Newark post., 1914-03-11

During the early eighties of the
nineteenth century, III the city OF
Wilmington, Delaware, many years
before the present day religious up
heaval, men spoke more in haste
than in reason. 1t was customary
for one man, under the least provo
cation, to tell another man to go
where it was too hot to even dream
of heaven. The man to whom this
hasty invitation was extended in
variably not only refused to go
where bidden, but came back with
a counter charge, You 60 there
first and show me the way Now,
however, it has been decided that
neither man necessarily need go
there when hidden, or at any fu-
ture date, provided he will change
his course in compliance with the
universal 'go-to-church" slogan.
Well, the invitation to 60 to church
sounds better to say the least.
But Wilmington in the early
eighties was not what it is today.
Since then the lines of her progress
have not only been plainly marked,
but wide and handsomely carved,
Notwithstanding the fact that a
present day writer in good stand
ing cleverly tries to make it appear
that for number Of years past
Wilmington as a city has practic-
ally stood still, and her claim to
greatness as a real metropolis even
of so small a state as Delaware is
but an idle boast. Another writer
of equally good standing labors
with a still more absurd PROPOSE |
ton, maintaining that Delaware is !!
not great among her sisterhood of |
states, and asks why from her limit
ed territory, she should further in
sist on being where she for so long
has been conceded to have stood. at
the head of this distinguished group
Delaware, as a separate political
grand division on the map Of the
United States, has stood at the
head because she has been the real
leader from the beginning when
she cradled a colonization success
fully with motherly care, patience,
and energy, when all other points
failed to connect with an impress
of civilization. Further on this
point now don't you believe me,
but ask DR.. George W. Marshall,
If Milford, Delaware When he is
through with you if you are not
convinced, you will not be convinc- 9
ID even though one arose from the :
lead.
Aside from this there are other V
'easons why Delaware is where she a
S and what she is. Chiefly among I
hese is the fact that her able men i
nd women have always had the I
light idea of economy, especially t
that most valuable of all S
arthly possessions-time. In deal il
ng with her detractors, estimable h
Gentlemen though they may be, p
nay we ask why should they when "
lerely suffering from an acute at d
2ck of nightmare superinduced by d
feverish midnight wakefulness b
nd a mistaken fancy that they S,
lust undertake to start something $,
4 order to find out who is boss N
hen these detractors are in such b
state mentally why should they Il
OF be satisfied with an answer in h
ind, from a gentleman of notoriety F
nat is always on his job at that la
our of the night, and who can be
card distinctly from his promi- n
ent position on the back yard W
,nce; or from the gentleman s 81
lore doleful prey, the owl, as he b,
perates as of yore, from a solitary h
yelling in the distant woods. CT
But now again. Back in the o,
lrly eighties as aforesaid, in the W