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SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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blage. The church was handsome
Nv decorated. The couple stood
under an arch of holly, from the
top of which was suspended a
large horse shoe made of ever
green. The ushers were Prof.
John G. Hopkins, brother of the
groom; Fred L. Clark, Of Camden,
cousin of the bride; John S. Rey-
nolds and Harry F. Mitten. The
bride was attired in a travelling
suit of mahogany colored henrietta
cloth. The Rev. ]. H. Caldwell Of
ficiated, and w. 2. Knowles pre-
sided at the organ. Immediately
after the ceremony they retired to
the basement of the church, where
they received the congratulations
of their relatives and numerous
friends after which they left to
take the afternoon train for trip
TO Baltimore and Washington.
Among the guests present outside
of Frederica were: Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Hudson, the Misses Emma
and Susie Hudson, Miss Bet
Smithers, of Smyrna; Dr. and Mrs.
]. M. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffer-
son Cooper, John Bishop and fam
lily of Moortown (now Cheswold) !;
W. NJ. Dickson, of Magnolia; Prof.
C.S. Conwell, of Delaware College,
Newark; Frisby Clark, Miss Lizzie
Coombs, Miss Evelyn Clark, y.
Dawson Clark of Camden; E. B.
Clements Of Baltimore; Miss Lon
Dawson, of Philadelphia; Frank
Prettyman, Miss Annie Hopkins,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Wooten, of Farm
ington.
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SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By l.. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

It was during the evening rush
hour. The Coney Island train that
pulled out Of the Times Square sta
ton of the B. M. T. was SO crowded
there was hardly breathing space.
Among the swaying standers was
woman well past middle age whose
face held many fatigue lines. Most
Of the passengers didn't see her
they had become too thoroughly I'M
mersed in newspapers to take any
notice. However, one man did see
her. Sixty years old at least, about
him were unmistakable evidences
of hard labor, from calloused hands
to plaster dust on his heavy shoes.
On his lap was a battered tin lunch
box. He was tired. That was ap-
parent. But as soon as he noticed
the older woman, he arose, raised
his hat and offered her his seat.
She didn't get it. Before she could
sit down, a pert young girl, red
ingernails, permanent, lips like a
tomato and unchanging blush.
slipped into it with a smirk of salts
faction. And 50 she sat, compla-
Gently polishing her nails. until al
most the end Of the line, while the
man and woman clung to straps
side by side.
The incident didn't cause any in
dignation Even the woman cheat
ed out Of a seat and the man who
had surrendered his apparently
didn't resent the inpertinence Of the
young miss. The reason was sim
pie The occurrence was entirely
too common to attract any atten-
ton. The general attitude in New
York subways is, 7 paid my nick
el and I'm entitled to a seat if l
can get it" 1t doesn't make any
difference who stands. The only ex-
ception seems to be women carry
ing babies. Usually some one will
give up a seat to a mother burdened
with an infant But observation has
shown that most often the one who
gets up is not a man but another
woman. That also holds true in
cases of women weakened by age
or sudden illness. For some reason
or other, New York men seem per-
manently attached to subway seats.
When I first came here from the
Middle West. the sight of women
standing while men sat comfortably
got under my collar. So I was al
ways bouncing up. Then I learned
that such consideration was not al
ways appreciated. In fact, often it
was looked upon with suspicion. An
attempt to flirt. So now I've adopt
ed rule. A young and pretty miss
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son that is greatly n
thousands Of women
why it tastes one hm1
cent better" ny friend 4
children now clamof "a
morning orange juice. |
Now. I could have baH1
technical and explained 1a
Juice standing overnight i
ed container will lose aEra
" ten per cent Of its "
but after all, | was nefsl
to teach a friend boy 4
from destroying favor "a
is all important az uI'aA
particularly in the my i
passes your lips. i
MANY restaurant and u
and cooks could well
simple lesson. Far TO Y
serve orange juice thSI
for hours. +
Don't do it, friends! n
the favor. Let Aoaa T..
work w her magic in The ~
ing peel until you y N,
serve your juice. :,.,.,i
oranges in the FstIiss1 a.s \
night : not the Orange
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Scotch has always been an anti
Salisbury man, and this appoint
ment is explained by the Wolcott
democrats as follows: That the
Governor refuses to recognize as
Democrats those who voted the
split ticket and Mr.. Scotten was
the only straight" man who ap-
piled for the Office.
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pipe should be open
wide. Leave a thin
layer of ash about
2" deep spread
evenly over the
CRATES. This will
prevent the first hot
fire from the kind
ling from coming in
contact with the
CRATE bars and will
also minimize the
dropping G CT un-
burned coal into
the ash-pit.
CDraa n ahoI1t two
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Native women of the poorer
classes never appear without heavy
wells in the streets of Sarajevo.
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inches of coal evenly over the
layer of ash. Place kindling on
top of this coal. This kindling
may consist of lightly wadded
newspapers, light dry wood, or
charcoal. Next, light the kindling.
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and IN carrying The ,lI.I sros
from the kindline y 'Il'i'
Do not forgssitt,.,
danlpers in Their envy. - u,
aohen the fire i bnilt r5t n \.
depth. ~ " y
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BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The Pencader Grange sponsored
a Christmas party for the children
Of the community from to 8
o'clock Tuesday night of last week,
Mrs. Helen Woerner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Ford, Mrs. Mollie Brooks
and Mr. Clifton Ellis were on the
committee.
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MONEY SAVING HIM,
ON HOME HEATING :
Building 4 Furnace r..
by JOHN BARCLAY, Heos,. :, \

Q TARTING a new fire in your fur
y mace will be an easy matter if
you will follow these few sugges-
tions: First, close the check dam
per and open the ash-pit damper.
The turn damper in the smoke
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mere Tor JQe Christmas Mondays.
William F. Buchanan who has
been in the Times office for the
past four years, takes a place in
the Superintendent's Office at
Clayton to learn telegraphy and
stenography.
Albert w. Cummins, Of the
Morning News, took his Christmas
dinner at home yesterday.
Miss Libbie Denney will give a
birthday party at her home this
evening.
Miss Florence Hall is spending
the holidays with friends in Phila-
delphia
Miss Daisy Dorman, of Milford,
is on a visit to her former school
mates.
Miss Bertie Parsons and Mr..
Harry Walls of Dover, are spend
ing part of the holidays in Smyr-
ma.
Mrs. Rachel Collins, of Harring-
ton, is visiting Mrs. Mary A. Kim
mey.
Misses Alice Land and Bessie T..
Short are spending the holidays
with their parents in Thorough
fare Neck.
Miss Annie Doughten, teacher
in the public school, is spending
the holidays in Philadelphia, Miss
Lizzie Mcdowell in Wilmington
and Miss K. L. Storm in Milford
Mrs. M Moore, of Mt. Airy, n.
c., is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Norris.
Among the holiday visitors to
relatives in town have been Mrs.
James S. Moore, of Dover; Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Armstrong and Mr..
and Mrs William Armstrong, Ris-
ing Sun; Mr.. and Mrs. Jamison,
New Castle; ]. Harvey Spruance,
Wilmington; Miss Estelle Smith:
Mrs. Emma Myers, Will Brown
and Frank Pratt and Charles Wat
ers, Philadelphia; Miss May Prim-
rose, Philadelphia; Miss Lola
Blackiston, near Baltimore; Maur-
ice B. Collins, Camden, N j.;
George T. Baggs, Esq, Baltimore.
Frank McWhorter, formerly re-
siding near this town, now of Nor
folk, is spending a day or two with
the Messrs. Hudson.
Luther Truax, son of Isaac
Truax, went to Philadelphia last
week to enter drug store.
\ COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
j A Swedenborgian Church is the
latest agitation for Dover
4 Molten Richards is an aspirant
for the Office of Collector Of Oyster
Revenue at Little Creek.
The dwelling Of William j. Can
non, living near Seaford, was de-
stroyed by fire On Wednesday
morning.
Typhoid fever is prevalent il
Milford Neck, one physician hav.
ing seven cases in as many famil-
les, all Of a dangerous character.
Charles 2. Treidler, the mer.
chant taller of Milford, will re.
move to Dover the first of January
and occupy the store adjoining
Burton's drug store.
Messrs. Massey and Penniwel
have rented the law Office in ths
Ridgely property on the Public
Square, Dover SO long occupied By
Chief Justice Comegys.
Cards are out for the marriage
of E. P. Wise to Victoria Taylor
of New Castle, which will be sol
emnized in the Episcopal Church
on Tuesday afternoon, January ]
at 4.3O o'clock.
Minos Conaway has exchanged
his interest in the steamer DaviC
Reeves for the James Kirkley
property in Leipsic, owned by E
n. Thomas. Mr. Conaway will re.
move to Leipsic from his farm.
Cards are out for the wedding Of
Janvier Woods, of MacDonougf
and Miss Kate Eliason, of Summit
Bridge, December 9th, at 4.30 p
m. The ceremony will be per
formed in the Presbyterian Church
at Middletown by the Rev Mr.. Al
exander
Philemon Scotten, of Marydel
has been appointed Justice of the
Peace by Governor Biggs. Mr.
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Rosetta Stone Aid to Science
The Rosetta stone, discovered in
Egypt in 1899. gave a key which
resulted in the deciphering of
Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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tSin Mnen nit. it is burning b.i,.,. /
atm a time. The kiniiii5rSs iir 90; al \
Of coal underpesss,,5a >, 5aIsSSs3
more coal gradual, = y I
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and Mr.. Clifton Ellis were on the
committee.
George Cobb, farm expert and
columnish, reports hearing a new
idea of improving the color of
sweet potatoes by dipping them in
a MIXTURE of emulsified oils, sulfo-
eide, borax and water. The solu-
tion also preserves the tubers. He
has the exact formula.
Motorists are waiting too long
to obtain their 1899 auto registra-
tion tags" zack w. Wells, deputy
motor vehicle commissioner, warn
ed last week. Mr.. Wells said
about $4,000 sets of 1889 tags
have been sold so far. The total
registration last year was better
than 10000.
The st. Georges Parent-Teacher
Association of the Commodore
MacDonough School held party
for children of the school program
by the pupils, "wednesday night Of
last week On Thursday night,
the Sunday School of the St.
Georges NJ. E. Church, Christmas
entertainment, followed by treat.
Horace E. Simmons, school super
intendent, and the Rev. J. J..
/ Sparklin, pastor, in charge.
Fort dupont is adjusting itself
\ for its slackest period of the year,
the interval from a few days be
fore Christmas to the day follow
ing New Years Day. Many leaves
Of absence have been granted to
officers, and furloughs to enlisted
men and non-commissioned officers
in order that they may visit their
homes for few days. The Ofic-
ers' Club will not be active at
Christmas, but will hold New
Years Eve dance.
Farm consumption OF gaSolne
in Delaware increased by $4,000
gallons betwee 1886 and 1887 and
BY 225, 900 gallons for 1887 com
pared with 1886. according to a
report Of the u. S. Bureau of Pub
lie Roads. The report also reveal
ed a so per cent increase from
1885 in the So states for which
data was obtained. Gallons used
in Delaware for 1885 were 2,137,-
600 compared with 2,675,00O for
1886, and 2,93O.Oo0 for 1887.
Forty-four banks of Delaware
had a total of 146, 900 accounts, Of
which 143,O0O, or 976 per cent,
were of $1,000 or less, for the per
iod of May 16, 1886, to Sept. 21,
1888, the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation reported at
Washington recently. They had a
total of S154 100000 in deposits
not exceeding $1,000, and of that
amount S64, 100000 was insured
The most the corporation will in
sure is $4,000.
Native women of the poorer
classes never appear without heavy
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can stand. But if the stander is old,
i'll or extremely tired, then I stand.
Sometimes I'm thanked. More often
I'm not. But thanks or not, don't
have any arguments with myself.
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George Cobb, farm expert and
columnish, reports hearing a new
idea of improving the color of
sweet potatoes by dipping them in
a MIXTURE of emulsified oils, sulfo-
eide, borax and water. The solu-
tion also preserves the tubers. He
has the exact formula.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Palms in Coat of Arms

The palm is in the coat of arms
of South Carolina. Legends have
it that the Virgin Mary commanded
the palm to bend its leaves over
Christ during the trip into Egypt.
Palms were known to have supplied
tribes not only with food, but also
oil, fuel and shelter. One OF the
superstitions pertaining to palms,
notes writer in the Rural New
Yorker, is that if one would make
a cross of leaves he would be free
from injury during heavy storm.
People in some sections of the coun-
try believe that it will drive mice
away from granaries; that If leaves
are eaten it will cure fever, or that
if palm leaf is put behind the
picture Of Virgin Mary on Easter
morning it viii drive away all ami
mails without bones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Brighten the Window SILL
Small paper doilies placed under
porcelain plant pots keeps the
window stills clean and helps to
prevent marks on the paint.
Fr0sting Windows.--An inexpen-
sive way Of frosting the cellar
windows to insure more privacy
is to dissolve one-half pound of
EPSON salts in two pints Of water
and paint over the inside of the
window with this liquid.
When Washing Silk Stockings
Slip on pair of rubber gloves
when washing stockings. There
will then be no danger of catching
the silk and causing ladder.
Lengthen Life Of ToweIs.-Ma-
chine a piece of tape along each
side of your roller towels before
you use them.
Washing observation-disclosures
kitchen utensils should be washed
in warm water to which just
small quantity of soap or soap
flakes has been added. Dry thor
oughly as soon as they are
washed. If allowed to soak or left
to stand about while wet the wood
will become discolored.
Testing a Pillow.-One test of
good pillow is to press it in the
center; the more quickly and fully
the pillow comes back to it's origi-
nal shape and size, the better are
the feathers.
Hand P0wder.-Hot hands can
be refreshed with a powder made
of two parts talcum powder mixed
with one part borax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Case of The Railroad Man

1t seemed strange that the man
who lived in Washington breakfast
ed ungodly early. walked four long
blocks, took street car across city,
then rode the tiresome train every
day to his Baltimore office. We
could all have told him how much
shorter, simpler and more sensible
for him to step into the bus in front
of his house and out at his office;
most anybody would know enough
to do it this easier, quicker way.
Then we learned that he is of the
railroad staff and it is his profess
sional responsibility to take the
train. Buses weren't his line.
Trains were! We sat in judgment
without knowing what we were talk
ing about.
So easy to turn our imaginations
loose on any pretext or person; so
easy to see what isn't there; to
misunderstood and misinterpret; to
see the little lad fighting for an or
ange for his sick sister as "meanest
boy in the world; so easy to be
critical instead of kind; to tangle
human threads that need straight
ening, not snarling, and thus to spoil
many lovely pattern of life.
A world of saving wisdom abides
in the old philosophy that reveals
there's so much good in the worst
of us and so much bad in the best
of us that it scarcely behooves any
of us to say things against the rest
of u.s." Just another way of sug-
costing that it's better all around to
"judge not" It keeps things from
boomeranging on us!
Copyright.-WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07

Truth Shows
Do the truth we know, and you
shall learn the truth you need to
know.-G. Macdonald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
New Farm PROGRAM

Radio promotion of Goodyear
products for farm use began Sep
TENDER rs over a huge Blue net
work of 48 broadcasting stations
of the National Broadcasting COM
pany. Fifteen-minute daily Sec
tional programs will be broadcast
each Monday to Friday, inclusive,
from lis to 1880 p. m. eastern
standard time, 1915 to 1890 p. m.
central standard time and 11:15 to
1880 a. m. mountain standard
time to farmers living between
the Atlantic ocean and the Rocky
mountains, and from Texas to
Canada.
The new Goodyear broadcasts
will supplement the National
Farm and Home Hour, which for
ten years has given American
farmers up-to-the-minute news
and expert counsel on rural prob
lens. The new broadcast imme-
diately follows the Farm and
Home Hour program.
Information of vital local impor-
lance, including weather fore
casts, shipping advice, commodity
prices, sectional crop conditions
and other such items will be fea-
tured in these regional broad
casts. Complete regional offices,
competently stated, and equipped
to gather and make available the
necessary regional news and in
formation, will be set up and main
tanned. These will be in charge Of
farm experts who also will direct
the program and see that they are
keyed to local needs.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

NEW YORK.-Miss Louise A.
' Boyd, wandering far from SUM-
ny San Rafael in California, pushes
farther up the East Greenland coast
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
Too Precious

A minister was called out late one
night to visit q man who was very
i'll. After he had done what he
could for the man, who was at
deaths door. he asked the relatives
why he was fetched.
II don't think l know you," said
the minister. Haven't you min
lister Of your own?''
'sYes," was the reply, 'sbut we
couldn't risk him with typhoid. ="
Stray Stories Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07

AS the doctor sees it, mathemati-
clans won't be worth dime dozen
if these highly gifted men keep on
coming. However, his observations
indicate no narrow insularity on his
part. He is all for the enrichment of
our intellectual life, but notes that
somebody may have to ride on the
running board with all this over
crowding.
When Einstein began batting
his hot relatively grounders this
way, Doctor Birkh0ff was one of
the few men in America who
could field them. He is a pro-
life writer in the overlapping
zone of mathematics and phil
OsOphy, one Of the most heavily
garlanded men in the scholastic
world, a distinguished Catholic
layman holding high papal hon.
ors for scholarship. He is a
native of Michigan, educated at
the University of Chicago and
Harvard.
o Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
PASSING
JUDGMENT
-. on others can often get
US into hot water" when we
do not know all the circum-
stances.
BY wINIERED WILLARD.

M AN, orange and bunch of boys
~ on the lower East Side of New
York. The man tossed the orange
to see the boys scramble for it,
One chap. about TO- fought like a
young tiger, tooth and nail, eyes
flashing, face grim, fists hitting fu-
riously-all for an orange. The
man who had tossed it told his wife
at home: ~ saw the meanest boy
in the world this morning. Didn't
care for anybody or anything except
to hog an orange himself"
Business took that man later the
same day to pitifully poor room.
On cot in the corner a little girls
cheeks famed with fever and her
body was wasted with suffering. The
door flew open. In bolted that little
chap, the "meanest boy in the
world" Breathless with running, he
tiptoed up to his sisters bed and
whispered excitedly, "Here's an or
ange brung We. Sis; fought for it
cause I thought ye'd like it." How
her eyes sparkledl Tiny hands
reached eagerly for it. Parched
little lips craved the refreshment it
offered.
The man went home, sat long
slumped in his chair. Then he called
his wife and with shame and regret
struggling in his voice blurted out:
you've married the meanest man
that ever lived. That little shaver
| told you about, the one / said was
the meanest boy in the world, fought
for my orange to take to his sick
sister and I'm lookin' for somebody
to kick me round the blockl" He
didn't know the whole story before
he sat in judgment; that's all.
FIimsy Evidence
A big bishop spoke rather caus-
tically and disparagingly about a
woman in public life who travelled
the nation and who had an excep-
tional salary. "Why doesn't she
wear better clothes?" he asked,
same old things season in and
out; that hat certainly's been on the
road winter and summer two solid
years." 1t had. She knew it better
than the bishop. But he just didn't
know that her money was spent in
stead for nurses and comforts for
her sick father whom she adored.
What did new hat matter if father
needed what the cost of a hat could
provide? Just judging on f1imsy
evidence!
For months two people lodged
each other. Each knew the other
was naughty, unapproachable, cold
and undesirable. Finally they met.
Didn't want to; tried to avoid it and
couldn't. Almost at once barriers
began to fall. From the dislike of
misunderstanding, they got proper
appraisals of each other; to their
surprised satisfaction, each began
to enjoy, then to admire the other.
For the first time they saw behind
the scenes and found only what was
good. Nearly always so!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-07
C0NsTIPATED?
Don't Let Gas, Nerve Pres
sure Keen You Miserable

When you are constipated two things
happen. FIRST: Accumulated wastes swell
up the bowels and press on nerves in the diges"
tive tract. This nerve pressure causes head
aches. q dull, lazy feeling, bilious spells, loss
digested food starts to decay forming CAS-
bringing on sour stomach, acid indigestion.
and heartburn, FLOATING you up until you
sometimes gasp for breath. Then you can't
eat. You can't sleep. Your stomach is sour.
Adlerika gives you the DOUBLE ACTION
you need. This efficient carminative cathartic
relieves that awful GAS almost at once. II
usually clears the bowels in less than two
hours. No waiting for overnight relief.
Sold at all drug stores
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Racial Basis Rules

eve have intention of suppressng absorbing other
nations. Our philosophy of life is racial basis Our
only interest to safeguard the interests of
of German people.
eve know that the of peoples themselves not
responsible for conditions of the present day. They the
work of small gang of unscrupulous leaders.
"It sef-determnaon that originally produced the
treaty Versailles You all know what ftefu consequences
that treaty wrought upon the fatherland.
"Since then, Germany has grown big and strong again.
For this she is indebted She it all to her
strength and power.
"Now Germany and does demand equal rights under
all circumstances
"As it's contribution peace, Germany is prepared to
limit its army few 100000 if other nations will
do the same"
In the breath that he made this offer however, the
Fuehrer boased:
But have armed to such extent the world
has never seen before"
Hitler then to enumerate the various proposals he
made in the past behalf of peace and disarmament nclud
Continued ON Page H. Col II
The Washington times., 1938-09-26
Stocks Hit Lowest
Level i'm 3 Months

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 QN.S0.
The stock market today cracked
to the lowest level in three months
on mounting fears of war abroad
despite the appeals Of President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Chamberlain to Hitler.
Leading stocks started 81 to So
q share lower, steadied for a brief
period and then extended their
decline to 81 a share and more
under another furry Of liqu1da-
ton toward midday.
An important influence was the