davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1933-08-29

says that crushed oyster shells contain
about 81 per cent calcium carbonate.
OF this amount SO per cent Is pure
calcium, and there are also present In
oyster shells 0.5 per cent MAGNESIUM,
0.5 per cent IRON a small amount of
sulphur, and little chlorine, but no
PHOSPHORUS. The material which
makes oyster shells so valuable as q
poultry feed Is, of course the calcium,
which is 4 capital egg shell builder.
sink In terms Of our money?-O. A. L.
A. The low point was about $3.50.
Q. Do gladioluses have a fragrrneef
B. r. S.
A. The usual garden varieties' do not,
but sweet-scented varieties have now
been developed.
@. Please give suggestions for .
birthday party for a year-old child
A. A party for a child of this age Is
really party for the mother, rather
than for the children. "Grown-up' re-
freshments, usually ice cream and cake,
should be provided for them The cake
could be decorated with one lighted
candle, in honor of the occasion. It
must be remembered that q year -old
baby is still quite young to have q
party, and it should be made as brief
as possible. with the simplest of foods,
such as milk, little. vanilla ice cream,
graham crackers or arrow-root biscuit
or ZWleback. For 1-year-old baby
1t would be far simpler to have two
or three young guests present, rather
than large party, as a child Of this
age easily becomes excited.
Q. What is meant by the statement
that the arms Of a certain family are
recorded in the official visitation OF
Kent?-E. T. T.
A. Visitation in England was q
periodic journey of personal inspection
for purposes of obtaining information
of an ecclesiastical, charitable or her
aldic nature. The heraldic visitations
were made by the king alarms or other
neraldic official with commission under
the great seal to examine into peci-
grees and claims to bear arms The
results Of these journeys we're entered
into visitation books.
@. Who was Tom Hood--R. VS..
A. Tom Hood Q835-1874) was an
English humorist, son of the poet,
Thomas Hood. After some years OF
journalism and five years at the war
ONCE he became, in 1865, editor Of Fun.
In 1867 he first issued Tom Hoods
Comic Annual
@. Is the White Top Mountain folk
music festival which Mrs. Roosevelt at
tended this year an annual affair? OF
what does it consist?-K B. D.
hol hy, he
tain people Of Southwest Virginia, East
Tennessee and Western North Carolina,
is held each August. II consists Of folk
songs and mountain dances by the
mountain people and is rapidly becom-
ing recognized as an important event
in music circles.
O. How did Edgar Lee Masters hap
pen to write the Spoon River An
thology?-S. c.
A. Louis Untermeyer in Modern
American Poetry says: In 1914. Mas
tiers. at the suggestion Of his friend,
William Marion Reedy. turned from
his preoccupation with classic sub
jects and began to draw upon the
life he knew for those concise rec
ords which made him famous. Taking
for his model the Greek Anthology
/ which Reedy pressed upon him, Mas
tiers evolved Spoon River Anthology.
that astonishing assemblase OF over
200 self inscribed epitaphs, IN which
the dead of Middle Western town are
supposed to have written the tru
about themselves.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
Debasing Currency Not a
Cure for Economic Ills
To the Editor of The Star:


Col. Paul Mallon. in your issue of
Friday. August IS. says:
President Roosevelt is still doing a
lot of talking backstage about a COM
modify dollar. He likes the idea You
may expect to see him try it. or some
thing like 1t, when opportunity offers"
This leads to the question: What is
a commodity dollar?
Gold IS commodity, and our gold
dollar is commodity dollar However
our President evidently has something
else in mind: and a little later Col.
Mallon says: 1T would keep the pur-
chasing power Of the dollar stable"
What 1T" stands for is not quite
clear; but II a commodity dollar is de-
fired to be one that will have a per-
petually uniform purchasing power,
then 1t is fiction of the Imagination:
there is no such thing, and the talk
OF 1t Is nonsense.
There Is no dearth of money: We
have a surplus of money. as Of wheat
cruel paradox Is faulty distribution
We have a surplus of wheat. yet mil
lions are suffering from vacuum alvi,
or. in English, hollow belly; likewise,
millions OF our people are in rags. not
WithStanding a surplus OF cotton: and
while billions of dollars are sequestered.
a majority of our people are moneyless.
Debasing our currency is not the
remedy To cheaper the dollar would
inevitably, almost automatically, in
crease prices pari paSsu.,
Nor IS imitation the remedy Uncon-
trolled imitation would give us for a
time q FOOLS paradise: but the end
would be, and that full soon, another
depression worse than the one from
which we are now recovering.
Roosevelt's outrage of every economic
principle may be effective in the pres
ent emergency. just as strychnine
sometimes saves life. But We can't live
on Strychnine.
For permanent rehabilitation I sug-
gest the following:
Increase wages.
Abolish criminal compensations
Give employment to each and every
individual who Is willing to work, and
at suitable remuneration.
M. M. JAYNE.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
Boycott of Sponsors of
Poor Music Programs
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
have read with much pleasure your
editorial on good and bad music and
have long advocated your plan Of get
ting. the lovers Of good music to write,
and continue to write. to the broad
casting companies protests concerning
the obnoxious programs they foist on
the public. have continually done so,
but 60 a step further in that none Of
my family purchases any Of the articles
advertised by the offending programs.
Should every letter of protest to the
offending companies contain the simple
statement that the writer would not
patronize any concern offering the OBJ
jectionable music I think there would
soon be a reaction along better lines.
PHILIP N. WISNER.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
''Cast Iron Facts on
Criminal Environment

To the Editor OF The Star.
Your editorial Criminals From m
vironment" in The Star of August Is
Is as level-headed and common sense
an utterance on the subject q one
would be likely to read-no psychtstry,
no psychology, no criminal lawyer
twistings, but cast iron facts You de-
serve credit VIM. B. RANSFORD.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Resolutions

Resolutions
I make a resolution fine
For all the world to hear;
You've heard 1t, gentle friend Of mine
The first of every year.
And some of them endured the stress
As Summer days swept through.
And some of them would prove guess
That never quite came true.
But every month We grow more wise
I'll n we have been before:
VIII nope renewed, We realize
Tha We can make some more.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

The mutual assurances that accom-
pany the designations Of distinguished
official emphasizes the adage to the
effect that the best Of friends must
part In the present situation every
citizen must be ready to do his part.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
London Writer Fears
Gain in Accidents.
Huge JOLless Army
Remains In France.

LIE Matin. Paris.-Though for some
months there has been noticed a slight
decrease in the number of those par
TALLY assisted by public funds, the total
unemployed entirely dependent on these
gratuities has not been appreciably re-
duced. for there still remain IN France
more than 250,000 idle artisans and
laborers who have no other recourse
nor refuge. The expense OF this main
tenance, partial and entire, still costs
the various local and national author
tiles nearly two milliards OF francs
tS11O. COO 900 at present eXchange) per
annum.
These succors are, for the most part,
legitimate Thousands Of our workmen
have been obliged to labor for wages
which afforded them bare subsistence.
and 1t Is only to be expected that when
even those meager chances to earn a
little money failed all such enforced
idlers would have to be supported by
the state There is really no reason why
they should be criticized for seeking
public relief for their families and
themselves when the only alternative
would be for them all to perish with
hunger.
Some of the unemployed, however,
small minority. it is true-have declined
10 dCCepC any uSip. 4ucy PTclcIIcu W
exhaust every other resource first. even
when there appeared to be no other re-
source.
Another division of this wageless
coterie has at the same time sought
what might be considered the other ex-
treme, and applied for relief while yet
in possession Of means and subsistence
adequate for brief period. at least.
But for this latter category there is no
interval between losing their employ
ment and applying for civic aid. While
the first of these contingents is unwill-
ing to be charged with what they con-
slider a sort of mendicancy, when in real
ity they are accepting only what Is
their due; the second has no compunc-
tions whatever about mendacity when
they can profit by making out a worse
case for themselves than actually exists.
The mean between these two ex-
tremes embraces all those who contem-
plate the situation reasonably. They
are not too obstinate ant. proud to ac-
cept that to which they are entitled,
and which, through no fault of their
own, they can no longer provide for
themselves. Nor, on the other hand,
do they represent their condition as
Evening star., 1933-08-29

The climate is held responsible for
temperamental demonstrations, but no
scientific backing can be found for any
theory save that of coincidence in ac-
counting for the extreme variations of
the stock ticker and the thermometer.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

As his narrative progresses the num-
ants increases almost as rapidly as Sir
John Falstaff's memorable rogues In
buckram
Evening star., 1933-08-29
Shrewd Amnesty.

From the New York Sun.
The release Of $4,000 prisoners by the
Soviet government for good work on
the White Sea Canal is described as
sweeping amnesty. whereas i sounds
more like digging.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

Crime does not pay. The areas in
which it is cultivated will be carefully
studied and the crop reduced as far
as possible.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

A song, Marching to Prosperity"
will be sung in connection with the
demonstration tonight. 1t will call
tuneful attention to parade that
everybody Is anxious to follow.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

Perhaps a campaign Of education will
be needed to simplify ballots so as to
enable every citizen to know precisely
how he Is voting.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

The headman's ak is being used IN
Germany. That most studiously scien-
tific of nations should at least be able
to persuade the authorities to modern
ize and put In electricity.
Evening star., 1933-08-29

Assurance is given that in setting up
the N. r. A. machinery there will be
no room for chiselers or monkey wrench
tosserB.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
Exemptions.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Amelia Earhart suggests that women
be drafted fer the next war, but the
trouble is so many of them could claim
exemption on account Of having hus-
bands to support. a
Evening star., 1933-08-29
No Code for the Goose.

From the Roanoke Times.
It Is to be hoped the goose that lays
the golden e9Hs viii not md \ neeeg.
sary TO work shorter hoarA.
Evening star., 1933-08-29
A SUISSE. Geneva.-When 1t
was his turn to remain on duty
in the pharmacy at night NJ. G..


local drug store, closed the shop
at hour 20 01 pmD. and went home
to bed instead. Somewhere between
that time and 8 o'clock in the morning
an urgent case demanded the assist
ance of the apothecary, but he was
not available to the caller at his regu-
lar place of business. That one there
fore had to hasten to the home of the
pharmacist. and ring the bell repeat
edly until he awoke. Dressing himself,
the prescription expert drowsily re-
paired to the store with his midnight
customer. and prepared the medica-
ment desired.
The court advised Of these circum-
stances, decided that a night service
practiced in this manner was not really
sufficiently rapid, and fined M. G. the
sum of so francs (sl6.20) as a caution
to abide by the rules of the profession.
London Writer Fears
Gain in Accidents.
War Cry, London.-The continued In
crease in street accidents is alarming.
Thousands Of parents live in continual
apprehension of violent injury and
death coming to their children, to say
nothing of the agonies which the pres
ent mad worship Of speed causes the
aged and nfilm. Lord Trenchard
thinks that drivers would exercise more
care if they would realize that they
are in control of instruments as dan
gerous as shotguns. 1t would be good
thing to put them in the roads as
pedestrians for enough days in the year
to keep them mindful of their RESPONSE
bilties toward those who, by right of
.~F y, nj DsVSN
some consideration when they walk
ahrnad
Evening star., 1933-08-29
Too Much Racket.

Too Much Racket.
"Are you going to step out and save
your country?"
My country is already perfectly
safe" answered Senator Sorghum.
The only thing we have to do is to
keep reckless and ill-advised persons
from raising some kind of racket that
annoys everybody"
Jud Tunkins says every cloud has
silver lining but it's waste of time to
90 up in the air trying to turn clouds
inside out.
No Lachrym0se Moments
We shall not weep. although we may
Be haunted by grim fears;
Well use our eyes to find way
To shed our racketeers.
Severing Relationships.
do you believe in easy divorce?"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. Its
too much like the political idea Of re-
quiring a person who undertakes an
obligation to file an undated resigna-
tion."
do not hope to avoid enmities," said
Hi He. the sage of Chinatown. mo
matter how carefully you may choose
your path. you must find yourself in
some ones way"
Learning.
Now let us lift a happier song
While looking toward the light.
We've learned most everything that's
wrong,
Let's study what is right.
"You's got to respect authority" said
Uncle Eben. Oars two sides to every
question, but only one side at time kin
be on top"
Evening star., 1933-08-29
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Severing Relationships.
Learning.

"Yous got to respect authority" said
Uncle Eben. Oars two sides to every
question, but only one side at time kin
be on ton"
Evening star., 1933-08-29

"Give industry the chance to regulate
productions power it has under the
codes-and prices will rise without arti-
fetal action" argues the Oakland Trib-
une, while the Springfield Union com
Evening star., 1933-08-29

Jud Tunkins says every cloud has a
silver lining but it's waste of time to
90 up in the air trying to turn clouds
inside out.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11
CORRESPONDENTS
CONTINUED From Page Eight

hospital on Tuesday and died with
in twenty-four hours after being
taken there.
Charles Poore, of near Delan-
ey's, Del, aged 20 years, who died
at the home of his son, Archie
Poore, was buried Saturday at
Templeville, Md
The remains of Mrs. Nema Price
West, wife of j. Howard West, of
Dover, were brought to Millington
on Tuesday for interment in Mill
ington Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred @. Numbers
Jr., returned to Rochester. N. Y,
last after spending the holidays
with her father, Fred Q. Numbers
Mrs Annie Phillips, of near
town, who has been quite i'll at the
home of her son. John B. Phillips,
is better.
Mrs. Annie Poore who has been
on the sick list, is also better.
Mrs. Sarah Taylor, of Philadel-
phia, has been visiting Mrs. John
w. Higman.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11
TWO-CENT POSTAGE?

Busines men throughout
all sections of Delaware
will read with pleasure that
Representative Mead, of New
York, has introduced a bill in
Congress restoring two-cent
postage on first-class mail
matter. '"The announced pur-
pose Of the proposed legisla-
tion," says the Journal-Every
Evening, ''is to increase postal
revenues, which have fallen
off largely since the three
cent rate went into effect.
Representative Mead is chair
man Of special sub-commit-
tee of the House on postoffices
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11

DR.. C. L. Copeland was enter
tanned recently by Mr.. and Mrs. R.
]. Taylor.
Miss Arlene Gale, who visited
friends in Baltimore, recently, was
accompanied home by Mr. Mrs.
Schmidt
Mrs. ]. Ware and two children,
of Barkley, have been guests of
Raymond Edwards and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Shockley
and son have returned from a visit
to his parents in Salisbury.
Mrs. Mary Fitch, of Westport,
Conn, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
J. P. Ahern.
Miss Mary E. Numbers has re-
turned to Northampton, Mass, af-
ter a visit of two weeks with her
father, Fred C. Numbers.
Mrs. N. A. WalIen entertained
the members of the Queen Esther
Circle of Asbury M. E. Church al
the recent at her home on West
Cypress street.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11
MONEY,
LIFE OF TRADE
Circulation of Money is Nee.
essary to End Depression
and Quicken Business
RELIEF CERTIFICATES

Dover, Jan. 9.-We often say
that Credit is the life of trade"
But that's not true. Active money
is the life Of trade. Credits are
merely one form of active money
Nobody in business creates a bank
credit or loan unless they expect
to make that money become active.
Our currency is supposedly active
money and it is largely based on
bank loans, or in other words,
credits.
But currency can become mac
tive, it can be held or boarded.
Everybody knows that active
circulating money is necessary to
promote business and trade. The
banks are full of money but it
don't circulate it refuses to be
come active and go to work
Our State Of Delaware is in good
financial condition now,-but it's
sources of revenue have been ser
iously reduced; and this depres-
sion is not yet ended Depressions
end only when the supply Of unused
basic commodities becomes ex-
hausted.
Here in Delaware we have plenty
Of work to be done, plenty Of peo-
PIE to do it, and plenty Of business
to be transacted; but the money
in the banks refuses to circulate, it
refuses to become active and 60 to
work.
We have the means to provide
circulating Relief Certificates
backed by cash. Throughout the
state we can make these Relief
Certificates circulate as active
money, we can relieve un-employ-
ment, we can promote and stimu-
late business, we can help farmers
and small industries; and we can
make these Certificates pay their
own way, we can make them bring
in a profit to the State and hold
\ the States cash in reserve.
have gone over this Relief Ger
tificate System with many bust
mes people. I have gone over it in
detail with Mr.. Wallace Handy, our
7 Collector of Internal Revenue.
Both Mr. Handy and myself are
confident that, with proper organ
ization and management, this GER
tificate system could be extended
to all departments Of the state SO
as to recoup the States loss of
revenue from corporations, and
thus to avoid additional taxation.
At times 1 have made plenty Of
money for myself and have made
a great deal more for other people.
/ know business proposition when
1 see it, This is a business propo-
sition for the people Of Delaware
and for the state itself. But like
all other business propositions it
demands intelligent organization
and competent management.
( FRANK H. SHAKESPEARE,
Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11
AT WESLEYAN METHODIST
Rev. w. w. Henry, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week

Rev. w. w. Henry, PaStOr, An
nounces Services for the Week
The revival services a the Wes-
leyan Methodist Church are well
attended and much interest is man
ifested. The Rev. F. A. Butter
field Of Berlin, N. J., the president
of the Middle Atlantic States Con-
ference of which the local church
is a member, is the evangelist in
charge. Mr.. Butterfield is bring
ing gospel messages of like char
acter of Wesley, Coke, Asbury,
etc. Mr.. Butterield will be in
charge of the meetings for several
days. Mrs. Sarah Palmer is in
charge Of the organ assisted by
Miss Melvina Shockley. On Mon
day evening last Mrs. Frank Hyn-
son and Miss Mary Hynson rend-
cred several selections in song
which were enjoyed by we'll
filled house. The Hynson's will be
present again on Monday night
next. A cordial welcome is ex-
tended to everyone. A special in
vitation is extended to the folks
who were interested in Jerman
Chapel work Of years ago.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11
CONTRACT B-I
5 Trucks
Four Wheel Drive Type

Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
Contract 278 above is Federal Emerg-
ency Construction Project with special pro-
visions to govern same. The minimum
wages paid on it, as well as on Contracts
2S2 and 2S3, will be twenty-five cents per
hour for unskilled labor and thirty-five
cents per hour for skilled labor.
Monthly payments will be made for 80
per cent of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond. certified check. or money to
the amount of at least ten (10) per
centum of the total amount of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract No.
The contract will be awarded or re
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date Of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifications
may be obtained after January Is. 1888.
upon receipt of two dollars ts2.00) for
each contract, which amount will not be
refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover. Delaware
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11

and post-roads, which has
made a special study of the
effect of three-cent postage on
the Federal revenues. The re
suit of that study is reflected
by the legislation proposed.
Passage of the two-cent bill
would give pleasure to tens of
millions of Americans"
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11

Community Church House on Wed
nesday, but denied any knowledge
of the Wenroth store fire. Resi-
dents of Ceclton have been greatly
alarmed over the blazes. When
they asked for volunteer patrolmen
for the town at night, Stradley
was one of those who volunteered.
Later he told story about some
one firing a pistol at him through
a window at home. It was learn
ed Saturday, according to the Of
ficers, that he fired the shot
through his own hat Stradley is
being held in jail without bond
pending a hearing.
Smyrna times., 1933-01-11

are cooperating with the extension
service in this project for the COM
ing year, and each Of these poul-
trymen has received a copy of this
egg report from the office of Coun-
ty Agent Russell f. Wilson. Dur
ing November these pullets aver
aged "a eggs each, while the pro-
duction per hen dropped to 2.8
eggs, as compared to SO eggs per
bird from the pullets and hens in
the mixed fiocks. These egg pro-
duction records compare very fav-
orably to those for November, 1881,
when the pullets laid 9.4 eggs each,
the hens 3.2 eggs, and the mixed
fiocks 6.2 eggs per bird.