Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

agonies in order to give us tina
y magical experience called life
y Whose tender care ministers to GU
5 early well being? Who runs to hel
: us when we fall; who scrubs tn
grimy little hands; whose hear
: beats quicker at the sound of chill
: dish prattle; whose skillful needl
q mends raiment torn in careles
, play? Who sheds a tear at the frs
a shearing of our long locks? At on
first long pants, or our first part!
5 dress?
Father? No; Mother!
Whose solicitous eyes see Us
, started along the path to education
Who willingly performs the most ar
duous and disagreeable task if it is
to benefit her children? Who stays
at home while youth sallies forth to
enjoy itself? Who, after long sell
sacrificing day, puts smile on her
tired face to welcome home the hus-
band? Who cheerfully mends torn
catcher's mitt for a boy or sews a
bit of ribbon on a girls dress before
being left alone to wash the dinner
dishes?
Yes, it's Mother!
Who is proudest when we get our
first raise? Who so bravely sends her
own flesh and blood to war when
the call of country comes? Who COM
forts us in time of distress and in
spires in us the will to succeed?
Again it's Mother!
Who is so tearfully happy when
we are all married and Settled
down." as she likes to say? And who
when the tired hands are folded and
the loving eyes grow dim, is so
grateful for any little attention from
her boys and girls Eyes, they are al
ways boys and girls to herr?
OF course it's Mother!
Young and old, single or married,
we should all think of and honor our
mothers, not only on Mothers Day
but every day in the year. Always
remember that though youth may
fade, sorrows darken and friendships
fall a Mothers love outlives them
all.
Se9
TO A STRANGER travelling over
the wonderful highways of Del-Mar-
Va, one of the confusing and at
times trying things about his trip,
is the lack of proper Identification of
the towns through which he passes.
In many parts of Maryland this has
been taken care of by oil companies
who have placed signs telling the
lame of the town at the outskirts of
he village. In Delaware the only
signs available are the distance
markers placed along the highways
" the State Highway Commission.
Milford is not suffering from this
ack of Identification, for the Cham |
Ter of Commerce has had large signs :
,laced at every main entrance to the
own, giving the name and other in
ormation of interest to the traveller. s
t would be well for other towns, I
10Th large and small, to follow this I
INDEPENDENTLY the smaller I
owns. Much of the charm and /
eauty of rural Delaware is to be 7
Ound in the smaller hamlets and d
illages; and, it is a shame that the r
tranger viewing the places of his
1ric interest and natural beauty c
oes not have the name of the town Ii
r the place prominent so that it Il
lay be associated with the impress t.
on made on the visitor. Much is n
be gained by each town if proper e
ratification signs are placed for D
lie information of the travelling pub b
C. Why not such a sign at Bar S,
tits Chapel on the du Pont High ri
ay? tc
Se@ lie
THE PHRASE dark horse" was
iginally English racing slang. .,
Dark" here means secret, hidden or A.
known. A dark horse is a winning :,
imal about which little was gen. =,
ally known before the race. -
One writer thinks the term may -,
We originated from an old trick 81
acticed by jockeys who dyed the eli
ir of well-known fast horses in -
der to enter them under another -
me. They would then bet large
,ney on these dark horses, which ~,
re usually colored black. A.
Be that as it may, the earliest use ~.
the phrase recorded by the New Al
glish Dictionary is from Benja- ho
n Disraeli's "The Young Duke" A.
ich was first published in 1881. 90
sraeli says "a dark horse which
never hean heard Of rI1shad mast ,