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Smyrna times., 1923-03-14
LAST FRIDAY AT CENTURY CLUB
Interesting Program Given Which was
Closed by Mrs. H. d. BOyer's Address

Closed by Mrs. H. D. BOyer's Address
The program of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club for March 9th, opened with
singing the Club song of 1923. A very
interesting Current Event" program
followed. A short paper on General
News" by Miss Anna Hough. In
"News in Literature" Mrs. E.W. Daw-
son emphasized the new and unusual
in the writer's of the present and in
their writings. Mrs. H. C. Webb de-
lighted all with her choice selections
in "News in Art and Music" Piano
solo, "The Last Hope" (Gottschalk ,
Mrs. L. NJ. Price. Mrs. H. D. Boyer
closed the program with a splendid
address on "Our Constitution" The
program of March 16, is in charge of
Mrs. J. P. Hoffecker, chairman of
Education. DIR. H. " Holloway, Del
aware State Superintendent of Educa-
tion, will address the Club on "Edu-
cational Legislation"
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14
PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING

Finest work guaranteed. Prices
right. Leave orders with Mrs. Marion
COverdale, Smyrna, Del, or write L.C.
Dunn. Box SO6, Dover, Del.
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PLANTS FOR SALE

Moore's Early Grape Vines, Straw
berries, all the best varieties, Aspar-
agus Roots. Grown by
]. D. SCOUT,
SmYrna. Del.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hanratty have
discontinued farming. Being unable
to get a house they have taken a suite
of rooms at the home of Mrs. Annie
Donovan on West Street.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14

Miss Webb of Henderson, Nd, will
finish out the school term of Mrs.
Katherine Heite, resigned.
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FARM FOR SALE

247 Acres, good land, 6 miles west
of Clayton, new buildings, Church and
school at gate.
G. LESLIE GOODEN, Dover
Inquire of Geo. w. Cunning, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14

Mrs. W. D. King, Mrs. P. R. Smith,
Mrs. Joseph Miller, Mrs. Sidney
Brown, Charles A. Brown, Linwood
Clark and Rev. Hadaway attended a
session of the NJ. P.'s held in Sails
bury, Md, Monday.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14
18th Day Of March, A. D., 1928

At l O'Clock p. m.
the premises on Frazier Street in the
Town of Smyrna. Kent County and State of
Delaware, the following personal property,
tO-wit:
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Lot of Kitchen Furniture Bed Room Suits
Beds and Bedding. Carpets, Rugs. Parlor Suit
Feather Beds, Mattresses. Tables, Dishes.
Cook Stove. Coal Stoves, Oil Stove. and lot
of other things too numerous to mention.
Lot Of Canned Goods.
Terms of ale:-Cash
JOHN N. COOK,
Administrator of Annie Cook, deceased.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14

Personals.-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bak-
er and their children, Carl and Kath-
crime are spending this week with re-
latives in Shippenburg, Pa.-Joseph
Hazel and his sons, Elmer and Ben
jamin spent Sunday with his brother,
Ollie Hazel and family in Cheswold.-
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jerman and
their sons, Bill and Charles were mo-
tor guests of relatives in Philadelphia
over the week-end.-Robert COppage
has returned to his home in Camden
n. j., after spending the week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Cop
page.-Mrs. Sallie w. Downing ha.
returned from a two weeks visit will
her children, Bea Carl and Lawrence
Downing in New York City.-Mrs
Mildred Matthews has been entertain
ing Mrs. Cora Ryan of Ridley Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Husbands and Mrs. MAY
Paige, of WilmingtOn.-Mr. and Mrs
Benjamin COverdale and their children
Ralph, Paul and Junior were motto
guests of relatives in Philadelphi;
over the week-end.-Mrs. Mildred Vai
Pelt, of Wilmington, is the guest O
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Van Pelt.-Nel
son Sanborn, of Wilmington, is spend
ing this week with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Macklin.-Mr. DOckerty, Of vii
mington, is spending this week witt
his sister, Mrs. w. T. Dayett.-Leol
Davis, of Wilmington is visiting hi
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
Jenkins.-Mrs. w. S. Collision visite
her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Crozier i
Philadelphia last week.-Mr and Mr..
o. B. Warren and thei children, Hele
James and Robert were present at tn
family dinner given in honor of Mr.:
Robert Warren's fifty-third birthday
at Glendale last week.-Mrs.. Jac
johnson has been a Philadelphia an
Wilmington visitor this week.-Mrs.
William H. Tompson is the guest @
Mrs. John Thompson at Cheswold.
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Donald Middleton has moved with
his family to Marcus Hook, where he
has secured a position.
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Administrator Sale
OF
Personal Property

The undersigned Administrator of ANNIE
COOK. deceased, will sell at public auction or
vendue on the
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Trinity Church School at 2.3O p. m.
on Sunday next. EvensOng and ser
mon at $50. The Lenten service fol-
next week will be changed to Wednes-
day, and will be Ltany and Sermon.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14
CLAYTON

Donald Middleton has moved with
his family to Marcus Hook, where he
has secured a position.
Miss Webb of Henderson, Nd, will
finish out the school term of Mrs.
Katherine Heite, resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hanratty have
discontinued farming. Being unable
to get house they have taken suite
of rooms at the home of Mrs. Annie
, Donovan on West Street.
Mrs. w. D. King, Mrs. P. R. Smith,
Mrs. Joseph Miller, Mrs. Sidney
Brown, Charles A. Brown, LinwoOd
Clark and Rev. Hadaway attended a
session of the NJ. P.s held in Sails
bury, Nd, Monday.
Trinity Church School at 2.30 p. M,
on Sunday next. EvensOng and SER
mon at $50. The Lenten service for
next week will be changed to Wednes-
day, and will be Litany and Sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis gave an
evening company in honor of Their
sons sixteenth birthday. Those pres
ent were: Mrs. Frank Savins, Mrs
Ella Montague, Mrs. H. H. Sevil, Miss
Elsie R. Allen and Mr.. R. H. Hollett
The Y. P. BIS were delightfully."- en-
tertained Tuesday evening of las
week by William Elf at his home OF
Railroad avenue. An enjoyable even
ing was spent and refreshments wer,
served, the occasion rounding out th'
first year of its organization.
The people of Clayton who packe,
Ewells NJ. P Church to its capacit,
are still talking about the recent Mos
Concert. The program consisted 0
several musical numbers which wer
executed in a manner pleasing to a
present as was also the reading b
one of the company. 1t would be yer
difficult to select any one number t
praise above the others. But the play
ing of two cornets at one time, thoug
a very difficult task, was accomplishe
to the delight and pleasure of all pre-
ent. The Moss family will be lOI
remembered by the people of this V
cinity as an up to date company of e
tertainers, and should they return
our town they will receive a cordi
welcome.
Smyrna times., 1923-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis gave an
evening company in honor of their
sons sixteenth birthday. Those pres
ent were: Mrs. Frank Savins, Mrs.
Ella Montague, Mrs. H. H. Sevil, Miss
Elsie R. Allen and Mr.. R. H. Hollett.
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RElfEIME SNI1QIEC By Thornton
DAO Il l1v1L ~ O1lILC W. Burgess.

is what q man who flies one Of these
machines is called. to keep things in.
Danny darted in. My. how scared he
was!
He'll go away soon. and then Ill
get out and go home" he kept say
ing over and over to himself to keep
his courage up"
But the man didn't go away. Danny
could hear him doing things about
that man-bird. BY and by he got his
courage up enough to peep out. The
man was still there. He was work
ing around the airplane, but he was
not in it, Danny tried to get up
courage enough to scramble out. But
he couldn't do it. Every time he al
would move in his direction and
Danny would dart back out Of sight.
Then Danny discovered that Farmer
Browns boy was also there.
How Danny did wish he had needed
Nanny Meadow Mouse and had kept
away from that man-bird. But he
was there and now there was no
help for It. He was in fix. He was
in a dreadful fix. But 1t was moth
ing to the fix he discovered himself
there was a terrible roar. The man
bird began to shiver and shake. The
noise frightened Danny so that he
squeaked aloud. But no one heard
him. That terrible noise quite
drowned out Danny's pitiful little
squeak.
For couple of minutes Danny was
so frightened that he couldn't have
run to save his life. Then he made
up his mind that in spite of every
thing he would get out of there.
He started to run out of that tiny
cupboard, but just then that mas
climbed into the mRn-bird and this
frightened Danny back. Danny felt
that man-b bird begin to move swiftly.
What did It mean? What was going
to happen7 -,re
Copyright. 1923, by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1923-11-07

The shingle oak is in class with
the willow oak in that its leaves are
smooth margined instead of being
indented and shaped in various ways,
as are those of the other oaks.
Those unfamiliar with trees often
refuse to recognize this tree as an
oak until they see the acorns on
the branches or on the ground be-
meath. 1t is a beautiful ornamental,
and is hardy as far north as central
New England, though the center OF
it's range is about the junction Of
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. from
here ranging north to Michigan and
Pennhylvania, south to Georgia and
Alabama; rare in the east. In Wash
ington 1t is sparingly planted. There
are some in Rock Creek Park. The
tree illustrated is several hundred
yards south of the State, War and
Navy building.
The usual height of this oak is
fifty to sixty feet, though specimens
may be found in southern Illinois
and Indiana reaching a height of 100
feet. with a trunk diameter of three
feet; in youth with broad, pyramidal
head, in old age developing into a
broad, open-topped tree. The bark Is
pale, dull brown and scaly, shallowly
Insured into wide, fiat ridges. The
leaves bear striking resemblance to
those Of the mountain laurel and the
tree is known to many as the laurel
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manufacturers into q newer form, in
which three plate holders, all on the
same level, are presented to the guest.
1t used to be somewhat embarrassing
to give the top shelf the once over,
and then glance tentatively at the
lower plates, as If to see whether
some more delectable dainty might
not be found there. The circumspect
guest was apt to help herself to the
top plate only, thereby missing some
goody that was hidden modestly on
a lower floor.
The three sided muffin stand of this
year-sometimes ii has only two
side -by-side plates instead of three
is apt to hold one plate of cheese
wiches, and one of luscious cakes, al
though this is varied by such tea
accompaniments, as Err glish mullins.
Scotch scones, cinnamon or nutmeg
toast, savory rounds of whole wheat
or rye bread spread with anchovy or
caviar, thin bread and butter rolls,
or sweets in the form of tiny cakes,
macaroons, brownies. or some glori-
fed kind of cookie. Moist cakes with
oozing filings should never be served
at the tea hour, as they make the
fingers sticky. even if they do not
actually drip upon the gown.
Sometimes one of the trio OF plates
contains bonbons or salted nuts;
sometimes the sugar, lemon, cream.
and glass of mint sprfgs occupy
one of the spaces, and the stand may
be placed in the center of group
and left there. The lower shelf is
either filled with bowl of fruit or
left vacant. so that empty cups may
be set upon il. thus avoiding a trip
to the tea table in case no servant
is present.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Present-Day Raincoat Materials
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

American women have a way OF
disregarding the element of inciem-
ent weather when planning their
wardrobes. When storms ana SHOWS,
rains and sleets do come we regard
them as rather outside the general
scheme Of things. AS much as possi-
BILE we try to proceed as TX there
were no such thing as bad weather.
The old-fashioned woman carried
an umbrella and wore a rainooat
when the sky was lowering as
sort Of talisman to keep off bad
weather. The girl of today acts
very much as If she felt that to go
prepared for rain were to precipitate
the moisture into a real downpour.
Not so the English girl. She, In
fact, tries to have two raincoats--
mackintoshes as she calls them-one
for every day and one for best. d.
The everyday one she speaks OF
as a practical mud -colored affair"
The other is of waterproof SILK
crepe de chine with cape at the
back, made of some bright color,
orange or lemon yellow, jade green
or royal blue.
These gay raincoats do not ap-
peal very strongly to American
women. The bright -colored oilskins
that first attracted attention about
half a dozen years ago never mace
the strong appeal that We seemed
to expect For the present the smart
choice seems to be II coat OF some
sort of impermeahle wool--a coat
that is useful and appropriate Tor
any sort of wear when sturdy WOOL
coat might be needed
a favorite raincoat with French
women consists of Il we'll cut hut
roomy coat OF black satin with cire
finish worn with a hat OF the same
waterproefed satin. Seemingly there
is no limit to the list of materials
which may be waterproofed or made
impermeable. one little ainy-day
jacket and hat made in Paris is of
gray velour-waterproofed or course
trimmed with red embroidery: and
there is nothing at all new in the
raincoats of white crepe de chine of
the waterproof sort.
tCopyright. 1881
Evening star., 1923-11-07

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Danny Is Caught In a Bad Fix
The thing that easiest is to do
May be the thing that's wrong for you.
-nannv Mosdovuv Mo,,sa

The thing that easiest is to do
May be the thing that's wrong for you.
Danny Meadow Mouse.
The airplane, which the little peo-
pie of the Green Forest call a man
bird, remained on the Green Meadows
near the home of Danny Meadow
Mouse all night. Early the next
morning Danny Meadow Mouse stole
away when Nanny wasn't watching
and hurried over to the man-bird.
He licked his lips as he ran. He
was thinking of the feast he had
found in there the night before. He
wasn't in the least afraid. When he
reached the man-bird he wasted no
time. He climbed up into 1t and at
once hurried to the feast he had
found there the night before. You
remember that he had found two
sandwiches there.
At once, Danny began to stun HIM
self. Yes, sir. he began to stun him
self. He was piggish about 1t. He
really was. He was SO intent on
stuff1ng himself that he paid no at
tention to anything else. So It was
that he took no notice Of approaching
footsteps.
It wasn't until the heard the voice
OF a man right beside that airplane
that Danny wakened to the fact that
he was In bad fix. At the sound of
that voice Danny's heart seemed to
jump right up in his mouth. He
forgot the food. He had but one
thought, and that was to hide. He
must get out of sight. He didn't
dare climb out of that machine be-
cause that man was standing right
theirs. He must find a hiding place
and wait until that man went away.
Danny saw a little door open just
a crack, It wae door into a. tiny
su1boara made for the aviator. which
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Listen,W ,Wor|d!3$D
81 Coe Mh15N

OF course you shouldn't fib. Equally
Of course, you do. There never yet was
a human who didn't ffb more or less,
sooner or later, and generally most of
the time.
Yes, fibbing is very understandable
device and doubtless at times excus-
able. Um very sure that my flbs are
excusable. But maybe yours aren't)
Be that as it may. the world loves a
fibber. being one itself.
But the chap who f1bs to himself
about himself Is neither understandable
nor excusable. He is 100 per cent dunn
bell-the cheapest kind of a coward and
crook.
How does one fib to oneself? Mainly
by making excuses. There are people
who never speak to themselves without
clamping halo on their own brow and
running down all the rest Of the world.
Has a mistake been made? 1t Is not
their fHult-NEVER. Some one else is
to blame-ALWAYS.
Are they unpopular? The whole
Are they out of job? They are the
victims of monstrous social injustice.
Have they sinned? Their parents are
responsible, or their neighbors, or So
ciety at large.
SUCH is the account which the self
deceiver renders unto himself concern
ing himself. Not for one instant does
he face the truth and try to set himself
free from his own weakness. His life
is one long tale Of self-deception. He
feeds himself f1attery and alibis and
Evening star., 1923-11-07

Me and my cuzzin Artie saw d swell
movie erround at the Little Grand
Sattiday aftirnoon, all about a CRATE
detecktive arresting diffrent ipeeple
for doing diffrent thing wen livery
body elts thawt somebody elts did
them, and Artie stayed at ouq house
all mite and we was laying IN bed
tawking and going to sleep at the
same time, Artie sed, @. wish there
were some berglers erround beer we
could catch. l wish a cupple would
brake in tonite so one of us could
lock them in q room vile this other
one telefoned to the police stAtion.
Well G. tell you wat lets gb down
and open the front door and then
maybe a cupple will come in, sed.
going down together on ACCOUNT of
the house being so dark andk every
thing, and then we quick snuck back
to bed and the ferst thing we knew
we both woke up on account of the
door bell ringing, sounding Is IL it
starting. Artie saying, G. berglers,
watts they ringing the bell fog?
And we herd pop go dow{ stairs
and we got up and leened ever the
WIZ, It's pleeceman, and ,IPp sed,
That's impossible, officer, / licked it
myself not 3 hours ago.
You must be thinking of last mite,
the pleeceman sed. And he came in
and started to look around tfe house
with pop, me and Artie quicN sneek-
ing back to bed agen, and afte% a vile
we herd the pleeceman go and pop
came up and stuck his he'd in tie door
saying, Benny?
Me acting as if l thawt l was
asleep. and pop went back to bed, me
wispering to Artie, Gosh, l nope he
don't remember to ask me about ii
tomorrow morning.
Ony he did remember. being the
first thing he remembered bfing the
reason / had to stay in the bouSe all
day Sunday.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Your Home and
You
The Newer Muffin Stands.
BY HELEN KENDALL

Now that the autumn days are
closing us in, and we seek the open
fireside instead Of the open veranda
at the tea hour, the mind Of woman
turns instinctively to the newer and
more attractive ways of serving
afternoon sandwiches, cakes and Gin
namon toast. The one-time perma-
nent tea table," which stood gath
ering dust and over familiarity dur
ing the twenty-three hours a day
when it was not in use, has given
way now to the noiseless tea-wagon.
which comes trundiing in only when
needed. laden with a shining tea
service and spotless silver.
The handy little muffin stand OF a
year or two back, with it's three tiers
OF plate shelves-One shelf to tier
has been developed by the thoughtful
Evening star., 1923-11-07
BY n. A. EMMONs.

oak, though this name is more prop
erly applied to another oak growins
farther to the south Of us. These
leaves are three to six inches long
one to two inches wide, thick, smooth
margins entire, lustrous dark green
above, grayish beneath, turning a
leathery brown in autumn.
The inconspicuous, greenish flow
ers appear in May with the young
leaves. The male flowers are in
slender, dropping catkins. They are
very graceful and very attractive, az
are also the tiny pink and silver
leaflets. The acorns mature the Sec
ond year. They are nearly globuIal
aha shaped cups. The wood is pals brown
heavy, hard and coarse-grained I,
, is used for clapboards and shingles
and 1t also makes an excellent fuel.
Evening star., 1923-11-07

half-ripe peaches that makes thehl
look like fruit from the orchards OF
paradise. 1t is the little frill that
takes the sting out of no ana
makes "yes" peal of JOY peIls.
There is nothing that graciousness
does not help; no situation II does
not adorn.
There Is a time for everythins,
said the wise man. and there is also
a way Of doing everything. for it ls
not what people say to us tnat 50
much makes us fighting mad. It's the
way they say II. 1t is not what they
do to us that we resent so much as
the way they do it. And the secret
of this difference is graciousness.
You know how it is. Haven't you
been invited to places with such a
lack of tact and graciousness that 1t
made the invitation an insult instead
of a compliment? Haven't you had
women say to you. Wont you come
to nv bridge party Friday? I'm Just
in debt to everybody and ! am giving
a big affair to pay them all OH.
Haven't you had man say TO you.
s.J told my wife we must have you
out to our country place some time'
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Beef and Sweet Potatoes.

Slice a layer of cold cooked sweet
potatoes into creased baking dish,
add salt and pepper and over that
place a layer of cold sliced roast beef
Build alternate layers of potatoes
with seasoning and beef until the
dish is almost filled, then cover the
top with buttered bread crumbs and
pour over the whole one cupful or
more of gravy left from the roast.
Cover the dish and bake until brown.
White potatoes can be used instead
of sweet ones IL liked.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Hot Cabbage Slaw.

Chop one firm cabbage fine and
cook II in salted water until ii is
tender and dry. Beat together one
cup of sour cream. one tablespoonful
of -four. one tablespoonful of sugar
and one dessertspoonful OF butter.
Pour the mixture over the cabbage
and let the whole come to a boil.
Then remove II from the fire. add
one-half cup OF strong vinegar. stir
we'll and serve at once.
Evening star., 1923-11-07

by means of photography that chill
says a London practitioner. "This
method should be valuable in small
pox cases. People in contact with
known cases could be photographed
before any rash develops on the outer
skin. II the camera revealed the dis
ease on them. they could be removed
to isolation before they became in
fective."
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Camera Helps DIAGNOSIS.

Physicians are directing their at
tention 10 photography as u means Of
early diagnosis of smallpox and other
diseases involving a rash. Photo
graphs Of children have shown the
symtomatic measles rash developing
under the skin days before II was
visible to the eye.
II have been able to tell in advance
Evening star., 1923-11-07
One Mother Says: :

One Mother Says:
Here is a game for the four or FIVE
year r-old to play about the house. It is
the sort of rhythm game she will dearly
love to use in working off energy on her
lively days. She starts out by saying:
This is the way my dolly walks" "
Then she walks about the room Silly.
repeating: "And this is the way she
walks, you see." This Is followed by
hopping, jumping and skipping. Last of
all she says: "This is the way my dolly
talks" using a high, squeaky voice.
My little girl gets a great deal of fun
out of playing this. Sometimes 1 play
the piano for her and she does it to
music.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-11-07
..::::: DorothyDx J; g;
If You Are Going to Best0aO GIFT,
Lend Hand. Forgive Fault or
offer a Criticism, Do 1t Gracionsly
And So VIII You Be Beloved

For
Wv is the merin 1t sweetness
kndiy
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Not in Seeing Distance.

From Life.
Optimus - That was evil company
you were in the other night. / hope
never to see you with that sort here
after.
Cynicus-Don't worry! You won't
lin the hereafter,
Evening star., 1923-11-07

promises and explanations as drug
addict feeds himself dope.
And the result is quite as terrible.
Gradually the man who lies to himself
becomes an outcast from the ranks OF