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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
NEWS Of THE DAY
DOWN DELAWARE
Death Of Mrs. William II. Boyce,
Wife of Associate Judge
Boyce of Dover.
SUSSEX COUNTY JURORS
Governor Townsend Has Bought
and Presented TO the State a
Handsome State Flag.

spc,.ial Correspondence .. Every Evening
Dover. Dec 30 \ handsome IhrlSt-
mas Gift "a the State House silk. ON
hroidcred State flag army regulation size,
mounted on staff with spear head. has
h,en made bv Governor John G. Town
send, Jr. I'hc flag was made especially
ier the governor
Delaware has never had any other
state hag ihau the govcrnors flag OF
bunting. which Is thrown 90 the breeze
from thr flg stair on the stale House
hen th, governor i - hl~ office Last
Nav N hon 'he governors at the several
states 81 'hr | mon met N Philadelphia
n ludcpcndeucc liall tic state Depart
mont Was ,allcd hv telephone bv those
Ia>ing the decorations Al independence
lslt "a ctarec. for thc loln Of Delaware ;
oftclt state i K 6ar The reply was hat
n,laware lid not own onc Tho SUI flag
presented lN Governor Townsend vii
chvlat, further ymharra., mcnt along
this Inn,
Nhcu not m usr on state occasions the
tsg WI b, placed under c'n-~ iram' m
tl.t governed parlor- n he state 'i"uS'
tpr puhnr SsV
\ E,nd-am r.0 + \n'ucln flag
ia> - been pnraht-e.l Tor u,c pa state
fFf.s. -#4tna
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pr,rH or Aps. y. ~. ROYCE.

>p..G,I ,.. ,p,.,.i ae. ..rt t,rr, t,rnms
.,,u.r.,9. l.,s - NI,~ tmma r.
sot.s as WNH.m q RoN,,, 1e.o-
f rs Fl ,.r .olntN 0.d II ~,
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month. ni = daN~
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t-.u. sut#t f,rtl, trsAl-
ra inI bowhui d
's.,.. vtf tVe fuuud that
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.a,u. u..#t,I r.iIt-lNG far 'h,
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NT e. Ib.rt a.tt,r .f
a N N4Hrlt al S,liryut.
EH ..rf NH nt,., 81, -r,n' hcr
NU. r.#t,t. , I. .rd Mr.
Ia, N.. rl ur,J HID >,rN
.t.t a..tut I b Cllf.h
l rdrrfel n
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irr Il A.W.- ,tman
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
{ HE>TERTG w MD.

>I-c.si Correspondents Of Every Evening
CA.>t,rtoR Nid Dec 30 4 YER
r5,' welding was solemnized al the
t"ue ~ Nir 'ud Mrs. Edward Robinson
t riocL SATURDAY afternoon, when
thor daughter AiWIdc "uc cf The popu-
lar tspller- ~ tnc cri.nty iccAuc the
irie ~ Niiham II Niut.ly. .Ir. a
prominent vorug farmer living near
hcnurdvv1lie The ceremony vas peg
formed by Rev I Ward. pastor of
u CHRIST Methodist Pro1 c.,t ant Church
III -i.. pr,~,el - ~ unl, the immediate
',ml - tic rmupic Following thc
..r,Iuuat . nucAeoI W..s ti after
vse. ,ur sgd Ail> V hitriev left for an
...Ii,I week.-mrs. ~
lu' to Vcduug ~ lltere>t 70 the
-sa..lInc trar"ri rii's - .pr county took
ult.c >Arrrin. c-cnur Il rho home #
~ and Air- Joseph Dpver on High
--tcet when Their daughter Eva Mac.
~, ar." NJ nrld' q Walter leo Nalbcrt
4 sourg {, rIu"r living near town
llr and N:fs Charlie VI S,rton Of
e,s,N anunuuoc thc marriage II their
Ja-g'f,r Lo,sec Huston. to William
Robert Newman on December 24
fie erreW"uA icIug pcrfouned b. Rev
Icwarl Goo II MIliI gton
Mis- Anna Helen NiIcox was married
saturday 10 Wilson Groves Of kennedy
,liIs Fhc hridc Is ,ho daughter 0f Atr
.uI A.r Holm ; ~Il,oN
lrriercl ! Ralmond tormor muslral
director ~ Grace NJ / Church. WI
nrg'on h1s bccn engaged ~ direct
itc Music II ti.c Inlul revival services
ID b,gn ia De- Methodist Episcopal
church "n ~..dav ncNi. january ;
Captain Paul Jacobs 81 Camp Etstie.
va First officer GLADYS Jacof,s of h.
NavL Hor' Pluladelplls. and William
jacobs 4 C-IL.ug y were guests
- taur mother Nir- Hary Jacobs.
81 Nuil'.ctou laS' ac,h
Mr lEut lamr,r- Jr and little
daughter PIylIi " Wilmington are
visiting hcr parents Mr. and Mrs }
J. Hoodl lu Aiiliu gon Mrs
lsma,r husband IS with the AIncri-
can iAFcirrimart Iorcc- m France
" hi Cl.rh, ha- s"Id MS farm near
Rec tnrrcr tor II N,stfall II Cumber-
iud foi - 900
WV .np ladit- # this town who
lrNc hcon engaged in government work
lu Washington iyr past SIX months were
rJbrcc $40 Just before th.y left the
ctt n .nud thclr Chri-tmas holidays
a hon irr 1J, thief entered then
r,om shortly a.'r they lad gone out
II do fl' shopping
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
Repeat Christmas Program.

The choir Of Epworth VI. r. Church
last night repeated its musical progra m
given 4 week ago 4 choir Of 35 voices
rendered the program anthems. Rev.
Ransom z Nichols delivered brief
sermon. which was followed bv sol, b.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Wilson Mrs.
Lulu Holloway sang Cain on the Listen
ing Night George Gibson and choir
sang Keeping Watch VIC Have Seen
his Star. Z sSlumbering in T,owIv Man
ger Behold ye his Star. and tHarkl
The IIerIad Angels slng
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
EYES ON OFFICIALS TRIAL.
Mayor and Police Chief Face Jury on
Grating Charges.

Pcnnsgrove, N. j., Dec. 30--Half the
town will take 10 the Court House, at
Salem tomorrow for the trial OF Mayor
j. Albert Fisher and his brother, Chief of
Police Clarence Fisher, charged with
having taken hush money" to suppress
crime, and three of the foI other members
Of the local police force, Cooper Sparks,
Charles Stiles and Joseph Money who
were indicted on the charge of having
guilty knowledge of the alleged wrong
doing OF their chief and the mayor.
There are two indictments against
the mayor and the chief of police, one
charging them with offering To suppress
a crime in which five foreigners arr al
legged To have attacked n l5-vear-old
girl, and who averred that these Off
cIals took 500 in hush money" from
them, and the second setting forth that
they illegally arrested Ruth Williams,
accused OF keeping a disorderIy house.
Mayor Fisher has declined TO make any
statement before the trial, and there
is no indication as TO just what line the
d, Tense will take.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
W rites From France

l'nyl'o Janc- II inder,on, son of
Henry Anderson, of Edge Moor,
ha- written lcttrr - hi- parents, telling
i pow with the si7th Pioneer Infantry
~ France Iic tells something of his
experience IN crossing the ocean. saving
that their convoy was reported TO the
Germans by spy boat However
the submarines evidently decided not
10 chance q run-ln with the American
vessels since, Anderson saws the voyage
ya- made without cncountering one of
jhr -ca pirates Private Anderson sailed
Tor France September 1.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
DELAWARE. CITY

-a4a' ~, l"tdaua {. ftsr4 It,nuv
Iaaau5n tsfl Ia. 30 Dr R.t-
tleus ,ou' -ptnf 'he aook ,ud h.rc
5 itn h- SISTER. Mr. ir.p, Rcyb bold
Mis- Lle. lant-on i'in. b tllt-
tnt.
ol1~.a M.t auuc. aap Mead, j.
.or '.ne IL psuf ~ anI Ms
vi In Ai,t gHei
NaJar aa Mr. L4-.nc Householder
81 Washington j. ar t3-llng Manor
IIoa-t holder r.r.f- Nir ard Mis-
rauk Huu~ehoidcr
Mis- tann. ,i,a-on i.a- returned II
Ter honp u FbladciphIa after pending
a icw day, uerr W4th AIr- G,lTp "
bright
Mr. J. ~hruclcr d rmadcpnl4 y
spending i lcW day ulth felaty,- m
town
Lieutenant II. hler aa- returned Z,
camp Humphrey, aficr Spending f.v
dAy- hoit NIfA h- mother
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
PERSH|NG NOT A STAR
IN WEST POINT DAYS
Spanish Was Stumbling Block
That Kept Cadet in Lower
Numbers of Class.

Ar student at the Military Academy,
Per8hing did not shine with the aane
lustre that he did as a soldier OF course.
to gain admission to West Point, TO last
through its four years Of daily cross
examinations at the blackboard its
searching. sen1i-annual examinations.
yo,Inpster must be fairly apt Mt study
In the class of which Pershing was
member, admitted 10 the academy on
July |, 1882, there were 10i men. Twelve
had been dropped by the end Of the first
year, the following year saw nine more
dropped; the next year. five; and the
last year one The class graduated
seventy-seven men, AN elimination Of
more than 25 per cent of the men who
began the course Of four years before
But among The men who lasted through
these four gruelinG years, pershing did
not shine as a student AZ the end If
hrs "Plebc" year, biz general order Of
| merit IN the class was ~; n the end Of
the third year, ii had dropped To 81 the
following year he got it Ip 30 81 and at
graduation hc stood thirtieth in his class.
Mathematics is the fundamental study
| at the academy In this he was not hril-
| liant. his merit being 226S in a possible
/ maximum of 800. In civil and military
| engineering he scored only tra better
than he did in mathematics Even in
, tactics his merit was only 768 in a pos
sible maximum Of 100 His highest merit
vsas in discipline whore he made 1897 in
| possible maximum Of 200 But in an
| institution whose discipline is cast in an
iron mould, this record was not exern-
plary; Of the sevcntv-scven men who
graduated in this class. there were thirtv-
four ub rytort4 Iierfr.Itytn ,,,e-
achieved tho maximum Spanish was
pcrshing's greatest stumbling block: in
this he made only 81 ; in a possible maxi
mum Of IS Worlds Work Magazine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
I'm THRU-ENZA."
No, I'm Not. for ! Know the Soldiers
Need Me Still

The following is quoted from Red Cross
clippings, printed in Philadelphia for
the Pennsvlvania-DelaW Red Cross
Division:
We are indebted to A. r.. G. Rays,
division bulletin of the Mountain DivI-
son, Tor the name of n new disease. I'm
Thru-cnza, il is called, and its symptoms
and remedy are described as follows:
With the cessation OF hostiliiies. the
Red Cross is called upon to combat a new
epidemic, originating this time within its
own ranks. The aftliction is known as
'1m-thru-enza.
The initial symptom is a sense of las
situde-a feeling OF What's the use? It's
all over. Why should | work." Steps are
beng taken To isolate the germ also
those who are carrying it,
The epidemic is not widespread: never
theless an effort is being made to stem its
advance
Cold feet" IS a marked symptom
Another indication Of the presence of
the germ is iorgetfulness dhat the boys
are still over there).
he victim, ms q rule cannot concen-
trate the mind ION knittingl.
he sight becomes impaired fcan't
see To scwl.
The ears become affected (can't hear
the appeals of hundred Of thousands oil
refugees who must be clothed, fed and
hoiised)
Heart doesn't beat as il used TO, and in
advanced stage that organ apparently
turns TO stone
A vaccine consisting of equal parts oi
tlncture of I-won t-quit and Rcd Cross
spirits, dash Of patriotism and peck oi
pep Is effective
At the moment Of going to press i m
Thru-en7a" has not been located III the
Pennsylvania-Dcla Division. nor are
we in the least apprchensive even of n
sporadic outbreak of The disease, much
less IN epidemic
However, no community IS immune.
and on the chance that = few isolated
cases of I'm 'rhru-enza' NAV crop out
IN this division, VIC venture 10 suggest
first and treatment Refugee garments are
sorely needed abroad. and Eli the sweat
crs and socks We can ret overseas by
January |, will be gladly welcomed by
our soldiers. The germ of I'm Thru
enza can find no Judgment in hands and
fingers kept busy faShioning these needed
garments and knitted articles.
Other hands, not busy IN this manner
can find plenty TO do IN connection with
the signing Of the Christmas Roll Call
As for eet-thcy don get cold IN this
dlvisioni
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
BARTON AUTOMOBILE
RECOVERED IN CHESTER

An automobile belonging 70 G. NJ
Barton, Of Kcnnett Pike and Mt. Salem
Lane, which was stolen on Friday night
from in front of the Queen Theatre was
found abandoned Saturday night in Chester
The Chester police notified the local po-
lice of he finding Of the machine. The
thief was not captured
The automobile owned by Joseph
BeSie, Of $40 jackson street, which was
stolen on Friday night was found abandon
ed few hours later on Orange street be-
tween Sixth and Seventh.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
Relfer Iieard trnnl

l1uJaullu Eoi.er ~ Np li22 West
stree WHO'S, rA,teunu. tiapptauaucc
nom this ctN ~N We,k- aFu Witi thuu-
sands 81 dp.iar- advanced LN ir nds ca scd
:. srn-aflln lr ti-InCs~ Circle- and much
distress f.t tls sal, and cmL Nae heard
from -f ,tot Iv "A ira, tDut 50 hi,
rrr0ltaI Letter. Wrr, received h tLc
four ttu elaim 'Y have lcut him ariiro,i
nafci, - OH lI vhiel +, promises tl
repaf tlr iosf II gwen tnur
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
Gets War Cross.

Mrs FIWood W Downward No 3O05
Madison street, has q letter from her hlls-
band Private Flwood IN Downward
who i in Section SGT. L :. A., ambulance
service, with The Italian army, in which he
gives some idea Of the way the Italians
fight lie has been awarded an Italian
war cross.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30
III CONTRIBUTORS
So FAR To XMAS
HOPE FARM FUND
Still Time for Others to Help the
Tubercular Patients and
the Institution
NAMES OF GIVERS
TO DATE ANNOUNCED

While friends OF Hope Farm have been
very liberal III king he annual holida '
donations to the institution. there il
still time left for OF hers. who have over
looked contributing 10 the Christmas
check fund Of the institution, 10 do so
The Institution had many needs which
may be only partly cared for by the con-
tributions thus far received Checks
may be mailed as late as January / Crate
ful acknowledgment is made by the
management Of the institution 70 the
following contributors, 277 in number
G. II. Album
Mrs. Edwin Ainsworth.
+. J. Amory
~-- Arthurs. Smyrna. Del
Mother NJ. Augusttn.
J. G. Auten.
Theo. W Baker.
William = Bancroft
Mrs Emma Banning
Mrs. .. VI Barnettc. Dover. Del.
Mrs Thomas = Bayard
Bavarian Brewing Co
William Beadcnknpf
Anna b Beckett, Smyrna. Del
Laura a. Bell. Smyrna. Del
T. l. Bergland.
William Eetts
B. b Bowden Scaford Del
George J. Bissel
Mrs John B. Bird
William 9 BlatH.
{ a Bryan
ts2TE1E = BfUUth4
G. VI Bower
George c Boyd
Walter Boyer.
Miss A. g Brennan
Mrs. ! Thompson Brown.
Mrs Rose ETeucT
J. J Broman
Edith III. P0chCT
Lefty Burns
Miss Elizabeth " Burn
Everett &. Button
Frederick Brinchurst.
Eimira H. Buck
Mrs Joseph /. Cahall. Georgetown. Del
X ; Campbell
II. L. Cannon 4 son. Bridgeport. Del
Thomas p. Cartmen
A. ID. Chambers
Mrs. r &. Clark
Mrs ] B Ciarkson
J A Cleaver. Niddletown. Del
Mrs Charles Copeland.
l.. Harlan Cloud
Mrs. j Allen Colby, Holly Oak.
George + Cornell
Jasper { t'raue
Mrs. Alice Crawford
Miro }. II DANNY
Millard II Davis.
Charles Dickson
:. &. Dillon.
Il. Ii Durham.
Mrs. w X du Font
Philip du P0nt
f.ammot du pont
Mrs Alexis l. du Pont.
Mrs. Josephine du pont
A Felix du Pout
Mrs. Pierre ; du Pont.
8
Mrs NJ Eisennenger.
Eleventh Ward Republican League
Edna O. EliasOn.
j. B ElIason
Mrs. Alfred Elliott.
Harry Emmons
Mrs. katherine Frh
Harry q. Evans.
Mrs. Jacob Faber
Mrs JEANNE II Field.
George NJ Fisher. Dover. del
JAMES l. Ford
William B Foster
+ NJ. Fowler. Smyrna, ilel
III X Freck.
G. ingeTsoll Cause.
Horace l.. Gardner
Mrs Spottswo0d Garland
Miss Helen s. Garrett.
Gcwohr Piano Co
NJ. Gambrill.
William Giles
Ralph s Clifford
Mrs Saiiie Giuns.
Goiding & sons Co
r.. Groenabaum. seaford Del
Mrs Martha III Grub
Hunter GTubb.
w. g. Guy.
Robert q. Harman.
Florence g. Hall. Delaware City. bboi
Bertha Harlan.
Hartmann Fehrcnbach
Mary r.. Hart.
Mary Hart.
Joseph 8. Hamilton
Mrs. Mary McHarper
Holstein Harvey.
Mrs. Huxley Harvey
W II. Harrington.
William c. Hickey. Delaware City. Del
Harry h Hook
Hebrew Charity Assn. biiddIetpun Del.
George W Heidmser-
Joseph Hess
Georgr IL Huficcker.
Charles Ho@iic
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30

We have hundreds OF testimonials every
where OF the workings of tic New Idea
pipelcss furnace Sec il At " hitc Brothers,
northeast corner Front and Orange streets.
hcfnfc htINinr Adx
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-30

Frederick Holdman
- F Houston.
Mrs George Fl Huber
Dr G. w Hughes
Harry u Hygatc
Mrs. Job II Jackson
Joseph Jablonski
w 4. Jackson Lumber 20
Miss VI " Janvier Eev Castle not
Miss II. Jeffere
J ivey JeSsup
Edward Johnson
II. ID Jones.
y. A. Jones
Charles I Kent
g | kiiicn
Mrs. ; I koser
William r kurtz
u. J. krrbs
Rev " II Laird
" W Laird
" ] Laird
Mary K. Latimer
Mrs ii II Layton
Hcnry + Lackey
Morris Levy.
David Lindsay
Alice D Lohdell
Dr. }. Paul Lukens.
John Lang. Delaware City Del
William ] tIrz
J b. Layfield
J. +. Lynch.
Mrs Ed. NcCarron
AtcCaulley & son Inc
" J. McCorkindaIe
Mrs. Il. c. Mcclure
James r. MCGOWAN
J. A NcMullen
r Massey MiddletoSn
Mrs. " 6 MendinhalI
H. Z Mellon
Mrs Z Miller. Newark
Townsend " Miller.
+ " Milling
Mrs. J " Niendinhan
Mrs. r Minshall
Minqua Tribe No. <. l q R. NJ
Bishop ] J. Monaghan
H X Miller.
] II Moon
T, II. Mulligan Delaware City. Del.
NJ, d Murphy
National Fibre & Insulation
Mrs W c Nesbitt
Charles l. Newcomb. Ir.
Mrs BENJAMIN Niel1s.
otho Nowland.
J r Oherly
Thomas OConnell
Elmer 0utten. Dover, Dcl
Patriotic Order Sons Of america. Wash
ngtou Camp. No 4
Elsie l.. Patterson
Mrs. g l. Patterson
Mrs, Emile W Palmc.
Rowland q Paynter GEORGETOWN Ih,l
Mrs, James Pennewil. Dover lptl
Robert Pennington
Byron Pepper. Georgetown. Del
Jesse W Philips
Anna h Porter
John l.. Pratt
". Pratt. smyrna Del
Francis = Price.
c. & w Pyle co
Mrs. " G. Ramsay.
R8phaelson & krigstein
Mrs Rebecca }. Reese.
: ]. Reynolds. smyrna De
George \ Rhoads
]. Edgar Rhoads
John II Rice
Miss MARY T Ridgeiy
George Rocker.
Mrs /. G. Rogers Frcderica. Del.
ID K. kutIer.
Thomas c. Roc. Dover. Del
NJ II Rutter
", Fl Ryan
Mary II sharp
Alice I sellers
" r Satterdold. Dover. Del.
s,es ps Samp",ikS Wil,nr5 Delaware City Del
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schunder
Mrs r. T. Schoonovcr
Mrs Emily ' Shaw.
w NJ Shaw
Howard l. Seaman
Jesse |. shepherd. Afiddletown Del
Mrs susan II shearman
f. T ShetLIer Odessa. Del
Hugo Schlatter.
Michael Sexton
|. Dolphus short Milford. Del
Mrs 7. @ Shortlidge
Jasse NJ Seaman.
William T. sellers
Brinton Z. smith
T. Darlington smith
Charles III Smith. Jr
=. NJ. smith
G II Spackman
William Staniar
Henry snyder
Chas. NJ Stietf Inc
Thomas II, Swan Delaware T,ity Yat
Eiwood Faliey
r G. Taltnan
William & Taylor
W. NJ Thomas
". Thompson, Ir
" Tissell
Fam G.. TruaY
! Truitt. seorge own. Del
Edna Il Topkis
>. ID Townsend
G " Turner
Isaac Turner.
] NJ. Timer, Richardson Park
Mrs. W 5 Valentine.
+. A. Matter.
Alfred ID Warner
Francis S Whitten
Mrs NJ NJ Virgins
Wilmington Div No. ~. Ordor X. G.
Dr William wcrtenhakev
Charles ! West seaford del
Mrs. II b Wheeler
Madison willin. seaford Dol
Mrs Frank @ Whitlock
Dr James Nj. Winner.
+. e Wooten. laurel Del
T. w Wo!ters.
Judge Victor u. Wooicy.
Wilmington Lodge. No BOZ, h T. q. K
General James ii. Wilson.
w NJ Whitten. Jr
r. g. Noodbridgr, Jr.
T. ". W0olw orth Co
Willard loun~
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ANGLING FOR RICH PATRONS
Unwary Western Woman
With Money.

In Woman's Home Companion,
Corinne Lowe tells of the wiles used
by a Fifth avenue milliner in max
ing the Fern Piper hat famous:
Those for whom the spider spread
its web were not the wealthy and
questionable women of New York,
but wealthy and prompt customers
from the middle West. These are the
people who make money for every
Fifth avenue speciality shop. And
the only difficulty which now lay in
our path was that this profitable Gus
tom always has to be secured through
reputation for serving the most
fashionable members of New York So
ciety, those notorious fashionables
who are so sensitive to a second bill
and who never think of paying their
first one until at least six months have
elapsed
"At first we did not have a single
member of this sorority. What we
did was to fake them. This was
achieved by several ingenious meth
DDS. One of these was to pay $40 a
week each to the chauffeurs of Mrs.
Philip Rhinestewart and of Mrs. Clin-
ton De Sale Rives for driving their
crested limousines up before our
doors when these same ultrafashion-
able employers We're otherwise en-
gagged. The empty limousines were
extremely efficacious, and it was not
long before the women who were try
ing to get into fashionable society
were impressed. One by one they came
to us.
Meanwhile, we were also paying
the clerks of two of the smaIfest of
New York's hotels to recommend Fern
Piper to their rich out-of-town pa
IRONS"
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Women Also Serve,

While in the larger cities their work
is not so noticeable, in the smaller
centers of population our women are
slowly but surely taking over the work
of the men who are now in the army,
navy and other government service.
So far, our women workers have not
taken over the heavier classes of work
found in manufacturing plants, be-
cause there are still ample numbers
of men available. However, in plants
where there is much light manufac-
turing women are to be found in profu-
sion. In stores, hotels and even in
street cars, American women are TAX
ing the places of men with the col
ors. Women soda-water dispensers
and elevator runners are now quite
common in most citieS.-Scientific
American.
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Shortening Crackers With Corn Oil.

Shortening Crackers With Corn Oil.
For years cracker bakers have
thought that only animal fat could be
successfully used as shortening in their
products, it being believed that vege-
table fats, such as lard compound,
corn oil and peanut oil would not
make crackers which would keep in
hot weather. For ten months, how
ever, a cracker baking concern in
Terre Haute, Ind, has been making
commercial goods with 13 pounds Of
corn oil to the barrel of flour instead
of an equal weight Of lard, and also
using 25 per cent rye flour to 75 per
cent wheat.
These goods went through the hot
season last summer without trouble,
thus destroying what was practically
a myth of the cracker-baking trade.
The rye mixture produces soda
cracker and saltine in no respect
darker than a straight wheat article,
according to a bulletin of the United
States food administration. Barley
flour Is also suitable for cracker bak-
ing.
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Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes.

An ingenious improvement has re-
Gently been made to the already famil-
lar steel shrapnel helmet in use "over
there" says the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t is designed to protect the
eyes and the upper part Of the face
from splinters of wood, stone, sand and
metal thrown up by exploding shells.
The new device is merely an adapta-
ton of the chain doors which have
been introduced into metal, chemical
and glass works in recent years to pro-
tect the workers from the heat of the
furnaces and the splashes of molten
material. It consists of fringe of
separate short lengths of fairly heavy
chain, which effectively arrests the fly
ing particles. On account Df its loose
ness. it does not seriously interfere
with the vision.