Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25
W|LLY-W|LLY W|NK'S
BIG STINK OUT-DONE
Open Garbage Truck on Shipley
Street Almost Causes an
Exodus of Citizens.

Itwas 4 of the clock in Every Evening g
news room Yesterday afternoon. he
edition WINS off for the day and the staff waa
preparing Ia he similarly situated, after
it had read the paper and finished up the
smoke IT was enjoying The only sounds
that hroke the stiffness were the city
editors typewriter, batting out Thurs
DAVIS assignment slips, and visitor
assuring the managing editor that If
Nobody ever will know what that
'Tf'' was about because suddenly there
broke from the NJ F.'s sanctum wall OF
untitteraIle anguish ard then mutiicd
moan ~ though mighty hand had sud
denly choked of that cry OF agony he
dofr opened and out ot the oihcIai
throne room came the viaitor and tho
chief. The visitor had been the author ui
the cry and the mufiicd moan, obviously
because the hand that had done the
mufiling was still pressed hand and last
over nose and mouth And the NJ =.
wore the asonixcd face Of man who had
bern badly gaseed or something any
how the accent IL op BADLY. Wow,
aald the visitor. taking the hand down and
making bolt for the door u cmme outa
here. darn quick" He fled
And Az he did go tho opened NJ z =
Ind driven it's occupants TO fight.
Talk about stinksl Take II from ono
who wns there. II WINS the vrry kai1er ct
all stinI1s, the Grand Super-Stcnch 81
the Ages come into lts own The air
rcekcd with it. II put ia cTuwl'ar under
vpur stomach and gnve q great heave
and then your stomach hcav@t. IL uas
like the combined efforts 81 n honc-boihng
pIant, phosphate factory. linburFer
cheese works and all the stink bottles
all the school bows in the world ever pre-
pared
Get your gask knsks'' g,lrgled the cub
reporter and sank iaintine lie meant
gas masks, but kindly Nature came To hrs
aid and rendered him insensihle. The
police reporter opened up bottle OF per
! fume he had Just bought for his best girl
| Nhis explains why he fell down ON his
/ prosnisal and buried his NOSE IN its con-
| tents. The King strr7at market man
| brcathesi a PRAYER and felt that vengeance
| had got him at last, and the Associated
| Press lightning jerker. which Is now
pavere4se for telegraph operator seeInei
| iust 20 curl ur where he sat The city
editor gave sort If expiring gasp az be
barely managed 60 turn and pull the win
| dow down at his side.
! Then some her,,-name doleted by the
| censor because of the information II might
| afTori the enemy went TO the M T.. 8
| window To see whence the awful stink
arose. Bravely he thrust his head out his
face red and has eyes siar1ng with the
effort he was making to hold his breath.
| He took a good look into Shiplcy street
below. All. there il was hig automo-
bile truck loaded with garbage no,
that's not right, for plain garbage never
had batting average like that loaded
! with Jockey Club reversed Englished "a
the nth" degree
Bv this time all Shipley street was
! wanting 10 know and know right quick
In another second II was wanting 10 know
| something else chiefly why m heck any
| body wanted To come around perfectly
sweetsmelling and respectable neignbor-
| hood hike this and stink il up for anyway
and also when in the course OF human
| events THAT sounds better anyhow II
was going to get a hustle on and go away
But il resnained there five minutes anc
Heaven ONLY knows how we stood it anc
survived TO tell the tale of the Great
Shipley Street Slop Offensive. Everybody
will take their Bible oath 10 the offenny'
part Of it And if the Board OF Health
has any complaints about the garbagi
man not coming around the vicinity o
Fifth and Shipley take 1t from we-unl
"thoee reports is extremely false.
The only thing wondered at is why Their
| wasn't q cover on the truck for somewher'
in the back of the minds OF those wh'
smellsi that terrific stink lis al idea tina
the law requires such thing.