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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

The creates. art in the world is the art
Of letting other people alone. for it re-
quires sense Of justice, and a super
hum an forbearance and self-control TO
which few mortals ever attain.
II is this mania Tor bossing other
people that has gwen US the post OF
reformers who have devoured almost
the last Of our personal liberties, and who
make laws telling US what we shall cat,
and what we shall drink, what we shall
wear, how long our skirts shall be,
whether we shall have babies or not,
and how we shall bring up our children.
/ Ii is the collective busybodies, male and
/ female, who are the curse OF the modern
world, and especially OF America where
/ they exist in numbers unknown else
/ where.
Occasionally you see a man who is
letting his fellow creatures live their own
! lives in peace without any interference,
and who considers that other people
have a right TO manage their own fairs
| IN their own way, but a woman who
| doesn't think that she has a divine call
10 run the universe is such a rarity that
she could draw good money IN side
show as a iseak OF nature.
Somehow, for some inexplicable reason
no woman can see anybody else making
pie without having an irresistible inn
pulse 10 put her finger into it, although
she is perfectly well aware before she
does so, that she will not only spoil the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
Little Benny's
Notebook
By Lee Pape

Yestidday aftirnoon I had s cents
change belonging 70 pop and met
Mary Watkins and she herd them rat
tie in my pOckit on account Of me max
ing them rattle on perpose Jest 20 make
good impression, and she started 70
make limiting remarks and l sed, It's
only 5 cents, I'd buy YOU some candy
with IL il it was a dime but YOU cant
buv enything with cents nowadays.
Certeny YOU can, the ideer, | never
saw enybody with surch Expensive
taists, sed Mary Watkins. And she
started TO mention some different things
YOU can buy with 5 cents sutch as sour
balls and peppermint drops and ? foT
3 cent mushmallows and different
things, and | tried 10 argew her out o.
It ony she wouldcnt leeve me, so We
went GROUND to Mommy Simmlnses
and | bawt s cents werth of assorted
mixtures and wen l went home l sed
TO pop, Hey pop, is it always rite tc
do wat lady asks you to-
Invariably pop sed. MeenIng yes,
and | sed, Well sippose you don't want
10?
A gentleman always wunts TO DO wat
n lady asks, that's how he knows he's q
gentleman, pop sed.
Well YOU know those $ cents changS
| had belonging 10 your cuigars.? l sedi
and pop sed, | know them well, l hops
to have the privilege OF putting then
in their riteful place in my Poekit II
the near future.
Yes sir, well Mary Watkins kepp or
asking me 10 buy her some candy ane
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
THE WAY MADGE DEFTLY
CORNERED MIR. SMYTHE

Miss Carpill. quick, adroit, took ad-
vantage Of the ludicrous incident IN
which Katie had worstcd young Mr..
Smythe and carried of Claire Fosters
torn photograph. 10 put again the
question which the youth 40 rudclyihad
interrupted.
Your attitude then" she said, sis
that the whole aiiaif is 20 be regarded
with amusement rather than wrath,
and you are going To Caldwin nt once
in order 10 assure yourself that your
husband and your dear friend, Miss
Foster, are uninjured, and thnt there Is
no serious angle TO the comedy. May
quote you 10 that cffcct3"
| did not need Lillian's warning sig
nal 10 hesitate before L acquiesced in
this ingenious version OF my thoughts.
Yet ] knew enough OF newspapers and
reporters 10 know that as long as the
first story had been printed, it was far
wiser for me TO give reliable reporters
some comment they could quote.
II do not think that quite expresses
my attitude" | said slowly. II know
from the advices | have had from Mr..
Graham and Miss Fostcr" my Puri-
tan conscience fell unconscious at this
stroke--"that the newspaper account
greatly exaggerated the affair. ] am
going up there, Of course. II is per.
fectly convenient for me TO do so, and
may be able TO be Of some help tc
Miss Foster. She is inclined 20 be
nervous and an accident Of that sort
is not very soothing, you know"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

pie, but burn her own finger TO the bone
into the bargain.
IL is woman's inability to mind her
own business, and let other people mind
theirs, that is at the bottom OF most OF
the troubles of which she complains.
1t is the real crux of the servant ques-
ton, for one thing Women are always
wondering why il is that their husbands
can keep the same stenographers and
bookkeepers and clerks, year after year,
while they have q constant procession
of maids in and out OF the kitchen.
The reason is that u raan explains the
work that he wishes done to a female
employe, and then lets her 90 ahead and
do IT in her own way. He is concerned
only with results, and he doesn't stand
over her, and interfere with every move
she makes. Nor does he arrogate "a
himself the right TO tell her what she
shall wear out OF business hours, what
beaux she shall have, and where she
shall 20.
His wife, on the contrary, stands over
her female employe, and nags her to
death. She tells her the same thing over
million times, and considers that she
has right TO interfere in every detail
of the girls private life. Wherefore the
girl leaves when the inquisition gets too
great TO be borne
One OF the great tragedies of life is that
millions of homes that would otherwise
be happy, are made perfectly miserable
by the presence in them of either the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

wiie's mother or the husbands mother.
Statistics show that the mother-in-law
causes more divorces than drunkenness.
inhdelity or any other cause of domestic
strife.
The most fendish home wrecker could
do no more harm than those women
accomplish, and vet ninevt-nine times
out ot n hundred they are the very salt
|oi the earth. They nre good. kind
women. They have been noble, and self
sacrificing mothers. O., and they adore
their children and would cheerfully die
to secure their happiness.
There Is Just one sacrifice too big for
them 10 make, and that il 20 let them
live their lives in their own way. There
- Just one height 90 which they cannot
rise, and that is TO let them manage
their own business For the Joy Of inter
iering and bosSing their children's homes,
they are willing TO break up that home.
wreck marriage that would have
endured but for them, and orphan their
helpless little grandchildren.
This Is putting the matter bru,ally,
but II ls the brutal truth and it's pitt
fully true because il need not be true.
| II mother could only make up her
mlnd TO keep her hands of her children's
affairs, she would be n welcome, and
not an unwelcome inmate in their
homes. But she can't do IL. She is
bound to interfere. She cannot see
daughters husband eat what he likes
without telling him how bad il is for his
stomach. She can't permit him 70 smoke
without warning him that he will wreck
his nerves. She can't let him 90 out
nights without asking where he is going.
She can't let sons wife cook the way
she wants 10, nor run her house after her
own ideas. Daughter-in-law' can't buy
a new dress without mother-in-law say
ing something about extravaganza. She
can't go 10 a bridge party without
mother-ln-law reminding her that she il
neglecting her children. She can't bring
up her children in her own way, nol
do a single thing on earth without having
TO combat endless objections of mother
in-law, and offer endless explanations
and IT gets on daughter-in-law's nerves
and there are fracases that leave boil
women miserable and bitter, and make.
the son and husband feel as if he were
bone that two cats were fighting over.
In countless homes today old womer
are weeping because they know then
/. children don't want them. To these
offer sovereign remedy for the situation
IL is: Mind your own business. Quit in
: terterlng in your children's affairs. Tha
will settle the whole problem
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

fair where took the prize, for you
would know that | am the very hand
soonest turkey around this part OF the
country"
Mr.. Fox was clever enough 10 know
all about it then, and he replied quickly,
"No, was not at the fair, but | know
of a bird that is larger than you and
next year he will take the prize away
from YOU, Mr.. GObbler."
Where is hep, inquired Mr.. Cob
bier bristling with anger.
"Oh, YOU will never be able TO see
him if YOU stay in there" replied Mr..
Fox. Don't you ever get out for 4
walk?"
YES, every day / strut about the
barnyard where all the turkeys can
see me and l must say l have a large
crowd of admirers. But where is this
gobbler you were telling about"
ooh, down the road at another
farm. The farmer there Is fattening
him TO take the prize next year, as
| told you, but | am pretty certain that
if you could see him YOU would be
able 10 fix it so he would not get il.
for | notice that you have a fine pain
Of spurs"
II should say | had" replied the
vain Mr.. Gobbler, rutiiing up with in.
portance. "and if you viii be so kino
as TO tell me where this bird can b,
found who thinks he can take the
prize from me next year, | promis,
you shall see bit OF sport"
This was lust what Mr.. Fox wanted
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
Danger r part of my trade re-

Danger n part of my trade re-
marked.
." This is not danger said he. IL is
inevitable destruction. You stand in
the way not merely of an individual.
but of n mighty organization, th. full
extent of which YOU, with all YOUR
cleverness, have been unable 10 realize.
You must stand clear, Mr. Holmes, or
be trodden under foot
Il am afraid said I. rising. that in
the pleasure of this conversation I am
neglectng business OF Importance which
awaits me elsewhere
He rose also and looked NJ me in
silence, shaking his head sadly.
Well, well, said he, at last. 1T
seems a pity but ] have done what |
could. know every move of your
game. You can do nothing before
Monday. II has been a duel between
( YOU and me, Mr.. Holmes. You hope To
place me in the dock. tell YOU that
| Will never stand in the dock. You
hope TO beat me- | tell YOU that YOU
will never beat me. II YOU are clever
enough 20 bring destruction upon me.
rest ASSURED that ] shall do as much
to you
You have paid me several compli-
ments, MIR. Moriarty.' said |. let me
pay you one in return when | say tina,
II were assured OF the former eventu.
alIty | would, in the interests Of the
public, cheerfully accept the latter
1 can promise YOU the one, but not
the other he snarled, and so turned
his rounded back upon me, and wen,
peering and blinking out of the room.
! The Final Problem, continued Wed
nesday.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
MR.. FOX AND Mr.. GOBBLER
Part I.

PartI.
n was near Thanksgiving time and
Mr.. Fox was wondering II he would have
the good luck 20 get fat turkey for his
dinner on that day. While he did not
object TO eating one on any day Of the
year, he knew II was time for him 20 get
busy if he wished TO feast on turkey e.
eating day.
And that was the reason that Mr..
Fox, as he crept around the barn
yard Of a big farm one night, was
looking about. Suddenly he came
upon a big square box with a netting
over the front Of IL.
Inside was the largest turkey COB
bier that Mr.. Fox had ever seen. lie
was so surprised that he exclaimed,
Welt well, . right out loud and awoke
the fat gobbler.
"What in the world are you doing
inside this box2" inquired Mr.. Fox,
II am a prize bird. Can't you see
that without asking such foolish ques-
tions?" inquired Mr.. Gobbler, strut
ting as much as he could in such a
small space.
"Prize?" questioned Mr.. Fox, not
having the least idea what that meant.
Mr.. Gobbler thought that Mr.. Fox
doubted that be was n prize bird and
he held his head very high and grew
angry. Il guess you were not at the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
" Then possibly my answer has
crossed yours, | replied.
You stand fast2'
Absolutely

hen possibly my answer has
crossed yours, | replied.
" You stand fast?'
Absolutely
"He clapped his hand into his pocket.
and ! raised the pistol from the table.
But he merely drew out memoran-
dum-book in which he had scribbled
some dates
You crossed my path on the ath
OF January, SAID he. ON the 23d YOU
incommoded me; by the middle of
February was seriously Inconvenience
by YOU; at the end of March | was
absolutely hampered in my plans; and
now, at the close of April, l find myself
placed in such a position through your
continual persecution that | am in
positive danger of losing my liberty
The situation Is becoming an impossible
one
Have YOU any suggestions TO make
| asked.
"'You must drop it, Mr.. Holmes.
said he, swaying his face about. You
really must, you know.
AFTER Monday said /.
Tut, tutr said he. 4 am Quit,
sure that a man of your intelligence
will see that there can be but one out.
como 10 this affair. IL is necessary
that YOU should withdraw. Neu have
worked things in such fashion that
we have only one resource left. 1t ha,
been an intellectual treat to me to Sc,
the way in which YOU have grappleC
with this affair, and / say, unarectedly
that il would be a grief to n.c 10 b,
/ forced 10 take any extreme measure
You smile, sir, but ] assure you that i
really would
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

anger, and saw Mr.. Riclett half rise
from his chair rs If he meant 10 cal
the other man 90 account. Bu. / 10
terrupied them both nthlessly, faced
young Mr. Smythe and spoke slowly,
firmly.
Mr.. Graham Is An Athlete"
81 have been most patient with your
insuTcrablc actions" ] began, because
OF the courteous behavior and evident
desire % be fair which your colleagues
have exhibited. But ] warn you that
my patience with You is at an end. 10
is one thing to write an account of
something which actually happened, II
is something altogether different 20 in
duige in guess work as 10 someone's
mental attitude.
Il have stated TO Miss Cargill and
Mr.. Rickett exactly what my position
is, and know" ! made little gestuere
Of confidence IN their dircction-"that
they will quote INC correctly. You are
NJ liberty 20 do the same thing, but
please remember that I have your card
and T shall know exactly who is re-
sponsible for any article concerning me
which is published in your paper. There
are two other facts which u would be
advisable for you 20 impress upon your
memory"
paused with as impressive an air %
/ 7 could assume, taking heart from Lii
| Ian, who, standing back Of the little
/ group surrounding nc, where she could
not BE- seen, was applauding silently but
vigorously, ] also caught a distinctly
admiring look on the faces Of Miss Car
gill and Mr.. Rickett and what / val
ued even more, a sullcn, malevolent, but
distinctly respectful expression in the
eyes Of young Mr.. Synthe
Il am perfectly familiar with the legal
recourse | should have IF vow disregard
my warning" went on, "and" another
significant pause--"Mr. Graham -
an athlete Of no mean ability, he "a
hot-tempered, and very quick 20 action
when aroused 20 anger"
I turned indifferently from him, and
held out nv hand n Miss Cargil.
"You and Mr. Rickett will excuse me
now, am sure" / said, "for / am ex-
trenely busy. Thank you 50 much for
your courtesy. Lillian, will you do the
honors."
. / kept the stereOtyped little smile on
, my face until / was safely out OF their
: sight and hearing. Then | ran 20 my
J own room and behind my locked door,
ragged az my husband for involving ma
! in 50 hl.rniliating an encounter a. the
one had Just experienced with Mr.. Fl.
: Edouard Smythe.
T TO be continued.)
=
II you desire TO sell your car te,l
) Every Evenings $4,000 readers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27

all ! had was those 8 cents and I hawt
her some with II, was that rite? !
sed.
Perfeckly, pop sed, Ne thinking, @,
herray. and pop sed, u was a very
sporty thing of YOU TO do, because you
must Of known I would take It out OF
your recess money, dident you?
Yes sir. Sir? No sir, wasent sur,
sed, and pop sed, Well now you nay
be sure.
Wich I wasent till this morning when
pop wouldent give me eny money for
recess.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
The Final Problem )
Part One
nv SIR ARrHUL CONAN DOYLl


with Mclurc Newspaper Syndicate.
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II you desire TO sell your car EEL
Every Evenings $4,000 readers
through a want ad.--AdY.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-27
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrisons New Phase Of
Revelations of Wife
Copyright 1921. by Newspaper feature Service. fnc

Copyright 1921 by Newspaper Feature Service. fnc.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
Indian Woman Ruler,

A strange and impressive hostess,
the begun of Bhopal, deeply yelled.
received the prince of Wales at Bho-
pal on his recent Indian tour. The
begun is the only woman ruler in
Asia. She has reigned over Bhopal
for 20 years, and within her territories
yields power of life and death. AL
ways yelled, in accordance with the
precepts of Mohammedanism, she
makes an interesting appearance at
the ceremonies she attends. On the
arrival of the prince the begun wait
ed in the Bhopal railway station to
receive her royal guest, driving in
state with him through the streets in
an open carriage to her palace, where
she afterwards received him with
greatest ceremony.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
HAD HIGH SENSE OF HONOR
Mark Twain Punctilious to a Degree,
in Order to Satisfy His "Presby-
M, g,s IA terrain Conscience"

=
Mark TwaiD, it is we'll known, la.
bored in his older years to repay the
debts incurred by his publisher; but
probably great many persons, basing
their opinions on Twain's own jests,
supposed him to be rather happy-go-
lucky in smaller affairs. But he was
not, shows Gamaliel Bradford in his
sketch of Twain in american Por-
traits"
The most obvious instance of his
rectitude, says Mr.. Bradford, are in
regard TO money. In spite of his
dreams and speculative vagaries, he
was pnnctiliously ScrupulOus in
financial relations, his strictness cul-
minating in the vast effort of pa
thence and self-denal necessary to pay
off the debt of honor which fell upon
him in his later years. But the nice
ness of his conscience was not limited
to broad obligations of this kind.
'AIine was a trained Presbyterian
conscience" Twain says, land knew
but the one duty-tO hunt and harry
its slave upon all pretexts and all
occasions. l don't wish even to seem
to do anything which can invite sus-
picion," he said. as to a matter so
trivial as taking advantage in a game.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

This is to announce that I am a
candidate for nomination for Assessor
for Bingham County on the Republi-
can Ticket.
am farmer and at present ! am
doing some work in the Assessor 3
Office. have had two years business
course at the University at Provo,
Utah, and have had several years ex-
perience as bookkeeper and an ac-
countant for various business con-
Germs and construction companies.
have been active in matters Of
general interest to the public, espec-
tally the agricultural classes, such as
Farm Bureau work, and the market
ing Of farm products to better advan-
tage, and securing for the water users
their full share of water represented
by their decree.
I am making careful study of the
tax situation in this county in the be-
lief that 1t needs the best efforts OF
the Assessor, his deputies and the
public to distribute the tax burden
fairly.
ARTHUR MANWARING.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
DANGERaIN
GOVERNMENT HYPOCRISY.

Hypocrisy in government has done
more than anything else to create dis
respect for law While it may be
true that national morals differ COM
pletely from the code set up for indi-
viduals, the fact remains that the ma
tional hypocrite always must suffer
when the mask is torn off. The United
States stands to-day as the greatest
bootlegger in the world and the apo
theosis of buncome. On the one hand
appropriating money for the punish
ment of individuals trafficking in
liquors, on the other hand openly
selling booze on American owned
ships, the government presents a
spectacle of humbuggery more dan
gerous than astounding, for there is
nothing of news in the disclosure that
American ships have been selling
booze outside the three-mile limit
This is and has been always a matter
of common knowledge. The startling
development is giving the informa-
ton officially to the public, which has
known all about the condition and
i "ihhNN az thS Niciolioh Nitiioul Sou-
Germ. Shipping men, many of them
supporters of prohibition, always have
contended that American ships can
not hold passenger trade as against
foreign ships if the American ships
are dry and as the dollar has been
the standard of morality, the result
has been a wet fleet. with America
forced to depend on mouth-to-mouth
advertising of the fact that prohibit
ton really had no meaning for the
American Government if the blinds
could be drawn down.
Dragging the issue into the sunlight
at this time is likely to have far
reaching effect on the future of the
American merchant marine. Perhaps
the throwing of the bombshell was
forseen and explains the urgent effort
to obtain ship subsidy. The issue
should be squarely faced. A dry fleet
is dead fleet, yet American ships are
necessary to American progress.
While prohibition is the law, the I'm
tied States should run dry ships or
no ships. Government violation of
it's own laws is a dangerous prece-
dent for any country to set, and n.y.
pocritical evasion of the spirit of the
law is no better.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
TO THE VOTERS OF
BINGHAM COUNTY

desire to announce my candidacy
for the position of County Clerk and
Recorder on the Republican ticket,
subject to the will of the voters at
the primary election on August LIST.
My experience of the past has been
such that the work of the County
Clerk Is not new to me, and if elected
to that position, can pledge the peo-
pie of Bingham County, proper care
and attention in the duties of that
office. The major part of my life has
been spent on the farm, where I am
now living. l have served one term
as County Clerk in another county,
and published newspaper for seven
years. l am convinced that through
the adoption of more modern methods
much can be saved in the administra-
ton of county affairs, and if success
full at the elections snis year, expect
to do all in my power to adopt them.
ROYAL M. JEPPSON,
r. F. D. No. 3. Blackfoot, Idaho.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-06-30
GIVE BEAUTY TO LANDSCAPE
WiIdino Apple Trees, at Certain Sea.
sons, Clothed in veritable
Glory Of Blossoms.

Glossy-cheeked apples, red, green
and yellow, are known to every child.
And that apples grow on apple trees
also Is known. But just how much
careful cultivation, pruning and graft
ing is required to produce the large,
attractive apples one finds displayed
in the fruit stalls many children do
not realize.
On New England hillsides are to be
found plenty of own cousins to the
trees that now live in well-kept or
chards and that bear beautiful big
apples. In the most forlorn, neglected,
out-of-the-way spots, nature has plant
ed wilding apple trees that in spring
and fall add much to the beauty Of
what would, otherwise. be a barren
landscape.
In the spring, for an all-too-brief
time, these apple trees are veritable
glory Of blossoms. Then the petals
fall, and for the summer months the
nondescript, unsymmetrical trees add
little to the beauty Of the surround.
ings.
In October these wilding apple trees
once more become decorative, the gor-
geous flaming red of the scrubby little
thorn apples giving brilliant note Of
color till long after every leaf has
fallen.-Christian Science Monitor.