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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
NOTHING NEW.

I saw a girl. a social pet. light
up a costly cigaret: she blew the
smoke around her head. and
mournfully I sighed and said,
Great Cesar Whittier do we
drift? These modern women are
too swift. I guess I am behind
the times; I'm always seeing
sordid crimes and vicious Gus
toms, ell day long, where others
notice nothing wrong. But IN
the old days gone 70 seed, no
women used the Filthy Weed"
make such statements of the
reel; I always ike TO make a
spiel Of dear dead days beyond
recall, when sin was not on
earth at all. But when I sit
me down TO think. find my
spiel was on the blink. The
women of the bygone years were
welded to the pipe that cheers.
My grandma had an old clay
pipe, and smoked O weed that
srnelled like tripe. The house
wives used to blithely puff, when
tired OF smoke they tackled
snufr; 1 see them smoking IN
a row, and singing gossip 20
and fro. An old clay pipe is
worse, YOU. bet, than any modern
cigaret. My moral feet are al
ways cold, such sinful customs
behold Yet ever when I look
behind. and call old customs
back TO mind. I see that granny
put up grass just like the giddy
modern lass.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
CONGRESS OF COWARDs.r

United States Senator George II.
Moses of New Hampshire. in a
speech delivered under the auspices
Of the Committee of American Busi
ness Men in New York City, took the
national lawmaking body severely to
task. describing it as Congress of
towards" Within the scope of his
denunciation he included the agri-
cultural bloc. the Bonus Bill, cowardly
Senators. dollar-for- dollar appropria-
tons for road-mending purposes and
the Maternity Bill and its appropria-
tions.
In respect to the Maternity Bill he
declared s1.000,000 was appropriated
to organize a bureau to administer n
s4SO,000 fund. The Maternity Bill
gave each state $4,000, which. he
said. makes part Of the wedding
present of every bride a set of PAM
phlets printed at Government expense
"The Maternity BILL" he declared
turns loose each day thousands OF
bobbed-hair, horn-spectacled, fiat
chested old maids in each commu.
nifty, who pry into the secrets of the
household" What was the land OF
the free has become the region OF
the regulated. The phrase for the
general welfare" under which man1
appropriations We're made. is the mos,
abused term in the Constitution, tn,
Senator declared.
He was particularly severe on tn,
branch Of Congress In which he him
self holds membership.
If it were not that the representa-
| tives in Congress of both parties ar,
alike guilty OF the cowardice O
which the New Hampshire Senato
accuses them, he would make a goo,
teammate to send along with Chair
man Hull of the Democratic Nationa
Committee to stir the voters up 4
sense of their duty in the comm,
Richmond Times Dispatch
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
DEFENCE WHICH INDICTs.

If tho administration cannot make
an better defence of the dismissals
which have aroused public criticism
than the defence offered by Assistant
Postma ster General Bartlett II would
he well-advised in attempting no de-
fence Mt all. What Mr.. Bartlett said
will merely strengthen tho widespread
suspicion that the phrase, the good
OF the service is being employed as
n euphemism for the good of the
party" MIR. Bartlett emphasized the
Presidents legal right TO make the re-
movals I'm the Bureau of Engraving
ana Printing. This defence lodges
the issue. The question is not of
the legal right of the President to
make these removals but of what no
means by this action. This question
MIR. Bartlett leaves enveloped in the
Same mysterious darkness that has
surrounded II from the beginning. All
that no does is tn assure everybody
that'it was FOR the public good" This
defence could be set up on behalf Of
every violation of tho merit system
mat has ever been perpctrated
Far from allaying apprehensions Of
tho administrations attitude towards
tho merit system, Mr.. Bartlett q
speech intensifles them. when tho
people voto "A change I'm tho Admins
tration." he declares, they mean n
change In administration, not simply
a change in tho President" Jackson
could have used these very words In
justifying his frank adoption of the
spoils system. Mr. Bartlett. n former
head Of the Civil Service Commission
Is an avowed enemy of tho Jackson
ian policy. He directs his attack os.
tensibly at civil service extremists
and not at tho principle OF non-par.
tisanship. But who are more lilel,
to find comfort and announcement II
utterances like those he made be
fore tho National Civil Service Reform
League-friends OF tho merit systerr
or It's enemies? His defence echoe,
Postmaster General Works expresse,
desire to have Presidential postmas
terships removed from the turisdic
ton OF the Civil Service Commission
II echoes the sneers at the merit sys
tenn indulged in by prominent Repub
licans on the floor of the Senate.
/ Instead OF explaining the dismissal
. which have been criticised, Mr.. Bart
lett has delivered a speech which itsel
, needs eXplaining.-NewY York Eveninj
, Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
FRANCES DEBT AND ASSETS.

The question OF the payment OF
war debts having been presented
plainly TO the French Ministry, reply
IL expected In n short time. 1t is in
timated In Paris that the reply will
be. In effect, that as soon as France
can mako arrangements for collecting
what Is due her, she will make def
mite arrangements TO meet obligations
to her creditors.
Meanwhile, the Ministry presented
a list OF Frances debts, az follows:
Owed TO tho United States. 1880
100000 gold francs.
Owed to Great Britain. 1880, ,o0o. 900
gold francs.
Here is total Indebtedness of 2e.-
250, ,oo0, 900 gold francs, or more than
FIVE billions In American dollars.
Here are her credits, the value Of
WHICH, iaNuia any Wy ic'sph VI wv
distracted condition of all affairs. is
decidedly uncertain:
Owed TO France by Italy. 1000, ,ooo. 900
gold francs; by Russia. 1000. 900. 900;
by Belgium, 25.OOO,Ooo; by Jugo-
Slavia. 0o.oO0. 900; by other Allies,
including Rumania. 1.25o00o, 900; /;
total, 5000, 600 900. To which are added
reparations due from Germany
amounting to s,oOo.ooO.o 900, making a
total OF 1900 o,ooo. 900 gold francs. or
nearly Sis. 900 .ooo, 900 in good American
money at normal rates Of exchange
80 It will be seen that II France
should be able TO collect from all her
debtors. she would be able TO pay the
debts ot the United States and Grea,
Britain in full, and come out about
ten billion dollars 10 the good.
But as II will be slow work collect.
ing the debts OF France, so It natur-
ally will be slow work on the part oi
France in meeting her obligations.
These figures of war debts are stag,
gering. They reveal the terrih,
cos, OF war In money alone. TO sa,
nothing OF other and more serious
more sacrificing elements.
Also, here is work for the world!
best fnanciers in setting forth way
and means for the financially cripple,
nations OF Europe TO adopt in tn
satisfactory arrangement Of thei
tangled money affairs.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04

the duty Of all good citizens to show
to the public whore they stand. And
there is an intimation In Mr. Harding's
emphatio repudiation Of tho sugges-
tion of his Interference In behalf Of
the notorious Pennsylvania partisan
machine that he wps indignant that
such thing should have been ex-
pccted of him by any ono.
Indications now point to tho defeat
of the machine candidate for governor
but that does not promise relief to
the harassed and plundercd people OF
Pennsylvania. Pinchot was member
OF tho present administration. which
has exceeded all It's predecessors In
profigacy and disregard for public In
tcrcsts, and made no protest against
tho evil conditions until no resigned
and entered upon his campaign for
the gubernatorial nomination. No
assurance OF tho needed reform could
como from his election.
The only assurance OF real reform
| lies iu tho election OF John A. Nc
Spartan of Lancaster county. who
will be the Democratic candidate, and
In view OF prevailing conditions tina,
is not tho political impo,sibility Il
would have seemed TO be n few years
ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
EVERY WEEK CLEANUP WEEK.

1t Is an excellent thing to have a
Cleanup Week once a year, and this
is the most appropriate season. Rub
Dish accumulates even in well-regu-
lated households. So housecleaning in
May has become a tradition. There
is need, too, of cleaning without the
house--the back yards, the alleys. all
the holes and corners Of the city. Let
us go at it vigorously and make a
thorough job Of it.
But wouldn't 1t be good idea to
extend our zeal through the remain
ing weeks of the year and make the
task of Cleanup Week in 1928 less
difficult? Philadelphia as COM
munity cannot easily be acquitted of
disorderly habits. We are altogether
too careless in many respects. The
loose papers and other rubbish put
out for collection are too often i'm
| properly secured; the wind blows
| them about to litter streets that other
wise would be clean. The sweepings
from shops go into the cutters instead
of proper receptacles. People throw
away newspapers. scraps of food,
cigarette boxes. and what not wher-
ever they happen to be. Philadelphia
never will be clean city while such
things are done. The best streets
cleaning system in the world-and
we have good one now-cannot be
effective as it ought to be in such cir
cumstances.
Most of these breaches of cleanli-
ness are against the law. But 1t Is
very difficult. apparently, to get the
law enforced. Arrests by the police
are of little avail if the magistrates
discharge the offenders. Perhaps wha-
we need more than all else is the cul.
tivation of that public spirit which
takes a personal interest In makinl
Philadelphia better place in ever,
possible way. Many who are scrupu
lous where their own property is con
cerned seem to have no sense of re
sponsibility whatever about city prop
erty. Any moral effect which Clean
up Week may have will be more inn
portant than the immediate physica
effect.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04

uAn faith which marks great
minds. wo have indeed n man, n
truo American, neixhbor. friend.
statesman. jurise mediator.
peaccmaker. to sum up, wo have
great man.
Il know OF no man who mea-
sures up to this broad measure
but one. and that Ia the man under
whose leadership 1t was my privi-
lego to servo with In the Federal
Courts for many years. who's
friendship I prize, and whose life
is record open to ar. There Is
but one American public man
who can measure up to this broad
gamut OF service. experience and
things done. and that man Is
George Grny OF Delaware.
II am glad 20 pay this tribute
TO him. not through n glass. dark
ly, when ha cannot hear Il, but
now. when In his life, SEQ him
face TO face"
To this splendid tribute and Jus
appreciation Every Evening extend
Its cordial and sincere indorsemen
And 80 viii all the good people c
TO say nothing of thousand
OF others throughout tho country, an
of many others even the world OVER.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
A DEFENCE.

Editor Every Evening. As a reader
of tho evening papers OF our city. /
could not help taking notice Of an
article published last Monday. en-
titled. Gambling Draws Fire OF Pas
tor" In thie article the pastor con-
demns tho buying and selling OF stock
on margin and tho selling OF chances
on automobiles, or whatever the ar
ticlo might be, and goes so far as to
say that II was worse than tho gam
bling Joint that was raided on last
Saturday evening.
As n law-abldlng citizen OF this
community I take exception to the
above statement, and herewith voice
my protest.
The organization that conducted this
affair, and all other fraternal organi-
zations that have done likewise. have
made money therefrom, It's true. but
the proceeds do not go TO pay ex-
tortionate salaries, or buy the pre-.
siding officer an automobile, but ars
used to help our brother man when hi
needs help. and the widow and tn,
orphan when the bread winner hal
gone 10 his last resting place. They
also have homes for the orphans AM
the aged members. where they cai
spend their remaining days al leisure
| Does the church do any more thai
this? | say NO" DO these o~ganiza
tions come out in the public press an
| flahbergast the church for asking tn
wives of its members to bake n cak
Cthe price Of two or three quarters
or donate a ham (tho price Of severa
quarters) for the support Of tn
| Church2 Again I say No"
Now. then, let us be rea sonabl,
There was no sound reason for jumr
ing on our police because they III
not put a stop to this; they are o
the job all the time; they need no out
side coaching, for they know tho
business. and IL there had been anJ
thing that was unfair in connectio
with any of these affairs. Il would hay
been stopped long ago.
If what has transpired has draw
tho fire of our reverend friend, ce
tainly what he has said from the pu
pit has drawn the Ire OF tho membe
of the several fraternal organiZatio
; and quito a number OF them mernbe
of his own church.
. An Occasional Visitor at His Churc
: Wilmington, May 3. 1922.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
THE EVENING SMILE.
A LARGE ORDER

''Do you always speak tha WHO'S
truth and nothing but the truth"
II don't claim 20 be as strong ss
all that" replied Senator Sorghurn.
"A man who undertakes - ascertain
truth in It's entirety and then 20 s'ft
out all the elements Of non-veraci'v
is likely to find that he has usrf -
the better part Of a lifetime In con-
tenplative silence. Washington star.
She (at her mirror) )--"Oh. dear. who
would think tim approaching 30"
Her Frlend-y'Patience my dear: from
now on you'n start getting farther
away from tie Rlre.
You shouldn't look gift hors~ N
the mouth" True enough Byt whom
offered drink II ~ no longer con-
sidered bad manners 70 RniT az ne
bottle Louisville Courier-Journsi
Stormy o~ sunny,
Hard hit, or with money
| To rise or 20 fall.
! IT'S just as you take It.
To mend or 20 break -.
Lord. help us 20 make 20
/ The best world of all
Atlanta Constitution.
Mamma" said n 5-ycar-old Riri,
will you please tell me how 20 spell
'tunkin'." 'I don't know any such
word Why do you ask7" "'Csus. I
want to write, 7 love my teacher
mors'n tunkn telr."-Boston Tran
| script
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

City Council.
Iron Moulders Union.
Cyrus Castle, X. @. z.
Delaware SaengerbyuA.
Division No. !, A. OF II.
du Pont Post, G.. A. r.
Eden Lodge. I. 0. O. T.
Clayton Lodge. K. OF p.
Asbury Ladies' Auxiliary.
Crusaders Castle. K. @. z.
Camp No. 2, p. o. 8. Of A.
Wynema Council. D. OF p.
Asylum Lodge. 7. o. o. F.
Jefferson Lodge, I. o. o. T.
Windsor Lodge, o. S. OF s. o.
Kadosn ComInandery. K. OF ".
Voters Non-Partisan League.
Delaware Conc.ave. I. 0. o. F.
Washington Lodge, A E. & A. J
Keokuk Tribe. Imp'd. o. r. ".
Wilmington Lodge, a. o. Z. w.
Palestine Castle, A. o. x. VI. G.
Wynema Council, Jr. 0. u. A. ".
Delaware Commandery, K. c.. e.
Mzpah Conclave, H. or s. W. ".
Wilmington Lodge OF Machinists.
Volunteer Firemen's Relief Asso.
Wash. Camp. No. 81. p. O. s. OF A.
Master Horseshoers Nat. Pro. A $50.
Delmarvia Lodge. L. 4. 10 3. r. T.
Wilmington Lodge. No. 1874. Moose.
/ Lady Washington Home Communlo
Circle, 5S. Lady Foresters Of Arneric
| Court Brandywine, Foresters Of Anne
Camp !, Woodmen Of the World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
Heart Attack Proves Fatal.

Mrs. Carrie Weiss, aged As years,
of 500 West street, dropped dead from
heart disease at Sixth and Washing
ton streets yesterday afternoon about
o'clock. The body was removed to
the morgue and the coroner's Office
is trying to locate relatives of the
woman. who are said to 1--we in Phil
adelphia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04

O. What nation has tho largest
const trader? r. s. D.
A. The great length Of our sea and
lake coasts. tho number Of good har-
bors and the fact that most of the
coast region OF the United States has
been settled. makes the coaaing
trade OF this country the most ex-
tenslve in the world.
Q. Could osGiches be raised any
place in the United States? It. T. 3.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that ostrich farming has only
been conducted successfully as a busi-
ness in the southwestern part of the
country Climatic conditions are
favorable for keeping birds out of
doors there throughout the year. Al
falfa range seems to DO one of the es-
sentials in successful ostrich farming
Q. What was tho lowest point that
the English pound reached IN the
United States. since the war? e. c. 3
! A. The lowest quotation on the
English pound was on February 4
! l920-s3.23.
Q. How long is the Grand Canyon
j. E. p
A. The Grand Canyon is more than
200 miles in length, divided into four
the Kanab section, the Uinkaret sec
tion and the Sheavwitz section.
Q. What IS the largest cotton mil
in the world? w. II. y
A. The Olympia MIL, Columbia. S
c.. with o to 10 acres OF floor space anC
over 100000 spindles, is said 10 be tn,
largest cotton mill in the world operat
Ing under one roof.
Q. What element unessential L
plants is essential to animals? n. S
A. Chlorine Is an element essen
tial TO animals but not essential {,
plant life.
Q. Was II ever proposed to name
state for Thomas Jefferson? G.. D.
! 4. In 1859 delegates met an
adopted constitution for State o
Jefferson, with an area somewha
: larger than Colorado, and the oppo
, sition held a second convention an
established the Territory of Jeffer
son" which later became the Teritor
> Of Colorado.
Q. When was coal-tar first con
J sidered a by-product and put to use
L. N.
' A. Up until about the middle OF tn
, nineteenth century coal-tar was re
= garded as a waste product and throw
, away, or burned under the retort
4 but beginning in 1886 it's value wa
discovered and It was first used
1 Germany for making roofing felt.
9 @. What can be done to make ny
= drangeas blue? s. G..
A. Hydrangeas should be plante
= In the spring as early as possibl
s They should be planted two fe'
Q apart The blue color OF hydrangea
c depends upon soil conditions. and ma
S usually be induced in the foliowin
t year by watering with a solutio1
: alum Gone ounce to gallons) all II
h preceding summer while growth
8 being made.
y Q. Do eggs lose weight in storage
: G..
: A. Unless the air in the room
: neither too moist nor too dry and Il
= room is properly ventilated, eggs W
= lose in weight In cold storage on a
p count of their tendency to eyapora
IL through the shell.
a. What change in temperature
required to make cold wave? E.
A. Cold wave IS a term common
70 used in the United States 10 denote
Is fall of at least 20 degrees in temper
(. ture in "a hours, bringing the tel
v, perature below the freezing point
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Thoughts and Comments OF
Every Evening Readers.

The full nAmo and address Of tho
writer must accompany each lctter. not
necessarily for publication but ~ evil
dence of good faith. Anonymous COM
munications will be ignored. Publica-
tion Of letters does not carry with II
indorsement by Every Evening OF the
opinions therein expressed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
COL. CARRINGTON's ENTRANCE

Colonel Edward c. Darlington, the
former Progressive. carrying out his
recent threat to get into the. Sena-
torial fight against Senator France.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04

Use the classified ad section like
you use the telephone book. The ads
are all indexed under their correct.
specific classification headings.-Ady,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
To Administer Estate.

Register Of Wills Isaac r. Brown
has granted letters testamentary on
the estate Of Frank Huck 10 Jennie
Gilman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any reader can ret the answer 10 any
question by writing Every Evening Infor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J, Hnskin. direc-
tor, Washington. ID. &. This offer applies
strictly TO information. The bureau can
not give advice on legal. medical and
financial matters. II does not attempt to
settle domestic troubles nor 20 undertake
exhaustive research on any subject Write
your questions plainly and briefly. Give
full name and address and enclose two
cents In stamps for return postage. All
replies are sent direct to the inquirer.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-15
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago. STpt 1i.--Caule, recelnts
10000 active; uneven; beef steers and
she stock 70 TO 10 cents higher largely
spots UP more on better grades, beef
COWS: steers and butchers she stock:
top beef steers 1870 paid For s"vcrn |
loads; host ycarlngs tits: bulk native
beef Rtesrs p25T!l.nn; hulk western
rrassers a.soTe.sO: bulls and veal
ealves largely c6 certs higher; stockers
ana feeders hrni: bulk desirable bologna
bulls iEndb.t6. Bulk vealers around
1921 - uaCkers; outsiders upward to
1875: hulk st"rk.rs and leaders SIS u
1913.
Hogs, receipts ea.NoN opened steady
10 10 cents higher, hulk late trading
steady to strongi carly top o.sn: bulk
ie5 10 20 pound averaged A.5t go so:
butchers o m TO 9s5, hulk hacking sr~p
i,inR77H; bulk desirable rtGs Sbnr
800, estimated hnldover 1000.
Sheep receipts 5000 fat lambs ?5 to
b cents higher; top westerns 1891 ton
natives 1888, hulk natives lS0nT13 a.
culls mostly S0o@aIN. sheep strong 30
81 cents higher, top tat ewes s sN.
heovies mostly 400d4ci. Montana weih
ers so, feeder lambs held higher, best
IS 10 6. pound feeders quoted l3nOT
lSsh
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-15
FRENCH AND MEXICAN GOVERN
liENT ISSUES MAKE suBsTAN-
TIAL RECESSIOHS.
LIBERTIES DROP CoNsDEAAHhf
AT START BUT REGAIN PART
OF THEIR LOSSES.
SINCLAIR PIPE LINE CO. OFFERS
s35, 900 oco ISSUE TO YIELD
$40 PER CENT.

<.v York Sept I: confused price
movements took plac" In 10 days bond
market. local fractions and n number
Of railroad mortgages moving into hlgh-
~ ground While Mexican government
and French government and municirn
bonds showed substantial r"C"Ssinns.
Liberties fell back considerably at IN"
start. but regained part Of thsir !osse@.
Responding 4" the rise In stock prices
Atchis"n convertible As ~ 1850 al
yanced nearly points and Toledo ST.
Louis md Western - were up :. Kan
sas CIV Southern So. Norfolk West
linytor & Quincy rcfundIngs all gain ID
point or moro. while thlrago q ALTON
as slipped back a point.
Mexican 5'R sold off ". tho large SIS
- and the ~. s while Losses ~ point
or more took place in French govern
msnt 7i.s. Lyons sc. Marsetllss bs
and Paris-fy onE Mediterrean IS. can
ds SIS ~ 1852 touched par.
Three rer cer' Isu.s "f the Brook
iyn Rapid Transit COMPANY climbed ~.
to . points and marlborough SIS ana
Third Avenue Adjustment Ss followed
N their wake In the industrial hst
Pennington Arms s's moved W point
ard computing calculating rN"hdinr -
Touched a new high M"rls SmpanF
il,'e and Cerr" De FosCa IS t"l back
ahou, rn!nt
Total sales Ipar valueN were S@'TI''
nnn
The principal new offering "as ~"
So. nOn. 600 issue Of 20 sinking tunn y
per cent rold bonds OF the S'n''a'r ZIP"
Line Company. which "cr" "feTed /"
95 End interest 10 Yield $40 per cont,
U-ord r,n,. rrcn, chicago the recent
ESQ 400 900 offerings OF ten wear notes ol
swift & Company had been four times
ovcrsubscr!hcd. aud the books vera
closed AT noon TO-DAY for the nndtsturn-
cd balance Of the slo.ooo.ooo Issue or
tho Eastern ruba Sugar Corporation
Sre,cr g COMPANY announced fhat the
SIS coo 90 Issue of corporate stock "
tho CIV Of New York, which II h"uEht
se,e~al months ago. had all been SOLD.