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Evening journal., 1909-08-04
WILMINGTON STORE: 7Ol Market St, Cor. 7th

telephone 1892 L. We have constant calls
for chairs. but cannot meet the demands.
Help us send sunshine to those who are
shut in by this means. You have no idea
OF the great blessing our chairs have been
TO numerous invalids.
Some time ago ee made an appeal for
furniture for a very worthy person Our
request was answered by Mcmahon Bros.
donating a very fine bed. Ogden-Howard
Co., two-piece mattress and a friend
Of Sunshine bed and springs. Harmon
and Co. assisted us by hauling them to
the home We desire in this way TO thank
our many friends for Their kindness to
us in this respect. We have great need Of
children's clothing. The ages OF the chill
dren are from FIVE to twelve years. Please
call d. and A. phone S292L or Sunshine
headquarters 2i5sA, II you have anything
to donate for this purpose.
when we are weak and wretched
By our sins weighed down. distressed;
Then it is that Gods great Patience
Holds us closest. loves us best.
Some time ago we made an appeal in our
column for crutches. and the public (as
they always do) responded so generously
to our call 10 help to carry the cripple out
into the cooling shades that all Of our
demands have been supplied and we still
have a pair Of crutches for a child and a
pair for an adult that we will be glad &c
loa.i upon application at headquarters.
We are glad to announce to our mem.
bers and friends that our State president
Miss Elizabeth r. Groves has recovered
from her long illness and IS now enjoying
visit in the country where it is hoped
the fresh air and rest VIII soon brinl
strength and health.
| II none we're sick and none were sad
What service could we render?
I think If We we're always glad
We scarcely could be tender.
Did our beloved never need
Our patient ministration,
Earth would grow cold, and miss indee'
Its sweetest consolation.
II sorrow never claimed our heart,
And every wish were granted,
Patience would die and hope depart
Life would be disenchanted.
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
Our Newest Northwest.


New York World.
In his New York Day" speech at
the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition
In Seattle yesterday Governor Hughes
carried tribute from the East to the
far Northwest Of the continental
United States.
Alaska was bought from Russia In
1857 for reasons of International poll
ties rather than in the expectation of
immediate commercial benefit, like
Jeferson's Louisiana Purchase two
thirds of a century earlier. In 1874
people were still branding 1t worthless
IN almost the same terms applied in
1914 by Webster and others to barren
Oregon" Each new Northwest in
turn-Ohio, Michigan. Minnesota, Ore
gon, Alaska-has suffered such detrnc-
ton.
Alaska cost about s7,oOO.OOO. Gen.
Greedy, writing in the Geographic
Magazine, computes that since the
purchase its exports alone have to-
tailed S327,000.000. It's furs were 90
per cent. Of all its products up to 1880.
Since 1900 its fisheries have been seven
/ times, its minerals thirteen times as
important as fur. OF gold $500. .0O0, 900
may still await the miners; of many
other metals found there no one knows
how much.
The greatest source of future value
remains undeveloped. Alaska is a,
large as Germany. France. Japan, Hol.
land and Denmark. Almost anything
that win grow in New York win grow
In Alaska, and the commoner North
ern staple crops thrive at all the sii
agricultural experiment stations anC
at a private farm far beyond thu
Arctic Circle. Special Agent George
son speaks well Of the grazing. Alaska
should prove as fertile as Finland an,
can support In the same ratio popu
lation OF 100000. II Prof. CroolSe
and other pessimists are right in pre-
dieting a worldwide wheat famine
the Territory will become a vast gran
airy. a possession Of untold value
Alaska is a white mans country
AS in Norway. the coast is kept com
paratively warm by a sub-tropic chr
rent II has progressive, electric
lighted towns full Of educated people
We bought no war in buying it; ac
quired no indefensible claim to mill
tary dominion over millions Of aliens
The 27,OoO natives are wards, no
enemies.
If American colonial enterprise ha
never left the continent, what reason
should we not have for pride in ou
last outpost on tho Pacific!
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
Loxje Behind
TIE Counter.
Iorlglnal1

tOriglnall
The poet says, "All times are thine,
0 DEATH" This is equally true Of love-
making. 1f a man is bent on telling
a girl he loves her, there is no earthly
power to stop him. The field OF battle
is not too noisy, nor is the churchynrd
too quiet. On land and on sea, at noon,
at twilight, in the ballroom and in the
death chamber lovers have wooed and
viii continue to WOO so long as the
human race is on the earth.
Johnny Bounce was a clerk In de-
partment store in a large city. He sold
goods from the mems underwear coun-
ter, which adjoined the department Of
ladies' hosiery. Johnny's place was on
the right Of the underwear, and on the
left of the ladies' hosiery stood Lucy
Crowfutt, a dainty blond, who from
the moment she had taken her place
there and had brought her robins egg
eyes to bear upon him had melted a
way with them straight into the under
wear clerks heart. They had found
OUUOA " cHN4h 0NAAANANA Hih-
tences or fragments Of sentences on
bright days when the store was full
of customers and to chat continuously
on rainy days when the store was de-
\ serted, hut In this chat there was no
word OF love. Love had been looked,
but not spoken. Nevertheless. after
several weeks OF propinquity. the two
young hearts had become welded.
Then came a new man at the glove
counter, directly opposite the mems
underwear and ladies' hosiery. He
was Byronic in his appearance, espe-
cially his collar, which. If II was not
cut In Byronic collar fashion. was
equally ample. A mass Of raven curls
were tossed up on the top OF his head
one OF them falling down upon his
forehead. nearly touching hook nose
He had hardly taken his place before
the fioorwalker was obliged to admon.
ish him to attend to his customers and
keep his eyes of the little girl at the
counter opposite.
Johnny Bounce was panic stricken
No woman is insensible TO admiration
and the blue eyed beauty from the mo
ment the clerk at the glove counter
cast his flashing black eyes upon hei
threw up her hands-not in token OF
surrender, but to make sure her hail
was properly adjusted Johnny saw
the admiring glance and its effect. n,
cursed himself for a fool that he had
not secured the prize while there wa.
no one at the glove counter except tw,
cor,~'~-.-'~ 90 1855 ~,-~a --~-- - a,
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
CHURCH WORK OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

FIFTEEN hundred delegates attending
= the seventeenth annual session of the In
ternational Young Mems Christian Association
in Germany. They represent the leading nations
OF the world. This organization has made won
derful growth, and the credit for its advance
ment is due to the activity of the Protestant
aymen in the United States.
In this country has been the real vigor which
has pushed the organization into all parts of the
world and made it a potent factor in infuenc-
ing the lives of young men, The Y. NJ. {. A.
serves a useful purpose the value of which can
hardly be estimated In large cities it is the
center OF life among the young. 1t fills the
needs of young men for place of meeting and
congenia companonship surrounded by proper
influences. AS an international movement the
Association has been given to the world by
America.
In short time the eighth annual convention
of the American Federation of Catholic Socie-
ties will meet in Piusburg and there will be a
great attendance This Federation also shows
the influence of the American aymen in church
work. There is probably Catholic body Of
the kind in the world that can compare in vigor
with this great Federation Imagine an organi-
zation like this one in France and the difficulties
that the church has had in that country would
be much smaller than they are.
The genius of the American people is for or
organization Few among young America are
not connected with organization of some sort.
The religious organizations keeping pace in
activity and energy with those Of purely secu-
lar nature. The American spirit is such that II
must find vent in activity. and in the church this
spirit has its outlet in the numerous organiza-
tions Of the younger people, form of labor and
effort that was unheard Of not so many years
ago.
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
The Difference.

Atchison Globe.
Divide $500 between boy and a girl
and start them on a vacation with IL
and the girl win go twice as far see
ten times as much, and come home
with new clothes and money in hor
purse. But the boy will be dead broke
and have seen less This is the diff
ference; a girl when out sightseeing
will live on crackers and soda-water
and the boy viii stun himself with
three big meals day. The same diff
ferenec is apparent when tNe boy and
igrl arc grown. Ever know that father
spends a lot on eating when travelling
and doesn't get to see as much as
mother. who makes every time she
misses a meal take her a few miles
further?
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
Wednesday, August a. 1909
DEMOCRATS AND coLoRED VOTE.

II HE Democrats "won7 their contest in Coun-
j ell for the seating of their candidate from
the Second ward by a majority of three This
necessary majority was given by half dozen
negroes Of the district who testified that they
had voted the Democratic ticket.
Surprising indeed. was this conversion of the
negroes but an enthusiastic Democratic paper
saw in it the breaking OF great light and hailed
the half dozen as the apostles Of a movement TO
shake the political shackles from the negroes.
lust where and how and what caused the great
light TO break has not been explained. 1t may
have been secret debate on the political issues
held in a downtown hotel 1t may have been
that the negroes were delighted with the Dem
ocratic attacks in Delaware on Bryan and the
ascendency OF the railroad Democrats i'in the
State
But whatever was the reason for the conver-
sion Of the half dozen Second Ward negroes
TO the Democratic party the, Democratic leaders
Including Charles Hood should not keep that
reason quiet
The question is one for wide speculation.
When the Democrats were making their fight
for converts among the negroes during the last
campaign they did not even pretend TO contest
the Second Ward. That is where they missed
their mark After the city election they discov-
cred that half a dozen negroes had voted the
Democrats ticket If the half dozen voted
with the Democrats at the city election, thereby
enabling them TO carry the Second Ward for
Council. why should not the Democrats send a
battery of white speakers into the district dur
ing the next election with the hope OF increasing
the colored Democratic vote there
Surely this is a scheme that is worth trying
Don't wait until after the election and then dis
cover that half dozen voted the ticket
We doubt though, whether the Democrats
will follow this course. Shortly after the burst
ing OF the shacl<les was noticed there was an
other article stating that the colored people
would be without party. Evidently the cam
paign TO create the Independent negroes was Z
sort OF post mortem campaign to get a job fol
Mr.. Quinn
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
Chatty Stories OF the Day

Broadway is laughing a story about wine agent
and eminent actor whom the other had attempted
make use OF as ar advertising medium The agent
Producing brand OF champagne, and the other
day he induced the actor assist him in the consump-
ton of pint bottle of it at OF the fashionable
taurants
And III tell you how you can do me a good
tlrn-f yol should happen feel like it," he said
Delighted to do you a good turn, Of course" re-
sponded the actor.
It's this way, the agent explained. you travel
ing about the country deal and stopping the
best hotels Now l want this champagne become
known In order TO create demand for IT, What I
would IKE you TO do Is 70 asked for my wine by
at the hotels TO- that the men will get
the idea that is popular in New
orders FOR H. You won't minddoing me- you
I'll ask Tor It with pleasure" the actor declared.
But good heavens. mani" he added in sudden alarm.
Suppose they should have it?7-Harper's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
Personal and Pertinent

Prosecutor Elliott r. WIS questioning a woman
witness the stand in the criminal the other
day
"why did yo ueave the hotel?" he asked.
The attorney for the defendant objected ques-
ton He said that il irrelevant and incompetent
the for her leaving the hotel had nothing
TO do with the at issue.
Il submit your Honor" Mr. Hooton said to Judge
Prchard. that the State has a right know why
witness left the hotel Then followed a hve-minute
argument the end Of which the judge ruled favor
Of the State.
Now said Mr.. Hooton, "you may tell the jury why
you left the hotel"
We'll because" she said.-Indanapolis STAR
Evening journal., 1909-08-04

old maid. Now It might be too late
Not a moment was to be lost
The morning was beautiful The
windows were full Of spring goods.
The wax ladies donned in the habili-
ments Of the opening season seemed
TO smile more contentedly than usual.
But this has nothing to do with an
artistic setting for this romance, for
within the store was crowded and, the
weather being mild, overheated. John
ny Bounce's cheek glowed not only
with the temperature Of the building.
but with anxiety. He was keeping one
eye on some union suits he was show
ing to a customer, the other on the
flashing eyed man opposite. The GUS
toner, not finding what he wanted.
moved on. A lady to whom Miss
Crowfutt had been showing stockings
moved On at the same time. Johnny
determined to seize the opportunity.
'Miss Crowfutt," he began. do you
know that it seems a very short time
since you came into the place beside
me. but it isn't. It's a month. That's
long enough for me to find out Sc
cret. I've found out Blankets, sir1
Sixth floor. Take the elevator. I've
found out that II / don't Wooden
ware? Basement. If don't-I mean
II you don't Mems underwear? Right
here. What size. sir? Thirty-two
waist is too large for twenty-eight
length Undershirt thirty-four? Think
you'll find thirty-six more satisfac-
tory. No, the goods don't shrink, but
thirty-six will be easier. Don't like
the quality? They're all wool. sir. We
haven't a better line in the house.
Sorry I can't suit you. You'll End
bath robes in the back Of the store,
four aisles that way"
As the man moved Of a lady ap-
preached Miss Crowfutts counter, and
it was half an hour before the two
were again free. Then Johnny sidled
up to Lucy. This time he spoke from
the heart.
I'm nearly crazy"
whats the matter with your You'll
find lace curtains over on that side,
madam"
'That fellow opposite is rubberlng
you"
"Pshaw! Do you think I'd look at
hlm7 What size, madam Lisie
thread? We have-very fine articles.
You'll find the advertised goods over
there, sir That'll ft you. Openwork
We haven't any Of these in openwork." ="
The customer passed on and was
succeeded by another. This time Miss
Crowfutt made a sale, but the lady
turned away for moment to speak to
a friend. Johnny whispered:
Lucy, love you awful. II you
don't love me III go mad. Tell me,
quick. before she turns. Will you"
"Will l whatT
"Will you be my girl and marry me
so can know you belong to me and
to nobody. else?"
At that moment the lady turned
Lucy whispered the one word YES u
then. tapping with her pencil on the
counter. called:
"CashT
Poor chlldrenl They never dreamed
that Of the two final words spoken on
that occasion. so important to both OF
them, the former would In time be
relegated TO the background. while tbs
latter would thrust itself forward. con
fronting them every day Of their lives
They had struck the keynotes Of love
before and after marriage.
HOPE HOPKINS.
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
With the Photographers

Dr. Eliot predicts that the cornerstone Of the
tieh century religion will be service Of feow-man.
does lok II we'd all be helding job working for
some other manor corporation-for fact-Washngton
Times.
Chicago has made startling innovation. The city
has only appointed woman superintendent Of the
city school system. but viii also give her the
the men in the position for the work.
Baltimore American
The German Aerial Navy League" though only about
year old has nearly 10000 members England will
please that great many enthusiastic
already discounted Dreadnoughts and super Dread
noughts and have taken 20 the air.-New York World
Evening journal., 1909-08-04

Enthusiastically enlisted in the hght, un-
III It really seems possible that the
nuisance viii be swept away before
another summer cones around.
To supplement the familiar fly paper
an immense variety Of implements for
the killing Of flies has been put on the
market and with these as implements
OF destruction the war goes on. But
the most important part Of the crusade
is the attack on the breeding places OF
the pest. The housewife has been edu-
Gated to a knowledge Of the fact that
the fly that she formely reproved her
offspring for killing is a germ dissem-
inator Of the most active kind. He
thrives in filth and on his disgusting
path through life contrives to carry
with him an appalling number Of dis
ease breeding germs. To the door OF
this pest has been laid the responsi-
bilities OF innumerable deaths from ty-
phoid, cholera infantum and similar
diseases.
Revel in Filth.
Breeding in stables and garbage pals
the flies carry with them the filth they
revel in. and this filth they track
across the sugar. the butter and the
beefsteak. The hair feet of the nuis-
ance. gummed- with the vilest rottins
matter, paddle in the milk of the crow
ing baby and the baby is taken i'll and
ceases to crow. Screens and disinfect-
ants are unable to keep the house free
from the terror. Therefore the at
tack, declare the health authorities,
must be systematically carried on in
the breeding places.
One odd feature of the literature OF
the campaign against the fly is the
indictment of our old friend, the horse,
as responsible for a good deal oi
trouble, and incidentally a card of
recommendation for the much-abused
automobile as a great helper in the
war of extermination II is pointed
out that since the motor car came into
fashion the horse has been relegated
to the background, and with the clos
ing of many stables there has been d
decrease in the number of breeding
places for flies. This has been so un.
mistakable that many voices have beer
heard calling for the banishment OF
stables from the heart Of the cities
and ordinances to prohibit these es'
tablishments from being kept oper
contiguous 10 OWtlinH lldNSo ha W
been called for by some Of the citl
zens.
Part of the Housewife.
While the forces of the health armies
all over the country are being conceu
trated on the cleaning up of the breed
ing places the housewives themselves
arc urged to do their part. 1t has beei
found that the female fly will leaN
behind her during an average life y
eggs and the reproduction of the pcs
reaches an almost incredible figure. !
good deal of this can be prevented b.
/ systematic house cleaning. 1t is strong
| " recommended that fly specks b
eliminated from the wainscotting an'
walls. Woodwork should be washes
frequently and the trace of the nuis
ance removed as often as the work cai
be done. If every housewife will NJ
tend TO this. say the health authorities
and owners of hy-breeding centre
submit TO the systematic cleaning IA
of their places. the fly crop will notice
ably decrease and in time the pes
will be relegated to the limbo of nuis
ances that belong to bygone ages.
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
LABOR AND STRIKES.

HE report OF the labor department of the
\ British Board of Trade shows the drift
OF the employed and employer toward settling
labor disputes by compromise and arbitration
During the year under review in cases where
questions of wages purely were considered only
two per cent of the working people involved
were successful. In about sxty-hve per cent
of the disputes there was arbitration and COM
promise. In fact, during the last few years ar
bitration and compromise in English labor trou-
bles has been steadily growing And in this
country the same will soon be noticeable, al
though, perhaps, it is not so pronounced at
present as in England
The large number of strikes in America has
been explained by a noted writer as due to the
growth of the unions and desire to test their
strength The workers suddenly realize that
they have a new power, the power that comes
through compact organization and they are anx-
ious to put it to the test.
But passing time will cause more conserva-
tive view to be taken. In fact, among the older
and well established unions conservatism and
the avoidance of strikes are the rule not the ex-
cepton. In this part of the country at least
there is almost always effort TO adjust any
differences between labor and capital by arbitra-
ton and strike is seldom resorted to unless
all other methods fail. But even after a strike
has been ordered, in most cases the desire for
compromise is soon felt.
The future of the unions, therefore, seems to
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
MAD MuLLAH AMucK.

AN it be that prominent citizen" who
- some years ago was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democratic party while that party
was in fit of mental alteration has Senatorial
aspirations himself?
The Every Evening has become afflicted with
duPontphobia 1t has been concocting false
hoods and sticking by them-a veritable poti-
cal Mad Mullah running amuck
Does anyone think that the wild revelry of
fan iastic inventions and implications" with
which it surrounds everything that may affect
the "duPonts" in politics will harm the Repub-
licans and help the Democrats and boost any
Democratic Senatorial aspirant?
Evening journal., 1909-08-04
finishing.

Delaware Division OF the Interna>
tional Sunshine Society. Headquarters
room, 7l5 Equitable Building. Market
and Ninth streets. Lady in attendance
from nine in the ns,rning until one in
the afternoon. Office hours Of thu State
President from one until two p. m.
each day. President General. Mrs.
Cynthia Westover Alden, 90 Fifth ave-
nue., New York. Colors, yellow and
white. Motto. Have you had kind
ness shown7
Pass it on.
Twas not given to you alone,
Pass 1t On.
Let II travel down the years,
Let 1t wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears,
Pass It on.
Delaware State president. Mss Elizabeth
r. Groves, oOi Van Buren strect.
Delaware State color, peacock blue.
Delaware State motto. we Serve"
The object Of the International sun.
SHINE Society is to incite its members
to the performance OF kind AMI help
sul deeds, and thus bring the sunshine
OK happiness into the greatest number
OF hearts and homes. All correspond
cnce should be addressed to the state
President. Room us. Equitable Build
ing. All letters requiring an answsi
should contain a self-addressed stamp
ed envelope.
All correspondence intended for this
paper should be sent not later than
Monday afternoon to z. May Bacon,
1Q06 MARYLAND avenue
THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.
To weary hearts, to mourning homes.
Gods meekest Angel gently comes.
No power has he to Danish pain
or give us back our lost agan
And vet IN tenderest love our dear
And heavenly Father sends him here.
There's quiet in that Angels glance
There's rest in his still countenance!
lie mocks no grief with idle cheer;
Nor wounds with words the mourners ear
put Ills and woes he may not cure
no kindly trains us 10 endure.
Arvel Of Patiencel sent to calm
Our feverish brows with cooling palm;
To law the storms of hope and fear
And reconcile hfe's smile and tear;
The throbs Of wounded pride to still
And make our own our Fathers Will.
| O thou who mournest on the way
with longings for the close OF day;
ne walks with thee. that Angel kind.
And gently whispers, BE resigned
Bear up. bear on, the end shall tell
The dear Lord ordereth all things well.
Any donations for a wheel chair will b
] gratefully received by calling D. and