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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
" " BATTING

A group ~ Christian men and women
whose namea stand fpr the heai -
American conduct an1 character hage
iasurd manifesto f. earnest de-
procation of the TN American and IN
Christian agitation aEainaf the iewe
When Hsur, rerd nnans II the ueate
crusade ard tire famous sHiploeH fHr
premature experiment ia ideaiisln he
vas given credit fof a warm heatt that
took in nli mankind. though Ills sern
mon aensn WAS not - hiehlF fafed
His action then was a ptids with lis
pol{cv uuw Ills periodical Il ioine
ali that 4 cau - create and vldsn
cleavage in mankind This Is ne
airineutly time iu the world q history
when every rosaihle effort ehauil la
made a. bring The nafinna nud lie taeea
together Those uhn aat class against
class and man againet man ran only
he regarded az enemies nf saficfV
The Systematic eaupa{an # reryers
sion and rrevarie8tlan fnr which IlaufY
Ford 10 Ro UNANIMOUSLY tnieusing the
power of tho rroaH IL lat npa more
manifestation of fneau aud narrow
mental attitude on tho part of saute
who are hlIed r. rfght and deaf -
reason I'm all questions of fair dealing
for ard with the ieWa II 4 anv waIN
dor that lewa atand ~ for themselves
and arc loyal t. their own? What
nade Henry NorRenthau. st Consfan-
tinopie. the m7Rniileent solitary chanp-
Ton. not merely of the Arnenians but
Of niue other dependent nationalities9
The fact that hia soul burned in
him with the sense Of the historic in
Justices perpctrated on members Of
his own race. the Jews We find his
name with that of nany others
aianed te the jewish memorial Of pro
test. which ia tho COUNTERPART Of the
ono that T'rcaident Wilson. Mr. Taft.
Cardinal o'Connen and others are NOW
Issuing In tho name of Christian senti-
ment outraged hv the despieahle re
vival of Jew batting
II is an evil AGAINST which the heart
and the mind Of the world should stand
as one Tho man who Is n propa Eand
ist Of such malignant fabrication de
serves 10 be an outeast and a pariah.
General protests are made effeetual by
bringing them home Ia particular
names and addresses The parior Bol-
shevist. for example suffers most when
cut off from n visiting list so that he
or she can no longer poison the air OF
polite society with seditious views.
And So II you know some enc guilty
of contemplate prcvarieatiou against
other human beings II is your duty 10
knock the props from under his tlimsy
platform and deny him the audience
whereby he seeks to become notorious.
Philadelphia Ledger
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
BEN FRANKLIN.

New York began its observance Of
Thrift Week yesterday with public hon
ors to Franklin. placing a wreath on his
statue i'm the Hall OF Fame and hold
ing exercises before his downtown
statue in Park Row. And appropriate
~ so. for at the mere name of thrift
the mind turns to Franklin as the sun
flower turns 80 the sun.
Yet it il to be wondered how serious
" the philosopher took the "naxima''
with which his fame as an economist is
associated They appealed to the frugal
American mood of the time their publi-
cation was good journalism and they
remain to-day sound recipe fer say
ing money. But they are at most only
a small part Of Franxlius contribu-
tions to his couutrys stock of Wis
dom If the United States observes
a philosophy week or a diplomacy week
or an authors or editors week or an
electrical week or an inventors week
oI. stove-makcrs' week or an optical
goods week or an educational week OF.
an insurance week or n week of general
all-around American progress, shall not
Franklin's seift be At or near the head
of the table.
Why stop At lhfit IN hoidtng Frank
lin up 10 emulation? He invented the
lightning rod the hoax and the Repub-
lie" said Balzac and these We're only Il
part of the performances of the great
philadelphan, Ben Franklin Of Boston.
as Rufus Choate termed him in sar-
castle toast About the only Yankee
attribute ne seems to have derived from
his birthplace was thrift. In his toler-
ance. his statesnanship. his philosophy.
his patriotism, his broad grasp Of the
principles Of life he was one of the
great Americans Of all time.
Having given one day of week to
FranklIn's memory, young Americans
may be advised that they can proitably
devote full year 10 the study Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
New Cause Of Badness.

The ex-coroner Of Brooklyn, N. y,
declares in n recent interview Tint unless
the American people stop worrying they
will all soon bo gray and then bald.
Avoid the stock ticker, he warns the
public, insisting that there is no other
form of worry approaching the destructive
quality, MS that furnished by the recorder
of prices. There is, according 10 TINS
skin disease specialist, m ailinent nj
tacsing the scalp that causes premature
badness and gray hair, and whinh ne
trnces TO the recent financial and business
depression. Tho stock ticker and AKIN
disease are closely related, lie finds, and
warns the nation TO "cheer up, and Tor
the individuals TO forget their troubles or
threatened losses, for nothing If worth
worrying about he evidently concludes.
The advice TO not worry always is time
lv and has been reiterated again and again,
but 20 be cheerful Mt all times is perhaps
tho most difficult Of all achievements,
especially. when tho stock market IS 20
ing against you, or even when your house
| ~ mill s burning and the insurance pro-
lection inadequate. However, cheerful
ness is n state of mind and eventually IT
! may be reached and maintained when
once we understand the process OF right
reasoning and correct habits Of thought.
Of course the cheerful person is less apt
| to become bald or abnormal In any way
| than the disturbed. inharmoniouH imam ar
woman. and 20 reach tho point where one
| can avoid Worrying ia worth all the effort
we can nut into il Being cheerful pre-
vents not only gray or bald heads, but
saves ne from tho torture that not IN
frequently finds iia why into the inside ot
the head and sends us 90 the madhouFe or
condemns ua 90 worse fate Worry
is. indeed, The most deadly enemy Of the
human family. il ia probably the nost
common Zoo of man when we vRnqush II
We find that great burden has been
lifted from our shoulders black cloud dls-
PEELED from our lives
That worries alone arc responsible inr
haldncrs and grayresR is ans astonishing
statement. and if # .le correct We can
soc IS overlooking nny audience ~ aa~
somblage q men in Wilmington. - else
where. what a vast amount 81 inhntmony
there is in every community. md ho"
little ~ the he-cheerful habit prevails,
after a man has reached middle life II
badness ~ gray heir i the outward
badge II wotty how few II " have es-
caped. whethfr We have becn glued y INC
ticker ~ scmA other threatening truuole-
probably whidh never touched vs. and, =
tho Brooklvn Apctor viii give the W"iid
tho recent for cheerfulneas. when stocNs
~ wronr. eto he will indeed he ono of
the greatest If henefactofR and ms mem
ory rhuld 70 cmhalmed ~ the hell q
fame
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
PRESS COMMENTS.
WHY ALL THIS GOMM0TIONf

Mr. Hardinp's white House trousseau
has recently excited the iidieule OF
such "afbitors alernntinrum nH MI
Tilphman q. pitts, secretary Of the
Bachelors Cotilon, who anears as~the
prendent-aleet'a fraek coats md haH
provoked the prudent fnticanae OF
politicians like former Governor aolds-
borough and Mr. w. iladen Iowndas,
who fear that the item Of twelve hiik
wnistconts and elk fancy waisteoatH
may prento n tidal wnve of reaction
against the new Administration We
uhall not consider tho expression OF
elite sentiment complete until we have
heard from that glass of fashion and
that mold Of form, Mr. Walter de Ctr
yon poultnay. nor the reflection of
political thought az significant until
Mr. John /. Mahon has spoken
We are inclined to think that Mr.
Pitts treats the frock cont item too
auperneIalls ne well NJ too aupereii@
louniy. and that MIR aoldsboroueh and
Mr. Lowndes are guilty Of unwarfanted
tlmldity i'm damniue with faint praise
Mr. Ilnr1ine's wardrobe So far as
tho frork coats are concerned. they are
part of MIR InrdlnR's political equip
ment There are elements Of our popu-
,
the ftock coat and the high hnt Hilll
reign supreme They represent 70
such areas and 10 such PERSONS the
Hupctlative poup. ceremony and dignity
of masculine costume And Il is not 81
long apo That aur charles atfeef
fashonablss shared thls opininn aed
made frorl coat holiday ef eVety
tGaster parade
AZ to the cHert Of those gorgeous
wnlatcoats aud numerous pantpioahs
upon the minds - the plain people.
We believe Mesafe 9adaburuueh auH
Lowhdea can set fhoir unds # aaee.
Tho frat thing the ulnln people did
when high wages came 10 thafu was -
huy themselves fine fainent. aud ne
don't think thoy VIII grudge Mr. Had
ing HE chance ~ rut On n little etvlo
short time aeo & uaa hadRe af
homer 10 havn only one iair e nante
and ~ wear them PATCHED ~ otir
heart If hearts ue afe al tired - he=
Inc shabby We bst that even Nr
Pitts vishes hn had dozen Rllls uaiat
coats And wa vii gamble with HF
l4oNndes car aff thait minds q saee
niah ue with m inventory ~ hia NJ
parci grave. aav. - spattt AM
how wo arr clad fhefe ia ono fnan ~
the countr~ who ean afford - runne
on clcthee and n. suspect hla rflfiee
If eupv End mean ieaiauer Baltimore
sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
Circulation I Every 1ACOC
Evening Yesterday l4ZVC
'..,,-r,.,, a. =, r,,rrT,nv tn toor
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1921
Now for Work st Dover.

Yesterday was n day Of interest and
Importance nc Dover. IL was inaugu-
ration day, and Governor William ID.
DE nney was installed with due form and
ceremony, and with a success that Ger
,ainIy was an suspioious beginning OF his
administration. The weather, although
cold. was fine enough 20 allow most
cornmendable inaugural parade, and not
coId enough 70 chill the enthusiasm OF the
people, which was manifested IN such
manner and go such degree as 10 in
.pire the governor with all the influence
~ the good feeling SO plainly manifested
try hi. feliow-citisens. HE inaugural adj
Sr~s-. practical and assuring was well
r.-r,ved by those who had the pleasure
n listening ~ its delivery in Dover Opera
Houae. as we'll as by the thousands who
had the privilege Of reading Il IN the
afternoon newspapers. The reception that
followed the Inauguration and the bell
IN the State Armory at night were brii-
hent social events. attended by men ana
women from all parts Of the state
Altogether, IL may truly be said thht
never did The inauguration Of governor
AZ our State capital prove moro euccessiui,
more enjoyable. or more promuing than
that Of Governor William y. Denney,
Yesterday.
Now that the Inauguration is out of
the way. there is no iesson why the
Legislature should not settle down 70
active and consistent business. There
great deal Of work to be done, important
work, and it cannot he entered upon too
soon. The School law amendments should
~ once he presented for consideration
A measure providing for the inauguration
- tho budget system should be brought
forward without delay The city charter
measure for Wilmington should be pre-
sonted as soon as possible The bin Tor
the co-ordN1ation and combination cf the
numerous, State boards and commissions
should be considered And the committee
should at once begin work on the appro-
prietlons for the next two years
NieNiBHFs 81 lHF 1eklHidt NV - 0f'i't
attention to business. may facilitate the
preparation Of al public measures, and
outside interests that have measures in
contemplation should Immediately enter
actively upon the werk Of preparation.
There is not muoh time left, although the
session is still young, and delay will he
costly Already there are intimations OF
setting date for limit TO the iutroduc-
ton Of new business, and although II may
Re true, as alleged in the Senate, yester-
day, that Under the Constitution new
business may be introduced az any time,
Il Is within the power Of the General As
sembly 70 establish limit and to adhere
10 il. And it would be well 70 establish
such limit.
Too much time has been lost already,
and unless a change shall come to pass by
next week, there will be the same old
story Of days Of idleness followed by q
brief period Of fever1sh rush and hasty
consideration Of q mass of important
propositions. Let US hope this condition
viii not como to pass
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
AN OLD FRIEND HEARD FROM.

To The Taxpayers Of New Castle
County AZ have been lost ~ the Ds-
i0fisy of the taxpayers ut New Castle
county for something over two yesfs,.
take this attitude 20 notify my friends,
also my enemies. that have az All tifnss
kept the old State in mind, and am
very aofry % see that peanut politician
has run away with the better elements
of the people IN my own little stste
After what information ! obtained J
would have loved to recommend ~ the
city of Wilmi1 gton r. get such men as
Henry & Conrad, Chief Justice Penne-
will, Judge poyce. Robert ri Richards,
Daniel @ Hastings, william g ilillea,
Charles - Bird and w w Laird elected
an audit committee 10 make complete
audit of the foresaid county. and also
recommend men 70 hll the positions,
wherever they find officials that are not
trustworthy For haven't forgotten my
administration ~ Levy Court CUmmis-
eioner oi New Cssile county The peanut
politician critics treated me very severely
because I would not close my eyes, and,
as they call H., pet rich, but failed ~ aee
il that way / made up my mind ! would
much rather leave the old State with
good reputation than ~ stay there and
10 tho Bidding If a lot of crooked pollti.
clans. a. they may call themselves n
eau furnish any information that will
beneht the taxpayers of the city Of VIII
rnington nr The State n Delaware, you
ean find mo ~ Ferty-nihth and Peachall
avenue Philadelphia Pc
Samuel l. Burr
Philadslphia. Pc. Jan n, 1927
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
lust T Folks
Hy Idgar A. Cues,
THOUGHT

Not be the deeds @hiah we havel done.
The temples reared for they shall pass
And newer Temples he Begin.
Shall we impress lifes changing mass:
Dnr eafthlv progress must he Wrought
n the rnare lasting realm pf Thought
The history ~ the world i based
IN many people overt brown.
Whose horo of Pernsnenco was placed
In uassive piles of brick and stone.
Yet they went lettering o'pr the btink
When humankind began o. think
Thought IL fhs Power which svaya IA I'll
And shall unto tha end If time
Refafe i every wrpnr must fall,
And base beginnings grow sublime.
With human thought and human will
There no such thing as standing still
Ngt hy orr skilled hands and strong
Shall wn escape oblivion night.
Ilif ae ne 50 upward moved along
IL thinking clear and thinking right,
We shall grow great as We have fRug ht
fNr Yofpg r. brave tho realms of thou ght
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
Finds Too Many Churches.

Rev Dr. stickney Percy Grant Of
New York City, who If prominent in the
councils of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, viii insist that the next bishop
Of that diocese, TO succeed Bishop Burch,
shall be an American by birth, and that
before his selection he shall have an
nounced his platform so that the delegates
may vote lntelligently on filling the office;
he would avoid the election Of man TO
the Bishopric who would regard il as es-
sential that the Cathedral Of St John the
DIVINE should be completed Immediately,
OF that it should be a part Of has work.
DR. Grant declares, in an interview, that
II elected he will regret having TO live in
$500 600 house and TO preaching in
s15,0O0,000 cathedral, the upkeep Of
which viii be million dollars year more,
and he insists that bishops have more
churches now than they can attend to.
DR. Grant usually has an interesting
way Of viewing conditions, even though
he is widely at variance with the majority
of his fellow-churcbmen He has in
yariably refused to follow very closely the
leadership Of his bishop whenever il ran
counter to his radically democratic views,
and has insisted that he will obey the laws
of the State as applied to marriage and
divorce, rather than those from the head
Of his church
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19

Coal quotations show q decline Of from
fifty cents to one dollar ton in anthracite
for domestic uses. or $50 at the mine s.
while bituminous has just reached its
lowest recent point. $3.50 at tidcwater
The latter market is suffering from the
general business depression ard lack Of
demand, while anthracite is still so badly
needed that the operators seem 10 be
able to obtain for it almost any price they
choose to ask Unfortunately for the
consumers soft coal cannst be made to
serve 10 any extent in the homes this cold
spell
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER =

ANY ,eadef tsa GET fis sgs~ss A. sas
nation asr-.s ,ed.rls nasxla. pirs
.prsc.i, :" l'',sr,nsslsn Ti,s l,,,ss.a - .af
slys. Adyiee gn lsgsl ui..iicsi sna nssH. ~
rnSssle tss pi,i.s raf fa snfsfissa asf no
tiye fs.sa REQ % .ug fut tIe Nue Hf
question pisiaig sna bfirnv Niss fai aan.
los return pp.tsse 40 far'iss 49, Cos
dif~ct ~ ths inquirer
q How mauy aistss did mo Demo.
crats carry in the ias' FfrH.1er fI
aieytion7 y 10 -
a. ~ the recent rlortiun fhe DfI
cfata carried o. States hinhrIn.
Arkansas, Flofida. Georgia krnfIr
hissieaippi. North Carolina
Carolina. TsEan and VHginia
from income tag7 ~
a. The exemption a. ui1rr
$1,000 ihe same ~ fnr ary other r.r.
pereon. unless rho lr mainfaluifa
b, no f0f dependent children 0f f
uves She ir fhfn entitled fl fl 0rh
ernDtlyn as the head of lamHr.
en nddhl0nal ft4N orer.Hf..U frI
dependent uluof MIA
q what afe enc Gufer r
corn, wool aud rYfffn r.. H.T
now tariff bn7 u
a A. raaaed be fr Hausr
schedules afe Wn.af ll .r4f.
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wool lt c'nfr r. pound aaf.f
10 cents Irurf I
cents pound rfH
1uty ~ fr scnfa irF1
existing duties HfHf tF
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
Hreteria Is No Road 10 Truth.

The world has long had an excellent
proverb TO the effect that ono cannot lift
himself into heaven by his bootstraps
Apparently another is in tho making
we cannot fast our husbands into paia-
disc"
The western woman who has gone on
hunger strike in an effort 10 convict her
husband of sin and win him 70 conversion
owns more zeal than doctrine She has
proceeded without any Scriptural warrant
whatever. having exaggerated the fasting
principle into tho forbidden one of PLAIN
suicide
She has equally fouted tho preccpts of
good sense, for it is good and not horrible
example that wins peniteIis and flle the
mourners' bench Her hysteria has wor-
RED her husband. but il hasn't shown
him any sensible reason for loving the
church or religion which has permitted in
her what seems vastly moro like plumb
obstinacy than spiritual grace f any de
nomination whatever
We ought not to make fun Of perform
ance that has become already tragic in
suffering, and may even lead TO fatality
We can even admit the adnlTableness Of
grit. But the woman is offending all rules
Of divine reasonahlcncss. making stark
pain for every one concerned, without
the least rational ground for hope Of ac-
compEshing anything worth while by it.
How can any man found sane religion
on the insanity of has wiie2
We seem TO be living IN q time when
hysteria breeds like flies IN wet summer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
EVENING SMILE.

Don't YOU think you have good
mamma. 81 spread such D nice big
allco - bread with Jam for you AK
ed the visitor Oh. yes replied Iols
bte nty grandma is sooder she lets
ma spread the iarn myself
n IS said thaf you Eeve money n
the Legislature
Another uutruth'" replied tho man
s.ha raa being investigated. Tho
Legislature took y away from me '--
Washington star
director hid sou or did yoh no' teil
he camera man yesterday that : rad
tho biggest feet ~ any human being
you had ever seem" Leading man II
aid mot merely sald that II vou
would take your shoes off YOU rou'1 ~
half uudreseed
That fellow Clipping called mo Oh
SFenus. remarked Mr JsEshv BE
seemed ~ think IL great Joke What
are vou going - Dr. about it, I
haven't der ided yet havs forgotten
about al ever knew about SFanus.
hut have an idea thst he was neither
= uillar f. the church nor an orns u7ant
70 sc~ietF.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19
BY Walt Mason.
THE TRANIPS.

| spend my quiet days and hourS
where winter does no whiting, where
iii December gorgeous flowers the
countryside are trltlng Here come
the lads who have the price, 70
dodge the beastlv weather Of coun-
tries stocked with sleet and ice, and
srowdrifts stuck together. Here
/ also come the unwashed tramps.
all dav | see them drilling; and lots
of them are wicked scaInps who d
knife You for "A shilling They're
| passed along from town to town by
wise and thoughtful coppers. who
do not wish to curry down 50 many
thieves and paupers They re
driven forth from Punktowns 5 gstes
I bv stern official orders; that village
wants no frowsv skates within its
moral borders. They're ehivied out
Of AIudville streets, the rural cop
prevailing. that hamlet wants no
! buns and beats, its atmosphere IN
| haIing. THIS is the system that's IN
/ force wherever tramps may wander,
I and selfish seems such work and
[ coarse-to shoe them there and
Wonder. And 50 the hoboes ply
/ their boots, down all the roads they
! trickle; and some of them are cal
/ ioused brutes who'd 4 shoot YOU for q
/ nickel. A trail of crime they re lay
t ing down, a record that's q beauty;
I and when we've shooed them from
I our town we think we've done our
/ duty
I
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19

The coal oil can which figured SO fire.
quently in the long past as causing many
deaths when its contents were used to
accelerate the sluggish breakfast fire is
back into service again It appeared in
Stevensville, Md, q few days ago, and
badly burned the woman who poured the
oil into the stove and quite as severely
injured the husband who ran to rescue
the human pillar Of fire. This experience
should serve as notice that the oil can is
still as dangerous rs il used 10 be when its
contents are misused
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19

a customer in a store has no right to
shoot a salesman who may have kept hun
waiting while the latter chatted gally with
a pretty woman shopper. as dld Phlla-
delphian a day or two ago There arc.
however. occasions in these after-tho war
days when the temptation 10 resort 70
extreme measures III order 70 assure polite
and intelligent attention makes the provo
cation so great that ono can sec the Wis
dom Of the law prohibiting gun 'totipg
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19

The fact that Henry Ford has just
given away s7,0O0,0OO to his worEmen
indicates that he might have outbid the
G.. o. p. leaders in Michigan for seat
in the United States Senate bad he been
an advocate Of "boodle" in elections He
distributed the money among the men
who helped him to earn it, which is true
democracy. With a barrel SO big and
wide open, he must be the envy Of the
whole Republican party.