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Evening star., 1936-07-12
VOT WANTED
The story of discouraged little boy
who one day found himself
by HELEN GENUNG

that coat. "Will," she used to call him. His
father had called him Bill"
There were so many things he couldn't for
get. The school few blocks away from the
white house and his coming home at noon
terribly hungry. He could see his mother now,
smiling at him while she stirred something on
the stove. Something that smelled good. And
at night his father coming home and calling
from the front door: where's everybody?'
So many things, and all of them made him
want to leave this place, where bells rang for
getting up and going to bed. Where you could
play just one hour in the afternoon and you
couldn't even see the kitchen on account of
the swinging door.
Willard had been so sure that he wouldn't
be here very long that at first he hadn't
minded any of it - much. But he had lived
at the Orphanage almost year now; he was
eight years old, and still no one had adopted
him. He was too homely. Even Miss Elliott
thought he'd stay here until he was sixteen.
At sixteen he'd 60 to St. Johns, where the
boys learned trade to make money in the
outside world. Willard let go of the rabbits
ears and threw himself face down on the
ground
There went the bell That meant the be-
ginning of shop work for the boys. He couldn't
60 to shop today. He didn't care if he never
finished the end table for the cottage living
room.
When some time later he heard DR.. Laird's
voice asking "Sick, Willard?" he pressed his
face deeper into the crook of his arms.
He felt her dress brush his hand She must
be sitting in the grass close to him. my
word" she said in voice very like the voice
that used to say Time to get up, son. Have
a good sleep1" my word" repeated the
doctor, THAT rabbit is getting enormous.
thought he was sick"
One eye peeked out. HE was. But cured
him.
whats his name? Romulus?"
The doctor was sitting cross-legged, her hat
Evening star., 1936-07-12

on the ground beside her. With the sun on
her hair, Willard saw for the first time that
she was pretty. Pretty like his mother, not
Romulus, not looking at Willard, which gave
him time to wipe his eyes. The rabbit twitched
his nose at her through the wire netting.
Willard had to laugh.
He is funny, isn't he3" chuckled DR..
Laird. That was one of the incest things
about DR.. Laird - she knew just what was
comical even when she had to swab sore
throat or put iodine on cut.
Don't you wish rabbits wore clothes, Will
lard? They'd be cute with coats and vests"
"Or pants with watch pockets in them,"
agreed Willard, sitting up beside her.
Even if the watch didn't always say tea
timer"
He could hardly believe his ears. Had she
really read ''Alice"? He had thought that he,
his mother and father were the only people
in the world who had read that book None
of the Orphs knew anything about it. He felt
all warm inside of him because Dr. Laird
knew about the March Hare and the Mad
Tea Party.
She was smiling at him as if she didn't see
his freckles or his crooked front teeth. As if
she didn't realize he was awkward. DR.. Laird
was the grandest person in the world
After that. afternoon, he knew just what
time her little coupe was due to come through
the gates. He always slipped away to meet
it. The car would take him on the running
board for a ride to the infirmary. He'd tell
DR.. Laird all that had happened in the Home.
He was really lucky when he caught the
measles. because then Dr. Laird came every
day to sit beside him. She stayed longer with
him than with the other Orphs. She told him
stories. Stories about her patients who were
mostly children, what they did and said, how
they lived. what their fathers and mothers
looked like.
CConfinved on poss 10)
Evening star., 1936-07-12

n u Orphanage because he was al
Wv ways the last to be chosen. That
was on account of his being so
awkward that whichever side he was on al
ways lost. He dropped the ball in pass ball
or stumbled in the relay races. The Orphs
groaned when that happened.
The captains were choosing sides for pass
ball now, and Willard stood by the gate,
hoping that one of them would call his name
Funny, how he hadn't minded when he
heard DR.. Agnes Laird say to one of the
teachers "I'll admit Wizards awkward and
homely." He never minded anything DR..
Laird said: she was so nice. Funny, how he'd
never known he was awkward and homely at
home.
Home! He thought hard about the white
house with the green door, and the hollyhocks
by the picket fence. That meant home to him.
Miss Elliott was his house mother mere at
the Orphanage. His own father and mother
had been killed by a train a year before when
driving to Chicago; there had been Just
enough money left to send him to this Home
- there weren't any aunts or uncles or grand
parents to take him. Everyone told him he
was lucky to 60 to such nice place.
There, everyone else was lined up. "Wi-
lard" called Miss Elliott. go to Georginas
side" He heard the sighs from that squad.
"Now, listen. Willard" said Georgina in
that horrid bossy way she had. For PHYS
sake, don't drop the ball."
He wouldn't! This time he'd be as smart
as the other Orphs and his side would win
There, he had caught the ball and passed it
on. Who said he was awkward? There, he had
caught it again. His face felt hot and the
other Orphs were shouting with excitement
Evening star., 1936-07-12


to 60 to the main hall, children. Go and clean
up first
Willard felt tickle run down his spine
When the Orphs were called to the main hall
like this, it meant visitors and sometimes
those visitors adopted child. Willard always
hoped it might be his turn
}le scrubbed his freckled face until it felt
sore. These people today might want him to
be their boy.
When he got to the main hall, the visitors
didn't notice him at all. The children sang and
played games while Willards jaws ached from
trying to keep on smiling
Then the visitors left. Georgina stood be-
side Willard as they watched the gray car
sweep away down the drive.
I'm going to visit them, the Cadys,"
Georgina Dragged. They liked me and I'll
bet I'll be their little girl"
Willard tried to sound glad; it was hard be-
cause he didn't like Georgna That's fine"
he said. You'll like living with the Cadys,
I'll bet."
Georgina twisted long curl about her fore
finger. She narrowed her eyes. "It's too bad
you're so homely," she said. miss Elliott
said you'd probably be here until you're six
teen"
Willard turned away without answering
He wandered back to the rabbit pens. So he
was too ugly; this was why no one wanted
to adopt him. Down in his heart, he had
known it all the time but he hadn't wanted
to admit it.
He sat down by the biggest rabbits pen
and reached his hand through the wire netting
to stroke the bunny's ears. The feel of that
gray fur made him think of the collar on his
mothers coat. He felt little better to re-
member how pretty his mother had looked in
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT POCOMOKE CITY, MARYLAND.

and no fuzzy beard present, we think
of the man as a gentleman and treat
him as such.
Far back in the rural district, a
man may have on shoes that have
been worn for more than year with
out having been polished, his trous-
ers may bag at the knees, and a
beard of four lays growth may cover
his face, but if he is known by his
neighbors to be dependable, trust
worthy and good man; he is con-
sidered a gentleman and receives the
highest respect in the community by
those who know him.
Especially is this true of many
farming communities during the week.
Many preachers and other men who
have had educational advantages but
who endeavor to farm, seldom pay
much attention to their personal ap-
pearance through the week. On Sun
day, however, it is altogether diff
ferent. These same folks will be seen
at church, in their car, or at any pub
lie place, dressed in fashion, and
about the only way to distinguish
them from their city brothers then,
would be to observe the reddish col
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
Friday evening.

Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Parker and
Mrs. Bessie Polk and son, Charles
Shockley of Salisbury were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Parsons on Sun
day.
The Cotillion Club dance will be
held this Friday evening at Starlight
Rendezvous, Public Landing.
Mr.. w. M. Sturgis spent the week
end in Philadelphia with his brother,
Mr.. A. Fred Sturgis.
Capt. and Mrs. Jerrye Bromley of
Chincoteague, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bromley.
Mrs. Bessie Sturgis spent Sunday
with relatives in Newark and Berlin.
Mrs. Byron Dill spent last week
with her daughter, Miss Margaret
Richardson in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace McKissick,
and two children of Yeadon, Pa, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Jennie Cot
tingham.
Mrs. Robert Davis and Mr.. Walter
Bonneville were operated on at Pc
ninsula General Hospital in Sails
bury, last week.
Mrs. Albert Green left this week
to visit relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowen and
daughter, Charlotte, spent Sunday
with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Eleanor Shockley has return
ed after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Shockley, near Ocean City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Taylor and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Godfrey
and daughter, Irintha returned home
after spending two weeks with rela-
tives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. William B. L. Bonneville had
stroke of paralysis last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland B. Richardson
spent the first of the week with Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton Evans in Laurel.
Mrs. William G. Kerbin, Jr., en-
tertained her bridge club last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Chapman Wis
tied relatives in Harrington and
Georgetown, last week.
Mrs. Fred Hales went to Phila-
delphia the first of the week to &C
company Capt. Hales on a boat trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wilkins of
Georgetown and Mrs. George Toppins
and two daughters, Miss Catherine
Toppin and Ann, spent Sunday with
Miss Hattie Williams.
Mrs. E. King Wilson and daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Wilson, of Whining
ton spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter C. Turner.
Rev. Laird Harris of Philadelphia,
visited friends here recently.
Mrs. Howard Lawrence Of Freeport
Long Island, who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Dennis has
returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Savage and
two sons, Paul and Louis and Mr..
Samuel Parsons of Chincoteague
spent Sunday with Mr.. Parsons moth
er, Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons.
Mrs. Henry Lichtman and daugh-
ter, Lila Pearl have returned after
spending two weeks with relatives in
| Norfolk.
Mrs. Harry Jucketts, Mr.. and Mrs
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
HEALTH DOCTOR
WARNS AGAINST
COMMON COLDS
Germs Believed To Be RespOn-
sible For Large Share Of
Colds Are Very Tiny

"Little things count tremendously
IN the snread and also in the proven
tion of the common cold, which, as
usual at this time of the year, is very
prevalent" DIR. R. H. Riley, Director
of the State Department of Health
said recently.
"The germs believed to be respon-
sible for a large share of our colds,
are so tiny" he continued, chat they
cannot be seen under even a very
strong microscope. But they are SO
powerful that you can give your cold
to your neighbor simply by sneezing
or coughing in his face. The moist
secretions from the nose and throat
of anybody who has a cold, are loaded
with the disease producing material.
The fine spray we project into the air
whenever we cough or sneeze without
covering the mouth. is always source
of danger to all who are within reach.
eff you have a cold, think of your
neighbor as we'll as Of yourself. Don't
broadcast your germs. Keep them to
yourself. Don't cough or sneeze in
YOUR neighbours face. Keep yourself
well supplied with handkerchiefs and
sneeze into your handkerchief. Use
paper or tissue handkerchiefs that can
be easily destroyed. But don't keep
them lying around. AS you use them
drop them in a paper bag until you
can burn them or dispose of them
otherwise in such way that they are
not a source of infection to others.
"Have your own towel, drinking
cup, glass and wash cloth. Even very
young children can be taught to have
their own belongings and to use them
faithfully if the grown-ups in the
family set them the right sort of ex-
ample. Spoons, knives, forks, dishes
and other table utensils used by people
who have colds should be- washed in
boiling water.
eff you have cold don't go visit
ing. Discourage your friends from
coming to see you until you are no
longer source of danger to them
Babies and young children are partic-
ularly susceptible to colds; be very
careful not to spread your germs to
them.
"For your own sake as we'll as fol-
l. e J,x
contact with you, avoid colds by keep
ing as fit as possible. A very lit
tie cold can unlock the door to pneu-
monia or even to tuberculosis. If you
are overtaken by one, treat it serious
ly, not lightly. If you can possibly
do so, go to bed and stay there until
the cold disappears. Drink plenty Of
water; eat lightly; if there is any
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
Snow Hill News

Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Dennis are Wis
iting relatives in Freeport, Long Is
land.
Mrs. Mary Nelson Warren, Miss
Elizabeth Nelson and Messrs. Charles
and Richard Nelson of Snow Hill and
Miss Virginia Belote of Pocomoke
spent Sunday with relatives and
friends in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Grimes and
daughter, Shirley of Baltimore, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Grimes par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Tilghman'
Mr.. Charles w. Corddry made a
business trip to Baltimore during the
weekend.
Mr.. Louis Golden of Baltimore
spent last week here.
Mrs. Thomas Duley entertained
number of boys and girls to Hal
lowe'en party on Saturday afternoon,
in honor of her son, William Hawk
shaw's seventh birthday.
Miss Mary Jane Purnell attended
the Yale-Navy football game in Bal
timore on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G. Humphreys
ST., spent the weekend in White
stone, Va.
Mr.. j. Y. Doak is in Wills Eye
and Ear Hospital in Philadelphia for
treatment.
Mr.. Joseph Laws, manager of the
American Store in Snow Hill has
been transferred to New Castle, Del
Mr.. Lester Hearthway of Snow Hill
has been made manager here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kerbin Sturgis spent
the weekend with relatives in Stock
ton.
Miss Hattie Williams spent last
week with relatives in Harrington
and Georgetown, Del.
Miss Nellie Cherrix of Annapoli:
spent the weekend with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Cherrix. Mr.. Che,
rix is very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Pusey, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Pusey, of Salisbury
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Pussy Of
Delmar, spent Sunday with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Harvey Pusey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Truitt spent
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Herman Adkins and daugh
ter Eleanor have returned home after
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bran
nan in Baltimore.
Mr. land Mrs. Norman Morris spent
the weekend with Mrs. Asbury Riley
enroute for a vacation trip to Mt
Pocono and Atlantic City.
Mrs. Edwin Brown of Baltimore
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
G. Norwood Shockley.
Mr. and Mrs. Colwyn Redden Of
Harrisburg, Pa, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Burbage
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Truitt
IJr., entertained at buffet supper or
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

Thomas Jucketts and son, Thomas
Jucketts, Jr., of Camden, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Baker.
Mrs. c. Norwood Shockley enter
tanned the St. Margaret's Guild We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Charles w. Corddry entertain
ed her contract bridge club on We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Willard Rich of Richmond, is
visiting her sister Miss Carolyn
Bonneville.
Mrs. w. B. Hearthway visited Mr..
and Mrs. Allen CULLEN in Ocean City,
last week.
Mrs. James Conner and daughter,
Doris, of Ocean City, spent Sunday
here with friends.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

oring in their faces and hands, which
has been given them by the warm
sunshine.
Men would look odd in the city
walking up and down the streets col
larless, dressed in overalls or other
clothes of course, shabby nature.
UNLESS they were the few who are
compelled to go in this way because
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

of their specific work. Men working
in the field where dust and dirt is
continually rising and falling, would
look odd dressed in expensive clothing
and wearing white collar, and so the
gentlemen's appearance depends much
upon the place, the time and the oc-
casion.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

sign of fever, send for your doctor
and follow his orders. Two or three
days in bed will save in the end and
may prevent you from having a SER
ious illness"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
VARIOUS VIEWS
By Arthur Van Define
ON GENTLEMEN

Men in the cities are judged much
by their personal appearance. When
we see a man with his shoes smooth
ly polished, his clothes neatly press
ed, clean white collar, smoth hair cut
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29
A GOOD WILL DESK

1t has long been the custom for ma
tions to send historic tokens of good will
to one another, and the United States has
sent and received many such mementoes.
One of the most interesting gifts in
the possession of our government is desk
in the White House, which was presented
by Queen Victoria some years before her
death The desk is of carved heavy oak
and carries a brass plate with this inscrip-
ton:
I'll M. S. Resolute, forming part of
the expedition sent in search of Sir John
Franklin in 1852, was abandoned in lati-
tude "a degrees Al minutes north, long
itude 1O1 degrees % minutes west, on the
18th of May, 1854. She was discovered
and extricated in September, 1885, in lati-
tude 67 degrees north by Captain Bud
dington of the United States whaler
George Henry. The ship was purchased,
fitted out and sent to England as a gift to
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by the
PRESIDENT and people of the United States,
as a token of good will and friendship.
This table was made from her timberS
when she was broken up, and is presented
by the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
to the President of the United States as
memorial of the courtesy and loving kind
ness which dictated the offer of the gift of
the Resolute.''
Sir John Franklin, in search of whose
expedition the Resolute and many other
vessels were sent, persisted with his 1874 Of
ficers and men while trying to find
northwest passage from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, between the years 1916 and
1913. Their skeletons with some records
and other relics, were found few years
later
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29
ARCHAIC COURT RULES

To the intelligent 1ayman the rules of
procedure in American courts are so anti
quated as to be positively ridiculous. AS
the st. Louis Star SO aptly says: "Our alb
surd rules of evidence, our decisions on
techncalities, slow down and pervert
justice, and foster crime and lawlessness."
Consequently there is a growing lack
of respect for courts and for law itself.
Most people believe, and not without rea-
son, that Lawsuits naturally involve trick
cry and sharp practices on the part of
many lawyers. Even the bench is not al
ways exempt from suspicion that many
cases are decided on technicalites, rather
than upon facts and a desire to mete out
even-handed justice. Continuing the Star
says:
what about these pleadings that
ramble on for thousands of words, wherein
every point must be stated just so, or the
case is thrown out of court? Are they
necessary, In England, after the great law
reform of 1873. a rule was adopted that no
case should be thrown out of court for any
alleged want of form in pleading. The
result was CHdC EngllSH pledulHgS, once
thousands of words long, now take up
about dozen lines in the planest of plain
English. Pleadings as we know them have
disappeared from the practice of law in
England. The result is that all English
lawsuits reach final decision in from two
weeks to four months. There is confidence
in the courts, and the judges have the
time to attend to criminals in the same
speedy fashion,
Anyone with sense of humor can
find quite bit of entertainment by spend
ing an hour in an American courtroom
where pleadings are being banded about.
But if one stays too long his amusement
will turn to disgust.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29
TODAY'S WEATHER

sure area occupying the north
central portion of the country,
Duluth, Mimi, 30.16 inches, and
low pressure areas overspreading
most of the remainder. Eastport,
Me-, 1886 inches; Tampa, Fla,
29.72 inches, Brownsville, Texas,
29.70 inches, and Salt Lake City.
Utah, 29.68 inches. Showers have
continued from Colorado south
eastward over Texas and around
the Gulf coast to Florida, being
heavy at Miami, Fla, where 5.25
inches have fallen in the last 48
hours. There have also been light
to moderated showers on the north
Pacific coast, in eastern North
C&roline and Main. Temperatures
have fcllcn from tie middle Mis-
sissippi Valley eastward TO the
Atlantic coast, with light to eavy
frost reported in portions of
Pennsylvania and New York !;
While warm weather continues in
western districts. 2nd maximum
readings of 90 degrees occurred
again yesterday in North Dakota.
G.. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29

Mark Twain in describing a visit to
New Orleans refers to the custom of giving
'lagniappe" in a complimentary way but
says it is Spanish word AS matter of
fact it is a French word, the Spanish
equivalent being "contra.' The Spanish.
speaking children of Key West wouldn't
know what it's all about if you promised
them 'lagniappe", but just mention
contra and see their faces light up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29
WEATHER FORECAST
Gill 8 p. M, Saturday,

(Illl p. M, saturday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with occasional showers
tonight and Saturday; moderate
south and southwest winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday with occasional
showers.
jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Moderate south and southwest
winds over south portion and mod
crate southeast to northeast winds
over north portion and mostly
overcast weather tonight and Sat
urday with occasional showers.
East Gulf: Moderate south and
southwest winds over south por-
ton and moderate northeast winds
over north portion and mostly
overcast weather tonight and Sat
urday with occasional showers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-05-29

Ritter refuses to obey the senate. and
Townsend defies the congressional investi.
eating committee. 1t seems some drastic
procedure is necessary to have these recall
citrants understand they are not running
the whole show Imagine such actions I'M
der Mussolini, Hitler or Stain and their
consequences. 1t demonstrates one thing
definitely we are not as yet governed by a
Dictator but such atrabilious conduct by
men in high plcaes may hasten the day
when an iron man will occupy the presi-
dental chair.