davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
BUSINESS IN PUBLIC BUSINESS

NJ 0lNEoN IN IL Diflt bINtNEHo
From the Newark Post
Wilmington. New Castle county. and
Delaware, are proud Of the new City
and County Building. which has just
been completed The plans, the style
Of architecture have been the subject
.of widespread compliments Another
striking feature is the successful bus
mess administration OF the building
commission. In cold facts. the public
has been given value received. Bust
ness methods will work out in public
afairs-if the right men are chosen.
The success Of this project calls to
mind another building which has been
the subject Of so much favorable COM
ment-that Of the Women's College
The Commission headed by Governor
Miller gave the buildings here the
same detailed attention that one
would expect from a body OF business
men, with the result that the State
has been given value received. Sc
much so that it is still a matter oi
commest of those acquainted with the
costs. Surely we are progressing
Business judgment and business prac-
tice are making good.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
DELAWARE AND MILITARY
DEFENSE.

From the Smyrna Times.
In Delaware there is an awakening
interest in the military defense neces-
sary for this country to maintain. and
in the rural communities this inter
est has taken hold with the young
men Of the towns and farming dis
tricts alike. It is most noticeable
in Georgetown. Laurel, Seaford. Har-
rington. Smyrna and Lewes, where
men have identified themselves with
the local military companies Of the
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
RESCUED BY 4 FELLOw.wORKER

SEAFORD. Del, June Elisha
Dean, an employe OF the South Della
ware Gas Company. was saved from
asphyxiation yesterday by one Of his
fellow-workmen after he had failed to
come out OF a hole. where he had
been working on gas main. lie was
rushed TO his home in a weak condi-
ton.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02

has been started for each OF them.
The triplets were born in a home
where comfort had been arranged
for only one The mother has already
had three small children.
The Dallas Dispatch started cam
paign for funds, food and clothing.
Twelve Of Dallas most prom
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
WINS WHEELER SCHOLARSHIP.

Special to THE LNENINC JOURNAL
NEWARK, June 2.--l'he Robert Bayne
Wheeler scholarship has been awarded
by Mrs. WheelcIa for the coming year to
Robert ID. Wheeler. ID, of Wilmington,
who will be member Of the junior
class. The holder of this scholarship
this year has been !. p. Maxwell. of
Wilmington, who has made an excellent
record as student. The scholarship
Evening journal., 1916-06-02

nent bachelors we're picked out
and a tax levied on them.
The mother Of the triplets is 2S. She
is the fifth wife of their father. Drin
ming is SO and a blacksmith. Neigh
bors say he has been the father of p
children. He counts haltingly on his
fingers and finally acknowledges IS,
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
EnrCATIONAL PAY IN DOVER.

From the Dover State News.
If it can be done without increasing
the school tax rate. would it not be
a good idea for the Dover Board OF
Education to allow a larger salary
for the principal OF the Dover
Public School? The Dover School is
one Of the largest in the State out
side Of Wilmington, and the pres
ent remuneration Is hardly sufficient
to secure the kind Of man needed to
fill the position.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
PREPARATORY SERyICE.

Preparatory service will be held at
First United Presbyterian Church this
evening. Any one so desiring can
unite with the church at the close OF
tonight's service.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02

was founded in juno, 1915, and consists
of $500. the interest of which is
awarded annually to student OF
marked promise.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02
l. n- L. rFSTIVAL.

Star of Bethlehem l.. q. l.. Social
Club will give strawberry festival to-
night and tomorrow night at Odd Eel
lows Hall. Highlands Many novel fca.
lures viii be seen and good time is
promised.
Evening journal., 1916-06-02

DALLAS, Texas, June 2.-Thelma,
Velma and Elmer Drinning. the new
Dallas triplets, have had a rosy path
cleared for them as though by the
wand Of fairy god-mother.
Enough clothing has been furnished
by Dallas folk to care for them for
long time and besides a bank account
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
Got 1t First

.r.. ....
'f.' '''.'i H.Hbfot.
WUs Elra u.t ~f'. Htaf ON ra.a
...-.
'.' ..' '...N h' ON ."' Hr-'
.ago Na' Ys -0t .f Fr.t
.'''' WAR boF.' - NN.IN F.
DrG1r CORES rCrFev.r uo.F
40 = 70.
~ TITO q.
o.
.'"
''''f
10.
.-. 20" 7"t ~
- I'h.' ~ nor '' % no
...- ,...
7lAt- VOW =
i" 'h
- 1'
."' 70 ~ '.'
or" '"'h pr
,.,.t I' p ~
49,. 'f'"'
49,"
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
TOday's Events

Tro'alpar da tho iI1'h auniver
sary of Nelson's famous victory. will
be- cole brated TODAY throughout the
british empire
The First Corps cadets noted
Boston military organization. is 10
hold a celebration today in honor Of
ifp l75th anniversary
Roth Hughes and Fairbanks are
scheduled to speak ~ Republican
r Getting 10 be held tonight az
ioInEafuwt. o
Former pro4.d don't William ~ TAR
is 20 spcak in baltimore tonight IN
behalf of tho Republican national
and state ucketA
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
Sonny, the Dude
Just (la'

rs quite q contrast 20 see well dressed
dude in tho kitchen bcslde poNr old woman
washing tho family clothes BG' here he -, in
high silk hat FUN dress. spats, highly polished
shoes a cane over bis arm and spotiess gloves
on hIs hands
How much more Of a contrast Ia It when II IL
known that that woman bending over the wash
'ub Is that dudes mother
lt's 30 We discovered that although not
from the dude himself You needn't believe
tfat fellow would admit or rather. confess 1t.
40 He wouldn't even admit that this hard
working sincere mother washed his underwear.
washed and pressed his top shirt and even press-
81 his full dress trousers TO MAKE HIM LOOK
TRESENTARLE,
That's movher all tho t.mo Does everything
n az can posslblv BE- done FOR sonny and
DOESN'T EXPECT WHIT or APPRECLA.
TIOS.
All rhe does want is MOTHER LOVE
Mother love' II works both ways from her
and to her From her n is always there To
her ~ II becoming rare.
Here Ia a case whore mother love TO HES
Ia missing Sonny tho kid who rolled about I'm
the mud of the cutters before he thought ~
dressing up that. same sonny has lost an
thought ~ his best companion for tho pleasure
derived through the use ~ fun dress suit
Vow The sight ~ the same mother WHO
USED TO CLEAN AND DRESS THE DEAR
Roy is detcstable N him
Tnfortunatcly there arc MANY fuct sonnirs
bespattering this lovely land Tho, -hun those
who are not in their class
In fact ~ they who should be stunned ana
driven out ~ all society.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
The Keep Well Column
ROWAN rsACHomA

~ mm.E grant. acre coming FROM
northern Europe before 'ho war ae
Ran
Trsstrrs 10 ar inf,mms' or o.
iHe con. .nrIys which originate .r
Infection f-au.nHf'ed from de
ea.ed 90 20 FORMAL olc
Tho germ that Da4ses The disease
has not ,sf Jceu found despite rhe
fsc, that much money and rime has
'esu speut in an enaeavor 70 .7oIst.
O. ma 5e said that taorr arc
so.ers' d.vIncr germs which oaHse
I.' -E mptgm4
.rfsr Jon Is caused by tbe .csre
oH from traehomato CSC IRAN
mIted b 1owel- rarlke-ra efs or
90 linen Tho b uor of t.e 1f-
eass shou iha' in cases st ras
.psrerr'. AIrsrqea-'I 'E
d, eiflatsr 10 more se-ous o..alA
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
The Glad Play
BY DR.. FRANK CRANE
(Copy right 1918, by Frank Craucl

may as well own up. 1t is sure to
get out Several people know it now. My
wife knows it,
am in love. fell in the other night.
II was at a theater and with a female
person on the stage. | don't care She
has captured me, body and boots.
II was love at first sight The minute
she came on the stage my heart stopped
and then went on again with a galumph.
She took my feelings and wrung them.
If had been hundred years or so
younger would have bought some flow
ers and joined the Johnnies at the stage
door Perhaps ! should have gone and
bought lobster and fizz water and played
hob generally.
When | confessed my heart wobbngs
TO my wife she said: We'll why don't
you? love her myself"
Who, or rather. whom? Why. Polly
anna, of course She's n dear. precious
lamb, angel, darling, exquisite child.
Also a She-doctor that's doing more
good than the Rockefeller Institute the
free clinic. an dtwo hospitals. For she,
curing US all of what aIs Us, by the
most curative and potential agency
known-the glad ray.
II YOU can just make people glad they'll
get over whatever II Is they have Glad
ness beats all the pills. boluSe>. panaceas.
,erumS lamentations baths. messages.
diet fastings mineral waters, trained
nurses. thought cures. besides osteo-
pathy, Swedish movement, ct cetera. GO
ing.
"Pollyanna' is one Of the seasons new
plays, 1t is pure JOY. 1t is human from
skin to heart-bone 1t is fun. II Is whole
some As a healthy child. clean as a burst
of sunshine
It came over that audience like a show
or Of soft ram falling on a hot parched
meadow All the little daisies and Jon
ruiIs that grow 80 dscouragedly under
,ur dusty cares, looked up and smiled and
bIoomed Everybody went home that
night and was decenter and kinder 20 his
specially his children.
ike "Pollyanna' because it IS preach
.ng That for the esteemed critics that
hold that the stage should newer new
yer preach and that all attempts 70 re-
form people are bad art
Bosh
Preaching is the most wonderful, fas-
cjnating. and interesting of arts. The
trouble is that Il usually is SO badly done.
+ I, really requires more skill than PANT
ing pictures or writing novels.
II YOU want 70 sec this difficult art
done well. with consummatc mastery,
now dehciously breaking your heart and
straightway making YOU laugh through
your tears. clean as chid's laughter,
warm As a womans love, convincing as
a revelation, irresistible rs an epidemic.
strong as righteousness. and alIurug AZ
sin. and all without any maWklsnncSo or
cheap goody-goody sentmentality so
and see "Pollyanna" If YOU get a chance.
Thank heaven I'm not Rospel-harden-
ed thcater-goer and don't feel in duty
bound 10 criticize Miss Pollyanna and say
wherein the show might nave been bet
tered I'm Just supplemented enough TO
be- heels over head in love with the girl.
Me for Polly. confound the mink, and
I don't care who knows IT,
She is humanity She recalls 10 Va
how warm and real and lovabe and di-
vine a thing it Is TO be
Just human.
And what a God-bessed cure-all i Is
10 be
Just Glad
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
SAYS r-E WISE OLD OWL

Probably TIE man ~ho 1.t the motto "I0
God We Trust IN t-e silver dollar had
loaned one 20 ms best trend
As we understand Judge Connolly the
Pelle Isle bridge isn't exactly One to carry
the Marx administration -als'v. over
Wasn't il lively PRESIDENT camp g
luSt before the convention
Hughes returns 90 Michigan 20 ra. "a
second call ellison Garduaf learn f.a'
the first visit was sufficient Co. insure tho
state FOR Wilson.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-19
SOCIAL AHo persona

Mrs Etrsrf En.rt.r Was rt .gs
phone te-'"-i.. ST. fr.
t..t.4 trr '. r.a. down 'a#.
dinner Ea tw er e -
INr E 2H.a a.s
picks w. a- very dear tr.ra..
A somewhat sudden change Of heart
and front page on the part ~ an esteem
ed contemporary which IS about 20 move
into q now building. suggest rather
tardy awakening 20 the fact that Michi.
gan IS Likely % R0 dry
Close o. II. 600 names have been added
since fraud na- discovered lu the regis
uati0u rolls \DH how many OF those
10000 are Croa edg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
6" have soldiers waiting for the Chinese deckhandS to
finish and then make a rush for the scraps
of rice that remained" ss%

dictate the folly Of our own government-we
wanted to make virtue even of our unpre-
paredness. AS matter of fact, our rifles had
been condemned about the time some bright
Congressman discovered that Indians had
peating rifles, while the United States soldiers.
who were trying to round them up, were armed
with the obsolete Springfield rifles or car
bines | think that Brgader General Charles
King, our own brigade commander, pointed
this out in one of his works Of fiction. Sol
diers are permitted TO write fiction. The War
Department objects only when they write fact.
1t had been said that the fall of Manila was
prearranged affair but it seemed very real
to the volunteers from Western states and tho
few regulars who charged up the Gale Real to
within sight Of the walled city. The whine of
a Mauser bullet overhead is likely to convincc
one of the reality of things in general Some
Of our men were killed. Two brothers in my
company were wounded.
The Spanish flag was hauled down on the
ancient city of Manila and the Stars and
Stripes went up. They are still there, much
to the discontinue of the Democratic party
Then, having remembered the Maine to the
uttermost in the Orient found that we had
some police work to do. 1t seems that our
little brown brothers. the Tagalogs, were bent
on entering Manila with us. They had some
quaint plans to cut the throats of all the Span
ards, and of looting churches and little tricks
Of that sort.
So the little handful of badly armed, badly
equipped volunteers. aided and abetted by
less than two full regiments of regulars. faced
the task Of persuading the Filipinos not to
enter for while II was done without blood
she'd Something like eight thousand hastily
recruited American volunteers had the Span
sh garrison imprisoned and the insurgent
army Of sixty thousand upward blocked ou.-
side the city. Dewey was in the bay. of course
TO back Us up-but it was military miracle
all the same.
The Filipinos went back to the trenches they
had dug TO wall in the Spaniards and they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
THE ADVANTAGE OF Cumming
WITH A TRAMP, A FIRE
MAN AND A PUGIL1ST.

In the daytime they drilled US and put lis
through the setting up exercises. Only few
companies could be drilled at time, for there
was not room for us all to stand on deck at The
same time In few days we reached the
semi-tropical ATTITUDES and the space between
decks became unbearable We were given per-
mission to sleep on the decks-as many OF MS
as could find room. | foregathered with
veteran of the Balmaceda campaign tramp
fireman and pugilist, who had chalked out
sleeping quarters on the forecastle head. 1T
was ours by suuatters' right, and if any intru-
der tried to move his blankets into that sec
ton at night we all few at him.
The food was bad. and to make matters
worse. there was not enough If il. We were
constantly hungry. We grow.ed and we sulked
We even did what was rank characterization
we sent company committees to the officers
with complaints. We should all have been
court martialled But the officers merely ad-
ilitted that the grub was bad.
remember yet those little squares Il hard
tack that came in cardboard cartons They
had lain overong in government warehouses,
md every other piece had little white worm
cr two in it, For fresh bread allowance we
got one soggy biscuit day. Sometime we
cot two.
Our indignation was increased by the fact
Lat the Chinese crew was much better fed.
They ate in groups along the deck, and !ave
seen white men and soldiers waiting for the
Chinese deck hands to finish and then make
rush for the scraps of rice that remained
Naturally. the Cinnamon began to regard the
soldiers as an inferior sort of cattle. For the
first few days they would rush through lines
of soldiers huddled along the deck shouting
"Gangway. soldier" But one morning a
Chinese boatswain was found in hatchway
with several Of his ribs broken, and afterward
the Chinese crew was outwardy respectful.
To get drink of water we had TO stand IN
line. 1t took from fifteen minutes to half an
hour, day or night. For the month that we
spent at sea it was impossible for us to get
water to clean our tin plates and cups. We
Gry-swabbed them with magazines, but they
became gummv and grimy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

or course the transport business was en-
tirelv new to the United States then. Bu. at
least we should have been given enough to
eat. enough to keep us remembering the Maine.
We growled and grumbled along somehow Tor
nearly a month before we reached Manila Bay'
In the China Sea we caught the tail end OF
a typhoon. and we were battened down between
decks. There was another epidemic of sea
sickness. and between decks was decidedly
uncomfortable place. Being herded with two
thousand unanimously sick young men Is not
pleasant A torpedo would have been almost
welcome 1t was supposed that we might have
been headed off by Spanish fleet coming after
Dewey through the Sucz, but that danger did
not materialize.
While we grumbled at the discomforts which
might have been avoided feel. even now. that
we Rugged them to our hearts. We wanted
harshps. We wanted experiences. We
wanted to become hardened veterans Speak
ing for myself, ! am still glad that the deck
was hard. that the food was bad and that we
were made unnecessarily uncomfortable 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Nv ". q. MCCLELLAN.
illustrations by viii Crawford.

When Krag hits man 1t goes rsat
through him" we retorted. But when
Springfield hits a man he stops
We won great argument over the better
fed better Differed and better equipped reg
ulars in a purely accidental way. a few thou
sand mixed troops were bathing in Manila
Bay. Down the beach came young shave
tail" "a recently graduated West Pointer,
attached to the 23d Infantry. There was some
sort of sea fowl swimming beyond the surf.
The shavetai took Krag-Jorgensen rifle
from one of his men and took careful aim. The
bullet clipped the water close to the bird.
"Sec what the Krag-Jorgensen will do
gloated the shaveta The bird had taken
wing. There was another and louder crack.
The bird fell into the sea. Old George Myers,
a professional duck hunter in time Of peace
and member of my own squad, was grinning
at the shavetall.
''See what the Springfield will do when you
know how to use it," said George
T. tell this story merely to show that our
morale was excellent. We even tried to vim
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
Rows IN BLUE AT NIGHT WERE.
BOYS IN GREEN NEXT
MORNING.

In the daytime we drilled on the cobblestones
We drilled from early morning until sunset.
7 FORGET lust how long this lasted but In an
incredibly short time the companies could go
through the simple marching maneuvres. Then
we were given our uniforms and complete
equipment.
I shall never forget that uniform, for 1t
was in way symbolical. 1t was of such shod-
DIV material that the most hardened Bowery
band-me-down man would have blushed at
handling il. When put the coat on it was
a dark blue In the morning it wore greenlsh
tinge. Some of the other boys were chagrined
70 find that theirs had run to pink or violet.
The rife which was handed me was of the old
Springfield type, at that time years out of date.
Every other civilized army had been using
modern magazine rife. The Spanish army was
equipped with the Mauser rife (which killed Al
a mile" Our canteens, our haversacks anu
our knapsacks were cheap and filmsy fuliy
equipped and ready TO go into camp at the Pre-
sidio we looked more like thousand young VIC
Tins of Carelessness, Graft and lneficiency
than the heroes which we more or less modestly
felt ourselves to be.
The camp was considerably pitched on
hillside. where it got the full benefit of cold,
damp wind from the Golden Gate. On my first
night of sentry duty picked up cold which
settled on my lungs, and which, incidentally, al
most settled all Of my anxiety that the Maine
should be remembered. But we, of our regi-
ment, were lucky. The poor 9TH California
Regiment was sent 10 the Richmond district OF
San Francisco 10 camp on an unhealthy sand
fat They lost three or four men day from
typhoid because some real estate firm had pull
enough TO rent camp sites 70 the government.
We did get 10 Manila, and quickly.
Somehow ! managed 70 evade being seat
TO the General Hospital, though | was a very
sick youth. ! did my part OF the drill some
how. for, at nineteen, one has many resources
when romance calls. My chief annoyance was
the plague Of women visitors. One kind and
sympathetic lady took an especial interest in
me. She determined that was too frail and
too eickly 10 remember the Maine, and she
made I'D her mind that I must be sent 20 the
hospital. Ny terminates helped me out Of the
dilemma. They hid me under pile Of blanket
and solemnly told her that ! had been dis
charged. Otherwise that woman would have
gone % the colonel and blocked the most inter
csting expe}icnce Of my life. She had the =
fuence 10 do IL, was told.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30

Our squad on the forecastle head Jared bet
ter than the rest. II seemed that the tramp
with US was something Of an expert at picking
locks. He used to sneak toward the galley
every night and return with some oayes ~
fresh bread which ne had puroncd. One
night we had real riot. a hundred or riorc
mon broke through compartment into the
stores and radcd the commissary for somc
tins Of jam and jars Of preserved f,ut. The
colonel made a speech about it. He WIS a
lawyer and that seemed all that could be done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
BLACK POWDER GIVES SUCH A
TIFUL TOUCH TO
BATTLE SCENES.

OF course, we were using black powder,
which gave to the old time battles such
beautiful touch. As long as | live | shall
never forget that long, thin line of men in
blue shirts and brown overalls, with the white
smoke putting Quite make our line a perfect
target. We could see nothing but the town of
Santa Anna ahead Of us. The whine of the
Mauser bullets overhead told us that we were
being fired at from every part of that town
and from behind the bamboos which bordered
it. We fired at the town in general, by volleys
and at will when we got to within five hundred
yards of it. Behind US two field pieces--the
Utah Battery. | think-sent shell after shell
at the line of bamboos. Afterward we foun1
that the Filipino trenches lay just beyond it.
But we could see nothing to indicate that.
1t will always be beautiful picture,
glorious memory to me. But cold bloodedly,
was it not a shameful state of affairs for an