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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-15
10 We s11sF 'Ps OF Of reasT' asss'''
BY KATHERINE MOORE
BY KATHERINE MOORE

pressing the darn with my thumb and
forefinger. Maybe it'll hurt a little
and maybe it'll he a little punishment.
| thought. aud a smile spread over my
face as / pressed The sock TO my
breast.
That night | was not in bed when
Leonard came home.
IL had been a rainy day and the
house seemed cold and cheerless. SO
kindled small fire In the living
room fireplace and sat and waited
there for him. q
When he finally came in he looked
surprised to find me up. but he came
and threw himself down In a chair
10y the fire.
felt tightening around my heart
as looked at his pale. hollow cheeiss.
lie did not look we'll at ALL And | was
poweI1ess 20 do anything for him.
l wondered afterward If he felt a
touch of the rush OF love that welled
up in my heart and surged about him.
Apparently there was nothing diff
ferent in that evening from dozens
of others so much like IL. and yet my
feelings registered just the slightest
perceptabie change.
Leonard said he was very tired, and
he certainly looked it. lie half pulled
himself out of the chair and drew
himself up with an effort. | wondered
If he was going 20 be ill., The thought
frightened me horribly.
I'm going on up. Noreen," he said,
and / heard his weary feet mount
slowly up the stairs.
lie had forgotten To bank the hot
Goals with ashes, SO | knelt down in
front of the open fireplace and fixed
il myself, Leonard vas not like his
old self. | could see il in 30 many
ways. lie used TO be so thoughtful.
| started To get up from my knees
but Just then something surged up
in my soul. My hands cIasped to-
gether and dropped slowly in front
of me. My face turned upward and
my thoughts. like the sparks that
cracked and rushed up the chimney,
eager for release. turned and mounted
with them toward Heaven.
Tomorrow Premonition.
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message TO the muscles watch con
troll the throat and vocal chords. This
takes place 80 rapidly that W. are
conscious of no apprecIable iafae Of
tlInc, though Impressions Of pleasure
DO not register with equal spced ulou
different brains As may be- noted by
watching audiences at the theatre or
motion picture houses Especially at
the latter, some persons will start to
laugh a second or two before the gen
eral expression of amusement spreads
over the theatre and ii viii also be ap-
parent that those who are familiar
with the joke are not laughing as
heartily as those who are seeing or
hearing il for the first time. In other
words, the impression is strongest the
first time and generally loses force in
direct ratio 10 its degree Of familiarity
Il IS for this reason that professional
humorisls rely upon the unexpected
for the ma jor portion of their fun
making. for it is seldom that iha hearty
laugh which evidences complete en-
joynsent is the result of the natural
sequence Of events or phrases. Laugh
ter. therefore, Is really half-brother
70 the cry of pain for they are both
children OF the same father. the brain.
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MORE RECIPES FOR PUTTING uP
STR AMHEHHIES.

Last Wednesday I gave directions
for canning strawberries by the Cold
Pack method. Today | am going 10
take up other ways of putting them
up.
My Neiehbors Way Of Canning
Strawberries; tThIs is an out-of the
ordinary recipe which is used by a
naighbor friend Of mine who worked
II out for herself and will use no other
method.t Hull and wash berries,
then crush one-fourth ~ them, strain
Ing the juice Into your preserving
kettle. To pint Of this Juice add
pint of granulated sugar and X pint
of cold water let il simmer for 20
minutes. then take the kettle off tho
range and skim the juice. Now fiji
hot, storilzed jars with the remaining
berries Gas you used one-auarter OF
the amount to crush, you will have
three-auartera Of the original quantity
left. Place the fiiied jars on the rack
in your wash boiler, i'm which there is
only enough hot water to cover the
rack. Pour the prepared hot sirup
over the berries in the jars to within
x inch OF the top of the Jars, and ut
on rubbers ltbat have been dipped
into hot waterD and the sterilized
glass caps; put the top wire over the
glass jar-caps but do not press down
the side wire. Now add hot water
until II comes halfway to the top Of
the jars. To my mind, this ia a very
important point. For, you can say
what you please about having the
water cover the jars, but /. at least,
have never had luck In so doing; half
OF the red sirup from the inside Of the
jar has always been in the Gamer
when | did so--although. TO be sure,
my jar-wires may be stretched slight
ly and therefore cause this trouble.
After adding the hot water. put on
the cover of the boiler ard LET the
water boil around the jars for II
hour. then remove jars and set them
aside 10 cool. press down the side
wires only after the Jars are entirely
cold"
Preserved Strawberries: Dissolve 4
cups Of sugar in scant pint Of strain
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LITTLE BENNYS
NOTEBOOK
NJ 10. rsp~

Pop was smoakinr and finnsinx
last mite and all - a au9aln n0 90
20 ma. .. by the why rsv letr. Ia
going 10 brinF = euppie ~ flsfp.
uers np for slppif Ihtfs1aY nIin
10 you think Nora can haif DNf a
good meel for once and asrsi n e
II she enjoyed her work and NOT ii.
H. she eas serving r. lfc senfnuiF IN
prison for somebody siises cfiliof
Wniyum you know tffF weu
Ther-iay Il Noras day IN. "a ua
so I do. I nseH so D. b. a4d pss.
well. there's an easy wsy ouf ~ That.
Jest request ber ~ take N Ffaay
instead Of Thersday th.s week
Heo noe. the deer ~ rrpletlinx
Nora 10 do enything sne daxyeut
Nunt to 90 ~ leet Too funny fsr
gerds. hee. nee, sed ma.
Well Then. don't Request hri sims
ply command her. - ihis our hiNYse ~
hers7 sod pop. and ma ed. p.
shout $3.50 1 should say. afld pop
aed. Well I don't agree with Guu. 20
cook Il going to 81 the upas ~ ny
ranch. now o. AZ eng future ln@.
the way 70 deel with these fbfHffs
Il with q fern hand I'm going rfs
down and tell her 90 q plane matter
Or fack way that ixrecf ner ~ vefk
T-hersday aftlrnoon and take Friaar
or insted
FTee hee. Excuse my isrser srf ma
I don't even notice 81. ed pot Auf
he wawkcd out ~ the room hawfy
with me following him fo aef vst
would happin. aud We went dflsu r.
the kltchin and Nora nae ln hers
pcaling potatoes with uife an1 q
unssttisaed Expression. pop sthnfins
there a minnit and then aaying, Wen,
Nora. peaiing potatoesy
III say / arm. ! never seen a Ernaii
family eat 70 meny potatoes Hs fnis
family does. I gers n .f was sfn~-
thing that didcnt har to be pellrd
they wouldenf t0utch them. sd Nors,
and pop sed. Wen. weii. its NOT us taf
las that. I'm sure. and Nora. w ffr sar,
u occurred 20 me ! thawt posseftiv yo1
1 mite like 20 take Friday afilfumgn n
irsted ~ Thersday tnis week. d mrer-
! ly occurred % me
Well it mite AZ wei not IN. "a
Nora keeping on pesung petafae~
and pop sed. ,appose nor. il wa#
jest passing deer ~ mire And
ne went bark ~ % fhe s~stnr rom
and ma sed. Wen. WI she 0r wont
she?
Did q ever occur % Won that eyen
cook hss her rites9 ed rop
o. you meen she wont. bee hte a
ma iafHng
Haw haw. 80 pop pcriendiny 10
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WHY SOME GET AHEAD.
DOROTHY DIX TALKS OF HAVING
A KEEN SENSE OF IIUN1OR
Criminal Boa-Iegged"
Copyright 1891. by the Wheeler syndoafe. Inc.

We are in the way of thinking that
a sense Of humor comes by nature as
Dogberpy thought that knowing how
To read and write did, and that one
was no more responsible for not hav-
ing a laugh that was hung on hair
trigger and went of at a touch, than
we are for not being born with a clas-
steal profile and naturally curly hair.
OF course. to arrive on this sad old
earth with a protuberant funnybone.
is to be the darling of the gods, for 30
have an intuitive sense Of what some
one has called the sweet absurdity
OF thipgs," is to have magic that
takes y, sting out of misfortune. and
puts Stra kick into the cocktail Of
JOY. ~, .eithcless. il Fate has denied
You this precious gift. you need not
despair. You can acquire sense OF
humor. You can Burbank the smile
OF politeness into the rip-roaring
laugh Of hilarity.
You don't believe il? You know too
many glum. grouchy people whose
lips would crack If they tried to laugh.
You know too many Grape hangers
who neve. read anything but Russian
novels, and the deaths and accidents
in the newspapers. and who drink
black tea, and believe that the Judg-
ment Day is at hand You know too
many literal men and women. upon
whose heads surgical operation
would have to be performed before
sou could insert n joke into their
poor old beans. and you are convinced
that people have to be born with a
sense of humor. just as they are born
with tenor voices. You can't get that
VA yourself.
That IS where we have made a mis-
take. That's why there are 50 many
afpfessed snd depressing. whiny. COM
plain. stolid. heavy people In the
wosid. We have believed that If any
one didn't naturally see the funny
side of things. or catch the point Of a
JOKE that he or size was Ike the hclp-
lessIs blind or deaf. and all that we
could do was 70 endure the poor. ar
fiicted creature with what patience we
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could. We never dreamed Of such a
thing as trying to lift the curse from
tho victim.
Yet il can be done, as i am witness.
before and after the fact Among my
friends is superwoman who is wise
as she Is witty and who is equally
filed with imagination and hard. prae-
teal. common sense. she married n
iigcnt little daughter nine years old
whose one defect was that she bad alb.
solutely no sense of humor.
She was asAstone deaf TO laughter as
Trilby was To music. Witticisms made
no more dent upon her understanding
than SNOWFALL would upon armor
plate When people about her would
roar over a funny story. she would
stare at them in round-eyed wonder,
her keen little mind searched through
the sea OF talk TO try TO find the clue
To the mystery OF what amused her
elders. Humorous exaggeration was
simply lie 10 her. Everything was
bald. up-and-down literalness TO her.
My first duty is to teach that child
how TO laugh" said the step-mother
But you can't do it," said the
child's relatives you couldn't make
her see a Joke with a telescope She
has absolutely no sense of humor
whatever
IN develop one in her" replied
the new mother. Il can't let her miss
the best in life. / don't see how any
cne can have the courage TO carry on
through life II they haven't a sense
OF humor. There's so much that one
must either cry over, or laugh over,
and TO be able to laugh is the brave
attitude"
So this wonder-wonan took the fun
ny papers and diagrammed their jokes
for the little girl, and explained their
quips, and dissected their humor and
showed her where the laugh came i'm.
and why certain things We're funny.
II was slow work. hut at last she
opened up the unsuspected spring 90
humor in the little girls soul and
from II bubbled up full-throated laugh
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ing good natured race to see which
one will be all the way out first. of
course the first one is way ahead, hav-
ing had such a start, but on the other
hand the second one is the freshest
and in modern life the race generally
seems to go to the young.
Your mother was over today Joe.
She wouldn't stay for supper after |
told her / didn't hardly think / had
enough for two but that or course she
was welcome if she cared to intrude,
but we had a Very nice chat. mainly
about YOU. We both agreed that your
greatest fault is your generosity, es-
pecially towards yourself.
The deg you sent home knows me
now and minds whatever / tell him.
unless of course it's direct command
such as Come here" or Go away" or
something of that nature. l kind of
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stead of the brownish shade little
House Cricket wore.
Before House Cricket could ask any
question the other cricket chirped
Hello. who are you? You are not
one Of my family, | am sure, but you
must be relative. / am Field
Cricket and live in the field on the
other side Of the fan"
When House Cricket told him who
he was Field Cricket exclaimed. n
knew il. you and are cousins: come
right over IN the field and visit my
family"
House Cricket was a little scared as
he followed his cousin down a dark
tunnel OF some depth under the ground
but he made up his mind not to turn
back for he wanted to see all the
sights
When Mother Field Cricket saw
the stranger her son was bringing in
she exclaimed. Cousin. how did YOU
set 50 far from home?. And when
House Cricket told her he had de-
cided TO leave his mother and travel
a little. Mother Cricket made him sit
down and listen to her.
You must go right back to your
nice warm house. she said Don't
you know that we have very cold
nights out here in the field and then
the frost comes and we have tc stay
in all winter unless Of course some
creature comes along and carries us
OF before then
II guess ! will start for home
now. it is getting late" said House
Cricket. who had thought while Mrs.
Field Cricket was talking of his nice
home by the fireplace and his mother
and brothers chirping in the freight
House Cricket reached his koa!e
Just as the lamps were being lighted.
lie hoppcd gaily through Il craca un-
der the door and joined his brothers
in their evening song.
There is no place like home .
chirped little House Cricket Loudly
There is no place Ike home. and his
mother, cuddIing him close Ia her.
said. 4 thought you would fad that
out, my son. that was the reason I
let you 60"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-15
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. kirkman

Ell and uncooked stra wberry juice
tcrush tho smaller berries 20 obtain
this juiceD. Put over flre and LET boil
: minutes, skimmine we'll Now add
quart Of the largest, reddcat berries
you can get and let simmer until
tender but not mushy Then take out
the berries gently with sieve and
pack them into hot. stcriIized Jars
which are standing IN pan of hot
water. The juice still resnains IN the
preserving kettle and 20 II should be
added airy juice that has collected in
the bottom Of the Jars which you have
filied with the berries fdrain IL on
Let this juice cook down until as
thick as molasses, then pour II over
the fruit IN the jars 20 within 4 inch
Of top. Dip new rubbers into hot
water and place them on jars. adjust
hot. sterlized covers. seal alright, and
store. Before putting on the covers.
however, 1t is well TO run a silver
knife around the inside of the jar
close to the glass 30 that any air
bubbles may be broken.
ghubarb-s strawberry Jam. Wash
the reddest stalks Of rhuharb. remove
b1y very atsdfNf HAifftbns anu tNA hfNf
small pieces. TO l pint Of this diced
rhubarb add Y pounds Of sugar and
place both in the preserving kettle.
Let stand overnight. In the morn
ing piace the kettle on the range and
let boil y hour after reaching the
boiling point. then add pint Of huiled
small strawberries and let simmer
until thick and jellylike. Turn into
hot, sterilized jelly glasses and. when
cold, cover with melted parafipe.
Tomorrow--A Working Schedule for
the Farm Woman
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ter. and today that child. now a wo-
man, has an almost abnormal ap-
probation Of the ridiculous. and Is
noted as an exceptionally good story
teller.
This tip is passed on to other par
ents and teachers. Don't let children
for whom you are responsible grow
up without a sense cf humor. II is
as criminal thing to do, as IL is to
Let them grow up cross-eyed, or bow
Legged, or knock X -kneed. when little
judicions treatment would save them.
For n sense of humor is more than
Just an added enjoyment in life. IL is
n sword and bueklcr against the siings
and arrows Of outrageous fortune.
Fate cannot down those who always
come up laughing after every fall.
II is the serious people. the intense
people, who break under strain. The
merry hearted have the residence Of
India rubber. The men who commit
suicide when things go wrong with
their business, the women who are
literally driven into the insane asylum
by their children and their servants,
are those who take life as a tragedy
instead of seeing it as comedy. The
men and women with a sense of hui
NOR never despair. because they al
ways see something so diverting and
| interesting even in their misfortunes,
that they fight on until their luck
changes.
Also. a sense of humor Will do more
TO keep us from making fools of our
selves. than anything else. II is only
those who have no appreciation Of
what figure of fun the pompous. the
pretentious. the Dragging. and the
vain are, that strut about like pea
cocks. When you can laugh at your
self, you keep other people from laugh
ing at you.
A sense of humor keeps US humble
and brave and cheerful. 1t makes us
easy to live with and pleasant COM
pany for our fellow creatures: and
for these, and a thousand other rea-
sons, it is worth cultivating in our
selves, and developing in our chill
dren.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-15
AN AROUSED.
Chapter 60.


Mrs. RusseIl's visit had so com
pictely reused my spirits that l im-
modiatcly threw OF the old detection
and indifference, and started forth
again with new incentives.
1 could understand a little better
why such people were in the world.
II requires friction TO light the
spark. The cold bath and the rough
hath towel are healthful and invigor-
ating.
/ went straight up 60 Leonard =
room while the desire was strongest.
/ was such swaying reed these days.
1 picked things up and tidied around
his room. Then ! sorted over all his
underwear and stockings. and made a
pile on the bed OF those that needed
mcndlng. lt was remarkable how n
civilized man could tear OF buttons.
and rip out hutton holes. and appar-
entity shove his heels and toes right
through his socks. Men were such
a queer species after all. so different
from women. To be successful
wife. a woman should. before mar
rage. make an intensive study uf the
masculine variety JUST. as she would
evpcot to take course in cooking
Someone ought 60 tell her. IL would
save lot of heartaches and divorce
proceedings.
took the mending To my room and
piled il up on the sewing table. II
hooked like an aii-day job. ] wanted
"a scold Leonard and hug him. all at
the same instant. l was terribly
always seemed Go put me in a more
chicken-hearted. Mending his clothes
susceptible state OF mind. | knew lots
of strong minded women would hate
me and think me very weak, but IL
wasn't human To be too immovable.
So ! sewcd and darned. and laughed
"A little and cried a little.
There, That was a terrible hole. :"
/ remarked aloud. pulling the darner
out OF black silk sock and view
ing my handy work And / do be-
licVe that Is one of the new lot he
just bought little while ago" 1
musod. That's pretty fiat" | said.
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LETTERS or TESSIE AND JOE

Dear joe:
The baby says papa" now Joe, At
least I'm sure he intends 10 say papa"
and it sounds at least as much like
pap" as it does like anything else,
50 why not be perfecty fair and inn
partial and give him the benefit of
the douht2 Stin its only fair 10 tell
you that of the four people l called in
to hear him say papa" one thought
he was saying "water," one bottle, :"
one hungry" and one candy" It's
just another symbol that with all the
different opinions floating around in
the world on all the different subjects,
how IS a body TO know what really is
the ruth?
The little angels two teeth are pro-
crossing merrily. ard seem 70 be hav-
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John EngIand's Body Found.

Dewey Bartlett, 1902 Apple street
yesterday afternoon found the body
OF John England floating in the
Christiana river near ths PennsyI-
vania railroad bridge. England was
drowned on Sunday afternoon. Deputy
Coroner Nichols took charge Of the
body ana Will make arrangements for
IT'S removal TO the young mans late
home At Zion. Cecil County. Nd.
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is plenty % warmth outside and much
more 60 See
House Cricket scampered across the
garden path. but a bright-eyed bird
saw him and he almost lost leg. 1t
was badly pulled and poor cricket had
"a sii a tong time tucked far under a
bush before he could travel
After awhile he started again and
managed to reach the road By n field.
and Just as he was wondering which
way to turn he heard a friendly chirr
near him.
House Cricket looked and there by
q rock nearly hidden by grass was
cricket. hut he wore q hack coat in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-15

lected. Elizabeth r. Day; Aria Non
Ia sospri," Tosca. Mrs. Josiah Bacon;
(aD Allegro Appassionate. Saint
saens. Cb) Song Of India" Korsakofr.
Thomas DE Sipio- Cellist, Mrs. Nathan
-Accompanist; robin Good
fellow" Orlando Morgan, Frank Ford
Palmer; reading. selected Elizabeth
r. Day: THE Cry Of Rachel" Mary
Turner Salter, Mrs. Nathan Goldstefn: !:
Good Night Martha" F'lotow. Quar-
tefte.
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WHY?
WHY DO VIZ LATCH WHEN GLADf
Capyrgnt. 1890. by
whcc!1r Syndicate Inc.


Although all the Investigations Of
scissce have been unable 10 tell Us
much about the reasons why certain
things make different impressions
upon the delicate organ which we
know ~ the brain. much has been
learned about the way ia which the
brain reacts 10 impulses from without
causing as TO laugh or cry accord
inE 70 whether we are amused or hurt.
In the last analysis. laughter is moth
ing more than the involuntary reac-
t1on "a an impulse which reaches the
brain either through the ear. the eye.
or. a. in the case Of a person who is
tickied. through one or more OF the
nerves Of the body.
Just as a cut or any other hurt will
register its instant impression of pain,
something that amuses us will cause
a definite reaction upon another part OF
the brain and viii, in turn. result in
the sending OF an almost telcgraphic
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HOUSE CRICkET MEETS HIS
InI'SlN

once upon a time there lived lit
lie cricket in n house where II was
nice and warm. and he sang with his
brothers near the fireplace, but one
day he decided 20 run away, for he
lcgap Co think his life very duh.
Little House Cricket hoppcd out in
the sunlight and found IL almost as
nice a. the fireplace warmth. and he
felt that his mother had been wrong
when she said he would find il cold
and drcary outside.
Mother has lived in there all her
ltfc." said hc. she does not know the
ways of the world. that is plain. I will
travel awhile and then como hack and
toll my family how stupid they are
to stay hy the fireplace when there
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SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT.
To BE Given by Bichor Cholem Mochef
Lekenfm June 81 For Charity.

The program arranged by the
women OF the Bichor Cholem Mochef
Zekenim for the concert TO be given
at the New Century Club, june II.
for the benefit of the orders charitable
work will prove very attractive 70
music lovers. II is as follows:
sweet Miss Mary" w. II. Neidling-
err: Dusk of Night" Arkangeisxi; /;
Cuartette; Loves Sorrow" Harry
Rowe Shelley. ). Wales Davis. Al
legro Sonata ID Minor" Beethoven
MargerN Hamilton Hill: reading -se-
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JORDAN GOES TO HOSPITAL.
Occupant OF Automobile in Which
g.. b. Moore was Killed Last Saturday.

suffering from internal hemor-
rhases as the result Of injuries sus-
tanned last Saturday afternoon in an
automobile accident at Deerinp's Cor
ner. Harvey Jordan. Of Richardson
Park, is a patient at the Delaware
Hospital TO which institution he was
removed last night. Ills condition
Is reported as favorable. He was in
the same machine with George b.
Moore who was fatally hurt.
George A Brodley, another oc-
cupant of the car, is suffering from
slight paralysis Of the left arm and
numerous other injuries. Moore.
Jordan and Brodley were all sitting
on the front seat, Brodley driving.
when their machine was struck by
a GER owned and driven by Alfred a.
Young.