Evening journal., 1917-12-12
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 70, 1917.


rNT H1LE Mercury is doing its utmost 20 land with
w both feet on the solar pexus Of Old Men Zero let
IS gather about the redhot Of public benevoence
md hold an EVENING JOURNAL Family conference
relative to the our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
say llsten that fund so far as the EVENING JOURNAL
Family is affected amounted at the close Of business
yesterday to 1885, That means that members Of the
amiy have provided thus far, 1880 cartons of tobacco
10 the American lighters in France, and thereby made
1850 Of those fighters happy for a week.
And say, pull up little nearer TO the red-ot stove OF
public benevolencc stick your feet mp close TO its bar
lel and listen inienty There are scores OF
american newspapers engaged in this campaign Many
N them are published In cities which feel that they
make Wilmington look like thirty cents And YET THE
EVENING JOURNAL Family ranks eleventh in that en-
ire list in the amount Of money contributed and stil Is
going it strong for higher place.
Hot stung surci And now that you feel warm, pull
back little so you scorch YOUR clothes. and let's
alk little about the present and The future. Let's take
few recent instances Of SELF sacrncing work that has
Helped to bring THE EVENING JOURNAL Family's To-
Fund up to what it is today.
When first started the fund asked Mrs Joseph
Wales result-producer of women result-producers,
help. She said she would, and her help has resulted
u hundreds OF dollars being turned in For instance
She called at Office day Two ago and, holding
,ut a tin can, said:
1--WE come TO turn over si7925 to tho Tobacco Fund"
She explained that sO2 Of that amount represented
TOBACCO.
.uncheons which she had nauuraed and served in Red
Cross headquarters in old City Hau 10 the workers
there, who had been in the habit Of buying noon-day
meals outside the building The remaining S5l25 rep
resented cash subscriptions she had obtained from per-
whom she had interested, the fund Good busi-
ness, Ell? Sure And The end is not yet.
And lisleni What's the matter with benjamin j.
schwartz proprietor OF the Victoria Thcatro2 He's an
right Who's all right? Schwartz He has turned into
ho fund 5000 10 represents the dedication by him Of
. certain percentage OF a days receipts at his moving
picture house TO the OF supplying tobacco to
in France. And lean over q little and let whisper
you that next month he is going give percentage
1f each days receipts for a whole week That's the
sort Of patriot Schwartz when he buckles down to
The support Of good project He doesn't try any futurst
eamounage on the movement He plasers it over with
bank notes and does what he can to make it look like
green bay tree
And now come a little closer and let us ten YOU OF
'he spirit Of self-sacrince that animated little Miss
Miriam Riches, Of No. 2i7 East Second street Those
VINO read the Bible win recall that the original Miriam
was sister Of Moses. In fact she was the oldest child
" man and woman Of the House OF Levi. Miriam is
mentioned nrst in the Bible watching her brothers
cradle Or as ii would be expressed i'm these DAYS pla
ing ne part Of the little mother After that memorable
pfyshoq Tip made 10y Moses across the Red sen Miriam,
became known as Miriam the pronbefess e,hse.
luenty' Moses married Cushiie woman and Aaron re-
.useq 10 feeosnize her bitter family quaprel resulted
sd
NAT bad case Of leprosy was wished On b, =,
slung to her during most Of the wanderipes of A..
and his followers. The family fixed the tro,bte nm,
somehow and the curse was removed subseonenil,
Miriam died and buried at Kadsh
It viii be seen, therefore that the most distinrs,ir
characteristic Of the original Miriam was the nohorrs
Instinct She played the little mother to Moses when no
baby; and it is Of biblical record that when sh
thought he about to marry the wrong girl the ltl
mother instinct led her to fare out. in unison witt
Aaron, and pretty rumpus started in the famil,
Well say listen The little mother instinct fhat dis
inguished Che original Miriam also flames out in ihi
young Wilmington Miriam. She is playing the It'll
mother TO the American boys who are lighting free
doms battles in France Miriam Of the con
estants in The Liberty bread contest held recently in tn
High School She and received Of the 81 prize
offered by THE EVENING JOURNAL. Did she spend 4
Tor candy ice cream, Hearts Desire sundaes hair rib
oons or anything like that? Not muchf Listen 4
lew hours after the money reached her hands she
ripped into THE JOURNAL ONCE laid the dollar on the
counter and said: Is.
70 Francew
See '' The oldtme Miriam moihering instinct that