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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
WOULD POSTPONE SELECTION.
Graves Registration Service States View
on Honors for Unidentified Soldier.

Paris, Feb. t7.--The American Graves
Registration Service cxprcssed itself
yesterday as opposed To the election at
present of the body of an unidentified
soldier from the American war dead In
France for removal and burial with
honorH In the United States.
The reason In the constant reduction
I'm the number of the unidentified Amer
leans and the hope of the eventual
Identification of almost all of them
through teeth charts which arc being
sent 10 Washington and compared with
the records,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
SECRETARY HOUSTON WILL
HALT ON FOREIGN LOANS

Washington Feb, II. Secretary
Houston agreed yesterday with the SEN
ate judiciary committee not 20 mako any
additional loans 70 foreign gov
arnnents. no matter how pressing the
demand might be. until he had con-
suited the committee and given IL fun
time for deliberation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
TO PROBE BATTLING 90
MOSEY FOR o. ROPE

PHILADELPHIA Frb. III fsFia'Hfl. in
yesflRstior o. detefmiue what uHH bH
come ~ thpuHn udh ~ dplihrH Fr.f I
T'hiIadcirhlnfs ~ IainfI na ir f4na.aH
hud other pnr tofr countries ~ E4r4ie
la rTovidrd in . reaDufl.r fg o. pff
seuted ~ rhs p,rusylenns IeFis tore
t"v lu arerirr sf IinffIHniIH If
fcpolHtlDr tharR,a certain auship
r0upnnIrs. - RrI az private and ffnfr
banks plfh qlfsfInrnffe trsuFfai
f4rde
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
Emerson Bunting Hurt.

Emerson Bunting, Is years old, Of
1908 North Ciayulont street was taken
TO the Delaware Hospital yesterday az
ternoon, with a badly lacerated tongue.
Bunting was trying to close the tail
board Of his wagon when 1t slipped and
hit him on the chin. He caught his
tongue between his teeth and tore it
badly. After being treated he was re-
leased from the hospital
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
OUT o. ORDER
STOMACHS
Indigestion, Acidity, Sourness
and Gases ended with
Pape's DiapepSn"

The moment you eat tablet or two
of Pape's Diapepsin all the humps Of in
digestion pain. the sourness, heartburn
and belching OF gases, due TO acidity.
vanish-truly wonderful
Millions Of people know that it il
nssdless 20 be bothered with indigestion,
dyspepsia OF a disordered stomach. A
few tablets Of Pspe's Diapepsin neutral
waiting Bur Box Of 'e Pane = Dianon5iO 9i1uedO
row Do4't stay dyspeptic, Try to
regllatc your stomach so you can eat
fsvonte foods without causing distress.
1hs cos' is 80 little The benefits 20 great
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
StHWAB AT ROME.
Pope Benedict Receives Steel Magnate
in Most Cordial Audience.

III WUst tDfuthI AUUItHtb.
Rome Feb. 16.-Charles NJ Schwab
was received by Pope Benedict at a
most cordial audience here today. The
American steelmaker. during his talk
with the Pontiff. recalled visits he had
enjoyed with two former Popes, Leo
XIII and Plus X, and expressed salts
faction. as an American at the new
honor conferred upon his country
through the elevation Of Archbishop
Dougherty 10 Cardinal. Pope Bcne-
dict highly praised the nobility and gen
erosity shown by the American nation.
aS welr as by individual Americans,
and was greatly interested IN Mr,
Schwab's views of the situation in the
United States.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17

veloped an unusual musical ability re-
rnnined.
we had neither coffin nor burial per-
init" said Miss Townsend We cover
Cd up the body and placed gcranlums
over the improviged grave 10 ua sha
ig not dead. just buried. Mother and
swore never TO say anything shrui u
because we were happy IN love
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
R H E u M A 7 is M
LEAVES YOU FOREVER
Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits are
Dissolved and the Rheumatic Poison
Starts to Leave the System Within
Twenty four Hours.

Eycry druggist IN this county ls au-
thorised u say - every rheumatic
sufferer that Il two bottcs of Allenrhu
tho sure conuiierer ~ rheumatism. 10
not stop all agony, reduce swollen Iolnf-
and 10 AWAY with even tho slightest
twiugc ~ rheumatic pam. ho wil glads
return your money without comment
Nllenrhu has been tried and tested for
yenrs. and really marvellous results have
hren accomplished in tic most severe
cases where the suffering and agony was
intense and pifco'tg and where the patient
was helpless
Mr. .iauca II Allen tho dIscovprer n
Sllcnrhu. who for many years suffered
the tornents " acute rheumatism. desires
All sufferers % know that ho docs not want
cent ~ anyone $ money unless Allenrhu
dcclsively conqners this worst of All
dlsea4.s aud he has instructed \ y
Danforth - giarantee i n every in
stauce
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
~w,nsr mrNRy- ..

Galveston Tex Trh CnIurf
Iierry HsIfs aYn .f-rar revHpan.
editor utisritE hae celebrated ta
sts' hrtll.e tsf,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07
HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
BY c. N. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
VERBAL" AND ORAL"

THESE two words, verbal" and
il "orar' are misused frequently
even by persons who are careful in
$fteir choice of words. We hear dia-
stsgues such as the following: did
you send him a letter accepting his
terms?" ''No, / gave him verbal
reply"
For the word verbal" in the SEN
tence just quoted, the word oral ;"
should be substituted, since verbal"
means consisting of words" and
coral" means "by word of mouth" A
verbal message may, therefore, be
given either in writing or in speech,
an oral message only In speech. 1t
should be said, however, that while
grammarans generally make this dis
tinction, and express desire for Its
general adoption, they say also that
the word verbal has been employed
SO long and so generally as synonym
for "oral" that it is probably hope
less to try to establish the distinc-
ton In common usage.
tCopyright)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

II ZEN other place from here / gotta
~ frien whosa gotta plenta trouble.
He writa me letter other day and say
he no gotta use for da women now.
He tella one time he was mebbe gon-
ma getta married somaday. But now
he say he changa da mind seence lasa
week.
Every woman ces too moocha dun
no s0mating," he say. "Seema like she
changa deesposish too queeck every
tree, four meenute. Jusa like grassa
da hop when he standa still-no can
tella how long he gonna be there ard
eef he jump no can tella wheech
way"
Zen dat letter my frien say he heara
beega noise breaka loose from dal
neighbor's house. One woman ees
niaka plenta scream and yella for help
so lOuda she can. So my frien say
he feegure da olda man dreenka too
moocha bootaleg and maka prize fight
weeth hees wife.
dat woman yela so louda for help
lika she been killed tree, four times
same place." he write cen da letter.
You know / no standa for dat guy
beata wife, Pietro, SO / go over for
mebbe knocka hees block off, dunno
My frien say when he go cen da
house dat lady ees beat up worse as
eggs for da cake. He say she looka
lika been fighta Jess Dempsey and
Jack Weelard same time. So my
frien say he getta sore and smasha da
husband one place cen da nose. My
frien stronga for fight worse lika bull
dog.
But was dat time my frien gotta trou-,
Bile. Dat lady jumpa hees head weeth
roll pin and almost breaka somating.
She knOcka heem down tree, four
times and keeka heem out from do
house. He say nexa time some wife.
getta beat up and yella for help he
gonna geeva da help ALA right. Hel
say he gonna helpa da olda man do
gooda job. But mebbe my frien eesI
right and mebbe ees wrong idee, II
dunno
Wot you tink?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

top of the barn Mr.. Mouse would be
somewhere else.
IT know you are very timber fell
low, Mr.. Mouse, but | really do not
think you can reach the top OF the
weathercock even if you are so spry."
swatch me, them" said Mr.. Mouse.
who was very proud of his spryness,
and up the pole he ran and was soon
sitting on the weathercock's head.
BY the time he had reached this
high place Mr. Tom Cat had reached
the top of the barn. and there he stood
looking up at poor Mr.. Mouse. who
now must stay whore he was or come
down for Tom to catch.
"You certainly are good climber"
said Tom, swinging his tail back and
forth "Let me see if you can run
down as fast as you went up"
Poor Mr.. Mouse knew he was in a
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by Edna Kent Forbes

stalled. No house should be built
nowadays without such sanitary ar
rangements. Even with labor and ma
terials at their present prices the cost
of putting a tank above the house and
a pump to force up water, of running
pipes and putting in some sort of bath
room, Is but a small addition to the
cost of the house, and more than pays
for it's investment In the increased
value it gives the house. as well as in
its comfort and cleanliness.
Arrangements for heating plenty of
hot water can be secured cheaply.
And there is nothing else that will
make one feel fresh and fit as the
morning tub. 1t takes all the tired
ness and listlessness from the body,
wakens the brain and whets the appe-
tite for business. 1t stirs the blood
and rests the muscles.
(Copyright.)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

Heidenstam, the Swede, and after a
gap of three years it is now the turn
of Knut Hamsun, the Norwegian. Evil
IDENTIFY If Americans are to keep up
with the times they must pay more
attention to the Scandinavian lam
guages or put the translators to work.
1t is no impeachment of the judges
or the prize-winner that Hamsun's
fame should have been so long in
crossing the Atlantic, although his ro-
nance, Hunger" was published as
long ago as 1888. The Nobel prize,
under the terms of the founder, is to
be given annually ito the person who
shall have produced the greatest work,
in the ideal sense, in the world of let
ters." The names are apparently those
of authors with wide continental rep
utation rather than those most es-
teemed by their own compatriots.
Hamsun is evidently born writer.
Perhaps his boyhood in the Far North
helped to make him writer, poet and
dreamer. The long arctic nights may
have brought out the hereditary trait.
For such a nature as his is described,
'.paradoxical and rebellious as it is
poetic and picturesque" seems neces-
sarily the final fruit of powerful he
reditary tendencies, and his peasant
forbears are said to have been marked
out from their neighbors at least once
in each generation by an artistic
tendency that made of them skilled
craftsmen. AT any rate, from the
time he learned to make his letters
he was striving at literary creation,
and when at seventeen he consented
to be apprenticed to shoemaker it
was in order that he might earn the
money to have printed at his own ex-
pense his first two complete works.
a short novel land long poem.
The next use he made of his ap-
premiership was to jump the job with
tiania. where he hoped to work his
way through the university. But
in that hope he failed. There were
two reasons for this failure. The
more important was that he had
hoped to pay for his lectures by sell
ing stuff to the Christiania publishers
of newspapers and periodicals and
he couldn't do it. They did not want
his poetry. his fiction or his essays.
This failure produced the second rea-
son why he could not remain at the
university. He became either an I'M
RI fnlInxv Cf11-
dents or the butt of their jibes. They
did not understand him and he made
no effort to be understood. SO he
left the university and came to Amer
lea.
Hamsun, like other geniuses, was
apparently born TO be misunderstood.
Anyway, shallow SOIL" published in
1893, was the result of Hamsun's life
among the Bohemans of Christiania
after his street car experience in Chi
cago. 1t does not seem to have been
pleasant period in his Sffe. Evil
IDENTIFY he was no better understood
| or liked by the bohemians than he
| had been by the students at the uni
versity a dozen years before. Ham
| sun took his revenge by his violent
| attack on the bohemians in "Shal-
/ low Soil" The same life has been de-
| scribed by Strindberg in much more
! good-humored way.
Hamsun's career and final success
seem TO point anew the moral that it
is hard to keep good man down. he
Il arl nd I'D a
mere ignis fatuus, but he kept on
/ trying.
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anil ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
&1& 3 D \ ! A||lR( L6||'ll

very tight place, but he decided ne
would better stay where he was ana
see if Mr.. Tom would get tired of wait
ing and go away.
Pretty soon the wind began to
swing the weathercOck and MI. Mouse
chung on for dear life, while Mr.. Tom
Cat, with his head tilted backward,
looked steadily at him, thinking every
minute Mr. Mouse would be in his
paws. But the wind was changeabie
that day, And around swung the
weathercock so fast that Tom Cat
grew dizzy watching it, and before ne
knew what had happened he lost his
balance, and tushbled off the barn TO
the ground.
Of course he landed on his feet.
Cats always do. And when he had
gathered his senses he looked up at
the weathercock, but Mr.. Mouse had
gone.
Mr.. Mouse was safe on the top of
the barn and was just running into
hole in the roof, but he stopped TO
call to Mr. Tom Cat: 1T is an i'll wind,
you know, that blows no one any
good, and I happened this time to get
the good"
you wait until / meet you on the
ground, and it will matter very little
which way the wind blows that day,
promise you," replied Mr.. Tom. lick
ing his mouth at the thought of the
dinner he had lost.
(Copyright.)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

Danish newspaper, Hunger" placed
Hamsun in the first rank Of Scandi-
navian authors. His novel of the
same title, Hunger" made him world
famous. The mastery and impress
i've analysis of the human soul In
Hunger" is characteristic of all of
Hamsun's writings.
His great success and fame not
withstanding, Knut Hamsan con-
tinues to live solitary life; he did
not care for honors. When his fifth
eth birthday was celebrated through
rhapsodized over him as the greatest
living poet" HamSun retired TO a hut
10 the forest near Gulbrandstal.
When he had reason to assume that
his admirers would find him there he
went further north to the Hamsun
farm, where he lived when a little
child. From there he issued his en-
ergetic Honor to the Young" coming
out for youth against age, in defiance
of the accepted theory of the superb
ority of the old.
That he himself had not aged he
proved by his novel. "a Wanderer
Plays With the Sardine." Suisse
quentiy he wrote the wonderful satire
of the drama, "Gotten by the Devil"
which showed that the high quality
of his own dramatic creations was
not adversely influenced by his con-
tempt of dramatic art and technique
His other dramatic trilogy SAT the
Door of the Wealthy" Queen Ia
mara" CHS best drama), and "Munken
| Vendt" Gan impressive picture of the
life of debauched theologfan)-- lis
powerful.
| Still better are Hamsun's novels,
among them Mysteries" Editor
LANCE" and the love story "Pan." All
these writings are strange mixture
of rude realism. dreamy mysticism
and impulsive sentiment. On the one
hand Hamsun lets loose the reins of
phantasy and introduces US to a
world Of wonderfully dear dreams !;
on the other hand, he is cold critic
of the human soul. who exposes the
weak side OF modern life with pene-
| trating intellect.
1t is said that 65,OO0,0OO pages of
Hamsun's work have appeared in %
languages, but it is safe to say that
| the average well-read American had
never heard of him. In short, the
award comes as distinct shock. BY
what mischance all these years has
he overlooked the Norwegian writer's
name suddenly to be Inundated by his
own ignorance? If he subjects to ex-
animation his acquaintance who have
| earned the reputation of being explor-
ers in the world of books. it may be
some consolation to find that they are
no better informed about Hamsun and
his works. Have American publishers
done their duty to a country whose
forests are rapidly being depleted in
the cause of literature in sighting an
author held worthy by the Stockholm
fury of signal honors?
In former years when the Nobel
prize-winners were announced there
was no such cause for seIf-reproach
At least 1t was reassuring to know
that they were persons of worldwide
renown, however widely read Sully.
| Prudhomme. Mommsen. Bjornson
Mistral. Echegaray. Sienkiewicz, Car.
ducci, KipIing. Paul Won Heyse. Mae.
terIinck, and the rest. whether French
German, Norwegian, Spanish. Polish
Italian, English. or Belgian. for the
occasion needed no introduction. Then
In 1916 came the browning of Werner
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07
I'LL WIND FOR MR.. CAT

nNE morning Mr.. Tom Cat was
~ running through the barnyard
when he happened TO look on top of
the barn, and there sat Mr.. Mouse
looking down at him.
''Oh, dear me, Mr. Mouse said Mr..
Tom, show you brighten me. You
should not be up so high. Come down,
or you may fall and be killed
Mr.. Mouse knew full well that Mr..
Tom was only concerned about him
because he was out of his reach. SO lie
replied: II am better climber than
you, my good fellow. You could not
even climb to the top of the barn with
safety, while | can easily reach the
top of the weathercock's head and
never be harmed"
well, well, you may be right" said
Tom, knowing he could not reach MIR.
Mouse. for by the time he reached the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

mite purpose in hive. Huber. famous
bee student, has answered it by de-
claring that males must be numerous
so that the queen in her bridal fight
will have the hest of chances to meet
one. Were there but two or three to
q hive they might miss the departure
of their queen altogether. or else fail
TO find her on her flight. Her stay in
her flight must be brief, for a sudden
wind may blow her from her course
or beat her TO earth where, wet-winged
and chill. she would die or fall prey &c
a bird.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07
IL! Inv tI6tta rM.
PEN-kNiVES.

~rHE handy little knife you carry in
/ your pocket was evolved of neces-
sity in the days when people wrote
with quill pens instead of steel The
uuills wore down or broke, and it was
necessary to reshape them. Scriyen-
ers found ir unhandy to have a
straight knife always with them, so
the present folding article was invent
ed to fill the want. The name survives
though the use has gone.
Copyrights
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07
Chinese Lily Fine Plant

One of the most successful bulbs for
house culture is the Chinese sacred
lily, a variety of the narcissus which
is imported from China. Place in a
dish about three inches deep. put in
one and half-inches of sand. and COW
er with one inch of gravel. white peb-
bles. or broken marble. On this set
the bulbs to prevent them from float
ing. Place them In sunny window.
and the, will bloom perfectly. The
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

I'D you ever hear of Knut
Hamsun before he won
the Nobel prize for lit
erature? Well, you need
mt feel lonesome-un-
less you are an old-time
resident of Chicago. where
he was a horse-car con-
ductor back in the eight
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

Mrs. Willis Whispering to her hu%4
band at fashionable dinner)-Thas one
there is the fish fork, John.
Mr.. Willis--Don't / know 1t? I've
fished 1t out of the gravy three t!mesg
already.-Houston Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

ductor back in the eight
fes. Anyway, Knut Hamsun. who is
Norwegian and lives near-hermit life
in the wilds of Norway, has Deen
awarded the belated prize OF l9ls-
whereat most Americans are vastly
astOnished.
Some Old-time Chicago residents or
Scandinavian blood remember Knut-
they seem to think in those days
that it was spelt with three letters.
why, sure, l knew him; l knew
that Knut Hamsun," said DR.. Anders
Doe, for many years prominent in Den
Norske club. "He was such an out
at-the-elbOws lad; he was very poor.
No, he had no money. That was in
the early eighties, when he came to
Chicago after working as plowbOy
on the virgin North Dakota prairies.
He got job as conductor on the old
Halsted street line. The horses pulled
the cars then. And. my, it was cold
on the back platform. | still remem-
Der Knut's chapped, red wrists, where
his cOat-sleeves forgot to meet his
mittens. And he carried books in his
pockets. Always books, Euripides,
Aristotle, Thackeray. Such dream
er! The passengers used to get mad.
He would forget to pull the rope. They
missed their corners"
And so disaster befell Conductor
KNIT Hamsun. The Halsted street
aorse-car was not for him. He couldn't
remember the streets. On pilgrimages
down the line he used to call out
North avenue" for division street"
One day an old lacy asked Hamsuh
IL the car was southbound. Hamsun
scratched his scraggled blond hair. He
ran forward, trampling over the pas
sengers' feet.
Are We going south?' he asked the
driver.
1--WE are going to H." growled the
driver.
And so the superintendent of the
car barn gave Knut Hamsun the sack.
He said the Norwegian was too stupid
even to cruise as skipper of Halsted
street car. Hamsun went to New
York. He got a. berth on a Newfound-
land fishing-smack. Later he worked
his way to Norway as seaman.
1t is restless life, full of adventure
that we find in Hamsun's writings,
which are properly called the au-
thor's confessions. He is truly rep
resentative of the Scandinavian bohe-
mIans whom he let's look in the glass
in his novel, "The Earth"
Born In Gulbrandstal on August 4,
1860, Hamsun wrote little poems when
Q young shoemaker apprentice. He
did rot like that trade.
His progressive longing for adven-
ture drove him to the United States,
where he tried to make a living as a
cabin boy, miner, store clerk, horse
car conductor. and what not. During
that period he wrote a sketch or poem
.once I'm while. or was an aggressive
agitator of atheism and anarchism.
When he believed he was a consump.
tive he was, for short time, preach
er and devoted his spare time and en-.
ergy to the study of religious mysti-
fiSm.
In all dilemmas of his adventurous
life Hamsun was homesick. When he
landed at Copenhagen he was without
money or friends. Disguised with
life. he hid in a garrett to starve him
self to death.
His sketch Hunger" was the off
spring of the struggle between volun-
tarya starvation and the instinct OF
self-preservation that could not be
conquered by the longing for the
great unknown" When printed In a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

flowers are white. with a yeIlow-tinted
cup the stems having a truss, with
from three TO seven blooms. The Chi
nese cut away the hard skin on the
top of the bulb. which seems to fa-
cilitate the growth. but in cutting. one
must be careful TO cut only one-eighth
of an inch in depth. or the leaf growth
will be injured.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07
BEAUTY BATHS

HNE bright man divided baths into
" two kinds-baths of necessity
and baths of pleasure. The Saturday
night ceremonials when clean clothes
are donned for church and clean
sheets put on the beds while the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

soiled ones are soaked for Mondays
washing-these. / suppose, are the
baths of necessity. But the daily
bath--what pleasure it can be. Given
tub with plenty of running water,
a shower, cake of bath soap, and
a soft brush, with brisk rub on the
rough towel and a busting off of the
entire body with scented bath powder
wouldn't such bath be pleasure?
To be sure, this special pleasure is
mostly reserved for those who have
a bathroom and running water In
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-01-07

Why prones Are Numerous.
The great puzzle has been why did
Nature create so many drones among
bees, when but one ever served a def