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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

THE NEW EDUCATION.


The recent educational survey on
everyday topics clearly showed the
need Of current events courses in the
schools and colleges OF the country.
When n big percentage OF students
displays Ignorance OF the men and
affairs OF the day. IL is high time TO
do something TO correct the condition.
Boys and girls should be kept abreast
OF the times. In order 90 round out
their education they need 10 know
things other than those contained in
textbooks. Current event courses will
fll the need. More stress laid on the
affairs of the day will make inter-
esting the hours that are 80 boresome
TO all healthy children. An added zest
can be given to study. That win help
the youngster and the teachers, too
The practical can well be combined
with the theoretical. to the end that
the young men and women Of the
country will have a broader education
than the survey indicates 20 be the
vogue at present. Parents and teach
ers would do well to demand that
children keep in touch with the news
of the day. History is made every "a
hours. Not all of IL Is lasting, but
the lessons and Impressions Of the
lleeting day should be read by all. The
newspapers furnish the medium Of
instruction that is needed by grown.
ups as well as children. Through theil
columns one can gain a liberal educa.
ton. No one ignorant of the affairs
OF the day Is well educated. Hence Z
knowledge of current events is an oh
legation that rests upon every goo,
citizen. II is one of the greatest OF oui
educational needs.--w Washington Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
THE WHIP CRACKS.

Administration leaders are trying tol
bring Congress out Of Its midsummer
siesta that shows signs OF lasting all
the autumn through and into the win
ter. President Harding has let it be
known that he would like TO see, the
Republican party would like to sec
and the country would like TO see Con-
gress get down to work, do what Il
must do and adjourn.
Republican members OF Congress
are being fold that the folks back
home are just about unanimous in
their belief that this Republican Con-
gress Is loafing. time wasting, tax
eating aggregation. This time next
year the Congressional battles win be
under way and a lot of Republican
seats will be hanging in the balance.
The administration is perturbed for
fear that this long R-drawn-out and
argumentative Congress is piling up
ammunition for the Democrats.
Three great administration meas
ures and the three peace treaties are
little \further along than they were
when Congress recessed in August.
The War Debt Funding bill hangs on
the launching ways. The Railroad
Financing bill has not advanced. The
Senate is still puttering about through
the ramifieations of the committee re-
port on tax revision.
! II is time for the whip to crack
The Democrats are not going to speed
/ up things. From a partisan stand
point they are very well pleased. Hav-
ing in mind November. 1922, things
are going very well for them. The
Democrats would like 10 see the ad-
ministration program drift along and
strand on the sandbars. A few weeks
more and they can begin blocking In
the outlines of the Democratic STRAIT.
egy Of next fall.
Certainly the nti-administratior
| Republicans and the more partisan
Democrats will raise the wall of "au.
tocracy" and complain to high HEAVIER
that they are being steam -rollered.
| The administration has it's choice. ]
may shrink from the certain walls o
the minority or it may shudder under
the roar that will rise from all owe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

mahd the Black Watch. should you
have the pleasure of meeting him he
viii surprise you. No narrow-minded
chief" he. but a gentleman of the
world who has travelled much. seen
much. and pondercd much over the
problems of this wicked old world.
That lis William McFee, who sails the
seas as vocation. and writes stirring
sea novels as an avocation
If you are that type of reader who
shies from the lnchrymose concoc-
tions fostered upon a willing public
under the name OF best sellers" you
must have read his Aliens" II you
read that, why OF course you read
"Casuals of the Sea-" But did YOU
read his latest yarn, Captain Mace
doine's Daughter" There is work
which Conrad would not disown. OF
course McFee makes the mistakes
in our opinion--of making the leading
feminine character half--caste:
but Englishmen do not look upon such
things as we do.
But that is a little matter to quibble
over. on almost every page there is
a bit of that truth eternal. which all
Of us are seeking. Witness these few
lines, describing young Liddons. "a
stripping just out of his apprentice
ship and unsophisticated." who was
aboard the Manola. "He was simply
one of those to whom virtuous senti-
ment is apassionate necessity. Instead
OF playing in the cutters of life, as
so many Of us do. his young body
and soul were on tip-toe for the COM
ing Of love-" We venture to say that
the last sentence quoted is as good,
as If not better than. anything written
in an English novel in the last twelve
month.
1t is strange how the God OF things
as they are" strikes his fires of gem
ius. Many man. once a seaman, has
become writer. But IL is rare indeed
tor a chief of a black watch TO write
worth while novels as mere pas.
time -. The vessel on which
Mr.. McFee serves carries a number
of tourists each trip TO the Central
Americas. We wonder IL any OF the
first-class passengers. who perhaps
loll in the saloon reading. say
Captain Macedoine's Daughter.
know that the author OF the bool
Is that grimy-faced chap in overall,
who occasionally comes up from tn,
engine quarters FOR Bit OF air.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
TAXING A NECESSITY,

The following communication from
the editor Of the optometric Weekly
calls attention to a taxation matter
which win interest every man who
wears glasses:
May we call your attention to &.
a matter OF tax legislation which
should be amended, and which we
believe the press throughout the
country should unite to have re-
pealed. We refer to the tax on
spectacles. This tax was un-
doubtedly thoughtlessly levied by
those responsible for the measure.
The very fact that hundreds of
thousands OF our school children
must wear glasses. that people in
factories and offices, on the raiI-
road and in myriads of other
places depend for their efficiency
and. therefore their living
upon glasses; the fact that glasses
are a powerful element of safety
where the lives of people depend
upon mechanical contrivances di-
rected by persons; all should go
to show that glasses are not lux
uries, but necessities.
The gold crown which a dentist in.
serts in the mouth contains about II
times as much gold as the end piec,
Of a pair of glasses. The crown ii
not taxed as a luxury, but the END
piece, or rather, the entire eye glass
If il contains even one bit of gold
is. The crown is used in chewinl
food; the glass is used in seeing. Cal
one rightfully be classed as a luxur,
without the other one being place,
in the same class? Perhaps Congress
in its wisdom, will see fit to investi
gate this matter.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
FAVOR SALES TAX.

Through the fundamentally OF the
questionnaires which were circulated
by the New York Chamber OF Com
merce. and other similar representa-
tive bodies, IL has been ascertained
that , sales tax In one or other OF the
forms TO which Il is adaptable liz pre-
ferred TO any other because OF Its fair-
ness. It's simplicity and It's great
money raising power. While owing
TO the wide scope OF it's incidence II
would not be felt as a burden by any
one, II would yield so much revenue
as to render II. possible without any
Embarrassment, TO abolish all the So
called nuisance" taxes, and either 10
remove or greatly reduce the tax on
moderate incomes.
sothe. merit of hardly less conse-
auence which Il possesses Is that IL
would relieve the taxpayer from the
uncertainty and bewilderment which
the present complicated and reconditc
system entail IL we had sales tax
Il would not be necessary for the
business man TO employ high-priced
expert TO advise him az to the amount
OF Lis liability. nor would he be Obliged
20 wait until the end of his fiscal year
20 determine just where he stood. He
could tell from week TO week or even
from day TO day the precise sum Of
his tax indebtedness, and II would be
much easier for him then than Il ia
now TO provide for It's payment. In
short, the sales tax, which has been
tried with an unqualified success in
Canada and elsewhere. has SO much
TO recommend Il that the lack of favor
with which Il is regarded at Washing
ton would be unintelligible were not
ignorance upon this subject so pre-
valent and the cowariice OF politicians
80 proverbial.
Happily there are some indications
that light is beginning TO shine In the
darkness, and that the attitude of Con-
&. q upon this vitality important ques.
ton is gradually changing. our owr
Senior Senator has just announced
that i'm this connection he still has ar
open mind, and although the state.
ment made by Senator Simmons thai
under certain circumstances he ant
his Democratic associates would be I'm.
clined to give the manufacturers sales
tax, proposed by Mr.. smoot, serious
consideration, need not and should no
be taken too seriously, it In not with
out It's significance. n nothing else
Il serves as straw TO show which wa
the wind is blowing. and as such tn
Republican leadership should regar'
| lit.--Philadelphia Inquirer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
RIPPLING RHYMES,
BY Walt Mason.
IDLE REGRETS.

My heart is sore and heavy
now, I'm feeling far from gay;
for ! am thinking Of the cow
that i ran down today. An, black
and bitter is my mood, and small
relief / find in saying that the
COW was stewed, or had a feeble
mind. The man who has a mo-
tor car, the which he tries to
steer, should scan the highway
near and far. and see that all
is clear. But / was rubbering
around, as drivers often do; /
did not gaze upon the ground,
or keep the curves in view. My
thoughts from this gray world
of men afar had royed along, in
fancy / was treading then the
shining peaks of song. The COW
appeared upon the pike, ahead,
a rod or perch, and oh, the im-
pact then was like the falling
of a church. The undertakers
found it hard through all the
wreck 10 plow and harder yet
TO tell the bard from motor car
or COW. The COW is planted in
the earth, beneath a cairn of
stones; the owner tells me she
was worth at least five hum
dred bones. My car is to the
junkyard gone, and it no more
will zip along the highway in
the dawn-it's made its final
trip. And ] sit here and nurse
my wounds, i'm misery intense,
and cry, "Odsfish," and like
wise "Zoundsi" and wish / had
5suss 9ulos
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
MOVING NORTH.

Seager Wheeler, Canada's wheat
wizard. gets $50 a bushel for Early
Triumph. his new variety OF seed
wheat. IL ripens ten days earlier than
any other wheat and yields eight to
ten bushels more to the acre.
That helps all farmers by increasing
their possible profits. II also moves
the wheat belt 100 miles farther north,
putting millions Of acres under culti-
vatiOn.
Wheeler, on his saskatchewan
farm. has a wheat production record
OF eighty-two bushels an acre. In in
ternational exposltions he has won
the worlds championship five times.
Men like Wheeler and Luther Bur-
bank win be the outstanding figures
Of our time when a really civilized
posterity rewrites history and puts
wars, kaisers, and Fatty Arbuckles
where they belong-on back seat.
The dinner pail will be the really
important thing when the United
States becomes as thickly populated
as China.-Champlain (Ill.) News Ga
zette.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

O. Did Texas when entering the
Union reserve the right to subdivide
into several states? p. r. r.
A. The state of Texas entered the
Union with the understanding that
She had the right TO subdivide into
not more than five states.
Q. Do both male and female mos
quitoes bite? r. o. n.
A. 1t is the female that bites. It
Is doubted that the male ever does.
@. What is meant by actual SER
vice on the battlefront" L. f. L.
a. The term, actual service on
the battlefront means that a man has
been sent with his troops into an ac-
tive sector where the troops either
engage in battle or are about to do so.
1t does not mean troops that We're sta
toned in quiet sectors abroad who
were training and waiting for oppor-
tunities to go to the front.
Q. Can a pitcher throw a ball in
straight line for a certain distance;
then cause 1t to drop suddenly or turn
to one side? f, A.
A. II is possible for the pitcher TO
throw a ball in a straight line for a
| certain distance, then cause il to drop
suddenly or turn to one side. The
spit ball win do this.
Q. What is the food value of a
| peach? T. G.
A. Three medium sized peaches are
| approximately equal in food value to
enc large egg, or * cup of milk. or
medium sized potato. or ? slices OF
bread, or x cup Of cooked farina.
Q. is a person suffering from de.
| lirium tremens insane? 4. +.
A. Delirium tremens is a form oi
acute insanity due to alcoholic poison.
ipg.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

going 70 be fine Canadian war
Museum are here. too. Cana1an var
trophies and souvenirs are nov PACK.
"a 70 the roof Of = specially bfiilf ware.
house. As yet no plans are Roln9 fof.
ward fCf u museum. not until ihe waf
and it, financial burdens ars lsid
aside.
or the war things here the one ihat
strikes people ~ being especially ifs
terostlng Is the military hsaddftss ~
Prince joachim, one ~ me sons IN
lu former Kaiser Tho cap ia qfaY.
of Australian opposum. with scarlet
wooden flap across the TOO and OSPREY
feathers sticking up IN iho front
It is difcnit ~ see Ottawa without
comparing and contrasting h With
Washington. Rideau Hall. where ttn
| lGOyern0r- General n Canada. noe
Lord Byng, lives. Is very different
from our White House. % la ah oid
farm house. set far back in n park 0f
nearly % acres. a long avenue tf
Canadian naples leads up 20 the
mansion. Between the dense f0liage
and a high fence ai around fhe
grounds. visitors can only glimpse ere
house through the trees.
Only b. special permlaslon. ~ ~
Invitation. do the gates open % sfrtnr
ers. The Duke n Devonshifo. 3 faf
mer Governor General did. h0Wever.
establish precedent in this connet
ton. lie opened part ~ nifesu
! Hall grounds 70 the children 0f ueafi.y
homes Slides. swings. and q sand
pile are installed for them in eaf-
ner q the lawn. the only stipulation
being that they must 70 no closer t1
. the house than n sot boundary
The Governor General is au irfef
esting Institution. BE r. appointed ~
the King 20 represent tho crown in
: Canada. yet he D. practically a figure.
head. II ia his business ~ open ths
/, Canadian Parliament. sitting 20 fha
! throne IN the Senate chamber ~ tha
big Parliament Building And he
T signs hills passed ~ the ieRleiatnrt--
= a more Formally. Canadians aag
Outside ~ This. bic rrai onefeua
) duties are social Dffavn aua aH
Canada from a distance. iorka fn tho
Governor General and hls lady te. aef
the fashions. lead the winter anafta
: give garden PARTIES dedieafe aae
E statues. and be honorary omelaia y
: organizations.
y, Canadians hold that Britain would
mot send them Governor fieneraI pfa
would not be honestly fcnafaed 80
c0ngenial % Canada Caunaian nrnf
: ment is tested out before the Kings
( choice is announced Lord Hvns fha
hero u Vifny Ridge. is regarded -
y happy selection. lie a. greeted erort
Z whore with great enthusiasm lfa !.
4 a good speochmaker. and that ia ~.
Y garded as a great asset
Canadians in ottawa seern fn he ears
~ well satisfied with things sa they are
We have az much Independence n.
= any country on earth" one ranadia
z said. and besides we % NOT have fh.
/" burden - maintaining an army ani
- navy. Britain bears that"
Having heard ~ the project p.
- urge q Canadian flag f1r Canada
! probably with the Canadian maple iaa
y as the emblem. we inquired about .i
y but could get only the answer thar fhi
British fax WAS an right. There 4
= such a project. but governmental 81
fcials in Ottawa, ciinginE a. govern
= rnent jobs, obviously are not Interest
= ed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
NETTING A "ouRRFNr DEMANp.-

l. G. Thorsen. surveyor general of
the Utah Land Office has hoen In offiea
for a number OF years. So far ne wa
know he has discharged his duties
fully and well. Even his opponents do
not deny his claims In this respect
Hut Mr.. Thorsen IL n Democrat and
there WIS an election laat year. ono
OF Secretary Falls subordlnataa in The
Department of the Interior let his eyes
fall on the Utah mans name on tho
government payroll and decided that
Mr.. Thorsen should get out and mako
room for a deserving Republican. The
cniy mistake was In adopting some.
what abrupt manner in demanding Mr.
Thursen's resignation.
The hitter conscious OF having nor.
formed his duty to the best OF his abil-
iiy. Dallod at such crude methods and
demanded that he be retainl I until the
end OF his term. when he could be lot
out without loss OF standing. Ills lettor
20 President Harding IL an interesting
document. drawing attention TO thi
fpct that the functions Of surveyor
general OF a state land Office are. in
the nature Of things. far removed
from party politics. Apparently he re-.
lied upon the Presidents sense Of faii
play and frequently expressed deslr,
tc maintain the highest standards ir
government service.
Mr.. Thorsen must have been sur.
p,ised when he received a courteou,
reply from the White House In which
President Harding said: ~ need no
tell YOU OF the current demand for IN,
recognition Of aspirants within oui
party for considerations IN the mattei
OF patronage" The President wa
more polite than Mr.. Fairs subordl
nate, but his purpose was no less clear
A Republican wanted MIR. Thorsen'
job and he is 20 get It. The @. o. +. 4
getting back to normal.--Brooklyl
tlagle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing Every Evening
lnfornnation Bureau. Frederic J. Has
offer applies strictly 10 information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial matters. IL does
not attempt tc settle domestic troubles
on any subject Write your questions
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address and enclose two cents in stamps
for return postage. All replies are sent
direct TO the inquirer.
Q. What is the A and NJ berry?
L. l. A.
A. A new berry produced by hy
bridization of the dewberry and the
raspberry is known as the A and NJ
berry. The plant is vigorous grower,
has large round, thick leaves. and pro-
duces a dark red or crimson berry Of
unusual size and flavor.
@. What is the lowest tempera-
ture ever recorded in the Frigid
Zone? A. S. d.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the lowest temperature ever recorded
in the Frigid Zone is 90e, observed at
Nerkhoyansk, northeastern Siberia.
Q. What Is meant by the word
dish-faced in speaking of a dog?
]. C. II.
A. The term dish-faeed is used to
describe a dog whose nasal bone is
higher at the nose than at the top
feature not infreauent'y seen in
pointers.
Q. Are there as many people in
the United States from Great Britain
as there are from Ireland? c. c. G
A. Great Britain has a few NOR,
sons and daughters here than Ireland
since the foreign born white popula.
ton of the United States include.
lI3S. .967 persons from England Scot
land and Wales, and 1885, $50 from
4 Ireland
@. When a recipe calls for tw
ounces Of bread crumbs, how can
measure them in a cup2 T. NJ.
i A. One cup Of stale bread crumb
is equal to two ounces.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
THE EVENING SMILE.
GOT AWAY WITH 1T.

Black and White are the authors
of one of the most successful comedies
now playing. shortly after the prem
iere. Black received an envelope add
dressed TO him, containing note
somewhat in this mode: Dear White:
Your show IN immense. Black In n
good fellow, and all that, but any one
can tell your touch In every scone. -
With a savage grin he turned the
letter over 10 White. White promptly
handed Black another note, addressed
to White. II began: Dear Black.
Your show is Immense. White In "A
good fellow, and all that, but any one
can tell
The author OF the notes ie still at
large.--New York Evening Post.
The Boss--"what do you mean by
such language? Are you the manager
here or am II" Jones-"1 know I'm
not the manager" The Boss-"very
well then, IL you're not the manager,
why do you talk like a blamed idiotg''
Teacher-"Do YOU know the popu-
lation of this city?" Kenneth-"Not
all of them, teacher. We've only lived
here two years"
I'm not a common tramp, your
honor" said the tattered individual
who was charged with vagrancy
What are you them" I'm a tourist.
l started out to see America"
Your tour will be interrupted for
six months. Next ase."-Birming
ham Age-Herald.
do you believe in corporal pun
ishment2" "No," replied Professor
Highbrow. THE interest I'm athletics
is such that with the average student
.corporal punishment becomes physi.
cally impractical at very early age
Washington Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
To Give a Play.

Members of the Young women's
Christian Association who frequent
the newly established recreation CEN
ter on the second floor OF the Inde-
pendence Fire Cos. Hall will give a
playlet entitled Little Red Riding
Hood" at s04 Market street, next Fri
day evening. Those who will take
part are: Jane Herman, Anna Keller.
Edith Beird, Mary Chubbs, Sadie
Daragotta, Emma Sabotta, Catherine
Davis, Blanche Pesta and Marie Senna.
Miss SIENNA will act as Red Riding
Hood.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
An Indiscreet Director.

The Democratic National Commit
tee treats itself to director of pub
lieity. What it needs is a director Of
silence Whoever is responsible
for that statement (about Washington
conference) ought TO tarry in Jericho
till his beard has grown to his feet
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

compared with many small daily
papers,
The Delaware State News is an
asset to the body polite. and a credit
to the man who la devoting his life
TO the task of giving his community
the best that is within him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Olive Temple, i. G.. Z.
WenOnah Lodge, S. of II.
Liberty Copclave, S. W. NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, !. Q. o. +.
Lenape Tribe, Imp'd. o. r. NJ.
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James A. Garfield Council, ID. Of A.
Apache Tribe, No. 81. Impd. o. r. NJ
James Young Conclave, II. or S. w. M
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
WILLIAM M'FEF.

Should you travel TO Cuba this
winter on a certain fruit ship plying
out of New York City. you may
occasionally see a tall. slim, beardIess
Chief Engineer, who seems TO be a
ntsasfferent from the men who coyn-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01

When it comes TO real estate-you
know what you want. Look through
the alphabetical list of properties and
apartments all fully described in
the classified section. Perhaps you
win find il listed today; if not don't
lose a day call 2200, ask for ad taker
and tell the public-Ady,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-01
isc--AssoRTED cHoCoLArEs--sae

Special assorted chocolates packed
IN one pound boxes 49c che pound
Liggett's Hard Candies Cd eiasa IarR
20c each. Danforth'a Drug store. me
only Rexall Store in wilmington
Market and Second frcets.--AdV.