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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05

A woman writes me that che IL con
tinually twitted with heing an old maid
and that the married women Ot her
acquaintance look down upon her be
cause she IL husbsndleSs. though, good
ness knows. she could bc az the head OF a
he-harem II she had been W Hing 20 take
what some of them did
Gracious supposed that the old
maid Joke shd died of SenIhty long ago.
] did not believe that there was anybody
left, in the length and breadth Of the
land, who was such an old-timer "a 20
see anything humorous, or strange in a
woman's either marrying, or not marry
ing
In the DAYS when every woman $
livelihood. her social position, and her
opportunities OF enjoying life depended
upon her anneXlng q husband. newt
ably some stigma attached to a woman 5
being unmarried. II showed that she
was failure IN the man hunt, and
that she had failed TO bring down her
quarry. For every woman was IN the
chase. Every woman married II she
possibly could, and II she couldn't get
what she wanted. she took any poor
make-shiit that offered.
In those drearv times, marrying Was
the chief business of woman: II WAS
the way she had TO make her living. be-
cause there were no occupations open
10 her whereby she might make her
bread and butter except the most menlal
ones An unmarried woman had no place
IN the sun. she might not have home
of her own, nor 80 about unchaperoned
until she was so old she had lost every
tooth IN her head, and WIS doubled up
with the rheumatism.
She had no absorbing interests,
nothing entertaining 10 do, and no hopes,
no ambitions OF her own. She had 20 be
sort Of ward IN some relative :
family, when she wasn't an unpaid
servant, SO il ~ no wonder that she was
AL object of scorn: and looked upon rs
q failure because she had failed TO get
even an approximate pnze out OF be
ma trimon:al grsb-bag.
But all OF that belongs to the dark
ages of women history. Marriage has
ceased to be a profession that women
follow for gain. 1t has become career
that they espouse for love. When the
average girl gets married nowadays
she does not feel pulled up with pride
because she has captured q husband
Generally she feels that she Is making
a sacrifice in giving up an easy Job for a
hard one, and relinquishing her freedom
and independence, and her individual
pocketbook.
The woman who earns good salary
in definite working hours looks at her
married sister, shaving over cook stove,
and sewing machine, and wash tub in
home whose work is never done She
compares her own good clothes with
the poor ones that are all her sister can
afford after she has bought Johnny's
suit and Mary's frock, and the baby's
shoes. She considers her own freedom,
and the sendom of the women who
must forever cater to the whims of hus-
band and children FIRST, and think Of
herself last, and she realizes that nothing
but a great and overwhelming love can
make marriage worth while TO a woman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
EASY MENUS FOR THE
NEW MAIDS FIRST WEEK

Many women nre puzzled, on engaging
new maid, to plan simple men Va for
her first week. For even an experienced
maid, when new, should be asked TO
prepare only 81 mple meals for the first
few DAYS, when her mind is taxed with
so many instructions concerning the
general running ~ the home. The
following set uf one weeks menus are
intended to help the housckceper who
il facing this problem.
Many maids today, nsk for Wednesday
afternoon off instead Of Thursday. 80
these meals have been planned with that
idea in mind; TINT IL, on Wednesday
evening the housckccper, not the maid,
prepared the dinner, baking the two
lemon pies mentioned Zone for that
evening, and one for 'hursday) and
also baking the two veal losves
mentioned lone served cold on Thurs
day. In this way, the new maid is
not asked TO do any participating or
cake-baking the first week. On We'd
ncsday evening, too, the housekceper
prepares n double quantity Of mashed
potato so that half the amount may be
Ised for lunch on Thursday combined
with leftover breakfast bacon. ] have
not given breakfast menus becaus in
60 many homes breakfast seldom varies
consisting chiefly Of toast, coffee,
cereal and perhaps an egg. bacon or
sausageq.
Monday: Noon Lunch Fried Corn
meal Mush with Strip. Cocoa Gf
the maid arrives on Monday, "a have
assumed, the housekeeper may have the
cold cornmeal mush sliced, ready for
her to fry. The housekeeper may also
have the gelatine dessert ready for
dinner that night--thus making the
maids first day in the kitchen an easy
one. Night Dinner: Sundays roast Of
beef served cold, with pickles, boiled
/ potatoes, spinach coffee, fruit gela'ine
/ dessert
/ Tuesday: Noon Lunch: Baked rice,
cheese dish, tea, Jam ION bread. Night
/ Dinner: Stew made Of last odds and
ends If the cold roast of beef. combined
with onions, carrots and potatoes. Cot
J fee. Rice pudding
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For there are not enough Fairy
Princes m the world to go around
The men who can assure their wives lives
Of case and lcomfort arr few and far
between. Most ot the women who marry
commit Themselves tO n life sentence
At hard labor with scant pay. and no
thanks as it, reward. aud so IL is no
wonder that women now have tho shoe
ON tho other loot and Il ~ the old maid
who pitles the married woman. and not
the married woman who IL sorry for
the spins,er
The idea that woman is An old maid
bccause she couldn't marry is too absurd
20 discuss seriously. Women rrman
single for just as many reasons ~ men
do. Some are old maids because they
are congcnitally celhates They are
born with distaste for the opposite sex,
and no man has the attraction for them
that their own latchkcy has.
Some women do not marry because
OF the Idlotic convention that prevents
q Woman from openly choosing her mate
such a woman sets her heart upon some
man who cmhodlcs all that she admires
and desires IN husband, but he is too
blind. or careless. or perhaps too humble
90 sense her attitude towards him and
pick her out Of the herd, She cannot WOO
HIM, and so as she will not Hover her
ideals, and marry "A man of commoner
clay. she drifts into old maldcnhood.
Some women do not marry because
they are too selfish The woman who has
n career opening before her il not willing
10 sacrifice this for any man. The woman
who is succeeding in business is not will
ing 20 give up her good office position
10 go into some mans kitchen. Many
women are cnamored Of their own free
dom. and are not willing to marry be-
cause they do not wish to be tied down
10 a husband and home.
Other women do not marry because
they are too unselfish Many girl
gives up the man she loves because she
has an old mother or father whom she
has TO take care. Many a girl gives up
all thoughts of having husband and
home Of her own In order that she may
educate and rear her little brothers and
sisters and give them chance in the
world. She makes of her youth and her
romance a ladder on which they climb
TO success, and which only too often
they kick over when they have no further
use for 1t. She is the most pathetic type
OF all old maids because she is the woman
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pa De

Pop was reeding the spOarting page
after suppIr and | sed, Hay, pop, watts
you think. | saw fly IN the house
today and | swatted H.
Good, sed pop, and | sed, Yes sir,
bet that fly wont lay any more eggs
Ground heer all rite.
o, do YOU think that's wat il had
bin doing Sed pop.
Sure, sed holey smoaks, pop, gosh,
G., don't YOU know flys lay about 3
million eggs if you don't swat them
and look at all the hys you'd have
then.
That's rite, look at them, sed pop,
and | sed, Well maybe this fly | swat
ted would OF laycd about a million 500
eggs if | hadent of swstted it and il
onv hall of them Matched out look NJ
all the flys we'd OF had GROUND the
house.
| cant bare TO look at them, sed
pop, that's Jest wat that fly mite Of
done, pervldlng it was that kind OF a
fly.
| did rite TO swat it all rite, dideut
|, popf | sed, and pop sed, You did
more than rite, the way you describe
It you performed a fine deed, | mite
even say noble act, and you'll get
your reward in heaven, for | haven't
eny change Jest now.
Well watts you think l swstted il
with, popP | sed, there wasent eny
reguler swatter GROUND so l swstted
it with your folding shaving mirrer
with the sides, and ony one side
broak, wasent that lucky, pop
Wich Judging by pops Expression ne
dident think 1t was, and Judging by
all the fearse cracks be gave ma with
his slipper some place dident think
so eny more either.
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who would have liked TO marry, and
who gave up her happiness To others
oh. there IL every reason under
the sun why women don't marry,
except the one attributed 10 them by
fools, which is. that they didn't marry
because they couldn't For every
woman can marry II she "a willing 20 take
what ~ offered But the trouble with
women ia that they nre getting choosey.
Hence the sInnster crop grows space.
Lot us thank God for old maids They
are among the noblest Of their ser, and
they do the work Of the world that the
balance Of us lcavs undone.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
My Marriage Problems
Adele Carrison's New Phase of
Revelations of "a Wife
Adele Carrison's New Phase
Copyright. 1871. by Nsvspapss Feature Service. Ina

action Would he make any effort 10
follow me, or would he be SO angry
that he would return home, not caring
Tor the time being whether or not i
met with an accident
A sign flashed across my vision:
Village Limits of Southampton"
l slowed down the car because | had
TO make a decision as to my route in
the next few blocks l could take the
winding wood road back to the farm,
or | could continue straight through
Southampton and Watermill to another
direct road past the farmhouse. The
latter route was shorter, straightcr and
better road, but something in my
heart which would not confess to my
self, made me turn back into the wood
road.
Madge Is Worried.
But il | had cherished secret hope
that ! might meet Dicky coming after
me, it was doomed to disappointment
for though ! slowed down my pace, in
the fear that might meet his car on
some of the dangerous curves of the
road and prccipitnte the accident
which | had courted but short time
ltibltt L lltl ifilitNl tfl'hN hol uhN
other human being. The solitude of
the woods. the freedom from compan-
ionship which | had cravcd wns mine
IN full degree. and felt unutterably
lonely and miserable.
There WAS no room in my heart ow
for anger, although the dying emhers
of my temper did give an expiring fare
or two at the thought that after all
Dicky might be sulking at home, wait
ing To empty the walls of righteous
triumphant wrath upon my returning
head. But crowding every other emo
ton out WAS fear-insistent, unrcason-
ing fear, growing stronger every min
ute-that my husband had started in
search Of me, and that because Of his
haste, he had met with an accident.
thus sending the boomerang of my reck-
loss action straight back into my own
heart.
fairly crept around the curves now,
and made scarcely moro speed upon
the straight stretches, for my eyes
were scare hing the road upon either
side | was beyond reason by this
time. The obeession that Dicky Ind
met with an accident Was making me
as frenzied with fear az his brutal,
angry words had consumed me with
anger. And, womsn-hke, | tortured
myself most poignantly with the re-
f'ection that il anything had happened
to him, should have to remember all
my life the bitterness which had voiced
those last words of ours to each other.
Within four miles of the farm, there
is narrow wood path, impossible 70
any but the lightest smallest automo-
hiles. My strainiug, searching eyes
glanced down IT as crept past It, and
then with startled little CRY, | stopped
my own car, jumped out and ran down
the path.
For on that wood path. leaning some
what drunkcnly against tree was
Dicky's car-but OF my husband there
was no sigh,
TO he continuedl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05

Congressman Harrie NJ. Towner win
be tho chief speaker tomorrow eye ming
at O'Clock az a meeting 70 be held IN
tho High School auditorium under the
auspices Of the Primary Teachers As
sOciatlon Re viii talk on tho T0wner-
Sterling Bin nov pending IN Congress-
This meeting will be open 20 everyons
and all those who sire Interested iu Cd
ucational matters are urged % 10 pres
ent to hear Mr.. Towner talk on me bin
If which he is tho originator.
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brave. Now Il YOU were only able to
change yourself into a shape as small
as am, | might bc afraid.
oh. you think ! cannot change my
shape" said the Ogre. We'll, ] will
show you | am very powerful in the
magic arts Now. watch me-
The Ogre drew himself up TO his full
height and rosred:
"Hackeltypeckeltyzeckelty-ZIm!
change my shape 10 suit my whlm.
Peterkins almost fell backward for
there before hun stood man no
larger than himself, dressed all in green
from head TO toe.
Peterkins was just thinking how
much he looked like an elf, only that
he was larger, when over the walls OF
the tower came hundreds of tiny
green men-the Green Elves them
selves. They ran over him like flies,
all CRYING together: Thou false one
At last We have YOU in our power
Peterkins stood looking on and
wondering what this strange thing
meant when one of the Green Elves
Jumped down from the shoulder OF
the man in green and said: He was
once an Elf like me, hut he put HIM
self in the power of the witch Of the
lake so that he might become an Ogre.
eve have been on the watch for a
long time to take him prisoner, but
until now he has stayed in the form
he took when the old witch changed
him, and over that form we had no
power. But now be has changed to
the form OF a mortal and made the
fatal mistake OF wearing our cClors
and we can take him captive"
When the Green Elf had finished
his story Peterkins, 20 his dismay,
saw nothing of the other Green Elves
or the man in green that had once
been the Ogre. They were gone, and
with the man in green went the magic
charm, Peterkins feared, that could
clear up the mystery Of the Lady Of the
Misty Blue.
He ran to the tower window and
leaned far out, but all he could see
was tiny spock OF green far down
the castle wall, which he knew must
be the last Green Elf hurrying after
his brothers and their captive.
Come back Come back" cried
Peterkins, but the only answer was
the echo Of his own voice which sounded
for all the world like: Hal hal HAL
ha. as it rang through the TREES.
They were gone and he must find
his way out Of the high tower. Per
haps the mysterious Lady Of the Misty
Blue could tell him about herself and
how she happened TO be in the power
of the Ogre now he was out of the
way, and with this thought in his
mind Peterkins ran down the long
fight Of steep stone steps he saw at one
end Of the tower.
Continued Tomorrow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
THE SIGHT THAT MET MADGE's
EYES ON THE WOOD ROAD

Like many another adventurcr, the
farther | journeyed in my search for
temporary freedom, the less joyous
and free | felt.
At Southampton | began to wonder
how things were going at home. The
Shinnccock hills were robbed of their
lure by Qualms as To the worry which
my unexplained absence might cause
Lillian and my mother-in-law, and at
Good Ground new and terrifying
thought struck me squarcly. Suppose
because of worry caused by my alb
scnce. the watch always kept upon
Junior should be relaxed and he meet
with some accidcnt-an accident that.
would bc my fault.
My little excursion into the realms Of
what is ~ touchingly known among
our ultra-modern circles as living
ones own life" stopped abruptly right
there turned the car around 30
swiftly that | almost ramed nm UNI
offending countryman driving the other
way Needless alike OF his indignant
glare and has shouted oblurgation, but
with hastv glance over my shoulder
Tor the possible proximity OF n traffic
officer, ] sped back over the road |
had come, with only one thought IN
my mind to reach home rs quickly rs
possible
lrreslstihgy my own actions and re-
actions reminded me of those OF the
small boy of tradition who runs away
from home. only To find himself drawn
back again by hundred pulling cords
The small boys crouch often starts with
n parental whipping, mine had its in
oeption IN conlugal tongue-lash,ng
! stopped my mental comparisons with
Jerk For while the small boy had
g. return submissive, ! had no inten-
tlon. told myself firmly. of Welding to
Dicky's absurd demand when should
see HIM again.
And yet
omcward Bound.
Most women are kittie cattle when
il comes 10 following any line of con
duct which comes in conflict with their
affections. have found that out he
fore IN my own experience, and the
fact was borne IN upon me more and
more fOrcihly as ] retracted the road
along which | had rushed with such
fury and freedom of spirit but few
minutes before.
For try Ia keep them elsewhere as /
would. my thoughts kept straying back
10 Dicky. What had he done when
dashed away after his brutal remark"
knew subconsciously, indeed con-
sciously. Il would permit myself to
admit It, that he had no, meant SIN
gle syllable that he uttered. No doubt
II the after-time ever came IN which
We could discuss the thing calmly
Dicky would deny in perfect good faith
that he ever had uttered such words
Bu, he would remember them keenly
enough IN that first minute OF my de-
psrture. | knew him well enough for
that, and tried 10 picture his probable
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with me-" asked Peterkins, who had
now found be was able TO speak.
To his amazement, the Ogre did not
reply, but burst into loud laugh But
when he stopped he said: You are
the first one that ever was able TO
speak. The Others were so frightened
they fell on the floor trembling when
they saw me. Aren't you afraid of
me-"
No. answered peterkins. "You are
the biggest creature / have ever seen
But one SO big of course must be very
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THE LADY OF THE MISTY BLUE.

Part III.
|! Peterkins had felt like a kitten
bcfore, when the Ogre stood him
ON the floor Of the tower. he felt
like fly beside giant, for the Ogre
was tall as a tree and Petorkins was
sure the castle must he as big as
mountain, or the Ogre could not get
inside II
We'll, what YOU YOU going to do
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
Su nday school Glass % Meet

school clssss OF Mrs. Frank l. Howard,
Will meet tomorrow night at the home
OF Mics Elya Lister. 222 West Tween
tieth street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-05
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. kirkman

Wednesday: Noon Lunch: Bread
crurnb omelet, tea. Night Dinner.
Hot Veal Loaf (make two loaves).
Mashed potatoes (mokc double quinn
tity). Canned lima beans, coffee, lernbn
mcringue pie make two pies).
Thursday: Noon Lunch; Fried bacon
potato cakes (or these cakes may be
naked in pan with little butter under
them. Cocoon, preserves Wight Din
ner: Cold veal loaf, boiled potatoes.
boiled onions, coffee, lemon pie.
Friday: Noon Lunch Baked Mae
nronI-obeese dish, tea, Jelly. Night
Dinner: Cod steak with cream sauce,
white potatoes, canned peas, coffee,
sliced, sweetened fruit covered with n
boiled custard sauce.
Saturday: Noon Lunch: Grepenuts
Baked dish, cocoa, jam. Night Dinner
Hamburg steak meat balls, white po-
tatoes, canned tomatoes, coffee. apple
sauce topped with mock whipped
cream (Which is simply the white of
one egg beaten siif, sweetened, and
Favored with z tablespoons Of the apple
sauce whipped into it,.
Sunday: Noon Dinner, Roast leg
OF lamb, brown gravy, boiled potatoes,
canned string beans, canned peaches
topped withmock whipped cream, coffee.
The housekecper should write out
the recipes for all these dishes and give
them to the maid on Monday. The
grapenuts baked dish IS made by
turning 0ne-hAlf package Of gTapenuts
and one quart Of sweet milk into a
baking dish, adding one-half cup o.
sugar, and letting bake one hour IN a
good oven. This is not sweet enough
TO 10 q pudding yet IS just sweet
enough to he delicious.
Tomorrow Welcoming Back the
Plnnfore.
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Sometimes the only way 20 get 1t
done Is 10 Advertise for somebody TO
DO e. Road the classified ads.-Adv.
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II isn't lost. A classified al vfrl
find u for you.-Afv.
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a Now board of trustees will bs
elected for Tho Home for Frieudles,
and Destitute Children on Monday af-
ternoon. April 10. nj p meeting IN IN.
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance co.
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All inquiries addressed 10 Miss Kirk
man I'm care OF the Efficient House
keeping" department will be answer
ed in these columns I'm their turn
This requires considerable time. how
ever, owing 10 the great number re-
ceived. so II 81 personal or quicker re.
ply IN desired, stamped aud self-ad-
dressed envelope must DO enclosed
with the question. 30 sure 70 use
your full name. street number. and
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When a woman gets the last word
ii hats she says the first word in mex:
sea son's-Phladelph Inquirer.
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tho name OF your city and state
The Editor.
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The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

copynsht by the Mcclure
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14

The Indians of Central Califor-
MIA made saws before Columbus
ever visited America. James \
Barr has made a hobby of col
Letting prehistoric implements,
and ne has made collection of
1853 Indian saws. Three Of these,
possibly used to skin game OF
fish, were fragile implements OF
soapstone; all of the rest were OF
hard, black obsidian.
The Indians not only had no
metal of which to make their
saws but they had no metal tools
with which to make them. Each
saw had to be slowly Clipped or
ground or polished with other
bits of stone until it was shaped
for use.
Some We're serrated on the out
er edge, some on the inner and
some on both; most of them were
also notched near one end, as for
handle, Considering the diff
cult conditions under which they
were made. they show remark
able craftsmanship and skill in
manufacturing,
In single tomb were found
thirty-one of these saws distri-
buted in a semicircle around the
feet of an Indian, who may in
life have been either a wealthy
chief or a professional saw maker.
In the same tomb We're found
many pieces of obsidian ready for
shaping.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-04-14
FINDING speed.Rat.s Of Inseets.

Experts of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture have just been
carrying out some tests to discover the
speed-rates of different species Of files.
In q district Of northern Texas 1884,
600 flies OF various species were
caught, were busted with finely
powdered red chalk, and were then
liberated. Fly-traps, batted with food
especially relished by flies, were placed
at measured distances from the point
Of release. 1t was found that most
flies would travel distances up to
1000 feet In few minutes. The
house-fy covered over six miles In less
than "a hours. The maximum dis.
lance travelled by It In these expert
ments was 1914 miles.
Whether 1t made this stopping-place
Its permanent home or returned to-
ward the starting-point is not recorded
in the accounts that have appeared.