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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28

ROOMS FOR RENT.
FURNISHED ROOM or ecn,,cman. NC
nnd noor Ono square from Hotel du Pont.
Q x. Twcifth strept.
FOUR ROOMS and back porch, gas. heat
ana I,sht. refined family no children. 7it
FIKNIsHED ROOM. Hot. wstrr heat and
",cr trfc lisht. Eighth and Adams. Apply
~, Every Evening once.
FURNISHED front room, with all ronven-
lnnres Gentlemen only. Apply 500 West
Fourteenth street,
FURNISHED front room. second story.
wei heated. for two steady mon. In er-
e'''sn, nome. los v. Seventh street
FOR kENT--one large bedroom. I22i
FOR HENT-4-Large, third-story front
room 1907 Washington street.
FOUR ROOMS, on second floor. for house.
Keeping, at sI2 West Fourth street. Ap-
ply tip sbipley street.
LARGE furnished room on west sido for
ono or two gentlemen. Phone J415
NEWLY furnished second. story front
for one ss s's s"o 1esr sh
rcqutretl. Apply 1902 Delaware Ave.
NEWLY furnished room. for one or two
gen tIemcn. team heat. electric light, bath.
loS ~. Clayton strcet,
NICELY furnished rooms. weil heated. Cali
ol1 jefferson street or phone s27o.
ONE LODGING room for two mon. o25
hinR stfeet.
so2 King street
ONE very large bedroom. Apply 1921
Market street.
ROOMS with board, also table boarders.
Reasonable. 2ol E. Fifth street.
ROOM and board. on west side. Phone 1862
RooM-suitabie for two young men with
or without board. 600 ". Harrison street.
ROOMS and board. also table board. Apply
Iat9 Washington street.
sECoND-STDRY front room. private fam
lily. Use OF phone. Must have reference.
Gentlemen only II y. thirteenth street.
sECOND-sTORY front room, for one or
two gentlemen. Private family. Location
central Phone 1889 Il.
TWO COMM UEICATING rooms for light
housekeeping; gas and heat 1906 West
Sixth street.
TWO ROOMS, adjoining hath. girls pre-
ferred. with usa of laundry, telephone and
alec light cooking. 400 ~. Harrison street.
TWO furnished rooms for light hogseksep-
ing, oil conpenisnces. SOC w. Twenty
fourth street. Phone 5p2S w.
Two neatly furnished rooms for refined
gentleman or ladies'. 1900 w. Sixth street
1905 WASHINGTON ST. Desirable front
room, furnished. Phone 5s24.
FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE.
Fog RENT-to-room house. bath, hot and
cold water. electric lights and heat 10
acres Of ground More tf wanted. Garage for
two cars. About one mile and hsir from
Wilmington on Concord pike. Phone Tf2a
sts Ford Building
LEY %.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28
TYPEWRTTERS.

J. A. SMITH TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE.
All makes sold, rented and repaired
Arnco Adding Machines and Check Writers
W seventh street. second door, over bar
Der shop. Phones So73 or 27SS.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28

NEAT. honest and settled white couplc
without children, and best references for
work around house. garden and small farm
Good wages and permanent place. &. Inger-
soil Cause, Eleventh and Orange Sts
hiEN-WOMEh. Is up wanted. sloo-sl5o
month. Government Jobs. Hundreds of
positions. w Write for list Franklin IpstiIute
Dept. Al A. Rochester N Y
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28
SITUATIONS " ANTED.

EXPERIENCED touch typist desires posi-
tion in Wilmington or vicinity Addrasx
r &. Every Evening ONCE.
FIRST-CLASS dressmaker wants sev,nv
Children 5 clothes q specially Miss rna-
eubrlnk. x22 West street. Rbone 3OA1 4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28
ELECTRICIANS.
MUSICAL.
Violin Instruction

A. &. Dennis. 2I5 4. Third street. Bel
phone 1855 }.
AlADALENE SCHLEISCHER JOHNSON.
pupL oil Maostn >ueika shaw. Voice Cui-
ture. Natural singing taught. Studio 1919
Market street. Pnons 1867 W
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28

DOLL HOSPITAL-Heads and wigs Comb
in9s made up in any style. 6lo W. Sew
entL street 7Iz Walnut street. Phone 2926J
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28

WIDOW with little girl wishes posi- ton in
private family Apply S09 West Front
street.
YOUNG MAN desires position. as nrivats
secretary or confidential stenogra pher
Eight years experience. Full particulars to
those interested. Address r Is, Every
Evening Office.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-28

nth and orange SITS.
3 and insurance.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
MADE OF SERGE.

The sketch shows little frock for
girl of six or eight years, which
would be attractive made of bur
eundy-colored serge, with ruffies on
belt and sleeves of black taffeta or
ssAtn A bow of black velvet ribbon
gives a finishing touch to the belt. and
the neck is outlined with little collar
of white embroidery. The question
|of color and trimming may, of course,
be decided to suit the individual child.
The style would be good one for a
frock of plaid worsted with plain
color ruff1es.
Simplicity is always the safest rule
to follow in designing clothes for chill
dren. Style designers have practically
abandoned any sort of elaboration
Evening star., 1920-01-07
Of7nfereSttOWO
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FLOWER SHADES
BY ANNE RrTTENHOUSE.

We have said that gorgeous red. bril-
liant blue. intense black and yellow.
violet and green We're finished. Surely.
we said. the eye has wearied of all
this glare and riot of color. No artist
who has complained for decades con
cerning the too sober costumes of the
modern woman could have gone un-
satisfied since BakSt, Adolf Bohm and
Poirct threw drab colors over the
horizon
cling with might and main to dark
blue, gray and black. They want to
look different from the mass. Some
times they are effective, again they
are merely dull. 1t is not given to
every one to have the gift or art Of
being pleasantly conspicuous in a
plain. dark frock. Some women need
glitter. others demand color and again
others demand the extreme in cut and
drapcry.
There is the fantastic idea abroad
in the land that every woman looks
well in mannish tailored suit with
4 white shirt waist. if you do not
consider this fantastic idea look
about YOU at the various women
who appear in unredeemed mascu-
line dress. 1t hardens some of
them until all femininity seems to
disappear from their faces. 1t de-
stroys all chance of brilliancy in
the woman to whom nature has be-
queathed little. II needs, in all cases.
-thc sortening effect of good hat and an
uneIring choice in collars.
Eighteenth Century Fcmininity.
Still the dark tailored suits and
the gorgeous afternoon frocks have
held sway. side by side. The world
has not looked with even calcu-
latng eye upon the charms of eight
eenth century apparel. Today there
is just a slight suspicion that ruff
lies and blue ribbon, taffeta and
pink roses Will creep in as COM
promise between the -Ang1o-Saxon
soberness and the Bakst oriental
ism.
The observer saw evidences of this
in Paris last September. Jenny. for
instance had u notable gown called
Marduise, which was of sray-blue
taffeta. Lanvin had frocks that
showed rufles. and furbelows. and
shoulder knots of Natter blue velvet
ribbon. Now America advances
gowns for the gay at Palm Beach in
eighteenth century colorings and in
taffeta.
There is no disposition TO Danish
rufIcs on these gowns; in truth. there
is rufIle upon rufflc. frill on founce.
an ornamcntation which somewhat
distends the lines of the skirt. The
close-lyinC folds of material are not
considered the only effect to he
sought. Hoopskirts are rarely eX-
plotted, except for the evening. but
no dressmaker presses in the out
standing ruff1es of tafeta which drop
from the waist.
Pink Roses. Blue Ribbon.
1t would seem that only youth
cared for pink roses and blue ribbon,
but the combination is offered to all
who care for these colorS. Even
women past sixty are not averse to
the pale shades of pink, blue and
mauve. and once upon a time they
used them for their best costumes
Whatever age of woman wishes to
accept them, they are fashionable.
The sketch shows n frock that car
ries out this idea of a revival of
eighteenth century fashions. 1t is of
nounced mauve taffeta touched with
the pink roses and the blue ribbon.
Evening star., 1920-01-07

learned every little passage it con-
tanned. He picked out one of the best
of the little chambers down under
meath in which to curl up to sleep
when he was tired. No one could get
at him under that woodpile. He felt
a safe there as ever he had felt any
where In all his life. 1t made him
chuckle to think how safe he was
there, and all the time living right
close to those two-legged creatures
called men. who delight in Killing
such little people as Billy.
AS soon as he had become thorough
~ familiar with that woodpile Billy
set out to explore the SURROUNDINGS.
His new home suited him. but a home
without food would be 3 bad as no
nome at all. so Billy started out to
see what chances there We're of max
ing a good living.
First he visited the henhouse. 1t
didn't take him long to find a way un-
der the henhouse, aud that there vas
a hole in the henhouSe floor in a dark
corner through which he could slip
with ease. But Billy didn't go inside
Evening star., 1920-01-07

when clothes for members OF the
younger generation are under con-
sideration. Simple dresses and great
many of them is the wise decision.
The child's wardrobe requires fire.
quent refurnishing, as children are
never careful of their clothes, and
their little garments are rarely kept
as carefully cleaned and pressed as
are the clothes of adult members OF
the family. The result is. of course,
that they grow shabby quite soon and
must be made over or retrimmed, or
new dresses must be supplied.
January and February are excellent
months for making up the summer
wardrobe of the child. Among the
warm weather fabrics that Will be
favored may be mentioned heavy
linen. gingham. especially striped and
Scotch plaid weaves: natural colored
pongee. ana taffeta. Taffeta. of course,
is designed for frocks of the 'dressy
type, but the other materials are all
washa BILE, and. therefore, in the utility
or service class. For very early
spring, serge will play it's part. Some
smart little models are shown equip-
ped with detachable guimpes of white
pique.
Colored organdy is a perfectly good
selection for party frock for little
girl regardless of season Hand en-
broidery is a dainty trimming touch.
Another smart touch applied to cot
ton fabric frocks for children Is seal
Evening star., 1920-01-07

THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TO
MAKE HIMSELF THOROUGHLY
ACQUAINTED WITH THAT WOOD
PILE.
that night. Billy possesses a shrewd
little head. He had had experience
enough with men to know that it was
best that they should not know that
he was anywhere about. He knew that
those hens belonged to men, and that
the instant they found one killed or
missing they would begin to hunt for
him. So. though the smell of those
hens made Bi1lys mouth water he de-
cided that he would see what other
food was to be found.
From the henhouse Billy went over
to the big barn. This was another
place just to his liking. Underpeath
it was dark, the very kind of a place
Eilly liked There were holes up
through the floor. Billy shifted at the
edge of the first one he came to, and
he knew right away who had made
that hole. 1t had been made by Robber
the Rat. Billy's eyes sparkled. 1t would
be much more fun to hunt Robber the
Rat and his relatives than to Kill
stupid. helpless hens.
Evening star., 1920-01-07
lT1ILLES1oRlEs l1L
@fBEDDTInE
BY THORNTON W., BURGESS.
Copyright 1870 by I. w. Bur.ess.)
Billy Mink Makes Himself at
Home.

The big woodpile between the barn
and the henhouse, in the farmyard,
Billy Mink had discovered, was a rcgu-
lar castle for Billy. That is what 1t
was, regular castle. Billy is so slim
that he could slip through the open
ings between the sticks in much the
same way that Striped Chipmunk pops
in and out between the stones of the
old stone wall Billy doesn't need
much room. and he soon found that
down underneath that wood were lit
tie chambers plenty sig enough for
him to curl up in
The first thing he did was to make
himself thoroughly acquainted with
that woodpile. He found every open
ing that led into or under it. He
Evening star., 1920-01-07

Will the world of fashion drift away
from gorgeous oriental colors as soon
as the spring arrives. is the question
that the drcssmallers ask themselves
each day.
one would think that women We're
Evening star., 1920-01-07

! loped ruf1les piped in self-fabric in
| contrasting color.
| Sashes are approved by Dame Fash
| ion for members of the younger set
next seas son. and this. of course. means
| that wide gay ribbons will have a
| big sale.
Hair and sash ribbons to match
make an ideal birthday gift
Evening star., 1920-01-07

In 1870 Twenty Thousand Irish Fought
That America Might Be Free! Lib
erty Hut Tonight.-Advertise
Evening star., 1920-01-07

PALM BEACH FROCK OF M.AUNE
COLORED TAFFETA TRIMMED
WITH NARROW, PLEATED RUF-
FILES AND \ NARROW BELT OF
BLUE VELVET RIBBON CAUGHT
WITH PINK TAFFETA ROSES
AT THE SIDE.
tired of the brilliant tones which are
sometimes called stained glass win
Cow colors, and yet, each time that
they have been withdrawn by the
weavers and designers they have been
reinstated by the public.
Each season since the Russian ballet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
METRIC SYSTEM
 IS NOT FAVORED

An American Commission is now working to standardize screw threads and screw products for the United States This Commission went abroad last summer to confer with experts in other countries, one purpose of the visit being to learn what possibilities there might be for international standardization of screw products.
 The investigation brought out the fact that the great mass of the screw products of the world is now made on the inch basis. Members~of the Com mission estimated this as high as 80 per cent. and felt that it was con- trolling argument against consider ing the use of metric measurements for such standardization.
 strong sentiment on the part of British leaders was also found against abandoning their established system of weights and measures. When the Commission reached England the members were received by Charles Ie Maistre, Secretary of the British Engineering Standards Association and he assured the Americans that if they came with any proposals for
 using metric screw threads such proposals would not meet with the approval of the British Engineers and manufacturers. Later in the confer
 ence when the matter of using the metric system was suggested, Col. E, | c. Peck, Chairman of the American Commission said we would consider 1 that a backward step in America"
 Percy Ashley, Secretary of H. M Board of Trade told of the various in 1 vestigations and hearings relative te , the metric system from which it wa. i gathered that the present Imperia | system is considered to be too deep ly rooted to be displaced Withou great difficulty; ;l-that many industrie l would have to be exempted such a. the cotton industry, the engineerin, trades, etc Also. the measpremen U of land. A feeling was also ex ,sz.a.-ad that in fnreign trade there i
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
JAPAN OPENS MARKETS.

Tokio, April 2S-Fifty more public markets to sell food and other ne- cessities will be established here and in the suburbs by the Tokio prefec- ture, 50 similar, markets opened last year to adjust the price of cornmod1- ties Having shown satisfactory re- suits.
 A general slump in prices of stocks occurred today, on the Tokio ex- change. The drop was most noticea. b1e in the cotton spinning companies Prices of rice and silk also declined, due, it is believed. to the tightness of the money market. For the past week prices of various rice have had an average decline of six per cent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30

ors of the 18th Bo1sheviz division. Airplanes, armored trains and auto mobiles are being used by the Poles, and crack divisions have been brought Into action. Posten troops who fought during the great war in the German army, are engaged in the advance.
 a A wireless communication regard ing the Polish offensive has been sent to Polls newspapers by the press bu- reau of the Soviet foreign office. It asserts the Bolshevild are not yet de- feated, and have not changed their peace intentions.
 'Tn view of the fact that the Poles and the Russian soviet government have been unable to agree regarding the proposed meeting of the peace conference at Borisov," tn note says '+the Soviet government is willing to meet Polish delegates at Grodno or Bialystok near Warsow, if the Poles will agree upon a date.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
REINFORCEMENTS
 FOR BOLSHEvIKl

Warsaw, April 29.---By The A. P.) Polish and Ukranian troops driv- ing toward Kiev have occupied the town of Milan, on the railroad about 60 miles northwest of Kiev. The ajd- vance is continuing oward the Dnieper river, except on the southern section of the front where the Rus sian Bolschev:lk forces are making a stand along the right bank of the Bug river and are fighting strIIb- bornIy.
 The Bolshevik are rushing the fifth and eighth divisions from the Cau- casus region to reinforce the twelfth Soviet army, which has it's headQuar- ters at Kiev. In an action which re- suited in the occupation of the village of Kozatin, southwest of zhitomir, Polish cavalry captured 2,ooo prison CTS, 10 cannon, one tank and the col
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
POTATOES LEAD PRICE RISE.

Washington, April S0-A compari- son of the average prices received March 1, 1914, and March l, 1920, by producers in the United States of eight important agricultural products. made by the bureau of crop estimates of the Department of Agriculture. shows the following increases:
 Cotton, 200 per cent; wheat, 17s per cent; corn. 116 per cent; pottoeS s24 per cent; hay, 91 per cent; eggs, 96 per cent; butter, 115 per cent; wool, 231 per cent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
S-T-U-D-L-E-Y
 Spells Shoes
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

In the matter of FREDERICK B. TOQUET, Bankrupt-In Bankruptcy. To the Creditors of Frederick B. Toquet of Bridgeport, in the County of Fairfield, and District aforesaid, bankrupt:
 This IS to glye nouce, that on nl1 Marcn was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of the under signed Referee. in the County Court House, Bridgeport, Conn.,, May 10, 1920, at Il a. m., at which time the creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
 JOHN KEOGH,
 Refere in Bankruptcy. Bridgeport, Conn.,, April 30, 1920.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
Ou-FTRST YOU HAVE
 AND THEN Y0II DON'T 1


 John K. Barnes R the Worlds Work for May:
 At midnight on December 3, 1918, the Potrero del Llano No. well of the Mexican Eagle Oil Com pany in the Potrero field in the state of Vera Cruz ->on the Gulf Coast of Mexico was flowing at the rate of 16 million barrels a year and had been flowing at that rate for eight years. Nearly no million barrels of light Mexican oil had been taken from it. At 2 o'clock it was as good a producer as it had ever been. But at A. M., December 4th, salt water began coming from the well in place of oil, and the emulsion of salt water and oil that followed was of such a character that it could not be separated; the well had to be closed in and abandoned Thus, over night, ended the history of the worlds greatest single oil producer, located on a farm that had last sold for $500 before Lord Cowdry's British company leased the mineral rights and started drilling on it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30

and its allied organizations This cor poration has fund invested for the solep urpose of providing a home for Frank Brady. D. J. O'Connor, James Small, Jeremiah Sullivan. Thomas J. Coleman, and Simon Crehan were ap- pointed to seek a. suitable location and make a report at the next netting Of the corporation on Friday evening, May [.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
now the disadvantage claimed by

not now the disadvantage claimed by metric advocates
 A feeling of uneasiness was ex- pressed because of the reports of pro-metric activities in America, the feeling being that it would be a more serious matter to have a difference between Britain and America than to have such a difference with other countries of the world
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-30
TO HAVE PERMANENT HOME.

The Hibernian Building corporation held a meeting last evening to discuss plans for securing a permanent home for the Ancient Order of HibernianS
Arizona republican., 1920-09-13
MAINE ELECTION. TO-DAY PRESAGES. POPULAR CHOICE. IF FALL VOTERS.
Republicans Predict 3O,0O0
 Plurality Tn State Election
 = Women's Vote Uncer- tain Element of Campaign

PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 12-The bi ennial state election in Maine, to which much importance is attached in pres idential election years because of the tradition that as Maine goes. so eoes the country" will be held tomorrow. A governor and state auditor. four members of congress, state legisla- ture and county offices will be chosen. There will be no election to the United States senate.
 The Republicans predict that they will carry the state by at least 30.- 900. It is sixteen years since they have boiled a plurality even approxi- mating that figure and ordinarily they have been content with half of it. Their greatest plurality was in 1896. when they carried the the state by 10000. The Democrats claim victory "by a small majority
 An element of uncertainty has been added in the women's vote It has been estimated that approximately 90.000 women haze registered. The Republicans claim they will have a majority of the women's vote, but Franklin D. Roosevtlt, after a speak ing tour of the state. said he was con- vinced the women were for the league of nations and would support the Democratic candidates.
 The Democratic state organization has not waged so aggressive a cam pdlSn as the 1NeDuDllCaIlSs pledQlIlS et lack of funds, but it has had the speak ing services of some of the ablest members of the national organization.
 The campaign has been waged upon national issues with chief emphasis on the league of nations. The Re publican position has been in support of the senate's refusal to ratify the treaty, without reservations designed to protect the safety, sovereignty and independence of the United States.
 The Democrats have declared for prompt ratification without reserva- tions-
 Int Republican candidate for gov ernor is Frederick H. Parkhurst of Bangor. His Democratic opponent is Bertrand G. Mcintyre of Norway. who Governor Milliken defeated two years ago.
 Of the four congressman from this state, all Republicans, three are can didates for reelection.
 Maine has gone consistently Repub- Hcan in state elections since 1882, ex- cept in 1910 and in 1914. The plu- rality hG- averaged about 1S.000 and the tradition has been that 15, 900 plu- rality pointed to success for the na- tional ticket. The Republican plural ity in 1916 was 1880 but in Novem- Der, 1918 Governor Millil1en defeated the Democratic candidate by only B. 545 and that year saw Republican sue cess in the congressional elections 1T the country.