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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-20
Wife Charges Husband Offered Her
 for Sale to Poet for Only $1O,OOO
(By International News service)

(By International News Service)
 Newark, N. J., March 20-Pretty and petulent Mrs. Emma Popovice has encountered ''squan' on the sea of matrimony. And a poet is the cause of it all.
 John Popovice, her husband, offer ed her for sale, she alleges in a pe- tition for separate maintenance filed here. A poet was the prospective "buyer."
 John has been cruel to me ever since we were marricd," declares Mrs. Popovice. ''He struck me, pinched me and called me names. I am su- ing for separate maintenance because he tried to sell me for s1O,000."
 But John Popovice has his version of the affair.
 "I didn't offer her for sale" he as- serts. 'I told the man he owed me S10,000 for stealing my wife's love away from me. He wrote hers love letters and poetry I have a pocket full tof them.
 "Il1 say that I have been a gentle, loving and forgiving husband.
 ''That WoInan's Slave''
 ''I was that woman's slave, I wash ed the clothes and scrubbed the kitch- en. In fact, I did all the work of the house. I never let her go out in the rain or snow. Believe me, I was good to that woman. She knows nothing of cooking, so I did the cook ing for the family, too"
 But Mrs Popovice said she, too was an excellent cook though her husband had not infested any in terest in her culinary skill when he was counting her. Popovice. in Hun gary, where he was born, she said, was content with goulash and other native dishes, which she cooked we'll, but since he came to America she said, he had pursued strange, exotic and extraordinary forms of foods, and she was unable to satisfy his appe- tite for them.
 Popovtce retorted:
 I'm not hard to suit any time, but she cannot cook n Hungarian or any other style. But that isn't the cause of our troubles. The trouble Is this poet fellow and his poetry it was terrible poetry, and the love business was bad, too."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-20
Who Occupies a Unique Position IT the Writing World As An Author ity on Problems of Love and
 

ity on Problems of Love and Romance I'm a man and I'd like to think well of my sex," writes Franklin J., "but I'm beginning to think that all we men consider nowadays is the
 pleasure of the moment. Yes, we have
 to work tobe able to afford our share of the good times. Things come high but we must have 'em. So we plug along at the good old desk from to
 or later. And then out we go to look up a card-gane or a girl who s as big a gamble as any that could be dealt us
 eff she dances we'll and plays the game to our pleasure loving liking
 why, Finei If not-on to the next I'm not better than the rest, but I'd like to stop myself before kill off ev- cry decent, simple, home-loving i'm Ipulse. The only difficulty is that can't seem to call up a vision of a decent upstanding she-man' who isn't l just the same sort of pleasure seeker ont of office hours that I'm turning into.
 Could you ob1igesa fellow with a little pen-pecture of a real man (not a white handed 'sisD? What's your idea. of a, aregular fellow you wouldn't mind seeing your little sister walking Ito thealtar with ?'
 Greetings, Franklin J., I'm glad to obIige. Here's my pen-picture of The
 Real Man:
 He is strong-strong enough to con- troI his mind an dthe stronger his feelings. are, the more pride he takes in mastering them. He reverences inc body which God gave him. He
 keeps it clean, and would scorn to have it house a. soul that wasn't decent and worthy of it's dwelling place.
 He's not afraid to say ''No" to reck-
 less companions or to the urge of any unworthy desire.
 He reverences women and wants their best-not the cheap and tawdry worst which might stimulate him for the moment, but which must make him hate himself in the end. He is strong. And one of the finest things in a1ts strength is his tender ness to weakness and his reverence for ideals.
 He lives for something bigger than the moment.
 of excitement and his own/cheap and passing desires. He knows that he can deaded his appreciation of the best if he teaches himself to put ur with the unworthy.
 He is tolerant of everything but his own weakness. He knows that tc grow he must learns an dthat learning
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-20
DINNER STORIES

Bishop FIipper said in a humorous after-dinner speech in Atlanta?
 "As the weather grows colder the warm and comfortable churches be-
 gin to fill up. This fact always makes
 me think of the Rev. G. Washington
 White, who startled his congregation
 one freezing night with the bitter re- mark: ".Oh, men folks. men folks! An tnowe yo,! Yo' wears out de knees 6, wore pants prayin' all winter, and den yo' wearsout deseats backsfdin, all summerr
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-20
I550

Neg!igees always have been and probably always will be the most fascinating garments of a woman's wardrobe. They are so delightfully."- feminine and so generally beccn- ing that no woman calls her ward
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
SENATE BARS NEwBERRYISM.

Under sustained pressure Of public
opinion. the Senate. including the Re-
publican majority that voted to con-
firm Senator NewbeNy'e title to his
seat, has come round TO the view that
IL cannot longer afford TO ignore the
Issue of Newberryism. How many
Senators acted from expediency and
hoy many from conviction is an open
q,vSion. but what matters o is
that the Senate has shaken on ite in
difference and without n dissenting
vote decided TO regulate expenditures
In the election OF Senator's and menl-
bers of the House.
The Pomerene bin does not go as
far as the Corrupt-Practices act Of
1911, which the United States Supreme
Court In the Newberry case held 10
he unconstitutional on the ground that
Congress had no authority 10 control
party primaries. For candidates for
the Senate 10000 is the maximum
cum for election expenses, and fo'
candidates for the House, So 1000.
Senator Dillingham;, chairman of the
committee OF privileges and elections
admits hat the bill IL a makeshift.
but promises that a subcommittee be-
fore next January will report n bill
covering both primaries and elections
This might have been lone before now
IL the Senate had shown the will. In
the attempt 10 make tardy amends FOR
negligence II confess-es its fault.
When a Republican majority OF the
Senate last January declared Truman
NewberU TO b "a duly elected Sena-
tor from the State OF Michigan" IL
expressly condemned "the expenditure
Of such excessive sums IN behalf OF
candidate, either with or without hk
knowledge and consent" as contrary
to sound public policy, harmful to tn,
honor and dignity of the Senate anC
dangerous 10 the perpetuity of FREE
government" 1t vas a hypocritica
performance, but 1t helped save Mr.
New'berry from expulsion from tn,
Senate. II remained for Secretar,
Hughes, to meet a political emergency
10 father a plea, as his former counsel
that Senator Newberry was the vic
tim OF a serious injustice and abov'
any moral reproach.
Yet Newberryism returns to plagu,
Republican Senators who rallied {
the support of their Michigan col
league, In spite of their own recor'
they are forced into legislation {
make It a punishable offense, not
badge of honor.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
IRISH rzopLx ron FREE STATE.

would You say that nve-sixths OF
the people of Ireland Ara for the Free
Slater" more. cir. more" This was
the question that I asked. and this
wac the answer that I received from a
resident OF Cobb (Queenstown) the day
I landed In hat port. During the two
weeks that havo since interviewed !
have put the same question to many
sorts of persons from many partS OF
the country. Tho answer has almost
invariably been the same. Sometimes
the proportion OF Free State support
ers Ia placed a. high IA 90 per cent;
never below So per cont. Ever since
the elections In June. unpreJudiced
Americans have been aware that those
who want the Free State comprise a
great majority of the inhabitants Of
this island; probably not many realize
the overwhelming character OF that
majority.
The sincere Republicans are idoliz-
Ing distractions. There Is something
Hegelian In their worship OF "the re-
public 1t was the doctrine OF Hesel
that all reality is Identical with the
absolute idea." or the world spirit, -
and hat the highest outward mani
festation Of the world spirit IL to be
found in the state. Therefore. he con-
Guided. the individual Is a mere mean
to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the state
Similarly the extreme Republican.
have defled "the republic and they
demand that the Irish people ahal
sacrifice themselves TO this fiction. The
gospel of republicanism has become al
most a new form of Patriotism
Dublin letter of DIR. John A. Ryan In
America.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
LET US HAVE THE FACTS.

With the anthracite strike virtually
settled and the soft coal miners rapidly
getting back to work. there is really
except TO zee to II thai there shall
be a proper distribution at proper
prices. But all this Ia only temporary.
Unless there shall be very definite
Legislation n an established policy,
peace in the mining regions wtl be
only temporary.
Here Is where the fact-fnding com
mission will come in. for such n COM
mission is to he appointed by the
President. acting under the authority
of Congress. IL will have power to
probe to the bottom and dig out all
of the facts concerning mining In it's
every phase from the pick TO the final
sale to the consumer. What an oppor
tunity to lay tho foundation for gen.
uine constructive work.
The commission will find that too
many mines have been operated. It
will also ind hat there are alto
gether too many miners. High-cost
mines opened during tho war are a
drawback. Under some arrangemen,
to be reached these ought to be closed,
And something must be done about
the crowded ranks OF the miners them
selves. In this over-supply of labor
much Of the trouble finds it's source
They can't all be employed steadily
these miners. Ths result is many
days OF idleness. But men cannot Iivs
on short-time unless the wages ar.
sufficient to support them throughout
the year. Therefore there is A de.
mand for high wages. IL would h,
Well II some thousands OF miner,
could be induced to take up other oc.
equations. During the strike many 4,
the West have been farming. Ism
there an opening in this direction 70,
at least a portion Of the surplus mum
pers? And surely Industrial activlt,
In the great steel mills ought TO ah
sorp the rest, seeing that immigration
Is now greatly restricted.
Actual cost OF mining, OF which
wages accoun for about 20 per cen
IN the anthracite regions; ~transpor
tation; sales agencies; prices a
along the line to the ultimate con
sumer-all these things will come un
der the investigation of the commits
sion' And 1t will be expected to max
recommendations for legislation tha
VIII prevent strikes hereafter, for tn
pubic cannot be subjected to dis
agreements between operators an
minors. 1t is the innocent third ma RI
the public-that suffers. and
; must be Observation-Disclosures In
, quirer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
LA FOLLETTE'S VICTORY.

II is not surprising that Senator
Robert A. la Toilette, cratic and
even unstable as his public career has
been at timea. should have won his
fght for denomination at the WIS
consin Republican primaries. Tues
day. He has qualities that commend
him to his Republican constituents.
and they Endorsed him by a gcod ma
joriV.
Indifferent opposition may have con-
tributed largely TO La Follette's gen.
erous victory. His opponent, w. A
Garfield, is not a mar OF much public
repute. and his chief claim for pre-
ferment was hat he favored the con-
tinuance Of the Volstead law in its
present form, which gained him the
earnest support OF the Anti-Saloon
League, while la Toilette favors Its
liberal amendment. This stand by the
latter Is very appealing 10 many Wis
consin voters. and vas IN aid to ths
Senator. instead of a hindrance.
But La Follette's victory is no as
surance Of his election in November
A vigorous Democratic campaign, lee
by an able and popular Democratic
candidate for Senator, may retirl
Battle Bob" 10 private life.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07

esa2 = and Representatives In
Consress. actuatsd by partisan reA-
scns. already nv In the ncld prvpos-
Ing wild ~suss~stions OF Liquidation to
prevent such movements ~ the one
made hv Attornsy-osnsrA DSushsrty
and to deny to the Judges the right
to act ~avorab,y in passing upon
them. II - intimatsd at washington
that sven President Harding Ia doubt
fui about approving tho action taken
by his Attorney General.
This II folly. The step has been
taken. and to recsde In any manner
would give great .sncourasomont &c
the upholders Of disorder and violence
Surely the courts should be able e
point out the way in which all In
terests should walk with respect &c
law and Justice.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
SIGNS OF DECAY.

Saturday afternoon Republican pri-
maries Will be held In Wilmington
and rural New Castle county for the
nomination OF county, legislative and
district tickets. But these primaries
Will be vastly different, in one respect
from the general run OF Republican
primaries in Delaware for the past
twenty years or more-they will o be
absolutely controlled by the once
powerful party organization, with its
slated program for all the official
places 20 be provided for.
This old organization in its hey
day was dominant. II vas composed
Of q majority OF all the party commit
tees, State. county, city and district;
Of Republican officehoiders. from top
to bottom, all of whom owed their
preferment 10 the organization; and
OF all the benefciaries OF administra-
ton patronage, State, county, city and
district, who helped the organization
because the organizations official
agencies helped them. Thus the or
ganization was so entrenched in
power that It was invincible at all pri-
mary contests. These contests were
few and unimportant, as those outside
the ruling circle knew how impoten-
IL was TO fight the organization.
This powerful partisan agency begar
to totter in 1916, when Alfred ]. d,
Pont smashed it-"purihed' II, hi
followers insisted-by defeating Il a
the election. He supplanted Il in tn
1918 State campaign, but allowed it Il
regain power i'm 1920, and thus en-
JOY the prestige Of the great Repub
lican landslide Of that year.
Thus the old party organization re
gained its formey position. but not it
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
MIRROR OF PUBLIC OPINION

Time. to be observed and discussed
only after no disclosed them ~ &C.
complhhsd foots.
Hut nowadays there n q new order.
One learns, for example, that King
George v 10 70 become 4 grandfather
about Christmasitds. Presumably.
Queen Mary will at the Same time be-
como = grandmother, but no men
taon has been made Of that. Coincident
with this important nows comes spec
ulation a. to the sex Of the visitor"
Chat 10 an old -fashioncd euphoniSm)
expected by Princess Xen!a' OF Greece.
since on that matter Of sex depends
the Ownership OF some $40, 900. 900 OF
securities and property loft behind by
tho late William Leeds.
There Ia no doubt that these are i'm
portant bits OF ews. Many Americans
will spend sleeplees hours worrying
about them. But It La to be regretted
that tho world cannot observe a little
restraint with regard to affairs which.
when announced. only add TO its trou-
bles, and which. after all, are none OF
its business. An old-time prince OF
prInceling waA not exactly lonesome
People used to poster him n lot; bur
they did not as do the moderne, dis.
cues him before he was born, propoes
a marriage In his behalf in the publ,
prints TO half the princesses and heir
es~es OF Europe. accompany him by
proxy on his honeymoon. help hin
manage all his private affairs and fl
nally assist him TO die. More than hal
OF the time, II IL said-althouEh IL II
low difficult to b~elieve--he was lef
free from public observation.
Those days arc gone, apparently for
ever. A prince or princess is now
public character in the new sense o
that phrase. Just like n public monu
ment or a public problem, they ma.
be discussed by anyone at any tim
from any point OF view. One Nigh
suppose that the spread OF democrats
principles through the world woul
result In reducing tho public's intcres
in it's hereditary ~aristocrats. but Tn
contrary is true. Democraciee xush &
where monarchies were too polite I
tread. and gossip becomes extraordi
narily Intimate as the hedge Of digni
ty around the few remaining king
ls cut lower and lower.-Baltimor
Sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
CUBA BUSY.

Major-General Crowder did not
serve an ultimatum upon President
Zayas and the Cuban Congress. But
the measures proposed by him as
remedies for Cuba's financial and
economic difficulties are being rapidly
advanced. Sometimes a hint will do.
In April Carlos Manuel Cespedes.
who at that time was Cuban Minister
at Washington and is now Secretary
of State I'm the Zayas Government. re-
ported to Havana that there must be
voluntary economic adjustment In
Cuba or financial intervention by the
United States would follow. Economic
adjustment included administrative
reforms that General Crowder had
recommended. He has been in Ha-
vana as representative of h Wash
ington Government and as adviser TO
the President Of Cuba since December.
1920. The finances were going from
bad to worse when Zayas succeeded
Menocal early in 1921. Even the lot
terry, which should have eben honestly
managed, supported many parasites.
The budget could not be balanced.
Revenue was not forthcoming 10 carry
on the government. A loose banking
system made the restoration of sound
credits difficult. In the reaction from
an inflated prosperity after the war
there was much unemployment. and
private as we'll as business morals
suffered. And yet Cuba was rich in
material wealth. and had laborers
enough to develop il.
Early In August Of this year General
Crowder presented to the government
O memorandum in which, with the
approval Of Secretary Hughes, III
proposed reform measures to aver
intervention by the United States
under the Plat amendment. Briefly
they called for arrangements TO pay
fixed charges that had not been met
for changes in the accounting ant
Judiciary systems. for the suspension
of certain provisions of the civil Law
relating to tenure of employees, for tn
prevention of frauds in h Custom
Service, for amendment OF h law
regulating competitive bidding and TO
authorization to oat a foreign loar
Most of these bills are now reporte'
> 10 be their way TO passage by tn
, Cuban Congress.-New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
No TIME TO WOBBLE.

Attorney-General Daugherty stands
by his move for securing a sweeping
injunction against the railroad strik-
ors, and says 81 was necessary in order
TO insure the supremacy OF the law
and protect men In their right TO work
without being subjected &c violent IN
timidation. II 10 hoped he viii main
tain his attitude until the completion
Of the legal contest In court, no mat
ter what form OF opposition he may
encounter.
While there are many on both sides
OF the controversy who believe the
Attorney-General went o far. the
evil tina, would attend any policy o,
hesitation In carrying the program
20 It's legitimate end threatens 10 b.
far greater than any evil consequences
that possibly could ensue from en-.
forccmont Of the courts preliminary
decree, or that could attend an order
for perrnanency 81 the injunction. The
Attorncy-Ccneral has appealed 20 the
law; let The Law take it, course.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07

Hes handsome and he's clever n
his hand is touched with skill,
His brain is quick In learning, but
I've doubts about him still"
Said Life. and so I'll test him." and
he summoned Failure grim.
And pointed out this eager and ambi-
tious youth TO him.
He winked his eye and whispered:
There's n boy ! know ts bright,
But / wonder if he's manly and is
brave enough TO fight?
Just knock down the thing he's build
ing, wreck his youthful dream,
and then
Wen, see tomorrow morning If he
starts it up again.
tive let him be untroubled, for / rath-
er like the boy,
But the notion that I'm easy Is a
thought ] must destroy,
SO block his way with danger, do the
worst that you can do,
And I'll see if he is willing to stand
up and fight with you"
Then Failure came and tried him ant
he knocked his castle down, 4
And he spilled his hopes in ruins ant
he Knocked him in the town;
He sneered at him and jeered at him
but he found the youngster game
For ne answered each disaster witt
"Ill get there, just the same"
s-pZ
Then Life called smiling Glory. and h
said: TITS time TO crown
A man l have discovered, with tn
jewels of renown;
He has fought his way through fail
ure, TO his best he has been true
Now 1 know the stuff he's made OF
L and I KNOW what he can do"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07

The strike OF the coal miners hav-
ing been ended, production OF much
needed anthracite. the coal SO es-
sential TO the comfortable heating OF
our h~abitations, Will soon be actively
under way. And throughout the
country thousands OF anxious con-
sumers already are PLACING their
orders with local dealers. The dis
tribution will, OF course, be very
much restricted, with small supplies
for individual buyers, until the long
delayed production catches up with
the insistent demand.
II Will he admitted that the matter
Of greatest to tho people is
the retail price for coal that will be
required of them. Without adequate
supplies on hand. dealers naturally
are reluctant to give n assurance OF
lower local prices. but many persons
are apprehcnsive of being compelled
to pay wen more than was exacted Of
them throughout last winter.
OF course. the retail dealers cannot
absolutely control the important de.
tail OF price. That item will be regu,
tors may place upon their product a
the mines. But it is certain that an!
advance over last winters high price.
would be n cause OF irritation, ever
indignation, to the people. There Il
no reason why they should o b,
lower.