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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01

TF TWO pitchers can toss club into
pennant YOU might keep an of .
side eye focused on Grover Alexander
and Jim Vaughn. At least you've got
to give them credit for taking aim.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
, attempt to overcome them9

no attempt to overcome them?
Yet, that is precisely what nine out OF
ten people do. Instead Of using the
knowledge of their faults to exterminate
them, root and branch, they regard their
defects with affection, and even with pride.
A man will tell you that he is always
stone broke because he never can save
money 1t slips through his fingers. Or
he will say that he hasn't the faculty of
getting along, that he is always the one
who is laid off in the place in which he
works when they cut down the force.
He recognizes his weakness, but he doesn {
try to conquer the fault that is running
him. He doesn't let the knowledge that
he has the natural inclination to be a
spender make him doubly careful to cuti-
vate thrift. Nor does he face the fact
that because he is temperamentally
inefficient. and has no Unborn aptitude
for business, is reason for his working
doubly hard and putting an extra punch
into his job in order to succeed.
We hear women bemoaning their slack
housekeeping, and their lack of any
domestic bent. They complain that their
servants waste and saeal; they admit that
their houses arc always at SKIES and sevcns
and their families poisoned by bad food.
But they take their regret for being
failures as wives and mothers out In
talking about it, because it is lots more
comfortable to deplore weak ness than
to fight it tooth and nail
You would think that woman who
realized that she was poor housekeeper
would have a heart-to-hcart interview
with herself and say, That inasmuch
as am not one of the ladies who are born
4, l. N~+ L.y n
casserole in the other, here's where i out
wit nature by getting busy with the cook
book and a budget and pull off the
scientific housekeeping stuff. i am not
going to let any fault / know about get
the better of me-"
But she doesn't. She coddles her lazi-
ness and shiftlessness and expects her poor
unfortunate family to sympathize with
her instead of despising her for her weak
ness. Nor is she alone in this. Think
of the narrow, prejudiced people you
know who admit that they are narrow
and prejudiced, and who shut themselves
up in the walls of their own littleneSs and
never broaden out.
Think of the people who arc never on
time for anything and who excuse their
dilatoriness by saying, "Oh, well, you
know ] am always late
Think of the people who never do any
thing just right and who say carelessly
that they know that they are hit-or-miss
workers.
Why, in Heavens name, when people
know their faults don't they correct them?
Why doesn't the slow individual always
start an hour ahead of schedule? Why
don't the blunderess make a fetish of
accuracy? Why don't the prcjudiced
force themselves to look on every side?
The truth is in dealing with our weak
nesses we should be doubly on guard
Just as the man who cannot drink in
moderation should never touch liquor, so
we should never daily with our weakness
for in this way, and this way only, we
can turn our faults into virtues and our
weakness into strength
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Me and pop was up in the setting
room, pop srnoaking and thinking and
me Jest thinking, and pop scd, Well
Benny, you seem 10 be lost in thayt
do you think you can find your way back
Who, ne7 I sed.
No, the other fcllo, sed pop. Meening
yes, me, and | sed, ! was Jest thinking
what Id like 10 be wen / grow ND.
Good, I'm glad TO beer it, in these
bIzzy days the sooner n man starts TO
plan bis career the better, Sod pop, wat
have you decided on2 Smuthing useful,
] hope?
I've decided I'll like to be n artist,
! sed, and pop sed, q well, if you cant
be usehll you might az we'll be ornamental
and pcrsinally | wouldent mind having
a CRATE artist IN the family, like Mikel
Angelo, or Rennbrant, or Millay.
Was millay, CRATE artist pop, do you
think ! could ever be as crate as hirn7
] sed.
Well, | couldent promise you, I'm glad
70 see yo so ambitious, enyway, Millay
was crate artist, sed pop.
Was he as CRATE as Rembrant2 ! sed.
Wen, no. hardly, sed pop, Rembrant
was one Of the greatest Of all, Rem
brant was a very CRATE artist.
Was Rembrant as CRATE as Mikel
Angel sed, and pop sed, 0, Mikel
Angelo was n very very great artist
even greater AIfan Rembrant, Mkel An
gelo could Do enything he wunted TO.
and It seemed he wunted to do every
thing.
Well. was Mikel Angelo as CRATE as
Bud Fisher. pop sed.
o. 90 on out and play. sed pop.
Wien | did.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
E(LLoWO'

shelf after her husband had left she for
got all about the poor little snowbirds
and made them stay away until she had
finished.
One day LITTLE field mouse found the
shelf when all the bird were away. Now,
| guess that Mr. Nuthatch will not be so
cross thought the little girl. ~ am sure
he will be scared away himself"
So the little girl watched and pretty
soon along came Mr.. Nuthatch and
straight to the shelf he flew, and what
did MIR. Mouse do but act scared almost
out of his wits He dropped behind box
on the shelf and off he scarnpered while
Me. Nuthatch bristled and made kissing
noise to warn him not to return.
The snowbircIs on the vine looked on
as if To say, "Will nothing scare that
bad felow?"
The little girl noticed that each day
when Mr.. Nuthatch had eaten all he
wanted he flew TO the trees nearby with
bits Of nut in his bill. and, while the little
girl was not sure, il looked as If Mr.. Nut
hatch bid the nut meat In the bark Of
the tree.
One day very early in tho spring, long
before he was expected, the little gIrl saw
MIR Song Sparrow on the shelf beneath
fier WINDOW, ana Wncn MT. NNtndtEn
came he was promptly driven away. At
last he had met has match, for Mr. Song
Sparrow took full possession Of the shelf
while Mr. Nuthatch sat on the dry vine
with the snowbirds and Mrs. Nuthatch
and watched his rival enjoy himself.
But the little girl noticed that when
he seemed 10 grow tired Of waiting and per-
haps was very hungry, away flew Mr.. Nut
hatch to one Of the trees where she thought
he had put the nuts, and then she vac
sure he had stored the meat away for just
such time as this, when he should have
found his match and be driven from the
shelf
Then the spring days came warm and
and away flew all the birds, even
ng Sparrow, but f be few 70 the
uT,scrmost tip of a tall spruce tree and
tcd about.
lie looked down into the valley while
the little girl from the window watched
and wondered if he would not stay on the
mountain because she had fed him
After looking about over the noun
tain and over the valley Mr.. Song Spar
row cooked his head on one side and seem
ed TO be in deep thought.
"He Is thinking about me, | guess,
said the little girl, but he wasn't, for just
then ne spread his wings and away he
flew down the valley below while the little
girl with mournful eyes watched him grow
smaller and smaller In the distance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19

Our grandmothers knew much more
about mendlng and renovatIng and re-
storing than our mothers and the chances
are that our mothers knew more than we
do. There came a time when things of
all sorts were so cheap that it was hardly
worth while TO devote the time needed
TO mend old things. Ii was really wiser
to discard the old and buy new. For
instance it would be foolish 10 spend an
hour of time and few cents of materials
to mend tin pan that could be bought
new for twenty cents, for our time
even before the war was worth at least
twenty cents an hour, and then besides
an old mended tin is never as good as a
new one. But when that same sort of tin
pan costs sixty cents or more II is worth
while to mend 1t. In fact we have to
mend it. And we should try to become
so expert at mending that we can do it in
half an hour.
This means that the housewife must
take upon her shoulders a lot of new
duties, duties known to our grandmothers
but forgotten for a while. 1t means that
she must learn how TO do small Jobs OF
mending furniture, replacing screws and
tacks, securing loose willow and using
glue. 1t means that she must know how to
mend glass and china that will not have
to be soaked for long in water, that she
will have to learn the mack of mending
hoses, rubber tubes, hot water bags and
rubber overshoes with rubber cement,
that she viii have to know the best way
of darning and mending linen, silk and
wooden. Lace she will have also TO mend,
for this is extremely high. Carpets, rugs
and mattings come in for more of her
attention and this is a source of much
saving.
So is it any wonder that women are not
devoting quite as much time as thev
used TO do to such needlework as we used
to call Clancy work."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19

Lost something? Try a classified ad-
vcrtisement ID Every Evening.-Ady.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
BY Jessie Roberts.
Copyright. 1920, by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
BUSINESS WOMEN GET TOGETHER

BUSINESS WOMEN GET TOGETHER
Any woman in business or in pro-
fession ought to take an interest in the
Federation OF Business and Professional
Women's Clubs. Even if you don't belong
to club yourself you will find the reports
of the meetings held by the Federation
inspiring stuff.
The variety of employments repre-
these meetings told me that she had
learned more about what American
women can do and are doing than months
of study could have told her And more
than this, there was evident spirit Of
cooperation, and desire To get together
and help the young and the newcomers
that was good to feel She had herself
experienced the benefit of this, and had
had advice and even introductions that
mean much to her future.
THE women who are at the top, who
have a reputation and who know what n
girl needs TO bring out the best in her in
a business way, are like big sisters to
YOU, she said
The great end was efficiency. Some of
us cry out that We never want to hear the
word again, it has been so done to death
Maybe IL has. But the thing itself hasn't
got worn out from overuse Women want
to work for a larger efficiency, closer
bond of union. "If we make a million
women workers more efficient. they say.
then the whole nation will benefit. There
is an awful lot of slack. slipshod and
shoddy work being done these DAYS, and
much of IL is being done by women We
think that more of IL is the fault Of the
men, but we want to eliminate these bad
elements from our ranks"
Good sound training. better working
conditions, cooperation and proper
hygiene are some of the items the busi-
ness women's clubs are going TO work for
The Federation has its plans in good
hands. IL represents more than n half
million women, and among these the
women who are best qualified TO under
stand the facts that confront women
workers in every branch of activity from
aviation to police work, from advertising
TO domestic science
II you are wise YOU will get into touch
with this splendid organization through
some local federated club.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
DON'T CODDLE YOUR FAULTS.

II know l have a
beastly temper. Little
things irritate me n nd
when | get into n
rage | say things that
stab my wife to the
heart, and that terrify
the children, and make
the cat take to the
cyclone cellar"
IL am sorry for my
poor husband because
| know that | am out
rayo,,,Sly extrayapant,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
GIRLS!

lo keep your face powder on. use Der
WHO No touching up all the time TO pre-
vent your nOse and face from shining A
dip ~ the ocean. perspiration. hot sun and
sind have 20 eject on IL. Instantly beau
uhes the complexion. single application
AZ fails.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19

his evenings with U.S. and helped us tear
paper from the walls and paint them a
pale yellow, and do over the woodwork
into glosey white. Violet helped, too, but
her eyes rarely left the boy.
Sometimes / worried over this. Violet
had an intense nature, but fcw knew of it..
George Pearsoll WAS a charming lad, but
wondered whether he was old enough
yet, or mature enough, TO understand
and to appreciate the sort Of love that
Violet quite evidently gave him.
But | did not let myself worry over
this problem yet. was busy getting
lis settled. And in few weeks we had a
very charming place.
Our two cots, with patchwork quilts
thrown over them, and an old-fashioned
bureau from the attic, n rocker and a
rag rug furnished our bedroom. A large
rag rug from home, cot with my Pals
ley shawl for a cover a really very good
antique table from tho garret, and some
old-fashioned chairs made up our living
room also used as diningroom. As the
winter went on and we learned more
we added Japanese prints and brass
candle sticks and the other little details
that cost little in themselves, but that
make n place artistic
New plans developed every day. | be-
gan to feel a new power in myself.
Tomorrow Am Awake.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19

hat when | see lovely things l can't help
buying them whether we can afford them
CT not
No one loves me. i really haven't a
friend an the world. People are afraid oil
me because have sharp tongue and say
sarcastic things, but cant resist making
witty speech no matter whom II hurts.
These are some of the common confess
sions of faults with which we are all
familiar. There isn't day when we DO
not meet men and women who cody
viviscct their own characters, and un-
erringly diagnose the fatal weakness that
il sappinv their lives and robbing them
of happiness and usefulness, but who
calmly accept the situation and make no
effort 10 cure themselves.
They know with absolute clearness and
surety what ails them spiritually, but
they do not try 20 eradicate the trouble.
Vet, ii any one of these same people even
suspected that they had a cancer that
was eating at their vitals and poisoning
their blood, they would not hesitate TO
have il cut out, though they risked death
IN doing so
Men and women who know they have
tuberculosis, or diabetes, or any danger
ous disease of the body are willing to
spend their last cent and undergo any
treatment, no matter what Sacrinces ANU
suffering IL entails, TO get rid of it.
Sickness Of the soul they regard lightly.
They may know that they are afflicted
with an abnormal growth of selhshness;
that their tempcrs register a hectic tenn
pcrature half Of the time; that their tongues
are cankered by bitterness; that every
thing good and generous in them has
a,rophied, and they have hardening OF the
heart, but they perform no major surgical
operations on their characters.
They lop off no brutalities of conduct or
sveech. They take no herioc remedies to
rrsfuoe their spleen, nor do they quicken
thsr heart action into normal by stImu-
hating IL by showing little love to those
about them.
So much more stress do we put on our
physical health than we do our spiritual.
Vet, when all is said, our happiness de
Ponds upon the well-being of our soul
moro thani it does upon the well-being OF
our bodies.
Now, il would be bad enough if we
sinned through ignorance and were so
besotted by self-conceit that we could not
perceive that we had single defect con-
oraled about our persons. But what ex-
euse can be offered for us when we SIN
knowingly when we recognize our weak
nesses vet make no effort 10 brace up;
when we are aware of our faults yet make
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
THE ART OF MENDNG.

Copyricht, 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New ork City
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
SANDMAN STORY.
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
fright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New YorN City.
BENEATH THE LITTLE
GIRLS WINDOW

On top Of n mountain there lives n
little girl and every winter she watches
a shelf that is built under her window.
On this shelf she places nuts all crack
ed, for Mr.. and Mrs. Nuthatch and seeds
for snowbirds and crumbs for them all.
One day she noticed that Mr.. Nut
hatch did not LET the other birds come
near the shelf until he had eaten his
FIJI Of nuts, though he did not eat the seed
himself
In fact he did not let Mrs. Nuthatch
come to eat beside him, but made his
little mate sit patiently on a dry vine
nearby and watch him while he ate his
fill.
The poor little snowbirds sat there,
too, and seemed to sympathize with
Mrs Nuthatch. but when she few to the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING.

The executive committee selected from
members of the general committee 10
consider the advisability Of making a sur
vey OF the city schools will meet tonight
in the Public Building. Various phases
of the situation have been investigated
and will be discussed at the meeting Joseph
Bancroft chairman of the committee
stated last night.
The general committee is expected
70 act on the executive committees re-
port promptly and insure a survey of
the schools prior to the re-opening in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
Playground for Jewish Children.

A playground for small children has
been established at 2fl. West street.
under the charge of tho Council of Jewish
Women. Its use win be limited 10 those
from four to eight years old Miss Roths-
child will tie in charge % the ground.
the entrance to which is from Washing
ton street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-19
Jewish Children Outing Next Sunday.

There will be an outing next Sunday
for Jewish children at Augustine Beach,
under the auspices Of the Hebrew Charity
Association. The start will be made from
Third and King street At eleven O'Clock
J. Harry Gordon is secretary Of the as
sociaiiOn
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
Encourage the Swallow.

If you want to free the neighbor-
hood of mosquitoes encourage swallows
TO make themselves at home, says the
American Forestry association of
Washington. These birds feed almost
entirely upon obnoxious insects and
they will do much toward protecting
orchards and other trees from insect
pests. No better investment can be
made, therefore, than some houses set
out for martins and other swallows. OF
the blue swallows the purple martin is
the largest, the male being entirely
blue above and below, while the female
is blue above with gray breast. Swal-
lows are highly migratory, most Of
them spending the winter in South
America.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
GERMS on POSTAGE STAMPS
Physicians Have Found Microbes o4
Disease on Almost Every Speci-
men They Examined.

Drs. ]. Diner and G.. Horstman
bought postage stamps at so different
places and tested them for the mi
crobes Of disease. They report to
the Medical Times that every stamp
was infected, and it appeared to make
no difference whether they were from
drawer or cash register or exposed
on a desk.
Among the germs they found were
such deadly ones as colon baciln.
staphylococci, streptococci. pneumo-
cocci and diphtheria bacilli. The edi-
tor of American Medicine comments
that If postage stamps were as grave
source Of infection as these facts
might seem to indicate, very large
part Of the population would be suffer
ing from infection, as almost every
body is in the habit Of licking stamps.
The fact is that an examination Of the
mouths, noses and throats of almost
all Of us will reaveal the presence Of
some or all Of these germs at any
time.
However, licking postage stamps Is
a dirty habit and one that is quite
easy to acquire.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
wouIdn't Wash.

Chatting with Sir Ernest ShackIe-
ton, the famous antarctic explorer, he
told me that one Of the best stories
he has heard concerns a famous ar
tist
He was showing a lady visitor over
his studio one day and produced a
charming little landscape. indicating
that there was story behind it. 'I
was out in the forest" he explained
II had all my materials with me ex-
cept an empty canvas. / came upon a
subject that enchanted me, and felt
must record II. l was determined
not to he baffled, so took out my
handkerchief. stretched it across my
case, and painted on that"
The lady looked at the handkerchief
and then turned n shocked face to the
artist. you'll never he able to wash
that paint out" she said.-LondOn
T.t-Bits.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
HIS WANTS EASILY SUPPLIED
Eskimos Have No Hankering After
Things Which Other Peoples Look
Upon as Necessaries.

Without tea. coffee. sugar or to-
baccO. and with but few vegetables. the
Eskimo of Greenland finds life pleas
ant and thinks his homeland one of
the most desirable I'm the world The
few who have visited Denmark think
the Danes are to be pitied says Roger
Pocock. in the Wide World Magazine.
The Eskimo'S needs are few. and these,
his arctic home supply in abundance.
In filling these the Greenland seal is
the most important factor. Its inter-
nal organs are almost Identical with
those of a sheep, and it's meat is a fat,
streaky mutton. The skin makes hairy
breeches for men. women and chill
dren, and with the hair removed and
properly oiled, makes sOft-Soled, wa
terproof footgear. From 1t also Is
made the hunters shirt. the summer
tent, the wOman's boat. the hunters
canoe and the harness for the dog
team.
Winter clothes are made from the
fur Of the fox, dog and bear. Drift
wood. always plentiful on these rocky
shores. furnishes roof beams. tent
poles. canoe frames. harpOons for seal
ing, and lance shafts for hunting wal
rus, bear and reindeer. Lamps are
made from followed rocks and knives
from sharp stones. Other things are
considered luxuries.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
Scientific Triumph.

Students Of the Carnegie Institute
Of Technology in Pittsburgh placed a
radio transmitter in Central hall to
send out the music Of an orchestra
playing in the hall to scores Of radio
students in the district listening In.
Professor Rath, hearing the music In
the experiment station Of the univer-
sity, half a mile away, succeeded by
the use Of a magnavox-an instrument
to increase the sound from radio
receiver-and two strings of electric
wires, in passing 1t on a half-mile to
the Heinz house, where students
danced to II.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-08-06
II Followed.

When Aunt Helen kept company
with young lieutenant i'm the army
she prevailed on her tcn-year old
nephew tn wear u soldier overcoat
The young lieutenant was succeeded by
hoy scout executive. and Bobby re-
ceived hoy scout uniform. which he
lad to wear to please auntie.
But the hoy scout executive and
Aunt Helen have disagreed and Bob
by has been much interested In know
ing who will he his successor in win
ming Aunt IIelen's attentions. The
other day he made u discovery. and
came running I'm the house to tell
mother about II.
'Oh. mother" he began, "yOu might
as we'll get me a Prince Albert coat, a
white vest and tie. Aunt Helen is
beginning to warm up to the minister"
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