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Evening journal., 1918-04-04
CORDIAL Welcome FOR
RETURNING PASTOR

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SMYRNA. Del, April 4.-The Ladies'
Mite Society Of the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, gave a reception in
the lecture room on Tuesday evening
10 the returning pastor the Rev.
George C. Williams, and family, and to
The district superintendent. The Rev. DR..
w. a. Wise. and family, The Rev. Mil
ton Mccain. OF the M E. Smyrna Cir
cult, and Mrs Mccain received them.
Mrs. W. r. p Jacobs. president Of the
society, and Airs. r. Y Walton, vice
president, were assisted In receiving
guests at the door by Mrs. Edward G.
Walls, Mrs. John w. Clifton. Mrs. Frank
q. postles. Miss Helen Jacobs
The decorations were arranged by
Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs Maynard
Van Horn and Mrs. Joseph Carter.
Tho committee on refreshments was
composed of the secretary Of the so
cieiy, Miss Annie 2. Middleton, and the
treasurer, Mrs. William Armstrong; as
sisied by Mrs. Gilbert s.. Wilds, Mrs.
Jaiucs f. ilVhuohol auu AlIs' P-hJe-4 VII
Collins.
After the introduction Of guests TO
the ministers and their families, J. NJ.
Price, In behalf Of the Ladies' Mite So
ciety and church. extended o CORDIAL
welcome TO the pastor and the district
superintendent and families.
The Rev. Dr.. Charles Hill was among
the guests.
Refreshments OF ice cream and cake
were served by the Ushers' Union.
Nictrola music was furnished by Al
fred Tilghman.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
LAST DAY or PASSOVER.

Services in the Jewish synagogues to-
day Will celebrate the lasl day Of thei
Feast Of the Passover.
Services were held at 40 o'clock IN
the Adas Kodesch Synagogue at Sixth
and French streets. A sermon entitled
"A People Trfumphant' was preached
by the rabbi Of the congregation, Rabbi
David b. SwIren.
Tomorrow. Friday evening special
Sabbath services viii be held at the
synagogue.
on account Of the change in the
time Of the clocks, the services will
begin at Q O'Clock An are requested
to come In time as the services will
begin promptly
Rabbi David B. Swiren will preach
a sermon entitled Light and Life"
Cantor Julius Cohen will lead in the
chanting Of the Psalms and hymns 10
the traditional tune All are welcome
10 participate In these Sabbath services.
Al are welcome 10 participate in
Especially are the young men and
women OF Jewish faith requested to
attend.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
SUMNER SCHOOL ron CLERGY.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SMYRNA, Del, April A conference
OF clergy from diocese on the Peninsula
20 make plans for q summer school was
held here yesterday in the parish house
of 81. peters Church, Smyrna u was
decided TO hold the school at Ocean
City, Nd, June 2{-2S Those present at
the conference were: The Rev. Dr..
Mittman, OF South Bethlehem. Pa. feld
secretary Of the Province Of Washing
ton; the Rev. Howsrd w nnler. Of
pottsville, Pa. chairman Of sumner
schools for the province; the Rev.
Thomas Getz Hill, Of Smyrna. CORE
spending secretary Of Provincial SUNDAY
School Commission; the Rev. Percy L.
Donaghay, Of Mlddletovn the Rev.
Robert Cole. Of Greenyills: the Rev.
William H. Darbie, Of Sesford, and the
Rev. Herbert D. Cone, OF SALISBURY. Nfd.
Mrs. J. G. Stockly, OF smyrna. spent
Wednesday In Wilmington with her
son Ayres j. Stockly.
Nlr. and Mrs Clarence p. Raymond
were recent Philadelphia visitors.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
REX co. PRESIDENT
TAKEN BY DEATH

a striking commentary on the immu-
table relation which fate sometimes
bears to business Is found in the sud
den death from natural causes. or
Philip Wohlstetter, Of New York, wide
ly known in Wilmington as president
OF the Rex Talking Machine Company,
No. Vandever avenue
Mr.. Wohlstetter was a prominent fac
tor in the talking machine industry
for several years having been Identified
with the Keen-O-Phone Company, pred
eoessor Of the Rex organization, which
went into the hands OF a receiver in
October, 1916, and later partially liqui-
dated ITS debts through bankruptcy
proceedings In the United States Fed
eral Court.
Following the financial difficulties Of
The Rex corporation, the Imperial Talk
ing Machine Company was organized
and the designing and manufacturing
OF a new line Of talking machines was
lnaugurated last spring The activities
or the succeeding concern, however,
were short lived as lts plant, which was
located in the old Arlington mills,
closed down in December. This shut
down was tho beginning Of the end. In
March some Of the machinery and
equipment were sold at a public sale.
Mr. Wohlstetter planned 20 store the
unsold residue as q nucleus Of n new
plant to be started as soon as manufao-
uring conditions returned to a normal
state.
Silent today il the plant, as hushed
as the voice Of It's promoter. who will
be laid away on Friday, the funeral
services taking place at his home in
New Tork.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
DECREASE IN CLEARINGs.

For the six months ending March 81,
a considerable decrease IN the bank
clearings Of the Wilmington Clearing
House Association is shown. Bank
clearings for that period amounted to
$50, 1852, ,S3S.4i. while for the same per Cd
last year. they amounted to ss929i,-
44O3s. This is a decrease OF $685.
60i.9i.
The decrease, II is said, is due partly
to the fact that two Of the financial in
stltutions have Joined the Federal Re-
serve system Of Philadelphia, and all
checks drawn on these banks pass
through the Federal Reserve bank
instead Of through the Clearing House.
The clearings for II months ending
March 81. 1918, totaled si62, ,sis,sss.29-
For the corresponding period endlng
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
WIsEBADER CASE GOES OVER.

The charge OF obtaining money by
false pretenoes against Elias Wisebader.
before Judge Finger, In Municipal Court
today, was continued until tomorrow,
at the request OF j. Frank Ball
Wlsebader, who gave New York ae
his home and who said he represents
the Federal Merchandise Company Of
that city. was arrested yesterday by
Sergeant Wardlo. The defendant Is al
leged to have collected money from
Wilmington residents, especially
among Italians, claiming that by pay
ing weekly sums for certain pieces OF
furniture, those so paying would re-
ceive the furniture when the full
amount OF money was paid.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
ENTERTAINMENT FOR
RED CROSS PFNEFTT

There viii be an entertainment given
by the Emmanuel Red Cross Auxiliary
at Emmanuel Church, Seventeenth
street and Rivervlew avenue, tomorrow
at o'clock. Captain Schwab. Of the
British Royal Artillery. will relate his
experiences on three battle fronts. The
captain was one Of the flrst 10000 TO
go into service and has seen service in
France, Belgium and Egypt.
Mrs. Willard II. Porter. chairman,
and Miss Emily p Bissell, secretary
OF Delaware Chapter Of the Red Cross,
will also be present and the latter will
make an address. An admission fee
Of IS cents viii be charged, the pro-
ceeds going 10 the Red Cross.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
$4,000 MAJORITY
FOR MR.. LENR00T
BY the Unlted Press.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, April.-Irvine l..
Lenroot, Republican and Loyalist has
been elected Senator from Wisconsin
by a margin Of approximately 1900
votes. Practically complete returns TO-
day showed: Lenroot, 1902; Davies,
1862; Berger, Socialist, i02,9it.
Analysis Of the returns lead to the be-
lief that the entire antl-war vote
paciflst Socialist and pro- -GerInan-weni
to Berger. On the strength Of that
managers Of both loyalty" candidates
were jubllant over the fact that the
Davies-Lenroot total was three times as
great as Berger's.
Davies conceding his defeat, tele-
graphed his suggestions on the size OF
the vote shown for loyalty-himself
and Lenroot.
Lenroot arrived in Milwaukee this
forenoon and was to leave later for
Washington
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
40 STAMP TAX PROTEST.

NEW YORK, April 4.-No protest
against the decision Of the United
States Treasury Department taxing the
borrowing or lending Of stocks two
cents share will be made by the New
York Stock Exchange. The law commit
tee has decided that the Exchange must
abide by the decision and could not un-
der any circumstances oppose the tax
and still be a law abiding institution.
The Association OF Stock Exchange
Firms, which Is composed Of partners
Of stock Exchange firms who are not
personally members Of the Exchange,
has also decided that it will not take
any action looking toward a protest
against the tax
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
NAME sussTx RRIpGETENDERs

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN, Del, April AT the
recent meeting Of the Levy Court,
bridsetenders were appointed for the
year al the following salaries. Laurel,
>. B. Crockett, S255: Bethel, James B.
Robinson, 500. Seaford. John H. Lingo,
s240: Drawbridge, Mrs. sarah a. Lock
erman, s2s0; Lewes. F. L. Myers. s2si
Rehoboth. James T. Mssten. sia4.
Woodland Ferry. Solomon Dean $40.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
TORRENg WRANGLE cosTs s..

John A. Torrens, charged before
Judge Finger, In Municipal Court this
morning with disorderly conduct. was
fined s. and costs. Torrens Is alleged
TO have gone into a clothing store near
Second and King streets last night and
wrangled with one OF the clerks about
the price Of q suit OF clothes. The de-
fendsnt is alleged 10 have been drunk
and to have used profane language.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
By The United Press.

By The United Press.
LIVERPOOL, April 4.-Spots opened
with moderate demand today. Prices
were steady Sales amounted 10 5000
bales. There were no receipts. Mid
dlings 2463.
Future old contracts. April-May,
23.40; June-July, 1924.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
Bid AskeG
MARKET OPENS IRREGULAR.
BY The United Press.

NEW YORK, April 4.-The stock mar
ket opened irregular but generally frac-
tionally higher today. United States
Steel was 90S, up y Bethlehem B,
7sM, up 3, and Cruc bic up Is at CPS
General Motors gained at lis. Rail
stocks were fractionally higher, North
ern Pacific is up. American Telephone
lost 4 at 10O%.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04

TO Mrs. j.. who undertook 10 con-
duct both businesses as q joint ao-
count. She combined the two stocks,
containing a Ike number Of apples,
and disposed OF them al the rate OF
flve apples for two cents. which ap-
peared to be the right thing to DO.
However. when Mrs s. returned and
their accounts were balanced it was
found that the cash was Just seven
cents short OF what their receipts
would have been had the women
disposed OF their stocks separately.
at the original selling prices. Now,
who can tell how many apples were
disposed OF in the Joint account2 ~
ANSWER TO NO. 122.
Vile, Evil. Veil. Levi snd Live.
Copyright, 1917. by Sam Loyd.)
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
NEW YORK COTTON.

by the UnlteQ Press.
NEW YORK, April 4-The cotton
market opened lrm Today May sold
at 81, up 10; July $3.50, up %, and
October 3l97, UP l3.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
RAILROADS MIST KEEP
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Railroad Ad-
ministrator McAdoo today issued a gen.
eral order for roads to begin immedi-
ately keeping spec al account books TO
be used while under Federal control
The accounts are TO be kept for
period beginning January 4. The spe-
cial books are to be designated Fed
eral books"
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
ATLAS PREFERRED DIVIDEND.

AZ a meeting on Tuesday, The board
Of directors Of the Atlas Powder Com
psny declared 'the regular quarterly
dividend on the preferred stock Of IA
per cent. payable May 1, to stockhold-
on April 20.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04

o This Wilmington boy. whose home is
at No. $50 West Fifth street, o son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles J. Lyons, is
member OF the United States Infantry
stationed at san Antonio, Texas. He IS
iS years old and a member Of ST. Paul's
r. G. Church, having been born and
raised IN that parish.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04

OF two for
acent, while
Mrs. J. sold
a smaller
Z T u I { at
three for a
cent Then
Mrs. S. was
called away
and she
turned her
affairs ovar
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
CHICAGO GRAIN.

BY The United Press.
CHICAGO April 4-Opening grain
Corn, May 1855 Oats, May S5ssa15.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
Sam Loyd's Brain Food

Seven Minutes to Digest This.
No. 123.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones were
selling apples on the same corner.
Mrs. S. was selling hers at the rate
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
Only One "BROMo ouININF"

1AAN 1AAN AHAA1AAW NNNAHHA.NAa
BROMO QUININE Tablets.
Look for signature OF T., w. GROVE.
Cures a Cold IN Ore Day. SOC
Evening journal., 1918-04-04

March 81, 1917, the sum was sielst st3o,-
20s.67. a decrease Of 1866, ,32O3s.
Evening journal., 1918-04-04
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company, dupont Building.
furnish the following quotations on
local securities:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

ME is your kid cousin, and not to give
him the thing he wants is simply never
to hear the end of it. Jimmie is at the
destructive age. His chief interests in
life are roller skating and "being out
with the fellers." The roller skates are
oiled and cared for like newborn in
fants, but everything else which falls
into Jlmmie's hands is reduced at once
to chatf. Out in the back yard he keeps
cardboard box full of caterpillars.
which he is training, and he raises
biennial cry for a real dolls house to
keep his pets in, so that he can train
them to go up and down stairs, which
ne says is perfectly possible, as they
snow great intelligence even in the
paSteboard box. No knowing what they
wouldn't do in suitable house.
Jimmies father says if any one in the
family ever gives him the dolls house
ne, Jimmie's father, will sell the prop
erty and move into an apartment up
town with no back yard, just to stop
these goings on with the caterpillars:
Dut as Jlmmie's sister has to have
mouse with cellar on account Of her
fabbits-even father sees this-there is
general deadlock. The fact remaining
is that the only thing Jimmie desires of
lie is the dolls house. Having grasped
this scenario, how much cleverer, in
stead OF giving Jimmie the inevitable
oox OF candy, and having him break out
ali over, to put your head beside his
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
The Day When a
Dream Comes True

How better can the spirit of unspls..
giving for which Christmas stands \
symbolized than by the tale of the lit,I.
old man who, with love of all mank;0d
in his heart, drives through the Mich,
over the housetops and slips, humble and
unseen, down the chimney with his pa,t
on his shoulder to lay his offering n
love at the feet Of children-and Tho,
drives off again through the night, ash
ing no thanks but the knowledge us.
he has made Christmas for children II.
day when their dream comes true?
The day when their dream come,
true-and, when they are old enough
the day when they help make the dream
of others come true.
That is Christmas. And Christina,
is real. So is Santa Claus. We nest
him. Let US keep him, as beautifu
parable that is an eternal truth
Christ himself spoke in parallels.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

got to be faced and conquered somehow
the week before Christmas. Let US face
them together.
First, there is Emma. You went to
boarding school with her, and, although
she has developed into a fearfully dull
girl, having taken job in a free library
and kept it, still you cannot forget, and
neither can she, the long nights at school
when you used to huddle together in bed
with the wind bowling outside on the
river and read by candle light and in
whispers, "Myrtle; or, The Dove in the
Eagles Nest"
Emma is a very discouraging person
to give present to- She is dull, punct-
ual and efficient She does not like
pretty clothes and hates having "useless
STUFF around her room. You can't give
her the usual travelling things, because
she never travels; you can't make her a
nghtgown case because she wears to
bed strange flannel garments which
would not fit in one She has one pas
sion, however, and it is for public lect
ures. You went to one with her once. on
her Saturday afternoon off. 1t was on
Aztec implements in their bearing on
early Indian civilization, with stereoptI
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Claus an Enemy Alien?

their hearts are better than the truth
though some moderns with the scientific
prepossession' think that the only truth
for the child is that dogmatsm Of faith
in objective reality called science"
The normal child is eager for dis
covery; he is willing to meet little reali-
ties joyously as they come. He can take
as joke the story of Santa Claus when
it is revealed as unreal" and enter
into the fun of making Santa Claus real
and true for others by becoming the
giver as well as the one who receives
He will fall into the spirit of the grown
ups secret and take part of the RESPONSE
bility of the grown-ups to make it
happy secret for and from those who are
still younger than he. He ceases to be-
lieve in Santa Claus as an external
reality" - and then he becomes Santa
Claus himself.
One small boy comes to mind who ac-
cepted the Santa Claus myth long after
it seemed obvious that he must some
how have been initiated into the rea.
truth of the affair SO his mother
asked him pointblank whether he had
ever had any doubts on the subject. He
avoided a direct reply as long as he
could, then finally admitted that he had
known the truth for two years. He had
gone to bed and shut his eyes with the
full knowledge that the grown-ups were
trimming the tree in another room, and
the next morning had fallen in with all
the pretenses that Santa Claus had been
there.
Tears came into his eyes and his lips
trembled. II didn't want you to know
that I knew, mother" he explained, "De-
cause I thought it would make you feel
bad"
But when it was plain that mother
didn't mind there was no happier little
boy in the city than the one who helped
trim the tree and plan surprises for
other folks that night.
He had lost Santa Claus, but he had
become Santa Claus himself.
The only child who feels hurt when
he loses Santa Claus is the spoiled child
who wants fox himself alone, and is un-
willing to grow SO that he not only gets
at Christmas time, but gives as well.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
iaSher Buys Everything Needs Just Before lbrs

writer and wrist-watch, but l will
never get them because, when the year
ly chorus begins, "Nowp Winifred, tell
US quite frankly what dc you want for
Christmas?" all my secret resolves
about coming out with the plain truth
vanish into thin air, and I reply, weak
ly: "Oh, | don't know-just any little
my word and the noble procession of
calendars and candlesticks and cami-
soles goes on unchecked.
No doubt these personal complaints
will find an echo in the hearts Of all.
Why is it, then, that we lack the cour-
age to put the matter plainly to our
friends? Why do we not forestall the
jabot and camisole raids by taking up
collection for ourselves and buying the
thing we want?
] think it is because of the time-h
ored idea that a Christmas present
should be surprise.
1t comes down, then, to a question of
which kind of present you want-one
which is romantic for moment or one
which is unromantic but will last. Of
course, what one wants is both, but
IN this expensive day it does seem as if
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

What is to be done? The simplest
thing to do is to forget, if possible, that
he is your father. Get new angle on
him. Say to yourself: "Why, there's
that nice old Mr. Brown who lived in
our house. I'd rather like to give that
man a Christmas present. l wonder
what his tastes are?" And you will be-
gin to study Mr.. Browns tastes You
notice for the first time, although it
must have been going on for years, that
there is something Mr. Brown says
every night, about ten minutes after a
good dinner, when the family have set
tied down for the evening:
Zones tells me there's a very good
show on at the Empire. Very jolly mu-
sic. he says"
"Well, why don't you go, and take
Alice?" replies mother.
Mr.. Brown says he'll have a look at
the paper first and then decide, but by
the time he has looked it is 80 and too
late to do anything but go to bed.
Having watched this drama take place
every night for week, you will, if you
are a clever daughter, have learned two
things: One, that Mr. Brown, your
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

This doesn't half cover the problems
OF Christmas, because tennis racKe's
and lap dogs and victrolas do. after alb
cost great deal and there are alwS!'
tie in-between people whom one wou'
so love to help make happy at Christmas
It only one had the money. Perhaps 'O'
solution in these costly times is IN cO'
operation--if all the friends Of one ps''
son really got On the job in time "n1'
wonders could be achieved, with '"
lection of little sums from esch' /"
the way of presents that would rea'
count in everyday life
Eyes, but what?' you will say.
Subscriptions TO magazines, seas0'
tickets to concerts, money to go to u''s
cal comedies with, season tickets 70 S0'.,
riding academy, which entitle one :,
astonishingly reasonable rates to NV. =.
of pleasure riding in the country s ~.
an instructor or a class; season teSs,.
for society dancing, where one can ~
ly learn to dance and be free l''''
from the gentlemen of ones acqu"''
ance who danced when they were ~
and guess they can make try ~
you bet; subscription to ne"SpAr ...,.
a pair of ice skates, course IN e0".
sational French, typewriter or '''S
scope-that open sesame into faHs' s.l
The list is endless; the trick Is ~ md
the right thing for the right persV" m
then to hope and pray others VIII
same by you.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22

dreaded birch rod for the children, ac1
cording to their various deserts. And
these, with a little speech of scolding or
approval, he drops upon the sheet be-
fore he vanishes again into the night.
Such is the kindly saint who came to
the island of Manhattan with the first
Dutch settlers and still lives among us,
changed only in name and costume
like all the rest of the immigrants.
So he is not an alien enemy But is
he a household enemy? Is he an enemy
to truth in the minds of children,
destroying their faith in their parents
when they learn that what they have
been told is not true?
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
The Reality of What
We Cannot See

Some years ago little girl wrote to
"The New York Sun" and asked whether
it was true that Santa Claus was not
real. And the late Frank P. Church
answered on the editorial page:
"The most real things in the world
are those that neither children nor men
can see in fact there is nothing
else That is real and abiding"
Before science came, what people
worked out for themselves was not so
much category Of facts in the external
world as knowledge of the eternal
verities-of the inner nature Of man.
Children in this period Of civilization
occupy the same relation toward the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
GwesadoIin Always
"'Has Everything"

And, last, there is Gwendolin c. is
so rich that there simply isn't thing
to give her that your poor little purse
can afford Yet you've got to give her
something for all the times she enter
tains you, and fer letting you in as a
member of the Ladies' Emergency Aid
for Lost Lithuanians. She is, confess,
the worst problem of all, because she
will not want any Of the things she Ough:
to have. The best thing to do with
Gwendolin is to aid her in becoming a
perfect example of her type; give her a
lap dog or pair of lorgnettes. BOth
these gifts are economical, for they can
be used by her at any age, and the lap
dog will last long enough to serve as a
constant reminder that in your quiet waT
you still exist and are fond of her.