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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
TAKE OFF THY SANDALS.
Rev. ID. II. kcnncy.

I've wandered today over ridges
Where once stood New Salem of yor;
Bv ruins Of dam. mill, and bridges,
OF lost streets, and hostlery and store.
Where once wrought a youth of small
promise,
Tall, lank, and ungainly and slow;
But noble. industrious, and honest,
lie hated things mean, ugly and low.
On these fields tha. failed of fruition,
By Sangamons swift flowing tide,
There burned in his soul an ambition
To climb up fame's coveted side.
And here is the grave Of a princess,
Ann Rutledge, who wakcncd FIRST breath,
OF love that became sweet incense,
Remaining years after her death.
Each spot is some how conseorated,
Speak softly with uncovered head,
Each historic place Is too sacred
For impious sandals TO tread.
There's something IN all human nature
That hallows Though obscure the spot)
Where greatness in some human creature
Began the ascent toward the top.
Damascus Of old, and old Bethlehem
Are shrines that will evcrmore be
Rare alters for love, and New Salem
VIII not be the laest of the three.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
CHEAPER SUGAR SOON.
viii Drop 3 or Cents by End of March
Predicted.

Washington, D. C., Feb. 12-One Of
the first results on domestic food prices
of the unprecedented depreciation of
sterling will be a reduction Of to / cents
on pound OF sugar.
Howard T.. Figg, food expert of the
Department of Justice and formerly
connected with the United States Food
Administration, said today that Cuban
sugar will be available on the domestic
market at from ii IL TO Is cents pound
by the end of March. This is to be
brought about by the cutting off OF the
Europeon market, which Is banking up
the sugar in Cubs and threatening TO
break the Cuban market. 1t Is estimated
that American refiners viii soon be able
TO buy Cuban raw sugars around So
cents. Adding 212 cents as the rehner's
toll and 3 or 4 cents as the retailers
profit viii bring the price TO the level
Indicated The first commitments made
for Cuban raws of the new crop early
IN December were on 1212 cent basis
The Cuban sugar crop this year viii be &
normal yield, running over 100000 tons,
Of which the United States will get prob
ably two-tbirds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
WANT EXPERT ADVICE ON
STATIONARY ENGINEERS
Council Sets Feb. Is as Date for
Hearing on Ordinance for
Licensing.

City Council nj its session last night
as a committee Of the whole decided TO
seek expert advice, after having for some
time considered the ordinance providing
for the licensing of stationary engineers.
Wednesday evening February Is, WAS set
as the date for hearing and in tho mean
time the members will acquaint them
selves with the subject
Tho question that r~ - last night that
delayed action on the di nee is whether
the tircmen should bu .,ccnsed also.
Several weeks ago "A committee OF engi-
neers appeared before Council in the IN
terests of the measure and n new ordinance,
minus parts found objectionable ut that
time, was read by Clerk Simmons last
night. Mr.. Faulkner raised tho question
that the man who looked after powerful
boilers WAS the real ''dynamite" tho meas
ure sought to render harmless and he
thought some provision should bc included
in the ordinance to cover this Individual.
Messrs. Mearns, Forwood and Murray
expressed the same opinion and hnaliy
most of the members expressed themselves
as being particularly Interested in tho
protection of the public. MIR. Muivena
admitted that the ordinance may be
good thing, but he advised Council TO 10
slowly with it, This suggestion sectned
TO meet with general approval and motion
was finally passed.
City Solicitor Huxley informed Council
that he had expert advice That the lcgls-
lation was good providing it was State
wide in effect. but bis informant was re-
hctant To comment upon the possibility
of its merits for city the size cd VIII
mlnyton
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
CURE TUBERCULOSIS
BY SIMPLE MEASURES
Disease Prevcntablc and Curablc,
Saws DR.. Charles II. Kcene IN
Lecture to Farmers.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Harrington. Feb. lI.--In the afternoon
meeting Of the farmers institute, DIR.
Charles II. Keene, the executive secretary
of the Delaware State tuberculosis Com
mission, speaking on tuberculosis IN
Delaware" said, Tuberculosis is the
most common disease which we have. Ii
kills 10000 people in the United States
each year.
The situation is hopeful however. as IT
is both preventable and curable. During
the Is wears proceeding 1917 the death
rate improved 30 per cent. 1t is clIrable
as well as preventablc by very siInple
measures-things that every person. young
and old, should have-rest and recreation,
plenty Of clean nourishing food, and
fresh, outdoor air, all the tune, day and
night, summer and winter.
The routine treatment is to keep tho
ratient in bed few weeks until the tenn
perature goes down and the cough les
sens. The bed should be on porch where
the patient is bathed in fresh air all the
time Here he rests. This means absolute
rest. in bed or in a reclining chair. he
should also have large doses of sunshine.
Food is given in ample amounts at ire
quent intervals-all the patnnt can take
without upsetting his digestion, but the
main thing is rest and air and more rest.
Improvement is rapid. About SOS per
cent of these cases put under treatment
early in the disease. recover. III every
person having a ''cold" could be pat under
this routine. there would soon be no
tuberculosis. Such liberal doses OF rest,
air and food will both prevent and cure
the disease. Change of climate in itself is
not an important factor. Change OF en-
vironment. seeing new faces, having new
experiences is OF value, in that IL gets the
patients mind from himself and he stops
fretting. We should add fifth article 20 our
prescription of rest. food, fresh air and
sunshine. and this fifth and very import
ant factor is don't worry.
In the evening DIR. keene spoke Of
Health in the Farm Home" discussing
the location of the home as related to
elevation, soil type and therefore moisture.
location and care OF water supplies. dis
posal of sewage and cleaning methods.
The proper location and care OF the
home" he said, arc often rendered use
less by filthy outhuildings. Not only
fly proof. but the barn and barn yard need
care and attention A barn ward or pig
stv that compels the animals to wallow in
water and filth Is not only dangerous to
them and therefore money risk, but II is
also q grave menace to the family In
such places flies and mosquitoes breed,
and from these pest holes, cats, dogs and
fowl take filth to the farm house door and
even to the very fire side. The barn,
barn yard and pig sty should he on lower
ground than the well and the house, and
should be carefully drained so that water
viii not collect there and make filthy
mud and manure hole to breed insect
pests and hog cholera.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
100000 WAS SPENT
IN MICHIGAN To
>ELECT NEWBERRY
Witness Says Cost of Election
Mounted Far Above the Hall
Million Mark.
TELLS OF BUYING VOTERS

Grand Rapids, Feb. 12.-"Half a
million-hell Nearer SS0O,oOO. j know
what I'm talking about
This statement with reference to the
expenditures in the Newberry Senatorial
campaign was attributed to State Labor
Commissioner Fletcher by a witness yes
terday at the election conspiracy trial of
Senator Newberry and the 122 Others.
Frank nj. Sparks, associate editor
of the Grand Rapids Herald, was on the
stand for the government and had been
asked to tell of n conversation with Mr.
Fletcher in his Lansing Office in March.
1919. He had remarked to Mr.. Fletcher,
"Rather than $4,000, they must have
spent at least $500, 0,000,' and received the
reply quoted.
Richard H. Fletcher has been mention
cd already in the evidence, but with this
exception it always has been In connection
with the movement alleged to have been
inspired in the Newberry organization to
get James W Helme, ono of the defend
ants, to run on the Democratic ticket
against Henry Ford.
The sworn statement of expenditures
and receipts filed by the Newherry COM
mittee was introduced this afternoon Tor
the first time This is the statement
which gave the expenses at something like
$4,000. Martin W Littleton objected
TO its being offered IN evidence, but the
court overruled him and Assistant At
torney-General Daley devoted more than
hall an hour to reading It.
The government produced seven wit
pesses prepared to repudiate their alleged
signatures on petitions nominating Helme.
Four citizens of Grand Rapids and one
from kalamazoo were allowed to tell the
jury they did not sign the petitions or
authorize any one to sign for them, but
further Kalamazoo testimony was ex-
cluded by Judge Sessions, because moth
ing had been adduced to connect any of
the defendants with circulation of the
petitions In that city.
An attempt to persuade Judge Ed
ward j. Jefiries of Detroit 10 use his
influence with Helme and get him 10
nun was related by that iurist. He as-crib
cd it TO Fred W. Castator, a Detroit
alderman, who is one of the men on trial.
G.. Sherman Collins, Munising bank
er, was recalled and testified that~he re-
ceived Just before the primary an en-
velopc from Detroit containing a check
for $500. The government brought out
that he gave this money TO III. 5. Jen-
nings, deceased mayor of Munising. Mr..
Daley had difficulty in framing ques-
ton TO suit the court, and finally Judge
Sessions said;
You may ask this witness If his turn
ing over the check to Jennings was pur-
suant to a previous arrangement"
1T was. replied Collins.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
COMMUNITY DANCE
IN PUBLIC BUILDING
Will be Held Monday Evening,
Feb. D, Mayor Taylor Ar
ranging for Affair.

4 community dance viii be held in the
public building Monday evening, Febru-
airy 23. The services of a band have been
arranged for through the generosity Of
Alfred |. du Pont The popularity OF the
community dancing dea. as shown dur
ing the community Christmas celebra-
ton, has prompted Mayor Taylor 10
arrange for the affair.
arrangements have already been made
for the use of the building The band will
be stationed in the center of the corridor
AT the meeting Of City Council as COM
uittee Of the whole last night, the mayor
plan was heartily approved and officials
are generally giving it their earnest sup
port.
The Community Service viii coop
crate in makingTthe affair a success and
present plans call for the presentation
Of folk and fancy dancing, after which the
floor viii be thrown open to the public.
The Mayor believes that the city build
ing should be utilized more for affairs
of this character taking the stand that il
Is really the citizens property, which they
ought to enjoy TO the fullest extent.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
CHEsTERrOwN AND VICINITY.
Special Correspondents OF Every Evening

Special Correspondents OF Every Evening
Chcstertown, Md, Feb. 1l.--Chester-
town IL full Of the grip in mild form, but
none Of the physicians have yet reported
any Gases Of the ''flu." Many persons are
housed with bad colds, but up to the
present time there have been no fatalities
State Senator William +. Russell, who
has been confined to his home on Spring
avenue for tho past week. with al pttack
OF the grip, expects to be able to leave
Tor Annapolis this afternoon.
Citizens of Chcstertown met with the
members of the Volunteer Fire Co. in their
hall. last evening, To discuss plans for the
relief Of the company. Financial aid "
badly needed at present in order to re-
store much of the worn-out fire-hghtlng
equipment. Plans for this relief were con-
sidercd.
Mrs. A. Nj. Bowers, president. enter
tanned the Ladies' Aid Sos,iety of CHRIST
Methodist Protestant Church at her
home on High street, Monday evening,
State Normal School authorities, with
the consent of the State Board OF Edu-
cation, are sending some students Tor
six-weeks' teaching. experience IN the
county schools, giving In return six-
weeks normal course to the tenchcfs OF
the schools affected. Miss Gladys Curiey
of the normal school has exchanged places
with Miss Vera Stevens Of Piney Neck;
Miss Anna Walters with Miss Bessie
Jewell of Kennedyvillc. Miss Mary
Rouse, formerly principal of the Kennedy
vile school, will take a six-wecks' course
in the State Normal School.
While saving wood one day last week
Howard Hadaway Of Broad Neck severed
one OF his fingers.
Miss Kate Howard Of Still Pond has
gone to Florida for protractcd stay.
Mrs. Joseph A. Wickcs has gone to
Baltimore, where she will spend the re-
mainder of the winter.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
Edmond DeRothchiid Desd.

New York, Feb. I2.-Baron Edmond dc
Rothchild Of Paris, according to n report
received yesterday by the Zionist Orgnni-
zation of America, is dead in Paris at tie
age of "a. He WAS the son Of James Mayer
dc Rothscbild and was associated IN the
French branch of bis house with his
brothers, Alphonse and Gusiave.
or all the members of his family he
was the leader in advocating and sup
porting the movement for the estab. ish-
ment of a Jewish Palestine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

town and our town to seel
But even the high aver
age of quality III these
Wanamaker pieces andsuits
is less a cause of marvel
than the seeming inexhaust-
ibility Of the quantities.
The month of February
is shortening down, after
its invariable fashion, and
with February's exit will
go February Sale prices,
hence home-makers in quest
of furniture have no time
to lose in making their Sc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

$50 much that | see that
| want is already marked
sold" )" cried one woman,
who declared herself car
ried away" by the beauty
of one suit after another.
But, dear Madam, all
these beautiful things you
see marked "sold" are go
ing away off the floors i'm
mediately. Wait, if YOU
like, and you'll see them GO.
and be replaced at once by
others equally beautiful.
This is not a rummape
sale, nor a one-day sale.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
Bedroom Suits
from S143 to $500

include nothing that we can
not guarantee for construction
and service.-someti1ing which
cannot be said of medium
priced furniture everywhere.
The style and finish of the
pieces speak for themselves
Even the suit at $i%3 includes
four pieces, and is of dainty
gray and blue enamel
Between that price and the
$500 mark the choice of styles
is too varied to be enumerated,
but mention may be made of
other suits in gray enamel,
handkerchief; one in ivory
enamel, hand-decorated with
lines of blue and charming
knots of flowers, which in
SAuuCS piSt0l SsIoC pOSiCi
bed of the Colonial design, IN
choice of either fr.l-sized bed
or twin beds.
Then there's q poster-bed
suit of purest Colonial type
mahogany, with hne carving
on the posts Of the bed and the
bureau; and other mahogany
suits executed in Chinese
ChippendAle, Sheraton, Adam
and William and Mary de-
signs, each with its own grace
full, characteristic period fea-
lures; not forgetting an at
tractive Queen Anne suit that
can be had in choice of mahog-
any, walnut, ivory enamel or
maple: and an effective suit
executed in Louis XVI de-
sign, in walnut, with cane
panelled (full-size) bed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
Still Finer Suits
S5I5 to S21OO

represent values which are ap-
preciated by these who have
grown up with fine furniture.
Their February Sale prices are
also appreciated by those who
know prevailing furniture
prices in the 1920 market
Even greater than that
shown in the lower-priced
suits is the variety of styles
displayed IN these specimens
of the highest grade cabinet
work in America. The classic
elegance of the Louis XVI
period is reproduced in numer-
Gus effects; in walnut, finished
in antique color and high
lighted; in black enamel,
striped with gold. and with
glass-protected damask tops
to bureau, vanity table and
night-stsnd: in antique ivory
enamel; and one style of suit.
with beds (either twin or full
size) with roun6-end foot
boards, which comes in choice
of mahogany, walnut and
ivory or gray enamel
Especially interesting is a
certain Queen Anne suit In
walnut with buri walnut inlay.
Another handsome suit of
Italian design is of walnut,
finished with a silvery gray
cast and with touches of poly
chrome; a suit showing all the
daintiness of ivory enamel
executed in Heppelwhite de-
sign; and one striking suit OF
poster Colonial type, of solid
mahogany, with stately
tester bed, showing fine de-
tailed carving on the posts,
and covered and canopied with
handsome glazed chintz.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
The People Say
"How Inspiring to See the Furniturew
But We Say-at Wanamakers-
"How Inspiring to See the People
Enjoy the February Sale of Furniturev'

lection; but, oh Joyous
thought! the selection is
still great, interesting, and
varied as heart could wish.
PIentY-plenfH--pfenty
for euerybody-
This II the keynote Of
the great February Furni-
tYye Sale.
Let Il reach Houy ears II
U0u hare mny furniture
needs uns0tisfed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

Most people know good
furniture when they see it.
Still more demand II and
will have nothing else. We
have nothing among these
dozen thousand pieces now
ON view that we would like
to hide when q famous art
ist comes to see the Sale:
while we have many suits
and pieces that we would
like every artist in your
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
GOLDMEDAI.
w!4l!IIQn wa1EMQn

The worlds standard -emedv for kidney.
liver bladder and ur,c scid troubles. the
snenies of lite and looks. In use eince
1896. All druggists, threA sizes
1ask Tor the name Gold Medal on svery 1ox
scc accept Imitation
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

Tt Ia the Great February
Sale Of Wanamaker Furni-
ture, and IL is the Sale that
has the s:ords
IL is true that thc r~1lfn4
has ben extraordinary.
The business we have done
in the past week alocs
would have swept many .
store off it's feet and lcft
its furniture floors and sven
warehouses as bare az tha
notable Hubbard cupboard.
But we have the goods.
We are going straight on
The shortages that you
read about are not at Vans
makers.
We have the goods and
they are the goods that
people want.
They may please them
selves in the amount of it
they will take, or indeed n
to whether they win take
any, for no visitor TO this
great display is importuned
TO purchase.
why. will you sell ne
the bed and bureau alone7"
asked one woman in aston
ishment, speaking Of q
bedroom suit that hxd
taken her fancy.
She explained that she
had just been viewing fur.
niture IN a sale, where, al
she expressed it, EVERY
thing / saw that I really
wanted, I was told that
the goods were specially
priced and I must take the
complete suit or nothing"
All our furniture il 500
cially priced for February
but fully 80 per cent of the
suits permit of division Il
this answers the customers
convenience better than
taking the whole suit
The small remaining
percentage which are sold
only as complete suits are
those which, because of
fine hand work OK some rare
and individual feature, cn-
not be duplicated within the
time limit remaining TO the
Sale.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
Women
Made Young

Bright eyes, clear skin and body
auf Of youth and health NAV 10
yours If you will keep your system
IN order by regularly taking
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
WeIL-YOu Do!

have to spend in your bed period of time amounting
q years. you live the normal span of 10 years. and
give the normal stretch of hours of the 24 the
business Of sleeping.
The array of bedroom furniture offered in this Sale
all who come here. We know IL is to be
preached in quantity and variety and be matched
in qualities At the prices all of which reductions from
regular.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

SSi VIE aAiO cpSAIC oSsAlSas
at every turn. II furnishes
a convincing answer to the
question which every vixi-
tor to the Sale doubtless
asks himself as he enters
its doors:
What cun Z soDe bp
coming to this Wanou,oksy
Furniture SaIe?"
First of all, gou cu
saue disappointment. The
goods are here, and there
is no better choosing h tie
uorld.
Second, ond for the
same reason, you cu0 SAGE
time.
Third, goa ccD SAGE
money; not sensational
sums "done in the air." but
REAL SUMS - not only
present sdUungs on market
prices, but sorinos repre-
senting the money you
Uouid hare to spend II the
future on the replacement
and refurnishun0 phich
penaiize q purchase Of
IesS-thnl w a n q M q key
quality.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

N this, It's second week
Of service, the Febru-
ary Furniture Sale dis
plays its strength and its
solid capacity Of giving the
greatest amount of salts
faction to the greatest num-
Der of people that we have
ever known:
Not measuring it merely
by furniture sales held
elsewhere, In which it would
obviously be a whale among
minnows. but measuring it
fairly and squarely by pre-
vious Wanamaker Sales of
Furniture, in which, a giant
among giants, it towers
tallest.
There are more people
buying furniture In this
Sale than ever came or ever
bought in any preceding
Sale.
From far rs we'll as near,
:hey come. One fine-look-
ing suit of furniture has
% u L.lirped to Winnipeg,
ir s---~wy CarRda; another
Is now being Grated for q
long journey through the
Suez Canal to sunny Syria
They are home-makers
Of all sorts and conditions;
busy workers, leisurely ira
vellers young couples-lov-
ers or the newly married,
who must look to the fur
nishing of an entire house
or fat; older folks whose
older houses have begun to
run emptins," so to speak,
in the way of furniture,
and who desire to add
the modern touch; incur
able furniture collectors,
with whom we have a GER
tain sympathy, being incur
able furniture collectors
ourselves; and the great
army of gift-givers Ito
themselves or others)
whose sole interest is the
selection of one single piece
of furniture
And need we say that in
the entire Sale there are no
such critical purchasers as
these?
u UT this is a Sale of
ID furniture for critical
people.
Just as flimsy construc-
ton would be unthinkable
in even a plain standing
chair admitted to this Sale,
so there is nothing common
or tawdry in even the low
est-priced stock, nothing
f1ashy or ornate in the high
est-priced, to befool the
people who don't know.
Our experience is that
there are more of the don't
knows among those who
sell than among those Who
buy furniture.
Judging from what is
seen round about, the shops
in general have been slower
to learn not to offer pieces
clumsy in line or tasteless
in decoration than the pub
lie have been to appreciate
the cultural influences in
home-furnishing, ose
source and continuing sup
ply for the past thirty
years has been the Wana-
maker half-yearly Furni-
ture Sales.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

Sit right down and use a few drops OF
Corn Fix y In 10 minutes that stubborn
corn or callous which has caused you so
much agony will be gone absolutely. il you
will lust follow the simple directions.
Can you beat that for quick action
Corn Fix contains no ether, collodion
or salycilic acid-nothing to eat the good
flesh and make the foot sore. You don't
have to soak or cook the feet night after
night. Its all over In few minutes.
There is no mystery about Corn Fix.
It's q sensible remedy that works--thats
all. If your dealer cannot supply you send
US 35c in stamps and We will mail you
bottle direct.
To fix cold in "a hours. and 70 safe
guard yourself against the FLU" use
Laxative COLD FIX TABLETS, made from
an old fashioned formula and hard TO
beat The formula is printed on every
box. Docs not contain any quinine. ei
large 25c box today and keep them handy
for an emergency. dose in time might
save you nine" Your money back il either
one fails 10 help you. CORN FIX CO, Inc.
Newark. y. J.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12
If You Had to Spend % Years
of Your Life in Bed

the bedroom furnure-its appearance and its service
would of considerable importance, would it nos7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-12

fFifth and sixth F1ocrsb