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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
JAZZ MUSIC. No. No.
MaeterlinCk Likes American MademOi
SrIIes But Not Their Dance Music.


New Ysre. Dsc 80 -N3alrlcr Nartcr-
linck likes tho American uaiemo.sclles.
but their !azzinc dance music no, abs =
lutcly no
The famous r. gan poets. memories
,of the dazzling Blue Bird ball. gwen in
his honor 1T the W4Iierf-Astrrla WIS
nus cally painful u he = lgian poet
and tho Affair." pleased him only because
81 the rrcat delight he io't in elmpsIrg
the FAR faces
Friends ard ca-warhers adrnit that he
has absolutely no Iatcrcs: n the success
Of the Blue Bird opcra, and that II would
not ii ali surprise hem n have him gvc
up his lcc,urinc tour an4 sail for home
when asked ahout this Alaeterlinck
Shrugged his shoulders
came ~ see tncrlca and lecture,
would / NJ. be = queer creature not %
&c the thing through
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
BUILDING PERMITS.

Plans and specifications for the follow
ing operations have been approved by
the building Inspectors office:
Market street. 5fI; d. s Laub owner
Harry Levy builder store building,
s3I $50
stockton street, 1902, Fred A. Davies
owner Donaldson & Jackson builders;
garage. $500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
Sz:!1ZI:Ezz:4
III * t>ins Sta Phones 5sS3-ssSZ
ron SALE

FOR SALE.
Woodlswn Ave. 2o0 hIoce. sfs rooms and
tath
West Fourth street 900 block. two. nine
ToOn.A and bath
Wcst sisth Streot, 100 hlocs. esvcn rcoms
and fath
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
.7;j;!'I|''I,'':E;BSH

FOR SALE
Store with dwelling sttached, centrally
located. doing . good business
DELAWARE STEAMSHIP
AGENCY & REALTY co.
rO7 West Ninth street
1927 WEST TENTH ST.
Srx rooms and attn. poTches. bot sir heat
posseskiOu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
Ioins GoIdwNn Forces.

President Wise ot tAe United Cigar
Stores Company has become Interested
IL the Goldwyn Picture Corporation and
has been tnade . member Of its director
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
TEFqs' ls's
AAslsIAlrN: Ms5.sD


FOR SALE.
Ta0a Scott strcrt siv rooms aud bath
Price only S2tA0 Possession iure - This
iS a bargain An insper tion ~tu convince
you.
VI. ". VAUGHN
Phone 94s. 9I4 Orange Street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
Reformed Minister Dead at 81.

AlieHtq~4 Il" Dec. y Re Rov;
sged ~
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
r v.
A Game of Checkers.

The uneasy mood of the desert, the
wind-blOwn sand, drove people indoors
the next morning. Richard was served
a substantial, indifferently cooked
breakfast in the dining room of the
Desert hotel, whose limitations were
as conspicuous to the newcomer as
they were nOneXistent to the other
men. They were finding it a soft con-
trast to sand-blOwn tents, to life in the
open.
Later he wandered through the
group of staring idlers in the office.
past the popular soda stand and the
few chair-tilters on the sidewalk, 60
ing on. as if without purpose, to the
railroad sheds, and then on, down to
the offices of the Desert Reclamation
company. He discovered it to be the
one engaging spot In the hastily
thrown-together town. There were
oleanders, rose and white, blooming in
the patch of purple blooming alfalfa
that stood for a lawn. Morning glories
clambered over the supports of the
veranda, and on over the roof. Rick
ards deductions led him to the Har.
dins.
What school of experience had so
changed the awkward country fellow?
He had resented his rivalry, not that
he was a rival, but that he was a boor.
His kisses still warm on her lips. and
she had turned to welcome, to coquet
with Tom Hardin! The woman who
vas to be his wife must be steadier
than that! 1t had cooled his fever.
Not for him the aspen who could
shake and bend her pretty boughs to
each rough breeze that blew!
Men tossed into a desert, fighting to
keep q fOOthold. do not garland their
Offices with morning-glOries! Was 1t
the gracious quiet influence Of a wife,
a Gerty Hardin? The festive build
ing he was approaching was as unex
pected-as Captain Brandon! Richard
walked on, smiling.
He was fairly blown into the outer
ROOM, the door banging behind him.
Every one looked up at the noisy inter-
ruptiOn. There were several men in
the long room. Among them two alert.
clean-faced youths, college graduates,
or students out on furlough. the kind
of stuff in his class at Lawrence. Three
of the seasoned. ro~ad-coached type
were leaning their chairs against the
cool thick walls. One was putting at
a cigar. The other. a big, shy giant.
was drawing clouds of comfort from a
pipe. There was a telegraph operator
at work in one end of the room, her
instrument rapidly clicking. In an op-
posite corner was a telephone ex.
change. A girl with a metal band
around her forehead was punching
connections between the valley towns.
Richard lost the feeling of having
gone into q remote and isolated re-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

His sarcasm va lost In transit
Ogilvie said that Mr.. Richard would
not be In his way. He would move
his papers into the next room tomor'
row.
The engineer moved to the French
windows that opened on the alfalfa
lawn. A vigorous growth Of willows
marked the course Of New river.
which had cut so perilously near the
towns. A letter 3D." picked out In
quick river vegetation. told the story
Of the food. The old channel-therf
1t was. the curved arm Of the 3D." one
could tell that by the tall willows-had
been too tortuous. too slow for those
sweeping waters. The flow had d.
vided, cutting the stem of the letter
carrying the food waters swifter
down grade. The flow had divided
Inn! divided perhaps the danger too !
An idea In that! He would see that
better from the water tower he'd spied
at entering. Another flood, and q
gamble whether Mexicali or Calexico
would get the worst Of 1t. Unless one
was ready. A levee-west of the
American town!
excuse me. sir-do you need met"
He turned back into the room. He
could see that MacLean was aching to
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
WAS A NURSE IN FOUR WARS
English Woman, veteran Of Many
Previous Campaigns, Served In
World Struggle.

Mrs. Teresa Eden Richardson. who
died recently at Bath. England. was a
worker in the hospitals of four vars.
She held the South African medal. The
Order of the Crown of Japan. the jap
anese Red Cross Order of Merit. two
Greek medals and the 1914 Star.
During the South African war, says
the London Times. Mrs. Richardson
nursed at a hospital at Bloemfontein.
when the epidemic of enteric v
tried to the utmost the OF
the medical staff. Afterward. through
the Japanese minister. she was at
tached to the Red Cross society of
japan during the war with Russia.
Later she nursed at Athens during
tho war between Greece and Turkey.
and when the present war broke out.
being then sixty-eight years old. she
went to Brierfort, ear Brussels. After
.he German armies had occupied that
n,ace she pursed at M of the hos
p,tals of Antwerp throughout the bonn
hardment, she and her maid being the
only persons who remained at her ho-
tel. Mrs. Richardson was one of the
last to leave the town, escaping down
the Scheldt In q coal barge crowded
with refugees. The privation endured
at this period seriously affected her
health and she vas compelled to aban-
don further attempts to render help
I'm Red Cross hospitals In London and
Nice.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
(To BE
RABELAIS PROVED A PROPHET
Events He Recorded, In Tale for the
Nursery, Have Now Become
Assured Facts.

When %Pantagruel took leave Of the
good Gargantua, his royal father. and
took shipping ut the port of Thalassa
for Catay, In upper India, he completed
In four months the voyage which II
took the Portuguese three years to
complete. says the Christian Science
Monitor. Many leagues then lay be-
tween father and son. but they com.
m%unicated. That is the point In turn.
ing over the leaves of the cures book
at this hour, when the dream Of the
dominion of the air. which has haunted
the imaginations of men for centuries,
has come true. Pantagruel, busily
making purchases at the fair some
where in Asia, hears a joyful cheer
and ices that o Of his fathers ad.
vice boats has arrived-"that Ship was
light as a Lark. 50 that It seem'd rather
to fly on the Sea than to SAIL"
Pantagruel asked Malicorn, the bear.
er of dispatches, whether he had Con.
xal the heavenly messenger. "sYes,
Sir, here It Is swadled up In this Bias
ket.' It was a grey Pigeon which Pan.
tagruel caus'd to be undressed and q
white Ribbon ty'd to its Feet. The
Pigeon presently few away and In
two hours It compass'd the air, and
Gargantua, hearing 1t had q white rib
bon on, was joyful and secure in his
sons welfare" That is Rabelais' iit-
tie story. a tale for the nursery, but
with all the potentialities which. in the
fullness of time. have been realized.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

the Overland Pacific system. He "a
not the sort of man a o could speak
lightly of disobeying.
"Of course everyone calls me Jun
ior."
II guess you'll 60 back II he wants
you to-" smiled Richard.
"Oh, but what a rotten trick II
would be I" exclaimed the son of the
man of iron. ITO throw me out Of
college, was daffy to finish with my
class, and to get me here, to get me in
~terested-and then after I've lost my
place to pull me back. Why, there are
things happening every day that are q
liberal education. They are only just
beginning to understand what they are
bucking up against. The Colorado's
unknown quantity; even old engi-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

get out of the room. Ogiivie had Wis
IDLY withered. A blight seemed to fall
on him as his white, b~lue-veined fin
gers made a bluff among his papers.
"Thank you" Richard nodded at
MacLean, who burst into the outer Of
fee.
Its the new general manager from
Observation-Disclosures his name." His
whisper ran around the walls OF the
room, where other arrivals were tilt
ing their chairs. "The new general
manager! Ogilvie woOzled for moth
ing. You should have seen his face"
did anyone know that he was COM
ing?" Silent, the tanned giant, spoke.
THAT'S Marshall all over" said
Wooster, bright-eyed and wiry. re-
moving his pipe. "He likes to owe In
a mysterious way his wonders to per-
form. used to sing that when ! was
a kidD No announcement. Simply,
Enter Richard"
More like this" said Silent. Exit
Hardin. Enter Ogllvie. Enter Rick
ard"
"And exit OgiIvle," cried MacLean.
ITS a-d-d shame" burst out
Wooster. No one asked him what he
meant. Every mar In the room was
thinking of Hardin. whose shadow this
reclamation work was.
whats Richard dOing?" asked the
infantile Hercules at the checkerboard.
The force called him Pete, which was
a short cut to Frederick Augustus
BOdefeldt.
taking Ogilvie's measure"-this
from MacLean.
"Then he's doing something else by
this time. That wouldn't take him five
minutes unless he's a gull" snapped
Wooster, who hated Ogilvie as a rat
does q snake.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

handed by lackeys? Richard had al
ways acted as If it had been something
to be ashamed of. 1t made him sick.
They've done it this time. It's a
fool choice"
Again. that look Of pleading from In
mes. Gerty had n SILVER of intuition.
Fool chOice?" Her voice was omi-
nOusly calm.
Hardin shook off Innes' eyes. Better
be done with it! Hes the new gen.
eral manager"
Hes the general manager"
"I'm to take orders from him."
Gerty's silence was of the stunned
variety. The Hardins watched her
crumbling bread on the tableclOth,
thinking, f%earfully, that she was going
to cry.
Didn't l tell you?" Her voice, re-
pressed. carried the threat of tears.
Didn't l tell you how it would be?
Didn't l say that you'd be sorry II you
called the railroad imp
"Must we go over this againT asked
her husband.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why did
you let me make a goose Of myself?'
She was remembering that there had
been no protest, no surprise from In
mes. She knew! A family secret !
She shrugged. "Tm glad, on the whole,
that you planned it as a surprise. For
| carried it off as If we'd not been in
suited, disgraced."
"Gerty!" expostulated Hardin.
"Gerty!!" implored Innes.
And we are in for a nice friendly
dinner!"
Are you quite finished?" Hardin
got up.
AS the three passed out of the dining
room, Richard caught their several ex-
pressions: Hardin's stiff, Indifferent I;
Gerty's brilliant but hard, as she
flashed n finished, brave little smile in
his direction. The sisters bow was
distinctly naughty.
In the hall, Gerty's laugh fippled
out. 1t was the laugh Richard remem-
bered, the light frivolous cadence
which recalled the famboyant pattern
of the Holmes parlor carpet, the long,
crowded dining table where Gerty had
reigned. 1t told him that she was in
different to his coming, as she meant
it should. And it turned him back to
Il dark Orn in the hOneysuckle-
draped porch where he had spent so
many evenings with her, where once
he had held her hand, where he told
her that he loved her. For he had
loved her, or at least he thought he
had! And had run away from her ex-
pectant eyes. A cad, was he, because
he had brought that waiting look into
her eyes, and had run from it?
Should a man ask n woman to give
her life into his keeping until he is
quite sure that he wants it? He was
%revamping his worn defense. Should
he live up to n minute of surrender, of
tenderness, if the next instant brings
sanity, and disillusionment? He could
bury now forever self-reprOach. He
could laugh at his own vanity. Gerty
Hardin, it was easy to see, had forgot
ten what he had whispered to Gerty
Holmes. They mel rs sober old
friends. That ghost was laid.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

See that ditch? That is Mexico. on
the other side. Those sheds you can
see are in Mexicali, Calexico's twin
sister. That painted adobe Is the GUS
tom house. Mexicali's not dry, even in
summer You can bet your life on
that. You can get all the bad whisky
and stale beer you've the money to
buy. We work in Calexico. and drink
In Mcxicali. The temperance pledge is
kept better in this town than any other
town in the valley. But you can see
this procession every night"
The Amazon with n handkerchief
apron brought Richard his soup. He
was raising his first spoonful to his
mouth when he saw the face, carefully
nverted. of the girl he had met at the
Marshalls' table, lines Hardin. His
eyes jumped Ia her companions, the
man Il stranger, and then, Gerty
Holmes. At least, Mrs. Hardin /! Some
how. il surprised him To find her pretty.
She had achieved a variety of dis
tinction, preserving. moreover. the
ciear-cut babyish chin which had made
It's early appeal to him. There was the
same fluffy hair, its ringlets a bit arti-
fetal to his more sophisticated eyes
the same well-turned nose. He had
been wondering about this meeting; he
found that he had been expecting some
sort of shock-who said that the love
of today is the jest of tomorrow? The
discovery that Gerty was not a jest
brought the surprised qualification
which we award a letter or composition
written in our youth. Were we as
clever as that. so complete at eighteen
or twenty-one? Could we. now with
all our experience. do any better. or in
deed as WEI? That particular sen
tence with wings, Could we make it
fly today as it soared yesterday? Rick
ard vas finding that Gerty's more ma
ture char'us did not accelerate his
heart-beats. but they were certainly
~fattering TO his early judgment. And
he had expected her to he a shOckl
lie was staring into his plate of
chilled soup. CaIf-love! For he had
loved her. or at least he had loved her
chin. her pretty childish way of lifting
II. She was prettier than he had pic
turrd her. Queer that a man like Har-
din could draw such women for sister
md wife-the blood tie was the most
nat,- - m.Es ofte9 4 queer choice.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

equipment, and frequently force the au-
tomobile owner to abandon the use Of
his car for the entire spring rather
than risk a breakdown.
Most of the un~pleasantness and diff
fculty may be remedied in many local
tiles even in the worst weather, for
there are times when the worst cut
up surface is in fairly good condition
for dragging. BY taking advantage OF
the proper moment, the ruts and bumps
can be smoothed out and the next
freeze will result in a smooth hard
surfaced pike that can be favOrably
compared to a concrete highway.
Owing to the fact that the road sur.
face will be rather wet and sticky
when dragged, greater care must be
exercised in handling the drag. II the
blades of the drag r set vertically,
there will be a tendency to scrape up
30 much earth, or, in the language
of the road man, Ball up in front"
Also, If the hitch to the team is set too
zeal the center, the angle Of the drag
with the road will be too nearly a
right angle. or straight across, to shed
or crown the wet'earth.
Dragging under these conditions
should be more an "Ironing out the
wrinkles" process; hence the blades Of
the drag should be given a forward
or fatter inclination than when work.
ing a dry road. The hitch should be
so arranged that the angle Of the drag
is more. nearly parallel to the road
than ordinary, thus causing the earth
to shed better and prevent trouble. For
extremely bad conditions, the use Of
the road machine ahead Of the drag
will be found effective. In all cases,
the road should be freed Of all stumps.
snags, and powders, as these seriously
retard good dragging.
A little practice will enable the OPP
orator to do a fairly creditable Job.
and after q subsequent freeze the road
will present a smoother and much o
comfortable surface. Then, when the
spring rains come, the road will quick
ly shed the water that formerly col
lected in the deep ruts. and be dry and
hard long before similar roads not
dragged.
The present difficulties encountered
In getting large amounts Of crushed
stone for road repairs necessitates the
greatest care in maintaining all road
surfaces in the best possible way with
out the use Of additional materiAlA
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
CHAPTER fv-Continued.

bath night across the hall. Only
room left tn the house" The proprietor
awarded him the valley stare. Going
to be here long?' He passed the last
key on the zach to the darky stagger-
Ing under Il motley of bags and suit
cases. Richard recognized his, and fol-
lowed.
II may get you another room tomor-
row. called the proprietor after him
as he climbed the dusty stairs.
The signals of Il new town were
waving IN the dining room. The ma
jority of the citizens displayed their
shirt sleeves and unblushing suspend
ers. One large table was surrounded
by men in khaki the desert soldiers,
engineers. The full blown Mattresses,
deliberately p~ompadoured, were push
ing through the swing-doors, carrying
heavy trays. Coquerry appeared to be
their occupation. rather than meal
serving. the diners accepting both varie-
ties of attention with appreciation. The
supremacy Of those superior maidcns
was menaccd only ny two other wom-
en- who sat ut II table near the door.
Richard did not see them ut first. The
room was ms masculine as II restaurant
In "A new mining
Richard left his indoor view to look
through the French windows opening
on n side street. He noticed Il slender
but regular procession. All the men
passing fell in the same direction.
cocktail route" explained n of
his neighborS, his mouth full Of boiled
beef.
conner.
'The real thing. Cal"yico's dry. like
the whole valley, that is, the county.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
8@@m&
DRAGGING ROADS IN SPRING
BY Taking Advantage Of Proper No.
ment Many Of Ruts and eumps
Can Be omoothed Out.

Most earth and gravel roads are in
bad shape during the entire winter.
largely because Of the heavy fall haul
Ing Of harvested crops. and the rush
Of necessary farm work, which takes
precedence over any kind Of road
work. The cold weather strikes them
In this condition and makes each rut
and bump almost as solid as rock, and
In the spring these break down into
mud.
Travelling over these ruts is a very
racking. uncomfortable, and sometimes
painful, operation. The rough jolts re-
quire a reduction In speed, cause an
added strain ON all classes Of hauling
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

A thick cultivated soil mulch II
one Of the best possible ways Of
saving moisture for growing crops.
He that most frequently stirs his soil
especially In times Of drought, reaps,
other things being equal, nor album
dant harvest than II tillage were neg
lected.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

Rickard moves to save the
valley In what seems to him the
only possible way. His views do
not coincide with those Of Har.
din. The next instaIIment tends
to justify the forebodin0s with
which Richard undertook HE
great task. Do not fail to read Il.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
HOW WILL HARDIN AND HIS WIFE RECEIVE HIM?-RICKARD
IS NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT.

Synopsis-K. G. Richard, an engineer of the Overland Pacific rail-
road, is called to the office of President Marshall in Tuscon, ArZ. While
waiting Richard reads II report on the ravages Of the Colorado river,
despite the efforts of Thomas Hardin, head of the Desert Reclamation
company. Hardin had been Il student under Iickard in an eastern col
lee and had marri,d Gcrty Holmes, with whom Richard had fanded he
was in love. Marshall tells Richard the Overland Pacific must step in to
save the Imperial vale! and wishes to send Richard to take charge.
Richard declines because he fOrpSeeS embarrassment in suDplanting
Hardin. but is won osrr. Richard goes to Calexico and, on the way.
learns much about Hardin and his work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
Pvre-bred Poultry.

Pure-bred poultry means uniform
ity Of products. Uniformity Of prod
ucts means increased profits. II they
are properly marketed. Given the
same care and feed, pure-bred fowls
will make q better profit than mon
grels.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
charaeter Of Community.

Roads index the character Of any
community. They determine Its i'm
portance. They either limit Its ad-
vance or aid It. II 1t isn't worth q
good road, It isn't worth living In
and land isn't worth what It sells
for,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

ChurnlnS Cream.
Cream rises better In q falling tenn
perature. Butter should never b
touched with the human hand. Cream
does not churn % wen In autumn and
winter.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

In spite of the competition. Of wire
less, carrier pigeons have not lost their
lob. They are carrying messages faith
fully for French and British naval air
men.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21

Corn In Laying Ration.
Poultrymen who have 1t will ind
1t advantageous to use q larger pro
portion of corn In their poultry RI
lions than has generally been recon-
mended.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-21
Calls for Bio expeod,ture.

II plans for stsndardixing the gauge
of the railways of Australia ~ recon-
mended by the chief engineers Of the
different lines be carried out Il will
mean an expenditure Of $160OOOOO0