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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
"ARE YOU A BOOSTER OR
KNOCKER?, DOROTHY DIX ASKS
Help Husbands But Idea Doing
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Among my friends is a fine, intelligent,
hard-working man who started out IN
his youth with every prospect of making
good, but for number of years achieved
nothing. He married a pretty girl, but
she was fretful, peevish, discontented
sort, who was always complaining that
her husband did not get along, and that
they couldn't have the luxuries she
craved, and she was sure she didn't know
why, because, Heaven knew, she worked
her fingers 10 the bone, and scrimped
on every penny.
In the course of time, this woman died,
and in the still further course OF time, the
man married again. This wife VIZ Ioliy,
good-natured woman, who put b nus
band on pedestal and worsnippea hun,
and was always telling him, and every
BODY else who would listen, how great
and wonderful he was, and almost imme-
diately the man began 10 prosper, and he
went on to the big success that all of
us who knew him had prophesied for him
In his youth.
Queer. isn't it, how he suddenly got
into his stride?" his aequaintances said,
in discussing the matter. Wonder what
happened to him?'
But ii wasn't queer. There wasn't
ANYTHING strange about il. And the
miracle was the effect that mans wife
almost has on his fortunes.
This man s first wife had beea a aknocker,
and she had knocked all of the courage
and ambition out of him. Every time he
made plan, or originated a new scheme,
she gave ii tap on the head that Knocked
ii stone dead before it was ever fully born.
Every time he got up any enthusiasm
over what he was doing, she poured cold
water on it until it's fires sizzled out. She
killed his belief in himself, by always
telling him that he was failure, and SO
he lost his nerve and courage and be-
came one.
She would spend half the night snivel-
ling over his i'll luck, and wondering why
he couldn't make money like other men,
and the result was that he would start
the next day work so worn and weary and
downhearted, that he skunk away from his
fellowmen instead OF holding them up
and forcing them to do business with him.
His wife's nagging and complaints put
him into the down and-out class. For the
world takes a man pretty much at his
own valuation. He's got TO believe IN his
goods and himself if he sells either one to
other people.
lnen the pesSsIlASsic iaioJ AIsu1 anna aIe
nan married an optimist. She believed
in the man with such fervor, that she made
him believe in himself. She inspired him
with fresh courage and hope, and just
because he had to live up to her good
opinion of him or die, he gathered to-
gether his energies and made fight that
carried him on to victory. If this mans
first wife had lived, he would have died in
the poorhouse. When his second wife
closes his eyes, it will be IN mansion
on the sunny side of Millionalres Row.
Such is the effect OF a wife on the COM
mon, or garden variety Of man. OF course
there arc super men who can rise superior
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
LETTERS OF TESsiE AND JOE

Dear Joe:
Well Joe the unexpected has happened
and the inevitable has come to pass. In
other words, to end the suspense ar the
very beginning. the baby has q tooth
at last That was why the little angel
has been refusing to drink his milk late-
ly. He probably realized that the tooth
would arrive any minute and he wanted
to give it a royal reception by not hav-
ing anything else in his little mouth
at the time.
Its a top tooth, Joe, and really much
bigger than you would have expected,
considering the fact that We had almost
given up expecting any at all. It's right
in front where it viii be the least trou-
BILE for him to show it. l think it was
quite sensible of him to have the first
ode in such a public location. because
everybody viii always be wanting to
see it and it's practically no trouble
for him to show it right in front It's
really wonderfully becoming to his lit
tie type of face and lights up his little
expression beautifully. I was trying
TO decide whether his teeth would be
close together or have spaces between
them, but of course. with only one tooth
TO judge by, the clue is too slight
1t is certainly a great source of re-
lief TO me Joe TO realize that Mrs. Bren-
mans baby. with its teeth. is no longer
ZOO per cent ahead of ours, and that
with each succeeding tooth the per-
centage viii continue 10 abound in our
favor. Because OF course Joe it hardly
stands to reason that the little angel
viii be as procrastinating with all his
teeth, I'm hoping against hope that the
experience he gained with this first one
viii make the others comparatively
easy for him. Because after all Joe
before he had the first one he was real
ly only an amateur.
Lovingly,
Tessie.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
LEONARD ASKS ME TO
MEND A SHIRT
Chapter 40.

Chapter 40.
Leonard seemed more absent minded
and distant than ever
| smiled inwardly when I thought
"f tire isvender note that was speeding
toward it's destination. 1t mitigated the
pain IN my wounded heart. 1t would
soon be my turn TO laugh IL only
Leonard might see us togetheri My
mind turned over different schemes for
purposely letting him get wind of our
meeting II would be sweetly satisfying
to watch Leonard's expression il he
discovered MIR. Fairchild and me to-
gother
instinctively feeling of offishness
came over me whenever Leonard and
! were together. | said little. and
watched him from distance. But ap-
parently he was obllvious to any in
difference in my manner. This annoy
ca nae terribly. Why should l care for
my husbands feelings when he was not
the least bit mindful of mine? Men
were beasts. My resentment was irri-
tated % the danger point.
l lonccd 60 crush him--to make him
suffer too. Was it fair that a wife
should be a slave 10 her home while her
husband was slave 10 some other
woman
Ny pride held me back from doing
the customary little wifely things for
Leonard. When his socks came ont of
the wash with holes in them, / just
couldn't bring myself 10 darn them for
him. I grabbed them up in my hand
intending 10 just put them away i'm his
chiffonicr without mending. But / got
as far as pulling the drawer open, and
then closed IL and took them back and
put them on top of my work table. AT
least l couldn't touch them just then.
ON Tuesday morning Leonard came
into my room holding silk outing shirt
~ his hand.
with this?" he asked. holding the shirt
80 | could see n worn place that had
started n tear on the inside of the soft
collar.
/ looked up al him. and then took the
shirt from his hands. His eyes held an
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

So Mrs. Mouse packed her knitting
and a lunch, in case Cousin Field
Mouse did not have enough food cook
| ed for so many unexpected guests and
pretty soon If you had been watch
| ing you would have seen Mr.. Mouse
and Mrs. Mouse with all their children
behind them running down the road
Ounce was. of course. behind, be-
cause his tail was right under every
body's feet unless he was the last one
in line.
When they came to the pond one of
the brothers ran ahead and before
anyone could call out a warning to
him down he went through an air hole
into the cold, deep water.
"0h!" screamed Mrs. Mouse, my
son viii be drowned" and Mr.. Mouse
ran to the rescue. but when he reached
in with his front paws to help his
drowning son, into the hole he went
head first. his hind legs kicking as
he disappeared through the ice.
Obi" cried Mrs. Mouse again, arny
poor husband he will be drowned. .
She ran TO the hole and reached in
TO save him and in she went
Then the other mice tried to save
their parents and brother, and each
in turn tumbled in the hole until only
Ounce was left.
Ounce had not tried TO help at all.
He was thinking hard. and when the
last brother disappeared he ran TO the
hole and called Catch hold of my
TAIL and in the hole he dropped the
much despised long tail.
One by one his drowning relatives
were rescued until all the family were
on top of the ice and then Mrs. Mouse
began TO hug Ounce and rub his al
most frozen tail
''0h, you brave childis she cried, "if
it had not been for your long tail we
might all be at the bottom of the
pond
You are lucky the skin did not
come off, said Cousin Field Mouse.
when she heard the story Il have
known many a mouse TO lose il when
he has been caught by the tail, and
don't You let them plague you any
more, Ounce, about your tail being in
the cream and things. Didn't you know
your long tail is covered with short
hair just long enough to shed nois-
ture instead of retaining it?"
Ounce felt the visit to Cousin Field
Mouse that day was the happiest of
his life, for he not only learned a
great many things. but it made him
the hero Of the family as well.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

70 home influences, hut these are few and
far between. The average man is very apt
to live up to bis wife's blue china and be
what she expects him to be, and helps
him TO be.
There is nothing stranger than that
women have so little understanding of
the effect that the home atmosphere has
on man. They appear to regard that as
negligible and to have no appreciation of
the faet that it is the most important
factor in determining his success or failure
in life.
Most women desire to help their hus-
bands, but their idea of doing this is by
saving sdime here and there, or wishing
they could earn a few dollars themselves
Thrift and good Management in the house.
hold are, indeed, first aids to prosperity
TO any family, but the real way, the big
way, that any woman can help her hus-
band, is by bolstering up his courage in
himself, and by making for him peaceful
and happy home.
No man can do any more than he
thinks he can do. That is his ultimate
measure of success, and If his wife is a per-
petual diseourager, she reduces his limit
Of achievement by just so much. Nobody
knows just what schemes will succeed
until they are tried out. Nobody can tell
beforehand what dreams will come true,
but we all know that those who never
venture anything never have anything.
And right here is where women make or
mar. For one woman holsters up her
husband with her courage and nerve to
try his wings, and the other wet-blankets.
every aspire ton and ambition until he
gives up, and sinks into the rut of medi-
ocrity.
OF course, there isn't a woman in the
world who doesn't see her husbands S
faults and weaknesses but if she is wise,
she doesn't constitute herself critic on
the hearth. He gets plenty of knocks in
the outside world withoui having to come
home TO an expert hammer wielder Rather
is it her place TO spread the salve over
the sore places where the skin has been
knocked off his vanity, and restore his
belief in himself.
We were told during the war that if we
wanted our troops to win battles we must
keep up their morale. That goes for
everyday life as we'll as for war The man
who succeeds must have his morale kept
up. And the Job of doing that is his wife's
job.
The woman who wants her husband TO
succeed, must make him happy home.
The man who can drop all his troubles al
his front door and pass into place where
his body is well fed and comforted, where
his nerves are soothed, and he has fresh
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

aano OF them calling out Get your
"A out OF my way" or Look out.
ynur tail is in the cream and the cook
can track Us right 10 our doorway,
Aou are leaving a streak behind you.a
Ounce had about made up his mind
81 have his tail cut off when one day
ne saved the whole family with that
very tail that had caused so much
trouble ana given 10 him his stupid
name.
Air. Mouse came running in one
morning and told the family there was
Re on the pond and if they would all
hurry he was sure they could safely
cross IL and visit their cousins, the
Field Mice, on the other side of the
nOnd.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

Can 22ooask for ad taker.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
THE SANDMAN STORY
THE OUNCE OF THE FAMILY.
By Abbie Phillips Walker

Protected by George Matthew Adams
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

hope and courage breathed into him,
goes forth next day life giant refreshed.
But the man who has nome that 10 a
perpetual storm cedter, whose evening Is
spent In pickering, and bis nights in listen
ing to curtain lectures, goes TO his work
next day physically unstrung and men
tally untitled TO cope with business
problems Nor does be put up much Of .
fight, for before you fight for wife and a
home, you have got 70 have wife and
home worth fighting for.
So, if you want your husbands to sue
ceed, ladies, boost Don't knock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

YES. that il what they called him
Ounce. Cor he never saw a piece OF
cheese or a trap until his tiny nose
bumped right into IL.
Ounce had a very long tail, longer
than any of tho family, and Father
Mouse confided to his wife one day
that ne was afraid all Of their sons
Wits must have run out at the tip OF
his tail.
No one in our family ever had
such a long tail as Ounce" remarked
Mr.. Mouse looking hard at his wife.
Poor little Ounce; he never could
run anywhere about the pantry of the
house where his family lived without
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

fell down a short hole but he Expects to
be out eny minnit now
Q, is he badly hert. this is terrible.
wat hole, ware. don't stand there gawk-
ing / tell you. sed ma. And she kepp
on shaking Puds and Puds dident know
wat elts TO say so he dident say it,
me thinking, g, heck, this is fearse.
And | came out Of the next store vester-
bule saying, Hello ma, heer / am.
Wat were ,yoh doing in there. how
dare you, wat do you -neen by giving
me such a. scare? sed ma. And she gave
me a fearse krack and / quick went in
the house on account of being pushed
in and had to go to bed rite after sup
pir and rite before dizzert.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

more OF the nacaronl ami slip = lsffle
uacArOpi dovn the sides Of the nlled
mould. Put ON the ia. tie ~ on @ecurf.
", and place this nould inA1 a large
saucepan containing boiling water. loi
the water boil az around tha nouia
for about ~ minutes. then serve tha
steamed meat and rnacaronl turned olf
onto a platter nnd covered with tho fsI.
lowing sauce.
Spiced Tomato Sauce. pnf into
small saucepan 4 tabieapoo1N ~ All.
pings Or bacon fat. 40 Ateaapsion sugar.
J cup ~ the liqp}d FROM rins tosnnlss
Whicn have been sfewed cont app in
water % c0ver--or / cup of tba lui..
from can ~ tomatoes may b. ur.f
instead--sud 4 tablespoons q Heur
mixed 70 paste in cub N erl1
water. Nov De 81 IN 4 rnali nftef III
cheese cloth whole ei0vea a,,1 /. .t.n
piece of hay leaf and Y1f mia tlr
bag into the 50 ucepan. let th.s r.4i..
simmer until thick. then ren1o.s fr.
little bag containing the spaces ava
serve hot.
All inquiries addressed 10 ausr xirk.
man In care of the eEniclal Haons.
keeping" department viii b. anwrnr,f
in these columns in their turn. Tfi#
requires considerable time. howovar
owing 70 the great number rerfivtf
SO II personal or quiz kar rally a
desired, a STAMPED and self. sffresae1
envelope must ba ercioeac 'gfff fra
auestions--The Editor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
TWo LIGHT uINNERa.
BY Laura A. Kirkman

TWO LIGHT DJNNERs.
Tat less meat IL o gopa slogan for
the horne table as the mercury be-
gins to climb In the thermometer. The
following dinner menus suggest light
meats.
Lamb Chops
Tomato Fritters
Baked Potatoes
Coffee Pineapple Pic
Tomato Fritters: Cup OF fresh to-
rnatoes until pint measure liz full "a
pint OF the canned viii do) then put
this amount In the top 0f double
boiler with / slice onion. rprig par
seiy. u teaspoonful salt. pinch m pep
per and X teAspoonful sugar. let sirn-
nner for 20 minutes. then pass IL
through sieve. Nov put the strained
puree back into the double boiler and
add IN IL tabiespoonfuls of soaked IN
cooked rice. cook tn the rice B ten
der. then stir In Ia cup of milk which
has been thickened with | tablespoonful
of -four and combined with I table
spoon Of butter. Beat / egg wen and
add this also tn the mixture Let
cool. then form into fat cakes with
the hands: roll these cakes IN crumbs.
egg. then in crumbs again, and fry them
in a frying pan which Is half fun of
bacon fat Cor any kind of fat) 70 that
they will be slightly submirged. Serve
these "appetizerB" on the meat platter
with the chops.
Pineapple Pies Combined cup
shredded pineapple and juice. 1 cup
sugar. well beaten eggs. juice Of
lemon and 2 tablespoonfuis of melted
butter. Mix thoroughly. then turn
this into pastry-lined pie pan; cover
with a top layer Of pastry and bake
in q rather quick oven SO that the crust
viii be done but the ffIling very soft.
Steamed Meat Mould
Young Peas
Coffee Tsaisin Pie
Steamed Meat Mould. Combine 1-2
pound Of round steak which has been
put through the butchers meat grinder,
with / tablespoon ot chopped onion.
salt and pepper 70 suit taste. and 2
cups OF either fhinned leftover gravy
or hot water; let this mixture simmer
slowly in a saucepan for 20 minutes.
Drop package Of HacaronI into 2
quarts OF boiling. saIted water and
let boil until tender about 25 Tninutes)
then drainsand put a generous layer
or IL In the bottom OF a small buttered
pail or steaming mould. On top Of
this macaroni-layer heap the hot meat
mixture to which has been added Il
cup OF stale bread crumbs. Within an
inch from the top Of the mould add
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23
Sermon on Life of Moses.

In st. Paul,s NJ. z. Church last night,
Rev. Carlisle l.. Hubbard preached an
other of the series of sermons on the
life OF Moses. He took as his subject.
Plaques of the Blood. Frogs and Lice .
The service was we'll attended.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-23

Just minute or your time to tell
$4,000 people what you Every
Evening classified ads do the rest.-Adv
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
DO YOU BELIEVE The NEWSPAPERS?
JURYMEN WERE RATHER SKEPTICAL

DO you believe what you read In the
newspapers or do you regard it as
simply newspaper talk? Judge Stew
ems, counsel for the defendant In the
case OF the state vs. Ball, shed con-
siderable light on the general attitude
toward newspapers Monday and Tues
day when he questioned his Jurors at
considerable length on this very issue.
The average juror, when questioned,
reflected skepticism only and while he
didn't believe his newspapers In de-
tail, he did have qualified faith in
what they reported. -Four jurors stat
ed that they believed nothing that
they read in newspapers. One or two
admitted that newspaper reports we're
really reliable and b%elieyable. The
average reader took everything he
read with a grain OF salt so to speak.
On first thought IL would seem that
this were severe condemnation of
newspapers In general. But in realty
10 Is a tribute to the intelligence OF
the average reader. He has taken the
measure of daily and weekly news
papers, and rates theng exactly where
they belong and his rating Is not nee
essarily uncompllmentary to the news
papers.
The average news story OF casual
importance is the most accurate. The
facts as set forth in the story are not
questioned largely because they are
unlmportant. But In a sensational
story, one like the Ball murder trag-
edy, for instance, the facts cannot be
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BETTER
DURING LAST TEN YEARS z
Ninety Five Percent of Eligible Child
rem In Idaho Are Going To
School.

Washington, D. c., June 10.-Ac-
cording to the census of 1926 there
are 6S,19S children 7 to 10 years of age
in the state of Idaho and of this num-
Der 65,102 or 95.5 per cent were re-
ported as attending school. In 1910
the percentage attending school was
STA thus indicating a gratifying i'm
proyement as regards school attend
ance between 1910 and 1920. OF the
children IA and Is years of age in
1920 91.6 per cent twere attending
school and of those 16 and II years Of
age 62.3 per cent.
The percentage of children attend
ing schools was practically the same
in the cities as in the country dis
tricts, the percentage for children in
the urban population Z to Is years of
age being 1914 and in the rural popu-
lation, 95.5. urban" according to the
census definition includes all towns or
cities of $500 population or more.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
URGES CARE OF CREAM
Urged To Avoid Concentrating Cream
Keep Ii Cool And Market Twice A
week-Prlce OF Butter Fat On The
Raise.

The American Falls Cooperative
Creamery IL fast getting on It's feet
and will soon he out OF debt, due to the
splendid cooperation of the farmers of
Aberdeen, Rockland Valley and Ann
erican Falls, according to q. Drost,
butter maker who gives the readers of
the Press some timely information
this week. Mr.. Drost's statement fol-
lows:
THE cooperation of the farmers of
Rockland, Roy, Aberdeen and Ameri-
can Falls has made 1t possible for
their creamery to pay a little over
market price since they have been
running. Especially In the last two
months, from the first OF May until to
date, the creamery has won a big bust
ness. The average butter made dur
ing that time was 600 pounds a day
Due TO the royal support Of the
patrons, the creamery has been able
to pay up a number OF Its debts and II
will now only be a few months and
the creamery will be on It's feet, there
TO stay. This Is a good record on
siderlng the low prices of butter.
We can look to a brighter future
from now on as butterfat is coming
up right along. In May the butter
did not average the creamery much
more than 20 cents, while now our
average runs close TO "a cents. We
are now In the season where 1t be-
hooves the dairyman OF pay much at
tention to his w and to his cream.
How To Care For Cream.
The creamery urges the dairmen to
keep their cream as cool as possible.
Set your separator 80 that your cream
will not test over 45 and not below
80. DO not run warm cream with the
cold cream. Stir your cream every
time you separate and sometime dur
ing the day. Keep running water
around FOUR can II you can. If kept In
a cellar have no vegetables In there,
such as onions, or cabbage or apples,
etc. Do not keep the lid on your can
but cover with cheese cloth.
Market Often.
Bring your cream In as often as
possible, at least twice a week, during
these hot days,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
CHURCH.

Dur services are conducted in both
the English and German languages.
On the first and third Sunday of the
month the services are always in En-
glish, while the German services are
regularly held on the sescond and
fourth Sunday Of the month.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10
a. m. in English only.
The wall Street Journal" says:
What America needs more than rail-
wa extension, and low tariff, and a
bigger wheat crop, and a new navy,
is a revival of piety-the kind mother
and father used to haYe-piety that
counted it good business to step for
daily family prayer before breakfast,
right in the middle of harvest"
The Bible says: Bodily exercise
profiteth little; but bodliness is pro-
fitable unto all things, having promise
of the life that now is, and of that
which is to come"
Moral: We all need more piety and
godliness.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
CREAMERY FAST
PAYING OFF ITS
INDEBTEDNESS

G. DR0sT, BUTTERMAKER, MAKES
TIMELY STATEMENT REGARD
ING CONDITION OF COOPERA-
TIVE BUSINESS AND SPLENDID
SUPPORT OF FARMERS OF THIS
VICINITY.