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THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1914.
THE FISH TRUST BOOSTS WAR PRICES.
That the fish trust would be content merely with
Its usual six cents a pound tax on consumers of New
Jersey fish when the opportunity was given to raise
the tax higher was altogether Improbable. The trust
has been more deliberate, though not less resolved,
than other food trusts, such as sugar, meat and flour,
hut it has now begun to put the screws on the con
sumer.
Unlike the sugar and flour and meat trusts, the
fish trust can be met and conquered, and It doesn't
need any Federal authority. Congress may to a large
extent cripple the trust by passing the migratory fish
bill, which has been “hung up” in a committee of the
House, but the State can do much better.
The stress of the times has impelled the Federal
government to adopt a policy of purchasing merchant
ships for the benefit of our commerce and to Bend
food abroad to feed the foreigner. It is sending ships
and money to bring stranded American tourists home.
It has practically put an embargo on foreign loans so
that our bankers may not be crippled.
But in regard to the cost of food for the American
people the Federal government is simply investigating
what everybody knows and preparing long-winded
prosecutions, the threat of which has no terror for
those who see the opportunity to wring private for
tunes out of the necessities of the people. Some of
the large municipalities, like New York, have invoked
the police power for the public protection and are
establishing public markets. There is police power in
the States not yet used.
But New Jersey has all the power necessary to
knock out the fish trust. It owns the tvaters from
which the fish is drawn, and it owns the fish. There
are no vested rights, no franchises and no ownerships
for the fish trust, which has simply taken squatter
possession of the public domain and appropriated
public property, in the distribution of which it levies
a private tax on the people.
The inexplicable hold that the trust has had for
years on this State property, besides compelling the
consumer to pay tax on every pound of fish he buys,
has cost the State treasury hundreds of thousands of
dollars of revenue which justly belongs to it. Instead
of going to the treasury to help pay State expenses
this money is paid in dividends.
'How to end this use of a State property for the
oppression of the people and at a heavy cost to the
Stfie is simple. The State has only got to resume
pbWssion of its property, oust the fish trust, put a
'nominal tax on fish for needed State revenue and then
distribute the fish at prices to insure cheap fish for
the consumer. What does Governor Fielder think
of this one plan to bring down the cost of food for the
people?
r RIDING INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH.
A St. Petersburg dispatch describing a Russian
cavalry charge on German batteries gives a vivid idea
of what modern war is. A cavalry squadron charged
the guns and was practically annihilated by the Ger
man fire. A second squadron then charged, certain to
meet the same fate, when the charge of a third squad
ron from the flank saved it.
These men were under iron discipline. They went
to their deaths mechanically in obedience to orders.
The same discipline in all the armies engaged is de
voting thousands upon thousands to pitiless slaughter. ,
War is not merely a tragedy, but a succession of j
tragedies. Its romance lives only in the pages of the j
historian or the lines of the poet.
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f DEFYING THE POWER OF JAPAN.
In the far East there is a little German city and sea
port, isolated from Western civilization, that is defy
Ing the might of the Japanese empire. Summoned t<
surrender, the commander flings back a refusal, am
the small garrison stands to Its guns. The eyes o
the world will be fixed upon this garrison, which hai
started to fight single-handed the army and navy o
, a first-class power.
The world admires courage and fidelity, and here
is a fine example to contemplate. In the nature o:
things, the Tsingtao garrison cannot defeat the Jap
anese empire. It must finally succumb, as Port
: Arthur did. But the governor has nailed his flag tc
i the mast, and he is going to give the world a page ir
i history that posterity will read with admiration. A
| nation is indeed honored In such sons.
THE CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN FRANCE.
The sudden and radical change effected yesterday
in the French ministry was not foreshadowed and Is a
complete surprise. But it can readily be understood.
France needs its strongest men in the great crisis that
confronts the nation, and partisan and personal con
siderations have been put aside to give them control
of the nation’s affairs.
In the great French Revolution, when the medi
ocrity and discords of the national convention threat
ened ruin for the republic, strong men seized the
power and directed the affairs of the nation. Their
| rule was ruthless, but it rescued France from defeat
and reaction. It created armies that-afterward car
ried French arms over Europe. At the period of the
! Franco-Prussian war a change of ministry was made,
I but the whole political and military organization In
| France was then rotten. The situation was hopeless.
The ministry which has stepped out was formed
when the nation was at peace and there was no war
clouds on the horizon. French ministers in time of
peace are the product of political compromises and
their policies relate to domestic civil affairs. It Is
natural, therefore, that in the supreme emergency
| which the nation faces, and which calls for the best
and most heroic leadership, the peace ministry should
be replaced by a war ministry and that the most
capable and resolute men should be placed in power.
Following this change a policy of the utmost vigor
can be expected. The easy confidence engendered by
the Belgian defense has been rudely shaken by the
outcome of the first great battle between the allies
and Germans. The shock of this reverse sobered
Paris and the nation. The quick change of ministry
shows that France now realizes what the war means
and what Its possibilities are.
MONEY FOR THE CONSCIENCE FUND.
Twenty-one dollars a day is the pay of a member
of Congress for duty faithfully performed. One evi
dence that he is present for duty is his name on the
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roll call. When the name of the congressman is not
so recorded he is absent from his post.
A congressman who is absent five days in the
week, as has been the case with Eugene Kinkead, of
the Eighth district, pockets $105 of government^
money he did not earn and is not entitled to. In
three months the amount pocketed and not earned
is $1,365.
The threat of docking his salary seems to have
prevailed on Congressman Kinkead, as he is now
reported at Washington. But something more is due.
He should pay that $1,365 into the conscience fund.
MAY BE AN AMERICAN POPE.
It remains to be seen how far the tremendous in
fluences of European politics are to prevail at Rome
in the matter of the selection of a successor to Pius X.
By politics is meant the great issues that figure in the
present frightful and desolating war in Europe. The
cardinals, who are to elect a new Pope, are from all
countries, and therefore are of different minds, and
to some extent are in sympathy with the policies of
their countries.
If Italy's neutrality is assured the choice of a new
Pope will naturally go to that country. But Italian
neutrality is not assured. The doubt is so great tha't
eyes may be turned to the United States, the one great
nation that is far removed from the theatre of war
and whose neutrality is assured. The world may wit
ness the spectacle of an American cardinal elevated to
the chair of St. Peter.
EVEN TOYLAND FEELS THE WAR.
The greater part of the cheap toys sold in this
country come from Germany, and a half-million dollar
cargo from Hamburg just arrived in American waters
is probably the last shipment from the toyland of
Europe to meet the Christmas demands of American
children. It seems that even Santa Claus is to be
among the middlemen compelled to raise prices on
account of the European conflict. And so the Christ
mas tree, the emblem of the Prince of Peace, must
pay tribute to the demon of war. Of course, toys can
be made in the United States, but they cannot com
pete in price with the product of German child labor,
for toy making is the nation-wide employment of the
German child.
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Mexico Tries Repudiation,
From i be Brooklyn Eagle.
The formal repudiation of the $60.
000,000 gold bond issue made on be
half of Mexico, of which $10,000,000
have been floated, is an act whicJi
might have been expected of Car
ranza, an act which may be defended
by many special pleas, but neverthe
less an act which i* fraught with
gravest consequences to the credit of
the country, and. indeed, to Carranza
himself. For what foreign investor
who reads that Huerta's obligations
have been repudiated by the rebels
will ever think of putting his own
good cash into bonds which Carranza
may issue? Every one of them will
say to himseif: “No one can tell how
long this government will be in con
trol. The next one will refuse to pay.
Take your bonds elsewhere.''
4t is this consideration that has pre
vailed in many lands often troubled
by revolution. Mexico had a provision
al president in Huerta, not recognized
by the rebels, of course, and never
recognized by the United States, but
fully recognized by Great Britain.
France and Germany. And history
will not hold that Huerta was prodi
gal in his issue of bonds, or that he
was reckless in his treatment of
money interests. Considering all the
conditions his financial methods were
very temperate.
That is why Carranza should have
accepted and sought to provide for
Uje payment of outstandin- Huerta
bonds. The wisdom or unwisdom uf
putting out more of these securities,
or of substitute securities, is for him
to determine. But the national credit,
no matter who is de facto president,
ia a principle that must hold good.
The penalties for its infraction im
pose themselves automatically, and
are not to be avoided.
Mint Define Neutrality.
From the Boston Transcript.
If there Is ever another Hague con
ference one of the matters to which it
should address itself without delay is
the definition of the “true spirit of
neutrality." In discountenancing the
placing of a French loan in the
United States by a firm of private
• bankers, our government takes the
ground that the proposed flotation
would be a violation of the “true
spirit of neutrality." The phrase is
Bryaoiand invites the question
where the aforesaid “true spirit” be
gins and ends, if it is a violation of
the "true spirit” for Americans to
subscribe for a French loan, is it a
similar violation for Americans to
purchase for 120,WO,000 German liners
now interned in our ports? The gold
paid for these steamers will go to
the coffers of Germany just as sure
ly as that paid for French bonds
would find its way to France, Again,
if the "true spirit" demands we shall
not buy French bonds, is tt equally
insistent we shall not sell grain and
provisions to France or any other of
the belligerents? The new doctrine in
international law, if logically carried
out, would tu effect put an American
embargo on American trade.
Why Not "Made In America?”
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
One effect of the war is that the
American manufacturers of chemicals
are shown to have been depending on
Germany for many products that
could be made here. It will* be news
to most Americans that the numerous
and valuable by-products of coal tar
and petroleum have been imported
from Germany. We have been under
the impression that the Standard Oil
trust's chemists were unequalled in
skill and inventiveness. If this is
true, the only plausible reason for the
manufacture of the coal oil products
in Germany must have been the
cheaper labor supply.
If this war shall bring about a great
increase of chemical manufacture In
the United States, it will benefit
American commerce and Industry.
Why should we not manufacture all
these chemicals and drugs that are to
be found in our own raw materials?
Brlgi tuft's War Capital.
From the New York Times.
In moving its capital from Brussels
to Antwerp, one of the most strongly
fortified cities of Europe, Belgium lias
prepared for extreme eventualities.
The little kingdom is well guarded by
forts, and the comment of the Ger
man war office that the steel fortifica
tions about Liege could not be taken
by storm may be repeated with
double emphasis concerning Antwerp.
The "dead hand” which the name of
the city and its heraldry curiously be
token has never been stretched over
its defenses. Wellington built twen
ty-two fortresses about Antwerp in
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the three years after Waterloo. New
requirements necessitated dismantling
seventeen of these in 1859 and the
conversion of the city into a great
intrenched camp, devised by the
genius of General Brialmont. with
heavily armored detached forts. Ir.
1878, and from time to time up to the
present, new forts and batteries have
been added to meet the needs of mod
ern warfare.
The military engineers consider
Antwerp impregnable. So long as its
communications by sea are preserved
the city can hold out indefinitely.
The way from Liege to Antwerp is
increasingly difficult. The new capi
tal. protected without by the armies
of the allies and within by a garrison
of 100,000 Belgians—enough to saliy
forth to repel Invaders—should be
safe enough during the course of this
war.
The Call of the Sea.
From the New York World.
By an act of Congress of less than
300 words which received the signa
ture of the President yesterday, the
seas are open to American enterprise.
For many years no citizen of the
United States could buy or build a
ship in a foreign country and use it
in commerce under the protection of
his own flag. This was as if we had
laws forbidding our people to pur.
chase locomotives or automobiles or
carriages in Europe and penalizing
them if they made the attempt.
Until now it has been unlawful to
employ on an American merchantman
any watch officer who was not a citi
zen of the United States. This was
as if we had laws prohibiting the In
troduction into American industry,
art, science or letters of persons who
were not voters.
In spite of many such restrictions
as these, the American merchant
marine prospered in the early vears
of the republic, but civil war and the
era of railroad building brought it
almost to an end.
We left the seat to other nations
chiefly for the reason that our money
could be more profitably employed ir
the development of land transporta
tion. Legislative favor helped us ir
our railroad building, precisely as
legislative restrictions and the use of
highly-taxed iron and steel in shit
construction discouraged us in oui
maritime enterprise.
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Trooper Rum Off with His Arm to Keel
It from Oernians.
PARIS, Aug. 27.—A colonial troopei
among the wounded brought from tht
front declared that he felt nothin*
when his arm was shot off by a
shell until he saw it lying on the
ground. Not being able to bear the
thought of leaving it, as he expressed
It, a.s “meat for the Prussian dogs,"
he picked it up and ran several yarde
with it before he was overcome.
To Name Quadruplets After Austrian Vic
tories in War. *
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 27.—Austria
gained four future conscripts yester
day when Mrs. John Korak, of Brad
dock, gave birth to quadruplets, all
of them boys. Mrs. Korak and her
husband stated that they intended to
call their children after the first great
battles won by Austria.
When the possibility of the young
sters being compelled to go nameless
because of the absence of Austrian
victories was suggested the father de
clared, “They can wait, but it will
not be for long."
Period of War Causes People to Smoke
More Than Csual.
NEW' YORK, Aug. 27.—A represen
tative of the United Cigar Stores
Company said yesterday that during
the last four weeks, since the war be
gan the business of the company has
been the largest in its history.
He asserted that the consumption
of tobacco had been promoted by the
nervous excitement under which the
American people are laboring as a
result of the war.
Also, he added, the unusually large
number of people out of work find
more time to indulge the tobacco
habit.
Candidate for Jadgeshlp Freezes Out Hay
Fever to Campaign.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Benjamin B.
Morris's hay fever got here at the
customary time this season, August
25. It was one of the most complete
specimens that ever reached Mr. Mor
ris, but it was frozen, possibly fatally,
yesterday, and the summer sneezing
season seems over as it began. Mr.
Morris is running for a place on the
municipal bench, and the fever ar
rived as he was making a campaign
speech. It choked him up, and all he
could do was to sneeze and weep over
the party principles.
He went over to a river warehouse
yesterday and was allowed to go into
a refrigerating room where the tem
perature is below zero.
Mr. Morris frosted, trapped and
then froze his hay fever solid, putting
the malady out of commission. He
will continue to refrigerate daily or
as often as the sneezes return and
the welfare of the party demands.
In Land of Jokedom
Naturally
"Where do you think are the worst
baggage smashers to be found?”
“I should think on-the trunk lines.”
—Baltimore American.
In South Carolina?
Conductor (to cranky passenger)—
If you don’t like this train you can
get off and walk.
Passenger—Oh, I’m In no hurry.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ultimate Limit
"Ah used ter live doawn South,”
said Rastus Jonhsing, “in a place so
bad dat de highwaymen wuz afeared
to cum inter de same county, so ah
felt puffeckly safe.”—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Takes No Chances
It is reported from London that the
parasol carried by Queen Mary is
lined with fine steel mesh, as protec
tion against attacks from above. The
umbrella of state carried over thg
King has a similar lining of mail —
Exchange.
A Dog’s Life
Glibson—Dobson has led a regular
dog's life ever since he married that
wealthy woman.
Blibson (who has heard something
like this before)—He is pampered, eh?
Glibson—No; he is muzzled.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
Still on the Job
’’What is that army officer who had
charge of the enlistments doing on
sick leave?”
"Still working on his job."
"How’s that?"
"He’s recruiting his health."—Balti
more American.
Discredited
“I want you to understand," he
said, addressing his seventeen-year
old son, "that I am still the boss In
this house."
"All right, dad,” the boy replied,
"but you're a coward to make the
boast behind mother's back."—Plain
Dealer.
Reassuring
Nervous Lady (in whose street
there had been several burglaries)—
“How often do you policemen come
down this road? I am constantly
about, but I never see you.
Policeman—"Ah, very likely I sees
you when you don’t see me, mum.
It's a policeman's business to secrete
’isself."—Punch.
The “Interests”
Wifey—How was the circus,
Hiram?
Hubby—Rotten! The folks at the
door made me pay full price for lit
tle Hiram.
Wifey—Well, he's a good deal
more’n twelve, you know.
Hubby—'Course he is, but fer the
sake of a year or two I don't see
why them graspin' circus interests
should antagonize the farmin’ com
munity!—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Evening Star’s
Daily Puzzle
VVliat animal?
Answer to Yesterday’s I’uxzle;
Gladstone Bag.
An Old Battle field
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The softest whisperings of the scented South,
And rust and roses in the cannon’s mouth;
And, where the thunders of the fight were born,
The wind’s sweet tenor in the standing corn;
With song of larks, low lingering in the loam,
And blue skie? bending over love and home.
But still the thought; somewhere, upon the hills,
Or where the vales ring with the whippoorwills,
Sad, wistful eyes and broken hearts that beat
For the loved "sound of unreturning feet,
And when the oaks their leafy banners wave,
Dream of a battle and an unmarked grave.!
—Franlc L. Stanton.
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How a Bondholder Maintained His Rights
So fap as anyone knows, iWlliani
Pitt Fessenden, when Secretary of the
Treasury, in the latter part of Presi
dent Lincoln's first administration,
was only once notified that civil pro
ceedings would be brought against
him unless he ordered certain things
to be done by his subordinates.
The incident is of some historic
value, since from it arose certain reg
ulations in the Treasury Department
which may still be in force and which
related to the identification of bonds
issued by the Federal government
which were claimed to have been lost
or stolen.
The late George E. Norman, of
Newport, R. I., became somewhat
conspicuous at one time by reason of
the fact that, with his own money
and acting upon his own initiative, he
built the waterworks which supplied.
Newport with abundance of frtsh wa
ter, reported to have been as pure as
any that was secreted from springs
which gained celebrity by reason of
their purity.
Mr. Norman was at that time es
teemed one of the richest men of
Newport or of Boston, for it was in
Boston that he carried on very large
business enterprises and Ithere at
one time he established his home. He
was a man of imperious disposition in
business affairs, but of singularly
kindly disposition in private life.
A few months after Senator Fes
senden became secretary of the treas
ury, as the successor of Salmon P.
Chase, burglars broke into Mr. Nor
man’s Boston house. They seemed
to have had information about his
strong box, for ' they secured it,
wrenched it open, and among other
securities they took a block of some
20,000 government bonds which were
registered at Washington in the name
of Mr. Norman.
The treasury department at Wash
ington was notified by Mr. Norman of
the robbery and was requested at
once to stop payment of interest upon
the bonds, and also to prepare for the
delivery of duplicate bonds to Mr.
Norman, on the deposit of satisfac
tory security.
A day or two later Mr. Norman en
tered the office of the American Loan
and Trust Company, of Boston, with
which he carried on considerable busi
ness. The institution is not now in
existence. He was much excited and
his long, silvery white hair and beard
seemed to partake of his excitement,
for they were much disheveled. Said
he:
"I have written to the department
at. Washington to say that the com- |
munlcatlon I received was almost an
insult. Those fellows down there told
me by letter that if I would furnish
them proper Identification, the series
numbers and all that sort of thing,
they would take step's to stop pay
ment of the dividends.
"I have written back saying that
the treasury department employes
are servants of the people, of whom
I am one. Therefore when I—one of
their employers—ask them to furnish
information which the treasury de
partment is in duty bound to have on
file they turn around and tell me—
their employer—that I must furnish
them the information.
"In addition to this letter I sent
one to William Pitt Fessenden, in
which I told him that it was a dis
grace for a citizen to receive such a
letter as had been sent to me by his
subordinates. Furthermore, I told
him that unless the department
stopped payments of Interest upon
these bonds immediately I should
bring a personal action against him
for the recovery of any loss I may
meet with in case the department
does not stop payment. I know Fes
senden and I think that letter will
set him thinking."
A few days later Mr. Norman called
at the bank and It was'hvident that
he was in good spirits. He said:
"I have Just received a letter from
Fessenden. He tells me that never
before has the department received a
ddmand similar to mine, but that
after careful consideration of the mat
ter he has come to the conclusion that
I was justified in my demand and
that he has, therefore, given orders
that the identification of my bonds
should be made at the treasury de
partment instantly, and as soon as
made interest upon the bonds must
be stopped.
"Furthermore, Fessenden tells me
that this order will remain while he
is secretary of the treasury. There is
nothing like standing up for your
rights, especially when dealing with
government employes.” And Mr. Nor
man went away feeling that he had
not only protected himself, but had ,
done a public service. '
(Copyright, 1914, by Dr. E. J. Edwards.
Ail rights reserved.)
Victim Raps Dental Fakir
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Dear Sir:—It is surprising that
Newark people do not get wise to
all the schemers this town is so full
of, who prey like a lot of hungry
wolves after their hard earned pen
nies; and this I fiiust say is true of
myself. It is more surprising that the
newspapers, who easier than anybody
else can get after these fakirs, do not
put people on the lookout./or their
schemes.
I am writing this to you in order
to bring your attention to a fake I
was roped into and got swindled out
of $60 money worked for by my hus
band with the sweat of his brow.
Some six months ago, feeling that I
needed my mouth examined, my at
tention was attracted by a stout col
ored man, in front of a building on
Board street near Market, advertis
ing - Dental Parlor. I went up
on the third floor, where I was asked
by a colored girl to check my valu
ables with her while I would be ex
amined. I did so. When my turn
came, a sweet-voiced young woman
examined my mouth and found only
a small cavity in one of my teeth
which would have to be filled and the
tooth capped; the whole thing would
only cost me $10, and "wouldn’t I
leave a small deposit?” How much.
Only $4. It so happened that I only
had in my purse $4.35, which left me
Just enough for carfare.
When I called the next time, a man,
the doctor, started to drill my tooth.
At the. third sitting that same young
woman dropped in to see my mouth
again and Just by accident detected
another cavity which would have to
be filled; that would add only $5 to
the bill. I agreed, and was made to
sign another contract.
Again I had to leave a deposit
which practically left me Just enough
for carfare. They were wise about
my deposits, until I got wise and
would not leave my purse with the
colored girl any yore. To make my
WORTH KNOWING
Budapest, Hungary, is to have a
suicide prevention bureau.
There is a Bible written on palm
leaves in Gottingen University.
A' committee of Chicago aldermen
has sailed for Europe to study vice
regulation methods abroad.
Denver, Colo., is offering prizes for
the most appropriate names sug
gested for its two new city parks.
Moral education in the public
schools of India has been recommend
ed by a special government commit
tee.
Wisconsin's new law protecting
frogs in their breeding season is be
lieved to be ’the first of its kind in
the world.
Aluminum-soled shoes are made for
laborers compelled to work on damp
ground or wet floors. They have
leather tops.
Lime was one of the earliest ma
terials used to Improve soil, being
mentioned in the writings of Plato
and Pliny.
Public schools in St. Louis are to
open about the middle of July to edu
cational and civic organizations as
social centres.
South Kensington, London, utilizes
the clinkers and refuse from its gar
bage destructors in the municipal
manufacture of asphalt blocks for the
roads and streets of the borough. In
Bristol, Newark-on-Trent and other
cities, the clinkers are made into
Portland cement slabs by the cities
for sidewalks.
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story short, at every Jew sittings the
young woman found something else
the matter with my mouth, and with
aJl my protestations, at first slight,
then indignant, I was actually forced
to sign more and more contracts;
otherwise the doctor would refuse to
go ahead working. What could I do?
I had paid already about $40, and all
the work they had done was to drill
holes through my teeth; and besides I
would "be ashamed to go with my
mouth in that condition to another
dentist.
Finally, one day the young woman,
she calls herself Mrs. -, found
that one of my teeth had to be
pulled; I thought it was a sound
tooth; I objected, finally had to give
In and was made to sign another con
tract for $10 more. They already had
about $60 of my money, and when
ever I would call they were too busy :
to attend to me. iPhe doctor would
keep me for a few minutes in the
chair and Would send me heme, hav
ing done no work in my mouth.
If I kicked I was abused; and I
was not the only one, there were
others that told me the same tale.
Finally my husband went down with '
me; when he objected in a rather
loud voice, he was told to see the •
manager; that was Mrs. -. All
she had to say was:
"If you don’t like It go to another
dentist!”
Of course, after they had my '
money. There I stopped, I was
afraid that if I continued going there
It would drag into hundreds of dol
lars; and at least if they did some
work.
I close, hoping that you will do
something in this matter, at least
put others on guard not to be robbed
in broad daylight. If you can do
nothing else at least give them the
publicity they deserve and put other
people on guard. Yours very truly,
A VICTIM.
Newark, Aug. 22, 1914.
(The writer of the above has fur
nished the Evening Star with the
name and location of the "dental
parlor," and has also given her own
name and address.—Ed.)
rz.
Author of "I’uehlnfr to the Front,"’ Etc.
Copyright 1914.
WHEN FATHER HAS A CROUCH
We sometimes hear men complain
that their homes are not congenial,
and that if they could get the home
encouragement, support and harmony
they crave they would be more suc
cessful.
My friend, how much have you ever
done to deserve the harmony, love
and encouragement which you fail to
get? Did you ever realize what it
means to the sensitive girl who you
have taken out of congenial, har
monious surroundings and put into a
Btrange home, to be greeted with a
grunt or a growl, and met with a
face full of disgust with all the world,
herself seemingly included? Do you
wonder that this gentle, responsive
soul becomes discouraged after a
while and meets you with indiffer
ence? Do you wonder that your
children, sensitive to your moods,
prefer to play by themselves or with
other children, rather than to be
pushed from the knees of the man
who never has time to fondle them
or to romp and play' with them?
We all know men who are agree
able ahd cheerful at the club, but
who become cross and intolerably
disagreeable the moment they get
home. They seem to think that they
have license to vent their spleen in
the home, as it belongs to them. If
anyone has injured them during the
day they seem to try to get even by
maltreating members of their family.
Some men rarely look pleasant in
their homes. They reserve their sun
shine for the outside world; they
carry their gloom, their sadness and
their melancholy home for family
consumption. Their homecoming is
Ireaded as a disturbing element.
Many a man thwarts all his wife’s
sfCorts at home-making by turning a
smiling face to the world and a sour,
fault-finding one to his family.
Think of such a mad coming home
to snarl at a woman who loves him
in spite of his faints, and who has
remained home all day caring for
the children, enduring the thousand
and one annoyances of housekeeping
and baby tending. She has been try
ing to make ,Jhe home the cleanest,
sweetest place on earth for her little
ones and her husband, waiting and
watching for his return, and then is
grieved to the hea^t to have him re
turn with a haggard, repulsive face,
wornout and disgruntled because
something has gone wrong in his busi
ness. He enters with a growl for ills
greeting, pushing the children out of
the way, and taking refuge as soon
as possible behind a book or paper.
Then he wonders why his home is not
more agreeable, why his wife does
not think more of him, and why his
children do not run to meet him with
joy and gladness.
Ah! complaining man, the Joys of
the home come from giving and tak
ing; they cannot be all one-sided.
You cannot expect your wife and
children to run with Joy to meet such
a crabbed, cross, forbidding creature
as you are every night. Human na
ture is not made on that plan.
You must bring sunshine with you
If you expect it to be reflected back
to you. You cannot expect to get
sunshine in return for gloom, des
pondency, Irritability, and crabbed
nesB. The rate of exchaneg is not
that way.
If you would form the habit of
locking all your cross-grained, crab
bed, ugly, critical, nagging and
worrying In your store,or office at
night, and resolve that, whether your
business or profession is a success or
a failure, your home shall be a suc
cess—the happiest, sweetest and
cleanest place on earth to you and
yours—you would And It a greater In
vestment than any you ever made In
a business way.
Better fall In money-making than
In home-making.
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
AUGUST 27
Sophia Smith
Copyrlffbted 1114.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
One hundred and eighteen years ago
today there was born ih New Eng
and a woman whose name was des
:lned to be taken by one of the largest
yid most famous of American
women's colleges. This was Sophia
Smith, the New England woman by
whose bounty Smith College at
Northampton, Mass., came Into being.
Sophia Smith was the niece of
Dliver Smith, who founded the so.
:alled Smith charities In Northamp
ton, Mass., for the purpose of pro
viding resources for young men and
women contemplating marriage. The
>ncouragement of marriage was one
>f Oliver Smith’s favorite hobbies, but
strangely en9Ugh his celebrated niece
•emalned a spinster. In fact, of Oliver
Smith’s seven nieces and nephews
>nly one married, and in the course
>f time these old maids and old
lachelors died off leaving their large
fortunes unclaimed by any heirs.
When Sophia Smith was mlddle
tged she found herself ‘‘the last leaf
m the tree," In possession of over
mlf a million dolars. She was a
woman of simple, frugal almost, New
England tastes, and the responsibility
>f disposing of so much money actual
ly brought her mental distress. She
actfially had tears in her eyes when
she went to her pastor, Rev. J. M
Greene, and begged him to help her
in her difficulty. This was a respon
sibility that few men would like to
assume, the disposal of another’*
fortune, and Mr. Greene was at flrsl
unwilling to take it. Finally, how
ever, he divided It up among the fob
lowing interests: The Andover The
ological Seminary, to found Smite
Academy, to found Smith College for
the higher education of women, to the
American Board of Foreign Missions,
to the American Bible Society, to the
American Tract Society and the
American Home Missionary Society.
The foundation for this new college
for women was but $400,000, a sum
large for those days, but not enor
mous In comparison with the later
benefactions to that college.
To most women the task of spend
ing a half million dollars might net
have seemed a difficult matter, but be
cause Miss Smith looked upon this
responsibility as great and serious
her name is now held in honor by
between 5,000 and 6,000 women who
have been graduated from Smith Col
lege.
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Evening Star Astrologer II
(Copyright, 19H.)
‘The stars Incline, but do not compel."
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1814.
This Is a lucky day, according to
he interpretation of astrology. In
he afternoon Uranus, Mars and
luplter are In benefit aspect, but
leptune Is mildly adverse.
It is a time in which to make the
nost of opportunity. The rule is
nost auspicious for buying or mak
ng Investments. Under this con
iguration the judgment is believed
o be keen and the foresight trust
worthy.
Manufacturers will begin to see
tain in business. In the Middle West
here will be a sudden stimulation
»f trade.
Chicago is under a good sign, so
'ar as Its general commercial condi
fons are concerned, but It will suffer
rom labor troubles before many
weeks, the seers declare.
Bankers and brokers are subject to
i. sway that should give them power
o dominate in great undertakings,
fortunes will be made in large ven
ures Involving foreign nations.
Mexico is still under influences that
promise little progress in securing
peace and Improved conditions. It
will again present puzzling problems
n statecraft.
California women are said to be
tnder a planetary government which
s most encouraging. It Is prophesied
hat they will do much to educate
he whole country In advanced econ
pmic principles.
Owing to the benefle aspect of
Vlars, business matters associated
with engineers, contractors, car
penters, machinists and others should
pe most fortunate.
It Is an especially lucky time for
lealtng with animals of every sort,
whether In buying, selling, transpor
tation or teaching them. A revival
in interest in the horses is prog
nosticated.
There Is a prophecy of scandal that
touches statesmen. The fall will be
a time when there is an unusual
amount of slander and mlsjudgment.
October will be a month in which
theatrical affairs will be disturbed,
the seers foretell. Danger from fires
is again prognosticated. Small places
of amusement will be burned, and
one big conflagration is predicted.
Persons whose birthdate It is have
a happy omen for the year. They
are likely to enjoy much travel and
they will probably enjoy prosperity
in business and financial affairs. But
those who are employed should be
careful.
Children born on this day have the
prognostication of good fortune and
happiness. Success is probable in
most of their principal ambitions.
These subjects of Virgo, with Mer
cury as their principal ruling planet,
often Incline toward literature and
the arts.
Be Reasonable, Parson.
At a small country church a newly
married couple were receiving some
advice as to their future conduct.
"You muBt never both get cross a '
once; it Is the husband’s duty to pro
tect his wife, and a wife must love
and obey her husband and follow him t
wherever he goes.” A
"But, sir—” pleaded the young jV
bride. ^B
"I haven’t finished yet,” remarked w
the clergyman. "She must—”
"But, please, sir, can’t you alter
that last part? My husband is a
postman.”—Chicago News.
More men die naturally
than in battle, and many of
them die uninsured.
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