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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
PRESS COMMENTS.
IS DANCING A MENACE3

The Rev. John Roach Straton, pas
tor of one of the leading Baptist churches
OF New York City, bitterly denounced the
dance in general III his sermon last Sunday
and strongly urged that prohibition"
be extended to include dancing in all
forms. The doctor first took up the
claim of the National Association OF
Dancing Teachers that they were going
to purify" the dance and in vigorous
language declared that the task is inn
possible on the same grounds that "you
cannot purify polecat."
In his sermon the clergyman showed
an astounding familiarity with the
nomenclature of the modern dance,
embracing as it does much Of the terminol-
ogy of natural history, combined with
some geography, a bit of the Language
OF the flowers" and some unciassified,
the whole resulting in an almost unin-
telligible hodgepodge. But when the
of the church and AS propitiatory
move to the Methodists, who in the
discipline of the church have always
forbidden the dance, proposed to name
q new dance the Wesleyan" the clergy
man let loose the vials of his wrath.
He feels that the time for the twenty
first amendment is hard upon us. That
the doctor is not deficient in imagina-
ton is shown by the suggestion which
he made that the Wesleyan Wiggle'
would soon, in his opinion, be followed
by "Tbe Episcopal Embrace" ''The
Congregational Canter," ''The Pres
byterian Promenade" and "The John
the Baptist Bounce"
However, the doctor is unduly dis
tressed. There was probably lack
of good taste in the suggestion to name
dance after one of the founders of
the Methodist Church and it is true
that abuse of the dance has had certain
bad results, as has the abuse of every
other activity in the world; but there
is little likelihood that the dance will
ever become serious menace to public
morality. Dancing, like roller skating
and other similar social exercises, runs
in cycles: and the present one IS now
nearing it's end The advent of pro-
hibition did more to take the curse from
really harmful dancing environment than
could any number of laws against the
dance itself AS the aftermath of the
war subsidies and people regain that
mental and spiritual poise which was so
badly upset by the Great War, the
dancing evil" in so far as it exists,
viii correct itself.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

do not live on a government reservation
and have no regular agreement or treaty.
with the government. They are very
peaccable, however.
q. Whar ~ petroleum engineer A. W.
a. a petroleum engineer ~ n zsol0gef
specially vcrtcd IN the origin and oc,7Ir-
tencc Of petroleum and familiar with the
methods of determining by field exam.-
nation places where drilling is likely 4,
result IN the production Of petroleum.
q. II there a difference between rncfe,rs
and shooting stars2 What become N
themY VI. j. N.
A. According 10 the late Prdeuor
Newton there ~ no definite line ~ dps-
tinction between the meteors and shoot
ing start. II a meteor passes completely
through the atmosphere and reaches he
surface Of the earth u then tecous-,
known az mcteorite. Particles a matte
thought To have their origin In diain,e-
grated comets, and moving around ihe
sun in orbits of their own are known a.
meteors. The energy a their motion n
suddenly converted INTO heat On imtast
with the atmosphere. As n general rule,
this speedily vaporizes their entire sub.
stance, the exterior being brushed 81 bv
the air az soon az melted. often leaving 4
visible trail in the sky. Few, n any meters
appear at greater heights than 100 niles,
and few below 30 miles.
q. What does tbe word Chautaucua
mean? r. s. H.
a. This is a Seneca Indian word mean
ing literally Zone has taken out fsh there"
q. Do Canada and the United State
coin gold dollars? &. ".
A. Neither Canada nor The United
States coin gold dollars AZ the present
q. Who was the father ~ history
NJ. O..
A. Cicero gave this title ~ Hcrodo,us.
the Greek historian, who lived more than
400 years u. &.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Mr.. William A. Connor, for years cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
Philadelphia, has resigned to accept an
important appointment under thesmunici-
pal administration, and Mr.. John Ret
finger has been appointed to succeed him.
Mr.. Connor's departure from the position
in newspaper work which he filed so ably
and acceptably will be regretted by all the
papers on the circuit over which be had
charge, for they ever found in him
friendly and efficient coadiutor in the
daily work of handling the admirable
service of the Associated Press
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

According to Senator Hi" Johnson,
Harding is against the League of Nations
According to former Attorney-General
Wickersham, after an interview with the
candidate, Harding is favorable to the
League of Nations. According to Harding
himself, no one knows where he stands.
So it is very much like 'Iyou pays your
money and you takes your choice"
especially as to "pays your moneyp'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

The participation Of women in the
voting may have decided sartorial eff
feet upon elections. The women, of
course, will array themselves most at
tractively for their visits to the voting
places, while the men, especially the young
gallants, surely will clothe themselves in
the ir best.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Reports from Maine, where an i'm
portant State election will be held next
Tuesday, say that about 24,000 women
have registered. How they will vote is the
problem that is causing the politicians Of
that State the'keenest anxiety. For there
is no doubt the trend Of this large army Of
women voters will determine the result
of the contest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Obregon has been elected President Of
Mexico, and the country is unusually
quiet at this time. 1t is hoped this quietude
is not ominous, but rather indicates dis
position on the part of the Mexican people
to settle down to peaceful administra-
ton, with full attention to practical busi-
ness, rather than indulgence in disturb
ing and costly revolutions.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
Disfiguring Growths of
Hair Entirely Removed

If you are afflicted with growth of
superfiuous hair, go 10 your druggist al
once, get a stick of phelactine follow the
ATTEST surprise of your life With your
own eyes you will sec the hair come out
your skin smooth and hairless as a babes.
Phelactine is not to be compared with
the usual depiiatory or electrical methods.
IL is new aud different. 1t is oduriess,
non Irritating, and 50 harmless q child
co uld safely eat it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Comment has been made at the failure,
thus far, of the Republican National Com
mittee to call upon Senator Newberry Of
Michigan for services as campaign
speaker He should be enlisted In the
work, by all means, and Delaware might
be a very congenial State for bus labors in
behalf Of the q. q. p.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Bayard Legion.

Bayard Legion.
Phoenix Fire Co.
Mt. Calvary Club.
Board of Education.
Democratic League.
Washington Fire Co.
Sumner Post, G.. A. r.
Apollo Castle, f. G.. Z.
Painters and Decorators.
North End Athletic Club.
Delaware Lodge, S. of III.
Delrnaryia Union, B. L. P.
Antietam Temple, O. L. A.
Washington Lodge, X. OF P.
Appomattox Camp, s. of II.
Fidelity Lodge, A. O. Z. ".
Brownson Library Association.
Harmony Cou ii, L. f. of A.
Brandywine Lodge, |. o. O. f.
Minqua Tribe, Impd O. r. NJ.
Beta Tent, No. 2, X. o. I. NJ
Blue Rock Council, l. o. r. c.
Bricklayers' international Union.
St. Benedict's Beneficial Society.
Wilmington Council, 0. L. A. NJ.
Lady Miller Lodge, No. 6, S. of B.
Diamond Council, Jr. o. L. A. NJ.
Christine Encampment, |. o. Q. f.
Delaware Conclave, H. or s. ". NJ.
Wilmington Aerie, No. IA, T. 0. Z.
Delaware Council, No. l, A. 0. S. E.
Ushers' Union, Union NJ. Z. Church.
Eleventh Ward Democratic League.
B. Nj. & p. |. (Bricklayers' Union.)
VIM. Mckinley Circle, No. 3, IL. or
Hopockohacking Tribe, Imp'd O. r. \
Benevolent Pioneer Literary Association
VII. Il Brandywine Council, Q. U. A. \
Wilmington Nest, No. 1895, Order of Owl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
At Lasti Oh. Joyi Al Lastl

Our city Of Wilmington, State Of Della
ware, and the city Of Reading, State Of
Pennsylvania, have long been good neigh
bors and friendly rivals, ever since they
were joined, away back in the late sixties,
by n continuous line Of railroad-thc Will
mington 4 Reading, later the Wilmington
& Northern. and now part Of the Phila-
delphia & Reading system. And during all
this period of neighborly relations and
friendly rivalry, Reading held her head
little higher in the air than we could hold
ours, because she had the lead in popula-
ton. Anxiously, decade after decade, our
people awaited the detailed returns of the
census, only to be disappointed, as Read
ing invariably maintained the lead by afcw
thousands. The figures of the 1910 CEN
sus were: Reading, 96,07l; Wilmington,
S7,411.
Last year hopes were raised in the
breasts of loyal Wilmingtonians by the
placing of both cities on an equality as to
population in the statistical estimates
presented by various almanac publica-
tions, 115,O0O each. This inspired our
people with the firm confidence that the
official census of this year would place our
city in the lead. And in the lead it now
proudly stands, the announced figures
being.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
EVENING SMILE.
WHAT ALODGER DOES.

An American once asked a LoDdoner
what lodger was, anyway. The bondoner
answered:
"a lodger is q chap who maintains
an irnpecunious family IN affifience. He
provides his landlady with tea and
sugar, and his landlord with tobacco
and whisky. He furnishes the domestic
cat with fish, cold meat, sardlnes and
fruit.
'qHe saves the son of the house from
the Necessity of buying cigarettes, ties,
gloves, shaving soap, and tooth paste,
and he supplies the daughter with sta
tionery, brilliantine, vanishing cream and
shoe polish.
'fHe pays the electric light bin for
the whole family and keeps the cstab-
lishment in coal. Such is the lodger."
she-'How do you mean she is burn
ing the candle at both ends?" He --"She
is running her empowered car on divi-
dends she expects from her wildcat oil
stocks"
Mrs. Fusscr-fT'm having trouble
with the cook, Algernon." Mr.. Fusser-
Anything can do?" Mrs Fusser-"Cer-
tainIy. Write the Department Of Labor
to send on a conciliator without delay. -
Buffalo Express.
tDo you believe in womnn's suffrage
in politics7" DO n / can't go to the
ward meeting today, because I've got or
ders to stay at home and take up the
carpets. Baltimore American.
The Soubrette- to wed that
guy or leave him go an then sue him for
breach Of prom ise?" The Show Giri-'I
think I'll marry him. Boston Globe.
"Why arr you studying those snails
so intently?" Scientific research.
'Huh?" 'I didn't think there could be
anything slower than that horse I bet
on yesterday. Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
BY Walt Mason.
OIL.

| know a dozen men who'ye won
snug fortunes by the route of oil, and
their financial cares are done, they
do not have to spin or toll. They
ride around in limousines, in all the
pomp men could desire, and care
no hoot how many beans it takes to
buy a arubber tire. And when l see
them In their pride, my own sad
outlook makes me blue; l have a
yearning pain inside-I'll go and
buy some oil stock, too. Then | re-
member countless gents who tackled
oil and hoped they'd win, and now
they haven't forty cents to buy q
stein of prohib gin. | see them
sleeping in the park, on benches
eomfortless and bare, and when
they wake some leaves and bark
will be their breakfast bill of fare.
Where one oil magnate lives In state,
and has nine banks on which to
draw, thousand losers rail at fate
and say thee ought to be law.
And SO | buy no oil well stock, nor
heed prospectuses sublime; along my
humble way | walk, and save
quarter at time.
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
Wilmington---110,16S.
Reading--1O7,784.

Not much of lead, it is true, but
sufficient We now have the proud salts
faction of standing ahead of our Berks
county neighbor in respect Of population.
Still. we of Wilmington are not entirely
satisfied We are compelled to remain be-
hind Trenton, N. j.. with 1929 ac-
cording to this years census, and Camden,
N. j., with ll6, 800. This is a ''fly in the
ointment"
However, we are hopeful that ten years
hence Wilmington will lead these other
two friendly municipal competitors, not
only as to population, but in various other
reSnectS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

Detective Sergeant Benson Hor,~.
Sergeant OF Detectives Robert J. Ben
son, who has been AZ Atlantic City, ~ J.
with Mrs. Benson, has returned and -
sumed his duties AZ the detectivs bureau
odav.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

The Soubrette- to wed that
guy or leave HIM go an then sue him for
breach Of prom ise?" The Show Giri--'I
think III marry him. boston Globe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08
RIPPLING RHYMES.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-08

She-sHow do yon mean i, she II burn
ing the candle at both ends9" He --eShe
IS running her high-powered car on divi-
dends she expects from her wildcat oil
stocks"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-16

turned away because he came in the
then new-fangled pantaloons rather
than in proper knee breaches and silk
stockings.
Although Jim Monroe, as he was
Familiarity called, was the last Presi-
dent to cling to the ancient knee
breeches, cockade and sword. he was
as plain and easy as an old shoe.
When newly arrived European dip
lomat saw bald-headed, watery-eyed
man in striped seersucker coat, a
dirty waistcoat spotted with ink and
with slippers down at the heel writing
at White House desk, he wondered
that the President would have such a
slovenly clerk until he was dumb
founded to find that he was in the
presence of the President himself
In the six years that remained to
Monroe after retiring from the Presi-
dency, he set himself, as an ex-Presi-
dent. a high standard of conduct.
Having received the supreme. honor
at the hands of all the people, he felt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-16
Manufacturers May
Face Shortage If the
Strike Continues

Richmond will experience a short
age of steel and other products used
by manufacturers if the conditions
caused by the rair>tieup are not allie
waited within 10 days, observers pre-
dict. A food shortage may also oc-
cur, although Friday only shortage
of potatoes and smoked meat from
Chicago is apparent. At present no
Richmond factory is shut down or
even running at reduced production.
Automobile factories in other towns
are forced to curtail production.
Neither Richmond concern reports an
abatement, however. The motors
used are being received regularly and
cars are being delivered by the rail
roads for shipments south and west.
No cars are being sent to eastern
seaboard points, however.
Two Biggest Are "Fixed"
The A. S. NJ. and the Starr Piano
company, Richmond's two largest con-
Germs, are reported by officials to be
well fixed" Coal is plentiful. A
slight shortage of sheet steel is said
to exist at the A. S. M. Materials
used in the manufacture of records
are being received every day at the
Starr Piano company, but not guam
titles large enough to meet demands.
The Richmond freight agents re-
port they are delivering more cars
to manufacturers than last week, but
these are known as locals" or cars
to be shipped to points near Rich
mond not affected by the rail tieup
These cars are being accepted for
shipment only on the railroads that
supply the cars. No shipments are
being accepted for connecting lines
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(By Associated Press)

CINCINNATI. O., April 1s-Receipts
Cattle 100; hogs 600; sheep 10.
Cattle - Market strong; butchers
steers, good to choice. ST.. 0@13.50;
fair to good, $9.00@10.5O; common to
fair, $7.O0@9.50; heifers, fair to good,
$9.00@10.50; common to fair, $4,000
800; cows, good to choice, $4,000
$1,000; fair to good, ss.00@950; cut
tiers. s6.000750; Gamers, $4.50@5.00;
stock steers, $7.50@11.O0; stock heif-
ers. $6.50@S.50; stock COWS, $1,000
$500; bulls steady, bologna, $4,000
$1,000; fat bulls, $10.00@11.00; mich
cows, steady at $50 to 1925; calves,
strong and 81 higher; extra, $4,000
1900; fair to good, $10.00@14OO; com.
mon and large, $6.00@9.0O.
Hogs-Strong. soc higher; heavies
$16.00@17.00; good to choice packers
and butchers, $17.00@17.50; medium.
$3.50; stays, $S.OO@9.O0; common to
choice heavy fat sows, $9.00@12.50;
light shippers, $15.5O@16.OO; pigs, 10
pounds and less, $10.00@13O0.
Sheep - Strong; good to choice
lights, $11.O0@13.OO; fair to good,
$s.O0@11.00; common to fair, $4,000
700; bucks, $4.00@9.00; lambs, strong
good to choice $19.00@20.00; seconds,
$15.00@17.G0; fair to good, $4,000
$500; common skips, $11.O0@14.00;
chopped lambs, $9.OO@17.00; sheared
sheep, $3.0O@1O.OO; spring lambs,
$20.00@25.OO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-16
FRUIT & VEGETABLES

Beets. sc buncch; leaf lettuce, soc
lb.; head lettuce, trimmed, soc h.;
dry onions, 10c h.: parsley, 15c
bunch; green mangoes, &c each; gar
lie, 75c h.: new cabbage, 10c h.; eel
cry 10c to zoe bunch; spinach zoe to
25c h.; sweet potatoes, 10c h.; ruta-
bagas, sc h.; Spanish onions, 15c lbs;
shallotts, 10c bunch; white radishes,
SC bunch; red radishes, 15c bunch;
Brussels sprouts, 40c quart; cauliflow-
er, zoe to 30c h.; cucumbers, 35c
each; Irish potatoes, 10c h., $500
per bu.; green peas, soc h.; pars-
nips, 8 lbs. for 25c; onion sets, white
or yellow, 15c h.; ripe tomatoes, ESQ
ID.
Eggs, Acc to 43c dozen: creamery
butter. 75c to 7Sc h.; country butter,
Csc lb.; turkeys, Csc h.; chickens, Csc.
Fruits.
Bananas, IL to 1910 h.; lemons,
40c dozen; walnuts. 10c h.; apples,
Toe h.; grape fruit, sc to 10c each; Or
anges, 60c to l5c doz.; tangerines, Coo
doz.; strawberries, 60c quart; rhu-
barb, soc h.; pears, sc each; large
eating apples, SC and 10c each; pine
apples, soc each; cocoanut, Csc each.
Produce, Buying.
Country butter, soc to soc lb.; eggs,
35c dozen; old chickens, soc lb,; fry
ing chickens. SOC lb.; turkeys. 45c lib.
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PAGE ELEVEN

that his name belonged to them. and
he refused to lend 1t to any candidate
or any party. EF% = is ssss.g.
Unhappily the country. was not so
scrupulous in keeping its obligations
to him and neglected to pay q simple
debt that It honestly owed. He had
left the White House with hardly
dollar and without a ribbon - with
nothing to show for life spent wholly
in the service Of the country save the
badge of an honorable poverty and the
Hessian bullet, which he carried In
his shoulder through the half century
since the battle Of Trenton. Ae
Feeble and alone after the death
Of his wife, Monroe sold Oak Hill. his
Virginia farm, in the closing months
Of his life. With the feelings of an
exile, the last of the Virginians left
his native state to live with a son-in-
law in New York City. where he died
on July 4, 1881, the third President to
pass out on the birthday of the re-
nnhIfc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-16
1S17-James Monroe, inaugurated
fifth President, Aged Sd.
1s31-JuIy q, Died in New York,
Aged 70.

which was of little use to Spain, but
of much use to the United States, was
bought over the counter in 1920,
peaceable conquest that ranks second
only to the Louisiana Purchase. BY
a civil notice to the Old World, in
1928, the whole New World was SCI
aside under the Monroe Doctrine as
an immense preserve of international
peace. By give-and-take in the Mis-
souri, Compromise of 1920, North and
South we're bound together anew
though with false ties. Those four
acts of constructive craftsmanship,
to the credit of Monroe's administra-
ton, cannot be matched by any other
presidency.
Monroe's two terms cover what is
known as "the era of good feelings
The old Federalist party having given
up the ghost, he succeeded to the
presidency as the last Of the Virginia
dynasty almost as easily as an heir
apparent receives the crown of his
father With the exception Of Wash
ington, he is the only President who
has been unopposed at the polls, and
his second election would have been
entirely unanimous had not a New
Hampshire elector cast one dissenting
ballot.
Yet that EZRA of good feeling" really
was filled with many bitter feelings
aroused by personal ambitions and the
uuarrels of factions. But Monroe
formed one of the strongest cabinets
in history, and, with John Quincy Ad-
ans, VIM. H. Crawford, John c. Cal
houn and William Writ among its
members, he succeeded in reconciling
to his administration the most diverg.
ent elements. In his desire for har-
mony, he would also have included
Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson, but
they declined.
One day the British Minister glared
across the White House dinner table
and shouted to the French Minister.
Are you biting your nails at me, sir?''
The Frenchman responded by drawing
his sword and the two diplomats
rushed at each other. But as they
were about to clash, the President
drew his own sword between them and
stopped the fight.
That little incident gives US pic
ture of the spirit of Monroe and his
administration. While he was in the
White House, men and factions had to
leave their quarrels at the door.
The quiet, modest President was
not so successful in keeping the pea &c
among the women Of the official
circle, and their disputes over social
rank and precedence brewed many
squalls about his b ~. Having been
with her husband at the Courts OF
Paris and London, Mrs. Monroe and
her daughter - the schoolmate OF
Queen Hortense-were accused of put
ting on semi-royal airs. 1t was held
. to be beneath their Presidential dig
/ nifty to return calls, to permit guests
+ to sit in the presence of the Presi
dents wife or to receive any one not
in ceremonial dress. One poor re
lation of Mrs. Monroe actually was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-16
Tube Through Tho Earth

Recently. at a meeting Of some
prominent men in England, the ques
ton of sinking a shaft into the earth
to depth of IL to 30 miles. as a pos
sible new source of power was dis
cussed. The cost OF sinking such a
shaft to II miles would be at least
$2OO00,00O and would take about s.
years to complete, this being about
10 times the depth of any shaft in
existence.
The greatest problem to be reck
oned with would be that of heat, il
beirg definitely known that the tenn
peraLure rises one degree to every
20 feet of descent. During the first
two or three miles the waste matter
could be hoisted to the surface by
means of a cable, but beyond this
depth cables of the best steel would
break under their own weight.
Although engineers could doubtless
tackle this tremendous task. the prob
lens involved would be of quite a
novel and difficult nature.