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The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
HAVE A FLOWER FARM
BY e. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

The demand for choice flowers never
fails and the big cities of the United
States sell enormous quantities. They
must be fine though.
The city man who wishes flowers for
a special decoration does not care how
much they cost if they are the best
that can be grown.
Flower farming is an agreeable oc-
cupation. But little help is required.
The costly adjuncts. such as curing.
drying. housing and storing are not
required. Plants increase in value.
and once place is going it continues
to increase in productive ability with
each year.
Flower farming does not require rich
soil. but it must be quick and respon-
sive. Some OF the requirements for
success, however, demand that your
farm be located near a railway station
and should have the convenience of a
telephone. ice or a cold spring. and a
good road to town.
Start in small way. Be content to
buy from 100 to 500 plants each year
until your plants get old enough to di-
vide and build your stock from. BY
starting in a small way you will ac-
quire the necessary experience to cope
with the situation and understand the
workings on a larger scale No book
knowledge can compare with years
actual experience.
There are many plants that increase
prodigiously. Others take several
years to be strong productive plants
The hydrangea will pay for itself in
a single year. The peony takes longer
to arrive at perfection.
If planted in the fall the peony will
bloom the first season, but young
plants are apt to be too quick in get
ting out in the spring and the buds
may be injured by late frosts. One
thousand bushes three years old will
produce 10000 flowers.
The dahlia is a good flower to grow
It can be planted June l, come into
bloom about August Is, and will b.. in
full bloom by September II is a free.
easy early bloomer. has bright colors,
long stems and good plump tubers.
The peony must not be overlooked
Its requirements are simple. yet at
few periods they are very easily dam
aged.
Plants that are kept dormant by be-
ing dug in the fall may be planted until
June with fine success. When plant
ing peonies in clayey ground they
should be set about four inches deep.
but in light. sandy soil or loamy soil
five or six inches deep
Never use much manure the first
year on newly planted peonies, and
never overmanure them Cultivate
them about three inches deep, then ap-
ply about one inch of manure and
work we'll into the soil in the spring.
Plant peonies in the bright sunshine
away from trees that are liable to
shade them or whose roots may sap
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
MAKE GOOD CUT FLOWERS

Annals of easy culture that make
good cut flowers are many No mat
ter how many perennials you have
some easily raised ANNALS are neces-
sary for the beauty OF your garden.
In the white-fowering ANNALS you
can select sweet alyssum. which is
SO attractive in bouquets and so fra
grant; carnations. candytuft. chrys-
anthemum, Cosmos. early and late
Towering, Dianthus. Gypsophila, Nico
tiana, Pansy, Phlox. Ten Weeks Stock.
Sweet Peas. Verbenas, Zinnias and
Scabiosa.
Blue-Ageratum. Centurea or Bach
elor's Button and Aster.
Lavender-Ten Weeks Stock. Sweet
Peas and Asters.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Poppies. Mig
nonette, Stocks and Zinnias, An
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

held firmly by a millinery glue which
keeps them in place. Mounted in this
way they form, with the roses, prim
wreath having the appearance of en-
broidery or painting, both of which, by
the way, are used in spring millinery.
Ties of narrow faille ribbon in
fairly dark blue shade hang from each
side, and the same ribbon is used for
facing about the underbrim. Black is
noticeable among the bonnets for little
girls, but it is always enlivened with
flowers and ribbons.
A bonnet of chiffon and taffeta, at
the left, has a sort pulled crown of
silk and two ruffles over the silk-eov-
cred brim. They are finished with cut
hemstitching, as is SO much of the mil
linery for grownups. A frill of narrow
lingerie lace is set near the edge of the
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

the fairest things in mortal eyes, and
ready to share their pleasure with ey-
eryone who has eyes for them. 1t
takes so little to crafty their instinct
for clothes that will make them pleas
ing. and not one of them should be de-
MED.
Two bonnets for the little lady OF
four to seven years are shown in the
picture. They are both inexpensive
and both very pretty. They are thor
oughly practical, too, and are chosen
from many displayed by a manufac-
turer who speeializes in headwear for
children, so we may be sure that their
style is correct.
AT the right a shape of milan hemp
in black has small fiat roses applied to
the crown at the front, back and sides.
Each one is set in sprays of small rose
foliage. fattened against the shape and
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
Beauty Hints.

Careless washing and imperfect dry
ing are the reasons for more red, un-
slightly hands than anything else. The
slightest dampness of the skin in cold
weather will make the hands chap
and crack. Hot water should not be
used more than once a day at most
for washing the hands, and then they
should be rinsed in cold.
At night, before retiring. when the
hands have been we'll washed and
dried, rub in a fair quantity of a good
cold cream or camphor ice. Then
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
Industry of Flax Raislna.

AT the present time about 100000
acres are devoted to the raising of
flax. chiefly in North Dakota. Mime
sofa, South Dakota and Montana.
The fax is grown primarily for the
seed. from which linseed oil is manu-
featured. The annual crop amounts
to about 100000 bushels of seed
and is valued at approximately $685.
100000. The crop also yields approx
imately 100000 tons of straw, but of
this only about 100000 tons are put
to any profitable use.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

underbrim, which is bent into a point
at the front. Here and at each side
a small rose is set on the edge of the
brim. sash and ends of faille rib
bon add any color desired to the bon
net, which is shown in white and in
light colors. The sash is finished with
loops and ends at the right side.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
A Lovers Quarrel.

All is over between US. said the
fair one.
oh. say not So" he pleaded. II
love you more than life itself"
No, Harold. You have proved your
self unworthy of my love and can
never marry you.
Then give me back my ring" he
demanded.
oh, Harold" she cried. eff you feel
SO badly as all that about it sup
pose I'll have to give you another
chance"
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
An Outsider.

Does she care for you little bit ?'
81 fear me not"
"Oh, be not respondent"
Il cannot help it, Horatio. Her pet
dog shows no signs of becoming jeal-
Gus of me."-Louisville Courier-Jour.
nal.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
RED cRoss-coonNroo >lre

Red Cross Ball Blue, yes. Nothing
else will do. Red Cross Ball Blue
makes my clothes a beautiful clear
white, not the dingy yellow green
tinge of liquid blue Red Cross Ball
Blue for me. Yes sire, Bob.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

powder them lightly with a fine tai
cum and slip on loose old gloves re-
served for this purpose. This will
whiten the hands and keep them soft
and smooth even in cold weather.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
There Is No Art in TaNnn meaioin.

There is No Art in TAXING Medicine.
Just follow directions on every bot
tie of Plantation" Chill Tonic and
see how quickly those dreadful ehills
VIII leave you. 1t leaves the liver in
heaithy condition and yet contains 10
Calomel. Price 50c.-AdV.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

When some men start out to look
for the deserving poor their first stop
is before a mirror.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
tn1DOrtaDf fo Motfaaro
Cooling Il Off.

Bill see a poeket-size electric fan
has been invented.
Jill-To keep money from burning"
in the pocket, no doubt.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
Apt Mechanic.

The phrase, apt mechanic is good
English. OF course it is. It simply
means fit mechanic or good mS
chanic'
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

For bunions use Hanfordq Raleam
Apply it thoroughly for several nights
and rub in we'll. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

It's poor brand of religion that
doesn't cause man to try to treat his
neighbors decently.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

A man who thinks the world is
growing worse imagines he is growing
better.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

A girl is often called eddy be-
cause she makes the young mems
heads swim.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
What Settled Him

She-"You'd think he'd cut more
ice! He's a Son of the Revolution,
and" He-'I know-but he mar.
ried daughter of the resolution. =
Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27
Afabsa slime
The Most Beautiful Wall Tint

And when you consider that you
obtain the most beautiful, mellow,
nature colors, viz, soft bluffs, delicate
greens and exquisite blues, or any
SHADE you wish by combiGing shades
of Alabastine, then you n tnoeo why
Alabastine is one Of the most popular
wall decorations with millions of
Painters and Householders, Decora-
tors and Womenfolk, who take pride
in their homes the wide void over.
The Alabastine CS.
1872 Grandvle Rd. Grand Rapids. Mi,k
Re the red and circle each package Of
Alahastine buy Aabastne is sold by druggist
hardware dealers and paint everywhere. II youn
does not handle Aabastne take substitute. write Us
The Monticellonian., 1916-04-27

tirrhinum. Calendula, Calliopsis and
Marigold
Red-Carnation, Poppy. Peony,
Stocks. Sweet Peas and Zinnias.
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
With The Paragraphers

A man who has to take care of the canary during
ms wires absence is apt to wish the we'll i'm its Of
forts-Fremont Nebl Tribune.
Proverb makers frequently get things twisted Apv
young lawyer knows mighty well that cases alter cir
cumstances.-Boston Transcript.
When young mans name is George there is alvavs
one girl who can say il more sooquently than the
others.-Galveston Crex) News.
The average woman worries about her com
pexion than she does about her prospective harp and
crown-New Madison (O) Herald.
Many a male individual who is always longing 10
bear some one else's burden accumuates crouch if
he has to tote home package for his wife.-Oka-
homa City Oklahoman.
We hear reliable authority that Colonel Blue
grass OF Louisville. KY. views with indignant alarm
the governments high handed interference with corn
products.-Boston Transcript.
'Tis merry world A woman will read an ESSAY be-
fore her cvics club pointing out the necessity of con
serving waste paper Then she will go home and
junk will come along and persuade her TO take
nickel for seventyve cents worth OF old newspapers-
Gary Ond) Times.
An Edmunds minister age 80. who married a woman
wants companionship and is old enough know what
ne wants There is note of inaty about this that the
younger and less experienced may hesitate TO chal-
iense-Iacoma washl Ledger.
Inc announcement Of the Irvington pushmobiIe race
says 'hat "a purse Of SO be divided as follows
flrst PRIZE 81; second prize $3.50; third prize Is
en's loutth prize, 80 cents. An added prize of 81
- lor me best looking car" But il doesn't
SSS VINO Keeps 'he change-lndianapols News.
Evening journal., 1916-08-04

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Evening journal., 1916-08-04
American Shipping
(From the Philadelphia Press

During the present loud claims of thel
Democrats in regard to the administra-
tion shipping bill, the country should
keep in mind very important fact
While the Republicans in Congress hav
been struggling for many years to Sc
cure legislation that would tend to the
rehabilitation of the American mer-
chant marine, the Democratic party dur
ing all of that time has been in open
hostility to every measure that has
been present, and has never suggested
any constructive legislation upon the
subject.
Now, after these years, they come to
the conclusion that relief may be OBJ
tained through the appropriation of
money for the construction, purchase,
or lease of ships, domestic or foreign,
to be controlled oy a shipping board
under the direction Of the President Of
the United States. They started out
with the bald proposition Of government
ownership. For that the country would
not stand They are now driven to the
new proposition that the government
controlled shipping corporation shall be
dissolved at the end of five years from
the conclusion of the European war.
Even with the change of their origi-
nal plan. the whole scheme is fall
lacious and idle II will inevitably re-
suit in failure, and in a very large
loss 10 the people Of the United States.
The fifty million dollars that the
Democrats propose TO appropriate for
this purpose will, at best, provide an
inconsequentlal part Of an adequate
merchant marine. The only advantage
to be gained from the appropriation
will be TO exploit a Democratic
scheme that has neither substantial
common sense back Of it. nor a rea-
sonable hope of the accomplishment
of the desired result.
Il is a singular circumstance that
the Democratic party has chosen the
present moment for the exploitation
Of scheme Of quasi-Governmen
ownership and operation OF overseas
shipping The truth is that during the
progress Of the war in Europe the
ocean-carrying capacity of American
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
THAT ALLEE.GROYEs LEAnERsHIP.

MO sef-respectng Republican can accept the po
1 litical leadership Of J. Frank Alice Benjamin
A. Groves give countenance support to the sucker
Movement that they have started with eye single
to the destruction Of the Republican party. Alice and
Groves are not politically respectable and Delawareans
who value their political selfrespect will avoid being
identified even remotely with them and their move
ment
Alice has been political parah for years He is a
political pariah today. He will be a political pariah
morrow. His course in politics in the past has been
such that he cannot live long enough to lose his present
political character to reinstate himself the good
opinion Of the people Of his native State The poiti-
cal career Of Groves is known well to Delawareans
that it calls for only passing comment
When two such men proclaim themselves TO he po-
litjcal purists and roformers it is high time for the
Republican voters in State TO themselves
for the protection of the good and fair fame of
their party and TO rebuke both them and their ennis
sares, matter where, in what guise, those ennis
sares may be found
Evening journal., 1916-08-04

steamships has been very largely in
creased. In the commerce reports of
the present year, a list is given of
over one hundred steamships which
have added to the overseas trade
This list includes eighty-one to Eu-
rope. and 1t aggregates a total Of
SIX hundred thousand net tons. This
indicates that American capital Is
ready to go into the shipping business
whenever there is a fair chance of
the investment becoming profitable.
The war abroad has made ii profit
able, and the response has been
prompt and liberal.
IL goes without saying that after
the close OF the war the business will
again become improbable. and hence
the necessity for comprehensive leg
islation that will enable the present
ships to be retained in trade, and add
others to the list But, instead of
taking a broad view of the situation
the Democratic plan is to put the gov
ernment in competition with ships
owned by individuals and corporations
in this country, and thus further de-
crease the chances of the building up
Of an American merchant marine. II
the Democratic bill becomes a law. II
Will remain for the Republican party
when II comes into power next year
in accordance with It's platform de-
clarations at Chicago. to repeal the
statute and make adequate provision
for a great industry which deserves
and should receive the liberal sup
port Of the government.
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
The Woman Vote
CFrom the Washington Post.)

10000 votes would have swung Illinois
% electoral votes from Wilson to Roose
velt Tn Arizona the electoral vota
could have been changed by l.6ss votes
in Colorado. by 2O,964; in Kansas. b.
1l527: in Montana, by 2,74S, in Ne
vada, by LISA; in Oregon, by Abb, ans
in Utah. by 2,76l. 4he twelve State
named cast one-ffth of the electors
vote of the country.
II is insisted that the women are
not united. and will not vote as a unit
in the interest Of suffrage or anything
else Nevertheless. the suffrage move
ment has made great strides in the
last four years, and the managers OF
the suffrage campaign have shown
remarkable skill in organization. They
have been as successful In unifying
their forces as any other political ore
ganization. and ii would not be wise
to predict that woman suffragists pos
sessing votes will not use them to the
best advantage for the suffrage cause
Absolute unanimity among women
voters is not necessary to make them
power In States where the big
parties are evenly divided A few
well-organized wsmen voters, who
now keenly realize their strength
could play havoc with the old parties
Mr.. Hughes has promptly taken ad
vantage Of the situation by indorsinG
the national constitutional amend,
ment
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
KyOcMNe AMERTCAN sUeAR pRoDUCERs

II VERY time the Democrats propose new tax
~ measure Frank c. Lowry. paid agent Of the Fed
eral Sugar Refining Trust and the bette noir OF the
beet industry. butts In with proposition to
eve the peepul" Of onerous taxation and incidentally
to give bigger reners' margin TO the seaboard sugar
renners. At the rate the Democrats are enacting
legislation, this keeps Frank pretty busy He
his money as lobbyist, even il his salary and
expenses added to the price Of the which the
rehners sell to the housewife
The omnibus which has just gone
to the Senate gives Lowry the for proposing half
cent pound excise tax sugar produced in the
United States. When the Democrats decided to repeal
their sugar clause because the Underwood tariff law
had proved a failure a producer. Lowry
wanted cent a pound consumption tax sugar. Now
he is willing 10 close out at 90 cents the dollar.
or course a tax on sugar produced in the United
States would put the beet sugar manufacturers at
disadvantage in the very sautary competition they
waging against the seaboard rehners. The more the
beet sugar men handicapped. the irmer the
troll Of the sugar market is in the hands Lowreys
principals Certain Democratic Senators have several
times attempted to carry Lowrey's plans into
ton. VIII they again attempt 1t, with election
close at hand?
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
ExPENsYE MArrRIlL roR A sPrrcn

THE chairman of the Democratic National Commit
tee announces that Mr.. Wilson will not receive the
formal notification Of his nomination until after Con-
gress adiourns. The President are told does not
wish TO occupy his mind with politics just now-and
besides, there are stili pieces of pet legislation
which he wishes to enacted in time to make men
tion Of them in his speech Of acceptance
In other words the session OF Congress is TO be
prolonged for weeks at a large daily cost 10 the
taxpayers, to enable Mr. Wilson to gather some ma.
erial for speech. II is costly method Of securing
data for political eloQuence-but suppose the ceun-
try will have TO stand for IT,
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
FRIENDS OF THE OLD TOWN HALL.

q o intent certain members OF City Council upon
- selling the old City Hall and having it destroyed
that nothing OF concerted action by the citizens
Of our city can save II from destruction.
II is pleasing to note that organized effort is TO
be made to the old and historic building from
those who bent upon wreckng II. With Gov
ernor Charles r. Miller. Colonel George A. Elliott
president OF the Historical Society of Delaware; John
P. Nields. former United States District Attorney;
Mrs. Henry B. Thompson and other Delawareans OF
prominence among those who have formed the Old
Town Hall Association there seems 20 be some hope
that the plan defeat the scheme wreck the build
ing will be successful.
II would be serious ofense against the public to
destroy what has been wilmngton's civic centre for
longer than century No proper effort should be
spared TO save IT,
Evening journal., 1916-08-04

By coming out for the constitu
tional amendment providing for wo-
man suffrage, Mr. Hughes has stolen
march on President Wilson and deliv-
cred a telling blow against him in
many States. II is not often that the
astute head Of the Democratic party
is caught mapping in matter of vital
interest to millions Of voters. The
progressive program Of legislation en-
acted by the Democratic majority IN
Congress under Mr.. Wilson's lead was
carefully designed to appeal to all
strong voting factors, and II consti-
tutes the most formidable obstacle to
Republican success. Yet, at the very
outset of his campaign. Mr.. Hughes
takes a position which gives him an
advantage in many States where wo-
man suffrage is already in effect or
ardently desired The opportunity
was before Mr.. Wilson for months,
and even years, but for some una
countable reason he did not grasp
It. although he is personally in favor
of suffrage.
Nearly 100000 women can vote for
President in November. They reside in
twelve States. In 1912, if IS women in
California mad voted for Wilson he
would have carried the State against
Roosevelt, who received IL electoral
votes. In Wyoming a change of 37e
votes, and in Idaho a change of 55f
votes would have delivered electoral
votes from Wilson to Taft. Less than
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
EASEMENTS EXHIBITION.

EHlENDs OF Sir Roger Easement fomenter OF the.
recent hstarred Irish rebellion, were hopeful that
at the last moment the British Government woula
reient ana spare his life They exhausted every eor.
to induce 1t TO do but it refused steadfastv q,
nuly, or even to impair. the force Of the eonvct,
OF high treason and the sentence of death that fol
lowed it,
Many persons will remember Sir Roger as an arch
traitor to the OF Great Britain Many others
will remember him martyr the cause OF ireland
Whatever the individual point OF view may be with
respect to that all persons must agree that his
scheme crazily conceived and clumsily handled
1t was scarcely in the nature OF things that Great
Britain should be willing to forgive such ofense
against the empire committed at such critical time
history, especially when that nation had visited
the penalty upon many Of Easements follow
ers In the uprising.
Evening journal., 1916-08-04
SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
MILITIA AT THE BORDER.

From the Dover State News.
Our brave militia boys are now at
Deming, New Mexico, near the Mexi-
can border, and many mothers, wives
sisters and sweethearts are anxiously
awaiting the day when they will re-
turn TO their Delaware homes. We are
proud of the members of Company
G.. who represent out little town and
we look for them to display the stuff
that real men are made of and TO
prove to the country at large that
Delaware can produce the kind of
men who make real soldiers. Ever
since the history of the United States
began, Delaware has been in the
front rank whenever it became a
question of patriotism and bravery
and we are glad and proud to know
that the present Mexican trouble
proves no exception to the rule. Our
absent heroes will receive a warm wei-
come when they return to Dover and
other Delaware towns. and ii is need
Less to say that in the future the
militia will occupy a position OF high
honor in this community as well as
elsewhere throughout the State The
State News extends best wishes to
the boys at the mont and hopes to
welcome them home in the near fu-
ture.