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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
AFTER INFLUENZA
The Grip, Fevers and Other Poisoning.
Frustrating Diseases.

II is absolutely necessary that the biood
be thoroughly cleanscd, germs u disease
destroyed or driven out, appetite restored
and the kidneys and liver restored 70 per
feet regular action
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been before the
people for As years as q general blood
purifying Alternative tonic medicine and
Il has gwen perfect satisfaction Men and
women whose grandrnothers gave theFn
Hoods Sarsaparilla are nov giving il to
Their own children and grandchildren with
perfect confidence. IL IL the ideal family
medicine, Tor o vide range a ailmenf
always ready, always docs 9ood - auv
season of thc year. Prepared By cducated
pharmacists Nearly - years n phs
nornenal sales tell the story. of its r.
markable merit For a mild effective
laxative. take Hoods Pillg
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
WANT SCHOOL ENLARGED.

Members of the Board Of Education
of the Caesar Rodney special school dis
Joseph II ?dell, for the purpose of seci<in
an appropriation for the enlargement
Of the school by adding four more rooms.
Members of the board present were DR.
r. r Brown, president; Gilbert Nickel,
principal Of the school, and ]. 7. Jump
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
DOG LICENSES INCREASE.
Registration Proceeding at Rate Of Abou'
Fifty Per Many Unregistered.

Although it ~ about six vecls part
the day when all dogs should have bern
registered, licenses nre being issu~d a.
the rate of nearly fifty day. License
issued up until yesterday afternoon
totalcd 2,l55; February II, 1919, the
number tOtaling 2,13I had becn izsued I
This shows - increase u 124 licensed
dogs IN Wilmington ~ date.
The total receipts from this source "
already more than 81 300, AZ the license
fee ~ 81 for male dogs and g. for female
dogs. Probably hundreds of dogs 70 un-
registered each year because they arc
puppies when the year opens and therefore
are not registered, Or becanse they escape
the vigilance of the dog catcher for
some reason.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
Valentine Party at Stanton.

Original valentines and heart hunting
were features Of the valentine social AZ
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Dickev.
at Stanton last night, when members of
St James Episcopal Church and Sunday
school were entertained. Games, dancing.
music and other entertainment was pro-
vded About sixty were nreeent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
Will Install New System.

Miss Anna NJ. O'Connor, chief clerk
for the Home Life Insurance Company
of America, at Oil Market street, this
city, has been selected by the company
to install a new system of bookkeeping
for the southern territory. Miss O'Connor
viii start in Chester for week of Feb
raarY %.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
PERSONAL.

Rev. +. N. Faulkner Of Delrnar was a
visitor in this city yesterday.
Rev T.. T.. Sterling Of Fairrnount, Va,
president Of the Salisbury district Ep-
worth League, was Wilmington visitor
Yesterday
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
Autos i'm Delaware.

Delawareans owned on December 81,
fYpes including 0i trucks These figures % r@
place the State 23d in the per capita owner
ship Of automobiles in this country.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
FRIENDS.

Friends Meetings, Fourth and Wes
streets. First-Day at II a. m, Fourth
day at 7.45 p m, joint meeting of both
branches of Friends at Tenth and HarrI-
son; First-Day school at 9.45 a. m.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14

with a dinner and vaudeville entertain
ment at the Iambros restaurant this
evening.
Meetings scheduled at Irish-American
Hall next week include those of Brick
layers Union, No. l, on Monday night
and Central Labor Union on Tuesday
night.
According to 8 summary just issued
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union
wage scales In the general trades in 1919
averaged IL per cent higher than in 1918.
and 80 per cent higher that In 1913
The regular hours of labor per week in
1919 were per cent less than in 1918.
The figures apply only to persons employ
ed at time rates and not to piece workers.
and include the bakery, building, stone,
metal, mill, woodwork and printing
trades, and chouffeurs and teamsters,
freight handlers, laundry workers, thea
tire hands and waters.
The Original Six" orchestra will appear
al the next "open house" entertainment
Of the Musicians Union at zoo French
street, rendering the same program given
by them at the 'Merry Whirl'' per-
formance at the Playhouse.
The entertainment committee of the
Musicians Union Is working hard on the
coming dance TO be held In the New
Century Building on Thursday evening
March 2 1t is hoped to make this grand
success, as the proceeds are TO be used for
entertainment purposes and mainly as
new building fund"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
George LYONS Much Improved.

George Lyons, son of Representative
William Lyons, Jr., who has been confined
to his home, 22lS Washington street, with
a severe attack of grip, is reported much
improved.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
Let the Birds Do
Your Hauling
Our Way of Handling

insures it against any ordinay in
jury. No smashing or banging al
lowed in our transfer service.
Every employe is instructed to
handle every piece with the same
care as if it were his own. Phone
us if you are going away or have
just come back and want your bag
gage quickly.
7 a. m. to 5 p. r.. ID. & A. AZ,
155.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14
TYPOG'". '".APH|CAL UNION
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
Entertainment at Lambros To-
night: Labor Meetings Seized
uled for Coming Week.

Typographical Union, No 123, will
celebrate its thirty-ninth anniversary
with a dinner and vaudeville entertain
ment at the Iambros restaurant this
evening
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14

HXIATCH Overland 4 on
w rough cobbles or un-
paved roads. The wheels fol-
low surface inequalities, but
the wonderful new Triple1
Springs give car and passen-
gers remarkable riding steadi-
ness.
The tt,ree-point diagonaIly-
attached Tnplex Springs give
130-inch Spring base to a car
of 100 inch wheeIbase.
This makes for the gently
buoyant road action ola large,
heavy car with the operating
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14

economy and convenience of
handling Of a scientifically de-
signed Light car.
Tnpiex Springs also mean
care-free maintenance, SO per-
fectly do they protect the
delicate parts Of the car from
Dad strain.
Auto-Lite starting and
lighting, door opening cur
tains and dash light give but
a hint Of the completeness and
quality which characterize
everything about Overland 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
LUKE McLUKE SAYS

Another nice thing about prohibition is; that it keeps man at home and gives him more time to fight with his wife.
 Last Winter Friend Wife hollered until she got a straw hat. Now we sup lose she'll start hollering for felt hat for summer. /
 When moving wan backs up against house it means that none of ths women in the neighborhood is going to get any work done for an hour or two. K Love is what makes you think you are stealing a kiss when it is being forced on you.
 It must be pretty tough to have 46- inch tank sticking put in front of your tc put in it.
 married woman gets so doggons tired of sticking around the house that she actually enjoys going to funeral Any time you hear a girl knock knee skirts the betting is that she is built that way.
 man selects the front row on the aisle when he goes to the theatre. But he selects the back row on the aisle when he goes to church. A girl doesn't care much how she looks when her own brother is around But it is different when some other girls brother is around.
 No married man was never so hen pecked that he didn't believe that he could cut the household expensess in half if he could stay home and atte37 to things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20


 ments will be observed with interest b, philosophers.
 New York World The sudden flare-ur all over the country of popular discon tent with the high cost of clothing i, a remarkable and significant thing. Fron Tampa to Texas and from Connecticut to Oklahoma. overall clubs'' spring int. existence almost hourly and with an en thusiastic membership indicating tha1 the economical movement, hardly yet a week old, will soon become a powerful concerted force against profiteering Il IS all as speedy as a switchmen's strik and more impressive than that or anJ other labor demonstration as being spontaneous rising of an oppressed ana unorganized public against extortion..
 The finder was there ready for th| spark and the result has a suggestiv| bearing on all phases of the artificiallJ inflated cost of living. Blue Ssans mal become dearer because of the unusual de mand, but the prices of other clothini must inevitably come down, which l the end sought. And it is by simila| measures of individual action that thl excessive prices of other necessities maj be deflated
 The remedy is not in prosecuting . 'fe1 profiteers through the department of jus tice. It rests in the hands of the peoplI for them to apply. They have the powe| and, as the overall club idea show] the resolution, when aroused. to regulat| prices by regulating consumption. an| they can cheapen the cost of any ar| ticle they set out 10 cheapen, from shoe| to sugar. of which in their self-indul gence they consume twice as much d they need. And as' respects curbing th| cost of living, does not a saving whicI benefits every home do as much to thal end as the unfulfilled hope of seeing profiteering dealer in jail?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20

ter of fact, 1t has been a good many years since the army accepted recruits Of this class; it never did so know ingly, And the bulk of the men in our
 regular army were and are decent. self-respecting individuals, no better and no worse than the average mann In the street.
 It is to be regretted if Congress aids in throwback to pre-war standards in the treatment of men of the regular army. The house committees "eco- nomicaP action in excluding from
 bonus benefits men of the regular army Is class legislation of the rawest sort It is hard to escape the belief that the statesmen were influenced by the consideration that the men of the regular army are comparatively few in number and that they do not east a vote.
 ! During the days of demobilization 1t was the men of the fegular army who obtained least consideration. By war department ruling. men of the| regular army who had enlisted priorI to April ?, 1917. were held in service| long after the last drafted soldier was discharged. Old soldiers of the regu lar army, who had been furloughed to| the reserve and recalled to service on| the reserve clause of their enlistment contracts, are only now being allowed to take up civil pursuits again. ManJ of these men had married after com pleting their periods of active serviceI and their dependents suffered actua
 need by reason of their retention in| service. But they were obscure menI few in number and without politiga influence, and the result was that their| necessities received slight consideral tion. It now appears likely that they| are not to receive even the partia compensation that bonus would brine|
 them for financial losses due to pro longed service. Action based upon considerations o} ordinary justice might aid recruitin greatly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20

From the Kansas City Star.
 G1T1 HE war department for some
 months has been conducting
 an interesting recruiting cam paign for the purpose of inducing young men to join the regular army. Much has been written of "the univer- sity in khaki," and the advantages. mental. moral and physical, to be gained by Joining our peace time mili- tary establishment
 The action of the house committee in excluding from the benefits of the proposed wartime bonus men of the regular army strikes a ringNnote. Disgruntling the question of whether Tn additional bonus is necessary or wise. if bonus is to be paid there Is no reason why soldiers of the regulaf army should not share in 1t on equal terms with national guard or national army soldiers who served during the war
 The war department was at some pains during the war to emphasize the
 ~-~~ -@~ ''fAO VOkC tHo country s uniform were entitled to equal honor, whether they volunteered or entered service via their local draft boards. The other end of the proposition seems equally applicable. Why penalize the man who volunteered and happened to choose the regular army? Isn't he entitled to equal honor-and. incl centally, equal compensa ton?
 It is a fact which reflects no credit upon us as Americans that prior to the great war there was a tendency to sheer at the man who wore soldiers s uniform. He was an ''undesirable"; and most of the good citizens who care lessly classified him in that category never took the trouble to find uot whether he was desirable or not. Mu- ricipal judges suspended sentence upon petty criminals on condition that thev join the army. And doubtless these Judicial gentlemen were foremost in lamenting the low caliber of the per- sonnel of the regular army As a mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20

Wilson were holding daily confer ences in Paris America was very much Gin the picture" Now we are almost as much out of it as if we had never sent a single soldier to Europe, or struck a blow on land or sea against Prussian autocracy.
 The supreme council is said to feel that the absence of the United States is "but temporary" What man knows when or how we will re- sume our appointed place on which we have turned our backs? We ought to be taking an active part in those deliberations at San Reno. We should have much to say about the treatment to be given the Turks, the disposal of Constantinople, policing the Dardanelles, the fate of Armenia and what steps are to be taken to force Germany to abide by the terms of the treaty of Versailles.
 It is humiliating to reflect that a nation capable of so much disinter- ested work for humanity, so rich and powerful, and with such a clear con- science as regards our past relations with the suffering people of Europe stands idly by while the problems which we helped to create and which we were pledged to aid in solving are discussed by the supreme coun- cil, of which there is now no Amer ican member.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
DR. BARNUM,s SPRING TONIC

From the Sun and New York Herald.
 Are you inclined to take yourself and the universe too seriously? Do you see red spots before you in the landscape. Does news of the outlaw strike derange your alimentary tract? Can you never succeed in forgetting your last income tax report and your next rent day?
 For all these symptoms of the fa- miliar springtime debility we prescribe neither sulphur and molasses nor their rlodern. equivalent, psychoanalysis. We prescribe. with full recognition of our grave responsibility, the circus.
 There are two ways of taking the circus. For the ordinary case of de- pression, when the symptoms are nei- ther deep seated nor chronic, 1t is often sufficient merely to organize a. grown-up evening party and go to the circus as to any tAeatre for what is merely particularly enthralling evening of entertainment. But this is to miss large slice of the best effects to be had and for all serious cases, children's party Is indicated. Children are fortunately not diff ficult to find for this purpose. The ordinary nephew or niece will do nice- ly and the child of plain friend is just as efficacious.
 Of course your own swans are bet ter than any one else's ducklings. but if you have not had the foresight to equip yourself with home- grown chill dren. temporary adoption offers so- iution almost as satisfactory. Suit yourself as to sex and sweeten with candy to taste. Peanuts are recom- mended as an antidote to formallty. l We have seldom seen case where enc such treatment did not effect a complete and instant cure. The red spots fade out, you crunch your land
 lord under your heel like a peanut she'll the universe sits up and barks happily. Above all. you see complete | ly how silly it is to worry about lit-
 tie passing details like strikes and
 revolutions when only a few years
 hence these same clean and wise souls
 that yoa went to the circus with and that grown-ups have taught you to
 look down upon and call children, will
 come along and take charge of things 1 and make the world all over again far
 more intelligently than we could ever dream of doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
rhre,r Matchl on Rags

Fire caused from match thrown into pile of old rags filled the build ,rg with smoke and caused consider able excitement at the Sommer Tailor ing Company, 1914 First avenue, late yesterday afternoon.
 Chief Middleton said that when he arrived upon the scene he found pile of old rags burning on top of a goods box in the rear of the store. He beat the fire with his gloves till it was cmothered. Later, he said, upon in- vestigation he found the burned stub ct a match beside the ashes.
 Chief Middleton stated that this was the third fire, all getting their start in the same manner. in the rear of the building, to occur during the past year and half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20

A school teacher who gave up a job paying S15.A week entered vaudeville where she is now receiving SIP wccR and no longer wonders where she's going to get the money to pay for her laun- dry.
 The Atlanta Constitution wants the Hon. Hoko Smith to answer yes or no" to certain questions. Surely it would not deny politician the time honored privilege of beating around the bush7
 The Boston Transcript recommends the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to stu dents of English composition. To the verse florist Coleridges masterpiece is a piffling poem. A film star whom Ziegfield called "The most beautiful blond since Venus" is quoted as saying women are taking off too much. If she's as beautiful as Flor eng says she is, she should worry about the exposure. l Anybody who can tell offhand how | many revolutions have occurred in Mex ico since the fall of Porfirio Diazl needn't [ bother about taking lessons from a cor respondence school of memory. # # x 1 Forty thousand walters on strike in Berlin" Dreadful to think about, but how much worse it would be if those N,O 900 walters were 10000 bartenders! 1 # F # 'sThe Candidates Are Out' Is the title of poem in the New York Times. True enough. but few of them are willing to say how much.
 1 A Mrs. Lively had quite lively tilt fin l a New York court over her rent, but the judge was rather brisk himself. He ordered her to pay, up and get out | q Y ~ | Although indicted for murder, Lloyd George, like the whiskered person over in Holland, will never be brought to trial
 l If a republican is elected president and the thirteen-year locust visits us at the same time, the south will be justified in wearing crepe.
 It Is taking about s1S,Oo000O a day to run this country and judging from much of the talk one hears. we are running it on the rocks.
 1 x * #
 The outlaw" strike has petered aut There are times when America looks Hike stony soil for radicalism.
 # # x i There are at least 57 more exhaustins lwaysfof spending a warm afternoon than attending 8 ball game.
 New Workers never realize how easy lit is to go "out of town" by going straight up until there is a strike of ele' vator operators.
 # # #
 "overalls are marching on," says the lchicago News. Now for a little calico!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
Conservative Policy
 of Steel Corporation

WHENs s t1 Chairman rnn'1.i El9srt H. Gar, Gary Corporation informed the stockhold- CTS at the annual meeting yesterday that the corporation was holding down the prices of it's products because of the high cost of living, men of good judgment realized at once that the right course was being pursued.
 Spectators in the common stock were disappointed that an extra divi- dend was not declared, but Judge Gary stressed the importance of con- serving the cash surplus. He spoke optimistically, as usual, and with his characteristic wisdom.
 To bring down the cost of living is proving to be slow and difficult problem, but the corporations policy lo OilS O1 tIlc ways tildC VIII tCil oOOit~ CT or later. Judge Gary said:
 It seems to us the problem of
 hig cost of living is of convincing
 importance. When the increasing
 tendency is to insist upon pay
 ment of unreasonable sums for
 every commodity and for every serv-
 ice, so that the vicious whirl of ad-
 vancement seems to be intending,
 we think there is moral obliga-
 tion on the part of every one to
 use all reasonable efforts to check
 this carnival of greed and impo-
 sltion, even at some sacrifice
 Fhe properties of the corporation are being operated satisfactorily, and production is reaching a great volume, but the net return is "at least mod crate"
 Judge Gary reviewed the steel strike of last year and announced that the corporation would continue to maintain the open shop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
Crop Acreage in the
 South Much Reduced

M CCORDING to reports from / N southern states, acreage of early planted crops is much reduced. The farmers are being urged by the soil improvement committee not to sacrifice the preparation of the soil for acreage, "for the reason that un- der boil weevil conditions, cotton must be produced by more intensive culture"
 A note of warning is being sounded against slipshod soil preparations; against breaking the clay lands while they are tooswet. It is further urged that the weather handicap be over come by making such acres as can be properly prepared to yield more per acre.
 Such advice has been stressed time and again by the leading farmers of Alabama. The committees report closes thus:
 At this time last year vigorous campaign was being waged by the American Cotton Association to re- duce the cotton acreage. The weather has relieved the association of the task this year. The important thing now, according to the soil improve ment committee, is for the farmer to keep from reckless soil preparation, and to intensity his activities on we'll prepared land"
 Sweden's refusal to. surrender pr.
 Kapp. who came over from Berlin in an airplane when the German capital got too. hot to hold him. does not necessarily
 mean that Sweden admires Dr Kapp
 more than Holland admires William Ho-
 henzollern or the impossible Frederick William
 * < t It is charged against the esteemed plumbers of Birmingham that work done | in 1914 in six days at s6 a day now re- auires Il days at SIP day. This is leav- ing out of consideration the fact that the nerves of practically all plumbers suffered during the war. thus unfitting them for their arduous duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-20
Reverse English

Edgar Dearborn, a returned soldier, who was here yesterday, was much amused by efforts on the part of some Of his friends in trying to locate some near beer. He said:
 Ut does seem odd that in England and France and other European coun- tries. they keep wine, cognac. beer and other things in the sideboard, in the kitchen, in the cellar and everywhere else in the house. serve them at every meal to men, women and children, and then go to barrooms for tea and cof- fee.'