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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Laura A. Klrkman.
ANSWERED LETTERS.


"Auntic. My little niece has birth
day coming soon and ] am helping her
mother TO plpn the party. Thought II
would be nice to bastc pictures Of animals
around the hem of the tablecloth on which
the refreshments are served, do YOU think
paper animals would do for this purpose
apd where could | get such animalsl we
are going TO let the little ones blow soap
bubbles on the lawn and would be glad of
any suggestions from you IN regard to TINS
feature"
Answer. can purchase nursery
cretonnes" nowadays which are covered
with Mother Goose pictures Qncluding
anmals) and If were you / would buy
about three quarters of yard OF this,
cut out the pictures, and decorate my
table cloth with these. ] would suggest
you turn the birthday party into n
hGood Times" party If you wish to intro
duce soap-bubble feniure-tbat IL, IN.
vte the little girls To come in aprons and
the little boys to come in overalls. Have
the invitations made of note paper cut
in the shape of aprons and overalls.
Otherwise the children may ruin their
every best" clothes.
Wife-Nurse. My husband has high
blood pressure and the doctor has for
Could YOU give me the recipe for vege-
table cream soups and a recipe for egg
less gems made with BRAN
Answer making such soups |
advise the use of canned cream or milk
(evaporated), as this is thicker than the
fresh and makes better cream soup.
With a little experimenting any woman
can learn 60 make good cream soup out
of y can of this milk or cream, little
seasoning, and "a can of any kind of
vegetable preferred Tor an equal amount
of the fresh vegetablesl. Here are two
recipes calling for fresh vegetables which
YOU will find excellent :
Cream Potato Soup Pare and alice
three large potatoes and | good-sized
onion: let them simmer for or hours
in hot, salted water 10 cover. then add u
can Of cream and let il merely come 20
boil before serving do not strain. Add
no thickening agent
Tomato Cream Soup ~ Boil 2 tomatoes
with pinch of soda IN little hot, salted
water until soft. then turn y can of cream
into the saucepan, lot come again % the
boiling point, and serve without strnining
Eggl cas- Bran Gems cup -four, | cup
bran. 4 teaspoons baking powder, table
spoon sugar, 4 teaspoon salt, teaspoon
Ulplitti tfNtiFFt anu : tdb HIM tsiti tt'
baking powder with the -four, stir in the
salt and sugar and mix with the bran.
Add the other ingredients and turn into
gem tins Bake IN q moderate oven
a Troubled Housewife - lot my
clothes stand day over ironing day and
find that few pieces have become
mildewed What shall ! do 20 remove
these stains7'
Answer Sometimes the stains can be
removed if they are covered with lemon
juice and placed in the sun. Again they
yield to soap jelly mixed with pulverized
chalk and exposed to sunlight But when
all other means have failed, Javelle water
will often take them out Nhis can be
bought at any drug Etorel. Although
sometimes nothing viii remove midew.
Tomorrow The Weekly Canning
Article.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
Don't Spoil Your Hair
By Washing 1t

When you wash your hair, be careful
what you use. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alksli, which
is very injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the halr brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsifed Co
coanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap and
beats anything else all to pieces. You
can get this at any drug store, and a
few ounces will last the whole family
Tor months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in; about teaspoonful is all
that is required. 1t makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and
easy to handle. Besides, it Ioosens and
takes out every particle of dust, dirt and
dandruf.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

Women who have become devoted
70 border effects realize that nothluj
is better suited TO such forms of dec
oratfon than taffeta. This model
dark blue has the skirt ornament.
with a design that may be easil,
reproduced because the stitches 70
auired for it's development are tho
simplest IN needlework-darnin and
outline. The simple blouse has Q
round neck. finished with a batists
frill, and short sleeves. Medium size
requires 4a yards 40-inch material
Pictorial Review Blouse No. s70a
6i2es, "a to "A inches bust. Price, 20
cents. Skirt No. 1924. Sizes. ~ to
36 inches waist Price, 20 cents. Em,
broidery No. 1858. Transfer blue
or yellow, furnishing two yards q
Aa-inch border so cents.
Crosby d Hin Company areisole agency
OF Pictorial Review Patterns. Whining
ton't leading store for silk, wash goods anc
woolen dress goods. 605-07-09 Marke
gtreet--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape-
THE ARTIFICIAL ORFIN
A Play

Scene Boy setting on his frunt steps
wishing he was milboDalr
Boy 1t must be CRATE to have all
the money you wunt Id be satisfied
II only had half as mutch as / wunt.
G.. | know wat. Ill pertend I'm a orfin.
Everybody gives money to orhns, aDd
pritty soon Ill have 30 mutch Ill have
some TO give to other people if ! like
their looks. Heer comes a man now
Hay mister, I'm orfin, would YOU mind
giving me some money to keep me frum
being quite so poor?
Ferst man. Don't you see I'm carry
ing these packidges?
Scene, another man starting to go
past.
Boy. I'm a orfin, mister, and / amt
got eny father or mother to give me
money. Would you please mind giving
me some?
2nd man. This is my bizsy day. Wy
dident you ask me yestidday?
Ack 3
Scene, another man starting to 20
past.
Boy. Have you got eny change, mis-
ter? If so I'm a orfin and Id be ony too
glad to have it.
3rd man. Come with me.
Boy. Hay, leeve me alone. Who are
you?
3rd man. I'm the president Of orfn
asylum and we jest happin to need some
orfins. i'll leave you go agen Wen you're
81
Boy. Mamal Papa
3rd man. You amt got eny.
The end
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

4 s an exhibition of
~ woodcraft and up
\ holstery work, this
Furniture Sale. ushered in
by the month of August. is
something unique, some
thing everybody with a
home interest should see.
It brings together in un-
paralleled choice and as
semblage the finest and
most meritorious types of
furniture produced in
America.
And America today holds
a foremost place in furni-
ture-making.
We have as much furni-
ture here as we have ever
had to put into a sale.
And every piece, from
the least-priced to the high
est-priced, is of the kind
which characterizes all
Wanamaker Furniture
Sales; the only kind that
we will permit to be seen or
sold in any Wanamaker
Furniture Sale;
And that is, the best
kind that money can buy in
this country or any other.
The magnitude of the
stock dndzes Everybody.
Nine acres of rpheut stag
gers no ones mind to think
of, but nine acres of fur
niture is different.
"Of course" say those
who have already seen the
furniture, 1--WE knew you
would do a big thing, you
always do a big thing; but
with raw material at a pre-
MUM, production running
a low pnlse, we never
dreamed of your getting
together such a mighty
collection !"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

A ND yet those who say
4 \ this haven't seen our
vast reserve stocks. which.
are packed into the ware
houses.
There is nearly twice as
much furniture there as is
displayed on our floors to-
day-can you think of
seventeen or eighteen more
acres of furniture?
If you think that reserve
furniture won't be needed,
just linger a while on the
Fifth, Sixth or Seventh
Floors. and try to count
sold" tags, or watch the
furniture move off the
floors, on its way to the
comfortable, representa-
tive American homes to
which it will add new touch
es of comfort and beauty.
Or hearken to the voices
around you;
One saying, in decided
accents: "I'll take that"
Another-a youthful one
giving an address in
tones that can't suppress a
gurgle of delight; Zone
doesn't buy furniture every
day.;
Other addresses and in
structions for shipment
being given to right of you
and to left of you;
One bright-eyed, determ-
ined little lady Pumping
herself down in a fine up
holstered chair so that
there will be no doubt as to
who has been the fortunate
person to secure it;
And one slow, dispas-
sicnate voice saying:
"Oh, we won't do as well
anywhere else. Better take
this at once, dear, since you
like it so much"
Now that the Sale has
fully started, the doors of
those warehouses will open
promptly enough, to let the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

M IND, they arr not Tho
N noisiest price-stdte-
ments that can be made.
Advertising space costs
the same, whether you
state that a certain Queen
Jane suit, or buffet of The
Jim Crack period, is re-
duced 100 per cent below
wholesale, or whether you
cell the truth about it
n was n witty lrishman
who, when the controversy
in the corner drug store
ragged around the nuthen
ticity Of a certain viii. r.
marked, quietly. that
pen an paper refWpes
nalCthin'. whiH fhCrc'g n
strong hand behind p
guide EN-
But a Wanamaker Sale
tag showing a reduction
price has for many years
enjoyed the same respect
from the public on account
Of its genuineness az has
Wanamaker furniture
just as we never present
stained brentwood az West
Indian mahogany. We never
tie a price-tag on a piecs of
Sale furniture that doesn't
tell as true a story of the
old price as Of the new one
The reductions IN this
Sale arc genuine IN them
seiDes, and they ars foiyi1
distributed.
They UnvU from 10 per
cent 10 50 per cent beioU
regular. and ne tell you
frankly not TO expect fbe
30 per CENTS 10 be IN the
majority.
10 Ia all Of Il furniture q
the sort that sells brssklv
at regular prices.
AT Sale prices any piece
of it Is a windfall. for 10
must De remembered that
there is not a piece of fur
niture Of inferior or even
ordinary make in this
whole nine-scre garden Of
furniture.
WE restrict ourselves
w to furniture Of the
finest kind. not merely on
principle. but in simple self
protection.
The sample suits an Il
pieces on the floor are a
marvellous sight for any
body. Both the range and
variety of stocks, and the
choice Of low-priced. medi-
um-priced and very fine
furniture, are as nearly
perfect in balance as IL Is
possible 20 make them.
The complete suits for
dining-rooms and bedrooms
are a refreshment D look
at. They present all that
is cleverest in modem cab
network. with all that is
best in the classic designs
of the old-time master
craftsman.
The Fifth Floor is magni-
ficent in its show Of living
room, drawing-room. hall
and library furniture, and
of novelty and occasional
pieces. Il is sumptuous in
its collection Of upholstered
pieces.
The exquisite designs.
and color finishes with hand
decoration, shown in the
enameled breakfast-room
suits, must be seen 70 be ap-
preciated.
The collection Of wicker
and summer furniture on
the Seventh Floor will
show some home-rnakers
how their own porch or
bungalow living-room can
be made more charming
than plenty of the palaces
they have visited when
abroad.
Whether as purchaser or
onlooker, you lCill De most
icetcorle ~ this opening
0eek Of the Sale or lt ann
time later; but please re-
member that on SATURDAY
the Store i0ill be cloged an
dag.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

Looking for place to live? Read the
real estate ads. in the classified ad. section.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03
Starting the Famous
AUGUST Sale of Furniture
At Wununlukers
With the Largest Stocks of Furniture O1vned BIZ
Any Retail Store in the Country-Priced
at Savings of 10 to 50 Per Cent

new. excellent furniture Of
all kinds for all rooms
stream out toward tn g
floors of the Store, in re-
placement Of the new, ex-
cellent furniture streaming
out toward the homes
nNLY so large a furni-
~ ture stock could sat
isfy the needs of so many
homes as now wait on the
opportunities Of the Wan
amaker famous Furniture
Sale for August.
II Ia not only the homes
of Philadelphia, nor the
homes of Pennsylvania,
rapidly although these are
increasing as the population
gains.
But all over this bread
land Of America. there
seems to be no city go
proud. no village so small.
no State so distant, that
Wanamaker furniture ser
vice isn't needed there.
Otherwise, why should
folks come here from there
to buy7
And mark youl only so
large stock can satisfy
the individual purchaser on
the two points essential in
furniture service: the high
est qualities that are made
and the lowest prices that
can be made.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-03

/ 4: q
L -
An August Sale of
Rugs
Real Opportunities!
IL VERY rug is perfect,
r. almost every rug is
new, each of the most
desirable and substantial
wesves of its kind (it pays
neither US nor you to buy
any others) and every price
Is from 10 TO 30 per cent
below regular.
In quantities and in COM
prehensiveness also IL is an
unusual sale.
Fine Persian Pieces
in room sizes are abundant.
Saruks are priced Ss3s TO
si475: Kermanshshs, $3.50 to
1929; Scraps, s73s 20
$500.
Then there are small Ori-
entail rugs, glowing beauty
bits; KAYAKS, (priees s97.7s
to si7o) and Shirvans, Dag
hcstsns and Cabestans, $50
to $3.50.
ROOm-Size Domestic
Rugs
in full choice of standard
makes and handsome pat
terms, and in room sizes, in
clude:
High Grade WiItons
Sl@3.so to si45
Wool Wiitons
$3.50 and $3.50
Administer Rugs
s4s.so to Sos.So
Velvet Rugs
$3.50
Royal Smyrna Rugs
(reUersible)
$3.50 to sI27.so |
Heauy Japanese
Rush Rugs.
Groom sixes) sls.7S and
S1o.7S
japanese Stral0 Rugs
small sizes starting az
CSC, larger sizes. 34.7s |
70 $3.50
tsevenfh Floor, Chsstnat)
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
Buy Real
Estate Now
SEATTLE TO PROPOSE
REALTY LICENSE Law

HcensinT .cf real estate brokers.
with a view 10 stsbiiizing the real
estate profession and eliminating ire
sponsible dealers. IL now beinss adyo-
Gated by the Interstate Realty Asso-
citation of Seattle. The Real Estate
Board OF New Yo-'C tried without sue
cess To have a license law passed In
that state, and probably will renew
Its efforts at the regular session Of
the Legislature.
. SeattIs's proposed license law pro
yides that all real estate dealers who
sell the property OF others for pront
shall be- licensed by the state. To Sc
cure a license II will be necessary for
4 dealer TO obtain the signatures OF
ten freeholders as an Endorsement Of
his personal character. No suit for
commission will be recognized In
court In which the piaintin 10 I'M
licensed. The dealer must maintain
an office and there display bis license
conspicuously. He must also take
out q personal surety bond OF $1,000.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
LEMON IMPORTS HURT
CALIFORNIA GROWERS

BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 1.-THE
American dollar which on
account OF Its high rating is OF great
err proportionate value away from
home than here, Is doing harm to
the exporter. according to Dean Wal
ter Milford, OF the University of
California College of Agriculture.
Dean Milford says:
Lemon growers OF California must
find some way to overcome the
handicap OF the exchange rate. AL
though the selling cost this year was
kept down TO the remarkably low
figure OF 2.0I per cent OF the deliver
ed value. California lemons cost the
growers not less than SO a box, while
Imported lemons were selling at an
average Of $2.33 per box. With the
present exchange rate the foreign
lemon grower can exchange S2.33 for
a much larger sum in his own coun-
try.
There are several ways In which
the citrus industry of California may
be protected. A protective tariff, suf-
ficient to meet the difference In the
freign cost Of production Is likely to
be applied. California lemon grow
ers will continue to produce high
quality Of fruit and keep down the
cost of production as much as pos
sible through the best cultural prac-
tees"
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
ELEVEN REALTY DEALS
BY SHANNON &LUCH

Eleven transfers Of real estate are
reported from the office OF shannon
4 Luchs during the past week and are
herewith listed: es1
George a. Brown purchased from
John Il. Lord the two-story brick
dwelling. 2l3l l. street northwest
Thrift Il. Elgin became the new
owner OF the two-story brick dwelling
ii23. Allison street. title TO the prop
erty being transferred from Mary A
Dodge. IL 10 understood that Mr.. Eiy In
will occupy this house. 81. q
Mrs. Bessie Woolf Reed purchased
from shannon & Luchs 1915 webster
street northwest The property IL q
new house built during the summer
and contains eight rooms and two
baths. 1t 10 located on a lot 20 feet
front by I25 feet deep.
Lottis a. Foss purchased from Mrs.
Alice Zinkhsn the 'eleyen-room brick
dwelling. 1897 Tenth street northwest
II is understood that the new owner
will occupy the property.
The residence 1880 Park road was
transferred from Nina n. Evans to lola
and Anna Wilson. This property con-
tsins nine rooms and two baths and is
thoroughly modern. II was purchased
with the intention of immediate occu-
pancy
Vivian l.. and Lillian Lane transfer
10 Homer Runkel the detached bunga-
low. 2411 Twelfth street northeast. the
new owner Immediately occupying the
property.
J. ID. Bailey purchased from Terence
Fegan the two-story. six-room brick
dwelling. 1872 G. street northeast.
The two-story, six-room brick dwell
a.. - tai -n- Otis sfrfef
northwest, was sold by Harry s. Jones
to John w. Fowler. who will occupy
the premises.
Biagia Vagnoni purchased from Su-
san l.. Law and James Walters the
property at 3O5 Rock Creek Church
road. This Is a new two-story. six
room brick dwelling OF modern con-
struction and appointments. 1t Is I'M
derstood II will be occupied by the
purchaser.
Mrs. Ella Wunder sold to Il. Lee
Noble 104 Garrison road. Clarendon.
Va. The property is an attractive
dwelling of frame construction located
on a large lot which has been made
particularly noticeable by artistic
paintings and shrubbery.
Charles J. LanEmeade bought
from Shannon & Luchs the property
known as S14-16 Ninth street north
west. This IL In q section where val
ues have steadily advanced for a num-
Der OF years, because of the class of
business development. The lot is 22.5
feet frontage by 1O3 feet deep to a
wide aIIey. Mr.. Langmeade. 1t Is I'M
derstood, has made contracts for the
remodeling of the property, after
which it will be held as an invest
ment.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
S0RORTTIES MUST SIGN
PLEDGE AGAINST SKINNY

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-'This is TO GER
tify that during the dance just nm
ished. ] saw no shimmying. cheek-to-
check dancing, or any other objection
able feature"
The foregoing pledge. hereafter,
will have to be- forthcoming at the
end OF every sorority dance at North
western University. Miss Mary Ross
Potter, dean of women, issued the
order.
Every dance" Dean Potter's order
reads, given by sorority on the
campus in the future must be attended
by an alumnec of the sorority under
whose auspices the affair Is held As
chaperon she will sign tho written
pledge at the end of the dance signl-
flying the absence of Objectionable
features.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
LARGEST FARM coLoHIzeO.

with the colonization or Sutter
Basin, Sacramento. Cal, now In prog
ress. comes the breaking up OF prob
ably the largest diversified farm In
the world. While IL Is admitted that
there are many specially farms. such
as wheat farms and cattle rsnges,
larger than the 10000 acres which
comprise Suffer Basin. travellers de-
clare that they have never seen any
ing in diversified farms that com
pares with Suffer Basin In size.
The rich soil OF this great tract
has yielded a remarkable variety of
crops. some OF Its greatest products
being potatoes, barley. rice. beans
asparagus and corn. Hogs, sheep,
and turkeys were also raised In great
numbers on this tract
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
'SKYscRAPERS' FOR MADRID.

Builders in Madrid, Spain, plan to
copy American construction methods
in an effort to relieve the housing
shortage in the Spanish capital.
private concern has acquired a great
tract of land in tho northern section,
adjacent to the suburb of Cuatro
Caminos. and has begun building
what for Madrid are skyscrapers,
group OF ten-story apartment houses.
Each Of the proposed buildings will
contain 400 flats and forty stores.
The development Is to be ope OF the
most modern In the city. Engineers
are engaged in laying out boule L.
ward through the center OF the tract
a half-mile long and 100 feet in width,
with two carriage why's and a central
promenade lined with trees.
The Washington times., 1920-12-11
Old World History Is
Repeated in Present
Day Realty Problems

fulrlled the customary condltlohs OF
his tenure.
perhaps nowhere else1in the world
has custom had so much innuehc"
upon the rights OF tenants In prevent
ing summary evictions and securins
fair rents as IN Ireland and Scotland.
Under the English system, writes
shaw-Lefevre in Agrarian Tenures'
tenants held as a rule on yearly ten
ancies, but they have confidence IN
the long practice and ira
ditions OF the estate, and in the honor
and good faith OF the owner. They
know that they will be allowed 70 re-
main as tenants as long as they DO
iustice TO the land. and that on quit
ting their farms they Will be treated
with every consideration
"O'Brien declares that in England
the tenant farmer was encouraged 10
improve his land. knowing that 1t
the expiration OF his lease he would
be granted a renewal at a reasonable
rent; but in ireland the tenant knew
that the only consequences or improv-
ing his land would be that In a Few
years some poor wretch without capi-
tai or resources would be tempted to
bid some utterly exorbitant> sum for
lease of it,
.aThe report OF 1920 on the causes OF
Protestant emigration from Ulster
states that the agents of absentee
landlords habitually let the lands by
auction to the highest bidder. They
turned tenants out of their holdings
without compensation for improve
menta and let the farms to new ten
ants on short leases and at rack rents.
Field quotes as follows from the re-
monstrance sent by the Northern
Protestants to the government In
1772:
"'When the tenants lease was end
ed 1.-THE landlords] published in the
newspapers that such a parcel of land
was to be let. and that proposals in
writing would be received for IL.
They invited every covetous, envious
and malicious personnel offer for his
neighbours possessions and improve
ments. The tenant, knowing he must
be the highest bidder or turn out ne
knew not whittier. would offer more
than the value. If he complained to
the landlord that it was too dear, the
landlord answered that he knew 1t
country, the tenant must make up the
deficiency by his own industry
RENT sPECULATORs IN IRELAND.
Lord Donegal. in -1112. demanded
100000 in fines for the renewal of a
number of leases which terminated at
the same time. the tenants, being I'M
able to pay these large amounts Of
fered the interest on them in addition
to the old rent. The offer was refused,
and some Spectators paid the fines
and took the lands over the heads OF
the tenants. with view to making
money by subletting. Another large
proprietor followed the example.
Some six or seven thousand families
were. in consequence, turned out of
their holdings. which their labor and
that of their fathers had reclaimed
and made valuable. Those who could
emigrated to America. Those who
were too poor to emigrate remained
10 increase the discomfort, which so
often burst forth in terrible crime.
As Peep-o-Day boys. they invaded
the homes of the intruders who had