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ing else, and he who has them not Is poor
indeed. no matter what else he possesses.
IL is. therefore, of the utmost import
ance that children should have q love Oh
books inculcated in them in their earliest
youth. and should be taught the habit OF
reading them.
Most parents seem to be. of the OPINION
of Dogberry, that reading and writing
come bv nature. and in the guise OF
talent, such as a tenor voice, or an abiity
to draw pictures that can be recognized at
sight. Therefore, they rejolce, ana prae
about it, when little Johnnie and MARY
are bookworms, but they feel they nave NO
responsibility when Johnnie and Mary
prefer balls and dolls to peruslng nice nrte II,
volumes they got on their birthdays; ne
parental attitude is that some chliureh
are ''bookish" and some are not, JUST rs
some children have curls and some nave
straight hair. 1t is fate. kismet! And they
let 1T go at that
The truth is that very few children are
born with a love of books. 1t is one OF
the graces of life that has to be cultivated
in them, like speaking the truth, and kind
ness TO dumb animals. The point is that
it can be cultivated in them, and that once
we have established the habit OF reading,
IL is the most unbreakable habit In llfc.
And it's the habit that will do more to
TO keep a girl or boy out OF mischief than
all the ten commandments. For 1t is the
lack of something interesting to do, some
wav TO fill in the time, that leads young
people into bad company, and 80 on down
the road TO ruin.
The boy who loves to read can pass
pleasant evening at home. He doesn't
have to foregather with the gang on the
corner The girl who can find pleasure
in a book isn't out on a perpetual still
hunt for any kind of beau who will take
her around to dance halls and any place
Of amusement where there Is something
doing.
And when ones youth is passed and
one comes to middle life, books are the
bulwark of the home. Not without reason
has the conventional picture of domestic
bliss represented the happy family gath
cred about the evening lamp.
The reading man Is never the man VINO
wanders away from his home tire-side, as
soon as he swallows his dinner, TO seek
for diversion The reading woman IS
never the woman whose idea OF earthly
bliss is to chase around from cabaret TO
cabaret and restaurant 10 restaurant
Perhaps even the most middle-aged and
married of people have their passing mo-
ments when they yearn for adventure, and
W hiff of romance, but if they are reading
people, they do not follow the Reckoning
finger in person. They get down their
favorite novel and take their romance
vicariously through their most allurlng
heroes and heroines. And all is well.
For these, and million other reasons,
teach your children to love books. 1t is the
sure ticket to the realms OF the blessed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-01

Little Red Robin caused his mother
Mrs. Robin Redbreast, deal of trouble
He would not get up in the morning early.
Now, if there is one thing more than
another in Birdvile that is considered to
be a | ack of good bringing up is 1T for a
bird TO sleep late mornings, and Mrs.
Redbreast mourned over her son great
deal.
She always called him the minute
she opened her eyes, but sleepy Rob Rob
in only ooked at her a second and then
fell asleep again.
One morning when he was unusual
lv late his mother was telling the family
about the very large worm that had been
found by Young Robin, who lived in the
tree opposite. ).
'He is always up bright and early, =
said Mrs Rebreast Sometimes he is
out before I am, and he always gets the
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taken off with few drops of ammonia
poured over n cloth. The floor should
be washed with cloth we'll wrIng out
of cold water, so that no water will
have a chance To soak in, and should
be allowed to dry thoroughly before new
coat of varnish is applied or before wax
is applied
Tomorrow-When You Buy One
Pound of Meat at Time.
All inquiries addressed to Miss kiTkman
in care of the Efficient Housekeeping de-
partment will be answered in these columns
IN their turn. This requires considerable
time. however, owing to the great number
received. So il personal or quicker reply
is desired, stamped and self-addressed
envelope must he enclosed with the
question. The Editor.
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Enthusiastic Farm Bureau Woman

Miss Catherine Woods, who ct present
is engaged in extension work at Della
ware College, is also an active member
Of the New Castle County Farm Bureau.
Miss Woods halls from Clermont, n.
H.. and che has distinction Of being the
first home demonstrating agent in the
United States
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u book, the cOnUenienf arr 7ngemeHt 0t fhe
tables, the 7oondvtm abundance and assor
and old
Ah! the delightful bro10sing II IS, and
ing. qohethey the quest Is for the nearest nj
book, a rare edition Of Aesob's and GUYS Fa
tough-leaUed linen picture book costing a
ATTEsTED n
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Ii is something that adds TO the Joy OF
life ct its most glorious moment. 1t IS q
comfort that soothes In the blacklist hour
of despair. IL Is friend that never ialls,
and the one sure refuge from boredom.
No ore who has good book can ever
ack of brilliant society, or of entertain
ment, o. amusement. He has always q
congerial companion TO whom he can
turn. s,.'ure of finding the same warm well
come, ssliling up to him from the printed
page CO tain always of getting the old
thrill of adventure, or the brave words oi
cheer that put fresh courage into the faint
heart. Or the message of wisdom that dl-
rects aIight his falterlng footsteps
Boc.e are the real fairy tales come true,
for they have but TO wave their magic
ward, and, presto, all our dreams come
true. Are YOU born TO dire poverty, one
of those unfortunates who must ever listen
to the wolf bowling at the door? Open a
boo3- ard all the wealth of the world Is
yours. You NAV feast on nlghtlngsles
tongues on plates of gold in baronial
hall. You msy roll around in twenty
thousand dollar car, and swathe yourself
IN silken robes as YOU step from your
perfuuned bath, while your valet decides
which one of your forty-sevep different
varieties of suits he viii put on you;
Are ,-ou d homely, dried-up, shabby
little ol maid, who earns her living by her
needle. and TO whom no breath OF romance
has ever come? Open book, and you be-
come volmg end beautiful, q Helen whose
face launches q thousand ships. Sultors
sigh AT your feet. The very air brreathes
love and passion. snd you glow, and thrill,
an trernblc - the coming of your lover,
snd hall swooa with Joy as his strong arms
close sbout YOU and your heart finds its
home Oh his breast
Do yoa7ong 10 travel, and are you held
fast 10 some particular spot which you can
never hope to leave? Open book. and the
whole wide world IS yours. You may sall
through tropic seas, and sniff the cherry
blossoms Of Japan. and watch the never.
ending procession through the streets OF
Pekin, and the fsithful come down to pray,
AZ the Gsnges. aud roan the boulevards Of
Paris, and listen 10 the bells OF St' fao
in London =.
Books give Us all we ask Of life, and he
who has them Is rich though he has moth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-01
SANDMAN STORY
BY Mrs. r. A. Walker.
ROB ROBINS PROvERB.

Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New York City
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-01
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK.

Of all the different
"weeks" we are called
upon to celebrate, none
is more worthy of OBJ
servance than Gnu
drcn's Book Week, for
there is no other tails
man that we can put
into the hand of the
Young that will so sure
" protect them against
the sings and arrows
of outrageous fortune,
as a hook will
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omsk Once cossack Center.

Feodor Dostoievsky, the Russian
Dickens, wrote his famous novel,
Crime and Punishment" out of his
experiences with criminals at Omsk,
which was for a time the seat Of gov
ernment of the regime of Admiral
Kolchak. In this work DOStOievsky
pictures a future Russian people
freed from bonds of force, but united
by ties of mutual trust and kindness.
Omsk, under the Russian mon
archy, was the crossroad Of the routes
to Central Russia, Orenburg and Tur-
kestan. It lies along the transSiberian
railway, running from Moscow to
Vladivostok, 5,385-mile journey. 1t
was founded about 200 years ago and
is approximately Of the size of Bir-
mingham, Ala, or Paterson, N. J.
Omsk was long Cossack center.
In the principal square stands the
church of st. Nicholas, in which hangs
a banner reputed to have been that
of Yermak, a Cossack bandit of the
VOlga, who turned over the vast do
main of Siberia to Ivan the Terrible,
with the result that Yermak procured
his own restoration to Moscow court
favor.
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Remarkable Feat of Juggling.


An Indian juggler's remarkable feat
is described by a writer in the Wide
World Magazine. A slim young ma
tive, accompanied by a gray-bearded
assistant, appeared carrying couple
of large baskets, from the first OF
which was produced a big python,
which the young native proceeded to
Charm with his pipe. The juggler
took the basket containing the python,
placed it upon large cloth, the four
corners of which he knotted together
with a strong, thin rope. At the end
of this rope were affixed two little
horow-leaden cups, which he placed
over his eyeballs in such a way that
vacuum was created. He then shut
his eyes so that the lids were outside
the cups.
The two sides Of the rope were then
passed over his ears and, rising from
his squatting position, he lifted the
basket containing the snake by the
grip Of his eyelids and the suction on
his eyeballs alone. The writer says
he has never heard of the feat being
performed before or since.
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WOMAN'S CRIT
ICAL TIME

Omaha, Nebr.-"T have used DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for many
years at certain critical times when such
tonic was necessary and it never failed to
strengthen and build me up. When was
raising my family took it and always the
results were most satisfactory; then during
middle life it helped me to come through in
q strong and healthy condition. I am very
enthusiastic concerning DR.. Pierce's reme-
dies and have recommended them not only
to members of my own family but to many
others besides and have never heard one
complaint. DR.. Pierce's book, the Common
Sense Medical Adviser, has been in my
home for 35 years and know it has saved
me many doctor bill as well as many Of
my friends whom have advised through
it."-MRS. THOS. GRAY, 4316 Erskine
st.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is Q
remedy that any ailing woman can safely
take because it is prepared from roots, does
not contain alcohol or narcotics. Its ingre-
dients printed on wrapper.
Send 1Oc. forotrial package Of Favorite
Prescription tablets to DR.. Pierce's Invalidsi
Hotel, Buffalo. N. Y.
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A Feeling of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
1t is not stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles Of two sizes. medium and large
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
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EASY TO WIN COOPERATION
Must Earn What One Expects
to Receive.

Getting on with others is matter
of cooperation.
If you expect cooperation you must
give co-operation-judi system
atically and with good will.
You can win cooperation from a
person when you help him to do what
he wants to do.
Everybody has desires which are
worthy and deserving Of promotion.
Study the desires of the person whose
cooperation you wish to win and then
idealize the ways by which you can aid
him to realize those desires.
1t all comes back to a matter Of
service-to what Emerson called the
law of compensation and what one
teacher of New Thought calls the law
of giving and receiving. In the
language of salesmanship the way to
sell yourself to anyone is through the
principle of service. "What will you
haveY' quoth God "pay for it and take
it-Nothing venture nothing have
Thou shalt be paid for what thou
hast done; no more, no less"
In more hOmely language you must
earn what you get in the way Of
friendship, favors and cooperation of
any kind just as you must earn any
thing else worth while. And by the
way, to habitually take what you do
not earn, what you do not give fair
IN
is to sap the vitality of your own
character and unfit yourself for place
among men and women who are not
parasites.
If you are a salaried worker and
want to earn more money there is only
one legitimate way in which you can
do it (assuming that no other employ
er will give you the increased pay),
and that is by giving more efficient, CO.
operative service. This service may
take the form Of carrying out instruc-
tions from others or of acting on your
own responsibility; in either case the
object is to efficiently help your en-
ployer to realize his ideals for the
business.
You cannot throw into the business
machinery the monkey wrench of in
difference, or positive objection to the
ideals of your employer and his ways
Of realizing them, and expect to get
your pay raised therefor. Neither can
you, by such a course, render relations
more pleasant and agreeable and win
the cooperation which you desire in
the way of increased appreciation as
evidenced by fatter pay envelope
William e. TOwne in Nautilus.
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PNEUMONIA LEFT BOY
WEAK AND S|CKLY
Parents Were Almost HOPELESS. But
He Is Now Well and
Strong.

"Our little boys health was so poor we
were afraid we were going to lose him.
He is ten years old, and has had weak
lungs ever since he was eight months
o!d, caused by pneumonia. We have been
very careful with him and doctored him
continually, but we had almost despaired
of ever having a strong, we'll boy.
"But since giving him Milks Emulsion
all his trouble is gone, and he is in per-
feet health. Mrs. G.. w. Smiley, 20 Maple
St., Dayton o.
For restoring appetite, health and
strength in sickly children, mothers will
find Milks Emulsion the thing they have
always sought. Most children like to
take 1t, because unlike many emulsions
and tonics, it really tastes good.
Milks Emulsion is a pleasant nutri-
tive food and a corrective medicine. 1t
retores healthy, natural bowel action, do
ing away with all need of pills and phys
les. 1t promotes appetite and quickly
puts the digestive organs in shape to
assimilate food. AS builder of flesh
and strength Milks Emulsion is strongly
recommended to those whom sickness has
weakened, and is a powerful aid in resist
ing and repairing the effects of wasting
diseases. Chronic stomach trouble and
constipation are promptly relieved-usu-
ally in one day
This is the only solid emulsion made.
and so palatable that it is eaten with a
spoon like ice cream.
No matter how severe your case, you
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee-Take six bottles home
with you, use it according to directions,
and If not satisfied with the results your
money will be promptly refunded. Price
60c and $1.20 per bottle. The Milks Emul-
sion Co., Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by drug
gists everywhere.-Adv.
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HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils Opens
Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffing, blowing, headache, dryness.
No struggling for breath at night !;
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get q small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little Of this fragrant, antiseptic.
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the inflamed or swOl-
len mucous membrane and relief comes
instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up
with q cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv
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ing was completed. to this place he
gathered together the several tribes of
serpents and venomOus creatures. and
drove them headlong into the Western
ocean. From hence hath proceeded the
exemption Ireland enjoys from all poi
SOnOus reptiles"
SOlinuS. who wrote q few hundred
years before St. Patrick arrived in Ire
land. makes mention Of the fact Of
Ireland's freedom from all venomous
creatures, but assigns no cause for the
exemption. The Venerable Bede. In the
eighth century, notices the same fact.
but says nothing of st. Patrick in this
connection.
Donat. bishop of Fisulae. near Flor
ence, who lived in the seventh century.
wrote Latin poem describing his ma
tive country. Ireland. in which he re-
fers to the absence of snakes from the
land and frogs from the lakes of this
favored isle. translation of the poem
is subjoined:
Far westward lies an Isle Of ancient fame
By nature blessed. and Scotia Is ner
name;
Enrolled in books: exhaustless is her
store
OF veiny silver and Of golden ore.
Her fruitful soil forever teens with
wealth,
With gems her waters, and her air with
health,
Her verdant fields with milk and honey
flow.
Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow,
Her waving burrows float with bearded
corn,
And arms and arts her envied sons adorn.
No savage bear with lawless fury roves,
No ravenous lion through her peaceful
groves,
No poison there infects, no scaly snake
Creeps through the grass. nor frogs an
noy the lake:
An island worthy of it's pious race.
In war triumphant. and unmatched In
peace
This enthusiastic, expatriated Irish
saint of the seventh century mentions
the exemption above noted, as among
the many blessings enjoyed by the
highly favored isle Had DOnat be-
lieved that st. Patrick had been the
active agent In securing this boon to
Ireland, it is improbable that he would
neglect to state the fact.
In his confessions" st. Patrick lays
no claim to miraculous power Of any
kind unless it be. as the instrument of
divine grace in the conversion and
transforming Of sinners, whereby they
became the children of God. 1t Is not
known that there was any other au-
thority for the story of st. Patrick's
banishing the snakes. but Joceline.
tCopyrig hit. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
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land Is Indebted to st. Patrick for the
exemption. This merit is still attrln-
uted to the saint, not only by the un-
educated. but also by some OF those
who stand in the relationship of moral
and intellectual guides of the people,
Joceline monk Of Furness,
writer of the twelfth century. was the
first to give currency to this reputed
miracle Of st. Patrick. The old chron-
icler .writes: "As the season Of Lent
approached st. Patrick withdrew into
a high mountain on the western coast
Of Connaught. to be more at leisure
for contemplation and prayer. He
tasted for 40 days. without taking any
sustenance After his period OF fast
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Should Be United in Honor.

Sharing st. Patrick's labOrs and his
grave, why has the once loved and hon.
ored little Irish nun. Saint Bridget
been comparatively forgotten?
She was among the first to accept the
faith preached by Patrick. and welded
faith to works by dedicating her life
to the cloister. the first woman of her
race so to do.
So united in inspiration and in labor
for their fellows we're these two In
minds Of the sons of Erin that within
one sepulcher their mingling dust
awaits the last trump.
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lust a Reminder.

"The Grabcoins are spending the
winter in Florida" remarked Mrs. Dub
waite, who was glancing over the so
ciety pages.
"Wen, what is that to us?" asked
Mr.. Dubwaite, fretfully. "We can't
afford to spend the winter in Florida" !"
"Probably not" answered Mrs. Dub
waite, with an air Of resignation. Il
just thought I'd call your attention to
the fact that it is still being done."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love it's delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must say california"
ADV.
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CHRONICLES
AND LEGENDS
OF IRELAND
By NEIL MACDONALD
St. Patrick in the Annals
of Clonmacnois
BY NEIL MACDON|

LONMACNOIS owes a measure
~ of it's fame to the "Annals."
written in Gaelic and of very
: great antiquity. The earlier
l,uriiGi, OF the history Is undoubtedly
largely mythical. and even in the more
musi+.n part, fable and fact are so IN
te,iaa.ed that il is extremely difficult to
attain certainty. 1t claims to be q
narration of events from the dawn OF
humanity down to l408. when the rec
ord closed.
According to the old chrOuiclers all
the teathen kings who reigned in Ire
land until the time of st. Patrick num-
bered 136. They trace the origin or
the Gaelic people anterior to the time
of Noah and write of events beyond
the range Of human knowledge. with
all the assurance Of undOubting GER
tainty.
Much is written about st. Patrick In
the "Annals" but. here again, the
miraculous and improbable are SO
commingied with reality that it Is hard
to determine what is truth and what is
fiction
translate q portion of it bearing
upon the life of St. Patrick, which is
doubtless in the main correct:
I'm the fourth year of King Leogair's
reign ST. Patrick. the apostle of Ire
land. was sent over by commission of
Pope CeleStine to convert the land
from paganism to Christianity. but he
did not land here until after the death
OF. Ceiestine. In the first year of Sixtus,
his successor. In the year A. ID. 432.
Ardmachu was edited and made the
metropolitan see of ireland by ST. Pat.
rick. Some writer's say that st. James
the APOSTLE came to this land: others
say that Palladus was sent here be-
fore st. Patrick. but he had not much
success, for he converted to the faith
but five parishes only. which we're In
Leinster, and as he was returning to
Rome he died In Pictland (ScOtland).
In the ANNALS" frequent mention Is
made of st. Kieran. who was not only
the founder Of Clonmacnois. but was
also the patron saint Of the men OF
COnnaught. The ANNALS of Ivinfsfap
assign the year 500 as the date of st.
Kieran's birth and 548 as that Of his
death. So great was his reputation for
sanctity that people in that part of
ireland. even now. couple his name
with deity when they wish to give
ahdiiinnal force to an assertion.
ECN9 ~ VILE
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Stranne Character.

"How about GlibwitZ"
"I1, what respect?"
"His mentality?"
"Oh, wouldn't 60 so far as to say
Glibwitz' mind is perfect blank, but
I've never heard him express an opin-
ion on the League Of Nations, and he
has no plan for unscrambling the rail-
roads."-Birmin4ham Age-Herald.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

DO you see her eyes of deep Irish
blue,
Her cheeks with her own, the
roses pink?
Faix she could be coy and be con.
trary, too,
And give to your rival a smile or
wink.
Pat Nowlan paused on his mass-ward
way,
And a rollickin' wrinkle crept into
his smile,
"Arrah," says he. show St. Patrick's
day
Makes an ould divil wish he was
young for a while"
M. Russell in Houston Post.
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THE OULD SOD

Pat Nowlan, do you mind of the
stile
That straddled the hedge by the
whin-grown cairn,
And the Connocht hills for many a
mile
and fern?
Do you think of the colleen baugh
SO sweet,
With laughter and mischief a-brim.
min DER?
Do you hear the pat of her wee bare
feet,
When she runs to meet with you
at the door?