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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
A BISHOP ON NEWSPAPERS.

Rishop Luther b. Wilson took oc-
casion sunday to attack the news
napers for the whoie-heartedness with
which they displayed the news OF
the Dempsey Carpenter tight. Such
attacks by consecrated and perfectly
sincere churchmen like the bishop
come periodically and the newspapers
have learned 10 take them philosophi-
caIly. although. OF course. it is nicer
TO have Ahe appreciation rather than
the disappruyal of men like the bishop.
But there are certain Things about
the business OF publishing news
paper which some OF the newspaper
critics find ii difficult to understand.
and one of these things is that II IL
the newspapers mission to print the
news regardless of who likes II and
who doesn't. That is an old story.
II has been told many times. and with
effect, but certain Of the strieturists
either refuse to or do not wish to
believe it.
Suppose, just for the sake of sup
posing, that the publishers of America
agreed TO withhold all news from their
publications which a committee OF
churchmen thought improper? The
freedom of the press would depart
this life instantaneousiy, of course,
but. for the sake of argument. we will
assume thai that would be a good thing.
However, how long does the most
optimistic among the newspaper critics
think il would be before other news
papers would appear which would dis
play all the "horribie" details of these
forbidden matters? The outcome
who. in the main, play up news
of the better" kind consistently and
fairly, would lose ground to the new
comers who might not be nearly so
conscientious. The churches could
have little hope of gain in such a
course OF events.
1t may be true that the Carpenter
Dempsey battle received an undue
share OF newspaper attention from
the standpoint of its actual import
ance. But the public interest in it
was tremendous and the business of a
newspaper is to keep tab on the pub
lie pulse. If the newspaper readers,
who comprise virtually all the popu-
lation.1 have not yet reached plane
of thought that. in the opinion of
men like the bishop, is the right plane
of thought, that is unfortunate, but
the newspapers could never drive
them to that plane by Withholding
what they want TO read.
However. IL is just possible that our
critical friends are about as biased
on the one side as the low brows'
are on the other. If the general
public took great, but temporary.
intehest gin the Jersey City fight, and
If the newspapers printed great deal
about 1t. that will not send US to per-
dItion. 1t was. after all. merely a
psycho3ogicaI day or for the world
and the world proceeded to enjoy 1t
before getting back to the routine
serious things of life.-Baltimore
American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
PROTECTION FOR BATHERs.

The following letter from one of our
subscribers speaks for itself better
than any editorial that we might
write:
Editor Every Evening: / enclose
a cutting from last nights Every
Evening. giving an account of the gal
liant saving of a girls life by Miss
Anna Singer in the swimming pool
st kirkwood Park.
Il want to ask your aid in writing
an editorial on this matter, to try
and impress on the city authorities the
necessity OF providing pulmotor and
other first aid treatments at each of
our swimming pools.
II think also. that a person should
he in Attendance all the time at each
rccl. who is qualified to act in such
emergency cases This in addition
So the regular caretaker. who is fully
er~upicd at the entrance gate, and
e<hs duties
What sszs~se the gentlemen compos-
kug the Board OF Park Commissioners
h. say about this matter2 Is there
any valid reason why the sugges-
tsous made above should not be car
rid into effect, Other cities provide
nod only rninotors at pools. but com
p<a~r4 guards whose only business is
10 v~tch the nethers, and save the
krxrsrienced from drowning. We
krc~ that the public would be glad
tn he~r from any board member on
thss subject
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
CHURCH AND STEEL.

In 1919 two bodies made suppos-
edly impartial investigations of the
steel industry, and of the strikes oc-
curing in it. One was a committee
from Congress, which seemed to be-
lieve, after looking the ground over,
that not only was God in His heaven,
but all was right with the world, and
the steel workers also. The other
body was the Interchurch World
Movement. A group of men, includ-
ing some Of Americas most eminent
bishops-gentlemen who could be
neither intimidated, purchased. fat
tered nor coerced into making false
tatements-rendered report which
told a different story from that Of
the politicians.
1t was this report which caused the
virtual collapse OF the Interchurch
World Movement. Some of America s
leading laymen, who on week days
practice the doctrines OF Nietzsche
instead OF those of Christ, withdrew
their financial and moral support from
the movement. They did not believe
that the church should speak except
on the sabbath Whole churches were
intimidated. and pastor after pastor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

tAlity need be no higher than the peak
of an average eight year old =.
Numerica, as the name would indi-
cate. had TO do with numbers. 1t
doesn't run Into the millions or bill
lions, ae some might think because 4
It's famous patron. In fact the high
est numeral II has To do with IN IL.
Ii isn't what you'd call zippy or go-ey
exactly, ns the one-man expedition
found after giving II a few whirls.
Indeed, just the sort of calm, placid.
unntcnse affair that certainly would
permit the digestive processes to roll
on unexcitedly.
Each piayer~Green. Red. YeIIosv
and Blue~gets fifty-two bits of card :
board. four sequences of numbers from
to 10. one player Is elected leader
tho. 1t isn't always John d. and he
shufiies his numbers thoroughly. while
they lie face, downward, az the others
arrange theirs into neat little piles.
four Is. four Is four 3s. and so on.
This Is the Idea.
The leader then picks out a number
and shows 1t up. Each player pro.
dutes a like number and lays II In
front of him. The idea Is for fhe
players to build four columns. rang
Ing from No. 1s at the top to No. ! at
the bottom. If "A player gets I or
a IL at the go-off hes lucky, for he
can start to build right away. But
If he doesn't. he has to take what
ever number he gets, and build up or
down from that.
He may maneuver his numbers
from one column to another provided
they eht but If they don't he must
lay his little paper squares aside until
he can find a place for them. Some
times sad and bitter as II may seem
he never finds place for them NJ
all
Theoretically, you can get out or
get rid OF. all fifty-two of your pretty
little rolored suuares but actually
vo,l cant. The Worlds own Hoyle,
in three tries. produced tallies Of ~,
% and 80.
The game is vaguely related 70 that
sinful pastirne solitaire, in which Mr..
Richard Garfield used to sell you a
deck for s52 and then give you 30
for each card YOU got out. which
halned him 10 buy beautiful paintings
aud serve caviar and champagne
gratis.
But of course John ID. wouldn't han-
flle the villainous aces and kings and
queens and knaves-and OF course
there's no harm In small bits OF tinted
paper.
.Ntavbe Numerical helps one to live a
century. or. maybe again.. as The
ysor,d.a galiopine domino expert said
ar vou had tn play that avery night
for week II would seem like a
century,"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

est hit by the crop failure. which has
been aggravated by the continuously
increasing economic disorganization OF
the country. Even If a full supply OF
provisions were available. II would be
impossible to distribute them, so COM
pletely has transportation been thrown
out of gear during the last twelve
months.
Epidemic diseases, which usually
follow the trail OF famine. have al
ready made their appearance. The
Moscow Izvestia reports the regis
tration of many thousands Of cholera
cases In the Saratoy and Noronzeh
governments and in the Don region.
while cases have been discovered all
the way from Petrograd to Astrakan
and along the chief lines of cornmuni-
cation. In this matter. also, as m
that OF famine, the situation is ag-
gravated by the fact that officials OF
the old regime who might to some
extent have been able to check the
spread of the epidemic. have in most
instances been either removed or put
to death since the new depotism
came into power.
Retribution has followed swiftly on
the fanatical attempt of Russia 5 latest
uppressors to raise the edifice of
new system, created out of doc
trinairs theory and without any roots
fixed in the past. on the ruins of the
old Little as the old autocracy had
to recommend Il, il might 1T least
nave been made steppingstone on
the way to eonstitutionalism. Tn
fortunately in this case the present
situation while it may bring about
the downfall of the Bolshevis re-
gime. may involve in wholesale de-
struetion millions of iiliterate peasan-
try, who because of ignorance and
political inexpcrience have passitels
if not actively. consented 10 the es-
tablishment OF new tyranny. more
10 be dreaded than the old. And the
possibility of an epidemic OF cholera
which might spread over vast areas
of Russia and even overleap the From
tiers might raise a new international
fnenaee.-New York Herald.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
GUARD THE TREASURY.

The Presidents warning to Congress
against the folly of the Soldiers bonus
is the voice of prudence. 1t reflects the
opinion of the American people and it
effectually answers the charge that the
republic is ungrateful to the defenders
Congress is now plainly put on
notice that It imperils the national fl
nances when it dallies with the sol
diers' bonus. The country is groaning
under taxes that should have been lift
ed at least two years ago.
The Government is spending money
at a prolifigate rate for objects that
could be dispensed with. President
] arding asks for speedier action on the
tax reduction mea sures, and gives as
surances that there viii be strong
drive for the reduction of expenditures.
lie asks that the efforts for economy
in the Government be not discourage
by legislation which will squander bill
lions
The able bodied men who served in
the Army and Navy during the late
war are not demanding the bonus
They have been misrepresented by
some of their kind. and politicians
have jumped in 10 win personal pop
ularity by currying favor with the
soldiers through a raid on the treasury
in their favor. But the service men
belong 10 the countryis population and
are producing part of it. They want
work not charity Washington Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25

was forced to bend his knee to the
calf OF gold. Strong efforts were made
to suppress the Interchurch World
Movements report, but the apostles
OF Mnmmon failed niserSbly. The
bishops were not for sale, and even
tually that report went into every pair
OF hands which wished II.
Then, after a year or more had
passed appeared copies of an alleged
exposure" OF the Interchurch World
Movement. The author remained
anonymous; but Investigation on the
part Of several churches showed that
a certain steel corporation was foot
ing the publication bills. A careful
reading of the exposure by inter-
ested persons resulted In scores of
errors and libeis against the Chris
tian church being found. Overnight
the attack on the church was sup
pressed. The New York World. which
investigated the matter, declared that
the report win not go into the pub
lies hands. but will be circulated only
among steel men,
1t is regrettablc fact that large
corporation should stoop to tactics
which are not fair. The Christian
church. or the Interchurch World
Movement, does not object TO fair
criticism. Christianity. and the
churches composing the movement,
have withstood attacks for centuries
The steel trust may withdraw its sup
port IL II chooses from the churches
which have been preaching Jesus
Christ and Him crucifed." But we
believe that the church will last the
longer. II is built on too firm foun-
dation to fall before the attacks of
puny men.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
MIND OVER NATTER

Not 80 many weeks ago-just before
Delaware's Senatorial judicial embrog-
lto attracted the nations attention
T. Coleman du Port was forced to
journey to Colorado Springs. Colorado,
In search of health. Many friends
then said that his constitution was
wrecked. and that he would rever
be the same man again.
Then Governor Denney appointed T.
Coleman du Pont Senator. While
some persons were saying that his
health vas such that he could never
accept that magnificent gift, du ront
demonstrated what the power of will
could do. He sickg He willed to be-
come well--and he did become well.
almost overnight as 1t were. .
Du Points case demonstrates the
power of mind over mere matter. 1t
shows that when a man Wills to be
the captain of his soul" that he
frequently succeeds. This is re-
markable example. one which can be
told with profit to the younger gen
Grafton. the members of which are
too inclined to depend upon outside
aid, and not sufficiently upon their own
resources to gain success.
History has many cases similar to
this of du Pont, which should be added
to the psychologists list of cures af-
fected by mind over matter. There
are instances where n politician, who
has announced that he was ready to
die, had marveilously recovered when
told that his life's ambitions have
been realized. The cynics will sneer
at these facts, but the power of the
will is greater than they imagined.
1t is true that anything which pleases.
any bit of news which brings mental
relief in a business crisis, any act
which Will cause pleasant emotions
to surge through the mind. serves as a
vigorous stimulant TO the nervous sys-
tenn. But that stimulant alone cannot
effect recovery. VIII power must
come to the rescue And du Pont
had a win OF iron
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
PLANES AND CAPITAL SHIPS.

With the sinking OF the former Ger
man dreadnought Ostfriesiand by
bombs dropped from airpianes, some
persons are stating that the day OF
the capital ship has passed. and the
hour of air supremacy has arrived.
This is not so. and cannot even be
deduccd from the facts. although it
takes little imagination TO predict that
the hour OF air supremacy Is ap-
preaching.
To begin with, the tests recently
held In the Atlantic were not final,
but only Indicative Of what might be
done under certain conditions Here
is what actually happened: the Ost-
frie-iand- operated by wireless at four
knots an hour, and with no one on
board operating anti-afrcraft batter
les, and with no friendly planes as
sisting her, was sunk after a score or
more aircraft peltcd her with bombs.
pear beneath the water until hours
after the final bomb had been dropped.
The sinking was the result of many
leaks--not of a direct explosion.
Could the Ostfriesland have been
sunk if-she had been operated by a
crew at from 20 to 80 knots an hour.
with her anti-aircraft batteries she'll
ing hostile planes, with her own air
feet fighting off enemy planes, and
weather conditions only average or
worse? That would be the situation
in war time. Even if hit many times
the chances are that her crew could
repair the damages, and stop the
leaks.
There is no doubt that il bombs of
sufficient size can be rained on a
battleship's deck that the vessel will
hose But the bombs. planes. and
bombing methods must be vastly i'm
proved. That viii come eventually
The day of the capital ship has not
passed. But Time, the prompter. is
standing in the wings with hands on
the rope. Within a few years, pos
sibly in this decade, we may see the
curtain fan.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any readsr car Est ths .nswsr 70
ssnZ ans.,tson e. writine !6,y Eysfy fssn,ns n
Kin aal Director. BIZ s Washinxton. u. q. This
ofYef applies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give. advics on legal
a''s mot ssssmot nnf e sstiis domsstie troubles
on any subject Writ ycar y questions ne
addrass and enclose two cents In stamps
for return postage All replies are sent
dirsst to uss inquirer.
q. How can diamond In the rough
be recoe oenized7 q. II. W.
A. a diamond in the rough may be
any color. but diamonds In this state
genaraily have a greasy iustrc. Dif-
ferent colors may be seen In the stone
before 1t is polished. If the stone is
fractured. but these eoiors are not the
colors that are seen in cut and polish
ed stones. The United Statea Geolog-
ical Survey says that a diamond can
only be tested by an expert.
q. In what English words does the
letter ''fT have the sound OF W. j. j.
A. The word "of' Is the only En-
glish word we md In which afV has
the sound Of W.
q. What was the time of the Ming
dynasty referred to In relation to age
of porcelains2 G. j. G.
a. II Is believed that true por-
celain. as We know It today, appeared
FIRST during the Ming dynasty. This
was established in the fourteenth CEN
tury, but poreelains with authentic
history probably do not antedate the
fifteenth century
O. Need a Pope he a Cardinal prior
to election NJ E. r.
A The new Pope need not be a Car
dinal. he need not even be u priest, but
may be a laynan. If not already a
Bishop he is consecrated and then
comes the great ceremony Of the coro-
nation from which he dates his ponfi-
fieate
q. Was Alexandria. Virginia. ever
part of the District Of Columbian
G. ID. D.
A. Alexandria, originally called
Bellhaven. was a part Of the territory
oeded to the United States in 1888. II
was retroceded in 1886 and again be-
came part of Virginia in 1S47.
q. When is board plank
F.B.s.
A. The Department OF Agriculture
defines a plank as board inches
wide or upwards. having a thickness
between / n inches and inches.
a What does the expression ring
/ s41e bells backwards" mean ID. l.. s
A. This refers to an ancient custom
Of striking chimes in reverse order az
signa1 Of alarm.
@. Can porcupines throw their qiiiil'
! and how far2 IL. j.. u.
| A. The quilts are loosely inserted
in the <skin OF a porcupine and may
upon being vi6iently shaken become
detached but not thrown.
| a. What was the name Of the arrnet
sailing vessels used by the Malay
pirafes7 j.. c. K.
| A. These large rowboats, carrying
/ two rnasts with high triangular sffls
and armed with few swivel guns. art
called Rallivats.
O. What il citronella and from whsi
| il it maae2 r. r. r..
a.. Citroneila is the name Of fra
grant oil imported from Ceyion, the
Malay Peninsula and Java. A group
Of closely allied grasses produce ths
oil. The name Of the grass is ADdro-
pogen Nardua. The most important
ingredients in this oil are geraniol
/ ard citronellaI, which together make
up as much as % per cent Of the oil.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
WANT TO LIVE 100 YEARS, LIKE
JOHN D? THEN PLAY NUMERICA
Keep at it Every Night and Week Will Seem Century There
Are No Billions in it. Just Because it Rockefeller
Pastime for the Evenings
From the New York World.

There was lot of head scratch
ing and brain -racking and memory
searching and finger swapping ard
one thing and another yesterday over
an unusual word that appeared In
the days news.
"Nunerica? Numericag Now, where
have ever heard Now. What the
What is this Numerica. anyhow
For 1t had been narrated in the
matinal press that John D. Rookie
Teller played Numerica every even
ing after dinner. sometimes alone
and sometimes with opponents. and
because, OF this playing, together Will
a few other things like leading a regu-
lar life. and eating scantily and get
ting plenty of sleep an dfresh air.
would probably live to be 100. or In
other words. eighteen years more. ac-
cording to DR.. II. r. Biggar. his
physician and chum. It's good for the
digestion, DIR. Biggar said.
And IL playing IN aftcr-dinner pano
could help along life that way why.
everybody wanted to take a shot at
the pastime. But there remained the
question. How do you play IL? What
is 1t all about2"
Was 1t a variation of clock goif7
Was II some wicked device like the
little wheel that has thirty num-
bers and single and double zero and
a cute little ball that drops in a
pocket? Did one-to indulge toss out
the square white marbles with the
little black dots that make seyens
and 1eyens IL you're lucky?
How Is Numerica Gostumedf
What sort of costume did one wear
&c play Numericaz Knee hreechess
shin guards2 Nose protectors? Rcd
fweaters2 Dinner jockets7
Everybody wanted 10 know-but
nobody knew.
SO The World tried TO find out. The
dictionary told nothing. of Numerica
Neither did the encyclopedias. Nof
Mr.. Hoyie's volumes on games. Nor
did any OF the talented stafr ever hear
OF IL.
So. acting as its won't when II wants
something. The World sent out one of
it's famous oue-man expeditions. with
orders 10 stay out until II returned a
Numerical expert.
1t (the expeditionl stayed out just
twenty minutes, having found Nuine-
rica in Nassau SXeet toy shop and
here's the iowdown on the game the
richest man in the srurid plays every
evening:
IL costs 10 cents
IT'S twenty-seyen years old.
rs plaved on a table with flock
OF pasteboard squares, one inch
across.
one can play or four-and the rnen-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
p0wDER AND BULLETS.

The surerstitious evolved many
legends during the World War.
Things which never happened were
a~-ribed to various sectors of the
front. When hope was lowest, and
defeat seemed imminent. the word
passed in Paris that the poilus of a
certain French division had seen
Jeanne dare the night before. and
that her flaming sword had pointed
tn them the path to victory. A day
or SO later that division made a tor
tunate advance. captured several VIII
iaCes. many prisoners and guns, and
successfully repulsed a severe counter
attack. Ii was not the plans of the
divisional staff. nor the superb manner
In which the various regiments exc
cuted them, which caused that VIC
tory. IL was Jeanne dArc-so sorpe
Par1sians declared. This story has
been repeated SO often that many
hardened soldiers now declare that
they also saw Jeanne-afthough some
of them must have had abnormal
vision. because they were in divi-
sions elsewhere. But perhaps they
did see an electrical display in the
skies: imagination could supply the
rest.
The Russian legend in England has
a. many believers today. When things
were gong badly for the English the
report was scattered abroad that S0,-
900 Russians were being transported
from Archangel to Scotland. thence
down to Southampton in England,
across the Channel to Cherbourg, and
ern front. Many English persons de-
elared that they witnessed, the passing
e those Russian troop trains at
night. but the official war department
records contain no memorandum on
the subject According to certain
skeptical ones, no Russian troops
passed through the British Isles at
all What happened was that $4,000
dozen Russian eggs. ordered by Eng
Asrnl. could not be shipped in the Gus
somary manner because of the block
ade Of PetYoxrnd. The Russian ex-
porter sent the following message:
so 600 Russians shipped via Arch
angel He left the word eggs out,
bsfieving it unnecessary.
We may expect fresh outcroppings
q legends regarding our own army
as time p4sses. The knowing will
only smile; others win NOT be greatly
injured. But 1t is to be hoped that
history will be confined TO facts. Pow
der and bullets used by husky men
Won the World War. Mysterious
ae<ncses had nothing to do with n.