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of the Congressional club in active
service was unfolded Wednesday. Mrs.
James Shafroth Of Colorado, who is
the mother of thre" men in uniform,
unfolded the emblem.
The national spirit engfndered by
war service work IS being felt by mem
bers of the Congressional Ciup. Re
ports of committees show concrete re-
suits of the increased enthusiasm of
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Work of National Civic Federation.

The lectures on social subjects which
the Washington woman's department
of the National Civic Federation has
given for the past five years have this
year given place to war work in ac-
tional Office to turn all of its energies
and resources into channels for war
work which were already existing
rather than to create new ones. The
chairman. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. has
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WAR WORK CALENDAR.
MON ID \


relief workrooms 1854 1880
" % H ea e Ct sS &g@%Ss
sos 5%m dressing s5s of %s s5soh o" Army Emergency
!s5eed in Switzerland
Infants wsshin 3
's s ssSeo street. AND Pct Ss~ ks sPss @ '
F s Hotel party ar % ''"evse Clark War Workers at Congress
War relic work at congressional from1O to
sale swss Iss d allied e4ee9e Of
classes Friendship Franklin
kitchen Woodward at
omsF G esa FED os ch Gefvy Ga SnS Of MG9
Barber. a ocIo
WEDNESDAY:
Mar al Congressional Tub. 'front.' to
relief
p of aPs er:1 st hqsad Red Cross
Liberty kitchen classes Public Library
of s1Taeana
Got5ss Hghiands ee!' o onh Of Army Emergency
6u c ss 65 half IF Of s 5o %aaea e 5s
N Of parish h 1n after ATTY EMERGENCY Committee
S '1 w 2 os lsss E sth
Evening parish hall of All Souls
rRD,N
street. open 1880
Cooke School for girl
p@q French sa Hsps oaSi s4a .9e for benefit {
wOkrooms of NJ street
Street s AND xeaas Commerce Commission 18th
Ss 4a a6nsse G1 2en Sa the District Chapter of the Red
NFsi9f i ES%4 6@ so eG 9s ss 1?a
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Liberty Kitchen Glasses.

The public is invited to attend any
of the Liberty Kitchen classes. which
are scheduled for this week as fol-
lows:
neutrality-suspicious. Diet Kitchen,
2:30 pm, soy beans; Morse School, 3
pm. quick breads: Powell School, 1;3o
pm: j o. Wilson Normal school,
1880 pm.
Tuesday-F>ranklin School, 2:3o pm.
use of fish: Friendship House. 2:30 pm
Wednesday-Noel House. 2:30 PM !:
Franklin School. 2:30 pm. use
of milk: Brightwood School, / pm,
rice and corn meal yeast bread; Public
Library, 3 PM; j. o. Wilson Normal
School. 1880 pm; Dunbar High School.
1870 pm.
Thursday--F'ranklin School. 10 am;
Emery School, 2:30 pm. use of milk !:
Casualty Hospital Diet Kitchen. $50
pm. quick breads.
Friday-Petworth homes, 2 pm; II.
n. Cooke School, 3:15 pm: Neishbor-
hood House, 7:30 pm, quick breads;
Park View School, 7:30 pm, rice and
corn meal yeast bread.
A meeting of the Home Economics
Association will be held at the Morse
School on Tuesday at $3.50. The sub
ject for discussion is to be AN AIDE
auate Diet and How to Make 1t at
Present" All who are interested are
invited to attend.
Liberty Kitchen recipes are publish
ed daily in The Evening Star.
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Plan for Liberty Bond Sales.

Representatives. of thirty national So
cieties of women were present at a
meeting of the advisory council of the
National Woman'S Liberty Loan Com
mittee, held at New York on March
and ,. Mrs. Kellogg, Fairbank, chair
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Women In War Work.
D. A. &. Active in War Work

The Daughters of the American Rev
hutton have put patriotic shoulders TO
the wheel in the nations present hour
Of stress and are doing superb work
for their country along many lines
They have contributed TO both liberty
loans a total of $5.iSS,sS1. Men or
efghty-eight boats are today wearing
garments knitted by members of the
organization.
THE Daughters have also adopted
companies of soldiers to keep Suppiied
with knitted garments for the period
of the war. have given amouiahces anu
feId Kitchens have provided hot meals
.nd box lunches for departing troops
have presented regSnental flags. have
contributed to the ideal conditions sur
rounding some of our camps. nave eN-
tended cheer and comfort to the lonely
camp guards who are Watching our
railroad bridges. tunnels and other pun
lie property and have been leaders IN
establishing Red Cross chapters
Toward the restoration OF the French
village of TiIloloy the Daughters have
contributed $3.50 Other activities m
Glude;
kpi,tcd garments. valued .sae, J so oo
Io li ni'f. - a, 6is4. 81
,-,I,,a,i a. -. so. IL
49, n tsos snrnort az . 81 $50. 81
IA s,-css n,nney .--........ 14s. $40. 50
National surgical dressings and Red On s.c %.
- russ II14.
Gfss iN,.u M. 5.246.:,0
= ..... ...-- s.i-'s.+,
NJ: a --'''-' - ...'.... g,it 40
p,nrsicr> % AMERICAN Revolution
isdS'. camp sherman" ''''.'. 2I5oO.o0
,. "4G House Junction Ciiy Ran. l.27o-"o
Daughters 81 American Revolution so, M
Room. Kalamazoo. Mich.---'.--- '''''
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Fifty-Five Stars on Service Flag.
\ service flag containing ffty-fve
stars. representing the sons of members
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Sale for Interned Prisoners

Maj I-tus TSenseuJ. military at
tz,ho of the RUrnanian legation has
made 1annc6ai a1E,aok-SS Naa6kurt<1a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
Preachers as Teachers.

The exgencies OF the war have struck
a severe blow at the public schools OF
Delaware So many teachers, attracted
bv the much higher compensation Of
Federal government positions available
TO them and who can blame them for
their decisions have entered the public
service. that members of the local school
boards found themselves sadly handicap
ped by lack OF teachers at the opening
of the school term, this fall
To meet this emergency q number Of
preachers have volunteered their services
as principals and teachers in our State
public schools This is very fine on their
part. and also promising for the interests
of the schools AS graduates Of sound
educational institutions, having a prac-
teal knowledge of the requirements Of
teachers, these preachers viii make ad-
mirable pedagogues.
At any rate, full praise will bc ac-
corded them for their patriotic offers to
teach school in addition to performing
their pastoral duties 1t Will be a severe
physical and mental strain on them, and
certainly some steps should be taken to
reward them accordingly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
PRESS COMMENT.
RAISING OF MORE WHEAT

Before the war, food production in
this country was not keeping up with
tho increase Of population. The late
James j. Hill predicted that there would
he trouble unless special measures were
adopted to stimulate agriculture. Much
has boon done since that time, especial
ly in the increase OF wheat and other
cereals. Now Luther Burbank comes
forward with way Of increasing the
wheat crop by many moro millions OF
bushels without the expense OF n dol
lar for labor or fertilizer. ! his latest
circular, entitled "Burbanks New Stand
ard Grans," printed ut Santa Rosa,
Cal, with the motto; Save Wheat
But Why Not Raise More and Better
Wheat at Less Costp" he relates how,
eleven years ago, he asked himself the
question why the wheats of the United
States and Argentina were SO inferior
to those grown in Australia, Canada
and Italy. Investigation led him to the
conclusion that what we needed chiefly
WIS not better soil or methods OF cul-
ture but education In the use OF good
seed. and he set himself the task of
growing superior wheat specially SUIT
ed to our soil He pays enthusiastic
tribute to William Farrar, OF New
South Wales, who died fifteen years
ago unnoticed, unacknowledgcd, un-
paid and unappreciated, not having
lived To sec the marvellous forces which
he had set Ia work, but now $5oo,-
600 monument is being erected IN mem
ory of this pioneer III Australian wheat
improvement
Burhanks own experiments have
been expensive beyond the lmaein-
alton Of ordinary growers for every
kernel had To be planted by hand and
harvested and thrcshcd with the old
fashioned sickle and fail, but now he
has ready several improved varieties,
ono of which yields nearly twice as
much as the ordinary wheat. lie is
probably not ovcr-sanguinc IN expect
ing that these, and his new varieties
of oats and barley, will 90 So far toward
rcvolutionizing the grain trade rs hls
improved white potatoes and deciduous
fruits have done to rcvolutionizc their
markets New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
A New Declaration of Independence

The Sussex Republican of Georgetown,
which has refused TO submit to the dIctum
of tho New Dispensation of the Re
publican party Of Delaware which has
SUCCESSFULLY supplanted the rule of the
old Organization, and IS even more IN
solcnt m it's demands that the voters Of
the party shall submit "a its arbitrary
rlc-in its current issue sets forth the
reasons for It's independent position and
it's noliticaI faith. "We were invited in, !"
SAYS the Sussex Republican in ITS current
issue, "and We believe our title TO come
in. and stay in, II we want to, IS Just
about as good as some of those who as
sumo TO read us out Of the party. We
do not admit the right of any man, or
few men. TO read any man out Of any
party. This happens TO bc free coun-
trv. and any man can choose any party he
plcasczs, support any ticket he wants TO,
proclaim his own political principles, and
he is no less a Republican or q Democrat
because he refuses TO vote for any man on
his ticket There was a day, long past,
when a man Of any party was proud to
say: Il never split my ticket In this
dsy a man is not considered a good citizen
if he docs not reserve the right 70 split his
ticket if he has 4 good and sufficient rea-
son TO do So"
And then the Sussex Republican sig
nhcantly adds "Oncc was tho day 50
the boss and political slavery. The pres
cnt DAY is ono Of freedom IN party az
fairs And the conclusion Of the Sussex
Republican Is that there is only one way
to build up strong Republican party IN
this state Let The Republicans run their
own party affairs In other words, let
the Republican voters Of Delaware run
their party, regardless Of the money
influence Of men like Addlcks or his sue
ccssors. who sought 70 buy their control Of
the Organiza ton Of the Republican party
nv the influence OF money Let the Re
pub hcan voters and the Democratic
vot ers control their own party affairs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
ANALYZING 4 FAMOUS RETREAT.

History viii pav more attention to
the retirement oi The Germans than cur
ren, report is paying We are 50 close to
he event we see it by pIece-mcal HIS
torv will view it as a whole as one Of the
largest movements Of all military record
The other day, lost in the mass Of
war news. It was set forth that the
general staff had lett Belgian soll No
body gave much heed 10 the news, which
is immensely significant For long time
an Of the grand headquarters work has
taken place west OF Liege Now it is
taking place east of that famous city.
Many buildings were occupied with the
headquarters at Spa and on a day last
week the archives and impedmenta were
removed It took two special trains and
many officials 10 bnng about the change
The immediate effects were taken 10
Nerviers, il miles east of Liege, and the
most important Of the records were taken
70 the old university city of Bonn, far
in German territory.
The German high command can prate
as it will, but when the chiefs begin to
move eastward the army may be expected
to follow The exodus of the grand
headquartersm8ybe taken 10 indicate that
when the chiefs of state talk of q de
fensive campaign, The old days OF the
peace drives and great offensivcs are
safely over.--St Louis Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
Proved It's Own Pa lure.

The Morning News ondeavors, but
valnly, 10 show that the Voters Nom
Partisan League is still worthy Of its
name, Notwithstanding it has come out
openly as a working appendage Of the
Republican party under the rule Of the
New Dispensation.
The facts OF the case are plain. The
Voters Non-Partisan League started out
az non-partisan organization, with a
creditable interest in public affairs. But
now it is in different position.
The Voters Non-Partisan League be-
came so partisan, this year, that it in
dorsod the complete Republican national
and State ticket, and also indorsed the
Republican county tickets throughout
the State, even before they were named
at the primaries.
Here is G pnrtisaraship with vengeance.
II is Idle for tbis organization 10 now make
q protcnrc OF -partisanship. 1t is
partiean from Top 10 bottom, in thn
service of ti1o Now DiEp1nsation of tho
Hspubilcan party Of Delaware,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
LUDENDORFF LEANS ON A REED.

Field Marshal Ludendorff, thoroughly
Prlssian. dismisScs America as factor
in the ultimate decision Of the war In
doing so he pits the German will 10 WIN
against the will to annihilnte Of the
Allies and rcckons on the instability of
the Amcricansi This attitude IS so typi-
cal Of the entire course Of IWkcrdom
that it might be dismissed without serious
or extensive consideration The military
leaders Of Germany planned to avoid any
inteff ference IN the war on the part Of
America, 10 be accomplished by factional
divisions among our people Tins failed,
but It's failure has taught the Potsdam
plottcrs no lesson. In their purhllndness
they cannot conceive, much less compre-
hend. the spirit that has brought us into
the war Materiallsts in all they do,
they nave no thought Of fighting to sus-
tain an ideal and refuse to credit Ameri-
cans with having entered the conflict for
any reason more noble or worthy than
the sordid considerations that animate
the Germans In measuring his opponents
by his own standard Ludendorff is pre-
pairing for even greater disappointment
than he has yet endured He is leaning
on a reed when he banks on success to be
achieved by reason of failure of Americans
10 be steadfast in the great job.-Omaha
Bee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17

place men m occupations or places of en-
ployment clearly unfit for women owing
10 physical or moral conditions, ~ for IN
stance IN bar rooms or saloons, in pool
rooms ia or about mines smelters and
quarries. In addition, girls under -
years of agc should not be employed IN
occupations or places of employment clear
ly unfit for them swing 10 their youth ne.
for instance 10 street car, elevated and
subway transportation service, as bnll
boys in hotels and clubs.
The introduction of women into war
industries involving special hazards, such
az the use Of industrial p0isons, must be
guided by the standards as 70 health.
comfort and safety sct up from time ~
time by the Department of Labor
Similarly the Introduction of women INTO
new occupations, such as the public
messenger service, must be rafrRllarded
by The standards ~ working hours, night
employment, etc, established BY ihc
same source
The recruiting of mothers ~ young
children for war industries - discouraged
Somewhat similar to The safeguards
placed around the woT employment of
women Is the protection afforded children
by the children bureau Of the Dcp5r
nent Of Labor No child under The ape a.
fourteen may be employed directly or
indirectly on any contract lcf by The
government and minors bet wccn hc ages
of fourteen and sixteen may not bc
worked more than eight hour q day eix
days week, or before SIX - m ~ after
seven p m
I.ncl u adeuuate housinn faclI'ic7 iu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Bethany Band
Stonemasons mon
Central Labor Union
WAneta Council. u p
Calanthe Lodge, X OF ?
Corinthian Lodge. : OF II
Humanity Circle. B Of /
Crusaders Castle, H. q T.
Eureka Conclave, 5 " NJ
Fame Castle, 4 9 X NJ. &.
Germanla Temple, l.. e. +.
Industry Lodge, 4 O. I W
Canton Delawape No / p NJ.
Cherokee Tribe lmp'd O. r. NJ
Harmony Council. No /, | + A.
German Beneficial Society, No |
Peerless Conclave, II. or ; " NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 13, P. .. : 4
East End German Democratic Club.
Guiding Star Temple, No ., o. of l..
vii. Nest. No l595, Order Of Owls.
Sheet Metal Workers, Local 302.
Brandywinc Com, A. Il L Q. h NJ
Wilmington Lodge. No. 176, |. OCT.
Moriel Encampment No. |. |. O. Fl, X.
Eureka Council. No |, Jr. Q. I. \ VI
VII. Branch, No 20 Grand Fraternity
Car and Shop Painters Protective Asso
Wilmington Conclave, d of L. o r. {.
Camp 7126. Royal Nelghbors of America.
Smyth Post, Il. A. r.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17

Kaiser st~nds for, and yrt no opposes Tho
forcvs that ew going 10 sfill Tho frurrian
war lord from hi. throne, One may view
tho Dchr Socialist as b-ing opposcd to
what is-to bc obrcr-vd or mcrmcriSed
on tho sublcct-of being unable TO dis
Germ any other object, TO DO convinced
that nothing else can he.
Tho imprisonment Of Dcbs probably
will havc little effect on tho Socialists
themselves for most of them seem TO bc
glad of the chance to pose as martyrs.
However that may be, or whatever may
be the fate OF Dobs-which really counts
for little-every American must be on
the alert for Socialists those
allies of the Hun who call themselves
paci6sts.
Let every man at this time be
doubly watchful as the Germans feel the
reooil of the war they started, as the
scene shifts from France and Belgium TO
Metz and thence to Unter den Linten-
270 miles away, through some OF the
finest parts of the beautiful country
accurssd by the Hun.
Throughout the country there Is CON
yiction that the Germans and their spies
here will bring the war to our doors
through secret plottings in the destruction
of property and the spread of frightful-
ness, SO while our soldiers arc battling
the Bochc on the borders of his own
country, is is as much the duty of Amcri-
cans who are left at home 10 see that the
Dcbses unintcntional foes of our
government and of liberty. and the out
spoken enemies of tho land-the big
Bill Haywoods- well rs the despicahlc
Bernstorff type of foe, or the mild, subtle
enemy of the Rose Phelps Stokes pattern,
each is as harmful rs the other. are
checked up and muzzled until the haiscr
has been told what he Will have to do. and
then forced 10 do IT.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
POWER Development.

The distribution Of the 5000 600, 900
fund for power development. as proposed
in the measure wllcn the War Trade
Board last week submitted to the House
Committee on Commerce Contemplates
a scheme oi clcctrir power development
that touches practically all tho industrial
ccntcrs which are doing business for
the government The first impression
that got abroad concerning the govern
mcnts contemplated power develop
mcnt plans was that tho developments
were to be Of waterpowcr plants exclusive
"
The publication of tho import ant phases
If the bill cOrrccts tins impression. As
indicated ~ the proposed apportion-
mcnts Of the fund the majority Of the
plaats must. of necessity. depend upon
coal combustion as tho originating source
az power II is possible. probable even,
that tho s. 942 600 proposed for the
Baltimore district. which includes an
area extending 20 Lancaster. PcnnsSl-
vania. NAV be used for developing adj
ditional power from The rapids of the
SuSquchanna River This, very likely
would bC tho most effective and cconomI-
cal way Of using the apportlonmcnt of the
Baltimore district
The large apportlonmcnt OF S}5O00,-
600 mentioned in connection with the
Pittsburg district. which Includes a large
region in Wcsterr Pennsylvania and East
crn OHIO. would probably not to any
extent be used for the creation Of plants
utilizing the flow Of rivers The steady
volume fow IF the Ohio, Allcgany or
Nonongahcla Rivers is hardly Of kind
10 suggest putting millions OF dollars INTO
water power machinery. Baltimore
American
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
REGARDING TITLES.

There is a decided public sentiment
against giving military titles TO men in
the United States service engaged in civil
b'isin1n The military title should be
confined 10 men who nre on the firing
line II is wholly wrong for man who
never heard q gun 90 off in war 10 be ac-
corded title that would indicate real
service We are gstting too many titles
anyhow, You cannot throw stone into
q crowd and not bit genera or colonel,
or a captain. And besides, all other
titles should go when the serviee they
imply Is complete, For instance, when n
judges or governors or "a sehnt or
term il up they should reiapss into their
former relation 10 The public and bo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
JUST FOLKS
BALLADE OF AN AMERICAN LAD.
BY Edgar A. Guest

DhLkhDb vi nv SNbSs>'~fs&'
This is our pride and our boast.
Though TO his death he may go,
Ever he'll stand at his post,
Never he'll turn from the Toe.
Offering blow for "A blow,
Face front 10 battle he'll stand,
But never baby shall know
One scar as the mark of his hnnd.
Prussians may charge IN host,
Frightful AS demons below,
Leaving on women engrossed
Their shame like the stain on the
DAILY more savage they grow
TO MAIN at their leaders command,
But never mother shall show
One scar as the mark of his hand.
Never blood dripping ghost
Shall stalk from some Flanders
chateau
And come from that war ridden coast,
Till the cock IN the barn yard shall
crow,
TO haunt him with terrors. Oh, No.
If he live To- come back to otir land,
On the helpless there never shall glow
One scar as the mark of his hand
L'Envoi.
God of meni We are proud II Is so
That never his need shall demand
That women and children must know
One scar as the mark of his hand.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
THE EVENING SMILE.
IN THE OLD DAYS.

Since the marines went over the top
in France their status in the Navy has
undergone radical change In the
old davs the marine and the sailor were
mortal cnsnies. fer the marine was
regarded ~ little more than policeman
of the sInp
To-day. said Admiral Sims '4he
jackie gives him cheer. but It ism 4
go very long ago that in CHANGING by
q group Of sailors ! found them feeding
a rat
1T struck me as out Of the ordinary
and asked the reason AZ first the men
were nightly embarrassed. but at last
ono mustered up courage and replied.
3" We think more Of this rat than
ANYTHING in the world sir. II Int the
master-at-arms sir. Los Angeles
Times
"Thcn wc'rc cngagcd2' t'Of course ;"
"And am the first girl you ever loved?"
"No. dear, Int I'm harder TO suit now
than used to hc, Kansas City
Journal
Pov watch yer auto. Mister" No
torlst smiling Joy riders never steal
that make of car. son Bov Sure, dey
docs. some tiE 0tNIh Il a"ihi dtSRiit
Buffalo Express
Mamma in sending out my birthday
invitations shall | say. Your presence Is
rcqucstcd'2' tOf course not. my dear
you should say. Your presents are re-
qucstcd =" Boston Transcript.
Don't vou sometimes get tired Of ex-
planning to Your constituents what YOU
have hcen doing IN Congress. No, an
swered Senator Sorghum i m thankful
if they give me- chance 70 explain IN
stead Of jumping at Their own conclusion. 4
W aShingtnn Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17

areas congested by the establishment q
big war plants is another factor which the
Department ~ Labor has had 10 meet
because ii the industrial unrest involved
The establishment Of national housing
corporation. capitalized at gixty million
dollars of public funds and under IN"
Jurisdiction 81 The secretary n labor
promises 10 mcct This problem The iooal
cornmuriti,s inv, lived have dime gyra'
tlcal tD meet their Dwn housng problem
and the Department ~ Labor ihrylgi
This agency. is now cng0gcd ~ puiNng
,p additional housing faciliiie wherever
war production seems 20 be- thH1'encd
bccaiiar IL their lack.