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The Washington times., 1922-01-20
Thrift Week

~ HIS is Thrift Week. in eighty American cities This
week is selected in honor of Franklin who began his
work editor two hundred years ago today.
1t should be remembered told to children and especially
to business that thrift does not mean BURYING
money, HIDING it away anywhere 1t means GREAT
ING something increasing values. 1t especially
thrift in the of time of physical and mental strength
To SPEND wisely is important part of thrift as
SAVING wisely Nothing is less thrifty than boarding
Live thriftily, but LIVE You won't come back in this,
body anyhow. Use your money wisely, but USE it.
In places today they will fly kite like the kite
with which Franklin taught the world that lightning could
be brought down from the clouds. That wonderful
lesson for the lightning, brought down for second,
interesting demonstration of what could be DONE has
been brought down to stay mans most useful
servant-EIIECTRICITY.
1t is too late to do anything by using Frankn's kita
But Frankin's ideas thrift good ever. Use
those ideas and you bring down to yourself through
wise and real thrift power that will take you safely
through your old age and all your worries.
The inhabitants of this country took out EIGHT THOU
SAND FIVE HUNDRED MILLION dollars worth of new3
life insurance last year. That is sensible kind of thrift
if you select the right company The misfortune is tina
allowed to borrow and companies COMPEIIED|
in many States to lend life insurance policies and all
the end the policy is often an empty shell.
The right kind of insurance policy is the best aid to
thrift The holder knows that he has secured those that
depend upon him, and he work undsturbed by worry
undertake enterprises courageousy which is the
highest kind Of thrift .#....
Whoever talks breaches thrift should begin with
the parable of the servants Of whom put his talent in
napkin and buried it. That wasn't thrift It was sulkx
Ignorance ....
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
Come, Ye Pretty Maidens

~ K. TAFT MCKENZIE, physical
I'D director of the University of
- Penns ylvania, leaps into ma
tional fame by publicly declaring
that the majority of American girls
are knock kneed.
Now he proposes to make a model
of the ideal American girl. To do
this, he says, will require months of
time in making a preliminary sur
vey. In fact, he thinks, it will be
necessary to select 400 girls from
the leading colleges and carefully.
take their measurements.
The only improvement that we
can suggest upon his scheme is to
take 1000 girls so as to include
stenographers, actresses, mattresses
and society girls. Instead of taking
months he might take years-say
about twenty.
Above all, let us hope that he
takes all measurements carefully. If
he should make a mistake of an
inch or two in slipping a tape
measure around girls waist he
might have to go through it all over
again. Just think of it'll What
waist Of time that would be.
But what puzzles us most is how
the guy who chiseled the Venus di
Milo so many centuries ago man
aged to get along without the help
Of DR.. TAFT Mckenzie.
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
EDITORIAL PAGE
Worst Crime
of the Ages
n HE narratives. now being
hro,Iuhf ont IF Russia hv

brought out of Russia by
= agents of the American Relief
Commission are about equally di-
yided between the frightful agonies
sand deaths Of the famine stricken
people and the generous courage
with which these poor creatures di-
vide what little they have to eat
with those who have less.
American food is pouring into
Russia and American workers and
American money are doing Won
derful work for those who can be
saved. All this is fine and some
thing to be very proud of.
But it should not be forgotten
that there would have been no starv-
ing, agonized millions perishing in
Russia today if the "civilized" gov
ernments of England and France
had not equipped Kolchak and
Yudenich and Denikin and Wrangel
with men and arms to invade the
food-producing regions of Russia
and STAY and destroy people and
crops. Furthermore, every one of
these murderers and villains was
aided by our Government with
money, arms and other forms of en-
couragement. ....
The very guns and ammunition
with which the Poles invaded Rus
STA and laid waste the fertile region
from the border to Kiev were sold
to them for worthless paper notes by
our War Department, under Mr..
Wilson's man, Baker.
The persistent refusal to let Rus
STA buy American agricultural and
railroad equipment, or even to buy
hospital supplies and medicines, to
say nothing of foodstuffs, in our
markets, has murdered more men
and women and children than either
England, France or the United
States lost in the war.
These millions are dying in
agonies because the international
bankers of England, France and the
United States deliberately resolved
to starve thes Russian people until
the Soviet government consented to
pay these Shylocks their bonds.
Talk about submarines!
Talk about Belgian sufferings!
Why, all the devilish deeds done
on land or sea during the whole
war were humane and trifling Incl
dents compared to this awful
tragedy of universal agony and
death for which these international
bankers and their political tools
were directly and personally re-
sponsible, and for the awful guilt
of which they must eventually make
answer at the bar of history.
The blockade of Russia, the wars
made upon Russia, the fortunes in
flicted upon Russia, not an enemy
but an ally, are among the supreme
yillainies of the ages.
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
LEND ME
YOUR EARS
BY BUGS" BAER.

EEMININITY is now run.
ming all to ears. They're
wearing 'em again this sea-
son and wearing 'em loose.
Ears come in different sizes
like feet or parlor rugs. Gals
kept their conversation
grabbers hidden like miser's
pennies for two years. But
now those little pink chatter
inhalers are again stylish.
Rig healthy ears may be
all right, but no flapper
likes to go around looking
like an African pelican with
its wings spread. They
figure that the best way to
disguise oversize mud
guards is to hang ornaments
on 'em like last years Xmas
tree.
IF sweet flapp has some
= extra jeweled junk that
she doesn't know what to do
with, she hangs II on her
ears. They're wearing every
thing from busted sofa
springs to empty bird cages.
COME gals wear pearls in
~ their invitation hooks.
Pearls are made by sick
oysters. Girl with pearl ear.
muffs looks like pair of
anaemic bivalves. Some gals
use their little angel wings
for key rings. Nothing I'M
usual to pipe beautiful
cousin toddling down Broad
way with six 'atcf keys
dangling from each ear.
THEY don't have to carry
handbags any more. They
put everything In their ears
but advice. Manicure sets,
lipsticks, money, jewels, all
go into their ears.
pICKPoCKETs are now
i earpickets. Lady rushes
into police station and
chirps that she had her ear
picked on subway. Scoun-
drels will soon be picking
your teeth.
DREClOUS ornamentation,
i family heirlooms, syn.
thetIc pendants, installment
gems, bric-a-brac, animal
crackers, office paste Jewels,
what.nots and miscellaneous
tokens all dangle from lobes
of society dictaphones.
EARS used to be ears.
~ Now they're waste
baskets.
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
n Hospital for Mother
hood at ReasOnabLeRates
By BILL PRICE.

To those thousands of unselfish Washington women
who give their time and money to the advancement Of
every movement for the uplift of American and
the maintenance Of the best traditions of American fam
lily life we commend this brief communication to the
editor satisfied that the appeal therein win not go
needed:
young working fair wages / married
fine girl any would Like every good woman.
she joys Of motherhood and family Of little
Our first baby born time and know will
add to happiness Yet the financial drain involved
large hospital and renamed
there until able the few call home Tho
little things required precious child amounted
$780, We thought the would be great there
hospital Washington which motherhood by reason
able charges?
Often in the past have had similar communica-
tions and young and women have spoken to us Of
the financial dscouragements connected with parent
hood Then newspapers filled with articles by
women preaching birth control, by women who know
something of the conditions under which those of mod
crate means, the poor bring babies into the world
and attempt to them to respectable manhood and
womanhood.
In not a single submitted to us did the mother
desire to avoid motherhood for wholly selfish
to escape the sedenals, the ravails the RESPONSE
bities In each instance there doomed large, however,
the problem of meeting the hospital expenses and the
Doctors charges. ....
So we turn over to the good women of Washington
many of them possessing large vital question
in the home life of this CITY, suggesting the possibility
that they might start organization having for its
purpose the building of HOSPITAL FOR MOTHER
HOOD, where the cost would be reduced to minimum
and from which there would radate the real joy of
motherhood instead of apprehension and worry the
effects upon the famiy's finances. ~-
Thousands of Washingtonans meet regularly in club
gatherings for upft purposes Could there possibly be
finer work than that of providing for comfortable
motherhood through great institution that would to
the fullest extent encourage the coming into the world
of healthy, happy little onesi
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
Do You Know

Keno is a form OF lotto
used in gambling. In which
numbered balls are taken
and martyr, celebrated
one by one from the spout
of a receptacle called n
keno goose.
An average elephant tusk
weighs about so pounds, bu;
some are found weighing az
much a. ITO pounds.
The Washington times., 1922-01-20
"Let There
Be Light!''
vYYHILE our nation pays honor
w to her great American, Ben

" 10 ueT great hInciicoi, Aoh
jamin Franklin = he who
snatched the lightning from
heaven and their sceptre from
tyrants 1T is good in this hour
of national and universal stress to
emphasize the spiritual side OF
Franklin's great work.
1t was natural and logical that
he should make the discovery of the
source of light. We find Franklin,
guided always through the mazes
of his diplomatic, journalistic and
philosophic experiences by infinite
wisdom, which could only emanate
from God. ..
When only boy, in Boston, he
conceived the bold and arduous
project of arriving at moral perfec-
ton" And though, being human,
he often stumbled. yet this concep-
ton, held ever before him, matured
through the years of unceasing and
successful effort for the preserva-
ton of pure Americanism and die
tated his immortal words to the
makers of the Constitution:
We have searched for three
weeks in political darkness, and
have found nothing. . - = Let US
invoke the divine guidance Of
the Father of Light upon our
proceedings. The longer I
live, and the more ! know, the
more I believe that God governs
in the affairs of men, and, If the
SPARROW cannot fall without
His notice is it probable that an
empire can RISE without His
assistance? Except the Lord
build the house, they labor in
vain that build it," ! firmly
believe this, and I also believe
that, without His concurring
aid, we shall succeed in our po-
litical building no better than -
the builders of Babel.
This sublime counsel was the Wit
alizing light which was the potent
factor in the embodiment of the Con-
stitution. Let us crown Benjamin
Franklin with an immortal wreath
of his own creating, on which is
emblazoned: LET THERE BE
LIGHT"
Confronting the present-day vii
lainies of secret diplomacy no senti-
ment could be more helpful. None
can imagine Benjamin Franklin sur
rendering his America to foreign
manipulation.
1t is to the childlike that the
wonders of heaven and earth are
revealed. 1t was a child's kite that
led Franklin to the discovery of
light. At this hour let all TRUE
Americans, children of light, emulate
Benjamin Franklin's life Of unsettled
endeavor, of spiritual patriotism.
May they be imbued, as was he
the child of light-with the spirit of
the Divine command:
Let there be light;
AL xLaro xryoo II oht
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
Union Gardens Association.

Union Park Gardens residents will
organize a permanent community as
ISOLATION next Friday night, in Silver
brook Community House. A meeting
was held on September 2S, at which
late plans for such an organization.
These plans will be presented at the
meeting next Friday night. The con-
stitution committee, comprising Mar
shall T. Sanders, J. l.. Bennett, J. A.
Bryon, ]. X. FTorer and H.. e. Slavery
will make q report as we'll as the sur
vey committee. appointed at the last
meeting which comprises Edward r,
Hack, r. +. Reece and Arthur r
Hitch
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09

pei the county In which the crime Ia
committed to make compensation.
ITO give honest replies to your aues-
lions" reads the letter containing the
answers OF Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Houck. I'VE must preface them by
stating our conviction that such lcgis-
lation, n enacted, will not be proper
ly enforced under present economic
conditions; that to attempt 1t by Fed
eral force, civil or military. will fail
to end race hatred and injustice as
force always fails, and that these evils
can only be ended by such abolition
OF oppressive privilege as Is get forth
in our platform in organizing the
Forward Party in Delaware as a part
OF the nation wide movement for q
new national political party"
They explain that they believe the
Dyer bill Ia constitutional; that they
would have voted for it had they beer
in the last Congress and that they will
vote for 1t or similar measure Il
presented in the next Congress and
they are elected members.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
STEPHENS AND HOUCK
REPLY TO QUERIES
They Favor Dyer Bill and Will
Vote for it II Elected to
Congress.

Frank Stephens, candidate Of the
Forward Party for United States Sem
ator. and Frank A. Houck. the same
party's candidate for Representative
in Congress. have made reply to the
queries recently submitted to them
by the negro citizens relative to their
attitude on the Dyer Anti-Lyrching
bill. To each Of tho three questions
the candidates have answered Eyes"
and they state that IL they should be-
come members OF the 6Sth Congress
they will vote for the bill II 1t Is taken
up.
The Dyer bill provides for the pun
ishment of public officials who fail in
their duty to punish those responsible
for the crime OF lynching and to com
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09

citation will hold It's fourth annual
meeting at Dover, November 8 and 10.
educational leaders OF national
reputation have been secured to adj
dress the general sessions and TO meet
with the teachers In their round-table
discussions Of their problems.
The speakers secured and the
topics of their main addresses are as
follows: Miss Florence NJ. Hale.
agent for Rural Education. Maine.
Why Teach School Today?"; DIR.
Wallace w. Atwood, president Clark
University, "The New Meaning Of
Geography In American Education; %
DR.. Edward r. Buchncr, director of
School OF Education. Johns Hopkins
University, THE Question OF Cost in
Education" DR.. Charles A. Wagner
superintendent Of Schools. Chester
"Children's Capabilities and the
School Program"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
GAMBLERS ARE THIEVES.



Gamblers arc thieves and therefore
should be dealt with to the fullest ex-
tent of the law, Rev. Carlisle l.. Hub
bard, pastor OF St. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal church, declared last night
during his sermon.
He also advocated the passage OF a
law by the next legislature which
would levy n severe sentence upon
all professional gamblers. This
would keep them where they belong"
he added.
1.-THE most dishonest persons In the
world. with the exception OF the boot
leggers, are the professional
gamblers. They pay their debts to
one another simply through the fear
that they know that some day their
gambler-credltor may owe them some
thing. The cleanup OF gambling In
the city should continue until all the
big and small fry are placed where
they belong"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
Truck and Wagon In Collision.

a delivery truck OF the w. d. Mullen
Co., operated by Robert c. Russell, of
719 East Fourth street, and n horse
and wagon, owned and driven by j.
Il. Brown, OF Christiana, collided ON
Walnut street near Eighth, on Satur-
day afternoon. Both vehicles We're
slightly damaged. No one was in
jured.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09

Results are what YOU are seeking
Use classified ads-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
STATE TEACHERS TO MEET.

Fourth Annual Session WIN be Con.
vened In Dover Nov. 8 and 10.
The Delaware State Teachers Asso-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
SToRK MADE LONG JOURNEY
Bird Flew From Africa to Germany
With Message From Exile to
the Fatherland.

The population of Liskau. Germany,
noticed one day recently that one Of
the many storks which annually re-
turn to the neighborhood from distant
southern zones to rebuild their nests
was carrying something about its
heck which only human hands could
have fastened there.
Repeated efforts TO approach the
bird had failed, but one of the vii
layers finally ured the stork into his
barn and then and there learned that
the bird carried little leather case
in which a note was inclosed. The
note revealed that the stork had come
all the way from East Africa, where
a German colonist. Willi Bucha, has
his little farm near Victoria lake.
Bucha must have anticipated that
the bird spent his annual vacation In
his beloved fatherland, so ne wrote
"Just greeting to the fatherland,
and used the stork to convey his
message.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
SAFE PLACE FOR vALuABLES
tiarassed Citizens of American Cities
Should Welcome Idea That Comes
From Buenos Aires.

In these days Of lawlessness, when
the honest citizen cannot take walk
around the block with any certainty
that ne will not be held up by a
bandit, the novel idea Of Antonio Mon
AGO, citizen Of Buenos Aires, ought
to be of value.
He suggests suspenders with peck
cts attached to them-two pockets,
that Is to say. each OF them being
fastened with buckle TO the loop Of
the "galluss at the front. The lower
end of each pocket has two button
holes. which button onto the ordinary
buttons OF the walsfband OF the trous-
ers. thus making the pocket fatty Sc
cure against the body of the wearer.
TO prevent escape of its contents. each
pocket is provided with buttoned
flap
Few bandits would think Of looking
for loot beneath mans waistcoat,
and so the suspender pocket should
afford excellent hiding places for
money. Against pickpockets they
ought to furnish perfect protection.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11

ing almost daily for which the dress
form was great convenience.
Here are the details Of Elizabeth
Browns wardrobe, which required a
cash outlay OF $10S34. A conserva-
tive estimate places the cost of EQUIV
alent raady-made garments as good
In quality at $210.
After pricing coats in the stores
and finding that she could not buy
one Of the quality or kind that she
wanted for less than $50. Elizabeth
decided to make her own winter coat
with the aid of the dress form. She
bought tan broadcloth and good lining
material and made 1t herself for a
total outlay OF $24.61. A blue wolfe
dress with slip. was next attempted
Commercial hemstitching for trim
ming was $1.S5, bringing the cost Of
very useful dress up to $11.09. A
tissue bingham dress came to 1888,
Including organdie for trimming and
also hemstitching; another gingham
dress made out of scraps and rem
nant cost only 45 cents.
Dresses for Social Affairs.
A dress of pussy willow taffeta and
georgette crepe served for informal
social occasions. The investment Of
SIG for materials produced dress
that could not have been bought ready
made In the same quality for less than
S35. Similarly Elizabeth's business
dress of serge and crepe de chine
would have been priced at $40 or
more If made of the good fabrics for
which she paid $3.50. Her evening
dress, which was of taffeta and silver
lace, cost only $21, although it was
| modelled after one seen in a store at
a much higher price.
This wardrobe, augmented by two
made-over dresses for which new
materials had to be purchased, bring
ing the entire expenditure up 20
$1O8.34, is not elaborate 1t is sufi-
cient for the particular needs Of the
wearer, who remarked in this connec-
fion that because Of having variety
of clothes this year she had been able
to attend many enjoyable social af-
fairs which required more than bust
ness clothes.
without the aid Of the dress form
it is doubtful IL any business girl In
the time at her disposal could make
so many garments. Elizabeth, at any
rate, did not believe so; in addition
/ to her other activities she made ten
dress forms for other girls, holding
meetings at which more than fifty
altogether also learned how TO make
/ the forms and were enabled in turn
to demonstrate this convenience to
others.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
M2UHhON g
@ OueNLNC

Tomato rubbed into the hands will
remove fruit stains
Hard water may be softened with
borax, lemon juice or an oatmeal bag.
Three level tablespoonfuls Of
browned flour viii thicken one cupful
of liquid for gravy.
Black specks on mirrors are quite
easy TO remove. Dip a flannel in
either spirits Of wine or turpentine,
and rub the sDacks. Afterward polish
the glass with powdered whitening.
To remove oil stains on carpets,
dip rag in petrol ana begin by rub
hing around the outside edge Of the
stain. Work around and round 10 the
ce9ter. AS soon as one portion Of the
rag becomes dirty, change to clean
part
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
AS BOBBY HAD IT FIGUREO
Quite Satisfied That Auntle's Appear
ance Must Have Undergone Con-
siderable Change.

am rather proud OF my looks and
always take pains to appear my best
for company.
One morning was just finishing
the sweeping when my brother and
his family, whom | had not seen for
a couple Of years. drove In the yard.
With them were couple of WELL
dressed women, and / was naturally
embarrassed to have them find me
with hair dlsheyeIed and dust
streaked face. However. | welcomed
them graciously and we sat down to
talk.
noticed that Bobby. my small
nephew, was studying me intently,
and during lull In the conversation
he said "Auntie. you must have been
good looking when you were young"
yes | beamed, with my pleasant
est smile. seeming compliment.
what makes you think so, dear?'
Because" answered Bobby, "uncle
would never marry you the way you
look now. Chicago Tribune.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
ICE IN HOME is NECESSITY
Can Be Made to Last Considerably
Longer If Covered With Few
Newspapers.

Although quite expensive, ice in the
home is a necessity and not luxury.
For that reason 1t is very desirable
to make it last as long as possible.
While it is true that most of the re-
frigerators and Ice boxes are reason-
ably well insulated. Of the same time
the life of the ice can be prolonged
from one-fourth to one-third provided
it is well covered with five or six
thicknesses of newspapers. The best
way to put this paper on is to spread
ii over the top and sides of the Ice,
taking particular pains to see that 1t
is well covered in front where the
door closes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-11
Neatly Put.

A famous Russian dancer IN this
country, who is himself a good musi-
clan, was once guest at reception,
where, without wincing, he listened to
a pianoforte performance, more
vigorous than skillful, on the part OF
the daughter OF the house.
And how do you like the young
iady's playing?" some one asked the
dancer.
"Ah, madam" replied he. very tact
fully, Il think the young lady has a
very firm tread. "-Exchange