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STAFFORD ACORN CLUB.
Special Correspondence Every Evcnins

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Seaford. Dee. 9.-The regular week
~ meeting of the Acorn Club was held
Tuesday afternoon in the club room.
Miss Mae Cooper, in charge. legisla-
ton was the subject and Miss Cooper
prepared the following program: Piano
solo. Morrison Darble. polonaise. De
Leone; Nortuine. Chopin: vocal solos.
Miss Helen Wiley Just a-Weary' n
For You" and Il Love You Truly.
by Carrie Jacobs Bond: reading. bill
10 Reorganize Delaware Courts Mrs
George II. Huston; reading. AN Ex-
PLANTATION Il the Three-Dollar Filing
Fee in the State of Delaware" Mrs
Charles NJ Hollis; reading. Women
Talk Legislation" Mrs. Villain +
Longendyke: reading, achievements
OF College Women" Mrs. Harry NJ
Bell: reading. General Legislation
Important Bills Being Considered al
Washington"
The bill TO reorganize Delaware
Courts was interpreted by Mrs. Hus
tn. and the general impression giver
was that each club woman should u,
familiar with A bill that concerns tbs
abolishing of Chancery and the Office
Of chief judge. Many voters have beer
puzzled over the 50 Cling fec. Thu
explanation given by Mrs. Charles NJ
Hollis Was instructive and beneficial
Achievements OF College Women.
an article in answer to the Statement
made by Alonzo Il. See. az Brooklyn
/ y. j.. that he would burn every wo
mans college in the country" VA
[ given by Mrs. Harry Bell. Mrs. Wi
liam F. Longendyke. president OF tn
/ club. gave an interesting account o
I tbs annual meeting OF the Delawar'
| League OF Women Voters. at the New
Century Club IN Wilmington. Mis-
Mae Cooper closed tho meeting by
summary and review OF Legislative
topics. such A. President Harding
Idea Of the soldiers bonus. the new
soldier pension bill and the ship sub
/ s.dy bill.
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NOI>c PEOPLE IN PAGEANT
A SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH

The young people Of Second Baptist
ChurCh Will present pageant OF,
Christian work. entitled The Sweep
az IN. Search Light" az the church
tomorrow evening. The pageant Is
based on true incidents.
The committee in charge IL Miss
Mildred GoOding. Mrs. : J. Horn, Mrs.
7. "a. Taylor. Mrs. Edgar Hare. The
music. in charge OF Floyd Harper
will be interpretative Of the scenes.
Daliett n. LOOMS will play the organ
and the quartet choir will sing About
o. persons Will take part in the
pageant.
The first scene will deal with the
Immigrant The characters will be:
Immigrant. Everett Borton: immi-
grant woman, Marian Galley: boy.
Paul Engberg: missionary. Madeleine
Enrberg: boys worked, Hugh Car
ter: pastor. J. r. Copes.
Tn. second scene. in the pioneer
country. will hsve as its principal
characters the Bible oolpOrter. Russell
Turner. and the ranchman, Willard
Hare.
The third scene will deal with Chris
tan colleges. The college will be
symbolizod by Miss Dorothy Baylis
The other characters will be: Cir
graduate. Ruth Long: spirit of world
illness. Vera Voeelin; pastor and wife
Rev and Mrs. George d.. Allison
college boys and girls. members Of
Young Peoples Society.
The fourth scene will concern hos
pital and settlement work in Latir
America The characters will be
Medical missionary. Edward Shakes
peare: nurses. Ruth Collins. Gather
Inc Nogeiin; missionary. Mrs. Ed
ward Gibson. Jr.
The last scene will be laid in India
Tho characters will be: Native evan.
gelst. Howard Collins: village head
man, Harry Willis; medical mission
AIRY. Kenneth Horn; Bible woman
Catherine White: native preachers
Leslie D.akyne. Allen Scotch: mis-
sionary nurse. Elsie Whitcomb; ma
fvo nurse. Ruth Meginniss, doctor
vile. kathryn Coward
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today attending the New Castle county
teachers meeting at Newark. Dem
onstration classes will feature the
several addresses will be made by
noted speakers.
Mrs. Mousley, OF Wilmington. who
is the New Castle county attendance
officer. visited the local schools this
week and presented the rewards for
perfect and good attendance records
made during the past year by local
children. There were 20 awards
made for perfect attendance. and 81
awards for good attendance which
means attendance 30 per cent Of tho
time. The awards were a nicely bound
book. "A January Summer"
Mrs. Harry G. Nickle and son. VII
liam. left yesterday for Jersey City
where they will spend week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bittle, Mr.. Ora
ham Blttle. Mrs. Robert a. Peacock
Mrs. John w. Spicer and Miss Eliza
beth Aker attended the fourth annual
ban1uet tof st. Johns Chapter NO. a.
order OF Eastern Star, held In inc
Century Club building at wilmington
on Thursday evening.
Tomorrow morning in the Presby-
terrain Church at 1890. Rev. Robert
G. Pltzer will preach on the subject.
"Pauls Books" Sunday school will
be held at ~ o'clock.
At 7 o'clock. the Young Peoples
Christian Endcavor meeting will be-
| T..IarrHfn NJ Mins
Marion Price and Master John Webb.
At 73O the regular evening wOr-
ship will begin and Mr.. Pitzer vii
preach from the text Things No
Seen Az Yet"
Al the Methodist Church. the morn
ing worship at 1870 will be conducted
by Rev. O. s. Walton OF Red Ldoi
who is n retired minister OF this con
ference.
Sunday school will be held at 11.4'
In the evening at 7.30. the Rev. J.
Mccoy. pastor of the St. Georges N
y. Church will occupy the pulpit 81
the absence Of Rev. l.. w. LayfielS
who will preach at Princess Ann'
Md Princess Anne Is the home tow
Of Mr. Iayfield and the congregauo
there have been after him for som
time 20 give them the some sermo
p he delivered before the last annual cor
ference nj Cambridge. Nd, on the ar
niversary Of his fiftieth year as
member OF the Wilmington Confer
I ence
In Christ Protestant Episcop
Church. Sabbath school viii nc ne
Z ., 1890 and nj 8 o'clock In the aftei
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NEWPORT wOMAN's
CLUB MEETING

The Woman's Club Of Newport held
q social yesterday afternoon in the
club rooms. Red Mems Hall. Reports
were received from the committee in
charge of the Christmas bazaar. and
net receipts amounted 10 S125.
Mrs. George Stuart gave a report
Of her recent trip 10 the Old Delaware
Colony. Stockley. and the club decided
20 make up a box Of things for Christ
mas 10 send TO the Colony. which will
contain Christmas Tree trimmings. as
they are especially anxious TO have a
tree this year. fruit. etc.
Miss Dorothy Lyman rendered vo-
cal solo. and Mrs. David Bair read a
paper on Education Week"
Mrs. Leonard Lyman won the Pts
in the Bag" which was a box Of sta
tionery, and she will furnish the priz,
for the next social. The Club will hold
an evening social on January 3. but
will dispense with their December 22C
meeting.
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COLLEGE wOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

The Delaware Association Of College
Women will meet on Friday evening
December Is. 7.45 O'Clock. at the home
of Mrs. Walter Stewart Brown. 230t
Seymour Road. Wawaset Park. Miss Il
Ethelda Mullin. executive secretary OF
Associated Charities will speak or
What is Family Social Work." Miss
Amy r. Wood, superintendent al
Visiting Nurses Association will speol
on Visiting Nursing in Relation Il
the Community" The hostesses Will III
Mrs. Charles Darlington, Mrs. Free
Gawthrop, Mrs. Bryce Macdonald, Mrs
Frank Morton Jones.
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wOMEN,s CLUB OF CLAYMONT

The regular meeting Of the Women's
Club OF Claymont will be held Monday
at $50 in the club room at Overlook.
Mrs. William II. Beacon will speak on
"a Visit to Jerusalem" Mrs. A. A. Will
mot will give n paper on Customs and
Origin of Christmas" Miss Raby will
give n reading. Mrs. I. c. Metals will
have charge OF the music.
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Roberts Rinchart story. "The Glorious
Fool" a Goidwyn production. which
comes Ia the Savoy Theatre Monday.
Mrs. 1linehaI-t. whose stories have
appeared In magazines, expressed her
delight with the photoplay version Of
her story that was directed by T.. Ma
son Hopper. The action OF the story
tales place in n hospital. and 80 real
istic are the scenes that when Mrs.
Rinehart saw them she exclaimed:
Why II is undelievably perfect. And
lent Helene Chadwick delightful2"
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DEL. WoMEN's CLUBS.
Continued from page ..

Alexander wuertz will have charge OF
the program. 'Handicaps to Progress.
Mrs. Lillian Robb will tell a Christ
mas story. The hostesses will be Mrs
A. ]. Wuertz. Mrs. Carl Siebold. Mrs
a. h. Hitch, Mrs. A. l.. Johnston. Mrs
j. ii. Dorbar.
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Harrison Street Young Women.

The Young Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society Of Harrison Street NJ.
T.. Church Will meet Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. Harry Hendrix
son, 1922 West Seventh street The
other hostesses Will be Mrs. Eber
Jones. Mrs. Harry Jackson. Mrs.
Charles Lednum. Mrs. Irwin Robin
son will lead the devotions. Miss Anna
Hall will have charge Of the program
bittle Isabel Vernon will give a
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Maid-'I couldn't come yesterday.
Miss Jackson. I was suffering. that
badly with pain IN my chcet" 1s-
tress What was u. Geiiesa2 Dys-
pcpsia3" Maid-"Yesm. 70 was. But
the doctor. he calls Il an attack d
acute lndlscrctlOn." Life.
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noon. Rev. Joseph ~. carp will have
charge Of the devotional service.
Services In So. Pauls y. 9. Church
Will be held az 5 o'clock tomorrow
morning in charge OF Rev. John T..
Dolan.
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Master--Joseph, how's the weather
this morning? Joseph-Rather warm,
II il happened 20 be January; decided
~ cool II we were around the thlr-
tieth OF July.-Paris ILLUSTRATION.
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PITTsBURG STATION lKDKA).
lMESIINGHOI- SE-4GN METEHSl

Z. OO-Ncws Under the Evening lamp
courtesy Of the Youths Companion.
730-Bedtime story for the children
7.45-Summary of the New York Stock
Exchange.
sO0-special address by prominent bust
ness man.
s3O-Conccrt by the Edgar Thomson
Male Quartet.
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SCREEN.
.Fool> First" at fhe Majestic.

4 story OF real friendship Is enact
ed as the scenario for the photoplaN
Parted Curtains" which is fnish1nG
its engagement az the Majestic this
evening. Fools First" which comes
Monday. was suggested by the follow
ing quotation from Robert Louis Stew
enson: Il have seen wicked men and
fools. many OF both. and believe that
both get paid in the end-but Fools
First" Tho story refers by the word
fools" TO gang OF robbers who seek
TO separate from the wealthy some
OF their riches BY an unlawful method.
The fools IN this particular story out
lined an elaborate plan q conquest
whereby they were 70 clean out a
hanks vault OF securities numbering
many thousands os dollars. But the
hitch in the plans caused by love
romance spoiled the coupe AZ its ve-y
climax
Rudolph Valentino AT the Queen.
The Face in the Fog. v!sual.zed
with all the artifces OF the screen and
all the aids II the camera IS the en-
tertainment that holds the spectator
spelibound AT the Queen Theatre. The
successor 10 tho above rs The Young
Bajah". Rodolph Valentines latest Aim
} romance. Valentino seems 20 DE most
popular IN his such romantic charac-
tiers. IL was as The Shlek" that n
won what Is considered hts greatest
fame and Il was as the toreador in
Blood and Sand" that he further en-
HANGED that glory.
Vera Gordon at the Arcadia.
May Allison. petite blonde heroine
OF The Woman who Fooled Herself.
offered quite surprise 20 har follow
ers by her characterization in the cur
rent film. at the Arcadia. Accustomed
as most theatregoers are 20 her APP
pearanCe IN light comedy roles. they
were taken by delightful surprise al
the dramatic importance a the par,
she takes in the story OF New York
and Porto Rico. On Monday next
Vera Gordon. the greatest mother OF
all screen mothers. will again be seer
| in maternal role. Her picture Il
Your Best Friend" a romance Of or.
binary life whose situations are MOI
any more remarkable than life itseli
but unusual enough IN all instances
| . furnish complete satisfaction a.
an entertainment.
GLORIOUS Fool at the Savoy.
Drama and comedy have been ex
cellently combined in the new Man
|
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RADIO PROGRAMS TODAY
PHILADELPHIA STATION CwPD.
ISTRAM HkIDEE A CIOTuIER

fHlIADtLPHlA STATION (WFI.
(sTRAWBRIDGE A CLOTHlER
CLASS u STATION 400 METERSl
6.3O to : .Oo-Children' own half hour
Stories by Cousin Eliza
.SO-Ssnta Claus. wonderful period
for all the little folks.
s.Oo-Dr. J. NJ. Lloyd. OF Pottsville, Pa
will deliver a short address on Lloyd
George. the BOY solicitor" in conjunction
with a diversified musical program.
PHILADELPHIA STATION (wIP).
(GIMBEL BROTHERS
CLASS Is STATION 400 METERS.
100 y; M eather report.
roll call.
PHILADELPHIA STATION woo.
(wANAAiAkER's
CLASS Is STATION 400 METERS).
SIS .. m.-Grand organ and trumpets.
9.55-U nited States Naval Obserys-
tory time signal.
Ioo2-Unitod states weather forccas,
PHILADELPHIA, STATION CwNAT).
LENNIG BROTHERS $3.50 METERS
80 y. m.-Musical program by the pas
tor - choir OF the First Baptist Church Of
Aierchantville. y. J.. Mrs. William Coop
~. director and pianist.
PHILADELPHIA Station (WDAR).
LIT BROTHERS
800 METERS
80 10 300 ,. Unpopular dance music
and the latest songs.
NEWARK STATION CWOR).
Il. BAMBERGER & Coz
400 METERS
$50 20 7.OO-Musical program by the 81
JOsepbs Parochial School Band and Fife
and Drum Corps.
NEWARK STATION CwJZ)
$50 p. m.-cIOsing prices on stocks.
/ bonds. grain. coffee and sugar
5.45-kesume Of sporting events. etc.
/ 6.OO-Musical program.
| 100 Uncle Wiggily Stories" by How
/ ard X. CARTS, author.
sSo-Amy Lowell. poetess. win read
Garden" To sinky." Texas" Til,
Paper Windmill" -Four sides TO a
House"
S45-"Etiquette." by Emily Post (Mrs
Price POST. author Of ETIQUETTE Of So
/ ciety. in Business. In Politics and al
Home; Purple and Pine Linen" etc
| 9.OO--Dsnce music by the Original Blacl
and White Melody Boys Of Paterson.
/ o.3O-Recital by Waugh n DE Lesth, tn
Original Radio Girl.
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an Every Evening want sd. Call
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ADJUSTMENTS.
STAGE.
ThurstOn nj The Pia y house.

Thurston. the magician, who IL to be
ut The Playhouse all next week. Ia
also an able after dinner speaker. In
a recent talk mt n leading New York
club he sadi: MEN are far moro emo
tionai than women. Women give way
to their feelings more often than men,
principally because they Consider II
their privilege to do 90. Men are more
apt to cry on: in an emotional crisis
than women. In sudden emergency,
in real danger. women always shine.
The average woman II three timce
as game as the average man, when II
comes to real suffering. Mans cool
hnese and apparent nonchalance on
exciting occasions In seldom more than
skin deep. MEN are more easily Hat
tered than women. Men are much
easier to mystify than women.
would never think q inviting n COM
mittee OF ladies to come on the stage
and witness my experiments at close
range. They. assure you. are too
keen"
"The Screen Test" mt Aldine.
The bill. that finishes Its engage
mcnt tonight at the Aldine Theatre
is headlined by the special novelty
act called "Barnum was Right
Several features OF headline impor-
lance figure on the Aldlne program for
the first half of next week. For the
| sake of unusualness, the act called
The Movie Tests" " outstanding
This is devoted 10 the explanation o
| the art of motion picture making
| IA.
&ervices OF some of the members o
the audience and makes a screen tee
OF them. The film thus made will ~
given TO the ones who were shot
Assisting in the demonstration II Mis-
Babe Stewart, cousin OF the well
known motion picture favorite Anti
Stewart.
Miss Lee Smith as Ming Toy.
Tonight will see the curtain draw
on the brilliant but brief Wilmingto
career OF little Ming Toy. lovable herr
Inc OF East IL West" so well lived an
visualized for the theatregcers Of thi
city by Miss lee Smith OF the Wi
mington Players Company. Cosm
Hamilton's sclntillatlng comedy &
this day and generation. by name an
appropriately titled scandal Is IN
selection for production next week b
the stock company at the Carried
5 As a play Scandal" Is an Offering tbs
!. defes too excessive a Use Of superla
4, tlves. There is not n dull momer
In It: there ia not n spot in which II
$ not Of the deepest interest. And Wit
Y it's great comedy there Is a genuir
3 lesson that everyone. regardless
u age or sex. can we'll afford 10 take
L hear and learn something.
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PHILADELPHIA STATION woo

NEWARK STATION CwOR).
L. BAMBERGER & Coz
400 METERS
$50 20 7.OO-Musical program by the st
JOseph's Parochial School Band and Fiji,
and Drum Corps.
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PHILADELPHIA STATION (WIP).
(GIMBEL BROTHERS.
CLASS rs STATION 400 METERS.
200 y. m.--Weather report.
705-Cncle Wips bedtime stories anc
roll call
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Gruber announce
the marriage of their daughter. Lillian
to Mr.. Francis Higginbotham, Bone
brake, son of Mr.. f. NJ. Bonebrake
and the late Mrs. Bonebrake of To-
peka.
The wedding took place Thursday.
September IA. at the First Presby-
terrain church in Golden. Colo, the
Rev. II. G. White performing the
ceremony.
Mr.. +. NJ. Bonebrake. his daugh-
ter. Miss Clyde Bonebrake. Mr..
Francis Bonebrake and Miss Gruber
motored to Colorado the first of Sep
TENDER and have been spending some
time in Denver.
The bride is an exceedingly attrac-
tive and clever young woman who
possesses the gift of being able always
to present an unusually smart and chic
appearance. Mr.. Bonebrake attended
the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor and is a member of one of To-
peka's most prominent families. Dur
ing the war he was stationed at Fort
Riley with a medical unit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonebrake have left
Denver for Chicago and the Great
Lakes on their honeymoon trip and
on their return will be at home at 915
Underwood avenue.
Mrs. w. Y. Morgan is expected to
arrive the latter part of the week to
be the guest of friends here. Mrs.
Morgan will spend a part of the fall
in Topeka. closing her home in Hutch
inson until after the election is over.
Miss Claudia Morgan. the only daugh-
ter OF Mr.. AND Mrs. Morgan, has gone
to Lawrence, where she is a student
at Kansas university.
* x Il
At the tea which the officers of the
American Association of University
Women will give Saturday afternoon
from 2:30 o'clock until $40 o'clock
Mt the Country club. the following
members of the association will
a~sist:
Mrs. c. +. MenninGer Mrs w f Bowen
Mrs. Chester Wood Mrs c. o. Stephen
ward son
Mrs. David Page Mrs. Sarah Roby
Mrs. e. !. Martin Mrs. w r. Smith
Mrs. r. +. Doran Mrs. c. w. Smith
Miss Jessie Dean
Each member of the association at
tending the tea is privileged to bring
two guests.
During the afternoon. Mrs. Joseph
TaSgart will sing and Miss Charlotte
Leavitt will tell of the work of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-15
Looking Blackboard in State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY



The races at the state fair have occupied
clusion of NIL other interests this week
meet beginning with the Derby Tuesday
when the Importance of the event and the
beauty of the day combined to bring out a
very large and fashionable company and
the sport has been of sufficient merit to
sustain the interest turnout the meet
Among the daily occupants of carriages in
the quarter stretch were: Mr.. and Mrs
Blood Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Crosby,
Mr.. and, Mrs. f. II. Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene HaGan. Mr.. and Mrs. Armn Fass-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. w T. Crosby. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gust, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Wood. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Seery. Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Nor
ton. Mr.. End Mrs. Robert T. Herrick, Mr.
and Mrs. Copeland Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs
George Parkhurst. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Mills. Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Doran, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. A. Low, Mr.; and Mrs. W. ]. Black,
Noble, Mrs. Alice Clugston, Mrs E. A
Prescott. Miss Hazel Fassler. Mis- Jeanette
Lord. Miss Helen Smith. Miss Eleanor
Wheeler. Miss Helen Wilson. Miss Arlie
Ewart. Miss Kate Gunther Mis- Lottie Atchi-
San Francisco. Miss eBatrice Foster, Miss
Ethel Davis, Miss Jeanette Wikidal, Miss
Kate Fleishman. Miss Marcia Spivey, Miss
Reita Updagraff, Miss Vera Low Miss Edith
Pearlade Prescott Miss Lulu Ewart, Miss
Bessie bates, Miss Margaret Jones. Miss
Dollie Curtis. Miss Jessie Myers, Miss Olive
Lewis. Mr.. Dave MulYane, DR. j. NJ Hamme
Mr.. Leslie Guild. Mr.. Chester Woodward,
Mr.. Tom King, Mr.. David Lakin. Mr. Sam
Lakin. Mr.. Don Mulyane, Mr.. Scott Lord
Mr. Frank ahagan, Mr.. Wallace Thomp
Mr.. Francis Moss. Mr.. Lawrence Chamber
lain and Mr. Dean Low.