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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
The Blame for Continued High Prices.

With amazing mendacity, IN view OF
the plain facts Of the situation, partisan
leaders Of the Republican party insist
upon laying the responsibility for the con-
tinued reign Of high prices IN this country
upon the national administration, and
especially upon President Wilson. They
know how the temper of the people has
been torn TO tatters by the ferocious i'm
positions of the profiteers. and they hope
to make political capital by endeav0ring
to attach the blame for the irritating
situation upon the Democratic admins
tration.
This partisan scheme might have had
some show of success had il not been for
that unfortunate revulsion OF public SEN
tinent-aided by the combined support
Of every friend of Germany and enemy
of our free institutions-which resulted
in the election Of Republican Congress
in 1918. But that event. unfortunate
though it seemed at the time, has served
to reveal the real responsibility for the
continued reign Ot PaAN'S ACi
all the necessaries of living. and the con-
tinuance of unnecessary war taxes.
To that Congress, assembled In Wash
ington, President Wilson addressed a
special message. calling attention to the
evil Of high prices and high taxes. and
suggesting several measures that promis-
ed relief. Did that Congress consider his
advice and address itself to the task OF
relieving the people of their heavy bur
dens? Not for an instant. 1t wasted more
than a year of valuable time-and did
nothing.
That time-wasting. do-nothing, inef-
fcient Congress is entirely to blame for
existing conditions in respect OF high
prices and high taxes. 1t had ample OPP
portunity to legislate for the real benefit
of the people, but failed to take the slight
est step in that direction. To indorse such
an incompetent and indifferent Congress
would continue the evils indefinitely.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
The Roasting Ear.

We are assured that sweet corn from
Delawares own garden patches will be
at its best and abundant in few days.
What good news this is!
The man or woman who has not
proper appreciation of. and an appetite
whetted for Delaware sweet corn, and
who is away from the State, whether at
Newport or Kennebunkport or the DEVILS
Pool, is to be pitied, for thereby ia lost one
of the finest treats that come to us each
year from the farms.
What could be better than a whole ear
Of Country Gentleman" or Evergreen"
or "Shoepeg," with plenty Of fresh dairy
butter and a mild sprinkling of salt? We
answer. Nothing: The gourmand may
rave over his caviare or his preen turtle
soup, his artichoke or his alligator pear
salad, or whatsoever grows on land or
taken from the sea. but il his taste is sane
and normal and if he has any appetite
but. on second thought, appetite doesn't
matter, for il is sure 10 oome--hc will
turn away from all of them and with an
ear of corn gripped securely-with the
left hand to be we'll table-mannered, but
with both hands to be eminently salts
factory-and thoroughly creased with
butter just from the spring house. he will
concede that no other dainty is fit to be
considered in the same class with corn.
He knows, too, that only second or
third-rate epicure would profane the
luscious corn by cutting the grains from
the cob as an overture to the feast. One
who would commit such a gastronomic
atrocity would indeed even eat the Chinco~
league oyster from plate instead OF
from the half-shell. or use knife IN ne
gotiating portion of watermelon. What
if the butter from the ripe and just rightly
boiled corn should spread across the
Of the man who loves ltY
What matters even IL either end of morsel
should extend far enough TO butter even
both ears of the feeder9 The season is
short, alas. and one must put polite
usages aside IL they interfere IL the least
with the fullest enjoyment Of eating |
corn from the ear as it comes to us from |
all parts of this fertile county.
Let us pity those who do not find Dela-
ware roasting ears the best of all things TO |
eat and let us sympathize with those who
ire spending their vacations 50 far away /
rom the field that they can't get it fresh /
rom the stalk.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
THE FAIRY GODMOTHER.

Here he comes along the Polish corridor,
glised as the fairy godmother OF Europe
the tender and graceful and gentle and
gift-bestowing Trotskyl The people every
where are going out 10 meet the Reds,
whose stolid and british features are
sodden with drink and debauchevy,
whose toes hang out from their shoes, who
present a general air of weary willics as
shown in the movie pictures OF them.
OF course all this is n mere bit OF amusing
costuming and behind those unlovely
aspects are the persons of chivalrous and
soul-redeeming knight-errant OF Russia.
At their head rides Trotsky, the East
Side dallier with servant girls, whose
weekly wages he annexed in the interest
of himself as "the cause" Oh, yes, they
are fine body of intrepid, courageous and
lofty souls, these Bolsheviks OF the cor
ridors. With lavish hand they bestow
Posen and the Polish corridor upon Ger
many, and swear that they shall ever
remain in Germany's possession. With
other lavish hand they take from the
Lthuanians territory to add to Poland.
How wonderful and simple and kind the
acts of besotted and desperate and
stench-creating body of international out
laws out upon an orgie'
The fairy godmother Trotsky, girded
with the AK that has slain from fifty to
six hundred hapless persons day. leads
the way along the corridor while the re-
deemed people take up the pean OF praise
to their deliverer the bestower, the gra-
cious and kindly performer OF benehoent
marvels. At his heels follows the nemesis
of Justice and he and his fellows will be
cut down by fate for the cruel and demoic
beings they in fact tare.-Baltimore Ameri-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
EVENING SMILE.
SHE GOT RESULTS.

Mr. Fairfax telephoned TO bis wife AT
o'clock that he was bringing party of
llsix to dinner.
An inventory Of tho larder showed short
rations. So Bridget, the cook, was in
structed to order certain supplies over
the telephone.
Wishing to supplement- the order
Bridget's mistress followed her TO the tele-
phone and heard:
''Oi walnut yer TO sind along leg o
mutton and ask the grocer MKT door to
let your boy bring two jikies and tin of
pears, an If Oh don't get them quick Oil
be along in the marning and parlyze ye
alf' A brief pause, then: who shpakin'
Sure, an it's Mrs Fairfax Of the Cedars"
Bridget, cried the agtonished and
outraged mistress What do you mean7
How dare you sny such things"
ooncernedly, that's all right / talks TO
'em like that for you all the time" -
Houston Post.
Both those girls are the daughters of
millionaires Why is il that one looks down
so on the other?" Because that ones
father made his money IN refined sugar,
while the Others father traded in crude
oil Baltimore American.
''Would you rather be responsible for
the songs OF nation than for its laws?'' |
II think / would. You get royalties on
song. but only abuse for making laws -
Louisville Courier Journal.
"What we need is production. so
/ have heard" replied Farmer Corntos-
sci, from whole lot of summer boarders
who don't do anything except sit around
and wait for some one 10 bring the glad
tidings that dinner is ready" Wash
ington Star.
whats going on here, movie thrill
ler?''
"Nope", replied the phlegmstio cit
iren. "a couple of motor car bandits are
robbin a bank"
Good heavens, mani Why don't you
give the alarm
I've got balance of only 50 in that
bank an | amt goin to run the risk of
gettin' shot for the price of light lunch.
-Birming CHAM Age Herald.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
Just Folks
BY Edgar A. Guest.
THE MAXIM OF FRIENDS.


II nobody smiled and nobody cheered and
nobody helped us along,
II each every minute looked after himself
and the good things all went TO the
strong,
Ii nobody cared Just little for you, and
nobody thought about me,
And We stood all alone to the battle Of life,
What dreary old world il would bel
II there weren't such thing as q flag in the
sky as a symbol Of comradeship here,
1t we lived as the animals live In the woods,
with nothing held sacred or dear.
And selfshness ruled us from birth to the
end, and never neighbor had we,
And never we gave to another in need
what dreary old world il would bel
Oh, If we were rich as the richest on earth
and strong as the strongest that
lives,
Yet never we knew the delight and the
charm OF the smile which the other
man gives.
III kindness were never part of our
selves, though we owned all the land
we could see,
And friendship meant nothing at all to
us here, what a dreary old world it
would bel
Life is sweet just because Of the friends
we have made and the things which
in common we share,
We want to live on not because of our
selves, but because of the people who
care;
It's giving and doing for somebody else
on that all life's splendor depends,
And the Joy Of this world, when you've
summed it all up, is found in the
making of friends.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid of dan
druff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it
entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply
it at night when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning, most
il not all, of your dandruff will be gone,
and three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely destroy
every single sign and trace OF it, no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp viii stop at once, and
your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy,
silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred
times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store 1t is inexpensive and never fails to
do the work
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

The figures just given out in connec-
ton with the publication Of the Congress
sional Record are huge. The number of
words printed in 1917 was 652 81 | ,694
and in 1919, 445, 100. .45a. Paper forms
one of the principal items of expendi-
ture. but although its price. as every
newspaper publisher knows TO his sor-
row, has gone up enormously IN the last
three wears. there has been an actual
diminution under this heading, SO far as
the Record is concerned, due TO the fact
that lighter and less expensive quality
has been used. The cost of paper for
1917 was $500. 900, for 1918 Sl62, 900
and for 1919 $4,000 The total cost of
the Record was s537 900 last year.
There has been strong agitation IN
Congress for the discontinuance of the
Record on account of its cost but If ex-
traneous matter were excluded and moth
ing gwen but the official account of the
proceedings and the speeches Of the sem
ators and representatives a considerable
saving could be effected. Many of the
speeches, indeed, could very well be dis
pensed with. but on the other hand ther
is no doubt that the world would be the
poorer If the great orations delivered IN
both houses were not preserved IN per-
manent form and indexed for ready ref
erence. For example. some of the spirited
announcements for and against the
League Of Nations are worthy OF being
enshrined in any collection OF the great
debates Of history
The Congressional Record has grown
to be time-honored institution. Despite
the irreverent jocosity with which it is
occasionally referred to, it is eagerly
awaited and carefully read by thou
sands of intelligent persons throughout
the country. and besides letting them see
how their representatives in Congress
voted, it not infrequently affords excel
lent and satisfying literary .pabulum:: The
aim Of legislators should therefore be to
mend it. not end Washington Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

Next Saturdays Republican primaries
in Sussex county will decide whether or
not Representative Layton shall be nom
mated for a second time for Congress
The opposition to Representative Lay
ton-in fact, to all the Republican Lay
tons-is very bitter, but the doctor seems
kelly to pull through. Precedent iaVors
him. and also he has the powerful sup
mort of the old Organization. His defeat
therefore, would be startling revelation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

Party primaries are held for the purpose
Of ascertaining party sentiment, and IN
respect of nominating candidates, the
popular choice Of the partys voters. It's,
therefore, imperative that no aspirants be
accepted in party race who Will not
agree to abide by the result and cordially
support the successful nominees. Other
wise. party primaries would become such
farce there would be no use in going to the
expense and trouble Of holding them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
WILSON'S POLITICAL FORESIGHT.

Few believed last winter when the
President proposed a great and solemn
referendum on the League of Nations
at the Presidential election that it would
be possible to shape the issue with suf-
ficient olearness and sharpness to keep it
uppermost in the campaign. Yet the pres
ent political situation has the League
issue stamped all over it. No one can
discover any other issue that is para
mount at the present time.
The party platforms and the party
candidates have combined, so to speak
to put the League issue in first place
Even events abroad are helping to boost
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

Napoleon is said to have once made the
nredietion that "in a hundred years
Europe would be either all Cossack or all
Republican" 1t certainly has become
strongly Republican in recent years,
even in countries which, like England.
cling to monarchies in form. But the
trend towards "all Cossack' is. so omi-
nously threatened. not only in Russia but
IN other sections, that the Republican
element may have to unite in strenuous
opposition to avert disaster.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
THEN 1T HAPPENED.

81 wonder If you could7" mused the
Rummy, as he dropped gain Of yeast
into his glass of near beer.
"You wonder if you could what" de-
manded the Barkeep, as he picked up q
bungstarter.
'Why, Iw onder if you could say that
the author OF book on astronomy is
space wIiter?" replied the Rummy, as he
headed or the door r-Cincinna Inquirer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

Republican party managers may look
upon the protective tariff as hopeful
issue" TO the extent, at least, of enabling
them to once more "fry the fat" out OF
favored tariff beneficiaries. But, even 30,
lavish expenditure Of money in a desper-
ate campaign to carry the election threat
ems to be very risky business this year.
Ask Newberry, with his face turned
ssway from the United States Senate
toward iail.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Christian Scientists.
Cigarmakers Union.
Camp No. 2, p. o. A.
Cyrus Temple, L. G. E.
Sheridan Post, G. A. r.
Hope Lodge, |. Q. o. F.
American Lodge, S. of II.
Franklin Circle, B. of ID.
Welcome Lodge, Q. 5. b.
National Protective Legion.
Delaware Lodge, ID. Q. IL.
Delaware Council, G. B. l..
Brandywine Military Band.
Usage Tribe, Imp'd Q. r. NJ.
Wilmington Council, c. B. L.
Columbia Lodge, A. o. U. w.
Delaware Council, o. L. A. NJ.
Lafayette Lodge, No, 2, X. of 2.
Welcome Lodge, Jr. o. L. A, NJ.
German Beneficial Society, No. 3.
Harmony Council, No. l, u. +, A.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge, l, G, Il.
Mattahoon Tribe, Imp'd o. r. NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 4, 7. Q. 5. A.
Evening Star Lodge, No. 2, Q. 5. of B.
Wilmington Division, Z. r. X. st. J. & NJ
William Mckinley Com. 4 L. II. NJ. A.
Local 621, Carpenters and Joiners Union.
Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

the League as the chief question for the
american voters To pass upon. II Mr..
Wilson last January calculated on such
a chain Of developments he had marvellous
political foresight, instinct, intuition call
it what you ill.-Hpringield Republican.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

Governor Cox is making fine start in
his public campaign, and his political
blows are pointed and effective. He
promises to keep Candidate Harding and
his "Old Guard sponsors busy all the
time repelling his attacks The front
porch campaign" bids fair to be defensive
and apologetic; not offensive and vigor-
oVs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

for bis board. There is no possible chance
that he will get we'll, end yet he sys that
bis doctor 10 Detroit advised Bum 70
come out here 1his ~ the sorf ~ thing
we have to deal with every day n our
iiyes, and u ~ All due ~ ignorance. III
we could only make the enr undersiandW
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18

How lonely and disgruntled former
Progressives must now feel in the regular
Republican campaign. There IS nothing
progressive in this day about the @. O. p.
or It's hand-picked senatorial candidate for
President.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
License Ei.fnn.

4 marriage license was ssued "a Mnn-
day. at ElSt0n, Nd % WLham stree
and Anna =. Spicer of Pouers, Dcl.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
RIPPING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
EVERGREEN.

You'd say I'm in the yellow leaf,
if you should count my years; but
/ don't travel much with grief, or
slosh around in tears, and sol work
gorgeous bluff that's based on SEEM
~ mirth, and people say / m young
enough for anything on earth. !
. have all kinds of pea-green pains
along my legs and back; but when
a lot Of Jakes and James are calling
at my shack, on maladies ] waste
no words, don't discourse Of woes;
/ talk of hams and humming birds
and cheerful things like those. A
man is old when he begins to talk Of
ailments dire, to sigh all day and
toast his shins before a fitful fire.
A man grows old when he is prone to
boost the vanished time, to view the
present with a groan, and swear it isa
crime. If / should live eight hundred
years, composing helpful rhymes,
as Noah and such propheteers hung
on in ancient times, I'd still be
young as ] am now, though out
wardly defaced, with heavy fur
rows on my brow, and whiskers to
my waist. For when Isee what old
men do, ] do the other thing; their
vain repiningsI eschew, and whoop
around and sing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-18
Member of Associated Press.

EVERY EVENING is the only evening
newspaper In Delaware using The Associ-
ated Press news service. special wire con-
meets the editorial rooms with the Associ-
Ated Press Office in Philadeiphia.
x1-IrIANrI, CDAN AIIEIrSC 1S IQCQ
Evening star., 1920-11-21

hl French frock being exhibited in New
) composed of number of panels over
Tiny beads Of many colors blend into
|of the panels. the latter extending from
B ankles The hat is of black satin with
mining. @ Underwood . uss.rxo.a
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18
Washer
Fort Worth

constructive element that comes from
composure. For, after all, peoples
creative genius manifests itself truly
and fully, not under duress and ner-
vous excitement, but in an atmos-
phere Of freedom and under normal
conditions Of life and labor.
To what extent Jewish homeland
in Palestine will furnish still more
propitious soil for creative expression
of the Jewish genius, il is still not
easy to foretell. At present it is still
n matter Of surmise and optimistic,
though reasonable, expectancy. And,
until the new homeland has borne
out the claim that is made for 1t, the
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18
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munal activities. Therefore, too much
care cannot be exercised in selecting
those who are to receive such distinc.
tion' They should be representative
men and women in every respect. They
should not only be capable and infiu-
entail, but they should be imbued with
the highest ideals. Their reputation
in every respect should be beyond re-
proaeh' Much Of the success of every
movement depends upon the standing
its officers have in the community.
The public should take a keen inter-
est in the selection Of those who are 70
guide the destinies Of our institutions.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18
LET US CHOOSE OUR LEADERS
CAREFULLY.

(Jewish Review and Observer).
The status of our Jewish communi-
ty depends to a great extent upon
those who are chosen to the official
ranks Of our various organizations,
which are the mediums Of our COM
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18

Jew in America stands out as a tower
ing example Of Jewish possibilities
and Jewish potentialities in the midst
Of freedom and opportunity.-Dr.
Mendel SLIDER, in the Jewish Ledger.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1920-06-18
THE JEW IN AMERICA.

Inc Well-lnIOrmeu among our people
both here and abroad, have long felt
that America must, in the course Of
time, become a great center, perhaps
the great center, Of Jewish activity.
The Jew in America is more advan-
tagged than his European brother, not
only materially, but also politically
and socially and is, therefore, better
able to take leading part in Jewish
affairs. Then, too, he is better pre-
pared for activities that require organ
ization and cooperation. For, the de-
mocracy of our system Of government
creates taste and talent for organiza-
ton and cooperation in all American
citizens. That this is a conviction which
has in recent years gained ground on
both sides of the Atlantic may be seen
from the fact that there is not
scheme in the field nor a movement on
foot in the interests Of which this
country has not been visited by some
representative European Jew.
The conditions brought about by the
war have tended to deepen the convic-
ton and to establish more firmly the
fact that the Jew in America is we'll
fitted and best prepared to lead in
Jewish activities. Men who had been
Indifferent and inactive in Jewish cir
cles, men, too of the highest standing
and ability, were ready to take up the
work of their European brethren and
to devote their means and efforts to
the tasks transmitted to them. Thus,
Zionism, with the brainy and brilliant
Brandeis at its head, received new
impetus after the war broke out in
Europe and this country became the
seat and center Of Zionist activity. The
Mizrachi movement, which is religio-
national in aim, gained, with the phil
anthropic Nathan Straus as its patron,
added strength and new standing. Our
literature, too, has been winning
place for itself in the thought-world
of other countries. Our men Of letters
are being read and their views res
pected. Our journals are frequently
quoted by our English and continental
Jewish contemporaries. The sneering
tone of Jewish savants and scholars
over in Europe with regard to the in
tellecutal and educational endeavors OF
the American Jew have disappeared,
The cynical attitude to the religious
fervor of the Jew in America has CIV
en- away to an attitude Of trustfulness
and hopefulness, and II is becoming
eviden. to all fair-minded and Thought
full men that America is destined to
become a great center Of Jewish life
and labor.
And the lesson contained in this
changed conviction, and viewpoint is,
indeed, a wholesome one. It shows con-
clusively that the perennial strength
of the Jew is due not to persecution,
but to his religious spirit and racial
consciousness; that freedom and not
oppression will in the future make for
the preservation and perpetuation OF
our people. Prosecutions generally do
have the effect Of putting people on
its mettle. The survival under perse-
cutions is a test Of strength. But the
strength put forth under persecution
is expended on keeping the people
alive and does not aid It in the way Of
growth and development. The literary
creations Of q precautionary period
NAV be truly great. But they lack the
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