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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
TIE TWO PURPOSES OF WAR.

According to the NolkEyc,tunR ri
Cologne Emperor William speaking at
Tho graves ~ German soldiers buried at
Aixla Chapcllc said The snldicr who
has struggled through the iron tame oi the
world war viii hc Teacher and lratirf
NJ the growing voutha NJ homo ~ building
~ and consolidating tho reborn empire
IN tho long list ~ speeches Nv The ltaierf
for the extension uf imperialism and the
Qualification nf lI"honz"Ileruiem nonr
could moro clcarl1 lefnc his ideals foi
the futurc nt Ccrmanr than th7 uttpr-
ancr
The reborn empire is tho p'nplro which
hc soca ~ his imagination marlod "'f
u, the ''crman sword, An ctnpro rlrr"d
nut ", slice of belgium vhirh ho had
r,lthlo=slv burned AMI DESTROYED 1T
IL France His armies had do.v tated y
territory wpn Nv throats and trickC'N
from q,Ilnclv holplese Nussla collier
ttnn nf sunscrv,ont vandiished lands and
4 great va7eal state "unnnuly erected
frm The nations of his allies Who had
cast thu1 folfunes with hrn ~ tho WI
lhc itul,l,ng M and consolidating
" thl= congcl1rE ~ people "rushol he
meath tho mnght of I'russien "rns he
ontru-t /" the growing Youths ~ home
II q t.eL -u efcat = ask tlaunht with
au infinite trr.,ntur tn Gvlli2atiou wo
n,rrhf vcl o>f,c,t ao,uo drhnitc dtrc-
tirrs Tie ke,rcr r1ves them The
.,li,or uhr has struggled through tho
,rnr t,r,r ~ thc world will bc tho te4cher
ana l.adc, Through thc mon ~ whom
H. ,nhoro and inbred the dnmiuant
principles II militia 's {" ho perpetual
cd from generation g gcn"Tatlen ~"
Hohon7nllrrn doctrine that might u
ush where 4 can he sustained hy the
IIuS~ian armF Now ofk run
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
To Lead In Red Cross Campaign.

The active work of securing subscrip-
tions to the Red Cross Hundred Million
Dollar Fund began in this city, and
throughout the State, yesterday morn
ing. The results Of the days work were
highly amazing n total of more than
500 900 and there is little doubt
the end aimed Mt will be achieved when
the campaign comes to close next
Saturday night A total OF *2,ooO,-
600 would not be surprising.
And that end is one almost nudacious
in it's extent. The apportionment to
Delaware by the national committee IN
charge was half-million dollars. At the
preliminary meeting for organization,
this apportionmcnt was doubled, by
acclamation, and at tho dinner that fol
lowed il was enthusiastically voted to
increase the amount to 81 100000
So large a contribution from such n
small State seems amazing, hut II is by
no means impossible For the Rcd Cross
campaign Of year ago the sum oi
$500, ,000 was apportioned TO Delaware.
This was raised in n Jiffv,' and the
limit advanced To half million. THIS
goal also was quickly reached. and then
II was resolved to raise million dollars.
Incredible this move seemed, but even
this limit was exceeded. The total con
trbutions amounted to sli3i POO
freely and ioyously given bv about 2o"n
loval contributors Many of the sub
scriptiops were made on the partial
payment plan, and complete payments
have hecn made OF all tut oue-elghth ol
one per cent of the total amount, with
time allowance until June 20 to pay this
small remainder IN full
With this remarkable accomplishment
in view. who can doubt the people OF
Delaware will contribute n million and a
bali to the Red Gross Hundred Million
Dollar FUND.- Last year We took tho lead
of all the Other States And We will do
likewise this tune
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
JUST FOLKS
by Edgar A. Guest.
EQUIPMENT.

| heard II put IN curious way
by chief to n younger man, one day
He called him into his Office fine
And said: "You will handle THE Job Of
mine
For day or two You can hold il down,
For ! must ro To distant town
lie could tell by the lodl in the young
mans eve
That. ""' like a bolt fro" a summer
And his check grew pale, and he stam-
rnered ont,
~ will do my beat. but IN times of doubt
How shall | know what | ought to dof
IN afraid that ! cannot do things hike
you
To The tmid youth, the chief replied
You posaesa a head with brain inside
You ve pair Of eyes and pair of ears
And pair of legs thai YOU yc had for years
And par Of hands When the pace gets
hot,
Just bear in mind TINT is all I've pot
"Rnmemhcr this. when you' re- left alone
There's nothing ! have that Won don
own
Don't tack 10 n problem in doubt and drvad
Inst keep on Your feet and usc voilr head,
And do your hesi tall The task is through
For II were here that ls ell 4 do
Oh young man timid and aore afraid.
No ono better than vou is made
You're as we'll equipped for the bigger
drcis
And the problems Rtaee NJ the man WIZ
leads
And vou may serve in the captain Hfead
II you II keep your feet and use yout head
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
PRESS COMMENT.
WHY LUFBERY FELL.

He Uufbcryl has fallen in no combat
with moro slilful or heroic men. lie was
conquered by new giant OF the ether,
new monstcrous terror created ny he
Germans, against which there was no
defense. which waa invulncrahc to blliets
AS the flame rushed from his petrol tahS
he jumped, and that life that had been
fame of generous valor died out. lie was
the seventh of our airmen to sttuRee
vainly against the impenctrah'e hy'he
tank
The sense of personal grief that W"
all feel in the death of Iufbery and ms
comrades ,s not forgotten in the larger
anxiety caused by the flying tank. hat
us described rs having wing reacii "'
sixty feet, it's vital parts protected Nv
arnor. it's pilot casod in three~eighths-
inch steel two-engined, two-gunnsn,
the giinncrs in armur Thus the piiot
has nothing to do but run the machine.
The protected g,lnners manage the two
heavy machine guns. The tank seems
immune Ia machine gun bullets Ono
had been captured on the Somme, and was
thought inpenctratle 10y those bullets.
If the Germans hnve these machines
in considerable quantities, until some
successful means of attack on them ~
found the allied reconnaissance and Ecnut-
ing, artillery observation, as well as
fighting, saw of ordinary plano against
ordinary plane. may lc ser,ouFly inter
fcred with Each military invention "a
eqnale,l or overcome by the other slde;
bat So many delicate problems of epulill@
mum and adjustment have 10 hc answer
cd in the donstruct,on If airships that time
is needed and there is none to lose. some
means of mastering the elephant Of the
ether will I've found Rc sure Of that
Meanwhile our mir bows arc hot to go M,
volunteering copiousIy. md hope hy n
multitude ~ little machines to bring down
Goliath hy "a chance shot = nv chance
shots ~ not, the thing will I've done New
NorL IItnpa
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
EOuR YEARS AGO.

Four years ago the red god Mars
was resting, drowsy ON hls throne,
and so we talked of choo-choo cars,
and small beer gossip was our own.
Then trifling things important SEEM
cd. and twaddlo was our stock in
trade; rcformers ocr the country
screamed -yOu will recall the noise
they made. Bridge whist employed
the law DANES at country clubs
! throughout the land, and stories of
the baseball games at eveutIde were
in demand Would ,Iinks be chosen
county clerk, or would he run against
defeat? Discussing tins our jaws
we 'dI work for hours together on
the street Would Willard g,t the
dinge's goat? That was one theme
Of long ago. We're girls entitled to
the vote, or should they stay Mt
home and sew? The ncighbors used
TO come at night and talk with me
of many things, and we would
whoop around and fight o.er cab
bages and cats and kings But since
the war flags were unturled and
battle eagles raised their scream, 1T
seems we're in another world; the
old time planet was a dream. The
country clubs are drear and bare,
no giggles from their porches rise;
the girls no longer gather there,
to see who gets the BOBBY prize
And men have learned TO think
grave thoughts, and let the beer and
skittles go; to plan how they may
hand some swats, by sacrifices, 70 the
foe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

May q Will be the anniversary of
Italys entrance upon the Great War, and
the occasion viii be duly celebrated. But
an even greater celebration will witness
the conclusion Of the terrible conflict.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
THE TEST.
John Brown Jewett Of The yigiIantes,

JWfH nIU ~ ~tnA u VI skEAitAlAAt1s
This is your crisis this your hour;
Earths oceans and its shores
Hold but one place Of portent power,
One duty 1t IS yours
Think not to hide amid the crowd
That covers land and sea.
The voice Of Fate is calling loud
Look to him, world tis he'
Yes. YOU no other None are born
70 do what you must do
No beaten captain waits such seorn
For failure, rs must YOU
1t is the test. the final one
Shall king or people reign
Who are the people? There arc none
If one is called in VAN
On YOU the sorrow, blood and cost,
The glory or the shame.
Ii freedom 5 cause today IL lost,
You only are to blame.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

The Baltimore American says Now
is the time for Republicans to get together
for the congressional campaign" Mary
land Republicans must be as badly di-
vided as are their political brethren Of
IAnlnu.nrn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
Thought and Comment OF Every
Evening Readers.

frhn Tuil name and address OF the writer
uiupt accompany each letter, not neres
safilv for publication. but ~ evidence ~
good faith. Anonymous cotnmunicati IONS
will ba ignored qualification Of let tets does
not carry With IL indorsenent ~ Every
ENenlnR Of the pnlnions theteIn esnfessed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

According to the public admission Of
8 member of the Reichstag, Germany
has already lost 100000 men in killed,
wounded and prisoners during the war.
1t would be safe to add about two mil
bons to this estimate. Germany has
suffered heavily, and viii suffer more.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

The number of subscribers to the first
Liberty Loan was about 4,500,OOO; to
the second. $500, 900. to the third. H.
100000 This shows how our people are
continually becoming aroused to the
issues OF the war and the importance Of
fighting it to- successful conclusion.
And as the first necessity is money, they
are supplying II freely
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

The Soviets Of Russia are protesting
against German aggrcssions, in violation
Of treaty. But what did they expect
when they dealt with country that
regards treaties only as scraps Of paper"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

Now is the time to open your purses,
get out your check books, and lay out
all the money you can spare, in small
sums as we'll as large, for the Rcd Cross
fund. Every little will help, but large
sums Will be most welcome
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22

BY giving to the Red Cross and faithfully
working your war garden, you may do
your part here at home to defeat Germany.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
Letters Testamentary.

Letters teStamentary on the estate
Of Emma May Newton, have been granted
TO Ph9be A. Newton.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-22
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Chrlstlan Scientists.

Chrlstlan Scientists.
Cigarnakors Union
Camp No 2, L @. 4
pattprnmakcrs League
Sheridan Post. G; A K.
Cyrus Temple, L. G L
Hope Lodge, | q. q. i
American Lodge, s of IL.
Franklin Circle. H. Of ID.
Welcome Lodge. $ Il
Delaware Lodgc - q. IL.
Champion Lodge. X. of I.
Delaware Council. {. Il l..
Brandywino Military Band
Usage Tribe, lmp'd .. x NJ,
Wilmington Council, { Il l..
Columbia Lodge, a q |. ".
Ioval Council No |, u, OF l..
Delaware Council, O. L. \ NJ.
Blue Rock Council l.. O X. {.
Lafayette Lodge. No. ?. h Of 7.
German beneficial Society No. 3
Star OF Bethlehem Lodge [ G. +.
Welcome Council, Jr. O. L. 4 NJ.
Harmony Council. No. |, L. G. 4.
Mattahoon Tribe, Imp'd o. Il. NJ.
Washington Camp. No 4, 7. O. 5 A.
Evening Star Lodge. No. 2, o. 5. Of b
Naomi Lodge, Il d, No. |, |. O. .. F.
Wilmington Division L, K. h st. J & VI
William Mckinley Com. q l. II NJ \
VIM. Mckinley Conclave, IL or ). " II
Local 626, Carpenters and Joincrs Union
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
AumK1nM1Man1lI
THE AERIAL MAIL SERVICE

 From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 As contrast to the thrilling tales of aerial squadrons, the almost unbeleva- bIe stories of ''stunts''s of the circus brand, and the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars for aircraft within a few months, the failure of the first instalment of the New York -Chicagn aerial mall delivery is frosty disap- Pointment. Fortunately the most serious result will be delay in receipt of conn plimentary messages which officials Of the eastern leg of the route sent to their brethren of the Chicago terminus, but popular disillusion is none the less keen because of the relative harmlessness. But suppose the safety of an army had been depending upon the airman who made New York and then was forced to a landing only 12 miles away from his objective? The other aerialist who was to have taken over the messages de- parted for point further west with out them because he could inot--or would not wait, and of course the next air. man further to the west had no mail to pick up and rush into Chicago Instead, the compliments were bundled aboard an old -fashoined mail car and sent on their way.
 The marvellous stories of the achieve- ments of airmen during the war leaves the American public unprepared for a breakdown in the very first trip of the modern mail service. The first leg of the trip was from the New York field to Bellefonte. the second from that town to Cleveland the last from the Ohio city to Chicago. but when the aviator had to come down at State College the man at Belefonte went on his way without the mall. For transmitting con gratulatory messeges between officials of the new air service the experiment may be successful enterprise. but for ordinary results has a good competitor in the standard rail mail methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
FOOD IN GERMAN CAMPS nm Tveruhndx,s


 In Everybody's for December, Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium. tells of the food in camps where Belgian civilians were assembled. He vouches for the dietary at one of them. At Sol- tau they had received as food at o'clock in the morning a connection made Of acorns, with nothing else; ot midday half liter of soup principally of water. but with few turnips, carrots and beets; there were no potatoes or other articles of food; at 3 o'clock, 250 grams of black bread. often nfoldy; and between and 8 o'clock, again a half liter of soup like that given at midday but occasionally with q little bran or grts. With this aboininable diet the strongest became pale, and it was not long before those with feeble constitutions became i'll and died. During the first week five work men died and two went insane. One, tired of so much misery. tried to escape and was shot down. The sufferings of these unfortunates were such that at night they would steal from the kitchens the potato skins andswaste from the tur- nips and carrots intended for the Ger man personnel. and devour them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

l As long as man has F or 13 hairs
 that he can brush across the top of his
 dome he-, thinks that 1t is up to him
 to laugh at other men who Are bald i headed. @ F. You can't convince a wife that she is wrong. But it is an easy matter to com
 vince her that she is being wronged l Any wife can tell YOU that it is a whole
 lot easier to fool husband than it is
 to fool bed bug.
 Funny how man likes to have his daughter boss him and how mad he gets when his daughters mother tries it. l The reason why woman knows that 1 the face powder she uses is invisible 1 is because everybody else can see that i she looks like she had fallen into a bar rel of flour
 What has become of the old fashioned
 man who used to brag that they had to break the ice the day he was baptized? :? There are other hopeless tasks. But the most hopeless is to try to convince a drunken man that he is drunk. When man is his own worst enemy, his other enemies can sit down and wait for his finish.
 Ever notice that the persistent prac- l tical joker is, the same fellow who wants
 to light when a joke is played on him, No matter how good looking a man s
 wife may be, the blame boob can al-
 ways find something more attractive in
 a strange woman who isn't bit good looking And a man isn't fond of Kissing the cook when his wife does the cooking III their family.
 | Don't bust up those detention camps 1 when She pro-Germans have been turned loose. Let's use them to intern men
 who eat garlic.
 There was time when bride thought that a bed quilt was a ds ady wadafnr
 present. We said there was ts,re It is usually always the fsifpa wha
 has only one suit to his nsssaa wha tells you that he would retalists anu b4 you one only he left his casn ia HlA ether clothes
 The first baby is regarded as X we4S der. The eighth baby is rss aaa g A habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25

this is part of the good that is coming. for the great age that is to be. While the fighting was on the aircraft were used to spy out the land. to make still more effective the deadly fire of the ar tillery, to drop bombs where they would sayagely tell for their fullest military value in destruction.
 Now the machine turns from foryasi+ ing the devils work to anticipating lIsls aleatory opportunities that mankind once held-were reserved for heaven and the hereafter. The airplane Is to be used for errands of mercy. The aviator is to be a messenger of light. The sick in quest of change of climate will find it more speedily than sea travel can pro- vide it. The mail service that is now curious novelty will spread to great in ternational carrying agency which will abridge distances as at the touch of magician's wand.
 Solomon was in advance of his times in some ways but the wisest man on earth was benighted when he held out to the race no hope of anything new under the sun now darkened by the spread of wings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
ELYING DE LINE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The least significant part of the mar vicious group of air stories printed on the front page of this newspaper a few days ago was the description of the at tachments ministering to the creature comfort of the passengers Yet that was very wonderful To hear of air yachts with commodious staterooms, with decks where it will be possible to take stroll. with roof gardens and even elevators such as are found on steamships, is~to rub one's eyes and ask if one is dream ing
 But most of all it is the possibility of sweeping easily, surely and safely across inhospitable desert spaces that feeds and quickensr the lively American imagina- tion. If is not merely sthat these things are prophesier. The fact is accomplished. General Salmond has flown 25o6 miles from Cairo to Karachi. India. In the course of the journey he covered the 510-mile lap between Damascus and Bag dad in hours and 50 minutes. The voy- age was made over a wateriess desert.t Think of the bleaching bones that have many times bestrewn the trsli of such a trek when 1t was earthbourds TAe end is not in sight from the tegiAuins ~ these marvels far surpassing tApse of Schehherazade's inventive fsncs Whe can say what the future will salnE farth The perils of shipwreck will he eeAseea to the minimum when airpi4ties sa tha coast guard service can eaalv aRt shs lifelines shoreward-and perhaNs 9~r rs- move passengers. When \ comes Go fire fighting and forest pres fa'aan. ths possibilities are seen throui ths elass of such an episode as ire f@esat psGsss. tions plant conflagration at seesa N J., when two aviatcrs direc from n high the battle against the eizrSa ans pointed out where the devas alien Ras spreading.
 Out Of the ruck and the sia ox was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
OPERA REPERTOIRE
From Musical America.

From Musical America.
 A SINGULARLY unexciting thing A\ is the average weeks roper
 toire at the Metropolitan opera house. The habitual operagoer is probably resigned to the prevailing has grown accustomed to diet made up in large part of the creations of two composers. One week he gets Verdi and Puceini. Next week he gets Puceini and Verdi. But does this mean that these names absolutely ru1e the hills to the exclusion of all oth- ers? No, indeed; there is a generous sprinkling of other mems works Ca valleria" is still in the repertoire; so is it's inseparable companions; Carmen" (Glory BeD still weaves it's spell; "LElsir" is there; "Le Prophete" has not abdieated; "Thais." Daughter of the Regiment" samson" Faust" and other familiars are yet in our midst. Breathe it softly. one can even hear Boris Godounoff every fort night)
 What, then, is the complaint? The complaint is this: that there are too many Italian operas, in ratio to operas emanating from other countries, per formed at the Metropolitan. That the repertoire Is anaemic monotonous, choked with the weeds of conserya- tism That for every performance of French opera there are at least two of Italian operas. That for every per- formance of a Russian opera (sung in Italian), there are at leastya dozen of Italian operas. .'., Z.
 Whats the reason? Are Italian operas the only ones that 'draw?" But the Met. ropolitan opera house is not a cornmer- cial undertaking; it is an artistic insti,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
FAIR WARNING

Edmund Patrick LaVelle in Beaver Dam
 (Wis) Citizen.
 This is to certify that I have been posted as Edward LaNelle, that my name is Edmund Patrick Lavelle claim that such posting is illegal and l demand my personal liberty no longer be interfered with, and demand that all saloonkeepers serve me with drinks as they do other men and that any dealer In liquor that refuses to serve mo I will prosecute to the full extent of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25

and the same was true throughout the country-there was great speed ing up Monday, the one day of sun, ishine in the progress of the cam, jpaign.
 1 The total of the countys enrolment lup to this time has not been an. nounced, but it is understood that il is not far behind that of last year, when the result was forty-two thou sand-several thousand over the quota.
 Tomorrow and during the rest of the week people who have failed to buy Red Cross button, Are to be urged to come forward voluntarily and Isend or bring dollar to the Red Cross Ioffice on the ground floor of the Tut wiler.
 Next week the canvassers will make
  a vigorous drive. With the extension |of the campaign, Jefferson county is sure to go we'll over the top. Surely the American Red Cross society is as highly appreciated as it was year ago.
 Membership in this noble institu- tion is an honor, and every man and woman should answer the Christmas call.
 Let's keep Birmingham in the lead. On per capita basis it is safe to assume that it leads all other cities of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
THE INDIANS WAR SERVICE 4,r0m fho Washinrtnr Star

riVHi tue VdSul1S tOIi StdI-
 A most gratifying record of progress toward full and responsible citizenship on the part of the American Indians |is written in the annual report of Com missioner Sells, who shows that the In dians have participated in the war work of the United States in every direction and to the utmost degree. Out of 3S GOO el:gibles over 7500 entered the army and navy and 800 performed other war work, nearly 25 per cent of the total The In. diaps bought Liberty Bonds, aided great
 ly in the production Of foodstuffs for the American people and thesr, allies and by their industry and thrift rendered most important service. In the field Of mili- tary operations the Indians acquitted themselves remarkably well. They were engaged in some of the fmost important fights on the western front. and proved themselves the best of soldiers. The North American Indian. indeed. has dis. tinotly made good in-the, sgreat national crisis. and is entitled to high praise and full recognition for his services and thu spiris in which he has acquitted himselt as A citixep1 ' x ss N < x ;