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The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

At the time the following was
written. the country was in the
throes of critical labor troubles.
The great coal strike was threat
ening the nation with industrial
paralysis. suffering and want. A
few weeks before. the Presidents
coach had been wrecked in an ac-
cident, an attendant was killed and
the President suffered an injury TO
his leg. Every day the bone was
scraped. without an anaesthetic.
Any man less rugged would have
been under terrific mental and
physical strain. Yet he wrote TO
liant tone.
A White House Christmas.
(To Master James A. Garfield. Wash
ington.
Jimmikins:
Among all the presents 1 got don't
think there was one l appreciated
more than yours for l was brought
up to admire and respect your grand
father, and I have a very great fond
ness and esteem for your father. IL
always seems to me as II you child
ren were being brought up the way
that mine are. Yesterday Archie got
among his presents, small rifle from
me and 4 pair of riding-boots from
his mother. He won't be able to use
I the rifle until next summer. but he
has gone off very happy in the riding
boots for a ride on the calico pony
Algonquin, the one you rode the other
day. Yesterday morning at quarter
of seven all the children were W
and dressed and began to hammer al
the door of their mothers and my
room, in which their six stockings
all bulging out with queer angles
and rotundities. were hanging from
the fireplace. So their mother and
got up. shut the window, lit the fire
taking down the stockings. OF course
put on our wrappers and prepared tt
admit the children. But first there
was a surprise for me, also for theil
mother, for Archie had a little Christ
mas tree of his own which he hat
rugged up with the help of one Of thu
carpenters in a big closet; and We
all had to look at the tree and eacf
of us got a present off Of it. Their,
was also one present each for Jacl
the dog, Tom Quartz the kitten. ant
Algonquin, the pony, whom Archie
would no more think of neglectint
than I would neglect his brothers anc
sisters. Then all the children cam,
into our bed and there they opened
their stockings. Afterwards we go
dressed and took breakfast, and ther
all went into the library, where eaci
child had a table set for his bigger
presents. Quentin had perfect.
delightful electric railroad, which hAt
been rigged up for him by one Of his
friends, the White House electrician
who has been very good to all the
ichildren. Then Ted and I, with Gen
Wood and Mr.. Bob Ferguson, who
was lieutenant in my regiment
went for a three hours ride: and al
OF us, including the children. took
lunch at the house with the child
ren's aunt, Mrs. Capt. Cowles-Archit
and Quentin having their lunch al
n little table with their cousin Shef.
field. Late in the afternoon I played
at single stick with Gen. Wood anc
Mr.. Ferguson. I am going to try t,
get your father to come on and tr!
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28
People Who Own Homes.

In the industrial has noted
the of largely
cities that dominated by gigantic corporations like the steel
The opinion
the multudes of people that germ
born mobs forced quick growth by
victims nea al hand feed
But isn't industrial of possession
than anything else? In the
their homes They their
ployers do and instances and
employer who struggling
business Home whether of
abong class have different outlook life than do those who
They stability of pride community
toward direct action"
In the big cities the other hand, and in the large
few working home
News that the Rumanans have evacuated Budapest probably
that there nothing left worth sending home.
The right OF personal liberty where the welfare of the
munity begins.
Uneasy lies the head that off ordering winter coal
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nation. and all the nations Of the
earth shall be blessed In him?
1s For I know him. that he will
command his children and his house,
hold after him. and they shall keep
the way Of the Lord. to do justice
and Judgment: that the Lord may
bring upon Abraham that which he
hath spoken OF him
20 And the Lord said. Because
the cry OF Sodom and Gomorrah is
great. and because their sin is very
| grievous,
81 / will go down now. and see
whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of IL, which is
know.
22 And the men turned their
faces from thence, and went to-
ward Sodom: but Abraham stood
yet before the Lord.
zS And Abraham drew near,
ana SAID. wilt thou also destroy the
nghteous with the wicked?
- Peradventure there be fifty
righteous within the city: wilt thou
for the nfty righteous that are
rs That be far from thee to do
after this manner, to slsy the
righteous with the wicked, that be
far from thee: Shall not the Judge
OF all the earth do right?
26 And the Lord said. N 7 find
in Sodom nifty righteous within the
city. then I will spare all the place
for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and
said. Behold now. 1 have taken upon
me to speak unto the Lord. which
am but dust and ashes:
. Peradvanture there shall lack
I'VE OF the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five ?
And he said. II i find there forty
and hve. j will not destroy it.
. And he spske unto him yet again.
and said. Peradventure there shall be
forty found there. And he said. /
will do IL for forty's sake.
so And he spake unto him, Oh
let not the Lord be angry. and 1 will
speak: Peradventure there shall
thirty be found there. And he said.
l will not do it, IL find thirty there.
| 81 And he said. Behold now. I
have taken upon me to speak unto
the Lord: Peradventure there shall
be twenty found there And he
said. 1 will not destroy IL for TWEEN
tvs sake.
80 And he said. Oh let not the
Lord be angry. and / will speak vet
but this once: Peradventure ten
shall be found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for tens sake
30 And the Lord went his wav,
as soon as he had left communin.
with Abraham: and Abraham re-
turned unto his place.
CTo Be ConnnuedD
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR
= By John Kendrick Bangs.

A SUGGESTION
The cabbage is no rose
And yet it has its place.
And for the chap who goes
Into a lengthy race
"Tis better food than roses are
Despite 1t is no floral star.
So II 1t chance that you
Rank 'mongst the cabbages
Don't weep and-sigh with rue
But let be that which is.
And be the finest cabbage man
Has known since this old world be-
gan.
Copyright, 1919. by The Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

it soon. We have to try TO hit as light
as possible but sometimes We hit
hard. and today ! have a bump over
one eye and a swollen wrist. Then
all our family and kinsfolk and Sem
ator and Mrs. Lodge had our Christ
mas dinner at the White House. dnd
afterwards danced in the East Room,
closing up with the Virginia Reel.
Tom Quartz and Jack.
White House, Jan. 6, 1886.
Dear Kermit:
We felt very melancholy after you
and Ted left and the house seemed
empty and lonely. But il was the
greatest possible comfort TO feel that
you both really have enjoyed school
and are both doing well there.
Tom Quartz is certainly the cum
ningest kitten have ever seen. He Is
always playing pranks on Jack and
get very nervous lest Jack should
grow too irritated. The other evening
they were both in the library-Jacl
sleeping before the fire-Tom Quart;
scampering about, an eXceedingl,
4 playful little wild creature-which i.
| about what he is. He would race
| across the floor, then jump upon th'
curtain or play with the tassel Sud
denly he spied Jack and galloped VI
to him. Jack, looking exceedingly
sullen and shame-faced. jumped ou
of the way and got upon the sofa
where Tom Quartz instantly tumpe'
upon him again. Jack suddenl.
shifted to the other sofa, where Ton
Quartz again went after him. The
Jack started for the door, while Ton
made a rapid turn under the sofa an,
around the table, and just as Jacl
reached the door leaped on his hind
away and the Two went tandem ou
of the room-Jack not reappearing a
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GENESIS.
CHAPTER Is.

CHAPTER Is.
Abraham entert.ineth three angela Sarah
is reproved for laughing at the strang'
promise. II The destruction Of Sodcrn 10 NJ
sealed to Abraham q Abraham msketb IN
tercession for the men thereof.
And the Lord appeared unto him
in the plains of Mamre: and he sat
in the tent door in the heat OF the
day:
And he lifted up his eyes and
looked. and. 10. three men stood by
him: and when he saw them, he ran
to meet them from the tent door
and bowed himself toward the
ground.
And said. My Lord, II now
have found favour in thy sight. pass
not away. l pray thee. from ths
servant:
Let a little water, I pray you
be fetched, and wash your feet. anc
rest yourselves under the tree:
And 1 will fetch a morsel oi
| bread. and comfort ye your hearts
after that ye shall pass on: fol
therefore are ye come to, your serv'
ant. And they said. So do. as thoI
hast said.
And Abraham hastened int
the tent unto Sarah. and said, Make
ready quickly three measures oi
fine meal, knead IL. and make cakei
upon the hearth.
z And Abraham ran unto th'
herd. and fetched a calf tender anC
good. and gave IL unto a young
man; and he hasted to>dress it.
Sand he took butter. and milk
| and the calf which he had dressed
and set IL before them: and he stood
by them under the tree. and the,
did eat.
And they said unto him
Where L. Sarah thy wife? And III
said. Behold. in the tent.
10 And he said, ! will certainl!
return unto thee according to th'
time of life: and. 10, Sarah thy VIII,
| shall have a son. And Sarah hearC
| IL in the tent door. which was be
hind him.
IL Now Abraham and Sarah wer,
old and well stricken in age; an'
1t ceased TO be with Sarah after th'
manner of women.
IL Therefore Sarah laughed
within herself. saying. After / an
waxed old shall have pleasure, m,
! lord being old also?
l3 And the Lord said unto Abra
ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh
saying. Shall / of a surety bear
child. which am old?
II Is anything too hard for tn
Lord? At the time appointed
will return unto thee. according e
the time OF, life. and Sarah shal
have a son.
Is Then Sarah denied. saying.
laughed not: for she was afraid
And he said. Nay: but thou dds
laugh.
16 And the men rose up from
thence, and looked toward Sodom
and Abraham went with them &
bring them on the way.
Il And the Lord said. Shall
hide from Abraham that thini
which ] do:
Is Seeing that Abraham shal
surely become a great and might
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28
Britain Fears Emigration.

London-British authorities expect
that the problem of repopulation viii
be aggravated as soon as shipping
facilities permit emigrants to leave
the country for America and the
colonies. Meanwhile the birth rate
and marriage rate have fallen OF Il
an alarming extent.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28
Is This the Greatest Discovery Made bx Man2

Dr. Serge horonof, Russian
u.s. or is not the dscoverer of the fountain
told the surgical world of Mehusea
winning the goal Ponce de Leon failed to reach
Where others have perpetual life upon
Florida pool glass of butterm looked for
the glands of the he
be doubters for You difficult was
to convince all mankind that the earth that
voed around the But there those believe that
this discovery and that the everlasting at hand
Some of world will know If Dr.
Voronofs discovery was discovery dream
Naturally human brain wishes believe
that the tmeworn body vitality life this
wish granted the dream realized of human mind
becomes factf that take an old
worn ouand broken down spirit by battle of life and
by grating that body the ape give to that
youthful vgor ambition and s that the greatest
discovery OF all tm the accomplishment of the
human era?
If the Russian doctors discovery discovery he believes
be- the life of the brain will not cease after
few OF trial 1t will not give the burden in
venon discovery achievement has past when
but reached the peak of human scientist 80 r M
will his gor ambition and tell to what
heighs knowledge and thought lease on life
its third or fourth extension What Edison accomplish
another 100 years. How infinitely better and world of to-
day would be the brains still existed and
|had continued in their course of development!
AT 20 the life work of brain Often at an earlier
|age Vigo vitality. ambition life suppose that il did
mot cease? Suppose that the wondebn could life could
continue its work. what impossible be done
feats might flow from the minds who
|need lack in vgor, vitality ambition!
1t is not in the living long renewable
youth benefits mankind 1t the possibilities that
Pie in the brain whose life is extended
Hene has been notified that up to the arm;s,e
greenent or get ready to dodge He have unfang
.uck with of paper
An Austrian crisis is imminent, according service Not
funinent but ehronir
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Scenery for Americans.

In all the world there scenery surpas
U. s A.
have been backward telling world our
selves about Rather have helped other
to sell, and who also know its monetary value
The and craft OF selling has been
almost science by neghbors
Before the made impossible Europe
pleasure bent millions of American dollars (hy
then there annually enrich
souvenirs alleged antiques and anything that begue
the unthinkng dollar from its
Now other things that discovering
world affairs that greater
and abundance than anywhere else
there scenic thrills adventures healing
excel those of our country
And all be had and conven-
Europe.
The exigencs compelled American to curtail
their travel; but also them the opportunity
with their surroundings.
This yeatrve restrictions being removed-for
ist travel closed So64
and OF this number, automobiles
and through the Fairgrounds people" could
make their schedules hurry lor
off the beaten and
in their
In parks where labor and appropriations made
the roads especially aurng than half the
mobie-many tourists carrying complete camping
Vienna like the farmer who CROP and
built it so large that he had no land to cultivate.
The Bohevik expecting conference at Dor
pat, but the British will stand pat.
world Perhaps that is wbv GERMANY
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28
BIBLE
THE

Translated out Of the original tongues ana
from the edition known as -our Motbers' Bibiss
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

America the hope of the world Perhaps German,
France and Britain strikes and we can't
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The Bohevk expecting much from conference at Do
pat but the British will stand pat.
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Vienna is like the farmer who put up barn hold hi
lilt it large that he had no land to cultivate
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

Henie has been notified up to the arm;s,
ready dodge have unine hard
luck with scraps of paper
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An Austrian crisis imminent according service Not
nninent but
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Uneasy lies the head that put off ordering winter coal
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

News that the Rumanians have evacuated Budapest p
means that there nothing left worth sending home
The Washington herald., 1919-11-28

The right OF personal liberty where the welfare of
munity begins
Evening journal., 1919-07-22
POWERFUL PILE
REMEDY DISCOVERED
Has Never, Failed 20 End Most Obsti.
nate Case OF Piles in Few Days.

For years 10 has been proved that so.
called external remedies applied to OF
inserted in the rectum cannot cure
piles, and at the best can only give tenn
porsry relief Surgical operations also
do not remove this cause, but simply
The formation.
This wonderful prescription. known
as Miro Pile Remedy, is so efficient in
the treatment Of piles, that even chronic
cases Of from 20 to 80 years standing
with profuse bleeding have been com
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Think Of It. Just a few doses a
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most persistent case OF piles Is abb
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\. B. Danforth. dispenses Miro or can
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it's worth the little trouble to obtain itI
10 be rid Of piles forever.
lMPORTANT-Wha Is known as
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Evening journal., 1919-07-22
1919 STATE FAIR
TO BE BEST EVER

Indications are that this years ex-
hihits at the Delaware state Fair. sep-
tember TO >. win be the best ever
shown, Entries close for all classes on
August i6.
The advisory committee for the show
comprises:
Frederick Brady, president; II. r.
Wallace, vice. president; L. L. Maloney,
treasurer; Samuel II. Wilson, Jr., sec
retary; n F, dupont Josiah Marvel and
s. d. Townsend.
The governors for. the show are
Frederick Brady, Richard Bucking7
ham, Hon. Alexander p. COrbit. Joseph
Davidson, Horace L. Dlworth. II. F..
dupont, A. l.. Foster Lamber Folk,
Joseph II Gould. Joseph II. Hossinger,
j. w. Killen, Captain James r. Ma
haffy, Josiah Marvel. Charles Meggin-
son, r. p Moody Arnold Naudain. Jr..
Oliver A. Newton, William p. Peach,
Robert p Robinson. F. NJ. Soper Fred
erick c. snyder, Clifford steele, Daniel
Thompson. S D. Townsend, Howard T.
Wallace, James T. White. ]. Writ Willis
ana Samuel H. Wilson. Jr.
Evening journal., 1919-07-22
BOY DROWNED In
WHITE CLAY CREEK
nooial 10 me Evening journal.


NEWARK. July % Joseph Moore
aged 90 years. son OF Mr. and Mrs
Frank Moore. Of Depot Road was
drowned shortly after 6 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon in White Clay creek,
near the paper mil bridge Moore,
with some companions, most Of whom
work al the local plant Of the Ameri-
can Fibre Company. were swimming
in the creek The stream. owing 10
the heavy rains. was several times its
normal size. The point where the ac-
cident happened Is just east Of the
bridge, which Is only a short distance
below the dam The current was un-
usually strong and the boys had been
swimming across the creek in the face
Of this current According TO his COM
panions Moore swan across and when
near The bank caught hold Of a small
bush This gave way with him and no
doubt caused him to swallow some
wafer He went under and while his
companions made efforts 10 save him
they failed. The current carrying his
body down stream The creek was
dragged nearly all night for the body
The work was resumed this morning
The boys father Is employed as a
lanitor at Delaware College
Evening journal., 1919-07-22
TROLLEY PROPOSED
FOR EASTERN Shore
Governor Harrington, of Mary
land, Outlines Project to
Cover Peninsula
$4,000 OF BUILDING
FUND Is AT HAND

Governor Harrington of Maryland has
announced that plans for the construc-
tion Of a trolley line down the Eastern
shore. are under consideration and will
be pushed by him and others interest
ed in the project. The route, a tenta-
tive one, IS as follows: Ferry from Bay
shore TO Rockhall, from Rockhall 20
Chestertown, Centervllle, Denton, Wen
ma or Sharptown: crossing the Nanti-
evoke river at one Of these points and
thence 10 Salisbury, the terminus.
Motive power may be drawn from
The Susquehanna river or may be OBJ
Evening journal., 1919-07-22
rain WILL BOOST
HIGH LIVING COST
Vegetable Crop in Delaware in
Danger of Being Washed
Out
GLOOMY REPORTS
FROM ALL SECTIONS

Even II the rain, which has fallen ir
and near Wilmington in torrents for q
week, should cease at once the high
cost Of living VIII go TO the sky's limit
According TO reports from all sections
OF Delaware, the almost incessant
downpour has destroyed many grow
ing vegetable crops, including peas
beans. cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes,
squashes. onions, all Of which are es-
sential TO keep the living cost nor
NAL
The effect Of the miniature floods
on watermelons and cantaloupes will
be to impair their 1avors seriously.
These delicacies may be larger and
present a more attractive appearance,
but the flavor will be lacking
One Of the most disastrous results
Of the continuous rain is the preven-
tion Of the planting Of the late potato
crop. Without This crop prices next
winter Will be almost prohibitive un-
less shipments. are received from other
STATES more fortunate than Delaware.
Corn thus far escaped serious in
Jury. Its good fortune will not CON
tinue, however, unless the rain
ceases. the ground dries and an OPP
portunity is given to clear the rows Of
weeds.
10 is a sad and narrowing spectacle
TO drive along roads and 10 witness
the rain-soaked shocks Of wheat, which
is beginning TO sprout, while hay ready
fU the mower. as we'll as that pre-
viously cut has met its doom.
Apple. peach and other orchards
have not been hurt. Only hard wind
storm, which would shake the fruit
from the trees. would shorten the
crop.
Evening journal., 1919-07-22
Sure, Harmless Method
To Remove Hair Roots
CNew. Wonderful, instantaneous
Method)

You who are annoyed with embarrassing
growths Of superfuous hair have waited
long for something that would do more
than merely take OF the surface hair tenn
porarily something that would really re-
move the hair roots And now-at last
your wish is realized
The new phelactine process IA far differ
ont from far better than electrical depila-
tory or other methods. because Il actually
removes the hair entire. roots and sIl-be-
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harmlessly, Get stick Of phelactlne from
your druggist, follow the simple directions
and you will be surprised and pleased be-
y0nd words. lt has no odor. no irritating
element. and is so non-injurious child
could safely eat n. 10 leaves the skin so
soft smooth hairless. that not the least
sign of your former trouble remains.