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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-12
Worth Fighting For

NHALL this little girl grow up in the sort
- of American home we know, healthy and
~ happy? Shall she have the advantage of
living and learning in free land, under free in
stitutions Shall such children develop into the
Liberty-ovin citizens that free America may
be proud of?
For over two hundred years Americans have
fought valiantly and died gallantly, to win for
themselves and hand down to their posterity the
blessings of liberty, justice, self-government and
equal opportunity This precious heritage, bought
at so great price, is now threatened
The question which today confronts America
as nation, and you as an individual, is
whether or not free America
is worth fighting for =.
Are American children in this and all future
generations to receive unimpaired the legacy of
D freedom of which we are now the custodlans. or
shall their country be turned over bodily to the
brutal. rapacous, power mad enemy which has :
forced us into this war? .
1 This question cannot be answered by word of
mouth. but by deeds alone.
! Your Answer Be Your Investment
LIBERTY BONDS!
THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CONTRIBUTED BY
J. n. PHARR 4 SONS
Faiirviqw Danv
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-12
Proclamation!

Whereas the Sanitation Conn
|mittee Of the Civic League asks
that the week Of April 18th, to
April 10th, 1918, be set apart as
a Cleanup period; now
Therefore, Maurice D. Shannon. Mayor OF
Morgan City. do ordain and set apart the period
beginning April 18TH to April 10th. 1918 as
cleanup week; and earnestly urge that all citizens
participate in said campaign
During this period every citizen Of Morgan
City should make an effort TO cleanup his house
and property SO as to avoid fire risk 10 abolish al
places that might breed flies and mosquitoes and
Ito pull up weeds
City carts Will remove all garbage placed front Of premises
lit is earnestly hoped that the proclamation will be Needed
Maurice y. Shannon,
Mayor
PRESENTING uo 70 AND AND orr,.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
WOMEN AFTER THE WAR.

When English women ~ large numbers
began 10 10 farm work. to cntcr munitlon
factories and to engage ~ many ocrupa-
tIons hitherto nonupol2cd 10y mon.
tho question was discussed rather ANXIOUS
N as to whether the, would wish to
continue IN such service Whom tho sol~
dicrs camc homo Tho same question
Is now asked about imrrnan women
u IS certainly trtlr that many thous-
ands of women ~ bIs country are doing
work that Was strange to them before
VIC entered the war They arr working
IN machine shops of various kinds, they
arc helping TO make airplancs they are
in munitIon factoru thov arc driving
trucks. running elevators and serving
~ banks and shops and offices of many
sorts where only men were formerly
cmplovcd For tho most part. according
to All accounts. they arr making good
Viii thcH wish To- remain IN these orcupa-
tions after the war IS over
II is not question that can he an
swcrpd bv vcs or uo 80 far rs the work
Is voluntary and done hy women who arc
not compelled 10 earn thor living. they
viii doubtless for tho most part return
to thclr homes and the customary feminine
life when their services are no longer
needed But even this Glass of women
Will have gained 2 new point ot view
that makes 1t impossible for any ofe
definitely to predict their course -
INDIANAPOLIS Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
For the Men Must Fight.

The latest order of the Federal authori-
ties IN respect OF drawing upon workers
for fighting purposes, was most significant.
1T was, in effect, that men will be with
drawn from all employments that cannot
be accepted as essential. and give way 10
women, the men to take their active part
as fighters in the war
This order seems drastic, but il IS essen
tial NE are in this war and must see IT
through This means that men are needed
to fight the war As TO the work they may
leave undonc, the women are expected TO
take up the task, and grandly they are
responding.
But the fighting end of the war calls for
men, and the men must respond And If
they do not respond they will be I'M
pcratively called upon. Fortunately, this
condition Will not continue indefinitely
Already there arc indications that the
German enemy is about "on his last legs
Let the American men respond promptly
and topple him over.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

other things, they had precedent for
THIS ~ the experiences ~ England,
! france and Germany Those countries
learned To sec IN the wounded soldier
civic asset rather than a liability
+ In Germany, for example. after the
first few months of fighting. there was
. dennnd on the part of several newa-
papers Tor the government 20 establish
boinea and asyluDa where the returned
soldiers might be retained for the rest
~ their days IN unproductive idleness.
he government, however, was quick
TO sec the folly Uf such q course ihev
stated that it would be unjust 10 both
the soldier and The state 10 dismiss
him with home and pension They
said that the disabled poldier SHOULD
be allowed TO take his place ~ industry
~ far as his injuries permitted Vuca-
tlpnal schools for disabled troops were
cstabllHhed all over The Empire As
result more than ninety-threc per cent
OF soldiers trained in these institutions
have been able 10 earn living
BuuDrNg yocAroEs.
The same has been true Of England
and France The thought ~ pauperisn
was rcpcllent 10 the soldiers q both
those countries. and they eagerly applied
themselves 60 the learning IT new crafts
or 90 tho development of their old ones.
under the changed conditions Accounts
II the remarkable work accomplished
in this direction at tho 81 Dunstans
Hospital for Blind London. and the
hospitals for blind soldiers IN PARIS
have often bcen published
Reconstruction work AT Hospital No
:. has not set been perfected When
the new Laboratories and workshops
have been erected and equipped an
effort will be made tu it each patient
10 resume his vocation ~ before the
war Where this is impossible. nrw
vocaiions will he taught There are
ALREADY clasere IN typcwritinE hammock
weaving chair Gaming. mattress and rug
making. telephone operation, f7unif z
and massage
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
FATIGUE AND EFFICIENCY.

One ot the many activities of the
National Council of Defense Is n study
Of the relation OF fatigue 10 efficiency,
with tho end IN view Of getting the greatest
possible output It has long hccn rccog-
nized that tho human body and the human
brain had cctain limits OF endurance
which could only bc exceeded AT the cost
Of diminishing returns Thus much was
plain from experience, but the procuring
of sufficient data upon which to base
"A theory and a system was a task too
complicated for private industry Fur
thermore, it involved an inqulsltlveueSS
into the affairs of the worker which was
resented, and the motives which inspired
any investigation were viewed with
suspicion. The government. however.
following the lead of Great Britain, has
gone about the matter scientifically.
and the experts are coming to conclusions
which will be of value now and after the
war.
Naturally. in matter so compli
Gated the individual is lost in the average,
and the nearest he may hope 10 discover
ing himself is in the classification of his
particular work The variation in the
stamina Of individuals is SO great and the
causes producing It so numerous. that
there rs no hope Of any system which
will fit the case of each worker, but the
conclusions reached from fhany ohser-
vations, il is hoped. will make known the
fatigue factor Of every important oc-
cupation Seattle Postlntcligencer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
AUSTRIAS BACKFIRING.

In that twilight region of Austria 9
struggles to keep her subject races under
control the newly announced move 10
group Bosnia. Herzegovina and Croatia
into q single province, under tho Austro-
Hungarian Empire. with Count liza
rs it's governor piqlIes curiosity.
Some sort of trade is being made with
Hungary's grasp on the Jugo-Slavs.
The Magyar has boon tho Tory hos of
the Croatiana. and he has been loathed
hardly second To the Austrian fvi-
IDENTIFY some concession has had tn bc made
10 Hungary, and II is this which ls repre-
scntcd IN this official move For II is
contrivcd q double debt 10 pav; u also
divides he southern Slavs hy lea ing
ont those on the Austrian territory.
BOSNIA and Herzegovina were. seized
hv Austria IN 1908 IN moment " Turkish
weakness Croatia haa had stormy
history. alternating between Austrian
and Hungarian control II Is now undor
Hungarian sovereignty In 1905 there
was vigorous propaganda ~ Croatia
for political union with Bosnia and
Herzegovina II was rcprasnd In lnOS
there was q nationalist movement FOR
political union III All tho Serbo-C Croata
IN Austria Hungary, about 4,50O,0O0
~ ALL which was also frown j down
Apparently the AUSTRIAN government.
under pressure. Is rcSurrccting thoso
Serho-C Croatian icrmenta hv way If
back -hrc against the separatst scuti-
mcnt of the Jugo-Slavs and the tzooho-
SlnVakv ROSt0U Globe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
JUST FOLKS
PEACE TERMS.
By Edgar A. Guest.

! asked n Belgian mother what her terms
Of peace would be.
And ! asked the lonely widow of sailor
drowned at sea,
And ! asked the old and helpless who had
seen the Huns advance
And had trudged like driven cattle over
dcsolated France
Men who bear the hrunt Of battle.
they replied with eyes apleam.
We may rest when vou have shattered
every brutal Prussian's dream.
III IS not with mon you're fighting, when
YOU gtapple with the Huns.
It's with hrutea who murder wunen with
the havonets ON their guns
True. the shape of them Ia human. hni
the aoul If them is beast
On the woe that they have fed us they
and all their kind should feast
II you smile and settle with them To their
level, you deecend.
For the man that vou re at peace with.
has the right to call YOU friend
"h on may rest whrn vou can tell us that
the prussian dream IS Ger
That tho homes If gentle people shall be
safe forevrrinorr.
That through all the future ages there
shall be NO reign ~ dread,
No such grief as We have suffered, NJ
such mangled heaps Of dead
Men who beat the brtnt oi hattie. there
must he no compromise.
Aud NJ peace ill al that rfussian
IN the dust forever lies
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
PRESS COMMENT.
] AN IGNOMINIOUS FAILURE.

There is, indeed something almost
comic in the way in which Germany and
bulgaria have gone on with the little
drama which they had undertaken TO
play. That show could not he postpo
on accouut of weather. The stage was
all set for it., and although President
Wilson had, as It were, suddenly lowered
the curtain, the performance was pro-
cccded with The German government
solcmnly announced that though Aus
TRAN note wholly took it by surprise, it
could not refuse to consider SO noble n
proposal This was the cue to bulgaria
and she stepped toward the footlghts
To say that the Austrian initiative cor
responds entirely with the aspirations
of the bulgarian government and people.
The Turks are notoriouslv dilatory, so
that IL may be q day or two yet before
they saunter in from the wings 10 de-
clare that they. too. think well of the
Austrian suggestions
Never was there more. lutlicrous
case of an agreement between allies being
carried ont dopgedly IN spite of the fact
that the ground had been cut from under
their feet. The joke will be speedily
forgotten, however, if the prompt and
pltiable failure of the Austro-German
scheme leads 10 realization of what
must actually hc done IN order to secure
peace If the Teutonic governments
awake To the fact that no time - to he
lost, and that they must get down to
business 10y accepting in advance, rs the
bulgarian government Processes To he
willing To do, President Wilson's terms
at peace, they may count upon an entirely
different reception of their next advances
New York Evening Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
Aikali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contf in too much alkali, which Is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle
The best thing to use Is just plain mul-
sifed cocoanut oil, for this IS pure and
entirely greaseless It's very cheap. and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moiston the hair with water
and rub it in; about teaspoonful is all
that is required IL makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy an
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle OF dust, dirt am
dandruff.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
nmsincSs Men Who are Not Tired

The war is RELOCATING the tired business
man Joke to the back scat held down
hy the "mother-in law Joke Herr Is
specimen Of the rjAson Twenty
business men Of seymour. Iowa. closed
down their desks one afternoon last
week, motored ont INTO the country,
found a farm where harvest help WAS
needed and before supper put up ten
acres of oats. The farmer paid them
- cents an acre after offering more and
having IT refused And the business
men tired no doubt. hut properly 81
turned the money over To the Red Cross.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
81 StpaulsYpSCE Elects otlicers

The monthly meeting Of st Paul 5
NJ I. Church \ Z : { +, was held
ri the church Tuesday evening Plans
were made 10 have q new service flag
and unvei the photographs OF all the
Young men of the church Who have been
callo- TO the colors New officers were
elected .as follows President, Miss Alta
CaStclow; vice president. Miss Sarah
Sproul; treasurer Ernest L. Jackson
recording correspondent, Miss Mildred
Toppin: corresponding secretary Miss
Alta Durstcim This organization has
taken on new life and hopes to have
100 new members by Christmas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
Y, Nc. A. Hnvs' difference.

The high school hnyz members nf
the \ NJ G and fheir friends vii
hold = meeting in the ! VI { \ build
ing tomorrow night to consider soeia
aud work plans for the winter Prof
George 4 huttnn. # Delaware College
aud the Rev Charles / Gandee. ei
this clv will y tic principal speakers
The committee having the arrange
mcnt- ~ hand Is Norman Wade.
chairman. " tranl NeVlin. Charles
L Green. Aubrey Hope S Iegan Stir
ling and " Murray Mullin
The stamp Club ri the \ N { \
will hold its first meeting If the autumn
~ tho Y NJ & building on FRIDAY
ANY hov interested ~ lne fes mating
stud, ,s invited to meet With the club
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
An Interesting Question.

One OF the most interesting speculation'
of the pending political campaign in Della
ware is whether the New Dispcnsation o
the Republican party will have even 2
cseditable measure of the success that
attended the rule of the famous old
Organization Only the result of The
election will determine.
The Organization was ono Of the most
compact and effective partisan machines
ever known in this country. Even Tam
many "had nothing over IT, Including
all the officehclders, all who had an IN
terest in Republican administration
through expectation Of official or contract
favors il was able to beat down all or
position and retain control of the party
machinery Thus IT manipulated all
nominations No man outside Of the
Organization could hope for a nomi-
nation 10 even the humhest office
When II came to elections. tho Organi-
cation was at its hest With unlimited
money at command. not only for meeting
legitimate campaign expenses but for
buylng votes. il made elections in Della
ware an Organization holiday What
il did in 1904, when It hurredlv collected
$4,000 in the city Of Wilmington. ON the
SATURDAY before election day for vote
buving purposes N Kent and Sussex
counties alone is only 2 slight iutimaton
of its financial strength Amt rs financial
strength made II powerful
Two wears ago the Organization was
defeated, because the New Dispcnsat,on
then making its maiden effort for party
control. simply rcvoltcd and opposed the
Organization AT the election, defeating il
in several essential respects That defeat
was a deathbloy to the Organization.
from, which if has not recovered As p
consequence. the New Dispensation on
tered upon this YEAR Republican pr
mary campaign confident Of victory. and
easily secured control Of the party organi-
zation
The New Dispensation, however. il IS
understood. VIII not emulate thc corrupt
practices OF tho old Organization Al
elections II may provide the money for
legitimate party expenses. but not for
vote-buying or other corrupt purposes.
Can it succeed under such conditions,
when 1t has no assurances Of good adj
ministrations to offer instead
With good ticket and good cause it
might he assured that the New Dis
pensation has excellent prospects Of VIC
tory at the election But its nominations
are lamentably weak and very unsatis-
factory Many party workers, accus-
toned under the old Organization regime
to handling corruption funds at elections.
much of which renamed in their own
pockets, TO their large personal profit,
naturally arc dissatisfied with the an
nounced party reformation under the
New Dispensation, and cannot bc ex-
pccted TO work with Their old time /
hilarity and enthusiasm The New Dis /
pensation, therefore, has q hard road 10 /
travel, especially as it has been check |
mated by very discreet and effective /
action by the Democratic party, and is
not in position to offer administrative |
reforms, State and county The people, |
therefore, viii await the outcome with !
unusual interest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
Delaware Hospital Donation nay

Donation day At the Delaware Hos
pttal has been postponed hs the exeeutiva
committee OF the Board Of Manager fro
October 10 to November II has been
the custom OF the hospital 10 hold do
nation dav ON the second Thursday ~
October hut'so many Of those Interested
IN the Delaware Hospital are engaged
IN helping the government IA the next
Liberty Loan campaign drive that IT
WAS considered better for all concerned
Ia postpone donation daY this Year
Miss Elizabeth \ Frlnghurst aud Miss
Marion punhan arc organizing the
Donation Day activities for the Hos
mtal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
DON'T LIKE THE EXPRESSION.

Editor Every Evening: As a visitor
IN your town, ! beg tn protest against
the placid acceptance of such vulgar ex-
pressions as Ito Hell with the Kaiser,
which ! saw advertised nt local theatre
today. This ia really too much in the mad
moral standard of the next generation
be Mt this rate3 Very truly yours,
Liberal Conservative.
Wilmington, Del, Sept. "a.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
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RIpPLlNG RHYMES.
BY alt Mason.
THE GARDENER.

The man who doesn't do his bit
is worthy of no pardon. and | feel
chesty, admit, when | survey my
garden | always hated honest toll.
but wartime needs impressed me.
| got down and titled the soil. nj
though the stunt distressed me
And now, through Autumn golden
haze, | view the green's We nourish-
ed, the product of my tollsome DAYS,
the plants that grew and flourish
ed. My cockleburs are large and
tall, they grew IN rank profusion.
my neighbor views them DER the
wall, and makes profanc ailusion.
My sunfioWers stand, some twelve
feet high majestic IN their beauty,
and turn their faces To the sky as
though it were a duty. Between the
coalhOuse and the shed where stands
my shorthOrn heifer, the milkweed
rears its stately head, and bows to
every zephyr Bull thistles shade
the fertile soil, and none of you is
knowing how much Of hard and
earnest toll it took To keep them
glowing My prunes and squash
and cabbage died, but | have com
pensation; my dandelions are my
pride, the finest in the nation! /
stand and view my handiwork with
wholesome satisfaction, and how |
loathe the Stacking shirk who took
no proper action! 4 man should
raise enough of greens to feed his
own gross body, and though
rather sllmped on beans, my iimp-
son weeds are gaudy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

Recreation is very considerable
factor ~ reconstruction To keep the
blinded soldier IN the happiness go nof.
oaaary 90 his new education be miisi
be given plenty ~ outdoor eyorioee
Asso,iation football IL favorite sport
of the patients. and they play Il with
Il remarkable degree ~ skll n would
be very hard Tor casual onlDoker 10
know, that the players are blind They
arc also fond ~ walking and are taken
on long walks through the woods behind
Roland Park
General tlospitai No z, is in command
of Colonel James Bordlay. When o.
has been completed there will bo provision
Tor about a hundred patients.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
CITY Council

City Council
Grant Post, G. A. r.
Iron Moulders Union
Cyrus Castle, j.. G. T.
du Pont Post, G a. r.
Delaware Sacngerbund
Eden Lodge, l. O. O. f.
Clayton Lodge, X of p.
Division No. i, A. o. H.
Asylum Lodge. J. o. O. f.
Camp No. 2, p o. s. Of a.
Crusaders Temple, L. G. f.
Voters Non-Partisan League
Delaware Conclave, l. O. o. +.
keokuk Tribe, lmp'd o. r. NJ
Kadosh Commandery, X. Of NJ
Wilmington Lodge, A. O. T. w.
Winona Council, Jr. o. u. A. NJ,
Hiawatha Tribe, Imp'd. o. r. NJ.
Palestine Castle, o. A. X. M. G.
Brandywine Conclave, s. w NJ.
Wilmington Lodge of Machinists
Delaware Commandery, * c. e.
Mizpah COnclave, III. or s. w. NJ
Master Horseshoers Nat. Pro. Asso.
Delmarvia Lodge, l.. A. to b. II. r.
Windsor Lodge. O. 5. of s. G.
Washington Camp, No. 81, r. o. S A.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
Court Brandywine, Foresters of Americ
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
Prisnner Granted Parole.

Judge Conrad. in General Sessiors,
Room No 1, Yesterday afternoon grant
ed parole 10 Srhce lockwood. a middle
aged man who in July pleaded guilt
before Judge Rice 20 o charge NJ larceny
The matter AZ that time was held up fot
investigation. which being concluded
brought lockwood into court yosicrda;
For q wear Lockwood will be IN charge ~
Frank Stout. agent of the humane 60.
ciety. under order of the court
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26
THE EVENING SMILE.
BIG TALK

Orville Wright, at a dinner in Day
ton, talked of his early struggles.
We had, my brother and l." he
said, lots of good oral encouragement
but no financial encouragement People
talked big, but they would put up moth
ing. With their mouths full Of millions
and their quite empty hands they re-
minded me Of barber ] once knew.
This barber said one day as he shaved
me:
That's q fine pup Of Wilberforcc :
Id give anything for it,
g Well, it S for sale, isn't it2' said
"The barber sneered
Oh. YES. it's for sale. said he but
Wilberforce, the chump. wants SI.5O
for it. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Lets season the meal with
little attic salt?" "Attic? Why We keep
ours in the kitchen Baltimore
American.
Mr. Cadby refused to recognize
me today Thinks, ! suppose, that ]
am not his equal She-"R Ridiculous
OF course you are Why, he's nothing
but conceited IDIOT. Boston Tran
script.
THAT was great outburst Of applause"
Eyes, commended Senator Sorghum:
but / wish it hadn't come right on top
Of my announcement that | would
speak only for half minute Wash
ington Star.
Travelling Salesman lin Hickville
Hotel)-"I don't suppose there's any
thing III the cabaret line in this burg?"
Landlord Sure, there is! Our fore
sighted livervman had one or two laid
aside for a motorless Sunday. ."-Buf-
falo Express.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

Slackers have no place in America, and
those who are in this class will soon find
that the way Of the transgrcssor is hard
Uncle Sam Is going after them, for he is
determined that everybody who is able
to work or fight must do one thing or the
n4 bcr