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Middletown transcript., 1920-12-18

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
a writ Of Lev. Fac. to me directed.
will be exposed to Public Sale at the
Court House, Southeast Corner of
Eleventh and King Streets. Citv of
ilEington, New Castle County.
Delaware,
THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER. 1920
at 10 O'Clock, A. M.
the following described Real Estate. viz:
ALL that certain piece or parcel of
land, with the dwelling house thereon
erected, known as No. 222 Union street.
situate in the City of ilmington.
aforesaid, bounded and described as fol.
lows. to-wit: BEGINNING on the
easterly side of Union street. at the
distance of ninety three feet and one
half inch northerly from the northerlv
side OF Conrad street, thence northerly
along SAID side of Union street, fifteen
feet and eight inches thence easterlv.
parallel with said Conrad street and
passing through the middle of the di-
vision wall between the house on this
lot and the house adjoining on the
north, ninety feet, thence southerlv.
parable! to Union street, fifteen feet
and eight inches, thence westerly, par
allel with Conrad street and passing
through the middle of an alley between
the house on this lot and the house adj
joining on the south. ninety feet to the
said easterly side Of Union street and
place of Beginning. Together with the
free and uninterrupted right, use and
privilege Of said alley in common for
ever.
Seized and taken in execution az the
property Of Frederick Dorrell and
Helen p. Dorrell, his wife, Mortgagors.
JOSHUA. GRASSLAND, Sheriff
Sherif's Office, il ming ton, Del.
Dec. 8, 1920.
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Where Kansas Woman Drew the Line.

Where Kansas Woman Drew the Line.
'.lncompatibility Of religious temper
ament' was one Of the reasons given
tor divorce The wife testified she
didn't mind % much her husband be-
ing Z Holy Roller. What she baked
at was his coming IN at three O'Clock
IN the morning and saying he had
been studying the Book Of Revelation
With q friend. d.-Topeka State Journal.
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Good Advice

Take Chamberlain Tablets IA soor
as you have finished your supper and
they will produce gentle movement If
the bowels on the following mornino
They will also improve your dieestion
and make you feel better in everv wav
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-18

MlDDLE1owN, DEL. DecRMBRR BtA. ~
STARVING CHILDREN /

SY7HAT heart-rending story comes
w from Europe at this happy
Christmas time three and a half mil
lions Of children dying Of hunger! Can
any child, can any parent. can anyone,
be 90 cruel as not to share his holiday
plenty with these furnishing littlesones?
Only q small part Of our Christmas
abundance will yield bread enough to
save these helpless children, and shall
not every boy and girl. every man and
woman in happy, prosperous America,
be grateful enough to the Giver Of our
great mercies and generous enough to
suffering humanity, to do all possible tQ
save from death these unfortunate chill
dren. the innocent victims Of the cruel
World War?
Suppose there were right here in our
own state only dozen or so of poor
homes, filled with hungry children, how
every Delaware boy and girl, and every
Delaware man and woman. would hurry
to help save them from even a little
suffering. But think of millions of
children, many of them little tots, al
most without clothing, without home or
food, ahd exposed to all the horrors of a |
terrible winter Thousands of these
helpless children, without parents, food,
clothing, or shelter, lowering in the
roofless ruins of their burned cities and
towns, or wandering in the woods and
fields hunting bit of food only to die |
by hundreds in every hedge, in every |
corner
Happy, prosperous America spends |
every year $500, ,OOO. 600. 90 on one luxury
alone, its soft drinks; mere fraction |
of that sum would save every one Of |
these starving children. surely we
will, at least give a part of our luxu-
ries to feed these starving little ones |
Let us then all help save these suffer-
ing children for whom as well as for us |
the dear Christ died, and thus will we
keep in the sweetest, divinest way this |
glad anniversary of His coming to
earth. And when we have passed,
carly or late, from this life and gone to
face this tender Christ, our Judge then
in Eternity, we will be welcomed by |
Him, ''Inasmuch as ye did it to the
least of these my brethren ye have
done it unto Me-"
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DECEMBER I'D
Dorothy Cish

No female star has ever equalled Dorothy Cish u
comedian, and in Turning The Tables you hsve the
opportunity to see her at her best Laugh after laugh
not dull moment Do believe In spooks lovers and
lunatics! Space will not allow describe this picture
fully, but It ie 9 hummers Fox News. Aaek-Sennett
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TlU0 Minutes of Optimism
Unreguited Labor
ny Mary TTarrod Northend.
by HERMAN J. STITCH

who held and robbed
i Of caught,
of probably die the effects of shot Most of the money
beenrc
Philadelphia bank have just been convicted
life
lrso
In thevirg hotel clerk
worth 1000 sentenced to
vauabcs
robbers who used taxcabs,
nit for FRONT o hard labor.
clipped from the days They but
criminal mills that grind
grt of restitution
Facts figures prove such thing successful
of each 5 the
Il big
to in gd-hen
the unexpected prison
told who lived in the
his neighbors'
woodples.
he wascau red-h handed a computation made
he would have been obliged to he had earned in
homes ordinary
thief is of thousands of who work deal
would
the necessities of life its good
things
is n i'll wind that blcws good, the proverb.
And a
labor it profession bad business the
living
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Fears She Likes Another

Dear Cynthia-I have always reao
your column with great pleasure. put
have never had cause to write to you be-
fore.
am a young man twenty years OLD.
/ became acquainted with young laus
two years younger than |. our friend.
ship grew and thought that had nrst
on my friend and found young man,
who works at the same place as my
friend, with her. I paid no attention 10
this, but asked for an explanation.
She said he had been keeping company
with her for over two years, put sne
considered him no more than frlenu'
So / passed that from my mind, until
week ago when | met the grl aiter
work. When she came out TINS 0tner
fellow was with her; we oil went nome
together. After leaving her that nignt
I went home and wrote her letter teil-
ing her that she would either nave 10
give this fellow up or break the engage
ment which we were to announce Chrlst-
mas. 80,
Now, do you think she is true to me?
She processes that she loves me, ana not
the other fellow, but still she has more
to do with him than she does with me-
AN UNDECIDED LOSER
It seems as II you were rather unnec-
essarily jealous. Because n girl Is en-
gagged to one man II is not reasonable 10
expect her to throw over all her old
friends On the contrary her fiance
should be proud that she is attractive,
SO long as she loves him. Naturally she
sees a great deal of this man W tn whom
she comes In contact at the Office, but
evidently in a friendly or business way.
Does this man know you are engaged ?
I would see that he does, and then not
worry about 1t.
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Prise Menu Contest

thoughts of Kindness give one no OPP
portunity for wrong ideas unless they
are purposely encouraged and sought.
Clean clothing-not just the cloth we
tub regularly. but tho unwaShablc gar
mcnts. Beat and brush and sponge
them frequently with ammonia water
and hang them in an airy. sunny spot.
Think of it-some people wear gar
ments one, two and even three years
without cleaning.
That which we give to our body for
food makes us either physically fit or
victims of i'll health. Know food and
its mission in the body; this will take
but few minutes daily, and then know
how and what to eat.
Restaurants and delicateSSen foods
are good for those who have neither
home nor rcoftrce of their own and
who must needs starvc but for these
places. But to you who have the homes.
kitchens and equipment the actual
preparation of good, palatable. sub
stantial food should be your true mis-
sion in life. For when your loved ones
are i'll and perhaps dying. the thought
that perhaps you could have prevented
this by clean. nourishing home cooked
foods must certainly come to you. and
then all the matinees. movies and card
parties in the world will fail to con-
sole you at such time.
Finicky persons and those who have
delicate taste would perhaps think for
few minutes and then hesitate unless
driven by intense pangs of hunger. were
they able to make rear door entrance
to many of the so called lunchrooms
and there see the unwashed glasses dur
ing the rush hour being returned to the
tray, ready for you Go back to the
al lo, AL i
and then know what you are eating.
The selection of foods should be
planned and purchased with a constant
regard to the needs of the family and
their personal preferences. Cooking re-
QuirCS thought and patience if it is 10
build bodies and keep them healthy. A
dear old lady out in the midwest who
lives near the cold water. Comanchc
county. Kan. says that folks say any
body can cook-but she thinks that any
one who can dish up victuals that hun
CRY folks will relish has brains and
plenty of them at that. And she is
right. for from her own vast store of
reCollectiOns, as an early pioneer in her
community. this woman has seen many
brilliant women handle the saucepan
with skill while the less fortunate sis
ter. unable or unwilling to learn. passed
on as a failure in the great maelstrom
of humanity.
Take real pride in your housewfely
chores, and if you have the ability.
teach your neighbors. and organize the
local community centers. Hold baZaars
and fairs and give prizes for the best
exhibits of home industry.
To obtain the prizes sell products or
have merchants CO. operate with you.
Beg or borrow, but however you man
age, seek to stall the tagging inter
est and enthuse every woman with an
idea of all home cooked foods for the
family.
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CHAPTER ~
Peggy as a Rome Walker

ItRRN Hs nope W hIher
UTNTHOO, Whoo, Whoo. Come 10
w the fair" hcoted Judge owl HIS
voice travelled far through Birdland a-d
was heard in the valleys and on ~.
hills. It was such an unusual thing T.,
hear Judge Owl hootIng in the daytime
that all the birds stopped what they
were doing and listened.
"Whoo Whoo Come TO The fair e"
hooted Judge owl again
@Tweet! Tweet, A fair in Birdland :
Hurrah' Hurrah" chartered the birds,
and they came hocking 20 join the fun.
The little boy with the whooping
cough watched everything from his
place inside the window = couldn't
go outside and join the merry-making
for fear Peggy, Billy or the birds might
catch the whOoping cough from him, but
he watched with happy eyes
Mrs Robin did toe dance that made
the birds laugh and applaud. while the
canary family gave a meIodious con-
cert
When it came time for Peggy to do
her tight rope walking stunt, however,
there was a delay. Peggy had the
clothes pole with which 70 balance her
self but she couldn't find rope on
which TO walk.
"Whoo! Whoo Mark a line on the
ground and walk that" hooted Judge
Owl after studying the matter over in
his solemn way. That seemed the only
thing TO do, and so Peggy, much dlsap-
pointed because she couldn't do a real
rope-walking act, began 10 dance back
and forth on a line marked on the
ground, making believe she was away
up at the top Of circus tent.
But Peggy had no sooner started this
nake-believe rope walking than she wa !
stopped by excited screams from tho
birds.
"Chee Chez Here comes Blue
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THE youngest is only five and she has
l. just started her first school this year.

THE youngest is only five and she has
l. just started her first school this year.
And she thinks school is wonder
ful."
Her mother smiles indulgently at the
enthusiasm. but father. with the. wis
dom gained from years of experience,
hopes ferycntly that his daughter will
never wake up! -,
Perhaps she won't; perhaps she II
keep on dreaming her pretty little dream
all through her schooldays.
Maybe it will always seem wonder
full to her to be with so many chill
dren Of her own age. learning so many
new, funny things about the world and
its people and its size.
She may always be thrilled and
touched at her journeys into the make
believe land of books. and the pecu-
liarities and lives Of their authors.
Perhaps when she puts on her white
dress for her own commencement. and
listens while some one on platform
tells her that She will look back upon
her schooldays as the happiest days of
her life, she will believe him, and agree
with him perfectly. 9
But, even IL she does all that. do you
suppose she'll escape without some o:
those horrors that we all take with
us in our memories when we leave
school?
HORRORS? Why, you remember
IL Those nightmare moments tina
come back to us at times, long after
we haveS1eft school,
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Use a New Rlnq

Dear Cynthia---A broken engagement
of n couple caused the girl to return
the ring. The young man is engaged
to another girl now-and is in dilemma
tc know whether he can give the second
girl the ring he gave the first girl, and
which was returned. II Is not an ex-
ceptional stone. Just ordinary, though
pure. If he Is unable to use 1t for the
betrothal ring could he. with prudence,
present 1t as a gift afterward?
J. J. J.
Cynthia would advise the young man
to return the ring to the jeweler for
valuation Of the diamond or stone and
the purchasing of an entirely new ring
with the allowance made by the jeweler,
and perhaps additional money to get a
handsomer one.
II is never wise to give woman an
other womans ring, especially one re-
turned after an engagement.
The only ring a woman would appre,,
cate which was not new to her wouio
be one that had been worn by ms
mother. or perhaps. n loved sister. VINO
had died. But never ring that an
other woman had r. iccted.
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was thrust at you, after vo,
walked, with trembling knees ;n,o nsd
principals Office in response 10 'o = @ tns
What does this meanY, Nh al a. !
sternness STERN Of that yoice--haye you evae ,ns
heard anything colder since? ''u ever
Those half-hours after school =
ing up a lesson, paying for heinz max ,si
doing time" for bad bebaviors iste,
were so long and wearisome they
It's fun to look back to tbo.s !,
now that the terror of flunkins ipays,
late and getting caught no longs, SSeins
us; and we have to admit thai noids
have q good time in school in sn,t. Me a..
everything. epite Of
\ FTER all, maybe it's going ,,..,
far to hope that the youngest noS. ,.
wakes up. never
If nothing disturbs her rosv H..
she won't have any of those tsrrife,um' ifesm'
horrible moments that turn int ynng,
delightful jokes afterword such
you've got safely past them "nen
And that would be missing b,,s =,
fun of those school days! ""'' 'ne
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SCHOOL IS WONDERFUL TO
THE FIVE YEAR-OLD PUPIL
Her Father Hopes She VIII Never Wake Up to Its Horrors
But if She Doesn't She'll Miss the Fun OF
Looking Back to Them

For instance, sometimes just before
you get fully awake in the morning,
YOU are in school again, trying fran
tically to finish your translation OF
Caesar before the first period starts.
You know, with dull. heavy sinking
of your heart. that you will be called
on to read that thing--nnd you don't
know any of It.
Then IL happens-she calls on you,
and you start in miserably, not know
ing what it is, not even recognizing
any of the words so that you can make
wild guess at it.
Agony! One of the few times thai
you greet tie alarm clocks morning
salutation with relieved smile. 49,
THEN there's the horror that you &c
L back to when you are looking over
some old treasures.
You come upon one long, folded "test
paper" marked 90" or failed" or
3D." according to the system of mark :
ing the school was using at that time
(some of us have samples of each sys-
tem).
Will you ever forget the day that
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herself doing. The top board of the
tenCe was like tight rope, and in her
dread of the snake she was dancing up
and down on 1t like the most graceful Of
circus performers
"Tweet Tweet Fine. Fine !" cho
rused the birds. "Whoo-oop. Whoo-
oop!' went the boy with the whooipng
cough. his eyes glistening in excitement
And Peggy kept on dancing, while Blue
Heron picked up the snake to do his
charming act.
Tomorrow more will be told about
Blue Heron's charming and about the
surprises in Billy's sdeshow.
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Please Tell Me
What TO DO
BY CYNTHIA
Three Cheers for mickey"

Dear Cynthia-Please print these few
thnn whordns 10 our friend MICKEY, anu ruov,
you deserve q dozen handshakes, for
as far as common sense Is concerned
you sure won the blessing. l read your
little column over twice and II sounded
thing worth reading and forgot the
mushy stuff.
I agree with you in everything you
say, for you are only telling the truth.
You tell, 'em, Mickey" All this love-
comes along that forgets about him
self and thinks more about the girl he
is the only one. Three cheers for the
hard-working man, who earns his salary
and not by pull Perhaps It is too long,
Cynthia, but please print It for me and
let's see IL some one else has any sense
like Mickey"
,>,>,a.r~u. ,o>-rr " u,-u
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he got near Peggy. the snake sQuirmed
out of his beak and fell to the ground.
than before, and she jumped to get
away from the wrigglinG snake. Her
jump took her to the board fence that
inclosed the yard. and up the fence
Peggy climbed. Before she knew It she
was at the top, balancing herself with
her pole on the narrow edge OF the high
est board
"Chee Chez :" screamed Blue Jay.
Watch Princess Peggy walk the tight
rope high in the air :" And to Peggy's
surprise, that Is what she actually found
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To Clean CoIored Kid

If you have a pair Of colorod II,
gloves that have become soiled !, ~"
best not to clean them with anv ,., s
substance, as the dye in the glove, !,
apt to run. They can be cleaned 80 .'.,, !"
successfully. however. by rubb,nc YO''o
mxtqrs mix nosrsa Of equal parts of fullers ear,s
plying this, and be sure that i. IN ap
moved before Che gloves are worn as, as re.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-21
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
THE BIRDLAND FAIR
BY DADDY

Judge OtCl finds a boy tChO has been
left tceepin1 shut up IN a house by
the goods. He Is shat up becuwsc he
has the UhOOpHg cough, and he is
Ueeping because he can't 90 10 the
fair ICifh his father and mother.
Peggy. Billy and the birds plan 10 hoW
q fair for him.
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Heron, the snake charmer Chez, Chee
See the awful snake he is bringing TO
charm :"
Sure enough, there was Blue Heron
tapping heavily along from the marshes
by the river. In his beak he carried
squirming. wriggling snake.
Peggy didn't Ike snakes. "Oh-ee-ee
Take It away" she squealed, for Blue
Heron was headed right her way.
But Blue Heron didn't take the snake
away. II was so large he was having
lot Of trouble carrying it, and when
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05

it drifted ashore on the neighboring
coast IS apt to cast doubt on tho relia-
olNty OF the tradition. One Of the
more interesting statues is that Of Bin
zuru' the god of healing, whose more
important physical parts are practical
~ rubbed away BY patients seeking
MS healing power. The Japanese devo-
tee IS not so considerate as those who
frequent ST. Peters al Rome. where
the patronal Apostle mas lost only
great toe through rubbing, for Binzuru
IS sadly dishgured, being minus eyes
and other necessities OF deity.
Standing by for moment. one sees
woman enter. glance about in awe
a. the sacred objects, especially s the
altar. which she az once approaches.
and then pulls bell-rope 70 wake up
the gods, for japanese gods take E
nap occas ionally. as they did in the old
world of Baaps time She claps her
hands to announce that she is ready
to pray, and, having uttered her brief
petition, throws her mite into the huge
money box before the altar and turns
to the god that heals.
God Well Rubbed
II she has trachoma badly, as many
Norshippers have, she rubs the eyes Of
- -Nl u anu lNer neE own. UT. lust
often, she rubs her own first as
though she would transfer the disease
70 the god, which no doubt she often
does; and then the god thoughtlessly
transfers Il 20 the next one who rubs
ms bacteria rubbed eyes Often it IS
a mother with d baby on her back and
the little sore eyes are rubbed. too,
and the virtue OF the god transferred
or the ailment Transferred to the god.
To Us il appears that httle boracic
solution would greatly assist the viz
tue of the god. if not do the whole
job; but not to those unfortunate ones
who know little or nothing of sanitary
laws
n brief space every part OF the
god gets we'll rubbed II there be any
virtue IN massage BiHzuru should be
feeling me, though doubtless there
can be too much Of a good thing, as
the god himself would be the firs, TO
: "a. 1t. but gods are expected 10 suffer
and Binzuru comes IN fully
to his snare
Having lost hi= eyes and most OF his
de and chest, he will in time have
Vanished. But the Zcnhoii could not
90 without him, and he VIII be certain
to be replaced. More than 300 000 pil-
1rlns visit the temple every year. and
the revenue cMjoyed by it, hundred
ntnlsterln@ priests reaches over 1900
TOO Zen ann.alls 3. In Japan. as else
mere. nothing is anything without
money. WITH Us 1t makes the mare
ro' o-t IN Japan, AS the proverb says,
II moves even the foundations Of hell.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Honor Roll Illuminated
lights Burn in Front of Tablet
to Soldier Dead

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 3.-On g hill
SIDE overlooking the Moxongahe;a
ever, IN the heart 0: the coal fields
ear Pittsburgh. two lights ilun,;nst-
ng the honor roll % miners o. that
llstrict who participated in the World
War are burning every nieh.. ard bsv.
been burning since Tho tsb , ',~s
erected more than year ago
The expense Of the illum;ns-;o. :
porne by John Richardson. joadar
az the Sunnyside mine, who contract-
ed WITH power company nearby ~
10rn4sh the power. Richardson bsd
no near relative il the war. and is
90 ing this: t IS sad. as mare ma.ts1
OF pa .riotism. -" ''ei