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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
Nv Jcsaie Roberts
Cppyr4shs. 1870. by Wheeier Sypdicaes. Inc
BUSINESS SUCCESS.

II is problem for the unframed woman
who finds it necessary TO support herself
TO discover how she can use her brains and
personality to the best advantage,
| happen to know one such case where
the outcome has been successful.
NV friend had married early and had
lived at home, taking care of her small
house and her husband. He died suddenly,
leaving her with small income, too small
10 live on at the present high price Of life.
At first she lived with relatives, doing
what she could TO assist about the hohse
and with the children. But this was un-
happy work at the best and held no
future. The war came, with its appeal
for workers overseas She went and made
good. She came back with new ideas of
Independence and new faith IN herself.
But Just what should she doY
She thought things over carefully. She
had a lot of good furniture, and she was
an excellent house manager. She had
proved this again in her work abroad.
So she decided that she would rent an
apartment, furnish 1T, and sublet IT. She
had taken an unfinished room for herself
elsewhere, and furnished that.
She had taste and personal charm as
we'll as capacity. The apartment she
made was most attthcttNt, ANU itiitN
easily at a good figure. The next thing
was that a friend with some money TO
invest asked if she would take over the
furnishing and managing of a house,
divided into small apartments and single
rooms. She did. and made another sue
cess. She then repeated her original plan,
renting and furnishing another apartment.
She sees to the proper running OF these
pIaces and to the needed repairs. In the
house she manages the staff of servants,
takes up all complaints, rents the rooms
that become vacant, etc.
~ planned frs; of all to have my rooms
homelike," she told me. "The little
conveniences and attractions that are
usually overlooked are right at work.
have the lights attractively shaded, |
have waste paper baskets and comfortable
chairs. I hav been careful with my
color schemes, and careful to avoid any
appearance of being cluttered up. The
first thing anyone says when | show one
of nv rooms is Why, how very charming
and homelikep 1t ought to be-I've
worked for that"
NV riend gives six hours of her day TO
managing these apartments She Is
arranging for others, because she say that
she can attend TO at least two more
without overworking. She is making
money and she is happy in the type OF
work she is doing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

the service of woman and
the home.
AS mentioned before,
there are the electrical
washing machines, which
assuredly do put a lot of
blue sky into Blue Monday.
(These washers, by the
way, can be purchased on
the partial payment plan).
Then, in various standard
makes, there is the electric
iron, which, as the old COM
undrum says of a bald head,
no one, having once had It,
would be without.
Electric cleaners need Go
praise-but every house
wife, even in a tiny apart
ment needs an electri:
cleaner. The only question
is, what cleaner will give
her best service. We shall
be glad to explain the points
of excellence in the various
good makes carried here,
each unexcelled at its price.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee PaOe.

title Benny's BLEST %%9oeo%
Last mite it was late and was Supposed
to be in bed, and after vile ma opened
onthe edge of my bed reeding Fred Feer-
nots Adventures in the Air, and ma sed,
Benny Potts.
insted of all dressed reeding, and i sed, j
a fearse hard not.
Wnh it was, and ma sed Are you try
ing to get it undone by reading to it?
Being sourcasm, and i sed, No mann,
thawt if Id reed little vile Id feel
freshed wen / tried to unite it agen.
Give me that book, sed ma. Wich j
did, and ma went out with it, saying,
Now you hussle out of those clothes, and
into bed bubble quick timd.
Wich ] started to do, ony ] started
to think of the base ball game the In
visibles was going to play the Park Won
ders, and after a vile ma looked In agen
on account of seeing the lite still lit, and
| was still setting on the edge of the bed
with nuthing more off exsept my blouse
ma saving, Now, this is too muteb. !,
Well G., gosh, ma, holey smoaks, its
a heck of not, ] sed.
Let me see it. sed ma. And she quick
lifted up my foot and did sumthing to
the not and it came undid rite away, ma
saving. There, is that wat you call hard?
Well gosh, iimminy crickits, holey
smoaks, no wonder it was easy for you
after me working on it for so long,
bet can tie it In not you cant undo, ma,
watts you wrnt to betY
] bet if you're not IN bed with the lite
out in 9 minnits your father will be up heer
with his slipper, sed ma.
And she went out agen and it ony
took me about minnit and quarter
insted of 3.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

ters and saw Mr.. Fox with his lantern
"IlI follow on behind, he said. when
am out of the woods il will not seem so
dark"
Bunny Rabbit was looking out Of his
window, and when he saw the light
Mr.. Fox carried he thought it would be
quite safe for him to start out, Tor he
was sure once in the road IT would be easy
10 find the garden where he knew there
were many things he liked.
All might have gone well IT Mr.. Coon
had not stepped on dried twlg and IT
snapped.
Mr.. Fox turned around quickly and
when he saw all the wood folk following
him he put out the light.
"Whv should furnish light for all
those fcllows?" thought selfish MIR. Fox.
IL found the lantern and furnished the
oil and they are using 1t. won't be so I'M
posed upon"
OF course it left Mr. Fox as much in
the dark as any of the other animals, but
he was so selfish he thought only Of keep
ing the others from using his light
Mr.. Fox could not see where he was
going, but he kept on and pretty soon
smash went something and then the other
animals heard deep groans and they hur-
ried for home as best they could, for they
were sure someone had caught Mr.. Fox
Mr.. Fox was not caught by anyone,
but he was hurt. He had bumped into
a rock, broken his lantern and was knock
cd over by the bump, and not being sure,
what he had hit he was very much fright
ened.
He did not dare move, and there he
Law on the ground until it was light enough
for him to sec.
Just because of his selfshness he brought
trouble upon himself when he might have
shared his light with the Others and not
been poorer or have suffered in any way
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
In This
Warm Weather
What n Biessino

is the electric toaster tiat
makes the crisp, goh'en
toast right on the table, or
the electric combination
grill that toasts, stevs,
broils. fries and bakes
griddle cakesl
Even IL one hasn't elec-
tricity in the house, she can
reduce the number of hours
spent daily in bending over
a red-hot burner or stove
hole, by using a freless
cookstove.
The kitchen that hasn't
a "freless" may be a fine
kitchen, but il isn't a both
century one.
The great feature IN =
freless cookstove, next -
the saving in fuel, labo~
and discomfort. il that the
food roasted, baked. boile6,
braised. stewed or frozen N
II tastes more delicious
than under other circun1-
stances, owing 70 the non-
escape Of essences.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
By Lsurs A. Klrkmsn.
ANSWERED LETTERS.


Miss A. H.-"Could you give me
other way than boiling it? We are so
tired of eating it that way"
Answcr.-The only other way to pre-
pare it is to smoke it. II you have no
smokehousc you will have TO erect one or
turn some other small outbuilding into
one. Sailed beef is excellent smoked and
sliced thin; in this form it is also called
"chipped beef"--perhaps you will recog-
nize it by that name
Reader of Your Column.--"We have
just moved into new house and find that
we have some mint growing near our
cellar door. Can you tell me of way to
make jelly of thisP"
Answer: Mint Jclly-Parc and cube l
pound of cooking apples. Add to them
enough water to prevent burning and
cook until tender. Drain through cheese
cloth as for apple jelly. Cook pint of this
fruit juice for 10 minutes, then add to it
"a cup of fresh mint leaves and cook for
2 or minutes longer. Add the juice Of II
lemon and the exact amount of sugar to
equal the fruit juice. Continue TO cook
until ready to "jell, then color with a
few drops of green vegetable coloring
matter and strain into two jelly glasses.
The mint flavor will be delicate and de-
licious.
Four-Year Subscriber" am soon TO
give birthday party for my 17-year-old
son and have the menu and games all
planned, but am short one feature--a
contest OF some kind. Can you suggest
some kind of contest in which the young
people could draw something with
pencil or model something out OF clay2"
Answer.-Clay would make good deal
OF fuss and dirt, 1t seems to me. If ] were
you, ] would have drawing contest
somewhat like the following: Give
square of cardboard to each guest with the
names of several articles or animals writ
ten thereon. Each guest will be expected
to do his best at drawing the article or
animal named (all cards should. of course,
be alike) and the best attempt will be
rewarded by prize Of some sort. A BOBBY
prize for the poorest result would meke
fun. You can either distribute the pencils
at the beginning OF this contest or have
SINAI, ones attached to the cards by ribbon
Bride.-Is there a way TO preserve rasp-
berries for shortcake without cooking2'
Answer. To Preserve Raspberries
Without Cooking Allow pound for
pound of the fruit and sugar. Crush the
berries, making sure that every one is
well broken, then sdd the sugar and mix
thoroughly. Have hot sterilized jars
waiting and fiji them 20 overtlowing with
the berries and sugar; adjust rubber
and hot stcrilized covers, and seal at once.
These, when opened, viii have the flavor
| of fresh fruit
Tomorrow Raspberry and Gooseberry
Jam and Jelly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright, 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. Nov York City.
MAKING CLOTHES SPACE.

THE clothes closets in our house arc
far too small, sighed a young woman
few months ago. There's Just a small
one in each bedroom, and now that my
husbands father and mother have come
10 live with us, it's impossible 20 keep All
our clothes in order in such small space
Today she has solved the difficulty.
Not by building new house. Not even
by putting in more closets. Simply by
making the best of the space she already
had
To begin with, she had horizontal rod
put into each closet, and from these rods
she hung clothes forms or hangers. She
bought slender wooden ones, with a few
heavier ones for coats They were too
expensive already enamcled, SO she
enameled them herself, all with can of
blue enamel that cost ten cents. They are
smoother when enameled.
Then she made old-fashioned shoe bags.
with pockets for shoes and umbrellas and
a row of little pockets down all one side
for stock ngs rolled INTO pairs. One of
these she hung on the inside of each closet
door. On the INSIDE of the bathroom door
she put strong nickel hooks to hold bath
robes during the day In the pantry
downstairs, between the diningroom and
kitchen, she put hooks for coats and hats
and a box for overshoes and galoshes.
Then, with row of hooks IN the kitchen
for aprons and dust caps and wraps TO
wear when sweeping porchcs and putting
out clothes, she was finished And you
have no idea how much more room there
seemed TO be in that house.
1t is always possible TO do a great deal
toward clearing up a crowded condition in
the house by simply making the best of
such closet space as you have. You can
buy small sets of steps that make it pos
sible easily to get at high shelves, so that
these may all be utilized for everyday uses.
You can buy strong hooks already screwed
or riveted into wooden bars, which in
turn can be nailed or screwed into the
Nron
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

why W u X leagues.
waste hours and redden
hands in washing dishes
that the Whirlpool. Family
Dishwasher can handle for
me, without touch Of a
hand, in Z minutes"
why knead so much
bread when | need SO much
time 10 do sewing, and when
Nanamaker's sell the Uni
versal Breadmaker?"
why stick to that old,
slow sewing machine OF
Mothers, when there's a
Wanamaker Standard RO-
tary machine. with revOly-
ing sLuttle. that does more
work in less time than
0thers?"
''Or - happy thought!
since I've electricity in the
house, why not get an cleo
tric-motor sewing-machine.
that does the work quickest
of all?"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

Before that. IL was always,
you 60 ahead and take out
the children. John: I'm most
weeping tired" or, "The dishes
haven't been touched. or,
"The wash must be taken in;
I didn't get il hung out until
three o'clock"
Now she finds time 10 read
a new book, and spirit TO smile
at a joke, or even TO make one.
She gets some living out of
life. because she has modern
ixed the machinery of her bus
mess, just as her husband has
done in his office or mill.
She did it--any woman can
do i,-with the results of an
fFourtb Floor, "
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
SANDMAN STORY.
B1 Mrs. r. A. WaRes.
Copyrt0ht. 1910. By the McC1urs Nsws'
pAT,or 6yndicato. New York Cdey.
Mr.. rOx'S LANTERN.

MIR. Fox found an old lantern one night,
and thinking it might help him to find his
way about on very dark nights through
the woods he carried it home.
Not long after that he started out
and found that it was pitch dark. He
could not see a tree or rock.
'"The very night for my lantern, he
thought. so he trimmed the wick and
put in some oil and started out.
Mr.. Coon had started out, but md
ing it very dark he had gone back to his
house.
When he saw light coming along
the path he peeked out, and finding. 1T
was Mr.. Fox with light, MIR. Coon slip
cd out and followed on behind.
Mr.. Postum had started out also that
night and found il too dark, but he hap
pened 10 be looking out between his shut
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

hours shopping in the Wsns-
maker Houscfurnishing Store.
Talk of the fatigue OF shop
pingl Why. this was buying
countless hours Of rest and
plessurei and, az the liability
of few dollars. stopping the
previous ceaseless waste of the
most precious asset Of the
household--the health, youth
and strength Of the wife and
the mother.
oh, what a pal for Mary is
the Wanamaker Housefurnish-
ing Store, which co-operates
with. and even anticipates, her
every effort TO conserve her
time and her vitality
rkrf and T~nfraD
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Are You DOin0 H?-Wnste of Woman
POuer in the Home is Something Worth
Wor7uinq Ab0ut-and the POWer-SaUing
Appliances for H0useUOrk are Worth Seein!
At WunUn,aker's

acquainted with the things,
and see what they will do;
estimate the time and pow
er saved; and all without
any compuIsion to buy, no
matter how long they look
or how many questions
they ask.
This freedom makes
Wanamaker's t h e ideal
place in which to conduct
such investigations.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

To visit the electrical
section alone Of the House
furnishings Store is an i'm
pressive revelation Of the
way in which the lightnings
have been harnessed for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Yes, Frozen" is
All Riqht

Don't you know that in
the Superb" cooker You
can rcast chicken in one
compartment ~, freeze
ice-cream in tx. .1ieining
compartment?
Let US show vru lore this
is done. when y0D re--
come in.
Turn wherever YOU
will, in the Housefurnish-
ing Store, there's some
thing TO set some woman
asking herself questions
like these:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

while a city house is run
ming on the lines of equip
ment of the year 1873, or
thereabouts.
"Dinah did it," claims
the housekeeper in some Of
these cases, whether In
town or country. "She
wouldn't even use an egg
beater, and threatened TO
leave.if ] bought a washing
machine"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Why IT'S Worth While Getting
1t at Wunamaker's

* IT. IS the Labor-soUing appliance appliances
Il that you intend installing your home 70
tighten the labor and high cost of roman
IcOrk.
Whatever may be, LDhateUer its price. il is
adding 0aste to IUaste unless the appliance does ats
toork (YOUR Dork, before it came to reIieUe you
skiIfulfy and rCorthHy.
The Wdnan1aker Housefurnishing Store, rIiich
sells eUerytng needed in the business of housekeeD
ing CiU not sell single article that cannot stand
back of toith the Wananiaker guarantee Of its ef-
fciency.
That's all. But most find IL enough. The
housefurnisiing articles bought at WanGHlGkeT's
hare commanded confidence for forty years.
loor Marke and Centr~D
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
LIGHTNING STRIKES SCHOOL.
Man and Young Daughter Killed and
Building Fired.

Tampa, Fla, July 13.--J. b. Norman
and his 17-year-old daughter were killed
and twelve other persons knocked un-
conscious by lightning striking a school
house at Enville, 40 miles from here,
Sunday as the people were assembling
at the school for religious services. The
building was set on fire.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

Well, Dinah isn't there
now-unless you're uncom-
monty lucky-and you have
interests and duties that
she didn't have-the club,
the movies, dances for the
girls. and oh, heaps of sew
ing and mending to do!
Are you going to let
them all "go by the board
(literally speaking) while
you set a perfectly good
wife, mother, or daughter
to do, not necessarily per-
fectly, the work that a per-
fectly good machine can do,
and do perfectly?
An A.B.C. electric wash
ing machine can never
bring up the children or
meet John at the gate with
a smile; but it can handle
a batch of average-sized
family washing in about 20
minutes; so in our opinion
it will pay you to install
the A.B.C. or any other
selection from the various
excellent makes of washers,
hand or electric, to be found
in the Wanamaker House
furnishings Store.
For one thing, it's quite
possible that Dinah. when
she returns to you with Wis
ion enlarged by factory or
other non-domestic labor,
may refuse to stay unless
you do install a washing
machine.
She may, you know, have
been working in a laundry!
"John did it," still other
housekeepers claim. He
doesn't see the necessity,
etc.
Well
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Boy and Chicklets Chased.

A salesman chasing a boy who had
stolen large package of chicklets from an
uptown store caused excitement on Mar
ket street, between Eighth and Ninth
Yesterday afternoon. The "kid' escaped,
but the chicklets were recovered after he
had thrown them away.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
"Holr COULD 1t Be?"

The working day Of the
average farm woman. as
shown by the survey. aver
ages la hours, the year
round.
Four per cent of farm
housekccpcrs have water IN
the kitchen. but the other
per cent must go to the
spring or pump to bring the
water for cooking.
On the average. the farm
woman has a 7-Yoom house
to keep in order.
Seventy-nine per cent
have kerosene lamps to trim
and all.
Ninety-six per cent do the
family washing, about hall
of them having washing
machines and the other half
doing the work with tub,
washboard and boiler.
Only twenty-six per cent
have gas or electric irons to
make more comfortable the
task of ironing.
Ninety-two per cent do
some or all Of the family
sewing.
Ninety-four per cent
make all or part OF the
family bread.
Sixty per cent have
churning to do, and "a per
cent of them spend over SIX
weeks in the year assisting
with some part of the field
work.
All of this is in addition
to cooking the family meals
and caring for the children
The not unreasonabl
deduction from the discov
cries made by the surve,,
is that the waste of womal
power is one of the creates
menaces to the rural life o
the nation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Church Folk on Straw Ride.

The Big Fellows Club Of Grace Metho-
dist Episcopal Church viii go on a straw
ride Thursday evening leaving the church
house at 7.30. Every member Of the con-
gregation is invited The destination is
Miss Alfrida's house.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
"OH, What q Pal Vas MnrY'

after few weeks of using the dshwasher and the
cotheswasher and the electric iron and the
freless cooker and the suction sweeper
Why she actually had time to go out in the car !
Not to mention the movies
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Women Keep This Secret.
C..4.r XXNI

They used to saw a woman can't keep
q secret, but We notice lot Of politicians
Worrying lot about how the women will
vote. Milwaukee Journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
There Are q Great
Many Johns

and, be it submitted, just
as many Marys, who just
DON'T KNOW how many
things, and what things,
have been invented by clev-
er minds and applied sue
cessfully to the minimizing
of a woman's labor in her
home.
Bring the j o h n 5 and
Marys here. Let 'en get
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13

T7NCLE SAM, in look
~ ing into the matter
of conservation of all
the valuable resources OF
this Republic, is getting in
terested in that age-old
problem, expressed in the
familiar proverb:
"W0man's Work is
Neuer Done!"
Instead of just accepting
that established fact with
sunny optimism. as some
men do, or with weary re-
signation, as some women
do. he is fussing healthily
about it. and asking:
"Whv is it never done7
And when one reads even
the briefest summary OF
the survey of 10,015 rural
homes. made by "A woman
miss Florence +. Ward)
for the Department of
Agriculture. and recently
made the subject of a long
and interesting report
which has attracted much
attention, there seems just
one answer:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-13
Not Only on the Farm!

While these backward
conditions (what else can
one term them?) may be
found more frequently and
work more disastrous eff
fects on the farm, yet we
all know instances in which
it is the other way around:
Instances in which a
farm kitchen and home are
as up-to-date as the dairy
and the outdoor equipment,
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-04-02
COMMON ANCESTOR TO BLAME
Uns1ehsly "Appis" 10 4 Legacy ns-
q1sathed TO Nts pesssstsy by
Old Father Adar,.

We aii have Il In" far Adam for
shutting 10 our fHces the gates 81 ;ha
eartiea ri Eden. fu, many NJ TIA,
though we may NOT know IL, bear
particular resemblance 10 this com.
iuon ancestor tina, puts another chip
on the shoulder, For It In generally
conceded that m Adams apple" 10
no sid ~ beauty And t~sf',s making
~ uar Paradise e,aa, hn~ world. n
is Adam who Inflicted upon us this ai,
ti,tioanI burden. Whom our ra,nr,on
rrogvnitor tssk the fatal hitr that for,
ee@r doomed the rest II us 10 exist.
ene~ by the swe8, ~ nrF hrpws, n
piece Of the fruit ~ supposed to have
lodged ia his throat ard stuck there
In his children's childreu unto tho nth
gcnrrs'lan. And that In Why the
slight pfoiurterAncs thH; sofn~ pe~spie
have q, the frynt ~ the throat Ia
called Adams Hpplc'' Speaking ~
ancestry, sosfe Of us carry about on
o4ss i~f-"ns utant#swha',ae fsfratf ~ oar
ancient Iincag#s~~chicns journal.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-04-02

Oiosnei salivatesl II yoa fesl bib.
ioass headaeAy, coas,tpatea. II yeur
sAia IL sailew, yvor hreaiA had, year
sspsnaeh soar just 90 To any druggist
and get for few cea;s q hctsie III
noisan's Liver Tone, which 10 hArya.
less vegetable substitute foe danger
90 Calonssi. Take spoonful and IL
II d<ssnt start your liver and straight.
aa yea aF better and quicker ,Aaa
nasty C&lagysei aud attloss making