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Evening journal., 1922-04-01
BY CHARLES MCCAIN


Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent)
CHAPTER III
LONDON.-Steam in the break
fast clubs and allied cases Of dingy.
all-night restaurants in the side
streets. begins to lose pressure along
about S o'clock.
Then the reveler is faced again
with problem; another trip TO a
coffee stall; bed: or the last act Of
the nightly entertainment. the pri-
vate party, held in fiat anywhere
from Jermyn street TO Golder's
Green. at which the residue of the
nightingales may indulge, at last
really frankly, in whatever diver
sions appeal to them - dancing
drinking. doping-one or all; to be
kept up until or or o. until ex-
haustion, boredom, drunkenness,
unconsciousness. hysteria, a fight,
occasionally something worse breaks
up the party; the participants to go
to work to bed, perhaps on the
floor and nearby couches; to home.
to a fiat or a family.
London't night-life keeps on with
out end 1t is always night to some
/ OF London's millions. Those who
drop QUITO settle down, to sink
down, to go abroad to escape Jail
or to go to jail TO start anew in
some other town or country. TO join
| the down-and-outs on the benches
along the Green Park side OF upper
/ Piccadilly or along the Embank-
ment, to take an overdose OF some
/ thing. to take a taxicab to Waterloo
Bridge. hurry halfway across, stare
at the blank turgid water and shud-
der at what they see, and join the
scores OF thousands who have found
a way out in the friendly Thames.
London's night-life note IS whole
some amusement for the many
amusement. innocent or sophisticat
ed. for the rest-boredom, flushed
pleasure-seeking. excltement-seek
ing, nsation-seeking. the hunger
for emotional or other stimulation
known or unknown. tried or un-
tried; love OF wine, OF women, OF
life: loneliness, respectability, semi.
respectabilty. wouldbe respectable
ity, frand disreputability.
It's children come from every
where in the world and go every
where in and out Of It; their destina
tions told in gossip or in newspaper
Lady y has gone TO Brighton with
Lord Y; Doris is married and living
N Wimbledon; Jimmy Is back iT
town. hoping the police are not still
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London ReUeIerS Come
and Go, Some to
Death in the Thames

looking for him; Daisy is in jail
again; Jacks or Jill's husband or
wife has thrown him or her out, or
thrown him or her out again; the
popular and prominent Mr. q went
to the Continent not, as the Times
said, for the winter sports. but be-
cause Of a police warning that II he
were seen in London after forty
eight hours it would be necessary 10
take cognizance OF the eccentricities
INDUCED in at his parties, well
known 10 a small circle OF men or
women or both. II was lucky that
more did not come at the inquest on
W. who died, as a coroners
jury said. OF misadventure due TO
an overdose OF cocaine, but who
died also in the presence of A large
circle Of friends who were not care
less enough to take an overdose.
Sometimes a story comes out that
shows all London something Of the
blacker spirit OF the night, as re-
Gently when diminuitive. golden
curled. peach h-complexioned girl with
IAN intriguing lisp and an almost
/ childish stare Of perpetual wonder,
passed out. She had come TO Lon
don during the war. leaving behind
her a shocked, unforgiving family
and. with a nurse. the secret OF her
lapse, her image In a gurgllng baby
for which she never ceased to pro-
vide
She was really beautiful. and
London took her to its heart. She
, married early in her London career,
and her husband went to war with
his regment-to India. She Joined
a chorus for a time. but singing In
a chorus is real work, and she tired
Of it. She became entirely a part of
the night-life - known. liked and
frequently loved at most of the res
taurants and night clubs. good and
bad.
She liked 10 ride horseback in tho
morning; to dance and sometimes
drink at night She finished the
round one morning at one of the
well-known breakfast clubs. viva
cious. apparently happy.
Her maid found a few hours later
note, asking that she be called at
noon for a luncheon engagement.
And in the kitchen OF the little fiat
she found the girl. her shoulders in
a sable cloak and her head in a gas
filled oven. The husband testified at
the inquest that he had arrived in
London a fortnight ago looking for
her and found his first trace of her
in the story Of her death.
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The Army and Navy Menace
(From the New York Herald).

All the testimony Of military ex-
perts goes to show that the drastic
cut by the House OF Representatives
in the appropriations for the army
must deprive the nation OF reason
able protection ir one quarter or
another with an enlisted strength
OF only 1l5Oo0 men. either the
troops for overseas duty.> even in
cluding Hawaii and the Panama
Canal, must he skimped to reck-
lessly dangerous extreme or our
coast fertilization. southern border
and similarly vital points must be
stripped OF the forces they need.
We cannot have both the foreign and
the home army work done right by
only 1850 men.
II Congress is going 20 stick TO
the House army program, therefore,
Il will become more than ever i'm
portant to maintain a full measure
OF naval strength and efficiency
within the limits marked by the
conference treaties. IT, for example.
the country is short Of soldiers be-
yond our own shores. the risks TO
which the Panama Canal might be
thus exposed could be In part di-
minished by an abundance OF war
ships and sailors to make up with
naval protection IN tho adjoining
waters what might be lacking in
army defense. The same thing is
true of Hawaii and Porto Rico.
on the other hand, n a shortage
Of army garrlsons abroad should he
deemed unthinkable by those charg-
ed with the responsibility OF pro.
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Mr.. George Carter, Editor OF Tn
Tt-rrfp.~


Evening Journal.
My Dear Mr.. Carter-fnterest in
all that makes for the betterment
of the city in which / live and the
welfare OF which has a large place
in my life, prompts this brief ar
ticle.
His Honor, Mayor Harvey, Is to be
commended that he is following up
IN fine fashion the example OF Mr.
Pierre S. DUPONT. who, through the
Employment Bureau. gave employ
ment TO men greatly in need OF
work and, at the same time, made
Tor better sanitary conditions, con-
ditions always to be desired. espe-
cially where people are crowded to-
sether In neighborhoods as occurs
In cities whore, because OF that fact,
disease finds fertile ground upon
which to do its deadly work.
Cleanup Week" in Wilmington
should enlist the hearty and cheer
ful cooperation OF every citizen
without regard TO social distinction
or the accidents OF wealth. Team
work In cause like the one brought
10 us by the Mayor and his advisors
Is the one thing really needed 10
make the campaign a success. 1t Is
not drive for money but a drive for
for a clean city. That affects the
entire citizenship OF Wilmington. II
a single nelghborhood fails TO play
the game" the efforts for a clean
city fail to just that extent. Hence.
team work Is vital necessity. II
VIII not do for any single part OF the
city to stay out Of the game. for
that will defeat to that extent what
we all wish to see come to pass.
or course. we readily recognize
that there are two factors in this
campaign, the positive and the mega
tive. The first goes right after
what It wants" that is, It "cieans
up" 1t plays the game. But what
about tho careless, thoughtless citi-
zen who contributes to messing
things up by tossing orange rinds
and banana skins and cigar stubs
and newspapers about helter-skel-
ter? His neighbor cleans. the other
muses. up.
II the question were put I'm a cas-
ual way to any citizen In Wilmington
whether he would prefer to live in a
Evening journal., 1922-04-01
Team Work the Thing Needed
BY Robert Watt d. d. Superintendent of the Wilmington District
of the Wilmington M E. Conference

clean city or a dirty city. there
would be but one answer. Il does
not take sharp guessing TO tell what
that answer would be. Well
"Clean-Up Week" is the way to help
get the kind OF a city we want to live
in. 1t will be unfortunate for any
of us TO jump to the conclusion that
this good work belongs TO city Off
cials, or to a few persons. II should
he n matter which will concern all
OF us, rich and poor. adult and child.
Let US say TO His Honor, the Mayor,
we are with you. Mr. Mayor; we
are with you, every one" This atti-
tude will make "Clean-Up Week" a
tremendous success.
And while we are attending 20 the
physical cleanup, what is the matter
with a moral and civic cleanup?
Why not stand for the enforce
ment Of law as we find It?
Laws are not TO be broken or dis
regarded because we do not like
them.
II any law be offensive to a ma
jNttN ~ ohA NVhHAA9f AntAt - n per -
fectly legal way to remedy the sit
uation.
For example, every citizen should
feel himself under solemn obliga-
tion TO assist the officials charged
with the enforcement OF law. why
I should we know of "bootlegging and
gambling and the Ike" and not in
form the men charged with the duty
! Of suppressing such lawlessness?
There are many respects in which
Wilmington can be improved II her
citizens, without regard to sect or
nationality or creed. will unite to
compel respect for the law.
And why not a campaign for a
better type OF brotherhood? why
not a greater Willingness 10 Share
our brothers woe?" In other
words, give him a lift" A CHEEKY
smile, a kindly word, a warm hand
clasp may spell big things in many
a life Withholding them may pave
the way to detection and suicide.
SO here goes for regular honest
to-goodness cleanup in the city We
all love; a city which. in its present
beauty and power, was born of a
woman's dream. It is ours TO make
the dream come true"
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

If you can't hold your tongue you can't hold your
job
:-.--.
More persons to where you live than how
you live
What every motorst knows is that the driver Of the
other is always to blame.
.--.-:
Nothing rritates your opponent so much as just to
smile when he is ravng at you.
:--.-:
When you get discouraged trying to change others
natures and failing why not change your Owng
:-;-:-:
Fine feathers make fine birds" and a good many Of
them to think that hne furs make fine women
:-s-:-s
Most people unable to stand great prosperity
but fortunately most people don't have chance TO-
.-.-.-
Sometimes you can be AL things to all men" and get
away with it for while but it's different with women
:-:-:-.
The only persons who to take seriously the de-
increased production those that don't pro-
duce anything.
.-.-:-.
Anonymous letter writer's probably imagine they are
causing much misery those who receive letters
usually they only the recipients 10 laugh No
body needs to fear abject coward anonymous
letter writer
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

Whenever a man ceases to prac-
tice thrift and apply its principles
in all the operations of his af-
fairs, the processes of retrogres-
sion begin.
The majority of men who have
built up great fortunes, though
they may have risen rapidly owe
their success primarily to thrift.
1t was thrift that enabled them
to make the start and it was the
constant practice OF self-denial
that impaired the combination of
courageous aggressiyeness and
cautious judgment without which
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tecting them and n the United
states were excessively drained OF
forces to take care OF that need
then some compensating protection
could be given to our home sea
boards by extra naval strength
along our coasts.
But as matter OF fact. It has
been proposed in the House 10 re-
duce the navy's enlisted personnel
to $4,000. This number Of $4,000
men Is declared not only by naval
officers hut by Congress members
who have devoted long years OF
careful and intelligent study TO our
naval problems to be an altogether
insufficient force even to maintain
tho naval armament basis OF fve-
ive-three fixed by the conference.
They declare that our actual strength n
Of ships would have TO be so heavily
reduced for lack OF crews to man
and handle the ships with a $1,000
personnel that the real naval arma-
ment basis would become fve-three-
three, with the United States rank
ing alongside OF Japan.
The Government and the country
are trying TO keep up an American
merchant marine as an essential
naval auxiliary evens though il
might be impossible to make 1t pay
as business proposition. II would
he an extraordinary contradiction
OF military policy and Of ordinary
sense for us 10 pour hundreds oi
millions OF dollars into merchant
marine naval auxiliary force with
out a navy 10 serve.
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FEW REFUSE TO
PAY FILING FEE

The local state Income Tax office
is still receiving income tax returns
and the Ming fee by mail. and It will
he a matter OF several weeks before
the force engaged in sorting out the
mail can finish its work.
NJ Howard Jester. state Tax Com
missioner, is confident mat when the
names OF all voters are checked up
the number Of wilful tax delinquents
will he comparatively small The
tendency OF the office Is TO be len
lent with those who from lack OF
funds due to unemployment cannot
pay the filing fee.
At the branch Office Of the COM
missioner in Georgetown there is
said 10 be mail enough on hand 10
require three weeks TO open and
check up. A number OF clerks is
busy on the task and making excel
lent progress. SO far as can be rsti-
mated. about 10000 persons in sus-
sex county have filed their returH
and paid the filing fee.
The branch office at Dover Is
about "a bad. II is reported. Up
wards OF 1900 persons are esti-
mated TO have filed the return and
il will require several weeks TO open
the letters and check up the ma res
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money matters and his quick
grasp of financial problems is
doomed to failure unless he has
an understanding of the impor-
tance of thrift and sufficient
stamina to practice it.
Do not make the mistake of
estimating money saving as one Of
the minor elements of progress.
II is one of the most powerful
factors in personal upbuilding
so powerful in fact that no great
success in the business world was
ever attained without it.
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powers have thought out a better
way OF securing peace and under
standing than fighting for them or
making prodigious preparations to
fight for them. Unrestricted sub
marine operations and the use OF
poison gases-the two latest horrors
added 10 warfare-have been pro-
scribed in difference 10 humane SEN
timent thus showing that I'm the
field OF brutal destruction mankind
is willing 10 call halt on scientific
progress.
The nations which signed the
treaties have done all these things on
deliberate reelection. They have sub
stituted concerts for unlimited nrc
negatives OF disagreement. They
have accepted limitations on apvras-
sion and the means OF agrees on.
They have written into world dipio-
macy the doctrine Of all-'round fair
play and self-control.
"Only the beginning But this
beginning Is about the greatest step
in advance Of Its kind since the
world began.
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Our Poets Corner
For Verses Written Specially for
The Evening Journal.
The WEARY DOVE
BY LENA SPARKS.

There came one night mid wind and
rain.
A-pecking at my window pane.
A storm tossed dove. with weary
wing;
I op'ed the sash and took her in.
l softly drew her to my breast
And soothed her weary wings to rest.
But when there came the morning
light.
1 op'ed the sash, she took her flight;
Across the meads, across the bay,
She winged her solitary way;
Across the troubled seas afar
To where the war-torn nations srel
oh, will she find her hollest quest?
This dove, this messenger OF restl
I. by my hearth-stone. sit and walt;
The winds blew chill. the hour is
late,
I watched my night-iamp burning
low,
I hear the troubled waters now;
strain my eyes across the lea
And sobbing cry, Come back to
mel
Oh. let me draw thee 10 my breast,
And soothe thy weary wings TO rest"
And so today the world doth mourn,
Oh! Holy Dove, for thy return;
Her bosom torn twixt hope and grief,
Oh, bring 10 her the olive leaf.
Oh, come and still tho wild unrest
That struggles in the human breast:
Thou long hast winged the waters
DER
Come home abide. depart no morei
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YnIrHs IN PLIGHT.

CHESTER, Pa, April Local
authorities requested the authorities
Of swissvale, suburb Of Pittsburgh
TO interest themselves in the plight
N Carl and Louis Chambone, broth
ers. is and II years old. who have
been detained for week at police
headquarters.
The youths were taken into Gus
cody ny railroad detective for tres
p0 0ssing They declared they were
seeking transportation ny freight "a
their home. after their failure tC
gain 3dmittanee 10 the Williamson
Trades school. near Media. The.
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ESTATES OF THE DEAD.

on the estate Of the late Judge
Thomas Bayard Heisel. letters testa-
mentary have been granted by Reg
lister Of Wills Isaac R. Brown to his
wife, Frances Heisel, who was nam
cd in the will as executrix. Judge
Heisel left his entire estate 10 his
wife.
Letters testamentary have also
been granted on the estate OF Molly
c. Thomas. Philadelphia Pa, on the
estate OF Mary H. Cooling. Whining
ton; and letters OF administration
to Edward A. Callahan on the estate
Of Catharine A. Callahan, Whining
ton.
Evening journal., 1922-04-01
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
by W. STRAUS, Pyesidnf A1re,ean Soeiefy 10, 7AyfG

there can be no lasting success
in money matters.
Failure to accept these deep
truths has meant the ruin of
many a career. There have been
many money makers who have
died poor. Many men with
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

] took seven more in all. Before nm
ished l was able to work nine hours
a day in a steam laundry. j cannot
say too much in favor of your med
icine. / trust all sick and suffering
women willtake it. Ithas been two
years since / took 1t and l am strong
and we'll. - Mrs. l.. A. GUIMANN,
Union Village, Vermont.
This is only one of such letters we
are continually publishing showing
what Lydia +. Pinkham has done for
women. Mrs. Guimann's letter should
interest you.
Many women get into aweak, ner-
vous, run down condition because Of
ailments they often have. Such wo-
men should take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at the first siga
of trouble.
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WOMAN TOO
WEAK TO walk
Now Works Nine Hours a Day.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored Her Strength
Union Village, VT was weak
and nervous and all rundown. !

COulQ uOL Walk
across the floor
without resting,
and l had been
that way for
weeks. Isaw your
advertisement In
the paper and af-
ter takingonebot-
tie of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
l felt the good It
was doing me and
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

fortune and that
when you got it it
required ten times
greater wit TO keep
il. No matter how
successful a man
may be in the ac-
cumulation of per
sonal wealth or the
creation of a great
business enterprise
there must be an
element Of thrift
woven into all his
activities if his sue
cess is to continue.
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

There is an old proverb that
says that saving is greater art
than gaining.
One of Europe's greatest hnan-
,iers once said that it required a
good deal of boldness and a great
deal of caution to make a great
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

Wilmington Rotarians right in insisting that for
Rotary purposes Delaware be kept intact It would be
abnormal situation for instance, in a state of this
size, for wimington function in the Philadelphia
Chester district and Dover function in the Baltimore
Washington district
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

S hire W d instincts
for acquirin &
wealth have come
to naught in a busi-
ness way, for it is
not enough just to
earn. There must
be the ability to
save.
The young man
who bases his
hopes of future
business success on
his brilliant per-
sonal attainments,
his shrewdness in
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Let each wilmngtonisn decide now TO contribute
something. large small toward the full success OF
Mayor Haryey's Cleanup and Pant-Up campaign It
a movement for the good OF community In con-
sequence, it also is for the good each man. woman
boy and girl In community. Therefore self-inter-
il nothing higher should mpe everyone TO cooper
ate in the movement.
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passed the educational tests, but fell
down on the physical tests. They
used up all their cash on train fare
10 come 10 Media. and upon writing
TO their father, were advised 10 get
a job" Police have been caring for
them for the past week, and want
the officials OF Swissvale 10 send
transportation, the father refusing
TO do so.
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

When West Fourth is paved out to Union
street urcue ensbg Fii bs with automobilists one
noat rereiar ttsroarafares in wilmington and
4tcf f1ps. en- s 81 Unprecedented business de-
sesorspi 4--4.t OF the increased how of trAmc.
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AN APPRECIATION.

\ NE received today from former Chancellor Charles
Nv NJ Curtis. who is Of the foremost figures in
BOY Scout work in Delaware, the following letter:
Wilmington, Del, March 81, 1921
To the Editor OF The Evening Journal.
Dear Sir--On behalf Of the Boy Scouts 1 thank you
o the fine editorial appreciation OF the purposes OF the
Organization.
Those who know what the organization is and see
what 1t is actually accomplishing for about nine hum
dred boys. believe that wilmington will properly sun
port it.
We find that TO enable carry on until october
we will need some immediate help and are trying TO
raise $1,000 for this purpose and feel tho~
who have not yet responded TO appeals last Fall
viii TO assistance Mr.. Robert p. Robinson
of Central National Bank is treasurer
Yours for the boys.
CHARLES NJ. CURTIS
President Wilmington Council Boy Scouts
The response to the appeal should be both immedi-
ate liberal. This is the Of the year wher
the Boy Scouts should prepare for active functonng
that respect they and those who direct their work
should be able face the future with ample assuranc,
that the money needed carry the plans alread,
Is in hand or will be forthcoming
Evening journal., 1922-04-01

Those Irish peace agreements to be made to the
ear to be broken 10 the hope
Evening journal., 1922-04-18
EDUCATOR TALKS
TO GRACE MEN

Prof. James A. Barkley, a member
of the Wilmington High School fac
ulty, addressed the meeting of the
st. James Brotherhood of Grace NJ
e. Church last evening on the sub
iect, 'snhe Mission OF America"
Mr.. Barley said that just as It
had been the mission OF England
for years, to uphold the safety Of
the world and provide for peace IN
numerous countries OF the Old
World. so America had come to be
looked upon as a great moral force
throughout the world.
This feeling towards this country
had come about largely through the
work of American missionaries, he
said. China. India, Egypt, Africa,
even Russia looked upon this coun-
try as the place from which ema-
mated a great spiritual force. This
was recognized even during the
pWorld War. he said. and in the set
Element of the trouble since the
close of the war, this moral influence
on the part Of America has been one
Of the strongest things towards set
tlement.
Horace White. discussing the sub
ject "A Gymnasium for Grace
Church" said It was hoped that such
building might be erected.
A. j. Wuertz told of What the
brotherhood Should mean to Grace
Church Men"
c. +. lizard spoke Of Promoting
Interest Among New and old Mem
bers" Earle r. Ewing spoke Of
"Co- operation with the Young Peo-
ple." Dr. J. w. r. Sumwalt the pas
tor, spoke briefly of "Co-operation
Between the Pastor and the Broth
erhood."
A musical program was enjoyed
and community singing was led by
william p. White. ]. W. Miller,
president OF TIE Brotherhood. pre-
sided The next meeting will be held
on May 15. This will be a ladies'
night.