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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

Frank Stout, special agent for
the Wilmington City Court, has
collected $102,777.S0 from parties
charged with non-support since
the law covering the subject be-
came effective.
Workmen are strengthening the
Millsboro-Dagsboro road and
packing it with clay and gravel.
Houses are scarce in George
town and several rows will be
built by a syndicate.
Governor and Mrs. Charles L.
Miller have returned to their
home in Wilmington after two
weeks motor trip through Maine.
The Red Lion Camp Fire Girls
held birthday party on Satul day
evening at the home of Miss Edna
Cranston at State Road.
Falling down stairs at her home
Richard E. Pinder was badly
bruised and one of her hips was
dislocated.
The Executive Committee of the
Wilmington Park Commission has
been authorized to proceed with
the razing of the old Court House
and to arrange for converting it's
site into a park.
The New Castle Century Clut
has decided to hold it's carniva
; October ST. or for three days in
stead of two.
Trustees Of the Workhouse a
l Greenbank, owing to its over
crowded condition, are consider
4 ing the erection of an additina
wing.
n While Neal Wilgus was gettin
n out timber near RoXanna, one da
= last week, branches of a fallin
n tree struck him and his leg, arm
U and collar bone were broken.
The R. L. Foord Company {
= Wilmington has secured the col
u tract for furnishing the count
l. section of the new Court Hous
n and City Hall, at it's bid of S11, 90
Bids are invited for the fir
S. five mile section of cement ros
N between Bel lin, Md, and Selb
lie vile, to connect the du Pont Bou
It, evard with the Maryland impro
ed State roads.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20
HERE AND THERE

The Mill Creek Mounted Repub-
,;..o Club has been reorganized
for the campaign with R. G. Buck
ingham president.
DR.. George I. McKelvey has sold
+. Mayor Arley B. Magee of Dover
tna State street residence of the
late Chancellor Willard Sauls-
blrE.
Harry Cunningham, a 13-year-
old Wilmington boy, missing for
nearly two months, was found
v.,rklng on a farm near Ruthby,
on,. Jay last week. He returned to
h5- nome.
~eoator Henry A. DUPONT enter
tanned his fellow nominees on the
p..ublcan State ticket at dim
n,r at the Hotel du Pont, Will
miagt0n, on Saturday.
Wilmington bank clearings last
week totalled S2,62S,617.65 against
Sl.896, 7O7.07 for the like week
last year.
Several high tides last week en-.
abled gunners on the Delaware
marshes to secure good bags oil
rail birds.
Eight-year-old Robert Fergu
son of New Castle, while picking
wild cherries, one day last week
fell IA feet, breaking his jaw bon
and cutting his lips severely.
The Harlan & Hollingswortl
plant, Wilmington, will shortl
have in service it's new crane, wit.
lifting power of $50 tons.
Mrs. Bessie Belts of Harringto
is held for Court in 500 bail o
two charges of violating the We
mans labor law by permitting a
employee to work more than 5
hours a week.
Jack Reybold, son of w. U. Re,
bold of Delaware City, was sht
in the arm while cunning on FIR
day. He was recently injured
an automobile accident.
Thomas Hood, colored, of Che
ter, Pa, found i'll in Wilmingtc
with smallpox, was removed to tt
emergency hospital at Farnhurs
where he died on Saturday.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

when the weapon was accidentally
fired, the wound proving fatal.
The interior of the Catholic
Church in Elkton has been fres-
coed and reprinted and special
services will be held on Sunday
with a number of visiting clergy
in attendance. The cost :. of the
work, about $4,000, has been met
by the pastor, Rev. Father P. P.
Arnd.
Little Elk Tribe of Red Men of
Cherry Hill, cleared $500 from its
recent three nights carnival. The
Tribe has purchased the Cleaver
Hall property in the village which
! it will improve for it's use
Trustees of Elkton M. E. Church
have let contracts to Adolph Erie
of Philadelphia, for decorating anC
frescoing the interior and to Will
lam Stephens of Elkton for worl
on the exterior of the building
The ladies of the congregation will
furnish new carpets. The cost o
the work which was to start thi
week, will reach about $500.
w. R. Peters, Recorder of Deed
for Kent County, is recovering
from a severe attack of uraemi
with which he was seized Will
, riding in an automobile wit
: friends on Wednesday night.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

WITH SEPTEMBER the thought of day aeld with dog
" and Every rural outdoor has to have his days
off for cunning The the will work like fury if he has
in view rifle, a dog and a day off.
have always made point supply the and ammunition
the of the and information from all
crack shots hereabousthey say Remington.
ShsThe Winchester shell and the u NJ c. No disputes
their superiority These and all other supplies here ready tor
your O. K.
n OF course. NOW is the time to make your choice.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

Frank Stout, special agent for
the Wilmington City Court, has
collected $102,777.SO from parties
charged with non-support since
the law covering the subject be-
came effective.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

Harry Cunningham, a 13-year-
old Wilmington boy, missing for
nearly two months, was found
v,rklng on a farm near Ruthby,
no, Jay last week. He returned to
h5- nome.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

Bids are invited for the first
five mile section of cement road
between Bel lin, Md, and Selby-
vile, to connect the du Pont Boul-
evard with the Maryland improv-
ed State roads.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-20

The Mill Creek Mounted Repub-
:i..n Club has been reorganizej
for the campaign with R. G. Buck
ingham president.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
WEIGHED IN BALANCE

structions. Carr introduced the two
young PEOPLE 10 each other.
Tom. as he turned TO acknowl.
edge the Introduction. found him.
self looking down into quite the
most beautiful pair OF eyes he had
ever beheld. Vaguely, too. he hotet
that the eyes were set In a dnintily
iiowerlike face. and that the face
was appraised towprd his owr with
an adorable expression OF interest
Something seemed TO tug thrill
insly al Ton Clsrk's hitherto i'm.
mune heart. Completely to his own
surprise he found that he had fall.
en- victim m that pystioally poetic
malady known love at first
sight"
Edna Carr. TOO felt an unaccount.
able stirring at her heartstrings at
this first meeting with the man OF
whom he had heard so much from
father. Already, from hearing OF
Toms story, she had invested young
Clark with al! the attrit utes Of a
hero OF romance. Now. his good
looks, his magnetic personality and
his oddly brilliant smile, combined
with his very evident admiration Of
herself 10 finish the carture OF her
girlish heart
Joe Carr, well pleased, looked on
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

to see. They had all gone down to
the Smiling Pool because the water
there was deeper and cooler than In
the Laughing Brook. You see. the
weather had been so hot for 80 long
that the Laughing Brook was grow
ing smaller and smaller. and 80 the
fish had moved down to the Smil-
ing Pool for comfort and safety. II
Buster had used his common sense
he would have known this and given
up all thought OF fish.
AT last he sat down In q little
open place close by the Laughing
Brook and not far from where
Plunger the Fish Hawk had built his
nest. Buster sat down to rest and
cool off. He had not been there
long when he heard voices, harsh,
screaming voices. They came from
high up In the air. Buster tipped
his head back and looked up. There
he saw Plunger the Fish Hawk and
King Eagle. and they were quarrel
ing. Plunger was lodging this way
and that way. now up, now down.
now to this side and now to that.
And clutched In Plunger's claws was
great, big, fat fish. At the sight
of that FISH 1t seemed to Buster that
his stomach just Topped right over.
Yes, sir. that is the way II seemed.
Water began to trickle from the cor
ners of his mouth, water of pure
longing. Plunger was high in the
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
THE CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE.
water May Be Free, But Baths Are Not!" Paula Tells
Marge!

After Jane had gone, Margie."
continued Paula. IL began to un-
dress and make ready for bed
II am not going to describe to
you that hall bedroom up three
Nights OF stairs. l kept thinking
to myself as | spread my beautiful
toilet articles out on the rickety old
bureau. I had always thought the
descriptions OF such rooms were all
Imagination when read them In
stories, but here | was right In one
and when stretched myself on
the bed II seemed TO me that never
would be able to adjust myself TO
It's bumps and hollows.
II was tired was lonely was
dlscouraged-I was heartsick, Mar
gle. and all at once found myself
sobbing and shaking with all the
piled UP misery and grief that fate
seemed dealing to me.
II was alone In this great city. In
which not one soul except my little
VI NHt ulbHt pthVaN
knew that there was such girl as
Paula Newton.
Strange as that may seem. this
thought, instead OF making me
despair, seemed TO give me courage.
I determined I'd win.
Il sat down on the side OF the
bed and carefully counted my
money. had Just s96. Ny room
rent was paid for a whole week.
Surely I could get something TO do
before that was gone.
81 bathed as we'll as | could In a
bowl OF cold water.
"Margie, don't wonder that poor
people are not clean. Water may
be free. but 10 get enough OF IL
heated 10 take bath sometimes
takes more energy than q tired girl
has left after her hard daily toll.
II know that have often tumbled
into bed when should have bathed
my hot and tired BODY. and have
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

taken the extra half hour sleep In
the morning instead OF the bath that
my parched skin needed--and you
know ! was called the daintiest girl
In the school
1T is very different. however.
when you have someone TO prepare
your tub In the perfect bathroom
and lay out towels and perfume and
scented soap. from taking A sponge
bath with a small bowl OF water and
coarse soap and coarser towels.
III, as someone has said, 'Cleanli.
ness is next to godliness, then II
does seem to me that some OF these
good people who are always preach.
ing about keeping ones soul clean
and bright should pay little more
attention TO the bodies OF human.
ity.
And then the food--oh, Margie,
hope you will never have to live on
the food have had 10 eat. Truly,
! have had TO recourse TO a hand
full OF dates, a few nutmeats and an
apple. because the person who cook.
goes to another town to wrk and
ed the food at my cheap boarding
house absolutely spoiled II.
Isn't II queer that most OF us
take so little care OF this wonder.
full machine we call our body. We
seem almost to take delight In abus-
Ing II In every way possible. and
then we are surprised when some
times II rebels and pays us back
In our own coin.
II shall never forget that first
night In that little hall bedroom and
that first breakfast In the smelly
dining room--and yet the woman
who kept the house was n kindly
soul. She did not know how TO
make the best OF what she had.
IL would not let myself get hope.
less, however. and Immediately after
breakfast I started out 10 find the
manager know"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
Society

Mrs Morse Ref merit and Miss
Eleanore Rohnert are ar Mackinac
island
The Exchange club will hold It's
annual outing 20 Bots Blanc, Mon
day, July 81.
Mrs. ]. P. Seitz and daughter,
Miss Julie, OF Baltimore. are visit
ing Mrs. w. J. Seitz, No APO West
Grand-blvd
Mrs. s. B. Cole, Miss Bornice Cole
and Harry Cole, who have been
motoring through the east, are nov
al the Chicago Beach hotel.
o.
Mrs. William X. Gresh, OF Ger.
mantown, Pa, will arrive the end
of the week to visit Ter parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Owen w. MuIkey, Pasa
dena apartments.
Mrs. II. n. EveraId and Misc
Everard are at their cottage on Gul.
LAKE, near Kalamazoo for the sum
mer
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl DaD7iger and
family. who are travelling in the
west, are now at Glenwood Springs.
Col.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Nesbitt
and family. No 225 Pallister-ave.
have returned from an eastern
motoring trip
The annual picnic OF Detroit lodge
OF Elks, will take place Monday,
Aug {, to Tashmoo park. A fine
program of games and athletic
events will take place.
@
A motoring party including Mr..
and Mrs. A. w Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ducklin and Dr. and Mrs. Russell g.
Pearce and son, have left for the
eastern states and Berkshires. They
will remain week at Winthrop
Beach, Mass.
o.
Myron Townsend. of Detroit. for
Some time associated with the Tim
ken Detroit Axle Co, will sail Sat
urday from New York. on the "St.
Paul." for Europe Mr.. Townsend
will 20 to London where he will be
the guest OF John Hart, advertising
manager OF London Opinion"
%
During the summer months, there
will be a twilight organ recital In
the Church of Our Father. every
Sunday evening Crganist Jason
Moore will play on tho Murphy
memorial organ for an hour. and the
public will be welcome 10 drop into
the church at any time during the
recital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward a. loveley,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tigchon, Walter
G. Piper, and ID. G Mckee left
Tuesday on a motoring trip through
the eastern and New England
states including the Ad!rondacks,
White mountains and the Atlantis
seashore. The party will remain
several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Piper at their summer home In
Scituate, Mass, wnere they will be
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
Buster Bear Has No Luck
Copyright. 1915. by T. w. Burgess)
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Three times I've turned upon my tall,
And crossed my toes. but still tan
To win from Luck my simple wish
For Just one single little nsh.
AS he said this Buster Bear sat
and stared into the Laughing
Brook with wrinkled brows. He
had set out that morning to get
fish for breakfast. and because he
had set his heart on fish nothing
else would do. You know, Buster
Bear Is sometimes what Is called
pig-headed-that is. he starts TO do
thing. and no matter what hap
pens he persists in trying to do II.
He had started out for fish that
morning, and fish he would have or
else go hungry. Now, everybody
knows that II is OF no use to try 10
drink from an empty pail, and every
fisherman knows that II is of no
use TO fish when the fish have gone
away from their favorite places.
Buster Bear knew that for some I'M
known reason there were no trout
in the little shallow pools where he
does his fishing. or course. he
didn't know this when he started
out that morning, but II didn't take
him a great while to find II out. Not
so much as a glimpse Of fin or tail
had Buster had. and he had fol-
lowed the Laughing Brook almost
TO the place where It leaves the
Green Forest on it's way TO the Smil.
ing Pool In the Green Meadows.
And Just because he couldn't have
fish Buster wanted fish more than
anything else In the world. People
are that way sometimes. SO Buster
persisted In wandering along the
Laughing Brook. hoping that luck
would turn, Fishermen. you know.
are great believers in luck, and
Buster is like the rest. That is why
he said that foolish little verse at
the beginning OF this story. OF
course, he knew II was all foolish
ness to turn around three times and
to cross his toes. and when he did
these things he looked around first
to make sure that no one would see
him. And, OF course. his luck didn't
change. You see, there isn't any
such thing as that kind of luck. No
matter what happens, there Is a
cause. reason for 1t. The reason
n HGh M N a
morning was that there were no fish
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

air, and II that nsh was big -
for him to see II At that dtstsr
must be very. very much u
than any ash Buster had ever III
In the Laughing Brook. a
could not keep his greedy little 4
OF II. He knew by what No
that King Eagle was trying 70 -
Plunger give up that fish. 8
"Robber!" grumbled Buster -
quite forgetting that were he
King Eagles place he would BE- =
ing the same thing. "Robberl y
hope Plunger gets away from hinr
A sudden thought came to r.
What II King Eagle should nj
Plunger drop that fish beforo
reached the ground7 Decidedly &
was a quarrel worth watching. r.
were almost overhead now and -
30 very far up In the air. Pfun0
made a sudden swoop that brouGl
him still nearer the tree-topo, =
at the same instant King -
swooped with a scream 20 a.
that It gave even Buster BOaEa
funny feeling, And then. right t.
something silvery. something sl
Ing In the rays OF Jolly. bright Il
Bun. dropped straight toward =
ter Bear.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

at this brief meeting Nor was he
less pleased whom Tom asked leave
10 call on Edna. nor when, during
the next few months. the youth was
an almost nightly visitor in the tidy
little living room, Of the Carr cot
tage.
Love had dawned. and courtship
was quick TO follow-an ardently
adoring SWANS wooing Of a girl
who met his loverly advances half
way
II was very sweet, very innocent,
very bissful, this love affair. Both
Tom and Edna were terribly In
earnest With each II was q nrst
love. as we'll as love at hrst sight.
Tom did not actually propose. be-
cause lie was not yet earning
enough money to add the expense
Of a wife's support to that Of sis.
ter and a mother. But he worked
all the harder at the mills, In order
TO rise 10 a position with a salary
that would permit him 10 marry.
in addition To his present heavy ex'
penses
In tho meantime lie spent his
every spare moment at Eina's
home And he cat ght all-too-brief
glimp"c. OF her at Doontimes. too.
For, since meeting TORI, she had
taken C carrying hei fathers lunch
TO The mills nearly every day.
Pm going to own these mills,
sor3c Ca ~ once told her. IL feel
Il in icy BONES I'm following in
dad IS .. o',tPp5. and | AMI advancing
ever Dil - RAPIDLY as he cid Your
father 20 5 50. I'm going the whole
distance before I'm done But long
before each the goal itself. I'll
hav7 lhr right 70 say something to
you that I'd rather say than any
thing else in he world. It's so
hard not 10 say II. But, at the rate
they're advancing me, III soon have
the right to-"
Edna undcrst BOD Ard she was
well content to- weit-for years. II
need bc-for the day wheE he
ould be able 10 tell her OF his love.
But neither OF them realized in what
strange manner that avowal was TO
be made.
Kelly, the easy-going old superin'
tcndent Of the mills. retired on pen
sion In his place the directors ap-
pointed a man who had won an on
viable record for efficiency in an
other city's Mills. His name was
Agnew Graham. In age he was
about 30. He had reputation for
slave-driving and for wringins from
the mills list Of results that were
highly gratifying TO the stockhold-
ere. Concerning his personal char
acter, some rather unsavory stories
were adrift. But the directors were
out for results, not pert onal up
rightness, so Graham was employ
ed.
At first glance, Tom Clark dislik-
ed the new superintendent. The
man seemed TO him overdressed,
domineering. coarsely handsome
and with look that filed Tom with
a vaguely hostile distrust.
And within n month there was
not man In any department Of the
mills who did not indorse every un.
pleasant thought that Ton had ever
had about the new boss. Indeed,
Graham was probably the hest-hated
mill superintendent in theEtate.
He worked the men cruelty hard;
he was forever nsgging at them and
blaming their and docking their
wages for imaginary deIinquencies.
He showed plainly that he regarded
them "a bred Of animal utterly in
ferior "a himself He wreaked petty
giudges against such OF them az he
did not chance TO like. He leered
ut their daughters and young sis
ters. on the street. In way that
made Them want 10 kick him.
ITO Be Continued.l
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

The velvet crown hats coming
from Paris are airy things, after all,
with brims OF transparent lace edged
with velvet. The applied trimming.
which is much in favor. and an odd
little ornament OF black ribbon with
polka dotted center. Is adornment
enough for this new kind OF picture
hat
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
CAST OF CHARACTERS

TOM CLARK. athlete, who be.
comes a millworker.
JOHN CLARK, Toms father,
who leaves his family penni-
less when his mills are taken
away from him through stock
manipulation
JOE CARR. foreman In the mills.
EDNA CARR, his daughter.
A6NEW GRAHAM, efficiency
superintendent, who dIslikes
Tom and loves Edna.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

The FIRST foreign diplomat dis
missed from the United States was
Citizen Genet. the representative OF
the French government. whose re-
call was asked by Thomas Jefferson
because OF his efforts to commission
privateers here TO prey on British
commerce.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

Why wear velvet crown hat H.,
midsummer? Don't ask Betty
Brown. It's too deep and dark a
mystery for me. But II women wear
furs and high boots when the sun
blisters why not a velvet crowned
hat?
Consistency ia q jewel, but II has
no standing with Dame Fashion.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

The Pitman Grove Camp Meeting
association, one OF the oldest organ
izations OF It's kind In the country.
will begin its forty-sixth annual SEES
sion today at Pitman, ". J.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

The annual national conference OF
the woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary societies OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal church will meet to-
day al Ocean Grove. N. J.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

The annual convention Of the -
ternal Reserve association Of ~
consin will begin at Bau Claire t
day and continue In session Over t
morrow. -
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26
Conducts Mass for Mother

The Rev. Frederick l.. Heiden
reich, pastor of the Church OF the
Nativity. was celebrant OF the
requiem mass held Monday morning,
in 81. Mary's church. for his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Heidenreich, who
died Wednesday in her home, No.
$50 Eighteenth-st! Mrs. Heidenreich
for 90 years was.~S member OF st.
Mary's church, and the Rev. F. A.
Schwab, assistant pastor OF the
church, paid tribute to her devout
Christian character and personal
worth. Attending the mass, were
Mrs. Heidenreich's 10 children.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

Carr, a powerful and grizzled vet
eran % the machines, received the
presidents orders in respectful
silence, merely nodding TO the ap
plicant To follow him to his own DE.
partment. rut The moment he and
Tom were alone in the corridor out.
side Peltz' office, the old foreman's
manner underwent lightning
change Wheeling. he Erasped
Toms hands in both OF his. cxclailn
ing:
boy. | worked alongside YOUR
father and then under his orders,
for 30 years. He was the whitest.
kindest, sqdarest man the Lord ever
made. There isn't man in the
mills that didn't love hiri and trust
him. There isn't man here who
won't welcome John Clark's son
and give him n square deal"
Tom was genuinely touched by
the rough sincerity OF the old mans
welcome. And he was equally
pleased at the warm seconding that
welcome received from the other
workers. At once they made their
former loss son feel at home
among them. and they eagerly show
ed him the details OF mis- new work.
At first, they welcomed Tom be
cause he was John Clarks con. But
presently they found themselves
more and more fond OF him for his
own sake. The lad Inherited all his
fathers popularity and magnetic
power over men. He also inherited
his fathers warm heart and friend
illness, az we'll as his swift capabu.
ity for mastering any form OF me-
chanical work.
Inside n year Tom Clark was by
oil odds the moe: popular man In
the mills, and he was by far the
cleverest and quickest workman on
his floor. He sdvanccd rapidly.
and he well earned every advance.
Old Joe Carr grew TO regard him
almost as n son.
Before that first year was out, too,
Joe Carr had still other reasons for
being fond of his young protege.
one noon Cars daughter. Edna,
brought her fathers lunch to the
mills, as he had forgotten TO take
II with him In the morning.
As che approached Cars desk.
Tom Clark CHANGED TO be standing
tAAra. receiving rome routine in
The Detroit times., 1916-07-26

Joined by Mr. and Mrs Harry
Stormfeltz, who are now in Atlantic
City.