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New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Bv Eloise Robinson

@ARIS, Oct. 20 (By maiD Books,
- books and still more books is the
demand Of the American fighting
man, and his Unsuitable appetite
81, good reading matter is being salts
s.d by the seven united war work agen-
Iss Our men when not engaged in
saitary affairs are reading as many of
asm never read before, the best of thou
suds Of libraries being placed at their
xsposal through the efforts of the Y. M.
A.. the Y. W. c. A., the National
catholic War Council and K. of c., the
War Camp Community Service, the Jew
kh Welfare Board, the American Lii
brary Association and the Salvation
Army. Trihing with Mr.. Kipling's de-
xription it is safe to say that our fight
an will return from their victories as
avsll-read line of heroes" I know, for
lhave seen.
When the American Library Associa-
Non issued its call for books last March
Usry one ransacked his library and sent
out books. We heard funny stories of
absurd contributions, such as an eigh-
tssnth century Manual of Conduct for
Perfect Lady" Then most of us for
rot our efforts. I did. Then one morn
ing in Paris / found that our efforts had
been worth while.
! had wandered into the Library Bu-
resu" of the Y. NJ C. A., and there, in
sIttle wooden case, with shelf through
he centre, among other books I saw a
Mautifully bound set of books on engi-
n@ring. l suppose the man in charge
thought was crazy when l hugged those
books, but knew them we'll. For long
time they had stood in one particular
corner of the "den" in our home back in
Ohio. They had been the particular pets
Of my father, lawyer with leanings
toward mechanical information. He had
parted with them when the call came for
solid reading for our solders-and here
they were marked for station near the
'front.'
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

E. F. Y. M. G. A. is a busy organiza-
ton in itself. Since April it has i'm
ported from the States 2,239 900 feet of
film. Every foot of this film was ex-
amined and passed by the Community
Motion Picture Bureau, an independent
concern which has the range of the
whole field of picturedom, and which,
therefore, may choose or reject as it
pleases. The bureau in Paris has sup
plemented this amount with consider
ahle French film. And it is always
the lookout for stuff that will interes =
the soldiers
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

library to be more efficient in supplying
the book needs of the American Expedi-
tionary Force. The intention is to have
here q reserve supply Of all books that
any American could possibly want,
where they can be sent out at mo-
ment's notice.
Sammy may read the latest books as
soon as the folks at home. By special
arrangement the publishers sending out
books for review are inserting in each
book a slip asking the reviewer to turn
the volumes over to the nearest library
for overseas service as soon as reviewed
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
7 light Reading
IL for the Hospital

The books sent to hospitals are
strictly light, literally and lterarily.
The wounded man wants nothing that
will rest heavily on either his hands or
his brain. Scrap-books when well-made
and that will lie fiat when open are
popular. Anything to read is especially
appreciated in the contagious wards
where no entertainers or visitors are
allowed The man demanding and re-
ceiving the biggest number of books in
one hospital recently was just recover
ing from spinal meningitis. Although
the books are burned as soon as he has
finished them he never lacks a supply,
for he lives in glass case with none
near but his nurse.
The library force celebrated the
Fourth of July in typical act of SER
vice. 1t placed on every American am
bulance train in France a case of books
to be used not only for thes men whose
wounds were slight enough to permit
their enjoying reading, but for the train
crew and nurses who spend their time
travelling back and forth and often have
tiresome half-hours to while away.
One secretary at small port town,
where American destroyers put in and
out constantly, obtained ten cases of the
most popular books and distributed them
to the warships. When the crew of one
destroyer finishes reading a case it
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
JAMES CARDINAL Glib
- BONS issued the following

JAMES CARDINAL Glib
- BONS issued the following
strong endorsement of the
United War Work Campaign:
"1nto this splendid work of
sustaining the morals of our
fighting men, of making them
realize that we, their loved
ones, are ever with them, the
seven great social organiza-
tions of America have thrown
themselves generously. Their
work is of a single character,
the recreational work for the
men of our army and navy. All
these seven organizations now
stand upon one platform-that
of providing recreation, enter
tainment, and home comfort
for our troops. From that
common platform, all, together
with one voice will make a sim
gle appeal to the American
people,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
pershing Writes
L a Bookplate


On each volume is bookplate which
General Pershing has signed, reading as
follows: "These books come overseas
from home. To read them is privilege;
TO restore them promptly, unabused,
duty" Inside the cover of each volume
is the regulation library pocket for a
card for the name Of the man who bor-
rows it, and the usual fy-leaf record.
There is the usual rule that books may
not be kept out longer than four or five
days, but the army readers usually re-
turn the volumes in three days. In a
collection Of 5000 volumes, which were
turned over every three days, only ten
or twelve books were lost in a period of
several months. Signs on the library
walls explain the difficulty of getting
books to France and ask the soldiers to
"play square with the other fellow" And
the soldier has played square
Of course, the debarkaton ports were
first to be outfitted with libraries, but by
September more than 200 points had
them. At general headquarters there
were forty-three cases-more than 5000
volumes-when I investigated But the
men were Unsuitable; they howled for
more. They never before had had so
much time for reading-it was light until
10 o'clock on summer evenings. Conse-
quently it was almost impossible to keep
the books on the shelves. So the men at
G. H. @. called for 5000 more books
because the first 5000 always were in
use.
Recently the Paris office of the "Y"
sent down photographer to take pict-
ure of soldier reading book to show
the folks back home that their contribu-
tions were appreciated. The Paris Sec
retary responsible for this move was de-
lighted to see, when the print was made,
photograph of a soldier reading "Rob-
lnson Crusoe." He had selected several
copies of that desert island story for this
library and gloated over the visible proof
of his good judgment. Then the pho
tographer brought him down out of con-
troll by explaining that the soldier who
posed took the only book left in the
library, excepting four other copies of
Robinson Crusoe" Why poor Robin
son was neglected no one could explain.
unless it was that every boy had read it
in early youth.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

dollar to be contributed in his nationwide
drive.
At this moment skies which had been
overcast cleared, and as the sun shone forth
a great rainbow appeared. At this sign the
crowd set up renewed yell and Fairbanks
cried: THAT settles it. Good luck is with
the drive. l will get twenty-five millions for
the men in France and nothing can stop me-"
Mr.. Rockefeller then stepped over to
Fairbanks and said: ~ hope you will have
better luck than you did when you tried to
land me for that last million on the Liberty
Loan after we had all gone the limit"
Well if ! overlooked anything I'll be
back" Fairbanks's rejoinder and the
crowd shouted with delight.
After wishing Dr. Mott, Commander
Booth and Mr.. Schff the best of luck in the
campaign, Fairbanks hurried away to start
on the coastto-coast tour in support Of the
forthcoming drive, beginning November II.
While all this taking place every
window in the Biltmore Hotel was parquet
seat for the matinee in which Fairbanks
was the star. His itinerary begins in
Washington, then takes him to Charlotte,
N. c., Spartanburg, S. c., Greenvile s. c.,
Atlanta. New Orleans. San Antonio. Tex, Ell
Paso, Tucson, Ariz., and Los Angeles, Cal
The Y. " c. A. War Work Council has
put its resources at the service of the
War Department Commission on Training
Camp Activities.
The Y w c. A. War Work Council
maintains ninety-one hostess houses in
army, navy and aviation camps. thirteen Of
them for colored troops.
The Y w C. A. War Work Council
makes "bit of home within the camp" off
hours for the men, visiting days for mother,
friends and babies.
Special aid to the foreign born in their
home tongues provided by the Y. W. c. A.
War Work Council helps cheerful service
beneath the flag.
Ninety three girls club and recreation
centres provided by the Y. ". c. A. War
Work Council make men in uniform well
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
The American Library Association Has Widespread
Organization to Draft Books for Active Service

enough to be divided for distribution in
plain sectional bookcases. Two cases
packed with fiction and one with at
lases; year books, dictionaries and sim
liar reference works make the unit
which goes to every camp as the basis
of a library. More are added as rapid
~ as they can be obtained.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
ha1se twenty-five Million Dollars? easy" Says
Douglas Fairbanks
Raise i

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Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
NEW AGRICULTURAL COURSE

Well trained women, particularly
are needed on the farms and in other
lines of agricultural work-women
who have the theory and practice OF
agriculture combined so that they
will be able to go out on the farms
or elsewhere, well equipped for their
work. Such training, in which wo-
men can get theory with practice in
agricultural work, can now be OBJ
tanned at the Women's College of Del
aware at Newark This patriotic in
stitution is adding q special course
for the training of women in all lines
of agricultural work, in response to
the great demand for increased pro-
ductiOn.
Splendidly equipped teachers are
being procured so that the character
OF the work given may be of the very
highest. The planning of the course
is in the hands OF agricultural ex-
perts who are developing a two years
course which will give the women a
splendid foundation for going out on
the farms or entering other lines of
agricultural work in which knowledge
of the fundamental principles and
practices of agriculture is required q.
college graduates and leads to a B. S.
! degree in Agriculture upon gradua-
tion.
Courses are planned for those who
wish to enter experiment station work
in which crop and soil experiments
are carried on.
Adequate and complete farm man.
agement courses will be given in
which women will be taught how tc
combine the various farm units, what
system of farming to adopt and how
to carry on the business Of a farm
generally.
The work of dairying is especially
adapte dto women and affords splen
did opportunities for excellent posi-
tions after graduation. There will b'
study of the composition and prop
critics Of milk. It's importance as
food and its nutritive value will re
ceive much consideration. The care
of milk, the separation and market
ing will also be studied in detail a.
well as the management, equipmen
and sanitation of dairy stables.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

The Ladies' Aid of Milford Neck
will meet Saturday evening, Septem-
Der 7th
Regular services will be held in
Millwood NJ. E. Church Sunday, Sep
tember Sth, at 2 o'clock.
There will be service in St. Mar
tins Brick Church, near Showell, on
Sunday afternoon, September Sth, at
8 o'clock.
The Second Quarterly Conference
will be held in Houston NJ. r..
church on Friday morning, September
20th, at 10 a. m.
St. Johns Church, Sunday, Septem-
Der Sth, mass at 8 a. m; evening de-
votions at 1880; mass at Georgetown
at f1:50; ali are cordially inTiH-ed.
At the Baptist Clnpch, at 1O:45 a.
m. Pastor Davis will preach on "How
God Made Christ" Bible School al
9:3e a. m; Christian Bnaeavor al
1880 D. m.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06

Farmers Storage Warehouse Com
pany. which owns a large brick ware
house. Just adjoining his jelly plant
and he patronizes it, thus reaping the
proft from that source also.
Mr.. Harrington has equipped MS
plant. which was formerly the Levy
& Glosking distillery, with all new
machinery necessary to work at the
highest possible speed. In manufac-
turing the Jelly a series of copper ket-
ties are used, the juice pouring into
the kettles is cooked, and emptied out
again every five minutes, 2lS pounds
of sugar being used for each boiling.
The grapes are pressed in hydraulic
presses. under 2,10O pounds pressure,
which extracts every bit of juice from
them. The juice is boiled and strain
ed a number of times.
1t is likely that Wilmingtonians VIII
benefit to a large extent. Though
Mr.. Harrington has made no definite
announcement TO that effect yet it Is
not altogether improbable that he will
place his Jelly on the market in that
city at prices that will cause the food
profiteers to weep with anguish-Wil-
mingtOn Delmarvia Star.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOYS AND
GIRLS CONFERENCES

Under the auspices of the state
Sunday School Association the older
BOYS and girls of the Sunday Schools
of the county will hold their first con-
ferences. The town of Milford has
the honor of having this first gath
ering and the Methodist Protestant
is the entertaining church.
These conferences are part OF the
program of work of the Young
PEOPLES Division Of the State Sunday
School Association, and will be under
the direction of Mrs. l.. r. Boards
lee. Mr.. W. S. Watson, Of Whining
ton, State Superintendent OF Young
Peoples Division, and General Secre-
tary Preston.
Delegations of one older boy and
girl from each Sunday School of the
county has been invited and from
this gathering it is expected to or
ganise a Council of Older Girls and
older Boys for the county. These
conferences and councils exist now
in many of the States in connection
with Organized Sunday School work
and are the means of developing
much splendid leadership for the
| Schools and Churches.
The problem of holding the older
BOYS and girls to the Sunday School
and church especially during these
war times is an acute one. The de
mands of the church and state fol
leadership in the near future will be
very great and some special etfori
must be made to provide it. The
Sunday School Association is enter
ing this needy field in each Of the
counties of our State and will bring
to bear upon these problems the eX
periences and help of its young peo
pies specialists.
The older boys and girls delegated
from their schools are carefully Sc
lected and compose the best materia
of our country. 1t will be from thi
material that the future leaders o
the State will come. The Sunda,
School is anxious they should b
leaders now, leaders among thei
fellows in all that is best in the school
and community.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
PERSONAL MENTIONS

Lester Harper. of Philadelphia, is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. Sallie Dicker-
son.
Miss Helen B. Pleasanton has re-
turned from attending a house party
at Bowers.
william H. Mears, who is employed
at Fort Salisbury, was visiting in
Philadelphia yesterday.
Misses Elizabeth Houseman and
Lille Wilson have returned home af-
ter spending a week at Ocean City,
Nd.
Miss f. G. Stidham and Miss Ger
trude Atkins are in Philadelphia this
week attending the millinery open
ings.
Mrs. Susie Anderson Ross is in
Philadelphia this week attending the
retail millinery openings and buying
fall goods.
]. P. Daniels, of Jersey City, N. j.,
Dyer of Wilmington, visited W. G.
Sammons last week.
Miss Alivia Cussman of Lewistown.
| Pa, and Miss Mary Jane Moore, OF
Cheswold, nave been the guests OF
the Misses Pleasanton.
! Robert H. C. Daniels, Jr., is spend
! ing the week at South Bowers as the
guest Of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs Walter NJ. Daniels.
Mrs. Alvin N. Kehl and son Wayne,
who have been the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Hillman, have return
ed to their home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John C. Weinman, who has
been the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James H Hillman, has re-
turned to her home in Philadelphia.
Charles Banning, who is taking a
course at Bliss Electrical School, in
Washington, d. c., spent the week
end as the guest Of his rather, W. T.
Banning.
Miss Jess Pleasanton has returned
to her duties at Hazelton, Pa, after
attending the high school teachers
Normal School at Chicago during the
summer.
Miss Florence W. Housman has re-
turned to her home after spending
her vacation in Wilmington, Philadel-
phia, New York state, Niagara Falls
Toronto, and other points of Interest
in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Alexander
and Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Harring-
ton, Miss Lucy Marvel, Mrs. William
Warren, Mrs. Campbell, Miss Sara
Alexander. Elizabeth and jeanette
Harrington, nave returned hume a1teI
spending a week at Bowers.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
men MUST REGISTER
FOR The new DRAFT
Those From Is to IS Years Of Age'
Inclusive, Not Already Registered
Must Register Thursday Next

In his proclamation calling upon
those men who have reached their
eighteenth birthday and who nave
NOT vet passed their forty-sixth BIRTH
dav TO register for military service
president Wilson has set in motion
the mammoth draft machinery OF the
limited States. This call means ex-
actly what it says. In other words
a man who has passed his forty-nItn
birthday. but who has not yet reached
his forty-sixth birthday must regis
fer The statement has been made
number of times this week that where
a man has passed the 45th birthday
he shall not register. This is an err
ror. and those who fail to register put
themselves liable to a fine and q
years Imprisonment for evading the
draft. The government will take no
excuse for failure to register, ana
every man will be compelled to reg
lister.
The State Of Delaware is expected
10 register a total Of over $4,000 men
( on Thursday next, this being her es-
timated quota of .he estimated total
| of 10000 900 men to register through
out the country. The local boards
have made the necessary arrange
ments TO handle this work, and but
very little confusion is expected to
result. In Milford, on the Sussex
side. DR.. Frank L. Grier has been
appointed registrar and he has Sc
cured a sufficient number of men
qualified to aid the registrants in
filling out their registration cards.
The board will sit from seven O'Clock
in the morning until evening, and
every man within the prescribed
years will be given an opportunity to
register. The registration will be
held in the Armory Hall. The North
Milford places of registration will be
the usual voting places.
Remember. 1t is incumbent upon
all men between eighteen and forty
five years, inclusive, who have not
already registered or who are not in
the military service of the United
States, to register next Thursday
The fact that man is not citizen
of the country will not save him
from registering. This must be done
The date is Thursday. September 18th
Don't fail to register.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
MOST PEOPLE OBEYED
governments REQUEST
Few AutOmObilists Failed to Heed
Request of Fuel Administrator
YiOIatOrs Termed Slaekers

The Deople Of lower Delaware as
1vbo1a demonstrated their patriotism
in on emphatic manner on Sunday
last when they stored their automO-
biIas in their garages and let them
s+av there. There were some few
Who didn't have patriotism or honor
enough TO obey the request OF the
government. and who did their pest
to aid the Kaiser in defeating OHcle
Sam. These Joy riders roue' PEI
nile saw, and marked them TOT "Ias
they we're. If they could nave 1eaLu
the remarks uttered as they roue Dy
thew would have sneaked nome anu
hid their faces. +ho
Taken as a whole, however tue
neople of the little Diamond oGate @
have again demonstrated tnat IneI
are behind our president IN tnls nsns S
for democracy. Milford responder
noblv. and but very few OF the slack
ers seen on Sunday were residents
Of this town. Frederica conIrlDuteu
a large proportion " those in auto
T,ohiles who passed through MllIoru'
as eIeo did the town of Dover. Ihe
saving in gasoline in this town alone
an,ounted to considerable. One gar
age man stated to the writer tllat a..LIs "a
Normal Sunday sales Of gas averageu sSsa
about four hundred gallons AS IIe T.
other garages sell about the same, It
can AN eb seen that possibly two tnou- loi,
sand gallons of gas were saved IN MIL
i0l As 4 an indication OF the feeling
shown toward those who ignored, In. lne
reouest of the government tne Ioi4o%
ing incident which occurred on tne
corner of Derrickson & van hllA 80 ~
9iven' A man drove his automoDlle autos'll5
IN to several men who were stahullis :
on op tbe corner and inquired the way
~ Rehoboth. One of the men g Wng
Was ~ in the crowd showed his g0ou
red blood when he responded, NO i,
not M tell YOU the way to RehoDoth you
a. Stacker" The man IN the car
resented the remark and the man W On
the corner took off his coat ana IN, IN
vited him to the street to settIe m tne
controversy. Needless to say tnt
"siacker" didn't accept the INVITA-
+iOn
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
MILFORD GRANGE

On last Tuesday night, large
number of the members gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.iS,",. G. Howe
to do honor to our olaest IlentTsi on4L
Mr. W. H. Lemex. 1t was the SUN
M Birthday anniversary of Mr.. Lemex,
4boreb ~ his remarkable bearing
would would make it seem impossible;
over one hundred were present anu an.
enioved a most delightful evening
onS nronTised at leaving, to heip
celebrate his S1st anniversary. g.
-Tha fieiti meeting of Saturday, sept
9TH. will be held at the home OF MT
and Mrs. E. ]. Lewis in Shawnee;
Miss Merlin Of the U. S. Home
Hconomics ono Dept, will give a demon
stration of canning fall vegetables
The children are especially invited
to this meeting ana the sts DOys " nSe
ladies will kindly furnish SAID
wicbes
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
COMMUNITY eANNINGS.

The Red Gross Community Can
ming held in Cedar Grove district,
August 30th, was a great success.
Fortylthree quarts Of finished pro-
ducts were tarned out during the af-
ternoon.
A Community Pickling for the Red
Cross will be held at Mrs. Charles
Phillips, Friday Sept. 2tst, at 1 P. N.
Come and help us. Don't let any
pickle material waste, as It can be
made up here. II you can't come
send It, or notify Mrs. Cohee and It
win be called for.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
r. s. NEEDS PEACH STONES

gilbert Nickel. principal of the Mil
81 Scbools has received letter
from the Treasury Department a'
washington stating that the Govern
roent needs peach pits for the manu-
facture of poison gas with Whlch 10
fobt the Huns. and calling upon the
school boy to save these pits. Inc
1etter written to Mr.. Nickel follows
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
August 20, 1918.
Superintendentent OF SCHOOLS
Milford, Delaware.
Dear Superintendent: g.
Poison gas was one of the trsi
Fruits of Kultur. 1t stings, blinds
and Hills Charcoal or carbon MADE
from fruit pits and nut shells Is useu
to neutralize it. 7.
The Government needs carDOH.
asks the boys and girls Oh America u
save:
Peach pits
Apricot pits
plum pits
Cherry pits
Prune pits
Hickory nuts
Walnuts
Butternuts
Shells of these nuts
Method
Select a leader or leaders
Give publicity to the campaign
Dry pits thoroughly in the sun
Bring them to a central collectih
station e.,.,oo a
Notify Chemical Warfare Service a
washington, D. G. ,-,o
Bills of Lading, shipping instruc
tions and bags will be sent
Two hundred pe6nod pea6en pisS snoUph M car can
bon for one gas respirator. -.
Carbon is made from fruit stone
and nut shells.
Yours sincerely,
G. D. STRAYER,
Division of Education, National wa
Savings Committee.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-06
SENDS HUNS HELMET HOME

Dr.. John N. Rhoads, of Philadel-
phia, but who owns real estate near
Milford, and who is well known mere
has received a helmet taken by ms
son, Lieut.. John n. Rhoads, from the
head of dead German soldier. In
his note accompanying the helmet
Lieutenant Rhoads wrote as follows
Dear Dad: l am sending you little
relic from the battlefield Of France
something taken from the head OF 2
good German-that is a dead one. y
Lieutenant RhOads is with the Rain
bow Division and has charge OF
motor truck company.