is our
advice. One can get all they want of
Mulberry street just by riding from
one end of the line to the other With
ont making any more of it.
il
DOC AID POLAND, who Board OF
Educations, has issued tentative
budget of estimated expenses for the
participation of the schools In next
years jubilee. The Bugle notes with
regret the omission by our city school
superintendent of any appropriation
for advertising his institutions in local
public prints.
IL
NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
OF the conditions discovered in the
City Hospital probe win be given out,
the public being left TO deduce what
was at fault from the changes made.
Thus II tho elevators are stopped 1t
may be judged that they were defec-
tive and II IA patient dies something
was wrong with him.
81
DOC ERNY STANABACK, who has
been secretary of the New Jersey
Chiropodist Society for years and
years, stepped out of the office last
week. although he had expected to
retain the position. 1t is the first
time on record that the doc has made
wrong diagnosis of an instep case.
-s,t-
LOCAL CONTRACTORS are trl1e
disappointed that Newark talent did
not get the job of rebuilding the du
Pont city of Hopewell, Va, the con-
tract for which went abroad to Brook
lyn where the municipality will be
built and then taken apart and
shipped to its destination. What with
blowing up and being reconstructed
the next day our powder cities are
getting to be real boom towns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
pENNsYLvANIA's HUMANE PROGRESS.

An immense advance in the sociological develop
ment of our nelghboring commonwealth across the
Delaware is marked by the going into effect of the
workmens compensation and child labor acts in Penn
sylvania with the year. Under the former every
wage-earner, including the army Of coal miners and
excepting only domestic servants and farm laborers
is insured against loss from accidents happening In
the course of employment, and entitled to onehalf
his or her weekly earnings during disability for
specified period If the injury results in total dis
ability or permanent injury. In of death the
compensation is paid to the dependents Every en-
ployer of labor required by law to insure his en-
ployes to the end that the compensation will be paid,
irrespective of the employers continued sovency 1t
Is optional whether they insure in the system estao-
lished by the State, but employers may insure in
regularly organized liability mutual companies,
which will need of course to have the approval of the
workmen's compensation board.
or equal humane Importance is the new child
labor law No. minor under fourteen years of age
may work in, about In connection with any estab-
Iishment or in any occupation Between fourteen and
sixteen all minors must attend school for at least eight
hours a week. Under sixteen they must not be en-
pIoyed in operating, assisting in operating, any
dangerous machines. Hours of employment must not
exceed ffty-one in any week, including the period
spent in school, nor more than nine hours In day,
also including the school period Boys under twelve
and minor girls shall not sell newspapers on the
streets Boys under fourteen and minor girls are
prohibited from working scavengers, bootblacks,
or in any other trade occupation performed in any
treet public place The hours during which minors
FINDER sixteen may be employed from six in the
morning until eight In the evening earlier and no
later.
New Jerseys legislation both these vital sub
1ects is comparatively antquated, and 1t will be worth
while to observe the workings of these statutes in
the Keystone State. They may furnish useful model
for amendatory study and action at Trenton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

sic. Y. y, and later became a prom
inent preacher among the Friends.
Lucretia Motifs first interest was IN
emancipation. She helped organize the
Female Anti-Slave Society and she
and her husband were both delegates
to the worlds anti-slavery conven-
tion in London in 1S40 But no women
delegates were allowed to sit In the
convention, and then Mrs. Motifs IN
terest in womens rights began. She
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other
prominent women delegates 10 the
convention met and discussed their
wrongs. Eight years later big
Nomens rights convention was held,
largely the result of this discussion.
Abolition and woman's emancipation
were only two of the many interests
that made Mrs. Motifs life a busy and
useful one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
THE BUCLE

Published daily except Sunday when
ever we have the time to get It out.
Our editorial policy. circulation and
rates are nobOdy's business.
Steuart NJ. Emery, editor.
Readers fayOring us with contributions
should give full name and address IN
order to facilitate tracing tho RESPONSE
biIity in case of libel suits.
Callers always welcome in the Bugie
officer after checking guns and black jacks
at the door.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03
Aide TO Charley Shipman Working
For Cleaner Newark.

IT IS UP TO Doc Charley Craster
to decide on the colors of the adyer-
Using signs the Board of Health is
going to plaster on houses wherein
are contained cases of measles. If we
were the doc we would advertise cases
of the homegrown kind with red,
white and blue signs, and those of
German extraction with red, white
and black posters.
Il
ED BROWN, who Board of Edu-
cations, Is largely responsible for the
determination of that body to sell the
Normal School and its grounds to
the State Following Eds example in
the real estate deal line the Central
railroad might sell its Broad street
station to the Newark Museum AS
ISOLATION.
T.
noe TOM GRAY has come out with
n recommeD dation that the mattresses
in the City Homo at Verona be re-
placed with walters. The doc charges
that they make eyes at the patients
during meals and distract their atten~
tion so that they never notice that the
helps thumbs are in tho soup.
Il
CHARLEY TAYLOR and j. Will
mer Kennedy never showed up at the
meeting of the schools and philan-
thropy committee of the Committee
of One Hundred and accordingly
considerable doubt exists as to
lust what part, IL any, the
schools and churches of our local
city will play in the Industrial
exhibition next year. If the schools
and churches do not put in displays
there will be no educational exhibits
outside of the wrapping paper booth
run by The Bugle and the Freie zei-
tung.
=
JOE KELLEY, the musician of
Company I, Fifth Regiment. N. G. n.
J.. bravely sports one Of the efficiency
medals recently given out. Joe got
his for his ability to play the pianola
with one foot.
-a.-
JIMMY HALLOCK, chief deputy
engineer, says that judging by the
claim that has been filed with the
Board of Works against the contract
ors who are doing the work on the
meadows it looks like a hen year for
the terminal.
#
THE NEW JUGGERNAUT car of
the p. s. C. that is being tried out on
the Orange line first has many fea-
| lures that will appeal to patrons of
| the poor mans taxicab. The entrance
and exit steps, not the fare. are low
cred and the seats run iengthwise
thus cutting down the number of end
seat hogs from twenty-four to four.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-03

Lueretia Mott, abolitionist and
woman's rights agitator. and Lady
Acland, courageous trave.er, are two
patrons of January 3. who were born
in the eighteenth century.
Lady Aeland was born in 1880. She
was usually called Lady Harriet,
from her middle name-Christian
Harriet Caroline were the three names
by which she was ehristened. In 1776
she won fame by following her hus-
band. John Dyke Acland. who came
to America as major in Burgoyne's
army. She left a record of her travels
which, in a new land at war, We're
naturally full of adventure and even
hardship
Lucretia Mott was born in 1898 on
Nantucket IsanG. She belonged TO
Quaker family and was educated at
the Friends School. near Poughkeep-