Evening journal., 1908-09-24
BY THE WAYSIDE


lial storm is fast disappearing. but
one occasionally meets person who
believes IL. A storm may occur when
The sun crosses that imaginary line
called the Equator, but the crossing
Is never the cause OF the storm. There
Is no such thing as an equinoctial
storm. There never was. There never
will be. Likewise the belief that II
takes frost TO open chestnut burrs is
fast becoming obsolete. The burrs
open and the chestnuts color when IL
is time and frost is not necessary.
A woman and a small boy. probably
four years Of age, stepped into a
Market street trolley car the other day
cant The woman told the boy TO
her to sit down because he was so
much younger than she.
After she had taken the seat and
the youngster was standing by her
side he said:
That's what ma tells me when we
get in a crowded car together"
Trainmasters of the Pennsylvania
Railroad are again patting themselves
on the back because they have got an
other passenger schedule into work.
ing order The making of a new
schedule Is one OF the difficult prob
lens met in railroading, and Is the
time when officials OF the various divi-
sions must put their heads together.
The changing Of the running time
Of one train may throw all the other
trains on their schedule. unless the
officials know what they are doing.
and the withdrawal of one train may
leave an embarrassing gap in the SER
vice of some OF the smaller stations.
eve are not without celebrities IN
Wilmington, II you believe the city
directory" remarked a man who had
spent an idle hour In leaflng over
that valuable volume
For instance, find George Wash
ington. a Thomas Jefferson and an An
drew Jackson. These are straight
names with no middle names
NO plain John Adams appears, al
though there are several men by that
name who also have a middle name.
In addition, there are two whose
names are given as John Q. Adams.
Notwithstanding the general unpop-
ularity Of Lincolns Immediate success
sor the directory gives the name OF
Andrew Jackson. Curiously enough.
no Abraham Lincoln appears, but there
are two Lincoln surnames i'm the book
There are number OF Bryans, but
no William j., and Taft does not ap-
pear at ALL"
The farmers In this section have
been working overtime TO get their
potatoes out OF the ground while the
dry spell lasts. One OF the promi-
nent farmers Of the county said this
morning that he hoped the storm
which is brewing would hold of a few
days This dry spell has been a fine
thing for the farmers who were wise
enough 70 start work on their pota-
toes,' said he. 1T has fooled some.
though, and about the time they begin
to dig next week, wen be having the
equinox"
Some ingenious theories for the
presence OF the dense smoke which
hangs over the city are being advanc-
ed. but the best one yet Is that the
smoke comes from the area Of the ter
rible fires in British Columbia. The
people who say that is the cause de-
clare that the smoke was so great
that II penetrated into the upper at
mosphere and was carried for great
distances by air currents. They point
to the dust which was carried thou
sands OF miles by such currents after
the eruptions Of volcanoes In Java
and Martinique. Others say that the
smoke comes from Minnesota. but
some unprosaic souls declare that IL
arises In the Juniata valley, Pennsyl-
vania.
The brilliant hue Of the scarlet sage
Is now TO be seen ornamenting many
of the gardens Of the city bringing
pleasure to many of the lovers of
blooms, to say nothing OF those who
delight to see flower beds glow with
this late summer plant. The sage Is
evidently a favorite in Wilmington. as
II Is 10 be seen on many streets Not
less popular or less beautiful in tho
eyes OF some folks Is It's humble cousin
the golden rod, which Is now lining the
roadsides and waving its bright heads
In the fields. The dry weather has
caused the golden rod TO be excen-
tionally pretty this summer.
These new style green hats the bows
are all wearing make me laugh" said
a man with a Teutonic countenance.
Yes, they claim these hats TO be new
styles, don't they? Well, maybe they
are new styles for this part OF the
globe, but I'll tell you they are not
very new TO me. Many a one OF those
hats I've seen In my time. In fact.
these green hats are the official head
gear Of our old friend Kaiser VIII
helms hunters. or 'chassers.' as he
calls them. The green hats are COM
mon all over Germany. They have
been for years. and n the German
peasant folk thought that fashionable
America had taken up the wearing OF
the green hats as a fad am sure thev
would think we were very dull folk.
indeed, over here. In the Alps these
same green hats are worn, also. so YOU
see that they are far from being either
new or original. However. I guess
these hats are here to stay for a time.
at least and the hatters can't kick.
either for now your well dresser must
get new lid for fall and be in the
swim rather than worry along on his