The Penn's Grove record., 1913-06-27

W. hAO ESS0O ~
Peninsula sang in unison to a higher
pitch than ever before. The rural bard,
Frank H. Ruth, sang in part as follows
of
DELMARVIA
| The Arab treads the desert, loves its burning
vale and dunei
The Hindu breathes the ozone in a coral
bound lagoon;
| The Esquimau is happy in his realms of ice
and snow;
But Heaven saw an Eden when God made the
EaSt'n Sh0',
With Delaware a neighbor, and old Vir-
His very best endeavOr ere concluding He
was through.
Then stand you here my fellow-let your
wandering vision gaze
Through vistas green and golden 'twixt fields
OF waving maize,
To where our mart repOses casting shades
ath Tart the sky
You'll recognize that city though you scarcely
have to try.
The brotherhood thai binds us is a union
long begun,
And all Delmarvia salutes her friends of
Wilmington.
Jerome Bonaparte Ball, editor of the
Sunday Star gave a hearty
FOOT OF WELCOME
o, brothers of the Eastern Sho', you're well
come to our to town;
Come ha We a jolly time with us, and all your
troubles drawn
In drafts of sparkling Brandy wine; or, If you
would prefer
Soo,a otba, bron6 LOT nc beoru ,o lora -
for you here.
So, throw aside all local cares; forget your
paper bills;
Don't think of copy for a day; just yield
yourselves to thrills.
We have them here in bundles and Well hand
them out to YOU
(And leave your pOcketbOok behind, there's
nothing IT can dO.)
The staid old Every Evening thus
sang
WELCOME TO III EDITORS J
Hang out the flag and roll the drum;
The editors to town have come.
The "glad hand give with mile so bland,
And welcome them ito beat the band.''
OF meat aud drink spare not the store,
But fill them up-then more and more.
The finest food we can supply
Is none too good-but. please, no "pi."
On the arrival of about forty editors
from the Peninsula outside of Whining
ton they were heartily greeted in the
Hotel DUPONT by the committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, prominent
among whom were Jerome B. Bell, of
the Star; George Carter, of the Evening
Journal and VIM. F. Metten, of the
Every Evening, who were the guiding
stars of the rural scribes.
1t has been recently discovered that
the north star is \ light from three or
more suns revolving around each other.
AS the duP0nts have made Whining
ton the hub of the world il high explo-
sives, So the editor, of the papers there
constitute II star of journalistic light.
The lCdestone and the happiest man
of the bunch was John S. Hamilton,
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce
and an all round general public utili-
ties man, who first suggested the enter
tainment OF the editors.
Those who had never entered the Ho-
tel dupont before were amazed at the
colossal structure and its magnificent
grandeur, no where to be found in an
eastern city the size of Wilmington.
The banquet in the evening which
lasted from 100 until 10 O'Clock began
with Delaware caviar, worth So a
pound, and ended with ice cream and
coffee with d whole squad chicken and
viands between. 1t made the advertising
rates paid rural editors appear infni-
tesimal. About 60 newspaper men and
100 business men enjoyed the banquet.
The speech making lasted from 10
until II O'Clock. Josiah Marvel, presi-
dent of the Chaml Ell of Commerce, well
coined the guests and Hon. Geo. Gray,
Judge of the U, S. Circuit Court, Was
toaster, Beside him sat Gov. Charles
r. Miller and Mayor Howell.
The speeches made by The rural edi-
tors wherein they sang the praises of
the Peninsula, showed that they were
artful ia expression as well as with The
pencil. 1t was SAID they knew Will
mlngton better than Wilmingtonians
knew the country on the Peninsula.
The lodging in the hotel DUPONT over
night were sumptuOuS and much better
than were enjoyed by kings and queens
a few years ago. All who fist visit or
stay at the Hotel DUPONT sing its
praises.
It. will undoubtedly become as world
wide famous i'll hospitality as the du-
Pont powder is known in Industry and
warfare.
The automobile trip along the Bran
and thru Rockford where the
palatial homes of the duPonts and Ban
are located, to Farnhurst where
the State Hospital is located and to Old
SWedes Church was a rare treat that all
enjoyed who took the ride.
The Wilmington Chamber of Com
has begun to make Wilmington
famous ortheir hospitality, also for in
dustiial and commercial comfy. h a
kindly courtesy with care of each others
rights.
Why should not all other communities
the same by pro wing kindred minds
and muLunal iute rests2