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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
For q Thorough Square Deal.

The editorial reprinted elsewhere in
this issue from the New York Commercial,
under the heading, "a Square Deal All
Around" should appeal TO commercial
and business interests generally by its able
presentation Of the existing situation and
its pertinent and square suggestion of
what is essential to bringing about sane
and satisfactory business situations. The
great necessity, as it points out, Is "a
Square Deal All Around 7
In this Square DEAL all elements
concerned should take their place and
do their part Employers should meet
their employees in open conference and
agree upon what is best to be done. En-
ploves should set aside the possibly
natural, but undcniably vicious, desire 10
make the most Of the situation, and
recognize their plain duties rs citizens of
the Republic, who are bound to do their
best to render patriotic service in thus
great war crisis. Capital should be square
in its dealings with labor, and labor should
be square in its dealings with capital,
How much better we all will be il We
get rid OF the idea Of selfish personal profit
in this great war emergency--if we would
only recognize that all of US are common
citizens OF great Republic, engaged in a
struggle for it's existence. And that we
must all do our part for q successful out
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
NEED OF SMILEAGE BOOKS.
Pointed Out by General Treat Com
manding Camp Sheridan.

The need Of Smileage was graphically
emphasized by General G. j. Treat,
commanding at Camp Sheridan, Ala
barna, in letter TO the War Department,
a copy Of which is appended:
aside from the actual giving Of sons
Tn the great cause for which orr country
is at war, nothing is more important
during our training periods than 70
give this son or sweetheart Of yours
good recreation. Fortunately conditions
hero are about tho same as in most
National Guard camps And what holds
true for US will also be true of the other
places | know. We are away from the
world, as il were; the City Of Montgomery,
FIVE miles away, being accessible enough,
but very unhandy. Consequently only
few Of our "a 900 men care about visit
ing the city If each one wanted to visit
the city on the holiday or in the evening
the amusement places could not accom-
modate them for there are not even enough
places here 10 entertain the citys own
popu!ace Of about 25,0C0 There must
be more incentive for the soldiers TO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
Let Tn on the Nom Stops.

Among the "war emergency" measures
adopted for the conservation Of fuel was
one that resulted in arrangements by the
Wilmington Il Philadelphia Traction Co.
to eliminate quite number of the stop
ping places that had been included in its
traffic schedule. 1t was estimated that
by refraining from stopping cars at certain
streets where they had been scheduled for
stopping, a conservation of fuel would
be accomplished The argument was
that it required excessive energy to start
car after it had been stopped, and that
by eliminating some of the stops there
would be q conservation of electric
energy, and, consequently, conserva-
ton OF fuel.
But, after fair trial-and, after all,
experience is the best guide it has been
asccrtained that this elimination of
stoppages by trolley cars has not brought
about an appreciable saving of electric
energy, or of fuel consumption. But 1T
has imposed upon the people large
iIIouut bt luCO1iNtiIStitC- ItlttoIG. tiit
verdict must be that the change has
brought about no good.
Take one of the eliminated stopping
places for the trolley cars-at Fifth and
Market streets. IL has been proved to
be an annoyance to patrons, and no good
to the railway. When the railway Of
ficials, with all their powers of estimate
and investigation, can discover no ap-
preciable saving of electric energy and
coal consumption by eliminating this
and other stopping places for cars, it
certainly seems there is no use in further
considering the experiment And it has
been proved that it hurts business.
Let the trolley company resume its
former schedule of stopping places. The
management knows what the people
want and the people know what they
want
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
COMB SAGE TEA IN
HAIR TO DARkEN IT
is's crandmother's Recipe 60
keep her Locks Dark,
Glossy. Beautiful.

The old-tine mixture of sage ca
and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked
and faded hair is grsndmother's recipe,
and folks are again using II to keep their
hair a good, even color, which is quite
sensible as We are living In an age when a
youthful appearance is OF the grestest
advantage.
Nowadays, though, We don't have the
troublesome task of gathering the sage
and the mussy mixing at home All drug
stores sell the ready-to-use product, Inn
proved by the addition of other ingredients
called "Wyeths Sage and SUI phur Com
pound II is very popular because nobody
can discover it has been applied. Simply
moisten your comb or soft brush with it
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at 4 time; by morning
the gray hair disappears, but what de-
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound is that, besides beau
tifully darkening the hair after few appli-
cations, it also produces that soft lustre
and appearance Of abundance which is so
attractive. This ready-to-use prepara-
ton is a delightful toilet requisite for
those who desire more youthful appear
ance 1t is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention OF disease.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
PAY OF ARMY OFFICERS.

A bill favorably reported 10 the Senate
provides a correction for the mistake
made by the War Department last fall
when il deprived officers in the field of
Communication of quarters, as authorized
by the act Of May, 1908. The ruling
was made in June, 1917, and has been
maintained in spite of the fact that over
wbelming evidence was forthcoming to
show that it was penalty upon ac-
tive service.
Why should colonel, major, captain
or lieutenant at Camp Meade be prac-
tically cut down in his pay, while an
officer in Washington is granted allow
ances When in camp an officer must
pay his own expenses and at the same
time maintain his family at home. In
Washington he can live with his family
and save expenses. while at the same TIME
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
JUST FOLKS
by Edgar A. Guest.
THE SORRY HOSTESS.

She said she was sorry the weatbor was
The night that she asked US to dine;
And she really appeared incxpressibly sad
Because she had hoped 'twould be fine.
She was sorry TO hear that my wife had a
cold,
And she almost shed tears over that,
And how sorry she was, she most feelingly
told,
That the steam wasn't on in the fiat.
She was sorry she hadn't asked others to
come,
She might just as we'll have had eight
She said she was downcast and terribly
glum
Because her dear husband was late.
She apologized then for the home she
was in,
For the state of the rugs and the chairs,
For the children who made such horrible
din,
And then for the squeak in the stairs.
When the dinner began she apologized
For the olives, because they were small.
She was certain the celery, 100, wasn't
nice.
| And the soup didn' t suit her at all.
She was sorry she couldn't get white fish
instead
OF trout that the fishrnonger sent,
But she hoped that we'd manage somehow
to be fed,
Though her dinner Was not what she
meant.
She spoke her regrets for the salad, and
then
Explained she was really much hurt
And begged both our pardons again and
again
For serving skimpy dessert.
She was sorry for this and sorry for that,
Though there really was nothing TO
blame,
But | thought TO myself as put on my
hat
Perhaps she is sorry we came.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

An unhealthy body. and the unhappi-
mess and misery which follow, msy be
prevented by ordinary judgment and care.
Keep vour stomach and kidneys in shape
and you viii have good health. The kid
news work is to throw of the poisonous
matters which enter the body If they
perform this work regularly and auto
natically the other organs will take care
of themselves.
Diseased conditions of the bladder or
kidneys are indicated by nervousness,
sleeplessness. that tired, wornout feel
ing. dizziness, nausea, backache, iun-
hago rheumatism, pain in the lower abdo-
men MANY so-called female troubles,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
OH! THAT AWFUL BACHACHE
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

severe pain ard discomfort when urnaf-
ing. b cody, cloudy and stringy urine tnn
frequent Or suppressed passages AN
these are natures signals ~ warn vou
Of diseased kidneys 0r bladder which
may lead 70 fatal Brights disease
Don't wait until the danger \ upon
YOU. Go 10 your druggist At once. Get
trial box 0f Gold Medal Haarlem DL
Capsules They are made of the pure
original. imported Harlem Oil the kind
your great-grandiather used. About two
capsules each day will keep vou toned up
and feeling fine Money refunded II thev
do not help you. But remember % asa
for the imported Gold Medal brand
In sealed packages, 25c. SOC and ST.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
City Council.

City Council.
Grant Post, c. A. X.
Iron Mouldcrs Union
Cyrus Castle, l.. &. l..
du Pont Post, G.. A. II.
Eden Lodge, l. o. o. +.
Division No. |, A. O. II.
Clay ton Lodge. X. Of Z.
As,lum Lodge, l. Q. o. +
Wynema Council ID. of =.
Crusaders Temple, l.. G. L.
Camp No 2, p. O. $. of A.
jefferson Lodge, l. O. o. +.
Voters Non-Partisan League.
Windsor Lodge, o. s. of s. G..
Delaware Conclave, l. Q. o. f.
Keokuk Tribe, lmp's O. r. NJ.
kadosh ComInanderv, X of NJ.
Wilmington Lodge, A. O. L. W.
Winona Council, Jr. o. L. A. NJ.
Journeymen Horscshoers Union.
Hiawatha Tribe, lmp'd 0. X. NJ.
Palestine Castle, O. A. X. NJ. {.
Wilmington Lodge of Machinists
Delaware Commanderv, X G.. E
Mizpah Conclavc, II. or 5. ". NJ.
Master Horseshoers Nat. Pro. 8sso
Deimarvia Lodge. l.. A. to B. r. T.
Circle "a. Lady Forcsters of America.
Washington Camp, No. u, p o. 5. A.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
Court Brandywine, Foresters of Americs
Washington Lodge, No. IL, \. +. 4 \. y
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

stay in camp and take advantage ~ thc
attractions We stage for them there, than
10 20 to the city, even though thrlr
taXicab fares might b. furnished gratis
'"The sale of Smileage books. which ~ ar
unusually clever scheme. should find
a market where the demand exceeds Tho
supply. II should u forward by leaps
and bounds Our men, for the mos'
obvious reasons, must have recreation
and Smileage books furnish a way for
the homo tics 20 be made closer and for
the affection Of those behind % ~ eXpross-
ed TO those in camp
Smileage books ran b. purchased ~
the business Office of Every Evening
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

receiving from lS to 25 per cent more pay
than is allowed to n brother officer
at Camp Meade or IN the field.
Il ls high time that the pay of officers
should be equalized, so that those serving
in the field will not be penalized. Wash
ingfon Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

There is most encouraging subsistence
of the volume of captious criticism and
fault-fnding in the daily sessions OF
Congress. Evidently, Senators and Rep
resentatiyes are realizing that the adj
ministration has done great war work
thus far, and will be able to do a great
deal more unless hampered by rear-fire.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
Farmers Institute.

A farmers institute will be held in the
New Castle Opera House next Monday,
with SESSIONS morning, afternoon and
evening. School Children will participate
in the exercises, and 4. X. spaid, S'ate
commissioner Of education, and othe )
will make addresses
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

boys and girls, wherever they have
the conveniences, should avail themselves
OF the offer OF the Delaware Trust Co 10
buy pig and raise 1t for food. Food
VIII win the war, and pigs make the best
Of food. There may be interest and profit
To our boys and girls in endeavoring to
add 10 the food supply by raising pigs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
Richardson Park Red Cross Unit.

A unit of the Red Cross was stahlished
at the Richardson Park VI T. Churrl
Yesterday afternoon by Miss Emily p.
RsselI A large gathering of R.char1s0n
Park residents attended the meeting.
The following officers were elected FOR he
unit. President, Mrs Ralph ! Finn.
treasurer, Mrs Blanche Gat'erfeld sccrn-
tary, Mrs G. 9. Verso The next
meeting IF the unit will ~ on the after
noon and evening of Friday. March
~ the church
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

We all want the farmer TO succeed In
his business and make money for him
self But that the government should
guarantee him three dollars a bushel for
wheat Is something else. That might
prove serious imposition upon all the
rest Of the people.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Thought and Comment q Every Evening
Readers.

rThe full name and address OF the writer
must accompany each efter. not nsres-
ssriy for publication. but rs evidence
OF good faith. Anonymous communications
viii bc ignored. Publication Of letters does
not carry with IL Endorsement by Every
Evening of the oninions therein cxpresseJ.) D
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing hfusterole

When these sharp pains go shoosinr
through your head. when your skui
seems as if it would split, just rub !:
little Musteroic on your temples az
neck. 1t draws oUt the inflammation
soothes away the pain, usually givin,
quick relief.
Musterole is 4 clean, white ointmer
cade with oil of mustard. Better than
lustard plaster G-.d does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly re
,---r,en.i Muste-oIe for sore throat, erc.
tits Group stiii neck, asthma, neurs
"A. congestion, pleurisy, rheuInatisr.
1-abago, pains and aches of the back c
,,!ats, spraias, sore muscles, bruisss
ailblains, frosted foct - colds OF tn
caest ct often prevents pneumonia).
is always dependable
anc and Goo lars. hospital size $50
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

II Is not improbable that before long
the Allied battle cry viii be: "On to Ber-
lint And once that drive starts, nothing
Will stop it,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
RIPPING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
FEBRUARY.

The second month of this new
year is with us, gentle reader, re-
minding us that winter drear will
soon be a seceder. The month
itself is rather punk, with mis-
brards OF weather, with SNOW and
sleet and kindred Junk, and winds
that shrek together. But let 1t
whoop and yawp and bawl, We
wont he greatly worried, for it's
the briefest month of all-short
horses are soon currled, And
when it goes TO hit the straw, comes
spring, with buds and roses, when
we'll no longer need to thaw our
frozen knees and noses. SO when
the rude ard raucous blast IN
maudlln fury chills you, and when
the sleet storm, driving past, dis
mays and almost kills you, remem-
Der winters ON the wane, 1t is his
parting furry; springs coming
mild and safe and sane, and you
should cut out worry. Spring
coming with its birds and bees, and
babbling brooks and chiggers, and
how we'll welcome things like
these, worn out by winters rigors'
Springs coming with the sounds
and scents that soothe the jaded
spirit, and I much doubt II there
are gents who wont applaud and
cheer it.
Observation-Disclosures
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
THE EVENING SMILE.
A POSSIBLE REASON.

"You may talk about Beanbrough," "
said the fat plumber, but he surely
looks on the bright side Of things."
What has happened to Beanbrough?'
the thin carpenter inquired.
"Thc other day went with him to buy
q pair of shoes"
9Th huh"
fIie didn't try them on at the store.
and when he got home he found that a
nail was sticking right up through the
heel Of one
did ne make fuss about it when
be took the shoe back r.
mo That's what I'm getting at "
What did he do p
Tie told the clerk he supposed the
nail was put there Intentionally to keep
the foot from sliding forward in the shoe. =
youngstown Telegram.
''She seems to be very happy bride. .
yes she parted with her husband a
few hours after the ceremony. Buff
fslo Express.
'fHe was also a man Of very loose
methods /" Then it is no wonder he
ended in a tight place. baltimore
American.
you must be crazy, Isabel. I've asked
you repeatedly to be economical, and
yet you go ard order the most expensive
tyr coat in the shop. Well dent mind
teing economical, but I do object TO
looking economical. Life.
Life is a cocktail" rejoined the op-
timist. Yes, a cocktail with too much
bitters," growlcd the pessimist. .-Phila-
delphia Record.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

''She seems to be a very happy bride. =
'fYes; she parted with her husband a
few hours after the ceremony. Buff
fslo Express
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

He was also man Of very loose
methods Then it is no wonder he
ended in tight place. Baltimore
American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21

Life is a cocktail" rejoined the op-
timist. Yes, a cocktail with too much
bitters,'' growled the pessimist. t.-Phila-
delphia Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-21
l"su'ae'Se l~snns Testeldsy eufay 1445O

Member Of the Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
TO the use or republication OF all news
dispatches credited To IL or not other~lso
credited in this paper.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

UP at the front you hear Mn rn,
called by the nickname by which ey..
po't~ knows it. The word pinord is NM
the best Americanese.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
SUMMER DAYS Up At The FRONT

"Say," said an infantryman, "do you
want to hear about the worst piece of
out-of-luck that ever happened in the
A. E. F.? A pal of mine went into the
fight with 1000 francs in his pocket
you know.
"NoW he's reported missing"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

voy of sergeant. They swung ~.
little audience of Yanks. roy
Hello, boys" called one gleefn,
tive in regular English. And M; a
to the line, he added just as elees's a
Its hell up therer' ut9
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

they are the poets Of that region at the
heart of the country which is known as
Isle de France, the poets whose work, in
its simplicity, it's modesty, its eternal
common sense, gives to the French spirit
its finest, it's purest expression
La Fontaine at Chateau Thierry
The French of all ranks and ages love
their poet of Chateau Thierry. When,
in the early stages of the Revolution,
the infuriated mob in Paris gave them
selves over to the September massacres
of bloody memory, and thousands of
prisoners were butchered, one woman
was spared for no other reason than be-
cause she was the granddaughter of La
Fontaine. French children hear his
fables in the nursery and know them by
heart; their fathers and mothers find
summed up in them all their philosophy
of life
1t was at Chateau Therry that La
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
-Uraaun By Wallgrem

And the cant-hook of logger,
He will do his best to viscerate and
MAIN.
Since the days of ancient Rome,
The human body's been his home,
A sort of perennial sacred niche;
And he chuckles with great pleasure
AS you dance the cootie measure
10 the geeful time of his eternal itch.
He dotes on Yank and French.
And the English in the trench;
He cares not for a permanent location:
But when he finds human,
All his friends and he start roomin'.
And establish a splendid habitation.
And when it seems that Goals of fire
And that flaming darts aspire
10 seek an inlet to your very heart.
Stop your scratching just to reason
That this is cootie season,
And your body's now busy cootie mart
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Fontaine was Master of the Waters and
the Forests. 1t was there he made
friends with the wandering dog, the toll
ing ant, the mounting lark-all the ami
mails of the countryside that move in his
fables. 1t was there he wrote "The
Wolves and the Eve" of which the
moral is the motto of his people in this
year Of trial.
eve can conclude from this that one
must war continually with the wicked.
Peace is all very we'll in itself, admit,
but of what use is it with enemies who
are faithless?"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
WARTIME SEESAWS

The Tommies describe those big ba:
cf steel that are sawed in half to nai
arched roofs for dugouts as "elephsn
iron" The French gamn describes thsn
as "rockers." Whenever two youths
France discover one of these half SCI
tions on its back with the ends sticEn
up, they balance plank across 1t sn
merrily proceed to seesaw.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

Written down by the soldiers of the
ing for the first time in the pages of
American history the names of old
French towns. They are towns rich in
the memories of thousand years and
SCARED with the halfforgotten wounds
of hundred wars. Theirs are names
that French children have conned for
centuries and which now your children
and your children's children will read in
the school books of America.
Such a name is Chateau Thierry. It
was there that the German armies in
the great thrust for Paris they began
Yankee troops.
Chateau Thierry is little town on a
hill. Past it's foot flow the slow, un-
troubled waters of the Marne. From the
gray stone, red tiled outskirts on the
other side of the river you cross a
three-arched bridge Of stone to mount
by winding paths to where the ancient
church lifts it's sixteenth century belfry
to the heavens. House by house and
street by street, the town has grown up
through the centuries around squat,
deep-dungeoned chateau. Of this cha
teau only two vine hung gates and the
fragments of a thickset wall are left
to tell the story of many a bitter siege.
Built by Charles Martel
The chateau was built in 720 by
Charles Martel, the great Hammer Of
the Franks and grandfather of the still
greater Charlemagne-the same Charles
Martel who saved Europe for Christen-
dom when, twelve years later, he met
and vanquished the turbanned hosts of
the all-conquering Saracens in the bat
tie of Poiters. Little remains of the
castle itself, but you can still see the
base of the tower where one of his fee
BILE successors, Charles the Simple, was
held a prisoner.
1918, men once more fought hand to
hand in the narrow streets of Chateau
Thierry and the thunder of the guns
stirred ancient echoes in the crumbling
ruins of the castle. history was but re-
peating itself. The river valleys, con-
verging upon the plain of Paris and
finding there a barrier of hills, have
ever turned that basin into the final
battlefield of an invasion, with the capi
tai as the goal. That is why around
Chateau Thierry, reared like stub
born bastion on the rim of that basin,
the soldiers of many forgotten cause
have fought and died. 1t has always
blocked the path to Paris
Now held as a watch tower by the
dukes of France, now as an outpost by
the counts of Champagne, the castle
changed hands again and again through
the early centuries.
English archers took and held it in
1921, toward the close Of the weary
Hundred Years War between England
and France, the interminable war which
finally brought Joan of Arc up out of
the fields of Lorraine to lead the armies
of the King and which, at the end, lost
to the English crown all it's rich French
jewels save only Calais.
In the first half of the sixteenth GEN.
tury, while adventurers on the other
side of the Atlantic were exploring with
fear and wonder the mysteries of the