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New-York tribune., 1918-10-02
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax
MOVING DAY

Moving!
Oh, Lord!
What terrible word!
Fearful the woes that it's accents afford
Ages of waiting while no one appears;
Nothing abating our gloomiest fears.
Ma, on trunk, into misery sunk.
Tries to remember the moving mans
bunk
There bright and early the morn Of
the frst,"
Sadly she murmurs. "Say, amt they
the worst!"
ia has gone sneaking away to his work,
Leaving his dear ones marooned, the
old shirk!
Every five minutes proud Della, the
cook,
Gut OF the window endeavors to look,
Scaling the furniture piled in her path,
Moaning Hibernian motifs of wrath.
Though she may scan, there is never q
Clad in blue jumper; there no moving
van,
Clear from Beersheba over to Dan.
Fair sister Bella attacks the mute
phone,
Calling number that no one will own.
Loud her complaint, at would anger a
saint!
Movers to move US just natch'elly
ANTI"
Four-year-old Willie creates surprise,
Tumbles DER chairs with most dolorous
cries.
we go.
Ma sits more firmly and sneers. "Is
that so?
For ages or more, right here at the
door,
All Of our duds have been piled on the
floor!
"hen they come we will go; not a
moment before!"
oe'la announces she's waited quite long
enough;
Going to quit, and she can't make it
strong enough
Incoming tenant arrives with his lease.
Says we will move or he'll call the 10.
lice.
ia from his Office arrives double Quick
Joins in the conflict that now wa~es
thick.
Heated orations and loud accusations
Every one fights with his dearest rela.
tions.
Still all our furniture stands !, +bs
hall.
Listen. oh, children, telephone call,
Says the nice van man in voice fI,ed
with sorrow,
Cant come to-day, but perhaps bv to-
morrow!"
Strange that we do not his kindness
applaud
Movingl
Oh, Gawd.
Kaiser Bi1l is 1so1u talking about ths.
reinforced uur." Buy bonds, fo1ks. ouo
re-enforce it.
Live and Learn
olr; The war is a great educator
ohsll read that some American sol.
dlers had arrived there, peve,
dreamed that there was such a n1ace
IN reality as Charing Cross Station.
thought it was only a place where T.
Philips Oppenheim's adventuresses
made their midnight fight from men
with SCARED faces and cast eyes. M.
We ourselves often wonder if. unde,
, the present rationing system, the gov.
eminent still allows Mr. Oppenheim's
characters to dine at as many fiashy
restaurants as they used to.
LAMENT
"nen meet general cay, Hello. Ole
Top"!
An when I meet colonel In, apt to cal
him Pop!
An when l see captain I treat him like &
king;
But when I meet second lieut." dassen',
say thing. II. V. R. LEE.
Hey, you forty y-sx-year- old, who
since the new draft went through have
, been mourning excessively audibly be.
cause the government won't let VOL
fight, how many Liberty bonds are YOIj
going to buy?
, Sure we're glad they've captured s..
Quentin. but we do wish they'd take
and get out of the war news for keene
certain places that fit 100 per cen,
, American pronunciation much less
,. easily. FFv
Star Runner Victim
) Of Spanish Influenza
ornelius J. Shaughnessy, the holde,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-02

Sure we're glad they've captured St.
Quentin, but we do wish they'd take
and get out of the war news for keens
certain places that fit a 100 per cen,
American pronunciation much less
easily. q II =,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23

NOT A MOMENT roo SOON

Secretary Bakers announcement that
the first installment of the battle planes
we are building are actually on the way
10 the front derives its chief signifi-
cance from the urgency of tke need of
such weapons For 1T the same moment
that the secretary of War was making
his reassurng statment of progress there
came an Associated Press dispatch from
the Amerlc. lines in France stating that
the Germans are flying at will over the
positions held by our troops. What & e
enemy control Of the air means those who
are even slightly familiar with the sitla-
tion are only too well aware. The superi-
or ty Of the Hun in this vital detail of
equipment gives them all the advantages
Of the game, and until that condition shall
be reversed there is good reason for anx-
iety-not as To the way in which our sol
diers will acquit themselves in the face OF
the enemy, but as to their ability to over
come IA handicap so serious. Until the
United States troops can fight in the air
on equal terms with the Germans they
will be fighting IN the dark in n very real
sense Of the term.
Our men may well ask When are some
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
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WAR PSYCHOLOGY.

Read in the light of the great events
Of this present time, there Is pith IN the
following sentence from The Founda-
tions Of Science, but w. G. u. Whct-
ham. f. r. s, who wrote the book seven
years ago: Psychology gives us insight
into the theory Of knowledge and leads
us critically to examine how it is that We
know anything either by logic or by. the
senses. or by that union of the two which
breeds science"
Berlin is spreading bureau of enemy
psychology that aims to discover what
the people Of enemy nations think they
know and how and why they think they
know it. Very recent history records that
this bureau guessed wrong when trying
to read the minds Of the peoples Of Ireland,
Egypt. India. South Africa, Australia,
Canada South America China. Mexico,
Japan and the United States. Four
ffthS Of the peoples OF the world seem
10 belic~e that they know Germany
cause Is wrong. In dealing with its
next door ncighbors, Poland, Iithuania
and Couriand, Germany has insisted on
keeping its troops in those countries and
refusing them the right OF self-determina-
ton Agents of the German government
regularly report on the psychology OF the
American people. In the light of Pro-
fessor " hetham's 5 observations one might
wonder whether the interpretations of
American sentiment are made for Berlin
"bv logic or BY the senses or by that union
OF the two which breeds science. Chi
cag0 News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
THE MARINE CORPS.

The American Navy has so emphatically
made good in every way during the pres
ent war that Secretary Daniels request
for additional appropriations aggregat
ing $3.50, ,000,0 900 will without doubt, be
quickly. granted by Congress, which has
shown itself much less critical OF naval
performances than of the army Popu-
lar approval will be especially marked for
the proposition 10 increase the Marine
Corps from 30, 900 to 50 900, for the soldier
at sea is great favorte with the American
people. For generations he has been carry
ing ths Stars and Stripes into every quar-
ter Of the globe, and he was among the
very first to unfurl IL last summer in de
fence of France With the 10000 men it
is proposed to add to the present force
it will be possible TO have in France an
entire division composed wholly of ma
rines, who Will fight side by side with
the boys OF the National Army.
II is an attractive feature of the Marine
Corps that all its officers are now drawn
from its ranks Unlike the army, where
promotion for the enlisted man has not
always been easy, the Marine Corps offers
every possible incentive 10 the ambitious
recruit to rise.-Philadelphia Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
Against Government Ownership.

The decisive vote in the United States
Senate on Thursday, on the proposition
for an indefinite government control of
railroads after the cessation Of the war,
shows that when it comes TO the plain
question OF the Federal government assum-
ing, permanently, the ownership and
operation OF the railroad systems Of the
country, the Congress means 10 think
long while before deciding to take such
revolutionary step. The proposition was
defeated by vote Of 81 TO 10.
That the Federal government should
have stepped in at this time and taken over
control OF the railroads was only q natural
proposition arising from the various war
emergencies. In no other way did il
seem possible to unity and coordinate
the various railroad systems for the most
effective operation. But TO make this
permanent is something else.
The government has learned some things
recently, and so have the people And
one thing they have learned is that
governmental interference with railroad
management in the past has been a grave
evil to the country. After the wars
emergencies end, and the railroads are
restored to original ownership and man
ageInent, we may reasonably look for
different. more reasonable, and more
effective provisions for regulation and
oDeration
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
ONE OVER ON A RUBE TOWN.

Getting Richquick Wallingford," if
YOU know whom we mean, is what he
himself would cheerfully call "a piker be-
side the telephone clerk who recently
played horse with diverse and sundry New
York business men. Rousselot, which is
the name he's indicted under, rose in few
weeks from a salary of $l5 a week to the
proud position Of confidential friend of
Alph, otherwise known as Alfonso, the
more or less popular king of SPAN
As ''the Marquis Oh CaStillot" he bor-
rowcd $4,000 from woman. and he was
apparently on the way to borrow little
matter of $4,000 900 from j. p Morgan
for his good friend King Alph, when the
Secret Service men insisted upon identi-
fying him as somebody besides a marquis.
Like the late Napoleon and many other
great minds, this cheerful swindler fell
down through trying to go too far. But,
at that, he picked an easy place to work in.
For the man with unlimited nerve, New
York is about as gullible a town as any
on the map, and the profits for swindleI
there are certainly large while they last -
Binghamton Press.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
PRESS COMMENTS.
IF GERMANY ASKS PEACE.

If the German government shall sue
ceed iii its present purpose OF adding to
the Germany sphere of domination--if
not of actual ownership-vast areas of
western Russia, the fact will have a
profound influence on the problem that
confronts America and her allies. Ger
many needs food and raw materials. They
are to be found in great quantities in
those middle lands. Germany cannot
fail to be strengthened, not only, as she
already is, by the cessation of resistance
along her eastern frontier, but even more
perhaps by access 10 these vast natural
resources The collapse of Russia and
the detection of the Bolshcviki from
the ranks of the opponents of Ger
man aggression must make our task
harder.
But there is another aspect OF the
present German reaching out toward
the east that is even more full OF con-
Germ for us. 1t would not be surprising
if Germany should fnd it wise to find
her place in the sun in those lands which
seem about to fall into her lap from the
coward hands of the Bolshevlki creators
of the Russian chaos. If Germany, her
appetite for conquest stated by the rich
es she has found no need to conquer to
the caStWaTu, ttth W 'ii' NtS'
with fair and plausible words OF coneilia-
ton, what sould be our reply? What
if Germany should decide to relax her
hold, not only on Belgium and north
ern France, but even on Alsace-llor-
raine? What if Austria, of her own
will or under the cracking of the German
whip, should find in Odessa n satisfactory
recompense for Trieste? What If Ger
many should offer TO relax all demands in
the west in return for n free hand in those
Russian regions which anarchy has thrust
upon her? What should wes what should
the Allies, do them
It is a puzzling question: 1t NAV
precipitate situation full of the most
potent peril.
Germany in domination over Austria,
Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania,
Lvona, and only needing to wait in
grim patience for Finland to fall into
her grasp, and at peace with her western
neighbors and the world, would be a
Germany not only undefeated but tri-
umphant Such triumph of miItarism
and imperialistic ambition would be a
great disaster for the world.-Ncw York
sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
PRESS AND POLITICS
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Judge Conrad Sends Correspond
ence That Refers to an Old
Hostility Still Existent.

Editor Every Evening: | have recently
run across the following letter written by
Samuel NJ. Harrington TO Edward Woot-
ten in lS49. II refers TO the starting of
the Milford Beacon, the pioneer news
paper of Milford, Delaware. Az that time
Harrington was the associate Justice for
Kent county and Edward Wooten the
associate for Sussex. The Chandler re-
ierred to as having become "rabid," was
William Penn Chandler, for some years
editor OF the Delaware Gazette, being a
partner with Caleb T. Johnson. The
Chicken mentioned was "The Blue
Hens Chicken, weekly journal pub
lished In Wilmington by .Jeandcil and
Vincent, and Evans Of the Republican"
was Columbus r. Evans, who for several
years was co-partner with George "
Vernon rs owner and editor of the Della
ware Republican OF Wilmington.
The decent, intelligent young man"
who IS spoken Of by Judge Harrington az
the editor Of The Beacon was John ri
Emerson, for very many years the editor
of the American Union at Denton. Mary
land, and for short while associated with
the undersigned in the management Of the
Morning News
The letter explains itself and is interest
ing in showing that seventy years ago
there existed feeling between the country
and the city, and Judge Harrington
seemed anxious that "country sentiment"
should have its inning, and that his politi-
cal party should have an opportunity to
be heard Henry G. Conrad
Georgetown, Feb. II, 1918
Dover, March 6, 1Si0-Dear Sir:
send you by this mail prospectus Of the
Milford Beacon and advise you TO sub
scribe for it and patronize It. We must
have an organ for the expression of country
sentiment To counteract the city papers,
and the editor of tins paper seems to be
decent, intelligent Young man, and
promises with our aid to make it such an
organ. The paper is TO be neutral in party
politics. but not necessarily neutral on
general topics not involving party. The
editor is personally Democrat. | am
willing 10 trust him and TO help him
1t NAV be that we shall have to make
war on the city papers. Chandler has got
to be rabid, almost as bad as the Chicken.
Evans Of the Republican has been here al
winter and has found out that mis- set"
cant do everything. lie has gone home
tanner" Yours truly.
). VI. Harrington
Hon. Edward Wootten
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23

American planes coming hereY' To this
question MIR. Baker gives an answer that
so far as it goes, is reassuring. There have
been serious delays in getting the aircraft
service in motion. II is idle now To waste
time considering the why and wherefore,
the important fact being that these are
not only being overcome, but that high
powered machines are actually on the way,
perhaps even now ready to meet the enemy
planes. For the Secretary OF War would
hardly have made the announcement
while there was uncertainty OF the planes
reaching their destination. II nc is not In
this matter more optimistic than the cir
cumstances justify, the Americans IN
France will be given the hope that the
command of the air will not long rest un-
disputed with the Germans and that our
boys are soon to be spared the humiliation
of lighting blindfolded. Philadelphia Led
ger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23

,tldge harrington seeHse,As 10 see, as
ne important mission of the Milford
,aler who's, establishment hc indorsed,
md for Which b. asked Judge Wootten's &
qppar' campaign 10 make war on the
CT, paper Possibly the Milford Bea-
on. under 'hc edItorship OF Mr. Emerson,
did l., part to this end, but the city
papcrs evidently did not suffer. The
Milford Rcacon, IN time, went the way of
N grass II died and other papers
took Its place Al one time there we're,
three weekly papers in Milford But
to-day there Is only one the Milford
Chronicle And very good paper it is.
Mr Emerson, after the failure OF his
experiment with tho Milford Beacon
returned to Denton, Md, and for years
conducted the American Union OF that
town also Tor d time, being associated
sith Judge Conrad IN the early days Of
The Morning News Of this city He died
rcars ago Ills son, J. Marion Emerson,
who graduated from the Denton Union,
Wa ior while city editor Of the Whining
ton DAILY Commercial Of this city, but for
more than thirty years has been editor
and owner Of the Ansonia Sentinel, one
Jf the very best products Of the daily
journalism Of the medium cities of
Connecticut
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
JUST FOLKS
Py Edgar A. Guest.
ABOIfT BOYS.

Show mo the boy who never threw
A stone nj someone cat,
Or never hurled SNOWFALL swift
At someone's high silk hat
Who never ran away from school,
To seek the swimming hole,
Or slyly from a ncighbor's yard
Green apples never stole.
Show me the boy who never broke
A pane Of window glass;
Who never dieobeyed the slrn
That SAYS. Keep off the grass
Who never did thousand things,
That grIcyc us sore to tell
And II show YOU little boy
Who must be far from well
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
THE MARINE CORPS.

The American navy has so emphatlcally
made good in every way during the present
war that Secretary Daniels request Tor
additional appropriations aggregatng
$3.50 600, 900 will without doubt be quick
ly granted by Congress, which has shown
itself much less critical Of navnl perform
ances than Of the army. Popular APP
proval will be especially marked for the
proposition to increase the Marine Corps
from 10000 to 10000, for the soldier
at sea is a great fayorlte with the Amerl-
can people. For generations he has been
carrying the Stars and Stripes into every
quarter Of the globe, and he was among
the y ~ first to unfurl it last summer IN
defense of France With the 20 900 men
it is proposed to add To the present force
it will be possible To have in France an
entire division composed wholly Of
marines, who will fight side by side with
the BOYS of the National Army.
II is an attractive feature of the Marine
Corps that all its officers are now drawn
from it's ranks Unlike the army, where
promotion for the enlisted man has not
always been easy, the Marine Corps
offers every possible incentive TO the
ambitious recruit 10 rise. his demo
cratic spirit, SO characteristic OF America
and which Secretary Daniels has done so
much To foster, draws to tho Corps an
unusually fine type of young men, patri-
otlc and anxious to do their bit. The
proposed increase in personnel will appeal
especially to such youth BY author
izlne the increase Congress will only be
meeting public expectations. ns.-Phlladel-
phla Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
9,fsu'at'S9 fTsu,ns Ses,e1d5y evsIy 1920
Member Of the Associated Press
AT.ook Into the Past.

Ncry interesting and informing Is the
contribution hy Judge Henry G. Conrad
of Georgetown, printed elsewhere IN this
issue Of Every Evening, presenting n
letter written by distinguished jurlst
II this state, to fellow Judge, in respect
NJ the establishments OF newspaper at
Milford. in lS49 Very far back that
sounds, especially rs so much water has
run under the bridge since that time, and
s. many and radical have been the changes
that have occurred, even in conservative
D,lawarc, IN respect Of the various
conditions Of llfe. and especially in respect
81 local political feeling
one reference in Judge Harrington's
letter. Will attract especial interest, his
.nsi,tcncc thar something should be done
:, "cruntcract the city papers and
oh,iatc the effect Of their Influence upon
'le rest of The state Even at that time,
with Wilmington n city of not more than
Is aba population and with the State
.,ue under Constitution that provided
.or equal county representation in each
branch oi the General Assembly there
was Jcalousv between city and country.
Rural New Castle county, Kent county
and Sussex county al naturally inclined
'a come together politically and lcgis-
Iatlvclv. icninst the city of Wilmington.
And there "a considerable degree Of the
Same feeling prevalent today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
RIPPING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
WARS LESSONS.

We re learning something every
dav, Of how to sidestep wanton
waste, We drink less milk, we smoke
less hay, we husband hair oil, salye
and paste. Our lives have been one
grand sweet song, we've thrown
our money to the COW; it's some
thing we have needed long, the
lesson We are learning now. | used
10 throw my shoes away, when they
were frayed around the soles, but
now | wear them till they re gray,
and have the cIbb'er patch the
holes used to can my Sunday
pants when they grew buggy at the
knees, but new my two cd maiden
aunts are pressing fer re duds like
these. and people in adjacent fats
like me, would save tie hard-e rned
bucks; they re wearing prehistoric
hats, and buying soupbones more
than ducks. used to buy the costly
roast, all luNuries In town were
mine; but now it is my frequent
boast that | eat liver when | dine.
In former times my wife reclined in
Incidence that did not pay, but now
/ make her do her grind-she takes
III washing by the day, BY saving
here and saving thore, by trimming
where expenses are, | always have
ten cents To spare, to buy myself n
good cigar.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23

over by Every Evening. The Delaware
Republican, which in turn became a
scmi-weekly and then daily publication,
was conducted with signal success Tor
many years, but finally decadcd and was
suspended. 1t cannot be said 1t has
successor among the newspapers OF VIII
mington today. 1t simply passed. out
of existence.
But all these papers, in their times,
were important elements in the citizen
ship of Delaware. In their day and
generation they were of far more than
local consequence. They discussed ma
tional questions with the ablcst OF their
contemporaries in the larger cities OF the
country. And il may be said they aided
materially in securing and retaining to
Delaware her honored place in the history
of the country, years and years ago,
which was brought about by the ability
of the representatives she sent to the
Congress of the United States.
"reminiscences, to delvc into the record
of the past, and note what our people
were in days gone by-what our news
papers were, and what they rcprcsentc.
And it is encouraging at tins
day to note that the old jcal-
ousy of country against city, which
Judge Harrington regarded as of sufficient
Importance TO have vigorous paper at
Milford TO represent the cause OF the
country and make war on the city
papers," is diving out. We are more
united State now than ever. There Is
no occasion for war between the country
and the city press, Both are alike inter
ested in the prosperity and progress OF
the State, and both will work heartily
and unitedly to that end
Tammany After the Women Voters.
That the.infucncc of Tammany carried
Woman Suffrage at the election in New
York State last November was apparent.
Tammany leaders evidently made up
their minds that votes for women were
bound to come, and that they would not
only help the movement along, but go
right after the newly cnfranchised. The
Tammany support in New York City
gave the State to Woman Suffrage.
Now Tammany Hall is after the women
voters Of New York City and State The
Republican party leaders, it is said, are
disposed to treat the enfranchised women
merely as gracious associates, to releve'
them Of the turmoil and strife Of active
participation in political work, and to
welcome their votes on election days.
But not SO Tammany.
Tammany already has come out with
proposition for women representatives on
local and general political committees,
and for as active participation Of women
voters in preliminary and general political
work rs men voters Full equality Of
men and women voters throughout the
campaign is Tammanys plan Of OPP
crations.
And Tammany is likely to profit from
this practical policy