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Food for the Family.

For those who cannot eat the fresh crisp cucumber they will enjoy them when cooked.
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()fAgiin!0hA)iiil n

 see, upon q printed slip. On my hotel room door, What would betde were I 10 skip Nor pay my little score. But nowhere in that quoted law, As l can see bling. I'm told to bust that meinhost's jaw When he inserts his sting. It does not say that If the food Is quite unfit to eat. l straight may trounce that robbU. good,
 With willing fists and feet It does not promise if the bed Is harder than the pave, That l may swat him OCT the head And fit him for his grave. It does not say that when the clerk Deceives me to trains. am to smash him in the smirk For being shy of brains. No. all the law is. Is to Protect the hotel man. The trav'lers rights are mighty few He's scarce an also-ran!
 The Iconoctast. He hates his way to bed at night: and at morn. he leaves the hay. He hates his way out to the world again. thinking. Whom can hate today?"
 
 UNNECESSARY ALARM Well, we've come to the end of this hog, all right" said the Cheerful Idiot.
 "What you talkin' about! We gotta lotta that hog leftp "Sure, but ain't this ham we're eating?"
 CRUELTY TO PREVENT IT.
  They say: Don't tell your troubles,' Man. You ought to see what joy 1t is To Uncle Bill and Aunt Lizann To talk about their rheumatiz!
The spectator., 1920-08-10
Where To Place Trust,

There are a lot of hypocrites. of course. But you can nearly always trust big husky who stands around uncOnsclously whistling church tunes.
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Tiff  B. GEORGE MATE

IF YOU would ms acter a tower o would. see your bly ly and surely, If y really vital. aimos back of all success began. all through thu days of your life
 Mind the trifles!
 There exists store for men thas peal to particula- has built up a ! line. Recently. tation, a young went into their ordered half T!9 salesmp be the bes
 ranted" tlf One of tl.
 The young ltsts
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Federal PrIsons.

Federal elvtl prisons nrc lecated ae Fort I.eavenworth. Kan. Atlantn, Ga-s and McNeil Island. Wash
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BEAUTY CHATS by Edna Kent Forbes

baths and exercise, complains that she feels hungry between meals. Eating little and often tends to fatten, yet when the system demands food, it Is best to give it. An apple eaten be- tween times will not hurt
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CRUELTY TO PREVENT IT.

They say: Don't tell your troubles,'
 Man.
 You ought to see what joy 1t is To Uncle Bill and Aunt Lizann To talk about their rheumatiz!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
SCHOOL CODE REPEALE r
Substitute Reported in the House by the
Committee on Education.
81 az Correspondence Of Every Evening

star Correspondence Of Every Evening
state House, Dover, April 9.-Follow-
ing Is the text of the substitute for Repre-
sentative Soper's bill repeating the School
Code and re-enacting the old school laws
reported favorably to the House by the
House committee on education:
Section !. That chapter l57, volume 80,
Laws of Delaware. be, and the same is
hereby, repealed.
Section >. That this act shall be in
force and effect on the fifteenth day of
May, A. D., 1920 at IL clock, noon
Section 8. That when this act shall be-
come effective, all the statutes of the
state of Delaware in relation to free
pubIic schools, As the same were in force
and existed on the thirteenth day of
April, a. D., 1919. are hereby re-enacted
and re-established.
Section 4. That all property and effects
of the several school districts, United
school districts, consolidated school dis
tricts or Incorporated school districts,
which have heretofore been conveyed
under the provisions of said chapter l57,
volume so, Laws of Delaware, shall, with
IN 80 days from the time, when this act
shall become effective, be re-conveyed TO
said respective districts according to the
ownership thereof and the title thereto
on said thirteenth day of April, A. D.,
1919.
Section s. That all public school
officials In office on the thirteenth day Of
April, A. D., 1919. whose terms OF office
under the schools laws IN force on said
thirteenth day of April, a. D., 1919,
would not have expired or terminated ex-
ospt as provided by said chapter l57,
volume 80, Laws OF Delaware, are hereby
remltted 70 their several offices and shall
be entitled TO demand and receive all
salaries and emoluments attached to said
Offices, and to hold their said several
Offices to the end of the term for which
they were elected or appointed.
All vacancies, whether created by
death, resignation or expiration OF term of
o.fce, happening or existing since sal1
thirteenth day of April, A. D., 1919, shall
be filled according to the provisions of the
school laws in force on and prior to said
thirteenth day Of April, 1919.
The salaries and emoluments of teach
ers in public schools under existing con-
tracts shall not be reduced by anything
herein contained.
Section 8. That from and after the
passage OF this act, none OF the school
fund or public moneys of the said State OF
Delaware, nor money derived from taxa
ton for the support of the free public
schools of said State shall be used CT ex-
pended, nor shall any debt he incurred for
the acquisition OF building sites for schools
nor for the erection or construction OF
school buildings. except as building sites
shall be purchased or buildings con-
structed by the said several school dis
tricts as the same existed on the thirteenth
day of April, A. D., 1919, and under the
provision of the statutes of the said State
then existing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By Laura A. Klrkman.

Still more letters have been received
telling OF little shortcuts and labor-savers
which my readers have discovered. and
which they wish me to pass on to other
readers through the column, in this way:
II put paper pie plates OF assorted
sizes under all the containers IN my re-
frigerator. When they get soiled from
food that has dripped or overf1owed ii is
easier to burn them than to scrape harden
ed spots from the refrigerator shelves. -
Mrs +. n.
al keep small leather-covered note
book in pocket in my handbag In which
| have written the stocking sizes, collar
sizes, etcetera, of every member OF my
family as we'll as waist measure, length of
skirt, and so forth. 1t simpli6es shopping
when one doesn't have to carry all this
data around in ones head "A. d. ID.
IL have discovered that my white silk
short waists and stockings don't yellow
" hen wash them without soap and hang
them out at night. ] take them IN as
early as possible in the morning and iron
with moderately hot iron. When they
the first water. Alice Z.
''When | have to scald milk for re-
cipe that calls for both milk and sugar,
put the sugar into the milk before scald-
ing it. There is then no danger Of the milk
sticking TO the pan or burning. p. p. l..
my two little boys do not object to
wearing patches on the seats of their
trousers If ! shape them like the rein
forced seats Of riding breeches and call
them military seats. / put two rows OF
machine stitching an eighth of an inch
apart around the edge and they look quite
tailor-made. Mother.
MY wire clothes-linc stays out in all
sorts OF weather without rusting. My
husband gives If coat of white paint
every three months and it is easily kept
clean and never marks up the clothes. -
Mrs A ID
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

Prime Rib Roast Beef, lb. b.............. 35c
Seventh and Eighth Rib Roast, lb. ...... 25c
Best Chuck Roasts of Beef, lb. ...... 22c
Neck End Chuck Roast, h. ..... zoe
Boneless Stew Beef, lb. 15c
Best Plate Beef. lb b....... 10c
Best Sirloin Steak, lb.. b............... Soc
Genuine Spring Leg of Lamb, ID. 49,. 45c
Genuine Spring Fore Quarter Lamb, Id. 2sc
Genuine Spring Stewing Lamb, lb. zoe
Choice Roasts of Veal, lb Csc and Soc
Choice Stewing Veal, lb. 15c and Zoe
Fresh Hams, City Dressed, lb. ....... BIC
Fresh Shoulders, City Dressed, lb. Csc
Fresh Pork. CITY Dressed, lb. Soc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
5000 Bags of Flour to be
Sold Tomorrow for 77c a Bag

Choice California Prunes, lb.. ..., 2
Choice California Peaches, lb. ..... 2
Choice California Apricots, lb. -. 3
Choice California Seeded Raisins, lb 2
Choice California Lima Beans, lb -. j
York State Pea Beans, lb. -. 80. i
Yellow Split Peas, ID
Red Kidney Beans, Id.
Aunt Jemima's Buckwheat Flour, two
pkgs. for ............
Armcur's Pancake Flour, two pkgs. for. 2
Large Can Solid Packed Tomatoes -. !
Early June Peas, can. .........- l
Stringless Beans, can ........... ... !
Red Ripe Cut Beets, can .......... =. /
Yellow Cling Peaches, can. ....... -. a
Armour's Helmet Baked Beans, can i
Tomato Soup, three cans for
B. T. Babbitt's Soap, three cakes for.
Rabbits Cleanser, six cans for. ..., 2
Light House Washing Powder, six pkgs. 2
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
Market Basket Specials

"All my cushion covers are fastened al
one end by snaps 30 there is no ripping or
sewing when they have to be washed
Even my bed pillows are closed by extra
snaps, set close together on the ticking -
Mrs ID. L.
81 stretch the tops Of the children's
new stockings as wide as possible and then
sew once around them on the sewing ma
chine. This prevents runners from the
pulling off of their parters. "A. ID.
IL use ribs from old umbrellas to stick
IN my flower pots to support tho plants
They don't show like sticks and are much
firmer. ."--E. l..
~ remove the dark stains in the bottom
of my water caraffe by putting potato
peelings in the water and shaking well
Glass vases can he cleaned in the same
way. Housewife.
Tomorrow-Hot Breads in the Supper
Menu.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

You cry an Every Evening want adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
Rev. Thomas o. Grouse Married.

Rev. Thomas Q. Grouse, member of the
Maryland Conference, Met hodist Pro-
testant Church and Miss Jennie Moore,
daughter of the late MIR. and Mrs. Isaac
]. Moore, of Denton, Md, were married
Wednesday at the home of the brides
brother, I. Lane Moore in Philadelphia.
Rev. L. f. Warner, president of the con-
ference, performed the ceremony. The
bride has been q worker for years in the
church at Denton of which Mr.. Grouse
has been pastor for FIVE years.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
PRICES QUOTED ON
LOCAL CURB MARKET
New Vegetables Making Appear
ancc, but High Prices
Obtain.

The following prices are quoted from
the curb market: Asparagus, so cents a
bunch; cabbage, 10 cents a pound; celery,
10, Is and 20 cents n stalk; cauliflower,
so and 40 cents head; cucumbers. 25
and 80 cents each; green peas, 80 cents a
quarter; lettuce, 10 to 25 cents a head
onions, l5 cents quart; parsnips, 25
cents a bunch; peppers, FIVE cents each;
sweet and white potatoes, 25 and 80
cents quarter; string beans, 40 cents a
quarter; spinach, 25 cents q quarter;
tomatoes, 10 to % cents box.
Apples, 20 TO IS cents a quarter; bana-
mas, 80 and 80 cents dozen; grapefruit,
10 cents and three for 25 cents; lemons,
80 cents dozen; Oranges, 80 to so cents
dozen.
Dairy store eggs, As and 81 cents q
dozen; butter, 66 and ~ cents pound.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
RECLUSE OF THE WOODS.
Slept in the Open and Took Baths in
Ponds All Winter

special Correspondence of Every Evening
Seaford. April 9.-Thomas Stanley,
who cama to this section about two wears
ago and has lived the life of recluse ever
since. was taken to Georgetown jail yes
terdav afternoon by Magistrate James X.
Phillips and Constable Frank p. Dawson.
Since coming here Stanley lived alone
IN the woods and looked weird when taken.
He had Ihiskers all over his face. not hav-
Ing been shaved for many months and his
hair hung down his neck. During his
stay here he slept out IN the open all the
time. claiming that if he slept under
roof IL would suffocate him. During the
bitter weather of the past two winters
he was never known to sleep indoors.
ilthough several farmers had offered him
the use OF their shanties.
he was seen on numerous occasions
turing the winter bathing in the branches
and was known 10 have cut holes in the
ICE 10 take bath.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
FUNERAL OF REV. II. T. QUIGG.
Many Pastors Of Wilmington Conference
Attend Services.

The funeral of Rev. Howard r. Qugg,
Pastor of Newport NJ l.. Church, who
died suddenly at the parsonage last
Sunday, was attended by number of the
Methodist ministers of the Wilmin ton
conference. Rev Frederick w. Coleman,
pastor of the Newport, II. l., NJ. r.
Church, n close friend of Rev. Quigg,
offciated, assisted by Rev. Robert Watt,
ID. d., superintendent of the Wilmington
district
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
A quartet Of ministers from tho vii

a quartet Of ministers from the VIII
mington M. T.. Conference sang several
selections. They were Rev. J. w. r. Sum-
walt, Of Grace Church, Rev. Harvey
". Ewing, Of Union Church, Rev. +. j..
Sard, of Scott, Church, Wilmington, and
Rev. J. r. Bicking, of Nazareth Church,
New Castle, sang.
John Scarborough, John Bare, James
Thompson, A. NJ. Craig, and David
Cornbrook, members Of the offcia |
board OF the Newport church.
You try an Every Evening want adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results. Proved by the salts
faction of many and will be TO you-Adv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
MARRIAGE In JAVA.
Quaint Ceremonies Which Include Gay
Professional Features.

.Javanese brides, says the Detroit News, do
NOT appear in church for the religious part OF
the marriage ceremonies, the wedding be-
inq performed between the grooms and rep
resentatives of the brides. The groom is
accompanied to the church by his future
father-in-law and a few witnesses. From
the church the young husband goes home
to complete his elaborate wedding Dress ana
later in the day appears mounting morse
led bv one of his best men and proceeds 20
the house of the bride, followed by long
procession of friends.
The bride meets her husband ON the
threshold of her house, supported on both
sides by girl friends. She advances quickly
toward the groom and stops at signal
given bv one of the best men. Tiny bags
filled with nuts are then handed to the
couple, who throw them simultaneously at
each others heads The guests watch with
great excitement and curiosity whose bag
reaches first its destination. AS a rule the
girl is less clumsy than the boy, and the
women rejoice over this sure sign of her
future influence over her husband.
When the ceremony of throwing the bags
of nuts is completed the girl drops on her
knees and washes the naked feet of her
groom from small bucket of water handed
her by girl. This act is a promise on the
girls part of complete submission to the
man The husband helps her to her feet
and conducts her to the house, where both
sit down on straw mating facing each other.
The wife then holds out in her hands
large handkerchief, into which the HUSBAND
drops a little rice, few peas and some
money as symbols of his obligations toward
her in the future.
A festival procession through the village,
headed by two monstrous figures with arms
and legs agitated by men hiding inside,
forms an important part of the marriage
ceremony in the island of Java. The music
in the procession is supplied by the gamelon,
the national orchestra consisting of drums,
bells and other noisy instruments, while an
additional noise is made by group of men
on horseback striking with all their might
on the native "angkoeng." which IS some
thing like a tambourine, made of bamboo.
The women, their hands filled with paper
birds, flowers and feather fans made of pea
cock plumes, follow on foot and are in turn
followed by the priests, solemnly singing
their prayers The bride is carried by four
men as she sits on wooden platform sur
rounded by a few girl friends. After the
procession goes around the village twice it
finally stops before the house of the groom,
and the bride is carried into the house in
the arms of her father-in-law.
The whole family then assemblies in a
circle and the young couple, bending on
their knees, kiss the feet of all the relatives.
The kissing of the feet marks the end of
the ceremony. The feast lasts late into the
| night but women and men celebrate sepa-
rately, only the young couple being allowed
to eat together.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
GREEDY MILL MEN.

New England manufacturers never cease
hammering the price of raw cotton. They
want and demand cheap cotton. They say
they cannot continue in business without
cheap cotton This story is reproduced from
the Manufacturers Record of recent date:
"Nonquitt Cotton Spinning mill di-
rectors, controlled by William Whitman
interests, recommend 100 per cent stock
dividends and increasing capitalization
of $4,8OO000. Mamemet mill, controll-
ed by same interests, proposes Sc 2-3
per cent stock dividends and also offers
to shareholders at par $3,000,0O0 new
stock, which would bring capitalization.
up to $8,O00,0 00.-Wall Street Jour
nal. Looks like these mills could have
paid a very much higher price for cot
ton and still made a profit sufficiently
large to satisfy the most avaricious
We have a banker friends who always
refers to such earnings as ungodly
profits"
These New England manufacturers are
forever growing, forever trying to pusf
down the price of cotton to the loss of the
producer Aren't they satisfied with 100
per cent dividends?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
CAsOI INE AND 10Y RIDES.

Gasoline is being consumed faster than
it is produced, according to figures just made
public This is resulting in constantly ad-
vancing price, which is predicted to reach
so cents before the summer. Fifty-cent
gas will make joy rides rather expensive,
yet it may not be obtained at that price.
Several propositions looking to restricted
use in non-essential power are under consid-
Grafton, any one of which carried into eff
feet would make joy rides as exceptional as
they were at one time during the war. A
Texas newspaper discussing the matter says
cts simply question of use and abuse, and
if there is to be use there will have to be
less extravaganza unless some other fluid
is found as a substitute" A little SOLDERING up
of the joy ride mania might be good thing
in several wavs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
Why Shouldn't They?
From the Lyons Progress.

Any town. charging newspaper special
tax ought not to have newspaper at all,
and this town doesn't do it.-Swainsboro
Forest-Blade.
Why not? Why shouldn't the newspaper
pay special tax the same as any other bust
ness institution? Time was when the news
paper, ran as it was in haphazard, unbusi-
neslsike way, taking Eaters and 'ightered
knots and such other things as the subscrib-
err couldn't sell, on subscription, was not
considered business institution but free
horse for everybody to ride. But that time
has passed into the discard along with the
free lunch at the corner saloon Today the
county newspaper is one of the leading bus
mess institutions at the county seat, rep
resenting a large investment in costly ma
chinery and requiring business ability to
operate it the same as the bank or the big
mercantile establishment. And why should
it not pay a special tax the same as the
bank or the business house?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
WITHOUT AN ISSUE.

One week from today the republican ma
tional convention will meet at Chicago SO
far as is known now it will meet without the
marty committed to a single proposition ex-
cent rejection of the league of nations,
which it cannot make an issue. 1t can re-
iterate the partyss belief in the protective
tariff point with pride" to party achieve
ments of the past and condemn the demo-
cratic party's conduct of the government
Yet one or the other or all of these Will not
present an issue that will appeal to the
people.
The fact is the republicans have been
playing politics, evidently hoping the demo-
Gratis would make some tactical blunder that
would give them advantage. Realizing that
upon them rests responsibility for rejection
of the peace treaty they hope Mr.. Wilson's
veto of the Knox peace resolution will get
the democrats in as "bad" as they are them
selves. Between the stubbornness of the
conservatives and the unreasonableness OF
the "bitter-enders" they do not see any pos
sibility of a compromise on the league OF
nations.
Yet the republican national convention
precedes the democratic, and with the con-
vention but one week away the whole coun-
try is asking the leaders of that party,
whats the issue?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
Telling Him Why.

A subscriber to the Butler (Ga.) Herald
wrote to that paper recently disseminating
his subscription because, as he put it
''your paper is always printing a lot of
news about the same people, and~I'm sick
of itp'
Whereupon the editor appointed COM
mission Consisting of himself) to "investi-
gate" the man and the reasons for the nom
appearance of his name in the local news
columns: and the Commissions" findings
were as follows:
eve searched our files, but must own
up that the only time he had ever brok-
en- into the paper was by the help of
somebody else We never mentioned
the fact that he never won any premiums
at the county fair, because he never ex-
hibted anything. We never included
his name in list of committees, be-
cause he never attended anything. We
never printed his name in the list Of do
nors to anything, because he never do
mated anything-not so much as a
doughnut."
The people whose names "are always ap-
pearing in the paper" are the people who do
things to make the town move, in business
or social life-the get-there folks that help
in every way they can to advance the best
interests of their community.
That, in brief, is the answer of the But
Ter paper to the man who stopped his paper
for the reason stated.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-06-01
UNSICHTLY VACANT LOTS.

Because of belated spring much of the
rubbish that should have been removed from
Dawson premises month ago remains, the
weather conditions having been adverse to
the success of a general cleanup effort.
Spring cleaning, outside the house, is a state
of mind. Unless the spirit of reviving ma
ture and beautifying influences abounds
there is nothing to inspire the enthusiasm
which alone makes a clean city possible. But
there are lots of property owners who
would not be inspired to clean up their
premises though celestial committee were
to inspect them.
Vacant lots are next in unsightliness to
vacant business places, the windows OF
which are filled with dusty, filthy, advertls-
ing bills. 1t is hard to decide which of the
two nuisances gives a town the most dis
reputable appearance or the most undesir-
able reputation 1t is difficult to prevent
the posting of handbills in vacant stores
and business rooms. A few complimentary
tickets overcome all adherence to a decent
looking city. But if the city council would
clean up untidy vacant lots in accordance
with the terms imposed on citizens with
civic pride there would be wonderful i'm
provement in the appearance of Dawson
and would set a good example for those
people lacking an interest in the appearance
and sanitary condition of their own prem
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