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Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16
MAGNOLIA

Jno Reed moved from town Ias'
week to a house near Barkers AaAlu-
ing. ,ood, ,ow IN the
hio hog contest, having killed one
ios+ week which weighed 556 lbs. ne
also had another which weighed 40
lbs. .,..., ,,,o0+-
ing will be held this week a. w
home Of our superintendent " We
Miss Madeline Reeves OF FeIton
and John E. Davidson asslsteo Cne
choir on Sunday afternoon D! 4ass
week in a splendid song service at
RsTratt's Chapel. We heartily invite
them both to come again.
Quite a few of our young peop!e
attended a basket ball game at FEeo.
oTica on Wednesday evening OF last
week between our team and the sec
ond team of that place. The score re-
% S,,IteI in IA to 10 in favor OF the
Mrs las. K. Sapp and her daughter'
Mrs Tillv McIlvain rendered oeau-
+ifnI ~ solo at our Epworth service last
Sunday evening. .1..,,+ tho
We hear much nowadays ABOUT cnG
enforcement of the Volstead Act Dut
we are glad to say it does not seem
to give us any trouble as our people
are naturally sober OF else they oe-
aire to be laW-abiding citizens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elsie Butler gave e
Marty last week in honor OF the 4otn
Birthday birth anniversary of their son,
Wilson w SON There were about Is OF his
friends present. Refreshments OF ice
cream and cake were served and all
reported a splendid time.
Mrs. Bessie Waafen Of Wyoming
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Taylor over Sunday.
Last week was parents VlslUns
week in our public school.
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16
DAGSD9RO


Miss Della Bunting spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bunt-
ing at FrankfOrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph West and Mrs.
Florence Bunting were in Salisbury,
Nd, last Monday.
Raymond Bunting and family spent
the weekend at FrankfOrd.
Mrs. Margaret DObson spent some
time with Herman Sordan and family
last week.
Mrs. Anna Williams spent Thurs
day and Friday in Philadelphia doing
some Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Fayette Barker Of Millsboro
visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams on
Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. McCabe Of Sell
byville were callers in town on Tues-
day.
Mrs. Helen Williams Of Philadel-
phia visited relatives here and at
Frankford on Sunday.
John Timmons and family had Tor
their visitors on Sunday, Larry Dukes
and family, Elisha Coffin and famlIy
and Irvan McGinnis and family.
Several persons from here have
called on Edward Mears' family, near
Frankford, this week. Mrs. Mears is
sick, also her daughter, Mrs. Eva BTU
tingham is very i'll at this Wrltlng.
Col. John w. Johnson OF George
town was in town on Sunday.
The ladies Of the M. p. Church have
their fancy and art table at Mrs. JUL
ia Lingo's. They would be glad for
the people to call at Mrs. Lingo's and
purchase their Christmas gifts.
The ladies of the M. P. Church have
their fancy table at Mrs. Anna Chand-
ler's. They wish to say as it was SO
late when it was announced that II
they haven't time to prepare some
fancy articles for table and give mon
ey instead it will be just as accep-
table.
The Ladies Auxiliary Society will
have their next meeting Friday nlghC, |
December Both.
Miss Virginia Lingo attended MISS |
Helen Lingo's birthday party on Sat
urday afternoon at Millsboro.
Miss Marie Baker spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams.
Mack Dukes has purchased the
store goods of w. W. Baker.
MT. anu MIS-. E4AOSC @AO
moved from the farm to their home
in town. Otto Baker and wife have
moved in with his uncle, Jonathan
Baker.
r. D. Lingo, ST., is attending the
Supreme Court at Wilmington.
D. B. Hazard is travelling over tne
county with the assessment Doaro'
looking over the assessment lists. I
Mr.. and Mrs. Levine Holloway ano
son, Ray, visited Mrs. Reynolds OF
Selbyville on Sunday.
Mrs. Gertrude West and son, FEes-
ton. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Col
Inns at Millsbpro on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. oscar Pusey from Mill
ford were callers in town on SUNDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Daisey spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Stealdes at Stockley.
Jonathan Lewis died very suddenly
at the home of his daughter, MIS-
Henry Parker, at $3.50 Sunday morn /,
ing. ond
were visitors at BishopVille
= Mrs Maud Helm visited her mo-
her, Mrs. Lathbury at ClarksV1lle on
Cali Cali .PettyjOhn's" for Drugs OF
aUaI9ty." Man or phone orders. Phone
g Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16

be staged in Wilmington city from
January 4 to z next, when the Dia-
mond State Poultry and Pet Stock
Association will give a free exhibition.
No admission to the show rooms will
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16

Charles G. Speakman who has con-
Quoted the poultry exhibits at the
State Fair for years is secretary Of
the association.
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16

Wilmington business men.
The entries to the show will close
on December 27 and they should be
sent to William H. Sewer, show secre-
-tary, P. o. box 698, Wilmington, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16

be charged and the breeders will be
charged but so cents for each single
entray and $1.50 per pen.
The show will be known as "An
Advertising Exhibit" and it is hoped
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16

to make it a Delaware show. The
show room will be located on one OF
the principal streets. Ribbons will be
given the winners as well as merchan-
disc prizes that have been donated by
Milford chronicle., 1921-12-16
POULTRY SHOW TO BE
HELD IN WILMINGTON

An innovation in poultry shows will
Evening star., 1921-07-25

NATIONS CAPITAL BEST SUMNER RESORT WITH
+ DOZEN BALL GAMES NEAR WHITE HOUSE.
REG. US. PATENT Office

, basin There they have swimming
and boating and canoeing in the
river. In the White House grounds
is a tennis court where Mr.. Christian
the Presidents secretary. gets his e1-
ercise. Mr.. Harding does not go IN
much for tennis, l guess. but expect
any day now to learn they are pltcn-
ing quoits in the grounds somewhere.
for Mr.. Harding played that game an
during the campaign. and Is pretty
good at it his friends say. That Is the
game where you throw the horseshoes
around a peg.
Golf is the game for me, and there
are thousands playing 1t in Washing
ton. 1t got a big boom when the
tournament was held at the Columbia
Country Club. You would not think
so many people would stand around
and watch people hit ball. but they
do. You know the original golf joke
by the actors goes like this: In golf
YOU hit a little ball with stick and
if you find it the same day you win
Well. that does not apply for me. for
I never knock the ball as far as that.
You know people get up at all hours
to play this game. ! saw MAJ: Poston
going out to the golf course the other
day littlee before in the morn
ing. At 8 is the best time I have
ever made and then I got caught in
the rain at the third hole.
w :
Did / ever tell you about Bill and
Jack? We organized an athletic club
and were just getting our records all
set down in book and Bits father,
who is a lieutenant colonel in the
Army. was ordered to Newport and that
spoiled all that, so Jack and l are
organizing all over again. When we
get a lot more members in the j. L. e.
here in Washington l think we VIII
hold a meet and see who can jump
| the farthest and run the hardest
Now. If any Junior Travel cur
| members know where there Is a Dig
ger base ball park than the one have
| told you about l wish you would write
and tell me what town 1t is in, Tor
| want to tell the rest OF the clut
about it.
| Harry James: Yes, I am going tc
! have some more letters about the
| Pan-American building. 1t is a won
| derful place.
! l. c.: Glad to know about youl
| picnic outing. l read the other day
Of a steel company picnic at Duquesne
Pa, where they had $4,000 gallons o!
| coffee and 10000 ears of corn among
| other things.
| Mamie Morgan: Ask A. W. Crawford
secretary of the City Parks Associa
ton Of Philadelphia, about the swim
| ming pools there.
| Now. everybody write me abou
what you are doing in vacation anc
send me some pictures, for know thu
| editor will be glad to see them.
| RUSSELL BURKE.
! The Travelog Boy.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

vided for a bunch of children, sooner
or later they will improvise some
sort of one for themselves. One
supervisor Of play says that he has
known half a dozen broken arms
resulting in week from poorly
made see-saws.. Obviously it be-
hooves us to give the children good
see-saws and train them in their use.
A see-saw illustrates certain phy-
steal laws of levers perfectly, and
they demand the use of good sense
and thoughtfulness for others. Sure
ly we may claim some mental and
social training from their proper
use As exercise they are not, 1t
must be admitted. of great value.
A long see-saw is safer than a
short one, because the angle OF the
plank in the descent is not SO great !:
but a long see-saw must be MADE OF
sound wood, to stand the strain OF
half a dozen children on each END
of it, A see-saw should have
handles on both ends, that child
may not lose his grip at a sudden
bump: it should be made so that IL
can be taken in at night and in win
ter. to save the wood from rot
| ting; it should be near the renee
or side of the playground. that other
Children may not be hit by it; and
| it should be firmly set on a steel
| support anchored in concrete. II many
are to use it. For less formal play,
| in any back yard. strong wooden
plank fitted into the central groove
cut in a stout wooden saw horse.
makes good teeter which Will
amuse a crowd of children for many
| an hour.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Making the Mantelpiece Artistic.


The old-fashioned "mantelpiece"
was an overloaded horror. boasting
vases, seashells, plaster figurines,
gilded ornaments, photographs and
generally massive marble clock.
For in grandmother's day Interior
Decoration was an almost unheard- of
term. and the idea of restful sur
roundings benefiting the nerves had
not yet been conceived.
I believe that the average house
keeper who is her own interior dec
orator is more "at sea" regarding
the treatment of her living room man
tel than about any other section of
her house. Letters from my woman
readers bear out this belief "Is
there any accepted and conventional
treatment of a mantel?" say such let
ters; 'are there any particular orna
ments which must or must not go on
the mantel?"
To which I am obliged to reply
that every mantel brings it's own in
dividual problem. There are hardly
two that can be treated exactly alike.
For they differ so greatly. Notice
, this fact as You go about the homes
of your friends. The wood, the TIL
ing, the color of brick, the position
in the room. the size. the surround
ings-all these points must be taken
into consideration when planning the
correct treatment of a mantel. So
Mrs. AS problem is never the same
as Mrs. BIS. The only thing for my
Reader Friends to do, If they want
me to help them, is to write me
minute description of their own
particular mantel, so that I can ad-
wise them personally concerning it.
"a stamped, self-addressed envelope
should accompany such requests.)
There are,- however, certain general
Evening star., 1921-07-25

sure YOU will find that those VINO
have been happiest in their 1riena
ships and marriages are not inc
prettiest ones. 90
This is not an argument Tor you "
he satisfied with a homely appear ,
ance The woman who is beautiiul
and possesses also sincerity ana IN
tellisence and a magnetic personall.y
is the one who has all the aaVan ,
tages-who will not be spoiled ana
who will not ruin her life. Make
Yourself as beautiful physically as
you can, but do not think that you.
life is ruined because you possess
an ucly nose or a homely mouth.
Thin Ankles-Massage- your an
k1es with cocoa butter or lanolin
Sweet Sixteen.-Takc a blood pur,'
fer, such as the old-fashioned SUI
thur and molasses. or dandenon tea.
The former is made by mixing the
-four of sulphur with the m"lasses
until it is a paste. The dose IS Tea
spoonful three times each DAY LOT
three days. Omit three, then repeat
for three days. and omit another
three and repeat three days. rms
should clear the skin; II not, go on
with the tonic after waiting Tor a
few more days. Never cverdo any
blood purifying treatment. Ins ,.a
is made by sleeping the roots untl
all the juices are extracted. Inc cor
rect dose is wineglass1ul thre"
times each day.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

father Frog. "Chug -arum! 1 sup
pose you think it is smart to steal
up behind your elders and try to
scare them. suppose that is your
idea of a joke"
Peters long ears stood straight up
in astonishment. why, Grandfather
Frog" he began
But Grandfather Frog wasn't lis
tening. He didn't even know that
Peter was speaking. His own great.
deep. gruff voice wholly drowned
Peters. "Chug-arum! 1 would have
you to know that such things are not
mnny at all. No one with a grain
of respect for others or an atom of
thoughtfulness would do such a
thing. But l might have expected
as much from such a needless fellow
as you. Your head is so full of
emptiness that there isn't room for
consideration of anybody else"
Peter stamped the ground with his
stout hind feet suddenly and hard. 1t
was the,only way he could get Grand
father Frogs attention, and Peter
was beginning to grow angry him
self. Grandfather eFrog stopped to
glare at Peter.
"A nice return this is for saving
Souf Soaa II ilfem t,,n stermed Peter. so my
next time 1 see you in danger you
can look out for yourself If I had
pair of big. goggly eyes like yours
and couldn't see any better than YOU
do l would think it was about time
to quit"
What? Wh-wh-what is that?"
demanded Grandfather Frog. who
saved my life? What are YOU talk
ing about. Peter Rahbit?'
If hadn't frightened you into div
ing just when you did you wouldn't
be here now retorted Peter.
Where would Il be?" demanded
Grandfather Frog.
Over on the shore of the Big
River in the stomach of Lonelees
the Heron" replied Peter. a twinkle
coming into his eyes.
Grandfather Frog stared at Peter
very hard. L don't believe it," said
he gruff1y.
Copyright 1921 by T. W. Burgess
Evening star., 1921-07-25
HOW MANY CARDS?'t
By ISABEL OSTRANDER
Of Intrigue Suspense Ahes Ashes ETC.
Robert Mcbride
By ISABEL OSTRANDER

| sary. Ii cannot think! ! confess
| that find ii almost impossible to pull
myself together. This horrible
| thing
| was full of respectful sympathy. but
| he paused with his hand on the door
knob. Il wonder. now. you, knowing
Mr.. Creveling SO well, if you'd remem-
| Der whether or not he smoked his
cigarettes with an amber mouth
| piece?"
IAN amber mouthpiece'? the other
repeated in unguarded surprise at the
| petty, irrelevant question. NO, he
never used a holder of any sort. But,
| the telegram"
| It'll see that it goes at once, Mr.
| Alexander" McCarty closed the door
| behind him. and when he entered the
! room where the medical Examiners
J assistant was concluding his grim
| business the eX-roundsman's face did
not betray by the flicker of an eye-1
| lash that he had stumbled on a clue
albeit a slender one. The inspector
| drew him aside at once.
"Creveling has been dead at least
/ four hours" he announced.
THE doc seems to think he shot
! himself. although he wants an au-7
/ topsy for forms sake. and IT'S just as
/ well. Well let it go at that for a day
or two. anyway. till we've something
to spring on the old man. Where's
| AIthdHutT:
! I'm the next room. He wants a tele-
! gram sent at once to Mrs. Creveling.
| 1t seems that she's visiting Mrs.
Douglas Wsverly at Broadmead, Long
| Island
| McCarty rapidly detailed the sub
| stance of his brief talk with Alexander
and of the message to be sent, and one
! of the detectives was dispatched to the.
nearest telegraph office. The medical
; examnevs assistant also took his de-.
parture after arranging for the removal
of the body for a formal autopsy, and
| the inspector and McCarty returned to-
| =
| Mr.. Alexander" Inspector Druet
recommended his interrogation without
any preamble. MY friend here says
that you told him Mrs. Creveling had
been visiting on Long Island for sevi
epal weeks and her husband living at
the club. Was he in the habit OF rei'
turning here TO his home to give mid
night suppers when it WAS virtually
closed and the staff of servants away
| George Alexander, whom they had
found standing by the table frowninglsee
contemplating the debris of the supper
| turned and faced them at the question
and its implication. 'gf
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1921-07-25
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RIIBY Laura. A. Krk,nan 6FA
Laura, a. A.Nrklnan

remarks which can he made about
certain classes of mantel A low,
snort mantel. for Instance, should
never mold massive ornament. An
unusually large mantel, on the other
hand is not well balanced if it bears
only diminutive objects. A mantel
which is placed in the corner of a
room looks best with small square
rug directly in front of it (never
with the corner of a large rug point
ing into ip; a mantel tiled with
by piece of terra Gotta pottery
But perhaps the crudest mistake
that one can make is to treat a for
NAL mantel informally. BY "for-
NAL mantef' l mean a mantel placed
roundings-for instance, with a door
on either side of it at equal dis
tances, or with even panelirg on
either side of it. or with built-in twin
bookcases on either side of it. Such
mantel should bear a pair of can
dlesticks. or a pair of vases. or a pair
of oil sketches, or pair of any OBJ
jects which will give it formal ap-
pearance in harmony with it's SYM
metrical surroundings. The formal
arrangement which 1 prefer is a me-
dium sized bronze or dull-brass clock
in the center and pair of CANDLE
sticks on either end; the clock is a
most appropriate ornament for a
mantel, and candlesticks always give
quaint old-time dignity which is
delightful.
And now, what may the informal
mantel bear? 1t may bear anything.
For instance. you may stand a bas-
relief at a point three-quarters Of it's
length. if you wish, and a goodlook-
ing jade green bowl may. hold flow
ers at the farthest point from it.
That's the best of the informal man.
tel: we can try various odd things
upon it and make an original mas
;terpiece of it-as the artist does with
his paints and canvas. i
Evening star., 1921-07-25
THAT BOUFFANT SILHOUETTE.
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

tesqueries of the last century, the
very high waist line and scant skirt
of the empire. the wasp. waist and
enormous sleeves of the 1880 period
the crinolines and tight bodices OF
the mid d-century-they were all Sc.
lected because they seemed to ac.
centuate slenderness and youthful
curves and graceS.
The enormous sleeve made the
body seem frail. ballooning skirts
waist appear small, while at another
period skirts were long and scant
because women and designers felt
then that this was the way to pro-
duce the illusion of youth and slender
ness.
Our Methods Better.
Our fashions are cast with the
same purpose. Only we believe that
our methods are far better than the
fashions that distorted and cramped
figures in the last. century. The
words "sirlish" and "slcnderiZing'
come very frequently from the
months of those whose stock in
trade is women's clothes.
One thing that you must bear in
mind-you cannot expect to appear
younger than YOU are merely by
wearing the sort of thing that
younger women wear. Sometimes
this is the very thing that adds ten
y
garden-party hats are cruel to older
women. Organdy and taffeta are
certainly not so kind as crepe or
voile.
Just so the best way to appear
designed for the slender woman
This last truth we have had demon
Strated so much of late that it
hardly bears repetition. You may
smile if You will ,over the clothes
manufacturers who have found prof
liable business in supplying the
! clothes demands of stylish stouts.
, But they have worked along sound
principles of proportion and design
; ing and they have given incalculab BILE
| comfort to the woman who is too
| stout.
Styles for the Mature.
But we have not been so wise in
| accepting the other principle. We
by younger women when we want
to appear as young as they. This
has been characteristic of clothes
of late years-the mode itself has
been for very young women. Hence
the complaint that there are nc
women any more. You go to school
and can with difficulty tell the
teacher from the girls she instructs
French women have been as par
tial to the very youthful type OF
clothes as We, but they have seer
! their mistake. They have pointed
out the folly that lies in dressing
the matron like her daughters even
when she is as slender as they. A
woman need not admit that she has
! lost charm when she refuses to Sc
! lect the same type of frock for her
self that she would for her sixteen
year-old daughter
And now that there are two sill
| houettes to select from. the wise
choice is to leave the bouffant skirts
! the straight. round. plain bodices, the
| organdieS and taffetaS to the girls
around twenty. There is Natter
| blue taffeta frock trimmed with cut
out designs shown in the cut-the
sort of frock that no wise woman
over thirty should select as her own
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Summer Gifts.

The raw material for many at
tractive pieces of summer fancy
work, attractive gifts that may be
used now or saved for Christmas
may be bought for S or 10 cents.
You can get broadbrimmed straw
hats for 10 cents that are just the
right shape for the sun hat for sea
shore or country BY way t o,
some sprays of flowers from gay
cretonne and lay them along the
side of the crown. Baste them
roughly into position and then but
tonhole them down with wooden, ac-
centuating the design at various
points with large French knots.
Folding clothes hangers may ne
t,fu of these and for them make a neat
little cretonne bag, into which all
three will slip easily. Finish the
bag with a ribbon or tape draw
string. This set of clothes hangers
neatly incased in this way makes a
who travels. For the man you might
select plain-colored. linen or denim
that looks more masculine than a
flowered or figured cretonne.
You can buy attractive red and
white or blue and white bandanna
These These may be put together in diff
ferent ways to make attractive bags
From very small pieces OF material
YOU can make button bags that prove
most useful. On the outside of these
bags You can trace little figures
making underwear buttons do serv-
ice for heads to the figures. Outline
the figures in white rope cotton and
YOU have a quaint little decoration;
Your bags should contain a gooo
he eift TO & bachelor or schoolboy
who may have to sew his own but
tons on when away from home. Sc
iect mems suit buttons. underwear
buttons and shirt buttons. If 1t is
for a woman select an assortment OF
lingerie and dress buttons win
few small snappers to help out in an
emergency.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Grandfather Frog Makes a
Mistake,
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Before you speak be sure you know
That what you think is really so.

That what you think is really so
Peter Rabbit.
1t happened that Grandfather Frog
had come up from his hiding place in
the mud at the bottom of the Smil-
ing Pool just as Peter Rabbit ar
rived on the bank. OF course, by that
longer in sight. He had gone over
to the Big River. No one but Peter
was to be seen. Instantly Grandfather
Frog knew what had frightened him
so. He knew that Peter had thumped
on the bank right behind him as he
sat on the big. green lily pad close
to shore leading the Frog chorus And
right then and there Grandfather
Frog made mistake. Yes, sir: he
did so. He suspected Peter of hav-
ing stolen up and frightened him
just for joke.
Now, Grandfather Frog is old and
wise, but, old as he is and wise as
he is, he hasn't yet learned always to
rather testy and 1 am afraid his tenn
per is rather short. He glared up
at Peter. Then he swan to the near
est lily pad big enough to hold him.
scrambled out on it and faced Peter.
Grandfather Frogs big, goggly
eyes snapped angrily and he puffed
out his white and yellow waistcoat
with Indignation. In fact, he was so
swelled out with anger that he looked
to be in danger of bursting. Anyway,
that is how he looked to Peter
Peter didn't know just what to make
of 1t. He was just opening his mouth
to congratulate Grandfather Frog on
his escape when Grandfather Frog
startled him with such a deep. angry
''chug-arum" that he forgot what he
was going to say.
"Chug-arum!" exclaimed Grand