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Evening journal., 1915-01-04
A Pr0-AmeKican Policy
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In considering the relations Of the
United States with the nations at
war. The Post conceives it to be the
first duty of Americans to be pro-
American.
An American may sympathize with
the allies or with the Germans, but
he should first he a stout supporter
and defender Of American rights.
If Americans are true to their own
country and its rights and duties.
they will not be wronging any other
nation or people.
In sticking up for its own rights
the United States is not anti-English
or pro-German. II is pro-American.
The nations at war are looking
sharply after their own rights. They
are not quite so vigilant in looking
after duties to other nations.
Whenever any nation fails in It's
duty to respect American rights. It
is proper that the United States
should remind 1t of it's duty
The United States is on the map
and intends TO stay there. In the
course of a century It has acquired
rights which have been acknow-
ledged by all nations. In the stress
Of European war these rights are be-
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
The War and Sugar
From the New York CommeroialJ

the sugar contents of the beet roots
in Germany are extra heavy this
year and promise was made of a
bountiful crop. conditions are so un-
settled that there is no knowing what
will result Beet roots are being fed
to cattle In many places and the
amount of sugar which will be lost
this way is only a matter of conjec-
ture.
II is said unofficially that the Ger
man government has decided to keep
40 per cent of the crop for consump-
tion and will store the remainder for
expectation when possible, to neutral
countries.
Russia is having less trouble with
her crop than any of the countries
involved in the struggle, as the i'm
mense population of the country has
enabled her to bear her losses better
than the others. and beside that the
women are accustomed to working
in the fields and can handle .he crops
If necessary. But the cost of pro-
duction in Russia in normal times is
greater than in either Germany or
Cuba and this cost will naturally be
+ advanced by the war. so sugar mar
kets must reach high figure before
II would pay Russia to make an ef-
fort 10 raise sugar for export.
Government sugar is arriving in
large quantities in GLASGOW for the
Clyde sugar market. most Of il COM
ING from Java, although some bust
ness has been done I'm Argentina sv-
nips. Surplus stocks are being stor-
"a in warehouses In anficiDafion 30
future wants. Some agitation in the
CLYDE market followed q fumQr that
/ the British government intended 10
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
With The Paragraphers

Perhaps the censor has made Il necessary for King
George to TO France in order TO get little news
of the war.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
That Hohoken astrologer who predicts that 1915 will
fighting in Mexico will probably be prophesy-
ing that spring is to follow wnter-Norfok vir-
ginan-pilot
Serious students Of contemporary American litera-
ure. and in particular OF the novel. declare that since
about 1890 the quality Of American novels has steadily
declined In England the other hand Il has stead
lily risen. There are ten twelve English novelists
of the first order-ntelligent sincere, obseryant
who have undergone long training writer's of sub
stantal English before venturing into field which
quires sustained application and a ready command Of
style and vocabulary In this country there per-
haps no more than five noveliss of this cable and Of
these hve two or three unreliable that a con-
sderaton Of their whole work would probably dis
qualify them--Indianapolis News
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

increase the duty on sugar and many
importers made haste to clear up
duty obligations. but in view of the
present high cost of the product. this
plan. if plan it was, was apparently
abandoned
Making of the new crop in Cuba
will begin within a week or ten days
and the planters should reap a hsr-
vest on the yields as prices are much
above the cost of production.
The approximate cost of produc-
tion in Cuba is two cents per pound
and orders have already been receiv-
ed from the United Kingdom for
about 25OO00 tons of early shipment
sugar at $50 TO 400 cents per pound.
At present the asking price is 3.S9
cents per pound in the New York
market on the duty paid basis.
To accentuate the strong position
in which Cuban planters find them
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
THAT DIsGRACEFUL MARRIAGE MILL

THE Elkton marriage mill becomes more and more
ieproach to those persons in the State of
Maryland who are responsible for its continued
istence
The number Of out-of-the-state couples married in
that little Cecil county town in 1914 was 2523 That
than 500 in excess Of the number Of such
marriages performed there in 1913
Such condition is discreditabe to the lawmakers
Of the State and to those preachers in Elkton who
TO find pleasure in being part and parcel of such
commerciazed perversion of the honorable estate
of matrimony
We had the sort of situation here prior to
the last session of our Legislature 10 became so
nauseatng to the Delaware public that at last ad-
sentiment was crystazed in Governor Millor's
message That resulted in the passage Of the Gormley
Marriage law, which put tho so-called marrying par
sons" out of business in the local field
Following that the nuisance shifted 10 Elkon, where
certain men Of the cloth, who seemed to have more
respect the almighty dollar than for the good
of their calling took prompt advantage of the money
grubbing opportunities the newly-set-up marriage mill
supplied
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

ing infringed. It is necessary that
the United States should insist that
these practices shall cease
No question of sympathy or antici-
patton is involved in this insistence
upon our own rights. The war will
pass, but these rights must remain
Americans cannot afford to be so
cautious in avoiding complications as
to permit the rights of this country
TO be infringed upon, then trampled
upon. then denied altogether
II is not 10 the advantage Of Eng
land, or Germany, or any other coun-
try that the United States should
surrender the rights which It holds
in common with all neutral nations -
the right of free use of the sea in
carrying on innocent commerce.
But whether the infringement Of
our rights would he advantageous to
any other country or not, it cannot
be permitted. The nation must
stand firm for its own rights
Altruism is a very fine sentiment,
and sympathy with this or that ma
tion at war is natural and proper,
but the first duty of the American
government and people is to protect
their own rights.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

One of the important results Of the
war. from a commercial viewpoint.
has been its effect on the sugar mar
kets of the world. Planters of cane
I'm Cuba and other sugar raising is
lands and countries are growing rich
as a result of the high prices ruling
for cane sugar, while on the other
hand the large beet sugar crops Of
Europe are well nigh ruined. In
many of the belligerent countries. the
governments have taken hand in
the disposal of sugar supplies and
dealings in sugar both raw and re-
fined. are controlled by official
bureaus.
Thus the British government has
fixed the maximum rates at which
sugar can be sold by rehners and re-
tailers. The German government has
apportioned the best sugar crop OF
that country and is supervising the
making of sugar in that part Of Bel
gium occupied by German troops.
Some interesting facts on the gen
eral situation abroad have been gath
cred by a prominent sugar statis-
tician and resume may be well
worth while. Production in Southern
France has been almost normal as
the only drawback there has been
the scarcity of labor. but work in the
beet districts of the north has been
greatly hampered by military opera
tions. Poland is occupied first Dy
Germans. then Austrian and Russian
troops and this has left farming at
a standstill The situation is much
the same in Galicia
Germany and Russia are the larr-
est single producers OF beet sugar m
Europe, or in the world. in fact. but
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
New News Of Yesterday
A Visit TO Gen. Buffers
Headquarters
By Holland.

Some time i'm March, 1877, I spent an
afternoon with cen. Ben. Butler in the
apartment which was retained by him
all the year round in one of the large
New YarS hotels. lie had been elected a
member OF Congress as "a sort of indie
pendent, and ice chuckled gleeiully when
he described to me the satisfaction he
felt in taking his scat in Congress with
out being snackled TO any party. The
general became reminiscent and related
many of his carly experiences in the
civil war. especially some Of his expert
ences IN the last six months of the waI.
! vcntursd to say that the impression
long prevailed that when hc was sta
toned with his army at Bermuda Hun
dred. on the Jnres river, he did not get
along very well with Gen. Grant whose
headquarters We're at City Point, some
miles distant from Butler's
Grant and I were on the best OF
terms" said Cen Butler, although
stories OF disagreement with him were
told like a good many others in civil
war days, about me solely for the pur-
pose of making trouble for me If pos
sible There comes to my mind little
incident which happened just before
Grant began his movement against
Petersburg A party came down from
Washington, all of them men of infiu-
cnce and some Of them in important
official stations in the government.
They were brought down on a revenue
cutter, which at the time was much
the hest vessel of that description which
was owned by the government.
They visited Gen. Grant at his head
quarters and just as the call was ending
Grant advised them to come over and
see me. de- spoke TO them in the warm
est terms OF me. So the party came TO
my headquarters and I did the best /
could to entertain them. gave them
as nice little luncheon as was within
my power and then took them to the
top of the tower which had built for
observation. The tower was so high
that they could see from the top of it
the churches of Richmond in the dis
tance and. if the weather was clear.
they could also make out the spires of
Petersburg.
"As they were going away, / went
down to the pier to look at the revenue
cutter ] noticed the name Nawayanda
knew that some of our monitors and
revenue cutters had been given old In
dian names and suspected that this
name was of Indian origin. but ! never
heard anything like it i'm Massachusetts
where there are many Indian names
! asked somebody about it and was
told that IL WAS the name of a tribe
of Indians who lived near what is now
Syracuse, y. y. and that the revenue
cutter had bceu christened by Gov
Chase, Secretary of tho Treasury. with
that name because he always liked it
He thought it a peculiarly appropriate
name, ON account of its ripping sound
for revenue cutter or, in fact, any
boat.
The party visited Gen. Grant again
and spoke to him with pleasure of tho
visit made 10 me. and Grant told then
that he knew they were in for a good
time when they concluded to visit my
headquarters
Copyright, 1914, by F. !. Edwards. Al
rights reserved
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
"a New Version Of the Origin oI
Thanksgiving Day"
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
IMPORTANCE OF 4 REYIYAL.

IMPORTANCE OF 4 REVIVAL.
From the Milton Times.
The project of a genuine wholesale
religious revival for Miltonn ought
not to be considered anything strange
or extraordinary. Revivals in rel-
gion are as necessary as special ef-
forts in any undertaking that is
worth while. Teachers, physicians.
bankers, farmers, mechanics etc, all
have their conventions. conferences,
and other meetings, at regular inter
vals-to revive their mutual inter
ests. and to bring more skill and
enthusiasm to bear in their chosen
vocations.
Every Christian ought to make it
"his business" to live a religious
life. Christians are much like eight
day clocks they need to be wound
up occasionally or they will not tell
the time. They need to occasionally
get near 10 the source of fheir reli-
gious life and draw needed refresh
ment. They need in their daily life
Just what they are ofttlmes living in
lack of-a stimulus which will clean
out the lumber and dust of aimless-
ness. redeem their lives from sloth
and selfshness. and create de-
mand for some higher satisfaction
than merely TO eat. sleep. make money
and seek comfort and pleasure.
Our local storekeepers will be ask
ed to close their stores early each
night except Saturday during the
special services, so that they and
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius.
(The Sunshine Mani
4 LEWIsH HYMN THAT HELPEp.

A JEWISH HYMN THAT HELPED.
This collection of Hymns that have
Helped would be incomplete without,
at least. one specimen Of a Jewish
hymn. and one or two which have
helped thousands in the Roman Com
munion. asked Mr.. NJ. H. Spiel
mann. editor of the Magazine Of Art.
to help me to the most helpful Jew
ish hymn. He replied as follows.
Jews have no hymns properly
so called. though they have many
poems of a hyrpnal sort taking chiefly
the form of praise For myself,
may say that the 'Adon Olam' was
to me the most helpful as a child
and youth and was the point de de-
part and the base of all my subse-
quent reading. theological or philo-
sophical. 1t is not merely a pro-
fession of faith. 1t is the complete
exposition of the Jewish religion. and
the supremest expression of comfort
and consolation, so far as am aware,
in all our book Of prayer"
The Rev. +. J.. Cohen. Joint editor
of the Book of Synagogue Music. has
kindly sent me a translation Of the
''Adon 'Olam.7 the text Of which is
as follows:
ADON 'OLAM.
The Universal Master Reigned
Ere yet created things took shape:
His might proclaim Him King of all
When He to all existence gave;
And after all shall pass away,
'Tis He alone shall grandly reign:
Who was. and is. and still shall be:
His glories all our worship have
For He is One no other power
Compares with Him, with Him con-
sorts;
Without beginning. free from end
Above what splendor men may
crave.
(Without corporeality.
From change and variation free.
AS unconioined as undetached,
Alone in matchless power to save)
He is my God. my Saviour lives,
My Rock in travail's time of woe;
My Banner and my Refuge He.
My Draught of Life when help
crave.
Into His hand my soul / trust.
Both when / sleep and when 1 wake;
And with my soul my body. too
God is with me. no fears enslave
n. B.-The verse in parentheses
above is usually ommitted.
F. l.. G.
Speaking of this. Mr.. Cohen says:
1T is almost a literal translation,
and reproduces the rhythm and the
rhyme of the original Hebrew.
1--WE have a number Of Table
Hymns (zemirothl chanted on the
Sabbath before Grace. OF these.
Psalm cxxvi. 1--WE sing the Psalms in
Hebrew. Of course) and No. 10 Sab
bath Rest in the publication Of mine
I enclose (p. 25) have proved very
precious helps to many of us. Much
help. too. has been derived from the
hymn Maioz Tsur, for Hannah (the
anniversary of the Maccabean Dedica-
tom. a copy of my English version
of which (again closely reproducing
the rhythm and rhyme of the He
brew 7 give on the back Of 'Adon
Olam.' "
Dayton. Ohio.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

selves. comparison is drawn with the
same time last year when sales we're
made at, in some cases below. the
cost Of production by planters who
we're in dire need Of money. This
year they can either take handsome
profits at first or hold their supplies
until the middle Of the year. when
there is a moral certainty that not
only the United States, but France
and Great Britain will be buyers in
a rising market, as neither Of the
European powers have wants covered
after May 1. and this country has
made little or no provision for the
future And Cuba is the only big
producing country open to all. The
smaller producers. Porto Rico, Philip
pine Islands. Java and the South
American countries will also benefit
by the demand.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
GEMS OF THOUGHT

For the world is ruled by interest aIone-schiiler.
.-.-.--:
struggle against it thou wilt yet heavens ways
are heavens ways--Bessing
.-.-.-.-
Thars heap o. comfort in looking the dark side
O life cheerfully-Charles Clark Mum
:-.-.-:
Alasi see that the small have always suffered
from the folles of the great.--La Fontaine
.-.-.-.
Willie the world lasts the will Gid the noun
tain tops before IL shines upon the pain-Bulwer.
.-.-:-.
We start out by envying his brilliant quail
ties and end by taking comfort from his limitations
Don Marquis.
.--.-.-.
Can the Ethiopian change his sin the leopard
his spots? Then We also do good. that accus-
toned 70 do evil.-Jeremiah. xiii %.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
Thieves Steal Wire
FROM B. & 0. CO. Poles

CHESTER, Pa, Jan. 4-Several hun.
dred pounds of copper wire were stripped
from the Western Union Telegraph
Company lines along the Baltimore a
Ohio Railroad. near Folsom on Friday
night. Sixteen strands were severed,
making a serious gap. which interrupted
the teleeraphic service.
CI1m Lynne station. along the ppnn
sylvania Railroad. was entered last night
by thieves who rihed the automatic cash-
box attached to the pay telephone.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

view the fact that the inspector the OF
the commission, It seemed to lose sight Of the TACT
that the commission the creature OF the public.
Private utterances made by certain prominent members
OF the commission within the last week indicate
clearly that the mistakes made in the Gibbons case
viii not be repeated in future
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

One killed another mortally injured and
third severely beaten in Van voorhis Pa. because
Janos and Laszlo Schumnpzer had not been invited
attend christening party II the slight had been in
hicted in the matter OF a wedding there is no telling
what the slaughter would have been
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

Says the Milford Chronicle: "The present regu-
iatng the movement Of automobiles the public
roads and highways Of Delaware prescribe limits
which proven be impractical to observe by the
most careful drivers. The limit of speed for rural
roads is fixed at twenty miles per hour, which is simply
ridiculous and is dsregarded by all automobile own
ers and drivers a fine smooth road, a good driving
horse will travel twelve miles hour. and the aver
speed such roads Of automobiles is twenty
five miles or more Why not make the limit the lat
ter figure and then enforce the law?' Many automo-
bsts unQuestionahly would be well pleased to have
the law amended to read twenty-five miles more
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

The American Association for the Advancement Of
Science has decided to ask eminent TO bequeath
TO It their brains to he examined after death and
pared with those Of Of lower mentality and ami
mails Neither Sawmill Bill nor Windmill Mart of the
New Castle County Levy Court need watch the mails
with any feeling OF apprehension
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
Dull, splitting,
SICK headache
DR.. James Headache Powders relieve at
once--io cents a package.

You take DR.. James Headache Pow
der and in just few moments your
head clears and all neuralgia and pain
fades away. It's the quickest and sur
est relief for headache, whether dull,
throhbing, splitting or nerve-racking.
send someone to the drug store and get
a dime package now. Quit suffering
its so needless. BE sure you get DR..
lames Headache powdcrs-then there
viii be no disappointment
Evening journal., 1915-01-04

Secretary Of State Bryan at last has lined up with
those statesmen who contend that national prohibit
tion mpractcable that the wet dry question
should be hreshed out in the several States and not
in Congress His attitude must be quite shock His
statement shows. however, that he Is careful not TO
burn the bridges behind him. Like the skillfu army
officer, he has provided way for retreat if it should
become necessary TO back-track.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

their clerks and patrons may have an
equal opportunity with others to at
tend. The merchants would have a
good deal to be thankful for If this
special effort of the churches should
result in more cash trade and the
payment Of accounts long overdue;
and yet such result is but the ma
terial outcome Of the setting to rights
of a mans conscience.
Evening journal., 1915-01-04
SMYRNA AND 1915.

DMA INA AMI 1910
From the Smyrna Times.
VIII the New Year bring for Smy-
rna a paved street for Commerce
street from Colonial Hotel to the De-
pot? VIII the New Year bring for
Smyrna day electric current along
with a meter system? VIII the New
Year witness more home Industries
and especially one that will employ
a hundred or more men? VIII the
New Year see an up-to-date passen-
ger and freight boat in place of the
little "Frankie?" viii the New Year
see a livelier and a more hustling
town. with its business men and
capitalists a unit for Smyrnas
growth? viii the New Year bring
us a better railroad station. more
attractive approaches. a Lake Drive"
around Lake Como, a stone road TO
Dover, etc? These things are all
possible with the proper get-together
spirit Of the people Let us hope
the New Year has in store all the
above and more too.
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copyright, 1914, by f. j. Edwards. All
rights reserved.
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"A New Version Of the Origin of
Thanksgiving Day"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Foot Specialties

raises arch structure 20 normal r..'..r'.
strengthens muscles 10 hold 'he t..os .
the foot in their natural places ROBERT
y. MCDONALD. VI. d.. Is West SGD It.
New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18

II HERE has been no more popu-
lar figure this winter for the
= artists, the photographers and
the ladies' of the theatre to
copy than the slender Mrs. Vernon
Castle gowned in the exquisite frocks
she wore in Watch Your Step" Lady
Duff-Gordon designed these dresses,
and the fame OF Mrs. Castle was
greatly increased by the imagination
and beauty with which she was
dressed. Once as a type of rocco
shepherdess and then as a Victorian
precieuse and wearing a dainty hat
and carrying an enormous muff, Mrs.
Castles gowns were one of the most
notable features OF Watch Your
step"
So 1t was natural that other dancers
should seek the aid and counsel of
Lady Duff-Gordon. 1t Is the privilege
of few Of them to possess the ex-
elusive control Of the Imagination OF
a fashionable couturiere such AS this
one. but it is naturally an important
asset for any dancer to be dressed
hy such a successful designer as the
one in question So there were envious
chances from the other dancers in
the direction OF Lucille's establishment
in its fashionable neighborhood. But
Mrs. Castle continued for while TO