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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
A MAN TO HIS MATE
81 j. ALLEN DUNN
con, right nohhs Merrill co.

60 HIM as soon as the glrl got tired
Suddenly shouts sounded om forward,
medley of thcm, indlstinct against
the uuarterinp wind Sandy, the ro,ist-
about. came dashing aft along the slop..
ing deck ,actchnS clumsily Mt rail and
nope 20 steady himself, flushed with ex-
citemcnt, almost hystcical with nus
news.
~ bowhcad. sirr' he cried when he
saw Raincy. "And killers after hrm
Blown dead ahead
Revund the bows Rainey could see
nothing ol the whale, that must have
sounded in fear of the killers, but he
saw halt dozen scythelkc, black
fins cutting the water in strcaks OF foam,
All abreast. their high dorsals waving,
wolves of the sea. hunting for the gray
howhead whale, 10 force It's mouth open
and feast ON the d.1icacy of its living
tongue. 30 l.und told him in swift
sentences while they waited Tor the
whale 10 hroach. !,
Rainey glanced aft. Sandy had
carried his warning TO Carlson and ,he
girl. aud now was cranlng over the zee
rail. kncedccp in the wash, trying to see
something of the combat Peggy Slmms
hthc figure was leaning 10 one slde rs
sh,, too, gazed ahead. though she stu,
paid attention 10 her steering and heid
the schooner well mp, her face bright
with excitement, wet with hying brine,
wisps of yellow hair streaming free IN
the wind from beneath the close grip
of her WOODEN red tam-o- shanter.
"Rl-o-owsW started the deep voice
al a lookout. from where sailors and
hunters had grouped in the bows to
witness this gladiatorial combat be-
! tween sea monsters, staged tittmgly IN
a sea that was running vi d.
F, "Bl-o-owsw The deep voice almost
) leapcd an octave in n sudden shrll OF
apprehension Others voices mingled
/ with his in clamor OF dismay.
Look out oh, look OUT Dead
! ahcadr
The enormous bulk OF the whale had
appeared not 90 spout, but TO lie belly
4 up. rocking on the surface with inns out
/ spread, ,,aralyzed with terror, directly
4 in the course OF the karluk, while toward
4 Il. intent only on their blood lust
lcapcd the killers, thrusting AZ its head a.
% the schooner surged down. In that tro
mendous sea the impact would be Ger
+ tain 90 mean the siaving In of somethin,
e forward, perhaps the springing of ;
% butt
= Hard a lee" yelled Rainey. I'll
with her. lpl
h Forward. the men jumped TO handl
= the headsails The karluk started Z
/, spin about on It's keel. instinct TO th
l. changing plane of the rpdder. Blu
.c the waves were running tremendous
high, and the wind blowing with grea
N force. the water rolling in great noun
= tains Of sicklv greenish gray, toppe
q with foam that blew IN level scud
II TO be continued
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
WHY?
copywrigsrt. 1920 BY
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc
wby Are glgnet Rings Worny


Possibly because Of tho masculine
touch apparent IN many feminine cos-
tunes II The moment, the wearing of
aignet rings set with diamonds or
other precious stones has been steadily
gaining favor among women for the
past few years, but II should bo fe-
nembered that rings u this nature
are not really "signet rings" ~ alI for
they are hardly nfted for the principal
nso II jewefry " this nature--the
making of a characteristic signature
upon scaling Wax
Tho origin of the customs n wear
ing rings engraved with the crest ~
other hefaidlc mark u the owner
dates back @ the ancient Egyptians
and phoenieiaus, when writing vas
an art that was little understood and
the impress of the ring was used in
lieu Of a signature. Moreover. rings
of this nature were marks II authoi-
ty. to be carried ~ official messengers
az n means ~ establishing their
identity and protecting them from
molostatfon. Even az late as the
eighteenth century the transfers u
all high official posts III England and
many other countries was acconpani-
I'd BY the presentation u a ring, en-
graved wit. the seal of the Office,
while special rings are stiH worn By
the bishops and Cardinals II The Ro-
man Catholic Church. Formerly, this
type Of ring was used more for
signing" or scaling documents than
rs a piece Of 1eweiry, but 0f late years
it has become principally matter Of
adornment, to be affected by either sex
at will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

A friend recently sent ME a copy of
Godey's Ladies Book for October
1858.
Godey's Ladies' Book was the
Vogue. the Good Housekeeping, the
Ladies' Home Journal, the Fireside
Companion, the arbiter OF styles and
manners Of its day. and from IL our
Grandmamas not only learned how to
dress in the latest mode, but imhibed
moral maxims to guide the conduct
of perfect lady.
II was interesting TO turn the yell
/ low old pages. and contrast it with the
modern woman's magazine. One look
cd with awe and wonder at the hand
some coIored fashion plates depicting
ladies with classic countenances, and
/ eighteen inch waists. adorned in
herufFled frocks with enormous hang
Ing sleeves. and voluminous hoop
skirts the size OF a haycock, and so
long that only the tiniest tip of an
lnhniteslmal slipper showed beneath
them.
And one read with a smile the milk
and water and sugary little stories,
In each Of which a happy moral was
pointed. and vice punished and yir-
tue rewarded. which supplied Grand
mama with the mental food supposed
in those times TO be all the nourish-
ment that the weak, feminine intellect
could digest. Not once in the entire
magazine were the words sex ol
suffrage" mentioned, nor was there
any discussion of any feminine activi
" except cooking and sewing, nor an.
4 reference TO any Of the thousand pub
| iic questions in which women are nov
interested. and Of which the womenI
magazines Of today are the mouth
, pieces.
! The old magazine shows how IA
! women have travelled in the last sixty
{ three years along the road Of progress
) but there was one article in il tina
. might have been written yesterday
: and that proves that there is at leas
: one point of view on life that neye
. changes And that is the angle OF tn
s stand-patter, who always looks back
? wards with oomplacency, and look
forward with alarm: who is sure tina
I the people OF the past generatio
held a monopoly on all of the virtue
: and that the youth of the present an
going hot-foot 10 the devil.
just at the present the land is MOI
> than usually afflicted with the wal
Of these Jeremiahs. and you cann'
!, pick up paper or a magazine thu
! is not filed with the lamentations
!, some rae.ancholy prophet over the lac
! Of manners Of the young people Of u
q day, and who does not devote quar-
4 Of printers ink 10 foretelling the awf
y fate Of our country when IL falls in
z the hands of the present Codes
:. generation.
h Look al the indecent way in whie
a girls dress with skirts to their knee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
LITTLE'BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Today in sl1ool Miss Kitty red US
some fables. saying, So now the ?
main points 90 remember about fables
are 1t that they always deel with
animals who possess the power Of
speetch ard End that thy always
prove something. or in other werds.
1fey have moral Now / wunt
everybody 20 make up a fable. and re-
member, Il must have a moral, sutch
as lie who laffs last laffs best, or It's
a long lane that has no terning. or
something o. that nature.
And she started 20 mark papers at
her desk and after about a half a
hour she sed. Wen. who has a fable
huished7
Wlch Lerov Shooster waved Eis
hand and Miss Kitty sed. Very good
Leroy. reed Il aloud 70 the class.
Wich Leroy shooster did. reeding
once there was a camel and a flee. ant
the fee sed. Hay camel. II you leevs
/ me jump over you III leeve you jumE
over nv. And the camel ssd. All rite
I that's a 80. And he bent his hump,
down and the flee jumped over hin
and then he started % jump over IN.
I flee but the flee was hopplni
away 90 beet the. band. laffing
1 IA ha ha YOU got 10 catci
ne fcrst And the moral is. It's Z
CRATE life u you don't weekea.
The fable started most promisingly
but Z cant see how the moral has ens
connection, vino else has a fable
Completed sed Miss NNfy.s
Wich Jimmy Egan waved his hant
land got up and red his. being. once 0
lion WAS eating a load Of hay, and q
COW came up to him and sed. Hay
you're MOI Supposed 70 eat hay. your,
a lion, hay And the lion gave him .
crack on the jaw and then ate hin
up % prove he wasent jest fo0linl
with him. And the moral is N'her.
ever you sec IRE there must OF bin
some smoak
4 4 approve ~ neither the fable MOI
the moral, and ! mite as well ado
that COW IL never a him. who els.
has fahicg sed Miss Kitty Wet
nobody elfs had. and Allss Kitty sed
q well. weH 80 on % the soggln.
.ossin. perhaps is jest az well
Nieh perhaps q was.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

no corsets. and three layers of chiffon /,
doing duty for bodice! Look at the
free and easy way in which they as
sociate with the opposite SEX Listen
to their free discussion OF topics that
women used 20 talk over only with
their doctors! Watch them shimmy-
ing, and toddling. and dancing other
dances that originated In brotheisl
What sort Of wives and mothers are
they going 10 make? And the boys.
No better. Jellybeans with pinched in
waists 10 their coats, and slicked back
hair. racing about in high powered
cars, fun speed for destruction. God
help us ALL, they wall.
How different the youth Of today
from the young people of our grand
lparents' time. these critics mourn, in
those days young people had high
ideals, apd were guided by sense OF
lduty instead of a desire for pleasure.
They dressed sensibly and modestly.
They conducted themselves with dig
nifty. and We're fitted to meet the
stern responsibilities of life when they
came upon them.
So much for the good old days, as We
look back TO them across the space
lof three score years. but it appears
THAT the Jeremiahs of that day
Thought just as badly of that genera
ltion of young people and prophesied
las dire things concerning them, as the
pessimists of today do about the
lpresent crop of youngsters. For in
1.-THE old Godey's Ladies' Book there
is an impassioned article drawing an
! inxidious comparison between the
young men and women of that day
and their grandparents, and critics.
; ling the follies of 1858 just as bitterly
as any satirist ever did the follies OF
1921.
+ This voice from the grave crieI
laloud against the immodesty of skirts
- yards around the bottom and tina
, iswept the earth, as we do against higl
water skirts as tight as a trouser'
/. leg. He was as much shocked by tn
!. polka as we are by cheek to cheel
dancing. He was as much horrifie'
lby a woman's wanting a higher edu
lcation as we are at the thoughts o
: free love. He thought our parents
manners Just as BAD as we thlhS on
: grandchildren are, and he prophesie
. that our fathers and mothers woul
9 never be fit 10 rufr~1he country, jus
as we prophecy the same thing abou
9 our children.
: All Of which goes to show that eac
: generation has held precisely the sam
:. view Of the one that was 10 follow !
u hD.. has ai,pava launha9ted youth an
A dorbted its wisdom, and yet the worl
= / y gone on.
: Our grandparents whose virtues W
u now extoll, whose intelligence we no.
% revere. whose achievements are op
= glory, were thought by their parent
TO be ill-mannered cubs without sens
h on stamina, who could come TO n
$. good end.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

good news.
"Oh. you dear. good little Green
EiVes'" cried the Queen. The rest is
easy. now that know where he has
hidden a. I viii 40 AZ once 70 Merry
L.ttle Sunbeams. They are my friends.
though We seldom meet they Will help
mo. I ana sure. You shall not BE for
gotten. good Green Elves. ana next
winter you shall have a soft white
muficr o. SO with your white mittens
The minute IL IS time 70 gather the
taisiedown my children win begin TO
knit them"
The Elves were delighted with this
. promise. and. thanking the Queen and
her fairies for what they were 10 give
them. on they scampered 10 their
home. FOR they were so tired they could
I hardly keep open their small. bright
eyes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

iatk Nas sleeping nuf Gar OF. and
after 4 while unr 81 the Elves said he
would a. and uNakn him saying
HJafH is good fellow. and when be
hears mat fht Queen IL 80 unhappy,
Nm snfe he VIII help ns hunt FOR the
wand
so while this Grecn Elf ran 10 Jack
Frusts house. the others watched and
seafghod the home az the king.
laeN frnsi rubbed hls sleepy eyes
end cracked a. D. airctched out his
frosty limbs but be- jumped up with a
smlle when ha heard about the Queens
loss. poor ole Father FROST, he Is
afraid The Queen viii have more power
than b. has. bot he should not have
NaihpfSd the pretty nttie creature. an
heln 500 hook gif the wand.
when dark and the Green Ef arr
rived 81 the Kings palace they told
hlm fheY had looked everywhere fof
tht wand. and fhry we're afraid. afte.
au. thr rfest kinK had NOT hruuEhi
A away ffum sh mountain
Jack Ffusl uf COURSE you know u
pretty bright fellow hy shook his
head. "~o ho asa unf leave "a around
al. mountain. hp said. "a am sure
A ls hidden here somewhere. Sow De-
az think. flntt you looked carefully
Through ~. pantry
The Elvsr told him they had. bat
Jnel iais4t shoot hls head.
Aif. huW safi 'he Dfeen Elres scam.
psfea after Jack Frost ns. with silent
fnutst.ie b. hurried to the pantry and
aapn. 4 the cake buN end there In a
e4hs If lrt they en- saw the missing
wand nut how "a get % was the next
un.Htiun. for Jack Frost. though q
shafp. bflFht fellow. haf no melting
paMpf. aud he Couid noi help them
'fht tsfosn Elves could d. AothlnE with
INs. their mafle power would noi mfii
ia, work of i<lns Frost iheF thanked
Iapk tul hls htip. aud ram OF "a ths
i,,s, ~ "a. tailA '4ur tp teii hpf ths
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
irs,allmcnt t@.

Install meNt ~.
ssl,d >nu a., wi~e ~ the plas about
IA. shell~e" asked luml "A smart
tttek. though l)cmlng almost tumhlcd,
t'asl..n un, thune dumb loolS ul hunters
Ia i'm, awa, every ~hcn they happened
"a have f,uam VI the magazine :
.nu.sN. m l~l Carlson knows where
thrNs plensN more shells, u We ever
needed EN- had Hut now those rlilc~
an sholsuns Nnt ~ more u~c Than 80
many clulu not to the hunters. Nn'
he's found nlt they amt pot emmy
p.etnls llc@ eot one. ~ shows en-
how atm,xhi he shoots, jest in ease
there sho,nd I've ennN trouble between
.n rlnss both ends "a the mrldlc,
,l,ea ,nsl.en. Slick But he ain 4 won
lhe not, lhc,s Joker IN this game.
MulA~ Ne holds It, mchhe not
tie nodded mNsicr'casl,, vel pleased
with hlu~el
captain Simns appeared aeein N
the rahn and on deck hui m was not
ghe aalne man ill~ hlncs~ s'emcd u
haee uhlpd him permanently oi what
Was l.ll him ol the spring ot manhood
n Wns aa Il his inlcvs had been sucked
ln,m h,s veins and ARTERIES and TISSUES
leaetnu him nahh,, lffr4oluic, eompate,
tn h,a lotmei self lVcn as lund shad
owed nnlne,. ~ ~imms shadowcd Carl
AN
~omel,mes lhe girl would comc ur
oo ,loeA ia hes own wNterpfouls ans
alnnl aunliisi he rail Nnd prcsentl,
Iatlaen WtAild rume from below or Tor
werl and stand tn talk with her unti
shu Nas tined at the dcrk. .
th.N ,ld not scem mivh like lovers
Ralnp, lauvied The, lacked the htth
lnilmap.es shat Ne, though he mad
hnu.,il somewhat uf an nulonnlun 2
lha wheel rnuld not have inted Z
a.as III Che uifl .hpled Garrison
haud would catch and steady her h
M. arm. never eN about her waist
Nna ihe,,, was na espevnl hook ol wei
unnN Ia hrr lace when the doeiof cam
a. hpr
Ia,lsen sldom took over be whee
Nalur, lld more than his shate iri
sheet love "a feeling The control hu
nne daV. IA q word lfum the eirl, Oarlse
puA ahe ,anie ur 20 RaincN a. he handle
ihe snikss
aiI ale che wheel a while. Ralncy
said lhp durlu
lialnpN Faye 4 up and went nns
sal,, png 90 tlp tail ol his eye !
,auid 49, hat the Hr Nas pleading
han,lle lhe shin. and that Garrison VI
puinu a. lei hpt do ~
RH,ne, shnegcd hi. shoulders
Ma tafl.ens fisk u was no child
plaN Ia that weather Ca steer prorefl
N iaaA nui only strength hut Watchit
t..s .oa .xustisnrt to hold the cour
in ihe Nclt,f ui ofnss.sens
lund and Raincy. stood iorethrf
tie aihefsnh " Was siM hhint,
ueek watch. nud ni amy momeni IA
trn mleht nlnuuish iho whcel ha'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
URGE DISARMAMENT.
1T. Paurs NJ. T.. Church Board to
Write 30 Congressman.

write 10 tongFessmehs
The official board Of ST. Paul's NJ
T.. Church. at it's monthly meeting
Monday night instructed its secre-
tary. Harry c. Stanton. TO send a
communication TO Delaware's two
Senators and Congressman, also to
Americas representatives in the Dis
armament Conference. urging them 10
use their influence and do all in their
power TO bring about disarmament Of
the nations and thereby hasten the
coming Of universal peace.
The assistant to the pastor, Miss
Rietta NJ. Emerson, who assumed her
duties November l. was welcomed by
the official members and words of
appreciation voiced by the pastor.
Plans for the future enlargement
Of the church, in order to accommodate
the present attendance were discussed
at length, but held over without def
mite action.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
JEALOUS MING rRosr.
,nn III

kiHH FrHai NHs homo ana in hca
WHoN the Gfren Elves arrived but
thf oitra o. nui nufd open uoers or
W WIudHNs. either and nto his Zee ial-
Hfe theN aii eid. ana even into his
iea thry crcri. liekilng bis toes and
Wusf. inn. untl hr fUlled over. for thcl
wanted ia make surC the stolen wand
waa nol hldaen under his pillow But i
ktas nni there. Inacr lhe snowy hct
and carpet theN looked ln has pantry
whefe ~ keni his lcieles and snow
rakrs. ard ln the barrel of frost hu
81 Nas nowhere o. ho found.
And go thls tlme kinE frosts soi
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

This should fill US with hope for the
future, and lead us to believe that our
fears for our children ars as unfound-
ed as our greatgrandparents' were
for theirs. Other times, other man
ners. and, after all, as between the
knee length skirt that a woman can
run race in If she 80 desires, and
the hoop skirts in which she was i'm
prisoned, and helpless, is rot the adj
vantage with the present instead of
the past
We do progress, though we may not
know 1t at the time.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. kirknan

man in care n the "IEncien. House,
keeping" department Will be answers,
requires considerable time. however.
q eng 10 the great nuuIbsr eceived
10 II O personal OF quicker reply II
desired, stamped md self-addrcTsed
envelope must be enclosed with the
question.--Tfs Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
Public BuiIdIng Improyement.

The Public Building Commission
Monday awarded the contract for
30 I-beams 10 be used In the con-
struction Of the mezzanine floor m the
north end Of the Public Building 10
Janyier and Ifance Of this city. the
lowest bidders
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
wan Map Of Delaware 80 Cents.

A limited number Of the Rand Me-
Nally maps ~ Delaware are on sale
at Every Evening office, 30 cents: 10
esnts for postage to any address DIV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

Il kin remember when we first
started t stop gamblin' in this coun-
try" said Uncle Niles Turner, age 103,
t'day. If you know what you want
you're a crank, an il you don't know
what you want you're an easy mark
accordin' & most any clerk.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
THE SANDMAN STORY
BY Abby Phillips Walker

eop,nsnt ioai by Mcclure Newspaper
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

Many answers coming from daily
advertising increases the buying or
selling opportunities for the adver-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
THEY SAID 1T
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer

copyrsn, 1872, by the Wheeler syndicate. Inc. N y
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09

All inquifes addressed to Miss Kirk.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-15
A RAGE FOR EDUCATION IN
CHINA. !

Writing from the mission of
Anhrve, China, Rev. Adolphe Novella,
s. j., has much to say on the subject
of schools, of which the province at
first glance seems fairly we'll provided.
There are 1873 boys schools, with an
attendance of over 5000, and CT girls
schools with nearly 5000 pupils. More
than $50 teachers are required for
these classes and without doing much
arithmetic it is easy to see how much
money is needed every year to pay the
cost of the schools. "
Now all this expense is borne by
the missionaries, for this large number
of school children give nothing toward
their education. There are two rea-
sons for this lack Of contribution; the
first is that the people of Northern
China are very poor; the second that
pagan and other schools are free, and
therefore the Catholics cannot ask
money for the instruction they give.
Of late years, the schools of the
Protestants and of the Chinese man
darins have, increased enormously in
size and number. The mandarins, not
waiting to erect buildings, are turning
the pagodas into schools, and the
Protestants in some cases have con-
verified hospitals into class rooms. In
short there is rage for education in
China and it is hard for the Catholics
not to lose. their face in the midst of
such competition. ~
Normal schools are an especial
necessity as they prepare the cate
chists, those auxiliaries that are the
right hand of the. apostle, and these are
the most expensive. So that even
with it's two hundred schools Anhrve
is not well off. 1t needs more schools
and it needs more money to support
the teachers now engaged.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-15
SIBERIA OFFERS 4 FIELD FOR
THE APOSTLE

Siberia offers vast opportunities for
propaganda, and this may, possibly be
taken up in the near future.
Atapresent the Catholics of Siberia
are mostly the unhappy Poles who
were sent there by decree Of the
former Imperial Russian Government.
The population which in 1897 was
over five millions had twenty years
later reached $3.50, 600, and consists of
Russians and Poles, Lithuanians and
Germans. Turko-T artars and Mongols,
Samoyedes and Tungnses, Chinese,
Japanese and Koreans. The majority
Of thenl-some five to six millions
are members of the Orthodox Russian
Church, about a. quarter. of million
are Raskolniks, over million are
Mohammedans, 100000 are Buddhists,
10000 are Jews and 10000 Protestants.
True the climate of this vast coun-
try, three times the size of European
Russia, offers many difficulties to!
priests OF a milder cline, but our;
apostles are not accustomed to con-
slider personal comfort. 81. s.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-15
DENMARK AND THE FAITH.

Being accustomed to consider DEN.
mark as wholly Protestant it comes
as surprise to learn that the country
has eleven congregations of priests
and ten of nuns working with amazing
success in her numerous cities and
towns. The Church. it seems, now en-.
joys absolute freedom in that part OF
Scandinavia, and counts among her
converts people Of title and high Off.
eial position.
1t was in the fifties, after the pas
sage of the new constitution in Den
mark, that Catholic priests ventnred
into a country hitherto bitterly OPP
posed to the Faith. From a beginning
of five hundred or so, the flock has
grown to about eighteen thousand.
Six thousand are Poles and the re-
mainder Danes and strangers from diff.
ferent countries, Most Of the Poles