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Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
CENTURY CLUB TAKES RECESS
Adjourned Friday Afternoon For the
Summer Recess-Last Meeting.

Summer Recess-Last Meeting.
A large attendance marked the
last meeting of the Club year on Fri
day, April 25th. After the corpora
ton treasurer's report had been read,
Mrs. H. D. Boyer made a strong plea
for a State Censorship of Moving Pic
ture Films for Delaware, and gave
excellent reasons why Delaware
should have a censorship of Moving
Picture Films. Miss Roberts, ac-
companied by Mrs. Coverdale, sang
"The Nightingale and the Rose"
Dean Robinson, of Woman's College,
Newark, Delaware, discussed the
twenty-six articles of the League of
Nations, the most important docu-
ment the world has seen since our
forefathers framed the Constitution
of the United States. A comprehen-
sive and entertaining review of the
years work was given by Miss Emily
Spruance. In a graceful little speech
the president thanked the members
of the Club for their cooperation in
making the year pleasant, profit
able and successful one. The Club
hostess served frozen custard and
tokens.-Cor. Sec'y.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
EDWARD ENNIS TAKES A BRIDE
Marries Miss Clara L. Gallagher, Of
of MiddIetOwn, Last Wednesday.

Marries Miss Clara L. Gallagher, of
of MiddletOwn, Last Wednesday.
Mr.. L. Edward Ennis, son of Mrs.
Bradford Ennis, of Smyrna, and Miss
Clara L. Gallagher, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. B. Frank Gallagher, both of
Middletown, were quietly married at
st. Anne's Rectory, by Rev. P. L.
Donaghay, Wednesday afternoon, at
three o'clock. The couple were at
tended by Miss Odel R. Gallagher, sis
ter of the bride, and Mr.. Bradford
Ennis, Jr., of Smyrna, brother of the
groom. The bride was becomingly
attired in a blue travelling suit, with
black maline hat and carried sweet
peas. On her return from a short
trip Mr.. and Mrs. Ennis will reside
in Middletown.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
LAST LINK STATE HIGHWAY
is UNDER CONSIDERATION
CONTRACTS FOR MIL
FORD AND HARRINGTON ROAD.
State Highway Commission in Session
at Dover Yesterday as T. c. DUPONT
is Bearing Expense Job Will Go On


is Bearing Expense Job Will Go On
A meeting of the State Highway
Commission was held in Dover
yesterday, April 29th, and mem
bers are taking up for consideration
the project for two roads from Dover
southwark. At this meeting State
Highway Engineer Upham was asked
to submit data on the projects
for building the road from Dover to
Milford by way of Rising Sun, Mag
nolia and Frederica, and also for the
road from Dover to Harrington. These
roads will lead into the central and
western portions of Sussex county
from the State capital, and when they
are completed there will be improved
continuous highways from the Penn
sylvania line to the Maryland line.
Sussex's county's Road Commission
is now preparing to build important
lateral roads to connect with all parts
of the county, including the route
from Georgetown to RehOboth. Yes
terday the Commission inspected a
route for the State Highway from
Milford to Dover, and as a result Of
this trip will, perhaps, arrive at a
conclusion as to which route among
the several under consideration is the
most feasible, everything considered,
for the road
Entire Highway in State By 1920.
Eventually the entire State high
way from Smyrna to Wilmington will
be converted into concrete highway,
the cost of which is being paid by
T. Coleman dupont, under his offer
By the end of 1920 it is predicted that
Delaware will have the best construct
ed system of highways of any State
in the Union. Kent county is now the
only county that is not providing for
comprehensive road work.
Last Toll Gate in State Must Go.
Delaware, up to the present time
has been holding fast to toll gates
but the last one is soon to disappear
This condition has been brought
about by the generosity of Pierre S
dupont. He recently bought the
stock of the Wilmington and Kennett
Turnpike Company, paying double the
par value for the 1900 shares of stock
Then he paid off what Indebtedness:
the Company had, and now ha:
awarded the contract for the building
of a concrete roadway from Whining
ton to the Pennsylvania State line
This roadway will be twenty-four fee
wide for a distance of five miles. Thi!
roadway will connect with a simila
road in Pennsylvania which goes b!
Mr.. duPont's demesne. The new roat
will not cost the State a cent for MI
dupont will pay the half million dol
lars for it's construction. The tol
gates will be abolished, the 24-foo
wide concrete road will have three fee
wide shoulders making a 30-foot road
way on an 80-foot right of way.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Cold and Frost Hit Strawberries

The cold spell of the past week and
the frosts of last night, have hit
strawberries in this section and lower
part of state. Fruit generally, it is
believed, is but slightly hurt.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Smyma-C Clayton Road to be Repaired

Thru the efforts of President M. V.
Ford, of the Kent County Levy Court,
the Smyrna-Clayton road is to be re-
surfaced and put in good state of
repair. The Road Engineer and
equipment are expected here in a
short time.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Delaware Boys to Come Home in June

Advices received in Dover last
week from sources which can be ac-
cepted as absolutely reliable are to
the effect that the Delaware soldiers
now in France will embark for home
between June 1 and Is.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Commerce Street to Be Rebuilt.

NUIIIIeIOO OtIocI 20 DE 1NtDuIII'
At special meeting of Smyrna
Town Council last night the Commit
tee was authorized to proceed at once
with repairs to Commerce and other
streets.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Cats Lot. Near Lake Como. Sold

OdIto LUt, 4NOdI I4eIhC OOIIIOJ OUIu'
Frank Boyer has bought from AL
Ian Cunningham, the Cats lot on
South Main street, between Hamilton
Lane and the Lake Como, for $1,000
and proposes laying out building
sites.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
War Film, 'The Price of Peace"

Another big feature of the "drive"
will be the exhibition OF the official
war film, "The Price of Peace" six
reel production, which will be shown
at. the Smyrna Opera House, next
Monday afternoon and evening, May
the 5th. Chairman Raymond has ar
ranged for four shows, two the af-
ternoon and two in the evening, which
will be open to the public free of
charge. The afternoon shows will be
from 1.30 to and from $50 to 5.
Children will be admitted to the af-
ternoon shows only; no children adj
mitted at the evening performances
The evening shows will be from z to
9 and 9 to IL. The entire gallery will
be reserved for colored people. 1t is
requested that as many adults as pos
sible attend the two shows in the af-
ternoon.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Telescope in. California .
Is Largest in the World

Another largest thing Of its kind In
the world. the great telescope that
has been ~ years In the making, has
been set up at the top of Mount VII
son In California. Its mirror required
a glass disk 100 inches In diameter.
13 inches thick and AZ tons in weight.
The dome that protects 1t and the ma.
chinery that enables 1t to FOLLOW the
stars demanded the building OF a new
road and the construction OF spe-
cial kind of mOtortruck to get them
up the mountain. Although this latest
astronomical apparatus weighs 400
tons. II moves without vibration or
sound by finger pressure on a button.
But what would perhaps even moro
astonish. for instance, the ancien.
Chuldeans is that it will do its work
chiefly by taking photographs.-Chris'
tian Science Monitor.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
TOAFLOCK OF GEESE

Ye wild, free troopers of the skies
That ride in wedged ranks the blue
And unmarked roads Of Paradise.
Who else but God had tutored YOU
That wind beset and tempest form.
To buffet you with mighty sledge,
Ye still sweep onward through the storm
With that unbroken wedge?
Thrill me again. 70 serried host.
With that shril challenge which defies
Tho strength Of whatsoever post
10 set to guard tho bending skies
Against such rangers N ~ are
That dare with swift and rhythmic
wings
The night unlighted Of q, star
To guido Gods feathered thingA
70 are tho Joy Of being Wild.
The sign and symbol Of . blest
Estate 20 sweet and undefiled
It breathes ito spirit undistressed
Adown the heights to which have scared
Since Eden was our deepest sighs-
Thrill me again, 70 CLAIMANT horde,
i With your wind-ringing cries.
Clark McAdams.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Muscular Effort Is Cause
Of Nearsightedness, Notes
an Authority on Subject

It is generally agreed that myopia,
ct neorsightedness. is an acquired de-
feet resulting from the elongatton OF
the eyeball, but itts e:cusation has not
yet been determined, the evidence Tor
the assumption that near work ss'ro'
duces near sight being unsatisfactory.
DR.. Eldridge Green, writing In the Lon
don Lancet, advances the theory that
the primary and essential cause Is an
obstruction Of the outflow Of the
lymph. The obstruction may be pro-
duced by severe muscular effort, e. g.,
by lifting heavy weights, when a feel
Ing of tension Is always felt In the
eyes, which appear. in extreme cases,
to be starting from the head. This
Is more especially the cause Of pro-
gressive myopia among warehouse
boys. porters and others whose work
involves excessive effort. while with
those engaged in sedentary occupa-
tions the form of exercise taken may
be responsible. e. g.. wrestling, rowing.
digging, and also coughing. Thus
when signs of commencing myopia ap-
pear anything likely to Increase the
intraocular tension should be avoided.
There Is no need to avoid reading.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
New Words and How They
Are Born and Find Their
Way Into Everyday Use

"Cam0uflage" is a manufactured
word nearly as new to the French as
to the English. You will not find it IN
your French dictionary. But, some
how, it seems to express its own mean.
1ng-all those devices which were used
to hide gun positions, etc.. from the
spyhawks in the air. The word "com-
mandeer' was the chief gift Of the
Boer war and Is now most firmly es.
tablished in everyday talk. TIE trop-
bles of the "distressful country
gave us the word boycott. 1t happened
tiiii;::t the surname Boycott belonged to
an Irish laEd owner whom the authori.
ties assisted to resp harvest that
the peasants refused to touch by send
ing soldiers on his land. He was the
first man to be ''boycotted," that is,
'sent to Coventry" by his neighbors,
ostracised, put off the map. Mackin-
tosh, Shrapnel. Macadam, Maxim,
Guillotine. Brougham, Victoria. Carl
baldi. Gladstone and Lynch are all ex-
amples of surnames becoming diction-
ary words of the very commonest kind.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Smallest Bird Is American;
400 Species Of Hummers;
Only in Western Hemisphere

The smallest and most brilliantly col.
cred of all feathered creatures are the
humming birds, and of the 400 species
none is to be found elsewhere than in
this western hemisphere, notes a writ
er in the Arkansas Gazette.
The largest of these birds are no
more than eight and half inches and
the .mallest about two and three
eighths in length. OF these the larg-
est are never seen far north and the
smallest rarely. The ruby-thrOated
humming bird, called by Audubon "a
glittering fragment of the rainbow"
breeds from the far southern states
as far north as Labrador and winters
from southern Florida to Central
America, remaining with US from May
to October. It's length is about three
and one-quarter inches. The upper
plumage is metallic green, the male
having ruby red gorget, a white col
lar on the throat and a deeply forked
tail Of brownish violet. The female
Is of palmer colorings. The eggs, nev-
er more than two, are white and about
as large as peas.
1t is a popular mistake that hum
ming birds feed only on the honey In
flowers. They really for the most part
feed on insects, gathered with their
barbed and sticky tongues from flow
ers and leaves. They are, nOtwith-
standing their diminutive size, very
pugnaciOus and will attack birds much
larger than themselves, SO that the
English sparrow, with all his vaunted
courage dare not intrude on theil
nests.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Game Laws Summed Up
by the U. S. Government
for the Aid of HuntsmeIl

To aid trappers and hunters, the
;1nitei States department Of agricul'
ture has !ssde3 Farmers Bulletin 1922
"Laws Relating Is F3r-Bearing AMI
mals," which is summary q !egisla.
ton in the United States, Canada anu
Newfoundland, relating to trapping.
open seasons, propagation and boun'
ties. Under the stimulus of high prices
there is always danger that trappers
will deplete the trapping grounds and
permanently decrease the number OF
fur animals. the federal specialists
say. Regulations and seasons should
be carefully observed, SO that the fur
supply of the future shall not be en-
dangered.
For the fiscal year ended June 80.
1913, the foreign trade Of the United
States in raw and manufactured furs
reached the largest total In the his
tory of the country. While exports
were only $13,9O3.8 .831, as compared
with $15,729. 100 for 1917, the imports
were $38.389372 as compared with
$21 ,553,375 for 1917. The total foreign
trade In furs increased over 40 PEI
cent.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Why s!!!heyy Frenes Girls Prefer
To Wed Yanks mst535It1;.
Natives of Own Country

To win an American husband seems
to be the ideal Of more than 40 per
cent of the Partisan young women.
At all events that is the result of
an inquiry conducted h1 HsOeuyre,
a Paris daily newspaper which
publishes q series of letters setting
forth the reasons that have guided the
writer's to- give preference 70 Ameri"
cans over their compatriots.
Those who would rather marry
Frenchmen base their predilection
largely on patriotic gromdss but a
large percentage Of young French
women confess to a who1ehearted ad-
miration Of the average Americans
breezy good humor and courtesy Of
manner toward the other SCI.
Several French girls who have had
opportunity to observe American home
life appreciate the easy eamaraderie
between the sexes. and they come to
the conclusion that a good comrade
must make a good husband.
Some fair writer's say that French
lovers are given to talking oxermuch
and are too fussy about their personal
appearance.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Waves Attain a Height OF
400 Feet in Stormy Seas

Some Of the most terrible storms at
sea are experienced, not in winter, as
might be expected, but during the heat
of summer. Waves at the seaside are,
however, totally different and very
puny compared with those In mid
ocean. A Queenstown steamer report
ed waves 100 feet In height during an
Atlantic gale. Waves Of 80 feet to %
feet are common to the Atlantic. but
It Is In the Indian ocean that we look
for those Of really gigantic stature.
Cold regions also experience immense
seas. Wasberg, Norway, can claim a
wave Of 400 feet In height. The
Cornish coast was once bombarded
with a wave of 800 feet.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Average Height Of People
of the Various Countries

The Germans. as a people, do not
constitute the tallest of the nations.
According to the report OF the Anthro'
pometric committee of the British as
ISOLATION (18S3), of the nations Ut the
British isles on the average the Scotch
stand first In height, 68.71 inches; the
irish stand second, being 67!9O inches {;
the English come next, 67.36 Inches !:
and the Welsh last, being 66.66
inches. The committee figured the av'
eraee height of other nations In
inches as follows: American whites
In the United States, 67.87: French,
upper classes, 6a14; Germans, 06.10;
Russians, 66.O4. They award the
greatest stature to the Polynesian
tribes, 69.33 inches, and the lowest
stature Of any known people to the
Bushmen Of South Africa, with o2.78
inches.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Some Fellows Who Do Not
Get Along Well With Work

When you find fellows wearing that
down.in.the-mouth expression and in
quiring for a new job In an undertone
you can put It down that work and
they don't get along well together. The
getting up before breakfast and work.
ing between meals gets on the nerve
of q great many aspirants Of the nickel
aristocracy. But the plain fact Of
the matter Is they are just downright
lazy and can't work longer than It
takes to get q few small meal tickets
or passage to the next town. There
they hope to fall into a general man.
agership with nothing to do but draw
nay. Their chief anatomy consists
In q prominent wishbone which e1-
tends where the backbone ought to be.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Conquest Of Typhoid Is
Compared by Physicians
49, With Tetanus Victory

Wonderful achievement in medicine
comparable with the victory over te'
tanus is the conquest Of typsasid fever.
Typhoid fever has been one OF the nts-
toric pestilences Of armies. The dls-
covery in 1880 Of the germ which caus'
ed It was one of the very earliest
achievements of the bacterio1ogists.
Yet even in 1898, writes MAJ. ". w.
Keen in Yale Review, when I published
a book on the "Surgical Complications
and Sequels of Typhoid Fever" so lit
tie was positively known about 1t that
I had to assemble proofs that the ty-
phoid bacillus could reach the blood
stream, that 1t could cause Assesses In
bones and muscles, could cause gang
rene of the tissues and even of whole
limbs, infections of the gall bladder,
and many other surgical disorders.
In that same year in the war with
Spain we learned fearful lesson OF
what it could do. Every fifth man in
our army Of 100000 was attacked with
typhoid. It caused over SO per cent
of all the deaths in that war. Had the
same ratio held in the British army of
over 100000 in the world war there
would have been more than 100000
cases of typhoid. Instead of that.
down to November, 1915. there had
been only 4,571 casesl In our own
army on the Mexican border In 1916.
among 10000 troops only one man fell
i'll with typhoid. although It was preva-
lent in nearby towns. In our pres
ent army, from September e. 1917, to
January 25, 1918, with daily average
Of 742 625 men assembled from. all over
the country, often from places where
autumnal typhoid was taking Its an
nual toll of lives, only 119 eases of ty-
phoid occurred. Had the 1888 rate
prevailed there would have been 144.-
568 cases. As soon as all these re-
cruits were protected by vaccination,
the case rate fell so rapidly that in
the II weeks from December z, 1917,
to April s, 1918-a period longer than
our war with Spain-there were only
ten cases among probably nearly L.
OOO, 900 men.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Cost of World War 179 Billions
OoL E.ma.e Made Public Washington Based Data 4ands
Of Federal Reserve Board. Secretary Of the Treasury
.:,-- and Bulletins Of Swiss Society Of Banks.

expenditures by Belgium, Portugal Rouman Austria
Hungary Bulgaria. the total cost the European fixed at
official estimate made public at Washington and
based on data federal board the secretary Of
treasury the bulletins Of the Swiss Society Baqk The table
compiled expenditures January 81, 1919
expenditures the allies and the United States fixed
exclusive themselves which toaed
$1s375,000,oOo
expenditures of the nations follows:
Great Britain 100000 France $2700000000o United
States Italy, oooooo Serbia $s 100000;
Japan and Greece, ST $1,0ooOoo,O0o.
made these and included in the individual
expendtres although added the total separate ite
follows
Great Britain $s,5oooooooo; France $sooooooooo; United
States $7S75,oo0,o00
The total expenditures Germany given
and of Turkey making aggregate Of
for these two members of Germanc alliance.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
MEAT SCRAP FOR
HENS

Hens cannot produce eggs probably
on grain alone. The grain ration must
be supplemented by protein concen-
trates. Recent Investigations show
that the source of protein also influ-
cnces egg production. That is pro-
tein concentrates Of animal and vege-
;cn.e origin differ in ability to stlmu-
;ate lay.S1. A series of tests have
been conducted Ss the Missouri station
to determine the relative efficiency of
animal proteins. represented in expei:-
ments with meat scrap and sour milk,
and vegetable proteins. represented by
oilmeal, gluten meal and cottonseed
meal, in rations for egg production.
Feeding tests have shown that:
1. Meat scrap and sour milk are
the most economical sources of pro-
tein for laying hens.
2. It is poor economy not to furnish
the laying hen protein concentrate Of
animal origin.
8. Vegetable proteins alone cannot
be fed economically.
4. twenty-five per cent meat scrap
n sufficient amount of animal food
In a dry mash.
s. There Is no evidence that vege-
table proteins, alone or In ~combina-
tions with animal food, increase egg
production.
6. One pound Of egg can be pro-
duced with every four pounds Of feed
IL the proper ration is fed.
Z. According to these tests. 1UO
hounds of sour milk Is worth 5.4
mounds of meat scrap.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
MiQration Of Butterflies
Is a Most Beautiful Sight

A man from South AmeEiea recently
came north. He stopped for some time
in Panama, and In speaking Of the
country he said: "O1e Of the most
beautiful sights In the worid is th..
annual migration Of the Butterflies
across the Isthmus of Panama. Where
they come from and whittier they go
no one knows, and though many dis
tinguished naturalists have attempted
to solve the problem. Il u atin a.
strange a mystery as it was the first
time a European traveller heheld the
sight. ..-T .:
''Toward the end Of June q few scat
tered specimens are discovered fit
ting out to sea and 10 ~ days =
by the number increases, untn about
July IA or Is, when the sky b at times
almost obscured by myriae Of these
frail insects. It Is wondreu1y beau
tiful." .H-
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
First Written Nmanacs
Complied by the Greeks

The first written almanacs were
probably compiled by the Greeks OF Al
exandria between 100 and $50 A. ID.
Calendars are much older. the ancient
Romans having proclaimed the first
Of the month. and posted q notice OF
It's occurrence in a public place. The
first Of the month thus came to be
called the Kalends from II call" or II
proclaim" And thus the word calen'
dar was derived. Probably the old
est calendar in existence was found In
the ruins of Pompeii. It was cut upon
a square block Of marble. upon each
side Of which three months are regis
tered. The first almanac printed In
Europe covered the years 1875. 1894 and
1913, and was published at Buda, Hun
gary. -1f
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
War Boosted
Our Wealth
Amesica's Greatest Danger Now
ls Pnde, q Wnter Says

Uncle Sam has become the worlds
greatest captain Of industry. Here
are the figures, according to a writer
in Omaha News:
We have G per cent of the worlds
population.
We own per cent of the worlds
land.
But we produce 10 per cent Of the
worlds copper.
We produce 66 per cent Of the
worlds oil.
We raise 60 per cent of all cotton
raised.
We produce 80 per cent Of the
worlds silver.
We dig 81 per cent Of all coal used.
We mine 40 per cent of iron ores
and 20 per cent Of the worlds gold.
We manufacture IS per cent Of all
motorcars manufactured. and operate
40 per cent of the worlds railroads.
We grow Is per cent Of the worlds
wheat.
Before the war England was, on the
surface, the richest nation in the
world. At that time the United States
owed $4,000 900 to Europe.
Now Europe owes the United States
= $l0,OOO.O0O.OOO
In two years we shall have passed
England as q shipbuilder.
All we have to do to go to the wall
is to become a junker nation, with no
other than material ambitions. He
whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad.
But let's not do that. Let's be SEN
sible and decent and thankful that we
are so fortunately situated. And let's
try to make the best use of our COM
bined wealth SO that everybody will be
prosperous and educated and comfort
able and happy.
The Tomahawk., 1919-03-27
Norwegians Expert whajes$;
Big Fortunes Made n Oh

The Norwegians are the most expert
whalers today, and the most success
full whaling ground just now IS the
South Atlantic, in the neighbofhood
Of South Georgia, the South shetlands,
and the South Orkneys Tbe use OF
steam whalers has Hoduoed N enor.
nous increase, for whereas In 1903
only 183 whales were caught In the
Antarctic islands, last yesR T616 were
caught, the total value Of ae prod.
ucts being $7,5o0,OOO. No fewer than
268, 600 barrels Of oil, waived ut -
10000, were got from the vhles
the bone brought $aW@ am de
guano, $12.OO6 In addle8en tAers
were 2,401 sea elephants M % SO
leopards killed, valued at $104ooo.