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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
LETTERS OF TEss-E AND JOE
Dear TaSsia

Dear / eSsle.
Now that you mention il. it would be
rather nice If the baby grew up TO be an
orchestra leader Speaking from my own
experiences during the past few weeks.
anything would be better than selling
Daisy Canned Soups, Or rather, offering
them for sale, TO be more correct To
merely say business IS rotten would be
painting q rosy picture Of the situation.
But | wouldnt advise you to take the
fact that the baby waves his arms lot
as q sure Indication II AZ he has talents as
the captain Of an orchestra. You know
breakmen on trains do considerable arm
Wovlng too not to speak Of dog catchers
and tafiy makers assistants. In other
words the only sure way 10 tell what
going TO become Of a baby Is TO wait and
see, and "A many cases II s not even adj
ylsable to do that. Not that I'm heaylng
wet blankets at your hopes for the baby's
future, because I'm constantly hoping
myself that he II ED up as rich and hon
oTablc member oi se community, such as
q landlord
Did YOU read about that young chap
near Boston who's turning down q million
dollar Inheritance because he wants TO live
his own life? That S the kind Of man /
admire, Iessie. don't think he ought
" DC aliOWEu 70 run aTDuIld loose, DUl IISl
the same ] admire hi spirit. A million
dollars is an awful burden on any mans
shoulders, and I'd be NOR grateful to any-
body for leaving me mere plttance like
say $50, 900 than million, bur still at the
same time when il came to refusing the
million | think I'd collapse under the
effort.
After all million isn't nearly as much
trouble nowadays as it used to be, and /
for one wouldn't give way to an impulse to
refuse one for fear I'd start to give way
to all my other impulses and gradually
become violent If anybody offers 10 give
you million, Tessie, or even a half mill
lion, wanr you to promise not to fly into
a rage over the offer till you have con
suited me
Il might not be such bad idea to start
teaching the baby the value Of money.
Offer him a cent, for instance and If he
tries to squander it by swallowing it,
give MIN rap on the knuckles If he tries
to swailoy nickel, two raps, and a dime,
three, and so on. Meanwhile remember me
kindly to him
ffectionately,
Hoe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure News
Paper Syndicate. New YORK CITY
CLEANING YOURBATHROOM.

II you make il easy 70 clean your bath
room YOU have done much toward clean
ing il That IS if You arrange the lmple-
RE Is for cleaning BASIN and batatub
we'll within the reach Of those who use
the bathroom, then give them an OPP
portuultv to cooperate IN tins matter
Of keeping the bathroom clean that YOU
could not expect otherwise
Undoubtedly ammonia is the best aid
In cleaning bathtub a. wash basin, but
ammonia is hard on the hands For. this
reason many persons prefer To Use some
sort OF securing substance taat IS less
strongly alkaline but more gritty. These
all tend more or less - scratch the fine
surface Of the porcelain. Ammonia does
not nIure porcelain IL the least.
II v0u have a small dish mop especial
" placed hanging rear the bathtub this
may be used in applying the ammonia
= the tub without letting II touch the
hands Ol4e housewife has a little ledge
near the tub where she keeps q bottle
with q shaker top Of the sort that BARRIERS
use for spriuklng bay rum or hair tonic
Near il hangs q small dish mop kept
specially for the purpose II Is "a simple
matter u sprinkle a little ammonia on
the rub and rub il around with the dish
mop and then 10 rinse il with little clean
water And this is all that is necessary to
keep tub aad basin il good condition.
1t Is the custom 70 keep the brush used
in cleaning the bathroom dram hanging
outside the bathroom window and there
is no reason against this unless you live
In an apartment where It might be object
ed to Il your bathroom IS on the back or
side ofvour house this cannot be objection
able. as this little brush IS quite neon
spicuous. Placed thus hanging outside
Il hiss the advantage Of hanging in the
air and sunshine, which are the best OF
all possible aItlsceptics and cleansers that
the housewife could find
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A Knkman.
MAKE YOUR OWN SIRUP FOR
FRIED CAKES AND SAVE MONEY

With maple sirup at 35c pint bottle
We doIit have gTiddle cakes as often rs
We would like, in our family, said friend
recently to NE. "Of course molasses IS
&C. ! q quart but then, my children don't
Ike molasses. They want sirup. Al d bot
tied OF canred sirup from the grocer
dCesn last any time
why don't you make your siruo?"
inquired. Then ] told her how. / believe
there are many women who do not realize
that they can make sirup more cLeaply
thar they can buy il. Ever with sugar st
is cents per pound, it is cheaper to make
sirup from white sugar than to buy any
other kind.
There are three and half cups Of
sugar 10 a pound. The housekceper
should use half as much water as sirup
For iLstar ce, If she wishes to make lust
a little sirup (euough for one mes.l) sLe
should take ] cup Of sugar and y cup Of
cold water; put these II d saucepan and
let boil about four minutes, then use hot
or the cakes.
Srup Is even more delicious hot than
cold, although it is, Of course, good cold.
kept over from one meal to another.
Homemade sirUp is thinner than other
kinds, but is nevertheless good. Try any
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
by Lee Pape.

was bilding house out of cards up
in mas room this aftirnoon, and Jest
wen | got it almost bilt it all fell down,
me saying, Aw heck, that's heck Of
note, heck.
Benny, you've bin using that werd in
tirely too mutch lately, sed ma
Aw heck, ma, hecks n good werd, I
sed
Well il sounds like bad orc and |
don't wunt to heer you say 1t agen, sed
ma.
Well ma. heck, / meen gosh, | sed
You herd wat | sed, sed ma.
Ard she kepp on Daring holes ont
Of socks and | started TO bid the house
agen, and Jest wen was putting the
last card on carefill as enythirg they
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16

all fell down agen, me saying, Aw shsck,
NV creek.
Benny, sed ma.
Watts the matter ma, ] didcnt say IL.
cant even say sheck or creckY ! scd,
and ma sed, No.
Aw smeck, sed.
Do you want me 10 tell your fnther7
sed mn, and | sed, Wy, ma, wat did |
say, srneck aint enything, waits srneck?
If plane Inglish izzcnt good enuf for
you, don't tawk at all, sed ma.
Well sippose | say bleck, ma, will
tbpt be al rite7 | sed
II will not, scd ma.
Aw, q, holey amoaks, ma, beck, sed.
The anser 10 that is this, sed ma.
And she reetched over and gave me a
fearse crack, me saying, Ow, hay ma,
you dident say enythipg about beck.
Dident /, well maybe you'd like to
try few more variations md see wat
happins, sed ma.
Wich | dident
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
Historic College Burns.

Quebec, Canada, Dec 16.-The his
toric college of Ste Anne de la Pecatere,
on the ST. Lawrence, about 20 miles from
here, was destroyed Yesterday by fire.
with a loss of $500, 900. Five hundred
students attended the college Reports
received here said there had been no
casualties.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
1 of the three following supper menus with
| homemade sirup:
Baked Corumeal Mush Cakes
with Sir1ip

| of the three following supper menus with
| homemade sirup:
Baked Cornmeal Mush Cakes
with Sirup.
Cocoa. Layer Cake.
Baked Cornmeal Mush Cakes-These
| are FIRE. Simply make cornmeal mush as
| though you intended To eat 1t az mush,
| then pour it hot into empty oakir 8
| powder cars, fillrg each can to the depth
| Of one inch Also fill the covers of the
cans Let these cool, then the mush VIII
| be hard Theu turn out the rounds Of
moulded mush, put them on creased
| tin cookie sheet, and bake them in good
oven until brown. Serve hot with srup.
French Toast with Snup.
Tea. Preserves.
Frcrch Toast Soak stale pieces of
bread in a liquid made by combiring. ]
well-beatcn egg with y cup Of mix,
seasoI ed with little salt. When the
bread has absorbed cI ough Of this liquid
mixture to bake il spOugy, fry 1t IN any
kind of oil, grease or dr ppil gs urui
hfowr- turning il over orce. Serve not
with sirup,
Cornmcal Ggiddlc Cakes.
Coffee. Tarts.
Corumeal Gridde Cakes 81 cup of
yellow corrmeal, III cup, white bread
flour, ! teaspoon babiI & powder, = tea
spoon salt, > tablespoon sugar, ! - cups
melted butter Sift the cornmeal flour,
ba king powder and sugar together. Beat
the eggs well, add the milk to ii, ard add
these to the dry Ingredients. Add the
melted butter and beat well. Fry on
hot griddlc
How to Cook Fried Cakcs-lt is best
TO use an aluminium, soapstone or steel
griddle and not to oil it as the cakes
are more digestible if grease or oil IS not
used in cookl them The griddlc should
simply be rubbed off occasionally with a
bag contaiiii5 < salt. Many persors, how
ever, prefer fried flavor to their cakes,
III q in this case the griddle should he
oiled hy a svab Of cloth tied onto a skewCr.
Lard. dripplrgs, bacon fat or any Of the
vegetable oils may be used, but butter or
oleomargarlre burn too quickly 20 be
employed for this purpose. Cakes are
ready to turn when they are fun Il bubbles.
Tomorrow Those Harmful Christmas
Gifts Your Child Receives.
All inquiries addressed to Miss Kirkman
IN care Of the Il fiicient Housekeepir z
depart nert viii be answered IN these
columns in their turn This requ res cor
siderable time, however, owug 10 the
great number received So if q personal
OF quicker reply IS desired, n stamped and
self-addressed envelope must be enclosed
with the question. The Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-16
w. n. Manning Hon orcd

w. X. Manning of 1918 Gilpin avenue, n
graduate Of Moses Brown School, Prov
idcnce, and student in Brown Gniver-
sity, has been elected treasurer Of the
freshman class NJ Brown Universit
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14
SUDDEN DEATHOF
mrs. ADOLF PHLENZ
Tetanus Causes Sudden Death Friday
Afternoon, at the Family
Residence
FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Services at Lutheran Church Rev. VIM
Frese Ohiaiatng.. Internsent in
Lutheran Cemetery

Mrs. Adolph.Lenz died suddenly Fri
day afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at the
family residence in this city, the cause
of her death being due totetanus, COM
monty called lack jaw. Her death
came as a shock to the relatives and
joying her usual good health and that
day had attended to her regular house
hold duties. The attack was a most
severe one and she was unable to call
out for assistance before the end came.
Martha Sophia Lenz. nee GOslar, was
born June 16, 1881, ih MOnona county
and thus was SO years, 10 months and
4day old at the time of her death. She
was the eldest daughter Of Patrick
GoSlar and Minnie nee Plagge. She
was united in marriage to AdOlph Lenz
March 8. 1904 at Ute. and established
their home in Soldier township where
they lived for "a year moving from
there to- a farm in the vicinity of Ute
where they lived for 15 years. Last
December the family moved to town.
Mrs. Lenz was a woman Of quiet
deineaner who aprefeFred.s to live the
quiet life at home among the family
est contentment. She was, devoted
wife, a kind and affectonate mother
and "a good neishbor and her loss will
be felt greatly, 81. 9Ss I5,
az She, leaves to mourn her death her
devoted husband three children, Err
win. Edna and Martin: one brother, Hen
.ry Goslar. Ute, and three sisters, Mrs.
Albert Lafrentz Mrs. VIM. Holtorf and
Mrs. George Lee, all Of Ute, and her
mother, Mrs. Patrick Goslar, residing
at Ute.
Funeral services were held Sunday
AFTERNOON at o'clock at the Lutheran
church, Rev. VIM. Frese, the pastor,
officiating, after which interment was
made in the Lutheran cemetery.
The Review joins with the many
friends in extending it's deepest sympa-
thy to the bereaved family in their hour
Of great sorrow.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14
J. w. JARNAGIN

$4,000: Arnold's Park. Brooklyn. Gar.
ner. Lake. Mills, LuNerne, Milford. Ok.
oboji. Walnut and Belle Plaine. $4,000;
Elliott, Lamont and Story City. $2,700.
Grade teachers are being paid from
$125 to $150fa month and in some
places this is paid in y monthly pay
ments. iffI Iss8 ti &
Miss Marguerite Feys. of Dixmude,
Belgium, who was attached to Gen.
Pershing's headquarters during the
war, and Edwin E. Hadley of Grinnell
were married at Tiflis. Russia, February
10th. Mr.. Hadley was secretary to
President Main of Grinnell college,
while he was engaged in an investiga.
ton of Armenian needs and it was
while on this Journey that he met his
future wife.
DIR. Jeannette F! Throckmorton of
the Iowa state board of health. has
been invited by the Royal Institute of
Public Health to deliver her lecture,
"The Fashions and Public Health"
before the congress in Brussels, May
1924. The congress is patronized by
King George and Queen Mary of Eng
land, the Prince of Wales and King
Albert of Belgium. The Iowa woman's
United States public health service has
been noticeable. She holds the degrees
of B. Phi, NJ. D. and a. M.
Henry Post. while driving his team
hitched to buggy in which rode also
his wife and son on their way to Or.
ange City. were surprised to see one of
of their horses fall as if shot and COM
ing in contact with its mate the other
horse dropped dead also. A storm had
blown down a high tension electric wire
the roadside upon (which Mr.. Post had
driven his team to escape mud hole.
BY the terms of the franchise granted
the electric company by the state rail.
way commission responsibility for dam
ages rests with the electric people.
On the 18th of March, 1S49, Mr.. and
in Howard county, Missouri, in which
county both were born. Before the
war they came to Page county, Iowa,
tand took a homestead near where New
Market is now located. When the war
broke out Mr.. Duncan answered the call
of his country and devoted four years
to it's service. Thirteen children were
born to them and twelve are living. The
whole neighborhood joined the y aged
couple on March 18th in observing the
list anniversary of their marriage.
They are supposed to be the only couple
in Iowa with such q long marriage
record. 5
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14

The death of Bishop Matthew s..
Hughes, of the Methodist church which
occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, recently
while he was there on ailecturing tour,
brings up some interesting Iowa his,
tory. Rev. Thomas h. Hughes came
to Iowa from West Virginia along in
the eighties and joined the Iowa con-
ference, and was appointed to the pas
torate Of the NJ. E. church at Grinnell.i
His son, Matt. as he was known, was
a reporter on a daily1 newspaper at
Wheeling, West Virginia. The elder
Hughes returned to West Virginia to
assist the famous Sam Jones in con-
Quoting the Loveland camp meeting,
an event of great interest in that sec
ton. The father telegraphed the son
to join him there for a visit, which he
did, and the young man attended the
religious services in the big tent and
was converted. He gave up his news
paper work, came to Iowa with his IA
ther and at once began preaching with
out any preparation for such service,
but he developed remarkably fast and
was admitted to the Iowa conference
ION trial. HeSfirst preached at Ewart
and Blue Point in Poweshiek county,
in the meantime keeping up the stud
les prescribed by the conference. The
next year he was appointed to the
charge at Malcom In the same county
and here he married The next year
Rev. r. B. Hughes was made presiding
elder of the Oskaloosa district and his
son Matt followed him as pastor of the
church at Grinnell, He had develop
ed into 4 most eloquent and forceful
minister A committee from Portland
Maine, visited Grinnell and Il few
weeks later the young preacher was
transferred to that large city. From
there he went to Kansas City and af-
Serward to Minneapolis and from there
to Pasadena. CAL, where he was re-
ceiving $4,000 a year when he was
elected a bishop and stationed at Port.
land, Oregon. His brother, Edward
also began his ministerial in Powe-
shiek county and he is also a bishop,
located at San Francisco. The older
Hughes died year or so ago at Pasa.
dena and was buried at bloomfield,
Iowa.
Announcement Is made by Capt. Dan
Newquist, in charge of the war risk in
surance for Iowa, that any discharged
soldier, sailor, marine, or army or navy
nurse. who is suffering from q disabil-
ity which is tracable to a disease or in
jury incurred, or is a$result of an ag.
gravation, in service. of a disease or
injury, is entitled to file claim for com.
pensation against the bureau of war
risk insurance.
A recent storm drove some strange
fowls under cover in the vicinity Of
Cascade. One of the wanderers was
captured and 1t was identified as a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14
/ EARLY MORNING BLAZE
Cottage Belonging to 4. T.. Fisher on
East Chestnut Totally Destroyed
by Fire Saturday

The fire department was called out
Saturday morning about 4 O'Clock to
answer an alarm sent in from East
Denison A cottage on East Chestnut
street purchased recently by L. l..
Fisher from p. II. Rank caught on fire
in some manner and was otally de.
stroyed. The loss is partially covered
by Insurance..
1t is not known how the fire started
but when the department arrived the
entire roof was mass of flames and
there was no chance for the firemen to
save the structure. w. A. Cramer, who
resides just west of the cottage, phoned
in the alarm. He was sleeping in an
east bedroom and was awakened by
the bright light.
Mrs. Susie Rollins Moore had been
living in the house but moved her
household goods out the day previous
with the exception of her piano which
was destroyed. The house had been
rented to w. M. Bowen and two loads
of household goods had been taken
there on Friday and these were destroy
ed, No one slept in the house Friday
Aight.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14

|!night hefon. Two years ago a large
flock of sea ,gulls visited this commrln.
ity, something never before heard OF.
According to a bird specialist OF ma
tionai arepute, during certain seasons
there are flocks Of birds constantly
passing to and fro. above us. far too
high to be tliscernable to the naked eye
going from coast to coast and from
tropic to tropic. +. l.. Baldwin of Cas-.
cade recalls seeing Il flock Of cuckatoos
there some twenty years ago that. re.
mained for week feeding IN a grove
where they. were not disturbed. They
left as suddenly as they came. None
was ever seen there before ana none
has been seen since.
That there is opportunity for the
young man who applies his tact and
talent to the mastery of any vocational
allurement is well illustrated in the
promotion of the assistant city super
intendent Of schools in Des Moines to
the superintendency. j. w. Stude-
baker learned the art of laying brick
not more thana dozen years ago. but
while he was following that work he
kept his mind on scientific and liter
ary subjects and he saved his money
and entered college. He was not only
good student in college burt out of it
and he became a specialist in the
study of child activities. and child as
pirations He was chosen assistant to
Mr. Th0nburg in the management of
the Des Moines schools Recently Mr..
Thornburg resigned and then Mr.,
Studebaker received just recognition
aHd by a unanimous vote, theafirst of
its kind recorded in the minutes of the
board of education. he was elected sd
perintendent of the city schools. Mr..
I,Studebaker's father was editor, of the
Toledo, Iowa, Democrat a few years
ago. - 81
M. C. Fox of LaPorte, Black Hawk
county, brought suit against ]. J..
Frahm, his neighbOr, for SIS 900 dam
ages. 1t seems that last October
F'rahm was going through some stunts
with Il revolver which he thought was
, not loaded. but it was, and a bullet was
discharged, striking Fox in the right
shoulder, and his arm has been partial
ly useless ever since. Notwithstanding
Frahm's plea that he did it ignorantly
and accidentally Fox employed an at
torney and brought sSuit in the district
court at Waterloo .Neighbors inter-
ceded and the result was that the case
Fox $45O0. The queer part of the mat
ter rests in the fact that theStwo men
were good natured throughout the CON
troversy.
.Thore are now about 1000 soldiers
at Camp Dodge members pf the Fourth
division of; the regular army. Along
with numerous diversions the athletic
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-14
DOW CITY PEOPLE | ]:
now IN ARMENIA
DR., and Mrs. C. Il. Gannaway Are DO
ing Work Among the Stricken
People in Armenia
WRITES INTERESTING LETTER
Mrs. Gannaway is Superintendent Of a
Young Wonan's Home While Her
Husband Is Physician

DOW CITY, April 11-(Special0M
C. r. Gannaway, formerly resident here
is now American superintendent OF a
young woman's home in Armenia.
In O. letter to friends she says of her
work: Isl
s.These are girls who during the mas
sacres and deportation were forced TO
live with Turkish men. Some of them
are married women, others are single
Two native Armenian women are mat.
rons in the home. They are widows OF
men who were murdered by the Turks;
These women graduated from the girls
school here several years ago. There
are from thirty to fifty girls here all the
time. We sew half the day and have
school the other half. Many OF these
girls could not read noriwrite in their
own Language when they began here.
They are learning to speak English and
are d happy, tcOntented set OF girls now.
Six of them have been able to pass an
entrance e.1examination K to the girls
school and attend there. / pay their
tuition and they live here at the home z
Mrs. Gannaway tells of the political
condition. OF the country as being very
unsettled. From the time DIR. and Mrs.
Gannaway arrived at Maisovan the lat-
ter part Of March, 1919, to October 1st.
they were guarded night and day. by
English officers and soldiers. AT one
time there were $50 native Gukhas and
their officers on duty. When they were
removed the GannaWays feared an out
break from the Turks but nothing seri-
GUS has happened recently
It is pathetic, in the face of the re.
fusal Of the senate to ratify the peace
treaty, to read Mrs. Gannaway's letter.
1--WE have been anxiously awaiting the
settlement by the peace conference Get
ter was written in October), and the
announcement of a mandatory, but 1t
is very slow in coming.
The persistence of their Iowa teach
er, however, does much to make their
days brighter now. Besides being teach
;er Mrs. Gannaway is in charge OF al "
supplies and receives each week from
Samson "a convoy of from twenty-five
to thirty Arabas, or native wagons, with
goods from the warehouses. She checks
IN all items of placing and storing and
has local store open one hour each
morning and afternoon ,4 q 81
Owing to the scarcity of teachers.
which is really worse in Turkey than
lit is in. the United States, Mrs. Gamma
way finds time to instruct a class g. y, ln
English in AnatOlia college for men, and
one in physical geography and algebra
at the girls school. She, has charge
Of music and conducts programs at the
compound. A male quartet Of three
Greeks and one Armenian would attract
favorable attention in America, declares
Mrs. GanIiaway. Y I'M .5tsl, !, l,lss, =
~ While Mrs. GannaWay IS CONG all
this wonderful work for the unfortu3
nate people who have suffered under
Turkish rule, DR. Gannaway is no less
active in his medical profession. With
a .Dr.S Marden assisting. a clinic is held
every day at which from 100 to 100
patients are examined. A large amount
of surgery is also done.