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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
L0xG.LIyKD DELAwAREANs.

Editor Every f.sening Having lst
read .a rour issue 81 Saturday. Apr-
Is, aoout friend u yours Tno aaa
passed his sad nqi.. Stone along ...a
nathway. AaD recalls SNOW storm
Aarj4 II. ISIS. ard who t-.laas .ais e"
latest date apon VhIsn snow a-4
r. arafgrt.8ns IT i blizzard IS ~
here Aprs. ~ Lass. IN our Della 3 iIr -'t
more taau one hundred years. ae- -a1 ,e
to a!Her with his memory - .4 So
liven il kenL county. AelAVA are Az iis
life and while not s3 year ~ age
nave passed ne half-ya. mark Aon-
the road - So and I recall very t.ttl-}
the morning ot April -e. isss. when
We aaoke % dnI everything -e.tr:-.
inches under snow on 1h, .eve. and s-.D
showing with the velocity ~ Is blizzard
II was one II tue S.r1nEest sights
ever saw as well as saddest, tar every
fruit tree was N fun hlo.m aad weight
ed With snow the flower gardens were
ghostIy to behold. the large aiac bushes
were in fuu bloom. both purple and
white. and with their green .-aF-7 ana
blossoms weighted III snu" "eFe
ef.ctacle. Al the low .t~ .1"tt@
we're completely covered - Eng --9N
except ths tuhp beds. which were snow
lnE above The snow Inv 7-asie Stems
with the pretty red and v4.a-t5-d
flowers bent over but ski above me
level of the snow and net a biz 70 1e
,-r..n leaves 70 be seen. ot .pur~s le
Nounz vegetables were nct - t'e p
~ all that morning. ana our "1tt-
falds which were normal .eoklnS .Ee
dav before in tneir green sp!eaior We're
snow fields which would have 1un, jess
tic4. 10 the Arctic regions. Wr'. ri
s,enaber seeing snow bank oi .htN
storms making behind my father n,tsn
an ths. morning of May Z, although mos,
~ this snow disappeared April - .id
an. except ia a few PLACES whys' .at
snow did not get the direct RAYS q -At
sun
That wear there Nas ne .rG-. ass
,,ns.t vas i failure. as som. &. H.
wheat growers did not ser muCa nrrt
from the ground than 'hsN so"ed Il" &
others had j half crop N less o' H''.
quality I recall TO memory 7lv"
storm Of little consequence which fei
an the morning Of May about lhlrtS
wears ago. The farmers ia thls sector
were actually planting ther corn WA''
II was showing and while II mc!te1 o4
the ground as fast as i fell, i dld mas
j showing on roofs and boards. m
sorry | do not recall the year 2. n"
halated season but it is the latest snow
,yhich ever knew to occur IA centra
Delaware
Yours very respectfully
r. y. GruwcA
Felton. Del, April 49, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
SCIENTISTS STUDY BRAIN
OF LATE JOHN DANIEL
The Only Gorilla America Which Died Few Days Ago, vii
Furnish Scientists More Data for Investigating the Oar
winian Theory of Evolution
From the New York World.

John Daniel. tho dead gorilla. had
no funeral" yesterday. lie had so
endeared himself To the circus "big
top that officials wouldn't think of
1t. Instead of farce procession the
body was sent unobtrusively To the
American Museum of Natural His
tory. There I'm few months John
viii join In mounted form Jumbo. L. r.
Barnum's famous elephant, which died
IA hero I'm rescuing another elephant at
a Canadian railroad crossing many
years ago.
Tho gorilla Is pronounced the best
specimen Of his species obtained by
the museum. II. II. Anthony. nsaociate
curator, said other specimens were only
infants In years to tho lamented John.
Mister" Daniel he predicted. viii look
splendid when mounted
The brains were removed after impress
sions had been taken of the face, feet
and hands by Prof. l.. Casamator.
neurological Mt the College of physlciana,
and Surgeons. Columbia. only tho
akin wua kept at tho museum. but later.
after serving medical research. the
frame will be returned and John Daniel
reconstructed.
Brain "A Splendid Specimen.
There In no doubt Of the Darwiniau
| theory" Haid Prof. Caaamn jor. This
animals brain-a spendd specimen
will be n step in the study Of motion
| formula. what prompts action. and
/ probably In the search 10 determine the
| gorilla'a Intelligence"
Not since tho days Of Jumbo ha'
| the circus had such a loss. for Johr
| gave promise of usurping Iumbe'
| throne in public popularity. But. foi
/ once. Dexter Fcllowra. publicity heas
| Of the shows did not care to make ruca
/ of tho incident. Ho called II a tragedy
aside from the financial loaa far John i
reported Ia have cost $4,000 v4yini
| the animal was no nearly human he has
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
lust FOLKS
THE THINGS THAr NATTER.
BY Edgar A. Guest

When a fellows gettin' old
An his tale is mostly told.
When he knows life has III store
1t the best a few years more,
An its settled in his mind
That he isn't goin' to dnd
Any mine Of gold or claim
Special notices from fame
Then he gets in closer touch
With the things that matter much.
Youth looks ever far away
To some better. other day
That is always goin' TO he,
When he'll gain the victory;
Then he's always got his eyes
On some glittering future prize
Which ne fancies he may win
Spite OF ali his hlunderin'.
Tellin all along the way
He'll do something big some day.
But the champions are few
An the great. deeds hard to do,
An the dreamers by an by
See things with a clearer eye
An discover not to all
Can the pomp OF glory fall
Most nf us must settle down
F'indin' peace without renown,
Glad that we can come an 90
Loved by those God let's US know.
When fellows gettin' old
An his tale is mostly told,
An the fame he's dreamed about
From his life has faded out,
Then he finds that friends are more
Than the gold he'd hungered for.
An he'd rather spend his hours
With his children an his flowers
An his ueighbors, Tor in such
! Is the peace which matters much.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21

captivated ail who saw him, particularly
Mr.. rellowes.
Director IIornaday uf the New York
Geological Garden. who aided In the
vain fight 10 save Johns life. s1id he
was AS sorry as when DinBb, n female
gorilla that lived at the Zoo nearly a
year. died She Is now mounted nj tho
museum, and n bronze statue and an
oil painting of her are in tho Adminis-
trntlon building OF the Bronx animals
home.
You can say for me-" said Dr. Hornn~
day. that lonesomeneas and homesick-
ness bring on death To captive gorlllas
II reduces their vitality and leaves them
prey To disease New YoFk's climate, /
believe. ia not the real cause. homesick-
ness ia Yes. think John Daniel might
have lived long time with Miss Cum
ningham, whose pet he was ia London.
lie evidently became attached to her
and did not feel depressed while near
her
Zoo Had Chance To Huy Him.
we had y chance To buy the gorilla.
hut like London zoos did not want 10
take tho chance cur experience with
Dinah aud another of her Kind was
enough It's indeed great pity the
| Rlngling shows could not have eE
| hihited the Koriiia for few months
more all over The country
John lived The longest In raptivlts
/ of any gorilla something over twf
wears and WAS four years and i've
months old Dr Hornaday aaid there
never was a rase of offspring ~ go
riiiaa In captivity Eorne IF them live
forty ycnrs or more IN the jungle
Aa John lav in death on his rot II
The tower ~ Madison square GardeT
early yoRtorday morning his hairi
arms folded like humans over hi
chest. circus official declared Il wa
positively uncanny ~ shook ne.
/ toll you.s he said
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

City Council
Grant Post g. a. u.
Iron MouIdrrs' Union
cyrus Temple. l. g E
du Pont Post. q. 4. K
Delaware rhund.
Eden Ledge. J. O .. T.
Clayton Lodge. *. 81 =
Asylum Lodge l. o. O. L.
Camp No. .. T. O. =. of 4.
Volunteer f'ircman's Relief
Crusaders Temple. l.. q L.
Windsor Lodge, o. $. of :. 6.
Voters Partisan League
keokuk Tribe. Impd. q. l. NJ
Kadosh Comnandery. X of NJ
Wilmington Lodge. \. Q. T. W.
Hiawatha Tribe. Imp'd q. K II.
Palestine Castle. 4 O. X. N. .
Brandywinc Conclayc. = w NJ
Delaware Conclavc, 1. .. .. I. &.
Wiuona Council. Jr. . L. a. N
Wilmington Lodge Of Machinists.
Washington Lodge. A. +. x a. N.
Delaware Comrnandery. X. g. T..
Atizpah ConclaVc. II. ar :. w. n.
Delmarvia Lodge a. l.. TO Is. T. r.
Master Iiorseshocrs Nat Pro. Ass0
Wilmington Lodge Of Moose No. IS.
Washington Camp, No. IL +. O $. a.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
Court Braudywine Foresters Of Americ;
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
QUESTIONS AND AWswFPs

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
rvsG.ae %s1la5'91 Yeste4day eHfhy 1864
THURSDAY. APRIL p, 1921.
,vrpIc,N AIRCRAFT IN WAR.

Major l.. ID. Gardner. publisher OF the
,,,,ti., ard Aircraft Journal. will pre-
4.rt m his Aprrl r. issue 2 complete
r.surn, of the American Army's air
cat, activities in tho World War. which
wi show that the statements made
rccertv bv certain Republican Con
,..,,,,,,., rcs,rd,nr this branch Of the
s.,vic, we're false. inaccurate ana
totally misleadtuE
N,sar Garduc,e oompilation proves
tn,t only ssa> coo 600 VAS expended hy
~ country ~ aircraft during tho war
40 ~, tho billion and half. which
a.. d.r,ctora ~ the Wilson Admins
t,riun howled over.
Ins,,ad ~ having boon branch
:, II. scr,icc which somo Republican
u,l,a.aps tried Il make us hcliov" was
.f,rle,t Maior Gardner shows that
t.. I..ancc ii achievement vas on our
ee Nmericau aviator~. operating
.tr.r win th.tr own armies. or the
ransn l-rru,h ~ ltnlians, DESTROYED
.r.uy aur,tt consisting of Isl
..,,- and & balloons. The Ameri-
- +, tr. snerv were only 327
,.,o-.>a airplanc@ ard q balloons.
,sp- men brought down almost three
,mou ..4 many arr'arc- anil almost
,u,. & MANY balloons a~ they lost.
.rbe natna fatalities Of ho United
state. Air service on All fronts and
Nth ali armies totallcd only 227 mon.
~hne i may bc reasonably believed
Mat n least one man lost his life in
cach of tho So enemy craft brought
g. earth.
on Armisticc DAY there were a.
American air squadrons operatins.
Tnir,,-,nr,c souadrons were using for
4rn made pianos and th" remainder
wcrc cquirrcd with The American
plI-4-and vet We were told by Ropub-
ncan investigators that not sinFl"
American plane was in service on No
ycmbcr II. 1878
4 fcw politicians. in their attempt 70
roach the national pork barrel. stopped
s. low as 70 cast asporsions not only
upon tho administration Of the war.
INT also upon tho personnel of the air
forces which was composed of men Of
every political faith. Il has been shown
,h,t tbc war was conducted properly.
Now Major Gardner proves. by figures
furnished him by the War Department,
ma m, personnel was highly efficient,
ard did more actual damage. Judging
~ fatalities alone. TO the enemy than
IT, latter did TO our men.
Is time that the men who are cast
,ns s.urs continually upon the lads
~bo fought the war for Us should be
suenced Not SO many days ago dis
tinruished' solon, who got no nearer
a. the Zone 81 the Advance than the
Pennsylvania railroad station in VII
n.ineton. arose in the Delaware Legis-
nature and made unkind remarks about
the Delaware men who wore the UNI
form. Il seems that a certain innate
sense of decency. Of honor. not
pure patriotism. would cause those
gentry 10 cease making mealy-
p,outhed statements which they can
not lrove. The truth is out
r.-ardinc the aircraft service at last
Let us hear 20 more lies. ,o'I by poll
tcians. about j.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
Praises Them 70 HIS Friends.

Backache is a symptom of weak or
disordered kidneys. Stin and painful
joints. rheumatic aches, sore muscles.
puffiness under the eyes are others.
These symptoms Indicate that the Kid
neys and bladder need help "a do the
work of altering and casting out from
the system poisons and waste prod
ucts that cause trouble. Ben Richard
son. Wingrove. ". VA. writes "I VIII
praise Fole Kidney Pills because they
have helped me. ~ +. Danforth. ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
SENATOR RAII.
LANDLORDS AID TFNANTs

Editor Fiery EvnninE see In tn9
i4nua N Every Evening II Tuced7r 'T"
atatement RaH Is pl~1aef q FIpr"r'
given his law for rrrts for -no fi"'''n
II District ~ columbia Now
Editor. did thoeo people ~ Wash ngf"Ti
II q eioct Mr. Pail r. fbo United -'a'Nr
senate SIS faYpayef voter ar4
f rent payer fir ae sears in +" Fatr .r.
fhine u r nien .iur senator f
sutne ore fr t8tn"rftF n Erf tH
a. protect ths rert payers III
for vs. pase eat af fr1 -~ls
}-rttsr er..er 1s reut urnr'l1r-
.an harge any amount f1r r't+ 1+f
zee af and nn iaw II prevent f.t
rau a1so sell q mans gpffs 1" a'| .''
axtorfionate rent or rH' nir1
have lived AZ thiz addrs Es Ef'
and my andprd teIs nta n""
don't IKE t get oatt 8he1 t-< .'''
far = doDr bcii IN tp IA aper rfiof1
hr figures 80 much earh YEAR mr. f"ff.i-
Not 81 30 u oight gears naE IA"
on repairs. ana Ect 7 tra 'faf'f ..-i In
ray amy amount tx @aEs ar
~ get our nnw laY +i t'r
more than { 9id three gears aEn t.'
his taxes hecH raised s.f t.or1
slx-roon house in tnr7" sar
Is lots af work f1r stcrat"r t.t-
for thr voters and rent f@r
saingt0n grho sent AiW 4. at i'.-A
Statea senate - #0nk 7t.ef 'atif
.4ts would gladly aate rnF -fn."
at1nrd ~ my .etter only tor one reason.
my landlord you'd send me 2 notice .9
move u 30 days. FL please Tlfho.d II
A Voter ard Rent Payer
Ar.-1 ~ fgAi
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
{. sd. Canal Locks Repaired.

Necessary repairs TO the locks Of the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal at
Delaware city. have been made. accord
ing 10 a statement today 10y George W.
Z. Miller. executive office of the local
T. Miller. executive officer of the local
Federal Building. Sixth and King
streets only one diver was necessary
in making the repairs to the wicker
ehafl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
stNATOR BALI AND RENTERS.

= correspondent WHO signs himself
"A voter and rent payer" contributes
q letter to our What the People Say"
column today which contains these sig
nidcant lines
/ see in the issue of Every
Evening OF Tuesday the state
ment. Ball is pleased at sup
port given his law for rents for
the people OF the District of Col
urulaa." Now Nr. Editor, did
those people of Washington. d.
e.. elect Mr. Ball TO the United
States Senate? ], as tax
payer. a voter. and a rent payer
for 80 years in Wilmington.
think II is nigh time for Senator
Ball or some one in authority,
to get up a bill to protect the
rent payers Of Wilmington.
Naturally. the gentleman is incensed
because a Delaware Senator. who SEEM
ingly has paid no attention TO the rental
conditions in his home state. has turned
out TO be a Daniel and a Solomon com
bined when administering the affairs
81 the District Of CoIumbia-whose
residents have no vote
LIT il must be remembered that
Senator Bali was elected TO represent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
Thoughts and Comments of
Every Evening Readers.

TIE f,,1t ,sr,a ana address ~ tha writer
rnuat accompany each letter. mot nerHP
,5y sttt 80. s,.,.fta common l~a fl0ra
an 1911 pstItfafion IL letters
doeH not carry wgth lt sudnraeFnnnt ~
49,, Iz,erirp sf the opinions therein
expressed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21

It's jest about got T. tn point where
ownin n home is like livin' in a furnish
ed apartment-when you move out you
haint got nothin'. Ther hain't much
in tn paper these day>hut people get
tin murdered an sentenced an accop-
tin federal positions.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21

u,va >aff an old piece ii furniture
,.,,, no longer useo- sen it, Use Every
Evening Classified ads ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

Montreal paily star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-21

FELTON,. Del, April 3, 1871
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-07-20
BIDS WANTED
For Street Improvement, APP
palachia, Wise County,
Virginia.

9ealrd hidS Will De received by tile
iiy Jerk, until5 O'clock L m. Julv
3lSt 1921 900 between 30O1 And 800 fcet
h 'Nncrett SIDEWALKS on Blondcll Az.
eiiue ana Spruce street -,uue specifca
nonN as used on callahan Atenne bi,i.
Mill Ne OPENED ana tahulatci iN The
Town 'unHcll AL bids to be- III sealed
CLERK
tnS ana specifications MAY DE Seen
"nd ohtMncd at The office of j a Hurt
oi ihe Hurt Young Hardware Company.
Np 4" cldcl, y n- .inly 2ist 1921
ihe conncil reserves tile right 10 re
luci amy and ali bids
l. T. WITT
AuN. - w Jerk Of the Council
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-07-20

Uncle Sam favors world dis
armament and the rest Of the
world faVors the disarmament
of Uncle sam.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1921-07-20

In the end people who get
something nothing often pay
Tor more than they get
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-05

like lightning, one hand on the
steering wheel. the other carelessly
waving toward the streaky land.
scape in affable explanation Of the
various points Of interest.
Quite a little colony Of US up
here, Quarren, he said. II don't
know why anybody picked out this
silly country for estates, but Langiy
Sprowl started stud farm over
yonder, and then poor Chester Led
with built house for his wife in
the middle of thousand acres, over
there where you see those maple
woods-and then people began to
come and pick up wornout farms
and make 'em into fine family
places-Lester Calderas model dair-
les are behind that hill: and that
leather.headed O'Hara has a bunsa.
low somewhere-and there's q sort
Of Hunt Club, too, and a bum pack
of kiyi's-"
The wind tore most OF his speech
from his lips and whirled II out Of
earshot; Quarren caught a word now
and then which interested him. 1t
also interested him to observe how
Wycherly shaved humiliation at
every turn Of the road.
I've asked some men to bring up
their biplanes and have a few flies
on me-" continued his host. i've a
Singer monoplane and a Kent b.
plane myself. I can't get any more
sensations out Of motoring. I'd as
soon wheel twins in a go-cart."
Quarren saw him cleverly avoid
death with one hand, and laughed.
Who is stopping with you up
here?" he shouted close to wych-
erly's ear.
"Nobody-Mrs. Leeds, Chrysos
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-05
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis

THINE to stop your playing,
time to settle down, leave the
brooklet straying through the
rushes brown; leave the golden
grasses. leave the Swallowed pool,
little lads and lasses. time to start
to school! Time to bend for hours
over book and slate, time to leave
the flowers, play will have to wait.
Little voices. signing, read Of other
lands; hours that once went flying
drag on little hands. Patient com.
rade Rover, by the schoolhouse door,
waits while lads discover Two plus
two make four" Seems a silly
measure, leaving flowery ways, quit.
ting play and pleasure for the read.
er's maze. Thoughtless grown.ups
only would devise. such schemes,
leaving gardens lonely in the sun
lights CLEANS. leaving sand piles
waiting with their countless. Joys.
pals and shovels prating OF the girls
and boys. Geography and writing
take their dismal turn, nothing much
exciting for kid to learn. 'Rith
metic and reading, dreaded subjects
both--summer days went speeding.
these go like the sloth. Children's
lips repeating lessons OF the day
while their thoughts are fleeing
where the shadows stray. where the
willows. signing, whisper to the
stream; where the red-birds flying
set the woods a-gieam. Lonely winds
sail, singing, DER the lonely pool
when the bells start ringing: Time
to come to SCHOOL,. Though the as.
tiers beclaim. Come and play once
more" there are sums to reckon,
Two plus two make four"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-05

Lord Biithsrington and the Duke Of
Putney by close official ties to the
court--and the agents Of either
new.rich Britishers or wealthy
Americans has reached its maxi
mum, and by degrees unentailed
treasures and heirlooms are pass
ing from owners Of many centuries
to families that were unheard of
q dozen years ago.
THE AWFUL YANKEE.
1.-The American is given priority
in the matter Of purchase, not only
because he pays more, as q rule.
but also for the reason that the
transfer of his prize to the United
States removes the possibility Of
noble sellers being pestered with
awkward questions by the inquisi-
tive. For; however. unostenta-
tiously home deals are made and
transfers affected, society soon
learns the facts. So hard up. how
ever, has the better known aris-
tocracy become, and so willing are
they TO trade at fancy sums to
anxious purchasers. that several
curio dealers In the St. James
quarter hold unlimited power Of
attorney to act for plutocratic
American principals either in the
United States or in this country.
Those who are reasonably en-
titled to explain the cause Of this
poverty among old families, whose
landed estates are unimpaired In
acreage at least, and whose inheri-
lance was Of respectable proper
tons, declare that not since the
eighteenth century has the gam
bling spirit 90 persistently invaded