Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-30
BRAsrLY NUISANCE. ISN'T Iri

nRAsTLy NUISANCE, ISN'T lTi
This n about cx-eoidiers--but It Is
kor about tho bonus. Several days
ago Evry Evening published an APP
peal IN behalf OF the convalcsccnt boys
si Hope Farm. Almost n hundred OF
cn, who have never recovered sum
c,cntly from war disability and disease
20 return 60 their homes. are there
trying 20 beat back 20 health.
For ia tho war ended at II o'clock,
.. M. November II. 1913. Tho war has
not ended for those chaps. II may
never end. or course all OF US arc
sick ~ hearing of tho war; so arc
ihdy. Tho majority Of them have been
s,+eut from their homes since 1917
IA God only knows n they will ever
resuru
white We would like 20 forge, all
ne dlsagrccahlo features q the late
sonniet--includins the broken lads
who offered all FOR their Country
plain, hnnplo every day duty compels
that We say a word about them.
Now tho majority OF wnmingtoni-
ans are sald 90 be opposed to the pro-
nosea bonus. That's all right. This
question Of adjusted compensation
Vas two eide, % u. But whit about
those LADS az Hopo Farm?
All 81 us have stated time and again
that W. favored the most efficient care
ior tho lads who got theirs"
10 We mean 20 keep our word--oT
vas that said merely 90 disnis, The
Ontirs matter. 80 that VIC could return
20 our respective srairs7
rhc~e boys want billiard table
rhcy wan, something 70 keep thc,,
minis OF their own physical troubles
They get tired Of reading the Bible al
"a. iive.ions day, you know. And th'
majority OF thcm are not physically
splc 20 do manual labor. Billiards. OF
poke, pool" will give them hi; o.
dlRht exercise. and viii keep then
from cvoriastlnsly mop,ns over theil
own troubles. which are by 10 meant
light
When Every Evening made its frs
appeal n was thought that many o
our w~ii.to-do citizens Nigh; have un
ussj billiard tables that they woul,
willingly par, with. IL eocms that W
are intellectually mistaken. Their
i.n- a discussed billiard table in IN
city Of Wilmington.
Two generous gentlemen have step
ped forward and given as ane Sc
OF cues az n man ever hoftod IN hi
hand. They did all they could-Go
lii.ss 'cm. But table II needed. an
billiard bnlis. A hundr~d men can e
mcrc enjoyment out OF a table tina
Two or three. who only use Il once {
twice week AZ most.
Every Evening has never said niue
about lie heart bleeding Cor America
disabled veterans. We took II Il
granted tina; u was known that IN
paper was not un-mindful Of n
sacrinoe. that were made by son
men. II n true that the war taxes al
highland this business OF buying
blil,ord table may put a orimp in son
persons personal nnanoes--but son
win b. rather glad 70 do II. Those la,
are among some four million othe
who saw 20 Il that we didn't have
ray rlbuie--and taxos--to the &c
man Kaiser.
iIas anybody Ca Wilmington got
spare dollar that they wiz give 10 Il
blllard table? Mind you. this Is |
bonus plea. We can assure you th
the table won't be used by ahle-bodb
husklet. Nonc but a little group
broken lads. trying 10 got on IN,
feet. viii bo permitted to shoot a bI
over q.
~ YOU can spare that dollar
Well, don't send u 10 us. Mall
TO d.. william c. spoakman. I2
Delaware Avenue. Hes the man W
started u, Give him tho credit. not I
n there are any billiard balls. or cu'
or tables that would lizo TO give ,hcr
selves 90 Iiupc farm--why not tel
phone pr. spcakman7 Hls number
$50.
Anyway. who'll give a. dollar TO
blilafd table fund.- All OF us ha
pAssci resolutions saying how we 10
-. bucks who got busted up VIII
n tn scryloe. l>rs show that IA,
vVrds arc more valuable than I
K,lser's. which were not worth I
paper they were written on.
of course, there IL 20 objection
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