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Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Indefinite Engagement
Is to Be Avoided
By CAROLINE GLOVER, New York

who become engaged pay heed important deahey
do not make certain that date fixed for the marrageat
not just the day and hour of but time within which the
rage will be accomplished fact.
Now that fixing Of date is the little bit of cold business that
must be blended with ardent love and sentiment True, is hard to
introduce such matter at the time when love given full rein but she
who omits to introduce it often lives to regret it.
When entered into without mention being
made of actual marriage what often results? The girl waits and
waits the in hurry fix date for the wedding time
and few months the girl if she be sensitive feels
that she dare open The question: she knows it the mans duty
do and would dread making auon marriage he
set her down as brzen type Of young
But is good watng the time when this matter should be
attended the proposal peodif sorted out then there is
chance that will be made right girl must herself
is all right babbe about madny mode gish and
FORTH but it is sad thing these Young forget Num-
Der 0ne-the greatest Of all mystic numbers
The who asks girl to become his wife and who does not
mention when she is 10 take that role disonoabyere need
be doubt that point lie have consideration her feelings
indeed he really love her. Think of what he exposes She
becomes engaged her eum always asking when the wedding
ing off her relatives eyeastngy making nquieswhn that
going marry hers he going do it? And forth
How does the girl feel when she always compelled tell the
cd story that she does know when She will be married?
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Change Their Minds.

Secretary McAdoo has done public
service by calling attention to the ex-
istence of the Aldrich-vreeland emer-
gency currency law.
Many persons, including not a few
bankers, are apparently unaware there
is now way to relieve extreme none
tary strain.
Secretary McAdoo has done we'll to
advertise the goods he has to offer,
for 1t will do the double good of allay-
ing alarm and of persuading grasping
lenders that it is not possible to mark
up interest rates indefinitely New
York Globe.
Yes. And 1t Is pleasant to note That
many of those who in 1908 were try
ing to howl down the measure for no
better reason than because it was
fathered by Senator Aldrich are now
saying what good thing it is and.
what a service Mr.. McAdoo did BY
merely calling attention to it.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
FEW WALK FOR PLEASURE


There are SO many lost arts nova
days that one hesitates to add any
more. We are told that letter writing
is a lost art, and conversation. We
are sure that doing nothing must be.
because SO many women develop neu-
rasthenia when they attempt to prac-
tice 1t. The critics of the drama as
sure us that acting is, and the critics
of opera that singing is, and the critics
of literature that poetry is.
Yet, at the danger of overcrowding
the mortuary chapel of the arts. a
long observation of our highways, by
ways and mountain trails has per
suaded us that the art of walking has
now persisted also and must be as.
signed to the same mournful resting
place. Nobody walks any more, ex-
cept the Appalachian club, the Boy
Scouts and President John Finley OF
the College of the City of New York
really walks, that is.
Walking is still practiced Gas little
as possible) utilitarianly. Many New
York women. for example, totter on
dizzy heels from their motors at the
curb all the way across the sidewalk.
But as an art it is no longer practiced.
The secret has been forgotten by all
save chosen few-of whom, of
course, we are one!
We hold no brief against motors
What's the use? Besides, they are
very useful things in getting you to
convenient starting point for walk,
The only trouble with motors is that
people stay in them. The Yankee
type used to be lank and sinewy.
Pioneers and pedestrians are always
more or less lank and sinewy. But
the motors are altering our type. The
man who takes a 2O-mile walk for the
STUN of it is looked upon as a mild
sort of lunatic Why walk when a
motor will get you there so much
quicker?-Walter Pinchard Eaton, in
American Magazine.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
City BoyOften Meets
With Obstacles
By JOSEPH LEE

country boy poor Lincoln He became, it true great
wrestler And may be that wrestling with hog and homny diet from
earliest chdoodke the infant Hercules sangmg the twin serpes
have contributed to such attainment But if the environment
favorable only obstacle favorable to the strong Lincoln
stronger than the hog
AS for surroundings very much choose
far temptation concerned great believer IN the
peculiar wkedne of cities have sneakng impression that the
mankind has country well city residence he could not
dodge his taxes if he had And when vacation doubt
If he lets any business opportunities go BY
But in matter Lncons chance much better than the city
boys He had real things do There household chores and farm
work. things that had be done that sometimes hard to do and
that must often have required the meeting of emergencies and the adp
on of to ends He thus inevitably cultivated the habit of
pose that is of imagining piece of work beforehand and then follow
ing out the design
The doctors beginning to tell that ahevementhe doing Of
real hngss the greatest therapeutic agent both for body and mind
1t potent with the well with the sick Splitting rails not be
sharpening TO the wits splitting hairs in debating society," but
it ismoe hardening to the muscles and the character.
Even his play, if the lack of Fairgrounds confines him TO the
street for that purpose the city boy is constantly interrupted by the
traffic and his purpose thereby chopped into short lengths until it
becomes like inferior cotton too short ply make good thread The
great patience endeavor that determining factor Lneon
quality less easily cultivated amid the amess hustle
life than the quiet performance of definite tasks
And Lincoln great because he embodied the spirit Of the nation
Has the city boy today the chance of doing that? Is there to the
extent national spirit emboly The city boy in America
usually of foreign arentag while the city itself dominated by
national ideal Traditions held sacred in his home
homesness of the defeat of nHura expression
inevitably Iesulwh lesser symptom juvenile awlessness and
the lack Of that inspiration which
with participation vital national ideal Until for ourselves
IDEAL shining every citizen, ALL the individual
be he rich young DID, will impaired spiritual inherit
there thing thing importance in relation this
very matter of national ideal be lived up which the city
has and which Lincoln did not have N a
namely, the example of Abraham ~HA,ZZ No.
Lincoln, to inspire him. "
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
REVIVE OLD BUGABOO
Opposition of Some Democrats to
Currency Legislation.
MeHenry Of Texas to the Front WieA
the "WaIl Street" Bosy, Which 10
Sheer Buneombe Under the
Present Conditions.

1t was inevitable that however chas-
tened by ancient defeat and upliftedl
by tardy victory the Democratic party
may be, some champions of it's tradi-
tional practice of doing the wrong
thing at the wrong time would appear.
For this honor Representative Henry
OF Texas offers himself and with some
others of the same persuasion is said
to contemplate opposition to currency
legislation.
The measure OF the statesmanship
to be expected from this opposition
may be taken by Mr.. Henry's charge
that wall street" is responsible for
the pressure for currency legislation,
and for its form.
Three or four years ago that charge
would have been excusable. It is not
now The proposed legislation is the
outgrowth of nc ly five years of dis
cussion among the bankers and the
business men of the country II Mr..
Henry is really so ingenious as to
think Wall street project could
stand the scrutiny, the criticism, the
active debate which the national re-
serve association plan has undergone
his opinion should carry little weight
in congress
The most hopeful factor in the sit
uation is the evidence that men who
favored the Aldrich plan and those
who opposed it, business men and
bankers and economists of all sec
lions, are getting together behind the
administration measure. 1t is bum
combe to talk as II the practical men
from California to Maine who favor
national reserve association legislation
are going TO be blinded and led by the
nose by Wall street bankers OF cannot
be relied upon to defend themselves
and the country from evil machina-
lions.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

The National Association of Manu-
facturers appears to be one of those
Institutions that expends both energy
and money to preserve constitutional
government; to oppose all "unwise
and unreasonable agitation that would
prejudice and inflame the public mind
against some business"
The National Association of Manu-
facturers, it may be assumed, also,
stands for harmony" and for induc-
Ing the misguided Progressives to
come back into the Grand Old Party
and unite against the common
enemy"
The National Association of Manu-
facturers is strong for the 'bulwarks
OF our liberty" you can bet on that.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Faith to Be Put to the Test.

In spite of the enlightened and mag
unanimous professions, Mr.. o'Laughlin
AYERS. 1t is the view of Secretary
Bryan and apparently likewise that
of President Wilson that trained dip
lomats are unnecessary; that the as
pirations of the American people can
be more accurately expressed by men.
coming directly from the people, these
men being, of course, Democrats. The.
prediction is made that the foreign
affairs of the government will be
entirely in the hands of Democrats be-
fore autumn. If the foreign service,
deteriorates after the solemn prom
ises which were made that 1t should
not, people will lose faith in other
promises of the administration.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

beat soundly the wife who awakens
his jealousy. She cannot wilfully
awaken your jealousy unless she is
mentally, at least, on the border line
Of unfaithfulness. And an unfaithful
woman needs to be beaten. just as
an unfaithful man needs it,
THE reason We have so much do
nestle unhappiness today is the lack
of strong men. Our forefathers were
men of iron in their homes Their
word was law. How often do you
cad of unhappy marriages of 100
years ago?"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Valued His Memory.

He was a furniture removep's man,
and his memory, as he cheerfully ad-
mitted, was very convenient"
mo. can't remember where Mr..
Slylit has taken his family and furni-
ture."
Come, now" said the debt coIlec.
tor; he hasn't been gone week, and
you drove the van"
Ibid IL"
You know you did"
And it's only a week ago?'
"Of course"
Funny how easily fellow forgets"
The collector produced half a soyer-
eign and rendered it.
That ought to rouse your memory"
he remarked.
ut ought to do so, sir" he admitted.
but, you see, this amt no common
ordinary memory, and it'll take a deal
o. rousing. Why, it cost a sovereign
to put 1t to sleep"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

Theodore Roosevelt settled the an
thracite coal strike. That great serv-
ice settled something else. 1t fixed the
doctrine in the peoples mind that the
people themselves are the third party
in interest in all serious disputes be-
tween capital and labor that vitality
affect or threaten the public welfare.
Mr.. Roosevelt's act was a precedent
of fairness and effectiveness that is
bearing fruit now when another presi-
dent is following his example of me
diation.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Spirit Of Unrest Is
| Upon the World
By MRS. W. T. HICKS. St. Louis, Mo.

farm in Missouri or On onion patch in Texas
but we're certainly going somewhere
The white butterflies settle down uoseess cabbage patch
in the garden and the cricket gels his along the roadside
among the high weeds
Almost everything be sympathy with the passy Of the
landscape this of the uy suburante
careful Of his garden the early that weeds are no
Of weather and well earlier
But spirit Upon looking for new worlds
place where won't have muc or where
is not so hot or where the bugs don't up garden"
And the what wishing for the time when
could let the furnace go and quit cang ashes'
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
MRS. sAMuELs:

No doubt Or. Waugh
Is right In some re-
spects. II is we'll
known that women love
best the men who are
somewhat cruel to
them.
A woman who fears
the wrath of her hus.
band loves him better
than one who has no
fear of him at all.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
&&AA&,

No matter how much a
girl loves a man she should
not become engaged to him
unless he distinctly mem
tions a time when marriage
may result.
The majority of girls
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
Case Of Necessity.

Clergyman ito small boy)-Dont
you know that it's a sin to dig on Sun
day, unless it's case of necessity?
Boy-Yes, sir.
Clergyman-Then why are you do
ing it?
Boy-'Cause this is case of neces.
sity. A fellow can't catch fish with.
out bait.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

"Most Devoted Wives Fear Illus
bands" Says DR.. Waush-"Jokel"
Retorts General Jones-"Modern
Suffrage Wife Does Not Expect to
Be Ruled by Any Nero Man"-Mrs.
Howard Archibald samuels Rather
Favors the Doctors Side Of the
Argument-"5eatInas Sometimes Ef.
fective"-"Woman's Nature to Be
Ruled" She Says.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

Sometimes when the
thermometer registers "way
up and it rains, and then
the sun shines out over the
landscape, we sigh for a
change. No matter what,
but a change. Maybe it's a
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

1t may be that no political party
has ever had so many men serving It
without any thoughts of self interest
or remuneration as the Progressive
party has today.-International Maya
zine.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
No Hope of That.

40 1idhiiot bdiu III part.
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be liar;-
But never doubt that Mr.. Bryan will
continue to make speeches.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
FOR AND AGAINST WIFE BEATING
DIR. wAueH:

DIR. WAUGH:
When you find your
mate, rule heri She ex-
poets you to be the
head of the house.
When she awakens
your jealousy, beat
her; she needs Il
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08
President Eliot say

President Eliot says
that city boys in college az.
erage better in physique
than country boys, and !
suppose the same COMPARE
son would hold good be-
tween poor city boys and a
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

rs it necessary to beat your wife?
Yes, and no! 1t all depends on
whom you ask to answer the ques-
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
NO EVIDENCE OF STATEMENT
Foreman Of Jury Had Claimed They
Had One Mind, But Losing Lawyer
Wanted to Be Shown.

Counsel for the prisoner looked
hopefully at the faces of the jurors as
they filed into their seats, and listened
hopefully as the foreman announced
that they had agreed. His client had
enjoyed ample provocation for the as
sault upon the person Of Tobias Jones;
but the jurors we're uniformly Tobias
friends and not unbiased.
"The jury is all of one mind. your
honor" the foreman said. I'VE find
the prisoner guilty"
'sYou hear the verdict. counsel re-
marked the Judge. THE jury is all
Of one mind. Have you anything to
ask Of the court before sentence Is
pronounced"
"Yes. your honor replied counsel.
still hopefully; "for the purposes of
the appeal which my client will take.
1t would be OF material assistance to
learn which one of the twelve men
who have reached this verdict Is pos
sessed Of the one mind you are 30 care
full to mention. York Evening
Post,
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
EDUCATION NOT ALL MENTAL
Man Who Could Not swim 10 Refused
Diploma by Authorities at the
Columbia University.

The authorities at Columbia univer-
sity have refused 70 award diplima
TO q senior who has not learned to
swim the length Of the pool in the
gymnasium. A few years ago such
action would have been deemed abb
surd. There are those who are unable
to swim the length Of gymnasium
pool and students qualifications for
Q degree Of bachelor of arts, says the
st. Paul Pioneer Press. They are the
people who believe that the only bene-
at TO be derived from attendance q
college II obtained from books. The
requirements imposed at Columbia II
an indication Of the more practical
turn that II being given to educational
effort IN recent times.
While most boys learn to swim with
out the AID Of college or even common
school instruction. there are few
things acquired in university Of
more practical value. Every one not
physically disqualified should be mod
erately proficient in the art Of keep
ing afloat In the water. II Ii q simple
thing. easily learned and should be
part Of the education Of even grade
school children. Columbia IL setting
good example in Withholding d.
ploma from man who cannot swim
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
.mnaSiF
ROPE TRICK is ~ExPLAINED"
English Writer Makes Explanation Of
Cunning Artlncs-poes Not Ap-
pear Conclusive.

4 Tho Indian rope trick, which no one
|swho has seen 1t performed has ever
|satisfactorily explained. Is explain
ed" by ]. N. Maskelyne. an English
writer.
( Mr.. Maskelyne dismisses the trick
as follows: Indian conditions Of at
mosphere are necessary to the sue
cess of the trick. The spectators face
the setting sun and are sheltered
from 1t by an awning. The rope used
IL evidently . jointed bamboo with the
Joints made to lock. Up this rope"
or pole q boy climbs to a height Of
about 80 feet or 30, till out Of sight of
the people. Then he disappears" as
though into space.
What really happens, Mr.. Maskelyne
explains, IL that the spectators are
blinded by the setting sun and that
the boy climbs up the pole or rope and
then drops quickly to the ground. Be-
fore the astonished onlookers know
anything about 1t he is covered up
with sheet
This IL the most ingenious attempt
ut an explanation of the trick yet
made. but 1t will not appear conclusive
to all who have witnessed the per
formance. The trick has been witness
ed at Khandalla-a hill station near
Bombay-and again at Delhi at mid
day. without any awning being used or
any effects but the rope.
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
MUSIC READING MADE EASY
Children Find Il an Attractive Task
to Learn Their Notes by Use OF
Electrical Devlc9.

BY using the electric music teacher.
children will hnd that It IL an attrac-
tive task to learn their notes, instead
Of dry lesson as Heretofore. SO that
they will begin to take an interest In
music ct once, and not consider It a
drudgery. says the Popular Elec-
tricity
N. Pierre Cells. . Paris inventor.
makes the device which we illustrate
here. 1t 10 based on the principle of
using an electric contact plate under
the music paper. By pricking each
note with sharp metal point. We
make contact for an electric device
carrying hammer. 80 that the ham
mer strikes string or preferably .
metal piece to give out the sound.
Thus each note or line or space gives
out its corresponding sound. and 1t IL
an easy matter to read a simple piece
Of music in this way.
The device is quite an elaborate
one for 1t is required to take care OF
the sharps and fats which ngure per-
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
Electric Music Teacher.

manently as the sign Of the stan. But
this II easily done by using q revolv-
ing contact device to shift over the
several required notes at the start. To
bring back to natural during the piece.
we press on a button which restores
the note for the moment.
Even professional musicians will
ind it useful for transposing q piece
into another key and this is done by
observing the movement of the ham
mers and also a transposing chart
which lies before them.
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
FACE IN ONE SOLID RASH

Lindsay. Mont.-"I started to get
great big blotches round my neck and
I did not think very much about 1t at
first. but they commenced getting
worse all the time and such an intense
itching. It never gave me a minutes
rest. The pimples were red and would
swell. From itching, and scratching
them 80 It caused them to spread;
there would be sores from scratching
them so intensely. My face and neck
were covered with pimples. 1t looked
as II my whole face was In one solid
rash or sore, and ! was nearly crazy
with itching and burning. At night
they would be very bad SO / hardly
could sleep. My face was, l must
say, in one raw sore. I nearly gave
up all hopes Of ever getting like my
self.
81 bought one cake Of Guticura Soap
and one box Of Cuticura Ointment and
started to use them and followed the
directions ns closely as l could. To
my surprise only few applications
stopped the itching and scratching
and in a couple of weeks time my
face was nearly well. kept on using
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
in two months time I was completely
cured" tSigned) Mrs. Gust Nelson,
Dec. 4, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32.p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept L. Boston.
The Ordway new era., 1913-07-18
FOUND A WAY
To ee Clear Of Coffee Troubles.

Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit. and finally his stomach
and kidneys got In such bad condi-
tion that he was compelled to give up
a good position that he had held for
years. He was too sick to work. His
skin was yellow. and there didn't
seem to be an organ in his body that
was not affected.
81 told him I felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis.
cussion he decided to give 1t up.
''It was . struggle. because Of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try 1t
and then 1t was easy to leave on
coffee.
His fearful headaches grew less
frequent. his complexion began to
clear. kidneys grew better until at last
he was . new man altogether, as . re-
suit Of leaving OF coffee and taking up
Postum. Then began to drink 1t too.
although was never as bad on as
my husband. was always very ner-
vous and never at any time very
strong. only weighing 95 lbs. before l
ptsuA ~ 0U0 4O0tuhs ANoW "SAo.-
lis lbs. and can do as much work as
anyone my size. think"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Write for booklet. "The
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum (must be boiled.)
Instant Postum doesn't require boil.
ing, but ID prepared instantly by stir
ring level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup Of hot water, which makes It right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in a
henping spoonful and temper 1t with .
large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have 1t served that way in the future.
There's Reason" for Postum.