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Evening journal., 1918-07-23

kin may be cut IN rings instead OF
strips, and these rings hung up over
the kitchen stove or in the sun. Unless
the air Il very dry. the time required
will be longer II the drying is done In
the sun than in a drier, but less watch
ing is necessary and the product will
have an excellent flavor. The Commits
sion win be glad 10 answer any cues
tlons written on one side OF the papel
and sent In q self-addresed stamped
envelope.
-RUl w. S. s.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
REGISTRATION WAS
HEAVY In KENT Gu,

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL. /.
DOVER, July 23.-The Kent county
registration on Saturday was generally
heavier than IN former years on the
FIRST day. In Dover this was particular
ly true in two instances, that OF the
Second Election district OF the Second
Representative district, where t27 regis
stored. In former years II has been
less than 400 on the first day. In the
second Of the Fifth tho number regis
tered was 20 or nearly double that OF
former years. In the First OF the Fifth
the number registered was go, being a
trine less than the FIRST day two years
$50. In other parts Of the country
the registration was larger than in for
mer years. The political division was
about equal.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
DRYING PUMPKIN
By Ellen l. Relle,

BY Ellen l. Kelley.
Director, Department OF Household
Science, National War Garden Com
mission, Washington. ID. c.
Pumpkins are bulky vegetables 70
store-why not try something new this
year and dry them7 II requires a lit
tle common sense. and sunshine. The
free drying manual which the National
War Garden Commission, Washington
will send In return for a 2-cent stamp
gives detailed direction = for drying
fruits and vegetables.
There are two ways OF preparing
pumpkin for drying and both are sat
lsfactOry. Cut into one-inch strips,
pare and clean. Blanch three minutes.
Cold dip, remove surface moisture by
pressing between clean towels, and
spread on drying trays, platters or
dripping pans. Spread a single thick
ness OF paper or thin muslin flrst. Ihe
drying time Is three 10 four hours
starting az 40 degrees F. and raising
gradually to i40 degrees F. The pump
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
DELAWARE CITY PERSONALS.
,eciaI In THE FVENING JOURNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del. July %
Miss Peggy Koch. who has been visit
ing relatives for the past two weeks,
returned to her home in Philadelphia
yesterday.
Mrs. John Hortz is Ill at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Mark Bremen.
Miss Josephine Saxton has returned
10 the home OF her uncle. John Saxton,
after spending a few days in Whining
ton.
Mrs. Jefferson Clark, who was taken
10 the Delaware Hospital last week for
Treatment. was operated on yesterday.
George Keeney is spending a few days
IN northern Pennsylvania with his
mother.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
MORE SMALLPOX NEAR
GUMBORO, SUSSEX CO.

Between twenty-five and thirty cases
OF smallpox have developed west OF
Gumboro in Sussex county. DR.. A. E..
Frantz, secretary Of the State Board OF
Health. visited the locality yesterday
and established a quarantine. with
Charles Z. King, health officer in
charge. There are about ten families,
all white. affected, and II is believed
that It was carried there by a woman
visitor. All the homes have been quar-
antlned, and II Is thought that the dis
ease Is now fairly well under control.
The seven cases near Georgetown are
doing well, DR.. Frantz reported, aud
there has been no further spread OF the
disease In that section.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
NEGRO ROAD BUILDERS
WANT MORE MONEY

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
sEAFORD, Del, July 23-Negro road
laborers employed by the firm Of Kauf-
man & Garcey, New York contractors,
who are constructing the State road in
this section, went on strike yester-
day afternoon. They demanded $3.50
FOR a nlne-hour day or 81 for a 10
hour day. They had been previously
receiving $3.50 for a iO-hOur day. Their
demands were refused by the manage
ment.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
Mn. pocKsrApEn A vIsIron.

W. l.. Dockstader. the genial pro-
prletor OF the Garrick Theatre, ran up
from his cottage at Ventnor yesterday,
TO look after some details pertaining to
his theatre. "Dock' Is enjoying the
fishing at the seashore and is burned
brown.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
CANNING pONrs.

Don't use soap on blanchlng cloths.
Wash and rinse In hot water and boil
the cloths. Get a free canning manual
by writing 10 the National War Gar
den Commission of'Washlngton for one.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23

Watch the Want Ads for opportuni-
ties 10 make business investments and
form business partnerships in the com-
ing month.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23

Automobiles may be sold at good
profit through the Want Ads.
The sun., 1918-10-13

4NCS 1Olk DdQkeI, Ile trouble
with all Of 'em is that they forget
about the Folks. You noticed that
when he asked in his large, patroniz-
ing way how things are going out
West he didn t wait for us to answer;
he pressed button and told his Sec
rotary to bring in those tables of rail-
road earnings andto-day's crop bulle-
tins and that sort of rubbish so he
could tell US. 1t never occurs to 'em
that the Folks are human beings and
not just a column of statistics. Why
the FOLKS
MY friend, an orator of distine-
ton, formerly represented tall corn
district in Congress. He drew me
into Trinity churchyard and dis
coursed In a vein with which l had
long been familiar upon a certain
condescension In Fasteners. ="
The Winner of the West.
Mr.. Nicholson is an-if we may
dare-1ndianapolitan. He shows him.
self able to appreciate why Eastern
ers, or many Fasteners, disapprove
Of the West without, perhaps, dis
trusting the West as so many West
erners distrust the East. The West
has faults which our middle West au-
thor does not conceal. An unquench-
able faith in political panaeeas has
been one of them, but Mr. Nicholson
thinks it is dying. A sort of tacit as
sumption that passing law can right
anything is less frequent nowadays in
Western States. The East's disap-
proval of the West is certainly found
ed on insufficient knowledge, a eondi-
ton which The Valley of Democracy
will do something to remedy; the
Western distrust of the East is often
founded on no real knowledge at all.
There is only one man who could do
vast deal to inform the West about the
East; as Mr.. Nicholson, who is a
Democrat, we believe, makes exceed
ingly clear, this man is the only East
erner who absolutely commands the
gar of the West. Theodore Roosevelt,
who wrote The Winning of the West,
can tell the West about the East and
the West will believe him.
The second paper Of the book,
Types and Diversions, suffers in
places from little heaviness of touch
in handling the fimsiest material.
But of the. material there is a great
wealth here and in every page of the
book, and the range is all the way
from a youth at the pie counter on
an excursion boat to fateful aspects
of the Presidential campaign of 1916.
The third paper, on The Farmer Of
the Middle West. is tremendously
fine study.
The Remaining Papers.
Chicago has chapter to itself in
Mr.. Nicholsonis book, and the paper
on it is taken up mainly with sketch
s to make a better city and better
y. The paper on The Middle West IN
rves to be put alongside the article on
of the Middle West.
Ely OF DEMOCRACY. By MzszDIfH
Charles Seribner's Sons 81.
The sun., 1918-10-13

to the common good at once benefcent and unique
in the annals of mankind Who is he, after all,
that he should escape the defects of his virtues!
There is truth as we'll as humor in the anecdote
with which Mr.. Nicholson opens his book:
"'The great trouble with these fellows down
here remarked my friend as we left the office Of
The sun., 1918-10-13
1.-THE Valley of Democracy .
Meredith Nicholsons, Noteworthy Contribution to the
Business of Making America Understand the Americans

IN one respect Meredith Nicholson's
l. book, The Valley of Democracy,
is the most important book of the
year, or of a number of years. The
one respect is its purpose and its eff
feet. A writer's purpose does not in
variably, needless to say, coincide
with the effect of his work here pur
pose and effect overlap; the two are
identical, and so we say Zone" re-
spect. The purpose is to help Amer
lea to understand the Americans, and
the book does just that. 1t does it by
dint of the authors deep earnestness
and manifest conscience in writing.
1t does it by virtue Of timeliness; re-
peatedly Mr.. Nicholson brings his
notes down to this very hour, and
events of last April, May and June
are well assimilated in what he
writes. And the effective purpose OF
the book is really successful because
Mr.. Nicholson has certain personal
qualities and brings them to difficult
task These qualities are the capacity
to observe people closely and sym
pathetically and understand their mo-
tives, an equal capacity to weigh mo-
tives, and an extraordinary instinct
for what is fair in those motives and
for what is just as between any two
of them.
The book consists of six papers on
the region west of Pittsburg and east
of Denver and stretching from the
great lakes to-what is the Mason
and Dixon line cutting the Missis-
sippii The middle West-Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska
and Colorado-is the region with
which The Valley of Democracy deals.
The title was suggested by passage
in John H. Finley's The French IN
the Heart of Americd; the region is
not so much the upper Mississippi
Valley as the whole stretch referred
to by Lincoln in his annual message
to Congress in December, 1862: 1.-The
great interior region bounded east by
the Alleghanies, north by the British
dominions, west by the Rocky Noun
tains and south Of the line along
which the culture Of corn and cotton
meets" This region is, as Lincoln
called it, "the great body of the re-
public" and the rest of the United
States is physically "but marginal
borders to it,
The Home of "The Folks"
In the first division of his book,
The FOLKS and Their Folksiness, Mr..
Nicholson celebrates the middle West
as the home of "the Folks" So it is,
and precisely in the sense he describes
and illustrates. The Westerner is
more individualistic, more garrulous,
more democratic than the fastener;
he is as hospitable as the SOutherner, q.
as prideful as the Californian. He
has passion for politics and ga proner
and political experiment he is distrl
East and hates capitalism; he is varic
ventional and extremely sensitive to C
while condemnation only arouses b
undermines him. A little he does b.
possession Of "a breadth Of vision en-
The sun., 1918-10-13

has passion for politics and 81 proneness to social
and political experiment. he is distrustful of the
East and hates capitalism he is variously uncon-
ventonal and extremely sensitive to criticism, but
while condemnation only arouses him, ridicule
undermines him. A little he does believe in his
possession Of "a breadth Of vision and devotion
The sun., 1918-10-13

OF the efforts to make better city and a better
governed city The paper on The Middle West IN
Politics deserves to be put alongside the article
The Farmer of the Middle West.
THE VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY. By MEsDIfH
NICHOLSON. Charles Seribner 5 SonA g.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Latonia Results

rnt Race (purse $500 for maiden t*o-year
CD s.ds Ave turonesl-Msrse John. los tsimpsonl.
s'i0 y q s2'S9 si2e 60 won: Ginger. ~ IMecaoe,
s1s. 'sR,. tHie. sec0nd The SIX Hundred va ~
nan nan Churchill Downs. Bob Baker. Catnoufieur
Vccne Harrison Linden, Suvery Light. War Cap
sad City Park also ran.
second Race tc,aiIning: purse 5000 Cor four-year-
sa ,a,: and upward .1 furlongsl-Busy Zoe .r 100
thurman io2 tsandel. $50. s. 80. second. Roch-
wifr' IL; iAIosesworth) $50. third Time.
th is. TON Caro- Jack Lucas. Black Frost
,en- NJ Reyiyor Cole. TIE LSi and Pomp also
@a s eues: four furiongs and half)--Orenzo. 99
nsl1nsforo. $aSo s. so. second. Twin. l07 Met
stAl s-.sO third Tine 5i So Enie Randall
gaa wa T. Bsoy Bonds, Grace. Norma T.. Retta b -
Airsnped and First Pulle also ran
yssM, SIX turlcngs l--Troitus. Ill (Minkl s2.7o.
sS@ sll0. Won; Believe Me Boys. io5 tBarrettl
~ u. 40. second. Serencst. 100 tJohnsonl, 270
: aifo Tine. lIs 25 Diamond and Franklin
!. E'sh Race tpurse $500 for three-ye olds: mile
4 ~ seventy yardsi American Eagle. lilo tJohnsonl
W. S2So. s22o. woa; Aurum. lce tsandel
~. !. So seeosid. Hoirger. llo Mink. 81 so.
Sss. ~ Tine. LA a. Bon Trornp Herald. Big
~sSSssn Ssn ard James Foster siso ran.
- ~ Iicl-ieoehares. 12a toBren) $3.50 81 80.
49, J. Murdocs. ios tconnelyl. $500 second
TSrceaet; io2 tsande). third. Time, l;ss l-S.
~ssauH also No show mutuels sold
IS SSsss.4 hseo tpurse $500; for three e-yesr -ods
oc.hsp hupssm ore mic a..d xlee" ~ an AaSion
:o. ss esIs io1 gLunstordw). si.4o. So. seeond
Is is Besaueai a''s,1 oirl, Marsuder. Solid ROCK.
! s1<o sssoc RedInon and Blue Magnet aso ran
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
TRAVEL
HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE
DnilY. IncIuilInc Sunday.

Daily, Including Sunday.
Through Steamer leaves Desbrosses ST.
$40; West 42d St, 9; West 12sth ST, s:2o;
Yonkers, $3.50 A. M, landing at Bear Noun
tain (West Point week days only), New
turgh, Poughkeepsie, Kingston Point. Cats
Kill. Hudson and Albany.
POUGHKEEPSIE STEAMER leaves
Daily, including Sunday, Desbrosses St, 10
A. NJ; West 42d St, 1920 A. NJ; West
129th St. 1O:40 A. NJ; Yonkers. t1:1o A. NJ :,
for Bear Mountain CWest Point week
days only, Cornwall. Newburgh and
Poughkeepsie and return. Direct rail- con-
rection Music. Restaurant.
On Saturday afternoon, June 22d, Steamer
albany lenves Desbrosses ST. 2 p; NJ;
West 42d St., 2 go p. M; West 129th ST.,
2:lO r. NJ, for Bear Mountain. West Point,
Newburgh.
Religious and patriotic services each
Sunday, 2:15 P. M, In Pavilion No. 2, Bear
Mt. Park.
Half fare rates for oil soldiers and SAIL
ors In uniform between Day Line landings,
All through rail tickets between New York
and Albany and Troy Evening Line tickets
accepted for passage.
One-Day Outings to Foughkeepsie, New
burgh. West Point or Bear Mountain.
For Information Telephone Canal $500.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Automobihng
New Jersey Roads Are
Suffering From Lack of
Dust Laying Oil
By C. E. T. Scharps

There must shortage of road oil
in New Jersey, to judge only from the
condition Of the highways in the neigh
borhood of Middletown, South Amboy
and Perth Amboy. The roads which
l speak Of are made of the familiar
red clay for which New Jersey is ia
nous. At present they are badly worn
and rutted, besides being powdery on
the surface. AS a result traffic over
them is the occasion of much discom-
fort to those who must journey be-
hind others who are using the roads.
The Sunday traffic moves like the Bib
lcal cloud of dust by day and also by
night.
It would be difficult to imagine any,
thing worse than the roads in South
Amboy. Never good, they have been
for years a motoring kissing and a
reproach. They effectually kill the en-
joyment of trip to the Jersey coast
resorts, if one goes by that way, in
stead of taking the longer inland way.
The South Amboy roads look a lot
like No Mans Land after it has been
we'll shot over. Too bad they can't
see their way clear down there to make
the roads decent.
"rhe wise driver takes particular
care not to stall motor on car track.
for many have lost their lives in this
way. He avoids trying to beat the
train, and he shifts into second or
low before starting across If the going
is rough and there is a chance OF STALL
ing. But should you stall on the track,
despite all precaution, remember that
your starter will pull you out quickly
if danger is imminent" says Mile
stones"
"In a tight place, rather than try to
start the motor, it is better to shift
into low and throw in the starter mo-
tor, which will pull you off the tracks
unless the going is unusually rough.
There are, of course, types of cars
with which this is not possible, but it
is feasible with most makes"
The Motor Club is sending dele
CATION to Philadelphia to play a golf
match there to-day with the Philadel-
phia tradesmen at Whitemarsh.
Owners and drivers who are par
ticipating in the Packard Motor Car
Company's $4,000 truck efficiency test
are already deriving benefits therefrom
it is now reported, though it has been
in operation only since June l. That
great deal of lasting good will be
accomplished by September l, when the
test ends, is the opinion Of transporta-
tion experts who are watching its prog
ress.
Ono Of the first results stated is
that drivers are displaying greater in
terest in their work, without making
their Jobs any harder. They are oper-
ating their trucks more carefully and
are keen on getting them loaded and
unloaded more quickly.
| Letters received by the Packard fac
tory recently show that drivers are on
edge to bring about better results
One driver wrote that he had dscov-
cred by little experimenting that he
was giving his engine too much gaso-
lene as a general rule. BY making
the proper adjustments he was able to
cut down gasolene consumption quite
materially. He was SO proud OF what
he had achieved that he wrote to the fac
tory.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Higgins S Men
Even nUpScore
At Fiinal Bell
Yankees on Way Home
From Western Trip Safely
in Second Place

DETROIT, Mich, June 17.--1n an ex-
citing eight-inning game that was
called to allow both teams to catch a
train. the Detroit Tigers and the New
York Yankees went to S tie on
Navin Field this afternoon.
Taking four run lead in the first
two innings, it looked as though Miller
Hugginss team was going to make a
runaway race of the final game, but in
the sixth and seventh innings the
Junealeers fell upon Sim Love, who
had twirled with his usual effectiveness
during the first FIVE innings. Cobb's
triple and Neach's single after Witt had
heen walked in The seventh inning, set
tied Love, and Huggins rushed Joe Fin
neran from The bull pen to the pitching
Going into the eighth and final
inning the Tigers led by one run and
II seemed they might even the series
OF two-two. Peckingpaugh led off this
frame with long double to left, took
third on Bakers looping fly to He'll
Pratt singled sharply to left field. A
moment idbCl VIC SsAAiS N<Ao NNAA"N'
Last Game of Tour
1t was the last game the Yanks play
on what has been a successful first in
yasion West. Not only has the Hug
gins clan clung to second place but
it has been gaining speed as it went
along. The little manager expressed
confidence that when his club got back
TO the Polo Grounds it would be ready
u
nant
In the first inning. after Gilhoo'ey
had gone out. Peck met one of Cum
ningham's shoots and sent it twisting
to left field for single. When Veach
iumbled the ball Peck kept on Logging
for third. Baker then hit to Young,
who threw wildly to first, and Peck
scored while Baker took second. Pratt
hit vicious single to centre, scoring
Baker.
The Yankees made it a quartet in
the second inning Walters tripled to
centre and Love aided ais own cause
by tripling to;the precise spot his little
catcher had invaded. That scored one
run and put another man on third. Gill
hooley delivered timely single to
right and Love came home.
Booming in the SixtH
The heavy guns of the Tigers began
booming in the sixth inning. Veach
walked and Helman singled, sending
him to third Walters threw the ball
into left field Veach scoring and He'll
man going to third. Jones walked and
then Heilman scored when Young
forced Jones at second, there being no
attempt made for play at the plate:
Young took second on a passed ball
and scored on Cunningham's single to
left, for total of three runs.
In the seventh inning the Tigers
forged ahead Love, VINO had been
thrown off his stride by the rally of
the inning before, began badly. by
walking Witt Cobb tripled to right,
scoring the Detroit third baseman, and
when vesch followed with single that
scored Cobb, Higgins brought Finneran
to the box Heilman promptly hit into
a double play, Peck to Pratt to Pipp.
Jones singled. but died when he tried
to steal second.
One run behind and with less than
fifteen minutes to play, the Yanks tied
it up on Peck's double, Bakers long
ay and Pratt's single.
The Yankees will arrive in New York
early Tuesday morning.
The ecnre.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
les Feature
Women S Golf
AtClen RIDGE

The Women's Metropolitan Golf As
sociaton played q successful one day
tournament yesterday over the links Of
the Country Club of Glen Ridge. Fifty
women competed in the medal play
handicap and thirty-nine complete
cards were returned. The women made
very creditable scores and the event
resulted in tie at 81 net between
Mrs. I. c. Barclay, Hackinsack, and
Mrs. A. e. Mettlach, Baltusrol. The tie
was played off at nine holes and Mrs.
Mettlach proved the victor.
There was also tie in tho gross
score at 81 between Mrs. H. Finckle,
Glen Ridge, and Mrs. +. B. Ryan, Bal
tusrol, but as there was no gross score
prize play-off was not necessary.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Police Oppose
Fulton Fight
At Danbury

HARTFORD. Conn. June 17.-Gov-
ernor Holcomb has had a conference
with Thomas F. Egan, Superintendent
Of State Police, on the matter Of al
lowing the Fulton-D Dempsey boxing
match at Danbury, July 4. John H.
Perry, president of the State Police
Commission, also has seen Superin-
tendent Egan. The latter has inquired
into the conditions for the bout and
says he is satisfied it would be vio-
lation of the law. He accordingly has
communicated with the prosecuting Of
ficials Of Danbury informing them Of
his intention to prevent the bout.
Superintendent Egan said to-day
that he learned that the affair was in
connection with a plan to find man
who would be put up against Jess Will
lard. 1t was to be an affair Of ma
tional Importance, he said, and 1t would
attract men to Danbury from all over
the country,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Phillies Win Contest
In Tenth Inning

PHILADELPHIA, June 17.-Cra-
vaths home run into the bleachers
with pinch runner on first base in
the ninth inning tied the score for
Philadelphia, and Williams's double,
following singles by Burns and Ban
croft, won the game in the tenth, 8 to s.
None Of the seven pitchers was very
effective. The Phillcs knocked Miller
from the Hill. Luderus's home run
over the right field wall with a man
on featured the first inning. Mayer
was unable to hold his four-run lead,
however. Cutshaw bounded home run
into the bleachers in the fifth, and in
the sixth the whole Pirate team batted,
getting a two-run lead. which Steele
held until Cravath's drive.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
A Proverb Works Out

AIRY PAYNE WITNEYS yar-od John was lucky to win
the Suburban. knew
ard Spur So oren hustled Belmont Handcan
Saturday One victory might be
premiership and call classics
omey but like his ustrious father Spearmn whv
has been the does and tho
business Of exporting proceeds apace
Assurances to the league base
oa has not yet been exempted
light ruling Nor will the thing until there is spAc
case brought before the President
The word that has
antcipaory.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Totals. 80 Is Of 10 2 Totals 3S l3 80 l6

zone out when winning run scored; Williams
out: hit by batted ball.
Battcd for Prcndergsst In eighth inning.
tran for Burns in tenth inning.
Philadelphia ......2 / Q / 10
Two-base hits-Bisbee Cutshaw. Schmidt Mol-
WITT, McGaffigan. Cravath. Williams. Threebase
hit-Steele Home runs-Cushaw. Luderus. Cravath.
Stolen bases-Carey. Cutshaw. Meuscl Sacrifice
Mts-McKechn'e. MrGaGigan. Sacrifice flies
Schmidt. Hincmanh Burns Double p,ays--McGair-
gan. Bancroft and Lude US: Stock and Bancroft.
Left on bases-Plttsburgh, 8: Philadelphia, 10.
First base errors--Pittsburgh. Q Bases on balls
of Miller. 8: Off Steele, IS: OF Maycr. 3; OFF
Main. |. Hts--OT Miller. in . % innings; off
Steele. Is In 6 l-S Inn ngs tnone out In tenh) or
Harmon. Q in l-3 inning; or Mayer In 5 inn
ings tnone out IN SIXTH; off Main. in 2-3 inning;
innings. HIT by pitcher-By Steele. N.,!derus).
Struck out-By Miller !; by Steele, 2: by Harmon,
Winning pitcher-Watson. losing pitcher-Steee.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-18
Sullivan Declared a "Pro"

The registration committee of the
Metropolitan Association, A. A. U., yes
terday declared Joseph Sullivan. of the
Trinity Club, Brooklyn, a professional
u. commissioner of Elizabeth that Sui
livan had boxed Tommy Speno, a pro-
fessional, at Troxler's Institute, Of
Newask, N. j.. on May IL. 1918.