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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30

Senate committee on investigation and
ictrenchment which locke. into the
affairs OF the New York custom house
ard exposed the abuses OF the general
rider system The efforts of this
committee to get at the facts were
adroitly thwarted by White House
influence. but so complete were the
exposures made principal" through
the work of Mr.. Bayard, that even In
the face Of all these odds not only
were Leet and Stocking, the general
order inonopolists. appointed by Grant,
removed and the general order sye-
tenn abandoned, but the whole afro
cious system fell with II. The custom
house was purified by the expulsion
of Murphy and the New York mer-
suit of their business.
Mr.. Bayard was twice reelected to
the Senate. He was active In the dis
cussions concerning the Tilden- Hayes
contest for the presidency in 1877. and
was advocate and subsequently a
member of the Electoral Commission.
In one OF his speeches on the subject,
where he was attacking the thecry ad-
vanced by the Republican party ma
jority of the commission. that the
Federal authority was powerless to
cure a fraud protected by the seal of
a State he said:
THE most solemn judgments and
DEGREES of courts. pardons by kings
and rulers. every treaty oS compact
between nations or individuals, alike
lose every quality OF obligation wher
touched by fraud. 1 know Of no hui
man contract more irrevocable and
binding upon the parties than that Of
Christian marriage in which civil ane
religious obligation combine to Sc
cure it's performance. The sanction
under which marriage Is entered int
rs the most solemn known to civilized
man, Yet who ever denied that tn,
tie should be and ought to be dissolved
J upon proof OF fraud by one OF tn,
; parties in obtaining tho maria Ne
Fraud is a universal solvent and de
: stroys whatever II touches and
ought to be hunted down and crushe,
! whenever possible in order to pro
) tect human society"
~ ip''p oSiuhpl i,aSdlu ItCelN e.
from Harvard College an honorar
/ degree OF LII. ID. He went to Europ
{ with some members OF his famil
4 about a year later and upon his re
G turn to this city in 1879 was given a
b enthusiastic reception at the Gran
e Opera House on the evening Of No
: vember II. Previous TO the receptio
d procession was formed at Front an
G Madison streets, with j. Park Postle
o as chief marshal and with the Amer
3 can Rifles and Company c. command
: ed respectively by Captain Wood an
/. Captain Curtis. and under the gener.
/ command Of Major Samuel A. NJ,
]. Al!ister; with the members of Cit
il Council, the Jefferson Club and deIs
Il cations of employees OF the Harlan
o Hoihngsworth Company and sever.
l. morocco, factories. All in line III
procession moved 10 the Opera Hous
# Senator Bayard rode with Henry {
e Banning, n. T. Cause and Peter Brer
n nan. and Thomas f. Bayard. Jr.. WI
e III the same carriage In other ca
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The accompanying illustration shows in addition to
Thomas F. Bayard the Democratic nominee for United
States Senator from Delaware, Of his distinguished
ancestors who have wohiy represented their state the
councils Of the nation and who contributed to the cosrc
tive history Of the country we'll that Of their native
state. Mr.. Bayards home at Greenhll avenue and Oak
Road is also shown.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03

II what you want isn't offered on
the classified page today. telephone an
ad OF your own-Adv.
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One il, 'Plcczc Missis, ven / get out by
hcrcY The other, 'Plceze, Missis, no.
body COON see me yetY'
There was quick sibilant intake Of
the breath from Lillian.
II knew itr' she said "Hc's expect
ing some one To look him up"
"ile WAS" Katherine corrected. His
visitor today evidently filed the bill, for
he hasn't asked the question concerning
visitor since. But he has worked the
other one overtime"
so You knew"
She paused and smiled apologetically
nj Va.
"Ill have TO refresh my memory a
bit, as the lawyers say"
We've all the time there is," Lillian
returned
There really isn't anything more to
tell until today" Katherine resumed,
! excerpt that this man, Smith, as you
call him. had been asking to see joe
that's my patient, and the only name he
will give-ior two or three days, but
| DIR. Petit wouldn't permit IT, because
of Joc's condition. Today he lifted the
/ han. however. and the man Smith came
in. went out into the hall TO see him
3 first. and he said his name was Anton
lust Anton they shy at the surnames,
evidently His appearance was that OF
Joc's type, hut he couldn't quite keep
his character. The gesture with which
he involuntarilv swept his hat from his
head was that of man accustomed &c
social usagcs, and there werc scvera
other tiny mannerisms which betrayed
HIM.
II took him directly to Joe without
preparation. know now they never
had set ewes upon each other befor,
hut when they looked at each othc
you'd never have thought IT. Antol
walked over 10 the bed, looked down a
Joe. and said mournfully, Veil, veil
poor old Joe. You have vun bad time
And I'll Toe, YOU tink old Anton neve
come near YOU. eh2 But Anton, h,
ncvairc forget seeY
Clever" Lillian pronounced laconl
cally.
'Ncs, wasn't il? Then he began {,
shoot "A lot of stuff at Joe in his owl
language, telling the sick man to call hin
Anton go | would suspect nothing, ant
to act Ms If they were old friends. joe
reply. also in the foreign tongue, wa
, expressive.
'lou think me fool9'
/ LILLIAN came 10 her feet abruptly
. crnssed to katherine, and clapped he
on the shoulder
Il think II is who have been the fool
she said whimslcally so YOU kne'
1 their language al the time
To be continued
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
OFFICERS DETAILED
TO TRAINING CAMPS
Each a Specialist for tho Par
ticuIar Work Assigned
to Him.

New York, May "Details Of officer.
TO the seven Citizens Military Training
Camps which will open August 2, were
announced yesterday by Major General
Robert l.. Bulard, commanding the
Second Corps Area, in charge Of the
camps. Each officer on the list is a
specialist for the work assigned him.
Brigadier General William Weigcl
will have general charge Of all training
camp activities with Major Thomas L..
Crystal As his assistant.
The main infantry camp At Plattsburg
will be commanded by Col. Charles l..
Roberts with staff composed Of the
following officers: Major Harvey II.
Fletcher, sdjutant; Major +. W. Mil
burn. senior instructor; Lieut.. J. +.
Raymond, personnel sdjutant; Lieut..
W. G. SHELTON and Lieut.. Edward
Herenden, mess; Major l.. W. Webb,
surgeon; 1st Lieut.. John II. Guitcras
athletic officer; Capt. ]. J. Kelly, scout
ing and patrolling, Lieut.. Herbert b.
Mayer, publicity.
Other officers assigned TO this camr
include Capt. w. J. Clear, lst Lieut.
Gerald St. Clair Mickle, lst Lieut.
II. G.. Romogh, Capt. Robert ID. New
ton, Capt. JOS. J. Kelly, Capt. Paul d
Carter, Lieut. A. J. Tagleabuc, Lieut.
V. W. Smith andLicut Charles +. LYONS
Major General II. c. Hale will com
, mand the cavalry and engineer camp
at Camp Dix, n. J. Col. Nj. p. Jarvi
will command the infantry camp il
Porto Rico. Col. II. l.. Newbold vii
command the field artillery camp a
, Montauk Point Lieut.. Col. Robert 4
J., Woods will command the coast artiller,
|, camp at Fort Hancock. The Sigma
Corps camp at Camp Alfred Vail, n.
will be commanded by Lieut.. Col. J. L
: Hemphill.
Applications from young men to at
! tend the camps are pouring in to head
: quarters Second Corps Area at the rat
: of several hundred day. Majo
Harvey H. Fletcher, recruiting adjutan
, announced yesterday that no more appl
a cations will be received after May 81
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trouble Of running. for he picked them
up by the feet and carried them back
TO the barnyard. 49,
Il viii see II you two runaways Will
attend 20 your work now" he said AS
he put them in the poultry. house and
locked the door.
MIR Rooster, str,Itting about, looked
through the vire-covercd door at Miss
White and Miss Black as they sat n
thclr nests Well. at last you two
will attend 20 business and stop CAD
ding about" be said
But that was not all, for Mr.. Roo>-
ter had never had chance before TO
scold those two Eighty young crea-
tures, and for long time he stood
there and gave them piece OF his
mind
Miss White Hen and Miss Black
Hen sat blinking all the time Mr.
Rooster scolded, and not cluck did they
make. hut when he walked away Miss
White Hen looked at her companion
and said, II heard the farmer saying
Yesterday that old Mr.. Rooster would
make good roaster.' ! did not know
what he meant then, but ! do now.
feel as II he had roasted me to a finish.
SO do |, T" replied Miss Black Hen
Il wonder II il would have been any
worse If Mr. Fox had caught u.s.
Il don't know" replied Miss White
Hen, but don't think he would have
stopped 10 roast us.
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and are ready 70 90 out 70 some place
Of amusement. You say you are no fire.
side companion That is the reason
the number Of girl bachelors increases
year by year. You girls make the BOYS
spend so much money on entertaining
you that they have no money lcft un
which to marry Besides, public arr use-
ments turn a mans thoughts away from
matrimony. The man who is enjoying
himself at the theatre, OF a picture, or
having a good dinner at a restaurant or
dancing with a girl is satisfied. and
willing to let well enough alone.
But in my day, when We entertained
men in our own parlors, wc surrounded
them with an atmosphere Of dOmesticity
that inevitably turned their thought 9
! towards q home Of their own There wns
nothing 10 distract tho mans interest
from the girl. She had n chance 20
turn the spotlight on all her charms and
graces; she could feed him on her own
angels food She could make hcrsef
the most sympathetic and fascinating
Of listeners. and X that didn't get him
nothing would You modern girls are
wise about many things but you don
know your a b, cs, about how 70 handle
men.
In proof whereof, " concluded mother
"in your day you run after men that voi
can't catch, and in my day We covi'
eluded men who pursued us captured us
and married us
Some day" said the fapper
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
THINGS THAT PERPLEX
us IN HOuSECLEANlNG G.

AT housekeeping time there are many
things which perpleS the housewife. We
all know how to get the dust from rugs
and bedding, and how TO leave floors,
walls and windows shining and spot
less: but when il comes TO the "pesky'
little tasks such as securing porcelain,
nickel, brass and copper, many OF us
have TO stop and say. ''let mo see
how is that done?" ] believe that the
following bits Of information may prove
/ helpful to the housckceper:
! To Clean Marble: CThis answers Mrs.
Z. KS inquiry Mix together one
ounce of salt and two ounces Of COM
mon soda; wet this TO paste with cold
water, and pour the mixture over the
marble, allowing it to remain on for
five minutes. Then wash it OF with
salty water, rinse with cold water and
wipe dry. If the marble is stained,
however Gnstead of Just ordinarily
dirty it will need this more drastic
method: Mix one part oxalic acid with
ten parts wood alcohol and pour this
mixture onto the marble, letting it stay
on for few minutes; then rinse off
with water to which you have added a
few drops of ammonia-when the stain
should come off too. Rinse with cold
water and wipe dry.
To Polish Gilded Wood: Polish with
= clean chsmois which you have sprinkled
with little alcohol and dipped in
sifted whiting. Blow the dust from deer
carving with a hand bellows, or apply
a vacuum cleaner.
To Remove Cigarette Stains From
DvoSs onI CDrynv. Ay,y,l,- HenatpyeI a
cohol with brush.
To Polish Copper and Brass Orna-
ments (This answers ''Ncwlywed'' }
Mix 3 tablespoons of flour with ! tabl,
spoon OF table salt and wet TO past,
with little cold water; rub this OF
the ornament and rinse with hot water
drying well Another good polish 70
brass and copper is made by wetting
little crumbled rotten-stone with oi
and rubbing this on; most brass an,
copper polishes on the market are mad
/ on these two ingredients, perhaps com
! bined with alcohol, turpentine or soap
Still another good homemade polisl
for brass and copper is one-haf cup o
cider-vinegar warmed with little salt
: To Polish Nickel: Make q paste o
powdered pumice-stone and oil, apply
ing with cloth and wiping dry.
. To Freshen Colors in Rugs and Car
{ pets (This answers Mrs. X. S inquiry
y Sponge with mixture of one part OK
n gall to two parts water. Or spong
4 with strong salt water. Still anothe
t method is to apply water containin
J. one teaspoon of household ammonia t
s the quart. Too strong solution of an
monis sometimes alters certain colors i
,, the carpets, but the colors may be re
stored by sponging with vinegar an
water used half in half. Still anothe
3 way is to sweep the carpets with
d broom dipped in warm water contain
ing little spirits of turpentine.
d To Clean Porcelain: Any fine abra
y siye, such as a good sand-soap or site
t whiting. will clean ordinary dirt-stair
:. from porcelain. Kerosene will remoy
the curd-like deposit left on bath tn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03

enhance our beauty, or to hide our de
fects, and when women forsnkcs them
she, throws her trump card INTO the DIS
card.
at is true that we did not bob Our
hair in our day, nor try 10 understudy
the Circassian Beauty in the side show.
On the contrary, we brushed our hair
until it shone like satin, and we ciirled IT,
and men begged us for lock Of It to
wenr next their hearts. No man, but
the barber. takes any interest in your
trcsses and don't suppose that there IS o
single man in the length and breadth on
| the land who ever asks n bobbed-haired
girl for p strand Of her hair. He has Just
as soon have a wisp Of his little brothers
at is true that we had no autOrno-
bilcs, and didn't go tearing through the
country on Joy rides, but we had nice
comfortable gussies built for two, ano
horses that you could drive with one
hand, and, believe me, Daughter, that
old Dobbin has hauled many more
couples up TO the altar than any siH
cylinder motor car ever has.
"You speak with scorn of our simpl
amuscments. It is true that we had NJ
jazz then, and were so ignorant that W
did not even suspect that COW bells
and tin pans, and kitchen pots .wer
musical instruments that ravished tn
senses when beaten upon by q husk.
] hand, but every girl then played up0
the piano, and she was q mighty poo
-, performer who couldn't put on the sof
pedal, and hand out gooey, sentiments
stuff until she got q man so doped u
! that he would be proposing before h
knew it, There IS nothing in jazz tha
! makes man think about home an
I mother. II makes him want 70 go on
' and be free, and wild, and untram
| meled. Put that in your cigarette an
smoke il
$50 with the dances After the ol
! dreamy, Strauss waltzes, men would as
e us to marry them After your jaz
e dances they ask you TO have anoth'
e drink out Of the TASKS on their hips
= "You deride spending an evening
your own parlor. When a young ma
s comes to see you, you have on your h'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
Then and Now
Copyright 1922 by tho wheeler Syndicate. Inc N Y.
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer

Mother was in the state of pctrifed
horror and cxsspcrating helplcssncss that
is the normal frame OF mind nowadays
Of parents when contemplating the
clothes and the manners Of their of
spring.
Mother didn't approve of bobbed hair,
OF high water skirts, and bare knees, of
jazz, Of shimmying. Of the eternal CAD
ding Of her fnppcr daughtcr, and she
wagcd ceasclcss but futile fight against
them.
"Aw, lay OF, Ma" protested the girl
Come up to date This is 1922 instead
OF 1892. What do you expect me "a
wcarY Bustles, and puffs, and trains like
YOU did. What do you expect me 10 dol
Sit up OF an evening in the parlor with q
fellow, and show him the family photo
graph album, and feed him on chooolat,
cake like you used TO do2
81 am having my day. You had yours
though III tell the world it must have
been some punk day for n girl in you
time"
ooh, don't know that life was so al
together uncomfortable in the remote
ases TO which you refer so pityingly,
replied mother. 'The girls in thos
times had their amuscments, and lif
had its compcnsations even if we staye'
in our own front yards instead Of Jump
ing oil the bars as you do.
an admit that so far as comfort goe
you have the best OF US in clotbe
Between skirt that is six yards around
and lined with silk and interlned wit
hsircloth and that swept the gsounc
such as we wore, and one that is n var
and a quarter around and knee length
that you wear, the advantage is wit
the scant and abbreviated one. bt
nobody knew in those days how man
girls had knobby knees, bow legs, an
ankles like mill posts
Have you ever considered, my chile
that II was only in the days when wome
wore sweeping skirts that poets wro'
sonnets about their feet being like hit
mice that pcepcd in an out? Skirts al
not just matter Of covering and moo
esty. They are mystery, allureinen
They are the boon that art gives to l
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
TEACH CANARIES TO SING.
Give One Note At = Time for Prac
ticing in English Schools.

London, April 30-A singular but
interesting profession is that of the man
who teaches canary birds TO sing.
Such schools ere to be found in
various parts of Yorkshire and Lam
cashire and are well patronlzed, for,
contrary to general belief, the un-
trained canary il rarely good song
ster. The fault with unframed birds
is that they attempt TO initiate every
sound they hear and frequently spoil
their natural song. At school they
are taught to reproduce perfectly GER
tain notes produced by bird organ. v
contrivance something like barre
organ, and one note must be mastered
before another is learned.
The preliminary course may cover
four or five weeks, then the promising
pupils are separated from the back.
ward ones, and exceptionally talented
birds are given special tutor who
whistles to them or plays tunes on the
flute or fageolet.
The ideal training gives the bird
four distinct notes.-the water note
which, as the name implies, is rip.
pling gurgle like the murmuring of q
rill; the whistling note, the flute note
and the rolling note, which is a con
tinuous melody, splendidly rising anc
! falling
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee PApe

The reports was gave out in skool
today, mine being exter bum, and after
supplr ! was wondering how to brake
the news gentle to pop on account Of
me being Supposed TO give him all my
reports 10 sine, and | watched him
looking at the ioaks in the paper till
he started to look as if it wouldent
Of took mutch more TO make him smile,
and then sed, Hay pop, our reports
was gave out IN skool today.
Yes? sed pop. Meening was they,
and sed, Yes sir, got mine, too.
How is it? sed pop.
Me thinking. Heck. And | sed, Its
about the same as Puds Simkinses and
! Sam Crosses.
That duzzent tell me hole lot, SEQ
pop. Meening how did he know how
theirs was, and / sed, Well, for tina,
matter il was better than Skinny Mar
tins report, for that matter.
That's all very well, as far as that
matter goes, but wat I'm trying to ar
rive al IN my patient but so far un-
successful way Is weather your report
IS a good one, sed pop.
O, well il could be verse, it could
be mutch verse, | sed.
That's Encouraging, sed pop, lets have
look at it.
Sir? Yes sir, / sed. And I handed
il to him and he looked at it saying,
Well. wen you remark that it could be
verse there may be something in wat
YOU say, but wen you say it could be
mutch verse am inclined to think you
are ixaggerating.
And he signed it with his fountain
pen and made me go to bed hour too
erly and told me not to ask for eny
recess money the rest Of the week.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. klrkman

by soapy water. Stains on porcelain
can be bleached out with solution of
one part muriatic acid and ten parts
water, applied with swab of cotton
tied TO skewer. Rinse well with am
monia and water to check the action OF
the acid on the glazed finish of the
porcelain. This answers Mrs. W. G.'s
question:
Tomorrow-Livcr and Kidney in the
Supper Menu.
All Inquiries addressed 10 Miss Kirk
man in care of the "Enscient House
keeping" department will be answer
ed In these columns I'm their turn
This requires considerable time, how
ever. owing to the srsAt number re-
ceived. So II . psrsVnal or quicker re
ply II desired, . stamped and self ad
dressed envelope must be encloset
with the question. Be sure TO us,
your fun name. street number, an,
the name Of your city and state
/ The Editor.
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time. had rather he ou, IN the sun
lighi
80 had I " replied the other run
away Let us 60 a far away from
the barnyard a. we can. Then Mr..
Rooster won't ind us.
Away down IN the field was Mr.. Fox
lying IN the tall grass waiting and
watching for just such foolish creatures
o. Miss White and Miss Black lie
hoard them coming and very cautiously
lr crcpt along. Il can almost taste q
good dinner" he thought, smackine
lis mouth
But the farmer was watching. too,
md he saw something moving in the
vrass as Miss White Hen and Miss
llnck picked and clucked contentedly
in the sunlight
Bang banrr went his gun. Two
such frightened hens YOU never saw
Thcy tipped each other over in Their
fright and hurry 20 get away from ia,
place, hut the farmer saved them th,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-03
THE SURPRISE KATHERINE
SpRANG ON LILLIAN

Lillian lookcd bit grave at kath-
crimes playful little remark concerning
her patient
"i,on't make the mistake of consider
inc him harmless, she cautioned. "He :
n had performer, that lad. He'd Just as
soon nui knife hciwccn your short
ribs a. drink n cup ol broth.
II know that, tka,hcrlne acqulcsccd,
I've seen his type before. But he won
hc aisle 90 try any little tricks for many
months tn come. Indeed, It is doubtful
whether he may not hc crippled Tor ihc
llc was about as badly inlured,i gather,
"A. one could be and live. Dr. fetut told
me that the old saving ahou, every bone
IN the body being broken came the near,
rst hpng true M hrs case ot any ne had
ever srcn. He's rather n miracle oi sur.
rcrN, | gather what's lett OF hun and
The hospital ~ very proud oi HIM. bul
Il must have hecn "A terrible accident.
IT was, LILLIAN returned, while
,hnddrred at the remembrance oi that
awful minute 'Madgc aud ! heard IN,
crash. and don't want to hear another
like Il Tor week or two anyway. But
m glad he's tractahlc YES. and crip'
plrd she added ermly lie give YOU
ihc less trouble i YOU get the chance t'
~ on with hun. %
oIn have that al right KATHERINE
rrinncd mud thcW WIS y ronhden'
hnahty "a her Voicc which made ~
both glance at her quickly. but # h'
hnd any prrct assurance tn hoolSter M
her assertion. she evidently dld not pro
i,n~e tn reveal it to us Just vet Instead
She swift, ,witchcd tn the beginning -
her nursing NJ Lillian had asked
kathcrine's STORY.
Ito has gwen me no trouble at all
shc said. "sincc the first daV ! came IN
when, for a little. he was inclined to b
rehelhous. HUT hos pretty shrcwd, AM
/ was ahlc to make him see that ever
hr ol disohcdicncc or unwilhnencss q
holm on his part kept postponing th
dnV hr could leave the hospital. Ntc
that he was like lamb, Tor he Is vll'
to l,n out he has two stock questions
which am sure, without eNaggcratiou
he asks every ten minutes during hi
waking hours They viii ring IA m
ears always, believe
She laughed as she spoke, maxim
Laht of the ANNOYANCE, hut | think III
Ian rrahgcd. rs | did the nervous stral
.n apparently slight q thing might 10
come
They ARE very short She went or
'snd rourhcd M broken English, a
though have sncaklng idca he CO
tain much more intcllventlN # he wishe'