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contemplate going so far as that. II
we can ger reasonable limitation
we shall think that great things have
been accomplished"
Thus our President carefully steps
out from under future criticism, and
passed the buck OF responsibility to
the dictionary. "If we can get n rea-
sonable Imitation" he says, all win
be happy. Pray. what is reasonable? {?
Even the Gloomy Dean. with all his
learning, could not answer that ques-
ton to the satisfaction of everyone.
We now know that the Conference
FOR the Limitation Of Armament will
be huge success, no matter what
may transpire. there. But we doubt
IL Dean lnge, and all the other odu-
Gated and thoughtful folk of the
world who look on this matter dis
passionately. win agree as to the sue
cess OF the Conference unless il is an
actual success, and not merely die
tionery one.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15
WHY RATIFY ITl

Had Mr.. Wilson, after the final re-
fusal of tie Senate to ratify the Treaty
or Versailles. negotiated such a SEN
arate treaty Of peace with Germany
as that which is now before the SEN
ate, il is safe to say that not a Re-
publican Senator would have voted for
1t. 1t is equally safe to say that the
administration would have been hard
pressed to muster any Democratic
support for it.
The Senate would not have divided
on partisan lines. There would hava
been practically unanimous opinion
that, while an honorable separat,,
peace could have been negotiated Win
Germany, the treaty submitted to the
5 nate was not a treaty in proner
form, that il was not treaty in any
sense in which that term has hither-
to been employed in the foreign affairs
of the United States.
The Senators, Republicans and
Democrats alike, would have called
Mr.. Wilson's attention to the fact thai
the text of the treaty that he had pre-.
scented to them was unintenigible in
itself Nobody who read it could tell
what concessions Germany had made
to the United States or what il was
all about. To find a key it would be
II, 7essary to tGrn TO the text of .
treaty to which the United States wa.
not party and which the Senate hao
twice refused TO ratify. Even with
this key. there would still remain mucl
doubt and confusion as TO the meanint
Of this new treaty which the Presiden
asked the Senate to make part ol
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THE EVENING SMILE.
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

The two miners had never seen
golf played before. They stood watch
ing fat, unskilled PLAYER at work I'm
a bunker. The sand fieN up, but the
ball remained. Seven agonizing shots
had been played. The player stopped
for breath, and then made his eighth
attempt. The ball was lobbed I'M.
dropped on the green. and rolling
gently to the pin, settled in the hole.
"Bagum, Bill" said one miner 30
the other. He's got devil OF a lob
on now."-Iondon Weekly Telegraph.
"1s this a strong cigar?" "It has
never yet met it's match."-Boston
Transcript.
Nerveigh: Miss Roxley, adore
YOU. VIII you be my wife?" Miss r, :
ley (haOghtily): THE idea of your
proposing TO a girl of my class-y,u n
should know better" Nerveigh: 81 do
know better, but they haven't half
your money."-Boston Transcript.
He: Il trust I am not tiring YOU
with my presence" She (sweetly) :
What presents ?"--American Legion
Weekly.
Wife Ito unexpected dinner guest)
You'll have to take pot luck, Mr.
Jones" Jones: Fine, Your husband
just remarked on the way over that he
doubted whether you'd allow us tc
have a little game."-Kansas City Star
Louise" said mother, I'm morti.
fed to think that you would allow the
lieutenant to kiss you yesterday wher
you were riding" But, mother, / as
sure you"-began Louise. Don't DENY
il now" said mother, convincingly
The mustaches of all the other mer
were white-frosted."
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WATCH YOUR MONEY.

The United States Treasury De-
partment. through its secret service
stan. announces that counterfeit
money is again being circulated. The
agents who are running down the
counterfeiters say that the money is
being made 60 pay ignorant moon
sinners and rum-runners who have
not the time, when payment is made.
to carefully investigate the currency.
When they discover it's falsity they
put 1t into circulation immediately
and perhaps you get some of it, un-
less you are exceedingly careful.
Most of this counterfeit money is
in the form of bills, the 10. 20. so, 100
and 500 dollar issues being counter
feited' Frequently it is a smaller
bill, say a 10, which is raised to 100
or a SO which is made to pass as 500
Secret Service agents say that there
is one infallible method to avoid being
deceived by such bills. 1t is this: SIC
bills have the picture of. jackson or
them; Cleveland's picture is on the
$50 ones; Grants on the $50, Frank.
Inns on the 500. and Marshans on the
$500. Thus, if Jackson's picture is or
hundred dollar note, you know that
someone is offering you merely siC
bill which has been fraudulentlS
raised. -. Watch your money.
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THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

the supreme law OF the land" The
Senators would have said, and said
rightly, that they did not propose
to help enact a supreme law OF the
land unless they Understood exactly
what this supreme law purported 70
be--that to describe It as a treaty OF
peace without making clear and pre-
else definitions OF the terms Of that
peace was farcical and an Insult TO a
co-ordinate branch OF the treaty.
making power.
All this and more the Senate would
have said II Mr.. Wilson had submitted
the treaty with Germany that Mr..
Harding asks the Senate To ratify.
and no adequate answer could hive
b N made TO these objections. we
cannot see how the case Is changed
by the change IN the political COM
plexion of the administration. A
treaty that would have been univer-
sp'J condemned as bad treaty IL
negotiated b. Mr.. Wilson liz still n bad
treaty when IL is negotiated by Mr..
Harding New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
ENTERPRISE.

A week ago / chanced to say
to Ebenezer Jones, "I,ll buy my
self a nice coupe when l can
spare the bones" It was an
idle, thoughtless speech, a
wheeze, to all intents; l had no
thought that it would reach the
ears of passing gents. But when
I reached my dwelling place,
nine statesmen waited there, each
with a glad and beaming face,
and eloquence to spare. Along
the curb their cars were parked.
nine wagons, fair to see; and as
one man these gents remarked,
Come, take a drive with me"
And all the long, long sunny day
car dealers worked my phone,
and each one had a grand coupe
l really ought TO own. And
grew wobbly in the knees, and
my despair was tense, for sales
men roasted in the trees and sat
upon the fence; they lifted up
the window sash, and said, with
nerve sublime, I'm case you can
not spare the cash, We'll sell a
car on time" BY mail they
sflooded me with bunk, instructed
me by wire, that l could trade
in any junk, my shotgun or my
Tyre. For days they came, upon
the Jump, each with his fetching
yarn; they got me when I went
to pump, they ragged me in the
barn. Hereafter when I've
things to tell. all by myself I'll
go, and whisper them down in
a well-the deepest one 1 know.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15
THE SOUTHERN CONGRESSMAN

Claude Kitchin, the minority leader
of Congress. whose health is appar-
entity broken, is of the familiar type
of southern orator and politician. in
the better sense of the word. He is
SO years of age. His father was a
Congressman, as was his brother, now
governor of North Carolina. Cluade
governor of North Carolina. Claude
Forest), edited a Democratic weekly,
practised law. served on Democratic
committees, beginning in local way.
These southerners all come up the
same way.
In the North, with a mixture of
new nationalities, our public men
vary in type, but down south they
run true to form. They are all ora
tors; usually large, impressive men
with heavy voices, good deal OF
homely humor and love of their fell
low men. There is an innocence
about them, indeed about all good
southerners, that is very attractive
though for grim, aggressive virtue
with a fondness for unpopular causes
one finds that in finest flower in more
drastic New England. The senti-
mental quality is strong in the men
of Dixie; they make patriotism a
flaming virtue; national life would
be weaker without them.
Men of Kitchin's type take tc
politics as a duck to water. The
same emotional quality drives a good
many into the ministry, indeed the
two callings may be blended i'm the
same man. The best of the southern.
ers are free from intrigue-it is for.
eign TO their nature. They are frank
and wholesome; one is much drawn
to them. And of course in theil
women, these downright qualities re.
SUIT IN charm and strength thai
mas been remarked for centuries
New Haven Journal-Gourier.
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WHAT is "REAs0NABLEr r.

Dean William Ralph Inge of St.
raul's Cathedral, known in the Estab-
iished Church OF England as "the
Gloomy Dean because of his deep
rooted pessimism which permeates
his thought. takes gloomy outlook
on the Conference for Limitation OF
Armament.
Says the Gloomy One:
Disarmament. in my opinion, is a
vital necessity if Europe is to be saved
from bankruptcy and ruin. America
the only power which cannot even
pretend TO be threatened by any
enemy. clearly ought to take the lead
hut wish TO emphasize two obvious
difficulties:
First, the losers in the war mus
como IN OF their own free viii and
they cannot do this unless they ar,
treated fairly and even generously
n gambler. who has won a larg'
stake and cxacted payment i'm full
says 90 the loser. Now let US play fol
howe the rest OF the evening" his pro
poeal probably would not be receive,
well. Second. the world cannot safel!
dlnarm az long as a sanguinary an,
miliArist tyranny exists in Russia" :"
There h small chance Of any Of tn
losers IN the World War coming int
our love feast. For that matter. al
the winning nations today are en-
naeed IN au economic fight which /
anything but a game for the love O
ii And Mf Harding. in his letter I
Nilus ELLA L. Freed Of Brooklyn. mad
puhlio yesterday, let Il be known tina
npthlns even approximating disarm
Hmens IL 90 be sought al the Novem
bet ppurparlers. said the Presiden'
in parts
a think ! ought Go correct you
impression about the expectation Z
unlsstnni disarmament. IL is yer
wtonevus even 10 suggest that N
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

any IT, qusssson by T ~risins Every EVENING
Information Bureau, Frederic ]. Has
Kin. Darctor. washinston, u. g. This
bureau cannot giye advice on. legal.
medical and financial matters IL does
not attempt TO settle domestic trouble
oo sn9 70 .nses wste ror
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address aud enclose two cents In stamps
for return postage All replies are sent
direct TO the inquirer.
q. What city In the United States
has the lowest relative humidity X. g.
A. The Weather Bureau maintains
only about 200 stations in the United
States where observations of the rela-
tive humidity are made, and hence It
liz not practicable 10 state positively
which city in the entire country has
the lowest humidity. Among the re-
porting stations, however, 1t is prob
able that Yuma, Arizona, has the
lowest as a whole. In some Of tho
desert valleys OF southeastern Cali
fornia 1t is probable that the relative
humidity is lower than at Yuma.
q. What are the symptoms OF pto-
maine poisoning2 o. l.. B.
A. Headache, pain in the muscles
nausea, thirst, intense pain in the
stomach, vomiting and purging arc
symptoms OF ptomaine. A charac-
teristic feature OF true ptomaine poi
soning is that the patient remains
weak for a long period. and that re.
covery is very slow. often requiring
several weeks.
q. What is the derivation Of the
name Chesapeake7 V. G.
A. Chesapeake is an Anglicized yer.
sion Of the Algonquin Indian K'che-
sepi-ack, meaning country on a great
river.
| Q. What are call ducksY o. c. r.
A. Call ducks are the bantams ot
the duck family and are kept for ex.
hibition purposes and for use as do.
coys in wild duck shooting. They ar,
especially suitable for the latter pur
pose when crossed with the wild Nal
lard or some other puddle" duck
There are two varieties of call ducks
the gray and the white.
4 q. win you inform me whethei
Alexander Dumas was Negro? S. j. II
| A. Alexander Dumas dumas Pere
was the grandson of Marquis Alexan
der Davydo la Pailleterie and
Haitian Negress.
| q. What size is chamois? A. J.
A. The chamois is about the size O
a large goat, but the neck is lohgc
in proportion and the body shorter
The flesh of the chamois is highl
esteemed and its skin is made int
leather, the original ''shammyskin
being obtained from this animal.
q. Please tell me how to prepar
self-raising -four. J. 8. NJ.
A. Mix pounds Of -four. Il Gu
(h oz) cornstarch, Il ounce salt.
ounces baking soda and sift fou
times. Keep in a Jar or can closel
covered, in a dry place.
@. When was shsckleton knighted
NJ. G.
A. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton wa
knighted by King Edward in 1909.
@. Who wrote the play ''Lightnin
in which Frank Bacon appeared?
X. M.
A. The original manuscript
"Lightnin' was written by Fran
Bacon who also originated the char
acter on the stage. WinchelI Snit
the producer, made some technics
changes in this play.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15
@B0B WHITES

The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture reports, with evident satisfaction,
that quail are more abundant in all
parts of the country this fall than
they have been for many years. In
states where they are protected by
law, where there is no open season,
the bob whites are unusually numer-
GUS. Those states include Ohio, Ne
braska. Iowa and Kansas, where the
advanced farmers have come to a
realization Of the value of these game
birds in protecting their trees and
crops against the invasion of pests.
In Delaware. too. the bob whites
are more numerous than they have
been for many years, according to re-
ports from the rural sections. This
is largely because of the dry spring
and summer which is usually hard
on the nestlings, and take large toll
in deaths. Just now pretty nearly
everybody with gun is getting ready
for the opening of the hunting season
November Is, and which continues
till December 31-and it is safe 10 say
so per cent of the wild birds will be
killed off the first week of the season.
Hunting quail is great sport. There
is scarcely anything thar can give
so many real thrills as shooting over
a well broken brace of retrievers on
a colorful. crisp November morning
while the frost still fingers on the
grasses and brush. The stand" of
the quivering dog as he scents the
close proximity of his quarry, the
flushing of the birds and the whirr
of their wings as they sail away in
fright, indeed stirs the pulse and
brings every faculty to the contest
\ of wits against bob whites instinct
of self preservation. The quail, too
is fit for king when properly cooked
as he would be in almost all Delaware
kitchens, and altogether the sport
and the rewards are most alluring.
On the other hand the value of the
birds as destroyers of the pests thai
attack farm crops, fruit and nut trees
/, make them too precious to be ruth.
lessly slain and eaten, for eventually
: they must disappear unless protected
The use of machinery on the forms
especially mowers and reapers i'm tn,
: harvest fields, has been very destruc
tive on the nests of the game bird,
which with the employment Of mod
z ern magazine guns, adds to the dange
, of their extinction. There is ais,
! nearly always a large percentage o
: young birds drowned, and many fal
) prey to foxes and hawks and othe
enemies and the fact that any sur
D viye the perils that are spread befor
e them is almost inexplicable--a tribut
I to their hardihood and sagacity. Tn
: abundance of the wild birds the pres
: ent season is because of the dr.
;. period that extended throughout thei
mating and nesting season. and pos
r sibly may not occur again for severa
( Years.
y While we have bob whites in abund
6 ance let US treat them as though W
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MEETINGS TONIGHT.
J.. G. e.

Olive Temple, J.. G. e.
Wenonah Lodge, S. Of II.
Liberty Conclave, S. w. NJ.
Mechanics Lodge, ]. o. o. F.
Apache Tribe, Imp'd. o. r. NJ.
Lenape Tribe, Imp'd. o. r. M.
Sheet Metal Workers, Association.
James A. Garfield Council. d. of A.
James Young Con-, H. or S. w. N
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ORPHANS COURT.

On petition of William T. Lyman,
attorney, William II. Klair was ap-
pointed guardian Of William f. Klair
by Chancellor Wolcott in Orphans
Court yesterday.
An order of sale was granted on
petition of La Penne Guenveur for
sale of real estate of Caleb ID. Baker
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15
Edward A. Duncan Improves.

A decided improvement was noted
today in the condition of Edward A.
Duncan, 1704 West Fourth street,
swho has been a patient at the Della
ware Hospital since Tuesday evening
when an automobile. in which he was
riding was struck by passenger train
at the Elsmere station. Physicians
at the hospital Thursday took an
x-ray of Duncan's right arm, to de-
termine the extent of that injury
Since the accident he has been un-
able TO use the arm.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-15

Want driver? Telephone a CLASH
fed ad.--Call 220Q.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01
HEAD OF LEGION AUXILIARY
Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart Of Cincinnati
lie the New President Of the
Women's Organization.

Mrs. Lowell f. Hobart of Cincinnati,
the first national president of the
American Legion Women's auxiliary,
is one of those "war mothers" who
served in the great second army"
When her son Joined the colors and
was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky. she went with him. There
she worked daily as Red Cross SUI
pervisOr and at night she instructed a
class in Red Cross work.
Today Mrs. Hobart is at the head
of one Of the largest organizations of
women in the world. The Legion aux
Hilary has membership of about 1885,
600, having grown from 5000 I'm the
last year. The organization is COM
posed of mothers, wives, sisters and
children Of ex-service men.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01

youngest national commander the Le-
gion has ever had. He Is thirty-fOur
years old. -
He is a natural leader of men,"
say his friends, who have watched
him plug his way through Harvard
university and who later saw him
come out Of the World war lieuten-
ant colonel with three citations and
several decorations.
His military record begins with his
service on the Mexican border in 1916
as a first lieutenant with the Second
Iowa infantry. When the. United
States entered the World war he en-
rolled at the officers training camp at
Fort Smelling and was sent to France
as a provisional second lieutenant In
the regular army. In France he was
with the Ninth infantry Of the Second
division. He was wounded at st.
Mihiel
Mr.. MacNider is an Investment
banker at Mason City, Ia. where he
was born. He has been an active Le-
gionnaire and has served as COM
mdnder of the Iowa state department
Of the Legion.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01

More than 10000 bodies of Amerl-
cans who died in France during the
World war will rest forever in the
sacred soil near the Ibattlefields. Sec
rotary of War Weeks declared In a
recent letter to, the American Legion
at Washington. A total of 43.670
bodies have been returned to the Uni
ted States, according to the war secre-
tary.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01
o. TIE @.
ArlERICAN
LEGION
Copy for This Department Supplied By
the American Legion News Service
MACNIDER, NEW LEGION HEAD
Mason City (la.) Man Is Chosen Ma.
tional Commander Of the Ameri-
can Legion.

1--WE must build this Legion of ours
so big and fine and strong keep 1t so
clean and straight and American, that
when we ask for things for the ex-
service man, for the disabled man and
for those who are financially disabled
our communities will say. If the Le-
giOn is for it, we are for it,"
This was the first message of Han
ford MacNider to members of the
American Legion, following his cleo
ton as national commander of the or
ganization. Mr.. MacNider Is the
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01

"If you will walk down Main street,
U. S. A." writes George f. Kearny in
a widely published magazine article,
"yOu will come to a building which
houses the American Legion post OF
the town. 1t is the most democratic
institution that can be found and the
discussions Of the post are worthy Of
the closest study as an index Of the
future"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01
The Best Available.

The new servant had presented her
references, and the lady of the house
read, them over with doubtful eye.
'Tm not quite satisfied with these,
Bridget" she said.
"Nayther am l, num-" returned
Bridget angrily, "but they're the best
the ould fool would give me."-Ameri-
can Legion Weekly.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01
PraotIee Makes Perfeet.

Burns-That grocer certainly gives
light weight. bet he was q prohteer
during the war;
stern-Oh, no, he was mess sergeant
b my outft.-American Legion Weekly.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01

oeggty Rrant shasins OppsEtnnity, without
nui'a iisi' zee siEs6 Avs New YORK. ely
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-12-01

A survey recently conducted by the
American Legion shows that between
100000 and 100000 service men are
out OF employment in the United
States. The East has greater per
centage of jobless men than any 9th.
er section of the country, with 10000
former soldiers, sailors and marines
In New York alone, without regular
employment, many In actual want.
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1921-01-23

II "Duca degH Abruzzi" ripartira'
da New York per Napoli e Geneva
il 3 Febbraio con pieno carico di
passeggieri Q merci
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CODE III NUOTO Ii VITA

"Durante tutto l'inverno fui am
malata mi sentivo tutta consuma-
ia tanto che spesso mi auguravo
la morte', scrive la signora E. Af-
'front.' di Baltimore, Nd. - Ma, dal
momento che no cominciato prem
dere il Lozogo del Dottor Pietro le
mie condiZlonl sono migliorute di set.
timana in settimana. La TERRIBLE tos-
Sc che mi torturava giorno notte
diyenne memo violenta. L'appetito
migIioro' e 10 stomaco 81 rinfOrzo'
! reumatismi scomparycro gradata-
mente e la miglioria prosegui' iu-
cessantemente Grazie a Dio, ora mi
scnto bene. Posse attcnderc a tutti
i layori di casa e goderc Ia vita di
nuoyo'. Qucsta e la reputazione
del rimedio sperimentato dagli
ami, c prcparato con puri succhi di
crbe che contiene esclusiyamente cio'
che ia bcne all'organismo. Qualun-
que sia la malattia. fa scmpre del
bene. Non e una mcdicina che 81
yende nellie farmacie, ma e fornita
da agent speciah, oppure diretta-
mcnte dalla DIR. Peter Fahrney &
Sons Co.. POSI- Washington Blvd,
Chicago, ILL.,
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CASINO THEATRE

Da domain, lunedi', e per tutta
la durata delPentrante settimana, al
Casino Theatre, Walnut sopra Pot