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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13
BIRTHS

BoYLAN-On June 6. at the Kings Daugh
ters' Hospital az Portsmouth. Va, 10 Mr.
and Mrs. Frank j. Boylan, formerly Of
this city, a daughter
HANDLIN-On May IT. to Mr. and Mrs
Andrew Handlin, OF No. % Kentmere ave
nue.. this city. a son, Andrew. Jr.
HANDEIN-On May &c. 70 Mr.. and Mrs
William Handlin, OF No. IL apartments
Kontmere, a son, Francis.
SCOTT-On Juno 10, at the Delaware Hos
pital to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott, Of
Ashley, Delaware. daughter.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

and cap of matching pattern designed
by Richardson after a choice Cluny
original For a dainty but laundry re,
sisting gown yoke this pattern is ex
cellent
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13
BY BETTY BROWN

Crocheting is one of the fashionable
finger employments this summer. II
is the present fancy to make prac.
tical pieces such as the gown yoke
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Mrs. Robert Richards spent last
week with her mother. Mrs. Haddock.
OF Carlisle, Pa.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Mics Dorothy NJ Spring enter.
tanned at variety shower at the
bungalow owned by her fance. Frank
Il Buck, near ThoUpson's Bridge, on
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Mrs. Robert Anderson, OF Coates
vile, has returned home after a visit
with her sister Mrs. Margaret Gibi-
son, OF No. 6oS East Seventh street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Mr.. and Mrs Robert c. Nye. who
were married recently. we're sere-
named last night by members OF the
Independents Fire Company, who
turned out with the fire apparatus and
went TO the Nye home at No. 213s
Market street. Following congratula-
tons. Mr. and Mrs. Nye were taker
to the fire engine house, where they
were guests OF honor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Charles S. Gaskill, OF Baltimore,
who Isl well known in this city, will
leave in July for France. where he
has been designed to duty with an
engineering corps 10 be sent abroad
az that time. The Gaskills were week
end guests last week OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George 8. Capelle, Jr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Mrs. Ferdinand l.. Gilpin enter
tanned at ten at Naaman's this after.
noon IN honor Of her daughter-in.la law
Mrs. Ferdinand L. Gilpin, Jr.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-06-13

Miss Renee dupont left this morn
ing for Northampton. Mass. where
she will be maid OF honor at the mar.
rage of Miss Katharine Clark. OF
that place. and her brother. Francis
Victor DUPONT. which will be solem.
nized in the First Church of Christ.
Northampton. on Saturday evening.
Mrs. T Coleman dupont, Mrs.
Paul r Wilson Eleuthere l. dupont.
c. Douglass Buck and Joseph Dallett.
and Miss Ethel Tallman will leave
on Friday for Northampton.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
Early Matching For Size.

Contrary to general belief and
practice, chicks do not grow to
thrive as we'll during the warm
months or hot summer days as they
do earlier in the spring. Experienced
poultrymen realize this fact. The
average farmer, however, does not
make an effort to hatch early SO that
the chicks will have the advantage of
a longer and more favorable growing
season. Early Matching not only in
sures more rapid gains in the growth
of chicks but has favorable influence
on the size of the individuals OF the
flock. Late Matched chicks rarely, il
ever, attain the size of those Matched
early. Early Matching likewise in
fluences early maturity and conse-
quently early egg production
Given the same food, care and at
tention, chicks Matched the first of
March will weigh more when they are
four months old than those Matched
a month later, say the poultry special
lists of the L. S. Department of Agri
culture. This likewise holds true with
chicks Matched the first of April as
compared with those Matched May
first. This is due to the fact that the
rate of growth of a Cnick is greater
during the first four I.eeks of its life
than at any other time. Consequent
ly, the early hatch5d chick, having
the advantage of more favorable
growing season, makes greater gains
during the first four weeks of it's
life than the late Matched chick.
During the early spring months when
the temperature is not so varied the
growth of chicks is more uniform and
constant than it is during the summer.
Millions of chicks die every year as
a result of being infected with lice
which, under average farm conditions,
are ofttimes difficult to control. Hen
Matched chicks are not as subject to
lice in the early spring as they are
during the warmer months when lice
are more prevalent. If for no other
reason chicks should be Matched early
so their growth will not be interrupt
ed by the presence Of lice.
Many farmers realize considerable
money each spring from the sale of
brOilers, the price Of which is usually
governed by their size when sold and
the time marketed. Thus it would
seem that in order to increase the
amount of money from the sale Of
broilers and fryers early Matching |
would be employed so as to have a
fowl early in the
spring when prices are highest.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
YOU ARE BEING
GOUGED.

Those of us who are still consider
ing taking nourishment from time to
time should be deeply interested in a
dispute which has broken out among
farmers in Pennsylvania.
1t has to do with the cost of raising
bushel of potatoes. An anarchist
started it with the statement that he
can raise a bushel Of potatoes and get
them out of the ground for nineteen
cents a bushel He gave cost table
to prove it. But he was not allowed
to get by with it. An old conserva-
tive took him up right off the bat and
claimed that it was impossible to raise
bushel of potatoes for less than
thirty-seven cents. He said he had
been trying it for years and that was
as low as he could bring it.
You can readily see that the real
truth of this question is Of vital con-
Germ to your own table. If it actually
costs 81 cents to raise bushel of po-
tatoes it is, perhaps, but fair that you
should pay 81 a bushel for them at
the corner grocery. But if, on the
other hand, it costs only 10 cents to
produce said bushels, you are un-
doubtedly being gouged if you pay
more than $3.S1.-Comb. News.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
RULES FOR A LONG LIFE
They Are Simple And Can Be Follow,
ed BY All, Says a Magazine
Writer,

There is no panacea that will bring
long life to every user. What is one
mans meat is another mans poison
But few rules are applicable to
everyone, declares a writer in the
Worlds Work.
Be moderate in everything. Excess
in eating, drinking, in anything tends
to bring old age.
Be faithful in your exercise and be
sure to choose an exercise that is
helpful.
Stand and sit erect and use your
lungs.
Keep your teeth and gums and
throat clean. The mouth is the prin-
cipal part Of entry for undesirable
immigrant heterogeneous.
Be careful to maintain the bowel
functions. The digestive tract is a
favorite abiding place for hordes of
marauding bacteria
Have your body occasionally exam
ined. The physician will take notice
of what is wrong and will advise you
accordingly. And let him do the
worrying. Fortunately, the exact con-
dition of the organs of the body can
usually be seen by physicians, even
when they are but slightly off nor
NAL.
Be happy. Do not worry; do not al
low yourself to become crouch; do
not get mad" Remember that psy-
biologists now contend that you
do not clinch your hands because you
are angry. You are angry because
you clinch your hands. So do not
clinCh them.
Act happy, and you will become so.
Act young, and you will become so.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
One Hundred Thousand Sundays.

Those interested in abstruse Clathe-
MATES, not to mention others absorb
ed in religious history will note with
interest that the thousandth week of
our Christian era falls in this year of
grace. July s, 1917, will be the one
thousandth Sunday of the Christian
era-not, of course the one hundred
thOusandth Christian festival of that
name, but the first Cor, as some hold,
the second day of the one hundred
thOusandth week.
The ambiguity is due to the fact
that it is still in doubt whether the
year A D. was leap year 1t is
usual to regard every year A. d.
which is multiple of four Except 1900
and 1900 as a leap year, and for
purposes Of chronological reckoning
to treat the series of leap years as
extended backwards indefinitely into
the centuries B. G.. 1t is known,
however, that there were irregulari-
ties in the intercalculation of the bis
sextile day in the first half century
following the reform Of the calendar
by julius Caesar, and it is still a
matter of dispute which of the years
the period As B. ca. D. were, in
fact, leap years. The balance of in
structed opinion inclines to the view
that A. d. s was the first leap year A
D. On this hypothesis Jan. 1, A. D.
l, was Sunday, and July S, 1917, will
be the first day Of the 100,000th week
| of our era.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
PRICES IN LONDON MUCH LIKE
OURS BUT EGGS HIGHER
Potatoes From Here Are Sold More
Cheaply i'm London, However.

New York dispatch says :-Compari-
son of wholesale prices quoted in
London on February %, with those in
New York on the same date shows
but a slight difference between them
in many cases, if war and the enor-
nous demands which the sustenance
of armies entails are taken into con-
sideration. Potatoes, great quantities
of which are shipped from this coun-
try, were actually cheaper in London
than New York.
On that date the wholesale price in
London for potatoes ranged from $2.67
to $315 per 100 pounds. The price
here last week was $1,000 for a bag
holding 16S pounds. 1t had jumped
to that figure from 81 since last Fri
day. The price for bag of potatoes
here on February 6 was $3.50, or
about $3.50 for 100 pounds.
Certain grades of alleged fresh eggs
could also be bought at wholesale in
London on that date for less than the
best grades of alleged fresh eggs here.
One method of keeping the price down
in London has been adopted by the
Agriculture. Neighborhood Associa-
tions of poultry raisers cooperate
with groups of families in the city
and deliver new laid eggs at 72 cents
a dozen, carriage and return of empty
crates being paid for by the family
groups.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
BREEDING DAIRY AND BEEF
CATTLE
Should Be Kept Separate To Secure
Greatest PrOfitS-PreVent Cross
Breeding.

The imp )rtance of keeping the diff
ferent types of grade and pure bred
animals separate is set forth in an
article recently issued to the breed
ers of dairy and beef cattle by S. S.
Buckley, Animal Industry Extension
Specialist. Among other things in
this article, he says: breeding of
dairy cattle and dairying, and breed
ing of beef cattle and feeding, repre-
sent two legitimate and distinct in
dustries in Maryland. Each has its
individual and circumscribed sphere
yet each is handicapped by merging
or fusion of the one with the other.
The result is that neither industry
represents the greatest degree of etfl-
cheney, nor returns the greatest
amount of profits possible through a
more distinct separation Of the two.
ITO this end there should be rec
ognized by the breeders of each class
of animals, the distinct and definite
fields of the other.
The practice of using animals or
recognized beef characters for dairy
purposes and the use of animals OF
dairy characters for beef production
is detrimental to the breeders OF each
and to the industries which they rep
resent.
breeders of each class should get
together by separating their work.
''Dairymen in their own interest,
should never allow a grade, male
dairy bred calf to live longer than
necessary to produce veal.
breeders of dairy animals should
never sacrifice to slaughter any
promising or proven valuable pure
bred bull, if there is any way in which
it can be disposed of for breeding
dairy animals.
Breeders of beef animals, in their
own interests, should never allow a
grade, male beef bred calf to become
mature unless castrated, nor should
they allow any such calf to be vealed
| if possible to prevent it.
breeders of both classes of cattle
for their mutual interests and the IN
dustries which they represent, SHOULD
discourage in every way possible the
crossing of dairy and beef bred ami
mails.
The two industries are we'll de-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
HOW WARS HAVE STARTED.

Had there been an ocean telegraph
in 1912 there might not have been a.
war with England at that time. Five
days after President Madison signed
the declaration of war, England re-
called the orders in council which mad
provoked it. The purpose to recall
the orders was unknown in America,
while in England nothing was known
of the war declaration when the Or
ders were revoked. The wars most
important battle, that of New Orleans,
was fought Is days after the treaty
of peace had been signed at Client. 1t
was this battle which made Jackson
a popular idol and gave him the Presl-
dency. The first step in the Cr1mean
war was Russia's invasion Of Mold
ava, months before diplomatic rupture
with England and France. The firing
of Fort Sumter, which started the
war between the States is a familiar
story. The first shot of the Franco
Prussian war was by French soldier
on guard at Strasburg bridge day or
two before Napoleon III formally
took the field. The attempt on Bis
marcks life as he was walking down
the Inter den Linden on May 7, 1866,
rallied public sentiment to him and
his policy, and from a dramatic stand
point may be said to have been the
first shot in the Austro- Prussian war.
The blowing up of the Maine was the
first blow in the Spanish-American
war, which ended Spanish possessions
in the New World. If there should be
war with Germany it will start with
some unlawful act of a U-bOat on the
high seas.-From Leslie's Weekly.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
WILSON AND LINCOLN.

There are those who declare that
Wilson has already stood too much,
that Lincoln and others of our presi-
dents would never have stood so much
were they now in charge of our at
fairs. But Lincoln was even more pa
tient than Wilson; he was most pa
tient of all men. South Carolina has
seeded in December 1860. In Febru-
airy, 1861, the new Government of the
Southern Confederacy was organized
at Montgomery, Ala. There was al
ready secession, but still there was no
war When Lincoln was inaugurated
on March 4, 1861, the Union was al
ready ruptured, but Lincoln waited
with infinite patience. He waited six
weeks after his inauguration until
Fort Sumpter was fired upon and the
national flag was lowered under in
surgent fire Then he waited no
longer, but issued the first call for
volunteers to preserve the Union
Anaconda Standard.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
Whose Uncle?

man learned of the death of an
uncle in a distant state and employed
an attorney to get for him his share
of the estate. After much delay the
lawyer sent for his client and said:
II have collected your share of your
uncle's property, and here is state
ment of our account
The account rendered showed many
items of expenses, such as taking de-
Positions 'notary's fees" court
COSTS" travelling expenses" etc, a
considerable charge in favor of the
attorney for his services and only a
small balance for the nephew.
After examining and bordering over
the statement for quite a while the
client looked up and said to the law
yer: WAS that your uncle or mine
that died ?"-West's Docket.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
GIVING vLDER MEN A CHANCE

Fifteen large employers of labor in
Chicago have decided to stop discrim-
mating against men because of their
age In other words, they have
thrown down the bars" and in fu-
ture will give men an opportunity Of
making good, regardless of how long
they have been here on earth. And
it ought to cause great rejoicing.
Years ago it was hard for young
man to get a job. He was discrimi-
mated against because of his youth.
Men of experience were desired, men
who were getting along in years.
Then came a change, and young men
were sought The rules were posi-
tive; only men under certain age
were employed, and the age was un-
reasonably young. Men of 80 or 40
were turned down." and men of Is
or so could not even get respectful
hearing at the employment office. But
again the pendulum is swinging back
toward the men of years. These
Chicago employers claim it will
greatly relieve the labor situation, tc
give older men a chance, now that
there is such demand for labor. But
they go even farther than that, and
claim that the older men are actually
worth more, in many instances, than
younger men. In other words, they
have come to the conclusion thai
many a man has been denied the right
to make a living because of his years
when, If he had been given chance
ha could have earned something fol
:. lseIf and much for his employers
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09

The closing hours of the Sixty
Fourth Congress of the United
States was one of the most memorial
since the foundation OF this glorious
Republic. That the integrity OF the
United States should have been so
signally dishonored by the action OF
certain United States Senators IN the
defeat of the Armed Neutrality Bill
was a misfortune and should be a
lasting disgrace and diShOnOr to the
men who caused it. That any Sena-
tor of the United States. of either
party, who failed to stand back OF
President Wilson in his endeavOr to
pass a peace of legislation designed
for the protection of American life
and property. should resign his high
and honorable position and go back
home in seclusion. In olden days
such action would have been called
treason. We are glad to say that the
two Senators from Maryland and the
Democratic delegation in Congress
from this State all supported the
President for the protection OF oul
people and their rights as American
citizens
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
WESTMINSTER, MD.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAR. 9, 1917
PRESIDENT WILSON STARTS HIS
SECOND TERN.

Sunday, President Woodrow Wilson
entered upon his second term as
President of the United States. -Four
wears ago when Mr.. Wilson took his
first oath of office there seemed to
open before him peace and prosperity
but in a short time PRESIDENT
Wilson was called upon to face the
most trying and momentus situation,
war, which has ever been presented
TO any President of the United States
outside of Lincoln. He was success
full in putting through most OF the
legislation which was promised to the
people during the campaign when he
WAS elected first.
I After two years the President en-
fers his second term of office with
diplomatic relations severed with
Germany and with every prospect that
this country will probably see dec
laration of war, which has up to this
time been averted by the skillful
craftsmanship of the President. The
President is a peaceful man, and he
has endeavored in every way to keep
this country from war with Germany
and the Central Powers.
Our people are extremely fortunate
in having at the White House man
of the caliber and craftsmanship of
Woodrow Wilson. His equal would
be hard to find in this or any other
country, and his astute National
leadership needs no better proof than
that he has kept us from war during
the past two and a-half years. Speak
ing without craftsmanship, We believe
that no man in the Republican party,
could have done as well, and We
know that none could have done bet
ter.
President Wilson's stand against
Germany in her unfair U-Boat war
should, receive the full backing OF
every American citizen irrespective of
political affiliation, and if it should be
necessary for the President to de-
clare war on Germany and issue
call for volunteers to defend the flag
that there will be tremendous out
pouring of men willing to serve their
country to such an extent as to make
a. draft unnecessary. We believe that
President Wilson will lead his people
in the most direct way to not only
peace and prosperity, but will be a
factor in getting together combina-
ton of nations which will make it
impossible for the Kaiser to cause
the world to run in blood in the future
as he has for the past two or more
years.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
Speaking of Appetites.

A huge eating competition has been
held by some brawny sons of toll in a
country town in Yorkshire, and one of
the competitors had succeeded in dis
posing of leg of mutton, a plentiful
supply of vegetables, and plum pud-
ding, the whole washed down with
copious drafts OF ale.
He was unanimously declared the
winner, and was being triumphantly
escorted home when he turned to his
admirers, and said
'Ah say, lads, don't thee say nowt
of this to my ole woman, or she won't
give me no dinner!"-Toronto Globe.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
An Apt Pupil.

"The great trouble with you," said
Mrs. Jaggsby to her husband, the
morning after the night before, lis
your inability to say No! Learn to
say it at the proper time and you will
have fewer headaches"
IT can't see where you have the
right brand of dope, my DEAR replied
he of the throbbing temples.
by the way" continued Mrs. j.
II want to do a little shopping today
Can you let me have $1O?"
NO" answered the willy Jaggsby
without a moments hesitation.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09
ANSWERS YEA, DO; AT WEDDING
Scores of Guests Cheer BridegrOOm'S
Quaint Reply.

Pottsville, Pa-"Yea, bo," is the
new response in wedding ceremonies
in the Lykens Valley. 1t was intro
duced there when Harry Sallala, OF
Lykens welded Miss Mary Daub, OF
WilliamstOWn.
DO you take this woman for your
welded wife," asked Squire George
w. Hensel.
Yes, b." yelled Sallada, tossing
his hat in the air.
Two hundred md fifty of Sallada's
friends cheered and then paraded the
couple around town.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09

Negotiations looking to China's en-
trance into the war against the Cen
trail powers now are in progress at
Peking and in all the Entente CAPT
tails, it was learned at Washington,
and their success depends only upon
the harmoniZing Of the rewards to be
given China with the amount of CO.
operation demanded of her. 1t is re
garded as practically certain that
China will sever relations with Ger
many, and declaration of war probab-
~ will follow if the Entente will
guarantee satisfactory relaxation of
the restriction imposed upon the East
ern Empire by the world powers after
the Boxer troubles.