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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19

coco for you the lccst you can do is
except the gift IN the proper SPIRIT.
But / dident think there was n drop
of coco ia the house and anyway he has
no ideer how 10 mike coco, ma sed,
and pop sod, That's wat they sed about
fdison before be made the elecktric
lite, but he made IL Jest the same, and
Benny made the coco aud beer II IL all
made 80 lets give credit ware credit u
due.
Hers yours, pop, ! sed. And ] gayc
pop q cup and he sed, its a bcwtihl
color, III say that mulch for It st the
very start. And he drank about half
Of 1t rite down and started to make s
fearse face and Jest made n ordnerry
one, saying, Not 50 bad, not bad a. oil.
Well, III take . sip, ma sed. And She
took her cup and TASTED it md started
to caw6 like enything,saying wat did YOU
put in this, ware did YOU find III 0nd
| sed, Wat, the coco? II was IN The
little round can on tho Ind shelf. 0nd
ma sed, Cinnamin, jest as I thawt,
cinnamiu.
The dooce, wat the blazes, pop sed.
Md he kepp on twisting bis mouth
GROUND and drinking waiter Oh after
noon.
Proving mistakes is lIbcl 70 happin.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. Kirkman

Roll 10 about onc-half inch in thick
ness, and cut into biscuits. Lay these
on n creased pan, brush tops with
either milk or melted butter. and bake
20 minutes with the discs heated 80 as
TO turn the tissue test-paper n rich, dark
brown.
Cup Cakes: Cream one-half cup Of
butter, and add one cup Of sugar and
the yolks Of two beaten eggs. Now
silt together ono and one-balf cups Of
-four, one and one-half teaspoons Of
baking powder, one-fourth teaspoon salt
and onc-balf teaspoon ground nutmeg
Add this dry mixture to the first mix
turc, alternating with One-half crp Of
sweet milk. Beat the two c~gg-wbitcs
stiff and fold these IN. STR til we'll
mixed, and turn all INTO a creased cup
cake pan. Bake 20 minutes with the
discs heated So - TO turn the tissue
test-poper a dark brown. This may be
bnkcd in layers, in The same way. But
if you wish 30 bake IT IN loaf-cake form
heat discs till paper turns o golden
brown only. and leave the lOaf-cakC
in the pail Tor 40 minutes.
Tomorrow-Thc --latest Wrinkle II
Fancy Work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
My Marriage Problems
d, Adele Garrisons New Phase Of
Revelations Of a Wife
Copyright. 1921. sv Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
Copyright. 1921. hv Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.

Client action. The chauffeur evidently
had been struck with flying glass when
the car collided with the tree, for the
blood was running from his forehead
into his eyes, binding him,
That he was otherwise unhurt, !
guessed from the vigor with which he
proceeded To stanch the blood with q
towel which Katie had in her hand
when she ran out of the door, and which
she promptly put to use. As | reached
the gate, Katie skinned past me on the
way back to the house.
Nobody hurt mooch, ] guess" she
said "a she passed. But bring down
some hot water und dot f~irst-ald stuff,
not So"
"Of course" | said looked appraislngly
at the group before me, and decided
that the hvstcria of the older woman
whom her husband was trying To quiet
was genuine, but that the apparent swoon
of the younger woman, whom Don
Ramon was supporting, was q clever
stimulation. ! have seen too many FAINT
ing persons to be deceived.
At Last--thc Truth.
wasted no time on amenities. | had
gagged the people at my previous
glimpse of them ~ the type of newly
rich. who think dlSCOurtesy and AFRO
gance to he the \. Is. {. OF aristocratic
dcmeanor. | would do for them what
humanity demanded, hut | had no wish
to become chatty in the process.
Better take Your wife M to the
house, ! said to the head of the party.
She can lie down
Il can't stop her" he said helplsssly
as she struggled in his arms. sending
shrlrkS and meals of hystcrical laughter
Impartially INTO the air.
Il can. | said a bit grimlv. for the
woman III mysteries when her child is IN
Jurcd always disgustS me. And for all
the mother knew her daughter might he
seriously hurt. Therefore it was with
inward satisfaction that | took the richly
dressed woman by the shoulders as If
she were Katie, gave her n quick, vio-
lent shake and spoke roughly. firmly.
stop this at once, do you hear, and
20 up 10 the house and lie down"
She gaSpcd as If she had been struck
in the face, but her shricks subsidized.
and her husband began to lead her
toward the house.
My daughter, the man began. "Don
Ramon says il Is but a faint
Il am SURE that's all" l returned. "Ill
see 10 her. and as he moved toward the
house ! turned to the mysterious for
clgncr.
lay her fiat on the grass" | COM
manded, and let her have some air"
| was looking Straight at him rs |
spoke, and he must have seen the recog-
milton IN my eyes, for rs he ohcyed my
command and stepped back beside rae.
he spoke out Of the corner of his mouth.
a trick | we'll remembered.
Just as you say, Lady Fair" and
realized at last the truth which had
been eludlng me Since | first saw him in
the train. and which had flashed upon
me while my father was talking.
The mysterious Don Ramon Almirez
WAS Harry Underwood!
Go be continued.)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK

Pop and mn was up in the setting
room looking at different parts Of the
Sundey paper last Srmdey, and I
wawkcd back in the kitchin and nobody
wascnt beck there and / had a idcer,
thinking, G., ! know, III make some coco
and take it mp to pop and ma for q
ycrprizc.
Wich / did, taking me a long vile
to make il on account Of having 20 look
MI over the kitchin for the COCO, and
/ put It in ? cups and awsers and took
them up IN the setting room. SAYING,
Who wunts coco, heer you arc, fresh
coco, get il vile lts hot.
We'll | declare, who made it? ma sod,
md | Sod, | did, and She sed, Wat non
scnts. and pop scd, Now mother, IS that
cny way to except 2 loving gift? After
the poor boy tolls and noils making
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
BAKING IN YOUR
FIRELESS COOKER

How can ] bake in my ~frclcss cook
er?' is n question that comes IN TO
me often, from my readers.
Today there are insulated ovens on
the market built on the same principle
as the ~fircIcss cooker; that ia, although
they ARE square and box-like inside, they
also have radiators which are heated
over direct heat and then slipped into
them, with the food, the oven door
then being closed TO make the compart-
mcnt alright.
In ease nm ordinary frcless cooker
pail is to be used for baking, it is best
10 surround it, on top, bottom and
sides, with heavy sho~ct-asbestos. \ wire
rack will be needed for separating the
food from too direct contact with the
hot stone which lies on the bottom of
the pail: and the other hot diEc, which
is placed above the food, may he sup
ported by an inverted wire frying
basket.
In using either the insulated oven,
or your %fircless cooker pail, TO bake
in. q should use this t~issuc-papcr
test TO find out whether the disc is hot
enough TO bake the particular food you
have in mind. Lay a small piece Of
white tissue paper ~ the middle oil
the disc when YOU put the disc on TO
heat. When The paper grows n shade
darker than MANILA paper (that is, 9
golden brown. the disc is hot enough
to bike such dishes ms apples, potatoes
beans, scallopcd dishes Of oil sorts
most puddings, breads and loaf cake
But if YOU want n very hot oven, fOl
such foods as biscuits, layer cake anC
cup cakes, YOU must wait till the tissl'
paper on the disc has become a ricl
brown.
The cake and biscuit in the followinl
supper menu may he baked IN You
cooker pail,
Cold Sliced Meat
Vegetable Salad
Baking Powder Biscuits
Iced Tea Fresh Berries
Cup Cakes
Baking Powder Biscuits: Sift togcthe
one pint of -four, four teaspoons r
baking powder (or one teaspoon
soda and two teaspoons OF cream
z tartar and onc-half teaspoon Of sal
. Work into this dry mixture, with til
| fingers, two tablespoons Of butter
n lard. Wet with three-fourths of a Gu
to one cup of either mllk'or water, an
c toss the dough onto n Toured boar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19

What would YOU do, asked n woman,
"if YOU had to live with a mother-ln-law
who is n human interrogation mark
THAT is my unfortunate fate. My
mothcr-in-law is dcvourcd by an in
satiahle curiosity that leaves me no
more privacy than a gold fish in a glass
bowl. as Irwin Cobb would say. II |
telephone she must know whom | am
calling up, and why | am calling them
up, and what | am saying. If anyone
telephones me, she listens in 10 try to
find out what It is all about.
"If | get a letter, even from my own
mother, she asks me n thousand ques-
tions concerning it. and is hurt because
] don't offer to let her read it. She
wants to read the letters l get wen from
my college mates whom she never saw,
OF heard Of.
waylaysn me and Cross questions me
about where | am going, and why ! am
going, and how long | expect TO be gone,
and whom | expect to see, and If | am
going shopping | simply have 10 sneak
out of the house like a thief, and make a
getaway without her. for she Is bent and
determined on accompanying me, and
seeing and knowing everything ! buy.
Every time | get a new dress, or q hat,
or a pair of shoes, or q hairpIn, | am
catechized about the whole performance,
and must tell exactly what 4 paid for it,
and explain why | didn't go to a cheaper
place. and buy a cheaper article.
Every time anyone comes 10 sec me
mother-in-law comes and takes her seat
IN the room. and never budgeS until the
visitor leaves, she is SO afraid she nigh,
miss something that Is said. She does
this even when members of my OWL
family visit me, and presumably IT never
occurs to her that we might have affair:
to talk over that we wouldn't care u
discuss before a stranger. / never have q
i private conversation with my husband
except in our W room.
NO suspected criminal was eve
more necessarily watched and shadoweC
than ! am Yet | am sure that my
mother-in-law doesn't thus camp on my
trail through malice. Indeed. sh,
j~ustifies her horrible curiosity on tb,
grounds that it is her interest in me
and she weeps because she says | do no
conhde in her, which means tell he
everything | do, or think. But TIT
situation has gotten on my nerves
What would you do if you had TO liv,
with an old woman who was a Peepini
Paul Pry?"
Oh, l would pray for strength to en-
dure it with grace and patience, as yol
will have to do. 1t is what everyone ha
to put up with who has to live with al
old person, for curiosity is one OF the vice.
of agd. As peoples interest in their Owl
affairs wanef. it increased their interes
in other peoples.
Undoubtedly, there is no other OF
thing on earth moretrying, and morc'
wearing on nerve and temper than thi
p%ecring, pIying, poking curiosity of tn
old, but it has it pathetic side as well. ]
means that the old have no life of thei
own, NJ hopes, no plans for the future
They only live through those abon
them. They must take their pleasures
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19

vigorously. They must feed on other
peoples interest.
Nothing happens 10 them. They have
no adventures. Nobody writes them gay
and interesting letters. Their own
friends are as dull and dead as they are.
Nothing is going to happen 10 them but n
funeral so they must snatch what they
can out of other peoples lives.
Surely. when we think of that we
should not begrudgc them the crumbs OF
interest that fall from our over full table,
and we should bear more patiently the
endless questioning about matters that
are no concern OF theirs.
1t is troublesome, and tiresome, to
have TO stop to explain 10 an old woman
that il was Mary Jones who just called
on the telephone, and she said that her
cook had left, and her baby had the
! croup, but that meager and i%nnocuous
piece of news gives the old lady some
thing To think about for the next two
hours. 1t is a hideous bore to have TO re-
count to an old mar every single step OF
your progress downtown and back, but II
gives a touch OF interest TO his long day,
and surely these things shall be ac-
counted unto us for merit when we, too,
come to the time of life when We are
spiritual parasites, living upon the fresh
Young lives of our children and grand
children.
Senility however, is the only excuse fol-
family curiosity. Under thrce-score'
and-ten it is absolutely uniustihable
and anyone who INDUCES in the vice
should be boiled in oil as the only punish
ment that fits the crime.
Every decent human soul has 1T
reserve. II has its secret chamber across
whose door NO Admittance' is written
1t has it's love Of privacy that IT jealousy
guards, and it resents as an in~defensibl'
offence having these outraged.
The unacknowledged wish of almos
every heart is to be able to live one
own life without being watched, IN,
without having to give an account 70
every single act one does. The highes
bliss of which we can conceive is no
to be called upon for explanations an
excuses. This is impossible in the aver
age home where family curiosity gets /
, its deadly work, and where one canno
even buy a toothbrush without havin
to tell about the old one having wor
out, and how one happened to need
new one, and at what shop n bought i
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19

walking down the road just as | start
to take a stroll, and at night he sleeps
with his head out of his doorway
afraid he will miss something, | expect.
| wish | could think Of some way TO
close his eyes for a while so he could
not open them"
And just that second Mr.. Fox spied
something that gave him one of his
big ideas and nc began I o laugh. Guess
they will Tx his bright eyes for him, -
SAID Mr.. Fox jumping up and running
INTO the house.
When ne came out Mr.. Fox had s
good-si1ed box under his arm and he
went to the tree where he had seen
some bees flying about.
Il will get a few stings | expect, y
he said. hut II | can close the eyes OF
Mr.. Dog for a while | shall not mind.
Mr.. Fox saw the opening in the old
tree where the bees flew IN and wher
he thought /: safe he placed the boz
over the hole and held II there. Their
he pounded on the trunk OF the tree 6
few times ard waited.
The angry bees came out. or trieC
10. 10 see what was disturbing them
and of course they landed right in the
box.
When Mr.. Fox thought he haC
enough bees in the box, he carefully
slipped the cover on by moving the
box slowly away from the hole. II,
kept blowing too, so the bees woulc
not get On the tip of his nose.
He was lucky enough to escapt
without a sting, and tying on tn,
cover securely, he waited until it wa.
dark to carry out his scheme.
The moon was Just creeping ovel
the top Of the hill as Mr.. Fox, with
the box under his arm, "a along th,
road toward the farm.
Every now and then n buzz woulC
sound from the box. but Mr.. Fox die
not mind. lie knew the cover wa
tightly fastened.
lie went around the barn when hC
reached the farmyard, and crcpt L
the fence. Their through a hole where
a board was of, he poked the box and
lett II close beside the house of Mr.
Dog
Tie Is alsecp SAID Mr. Fox: but
let n hen or chicken 50 much as peel
ard YOU would think some one haC
stuck a pin INTO HIM he would JUMP
50 quickly
MIR Fox WAS greatly tempted wheI
lac passed the poultry house, knowing
AZ he dId that Mr.. Dog was asleep
but M Fox Is clever and he knew
that If he did Mr.. Dog might miss
the gift he had left him, for he would
he certain TO come chasing after hun
down the road.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

1922. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. y. Y.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
THE WAY MADGE CAME TO
RECOGNIZE DON RAMON"
"Sav that over again lowly."


"Sav that over again-slowly.'
My fathers voice was sharp, incisive,
~sl,og,thcr foreign to his usual soft,
n tones. ! obeyed his injunction at
once.
This handkerchief either belongs TO
Grace Draper or was gwen OF sold by
her 10 some one else, | said. The en-
brolderv in the corner is her handi-
work, | am certain
"Ict me see it," Tie held out his hand,
and | put the tlimsy, dainty trliie within
".
Holding il up TO the light, he scruti-
nizcd II closely. laid It down again,
looked gravcly At me, and said:
There are many other womcn IN do
exquisite nccdlework. And the design
is not an one. What makes
YOU so sure that IL ~ Grace Diapers
handkerchief"
"For two reasons" ! replied. First,
because | have watched her at work al
this particular design 50 many times.
Second, because ! recognize "A device
which | discovered IN II wears ago. Ii
YOU look at the blt OF embroidery in ius'
the right way YOU will soc that the IN
itial C. is cunnlngly entwincd IN the
four-lcavcd clover. IL Is like this
! took M the handkerchief. stretched
the embroidered corncr taut over my
left hand. and with II tiny pencil caught
up from my fathers table, illustrated
my meaning.
SEQ. The words came measured
IL. Then there ran hr no mist;Sc. II
u her handkerchief Il was m thus Don
Ramon's possession Then he " hat
~ u. daughter
For | had jumped 20 my feet. My
ears. quicker than hrs, had caught u
crash rs of breaking glass. The next IN
slant came the sound of feminine shrek
ing, masculine ohjurrntion, the rush of
feet along The lower floor OF the house,
and hates voice CRYING 600
COON qvceck, everybody. Somebody
kcelcd''
That's Don Ramon"
Nv father was close behind me as !
tore omen the door and rushed down the
stars The front door stood wide open
and through u saw Katie running
across the lawn toward a Ing Limousine
which leaned grogglll against the giant
elm on the roadway and from which
tho screams were issuing, while d.
rcc,lv across the road. the most reck-
less taxi-drivcr in the section. WAS crawl
ing. apparently unhurt. from under his
overturned light car.
Halfway down the steps | stopped,
looked at the group of people emerging
from the bg car. turned and graspcd my
fathers arm.
That Don Ramon Nmirer, and the
people with hum are his host, hostess
81 I.n,k.cr uk,SnarCt Ma
some cxc1se IN keep Lillian and Mother
Graham in he house. You arc the only
one either will heed
lie gave me a quick, o~omprehcndinp
look, and, putting q firm grip upon my
nerves, | hurnei down the path To the
wreck. where Katie was already in eth,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
Embarrassing Hairs
Can be Quickly Removed
Beauty Culture

Hairs can be easily banished from the
under-arms, neck and face by this
quick, painless method: Mix into a
stiff paste some powdered delatone ard
water, spread on hairy surface and in
. or 3 minutes rub off, wash the skin
and it will he free from hair or blem-
ish. Excepting in very stubborn
growths, enc application is sufficient.
TO avoid disappointment, buy The della
toni in an original package and mix
fresh.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19

and what one said to the clerk, and the
clerk replied, and so on, al nauseum.
1t is to escape family curiosity that
families break up and 20 live rs far from
each other az they can.
The moral of all of which ia that We
should abolish the QUESTIONABLE on the
hcnrthstone. Perhaps if we ruthlessly
suppressed our curiosity in our you III
we would ask fewer questions when we
arc old, and so be less of on affection tn
those who have TO endure us.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
Nonh's Ark Sails Nv woopItpbt.

Several hundred members Of Noah's
Ark, No. 1 enjoyed a moonlight ex-
cursion last night on one Of the Will
son Line steamboats,. Tn" happy ez-
-cursionists sailed dovn the river -
far Ak Snip John Light. Dancing was
Il feature II tho evening.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
FAMILY CURIOSITY
BY DOROTHY DIX

By O DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure New spaper Syndicate. New York City.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
MR.. FOX MAKES MR..
DOG A GIFT

Part l..
The Mr.. Dog that lived at the farm
III the road from where Mr. Fox made
his home had made hic miserable for
HIM. For Mr.. Dog was too old n creature
o. 10 wheedled into .rolIc or he deceived
hv Mr.. Foy's clever tricks.
NJ. Dog was at the farm To look
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
Ala Society TO Picnic.

The Ladies' Aid Society Of Epworth
NJ. l.. Church will hold It's annual
picnic tomorrow afternoon In Rock
ford Park. The home missionaries and
w. &. T. L. are invited.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-19
Meeting Of Colored Service Men.

4 meeting Of the colored service
OF this city will be held in Sons
Of Veterans Hall. 913 Walnut street.
A new American Legion Post is TX
pected 70 be organized at this meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-14
Famous Mrs. Fair"
VITA Honry Miller ana blanche BatsB
at Court Theatre Monday.

Occasionally. but only exceptionally. do
we have cause To be proud OF our native
playwriRhta True 81 should not be 40.
but the fact remninB that In many In
stances. our native author and his pro-
duct falls TO stand serious comparison
with tho imported craftsmen and his
work. a shining exception to this rule
,ir James Forbes. author OF. anon;
others. The Chorus Lady Tho Travel
ing Salesman and The Famous Mrs.
Fair"-that brilliant. adrolt. and clever
American comedy. which has for It's
srhief Interpreters Henry Miller and
Blanche Rates. and which Will be the
attraction at the Court theatre Monday
night. January IL.
At the close OF It's long New York en-
Eakemant. II was Withdraw I from view
At the height OF It's sucCcs. In order IN
obey tho dictates OF tho powers that
be Those same more or less arbitrary
powers have been prevailed upon Ia
grant this city view OF players and
play. and Henry Miller and Blanche
Bates viii lie seen at tho head ~ a
cast that L. almost nawlcr1 la It's tn.
depreciation OT tho Forbes H"Tk
Briefly. tho play deals with 10.
turned war worker ~h" isailass uuds {
resumed routine. seaks tho piaaa"r"A 81
stirring Atfs Ia the public 40. "a io.
sluTsT and tho ruIault ar excitement
bad adulaii"n F"taaiiins hsI family
tfmaiy a~ahenins Hh"~s ho' a h""ha"
piIianlsIink fr"u shear boredom, q
daurhIoi a"lIsi hnd istnlahsi fi"i,
sllUy '''"rsUi"nstira a"" VII" Ia
~siVins hoT out ~ his llf" I, la "nn
.f a." heat playa av~' ~'i',s" ~ 80
American IL tho lHs' go y"a'H and one
Of the Tow roally noteworthy comedies
by Anatlnan amIhnTs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-14
LAST DAY TO WITNESS
GREAT SHOW At REX

Tndry'r performance winds ~ tho
,nFurrtucui 49, -" IloE. 81 "n" or 'hs
unuar rlonrIn,, ah"aH ,.'r "n"r"d Wheel
lup Ihcnt'rU"oru
From rlpri T." Eulrh u ia ono hig tttnt
''"rIuu" CilrHth ~ .l'"'"lr"d 'hTmeh'
80 =, uupt cut"r"slI"o Uh"i"pInN. fuIl ~
hear, inricr.4f. ihirrIr ruA all lhrt E"os
To mako u rruI E""h .t"rN
Cnrl Emmy aud hln mnh w'gF enter
tain ROYALTY. Tho Ma SiH'"rn ar" with
out question. III" greatest ohn'ing team
Ia ever .lht Wheeling.
Boluou's Sprlnglin" 'laHHi', ~ u
wonderful act Tor novelty and an honest
10 goodness treat Tor bird h'ucl"rS
kolIy and Iul!nck. dl9p"u'" Win
enough good comedy Iln"T IN their skit
10 make your ,ld"H ache
King Saul and partner. Hr" lnd''hp"
paint nrtlstN "r the w"l""m" type. In
addition to all OF the above. tho always