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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
PERSONALS.

Benjamin Nields Jackson Of this city
has returned from the Tome School, at
Port Deposit, Md. for the summer.
Sheriff Theodore W Francis is spending
a few days at Ocean City. y. J.
Mrs Mary Mercer Of Ocean City, \ j..
after visiting Mrs Pelham of 101 West
Sixth street, has returned home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
Observation-Disclosures.
RIPPING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
VIEWING DARKLY

Some men are built So strangely
mulish, their stubborn pessimisms
foolish They wont admit that
things are cheering; they re always
doubling, frettlng, fearing To
day, they say, is short Of sorrow,
but well have lots Of grief tomor-
row To-day the sunshlne's truly
splendid, tomorrow it will all be
ended, and thcrell he hail or eY-
clones blowing, To spoil the crops We
have been growing Last eve
said to Grlgg, the granger. The
wheat crop now seems out ct danger.
We've had a most propltl0ls season,
and there IS every human reason
for throwing up our hats and
shouting. all hoodoos and al
Jonahs flouting To history You
seem a stranger, replied the sore
and sad-eyed granger. the sea
sons been 50 blamed propltious,
the harvest time is bound To dish Us
If weather's good when wheat IS
growing, the harvest sees the tor
rents flowing You'll see the clouds
will promptly gather. and therell
be rain, a whole defned slather,
we'll have TO 90 around IN cruisers.
and all the farmers will bc losers
The world should prize It's cheerful
jOkers, there are so many sullen
croakers, who's rather travel III the
shadow than prance through streets
in FL Dorado
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

others know that you know. You have
got TO know n great deal in order to do
that. Especially have you got to know the
Technology Of your trade or profession, II
you are an artisan or professional man, the
correct nomenclature of your stock if
you are salesman or shopkeeper If
you cannot talk the language Of your
business you cannot convince anyone that
you ARE competent Pittsburg Gazette
Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
MEETINGS TONIGHT.


bethany Band
5iOnemHRons Union.
Central Labor Union
Wnneta Council ID p.
Calanthc IIOdge, X ~ =.
Corinthian Isodgr, s ~ ".
Humanity Circle, r.. ~
Crusader Castle, X O.. Y.
Eureka Conclaye, s W. NJ.
Fame Castle, A. o. * "a &.
Germania Temple l. G. T.
Industry Lodge, A .. o. W
Canton Delaware No. J, =. n.
Cherokee Tribc, lnp'd o " ~
Harmony Council, No !. 4. IA.
German Beneficial Sociotv, 10 s.
Peerless Conclavc, " or : W NJ
Washington Camp, ~. -, = q. = 4.
East End German DcmOcraiic Club.
Guiding Star Temple. No q . IL Z.
Wi NcEt, No 1876. Order ~ OWLS
Sheet Metal Workers Inrsl No SO2.
Brandywine Com, 4 6I.O. 81.
Wilmington Lodge. No i7G 7 .. =. r.
Morlcl EncampmcDt so. J. J O.H.K.
Eureka Council SO. q Jr o T.. A. ".
Wi Branch, No 20, Grand Fraternity.
Gar and shop Painter Protective Asso
Wilmington Conciavc. ID ,f J.. . r. g.
Camp 7I2G Royal Neighbour ~ Amerif
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
TIE EVENING SMILE.
MUSIC Al. Dis IpLINE.

A~t rs IS betne told N Franco Ger
tam colonel il rict discipiinarlan whoi,as
drcidcd views On music The other la he
sent far TIC chief e hle fetlHsatal band
and delivered til, -eataIug criticism
Il uotlcca laek Of unlformf about the
band which must be regulated ester
day morning they were cut "a parade
and the largest man ID the band vas paS
ing III Of an Instrument tiute ar some
thing 81 the klna AMI yen hsd The fig
drum plavefl ilv 3 small uau h8t SORT
% thing doesn i lock well and uti,t be
ATTENDED 10. ! want the -TalI men play
small instruments and the x men Ing
INSTRUMENT. Md another thing. Haid
The trombone PLAYER 70 >hde thor III
~trumeut~ IN and ont II unison Il annoNs
me to see them al out q tep With their
hands Manchester Guardian.
Tircsomc Caller Last night n The
club made "a move Mis- SHARP
Good for yos Make another Baltl-
more American
You'll have to " RI or fight, Rastus
''Dev can I touch me. sab de manager
Of laundry What the name OF the
laundry Martha Boston Trans
crlpt.
Crawford .~Were turning out tanks
and expect To do great execution With
them over there CRAFTSMAN We Ger
tainlv Will ii they get some New \ ork
taxi drivers To man them Lie
4 student coming to a hard question on
his examination paper. wrote Tor MS an
swer. God only knows don't The
paper came back with the following cor
rection IN the professor handwriting
Cod gets the credit YOU don Boston
Transcript
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

We all know what kind of business
man Henry Ford is; whether he would
make an equally good United States
Senator is something else But il looks
now as though be will have an opportunity
to try the experiment, as the people Of
Michigan seem determined TO send him to
The Senate
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

Al President Wilson 5 request, the teIe-
graphers have decided to postpone their
threatened strike indefinitely Wise &C
tion. This is no time for strikes Of any
kind, but time for all to work together
every bloomin soul"-for the prosecu-
ton Of the war
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

1t was hardly necessary for Germany to
formally declare the Atlantic coast Of the
United States danger zone. She had
sent her undersea assassins here before
giving notice, and they had entered upon
their brutal work But as q danger zone
it promises to become even more pre-
earious for the kaiscrs undersea ennis
saries than for our own commerce.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

Mrs VI G Barnett, who has run the
Shock Cottage most successfully for ten
years. has leased he Belhsven Hotel for
the season and will be glad 70 see her old
friends and patrons al her new place,
where she feels sure she can give them
better service and accommodation Dagc-
ing. private and pubic parlors smoking
room, card room with best service pos
siblc on the boardwalk Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

Il was l03 wears ago today that the
star Of Napoleon was extinguished in the
dust Of defeat at Waterloo While it IS
not possible to give the Kaiser his water
loo on this anniversary, there * no doubt
he will meet II before the next anniversary
Of that notable battle arrives
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
A HERO EVERY DAY.
Brave Deeds Of Men in Americas Fight
ing service.

Serving rs JUNIOR officer 81 The deek ~
night. on tho | = ; Galanteer Incl
Gunrcrs Mate Horace : DAVIS heard 4
man rrv for help lie called - the chlci
quarternaster 10 turn IN he scarchl1gbt
and then dived overheard. swimming -
the assistance 81 tho man IN The woter
and keeping hun ailunt until boat arrg
Cd Tor tins heroc aetion. DAVIS has been
officially commended lie enlisted ~ the
NAVY 10 1913 ~ Ntlanta, IN, hls neSt q
kan hctnH ii~ isthcr |. Houston hayis ot
Ann,stuu, iL
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

Get right into The War Savings Stamps
campaign II will never do for Delaware
to fail in meeting her allotment of 81, 0OO,-
600 Besides, these stamps are good
investments. as we'll as contributors TO
the government fund Of spending money
for war purposes
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
KENNARD q GO.
Seasonable Suggestions

Seasonable Suggestions
Throughout the store there splendid oppor-
tunites for securing merchandise Of the highest order
at prices not possible to duplicate. We mention here
with number Of particularly attractive values.
White wash dress Skirts, $3.50, $500, $3.50, $500,
$3.50, $3.50, $3.50, $3.50.
White and coIored summer Dresses $1,000 to SIS 90
each
White and coIored georgette Waists, special, $3.50
each
Balance Of two-piece wool Suits special prices.
Summer Hosiery and Gloves
White and coIored cotton fabrics.
White nd colored linen fabrics.
Household Linens Of ell kinds at moderate prices.
New ideas in Neckwesr.
Complete showing Of Yarns. All and coors,
to take for your summer knitting.
Summer Spreads in a vide range Of weights and
sizes.
621-623 Market Street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

10 their od-time an Il outworn methods
They, like so many other American in
1t buttons, arc being permanently nude
over by the war.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

They have Sunday baseball in Baltimore
and most Of the people like il immensely.
And the verdict of the Baltimore American
is that it 'is doing harm to no one"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
IHkELEH NcY.

To men Who have been through College
and look back the worst Of the trouble
seems To have been that their teachings
were irrelevant \ man VITO expected 20
90 INTO the wholesale shoe business was
taught - ~can tie odes OF Horace.
Would-he journalist tooh up English a~
the thing most likely 10 he Of use TO hun.
aud was required 10 spend long hours
comparing the fourth and sixth folio
editions OF Shakespeare Merchant ot
Venice and summarizing the external
and internal evidence ~ 10 whether or
not that bard wrote his own work.
Oi course, practical schools of Journal
ism have been established. and the ten
dency has been toward making all the
work more and mere practical, but none
the less the courses IN most Of the colleges
heading to Bachelor or Master
degree have had very Slight and vague
relation 10 the needs cf most of the
students These courses did not hold the
attention OF the average st udent because
Trey did not appeal to bis selt-ntcrcst
He Inevitably sought other outlets for
his energy: hence his inuumerahlc
societies and organizations, his fondness
fer haLiug. mass fighting and organized
athletics: his proneness to 90 On sprces
and to tie the village cop to i lamp post
When be left college he forgot All that.
along with his knowledge at medi.eval
history and the works Of Chaucer. be-
cause hc tad something worth wtllc to
de That, unless he VAS i technical
student, be never had at college
SOMETHING WORTH WHILE.
But the American youth who /, going
to college today dressed In KHAKI. has
something worth while to DO lie is
learning to manipulate the machinery
OF modern science that he NAV use Il IN
defending the existence of his country
against a powerful and advancing enemy
10 wonder that the old-time rah-rah
college atmospher,. has wilted and blown
away like an orchid in the breath OF
blast furnace
That traditional college atmosphere
vas not an indigenous prodQs /. anyway
With the exception OF a lew in the West
all Of our colleges were limitations MANY
OF Rem sought to capture he atmosphere
and ape tire methods Of The great English
universities; Others were German III
method and viewpoint Bur the work
they are all doing now is American. beng
an application Of American practical
efficiency and directness 10 a great emer-
gency.
American colleges viii never get back
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

TircSomc Caller Last night n the
club made a moTe Ms SHARP
Good for YOU Make another Baltl-
more AmerIcnn.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18

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The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
Justice Seems Leaden-F Footed.
am Hohenzollern must go!

William Hohenzollern go!
That is the verdict of humanity
The world isn't big enough afford him hiding place
Holland brave the wrath and civilization by
sffordng him asylum.
His friends Germany may indignation of
kind by protecting him by mock trial
The Judas century guilty innocent
blood than the Judas of the first century.
On this hands the of the blood of
slain 1t cry n vain for justice.
No of the strains of forgiveness for this
sonied Murder No isle the oresspson in the world
place mure such vperish pocr mankind
the
This suspected OF plotting against the OF the
which shelters him. of intriguing with the elements OF
srchy his the allies and the
United by stirring internal disturbances and by creating dis
their this the critical the creation
Not the encarmned record he has made the bitter
Not enough the bill Of his conduct
sadd children and chdren children Not
his lust for dominion destruction His appetite
KEEN unsathed So he plots and
Why have the vctors long delayed in taking to deal
with mankind 1t is question the world well
begin unless action and
they debating what take? Are they thinking OF
ways putting him trial for his justly forfeited he
Are they puzzing for his
or bullet?
Why argue? will be SAFE its will be
clean while William Hohenzolern lives and breathes.
Safety first!
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
CrandCIi's EnickerbocLer.

A photoplay above the average in
point OF entertainment value is THE
Accidental Honeymoon" the princi-
pal attraction at Crandalls knicker-
booker. and also held over for show
ing tonight.
incidentally, it is the last picture in
which its star, Robert Warwick, ap-
peared prior TO his enlistment in the
United States army. where he now
holds the rank of captain "The Ac-
cidental Honeymoon is an amusing
story Of a handsome young man and
~ TrtrPctiye gih. who. through
a 0noa'taat3e, of strange circum-
ST. ~scs ghirled into matrimony
It ta tEs hort space of twenty
fou bgurs. At the opening of the
st Robe Portland, an artist, de-
sIa85eut because Of his fiancee's de-
ser1pn eAstcmplates suicide.
- arwicirr that he may as well
be e0riorts &c while he is about it.
and a pillow and set
H = m the railroad track in
tt2 0ogs thGt the Overland Express
ta -nca am into eternity. While
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
CrGndaII's.

In The Forbidden CITY" screened
at Crandalrs Yesterday. Norma Tai
madSe portrays role. or rather
roles, different from any she has
h"f0re "tf"wDted-that o. 2 Chinese
girls Of high caste. The story has
80 ds with tie love Of Young
American attached to the United
States consulate at Peking for the
daughter of a mandarin. They are
secretly married and shortly after
wards the wedding is discovered by
the girls father, who ships her
away and Notwithstanding the efforts
of the frantic husband. he l. never
able to locate her. Later, q dauEh-
ter is born to the girl but when
the emperor learns that she has an
American father. he orders the
mothers execution. The girl grows
to womanhood and falls in love. Just
as her mother had, with an Amer
lean, but not with the same trag gic
results. Succeeding events provide
logical development of an excel
lent plot.
Miss TaImadee, of course. enacts
both roles. Others in the cast are
Thomas MeiGhan and l. Rogers Lyt-
ton. The Forbidden City will re-
main the attraction at era adall a
today, tomorrow and Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
With the Yanks in England.

Ambrose Bierve defined the phono-
graph as "an Internal machine de-
signed to bring dead noises to life, :"
but even that inCorrigible wit would
hardly have had the tCmerity to ap-
ply a similar generalization to the
field of optics with the character of
entertainment presented at the Ma
tional last night by Burton Holmes
fresh in mind. For this experienced
traveloguist has known how to select.
in some instances apparently beyond
the limitations imposed by the British
authorities, the kind OF scenes that
present most vividly how England
looks after four years of war. and
how their setting in the home OF
Tommy" becomes the Yanks. Rather,
let it be said. that these pictures give
renewed life to live scenes that inform
and entertain today and will be OF
historic interest tomorrow While
some of the scenes sUch as the graves
of Lusitania victims, and the many
inmates of St. Dunstans blinded in
the war. give moments of depression.
for the most part the pictures give
unallOyed pleasure TO the behOlder.
this being not little enhanced by
the quiet humOr with which the lee
tuTeT accompanies their display.
Scenes depicting the kissing of the
Blarney Stone by some of our jaCkies
occasiOned much mcrTiment to last
nights capacity audience. hut the at
tempts of the British aristOCracy to
follow a game of baseball was the
CrOwning piece of humor of the even
iDv
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
Gayety-HurIeS0uc.

Mollie Williams Greatest Show
proved the banner attraction Of the
season to date at the Gayety Thcatcr
Yesterday as two of the largest houses
of the season greeted tho v"rs, -"
Miss Williams and her all-star cast
The Greatest Show this Season is
a musical revue in two acts and six
scenes. which provides plenty Of op-
portunities for this talented comVany
to display its ability. as a wen-baI-
anced mixture of every type of theat-
rical endeavor ranging from opera to
comedy TO dranon Is offered the fol-
lowers of burlesque.
Ted Burns and Emil Casper handle
the comedy roles in good style. while
Ruth Hasting, Billy PurceIla and
frankie Burns look out for the fcmi-
nine parts. The musical revue in the
ftrst part is entitled THE Garden of
reaches, and serves to introduce the
best possible advantages of the prettv
and shapely chorus. The Blue Devil
Girls" which is the title of the second
part, is the real hit of the perform
ance and met with the approval of
the patrons.
The dramatic number. in which Miss
Williams more than surpasses her past
enorts. is entiAedN the Queen of
Hearts and brings out Miss Williams
at her best as Spanish vampire.
The lyrics are easily the best that
Rave been offered this season. while
me costumes and stage settings would
40 credit TO any Broadway musical
production.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
Maj. Pullman Treats
Police on Anniversary

Major Raymond Pullman. Chief of
the Metropolitan Police. is thirty
five years old today. He celebrated
yesterday with a party of policemen
of the District by attending a pre-
miere motion picture presentation.
Major Pullman, when he took
charge of the police force at the age
OF thirty-one years. was the young
est chief of. a city police force in the
United States. Today. at thirty-five,
he is still the youngest chief.
He says that he was a bachelor
then and is still. but humorously
added that was not his fault.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
The ert-BeIasco-"Oh Boy

Before the deluge of Bolton Wode-
house-Kern melodic cOmedies-before
the deluEe which brought the old. old
story of diminished prestige, just as
II did in the case of Gilbert and Sui
Iivan, Blossom and Herbert. Mcclellan
and Caryll-theTe' was one immortal
cOncOction of theirs which made his
tory along the Great White Trail
where the drama dodgers reveal their
qua ckerics and adultcrations in un-
ceasing tide.
This sparkling little classic of
Broadway they called "Oh Boy" and
in the perspective of a two years
popularity it is easy to see now that
this piece marks the zenith of what
may be called the current school of
American musical comedy. 1t has
never been even remotely approached,
in our humble Judgment, by the Boil
ton WOd ehouse-K Kern combination or
any of their rivals: all the others
have a laCk-luster look when placed
beside it,
1t was not the first view that
Washington had of "Oh Boy" at the
Shubert-BelasCO last evening. but it
was easily the best The company
" n.ch pres entcd the piece last night
and which made, let it be said with
out further ado. as complete a con-
quest as any musical organiza ton has
ever made in this capitaI-was prac-
tically the original Princess Theater
cast, inclGding that ebulliert product
of our own highways and byways.
'""'a Wheaton: that clever farceur.
Hal Forde, and that epitomization of
demure charm, Marie Carroll. The
n"ucr had verve, pep,
slangy breeziness and that eXhila-
rating continuity OF melodies and fun
which literally set "Oh Boy" in a
class by itself.
But "Oh Boy" how is a twice-told
tale. There is not much to be writ
ten about it that the public does not
"ireadv know .Th~t K has survived
, two years in these swift-moving
times is he sures; proof of its stay
| ing powers ard its inherent '"0rth.
The destroying angel has visited
manv pieces of merit in these days
of theatrical topsy-tuTvydom in less
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
CrandaII's savoy.

The German spy menace I'm this
country is the basic idea Of the pho
toplay. The Hun Within" shown
at Crandalrs Savoy and held over
as the chief attraction there again
today. Dorothy Gish and George
Fawcett are pictured in the principal
roles.
The story deals with the fortunes
Of a young American girl who is
in love with the son of a German
American who came to this country
years before to escape the autocratic
rule OF his Kaiser. The girl learns
of a plot in which he is involved
that provides for the destruction OF
an American transport: she is made
a prisoner by the spies, from whom
she is later rescued by a Secret
Service operative
The succeeding incidents, nelo-
dramatic in the extreme. provide a
succession Of thrills that hold the
attention Of .he viewer in a close
grasp.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
Messengers Put O. K.
on U. S. Wire Control; :
More Tips, Less Work

Western Union messengers are en-
tirely in sympathy with government
control of telegraph lines since yes
terday morning at seven o'clock.
Previously they had not thought
much about it.
Friday morning at seven o'clock
the rule requiring signatures of all
recipients Of kilograms and ryIrt.nteu
to- the dust heap.
The messengers affirmed that they
would be able to answer the office
building buZzer at least within the
same half day that it was turned,
that they could now attend baseball
games and still have time on their
hands.
Tips Were much larger, too. they
said. for people were so glad not to
have to retreat to the depths of their
houses to find the particular person
to which messages were addressed.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
CrandaIrs Avenue Grand.

VIII Rogers. comedian with Zieg-
fields "Follies." was the star of the
photoplay. Laughing Bill HYDE,
which entertained at Crandall's Av-
enue Grand yesterday. The film owes
its origin to the popular Rex Beach
novel of the same title and sets forth
the adventures OF Bill Hyde, an es-
capped convict. who makes his way TO
the gold fields OF Alaska. There he
befriends a beautiful half-breed girI
who is being systematically robbed OF
her share In the profits OF a mine OF
which she is half owner, by a pair OF
Tascals.
Besides its interesting story, the pic
ture is notable also for its strikingly
beautiful photography. Anna Lehr Is
cast in the role opposite Rogers. To
days attra ction at the Avenue Grand
is Unexpected Places" starring Bert
LyteH.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
In a Letter from the Front.

Yours is the hard lot. pal of my heart
Back in the old home town,
Where the sun sneaks up to tardy start
And the goes dribbling down,
And you bury the corpse of the dull dead dav
In the shallow sleep of slow decay
But / am back into primitive Time
When Adventure crowds the hour
When the beast called Man is in the prime
OF his loud and lusty power
Mnzzle to muzzle and jowl to jow
With the saber-toothed tigers snarl and howl
| am falcon and fowl, | am hound and hare;
! run with the pack in cry;
! freeze to the sward all naked and bare,
With dread death snuffing by
l am hunter and hunted; | know the thrill
OF the shock where | either am killed or kill
! sink to sleep like stone in well,
] wake as live as cat.
There IS something in sings like a bell
7 rom my boot-heels up to my hat.
Yet I'd give leg just to be set down
To moon for hour in the old home town
Copyright. 1918.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-25
CrandaITs Apollo.

Dorothy Gish is the very charming
star Of The Hun Within" yester-
days principal screen attraction at
Crandail's Apollo. The Hun Within
is a highly dramatic story Of the a"-
tivities Of German spies in Amer "a
and OF their attempts to brir- HNout
the destruction Of a United States
transport. The plot is discovered ~
the girl Miss Gish). and before she
can communicate with the authorities
she is captured and held a prisoner 10y
tho spies.
Miss Gish is supported by a cast Ut
unusual caliber. numbering George
Fawcett. Charles Gerard. Douglas
MacI.ean. George Sutch and otnr.s.
The same f,m Will be Shown {, the
ADoli0 toriE1-