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Some years ago." continued Mr.
Oursler. "a number of prominent fem.
inists decided that the Holy Bible
must be scrapped and a new one writ.
ten. They objected to the Bible be.
cause the Holy Trinity did not have a
feminine head in it and because God
had sent His son to save the world
instead of His daughter. These WON.
en- actually were determined to have
feminine Bible You see, the femi-
mist Is determined to reshape any.
thing, whether it be morality or reli.
gion, so that we can have feminine
progress in politics or business"
Have you any observations Of pres.
ent-day life that support your charge
that women are less moral than men?"
queried.
Recalls Valentino Incident.
Il remember that women tore the
clothes Off Valentino for souvenirs
when he danced in Chicago. II is our
women who are showing the taste for
sense madness. Wasn't 1t women who
f1ocked in morbid curiosity about the
bier Of the sheik and tainted and
gasped for a peek at him? In the
Hall trial 1t was women who monopo.
lied the courtroom. This has been
frequently observed before. 1t is
women who should be inspiring men
to better things than these.
II have observed another character.
fst1c feature of modern woman" said
Mr.. Oursler. "She has a rnail-order
SOUL She spends half the day trying
to find something new in the cosmetic
line. She can get her face lifted-but
souls must be uplifted.
1T Is our modern emancipated
woman that has made the night club
and naked revues possible, prize fight.
ing respectable and brought blackmail
into politics. All of these strike at the
foundation of any enduring morality.
And 1t is women that have done the
striking.
What woman today is content to
pass an evening at home with a man?
1t is common experience that it is the
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! Of the reports describing economic
conditions and suggesting economic
remedies seem the most valuable
parts.
One authority estimates that the
equivalent of a million bales Of this
years cotton crop win go unhar.
vested.
The Liberian Legislature has rat.
flied an agreement between the Ii
berian government and the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Co. under which
that company obtains a 99-year lease
of a million acres Of land suitable
to rubber production. Under a ten
tative understanding the Firestone
company has already started harbor
and sanitary improvements at Mon
rovia. The cost Of retaining the
newly leased land from jungle is es-
timated at 500 an acre or a total
of 100000, 900. Operation will re-
quire the labor of $4,000 natives and
an annual production of 200. 100000
pounds Is expected. The Firestones
are experimenting with a 35,000-acre
rubber plantation in Mexico and
have their thoughts on similar ex-
periments in the Philippines, South
America and elsewhere. All pursu-
ant to the resolve "to break the Brit
ish crude rubber monopoly
X y x X
The League OF NatiOns.-The secre-
tary general of the League of Nations
has dispatched to our Government an
invitation to send a delegation Of five
to the International Economic Confer
ence to be held at Geneva under
League auspices commencing May 4,
1927, and to be presided over by NJ.
Theunis, one time premier of Belgium.
The League of Nations Council has
decided to convene an international
conference on control Of private manu-
facture of arms in the Autumn of
1927. Our attitude has been that such
control In the United States would be
unconstitutional - infringe States
rights.
Notes.-The British Parliament has
passed a bill forbidding publishing Of
the evidence in divorce cases.
The Emperor Yoshihito Of Japan is
dead at the age of Al, after a reign of
IA years. The Crown Prince Hirohito
ascends the throne, at the age Of 25;
young man of great promise. He has
been regent since 1921.
Japan is expected to return to the
gold standard soon without the aid of
foreign credits.
A law lately passed limits the Egyp.
tan acreage planted in cotton during
the years 1878 to one-third of each
plantation.
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wreck politics; they have turned
| America upside down morally. The
| feminist has successfully destroyed
respect for woman. That Is what the
feminist wanted. She has insisted
| that woman should be raised to mans
level, but what has resulted is that
woman has been lowered to mans
level and gone a step lower.
THE feminist has fought her way
to victory by committing assault and
| battery on old-fashioned morality.
She has told woman that her place
| was not In the home, that religion was
| hobble to feminine progress, that
| the idea of man putting woman on a
pedestal of respect was rot The fem.
| mist has made war on old-fashioned
| morality and substituted for it one
| more suitable to her own convenience
In getting woman voters and getting
herself into politics.
1.-THE feminist, like the socialist, has
illusioned millions of women with a
vision of q new freedom that runs
Squarely counter to natural morality.
While this new morality can't last, we
| will pay heavily for our experimental
ton with 1t. Just as they found out
In Russia that all natural economic
laws were not to be reshaped by plat
forms and speeches, the feminist in
America will find that natural moral
.ty Is just as stubborn.
Old and New Morality.
1.-THE old morality was definite. It
centered on the home, the fireside. the
sacredness of marriage, belief in
God, the proper care and attention to
children.
1.-THE new morality is indefinite. It
has 81 varieties as expounded by femi-
nists. That Is why women today are
morally at sea. The feminist has put
millions of women morally at sea,
torn them loose from old and tried
standards. Could the result be any,
thing less than what we have today?"
II was interested in what you said
about women destroying religion"
said.
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BY WILLIS j. BALLINGER.

IT ERE is charge, not from a
minister or professional
moralist and uplifter. but
l. Il from a novelist, a playwright
q Broadway figure whose
own wife is a dramatic star.
How bad do 1 think the morals of
our age are? feel that we have
torn down the crucifix in America
and put in its place the body of a
naked woman. That Is how low We
have sunk morally in America.
"Who is responsible? There is no
doubt but that the so-called enamel
pated woman is mostly responsible.
The most sinister force in America
today is the unnatural ambition and
decadence of our women.
Women used to be more moral
and more religious than men. But
that was when woman was in the
home, when her children were her
life's work, when she was out Of poll
tics, and when she expected respect
from a man. It was before the ad-
vent of the feminist with her home
and religion destroying ambitions.
Sees Men More Moral.
To-day woman is less moral and
less religious than man. She has
been degraded and cheapened-not by
men but by women"
Over a teacup 1 was chatting with
Fulton Oursler. author of "Stepchild
Of the Moon and Behold This
Dreamer" in his work shop. We
were discussing a statement by one
of Americas most noted divines esti
mating our present American morals.
A year ago the late DIR. Russell
1v, 1ioka k1
be one Of the nations 25 greatest
preachers, was asked what he thought
Of present American morals.
"They are worse than they have
ever been to my knowledge, and
am a very old man." he replied on
the eve Of his eighty-second birthday
anniversary.
Had Newspaper Training.
For many years Mr.. Oursler was
q newspaper reporter and general
utility man with the pen. He was a.
sort of an unknown Napoleon Of ink
who browsed about widely and wrote
floods Of copy for papers. Then he
decided to turn novelist. Success
greeted his first effort. Fannie Hurst
has spoken Of him as "a new and
exciting force in American letters"
All IL SIIlSlS Scs1SOu pldCcu LUZ
production on Broadway three plays.
In the minds Of the critics who have
recorded their estimate Of Mr.. Ours.
Ter in black and white there is no
doubt that he has arrived, in his early
thirties. in the forefront Of American
novelists and playwrights.
you think, then. Mr.. Oursler. that
the blame for our present-day moral
breakdown is chargeable not to woman
in general but to particular kind
of woman---the feminist. Would you
explain this a little further?" I asked.
II look at it this way" said Mr..
Oursler. Women have failed politi-
cally. They have made a horrible
mess of politics. Woman suffrage has
set the Nation back 500 years. Wom-
en- in politics have glutted our law
books with every conceivable kind Of
foolish law; they forced prohibition
upon the Nation; they have brought
the church into politics; they have In
sisted on dealing with the criminal
so leniently that crime has grown
with leaps and bounds.
Moral Effect Analysed.
But the worst damage the woman
in politics has done is not just to
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litical meeting rooms and mid
night cabarets and returned to
the home.
Fulton Oursler, author, in a
biting criticism of modern ways,
sees in the glorification of the
sensual charms of women the
first fatal steps toward a greater
national breakdown. He says:
Women have made a horrible
mess Of politics.
Women have turned America
upside down morally.
THE feminist has successfully
destroyed respect for women.
Just as they found in Russia
that all natural economic laws
were not reshaped by platforms
and speeches, the feminist in
America will find that natural
morality is just as stubborn.
THE American woman has O.
'mail-order' soul.
1T is our modern emancipated
woman who has made the night
club, prize fighting respectable and
brought blackmail into politics.
Young women today think a
man Is a piker unless he has a
flask on his hip.
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This list just covers a strip across
the country from Boston to San Fran
cisco. To name every railroad with
headquarters at or near it's principal
gateway would mean printing the
index to the Railway Guide.
Greater Traffic Here.
The headquarters of the Southern,
like the headquarters of practically all
the other large railroads, is located at
its principal gateway Washington,
Cincinnati, st. Louis and New Or
leans are the three other principal
Southern gateways. More passenger
business. at least, probably moves
through Washington and over the
Southern than through any of the
other gateways, and over the South
ern perhaps more than through any
two or more of the others combined.
So this moving question is quite
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young girls that
mo survive take
their clothes
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NOVELIST'S WARNING TO AMERICA

An playwright
be
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following Is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
Il seven days ended December
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SOUTHERN AIDS CAPITAL
TO RAIL TRAFFIC FAME
Development Reviewed as Road Con
siders Possibility of Moving Head
quarters From Washington.

w Y ASHINGTON has developed
M quite suddenly into q pas
wv senger-traff1c city of the
first class. The Southern
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But the worst damage the woman
in politics has done is not just to
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Woman Called Her Own Worst Foe

woman who expects her callers to
take her out, and where the lights are
brightest. Woman is not only not
content to stay in the home, but she
Is taking man out of the home with
her.
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THE mere fact that candidates for
judgeships In our criminal courts
must strive for popular election
weakens the influence of those who
finally are chosen.
During the campaigns in which,
they compete for Office each party
strives to prove the opposition's candi.
date UNIT ana charges fly merrily
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Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24

Most of our good times come un-
expectedly.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
DELAWARE DAY
Is CELEBRATED
AT The SESOUI
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du Pont made a public appearance
and was enthusiastically greeted.
Governor Robinson and his official
party called upon Mayor Kendrick
at IL o'clock Monday morning after
which they proceeded to the eXpOsi-
ton grounds, where they were re-
ceived by former State Representa-
tive James C. Hastings, in charge of
the Delaware Building, and A. L.
Sutton, Director of Exhibits, at the
Administration Building.
The party went to the Navy Yard
where the visitors were taken on a
tour of inspection by Admiral Mag
ruder, commandant Admiral and
Mrs. Magruder then accompanied
them to the State Building where
the party was nOisily acclaimed by
the huge throng which had been
awaiting it's arrival for more than
an hour. Here Senator du Pont and
Mr.. Grubb were added to the official
party, and after an announcement by
Mr.. Hastings that the exercises
would be held at 2:30 o'clock, the
delegation was taken to the Alpine
Haus where luncheon was served.
The interior of the Delaware State
Building was jammed and the We
randa and adjoining grounds were
thronged with visitors. A platform
decorated with the national and
state colors had been improvised
just to the left of the structure and
chairs placed in a semi-circle about
it. All of the chairs were filled and
hundreds were standing when the
exercises began.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

St. Johns supper will be held al
the Grange Hall on October 5, start
ing at D. m.
Harry P. Van Kirk is erecting a
new dwelling on the lot adjoining
his home on South Walnut street.
A special meeting of the Girls
Friendly Society will be held at the
home of Miss Marian McHim on Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock.
John Nailor has awarded a con-
tract to build his new home on North
Walnut street. Mr.. Nailor will move
from his farm property to the new
dwelling as soon as it is completed.
Augustus Holson has contracted
with the Johnson-Pepper Construc-
ton Company to erect a new dwell
ing for him on his lot on the west
side of Lake avenue. Work on the
structure started this week.
DR.. Willard R. Pierce who has re-
Gently completed a dwelling house on
West Front street, North Milford,
now has under construction a dwell
ing on the new addition east of Mil
ford, on the Milford-RehObOth high
way.
Beginning with Wednesday, Octo-
ber 6, all meetings Of Christ Church
Guild will be held in the parish
house. The regular winter schedule
will be in order with meetings at
2:30 p. m. every Wednesday, with
the exception of the second Wednes-
day in each month.
Sakimas Tribe No. 10, Impd. o. R.
M. will meet at z o'clock Tuesday
evening, September %, for the pur-
pose of nominations and election Of
officers for the ensuing term. If the
members will turn out early we can
all see the parade and have a short
business session, too. The Great
Council of Delaware will meet in
Milford, October 26 and 81. All the
past sachems who have not been ad-
mitted will have an opportunity to
do so at this time.
Mrs. Sallie Reynolds was painful
ly injured last Friday shortly before
noon when she tripped and fell while
alighting from an automobile. The
accident occurred at the corner of
East Front and Walnut streets, !
South Milford, at phich place a sew
er inlet is located. In stepping from |
the car Mrs. Reynolds fell against |
the inlet cover and fractured the |
bone in her right shoulder. Examina-
ton at the Emergency Hospital dis
closed a very serious break in the
bones at the shoulder joint.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
OBITUARY
TINEY

Mary D. Tiney, widow of the late
William Tiney, passed away after a
long illness of heart trouble on
Wednesday evening, September Is,
1926, at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Byrd, in Ardmore, Pa,
aged 69 years. She was daughter of
the late Daniel and Louise Purne1l
of Milford and was born February Z,
1863. For fifty years she had been a
member of st. Paul M. E. Church.
Rev. J. R. Holland, a former pastor,
conducted funeral services at the
home of her sister Friday evening
and the remains were brought to her
late home in Milford on Saturday.
She leaves one son, Harrison VOL
ford, by a former marriage, two sis
ters and one brother, with large
circle of relatives and friends. Fu-
neral services were held in st. Paul
NJ. E. Church Sunday afternoon by
her pastor, Rev. J. H. Nutter, and
interment made at Levi cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS
ENTERS DELAWARE COLLEGE
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plan gives the new student an op-
pOrtunity to get at least slightly ac-
customed to the college routine be-
fore the upper-classmen report.
Freshman Week ended on Wednes-
day and all classes were organized
and started on Thursday of this
week. The annual convocation ex-
ercises were held Wednesday after
noon.
At the WOmen's College the new
dining hall and kitchen is ready for
use and the new dormitory will be
completed in a short time.
Gerald P. Doherty, of Whining
ton, has been appointed assistant
coach at the University of Delaware.
Mr.. Doherty is a graduate of Della
ware, class of 1916, and was a star
in three spOrts-football, baseball
and basketball while in college. His
appointment is especially pleasing to
a large number of alumni who have
advocated for several years that a
Delaware man be named in the ath-
letic department. He took up his
work as assistant to Coach Forst-
burg several days ago and is help
ing to train the football squad.
About % football candidates re-
ported for preliminary practice last
week. 1t is expected that from so to
60 will be out for football the last
of this week. The coaches are pleas
ed with the prospects for a fast
team. The season will open Satur-
day, October 2, on Frazer Field with
DreXel as Delaware's opponents.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
MILFORD GRANGE

On next Saturday evening, Septem-
Der 25th, the rally day exercises will
be held in the hall. We are looking
for every member, and you will GER
tainly regret it if you are not pres
ent. The program will be directed by
the committee and everyone will
have chance to get in on IL. AS
for refreshments-well you just
come and see. Plans for the fair are
being worked up all the time. Don't
forget about the chickens that every
one is to furnish for the salad. Many
handsome rugs are being made, and
some are already sold. How about
one for the room of the boy or girl
who is going away to school? If you
want one of any special size or col
or, see Mrs. Jacob Roosa about it
before the rags are all sewed.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
COMMITTEE FOR HIGHWAY
SAFETY

Mr.. c. T. Brigham, director of the
State Conference on street and high
way safety, announces the personnel
Of the subcommittee on railroad
grade crossing, of which Senator
Louis A. DreXler is chairman, as fol-
lows: c. D. Buck, Charles E. Grubb,
Claude P. Hearn, John c. Saylor,
Harry Mayer, Charles w. Hardesty,
w. D. Smith, J. G.. Sheaffer.
This committee has appointed
Messrs. Drexler, Buck, Sheaffer and
Smith to obtain certain records and
facts to grade crossing conditions
and all accidents in this State.
The Governors Advisory Commit
tee held their meeting in Dover on
Tuesday, September 81, for the pur-
pose of receivingVthe reports of pro-
gress of the various subcommittee
and chairmen.
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
WILL BROADCAST DEL-MAR-VA
ADVANTAGES TO WORLD
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as an Eastern Shore program; the
orchestra and artists are presumably
to come from different cities and
towns on the Eastern Shore, and the
continuity" copy is to be written
around Pete Dale Wimbrow, whose
stage name is Pete Dale. He will as
sumo the various leading roles
throughout the performances as a
means of presenting especially pre-
pared original and humorous songs,
skits and dialogues concerning the
people, communities and life on the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula.
Each program to be presented will
open with the song "The Good Old
Eastern Shore" and by the annOunc-
ers and brief dialogues then to lead
to musical selections by the orches-
ira and vocal artists.
An outline of the tentative pro-
gram offers the following: October 4
A Cruise on an Oyster Boat Down
the Chesapeake" starting at Ches-
tertown visiting such points as Eas-
ton, Cambridge and continuing on
down to Crisfeld. The program will
be given by the crew and guests
aboard the boat and will feature par
ticularly the waterfront beauties the
oysters, crabs, clans, fish and ter
rapin of the Eastern Shore. Also to
bring into prominence the sections
and various communities in the ter
ritory covered.
Second program, October II, ten
tatively arranged to be known as "a
County Fair in Delaware" This will
feature New Castle, Kent and Sus-
sex counties, and will be worked up
around Farmer Corn Tassel, his wife
and eleven kiddies. Individual mem
ton of Dover, Milford, Georgetown,
Rehoboth, Laurel Smyrna, Seaford,
AIillsboro and SelbyVille.
Third program, "A Corn Huslling
Bee," to be given in the barn of some
prominent farmer in Cecil, Somerset
or Wicomico counties, Maryland.
The fourth program on October rs,
will be under title of can Oyster
Roast on the Eastern Shore" with
it's setting probably on the Easter n
Shore of Virginia featuring the low
er counties, and the present sched-
ule provides for the fifth program
to be "An Evening in a Duck Hun
ter's Lodge" or with the Eastern /
Shore Sports Club"
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-24
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL NOTES

Eleven patients were admitted dur
ing the past week and ten patients
discharged. Four operations were
performed, eight X-rays taken, and
the ambulance answered three calls
Frank Pasely of Milford who was
admitted on September II with a
fractured skull, is improving.
Burke Lane Of FELTON, who was ad-
mitted on the 1st of September suf-
fering with typhoid, is getting along
nicely.
Samuel Adkins of Laurel who has
been suffering with a broken leg, is
much better at this time.
John Webb of Oakley who is le-
ceiving medical treatment is very
little improved.
George Jones of Harrington who
was admitted on September Is for
medical care, is doing fairly good.
Miss Elizabeth Warren Of FELTON,
was admitted on September 19 and
underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis. Condition good.
Miss Mildred Johnson of Bridge
Vile was admitted on September 10
and operated on for appendicitis.
Condition good.
Mrs. Edith Tucker of Smyrna who
has been receiving medical treat
ment, was discharged on September
18th, very much improved.
Mrs. Mary Maloney of Milford who
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis on September 10th, was dis
charged on September 18th, very
much improved.
Mrs. Elizabeth Killen of Wyoming
who underwent major operation on
August "a, was discharged on Sep
tember II.
Mrs. Agnes Carson Of FELTON, was
admitted on August % for medical
care. Mrs. Carson's condition is very
much better.
Mrs. Susie Kemp of Frederica who
underwent a major operation on Au-
gust II, is getting along fine.
Walter Green of Dover was admit
ted on September 10Th for medical
care. Condition about the same.
William Short of Oakley was adj
mitted on September 18th and under
went a major operation. Condition
good.
Mrs. Mildred Rentz Of Frederica
who underwent an operation on Sep
tember 10th was discharged on Sep
tember 18th very much improved.
Hugh Bowers Of Dover who was
admitted on September 18th with a
broken arm, is resting comfortably
at this time. u