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Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
Theater Thief Trapped;
Exits Are All Locked

Budapest.-It isn't safe to rob the
dressing room of a Budapest theater
while performance is in progress,
thief, who recently did so, has
learned to his sorrow
During a recent performance in the
King theater the burglar entered the
dressing room of Jeno Nador, one Of
the city's most popular actors. On re-
turning to the room between the acts
Nador discovered the theft. AT once
he informed the director, who ordered
that exits Of the theater be closed.
Then he announced the theft to the
audience and asked each individual to
look around him and to call the at
tention Of an usher to all large bun
dies in the possession of his neighbors.
Within short time the thief was
discovered. At once those nearby be-
gan to mob him. In all probability he
would have been killed If a large de
tachment Of police Who had been sum-
moned to the theater had not arrived
at this moment.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
Needed Europe's Plea
for Financial Help

Probably the first time that Europe
called on America for financial assist
ance in time of war was in 1879. Doc
uments in the Vatican dating back to
the Thirteenth century record that in
1861 King Haakon Of Norway dis
patched a bishop from Iceland to
Greenland with instructions to keep
the Morse colonies both there and in
America in better touch with the old
country. The bishop preached the
Crusades with such success that in
1916 the pope dispatched to Greenland
a commission, headed by a Scotsman,
to help swell the war chest funds.
One member of this group, whose
name is not preserved. boarded a ship
for America in 1879, returning three
years later to Norway with a cargo
of sealskins, walrus tusks and whale
bone. These were sold and the sum
realized was sent to Italy. Again in
1925 a load Of walrus tusks arrived
In Greenland from the North Atlantic
seabOard. They were sold and the
proceeds went to ROme.-Living Age.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
KENT T-sUssEx FAIR TO GET $1,000
Bill To Allow Deeds To Be Record
ed On Typewriter Goes Over

The Senate Thursday afternoon, on
motion of Senator Lord deferred ac-
tion on Senator David's bill relative
to the typewriting of papers filed in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds of
New Castle county. Senator Hall ex-
planned that the method has been
adopted by q other states.
The Senate passed Representative
Sheldrake's bill appropriating $1,000
to the Kent and Sussex County Fair
for the awarding of prizes.
The Senate passed Representative
Conwell's bill governing the ingredi-
ents in commercial fertilizer and a
tax of 10 cents ton for the benefit
of the State Board of Agriculture
The bill provides fine of from $50
to $500 for violations, and from $40
to $50 for changing the label in
packages containing fertilizing ma
terials.
The Senate passed the bill prohibit
ing an unnaturalized foreigner from
fishing in Delaware waters.
Another House bill passed by the
Senate was one introduced by Rep
resentative Virden making it unlaw-
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30

full to use silencers on guns used IN
hunting game. The Senate also pass
ed Representative Virden's bill max
ing it unlawful to track and kill any
kind Of game while snow is on the
ground, under penalty of $40 fine.
The Senate passed the House bill
which gives magistrates the privilege
of trying game and fish law violators
on Sunday, or the acceptance Of bond
for appearance.
A bill introduced by Representative
II. +. Smith and passed by the House
was defeated IN the Senate 9 to s.
The bill would have increased the sal
ary Of court criers of Kent and Sus-
sex counties from $500 to S7O0
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
Crippled Industry

| "Jedge," very large and deter
mined colored woman announced as
she ushered a frightened ex-husband
into his honor's chamber, dis niger
ain't paid me one cent OBJ alimOny
for sebben months"
Whats the matter, Sam?" sternly
inquired the judge. Haven't you been
working lately?"
"Nosuh," was the response. "Ah
amt bin able to find NAH dice."-
Country Gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
',IrNoWN SPECIES
'nlI oF ANIMAL FOUND
= .rt From Any Eescribea
i Natural History.

.nine Texas.-In the white gyp-
snls near here there was recent
! slad nllI' a COLI colony Of little animals the
pe ..r If which has not been estab-
guy Tbey are apparently Of q spe-
i'u ,,sorpnt from any described il
i history. One of the animals
! !. captured BY G. 2. Miller and is
tar sr him as a pet. 1t has a soft
s.nd.vbite fur, the white extend
a- IFS back and underneath its
,lu.cb N like a vide girdle. White
Y, sdOrn each paw.
\, 'front.' paws resemble human
/, and the black four fingers,
are remindful of the legs Of a
\ tarantula. Its hind paws are
md have long claws which en-
70 climb and scratch. It is
..,rlar about them, and keeps them
shsd
ACE. sharp pointed, peers out
background Of fuzzy mustache,
\ IKE that on a monkeys face.
,osp Is smooth and sleek like hard
~ It's neck is small and can
canned with the thumb and fore
~ an OrdinarV-SiZe hand.
ns animal stands 80 inches high
! !, weighs 20 pounds. It has strong
N teeth made for tearing, appar-
! IN btt It refuses TO eat meats of
| ! lind or fish. 1t is strictly vege-
Win
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30

Robert Harris, twenty-four, en-
ployed on the farm Of G. C. Hill, near
Rising Sun, Md, was killed late
Thursday by the explosion Of large
gasoline tank which had not been In
use for more than two years. It was
being taken to the Rising Sun Garage
conducted by Horace NJ. Duykinck for
repairs and the truck was half way In
the garage when the explosion occur
red. The truck took fire and was
destroyed. The garage took fire and
was damaged by about $1,000.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
The Real Thing

1t was her first view Of a cotton
plantation with the plants all in full
bloom, the endless fields of white caus-
ing her no end Of wonderment. They
stood spellbound at the spectacle until
the young lady broke the silence by
remarking:
What wonderful crop of powder
puffs! It's the first time I've seen
them actually growingI"
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Clifton Jacobs, aged 80 years, a ma
tive of Virginia, employed by the
Arundel Contracting Company at the
Conowingo dam, was almost instantly
killed last Friday, when his skull was
crushed and neck broken, when struck
by a swinging dump car used at the
works.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30

A survey now nearing completion
by Russell E. Wilson, of Dover, con
nected with the University of Della
ware and the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, reveals an amazing
growth in the commercial grape rails
ing industry in Delaware, particular
ly Kent county during the last five or
six years.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30

The Delaware Setter and Pointed
Club extends to all an invitation to
attend their annual spring Field Trial
to be held on the estate of George l..
Townsend, Jr., at Glasgow. The meet
will start on April 11th, and anyone
having dog can compete in same
and they are assured of an enjoyable
day.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30
MOVING

Local and Long Distance Hauling
done on short notice. See me for
terms.
J.D. CULLEN
2-2 If Phone 81 Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1927-03-30

| NoXentown mill pond, south of Mid
dletown, has been drained while new
head-gates are being constructed
there. Arnold Stewart, game warden
has been at the pond seeing that the
game fish in it are protected and not
washed away by the draining process.
Noxentown pond is one of the most
favored fishing spots in Delaware.
State Representative Harry Lester
of st. Georges from Red Lion Hun
dred, has received from Governor
Robinson the pen with which he sign
ed House Bill No. 124, creating the
st. Georges Trust Company at st.
Georges. Accompanying the pen was
a letter stating that he had given his
approval of the bill and wished the
enterprise much success.
The Rev. B. w. Gilbert, pastor of
the NJ. E. Church at Delaware City,
announced on his last Sunday he
would not return there another year
and that he had requested a transfer
to the Newark, New Jersey Confer
ence. He was expected to return for
another year until his announcement
Sunday morning. The Rev. Gilbert
has served this charge for the past
year.
The marriage of Miss Adele Hyn-
son Crow, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rankin Crow, of Kennedy
vile, Md, to Mr.. F. E. Yeoman, of
Denton, Nd, took place Wednesday,
March 23d, at the home of the brides
parents, with Rev. R. w. Lewis and
DR.. S. S. Hepburn officiating. The
bride was attended by her sisters,
Elizabeth, as maid Of honor, and little
Rebecca, as flower girl. She was at
tired in queen blue fiat crepe, with
hat to match and carried a shower
bouquet of pink roses and sweet peas.
The maid of honor wore rose crepe
with hat to match and carried white
roses and sween peas. The flower girl
wore white and carried a basket of
yellow snap dragons. The brother of
the groom acted as best man. Mrs.
Gerald Myers played the wedding
march.
, 1927-02-26
LOCAL
co TIN y E D

The local Government has issued invi-
tations to The members o. tne Colonial
Council, the clergy, consular officers, edi-
tors, and officials of the government to at
tend reception to be given in the Colonial
Council chamber, Government House,
, 1927-02-26
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before the Committee Oh Territories
and Insular Possessions
United States Senate.
STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE w.
WILLIAMS, JUDGE OF THE DIS
TRICT COURTOFIHEVIRGIN
ISLANDS OF THE UNI
TED STATES


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, 1927-02-26

His ExceIlency, Governor Waldo Evans,
will come to Sc. Croix on Wednesday,
March End, 1927, landing at Christian
sted about noon. He will be rendered a
reception in the Colonial Council cham
Der. Government House. at 1870 Q. m,
to which the members of the Colonial
Council, Consuls, Clergy, Editors, and
officials Of the Federal and local Govern
ments are invited. After the reception
the Governor will be driven across st.
Croix to F~rederiksted.
Governor Evans will come 20 st. Croix
on the S. s. "Colum0ine' of the Light
house Service, and the Columbine'' will
90 from Christiansted to Frederiksted to
meet the Governor upon bis arrival there.
Ii is expected that the Governor viii
arrive in Frederiksted about $3.50 Q. n.
The details of the Governors recep-
ton at the wharf in Christiansted and
at the wharf in F~redeaksted have not
been completely worked cut, but they
will be published as soon as they are del
inite!y known,
The public is invited to be present at
the wharf in ChrIsJiansted when the
Governor arrives and at the wharf in
Frederiksted when the Governor S%leaves
st. CroiX.
, 1927-02-26

this town, at I.3O p. ~. March 2, on the
occasion of the first visit to Saint CroiX
of His Excellency Governor Waldo
Evans. change of hour or date to be pub
lished in the local news papers.
, 1927-02-26

The S. s. "Catherine' is due at Fred
eriksted on schedule time today having
20 tons of cargo foy thai port. The ship
is due here tomorrow morning with
Il tors Of cargo for this port.
, 1927-02-26

The schooner Resolution sailed with a
mail from this port for Saint Thomas
on Thursday evening and returned last
night, bringing 80 tons Of coal for the
Saint Cr0ix Sugar Factory.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
DEPENDENCE
BY DR.. Frank Crane.

MAN essentially dependent creature. He like certain
M beings such the pantecrns meduae which cannot
ve though they be animals without attaching themselves to
rock she'll
When examine human greatness win always find
consists human spirit finding principle
and giving himself it. There herosm that is self
surrender
The good mother children pas
sons become noble until they chained the
he has chosen is this servtude bondage
to another in nnermos viii feeling that lends
and stature to human relations
taller than when He called HIMSELF Servant ALL"
said of Him. ut behooved the captain salvation
obedience"
Freedom is only superficial and relative it only
mean renouncing lower master for a higher
Those who independent Of every properly
called pirates and bandits and hunted by
enemies Of mankind.
Those who seek be entirely independent they please
masters, their appetites
The beauty worthy sets us free Only a
find that to which look reverence and
tnd that which reverencng do the irritating
slavery of SELF IF the Son shall make you We SHAH Be
- 49,
The Washington times., 1927-08-16

to do that to me. Times have
changed. There's more Of a
chance now than when you were
a kid and I'm going to get more
than you did out Of life. No
rut for me. I'm going to do
Something Different - something
that will keep me young and dar-
ing and hopeful. Maybe Ifwon't
earn as much money as you have
done but there are things in life
worth more than money. Adven-
ture! Be Yourself! You can't
get those If you stick yourself in
an old machine. I'm going to
stay free until / find the right
things"
That's what Youth IL thinking
as you rave against its Iaziness
and growing heartsick over its in.
gratitude. Yes, know it is ex-
asperating. but. after all, there is
a certain truth in what the young
sters say and certain nobility in
what they are trying to do. We
have built an Industrial Franken-
stein Monster which destroys most
of us. They would tear it down.
and set men free once more. for
Romance and Adventure. OF
course. they won't be able to do
it entirely. They'll have to make
their compromises and conces-
sions as we have made ours. But
II we have the wit to appreciate
it. and the wisdom to guide it,
this Revolt OF Youth is going to
bring us all little nearer to the
Golden Age.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
By ELSIE ROBINSON

out OF his mother on the sly,
Won't work. I've found him half
a dozen jobs, but he manages to
W1Egle out Of every one of them.
Queer thing-the youngster never
used to seem lazy. And even now
he's always talking about doing
something big-but he hasn't done
a lick so far. His mother and
are about at the end OF our
rope and we know a lot of other
parents in the same fix, We
don't like to acknowledges that
we've raised q bunch of Young
hoboes and yet-how do you dope
It out?'
/ think they're trying to Beat
The Machine. Myron--the Ma.
chine that has made their parents
what they are today.
Take look at yourself, Myron.
You're a typical American parent,
aged forty-four. To yourself, YOU
are success. You have a steady
JOB. money in the bank, a good
reputation. You own your own
house and q car. To You. that
Spells success. But in. your boys
eyes you are q failure.
All those things which Youth
esteems, you have lost. Your
wind Is broken, your imagination
- uuued. your waist is fat ana
so are most OF your ideas. You
aonf want to take new risks or
FORM new habits. You are always
making concessions and com.
promises. You are filled with
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
CREDULITY
BY Garrett P. Serviss
Continued from First Two Columns

Creduty in scientific things has limited to those unac-
quainted with science And again: Dame Runor rowadavs
faster than the wind and times great awakening such s
creduliy." - SF'' VI
The fact is want Conservative persons who
prefer to observe things little at leisure and have time for
digestive thought treated road hogs ought to be run
DOWN such ls the origin much Of the credy about scientific
Professor Meyer refers oS-oo - ""'
A kind of formed
often but half comprehended mixed with products Of unds
clplned imagination and OPTIMISM
lowed by people who truly have the 81 critical dis
crlmmatlon between what science and what is fde-ro
Ii scientists sometimes deude themselves Mror
suggests there is all the for the ay public Is loo ~"
and be wary There high tide now runnnU on T
Sldes and nundang every branch c scientific investigation
sufficient foundation of carefully and widely Telatd sa
false theory be great breeder of cedulity as nor
ance There is scientific dogmatsm
sometimes is it less injurious the mind Indeed Prososp
Meyer does hesitate say creduty in science = fts
sister of credulity in theology" - t n : t"AA
Conformity, to mind ra,h... ~
most powerful general influence tending I'd breed n
A free mind is apt to gravitate the truth 4'S'
Copyright atcnalF Feature Servica II.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

VoU. as q father. more par.
i ticularly as a mother. may
have discovered that. in manag-
ing your children. you often can
catch more flies with sugar than
with vinegar. BY this / mean
that often you can accomplish
more by coaxing than by driving,
more by suggesting than by com.
manding.
Suggestion is, indeed, the most
effective means by which to
direct and to control the growing
and plastic mind Of the child.
Suggestibility is that part of
our nature that inclines US to be-
have in accordance with the will
Of other people. 1t Is the faculty
which, properly controlled, makes
us good members of society.
Parents and teachers are apt to
forget this side Of a child's psy-
choIogy. Many Of them think of
the child as an inherently
naughty, self.willed creature
whom 1t is necessary to bring
under control, but overlook fits
amenability and sociability, which
are just as important as its In
dependence.
The two sides are present in
adults and children alike. There
is a part Of US which seeks Its
own ends and tends to disregard
others. This at its best il ambi.
ton, without which no one would
do anything. The other part
makes us want to be pleasing to
others, and open to the opinions
of others. To harmonize these
two sides is the great problem Of
our moral life.
Children, says A. J. Hadfield
(''Maternity and Child Welfare"G
are highly suggestible beings, and
the way to educate a child Is not
to drill him into unqpestioning
obedience, but to appeal to the
side of him that wants to con-
form,
Most suggestion 10 quite uncoIl-
scious, and the best teachers edu.
cate a child without its realizing
that the process is going on. Imi-
tation is q form Of suggestion. and
probably the most usual form In
early childhood. A baby will imi.
tate its mother IL she smiles or
frowns in front of its cradle. and
every child IL born mimic. The
important thing at this stage is to
give 1t the right things to initiate.
for children copy the faults of the
parents perhaps more easily than
they do their virtues. A calm
mother makes a placid. good-tem-
pered child. an irritable mother
makes a difficult, obstinate and
irritable child. About two and a
half years Ii an age of great plas-
ticity: the child demands stories,
asks questions and absorbs all he
hears, and this Is the time when
suggestibility counts for more per.
haps than 1t does at any other.
From four to eight the child is
liable to swing to the other ex.
trenae and be intensely critical and
self-assertive. From accepting his
environment as he finds 1t he
turns to inquiring the, reason for
everything. The only way to deal
with a child at this period is to
treat him as grown-up and to give
him reasons. Underneath his inde.
pendence he Is intensely suggest.
BILE to his own ideals and ambi.
tlons, and Q normal child's one
ambition at this age IL to be
grown mp. II. therefore. we re-
frain from trying TO impose our
opinions and wishes on him
directly. and instead appeal to his
own ideals, we can do anything
we like with him. But we must
have taken the opportunities
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
CREDULITY
BY Garrett P. Serviss.
NNsNAANDU w VASR1
Noted Astronomer and Writer Scientific Subjects Of
liar Int

Noted Astronomer and Writer Scientific Subjects Of
Popular Interest
NREAT discoveries create impression that all things
Vr possible" So says Professor Meyer Stanford Uni
- versity writing "Credulty"
j Well perhaps all things ARE possible The only trouble is
everything at and would wait Because thing pos
sibe it is not necessarily right at hand.
People caught earthquake believed end
the world had sounded The world doubt will have its
ultimately but earthquakes not its
triumph of the aeropane many persons apparently getting
impatient because nobody the
that must be the and inevitable STEP actually
would require only little persistence stronger engine
and tank two Of oxygen, to carry the next Indy
lunar world
Creduy according Professor Meyer absent
from scientific laboratories He illustrates can
grow tissues under the microscope; therefore, life in
test tube Psychologists talk about colodal systems some
claim to know what life is II scientists delude ourselves why
ebuk the who deuded by others time
Professor Meyer, who is himself anatomst says further
Continued in Last Two Columns)
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

A blush is no language; only a
dubious flag.aignal which may
mean either OF two contradic.
tories.- George Elliot.
We must laugh before we are
happy for fear we die before we
laugh at all.-De La Bruyers.
The hues Of bliss more brightly
glow.
chastis'd by amber tintS Of woe.
Gray.
Reading maketh full man.
conference ready man, and
writing an exact lnan.--Baron.
The practical effect Of q belief
IL the real test Of its soundnesa.
-Frouda
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
LISTEN, WORLD!

NV E : / i / )
doesn't know
whats come
over the young
sters Of today.
Look at my
boy. for in
stan ce." he
snorts. Twenty
bright and as
husky a young
fellow as you'd
want to see.
Had q good
high school ed.
ucation and a
year at business
college after
that. And what
do you suppose
he's d o g?
Loating around
the h o u Q ..
w h e edlin &
movie and Gig.
arctic m one y
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
These Modern Lovers

ITO a man. love is first shock
4 Of surprise, then a beautiful
adventure. then a conquest. then
a habit, and last a bore.
The average man seldom turns
from the primrose path until the
scenery along the way has begun
to bore him with its monotony.
When a girl speaks glowingly
Of perfect mutual understand.
ing" she means that SHE under.
stands how to make the man
THINK that he understands her.
Don't marry a girl because she
Is the kind who would get up at
six O'Clock and cook your break.
fast for you; wait until you find
one who would cheerfully wait up
until eight o'clock and warm over
your dinner for you.
The average girl is something
halfway between the angel her
mother paints her, and the de.
S%oAAAA5 AISAS uuSGyS VI IuS CLQpIye
headed featherweight that her
prospective Inother.in.law thinks
her.
Even the .--ost fascinating of
women, like any other stimul..nt.y .
ceases to have that exhilaratink
effect on a mans pulse after her
kisses have become a daily habit.
Offer q man friendship, ad.
venture. hate or Indifference, and
he win cheerfully swallow them;
but, somehow, sentiment from a
woman seems to choke him after
the first few tastes.
The modern girl scorns and
pities the harem-scarem-woman;
but, alas, she herself, Is only
"one Of crowd" in the average
mans life,. these days.
Love IL what turns a wild
hope into a tame memory and a
big thrill into a little regret.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
CHARACTER
FORMING

THERE Is such a thing as
= character. 1t is not born, it
is formed, And 1t can become
SO ingrained 0lat nothing can
wash 1t out, so craven that
nothing can ennoble 1t, so fine
that nothing can tarnish II so
strong that 1t fears nothin in
life and in death finds nothing
to fear.-G George A. Dorsey, in
Hearst's Cosmopolitan.