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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-01
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-01
Intersctina Conversation.

NelIie-1ou seemed much inter.
ested tonight in the conversation o1
Mr.. Tomlinson.
Edith-Ycs. His conversation
was aboct sensible matters, such a:
few OF the young men OF the day
discuss.
Nellie What was it?
Edith-The superior ADVANTAGES
of married life as compared with
bschsiordorl@Loreon Telegraph.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-01
THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
\ Memory of PIekett's Brigade and
Night Attack.


Some years after the civil war
gathering of veterans of both side
was exchanging "reminiscences at
banquet given by the board Of tnd'
Of New York, writes Mrs. La Sail,
Corbell Pickett in Lip1iDcstts
The presiding officer was Colone
j. j. Philips OF the Ninth Virgin
regiment, Pickett's division. e.
was speaking of night attacks az
recalled one iS> particular, not -
cause o. its startling horrors, b1'
because of a peculiar circumstances
almost resulting in the compulsory
disobedience of orders-the obey
ing, as it were, of a higher com.
mand than that of earth.
"Phe point Of attack had beer
carefully selected" said Colonel
Phillips, "the awaited dark night
had arrived, and my command wa:
to tse when General Pickett should
sigrai the order.
"There was that dread, indescrib-
able stiffness, that weird, ominous
silence, that always settles over
everything before a fight. You felt
that nowhere in the universe was
there any voice or motion.
Suddenly the awesome silence
was broken by the sound of deep,
full voice rolling over the black
void like the pillows Of great sea,
directly in line with or guns. Ii
was singing the old hymn, Jesus.
Lover of Ny Soul
81 have heard that grand ole
music many times in circumstances
which intensified its impressive
ness, but never had it seemed so
solemn. as when it broke the still.
ness in which we waited for the OF
der to fire. just as it was given
there rang through the night the
words:
'e5over my defenseless head
Wlth the shadow OF thy wing.
. T5adyl Aim! Fire to th,
left, loys..s said.
"The guns were suited, the vol
ley that blazed out swerved aside
and that defenseless head was Gov
cred with the shadow of his wing
A Federal veteran who had beer
listening looked up suddenly ,apd
said:
"G remember that night, colonei
and that midnight attack which
carried off so many of my comrades
| was the singer"
There was a second Of silence
Then "Jesus, Lover of My Soul,
rang across that banquet board
on that black night in 1864 it hao
rung across the lines st Bermua2
Hundred.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
WHAT A WONDERFUL THING
IS n TOY!
MYTH IL ese things
J" ready To his hand.

MYTH tn ese things
w ready TO his hand.
the child loses that
sense Of helplessness with
which he starts existence,
and unconsciousIy attains
the self-confdence and
sense Of personal power
which he must have if he's
ever to build a real house,
preside over a family Of
real children, steer q real
boat or automobile, drive a
real milk-wagon or keep a
real storelike Wanamaker's.
Even after the present
day fighting with real can
non and real soldiers
ceases, big things lie before
our boys, with half a world
TO be rebuilt:
Big things before our
girls, with bleeding nations
to be mothered.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

r ITNLESS it be the clever
~ Japanese, there are
no such be-toyed chill
dren in the world as our
clever American children.
Now look what Ameri-
cans are doing
In infancy we have that
blessed instinct to go right
to what's good for Us.
So the child, its foot set
down in what it only thinks
of as a Paradise Of pleas
ure. flies straight TO the
thing that's going to edu-
cate and develop it
The doll that's going to
wake up the mother-feeiing
in it .
The miniature railroad
or building toy or engineer
ing strip which turn that
restless energy. that fever
to make, and TO do, and TO
be, into interesting and
safe channels Of creation.
Wordsworth has said il
very well, for a man who
probably was never let
loose in his life, old or
young, in a Toy Store this
size, with all its infinite
range of choice
See. at his feet. some httls plan Or
chart
Some fra0vent from has dream
Of human life.
Shaped az himself cath netoly-
learned Grt
Statistics lack, but we
shrewdly suspect that since
the introduction of the
modern mechanical toy, the
crimes of taking apart
mothers sewing machine,
or the parlor clock, in order
to put them together again,
have grown rare.
Think of having real
stone blocks, capable of
building real stone forts;
and really-truly tunnels;
and honest to goodness
cooking-stoves, that go TO
work the minute they are
attached to the electric
light!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

How big a place do you
suppose they occupy in a
child's world?
Multiply the answer by
your common sense.
Toys keep the first school
the child goes to.
If it were the only school,
the results might not be so
fatal as these of all school
and no toys.
The more of the toys, the
greater the variety in all
kinds, the greater zest in
play accomplished through
the completeness of its ac-
cessories, the fuller the
stimulus to the young imag-
ination.
And the greater the num-
Der of brighter, happier
children we will have.
Isn't that so, Professor?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

S m biographers Of
Florence Nightingale de-
cline TO vouch for the ira
dition that, as a bit of a
girl, the future Lady of
the Lamp" practiced her
skill in nursing on her dolls.
But had there been no
dolls, how sure can we be
that the hospitals of the
Crimea would ever have
known q Lady of the
Lamp?
This much lCe know in
each December, at least one
thousand old and broken
dollies are brought us to
mend and restore to small,
faithful mother-bosoms.
TOYS, therefore, have
i oar vote, not because
they are in our
Store, but are in our Store
because they have our vote,
and have our vote because
they are what children live
in, with and by.
The child, you see, is so
little!
You forget it at times.
But it's not likely that he
ever does.
How much fun in life
would there be for you,
with everything around you
mountains bigger than you,
and labeled besides with
the warning eatchwoFd Of
the grown-ups, "Mussen-
tuchit"?
That's what all the rest
of the house is to the baby,
except the playroom.
Some sympathy must be
felt for the little sinner
who, with one mighty tug,
pulled over the aquarium,
and when caught wet-hand-
ed amid the soppy and
splintery ruins, looked up
and with q handful of fiop-
ping fish and a philosophi-
cal grin, and remarked:
"Dere, | dess | killed ole
Mussentuchit dat timep'
These little toy bureaus
and desks, these families of
rag-dolls and paper-doils
and china-dollS, and dolls
of all other kinds, charac-
ters and nations; these tiny
ehairs, these miniature
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

Privates--.Iimmie Griffin, Cardenas, N. g.
Clifton Wormhood Rochester, n. IL.
Arthur NJ. Hill, Blythe, Tex.
Stanislaw Kamnski, Cleveland,
Melton, Clarence d., Sparks, Okla
Melton, Thomas b., Bradleyville, Mo.
Mills, Benjamin j., Louisville.
Morrill,, Lee, Newberry, Mich.
Nazzaro, Frank j., Millburn, n J.
OBricn, Stephen NJ, Detroit.
Olin, Fred, Lansing, Mich.
Owens, Earl, Kansas City, kans.
Paine. Homer j., Eagle Grove, Iowa.
Patterson, James, New York.
Popp, Otto v, Rochester,
Reese, Cleveland, Atlanta.
Scott, Ben H., Concord, Ga.
Shackeford, Fred, Pontiac, Miss.
Smith, Thomas p, Quaker, w. Va.
Stansell, John f., Pickcn, $. G.
Stout, George s., Shickshinny, Pa.
Swanson, Harry W., Chillicothe, Iowa
Ward, Dulen A., Tuckerman, Ark.
Armentrout, Peach T., Keaseotaum, Va
Baker, Orville c., New Kingston, n. \.
Ward, Lorand s., Hawthorne, Fla.
Ward Robert H., Ashevile, \. {.
Werlich, Robert, Junction City, kans.
Weisler, Henry Brooklyn.
Welch, James j., Simpson, La.
Wells, George T., Pittsburg.
Williams, Ben, Monroe, La
Willis, Lee T., Pine Ark, Ga.
DIED OF AERopLANE ACCIDENT.
Willis, Lee r., Pine Park, Ga.
Goddard, Walter w. Jr. Washington, Ill.
Lieutenants-S Stafford l.. Brown, New
ton Center Mass.
George s. Reisz, South Great Falls, Mont.
Paul 5. Whitehead, Oberlin, Ohio.
Benjamin Wohl, Chicago.
DIED OF DISEASE.
Lieutenants-ArchG G. Chiffon, Dallas
Franklin Marshall Hawley, Mercer, Wis.
Nurse Moreno Mary Roger, Winchester,
Idaho.
Sergeants Bechtold New York.
Walter W. Logan, San Jose, Cal
Spencer l.. Boyd, Eckman, w. Va.
Dorsett c. Goodwin, Jacksonville, Fla.
Musician W. Angel, Morrison,
Ill.
Privates Adams, Inverness, Miss.
Tom Allen, Rayswood, Ga
Lonnie Alsman, Danvillc, Ky.
Mauda Anderson, Toledo,
Jesse n Bailey, Occana W Va
Claud Barker, lnola, Okla.
Irvia l.. Billie, Seresco. Neb
Joseph III. Branson, Clements, Md
William J. Brophy. Paterson, \ J.
Columbus Davis. Silver City, Miss
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
400 CASUALTIES ON THE
ARMY LIST LAST NIGHT

ne dead are.
KILLED IN ACTION.
Lieutenants -Bascom L. Field, Greens
boro, y. c.
William t. Ingram, Oneonta, Ala.
John G. Miller Fairview, y. G.
Thomas Schwinn, Wellington, Hans
Edward Mathew Cronin, Bayonne, n J:
Francis B. Lowry, Denver.
Sergeants Marion L. Taylor, Wawoka,
Okla.
Payton Randolph Campbell, Buffalo
Corporals A. Cook, Okarche, Okla
William Miles, MeKenney, Va.
William T. Ransom, Philadelphia.
Lester O. Whitson, Chicago.
Edward Wrzesinske, Beaver Dam. Wis
Privates-Elmer E. Berger, Williamsburg,
Pa
Edward Collins, New York
August Depersio, Rome, Italy.
Yunbrono Ginsidio, Beaver Falls, Pa
Howard T. Hilton Madrid, Neb.
Ernest G.. johnson, Parsons. Hans.
Austin ". Kew, kirkwood, Mo
Joe kosivick, Cleveland.
Aaron Il. McCuller, Greek, Tex
William P. Makee, Noonan, n d.
Charles Malcolm, Allentown, Pa
Charles Murray, Newark, \. ].
John Shumowich, Chicago
Joseph Pummer, Herndon, kans
Martin J Stanton, Bayonne, n. J.
Abraham Switltsky, New York.
Nillard 7. Trouten, Newman, Ga.
Madur Ware Abbevllle, Ga
Ernest j. Wendt, Niagara Falls n. Y.
Harry Williams, Akron, Ohio.
Yancy j. Wilson, Hartwell, Ga
Andrew +. Young, Woonsocket, R. l.
Ruhe Albright, Bessemer. Ala.
John Champion, Zwalle, La.
Simmie l.. Davis, Stanford, Ky.
Peter Maifsky, Butler, Pa.
Walter Moussa, Superior, Wis.
Chester \. Olson, Scandinavia, Wis.
James Z. Sage, Burke, Idaho.
DIED FROM WOUNDS.
Captain-Louis H. Fielding, Philadelphia.
Lieutenants-Frank A. Howe, Detroit.
Thaddeus i. Roderick, Pennington, Me.
Sergeants-John A McHenry, San Diego,
George Pace, Bartlett, Tex.
Adolf Otto SCHNEIDER, Jr, BROOKLYN.
VIM. Henry Sherman, Bad Axe, Mich.
Corporals- S. Brusnahan, Ire n
Esdras j. Deloney, Ogdensburg, n. Y.
Anton Melichar, Red Rock, Okla.
Cyril Carlos Munich, Toledo.
Antoine Souza, Fall River, Mass.
Clare F. Sparkling, Oneida, kans.
Donald A. Thompson, Liverpool, Eng
land.
Gus Zoellner, Wardner, Idaho
Alfred P. Hoist, Lorraine, Wis.
Horseshoer-Philip p Grey, BROOKLYN.
Privates-Robt. Brass, Hoboken. n. ].
John Q. Colston, Wadesboro, n. c.
Antonio Dangelo, Rochester, \. Y.
William T.. Flynn, Decker, Mich
Victor First, Villisca, Iowa.
Bronco c. Fultz, Akron, Ohio.
Ocey Jones, Columbia, Tenn.
Irving H. Krengel, Elgin, ILL.,
George w. Levi, Soddy, Tenn.
William MeClain, Fallington, Pa.
Arthur l.. Malherbe, Kaw City, okla,
Anton Piehsli. Chicago.
Leo +. Sherburn, St Louis
Arthur b. Wanner, Reading.
James T. King, Gurdon, Ark.
Frank i. krause. Royalton, \. Y.
James Mazzei, Belle Vernon. Pa.
Charles A. Parks, Hoyt, Okla.
John II. Roberts, Sumner, Miss
Pink F. Saxton, Herbert Springs. Ark.
Bob Tribby. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES
Mechanic A. Bacon, Magma, Utah
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
look! There's Grandma
Dressing Up for HaIIOUe'en"

Halloween froe is prank and pleasure that few
willing leave entirely the children OF
smaller growthso long there's invitation hand
masquerade party other froic.
In the Toy Store ready for this delightful pooky
celebration There the wonderful
could gine Just think what fun transformed
night into that character have always wished be-
whether IL be
Negro Dandy
A Gypsy Fortune Teller
George Washington
Madame Butterfly
A Demure Quaker Lady
4 Patriotic Liberty Girl
Gay PierrOt or Pierrette
A Witch, Imp or Ghost
false hands, feet and absolutely terrible
oohng
horns and whistles Of kinds.
party celebration may charming
are varieties of favors.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

Emile T. Goubler, New Orleans, La.
Clell NJ. Griffin. Mercer, Mo.
Talmage NJ. Huddleston, Isabel, Okla.
Henry Irving, Tyre River, Va.
Oscar Earnest jenkins, Galena Kans.
Lemuel H. Jennings, West Tulsa, Okla.
Victor lie Blanc, NASHVILLE, La.
Tom Mccoy, Bolton. Miss.
William J. Maher, Perth Amboy, N. ].
Joseph Mastio, New Orleans.
Adds f. Moore, Rome, Ga.
Ralph Morrell, Fort Hunter, N. Y.
Charles b. Murphy, Cilitson, Pa.
Clarence l. Nesheim, Clear Lake, Iowa.
Felix Podhyski, Dickson City, Pa.
Lee Il. Rogers, Blue Mountain, Ark.
Lawrence NJ Schambaugh Frey, La.
Charles Smith, Hammcrslyfork, Pa.
Henry Stanfield, Pine Bluff, Ark.
All. Thompson, Amory, Miss.
Thomas A. White, Linden, Iowa.
John j. Baum, Baltimore.
Bernard r. CaueGeld, Westfeld, N. J.
James II. Coleman, Washington, ID. G.
Charles l.. Cotter, New Britain, Conn.
George w Grim, Indianapolis.
William Il. Davidson, Dayton, Wash.
William l.. Dickcy, Columbia, s. c.
Edward Eisenhower, Valley View, Pa.
Claude a. Enloe, IIico, La.
Max Ertl, Milwaukee, W s.
Arthur B. Frazer, Osakis, MINI.
William Hansen. Fridley, MINI.
Ernest Hays, Hllman, Ga.
John Iicndrlckson. Ypsilanti, Mich.
Alf NJ. Hovind, Carburg. n ID.
Corbett j. Jenkins, lIilIsville, Va
Charlie Ernest Kendall, Athol, Mass.
Albert jefferson kendrick, Covington,
Ind.
Frank Lindsey. keithvillc, La
John Long, Pleasantville, n. j.
Edward r. Mckenna, Philadelphia.
Russell :. Murray, Ipswich, Mass.
Eromah Pera, New Britain, Conn.
William IL. Schramm, Detroit.
Daniel NJ Smith. Hicks, La.
Evan NJ. Smith, Carmichael, Miss.
Marion J. Smith, Jasper, Tex
Henry Sperlng, New York
William l.. Stccd, Dardcn. Tenn
Emmette Walden fernando, Miss.
Albert Walker, Louisville, Ga.
Ernest w. Wood, Guy, Hans.
Head Of the House (roaring with
rage Who told you TO put that paper
on the wall?
Decorator Your wife, sir
Head of the House tsubsidingl-
Pretty. isn't it London 1it-.its
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29


KILLED IN ACTION.
Lieutenant Colonel William F. Hol-
hday, Santa Monica Cal
Privates Alasce, South Man
chester, Conn.
Ignatius Bigas, Tacoma, Wash.
Harry Brown, Chester, Pa.
Burtcheall Odom, Blakely, Ga.
Nicholas Dematti, New York.
Donald Alden Guest, Otsego. Mich.
Edward A. Hantschke, Brooklyn.
John ]. kerberg, Jacksonville, Ind.
Charles l.. kuhlthau, Delaware, Ohio.
Eugene W. Rogillio, Rogilliovillc, La.
Martin Saar, Buffalo.
DIED FROM WOUNDS.
Corporal-C Clifford Carmier, New Bed
ford, Mass.
Privates bartholomew +. Butler, Brook
lyn.
Theodore Jordon, Atlanta, Ga.
Soloman Lee, Cubbage, Ky.
Oscar Swanson, Sweden.
DIED FROM ACCIDENT.
Private-Joseph Aloysius Riley, Queens,
DIED or DISEASE.
Lieutenant-C Clifford G. Park. Dexter, Me
Sergeant-Walter A. Iaucks, Newark,
Corporal-Wm. c. Hampton, English
town, n. j.
Bugler-Wm. H. Cabanne, st. Louis.
Privates Henry NJ. Behle Lancaster, Q.
Ernest Behrens. New York.
Ernest NJ Bell, Lexington, Mo.
Clarence Boyd, Abbeville, :. {.
George l.. Buclllin, Minneapolis.
William J. Burns, Los Angeles.
Jacob c. Clendenin, Mechanlcsburg, Pa.
John B. Conlin, Madison, Wis
Howard Hurst, Greenville, Miss.
Frederick A. Johnson, Galveston, Tex.
Giles Jones, West Point, Miss,
Steve Mikolayewski, Plymouth, Pa.
Harold 5. Powers, Nashville, Mich.
Otto Wagner, Msystown, Ill.
Sam Warren, Jr., Alfalfa, La.
Stanley Washburn, Hillsboro, Ohio.
Max a. Weiss, Woodhine, Iowa
MISSING IN ACTION.
Sergeants II. Moore. James G.
Moore, 427 East Eighth street, Viii
mington. Del.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

THANk goo d n e 5 $,
i neither begging. buy
ing, nor bending will
prevail against the play-in-
stincts of a child's heart.
Otherwise all toys might
be alike, and all children
might grow alike.
Or, more terrible still,
there might be no toys at
all, and then what in the
world would we grown-ups
do? not TO speak of the chill
dren.
Why, there would be no
children at all
Just sad-eyed little men
and women, waiting around
stolidly to grow into great
er stolidity as bigger men
and women.
II S a great rellef 10
think of the queer little
dolls they always dig up,
those archaeologists, when
they tackle any kind of pre-
historic mound or buried
city, and the quaint like
ness of or substitutes for
and balls or kites which
make us feel that it's likely
boys will be boys to the end
of time, since boys always
were boys from its very be
ginning.
& N acre and a half of
"a space in a great
Store, devoted to toys
of all descriptions, isn't an
acre and a half of mistakes,
that's certain.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

! once he'd ,,Ueef little doll,
dears.
The pyetftest doll in the soorld.
Her checks Wers 80 red and 80
Dhite, dcdrs,
Aad her hair ,oas so chnrminDiD
curfed.
But lost my poor Httfc doll. fenrs,
As played on the heath one day.
And cried for her more than
tDsek, dcdys.
But never could ind tnhere she
lay.
] found p,p poor little doll. denrs.
As / played on The heath Que day,
Foiks sav she is terribly charged.
deurs,
For her paint Is all soushcd utCap.
Aud her arms trodden OF bu the
cons. deurs,
And her hair not the least BIZ
carled.
Yet for old sdkers sake she Is stili,
dears,
The preftiest doll in the soofId
CHARLES KINGSLEY.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

wardrobe trunks ard f're-
engines - h G Sc mere
toys"-are the things by
which children pull down
the big world closer TO their
small selves.
Take our big, sage
selves; how tickled we are
over a model Of Independ-
ence Hall or Of a battle
ship. How we hang over
IL, Nov, you see, it's been
made small enough for US
10 take il in!
Life Is too big for us, 700
so, we play our own lit
tie games, chiefly that we
may forget its overhanging
bigness. The truth win
never fade ont Of Coventry
Patmore's famous poem,
"The Toys" -
wv Httle son, uto Eookes f-osx
thoughtful syes,
And utoved and spoke IN qu,et
0r010n-gp t0tse
HaVtrg mn Ian the scDsnth ft-us
disobcBed.
: struck hin1, dnf disMtgsrr
Wtth hard trords, aud pnktsser -
His ro'her. frho N1s patient. befno
dcad
Then. fedrfng 1sst ~ grtef ,hosld
hinder sleep.
rfsifsd hts bed,
But found Atm sfuna b-~,no 6eeD.
Wft darbspsd evsitss ard fheir
iashss yet
From his late sobb~ao soefs
And J. lrtfh moan.
gtsssno stoav hfs tsars. lsft Others
~ nsv Ot5r
For on tabls araso- beside ~.
head
ne had pa, ,othir Ne reach
bor ~ oouHfsrs, ard a red
VefHed stone,
a piece o. glass abradsd bv tb-
beach
Ard str or seTrn sherLs.
bottle iCifh bluebets,
And ffoO French copper cO4rs, rar 2
ad fters tcith careful art
To com fovs hts sad heart
50, t5ter fkat uf1hs rvdy>d
To GOD, sospt, and snfd
"Ah, t0hen Gt last 5s 4. tcith
frdrcsa breath,
Not vsring Thee IN d.1sA,
A-d Thou rsnsm bcr~st o. t5hGf
toys
We made otsv toys,
Hon t7sakIg Unde-sfcof
Thy great co-~m1-d>d gooA
Then, f1tAerlu rot less
Than tOhorf thou hast moulded
rom tks clay,
FAotelt lsaDs Thv t7vdtA, dnf
sav,
r tsta BE- sorry far taety chia.sh-
Ecss;-"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
$50 ON CASUALTY
LIST FOR j. S. ARMY
Killed in Action, 90; Total Dead,
1o5; Wounded, 2,84; Miss
ing, 65; Prisoners, 2.

Washington, ID. c., Oct 29.-The fol-
lowing casualties were reported today, by
the commanding general of the American
Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action. IL
Died from wounds. ............... o
Died from accident. ............. l
Died of disease Observation-Disclosures. Il
Wounded severely. 1890. 50
Wounded, degree undetermined. $500. 30
Wounded slightly. ................. IA
Missing in action 81
Total. ..............1 $50
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29
vxTHAT a toy means to
wv a child is a thing
' the C h d will
never tell you.

He just tugs at your
hand and-"rex ct imperats
or demands to be taken
where the toys are. If he
is very little he cries for
the toy. and if it is the pet
toy. he simply bawls for il.
And. dear, dear! what
singular miscellany a list of
those favored TOYS would
represent - supposlng you
only asked the parents in
your own single block what
plaything it was that the
baby nightly requisitioned
as the price of sleep, and
fretted for by day if taken
out of sight for a moment
Sometimes it will be only
a sleeveboard dressed up in
towel as a doll.
Not merely one. but all
four of the babies in a GER
tain household, inheriting
the tradition in due success
sion. insisted on taking to
bed with them at night. a
huge handkerchief. 1t was
never used for common
place handkerchief pur-
poses. but had some mystic
significance in the scheme
of infant philosophy, never
revealed.
LET grown-ups play with
rattles if they like-it's all
that either grown-ups or
rattles are good for"-was
the stout stand taken by
one firm-willed young man
of eight months, when he
decided that the dearest, de-
lightfullest plaything, the
one fullest of fascinating
possibilities in the world,
was the empty-or, rather.
the hurriedly-emptied =
can of talcum powder. For
two months did that can
stoutly hold its ground in
his affections against all
rivals.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

4 MONG other good ad-
"a vice to grown-ups,
which we would like
to give on this page, is this:
Not being related to, or
even acquainted with, any
child, is a poor reason for
buying no toys.
Buy the toys first; shame
lessly play with them to
your hearts content-no-
body need see you
Then find the child to
give the toys to.
1t will be easy as falling
off a log.
Here's another piece of
advice:
The next time q child
pulls your hand in going
through Wanamaker's and
begs TO be taken to the Toy
Store, or even leases for a
new toy, remember some
thing you We read on this
page today.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-29

A r remember an el0ec
w very elder-sis-
ter. VINO, when
asked by the youngest IN
the family, Sister, what's
meant by the manageable
age'?" snapped out:
ANY age between six
teen and death !"
It's the same with child
hood-any age from six
months onward.
We've noticed this, in
that interesting acre and a
half on the Seventh Floor,
given over co toys; that it
does take some grown
folks the longest while 70
pick out a very simple toyl
Who do you suppose
stood spellbound one day
last week, for fully ten
minutes, at the table COW
cred with sets of toy can
non and toy soldiers, only
turning from it 70 bend
with similar absorption
over q table full Of won
derful wooden tanks?
Two full-grown, khaki
clad soldier-menl
When this was COM
mented on, someone said:
Pooh, that's nothing.
There was an admiral here
yesterday,who hung around
for over half an hour.S
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