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Evening journal., 1921-09-12
Are You Willing to Worry
(From the Dodge Idea }

not trying to speed up production,
to cut salaries and 10 limit purchases
to immediate needs and 1 will show
you a whole flock of white black
birds! The average executive to-
day is a modern DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde but he hates to admit it, Wis
ualize. II you will, this individual OF
odd and composite characteristics.
He attends a sales conference and
talks to his statesmen. A hand toys
with the golden chain draped ath-
wart a well-rounded stomach and
he mouths well rounded-and in
sincerei-phrases. He tells his sales
men that there really is no depres-
sion; that they can go out and sell
the prospect He is talking pure
bunk when he blandly explains 70
the defenseless salesmen that busi-
ness is really good and that all they
have to do is 20 go out and place
their proposition before purchasing
agents and that purchasing agents
will begin signing orders with reck-
less abandon. And the executive
knows il is bunk when he is talking
otherwise he is a normal man-but
he doesn't want to worry
Let us shift the scene. The execu-
tive leaves the sales conference for
his office. A frown creases his brow
and he almost starts to worryi-
hut an idea comes which will elm
mate worry. so he gets his chief pur-
chasing agent on the wire and says
with finality, Don't buy a damned
thingi"
The above is a statement of facts;
It is almost a verbatim account OF
what has happened and what is hap
pening today in industry and the
very insincerity Of it is the thing
which is making this depression
purely a psychological matter rather
than an economic one.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

"Normalcy" is the most abused
word in our modern language; GER
tainiy il has been booted, mufed'
man-handled and maltreated by
every known variety of the genus
man from the barral-a-year cross
roads merchant at Hicks Corners to
the executives OF the largest corpora
tons in the United States. Every
journalist with a spark of life in
him-yea, and every editor too. has
taken the word and used it as the
basic text for much hot air anent
the business and industrial situa-
ton.
What really constitutes normalcy ?
The writer claims and he believes
this statement will arouse argument
that normalcy is really the willing
ness to worry. Before exception is
taken TO this statement let us make
one single comparison. What con-
stitutes normalcy in the average fam
/ lily? Let us assume-and the as
sumption is sensible. believe. that
such normally consists IN a man be-
ing married, raising a family. edu-
eating his children, putting aside
something for rainy day. holding
down his job, and. in general. be-
/ ing a decent and law-abiding citi-
zen. Now-is there anyone who car
truthfully say that all this Is accom-.
| plished without worry? Scarcely
Contrast this phase and condition
OF normalcy with that which pre-.
sumedly is prevalent in industry to.
day and we find a striking and dra.
matte contrast. The average exec.
utive Of any organization-and these
are but few exceptions-is unwillins
to worry and because of that un.
willingness business Is wabblinf
along on a half-portion basis. SHOW
me an organization today that \
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
FOR TRI-sTATF coon

INFINITELY better and closer relations should be estab-
IL lished among Delaware, Maryland and Virginia as
result Of the joint meeting of the Demarv Press Asso-
citation and the Maryland Press Association in Easton on
September 26 and q.
II present plans be adhered TO not only will bring TO-
sether the governors Of the three States but also e
toral and other representatives OF the leading daily and
weekly newspapers in the three commonwealths which
are close neighbos and which have so many interests in
common.
Every newspaper man who possibly get away from
hs desk should attend the two-day meeting Il will be
for the good Of the public, OF the newspapers and OF the
men who edit and manage those publications.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
Editorial Opinion
MIR ROOTS SELECTION.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The announcement that Mr.. Roof
has been offered and has accepted
membership on the American dele
cation to the armament limitation
conference Is news welcome both
abroad and at home.
Among our friends the name of
Elihu Root has great prestige. He
is rated our foremost authority on
international questions, and in many
countries It had been assumed that
he would, of course. participate in
the Washington deliberations. Here
in America his selection. taken in
connection with others now an
nounced officially. gives an assur-
ance that America is to put her best
foot foremost-that to the confer
ence we are to send, as an earnest
of our sincerity, our most competent
men,
The delegation will be a national
one-will represent America as a
whole and not any partisan fraction
of it. It happens that Messrs-
Hughes. Lodge and Root were all in
favor of this country's entry, with
reservations, into the League Of Ma
tions. and that Mr.. Underwood would
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
SHOULD PROFIT BY cHEsTERs ExpERENCE.

y1AT terrible bridge collapse tragedy in our neishbor-
ing city Of Chester has aroused feelings Of horror and
sympathy throughout the East
In no place outside Of Chester those feelings deeper
and more sincere than here in Wilmington where the
people are associated with the Chester people in so many
intimate ties some Of blood and others OF neshborness.
The collapse OF the footway OF the Chester bridge un-
der unusual Stress and the consequent death Of probably
twenty-five or thirty persons should impe our county
and city officials TO examine all such structures and sscer-
tain II we have within the limits Of Wilmington any
bridge which, under condition OF crowdng such as
featured the Chester tragedy, would give beneath the
strain.
II there be any such structure immediate stens should
be taken 30 strengthen and 10 safeguard human life and
happiness.
The time for making such survey and 1t should
be technical and thorough in all respects Wilmington
and New Castle county should profit by chesers deplor-
able experience
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
mIsr SUPPORT rHE FAIR.

X7EnE the Delaware State Fair Of this year was not
w from financial point OF view as successful as It
deserved 30 be as an educational and recresona agent
It did world OF good 30 the thousands Of men, women
and children who attended it.
Big Thursday recordbreaker in point of attend
ance but on the other days Of the week the crowds did
not begin 10 be as large they should have been.
Persons who reside within what is known the metro
poitan zone OF Wilmington should remember that the
publicspirted who have subscribed large amounts
Of money bring the State Fair into being and 10 keep
going must have the hearty cooperation Of the public
the fair is TO be permanent thing
Those things beng true such should resolve
10 give wole-heared support in future years 10 an
Institution which possesses such tremendous recreatona
and economic value to commonwealth and the nearby
territory.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
OLD CAPTAIN SICK,
KILLS HIMSELF

CAPE MAY, N. J., Sept IA
Captain Harris B. Davis. AZ years
old. veteran Delaware Bay and
river pilot, took his life Saturday
night in the bathroom of his home
on Washington street by shooting in
the head with a revolver.
Captain Davis had been in III
health for six months from a nerv-
Gus breakdown. He was a member
OF the Pennsylvania Pilots Associa-
tion until a few months ago. when
he retired from the river. He was a
prominent Mason. He leaves a
widow, a son. Edwin, a pilots ap-
prentice. and Mrs. Helen A. Garry
OF this city.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
MR. FORD's .RAILRoAn MIRAcLE..

I'VE railroad miracle" which Henry Ford supposed
TO have wrought by converting the Detroit Toledo
and lronton from deficit ncurrng property 10 profit
earning rairoad IN few months has been due accord
ing TO the current issue OF the Railway Age any
cnange the method OF operation but primarily TO an
Increase in the average freight rate Der ton per mile
Nhat n says should be enghtening 10 many Della
"areans It is pointed out that Fords showing is due IN
turn TO- nrs "a great change the character Of the traf
uc handled and second the fact that the Detroit To-
ieoo and ronton has been able to the large volume
'ranc originated by the Ford interests secure larger
divisions OF the through rates all traffic handled partly
over it's lines and partly over other lines
During the four months September 70 December. 1870
Inclusive after the present railway were fixed says
The Railway Age HE D., T and handled an average Of
sez4e0oo tonnes OF freight per month and hac
freight earnings averaging s4ea.So0 month In the
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
TIE Harding Var Inheritance
CFrom the New York Herald.) }

In it's criticism Of President Hard
ings review of the achievements q
Congress and the new Administra
tion in the first six months of Re
publican control Of the Governmen
our neighbor the World falls into
regrettable lapse of memory or erro
of fact as TO the war obligations an
burdens still draining the taxpayer
pocket The World says in respect 0
this:
Let us assume that all the
money that the Wilson Admin
istration spent in the war was
wasted and worse than wasted.
The total expenditures of the
United States Government for
the year preceding the entrance
OF this country into the war
were $1,072,s94. 900. The esti-
mated expenditures OF the
United States Government for
next year are s4.600.000. 900.
On the Mellon esti-
mates for next year the Hard
ing Administration will be
spending s3.500, 100000 ore
than the Wilson Administration
spent in the year preceding the
war. or this increase, only ST.
900, 1000, 900 can be charged to
interest on the war debt, and It
is the war debt that measures
the Wilson Administrator well
ter Of waste and prodigal spend
ing.
Mr.. Harding tells Senator Nc
Cormick that Mr.. Wilson is to
blame. but Mr.. Wilson is not
President and he is not Con.
gr4-s, and the only permanent
financial obligation that the
Harding Administration inherit
ed from his Administration is
the interest on the public debt.
Can Mr.. Harding explain the in
ability OF Congress to save 20
the harassed taxpayers any part
OF this s2,500.O00.00 which
measures the difference between
the peace expenditures of the
Government in 1916 and the
peace expenditures for 1922?
President Harding was not happ
in seeming TO attribute all the Gov
ernment's present financial trials an
10 inheritance from tn
Wilson Administration incompe
tence and squander. He might bette
have attributed it as a whole to Prov
idence. which plunged the world int
war
The Wilson ADMINISTRATION was
colossal business failure. II com
mitted many plumbers OF inexperi
ence and ineptitude before. durin
and after the war. But the Repuh
lican party. or any party in charg
of the Government during the wal
would have built ships-all the ship
that could have been built-at an
cost; would have built fiocks Of air
planes at any cost; would have op
Grated the railroads at any cost -
would have done anything an
everything to win the war at an
cost. We were all for that yer
thing. as we should have been, an
nobody need apologize for it now.
We can believe a well-balance
and able administration would hav
built ships TO better purpose an
would have had more war use out {
them; would have put more and 81
perior airplanes in service, woul
have operated the railroads to
higher degree of efficiency and dor
them less damage from neglect
the physical properties and demora
ization of their organizations. "
can believe there would have boen
less ruinous handling of all the:
stupendous affairs with their Pre-
digious expenditures. But we cann'
fairly question that anybody actin
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

roost by the windstorm. monster
henhawk came to his death in a pc
culiar manner in Centreille. The
bird, which measured about 8 feet
from tip to tip, struck the fagpole
on the Queen Anne's National Bank,
shattered the pole and killed itself
After the storm the dead bird and
the wreckage Of the pole were
found.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

tion has been the best thing In the
world for the sale of high-priced
cigars, said the clerk in the chain
store as he registered a 50 bill for a
pair of perfectos. Nowadays bets
are paid in cigars.
Formerly the standard wager
was a drink. But that's all over. Of
course. and we're gamers. Even
girls pay bets to men by buying
cigars"
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

gladly have been If he had been
lble to establish liaison with the
White House; but this was so near
" the opinion of men of all parties
that it may be regarded as the gem
eral national view. However this
may be. it is manifest that friends
Of a maximum measure OF co-opera-
tion among the peace-loving nations
have no reason to apprehend a lack
of American zeal at the conference.
Some effort seems to have been
made to induce President Harding to
select men of the second rank. But
he has wisely concluded that the best
are none to good. When this pur-
pose became fixed in his mind the
dispatch OF an invitation to Mr.. Root
became inevitable-was inexorably
demanded by the facts of the situa-
tion.
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

To Wilmington moving-pcture lovers It seems almost
nconceivabe that rotund jolly Fatty" Arbucke should
be in prison accused OF numbering girl WHO, II is as
serted he previously had outraged in his apartment in
san Francisco Tue SHIFT from comedy 10 tragedy in
buckles life has been swift Americans will watch the
developments in his with acute interest
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
GEM OF THouGHr

The future OF America rests with her cities They are
our national nerve centerand for that reason our storm
ceners There is snawing cancer in the heart of our
CIVIC lie when public documents be put IN foreign
does not know. ~
Evening journal., 1921-09-12
HAWK WRECKS FLAGPoLE.

cENTREvILLE. Nd. Sept. IA
Probably dislodged from his night
Evening journal., 1921-09-12

DRY ERA BOOSTS CIGAR SALES.
NEW YORK. Sept 12.-Prohibi-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
POWER BOATS OUT TO
BREAK ALL RECORDS

Detroit, Aug 15.-The 1921 Harms
worth trophy race in the Detroit river
here Sept. 3 and 5 will be the eleventh
contest for the international power
boat championship title. 1t will be the
fifth time the trophy has been contest
ed for in Amer can waters and the
eight time in which the United States
has been a contender.
The trophy was offered in 1904 by
Alfred Ilarmsworth, Lord Northcliife.
brit did not attract American com
petition until 1907, when Commodore
H. j Schroeder with his Dixie, brought
Il TO America. Commodore Schroeder
repeated his victory in 1908, with
Dixie IT,. over the Huntington Bay.
New York course No races were held
in 1909 nor during the war.
The history Of the Harmsworth tro.
ply races since 1907 shows that
Amer cans have been victorious five
times and that a steady development
IN speed has marked the contests
since the first Dixie captured the tro-
ply in that year A speed of % 81
mi es an hour won the trophy in 1907.
while Gar Wood drove his Miss Amer
cal at the rate of Gl.5 mi es an hour
to win in 1920, .s.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15


Mr.. Beaupre wrote letter to the
friend who had given him the lint.
ment in which he said, II feel very
grateful to you for having directed my
attent on to that Justly celebrated lini
ment called Mysterious Pain Ease.
The story of It's origin was very In.
teresting. how the Scotch doctor used
this liniment. and the people who
have benefited by it, thinking there
was something mysterious about II
came to know il by that name Mys.
FERROUS | don't wonder The way il
takes the pain out certainly seems
mysterious. | never heard OF any.
thing like it. My ankle was so sore
and painful that could scarcely step
en- 1t and could not do my regular
days work, which, as you know. re-
qlires constant foot work in using the
brake and clutch pedals of automo-
biles. When ! first applied the ! nj
ment my ankle was so painful could
scarcely bear the slightest pressure
upon IL. ! was hardly abe to limp
around, yet, within 90 minutes the
pain was gone, and was able to
drive a car more than 100 miles that
day Soon the swelling went down,
and was as well as ever ! cannot
recommend it too highly Since us.
ng il have talked with a number Of
people about II In this section and !
End the liniment is quite well known
and people are using 1t for the relief
of pain caused by sprains, rheuma,
tism and also headaches. Myster.
lous Pain Ease IS certainly a blessing
TO those who suffer any pain and am
very grateful to you for having tod
me about it,"
Mysterious Pain Ease takes t',e
sting, pain and itch out of insect
bites.
The Mysterious Pain Ease ment' ION
ed in Mr.. Beaupre's letter is sold by
most up-to-date dealers and any deal
err can procurte it from his jobber,- -
Advertisement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15

and II was put through several pro
cesses OF preparation, filtered under
pressure and placed in spinning apara-
tus of a special design.
The solution Of glue and chem ca
came out as l6 every fine colorless
streams. joined into one composite
fibre, treated to give II strength and
color, and processed yet again to oh.
tain the desired soft silky feel The
weaving followed on sma hand
loom, the fabric was formed and the
purse made. tii lg ita
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
AUTOMOBILE
EXPERT INJURED
Back on the Job in Twenty
Minutes.

Mr.. r. e. Beaupre is well known
mcng the automobile people in Bur-
lington. Vt. He is employed by the
Crystal Confectionery Company, the
largest confectionery manufacturing
concern in the state. He met with
an accident whereby his ankle became
sprained and he was very lame indeed.
Someone gave him bottle of lin ment
which was orig mated by Scotch
doctor. He applied this liniment in
accordance with directions and in 20
minutes the pain was gone and the
next day he was able to drive the car
long distance. He said he felt no
more pan and had no more trouble
with his ankle after applying this lini.
ment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15

urday for a weeks vacation which
she will spend camping at Lake
Cossyauna.
Mrs. Mary Lake, who has beer
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. G. NJ. Vaughn OF Water stree,
left Saturday afternoon for New York
where s2n has employment.
Mrs. Robert S. Brown and Mrs.
Frederick Willets OF Flushing, l.. L..
and Mrs. John A. Tucker OF New
York are guests OF Miss Fannie iol-
kins at the Burdett House
Monday evening, Aug. 18th is the
night that the Ladies' Altar society OF
st. Columban's church hold their lawn
party on the rectory lawn. Everyone
is invited to come and help make it
a success.
Mr., and Mrs, Smith and children Of
Old Bennington motored to Arlington
Saturday morning and stopped at A,
Il. Bentley's for dinner. They were
Ell route to Cambridge where they
] will visit Mr.. Smiths parents
Roth, the gypsy violinist. who, Is
spending the summer at SALISBURY,
viii play at the Arco Theatre Tues.
day evening, August 10. MIR. Roth
is noted Hungarian musician who
is very clever with any musical in
strument. and 1t will be rare treat
for the public to hear him.
/ The fair, which was held on the
lawn Of ST. James church Thursday,
Aug lltN was highly successful both
from social and a financial point of
view. A more definite account of
the proceeds,etc,, will be given in a
later Issue OF the Banner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
ESTATE OF LILY NJ. woRTHINGToN

4 The undersigned having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court
Sfor the Districtt3of Bennington. Com =
5lnssioners. to receive, sexamne and ad-
gust the claims and demands OF all per-
Mons against the estate OF Lily M.
yWorthington. late of Bennington IN said
slDistriot deceased. and all claims ex-
shibited In Offset thereto. hereby give
Lyotlce that we will meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid at the office of Collins
VI. Graves In the town of Bennington
In said District, on the 28th day of
January, 1922, next from o'clock p NJ
until o'clock p. NJ. on said day and
that ak months from the 2Sth day OF
July, A. q, 1921. is the time limited by
said Court TOR said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Bennington this Goth day Of
July, A. D.. 1921
HARRISON ! NORTON,
ARTHUR ]. HOLDEN,
Commissioners.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-08-15
CHEMIST MADE SILK
PURSE FROM SOW'S EAR
Grstle and Skin Converted into Thread
and Spun Into Fabric on
Hand Loom

Cambridge. Mass, Aug. ia silk
purse made from sows ears, as chemi
-stry's answer TO the Cd saying that
it couldn't be done. will be shown at
the Chemistry Expositon'in New York
during the week of September H.
In announcing the successful result
of exper ments. Arthur y. Little Inc,
chemists and engineers, of this city.
said the silk was not very strong
and that there was no present indus.
trial va ne In the process involved.
II was more or less the product of
chemistry at play. but the contribu.
ton also TO philosophy in proving the
fallacy OF the old proverh.
In rec ting the factors that entered
into the transition OF sow's ears from
Chicago stockyards to a silk purse
such as woman might carry, the
chemists explained that the first step
was to analyze the silkworms method
OF making silk This done its cater
pillar chemistry was copied in the
laboratory.
II was found that man had to pro-
vide a substitute for a process by
which the silkworm exudes from two
fine duets in its head minute threads
OF viscous liquid, coated with an.
other secretion, which are cemented
into a double strand This becomes
a firm ilament of silk when il coagu-
lates on reaching the air.
Analysis of this viscons liquid show
ed it to be like glue and with some
what similar chem cal properties
The sow's ear being chiefly grist'e and
skin. ALSO has the natural elements of
glue. This was obtained from the ears