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The Washington times., 1923-07-16
SOC Famous Tape-Edge
W/hlte Chiffon POLES
Full 40 Inches S/OO
Wide. Special at NV

Women long accepted this beautiful Tape Edge White
Wolfe as one OF the best wearing fabrics ana epeca
desirable for its washing and qualities Extra 1ne'
sheer wopy grade with soft clngng chiffon finish snow
white beached and rong durable 40 inches VIDE
The Washington times., 1923-07-16

Csc II 0 M e s p u n
Ratine, 39G-36-inch
Homespun Ratine, an
ideal cotton fabric
for suits and dresses;
in gray, tan, copen,
brown, jade, Alice,
navy, russell and
black; stylish basket
weave quality.
The Washington times., 1923-07-16

SOC Crepe, $780,
inch Canton Crepe, high-grade
cotton fabric, in wanted street
and evening shades.
soc Rdtinspum, 1914
yarn mercerized crepe weave
cotton fabric, so much in de-
mand for summer frocks; all
wanted shades, also black; SO
inches wide.
The Washington times., 1923-07-16
Have Chance For Tests.

Defeat of Volstead and the death
Of Nelson will bring "wets" into
the chairmanships of the two judi
ciary committees. Their presence
at least will insure the vets an
"even chance" in getting proposed
modifying legislation before the
The Washington times., 1923-07-16

SA0OA4s II IL AAA "VNV1A1 04ASN4
MS and many, many dis
iced wash fabrics. Every
ches wide.
les, 44c
designs Of dots, figures and
a distinctive appearance. War
See window display.
75c Striped Voiles, 45&
Beautiful new Satin-striped
Voiles, fine two-ply quality,
with pure silk satin stripes;
plain black and white; SO m.
wide.
69c SaOiss Organdy,
59c-45-inch Imported Swiss
Organdy, an extra fine, sheer,
transparent, permanent finish
grade, with cobweb fineness;
all wanted colors.
The Washington times., 1923-07-16
For Big Girls
6 to IA Years

Mothers will welcome this opportunity to pur-
chase such beautiful dresses these, at this
extremely low price. Not skimpy cut dresses, but
made on generous lines. Good quality ginghams, in
checks and plain colors Some with pretty stitch
ngs, in straight-line and waist models All guar
anteed fast colors.
81 Summer Dresses, S4f-Little Girls Summer
models with white ogandy
collar and cuffs; sizes 2 to
81 Dresses, 79f-BGby Dresses, of fine ,1UIite NAM
low neck models sleeves and skirts trimmed with
embroidery; sizes 1 and 2 years
Baby Dresses $1-Of sheer crossbGrred neusln; LoaU
insertions; hens sizes
/
Goldenberg's-Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1923-07-16
Costume Slips
.S1.l0 each

WoGaea's Costume Slips, Of
white and gray sateer; soft Ius-
trous finish quality; double
shoulder straps; all sizes and
full lengths; just what you need
to wear under the new summer
frock
Goldenberg's-Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1923-07-16
81 Imported
Earrings, 48c

Imported Rhinestone Earrings,
stylish rhinestone, ball style,
with silver-plated mountings.
GOldenberg's-FirSt Floor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12

another branch Of the government into
which the probe Ia to DO forced deep.
IL was stated yesterday this depart
mcnt IL asking FOR an appropriation
of $4,000 n year to he continued for
forty years, as this In thA ert mated cpst
of unkcep III state highways and tho
life OF such roads as have been con-
s,ructed la estimated at forty years.
The Legislators could not believe this
big appropriation yearly for such n
long time could be correct but they
will have It Strengthened out when
the highway officials get before the
budget committee.
The county engineer Of New Castle
county is another official the commit
tee IL anxious To hear from. II was
openly asserted Mt yesterdays mee,
ing that this Official Ia paid too much
fof the work he does.
As the budget COMMITTEES gets its
program of hearings made up am,
actually gets under way with its state.
wide quiz II becomes more and more
evident that the most interesting de.
velopments here are not going to h.
in the Senate or House but at tn,
committee hearings OF tho severa
Estate departments and officials. The,
are 60 he open 20 tho public and, n,
doubt. tho daily audiences will be wei
repaid for the trouble they may talk
to attend them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12

there Will he lively debate when the
time comes To settle tho matter on
tho floor OF cach house.
The committee completed Its sched-
ule for the hearing Of tho vari-
Qua state officials and commissioners
and none Of them will escape tho very
complete quizxlng which ie to no pre-
pared for them. Those officials Va"
appear will not be permitted 10 90
more than answer the questions TO DO
put to them for tho time allotted each
department IL not long enough TO per-
nit OF any debating.
The Americanizatton classes under
tho school System IL goinr 80 % put
under tho inquisitorial gl,1s al ne
budget committee. also the vocational
training department for tho latter
was termed yesterday n joke in inc
school system. Some fireworks moy
be expected when officials Of the Uni
verwity Of Delaware appears on ths
carpet and more sparks viii fly wher
the Industrial accident board ofiicia1s
are heard. II was asserted yestcrda,
that last year these officials who are
paid $4,000 n year held but fourteen
meetings during the entire year.
bill In now before tho Senate TO re
duce thedr salaries TO $1,000.
One thing was developed yes,er
day afternoon but about which few
II any. of tho members appeared 4
have very definite knowledge. AM
that was tho statement that In III
Farmers Bank at Dover there is Ct
deposit sl,soo,ooo OF state funds 81
which the state is paid per cent in
terest but which this bank uses an
on which Z, derives per cent IL no
6 per cent. II was asked II this b
80. why this money Is not investe
for the State that the state itsc
might derive the benefit OF the increas
ed interest. This subject is TO be IN
vestigatod and the state Treasure
will be asked 10 explain when he
called before the coipmittee.
The State Highway Department
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12
sky WRITING STUNT
SCHEDULED FOR Jan. z
Major Savage. Daring Pilot.
Traces Two Words With
Eight Miles Of Smoke Trail.

Among the 100 or moro cities Of THE
part of the country In which me new
aeroplane stunt of 'eky-writing" IL
to be performed Wilmington Ia down
for a demonstration on January %.
weather conditions permitting.
The originator OF the new md apec-
tacular performance In Major J. &.
Savage of London. England. and he
comes here under n contract with the
American Tobacco Company In the
interest OF on advertising campaign
featuring LUCKY strike brands of
smoking tobacco.
The "sky-writing" will be done ut ~
altitude OF 10000 feet. Letters viii
be from one-half mile 20 one mil,
high and the length OF the mans
Lucky Strike" for instance. VIII b'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12
OPEN HEARINGS OF
BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL Be LIVELY
Nc state OFFICIAL or Department
- gsoaps Very Thorough
Cunning.
MEANINGS BEGIN MONDAY
apeeoal pIepatch From Every Evenings
Stan Correspondent.
Dy w. J. Mcvey.

state ispuss, Dover. Jan. I3.-Dur~
ING sAs msstinG yesterday afternoon
Of tss Senate finance committee and
shs Houss committee on ap?ropria-
t,crs which. Jointly. hAs como 10 be
known - the BUDGET committee ana
60 which tho Republican Minority
mssnbsra, apparently. take pleasure
In referring a. the ripper" commit
tee hscauss q she proposed general
cutting In salaries and appropriations
m all ksats dsrAs<ments ard commits
s,cnA, a rather violent outbreak oc-
crrr~i when the members vct down
- he question OF whs'he' the state
Hoard Ct Agriculture ahou.d he sum
incnsd 20 appear to v,vc 81 nvcount-
ine II its Stewardship OF State funds.
Under this division In tho BUDGET
there In sought an appropriation cor
tho two state fairu. one he'd at Har-
rington for Kent and Sussex counties
and the other n, Els,nere fer New
Castle county. These two private
corporations have been receiving ap-
preparations from the state. Kent
county fair 80. 900 and tho Now Castle
county fair e,ooV.
Representative Charles S.~Isdnum
Republican, OF wtiu,n xton, question
I'll tn. right Of ttc sta;c - appropriate
20 either cf them any sum wbatcve,
On the ground that the constitution
specifically prohibits tho giving 81
STATE funts ,o sny private corporation
Senator Char es n. Murphy Democrat
6 Harrington. took issue with Repre-
sentative Icdnum AMI cNerded thu
apprupriatRpe. lie s.a.s1 he Will ~
tr~~iuo~ Inns. however. rsiucing thu
k~ut fair appropriation to 81 90 ans
the t,su~re snir Appropriation Z
5000.
The twc Legislators waved loud an,
hot IN their debate. Senator MURPHY
contcrdAns Il wa money we'll spsn
Tor the fost~tpN ~ agriculture. an
Representative l>~inum arguing n
matter what she cause. sod or Ind
n w~s unlawful, because IN, conetiiu
sicn forh1ds 10. The QUESTION remain
unsettled and will not h, dsnnitel
determined until the agricu.turS boar
10 called for hearing before tn
committee.
The rural m~snb~ap % the begis,a
ture ccntss,ded. NJ 'eNs, some ~ then
that ma farmer R~ts no hroent fror
thee snts funds given the fair sssc
csatioaa Ore member openly assert
al ne has viaSrd tho fAirs and sfts
pavinU a bsx admission fss. ell
Ossh - w~s midway SHOVE with ~
nsehee exerNnttise - rnerncxW OF IN
fNmeis SCI - the cutstandius o.
TRACTION. tc9vfher with many faNe,
and ncrss sneing.
Many 81 the rnsmherW az cot
S~anchee Openly cprcsed the cont,n,
anee o. these Appropriations 10 II
fair associations and IL IN believe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12

Reasons why new trial should be
granted to Daniel Bednum. convicted
late "wednesday I'm General Sessions
court on charge OF indecent con
duct with "A small girl. will bc filed
Monday, former Judge y. Frank Ball
counsel for Lcdnum. said yesterday
Bednum was convicted on tho charge
after the jury had celebrated foi
more than Ave hours.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12

about eight miles Tho writing Is
done by machines moving nj an aver
age speed OF 100 miles per hour. the
up strokes at 90 miles per hour, 'he
down strokes ut 100 miles per hour'
and the writing being done In reverse
and backward. that In. the 1aet letter
first. The writing cnn be read Tor n
diameter distance of ten miles.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12
blinded by Electric Glare,

While working at tho Chester Ship
building Co. Mt Chester. Pa. yester-
day. Joseph A. Nelson. OF Marshall
ton. wnS partially blinded by tho light
from an electric welding machine. lie
was brought 20 this city and treated
at tho Homeopathic Hospital. His
condition IL not serious.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-12
John II. NcCrnckcu Improves

Improvement is reported In the con-
dition ~ John II. McCrarken. assist
and trca surer Of the Wilmington Trust
Co. who underwent an operation Mt
the University OF Pennsylvania Hos
pltal. Philadelphia. several months
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
SUGAR INDUSTRY IN FILMS
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Shows Process on Motion
Picture Screen.

Raising cane" and then crushing
the Juice out of 1t aud making 1t into
white graduated sugar is one of the
latest subjects to be portrayed on the
educational motion picture screen by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. The new film is titled Sugar
Cane and Cane Sugar" 1t is n reel
long.
Cultural processes from replanting
preparations to the laying by" of the
cane when 1t has grown big enough to
take care of itself are shown in the
early scene Harvesting the crop,
stripping, cutting and hauling to the
sugar factory are depicted. The fac
tory scenes include the various steps
In the manufacture and refinement of
g~ranulated sugar, from the crushing
of the cane between huge corrugated
steel crushers to the bagging and bar
reling of the finished product.
The film was made in Louisiana,
where nine-tenths of Americas $780,
000-ton cane sugar crop is produced.
The bureau of chemistry and plant In
dustry co-operated in producing the
film.
Sugar Cane and Cane Sugar. will
be loaned, free, except for transporta-
ton which borrowers will be required
to pay both ways. Authorized persons
and institutions may purchase prints
at the manufacturing cost.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
EGG TREE AMAZES MOTORISTS
1t Is in Plain Sight From a New York
State Highway, and Seems
Natural Curiosity.

Diligent search by an inquisitive
office boy has failed to reveal any
reference + the egg tree mthe hotan-
ical catalogue, but upon good authori-
~ this unusual object can be seen
any day along the state highway be
tween Schenectady and Amsterdam,
according to the New York Sun and
Globe.
A peculiar feature of this egg tree
is that it blooms continuously from
January to December with a fruit in
the shape of real hens eggs and a
shell of the same hardness, But there
is a big difference, as the shells on
the tree are hollow. They have been
stuck on the branch of a common pine
tree by the hand of Grandmother
Brown rather than Mother Nature.
The egg tree is one of the chief
pleasures in life for Grandmother
Brown. When her daily chores are
done. the white-haired old lady
stealthily crosses the macadam road
to add a few empty egg shells to the
crop already apparently growing on
the pine tree. Then she retrsces her
steps and sits down in her comfort
able porch chair TO watch the aston
ished passerby and maybe to chuckle
softly TO herself when they step for a
closer look at another freak Of ma
ture."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
NAMES OF MARRIED WOMEN
New Light-Right to Perma-
nent Appellation.

The special demand of women for a
permanent name of their own is wholly
right, and has no faintest bearing on
the matter of sex misconduct. In the
old days when women had no social
relationship whatever, and were to be
distinguished only by which man they
belonged to, as with a slave or a dog.
1t would have seemed absurd for them
to claim a permanent name. Any
question about them was not "Who Is
she?" but Whose is she?"
Now, however, as women enter into
one profession after another, really
counting in social relationship, 1t Is
necessary to know them by name.
Moreover, it increasingly often occurs
that a woman may make a name for
herself perhaps more widely known
than that of her husband, so that he
is disrespectfully spoken of as Mr..
Jane Smith" Mrs. John Smith we
have not thought ignomlnlous, but
"Mr. Jane" we do. So the man whose
name is, % TO speak, taken away from
him, becomes willing that his wife
should have one of her own-and leave
him his writes Charlotte Perkins Gill
man IN Current History.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Irrigation by Ice.

Anew Texas scheme proposes a rife
to fire a series of ice bullets int the
soil. Each bullet is directed into tile
root-system of an individual plant or
cluster of plants. The machine itself
will be adjusted on a tractor contaiH-
ing a refrigerator that will keep e
perpetually loaded w.lh ice-ssusa
When thu ice-siue SA-A H.
near the root Of the plant it via pres
entity melt. 10 ordinary irrigation me
greater part of the water finds iodgr
ment at a distance from the plant root
and either soaks into the egrth at
e~vaporates into the air. The new piaH
will prevent this waste. The chief
drawback will be the high est Of
manufacturing the ice.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Peace at Anv Price.

Two women in a train coach argued
concerning the window, and at last
one of them called the conductor.
IF this window is OPEN" she de-
clared, II shall catch cold and will
probably die"
IF the window is shut" the other
announced, Il shall ~suffocate."
The two glared at each other.
The conductor was at a loss, but he
welcomed the words of a nan who sat
near. These we're: First, open the
window. That will kill one. Next,
shut it. That will kill the other. Then
we can have peace"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Ingenious.

Private Blimp was a modest and
sensitive man, who dreaded a rebuff.
He had fallen desperately in love
with the prettiest girl within a mile
of the camp, but hesltated proposing
for fear she would turn him down. AT
last. when he could stand the suspense
no longer. he was struck by an lnspi-
ration. Hastily seizing a pen, he
wrote her an anonymous letter asking
her to marry him.-American Legion
Weekly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
AdVerse Fate.

Dean Smaller Mathews of the Chica.
go university divinity school said at a
luncheon:
THE game Of golf has done our
health a great deal of good, bur il has
done our churches a great deal OF
harm. The other sunday a young bust
ness man did not turn up at his golf
club till nearly cor.
What makes you so late. George?
they asked him.
"'Well TO tell you the truth, George
answered. ii was a tossuP whether
should play golf or go TO church. Then.
after a pause, he added. and I had &c
toss up nineteen times. by jingor'"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
As a Last Resort,

In a class Of Greek history at an
Indianapolis school recently a youth
was asked to tell the story of the bat
tie of ~Thermopylae.
The lad had unusual descriptive abil-
ity and he proceeded into the story
with great zest. None of the detail
was left out. The heroic stand was
described as few others could do.
and they fought and fought and
fought" said the pupil. They fought
until they lost their arms. Then they
used their hands. indianapolis News.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
NAMING Of SLEMP
| WAS A SURPRISE
CAPITAL coRREsPoNDENTsWERE
ALL SURE CLARK WOULD BE
SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT.
WHAT APPOINTMENT MEANS
Coolidge Apparently Selected Vireinian
Because He Wanted a Political Ad-
viser-Former Congressman Well In.
formed and Without Party Enemies.
BY EDWARD 3. A

Washington. Newspaperdom In
Washington gets a blow to that pos
session which high-browed gentlemen
sometimes speak of as amour propre.
There was not a newspaper correspond
ent In this town who had any thought
whatsoever that any man other tlan
edward L. Clark was to be appointed
as secretary to the President.
Ii follows just as thunder ONE
after lightning, therefore, that there
a a distinct surprise and something
Of chagrin, because no M had guessed
1t, when the announcement was made
at the White House that former Repre-
sentative Campbell Bascom Slemp of
virginia had been appointed secre-
tary to the President and had accepted
the office.
1t is, of course, impossible always TO
analyze correctly the motives of men.
but h politicians in Washington, aota-
bly, those members of the two political
parties who are charged with the work
of directing campaigns, think that en-
ployment of Mr.. Slemp means Presi-
dent Coolidge wants a political adviser
as well as a private secretary and that
he wants one who was not raised in
the New England school and has not
been an active participant in political
dealings in any section of the country
In which there are party troubles. OF
course there may be Republican trou-
bles in the place in Virginia from
which Mr.. Slemp comes, but they are
Isolated and local. Campbell B. Slemp
knows the political situation in all
parts of the United States as they af-
feet the Republican party and its aims,
but from the beginning he has been
no party to the differences between
the factions, wherever they may have
had their being.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

thick formed on shallow ponds. An.
other report declares that a great
many head of stock persisted. In mid
die and northern New England crops
Of all sorts were severely injured or
destroyed. In the middle Atlantic
states there was great damage.
The cause of the cold spell is
thought to have been the great amount
of volcanic dust that filled the air, in
tercepting the heat of the sun. The
years 1s12-1S16 were years of great
volcanic activity. A sdust haze inter
cepts a great deal Of the suns beat.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Clark Is the Private Secretary.

Edward T. Clark will remain as
President Coolidge's personal private
secretary There are some politicians
here who see in the dual arrangement
a condition necessary for the PreSi-
dent, if he has further political ambi-
tons. Mr.. Clark knows all about the
party troubles in New England. He
was for years the secretary to Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. New England is
likely to make Calvin Coolidge its ia.
vorite son candidate for the presidency.
Mr.. Clark will fit into the personal sec
retaryship situation admirably or, at
least, so it would seem.
In the other and outer office. the
more public office, Mr.. Slemp will be
In evidence. He knows every member
of either house of congress. He knows
all the governors of states, Democratic
or Republican, and he knows probably
what they have been thinking about
politically for the last decade.
In other letters from Washington
something was said about former Pres
ident Harding's office aids. 1t was said
specifically hat Mr.. Harding had IA
public secretary and also what in the
most specific sense can be called a pri-
vate secretary. One was George b.
Christian and the other Judson c. Wei
liver. 1t would seem today that Calvin
Coolidge may take a leaf out of the
book of his predecessor. If he tries
to carry out the Harding policies he
will take many leaves out of that book
but the one leaf mentioned is a per-
sonal and private leaf, a perusal of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
1900 and Froze to Death

The year 1916 has gone down In
history as the year of 1880 and froze
to DEATH" Not much authentic infor-
nation exists concerning it. A para
graph il Thompson's History of Yer-
mont declares that frosts occurred
every month of the summer and that
snow fell every month Of the year.
June S snow fell TO a depth of five or
six inches. and ice nearly half IN inch
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
To Remove Dust From Clock.

1t is not always necessary to take
a clock to pieces to clean it. Soak
a piece of cotton wool in paraffin, place
this in a tin lid or small saucer and
put 1t in the case of the clock under
the works. In a day or two it will
have attracted ell the dust which has
impeded the movement of the clock.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Freshen a Heavy Skin

With the ~antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes super1uous.
One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment, Observation-Disclosures.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Has No Enemies in Party

More nearly than any other man per-
haps who readily can be named, Mr..
Slemp stands as the figure of one who
knows all about 1t but who has aroused
no animosities by knowing all about 1t.
He never was a neutral probably as
between Republican factions In any
section of the country, but it Is certain
that in his capacity as a member of
the Republican national committee,
and in his political work generally, he
never has been active on one side or
the other in any trouble between the
factions of his party in any state ex.
cept his own, and Republicanism in
Virginia IS not strong. He has made
M party enemies East, West or
North.
Will Fl. Hays, who was chairman Of
the Republican national committee in
1920 and as such directed the victor
ious Harding campaign, leaned upon
Committeeman Slemp for advice upon
important matters affecting not Mr..
Slemp's home state, but other states.
Mr.. Hays apparently recognized the
value of Mr.. Slemp as an observer who
was disinterested as between warning
cliques and who, therefore, could be
depended upon to give unprejudiced
counsel.
All of the Washington newspaper
correspondents, or virtually all of
them, know Mr.. Slemp. He has been
n conspicuous figure about Republican
headquarters In Washington, New York
and Chicago for some years and, more
over, he was exceedingly prominent in
congress, not only because of his legis-
lative %endeayors but owing to the fact
that he was the only Republican repre-
sentative in the house from the state
of Virginia and one of only three or
four Republicans TO represent southern
dist riots