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cognized among members OF the Pro-
prietary Association as Il Is by men
engaged in other lines OF industry.
Dozens and dozens OF non-respons-
lble advertisers of so-called remedies
and proprietary articles have been
driven from the newspaper that
means from business. Many proprie-
tary accounts are conspicuous by their
absence these days. The volume OF
responsible and clean-cut proprietary
advertising has materially increased,
and where publishers lost on one
hand. they have gained 'on the other.
The Proprietary Association deserves
It's full share OF credit for the good
work that has been accomplished and
Newspaperdom believes that newspa-
per men appreciate this fact in full.
or course. there are extremists among
publishers, who, rather than take
chances, have thrown out almost all
proprietary medicine advertising. but
we believe even these will recognize
the present encouraging status OF
proprietary medicine publicity. In
fact there is already q disposition to
reconsider the question. One thing is
certain. the great organization, known
as the Proprietary Association, has
refused 70 admit to membership any
manufacturer whose products do not
stand a rigid test.
: AS matter of fact, one member of
the "P A." told the editor OF Ncws-
paperdom that he had been compelled
to submit to the association not only
his goods for test. but all the copy Of
years campaign, the prin' ed matter
going with the package, etc. He ex-
planned that he fully believed in Truth
/ in copy and Honesty in service-and
/ that he had tried TO follow this policy
or idea in the preparation OF his pub
licitv literature. He stated further
/ that several changes had been sug-
gested TO him and that after these
had been made, he was compelled
again to submit revised proofs for
/ final O. x. This instance is cited TO
give an Illustration of the strength
of the policy OF the Proprietary Asso-
citation and how careful its officers are
/ TO see that Eothing gets by which
may have the slightest tendency 10
break down the aims and policies OF
the members who make up the organi-
zation.
J w ME IT. httmtu AuI a Nilue lNhl tAN
various Boards of Health interested
in the reformation OF the proprietary
business were going to an unreason-
able extent in their work, it is now
safe TO say that taken as a whole, the
makers of standard proprietary pro
ducts have profited largely One thing
is certain, and that is, that standarGiz-
alton has been largely brought about
and this is the point that interests
publishers. It is reasonable to suppose
that there are still some accounts
which should not be admitted to the
newspapers, but these will be finally
weeded out. Considering the present
situation, the publishers and the
members of the Proprietary AssOcia
tion are pretty well satisfied with the
work so far accomplished
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With The ParaqFaphers

Kentucky trappcr claims TO have killed coon
feet In length. but the dispatch does not say
whether he shot him lynchod hlm.--Albany a. W
Argus.
Every newspaper man knows that there is low
dovn-that Is 20 say a suhstratum of unpublishable
truth-back of almost every bit of news.-Blackwel
(Oha) News.
The young who hope 10 marry girls able 10 cook
are not greater in number than the young women who
hope 10 marry men able to start furnace fre-El
Paso (Tex) Times
During the past five years 10 is said that 6255O laws
have been passed by Congress and the various state
legislatures But very few people seem TO pay much
attention 10 any Of them.-AIuncie Qndl Press
American made macaroni Is being shipped in large
quantities to Italy but Il probably will be years
before Northern grown cotton and oranges shipped
10 Texas and Florida-Springheld Oiass) Union.
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Encouraging Status of Proprietary
Medicine Advertising
(From Newspaperdom)

There appears 10 be considerable
satisfaction among newspaper pub
fishers over tho present status of the
proprietary medicine situation. A ma
terial change has come about through
what might be termed Standardization
OF products. advertising. etc. II be-
came apparent some time ago that the
Standardization OF the proprietary
business was absolutely necessary
not only in so far as reputable manu-
facturers were concerned, but the pub
fishers themselves realized that tnere
were makers OF irresponsible reme-
dies and articles who were bringing
legitimate products and newspaper
advertising into disrepute Naturally
the whole structure OF the proprietary
business was jeopardized because in
the so-called reform movement arti-
cles OF recognized merit were swept
along with the tide which was gradu-
ally undermining the business of ma
kers of desirable goods.
The men who had their business
regulations. their finances and their
products at stake, We're just as appre-
ciative Of the necessity for standardiz-
alton as were the publishers and all
others interested I'm the proprietary
medicine proposition The makers OF
high grade medicines and other pro-
prietary articles fully appreciated the
fact that the sooner the drrespons' Bile
were driven to cover and their ad-
vertising rejected by the newspapers,
the better it would be for all con-
cerned.
For years the newspaper columns
were flooded with advertising put on,
by concerns which were making big
profits through clever publicity and
remedies and articles which were
neither standard nor desirable The
goods which were really deserving OF
newspaper publicity. of public ap
proyal and OF large consumption were
losing i'm caste. and upon the same
principle as was high-grade financial
advertising which was being sur
rounded by publicity OF financial
schemers. When the tendency was
shown among publishers and other i'm
terests to cooperate In killing of
manufacturers and advertisers OF
remedies and articles which really
have no basis for existence. the mem.
bers OF the Proprietary Association
began to soc clear sky ahead. They
realized that IN the reform, tho good
would be sifted from the had They
had noted that this was true in Other
lines Of business Winch were beine
jeopardized and badly hamperet
through the advertising and the husi
ness methods of the men c'assed as
schemers, get-rich-quick.artists, etc.
Newspaper advertising today has
reached a very high level and this
fact has been brought about throcgl
reforms instituted all along the line
Advertisers entitled to newspaper re
cognition and to public approval arc
firm in the belief that Truth in copy
and Honesty in service to the publ,
are the essentials which go to max,
business profitable and permanent
This knowledge is just as widely re
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CONTEMPTIRLE TACTICs.

rTVHosE sunragsts in washington who arc causing
Il so much trouble evidently have erroneous idea
Of tho impression they making upon the public
mind.
There is a widespread feeling Of contempt for Amer
ican women Who in time of natural peril resort to
such cheap grandstand plays. thereby undeseryedy
bringing the whole suffrage movement into disrepue in
the minds of millions OF persons who do not diferenti
ate between The small group OF disordery notoriety
seekers and the great OF orderly and patriotic
American women who favor equal suffrage but who are
engaged earnestly in the work Of assisting President
Wilson prepare their country for wagug successful
warfare against Germany.
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TOMORROW USHERS IN THE 1OOyOOOTH WEEK OF
THE CHRISTIAN ERA

TOMORROW will be the one-hundred-thousandth
uoo,0OOthl Sunday OF the Christian era.
Although Sunday be tho FIRST day OF the 100 Oooth
week, however. it will not be tho 10O0OOth Christian
festival Of the sabbath.
The ambiguity is due to doubt about the year A A. D.
as TO whether not it was a leap year
1t is usual 70 regard every year since year l. which
is multiple OF 4, except 1900 and 1900 leap year
For reckoning OF past years leap years re-
garded extending backwards indefinitely into the
centuries before Christ
In the first half century following the reform OF
the calendar by Julius Caesar in As b c.. there were
some Irregularities in daily calculations There is still
dispute therefore which OF the years between a.
b. G. and A. ID. were leap years.
Most authorities however. agree A. d. was tho FIRST
leap year on this hypothesis January I. A. d. / was a
Sunday and July s. 1917 becomes the fret day OF tn,
100 000th week OF our era.
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UP TO OUR GENERATION.


From the Newark Post
Every Delawarean should stand
back OF Governor Townsend in his
insistence that the state shall send
full regiment into the great fight "to
make the world safe for democracy"
Humiliating, indeed, will be the record
Of our gsperation should the future
reader Of history search in vain for a
Delaware unit I'm the present struggle.
The writer has recently spent a day
browsing around in two of our State
Libraries, and there. preserved in the
reports of soldiers. stern in their re-
qulrement Of duty; brief in recon-
mendatiOn and comment, we find the
story of the Delaware regiments Of
the past-eyer making up in excel
lence what they lacked i'm number,
and earning a responsible position i'm
every fight. Excerpts from the various
reports follow:
THE gallant behaviour of the light
infantry commanded by Captain Kirk
wood highly merit the appro-
baton OF the General and the imita-
tion of the rest of the troops
HeneIdl NIeeue IN report
OF Battle of Guilford.
"Though few armies ever exhibited
equal bravery with ours in general,
yet the conduct and intrepidity of
these Delaware troops were peculiar.
ly conspicuous
General Greene in report
to President OF Congress.
"The company OF Delaware's under
KirlSwood (to whom mono could be
superior).
Memoirs OF Henry Lee.
General Greone's especial eulogy ol
the Delaware soldiers made on tho
way north after the war:
"They exceed all soldiers have
! ever seen; they can fight all day and
dance all night"
"The light infantry under Captain
Kirkwood we're returned many thanks
by General Greene for their gallant
behavior"
William Seymour, sergean
major Delaware Regiment
"The Delaware Regiment was reck
oned the most efficient in the Con
tinental army. II went into active ser
vice soon after the commencement o
the contest with Great Britain AM
served through the whole of it. Court
ing danger wherever II was TO be en-
countered. frequently forming part o
a victorious army: but oftener IN
companions of their countrymen II
disaster. they concluded thei
services with the glorious southern
campaign
Ramsey's History Of IN
United States
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Editorial Opinion
THE "RIeHTsv OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
From the New York Sun.
The country is informed from
Washington that the Representatives
in Congress, humillated by the un-
questioned dominance exercised by
the Senate. intend at once to re-es-
tablish and enforce their rights" as
lawmakers.
We hope the report is true.
At present the members OF the
House, to whom is entrusted the
most potent power of government
the sole authority to originate bills
for the raising OF revenue-aie CON
tent to go through the motions of
doing their duty. They pass bills
whose authors vote for them with
their eyes shut" and send them to
the Senate to be whipped into shape.
The Representatives have formed the
habit OF negIecting their privileges
and Sinking their obligations. They
have come TO depend on the Senate
to DO the wheel horse work-the hard
labor Of inquiry and adjustment that
must precede the enactment of any
satisfactory law. They send to the
other end of the Capitol illogical, in
complete and half digested bills, the
product of laziness and inattention,
and impose on the Senators the labor
Of bringing their provisions into ac-
cord with sound principles Of govern
ment and existing commercial con-
ditions. To do this is one OF the
rights" of the House It is the
right" that the Representatives have
been most insis\nt on exercising.
But the House has other rights
which it may exercise If it wants to
It has the right to accept its powers
with sobriety, to conduct its business
thoughtfully, and to give 10 the ma.
tiOn well considered bills which the
Senate will not find IL necessary tc
rewr-te before passage. It has the
right to frame legislation in such q
way that the product Of its processes
shall command respect and confnc
the Senate to the legislative place II
was originally deVigned to hold.
II the House wants to reform il
can; and the reform it needs is no
dependent on the members OF an,
body or aggregation Of bodies outsid,
its own chamber
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pELAwARE ANp ITs QuOTA OF OrFICERs.


TTNDER tho selectiye draft Delaware is expected TO
~ supply approximately 1000 men, They Will be
drawn prvates, although it is possible that some
Of them, because Of special fitness may become Off
later on.
Delawaro's quota OF officers under the training camp
plan is approximately forty.
While she must supply the 1000 priyates it is op-
tonal with her whether she also shall supply the forty
officers permit the other States to walk away with
those military prizes
This training camp work is wholly independent Of
the work of the Organized Militia OF Delaware which
In the main, already has its officers.
The idea Of former United States Attorney John P.
Nieds who has charge of the training camp work in
Delaware is that this State which supply rs full
quota private soldiers also should have its full quota
Of officers and not permit the other States get them
through the indifference OF Delaware elgihes for
such desirable places I'm the service Certainly it is
something that should appeal TO the patriotism the
State pride and the ambition Of those who arc elig
bic, in point OF age and physical mental condition
for places in the officers training camp.
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Slowly but surely the third battalion OF the First
Regiment Organized Militia OF Delaware is being built
up by recruiting. Everything indicates that the
military unit which Delaware throws into the struggle
with Germany will possess a state entity the same as
was possessed by such Delaware units in previous
That is in line with preponderatng public sent-
ment which never had become reconccd to tho two
battalion organization which prevailed at the time OF
tho Mexican trorble.
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BED cross CAMPAIGN.

From the Dover Delawarean.
There is every indication OF the
complete success of the nationwide
campaign OF the present week TO
raise sf06061.0 600 for the American
Red Cross.
This money should be freely end
fully subscribed. The American Red
Cross has long been doing a wonder
ful work for humanity. It's work
touches our own Nation more closely
now than ever before. and the obliga-
tion for its generous and adequate
financial support is all the more i'm
perative.
Our young men will be called into
the national army by the thousands
and by the hundreds OF thousands
Some OF our soldiers Will soon be on
a foreign field. and unless the war
should come TO an early end they will
doubtless be sent abroad In large
numbers They are going at the coun-
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c. Emmitt Adams has been elected chief clerk Of the
new Board OF County Assessors. The selection is re-
garded gooi Mr. Adams has had valuable OK
perience in clerical cspacy in the oncc OF thd City
Assessment Board by those.who know him he is
looked mpon as a man who is specially we'll fitted for
his new position.
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Az EFFrCTIyr wan WORKEn

= HARLEs c. KURrz, head Of tho real oS'1'o ~,
~ partment Of tho Wilmington Trust COMPANY anu
chairman OF the Financial Committee OF he "iNn'"s
ton National Defense Committee is one Oh '"o '"vs
effective war prenaredncss workers in city, In tho
organization Of the Defense Committee, tho sale OF
Liberty Bonds the raising Of money for the hea O'oSS
and other important ways he has maniioS'eu ms 20"
triotism as an American and his ability as p'ouu'ei
Of results
has hoon SOM opt nv him and his associates on the
Finance Committee of the Defense Committee for $4,000
to defray the expenses Of that committee especially
in SO far as such expenses have to do with eonnu"
garden work That appeal was clearly ana oonclSeN
wordod It should bring favorable responses Ho"
most Of those to whom it is addressed
rho work that is being done is commondable and
wen deserving Of the support of a community that
will profit so largely as result Of its prosecution Mr.
Kurtz and his associates have right to expect ample
results from their present moneyraiang enterprise
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

Every piece OF work that do which is well done
is so much help; every piece Of preense and half
heartedness is so much hurt.-Willian Morris.
.-.--.-.
man must first govern himself ere he be ft to
govern a family. and his family he be NJ to bear
the government in the conrmonwealth-Sir Walter
Raleigh
.-.---.--e
Nor grandeur stately hall
To be kind and friendly-for this means Love,
And Love is the best OF ALL
Peter II. Doyle.
-----s-.
People always talking about orginay but
what do they mean? AS are born the
world begins 20 work upon us; and this goes 10 the
end. And after all what We call our own except
energy, strength and viii? II could give an account
Or all owe 10 great predecessors and contemporaries
mere would be but small balance I'm my favor
Goethe.
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Now that Judge lands. sitting in Freeport Ill.,, has
sentenced III opponents OF military service to serve
year and day at hard labor in the Chicago House
Correction and four others shorter terms
it altogether likely that such agitaors against tho
seloctve draft will be much less active not only in
Illinois but also in tho other States.
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PEOPLE WITH THE oovERNoF

PEOPLE WITH THE GOVERNOR.
From the Snow Hill Messenger.
We have had one of the most dis
graceful exhibitions of peanut politics
and incompetency, in the extra ses-
sion of the Legislature this week.
that has ever been shown in the State
of Maryland OF any other State. it
was a disgraceful affair from start to
finish. brought about by a combination
of peanut politicians Of both parties
against the Governor of the State, the
leaders of the combination being dis
gruntled Baltimore Democrats, and
the other part of the combine being
the small bore Republican statesmen
! God save the mark from the Coun-
ties. The real, patriotic, able Repub-
licans Of the State, such as former
Governor GOldsborOugh, Editor Felix
Agnus of the Baltimore American;
Hon. William Warburton, Of Cecil:
and numerous others were upholding
Governor Harrington in the PROPOSE
/ tion to name a committee OF eminent
gentlemen to care for the million dol
lar war fund and to see that it IS
/ properly expended. and at the same
time giving the Governor the veto
power.
Governor Harrington did not ask OF
the Legislature any unusual Nower-
just that being granted the Governors
of Delaware, Pennsylvania New Jer-
sey and other States-nothing more
than tho usual responsibility always
placed upon a Governor in war times
when by virtue of his office he be-
comes tha head of the military affairs
of the State.
All of the daily newspapers, Repub-
lican. Democratic and Independent
condemned the combine and took the
side of Governor Harrington All of
them characterized the acts of these
peanut politicians as unpatriotic, un-
called for. uniustiiled and disgraceful
in the extreme. All over the State the
people regardless OF party, have con-
demned the attempt to discredit Gov.
ernor Harrington, who in all of the
war measures has shown no factional-
ism or partizanship. His record for
honesty and ability is unquestioned
and nothing against it has ever heen
limited at, so the only object that
could have moved this unholy CON-
bine to act as it did was petty spite
on the part OF the Baltimore City or
: ganizatiOn leaders. or a natural de.
pravity on the part of the others.
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IT is announced that the new styles for mems gar
monts viii make Fat men appear fatter and thin men
appear thinner II is estimated by the National As
socation Of Clothing Designers that the new designs
will result in saving Of approximately 100000
yards Of cloth during the next year Even that esti-
mate will bring little comfort to many sensitive men
who are fat or thin.
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RLIND MOrHERs OF sOLDIERs SHOULD NOr BEG.

BLIND MOIHEkS OF oOlDlthN 0hVthU NVi hh"'
I n Columbus, o., the blind mother OF soldier with
Pershing was brought before the city Council for
begging in defiance Of a newly-adopted ordinance
Blind mothers OF soldiers should not bo permitted
TO beg
The authorities should that all such practices
stopped al once.
Blind mothers Of soldiers should be well cared for
by the community so they viii not need to beg
This is problem America must face at once. So far
no adequate provision has been made for those the
soldiers leave behind
or course in the national army there will be
few taken who have dependents, but there are in
service many who have left dear behind who must
be cared for
America cannot afford to be other Justly gener-
Gus with the mothers and wives and children of sol
diers No soldier ought have face death in France
knowing dear in poverty at home That is not
what this great democracy wants
Let us hope the OF this blind mother in Colum-
bus will arouse the nation to making proper arrange
ments for such cases.
Blind mothers Of soldiers should be Kept from
begging by abolshng the need for begging.
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UNT0mIED AND PLAIN CLOTHEs MOODLuMsM.

tNIfOlhlED AND PLAIN tLUIHES HOODLl MlSM.
Doth the civil and the military authorities should
- cooperate. heartily and expedtously to prevent
in shellpot Park any other place, repetition OF
the dsgraceul that occurred in that park on
ast Tuesday and Wednesday
Certainly drunken and disorderly soldiers and civil
ians should not be permitted to outrage the privileges
and properties Of wilmingons chief nearby amusement
park and menace the safety and lives OF inonensiye
men women and children who frequent it,
The trouble Tuesday was started by soldiers who
shot on pistols and did other reprohensible things
which were disgrace them and to the uniform they
wore Disorderly civilians seemingly were responsible
FOR the Wednesday disorder which was an aftermath
OF the Tuesday disorder Eoth classes OF offenders
somported themselves in a disgraceful manner.
Unless the civil and the military authorities CO.
operate now 70 uphold the peace officers in dealing
with rougnecks and rowdies, no matter whether thew
be in uniform plain clothes there will be more trou
bic perhaps Of an even serious nature The rail-
way company which maintains the park the holders OF
concessions in the park the peasure-seeking public
which frequents the park and the decen-minded and
decentacting members OF Organized Militia are
entitled to full protection against the hoodum ee-
ments They should have it. regardless Of trouble and
expense
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II You have not enough work to keep
you working overtime, it is because you
don't advertise.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1917-07-07

With the new crop pouring into the market potato
prices have taken tumble that has staggered food
speculators who had discounted the price-depress
Ing effect Of the fresh stocks.
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Pro-German sentiment is on the Wane ana pro-Aly
sentiment is ON The increase in Mexico Tt is high time,
and the Mexcans Who value the future interests of
their country will do we'll to stimulate the pro-Ally
feeling in all the states Tell the German consul ne
the Imperial German Government and the Kaiser may
all go TO hi said General Gonzales when tho demand
"in the name Of the Imperial German Government ana
tho Kaiser" was made upon him for the release OF
German manager That slogan seemingly is passing
from lip to lip south Of the Rio Grande and having
marked effect upon the public mind