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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
By Laura A. Kirkman.
RICH CAKES FOR
SPECIAL OCCASIONS

The thrifty housewife Of today laughs
heartily when she opens her grandmother's
cook book TO cake recipe which begins
Take three eggs" In this day of high
food prices il is amusing 70 read such di-
rections; one would have 90 be Crasus
TO follow them N everyday living.
Yet there are occasions when the house,
keeper feels justified 10 opening grand
mothers cookbook and using three
precious eggs for one cake. an constantly
receiving letters from my resders asking
for recipes for rich cakes for such festivi-
ties ss wedding anniversary parties, birth
day parties or some very special little
guest supper. And / believe that there
are other resder friends who would vel
come few cake recipes Of this sort, for
similar OCCASIONS, even though they have
not written me to ask for them. The fol-
loylrg two are especially delicious:
Devils Food Cake: % cup butter, 2
cups sugar, 2 squares unsweetened choco-
late shaved end melted, yolks of eggs, /
cup milk. teaspoons baking powder
sifted with 215 cups -four, teaspoon Gin
psmon ard "a teaspoon cloves (slso sifted
with the four, Il teaspoon salt and the
stiffiy-besten egg-whites. Mix in the
order gwen Gt IS important that the
LnC tied chocolate be added Sfter the sugar
has been creamed with the butter) Fold
10 the egg-whites lightly the last thing, and
turn ipto Yell-buttered angel cake tin.
Bake IS to 50 minutes in a good oven.
Cover with the following frosting
White MouDtsin Cresm Frosting:
cup sugar, u cup cold wster, ! egg-white,
% teaspoon Of either vsnille extract OF
lemon juice Put the sugsr and water in
q saucepan and let come to the boiling
point; boil until it threads" when d
little is held high in the air and dropped
back into the pan from the tip u spoon.
Then Pour this sirup onto the stiffly.
beaten egg-white, beating the mixture
constantly, and continue to beat until of
the right consistency to spread QIke thick
butter. Now add the favoring and pour
over cake, spreading evenly with the
back Of a spoon.
Delicious Date CIp-Cakes: "a cup
butter, u cups brown sugar and ID cup
of white sugar, 15 cup milk, cup Of dates
cut into strips and stoned measure them
after taking the stones out and cutting
them into strips pressing them well
down into the cup,) u cup dried currants,
"a cups -four, 3 teaspoons baking powder,
1steaspoon salt, ] TEASPOON cinnamon, u
teaspoon nutmeg and Is TEASPOON ground
cloves. Cream the butter with the sugar
both kinds of sugar-then add the egg
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Tape.

Pop was smoaking and thinking and
ma was crowshaylngherc crowshaying and
my sister Gladdis was setting there lissen-
ing 10 her rist watch not going. and |
led, HAY pop hay ma, hay Gladdis.
Hay yourself and make il unanimous,
sed pop.
Who wlrnts TO contribute to buy n
New Yeers dinnir for poor bOys2 sed.
Well we'll, az last he's thinking of
somebody's stummick besides his own,
sed pop, accept my congradulations
Yes, sir, how mutch do you wunt 20
contribute, pop? | sed.
Put me down fora doller, sed pop,
who all are working for this charity?
Me and Puds Simkins and Leroy
Shooster and Skinny Martin and Sid
Hunt and Ed Wernick, | sed.
Well it does you all gate credit, Ill
contribute 80 cents, sed ma.
I'll cheerfilly donate a quarter 20 the
cause, sed Gladdis, and pop sed, Who are
70 be the recipients of this New feer
dinnir, If | may make so bold as to in
quire?
Sir7 / sed and pop sed, Who are these
poor BOYS?
Do you meen you wunt to know their
names? / sed and pop sed, / wunt to
know in a general way who they are,
well. who are they?
Me and Puds Simkins and Leroy
Shooster and Skinny Martin and Sid Hunt
and Ed Wernick, / sed.
Well III be shot to peeces, sed pop,
and ma sed, Well who ever herd of
sutch a thing. and Gladdis sed, You
poor little fish, watts the matter, don't
youixpect to get eny dinner on New Yeers?
Yes but we wunted to try ixperi-
ment. sed, we wunted to try TO not
eat enything but candy all day New
Yeers.
Cancel my subscription, sed pop, and
ma sed. And mine too, and Gladdis sed,
And mine.
Wich / did.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05

yolSs. Add tho milk, tho dates and cur
rants, and the flour site d with the baking
Powder and Spices fold in the egg-whites
stiffly beaten, the very last thing Pour
this batter into woll-bnttercd cup-cake
tins and bake about 25 minutes in good
oven. Frost with plain white boiled icing.
Tomorrow Many Ways DO You
Make Your Kerosene Work for You?
All inquiries addressed to Miss Mrkman
in care of the Efficient Housekeeping"
department will be answered In these
columns in their turn. This requires con-
siderable time, however, owing to tho
great number received So if personal
or quicker reply is desired, stamped and
self-addressed envelope must be enclosed
with the question.-The Editor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
Some Prices Are
as Low as
Before the War

and every price is lower
than a n Y . n Q hoped or
dreamed Of.
Only the vast enginery Of
merchandising on a scale of
many thousands 0f articles
could make possible the price
range which we can still
offer on the following gar
ments in the Sale:
Nishtsowns. 81 70 S3ss The
dollar styles even include some
high-necked gowns. The dis
tractingly lovely hand-made and
embroidered Philippine gowns
are plentiful at $3s5.
Chemise.. 81 to s2ss. soft-win-
some ones Of pink silk start az
S1.95.
Cor,et-Covers begin at 50 cents
and 60 to s1.65; drawers are 65c
to S1.50.
Short Petticoafs are sc % 81.
long petticoats. soc u s365. The
trimmings on these long skirts
are all Of the worthwhile kind,
both for looks and laundering
plenty OF the handsome eyelet
work. and plenty also Of the dur
able @blind" dot and seallOp work
Japanese Crepe Kimonos, hand
embroidered in colors, are $3.50
and s2.s5, and handsome warm
blanket robes, with light effects
and dark, $3.50.
Flowercd Sateen Petticoats for
only 81; silk petticoats. some all
Jersey and others jersey-top. and
in the desirable colors. for but
S3.65, are still 70 be found. so are
the snowy aprons and charming
boudoir caps at little prices.
Thousands Of Shirtwaists form
an important item In the sale
shirtwaists IN a full range ~
sizes, and in quite indescribable
variety Of styles. SILK waists be-
gin in prices at S3.S5 and 90 %
$3.50, and cotton ones start AZ
sI.35.
These garments, as is invariable
in 8 Wanamaker Sale Of White,
are al FRESH. NEW, and in
current style.
Main Floor and rhird Floor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
WhiteSale
Saying Onc-Fonrih
20 Ore-Thir

DUSY, busy. busy days
X these on the Third
~ Floor, where the major
portion Of the offerings In
the White Sale are as
sembled.
Busy days, too, at the
tables placed in the East
and West Aisles. where hun
dreds Of the pretty things,
the white things and pink
things, that may look 80
frothy and frilly, but are
really such absolute essen
tials Of the wardrobe, are
set out.
The Sale opened Monday
with $1,000 undergarnents
alone. So, IL you were not
here on the first day % make
your selection, there's as
surance that plentiful choos-
ing yet remains.
We spent long months pre-
pairing for this great Winter
Sale, so there's no danger Of
exhaustion of It's stocks
within six TO nine days.
However, there's always
the chance that the thing
you would most desire
MIGHT be gone if you de-
layed your footsteps. so the
counsel is
Come as soon az you can
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
Interesting DOings
at WUnumUker'S
Fur Sale
Saving One-Thvd

ITAVING started but two
IL days ago, this great
once-a-year event Is
probably at it's crest of op-
portunity.
The stocks are still splen-
didly furnished, and each
piece of fur, down to the
very last that will go out in
the Sale, represents the best
value at it's price to be had
in the city of Philadelphia
and vicinity.
But it is needless to add
that the intelligence and dis
elimination of the women of
Philadelphia and vicinity
also rank high among values,
and that the wisest of them
will make (if they haven't
already made) prompt work
of seizing the earliest avail
able moment to select the
finest furs to be found for
the money in the great Wan
amaker Sale.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05

effects, from plainest TO most
elaborate.
Shades and shields In in
conceivable variety are HALF
PRICED, ranging from csc
for the little 5-inch candle
shade to S85 for a superb c5-
inch shade of gorgeous metal
cloth.
Rich beadwork, fine hand
painting and other exquisite
work are included in this
Offering of all our silk and
parchment shades.
Fixtures, Side and Hanging.
with from one to six lights,
also are half-priced at $3.50
to SITS, including 100 or
mere fine fixtures Just taken
from our unopened stocks.
These too, especially the
sconces, include some superb
polycmome metal work
Candlesticks are sale-priced
25c 60 $3.50, and comprise
mahogany, ivory enamel,
polychrome Tin both metal
and woody silver and brass
finish.
A group of stately candle
sticks of solid brass, hand
chased, having from one TO
seven lights, are sale-priced
$3.50 20 $3.50.
n, CezfraI)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
The Whole Contents
of the Famous Fur
Salons

on the Second Floor (Chest-
nut), representing every fur
of quality, made up into
every fashionable form, have
been placed unreservedly in
this Sale.
Every piece, whether coat,
scarf, stole, cape, collar,
muff or what not, has had a
clean third taken off its
price.
The choice is for you TO
make, of the fur most be-
coming to your face, or may
be to your pocket-book.
But whether you buy sable
or seal, squirrel or ermine,
beaver or lynx. fox, skunk
or mink, or any other kind of
fur garment in the Salon,
you may be sure of getting
it under its true name, in
the highest quality for its
price, made up where they
make them the best, and
priced at a reduction as
GENUINE as is the fur
itself.
Fur coats wearing January
price-tickets are $3.50 to
$4,000.
Pur neckpieces range in
price from $40 for an attract
i've animal scarf of the fluffy
taupe or brown fox, to a
splendid stole of skunk at
$233.25.
In muffs the choosing goes
from $33.25 for squirrel to
800 for a handsome lynx.
tseeond Floor, Che.tnut)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05

Floor Lamps range from
$3.50 for a two-light mahog-
any-finish lamp TO s125 for a
fine polychrome metal lamp
with three lights.
A lamp in which much in
terest will be taken is IN
ivory or mahogany finished
wood, so inches, $3.50.
Boudoir and Desk Lamps are
s1.5o to $50, without shades;
with shades, So to $50.
A really exquisite little
one-light lamp, with a one
piece cast base In antique
gold finish, and an 8-inch
shade of frosted glass, dec
GRATED in soft blue, white
and pink effects, can be had
for SIS complete.
Table Lamps, $3.50 to $3.50,
include metal styles, some
in most beautiful polychrome
effects; fine pottery vases and
rare woodwork.
One group Of about 200
metal lamps, both gas and
electric, Is $3.50 TO S43.5o
complete, including an at
tractively decorated glass
shade.
sS5, in endlessly diversified
(Foursh r
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
Sale of Lamps
Naying One-Third to One-HaU

11Utng One-I HT1 10 CHe-IIniJ
THIS IS a January Sale including our
Il whole famous Winter stocks of lamps,
lampshades, candesticks and lighting
fixtures
1t opened yesterday with thousands of
beautiful lamps, and is able to serve practlcally
any need for any kind of light in any kind of
room, whether ballroom or bathroom, kitchen
or office.
When we say that every lamp we own is
included within it, we MEAN every lamp, gas
as we'll as electric and we mean that each lamp
will be repriced so low for its value that
The People Who Want Only Fine
Lamps Will Get Them at the
Prices of Cheap" Lamps!
Seeing is getting light on the subject
The one way to realize the extensiveness Of this
Lamp Sale service is to visit in person the Lamp
Store itself (Fourth Floor CentraD where the Sale
is being held.
AS the eye sweeps over these spacious quarters,
with their brilliant display of hundreds upon hun
dreds of splendid lamps and lights, just bear in mind
that in our great stockroons there are hundreds
more to succeed them as they hurry out at the new
January prices, and that rarely in any hundred lamps
counted at random will two be found alike, care
fully have these famous stocks been selected.
To Bring Beauty, individuality and
Economy into the Glorious Lighting
of the Home!
Ten thousand pieces Is a conservative estimate
of the starting stocks of the Sale and the range IN
cIudes lamps of epery Sort eDery size eUery shape
euery stvle. euen every desirable material of
struction and suitability to eUery connected rCth
Hqhting the modern and fdshionably appointed
home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
Sale of Famous Whittall Ru
''WitOn" in Rugs Means What ''Wanamaker' Means in
Other Good Floor Cover
ings at New Low Prices

include some 70 odd rugs IA cArp0t
sizes, 70 be sold at half price and less;
Two thousand yards OF printed and
inlaid hnoleum, 65c 20 s2.25 a ward;
China and japan mattings, $40 and
$3.50 a roll Some fiber cArpetinR. ex
ira good quality, mostly SO inches WIDE,
2Sc and soc yard (half regular pricesl
Also numerous small rugs AZ various
small prices, which will meet many a
need in the house
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
Free Lunchroom.

The Rescue Mission Band is preparing
to open free lunchroom at 81 Tatnall
street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22

nue, west: thence east along the north property line of Second avenue. west, to point 105 feet west of the west line of Fifteenth street, west; thence north and parallel to the west line of Fifteenth street, west, to the point of beginning.
 Section 4. That the cost of con- strucing the Improvements author ized by this ordinance shall be as- sessed and levied upon and against all the lots or parcels of land lying within the district drained by said sewers, and said assessments shall not exceed the total cost of said inn provements
 Provided, however. that no charge assessed upon and against any lot or parcel of land drained by said sewers. or any of them, shall be greater than the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits Ge- rived from said improvements.
 Section 3. That the estimated cost of said improvements is Sl,00O.0O. and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 5Oth day of August. 1921, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Bir- mingham, at 3 o'clock, p. m. to hear any objections. remonstrances or protests that may be filed against said improvements, the manner of making the same or the character ot material to be used.
 Approved August 9, 1921,
 N. A. BARRETT,
 President of the Commission.
 A true copy
 H. s. RYALL, City Clerk.
 Age Herald August 15-22, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 13O-D
An ordinance to provide for the
 construction of certain sanitary

construction of certain sanitary
 sewers.
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That sanitary sewers bs constructed as follows: Beginning at point on the sanitary sewer in Eff teenth street, west, and the center of Second alley, west; thence west along the center line of Second alley, west, to a point 10 feet east of the east property line of Seventeenth h street, west
 Section 2. That said sewers shall be constructed with manholes and con nections and in accordance with full details, drawings, plans, surveys and estimates on file in the office of the City Engineer, where property own CTS who may be affected by said i'm : same to which reference is hereby made.
 Said sewers and appurtenances are to be constructed of brick and con crete masonry, terra cotta pipe and iron castings, as shown or described in said details, drawings, plans and specifications.
 Section 3. That said sewers are constructed for the purpose of drain- ling the territory or area bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on ,he south line of Second Court, west, 105 feet west of the west property line of Fifteenth street, west, thence west along the south line of Second Court west, to the east property line of Seventeenth street, west; thence south along the east property line of Seventeenth street, west, to the north property line of Second ave-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22
Daily Financial Gossip

st; action ir the United St~tes. rhil- o.Le i'hia has begun a demo1strattoa of this rodern bridge building srIrit by the construction of ,n. of the worlds largest bridges whereby Philadelphia and Camden can bs brought into physical contact
 The Bridge at Detroit
 Although the tunnel under the De. troit river has justified the larg< investment of capital which the com struction entaiiled, nevertheless It is LOW realized that it is not adequate for the enormous future @transporta- ton between Detroit and the east. Therefore, Detroit contemplatas 'he tullding tf a modern bridge of the suspension type high abov. .he De- tr6it riv.r. great viaduc. furnisf- Ing passage way between ranada and ( he United States.
 New ork IS now beginning. in CO., , operation with New Jersey, the con- struction If { tunnel under the Hud- son which may cost as much as S25.- 100000, but whatever It's :J.. it is to be large enough to fu-nisn ade- Guate facilities fo;. any conceivable movement O traffic. But even this is not to be enough. New York and New Jersey Yvw contempilte the building of the worlds greasest sus- pension bridge. and the engineers say that this can be done ranidiy and without prohibitive cost The i'm proved canalization of the Onto river at or near Louisville furnishes an other illustration of the foresight not only of capital but of the people Hartford. Conn.,, few years ago caused New Englands most attrac- tive bridge to be constructed over the Connecticut river, and this is . splendid viaduct, having in it's arch itectural features no superior.
 On the other hand the federal pow CT commission has granted a permit for the construction of canal in South Carolina which will join the navigable waters of the Santee and Cooper rivers. The canal will be 2s miles long, and will when completed shorten the distance between Colum. hia and the Atlantic by 72 miles and will give total all-water route tc Charleston of 13S miles. The con struction of this canal. which Is prac- tically assured because capital has been found to finance 1t, will add an. other to the demonstrations which are now being made of wonderful ac- tivities in preparing for convenient tiansportatio ton in the future. and fl will also illustrate the modern spirit W hich is characterizing Charleston and in fact South Carolina. This era of very large bridge building, tunne and canal construction which ha: only recently begun, but will be con tinued fors long time. can be re- garded confidently as sure proof oi 1 the faith of the people in the future or the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22
CLEARING HOUSE BANKS
By Associated Press

New York. August 21.-The actual condition of clearing house bank and trust companies for the weel, shows that they hold s16,s75,s70 re. serve in excess of legal reauirs- ments. This is an increase of s1,. l1l,720 from last week
 The statement follows:
 Actual condition: Loans. discounts. etc, s4,S7a. 2os.0oo; decrease, ss9,o4e . 900. Cash in own vault, members fed- eral reserve bank $69.ToS.000; de- crease, s2,642.o0o Reserve in federal reserve bank of member banks, $47N.- S62,oo0: increase, s544.o0o. Reserve in own vaults. state banks and trust companies. $S,4ss,00o; increase, $751; 900. Reserve in depositaries, state banks and trust companies, sS.75l.- 900; increase. s1s7,ooo. Net demand deposits. $3.5s0, ,4e0,o00; decrease, $,,- ss7,ooo Time deposits. $21o.2oo, 900; increase, s2.144.080. Circulation. s31.- 122.ooo; increase. s15s.ooo. United States deposits deducted. $s1.177.o .o0o Aggregate reserve. $4sS,115,oo0. Ex- cess reserve, $i6.sI5.670; increase s1,17l.T2o.
 Summary of state banks and trust companies in Greater New York, nos
 included in clearing house state ment' Loans, discounts. etc. $6o5,- 11s,1o0: decrease, s1,552,342 Go;l, $6.S02.a00: decrease. s7S.500 Currency and bank notes. $15,506.40o; decrease. s5241o0. Deposits with federal re- serve bank, New York. $50.sS7. goo: increase, $464.100. Total deposits, $6S0.S40. zoo: increase. $632.So0. Elirs- mating amounts due from reserve 1e- positaries and other banks and truat companies in New York city and United States deposits. s5se,ss2.soo; increase. s4.27s.400. Banks: Cash in vault $25.037 900. Trust companies: Cash in vault. s4s.15s.70o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22
WEEKLY METAL
By Associated Press

New York, August 21.-The demand for steel is trifle more active. but business continues irregular and buy CTS are doing little more than pro- vide for their immediate needs. Prices hold about steady, although producers are very anxious to secure whatever orders are In the market, it is thought would be willing to shade values on lots of more than the usual small proportions. The fact that sales are not falling off further dur ing the summer season is considered promising, however. and the trade feels hopeful of improvement in gep- eral conditions in the fall.
 Pig iron is more active and prices are firmer. Buyers have shown more interest than for many months, and the increased activity has stimuia ted confidence and led producers to ad- vance their prices.
 Copper has been quiet during the week. Prices have held steady in the absence of selling results. Tha unsettled ruling of foreign exchange and weakness in London had rather a depressing effect on sentiment and operated against any revival of ex- port business. The decline in the London market, which carried fu- lures to the lowest levels since last march have been attributed largely to speculative liquidation, however, while the rally in the mark was among the more favorable features. Small lots of electrolytic are still said to be available around 12 cents for spot and prompt delivery with pro- ducers quoting 12A@12Ac for Sep tember and October.
 Tin declined to a new low basis. due to increasing supplies and weak ness in London, but later rallied par tially.
 Lead was steady with demand sat isfactory. and producers well Sold up for the month.
 Zinc was inactive and unchanged Sellers refused to shade prices further, claiming that current quotations show no profits. Consu- mers have been mostly we'll supplied, and therefore see no reason to raise their limits.
 Anthony was dull Owing to the possibility of tariff changes, less stock is being carried In bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-22
MARINE NEWS
By Associated Press


 Port Eads, August 21.--Arrived: :: Andreas (Greek), Piraeus. Greece; Gaffney. New York; Liberty Minouas, Tampico; Lorraine Cross, Santos Mangunkook, Havana Maid of Chios (British), Newport News; Morganza, Porto Rico; Polarine. Wilmington; Quimistan CHonduran), Port Barrios; Santa Alicia (British), Mexico; Strombus (British), Tampico
 Sailed: Absia (British), London Aetnas Cristobal; Bra Kar (Norweg- ian). Bremen; Choctaw, Mobile; Pen- rame, Port Barrios: Creole, New York; Defiance, London; Excelsior Havana; Lake Flora Vista, Vera Cruz; Lordship Manor. Bristol; Paul H. Harwood, New York; Pillar de Lar rinaga (British), Hamburg; Portland Maru (Japanese), Bremers; Haven, Germany; Saramacca, Tela; Waer- bridge (British), Hamburg.