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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


tAny res1er ear T-s n. sn--gr = 90
nation Bureau. Frederic j Hsskin Die
tor, Washington, y 2 The 1rer aDpiiet
give advice on legsl. nn-sicsi and snan~is'
matters 10 does not attempt - esffle fr-
nestle troubles. NOT % UNDERTAKE erhaus
question plainly and br1erT Give f1n Gam
and address and enclose 10 cents
stamps for return postage Al rppllea az
sent direct 70 the inquirer.
o. Is there = trans-psrifr ar Sight
under oon-iderstion2 II -, what rniit.
would be tsken2 q A. r
A. Such q project hs. heen 1,srTIaae.l
for some time, and aircraft - under crr-
strlction looking - Eich = highf
route has not heen decided upon Ihe
choice would ha between q fiGht from
San Francisco 70 HongkonE, . 1is'ance
Of 1915 nautical miles wIfh sfous ar
Honolulu, Wake Island. Guam and Ma
Mia, and 8 fight from Victoria ~ : lk0-
hama. distance 81 $500 % 400 -auti-
cal miles, with stOps ~ -ilka and I rImaN
Pass. The northern route would Dr. much
shorter, but possibly would offer lfhrr
problems, such IS fogs, % 0fset rns
advantage.
Q. Is there difference between liquor
and hquer? r. A. n.
A. Alcoholic liquors include ferrnrnfeG
liquors and wines. matt liquors and dIs-
titled liquors 4 iquer. pronounced with
the accent on the last SYLLABLE. Is a name
gwen 20 an alcoholic preparation which
is favored or perfuned ana syeetened.
y. Who discovered he hawaiian
Islands? D. E. F
A. These stands were sisrovereu 90
/ I7-s bv Captain Cook, who was kilied bv
/ the natives IN February, l71e.
@. Is Mexico increasing her output a.
oil? s. HI.
/ A. The Mexican Embassy says that
I official estimates of Mexico = uruouurlCI
| for 1920 places the output sc l4O0Oo.O o.
| barrels or one-fifth Of the wOrid totAl.
/ In 1919 the production Wa ss.VoO,orO
/ bsrreis.
Q. Who Inventea VolApuk? r. T. q.
A. Volapuk, literally world sp..ah,
/ language which was intended 20 he uni-
I versal, wss invented BY Martin Schleyer
/ Of Krsstssz, Baden, about 1879.
q. Why Is there space leit oet~e-n
/ the rails OF a railroad 2. -.
/ A. Il Is Necessary 70 ,esye 8 space 70
/ allow for the contraction and expslslOn
I of the steel due to climatic change.
q. Who are Uncle sam best customers
] in the export line? J. r. ..
A. The Department Of CcmDerce says
/ that England and CAnsds rsnk irSt ~
/ buyers OF our products.
/ Q. How much money hss been gwen g.
/ the csuse of education IN Amercs n the
| last so years? :. ;. ".
A. The Bureau Of Education Ssys thst
a compilation beginning in 1871 spd IN
eluding 1918 shows total OF 1907 p
3a5,176 that has bcen oontributed a.
gifts and requests IN this tsbie, the
wears 1882 and 1917 are not listed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

We need not despair if an apple grower
came over from Cranberry, New Jersey,
and carried of first prize for the best box
Of the fruit exhibited at the Peninsular
Horticultural Exhibition here The ex-
hibits all were superfne and perhaps the
Judges could not decide which was the
best and awarded the $50 to the Jersey
orchard out of courtesy TO the visitor from
across the river. Perhaps too, the fruit
was not judged for favor. There are other
sections Of the country whose orchards
yield prize winning lockers" but when it
comes to taste" Delaware is first But
We are sure our visiting exhibitor and his
apples fully deserved the prize and we
shall hope he will come again and show
Delaware orchardists how TO raise fruit
that is just little more attractive to the
eye than the quality they are producing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
EVENING SMILE
THE TRUTH AT LAST.

~ say, Hsrry," said miner 20 his
mate, "whets q cosmopolitan"
Suppose there was a Russian Jew
lived IN England with an italian wife.
smoking Egyptian cigarettes, near 3
French window in a room with a Turkey
carpet on the floor n this man drank
American ice cream sodas while listening
TO German band playing Come Back
TO Erin, after supper Of Dutch cheese
made up as Welsh raboIt, then you might
be quite safe in ssyin that he was cos
mopolltan. Los Angeles Times.
Say looky herel'' demanded chin
whiskered customer In the rapid-fire
restaurant L want a good, substan-
tia meal; 10 frills or flxin 5 under stand,
but suthin thatn fill me up Bale o.
hay for the gent from Jlrpson Junction."
calmly yelled Maisie the waitress, back
TO the kltchen.-hansas City Star.
EIla-"She is very metnodical Stella
''l. es she always marks her age down be-
fore going to business il the morning. =
Huston Post.
well, grille. what's the natter"
Doctor, have broken heart. I'm.
/ think Id better leave this case to my
handsome young assistant. Louis
vile. Courier-Jou ounral.
Lady yisitor-"Can your little baby
brother talk yet?" eorge-"No: and
why should he, when he's got onlv 70
veil for half minute and he gets every
thing in the house worth having. Lon
don Answers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
First Regiment Rand.

First Regiment Rand.
Oriental Lodge, X OF P.
Excelsior Lodge, X OF P.
Camp No. 4. P Q. ). A.
Fairfax Lodge, l. O. O. T.
Local No 3i3, | b. T. W
Brandywine Lodge, S. Of Fl.
st Johns Chapter r 4 NJ
Columbian Lodge, @. O. f.
St Georges Castle, X c. E
Local No. 626, c. & J. of \.
Wilmington Tinsmiths Union.
Encampment No. "a, L. Y. L.
Third Ward Democratic Club.
Manitou Tribe, Imp'd O. R. NJ.
Star Of Bethlehem Lodge, S. Of NJ
Delaware Tribe, Imp'd O. Z. NJ.
Delaware Haymakers' Association.
Washington Council, I + of A
Diligent Council. Jr Q. I \ NJ.
Lady Jefferson Homie Communion.
Canton Delaware. ? NJ. l. @. @ F.
Washington Camp No. 4. Z. O. ;. A.
Wilmington Lodge No la, L. O. c. :
Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters IN
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

New Jersey farmers have found q new
and profitable means Of disposing Of their
unmarketable apples. Instead of turning
to the still and translating them into
Jersey lightning they are turning them
into syrup that is said to excel the prod
uct of the maple tree in excellence
Oregon orchardists long ago found apple
syrup prof table and in continuous de-
mand. The syrup is made without the
addition Of sugar, and one gallon is pro-
duccd from eight times as much elder
Apple syrup may solve Delaware farmers
problem of what to do with the inferior
fruit that invariably grows side by side
with the perfect, and that heretofore has
gone to the cider mill, the still, or the hogs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

city In nfnc ~ssks N tho sxt>rim~nt sb~
beld half dozen Jobs, MI ns~~rsbiy paid
aud she learned That the 0nyrvse~fsd
girl doesn't get much IN the way of dls in
teressei gallantry from men She Advn
cstes ths. man should do away with thf
outyorn, botheryDfne, fOrfBnlitlos bYear
the women he regards a. worthy ~ b..
protection. IN their place she would hsVf
him adopt toward All women tbs sar1f
attitude of sensibs courtesy thkt be- 90
in dealing with men.
A oous,HvArryr vrrw,orvv.
Mabel Boardman, The frs. scrnar
commissioner ~ the Drsric. a Ciohsrabis
is opposed % the nntiChivairv rrs-aif
'"To discard the cOurt~ssies braf0wsd grrs.
women would mean a loes and nor a ~
she told an audience few fNv day- AZ
"ChiyaIry adds o. lies values ~ ~
pense with afenities, which havs IT,
come hsbit, and are IN no ssns. q iur
den, would be a zrsa. mistake
Still another attitude taken ~ Ani.s
Poilitzer, legislatiys secretary "A IL
wornan's party, who said th0urfffuiiv
when questioned
Whether the ancient customs - cosirt.sy
from men 70 women continue ~ - fof-
lowed Is = matter, 10 seems - mo n me
CBfnDifyft llllWfffIff - WNfnNW. AII
eourtesies reflect credit upon To pe-son
who offers them and not up0n the pervo-l
20 whom they are offered The lffing n
a hat IL a graceful act becoming ~ alniasi
any man, and 4 u r. omitted. ths nan
alOno loses"
k for the men, they seem n h--i,nss
% express their sentiments freely. Meet
Of them tip their hats On ths strerfr anf
remove them in elevators, because they
think the women expect i. Some, private
" object % the custom On the z1ound ths'
it II responsible Tor unoounfed o0lfs snf
cases Of pneumonia.
Back in 1864 Samuel P,py- wrote ~
his diary: Home ~ bed having go'
strange cold in head By finging ~ mv
hat at dinner and sitting With ~ wind r
my neck" And ever since, men hsve
yr1mbled more oy lezs about eTur-rre
% drafts in the cause of chivalry
II Margaret Hatfield and ths 1'her
progressive are right, men VIII voon ho
freed Of hat raising responsibilities Therr
women hold that the custom q siowir
dying out anyway, and that Z enough
women denouncs it, i viii soon - A.
obsolete ss the old-fashioned bov rhici
required lots 0f space and rno-r time fha~
the modern man or woman world cars fl
give % non-essentials.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

A New Jersey justice has exonorated q
Millville minister ofthe gospe for shooting
eneishbor's dog, which he declared howled
at night and disturbed his meditations.
The justice ruled that a bowling dog was o
nuisance, and being such DR. Coons had q
right 10 kill it, even though the preacher s
name suggests the natural night quarry of
the offending hunter
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
CUBA'S ELECTION MIDDLE.

1t is surprising to learn from Washing
ton that the result Of the Cuban elections
is not officially determined owing to the
of returns from many pre-
cincts and to charges and counter-eharges
of fraud and intimidation. 1t il even
that enough votos are missing
10 furnish the possibility of throwing the
victory" 10 General Gomez, the Liberal
candidate. The proposal is made to send
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
RIPPING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
NOT WANTED.

With my twelve kids and aunt
and wife m sadly wearirg 9 out my
life in search of rooms where we may
dwell most any shelter, poor or
swell. | have the price, | am not
broke, but landlords view me as a
Joke. and shoe me from them with
a ieer. and cry, No kids are wanted
herep' They might accommodate my
aunt, but take in kids they simply
can't Ard | have called at suudry
fats where there we're plain and
fancy cats; handled Argoras slept
and purred III luxury obscei c, ab-
surd' when human ofIsrpil Z We're
deEied needed restlI : place in
side. AID in ap4rtmeI Is goods or
mean fat pampered bow-wows |
have seen; they idly played their
canine games, the pets of fat and
pampered DANES; but landlords Who
thought daschunds right, and shell
tered tomcats day and night, looked
on my twelve assorted kids, and
then turned down my highest bids
All kinds of live stock fiud repose in
modern flats and joints like those;
and even monkeys ard their ilk re-
cline ON sofas decked in silk, and
noisy parrots cav aud whoop in
many a rich exclusive coop; but
when 20 with my twelve kids, re-
slendent in their aSunday lids, and
my nice wife and quecnly aunt, to
find n dwelling place, | can't
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

The casualties attending the strike Of
miners in West Virginia number 81 killed
and 600 wounded IN the past five months
This reveals serious condition, and one
hat should be amended forthwith
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

Cornell has found co-educaticn 10 be a
failure, according to the report Of the
Student Council. and demands that the
girls be segregated This is essential TO
the preservation of Cornell the Cornell
we know-for future generations says
the report One Of the plants appears to
be that Cornelhs ''he-nan g college and
unless women are barred 1t will soon lack
material for athletic teams. This seems to
be conclusive argument on the side of
those who regard the modern college
mainly as training ground for football
and baseball players
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

Atlantic City milk dealers have cut the
price two cents a quart and bakers have
taken three cents loaf off the cost of
bread. Although Wilmington Is in the CEN
ter Of a rich dairy country, and Atlantic
City is far removed from green pastures,
we pay quite as much for our milk as do
the dwellers by the sea, and perhaps a
cent more for our bread.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

'Yagrancy'' is finding its way back on
the police station blotter, as IL was
charge against seven Of the men arrested
last month. This term had almost entire
~ disappeared for several years, only 10
reappear with the return of the g. O. p.
to power
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

Statistics from Berlin show that Ger
mans are drinking more champagne now
than they were indulging In before the
World War. Then they were consuming
6,O0O,OOO bottles a year, while the con
sumption for the past year was 10000 900
bottles. If Germany can afford such
luxurious indulgence at this time, her
people cannot be 50 terribly impoverished
at least a large portion of them
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
Big Crops at Reformaiory Farm.

The bows who are wards Of Pennsyl-
vania. at the Glen Mills Reformatory
lust across the Delaware county line, have
proved they are without peers IS farmers
bv raising 100 bushels Of shelled corn 10
the acre on 24-acre tract, and total OF
: 200 bushels of potatoes It would seem
by these figures that the best place 20
teach farming is at some such institution,
for perhaps no other such yield has been
produced elsewhere in Pennsylvania
To produce $4,000 worth Of apples on
about 20 acres Of ordinary farm land is
worth while and illustrates how institu-
tons like our own Workhouse, for ex-
mple. might be made largely self-sus-
tanning. Possibly it is more difficult to
obtain the services Of a good farm man
ager. but il should not be much Of q task 20
make land pay when help can be had free
Of cost or for a small wage
In addition 10 the value Of the corn and
potatoes, the cultivation Of the crops kept
the lads at Glen Mills employed at useful
healthful work, and that is the greatest
factor in the reformation OF mankind
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03

"'Whsts the matter" "Tcothscha
''Seyere?" "Oh, very. Even an ongs~r
ment with the dentist hssn { reiievcd h
Detroit Frse Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09

They sang one by one. then In pairs,
then in trios, and finally all the blrds
sang together, as they did in greet
ing the dawn in Birdland.
Nanette listened eagerly, her brown
eyes glowing, and faint color com
ing into her cheeks.
1T is making me better - sne sigh
ed happily, and leaning back on her
pillows she closed her eyes.
The songs Of the birds died away
gently, just as the lullabies Of the
mother birds die away In the dusk when
Birdland IL going to sleep And IL
seemed as II Nanette were sinking to
sleep, SO quietly did she listen with
eyes shut tight.
But just at that moment there came
n yowling and wailing from among
the chimneys across the alley--a yowl-
ing and wailing that scared the birds
and caused them to take to their
wings. Nanette heard the yowling and
her eyes few open. She saw that the
birds were gone--only the yowlers and
walters were in sight, two big black
cats.
'Oh, those awful cats have come to
torture me again." sobbed Nanette.
1T was only dream about the fair
les, only beautiful dream. I'm not
getting we'll, and I'll have to go away
and leave poor father and mother"
1--WE are still here" cried Peggy and
Billy.
"Woof! I'm going to give those
cats what they deserve for annoying a
sick girl !" barked Johnny Bull.
"Woof! Woof! Get away from here,
you pesky cats!"
The cats stopped yowling when they
heard Johnny Bulls bark, and their
green eyes glared down at him. They
saw that he was across the alley, and
they thought the alley was too wide
for dog to jump.
"Er-ow! Er-ow! Hear the funny
dog We're not afraid of the funny
dog Er-ow! We're going to yowl all
night !" walled the cats, arching up
their backs and putting out their tails.
You're not going to yowl all night
Woof! Woofl" barked Johnny Bull,
anil he gave leap toward the cats.
His airplane wings carried him across
the alley as though he were flying.
Tomorrow eiH be told What hap-
pens 10 the cdfs./
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
CHAPTER V
The Medicine Music


"ENlRlES!" said the little sick girI
tn softly looking at Peggy and Billy.
,,.' aa'''Cs come to cure me !" Then the
a as'e SICK girl raised up in bed and
pointed finger at Peggy: "Your
osme Is Fairy Peggy :" she said. Her
i iIufsr E.,t turned TO Billy. "Your name
,o At that Peggy and Billy were as.
msned' %aaa' How had the little sick girl
'ueSsed their names?
N, NY name is Nanette," went on
s6ort e httle sick girl. "I have heard
And And ,,yu ,you-perhaps in my dreams.
oNo. u I'VE heard about Birdiand. I've
,,sn sn thought that II could 20 there,
set T ba,,p. tVr Just little while, I would
I%Ns ssSnised Peggy - "You shall aimee, so as
"" as you are able to travel"
feel much better now. NV
pered Is coming back to me-" whis-
birds wonnS ahnette, II wonder II your
seen would sing to me. I've never
park '"Or heard birds except in the
will "ihoo siM Whoo! You can bet we
Nanetion hooted Judge Owl loudly.
clothes, covered her head with the bed
Voice hhe was scared at his big
owl boo,e never before having heard an
Owl th.t th feggy explained to Judge
sick Sird id' MS voice was too harsh for a
Ing, hi Inv VINO ought to have soft sing
in dlsSpuuuse owi grumbled and mumbled
himSeIfp fpsI;Uplntment, s;p for he liked to hear
iugale 'p,ng, but kept still while Night
Canary brown Thrush and Yellow
Nanetie so' up bird concert for
Than IN uhey sang, more sweetIy
Tor thew ,ne , quiet woods of Birdland,
Door liitl"" "ete a very, very sorry for the
al they co,, s,Sh giri and wanted to do
Vouid to help make her well.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-09
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
THE GIRL IN THE ATTIC
nv DADDY
BY DADDY

'Psggv and Billy, both made small
~, ~ aoHS; ride Hoppitv- Hop and
y"nhy BHH on trip icith the birds
- Me city. The rabbit and dog fy
a'os9 ,o'th the aid of airplane 6ings
maae 6v Billy. In an attic then find
nttte girl verv sicb. She thinks
fe0gy and Billy g fairieS.J J
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
Fire Horse Insists
Driver Wear Uniform

Mike" veteran fire horse, sold
by the fire department of Muskegon,
Mich. to the water department, re-
fused to work until his driver dom
ned a flreman's uniform.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
COMMITTEE TO URGE LAWS
BENEFICIAL TO FARMERS

A committee Of 100 farmers rep
Iresentatives will go to Chicago and
San Francisco to work for planks
desired by farmers. Secretary
Charles A. Lyman, National Board
Of Farm Organizations, said yester-
day.
The committee will speak for D.
O0O, 900 farmers afflliated with the
board, according to Lyman. Writ
ten planks will be submitted to the
conventions. They are being pre-
pared by a special committee headed
by c. o. Drayton, Greenville. Ill,
president of the Farmers Equity
Union.
Among reforms desired by farm
ers as outlined by Lyman are:
Amendment of antitrust Iegis-
lation to give farmers full oppor-
tunity to buy and sell food through
cooperative organizations without
the continual menace of prosecu-
ton and Imprisonment on charge
of monopoly.
New legislation to regulate the
packing industry to establish real
competition and stop the exploita-
ton by packers of farmers and
stock-raisers.
Government operation of the
Muscle Shoals nitrate plant to pro-
vide fertilizers at a reasonable cost
and remove American farmers from
the menace of the Chilean nitrate
trust"
The farmers of the country will
take a more active interest in the
coming campaign than ever before.
Representative Baer, of North Da-
kota Nonpartisan League. Represen-
tative in the House, predicted to-
day.
The Nonpartisan League expects
to conduct active State campaigns
in the Northwestern States and
hopes to elect governors in North
Dakota, Montana. Idaho, Washing
ton, Minnesota, South Dakota and
Wisconsin" Baer said. I'VE will
cooperate in national movements to
benefit the farmers, but our main
efforts will be directed toward in
Producing the reforms we have ac-
complished in North Dakota into
other States"
Various organizations of the
farmer-labor group have called
conventions in Chicago shortly after
ventions for the express purpose of
reviewing the two platforms, it was
learned. If planks demanded by the
group are not found, a combination
Of all the meetings into a national
convention will be attempted. Even
should the combine not be effected
and a party ticket put in the field.
these organizations at their meet
ings then plan to outline an active
against what they may
consider undesirable features of the
old line platforms.
Among the organizations that will
are the Committee Of
Forty Eight, the Farmer National
Council, the recently formed rail-
road observation-disclosures combine,
other farmers organizations, the
Plumb Plan League and possibly
the Nonpartisan League.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
LIVESTOCK MARKET
WEEKLY SUMMARY
espeeiaI 10 DE wssls.rsss Her-lz-,

Especial 10 the wsshinEfsh Herald,
J Baltimore. Nd. May iT-cattle
receipts for the week ending Et noon
today were 1.1ss head against an
head last week. Receipts. o. ear
loads for market for the week; -
carloads for market today. Owing
70 the light receipts the market Wa
a little stronger. Better grade OF
steers and cows and bulls In slow
demand Quote: Steers, choice 11.oo
a13.O0: good butcher, 11-o0a1l.1E-
medium. -1o.0oal0.75; common, elooa
$50: heifers. choice, l0.0Oa1i. 90; fair
TO good, 9.00a10.00; common 70 me-
dium. 7.00aS.75. Bulls, choice, 1000
all.oo; fair to good. S.o0ae 50; com
mon TO medium. 6.50a7.5e. Cows
choice, 9.0oal0.00: fair TO good, 1-6o
aS.5o; common 70 medium, l50aT.zG.
Sheep and lambs. receipts for the
week ended at noon today were 1,3ss
head, against 2.51s head last week.
Light supply. market lower. ouote-
Sheep (clippedD, 4.00a1lO0: lambs
(clipped). 1o.ooa1S.5O: spring lambs.
l7.OOa2l.5e. Hogs. receipts for the
week ended at noon today were
1854 head, against IS.7Ia head last
week. Light supply, market lower.
Quote: Lights. 1880: heavy TO me-
dium 14.75a15.o0; pigs. Is.5OalS.z Is.
medium, 1880; rough, 600aia.oo-
Calves, receipts for the week ended.
at noon today were 1,6s4 head.
against 5,o12 head last week. LIehf
supply, market lower. ouota.I
Calves. S.0oa17.0O.