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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-30
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright. 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New YORK City.
ASK YOURSELF.

Are your Housekeeping methods up TO
par? Or are you content with certain old
time unprogressive methods that almost
every one else has discarded? Or have you
slipped back into careless ways In your
work YOU would not have countenanced
five or ten years ago!
Look to the drain of your ice box. Are
YOU content to have the melted ice drip in
toa pan that has to be emptied every night
and morning at the expense, annually, of
possibly hours of time whereas the cost
of drain that would take care of this for
you would be but slightY
How does your back yard look? Have
you the right sort of garbage and other
refuse containers, fitted with tight covers
that cannot be removed by prowling dogs
and cats? Have you q suitable place be-
side your back door to keep these contain
ers SO that they are not an eye sore and a
menace to your health!
Just for little matter-have you a
suitable arrangement for keeping matches
beside your stove-one that Is safe and
convenient, with handy contalner for
burnt matches as wellY
Have you the right place to keep your
brooms2 Even if you have no broom closet
you can arrange place somewhere, where
your broom may be hung, thus preserv-
ing the proper shape Of the broom.
Have you a satisfactory method for
making coffee? is coffee at ssour house
really good? Is it good all the time or
only occasionally? Have you ever given
the subject enough attention so that you
know just how much coffee and how much
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-30
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape-

Us fellows was setting on my frunt steps
and Sid Hunt sed, Hay, has enybody got
a rubber band? Wich Ed Wernick took
a lot Of all sorts of things out of bis pockit
inclooding rubber band, saying, Do
YOU wunt TO keep it or do you Jest wunt
the lend of it?
wunt to keep it, sed Sid Hunt, and
Ed Wernick stuck it back In his pockit
agen, saying, That's diffrent, / thawt
you Jest wunted the lend of it.
G, Ed you certeny keep buntch of
things in your poclzits, sed Puds Sim
kins. Wich he does, having reputation
for it, and Ed sed, bet there amt eny-
thing eny of you can ask me for that /
amt got in my pockits, or sumthing like
it.
G, fellows, that's a bet, go ahed and
asked him for things, Illbe the empire,
sed. Wich the fellows started to do, Puds
Simlins saying, Hay, Ed, have you got a
top off of a empty sassperiller bottle on
you?
got sumthipg like it, heers cork,
sed Ed Wernick Wich he pulled one out,
and sed, Sure, that's like It, g, ahed iel-
lows, keep on asking him for things, I'm
the empire.
Have you got lump of sugar on you,
Ed? sed Sid Hunt, and Ed sed, Sure.
And be pulled one out still pritty eileen
looking and Skinny Martin sed, You
amt got door knob on you, have you,
Ed2
Sumthing like it, sed Ed. And he pulled
out iron hinge partly rusty and partly
not, me saying, That's like it, that's like
it, hinge terms wen you open door and
so does door nob that's like it.
The heck it is, the doose it is, nuthing
doing, no sir, watts you think we are
you're heck of empire. Who ever sed
a hinge was like door nob? No sir, like
fun it is, that's fearse decision, who ever
sed you was empire? all the fellows sed
And we madefsutch fearse noise argewing
that pop looked out the window and ma
came to the frlInt door and we all had to
get off the steps.
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hind the hill Oh, dear, why did bloom
50 latc7 No one viii look at me or csrr
whether | am here or not.
The pretty flower nodded and twisted
on its tall stem and then all at once II
saw it WAS growing BESIDE the WI dow
of house.
There is nothing TO look at out here,
it said, 'I'll turn my face to the window
and peep in, though | am sure there viii
be little use in bothering to do that, for
no doubt the house is empty"
But because it was lonely and sad in
the deserted garden the pretty little
flower slowly turned its bright face to
the window pane, where it reached Just
above the sill.
'eTap. tap, tap" it touched the pane
as the bright, warm sun shone around
il into the room, and on a little cot q
child laughed and stopped its moans od
pain.
girl. God has sent a bright, pretty flower
to me after all the Others have gone TO
bed. 1t is nodding good morning TO me at
the window"
All dav the pretty flower looked In
at the window at the sick child, and every
time the pain made it cry, tap, tap, tap, .
went the little mower on the pane, ana tne
sick child would forget its suffering and
smile.
But at last the sun went to bed be-
hind the hills and the chilly air fell on
the pretty flower, making it shiver.
"Ah, | was too latep' 1t sighed again.
Tonight Jack Frost will touch me with
bis long, frosty finger and In the morning
| shall be withered and still.
While the flower was signing over its
sad lot it felt itself being carefully cover
ed, and the chill air fell upon it no more.
When the sun shone WARM upon the
garden the next morning the pretty
flower showed its face fresh and bright,
and again the little girl on the other side
of the window smiled when it tapped upon
the pane.
For many days the pretty flower bloom
ed in the deserted garden unmindful of
its surroundings, for it was helping the
sick child TO forget its suffering
Then one day the flower went to sleep,
but as it closed its petals it softly said,
81 was not too late after all, for have
helped some one In the world little, and
the glory of one good deed In short life
is better than long life of selishness. "
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-30
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By Laura A. kirkmAn.
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S
AFTERNOON NAP

So often / am asked whether or not |
believe in an afternoon nap for the house
keeper. And ! always answer most en-
phatically that do.
Then ensues an argument. "Well
what is one 10 do if one simply can't go
20 sleep?" some housekeepers demand
II have tried it and failed again and
again" To which / reply that habit,
like Jonah's gourd, does not grow over
night. One must keep at it for weeks and
weeks, if necessary. And sooner or later
one-yes, anyone, will form the habit of
dropping off TO sleep for an hour, or a
haE-hour, every afternoon, and reap the
excellent benefits Of that habit
"But i haven't time, is another arglI-
ment frequently put forth. ''If / sleep
every afternoon, when will / ever make
calls on my friends or have a moment for
enjoyment. My life would be all house
work and sleepp'
To this objection / reply: 'fWork on
schedule. See TO it that your housework
is done on time, so that at o'clock the
dishes of your midday meal are washed
regularly and you will be free to lie down
tlll o'clock. Nobody goes calling before
o'clock, and as for pleasure-why can't
you indulge in that from o'clock to
and in the evening?"-
And then when / get all through
arguing, ] say TO myself: "Oh, what's the
use Of arguing about it, anyway. The
afternoon nap is very real necessity in
the life Of the housekeeper; one shouldn't
have to argue about necessity"
The sanitariums all over this country
would not be as full as they are if every
woman took an afternoon nap as matter
Of course. Many of the patients in these
Institutions are taking only the "Rest
CureY-which consists mainly In getting
enough sleepl
Did you End many Iousekeepers st
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embroidered, which forms
a fascinating feature OF
some of the more exclusive
models.
Embroidery and fur are
among the "musts" OF
Fashion this year, in re-
gard to wraps, and there Is
no end to the charming va
riety in which these Wan
amaker garments display
them.
The trimming furs most
favored are squirrel, bea-
yer, mole, Kolinsky, Austria
lian oppossum, lynx, nutria,
Hudson seal, (dyed musk
rat) and near seal dyed
coney).
The fur collars seem to
come deeper than ever.
Many of them form veri-
table shoulder capes when
thrown open, so that one
almost buys two wraps IN
buying one of this style.
l. MBROIDERY, in silk,
l. mostly of self-tone or
harmonizing tone, is used
lavishly and one might m
deed say marvelously, when
remembering that some of
it is clever machine work,
although on the finer wraps
it is hand-stitching, some
times combined cunningly
with chenille, often inter-
spersed with exquisite en-
broidery in gold or silver
thread, or both.
The ''shoemaker's" or
"cable" stitching is one of
the very new features, and
is most effective.
The seasons colors are
Zanzibar brown, wood :
brown, mushroom, tan,
taupe and navy blue. Some
fascinating combinations
are shown in gray squirrel
fur and navy blue.
eve are very glad to say
that we can show coats in
the good, true blues that
many women claim that
they cannot find 10 their
satisfaction elsewhere.)
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THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
BY Jessie Roberts.
Copyright. 1920. by Whccier Syndicate fncI
HURRYCALBFOR NURSES.

There has been large falling Oft in
applications for training as nurses, and
already there is fear that soon there
will not be enough nurses to meet the de-
mand.
A girl who feels the vocation for nurs-
ing should by all means devote herself
to the work IL is most beautiful and
honorable one, il ensures n woman OF tho
right timber useful and interesting life,
besides good pay. The element Of sacrifice
in it. of unsclfsh labor for the good Of
others is what recommends it most to
many women. But apparently not so
much as formerly. At any rate, the wall
goes up that the young woman Of today
is not offering herself in any large num-
bers.
Training is not the drudgery IL used TO
be. The standards Of nursing are being
raised higher every year, and the cduca-
tional requirements are greater. The
conditions in the training schools have
improved immensely TO meet this double
rise The pupil nurse isno longer required
to do the work Of char woman, as was
too much the case a short while ago. That
sort of thing is no longer tolerated IN
any decent hospital, and the girl who
finds il may leave without being blamed
for she may be sure that she will not be
given the best training in the essentials,
and that her standing viii not be the same
as though she had entered in a first class
school
The nurses work in the community
is of the greatest value, and is growing
moro useful all the time in the increasing
development of preventive medicine
The demand for nurses in this and in edu-
cational work is already very large, and
it will grow quickly. Many girls who
do not feel attracted % private nursing
or hospital work would like this newer
branch of effort and do well At IT.
Even under the new state Of Affairs
the training for nurses diploma is one
calling for discipline But the right type OF
girl viii see the necessity for this and he
glad 20 prove herself capable Of measuring
up to the standards set. Nursing if high
form of service, and to be n good nurse
q girl should feel the call Of the vocation.
She must be ready 70 sacrifice the free
and easy life Of home or college for the
more austere existence Of the student
nurse, who will eventually have To prove
fit for high ordeals But it is not easy to
over-estmate the interest Of nursing as a
profession, its dignity, its fine usefulness
1t is to be hoped that more Of our girls
will hearken 20 the call now coming from
the training schools, and offer themselves
| for this beautiful work.
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They Are Here
W1omen5 Nezc N1intev H1raps-Warm and Winsome-
14lso Smart NezO Goats for Girls, Big and Little
At WQnQmQRer'S

The range OF sizes in
these In ii TO 20 years. The
range Of prices, too, is wide.
starting with S38 for a good
silvertone, half-lined with
silk, and going 20 sl05 for
a splendid coat made Of
evora in taupe, cut with a
deep cape-efect over the
shoulders, trimmed with
handsome self stitching,
and with a band collar %
rich, deep-hued beaver.
If a girl is aged 8 % IA
years, an excellent model AZ
a moderate price is a plain
tailored coat Of navy blue
chinchiIla Of good quality,
lined throughout with
bright red flannel, and trim
med with bone buttons, s25.
Another desirable model
at s25 is a coat Of gooi
wool material in brown or
pretty blue, with collarthat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-30

1t WAS warm, sunny morning when
the last flower in n garden opened and
showed its bright face for the first time.
1t grew upon a tall stem, and as IT
looked over the bare garden it sighed
ooh, / am too late, all the other flowers
have gone TO Sleep" it SAID, "and even
the trees have lost nearly all their leaves.
'If course, | am Queen of the Gar
den. but when there is no other with
which to be compand there is no glory
IN being Queen.
''The birds are gone, the garden Is
sad looking and it is bleak and chill
| am sure when the sun goes down be-
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coats, both long and short,
and in imported and domes-
tic tweeds, and other good
woolen materials.
But whether your choice
lights upon a warm, we'll
fitting wool frieze coat with
a nearseal dyed coney)
collar at $3.50, or a superb
garment with BODY, collar
and sleeves of mole fur,
combined with lustrous
silk-and-wool duvetyne in
mole color, sumptuously
silk-lined, and costing 1868,
you are certain of receiving
good value if your coat
comes from the Women's
Fashion Salons First
Floor, CentraD at Wana-
makers.
nF course all the girls In
~ their teens, and the
mothers with 'teeners to
clothe, know that the grow
ing-up girls have a Fashion
Salon set aside exclusively
for them.
This is the Young Wom-
ems Salon Second Floor,
Chestnut).
Here, too, the most de-
lightful variety of new Win
ter coats can be found
Just the styles that the girls
want, for who would dare
to offer them any others? ?
THE very prettiest,
Smartest coat that a young
girl can wear" emphatical-
ly spoke. just a day or two
ago, one who is an authority
on fashions for youthful
femininity, 'sis a straight
line, belted, deep-collared
coat. cut narrow at the
shoulders, tailored with all
perfection of detail"
And Wanamaker's is Just
full of such coats in no end
of smart, new, stunningly
simple Winter styles; in
plain velours, silvertone We
lours, in a good range of
serviceable colors, like
browns and the most pop
ular blues-both navy and
Ming-and in warm wool
mixtures and imported
tweeds.
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W0men Get Their Fur
Coats at WanAmakerS s

that they prefer to get thousands OF
Other things here rather than elsewhere-they know
they rely absolutely upon the quality and the gen-
of the goods while to fashion and hnehess
they think that have been IN the trade so
long and have bought many things that by tins time
we must pretty nearly know our business
Among the features of Wananaker service TO you IS
the employment of the highest skill the keenest brains
the best Judgment the prooundest experience OBJ
tainable not merely in manufacturing goods for u.s. but
in selecting from these goods when manufactured the
best and finest specimens for our famous stocks.
To
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the sanitarium7" / once asked friend
who had been forced to go to such .
place for short time. .'The majority OF
them arc women who had become run
down through having TO do their own
housework," she replied. Two women
! talked with said they had had only SIX
hours sleep for five years. They had gone
there TO get "A chance to take plenty oi
rest.
did not feel that / was far wrong IN
guessing that all the other housekeepers
at that institution had been as unwlse
as the two mentioned. The lack of s';fil-
cient sleep can make a wreck OF one more
speedily than anything else.
IL can also take tho sweetness from
ones temper. I often wonder, when
hear some woman referred to as sharp
tong,led," il a lack of enough sleep is not
at the bottom of most ill-temper. ! know
from my own experience tand you,
rcader-friend, know it, tool that 1T is SO
easy to speak, the little, inpatient WORD
of annoyance when ones rest was broken
the night before-when one had about
three hours sleep instead OF seven OF
eight.
After nap in the afternoon woman
rises ms fresh and strong as she docs IN
the morning Why not, then, have two
fresh beginnings in every day instead OF oii
one long, grilling, unbroken stretchY
Ones work will be better because OF 1t,
ones looks will stay with one longer, and
ones very health may bo saved by SO
doing.
Tomorrow Discoveries.
All inquiries addressed to Miss Kirkman
in care of the Efficient Housekeeping
department will DO answered in these
columns in their turn. This requires con-
siderable time, however, owing to the
great number received. So if personal
or quicker reply is desired, a stamped and
solf-addressed envelope must be enclosed
with the question. Editor.
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w HEN you come to
w pick out your wrap
you'll observe that dolman
lines prevail, above all in
the richer garments; and
that there are delight
full deep yokes, front and
back, giving shoulder-cape
effects, and an intriguing
use of tassels and pendants
and cords, especially from
sleeves, and sometimes
from the monks hood or
Balliol hood, often richly
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water and what method Of cooking 70
adopt in order to make just the night
amount and the right strength Of coffee
for your family This will take only q
little time and thought But once worked
out il will so greatly improve the palata-
bility of breakfast at your house that it
will seem well worth while.
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Wonderfully soft, delici-
ously light and warm, are
the materials used in these
coats; silk-and-wool duve-
tyne, wool duvetyne, evora,
bolivia, velour and silver
tone.
For those In search Of
palmer coats, of the conser-
vative or the sturdy wind
and-weather type for ira
yelling, motoring and busi-
ness wear, we have an excel
lent selection in sports
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i'm the Wananaker Fur Salon
In to say that the cream OF the
fur market has been SKINNED
for you.
Neither does this always
necesgisate higher prices-for
even between two peiss made
up in identical style to sell at
identical prices, the expert
eye can often discern one skin
TO be finer than the other,
Dame Nature being no stand
ardizcr.
fGe~nud Phi
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The MezU Fur Coats
H0Ue 4rr1Ued

OF that seiective ability you
reap the advantage
The choosing is excellent in
range as well as quality, among
coats of rnarmot, natural
nuskrat, Hudson seal dyed
muskrat) and nearseai dyed
concy)-au smart IN cut, all
gloriousiy warm
Some are trimmed richly
with contrasting furs, chiefly
beaver, skunk, or squirrel,
while some are plain Prices
800 to S6@O.
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TIME first of October
means a get-ready for
Winter, to everybody
except those forehanded
folks who got ready for it
even earlier.
Do you need a new Win
ter coat7
If 80, you're as likely to
need It tomorrow as on any
day in January.
Winter-don't say 1t 80
that the weather man can
hear it-doesn't seem to be
a matter of the calendar
any more, but of the moods
and sports of some capri
cious sprite. who each day
thrusts his hand at random
into a bag of weather fix
ings and tosses us what
ever comes uppermost, be
it seasonable or unseasor-
able. wet or dry, absurdly
warm or ridiculously cold.
SO don't take down your
window-screens until GER
tain that tho CAV mosquito
has gone out of business;
But at the same time, re-
member that last Springs
coat pitted against Jack
Frost Is an unequal match,
also that II you must pro-
vide yourself or one of your
family with a new Winter
wrap. that the Wanamaker
Store is ready with its
Winter stocks. splendid,
varied and representing
the authoritatively declared
fashions for the coming
Winterl
Not Flash in the par"
STYLES, not mere "stop-gap'
stocks to keep up appear
ance until something that's
"on the way" arrives:
No, we are ready for
October, ready for you,
ready in fact, for the Win
ter, with our display of
coats and wraps.
Others indeed are "on
the way" to us-as new
garments are always on the
way to our busy Salons of
Fashion, to take the place
of those that are sold.
But today, tomorrow, any
day next week. any day
this month that you visit
us, you'll find the stocks
az complete, the values as
substantial, the fashions as
close to the minute, as
they'll be on any day in the
whole Winter season.
ITO SAY that the wraps
i are beautiful is some
thing everybody will easily
believe.
Once it would h av e
sounded like exaggeration
to say anything more of a
Winter coat than that it
was of all-wool quality, and
of good make and current
style.
Blu nowadays coats and
wraps for women are beau
tiful--and none more so
than those made for Wan
amaker's, Of the loveliest
imported and domestic ma
terials, designed in the
finest and most exclusive
workshops, tailored by the
most skilled experts In
their line.
After most half a GEN.
tury of fashions which
compelled lovely woman, in
order to keep warm and
keep in style, to button her.
self up in overcoats mighty
like her brothers, she is
now revelling again in soft,
graceful, flowing lines, eff
fects of drapery, ri C h
touches of ornament, splen-
did materials that express
rather than repress her
fe m in i n i t y and the
warmth and practically of
the garment is greater than
everl
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RaiSoate!

A. last w~ have succeed
ed In bringing in such a
fine Fail stock of wonea's
raincozrx, including those
made of the famous Eng
Hsh whipcords, gabardines
and sergcs, as We were ac-
custorncd 20 assembling
before the war.
Heretofore, 20 get the
imported materials was
"chaney-and az times i'm
possible. Now we can oEer
a fine range Of selection IN
coats, made Of beth Eng
l;sh and domestic materials.
guaranteed waterproof. in
black, navy, brown and
tan Prices $40 70 s6z. SO.
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New Packing House.

Bernard Beste will build packing
house at Liberty street and the P. & X.
railroad, to cost $4,000.
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SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. K. A. Walker.
THELAsT FLOWER IN THE GARDEN

Ccpyrirht 1919, bv tho Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New forx City
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THIS

fs the Mrsdcr oil Forio--.
With Conn With rrncn 0f
ia beauty shorn
(Ths rerv first time it ever
0us toorui)
ind Pride al c-frupled.
drd Feelings torn;
And roc shs Uorrs thGt
"Ths rsvy rezt Morn
When Winds blos1 high.
vlth tho Ram d01Cn-
pourrn,
I'll HAVE A RAIN
COAT. as sure Gs you're
born
Or else stay IN the Houss
that DGG builti"
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buttons high, stitched back.
and narrow belt with
buckle. Ii is lined through
out with silk, is warm, prac-
tical and comes in sizes 60
fit girls of 10 to l6 years.
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lsecond Floor. Chnssauts
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"Leatker Goats
Resist Ram
and Gold

to a degree that I didn't
believe in, until 7 wore one
myself through rain. sleet
and freezing weather. when
/ was in service overseas,
said a man recently.
"Now l recommend them
he earthly for motoring,
sports and bad-weather
wear"
We offer six styles In
women's leather coats, in
natural, taure, gray or
black. SIS 10 Si2S.
CFirst Floor. CentraD