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The Washington times., 1921-12-17

When their travelling bags were
scratched they were found to contain
such articles as silver mesh bags and
otner goods which please feminine ca
prices. I.N
The decrease In shoplifting ID due
In the main to the extra squad OF
plain clothes policemen who are de-
tailed to the large department stores
10 be on the lookout for thieves. These
men are drawn from the various pre-
cincts and usually begin their special
work about three weeks before Christ
mas. In addition to the men, several
policewomen also cooperate in the de-
lection OF the shoplifters. These wom-
en- are carefully trained In the ways
OF the thieves and they can detect q
suspect In a short time.
Last year number of women who
were said to be kleptomaniacs were
escorted to detective headuarters." In
spector Grant said this morning, land
their friends begged for mercy for
them. II such women are arrested
This year they will be charged with
larceny and a pretty stiff collateral
VIII be demanded of them. Just be-
cause the loss to the shopkeepers IL
MADE good will not exonerate them In
The future. My advice to families who
have kleptomaniacs Is to keep them
away from the stores. particularly at
mis- time, when SO many attractive
articles are being openly displayed In
he stores.''
Asked il he really was of the opinion
that there is such thief as q kiepto-
maniac. Inspector Grant replied:
oh. yes. / know of persons who
have been arrested on the charge Of
shopiifting who could afford to buy
anything In department store"
the extra men detailed to head
escorted to detective headquarters" In
spector Grant to keep a sharp look
out Tor their thief who robs women's
handbags. These thieves usually oper-
ate In the crowds where some attrac-
tive toy or other article is being dis
played In the stores.
The experienced shoplifter cares
nothing, OF course, about the humil-
iating experience of being arrested.
finger-printed and photographed. But
the person who Ia not criminally in.
clined and Ia tempted when an attrac-
tive article is dangled before them
should be deferred by the humiliation.
In the first place, the shoplifter is es-
corted In public to detective headquar-
tiers. The prisoner is then subjected
to grilling In Inspector Grants Of
duced. he. or she, is escorted to the
finger-print bureau. where her, or his,
picture. finger-prints and measure
ments are recorded. These are kept
on file among the records of the GRIM
mails of the land.
Surely, for the sake of a few dol
lars those not criminally Inclined
would not wish this humiliation" a
police official said this morning.
The Washington times., 1921-12-17
PASTORS URNs.
HARDING STAND
. ON D|SARM|NG
Association of Nations Needed,
However, to Garry Out
ohioan's Ideas.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 1T
differ with President Harding when
he says disarmament on large scale
is matter OF changing human ma
ture, said DIR. Irving Maurer, pastor
Of First Congregational Church, ad-
dressing local audience.
Il feel that disarmament on a large
scale 10 possible now. II only we con
see what unlimited armament In
volves." he continued.
One price we must pay for dis.
armament Ii the elimination of party
politics. from interna tional disputes.
1T IL inevitable; II we are to have
rest from building $50.000.000 battle
ships We must have an association of
nations. The more nations we can get
be.
Another cost of disarmament must
he withdrawal from isolation on the
Part OF America. We admit the need
The Washington times., 1921-12-17
Coughs Up Tooth Filling
Which Lodged in Lung

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. H.--While In
a dentists chair few days ago. Nor
man H. Slack, prominent business
man. accidentally swallowed filling
and It lodged in his lung. II gave
him 20 much pain that he became
alarmed and left Tor Philadelphia,
where he made an appointment with
famous surgeon.
: While Mr.. Slack was awaiting the
hour OF meeting the surgeon he was
seixed with Q tit Of coughing and the
filing was dislodged.
The Washington times., 1921-12-17

Layns's court this morning. She
charged her husband. George Trout
man. with neglect Of duty. She IL
the Oldest plaintiff in a divorce suit
in this county and possibly in the
State.
The Washington times., 1921-12-17
Gloves for After
Dinner and
Before

Exquisite Pastel Suedes-imported Ire
fousss Gloves; 8, IL and 16-button lengths,
$3.50, $3.50 and $3.50 pair.
Imported White Kid Gloves, embroidered
In black-also black embroidered in white,
$3.50 pair.
Beautiful White Glace Gloves-Trefousss
make-24-button length, $l+ pair.
Black and White Glace Gloves, 2o-button
length, $1o.So pair.
Charming Brown Glace Kid Gloves, 16-
button lengths, Paris point embroidered, $500
pair.
Imported White Doeskin Gloves, 8 and r.
button lengths, Paris point embroidered, -
a.d - pair.
Two-clasp Glace Gloves, overseam, Paris
point embroidered and 8 rows fancy stitch
ing, in tan, brown, black, white, gray; white
embroidered in black and black in white, g
pair.
White Glace Gloves Paris point embroid-
cred, 12-button, -; 16-button, $3.50, 20
button, $3.50 pair.
The Washington times., 1921-12-17
Give Her Gloves

DUT add to your exquisite glove gift" UNNECESSARILY
d. by sending her-Woodward and Lothrop Gloves.
No matter how diversified the wardrobe occasion
there is specific glove here to meet its every demand
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
THE KITCHEN BAG

Bags are the most convenient arti-
cles to have handy in real housekeep-
ing of any utensils. A bag made of
heavy cretonne or denim, to use for
waste string, hung on the pantry
door, will be found very convenient
many times during the day. Another
bag for paper bags, hung in cOnven-
lent place, will also be found handy.
Shake the bag free from their original
contents and roll or fold them. A bag
hung in the back hall or in some part
of the kitchen, to hold old newspa-
pers, is just the thing one needs, as
many old newspapers are needed dur
ing each day for various uses.
Still another bag for clean pieces
of white cloth, for use in cooking, is
nice to have. Every good cook puts a
strip of white cloth about the edge of
an apple or pumpkin pie before she
puts it in the oven, to hold in the
juices. Such clean pieces of CLOTH
too, are used for wrapping fish when
boiling it, and to handle cooking in
gradients. Hanging in a convenient
place, also, should be bag for pieces
of cOlOred cloths or bits of discarded
underwear to be used for any mishap
in the kitchen.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
GIVE BREEDERS FREE RANGE
Most Desirable for Production of Fer
tile Eggs Intended to Be Used
in Incubator.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Hazards which sometimes accom-
pany the incubation of eggs are large
ly avOidable. Fertile eggs from vigOr-
GUS breeding stock are necessary in
order to obtain good matches.
Free range for the breeders is most
desirable for the production Of fertile
eggs with vigorous germs, but all eggs
produced from such hens should not
be used for incubation. Eggs that are
abnormally small and poorly shaped or
those having thin or very poor shells
should be eliminated. Dirty eggs or
those badly sOiled should not be used.
If it is found necessary to set slightly
sOiled eggs they may be cleaned by
rubbing lightly with Il damp cloth, care
being taken not to rub off any more
Of the natural bloom than is neces-
sary.
II is never advisable to use for
Matching eggs that are more than two
weeks old. In freezing weather eggs
should be collected two or three times
day so as to prevent their being
chilled. Neither a hen nor an incuba-
tor will hatch strong chicks from eggs
containing weak germs or from those
which have not received proper care.
In preparing the nest for the sitting
hen, put from three to four inches
of damp earth or piece Of grass sod
in the bottom of the nest before the
nesting material is put in to provide
moisture. When the hen becomes
brOOdy, and before she is transferred
to the nest for sitting she should be
busted with insect powder or sodium
tluOride. In doing this hold the hen
by the feet with the head down, work
ing the powder we'll into the feathers.
This should be repeated about the
eighteenth day of incubation so as to
be sure that there are no lice present
when the chicks are hatched.
The hen should be moved at night
from the regular laying nest into the
hest where she is to be set. The lat
ter nest should be in some Out-Of-the-
way place where the hen will not be
disturbed. In order to make sure that
the hen will continue to stay in the
new nest, she should be started with
one or two china nest eggs. If, at
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
MASONIC EFFORT
(From Morning Newsl

At the session of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of the state it was decided to
expend $4,000 for an infirmary and
other improvements at the Masonic
home near this city and to found a
memorial scholarship at the Univer-
sity of Delaware in honor of Cunning
Bedford, the mated Delaware patriot
and at one time Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge. Both these steps de-
serve cOmmendatiOn. The Masonic
home has served a very useful pur-
pose and should be amply sustained.
With the help from the order and be-
quests which will now and then come,
it should not be long before the home
has plenty of resources and can eX-
pand. 1t should be endowed.
More and more are homes being
established by various orders and re-
ligious bodies. In the tremendous de-
sire to look after the rising generation
and to provide everything possible for
the comfort and education of young
persons, fortunately those who have
been through the battle of life and
had their ups and downs are not ne
elected. and neither should they be.
Society owes them a debt which must
be paid and it is being paid by insti-
tutions like the Masonic Home.
The scholarship at the University
of Delaware is another forward step.
The more of them the better These
scholarships help materially. The cost
of going through" college has very
much increased during the last twen-
ty-five or thirty years and were it not
for scholarships, many an ambitious
young person could not attend high
er institution. The excessive costs are
a handicap to many, but hundreds and
thousands of young persons are not
deferred by such obstacles. They are
overcoming them in their grim deter
minatiOn to get an education.
An illustration of this is shown in
report recently printed that 200
young men are working their way
through Lafayette College, which has
student body of 800, by doing all
kinds of jobs. Among them are two
young men from South Africa. who
landed penniless. but the Young Mems
Christian Association is looking after
them and they have begun their stu
dies. Similar stories could be told
from many other colleges and univer-
stiles which bring out the eagerness
of youth to forge ahead.
Hence Bedford scholarship found
ed by the Grand Lodge of Masons is
very commendable.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14

Use More Milk, the Drink of Uncle
Sam.
milk and buttermilk. Most of the men
buy a pint each time. The foreman
stated that since the drinking of milk
has become so popular with the men
not only is their efficiency improved
but they are more cOntented and even
tempered.
Specialists are giving lectures in
many large department stores, and eX-
plain that a glass of cool milk is not
only refreshing on a hot day but also
furnishes a definite amount of nour-
ishment.
In New Haven, Conn.,, the manager
of one department store had posters
made entitled, "Why We Should Drink
Milk" and sold six milk tickets for
% cents to the employees, no attempt
being made to show a profit on the
sales. Half-pint bottles of milk were
distributed to the clerks in the middle
of forenoon and afternoon. Straws
were furnished with each bottle of
milk, as the manager believes that too
often people drink milk too fast, qaus-
ing bodily discomfort.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
PARSNIPS AND Satisfy MAY
BE LEFT OUT ALL WINTER

Parsnips and satisfy are hardy, and
the roots may be safely left in place
through the winter AS early in the
spring as they can be handled and be-
fore they start into growth, experts
of the United States Department of
Agriculture advise, the roots should
be dug, carefully sorted, and the Sc
lected ones Immediately reset from 8
to 5 feet apart. They will start into
growth at once, and generally will
produce a good crop of seed. The
parsnip can be safely left in place un-
til the seed crop is fully ripe, when
it can be cut and stored under shelter
till dry. The heads of satisfy open out
as they ripen, and unless gathered the
seed will be blown away. 1t is neces-
sary, therefore, to gather the OPEN
ing heads about noon of every sunny
day and spread them in an airy place
until dry, when the seed can be rub
bed out, winnOwed, and stored.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
WOMEN AND THE FARM BUREAU

1t is not generally understood that
under the new plan of membership
recently adopted by the Farm Bu-
reaus of Delaware that the adult wO-
men of the household of any man who
joins the Farm Bureau are also mem
bers.
Men who join the Farm Bureau do
so from a knowledge that the farm
ers have problems relative to their
/ occupation which can only be solved
by combining forces and considering
the best methods of procedure and
then acting as a united body. The
women of the Farm Bureau should
avail themselves of the same method
Of getting together and discussing
their problems. There are difficulties
in home making as well as in agri-
culture which may be helped by unit
ing in the study of them.
Up to the present time the only
questions that have been considered
at community meetings of women
have been those relating to clothing
or millinery. This may lead some to
think that Miss Woods who repre-
'sents the Farm Bureaus as instruc-
tor, at these meetings, is a clothing
specialist. This is not the case. AS
the county agricultural agent touches
on all phases of agricultural work
from planting to marketing so the
home demonstration agent treats with
all phases of home making.
There are many problems of home
work besides clothing and millinery
that might be considered. Delaware
ranks very high in death rate from tu-
berculosis. This is a problem that
every one should be interested in and
which will never be solved until every
one is actively interested in it. AS a
tendency toward tuberculosis is apt to
be question of whether or not the di-
case will develop in the child as it
grows older depends largely upon the
mother, for fOd and sanitary condition
largely control the disease. For this
reason woman may well devote some
of their time to the study of food and
health. Sanitary conditions are very
poor in Delaware. Delaware has a
very high per cent of under nourished
children. The milk supply is far
from satisfactory in some communi-
ties while the water supply isn't pure
in many localities. Every woman in
the state has her share of responsible
ity in these matters. 1t is an excellent
opportunity for the women of the
Farm Bureaus to become leaders in
correcting these conditions and at the
same time learn things which will be
of personal value to the business.
Two communities have had meet
I
cookers. These and other inexpensive
pieces of home equipment are con-
sidered in the home management
work.
Women in other states have found
it to their advantage to have had a
short course in home nursing.
The question of the social life of
the community rests in the hands of
the women and must be conducted as
a group activity.
These and other subjects relative to
home life can be taken up by the wo-
men of the Farm Bureaus of Delaware
under the direction of Miss Woods,
State Home Demonstration Agent. 1t
is hoped that the women will become |
as active as the men and will grow in
to a strong body that will be recog-
nized as a power to be considered in
the development of the state.-EXten-
sion Service News.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
INA In-0NIT
|||l THF ny
MILK VERY HEALTHFUL FOOD
Educational Campaign Being Conduct
ed by Dairy Division of Depart
ment of Agriculture.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Drink more milk-a healthful food
as we'll as drinks the slogan advO-
Gated in an educational campaign now
being conducted by the dairy divi-
sion of the United States department
of agriculture. Lectures. demOnstra-
tiOns, charts and moving pictures are
being used to teach the food value of
milk, and the work is carried to all
classes and natiOnalities Of people in
all parts of the country. Recently
in Bridgeport, Conn.,, two milk special
lists in one day spoke before five meet
ings; two audiences were cOlOred, one
was Lithuanian, one SlavOnic, and one
Greek and American mixed-1,600
people in all.
In a certain town in Illinois a fac
tory employing 1,4O0 men has recently
introduced the plan of permitting milk
venders to go through the plant at ten
and three o'clock each day with sweet
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
INCREASE SHOWN
. IN fiber CROPS
Due Largely to Cutting Off Of
Supply From Russia and
Other Foreign Countries.
HEMP and FLAX PREDOMINANT
Considerable lmpstus Given to Hemp
Growing by Introduction of Ma
chine Methods-Wisconsin
Leads All Other States.

Fiber crops in the United States
show an Increase this year, due large
ly to the growing realization of the
American manufacturers of the cut
ting off Of supply from Russia and
other foreign countries, and the de
velOpment of fber-grOwing method.
in this country.
Hemp and flax are the principa
fiber crops in the United States. o.
the former, 1900 acres were grown
this year, with an average yield of
700 pounds of fiber to the acre. di
vided about evenly between long tibel
worth on an average of 20 cents Il
pound, and tow, which now average,
10 cents a pound. This would brinl
an average value of the crop to $40:
per acre, or $1,470,000.
Flax acreage has increased from
5000 acres in 1919 to 5000 acres in
1920. The yield is estimated at from
800 to 400 pounds Of fiber per acre
worth IS cents a pound. The tiaN
crop is thus worth about $1,600,0O0.
Impetus to Hemp.
Hemp growing has received cOnsid
cradle impetus since the Unitei
States Department of Agriculture un'
dertOok the work of breeding new
strains and ecOuraging modern ma
chine methods of handling, about ten
years ago. This shows an interest
ing geographical shift in hemp-grOw-
ing territory. Kentucky, which for
merly led, now stands lowest among
the recognized hemp-prOducing states
while the lead has gone to northern
states, Wisconsin supplying about hall
the total acreage Next come Mime
sofa, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Cal
ifOrnia.
Kentucky's decline in relative posi-
ton is due largely to the predOm-
nance of tobacco as commercial
crop, and partly to the fact that states
coming newly into the hempraising
industry have Immediately adopted
modern methods for large-scale pro
ductiOn, while growers in II locality
that has always produced one crop
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14

ivy III LlC ACPSs
naturally cling to some extent to the
old hand methods of their fOrefathers.
Used for Tying Irvine.
The output is largely used for ty-
ing twine, but a new market has been
found for a considerable quantity for
mixing with fax in the manufacture
Of shoe thread. Formerly it was not
thought that any material except flax
could be used in shoe thread, but
since the Russian supply was almost
entirely cut off, manufacturers have
found that they can combine the two
fibers without material deterioration.
Much experimenting has been done
with a view to utilizing the hurds. or
woody center, which make up more
than half of the hemp stalk. One
Ohio factory used several thousand
tons for paper manufacturing, but this
use will need development in the way
Of shipping facilities and definite mar
ket. At present the hurds are mostly
burned for fuel to operate the driers
and furnish power for the breaking
and scutching machinery.
Flax growing appears to be on the
increase, due to the cutting off of the
European product. The principal flax
regions are Wisconsin, eastern Michi-
gan, the Willamette valley of Oregon.
and northern Minnesota.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
INCREASED EGG PRODUCTION
Highest Number of Eggs Obtained
From Mash Composed of Meat
Scrap and cornmeaI.

The highest egg production in poul-
.try-feeding tests conducted by the
United States Department Of Agrlcul-
ture were obtained from pen receiv-
ing mash composed of four pounds
bran. four pounds middlings, 26
pounds meat scrap, and 66 pounds
cOrnmeal.
This ration has been one Of the
best mashes, giving consistent high
production over a period of several
years, and is not distinctly different
from the mash used in the wheatless
ration, which has also given very good
production.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
NOT TO KNOW
is NO EXCUSE
To Know How to Keep Well Is Better
Than to Call in Doctor to Get Well.
Sickness Is a Penalty Not an Accident.

One of the best and most depend
able and important preventatives of
getting sick, one of the surest ways
of keeping well is to form and main
tain the exceedingly good habit of
regular, thorough, daily bowel evacu-
alton.
That is Natures 'best bet". You
should do your best to help Nature,
not hinder her in her efforts to keep
you well. With the best of good in
tentions you may employ many me-
thods. Strong, drastic acting medic
ines that force the bowels to act SIM
ply replace one evil by another evil.
It may secure temporary action but it
produces more than temporary ir-
ritation and other bad effects. Don't
judge by promise in selecting SIM
pie remedy to assist Nature. Per-
formance is the true test. Take
Beecham's for example.
Over 20 years ago people began
to take Beecham's. Today millions
of people all over the world take
Beecham's, recommend Beecham's to
their friends, hand the use of Beech
ANS down from father to son or
from mother to daughter for gener-
alton after generation. That means
much. You never hear any unfavor
able criticism or complaint regarding
Beecham's. That means much If
not more. 1t takes real merit to
withstand the tests of time and trial.
You can do much to help Nature
keep you well by keeping a box of
Beecham's in the house, ready for
use at the first warning of disorder
or arrangement. All druggists
sell Beecham's-are glad to sell
Beecham's.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14

the end Of the second day when the
hen should be permitted to leave her
nest for flood and water she returns
n ii short time, the nest eggs may be
replaced with the eggs that are to be
incubatPd.
Throughout the period Of incubation
the eggs and nests should be kept
clean. Sometimes it will be necessary
to change the nesting material. Eggs
should be tested twice during the in
cUbatiOn period, preferably on the sew
enth and fourteenth days, and all in
fertile eggs and those with dead germs
should be removed. When the eggs
begin to hatch, the hen should be con-
fined and not disturbed until the hatch
ing is complete. If she becomes rest
less remove the chicks as they are
Matched and keep them in a warm
place until the hatch is complete, when
all should be returned to the mother
hen.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
PAINT WILL AID MACHINERY
Not Injure Steel Parts
Grease MoIdboards.

1t Is well to touch up the wood parts
of all the machinery with a little
paint. and it will not hurt to paint the
steel parts. If there is any p''ce of
steel you do not wish to rust, as the
moldboard of your favorite pillow, rui'
if with tallow or axle grease in wtich
there is no salt.
Milford chronicle., 1921-10-14
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runerai Directors and Embalmers

We have added to our funeral equipment new
Motor Funeral Car. for which we rake no extra
charge We have still retained both our Black
and White horse drawn hearses which therei ore
places US in position to furnish either horse
drawn or motor hearses.
We are the best equipped and carry the largest
stock of funeral supplies south of Wilmington.
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Phone service day and night. If calling after 10
D. m. call No 20. All calls promptly answered
Nc extra charge for distance, use of hearse or
wife's services.
eve also carry large and complete assort-
ment of Furniture, Carriages. Runabouts: Farm
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