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PRESS COMMENTS.
WE CAN'T CHEAT CHRONOS.

Representative Platt Of this State, dis
cussing daylight saving, says; cit seems
rather absurd to have to enact laws To set
all the clocks ahead one hour when every-l
body could accomplish the same thing by
getting up ono hour earlier, but as a prac-
teal proposition il seems to be impossible
to get any considerable number of indus
tries or people to begin one hour earlier,
and SO VIC have TO resort to camoutlagc.
The difficulty is that everybody would
not get up an hour earlier. Most of us
would lie abcd and let the other fellows
get up, and the other fellows would lie
abed in the vain hope that we were going
to get up; and the few faithful souls who
would conscicntioIsly scramble out from
between tho sheets nj 6 o'clock instead of
z o. clock, or at o clock instead OF s o clock
would find themselves at cross purposes
with practically all their business asso-
ciates and friends The essential thing to
he accomplished is TO attain uniformity oi
practice, and the simplest way To do this
rs to set the clocks ahead an hour IN the
spring and back in the fall.
Once the clocks have been advanced and
tho night workers have recovered from
their arbitrarily shortened shift things will
go on III tho routine way without coninsio /,
or disorder. Nobody ashore pays atten-
tion to true time as it is. The 7.37 o clock
train for town, the subway express leaving
Ninety-eixth street at S22, the noon
whistle and the quitting whistle; these are
guides we know, not the changed place ot
the sun in the heavens.
Chronos has never been cheated; he
cannot bo deceived or blackmailed, rob
bed or cozened; the only thing we can do IL
to play game with him in which we pre-
tend that we are getting the better of the
old robber. And that game can succeed
only if we all pull together and turn the
hands of the clock around 1T the same
moment New York sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Ruy the "SmileaQo Book.

We are all desirous of doing what we
can for our soldier boys, especially IN
making their camp life rs pleasing and
ms free from tedium rs possible. we
know they will not be occupied continually
in working, eating and sleeping, but VIII
have some leisure time on their hands
They must have rest and recreation, else
they would become stale. And IT is up
to those of us who remain ut home, dong
our part without incurring the dangers
of field service, to help in providing the
necessary healthful recreation for them.
A means TO this end has been organ
lied, and in keeping up the good work
all our people can help. In each OF the
sixteen large military cantonments oi
the country, where our soldiers are being
trained for stern war service, there are
Liberty Theatres" Liberty Auditor
iums" and Liberty Tents They are
provided with stages and scenery, and
talent of various kinds is ready To go to
these places and rive pleasing and revivi-
fying entertainment to our soldier boys,
at bare cost, in many instances for moth
ing. Still, money is necessary To keep
these valuable and beneficial entertain
ments going.
No doubt our soldier boys would give
n great deal of patronage To these places
and checrfully pay the cost out of their
D,,t 10, - h.f IN
do this ? Not for minute And here
we introduce the 'Smileagc Book. :.
The "Smileagc Book comprises an
assemblagc of coupons, each good for
one admission TO any of those canton
mcnt places of entertainment. The adj
mission charge is five, ten, fifteen or
twenty-five cents. There is a "Smielage
Book" of twenty coupons which YOU can
buy for dollar, or ono Of hundred cou-
pons which YOU can buy for five dollars.
Sec the point ? It's as plain as the
nose on your face All YOU have to do
is to buy <Smilcagc Book and send IT
to soldier in camp Tie will know what
to do with II
Think what fine thing you can do by
bnving "Smilcage Books and sending
them where they will do the most good
II is not necessary To cxpatiatc further
upon this delightful proposition. Get TO IT.
'SmilcaCc Books" are on sale nj the
business office Of Every Evening Come
around and buy them
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
THE EVENING SMILE.
A CHRISTIAN COMP OSITOR.

The story Of u compositnr's worries
with Thomas Carlvle's Ms recalls 10 4
correspondent the somewhat kindred
experience that hofell tvpesetter IN the
office ~ Dundee newspaper to whose
columns George t,lliilian frequently con
trIbutcd
Reing n member nf Gilfllans cnngrc-
CATION, thus cofnpostnr WIS favored
with large amount of his minister $
wretchedly written copy. Ono day when
the ) waa even more undeelpheratio
than usual the man banged II down On
his frame with the remark As a
Christian ] honor and admire Mr. Gil
illlan. but ms compositor III never be
happy till his body gets three claps Uf
the spade" London Chronicle.
II never talk back to my wife, = "IIow
lisagreeable You must be at times
Louisville Courier-Journnl
Polly Mrs Talkalnt says she believes
only half she hears. Dolly Yes, but
she hears twice as much rs anybody else.
Judge
That woman seems 10 have such a
discordant personality No wonder.
one mas catty disposition Win = dpRGtd
determination. = BALTIMORE American
do you think it is proper TO use
profanity TO mule?'' So far as my own
feelings are concerned. declared the
expert teamstcr, 1T ~ highly improper.
But when you are trying TO get along
with rs sensitive and cxacting an animal
rs a mule. you've simply got TO humor
him Washington Star
You say this poem was composed on
the spur of the moment?" asked the editor
Yes sir. replied the proud author.
at struck me AL of sudden, and |
dashed il off Permit me to offer YOU
a word of advice Certainly The
next time poem strikes you, put on q
gym suit and run it off Birmingham
Agc-Uerald
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Seem TO BE Nearing Chao s

The peace negotiations between Ger
many and the Bolshcviki administration
of Russia seem to bc rapidly drifting
towards chaos Germanys S terms in
volve the acquisition of too much Rus
sian territory to be considered at all salts
factory They have been rejected by the
Bolsheviki administration, and what
NAV result Is involved in doubt. Ger
many may feel like rcsuming q mill
tary offensive against Russia, but even
in the debilitated state Of the latter coun-
try such move might prove disastrous,
as il would weaken the fighting strength
of the German powers on the other war
fronts And that fighting strength has
long been sorely taxed
Chancellor Won Hcrtling, in his ad-
dress to the Reichstag, on Thursday,
showed himself to be Ill at case. lie
grumbled at the attitude of Russia and
made remarks that showed his realiza-
ton Of the effect that has been produced
among the Central Powers by the peace
terms laid down by Lloyd George and
President Wilson. With the manifest
unrest in Austria-Hungary, the Russian
is surely making Germany
uneasy. And may il 50 continue.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
THE CALL TO ARMS.
Rev. ]. Thomas Price.

The eagle screams. the fugle calls.
And men go forth with gun and sword
To fight as freedmen only can.
To carry freedom TO the world.
The foe gees forth crimes to ccnmit,
With ruthlessness ne'er known before;
The cries of victims innocent
Fall on our ears from farther shore
The Hun is at our gate, they cry
The call To manhood S 10 60.
Who would not fight, or even die
To rid the world Of such foe
Come one, come all, we'll do our blt
Ia this the crisis of the world
Led by the Right, we'll help unfur
The flag of freedom to the world
Camden. Jan. 24. 1918.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
MEETINGS. TONIGHT.

Apache Tribe, No. 81.
Olive Temple, l.. G. T..
Wenonah Lodge, ). of IL
Liberty Conclave, :. ". NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, |. O. o. +
Lenape Tribe. lmp'd O. R. NJ.
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James Young Conclave, II. or s. W. NJ.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
authorities

There was q January thaw, Us usual,
this month, but it was brief and had
very little to work upon. Now, with
tie extreme cold spell and the unusual
snow, thaw IN February would be very
welcome
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

Look out for the latest patriotic song
entitled well Stand BY Our Flag, now
being published by the welI-known pub
fishing firm Of Brown IL Edwards. Words
and music of this song have been com
posed by Wilmington lady, the first
lady composer, so far as We know Of,
in our city.-Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

John Wanamaker, seconded by Samuel
Gompers, suggests the shortening OF
the regular workday by an hour, instead
Of 3 general suspension Of work each
Monday There is sufficient merit in
consideration by the Fuel Administration
authorities
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

Austria is upset and Germany is tre-
naendously troubled. Notwithstanding
the situation on the war fronts. an ex-
plosion in the home capitals at any time
would not be at all surprising
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

MARY Regan." Nv Leroy Scott author
Of No. IL, Washington square lllus-
trated Boston Mass Houghton Mil
fin Co, 4 Park street Price, 81 80, net
In MARY RogrN the reader rcncws
acquaintances with Some Of the leading
characters that made Mr. Scots previous
romance so interesting, including Mary
Regan herself, Bradley the crooked and
desperate dcposed police official, and Bob
Clifford, the daring and resourceful de
tective, determined in bis efforts TO un-
earth crime and punish criminals. He is
still in love with Mary Regan, who. how
ever, has abandoned ali her criminal
associations, and is bent on achieving
some Of the best that life has to offer
She makes n step IN this direction by
marrying the young son Of n rich Chi
cagoan. whose dissolute ways yield 70 her
good Influence until he gives promise Of
being a real man But this step only leads
To unforeseen difficulties and to ramifi-
cation of events which form the rarcst
and most interesting chapters Of the book
Mary Regan IS the centre Of criminal
intrigue by Peter Lovcnan an able but
upscrupulous lawyer, and Bradley and
his gang, 70 feather their nests Failing to
secure her cooperation they cndeavor TO
destroy her Bob Clifford, however is
always at hand, and defeats every scheme
started by these two rasc.ls through his
skill and daring
The events are most exciting, and
desperate scenes are enacted. The trend
Of the story takes the reader continually
into haunts Of the great underworld
Of New York City, and also reveals bril-
liant scenes Of the gay hotel and restaurant
life which is so greedily followed by the
smart upper set the respectable middle
class people "out for good time" and
the shrewd well-dressed crooks with an
eye ever open To chances for iIl-gotten
gains. These pictures are most interest
ingly portrayed In the end, however,
Mary Rcgan proves herself q true woman
and the romance between her and Bob
Clifford ends rs all real and true romanccs
should end
Readers of fiction in which the ,lc-
tcetive plays q leading part. and in which
crime is conceived only To be thwartcd
will find this book most attractive read
ing.
Received OF the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

The destruction Of shipping by Ger
man C-boats has fallen to the point that
its tonnage is exceeded by new produc-
tion of ships. And it is known that
German U-boats are now being DESTROYED
faster than they can be built. Put
this and that together, and you see what
Il bound 10 follow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Circulation Every 1AO0O
Evening Yesterday l 1fOOA
Members Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is cxcius vniS Snttt ed
20 the use for republication Oh all news
dispatches credited TO or not Otherwise
crcditeo in this paper.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

''Wanted-A premium liar Apply 10
Neither Afichaelis nor Won Hertling need
apply. But may we not suggest two
distinguished public men Of this country
who might apply with absolute assurance
of being accepted And Senator La
Toilette is not one Of them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.

Comrades" BY Mary Dillon, author OF
'"Thc Rose Of Old ST. Louis, !" DC. Illus
us'rated by X. NJ. Brinkerhoif. New
York City: The Century Co, $50
Fourth avenue. Price, 81 40, net.
Novels with background of war by
Mrs. Dillon are not new, as those who
have read her interesting romances so
intimately connected with life IN the
South during our Civil War can well
testify. And she has been equally sue
ccssfnl in this novel the background OF
which is the Great War in Europe.
The story attracts from the frat and
holds To the end II is wide in scope,
full OF vivid detail IL has its start ~
sooinl and diplomatic life; it ranges from
Dresden and LeiI zig to Rome; then TO
Berlin; to England, TO the war field and
later ito our own country Then back
to England, To love and happiness.
The hero, young second son English
man, striving for the diplomatic service,
fnils IN love with "A face in Dresden, the
face OF fine young American woman
Mountaineering is formed and interest
grows on both sides Both attend lee
lures IN Leipzig and they meet IN Rome
when he gets position in the British
Embassy there. Ard thcy meet later in
fP'fiifff NHtff Ht HifS u 1ifftHNHtlf pbot
until the war breaks out Then he goes
home and enlists in the army of England
Still their paths run together. for the
young woman SECS active service as a
nurse. He engages in battles is wounded
ond taken prisoner. To his dismay the
German surgeon amputatea his arm
although hc protested He was in de-
spar because he did not believe he could
offer himself, thus mutilated, to the
woman he loved
His loss putting stop to his fighting
activities, he is cent on mission 10 this
country to buy horses and mules, and
again encounters his love Also, he en-
counters n spy who has been on the track
of both from the first They return 80
England on the Lusitana, and both have
narrow escapes i'm the terrible net of Ger
man brutality bv which that great ship
and so many Of her people werc de-
siroyed But they are again brought
together, and their romance ends IN mar
riage
There are many interesting char
aetcrs in the book. including mon Of
various nationali'ies, all forccful and At
tractive The action is rapid ever
changing ever interesting Altogether
Il is u most pleasing and satisfying novel
of the Great War.
Received Of the publishers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
tuberculosis Exhibit.

The Delaware State tuberculosis Com
mission ia holding a tuberculosis exhibit,
at the State Laboratory at Newark
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
RIPPLING RHYMES.
BY W alt Mason.
HINfAN NATURE.


We're built in such peculiar style
! that unrnixcd JOY We cannot know,
behind the widest, gladdeat SInil8
there always Is some hint of woe.
Last night | sat before the FIRE,
with every cause why | should
laugh; ia done my week s work
on my Tyre, and earned eight dol
lars and half iSS so My health
was good, my bills were paid, no
man could say owed him coin, and
in my lardcr there was laid an ample
stock Of tenderIoin I'd stovewood
piled in stately ricks, and coal was
in the basement bins; then why,
YOU ask, @ gentle hicks, was there a
sadness In my grins? A bitter wind
swept Ger the moor, | heard 1t
howl, the long night through, and
heard the waiIing of the poor in
every freezing blast that blew. so
| felt guilty as | sat in comfort in
my inglenook, and fed tobacco to
the cat, or turned the pages Of
book My conscience prods me all
the time, whenever I'll enjoy re-
pose, accuses me Of sin and crime.
and pulls my hair and twists my
nose. | crank my car TO take
jaunt. and conscience SAYS I'm
doing wrong. and talks Of fellow
men In want who YEARLY must
trudgc along. Pure happiness was
not deoreed, | ~ convinced for
mortal man; hUi, Is we 10 the
grave proceed let 5 be rs happy rs
we can,
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That woman secrns 10 have such a
discordant personality No wonder.
She has q catty disposition with a doggcd
determination Baltimore American.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-23
TONS OF FORMS
COMING IN FOR
REGISTRATION
Adjutant, Generals Office Will
Have Weighty Job in Its
Hands w..

Three tons of cover sheets for
questionaires alone now are in the
mails for the general registration Of
selects between the ages Of is and 40
in North Dakota. The >questionaires
themselves will probably represent an
aggregate height of nine tons, and sew.
eral tons of other supplies are to be
sent or are now en- route.
These heavyweight statistics give
some idea of the work which con-
fronts the adjutant generals office in
the apportionment and distribution OF
supplies incident to the prospective
general registration proposed for Sep
TENDER 5. The board will handle
10000 Oregistratio cards; 100000 reg
istration certificates; 100000 question.
aires, and 1000 physical examination
blanks Probably half of the question.
naires now have been received, and
the mail bags in which they came line
one side of the adjutant generals
ante room from the floor to the cell.
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-23
FEDERAL /! R ! GRAIN RAT
DEPARTMENTF0R
NORTH DAKOTA
Federal Bureau of Markets Ap.
proves Proposed Change,
IT'S Said
GRADING NOW NOT FAIR

The enforcement Of North Dakota
from the southern Minnesota federal
grain inspection department, the
headquarters of which are at Min
neapolis, and the establishment OF a
North Dakota department, with a
federal grain inspector at Fargo, is
probable as result of the joint con-
ference Of representatives Of the
federal bureau of markets, Wash
ington,- ID. c., members of the state
railway and warehouse commission
and state elevator managers at the
North Dakota Agricultural college
Tuesday afternoon.
The change, it was said at the
conference, will do away with much
OF the complaint on grain grades,
and will mean better grades for
North Dakota farmers and grain
dealers. g.. -. ....'.sE.
The railway commission has taken
the matter under advisement, and
has the assurance that the bureau
of markets of the department OF
agriculture will cooperate in every
possible. manner. The change is one
that must be made by congress.
| Cooperation Is Offered
The bureau -of markets will CO.
operate with your railroad commits
sion, and will meet with it at any
place and at any time that 1t de-
cides, for the establishment OF a
North Dakota department of federal
inspection" said G. l.. Livingstone,
chairman of the Washington commit
tee. 1T is important that every state
have a good inspection department,
and we would like to see an inspec-
ton department in North Dakota that
would be model for the country"
f Minnesota Grading Unfair
The grading by Minnesota state
inspectors at the Minneapolis ter
minal was unfair to the North Dakota
shipper, and that their grades were
always upheld upon appeal to the
Minnesota grade board of appeal, oc-
casioning a loss when the grain had
been bought for a higher grade, was
the substance OF complaints made by
several elevator managers.
who is to stand the loss?' in
quired C.gB. Prichard, Grandin.
1.-The time will come" said ]. A.
McGovern, chief grain inspector for
North Dakota, when the elevator
manager will fix Ethe grades to his
own grain. The grain buyer in North
Dakota is more competent to do this
than any other living man"
The matter of making appeals to
the federal inspector in Minneapolis
was discussed briefly, it being point
ed out that appeals on grades should
be taken direct to him within 4S
hours after the grain has been in
spected Sa d
.1 NJ Action on Report
No direct action was taken on the
report an recommendations, framed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-23

hire, supplies or: other expenses may
be made by the secretary of state from
the motor vehicle registration fund.
The board of control has set Sep
tenn er 6 as the date upon which bids
for automobile license tags will be re-
ceived. Last year North Dakota paid
II IL cents per duplicate set for these
tags. June IA manufacturers offered
to contract for next years supply at
21.5 cents. This tender was withdrawn
when the automobile registration de-
partment was Irrigated into supreme
court in the assault madeson the con-
stitutionality of the act by the cities
of Fargo. Grand Forks and Bismarck
South Dakota is now paying 2S.5 for
it's tags, and Secretary of State Hall
is inclined to doubt that North Dako'
ia can obtain any more favorable
price. The state probably will use SO,-
900 sets of tags. The board Of cntrol
will put up the money, depending up
on the next session of the legislature
to reimburse it for this expenditure
and to correct the defects in the mo-
tor vehicle registration act which
omit constitutional provision for the
purchase of supplies and the employ.
ment of necessary clerical help.
|
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-23

sentira etonotnic 4tfe viii, be- affected.
After the war dcarth IN u, nearly every,
thing will prevail for long tlme' anu
even If Germany receive indemnltles
economic distress will be terrible
buy v. y. S-
Sour stmach, clogged up bowels.
headaches, foul breath, are evils vi
consultation. HOLSTERS ROCKY Moun-
tain Tea purifies the stomach ana re-
lieves CONSTITUTIONS medicine Me
whole family should take 35c. bres'
lows !
buy ". S. S.
Orpheum theatre opens next MOI
day, August rs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-23

by committee named by the elevator
managers at meeting Tuesday morn
ing. although number OF the points
of difference were discussed.
The quarterly report to the state
railway commission, which the ele.
vator managers asked eliminated, was
held by M. P. Johnson, member Of the
commission, as being essential to the
welfare of the farmer. ,
This report should not cause the
grain buyer any trouble. He should
be competentt to make report of his
business at any time. II he cannot
he isn't safe man for either his en-
ployers or the farmer. f
1.-The report Is for the safety OF the
farmer, and through 1t the commits
sion is able to know the condition OF
every elevator in the state. If an
elevator isn't solvent, it shouldn't buy
grain"
Laws Not In Conformity
7 That the federal and North Dakota
grain grading laws were not in con-
formity, differeing in their application