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Middletown transcript., 1921-06-18
"A Little Stag Party

On Monday evening, at the residence
of his aunt Mrs. NJ. K. Burris, Master
Frank Allen Virdin entertained three of
his young friends, Masters Winfield
Belts, Joseph Beasten and Henry
Vaughan by taking them to the movies,
and later treating them to ice cream
and cake. An hour of jolly chatter and
fun making closed very gay evening
for the four bright, happy lads.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-18
The Home Of the Soul

In olden times, it was believed that
the seat of the soul was the stomach,
most likely for the reason that man
is never so completely used up as when
his stomach is out of order. For the
cure Of ordinary stomach troubles,
there is nothing quite so prompt and
satisfactory as Chamberlain Tablets
They. strengthen the stomach and en-
able it to perform its functions natural
ly. Give them trial. They only cost
q quarter.
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School Election

Rural .hool elections will be held to-
day from 2 to 5 P. M. Each special
school district will elect one member
of its Board of Education and each
school attendance district one member
of its Board of Trustees, the persons
elected to serve for three years
Women who have not paid taxes are
entitled to vote. In special school
districts superintendent will be judges
of the election. and in school attend
ance districts principals or teachers
will serve as judges.
The local school election will be held
in the Middletown Public School Build
ing this Saturday. afternoon, from 2
to clock.
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Her Third Birthday

Little Miss Miriam Dugan entertain
ed about 25 of her young friends at her
home on Anderson street, Thursday af-
ternoon, from 2 to clock. The af-
fair was in honor of her third birthday,
and the little folks spent a delightful
afternoon amusing themselves with
games, etc. Refreshments consisting
of brick ice cream and cake were
served.
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Entertained d Little Friends

Little Miss Margaret Tyler enter
tanned number of friends at her home
on South Broad street, Tuesday after
noon. from. 2 to 4 O'Clock in honor Of
her ninth birthday. Those present
we're: Madeline and Alice Smith, Cassie
and Margaret Denny. Helen Foard,
Virginia Truitt. Adelaide Green, Lucy
Green and Louise BuckwOrth.
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Girls as Housewives

In the efficiency problem of the Home
Economics Department of the State,
Laurel won first place and Dover sec
ond for speed, Dover first and Middle
town second for beauty. This was ac-
cording to the judgment of Miss Kath-
erine Wood, State leader of Home
Demonstration; Miss Helen Comstock,
Kent County leader of Girls Clubs and
Miss Kate l.. Bear, lately of the Uni
versity of Illinois Extension force, the
judges.
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c. nj. Upham Resigns

According to an agreement by the
State Highway Commission, Charles
Vi. Upham, chief engineer, is to have a
leave Of absence for one year without
pay. tie will leave here on September
/ to take charge of the organization of
highway department for the State Of
North Carolina. The state has appro-
priated large sum for road work and
the services of Engineer Upham were
sought During his absence he will
keep in touch with his work in Della
ware and from time to time return
here to review what is being done by
the department. 1t is not yet decided
who will take MIR. Upham's place du-
ring his absence.
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Infant S. S. Treated

On Thursday evening Mrs. Sylvia A.
BuHis, Supt. Of the Infant Depart
ment of the NJ. E. Church Sunday
School, gave the delighted kiddes a
nice treat of ice cream and cake ad
lipi'um, or as the docs would say, a
quantum sufficicet-s smiles and joyous
EXPLANATIONS galore.
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Blackberries Ripening

Blackberries are beginning to ripen
in Delaware, and from present outlook
the crop will exceed the expectation of
the growers. Within the past few
days few crates have been picked and
sold for 25 cents per q lart box. The
crop is more extensively grown in
Sussex county. and yearly the farmers
realize hundreds of dollars from the
crop.
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Governors Appointments

Governor Denney has announced
the following appointments: Members
of the Mothers Pension Commission
Mrs. Milton W. Ferguson, Wilmington;
Miss Cora C. Tschudy, Smyrna; Mrs.
Joseph Lank, Miltol, all re-appoint-
ments. Members Public Lands Com
mission-R. R. Kenny, Dover; Harry j.
Anderson, Sussex county. State
Board of Public Accountants under re-
Gently enacted law, Peter T. Wright,
Clifford lszard, Wilmington; George M.
Jones, Dover.
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To Patrol County Roads

The Levy Court Tuesday provided for
four special investigators on meteor
cycles to patrol the county roads in CO.
oneration with the Attorney Generals
department in an effort to stop reckless
driving. Action was taken at the re-
ouest of Attorney General Townsend,
who announced State drive.
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Laying Narrow Gauge Track

Workmen on the observation-disclosures
Corner cement road are laying mar
row gauge track from Townsend to
Blackbird to take care of the hauling
of cement and stone to the new road
which has been graded from Pine Tree
to Armstrong; Corner. The road by
permission of the L>evy Court has been
laid along the side of the main road
and at night red lights are placed the
entire distance for safety of the
travelling public.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

Mrs. T. S. Fouracre spent Sunday
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Master William Hamburg is visiting
relatives at Hagerstown, Md.
Mrs. Harry S. Beasten, of Whining
ton, is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. L. E. Cullen is visiting relatives
in Philadelphia and New York State.
Mr.. William H Bostic, of Fort
Wayne, Ind, is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Frank Nowland, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting Mrs. Walter S. Lether-
bury.
Mrs. C. J. Freeman entertained Miss
Lydia Thurman, of Philadelphia, last
week.
Mrs. James R. Hoffecker is enter
tanning Mrs. MarceIlns Jones, of Wyn-
cote, Pa.
Miss Florence Blome entertained
Miss Ella Martin, of Dover, over the
weekend.
Mr.. Percy S. Donaghay spent several
days this week with MIR. Burton Pear
son, of Newark.
Miss Henrietta Schroeder, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. H. V. Parvis.
Mrs. Isaac Wilson, of Wilmington,
has been visiting her son, Mr.. Royden
E. Wilson and family.
Miss Sarah Grassland, of Whining
ton. spent Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. John B. Bender.
MIR. Walter S. Letherbury left on
Tuesday for Hot Springs, Va, where
he will spend sometime.
Mr.. Clarence P. Weber spent part of
last week with his sister, Mrs. Curtis
F. Millman, at Woodside.
Miss Elva freeman, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. w. w. Freeman.
Miss Fannie Derrickson, of New
York City, was a recent guest of her
mother, Mrs. G. w. Derrickson.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. K. Belts and Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Lewis and children,
spent Sunday at Lansdowne, Pa.
Mrs. Herman Cochran, of Washing
ton, D. c., has been visiting her
| brother, Mr.. Lindel Beaston and family.
Mr.. Harry Green and friend Mr..
Weir, of Wilmington, spent Wednesday
with MIR. anu Mrs. Thomas Taylor near
town.
Miss Helen New horter, of Bethle-
hem, Pa, is spending the summer va
cation with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
P. L. McWhorter.
MIR. Percy S. Donaghay, son of Rev.
and Mrs. P. l.. Donagnay, has return
ed from Washington College where he
finished his Freshman year.
Misses Catherine Ratledge, Eliza
Cleaver and Bertha Ratledge left
Wednesday for the Pocono mountains,
where they will spend several months.
Mrs. w. D. Bradford has had Mr..
Herbert and Miss Eleanor Wilkie, of
New York City, and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Reese. of Kingston, N. j., as
guests recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Dugan and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dugan and
daughters, Mr.. Comeggs C. Cosden, of
this town and Mr.. William Proud, of
New Castle, were Sunday guests of
relatives at Rock Hall, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fogel had for a
guest for several days this week Miss
Leonora Liman, of New York City.
Miss Liman's father, learned Rabbi,
| visited Middletown, few years ago.
The Transcript gave an account of the
miniature Hebrew Bible he wore on his
fob with microscope to read its
minute characters. The Bible was the
size of postage stamp and only three
fourths of an inch thick-the whole
Bible Miss Liman did service in the
World War having had charge of Il
canteen in France.
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Granary Burned

Friday morning at 2 A. M. Mr..
George Carter, tenant on the Burris
farm, near Wharton. Md, awoke to
find his granary in flames. The build
ing and contents, including two carri-
ages and his seed corn, was destroyed.
This is the second calamity that has be-
fallen MIR. Carter and his landlord, the
hail, some weeks ago, having pounded
a fine wheat crop into the ground. The
fires origin is not known. There was
insurance on the property.
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See Bebe Daniels in "Two
Weeks With Pay" at the movies
next Friday evening.
Odessa Church Notes
DRAWERS PRESBYTERIAN CHUR

Arthur J. Tippett, Pastor
Sunday, June 10Th, 1921.
9.45 A. NJ. Sunday School. Mr.. S,
Wallace, Superintendent.
1.00 A. M. Morning worship. Ser
mon by Rev. A. J. Tippett. Pastor.
ZOO p. vi. Christian EndeavOr. l..
Morgan, leader Topic, "From the Son
and Light" Psalms 74-12:17. These
services are for young and old. Come
and bring your friends.
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Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy

Every family should keep this prep
aration at hand during the hot summer
months. 1t is almost sure to be needed,
and when that time come1 is worth
many times its cost. Buy it now.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-18

Earle Williams, in "lt Can Be
Done," at the movies next We'd
ne.day evening.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-18

DR.. Louis Levinson, veterinarian
Graduate Of University Of Penn
sylvania. Middletown, Del. Bell
Phone ll9. North Broad Street.
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milk sugar.
The bacteria used in this way are o.
kinds that produce Tactic acid. This
they do by feeding on the sugar con-
tained in the milk and breaking it up,
| thereby giving to sour milk its pecu-
liar flavor. The souring of the cream,
UP to a certain point, is a necessary
preliminary to the making Of butter.
Modern Methods
The old-fashioned method Of sep
arating cream in shallow pans Is OBJ
jectionable because the surface Is ex-
posed to the air, and the cream is
liable to absorb or develop objection
able 1avors. Furthermore, the skim
milk retains a considerable percentage
of the butter-fat. The centrifugal
separator does the work much better
in few minutes, skimming so clean"
as 20 leave behind only trace Of but
ter-fat. The cream should be placed
| Immediately in cold water and stirred
until the temperature is below so de-
grees. Twelve hours before churning.
it should be warmed to about 70 de-
grees, and allowed to stand until II
thickens and is mildly sour. The
churning takes 80 to 40 minutes.
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all bad ones. Thus the whole painful
Of cream becomes a culture of the de-
sirable microbes, and, when some OF it
las been transferred to all the other
pans Of cream, the entire stock on
hand is provided with exactly the
kind Of bacteria that will produce in
the subsequent butter a frst-rate
flavor and aroma.
The cultured breed OF bacteria may
be perpetuated from day to day in
cream or in skim milk. At the end of
about six weeks. however, It will
peter out" and a fresh bottle Of
starter" must be used. It should be
said in this connection that the much.
esteemed species Of bacteria were
originally obtained from exceptional
ly excellent buffers. Also that they
are sometimes sold not in bottles, but
in dry form, put up in tablets with
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thread gloves Employees must be in
perfect health; sick man, or one in
whose family there is a sick member,
is laid off for the time being. Cans
are sterilized with live steam. The
milk while still warm is filtered
through sterile gauze into porcelain
vat, which feeds the fluid to cooler
where it is reduced to a temperature
of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
The domeStication of the bovine
animal dates back to period remote
ly prehistoric. For many thousands
Of years cows have been customarily
kept under conditions only less filthy
and unsanitary than those to which
the unfortunate pig has been subject
ed. As a result they have become very
generally diseased. tuberculosis has
been spread among them, and man
kind is now paying the penalty. It is
estimated that II per cent. Of all
cases Of tuberculosis among human be-
ings are of bovine origin. E., attrib-
utable to infection from milk. This,
needless to say. is particularly hard on
the babies.
Raw Milk Unsafe
Hence the practice of pasteurizing
milk, to make it safe. Raw milk is
generally recognized as being unsafe,
especially for infants and young chill
dren. But at the present time sys-
tematic efforts are being made to
stamp out tuberculosis among cattle
by inspection Of herds and the killing
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Dangerous Curve Ahead" Comedy of Summer Va
on-Champion Love Maker OF the Screen
Most Expensive Comedy Ever Produced.

- he story it ot popular Phoebe
A Maeee. small town E.T who
n i'is her hangc. Harley Jones. 20
- quarrel over Newton. the fash.
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of diseased animals
Good butter is distinguishable from
poor butter by delicious fragrance
and a peculiar flavor familiar to the
educated palate. What produces these
qualities? Not sweet grass and clover,
nor yet pure breeding in cows. They
are attributable to minute vegetable
organisms, called bacteria, which feed
on the cream and thus make a fer
ment which gives to frst-rate butter its
distinctive taste and aroma. What
these little workers lack in size they
make up in numbers, for a pint of
cream may contain thousands of mil
lions Of them.
Butter makers allow their cream to
stand in a warm place for few hours
before churning it, in order that, as
they say it may "ripen" This ripen-
ing process is the effect of bacterial
growth in the fluid. The cream is
fairly alive with myriads of these
microscopic plants within short time
after milking. Some of them will give
to the butter an agreeable favor and
aroma; other species will contribute a
bad smell and taste. The problem is
to suppress the bad ones and encour-
age the good ones.
Each species Of bacteria multiplies
most rapidly y certain temperature.
When the farmer keeps his cream at q
degree Of Fahrenheit which experience
has taught him is desirable, he is en-
couraging the MULTIPLICATION OF the
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good germs" and discouraging the
bad ones. But in creamery this OBJ
ject is achieved in scientific way by
the use of what are called starters. "
Cultures" In Bottles
A number Of species of very desir-
able bacteria have been isolated. Such
a culture is little bottle of skim milk
containing a few millions Of bacteria
of good sort, and no other kind. It
was prepared by sterillzing the skim
milk and inoculating it with a few of
the germs, which thereupon proceeded
rapidly 10 multiply.
The creamery manager heats a pam
full Of cream to l55 degrees Fahren-
heit, thereby killing all the bacteria IL
contains. Then he pours into il the
starter" culture, and the good germs
promptly multiply in such numbers
and with such rapidly as to shut out
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Scientific Methods Applied To the Development of a
FarmIndustry- HoWExac knowledge ofReasons
Why Has Taken the Place of Rule of Thumb
In the Production of Butter.
BY ARTHUR BUDD

manded. Much has been accomplished
in this direction by the creamery sys-
tem-a creamery drawing its milk sup
ply from a number Of farm dairies
whose entire output it regularly buys,
while imposing certain regulations
upon the contributing establishments.
Indeed, the introduction Of the
creamery system may be said to have
revolu.ionized butter-making in this
country. Farm made butter is nc
longer shipped to the large markets in
any great quantity, but is consumed
at home or in nearby towns. In big
cities the creamery output has almost
entirely replaced the farm product
The modern scientifically conducted
dairy produces the same quantity OF
milk all the year round, of definite
quality and composition. Only cows
of certain breeds are kept, and they
are examined at regular intervals to
make sure that they are healthy.
A Model Dairy
The up-to-date dairy in its highest
development is not inferior in cleanli-
ness to the household of the most
careful housewife.
It's cow-barn is foored with concrete
and at all times is kept neat as a new
pin. Each animal has at least 1000
cubic feet Of air and seventy square
feet Of floor space. Flies are excluded
by screening the large windows which
brightly light the interior while af-
fording perfect ventilation. Overhead
trolleys bring the food and carry out
} the refuse. All receptacles for food
and water are cleaned daily with live
steam. No dust is allowed to enter
Partitions and stalls are sprayed with
| live steam before milking, and the
cows are carefully groomed daily.
There IS a wash room in which EN-.
ployees are required TO wash their
hands with soap and nailbrush before
milking; after which they must put or
clean white suit and fresh boiled
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her seventeenth birthday. Jean Paige
pent her entire life On her fathers
farm In Paris. H.
Like a gIea, many Other great ste!.
lar lights ot the day. Miss Paige came
20 recognition in two-rcel -. Henrys
masterpieces She acquitted herself
So we'll that she was made leading
woman for Harry T. Mofey and ap.
pearcd with him in many productions.
Including The Darkest Hour" and
The Birth Of a Soul She also was
leading woman f3r Earle williams IN
The Fortune Hunter" screen
adaptation OF the famous play by
Wi1chcIi Smith
Miss Paige gained stellar heights as
co-siar with Joe Ryan IN tho serial.
Hidden panecra." Here her early
training stood her IN good stead. a.
ihc serial nc.i called upon her for
many fcats of strength and OF daring.
After one year of serials. she was
selected 20 play the leading role In
Black Beauty" This productiop
brought her TO The front as enc of the
screens most charming stars.
Two Weeks With Pay"
Two Weeks with Pay" is the com.
'edy of a pretty shop girls summer Va.
cation. Il would be hard on the shop
Keepers of The country u all vacations
ended The way Pansy's did. but d; was
surely a successful two weeks. from
Pansy's point OF view, even though II
started rather inausplciously In a mud
puddle. running Pansy's travelling COS.
tune and forcing her tc make a very
conspicuous and disheveled frs, ap.
pearance at the smart hotel which she
had selected for her vacation place
Pansy's embarrassment was tempered
however BY memories Of the hero Of
The automobile accident. who had
landed IN The same mud puddle. Pans,
WIS -"-e De- "" millionaire be.
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cause he reminded her SO much Of a
Greek god.
Il really wasn't Pansy's fault that
everybody az the hotel believed her
70 be Marie La Tour. a famous movie
actress. resting incognito The more
Fansy denied the allegation. the more
the delighted guests flocked about her.
So Pansy finally decided to enjoy the
fun and see what happened. All went
well until the real Marie La Tour ar
rived on the scene
All's well that ends In a BUNGALOW
built for Two. and that's how this
wholesome. breezy vacation comedy
ends. fer Psnsy's hero Of the mud pud-
die turned out 20 be no millionaire but
Just a brisk garage owner. 50 Pansy
felt no hesltsncy about reslgnlnr her
Job In the Paris shop 70 take up gen.
eral housewofk Ia a small family OF
two.
Eugene O'Bricn
Mr.. o'Brien is a big six footer with
blue eyes. brown hair. and mouth tina,
MANAGES 20 schieys the most singular.
crooked smile In 'he world Ana be.
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~ UTTER-particularly good but
~ ter-is a luxury. We are no
toriously a luxurious people, and
~ it might naturally be supposed
that our per capita consumption OF
butter would be greater than that Of
any other nation.
This, however is not fact. In the
year 1920 the people Of the United
States consumed, per capita, fourteen
and half pounds OF butter Canada
twenty seven and three quarters
pounds. Australia twenty-five and a
half pounds, and Great Britain seven
teen pounds. Our own consumption
before the war was seventeen pounds
per capita But butter climbed so
high in price that the use Of it was
restricted and. though it has since
dropped considerably, we are not eat
ing as much Of it as formerly.
Improvements In The Art
To some extent, the idea used to
prevail that butter was butter, and
there was little discrimination, bar
ring the fact that certain brands
fetched high prices in the market be-
cause some people recognized their
superiority. Not much was understood
about why good butter was better
than poor butter, and processes were
conducted mostly by rule OF thumb.
Nobody even thought Of inquiring
whether butter did or did not contain
more than a reasonable percentage OF
water.
Nowadays it IS different. The art OF
butter-making has been reduced tc
exact principles AS for water, the
law does not allow butter TO be sold
that contains more than 16 per cent
of It. The percentage used to run up
as high as 25--an obvious injustice &c
the consumer.
The fundamental requisite for the
production OF good butter IS clean
milk. and in the modern up-to-date
dairy cleanliness IS absolutely de-
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siiion as gardner 70 Benson Burlegh.
a retired crook. Blossom. his Japan
csc bride, lives with him in the gard
ener's cottage. Several former ssso.
cis,es murder Burleigh and Haya Is
accused OF the crime and sentenced 10
prison. Blossom is carried away BY
the crooks After a time Haya escapes
from prison and appears in New York
ss a wealthy student. returning home
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skirts" was produced. In place OF
one or two stars, not less than fifteen
OF The most prominent film comedy
players Of note appear In place or
|. the dozen or 80 bathing beauties. three
Thousand Of the Fascinating sunshine
Widows' prance their way through
the scenes. clad in creations calculated
10 make the eyes Of the fair sex smart
with envy.
Ethel Grey Terry
Ethel Grey Terry. the brllllan,
young dramatic actress who deserted
the stage to achieve fame in motion
pictures. has been selected as ,ba
heroine for James Oliver curwooa,s
famous short story. The wiide,ns.s
Mall" the motion picture ti,is -,
which will be The Northern Tfans
She recently completed "Hearthbalm,
and picture with William s. Hat,