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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
QUESTIONS AND AN NSWERS

question i br ~nsins Evssg tyeains infer.
matiop bureau. Frederic ! Hassan' ',,s. DIT.
.trirtIy to lnfofsnstion. The bureau cs'not
pive Al iyIca on leen medical and hnsnfisl
matters, II does not attempt - ssttis og.
tive resen REQ on any subiect write yonr
question plainly and briefly. Owe fpll name
snd address AZ. ,.w .nsios rspIiss are sss,
direct 70 the inquirer.
O. In what countries, Il any, docs the
United States own residences for It's diplo-
matte representatives, NJ. X. T.
A. Diplomatic residences are owned 10
sinrn, Morocco, China, Turkey, Panama
and Cuba, and IN Japan the United states
owns the building occupied by the am.
bassador, but does not own The grpihd
on which it stands
O. What is the area Of Jugo-slavia ind
how many Inhabitants has ~ X. .. -
A. According to the current tissue q tne
gtntearnsn's Year Book, Jugo-siaFih
has total area Of 10l ,2f6 square miles
and n population Of i4.3lS,s93
O Who invented football G ?. q
& Football has been known since An
cient times 10 the Grceke, y vas
harpaston, The Romans Latinized The
name slightly, calling Il harpasfon. ne
first travellers to the Polynesian Islands
found the natives playing With football
+ made of hbres Of bamboo Italy knew the
game in tho Middle Ages ~ ealcio, while
the name football wae known IN Eng
land as early as l17b
A Nav n Civil Wer Veteran obtain
clothing given ~ soldiers p inc present
| lirne7 n A NJ
| 4 The War Department says Il r. not
| uoeaible for HCiy1 War veteran ~ obtain
| Army clothing or equipment gwen -
soldiers Of the World War
| o How did The name sentence hymn
/ come into use7 NJ.
a. Tho term sentence hymn came
| from tho practice of earlier days when
/ HYMN books were scarce. In order that ail
| the congregation might be able ~ join
/ in the singing. the pastor would read
aloud the first two lines, which we're thee
sung, and the reading and singing would
continue alternately ~ the end Of the
| hymn This practice is still continued ~
some of the rural churches of the South
o fsitt tr1Ie THAT some foreign countFy
il replacing rs paper money With meta
eoin9 H. H. Y
A n has been announced that q nov
form Of money is about to make 10 ap
pearanoe in France This new currency
will replace the emergency paper nnoriey
issued during the war. and will be cou'
made Of q composition ~ bronze and sium
mum.
| D. What does aRnbsiyst rnesn7 K
A "Rubaiya'' is The plural n ribai
The 'ribai' II qlatrain or stsnza com
posed of four verses Sometimes the pl'ira
Il contr,led ~ singular and means q poem
composed in stlch style Of stsnZa
o. Is there any invisible ink which be
cornes red upon subjection n heat
II NJ B
A A weak solution IF nitrate II cope
gives an / INVISIBLE writing which become
rcd through heat
O What il the best kind of hun'ln
knife7 r J w
A In . hunting knife the qualitle
needed are durability. lightnssz power q
. The handle fgrip. The sheetb should com
, far enough upon the grip ~ insure th
! knife sticking fast in II unless pulled ou
. foreibly M Is n 3 inch blade, weigh
about 6ov and No Q 41zinch blade
+ ~ finch blade OE These are Con
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
EVENING SMILE.

Seven year old Joseph had been going
IN sunday school for almost three
months and during that time had heard
aeveral Bible stories His mother was
boansing Of his ability 70 relate thsTn
while his grandfather waited rather
lrnpatieniy. Hs was rendy 70 start
ON trip down town and Joseph was
going with him.
Then all at once Joseph. too. grew
ir,pafient lie was in grandfathers car
and could not discover any reason TOT
errnndfatherH lingering So out ne
shouted Hurry up. grandpa. or wen
be too late to IN. You're as SLOW as
Moses when he built the ark. ~-H.x.
Hsr Cora was taking her first trip
m the frnfn The conductor came
through and called for tickets. Cora
readily gave up her ticket. few
ntnttes later the butcher boy. coming
through. called Chewing gum.
Never" cried Cora brayeiy. You can
take my ticket. but not my chewing
s.,tr,, The Overhere Digest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
lust Folks
ny Edgar A. Guest
HELPERS.

Here's what my father used 20 cay
skill may come to you some dayj
Maybe later on you'll find
You posseas n gifted mind,
But. although you've skill or not,
Being willing helps "a lot
Life il queer and we cant tell
Why some boys GA n learn 70 spell
And others find il h ard 20 do
II may be that way with you,
But, though great your gift IT not.
neing honest helps lot
npe content with progress slow.
Glad 20 paw an you shall 70.
prilliance of minds moi al
MANY clever man may fall
Make the most Of V hat Ynti ve pot.
Being cheerful helps lot
There's better gift thsn skill
It's the proper sort of vii
VIII IN serve and will ~ learn.
Standing fact n every turn
r. keprne be voar work or not,
Being faithful helps lot
Later on You'll come 70 know
Greatness isn't hnrn ~ show
Skill Is useful % possess.
Sometimes needed for eucrers
But, though brilliant or not
BEING willing helps lot :
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
awrNArF~ OF GERMAN TRADE

Tho letter sent to the Ways and
Means Committee by the Assistant Sec
retary II the Treasury having charge
Of our trade relations with Germany
confirms some impressions and dlspels
some doubts. The Impressions. more
or lozs vague. were that Germany was
fast rerainins her pre- war ability 10
invade the markets of fhis country in
competition with our producers. and
tho doubts were that euch invasion was
20 be taken seriously. Few of the wit
neases called by the Committee seemed
t. think So.
/, appeared from the official present
meut that our ports are oren to all
German products except certain drugs,
dyestuna and chemicals. that the
value of what Germany sent ~ this
country in ten months exceeded IS .oo0.-
GOO, and II Ia alleged that her manu-
factnlera arc reaorting 10 "a sorts of
ruses 60 facilitate her trade here by
describing her commodities "a being
the products Of other countries. and by
the establishment of trade agencies un-
der neutral naes Fine ammg milton for
the protectIonists.
OF course the huEahoo will be work ed
for all IL Ia worth. but the official state
ment is interesting chiefly beCause IL
shows that the German In finding work
IL do and that he is not attempting 20
minimize hin output. IL what no pro-
duces can be cold here NJ n profit IL
will be because comparisons do not
pctitor and that German trade can be-
favor the home produc a. com
come menace II lesson be not
learned Victory in Industrial races
docs not go to the lacker.--RrooItlyn
Eagle
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
PROHIBITI0N's ANNIVERSARY.

Those whose memory serves them to
the extent of recalling the date, will, in
one fashion or another. observe the
frst anniversary of constitutional pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic, Theoreti-
calIy. John Barleycorn Is recumhent
beneath the stars, a lily in his hand.
Mad appetite for drink irrevocabiy is
i'm the leash of law. The urge for arti-
fieial stimulus has been stilled by leg
islative enactment. Candy and soberiy
the country looks backward upon 300
wears of folly and congratulates itself
,non the fact that Ii has emerged from
darkness. The workingman no longer
heats his wife. Instead. he kisses her
: fond adieu and goes forth 10 deposit
fine residue. OF a year of sobriety in a
savings bank.
Practically, the country is scourged
bv a sweeping wave of sordid crime.
An illicit and surreptitious traffic in
iauor fiourishes. The machinery OF
law enforcement is honeyconlbed With
grift and graft. The gripping hngers
| Of authority are eased and softened BY
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

The Chester county farmer who shot a
valuable COW, few nights ago in mistake
for a robber, illustrates the danger OF
having firearms too handy The shooter
recently came from Texas, whose residents
defend "totin' gun on the ground that
one didn't often need pistol, but when
he did. he needed it like hell" He should
better have resorted to Daniel Boone's
tactics, to "shoot TO kill if il were bear
and to miss if it were a calf. = As it was, the
mistake cost our peighbor $3.50, which il
a cheap lesson against being too quick q
the trigger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
Five Billion a Year Meat bill.

One Of the big packing firms OF the
country reported the sale Of moro than
billion dollars worth Of meats last year,
and declared the profit was less thas one
cent on the dollar figures which illustrate
the tremendous amount Of beef, pork
mutton and veal consumed, and PERHAPS
indicate on what small margin ~ ~
possible to do business when the volume
Of trade is very large. Tho amount oil
meats consumed last year was greatly
less thau the year previous. when mueh
Of our foodstufs were shipped ACROSS the
Atlantic.
This report--of the Swift Company
would show that our own people eie eat
ing more than five billons of dollars
worth of paents yearly, in addition TO the
billion dollars or more spent for fish and
other seafoods. Uncle Sans market bas-
kst ia very capncious, and in these days OF
high prices his total food bill, estimated at
present retail prices. would amount to
Fifteen billions of dollars, while the clothing
and other necessities of life, not including
the upkeep Of tho American homes, would
add almost MS much more TO the yearly
bill Of the American people 20 meet their
plain living expenses.
The Swift company's repoS establishes a
basis to prove that the people of this
country cat more meat than ia necessary
or perhaps good for them, and possibly
eat more food by % per cent than IS beat
for their health. The amount OF meats
consumed yearly in this country also
brings 10 us realization that we or'
nearing our limit on the raising and intten
ing of heeves, and but for tho humble hog
whose span Of days from the shoat age i'
| the ham and sausage sthge 10 bricf, W
might have TO considerably curtnil tn
ment itemR in our menu
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

The Eastern Pennsylvania Peniten-
tiary is to have q church within its walls,
since 22S Of its inmates were converted to
Christianity during a recent revival meet
ing there. Perhaps there is nowhere that
the consolation Of Christian teaching
should bring more comfort than in in
stitutions where misguided men and wo-
men are confined, where they may repent
Of their sins and be regenerated and start
ed anew on the right path. They truly
need the spiritual bread, but more often
get the material stone
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

A Washington Judge, who has just re-
tired from the bench, has announced
bis determination to resume the practice
Of law and to be governed by the precepts
of the Savior in bis work He will, fol-
lowing the precedent, devote bis efforts to
keeping people out Of court, will refuse all
business as O bill collector, and is to trust
10 God, and not to those be may serve, for
his compensation. This sounds irrational
but perhaps it viii not Prove impossible
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
BY Walt Mason.
KEEPING FAITH.

Yes. yes, wen do t he best we can
to keep our New Year pledges, and
look with seorn on any man who
loses nerve and hedges. Tempts-
tions every hour assal, and say,
your pledges hurt you," but up to
date our VOWS prevail, and we are
strong for virtue. We made our
vows with main and might,
eschewing habits cheesey, and -four
friends would treat us right, our
triumph would be easy. II men
would say 10 us, Gee Whit You
brave repsntant sinners, we know
how hard the struggle is, but surely
you'll be winners, we'd be inspired
TO carry on, to press the moral bat
tie alas. the words Of James and
John are prone our souls to rattle.
Too cynical are John and James;
! they take il for granted that we've
gone back TO cheap games from
which we gallivanted. They laugh
NJ all the sacred vows o'er which we
| brood and ponder; itts sa shame
/ the law allows such guys at large to
/ wander. For they discourage soul
/ ful Jays who would old sins ahan-
/ don. and when they've guyed us,
I forty ways, we have no VOWS 20
I stand on. Oh, reader, as YOU travel
/ by the highways and the hedges,
! don't Josh or jeer the earnest guy
/ who's made a string of pledges. Ii
I may TOO VOWS all suffer blight, but
t why should you remind him? Just
! help him struggle to the light and
/ leave his sins behind him.
:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
MEETINGS TONIGHT

Bethany Band.
stonemasons Urion.
Central Labor Union.
smvth Post, G.. A. r.
Waneta Council, d. P.
Calanthe Lodge, K. Of P.
Corinthian Lodge, 5. Of y.
Humanity Circle, p. cf Z.
Crusaders Castle, X. G. z.
Eureka Conclave, s ". NJ
Fame Castle, o. o. X. NJ. c.
Germania Temple, G. K. Z.
Industry Lodge, A. O. y. "
Canton Delaware, No. |, 2. NJ
Cherokee Tribe, Imp'd 0. R. VI
Harmony Council, No. |, U.
German beneficial Society, No. l.
Peerles. Conclave, FL. or 5. ". NJ.
Noriel Encampment, |. Q. X. K. H.
Wilmington Nest, 1895, Order of Owls.
Sheet Metal Workers Local 302.
Brandywine Com, A. * l. Q. x. NJ.
Washington Camp, No. 13, P. 0. 5. a.
Guiding Star Temple, No. 6, Q. Of [.
| NJ. b. \. of P. RR. Employees, Inc.
Eureka Council, No. /, Jr. Q. Z. A. NJ.
MI. Branch, No. 90 Grand fraternity
Car and Ship Painters Protective Asso.
Wilmir gton Lodge, No. 176, O. l. G. I.
| Moriel Encampment, No. l, |. \. Q. 4. b
WlImir gton Cor Clave, d. Of L. Q. K. Z.
| Camp 7126, Royal Neighbors of America
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

The position Of taxieab driver has be-
come so periIous that the public has been
invited to help protect them from bandits
and road agents. This seems like reyers-
ing the proposition, fer NEST cities arc be-
ing importuned TO save the public from
the taxi pilots.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

The extension Of the season for captur-
ing Bier Possom and Bre'r Coon has
brought q smile to the faces of down-State
hunters as broad as that worn by the fist
named quarry when up tree filed with
lipe persimmons, safely out cf reach Of
any covetous Uncle Remus.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18

Judges may at times be rightly ac-
cused Of being absolutely lacking in senti-
ment and incapable Of analysis. One in
New York, after jury in which were
several Of the fair sex, had failed to agree,
declared that woman is creature Of
infinite variety; the inspiration of TO-
marce, poetry and art, and out Of place
in the jury box. The horrid thing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
Returned From m. We,

Miss Marvarr4 Scott ~ a1f We ~ rfrasf
has -etftrnaa home aftar pending rfnr
months ~ the West including Calfo r1.a
While n Oakland Co she spent iarn
months with her sister Mrs q II W sIter
going from there - San Antonio aE
for a short stay coming hame ~ 80 II
Na-u Ctrlc-rr
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-18
RIPPLING RHYMES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ttttt
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-09
CHANCE TO OBTAIN
CARRIER PIGEONS

Uncle Sam wants to sell some thor
oughbred pigeons, according to Lieut..
Charles A. Horn, signal officer at
March Field, Riverside, Calf.
The aviation school is about to be
abandoned and advices from Washing
ton recommend the sale of some thirty
or more pedigreed homing pigeons.
All of them are of English stock and
bred from birds who actually partici-
puated in the world war. Any of these
birds will be valuable addition to
any loft in the United States.
Any one interested should call at
March Field, where they may view
the birds as we'll as their numerous
records of birth and training. They
will find nine pair of stock birds and
nineteen youngsters that come from
the most reliable pigeon blood obtain
able.
Prices are exceptionally reasonable
and. for the stock offered, have never
before been equaled in Southern Cali
fornia. Write Lieut. Horn for particu-
lars or for date of meeting when you
may call at the field.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-09
HARVARDIS NOW
IN COMMISSION

With the completion of the magni-
ficent super-express steamship Har-
ward, sister ship to the de luxe S. S.
Yale, and her initial run to San Fran
cisco on Friday and Saturday of las:
week, the Los Angeles Steamship com
pany, owners of these two renowned
ships. announces daily sailings be-
tween Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The newly completed Harvard has
all the features which have gained
such widespread popularity for the S.
S. Yale during the past few months.
She is equal to the Yale in every res
pect-in speed, comfort and luxury.
Accommodation on either ship repre-
sent the acme of comfort and conven-
ience.
The special summer round trip rate
of $35 with 60 day stopover privileges
will prevail on the Harvard as on the
Yale.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-09
FIRST MEETING
Of W.C.T.U. SINCE
VETS WENT OUT
Women Temperance Workers
TO Gather for NeU Program
of Prohibition Lar EnfOrcc-
Ment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 0.-This
years convention of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, will be held here Aug. lS to %,
marks a new era in the w. {. y. T..
1t is the first since prohibition went
into effect, last years having been
skipped.
Tomorrow national officers and
middle western delegations leave Chi
cago by special train for the conven.
ton.
Prohibition enforcement will be
stressed this year. World prohibi-
ton prospects will be reviewed on a
larger scale. Other lines of woman's s
betterment will be developed as never
before, it is announced.
The distinctive character OF this.
the 4th annual convention the w.
&c. r. u. has held, is illustrated in the
title of the keynote speech Of it7
president, Miss Anna Gordon. o..
Evanston, Ill. IT. is, 'The Expanding
Program of our New Crusade"
The meeting here will recall to old
er members Of the w. C. Z. U. that il
was in San Francisco where the idea
of the worlds w. c. T. U. was born.
While visiting Chinatown SO years
ago Miss Franciss E. Willard, found
er of the W. c. T. U. was so i'm
pressed with the sight of young Chi
nese girls brought there for immoral
purposes, that she declared on the
spot that the mothers of the world
must be organized to prevent that
sort of thing.
The worlds w. C. T. u, which
developed from her resolve of that
moment, numbers a million members
today and is organized in nearly 40
countries. It's next convention will
be held in Philadelphia year from
this fall.
Miss Gordon, who will preside at
the convention here was with Miss
Willard in her trip to Chinatown.
She is vice president of the World S
w. c Il. u.
Membership in the National w. C.
IT. U. is 100000, national offices at
Evanston, H., reports. campaAign
has been on some time to raise it to
a million, and this will be encour-
aged at the meeting here. Delegates
will be told that campaign to raise
its goal.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-09
0PT|SM|ST|C
IS EDGAR S
BOOST Of
VALLEY
Well-knOwn Business Man
Tells San Diego Paper
Why Imperial Has Struck
Her Prosperity Stride.

When the market for farm products
began to slide downward in June, 1920
the tremendously productive Imperial
Valley, along with other agricultural
sections Of the country felt the depres-
sion due to sellin ghigh labor cost pro,
ducts on declining market. Never
theless Imperial has made remark
able recovery, according to Ray Edgar
of Edgar Brothers chain OF stores in
the valley in an interciew in the San
Diego Union. This is attributed to
the fact that Imperial is not one
crop section, but has q great diversity
of products, some of which is always
in the period of harvest.
"The comback of Imperial count
has been remarkable" said Edgar.
"This is largely due to the fact thai
where other sections of the country
have but one harvest season, in the
Valley we have some product going
out at all times, and business tol d
tions could not long remain depressed.
There is q noticeable increase in the
amount of money in circulation and
the merchants report Dus.ress good
for even the summer season, which is
normally our slack period. Our ranch
ers are also buying new farm impit
ments, which is a good indication that
they have money to spend.
"The northern end of the vaiie' Is
filled with thousands of head OF cattle
from Arizona and western re AS,
which are being finished on fall
and milo maize. We have thousands
of acres in milo maize which is , .
tween crop product and leaves tn I'D
in fine shape.
"We have just finished the table
grape shipments and our growers have
received most excellent prices, said
Edgar. "Our first gapes which we''
out the middle of June, bought So 0a
on the New York market for Il ~ To-.
DON. HIS WAS Ill CdIlOdu iot
The average net to the g')wers has.
been $l75 ton for Thompsor seedless
and the Malagas went better than SOB
a ton. These remarkable returns
when 20 uconsider that laol suitable
for vineyard planting can be bough,
at $3.50 an acre and under.
81 have a little three and ha.:
acre Thompson vineyard in the fourth
year which packed 592 crates of 2
pounds each, have received packers
checks for $1,000 and have a small
item yet to hear from pect 10
double these figures next year, when
the vineyard shall have come into full
bearing. | would like to see you dupli-
cate these grape figures in any other
section of the country. We are from
three weeks to one month ahead ot the
San Joaquin valley which used to get
the first grapes on the nIarket.-that
was before the Imperial Valley vine
yards come into bearing.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-09
GIVE WORKER AN
EVEN BRE Ak IN
LIFE JOURNEY
Preacher Outlines to Laymen
HOW Economic Affairs COuld
BE Made Better For All.
(ssaId palgloossy .6a)

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N. c., Aug.
9.-"rhe question no longer is how
does the other half live---it is how
does the other S5 per cent live?" the
Rev. James Myers Of the Presbyte-
rian church today told the Laymen's
conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, in session here.
Dr. Myers is executive secretary Of
the board Of operatives at the Dutch
ess Bleachery, Wappingers Falls, N.
Y. He spoke on Religion in Indus
try"
"The mission of religion to the
present disturbed social order is not
so much q message to the poor to re-
spect the sacredness Of the property
rights of the rich, although it is that
also, as it is a message 20 the rich in
the name and spirit of Jesus Christ to
bring about more brotherly distri-
button of wealth, health, JOY and
freedom in the world" the Rev. Mr..
Myers said.
"This cannot be done by charity,
nor can it be done by violence. The
inequalities Of the present economic
order can be eliminated only by a
more brotherly distribution of the
profits of industry at the source of
production.
"Wealth can be reapportioned in a
brotherly way only where it is made,
in the process of its production, by
ten granting of a truly living wage,
by voluntary decrease in the inter-
est expected for the use of capital, ,
and by very material increase in
the financial rewards paid to human
beings for their labor of hand or
brain.
"Is it brotherly," asked the Rev.
Mr.. Myers, "that the financial burd-
en- of life should bear down the hard
est upon those who have the least?
Is it brotherly that poor man should
have to pay the highest prices for all
the necessities of life? Is it brother
ly that the day laborer's pay should
stop the minute he gets sick and has
to stay at home while the higher paid
officials of the company, although
better able to stand the financial
drain of sickness, have their salaries
continued to them as long as they are
i'll? Is it brotherly that the highest
profits in the real estate business
should be commonly derived from ten
ement property, the least desirable
accommodation in the whole city
where the poorest people have to
live 2V