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Evening journal., 1914-05-07
THURSDAY MAY 7. 1914.
ENTERTAINMENT OF CRANGERs.

TAI HEN the National Grange met in Manchester IL
w was attended by so many thousands of men and
from all parts of the country that the facilities
city for tho accommodation OF transient guests
were taxed almost to the breaking point.
This year the big agricultural organization will NEE,
in Wilmington Il will be the biggest thing of the
convention sort ever held in our city. No time should
be lost in preparing for the suitable accommodation and
entertainment of the host Of visitors
The fact that the National Grange has selected VIII
mngton its meeting place Is in itself big adver-
tisement for city. An greater will be to
treat the thousands of visitors royalty that each of
them will return to his home praisng city for its
hospitality and for its ability properly for large
asscmblages.
II is recognized fact that regular facilities for
the care of transient guests will not suffice to
commodate the Changers. II the attendance here be
anything like what it was in Manchester extraordinary
steps must be taken for housing feeding and
tanning the visitors. That work should be delayed
too long. II it be- aggrayatng confusion will result
That will be bad for place that is seeking TO build
up reputation a convention city
A committee of arrangements already is at work
but 1t cannot do everything needed. II have
the earnest support OF the people They must stand
back Of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and the
Delaware State Grange and give to them that sort Of
practical cooperation which makes for desired results
in the matter Of housing, feeding and entertaining
thousands Of delegates and visitors.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
sTANTON's NEwsY SIDE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STANTON, Del, May 7-Member-
ship Lodge, No. 4, S. of b., will give
q festival in Stanton Hall on Friday
and Saturday evenings, June - and
13.-Walter Kitchens, of Barksdale,
Md, was the guest of his sister, Mrs.
William Chambers. on Sunday-Mr.
and Mrs. B. l.. Dickey, and Mr.. and
Mrs. william Peach and son, Ban
croft, motored to Wyoming in MIR.
Dickey's machine on Sunday, to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Bancroft, of that
town.-Mr. and Mrs. Myers, of Phil
delphia, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. l.. V. Dennis, on Sunday.-Ellis
Neville was the guest of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Neville, on Sun
day.-Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Maclamar
and daughter Mildred, of Whining
ton, were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Narsel-Mr. and Mrs
Kicel Chambers were the recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Her
! bert, OF Newark.-Mrs. John Mitchell
was a recent Wilmington visitor. -
Miss Alice Rutter, of Wilmington
was the recent guest Of Miss Grace
Ellison.-Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shaw
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. Jellison.-Miss Bertha Satterth-
wait was the guest Of Mrs. Lawrence
Boyce, on Sunday.-Miss Mary B
Biggs was the recent guest of her
mother, Mrs. Biggs, of near New Cas-
tle.-Miss Margaret Sindall, Of New
port, was the recent guest Of Mr. and
Mrs Allen Sindall.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
GUNNERs AND REEDBIRDs.

+ VEN the most ardent advocate Of the Federal Mi
IL gratory Bird law It exists today cannot hon
esty deny that there exists in all sections State
and particularly here in Wilmington, overwhelming
sentiment in favor OF open for reed birds
AS the situation stands now, reed bird shooting in
Delaware is absolutely prohibited by Federal statute
although It is permitted by State statute
Gunners deny that the rcedbird is beneficial in any
sense TO farmers. They cite authorities support Of
that contention Therefore they can see no sense in
the Federal Government destroying field sport that
has existed in Delaware many decades and that has
supplied to many persons practically all the cunning
they have had in the course OF year
Nor arc Delaware gunners the only ones who are
protesting against the Federal law in so far as IL
affects reed birds. The movement to be general
along those portions Of the Atlantic coast where il
has been customary in the past to indulge in reodbird
shooting II il can be shown conclusivevly that the
bird is not beneficial in any sense the gunners
should not experience much trouble in obtaining sat
isfactory action by Congress.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
New News Of Yesterday
Two Examples Of Oratory
Which Will Endure
By Holland.

In a recent communication made by
James Bryce for publication and
bearing the high authority of his dis
tinguished name and achievements,
he said that he regarded Gladstone,
John Henry Newman, and John Rus
kin as the three great masters Of the
English tongue. Mr.. Bryce did not
include any American in this pre-
eminent list Of masters of English.
Yet the late Senator George +. Hoar
was accustomed to speak of Edward
Everett as one Of the masters of Eng
lish of the nineteenth century, and
10 assert that one of the reasons why
Edward Everett had obtained this
mastery was his habit of converting
the classics-Latin and Greek-intO
English, doing that over aud. over
again.
The late James G. Carter, who for
the last twenty years of his life was
regarded by many as the leader of the
American bar. said to me a year or
two before his death that the United
States had furnished as many mas
sixty years as England herself had
done. He called to mind the state
ment made by Rufus Choate many
years ago.
"The four great intellects and the
four masters of the English tongue
we're Milton, Shakespeare, Bacon, and
Edmund Burke"
Mr.. Choate himself, Mr.. Carter said,
lish tongue. He had not only a ca
pacity for wonderful imagery and for
peculiar and yet singularly appropri-
ate metaphors, but he had a unique
gift Of so speaking that it seemed
as though speech oozed from every
pore of his body
Choate, ! know, was a diligent stu
dent of the ancient classics. He
never permitted day to close with
out having read n page or two of the
Latin and Greek authors. Yet the
most careful analysis will not detect
the influence of these classic writer's
upon Mr.. Choate's speech. His speech
was himself, and that, perhaps, is
the highest test of oratory if there be
the stimulus of great intellect
I have long regarded Samuel j.
Tilden as perhaps our greatest mas
ter of English prose when utilized to
express political thought. His style
is clear and crisp, and / never de-
tected anything lacking in his writ
ten style. II was. however, style
that would be attractive to none but
lawyers or students of political in
stitutions.
was once told by Sydney Webster
that Daniel Webster completely alter
ed his style after he had first served
in the Lower House of Congress His
earlier style was fowery. He used
long words Subsequently he aban-
doned that style. making choice of
the short, Anglo-Saxon words as far
as possible. Mr. Webster's model
was the King James translation OF
| the Book of Job.
We have now two examples of ora
tory by Americans which will be-
come classic. In fact, they have al
ready become classic. One is tht
peroration OF James G. Blaine's
/ eulogy of James A. Garfield and the
other Is Abraham LincOlns Gettys-
burg address. These, / am sure, will
be read by them when everything that
has been written or spoken by Ameri-
cans is unknown, excepting possibly
to scholars.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
Peoples Column
ASKS RIGHT TO SHOOT
REED BIRDS IN STATE.


REED BIRDS IN STATE.
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir: l wish to take exception to
an article published in the Every
Evening of the issue of May in ref
crence to the shooting OF reed birds.
Always having been of the opinion
that the Every Evening was a city
paper Of the first class and capable
Of printing articles Of an original ma
ture, find that in this case they are
merely acting as mouthpiece for
a country newspaper, namely, the
Dover Index, a paper which is preju-
diced against the city gunner. To
prove this assertion refer to the ar
ticle published in the Every Even
ing under the heading Comments by
the State Press"
Not being satisfied with printing
this article alone, they have also
printed an editorial on the reed bird
question which they themselves ac-
knowledge that they know nothing
about. To quote their own words
from this editorial they say: with
out technical or professional knowl-
edge of the subject, we incline to the
side of protecting the birds in this
controversy and suggest a closed sea-
SON" The editor thereby takes sides
with a lot of bird fanatics who make
living by going around the country
preaching a theory to the city people
of what a benefit these birds are to
the farmers Yet these same bird
fanatics do not educate the farmer
himself along the lines Of protecting
these or any other birds. The
theories that they have advanced are
simply the product of fanatic mind
that cannot be put TO a practical use.
As to the fact of these birds eating
harmful weed seed and insects, had
the editor of the Every Evening at
tended the hearing before DR.. Palmer
of Washington, ID. c., held in the
rose room of the DUPONT Hotel
on April 2S, he would have heard Dr
/ Palmer, who is considered the great
I est expert on the subject of migra-
tory birds in the United States, plain
/ ly state that the reed bird was of nc
/ benefit TO the farmer of Delaware oil
/ the Southern States as an insecti-
vorous bird, plainly acknowledging
that the only harmful insect that this
bird fed upon in part was the army
worm and this not to any great ex-
tent. And according to DR.. Palmer'i
own statement it does great damage
TO the rice crops in South Carolini
and Georgia.
II is plain TO be seen that this birC
is of no benefit to the farmer, anC
again referring to DR.. Palmer as au
thority, he stated that these bird
are not diminishing in numbers
which shows that the little gunninl
that the sportsmen have for thes
birds does not materially affect them
! wish to state that both the article
published in the Dover Index and III
Every Evening we're compiled with
out giving the subject the study tha
was due it, thereby creating a falls
impression of the gunner in the eye
of the public.
Signed Edward Booth
Wilmington, Del, May 6. 1914.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
Just a Moment
DAILY srRENerH AND cHEER.

Compiled by John c. Quinius, the Sun
shine Man.
Family r'ligion is foundation stone
of all our religious life in church and
state, and family worship lies near the
foundation Of all family religion In
building the family altar. religion
builds itself up.-Training the Church
of the Future.
Oh how much the legacy Of this no
bic Christian lie and tranquil death
may mean to the young men of Amer
lea if they will take il to hearti Il
seems TO me it should open the gate OF
the eternal world to a multitude of the
careless and Indifferent. It should show
the supreme nobility of a Christian life,
the absolute serenity Of the Christians
death. It should, in revealing the tran
sitoriness of early glory, show the eter-
nifty Of that which is infinitely better
than glory aracter.-Presdent Nc
Kinley's Legacy.
The most dangerous place for any
man TO reach is the summit OF his am
bitions.--A Forward Look.
One of the ways to keep up with the
times and make yourselves felt is TO
take up one branch, and to make your
self a specialist in this sense, that you
can do one thing, at least better than
most other people can do il. The field
is too large in these days, and compe-
tition is too sharp. for a man to do
i
God is ready to bless His promises
are sure; His power omnipotent; His
love is almighty. Are we ready to re-
ceive the blessing and carry it to others
That is the only question we have to de-
eide Comrades Of the Quiet Hour.
One test of truth is that il is uni
versal. Faith is faith in India anc
Kamchatka. Hope is hope in the new
world and the old. Love is greatest ol
these graces at the equator and th'
poles. So it is in all lesser matters that
have in them the elements of universal
truth. Here is the test of the value OF
an idea. Of a movement, OF an organiza
tion.-The Christian Endeavor Manual
Despair no more, o troubled heart,
But hold this lesson true,
The noble ship for which you wait
Will enter port when due.
Though long delayed. she cannot DRIFT
Beyond her path OF bluei {,
Gods hand is on The pilot wheel
And guides her home to you.
Console your heart with balm of hope
And what is given, do;
When time is full, some sail ahoy"
Announces her to you.
When she is anchored safe at length
Beside her pier and you,
The bill of lading viii declare
That YOU have more than due.
Rev. G. W. Laufer in Christian In
telligencer.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
MUNICIPAL COURT DECISIONS.

G INcE Philip G. Churchman was appointed Judge
- of the Municipal Court in this city e las handed
down several important decisions Of general public in
terest He is taking his Office so seriously and dis
charging its duties integently and painstakingy
that there every to suppose the list Of his
opinions VIII grow constantly in length and public i'm
portance.
That being true, the question naturally arises
whether it would not be wen for City Council to have
Municipal Court Reports printed year to year. not
only for the benefit Of lawyers but also for the benefit
Of aymen The dignity Of the court has been re-estab
hshed; it is performing important work for city
OF more than 10000 Inhabitants and it seems 10 us
there should be printed and easy-obainahle records
OF the important decisions handed down by a Judge
who is milking such admirable record that it meets
with the approval of everyone who is interested even
remotely, in judicial affairs
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
DELAWARE AM ODD rEILOwsHIP.

ID RoMINENT Odd Fellows in this State are work.
ing actively to have Delaware suitably represent
ed at the annual meeting the Sovereign Grand Lodge
in Atlantic City next September. It is audable under
taking. As this is Of the original thirteen States
and Odd Fellowship has figured for many years in
its social life It would be poor compliment, indeed, to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, Delaware Odd Eel
lows to fail to attend the meetings the supreme body
Of the order when it is in place SO near and
easy Of access is Atlantic City
The pan we understand it, is to have strong dele
cations so there from all lodges in Delaware. To
stimulate interest in the enterprise lodges in the
three counties being canyassed systematically. 1t
is gratifying to that those engaged in the
are receiving much encouragement, and that the ind
cations arc for large turnout from our state
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
Onn FELLOMS T0 YISIT.

Delaware Lodge, No. /. l. o. o. f..
will visit Patrick Henry Lodge, Of
Delaware City, on Saturday. The
local lodgemen will leave here early
in the afternoon. and after visiting
the fort and having supper. will visit
the lodgerooms there. The local
team will confer the first and second
degrees on large class OF candi-
dates.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
POSLAM Will
RID YOUR SKIN
OF ERUPTIONS

II is wonderful 10 see how greatly
small quantity of Poslam and few ap-
plications, will benefit any diseased,
eruptional skin. Often after brief treat
ment the improvement is startling.
Poslam quickly controls and eradi-
Gates Eczema, Acne and stubborn, itch
ing skin troubles. Itching stops. Pim-
pies 60. Dandruf, Scalp-Scale, Chadng
Feet infiamed CompleNions, all are
benefited at once by its healing proper
ties.
All druggists sell Poslam. For free
sample write to Emergency Laborator-
les, 80 West 25th Street, New York.
Poslam Soap will improve and beau
tify your skin and keep it in healthy
condition. Large size, 25 cents; Toilet
size, 10 cents.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
RrILnING PERMITs GRANTED.

Building Inspector Johnson has
issued the following building per-
mits:
NJ. p. Grubb, porch, at 1OS Rodney
street, 500.
Henry Andrick, No. 1901 Madison
street, porch, 500.
John E. Healy and Son, addition to
garage for M. Megary and Son Com
pany, Sixth and Orange streets. $500.
John E. Healy and Son, addition TO
store. No. S35 King street, for w. T..
Dockstader, $1,000.
John E. Healy and Son, addition 70
stable of A. ]. Lang, Fifth and Wal
nut streets, $1,000.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
CHILE AND WILMINGTON.

view of the fact that thousands of of Chilean
i nitrate used annually by the duPonts in their
great powdermaking enterprise which has It's centre in
this city, wilmngtonians should find the following.
taken from article that appeared recently in the
National Magazine Of interest:
/ entered Chile from the north by way of the la Paz
and Antoiagasa railway, coming from La Paz The
long ride the Bolivian terminates Anto-
fagasta Of the leading ports for the shipment of the
nitrate for which Chile is famous These nitrate
beds were discovered by George Smith, Scotchman,
who observed that trees and plants banked up with
strange white substance hourished than others
The nitrate fields belonged to Peru until the disastrous
ful contest Chile was victorious over the combined
republics Of Bolivia and Peru She took from Bolivia
its entire coastne, and from Peru the provinces of
Arica-Iacna, which have become Alsace and Lor-
raine OF South America. The treaty OF peace with
Peru provided that after certain time these provinces
should revert TO Peru If a plebiscte Of the people
should vote for this return Since South America was
populated like Alsace and Lorraine the Chileans
able TO fiji the conquered provinces with their
people, and hence today there Is small chance of
Arica-ranca going back to Peru Since 1881 the nitrate
industry has yielded the government Chile i'm
port nearly half billion dollars. This enables
taxation at moderate rate. The Chileans, too,
wise enough TO know that the nitrate beds will last
forever. Accordingly they using the great
from this source to build up libraries and sys-
TENS of education. as well fine railways.
II also is a matter of local interest that the big
Wilmington powder company some OF the Chilean
nitrate beds and that Wilmington money is contrbut-
ing to the power and the prosperity Of Chile.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
ARTIsANs, FINE sH0MING.

VAT congratulate the Artisans Savings Bank of this
W city upon the splendid showing it makes in its
fftythrd annual statement II the fiscal year
ended April last and reveals that the bank is in a
aourshng condition, thanks TO the splendid manage
ment It has had
It's total assets at the end of the fiscal we're 49,
1O211S12 It's liabilities $276690707 due depos-
tors 1896 11O5 credited to surplus and guarantee
fund The deposits during the year aggregated $675,
57G2S while the amount paid out TO depostors in the
same period S630,4Ss16. The total receipts from
all sources during the year s1,145,4349S.
Included IN the assets of the bank are corporation
bonds valued Si63sO202i It also has s10O1,655.92
out bonds and mortgages and loans on notes. with
collateral securities, amounting to S95065 The bank
ing house furniture and fixtures valued at $4,000.
The bank pays per cent interest deposits, cacu-
lated semi-annuay.
In commenting upon the splendid showing made by
the Wilmington Savings Fund Society several weeks
ago we suggested that the society do its bond buying
through Wilmington brokers to the end that Whining
tons Importance financial centre may be promoted
and conserved We now make the same suggestion to
the officials of the Artisans Savings Bank. Their
splendid institution has been built up with Wilmington
money and they should do and doubt will do every
thing they to support reputable brokerage houses
in community especially when bonds may be pur-
chased just advanageorsly here elsewhere.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
Relieves Bladder Distress and Weak.
moss

Irregular, painful bladder weak
nesses disappear when the kidneys
are strong and healthfully active.
Take Foley Kidney Pills for that
burning, scalding sensation-irregular,
painful action-heavy. sore feeling and
bladder distress. You will take their
tonic restorative effect-the relief
from pain-quick good results. Con-
tain no harmful drugs. Try them.
For sale by n. B. Danforth, Market
and Second Sts.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
Helps Kidney and Bladder Trouble
Everybody Satisfied.

Everywhere people are taking
Foley Kidney Pills, and are so salts
fed they urge others to take them
also. A. r. Kelly. Mcintosh, Ala.
says:-"I recommend them to all who
suffer from kidney troubles and back
ache-fOr they are fine" Best thins
YOU can take for backache, weak
back and rheumatism.
For sale by n. B. Danforth, Market
and Second Sts.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
EXECUTOR SELLS PROPERTY.

The 10 room, 3-story brick dwell
ing at No. 100 East Eighth street, was
sold at executors sale to Samuel
Faber for $4,000.
The property belonged to the estate
of Gideon B. Guyer, deceased.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

The debt the building at Hope Farm near this
city has been reduced $4,000 by the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society That speaks we'll for the man
agement Of that public benefacton which is do
ing immeasurabe good not only in city but also in
the State at large.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

It is characteristic Of this country that whenever
war threatens, or comes, there several million
who feel fully convinced that they know about
military strategy than does the commanding general
of the American forces; and, as a rule such volun-
teer strategsts careful TO keep themselves re-
moved far as possible from the firing line
Evening journal., 1914-05-07
GEIBEL CHORUs IN CONCERT.

Delaware Canton, No. j, Patriarch
Militants. !. o. o. F.. has engaged the
Geibel Chorus Of Epworth NJ. f.
Church for a concert in Odd Fellows
Hall, the latter part of this month.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

New shops, valued at $4,000, to be built here by
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation Recent
expenditures already have made the big plant one Of
the finest Of its kind in the East the addition now
proposed will mean more work and better times for
Wiimingtonians.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

+ This is Cleanup Week in Wilmington The Chicks
contributed to the the campaign by cleaning
up the Trenton team yesterday by score of to 3.
Now let the Wilmington householders do as well in
cleaning up their properties along lines suggested by
our city officials
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

We wonder how much solid mental comfort Presi-
dent Wilson obtains from the fact that the Tennessee
Democratic State Committee has adopted resolutions
indorsing his administration?
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

open-air treatment OF the insane is receiving at
senton in Illinois Tragic events occurring here and
mere throughout our country would to indicate
nat many insane persons who have been receiving
'pen-air treatment should have been kept indoors.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

In Manila tho prices OF meats have up 100 per
cent within the last year. We believe however, that
President Wilson did not promise cheaper the cost
living in the Philippines. It is astonishing,
theless how like America those islands are becoming
in the matter prices under the policy Of benevolent
assimilation
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

Tuberculosis germs will die in whiskey but will
live three years in water" says an exchange II is
not likely however that win be able 10 fool
his wife by advancing. as an excuse for being numi
nated the want-to-ki-t Observation-Disclosures plea.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

II it comes to a matter Of fixing responsibility for
the Mexican trouble Colonel Roosevelt will be in
splendid position to prove N aiibi
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell OF
"a Senator's Opinion Of His Fellows
OratOrical Powers"
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

People who know are attending Ru-
dolph's sales. and are profting by the
extremely low prices.--Advt.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

Two Havana editors have fought duel. One is SER
iously wounded. When will those Latn-Americans
learn that the pen is mighter than the swordg
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

GRANT LETTERS ON ESTATES.
Letters testamentary have been
granted on the estate of James L.
Banning to James l.. Banning, Jr.;
letters of administration d. b. n. c. {.
a. on the estate of Anna M. Ferris to
Anna NJ. Ferris, and on the estate of
Deborah Ferris TO Anna NJ. Ferris.
Evening journal., 1914-05-07

No time should be lost in having guardian appointed
for the girl who has become imbued With idea that
she has perfect hgure