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tramp the srssts when he fsels that
he should b REGULARLY employed.
When An executive meets his bust-
nsss Waterloo he Immediately plans
to avoid going to st. Helena. He usts
all OF his wits. and makes almo.t
superhumAn efforts to regain his A.
nancial feet. That is the very thing
that the worker should do. II he can
not md employment in his former oc-
cupation. then he should try another,
ana another. Old men have even been
known to ask for. and receive. POSI-
ttons "A Office boys. rather than .tArve.
And they make good. courteous, ard
efficient Office rcceptionists. too. That
back is against the wall.
Great Britain at present is trying
out a form OF old age government
pensions for the unemployed. But
that is an economic makeshift. de-
signed to aid in keeping the Lloyd
George government in power. Ger
many, before the war. had system
of old age insurance. But that smacked
too much of paternalism to ever be
acceptable to Americans.
There Is nothing for the man OF
forty five, who is out of work. to do
but to convince someone that his SER
vices are needed. 1t would be won-
.derfuI II we could have system of
government which would forever abol-
ish poverty. That has been the dream
of philosophers for centuries. But
as long as God places the passions in
the breasts of men, just so long shall
we have the splendors and the miseries
of life. And unless human nature
changes. we believe that the com
petitive capitalist system is the best
for ehe average man. 1t certainly
has withstood the test OF centuries.
Experiment after experiment in Uto-
plan dreams have failed. The greatest
of these, the dictatorship of the pro-
letariat in Russia, has proved to be a
CHASTITY failure, of which capitalism
cannot produce an equal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
THIS is A DEMOCRACY.

Attorney General Sylvester d. Town
send. Jr-- speaking of the failure OF
certain persons to pay the State in
come tax, declares that IF some folks
want to go TO Jail. that i not my
fault but theirs, 1t is my sworn duty
to enforce the statutes, and / have
no choice, in the matter"
Mr.. Townsend is right. II is his
sworn duty to enforce the statutes,
and he has no cheice. His duty he
must obey. just the same as soldiers
on the battlefield. However, to judge
by the complaints which one hears
on all sides. there seems to be a ques-
ton regarding ruling which Mr..
Townsend made after entering Office
1t seems that he interpreted the law
a bit differently from a predecessor.
Now Mr.. Townsend would be the
last man to insist that the attorney
general in a democracy should have
the imperial powers of a Roman tax
gatherer, 30 he should welcome a test
suit. All men should obey the laws
But there are courts TO decide whether
a law, or a ruling. is legal. Knowing
Mr.. Townsend's strong belief in our
form Of government, we are certain
that he viii not object to his ruling
being taken into court. This is We,
a democracy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
WHAT MANS LIFE Is sAFEf

1t is almost a truism' in the criminal
Jurisprudence of the America of to-
day that a woman who kills a man
with intention manifest and delibera-
tion unquestioned has ninety-nine
chances out of a hundred of escaping
the death chair. and fifty chances out
of hundred of escaping any penalty;
always provided that she is not a per-
feet hag In personal appearance, and
not without decent connections.
Hence, there is no reason for sur
prise in the informal announcement
that a woman who shot down a lawyer
In South Elliott place will be defend
ed ION substantially the same lines as
Mrs X" who was acquitted after
driving her own automobile sew
eral miles TO use the pistol with which
her husband was slain. Yet the an
nouncement has grim humor not too
subtle for most minds to grasp.
Confidence of immunity from
punishment is bred by a succession of
acquittals Of women by male juries.
Out of that confidence springs a ready
determination on the part of certain
women TO take the law into their own
hands and average real or fancied
wrongs by staying the man who is held
responsible. But woman acting az
judge, jury and exeeutioner in her own
case is never just or impartial. She
may even be hysterical and utterly un-
just. So the question. What mans 5
life is safer" comes to livery mind
The age of the world in which the
doubt that woman was an account
able being existed has long gone by.
But If accountable as a man is on a
murder charge some way must be
found TO hold her to identical applica-
ton of criminal statutes. The gal
.lantry of men as jurors is a prime
llement in the perilous present con-
ditions. Possibly woman jury to try
q woman accused of murder would
have many advantages. We are iR-
clined to think that il would lead to
fewer acquittals. The field is one In
which a certain amount of social ex-
perin1entation must precede the fixing
on a remedy for laxity that is growing
intolera BILE. Brooklyn Eagle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
COMMUNITY REQUESTS.

Among the great men OF wealth In
Americas past there have always been
a few who admitted that their own
genius did not build their entire for
tunes. These freely said that the op-
portunitics which they found In their
communities and the nation aided
them in acquiring their magnificent
pile OF figurative- beefstcaks. Appre-
citation of this fact has been shown
by the manner In which from time to
time some one leaves a huge beauest
not to university, but To tho munich
pality itself. to be expended as the
city fathers think will benefit the
greatest number.
This spirit is not limited to those
who pay excess profits taxes. Even
some OF the moderately poor. when
they had no incapablcs dependent upon
them, have been known. to will por-
ton of their meager funds to their
community. One such case came to
public notice In a nearby city when n
young woman gave her few hundred
dollars to symphony orchestra fund.
How much more genuine community
good that bequest did than IL would
have done IL It had been given to
some distant relative who had no I'M
mediate need OF II.
The feeling OF obligation to the corn
munity is one which we should fos-
ter. II is only the blatant gambler,
who by some lucky turn has amassed
great wealth, that claims that his own
native genius pushed his head above
the crowd OF humanity struggling for
gold. Others have sense enough to
know that the combination of hard
work and chance has much to do
with success. Those opportunities in
a continuity which make the chances
OF the business world should be rec
ognized by the men who profit by
them. We leave wealth to the man
who befriends us--why not to the
community which performs the same
A.
our study.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
JUST FOLKS
A SPORTSMAN.
BY EDGAR A. Gsess.

o. "" y " y ~
BIN never took the little one. "a an
his frying pan,
re played the game with trout ana
bass the way he played with nan
And even fishing for his meal hssk
face an empty dish N
Before he'd keep To feed hsr,..s>
out-of-sea~on nsh.
BID always gave the fish a chance. n
they refused his ny.
lie reckoned they were wise enough "a
know the reason why.
ana when big one took his bait he'd
try 70 bring him in.
f'ut even though he'd lose the LASS.
ned never lose his grin.
me laws ont always have IL rirhs.
The fifteenth day OF June
Makes legal going after ba-. hur
sometimes that's too soon.
Ana Bili would wait for dayr ana aav.
before a line he'd wet
And answer when we asked hin, vex.
They're not through spavninx
yet
IL should write his epitapn r-t,ro
Biil is called away.
1t wouldn't be a f1owerv thing. 49,
simple line I'd say.
And yet I think twouId be IN. phrz-
which Bill himself would r,.n.
He played fair with mis- fellow ma,
ana played fair with the FISH,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
AMERICANS AT ARMS FARLEY.

President Harding wisely chose
Secretary of State Hughes as the
leader bf the American contingent at
the disarmament conference. BY vir-
tue of his official position Mr.. Hughes
he held no official Office the chances
are that he would have been drafted
into the government service for the
session. as he is one of the very few
statesmen in the ranks of the Re-
publican party at this writing.
The choice of Senator Lodge to rep
resent the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee was poor one, and evil
IDENTIFY was made solely because of
that gentleman's connection with the
Administration. Senator Lodge has
never shown himself to be of states
man quality: he ranks low even as
politician. He has attained his pres
ent position of eminence in the Sem
ate solely because OF seniority, and
not from ability. His taient-such as
it is--has not carried him far in the
estimation of the public On-hand.
can you name a single great thing
which he has done? The same oues-
ton regarding Mr.. Hughes is easily
answered. Mr.. Hughes is constructive;
Senator Lodge is everything but that.
Even in his history of the United States
he displayed a provincial prejudice of
which the most obscure historian
would have cause TO blush, were it
laid at his door.
We wish that President Harding
had appointed Senator Knox to rep
resent the Senate. He has great
brain power, although at times we do
not think that he has used it to the
best interests OF all. But that is a mat
ter of opinion. However, we may pre-
sumo that the President remembered
Lodges antics when he was not taken
to Paris. He evidently feared that the
ego of the blatant Brahmin of Back
Bay would make itself felt in the SEN
ate on important matters unless he re-
eeived his crumb of fame. so ap-
pointed him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
HARDEN'S VISIT
From the Springfield Republican

The annsuncersnt that the Ger
man journalist Maxirnilian Harden
Is planning TO visit the United States
next month viii arouse no little in
terest. and his reception is likely to
be hospftable. For German who
R not also a scientist of international
fame a journey abroad is still good
deal Of adventure. but Harden is re-
nembered by most people for his Wig
orous attacks on the war lords: his
standing in London or New York
should be as good as that of Bernard
Shaw, for example, In Berlin. Be-
tween the two, widely different as
they are in personality. style and Gre
ative genius, there Is not a little in
common. Both of them before the
war had fairly earned a reputation
for always being on the ofr-eide which
gave them an exceptional liscense TO
say what they liked after the censor
ship was ciapped on.
OF the two Harden, impossible as
that might have seemed in advance
10 Shaw's readers. proved, if any
thing the more irrepressible. If ne
wrote nothing in the early days OF
/ the war quite so bitter as Shaw's un-
forgettabIe picture OF an old British
lioE awakening with a roar 10 destroy
its German rival as it had destroyed
all rivals in the past he kept up his
attacks long after his British con-
temporary, sobered by events, had
almost reiapsed into silence. Dur
ing the later years of the war he
was almost the only German writer
whose comments on current events
were freely passed by the censors and
published in entente countries and in
/ the United States. This immunity
was sometimes puzzling, but Harden
was a very well-known author and
he had many friends in high places;
/ he stood on a very different plane
from the Socialists who We're at
taclSing the government, and what
he said Was put down 10 his iRdivid-
ual eccentricity.
Whateyer the explanation, Harden
remained through the war a free
lance. attacking the German govern
ment continually and occasionally
even upholding the cause of the allies
though even he found the treaty of
Versailles disillusionment. Few
writer's in Europe. even among neu-
trails, have taken 50 detached a view
of the war. Those who supposed him
to be speaking for the Germa n
masses We're widely in error. but his
observations had value as the pro-
duct of a keen and independent mind
and during his American visit he
may have some suggestive and heIp-
tul things to say.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
WHAT CUMBERLAND HAS
DONE UNDER COMMISSION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
After Eleven Years Experimenting With Newer Organization.
Achievements Progress Expansion and Efficiency Warrant It's
Adherents to Call the Venture Successful One
BY ISAAC HIRSCH
THE BALTIMORE SUN.

thusis Sfkc advocates hoped. Men who
opposed it's being adopted have sipco
become converted ~ this sdrnini-tra-
tive system and now speak boldly In ~
favor.
Charter " simple.
The charter ls very simple. There are
n president and a board of directors.
who are elected by all the people in
stead Of by few stockhOiders. Any
citizen can have his name placed on
the primary ballot ~ Ming a petition.
The ballot is arranged alphabetically
and there are no party designations.
The two nominees for Mayor receiving
the highest number Of votes are the
candidates: eight others receiving the
highest number OF votes are tho can
didates for Commissioner. the city
being governed by a Mayor and four.
Commissioners. The Mayor l~ pre~i-
dent Of the commission and has n vote
on all questions. but no veto power
The business Of the city In divided into
streets and public property. water and
lighting, police and fre and finance de-
partmcnts. thus making four depar-.
ments, one Commis-foner having
Ifh"f - VI 'h'Hs tH' IfrAitN nave fFrr
an increase in the tarable ha~i. - 100
per cent, a large gain In rovenue from
all sources, a much more efficient 20
lice and FIRE department and yr0r~r
return from all moneys spent. Ever
dollar Of taxes Tor each fiscal yesr
since commission government has bon
In existence has been collected Under
the old system II would take four -
i've years 70 stroighten our ne ae-
coun< OF the tax collector.
Old Assessmenf. Collected.
when the new government wa- L.
augprated II found thousands - doi-
lars In unpaid accounts ~ water. paw
ing. sewers. etc.--this was always
counted as an asset. but never cofie~,.
ed. The new regime has collected 70
per cent % these accounts. ThI- hs-
resulted In less borrowing from bsns.
10 which the city WAS ever under %
legation. Every enploye must Do -
duty or be dismissed. The Co-nr,i-.
sioners are absolutely responsible 20
the conduct 81 their department ana
compelled 70 give an account of their
stewardship. Under the oId sysfe,o /,
ward Councilman could prevail unrr
Continued on page 9.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD.

Editor Every Evening: I have
noticed with much interest the news
aaper references to changing the name
Of the boulevard to La Fayette Boule-
ward: TO changing the name OF WASH
ington street, etc. The desire OF some
OF those interested to pay tribute to
Ia Fayette is very commendable. but
this is not the only way We have of
honoring the great soldier ana friend
of America. IL seems to me, and thcsa
residing on the North Side with whom
have discussed the matter. concur in
this opinion, that the really sensible and
practical thing to do is to name the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

any question BY writing Every Evsnins
tnfosu1a tion Bureau, yredertr Has
kin. Drector. Washinseo9. 2: g. TIL rhs
burr hs.rcAu 's cannot sfys sdvica on legal,
medical and financial matters: ~ does
not attempt 10 .scttir domestic troubles
nor To undertake exhaustive resrsrch
plainly D and briefly. Give full name and
addrsss and enclose two cents In stAmps
for return postage. All replies are sent
direct 70 the inquirer
q. Are watermelons and tomatoes
classed N fruits or vegetAbies7 o. G.
A. Both the watermelon and the to-
inato arc variourIy regarded as fruit
and vegetable by the latest dictionar-
les. You will flnd directions for their
culture in books on fruit raising and
vegetable raising.
@. Does the compass point to the
south below the equator7 ]. w.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the compass does not point to the
south In the Southern Hemisphere.
q. when Is Midsummer Eve? r. s.
A. Midsummer Eve falls on the
night before the festival OF st. John
the Baptnt. June "a. This used to
be observed In all parts Of Europe,
Fires were kindled in the market
places and tbe young people leaped
over the famss or threw garlands into
them. dancing and singing played a
part In the festival.
O. How are stamps applied to
stamped enveiopes7 Can one he cut
from an envelope and used on an
fother one? Il. ]. s.
| A. The Postonice Department gays
/ that the stamp Is embossed on the en-.
veiope AT the time the envelope Il
made and is A part OF the envelope
itself If the embossed stamp is cut
from the original envelope. II Is noi
good for postage IL attached TO an.
lother envelope.
q. Please tell me il a radio oper.
ator may take his wife on board shiI
with him2 r II
I 4. The radio inspector says accom-.
uodations are rot allowed for th'
wives OF operators and they are no
allowed on board vessels.
O. What do the letters "R T." NEAR
after King Georges name, also "Diet
ct mon droit?s' J. S.
A. Ine letters *. l. atfF TN
name of King George ", of England
stand for the Latin words rex e
| Imperator.' meaning King and EN-
peror." .Dieu ct mon droit" means
E"God and my right" freely translat
ed, God and my conscience" Il Il
the motto of the English King.
q. What was the first daily paper
II. III. N
A. The first daily paper krown wa
the Roman Acta Diurna" in COL B
tc.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
COMPLAINT ABOUT THE POLICE

Editor Every Evening: ] would like
you To publish in your good paper
mention of the disturbance which was
caused on Saturday evening. when
several young men who have never
been known to have caused trouble I'm
the place called Forty Acres" were
arrested. These men were brought up
with Chief OF Police George Black and
have always respected him. He knows
their parents, who are all taxpayers
of the city. Why should an officer.
coming from Poland, attack them I'm
the manner which he did, when they
were doing nothing. except talking of
the paid fire department. I think the
manner in which the officer came on
them is disgrace to the city.
A Ike Payer and an American
Citizen
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18

You have seen the backwash OF n
large body of water which N soon
populated by thousands OF bugs; they
fIoat around and around, getting no
where. This waA Cumberland's posi-
tion prior 10 1910. witty many ad-
vantages, 1t simply stood still.
CupnberIaaders were seemingly sat
isied to know that II was the second
city in Maryland-th was like Tom
Thumbs remark when he stood besi1e
John T.. Sullivan: Mr.. SuIlivsn and
challenge the world" But change
was brought by scourse OF typhoid
fever, which caused the city 10 gain
the unwelcome distiDct ton of leading
the United States In the deaths PEI
900 from this nslady traceable to a
poor water supply. which was at
tributed TO bad government.
Immediately there was demand
for better municipal government. Cum
and had been governed by the ward
system. most OF the work WAS trans-
acted by committees without publicity
The party controlling the majority ot
Council became. absolutely dominan'
n city anairs. The. Counciimen havsrs
been elected from wards, recognized
the influence and importance OF theft
respective wards and failed 70 conside'
the interests Of other sections Of tbs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18

compiimsnk ct the asut. and positive
disgrNcs At this time. We may have
. nns La Faystts Boulevard. or La
TAyetto Place. but It need not take
the place Of the long established Bou-
levard, now TO b appropriately re-
named the Washington Boulevard. To
make = change In the name OF this
thoroughfare would not serve any
good purpose, and would incite much
dissa atisfaction.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

Time was when robbers robbed
politely. and shooting was a Lass
resort. and then We viewed the
hold-up lightly. a harmless kind
OF outdoor sport. Now. stand
they'd tell me. "and deliver" and
from my rags my roll they'd
snake. and would stand with
out a CULVER. because my life
was not at stake. No tremors
shook my system bony, no palsy
did my spirit know; knew thas
al my bills were phony. and I
was glad 70 see them go. But
now the thieves come callyhoOt-
ing. in murderous. blOodthirsty
bands. and they begin their ri
bald shooting before I've time to
raise my hands. They spring
upon me from an alley, they
come with silent, tiger tread
and while one murderer keeps
tally. the others shoot me fun Of
lead. And they could have my
stock OF shillings by merely ask
ing for the same; there's no ex-
cuse for all these killfD hat
hlemish their time-Aoiyred
game. The modern robbers are
not courtly. they lack the old
school tact and grace. and when
they meet poet portly. they
. push a cannon in his face; and
II. confused. he asks A question,
or bats his eyes. or wags his
ears, they shoot him where his
indigestion has caused him pain
for many years. II isn't fair. or
Just. or decent. some ordinances
should be made. this shooting
graft is something recent. dis
crediting the robbers trade.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY
Views Of the Readers Of Every Evening

boulevard Washington boulevard" /"
The new bridge probably will always
be known A. Washington Memorial
Bridge and Washington boulevard
would be. AZ statsd. both sensible and
logical. Washington street might con-
tinue to be Washington street--therc
Is no advantage that / can see In
changing Its name at all. I believe
this plan appeals to a large majority
of those people who live on the North
side. and who quite naturally. | sub
nit. should have some voice 10 the
matter. so let's make IL Washington
Boulevard, hs the Bridge Colnmission
has suggested.
North Side.
Wilmington, Aug. II, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
Combinations Were The Rule.

Besides this. combinations were the
rule and the appropriations>ff money
were controlled in this way. One could
count on his fingers OF one hand tho
business men Of that time who took an
active part in the Management of party
machinery. They generally left these
things 70 the grating elements, tho
gambling elements and the criminal
elements. The bosses ran the city and
they were generally men Of strvne
mentality. but Of feeble morality. They
served the rich by giving them fran
chiscs and by securing 20 them privi-
leges and they served the poor by pro-
curing employment for them, and by
acts Of charity. II was therefore not an
easy matter 10 change the government
A great effort was required to enable
Cumberland in June. 1910. TO start as
the first city in Maryland TO adopt the
commission form.
Eleven years have passed. The city
has had ample opportunity to test the
success of the plan. II has been sue
ccssful, more 20 than even its most en-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
SAID 1T WITH FLOWERS.

Why do you turn out for every
road hog that comes along?" said the
missus GROSSLY. "The right of way is
ours, isn't it?
"Oh, undoubtedly" answered he
calmly. But / have in mind this
epitaph:
Here lies the body Of William Jay,
Who died maintaining his right OF
way;
He was right, dead right, as he sped
along,
But he's just as dead as if he'd beer
wrong
Detroit Motor Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
Motoring TO Detroit

A party OF automobiIists left VII
mington yesterday en- route for De-
troit. Mich. where they viii be quests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Tannon. former
" OF this city. In the party wers.
Mrs. Laura E. Thompson. Mrs. Nav
Gosiee. Miss Grace Goslee. clifford
Thompson and Andrew DettIing. They
viii motor in Canada and the New
England States before returning.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-18
WAGES AND PUBLIC INTEREST

The Kansas Industrial Court law is
raising rather than settling new ques-
fionse just as the courts We're SEN
fencing labor unionists for striking,
the Industrial Commission appointed
a commissioner to take testimony III
an appeal by packing company in &
wage case. The commission holds