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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

You know her well--the little old
maid who has shaved all of her days,
and who now that old age is upon her
and she can no longer earn the miserable
pittance upon which she has existed,
turns helpess, hopeless, desperate eyes
upon the future, wondering what will
become Of her.
She is q common figure in every com
munity. She hovers around the back
ground Of every home. So familiar arc
you with the sight Of the shabby little
creature in her decent, worn clothes,
and with her deprecating whipped dog
look that women wear when they have
been beaten by life, that it is only at
times that YOU realise how pitiful she is,
Then you think that something ought
To be done about il.
II isn't as il poor, little old Miss Mary
hadn't done her bit. She has been no
butterfly gayly fitting from flower TO
flower in her youth instead of laying up
sustenance for her old age. All Of her
life she has toiled but she always had to
do the kind of work that is i'll paid, and
that leaves no margin of profit for pleas
urc, or for saving.
Poor little Miss Mary isn't clever. She
has no initiative. Often she had little
education, and she was never trained to
any gainful trade or profession. Her un-
skillful hands have always fumbled at
their task, and, struggle as they would,
have never kept the wolf foot away
from her door.
Always she has heard this monster,
that she feared and dreaded above every
thing else on earth, painting on her
threshold. Always she has known he was
ready TO spring upon her If she fell sick
or paused for a day for the rest she SO
sadly needed Always she has lived
with the gripping fear of old age, and
dependence upon her and some day sht
knew they must overtske her. That wa.
inevitable, and there was no help for her
Yet still she fought on, struggle d OF
forcing herself to toll when the yer,
WEAKNESS of death was upon her. Gosd
ing herself to her task when her poo
old body was just living pain. Soldier
have been decor ated on the BATTLEFIELD,
for less heroic deeds than little old Mis-
Mary performed when she staggered up t.
answer the bell of her tiny shop, or go
down on her pool, old rheumatic knees t.
scrub floor.
Sometimes, little old Miss Mary CAV
the best years of her life, the years i,
which she could have safeguarded he
old age by marrying or by acquirin
some profitable occupation, to her fam
lily. There was an old father or an oil,
mother who had to be taken care o!
There were years and years in which sh
WAS chained to an inyalid's chair. Year
and years in which night and day she
was the hapless victim of the selfish
querulous whims of age.
Love called to her, but she could no
follow because Of the clutching old hand
that held her back. Ambition beckonct
to her, but she could not take her owl
at the expense OF the helpless old peopl
who depended on her, and SO you'll
faded away from her, and opportunit,
shut its door in her face.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
Efficient
Housekeeping.
CABBAGE IN THE DINNER MENU
~ Laura 4. Kirknau.

Last week / spoke about the econmy
81 ssrvins the % lsss expensive ;., vegetables bio
gest two attractive ways Of serving that
moderately-pneed vegetable, cabbage.
Hamburg Steak Mcat Balls
Baked Potatoes
Cabbage al Gratin
Coffee Orange Custard
Cabbage au Gratin: Chop boiled cab
bage finely by hand. There should be
two cups OF il when chopped. Season
this lightly with salt and pepper. Now
make white sauce from one cup Of
milk heated and thickened with one
tablespoon OF -four; add one table
spoon OF butter to this sauce and stir
till butter is melted. Put the chopped
cabbage into buttered baking dish
with alternate layers OF the hot white
sauce and mild cheese which has been
either grated or finely chopped (use
about one-half pound OF the cheese in
making this DISH Cover NIL with
buttered brcnd crumbs, sprinkle more
grated cheese lightly on top, and bake
till we'll Drowned in n moderate oven.
Veal Outlet with Brown Gravy
MhSnpu IOtatOcs
Braised Cabbage
Coffee Lemon Pie
Brnised Cabbage One cabbage, two
large onions, one-fourth cup OF butter
one-fourth teaspoon of pepper, three
cloves, two green apples, one table
spoon Of solt, one-half cup Of vinegar
one cup of water. Melt the butter and
add the chopped onions and apples
Cook these for three minutes, then ado
the cabbage shredded, and all the
other ingredients. Cover the saucepan
and let simmer for two and one-hal
hours. This is delicious although
Of course, because Of the vinegar, chill
dren may not like it.
TO Cook the Veal Outlet: For th'
sake of the young housekeeper, | will
tell how to cook the veal outlet. Wasl
II (you will need about one pound o
it for two or three people,, and diI
it. into -four, then into egg, then int
-four again. Now fry it in any goot
grease (bacon fat is especially good
but do not Use too much grease. Whei
scared on both sides (turn IL owe
when IL il scared well on one sidc)
and pour enough boiling water int
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

experience, " IL dreaded by the bes
intsrest, IL not with enthusiasru. svery
formula having IN II the hope OF .x-
tended life.
The rules proposed by the doctor are
the following;
DO not eat too much.
DO not drink too much. especially Of
intoxicants.
Do not work too hard or too many
hours
Do not work too little; better to work
for nothing than be idle.
DO work that Is for the common good: (:
all other Is destructive.
Take just ahat sleep experisncs proves
right
Use recreation not for It's own sake,
but for new vigor.
DO not always be IN a hurry.
Dress first for comfort; thsn for style.
Avoid worry; II enfeebles mind and
body.
Shun all trespa ssers against tho plain
physiology OF your existence.
And thus lay the surest foundation for
ilfe OF tho spirit here and hereafter.
These are good rules. One could not
with them.
They indicate a simplicity in eating
and living which Is essential to health
and happiness. The more complex the
NE and tho more multiplied the dishes
It the table. the shorter will be the
career.
While many of these rules are those
,omnonly given, there are others not SO
much discussed. Hurry. striving after
,xtreme style In dress. enfeebling the
mind by tho overworking of woNy, the
toy Of work rather than Of idleness. the
transgresslon Of the laws Of the body
IN each OF these suggestions Ia a whole
1ermon Of health and long life.
OF late we have read of many Tooth
birthdays They will become more COM
mon. II 10 humanity possible to plan q
lfe which. barring accident. may run a
century,
Read these rules and take your place
n the procession of centenarians.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

"They wore taken from the same
mold"
"Such fact must tell against the
theory that the man who breaks them
is influenced By any general hatred o.
hundreds Of statues OF the great En-
peror must exist in London, Il IL too
much to suppose such coincidsnoe -
that q promiscuou iconoclast should
chance to begin upon three specimens
Of the same bust"
"Well, l thought as you do" said Lss-
trade. "On the other hand, this Morse
Hudson is the purveyor OF busts in that
part of London, and these three were the
only ones which had been in his shop
for years. So, although, as you say,
there are many hundreds Of statues
in London, it & very probable that those
three were the only ones in that district.
Therefore, local fanatic would begin
with them. What do you think, DR..
Watson?"
'"rhere are no limits to the possibilities
Of monomania," | answered There Is
the condition which the modern Fronch
psychologists have called the idee fixe, )"
which may be trifing in character, and
accompanied by complete sanity IN
every other way. A man who had read
deeply about Napoleon, or who had
possibly received some hereditary family
injury through the great war, might
conceivably form such an idee fixe"
and under its influence be capable OF
any fantastic outrage"
THAT won't do, my dear Watson"
said Holmes, shaking his head, 'for
no amount of 'idee fixe' would enable
your interesting monomaniac to find out
where these busts were situated" /"
well, how do you explain itT'
al don't attempt to do SO. | would
only observe that there is certain
method in the gentleman's eccentric
proceedings. For example in DR..
Bsrnicot's hall, where sound might
arouse the family the bust was taken
outside before being broken, whereas
in the surgery, where there WAS less
danger of an alarm, it WAS smashed
where it stood. The affair seems alb
surdly trifing, and yet. L dare cal
nothing trivial when ] reflect that some
of my most classic cases have had the
least promising commencement. 1o,
will remember, Watson, how the dreadful
business of the Abernetty family was frs
brought to my notice by the depth which
the parsley had sunk into the butte
upon hot day. ] can't afford, there
fore, to smile at your three broken busts
Lestrade, and ! shall be very mucl
obliged to you if you will let m ehear o
any fresh developments of 70 singular
chain of events"
The development for which my
friend had asked came in quicker
and an infinitely more tragic form
than he could have imagined. / VA
still dressing in my bedroom mex
morning, when there was . tap a
the door and Holmes entered q tele
gram in his hand. He read it aloud
Come instantly, l3l, Pitt Street
Observation-Disclosures"
What is it, thenl" I asked.
Don't know-may bc anything
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
WHAT KATIE TOLD MADGE
HAD MADE HER MAD"

Lilhan's request was like sharp
gust of wind, lifting the miasma o.
suspicion from my mental horlson'
After all, / knew nothing Of what really
had happened The newspaper story
was plainly exaggercted--it was one OF
the freakish stunts which with alleged
humor admittedly sacrificed absolute ac-
curacv to cleverness-and Dicky's tele-
gram was simply another wording OF
Lillian's appeal to reserve my Judgment
until / had seem him.
| was not the less angry at Dicky be-
cause Lillian deity had removed the
fostering silver from the wound he had
given me. No matter what aileviating
circumstances there were, IT still was a
most humiliating experience to which
he was subjecting me. ! wondered now
he would act were it possible for me to
have given him a similar Jolt, and then
realized that Lillian was looking at
me and that | had not answered her
request.
put the mending down, went over to
her and kissed her.
"You are the best friend either Dicky
or has ever had," ! said warmly. "You
have the right to request anything you
like Of me, I'll try to be good, hon.
estly l will"
"The Pirate Craft"
She looked up at me with eyes sud
denly moist, and the sight of the tears
which she dashed aside impatiently
made me realize how deeply she was
feeling my trouble. 1t takes strong emo
ton to bring the tribute of even dashed
| 11a-o a. I ,N,oytc axoc
"You dearr' she exclaimed tenderly
Remember / know exactly what you're
going through. 1t isn't any summel
squall, it's real storm, but you re going
to weather it through like the brave
little mariner you are"
The doorbell pealed, and gave a ner-
vous start. Lillian patted my shoulder
reassuringly.
"And here are the pirate craft, the
reporters" abe smiled, "or / miss my
guess. Do you want to see them hrst
or shall II"
"Will your" l queried nervously, then
added quickly: "But III do whatever
you say
~ think I'd better take the first
whack at them," she said. 'Pve had
more experience than you have, al
though you had enough last summer
when Junior-but this is different, re-
member" he hastened to say, "At that
time we wanted all the publicity we
could get in our hunt for him. Now
we want to throw them off the track.
and make them think the story isn't
worth while. And, believe me, fooling
a reporter is no kids gamew
/ sllso De-
Don't appear reluctant" she smiled,
''nor yet too eager, and as far as you
possibly can tell them the truth. Re-
member these vital facts, however. This
thing isn't serious. It's natural thing
for Dicky to have taken Claire Foster
for air rides, and she is a dear friend
of yours Minimize the whole thing as
far as possible. Yes, Katie, Come in"
Katie was breathless as she came into
the room.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
Little Bcnny's
Notebook
BY Lee Paps

Pop put square oblong paokidge
on the hall rack wen he went TO the
Office this morning, saying. TO oa, BY
the way, this belongs to Mr.. Lewis
there's cigars in it, so If he sends bis
Office boy up today ! wish you'd give
it to him.
I don't like that man Lewis and never
did and the more | see OF him the less
see to see in him, ma scd.
Then of corse you'll be glad IN get
enything that belongs to him out OF the
house, pop sed.
Well, that's rite too, that's true, ma
sed. And this aftirnoon agfter skooi ]
WAS in mas room looking out the win
dow wondering weather Id rather be
out in the street and some kid went
up the frunt steps and rang the bell
and I sed to ma, There's Mr.. Lewises
Office boy, ma, shall | go down and
give hun the packidge?
By all mesns, good riddanee to bad
rubbidge, ma sed. And / went down
and handed the boy the packidge say
ing, Is this wat you wuntf and he sed
Sure. And he took it and shut the
door agen and wen pop came home he
sed, Wares that packidge / left on the
hall rack, Lewis dident send ms boy
after all, he's going to send him to my
office tomorrow.
Willyum, that's perfeckly rediekuliss.
the boy was heer and got the packidge
and for all I know Mr.. Lewis has
smoaked all the cigars by this time, he's
foolish enuif TO, I'm sure, ma sed, and
pop sed, Yee gods, you've gwen those
cigars to the rong boy, and sed, G.
ma, maybe we did, there was a huck-
ster waggin out in the street at the
same time and maybe the boy was at
tatched to that, maybe he ony wunted
TO know if we wunted to buy eny BAN
nannas or something.
And so you gave him Mr.. Lewisses
| cigars, how sweet and appropriate, pop
sed, and ma sed, Well l don't care,
don't like that man Lewis and never
ixpect TO, and pop sed, But they we're
his cigars, have you no sents OF Iustice'
Certeny have and that's Jest wy I'm
glad, ma sed. And she went TO the
movies with my sister Gladdis and pop
called up Mr.. Lewis on the telefone
and told him to buy another box OF
cigars and charge them to him.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

But suspect il is the sequel of the
story of the statues. In that case
our friend, the image-bresker, has
begun operations in another quarter
of London. There's coffee on the table,
Watson, and l have cab at the door" >"
In half an hour we had reached
Pitt Street, quiet little backwater
Just beside one OF the briskest cur
rents Of London life No l3l was one
of row, all flat-chested respectable,
and most unromantic dwellings. Az we
drove up, we found the ratings in front
of the house lined by a curious crowd.
Holmes whistled.
"By Geogel it's attempted mur-
der ut the least. Nothing less will hold
the London message-boy. There's deed
of violence indicated in that fellows g
round shoulders and cutstretched neck.
What's this, Wstson7 The top steps
swilled down and the other ones dry
Footsteps enough, anyhow Well, well,
there's Lestrade at the front window,
and we shall soon know all about it,"
Tomorrow-The Adventure Of the
Six Napoleons, continued.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

said Mp. Twinkle-Sycs, beGinsiag 10
feel better. II don't believe thers are
two pussies in the house.. III rin over
and see.
Mrs. Twinkls-eyes very cautiously
ran around the side Of the attic wall
and y,ssIed into tho corner where the
old toys were stored and away over
against the wall there sat 4 pussy.
There was no doubt about IL; her
eyes were shiny, just az Long Tad
had said
Mrs. Twinkle-eyes ran lack 70 the
house. 1T is true" she said. I'VE
must move at once. q dear, ] wish
YOUR father and the other children
would come home"
Mrs Twinkle-eyes began TO pack her
household goods while Long Tail sat
by the door TO watch that the strange
new puss did not take them by sur
prise.
When Tvinkle-eyes and the other
six little mice. returned Mrs. Twinkle
eyes was ready TO move. What in
the world has happenedp asked Twinkle
eyes. | thought you liked this placc3"
Then his wife told him the terrible
news about the black puss she had
seen. And of course we cannot live
here. We shsll all be dead in no time"
sobb~d poor little Mrs. Twinkle.eyes.
| "Oh dear, where shall we got / just
hate to have TO come down in the world
but ] suppose we will have TO live in
the pantry wall"
Twinkle-eyes was just about 10 run
over 10 the toy corner and see for him
self when old Mrs. Spider swung her
self down from rafter by her cobweb
rope right in front Of the Twinkle-eyes
door
Mrs. Spider was careful old creature
and she did not swing herself low
enough for any Of the mice 20 reach
her, even if they had wished TO do SO
She wasn't certain they would bother
her but she did not intend 10 take any
chances.
Mr. and Mrs. Twinkle-eyss." she
said, II have come 10 make a bargain
with you. | have been living up in
one far corner Of this attic ever since
you came here and must say you are
as well hammered family Of mice as
ever | have seen. but | wish 70 make
myself safe for the winter and you can
not always Judge by appearances,
have learned"
Mr. and Mrs. Twinkle-eyes listened
r but they had not the least idea Why
+ old Mrs. Spider had called.
: Now | have heard that mice some
r times in the winter get very hungry
and they then eat flies and I have
r heard it said that spider is not safe
at such times" Mrs Spider drew herself
up bit on her slender rope
. 'fI wish 10 store in my corner n good
supply Of food for the winter and thi'
I, is my canning season. II you will proruis'
not 10 let your children bother my sup
plies or touch them yourself will tel
you something that will save you from
moving"
Il Tomorrow I viii tell you what Mrs
Il Spider told tbe Twinkle-eyes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

The pan TO cover the meat Put 2
cover on the pea and let the watsr bod
UP around the meat for about one hour.
BY that Nms, the outlet should be
tender and done. Lift II o,t onto .
platter and act In \ warm place. Make
brown gravy in the frying pan by
adding little more boiling water (if
the pan IL almost dry then add a
four-nnd-wnter paste, stirring this well
into the pan liquor. For large sized
frying pan you will need about one
half cup OF the -four and water paste.
Season the brown gravy and pour i
over the meat on the platter.
Tomorrow Letters.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
STATE PAY FOR SPINSTERS
BY DOROTHY DIX
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
! Copyright 1ssI by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc.

Perhaps poor little old Miss Marys
youth was spent in taking care Of other
peoples children. There were orphan
nieces and nephews who would have
known the cold charity of asylums only
for her She took them in, fed them,
clothed them, educated them, gave them
their start in the world. She worked
tirelessly, she pinched and economical,
and sweaied every penny. she went
shabby. and when the hungry little
mouihs had been fed, and the restless
little feet h )d, there was no money left
for little Miss Mary TO lay up for her
old age.
And now little Miss Mary has come
TO the end. She is literally worn out.
Her strength Ia gone. Her feeble old
hands can no longer toll. She has shaved
all of her life, and she has never been able
TO more than barely exist She has
nothing saved up. She has no children
TO take care of her.
What are we going TO do about it7
Send her to the aims house? All, no
Poor little Miss Mary has her pride, and
that would be fate worse than a thous-
sand deaths To her
She has gwen her life in honest service
to the world, and the world owes her a
Support in her old age that will come 10
her, not rs charity but rs u right
When these women who have toiled &C
faithfully, albeit in humble places
reach the age when they can no longer
work, they should be pensioned by the
State. They should be made secure
from want in their declining days.
Thus shall society pay very small
part OF its debt To a class of women e
which IL owes much, for the poor littlf
old Miss Marys who have been schoo
mlstresses, OF governesses, or faithful
servants; who have nursed other women's
babes on their breast, and taken car,
of the old, and infrm, who have toileC
without adequate rewerd, who have
borne the cross without wearing tn,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
Sandman Story.
ny Abby Philips walker.
Copyright. 1874. by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc, ~. Y.
THE TwINKLE.EYEs THINK
THEY MUST MOVE
Story I.

Story !.
Long Tail WAS playing about the attic
by himself among the old toys when all
at once he saw something that made his
heart stand still and then Jump hard.
Long Tail did not stop TO take second
look; he ran for his home in the doll
house. Never had his little feet seemed
TO go so slowly over the attic floor. His
tail for once was too long, for puss might
catch him by IL at any second. Would
he never get inside his bone?
But he did, although he nearly upset
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
YOUR HEALTH
HOW YOU MAY LIVE
TO BE NINETY YEARS OLD
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
Commissioner Of Health. New York City:

I KNEW doctor who said be would live TO be ninety
| by observing certain rules The other dsy he died,
ninety years Of ago.
1t is said tho doctor did not formulate these rules
until he was long past years and ten Per-
haps he would have lived another Of years had he
sarted earlier 10 demonstrate his faith IN his msthod
II is tho desire Of each Of TO hang on Just as
long as possible 1t is not to hear someone
say II do not to 1.-Two 10 be DID," but never saw
man die who would not have given much to linsrr
longer in this beautiful world.
Al an abstract proposition, dying isn't much moro
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

DR.. Copeland .cill ansper for rssd-
'rs of this paper questions on msdi-
idl, hy0isnic and sanitation subjects
hat are Of general interest. Whsys
he subject of a letter Is such that Il
annot be published IN this colurn,
Dr.. Copeland ,oiiI, when the question:
s proper one, write you personally,
y a self-oddressed, stamped on
relops Is enclosed. Address ALL
INQUIRIES TO DR.. r. S. Copeland,
IN care Of this Office.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

crown of glory, make the earth better
place, and an easier place for US all to
live in. And the least we can do for them
is to give them the little pension that will
take away from them the fear of de-
pendent old age.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

~ .h' H.-'' ,''' --.tu-| 80
the house in doing IT, Poor Mrs.
Twinkle-eyes was tipped off her chair
as her son ran past her TO get under
the bed. What in the world Is the
matter2" she asked as she crawled after
Long Tail
"Puss," he answered "She is over
in the corner | saw her. Her eyes are
shiny like glass and she IL black"
"Puss is not black, she is white"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
Answers to Health Questions

III. ]. o-Evsry time take a dean
breath ret a severe pain undsr INV
heart- VIII you please tell me vheya I
tion7
f-Is olive oil good for the hairf
A-You can 70 to any hospital cffnSa
or 10 your own physician and b. ex-
smined to make sure there ls no or
sah'c troubis present. Re governed b.
the advice you will receive.
2-Oiive oil IL good for the hair. ,ro.
vided you massage your scalp with your
hnssrs after applying IL.
l. 8. OIL Am n boy II years of ara.
and am feet inches tall WIN Won
please tell me what should weight
A--For your age and height yoa
should weigh about SIS pounds. However.
you ara much too young 10 be worrying
about your weight.
r. q. Q-Kindly tel! mo whsth.r =, .,
necessary TO have an inward goltrs op-
Grated on.
A-Medical treatment very often cur,~
this condition. Try IT before resortinr
to so oDsration-
l.. H-Q--Is colltis durable an,
what treatment is best for IL?
A.-Colitis can be cured II caugh
In time and properly treated. Inter
nal medication, diet, rest and keepini
the general health built up are essen
tlal In the treatment Of this condition
For further particulars restate you
question and enclose self addressed
stamped envelope.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20

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