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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
GIRLS! BEAUTIFY
YOUR HAIR AND
STOP DANDRUFF
Hair Becomes Charming, Wavy.
Lustrous and Thick in
Few Moments.
Every Bit of Dandruf Disap-
pears and Hair Stops
Coming Out.

For . few cents YOU can save Your hair
In less than 10 minutes ycu can double
It's beauty Your hair becomes light.
wayy. fluffy. abundant and appears Is
soft, u>trous and charming as a young
alri- after applying some Danderinc
Also Try this mois;en 4 cloth with 2
Ittlc DaUderlno and carefully draw il
1rouGh Your lair taking ono small
strand 1t g t.Ire This vii cleanse tic
hair of d,i~t dirt or excessive oil and
N just = few moments vou have doubled
INC beauty ot voIu hair delightful
surprise awaits those whose hair has been
neglected or IS scragGy faded dry brittle
II tLtn. Besides reautifying the hall.
Dandcriuc su>solv,~ every particle -
daudruff cie.n~e, rsrifes and irvieor-
atcs at scalp forever stopping itching
and falling hair hut s-haf vii please
Won mos VIII be after i few weeks use
when 1ou sec nev nair tine and downy
n tlrst-> YES ba really ncv hair grow
ing ali over the scalp If you care for
pretty, soft hair and lots Of IT, surely
set 3 small r---r1e Of knowlton's Dan
derine from amy drug store or toilet coln-
Ter and Just try i
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

With an army Of + 600, 900 men in pros
pect, It is evident that to provide every
man With even one gas mask Will require
2S,000,0O0 pounds Of nut shells or the
equivalent
County agents and field men Of the
| nIted States Department Of Agriculture
are urged 70 put IN a word whenever
possible to stimulate the saving and assem-
OF such material ~ q result OF the
campaign already launched barrels have
been placed IN conspicuous places IN many
cities and towns as depositories, and
large quantities Of material are being
brought together
GATHER EVERY NUT.
tn practically al OF the Eastern states
many thousand bushels OF black NalnutS.
butternuts, and hickory nuts annually 20
% waste because of not being harvested
These should all be gathered and wher-
ever practicable the best -hould be
cracked and the kernels used as food.
Nuts which cannot readily be cracked,
those which have become stale with age.
or those which have failed to deyop
plump kernels should be turned over to
the Red Cross Black walnuts and but
ternuts which are not 10 be cracked
may be sent without removing the outer
husk. Arrangements for gathering and
shipping nuts, nut shells and fruit pits
can be made through the local Red
Cross.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
THE "OVER THERE" VIEW.

We have come over TO wallop the Hun;
We won bc back till the Wet ~ is won
And winning il cant I've exactly called
But what are You doing to help?
We've got to clean up the barbarous
mob
That ; set out to conquer and murder
and rob;
And We won't give up till we've finished
the job;
But what are You doing to help2
We don't complain when we're hit by a
We don't complain when VIC starve for
SPELL
We don't complain, though we're going
through helll-
But what arc You doing TO help?
We are not asked TO subscribe TO loan
We arc commanded to give all we own,
SO that a demon may fall from his
throne;-
But what are You doing to help?
We go through water, and fire, and
smoke.
just 70 protect you, tne hoine-staVIhg
folk
We do it gladly and say it 5 no iole'
But what are You dong TO help?
Some day the sun will be shining once
more
Down on a world rid forever Of war,
And Well figure hig when they count
up the score.
Rl, what are You doing to help?
Yes.
What arc You doing to help?
Leo Turner in Now York Times
That the question everybody must
,h himself and herself, and there will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
HOME FOR FRENCH CHILDREN
American Society Has Taken Over
Chateau Of French Noble Killed in
Air Battle, and Will Aid Orphans.

While French war widows are finding
work which will enable them to support
themselves and their little ones, the
children will be cared for by the Ameri-
can Committee for Devastated France
at a great center no being established
at the Chateau of Boullay- Thierry.
Information regarding the plans of the
committee, which is doing much to make
the labor supply of France more effective
has reached the Department of Labor.
The French children at present are
placed in an unfortunate position, for
their fathers arc in the army and their
mothers can not at first earn enough
in new trades to support themselves
fore has decided to constitute itself the
temporary provider for the little ones,
and to care for them until tho fathers
are demobilized or the mothers acquire
sufficient skill to provide for family
The present headquarters of the col
ony is at Roger, but the
new location will provide much better
quarters The Chateau of Roullay-
Thierry belonged TO the young >Comte
de Qunsannas, m aviator, who was
killed about year ago, eight days be
fore the time set for his marriage He
left the chateau to the ministry of war,
and the American committee has been
given full rights to it and 10 the ten
acres OF park surrounding it.
Hundreds of applications are COM
ing In from mothers who wish To place
children there
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

they IRE taken back ~ the bunk house,,
and, after p few days convalesenee they
werc able 10 % bach 10 g0rk
Everything Is done Tor he fprn riZh'
A. hand and every f1cilify was included
N this temporary hospital Ihcre are
two stories, electric lights lor lInniu-
atioD and stoyca for heating In fhc
rear there is 3 diet kitchen well eqIipped,
and not anybodv could GDd fault With
what has been done here
More ran be sad and Il will n said,
of volunteer work and professional work
IN this city as fine ~ anything on the
battlefelds 81 France and tiandcr
Everybody who worried has worked
wondorfnly Tcll and with splendid
cheerfulnegs and spirit Many of the
doctors and nuraes and their aids have
contracted thc HB" becaUsc 81 this
worl, and arr now IL With i 1ut they
IRE not rcgrefiQi of their aervice. and
the appreciation e not ONLY from the
patients who received j. 5gt from the
city "a a Whole
Nn Hova-I Ple Il 81 Haskell
~ ~ spend three months 18th Nr
and Mr willard g Crichton
Mr and Mr. sherman Lloyd r.
/ Ee.ng congratulated 70 The riri
q son on Sundav
Afrs C1oIand Jonev gho md oer
stasng y Wet Chester ~ Tor hro
months, ret1rned nome 'odsv
Mrs ReanaId Huidekoper ,au.
np from Washington today 70 sDera
tho winter With aar mother Mr. b
q ~ Port
N- md Tr Richard sr.-7ck a.
spending 'orfri@ht u Toronto Car-
ada
NT-, Mildred -at.cr+ aait and
7 Parl !'reIt ae married atrr
da osiober - ocr - thp nom
ii bride unr-a4-Itu ad j--
ter hir and .ji~ rsnk EfoCos
If Tie IcnaT J tlI be verv small
wedding. attended oniv hv The mmedi
ate families Rcv Io-iah r Cravfor
wlil perform lie ceremony
Nr Bright Il fhr -nn ST SIR and Nfrs
Paul Bright and is. connected WITH th0
Fore River ~hirbmidng Co 1t Q'uucs
Mass ITe nd hf- wife w7lI reside NJ
y DAVIS streot Wollasfon Mass
.ilss Mary Cooper Il rizi+ing lIr
I'd Mrs John ! r. Cooper in Glen
Ridge A
Mrs Henry P. Rumford IS staying
II ttantic City for 2 few weeks
Those Of us who are fond If Eaaman S
-and many oi Is are-Rl!l BE glad
to know that the f-c ri Monday even
iHg lid not destroy anv IF the old block
house Il was u the roof, ana the rool
was modern. It had 0een put IN BY the
R3binsons when they bought the place
.ot 50 many ears ago. Tho FIRE. 81
course rraQe cutie = mess as Tres ana
thr water required -n 4ueuch then
4Iwavs 10, fHf nothing 81 vaiue was dc.
troved. and he place a1ii soon lssrmr
~ rrorToH easrra 81 20 a1d r0mf0r-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
WOMEN FARMERS SUCC ESS.

Wheat over SIX feet iii height vas
grown at Great Bidlake, England
Devonshre farm which is entirely worked
and managed BY womens labor The
farm was IN very poor state when the
women took i over, early in the war. but
today. says Mrs Mildmay, wife Of Colonel
Nlidmay, who Is member Of Parliament
for one Of the Devonshire divisions, it is
producing the best mangolds in the dis
trict The hay crop was excellent, the
horses are IN first-rate condition, and not
a weed is 10 be seen
The success of the all-woman" farm i
not a llttk due to Mrs Mild ray herself
who has actively Interested herself in
the organization Of womens labor on
farms IN the west Of England.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
ONE BOND MORE.

When Pershlng's men come sailing home
They will not ask If you
Went through the war in khaki dress
Or IN the navy's blue.
They will not envy you the Job
That brought plenteous pay,
While for pittance they went forth
On their death-haunted way
With just this blunt and SIMPLE test
Your mettle they will try
When bonds were sold to help US fight.
How many did you buy?"
When Pershing 5 men come sailing home
Beware Of camoufage
v hen they inquire how much you poured
Into the gold barage!
If you desire the knightly hearts
TO count you one of those
Through whom, upon night-wrapped
world,
The star of freedom rose.
Prepare to say. Il could not plunge
Through shells, and gas, and gore
Bur when I'd bought bonds till it hurt
signed for one bond m0rer'
Daniel Henderson in New York
Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
The "Over There" View
Whatare You Doing toHelp?

| he great many who are not helping II
/ Delaware does not have ten per cent oi
J her population enrolled as Liberty Bond
| buyers. The women workers are partICu-
! larly ANXIOUS to have this percentage
! as their part of the campaign, and they
| probably would have had it by this time
if the epidemic had not stopped the
house to house and the farm to farm
canvass. As things are now they must
ask people to step out and buy at city
and county headquarters and at street
booths
| In Delaware there should be 10000
subscribers In Wilmington there should
he 10, GOO subscribers. At present IN the
city there are a little over 4 per cent
! of that number to the women's credit.
They ask every one 10 buy bond now,
They ask every one TO buy another
bond and get on the Honor Roll
MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT
As earnest of their determination TO
win out in face of fearful odds, the women
: of Delaware have assured President
Wilson of their support of the Liberty
Loan, and have given him their pledge
to do their utmost This was expressed
in a telegram, sent to the President
yesterday by Mrs. Henry Ridgely, State
chairman 1t follows
To the President of the United States
The Women's Liberty Loan Committee
of Delaware rejoice that you insist on
unconditional surrender for the imperial
German government. As the battle
goes on over there we, battalion of
the army of the American people, serving
in the cause of Liberty, pledge ourselves
anew to do our utmost over here. strength
encd tv vour reply to the German note.
We are determined in spite Of the ter
rihle scourgc which has thinned our
ranks, prevented all public meetings
and caused the house to house canvass
To be prohibited in city districts, 20 bring
our little State again 10 first place in its
Liberty Loan response.
Mrs Henry Ridgclv. State Chairman
Women Liberty Loan Committee of
Delaware.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
CIRCIlMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Ialloa. Tins said Jones 4 saw
your wife this morning BY Jovo' thai
rev coat Of hers must have cost j pot Of
money Your dong specially we'll At
present.,
No, not exactly. replied Tins.
nloodiIy Fact IS she got i by acci-
dent
BY accident exclaimed Jones
How was that
Well. old fellow. il was this way [
got home rather late the other night
The hall was very dark but could just
distinguish figure standing by the chair
] slipped Up 70 her. put my arm around
her waist and whispered Mary, give me
a kiss
.But--but stammered Jones. 81
thought your wife's name was katei"
Il is. nurmued Tins: that's how
she got the coat '-Tit-Bits
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid OF dand-
ruff is to dissolveiit, then you destroy il
entirely TO do IS, get about fur ounces
Of ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night
when retiring; use enough to ~ ,.stcn the
scalp and rub it in gently with finger
tips
Do this tonight and by morning, most. il
not all, of your dandruff viii be gone, and
three or four more applications will com
pletely dissolve 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 will stop at once and
your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy.
silky and soft, and look and feel hundred
times better
You can get lifuid arvon at any drug
store. it Is inexpensive and never fails TO
do tn, work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

| l Yoy might try ". p BLEST
Wlping out frSing-pan with squeezed
up newspaper as soon as YOU have tin
/ lshCd using it, The paper viii absorb
the grease. and the pan will need no
washing. while the paper will come in
splcndidly for lighting fires.
Clearing M as YOU 20 when doing
lot of cooking Ii all tho washing IN
is left till the cooking is done, il some
how seems such i terrible lot where
IS if one washes up say, basin, the
moment il IS done with. it doesn't take
a moment. and I'll the place IS kept
clear.
Jslng sheet Of greaseproof paper
10 roll out pastry on II YOU are pressed
for time, and don want 10 have the
bother Of washing the astryhoard.
The same piece oi paper. If II IS sponged
with clean damp cloth afte~ use and
put carefully away, will do again and
again
WhcH making trcacle or Jam LAYER
pudding sllc!ng thinlv tops ii any odd
pieces oi bread YOU may have on hand
and laying these on the treacle or jam
instead ri the crumbs one is told III
the recipes 10 use for the purpose The
sliced stale bread does every bit as we'll
When using treacle, give good squeeze
of lemon-juice 10 the bread after il IS
laid over the treucle The lemon Is a
great Improvement
Using d piece OF rough tweed for
applying polish to brass if YOU want
70 get the tarnish of as easily as possible
With bit Of rough tweed it is wonder
full how easily one can clean it. and
lots Of people must have little bits by
them that have been left over when a
coat skirt has been made
Mendlng torn bath-towels with Turk
ish toweling A patch of this, machined
on. and the torn part darned down to
II, will give the towel a new lease Of
life iii these days. with the price Of
such towels going up 10y leaps and bounds
il is an econ my well worth trying
Repairing the worn hem of a tailor
made skirt this way Unplck the hem.
then cut all along the base Of the skirt,
turn the cutoff hem upside down. join
to the skirt again, and turn up afresh.
The skirt viii be just a little shorter
nan II was before. but not much. It's
the tidiest way Of repairing worn hem
that have ever struck.
Keeping a bottle of peroxide oi hy-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
"SWear-Words" For Women

ginning with 4 laoial like nlon or
bother or pancakes The Inns set to
gether, and hen burst
Has woman chauffeur hit on the right
word when She says. "Oh. blankets
Mould Blankets. do
Or is there i word, unrepulslvc no an
womanll not vulgar. which would be a
real verbal safety valve
As-urcdly its not wrong to let IN, )
natural wrath out al down the ages there
have been expletyes, Of sorts What Is
theword that women can u,e Blankets
ct What2
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
a FIEIp Ho~plr

If you looh 81 thu emergency aa,-
pI1al at From; and Union ryes- ,7a
may possible mistake il for 4 mai>9n
demontable Ia France. AND
naison demontaple because Il Was
pat in just IS hours and vou mas .ec
just he samr thing n France neyal!~.
II is the regulation Eield hoSpit. Il
is the finest one between Bath, Maine
and Jacksonville, Fta Dr lobn huhu-
physician tor the lmergeUuN Fleet Cor
poratlon SAID SO when he Was here an
Monday. and he said y WAS 20 web
put up and 50 well run that he would
like to take It around to the other ship
building plants to SHOW them how It
was completed iust two weeks ago ve--
terdaY, and its mission of curing has been
going on ever since At the start. things
were very forloru There were no nurses
available, there were no doctors who
could give undivided attention there
was almost nobody to DO anything
Cots were taken from the bunk houses,
and the Is patients lying in one Of these
houses needing attention ii the worst
KIND OF way, were taken over there.
Help, efficient and svmp4th sc help
arrived. Dr. Hoglc and Mrs William
Z. Speakman went g the Rescue. ana
their work was Ut Erea relief TO Dr
j. NJ. Stadter, Who was III charge and
badly in need of help These two work
ers called in others, Mrs Edmund Dore-
mus aud Mrs Charles y Whit and
later the ntal students and other uur-
scs were secured. and IN j few days. i
well organized hospital had been es-
tablished Miss Ii \ Miler a trained
nurse, was brought from PHILADELPHIA.
and Miss Broadheni, Miss Charlotte
kohnl1er, Mrs. Galloway and Mrs
MaucheT were secured There have
heen l0l patients there, aud Of hese
81 have been discharged cured. three
have died and n re still there There
have been fewer deaths there than Clse-
where, because when the men became
III at herr work theN were Instantly
taken over 70 the hospital and thus
there Was 10 delay IN securing attention
Tor them. When cured Il the hospital.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
ENGLISH COLLEGE
MEN" ARE GIRLS

War and the industries made neces-
sarv bv war have had the effect Of dc
plcting the student bodies Of English
universities to an extent that will he
serious this year. At the University of
Birmingham, one Of the most modern
and progressive seats of learning in
Great Britain, where scientific training
is speciality. all the graduates who
received the degree of bachelor of science
this year were women Two-thirds of
the masters of science were Japanese
and four-fifths of the bachelors Of medi-
cine were girls
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
You Might Try

drogcn by YOU with which to rub your
hands If YOU get them stained Never
use soap for stained hands. The soap
sets the stain. and makes it far more
difficult TO remove than it otherwise
would be
Cleaning a stained porcelain sink
this way Put into bottle about 8
tcaspoonful OF chloride of lime and the
same quantity of washing soda. Pour
on half a pint of cold water With a
little Of this poured on your brush, well
scrub the sink occasionally, rlnsing
afterwards with plenty Of water hot
the bottle well corked
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
Embarrassing Hairs
Can be Quickly Removed
PeaJa utGre

i4-t- aA easly aan4sned from -:
~Nln ay f.I~ atstch nalaless method Mi
INTO 8 ii paste some powdered deIatour
and Halel preA4 au hairy -lrtace 4uu
IN af minutes riID of, wash ae -A.u
..aa s4 He Tee from hair ar enl-
f>erprag = yerN stubborn L-oWth~
appiuafton + sufficient Ia avoia
apaoLlTR ert hll, ft. ,-.atunr ell sa ora
g. n>i .Sage
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

The title Of this article may startlc you
but please don let ii shock you 1t looks
worse than it sounds which Is quite fit
ting.
Half IN jest. and hall IN earnest tins
question WAS put TO W0man-Workei the
other day:
Before tie war you earned nothing
now YOU get three pounds 4 week } on
are yoln own master; III due course YOU
will have vote You can buy what vou
like, wear What you like, and do what you
like The war has emancIpated you
Is there any thing else you WANT
And the reply, also half in Jest and hall
in earnest, was; II want what men call
'swear-Word. an eNpletiye which will
act as a sort OF safety valve to my feelings
when the demon Of contrariness gets into
my work ! find that If bottle my an
noyance, my wrath, ny rage call IT what
you like up, it takes il out Of me. And
once when nobody Was near and let an
expietive explode felt immensely better
No, | sha'nt tell you what II was 1t
wasn't 'Bothcrr though That not strong
enough. \ ou need a word which, somehow,
is big enough to lei the einslde steam escape
Not a wicked word. nor an unwomanly
word Just something that will IN real
truth ease your feelings. Oh yes. | know
that Ia theory Il would be better to
restrain One feelings and bottle ones
natural wrath M but IN practice its
a real relief to c>pIodc outwardly, and
save the inside strain Give me a good
word, please!'
Is tins woman-vorkcr really voicing a
long-fet nced?' 4 few inquiries seem 10
prove that she Is Women don want 10
swear, hut they want Il word, or words,
which Will fulfil the function OF a safety
valve What is the word2
A bishop, Keen on goli, but il bad player
used to say " tssouant when things went
wrong The Assouan work III Egypt is the
biggest dam ID tie world
There Hang it.' aGonfmnd II.
Blow Il But lheat don seem forcihIc
enough and they lack novelty Nhai is
the eNpletive hat shall al once be femin-
inc but forclblca
fhe suitable word should &c one he
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
DESTAL -IUDENIS.

DR. Herbert VI Hogue. Who IS ahiug
are Of DR. William : >peakman prac-
ice, had the fortunate thought ol bring
lng studenets II the senior claS- from
nc University Of Pennsylvania dental
school here. and not too much can -
said IN praise Of their work They haye
not spared themselves and hey have
worked day and night ana wherever
they were needed They puJ rneH-
selves at the disposal Of the doctors ami
nurses, and they have never refused &
task put 70 them. There have been Il
here at various hospitals. principally 1t
the Homeopathic Hospital the Country
Club. and Front ani Union street,.
Messrs. Angstadt ana Nost Buchiel anu
Waterhouse have been at lhe Homo
pathlc Hospital ai nav thc Ia~r Ao
named have been changed Is he
Country Club, and tWo other, were
sent there, and William IL Hayeraost
and +. D. Ciarretson arc at Front and
Union two are al Pigeon Point and ruo
are at the barracks u the penn>z lvau.t
st9tl n
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
DAU GHTERS or 1872.

On account Of he epidemic no meeting
of the Daughters Of 1912 was held yester-
day afternoon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

Keeping bottle of peroxide d hy-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16

siiss Mary Cooper .s ri7i+ing Ir
I'd Mrs John + r Cooper ia Glen
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-02-14

Philip. the inquiring spirit; Bartholo-
NEW. the man of prayer; Matthew,
the busy business man: Thomas, the
loyal doubter; James, the son OF AL
phaeus. and Thaddaeus, whose names
are all we have; Simon, the Canaan
ite. zealot and Judas, "who betray-
ed Him..
1t is good to hear how God used
common men to advance His King
DOM For most of us are common
people and it is an encouragement to
lis to know that God will use lives
like ours when they are devoted to
Him. Dr. Piggott speaks of Gods
picked men in the following fashion:
eff there is any reality in our relig-
ion. il is not enough to have chosen
Christ: there remains the anxiety to
hr chosen of him. The youth who
,uinS II football club, If he has any in
terpSt in the game. is not content with
that. He wants to be chosen to play
IN the match: he wants to be chosen
out Of the second eleven into the first.
Tive soldier. if he has the real in"
stinct and lGve of his profession. is
not content with having chosen it; he
wants his regiment to be chosen for
active service. We have read of men
who chafed and frettcd on the field,
.ccing their comrades sweep into posi-
ton while they were kept inactive.
1t is the pride of the skilled work
man. not only to know that he can
10 his work well, but to be selected
~ the master when there is an in
tlicate and responsible task to be un-
dertaken
"If you want Gods eye to light
upon you, you must fit yourself for
His work: You must do the duty that
lies nearest you well: YOU must be
faithful" in few things if you hope
10 be set over many things. Every
youth knows how the footballer gets
from the second into the first eleven;
he does it by playing the game all
he knows and for all he Is worth.
That is how Peter and James and
John got into the first eleven. of.
Christ That is how we may win
Gods call upon our service.