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Silk and Satin Lingerie at May Sale Prices

Gowns OF flesh crepe de
chine and satin. short
sleeves or sleeveless, some
with wide lace strap form
ing cami sole effect.
Tailored, trimmed styles.
May Sale Prices,
$3.50 to $500
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The Senate naval investigating COM
mittee is having long, rough, intel.
lectual voyage.
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A yoluminous Wisher.

A Voluminous Wisher.
"Now," said the fairy, II will grant
you three wishes"
'Lady," was the reply, "three wishes
wouldn't mean anything to me. I'm
socialist"
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Intellect Disdained.

Intellect Disdained.
II have become convinced" remark.
ed young Mrs. Torkins, chat there is
no chance for brains these days."
"What has convinced youf"
"Charley knows more about horses
than anybody ever heard talk. But
the horrid race track people won't let
him make a bit of money"
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now seeking them in his home state Of

Pennsylvania.
Were Tammany to change its mind
before convention time, or soon after
balloting begins in the convention, and
declare for Mr.. McAdoo, the effect
might be greatly in his favor; and a
movement to that end is said to be
afoot,
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May Sale Of Beautiful Lingerie
At Prices That Bring Savings of the
Most Substantial Sort
great with which Lingerie Sale has
proving beyond question that the savings substantial and worth
while It opportunity such only to patrons at
The offerings deserving of full purcha
ing power.
skilled in the of wise econonand there
easily that the under the
market valu such grades commanding.
We have Just received especially beautiful styles Of Silk
and Philippine Lingerie bought fully Is cent Under price,
and they offered in addition the here enumerated
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The Game.

They say that life is all game
Where some acquire what others
lack.
The profiteer, bcreft Of shame,
Deals from the bottom of the pack.
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A Realization.

A Realization,
~When I started out in life" said
the physician, II wanted to be a great
humorist; but my family persuaded
me to study medicine"
"Well," answered Uncle Bill Bottle
top, soothingly, "mebbe you realized
your original ambition, after all.
Most Of these liquor prescriptions you
write are jokes"
Jud Tunkins says it might be bet
ter if more people would get their
ideas for motion pictures from real
life instead Of so many getting their
ideas of real life from motion pic
lures. u
D.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
WHAT HARDING STANDS FOR.

Editor Every Evening: Mr. Harding
and the purpose of those who support him
become clearer in spite of the inconsistent
cies OF his public utterances. He is an
attractive man, seemingly with all the
domestic virtues, and q sincere wish to
do right IN public capacity as in private.
He Is not stupid insincere, or ll-inten-
toned. II elected he will make respect
able and dignifed president of the kind
that we have had somewhat frequently
since the retirement of Jackson, unless,
indeed, we nave some grave national crisis
TO meet during his term. As TO our foreign
relations, unless the pressure of public
opinion should become irresistible, Mr..
Harding as President is unlikely to ne
gotiate so effective an international or
ganization for preserving the peace OF the
world, as TO justify us IN so reducing
armament as to save US from an ever in
creasing expenditure for army and navy
As to domestic affairs, Mr. Harding
and his more influential supporters are
essentially reactionaries. Their substitute
for some present critized taxes would be
q higher tariff, which he advocates as a
means of reducing the high cost of living,
though the purpose Of a protective tariff
is to enable the domestic producer to raise
the price of his product through the ex-
cluslon OF foreign competition, and some
form Of taxation upon consumption, with
q view of making every man, woman and
child of our 105, ,000, 600 pay something to
the government for the privilege of food,
clothing and shelter.
Mr.. Harding has the earnest support of
those who, for one reason or another, have
no sympathy with the aspirations of wage
earners for such pay as shall guarantee
them the comforts OF life, for such con-
ditions of labor as shall grant leisure for
amusement and opportunities for cul-
ture. All who point with scorn to the
foolish expenditures of some wage-earners,
the insolent and unreasonable demands
of some others, and who incline to be-
lieve that the criminal acts OF a few
violent and embittered or ignorant and
vicious men are characteristic of wage
earners generally are eager for Mr..
HardIng's election.
The conservative, the indolent the
tlnnid, the selfishly class conscious, the
reactionary, are all for Mr. Harding's
election, as promising return to the good
old times when the comfortable few could
enjoy life undisturbed by the threatening
discomfort of the uncomfortable many.
In other words, this amiable gentleman is
ready, from native temper and somewhat |
negative character, to serve the purpose
of those who would turn back the hands |
of the nations clock, and of the worlds |
clock. There are not enough of those who |
wish to arrest progress TO elect him, and |
he can be elected only by the votes of
those who can be deceived into helping |
to put into power party pledged TO re-
action, national and international. Votes |
for Governor Cox can balk the plans of |
the reactionaries.
E. n. Vallandighan,
Newark, Sept 25, 1920.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
Ii City life 1t rauItf

Tho disadvantage Of Chicago ~ a
habitat for human beings would possibly
strike the biologists and the average BUSH
ness man in different ways. The business
man murmurs over tho closcnecs Of living
quartcrs. Tho biologist, on the other hnnd,
knows that the habitat Of any insect and
Of man in particular must furnish one
feature above all others: mn environment
proper 70 the rearing Of the younger gen.
cration. Perhaps there are other matters
less disturbing than the scant living quar-
ters for most persons, yet more hostile to
the standing of Chicago as a place OF
human abode.
just at present that city is itself little
disturbed over the renewed rise in its
total of divorces for the period Of the year
1920. Though the number is not published,
it is estimated to run between 5000 and
5000. Apparently, the Chicago divorces
attained in the year past proportion OF
about one TO every seven marriages form
ed during the same period.
Divorce prevents some children from
coming into the world and breaks up the
family, the organization for bringing up
those that have come. II a biologist found
one in seven of the families in an expert
mental community of insects breaking up
because of rapidly spreading ailmcnt or
disorder, be would consider the affected
community seriously menaced.
As an advanced example of the modern
city Chicago interests other cities. They
share its peculiarities in great degree.
Chicago, and, indeed, other cities, cease
70 be living places of the American people;
rather they become dyine-places, when
the inhabitants increasingly come to pre-
fer the divorce courts TO the activities of
family life.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
"MISMANAGENfENT."

Nothing that Senator Harding has said
of late viii be more enthusiastically ap-
plauded by some elements in Germany,
Austria-Hunrary and Turkey than his
reference on Saturday 10 the nearly
eight years of misrnanagement" which
the United States has suffered at the hands
OF the present Administration at Washing
ton.
II il had not been for the grossest mis-
management the pacifsts and pro-Ger-
mans would have kept US out of the war.
Once embarked upon that enterprise.
the almost inconceivRble blundering Of
the President prevented our sending
more than 100000 troops TO France,
where they smashed the greatest military
power ever known. Except for these and
some other mistakes almost as serious,
Germany would have dictated the peace
and the Republican United States SEN
ate would have been obediently appro-
priating big indemnities for the benefit
of the Prussian war lords.
When the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs
hear of MIR. Hardings latest deliverance
they will almost wish that they could ac-
company him as he sets forth from the
front porch.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
An Impetus to Another Sport.

Good. clean. amateur sport was gwen q
healthy impetus here, last Saturday, when
six nationally known tennis stars played
exhibition matches on the grounds OF the
du Pont Country Club. The occasion was
the more interesting from the fact that tins
WAS not private exhibition, but open to
the public without charge, q general invi-
tation having been extended. 1t If crafty
ing TO know that these efforts Of the officials
Of the club were appreciated, and that
large crowd of interested spectators saw
the matches.
The men and women who played here
last Saturday are all widely known and all
of them are holders of championship
records; so that they occupy, as far as the
general run of tennis players is concerned.
about the same relation that the big league
stars hold with regard to the boys who play
on sand lot baseball team. Those who
enjoy tennis and follow the fortunes OF the
eport had a splendid opportunity to see
some well-played matches between play
ers whose names are familiar wherever I'M
portant tournaments are held, but who are
so much in demand that it is rarely com
munity like ours has chance 10 study
them IN action.
All these men and women are interested
In the growth of the game and are anxious
TO do what they can to foster it. The same
broad view is taken by the officials OF the
du Pont Country Cub, and hence the visit
of these players here was made the oppor-
tunitv Of all. With such spirit not only
tennis but very good outdoor sport is sure
70 grow in popularity.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
Old Church to Sell Farm.

West Nottingham Presbyterian Church,
in Cecil county, Md, has decided to sell its
farm of 2S acres at an early date, as it 10
probable tho minister who looks after the
spiritual welfare Of the congregation did
not find the "back to the farm" move to his
liking. In the earlier days almost all the
old churches had more or lces real estate
holdings, especially those whose origin
goes back to the days of the early Colo
nists In those days, when land was plcnti-
full and one could buy large section for
few dollars, holders could afford to be
generous in apportioning the church a
considerable acreage as the community's
contribution to the movement for the
spiritual uplift Of the people.
In this connection it is recalled that
considerable tract WAS set aside by our
early settlers for the benefit Of Old Swedc9
Church in this city, which subsequently
passed out of control of the organization
and into the hands of numerous Individual
owners. Today it comprises large and
valuable section of bnlt-up city property
Originally, this grant extended from the
Christiana westward nearly to Broome
street.
A tract likewise bestowed upon Trinity
Church, in lower New York City, and still
retained, has increased in value until nowit
brings in a revenue Of more than a million
dollars yearly.
In these later days, however, the church
has divorced itself from farming or land
holding and confines it's efforts to less ma
terial things. II hae even gwen up largely
the custom Of maintaining cemetery, as
was long the invariable custom. The
establishment and upkeep of cemetery
has become specialized business apart
from the church, and hss made great ad-
vances, the modern burial places usually
being the most attractive and ornate spots
of American cities or suburbs.
The modern church has found it can
better fulfill it's chief mission by eliminat-
ing all other work than bat directed TO
religious and social uplift and there is no
doubt of the correctness Of this con-
clusion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
PRESS COMMENTS
HARDING AND THE SOUTH.

In thoir expansive momont, and whom
surprised by tho reportors, tho Republics.
managers talk about carrying several
Southern States, as well ~ all Of tho North
ern. Strictly between friends, however,
thoy admit that thoro il the slimmost
chance Of this. II thrrc wero no Other reason
for wlping Southern electoral votes on
the Republican slate, IL would DO found
in the avowed attitude Of their presiden-
tial candidate toward tho Negro vote.
Senator Harding began by announcing
bis purpose to put down lynching by the
use Of Federal power. Whmo so close a
student Of the Constitution found war
rant for this in that document he omitted
TO state. But he went on to affirm that
he was in favor Of securing for the Me-
groes all their constitutional rights.
Another Republican from Ohio took
similar position about eevcntcon years
ago. Mark Hanna had ringing declarn-
placed in the Ohio Republican platform.
When asked why this had been done, be
replied with the utmost simplicity: Be
cause there are 25,OOO Negro voters in
Ohio" That number is probably doubled
today, and MIR. Harding may have had that
fact in mind. 1t il also possible that he
sincerely takes high ground about the
enforcement in the South Of the Fifteenth
Amendment.
Either way, the immcdiats effect upon
his political fortunes in the Southern
States cannot be doubted by even his own
national committee. Southern public men
and newspapers have noted Senator
Hardings words, and have taken alarm.
Governor Brough OF Arkansas wns rc-
GENTLY In Ohio, and became persuaded that
the Republicans, headed by MIR. Harding,
intend to strike AZ '.thc very heart OF
white supremacy" and are already
planning a new 'foroc bill" In a letter TO
The Atlanta Constitution he calls
upon the Democrats of the South to be
seriously alive as 10 the seriousness Of the
situation" And The Constitution itself
takes up the tale and declares that the
election Of Senator Harding to the prexi-
dency would be peculiarly menacing'
to the South. Whether this position be
sound or not, whether the alarm be eenu-
inc or feigned, there can be little question
of it's consequences. The Republicans may
pick up O Representative or two IN Southern
districts, but the chief argument which
has held the South solid against them will
almost certainly keep it so thus year
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29

The noble Red Man is at last showing
that he is taking kindly to the ways Of his
pale-faced brethren. He is buying silk
shirts at s12 each and silk hose at IS q
pair Also, he dotes on automobiles, and
buys them in focks, meantime further
copying the ways of the whites in demand
ing that California ranehmen pay SIS
day for shearing sheep, while the squaws
exact SO day for housework. Poor Lo"
evidently is making place for himself IN
these reconstruction times. He is losing
out as picturesque aborigine by substi-
tuting silk for yellow or red paint, and in
covering his 1.-THE, sinewy legs with the
conventional apparel of civilization. Direc-
tly the Indian will be no better than the
mere white man.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
Anothes Tariff Campaign.

Mr.. Harding evidently would like to
plasve the bothersome League of Nations
ssue, which he is wobbling around m such
a ridiculous manner, relegated 30 the rear,
and other questions brought the front
He shows decided disposition TO revive the
descanted upon the sacred tariff and its all
powerful protection TO American labor. !"
But Au,erican labor well knows the
eunptineae Of such plea. Men well re-
member when, under the operations of the
protective tariff, huge fortunes were piled
UP In few wears by the real benefciaries
of the protective tariff, through the i'm
posftlon Of excessive prices upon the
American people. Mr. Carnegie, for one,
built up a fortune of about $500, ,OOO, 900 in
thirty years.
Did labor get anything like It's fair share
Of such huge increments? II did not.
Labor had TO fight desperately for a bare
pitt~noe under the protective tariff. 1t
wse not until after this tariff for the bene-
az of the interests had been abolished that
labor began 70 come into its own. And it
had 10 fight for all it has today.
There Will be no objection to the re-
vamping of this old and dead issue if MIR.
Harding insists. But ii will do him no good.
Nor will IT be permitted to obscure the
real, live, paramount issue-the fate of the
League Of Nations
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
HE COULD SERVE HIS PARTY.

There is no reason m law or ethics
why Senator Harding, if elected TO the
Presidency IN November, should resign
his seat In the United States Senate until
the time comes for him to take up the
duties of his new office. Nor is there any
reason why Go vernon Cox, if elected,
should resign as governor of Ohio before the
expiration of his term m January.
Party considerations make If desirable
for Senator Harding TO retain his sena-
torial seat, in the event he rs successful
on this campaign, because of the narrow
margin by which the Republicans con-
troll the Senate Should he va.cate his
seat Immediately following the election,
it is certain that Governor Cox would
appoint a Democrat to fill it until an cleo
ton can be had. This would change the po-
litical complexion OF the Senate and prob
ably would result IN decision of the COM
mittees of that body, transferring chair
manships and the patronage INTO the hands
of the Democrats.
Should Mr. Willis be elected governor
of Ohio, Senator Harding, as President
elect, could resign his sena torial seat after
MIR Willis had taken office for he would
have the certainty that aRepublican would
be appointed to succeed him In this
manner the political balance of the SEN
ate would be undisturbed.
As President-elect Senator Harding
would be in no way disqualified from con-
tinuing as Senator. Numerous instances
can be cited where Representatives in
Congress have been elected to State offices
and have retained their seats in Congress
until it was time for them to qualify for
their new offices 1t would be difficult to
find any impropriety in this course. Until
March there is no reason whatever why
both candidates should not perform other
duties, according TO their personal in
clinations Washington Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29
just Folks
WHEN THE MINISTER CALLS.
By Edgar A. GsosL

WHEN THE MINISTER CALLS.
My Paw says Chat IL med to be
Whenever the minister came for tea
AT they sat up straight in their chairs at
An put all their common things out o.
sight,
An nobody cracked Joke or grinned,
But they talked o the way that people
sinned
An the burnin' fires that would cook you
sure
When you come to die, il you wasn't
pure
Twas gloomy affair that used 10 be
Whenever the minister came fpr ten.
But now when the minister comes to call
! get him out for game Of ball,
And you'd never know II you'd see him
bat,
Without any coat or vest or hat,
That he is minister no sireel
He looks like a regular man TO me.
An be knows how TO go into the dirt
For the grounders hot without gettin'
hurt
An when supper, ready, both him an me
Have To git washed up again for tea.
He's played all the games that the fellers
play
When he was in college. An one big day
lie came 10 bat with the score tie
An the pitcher slipped him one, shoulders
high,
An he walloped it over the fenoe for fair
An won that ball' game right then an
there
An my Pa knows that it's true, cor he
Wux up in the grandstand where he could
Once in football game he played,
An the winnin touchdown alone he
made
MY Paw SAYS whenever he got the ball,
He could run 20 fast that he'd beat 'em all.
He says that the fellcr who'll Jus. play fair
lis fit for heaven or anywhere,
An fun's all right if your hands are clean
An you never cheat an you don't get
mean,
He says that he never has understood
Why a feller can't play an still be good,
An my Paw says that he's just the kind
OF minister that he likes 10 find
So I'm always tickled as | can be
Whenever our minister comes for tea.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29

The officials of the Allentown Fair re-
port sach success with the fall exhibition
recently held, that they grew tired Of
counting the money and adjourned over
Sunday for rest and refreshment. The re-
ceipts totalled about $50, 900, which is
the record mark for even this big Penn
svlvania event The increased attendance
is ascr-ibed largely to the augmented at
fractions, the increases of premiums, the
higher grade Of exhibits and, in part, TO the
fact that more money was offered IN
purses for the trotters and running horses
than hitherto. No doubt, too, this year
was better for agricultural fairs than any
of its predecessors. And perhaps the great
est contributing cause for this increasing
interest lies in the fact that the prevailing
high prices gave the farmer more money
to appropriate for such diversions, es-
pecially when coupled with the entertain
ment was the Offering of much useful in
struction in the most modern methods of
farming
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-29

Hn Satanic Majesty, who WAS being at
tended by a company ~ men,sIs who were
easily recognized as President Pierce and
hs cabinet. Then there were fDnts refrc-
sentlng "Bpch and Breck +" the Nslkrr
fIib,istcrr, Border Ruffsns beating NDrn-
en- 70 death, soitherners applying tar
andfeathcr coats " Free State urr, =
Simon Lepee beating ara Uncle Tom, .
Brooks breaking his cane over = Summers
bead, Brigham Young and bis wives,
(NUmonism WAS then a DeDocrsfic as
set) and all winding up with . Representa-
ton u the "ggantiH Douvas attAcking
the Missouri compromise That day N
was declared there were only two partssv
in Ohio THE Peoples and ths Post
masters"
Rotsing The sentiment n the Frre-
States % thus support The Rspubi.oan
ticket was good enough fW The yoafny.
but the leaders realized that the "a
conservative Democrats must be srIf<saied
20, and that the old line Whags must te
kept from voting for FILLMORE. 10 On
the old-tine Democrats, Greeley and hw
cohorts oJyned FIRE on Buchanar'a 4 Fecofd
They proved that he had been u FEDERAL
ist, had been twice elected ~ Congrcr~
after Jaokson's day az a Fedefalst, fhsf
he had been a slavery rce'ricfionis' N
1920, and that be had been ~ devoted "
the "thirty-six thirty" line a tfe N--
sotui compromise that he wanted b. er-
tend IL al the way 10 the Pacif, IN isY
To the wagering Whigx ~ crrel~y
tailed straight ~ man ~ man and brother
10 brother. He declared that TIE Pif-
more ticket was being financed ans rr
by Democrats 10 divide the nor'h~rr
vote, that ~ only possible cTec, --,rif
be 70 defeat Fremont and eiect Bf~hsn-n,
and that Fillnore's hope n hsvinv vse
election thrown into the Hous 81.
delvsion and a Snsrr Re zf'e<k~S
''Knov-Nofhingi~rn With us~A ta.,sr-
ness tha. be not only weakened ~ Strength
among The old Whigs, bot be a,srr~sei
many GcInan-Amerieans ~ the North
west TO the new Republican #sanr-r~
When the election va over thsvr ~-x
hardly a Suggcstion - cr-~.,sc- a Do
Republican acfivity. Nobory h~ii~~-t
that Buchanan would - ahie " .ct,~ To
delicate problem, which confronsot h~n
The grc., battle was already On