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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
YOUR WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY PARTY

There are two types OF wedding an
niversary celebration which one can
give--a luncheon 10 ones former
bridesmaids, or an evening party for
all ones friends.
What does one do at an evening
wedding anniversary party?" writes
reader OF this column.
Why, one plays games, And one
has the living room and dining room
and refreshments tabldI appropriately
decorated! And one serves some such
delicious menu as the following:
Celery Hearts
Chicken or Oyster Patties
le-Nut-Cherry Salad with
Mayonnnise Dressing
Graham Bread
Marmalade Sandwiches
Coffee Wedding Cake
Sponge Cake with
Hot Chocolate Sauce
Decorations: For a Cotton Wedding
| (First year,, use cotton batting I'm
| fiuffs. strips and large pieces for room
and table decorations, have spools OF
cotton thread for favors; and for
table centrepiece blacken a small
dolls face. dress her as Southern
NANNY" tapron with red handker-
chief around head and place her in
a field OF cotton batting, supposedly
picking cotton.
Paper Wedding Decorations: Fes-
toons in rooms Of crepe paper. Crepe
paper napkins on the refreshments
table. Small bouquets Of paper
flowers. AZ favors. with n large card
board Wedding Bell suspended low
over centre Of table.
Third Year Decorations Oeather) I:
Little can be done for room decora-
ton, but the table favors might be
small leather desk accessories (stamp
holder, note book, etcetera), and the
centrepiece little house made out of
leather, glued 10 cardboard sides" and
roof" and modelled as closely as pos
sible after the home of the hostess
with their street number on the front
door.
Fourth Year Decorations (Books)
The hostess and host greet the guests
wearing a costume representing a
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

This Is the time Of year when all
good business men take stock Of the
goods on their shelves. and balance
their books, and find out just exactly
where they stand commercially.
Let us follow their example, and
have spiritual stock taking, and
audit our book Of life.
When q mermant takes stock, he is
honest with himself. He does not
credit himself with having a hundred
automobiles when he has only two
in his store room, nor does he list his
calico as brocades.
He knows that to credit himself with
more capital than he has TO do bus.-
ness on is the first aid TO ruin.
Follow his example in this, and
when we sit down to calmly and dis
passionateiy take stock Of ourselves,
let US begin by trying to rate our
abilities at their true worth. Let Us
not magnify our aptitudes into talents
nor glorify our talents into genius
and thus put valve upon ourselves
far in excess Of our worth.
Nine tenths OF the failures in the
world are the result Of self-conceit OF
PEOPLE thinking more highly OF them
selves than they have right TO think
and trying to do things beyond the
l scope of their ability. All of us know
men and women who are near writer's
and near singers, and near actors
men and women with a tiny talent, bu
without the big ability TO accomplish
4.
\ ing along trying to write, or sing, OF
act. We know doctors without pa
tients. lawyers without clients, preach
ers without churches, who eat ou
their hearts wondering why they neve
succeed.
The answer would be self-evident i
they would only honestly take stool
: that the goods on their shelves wa
homespun instead of chiffon. The,
are failures, because they are tryinl
to do the thing for which nature di
not equip them, but they would b
successes IN the line for which the,
were destined.
Nothing would do more for the hap
piness and well-beirg Of n1ultitudes @
people who have over valued the lin
of goods they carry, than to mark
down to its real value. For many
woman who cannct earn her brea
and butter by painting dauby picture.
could make fortune as q dressmake
or milliner; many one who is poo
actor on the stage would be goo
actor ras q boarding housek eeper. @
saleswoman; many man who lack
the executive ability to run a bushes
for himself could command his ow
salary as an employee in a big bus
ness; mary a poor doctor, and tire
some preacher would make cracker
jack business men.
When the business man takes stoc
he junks the articles that are wor
out. that are out Of fashion, that ar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

bit away when another daughter,
Rosebud. who was 20 ANAL wee-btt
had not seen her at nxYt, stood UP IL
stay. father. lie Is 20 small. ! shall
have some one to play With"
Now OF all his daughters the Baron
loved the small Rosebud best. so he
told the servant 10 bring n chair and
put Wee-bit In 1t and give him his
dinner.
Wee-bit And Rosebud became great
friends and he learnt from her that
her i've naughty sisters were very
much ashamed of their small sister
and always got her out of the way
when their rich friends came to visit
Them
Wee-bit also learned that the five
sisters and their naughty mother We're
spending all the Baron's money and
that all they cared for were fine
clothes in which to array themselves.
the mother expecting that her FIVE
daughters would each make a grand
marriage and be very rich.
One by one the five daughters did
marry, but each husband supposed he
had won bride whose father was
very rich. BY the time the last
daughter was married not a penny
was left for the Baron and poor little
/ Rosebud.
The Baron's wife. believing that
her sons-in-law were all rich, went
away with the last married daughter
/ intending TO make her home with her
wealthy new sons.
Wee-bit decided that he was the
/ one TO take care of his old uncle the
/ Baron and Rosebud now that they
were left alone and poor, so he SCI
his wits TO work to find a way.
/ To be continued
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

father and mother died wee-bit at le
WAS s'ill a very small person.
Now n happened that wee-hit had
n rich uncle. baron IN a country far
from that where the poor brother
vood-suttsr lived.
This Baron had never noticed his
poor brother nor did he know OF Wee
bit, for when he became n great man
the Baron forgot his poor relations
but Wce-bit'r father. before he died.
told him about his rich uncle and bade
him 60 20 him and ask for a home.
II WAS n lonr journey &c the home
OF the uncle Baron. but though Wee
nit VIA small In stature his courage
much travelling be came 20 the gate OF
HE uncle and knocked for admittance
when the servant opened the gate
lie began 10 laugh. Wee-bit was &c
small. with his hands on his knees
the servant bent over and looked n
W~~-bit. saying. We want no goblins
In here. be on"
Hut instead of being frightened
away wce-bit ran between the legs OF
he laughing s-rvnnt and entered the
garden. There he hid under bush
1niil tho servant grew tired OF looking
fot him.
The Baron and ali his family were
eating their dinner when Wee-bit en-
tired the big hall. Please. Uncl,
oAron. ! am your nephew" said Wee
~ standing with his feet spread apart
r. make himself look NJ large az pos
0bls.
This Raron's proud wife and has fivs
1aushs~s all looked very angry when
they heard that this small boy wa
their relative ana the Baron wac Just
about to order a servan, 70 send Wee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape.

! was setting on Mary Watkinses
frunt steps tawking TO her, ard 50 was
Puds simkins and / was making her
laf and Pu0s wasent. and Puds sed,
Watts you think, Mary. dreemed you
WAS n angel.
O Puds how perfeckly lovely, sed
Mary Watkins.
Me thinking. Heck. darn him. And
sed, Well l wouldent wunt enybody
10 dreem / was a angel. II you ever
saw angels in picktures you know how
they go erround. don't you? I sed
Meening with nuthing on but wings,
and Mary Watkins sed. Pubs Simkins,
I'm going rite In the house.
Wich she started 10 do, and Puds
sed. Hay. wait a minnit hay. he's crazy.
didepr dreem you looked like the
rext Of the angels. dreemed you was
all dressed up in long fur coat and
everything.
That's diYrent, that's all rite, sed
Mary Watkins setting down agen, and
| scd. Well then how did he know you
was a angel n you wasent dressed IKE
a angsi7
Yes, how could you tel, was a
anSel7 sd Mary Watkins starting 10
ge, up agen.
On account OF your bewtinii face,
know rite away nobody but a angel
could have sutch . bewttfll face, you
couldent fool me. sed Puds.
o Puds wat 4 nice drecm, sed Mary
Watkins staying down.
Nc thinking. Aw heck. darn that
guy.
And Mary Watkins kepp on looxIna
~ Puds ~ II she t1anwt hs was abou'
twice as wonderful es me. and pritty
soon ] got up and went home dis
kusted.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
DR.. Zion III.

The condition of DIR. S. NJ. Zion.
who has been III for several days, is
improving.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

obsolete. No good business man cluts
ters up his factory with out-of-date
machinery. No successful merchant
takes up the space on his shelves with
hoop skirts, and bustles, aud the sort
OF clothes that his mother used TO
wear. He knows he must be continu-
ally getting in a new stock of mer-
chandise, and keep up with the times,
or else he will go to the wall.
When we take stock OF ourselves
we will do we'll II we do likewise, and
cast into the discard our moth-eaten
ideals. and our odd fashioned pre-
judices that do not At this age and
generation. The theory that the old
days We're the best days. and that
especially, the times when we were
young wera the days when all human
wisdom and virtue lowered; the idea
that because we are middle-aged or
old we. are infsllile In our opinions; I;
the fond belief that we have right
II sit in judgment on the young, and
20 dictate their manners. and morals,
and general conduct: the conviction
that the youth Of today is degenerate
and going to the devil, all of these
motions we ought TO chuck out into the
ash can.
They are old stock. unusable, I'M
saleable. no good to anybody, and
they take up so much space in our
heads that they leave no. room for
new, fresh ideas and impressions. Age
is nothing but an inability to change
ones view point. AS long as we keeI
a continual turnover OF the latest
ideas we are young. no matter how
many years we have been doing busi-
hess at the same old stand.
A good business man, after he ha.
audited his accounts, writes off hi,
losses. They are bound to occur Il
even the most prosperous concern
He pays them, and the incident /.
closed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
My Marriage Problems
Adele Carrson's New Phase Of
Revelations of Wife.
to,,rxh. iesi. hy New spaus~
you want 10. You're not going to stir
from therer
srDnoe stt~tss

you want to. You're not going to stir
from therel'
Poor Katls!'
"We went away then, because, Of
course, il wasn't really our business to
interfere, but l am worried to death.
l know Jim thinks she's stealing out to
meet another man, and suppose she n,
although ! hate to think it of Katie.
We all know ahe's IN ape, but l never
thought that of her. And l imagine
jim, Il he got started once, would be
a mighty ugly proposition. Why, he
might 20 crasy and not only kill her,
but the rest Of usl want you and
Margaret to come home right away, and
see TO things" :,
| looked up from the letter to find
both Dicky and Lillian watching me.
What do you think Of it?' Dicky
asked.
Il don't know what to think Of it." !
replied truthfully. II only know that
it's high time we were home, Poor
mother and Elizabeth What time
they are havingp
must confess that / did not feel half
as worried over my relativee-in-law as
l did over Katie. While l did not like
to have Mother Graham bothered, l
could contemplate EisabethsS dis
quietude with great deal OF COM
placence. knew better, however, than
to pity Katie aloud before ! expressed
concern for the comfort OF Dlckys
mother and sister.
you'd better say poor Katie with
mother and Elizabeth on her trail,
Dicky retorted pcrversely, as expected
he would do, and | smiled to myself at
the success of my little ruse. Mothers
bad enough, but Elizabeth has notion
that she was put on earth especially to
form the Young female mind OF the
lower clawsses. She'll be in her ele-
ment trying to drag out katie's soul
and vivisect II.
II wish we could get home tomorrow
night" | said worriedly.
/ well, we can't, so don't start wor-
ryinrl But il luck holds, we can be
there fairly early the next day. | wired
mother we'd bc home in three days, 40
rs 90 allow leeway for delays. She'll
work Katie 20 death getting ready for
tis, but that will probably he good for
the gifl-takc her mind off whatever rs
troubling her. Now, of course, you two
will want 60 discuss this thing in all its
phases and inwardness, so III take my
eali OF
There was that in Dicky's voice, faint
but unmistaksble, which told me that
his absurd jealousy OF my consulting
Lillian instead Of him about anything
was still rampant, although just now
under control. How could best Danish
this thought from Dickys mind?
TO he continued)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
THE SANDMAN STORY

BY Abby Phillips Walker
c~c,,.sh, Mcclure
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. Kirkman

front and back cover OF book. with
some book title fmisspclt for fun)
written on the front cover Other
front covers" bearing misspelt titles
may decorate living room and dining
room. Table favors. Small gift-edi-
tions OF bound poems, essays. electra.
Centrepiece: Framed picture of your
fayorite author. or bust Of Shakes
peare.
Fifth Year Decorations (Wooden): I:
Hang pine shavings around. Use
wooden lead-pentils for favors. Dress
up three tiny clothespins TO represent
bride, groom and minister with a
tiny book held In his hair-pin arms)
Seventh Year Copper: Decorate
with all the borrowed copperware you
can get. Table favors consist of
lucky" pennies. Centrepiece: Copper
vase containing flowers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
WHAT MOTHER GRANAM'S
LETTER TOLD

Al my request 10 ses his mothers .
lst,cr, D,cky took il from his pocket,
looked il through hastily, and handed
mc two of tho sheets.
mo med TO bother with the rest, he
said in 40 claboraicly careless man.
u~r that 1 knew at once the missing
,~srs held some reference TO mc--some
,r-ns,,rcd structure Of his mothers
which nc did not wish me TO see.
paid no attention TO his action, how
ever. p~r,ly because ! am used TO
Mother Grahsms csuNic comments
upon me, which, learned long ago
have no real venom, or, indeed, mean
ing. and partly because MY anxiety
conccrning the news from Katie made
the rest of tho letter of no Importance.
Come TO the point where we can I
stand il any longer.
This obviously the continuation
ol the page beiore--was the hrst my
ANXIOUS ewes read. Then the explana-
ton began:
You're Not Going"
Last night is just y sample Of the
thing we have hecn undergoing the
litter ran ON. IL told you IN my other
letter oi katic's strange behavior, OF
her CRYING all the time, and snoopins
around. and getting 50 frightened when
ahr imagined she saw the man across
the road the one who helped to kidnar
Richard second. and who Is now IN the
lrni,cn,ary. Well she has been keep
,nc up mos, oi that toolishness, and We
found out last night that she has been
sl,pp,ns on, oi the house almost every
n,cht. -taying away, sometimes halt an
hnlf. sometimes, sn hour, sometimes
e,rn longer. And she and Jim hav,
h..n uiarrrllng FOR several days. nnc
although | couldn't sy positively that
wns the can-c, yet We couldn't help put
tins tvo and tvu together
"iut los, night We hrstd Matte sereain'
,ns. aud Elizabeth aud ! ran back Z,
then r,uns. and Ne heard Jim SAY
ulm ilrri ol the. Nou'h not ~ ou'
AT this huu-. tonight unless ! ~ witt
,,oi, and KNOW whcrc YOU re- going, anc
whe /, IL you're meeting
And ,hon Katie w,s like n wild
Woman, lcssns HIM ~ LET her ~, ane
sss,ns over and over arisn'
On. lrem, you don't know wha'
YOU r. doing 4 YOU don't lc' me go'
Then she tried to rush by him, but
he mus, havr caught her, aud thcr
there came thumr ius' AZ he,
,es.ci her ON the bed and We hcare
HIM mN between his teeth
~, there and cry Your eyes ou' :
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

Tenth Year fTin): Decorate rooms
with tin pans containing flowers. For
table favors use 10 cont lea balls MI
ed with tiny candies for aluminium tea
balls may be used instead). Centre
piece: Doll with funnel hat, whose
dress consists ehiefy of small, tin,
futed patty pans
Tomorrow 1 Will publish In this
column directions for playing a Jolly.
progre ssive wedding game which il
suitable 10 play at any anniversary
OF a wedding.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

Surely. we do well to follow his ex-
ample in this. also. when we balance
our book OF life, at the end OF the
year. No human existence can be all
sunshine. TO each OF us there must
come sorrow. and disappointment. Some
OF our most cherished plans 20 wrong.
Friends we have trusted betray us.
Love we have counted on. falls us.
Lot us not brood over our wrongs,
or cherish our sorrows. Let us charge
it or to profit and loss, and wipe of
the slate, and start afresh with the
new year.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09
wfH.NIr.

W~~ hit In qu~er name FOR any
hviv hu, ,hnt wAA tho naInc OF the
von ~ a poor wood-rhoppsr md his
wiec, Tor when Wee-pit wa~ born he
was - small that his father when he
mrs, saw him exclaimed. ''Hc Is wee
hn ~ boy. hpt he is our son and
We must take care of him"
So they named him Wee-hit; and
though he lived and grew. when he
wa. IS years old Mec-hit still was a
very email person.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

Every day someone win lose some
hing Of valne.---Many use the ciass'-
fed columns Of Every Evening and
get the lost articles returned--Others
count II loss and are satIsned.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-09

All inquiries addressed 10 Miss Kirk
man In care II the "Ef1cien. Fouss-
keeping" department Will be answers
in these columns In their turn. This
requires considerable time. however.
o 1ns 70 the great number ~ceived-
SO II personal of quicker reply ia
desired. a stamped Ind seifrsddressed
envelope must be enclosed with tbs
Question.--TFs Editor.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-07-15
SALVATION ARMY GIVES
CHILDREN BEACH OUTING

Never before in the. history of the
Norwich branch of the Salvation Ar
my has there beeen so successful a
picnic held as the one Friday at Ocean
Beach. At s:45 o'clock in the morning
a trolley filled with happy children
left Franklin Square watched over by
Captain and Mrs. Charles Carpenter
According to the statement of Captain
Carpenter there were children galore,
all bent on having the time Of their
young lives.
At the beach the children proved
this statement and from morning I'M
til time to depart for home 1t was one
round Of fun, swimming. playing on
the beach and taking in the amuse-
ments at the shore.
Knowing the failing of children, who
always seem to have a bottomless sto-
mach the committee had prepared a
a luncheon sufficient to compel the
children to cry quits. The committee,
Mrs. Ebenezer Learned, chairman, Mrs.
Charles H. Preston, Mrs Edmund w.
had arranged the food proposition
| among themselves. Mrs. Learned fur
nishing the cakes. Mrs. Perkins sup.
plying Jolly pops; while the outing
fund Of the Army furnished the ham
sandwiches, bananas, watermelon, ice
cream, pop corn and soft drinks
| The children, each one with happy
smile written on his or her face, ar
rived home shortly after 6 o'clock tir-
ed with the play of the day. but ev-
eryone ready for another day at tn,
beach with all it means to the chilC
| whose summer play is mostly at home
in the heat of the city, and to whom
q trip to the beach is the height o
| his dreams
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-07-15
CONNECTICUT WAGE STANDARDS ARE
AMONG THE HIGHEST SAYS MCLEAN

was S1,s41,Doo,oeO The value of the
products produced was 1882, 900. 900. |
The cost of materials was s6s5.0o0, 900. |
and the value added by manufacture was
sos, 100000. The average daily wage
was 1886. Now, there may be industries
in the country highly specialized where
the labor Is especially irksorne and posi-
bly, dangerous. where the average of wage
paid will be higher than that, but chal-
lenge any man on this floor to point to
any state in the union where the average
paid for wages upon products similar to
those made in Connecticut is higher than
the average wage paid in Connecticut.
"It may be of interest to note that the
number OF establishments IN Connecticut
in 1899 were 1882; salaries and wages
paid, $s5- 900. 900. The number Of estab-
lishmerts was Increased Is per cent. from
1909 to 1919, the number Of persons en-
gagged increased 80 per cent, and the
wages from 1909 to 1919 increased 172
per cent.
Connecticut ranks first among the
states in the value of products in the fur
felt hat industry, fourth in silk, sixth IN
cotton, and sixth in wooden worsted prod
ucts.
Mr.. President, 1t is true that Connectl-
cut makes about everything that is mer-
charitable. and she makes machinery for
everything that is merchantable. When
the war broke out the government took
advantage of the fact that Connecticut
was equipped to make probably greater
variety OF articles needed for war sup
| plies than any other state of her size in
! the union. 1t is a matter Of history that
| Paris would not have surrendered to Ger
many in 1914 II it had not been for mu-
| nitions made in Connecticut. Indeed sir.
a very large portion of the munitions used
| by our allies during the whole war were
made in Connecticut.
ut is easy to see that with the tre-
| mendous demand for war supplies Con-
necticut industries were prosperous for a
| time during the war; but, sir, a great
many Of our best boys were drafted and
sent to the from: and our manufacturers
were compelled to secure help where it
could be obtained and such help as It was
possible to obtain.
| After the war closed we had. as car
well be imagined. a very serious period
of depression, because the demand for
many Of our goods ceased. More than
that Germany, after the war closed, spe-
cialized in many articles which came in
direct competition with goods made in
Connecticut, especially the metal goods
all kinds Of cutlery, clocks, and sc
1ortn AS the result, our factories were
compelled either to close or work or
short time or reduce wages. There was
no alternative. 1t was true then and 4
is true today that owing to this keer
German competition many Of our factor
les were and are working on short time
Il many Of our manufacturers are making
no money, yet they are keeping their or
ganizations together and are employing
help at a loss. possibly hoping that thi
congress will have the wisdom to Civ
to her industries, and all legitimate in
dustries in the country, reasonable pro
} lection against the ruinous competition
from the low-wage countries across tn
! water"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-07-15
Shower for Miss Kathryn Palmer

Miss Kathryn 1. Palmer of Bridge
port, formerly of Norwich, was given
a miscellaneous shower by Mrs. Ash
ton Sanford in Bridgeport this week,
in recognition of Miss Palmer's APP
preaching marriage to Sumo Larson
of New York city, formerly of Bridge
port, at the historic Little Church
Around the Corner New York city
July %.
The Sanford home was appropri-
ately decorated in pink and green The
program included music and dancing
and Miss Palmer was presented with
numerous suitable remembrances OF
tn occasion. Mss Catherine Chase
making. the general address of pre-
sentation. A dainty collation. was serv-
ed. The party broke UP at a late hour
and good time was enjoyed.
Among, those present were: Mrs
Evelyn NJ. Palmer Mrs. Clarence NJ
Agard, sisters of Miss Palmer.