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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

went on his back, but on the end of
his nose was something he did not
have when he came to the farm, for
there were some crabs in the pail
and one of them had Reddy by the
tip of his nose.
Away flew Reddy Fox down the hill
and, OF course, the crab went along
too. Reddy swun his head as he
went, but the crab chung fast.
Over the stone wall Reddy jumped
and still Mr.. Crab chung on. He was
not the sort of creature you could
shake, Reddy found, though he tried
very hard to do so.
At last when Reddy came to the
tree where Mr.. Coon. lived, he called
loudly for help and down came Mr..
Coon, wondering what could be the
matter
What in the world have you on
your noseY' he asked, as he climbed
down the tree.
at is trap | get caught in up nj
the farm" groaned Reddy. 'Helr
me get it off. }"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

have cramps any more, and l can do
my homework all through the month.
] recommend your Vegetable Com
pound to my friends for female
troubles. - Mrs. DELLA SCHoLz,
1912 Salisbury St., St. Louis, Mo.
Just think for q moment. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been in use for nearly fifty years. It
is prepared from medicinal plants, by
the utmost pharmaceutical skill, and
superior methods. The ingredients
thus combined in the Compound cor
rect the conditions which cause such
annoying symptoms as had been
troubling Mrs. Scholz. The Vegeta-
bic Compound exercises a restora-
tive influence of the most desirable
character, correcting the trouble In
gentle but efficient manner.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

at is very much the sort of thing
that | expected" said he. "Of course,
we do not yet know what the relations
may have been between Alec Cunning
ham, William kirwan, and Annie Nor
rison. The result shows that the trap
was skilfully baited. ! am sure that
YOU cannot fail to be delighted with
the traces of heredity shown in the
p's and in the tails OF the g's. The
absence of the idiots in the old mans
writing is also most characteristic.
Watson, l think our quiet rest in the
country has been distinct success,
and l shall certainly return much in
yigorated 10 Baker Street tomorrow"
The End.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

"Why il is a crab" exclaimed Mr..
Coon when he was on the ground,
Come over here, Reddy, and bang it
bard against this rock"
Reddy Fox did not have 10 be told
again. lie banged it hard and cff
dropped the crab. "Mr. Man can
think of more ways to hide traps, "
he said. He had pail full of those
things and n board on top of it with
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
Auxiliary Dance at Sbellpot.

At the dance given by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Seventh Ward Ath-
letic Club in Shellpot Park last even
Ing there were more than sixty couples
present. The proceeds from the dance
will go towards the erection Of new
club house. The committee in charge
OF the affair comprised Mrs. Amos
Talley. Mrs. William Kirk. Mis-. NJ.
j. Daugherty and Mrs. James Brit
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. Kirkman

powder Stir till the brcadpieccs are
saturated with the molasses and other
ingredients, then mix in one cup of
seedless raisins. Turn the mixture
into an old one-pound baking powder
can, tie on cover with string, place
the can in a saucepan one-fourth filled
with boiling water, and LET tho water
boil up around it for two or three hours.
Serve with the following:
Hard Sauce: Mix enough brown su-
gar into two tablespoons Of butter to
make a stiff mass, flavor with pne-half
teaspoon of ground cinnamon and a
drop or two of vanilla extract. Put
on ice till cold and stiff, then serve
On the hot pudding"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

The first fail meeting of the Polly
anna Branch OF the international Sun
shine Society, Was held last night at
the home OF Mrs. Charles Lawrence.
Winter activities were planned.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
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III We can find the rest Of the paper,
we've found the murderer said Holmes.
lie went TO look the situation over.
lie met MIR. Cunningham and Nj:
Alec. Tho Inspector was about TO tell
,iicm of the scrap OF paper when Mr..
Holmes had n severe nervous attack.
lie quickly recovered and went TO look
ut the rooms OF MIR. Cunningham and
his son. lie suggested offering a re-
ward and showed one he had written,
describing the crime rs occurring at a
quarter TO one instead Of a quarter To
twelve. old Mr.. Cunningham corrected
the mistake, however. Suddenly he dis
appeared from the fathers room Father
md son rushed after him. He called for
help aud the Inspector and MIR. Hayters
rushed To his rescue. Both Cunning
hams were attacking him. They were
pulled of and Holmes asked Forester
Co arrest them for the murder. Holmes
triumphantly displayed the remainder
OF the shoe, of paper. lie promised TO
explain everything that afternoon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

"O Qo0 DoCk8Cuc
and had to 60 to
bed a. | could not
work. My mother
andmywhole fam
lily always took
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound for
such troubles and
they inducedme to
try it and it has
helped me very
rr,ch 7 don r.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
CRAMPS, PAINS
and BACKACHE.
St. Louis Woman Relieved
by Lydia E. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound

st. Louis, Mo. 81 was bothered
with cramps and pains every month
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16

Why do others use Every Evening
want ads? Because they get resultsl-
Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

Copyright 1922 by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc: N Y.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-16
Sunshine Society Meets.

The streets of Bridgehampton wer
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
Chasing the Commuter

Pity the Jersey commuter! He
pays the Federal income tax. On
the income he earns in New York he
pays the New York tax. And now a
movement is on to soak him with a
third New Jersey levy.
Both political parties of New Jer-
sey are explicitly on record against
driving out of the state by super
tax an element that adds so greatly
to Jersey prosperity, but municipal
authorities in various towns, not
satisfied with the avails of nearly a
4 per cent levy on the full value OF
the commuters house and land,
would have more funds to spend. So
they are in full cry for state in
come tax.
Unless something is done to re-
duce the rapacity Of the tax eaters
the outlook is uncheerful. What arc
the pledges Of platforms compared
with the claims of the tax hungry?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

used to a large extent By the De-
partment of Justice. 1t was built in
the feyday Of Mr.. Mullet's regime as
supervising architect of the Treas
ury, and it's banaity has long been
an offense to cultivated taste In a
decorative sense the city would be
greatly benefited by its removal and
the extension of City Hall Park
southwark to it's original limits.
The Federal government is seek
ing new site for general Federal
building. One belonging to the city
is available in the area bought as
site for the projected city court
house. In this neighborhood build
ing can be erected which will gather
together many scattered Federal
agencies here, and will also do the
Federal government vastly more
credit than Mr.. Mullet's hard and
ponderous venture in the French
Renaissance style.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

but during its existence it has sell
dom encountered legitimate criti-
cism, while its services as human
izing force for saving first and
minor offenders from becoming in-
corrigibie criminals, have been and
are of inestimable value.
Mayor Hyian's. attitude toward
thc Parole Commission and its
bead is deserving OF praise. On be-
coming Mayor he found Mr. Bert
ram Dc n. Cruger in the. place
at the head of the commission, to
which he had been appointed by
Mayor Mitchell, and, recognizing his
eminent fitness and the value Of his
work, he has wisely retained him
in it. During his first term much
pressure was brought to bear upon
the Mayor to abolish the commission
and the parole system. IT. is 70 his
credit that he has resisted this CT
fort and last week lie rcappoinSod
Mr. Crugcr to another term in the
place which he is so admirably
+. filing.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
The Old Posto@ce

The elimination of the old post
office in Park Row is to be fastened
by a Cabinet decision authorizing
the Postmaster General to under
take a real estate deal with the City
of New York. The Park Row site.
formerly the southern section Of
City Hall Park-was acquired from
the city and built on because it was
at that time the most convenient
point for handling incoming and out
going mails. 1t served what are now
Manhattan and Bronx boroughs,
then little developed above Fifty
ninth Street. 1t was close to the
steamship terminals and the ferries
to the railroad terminals ON the
Jersey side of the Hudson. The only
terminal relatively distant was the
Grand Central Station. 1t was also
accessible to the business section,
which then lay mainly between the
Battery and Fourteenth Street.
The northward growth Of the city
and the shifting of terminals have
left the old building behind. The
main postoffice is now at Thirty
second Street and Eighth Avenue, in
the rear of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Station. The Park Row struc-
ture has become branch Office, still
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
The Menace to New York

Says "The Detroit News" concern
ing the. project to divert to Montreal
by national expenditure traffic that
now finds it's way to the sea through
American ports:
"There are eighteen of the most
prosperous and productive states of
the Union that have set their hearts
on having some other outlet besides
New York for a commerce which has
become vastly too big for New York
to take care of with any speed or
tive parts of the country's popula-
tion may be pardoned some show of
resentment when New York engages in
Vigorous opposition" to one of the
greatest improvements ever under
taken by any nation, the benefits OF
which will be enjoyed not by these
eighteen states alone but by the en-
tire country"
Without going at this time into
the merits Of which route to the sea
is the better for the Great West, tho
foregoing paragraph should be in
teresting to New York. 1t suggests
the supreme folly of the city OBJ
struction of port development. I
is scarcely deniable that New York's
harbor facilities do not suffice tt
take adequate care of the presen
commerce with speed and economy
And this failure menaces the com
mercial future not only of New
York, but of all American port
from Newport News north.
1t is time for the city to wake up
The question is too important to b.
involved in the pettiness Of loca
politics.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
The Cruger Reappointment

I" would be regrettable if the
u'e OF Boldly, the negro desperate
.ua manslayer, were permitted to-
ss dlscredit upon the parole and
.s'ooatlon system. If it is strange
:aa. !. ne was ever released on parole
I" Is also strange that the courts
"sae 80 lenient with him, or that the
I'''ce and prosecuting officers failed
!, - make out stronger cases against
'' The record shows that while
- ~ was arrested eight times in less
sn Tour years he was sentenced
sA's three times. On three occa-
s"s ne was discharged by the
su''' and on the other two he was
ppafentiy released without being
arraigned.
me Parole Commission. being
''aah- Is, Of course, not infallible ;
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
Penal Methods
A New Approach to the Problem Of
Dealing With Criminals

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The long career of failure which
has distinguished the prison system
would have already ceased to be if
more than a few non-criminal ccccn
tries had ever been interested in the
subject. Punishment by prison is
nothing but the revenge Of society
upon it's enemies. It did not produce
good results when extreme severity
was applied; it is not doing much bet
ter now with paroles and leniency.
The system is wrong, proved wrong,
and most people admit it, Adolph
Lewisohn is right to advocate out
door work, medical examinations,
cleanliness and humanity, and what he
advises is the utmost we can hope for
is the way Of reform; but the system
remains the same.
Anybody may get into jail once, pos
sibly twice, but three times proclaims
him the sort Of man who cannot get
the best out of free existence with
out inconveniencing his neighbors.
One offence might be pardoned; the Sec
ond should entail some kind of disagree
able, useful service to others; but every
third conviction, for whatever reason,
should ensure that the patient is re-
moved from our midst for at least
twenty years-long enough to remake
mans habits, outlook and inmost
thought.
Isolate, under state supervision and
with every possible kind Of state as
sistance in useful directions, the men,
bers of the community who cannot get
along without crime when in condi-
tion Of promiscuous liberty. Lot
wages be the same for them as for the
free, out of which let them pay fol
board and lodging and such assistance
as they should need at reasonable
rates. would mitigate the disgrace Of
iail and institute an Order Of Eationa
Service, sufficiently attractive to in
clude voluntary members, the unsuc
cessfut those who might often sue
ceed with little sympathetic, exper
advice.
Make the criminal support himself ant
, give him everything he and we cal
afford, but do not permit him 60 shoe
the unarmed stranger and rob the mer
chant at his counter. Cloister hin
against such temptations, since he i
not sportsman enough to resist them
}, Let him neither be fattered nor hu
! inflated by seeing his name and Grim
in the newspaper; the ailing should b
I cured when possible, bnt the failures
whom we call the criminal fraternity
should softly and silently vanish away
= Let them be placed in position wher
virtue is not only merit but neces
; sity. STEPHEN HA" Eio'
: New York, Jan. 10, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
workers who will contend vocifeY-
ously that they control the votes and
need the money.
Lo! a Fresh War Cloud

Up to a few short days ago the /
ninions of peace seemed to be |
spread pTotectingly across the length i
and breadth Of this great country.
German and Austrian consulates
we've being swept and garnished
against the coming Of new occu
pants. Calfoinians beamed on the
sons of Nippon residing withip thciY
gates Not even the voice Of Sen
ator Borah disturbed the general
tranquility. And then John Barrett
jumped off a train from the West
and hurried to the White House
Bearing heavy tidings.
Mr. Barrett had not been widely
heard from since he left Che direct
crsh;p OF The n-American League
Of Nations--thc only active and
funcsioning league of. nations on
earth. But he has been none the
less busy. and busy With weighty in
vestigations. 1t is the result Of
these Investigations that he recitcd
before the Presidents startled cars,
and they contained matter for grave
! alarm.
For MIR Barrett during his period
OF apparent Quiesccncc has discov-
cred that the West has come 10 hate
he East with @ bitter and abiding
hatred lie doesn't exactly fix Me
dividing line. but we gather that Tive
people 10 the westward Of the ncril-
ian which cuts tie State OF Nc"
York in the vicinity of Buffalo are
daily hymning their hate for all who
dwell to The eastward OF the same
meridian.
They hate Eastern bankers, East.
ern business men, Eastern railroad
men, Eastern corporation directors.
They speal; Of their hatred in clubs,
in railroad smoking mpartments,
4 in business institutions. They have,
we infer from MIR. Barrett's utter
ances, come to regard the iDteres IS
Of the East and the West IS utterly
and hopclessly jrreconcilable
This is, of course, purely COM
Mercial hatred. But didn't CONNER
,ial hatreds and jcalousies play d
great part in starting the biggest
war known to history? AS a matter
Of fact, wasn't it the objection Of
the North to a certain form of COM
merce in which the South engaged
that brought on what the late Henry
Watterson called the War Of the
Sections?
Nothing has been heard from the
White House as yet, but the nation
hangs breathless over every issue
Of the morning newspapers. 1t
would be really too bad to have
another war of the sections. It
would be hard for Mr.. Harding to
have to ask Congress for authority
to arm New York Central and
B. & 0. and Pennsylvania trains
running west Of Buffalo. We have
got through one war and we don't
want to get into another. We
trust, therefore, that Mr.. Harding
who is one of the most skillful of
conciliators, will find some means of
bringing the East and the West to.
gether and persuading them to sign
binding pact of peace.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

the night. An enemy, once discovered,
should not be permitted to escape. The
attack should be vigorously pushed
One or more planes should keep in con-
slant touch with TIE enemy at night
and indicate his position by flares. 1t
must be realized that a ship is vir-
tually helpless if attacked by planes at
night. The latter cannot be seen or
heard, and can fly so low that they can
hit with certainty.
The Air Battle
This picture is not ovcrdrawn. The
inevitable domination of air power has
not been recognized. The airplane is
gun--a great gun. 1t has greater
range and is more to be feared than
the 14-inch or 16-inch guns of our
battleships and battle cruisers. The
| fifteen merchant steamers, carrying
sixty of these guns, each loaded with
two 1,100-pound bombs, n total of 1870
big shells ready to fire, and with their
magazines stored with as many addi-
tional bombs as may be required, arc a
fighting fleet! 1t is not helpless con-
voy!
Let us suppose that an enemy cruiser,
or several Of them, or even one or more
battle cruisers, should meet convoy
carrying sixty bombing planes at sea:
The cruisers, unless approximately
equal in number to the merchant ships,
could not carryssuch a battery Of long
range airplanc guns! The men-of-war
il not commanding the air could not
command the sea! Would ona or more
cruisers with small battery of arr
planes dare to attack an ovcrwhelm'
ingiy superior air force? In the air
battle before they could get near the
convoy they would face defeat and
disaster!
Viewing the airplane as gun, there
fore--the greatest gun in future wars
we must be prepared to revise our con
ceptions of sea power. If the weigh
of metal or high explosive in broad
side; if the number of great guns
with a range of 100 or 200 miles, is tt
determine the result of future battle
at sea the airplane carrier with eight.
planes will become the capital ship o
all navies, and the merchant steamc
with it's battery Of planes becomes
small airplane carrier, which can figh
on equal terms with the cruiser, who's
guns of the ordinary type will no
count because they cannot reach. TIL
"gun" of the past and present belong
to the secondary battery The bi
gun of the future is the airplane.
The full development Of the air
plane, which can now sink any typ
of ship that can be designed-battle
ship, cruiser or even the submarine
may force the following consequence
upon the world:
/. The freedom of the seas"
9. The complete protection Of a coas
against attack from overseas.
q 3. Prevent the transportation Of al
mics across an ocean.
4. Make the small, weak nations
the world immune from attack an
invasion by sea.
From a consideration and review
e the possibilities of airplane develol
ment it would appear that the scral
ping of battleships by the Washingto
conference is a mere recognition ar
forerunner of the inevitable--the dom
j. nation of air power.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

IA Il letter written TO a California
n,blisher former President Will
son says
"You are right il thinking that the
limited States was entitled to leader
shin in the League Of Nations; indeed.
he countries associated with US in the
war and the many less powerful gov
ernments which had benefited by the
results Of the war, had already ac-
corded us leadership, and the pity of
The failure Of the Senate to ratify the
Treaty Of Versailles was not only that
The nations who took part in the franz
inc OF the treaty we're denied by our
&C. the Justice they sought to secure
by its terms, but also that the United
States was deprived of the leadership
Of the world
The ex-President censures him
self Twenty of his Senate support
ers. following mis- advice, joined
Messrs. Borah and Johnson in vot-
ng to reject the treaty and thus
defeated it.
The treaty would have been ap-
proved except for the ex-President' S
alliance with the "irreconcilables'
to defeat it. If the United States
was thereby deprived of "thc leader
ship Of the world" he was the prin-
cipal agent in that deprivation. He
controlled twenty or more votes and
pumped them against ratification
with the reservations which the
other nations would have been glad
10 accept.
There was an element in the SEN
ate which didn't want America to
accept world leadership. 1t was led
by Messrs. Johnson and Borah.
These gentlemen shrank, in fact,
from any sort of association for
world purposes with other nations.
They still adhere to that policy. They
are now opposing the four-power Pa
clfic league. Mr.. johnson now says
that "the man in the street voted by
seven million majority to keep this
country out Of entangling alliances.
Is Mr.. Wilson's letter to be read as
indicating he again marches with
Johnson and Borah and is working
upan alliance with them?
Mr.. johnson is inaccurate. He has
forgotten completely the Republican
platform of 1920, which said:
THE Republican party stands fo
agreement among the nations to pre-
serve the peace of the world.
And we pledge the coming Republican
Administration to such agreement witt
the other nations of the world as shal
meet the full duty of America to civ
uzation ard humanity, in accordanc
: With American ideals, and without sur
nndering the right cf the America
People to exercise its judgment an
rs power in favor of justice an
kace."
Mr.. Borah and Mr.. johnson hav
zone what they could to negativ
als ideal. But they could not hav
prevented ratification of the Vel
alles Treaty if Mr.. Wilson had no
"perated with them. They can
ow defeat another league unless MI
"hson again cooperates with then
y ne again to talk of world leader
'"p and then by acts hamstrin
~sctlcal measures making for sue
ssdership?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
Fire and Glass

from Tho CeNtxtJ)
THE thistly yellow flame flows up like
= water.
The dusk brick glows.
Fashion the rope-like glass; your lip
can blow 1t
To a vase like ross,
To goblet curved like wave, with
stem like lily.
Glass can be spun
To Trailer lace than the cobwebs brown
old spiders
Weave in the sun.
Not pure gold ingots nor al! tho renown
Of iron
Nor the blnshing brand
Nor cracking cataracts Of molten metal
Kissing the sand
So praise this cleanly and bewildsrcd
fury
Potent to shape
Emerging contours scintillant as dia-
mond,
Smooth as the grape.
o self-consuming sun, the dew-on-the-
gossamer's
Delicate CLINT!
What symmetries, petaled and pearled
and fragile as flowers.
Take form and tint
From the fierce, unslakable thirst ard
famine of fire
Cold stars controll
Even thus, o Love, through the blood's
rebuked rebellion.
!. Thus my soul!
WILLIAM ROSE BENET.