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Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19
LONG NECK.

Frank Moore, a highly respected citi-
zen, died al his home last Tuesday, April
9th. He had been sick for a number Of
months but always looked on the bright
side and had hope that he would get bet
ter, but death claimed him. Funeral SER
vices were held last Friday in the NJ. E.
church at Millsboro and interment made
in the cemetery. He leaves a father,
mother, and several brothers and sisters.
Much sympathy is expressed for his
widow and four children.
Mrs. Lena Gray Of Lewes has been
spending some time with Mrs. A. j. Hart.
Quite little damage was done to Oak
Orchard last week by the storm. The pier
is entirely gone and many Of the cot
tages are damaged.
Josiah Pepper, who for the past nine
years has made his home with his neph-
ew, r. W. Bryan, committed suicide last
Saturday by hanging himself No one
was home at the time but the two small
sons Of Mr.. Bryan, who were left for a
short time with their Uncle joe who was
devoted to the little boys and looked after
them in their mothers absence. They
went out to play and were horrihed to
find their Uncle hanging by his neck In
the carriage house. They at once ran
Tor help but he had been dead for some
time. Mr.. Pepper was 80 years Of age
and we'll liked by everyone. No cause
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19
FUNERAL OF JAMES c. WILSON

The funeral Of James C. Wilson was
held at his late home in Marcus Hook,
Pa, saturday. April 18Th. and was large
" attended by the Knights Of Pythias
and the P. o. S. Of A. Of which he was
member. The body was then brought
to the home Of his mother in Milford,
Del. and the funeral services held on
Monday. April 18th. which were largely
attended by relatives aud friends Inter
ment was made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
Mrs. Vessie Smith Of Chestnut Hill, Pa.
and J. NJ. Chestnut Of Marcus Hook, Pa,
attended the funeral
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19

High winds snow hail and rain prevail
ed. The wharves and causeways were
flooded to the depth Of sereval feet. A
number Of families living near the draw
bridge were taken from their homes in
boats The tide reached up Market street
as far as Willard Sapp's residence. The
graneres on the wharves had several feet
/ of water in them but the phosphate and
grain were removed before much damage
was done. Large logs were washed out
of the saw mill yard and fioated over into
Leslie Stevenson's field. Notwithstanding
the violence and the storm and flood,
our high school principal Prof NJ. L.
Hydorn, was on the job. He lives in the
country and was ferried over the cause
way each day until the water subsided
enough for him to come over in wading
boots. This storm will long be remem-
bered by the residents Of North Market
street Their gardens had been planted
and now are wrecked. Chickens were
drowned. carpets and furniture ruined.
fences and trees blown down ana the
general scene Of havoc after a storm.
Stephen G. Downs Of Snow Hill is Wis |
hing his brother. Joseph Downs who is |
quite ill.,
Owing 10 an oversight the name Of
littel Alice Smith was omitted from the
report Of the Red Cross entertainment
last week. The little girl sang beauti
fully and we wish to give her the credit
she well deserves.
Harry Werley Of Wilmington spent
sunday with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Werley.
Mrs. Aaron Hudson and Mrs. Clarence
Naguigan and daughter Rae, of VIII
mington, were weekend visitors Of Mrs.
John Stevens.
THE Kentucky Bell" a comedy in
three acts with three special choruses.
md special musical attractions, will be
given by the Caesar Rodney High School
IA our town hall Friday night. April 49,,
1t O'Clock. This play comes highly rec
as the pupils were trained by
special trainer. Fart OF the proceeds
will be given to the Junior Red Cross.
The Parent Teacher meeting has been
postponed until Friday evening, April |
g.
Mrs. Cecil Hudson and twin babies,
Betty and Cecil Of wilmington, were
,uests Of Mrs Ralph Jester last week.
Mrs. Edgar Warrington and grandson,
Cigar. were guests Of Mrs. Mary Kelly
his week.
t40WAfu Bt[lS OF W inning lpt spent
unday with his parents, Mr., and Mrs.
,dward Belts.
Mrs Florence Hitch of wilmington is
isiting Mrs. Mary A. Boone
After the high tides last week Mrs
Larry Phillips little home stood in water
p to the windows Fortunately. her
ood neighbor Charlie Faulkner. noticed {
er predlcament in the early stages Of the {
torn and conveyed her in a wheelbar- ;
Nv to a place Of safety. As the old lady
rather stout her rescuer feared to
'ust her in his bateau with the wind
lowing a gale. When the hero deposit
/ his burden on dry land, she exclaimed,
That was some rider The interior OF '
le humble abode is ruined from the I
ater but friends will replace the modest ,
that she may be comfortable
for after all, BE it ever 50 humble.
iere is no place like home"
NOTICE. t
I will be located in the store formerly n
coupled by B. F. Topping, on or about n
pril Srd, with full line Of jewelry and r
ndred trade.
'Stokes, the Je@eIer."
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19
LOSE SEVEN BUSHELS OF PoTA.
TOES EVERY DAY.
What Happens When the Tops of Po.
tatoes Are Killed Prematurely.

For everyday when the tops Of po-
tatOes could grow but do not, the grow
er loses seven bushels of potatoes per
acre.
whenever the growing season Is less
ened by even two weeks through at
tacks of potato beetles and flea beetles,
the acre loss is very nearly one hun
dred buShels-pOtatOes which the grow
er might have had had he protected his
investment in the growing Of potatoes.
For every week that Is lost during
the growing season, because the tops
are killed by early blight, or by tip
burn, or by the late blight, which is
followed by rot. the loss to the grow
or is nearly so bushels per acre. This
IS generally more rather than less, for
often the entire crop rOts. Then the
grower loses not only what he mighk
have had, but some of the potatoes
which he actually did have.
The figures are taken from results
secured ut two widely separated agrl- |
cultural experiment stations. At one
Of these stations, in Minnesota, they |
commenced digging the crop the very |
last of July. and measured the acre
yield, by weeks. until the last Of Au-
gust. The last harvest was 215 BUSH |
els greater than the first harvest. The |
crop gained at the rate of slightly over
seven bushels per acre per day, an In
crease which is absolutely lost when
the vines die early.
At the Rhode Island experiment sta
tion similar experiment was tried.
with results in very close agreement
The first harvest was July IL, whenl
the yield was at the rate Of 1872 bush
els per acre. The last Of the potatoes
were dug 80 days later. when The tops
were entirely dead. and the yield at
that time was found to be 1893 bushels
per acre-a gain Of over seven bushels
per acre per day.
Spraying Prevents the Loss.
Spraying the potato vines against
bugs, beetles and bIights prevents this
great loss. It kills the beetles and
keeps the blights from even getting
started. It makes larger yields by pro-
longing the growing season.
Fertilizers have much the same af.
feet. A poorly nourished plant can no
more resist disease than can a poorly
lourished man. Spraying protects the
potato growers Investment In fertili-
zer, and thus gives what is really dou-
Die protection.
As long as potato vines stay green
he yield continues to increase, even II
most Of the leaves are dead. Il is im-
'ortant to know this, for in spraying
potatoes the temptation is always to
init the last spraying. The vines are
'ften lodged between the rows, and II
eems as though more damage would
'e done by the sprayer in passing :
through the rows than would be done
y neglecting to spray. Yet If the last
praying simply wards Off the BLIGHT
nd keeps the vines healthy until COM >,
lete maturity, a few days at best, It
ays enormous returns on the spraying il
Investment. II
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19

world is organized, cannot possibly tire
out the man Of average normal health.
If it could. Edison would have been dead
at the age Of thirty-five, Bell never would
have produced the telephone, Henry Ford
would not now be a king Of the automo-
bile business. Herbert C. Hoover would
not be controlling and directing the ma
tion's food supply to-day, Woodrow Will
son would be in a sanitarium and Gen
eral Pershing would be taking rest
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19
DON'T GET TIRED so EASY.

In the May American Magazine an au-
thor says:
'The thing that makes the tired bus
mess man tired Is his belief that he is
tired. Believe the contrary. There have
been times when you worked all day and
all night on a stretch. It did not kill
you.
Work, itself, as the modern business
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19
is known for his act

Mrs James H. Phillips. who was taken
to a Philadelphia hospital few days
ago for an operation is reported to be
doing nicely.
Cleve Griffin has purchased a Ford car
The stork called on Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Moore last week and left them a little
1aughter
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19

YOUR LIBERTY BOND PURCHASE
May be increased a little at time
by the purchase Of Thrift Stamps and
War Savings Stamps. Every purchase,
no matter how small, helps America
win the war.
G. Layton Grier, Chairman,
Sussex County Committee.
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19

Hoard your dollars and you spead
the lives Of Americas sons. Buy your
Liberty Bond now.
Milford chronicle., 1918-04-19

cure instead of commanding American
soldiers in France"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
to and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention"
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte private is entitled to "some-
where in France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted In front of an open grave. and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
n hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machine-gun bullets were
Cracking" in the air above us. but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
i left before the grave was filed In.
/ could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face of my com
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get a
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, in the light of n lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
Of the front-line trench ! wrote two
letters. One to Petes mother. the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
Disappeared. One soon fOrgets on the
western front.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

governor" because he was laid up
with II cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
witch arsenal If a man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with a start as the clammy. cold feet
of rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
just try to sleep with belt full Of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
back, with tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
"cooties" boring for oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil of
grimy human bodies and smoke from a
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes turn In
the trench for rest.
While In q front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment.
The "cooties" take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself. Just wait until l
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
/ Just before daylight the men "turn
to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until 1t gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" Is or
dered, the command ave rounds rap
Id" Is passed along the trench. This
means that, each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck"). There Is
a grent rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all or
first. because the early bird. In this in
stance, catches the worm--sort OF gets
the jump on the other fellow. catching
him unawares.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
Clothes Economy
Fashions Problem

New York.--Women are Of many
minds concerning clothes. Some insist
that they will have everything made In
| the house, giving the seamstresses a
| chance to live: that they Will study
| the best fashions for inspirational
wosk in their own sewing rooms.
Others insist that they will spend
this spring altering clothes that are al
most as good as new, while others say
| that IL Is patriotic to spend.
Ii is quite well, observes promi-
nent fashion writer, that there are seq
ments of differing thought. The con-
tinent is so full of women that they
can group themselves into thousands
OF units, each with but a single pur-
pose, and everybody will be benefited.
Every woman does not see economy
In the same way. 1t would be foolish
therefore. to preach the same sermon
To the mass. There is no doubt that
several thousands Of women are de.
batting, with intelligence and with a
stimulating effort at sacrifice, this
question of spring costumery; but, as
far as the prophet can see into the
future. business will not suffer by this
discussion.
There will be hundreds of gowns re-
modelled in the sewing rooms of
homes; there will be thousands of
gowns bought for less than $50 by
women who once paid over 500 for
them; there will be revival of in
dividual work on clothes, and less will
be left TO the shops and the dress
makers; but there is enough money In
this country and sufficient need and
desire for spending to have everyone
made easy and comfortable.
AS for the business OF altering
clothes at home, words of wisdom and
Kindness should be said in favor Of 1t.
Much can be done To augment ward
robe In this manner; but there will al
ways remain the necessity for one new
costume, no matter how earnest II
worker the sewing woman may be.
II will not be an easy season for
her who contemplates transforming
her old clothes into new ones AT first
glance she may think that things have
relpained much as they were. hut as
the season advances she will find that
the changes have been drastic.
The French have subtly inserted in
TO every garment and every detail of
the garment, sufficient change from
what has been to upset the calcula-
tions of thousands who wanted to
wear the clothes they possessed.
Skirts Very Narrow.
Skirts. for instance: The slightest
flare ut any seam makes even con
sentative woman wearing such u gar
ment wish she had stayed at home or
remodeled her gown before she went
out Fortunately, the alteration from
a wide to a narrow silhouette is mas
tered even by those who do not claim
to be experts. The seams of tail
ored skirt, for instance, are merely
ripped upward from tile bottom and
taken in as Il continuation of the
straight line from the hips.
The hem of frocks cannot be han
died in SO simple way; but, fortu-
nately for the economical woman, or
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

was in my first dugout and looked
around curiOusly. Over the door Of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called "Suicide Ditch" Later on
l learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could he contained in those
three little letters, NJ u ID. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside Ii was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me carae n drip.
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; ut least there
were twenty steps leading down to il.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to he very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy sdunre-
cut timbers. while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags.' Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung miscellaneous assert
mert Of equipment. The lighting ar
engagements were slperb--one candle
In reflector made from an ammuni
! ton tin. My teeth were chatterint
from the cold, and the drip from tn,
alrshaft did not help matters much
While was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside al
home, the fellow next to me, who wa.
writing letter, looked up and limo
Gently asked, "Say. Yank, how do YOU
spell 'connagration'T
/ looked at him In contempt and an
swered that did not know.
From the darkness In one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
ls~ Bag. and Smile. Smile. Smile
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough. cough, cough. but
II was good illustration of Tommy'i
cheerfulness under such conditions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
CHAPTER X.
"The DAYS Work."

/ was fast learning that there Is a
regular routine about the work of the
trenches. although II is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences Mt shutdown. Tommy IL
like burglar, he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word "stand to" Is passed from trav-
erse to traverse. and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting of two men
to traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet. ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
relax his watch for second. If he Is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants OF his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayonets fixed, ready for any enier-
gency. or If lucky, and dugout hap
pens to be in the near vicinity Of the
traverse, and if the night Is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch few winks of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around, smoking flags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some OF them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

A Inachine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me, a hard look.
sneaked past him. sliding and slipping
and reached my section Of the front
line trench, where / was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you beenr
/ made no answer. but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating In my
face. About half an hour later l
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten O'Clock / was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sign of relief. We prayed for the morn
Ing and the rum issue.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

Monsstic frock of silk jersey. II is
tire color Of banana and embroi-
dered in a heavy design Of white
wool, with ? thick cord around the
waist. The vest and collar are Of
white orsandie.
has been. and therefore, everything is
merely revived"
When the elbow sleeve was CO" sid
cred by Paris as an American fashion
projected through the demand for con-
venience. il was looked upon by the
ultra-smart French designer as part
and parcel of that work-a-day cos
tumery which the Americans demand
ed and with which the European ele-
gante would have nothing to do. We
We're called "A working people.
After Il while Europe as we'll as
America adopted the short sleeve, and
those in this country who were fas-
tidiot(s began To side with the French
in their belief that the fashion was
in elegant. For three years we wit
messed streets filled with girls who
wore elbow sleeves in separate white
blouscs, with Dutch necks. no collars
no gloves, and separate skirts. That
was an ugly day In costumery. Let us
hope that ii will not be revived, al
though there is every evidence that
the seeds of this evil have already been
SOwn.
But these short sleeves, which We're
worn in the Directoire with every kind
of gown and which we're practically
covered by rare old cashmere shawls,
are not the only short ones that this
spring has produced. We are evident
~ In for Il reign of abbreviated arm COW
crlngs, inspiration for which has beeD
gotten from all the centuries.
The Surplice Movement Wins.
Another change In the direction Of
fabrics across the body has been made
by the French, and to follow ii will re-
quire ingenious alterations on the part
of the American woman. Evidently
there Is an idea that the fewer the
buttons the better the frock. We have
gone back to the time when strings
Utlu lOptluci anu tit NiOth was
cut in such way that 1t remained
where IL was placed on the body.
Possibly 1t would be more compre-
hensive to put the whole thing into the
statement that the more we are wrap
ped across the body the better dressed
we are today.
This movement of fabric fiAds Its
most commonplace exploitation in the
surplice bodice or jacket Afternoon
gowns and the most elaborate evening
frocks have bodices thSt are merely
elongated scarfs with armholes. They
wrap around the figure at the waist.
line and the back. froat or sides.
Separate surplice bodlces are not
considered too ignoble to be attached
to n brilliant evening skirt. When the
latter is of diaphanous and frivolous
fabric the bodice may be If satin. bro
cade or tissue. and when II finishes Its
bias movement about the figure 1t Is
held at the side with a great gold rose
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20

Surplice bodice for evening. II belongs
to an oriental gown, which has net
tunic caught at one side and en-
broidered in gold. The satin skirt Is
edged with monkey-fur fringe. The
scarf is of Gurrant-coiored tulIe.
the one whose patriotism has made
her think that she should be economi-
cal In this question OF apparel, the
French have handed us out in a gen.
erous manner two of three very clev-
or tricks that will turn the old into
the new.
One OF them Is the holding In of a
eighty full skirt by a loose band be-
low the knees, finishing In a bow al
the side.
Another trick Is the gathering In of
the. fullncss at the side of skirt to
straight. embroidered band. which
II strongly reminiscent of the first
hobbe skirts.
The women In the sewing room finds
delight In the fact that fullness Is not
taboo. She realizes that she can have
whatever material she desires In a
akirt II II does not flare away from
the hips or the knees.
What the French call the "jupe ton.