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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22

Mr.. Harding 10 a bold stand. and his
own best interests demand IT. If Mr..
Harding I'm Mr.. Hughes behalf"
very beginning, 10 bs thimble-riege ed
by the sly ones, his administration IL
headed straight for disaster.
The T'imos reports that Senators
hostile to Hughes ere "mys'ffed as. to
the Influences that worked on Mr..
Harding in Mr.. Hughor's behalf"
There In no mystery In II. All ths
realities Of the situation. In this cotin-
try and abroad. worked I'm behalf OF
Hughes. II II could not be Root. The
unacceptable realities of the world situ-
alton md of Americas interests, duty,
and honor call for fnan in the State
Department. They call for a Secretary
OF State who will not shape his policy
by thinking Of Woodrow Wilson and
doing the opposite: who will proceed
In the belief that when Mr.. Harding
spoke of friendahip with the nations
and Of on association Of nations he wae
zayine what hs meant. Behind Hughes.
as behind Root. ia The need of a aecre-
tHry 81. State who will not play with
the hntrads Of the past. but who will
live In the present and work for the
fnture.--N. Y. Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
Defeat Of Million Dollar School loan.

Whom the proposition il considered in
al its bearings. it is no wonder the tam
bles of the school districts Of rural New
Castle county. excepting Clsymont, New
Castle and Newark. should have defeated
the proposition for million dollar loan
for school purposes in these districts, nj
the election held on Thursday last The
wonder is that the adverse vote was not
heavier
This proposition involved the placing
OF a mortgage Of million dollars on these
rural districts. all Of which are small in
population and wealth To meet the
obligations Of this loan, the taxshIes of
these districts would have been obliged
TO contribute. in taxation. $50 coo or
SIS. 900 annually for interest payments.
and enough in addition 10 meet tho
maturing portions Of the obligation az
they became due, and provide for The
running expenses Of their schools This
would have been very heavy financial
burden.
Also, the character Of the community
involved must bo considered in under
standing the meaning Of this verdict II
Is very largely farming community. and
the burdens that have oppressed the
farmers Of all the country during the
past few years arc well known In fact.
conditions are such that farming has
largely ceased to be profitable Il rould
not be expected, therefore, that the
farmers of this rural community Of New
Castle county would vote 10 place this
large burden Of additional taxation upon
their lands and other possessions, even
for the worthy purpose Of providing
better means for public education than
are now in operation.
In q word, the proposition was too big.
too threatening In the matter Of cost. to
prove attractive 10 those most imme-
diately concerned. II is not surprising.
therefore. that it was rejected.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
PRESS COMMENTS.
DIDN'T CHANGE HABITS.

When JAMES u. Duke. tobacco king.
was earning $4,000 a year and rapidly
becoming known aa the leader I'm the
industry. he lived In hall bedroom
In IA cheap roominR house and ate ha
three meals a dny from the counter
of dreory little Bowery restuarant
When questioned as TO why he did
this he declared II was I'm part 30 that
he could save every dollar possible to
put X back into the business and
partly because the grinding poverty
OF his youth bad not been forgotten.
When no was boy his father hav
Ing lost everything ss "a result of tho
Civil War war forced To tako Job
as farmland on n farm so miles from
Durham. ". g. James and his three
small brothers lived with their father
In a shanty that permitted storm and
cold to enter from all akfea, and the
four had 10 aleep on a single hunlt
tick In one corner Of tho place for
tho sake OF warmth. Their food often
consisted of little more than n hand.
ful Of parched corn II wnH years
after tho war that the first rmg of
sunshine came. Some of the farmers
that owed young Dukes father money
from before the war began 10 paw
him In tobacco This WAS the start
Of the company that became I'm time
one OF tho greatest corporations tho
world has ever known Detroit News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
MINING THE AIN.

Recently men have undertaken 70
mine nifrates or some of tho materials
for nitrates from the mir There ia
nitrogen enough In the air, no doubt
10 blow civilization Off the Garth
were that nitrogen Concocted into ex-
ploBlvos.
Now comes hopeful German scien
tist named Riedol. who believes that
the air itself may be- fertilized to such
an extent that plants will bound forth
from their seeds like tennis balls
He would flll tho air where plants
are inbedded with carbon dioxide
tcarbonio acid Ras1 Plants love this
gas as n fresh mir crank loves the
out of doors They use u ambitiousiv
but could Use more Man oxpela It
with his breath.
Plants take II up and expel oxygen.
which man can use Thus men and
plants arc mutually helpful But more
carbon dioxide is always good 'hluR
FOR the vegetble world. and Dr Riedel
proposes to supply more. Chicago
News
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
New Century Gibbs Anniversary.

/
The thirty-second birthday annivcr-
sary Of the New Century Club was ap-
propriatcly marked, this week, by pro-
gram that recalled the torcentenary Of the
landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth,
Mass, with tablcaux and animated pie
lures Of the chief incidents Of that mo-
montous event. Every American is in
| tcrcsted in those matters connected with
the birth of our nation, for the landing
| of the Pilgrim Fathers II second in im-
portsnce in our history to the discovery
of the Western World, one hundred and
twenty nine years before. Probably many
| Of those who attended the anniversary
| exercises Of the club were directly or
indirectly descended from the original
members Of the first coloni.te, for the
| Mayilower's company seems TO have
been prolific one and to have descendants
scattered throughout the United States.
But more Wilmington families, perhaps,
trace their lineage bnck TO the later emf
grants who came to this section with
William Penn, or who arrived before or
during tho administrator Of the great
Founder
However those facts may be, IL ia in
tereating 10 note that in the thirty-two
years Of its active life the New Century
has made splendid record, II has al
for the uplift of the people or community,
and has been big broad influence fer
culture, higher thought and education.
II has always been q patron OF the arts
higher expressions Of modern activities
aud achievement. Indeed. Il has been n
potential force in all lines that make for
advancement for the betterment Of the
community. lte lectures, concerts, rcci-
tails and all Of its varied entertainments
have been aimed high and have been
free from the taint of oommcrcialism
or of desirc to appeal 80 so-oalled popu
lar taste which SO often may he translated
into sensationalisp
The members Of the New Century Club
have rendered efficient and puhlic-spxited
service IN all the civic md social under
takinRs aimed AZ the advancement of tho
community, and they have always
had a wholesome influence in the forma-
tion Of sound public opinion
Now, since they have the ballot, these
public-spiritsd women may he able to
accomplish more than has been possible
in the psst, and they find themselves
completing third Of century Of great
usefulness, with vsster opportunities for
SERVING the city and State than has ever
been theirs heretofore, and We arc con
fident they will he equal 70 the larger,
wider work that the equal right amend
meut has imposed upon al American
women who stand for high ideals in gov
eminent as we'll M IN the individual and
homo.
Our New Century Club II the pioneer
of the came advance movement that hsr
extended throughout the State where
similar organizations exist II has sue
ceodcd IN bringing the good women q
Delaware into terms of closer. neighboflv
interest. and its achievements are p source
of pride TO every citizen of our little
commonwealth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
Southerners Tor Hardiug's Cabinc {.

II IS announced that Senator Harding
viii give Cabinet portfolios = two
Souiherners, in an c4ort 90 vlpo out the
sectional hne" between the two political
divisions Of tho country This plan. how
ever. is tentative and may he abandoned
the announcement, perhaps. IS merely
put forth as feeler. When the Marion
statesman recalls how severely President
Wilson was lampooned for naming
Southern men in his program, there may
be a change II his cabinet President
Wilson has already viped ont the political
line between the two sections Of country.
as Mr. Harding must very we'll know, and
when We reduce the President-elects
change Of attitude towards the South 20.
its last analysis we must conclude that
it is in recognition Of the partisan fact
that certain States south of the imaginary
line chose Republican electors, and IN the
hope Of keeping the South divided. now
that the entering wedge hes been inserted.
Mr. Harding Will find some we'll
equipped, capable men in the South, as
President Wilson did, for his cabinet
posts. and President Cleveland: also, if
he has any to dispose Of after be has re-
warded the Germans with a portfolio for
the 100000 votes they gave him. and
other anti-American allies. In recognizing
the peoples ol the sections that gave then
united support to the Republican ticket
at the November election, it is hardly TO
be thought that Mr.. Harding viii name
a Negro in his cabinet, yet the colored
vote exceeded by two or three millions the
vote said to have been cast en- bloc for
Harding by the COMMUNICATIONS. The
President-elcct will find il difficult to name
a cabinet by which he seeks to recognize
all factors that united in his election, and
probably it is because Of this almost i'm
possible task that be has delayed naming
any Of the members of his official family
until directly before the Inauguration.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
CABINET MANIPULATION.

Precisely as they made use Of Mr.
Root as a weapon against the League.
the PenrOse associates accepted Mr.
Hughes as a weapon against Mr.
Root. And precisely as sober retlec-
ton after the first victory showed that
Root would not do, sober reflection
has now shown that Hughes viii not
do. He has the same basic disqualif-
cations as the other man. lie is
statesman. He is 81 man of vision
and force lie is in danger of refusing
10 play politics. lie would seriously
threaten to take Mr.. Harding at his
word and regard himself in the State
Department as a Secretary of State
and not as a messenger boy for the
Senatorial leadership. Mr., Hughes
record is a wretched one when il comes
to taking orders that are opposed to
his judgment and conscience. No;
upon bitter-end second thought Mr..
Hughes will not do.
On. was it. from the beginning. only
a display of slick" tactics? Was it
the dea to have Mr.. Harding offend
Mr. Root by letting it be understood
that he had been passed over for
Hughes, and is it now the idea to
offend MIR Hughes by turning back
to Root, with the certainty that both
men would be insulted and estranged?
If that is the game, il can be countered
by Mr.. Harding, rs all such clever
games can he defeated by courage and
honesty Duty and consistency urge
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
LOOKS LIKE A FFAsf0.

Having heen authorized and directed
90 resume business. the War Finance
BOARD has announced ita readiness 20
resume operations Principally the
authoriza tton was for the benefit of the
farmers. the assumption being that all
they had to do was to apply for money
in unlimited amounts and get IL
They have not been heard from. They
and others have been reminded that
the aggregate advances made BY the
board shall never at any time exceed
n billion dollars. and that they must
limit their demands to that amount.
So far. as stated, not an agriculturist
has come forward. desperate "a his ne
cessities were presumed TO be Nor
does Il appear that other applicants for
relief have become urgent. There have
been some inquiries by exporting con
Germs as to the conditions under which
sales to foreigners viii be financed.
but there iH no indication that much.
If any, assistance viii be sought from
tho board. OF course. there's a reason.
AS set forth by the law. all advances
shall be made upon the promissory
note or notes Of the borrower. with
"full and adequate security in each in
stance by endorsement. guaranty or
otherwise" Not to put too fine point
upon il. the collateral upon which any
loan is to be made shall toe such as
any banker would accept without hesi
ia ason. It is only necessary 10 add that
all the bankers are more than willing
to accommodate any customer whose
security is unquestionaby good
So here we have a relief measure.
passed with flourish Of trumpets,
from which no relief has been forth
coming, though the board has some
what plaintively proclaimed that since
January it has been prepared TO con
slider applications for advances that
meet the terms of the law IN the same
manner that it considered such appli
cations prior TO the suspensions OF its
activities in May OF last year, its state
being one of preparedness for pro-
spectiVe borrowers. Almost there is
room for the suspicion that the Con
gressional joke is on the farmer
RrOOklyn Eagle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
ON FREEDOM.

Freedom is not eift but an attain
ment, II does not chara arteri2e the
state Of nature hut flowers from the
growth II personality and civfiiya-
tion
Action issues from character. and
there is inner discord and tho feel
ing of restraint until the individual
is happy and satisfied IN his act ard
attitude
A divided wilt marks incomplete
personality. ard Il is not a free will
Every man must win his own free
dom IIe must desire II enough 20 pav
itR prize. and its price ls the mastery
of IA aaions and appatitea
A n man gRiua mastery over HE
own powers md desires he is free
own powers and desires he is free
Resolutions are good. because they
witness to the sonHo Of incomplete
self mastery and 90 the vision IT
greater self control and freedom that
are rcsalble Mlnnoepolia Journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
Reconst ruction Commissions Work.

The graphic word picture presented by
the Reconstruction Commission TO the
Legislature, last week, sets forth that
1855 infants under two years old died
in the year 19is-l9l9, which is more
than six times the number of our soldiers
who were killed in battle or who died Of
disease during the whole war period, In
deed, the infant mortality In tho State
for the period just quoted equals moro
than twice the total number OF our moro
than ten thousand men in the service who
died or were wounded in the correspond
ing period Of the war Another statistical
note of the report gives the number Of
babies dying in tho United States ut a
quarter Of a million yearly md calls at
tention TO the fact that 90, 600 mothers also
die in child birth every year.
Such figures as these are really nstound
ing, and stress the Importance Of giving
more attention 10 the conservation of the
children of our country, and TO the ins,ruc-
tion of their mothers in the care of off,
spring. Indeed, the mortality list among
infants hns become so large that It has
come TO be menace 10 the nation and
represents loss in future manpower that
can scarcely be computed.
1t is surprising TO know that ont Of
every thousand babies born in Delaware
more than 125 die within the first year
Of their birth, and that not more than 20
per cent of the total number 1.-Two to pass
their fifth year, while IL may be estimated
that not more than five or ten per cent
Of the survivors Of the fve-year period
reach the age Of maturity. Thus we have
in this interesting document the revels-
tion that not more than 200 babies out
Of every thousand horn in Delaware live
beyond their fifth year
The commission expended in The twenty
months from May I, 1918, 20 january !
1921. the sum of $50, ,7e6 60. Of which
$4,000 was appropriated by tho state.
and IL is asking for increased aid through
the Legislature It's work is very inIpor
tant; indeed. IL is vital. az shown by the
figures presented in the report. and the
Legislature must give the plea for more
funds very serious consideration, and
enable the commission co carry on lie
educational conservation work without
hitch or without being hampercd for
means
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22

has been dedicated o. music. A. boy
Of eleven, he played thg orgaa in an
English church
n did not ike % practise, ne sat Z
naiyely. but after some years ~ et1l
! becatus a pianist aud ca'nr up from uT
country town 70 London.
Hero he took n scholarship ~ ths
Royal Academy ~ Music fOr pianY
playing and composition, and wrote 3
concerto which g0unpd pronounced beai
tilul and which won him the MendelseYln
scholarship % faipsig There he was MD
that hrs voice had possibilitiea, a.ld ha
vent on % Milan - study with the la.
mgus teacher, Lafnperti.
When ho came bark ~ London. tg
instantly was baaiegad with request 81
sing ~ this and that Vratorio and c0f.
cert and pupils began ~ cone ~ him. ~
many OF them that finally b. gaze ~
his career ~ singer and devoted aN BE
time - teaching his art
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
Just Folks
By Edgar A. Guest
CONTRAST.

It's failure makes IT, yiot'ry sweet.
For care and Joy are kith and kin;
Who's never had 20 take defeat,
knows not how good IL s to win.
The rough road off is hard 10 fare.
But only they appreciate
The level rnileH, ,nknown.to care,
Who've had the rough to navigate.
Men weary Of the oloudIess sky,
They need the darkness and the rain.
The dreary days tn look un high
And greet the sun with Hnilea again
II there were nevgr teaTs 10 shed
And never burdens hard 20 bear,
Though round us roses blossprned red,
We'dpas them hy and cease ~ care.
So stand to failure and the blow
And keep the faith when grief appear 9
For ont # care shall glory grow
The sweeteat smiles are moist with tearl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22

The Washington Department Of Agri-
culture estimates that the protection
afforded crops through closed season for
migratory birds added $50, ,O00,00O to the
yield Of the farms Of tho country last
year In addition TO this immense gain,
the Department estimates that the saving
Of the birds and fowl during the migration
journeys has increased their numbers
more than so per cent. In localities where
worms and grubs and other destructive
pests abounded they have disappeared
before the foraging hordes Of game birds,
which halt now and then for dinner and
rest in their Fight The benefits accru;.g
from the conservation Of these birds have
proved far greater than the most ardent
advocates of such protection ventured to
predict
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
EVENING SMILE.
NE DIDN'T SER THp JOKE.

The subway train was swaying from
side to side and the passenger VINO
hadn't got a strap To hang onto wa
suffering az a consequence
Three times he landed on the lap
of stout mstron. who finally lost her
temper and inquired
Here. what are you doln97 whst
do you call yourself7"
Well cHrne the smiling reply II
think I must now describe myself ss
lap lander
The joke appealed to the mstron
who not only forgave him, but decided
- retain his hurnor Che tried IL 1rss
on her husband Yes. dear" she said
three times ne landed on mv lap
and when ! asked him what he was he
said he was an Eskimo "-Ex
ola Hyson "sae here I would ike
to know what you intend 20 make If
YoursnlfY Your college principal SAYS
he doesn't know of anything that you
would tN~1fkely ~ make a success ~ +
Young Tlysou. Well. you don't expect
me Ia answer question that college
professor cant answer. do your"
The other day a corpuient woman
kept her daughter home from school
10 help with the work Indignantly
tho teacher wrote a note 70 the father
and dema nded a written excuse for
tho child = absence Now. he was hen
pccked. but his note was worthy of
n genius. He wrote Dear teacher
Iet Geraldine be absent for ample
rea SONS See her mother FIX
lie wants 10 be a lawyer Why"
saws il must be- fine 70 havs twelve
men obliged to stay in the room and
listen to him make "a speech. De
Free Press
Hiram. said Mrs. Corntossel. do
you think that political speaker VIII
make an effort % reduce the high cost
Of living2" You mean the one who
stopped here for dnner?" Yes You
can depend or him 10 give tha subject
earnest consideration. a man with an
appetite like his can't help takln'
personal interest 49, Washington Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks-Sp Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Or. Edwards. 4 Well Known
ONO Physician

DrFM.Edwards for II years treated
scores Of women for liver and bowel aii-
ments. During these years he gave %
his patients a prescription made Cf 4
few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with Give oil. naming them
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets. fou Wll
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder workers on
the liver and bowels. which cauae a
normal action, carrying OF The waste
and poisonous matter in one system.
II you have a pale face. salloW look.
dull eyes, pinples. coated tongue. head
aches, hstless. no-good feeling, an cus
Of sorts, inactive bowels. YOU take enc.
OF Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands OF women and men take
d. Edwards Olive Tablets--the suc-
-essflil substitute for calomel--noW and
ben just 10 keep them fit. aaa Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22

The fact that the high wind recently
blew the water from the Tred Avon river,
IN Maryland, shows that there are So
called miracles happening even in these
matter-of-fact times, as they did when
the fleeing Israelites were able to cross
dry-shod the Red Sea and escape their
wTathful pursuers- Later day scientists
declare that the holding back of the
waters of this barrier between the fugitives
and freedom is easily traceable to unusual
conditions of the tide, which, however,
reached the fortunate climax just at the
right moment to save the fleeing tribes
and fulfill the prophecy Of the early
apostles
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
ENJOYABLE ENTERTAIN MENT.

The Circolo Filodrammatico F.. De
Amicio. a local Italian dramatic society,
presented the .Margherita Pusteria." a
musical act in six parts. in Italian, in
the Italian Neighborhood House. 70S
Lincoln street Thursday before an
audience of over 400. The proceeds
Of $3.50 will 20 toward helping the war
sufferers and orphans Of Italy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Olive Temple, K c. E.
Wenonah Lodge, 5. Of H
liberty Conclave. 5. w NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, l. 0. @. z.
Lenape Tribe, Impd @ r. NJ
Sheet Metal Workers Association.
James A. Garfield Council, d. Of A.
James A Young Conclave, II. or ). ". VI
Apache Tribe, No. 42, Imp'd @. r. VI