Evening journal., 1917-10-25
Delaware BOYS NOT
afraid OF EXPLOSIVES
Soldier. r.HuSkieS From Pow.
der Mills are Proud of
Their Early Training
DANDY EXPECTS TO
HAVE GERMAN HOME
speoIal 70 THE EvENING IouRNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CAMP DIX. Wrghtsiown, n. j., oct. ]
25.-The s5O,OOO,O0O subscription to the
Liberty Loan by the dupont Powder
Company Of Wilmington, has given the
boys from Delaware added prestige In
this cantonment. That is-the Division
Machine Gun Battalion, commanded by
Major Beck, is now the real gold coast
OF the camp. Money appears to be MOTH
ing TO this contingent from Delaware
nor is the frlghtfulness OF gas or she'll
especially odious. Many OF these husky
sons OF the Diamond State have already
done their bit at Carneys Point plants
or in the powder mills along the Bran
dyvine creek near Wilmington OF else
where In the powder mills and they
do not seem TO have the timldity dis
, played by the others In handling ex-
, lplosives. The Delaware men even have
the son OF a bank president for a store
, keeper.
He Is ]. Kenneth Dandy whose father
, Is president Of the Union National Bank
OF Wilmington. Dandy Is "bar tender
r In the Canteen. He has three addresses,
! one In Wilmington, on at Spring Lake,
, ~. j., where he conducts a quite ex-
, elusive antique shop, and the other
, is his handsome apartment Ia Munish,
4 on Observation-Disclosures, IN the fashion
/ able Schwabing section. His forte is
I oils, murals and interior decorating, and
! he is a pupil Of the Baron Won Deb
: schultz, q celebrated connoisseur on art
and interior decoration. But he's still
In the interior decorating business for
\ lhe was busy today selling Bull or
I blue Boar chocolate bars, cakes,
newspapers, and oil the various wares
Of the army canteen. Dandy says he
. hopes TO return TO his apartment by
way OF Berlin. A porcelain painter. Paul
\ lNereshelmer, now occupies his Bohem-
2 ian atelier, for Schwabing, Dandy ex-
= planned. IS an old Latin Quarter OF Mum
ich. which has been invaded by tho
. elite and the artists.
4 Danby's antique shop at Spring
Lake is set in just such surround
: ings as befit an artistic soul. There
T. is the deserted village OF Allaire,
Il where was the fret iron foundry, and
nearby is the we'll made famous by
= Mollie Pitchet That's a great name
l. for a street Observation-Disclosures,
l. said Vaughan Clayey. assistant bar
tender. Don't you think we ought
}. to make il Hohenzollern straffe|
= Clavey used TO measure out rolls
v Of chicken wire and mete out nails to
Ie the patrons Of a hardware store in
N Wilmington, but he seems content
Ia now 10 handle Polar Bear, or Black
le smiths Delight over the counter
III while he rolls his own. Dandy dis
IS played an array Of Champtail bot
b. ties. which had a curiously foreign
,d look. There's no kick in thiI
10 stuff" he said. I'VE did have some
n beverage called nearbeer, but Il wal
too near and we sold out"
Id When the bonds began TO ny
IN Bobby" Wolhar. who was -four ant
ne feed merchant before joining the ma
in chine gun pirates. wrote out a checl
in for a cool thousand, and got his re
ceipt. Just to keep up the nam'
m Of the battalion, yknow." said Vim
r. cent Gulick who likes the army lif'
IL so well that he took four years
prep course in the marine corps. HI
"a is a private now.
be This battalion from Delaware hai
st It's own barber and even its owl
cs biographer. Billy" R. Russell, tn
ge Battalion Boswell. is he. Russell be
k side acting as official war correspon
rk dent lots down the witty sayings o
his bunkies with unerring accuracy
SIC So that when Harlan Casperson yell
he ed "Firel Fire!" the other night dur
he ing a slight blaze. "Hooray, boys
we'll have some hot water" Boswell
sBrly" sent il TO his paper. An
there's the official cartoonist. Clark
OF Kuhns and the barber Parisienns
'or who hold forth in the corner OF Com
w many C barracks. He is Antoni
en Consiglio, and his array OF toile
{: waters. perfumes and ointments em
de- tho sweet fragrance OF the Orient
per Frank Page senior member Of q
firm of Page and Guinea, shoe sinner
On has q lO-cent mud-prOof shine. "Can
OF Dix and lust runs when it sees a Pa
and Guinea. shine coming" said "Figh
rs ing Jack" Evans, the company pugilis
nts Jack is looking for a good sparrli
ian partner. and said he soon would be
ish shape to take all comers. But the toi
me of a gold coast would not be compile
tic without its chef. For this Office "Bl
s. Eyes Howard, former culinary arti
red at the Hotel DUPONT, has been electe
per They'll eat prlnes right along Ho'
ard says, "and plenty Of them, too
Tor NIP" Hartman was former right el
ook for Lafayette. and until the time
~ his EtlCNlllM ANA AhN aim an eNNAAN
per trainer for the Girard College teams al
Ien' supervisor of their Fairgrounds. mi
was also mess sergeant for a while. b
he showed talent elsewhere. Today
ID. broke all records at Ben Franklin's c
ons trick. which Bill Nye wrote about in
or comic history Of America "Nip' had
who rush order to ill in the supply roo
len, This is my day Off" he said. while
son assorted shoes Of different sizes un
Sew the order was filed. Ben Franklin ]
tai quired a part Of the morning 10 pick
in own shoes from those Of his twel
brothers, according TO Nye. Hartm
. has picked a game eleven 10 mat
against the 3llth Infantry next Su
day. Among the stars are Heutena
,lNE Pennock. of Company ID. Harva
tackle; Lieutenant Crane. of Compa
anu B. the Colgate tackle, and Lieutens
Lewis. OF Company A, former Corn
star. Daily lessons are give on a blas
board chart. and the machine ginnl
eep predict a clean sweep.
and | ----------
chs MRS MARY =. WILSON DIES.