davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
CAPTAIN W. @. RANpLE DEAD.
American Line Ofhcer Who Made 700
Trims. tlanuc Trips.

Captain William George Handle. 81
years old. formerly 4 commodore Of
the American Line and treasurer OF
the New York Shipbuilding Corpora
ton. died yesterday at the homo OF
his sister. Mrs. Emma Hofeckcr. 1908
Bayard avenue. after n long Illness
OF paralysis. He retired from active
work about four years ago and made
his home with his sister.
With 700 voyages across tho At
lantic Ocean to his credit, Captain
Randlc's career as n seaman was
filled with adventure and thrilling ex-
periences. On one occasion. whilc cap
tain OF the steamship 81. Paul. he res
cued 225 passengers OF Dutch vessel
which was wrecked by storm. For
this act he was knlghted by Queen
Wilhclmina. During the Spanish
American War he commanded the
steamship Yale,
Captain Randle IL survived by three
children. Clement q. OF Washington,
William d. and Mrs. George Monroe
OF Chester. Pa. The funeral services
VIII be held Monday afternoon in st
Pauls Episcopal Church, Chester
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
the majority would live within two or
three blocks OF the building.

the majority would live within two or
three blocks OF the building.
The other small SCHOOL or feeder for
me larger one. a. suggested by the
school auxiliary would be located at
Ninth avenue and Duncan street on
tho block between Eighth and Ninth
avenues. Duncan ! and Coleman
streets. The cost OF school there,
lerr~ enough 10. accommodate $50
pupils. would be approximately ss2,-
500 for the buildlnx; the ground
would cost about $2.500, making the
total cost $4,000, according to the
estimate OF the school auxiliary. The
total cost Sf taking care OF the south
western section of the city II school
No. 20 should he retained and not
altered but including the new school
at Ninth avenue and Duncan street
would be sl.o32.525.
The district from which the pro-
posed school at Ninth avenue and
Duncan street would dr~w the small
er children would be all that territory
with the city line as southern
boundary, Maryland avenue on The
and the Pennsylvania railroad tracks
on the east. A child living In tho ex-
treme corner OF this territory would
have TO walk only ~'seen blocks &C
get TO the ..nvo,. The majority OF tn,
boys and girls would be within one oi
two blocks With school there tho
smaller. children would not be com
PEELED TO cross Maryland avenue II
order to get 10 the larger school.
The survey of tho school auxiliary
has indicated to the msmbers that
Ave OF the larger schools would b,
sufficient for the needs of the city al
present and possibly for some years
10 come. together with the smaller
schools to accommodate the children
In the first three grades. Three oi
the suggested sites have beer
described. They were taken VI
first because they are the three, or
any one OF which, the school auxiliar,
thinks the first OF the new platoon
school buildings could be erected. L
should be remembered IN this con.
nection that the aim Is 10 get on,
such school building up and in ser,
vice at the earliest date and neither
school auxiliary nor DIR. Odell hav,
any particular concern as TO which
OF these three sites should he selecte,
by tho school board. This decision
will rest solely with the Board o
Education and the auxiliary member
have never and are, not now tryin,
70 influence the school board IN 81
selection.
The remaining two suggested sites
will be described later.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
CONCRETE FOR ROADS.

During 1921 a total OF 5000 miles
Of concrete roads were built IN the
United States. and a much greater
struction will be constructed this
year.
AS a writer in the Chkago Tl1b-
iune expresses Il, the congrete high
way construction OF 1921 represents
5000 miles of new, and permanently
smooth concrete pavement that winds
over the hills and Into the valleys of
heslth and contentment"-a charac-
terization that is as truthful as It is
poetic!
AS the acid test of ser-ice DEM
onstrates the wearing qualities and
durability of concrete, highway en-
gineers and good roads enthusiasts the
country over are becoming more and
more positive in its praise. especially
for trunk-line highways intended TO
bear UP under heavy traffic.
In Georgia. as in practically every
other state of the union, the super
iority of concrete as a paving material
has been abundantly proven by exper-
ience.
Though the initial cost may be
greater In the building of an ar
terial highway to constitute the main
line Of overland traffic, IL is unques-
donahly an economy to employ con-
crete.
For the feeder" lines and the minor
laterals. nacadam. ebert. sand-clay
gravel or dirt road construction may
answer the purpose If economy IN ini-
tial cost is Imperative; but the main
artery in every case should, IL pos
sible. be built OF concrete, experience
having taught that concrete proper
iy put down is the most durable and
most nearly permanent paving ma
terial that has yet been invented. i.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
PRONE LECTURES on MARS
says Planet Appears TO Have Reached
6eolosic Condition TO Support Life.

is Mars inhahited?" According n
John Henry Prone. the weu-known
scientist Of New York. who lectured
last night al the New Century Club.
any planet may be inhabited II Il has
reached geologic condition, such Aat
Il WI support life. and that Mars ap-
peats TO have reached that stage.
During his lecture Mr.. Frome used
stereopticon slides. His subject was
Our Relation 70 the Universe" The
chemical changes which are now ac-
tualy taking place in the sun. and
distant stars are actually recorded in
laboratories. and all kinds OF things
once decsned mysterious and contrary
TO natural laws have become plain
and easily explalnable, said Mr..
Prone.
Mars. he said. has a thin atp,os-
phere' 80 that 81 probably never rains
there. Venus on the other hand. is
surrounded by an atmosphere so thick
that IL probably rains constantly
there, and the Inhabitants. II there are
any, never see the sunshine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
UNION PARK SALE
WILL TAKE PLACE
WITHIN FEW WEEKS
Properties to bs Put Up at Auc-
ton, First as Whols, Then
Individually.
so SAYS SHIPPING BOARD
Special DispatAh From Every Evenings n
WeshinEton Corresponient

Special Dispatah From Every Evenings q
Washington Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE United
States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet Corporation, through it's COM
mercial manager. Sidney Henry. last
night announced that Union Park Gar
dens at Wilmington. Delaware, under
revised plan OF sale, would be sold
within the next few weeks" the exact
date OF which had not as yet been
fixed
The sale will be at auction. first as
whole and then individually, and the
property will go to the bidder or bid
.ders whose offers are regarded as best
for the government.
Following the Wilmington sale,
other sales will follow under similar
plan. when there will be disposed OF
Buckman Village, Chester. Pa; Es-
sington Dormitories. Essington, Pa.
and Groton Park. Groton Connecti-
cut, together with tho housing pro-
jects at Bath. Maine; Lorraine, Ohio,
aud Wynadotte. Michigan.
Mr.. Henry, said today that. while
the date of sale at Wilmington had
not been definitely fixed. no was sure
this would be done within short
time and that thevsale will come off.
as Indicated in his official statement
within the next few weeks.
Mr.. Henry, Commercial Manager of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Is
sued n statement as TO this sale as
follows:
THE Shipping Board Today approx ed
n plan for the sale of the remainder
OF its housing properties, by which
each project will be auctioned as a
whole and Immediately after the
houses viii be put up for auction in
dividually. Award will be made on
whichever basis shows the best return
TO the Government. In auctioning
each project as whole prospective
purchasers will be required TO furnish
list showing the prices of the in
dividual properties which make ur
the total of their bid and the -indi-
vidual tenants, II the properties are
sold in this way, will be given n thirty
day option TO purchase their homes
from the lump sum purchaser under
the same conditions as to terms tha,
have been given by the Shipping Boaro
in it's recent sales OF housing prop.
critics, the prices at which the, tenants
will have the option being Those sub
mitted by the lump sum purchaser
plus 10 per cent. II the retail auction
proves 90 offer the best return, the
properties will be sold on this basis.
THE sales which will be commenced
with the Union Park housing project
at Wilmington. Delaware, within tho
next few weeks, will continue until
all Of the properties have been dis
posed OF. which should be accomp-
lished by the early summer" e"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
TO DISCUSS LIVING WAGE

Ins third meeting OF the indus
trial study course being given under
ne auspices OF the Labor Laws Com
iuitiee ot the Consumers League
viii be held in St Andrew's Parish
House az Z O'Clock. Monday. The
subject viii be The Living Wage
Special contributions 10 the dis
cu@slon VIII be made by Mrs. Rober.
Tatnall. Miss Edith Spruance and
DR.. Charles l. Candoe. The ones
ton OF the budget OF an independent
working girl will be taken up and
budget worked out on the basis of
yresenr-day living costs IN Winning
ton.
The course IS free and open 10 all
VINO are Interested
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Passed by the Board OF Trustees Of
Riyerview Cemetery Company on
the Death Of George NJ. Fisher,

Whereas, while bowling in humble
submission TO the all-wise' Providence.
who doeth all things well. the trustees
of Riverview Cemetery Company
deeply regret the loss through death
OF their late fellow trustee, George NJ.
Fisher. Therefore be IL
Resolved: That in the death Of our
late fellow-trustee. we have lost a
friend and kind trustee, whose genial
manners and good fellowship toward
his fellow-trustees made 1t pleasure
10 associate with him.
Resolved: That we extend to his
family our heartfelt sympathy in the
hour OF their great bereavement, and
that a coBy of these resolutions be
sent to the family of the deceased.
Geo. w. Hays. Chas. w. Waterman,
Vim. Simmons. committee.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Hercules EmpIoyes Dance.

a Valentine dance was held I'm the
Gilbert Studios last night by the
blne Goose Club composed chiefly OF
Hercules Powder Company employees.
About 80 couples were present. The
following were members OF the com
mlttee Of arrangements: Misses Mar
ian Gilbert. Edith NJ. Hastings, Helen
.. Mcrrick, Ruth Merrick. Louise.
seidle, Marian Traynor and Helen c.
lwomey; Messrs. W. Pierce Barnes.
Edward l.. Morrow and Harry p.
Smith.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Armmas Club MasQue Ball.

The Armmas FRAT Club held a
successful masque bali in the Masonic
Hall at Newport last night. Several
prizes were awarded. The winners In
cluded Miss Helen Dickey and Allen
Norton, in spot dance; Miss Marjory
Stewart and Walter Trefford, spot
dance, and Miss Walsh and Mr.. Far
ley elimination dance.
This dance ends the present series
of club dances.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Old Wilmington Buildings.

The meeting of the Veteran Em-
ployes' Association of the Maryland
Division Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
held last night. brought together near
ly 80 OF the members. who We're en-
tertained by the showing by II. Leslie
Appleby of his collection of views of
old time Wilmington buildings and
localities. Music was furnished by
John ID. Hildreth, and remarks were
made by superintendent James Buck
alew and others.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Entertain.

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin c. Kirk OF
the Kent apartments entertained a
number of their friends at a card
party and dinner in the Lambros res
taurant last night. Among the guests
were; Mr.. and Mrs. James f. Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Girven, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Steigler, Mr. and Mrs.
John o'Donnell. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Gruner. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r.. Witworth
OF Elkton, Md, and DR.. and Mrs. Clyde
G. Neese.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

50 how do you suppose his subjects Jared?
AS for tables, our remoter ancestors would
have gasped to behold-and to try to count-the
number and variety in tables alone, displayed
here today on the Wanamaker floors:
Dining-tables, library tables davenport tables.
end tables, sewing-tables servng-tabIes. gate-leg
ged tables, occasional tables!
Up to 1900 the table didn't exist, between meal
times Consisting Of a large board laid ON
trestles, it was set up and taken down three times
daily
Such form of table in use in at least one bousa
hold in Philadelphia, even as late as 1887!
Regular sideboards with drawers and storage snsca
came INTO use IN the period of William and Mary
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
ReMembrafices For ]. X. BayIis.

in addition 10 the numerous express
sions which Jesse X. Baylis received
yesterday, his 18th birthday annivers-
ary a large bouquet of flowers was
sent him by st. Johns Commandery.
and an equally handsome bouquet,
from Washington Lodge, A. #. e. A.
NJ A big frosted birthday cake was
received from one OF his sons, and a
box OF 70 apples, from a friend.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Eject OF Prohibition.

recent mail brought to Warden
NJ. i. Plummcr Of Greenbank. two
letters asking as 10 the effect OF pro-
nlpi'ion on prison population. One
came from DIR. Hercod Of Lausanne.
sw4izcrland. the other from Mrs. M.
Nelif, OF Sidney. Australia, who ex-
piained tnat legislation on prohibi-
ilpn II under consideration there. His
, epiy 70 each named reduction OF
about so per cent es the result of
his observations
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Kramer for Fire Captain.

Robert w. Kramer. who resigned
a few days ago as president of the
Central Labor Union, has been men
toned as a possible selection for the
Office of captain in the new fire de-
partment. Twelve captains are TO be
. ted by the directors Of the De7
partment Of Public Safety, but when
these appointments will be made has
not beee announced. Mr.. Kramer is a
member of the Legislature and while
in the General Assembly was staunch
supporter Of the bill giving this city
its paid fire department.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

Ouo OFCi oIuiACu 4ldlL-
filled easy chairs or dav-
exports, with their de-
lightful spring arms, and
with their soft, plump,
loose seat cushions filled
with numberless fine, tiny,
steel springs, or else with
down, which can be
bought in this Sale for
the most moderate prices.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Don't NEGLECT a Cold

Mothers, don't let colds get under
way; al the first cough or sniffie rub
Alusterole on the throat and chest.
Musterole is a pure, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. II draws
out congestion. relieves soreness, does
al the work OF the good old fashioned
mustard plaster in a gentler way.
without the blister.
Keep Jar handy for all emergencies,
IL may prevent pneumonia in your
home. 35 and Csc In jars and tubes;
hospital size, So
Better Than a Mustard Plaster.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Lest We Forget

u February is fleeting day by
day.
u The 2sth day will finish
these opportunities to Sc
cure finest furniture at low
est prices within FIVE years.
Il Starting March i,t, regular
furniture prices--10 to SO
per cent more---will prevail.
II home-makers buying furni-
ture IN February, 1922, at
Wanamaker's, may well
think themselves more for
tunAte than those who have
gone before and those who
will come after.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
"AH-Hair Filling Is the Best and All Our
Customers Shall Haze IT,

then placed fresh orders providing that all our
lower-priced overstuffed furniture, we'll as the
costlier grades, be made on this basis:
So that, commencing lOith this Sale, Ue hence
f0rIDdrd UiU sell ONLY the kind of oUerstufed
furniture that is filled ucith pure, curIed hair.
That luxury-oving monarch, Charles II,
never had even chair or even aebed of State that
was so comfortable one of these great, sumptu-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
Here at Once You Score
on All Your Ancestors

of Colonial or remoter days!
Like you, they couldn't inherit everything
needed to fill house Like you they took pleasure
in setting in piece or group Of pieces to
brighten up the old home. Like you, they got
married and became violently interested in shop
ping for furniture
And supposing them to have been able to go
to the finest and most fashionable cabnet-maker
Of their day, how many pieces do you suppose they
found standing ready made in his workshop, to
chose from?
Not $4,000, not 1900, is our guess! If in
hurry, they took what they could get; probably
at hurry price.
No February Sales then, to solace the thrifty!
Doubtless the unsophisticated countryman
was never undercharged-but we will come to
that later.
Much Of the furniture, particularly of the
finer grade, was most likely made to order Then
how long do you suppose they waited for it?
Longer than was convenient believe u.s. even
if we cannot state precisely how many weeks,
months, twelvemonths, Mr.. Samuel Pepys
may have waited before receiving the bookcases
which he had made in 1866 by "Mr. SIMPSON, the
joyner"; or how long the early owner of the now
venerable London "Times" waited for that famous
bookcase nine feet high and splendid as classic
example of artistry in mahogany veneering and
inlay. which Sheraton designed for him?
Furniture that was made right in those days.
was made painstakingly and by hand; and pains
and hand-work spell time. Time spells cost
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
What Chances, Then, Had EUerydau
FOlks-COmpared Uith TOday's Chances
xk
at WUHQY11QkerS?

Rest assured that lots of furniture wasn't
made right in those days the same as in these days
Else, how did such words as "ramshacl,ie"
and "jerry-built" get into the language? 1t was to
keep out Jerry and his kin that the medieval
craftsmen formed the jealously guarded guilds.
Lacking the. equipment to survive or to
beautify, Jerry's work never joined the class of
splendid specimens of ancient cabinet-craft that
tod to boo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

SNTVIVe JUVdy 20 UedUCIIy homes,
treasures that delight even the
critical eye of later generation.
But be sure that somebody bought
Of Jerry, because he had to.
Your ancestors, our ancestors, may
have been among the great majority
who could not take a tedious, dam
gerous journey by coach to great
city; or who, when there, could not
afford the services of a Chippendale
or Sheraton, or obtain the finer
examples of the artistry that made
the periods of the Stuart kings, of
William and Mary, and of Anne,
famous for their furniture designs.
Outside of the matter of expense,
consider the scarcity of furniture,
before there were any uraat firm IL,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

assembled hundreds Of beautiful suits built in the
finest designs Of the Jacobean school, suits of
three to ten pieces for dining rooms of four to six
pieces for bedrooms all conforming with twentieth
century ideals of comfort and luxury.
But in the reign of James !, the first of the
Jacobean kings, chairs were scarce.
Sometimes but one was to be found in house,
reserved for the master or the honored guest
Not until the spirit Of democracy waxed urgent
under Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth,
was the use Of the chair general in the home.
1t was a wonder it was home!
At that period the upholstered chair from
Venice was just beginning to show itself-but not
to plain citizens! Nor would the plainest Of US
nowadays be much pleased with the upholstering
stiff leather, thinly padded.
Later came beautiful handmade tapestries
and embroideries for the seats, but where do you
suppose the springs were?
When making final plans for this Furniture
Sale, we cancelled an order for 100000 worth Of
upholstered furniture of the medium grade, be-
cause the filling was to have been hair mixed with
moss.
Up to then, no upholstered furniture made for
the medium and lower priced trade was filed en-
tirely with hair The thing was undreamed Of.
Believing, however, that
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11
oh, Yes, You Are Richer

in furniture than your forefathers tbouob
they were kings and queens, when YOU mr.
chase in Wanamaker Salel
You've everything your ancestors had
and then some.
The splendid assemblage of furniturs
to be found in the Wanamaker famous T'ab-
ruary Sale it literally ''the heir of all tba
ages" the various makers-al of them
craftsmen of the first rank-having profited
by all the designs, inventions and experi-
ences OF the craftsmen who went before
them, to which they have added their
own ideals.
You have frankness.
When you ask what the furniture is
made Of you are told; told what the woods
are; told what the filing consists of-au
nair IN the mest inexpensive as well as
the finest overstutfed goods.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

before there We're any great furniture factories
with tremendous modern machinery working with
HcTedible sWlftness, to turn out for Wana-
makers alone, or indeed for Wanamaker semi
annual sale alone, probably more furniture than
was to be found in the homes of all the grandees
OF England in the sixteenth or the seventeenth
centuries!
In this famous February Sale-event are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-11

The savings in price of atestable and incontest
able genulneness, not mere matter of sav-so
When Pepys, in 1861, hed him into the Civ 70 b,,
among other things, faire chest of drawers he Sobt
less drove sharp bargain; but can ANYBODY be snr b
ne drove it with a dull bargainer? '"'
Such practices marking up in order TO ,oarl, don
We're universal, until the Wanamaker merchanS in
policies put them out of repute. In this Furnitra SI
prices are known to be from 10 TO so per cent I S
regular and nobody haggles on either side ''''
Arizona republican., 1922-02-17

Publicity spoke TO Ignorance, but
neither of the wicked fairies ceased
their. Quarreling, so once more he
blew his whistle and into the room
came knowledge and Obedience,
who quickly routed the enemy. When
they had bound Ignorance and I'M
proper Food they swiftly put them
into Publicity's aeroplane and flew
out over the ocean. and when they
dropped them into the water the city
shook and quivered 50 great was the
splash.
After the country was rid of its
wicked rulers. Publicity started on
his journeys over the city and into
every place he entered Understand
ing went with him, and all men
listened to his story.
Publicity told them of a queen,
Happy Health, who was wise and
good, and who would come to rule
their land II Cleanliness, obedience
and Knowledge might remain in the
kingdom and be her helpers, They
were tired OF the reign OF the wicked
fairies, and gladly welcomed Pub
licity's offer. so he sent wireless
message to the MIX Family and
asked them to tell the Vegetable
folk.
(Nsxt story--rhe Happy Family
Arrivee.)