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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
A TAX ON SPINSTERS.

A fter furious debate IN which several
members were only just prevented from
exchanging cards, a formality which
means that a duel is the only possible out
let for the injured partv's feelings, the
French Senate has finally passed law
discriminating against bachelors and
spinisters Henceforth 'any resident OF
France who is more than thirty years old
single or divorced. and has nobody de-
pendent on him or her" must pay the
price Of independence. As far as il applies
to bachelors the penalty, fixed at 25 per
cent increase in the income tax, met with
almost unanimous approval. II has long
been recognized in France that something
must be done to encourage .matrimony
and bachelor tax would seem to provide
EIst the stimulus necessary to bashful
suitors The proposal, however, 10 tax
women aroused perfect storm of con-
trovcrsy. 1t was preposterous II was
indecent, it would inevitably transform
every woman into a mink or hussy and
finally remove the last shreds Of modesty.
Nov York SIM
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
Light Harvest in Delaware.

In some sections of the country, ad-
jacent to Wilmington, the harvesting of
hay is just getting under way, and by next
week the air will he filled with the buzz of
the mower So far as is observable from
the highways the crop is hght-very
much less than the average yield. In some
of the fields that normally grow large ton
mage it would seem that the grass this
wear is hardly worth the expense of cut
ting. On almost all the farms TO the west
of the city for distance of four or five
miles the grass is very light. With
hay at its present price and likely TO ad-
vance still higher, it is difficult to predict
what the price of butter and milk will be
next winter We can only hope that it
will advance but little; we cannot expect
any reduction.
The wheat is more promising. IL the
weather for the next ten days is propitious
the yield will be little below normal.
Unless, however, there is sunshine and
warmth we can expect light crop of
medium or low grade. The corn, too, is
below the standard for this period of the
summer and indicates that there will be
a considerable reduction in comparison
with last years moderate yield. Oats
seems to be largely disappearing as a crop
despite the price Of more than Sl.3O
bushel.
With scarcity of labor-eyen at cost
Of five TO six dollars for a short days
work in the harvest fields-the farmers of
upper Delaware face a situation that is
not conducive to optimism, to say the
leost. There is call for more and more
help, Notwithstanding the big cash induce
n4onts the farmers are offering to the men
willing to work in the fields, in the air
and under the blazing sun. But there are
few responses.
The Nationsl Security League is trying
70 avert possible further advance in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
Only Two Women Voted.

The election for directors or trustees
of the public schools of New Castle was
the first demonstration, nnder the new
School law. of what interest the women OF
Delaware would have in voting when 1T
came to the actual casting of the ballots
II will be surprising to those whose minds
are open on the subject to learn that only
two women in New Castle took the
trouble or manifested sufficient interest
in the election TO 60 TO the polls. lt is
likewise notable that only about 100
voters in all cast their ballots for trustees
and that Of these % or more were Ne
groes.
To be sure the franchise was extended
to women upon their presentation of proof
that they were taxpayers while male voters
were only required to he eligible under the
State election laws. The participation OF
women was almost nil. The vote proved
or Indicated that women are not keen TO
take part in the direction OF public al
fairs which was one of the strong claims
of the Anti's in the recent contention be-
fore the Legislature. 1t also established
the other claim: That Negroes would vote
in much larger proportion than whites,
Ii there is anything-any function OF
the government-in which wonan-the
mother let us SAYS deep'y and sin
cerelv concerned, It is the provision OF
suitable schools for the children and TO
see that the schools are properly conducted
and officered. In New Castle, which, as
we take it, is a fair sample Of the feeling
Of the rest of Delaware communities the
women were content, it is apparent, to not
.ake part in the election.
The anti-Suffragists had contended
throughout their fight that the majority
Of Delaware women-1S to their
icures-were opposed 10 ratification OF
the Suffrage amendment and the result
of the New Castle election seems to have
borne out their claim that few Delaware
women were desirous of voting.
The New Castle election coming so
soon after the contention before the
ItElSla ult ONtl litt %1AlAtAobS A~NtAo1 A-N4
frage Amendment. it is illuminating as
showing the practical operations Of the
law as distinct from the theoretical claims
of its advocates. The figures quoted
above should be as useful for the friends
of suffrage as for its opponents and they
are presented here without thought of
arousing controversy over the subject that
has been discussed from every possible
angle.
They show, as we have stated, that
fewwomen are ready TO avail themselves OF
the opportunity to participate IN the
elections, and that the Negro is ready and
anxious to vote, and that he casts much
larger percentage of ballots in proportion
to his numerical strength than the whites
of either sex.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
BELITTLING THE PRESIDENCY.

'He is not a genius" said one severely
truthful Senator, speaking of Mr..
Harding And Senator New, with like
aversion to using superlatives, stated
that the Republican nominee IS mot a
master mind" But are such things said
regretfully? On the contrary, they are
uttered as if they were high credentials.
The Republicans have made the discovery
that a great man is really out Of place III
the Presidency. The country, they say,
is sick of supermen in the White House.
This, TO be sure, is not the tone which
Republicans held when they had one Of
their own there, but let that pass. Their
present effort is to make il out that the
truly desirable qualities in President are
medocrity shot through with good-nature,
readiness to take advice from men wiser
than he, and general disposition to
"get on" with everybody agd to hope
that all will turn out for the best New
York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23

food values for next winter and from It's
New York office has made an appeal to
the unemployed men Of the country and
to those filling non-essential posts, 10
turn 70 the farms at least for the harvest
period. but so far the request has met with
little response.
Women from many colleges have gone
as "farmerettes" into the western gram
fields which offer them greater possibiil-
ties for earning money than any other
vocation. Women also are leaving the
kitchen for outdoor work and household
help question has become as great prop
lem as that of obtaining field hands.
Take it from any angle. the outlook
is gloomy for the farmer. The only sure
condition thathe confronts is the certainty
of hard work for himself with no thought
of listening for the whistle to blow at eiehe
O'Clock or four. His crops will assurediy
be lighter than last years, while every
thing that he is forced to buy, labor IN
Guided. will be 10 to 20 per cent advance
over 1919 prices.
With a good all-round yield-whea'
at more than $500 bushel, corn at
So OF. oats at 81 80 and hay at $40 ton
the farmers could have met the prices Tor
feed, bran for example at s65, and laoorat
more than SlOO a month plus board-s4o
more. But with a small crop yield nc VIII
have difficulty in ending the year S trans
actions without loss, not considering MS
own individual hard work and the heip
of all members of his family.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
RIPPLING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
HOME BREW.

! made a keg of home brewed ale,
with raislns, Yeast and water. and
now I'm in the county jail, where
reason prone 10 totter. made five
gallons OF the truck to show that
could do it; ! drank three quarts
and ran amuck, and here ! am, be-
shrew it, My head is out of shape
on top, my brow is swelled and
hilly, for there the outraged village
cop assailed me with his billy.
When | get out, some flve years
hence (this fact | put stress on,
I'll try to brew no Old Stone Fence
Il will have learned my lesson. Ii
does not pay to fool the law, in
measure small or greater, for pun
ishment is all you draw 1t gets YOU
soon or later. A lot of laws give me
a pain, I'm tempted to DEFY themi
but in the hours when | am sane
guide my footsteps by them, We
cannot pick and choose laws that
well observe and cherish; we cant
approve one with our jaws, and say
the next must perish. We have to
take them as they come, and not
behave like quitters, and if we
find that some are bum, we bravely
take our bitters. The laws against
all forms of booze, and when my
stretch is ended, will compound no
home made brews OF yeast and
raisins blended.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
EVENING SMILE.
UNIQUE MENU.

Old Portly found himself stranded for
an hour or so in a strange town and decid-
ed TO have something to eat.
He entered the only restaurant he could
find and called for menu.
There aim { one, sir, said the waiter,
who looked as If he'd been blighted in
infancy, but l can tell YOU what's on. !"
Lets have it, then" said Portly.
The waiter took deep breath and reeled
off lengthy list "Y on have good memory
my man." said Portly.
mo, sir, said the waiter, meekly, II
just looked at the table cloth Houston
Post.
'He gave me an outline of the charac-
ters in his new play" How are they?'
They struck me as rather sketchy. -
Baltimore American.
"Not saving your money! What will
you do if hard times should come along?'
''Well | can tell myself that had good
time while the money was coming easy
Detroit Free Press.
His eyes were bleary and his hand was
shaky when he met an old pal on the
street. 81 wish ] could have met you yes
terday." he said to his old pal. II had two
quarts of liquor. Where were you last
night, anyway"
Where was 17' replied his old pal
''Why, you durn fool. | spent the night
with your' Enquirer.
Rivers" said the American, why
your rivers are nothing to ours. Com
pared with our Hudson and Mississippi
your Mersey, Severn and Thames are
sleepy, sickly streams "Oh, comet
protested the Englishman. Il think your
rivers are just as sickly as ours" How
do YOU make that out?'' We'll, they are
all confined to their beds" replied the
vistor-Boston Transcript.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME.

Summer has no unpleasant
things TO disclose. 1t is genuinely and
heartily ready to further the interests
of all who want vacations. it points
to the mountain and the seashore with
out partiality and proposes as we'll the
urban districts and the old farmhouse.
II invites 10 camp and to canoe, to fishing
tackle and to the gun. 1t is a wonderful,
fine friend to step in at this time, and
everyone should be glad that summer
has come without a crouch. Why should
there be any grouches where one meets
golden, summer, reCreatlve daysI-Baltl-
more american
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
Just Folks
by Edgar A. Guest
THE BOY AND HIS STRING OF FISH.

IHE BOY AND HIS STRiNO OF FISH.
Home he comes with st ring of fish,
A barefoot boy with a frccklcd face
And grin ~ wide az q king might wish;
Home he comes from his fayorite place,
Triumphantly tr,idging the village street,
Envied by all he may chance to meet.
"Hey there, Buddyr' an old man cries,
lets have a look at { he fish you caught
There's two or three of decent size;
I'll bet there was fun in the wny they
fought.
Give you much trouble? I'll bst they did /;
Well, you surely are lucky kidY'
Home he trudges and we'll he knows
That all eyes follow him down the street,
Some will stop him wherever he goes,
The richest man he may chance to meet
Will look at him with a wistful eye
And envy him as he marches by.
For he has been where the air was pure,
Where no one battled for gold os fame,
He has lived day where his Joy was sure,
And comes with the trophies TINT all
would claim;
And each of us now, could we have our
wish,
Would be boy with string Of fish
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Christian Scientists.

Christian Scientists.
Cigarmaker's Union.
{ amp No. 2, p. O. S A.
Sheridan Post, G. A. r.
Cyrus Temple, L. @. K.
Hope Lodge, l. o. Q. F
American Lodge, S. of B.
Franklin Circle, B. OF d.
Welcome Lodge, |. 5. b.
Delaware Lodge, ID. o. H.
Nat ional Protective Legion.
Champion Lodge, X. of 2.
Delaware Council {. B. L.
Brandywine Military Band.
Usage Tribe, Imp'd O. r. VI.
Wilmington Council, {. B. l.,
Columbia Lodge, A. o. L. ".
Loyal Council, No. /, ID. OF l..
Delaware Council, o. L. A. NJ.
Blue Rock Council, l.. o. R. {.
Lafayette Lodge, No. 2, II of p.
German Beneficial Society, No. 3.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge, l. g. 4.
Welcome Lodge, Jr. o. L. A. NJ.
Harmony Council, No. /, L. q. A.
Mattahoon Tribe, Imp'd. O. r.. NJ.
Canton Delaware, No. |, |, o. .. +.
Mckinley Conclave, IL. or S. w. NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 4, p. O..S. A.
Evening Star Lodge, No. 2, O. 5. of B.
Naomi Lodge, r. D., No |, |. o. O. +.
Wilmington Division, U. B. K. st. ]. & Nj
William Mckinley Com, l.. O. II. NJ. a
Local 626, Carpenters and Joiners Union
Gum ing Bedford Council, X. ). q NJ. II
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23

say they will bavc no difficulty IN banding
thousands Of these birds, and in solving
many Of the mysteries Of their far travels.
This is probably the first and certainly
the greatest cooperative national effort
IN the study Of bird habits ever under
taken, and It should have the support Of
oil who have the knowledge and the time
to help.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
GOVERNOR MILLIKEN is THIRD.

Portland, Maine, June 23.-Frederic
H. Parkhurst had a plurality Of 2,4S2
over John r. Deering and led Governor
Milliken by 5,53S, according TO newspaper
returns Of yesterdays primaries for
the Republican nomination for Governor.
Only 80 towns remained 10 be reported,
most Of which we're IN Parkhurst's own
county Of Penobscot.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23
SETTLING ESTATES.

Register Of Wills Isaac r. Brown has
granted letters a. follows
Administration On the estate of Emma
3. Kittinger % John g. Gray. estate ~
James NJ Pennington % Ella y StrJId
Anna VI. Derrickson and Lawrence II
Pennington.
Testanentarv-O the estate 0f Mar 0
Heating to Mary r. Heating. estate q
James Victor Pyle 10 Sarah " Pylc.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23

Lost something? Try q classified adj
vertisement IN Every Evening ADV.
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You try an Every Evening want adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-23

'He gave me an outline of the charac-
ters in his new play" ''How are they?''
They struck me as rather sketchy. -
Baltimore American.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
HE WHO SERVES

He has not served who gathers gold,
Nor has he served, whose life is told
In selfish battles he has won,
Or deeds of skill that he has done.
But he has served who now and then
Has helped along his fellow men.
The world needs many men today;
Red-blooded men along life's way,
With cheerful smiles and helping
hands,
And with the faith that understands
The beauty of the simple deed
Which serves another's hour of need.
Strong men to stand beside the weak,
Kind men to hear what others speak,
True men to keep our country's laws
And guard its honor and its cause;
Men who will bravely play life's gam
Nor ask rewards of gold or fame.
-Ed4vard Il. Guest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
A MAN IN THE MAKING

We are all sculptors. By each act and
thought,
We form the model. Time, the artisan
Stands, with his chisel, fashioning the
And stroke by stroke the masterpiece is
wrought.
Angel or demon? Choose and do not err!
For time but follows as you shape the
mold,
And finishes in marble, stern and cold,
That statue of the soul, the character
By wordless blessing, or by silent curse,
By act and motive,-so do you define
The image which time copies, line by
line,
For the great gallery of the Universe.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
RESIDENT OFFICIALS
MIRRORETTES

Mass was held in the chapel Sunday
morning
The Louis F. Dow ball team of St.
Paul will be seen here Saturday.
July 4th coming on Sunday, Monday
July sth, will be observed at this institu-
ton.
We understand that new potatoes
may be ready to serve by the 4th. They
will be welcome.
The republicans have chosen ''hard
and cool" combination for the head of
their ticket-Harding and Coolidge.
You said it! Our ball team is get
ting to be regular winner, whether they
20 the full distance or only play three or
five inning games.
-Chas E. Vasaly, formerly member
of the Board of Control has been ap-
pointed Superintendent of the Reforma-
tory and assumed his duties as such July
1st.
-Warde1 C. S. Reed has left us for
position in Michigan, and THE MIRROR
feels that it expresses the sentiment of the
entire inmate body in wishing him much
success in his new work.
The article which appeared on the
editorial page of the issue of June II
headed Or. Frank Crane Tells What
Lemonade is Made Of" should have been
credited to the Nautilus publication.
ID. L. Macintosh, our horticulturist
and gardener, resigned his position and
left Tuesday for Alpine, N. j., where he
assumes like duties at the Riovista, the
private estate of Manuel Rionda, sixteen
miles north of New York city and over
looking the Hudson river.
H. w. Parker, who has been en-
ployed in the Irvine credit and sales de-
partment left Monday for Jackson, Mich,
where he will be similarly employed in
the Michigan State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
WHAT THE FLAG SYMBOLIZES

In 1777, within few days of one year
after the declaration of independence,
the congress of the. colonies in the con-
federated states assembled and ordained
this glorious national flag and advanced
it full high before God and all men as
the flag of liberty.
1t was no holiday flag, gorgeously en-
blazoned for gayety or vanity. 1t was
solemn national signal. When that BAN
ner first unroled to the sun, it was the
symbol of all those holy truths and pur-
poses which brought together the colonial
American congress! The flag means now
all that our fathers meant in the Revolu
tionary war. 1t means all that the Declar-
alton of independence means. 1t means
all that the Constitution of our people
meant in organizing for justice, for liber-
ty, for happiness.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
HAIL, COLUMBIA!

Hail, Columbia! happy land!
Hail, We heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedoms cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedoms cause,
And when the storm of war was gone,
Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its alters reach the skies!
Joseph Hopkins, 177O-1S42.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF SIAM

Musical instruments of Western types
have not yet become very popular in Siam.
The piano and the small portable organ
may be seen occasionally in the homes of
the Siamese and Chinese, says Commerce
Reports, but they are kept for ornamental
rather musical use. Some other instru-
ments of foreign make, however, have
found favor in military bands and in the
funeral professions of the Chinese; and
the photograph has place in every
Siamese or Chinese home that can afford
one.
In describing Siamese orchestral music
the author of Lotus Land says that in an
open-air band the conductor sits inside
large circular frame, from which are sus-
pended small gongs of different tones. On
either hand are the ranats, or harmonicas,
instruments that consist of strips of BAN
boo strung upon a sort of cradle, and
tuned by small weights stuck upon them
with wax. When an actor in theatrical
performance begins to sing the conductor
of the orchestra softly follows the first
long-drawn-out notes upon the gongs I'M
til he hits upon the correct key. That he
gives to the rest of the band and then
the liquid notes of the ranats join in.
In the full band, which plays at rich
mans house on great occasions, stringed
,1e he
of these is the viol. The belly of the in
strument is made of the dried outer rind
of cocoanut, covered with fshskin; the
foot is of turned ivory, and the neck, also
of ivory, is enriched with niello work or
inlaid mother-of-pearl. There is no fin
ger board. The three strings are of silk
cord, and the bow is strung with horse
hair.
The Laos of northern Siam have an in
teresting reed instrument that is made of
fourteen bamboo or hollow-reed pipes
symmetrically arranged with small air
chamber and mouthpiece of turned wood
or ivory. A tongued metal plate is in
serted in slit in each pipe, and the
joints between the pipes and the air
chamber are stopped with wax. The
tone of this instrument is peculiarly sweet.
Among the highly priced Siamese in
struments are the "frog" drum and the
chank shells. They are considered as of
good omen, and form part of the ritual
band that furnishes the music when the
king honors state ceremonies with his
presence-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
OWN A HOME

The ownership of homes makes for
the spirit of cooperation for the good of
the community, based upon full appre-
citation of the fact that no mans real sue
cess can be built upon the failure of those
around him. Of the lasting impressions
that one gains upon going to new town
are the character of its inhabitants and
the character of the houses that they live
in.-E1.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
THE DARK PATH

When people lose their temper
1t doesn't always stay
In just the place they lose it,
But travels miles away;
And when they find and bind it
1t may be it has done
A mischief never to be healed
Unto the farther sun.
When people lose their temper
1t runs annd RACES far.
1t strikes at friends as well as foes,
Not caring who they are;
And when its cruel force is spent,
Its words and deeds go on
Down many ways, through many days
Unreckoned and unknown.
When people lose their temper
1t still may come again,
After the past is forgotten,
Bringing load of pain
That never can be lifted,
That breaks the heart with woe
Oh, far the road and i'll the path
Where pride and anger go.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
KOMIC KLIPs

Jack-"Was her father violent when
you asked for her hand?"
Tom-"Was he? Great Scott!
thought he would shake my arm off,"
Sign over a small basement restaurant
in New York: "Cup of coffee and Roll
Down Stairs IS Cents"
Patron-"Can you tell me what ais
my wife?"
Doctor-"She does not take enough out
door exercise"
Patron-"She doesn't feel like it."
Dcctor-"True, she needs toning up"
Patron-"What do you prescribe?"
Doctor-"A new hat"
Mistress Ito cook from the country
swell, what do you think of our gas
fires"
Cook-''I think them wonderful, ma am.
Why, those in the kitchen haven't gone
OUT since came mere over week ago.
Miss Rose asked her eigth grade: "What
are the sister States?"
Mabel answered: 81 am not sure, but
1 should think they were Miss Ouri, Ida
Ho, Mary Land, Callie Fornia, Louisa
Anna, Della Ware, Mime Sofa, and
Mrs. Sippi."
Mother-Jonny, stop using such dread
full language!
Johnny-Well, mother, Shakespeare uses
it.
Mother-Then don't play with him;
he's no fit companion for you.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-01
POPULATION

Corrected June %, 1920
Number of Inmates at Prison----- 848
Number in First Grade-------------7 700
Number in Second Grade---------- 1875
Number in Third Grade--------
Received During Week------------- Q
Discharged -------------------- 0
Paroled ------------------ 8
Last Serial Number