Class ilLSjL Roolr . H ^ GopyriglitN" COPYRiGHT DEPOSiS literaryi' ^^>-iW<-ftVrH k: ffUllyTTLm \*V V ^^] mAgazine OCTO'BE^, 1907 Features o/" this Issue. Volilical 'Rc'Vietif and "Predictions. Cartoon, - - "By Homer "Da-Venport. Elizabeth and Her "People. Cortlandt ParKer. - Editorial. - Fiction. TEN GENTS -Political :\> Real Estate^ m'f^h^'i MAGIC P'ROSPEH.ITy \/ncle Sam, ~"^oisf, if you iaill buatch me closely I tvitt ferform . .a _febif IricK-t" Fl3l ,'-r . N-{ PIKE'S ONE MINUTE Headache Chaser A formula by an old German Physician for the first time now offered to the general public. ENDORSED AND RECOMMENDED By everyone who have used them says: "I marveled at the almost immediate disap- pearance 'of that steady aching pain in my head. Ever since Pike's One Min- ute Headache Chaser has been indispensible in my family." IS UNSURPASSED FOR COLDS, GRIP HEADACHE NEIRALGIA INDIGESTION BRAIN FAG AND THAT TIRED FEELING A HARMLESS, EFFECTIVE RESTORATIVE. 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Agents e grounds every day in the week inch g SUNDAY. Prices will soon advar OME OUT NOW. Id fe it, L- ts, nd )m 5c. ice ou on id- ee. CO., ' .J. BLEMAN & < 38 BROAD STREET, NEWARK, N T W d(4n $1o STARTS YOU 5P f 1 \^ , M^ ■ _„_= a^gp^^BP^^&»BPS»s»Bs^^sp^B^«ff^^ff^Kff^^^2C^^^2s^se FRONTISPIECE HOMER D.W'ENPORT— 5"/(7/?^' Conrsl^oiulciit. THE \',\GRANT SINGER— r. B.-C. IF E1)IT( )RIAL POLITICAL REX'IEW AND PREDICTIONS. THE SOLDIER'S RETURN— .i ///«;«/(/ .1/. Doiu/las. CARTOON— ^.v Homer Davenport. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ARMY— Frank R. Kcnncy A DEAF WOMAN'S CUNNING— ■■f/orr/z/zor" JERSEY BLUES— .l/ayor iniliani Could. HON. JAMES L. HAYS. THE SHOW GlRl^—Valdcmar Blad . ELIZABETH AND HER PEOPLE— ■■7?(/ry;k;/ Jersey. Copyright 1907, by The New Jkrsry Publishing Companv. DEVOTED^ ike) SOCIAL, LITERARY, POLITICAL eiryj REAL ESTATE INTERE6T5 q/'NEWcJEK6EY isi-=Ji HOMER DAVENPORT 'If yoa e'ver ha've seen Col. Cody, " Buffalo Bill," you knew the type." I lrt«AHY of congress/ Iwu Cooles Received OCT 1 i9or The New Jersey Magazine Copyright 1907, By the New Jersey PublishnE Company. Vol 1. OCTOBER, 1907. No. 1. DAVENPORT FARMS. " The hills looming large in the picture. HOMER DAVENPORT, A Visit to tlic Home of Aiiicrica's Master Cartoonist. ■ His Beloved Stud of Arabian Horses. (Bv Our Staff Correspondent,) Ml )RRIS PLAINS is located in New Jersey, a short hour and a half's ride from New York, and, if I am a good judofe of distance, there should be something like a mile and a half from the station to the home of the famous cartoonist. Away from the railroad yards and marshes of Jersey City, at a point somewhere be- yond Newark, the country becomes wooded and hilly and the air gets purer and fresher by degrees. The worry and noise of the city, the unsightly dumps, and tlie mosquitoes of the marshes are happily left behind, and that pleasant feeling of being out in God's own country once more brightens the face of the city dweller, as his eye scans the scenery through tlie car window. There are many Ijeautiful spots on the American continent, and Homer Davenport has found one of them. It is just far enough removed from the marts of the big cities to escape being marred by their grosser aspects. The jarring, plaintive hiss and groan of steam and electricity is absent. Instead you have a light and pretty landscape into whose profile field and forest and stream are woven in generous measure. It is one of the places where traces of nature's primitive purity, sweetness and calm still hover near, subjective to the receptive mind and eye. There are blessed summer nights out there, in which tall nasturtiums drowse and nod in the breeze, and the wind wafts in over from the fields the fragrant breath of dew-wet flowers. ]\Ioreover. the wood-decked hills, belonging to Davenport Farms — looming up prom- inently in the picture — suggest that it was not by chance alone that he came to live here. For America's master cartoonist, under the mask of his biting satire, beneath a strong and rugged personality, is, after all has been said, an idealist. All builders of humanity are, and that Davenport through his cartoons has healthily in- fluenced the great election issues during many years — doing his share to show the way and shape the destiny of American civilization — no honest thinker will deny. THE N E W^ JERSEY MAGAZINE. A man of genius, originality, purpose and constant growth of mind — he is taking his place among the few of our generation whose work — in its finality — will not be for an hour or a day, but for all time. If the days of our childhood were spent near the coast, our future affinity with the sea will be closer. De Maurier — one of the great, sad souls of the world — wanted to build himself a liouse on the heath where he might contemplate the vanity of life alone with the wind.plaving over the waste. Davenport would like to go back to the rugged western hills and plains he "Buffalo Bill," yon know the type. He was born on the old frontier. His father was an Indian agent on one of the western reservations. Hence the sturdy, sad- dled plainsman of that country are his people, the rem- nants of the vanishing Indian tribes his friends. There is another fellow for whom Davenport, the man of the western plains and the Indian entertain a common affection. Beautiful horses enter largely into the description of Davenport Farms, for in all these I'nited States there is no more passionate horse-lover than he, and no other living man has as he — in the literal THE CHILDREN Homer, Mildred and "The Baby.' used to know. His work lying here, he has picked out for his home a place that as nearly as i)ossible conforms to the ideal. Sometime, when his day"s work is done, the last cartoon — dedicated to the cause of more light and a better tv])e of American manhood — drawn, he will return to his own. We all know Davenport, the cartocmist, but few know Davenport, the man. In type he is altogether unlike those that usually make \\\i the ])ersonnel of a licwsj)aper office. I f yi m ever have seen Col. Cody, sense of the word, searched the world to its end in order to find and liring home specimens of the most perfect breed of the swift-footed friend of man. And he did liring him home. There never was nor will be a more gentle, alert, intelligent, symmetrically proportioned and altogether graceful animal than Muson, "The Listening Horse," which, together with twenty-three others, Daven- port went out and fetched to America from across the Desert of Arabia. Allowing for him the marvelous swiftness of Haleb, his brother — "The pride of the Des- T H E \ E \\' TERSE Y M A G A Z 1 N E. "THE BUNCH' Sitting (left to right) Homer Davenport; J. C. Miller; Z. T. Miller. Standing (right to left) "High Chief;" Milt Brown; Grant Rich- ardson (Fress Representative. loi Ranch, Wild West); X'aldemar Blad; Franklin Rockefeller Kenney (Lieutenant, V. 8. Army) : Homer Clyde Davenport, Sied Ahd.nlla. ert," as he was called in his homeland — I^Iuson is the embodiment of all the graces that go to make up a per- fect horse — speed, form and endurance combined. That Davenport, the cartoonist, should take it upon himself to invade the Arabian Desert in quest of horses is a feat which may be hard to understand for those who do not know the man, but not for his friends. With the assistance of President Roosevelt he, in January, 1906, made application to his Imperial Majesty, the Sultan of Turkey, through the Turkish Ambassador at Washing- ton, D. C, asking for an irade or permit to export mares and stallions from the Desert. It was at first thought to be a hopeless proposition, but to his astonishment an irade was granted in June, same year, and early in July he ceased for the time being to draw cartoons for the Ez'ening Mail, leaving for the Desert of Arabia by wav of Constantinople. When Davenport returned he brought with him twenty-four desert-bred Arabian horses and one Bedouin slave, Sied Abdalla, a present from Akmut Hafez, one of the rulers of the Desert. Sied is now with Davenport at Morris Plains, enjoying an atten- tion and commanding a respect at the hands of visitors to the Farms never dreamed of by this dark-skinned son of Arabia during his serf-davs at home. He is 22 vears I lid. smokes cigarettes and shakes hands with everybody. In the fantastic costume of the Bedouins, spear in hand, he rides the beloved horses from his native desert for the entertainment of on-lookers. For a long while, after his arrival, he insisted on sleeping with them in the barn — the .\rab bestowing on his horse the same affection and cares as do the American Indian and the race of men that people the plains of the west. On the day of my visit to Davenport Farms, Daven- port had gathered around him a few of his own people. An old Indian chief, a captain of the United States Armv, two of the Miller Brothers, from the loi Ranch, and one of their cowboys, made up the list. An introduction of the Aliller lirothers seems all but superflous. \\'hoever does not know them has gone shy of a remarkable specimen of the possibilities of the West for development under modern improvement methods. The loi Ranch is located at Bliss, OJithout effort, sitting stern and straight in his place- one of the noble remnants of the vanishing red man. luho ne-ver ■weeps, but silently accepts the destiny all races in turn have to suffer." 10 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. J. C. MILLER. " HIGH CHIEF. ' and SIED ABDALLAH Muson, hearing rather than seeing the famous combination of an Indian, an Arab and an American from the plains of the West. ruddy, with the glow of health on his face, looks like his father. Miklred, a noble little girl of nine, was tucked up in the hammock on the porch, down with an attack of malaria. The baby is four — a light-haired, blue-eyed, sprightly little chit, who trotted contentedly around and made friends with everybody in her own fashion. Mrs. Davenport shares her hu.sband's western nativity. He is from Oregon ; she a native daughter of the State upon whose shores rocks the white crested surf of the Golden Gate. Mrs. Davenport, in spite of her worry and an.xiety over the patient, Mildred, had found time to prepare an excellent dinner, in which we. Indian and all, partook. The photographer, a \oung man of a practical turn of mind, with a sense for substantial values, nudged me in the side after the meal : "Say," said he in a confidential whisper, "don't they give you a good layout here!" "You bet !" I affirmed. Toward evening everybody gathered on the porch. Davenport, big and perspiring and cordial, in negligee shirt, sleeves rolled up, and with an old slouch hat that had seen better days on his head, sat among us and told us of his exploits in the far ofif Desert of Arabia in his own inimitable style. It had been a humid day, but now the shadows of night were commencing to gather. Their cooling, re- freshing effect reflected on the silvery pond, alive with the splashing and quacking of birds. The hills be\'ond loomed large in the oncoming twilight. Pond and hills and pastures, with ever}thing around belong to the Davenport Farms, It is no small affair. In Europe it would be considered a great estate. But Davenport's mind went back to the Desert — a vast, desolate waste, upon whose endless spread of sands and sands a spot of green is rareh' seen. He told of its people — strange, fantastic, native tribes of men, fine of build and courteous of manners, partaking of all the attributes that go to make up the born gentlemen, spending their lives making war upon each other : wor- shipiiing their fleetfooted chargers. "The privations of the Desert are such as can hardly be imagined by anyone who has not been there in person." continued he his story. "Thirst — a yearning thirst for one long, deep draught of clear, cool water, such as flows from the hills over yonder, would over- lake us in the midst of the burning noon-tide heat of sun and sand. To find our way to the water — be its quality ever so poor — and have the privilege of drinking of the same bucket in which numerous camels in turn had thrust their snouts, was then a luxury to me. At such times my mind would often revert to this cool, shadv porch, the family, and all the little comforts of home. Then I would upbraid myself for ever having been such THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. II a blundering- fool as to undertake this journey into a forbiddintj. godforsaken waste, now ckising- about nie on all sides as a tomb. But with the return tn Anieriea and civilization things have taken on a different aspect. .\'ow 1 feel for once more returning yonder, to the big. naive children of the Desert, live among them for awhile longer and learn more of their simjile life and primitive habits. After niv book is out in the fall I may go back to Arabia." . Here is one of life's great paradoxes : There is a dream — a vague, elusive vista of the senses — whose ob- ject ahvavs keeps well abreast of its pursuers, and which, nevertheless, throughout the ages has been the spur to all noble effort put forth by man. It is the key to civili- zation and the inde.x to evolution. The Jeffersons, Lin- colns and Franklins were molded and made in its image, and without it the human race would perish. Still it remains a dream. And Plomer Davenport, one of the favored few, famous in his own country, man of enviable attainments, possessor of a charming family and home, is, after all, still searching the earth and life for this ideal — born of a mist and shaped by fancy — which, so far as this world is concerned, must forever remain a fleeting, never- to-be-attained chimera, confined to the distance. THE VAGRANT SINGER I3y v. B.—C. W. ^ f r 9 f A .S winged bird, 1 own to No master's board or bed : And never they shall lure me In cage or in net. The ruler whom I bow to Resides here, in my breast: Ah, Liberty ! my Goddess, Sun, Song and Love caressed ! II The wide earth and heaven Bend down to my command ; All sweets the world can bid Are mine, when I demand." My treasures are exhaustless. My power has no end ; All forces in the heavens To Libertv must bend. i 1 f f 12 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. Till' lauiicliiiig uf a uew magazine enterprise is always a serious ex- periment, attended by doubt, when the venture is made in the general fi( Id, (Mcu])ied by many long estab- lished and suceessfnl pul)lications (if the kind. But tin' Niow Jeksey .Macjazixi:, which makes its initial appearance with this nuudjer, enters an unoccui)ied tield of its own, and appeals to au interest that is not catered to by any other serial pub- lication. New Jersey, with its large popula- tion, its great property wealth, its many interests and activities and its numerous institutions, educational and otherwise, is fully capable of supporting a representative maga- zine. The reading habit is strong in the State. There are fifty-three daily newspapi'rs and two hundred and seventy-two weeklies published in New Jersey. No state shows a larger proportion of newspapers to readers. And it is an evidence of the intelligence of our emigrant pop- ulation that it supports twenty- seven ne\vspa]»ei-s, printed in four foreign languages. In a community in which the taste for reading is so widespread there is room for a mag- azine that is distinctively a state publication. We enter this home field modestly but with confidence and with the purpose to stay and grow up with the State. The New Jersey Maga- zine will be non-partisan in politics, while freely treating of state public affairs. It will not partake in any waj' of a denominational chai'acrer. The purpose is to give to the New Jersey readers a nuigaziue at a small price that shall embrace all features of general state interest and be a welcome visitor in every New Jer- sey household, ^^'e want to give to the magazine a state character and interest and, while making it read- aide at home, render it of some ser- vice to the State, by representing New Jersey abroad. A Ne\\' Jersey magazine cannot fail to be a means of attracting abroad that attention to the State which our commercial and manufacturing interests invite. With this introduction we issue the first nundier of The New Jersey ^lAGAziNE^ and ask the support of the New Jersey public. FUTURE generations, s( aiiuing the pages of his- tory, will on that treating of our day and age find recorded the story of two giant levers, em- ployed in the service of progress, interacting upon each otlier and overshadowing everything else — organized capital and organized labor. Of the two the last is the greatest. Its ex- ponents are entitled to tiie laurel wreath of immor- tality, for it has wrought and is moulding in human fiesh and blood what the other is planning and building in steel and stone and clay. Still, as long as the earth shall last, the traces of what organized (■a])ital — incorporat(Ml wealtli — did for its own time and generation and, incidentally, ftn- all the com- ing ones, will not be effaced from its surface. The streaks of steel, cutting through or winding over the mountains, bridging the rivers and spanning the continents, crossing and recrossiug them in a net- work of lines, until they reach every city and village and hamlet, will remain ; the great telegraph and telephone systems, which have made instant communication between the furthermost points of the globe possible, will still be there in perfected form; the factories and shops, the thousand and one machines with their marvelous applied powers, replacing human sweat and labor, the wonderfully r. Hicks, the patient cculd be treated in an iustitution before the development of dementia or chronic insanity, the progress of the disease could in inauy cases be arrested. ' Dr. Hicks now examines the remedy. It woubl be impracticable to commit all cases of inebriety to the hospitals fcu" the insane. To do that the law would have to broaden the definition of insanity. That would make more difficult the conviction aud punishment of crime. It would place 50 per cent of a vast army of criminals outside the pale of the law aud open wide the avenues of escape for the rest of them. iSimple alcoholic intoxication was not insanity. That is developed only in a later patho- logical stage. Indeed, the brain cells are usually tlie last tis.sue of the body to succumb to the ravages of alcohol. Dr. Hicks has no faith in the success of the old warfare on the saloou as long as it is the product of social and economic evolution, but he be- lieves that at length the evils of the saloon will be eliminated by the same processes that have made it so powerful. Then he (jueries : We live in au age of specialization aud differ- entiation. We have hospitals for general diseases, for infectious diseases, eye aud ear diseases, foi" (•ri[)ples, for babies, for womeu and for the insane. ^\"lly uot for iuebriates? This would be no innova- tion, as Dr. Hicks sliows, — by citing instances of special hospital treatment of iuebriety. If the t^tate allows the development of the disease, it .should fur- nish the remedy. Dr. Hicks divides iuebriates into three classes, as regards prospects for recovery. First. Those who by social indulgence, with- out defective physical argauization, have become iuebriates. These are curable by tlu' aid of au iu- stitution. ISvcoinl. Those who have a defective physical (n'ganization or uustable uervous equilbrium, iu which case the disease is mauifested by paroxysms or sprees at variable intervals. These are often true cases of dipsomauia or recurrent insanity and are more difficult aud doubtful. Tliinl. Those who seem totally depraved iu all their instincts aud exhibit no desire for restoration to health. These as a class are incurable. i'or ett'ective treatment, ade(|uate legal provi- sion must be uuide: 1 — for prompt reception and detention; 2 — compulsory seclusion for tho.se whose habit has weakened their powers of sustained effort aud who are unable to ijrovide for themselves or their families. To facilitate Inloruuitiou a system of co-operation with the charity (U'gauizations, the police aud district physicians, should be devised. A jiarole system fcr discharged patients should be instituted. The belief that the reform of the drink habit should be directed to the iucbriate aud that the saloou, which is a social loudiiinn, can only be dealt with by attacking the causes that have created it aiul that maintain it. exists with all ])hilosophical reforuun'S. The hcsjiital is a first step to real rcrorni. J. ci /^ 'F^ C) „ THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. 15 «■".• :>:r:.-.:-f. ^:^sM r,DOLITICAL BLVlEAv^ / ^^ ai.a PDEDICTIONvS. Political Uncertainty In New Jersey. i\\ T HE clcctiuns in New .k-rscv tliis year are attended by lireater uucertaiuty tliau prevailed iu any election year in tliis State since the memorable Demoeratie overthri)\\ in lS!)o. There have subse(|nenl ly been Mtale election camiiaigns in whicli the Jtenuirrats were cdn- tident of snecess, Init the feelini; tiii.s year is mutn- aily siiared In- Keiinbiicans and Democrats, that the icsnlts of tlie Xo\cnilier election can not be fore- casted, and that it is a "toss-np" at the present time whether a IJeiiublican or a Democrat will be the successor oi' (ioxcrnor Edward K. Stokes for llie next term of three yeai-s. This political uncertainty is not peculiar lo New Jersey. ll exists everywhere, save in the Southern states. But il is, ]ierhai)s, more pro- nounced in New Jersey than in any other state. The causes are well understood, and lhe\' exist almost exclusively in the lariiie northern counties of Essex, Hudson and I'assaic. It is well settled that New Jersey has become a Kepublican state. This is larjicly due to the iireat increase of the subitrbau population within the metropolitan areas of New York ami Philadelphia, and this population is four-fifths Republican. The New Yorker or l'hiladeli)hian, who moves his residence into New Jersey may be a Democrat, but as a rule he votes I\ei(ublican in New Jersey elections. The "roni- muter" vote has beeji the great factor in Republican victories iu New Jersey. The foreign-born voter formerly identified him- self with the Deimu-ratic Party. The panic of IS'.to law was a decree of divorce between thousands of foreign-born \oters and the Kepublican party. What is known as the "New Idea" was bo.rn of local Republican party dissensions in ]'"ssex and Hudson ccninties, and was at first merely directed against offensive party bossisms in the two counties. Naturally it toe.k up well-defined issues ami adopted a code of prin- ciples a]i|ilicable lo state legislation. A movement (^f this kind is ephemeral, and it is a (piestion how much vitality is left in it, esjiecially in Essex county, wliel-e the o.tfellsiNC lioss has been (diminated and the ]>arty manageinent reoi-g:inized. j>nt the New Llea was a secondary factor in the Jie])ublic;in defeats last year. It made no iui- pression in counties in which the sentiment against the "Bishops" law was not aggressively active. Tt was not in evidence in the results, except in the three large last counties where the saloon (|iU'stion was ui))iermost. But new factors will come into play this year. The great shadow of the presidential election in lilOS is already cast over the State, and many men will vote regardful only of the effect upon the atlilmle of the State in that election. The Roosevelt sentiment swept New Jersey in 1004, and it can be conjured with this year. The prevailing busiuess and industrial ]n'0si)erity. and the fear of change, will be a tuneful harp for Republican speakers to jday ujyon. There have been surprising revelations of mismanagement and graft in certain state com- missions and institutions, that are under bi-partisan management, but the general conduct of State af- fairs remains unimjieached. Taken all in all, the political situation in New- worked a change. Rightly or wrongly he blamed Jersey, at the opening of the active campaign is con- that disaster upon the Democratic Party, and he fused and uncertain. The State may go Democratic has obstinately adhered to that belief. But the on CJovernor and Assembly. The State may elect a foreign-born voter has social customs and ideas, and Republican Governor by a narrow majority. And is resentful of laws that transgress upon them. In a Republican governor may be elected by a very simple terms, he likes his glass o.f beer on a Sunday, large majority. Probably this uncertainty will and cannot abide a restrictive or prohibitive law. exist undiminished until the ballots shall have been The Legislature of in06 passed such a law and that counted on election night. i6 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. i»jtJt**=t** ************************** "i***^**^*^ I BROAD QUESTIONS FOR THIS STATE t H;*'iM= *-JMt* ts-.^ ^* *** * -5!;^^ ifrJ!** imriW *#*# ^rfM'-JI' *#-^r# ** Mi TIIEEE are )n-oad (lucstioiis of state poJicy in New Jersey that are more or Ic^ss mixed up with i)artisau politics but tliat must be and will be settled by the sober sense and calm business judg- ment of the thinking people of the State. To a large extent also there must be litigation, following legislatioji. For many years the tax (|uestion has been the question of paramount im]»ortance, if not of public interest, and it has conlained w ithin itself the germs of other state questions that have per- plexed people and law-makers. When railroad enterprise began in New Jersey tlu^ Legislature saw- that it was destined to be an immense factor in the development o.f the State, as it has proved to l)e, and to encourage and assist this enterprise the Legislature made certain grants, among them an exemption from taxation on large property values. These exemptions are named in the railroad char- ters and have been interpreted by the courts as irrepealable contracts. By subsequent legislative acts up to 1884 the original charter exemptions were changed with the assent of the railroad com- panies, and in that year began a series of legislative acts that culminated in the railroad tax legislation of 1005 and inOO, wliich finally ended all exemp- tions and placed railroad property o.n a par with all other property in assessment for taxes. This legis- lation has now been upheld by the Supreme Court of the State, and is yet to run the gauntlet of the Court of Errors and Appeals, and perhaps also, of the United States Supreme Court. But as far as legislation can go, tlie railroad tax question is practically settled. Associated with that question has been the question of a proper plan of general assessment for taxes. Ever since the State Constitution was adopted, its provision for assessing property at its true value has been disregard(>d bv assessors. Property has been assessed at the whim of the as- sessor, at rates of valuation ranging from 10 per cent to 80 per cent. Favoritism and discrimination were rampant. The lowest assessment was placed on unimproved property and llie highest on im- ])rovements, thus jx^naliziiig (hose \\li<> halale Id (levi-lop and protect its uatural resourees. A ^^tate l''(>.restry system lias heeu devised for tlx' protection of Die w nodlaiids. There is a Slate ( Niui- niission for the cdiiservalioii of the potalile waters, aud a (Jeolujiical Survey to look after I he niiueral and other resources iu the soil. Hut there is not uow and never has been any state attenijit to de- velo[) and con.serve the hiiildy valuable fishinf;, in- terests on tlie .sea-coast and in the bays, while there is the merest pretence of i)rotection for the oyster and clam indnstries. The Ntw Jersey coast is one of the greatest frshing fields in United States waters, and the methods pursued liy the men who. privately control this field are most destructive. Valuable sjiecies of fi.sh, once abundant, are now almost ex- tinct, destroyed by unscruindotis and reckless greed, and other valuable species are getting scarce. There is uo remedy in the present laws. Nor does the State or its people get any of the profits of this (b'strnetive warfare on the finny tribe in New Jersey waters. These all go to non-residents. New Jersey tish goes to New York, ami the New Jersey retailer buys it there at trust prices. We not only do not get any o.f the ]irofit of the great desitoilment of New Jersey waters, but we are compelled to pay a heavy triluite to the forestaller, and that tribute comes (Mit of the ])oekets of the ])eople of New Jersey. Of oidy s(>con(lary importance is the great oyster industry. Laws far the protection of this industry have been passed, but they are utterly inadequate. The State possesses signal advantages in dealing with the oyster question. Owning in fee large tracts in the oyster growing region, it could without great expense pursue a splendid policy of development. Rut the State Riparian rommissio.n has recklessly granted to favored pri- vate individuals valuable tracts, and even lands on which the State had planted oysters. Evidence to this effect was given to the legislative committee which last year made a partial investigation of the Riparian Commission's affairs. The potable v\ater supply overshadows every- thing else in this State as a public question. It has been brought into great prominence by the foul- ing of the rivers and streams with sewage and by the furtive encroachments of the private water companies, wliich aim to sjof private control of all the important water-sheds to. make the potable waters a commercial commoditv to be sold by the gallon to the people, .\ided by corpoi-ations like the Morris Tanal Pompany and the Society for Establi.shing Fseful Manufactures, which have an- cient water rights, the East Jersey \\'ater Company has obtained a formidable hold on the Passaic watershed and is gradually strengthening it. One main object of this company, to ]ii])e potable water out of the Slate and sell it by the wholesale, has l)een balked by an act of Legislature which the com- pany is contesting in the United States Supreme Court. A State Water Commission was created by the J^'gislatnre this year, ostensibly for the protec- tion of the potable waters for the public, but the terms of the law make it of more benefit to the inter- ests of the private water company. There has been a superlicial discussicm of this question. It should be taken >ip in an earnest spirit ami settled,— and settled whc.lly for the iMMielit of the people of .\. J. The institutions of the State, maintained at such great cost to the State treasury, are as a rule mismanaged. There have recently been shocking disclosures in important institutions. Thirty per cent o.f the State's annual disbursements are paid on account of the State's dependants in its institu- tions. Governor Stokes said in his inaugural that one of the State's institutions had cost the State at the rate of .f:',,(inO an inmate and another at the rate of $1,000 an inmate. That is evidence enough of extravagance. The whole system of management of state institutions needs to be overhauled and radic- ally reformed. The time has come far the State to adopt a definite policy in respect to its canals. All over the world canal navigation has been revived, and in Europe new canals are being constructed and old canals improved and enlarged. The movement in favor of canals is becoming general in the United States. At Memphis, a national convention will be held to decide the great question of waterway transportation. In New Jersey repeated attempts have been nnule ta utterly destroy the Morris Canal, which stretches for more than 100 miles across the State. Connecting the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, this great property was wickedly leased to a railroad company by an unfaithftd Legislature thirty-five years ago, and its business was deliber- ately wrecked in order that its competition in carry- ing freight should be ended. The late Cortlandt Parker, who was an authority on transportation, earnestly counselled the Legislature to declare the canal franchise forfeited because af gross violation of the company's charter, and to provide for state operation of the canal, as a public highway. A suit in chanc(n'v is now proceeding to determine the equity of the State in the canal property. When the court shall have given a decision the canal ]>olicy of the State will become a question that the ]>eople, and not a mere legislative majority, should detei-miiu'. 1 8 THE NEW TERSEY MAGAZINE. THE SOLDIER'S RETURN: OR AFTER VALLEY FORGE Bv Amanda M. Douglas. YOU'RE gettiii' ruther Itmg in veal's to manage a farm, though we do all say you're uncommon for your time of life. We'd make a good bargain with you, father 'n I. You could have a life-right, an' the garden, an' some of the fruit" — rather reluctantly. "I don't feel any older than I did at eighty. Grand- father Green lived to be ninety-eight and then was killed by a fall. I may have eight or ten years more and I don't want any changin's — Em suited. Then I have some folks in Morristown who might like the place. No, I don't want to sell, just yet." She was a little wiry old woman, wrinkled of course for her ninety years, and the hair that showed beneath her cap was snowy white, but her blue-gray eyes were keen and her teeth mostly all in their place. Her voice was a bit thin and shrill, and a bit sharp, maybe, when she wanted to .scold. The room might have done for a picture of an "interior." It was large, with a wide fire- place in which great logs were blazing. The "crane" from which the tea kettle was still suspended was pushed aside and the dancing flames made groups of grotesque figures over the bare floor. At one corner sat a young fellow straddling a seat across a tub, shelling corn on a sawblade that rattled it oft" in a shower, a primitive method to be sure. There was one tallow candle burning on a small stand, and it seemed as if the fire was laughing at its flickering efforts. Granny Green sat in a low rocker, knitting with a great click of needles on a gray woolen stocking, and at a little distance sat a young woman doing the same work rapidly but in a much softer fashion. '"Tain't no use talkin' about it," and she drew her needle out spitefully as if she could stab him with it, "I ain't goin' to sell, that settles it. .^nd see here, Jason Kent, why ain't you oft' soldiering for your country's freedom? Have you seen neighbor Farrand? They want everything down there at \'alley Forge, clothes and food, and men; plenty of men, tn fight for their country. You've no family, why don't you take a turn with them?" "We're not on that side, father 'n I. The country was good enough before this 'tarnal rumpus was kicked up. and the}- never can win. Washington may know a good deal, but he'll never conquer the British with all their trained soldiers. Stands to reason ! .\n' father's getting along in life and there's a big farm to take care of—" "And you hanker after ni)- little corner?" She gave a shrill sort of cackle that was full of sarcasm. "Well, you see it just squares out the place. We'd make a better offer 'n any one else." "I may want to give it away," she returned dryly. "There I've dropped a stitch. Minty pick it up. 'Tain't no use talkin' Jason Kent. Everybody knows I'm mightv sot in my ways. So, 'Good night.' " nodding a curt dis- missal. He wondered if the young fellow over in the corner stood any chance. Old women took queer fancies. Well — Burt \\'eston had never been a success at any- thing; he'd soon run through it. Burt Weston had cared for a poor demented father for the last five 3'ears, working round for the dift'erent farmers. Now for several months he had been free and somehow had drifted into a comfortable shelter at Granny Green's. She was a rather queer, unsocial body, but then the friends of her earlier years had dropped out and she had made few new ones. She managed her little farm wonderfully. But it had long been a thorn in the sides of the Rents, as it took just a corner out of their wide domain. "Just like Xaboth's vineyard," she laughed shrilly, when the door had closed behind him. "The big; folks THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. 19 always gredge the little ones what theyve got. The Greens have been here a hundred years or so, and I'm goin' to stay my time out. mind that now ; and no Tory folks that won't raise a finger for their country, shall have it, if I can help. Minty. we shan't have all this yarn knit up, I'm afraid. .\nd Mr. Farrand's going back in a day or so. " I'^aster flew the needles ; Curt had his corn shelled and had put away his implements. "You might read to us a spell," Granny said. It was war news and the paper was a fortnight old, but it stirred the young .fellow's blood. Why shouldn't he enlist? He had no one to care or mourn for him, he was young and strong. Even if he stayed here he would be too poor to marry any one ; yet somehow, fair haired Minty Allen's face kept flitting across the paper. Since her mother's death she had kept hou^e for her father. Now, he had married widow Jennings, and she had brought her son and two daughters homc-and flinty was cheerfully informed that her time was her own. So she had lived round for the last year ; and being out of a place had come in to Granny Green's for shelter and to help knit stockings for the soldiers. Granny was considered very close. She was shrewd at bargain making. But now and then she did some one a good turn. And when Mrs. Williams told ^Nlinty she shoiddn't want her again until house cleaning time it was rather difiicult to find a new place. She had not looked for such a cordial welcome from Granny. The next afternoon the ox-cart came round gather- ing up the gifts for the soldiers. Granny had hunted up some strong woolen blankets and some of John Green's clothes that she had fought the moths out of for years. "No one needn't talk so sure about your being close," said the good natured farmer, collecting the stores. "You've done first class. You'll get your reward, sure." "I've had my reward all along in good health and common sense." she replied, and she gave her little cracked laugh. Two days afterward Hurt Weston surprised them when the word got around that he had enlisted. They were recruiting at Morristown, and he was to go thither where they were forming a company. "You know you said the young unmarried men ought to go." he explained to Granny Green. "I've been think- ing it over. I want the country to win. Tm well and strong and I'm a good shot, and I'll be worth more there than here." "I'll bid you God sjieed. You've been a good son, Hurt Weston, and God ought to take care of vou, I think he will." "And I want to thank you for the kindness you have shown me the last month. I've tried to be worth my keep — " "You've been that and more too." Did her voice have a little quaver in it? "And if this wasn't a nobler thing I'd ask you to sta}-. 'S'ou're just and honest. You'll never scamp." "Oh, thank you a thousand times." When he came in to say good-by she pressed some- thing in his hand, wrapped in a bit of paper, but he felt it was coin of some kind. Granny Green giving away money ! Just down the ])ath he met Minty. Her fair hair was gathered in a great knot at the back of her head, the shawl had fallen in folds about her neck. Her cheeks were pink with the witid, her eyes softly bright — why I she was really pretty. .\nd it came to him suddenly that licre was a girl to love, a girl who would not disdain his jioverty, who could l^e brave, who was tender, and who, like hiuiself, had lieen thrown out to hardship. "Walk a little way with me," — a curious new emo- tion was thrilling him. If Granny Green would ask him to stay, if presently he might get a little forehanded and they could have this year, all their years together — Then Burt Weston straightened himself up. He had passed his word to the country, he would not be a traitor in the very beginning. Go he must. The dream of home and love was something he had seen only in the lives of others. It almost swept him off his moorings now, and to deny himself tore lais heart w'ith pangs of anguish. l>ut he bravely kissed her good-by. When she came in. the supper table was set and the candle was shedding its faint beams around. She shook the cold out with a strong shiver and braced herself for a scolding that did not come, turning away to wipe some tears out of her eyes. They ate their supper in comparative silence, put away the dishes and Minty brought out a bag of carpet rags. Granny was making a new carpet for the best room. ".Minty .Mien," she exclaimed, explosively, "havjn't _\'ou anything to tell me?" h'or she had watched them walking down the lane. Minty 's head almost on Burt's shoulder. And she re- membered what she had said. Suddenly her lonely old heart reached out for something young and comforting. There had been children but they were dead. And the grandson she had cared most for had boldly asked her to make over the little property to him and he would care for her. When she refused he had gone away angry and died a few years later. So she would have been at the mercy of a wife — who had never cared for her — atid a family of children. That experience had decided her to keep her own little fortune in her hands. They had strayed off or died and now there were only some distant cousins at JMorristown. Now and then she had a longing for some one to be near to her witlidut thinking of what they would get in the end. Minty Allen turned scarlet, then pale, and glanced rather fearfully up in the wrinkled old face. "Oh, there isn't anything to tell," she said with a sob in her voice. "Only — if you don't think it foolish" — deprecatingly — "and I'd never thought of any one caring that way for me, but we are both so very poor, and he had enlisted ; but if there was a chance and he was staying right along here — we could have been engaged and waited. Only — he didn't think it fair, he might never come hack, or he might be maimed and made helpless, and — but we shall care for each other just the same." ".\nd he didn't tell you I'd have kept him here? I liked him." "No, did you?" Her face lighted with joy, then was grave again. "It wouldn't have been fair when he had enlisted. .\nd he thought the country needed him." "Yes, it does, I'm glad he kept his word. -\nd Mint}- Allen, if he lives to come back and keeps faith with you, marry him. Not that I think husbands are any great shakes — I was fool enough to marry two of 'em. I was lonesome and full of trouble when I married my second cousin, Nat Green, and he was a grown up child, jealous and grudging what I did for my own. But Burt Weston is a different stripe and he'll make a good brave soldier. .And a man so kind and thoughtful to a poor half-witted io THE NEW JERSEY M A G A Z I N E. father will make a good husband or there's no wisdom in signs." Mintv wiped her eyes and went on with the carpet rags. When Spring came Mrs. \Mlliams sent word she wiinld like to have a couple of months thorough house cleaning. "You can stay, and do all the house cleaning you like, and gardening too. It's nice to have some one to talk to;" Granny said, rather gruffly, but from her heart. So the two women kept the house and the garden, flinty milked. the cow and made butter that some Alorris- town people bought straight along. And there was a harvest of cherries that met a ready sale. The peach trees were loaded. Granny Green always did have the luck of it. And JMrs. Williams began to think Minty was pampered and that when Granny died and she was turned adrift she would ije spoiled for any real work. Two eventful things happened in September. The first was a letter from Burt Weston. People were not writing letters every week then — it was difficult sending round in country places. Burt had studied awhile over the matter. He did not know where Minty might be and whether it would be just the thing to write to her and stir up village gossip. So he wrote to Granny — "Mrs. Betsy Green" — a nice friendly letter that went to her old heart. He had been very well, and he was full of soldierly enthusiasm. They were going to fight this thing out to the end and zi'iii. He was proud of being a soldier. And how was everything getting along — the cow. and the chickens, and the fruit, and everything? He hoped she had found some nice man to come in and do all the chores that were too hard for her. She must take a little care of herself and live until he came back. And where was Alinty Allen now? Then followed some messages, not quite love making Ijut very kindly and solicitous. And if Minty would like a letter he would send the next one to her. They were both to accept a great deal of regard. He thought so often of the pleasant time in the little old red house. It would never fade from his memory. He gave directions for a letter to be left at Morristown. Thither they went one day, Airs. Green driving a very safe old nag hired from a neighbor. They had written the letter. Granny had filled a page and told many things ; then handed it over to ]\Iinty to finish, which she did with much trepidation. They gave it into the right hands, then went to the second cousins and hail dinner ; ami then Granny had done business with a law- yer. She went home in high spirits, nodding her head now and then in a sort of triumphant fashion. So they went on together \-ery comfortably, and though Granny was not always angelic. Minty had a ver\- pleasant temper and she was thankful for a steady home. In this out of the way place news came slowly. But as the months passed there were two more letters from Burt Weston, who kept up his faith and courage in spite of reverses that chilled older hearts. ]\Iinty was so ready with her assistance that she hardly noted how much Granny left for her to do. The girl was young and strong and hopeful : and she knew, with a woman's intuition, that she was loved. She had only to wait, though she trembled at times at the varying fortunes of the war. If one could only hear more fre- quently ! One lovely September afternoon. Granny sat just outside the doorway, with the flower bed on one side of her still in its gorgeous bloom. Minty could make every flower grow, and bloom. The old lady had given up knitting; and now she let the long busy hands lie at rest in her lap. Minty had been reading to her and she had fallen asleep. So the girl went in antl made ready the supper. Grannj- was sleeping .so peacefully that she hated to disturb her. But she put her hand softly on the gray locks, and the head fell gently over on her own shoulders. Minty uttered a terrified cry, and then, burst into tears and wept passionately — for it was over the lifeless form she held in her arms. She wept. "Her best friend" — such was her silent, heart's, acknowledgment. Ninety three years old ! A long life, indeed ! Neigh- bors came in and were most kindly and sympathetic. There was a large funeral. The squire inquired about the papers ; and asked if there was any will. Just a note — to say that all papers were in the hands of lawyer Brad- ley, of Alorristown. "Of course the house will be sold," said Jason Kent. "Now is our chance. We will outbid anyone else." But the will was a tremendous surprise. The house, farm and furniture were left to flinty .\llen, her heirs and assigns. .\nd if she should have no children of hei own, everything would go to the Morristown cousin's children. "\\'ell ! Siie did tie it up." ejaculated Jason Kent, angrily. "You'd better marry flinty .\llen" suggested a neigh- bor. "She'll make a good smart wife, and it'll straighten out the farm. She'll be better than that Marsh girl by a long sight." And yet he had been waiting a year on the Marsh girl and everybody thought them engaged. ]\Iinty had no lover. Why ! she must be twenty-three at least. She'd jump at an oft'er of marriage, no doubt, so Jason thought. He was very kind and friendly. Minty was quite dazed at first. She asked widow Morehouse who went out evenings, to come and sta}- with her. The Morris- town cousins made a visit, but were rather chagrined that they could only come in at the fag end. .\nd it would be like r^Iinty, like any young woman, to marry. In the course of time Jason Kent made his proposal. ]Minty looked at him with surprise in her soft brown eyes. "Why ! you are engaged to Almira Marsh," she said, in a tone of astonishment. "No! I'm not. I never have been:" was the de- cisive reply. "But they all think so. You have been going there so much. It isn't fair" — said Alinty. protesting for the slighted woman. "I want you — vou were so kind and tender to old Granny. I'll make you the best of husbands. You won't need to work as you have been doing, ^^'e shall go on with the housekeeping just the same. And you'll have that pretty mare Judy for your own. Any lady can drive her. she's so gentle." Minty held up her hand. "Don't, don't." she entreat- ed. "I cannot marry you." "\Miv not?" — almost insolently. "I do not want to. I — I do not. could not love you." Her tone was gentle but decided. No color came to her face. "That old woman bound you over to her grudge :" he flung out spitefullv. "It was because .she knew we would like the place." "She never mentioned it. I think you want the land more than vou want me." she returned quite simply. ".\nd I won't ever sell the land." He muttered something under his breath. THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. it "She has been very good to me. She never promised mc anything and I was surprised. lUit do not talk about it any more. I cannot marry you." In several ways this proposal made it \-ery unpleas- ant for Minty. And then there dawned a suspicion in the mind of Aliss !Marsh from something she had heard and she made an onslaught on poor ^Nlinty who stood her ground bravely. "It is true he asked me to niarrj^ him. luit I am quite sure it was not from love. And I could not. There was a very positive reason. I — I care for someone else. And he ought to marry you." ;\liss Marsh was quite non-plussed. "I don't believe the story about the lover," she said to her family. "But I mean that Jason Kent shall marry me. Why I've some of my wedding outfit made. And I won't be the laughing stock of the village." .Vnd marry her Jason did. But with all her watch- ing she learned nothing about the lover. So iNlinty Allen went on quietly, with Mrs. Alore- house, and a boy to do the rough chores. There was a small income ; beside the farm produce and the fruit trees went on bearing royally. There were no such quinces any where about : and there were some of the choicest of apples. And Alinty waited with a heavy heart. Two years and she had not heard a word. Meanwhile there were splendid victories ; and hope sprang up afresh in the al- most despairing hearts. Where was he? With the hundreds who had dropped into unknown graves ? He had loved her, she was sure of that. And she wouldn't mind being called an old maid with this blessed memory. Oh, what if she should live to be ninety — all these years alone ! One summer evening she stood by the gate. The path was bordered on both sides with flowers, and the air was sweet. She was so fond of bloom. Now and then some one passed and nodded. "I suppose she's watching for her lover," said Mrs. Kent scornfully as she and Jason passed by. Someone came along slowly with a rather dragging step. A man in shabby citizen's clothes, but wearing a soldier's cap. One coat sleeve was empty, she noted that the wind blew it about. Then he paused, looked about, and made as if he would go on. She was out on the grassy roadside and flung her arms around him. "Oh Burt! Burt!'' she cried. "]\Iinty — I thought I wouldn't come in. I heard about your good fortune. I was wounded and taken prisoner and I've lost an arm, but they're pretty sure to capture Cornwallis in one big battle. I'd like to be there," and the tired eyes shone. "But I know — " "If you love me, that is enough.'" She was laughing and crying. She seized his good right arm and drew him in. She had been waiting for him all these years. And now every pulse throbbed with joy. She had so much to give him beside herself. How they talked and talked. Xeither could eat any supper. "But I can't be a burden on you," he protested. "I think this was why Granny left the place to me. She said once, 'If Burt Weston comes home and loves you, marry him.' " She cared a great deal for you. And you have your right arm and your two good legs and your two eyes, and after all one arm isn't so much," smiling radiantly. "Burt Weston has come home and he loves you," the maimed soldier said in a broken but joyful voice. "We need somebody to believe in us. If we do well, we want our work appreciated: Who is my brother? I will tell von ; he is one who realizes the good that is in me." — Fra Elberttis. "See well to your girths, and then ride on boldl)'." — Goethe. "Say nothing, and believe nothing"' is — according to the philosophers — one-half of worldly wisdom ; give way neither to joy or grief, the other. In the light of this, can we blame those of our friends who took to the woods? Don't seek to gain a rise of knowledge by means of an elevator. \\'ork your "lower members.' 'Militant but not malicious"" — the policy of The New Jersey M.\g.\zixe. « {Drauin exclusively for the i\ tin Jersey Magazine.) Political Situation in New Jersey as it was before the Convention. ^ |tith's Issue will contain a Cartoon of Interest to every Voter in the State. 24 THE NEW T E R S E Y M A G A Z I N E. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ARMY. By Lieutenant Franklin R. Kenney, U. S. cA. UNDER caption "The Trouble With the Army."' there appeared recently in a well known magazine a neatly constructed and readable romance, dealing with the hardships, trials and tribulations of the enlisted sol dier in our regular Army, and with "the vexations of red tape ;" giving also a comparison of the soldier's pay with that of a New York street-sweeper — by w-hich com- parison the former suffers considerably. There is but one thing overlooked in this very charming novelette, and that one item is rather important if the intention of the narrator be to give the Army and its men a square deal. It is this : That facts, not fancies are desirable in dealing with a subject upon wdiich the average civilian as a rule is wholly uninformed, and upon which he is therefore too easily led astray. Franklv, there is no real trouble with the Army, and the various ills complained of in almost every instance confine themselves to the mind of the dreamy-eyed re- cruit, and to that of the civilian who served a few short months in the recent episode of '98; wherefore he now takes pride in glorifying that episode with the title of war, deceiving himself into believing that it had made of him a finished soldier, magnifying the vicissitudes of a few hikes and jaunts thru oft repeated reiteration until in comparison the campaigns of Hannibal look like an evening stroll. No, there is no real trouble with the Army. The trouble rather lies with that vast majority of "Cits" who, in a not altogether laudable lack of interest in the arms of the service upon which the Nation is primarily de- pendent for its foreign prestige, exhibit what to Europe and even the lirown men of Asia appears as lax patriot- ism. Granted that the average American, in the mer- cenary keenness of a too highly developed business in- stinct, looks at all subjects from the standpoint of "how much money is there in it," it is true that the $13 a month, popularly supposed to be the sole compensation of the soldier, does not look very big nor very enticing in comparison with the $720 a year of the street sweeper of New York City, or the $800 of the fireman or police- man. But, looking at things squarely, and without the least intention of endeavoring to give the outside world the idea that the career of a private in the United States Army is a highly lucrative affair, it will be found upon investigation that the soldier's much advertised, paltry "13 per" really compares very favorably with the street sweeper's or policeman's pay. The soldier's salary is namely clear profit, wdiile that of the two others is not. From the $60.00 of the street sweeper must come his board, lodging, clothes, medical attention and various other essentials to life, absolutely necessary. From his purchases of such lu.xuries as tobacco, pipes, cigars, fruits, candy, and from whatever amounts of his salary he may expend in recreative pastime games, pool, bowling, etc.. no share of the profits of the stores and establishments to which he gives his trade comes back to him. In the army, however, such stores and establishments (company kitchens) are cooperative, and every soldier patronizing them gets back the profit-share of his expenditures. How much of their S60.00 or S70.00 salary are the jjoliceman, street sweeper or clerk able to lay aside each month? Ten dollars? Five? Probably most frequently nothing. And if this lie correct, who then is the better paid of the two, your civilian with his long hours of hard, exacting and confining work, taxing his mental and physical energies to the utmost, working as a rule from dawn to dark, week out and week in, with hardly any strength left to study and improve his condition, ex- hausted and incapable of picking himself up from out the rut, gradually becoming calloused in mind and too often diseased in body, or your Si 3.00 a month soldier, with his clothing, rations, and medical attention all paid ; his share (thru his company kitchen j of the profits accru- ing from his small expenditures for such luxuries as tobacco, bowling, etc. in the post exchange ; and with his ample time to study, to read the books contained in the excellent libraries wherewith every w"ell administered troop, battery or company is supplied, and to equip him- self either for advancing in the army, if he should choose the profession of arms, or for a lucrative position in civil life, if, at the end of the enlistment, he should leave the service ? There is no question about the soldier's ability, if he so desires, to save Sio.oo of his $13.00 a month salary, and as to his place of deposit there can be none stronger or safer than the hands of Uncle Sam, in the shape of the Paymaster General, w'ho allows him an interest of four per cent, on his savings. That many soldiers have and are taking advantage of the excellent educational courses of the correspondence schools, may be affirmed by an investigation of the lists of graduates and enlisted students of these institutions. I'Tirthermore, it will be found, I am sure, that these graduates are generally more sought after by commercial concerns if, in addition to their preparation for a busi- ness career, they have a clean soldierly record of three \ears duty, honestly and faithfully performed, behind them. For such men have learned self control and obedience, through a proper course of intelligent disci- pline. They have demonstrated their worth in the past as employes of the United States War Department. They have been taught self reliance as well as obedience and self coirtrol, and their prospects for future success are therefore bright. Now compare the position of the bank clerk, for instance, with that of the staff non-commissioned officer or the master electrician of the army. Passing the proper examination, qualifying him for the position, any civilian or soldier of the ranks may be appointed master electri- cian. A salary of S75.00, together with rations, clothing, etc.. go with this position, and in addition is given a nicelv arranged house, containing four rooms with bath, and a perfectly equipped kitchen, if the appointee is a married man. Thus it will be seen that his salary of S75.OO is clear profit. Ho:c large a part of the pay of the bank clerk is profit.' Should the least educated, but willing and applica- ble recruit, with no knowledge of electricity whatsoever, desire to become an electrician, or master electri- THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. 25 ciaii. lie has ample lime and there is ample material at hand at any artillery fort to enable him to educate himself in the jirofession. As soon as he has demonstrated his earnestness and ability the Army Electrical School at Fort Totten in New York and the Master (nmners' School at Fortress Monroe, X'irginia, are ready to finish his preparation and to launch him in this ])rofitable modern profession, of the greatest commercial value, and in which the demand for skilled and competent men is constantly increasing. That the great plants at Westinghouse and the General Electric Company have taken due cognizance of the importance and value of this army electrical training is proven by the number of soldiers thus ])rcpared who. at the end of the enlistment period, are enticed away from the service by them, under promise of high pay and quick promotion. These and many other opportunities, offered by the U. S. Army to its enlisted men, appear, however, for some reason or other, to be hidden away from the eye of the public. I say hidden because it seems to me that a silent aloofness, rather than the education of the public toward a more correct viewpoint of army life, is at present held to be a proper method of attracting recruits. In this con- nection let me add, that any young man. contemplating to enlist in the army, and desiring full information in regard to the manifold opportunities it holds out to its wide-awake, ambitious men, may obtain such by apply- ing in writing to the office of the Adjutant General, U. S. Army — the proper source thru which to secure accurate and authentic data upon the subject. Leaving out the prospect of the army and its school- ings serving as a stepping stone to something in civil life, I doubt if there is a corporation in existence where the heads have risen from the ranks, whose president has evolved from the poor working man, who at the beginning of his career knocked at the door of the office and with his hat in his hand asked for a job; or whose officials, from the lowest to the highest, are more plenti- fully interspersed with former "rankers" than is the I'nited States Army with officers who at one time were recruits. Such Generals as Chaffee, Young, Humphrey, W'int, Williams, Piubb, Duggan, Wheaton Hughes, . Davis. Kobbe. Randolph and many others started at the lowest rung of the ladder, while of a])])roximately 4.000 officers in the army today over i.ooo have seen service in the ranks. .\nd to say that a man enters the army in time of peace, with the none too rosy path of the recruit before him, still firmly intent upon pushing upward and onward, imbued with the sheer love of soldiering, is to say that that man is the soldier born. Then why should not he be more deserving of the general's star than the political lirigadier. whose only slogan, as he looks into the eyes of "The Powers that Re." is: "My only books are your dear looks : .And the promotion that there lies In all the stars that come and go Shall reach me thru your eyes." Not so did the five great captains — in comparison with whom all others appear small — gain their fame. I speak of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Frederick and Napoleon, the last and first of whom it was who said : "In the knapsack of every soldier there is the baton of a field marshal." Yesterday and tomorrow constitute tzco abstract eternities, between zehieh today is man's only real. taiii^ibU' asset. Be sure, therefore, to invest it wisely. "Do not throw your pearls foi swine" says the old eastern adage. It still holds good : today tliey are likely to cat them as a new variety of Boston beans. THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. A DEAF WOMAN'S CUNNING A JERSEY STORY Bv " Haiuumac. " IL'SED ter think jest exactly as you do 'bout theni •ristocrats,"' said the aged vagabond with the single glittering eye to the dyspeptic looking little anar- chist, who was stropping an old razor on the leg of a dilapidated boot. "I used ter think that blood was no account, and kinder despised everybody that sot them- selves up fer bigbugs, an' lived on their records, but I met a little woman onct that made me change my mind and larnt me to respect blue blood more'n I ever thought I would. I bet you'd a-felt the same way about it ef vou'd a-went through the same experience I did one night 'bout two vears ago. Me and that big Swede Lensen was bumm'ing together then. You remember the big Swede, don't you, Brady? Well, him an" me left Hackensack one mornin' in June to go to Newark, 'cause the folks in Hackensack was getting' kind o' m- hospitable, as it were, an" hinted that we'd have ter wash an' change our shirts ef we wanted ter stay another day. Lensen had a holy terror o' water, an' I b'lieve he was really frightened for fear they'd duck him or turn a hose on him, an' he persuaded me ter pack my Saratoga an' seek other fields and pastures new. We struck 'cross country to Carlstadt, an' then took the river road to'rds Newark. 'Bout 'leven o'clock in the mornin' we begun ter git hungry an" both of us struck half-a-dozen o' "houses without gettin' any chuck. I was gettin' des- prut, when we come to a big place fenced in with a low stone wall an' jest full o' evergreen trees. It 'ppeared something like a cemetery without the grave stones, but 'way back 'mongst the trees I could see a white patch that looked like^here might be a house there. Lensen ,sot down at the side o' the ditch under the wall, a'n rippin' my stick tight, I sneaked through the big iron gate an' went up the windin' road keepin' a sliarp look- out fer dogs. When I got to the house I found the hull front of it closed up from top to bottom, an' I made up my mind that the folks was all gone to the sea-shore : an' whilst the chance o' gittin' somethin' ter eat was slim, I thought I'd jest scout 'round to the back o' the place an' see if I couldn't find a weak spot, or some- thin' lyin" 'round that might be worth pickin' up. As I turned' the corner o' the house, I see that the windows was all open and the milk pans a-settin' out on the back porch in the sun. I stepped up to the door, bold as brass, an' looked in. There was a slim little woman with black eves, smooth hair, an' plain gray dress on. She was cleanin' up a big silver tea-pot that made my fingers kind o' creep, an' setting on the table, in front o' her, was the biggest lot o' silver ware I ever saw. Her face was turned away from me, an' when I asked, kinder low. fer somethin' ter eat, she paid no attention, but went on talking to herself. I stepped on the sill an' she turned like er flash and came to'rds me with her eyes sparklin' an' her head throwed back. " 'What do you want?' says she. "'I'm hungry," I says. " "I do not hear you,' she says, 'but I presume you want somethin' ter eat. Take a seat on the stoop an' I will bring you somethin'.' "I sot down on the steps an' she went into a closet fer some grub. I tell you, boys, the tought come into my head to lock her into that closet an' sneak with the mugs an' things on the table. I could ha' done it easy, but there was somethin' about the looks o' that little woman that kep' me back. I sot still an' she fetched me out a big plate o' home-made bread, some ham an' a pitcher o' milk an' then went about her job o' cleanin' the silver ware, jest as if I wasn't in the world. I no- ticed that she was all the time talkin" to herself, an' kept a'flashing her eyes on me sidewise. I says : "Beggin' yer pardon, mum, but I'd like ter take som o' this chuck down an' give it to my pardner," but she didn't seem ter hear me, an' I jest picked up an' sneaked away, arter clrinkin' the milk. As I jjassed the winders I noticed that none o' them had any fasteners on 'em, but all had thick wooden shutters with flat bolts across's 'em. One of the bolts hadn't any knob on it an' I slipped it out an' stuck it in my pocket. I did a power o' tliinkin' as I walked down the avenue to the road and it was more 'bout that silver than 'bout my future welfare. When I got to the road I give Lensen the chuck an' whilst he was eatin' it, I told him all about the little woman alone in the big house with that precious lot o' silver ter take care of. He 'greed with me that we ought ter relieve her o' the responsibility that ver\- night. Soon as the big Swede finished eatin' he got up an' walked down the road 'bout a hundred yards; then he beckoned ter me an' climed over the wall. "We sneaked along behind a line fence an' hedge until we was on top o' the hill back o' the house. Then we found a place where we could lay down in the shade an' ^vatch the back door. We saw the little woman movin' in an' 'round the house, an' not a sign of any- body else. Jest as the Swede had made up his mind ter go down an' see what the chances was, by liracin' her fer a drink o' milk, she come to the door wid a big tin horn an' blew it three times. That stopped his move, an' we jest watched ter see who'd come ter dinner. In 'ix3ut five minutes an old white haired man limped down ther field in back o' the house, an' she met him at the door an' took his hat an' kissed him. That made me feel kinder sick o' the job, but I looked at Lensen an' .seed him smile with satisfaction. I didn't have much heart fer tackling an old man an' nice little woman, but the Swede was sot on it an' I could hardly make him wait till dark. It was mighty hot an' the old man didn't come out agen, but the little woman skipped in an' out as lively as a sixteen }*ear old gal, an' I noticed that she made three trips to a little vault in the hillside, which I took to be an ice house. Each time she had her hands full an' I thought it was probably her pcrvisions as she was stowin' away on the ice. A grocery wagon druv up THE NEW I E R S E Y .M .\ G A Z I X E. ter the back door during the afternoon an" left su'thin', an' jest as soon as it went away, Lensen wanted ter go down an' clean out the house. He said that he was sure the old man was asleep an' that if we waited 'till dark, like as not some growed-up son o' his'n would be home. He was gettin' impatient an' started fer the house, with me follerin'. We got halfway acrost the field, when we heard wheels an' dropped into the grass. Jest as we did, the little woman come out o' the door, an' I could swear, she looked right up where we was. She stood waitin' until a stylish carriage, with two ladies in it, an' a darky driver, come up the avenue. The ladies got out and the darky drove the horses into the shade an' walked over to the well where he sot down an' went to sleep. "We laid down in the grass, with the sun a-cookin' our backs fcr two mortal hours, whilst them women staid in the house a-gabbin'. We could see 'em a-settin' in the winders a-talkin' and every little while I could swear that all o' them was looking to'rds us, but I couldn't make the Swede b'lieve it an' he was fer gittin' up an' sneakin' back into the shade. I stopped him and he begun to think I was right, when the wimmin came out an' shaded their eyes an' looked to'rds us. Then they shook their heads an' the visitors dumb into the carriage an' druv away. It w'as goin' on to'rds night then, an' the sun goin' down, left us a little more comfortable, but pretty soon the skeeters commenced to git in their work on us an' we didn't dare ter move. At last the woman came out agen an' went into the ice house, an' soon as her back was turned, we made a break fer the little sum- mer house an' laid down on the floor a-watchin' through the vines. She came out o' the ice house, an' instead o' go- in' to the kitchen, she jest walked up the hillside to almost the very spot where we'd been laying. She looked 'round an' then went back to the house, lookin' satisfied, an' leaving the ice house door unfastened. I noticed this an' I told Lensen that if we couldn't git the silver. we could git enough ter eat fer a week. He looked sour an' determined an' said that he'd git the silver anyhow, an' then I knowed that he was ready ter kill anybody that stood in his way. "T felt scary 'bout the job then, an' was sorry I'd told him about the stuff. But I didn't dare to back out. fer fear he'd run his knife inter nie. He wanted ter start jest as soon as it was dark, but T held him back, more'n half hoping that somebody 'd come along an' stop the job. " 'Bout 9 o'clock he said he wouldn't wait no longer an' started fer the house. The kitchen door was lockeil, but the winders were not closed an" we could see a light in the front room on the second floor. Len- sen took out his big knife an' motioned fer me to git in a winder, an' after I got in he told me ter open the back door. I pushed back the bolt, an' he come in with his knife in his teeth an' a stick in his hand. Then he sneaked to the stairs an' listened. 'T came along after him an' as I tried ter git the shutter bolt out o' my pocket, my hand shook an' I dropped it on the floor. It fell on a rag mat an' it didn't make much noise, but quicker'n a flash the big Swede grabbed me by the neck an' held that big knife o' his'n over me. For an instant the talkin' in the room upstairs stopped an' then it began again an' Lensen let go o' my throat. I listened in a tremble an' finally made up my mind that the- w'oman was talkin' to herself or readin' to the old man. The Swede crawled upstairs an' I follered him an' we both looked through the banisters an' saw the little woman an' the old man sittin' close to- gether, wid their faces pointed to'rds the door. We could easily make out what she was sayin' now, an' heard her a-making plans ter go away fer a week. Finally the old man asked her in a very loud voice about some bonds. She looked right through the door, an' although I was standing in pitch darkness, it seemed as though her eyes were boring holes inter me, as she answered : T have hidden them away with the silver in a place where nobody would ever think of looking, and where they cannot burn up. They are under the hay at the very bottom of the ice house. I was nearly all the morn- ing fi.xing a place for them and they are all secure now.' " 'Well, you are a clever woman,' the old man yelled, an' what does she go an' do but tell him all about me visitin' her when she was doin' up the silver to put it away, an' wuss than all, she told him that she had no fear o' me, 'cause I had sech an honest face. Then the old man asked when John said he was a-comin' home, an' she answered that it likely'd be 'leven o'clock. "Whilst I was listenin' Lensen pulled my coat an' sneaked down-stairs. I follered him, an' when we got to the kitchen he said he was goin' ter take a look in the ice house. We got some matches from the kitchen man- tle an' got out. We went to the ice house, an' sure enough, it was unfastened, though a big spring padlock hung to the door. Lensen opened the door an' went in, an' I was going ter stay outside an' watch, for I was afraid that the little dame might remember that she hadn't locked up. an' might come out enny minute. Len- sen didn't think o' that I guess, fer he shut the door an' told me ter come in an' shut the door so's he could light a match without much risk. I went inside an' he pulled the door shut an' struck a light. By Jimminy, how the creeps did run over me when I saw the inside o' that place. It looked jest like one o" them 'ere stone tombs what they stow away rich stiffs in. There was a lot o' salt hay covering the ice, an' in one corner was a lot o' boxes an' a basket, whilst a piece o' meat hung from a nail on the wall. I held a match whilst the Swede was diggin' 'round in the hay, gruntin' an" swear- in' 'cause he couldn't find what he was after. "Jest as I struck the third match, I heard the door grate and Lensen made a jump past me ter git out. He was too late, 'cause, jest as he reached the door, the lock snapped an' somebody outside said : 'Well, I think we've got him fast enough.' The Swede raved an' swore and throwed hi'self agen the door, but it was made o' heavy oak an' had powerful big hinges set in the stone work, so he might as well a-bucked his head agen a brick house as ter try to budge that 'ere door-. We both tried to bust it at the same time, but it wasn't no use. an' I made up my mind ter take things easy 'till I was asked ter come out. The Swede kicked up an awful fuss fer an hour or so. an' then he quieted down. I sot on a box, thinkin', an' finally said to him : " "Lensen, let's look at this thing reasonable like. They think they've got only one man in here, an' there is a chance fer one o' us ter lay low under the hay an' git away after the other is lagged. Xow I'll pull straws ter see who does time fer this, an' who gits away.' He saw the sense o' my argument an' agreed to act square. Well, we pulled straws an' one o' us got the shortest an' planted the other under the hay. Jest es soon es it was done, somebody come to the door wid a lantern, an' after fumbling wid the lock fer a few minutes, managed ter git the door open. One of us walked out an' was grabbed by three men an' a dog an' 28 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. put into a wagon an' run nff ter the cooler. Thet one o' us stood trial fer breakin' an' enterin' with 'tention o' stealin' an' was sent up fer three years. The other fel- ler staid under the hay all night an' nearly froze ter death in the middle o' June, but he got away safe next (lav wiien the door was left unlocked. He told the other feller all 'bout it when the two met in the Penitentiary at Caldwell last year. "Which of lis was it? Well, I ain't tellin' that, but I am sure wondering jest how much thet nice little wo- man did know. Her eye an' her stepping was o' the high breed kind, as vou call 'ristocrats." G^ n^^ ss WTQ JERSEY BLUES ^^fm> t t f 1 J f B^ cMaj. William Gould. To arms once more our hero cries. Sedition lives and order dies. To peace and ease then bid adieu. And dash to the mountains, Jersey Blue, Dash to the mountains, Jersey Bkie, Jersey Blue, Jersey Blue, .■\iid dash to the mountains, Jersev Blue. Since proud .\nibition rears its head. And murders rage, and discords spread. To save from spoil the virtuous few. Dash over the mountains, Jersey Blue. Rous'd at the call, with magic sound The drums and trumoets circle round As soon as the corps their route pursue. So dash to tlie mountains, Jersey Blue. Unstain'd with crimes, unus'd to fear, In deep array oin- youths anpear. And fly to crush the rebel crew. Or die in the mountains, Jersey Blue. Tho' tears bedew the maidens' cheeks. And storms hang round the mountains bleak, 'Tis glory calls, to love adieu. Then dash to tlie mountains Jersey Blue. Should foul misrule and party rage Witli law and liberty engage, Pusii linme your steel, you'll soon review Vour native plains, brave Jersey Blue. Jersey Blue, Jersey Blue, .\nd dash to the mountains, Jersey Blue. mm \ f f f f 5fi ^ I i s \k !i? HON. JAMES L. HAYS. Education is .he watchword of ci.ili7a.i0n and progress^ As the child's m.nd is moulded so the man s asp.rahons and efforts w,ll mclme throughout all h.s commg years Recogni^nVtheTruth of this, it is wtth pardonable pnde that the State of New Jersey points to her great educattonal system-second to none ,n 'h^ world^ And Lthls connecrn we take pleasure in presenting to our readers a man who. more than any other, has conduced to bnng about the present high standard of our Schcols-Hon. J AMES years Mr. Hays was a member of the Board of EducaUon of Newark, and several times its President. For many years he has been a member of the State Board oTScation and is now its President. This appointment, made as it is by the Governor, indicates how universal is the esteenriin which he is held fo °he loyal unselfish manner in which he has devoted himself to the improvement of the important state department he heads. For his reappointment to the position has been made by Governois of the party in whose political faith he does not share. HaDpy is the man tvhose -workingday is spent in such a -way that future generations can look up to him as a guide and bless his memorv 1 f^^-z^m^i^m^^'z^mG'^m^^ ^^^^^ '^^^^^ ^mM^tmf^^=^>m^\^M^'^=^m^ 30 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. THE SHOW GIRL By Valdemar Blad I f ) ^^ HE is only an humble performer, ^""^ Hers IS the lesser light; "^^^l One with thousands of others That come and go in the night. Life, to her luckier sister. Riches has brought and renown, She, as a little showgirl. Travels from town to town : Singing her song and playing her part Cheerfully day by day ; Lifting the gloom of our cares. Laughing our troubles away: And l^e t^ant her thus, she is one of us- She belongs to us, We t^ill take care of her. There is nothing distinguished about her. Her strength is a wink and a smile ; Fresh as the dew of the morning, Sweet as a graceful child. Greets she us over the footlights. Ever so pleasant and bright ; Cheering us on in her cadence, Stepping so sure and so light : She sings her song and plays her part Joyously day by day ; Lifting the gloom of our cares. Laughing our troubles away : Andliije yt>ant her thus, she is one of us- She belongs to us, We TiJill take care oj her. She is nobody in particular, This little Pariah girl ; A talking-machine and a songbird Is all that she claims in the world. And none can tell where she comes from And nobody knows where she goes; And only one thing she cares for. And only one thing she knows : To sing her song and play her part Happily day by day ; Lifting the gloom of our cares. Laughing our troubles away : And Ji^e l^ant her thus, she is one of us- She belongs to us. We Ji)ill take care of her. 1 ;• f f^MM -■^jw THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. .•?! ELIZABETH AND HER PEOPLE. By ROGUARAK. I Thtre is going to be an Old Home Week celebration in Betsytown, commencing October 6. You are in-vited to attend.) MANY of the smaller towns, clustering along the sea- hoard or concealing themselves in the interior of the old State of New Jersey are graced with a peculiar charm which is all their own. Throbliing with life and activity, with all the hustle and bustle of modern com- merce and industry as are the business arteries which intersect them, there still remains about their residential sections a certain air of refinement, repose and simple dignity — a condition bequeathed by a cultured and pic- turesque past. The coarser notes of our busy present (lay life have not succeeded in overcoming the pastoral beauty of the country. Rather, the old and the new seem here to have interblended in harmonious proportion. Law and order are strictly observed. The people as a rule are prosperous and contented. Living wages are paid to the workers that find employment in the multitudinous and always increasing number of factories, which insure the constant growth and prosperity of the city. And it may truly be said of New Jersey as a whole, that just as cordially as her citizens welcome every honest, law- abiding, progressive newcomer, just as sternly and effec- tively is the undesirable element of human society dis- couraged from coming here. The result is that none of the more ugly and degrading phases of crime, vice or poverty, prevailing elsewhere, have been able to take root in this soil, and they are practically unknown in all but the largest cities. If a serious crime has been committed in any of the smaller towns, it may almost always be laid at the door of the drifting element which does not be- long to the community proper. ELIZABETH. Centered in a group of desirably different and finely located old New Jersey towns stands the historic city of Elizabeth — formerly "Elizabeth Town" a peer among her sisters. Her past dates back to the first part of Dutch and English reign in America. Elizabeth was the first permanent settlement made in the State. The founding of the town took place in the year 1664, by people coming from Long Island, supplemented later by people from Connecticut. The descenrlants of some of those original settlers still remain among her most Iciyal and respected citizens. As time went on Elizabeth prospered, becoming a city of beautiful homes, fostering a number of the greatest men of the revolutionary war. And the spirit of those illustrious old families still pervades the place. i\Iore than any of her sisters does she possess her own peculiar individuality. Preserved among her more modern struc- tures there still remain a number of antiquated mansions, remnants of colonial days. Retreating behind their big sheltering shade trees, with ample lawns, broad verandas and foliage-garbed frontages, they lend an air of coziness and comfort to their surroundings, pleasantly and effect- ively offsetting the oncrowding new. The people of Elizabeth partake in this atmosphere- breathing forth as it does a bygone culture, now all but lost to the world. It is this very thing— this blending of the old and the new in tasteful proportion — which stamps the community as something desirably different from other communities, making an impression upon the visit- ing stranger that will forever linger in his memor> — a calming, refreshing impression akin to that produced on one by a girl of peculiar attractiveness and grace of man- ner, set oft" among charming sisters. And should he at any time thereafter find himself in the act of deciding upon a place wherein to settle for the future it is a safe hazard that among the communities he is most likely to consider will be Elizabeth, New Jersey. Everybody who has once been to Elizabeth and seen the town, the beauti- ful surrounding country and the people, would like to go back and live there. THE (3LD H()AII>: WEEK. Elizabeth — the historical, the interesting, the pic- turesque, the commercially active and up-to-date queen city of Northern New Jersey— has laid aside the mask of modesty which had kept her backward in the onward march of progress, and now invites the world at large to be with her and assist her in celebrating an Old Home Week, which has been arranged for October 6th to 12th. No enterprise ever undertaken by any progressive board of trade has ever aroused more interest or more enthusiastic support than this Elizabeth's Old Home Week celebration; nor is it likely that any achievement of the past has been fraught with more beneficial results to the city than will undoubtedly flow from this quaint celebration, the arrangements for which have been en- tered into with such spirit and earnestness that its suc- cess is assured. The plan and scope of the celebration, as expressed in the resolutions adopted by the Iloard of Trade, is "To WELCOME B.\CK TO ELlZ.\i!ETH FORMER ELIZ.\RETHENS .\ND DESCENDANTS OF THEM ; TO PUBLISH TO THE WORLD THE UNRIVALED ADVANTAGES OF THE CITY FROM A COM- MERCIAL STANDPOINT AND TO DEMONSTRATE FOR ALL TIME THAT ELIZABETH IS A GOOD CITV TO LIVE IN. It can now be stated with certainty that the work of the Board of Trade will be crowned with complete suc- cess, and that the week from October 6di to 12th, 1907, will be a memorable one in the history of the city. The committee contemplates opening the celebration on Sunday with special services in all the churches, the pulpits being largely filled with former Elizabethans. The immense carnival will open on Mondav with the crowning of a queen of the festival, who is to be elected by popular vote — the contest for same being already well advanced. On the carnival grounds will be found in addition to a great number of entertaining attractions a 32 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. Pure Food Show and Industrial Exposition. Hundreds of concessions on the grounds will furnish amusement and entertainment for the thousands who will there seek recreation and pleasure. During the week there will be parades, including civic, uniformed organizations, automobile, societies, in- dustrial and marine. Aquatic sports and games will be conducted on Staten Island Sound. Ball games, races and other athletic sports will be held under the super- vision of a special committee. The arrangements of this celebration have been placed in the hands of twelve sub-committees, comprising one hundred and fifty of the most active, energetic and up-to-date citizens of Elizabeth, and great strides have been made in the preparation, so that the vast concourse of visitors, who will "bide a' wee" in the old town during the celebration, will be cordially greeted, carefully pro- vided for, and splendidly entertained. Concessions in the way of reduced fares will be allowed on all railroads running into Elizabeth during the celebration, and as invitations are being forwarded by the committee to former Elizabethians in all parts of the world, there is likely to be a never-to-be-forgotten crowd to enjoy the entertainment. To be present in Elizabeth during this period will be to lay aside an asset of delightful recollections. Friends and neighbors of the long ago will meet once more, new friendships will be formed and old ones will be renewed and cemented. Last not least, there will undoubtedly be numerous private excursions into the fields and woods of the charming country surrounding the town — alive as it must be with childhood's imper- ishable memories, to many a native son or daughter, who had drifted afar froni the old homesteads. THE BOARD OF TRADE IS DOING NOBLE WORK. One cannot fail to be impressed with the new vigor and energy, the enterprise and ambition that of late has been exhibited by the Board of Trade of Elizabeth. No stone is left unturned by it in its eft'orts toward making this celebration a success in the fullest sense of the word. The gentlemen comprising the Old Home Week are, in- deed, on this occasion, showing rare and genuine public spirit, acting for the common welfare in an unselfish and aggressive manner which good citizens of the old town will not fail to appreciate. Delightfully courteous and ac- commodating gentlemen they all are, and I am glad to find an opportunity to in some measure repay them for the cordial reception extended me from every side dur- ing my recent visit to Elizabeth, by recording some of the interesting things I found out about their city — for the information of the world at large. The following statistics, covering the commercial activities of Elizabeth, her railways, waterways, gov- ernment, real estate, schools, industries and numerous other items of equal importance, were collected at the expenditure of much time and labor. They are based upon accurate data gathered through exhaustive inquiry, and in giving them to the public I permit myself to ex- press the hope that their value may prove proportion- ately great. SITE FOR HUNDREDS OF FACTORIES AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES. There is something about Elizabeth which it will take longer than a brief visit to discover, and that is her latent possibilities for becoming a great manufacturing site. Potentially she has possessed qualifications for at any time expanding into one of the great trading and commercial centers of the world ever suice the Dutch pioneers — guided by instinct rather than by reason — picked her out as their first landing place on the New Jersey shore. It is, perhaps, only the haphardy and uncertainty of all human things in their infancy that has permitted this splendid site, so finely adapted for business men and home seekers, to remain in the back- ground ; for the many prominent manufacturers who al- ready have located here find ideal the means of cheap and prompt transportation of their products to almost all the great world-markets. Once let the outside world discover what Elizabeth can oft'er the manufacturing industry of America, and her future success is assured. RAILROAD FACILITIES. In frequency of trains, rapidity of comnuniication with the business sections and cheapness of fares, none of the cities that furnish homes for business men of the metropolis offer railroad facilities that can compare with those of Elizabeth. The distance from New York of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Central Railroad sta- tions are 14 to 12 miles respectively; trains may be ob- tained b\' one ur the other almost uninteruptedly, and certainly without the need of consulting a time-table. During the busy hours of the morning and evening trains are run on both roads — in the morning to and at night from New York — with an interval of less than six min- utes between each, and if traffic is exceptionally heavy it often happens that two trains are started simultan- eously. The two roads pass directly through the city, and both have several stops other than the main station. Both roads not only give service to New York but also to Philadelphia. The Lehigh A'alley, too, has a station in the city and while this is not used at the present time to any great extent for commuters, it still is of great value. The Long Branch division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey runs along the sound and having frequent stations, gives the down town section of the city — what is colloquially known as "The Port'" — direct connection with New York and Newark as well as the Jersey resorts. The trolley system of the Public Service Corpora- tion has a network of lines all over the city and main- tains two through lines to Newark, connecting with the farther distant cities of the north, while in the other di- rection cars are run frequently as far west as Bound Pirook. When the new tunnels of the Pennsylvania in the near future are placed in operation this will mean that Elizabeth will be within fifteen to twent}- minutes from the business centers as well as the shopping and financial districts of New York, and business men will be enabled to reach their homes in Elizabeth from their offices while the Brooklynites are still struggling for a car at the bridge. The Pennsylvania tunnel will, when finished, extend from the west slope of Union Hill, N. y., to Long Island City, and will cost about sixty million dollars. This main tunnel to Manhattan will accommo- date about nine hundred trains a day and will be formed by two sixteen foot tubes. All trains will be operated by electricity from either terminal. As subway lines are constructed on the west side of Manhatten direct con- nection will doubtless be made with the big station. Traffic, suburban, city and express trains from, distant points will i)our into it, and if a Trans-Atlantic Steam- ship Compiany is ever fonued with docks at Montauk Point, trains carrying European passengers to and from THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. 33 western cities may never stop in New York. Separate and distant from the Pennsylvania tunnels are the two sets of train-tubes now being built under the North River by the Hudson Companies which will connect Jer- sey City, Elizabeth, and other cities with up and down town Manhattan. The fare to or from New York is 25 cents, or 40 cents for a round trip ticket. Commuta- tion tickets, good for sixty trips, are issued by both roads, at a rate of less than 10 cents a trip. Long Branch and all the summer resorts located on the New Jersey coast are within easy access by both the Pennsylvania and Central roads, the fare to Long Branch being $1 and excursion 1.50. Summer excur- sions to various points of pleasure and recreation are run. Commuters at all times of the year may use tickets of the Central on its boats plying between New York and Elizabethport, a delightful sail of an hour and a half through the Kills and New York Bay. There are also frequent day excursions to Mauch Chunk — "Switzer- land of America," as it has been called — over the fam- ous Switchback, and Atlantic City and Lakewood, are reached both summer and w-inter by special parlor-car trains. Trenton, Philadelphia and Washington are reached from Elizabeth in record time. The Lehigh X'alley, Philadelphia and Reading and Pennsylvania railroads connect directly with the West Shore for the Catskills, Saratoga and Lake George without change of cars. Elizabeth, in short, is in constant and easy com- munication with all parts of the country, and the rapidity and comfort of locomotion to and fronl New York is always being improved. ELIZABETPPS SPLENDID SPHPPING FACILITIES. The city is situated at a point where the waters of Staten Island Sound (or Arthur Kill) and Newark Bay empty into the Kill von Kull and are carried to New York Bay, with the docks of New York, Jersey City and Brooklyn only about ten miles distant. Elizabeth's water frontage extends along the Bay and Sound for some two miles, from Morse's Creek on the South, to the New Jersey Central Railroad Bridge on the North, its depth being 18 feet at high and 13 feet at low tide. From the Sound to the heart of the city runs the Eliza- beth River. The Sound and the Kill von Kull are the connecting links of what is probably the greatest system of inland and water communication in the world. The ocean is reached by the Kill von Kull and New York Bay, or by the Sound and Raritan Bay. Into Newark Bay flows the Passaic. To the East is a communication with the rivers and ba)s along the coast of New England. Tap- ping the Hudson are the tunnels and Hudson Canal ; while by the Erie Canal the route is direct to the Great Lakes, the Northern Canal and Lake Champlain. By the Sound are reached the Raritan and South Rivers, Delaware and Raritan and Lehigh Canals, Delaware River, Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake Bay, Al- bemarle and Pamlico Sounds, the Rivers of \'irginia and South Carolina, the Pennsylvania Canals and numerous rivers and bays adjacent thereto. The commerce of this vast system passes Elizabethport on its way to and from the Metropolis, making the Sound one of the greatest water thoroughfares in the world. And thus the mar- kets of the entire L^nited" States, and for that matter of the entire world, are open to Elizabeth for the purchase of the cheapest and best raw- material, free from the restriction of monopolies or railroads. Manufacturers are not bound by the scale of prices fixed by one or two coal companies, but are enabled to make their contracts with the lowest bidder, wherever situated. They can buy their iron and lumber from the North, South, East or West, wherever the market may be the most advantag- eous at the moment. Furthermore, with these advan- tages of land and water communication, they are free to make their time contracts with any market in America or the rest of the world, charter their vessels and send them direct from their dock, free from literage or cart- age fees. 0,r they can, in utilizing the railroads, load cars in their factory yards and get a through bill of lading to any point. Elizabeth's boast of being in a position to offer unrivaled facilities for manufacturers — based as it is on her commanding and extensive frontage on one of the world's greatest waterways (a waterway comparing in importance with the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, the Saulte de Sainte Marie and the Suez Canal) and upon her vast and always expanding net of railroad systems — is well founded. Once discovered in earnest by the en- terprising American manufacturer who is out hunting for an advantageous factory site on which to locate, a great future awaits her. REAL ESTATE. Natural advantages combined with those which the constant influ.x of additional commerce afford, make Elizabeth an ideal place for homeseekers. Indeed, one of the strongest factors in the city's prosperity and growth is the great amount of building that is being done for residential purposes. New structures of a fine and substantial character are constantly going up in all parts of the residential sections. It is not enough that a city so well located as this, should dedicate her energies to manufacturing interests alone. It should combine with the various industries suitable residential facilities, not only for the men whose employment or business is directly connected with the place, but also for those whose vocations take them away to their offices in New York City or elsewhere every morning. In this respect Elizabeth is so fortunately lo- cated that if the people at large knew it ten homes would go up for every one that is now erected. Twenty-five years ago she was a favorite residential place for New- York business men, but after the financial panic, which she underwent, and the building of the New- York Ele- vated Railroad, many of these w'ent to New York to live on account of the superior transit facilities at the time. During recent years, however, the rapid transit facilities between the JMetropolis and Elizabeth have been steadily improved, as is shown by the railroad statistics already given ; and, presenting as she does an entirely different proposition as regards desirability for those who wish to live away from apartments or flats — prisons in which they have nothing but the four walls to con- template, and where it often is downright forbidden to have such a lu.xury as children ; or, if they are allowed to have children in the flat, with no place where they can play or where they rnay breath God's pure air; where the shrieking and grinding of steel against steel con- stantly fills the ear, and where no rest or recreation for the weary mind, such as country life aff'ords, is obtain- able — presenting as she does all the charms embodied in ideal country- life, Elizabeth is now rapidly recovering her former standing among homeseekers. For the I\Ie- 34 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. tropolitan citizen she offers a solution to the problem of where to live, just as her almost unlimited boundaries permit of a wide choice in making a selection of a home- site, and at values which, up to the present time, have not been advanced by the new transportation plans, as have the prices on almost all other sides of New York. For the sake of convenience the residential sections of Elizabeth are divided into subdivisions, taking the name from the principal streets that pass through the locality. Prominent among these are the "North Broad Street," "The East Jersey Street," "The West Jer- sey Street," "The Stiles Street," "The Westfield Ave- nue," "The South Broad Street," "The Jefferson Ave- nue," and "The Morris Avenue" sections. The first of these, "The North Broad Street" section, is beyond doubt the finest part of the city, and the magnificent residences of the richest families in the community are located here, among the structures being that of the Elizabeth Town and Country Club. The North Elizabeth Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad is located in this part of the town ; and, with two lines of trolley cars, it is amply taken care of in regard to transportation. Land in this section is set apart entirely for residential purposes. The great district known as "The Port" is the home of the mass of skilled mechanics working in the various factories of Elizabeth. Here are the Singer factory (one of the largest in the world), the Central Railroad Shops, and numerous other establishments. In this part of the city, years ago, lived many of the at that time repre- sentative men. The descendants of these have largely moved to other places. But a few of the old families still remain, and their homes give an air of aristocratic attractiveness to the surroundings. The original charter of the City of Elizabeth was approved bythe Legislature on March 13, 1855. Prior to that time it was a "borough." In 1863 the city char- ter was revised and from time to time since then there have been amendments as its best interest demanded. The city government is in the hands primarily of a Mayor, a City Council of 24 members, and a Sinking Fund Commission. The latter was created by an act of Legislature and consists of the Mayor, Comptroller and three commissioners appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. There is a Board of Education, the 12 members of which are elected by the people. The members of the Board of Health are ap- pointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Coun- cil. The Board of Excise consists of commissioners elected by the City Council. Under her present efficient City Government, Eliza- beth is keeping well abreast of her record for being an ideally healthful and safe place to live in. She can boast of a low death rate and a high degree of careful vigilance in all municipal departments affecting the pub- lic health with respect to water supply, sewerage, dis- posal of garbage, and refuse, supervision of plumbing and drainage, food and milk inspection and the control of contagious diseases. She also has highly efficient fire and police departments. The school system is of the very best. There are eleven public schools and one high school, under the direction of a Board of Education, which consists of an elected member from each ward of the city. In addition to the public schools there are parochial schools ; also an academy for both sexes, conducted by the Benedictine Sisters. There are two schools conducted by private parties for the education of young ladies, and the Pingry school, which prepares young men for college, besides several smaller schools. There are three large and very finel\' equipped hos- pitals. The public streets are lighted at night with gas and electricity. Arc electric lights are largely used, and have gradually been displacing the gas lights. The population of Elizabeth, from 28,229 in 1880, had risen to 60,509 in 1905, and at the present time numbers about 65,000. The average death rate for the city for twenty-five years, ending December 31, 1904, was 19.18 per 1,000. The city contains numerous churches, including all denominations. There are many impressive and beauti- ful public buildings. One of the most imposing among them is the Union County Court House, located on the corner of Broad Street and Railway Avenue, facing Elizabeth Avenue. This structure was completed in 1905. and cost, with furnishings complete, $600,000. It is in the form of a Maltese Cross, of the Graeco-Roman style of architecture, with an approach from the street by a flight of broad steps ending in a portico upheld by large columns. The material used in the construction is a white granite, presenting the appearance of white mar- ble, but much more durable. Elizabeth's cozy and invit- ing public library, with its foliage-garbed front, is lo- cated in close proximity to the Union County Court House. The city has several up-to-date, popular Ijanking institutions, the National State Bank of Elizabeth, the Union County Trust Company, the Citizens' Bank of Elizabeth, the Elizabethport Banking Company, the Union County Savings Bank, the Mutual Savings Fund Harmoiiia, the Mutual Savings Association Germania, and numerous other Imilding and loan associations. There are two well edited newspapers, the ElizaJieth Daily Journal and the Elizabeth Evening Times. The names of the officers of Elizabeth's present en- terprising and progressive Board of Trade are as fol- loAvs ; C. H. K. Halsey, President ; James C. Connoll}-, First Vice President ; Palmer H. Charlock, Second Vice President ; S. R. Ogden, Treasurer ; William F. Groves, Secretary. The Executive Committee consists of: C. D. Doctor, Chairman ; Peter Bonnett, Warren R. Dix, E. S. liersh, H. H. Ishani, C. H. K. Halsey, c.v-ofl^cio. W^il- liam F. Groves, cx-officio. The Elizabeth Old Home W^eek Committee consists of the following gentlemen : Officers: Henry H. Isham, Chairman; Hon. P. J. Ryan, \'ice Chairman; Chas. H. K. Halsey, Treasurer; Wni. F. Groves, Recording Secretary ; Chas. A. Trimble, Corresponding Secretary, in charge. Executive Committee: Henry H. Ishani, William S. Bate, Charles A. Trimble, Michael Beglan, \\'illiani H. Fowler, Henry S. Chatfield. Hon. P'atrick J. Ryan, Henry A. Rath, Edward S. Hersh, William J. Shearer, W'illiam F. Groves, Charles H. K. Halsey and Mahlon Morey. THE NEW JERSEY .MAGAZINE. 35 EL A[()RA. The story of Elizabeth and its progress would not be complete without a brief mention of its most attrac- tive suburb, El Mora. Although geographically just outside the city's limits. El Mora is really a part and parcel of Elizabeth and enjoys all the privileges it af- fords. The history of El ]\:[ora is interesting. A number of years ago the late U. S. Senator John R. McPherson attracted by the natural beauty of the high rolling land that adjoins Elizabeth on the west, purchased a large tract bordering on Bay Way and extending along the Central Railroad of New Jersey for about three- fourths of a mile. It was the Senator's plan to develop this tract as a very high grade residential suburb and he spent thousands of dollars on the property, laying out streets and putting in all improvements. The Senator, however, died before building opera- tions began and the El Mora tract was included in the Senator's bequest to Yale University. In the summer of 1905 the property was brouglit to the attention of Mr. J. W. Doolittle, a well known real estate operator of New York City and he, becoming enthusiastic over it. organized the El Mora Land Com- pany with a capital of $200,000, to purchase and develop the tract. Since that time the development of El Alora has been rapid. Under the supervision of Mr. Doolittle, who was made President of the El Mora Land Com- pany, El Mora has grown into a most attractive resi- dential suburb, and about fifty attractive houses are now located in this charming little community. The wonder- ful change which has been wrought in this section since Mr. Doolittle took hold of the property may be seen by a glance at the accompanying photographs which show the property as it was eighteen niduths ago and as it is to-day. The community has nice wide streets, good side- walks, sewers, water, gas, electric light, in fact, all im- provements, and it is needless to state that values have risen rapidly. El Mora has its own railroad station on die New Jersey Central and it has trolley service through its principal thoroughfare, Westfield avenue, which makes it easily accessible to Elizabeth, Newark or any part of New Jersey as well as to New York. El Mora has not been developed along the lines of a "boom town." but has been developed in a conserva- tive business like way. as a home comnnmity for home people. Mr. Doolittle's policy has been one of liberality. He builds and sells homes in El Mora on easy terms with payments in the form of rent. New houses arc being built continually and real estate in this section will probably increase materially in value during the next few- years. L^nquestionably El Mora ofifers better opportunities for investment in residential real estate than an\- other locality in or near Elizabeth. So much for statistics. They are dry matter tf) wade through, but instructive and necessary. I have en- deavored in as brief and concise a form as possible to give the reader the exact facts and figures covering the natural advantages of Elizabetli and those which have been added thereto through improvement and develop- ment. And if by giving publicitv to these facts Thf. New Jersky AI.\g.\zixe succeeds in drawing a new in- flux of trade and home seekers to this beautiful old city, we shall feel amply repaid for our labor. 36 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. In the midst of the dusty, overcrowded, unsanitary and ill-tempered manufacturing center of New York, where space is cramped until the people fight each other for elbowroom, where air and light are shut out from the workers, where the wail and jar of countless grind- ing wheels wears out the nerves of men, a train of many cars has been made up — a special train required by op- portunity-seeking labor and investment-seeking capital. The headlight of its engine is turned upon the New Jersey shore, the cars already are well filled, and over the din and noise of the surging eager throng that crowds the waiting-room and platform of the station rises the trainmen's call : "ALL ABOARD FOR ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY." Place no faith in tonwrnn<.' ; it nci'cr yet arrived. 'Hell," sa}S Bernard Shaw, "is paved witli good in- tentions. .•i;/(/ broken promises, ye. Promises, like hot air, often evaporate before they realize. THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE ON THE SUBJECT OF FOOTWEAR. llj KCII'.IOKT K. DUDLKV. A WELL known English actor, often spoken of as be- ing one of the best dressed men on the stage, said recently that if America was ahead of England, and Europe for that matter, in any one point of dress, to foot wear belonged that distinction, but the average American who aims to look and dress well rarely stops to consider how fortunate he is in this respect. The history of shoe making has been the history of mankind. As far back as the third century, the subject of proper foot gear was carefully considered by such men as St. Crispin, the recognized patron saint of shoe- makers, who undertook to set the styles for the Romans and the Babylonian kings, and who, sorry to say, was beheaded through his too zealous efforts in this respect by the Emperor Maximillianus in the year 288. Since that time the making of shoes has undergone _ many changes, until to-day the boot and shoe industry in this country' has reached a point of perfection, as regards elegance and comfort. As two-thirds of a man's life is spent in his shoes, why should he not give his feet some little consideration and attention, in order to get all the comfort and enjoy- ment possible. We are all very careful in selecting a suit of clothes or a hat, but some-how or other, we pay little attention to shoes. If we discover a rip or tear in a coat, we dont, as a rule, bother to take it back to the tailor, for it can easilv be repaired at home, but not so with a shoe, if a rip appears, we go right back to the shoe dealer and demand satisfaction, little realizing that the faults of a shoe do not always lie with the maker. For instance, a shoe manufacturer will tell you, that no two sides of leather produce alike and therefore it is a hard matter for a maker to strictly guarantee a shoe, no matter what is his price. The best the maker can do is to put the highest grade of stock in his goods, the best of workmanship and the necessary experience, which he should have as a manufacturer in order to put out a high grade article, and with these points in his favor, he is enabled to give to the public a finished article, which comi^ares favorably with the other parts of a man's attire, and which goes to make up the well dressed American, who is easily discernible in any corner of the globe. Beginning with the November issue of The New Jer- sey Magazuie. there will appear a series of articles on notable New Jersey industries of interest to every resi- dent of the State. THE LATE HON. CORTLANDT PARKER THE NEW JERSEY Af A r, A Z I N E. 39 o>.t^wr..^iiiihiiiitiiii.i^ii.ii.iiii-i..i.. ,■..■..>..-..■..■... ..^.......... | .|.^.y^,^1^^^^^^^,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ e^ NECROLOGY ^ Numnnnnnnnnummnnnnnnnwnnnm i n BHWflHHHHWHHHHHHml t THE LATE HON. CORTLANDT PARKER. Tyyi lEX men '^o to war and engage in conflict whereby ''' states are lost and won. arising witli the smoke of battle and the clash of arms springs up in the human ego something of the primitive. The lust of battle, the struggle for victory, the desire to kill has awakened long forgotten memories of the baser self. He has turned back and permitted the passions of an earlier incarnation to possess him. Superficial observers of cynical mental bias say he has shown his true nature. That view, like many other petty phrases, has the elements both of truth and falseness. War — no matter whether it be caried on by men in armor, by modern rifles or be in the less sanguinary arenas of commerce, politics or daily life — brings out vividly the nobler attri- butes as well as the baser ones. Cowards, traitors, martyrs and heroes loom forth with equal clearness wherever there be strife between men. In war. it is true, the contrasts are strong and rugged and the appeal is largely to the physical man. In the other conflicts, those of the imsanguinary fields, the distinction is less noted ; the man who fails — the cowards and traitors — pass quickly into oblivion, while those who win, win honors and glory "not less renowned than those of war." In the courts of our land each day sees an army facing an army, both equipped with every modern arti- fice of intellectual warfare. Here have been fought some of the greatest battles of human history and results have been gained for human progress and civilization more important than those following any of the famous battles of the world's history. ( )n this great battleground Cortlandt Parker stands out a Knight above reproach. On this field where intellect replaces the shotted guns and learning the rifle bullet ; where laborious study and scholarly attainments equips the foenian for the fray, the memory of Cortlandt Parker will ever remain that of a chivalorous antagonist, an honorable o])])onent, an example of what an .\merican gentleman and lawyer should be. Practicing at the bar of New Jersey and making Newark his home since 1839 he died leaving no enemies. In his own profession his death found every colleague a steadfast friend. How close and prized that friendship, only those friends can tell. During the generations of legal strife Air. Parker engaged in, his bearing was ahvaj's that of an aristocrat. He was an aristocrat and was proud of it, but his aristoc- racy was that of fidelity to the highest standard of honor. He placed high among the guiding principles of his life and conduct the most exacting code of ethics. No antago- nist of his, no matter how immature or poorly endowed with mental ability, was chagrined over defeat or joyous over victory. Air. Parker's poise eliminated the baser elements from the contest and called into being the intellectual faculties, so that whether his opponent won or lost, he left the courtroom with a higher conception of the dignity of his profession. This dignified attitude and his profound respect for the honor of his calling was, perhaps, Air. Parker's chief characteristic as a lawyer. The influence of these quali- ties upon his colleagues, especially those of a younger generation, may not be estimated, but close observers of the New Jersey courts where he practiced during the last decades of his life, feel confident that much of the respect paid to the New Jersey Bar by the bench and bar of other states, herein found its origin. Although always courteous and dignified, even under the most trying conditions, Air. Parker was fearless and he did not hesitate, if occasion demanded it. to administer to the court itself such rebuke as seemed fitting. Even on these infrequent occasions his words were addressed to the intellect and derogated to nothingness the personal equasion. He spoke for the purity, the uprightness and dignity of the court and his admonition being justified by what had called them forth, his singleness of purpose was recognized. No one could C|uarrel with Cortlandt Parker. In the more intimate relationships of life Air. Parker's influence was inspiring and uplifting. He was a broad- minded christian, earnest and attentive to his religious duties and for many years gave freely of his time and abilities to the church in which he was born. His social qualities were most charming and his hospitality was that of the old regime. He delighted to assist young men and his advice was painstaking and specific. As in other things, he bestowed the careful attention to details neces- sary to make his advice eft'ective. Also, he kept w^atch to see if unexpected stumbling blocks loomed up for the untried feet and his aid was generous in assisting over the difficult places. Many years have passed since first I met Cortlandt Parker. It was early morning — long before mechanics go to labor — and the place was a roadside, some miles out of the city. Besides the road a grief stricken woman sat sobbing, and down the road came an upright figure moimted on a chestnut horse. The woman wore a shawl about her sh(3ulders and as the horse and its rider cantered noislessly up, the woman made use of the shawl to wipe away her tears. The horseman pulled up, jumped lightly to the road and as the startled woman looked up, inquired her trouble. Her child was sick, perhaps dying, and she had run so far on her way to the city for a physician. The rider asked quickly for the physician's and her own address and then bade the woman go home. In another minute the horse and its rider were off on a dead nm for medical assistance. The horseman was Cortlandt Parker and his minis- tration to the sorrowing mother did not cease with the procurement of a physician. Thus I first met Mr. Parker, and thus I will bear him in memory. A friend of the stricken woman beside the road, the friend, likewise, of the best men in the land. 40 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. V'ifea -^ i^ li^ :^ vs, -^ -s^ t^ -^ va i^ ^a -^ -^ ■» -Si -s^ .^ " NEW JERSEY TO THE FRONT " iB i NEW JERSEY— NEW YORK REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE m OTTO KEMPXER, President. WiM. A. LAltBERT, First Vice President. \VM. JEPFERY. Second Vice President. W. R. SQUIRE, Third Vice President. I. W. DOOLITTLE, Treasurer. OFFICERS. p. \V. CREIGHTON, Secretary. JOSEPH P. DAY, Governor. SAMUEL S. SCHEUER, Governor. EDWARD KANALEY, Governor. F. M. \\'ELLKS, Governor. FR.WK STEVENS, Governor. W. W. SLOCU.M, Governor. F". L. \" ROOM AX, Governor. ASA BEL CHAPIN. Governor. .r. E. GRAPE. Governor. CHARTER MEMBERS. Co. .T. Jersey City — F. J. Matthews Co. Oiadell, N. J. X. .T. Robert Appleton. 7 Pine Street, New York City. R. \V. Appleton, 7 Pine Street, New Vork City. \V. M. Bailey, Broad Street, Newark, X. J. George James Bayles, Orange, N. J. A. M. Bennett, Cranford, N. J.^Manor Realty Jose[ili S. Brady, Chapin & Brady, Caldwell, .\. B. S. F. Brown, Matawan, X. J. William 11. Brown, 226 Pavonia .\vcnue, C. .Alfred Burhorn, Uoboken, X. J. J. \V. Caldwell, 41 Park Row, Xew York. .\sabel Chapin, Oradell Heights Land Co., H. C. Colville, 718 .Avenue D, Bayonne, William H. Cooper, Central Park Realty Co., 1133 Hy. Condict, Montgomery Street, Jersey City, .\. .Michael Craven, 77 R:.ilroad .\venue. Jersey City, F'. M. Crawley & Bro., Montclair, X. J. F". W'. Creighton, .\nglo Realty and Mortgage Co., L. N. Creighton, .\venue C and \V. Eighth Streets, Bayonne, .V. J. Chas. Chrichtenberger, Westfield, X. J. G. Daniel, Xewark, X. J. William E. Davies, Maclay & Davies, Demarest, .\'. J. Joseph P. Day, 31 Nassau Street, Xew York. Benjamin J. Demarest, Xewark Realty Co., -Newark, N. J. J. W. Doolittle, El Mora Land Co., 347 Fifth .\venue. New York. Neil P. Duross, 257 Broadway, New York. John- S. Eastwood, West Hoboken, X. J. C. R. \'an Eggloffstein, Hasbrouck Heights, John W. Falkenberg, 1133 Broadway, Xew Feist and Feist, 738 Broad Street, Xewark, .\lbion X. Fellows, 18 Broadway, Xew Y'c Broadway, X. Y. J. J. Park Row. X. Y. X. J. York. X. J. rk. York. X. J. N. J. J. Huttin & Co., 736 Broad Street, -Newark, N. J. X. J. Ferguson & Van Xame, 34 Pine Street, Xew Harwood Fish, 120 Broadway, Xew York. A. A. Franck, 98 Bowers Street, Jersey City Elston M. French, Plainfield, N, J. C. F. Gorders, Park Row Building. New York. J. E. Grape, Westfield Real Estate Co., Westfield, G W. R. H. Hardingham, Dunnellen, John V. Flass. Millington, N. J. George A. Ilaynes, 63 Wall Street, .\'ew ^^^rk. Jesse L. Hedden, Madison, N. J. Phillip 1. Plover, Ridgewood Dept. and Con'st. Co., Ridgcwood. .\. J. Charles Hyllested, Cresskill, N. J. J. v. Jack, 20 Vesey Street, Xew Vork. William Jeffery, Plainfield, N. J. Edward Kanaley, Creighton ^lanor Co., 3 Park Row. New Y'ork. Otto Kcmpner, 141 Broadway, New York. Benjamin J. Kline, Kline Realty Co.. 132 Nassau Street, New York. E. H. Lambert, Paterson, X. J. William H. Lambert, Xutley Park Realty Co.. 99 Xassau Street, X. Y- Harry Layton, Ilackensack, X. J. Jacob Lenly, Spring and Hackensack Plank Road, W. lIol)okcn. X. J. H. .-\. Linhart, i ,s 1 i Third -Avenue, New York. r.dward l.istman, 2133 Third .\venuc. New York. II, (*. Lockwood, 141 Broadway, New York. John IC. Mc.'Vrthur, 110 Monticello -Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Juhn McMahon, Boulevard and Browning Place, North Bergen, N. J. Isaac W. Maclay, .Maclay & Davies, e'/ Wall .Street. New York. James W. Mercer, Hackensack, N. J. W. F. Mertens, \'ander Vliet Construction C"o., Passaic, X. J. Dodney Miller, Dunnellen, X. J. Ira Mornery, Morristown, X. J. Montclair Realty Co., Montclair, X. J. R. AL Montgomery, zy Pine Street. Xew Vork. vVrmstrong Mulford, Plainfield, X. J. Ernest D. Mulford, Elizabeth, .\. J. L. W. Naylor, 220 Broadway, New York. W. W. Niles, 1 1 Wall Street, Xew York. J. Charles O'Brien & Co., South Orange, N. J. S. L. Parsons, 7 Chatam Square, Xew York. Daniel Paul, Tenafly, X. J. E. D. Paulin, Lonia Heights Land Co., Times Building, Xew N'ork. \'. F. Pelietriane, 186 Remsen Street, Brooklyn^ N. \". John G. Peppier, 38 Park Row, New York. Robert LeRoy Pierce, Dunnellen, N. J. E. S. F. Randolph, Westfield, N. J. C. E. Randrup, Tribune Building, New York. H. C. Raynolds, Morristown, X. J. Real F^state Trading Co., 198 Broadway, Xew York. S. E. Renner, W'eehawken, X. J. James A. Riordan, 315 Harrison .\venue. Harrison, X. J. Rormeyn & Demarest, Hackensack; X. J. H. A. Rounds, Keansburg Beach Improvement Co., 141 Broadway, X. Y. Thomas -\. Ryer, 688 Ocean -Avenue, Jersey City Heights, X. J. E. H. Ryan, Times Building, Xew York. Samuef S. Scheuer, Scheuer Building, Xewark. N. J. W. Irving Scott, 220 Broadway, New York. Ernest Sharp, Plainfield, N. J. ,, Charles Singer, Town of Union, N. J. Siebermann & Ganno, Ilasbrouck Heights, X. J. Frederick H. Siegfried, Morris & Essex Realty Co., 277 IJroailway, X. Y. W. W". Slocum, Times Building, Xew "^'ork. J. Ward Smith, Xew;.rk, X. J. Alilton R. Smith, 38 Park Row, Xew York. Samuel A. Smith, 74 Broadway. Xew York. Thomas Sperry, Cranford, X. J. W. R. Squire, Squire & V'rooman. Ridgefield Park, X. J. I'Vank Stevens. 55 Montgomery Street. Jersey City. X. J. C. S. Story. Hawthorne, X. J. Strohm & Co., 629 Sixth vVvenue, Xew York. James Trimmer, Plainfield, X. J. Wilson J. \'ance, Xewark, X. J. F. L. V'rooman, Ridgefield Park, X. J. — S(|uire & X'rooman. Herman Walker, 72 Fludson Street, Guttenlierg. X. J. 11. Weatherby, 271 Broadway. Xew York. W . S. Welch & Sons, Westfield, X. J. 1". M. Welles, 149 Broadway. X. V. Walter W". Wilsey, Kathewood Park, Ridgewood, N. J. W. .M. Whitelaw, 141 Broadway, Xew ^'ork. I,. P. Worrall, 7 Pine Street, Xew York. Philip /alkind, Maywood, X. J. THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. 41 Peal E^tat^ INTEREiST^ The real estate department of The Neiv Jersey Magadne will be edited by the officers and members of the New Jersey — New York Real Estate Exchange. By making this arrangement, we secure for our readers the contributions of the brightest intellects in the field of New Jersey real estate. As will be seen by reference to the adjoining page, this new organization has on its membership list a liberal representation of leading names — of men who are the acknowledged leaders in the realty industry of New Jersey. From the pens of these active and enterprising men, we shall present in each issue the latest phrases of the situation in the real estate world, and special articles bearing on the subject of New Jersey real estate conditions from every point of view. To keep abreast of the times and fully posted on the most recent developments in matters concerning real estate, the New Jersey broker, owner, operator and builder will find the Real Estate Department of this magazine an indispensi- ble and valuable medium. The formation of the N. J.-N. Y. Real Estate Ex- change has attracted wide attention, and has stirred the men engaged in the realty industry from one end of New Jersey to the other. Never before have the great Metropolitan dailies devoted so much space to New Jersey real estate news than sinre ti:e\' have been reporting the meetings and doings of the Board of Governors of the new exchange. .A.s a result of the agitation now being conducted by that body, capitalists are being attracted to this State in ever increasing numbers. It is reported that several influential New York City Trust Companies have decided to pour some of their surplus wealth into New Jersey mortgages. Hitherto, New Jersey was forbidden territory to them — not a dollar was available for investment in our lands. Now, all that is being changed. The newspaper reports referred to have awakened an interest in the brilliant future that is about to dawn upon the State, and the finan- cier and investor, has been inspired with confidence towards New Jersey property. We would not be surprised, therefore, if the near future will witness the est-ablishment of numerous trusts, banking, title insurance and mortgage loan companies, not to speak of innumerable land development and home- site enterprises, ^^'e deem it a good time for conservative Edited by the NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. investors to look over the field. Opportunity is knocking at their doors. * :|: ^ The Tunnel Opening Celebration, now being planned by the N. J.-N. Y. Real Estate Exchange, is to be an event of unusual significance and importance. The archaic and ancient ferry system has kept New Jersey in the class of "foreign countries." It has not only separated the State from the Greater New York, but it has retarded our growth and progress in an essential degree. The Tun- nels will unite us with the Big City — make us part and parcel of the world — renowned ]\Ietropolis. It is the nuptial knot that will bind Dame Jersey to leather Knickerbocker in indissoluble bonds. The occasion of the opening should be worthily observed, with due pomp and ceremony. A great banquet, at which the governors of the two States, and possibly the President of the United States will be the guests of honor, is to be a feature of the celebration. It is expected that every New Jersey Mayor, Congressman, State Senator and .\ssemblyman. Judges and other official dignitaries will be in attendance. By all odds, let the Tunnel Opening Celebration prove the great letter-day in New Jersey's histiiry. I'ollowing is the Constitution of the Exchange which shows an aggressive and active campaign is to be made to further the New Jersey Realty interests, and create an era of prosperity generally, so it will be for the good of all in any way interested in this respect to ally themselves at once and help to successfully carry on what is being undertaken. By strength of numbers and proper co-operation, this Exchange will and can be made the biggest thing of its kind ever attempted, and can attain wonderful results in every direction and become world wide in its power. It is to have local branches with a chairman for each, for every locality, and work is being carried on to that end, and to report monthly to the main body such news, recommendations and full informa- tion regarding their localities that will tend to benefit and will make reading matter, and educate the people as to what the sections are, what they are doing, and the in- ducements they oflfer. In this magazine we are going to attempt to let you know more about New Jersey generally than you ever knew before, in every way that vitally interests or should interest all owning or handling real estate. 42 THE NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE. In issues from now on we wish to make our columns something sought for and hope all our members will wake up to the fact that what is worth while is worth working for — swell our membership, swell our strength, swell our news items. We have a beautiful state, we have advant- ages. The Exchange is going to increase them. Do not be out in the cold when credit is given. CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW JERSEY- NEW YORK REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. £)Q^= ARTICLE I NAME This body shall be known as the New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange, and shall be incorporated under that title in the State of New Jersey with a capital of $10,000 divided into four hundred shares at par value of $25 each. ARTICLE II OBJECTS The objects of the Exchange are: ist — To promote tlie interests of New Jersey real estate operators, brokers, builders and property owners by co-operation in the work of developing New Jersey and to maintain higher standards of commer- cial honor and integrity among its members. 2d — To maintain Exchange rooms for men regularly engaged in New Jersey realty ui'erations; to conduct auction sales and a general trade headquarters. 3d — To maintain a Bureau of Information and rublicity. 4th^To maintain a Bureau of Advertising. 5 th — To consider legislative and local impro\ iiiicnts relating to interests of New Jersey real estate. 6th^ — To cultivate social intercourse rmiong the members of the the Ex- change. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP I St — Membership in the Exchange shall consist of two classes, active and associate. An active member must be a stockholder in the Exchange corporation. An associate member may change to the active class on ap])roval of the Board of Governors by payment of the additional dues. 2d — Any corporation, firm or individual regularly engaged in the sale or development of New Jersey real estate shall be eligible to mem- bership in the Exchange. A firm or corporation may be represented in the Exchange by one or more members and such membership may be in the name of the firm, or individual, as may be requested. 3d — Any railroad corporation operating a railroad in New Jersey, and any civic body aiming to promote public improvements in any part of New Jersey; and any journal, is entitled to be represented in the Exchange by one, and not more than three representatives. 4th — ^The membership of the Exchange shall be limited to two hundred but the Board of Governors may increase the number and initiation fee from time to time, if deemed desirable. 5th— To be eligible to membership in the Exchange every applicant must be at least 21 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and of good character. 6th— All applications for memt»ership must be made on the jirescribed form, accompanied by one year's dues, and be submitted to the Mem- bership Committee for examination and action. By iinanimous vote of the committee, any applicant may be admitted to membership, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors. In the event of any objection to any applicant by one or more members of the Membership Committee, the application must be balloted on by the Board of Governors; five negative votes being sufficient to reject an applicant. Dues accompanying application shall be returned to rejected applicant. 8th — Any applicant who has been rejected cannot be rcproposed within six months of the date of his rejection. ARTICLE IV PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS I St— The use of the Exchange Emblem. 2d — Access to all realty maps and records. 3d — Open desk rotnn and mail service. 4th — Accotnmodations for closiiig titles. 5th — To conduct .\uction Sales. 6th — To use the Exchange Information and Advertising Bureaus. 7th — To list real property for sale. 8th — To list stocks and bonds of real estate corporations for sale. ARTICLE V DUES I St — Annual dues shall be $25 to active members; and $10 to asso- ciate members, payable in advance. When the membership shall have reached two hundred the Board of Governors shall establish an initiation fee. 2d — Each active member on payment of his first year's dues, shall receive one share of stock of the corporation. ARTICLE VI GOVERNMENT Tlie absolute government of the Exchange, its property interests and finances, shall be vested in a Board of Governors, to consist of nine memliers. including the President and Secretary of the Exchange, with power to increase its numbers. They shall adopt by-laws for the Exchange which shall provide among other things, for the regulation of the business conduct of its members. ARTICLE VII OFFICERS ist — The officers of the Exchange shall be a President, three Vice- Presidents from New Jersey, only one for a county, who must be a resident thereof; a Treasurer, a Secretary and the Board of Governors. The President and Secretary of the Exchange shall likewise serve as such officers of the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Exchange. From among their number they shall elect officers of the Exchange at the first meeting after each annual election who shall serve for one year, or until their successors have qualified. Newly elected governors and officers shall take office at the first meeting in January of each year, except those elected for the first term, and they shall assume office upon their election. 2d — A member of the Board of Governors who shall be absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the board without having been excused by the President, may be declared by a two thirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the board, to be no longer a member. 3d — All vacancies shall be filled for the entire unexpired term by a majority vote of the governors present at any meeting. 4th — The officers shall perform the duties pertaining to their re- si)ective offices. ARTICLE VIII MEETINGS The annual meetings of the Exchange shall take place on the tliird Tuesday of January of each year, and special meetings can be called by a majority of the Board of Governors or by fifteen active members in good standing who join in written request for same to the President. The regular monthly meetings of the Board of Governors shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Special meetings of the board may be called by the President, and shall be called upon the written request of five governors in good standing, stating the purpose thereof. ARTICLE IX. QUORUM Eive governors shall constitute a quorum of the board at any regular or special meeting. ARTICLE X. .\MENDMENTS This constitution may br amended by a vote of two thirds of the stockholders present at any regular meeting, or a special meeting held by a request signed by any ten members in good standing. Amendments must be offered in writing, jmsted on the bulletin board for at least five days before the meeting at which action thereon is to be taken. This const itvition takes effect from time of its adoption by the Ex- change. 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LESLIE PRICE TELEPHONE 4768 and 229 J -L NEWARK. 5; f*. 'X New Jersey to the Front New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange OFFICES: 141 BROADWAY, NEW YORK OBJECTS The objects of the Exchange are : 1st. To promote the interests of New Jersey real estate operators, brokers, builders and property owners by co-operation in the work of develop- ing New Jersey and to maintain higher standards of commercial honor and integrity among its members. 2nd. To maintain Exchange rooms for men regularly engaged in New Jersey realty operations; to conduct auction sales and a general trade headquarters. 3rd. To maintain a Bureau of Information and Publicity. 4th. To maintain a Bureau of Advertising. 5th. To consider legislative and local improvements relating to the interest of New Jersey real estate. 6th. To cultivate social intercourse among the members of the Exchange- BOARD OF GOVERNORS OTTO KEMPNER, WM. A. LAMBERT, WM. JEFFERY, - W. R. SQUIRE, - J. W. DOOLITTLE, F. W. CREIGHTON, JOSEPH P. DAY, 1st. 2d. 3d. President Vice-President Vice President Vice-President Treasurer - - Secretary Governor SAMUEL S. SCHEUER, EDWARD KANALEY, F. M. WELLES, - - - FRANK STEVENS, W. W. SLOCUM, - - F. L. VROOMAN, - - - ASAHEL CHAPIN. - - J. E. GRAPE, - - - - Governor I B D '08 \\