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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
MIND YOUR BUSINESS.
By Jessie Roberts.
Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc

The advice 70 mind your business if
considered TO be something of an Insult
But on the contrary II IS the best and
soundest advice. If you mind your
business, you are going TO know q whole lot
more about It than the small part Of il
you are personally busy with. The glrl
who minds her business Is interested in
the structure, In the history, IN the aims
of the business for which she is working
What . the use"
Make no mistake on that score.s Mind
your business as thoroughly as it can be
minded, and YOU will soon see results.
You may be only q stenographer. and
therefore not called upon TO understand
the fine shades Of the business that i
yours, only IN sense. But suppose YOU do
know them. Suppose you have been in
tereSted enough TO take live look into
things That you have read up on tbe
various items that come before YOU that
you have some idea of what il is the hos
is talking about when he dictates TO YOU
Don't you imagine that such an unusual
md Intelligent interest will awaken his
botiee? II only because IL is 50 remarkably
rare!
The way 20 learn to mind your business
e not by going round and asking fool or
even wise questions. Not at first, at least
4, is by good, clear reading, reading Of
books and magazines and trade Journals
that bear on the work you and your firm
do. A little study is very good thing
Librarians willlgive you deal OF helm IF
you only let them. And you will find blsi-
ness is no dull subject. On the contrary. IL
N amazingly romantic and stirring
Mind your business, young woman.
Mind ntelligently, with open eyes and
ears, with enthusiasm 1t viii soon mind
you, and the reward will be tan nglbA.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
SANDMAN STORY.
By Abblc Philips walker
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
PRINCESS ALrCE's EsCAPE-Part

once there lived an old witch who
had a son with a face that grew
on the back of his head; that is
when he walked, IL you looked at his
feet he was going backward and his
face was looking at you.
The old witch thought him the hand
soonest creature in the world because
he was different from other men. and
everything he wished for the witch
granted.
One day the witch's son told his moth
er that he must have for his wife a
handsome maiden the prettiest in the
country, and as she had never refused
him anything. tho old witch set to work
TO get him this wife.
She made a garden with beautnui
roses of all colors in front Of her house.
Such large fragrant roses had never
before been seen or heard of. and
everyone came TO see them from far
and near.
All the men and married women
were made to enter the garden by one
path. and the old witch, who took the
form OF an old lady with her head
covered with bonnet, that none
could see her wicked face. made all the
maidens enter the garden by another
path.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

Hidden in the garden was the witch $
son vntching through the bushes all
the n1aidens as they came TO look at
the roses. and nil Of them were told
they could pick one rose.
This was done that the son might
have better chance 70 s0e them. and
IL she did not suit him the maiden was
instantly turned into rose bush.
This Queer-Iooking son Of the old
witch was hard ~ suit and day after
dnv the pretty maidcns We're changed
into rose bushes until there were none
but The daughter Of the King left. the
Princess Alice
The Prirtess had never hoard of the
wonderful roses or how oil the maidens
haS disappeared. and one day she wan
dercd from her fathers palace and vas
lost in the woods.
As She roamed about looking for a
path that would take her out OF The
woods she happened upon the gnrden
or roses and tho witch son who was
walking about saw her and fell in love
with her at once.
He ran 10 the mother and told her
the wife for whom he had longed was
in the garden and that over her she
must cast her spell for he wanted her
for his wife.
This the old witch quickly did by
causing Princes Alice to see her son
in the guise OF handsome youth and
changing her cave into beautiful pal
ace. with the gardens around It filed
with roses,
The Princess Alice. however, asked
for few days N which 70 get ready
for the wedding
Feeling sure his mother would not
let the Princess escape. the Witch S
son consented to wait but everywhere
the PrInt ess walked he followed. L
make sure she did not find the path out
OF the woods.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

same time, that they are saw
ing on their purchases of the
new furniture for it,
1t is an offer that has no
exceptions, no ull-back, no
restrictions or reservations
whatsoever; saving, of course,
the inevitable time-limit of
February Sale.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

ranging from 20 20 rs per
cent.
Our entire assortment Of
these useful furnishings Is in
cluded in the offer, and you
may have any desired size,
style or grade of mattress or
pillow made up in any style
of covering we carry, all az
the February reduced prices.
Mattresses
filled with hair, the acme OF
luxury. come in about 10 diff
ferent grades. Single bed
sizes range from SIS for
mixed short and long hair 70
$3.50 for the finest quality
of white long hair.
Harr mattresses in double
bed sizes range from S24
to s49.50, according to quail
ity.
Felt mattresses, fine,
sturdy, yet resilient, can be
had in 10 different grades.
Single-bed sizes range from
$3.50 to S32, and double
bed sizes from s16 TO $40.
Cotton mattresses, single
bed size, prices, SO TO sl2;
for double beds, s12 % SIS.
Silk floss mattresses, soft
and yielding. often in request
for invalids or others reQuir-
tstxth FL.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Laura A. kirkman.
THE HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL BUD
GET


What is n household financial bud
get? II is a schedule which distributes $
the wears income evenly over the year,
so that no one season win bring stagger
ng and implanted for expense. BY using q
financial budget, the housekeeper will
save in Spring and Summer as well as
during the Winter months for her Winters 8
supply of coal; and, on the other hand,
she will save during the Winter months
for any large expense which the warm
weather will bring.
In making financial budget one
ishould divide the items of expense un-
der two heads Necessities and High
er Life"
Under the head of Necessities" will
come: Rent (or, if the home is owned,
taxes and upkeep) and insurance on the
home; Operating Expenses sub
division will include fuel, light and laun-
dry; Food; and Clothing.
Under the head of Higher Life.
viii come Personal Insurance such as
lifei insurance, accident policies, ct ceterai
Savings; Doctor, dentist, nurse and
medicines (these are not listed as "Neces
sites because they are not constant no
cessitiesl; Philanthroplc activities; Edu
cation@ expenses; and Amusements,
including books, gifts, music and go forth.
But of course budgets for different
families must vary slightly, TO SUIT the
conditions For instance If semi invalid
is building budget for herself she must
list the doctors services under the head
of Necessities If u professional musician
building budget he will put the pur
chase of music under the head of Neccs-
sities and so on
After deciding which items of expense
come under the head of Necessities
and which under the head of Higher
Life in your particular case the next
step is to distribute the monthly income
wisely over these two divisions. Eighty
per cent of the monthly income should be
allowed for "NcccSsities" and 20 per cent
Of II for 'IIighcr Iifc''-that is, with the
average income Very large incomes viii
have smaller sum allotted To food.
/ for instance for a person can cat only
/ Just so muCh).
OF the so per cent which will go for
/ Necessities 20 per cent will 90 for
/ rent. - Per cent for food Is per cent
+ for operating expenses, and 20 per cent
4 for clothes making n total of so PEI
/ cent
Tho individual must decide how Il
4 distribute the 20 per cent of the income
! which is allowed for tho Higher Life
column. A thrifty family. for instance
will put most of it into savings A famil,
with an automobile viii spend n gcnerou
portion of il on gasoline and car-uplIccl
Every family should take n budget
skeleton such as ! have outlined an,
change It 10 suit their own particula
needs Harilv two family budgets cal
hc identical. Tho moro children thcr
arc in a family. for instance the great
or the percentage must be which is ap
portioncd for Food and Clothing
Tomorrow Make Your Einancla
Budget Succeed
All inquiries addressed 70 Miss Kirk
man IN care of the .EArlent lIousckeop
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

T>HIS is an unprecedented
step to be taken in rug
merchandising. and is an
unprecedented opportunity for
home furnishers.
1t is the opportunity of saw
ing In their purchases of new
floor coverings for the home
to the same degree, and at the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
DOROTHY DIX TALKS.

wor,d,s Highest Paid Woman Wri,e, s,'n.
lCopyriSht. 1920, by the "hee'e'
dicate, Inc.1
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

All inquiries addressed to Miss Kirk
man in care of the In cicnt liousckecp-
ing" department viii be answered IN
these columns in their turn. This requires
considerable time, however, OWING "a the
great number received 50 If a personal
Or quicker reply Is desired stamped and
sclf-addrcssed cvclopc must he enclosed
with tho question The Editor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
Furniture Comes In
Daily

as a matter Of fact, hour
ly-to take the place Of the
furniture that goes out with
the sold" tags on IL; but
as the days Of February 20
out, one by one, no other
days will come 70 take their
places.
Only two and a half
weeks remain before the
month OF February will
close. the February sale
viii end, the "33159o and
500" deduction stamps will
disappear from the prce
tickets, the regular fur
niture rice 5 will DC n
force again, and thousands
OF prudent home-ma6ers
will say 20 one another IN
self-congratulatory tones
Gracious, see lChat Loe
hare s0Ued in money, ana
holc beautiful the house
looks, through those mar
UelOus deductions IN the
andm keF Furniture
Sule!"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
Box Springs

in single-bed size, are now
$50 TO s45; IN double-bed
sizes, s21 TO s4s. according
70 style, materials and up
holstery.
Wire springs are 1915 20
s14.40, in single or double
size.
All Of our hair mattresses.
pillows and box springs are
made in our own factory
under absolutely sanitary
conditions.
II is well 70 know exact
measurements desired when
coming TO select springs or
mattresses.
!. Chestnut)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

ing an especially soft mat
treas, are $40 for stn gle-bed
size and 500 for double-oed
size.
Feather Pillows
VIII be made 20 order, dur
ing February, IN any desired
size or style, at reductions
ID price Of 20 70 % per cent.
For example, for the size IN
greatest demand, 20x30
inches, the February price
will be S3.20 20 $3.50, the
latter price representing the
finest grade OF goose feash-
ere
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

Said a young man to me the other DAY lay
.rWhat am looking for is gi1i VINO
possesses the fou SIS and when iind ne, hefi !;
fm going to camp on her doorstep nhtil taI
.ha n,arrics me or has me arrested Tor
ohstructing traffic in her vicinity A.
what are the four SIS? rhey, are the
four cardinal virtues in woman, lhey are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

An entire great stock OF
Oriental rugs is involved in it
the largest and most care
fully selected assemblage Of
fine, authentic weaves from the
looms of Persia, China and the
Caucasus that are 70 be found
in any one place that we know
of.
Without distinction between
small pieces and large, between
fine, finer and finest, each rug
has now been marked one
third below its former selling
figure, thus giving you
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09

There IS wonderful choosing;
rich Persian pieces, striking
compositions from the Csu-
casus, Chinese carpets Of fine,
heavy grade, IN their incom-
parable color effects.
There are hundreds Of just
the small rugs that SO many
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
80 I-,3 per cent OF
eUery piece, S0re
some lots at so per
cent off!

The people need furni-
ture.
Some of them have been
going In actual discomfort
for lack of it, for years not
a few. War prices, and even
postwar prices, were be-
yond them.
Even among those fortu-
nate persons who furnished
and bought as they liked,
with indifference as to cost.
many have been waiting for
some special price-oppor-
tunity to indulge a particu-
lar dream or plan.
This sale, with its
unprecedented prices, S
everybody's opportunity.
It does not lack in simple,
plain, but soundly built,
pleasing suits and pieces in
safe qualities, at lower
prices than even unsafe
qualities sell for in cheap"
places these days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

items IN particular viii cause cons sidera-
bic astonishnent. The first is thar Po-
land comes fourth ia the totals with
l.l39.57S. The second is that Great
Britain that is. England. Scotland and
Wales combined has representation
OF 1888 967. outstripping both Canada 3
contribution Of 1,J17.136 and Ireiard.s <
of i,035.6S0. The Scandinavian coun-
tries are well to the fore. as are Austria.
Hungary. Czechoslovallia. JuEosIavIa
Greece and Mexico. ON the other hand.
France. Spain. Portugal. the Neither
lands and Switzerland have a conpara-
lively moderate representation. Asia
with 1l0,586. gives some food Tor
thought,
In tho light furnished by the grand
total of the figures now published. there
can be no doubt OF the sound policy Of
enacting legislation that VIII temporari-
ly restrict immigration The unemplov-
ment situation imperativeIy demands IT.
When conditions improve. when indus
try and commerce resume their normal
course and when jobs are as numerous
rs applicants in other words when n
demand for more labor begins 10 make
itself felt-it Will be an easy matter 10
lei down the barriers. The crowds anx-
ious To come to the United States viii be
as available then as WASHINGTON
Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29

for some man who does not represent
the faction which knitted the charter.
n enough good citizens think for them
selves. they will carry the day. On tho
other hand, II they let fow sleek
gentry think for them. dictate how they
shall vote. and virtually slip a steel
collar around their neoks. then the old
well-oiled political machine viii rumble
in ahead. with the voting slaves pull
ing the chariot wheels.
AT the present writing. we believe
that the people have been so aroused
that they will repudiate tho group which
slapped the community in tho face a
few weeks ago by staying the charter
movement. We believe that the masses
of people i'm Wilmington are thinking for
themselves at last. Yet one never can
tell. The waving of the bloody shirt,
the appeal to race prejudice. the re-
hashing of the Civil War. may cause
some groups 10 rush blindly in. shout
ing, hail to our Republican masters"
Who knows? Crowds are peculiar
things, especially at election time when
every dcmagogue passes around The
cigars and pratcs of his grand old
party" which is preparing to horn
swogRle the people in royal style.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
ADDiE AIDES ADVENTURES
The Mlnute-a-Day Serial
Copyright 1921. BY Basil l. smith

chapter IS This suit Of mine 20
fuu Of wrinkles It would rlaHe rHl-
noceros look ike a ruboer- asau.-la.
said Addie, who Vas unpa1k!ns a-r
trunk tho next evening. Il was j .ttle
hurried and crowded for spae. when
nut these things in. Lke rle tract
iug-Man i heard about VINO vas rs
ing in the smoking car x u train -as
other day put in sally. The man next
- him asked what the trouble was and
the travelling mar said Well vas
backing my bag ia a hurr. e. make --.s
train and I got every Lhins IN hLt TAO
pairs Of shoes So I uupa Sed ana aut
the shoes In FIRST and when -ot
through, there were TWO pairs II r. as
ers left out. I wouldn't cry like -glt
about two pairs If trousers the ta,r
man said. / III not. you blamed saoi ,Ge
travelling man said. 'bu I had Il leave
out TWO quarts of whiskey 10 set The
trousers in" Well. anyhow. ALdls
continued. I've got TO get some II these
things pressed and Z don't know whtr,
wait a minute Let's see and she
reached for the paper Here ,h.
place for me. pointing her dEEer *
particular spot on the classified page ~
Every Evening. Tailoring and press-
ing-fast service and its only .No
blocks away" Go get em. you rid ADJ
hound, said Sally.
ITO he continued
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
WHY POSTPONE DISARMAMENT

The way To bring about a reduction OF
naval armaments, according TO Repre-
sentative Patrick III. Kelley OF the
House naval affairs committee. is to
persist in increasing ornaments. Speak
ing ostensibly for President Harding, he
says that the United States must com
plete its 1916 big -navy-bufidtng pro-
gram before agreeing to any disarIna-
ment policy Then. as he foresees the
woEld situation
"There will he a reduction of arma-
ment, and when this reduction comes
America will still be the equal under
this program of every other sea power,
and that makes for peace. When Amer
ica and the great English speaking en-
pire, Great Britain, can go out upon the
seas of the world as equals, recognize
each other as equals, there will be but
few questions that intelligent states
manship cannot dispose OF.
As matters stand today. the United
States and Great Britain are already
supreme in naval armament. To spend
hundreds Of millions more on naval
building programs will not change the
condition but it will only insure needless
waste which neither nation can afford.
1t would continue the fatuous policy
that leads to bankruptcy.
The alternative is for the United
States to initiate a movement for the
reduction of naval armaments by agree
ment among the three great naval pow
ers, the United States. Great Britain
and Japan, as the Borah resolution pro-
poses 1t means a naval holiday, to
begin at the earliest possible moment,
not at some indefinite and remote per-
iod. 1t means that the United States,
for it's own and the common good, shall
take the lead now in reduction of arma-
ments. not withhold the proposal while
challenging other nations TO keep pace
with it in the race of naval competition.
New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
JUST FOLKS
PEANUT SHELLS.
By Edgar A. Guest

Some may ride in limousines and some
in hne scdans.
But let me have the common car which
is the happy mans.
The car which once was new and ffne
but now is new no more
ever on the floor
do not hunger for rig which costs
SO very much
want no polished body which the
children must not touch
I like 10 see the sticky prints embiaz-
oned on the door
And see the last rides peanut shells
stall strewu upon the floor
Oh. let me have the popcorn car. with
candy papers. too.
And III not envy him at all whose bus
is ever new:
Though ] would he a tidy man. some
how when day is DER
It's good TO put tho car away with
shells upon the floor.
It's good to have battered car to drive
along the street.
A car which shows TO every eye the
marks Of little feet
It's good to have happy car, with
gladness running DER,
And there's no richer sign OF Joy than
shells upon the floor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
MANNERS IN RESTAURANTS

A correspondent. who signs himself
sir Roger dc Coverley." has n letter
in the What the People Say" column
today in which he complains Of the lack
of courtesy which some wilmingtonians
show toward women diners. lie says
quite frankly that they do not trouble
to remove their hats. and that the
rcstaurutcurs do not require that the
ordinary rules Of courtesy be followed
in their establishments The writer
even threatens TO so to Philadelphia
for his meals
How arc we to solve this weiEhty
problem We must keep his money
in Wilmington, and we would like for
some citizens Ia follow the dictates 81
common courtesy more frequently IN
tho one hig hotel" 10 which he refers.
no buor has the chance TO wear his
hat while entinE-the eagie-cved ladies
who conduct the hat-checking stands
viii sec TO it that such gentry are
taught their manners in that hostelry
nut what N the smaller restaurants
II would seem that the men who
make living by providing food for
the general public would insist that
thoir few hoorish patrons should give
their hair bit Of air while dining We
are referring, of course. TO those places
which sir Roger dc Coverley" had IN
mind The cat at-and-ruu~ establish
ments where mon only congregate.
have code Of manners all their own.
WHY DO not the proprietors in question
enforce common courtesy within their
halls Can it be that they do not know
themselves
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
THR GENTRY" WEAR MATS.


Editor Every F'vering Wha' s'rd
of peopIo have sve in wilmington Today
within me gsaet vcek navc iirnd
n throa rretaur4nfs. Thicr ARE -pn
sfderod passing fair aud each .0@
souna IF nc gentry 3id not rrrn0~r
their hats Thry were gen'ry t"o
one may judge by the oio'he7 which
thcy wore There were pdieE arr7e0t
hat fheae manly follows eviaer
thought hat snce The rina+se-'h
amendment had Deen pazped naf
courtesy nad paaeed aH' liz Arn~-
lfe.
might sdd hat every TAT wra-'
man .Hat sav finished .i= ~eaa
.akiug from hls ratEtroat anoke'
rarntty -a0fh-afrx. .vidrufly handed
down from colonial times ana ard
inBuatrioualv IL there not t.a
strain rs aur peopls7 5r ra.s
cached The stage where Il l0r
dog" and very woman has 'n
far herself
We're 4 rextaHrateur-vn.c1 ,,d
forbid III would INSIST 'hat ru.
whether acy we're sen.lnrno1
should remove thcir mats .l a5
whether ladies gg4re present
+ cannot End 4 decent place Z r--
al 4 Wilmington outside IL
aig aotel Why hen ana.
Wilson Ine boat p Phiiade.rna
saiiy and place my oid UNITS
cafe able where I know .sar e
surrounded hy gentlemen. and r~+ rarR.
ar. I nave the aoaoT reUa.1.
Your humble. abedaent -rt-t-t.
Sir Roger tc .1ter.ay-
Ar~lE ~ -q2I
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-29
OUR FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION,

Both supporters and opponents of the
immigration bill now before Congress
will be interested in the announcement
made a day or two ago by the census
bureau regarding the foreign born popu-
lation of the United States. In 1920 the
total of that element reached the large
figure of 13,7O3,9 which is an in
crease of 35S. .442. or 20 per cent, over
the number here in 1910. This is in
strong contrast with the 307 per cent
increase shown between 1900 and 1910.
and is to be attributed to the almost
complete cessation of immigration dur
ing the war period and to the considera-
bic emigration which for obvious causes
took place during the same period.
1t will not surprise any one to learn
that Germany stands at the head of the
list of foreign born. with 16S3,298. but
it is closely pressed by Italy, with 607.-
45s, and Russia. with l,39S.999. Two