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VOL. LXXXrVe—no. «o. _
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1915,__ j
APRIL t, IBIS.
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THAT ALLEGED CANAL TAX CLAIM.
In all the years that have elapsed since the pass
age of the railroad and canal tax act of 1884 and
since the Court of Errors and Appeals affirmed the
constitutionality of that act, the claim by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company to irrepeaiable charter ex
emption from taxes has not been taken seriously. The
c anal charter was similar to the railroad charters that
contained tax exemptions and all of these disap
peared after the court’s decision.
But as far back as the eighties the railroad com
pany saw that the claim was worth preserving. The [
tax was duly paid and the company awaited the time
when it should make the attempt in the Legislature
o appropriate the canal property. When you want
to bargain for something it is necessary to have value
of some kind to bargain with, and that exemption
:laim had great possibilities.
To keep it alive the canal company began suit in j
the United States Supreme Court. That was many j
years ago. The suit is there yet. The company did j
not want a decision, for that would have wiped out j
che asset. The claim came up every time the Lehigh ,
Valley went to the Legislature with its abandonment
bill and each time It was kicked out. It Is renewed
now as a bugaboo tc frighten the Legislature In view
of the needs of the State treasury.
If, say the railroad lobby, the Supreme Court In
November shall decide In favor of the canal company
.he State will have to repay all of those taxes, amount
ng in the aggregate to more than a million dollars,
if the United States Supreme Court should give such
a decision it would affect the railroad tax law of
New Jersey passed thirty-one years ago and all the
.mpplements thereto, for if the State Legislature
• ould not tax the canal company It could not tax the
railroad companies under their charters.
But there is a point In regard to railroad and
canal taxation that is pertinent to this subject.
In the San Mateo case in California Justice Field, of
rhe United States Supreme Court, decided that under
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitu
tion a State can give no charter exemptions. It was 1
this decision which impelled the railroads to accept
■he tax act of 1884, and all of them are assessed and 1
taxed under a more drastic law passed in 1906,
Under Justice Field's interpretation of the organic ;
law the State might well put In a counter claim
against the Lehigh Valley for full taxes for the canal
for all the years the company paid next to nothing
to the State.
But the railroad claim ie humbug and on a par
with other humbugs the company’s attorneys nav6
nought to impose on the State. The principal one le
the plea that the railroad company is maintaining the
canal at a heavy annual financial loss. The obvious
answer to that is that the loss could be stopped by
burrender of the charter, but nothing is said by the
company about the annual profit of carrying the coal
that was formerly transported by the canal.
The object of retaining a grip on the canal has been
to prevent the canal from being operated in a busi
ness way to take this traffic away from the railroad
company. The same object can be attained by aban
donment of navigation, and richly bo 1? the canal
wreckers can salvage all the best of the real estate.
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BILLY SUNDAY AT PtTRRSON,
The crowds that greeted Billy Sunday in the
tabernacle at Paterson in the two services held yes
terday were comparatively as large as those that
attended his services in Philadelphia. How much of
religious interest and how much of curiosity attracted
the audiences on the first day of the revival eom
paign will be apparent later, when the novelty
wears ofT.
But the revivalist has a large population outside
of Paterson to draw upon, and, as there is a wide
spread and thorough organization, clerical and lay,
to promote the revival campaign, the interest is likely
to last throughout the period assigned to Paterson.
At Philadelphia the work of Billy Sunday evoked
extraordinary demonstrations. Thousands “hit the
sawdust trail,” and there was a rich aftermath for
the revivalist, which may be said to have been well
earned by the results achieved. If there has since
been a reaction of crime in the Quaker City, as the,
police records show, the fact may perhaps be re-!
garded as a coincidence.
But Billy Sunday has wisely decided to omit one
feature of his Philadelphia discourses—his attacks
upon people of a different religious faith. He still
views the Unitarians as "mutts,” but he will avoid
saying so at Paterson. The hot resentment pro
voked by this characterization has, therefore, to some
extent changed Billy Sunday’s tone, though the
peculiar mode of expression, which is said to be the
secret of the evangelist’s success, will not be departed
from.
WHEN" IS A FACTORY NOT A FACTORY?
When is a factory not a factory or when is it a
factory? That's the question. This should be deter
mined beyond quibble or cavil, without prejudice or
“passing the buck,” but in the interest of the safety
of human life. Webster defines “factory” as “any j
place where two <_r more persons are engaged in!
working for hire or reward in any handicraft.”
These remarks are made in reference to the East
Mechanic street fire, which resulted in the deaths of a
young woman and a man, and which is now the sub
ject of controversy as to responsibility.
The fire insurance classification places the East
Mechanic street building, as It stood prior to the fire,
in the “factory” category.
At least nine persons were employed there, it Is
said, in the work of manufacturing hair and by
products—that is to say, “making goods.”
Now let us come down to the point of respon
sibility. Where does It begin or where does it end,
without placing responsibility on any department or
individual where blame should not rest? If a hazard
of this kind is not properly regulated by law. that
fact should be made known without delay so that an
adequate remedy may be applied at once.
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STATE SECRETARY CRATER'S DEATH.
The sudden death in the street in New York of
Secretary of State David S. Crater on Saturday after
noon was a startling event that suddenly necessitated
an important change in the State administration
which the Governor must necessarily make without
delay.
Mr. Crater, with weakened health, braved the
storm on Saturday and met the fate of a fellow Jer
seyman. General Gersham Mott, who died on the same
street, on the same day of the week and under similar
circumstances, some years ago.
Few men in public life in New Jersey were more
widely or more favorably known than David S. Crater.
He wielded a remarkable influence in Democratic
political circles in Monmouth county, and his popu
larity extended well into Republican lines.
His affability and friendly disposition had much to
do with this widespread popularity, and as he pos
sessed exceptional ability and farsightedness, it was a
comparatively easy matter for him to retain friend
ships once formed. So uniformly successful was he in
running for office before the people that it got to be j
said in Monmouth county that the placing of “Dave” j
Crater’s name on a ticket was equivalent to election, j
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WOMEN APT STUDENTS OF’ POLITICS.
Chicago womanhood may now be considered as
full-fledged in politics. A mob which broke up a
meeting in the mayoralty campaign was composed
largely of women, some of whom stood on seats and
urged their male partisans to noisy demonstrations,
until the police had to be called in. Women are cred
ited with the organized plot to pack this meeting
against the candidacy which it was intended to fur
ther, which shows that they have been learning the
tricks of the political game very rapidly in the short
time that they have enjoyed the franchise in Illinois.
And who ever expected that equal suffrage would
mean nothing more than mere votes for women?
A TRAGEDY OF THE EASTER STORM.
The untimely storm on Saturday was most un
fortunate for the florists, and it was ruinous for the
small vendors who displayed their modest stocks on
the sidewalks. On the principal business streets
scores of these vendors had set out their plants with
the expectation of the usual ready Easter sale. Many
of them had invested their entire capital. But the
storm was pitiless. There was no escape for the
vendor and he was compelled to see his stock de
stroyed while the storm kept away possible pur
chasers. This was a real tragedy of the Easter storm.
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OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES
' Ne*t *«tr and Buitnese
Irom the Washington Star.
This suggestion is being pressed
upon business men: ' Organize for
next year. You ejected McKinley on a
business issue in 1896. and you can
alect a man in opposition to Wilson
1 tf'you go about tile matter promptly
! and in the right way. Stand together,
| and the fight’s won."
The business interests undoubtedly
elected McKinley. States which had
always gone- Republican went Re
publican that year by unprecedented
majorities, while several States which
hid never voted for a Republican
Presidential candidate improved that
' opportunity. It was a victory achieved
’ under a shibboleth which appealed dl
.. recti y to business interests, big and
illtlc.
«, The silver issue as presented by Mr.
'■ Bryan sent a chill up and down the
spine of the business man wherever
he resided. And the greater his own
interests and the interests of others
in his vicinity, the greater his quake.
Tie threat of a ftfty-cent dollar first
: upset him, and then nerved him to re
* distance. He came Into acUon with
| out much urging, and once in action
* parked with all his might.
jf Tfext year, however, the issue will
* not be so clear cut. Business is dls
K gruntled. but on several accounts,
Manufacturing has been hit by the
n*w tariff. Corporations have beer
1 disgusted, both by the new trust
regulations, and by the organization
of the Federal Trade Commission
Banking circles are not altogethei
assured of the efficacy in its present
form of the new financial measure
TVhlle business unrest is general, 11
>j la not referable to any one thing. Sc
that to write a platform, make a
, Uf.miTm.tion apd conduct a campaign
bringing all business interests into i
line will be no easy matter.
Mr. Wilson won his nomination at
Baltimore through the influence part
ly of his environment. Although he
had made his peace with Mr. Bryan,
he was accepted by many Democrats
who three times bad rejected Mr.
Bryan because of his. Wilson’s, resi
dence and associations. It was felt
that a man who lived in New Jersey,
a manufacturing stronghold, and next
door to New York, the great financial
stronghold, would be safer in the
White House than Mr. Bryan, who
j had come to distinction and Influence
' in an agricultural belt educated on
! distrust of and opposition to nearly
t everything east of the Mississippi
l river.
But many of these Democrats are
now either in open opposition to Mr.
Wilson or sulking, and upon their
number depends In a measure next
year's result at the polls. His ef
forts to win them back are very pro
nounced and wll! become more so as
time passes.
A Shameful Exhibition
Prom the New York World.
Ex-President Roosevelt was asked
to testify before the Senate ship trust
Inquiry committee concerning his
statement that the administration
! had "endeavored In the interest of
I certain foreign business Arms to
secure to the United States the power
to purchase the interned (they are
not interned) ships of one of tho bel
ligerents.” meaning the German ehips
In Hoboken and elsewhere.
In his telegram to Senator Walsh,
printed yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt ad
mits that he has no evidence excep‘
such as Is “open to every intelligent
man " Having thus jauntily avowed
that he watj without warrant in im
puting to hie aucceagoi in the piswi
dency an improper purpose for an
unworthy motive, he repeats the
offense:
Every man knew that the
object of the bill was to purchase
those interned ships. If this were
not so, the proposed law would
have contained a proviso ex
pressly exempting the interned
ships from Its provisions * * *
The failure to put in such a pro
viso is conclusive proof that the
main object in passing the act
was to purchase these very ships.
Mr. Roosevelt makes a statement;
he admits that lie has no evidence,
lie repeats the statement. It thus be
comes "conclusive proof."
in fact, "every man knew” nothing
of the sort that Mr. Roosevelt charges.
Every man who cares to know knowe
that the exempting proviso was
omitted because it was unwise to set
needless limitations and precedents.
Even if It were conceivable that the
President, who has so carefully ob
served neutrality obligations, coulc
have planned an unneutral act, w«
have positive assurance that It was
not planned. Secretary McAdoo
against whom the attack In the Sen
ate was nominally aimed, has sharplj
denied the imputation, stating tha:
the bill would have given our ship
yards "orders for cargo ships aggre
gating 300,000 to 400,000 tons deac
weight, stimulating manufacturing in
dustries and providing vessels for oui
American foreign trade”—a purposi
that stirred the shipping monopoly t(
seek it3 defeat.
bet us borrow Mr. Roosevelt’;
strong words: "The facts are publli
property. Every one knows them
There is no possibility of disputinf
them." And they are the exact op
poslte of what Mr. Roosevelt alleges
They stamp hi;> utterances as a reck
| leas misrepresentation shamelessly re
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Hen’s Ears Like Those of a Log, But
She Lays Well.
SCOTTDALE, Pa., April 5.—A hen
with ears which stand erect like
those of an alert fox terrier has been
found on the farm of John Bowser,
near here The ears are about three
quarters of an inch long. The hen is
otherwise normal and an excellent
layer.
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Male Kicked Him; He Kicked Back;
Arrested for Cruelty to Animals.
INDEPENDENCE, Ky., April 5.—
Were you ever kicked by a mule? If
so, did you ever attempt to kick
back?
During the latter is what caused
the arrest of Robert Wolton yester
day. He is charged by an S. P. C. A.
officer with being cruel to a mule in
that he “kicked it with so much force
that the animal suffered great phys
ical pain and agony.”
Wolton declares the mule kicked
first. He said lie kicked back in self
defense and that the special officer
only saw that part of the entertain
ment and arrested him.
Business Men Organize Association to Ex
terminate Bats from a City.
FAIRMONT, W. Va., April 6—The
Rat Exterminating Association of
Fairmont, the members of which in
clude many prominent local business
men, has been organized for the pur
pose of waging a campaign against
rodents, which have overrun the city.
The organization is composed of
thirty-two charter members, each of
whom paid $1 membership fee. It ts
planned to pay a bounty of five cents
for each rat killed and cash prizes will
be awarded to persons killing the
greatest number.
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Travelette
Where Highwaymeu Bob for Food—Not
Money.
On the border between Finland and
Russia, when the snow is man-deep
on level ground, hunger stacks its
grim way through the land. Some
times communities, isolated by the;
drifts that obstruct the roads for'
weeks on end, perish of starvation.
By this I do not mean that villages
of any size ever meet this awful fate.,
But I do mean that little communi
ties of five or six families, engulfed by
a sea of snow, and unprepared—
though the crisis arises winter after
winter—face death by starvation
time after time and often succumb to
prolonged sieges.
It was across this desolate land that
looked like the top of the world
stretched white and glistening In the
twilight that I once set out to go to
a village twenty miles beyond the
border In Finland. Comfortably set
tled in a sledge drawn by two horses,
alone save for the driver, I set off.
Swifter than I thought It possible,
even with my experience, the night
set in when we still had eight miles
to go. Then It was that my driver
turned and made me understand as
best he could that I must have my
rifle ready In case of need.
Hardly had he turned back to his
horses when a black figure sprang up
before the horses, leaped for their
bridles, caught, clung and dragged
them to a stop that overturned the
sledge and threw us out. Before I
could rise, for neither of us were
hurt by our falls, other black figures
had looted the sledge of the food we
carried and were making across the
snow.
“Quick!” I cried to Ivan, “catch the
horses!”
My rifle, for which I had reached
when the men were upon us, was still
In my hand, and I took a chance shot
at the blur of the running highway
men. I missed.
As quickly as we could right the
sledge and collect the nearest scat
tered robes we set off In pursuit.
Across the country we drove to fol
low an Idea of Ivan's. He was sure
the highwaymen were starving
peasants who lived in a hut a few
miles away. When we came to the
door Ivan knocked—there was no an
swer—so in we forced our way.
There on the floor were our boxes of \
food and over them sat the despair- ;
lng family. They were unarmed and j
tn their imagination Siberia loomed.
Luckily for them, both Tvan and I
felt charitably inclined It was pun- j
ishment enough to take the food i
away. But they had had one square j
meal anyway.
Illuminating OomuaH'oti.
She entered the department store j
arid complained about a lamp she
had purchased, demanding that tt be 1
taken back.
‘What's the matter with It,
madam?”
“It has all the faults of my husband
with none of hte virtues.”
“Please explain yourself.”
‘Well, It has a good deal of brass
about It, tt ts not remarkably bril
liant, requires a great deal of atten
tion, is unsteady on its legs, flares up
occasionally. Is always out at bed
time, and Is bound to smoke."—Bos
ton Transcript."
An Amended Epitaph.
Duncan’s wife had the reputation of
being a first-class shrew When Dun
can died his neighbors put a tomb
stone over his grave with the epi
taph, "Asleep tn Peace.”
Widow Duncan was wild. It was
meant as a slam at her and she knew
It was. It meant that she did not let
him sleep In peace when alive.
The neighbors assured her that it
was not meant that way.
“Then It ought to say so.'
To please her they got a stonecut
ter to add: “We all believe that he
did have peace here, when he slept.' —
Baltimore Star.
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In'bat city of Bpalu
Auaoor l.o fcoturila; > 1‘iuak'.
i’l a j u.
seruaiu prooiem
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Once there was a servant of the people.
Whose every ambition was to please.,
He shouted from a housetop or a steeple
And tried to teach them how to live at ease
And the people said, ‘‘He is a servant clever,
Who will relieve us of our cares so grim
So whatever calls for practical endeavor
We may ignore and leave it all to him.”
That servant labored well and labored gayly
And never got much gratitude or pay;
Till at last his hopes began to lessen daily
And he longed to join the people at their play
He quit and other servants followed after,
But to his job none seemed inclined to cling,
And the people said, “Where are our song and laughter?
This servant problem is an awful thing!”
—Washington Star.
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
APRIL 5
Emma Anne Paterson
Copyright, 1»16.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Emma Anne Paterson, who was
born in London April 6, 1848, is fa
mous as the organizer of trades un
ionism for women In England. She
was the daughter of Henry Smith,
the headmaster of the schools of St.
George’s parish, London. She early
became interested in trades union sm
for men and on reaching maturity
became secretary of the Woman's
Suffrage Aseociation. In 18T3 she
married Thomas Paterson, a cabi
net-maker and wood-carver. of
Scotch origin. He had devoted his
leisure time to the study of economic
questions and was the leader of a
prominent working men’s club in
London.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Paterson went to the United States,
where Mrs. Paterson was deeply in
terested in the beginnings of trade
unionism for women that she found
in this country. On her return to
England she founded a ‘‘Protective
and Provident League for Women”
there on lines similar to those she
had studied in this country. It was
especially suggested by the Female
Umbrella Makers' Union that she had
found in existence in New York. She
became honorary president of the
National Union of Working Women.
Trade unions were founded in Eng
land under her direction among the
upholsterers, shirtmakers, tailoresses
and dressmakers. In all the work
that Mrs. Paterson accomplished she
was aided and inspired by her hus
band.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Literary Earnings in the Last Century
"I have often thought that had
Harriet Beecher Stowe been properly
advised when making arrangements
for the publication of ‘Uncle Tom’e
Cabin' she would have had the pres
tige of having received a larger
amount of money for a single work
than any American author, man or
woman, received in the aggregate for
al! their work, af least up to about
1875," said the late Parke Godwin to
me at a time when he was telling
me some of his experiences as one of
the editors of Putnam's Magazine
In the mid-years of the past cen
tury. Associated with Mr. Godwin
in the editorship was George Will
iam Curtis.
"I have been told that Mrs. Stowe
was paid only a small amount per
column for the story of 'Uncle Tom's
Cabin' as It appeared week by week
in a newspaper published in Wash
ington. She did not have good busi
ness advice when she made the ar
rangement for the publication in
book form. It may be that neither
she nor her publisher nor any pub
lisher realized at the time what the
enormity of the sales of the book
were to be. No one thought of tell
ing her to secure the dramatic rights
in the book. It never occurred to
anybody that these rights would be
worth anything, yet I suppose mil
lions were made out of the produc
tion of 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ as a
play. Not one penny of this did Mrs
Stowe ever receive.
"While I am talking to you about
the earnings of writers in the United
States in the first seventy-five years
of the nineteenth century it occurs
to mo that I have seen it stated that
James Parton received the largest
money returns for any American au
thor. Parton once told me that his
earnings on his writings averaged
about $7,000 a year. That was a large
amount for the days when Parton be
came active as an author.
‘‘Washington Irving, I believe, re
ceived more for hie life of Washing
ton than for all his other writings
put together, but that was because
he made a contract with the pub
lisher for so much money, part of
which was to be paid in advance and
part upon the completion of the work.
The largest single sum ever paid up
to that time for a story was paid by
Robert Bonner to Henry Ward
Beecher for the novel called ‘Nor
wood.' I happened to know that the
lump sum was $25,000, and I doubt if
any American author up to that time
ever gained as much money as that
for a single work.
"Bonner earned more credit than
he ever received for his encourage
ment to American authors. He paid
liberally, and in doing that set the
standard. He once told me that he
never made a large payment for a
book to be published serially in his
newspaper or even for a single article
without realizing In a little while
that he more than got his money
back. He paid Charles Dickens $5,000
for the American rights of a short
story, and the publication of that
story much more than paid Mr. Bon
ner back again the $5,000 that he ex
pended.
"When I was editor of Putnam’s
Magazine the money customarily paid
for an article was $6 a magazine
page. Sometimes It was a little more
than that. The Harpers paid Thack
eray considerably more than that for
his serial story of ‘The Virginians,’
but they didn't get their money back
on this investment, for It was the
poorest of Thackeray’s stories.’’
(Copyright, 1915. by E. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
NOVELS IN A NUTSHELL
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JEAN VALJEAN.
Jean Valjean was a poor, hard
working French peasant, and because
he stole a loaf of bread for his sis
ter’s starving children he was con
demned to serve five years in the
galleys.
H6 attempted to escape, but was
recaptured, and his term of punish
ment was lengthened to nineteen
years. . „
Jean Valjean was ot a naturally
s.vmpathetic, lovable nature, but the
privation and cruelty of the life In
the galleys changed him Into a
brutish, sullen and Inert being.
Finally Ms term of service ended.
He was released from the galleys
and was compelled to beg from door
to door. His forbidding countenance
and ragged clothing made all fear
him until he came to the home of the
good bishop of D-. ...„
Here he received food and sneiter.
and the aged bishop, a saint, who
shaped his life in literal obedience
to the divine command, spoke words
ot encouragement and sincere affec
tion to the unappreciative Valjean
For the first time in many years.
Jean Valjean went to sleep In a bed.
But. unaccustomed to such a luxury,
he awakened in the middle of tho
pitrbt. and rewarded the blsnop s
kindness by stealing’ his silver can
dlestick. .
He was unable to escape, however,
and was brought back to the bishop
by the police. The God-like man
then saved the culprit by declaring
that the silver had been a free gift
from him to Valjean.
This marked the turning point m
the life of Jean Valjean. Touched to
the heart, henceforth he believed in
goodness and made it his only law*
His future life was a series of self
sacrifices and kindnesses to others.
This resulted in a moral growth which
made him the strongest of the char
acters.
In time he became a wealthy manu
facturer and a noted philanthropist,
enjoying the respect and love of his
townspeople, who finally chose Mm
mayor. . . .
Among Jean Valjean’s many chari
table deeds he befriended Fantlne, a
grisette, who was abandoned by her
lover and forced into a life of degra
dation and forced to support her child,
Cosette.
The peace of Valjean’s life wae then
Interrupted by Javert, a relentless de
tective, who recognized the ex-con
vl<‘t, and arrested him. At this time
Fantlne died, and Valjean fled to
evade Javert. But wherever he wan
dered Javert discovered hts hiding
place, and he was always forced to
go on.
In the end Jean Valjean surrendered
himself to save another man who
. was mistaken for him, and was re
turned to the galleys.
He managed to escape for the sec
ond time, and found CoRetto living a1
an Inn with the cruel, sordid Thener
diert’s. with whom her mother hac
entrusted her.
Ho adopted the child, and she grew
to be a beautiful, loving girl, the
comfort and Joy Of Ms ll"< For hai
sake Valje.n ■■nip!Mi*d bit crown
mg sacrifice.
’
Cosette was loved by Marius, a
wealthy young man of an excellent
family, and Valjean made all ar
rangements for the 2mariage. He
concealed her ignoble birth, and pro
vided for her future by giving her a
fortune. But the quick-tempered
young Marius misjudged the motives
of the self-sacrificing Valjean. and
believed him guilty of unworthy con
duct.
To insure the happiness of his be
loved Cosette the old man left her
and went to live alone. He could noi
exist without her tender care and af
fection, and from day to day became
weaker until he was unable to leave
his bed
Then Marius discovered his mistake
and also learned that It was Valjear
who saved hrs life when he was
wounded and left to die after the bat
tle in the streets of Paris.
With Cosette he hastened to the
bedside of Valjean, but too late t
stay the hand of death. Cosette’s lov<
and tenderness comforted the few re
rnaining moments of his life, and ther
she and Marius were left alone t(
grieve for the noble man who hat
given his all that they might b<
happy.
I HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
MY DB. LEONARD KEENE HIHSHBERG.
A B., M. A., M. D. (John Hopkins).
Worry Actually Drleo bp the Ircc 1'tgi'h
tive Juices.
The heavy burden of a doubtful
mind is only exceeded in its effects
by the superburden of a hesitating
physique. Thought, reason and emo
tion are not chimerical, intangible
things, but realities—formed by mat
ter—actual, physical thinzs. That
you and I have something which lan
guage is pleased to call a mind is
certain. This must go undisputed
Frequently I have marshaled the
iacis to show how the body and the
physical world affect the mind more
than mind does matter. Often it is
a question of definitions.
There is much to be learned from
the classic experiment of Dr. Beau
mont on Alexis St. Martin. A bullet
wound opened the flesh and the
stomach, and afterward healed in
sucii a way as to allow observations
of the stomach juices and their ac
tion. Professor Pawlov, of Petro
grad, then repeated those observa
tions many times in a brilliant scries
of experiments upon dogs. The ex
periments on these few dogs were
successful, and have resulted in sav
ing hundreds of human lives.
"Thought” and Digestion.
Better that twenty beloved dogs
should suffer a few days than that
one baby or a thousand human be
ings should suffer a lifetime. It la
these facts which make reasonable
unsentimental people, with feeling
just as deep and sympathetic, have
so little patience with anti-vivisec
tionists.
Professor Pawlov discovered that
the digestive juices can be observed
through the artificial window in the
dogs’ stomachs to flow whenever the
fragrance, the sight or the taste of
meat or other victuals was made to
reach the animals.
This helped prove that the memory
or thought of the creature sufficed
to produce definite chemical effects.
Very lately two other physiologists
have been able to pursue these re
searches further on mankind. Drs.
Hertz and Sterling had a patient
with an oesophagus so scarred and
twisted that an operation had to be
done to save the victim from starva
tion. Some lye had been accidentally
swallowed, with this construction as
a result.
Experiments That Agree.
They opened the victim's stomach
and its outside wall in order to form
an aperture through which food couid
be passed to nourish him. This fur
nished them with a new chance for
study.
Drs. Hertz and Sterling find that
ail previous experiments are futile so
far as any "psychic gastric” juice is
concerned in man. Even when the
patient was given food which he liked
*o chew before it was put through the
opening into his stomach, no stomach
juices began to flow until the fo< ds
were In actual contact with the gas
tric walls.
Professor Pawlov’s experiments <-n
dogs are, however, more important,
because they were done on healthy
animals and repeated many l.mes.
Moreover, these researches agree witn
human experiences that fright, worry
and other emotional factors which oc
cur at meal time either dry up or
promote the feast of reason and the
flow of soul.
Answers to Health Questions
K. L. H.—Q —I have what doctors
call neuritis. Can you advise me a
remedy?
A.—iou snouia nave more exercioo,
more fresh air and a widely mixed
diet. Massage, electricity applied to*
the painful parts, manipulation,
Swedish movement, will all help,
raue fifteen drops of a saturated so
lution of iodide of potash in water
after meals, increasing one drop at a
time until you are taking fifty droov.
Then go down again to fifteen and
■ ,p several times. Drink three quarts
■,f distilled water dally, also Iocs of
frssb milk, eggs and fresh vegetables.
J. O.—Q.—I am bothered with a
sound like escaping steam in my left
ear. It gradually has become worse
until my hearing in that ear Is very
bad. What do you suggest??
A.—Go to an ear specialist and
have your ear attended to. Usually a
slight operation In the middle ear
will remedy this trouble. If trifled
with it is likely to cause deafness.
A. A. A-—Q.—I have been troubled
with a skin disease for about ter
years. It comes out In red spots aboui
the size of a dime and a dry scale
forms which itches, and when 1
scratch off the scales they bleed
What shall I do to rid myself of
this? "
A.—Apply each night to the scaly
and Itching parts: Calamine, 2H
drams; zinc oxide, 2 drams; glyce
rtne. 2 drams; phenol, % dram; lime ^
water and rosewater enough to make
3 ounces.
if. T.—Q.—I am a student, and my
ambition is to make the track team,
but I am prevented for one reason
1 am naturally fast on my feet, bui
the trouble is my legs are rather
short. Now is there any way by
which I can lengthen them?
A.—Sleep a great deal more tha
you usually do. Continue your train
ing and have the long bones of tin
upper and lower legs massaged.
J. C., Newark—Q. I am trouble
with kidney secretion, my vita’lt
leaving me over night, causing weak
ness the next day. How can this be
cured'.'
A. You should go to tile urologic."
department of a large hospital and
be treated.
MISS L. A., Newark—Q. Is there
anything that can be done to erad
cate a birthmark from the cheek f
It is of a reddish color.
A. This can be removed by ultra
violet rays, the electric needle or the
surgeon's skill. It can be covered
only by means of cosmetics, such a =
enamel, toilet pastes and powder?
and the grease paints of actors.
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J. M„ Newark—Q. I am trouble*'!
with nervousness. What shall I do'
A. Never accept the term "nerv »
ousness” for any disorder. This is
.itist a loose term to hide Ignorance ,
If you will describe your symptom- J
more in detail I shall try to help you *
R. H. W., Newark—Q. Can you -
recommend something that will ri<
me of a pain in the right shoulder s'
j night. I wake up about 4 o'clock
every morning with it. It is not ap
parent during the day.
A. The. electric battery applied one*
or twice a day to the painful parts
massage and manipulation will help
you. Hot applications and hot cups
will also help.
Drink three quarts of dlstille
water daily and take five grains of
salicylate of soda every four hour:
i until you are rhl of this pain.
Fair Play for the Negro
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To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Sir—Your very fine editorial, “The
Negro at His Best," which appeared
In last Friday’s Evening Star, de- j
serves deep praise and unbounded
appreciation.
I wish, therefore, to commend you !
most highly for your exceptional
breadth of vision and also the true
American fairness which you have
displayed in penning such a timely
editorial in the matter of negro fit
ness and efficiency. You have indeed
shown a peculiar quality of justice
and fairness very rarely shown the
; negro by American white men.
| a very large number of white peo
i pie simply look upon the negro as one
| would look upon on ordinary dog
[passing along the street; they do not
expect anything in the way of actual
efficiency from the dog nor from the
colored man. The average white per
son does not lor a moment consider
that there is any best among the
negroes. To such white people the
negro is a mere nonentity.
Charles W. Anderson, for the past
ten years collector of internal reve
nue for the Second district of New
York, has without a doubt shown
marked ability. He has not only
measured up to the standard re
quired, but he has really passed it.
Give him credit. That’s right.
Now permit me to say here and
now that there are a great many
men of the 'Colored race who can
! measure up to and pass any standard
(set for them, if they could but just
get a decent chance.
The race does not get a fair chance
to be judged by their best, because
if their best cannot find an available
medium for useful service among the
negroes, then in nine cases out of ten
they have to rest contented with a
mediocre status in the various activi
ties of life because the average white
man with opportunities at hts com
mand will not grant or confer upon
the negro any decent opportunities
for superior service.
It therefore stands to reason that
the efficient and conscientiously pro
gresetve negro is unfortunately bur
dened with a double handicap; tha! »
of the incapacity of his own peopl' j
and that of those of white men, tc 1
use your own language, “who by <
active prejudice or passive indiffer- t
encc would hamper the progrese of
their colored brothers.’’
It would Indeed be a splendid thing
and a blessed godsend if more oi
our American editors would by sound
and wholesome preachments strive tc
create a more inspiring and beneficia'
atmosphere for the profit of the negn
and the American people and the
vitalizing of the interests which are
the mutual good concern of both.
In the face of unfair conditions a-'
they exist I am somewhat constrained
to conclude this letter to you wjth
the following lines, which I think, it
some measure, portray the feelings
of the average right-thinking colopee
man:
Though my face is black, though I’m
despised;
Though scorn tor me doth leap from
eyes.
Though hindered in life from doing
my part,
Still I am human, with a human’r
heart.
Rebuffed and reviled. I’m hated and /
abused:
The inalienable rights I am refused
I am lover of peace, I strive to serve, f
While marc refuses me that I deserve
Earth’s sinners have strayed from
Christ’s great Plan,
And my hurt heart rebels, for I am «
man.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL.
101 Stratford place
April 4, 191.
She Knew. ^
Schoolmistress (endeavoring tu im* '
press upon the class the meaning of
the word “cuticle")—Now, Poll;
Johnson, tell me what it is with
which my face and hands are covered"
Back came the answer with star,
tllng promptitude, “Freckles, miss!"
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