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Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
ROADSIDE BEATTY

There are nine out of the 48 states
which have programs of roadside
Identification, and are trying by
planting trees, shrubs, flowers, and
grasses along the roadsides, to make
their tourist routes attractive to Wis
itors, and make their states beauti-
full places to live in.
California, for instance, has 600
miles of roads that have been beau
titled in this way, and in addition
many of it's counties have forestry
departments that are working for
roadside improvement.
1t has commonly been customary,
in cutting forests that ran along the
public roads, to strip down every
tree along these roads, and probably
in many cases the landowners would
take down trees along their land
that were inside the public high
ways. In some localities now, the
effort is made to induce landowners
to save few trees along the road
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02

ways, so as to preserve shade and
beauty, and not reduce these road
ways to a track through a barren
area. This is true in Delaware.
In former years many people who
wanted to get rid of rubbish would
haul their stuff out along some pret-
ty country road, and then dump it
down along the side thereof, where
the public would see these accumu-
lations of old iron, broken down
furniture, waste paper and ashes
and every sort of litter. These peo-
pie have done their home localities
a lot of injury.
Roadside Identification plans must
be practical, and it is not desirable
to plant masses of shrubbery along
the roads which obscure the view of
motorists, or which in wet seasons
will interfere with the drying up of
roads. Many localities feel that
masses of bushes along the roads are
undesirable, and they send men out
to cut them down regularly, which
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
HOT STUFF

Smoke rolled to the heavens.
Flames leaped from the top of the
doomed building. Suddenly tall,
emaciated man broke through the
fire lines and strode rapidly into the
blazing building, unprotected by gas
mask or rubber coat. Immediately
the flames died down, the smoke
rolled away and the fire went out.
The gaunt stranger strolled peace
fully out of the building with sat-
isfied look on his face.
"Who are you, anyhow" asked
one of the crowd.
"I'm the retired fire-eater from
Barnum and Bailey, and that's the
first square meal have had for
years !"-The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02

may be useful in many instances
But handsome trees along a road
never do any harm, and the road
that is well lined with them is one
which tourists and residents like to
visit.
SoS
IT HAS BECOME a commonplace
in the world of sports, that any kind
of athletic team must work together
as one man in order to win success.
Unless the team members play sole
ly for the good of the team, and work
together harmoniously, they will
never win games.
We have learned that principle
admirably in our sports, yet we have
not learned it in our community re-
lations. In most towns, there is
still a lack of team work. People
work mostly for their own individual
advantage, and in so doing fail to
give support to those movements
that could develop their community,
and benefit every citizen.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
WHY PEOPLE PAY SLOW

If the average merchant who has
considerable sums on his books due
from customers, were to inquire into
the circumstances of each of these
debtors, he would be likely to find
that the reason for delayed payments
in large part of the cases, is not
any shortage of money. In many in
stances it would be because people
are too indolent to take the trouble
to pay their bills regularly.
1t may take a man five or 10
minutes to look over an account,
make out a check for it, address an
envelope and get it into the post
office. There are many people who
are deferred from such prompt ac-
ton on bills by even so small
amount of effort as this.
Some of them get the notion that
if they pay their bills once a quar-
ter or once in six months, or even
once a year, the merchant has no
cause for complaint. They consider
that he reckons in the cost of trust
ing his customers as a part of his
expenses, so that it does not make
much difference when they pay.
That is a wrong theory, since for
every customer who pays in this dill
atory way, business concern must
either let it's own money stand idle,
or it must borrow of some bank.
That involves either the payment or
the loss of interest, and adds to the
cost of distributing commodities.
1t is a handicap to the expansion
of any business, to have money tied
up in these slow pay accounts. If
concern could get all its
bills paid promptly, it could go in
for more enterprising moves or i'm
provement of its facilities.
1t is just as easy to pay bills
promptly soon after the first of the
month. People who do it are apt TO
have the money to pay with, since
they are not tempted to spend the
money thus used, for superfuities
that they do not need.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
MILFORD, FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1929

THE COMFORTABLE THEORY is
advocated that everyone should have
a vacation, preferably during the hot
weather. But many folks never get
a real one. Among those who are
usually without a summer vacation
are the farmers.
The time when millions of the peo-
pie are wandering around the coun-
try on care freeoutings, is a time
when the farmers have to put in
their best licks. If they can get by
the planting and the cultivating and
the harvest seasons without working
10 and IL hours a day, they are
lucky.
The summer visitors who come
out into the country look over the
barnyard fence, and to them the far
mer's activities out in the verdant
fields seem quite poetic. But if they
had to take hold and WELD the rake
and the hoe themselves, the poetry
would disappear. Yet the farmers of
Delaware and Maryland are not an
unhappy class of people.
If they can make a comfortable
living in the face of all difficulties,
they are as a rule contented. They
are not much afflicted by wander
lust. They find a certain satisfaction
in watching the growth and develop
ment of crops and farm animals,
which gives their life much Of va
riety.
The farmer and his family should
have their periods of relaxation. 1t
is not good for people to spend every
day in every year rooted to one spot,
and they should have some chance
to travel around a bit. Something is
wrong with rural life if the farmer
is not able to afford an automobile
that will give him and his family the
chance to see something of the
country. The farmers wife is a
hard worked parsonage and she
needs rest. The country must be
generous to its farming population,
and see that economic conditions are
made so that they get their fair
chance for the fun that is going. ;
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
So@

THE PEOPLE who cant afford
time to write letters right along to
their children and distant friends,
can get the same results for a trifle
by subscribing to the Milford Chron-
icle for them.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
WHY PEOPLE GO BANKRUPT

Ignorance and inexperience rather
than fraud, seem to be the main
cause why business go on the rocks.
At least this is the opinion OF E. e.
Barbee, secretary of the Oklahoma
CITY Association of Credit Men. Ac-
cording to his view, inexperience
bankrupts rs per cent of every 100
who have to quit.
A great many people get the idea
that they can succeed in business.
The path to prosperity through the
way of a little store looks some
what easy to them. They see mer-
chants making money, and they have
the idea that all they have to do is
to open up with good stock and
trade will come naturally. But it
does not come that way.
It is a tough proposition for a
man to start out in any line of trade
unless he knows that business
through and through. He has to
know a thousand quirks and twists
of the goods he handles, or he will
get loaded up with stuff that he
can't sell. He has to know a lot
about human nature too, for even If
his stock is good, it is easy to offend
people if one does not know how to
deal with them. 1t is great art to
keep them pleased and satisfied.
A man has to put lot of his own
personal thought and intelligence
into line before he can sell it. He
must know why the stuff manufac-
tured by one concern is more desir-
able than the merchandise turned
out by some rival. He ought to have
had long experience seeing what
goods please the people and what
,nes fail to do so. If a man has an
to go into business, the
pest thing he can usually do is to
work for some time as clerk in
;ome store in that line, and become
familiar with the line.
Then there is the question of ad-
-ertising, but that is long story.
t is enough to say that the very
est line of goods will sell slow, if
he public are not given some in
about it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
TOWN AND COUNTRY

One of the most needed forms OF
cooperation, is to secure harmoni-
GUS exchange of services between
any business center, and the nearby
rural community. In former days,
there was more or less hostility be-
aween town and country. That feel
ing has largely gone, but there is a
lack of cooperation and exchange of
favors.
The business centers should real
ize that their prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of the outlying
country, hence they should carry on
active measures to promote agri-
cultural development and community
advantages in the tributary territory.
And the outlying country in return
should give hearty support to the
trade of its natural business center.
When towns work for farm prosper
ity, and the farms spend their mon
ey in the nearby town, then both
advance.
So@
THE CHICAGO LADY who recent
ly left nearly $S,OOO,OOO for a home
for elderly and INDECENT unmarried
women, performed a most gracious
act. The country is full of women
of that type, whose unmarried con-
dition is commonly due to the fact
that they had too high standards for
the men of their circles.
Many of them, having had no one
to look out for them and never hav-
ing had much chance to earn mon
ey, are dependent on friends or char
ity. With few relatives, their lot is
solitary and lonesome. A pleasant
home for such ones to spend their
declining days in, is about as sweet
a charity as one could imagine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
&oGkR

drive out from cities and towns in
their automobiles, and carry home
heavy loads of good fruits and vege-
tables. Many of these thefts take
place in the night when they could
not be discovered unless the owners
placed guards on their property. But
last week high speed trucks carried
away several carloads of potatoes,
from the field and cars.
Stealing produce from farmer or
gardener who has worked hard to
raise good fruits and vegetables, is
about as mean trick as can be i'm
agined. Many of the thieves are in
dolent people who do not work more
than they have to, and it is all
wrong that these undesirable folks
should thrive as the result of de-
spelling the struggling agricultur-
list.
The easy going habit of many fam
lilies, which have needlessly allowed
their boys to steal fruit freely in
their own neighborhoods, probably
has something to do with this habit.
These boys grow up with the idea
that fruits and vegetables are COM
mon property, and they do not quite
realize that when they take them out
of garden they are stealing, just as
much if they stole money out of a
bank.
In former days when fruit and
vegetables were very abundant and
cheap, stealing them did not cause
so much loss. But now when it costs
lot Of money to raise almost any
kind of produce, and when the far
mers have quite struggle to make
good, it seems very low down
trick. Boys should be brought up to
let their neighbors' fruit alone. Peo-
pie with a crooked tendency find it
far too easy to take someone's au-
tomobile and raid some country farm
and their act should be heavily pen
allied. The farmers will find an ac-
tive dog with sharp teeth quite use
full.
Near Milford a flock of forty young
turkeys were stolen from one farm
and suspicion points to thief who
knows how to handle turkeys. All
thieves do not come from cities or
the towns.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
NOW YOU'RE KIDDING Us

Mary's are white,
Helenis are Drowned
For her kids take sunbaths
The whole year round.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02

Most children have their parents
pretty well sized up.
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02

SMALL TOWNS CAN'T provide
the money backing that will support
professional athletic teams, but
many of them are remarkably sue
cessful in producing student and am
ateur teams in various sports.
For instance, there is the little
town of Heath, 100 population, which
recently won the Kentucky state
basket ball championship, and in
consequence participated in the ma
tional inter-scholastic turnament.
The boys from such town often
stand excellent chances of winning
high sporting honors. Such sue
cesses come as result of intensive
practice and good team work, and
any village in Delaware can hope to
compete through such methods.
%o@
THE OLD TIME business man
looked at quiet times in business in
a KIND OF fatal1stlc way. 1t was some
thing that couldn't be helped, he
said. If trade fell off because the
weather was hot, or because many
people were away on vacation, he
said the only thing to do was to grin
and bear it.
The modern business concern sees
no necessity of bearing it. Then is
the time when advertising should
put in its best licks, it says. 1t is
apt in such periods to run more ad-
vertising than usual, and as a re-
suit it keeps trade flowing into its
store regularly. A business run on
hose lines operates less expensive
".
Milford chronicle., 1929-08-02
SERVICE

One of the great watchwords of
modern business is Service" Mod
ern business has ceased to be just
selling goods. 1t has become the art
of providing goods, and seeing to it
that they give desired results.
The modern business man is not
satisfied merely to make his sale.
He wants to know that the sale has
been satisfactory, and If it is not,
he proposes to remedy the difficulty
if it is in his power, and to see to it
in future that those difficulties do
not exist. This spirit is finely illus
trated by the stores of Milford that
advertise; which is one reason why
people come long distances to trade
in them.
THE PEOPLE who kick the most
violently about the mistakes of the
home town paper, are often the same
ones who complain most bitterly if
it is not delivered on time.
So@
PLENTY OF PEOPLE can always
be secured to take honorary posi-
tions in the local organizations, pro-
vided there is no work to do.
@oo1
PEOPLE SPEND many dollars on !
travel trips to see sights no more |
beautiful than the country around |
Milford.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
CAMERA LANDS
SOME TRICKY
SHOTS

The sets which Samuel Goldwyn
prepared for his production Of
Bulldog Drummond," now at
Loew's Columbia, with Ronald
Colman as the star, represent a
new departure In moving picture
technique. Art authorities have
pronounced them the most inter-
esting development in the artistic
side OF the picture industry since
the influence of continental camera
technique first became felt In this
aRuntry.
The public has long been ac-
customed to what are called
camera angles" in connection
with pictures. The camera Is set
at unusual angles so as to create
a harfnonizing dramatic nnooi
through the perspectives obtained.
But in Bulldog Drummond," for
the first time, the weird angles
which lend mystery and fear to
this story of torture and murder
were built into the sets instead of
being developed by shifting the
camera.
BY combining unusual lighting
with queer angles and shadows in
the construction Of the sets them
selves, effects never before re-
allied on the screen are said to
have been produced. This radical
change in the principles of photog.
raphy was. made necessary by the
fact that, as motion picture cam
eras, have been improved, they
have become hullsier and bulkier
until It is now almost impossible
to move them about with the old
freedom.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16

precocious nephew, Jack Ana
dale, who stops periodically at
this desk to make certain that
Uncle Wilton gets his share Of
Washington publicity.
Our movie reviewer TX. ""
who is none other than Miss
Kay Marlborough, will adorn
these pages as usual on next
Monday p. M. During 32-hour
stay In New York she saw
Ziegfeld's "Show Girl" q per-
formance of "Street Scene"
Paul Ash at the Paramount
Theater, went to church Sun
day morning, found time for
Riverside Drive party and
ride on a Fifth Avenue, bus.
Volta girl. That's more excite
ment than Doug MacLean
packed into 231s hours leave.
/ wonder what Ferenc Molnar
will think about the new name
tucked on to his play "Olympia. "
1t is John Gilbert's latest, about
to be released under the flossy
title, Cock o the Walk"
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
When the Feature
Is Shown on Screen

EAl7LE--Jack MuihAll ana
Patsy Ruth Miller IN Twin Beds"
Az ff:s4s 1877, $40. 5.34 1887 and
$40 D. m.
COLUMBEA--Ronald CoIman IN
Bulldog Drummond." AT tiA0
l:40. $40. s:s5 57:35 and ss3s pm.
FOX-Janet Gaynor and Charles
farrell In Lucky Star" At 1i:36,
2:22, l:45. tat and e:55 p. m.
PALACE--wallace Beery in
"Chinatown Nights" At 1850,
2.26, SOS. 7:35 and $50 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-sophie
Tucker In .sIOnky Tonh." AT
1857 12A6, 2:34. 424. s:lS s:Ol
and s:55 p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
PLACE DeauyiIIe Has
Real Diversified Menu

Some temperamental folks are
never happy unless they are TAX
ing high dives, others adore doing
the fox trot or tango. still sn-
other and very sensible group,
claim that the enjoyment Of .
fine dinner il the ideal summer
recreation.
The PLACE Deauvilie at Ward
man Park Hotel features all these
different amusement preferences.
Dancing to the music Of the in.
comparable Meyer Davis Club
Chantecler orchestra. Swimming
IL available both day and evening
in the jade green waters Of the
pool. Dining service Ii OF assured
perfection under the supervision
Of the discriminating Oscar.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
Mardi Gras Gayety on
At Jardin Lido Tonight

JardiR Lido. the sky playground
atop the Arlington roof, goes
completely carnival tonight
Friday. The Madri Gras spirit will
prevail and patrons of Lido are
promised night OF pep. fun and
merriment.
There will be a peppy floor
show, including such fayorites as
Jean Thorpe. Austin Shaw and
Linda Ann. The Emory Daugh-
erty Band will purvey distinc-
tive type of dansapation specially
adapted to a carnival celebration.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16

bryo auth0resS VINO in some mys-
terious way edged her way into
Raoul Walsh's office on the Fox
lot. She carried a manuscript. A
huge manuscript. Raoul eyed 1t
and her warily. After Introducing
herself and emphasizing the mar
vels OF her brain child, she began
to read it, with gestures.
Raoul was frantic. He inter-
rupted and begged previous en-
gagement. COULDN'T she return
another day? She could, but she
had no car. and 1t was trouble
some to get to the studio.
MY car Is here" Walsh hurtled
such an insignificant obstacle.
"I1l gladly have my chauffeur
drive you home
The woman consented. Late that
night, Raoul still looked in vain
for his machine. Next morning,
bless your heart, he learned from
the chauffeur that the woman
lived in Santa Barbara, liz miles
away!
Social Note
An item, please. reporting the
utlTa EOcthl aIhsttAFs Va Nh~ J~"HS
Mr.. and Airs. Niblo's young daugh-
ter Loris celebrated a birthday.
Her guest list included Ruth
Nagel, Suzanne Vidor, Nancy
Moulton, Dorothy Leonard, Gloria
Swanson, Jeanne and Suzanne
Menzies, Hope Wilson, Bob and
Paul McKim, Billy .Reeder, sgd
ney Franklin. jr.; Mary Hay
Barthelmess, and others. The
youngsters played games, viewed
a screen comedy, and ate. empha-
sis on the last.
Their real name department:
John F'ord-Shawn O'Fearna.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
GLEANINGs & SCREENINGS
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

the wealthiest of thespians, and
conducts . dramatic school. In
ducing him to take the boards
again was accordingly . task
that could only be successful
through dangling congenial
role.
Oh and Mr.. Lackaye has
The Washington times., 1929-08-16

That's a great idea." en-
Unused.
Home he went. To Malibou
Forty miles distant. Several
hours later, he was wanted OH
the set. A search. They learned
where he was, An assistant d.
rector hoped into a car and
sped to get him.
Too bad you got here when
you did" deplored Neil. III
you'd waited another hour you'd
have had TO go on to San Pedro.
/ was preparing to motor down
and go aboard the yacht for d
cruise"
AS 1t was, the gateman's thick
headedness cost Universal $4,000
In overhead time.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
A $4,000 CAT
KNOWS HOW
TO ACT
BY DOROTHY HERzOG
tcopyrIsha. ap.s. rrsn.lsr synAisatsD

tCopyfi9ht. aese. Premier synAieatsl
HOLLYWOOD. Calf. Aug. 1s.--
He was in the studio lobby IN
quiring directions to such and such
a set. He pack-rnuIed two macaws,
they being technicolor parrots.
And while ye scribe gaped at the
snectacie of one nacaw balancing
on his hand, the other aquaked
llp his arm and leaned powerfully
close. "All right. All right" the
man said.
sTheres' He let the dern bird
touch his mouth with his beak.
Now behave yourself. No more
Kisses He beafned at me, and /
staggered weakly to my waiting
Hispano
Lady"
Then there's LADY q meow
that Is insured for $1,000 and is
valued by her owner for $4,000 or
more. Lady regards herself q vet.
eran screen actress. And Justly,
'twould seem. For four years she
has swished before the camera.
She 0beys orders with neat dis
patch, refusing only II her hus-
band. Kitty Boy is not nearby.
Her felicity to Kitty Boy stirs ad-
miration in the most hardboiled.
But as Lady sagely remarked In
recent interview: There are cats
and cats. Neither my husband nor
/ socIalize with the profniscuous
alley crew. Indeed, agree with
you. my dear, they are a shocking
crew." With which she smiled at
Kitty Boy and calmly set about
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
TIMELY TIPS

House for Rent
ATTRACTIVE, o room bungalow,
on bus line, large lot, porches,
shade.
Lost
LOST at Bath house at Idle
while. Md, Lady's one-karat slia-
lnOnd, set in platinum ring, with
two diamond bagKuetts on each
side, Very substantial reward for
return. No questions asked.
House for Sale
BARGAIN for quick sale, 8 r. q
b., hot water heat, hardwood floors,
lot bOx160 IT., shade trees, screened
throughout. easy terms.
Buick for Sale
BUICk-Standard coach, 1928:
had wonderful care; In excellent
condition throughout. low mileage;
completely eauippedi priced right;
terms.
Beauty Aid
BEST permanent waver. &o; no
extras; try one.
Furnished Rooms
Fl. ST.. y. W.---LarEe cool front
room. for 1 or Z. adjoining bath.
Financial Aid
IMMEDIATELY per cent. LIST
and I'd trust loans on property In
Wash, Loans made for q term Of
to 10 years ut q reasonable COM
mission. Payments to suit yOu.
Personals
WILL BOARD or children
In nice country home. near school.
The aboUs sOaRts and offers
are only fen Of many inter.
estins Gduettisssnent y0a sOih
find in todGy's Times and
Herald classified adVsrtisiaR
section.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16
26.NAA AZ Ilnlnhnesa

Their real name department;
John Ford-Shawn O'Fearna.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16

B6ttImK ALONG
Alma Rubens' mother has ar.
rived in town from her ranch,
some 200 miles from Hollywood.
AS for Alma, her many friends
will be delighted to know she is
progressing rapidly in her fight
for health and in the not too dis
tant future will return to family
and screen. A very close friend
to Alma tells me she sis looking
positively ravishing. Which Is
great.
The Washington times., 1929-08-16

r.
The average studio gatenan IL
so dumb that he has to live In
California, where 1t seldom rains.
He hasn't sense enough to come
out of the rain.
Take, f'r inst, the mental midget
at Universal. The studio instructed
him not to allow automobiles on
the lot that didn't belong to So
and SO and so.and-so.
Neil Hamilton was then playing
opposite Laura LaPlante In flick.
Neil arrived. The gateman stopped
him. Whore your" Neil answered
him patiently. well, you can't
drive in" the gateman said. Nell
explained the set was IL blocks or
so from his dressing room and
that 1t was too hot to plow through
dust and heat to 1t. The gateman
stuck to his guns.
Nell cogitated. Then: What
would you do IL you were In my
position?''
I'D go, home" admitted the
mental midget, showing flash of
Intelligence.