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ENGAGEMENT ANNOt NJ Ed.

NIddlctowu Icb = Mis- Ithc, ]
Shallcross v as ho~to-~ at j itrchcor gwen
on SATURDAY. ~ the hou." ol her mother.
Mrs Mar, ardcertt >alicross. on
North Broad street Each guest WAS
presented with colonial bouquet which
revealed the announcement OF Miss
Shallcross engagement to Nlr T Clarence
Marshall Of lorklvu
The guests were Mrs Norman, Mrs
David Clarence Nsplrl Of Wilmington
Mrs Bassctt Ferguson Of Ridley Park
Pa Mrs Richard Rodney o. Now Castle
Mrs. lanes l. Woodall oi C,corgctown
Md Mrs Henry : Brady Of Mt Plea ant
Mrs Julian II Foard Mrs ha~ VI
ShalIcross Miss Helen Brady Of Middle
town
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28

The Cinderella party. which took place
Saturday evening Mt Odd Fellows hall NJ
Bear was largely attended The mlin oi
S57 WAS cleared, which will bc used Tor
improvements tn Lebanon M. u. Church
at Red Lion.
Tho funeral Of Mrs. Annie Cccelin,
wife Of Michael j Mulir, took place this
morning, with requiem mass IN st Peter y
Church. and was largely ntterded. The
palbenrcrs were Edward Daley, Martin
kenney, Robert Nagel Michael Devin,
John Fay ard Peter Scully
This evening the preliminary game oi
basketball will be played between the
members Of the Freshmen aad tho sopho-
more classes of the High School IL the
Opera House The game following Will be
played between the uefnbers OF tho New
Castle High School Alumni Association
and thc varsity five
On "Wednesday evening n smoker and
entertainment will be gwen by the Young
Mems Club Of this city IN the opefn
Houae The music will be furnished by
the Chases orchestra Howard Butler
Of Wilmington aud Chester sotoist VIII
render several vocal selections Jig dane.
inp will be given bv Aonzo Lewis and
saiections. bv Joseph Ellsworth and }.
Shumack. wrestling bout. between Jim
mae Miller of this city and Nillev Vans
lcy Of Wilmington The windup Will be
between hid Kelley Of Wilmington an
Paul Rees nf this city. Remi-windup
Papier DAVIS and hid Dhue certalo
raiser. frankie Kelley vs. White Other
bouts will be between Jockey hcknitt
and hartley Hardy and Harry Muneon
and .Iimmev Dimlty
Tomorrow evening the members Of
Citv Council and the Ifuatees oi tic
Commons will meet n monthlv sesaah
Frederick lIa,ter. a shipping elerk at
tho plant of ihc Decmer Steel astlng
Go is confined Ia his home suffering
| from boils
Mrs James Abbotf on SATURDAY, was
| taken to the rhYstcions aad -ftfgcnfsa
| Hospital. Wilmington whore M ops tnttea
was performed for the removal ol RfeWtt
/ on her eyolid
II I Iank Is operating n truck, ron
veying workrnen to and from flReoa
| Point
Miss rcarle Rottomley of Wilmington
spent Yesterday oa the gnest Of Nli@
! Flxahcth Fetl
Mr. nod Mr. Hrnrt Naruirt # h.
ter spent the vccl end rs gilosfs Ct NJ
and Mr Iriah Megnrr
Mrs Inhp Novlaye II WlmlnRiaf
spcnt yesterelae ~ ~" gtfcst af feiHftst.
and friends here
NIr aud Mrs lepar EoVlr Il pland
/ "a ep.a, vcatnr1a, aa glesfa 81 NJ ATE
/ Nr4 th,stor Blanlo aad iant1
Nirs Nndrru Mitchell who itaa ieef
sprndinr 4,vrral dat. as 'he R'i'ft q ~
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FUNERAL OF MRS. WISE.

Dover. Feb 2S-Thc funeral OF Mrs.
Leah Wise. widow of William A. Wise,
which took place from her late residence
north Bradford street Yesterday after
noon, was very largely attended. Rev,
r c. Holfcnstein, pastor of Peoples
Christian Church, of which the deceased
was a member, ofiicintcd 4 male quartet
composed of Mcssrs Taylor Benson.
Carrow and Lewis sang two selections.
by request Interment was made IN Lake
sido cemetery.
Mrs Wise is survived by one son and
one daughter, the hitter Miss Helen Wise
being connected with the Delaware Trust
Go here
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28

II. Louderbough and Mrs. Eouder bough
and MI. and Mrs j. Frank Wilds, observed
their SD wedding anniversary, last
Friday. They were married on the same
day and within an hour of each other.
Also both were from the same locality,
near Smyrna. Thoy received the con
gratulatious of many friends from diff
ferent parts of the State.
John G. Hopkins. member of Dover $
City Council and wcll-known surveyor,
was surprised Friday evening at his home
on the anniversary of his birth, by a
large company of former associates and
school companions of Fredcrica, where he
taught school many years ngo. MIR.
Hopkins, was presented with n token OF
gold, which came as complete surprise
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
STOP CRTARRH! OPEN
k0STRIlS AND HEAD
Says Cream Applied In Nostrils
Relieves Head Colds nj Once.

II ,nur rnstrlla nrc clogged and your
hcad Il stuffed snd I"n cam i'Feafh'
lrcrjs lrcausc ~ 2 cold "r ra' Hri- ilN
ett suut) sottto II l.N F"Rln t'alh'
:, .,, dr,e .tsrr \rpl, = htiic - tbs
e,oyrar, ant,srrt,c crea d unto ,ou- nos
trll- nud Iot i penetrate Through 'N'TA
ar pa~eaEr ~ No'u h'ad ~""t hine AMI
h, allpc the n'iain"i s""'lon tnHc"1t
~, mhrtuc aud yoti goi instant t"hoi
All. hnU eood L ircls our no~trIl>
are open Your head = clear. =" i""f,
hawking Suatiing blowing NO mofe h"'d
rchr. drN'ncSs Or struggling inf hIcath
Elva Cream Balm is lust "hat sufferers
from head colds and cat4rrh need y
dthght
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
GEORGETOWN ELECTION.

Georgetown Feb % The arnual
municipal election will br held here r"Xt
SATURDAY.. for Successors 20 DR. .iohr II.
Hammond. Waiter y lilyard. Walter
Roach. James VI 1urrcll md Nrdrcw
Marvel as members OF Council Tho
terms OF IL j Cooilc treasurer Joseph
h West. collector and William I Hobbs.
aascssor, also expire
Justice Of the pcace Fhlah " Ryor is
beng proposed as mavor, and ths bar
has no Opposition
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
SUSSEX COUNTY SCHOOLS.

Georgetown. Feb Is Miss BcsFic
Spaford until recently head nf tho textiles
ard clothing work IN the Maesachusrits
state Normal School. he's accepted -
position with tho Home Fcnronirs h"-
partmort of Gcorget ,un public achoals
Plans are beng made =, tho high schools
of sussex county for the utat'rirnl con
test which II 70 bc hold IN tho court house
here. on FRIDAY night April tNorv.
high schoolir tho county Is cxpeotcd {"
send col.tCSfRnts
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EXPENSIVE DOGS.

Dover. Feh 2S For failure to pay
dog tax SIX colored persons Of Dover
were arTalgncd before Magistrate Wood
snd IN addition 20 the payment Of tax
sere compelled 10 pay costs of prosecution
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
Married In Detroit.

Word has been received here Of the
marriage in Detroit. Mich, on Feb
ruary L. Of Miss Catherine J. Bane.
formerly OF Wilmington. and William
smith. Jr.. Of Detroit They Will live in
DetrOit
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
WOMEN SAVE $40
IN HALF HOUR
Diamond Dye" Your Faded
Garments or Draperies
instead of Buying

ANY woman can diamond dye her old
shabby skirts. waists, coats. stockings.
coverings into new. Each package Of
Diamond Dyes" contains easy direc-
tions. Beware Poor dye streaks.
spots fades. and ruins material by Civ
ing ii a dyed look. Buy Diamond
Dyes only. Tell druggist whether your
material Is wool or silk OF if il is DOT
ton. linen or a mixture. l6 rich fade
less ,o.ots
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
ALMOST UNANIMOUS.

Dover. Feb 2S The Election. Satur-
eav. - pass upon the proposed $50 900
bond ISSUE 10 improve and make more
perrnaacu, the municipal and light water
plant rcslltcd IL 40 taxables voting
tnfaH.nr 10l5 votes only two taXables
rcpre~et'Iug II votes. cast ballots against
IN i>su, aud they were nor reel estate
ov men.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28

aud Mrs Charles Walton and family
Of Vow Ynrk, returned to her houlc on
Saturday evening
William and Edward Kelley of Bnlll-
moro spent tie week end aa guests ~
NJ and Mrs Edward Leonnrd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
MARRIED So YEARS.

povcr.Iob2> StatcIIbrarian Edwsrd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-02
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
A BABY IN A CRIB.

He is indeed poor human who can
not muster a smile at the sight of a
baby in a crib.
For a baby is the beginning of ev-
erything. 1t is the expression of pos
sibility AS il sits and kicks and baby
wiggles, tossing smiles by the dozen,
and all the time keeps wondering in
its little world, it brings back to every
thinking passerby something of his
own past or his future possibility.
The whole world would be old and
seamy were it not that every day a
new batch of cribs are brought out
for a new batch of babiesi
The mother. watching beside her
baby and talking back and forth to It,
doesn't have to be taught-her baby,
before her, is telling her all the his
tory of mankind and predicting un-
written stories and histories afresh to
her.
There is so much about a baby that
you can't explain but that you under
stand perfectly. That's why the
stranger. passing a baby. stoops down
to smile and say something which he
knows the baby won't understand but
to which he feels that the baby will
somehow respond.
And usually the baby does respond
to every sincere attention
But the big value of its babies to
the world IS that they keep 1t tender
and thoughtful. The sight Of a baby
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LETS STICK TO FACTS.

The controversy between the rail-
roads and their employees over wages
and working agreements now in prog
ress, finally will be settled on its
merits, and the end will not be
FASTENED by the introduction on either
side of statements incapable of proof.
A. II. Norris, chairman of the Santa
F'e machinists, for instance, is re-
ported to have declared that the
United States Chamber of Commerce
ana its affiliated organizations have
raised fund of $5OO.OeO.OOO to fight
labor organization. and that $2T, 000,-
600 of that amount has been allotted
to the effort to destroy the national
railroad labor agreement. While this
statement may find credence among
members of the labor unions, the pub
lie will demand proof.
The chairman of another union is
reported to have said to an audience
of railway employees: you have a
law in this state which permits the
railroad bosses to fire you whenever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-02
LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK
The Park Ave. News.
BY LEE PAPK
er. Verse in spots.

Weather. Verse in spots.
Spoarts. BENNY Potts and his cuz-
Yin Artie Alexander had a contest in
Benny Pottses Kitchen last Satidday
to see wich one had the steddiest hand
by porting milk out of a bottle into u
little medicine bottle without splitting
mulch, being a tie each time they
tried it, and about the 4th time they
noticed there was ony about as mulch
milk left in the milk bottle as wat
there was in the medicine bottle, so
they quick stopped the contest and
went out the back way.
Exter, A secret club has bin started,
all the members saying Ding insted of
No and Ding Ding insted OF Yes.
Amung the members are Benny Potts.
Pubs Simkins, Leroy Shooster, Ed
Wernick, Sam Cross, Skinny Martin
and Lew Davis.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Too Meny orders So
City Up, Woai
The driver fearsely cried,
And the poor horse tried to do both
at once
And it jiggled his fnsides and he died
Sissiety. Mr.. Benny Potts used his
sisters pink soap last Sattiddy mite to
take a bath with, making him smell
bewtifill but making reck of the
soap.
Bum Joak by Leroy Snooster. If a
never used it would 1t be stationary?
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Questions-Anstoes

Q. Just what territory does the Near
East consist Ct, as resards the relief that
A During the calendar year Of 1919 the
Near East Relief conducted activities in
the are -, Of the Near East
Cilicia. Kurdistan, Syria. Palestine tfof:
Persia, Trans Caucasia (Russia), Including
the Armenian Republic, Georgia and Aver
House Of Commons "A NJ. w.
A. Technically. this is not done. A
stewardship Of chiitern Hundreds. Having ing
signs, The practice. began about 1850 Its
preeedents have established it.
Q. How tall is General ePrishing and
how n nSasr does p he Weigh IN b H
tall and weighs 200 pounds.
=, Q. Can airplanes wireless to submarines
that are under water ?-G. c.
A. The air service says that an air
plane can send a wireless to submerged
paper f N1haiT + Eve me a formula for fly
A. Flypaper that is non poisonous can
Of Dr. Of GROUND sT "copper" ake dr. bTeWe
sugar; 2 fluid DR.. of mix or cream. Sat
urate absorbent paper with the mixture
Where it viii attract ct'f flies @l'n ht'e water
a: Oeorge Frederick Handel was famed
coneertos for various Instruments. I many ny
anthems and several cantatas.
operated III. F. e '"-'S IL Inherent ei'ies
A. By arrangement with a telegraph
company all the time balls are at a given
moment just before noon. thrown into the
same electrical circuit with a relay that
! Is controlled by the mean time block at
the naval observatory Exactly at noon
/ the clock, by means of a competent mechau-
ism, closes the circuit which acts thru cleo
ro-magnets to release the suspended time
balls.
| Q. What arrangements do countries
have with each other regarding patents p
h. H. Z.
| A. The United States patent office saws
that the International bureau for the pro-
lection of industrial property which has its
| Headquarters at Berne, Switzerland, has a
membership in most countries of the world
| It is the ruling of this organization that ali
foreign countries must file a patent within
| twelve months from the date the original
patent is filed in the original country
where the inventor has taken out the pat
ent.
Q. Is there tiger shark?--F. r. "
| A. The tiger shark is the largest, fierc-
dian sharks. This fish is brown in color
and covered when young with SMALL dark
spots. These spots disappear with age.
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal information bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. washington. D. G. This
| offer applies STRICTLY to information. The
and financial matters. It does not under
take to settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
briefly. Give full name and address and
| enclose 2-cent stamp for return postage
All replies are sent direct to the inquirer. }
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JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


It's buckling in and fighting hard that
gets fellow thru,
It's giving all your thought and strength
to do what you have to do;
81, there's no oilers road to fame, no
care-free way to win
The man who wants to reach the top must
have a stern set chin;
The summit of success is fine and much
there is to see there,
But he who'd climb no to the crest, must
prove his right to be there.
You cannot feign the touch of skill, nor
glory,s gods deceive,
The indolent or cunning hand no lasting
joys achieve;
Tho sham may seem to prosper here, there
always comes the test
When only they survive who give their
noblest and their best;
A man must cliRb tire mountain heights,
nor are theNgiories free there,
Who stands with men of strength and
skill, must prove his right to be there.
Life sorts the false men from the true, the
crooked from the straight,
No man shall the yreathe of fame
save he be truly great;
Real merit has no counterfeit, when by the
test it's tried,
If it does not deserve to win it's quickly
thrown aside;
So work your way and earn your way-you
shall receive the Zee there
When YOU have reached the mountain top,
If you've a right to be there.
Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A Guest)
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Dorothy Dir Tails
Playing the Game--1.
BY DOROTHY DIX
worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Are you playing the game of life
squarely and fairly?
Are you making yourself as little
burden as possible to those about
you? If you are not, you are not
giving your family a square deal.
Take the matter OF sickness. for in
stance. To save our faces We speak
of i'll health as an affiction sent upon
US mysteriously by some strange
Providence that we do not understand.
Most of the time, this is an out and
out lie. We know well enough that
we are sick because we broke the laws
of health, and that we have nothing
but ourselves to blame.
We justify ourselves in overeating,
in refusing to take exercise, in staying
out too late at night, in dancing too
much, in defying wintry blasts in in
sufficient clothing because our new
frocks look better without wraps, by
saying that it's our own stomachs. and
our own nerves and our own lungs
that we are risking, and that if we
get dyspepsia, and nervous prostration,
and pneumonia, we are the ones who
will have to suffer.
II that were entirely true it
wouldn't so much matter, and the
FAMILY might well stand aside and let
those die who did not have enough
sense to live; but in cases of sickness
4
those who have to take care of them.
Inere are only a small number of
people who are able to turn the sick
members of their families over to the
care or trained nurses and hospitals.
fne balance must keep the weary vigil
OF the sick-room themselves, they must
fetch, and carry. and minister to the
1retful whims of those who have
brought their illness upon themselves
by their own self-indulgence.
NOR can the average family afford
sickness any more than they can to
set up yacht, or an imported auto
moDile. or course, when one we love
is suffering and in danger, we weigh
nothing else in the scale against his
| or her safety. The best doctor. the
finest surgeon, costly medicines, ex-
| pens.ve nourishment he or she must
| have, no matter what it COSTS
SO the little savings bank account
That we had gathered together, penny
by penny, with which to buy a home.
ana which represents a thousand bitter
| self-denials, melts away like ice in an
August sum- Or worse still, we sad
| die ourselves with debts to doctors and
| druggists that will sell us into slavery
| for years to come.
Who does not know some family
| that is kept down to the low level of
grinding poverty by an invalid? There
| is never a chance to save anything,
! because the sick one is forever trying
some new cure. The very food that
| growing children need is stinted for
! patent medicines. All ambition and
effort are crushed under the weight of
the perpetual doctors bills.
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The absurdity of the claim made by
a labor paper that contractors tack
on so to 100 per cent profit to the
mechanics wages may be seen in the
bids for the filtration plant. There
was a wide margin between the low
and the high bidder. and the price to
be paid is s61,4O6 below the engineers
estimate. Was the engineer figuring
on a profit of so to 100 per cent on
the mechanics wages? If he were,
the successful bidder appears to have
arranged for a much smaller profit.
The truth is that the contractor US
ually figures margin of 10 per cent
on the total cost of a building, for
his profit. Few persons, perhaps, do
not know this. Misrepresentation will
not build houses nor furnish work for
idle men. IfSthe statement of the
labor paper were true, contractors
would be interested in paying high
wages, since low wage scales would
reduce their profits.
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they please; but If you quit work, the
same law will send you to jail" This
statement simply is not true. There
is no law designed to prevent a man
from stopping work when he chooses.
The federal railway labor board is
trying to ascertain the facts and its
conclusions probably will be accepted
by the public. Charges and counter
charges made by either party to the
controversy, out of court, will have
little If any influence on the result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-02

Statistics show that in 1920 there
was a grand total Of 690,916 en-
ployes of the federal government, civil
and military. This was an increase of
Sis per cent over 1916, when the to-
tai number of employees was APT, SAC.
A very large proportion of the adj
ditional number of employees it IS
pointed out are in the military estab-
lishments. The postal service has
shown an increase in four Years OF
11.6 per cent and all the time the
service grew worse.
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The effort that is being made by
the deposed emperor of Austria to get
his Job back is illustrative of the
enormous appetite for trouble pos
sessed by some persons. Why any
man would prefer to give up a quiet
home in Switzerland to become the
head of a bankrupt and revolution
torn country, is difficult to under
stand. It is doubtful that Count Ho-
henzoIlern would be so foolish.
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is able to change the course of mans
thinking for the rest of his day. And
if the baby is his own, its threads of
love tie him to it forever and soften
every harsh note in his makeup.
I have often watched a rough men
walk away from>a little baby as happy
as tho a king had just promoted him
to sudden wealth-after having been
noticed with a package of smiles by
his inheritance in the crib.
A baby in a crib mellows the very
air about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-02

A slash in restaurant prices in
Chicago is reported, but the shores of
Lake Michigan are long way from
Topeka and price reductions travel
slowly IL at all. Meals in the better
class of Topeka restaurants cost the
same that they did before the big
drop in meat. eggs, butter, potatoes,
flour sugar and coffee.
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you can bring me back in your car In
the morning. How's that?''
Very fine" laughed Janet.
Then as they motored down the hill
it seemed almost as If the faithful lit
tie motor knew that there. would al
most always be some one beside Janet
from now on, and it purred very softly
along the mountain trail.
Copyright, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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The foreign trade of the United
States is declining steadily, yet leaders
in Congress are planning to reduce It
still further by increasing the duties
on imports and even are talking about
an embargo.
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A convention was called at DEVILS
Lake, North Dakota, this week, the
object of which was to organize a res
cue party to deliver the state govern
Tnent from the clutches of the Nom
partisan League. Probably Kansas
will be wise enough not to permit the
league to imbed it's tentacles in the
body polite.