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One lady said she earned her dollar by
polishing her husbands shoes ut the ratc
of two shines for quarter. A small boy
secured his sum by going after the milk
each morning, instead of having it de-
livercd at the door Others gave teas,
moving picture parties, and five hundred
parties, charging admission.
A musical and literary program fol-
lowed including a play, and n collation.
was served
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
NEWS OF A DAY
DOWN DELAWARE
Mrs. Hart Of Georgetown, Aged
81 Years, Proves That She is
Good Traveller.
SIGNS OF SPRING ARE SEEN
An Interesting Session Of the
Parent Teacher Association OF
Newport, Last Night.

scs,-,al Corrcspondence of Every Evening
Newnort. Feb. l4.-The Psrent-Teacher
Association Of Newport met in monthly
business session in the schoolhousc, last
night with good attendance. The
treasurer reported balance OF Sco.44 on
hand :. !,
Nrs. Garvine reported having visited
the school during the past month, and foun
the school during the past month, and
found everything going ON IN an efflcieht
and satisfactory manner.
The visiting committee for March was
appointed rs follows: Mrs. Arthur Roth
well. Mrs. William Hanns, Mrs. John
Frist. AIrs Harvey Benson and Mrs
William CugSton.
Mis- Nora stuart was instructed to
purchase service flags.
Representatives of the Homo Soldiers
Relief Assertion vls't the school every
Wednesday aftcrnoc, and hass-uct the
children IN knitting.
Mis-. Clarence Crosssn, president OF the
Parent-TcachCr Association OF Richard
son Park, told Of the doings OF the ess-o-
ciation 81 that place. The ASSOCIATION has
= membership of a out 20.
Miss Nora Stuart, v1Ce-prezldcnt, gave
rvport of the New Castle Conference OF
National Y OngferS Oi hiothtis anu % eHN
Teacher Associations held IN Forest Pres
byteran Church. Middletown, Saturday,
November "a. 1917
Miss Ellis Johnson, president Of New
port Association, viii attend the Con-
ference of National Educational Asso-
CATIONS al Atlantic City, \. j., February
- 10 March ?.
The evening wss then TUNED over to
the teachers. who presented pleasing
program. 4 collation. was served.
The next meeting will be held on March
n The program will b. OF patriotic
nsture, and Service Flag. containing
star for each boy who has attended the
school. and who If now in service, Will be
unhirled
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
NOW CATCHING OYSTERS.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Georgetown, Feb. l4.-For the first
time since last fall, tongers of the famous
BroadkiIn oysters were able to catch
s-sall quantities, on Tuesday They are
finding ready sales in this town at 40 cents
per five-eighth basket. and the demand
for them far exceeds the supply.
The severe winter weather caused most
of the oyster houses along the bay shore TO
close, but now that the streams are opened
operations will be started.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
GEORGETOWN.
raal Correspondents of Every Evening

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Georgetown, Feb. l4.-Efecting an
entrance TO an outbuilding at the home
II Thomas Littleton, on Cedar street,
by prying of staple, a sneak thief
carried away half OF hog worth more
than $50 No clue has been obtained.
Funeral services of George Pepper,
an aged and highly respected farmer of
near Coolspring. who died on Saturday,
took place at Coolspring Presbyterian
Church Tuesday, conducted by the
pastor. Rev. " II Davies of this town.
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for every shade.

for every shade.
Furniture for til e
plain people, but not
plain furniture for the
plain people.
It isn't necessary,
even in the original de-
signing and making OF
simple furniture, in
tended TO sell at q low
price, that it have that
h op e e g 8, "best-we-
could-afford" look about
it.
Good, substantial fur
niture, the kind that
can look one square in
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NEWS OF MILFORD.


Special Correspond -noe Of Every Evening
Milford, Feb. l4.-Next Monday after
noon the anniversary tea Of the Milford
New Century Club will be held at the
home of Mrs John G. Trlitt Until fur
ther notice the weekly meetings viii be
held by invitation at the homes of diff
ferent members, with the exception Of the
first Monday in the month, when the
meetings will be held at the clubrooms.
Mrs. George II. Hall is spending this
week in Philadelphia.
Miss BeSs s. Ratcliffe of Germantown,
Pa, Is spending few days here with her
parents. MIR and Mrs. John W. Ratclfe-
Harold c. Grier left on Tuesday for
Annapolis, Md, where be will enter the
Naval Academy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
Grandmother Was the Druggist.

In the early days of our country grand
mother was the druggist, and her drugs
consisted mostly of roots and here's
gathered from the fields and forests.
There WAS peppermint for indigestion,
mullen for coughs, slSullcap for nervous
ness, thoroughwort for colds, worm
wood for bruises and sprains and so on.
They were successful remedies, too.
was from a combination of such roots
and herbs that Mrs. Lydia L. Pinkham
of Lynn, Mass, more than 40 years ago,
originated her now famous Vegetable
Compound; and during all these long
years no other remedy has ever been
discovered to restore health to ailing
women SO successfully as this good old
| fashioned root and herb medicine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
Dental Society Meets.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Delaware Dental Society was beld in
parlors A and b in the hotel du Pont,
last night. An address on Dental work
was gwen by DIR. ID: G. Zurbrigg of the
J.. ID. Caulk Dental Company, of Milford
Encouraging reports were made Of the
work of the Dental Clinic here. Rep
resentatives of the Internal Revenue
office explained the system of Income Tax
to the members during the evening.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
A Sale That Goes Because It's Real
And Is Real Because 1t Goes
The Furniture Sale lat February S0Uings)
AT WANAMAKER'S

so low that the aggre-
gate savings offered to
purchasers reach more
than a quarter of a
million dollars. It was
we who threw it open
to the people on Feb
ruary first.
But they have made
it their sale now. Every
day and all day they
are showing it onl
TT isn't everywhere
L we'll, let's be frank
about it and say that it
isn't anywhere else
they could shove so
hard, and not make a
single dent in the ser
vice.
Here it's the exact
middle of the month,
by the calendar, and
you can come In here
this m orn in e and
choose from a stock
large enough and fine
enough and sufficient
ly reasonable in its
prices to satisfy the
demands of any and
every home. Yet for
the past two weeks the
selling has been pheno-
menal.
MOST stores by this
A'A stage Of a F'urni-
ture Sale would be copy
ing the examples of
Xerxes, and marching
their men around the
mountain, TO make an
impression.
But although our
quantities have been
drawn on heavily, they
are not depleted. The
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
AGED WOMAN GOOD TRAVELLER.

special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Georgetown. Feb l4.-Miss Lizzie c.
Hart. managing editor of the Sussex
Republican, who for the past two months
had been visiting her niece, Mrs. George
Williams, at Stantonsburg, \. c., return
"a home. Tuesday night, and has taken
up her duties
Mss Hart was accompanied on the trip
nv her mother, Ars Elizabeth Hart,
who h. reached her S7th year This is
the fftl up the aged woman has taken
70 the 50 II the past seven years.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
HARBINGERS OF SPRING.
Special Correspondence of Every Evenini

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Georgetown, Feb. 14.-Robins and
bluejays have been seen in different parts
of the town within the past three days,
and their appearance, according to old
residents, is hsrhinger OF springtime.
The weather this week has been like May,
and the spirit of the springtime is per
vsding the air
Farmers are hoping the good weather
VIII continue as it viii give them an early
start with their work and greatly help
them, because of the shortage of labor.
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GOOD FARM SALES.

SPECIAL Corresp pdencc OF Every Evening
Hockessip, > IA At the sale Of
. stock Of Jot Pncp'lss, formerly
~ near State Ros, spvs sold at $50 to
500 horses $50 / 500 chickens 80
cent per pound r. The farming
mplei ents and Wag, brought good
vaIues
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TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE.

special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Newark. Feb Theodore t. Martin,
SUCCESSOR 10 II. t. Ruhl as fate leader
~ hoy- and girls clubs. as aucd his new
duties At Delaware Collegs. this week
Today Mr. Martin and Miss Agnes
Medill his assistant, left for Washington,
where they will attend a general con
ference of BOYS and girls club workers
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Sale has been a nlne-
days wonder; it will be
a 2S-days' wonder. We
made provision for it on
a scale of magnitude
that no other store
dreams of.
The "best pieces" are
not "gone." The best
pieces are here, at the
best savings and in quail
ity as good as ever.
That w ID "best
piece" has so many
shades of meaning! And
we believe we have a
piece--a suit-a group
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14

THE same feature Of
genuineness in val
ues and in savings (all
the way from 10 per
cent TO so per cent? en-
ters into the offerings
Of the highest grade
furniture - t h e fine
classic suits, the beauti-
full period pieces, for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14

tones, give an unusually pleas
ing effect. Special price S29
Another exceptionally attrze-
tive three-piece suit for psrlor
or living-room use is of mshog-
any and cane; wing back effect
and loose boxed frame seat,
upholstered in rich dark. toned
tapestry. The complete suit Is
$3.50. Individual pieces are:
settee. $3.50; rocking chair,
s14; armchair. sl4.
In mahogany finish. com
Portable and artistic-lookfHg
rocker. plain turned leg. curved
back, broad shaped arms, ard
spring seat upholstered in blue
plush, is only $3.50.
A mahogany settee, in Will
lam and Mary style, with three.
section back and wing sides,
cane seat, is SIT.
A beautiful mahogany table
of the heavy Colonial type
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
HAkD-EARNED DOLLARS.

-poca CORE pondeDoe Of Z Evening
seaiord feb. Il " .mbers and friends
oi ~ Iuke's l. / Church met In the
Acorn Club rooms, la,f evening, to report
dollars they had earn,d for the church
and tell how TREY had earned them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14

rvunded corners suitable for the
psrlor, livinx-room or The -
br.ry, n sz4. Two large sgusr.
columns yestinR on . solid plst-
form, with four sorofled f-~t,
support the table top. One deep
drawer AMI . long nsyyr~ sh.H
below.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14

how your Furni-
ture Sale keeps
going ahead a i d
someone to us the 9th
er day. Whereupon
someone else said:
at would be more
remarkable if it didn't
keep going ahead, see
ing what's back of it,
The t in G that's
back of this February
Furniture Sale is
REALITY.
Reality doesn't vince
or look around for a
corner for escape when
the limelight is switch
ed on.
Our six acresfull of
furniture has now had
nine working days of
display and inspection,
under floods Of day
light pouring in from
the great, CHEEKY win
dows on the Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh
floors.
And under streams
Of soft, clear reflected
light from the ceiling
lamps.
And under the keen,
rigid scrutiny of the
eyes of the people who
are going to pay out
good money, Of tie n
hard-earned m oney y,
for the furniture.
That's the strongest
test of all.
THEY have been do
4 ing just what we
asked them to do.
They've turn e d up
C h a irs and they've
pulled out drawers.
And wherever they go
on t h e Sc furniture
floors, whatever stock
they look over, what
ever purchases they
make, big or little, they
find our every state
ment verified.
So the Sale can't
help but go ahead~The
people push it ahead.
The man who ground
colors for Turner, the
great artist, once con-
fided in an admirer of
the paintings as fol
lows:
"Bless you, it's me
that does the work. |
mixes the colors. All
he does is to shove 'em
on!"
Bless you, it was we
who did the work, dur
ing these. past busy
months, of getting to-
gether a million dol
lars worth of fine fur
niture, and pricing it
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14
DID YOU NAIL THAT VALENTINE?

And have you yet mailed this coupon, which
will bring you information of real service to you in
your city shopping?
JOHN WANAMAkE Err, Philadelphia:
your 1SpAge fully illustrated booklet, The
February and also the pamphlet Store and
Home"
Name ......---..-.......s..
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DO you KNOW A GOOD GARAGE HAN7
II he uoants JOB, send him to Buyenu or
Employment. If you knou t,co, send both hare
more than, opening for q ,petent automobile
mechanic
Store places for DoU1en open too-pernn-
nent ones Some preutous business training desirable
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which Discerning pur-
chasers come here be-
cause they know the Sc
lection is unrivaled.
For All example or
two
An exquisite suit IN French
gray enamel. trimmed With a
delicate beading touched With
white. which heigh.ens the rf-
feet Of severe elegance borne
out by the lines OF the design.
IL is of the period of Louis XVI.
The dressing table is most I'M
usual; kidney-shaped. With tn
pie mirror. and topped Nth a
striped blue-xno-siiver brcczae
underneath piate-glase-
Other pieces include. Of
course. chairs and bureau. the
former upholstered ~ith blue
and-silver brocade; an oval stool
for the dressing table. an oval
lamp-stand, topped wIth b~yelea
plate-glass With the hlue-.na-
silver beneath. and very hand
some chifforobe sith drawer
panels showing neda.lions and
hanging baskets in relief.
A very striking and unusual
writing desk comes in stippie en-
amel. With two chairs 10 match.
The lines are Georgian The
novel and pleasing effect Of
ivory and dull black Is carried
out consistently in the black
touches on the huted legs and
biack-and-white striped front
ledge and drawer OF the desk.
and in the handsome vide
striped blaek-snd-buH velour
with which the seats Of the arm
chair and the straight chair are
covered. There is a quaint oval
hanging mirror 20 match.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-14

THERE is only one
L thing limited in this
sale, and that is time.
Little Miss February.
the shortest month Of
the year, is this year
shorter than ever, from
q work-day viewpoint,
and, like little Miss Net
ticoat in the nursery
riddle,
The longer she stands.
the shorter she grOIrS.
Coming in, tomorrow?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
SAVING RAIN AT LAST.
Weather Bureau on Saturday Pre-
dictcd Yesterdays Shower;
Crops Will Take New Start.

True to the weather bureaus predic-
tion on Saturday-rain next week on
and after Tuesday quiet and sril
satisfying shower began yesterday and
continued all night While the weather
man is held in suspicion IT is well TO note
how very few times he misreads tho skies,
the wind, the signs of the times. Rarc-
ly is he wrong
The downfall reached here in time to
save many Of the especially the
corn. to enable farmers to prepare for fall
planting, and to revive the whiting garden
and field vegetables so that the danger of
scarcity autumn and winter supply is
averted The corn crop, which seemed
so near destruction by the protracted
period of drouth will take new lease
of life and ear and fill into the big yield
promised early in the season.
Ripenirg fruits will also share in this
rejuvenation and everybody will feel
grateful for the saving rain.
Rarely has this section of the country
been so badly in need of rain The
seven weeks of unbrokcn drought had
brought the growing corn to .tandstill
and halted the development of all crops
of garden and field. Farmers may esti-
mate the rain as having value of thou
eands of dollars to this section.
The shower has also exposed fal.ty of
the old propheey that a cloudless ST.
Swithin's Day brings 40 days of immunity
from rain
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
COMMUNITY SERVICES
BENEFIT, SAYS FRIEND
Getting People Out of Denomina-
ton Groove, He Tells Con
cord Quarterly Meeting.

Several phases Of work which need 70 h,
done and the attitude necessary for such
service were brought before Concorc
Quarterly Meeting Of Friends yesterday
at Concor,iville. Delaware County. Rep
rcsentativcs also were present from
Philadelphia, Abingdon and Salem Quar-.
tiers and from Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Caroline ] Worth, of West Chester
was the first speaker in the devotional
| meeting
Joel Borton. Of Woodstown. n ].
! dwelt on the transformation necessary tn
get the viewpoint under changed condi-
uons. He said in this strenuous life il
was hard 10 get time for reflection and
communion. He saw in the breaking
| down of denomnational barriers and the
| holding of community service the benefits
| accruing from getting out of sectarian
| grooves
William T Cope. Of West Chester,
spoke Of the Friends reconstruction work
in France. which. he said. had deeper
and more lasting foundation than the
material side we must give, he de-
clared. as never before for this cause.
Our boys over there have grown as
they would never have done here, and
we here must grow TO match them on
their return
Daniel Batchellor. Of Baltimore speak |
ing OF the young man who had great |
possessions. qlcried, What lack vet?'' |
drew todav's lesson to those who have /
lived moral and charitable lives. vet |
feel a lack
There Is a touchstonc in every life"
he said; we have ideals, vet something
Is holding us dOwn-one thing we cannot
give UP.
THE work hes before us" was the
message of Emma l.. Higgins, Of West
Chester, and her Interpretation WIS 10
prepare the young life before them and
10 show them daily living tha. religion
is not q creed or doctrine, but q life
Doctor Palmer and Friend Sill also
spoke, the latter dwelling on LOYALTY In It's
wa. closed by Jesse G. Green, Of West
Chester who is SIX months past the
century mark
Morgan Bunting and Anna Travella
Speaknan were clerks at the business
meeting, Orange Grove Meeting, in
California, being the only one not directly |
represented.
Three queries were considered Refer
ence was made 10 the work instituted |
by Baltimore Meeting in providing beds
and breakfast at veek-ends for soldiers /
and sailors in the city on holiday The
hope was expressed that Philadelphia |
Meeting might do something along this
line.
Lucy Biddle Lewis queries whether
the injunction against tale-bearing and |
detraction should not extend beyond /
the confines of the society She said
if I'VE lived close TO the Germans and the
Austrians, we might not say the things
we do"
Elizabeth Newland, Abby NJ Hall
and Edwin J. Durnall dwelt also on the
power and need of love
Friends were urged TO send books
and clippings from home papers TO men
in the service.
The annual report Of the philanthropic
committee of which Charles Palmer. of
Chester, is chairman, showed fourteen
meetings had been held
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
Personal.

Albert L. O'Brien, who is connected
with the drawing room staff of the
Merrill Stevens ShipbuildiDg Corpora.
tion OF Jacksonville. Fla, is spending
few days with his parents, Mr. arc
Mrs. Dsriel O'Brien, of 1O9 West Sixth
street. Mr.. O'Brien wss formerly con-
Lected with Harlan's.
Mrs. Joseph A O'Brien, of the Frank
lynn Apartments. left Friday evening
for Nashville, Tenn, to join her hus-
band, who is connected with the du Pont
Powder Company.
Miss Helen j Merritt, of 2416 JEFF
ferson street, is at Asbury Park, n. J.
Miss Helen J. Merritt Is spending he,
vacation at Asbury Park, y. =
Mrs. L. Y. Eisenberger, Ms. S. c.
Sharrard, Miss Jennie Nansant, and Miss
jeanette Sharrard have returned from
their vacation, spent at Wildwood Stone
Har Dor and Cape May, n j. While at
Cape May they visited the Wissahickon
Barracks, Base Hospital and General
Hospital.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
LOCAL EMPLOYERS
ARE COOPERATING
Elect Members of State Advisory
and Community Boards and
Name Committeeman.

One hundred and fifty Sen, represent
ing delaware employers and cooperating
with the Public Service Reserve and the
United States Employment Service, mel
In Eden Hall last night for the purpose
of electing employers representatives or
the State Advisory Board and Community
Boards and members of employment
management committees. The State Ad-
visory Board will be composed of A. G..
Benkhart, State director of the United
States Employment Service. two repre-
sentatives OF employers and two represent
atives of employees, and each of the seven
Community Boards in the State will
consist of one representative of the United
States Employment Service, one repre-
sentative Of employers and one representa-
tive of employees.
G. ID. Garretson presided, and Clarence
c. killen served as secretary.
Mr.. Garretson told the functions
of the State Advisory Board and the
Community Boards.
c. W Sutton, president of the American
Vulcanized Fibre Co, and ]. f. Walker,
manager of the Eastern Malleable Iron
Co, were elected members of the State
Advisory Board.
Employers in the First district. COM
prising Wilmington and Brandywine
hundreds, elected as members of the First
district employment management com
mittee A. b. Ayerst, superintendent of the
Delaware Mills of the Jessup & Moore
Paper Co; c. T. BRIGHAM, office manager
of the New Castle Leather Co: Joseph
Stuart, superintendent of the lobdel Car
Wheel Co; John J Satterthwait, president
of the Remington Machine Co; Willard A.
Speakman, president of the Speakman
Supply and Pipe Co; G. ID. Garretson,
general manager of the Electric Hose and
Rubber Co; Fred Blatz, assista ant super
intendent of the F. Blumcnthal Co. and
J. G. Melendy, superintendent Of the
General Chemical Co. The committee
elected Mr. Garretson a member OF the
First District Community Board
Employers in tho Second district,
comprising New Castle and Red Lion
hundreds, elected as members of the Sec
ond district employment management
committee ]. Wesley Morris, president of
the Wilmington Fibre Speciality Co;
Ezekiel Cooper. q director of the Deemer
Steel Casting Co. and William T. Budd,
superintendent On the Penn Seaboard
Steel Corporation. The committee
elected Mr. Morris q member of the Second
District Community Board
Employers in the Third district. com
prlsing Mill Creek, Pencader and White
Clay Creek hundreds, elected as mem
hers ht the Third district employment |
management committee J. Warren Marsh |
all, president of the National Fibre and |
Insulation Co; " W Nelson, SUPER |
intcndent of the Delaware Hard Fibre
Co. and II. NJ. Reynolds, superintendent |
OF the Ritter Conserve Co The com |
nittec elected MIR Marshall member
OF the Third District Community Board
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
HUNS KEEP COUNTING
TO GUARD ARMY SECRETS

With the American Army on the Aisne-
Marne Front, July 80 Brought to an
American dressing station ON the banks
Of the Ourcq, a wounded German captain
kept repeating "one, two, three monot-
onously, but with an earnestness indica-
tive Of concentration An inquiry TO
nurse elected this explanation
oh, all those German officers do
that The average person talks when
under an anesthetic 1t is like talking
in your sleep. The Germans know this
and every officer We get goes under the
ether while counting The result is that
instead Of talking and giving information
they keep right on counting"