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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
THAT EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT.

With another wears experience with
daylight saving its advantages and It's
disadvantages, the country has quite
enough knowledge on which To base some
thing approaching final action before the
season comes, next year, either TO set the
clocks forward again or to let them keep
standard time" throughout the whole
twelve months.
Everybody by now has learned who
are the friends Of daylight saving and
who oppose it. As to the relative num-
Der OF people in the two classes there
can be no doubt-the friends arc IN
an enormous majority, including as
they do practically the whole urban
population and no small fraction Of villager
and farmers Its foes, almost without
exception, come IN the category last
named. Some of them, especially the
dairymen and the market gardeners, are
really Inconvenience by daylight saw
ing but that the Inconvenience Is serious
as we'll as real has not been proved, and
doubts are justified by the TACT that no
intolerable losses of health or money
have been suffered, even by those most
injuriously affected. At least part
of the woes about which they complain
SO bitterly are due less to unavoidable con-
sequences of the plan than TO obstinate
refusal to modify old habits and adjust
them to new conditions.
AS for the ordinary farmer. RASH g
chiefly staple crops, there is nothing to
prevent him from doing his work, or
having it done, exactly as before day
light saving was invented. Like the more
compliant railways, he has only to do
everything an hour later-later by
the clock, that is-and not one of his
precious habits or of his relations to the
sun will be changed. New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

The election in Delaware, yesterday, 70
suited in An overwhelming Republican
victory, largely due to the tremcnd Gus
Republican majority given by the city Of
Wilmington. BY reason Of the greatly
oongested voting districts in Kent and
Sussex counties, official figures were not
a ttainable this morning, but enough was
known to make it certain how the State
had gone. Kent county remained Dem
ocratic. but all the rest of the State is
overwhelmingly Republican.
Wilmington women largely voted wit h
the Republican party in nearly every
ward. but the vote in some OF the rural
districts showed them to be most favor
ably inclined to the Democratic cause.
There may be some important suggestions
in thi. view of the general wreck which
will be valuable as guidance in the future
reorganization of the party, which must
inevitably come.
In Delaware, as in the country, the Re-
publican result seems TO be conclusive.
The administration will be Republican
throughout, with Republican majority
in each branch of the Legislature. There
will be no divided political responsibility,
and this no doubt, will be As good in the
State "a in the country
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Further evidence that tho horse Ia
being crowded of the public roads by
automobiles Ia offered by the tally Of one
days traffic on the Kcnnett turnpike,
recently, which shows therc 4,076 gas
driven vehicles passed n given point,
where in the same interval there were but
s3 wagons and other vehicles propelled by
horses. A the recent live stock count for
Delaware showed that there had been . de-
crease Of scarcely more than 5000 horses
in the entire State In the last ten years it ia
confounding To try and ASCERTAIN how the
remaining horses are kept off the roads
and out of sight.
The modern highway, with it's hard
surface, 10, of course. not good going for
the horse. II bangs up his legs, gives him
sore feet, and stiffens tendons, in fact,
soon puts him out Of commission. But he
is almost never seen, even on the dirt roads
where travelling conditions are favorable,
40 ono must conclude that the horse 10
kept At home for work and not for pleasure
purposes He docs not even haul good
folks TO church any more.
The horse sheds, once ~ necessary A.
the church itself, are now almost useless
and unoccupied, arefnlling into a state OF
decay, while the open spaces about the
edifices is crowded with parked cars. The
churches in the country sections are re-
spending rapidly to the opportunities
offered in this electrical and gasoline age
One Just across tho Maryland line TINT
recently celebrated its two hmdredth an
niver.ary Il now lighted by electricity
from a current generated by nearby
stream supplemented. when necessary, by
gasoline engine. Dedication services
ware held in the original building by the
light of pine knots and later the fame
from a wick fed from bowl Of fat was
the source Of light.
Notwithstanding there are almost two
horses 20 every automobile in the State
the belief would be that the motor carl
outnumbered the horse FIVE or six 20 one,
and one almost doubts the census tall,
that there still remain in Delaware "a, 7oi
horses, not including nlmost l0, 900 mules
So the horse, while he is stall here in force II
kept in the background, and confined u
the drudgery, without the lighter and NOR
agreea bic tasks Of taking the family out o
airings.
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THE ARMY AND EDUCATION.

Whatever NAV be thought Of Secretary
Baker n military expert, no one can ques-
ton the genuineness Of his persistent en-
thusiasm over the army as chance Tor
a man who wants to get an education. AS
soon ms the armistice was signed an ella
borate series OF schools and colleges we're
started on the other side, and in the or
uanization Of the new army OF the nlted
States one of the fnest features IL the
system which gives every enlisted man 2
course OF training in elementary and
secondary education and In vocational
training. so that IL is now possible for the
soldier in the ranks 10 obtain the equiva-
lent of high school education.
But more than this, the War Depart
ment has finally secured the promise Of
about ninety colleges. which will take in
about one hundred soldiers and give them
financial aid that will enable them TO
obtain college education practically
free of charge This is an excellent thing
70 have worked out and while one hun
dred men do not seem 20 represent very
large percentage of the entire number
enlisted, il must be remembered that tho
great thing about this college outlet for
those who qualify is that il means that all
along the line. from the bottom up, there -
a chance for the ambitious soldier, since all
are made to feel that in enlisting they do
not rua up against the blank wall Of no
opportunity.
That 80 per cent Of the soldiers have
taken advantage of the army's general
educational courses indicates that the plan
odf making the army life attractive educa-
tionallv IS becoming increasingly popular.
For things are just az the beginning IN this
new adjustment Of the army 10 the schools
and the civilian life Of the country But
that the plan will yield the best OF results
in time cannot be doubted.-Phliadel-
r,bia aIuer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
Increase of Divorce Cases.

There are ninety-four divorce case.
pending in the Superior Court Of tins
county st its present term. These sur
prising figures show that there are more
than 100 per cent more unhappy marriages
than were revealed through the courts
ten wears ago. Thus far no one seems 70 Of
fer a reason for the increase in divorces,
for mankind is much the same now as It
was ten years ago. However it is ven
tured bv one who claims 70 be something
Of a student Of such problems that
major :ty Of the unhappiness between man
and wife is the desire for living more
eIaborately than their means will permit,
or in other words, dissatisfaction with
their present positions.
Also. il is not 10 be denied, the deplor-
able laxity Of morals is increasing almost
like an infection. II our State Leglsla-
ture continued TO be the umpire Of marital
difficulties, as it used TO be, it might re-
uuire occasional special sessions TO avoid q
congestion Of applications.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

The information that there are en- I'M
usual number of canvasback ducks among
the thousands Of wild fowl feeding in the
Susquehanna marshes will be good to
those who have a palate sensItzed
enough to appreciate these splendid birds
after they have fed on the wild celery Of
those waters Epicures will tell you there
is nothing more delicious that the canvas
back duck shot in upper Chesapeake bay
and cooked so as TO retain all it's Juices. The
quality Of the canyasback created such a
demand that there was danger Of its ex-
termination, but evidently it has been saw
ed by the law protecting migratory birds
Hitherto many redhead, plucked and
decapitated and, incorporating as can
vasback, has been sold at ten to fifteen
dollars a pair, to so-called connoisseurs who
were unable to tell the difference.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

De spite ample warning, in the news
papers and by instructors in marking
ballots, a considerable number Of ballots
turned out Of the boxes ID this city, last
night, marked with pen and ink, instead
Of with pencil. In one district-Tenth
of the Seventh ward-seven ballots thus
marked were rejected, as the law requires.
Those who marked their ballots in this
unlawful manner will now know they dis
franchised themselves
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
Just Folks
THE LAUGHING BOY

Just laughing all the time il geems,
Through the day and in your dreams;
Everything you hear or SEQ
fills You full o gleo;
And your old dad wntchin' by,
Who has often had 70 sigh,
Can't halp often chucklin' too
Since the world so gay To you.
When a boy is eight years old,
Winters not so very cold;
Time was, Oh, 40 long ago,
WAS glad TO see the snow;
Dull the day or bright the sun,
could always have my fun,
And full many youthful day
Just like you, laughed away
Nothing seems tofret you much,
Light today in troubles touch,
Rain or shine. it - all tho same,
You can always have game;
Sorrows lightly pass you by,
You still laugh when we must sigh,
When you're eight years old, guess,
Everything spells happiness
Watchin' you, so full o fun
And forever on tho run,
Your old dad who's como % caro-
And the burdens he must bear,
Can't help within that tho years
Will be slow to bring you tears,
And he prays that al the while
You will keep your merry smile.
Keep the twinkle in your eyes,
Even whom you're worldly wise,
Keep the love Of al things good
Even under sorrows hood,
Grow TO manhood al you must,
But in mon retain your trust,
And though burdens on you pile,
Strive somehow 10 keep your smile.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

~ John Lutheran Church at Hagers-
town, Md which has Just celebrated it's
l5o,h Anniversary summons It's worship
pers on Sundays with an old bell that was
Tung - vociferously and violently on the
occasion Of General Lees surrender that
the metal cracked. II Will be surprise
% many 20 learn that people on the border
between the North and South we're so
much delighted over the way the Civil
War ended that they rent their strong
church bell asunder in proclaiming the
glad tidings
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Dr.. W Henri Pipes, Negro, the Re
publican candidate for Representative IN
the General Assembly from the Second
Wilmington district, was beaten with q
party majority Of probably 5000 behind
him. Thus we see how the Republican
party Of Delaware loves the Negro Down
State Republican interests were appalled,
at the prospect Of having niger IN the
Legislature, and the Republicans Of the
city very sccommodatingly consented 10
remove this apprehension.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

ANY reader can get the auswcr W any
mIestiou bv writing Every Evening In
formation Bureau, Frederic J. HaskIn,
director, Washington, -. &. This offer
applies strictly 10 information ne
bureau cannot give advice on legai,
medical and financial matters. IL does not
attempt To settle domestic troubles, nor
To undertake exhaustive research on any
subject. Write your question plainly ana
briefly. Give full narne and address and
enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct ~
the inquirer.
0 How many bills we're presented 70
the last Congressf /. VI. 9.
a. The Sixty-sixth Congress has had
II 40 bills and Joint resolutions presented
70 il. The total of bills actually passed by
both Houses was SOB.
q IL chop suey native Chinese DISH
A. This dsh popular in Chinese res
taurants in America, was apparently
formed by English-speaking Chinese res
taurant~keepers IN this country. English
"chop" plus Chinese Sui, meaning bats
Of fragments chopped into small pleces
and cooked
@ How many English served IN our
army during the world war; X. l..
| A. The War Department states that
the members Of the American Expedition
| nry Force were not classified according ~
| the country Of their origin. When man
enters the American army, he becomes an
American citizen, reuouncing his ale
giance 10 his former country.
| q. How many spirituahst Minister
/ and mediums are there y =.
A. In 1919 there were about 30
ministers and 800 public mediums 70 ne
United States.
0. How many songs can unocking
bird sing1 +. r. r.
A. The ordinary song notes 81 the
mocking birds are varied. They sing
during the night, ~ do nightingale, and
appear 10 BEGIN their song with the rlHiT ?
of the moon. Their initiative notes are
however, even more varied than tneir
natural tones They mimic successfully
many other bird. and when kept n con
fnement all sounds 81 the household, ~
we'll as the mewing 81 cats, BARKING p
dogs, etc, are initiated.
q Please tell me The meaning y th'
words placed over each paragraph y IN
/ 18th Psalrn2 J 8 3
A These words are the English equivs
lent of the letters of che Hebrew alphabet
and divide the psalm into its dff'eren
parts
O Il IL true that pennies need not p
accepted in amounts larger than -, Als
tell me IL there ls limit in nIckels, dimes
quarters and half-dollars2 7. J.. A
A. Pennies are legal tender only up 2
25 cents This j. also true q fye-oer
pieces Subsidiary silver coins such 2
lO-cent pieces, quarter-dollsrs and nat
dollars. are legal tender for amounts n
exceeding ten dollars u any one payment
o. Have any bodies been remove
from Ct Mihiel American cemetery
ABT.
A. The War Department says that ~
bodies n soldiers are being removed fror
at n the cemeteries II France bit oni
hose will be disturbed whose relative
have requested that they - brought
the United States
o. What we're the dates n he death
n Miles standish, John Alden and Prisci
Ia Alden " Is
A Miles Stardish died On October
1856; John tlden, September IL 1851
but We find no record 81 the death
Priscilla Alden, although i $ know
that she died before her husband.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

A mild winter is foretold by croaking
bullfrogs which in the marshes Of Lone
Island are still piping their summer lay.
and by the odd markings of the black and
brown caterpiIlaTs in New York State. II
we wish TO accept these tokens as true
prophecy we will be spared much concern
over the amount Of our seasons coal bill
We. however. must wait until the an
nouncement Of the condition Of the goose
bone that is annually cent out from Read
ing As al signs fail in dry or cold weather
il would not be wise TO bank too much on
q mild winter, but warm open season
would be welcomed with joyous thsnks-
giving
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

imagine with what joyous satisfaction
senator Newberry Of Michigan, the con-
acted election buyer, read the returns of
overwhelming Republican victory, last
night. No doubt he now feels sure he will
never serve that prison term to which he
WAS sentenced
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Those Democrats who positively could
not become enthused over any alleged
prospects Of Democratic victory are feel
ing as comfortable as anybody today
They have no keen disappointments to
disturb then
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

All honor TO Kent county According
20 reports there, the Democrats have
more than held their own. But poor old
Sussex chung to her Republican idols.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
CRAZED BY
TOOTHACHE

Nothing can equal Ak-No-Mor
Capsules In stopping the excruciat-
ing pain resulting from decayed or
liberated teeth. They act like magic
in neuritis and all nerve pains, such
as neuralgia Of the head, face or
back. Ak-No- Nor Capsules will stop
nerve or rheumatic pains in any
part Of the body. They contain no
opium, morphine or habit-forming
drugs and have no bad after-effects.
Ask your druggist for Ak-No- Nor
Capsules and accept no substitute.
Price 30c and Coo per box. At all
druggists.
A. G. Luebe~f. p. D.. Chrisiia5sa. Pa.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

feeling that tho Presidents illness and his
sufforings should not have evoked more,
and more sincere, expressions Of sym
pnthy, even from his political opponents.
Baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Now for season of close and practical
attention to business. We have had our
quadrennial jamboree Of contentious and
voting, and the people have rendered their
verdict
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

The Republican sweep in Wilmington Is
almost beyond belief The women voters
largely caused it, and it is hoped they will
not be denied due credit for their work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
wall Man Of Delaware. so Cents.

A limited number Of the Rand-McNaliy
Maps Of Delaware are On sale at Every
Evening business Office. 80 cents; 80 cents
extra for pOstageto any address. Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

There's nothing | can worry
Ger, in all my daily round, and SO
nv heart is said and sore, and briny
tears abound. The larder's stocked
with luscious pies, the cellars full
of spuds, and every morning, when
/. | rise, | have a change of buds.
The diamonds on my harness clank,
| have silk shirts galore, and have
money in the bank, and credit at
the store No man can say | am IN
debt. for this or that or those, and
so I've no excuse To fret or nurse q
string of woes. And, having no eX-
cuse to brood, | brood and fret and
cuss, and IN fierce and bitter mood
| make ghastly fuss. For worry IS
taste of mind that every man en-
lows, and he grows weary OF his
grind if not a thing annoys. With
out a grievance man is lost, his
mental innards ache; he'll find
woe at any cost, e en- though it be
fake. And so | grumble when 1t
rains and file savage roar, and
when the sunshine gllds the plans,
| grumble all the more. Man wasn't
born to 20 his way without a cross
or care; some i'll should prod him
every day, or ne is In despair. A
sugar diet fattens men but under
mines the spine; dash of bltters
now and then, or vinegar is fine.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
EVENING SMILE
THEY HAD HAD PRACTICE.

The street car was crowded but little
Willie had seat 20 hirpseh 80 last the
conductor came down the car and told his
mother that she must either take Willie on
her lap or pay for him. 49,.
Come on. Willie" said mother "sit
on nv lap and lot some one else have your
seat
Little Willie looked across AZ his big
sister Susan, who was sitting next 70
mother. with her young man on the other
side
Mother he cried, in q loud voice.
40 that every one in the car cold hear
him. II don't like sitting on your lap.
Let Susan sit on Mr. Woods knee they
were practlcing il in our parlor last night.
-Pittsburg Chronicle telegraph.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Senator Harding was So years of age
Yesterday. What splendid birthday
present he received from the county
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

lnSureS II 3IlI0,t any ny
lup. No smashing n ha
lowed ~ our transfer
Every 5Up.1Ne nStr.-
handle eNeN C.ece W.t0 ' -D
care as 4 ( We're MS oW 'n.
us i YOU he gong away
uSt come balk and SInt y.-
gage quickly
7 "a. m. 70 5 Is. ~. u. = A. t,-.
ISIS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Every patron Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road will heartily say amen" TO the
oompany's determination 70 end the
profiteering in Pullman car berths through
ticket seller. sweating extra money out OF
passengcrs' wallets for preferred berths.
An extrs dollar or two above the scale Of
rates would invariably make lower berths
appear where there were none TO be had
before. with the result that the public WIS
paving almost double the high Pullman
prices The Pennsylvania Railroad has al
ways believed that honesty with the travel
ing public vss the best policy, and will put
an end TO usurious exnctions Of its en-
pioyee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Cigarmakers Union.

Cigarmakers Union
Camp No. ., P o. 5. 4
Hope Lodge. |. Q. o. F.
Sheridan Pest. G. 4 r
FRANKLIN Circle, b Of D.
Welcome Lodge. O. ;. B.
Delaware Lodge. D, Q. H
Delaware Council, c B. /.
National Protective Legion
Oriental Lodge, A. F. 4 4. N.
Osage Tribe, Imp O. K. VI.
Wilmington Council, c. R.
Columbia Lodge. A. o. [ "
Delaware Council. O l. A. VI
LOYAL Council, No l, D. OF L.
LAFAYETTE Lodge. No, . NJ of P.
Welcome Council, Jr O. I. 4 N.
German Beneficial Society No. 8.
Harmony Council. No. !, I F. 4.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge, | G. Z.
Niattahon Tribe, Imp'd 0. r. NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 4, P. .. 5. A.
Evening Star Lodge, No 2, 0. 5. of B.
Naomi Lodge, r. D., No. l, |. Q. 0. F
Wilmington Division. l. r. X. st. J. K \ !.
Vim. Mckinley Conclave, Fl. or ). W. NJ,
VIM. Mckinley Com, and L. Q. II. NJ. \.
Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association.
Local 6s6, Carpenters and Joiners Union.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

"Apropos Of the hunt tomorrow ] will
give YOU good pointer - Wait
minute; do you mean q hint or a dog? '-
Baltimore American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

What do folks who have been bitten
bv snakes do now that whisky Is pro
hibited?.' They do al right. The snakes
don't bite them any more. TX.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

Uncle Joe" Cannon stun bled over a
piece Of cosl in his basement and broke MS
wrist. There are plenty Of people who
would be willing II break leg i they
could do It stumbling over coal pile II
their own basement-St. Louis star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-03

What Is meant by regeneration ask
cd the divine Why, it Just being born
again, replied Tommy And wouidn
YOU ike 70 b born again Alter re-
Election the truth came cut: 4 ain
taking no chances on being 3 girl Judge
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LACK OF WORRY.

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