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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-30
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Ma was IN hor room reeding \ book
with blue cover and no pickt,Ircs, and
! sed, Ma, can | go to Artics for sippii7
HuhT sed mn going on rceding ms II
she d,dent even hecr wat ! sod wich,
she piobcily .idcnt, and I sod, Can
go 10 Arties for suppir II | come back
ely and promise not 10 make too mulch
noise GROUND there?
Heb? Sod ma keeping on recding like
pcrsin not knowing weather surnbody
il asking them rimthing or not.
Me thinking, G, ] wonder II / can
say enytbing without her heering it.
WITCH ] started TO try, saying, Hay
ma, did you ever know wen elefuut
gets mad it's tale gets bigger than its
trunk
Wat say1 sed ma without stopping
reedlng. And ! scd, ] think II set on a
raleroad track tomono and leeve u
trane hit me
HEIR sed ma keeping on rneding.
j Jest drank all the tooth wash do
you think it will bert me, map aed
| suppose not, | siposo go, watts that,
wat did you say, are you krazy, sod nun
And she quick stopped reeding with
serpiized Impression looking ms If II
mite tern into n mad Impression, and |
aed, No didont, ma, | WAS Jest tying
to attrack your attention, can / go err
round to Al ties for slippir7
You most eel tenly can not, and II you
every try To fiighten me like that agen
III give YOU such krack you'll remember
IT 10 your dying day and I've got good
mn q To give you one anyway, sed ma
Wich she dldent, one reason being on
account Of me getting out Of the room
so quick
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replied Dorothy. II remember how grand
ma used to love to sit in the sun on tina
lower step Of tho back porch and knit
"Yes. replied her mother, but we
have 10 have food.
Dorothy went out on the back porch
and down the steps with hauchet IN hot
hand The garden fence neoeied repair
Tears came into the girls eyes She loved
the old place-how hard IL was TO see II
slowly wear ng and r,lsting away To decay!
She ztooped over the broken step
How often she had sat for hours with
her grandma on this spot watching tho
shining needles click back and forthl
She thought Of the kind eyes and the
gentle volco she loved 81 well. Then abe
bent over her work. With pull she broke
off the rotting plank. What was IT she saw
beneath in the damp shadow Of the
porch7 A tin box With a beating heart
she stuck in her arm and pulled 1T out
into the sunlight IL was q box about !
foot high and two feet long, and Il was faa-
tened only with string tied IN tho lock
Choking with excitement, Dorothy
opened the rusty box. Within WAS big
envelope. On il was written, To Dorothy
Walter" and within il were 10 hundred
dollar bills
Your grandmother must have hid
den the box there and forgotten 10 tell
us. /" exlaimed Mrs Walter II know she
tried to say something about under the
steps the day before she dicd, hut | did
not catch what she WAS saying.
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SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
Copyright. 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. Now YORK City.
THE BROKEN STEP,

THE BROKEN STEP.
Dorothy Walter and her mother lived
| in suburban town just outside OF a big
city. Mrs. Walter WAS an invalid, unaihc
to attend to the home, which was large
one, with fine grounds. So she had rented
tho place out to family who gave her a
part of the house for her own and were
engaged to keep the building and grounds
IN repair.
But they never did, and in consequence
the house WIS t,mbling down, the yard
overprown with weeds and the steps
rotting under the gutter.
81 am ii today" said Dorothy one
day To her mother, "and ! mean to take
charge of this place. The people in the
other wing of the house must keep things
up and repaired, or they will move"
She told her decision to the man. He
laughed, put his horse in the wagon, and,
placing the family into the seats, with their
trunks beh nd, drove away, laughing
again.
That's all right, mother" said the
girl that night. IL am glad To he rid OF
them mean TO fix around myself foi a
week; then | have n p,Jmifc of n job IN
Miss Edmonds' millinery store.
Dorothy fixed UP the drpoping vines.
She painted the fence and swept all the
rooms The yard WIS raked of trash and
all of it burned and in few days The
home began 10 look much improved.
"You are doing fine, child said her
mother, 'but this fixing up is not bringing
in any money
mo, hut il is saving the old home,
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of our habits. but it Is one oil the oterha
truths whose Importance we cannot over
estimate For we don't often really reason
out our course of action IN HE. we arc
mostly guided by our impulses, and these
arr simply the sum of our habits.
We are courteous, and polite, and con-
sidcrate. To those about us, or we are rude,
and brusolic, and overbearing according
~ whether we acquired the habits OF good
manners or the habits of n boor IN our
youth. And WE arc hated, or loved ac-
cordingly.
In,snuch, then, rs habit functions auto
matlcallv in us, and, to n large extent,
takes the place of both intelligence and
e,,nscicnce. how vital that children
should have cultivated IN them TINS
mysterious faculty that will he q good
angel 20 them. guiding them into the right
road. and steering them away from the
pitfalls Of life
For the habit of modeety has kept more
girls pure: the habit of self control has
kept more BOYS sober and moral than all
the ten commandments.
The right habit rs a guarantee OF success.
Once / asked very famous man the
secret Of his achievements Il owe every
thing that am 90 the habit acquired IN
childhood of sticking to thing until u
was done. NV father Instilled that INTO
mn from the cradle" he replied.
If II was game, had to play it out
e. the end II | began a book | had to
read Il through. II | started to place !
had 10 go 20 il. No matter how TRIVIAL
the matter | undertook ! had to see II
through. That habit became so ngrained
m me that | cant break IT have got TO
finish what start cant give sp, and SO
| hold on, and work on, after other people
vrt discouraged and quit, and nine times
out Of ton Just that last final squirt ot effort
s the one thing needed. to carry me ON
% the goal.
Tins mans tip is worth tnklng. Try
Il on your little Johnny the next time he
starts 20 build block house. and gets 1T
half done. and drops tina for his marbles,
and dlscaris them in two minutes tor
h,s chno-chon tram.
Md what IS laziness but q bad habit
" hat Is industry but good habltY
Tesch your chld to work while 1t Is
voune. fll in its DAYS with some useful
employment. and Il will form a habit OF
industry that IS unbreakable, and makes
,dlenceS lntolerablc.
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Then ] hope we'll see you again some

Then hope we'll see you again some
time
After the mcn had gone. with Bud to
guide them out of the Village since all
the streets were new to them sat for
long time thinking over the evening.
Violet, being young and healthy and
tired, went to bed and promptly fell
asleep. But | could not, this evening.
Why had | not been able TO say the
things | wanted7 | never was at loss for
words at home | was always rather
silent person; that WAS because Esther
despised my opinions, and because she
fairly sat upon me oonversationally. She
suppressed me by her own weight. her
sheer physical bulk, As well rs by the force
of her character
But | was free Of Esther now, free until
WE returned TO Henly Falls for the sum
mer vacation. Why was | not able. sud
denly, to say what wanted7 What queer
inhibition took possession OF me?
Finally ! thought it was because Mr.
Meade seemed so well read, so widely
travelled, because he seemed to know SO
much and to have thought so much on
all important subjects. Things came
up during the evening of which | had
no comprehension, topics were discussed
that were quite beyond me-yet there
was no hint of superiority IN Mr. Meade's
manner He was too quiet. too courteous.
too gentle in personality for that.
What a remarkable man he wnsl He
was the first ] ever met that really i'm
pressed me. Suddenly ] became con
scious Of my own vast ignorance.
l had something else TO learn now :
Tomorrow-We Go Home
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-30
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
BY Jessie Roberts.
Copyright, 1890. by wbe~ier Syndicate, Inc


Everyone knows that there is lot of
money in the motion picture business.
and great many want to get some of il
for themselves.
That is one of the reasons why girls
leave home and go to the movies
We can all be actresses for The screen.
however Very few can ever get far along
that road. The big salaries and the start
ling successes are what YOU hear talked
about; you don't hear a word about the
thousands of failures. about the men
and girls who hang around the studios
for weeks on end without getting into even
the mob scenes.
Ii YOU mean to try to get place IN
some motion picture company, loo at
the thing from every side.
However. there are other opportIni-
ties In movie world There are the seen
AFRO writers. They get a good salary And
If you do your own, and can do what the
picture producers think is good, you get
pretty fair rake-oif.
But this means lots of hard work and
plenty of practice. 1t means endless dis
appointment at least for the first few
years. 1t is only turn of luck if your first
or your tenth scenario gets chance to
be seen Usually that luck doesn't come.
There are excellent books on writing
for the screen, and if you mean to try to
do it, get them and study them carefully.
You ought to know your trade before you
begin to practice it; but most of the
neophytes don t realize that fact.
Then there are other openings. There is
the publicity work, there is the producing
end. Some persons make big hit as
caption writer's.
| have touched on these various open
ings because | get many letters asking
me about the motion picture field as
chance for the ambitious young woman.
What / want to emphasize is that each
one of them needs plenty of practice and
sound study and lots of hard work, if
you are really to make money by it.
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS.
worlds uvsc,, Paid


Any child that cannot have the habit
Of industry fastened on it for life by the
time il is ten years old has need of the
nearest hook-worm expert. IL is merely
a matter of directing its energies into the
right channel, and parents certainly have
committed the objectionable sin against
their sons and daughters if they fail to do
this, and let them grow up to hate work
instead of loving it,
Do you desire your children to become
I rich and prosperous2 IL so, you have only
to cultivate the habit Of thrift in them
while they are young Wasting money
is bad habit just ~ saving is a good
habit. And the one means poverty, and
the other means riches Teach children
to take care of their pennies and they will
know enough not to throw away their
dollars
Saving can be made just as interesting
to children as spending, as was proven
during the war when thousands of girls
and boys put the money they had been
throwing away on candy and soda water
into thrift stamps and SO formed, let us
hope, habit of thrift that will make
their whole future happy and more
prosperous.
Teach children habits of accuracy, to do
ence between highly paid work and poorly
paid work is the difference in the quality
of the work Tho difference between the
man with the ten thousand dollar salary
and the man with the one thousand dollar
wage is the difference between efficiency
and Inelhciency.
IL takes just as much labor 10 cook a
mean dinner as good one. The gill who
spells every other word wrong and makes
failure of her letters pounds the type
writer Just As many hours a day as the
private secretary does So the people
who never learn TO do anything well
escape nothing but the reward that goes
to the accuracy that can be depended
upon.
Doing things slap-dashedly. hit-or-miss
any old way, is nothing but n bad habit,
Just rs doing them properly is good
habit Cultivate in children the pride
of craftsmanship and the love of turning
out good job for the jobs sake and YOU
have put The guide to success in their hands
For the whole world is on still hunt
for efficient people whose work can he
relied upon -dressmakers who can ht.
stenographers who can spell. carpenters
whose work holds together, doctors who
don't gllcss about what ails you, lawyers
whose hdVicf ~ SOUND. ana wnen we tind
them we pay them ioyfully whatever they
ask, and sing their praise in the market
place,
Teach children habits Of order and
promptness Teach them the habit of
self control. Teach them the habit Of
smiling instead of whining, and you viii
have given them an armor that will bc
proof against the slings and arrows Of
outrageous fortune, and that will enable
them to win out IN the battle OF life
1t isn't enough to break children Of bad
habits. You must fortify them with good
habits that they will instinctively fall back
upon in the crir,s Of their fate
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-30
F R E lie s
Don't Hide Them With Veil: Remove
Them With Othine--Donblp
Strength

This preparation for the removal Of
ireckles is usually 81 successful in rnrnov-
ing frecklos and giving a clear, beautiful
complexion that It is sold under guaran-
tee to refund the money if IL fails.
Don't hide your freckles under n veil
get an ounce of Othine and remove them
Even the first few applications should
show a wonderful Improvement, some Of
the lighter freckles vanishing entirely
Re sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine. il is this that
is sold on the noncy-back guarantee.
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FORM GOOD HABITS IN YOUTH.

Are you teaching
your children to form
good habits while they
are young?
Nothing Is more I'M
portant. Good habits
are a crutch to lean on;
a prop to weakness :
a brace to the wobbly;
an undcstudy OF all
the cardinal virtues,
and an evcr-present
help in times Of trouble
1t is a brooide to say
that we are all victims
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-30

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results. Proved by the salts
faction OF many and will be to you.,-Ady.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
VOLA-TONIC HAS
KEPT NE AT my
DAILY DUTIES
Thirty Years of Toll Finally Broke
Down This WOman's
System.

For thirty years Mrs. Mary England
1880 Gilbert avenue, Cincinnati, O..
worked hard as seamstress and, Of
course, the work finally hurt her
health
my system all over became weak
ened and run down." Mrs. England
said, 81 got so was very nervous. My
stomach was out of order also and l
was troubled with constipation.
II went to the drug store to get
something to build me up and my
druggist recommended Vola-Tonic. l
got bottle of vola-Tonic and started
taking 1t.
II honestly believe that If 1t hadn't
been for Vola-Tonic / wouldn't be
working today Vola-Tonic built up
my system and brought back my
strength and has kept me on my job.
1.-THE constipation has left me almost
entirely since l started taking Vola-
Tonic and my nerves are in much bet
ter condition also.
II know Vola-Tonic is an excellent
medicine and, in short, l can't praise
1t enough for what it did for me-"
vola-Tonic, Builder of Strength, j"
invigorates the entire system and
builds up new strength and better
health. 1t is just what thousands of
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
BIG FEATURE PLAYS.

Manager Trlebel of the Pastime
Theater has some extra big feature
pictures to present his patrons this
week. Tomorrow, Albert Ray and FL
inor Fair will be seen in "Tin-Pan-Al-
ley" a musical duet in pictures, taken
from the famous story by William c.
Lengel. A successful drama of Amer
ica's most romantic street.
Wednesday, the worlds greatest ac-
tor, Frank Keenan,, will be seen in
Coates Of Brass" A wonderful super
play.
Thursday, Rex Beachs powerful
story of Alaska "The Brand" will be
shown. This is the most wonderful and
sensational feature that has been
screened in many months.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS.

Regular semi-monthly meeting Of
Fisgah Encampment No 9 l. o. o. f.,
this evening at DeKalb hall in Second
street. There is business of import
anoe to come before the encampment
and good attendance Of membership
is desired. The meeting is at o'clock
A. G. sULsER, G. P.
JOHN w. THOMPSON, Scribe.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
COMMISSIONERS MEET
HERE TOMORROW

The Mason County Commissioners
will meet at their room in the court
house Tuesday for the transaction of
important business. The matter of the
Improvement of the Germantown road
will be taken up at this meeting and
other important matters will also come
before them.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
OUR COLORED CITIZENS.

A supper will be given by Thelma
Jackson, Lena Greene and Lucy Gray
at Scott M. E. church tonight for the
benefit of that church. Everyone is in
Vited as we will have plenty of good
things to eat.
The Congo River Tabernacle Lodge
No. 80, met last Thursday night and
elected the following officers for the
year:
H. P.-Mrs. Sudie Morton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

V. Fl. P.-Mrs. Maggie Upton.
Treas.-Mrs. Amelia Sykes.
G. R.-Maria j. Smith.
" C. R.-Mrs. Carrie B. Humphrey.
c. P.-Mrs. Fannie Penn.
1. S.-Mrs. Sarah Jackson.
o. S.-Mrs. Mary Brooks.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

The Official Board of Third Street
M. e. church will meet in regular
monthly business session this evening
at o'clock. Several matters of i'm
portance will come up. For this rea-
son full attendance of the Board
members is desired.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. J. Byar and two
children, Elsie and Charles. of Angus
ia, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. C. Browning of East Second
street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Monday, March s.

Monday, March s.
Catholics, strong; 25@5O higher
Bulls, steady; Calves, $40.
Hogs-705, closing active; Heavy,
$15@1575; Mixed, Medium and Light,
716; Roughs, 612.; Stays, 70.
Sheep-66, steady at $1,000; Lambs
$4,000.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

weakened, run down men and women
need.
If you are feeling weak and run
down get vola-Tonic -TODAYi-at
]. j. Wood & Sons.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08
BELLAs BROTHERS IMPROVE.

Messrs. James and George Bellas,
proprietors of the Elite Confectionery,
who have been i'll for several weeks
with pneumonia, are both improving
and are now able to be out again.
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MASONIC NOTICE.

Stated communication of Maysville
Lodge, No. So, F. &c a. M. meets this
evening at z o'clock. Business of i'm
portance. Please be present.
EDW. M. SMITH, W. M.
G. P. RASP, Secretary.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

County Agent George Kirk is at
home from Peoria, ILL.,, where he has
been for few days on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

Rev. j. A. Davis and family have
moved from East Second street to For
est avenue at the head of Poplar
street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

Stanley Byar, of Augusta, spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. George Schatz-
mann of Lexington street.
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MISSION BOARD TO MEET.

A meeting of the directors OF the
City Mission, will be held Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock. A full attendance
is dacfrad
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

Mr.. Stanley Cullen is critically i'll
with typhoid fever at HIS home in Fifth
street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-08

FOR SALB-Capt. John Small resi-
dence in Aberdeen. Large corner
lot. Brick residence, Ia rooms, i'm
mediate possession. ]. M. Collins.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE - One McCasky Account
Register. Apply to W. w. Thorough
man, 1913 East Second street.
25-3wks
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-26
Tho Town To-day
". a. Nestos OF Ninot - lAtaat. can-
dtdate for gubernAkoriN. nomtnation.

". q. Nestos OF 1inot y lateat. caA-
oidate Tor gubeEnAkorias nolmtnatton.
IS. L. !. r.s,p.n 49, .or..,a..
81 y Rork9s post American
ll91enS III. preside NJ special meeting
Aexs 90ndAy night.
Iri-county Sunday school co0ter.,
encs VIII he held here April 10 and
IL.
Sss$ -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-26
LEAGUE CANDIDATES !, \
IN MINNESOTA ARE
ANNOUNCED TODAY

*. Paul. Mimi, MarchN 1s.AFhres
NonpartiAn league ana labor cSndi-
dates for oongress, to run in the Re-
publican. state primaries, Wsre an
,nounced today ak the league state com
sention, the fnal ssssioDsof which was
held this morning.1The candidates,
IN district! conferences. arc
Mayor Littlb Of Brainerd Mont, in
the sixth district; Rev. o. ]. Kva]e Of
Benson, in the Seventh district, and
A. =. Bowen Of Detroit, in. the Ninth,
district.
A candidate in the Fourth district,
comprising Ramsey county. will DO
endorsed at q labor conference to be
held. at q date not yet fixed, and a
candidate in the Second district will
be named at q lAbor-farmer confer
ence to be held In st. James, the. date
not yet betng fixed.
1t is\ announced that the platform
Will be read ut the ratification meet
Ing in st. Paul tonight~and that tom
mage tax will be one Of the principal
planks. II
: The farmers convention endorsed
George Siegel Of St. Paul for tho SUI
preme court. He was approved yes
terday In the labor conference, filling
out the state ticket with the exception
Of aS candidate for state treasurer,
who win be selected Letter by the ex-
ccutive committee Of the farmer and
labor sections. )
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-26

The studsnts Of the BstasIitsrary
sodiety are planning ON etvinE . 1T
tie play before the Young Peoptess
Society of st. Marl'sS EJdth1Ean.
church tonight ut 1880 o'clock.
"a play b q clever little farce ssn-
titled sggBumps." The Aunt played BY
Atss Gertrude, LAngdon OF MlnnesotA
sPotnt laya her ability 70 judge yonnS
men ey the number Of bumpst on
Miss CARA BAkkes. and hersssrvaht,
Mir alenevivA WesoloSky, what kind
OF mSn to pick for their future hus-
bands she CLAMPS that the bumps on
their head IRE the only true criterion
OF their moral character. Both Of
the young men whom the niSce and
the servant arer In love With arc dr.
|Qualtned by the aunts test. % "a .
mural c~onsequenoe they are rather
schsms comes to their minds that
Perhaps they cam obtain wigs for
their younN men and thereby have
perfect bumps 30 u to decisive the
aged aunt. It 70 happens that thu
young mar the aunt has picked for
the uiece has perfect bumps and the
aunt endeavors 70 have the young
niece set her affections 9 Aahim. But
like 80 many matches this does not
meet with the nieces approval.
The play ends up by the aunt fnd.
ing that the young man whom she
thought, perfect. had .on q wig and in
that way deceived her in regard to
HIS bumps. The aunt resolves that
she will never Judge young men by
the bumps on their head@again The
young men the niece and the servant
had picked out for themselves are
then freeN;to follow love's natural
course which results in great salts
faction to all concerned.