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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
THE AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE.

General Burleson plan for
aerial postal service between New York
and Washington provides for one flight
IN each direction daily by machines
capable of making the distance in three
hours with stop at Philadelphia and
carrying 300 pounds of mail. The time
consumed by railroad trains on this trip
under normal conditions is about five and
a half hours, but the transportation
difficulties now make the railroad schedule
undependsblc
INlvy first class mail runs about twenty
eight packages to the pound and the
lighter packages about fifty to the pound
In mixed mail II rs safe to count on forty
two packages to the pound The air
plane mail carrier will be able to transport
about 10 900 pieces on each trp If
these are charged for AT the rate of %
cents an ounce with 25 cents as the
minimum charge the revenues would be
at least s., 600 a trip If only commercial
mail is handled 1eere Will be a great
deal of government mail, however, which
being carried free will reduce the receipts,
but unless the service Is abused by the
government departments II should be
highly profitable 10 the government
The department does not expect that
the new service will he utilized to its full
capacity on every trip In this il is
likely to be disappointed. The public
has eagerly availed itself Of every i'm
provement In the postal service. There
is normally tremendous volume of mail
passing between Washington and this
city, and this has been vastly Increased
by war correspondence A large pro-
portion OF this business Is OF a nature
requiring the utmost speed in its handling,
and should the airplane mail carriers
prove trustworthy there is no reason to
believe they will lack patronage New
York Sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
WHAT is PATRIOTISM.

Professor Woodworth, head OF the
department of PSYCHOLOGY in Columbia
University, says that the chief element
in patriotism is the herd instinct, as dis
tinguished from the mere instinct OF self
preservation This herd instinct often
leads away from self-preservation. at
is true" says Professor Woodwork,
that one may be impelled to follow the
herd because IN that way lies safety,
but it is also true that, with the herd
instinct in control, one sacrifices his own
life to save the herd, not as a matter of
herosim, but as a matter of course.
Patriotism has also been identified
with landlove, and it has been said of the
words of America that they are pure
expression of landlove. AS a national
anthem, however, America has been
largely discarded for The Star Spangled
Banner. Professor Wo0dworth observes
that tradition and acreage are not apt
to stir Americans today" and that "the
essential notes of The Star Spangled
Banner are the boast of freedom a'd
loyalty to its symbol. "-Philadei ina
Telegraph.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
THE PRICE.

He'd heard that he could reach the top
II be would work and never stop,
And he could be rich man, too,
And anything he wished to do
He could accomplish, il he'd spend
His life to reach a certain end
He had been told that ho could gain
Whatever goal he would attain
by keeping at it, night and day.
And that success must come his way.
And so he set his heart on gold,
thought, dreamed and planned Of metal
cold;
Bulded his life around plan
10 make himself wealthy man.
tie laughed at failure; scorned the blows
Dealt at him by his greedier foes;
Spurned every pleasure that would take
An hour that be might use to make
| he fortune that he longed 10 own
And thus pursued his goal alone
At last he made it, Fortune rolled
Into his purse a stream Of gold,
Ard unto him there came the day
When he could count his wealth and say;
I've reached my goal. Behold my
worth,
I'm now the richest man on earthp'
Thus standing on his lofty peak
Tie turned, friendly glance 10 seek,
And thon his Joy grew icy cold,
He stood alone beside his gold
No friend was there his wealth TO share.
No loving heart had followed there,
He'd made bis fight for gold and won,
But friendship had not followed on.
And this the lot Of every man
Who builds his life around one plan;
He shall attain his dream, but he
Shall pay the price for victory
And he may find his conquest sad
And yearn for joys be might have had
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
Britsln's BIT In the War.

Lloyd Georges silence concerning Presi-
dent Wilson'S terms of peace is not to be
wondered at. The iron, or cold steel, Of
war has sunk SO deeply into the heart OF
the British Empire as to chill its heart,
though not its ambitions. Early in the
war, and before the ruthlessness Of the
submarine drew the United States into it,
Great Britain promised, as dispatches
said, rulership of the Strait of Dardanelles
to Russia, privilege long coveted by their
Slavic Empire. With the sudden and
unexpected volte face of Russia, however,
comes consideration Of new British aims,
upon which Lloyd George, astute minister
that he is, remains silent.
The fundamental cause of the war was
the 'from Berlin to Bagdad railway" +"
with the killing Of the Archdukc Ferdinand
and his morganatic wife as mere pretext.
Berlin mapped out its trade course and
brooked no interference; the whole of the
near East was to pay tribute to commerce
made in Germany" War was declared,
first, with the minor country, Serbia;
Austria was drawn into the conflict rs a
cats paw; Russia unshielded her sword
France, Russia's ally, rushed to the
rescue bringing England into the war;
result: Belgium overwhelmed, portions
of France overrun, and the whole of
Europe in turmoil.
Meanwhile, however, Britain, keeping
eye on the main thing, her extensive
colonial possession-for Britain herself is
"a tight little Isle" maintains as close
watchfulness upon the Dardanelles, as
she does upon her Suez Canal.
No wonder Lloyd George is silent.
The cards of the United States, in poker
parlance, are ON the table. We ask
naught but safety OF democracy, and
restitution to our allied countries for
wrongs done. But Britain, with ever
weather-eye to windward. we cannot
but suspect, views the Dardanelles as
complement to the absolute domination
of the Mediterranean, of which she now
holds the bagstrings, namely, Gibraltar
and Suez And Britain has interests that
must be maintained, the maintenance of
which, however, is not expected, In times
of peace, TO interfere with the free trade
of the rest of the world.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
Try This If You
Have Dandruff

There is one sure way that never fails
to remove dandruff completely aud that
is to dissolve it. This destroys 1t en-
tirely To do this, just get about four
ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon;
apply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub it
in gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of it, no matter how much
dandruff you may have.
You will find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp viii stop instantly,
and your hair will be fluffy, lustr us,
glosesy, silly and soft, and look and feel a
hundred times better
You can get liquid aryon at any drug
store 1t is inexpensive, and four ounces
is all you will need This simple remedy
has never been known to fail.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
THE EVENING SMILE.
INEFFICIENCYJ IN THE NAVY.

First Bluejacket: "Hcllo, mate,
thought you was ashore with the cap.
tain playing golf."
Second Bluejacket: Well, so / was
It's like this ere. + gives me is sticks
to carry, and then takes one and puts a
lii white ball on top of a bit o sand and
my word He catches that ball fair
swipe. Must "a gone miles Then e
turns to me and sex, "Did yer see where
that went to ?" So / sez. smart like,
''Out o sight from the moment of him
pact, Sir" an e sez, Go back on board,
VIC blinkin' fathead Boston Transcript.
She-"Do you think We ought to pay
three dollars each for those theatre tick
cts ?" They're worth it The play
may not be any good, but We will be
warm for couple of hours. Life.
"Well, my Lao, /" said the facetious man
TO the elevator boy, | see in your posi-
tion you have chance to rise. Oh,
yes, growled the boy, but | get called
down every time do it."-Boston Tran
script.
You must never be too proud to adj
NIT that you are wrong" MY friend, :"
replied Senator Sorghum, "some of my
suspicious ARE getting so serious that /
only hope I'll have chance to admit
I'm wrong. Washington Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
The Old Guard Holds Power.

The Old Guard Of the Republican
National Committee retained its power
ri the committee meeting in St Louis,
Oil Thursday, when a successor TO Chair
man Wilcox, who had resigned, was
eascted. The Progressive element was
downed, and VIII II. Hayes Of Indiana,
The choioe Of Senator Penrose and others
Of the Old Guard, was elected chairman.
The Pnogressives, therefore, may either
s,urn 10 the party fold under the con
Ations that prevailed at the opening Of
0e 1912 campaign, or stay out What
ALey viii do has not set developed. P-4i,-
ably they viii wait until Mr. Y velt i
physically able to give II l 2dvi~ -ild
instruction
Meanwl .Ae Old Guard l.,
ssddlc and cannot BE- ,msoattt. % two
,n,fe ycSxr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
ECZEMA KNOWS
NO ENEMY
LIKE POSLAM

Do not imagine that your Eczema
IS the one case that will fail 10 respond
to Poslam's healing influence The more
stubborn the affection, the more remark
able the immediate effects Of PoslaTn seem.
After you know Poslam's splendid
work you will look upon If as Just so much
concentrated healing energy 70 protect
your skin from all disordered conditions.
Itching stops; angry skin is soothed at
once.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write TO Emergency Laboratories. DAB
West 47th St. New York City.
Poslam Soap is aIdaily treat TO tender
skin or skin subject to eruptonal troubles.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

aerial warfare. Doubtless, or at least
probably, both statements minimize the
truth, but at least they give conclusive
e-idence from the best of witnesses that the
aviators of the Allies drop their bombs
with great care and seek to accomplish
legitimate military results, not to scatter
indiscriminate slaughter among civilian
populations.
If they tried to do so, of course they
notaries public, and patients and nurses
in hospitals as have the German fliers.
They can well afford to have no such
achievements on their records, even though
they were excllsable as reprisals in kind
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Hibernian Knights.

Hibernian Knights.
Oriental Lodge, X Of ?.
Excelsior Lodge, X. Of T.
Fairfax Lodge, |. Q. o. T.
Alpha Council, l.. o. r. c.
Local No 3l3, /. Il. L. ".
Laurel Council, L. T. Of \.
Liberty Lodge, A. q. L W
Brandywine Lodge. 5 Of II
Columbia I4ofdge, /. . O. I
St Georges Castle, X G. l..
Local No 1926. G. & J. of A.
Wilmington Tinsmiths Union.
Encampment No. "a, L. V. l..
Third Ward Democratic Club.
Manitou Tribe. Imp'd O. Il. NJ.
Star Of Delaware Lodge, $. of B.
Friendship Conclave. 5. W. NJ.
St Johns Chapter No. 4, r A. NJ.
Delaware Tribe, Imp'd o. Il. NJ.
Washington Council, L. i. of A.
DiGgent Council Jr O. L. A. NJ.
Washington Council, o. L. A. NJ.
Jacobs Camp, No. 1921, NJ ". A.
Delaware Haymakers' Association.
Lady Jefferson Home Communion.
Telegraph Council, Jr. q. L. A. VI.
James A Garfield Council, ID. of A.
Canton Delaware, Z. NJ, |. o. O. +.
Washington Camp, No. 4, 2. o. s. A.
Wilmington Lodge, No 1873, l. Q. O. NJ
Wilmington Lodge, No. Ia, l.. O. G. I
Plumbers, Gas and Stesm Filters Union
Court Diamond State, No. 4, l.. of +. 4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
SUCH FAILURE COUNTS AS SUCCESS

One cannot help being ever nore
surprised than pleased, though The pleas
ure is great, thai ihere should have come
from Berlin dispatch declaring that in
the tbirty-rnne air raids made by the
Allies over German territory only FIVE
persons were killed and nine wounded
As this statement is followed by an
other to the effect that the material
damage" done by the raiders was insig
nificant, the obvious desire of those who
wrote and sent out the dispatch was TO
show how ineiiicientIy the Allies carry on
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
By Walt Mason.
FOR YOU AND ME.

: For you and me the brave boys
: 90 TO face grim and deadly foe,
to fight In darkness, cold and
!. snow, for you and mo They
break off all their cherished ties,
they say, perhaps their last good
byes, to suffer under foreign skies
for YOU and me They leave the
safe and peaceful grind, they go,
their country ; need in mind, and
. leave their weeping girls behind.
for YOU and me We are too old,
too fat or lame 10 climb the war
I like Prussian frame, and 10 our
boys must play the game, for YOU
and me. see them 60, IN pairs,
in 6ves; | hope each one of them
! survives: but if they die they give
their lives for YOU and me. That
we may count III peace our hoard,
the packages III bank vaults stored,
our fine young men ak up the
sword, for you and me That
foreign tyrants may be foiled, that
our bright flag may be unsoiled,
through weary marches men have
toiled for you and me That we
may face the world and cry, Our
country's honor stacks up high
the boys go forth to fight and die,
: for you and me- For you and me!
Are we so small that we would dodge
the country S call to help the boys
who fight and fall for you and me?
Oh, let US buy nine bonds and show !
Just what We think about the foe. ]
about the soldier boys who go, !
for you and me
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

The Urgent Deficiency bill now before
Congress carries more than a billion
dollars. This shows us as a billion
dollar country" with a vengeance. How
Tom Reed would be amazed at this
presentation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

Congress is disposed to retain pneu-
matte mail tubes in large cities, notwith-
standing the opposition OF the Postmaster
General. Why should the latter object to
them, after they have so completely shown
their usefulness?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

hog Island affairs are now to be in
veotigated by order Of President Wilson.
If real hoggishness should be unearthed,
it is hoped there viii be no mercy on the
hogs, but that they will be relentlessly
slaughtered
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

The Germans are said to be massing
more than two million men on the west
ern war front, for great drive. All right,
the Allies are ready, and no doubt will
welcome them with bloody hands to
hnsnitable prayrsn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
KENNARD O. CO.
Cloves-Hosiery-Ri ibbons-VeiIines

These four lines important here, Judged
by the demand, the supply, the quality.
Gloves--Kid Gloves corning in now from, France
for which placed orders in December 1916 Treousse
Co gloves. This gives idea how far below o.
days prices Kid Gloves when we are able to
quote dependable values S1.1s sl5o, si.7s, $500
s2.25, $3.50 a pair
Both silk and Filosette Gloves are shown in . wide
range Of styles and qualities
Hosiery--It is impossible account Of the unusual
conditions existing to be able judge the
garding Hosiery values. BY every test our hosiery
values cannot be exceled Cotton and isle 3Ie 3se
soc, 6oc, 75c pair. Outsize Soc, Sc, 7sc pair.
Silk Hose, s5c, 81 90, s1so, $500, 81. so pair.
Large line of ChiIdren's Socks and Hose.
veings--Our yelling selections not made under
hit and plan" but rather by careful choosing
get styles in harmony with those used recognized
fashion
Wells by the yard and separately. Large line Of the
popular mesh
Rbbons--The for Ribbons TO be ineres.-
ing indications point further this season.
Full range of widths sstins, n,ores, zrosgrain, and
novelties
Other Suggestions
Our Cotton Goods department is showing unusual
lines in white Skirtings
CoIored, printed and Cotton Fabrics.
New and coorings in Silks of the wanted
kinds for dresses, shirts, skirts and trimmings.
Many arr having their shirts made
days. Complete showing of white cotored
and Silk Fabrics for this purpose.
Serge Dresse. at $500 s2o.o the kinds
shown here speak volumes for quality and prica-
Visit Yarn department..
621-623 Market Street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
To Help Raise Endowment Fund

The Rev Wilhur, T Corkran. pastor
of the Union NJ + Church has been
invited 10 20 10 Ohio to assist in raising
large endowment fund for the Nj
Union Methodist COLLEGE Of Alliance,
Ohio.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
Colds Cause Headache and Grip.

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets re-
move the cause There is only one Bro
mo Quinlne" r. W Groves signature il
on box 30c-Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15

LLOYD George may be criticised in
Parliament, but he viii not be repudiated.
tie has thrown down the challenge and
been sustained
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
Visiting in Florida.

Mr.. and Mrs b. r. Dixon of Whining
ton are visiting in Tampa, Fla. They are
accompanied by Miss Laura 5. Jones.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
RIPPING RHYMES.

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

shop, the same shop that Riley had
loafed in when boy, and the same
cobbler- except that he is the son of
the cobbler of Riley's boyhood days.
Thus fortified with Riley inspiration,
| hustled home to the country and fin
lshed the play. The centennial came
and the play was presented, but the.
honored guest of the occasion was abb
sent. Mr. Riley had died suddenly in
his Lockerbie Street home only short
time before. But Riley folk came for
miles around. Little Orphant Annie"
now woman of threescore and ten,
sat in a box, and Jap Miller" the
original Martinsville constable, now
grandfather, sat in another. And so it
seemed TO US that Mr.. Riley's spirit
came also, and as his beautiful lines
were spoken by the actor counterparts
of the characters that millions have
learned to love his own kindly face
seemed to US to smile out of the
shadows
Certain papers have suggested that
MIR. Riley would have resented the
liberties" that I have taken with his
characters. These CELEBRITIES" Mr.. Riley
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

aside for the moment and invent a
drama, which should serve as a sort
of omnibus upon which the Riley folk
might climb and ride. That drama
forms the framework Of "Home
Again" It's like the "what-not" in
JEFF Thomps home in the second
act of the play-the what-not is mine,
but the old-fashioned ornaments on it
are Mr.. Riley's.
SO, armed with this scenario, | went
to Indianapolis and sat with Mr.. Riley
on the porch of the old Lockerbie
Street home, and we went over it to-
gether. He made only one objection,
He objected to the character of Jim
johnson, which is obviously Riley him
self, as boy. 1t was his modesty that
prompted the objection, and | over
ruled it. Then Mr. Riley and I went
over to Greenfield, his birthplace, viii
lage only few miles from Indianapo-
lis. We visited the "Old Swimmin'
Hole" had dinner at the old Riley
homestead, and after dinner walked
out the rose-scented road that led to
"Old Aunt Marys" That evening we
swapped yarns in the old cobblers
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
No Low-Brow Comedians
For Recreative Council

LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The Cinema
Recreativc Council, whose object is to
get more public benefit out of the
movies, gave demonstration the other
day in q theatre of the kind of pro-
gramme it wants shown in all picture
houses. No dow brow comedians ca
vorted on the screen, but the audience
found that amusement as we'll as in
struction came within the scope of the
councils scheme. Romance in the
shape of q film version of famous
historical novel, humor and the Script
ures all had their place, in addition to
travel, "interest" or "news" and propa-
ganda films.
'Tt is perfectly monstrous that we
should stand outside this cinema busi-
ness" said the Rev. H. R. l.. Sheppard
who presided 1.-The way in which the
cinema might be used for benefiting
the lot Of the people is perfectly amaz-
ing to any one who has thought at all
Thirty-six societies of various kinds
are now cooperating in the work OF
the council.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

fessed very freely that he had too.
He had written one dramatic compost
tion at that time entitled "The Flying
Islands of the Night" and hoped to
write others. SO we plotted right then
and there to put "Orphant Annie" and
"The Raggedy Man" and all the rest on
the stage, but the plot never material
lied until many years later.
Two years ago Indiana celebrated d
the huhdredth anniversary Of her
statehood and big plans were made for
q gala week at indianapolis. The COM
mittee wrote to me and requested that
I prepare such play, explaining that
the request that the assignment be
given me had come from Mr.. Riley
himself. With such an incentive |
could not we'll refuse, so | set about
preparing the scenario. The first diff
Guilty l encountered was the lack of q
main story. The poems supplied at
mosphere in abundance, were rich in
characterization, but possessed no con-
tinuity Gas they say in the movies
and the characters were utterly unre-
lated each to one another. SO | found
it necessary to put the Riley books
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

literally turned their pockets inside
out to raise the modest sum required
to buy a few dozen sandwiches and n
couple Of cases of beer. Mr. Riley
arrived and the party proceeded apace.
Then suddenly Il dreadful thing hap
pencd. The beer ran outi Mr.. Riley
was nuick to take in the situation and
he handled it most delicately as will
be seen. "Boys," he said, "this has
been bully party that you have given
me and I want to reciprocate. It's
customary, I know, to let little time
elapse between parties like this, but as
| am leaving town tomorrow | pro-
pose that I be voted the privilege of
giving my party right now" The
"ayes" had 1t and Mr.. Riley ordered
we'll, our party cost about $3.50 and
am sure Mr.. Riley's check was ten
times this amount. Wine 'n'every-
thing!
1t was during this party of Mr..
Riley's that he and I became engrossed
in TIE topic of the drama. l had, even
in those days, sneaking ambition to
write for the stage and Mr.. Riley con-