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else 1t might make a difference
all the difference in the world. But
he must never know what she had
done purposely.
The gate snapped and Marjorie
felt her hands grow icy cold and her
heart pound m~addeningly. Would he
be able to see through the silly trick
would be give her up and know her
for the girl who had thrown herself
at his feet?
Her dark eyes quivered with tears
and Dickey, finding her at last with
her face pressed close to the honey
suckle hedge, took her in his arms
without a word.
Even as she felt his first kiss on
her lips and his voice husky with
feeling, Marjorie, l want you to come
with mel" she felt wickedly unhappy.
That wretched letter would stand
between her and an easy conscience.
She would always know that she had
won him by a trick.
Yet she had promised brokenly to
marry him, and had known a moment
of wild ecstacy when he had told her
of the new life that awaited them in
the West before she made her way up
the stairs to bed.
On the stairs she brushed against
something that cracked, and, stoop-
ing, felt a crushed oblong, sticky with
melting nolasses.
Before her own lamp she held 1t
up and saw with amaZement and a
sense of relief that 1t was the I'M
stamped letter bearing the name. Mr..
Richard Stevens.
"Tommy forgot to mail It," she
breathed, and, kneeling down with
the letter clasped in her hands, she
smiled happily through her open win
dow into the moonlight.
Dicky loved heri He had never
seen her silly trick to win his love !
The future, iridescent as a dream.
stretched before her a rosy, reckoning
way.
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When ThInos 90 wrono.

When things 90 wrong with you /;
when you lose out in what you under
take. what Ii your attitude7 Do you
give up or push on more determined
than ever to win1
I do not care SO much about what
a young man does when everything
goes his way, when life is smooth I;
but ] want to know what he does next
after he has q serious setback In
his career.
Defeat and failure mean very little
to a resoiute soul. You cannot con-
quer him, you may knock him down,
but he will rebound like a rubber ball I;
the greater the fall the higher will be
the rebound.-Orison SWEET Marden in
New Success.
, 1920-11-25
Millions for a
New Stomach

One Of the greatest American million
aires said to his physician, GA million
dollars, Doctor, spot cash and no grum-
bling, for q new stomach and then
the sick man groaned and turned away.
AL his wealth could not make him
happy or c~ontented, for happin ,ss large-
~ depends upon digestion. Without
health where does happiness como inf
After all the stomach plays q greas
part In everyday life. Without .
healthy stomach and good digestion q
blood is thin, watery and poor, our
heart action is weak. our liver does not
do its duty, and man Is miserable and
unhappy. Prevent disease by putting
tba house in order and strengthening
the system against the germs Of disease.
DR.. Pierce, Of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo. N. Y,
years ago understood diseases and their
prevention, and he discovered certain
roots and herbs which were natures
remedies, and succeeded in putting them
up in a form that could be easily pro-
cured at the drug store (iquid or
tablets). This he called DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This Dis
covery gives no false stimulation be-
cause it contains no alcohol or any nar-
eotic. It helps digestion and tho as
sanitation of such elements in the food
as are required for the blood. It gives
to the blood the food elements the It's
sues require. For over fifty years IL
has enjoyed the confidence Of the
American public. Try it nowi
, 1920-11-25
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Getting Even.

Are the Gadsbys stfi regarded as
social climbersT'
II believe the Gndsbys have ar
rived"
"Ah |"
"And they are now In a position to
pick on other people who have social
ambitions" Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
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Once in n great while a young man
gets busy and does things In spite OF
his inherited wealth.
, 1920-11-25

The National Farmers union mas
sent to Its locals throughout the coun-
try n call for n producers strike to
combat the falling prices OF farm prod
ucts. All farmers are appealed to TO
hold this years products from the
markets until 'proHt-making levels"
are restored. The strike is not com
pulsory.
, 1920-11-25

Many an embryo statesmen lands In
jail before he has n chance to make
good.
, 1920-11-25

Having crushed Baron wrangel and
expelled him and his troops from the
Crimea, the Russian soviet govern
ment finds itself in good shape to re-
sumo negotiations for the resumption
of trade with other nations. And Its
chances for recognition also are vastly
improved. Most governments realized
some time ago hat Russian Bolshev-
ism was not to be destroyed by armed
opposition, especially from the out
side; and nearly all except France be-
lieved that 1t would be useless to give
aid TO the factions within Russia that
were in rebellion against Lenine and
Trotzky. Even the leaders Of the
Menshiyists and other wise opponents
OF Bolshevism In Russia have long
maintained that position and asserted
that the best thing to do was to recog-
nlze the Moscow government, or at
least let 1t alone, and hat ultimately,
having nothing to fight. Bolshevism
must fall. 1t seems likely that this
view of the problem will now become
general.
, 1920-11-25

The crushing Of wrangel was swift,
once the Bolsheviki had broken
through his defenses on the Perekop
peninsula. His troops were driven
back to Sebastopol and some 10000 of
them, together with many thousands OF
civilian refugees. embarked there and
were carried to Constantinople and
other ports. Wrangel also escaped to
the Turkish capital.
The soviet forces were then directed
against the Ukrainians under General
Petlura. and these also were put to
rout, Kiev and other cities being occu-
pied by the Reds. There was fear in
the capitals OF Europe that the Rus
SLAMS would now renew the fight
against the Poles, and certain threat
ening notes from Moscow TO Warsaw
increased the apprehension.
, 1920-11-25

Venizelos, premier OF Greece, was
badly defeated in the elections and has
resigned and taken refuge In France.
Admiral Coundouriotis. the regent,
, 1920-11-25

The Turkish nntionalists have desig-
mated soviet Russia as the warden OF
the Orient" according TO Talaat
Pasha, former %vizier. and consider the
treaty between Turkey and the allies
invalid. With the help OF the nation
alists, the Russians are strengthening
their hold on the country between the
Black and Caspian seas. demanding
more and more from the Georgians and
the A~rmenians. and opening more COM
pletely their route to Persia, and Meso-
potamia, and perhaps to India. The
British have decided not to reduce
their military establishment In Meso-
potnmia for the present.
, 1920-11-25

Most Arc.
May l ask. madam, what is your
husbands lncomef'
Certainly. sir. 1t is mostly outgo."
, 1920-11-25

The executive council of the Ameri-
ting ready to start a great movement
for the "humanizatlon of industry"
Its main demand will be that union
contracts with employers shall include
provisions for the appointment of COM
mittees of employees to cooperate
with factory owners In the manage
ment of production. The program also
calls for a renewal Of the fight on the
open shop. Among its other features
are:
Repeal of existing laws and opposi-
tlon to proposed laws requiring conn.,
pulsory arbitration of Industrial dis
putes.
Opposition to laws restricting the
right of workers to quit work when
conditions are not satisfactory.
Enactment OF legislation restricting
immigration from all parts OF the
world, especially central and south
eastern Europe, for four years at
least.
A campaign OF Americanization.
especially In the coal fields and In In
dustries where foreigners are en-
ployed. to offset influence Of political
theorists not in harmony with the
present system of government.
An upholding OF wage standards as
long as the dollar remains at half the
purchasing mark OF the pre-war dol
lar.
In pursuance Of Its policies, the ex-
ecutive council is eliminating as many
OF the ultra-radicni leaders in the
ranks Of union labor as II can. Among
these is John Fitzpatrick. bitter foe OF
Gompers. whom the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor continues TO elect as its
president.
, 1920-11-25

President-Elect Harding. after brief
visits in Brownsville. Tex. and New
Orleans. sailed for the Canal Zone.
Mr.. Harding had let the Mexicans
know that he could not 20 TO Mexico
City for the Inauguration OF General
Obregon, but there was talk of his
stopping at Vera Cruz for n talk with
the general.
, 1920-11-25

An interesting story from Munich
sets forth the imminence of a new rev.
olution In Bavaria which is to make an
independent state of hal second larg-
est state of the German confederation
and the creation of a regency, proba-
bly, to be followed by the selection Of
n of the Wittelsbach family as king.
1t is planned. also. hat Bavaria shall
enter into an agreement with France
to guarantee her independence and OBJ
tain relief from her part of the Ger
man war burden. The story, which is
plausible, says the real ruler of Ba-
varia is Doctor Escherich, founder of
the Bavarlan home militia, whose
armed strength is about 100000; that
he is backed by the former German
stan officers and monarchists, chief of
whom is General Ludendorff, and that
Ludendorf probably would be chosen
regent. Escherich has refused to dis
arm his militia. and 1t is expected the
entente will soon threaten to occupy
the Ruhr basin in consequence. When
this is done, according to the plot, the
workers. socialists and communists
will declare a general strike and In the
ensuing conflict the coup d'etat will
be accomplished.
, 1920-11-25

The Kansas Industrial court, which
has been so bitterly attacked by or
ganized labor. showed the other of its
two edges last week when 1t called be-
fore 1t representatives of all flour mills
in Topeka. Workmen had complained
to the court that some of the mills had
closed down and others were on part
time, and the court wanted to know
why, since such a thing cannot be done
without court sanction where a 1eces-
sity of life is involved.
The millers agreed that the cheaper
Canadian wheat available to Eastern
mills and cheaper Canadian flour avail
able to consumers had led to such
curtailment of new orders and such
cancellation of orders previously
placed hat mills which had closed or
were on part time" had acted from
necessity. If the court finds the &C.
ton Of the millers unjustifed 1t can
order the operation of the mills on a
scale which 1t deems Just. 1t will be
readily seen hat this ease is Of far
more than local Importance in Its influ-
ence on future legislation and the pos
sible establishment of similar courts in
other states.
, 1920-11-25

called George Rhallis to form a ney
cabinet, and when the new premier
vas sworn In he demanded the reslg-
nation of the admiral and made Queen
Olga, mother Of former King Con-
stantine, regent. 1t was taken for
granted that the victorious party, of
which Gounaris is the head, would re-
call Constantine to the throne, though
he says he will not return except by
mandate of the Greek people in a pleb-
iscite. Probably a majority of the
civil population would vote for the res
toration now, but 1t Is believed most
of the army would oppose 1t If given
a chance to vote. There is even som
talk of the troops in Asia Minor re-
turning to prevent the recall Of Con-
stantine by force. This presumably
would precipitate a civil war. France
and England have been holding con-
versations owe the Greek situation,
but 1t was stated neither would act
without the other.
, 1920-11-25

Certain German officials have told a
Berlin correspondent that Germany
would not now accept membership In
the league if It were offered that she
now contemplates demanding a new
peace conference, or al least an inter-
probation and revision of the existing
treaty favorable to her claims. Berlin
holds that a definite sum for repara-
lions must be fixed, and feels that the
coal delivery demands are too severe
and are the sole nus for unemploy-
ment and labor disturbances in Ger
many. The Germans also hope that
the Danzlg corridor will be restored to
them, and that they will be given some
colonial manufactures.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright 1918. By the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New York City.
TEMPERAMENT AND
HOUSEKEEPING

'eThe time to do what you have to do is
when you feel like it, remarked the
housewife who had been sleeping for
several hours during the middle of warm
August day and after supper was over
had arranged things in her kitchen pre-
paratory to canning peaches. Il didn't
feel like canning today. Now do. shall
be at it until midnight and shall enjoy it..
That is the way with me. Sometimes
don't feel like washing on Monday so
wash on Tuesday and sometimes ! would
rather read or knit at eight in the morn
ing when plan TO clean, so / don't clean
until late afternoon"
This plan might be very well if the
housewife lived alone. But if there are
others in your house whose business re-
quires the keeping of some sort Of regular
hours, the housewife is making q very
serious mistake IN giving way to her tenn
perament in this manner. And after all
she probably really gains nothing by hef
capriciousness. She loses the pleasure that
comes to the housewife who has worked
reasonably hard all day long SO that when
evening comes she can SIT down to we'll
deserved leisure The leisure that you
pass when you know that the breakfast
dishes are not washed and that-the market
ing is not done always has an unpleasant
flavor. 1t is not to be compared with that
feeling of contentment that comes when
you know that you have kept to your time
table and have done the thing you had
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31
SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. +. A. Walker.
Copyriehg. 1919, by the Mcclure New
paper Syndicate. New YORK City.
THE FAIRIES HELP
MOTHER RAINCLOUD

OF course, everybody thinks that the
big. black clouds are filled with rain
when they hang over the land and down
come the little raindrope pitter-patter
onto the earth. But will tell you secret
that the fairies say is true, for YOU know
they can see with their magic eyes things
that poor mortals never, never can see.
The raindrops are really little elves.
Now, isn't that funny? And the fairies
saw the way they found it out was because
il rained so long once upon time that old
Mother Raincloud, the biggest cloud of all
had 70 come to them for help.
She had let all the little rain elves out for
a frolic and instead of coming back when
she called them of they ran like naughty
runaway children and did not mind her
call
The louder she called the faster they
ran down the roads and streets, pitter-
pattering as they went.
All day and all night IL rained and oil
the next day and all that night until old
Mother Raincloud began to get very
much frightened for fear her disobedien'
children would drown poor old Earth in
stead of helping To make II besusiful
with grass and flowers.
There is but one thing 10 do" said
Mother Raincloud II will have TO go TO
the fairies for help"
So she went TO the Queen and told her
her troubles and the Queen called her
helpers together, saying, go right out
even If IL is daytime. The sun is not shin
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31

ing. so YOU are safe. and find those naughty
rain elves and bring them home TO their
mother"
The little fairies put on their rainproof
coats made of green leaves and off they
went, and such time as they had with
those little wet elves. They chased them
hither and thither, the little fellows throw
ing the wet from their tiny finger tips
straight IN the faces of the little fairies.
But after awhile they caught the run
aways and touched them with their magic
wands and back they scampered straight
TO old Mother Raincloud, who quickly
huddled them into the waiting clouds and
carried them to their Skyland home.
OF course, they did not come pitter-
pattering home as fast as they ran away
and that is the reason sometimes when
you think the rain Is stopping, as we
mortals say, and the drops do not jump
so fast, II really is because the fairies are
chasing those naughty elves back to their
mother and they do not want to go.
And then, too, you will know the next
time YOU see the raindrops jumping and
dancing on the pavings or the road that
the little rain elves are really running
away as they go chasing each other along
and old Mother Raincloud cannot call
them back.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31

Politics has long provided mon with q
career and livelihood. Is 1t to do the
same for womenf
Beyond doubt. Many women are
going to make n career Of politics. They
NAV not 90 for the bigger positions, they
NAV seldom be governors and perhaps
neycr presidents. but there are hundreds OF
nolitical positions that will appeal to them
as worth filling, and that they will be able
to fill.
Already women are being elected to
various city and county Offices. They have
long filed educational positions that are
linked to politics. In some towns women
are taking over the housekeeping posi-
tions, as it were, that is they are super
intending tho street cleaning and garbage
collecting departments, they are mnnag-
ing the sanitary problems, lighting ioi
better school conditions, and running fo'
political positions in order to win these
fights.
has every right to train for them. Shs
can hope to serve her State well, and she
| can look forward TO earning an honest
and decent living. She does not scor
likely to be corrupted by politics. II is the
woman of forward looking and idealistis
mind who seeks Office. When shc is electsc
I
il is often because the people who elect hcl
know that she il To be counted upon to dt
her work honestly and to the best OF hel
ability.
Polite. is both a science and correct
understanding of your fellow beings. TIL,
girl politically ambitious should stud,
for her career, but she should also tr,
| TO learn oil she can about mon ane
women. She can't live in tho clouds. She
| has her work cut out for her night her'
! in the dust There is much that is intcr
esting in this work, something that - hope
| less, discouraging, bitter, vast dealt tha
/ is amusing. But, in spite of ideas 10 q
contrary, women like life, they enjoy ~
contrasts and opportunities, its absurd
tics and its discouragements, and they
| love TO handle men and women. The,
are really born politicians, as has beer
proved over and over again. IL ia not
| unlikely that politics as . career is goinf
to attract many Of our American girls.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31
LETTERS OF TESSIE AND JOE
Dear 'Tcssie:

Dear Tessie
Sorry TO of missed the spare ribs. Mo-
body dishes up spare ribs the way YOU do.
which is intended ss compliment and not
a left handed wallop. But at that, Tessie,
/ remember when we was first nmarred
and had 10 stand for an awful lot IN the
way Of practice cooking. Not that you
wasn't good sport, Tessie. You never
asked me to eat thing you wouldn't eat
yourself. II wasn't your fault that your
digestion was stronger than mine.
Do YOU remember the frrt chicken you
cooked. TessieF | do, even IN my sleep
when ret tossing spells Oh boy that WAS
some hirdl First YOU roasted il and il did
have beautiful color, I'll say that for II
but no knife could puncture il, much lcrs
no teeth, 90 you boiled il 10 make IT act
reasonable. but the only result WAS that
YOU had 10 cot j; up and fry IT. Oh well,
bygonee are bygones, and the chicken
might Of been tough 70 start with, but II
certainly wns tougher to finish with, not
TO speak Ill Of the departed.
I sold a do.en cases Of Dairy Canned
Soups this morning at the very second
place | stopped at, which Almort made me
forget the frecze-out I got At the hrst
Mace where jay bird with whihkers had
the nerve to tell me that instead Of having
a picture Of daisy on the label, Dai2s
Canned Soups ought to have picture Of
lily 10 cy1mbshIe their death dealing
qualities. Statements like that depreHs
me. Tessie, because even If l haven't no
strong desire 10 drink up my samples,
regard Daisy Canned Soups as a friend
and love them for their faults like a
friend should.
Say, Tessie, suppose you know all
babies have kind of soft spot on the top
Of their head for about year so so, %
YOU want 10 be extra careful not to drop
the baby on his head even from low
height during that time. Not that expect
YOU TO make q practice Of dropping him
, afterwards, but word 10 the wise is
sufficient, that's my motto. Yours,
joe
Extra Baby Almost Has a Tooth
See Tessie's Letter Tomorrow for full
details.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31
blend to tho fabric and expose to sun

blend to the fabric and expose to sun
light.
A Constant Reader Please give me
a recipe for Potato Salad:
Answer Potato Salad.--10 small po-
tatoes. / white onion, ~ stalk celery,
" cup olive oil, "a cup vinegar, white
pepper and salt to taste. Pare and
boil the potatoes when cold slice them
very thin Chop the onion and celery
finely and add these to the potatoes;
Pour over all the oil and vinegar. ana
add seasoning. II soup stock is on
hand, use u cup of this
A Bride have American walnut
bedroom furniture and lately the Wooo
looks smearcd. Will you please tell me
what will take this look away7 Also
nv dining room table neods attention;
a cut glass fern dish has made scratches
on it. What shall / do for this?'
Answer.-A good prepared furniture
polish such rs one may buy on tho mar
ket generally contains enough dye or
stain TO eiarkcn scratches, and l would
advise YOU to apply this. If you do
not wish TO buy a can of this, however,
rub the scratched surface of your table
with boiled insced oil. Apply turpen-
tine and linsced oil in equal parts to
your walnut bedroom set. :,
Engaged Girl-T am to have a 48-inch
round mahogany dining room table
when marry and want to take the neces-
sarv precautions to protect It Is
silence cloth all III necd2"
Answer-City department stores. are
now selling asbestos table mats Of al
sizes which cover the entire. surface OF
round tables These come in two pieces
two seni-circles, meeting together close
| ly in the contre. Have your table
cloths made to cover these, for OF course
the mats will not look pretty il allowed
TO show. You can got them exactly As
inches in diameter. l would also advise
you to buy one Of the new oil-cloth table
covers for luncheon Use; those save sc
much laundering. and are prettily pat
| termed.
Tomorrow-More Picking Recipes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-31
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.
THE HARE AND THE ToRTISS

A PLAY
Aek
Scene, part of the country.
Hare. Hay Tortiss, Ill run you a
Tortiss. Watts the use7 I'm satisfied
ware j am.
Hare. Ill even give you a handycap.
Come on, wat do you say we run race
to the old crick.
Tortiss. / say no.
Hare. Aw, you old ice waggin. You
old push cart. You old funeral. You
old stick in the mud. You old woman.
Tortiss. Who, me?
Hare. Yes, you. Don't you like it?
Tortiss No ! donat nd jest for that
Jest for spite III race you Jest to prove
you aint as CRATE as wat you think.
: Hare. Haw haw
Tortiss. Get reddy get set go.
Aek 2
Scene, another part of the country.
Hare. G, I'm going like the wind.
I'm going like tightening. This is CRATE
life.
Ack 8
Scene, another part OF the country.
Hare o Boy, if ! went eny faster
Id catch on fire. i bet I'm the fastest
runner in this country. | bet I'm the
fastest in the world. Nobody could
beet me except myself and even !
couldent hardly. Well ! think ! got
time to lay down and take a little nap
and as soon as i heer myself snore Ill
wake up and finish the race.
Ack
Scene, the old crick.
Tortiss | win.
Hare (half an hour later. Aw heck,
| forgot to snore.
Tortiss. Haw hawl
The end.