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VOL. LX XX III—NO. I no.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY 8. 1»I4.
PROBER* PROBED TOO FAR.
Why Paul M. Warburg should subject hlmseir
to further Indignities at the hands of a Senate prob
ing committee, operating under a pretense of ascer
taining hid fitness and capabilities for membership
in the Federal Reserve Board, is a thing past finding
out.
Mr. Warburg, a banker of acknowledged ability
and high repute, and beyond question an honorable
man. does not propose to submit to irrelevant quizz
ing, a quizzing that is stamped in many quartern az
insulting.
He has requested President Wilson, who ap
pointed him ae a member of the Reserve Board, to
withdraw bis name, as he would make no further re
sponses to the Senate.
The policy of tbe Senate in "looking up" prospec
tive members of the Reserve Board in said to be un
precedented, and in the Warburg case the nenators
are declared to have exceeded the limit. Yet Mr.
Warburg answered all queries as to his citizenship,
personal affairs and knowledge of banking laws and
methods. He compiled cheerfully.
But when tt came to an apparent attempt to ob
tain from him in advance assurances as to the stand
he would take regarding measures in which the
Senate seemed to be interested, to render a de
cision on matters Jhat might come before him, Mr.
Warburg put his foot down with a vengeance. The
senators had gone too far on their fishing trip. This
had nothing to do with banking, banking laws or the
duties of a Federal Reserve Board, and Mr. Warburg
would have no more of It. It cannot be said that
his course was anything but honorable, right and self
respecting.
AS TO STATE PARTY LEADERSHIP.
Governor Fielder may be the leader of his
party in tho State, and let it be conceded that by
virtue of his office as governor he is the leader.
Woodrow Wilson, while governor, proclaimed him
self as the Democratic party leader, and Governor
Fielder has so declared himself. This being the ad
mitted status ol the leadership, what a sad commen
tary on the situation Is revealed in the fact that
Chairman Edward E. Grosscup, of the State Demo
cratic Committee, does not recognise or consider
Governor Fielder the party leader.
In appointing Percy J. Hopkins, a Wittpennite to
the Hudson County Board of Elections, and turn
ing down George Limouse, a Fielderlte, to make way
for Wlttpenn’s man, Chairman Grosscup coolly de
clares that "he didn't give Governor Fielder a thought
in the matter of appointment," and added: "If
the governor was interested why didn’t he spesk to
me aboul the case before it was too late?”
Chairman Grosscup supplements his statement by
saying that it never occurred to him that the "gover
nor of the State would concern himself about such
trifles” and at all events he would not make the
change requested by the governor. He would “stand
pat" on Hopkins.
So there you are. What does' party leadership
consist of?
A CASE OF THE YOCNG MAX.
The selection ot Hugh C. Barrett as town or
corporation counsel of Harrison, by the unanimous
vote of the council of that thriving community, Is not
only a tribute to Mr. Barrett’s ability aB a lawyer,
but au expression of confidence In the young men of
today to cope with the trying requirements of the
leyal or any other profession, where strict application
to duty and a sense of the eternal fitness of things
mean so much.
Mr. Barrett’s father, the late Senator Michael T.
Barrett, had been counsel for Harrison ever since
Harrison was Harrison, and it is a matter of record
•bat not a single law suit waa ever brought against
the town or by the town, nor was there a legal tangle
of any kina in his many years as its counselor. Asso
ciated with his father as law partner, the younger
Barrett became thoroughly familiar with the affsirs of
‘.Harrison and wiin other matters in the firm's charge,
rand is therefore qualified as a worthy successor to
V the father.
"A chip of the old block” was the sententious
remark of a Harrtson alderman, in a double reference
to the father and the son. Hugh C. Barrett is per
haps the youngest man in New Jersey to hold the posi
tion of corporation counsel to a- municipality of the
sise and importance of Harrison. The success of Mr.
Barrett is a striking example of what other young
men of like persistence and attentiveness to business
or profession may achieve,
THE LAW AND THE GRAVElURR.
Whether an old Indian graveyard in Northern
New Jersey, abandoned more than a hundred years ago,
is a graveyard within the meaning of the New Jersey
law Is extremely doubtful. The Indian has long
passed away in New Jersey and none is left to mourn
the dead. There is no sentiment left to be outraged.
The present generation in this State is putting
hundreds of old Indian graveyards to practical uses
without knowing it. The records of the State show
many such places that have been located, while many
others have no identity. Northern New Jersey is full
of interesting Indian relics and that region has been
well searched to And material that will throw light
on the history of the aboriginal race in this State.
Among the searchers is a member of the faculty
of the University of Pennsylvania, who employed
men to dig into an old Gen! Lenape burying ground
in Sussex for relics of the tribe. A local dogberry
invoked the law against these employes. But if there
is such a thing as enforcement of the law in such a
case how long is a cemetery a cemetery?
We had a question of this kind brought up in
Newark in the case of the Old Burying Ground, now
solidly built upon. Some of the descendants of the old
settlers resisted the utilization of this property by the
living on the ground that the dwellings of the dead
were sacred. The Chancery Court held that the dead
owned the land In perpetuity. The Errors Court
decided that the dead had no proprietary rights
against the living. What better right has an Indian
who died a couple of centuries ago and has since
mouldered into dust?
FURRY BATES UNFAIR TO MOTORISTS.
•
Motoring interests, both pleasuring and commercial,
are justified in the fight they are malting before the
New York dock department for a square deal from the
ferry companies and the railroads operating ferries.
They ask why, tor instance, a motor truck should be
charged twenty-five cents ferriage and a horse-drawn
vehicle occupying exactly the name space only thirteen
cents. Again, a touring automobile must pay fifty
cents and a oarriage with a team of horses, taking up
considerably more room, only thirty cents.
These are New JerBey Central Railroad rates, and
are a sample of the general discrimination in favor of
horse-drawn vehicles, which ought to be corrected if
there is any power to do it. New Jersey auto tourists
and truckmen are vitally interested in this matter,
and an equitable rate schedule would be worth thou
sands of dollars to this State. The fight might well
be carried before the Hudson County Board of Free
holders, which, according to a court decision, has the
right to adjust rates, at least on the Bergen Point
ferry.
THE PAY' ENVELOPE.
There might be a number of reasons why a man
would not wish to hand his unopened pay envelope
to his wife. He might, for instance, Vant to bave
a few drinks on his way home without accounting
to her for the number. Again he might want to put by
a dollar or two without her knowledge so that on her
birthday he could surprise her with some gift. But
whatever his purpose, he is within his rights in doing
so if he gives her sufficient funds for her proper
maintenance. This has been so decided by Vice
Chancellor Griffin, of Jersey City.
To some this will be a welcome decision. Indeed.
But to others it will be a cause for amusement,
for they find it to their own interests to hand their
pay intact to their better halves, better, at least very
often, in the virtue of thrift. The man may not have
the present feeling of independence, but he is more
likely to become really independent in the future.
But perhaps the whole question depends on the
Individual man and the individual woman.
WHY NO FUSION IS DESIRED.
The Progressive State Committee in deciding
upon a straight Progressive ticket in all the elections
in New Jersey next fall made no exception. The party
organization therefore stands pledged to straight can
didacies and no fusion or deals In all the contests,
State, county, municipal and congressional district.
The main reason for this policy is the necessity
for keeping the Progressive party Hltact for the presi
dential election in 1916. A political party is always
weakened by fusion either as a whole or In part. The
strongest showing made by the Progressives in 1912
was in the city of Newark and the county of Essex,
and anything that should weaken the party here this
year might cost the loss of the State two years hence.
HERE'S ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY.
The story about a quarry employe who was blown
up by a premature blast and docked for the time he
was in the air is matched in real life by the act of a
construction company putting up a skyscraper in
New York. A workman fell from the twenty-second
story and was dashed to death, and his widow found
in his pay envelope the exact amount of his wages up
to the moment he was killed. The timekeeper ex
plains that it had to be done "to make the accounts
Jibe with the record of the accident." Who says the
economic efficiency propaganda has been in vain?
| OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES J
Ruth of the Unemployed.
From the Columbus Ohio Mate Journal.
Hail to the unemployed! They
heard the cry from the wheat Helds of
Kansas and Missouri, to "come over
and help us," and nearly 80,000 men
answered the call. Some people said
they didn't want to work; they only
pretended to. Some of them didn't;
hut the thousands went and overcame
the demand with the supply and
saved the wheat crops of the west.
After this, don’t say the unemployed
don't want work without giving them
the opportunity. And what good tills
experience will do the workers! New
scenes, new people, pure air. live food,
clean beds, getting acquainted with
the big world and the people In it.
It is like sending the oxygen down
through the arteries and making
them tingle with delight.
Papered With Pontage Stamps.
From the Y'ontb'a Companion.
Within easy walking distance of the
old cathedral town of Chichester,
Eng., is the Rising Sun, in North
Bersted—a house of interest to all
boys and girls who collect stamps.
For the little inn contains a room
that is covered, every inch of It, with
postage stamps.
Ceiling, walls, doors, chairs, tables,
picture frames, every part of the
room except the door, are thickly
covered, while from the celling bang
long festoons and ropes, made of bun
dles of stamps for which there wa-s
no other room. There are fully
2,000,000 stamps pasted up, and a mil
lion more in these festoons, while
great bundles, one of which holds 60,
008 stamps, hang among the heavy
loops.
But it is not only the amazing num
ber of stamps that attracts the vis
itor’s attention. There is evidence on
all aides of great ingenuity. The pic
ture* inside the stamp-covered
frames are of stamps themselves; the
ceiling is ornamented with a great
star; the arms of the neighboring
town of Bognor are over the fireplace,
and the table cloth shows the Kifel
tower. Queen Victoria is surprising
ly life-like in carefully-chosen
stamps of different colors. The Prince
of Wales' feathers and the crown are
also represented. Most of the stamps
are penny English stamps, but there
are others from al) over the world.
One door Is a bright yellow, covered
entirely with the Swan River stamps
of Western Australia.
It is all the work of the landlord,
Richard Sharpe, who, already a
stamp collector, thought of this as
an amusing way of disposing of du
plicates He finished the room In
celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.
City Control of Mines.
From the foal Age.
A few years ago many of our min
ing corporations ware directed from
the nearest representative village,
usually the county seat. But that
time has passed away. The centre of
control is now at some big city.Though
the directors and the president are
absentees, they naturally want tu
keep in touch with the mines, so
they bring their general managers up
to the cities also.
And they, in turn, desiring to keep
posted on their work, bring the chief
engineers and some other men. And
if this does not happen, these men
leave and return to the mines re
peatedly with the rhythmic rebound
of a ball, and thus lose time, expend
energy and waste money in the cease
less travel. Every man who moves
cityward brings others with him or
a
spends his time, traveling in the op
posite direction.
Meanwhile the mines are neglected;
the humap side of mining is over
looked; improvements, residences,
churches, which should be built in
the villages, go to the city. Tht^ up
lifting effect of superior mentaf*cul
tude and the exhibit of refining com
fort are removed to urban centrea
The problem which is personified by
Ireland develops uninterruptedly in
the United States. The time given to
the mines is short, unsympathetic
slid begrudged, and the considera
tion the mines receive is wholly fi
nancial. The whole question to the
owner is whether the mines are profit
able to him or not.
When Art Failed.
From the Atchison (Kuu.) Globe.
Once upon a lime a maiden with a
loftiy dome set her heart on a career
and took a finishing course at an
exclusive think factory, learning a
lot about art. After which her
father staked her to the price of u
studio, and she started in to put
Rembrandt on the shelf and to make
Michael Angelo look like a second
rater. The result was many pictures
in which the casual observer could
easily distinguish the roses in tho
foreground from the cows In the
background, and she felt that success
was assured. But time developed
that spreading paint and selling pic
tures are distinct and different pro
positions. and father had to put up
for the rent and other incidentals
from time to time. Then she came
down off her high perch to wed jin
embryo merchant prince who had a
good job in the gents’ furnishing de
partment. This was a great blow to
art, but a big help to father. Moral:
It is difficult for Art to triumph over
Nature.
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Convicts Mend Their Mnvlnro to Snletn
Fire Sufferers.
BOSTON, July 8.—Gifts varying
from one cent to *5 have been made
into a fund of $288 by 400 of the
prisoners at the State prison at
Charlestown for the relief of the
Salem Are sufferers. Rev. M. J. Mur
phy. chaplain of the institution,
brought a check for the sum to Gov
ernor Walsh at the State House.
Father Murphy said that the money
represented the feelings of the men
under his charge. Governor Walsh
was deeply touched by the generosity
of the men in prison and asked B’ather
Murphy to convey to them his ap
preciation of their thoughtfulness.
B»ew York Man Forced to Shed Stolen
Mutt tn Court.
NEW YORK, July 8.—No mercy
was shown yesterday to Bllias Laurie,
twenty-four, of 1407 Brook avenue,
The Bronx, when he was asked in
the New Jersey avenue police court,
Brooklyn, to lake off the suit he was
wearing, which Mrs. Louis Brick
man. of 148 Amboy street, said he
had stolen from her husband. Laurie
removed the coat and vest and hesi
tated. The complainant was ob
durate.
"It Is your own fault,” she said.
Murmuring something about "Sep
tember Morn” and "an ash barrel”
the prisoner was taken into an ad
joining room, where a warden gave
him a castoff pair of policeman's
trousers.
Stooping to I'ct Cot, Woman Dodges
Bullet Above Her.
MARYSVILLE, Pa., July 8.—Mrs. J.
E. Van Natta, of Lewlstown, owes her
life to the fondness she has for her
pet cat.
She was standing in her bathroom
when the cat came tearing up the
steps, badly frightened, and she bent
over to calm it.
Just then a revolver shot shattered
a window pane and, passing a few
Inches above her head, lodged in the
wall. No shot was heard and It Is be
lieved the pistol was fired at some dis
tance.
Railway Bridge* Changed In Record
Time of Five Minute*.
WENDE, N. Y., July 8.—In five
minutes a loft-ton bridge was moved
out and replaced by a 760-ton bridge
on the Lehigh Valley Railroad here
yesterday.
It took exactly two minutes to get
the old bridge out of the way, and
two minutes and fifty seconds to roll
the new one into place. Traffic wag
not Interfered with.
Fat Women Block Way for New Church
Organist to Reach Inotrument.
CONNELL8VILLE. Pa., July 8.—
Six stout women foiled three con
stables, a priest and an organist in
St. John's Slavish Catholic Church
here, when they blocked the way to
the organ and prevented the musician
from performing his duties.
The six so wedged themselves along
the stairway leading to the organ
that they could not be moved, either
by threats or entreaties.
The congregation has been at odds
with the Rev. Father Anthony Filk
orn since the discharge of one or
ganist and appointment of John
Stragny In his place.
One Way to Get Votes
When Tom Shipp was running for
Congress In Indianapolis he received
a visit one day from a colored man.
"Mr. Shipp,” said the visitor,
"you’ve got a bunch of negro voters
in your district, and they ■ probably
want some money.”
"Yes,” agreed Shipp weakly.
"Now. Mr. Shipp,” pursued the
self-elected adviser, “don’t you go
paying those fellows Individually.
That’s not the way to handle them.
The right way is to find an influen
tial negro, the most solid citizen
among them, and give him the money
and let him distribute it as he sees
fit for the delivery of the votes.”
Being opposed to the use of money
in elections, and not having any
money anyway Shipp welcomed this
advise with a long and well-developed
silence.
“Mr. Shipp.” said the visitor Anally
in an extremely confidential tone,
"I'se got a lot of influence among
those niggers.”—The Popular Maga
zine.
Stung!
The native bee of Cuba, unlike the
American honey bee, has no stinger
and can be handled without fear. An
American apiarist in a Plnar del Rio
town imported some American bees
recently, says the Times, of Cuba,
and, because of their superior arma
ment, they soon became masters of
the surrounding sweetness, much to
the disgruntlement of the native
honoy raiser. The A merican bees
stung their rivals to death, carrying
off the stored honey in triumph.
"What chance has a Cuban got
against the Americans!” exclaimed
one owner of vanquished honey gath
erers. "They even arm their bees."
Spanish Comb9.
We have Spanish capes and Spanish
toques; now we find the high Span
ish comb the most fashionable hair
ornament of the season. Three big
combs are wonderfully decorative.
The Parlsiennes are wearing these
high combs instead of giant aigrettes
or ospreys. They arrange them
coquettlshly at the side of the head,
Jutting out beyond the coils of hair,
and in some cases the carved designs
ar<- outlined with delicate silver
filigree. Apropos of evening headdress
natural hair is once more coming into
fashion. Powder and patches may
continue t0 be worn, but only by the
less conservative women.
Evening Star s
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Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle:
Quarter.
Che Fire Alarm
When riding on their motor-trucks
I see the firemen pass,
Like soldiers dressed in uniforms
Of natty blue and brass,
I think about the volunteers
Who used, in other days,
To rally to the fire-alarm
And battle with the blaze.
When clanged upon the midnight air
That sudden summons 16ud,
The people tumbled out of bed,
A wild, excited crowd.
The barking dogs ran on ahead,
And shouts and cries arose
Above tfte crackle of the flames,
The hissing of the hose.
To save a neighbor’s little home
The axe and hose they plied,
Until among the cinders black
The lurid demon died.
The old red shirts they used to sport
Are full of moths and holes;
The men who wore them, too, are dead—
God rest their gallant souls!
But still we fear the smoky scourge,
And tremble with affright,
When suddenly the fire-alarm
Blares out ’upon the night.
So here’s a tribute from the heart.
A word of praise for all
The heroes of the hose and truck
Who answer to its call.
* SUGGESTS MARKET CENTRALIZATION
Newark Real Estate Man Makes Some Suggestions Regarding
Shifting of Present Location Towards Penn
sylvania Railroad Station.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
There seems to be a great discus
sion going on in reference to the re
building of a market to take the
place of the Centre Market. The con
struction of the new market has been
stopped by legal action. I have
studied the market problertS and I
have come to the conclusion that so
long as public markets are important
factors in nearly all cities of the
United States, they ought to be lo
cated as near central as possible.
They should have the proper trolley
facilities so as to accommodate the
people that go to the market.
Now as to the market question that
we are confronting. I.have drawn a
rough sketch of my ideas of the
market area. A study of this sketch
will convince you of the value of the
suggestion that I make. It Is true
that some property will have to be
purchased. This surrounding prop
erty would produce results for tax
ing purposes. I propose to leave the
truck farmer stay on Market plaza
as now, the place to have an abso
lutely smooth pavement, anything
that can be cleansed readily and
quickly. The wholesale commission
men would stay where they are now.
I would suggest the purchase of
"Murderers' row,” from Market
street to Canal street, with the west
erly line of Ailing street, and put up
two separate buildings for a retail
centre market.
The sketch shon» two separate
buildings. One a small one and the
other a very large one. The small
one would be for a vegetable mar
ket, and the large building for a
butcher and fish market.
You will notice that the locality of
the buildings would only bring us
one-half block further away from
Broad street than now. It would not
interfere with any improvements, and
would enhance values on Market
street from “Murderers’ row" up to
Mulberry street and Commerce and
Canal streets. It would create a new
traffic.
The additional tax assessments on
Commerce street, Market street and
Canal street would more than pay
for the purchase of the land. The
proposed Centre Market buildings
could be erected without having a
second story. The cost would be
one-half of the proposed market
building in litigation, which was to
be two stories. Respectfully yours,
SIGFRIED LESCHZINER.
DEFENDS THE BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
I have noticed recently some
criticism of the Board of Freeholders
in increasing the salary of the county
counsel and in appointing a county
attorney. I am not a poiitlcian, and
am therefore not interested in politi
cal mud-slinging; but I am a tax
payer of Essex county and am inter
ested in knowing whether the Board
of Freeholders have done wrong in
increasing the expenses of the legal
department of the county.
I wish to say that I have made a
personal investigation of this matter
and find that the Board of Freehold
ers, instead of being censured, should
be commended for the way in which
the legal department of the county is
being conducted. I find that prior to
1911 thesfounty counsel had no office
in the Jfourt House, was never ex
pected ffio be there except once a
month when the board met, and
whenever an opinion was desired a
messenger had to be dispatched from
the Court House to locate the county
counsel and obtain the opinion from
him. For thie service he was paid
jo,000 a year.
I also learn that the lunacy mat
ters were given to outside legal firms,
and the county was required to pay
for these outside legal services in ad
dition to the county counsel’s salary.
When the small board took office
in January, 1912, the legal department
was completely reorganized and rep-,
resentatives of that department are
1n the county counsel’s office every
day during business hours. Complete
records are now kept of every opinion
rendered, and of all matters which
pass through the department. The
legal business of the county has
quadrupled during the past two or
three years, and all of the work is
done by the officials of that depart
ment, and no outside legal work Is
being done for the county. Nobody
has suggested that the county coun
sel and the county attorney have not
performed their duties In a ereditabls
and satisfactory manner. Hudson
county has a county counsel, an as
sistant county counsel and a county
attorney, and the county counsel of
Hudson county has received $6,000 per
year for a number of years, and yet
when Essex county places the county
counsel's salary on the same basis as
that of Hudson county a number of
people are attempting to arouse a
feeling of antagonism to the Essex
Board of Freeholders on that ac
count.
I think, Mr, Editor, that this
criticism is merely the result of petty
spite, and is not based upon any de
sire to save the taxpeyers' money. A
few years ago the county prosecutor
received $6,000 a year and he had one
assistant at $3,600. Now the prosecu
tor receives $8,000, his first assistant
receives $6,000, and his second as
sistant receives $4,000. - If these critics
are really desirous of effecting a sav
ing of money why have they not con
demned the Legsllature for permitting
these salaries to be paid? The truth
is that no citizen of Essex county de
sires a cheap legal department; it
does desire an efficient and satisfac
tory one, and the people I know are
willing to pay the same as the people
of, Hudson county pay for similar
services.
May I trespass upon your good na
ture to give this letter space in your
columns? Yours very truly,
CHAS. E. VAN SYCKLE.
64 Court street, Newark, N. J.
Paris Behind Time
In an effort to Introduce a new cus
tom. Parlslennes are going to dancing
parties without stockings- It may
seem cruel to say, but,lt is a fact, that
the custom is not new. Paris le cen
turies—the number Is unknown—be
hind Manila, Batavia, Toklo and
Kobe.
Tagalog holies, and very "likely
girls" they are. may be seen any
evening in Palomar Park, just outside
of Manila, dancing without stockings.
They also, by the way, wear the heel
less slippers which New Yorkers and
Parislennes fondly imagined to be an
Innovation when they introduced them
as a factor in the turkey-trotting
equation last year. The Filipinos
wear dancing slippers which are not
only without the protection under the
heel, but also without -anything be
hind the heel to hold the foot in the
footwear. In the counterpart of the
bath slipper of the Occident, the Tag
ulog girls dance gayly and gracefully
without flinging a shoe during the en
tire evening. . , „
Americans—missionaries and hope
ful tradesmen—have made an ardu
ous effort to persuade the Filipinos
that stockings are preferable in many
wavs to bare legs. But the missions -
1 ries and the, stocking venders have
had an unsuccessful experience, as
indeed they should, for there is no
earthly or sniritual objection to the
absence of storkings. Wearing them
is merely a custom. Of course, any
radical change of custom or unwill
ingness upon the part of a suppoaedly
inferior race to adopt the cuatoms of
their supposed superiors is regarded
as an evidence of moral delinquency.
Japanese gills, with the muscular
< yellowish pink calfs flashing between
kimono and snndai, have befti seen In
the Japanese cities for nobody knows
how long without sacrifice of maid
enly dignity, and the Dutch and other
Europeans ip Java have abandoned
Stockings with a resultant increase in
solid comfort and a decrease of ex
pense and the trouble of darning,
which weighs heavily upon the femin
ine mind in an equatorial climate.
If there is anything new under the
sun It will not be discovered by the
shallow pates who inaugurated fash
ions for Western women.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
j NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Speech That Charmed Clay and Webster
The late Commodore Van Sant
voord, who years before his death
was esteemed perhaps the greatest
master of internal navigation by way
of the Erie canal and the Hudson
river, spoke to me, at a time when
the conversation had turned upon
the mastery of great audiences by
William J. Bryan, of an incident in
his early life which he always re
called when he heard any famous
orator or when he heard anyone
speak of someone who had gained
distinction as an orator.
"A year or two before I was twen
ty-one years of age I paid my first
visit to Washington," said the com
modore. "I am not sure of the year,
but I think it was in 1817. I was
very anxious to see the distinguished
senators and representatives of that
dp.y. I hoped that Daniel Webster
would speak while I was there, for
X greatly wanted to hear him. But I
was especially anxious to hear Henry
Clay, for Clay was the Idol of the
Whigs in ray boyhood days in Central
New York.
“I made many Inquiries, but
j learned that no discussion was
! pending In the Senate or was likely
to take place In which either Web
ster or Clay would take part. The
best I could do was to go to the
Senate chamber and look from the
gallery at these distinguished men.
"Two or three days after I had
arrived in Washington a friend of
my father who was then living In thei
city 'advised me to go to the House
of Representatives and hear a young
man, who, although a native of
Maine, had removed to Vicksburg,
Miss., where he had gained a wonder
ful reputation as an orator. Tills
young man, I was told, had been
elected as a Representative in Con
gress from Mississippi. He was a
Whig and had beaten the Democratic
candidate for Congress.
"I asked what the young man’s
name was, and was told that it was
Seargent g. Prentiss. His election
had been contested, and he was to
speak in defense of the report that
he be allowed to retain his seat.
”1 was not particularly interested
until my friends said to me that
Prentiss had so great a reputation
. _ ....
as an orator that I was likely to see
some of the great orators of the
Senate, among them Webster and
Clay, In the House. They would be
sure to go to the House for the pur
pose of hearing the brilliant young
orator.
"That information was sufficient to
lead me to the House of Representa
tives. I got there Just In time. I
saw a very handsome, smooth-shaven
young man, the brilliancy of whose
eyes especially attracted me, rise and
address the speaker, who afterward
became President of the United
States—James K» Polk.
"I was instantly charmed by the pe
culiar melodious and yet monotonous
tones of the young man’s voice. It
exercised a spell over everybody who
was in the House. His language was
singularly felicitous, and he seemed
not to hesitate for a single word.
Every member of the House so far
as I could see, sat as to face, If pos
sible, the speaker, and as he turned
continually those who were in the
rear had abundant opportunity to see
him. I heard a little rustle or saw
a little movement In the House, and
then somebody who sat near me
said: 'Here come Webster and Clay!’
"These great men were offered
good seats and I constantly observed
them. They must have listened to
Prentiss for at least three hours.
Both were completely absorbed with
his oratory. Webster nev^r took his
eyes off the speaker. This mastery,
however, Prentiss exerted over the
entire assembly. I could have sat
all night and have listened to him,
although I was so young that I was
unable fully to appreciate {he force
of his arguments. I stayed there
until adjournment for the day. Pren
tiss had not finished his speech at
adjournment, and I went next day
to the House to hear him again, but
was unable to get in so great was the
throng.
"I afterwards learned that he lost
his seat by the casting vote of the
Speaker, James K. Polk, but that a
year later he was returned to Con
gress.
"That speech of the Maine boy who
had made hts home in Mississippi has
remained among the most vivid of the
recollections of my early life.”
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JULY 8
Maria Lowell
Oopyrtfbtw! 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
July 8 marks the birthday of a
number of celebrated women. Among
Americans there is Maria Lowell,
the beautiful wife of James Russell
Lowell, and Mary Lincoln, famous
writer of the cook books. Among
actresses there is Sarah Jane Mellon,
and among women of royal connec
tion there is Zenalde Charlotte Julie,
a niece of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Maria Lowell was born in Water
town, Mass., July 8, 1821, and was
married to Lowell when she was
twenty-three. She was a woman of
extraordinary beauty and consider
able poetical attainments. She died
eleven years after her marriage to
Lowell on the day of the birth of
one of Longfellow's children. On
this occasion Longfellow wrote the
lines:
“Two angels, one of life and one of
death.
Passed oe'r our village as the morn
ing broke."
Mary Lincoln, who was born in
Attleboro, Mass., celebrates her
birthday today. For the past thirty
five years she has been tfPlting.
teaching and lecturing on household
science, and is one of the half-dozen
women who has brought about the
decided improvement in domestio
cooking that the country has expert
eneed within the last quarter of a
century.
Sarah Jane Mellon was born July
8, 1824. She was the daughter of an
English tailor who had leanings to
ward the stage, and who educated
his daughter with this aim in view.
She made her debut at the age of
twelve, singing in opera at the age
of seventeen, and making a decided
hit as Hamlet at the age of eighteen.
Her husband, whom she married
when she was thirty-four, was Al
fred Mellon, a well-known orchestra
leader and violinist. Mrs. Mellon's
acting was especially admired by the
novelist Dickens.
Zenaide Charlotte Julie Bonaparte
was born in Paris the eighth day of
July, 1801. She married her own
cousin, Charles Bonaparte, when she
was twenty-one and he was nine
teen. Zenaide was the daughter of
Joseph Bonaparte, and Charles was
the son of Lucien Bonaparte, both
brothers of the great Napoleon.
Zenaide was a woman of high Intel
lectual attainments and great charm
of personality. Her contribution to
literature was a translation into
French of the works of the German
poet Schiller. She greatly aided her
husband, who is usually known as
the prince of CanifJn. in his work In
natural history, in which he gained
no little distinction.
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Aluminum Industry in India
' , , ,,, . ii
The aluminum industry of India
promises to become important, official
statistics give the imports of alumi
num Into India as about 1,790 tons
for the fiscal year ending March 31,
1913. Of this about 340 tons came
from Great Britain, 960 tons from
Germany, 415 tons from the United
States, and 70 tons from Belgium,
small quantities being received from
Prance. Netherlands and Austria.
The material Is largely used in mak
ing vessels for carrying water, says
Consul-General James A. Smith, of
Calcutta.
The local working of aluminum was
first started in the Madras School of
Arts In 1898. and the chief centres of
the industry now are. Madras and
Bombay, but it will probably extend
to other parts of India. Within less
than three years after the starting of
the industry as many as 264 persons
were supported by ft in Madras and
Mysore alone. The number has con
siderably increased now, a single fac
tory employing over 200 men. Ac
cording to a trade journal the num
ber of factories making aluminum
vessels in India is about forty, while
the capital emjfcoyed Is estimated at
nearly a crore of rupees (83,244,000).
The census of i9U, which as re
gards the aluminum Industry takes
Into account only those factories em
ploying more than twenty persons,
states that there are four such fac
tories employing a total of 428 per
song, one factory' alone having 260
employes. It is the opinion at the
director of industries and commerce
of the State of Mysore that great en.
couragement would be given to the
establishment' of small plants for
working aluminum ware if small elec
trical Induction furnaces of, say, ten
to twenty pounds' capacity for melt
ing the aluminum could be intro
duced.
The Madras and Bombay factories
compete for the market. It is stated
that the Bombay ware is ^generally
cheap, and as the metal used is of a
cheaper type the utensils do not last
as long as those made at Madras
The use of a better quality in
Madras is necessitated by the fact,
that the people In southern India use
a large quantity of (amarind water,
which, as an acid liquid, has con
siderable solvent action on the metal.
As the demand for alpminHm ware
In India promises to increase faster
than"* the local establishment for
working It oan supply it there would
appear to be an opportunity for W«r
manufacturers to sell In this market,
not only the raw material in Ingots
and sheets, but also finished articles,
such as water vessels and cooking
utensils, especially kettles, saucepans,
stewpans, frying pans, etc. Many
metal dealers In Indian towns ars
specializing In aluminum goods, and
it is said that their profit* are very
large and that, generally speaking,
they can allow themselves a much
wider margin of profit than that ob
tainable from brass or copper ware.
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