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Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17
GhrtafmaH UnyH
tllr Bnus Uan Makp

By A. NEElY HALL

When painted In bright colors. the
toys shown in the Illustrations will be
as pleasing to those young relatives
whom you wish to remember on Christ
mas, as any similar toys In stores.
The auto. truck shown in Fig, ] has
cigarhoN boGy j inches wide, :
inches long and inches deep. Cut
wooden strips A Gig. p inch wide
and inch thick. by th1iaaa,h of the
box, and nail them to the box
bottom close to the sides Screw
.screweye axle bearings E iito these
strips. The screweyes should be II
inch in diameter. because the wheel
aXles & Gig. 3) must be of this diam
eter to fit the holes of the spool wheels
d. The wheels are spool ends.
Remove The rear end of the box and
hinge II tG the box bottom (E Fig. y,
for an end gate.
Fig. shows n detail of front
platform, f, dashboard G, steering
post II. and steerngwheel Ia spool
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17

end. Fasten these pieces as indicated.
Fit seat ] across the box top, and seat
back X to It's edge. Nail canopy sup
ports L to the seat back and box sides,
and tack the canopy NJ to the sup
ports near the top.
The clown turner Gig. g Is made
to perform upon his turning-pole by
squeezing the lower end of the up
rights. The squeezing causes pair
of threads F Gig ~ to untwist then
twist, and the untwisting and twist
ing makes the clown turn.
Fig. shows dimensions for up
rights A and connecting block b. Fas
ten B between strips A as shown.
Patterns for the clown are shown
in Figs. s, and 10. Cut the body
members out of cigar-box wood,
punch holes where indicated, and with
pieces of hairpins or other small
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17
French to Pay More for Bread.

Joseph J. B. E. Moulens, French
minister of provisions, announced to
the credit committee Of the chamber
of deputies that the government would
advance the price Of wheat to millers
from 43 to rs francs metric hundred
weight and of flour to 81 francs, the
government ceasing to absorb the diff
ference in price. This will raise the
price of a two-pound loaf of bread
in Paris from 55 to 90 centines and
in the provinces from 60 eentimes to
80 centimes.
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17

wire, pivot the arms and legs to the
body Pierce small hole through
each hand, and whittle the ends of a
match to fit in the holes. The match
&c, Fig. y forms the turning-pole.
With Il coarse needle pierce a pair of
holes through the arms at the wrists,
and another pair through uprights A
near the top. Run heavy linen threads
through the holes in the wrists, and
twist their ends (F. Fig. AZ, then run
the ends through the holes in .uprights
A, and tie The threads must be twist
ed when the clown hangs down Gig.
~, untwisted when he has swung
up over the pole.
The top in Fig. II requires little
description. A pencil with blunt
point "a, Fig. 13) pushed through
spool whitfield cone-shaped (B), forms
the spinning point, and a shoe-polish.
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17
Austria Seeks Loan in Paris.

Herr Roisn, Austrian secretary OF
state, will go to Paris to negotiate an
advance of from 150,000000 to 200
100000 francs, to be guaranteed by a
rental of the Austrian tobacco monep-
oily. 1t was announced in Vienna.
An Anglo-American group has been
negotiating with the Vienna municipal
ity regarding the erection of water
power stations to supply electricity to
the city at cost of 3O,000,000 francs,
the works to be completed within
three years.
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17
Poles Rar BoIshevik Advance.

Poland has her entire army mar
shaled along the Russian frontier to
form barrier against the western
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17

spread Of bolshevfsm, according to an
interview with Cardinal Krawkawski,
archbishop Of Warsaw, printed in the
Corriere d'Italia. The cardinal says,
however, that Polish detachments are
too weak to withstand the pressure
from the east. which, he says, may last
from 20 to 25 years.
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17

~ IF this unemployment keeps up in
the big cities it will have at least one
notable effect. We won't have to do
SO much editorial howling over the
scarcity Of farm labor.
Oxford eagle., 1921-03-17

can (C), pierced to push over the pen
Gil ehd and rest upon the spool end
completes the top.
The top is spun by twirling the pen
ell between the palms. in one direction
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

In mapping out your days work il i
always Well 10 arrange TO spend a few
hours III The afternoon in physical re-
taxation. The woman who does her
own work and yet manages to sit down
for two or three hours each afternoon
before she begins to prepare dinner
usually stands up under the strain
better than the woman who IS still
walking about the house AZ four or Ave
o'clock It Is better from the point OF
view of your physical endurance to keep
at it rather doggedly all the morning
and an hour or so after noon and then
10 sit down than to so at he work leis-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
Ry Jessie Roberts.
c,opvrfrnt. 1850 by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc
Unusual OCCUPATIONS.

You are not 7 the habit IF thinking
of steel az particularly interesting -
women. ret one woman has made steel
her .ife work. ard IS now holding he
important position II manager n the
New YORK office u the Ile Moyne Steel
Company.
Miss gpendif began as man begins
Who wants 70 know business thor
ougrIy and work up 20 its best POSI-
tons. At me bottom.
Sh.. worked the mills and learned
now steel products are made by helping
a. make them. She worked the
warehouses and learned about the dis
fributing end IF the great business. she
kept right on She went out on the road
as A salesman. and then she kept going.
until now she IS directing others. And
il is her opinion that any woman who
IL sufficiently interested in any business.
be IL coal or lumber OF machinery. n
terested enough to study il in all Is
branches. beginning where It begins. can
make her pile" at il Just as easily -
a man can.
But il is Just there that women usu-
ally fall They will not. perhaps they
think they cannot, go in on the ground
floor Of such businesses as steel. lumber
/ and other mill mine products. They
/ cannot do the work required on The
ground floor. But Miss Spendin seems
! TO have had no trouble doing what vas
required She did il, and she liked doing
: IL. And she IS a feminine, well-ored
woman. with humor, and a sane out
! look on life. There is nothing of the
freak about her. She $ only twenty
six. and there is not a man Of the same
age and Of several year more VINO would
not be proud 10 hold the position she
holds and TO point = the record she can
point 10.
The woman who wants 70 get ahead
and 20 work out a tun life FOR herself
in any business that makes an appea.
TO her. can do so today, there is 10 DOUBT
Of this. II is still somewhat harder for
her than for her brother. hut the con
ditions that make II SO are gradually
being eliminated. She herself must oe
ready 70 work with whole -souled en-
rhusiasm as a man works, now
ever. or be content % take hack seat
That is Miss SpendiT's opinion, and sht
has proved It TO be correct
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
LITTLE BENNlE'S
NOTEBOOK
nITTE ri.
BY Lee Pape

~, most important part of = meel
,ore. last being the dizzert The
reason il don't come ferst IS beca use
tnc-es renrelly sutch a little bit ~
/, that YOU haf 10 fill people UP lcfS'
81 they wont feel like eny more
II i. always safer To leeve too mulch
room for dizzert than wat II IS not 10
Ieeve enuf. on account OF you can
sllvsv. fiji up on bred or something
in case there is still eny room aIter
the dIzzert but II you're all filled up
h~fore YOU finish your dizzert there's
nuthing you can do.
II vou get = 2nd helping OF dlzzert
you're lucky. and If you get 5rd heip-
ing YOU must be dreemine.
Wen there's conpinny for dinner the
drzzert Is generelly better but on the
other hand there is genrelly not 50
r,utch Of il to 20 erround, on account
of the compinny hardly ever saying
they don't wunt eny
Some bum Excuses for dizzert are
nee pudding. corn starch and tatf1oca.
somebody must Of sed they was dIz-
rert once and people have had 70 eat
them for dizzert ever since. This
proves bad news travels the ferthest
Amung dizzerts are apple pie, ice creem-
apple pie under ice GREEN, other kinds
Of pie. straw berry short cake, other
kinds Of cake and apple dumpiings
II we had or dizzerts at a meel
insted Of jest one we proberly would
ent appreciate them so mutch, but
many fellows would be glad 10 take a
chance
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
10 We
THE DENOt T. NJ T. y L.
Chapter -,

As Thierry told me of this wild ex-
periencc he had had with Mrs. Gregs'
his fathers client. he seemed years Older.
l could hardly believe he was the boy of
10 winsomc and loving. II only he had
a mother. Yet | marveled at the deN-
,crity nc had displayed I'm handling TINS
trying situation.
II have often wondered" Thierry
u.nt an WHY she bothered with me
a, all. Sometimes I've thought per
hans she expected To get more money
out of Dad in that way. Then, OF course.
1attered her vanity saw Ia that
all right. and | spent money on her
think Some women would Namp n
clothing store dummy If he had cash In
his jeans. YOU know.
laughed outright This wise youth
had not lived his l9 years for nothing.
Il wasn't fiattercd by her. don { get
that thought he said a tritic hotiN-
some nights after | had been with her
would come home and smoke two
boxes of cigarettes and pace the floor
Of nv room for hours before | could E't
ouietcd down. II | hadn't hated her ="
I'm afraid shc might have been more
than a task for me
lust the hint If wautou snC"r tou' II
ell his sensitive young "l'H'"
After I had played my cards t"t
about couple of month planned
tho grand climax. hc went on me
governor WAS going out Of town l"l
over Sat rday and sunday and 1t didn
- n,,,.b roa King 10 get Mrs Gregg
,,,,,d that tirnr with me Dad was
a. Ic.v,. IN the 10 o'clock train Friday
night and planned TO have her arrive
aSout 1880 That was Just one S'd'
OF tho plan ne said stnllluglN ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
A STORY OF MARRIED
LIFE OF TO-DAY.
Nv KATHERINE MOORE.

about e O'Clock | wrote telegram anu
then sent for Simpson. the chauneur' !
X w that d was in his den Just pt-
yond the library and wanted him l"
hear what l was going to say.
Thierry's breath came quickly ana
he leaned ward
Il handed Simpson the telegram ana
tolC him TO go out at once with H. anu
no, 10 let rly father know that had
sent him. Then / hurried upstairs.
Father must have done Just what
wanted him TO do. lie must have de-
manded the telegram from simpson. II
was To Mrs. Gregg. In 1t told her tha'
| had been unable TO get to the phohc.
but that everything was all right anu
not TO he later than IL o'clock as Dhd
left at 10 During dinner ! sure was IN
state of the jumps. and from thth
until 10 o'clock was worse IMAM inc
actual row Fact was. ! enjoyed thhl
part of it immensely. THE said with
! satisfaction.
J AT 945 Dad left for his train ana
/ was almost fearful he was not going
/ To block me. l hated To So" the whoie
/ blamed thing fzzlcd. But l was not
disappointed
Tbi, smiled at the memory of II.
Mrs. Gregg arrived at IL o'clock
sb.rp and | guess the governor was
! hanging around the cornor. for he only
! rnvc her time to take of her wraps
when / heard his key in tho door. oh
Yes YOU bet / was listening for It. he
! laughed she was standing in th'
| library with hcr two arms ON my
/ shoulders when Dad walked in on uS
know how ne must have felt poor olo
Dad But | shant forget the expression
ON Mrs GrcgE'E face as she heard h''
step and turned To face him
Tomorrow \ Scandal stopped =
Comradcship Spoiled
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

eeorlo ehn would say things - yon ths'
wound YOU fa he auirf, and tell You
that they arc sorry for having hurt
soa. and then 10 II again fhr next day
YaU hear women say that they regret
they are working their husbands -
Heath. set who keep on running up big
billie W. have all soon man. who has
been = cpld and nsgl'ctfui husband.
asonize over mis- wifes sick bod when ne
thought she was going - die yet when
she got well resume his indifferent At
tifude towards her
THIS rernorse that works no cure in
the sinner II a kind n spiritual nos
frum Wtfh which many seek to drug
heir condolences
Somehow. women have always been
of mo opinion that there IS some ps.-
=z}iar merit in renorse. and that they
an wash their states elean i they only
stad enough tears gpon them. That IS
Why vou fnd women weeping over heir
mistakes instead - irving fo correct
them
That is why me woman pho has had
A pas salts it down IN brine and Keeps
il handy where ehe car always take II
out. and looa il over and weep a little
more over = instead of putting Il b.-
hind her ard forgetting 1t. and learn
ing from IN. bitter lesson she has had
u be a Gohier and more compa ssionate
woman than the woman who has never
slnned. That IS Why a woman sits
down before her ill-cooked food or her
/ bunglcd sales slips. or her in-typed
letters and wceps over her failures. in
stead Of learning how % do her WORK
better That IS why the mother Of IN.
ruly children cries over them instead oi
spanking them.
Tears are the high-water mark Of in
COMPETENCY and fuulity. unless they
wash ones eyes clear and give one IN,
straight vision. Repentance Is weak
ness unless II leads to reform.
Instead II spending your time il
being sorry for what you have done
use II in planning II do better
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

that a conz, ien,o stricken woman sf
man il trying - square herself ~ him
aolf with the dead. but atleh ia "ften tire
,aac
when We 10 wrong i IL inst tbat
We ahould suffer FOR Il. and Wholesome
ta tho soui for uH - cioth oura"lveR il
aackcioth and put aHhoE On our h"ads
hut repentance iH virtue only tu -
far as Il makes VA do b"ttef
All beyond this n sheer morbidlt5
After AL. what iH donF. iH done That
tonuot hc changed. and to apcnd one .
life doplorinR sin or rcgretiinR a mis-
take. or washing that one had acted
differently is wickediy futile employ
mcnt.
Women are particularly gwen % this
vice They cruelty themselves or the
cross of their imagination. ard blamt
themselves for things that ha2s no s1.
istenec outside of their fancieS. II
htd gouc to this doctor OF that i
+ had taken uy husband fo Colorado q
Main, il mad had him operated on. a.
+ hadn't let the doetors persuade me 4
hat, HIM operated on. perhaps he Woais
no, hat, died" II had hseu nrmef
with my children. instead 81 helng st
devoted tn them II ! had been mof,
loving instead q trying t. dissipIln.
my children. perhaps they would haNs
turned out differently
You hear women constantly mourninl
like this and blaming themselves foI
things for which they are IN no Wls'
responsible since almighty wisdom va
| not vouchsafed them.
Possibly they did make mistakes bu
10 dwell on our mistakes IS morbid mad
ness The wise thing To do. aud tn
right thing 10 do is To put the past be
hind US and 20 on to the future. striV
ing To make that big enough and eoe
enough 20 offset the errors We hay
made.
thing YOU have done is to keep %
from doing 1t again. yet there ar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
aDDlE AIDES ADVENTURES
The Minute-s-Day Serial.
The Minute-a-D Day Serial.
Copyright 1921. by Basil l.. Smith

Copvr.ght. 1921. by Basil l.. Smith
Chapter % Dear Ma and Dad.
,vroto Addjc We'll. I've only been here
fo,,r days as YOU viii see from the date.
h,,t i seems a lot longer from the money
T,va had - spend out Of that nifty dol
1,re Yo,I know that postal ] wrote the
other day saying how expensive Ihedi y
,,-ora Wen they must have gone up
sin,e then OF my appetitcs 5 getting bet
tar 81, something. But. let me tell you
,,-l,at 1uck sal and have just had. Her
,oorn was about as big as that new
,orncI dad built for Hamlet and so ]
,,.rot, an nd for another room and put
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
WHY?
wbv Do. Wnt RoH ovsv'
ropvrirh. 80
wheeler synft~H's r.

n ~ taks 'rr saucerars r~e
them ri'h milk a~d tNr r~- III"
water and se- hem
tho rniik rn rico rs 're
tainer 1z soor - r0~e IN
heated 4nd spill rver .re d~s
Tho .rafe- v-fll nIhbfa .le~fw rfrr
overqowing As nth - neus 1..e
apDear .n be similar - formation
me amount - nsa' rNI~h -aa
applied y me same n earn Htarrs
"a apparent tnat -0rne .aarwe
take place VS. tna aE- HrIcn
followed rs me rafar
The process ~ -orsrR 20 nr.
remember u rofhlrz ~rrs thar
changing ~ = gorfi0- IN al.d
gas Nv means ~ pe sppiratirn
heat In ne ~asa II rafsr
dealing 7rfh a combination n 'Eo raa.s
hydrogen and aEvgen--~h r
liberated ~ no 1sat and flr~r 1e
vay Upward through ire rrraluirg
water Infn they humble r1f go tps wlr
face. Is therefore. 80 aot KETTLE
pure watsr. eventually tu ~ r
disappear in me form X apuT
II vve boi a keffle - -nilk Z solid r-h'
substance v1n remain. 1ade 10 of
proteids md other cgredlents -
milk.
II e because - nesa H0nr- ~
are suspended r ne -alk fsef 'na
this uduid r-tll rot ever rhUe raft
. ~in merely bubble. The -ratsT
milk hons precisely ~ t0es he
water but some rf nc t0ud r1rftrr
n ne milk FORM a cuEn TNr ~ sru.
-~heu heat Il applied. and -erd rs rfno
ne rising u the bubbles. The artf
-r~.~tarI~ aa
skin. push lt uDWard tks 1fnlatu- p
balloon and me combined '7r-s
large number 0s these gaa-ou nniss
causes ne rurface = ne 7eated -0i.-
to rise above he edgs q - oonls-re-
and overfoZ gniess the milk = -or
stantly stirred. % prrvent n f-Tr1a
ton II me scum IN a sufficient q-4antl.'
to mprlson ne gas.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
MR.. TOAD'S WEAPON.

once upon time there lived wien
in the forest who had heauuiul karht.
which WAS large and Of wonderiu' t'u
color.
The old witch priced this very mu'n'
for with il she was able - hhd oue
many secrets and do many things
II she wanted t. sec what was E"A'lA
On in the king palace, She hau ""'N
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

water but there uo n"r"ss't> 81 fuII.-
ing him 80 the transaction
But I do bcheve tha, evcr> ho> should
know how To swim AS soon as possible
in order to save himself and others from
drowning IN deep or sudden water. s."
I've decided 10 get some goldfish m an
aquarium and keep them where the
little angel can sec them all the time.
thus arousing his little sense OF inita-
ton II he has the backbone he was
born with he viii naturally resent
seeing those dinky little fish doing any
thing n cant do
It's simply awful about all the sea M
dals in the papers these days, isn't II
Joe OF course. as | was saying 10
Mrs Fink. people don't have 10 read
them II they don't want to. but the
trouble is they want To. The main
/ objection I have TO them is that thcy re-
all about rich people and. as tins IS
supposed 10 be a free country l don {
see why the papers can't print some
poor peoples scandals once III a while
just 10 show there's not so much class
prejudice as some people seem 10 think
But after all these scandaleers don't
need 10 feel so great just because
they're rIch enough 10 have scandals
in pubic instead Of in private rs re-
spectacle people prefer to have theirs
/ ] should think the publicity would take
I half the pleasure out Of them.
/ The baby can stand up when ] holc
/ him under his little arms SO that there's
/ no weight on his little knees. How
that for progress, Joe?
Wen. olive oil. Your loving Tessie.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
FOR LUMBAG0
Try Musterole. See How
Quickly Il Relieves

You Just rub husteTule n hrIssly, arss
usually the pain IS gOne-a deiicioslas
soothing cOmfoTt comest 70 tA~Selts pi2ce.
MusterDle IS a clean. Ehitr ointment
made with OIL of mustard. Use % instca1
ef mustard plaster. wiz not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend Il 70 their patents.
They viii gladly tel yCU what rclsei
Il gives from sore throat 1funcliua.
Group. stif neck. asthma. lcsralsl2.
congestion. pieurisy. rheumatism an'
bago, pains and aches Of the hack 1r
Joints. sprainS. sore muscles. 1rulls,.
chllblains. frosted feet colds oi Ia
chest. Always dependable.
S5c and Csc jars hospital size 49,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

il in Every Evening day before yester-
daH Well. sal said she hadn't had 50
much mail since Valentines Day back
at the Ccntervillc High school Ne had
fifteen letters up to this evening. and
after supper W. went out TO look Al the
room that sounded best and rented II ON
the spot just what We wanted. And I
have a job too. Started 10 work Nester-
day in SAILS office as Tile clerk don I
know just what have IL do vet. but
there are a lot OF drawers full of letters
that m supposed 70 keep from getting
mixed up. for one thing. Lots of love
Write soon p S. / almost lost my
watch.
(To be continuedD
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27

woman writoH me
am suTernR the tormenta - tho
damned lc, aua., fcol that | virtually
murdered my husband whom dearly
loved Igc wax of delicate and a"na'
tive disposition and know That
FASTENED his death rs my "Narti"ns, and
selfis, and had temper What
shall 10 "a find peace
Tho hcst rcmedy far remorse Is
atunomcnt nf course wc can do moth
ine 70 make III, 10 the dead for the in
iur-, We have done them hut wc have
the living with lis and Nc can Iay our
debts ~ those who haNe passed beyond
our reach hy making hfn easier and
ploa santcr to thuso about us
Perhaps There arc V,r> fcw rcn and
women who ever bend above TIM @ofiins
! IL then wives ana husbands y thout IL
/ ms torn Us the panES ~ CONS. leuge. TheS
| NAV u,; have sinncd tho hiE sin. but
| ;nrl hat, BEEN guilty ~ the litfIc ones
! ,na- made tho road that might So oasill
T have hc,n made s.ttt aud pleasant. s.
I hard ~ travel.
VINO. a, such time. has not loooce
Z AZ the smut eyes and rememh, rcd no"
I Hftt. rladncss ne or she has brought
/ tutn theru. and huv often q stahbinl
| sI.ccch has hlicd them with t"af$ " h'
has an, looked ~ the pale lips uarroWc,
ntn fhr strai.ht line - death aut
wished that ne. OF she had kissed In n
INTO Smiles oftcn.r9 Who has no
gazed upon the folded hands. and wep
| TO recall how much needless labor n
or she had imposed upon them.
II is provcrblal that second marriage
ar. almost always happier than first
that there are no husband spoilers Ink
widows who remarry and that the mai
who has been harsh. and uiggardly
and tyrann!cal TO his first wife, ~ lavisl
70 his second wife and putty in hc
hands.
Il would amaze these Number Jw
husbands and wives 70 know that the
arc reaping the fruits Of remorse, an