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VOL. LXXX111.—NO. ISO.
FRIDAY EVENING, JUDY 31, 1914.
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THE FAKE DENTIST; ABOLISH HIM.
It would seem to be imperative, judging from
the number and nature of complaints received, that
the New Jersey State Dental Association take prompt
and drastic measures to curb the "fake" dentist and
make the plying of his trade, if it may be termed a j
trade, an offense against the law, with a penalty so |
severe that he would be put In jail or out of busi
ness lnstanter.
And the Newark Advertising Men’s Club has a
duty to perform, and this duty is to drive this brand
of practitioners from the city.
Next, but perhaps :i .ou.a be better to say first
should come the police and the prosecutor, to de
tect the "fake" dentist in his contemptible operations
and teach him a lesson that would deter him from
further work in his swindling line and prove a whole
some warning to others of his ilk.
For there is a gruesomeness in the manner the
"fake" dentist is alleged to carry out designs upon
trusting and misled patients, for it affects . physical
and mental comfort and the general health of the
individual. It Is akin to body snatching and far
worse than robbery from the person.
The “fake” dentist imposes upon his patients
and, having them practically at his mercy, impresses
them by his adroit arguments to the end that they
fall easy victims to his wiles, to their pecuniary loss
and personal discomfort and the "fake" dentist s
financial gain. One of the practises that are placed
at the door of the "fake” dentist is to deceive the
patients into believing that he is using platinum in
their teeth for filling, that platinum is the only fill
ing, and then to use a cheap and inferior material
for filling, but charging for platinum.
To the reputable dentist, who devotes his best
skill to his patients' interests and who is among
those who have sought the aid of the Evening Star
to squelch the "fake” and the cheat, this platinum
proposition does not appeal, nor does it even appeal to
well-informed laymen.
For plate work that is frequently unnecessary,
and never satisfactory, the "fake” dentist charges
exorbitant prices and often goes to the extreme of
removing good fillings from the patient’s mouth, ex
plaining that they are harmful and then, with amazing
audacity, substituting a cheap and poor tilling, retain
ing the good filling material for use on other patients
at prices to suit the “fake” dentist.
Giving advice to patients as to the conditions of
their mouths, due to defective teeth, when there is |
no defect whatsoever, merely to create alarm and
make paying work for himself, is another practise
to which the "fake" dentist is prone.
A well-known local practitioner of high repute
in the dental fraternity bitterly remarks that soon
the “fake” dentist, if not curbed, will adopt a custom
of removing fine, healthy teeth from patients to be
reserved for hts own business purposes, and replace
them with false teeth, made of a celluloid composition
or billiard' ball material.
The Evening Star will cheerfully co-operate with
the honest, earnest and well meaning dentist, who
does not stoop to advertise his business or wares,
by alluring and deceptive methods, or representa
tions, in any measure calculated to suppress and
punish the "fake” dentist. It will do this in the in
terest of the honest dentist and for the welfare of
humanity.
CAN WE KEEP OCT OF EUROPE’S TROUBLES?
It will be extremely difficult for the United States j
to keep out of the conflagration of war now sweeping |
over Europe and threatening civilization itself. Not
withstanding our government’s great forbearance and >
patience under provocation and injury during the
Napoleonic era we were drawn into two wars, one
with England and the other with France.
Three thousand miles of ocean then presetted a
barrier for us against European politics, but steam.'
electricity and modern invention have almost an
nihilated it. We are practically as close to Europe
as England was to the European continent in the time
of Napoleon. Commerce and our insular possessions
also bring us into more intimate relations with Europe
and with the ocean covered by the navies of the
great powers.
American ships will be stopped and searched on
the high leas, according to the law of nations. This
power can he abused by naval officers. Our seaports
may be violated by foreign warships. American citi
zens in Europe are likely to be impressed for military
service or their property confiscated. These and
graver acts may be done, including arbitrary restric
tions on our commerce. Some of the peril of the
awful situation in Europe is for us, too.
ACTION BY NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
The tremendous liquidation and smashing of
prices on the stock exchanges which have been going
on ever since the Austrian ultimatum to Servia have
been caused by the forced sales of American securities
by Europe and the panic fears of American investors,
who forget the enormous assets and vast crops of
this country and .its sound financial condition.
The American government is the strongest finan
cially of the governments of the world, it has the
smallest national debt of all the principal nations,
and it owns resources that are incomparable. At
present it is loaning many millions to the farmers
to move their enormous crops, and the war now
opening has already added 120,000,000 to the value
of the cereal crops alone. The interruption of com
merce will start up all kinds of American Industries,
for with Importations reduced the market must b«
supplied by the domestic manufacturer. There will
also be an enormous demand for our products of the
farm and factory from abroad.
These facts are not realized by people who,
afTrighted by a great war calamity in Europe, want
to sacrifice the sound securities that have afforded
them a good living, and so the securities are dumped
on the stock market for shrewder and far-sighted
investors to buy up.
Fortunes will be made and great fortunes swollen
by the idle fears of those who literally throw away
their securities before the owners of this invested
wealth get rid of their fears and see the prosperity
ahead for this country.
As a precautionary measure, and to protect Ameri
can investors, the board of directors of the New York
Stock Exchange this morning ordered the exchange
closed Indefinitely for business. The fear of a panic
was increased by the avalanche of securities that was
pouring on the money market. The action of the
exchange is deemed both wise and timely. The Lon
don Exchange is closed to business and every ex
change in the big cities of this country had shut down
prior to the New York body taking a similar step.
NO COMPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN POLITICS.
Washington’s solemn admonition to the people
of the republic he founded to avoid all entangle
ments in European politics comes into the mind of
every thoughtful man at this time. It was the
essence of wisdom. It has kept this country in Its
policy almost completely isolated from European
political affairs and free from European quarrels.
On the continent of Europe today there Is <hardly
a single nation, large or 'small, that may not be
drawn into the gigantic war soon to be begun or
that will not be made victims of it. Canada as a
dependency of Great Britain is as remote from the
theatre of war as we are, but as a British possession
Bhe belongs to the politics of Europe, and may suffer
the consequences either during or after the war.
And as we have lived up to the sage maxim of
Washington, so must our government rigidly adhere
to it in the future and during the continuance of the
struggle in Europe. Our splendid isolation can be
maintained by a wise statesmanship at Washington.
MAY DIMINISH POLITICAL INTEREST.
Naturally political Interest in the United States
will be greatly diminished while a colossal war is
raging In Europe. Even our national elections will be
overshadowed by the events that are soon to take
place on the European continent, and of which the
American people will be profoundly interested spec
tators.
It must be remembered also that millions in this
country who are of European birth or parentage
have more than a spectator’s interest in this gigantic
struggle of nations and raceB and they will follow
Its dally phases with absorbed attention, losing inter
est in the peaceful and comparative uneventful poli
tics of this country.
Today all American newspapers devote a large
part of their space to European war news. As the
theatre of war broadens and great armies come
into collision, the space for war news will be enlarged
to the detriment of all domestic news, including local,
State and national politics.
JEWISH VOTERS IN SEPTEMBER PRIMARIES.
After sundown on the day for the State primaries,
September 22, which Is also the Jewish New Year,
Jewish voters can vote at the polls, as the holiday
ends at the sinking of the sun, which is at six
o'clock, leaving three hours for voting.
The Geran law Axes the date of the primary on
the fourth Tuesday in September. The date cannot
be changed except by statute and therefore nothing
can be done in respect to the election this year but
to comply with the law. As there will be no occupa
tions on September 22 for orthodox Hebrews the
three hours which will elapse after the New Year is
ended will afTord time for voters to sign their names
and deposit their ballots.
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES |!
The Future American.
From the Centhry Magazine.
Part of out-entertainment each eve
ning was in. watching the Portuguese
"third class" on the lower deck for
ward. Thejl "Were a picturesque lot,
with their baggage and their babies,
and we were never tired of looking
down at the confinbous peHdrVriance.
A number of them had guitars and
they played elemental airs with some
thing half-barbaric in them altogether
hvpnotic and seductive.
Looking over, the rail at these people
■wi realized that in their own country,
at least, they had a racial solidarity
which does not yet belong to ours.
We shall get it some day, if we sur
vive 1,000 years or so, when motley
immigration has llnally ceased, and
its tints and tones have blended, and
I would give something valuable to
knew what it will be like. I suppose
ita general complexion will be rather
coppery, its native dances the turkey
trot and the tango, and that an end
less version of ‘‘If You Ain’t Got No
Money You Needn’t Come Around”
will be the national song. Very likely
It will be a good enough country and
people. I wish I might live to see it.
Personality of Wilson
From the Boston Advertiser tRep.)
President Wilson exercises more
power than any other man who has
been in the executive chair since Lin
coln. Congreesmen decry his
•■tyranny” in vain, for, unlike Roose
velt, he does not exercise any au
thority not delegated to him in the
Constitution. Nor is his advice uni
versally followed because men respect
hie Judgment; there is much question
ing his Judgment. By the Hubtle, in
sensible influence of his sincerity and
singleness of purpose he rules the
Democratic majority. His command
ing personality dominate* a party,
•trangely lacking in commanding per
sonalities, and force* the members to
tasks for which they have no stom
ach. The practising politicians among
the Democrats want to go home and
fix fences. They think they have
passed enough laws to make a record
on which to ask for another term.
They desire to let conditions quiet
down, so that the big crops of the
West can bring prosperity for them
to claim as their own handiwork.
They want to get out of Washington
so that the House will not be forced
to put itself on record by a vote on
the prohibition amendment. But the
one dominant personage of their
party keeps them there.
The Wilson administration is again
repeating hletory from 1860. Wilson’s
experience* are wonderfully like Lin
coln's. Like Lincoln, Wilson, came
Into the presidency as the leader of
a minority party, his election' bfeihg
largely due to the spilt in the domi
nant party. Lincoln’s first adminis
tration met with ferocious criticism,
and there were grave doubts if he
could be renominated by Republicans
and re-elected, and Republicans even
planned to beat him. But better
times came, and Lincoln was over
whelmingly re-elected.
I.tacoln Highway.
From the Baltimore American.
The proposed national highway has
a practical side to it, and If this prac
tical phase of the proposition is dis
regarded, the realization Of the
scheme will be far more dlffloolt. The
most traveled route in the United
States is that which extends north
and south along the Atlantic slope.
As originally mapped, it Is proposed
to start the Lincoln way at New York,
extend it thence to Philadelphia, and
from Philadelphia It Is proposed to
start westward, routing it by way of
Gettysburg. Out of every twenty
touring parties proposing to Journey
over the Lincoln way, nineteen would
prefer to travel a route leading
through Baltimore and the national
capital.
Practically all of the travel that
comes down from New England and j
eastern Canada would keep to the
road leading to the national capital.
And from a patriotic point of view a
Lincoln highway leaving Washington
off the line would bo an absurdity.
“SUfetowh" Senator*.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
The fact that United States sena
ators cling to the old twenty cents
a mile rate for traveling expenses in
going to and from the capital, in the
face of the almost unanimous demand
of the House for a rate more in con
sonance with the cheapness of mod
ern travel, indicates that they belong
intellectually to the era when the
twenty cent rate was established.
They are stage-coach senators in an
i iron-horse age.
How Reform Works.
From Life.
There is no moderation in average
reformers. Reform is their business
and they work at It all day, and when
one reform Is finished, they open
books on another. They never stop
voluntarily any more than the ac
quisitive people do. What happens Is
that when we common dirt have been
reformed all our unregenerate na
tures can endure, we rise up in our
misery and get clubs and drive the
regulative people off their job and
make them climb trees and hide in
cellars. That is what is called re
action. When we have done It we
have comfort In living for a while,
and Rake a drink on occasions, and
go to a horserace sometimes, maybe,
until we fall Into courses sufficiently
appalling to give the regulators cour
age to come down from their trees
and out of their holes, and then they
come for us again. And so life rip
ples along In a troubled course be
tween tbe devil of acquisition and the
deep sea of regulation.,
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Sparrow Cpsets Boat and Almost Causes
Loss of Woman's Life.
COLD SPRING, N. Y„ July 31.—A
sparrow, which fell upon Mrs. Floyd
Nesbitt’s hat and got entangled In the
trimmings, nearly caused her death
by drowning on Lake Oscawana yes
terday.
She was paddling alone In a canoe.
When the bird landed on her hat and
was caught Mrs. Nesbitt, frightened,
jumped to her feet and overbalanced
the canoe. Her husband, who was on
shore, swam out and brought her to
safety. The bird escaped In the ex
citement.
Bite of Mosquito Muy Cost Eye of Army
Mnn.
NEW YORK, July 31.—The bite of a
mosquito may cause David M. La
vlne, first sergeant of coast artillery
at Fort Totten, to lose the sight of his
right eye.
One morning about two weeks ago
Sergeant Lavlne awoke to find his
eye inflamed. He thought it was
simply cold that caused the trouble
and tried simple remedies. After
several days’ treatment he went to
the post doctor. The X-ray was used
and it was decided that the eye had
been stung by a mosquito.
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Pension Aged in New Zealand
No terror of poverty and the con
sequent sufferings exists among the
people of New Zealand. The govern
ment exorcises a faithful and care
ful guard against many of the con
ditions and things that might tend to
make the lot of its humblest citizen
uncomfortable from a physical stand
point. There is no real incentive,
with the exception of whatever In
dividual ambition one may possess,
for a person in New Zealand to make
a success in life as measured by the
common worldly conception of that
word.
It is not necessary for one here to
lay up a store of savings for old
age. He is assured that the govern
ment will look after his w-ants when
he has passed that time In life when
he Is no longer capable of earning a
livelihood by his own efforts. The re
quirements as to deservabillty arc not
hard to comply with.
If a man or woman of moderate
means here does not look forward In
the expectation of obtaining an old
age pension when the descent of life's
pathway begins, the government
offers other opportunities for obtain
ing a living without any great effort
on the part of the dependent person.
There are several classes of direct
and indirect pensions here. That
which comes under the old age pen
sion act Is perhaps the most interest
ing. At the close of the year 1913
there were 16.509 old age pensioners
on the rolls and the total amount
of money paid them during the year
was $2,088,805. It is interesting to
note that on this list were thirty-one
native-born Americans. The total
number of male old age pensioners
was 8,641, and female, 7,868.
In providing pensions for its aged
citizens, the government acts on the
principle that a person who has given
perhaps the best years of his life- in
trying to make an honest living is
deserving of as much compensation
and recognition on the part of the
government as the men who may have
fought in the wars of the nation.
There is no contributory require
ment in the New Zealand pension act.
The qualifications for an old age pen
sion are that the applicant, if a man,
must have reached the age of sixty
five, or, if a woman, must have
reached the age of sixty, except in
cases where the man applicants the
parent of two or more children under
fourteen years of age. in which case
the pension age Is made sixty, and the
woman under similar conditions may
be granted a pension at fifty-five
years of age.
In such cases as these the applicant
must be responsible for the main
tenance of the children, and they may
receive a pension In any sum up to
$66 per annum each, in addition to the
ordinary pension which the law pro
vides, the latter being $130 per annum,
payable in monthly installments. The
applicant must have resided continu
ously in New Zealand for the past
twenty-live years and must not dur
ing the past twelve yearshave been
in prison for four months, or on more
than three occasions for an offense
punishable by twelve months’ Impris
onment. The applicant must not dur
ing the past twenty-five years have
been in prison for five years for any
offense. Wife or husband desertion
is also a prohibitive cause. The appli
cant must have lived a sober and
reputable life during the past year.—
Washington Star.
Looked for Leak
Marie Lloyd, the English music
hall artist, who was twice excluded
by the immigration authorities, said
in New York:
’’You talk about your efljtiency
over here, but I think your Immigra
tion bureau is just about as efficient
as the Mile End barber.
"A chap went Into a barber's in
the Mile End road to be shaved. The
barber cut him and knocked him and
gashed him. When the job Was
over, the chap said:
" 'Give me a drink of water,
please.'
■' 'You aren't going to faint, I ’ope,'
said the barber, handing him a
| glass.
•• 'No,' said the man mildly. ‘No.
I I just want to see if my mouth’ll
| hold water.’ "
Cure of Pine Blister
Investigations by the department j
of agriculture specialists have
shown that the white pine blister
rust, if It become* generally dis
tributed. will be the worst enemy
that the white pine has to encounter.
Drastic action is urged in order to
eradicate the disease before It be
comes as firmly planted here as it is
already in Europe. When a tree has
•the blister rust there is no chance of
recovery, and the tree should be de
stroyed without delay, as it is merelj
a menace to Its neighbors.
Evening Stars
Daily Puzzle
[_VVHKT A^TEKRJBL!
VBRiB. 2E!j—
Answer to Yesterday's Futile:
j Psyche.
Busp at the Keps
(Usual Apologies.)
• ————
Seated one day in my office,
I was weary and/ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over my typewriter keys.
I knew not what 1 was writing,
Or what I was dreaming there,
But I went on striking at random,
With sort of a vacant stare.
But when I had stopped my pounding,
I found, to my great surprise,
That my time had not been wasted—
I had slaughtered a dozen flies.
—Yonkers Statesman.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Minister Who Rode With Lincoln
Walter Clapp was one of the first
to be appointed as a conductor on
the American railroads. He began
service with the railroad company
which built and operated a line run
ning southerly from Worcester. Mass.,
to Allyns Point on the Thames river,
which has In recent years been
brought Into prominence by reason
of its association with the Tale-Har
vard boat races.
All his life Mr. Clapp went through
his train taking up tickets and money
while wearing a citlxen’s dress,
and unless the weather was very
stormy, a beaver hat. For many
years he took out a train which
left Norwich at 6 o’clock in the morn
ing and was scheduled to arrive at
Worcester three hours later. Many
times he carried distinguished men
and made pleasant acquaintances of
them. He often carried Daniel Web
ster.
But perhaps the most interesting
and vividly remembered of all his
experiences occurred on an early
Manfii morning of 1860, when Abra
ham Lincoln was a passenger upon
his train.
"I went to the hall where Lincoln
spoke and heard him,” said Mr. Clapp
to me. ”1 saw almost all of the lend
ing men of our town who were on the
platform or in the body of the hall
I was greatly impressed by Lincoln's
speech. It was different from any
political speech which I had ever
heard.
“The following morning was damp,
foggy and disagreeable. As I stood
on the platform of the station with
my watch in hand I saw Lincoln
coming through the fog. carrying an
old-fashioned handbag. Then I knew
he was to be a passenger. He bought
a ticket for Providence, and had
scarcely taken his seat in the ear
when Rev. Dr. GulCiver came in,
walked down the aisle of the car.
looking at every passenger until at
last he spied Lincoln. He leaned over
and shook hands with him. Lincoln
moved along a little so that Dr.
Gulliver could take a seat beside him.
“Lincoln and Dr. Gulliver soon en
gaged in a most earnest conversation.
Of course I did not hear what they
said, but I was certain that Dr.
Gulliver was speaking of the great
Issues of the day as Lincoln had pre
sented them at the meeting on thei
night before.
"They rode together for about an
hour. Then Mr. Lincoln got up as
we drew into the station where con
nection was made with the railroad
which ran to Providence, and after
cordially shaking hands with Dr. Gul
liver, got out. Dr. Gulliver called me
and asked me what time the down
train from Worcester to Norwich
would arrive at that station. I told
him, and then he got off, and as our
train started on I saw him still talk
ing earnestly with Mr. Lincoln. Then
I knew that Dr. Gulliver had got up
probably ns early as 6 o’clock in the
morning so that he might meet Mr.
Lincoln and ride with him for some
distance, and then get off and return
to his home. T said to myself that if
this man Lincoln had made such a
profound impression upon a man of
the Intellectual power of Dr. Gulliver
he would be sure to make a similar
impression upon ail men of Intellect.
When, a few w'eeks later, I read upon
a bulletin board a dispatch from Chi
cago stating that Abraham Lincoln
had been nominated for President I
recalled the day when he was a pas
senger upon my train with Dr. Gul
liver as a fellow passenger who had
ventured to ride some twenty-five
miles solely for the purpose of talk
ing with Lincoln.”
(Copyright. 1914, by E. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Rabies and Dog-days
The coming of the "dog-days,"
especially if the season happens to
hring with it one or more prolonged
heated periods, attracts the attention
of the public generally much more
to the danger from rabies than do
definite reports of the spread of tho
disease at other seasons of the year,
which ought to arouse solicitude.
Boards of aldermen, city councils and
town officials of other kinds wake up
from the most absolute lethargy with
regard to the disease at this time,
and, especially in the smaller towns
and country places, pass ordinances
and revive regulations requiring dogs
to be muzzled while on the streets.
This is all the more amusing because
the term "dog-days" has no refer
ence to dogs, but is borrowed from
the Romans, who palled Sirius, the
brightest of the fixed stars, the dog
star. At one time during the Roman
epoch, the rising of this star coin
cided with the rising of the sun in
the latter part of July. The twenty
days preceding and the twenty day?
following this conjunction were for
the Romans dies canls, the days of
the dog—or the dog-star. Rome had
its fiercest heats usually during this
period; therefore, the time was dread
ed and came to have the reputation
of an unhealthy season, though not
with any special reference to the
dogs of Rome. In our day the popu
lar meaning of the "dog-days" is that
dogs are especially likely to go mad
at fltis time. The consequence is that,
while the animals are made uncom
fortable by nose muzzling, their dis
comfort is greatly added to by the
foolish dread which keeps people
from giving them water or caring for
them properly. Rabies may occur at
any season of the year; the actual
statistics show greater frequency
of the disease during the wintpr than
during the summer months. It is
most common in the early spring,
and March and April would he a
much better time to select for "dog
days" in the popular sense than the
weeks of July and August that have
by misapprehension come to be look
ed on as the special period of danger.
The recent Seattle epidemic shows
how much of real danger there Is
from this disease when It gains a
foothold because of neglect of proper
precautions. Surgeon Lloyd, of the
Public Health Service, recently re
ported that up to the beginning of
June there had been 361 cases of
canine rabies in the city of Seattle
since the outbreak of the disease be
gan in September, 1913. Up to this
the disease had not been observed in
Seattle.
This is what may occur practically
anywhere in this country if the in
frequency of the disease begets over
confidence and neglect. Although we
disapprove of the Infliction of un
necessary suffering on animals, says
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, the popular dread of
dogs during the misunderstood dog
days affords to physicians an educa
tional opportunity too good to be lost.
Thla Is the time when they may
profitably emphasise the need for spe
cial precautions with regard to the
spread of rabies. The problem of the
control of rabies Is mainly the care
of stray animals and of those that
have no proper owner, but live more
or less on the bounty of the com
munity. Careful registration of ani
mals and the destruction of those
for which no one would assume re
sponsibility to the extent of paying a
yearly license would greatly limit the
disease. The problem Is simpler In
England, but the success In prac
tically obliterating the disease for the
last twenty years In that country
shows what can be accomplished. We
need Intelligent, persistent, scientific
Interest to prevent the spread of the
disease, and not the annual attack
of hysteria that inflicts cruelty with
out accomplishing any good' purpose.
The Uplift of Optimism
He who thinks the world is full of
good people and kindly blessings is
much richer than he who thinks the
contrary- Each man’s imagination
largely peoples the world for himself
Some live In a world peopled with
princes of the royal blood; some in a
world of paupers and privation. Tou
have your choice.
This is a big, busy worm, n cares
precious little what you think of it,
or what faults or troubles you find
in it. It is a choice that concerns
yourself more than all others com
bined whether you grouch in the
gloom, the companion of hateful gob
lins. or stride in the sunshine, seeing
smiles and catching shreds of song.
Men and women in Ood's image
were not made as whining, grwvei
lng beings. They were made to stand
erect, mentally as well as physically;
to labor well and Joyously; to take
the gifts of providence whether they
For a Rainy Day
The careful husband had given his
wife some money to put into the
family sinking fund, but she had
spent it. Two or three days later she
asked for more.
“Didn't I give you some last Mon
day?" he inquired in the well-known
manner of husbands under similar
circumstances.
“Yes, but I spent it.”
“Spent it! I thought, you had laid it
away for a rainy day.”
“I did. Henry,” she smiled sweetly.
“I bought a rain coat, an umbrella,
and a pair of rubbers with It-’’—Lip
pincott’s.
“Wets” at a Disadvantage
“I see that local option is likely to
win out your way.”
“Yes,” replied Uncle Billy Bottletop.
“But the nght ain’t fair. A man who
never uses alcohol generally looks like
a good argument, while a regular
rum-punisher’s liable to be only a
horrible example.”—Washington Star.
be Joy or sorrow, and bear them care- j
fully and with courage; to add ever
something to the world’s store of hap
piness, if It be only a smile.
Look up! See how Hooded with
sunshine this beautiful world is when
laced with smiling eyes.
If you would win anything, do any
thing, be anything, don't whine.—
Christian Herald.
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
' JULY 31
Princess of Chimay
OopyrlfOted 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Fifteen years ago one of the most
talked-about women in Paris was the
Prinress of Chimay. She was the
daughter of Captain Eban B. Ward,
a Canadian, who had settled in Michi
gan, where he became a millionaire
many times over. Clara Ward, who
was born on July 31, 1873, was a
daughter of his second marriage.
Clara was extraordinarily beautiful
and daring to the point of imperti
nence. When she was still a very
yc.ung woman she married a Belgian
nobleman, the Prince de Chimay and.
Caraman.
The names of the Prince and Prin
cess Chimay came much before the
public at the time of the death of
Prince Baldwin, heir to the Belgian
throne, who died in a mysterious
manner in 1891. The official announce
ment of the young prince’s death
stated that it resulted from pneu
monia contracted from occupying too
soon after they had been repainted
his apartments in one of the chief
royal palaces in Brussels. However,
very few people believed this an
nouncement, and there was talk of
foul play. It was common gossip that
Prince Baldwin had become enamored
with the Princess of Chimay at sight,
and as a result of his advances he
had been shot by the enraged Prince
de Chimay, who had been the hue
band of the beautiful American wom
an for a year.
It was in 1896 that the beautiful
Princess de Chimay again focused
the eyes of the public upon her by
eloping with a Hungarian gipsy mu
sician named Janos Rtgo, who played
in one of the boulevard restaurants
in Paris, and the following year the
outraged Prince de Chimay secured
a divorce from her. By this divorce
tho prince was given the custody of
the two children and the princess was
allowed to visit them oncd a month,
always in the company with a third
party. She was also charged with the
cost of the divorce proceedings and
required to pay *16,000 a year alimony.
After this the one-time princess was
ostracized from the brilliant society
in which she had onoe shone so
brightly, and in the course of time, it
is said, even her gipsy lover deserted
her.
May Annex Egypt
Incorporation of Egypt and the Su
dan Into the British Empire is fore
seen in domestic and foreign diplo
matic circles as a natural outgrowth
of recent developments in Anglo
Egyptlan affairs. In the light of re
cent disclosures unusual significance
is being attached to the appointment
four years ago of Lord Kitchener,
admittedly England's greatest sol
dier and most able administrator, to
the relatively subordinate office of
British minister plenipotentiary at
Cairo.
Long regarded as inevitable in
every capital In Europe, It Is believed
that the time has now arrived for the
transformation of the land of tho
Nile from a vassal state of the Otto
man empire Into a full-fledged Brit
ish dependency.
It is generally considered that it
was for the purpose of discussing the
proposed incorporation of the Nile
country into the British empire that
Sir Edward Grey, the secretary of
state for foreign affairs, acompanied
King George and Queen Mary on the
occasion of their recent visit to tho
French capital.
Four years ago English power and
prestige were at their very lowest
ebb in Egypt owing to the lamentable
weakness and tncompeteney of Sir
Eldon Gorst, former British minister
plenipotentiary at Cairo. Matters
had reached such a pass that Eng
lish advice was spurned, English au
thority derided and any expression of
the views of King George's govern
ment treated with contempt.
The Instigators of the assassination
of the premier, Boutros Pasha, who
had been murdered because of his
loyal deference to the recommenda
tions of Great Britain, remained un
punished. The nationalists publicly
clamored for the expulsion of the
British army of occupation and were
treated with marked favor by the
khedive and the members of his fam
ily, while lawlessness and particular
ly native attacks upon English peo
ple and other foreigners became un
pleasantly frequent.
So chaotic and critical was the
situation at that time that it led
Theodore Roosevelt, both during his
stay in Egypt and afterward in ten
don, to publicly condemn the weak
ness of the British control and boldly
to assert that Great Britain owed it
to the world either to maintain law
and order there or to get out and
leave the task to some other power.
Sir Edward Grey took the criticism
of Roosevelt to heart and became con
vinced of the urgent necessity of a
man in Egypt not only of decision
and strength of character but also of
experience with Egyptian character
and conditions.
Lord Kitchener was selected as the
one man who fulfilled the conditions
and he was appointed to Cairo in the
summer of 1910. Lord Kitchener im
mediately set about to re-establish
the British power and prestige in the
land of the Nile, employing the same
methodical, deliberate, carefully cal
culated methods he had employed in
preparing the way to the reconquest
of the Soudan from the dervishes in
1898.
Very quietly and without any dis
play of force, he has suppressed
every anti-English political movement
with an iron hand, until today the
Nationalist party, so noisy and so
powerful, under the regime of Sir
Eldon Gorst, has virtually ceased to
exist. r
Lord Kitchener's personal popu
larity among the natives of every
class is due to the fact that he Is ac
cessible to all, from the wealthiest
pasha to the lowest fallah or Copt; I
that he can talk to them all in their /
language, even In their own dialect;#
that, with an unrivaled experience#
and knowledge of native ideas, views,
alms and prejudices, he is able to de
termine the character of their com
plaints, and of their petitions; that
he is quick to decide; that his fair
ness is never impugned, and, above
all, that he makes a point of provid
ing for the Immediate execution of all
his decisions.
It is regarded as an absolute cer
tainty that on the day that England
formally annexes Egypt not only the !
latter’s government bonds but all
other foreign Investments in the
khedlvlate will nearly double in value. *
That the khedive will be eliminated
also is regarded as certain, and It is
doubtful whether hie subjects will
waste much grief over his fate.
The United States will lose its
capitulations In Egypt when the an
nexation takes place. That will incur
a saving of expenses and responsibil
ity, and any theoretical Impairment of i
rights in this connection will be more j
than compensated by the enhanced J
value of Interests and investments in I
the Nile valley. • m
The annexation will have the effecdfl
of adding 400,000 square miles and 10,-B
000,000 of population in Egypt alone tofl
the British empire, and nearly qfl
million square miles, with a populaJH
tion roughly estimated at 4,000,000, \u9
the Sudan.
That Lord Kitchener should hsifl»
become the exeoutlve of this process
of annexation is calculated to en
shrine his name in the niches of Eng
lish history among those of the other
great builders of that vast British
empire on which, its citizens proudly
boast, the sun never sets.
It is understood that Lord Kitchener
is planning to visit England muoh
earlier than usual this summer in or
der to confer with the Asquith ad
ministration about the plans by whioh
he hopes to bring about in the near
future the annexation of the North
African dependency.
As a consequence, it is regarded as
not merely probable, but rather as al
most certain, that before the end of
the year the Turkish, as well as ths
lchedivial flag, will have disappeared'
from the entire valley of the Nile,
leaving the Union Jack to fly in sole
and undisputed sovereignty.
North Dakota Coal
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Although the production of coal In
North Dakota in 1913 was only 495,
320 short tons, valued at 3750,652,
some extremely Interesting facts re
garding the possibilities of the vast
deposits which underlie the State are
shown in a statement by E. W. Park
er Just made public by the United
Sates Geological Survey. All the
present mineral fuel produced in
North Dakota is brown coal, or lig
nite. Considerable areas of sub
bituminous coal of usable quality and
workable thickness are believed to
underlie portions of the lignite areas,
but no attempt to exploit the subbitu
mlnous coals has been made. Com
pared with 1911, when the production
attained its maximum record of 502,
*628 tons, the output in 3913 shows a
decrease of 4,160 tons.
The relatively small differences in
production during the last three years
Indicate an absence of any fluctuating
influences and show that active de
velopment of lignite properties will
wait upon increased population. At
present the lignite is used chiefly
for domestic purposes, but with
proper equipment it can be used with
satisfaction as a boiler fuel. A con
vincing example of what may be ac
complished with lignite, for such use
is presented by the irrigation plant
of the United States reclamation ser
vice at Williston. The lignite used
here is taken from the only coal mine
owned and operated by the govern
ment.
The reclamation service operates
the mine and uses the product in the
generation of steam for its pumping
plant connected with the irrigation
project at Williston. The water Is
raised from the Missouri River and
delivered to an extensive system of
canals and ditches by which a large
section of the Missouri River Valley *
is irrigated. At Kenmare, Scranton
and Dickinson, lignite is also sue- j
cessfully used in the burning of I
brick, for which its smokeless and
Bootless qualities and relatively low
cost, make it adaptable.
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