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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
Tomorrow Answered Letters
LETTERS OF TESSIE AND JOE

Dear joe:
I'm real provoked at the baby Joe
OF course | realize he's only few months
old and few months don't amount TO
dropped bucket in a lifetime, but still at
the same time everything goes by COM
parlson and If other babies ms age can
come across with teeth | don't see any
necessity for him holding back on US,
was out wheeling him today and Mrs.
Brennan came along wheeling her baby
] tried TO rub the cold shoulder past her,
because ! told YOU her baby had tooth
not long ago and Mrs. 3. never loses an
opportunity TO throw 1T IN my face II
i'd of known what know now I'd taken
the law into my own hands and de-
liberatelv crossed over To the other side
of the street
To descend To details. the Brennans
baby has it's second tooth already! Can
YOU imagine that. Joe and it WASH
scarcely week ago that II had ITS first
Hardly decent | call il Well Of course
Mrs i. crowded over it like hen crow
ing over an egg, and had 70 stand there
ike bumped log and take il
We'll well. Mrs Pick, my baby's got
Two 10 Your baby's none she says
That makes twice a. many or 200 pei
cent she says
I'm not Interested in prohteenng
figures Mrs Brennan, says slighnngly
and passed OH as if she was the weed.
under my feet
At the same time. Joe, ] was really put
out with Baby for placing me in such &
belittling position OF course don
suppose IT'S hardly right 70 accuse hin
Of doing it on purpose, but then hoy
do we know he's not holding his teetf
back BY an effort Of the will? He's 1
strong minded baby. as you'd soon agree
# You once heard him cry for half al
hour without once coming up for breati
in spite Of all obstacles 70 stop him.
always invariably tell him when he erie
that il forces hlm to look like your sid
Of the family, but even that has no effect
50 ] guess you know he's strong minded
Well, love Iessle
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
"Ive improved 80" Myra gave as

"Ive improved so Myra gave 40
an explanation.
Il should think Won would be spoiled,
he observed, wandering about the fooih'
smoking as he SO often did All these
rich friends oi your cousin r sperd money
on YOU, YOU 20 TO the best restaurants hnd
wear n lot o. expensive clothes
But | ! ave the incest times when we
stay home here or when we 90 to cheap
little movies. Myra answered pattirg
the couch near her as AN invitation Tor
him 90 SIT down
And when he sat down. he usually
kissed her or held her hand. lnn had
lorg since overcome any pangs ol con-
science about this At first he thought
that he wronged Ruth when he put hs
arms around Myra, but 80 does habit
accustom III to everything that ~ q few
weeks hc had lost all such ideas'
but these carosscs, TO which she yield
ed readily. were MI that Nyra was able 70
accomplish She wanted t. make Tim love
her. and while hc cnlled her sweet llttle
names ma he pcttcd her. she could not
make him snv thpt The more hc resisted
her, the more intensely she wanted hts
love
In a month or SO. sentimental Myfh
had fully persuaded herself TINT she
was mndlv IN love with Tim Sh' forgot
her real Indifference of the previous s'itn-
mcr forgot that Ruth was III love "lth
him. forgot that he was IN love Win
Ruth MS she we'll knew She forgot every
thing except the feet that Tim kissed her
and put his arms around her IN matter
of Tact way but that he would not say
he loved her
Thus night she felt something little
! softer IN his manner Tim was lonely
and homcsick TINT night, and womanhke
/ she knew he wns nt his weakcat " he put
nm arm around her waist. -he dropped
! her head on his shoulder and nestled
| clos, to him
She was warm and young, and very
/ lovely IN the soft lnmplight Tim kissed
her again and AGAIN And looking dowf
~ her. her long lashcd gray eyes "a neai
his. hc SAW the bars suddenly nn hel
checks
Nh, wh, what is Il dear h'
asked. overwhelmed b, the sight 81 thr
distnsa
No nothing. only love tou g
much. she gulprd letting TIE tear
flow aud yon don love me Non onl'
But 10 dear. TO- Tim rried,
holding her tightly
Tomorrow Conscience
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
By Jessie Roberts.
wright. 1920. hy Wheeler Syndicate. fno
ENII.Rl,It'Nf les.


pcaplc are measured hy m emergency.
Thle il as true ia business rs u ie ~ ~" rest
of hfc
II ID the sudden. unexpected thing that
may give vmi tho opportunity you need
"a show von are better than your Ioh
70 meet tho unexpected with deciaipu and
efficiency Is a elan II the leader rather
than the follower. and Il is leaders that
ARE wanted IN the world The stage is a
constant witness "a thie fact Some girl
who has hcen gong along entirely IN
noticed gets chance throught the sud
len lIness ~ another person N tie cast
II she can seIre II she ~ mado she may
not to- able t. keep the special part. tut
II she has shown that she il capable of
first class work. she will soon be dong
sprh work NianX a chorus grl haR be-
come a principal in show because she
has snatchcd AZ the emergency Of the
moment caused by anothcrs illness, hy
tin between that other and the stage
manager. or tn the luck ~ having bit
of song or dance 70 do that she can uso
ta reveal her hitherto hidden ability
But - hc ready 10 meet An emergency,
an unexpected opportunity, you must
know something more of ynrIr own Job than
the dailN routine. YOU mllstknow something
of the, work OF volIr office as n whole, and
you should have some idea uf the general
plans and purposes Of your firm Tins If
not difficult. If you are alert and inter
csted il YOU are not adverse 70 asking
intelligent questions. and especially Il
Won arc willing To work outside voul
SPECIAL line
Your work is always done for two per
sars Yourself and your employer lot
have the right to think Of vollT own IN
tercS'- where They DO not clash with nj
and III dong good work for HIM you will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
rlTT1 RENNY'S NOTEBOOK
Nv Lee Paps

YeStlddav morning pop couident hnd
hrs new overcost ou the hall rack OF env-
wares elts and pop went down town mao
without II and ma telefnned 20 the ponce
ss&t,on and policeman without ms
unfrrm on rang the bell and rote down
6,Ferent thing. making a lot OF mistakes
and rubbing them out agen with the rub
her On tho end " his pencil. proving II
was a good thing there WAS one on thee
and after he went ma sed. My coodnis
hon. this dissent get into the pare :
SIMPLY cant stand nOtorlety
10 YOU think # = reporter comes ne u
m. nv pickture in too, ma. / SEQ. ana
r,s sed Wat in the werld for Meenlng
hs p7cbcrly wouldent and this aitlnoon
a man rang the bell with IMPRESSION Ike
a -eporte- saving Mother in sonny
o sr spd And he went IN the
parle- and sat down and ran up stars
tise tho dickens saving. Ma, watts YOU
think ma. there's a reporter IN the palior
VII YOU give hIm nv plckture Il he asks
for Il. ms ;,
q nv goodnns this Is terrible well
.lDplv wont tell him a thing, sed ma
And she went down IT the paTle4 ne
rolng down after her and taking my
p,ckt,Ire Of the setting room mantel
reace IN csse he mite ask Tor IT, ma saving.
IT, no use ] have nuthlng TO say and
tie man sed But madam. and ma sed,
Not "a werd absilootly not a werd, and
the man SCI Bur madam. and ma sed
In so-rv FOR your trubble but ! SIMPLY
haven't 8 we-d n say
Well I'll leave one Of my cards. sed
the man Wlch he did and went out
and ma looked Al the card. saving. Wy
Benny. the Idee- that was an lnsurants
man wat did he meen by SAVING ne was
repurteT
He dien- say SO. ma. he jest looked
that way ] sed and ma sed, Well for
rlnatelv ~ all for the best. because
nevr- would Of dared 70 tawk 10 an
insurants man like that and maybe ht
would ~ sold me some lnsurants agens'
ny vii
And she vent back 70 her room anc
put nv picture back on the setting
nom mantel peece.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
bv Laura A. hirkmAn.
MORE ONE-EGG RECIPES FOR ECO
NOMIC AL HOUSEWIVES.

! appreciate YOUR recipes calling Tor
only out egg writes reader friend who
asks for my artlcie pu Filling the Dinner
Pal am ths wife 81 hard-worklng
man and cannot even consider g recipe
Containing TWO or three eggs ! have 20
make very httle money stretch 8 very
long W, don IND your recipes ex-
IelstNe
TINS 5 tfe finest b,t u praise have
iaa l + long " Whlit hnr am running TINS
roamu to hcip Wpmrt and such
lstf.r ~ the above tells me that J am sue
tc,dup lt least III some measure IN my
p.frl,a-. The following -upJer menu con
tafs tahed ~h calling for only one egg
- w..I II q pnc-egg not bread which IL
: gona that IL takes the place ~ CAKE
leca'lnped Bread and Cheese
COCOA Potato Corumeal Spoon Bread
l,csliopca Bread and Cheese 4 glass
t,atug dish splendid in use tOr tins
ii-f although Hi carthenware one viii
81 IS 0cG n rtrl grantewear pan
BIicr erast.,,- strips II bread sparing-
lN and Inr tho bottom and sides of the
il-t Wtt theso Fll the middle with
aIt,rnat, laNrI- II bread also buttered
and grated chrcse Nix together ] cup
g uaIl Ve'-bcatcu cgg u teaspoon
.t.+|.# LNlN. 'Fa~ It'fJ4i 5itt AiA'i q
aBtt aa9rea Pour tins mixture over the
broad nd ne,.r cover Ntl more but
...n.d Dr.ad-strp, and bake n moderate
uvri about thirty minutes Serve
II hi, saus dish very hot
PJtntJIC COrnneal spoon Breed This
s hue way " is, ~ cup Of leftover
mashed potato Pour J % cups of hot
alE otsr I r4u, ~ unruoked cornmeal
g.0d-sized bow tleu add ! table
.uta.r - hutter Add ! Well-bcaten egg
1875 .r- fhe mixture cool for fIve minutes.
. .,r mlX ln teaspoons u baking powder,
LcaspoOn of salt, tablespoon Of sugar,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright 1916 by the Mcclure NoTa-
paper Syndicate. New YORK oity
WITHOUT A HALF

II vou are 80 fortunate ae to be Planning
to build little home of ynur own. one
of the problems that you will perhaps
have to settle ~ whether or rot 70 have
n front ball scpnrate from your living
room A decade or 40 nRn this problem
hardly presented Itaelf Every house had
nm entrance hall of some sort But per
haps half of the suburban and country
homes now built are built with the Gu
trance door coming right INTO the man
living room The obvious advaui0Re 81
this is that with a given floor space You
ran hove much more apncloua living room
il Won do not have n hall Then "a Rofnr
people there ~ always something cory hhd
attractive about having the matn living
room contain the entrance door and the
nnln stairway
This arrangement IS better adapted 70
The small family and especially - The
maidlesa family n you answer your own
door hell there can he no especial dIR-
advantage ~ having your gueh@ eflfr
directly nn tho family living room IN
vioualv vou ran keep up no iorinhli''S
that would make this undefrhhi'
One thing that has greatly increased
the p0pulnriiv of thlF arrangement o,
Iate wears has been the improvement 81
heating systcms The old 1dra was tha,
our rooms had tn be ahut Of i We hoped
to keep them uarrn IN cold wenfhrr
Holla We took IL for granted. were cold.
qhiverv places IN winter But orr hfatf z
svatetns arc better md we have dscoVef
eJ t.o that we car be more comfortable
in winter II we live IN well-ycntlhated
honso w,th alr circulating through several
rooms than i We shut ourselves 1i =
few over-hoated, underwent ilat"d rooms
Remember this too beiorc f"1 ~
card the hall les hoiae ldea Il yo'i f'a7'
/ a separate hall you will have - hhVe
i acrararr hall light There wlll be nor'
lark poesagca and corners 70 he kepi
+ lean and corners and no"h@ = ~"
/ the dust
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
SANDMAN STORY
Kx Mra- Y. A. Waller.
Copvripilt, 1919. by tho Mcclure seNE
paper Syndicate. New York CITY
THE OLD fLUt KS SIG RET.
Part \

Ia tho ION room If Nh old farmhouse
orc night M the moonlight came o.
through the dusty window, m OH clork
standing on the floOr Was telling The other
old-faahioHed furniture around ~ some
thing that made all of them forget tha'
thew we're discarded and forgotten
There was an old chair with crhcked
bncL, AZ old pewter teapot, an old bureau
,",,b = ,,,rr,r atrcakcd with oge. ard old
table aud many othes thlnRr, each lisifi-
ing 10 the tale II the old clock.
"Yes, I hold secret, sad me 0i'l
clock for ne many II You know sb'ou
on one end Of the kitchen shelf i"r years
...I I'D tboye hehirid my bark were
.taaad ,,..,,,, soc,ets and valuable papers
n wns hard. II course not he - able
n turn around and hook ~ these letters
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

and uapers brIt "a n trusted friend r. fhe
family I could not he lnquiTiYe
..Thcre we're many tirnes when I heard
al about them, for after supper. -If'irg
before the fire the farmer ard ms family
would often talk over or read the lot'"rs
and, II course, there ! was facing ftcm
But ore day there was p letter plar"d
behind my back that waa rover removed
and II is here - this da"
How do yon kro~ TIM; asked 'nH
chair You have been away from 'to
kitchen shelf for many yeors some o-e
mny have found # bofore 'hls
Al. there are many ttir = yo' do not
know, my friend said fhe I'D cIock
lister. and ! Kill tell Won all 'rc -ecre'
This Ie''er was slipped between 'hr
outside fnard ~ nv back and tho r-
ner board and + ia there now"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

w,r ug
VI, ms impulse IS 80 SAY 20 these de
s.,t,.l ,lou>rl> And II serves XCu Jolly
n ,ylt tao. Tor any glrl who has littic
81. uyh -, 81 ~ burn All her matrimonial
Ia.I,a.. h,h.Ed her before she knows
= ,L,r ,h,. * rcalN headed for the altar
.fs, ~pu.>-,r- Retreat deserves I" i"Ne
tU.uen fi,. - low
o. ,I' ,i.,. hard harg:un> that men drive
u ~ t,.u.,ft. none IS So cruel ana ui'ta'
a. thsa Vhlch prevails IN certain circles'
pl,.l Which called Keeping company.
E,.ta ,e.rQ man cuts ont some par
,.i.,s.,lf.. =. tEc general herd. and puts
bsIr.p,i Il her This gives h'm an "p-
t.r.... Err tome. and attention, and afe'-
. .. Nl,h hc can take Up or not. as ne
i -,- -,b,. uuiV not - ont win ah",hei
have other men call uV"h hti
party Nhc may not even dance Win
49,, man without nc klrd i'tiihS-
- hrI steady
IN aauntlng hls p, So s>'i ship y" k''Pe
au .thrr mon away and blocks ne Hlrl
,.i..l...- tor anyone else. hut u" docs ho5
cfniu,' husrlf - nNthirP dci nit'' anu an"
ti.ft F., nothing - prevent MN IT. w ''i''-
tHe Vhru,yer hr che, IS
trrtaitl a.y g,ri VINO Wouid drnt'r ''''"
thyt ~orf d: IN arrAu cement win hi.h
oogh. iot rs 81 lci loose N The world WIN
e,ll + GUARDIAN. ior She takes all the risN
snd he takes pouc The love game nc
,w,,r m,u aud women ls ono ~ wnlch
49,, man aas ,hc advantage. Any Wy, pu'
sur, uou,u should protect herself as
ror A. >hr ,, ny rcfusilG T. play WIN
lr.rAcd ,.r,tS
rhaf Ipe,. atc hc,ic that thcir tancies
nam irnm flower flower that the
herlcr +, + 4, c,' woman The more they
d,~,rc her a,d that nothing takes the edse
~ fhcir interest - quckly - docs the
.,,... 81 i rovr,rtor,hp, arc aNoms that "
= aot necessary to rrpeet hero. fvrry
80 batN c,t~ her teeth oa these hromid'c
trl,hs ud h,N sny daughter Of i've G. u
H. reckless epough no; to apply them q
b.r oWr case passes al human oompn'
hcnNon
Nothing interests . man quit" 20 mncn
j. ~ keep hIm guessing and arY woman
slows = strange lack of persplcscity whC
ever L,ts one find out what she really think'
~ him until she has got on her weddlns
rrc \lS,. competition 5 the 1T" OF Se'lu
f,,-tal fraie as well as Commerclhi
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
Folcy's
Honey and Tar
COMPOUND

COMPOUND
STOPS THAT DfsTPFsgfgg
COUGH ebests T. quickly anf sl'F
". clear ths throat a ghissr -
nueu.. snd cos's 'hs rs-. ussasf
surfaces ri'h . hsalag. soosiinf ~
cine
Don, Cough Un'i Wssk
en- 81 oid lady. - yror, "a. -
I had vrry BAD cough 'r1-a hav.of =
srppe. ihoufh' p fOef lme 'o -
fo.ey's Honey m I1f fomp0unf.
snd srn' snf fo' boti'r rnf
,'opped ny rrrfh saf ! f0' n-''rf
So nov an sr1uof 'hs houss sgsi1
Hu Mary Rishy spotan- Vat
ne can br1Up NJ limitation n
substitute IS az Pood ~ fhe 1eT.
me F1iey' H1gcy md Tar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

also be doing yourself good II he finds
thet you are the sort of person 70 nc de7
pended upon IN q crisis, IN n time of stfess'
In any sort of emergency ho is going g
give yoi more responsibility, and with
that YOU have the right 30 ask for more
salary
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
Ms. Annie B. Youna.s Car Found.

A handsome Packard, 7-passenger au-
tomobile, found abandoned below Chris
tiara village, about a week ago by Com
stable William TirsInan, helor q TO Mrs
Annie b Yourg, Of Brandywine Summit,
Pa, il has been learned
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

,,d ! cun ~ mashed potato ooldl. beat
ins the potato in well Bake IN Q creased
shallow nan a round pan about inches
n diameter il n good one 70 use. hsVc
the oven hot and allow from 30 to 40
minutes in baking II Serve il with spoon
rs II will be quito soft even when done
through
Another good onc-cgg dish for supper
is the following
Rice and Cheese Croquettes Wash "a
cup Of rice in several waters drain, and
ro,Ir il slowly into quart of hoiling water
Add teaspoon az salt Let Il boil hrlsklN
for 20 minutes, then add cups oi mug
and cook until the liquid Is absorbed
To , sups Of this cooked rice add y cup Of
grated cheese | tablespoon Of butter,
> drops Of tohasco sauce and the beaten
volk az egg Cool form into croquettes,
roll In crumbs. then in the egg-whIte
diluted with a very little water and then
N crumbs again Lower few Of these
croouette- AZ time into deep, not tat
and when a golden-hroWn serve AT once
either with or without tomato sauce
The housewife will find II convenience
10 own one Of the wire fryIng baskets on
the market although 4 clever woman
can make one of these herself out OF tine
meshed wire With one Of these baskets,
the article of food 70 be fred may he
lowered into the hot fat without the fear
Of IT'S breaking or meeting with any other
disaster
Tomorrow Answered Letters
All inquiries addressed to Miss Kirk
man in care Of the Efficient Housekeep-
ing" department will be answered in these
columns in their turn This requires con
siderable time. however owing 10 the
great number received 70 if personal or
quicker reply is desired, . stamped and
self-addressed envelope must be enclus &C
with the question The Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

o,d the more bcaux girl has, and me
harder il is Ia make a date with hcf' W"
more ~ xious every man is to do ~
Men distrust their own Judgment :"
woman and like to have their opinion
backed up bv TINT of their fellows, ihci
like 10 hc seen out with popular e"i'
md consider il triumph when theS cl.'l
take her away from other men VINO oes'.
her Therefore a woman seldom hFS Ju''
one admircr, o. one proposai Oh ii'''
She either has many or none NJ,
IA regards the attentions, girls ifuS-
tratc the Biblical precept conceriiilE o
hck Of the lucky. For unto her wh" '''.ll
bc.,lx shall he given bcaux even m'i'
ab,,ndantly. and from her who ha'h ou'
one hcau. shall he taken away even wv
n,or Gsh that she hath. sad ph"il"h'
ero, that YOU must have often o,eei W
when some poor Mabels steady lei, ''ef
in the lurch. when he Ioned ttlv i'tiNS
of The iuccr 81 burners arounh 'l'' '''' ~
tho now girl who had come TO towh'
Bearing these facts IN mind' inc p'.
dent maiden gives the cold turndo"h "
any Young man who has the nerve to t'o
pose to her, to let hum is"ia,e iuii -,
/ the society of other men, and discou"' i.'
/ chances of marrying somebody eise
/
lido whether he likes her well enough
,n cnndcscend tn marry her i'll the end.
Understand my dear he saws IN
eFcct Il don't bind myself to anNtfhhp
al all hv this arrangement. Don get y
into vo,,r pretty litlc head that thc'e
IS some sort Of a gentle lcman agreeh'ci''
that | will make good some time, iol
there's not ANYTHING ot the kinn l III"
cot tired Of YOU NAV sec somebodN
Eke better. in which case. OF eourNc u
pcrfectIv free 10 follow my new fancy ="
were not even engaged sec,
Ard Il the girl ducsnl sec, SHE hhndr'
tb,n onv hat II shc can see her Nouti
ond fycshI cps gore while she waited sh'
can SEQ herself cut down 20 ore man
who takes her ont or not as he happens e
fool She can see herself tyranmz"d over
and brought Ia book. ne much az lcai"u
husband could do. by man VII" doeSn
have Ia pav her bills. And u she lo"N
hard enough, and far enough INTO y.
future she can generally see helSen ~
forlorn. when her steady proves INSTEAD.
and goes of 10 grecrcr heidS ana h'"c
pastures
Don't play any such confidence games
girls. with any man Don't narr"" N"u
chances 10 one bet Never LEI any M
mOnopohgc Your socletN ut'i' :" =
t. name the wedding day
When he asks YOU g keep comran
with him. tell him that he will he We
come among the crowd and you will n
his application on your waiting y
Don't throw vours Il away on Q ma
whose attentions arc without int"'
non Men take women At their own vA'n'
, tion. and the higher the price, the MOI
, they value them IL the glrl who hoI'
, herself 50 chcaply that she throws hersG
on the bargain counter for q man to taf
cr lea We. who IN the end generally gets lei
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29
An UNFAIR BARGAIN.

I'm the course oi q
, oar | get hundreds of
letters from girls who
wall out that during
the past two or three
wears they have let
some particular youth
monopolizc their time
and camp on their par
lor chars. until he has
driven all other heauS
away. and now he has
loved and ridden away
and thew are left Ia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

You try an Every Evening want adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-29

You try an Every Evening want adv-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-22
Try Making Your OUri
Cough Remedy
you can save about 81. nnd have
y better remedy than the ready
made kind Easily dnnc-

II yon combined the curative proper
remedy. You probably coud not get as
this simple homemade cough syrup,
which is easily prepared in q few
minutes.
Get from any druggist 21s ounces Of
pinex. pour it into q pint bottle and
I'll the bottle with syrup. using either
plain granulated sugar syrup, clarified
molasseS honey, or corn syrup, as de-
sired. The reallt is a full pint of
really better cough syrup than YOU could
buy ready made for three times the
money. Tastes pleasant and never
spos
This Pincx and Syrsp preparation gets
right at the cause Of a cough and gives
almost immediate relief. 1t loosens the
phlegm. stops the nasty throat tickle
and heals the sore, irritated membranes
50 gently and easily that it is really
astonishing
a DAYS use viii usually overcome the
ordinary cough and for bronchitis. Group
hoarseness and bronchial asthma, there
ls nothing better
PlDex is most valuable concentrated
compound of genuine Norway pine ex-
tract. and has been used for generations
10 break up severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment. ssk your
druggist for ''2i ounces of Pinex" with
full directions. and don't accept any,
thing else. Guaranteed to give absolute
satisfactIoQ or money promptly re-
funded. The Pinex Co. Fl, Wayne
Ind.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-22
CHICAGO REPORTS WORST
OF EPIDEMIC Is OVER

Chicago. Jan. 22.-Prcdictions of
Health Commissioner Robertson that
the influenza epidemic has reached its
peak, were horne yesterday when the
number of new cases reported showed
slight decrease.
The death toll during tho past 24
hours, however, was tho heaviest since
the disease assumed epidemic propor-
tions. Thirty-five influenza deaths and
AZ from pneumonia wore recorded.
New eases of influenza during tho
past "a hours numbered 1,725, as COIN
pared to 2,514 during the previous ID
hour period.
There was a decrease this morning in
the number of new cases reported only
zoos being recorded but the dcathlist
for the last - hours reached 81, the
largest during any day since the out
break began
DR. John Dill Robertson, city health
commissioner, declared ''the further tho
epidemic goes the more definitely the mild
character of the disease is proved.
Two deaths and l24 new cases OF
influenza today were reported from
Kansas. At oklahoma city, 43 cases we
recorded.
The situation in Kansas City, Mo,
where sporadic outbreak Of influenza
was noticed, was reported much improved