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Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
Antiquatetd Wiring System

The talk by Mr.. Walter
Martin before the Rotary
Club should make this town
awaken to the realization that
the wiring system here is so
antiquated as to directly pre-
vent our growth, and so unde-
sirable as to cause rust in our
water pipelines, and so dang
erous as to cause fire and
damage to our homes. 1t
would seem to be a false econ
omy to let these conditions go
on, since a new and modern
system would not be too ex-
pensive. Consumers would
benefit, business places would
benefit, the town would bene-
fit, and new industries coming
here would find adequate cleo
trical energy to operate. Why
should Smyrna be so slow and
unprogressive as to have one
of the few most out-dated and
inefficient wiring systems in
this part of the country?
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
CORRESPONDENTS
Continued from Page Eight)

agara Falls Friday for a four-day
trip and visited Canada and came
back through New York State, anC
Delaware Water Gap and had {
very nice trip.
Mrs. Emma Hughes. of Wash.
ington, D. c., is spending a few
days with her sister, Mrs. M. V
Heather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dugan anc
son were weekend visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Pritchard.
Mrs. w. c. Deakyne and daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel Harman, have
been spending a few days with
friends in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford Ennis
spent the weekend on motor
trip to Allentown, Harrisburg,
Hershey, Pa, and Atlantic City,
N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Guessford
and daughters were Sunday visit
ors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Loessner III, of Arlington,
Va.
Mr.. Jack Lyman, with his cous-
in, Mr. John Hutchison, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, motored to Maine last
Saturday for a vacation trip.
Miss Leilah L. Money spent the
weekend at Chestertown. Md, as
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Hughes and
little sons, James and George, have
returned home after a two weeks
trip.
Mr.. w. Penn Wilson visited Re
hoboth Beach last week.
Mrs. Elmer Pritchard was a
Smyrna visitor one day the past
week.
w. Charles Money with a party
of young people from Middletown,
are spending this week at White
Crystal Beach.
Mrs. James H. Carton, of Den
ton, Md, and Mrs. Nellie P. Byrn-
IS, of Baltimore, Nd, were guests
Of Miss Bella Carton last week.
Mrs. Nellie Byrnes has sold her
on Main street to Mr..
Harry Isaacs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Moffett and
son Evan ,motored to Valley Forge,
Pa, the past weekend.
Mrs. Walter Harpen, of White
stone, L. r., spent the past two
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.
Iurty and family. While here she
enjoyed outing trips to Lenape
Park, Pa, Parksville, Pa, Reho-
both and Deemer's Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibbons, Of
Newark, are receiving congratula-
ions on the arrival of a daughter,
IT the Wilmington General Hos
oital, this morning. Mrs. Lola r.
Gibbons, his mother, is spending
some time with them.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29

If the peaches are to be pre-
cooked, they should be boiled in
syrup for three to five minutes and
then packed in the jars to be fin
ished in hot water bath.
After the jars are packed, they
are placed on a rack in a boiler of
hot water. The purpose of the
rack is to lift the cans off the bot
tom of the boiler and so allow free
circulation of air. The hot water
should come within one or two
inches from the top of the jar.
With Mason jars, the cover is
screwed on with the thumb and
little finger without using addi-
tional pressure. With wire bale
jars put the wire over the glass
jar in place. Do not snap down
other wire With automatic seal
jars screw the caps on tight.
Allow peaches which have been
cold packed to remain in the boil
ing water for thirty minutes after
the water boils. With peaches
which have been pre-cooked and
packed hot. ten minutes in the
boiling water bath is enough At
ter the time is complete remove
the jars from the boiling water.
With Mason jars screw the lids
tight. With wire bale jars clamp
down the other wire. Do not
tighten the automatic seal again
as this may break the seal.
Canned peaches should be stored
in a cool dry place.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
RIGHT FOOD FOR
GOOD HEALTH
Your Health and Vitality De-
pends on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

Canned peaches are one of the
most popular winter foods in Della
ware. Almost any grocer will tell
you that this is the canned fruit
which sells the best
Many housewives find that by
home canning they can save money
and still serve their families this
popular fruit. Delaware peaches
can not be surpassed in flavor and
quality.
Peaches for canning should be
free from decay and not over ripe.
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity Of Delaware suggests that
peaches may be either cold packed
or pre-cooked in syrup and then
processed in boiling water.
Jars, rubbers, and lids should be
washed thoroughly in hot soap
suds and then thoroughly scalded.
To cold pack peaches peel them,
cut in halves or slices, and remove
the pit. Pack into the scalded
jars. If halves are used, the jar
will hold more peaches if they are
packed face down. Either a thin
or medium syrup may be used for
peaches. A thin syrup has one cup
of sugar to three cups water and
a medium syrup has one cup of
sugar to two cups water. Bring
the water and sugar to a boil be-
fore pouring over the fruit. Pour
the hot syrup over the peaches to
within one-half inch of the top of
the lar.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
He's q Wits Wit.
Is Mr.. Oscar Levonf
CHARACTERS as well as neon
" lights make Broadway the
fascinating boulevard it is, and one
of the most notable examples is
pianist-composer Oscar Levant.
Practically an unknown figure

two years ago,
his oral facility
and sharp wit
catapulted him
overnight to ma
tion-wide fame
as a quiz expert
on the popular
radio program
"I n form tion
Please" Previ-
Gus to these ap-
pearances he had
been noticed on
-
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
ODESSA

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Long of
Washington, D. c., are the guests
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Tucker, of
Wilmington, were Sunday visitors
with Mr.. Harry Tucker.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29
To Entertain School Teachers

Superintendent and Mrs. George
r. Miller, Jr., will be hosts at a
buffet luncheon to the teachers of
the John Bassett Moore School.
The luncheon will be held Tuesday.
September 3, at 1890 o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29

Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna. Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Subscription price, S1.50 per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29

ing the silo. One of these circu-
lars may be obtained upon request
from the University of Delaware
or the county extension office.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-29

ADVERTISEMENTS = The Smyrna Times
Is the business medium not only for the
town it represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. em-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend, Leipsic. &c. A rate
ef so cents per inch an insertion charged
for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quote1
on application. For Sale. For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. a minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. In
nemoriam articles, 10 cents per line per
issue.
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
1t represents and the State of which 1t
Is a part. 1t also gives the items of
importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
White Water and Black Moqic

RcHdTd c NeW YOTE
This story Of functional exploration that holds the
attention from start to finish Not only adults enjoy this version of the
Ecuadoan junge the search
the thrills
ahom far places and strange peoples describes
and the beauty the tropics and the strange aboriginal magic
Yet tied into the sanity the world xacng demands
Of scientific expedition
Sometimes
there straining
irritating Because the authors experience with pasc paralysis
the jungle hold
promise Of relief for this aficn and because of his emotional
attitude toward his old Ecuador
emotion evidently hide This
breaks style and the substitution Of hyphens sentence edng
r. R. TAYNTON
Evening star., 1940-07-21
The Invasion From Mars
BY Hadley CantrA. Princeton
Untpers1tU Press.

Only a few weeks ago an en-
inent phychiatrist pointed to the
celebrated Men From Mars" radio
broadcast Of the fall Of 1888 as an
extremely revealing incident for the
light it shed on the state Of mind
Of the American people.
This was, it will be recalled, q
dramatization of H. G. Wells "War
Of the Worlds" localized in North
ern New Jersey. Realistically per-
formed, it resulted In a near panic
through the whole region. It showed
how suggestible the American mind
Is, and the terror aroused was per-
haps analogous to that which has
attended parachute troop invasions
in Europe.
A Princeton University group OF
which DR.. Cantril, assistant pro-
fessor Of psychology, was one OBJ
tanned Rockefeller grant for an OBJ
jective study of the incident. They
interviewed persons who heard the
broadcast and got first-hand ac-
counts of their emotions. This ac-
count of the study Is valuable
document in days when there is
growing fear of real invasion.
THOMAS r. HENRY.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
River Out of Eden
By Shirley Seitert. NeU York.
M s. Mill Co.. Inc.
By Shirley S
M. S. Mill Co., Inc.

This is the most fascinating and
exciting of Shirley Seifert's novels.
She has presented her characters so
vividly and painted her locales so
realistically that the reader forgets
the extensive research the novel
must have required.
The scene is laid in the pre-Revo-
lutionary era Of about 1868 when
the future United States were in the
early stages of development and the
English and French were fighting
for the Mississippi River territory.
Vital and Eugene st. Dennys,
brother and sister, are the orphaned
wards of the sieur de Varneil, q
cruel and dour man, who is master
Of the st. Dennys plantation, Belle
Chase. To escape the cruelties of
the Sieur, Vital signs upon q river
boat in q convoy up the Mississippi,
taking his sister to relatives In the
North.
On another boat in the convoy is
Andre Therriot, close friend Of Vital,
whose greatest love Is the river until
he meets Eugene. When Andre
finds Vital and hears Of his friends
troubles, a series of intriguing, ro-
mantle adventures follow.
JOHN G. SWANK, Jr.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Library Offers Adventure
Books for Young People

Summer brings to young people,
freed from the necessity of study, q
powerful urge to travel. It is not
always practical simply to pull up
the stakes and adopt the foot-loose
life of q vagabond. Yet through
closer acquaintance with some of the
books on travel and adventure to be
found at the Central Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, and its
branches, it becomes possible to see
new and strange scenes and to be-
come for brief moment part of a
world strangely different from the
everyday life of school.
Richard Halliburton's life, with its
emphasis on the fun and adventure
of living, has fascination for all
young people. The most recent story
of his life Of vagabonding, giving a
new slant on his $4,000 mile cover
age in two years. Is related in "Rich-
ard Halliburton; His Story of His
Life's Adventures. as Told in Letters
to His Mother and Father" In spite
Of his outstanding position in the
brotherhood of vagabonds, Richard
Halliburton is by no means the only
interesting one. In Il Married a
Vagabond," Rachel L. Franck writes
Of her lifetime Of vagabonding with
her husband. Harry A. Franck, the
author of many travel books on diff
ferent parts Of the world.
Osa johnson is another woman
who has spent the greater part of
her life in the out-of. .the-way parts
Of the world. In Il Married Adven-
ture" she tells the story Of her mar
riage IN Kansas, followed by her
travels and aventures in the South
Seas, Borneo and Africa with her
famous explorer husband. Martin
Evening star., 1940-07-21

johnson. Humorous comments on
life in Borneo, including struggles
with servants, housekeeping, learn
ing Malay and travelling in the jungle
are made by Agnes N. Keith, the
American wife Of an English official
IN North Borneo, in her Land Be-
low the Wind"
Two boys who wanted to travel
were Bruce and Sheridan Fahne-
stock, aged 81 and ~. respectively
In "Stars to Windward," they tell of
their schooner voyage from New
York to the South Seas, the sale of
their ship in Manila and their even,
tual grinding of news-reel cameras
in the Chinese war zone. Their
mother, Mary S. Fahnestock, tells of
her adventures travelling with her
sons and of her own travels in II
Ran Away to Sea at Fifty" The lure
of the ocean captivated Dwight Long
when he was University of WASH
ington undergraduate. BY working
summers. he finally managed to buy
32-foot ketch, the, Idle Hour.
Seven Seas on Shoestring" is the
story OF his four-year around the
world jaunt with his crew Of one
and dog mascot.
For young people who want to do
some tramping on their own around
the United States. the "A. Y H
Knapsack, Handbook Edition." put
out by American Youth Hostels, Inc,
is very helpful. Travei in the United
States is made more interesting by
the books in the Rivers of American
Series, especially Clyde Brion Davis
THE Arkansas" Cecile Hulse Mat
schat's "Suwanee River; Strange
Green Land" and Carl L. Carmers
'The Hudson" These books are
alike only in writing about American
rivers. Each author treats in his
own way the colorful bte that exists
on his particular river and the part
it plays in making up the real
America.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
An American in Paris
BIZ Janet FLdnner. N
York.. Simon e. SchuSter.

YOTk. StTlOn q SCHuSLeT.
Miss Flanner is the Genet" OF
the New Yorker, the author Of that
periodicals brilliant letters from
abroad. Here are a series Of her
fascinating reports, covering In
many aspects the period just ended,
the period between the two World
Wars. "Never again." says the
books publisher, shall we see the
Paris that Miss Flanner - has
caught alive in these pages" Since
those words we're written, the Nazi
victory over France has taken place
Doubly true, then, is the comment,
This Paris is as historical now az
Pompeii and Herculaneum.
It is the Paris Of the boom and
collapse, the sky-high merry-making
city of Elsa Maxwell's fabulous
parties and Channels gowns, Of public
executions attended by people Of
rank and fashion, Of nationwide
scandals, innocent tourists and a
mob Of Americans calling them
selves "expatriates." It Is the Paris
Of which the whole civilized world
has heard these past is years. No
one, perhaps, is better able than
Miss Flanner to write Of that gor-
geous town, for she has lived in
1t during the whole time and has
made it her career to know exactly
how It's pulse was huctuating.
Her book is q series Of "profiles.
She writes Of Ambassador Bullitt
Paul Poiret, Chanel, schiaparelli
Lily Pons, stravinsky, Coty, the
murdered Jean De Koven Of Brook
lyn, Madame Hanau, Monsieur de
Paris (the Grand Guillotiner OF
France), Adolf Hitler, famous spies,
Elsa Maxwell. Lady Mendl and yet
others. The brilliance of her style
makes one feel that she could be
Intelligent and convincing on any
subject. NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Best Sellers

The following list of best
sellers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in WASH
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Ameri.
can Newspaper Alliance:
Fiction.
How Green Was My Valley"
Richard Llewellyn; Might in
Bombay" Louis Bromfield;
"stars on the Sea-" F. Van
Wyck Mason; Quietly My Cap
tain Waits" Evelyn Eaton;
worlds End" Upton Sinclair;
Bird in the Tree" Elizabeth
Goudge; kitty Foyle," Chris
topher Morley; Cabbage Holi-
day." Anthony Thorne; Mas
ter at Arms" Rafael Sabatini;
"Mr. skeflington," Elizabeth;
"The Heart Is q Lonely
Hunter" Carson McCullers;
wild Geese Calling" Stewart
Edward White.
Non-Fiction.
Il Married Adventure" Osa
johnson; "As I Remember
Him." Hans Zinsser; why
Europe Fights" Walter Mills;
Failure OF a Mission" Sir
Neville Henderson; How to
Read a Book" Mortimer ].
Adler; American White Pa
per-" Joseph Alsop and Robert
Kintner; Country Squire in
the White House." John F.
Flynn; IF War Comes-M
Day." Donald E. Keyhoe; "A
New England Sampler, Eleanor
Early; This Is on Me-" Kath-
crime Brush; Mathematics and
the Imagination" Edward Kas-
ner and James Newman; THE
Voice of Destruction" Her
mann Rauschning: In Search
of Complications" Eugene de
Savitsch; Strategy of Terror"
Taylor; Paris France" Ger
trude Stein: Forty Years a
Country Preacher" George Gill
bert; "The Virginia" American
Guide Series; What to See
and Do in New England"
George w. Seaton; Watch Be-
low" william McFee; How to
Become President" Oracle
Allen; Richard Halliburton"
his story,
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Girl Rebel

one autobiography
likely be easily duplicated She
revolutionary the Kuontang taking regular military training
fighting when with Japan broke out she
anapanese Shanghai continued
Hankow
the inigaion
Yutang life history the present and the
transaor Ins youthful daughters.
young experiences divided
oifste struggle Chinas enemies the other struggle
against the mother would have kept her daughter
endure arranged marriage At the 10
she did actually her bound had escaped
her mother binding the feet Of older sister had used such
zeal that she had broken the with the result that the girl could
not walk thereafter child there longer period
Of freedom
BY attempting suicide the
to to school, There she threw bandages But little
the arranged marriage convention imprisoned
In her Of making match
for whom she did not care Relatives combined their disap
and eventually managed make fighting
forces Her no barrier there soldiers
novelty Chnas She
and after that assigned to complete equality
It moving thing which lacked Endorsement which
Lin Of his reputation might
forgery But 1t well authenticated and must
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Brief Reviews
AnthoIogies.

BRITISH STORIES. Edited by
Bennett A. Cert and Henry G.
Moriarty. With an introduction
by Bliss Perry. New York: Ran
dom House.
From Chaucer to Aldous Huxley,
magnificent collection, the best
thing in the short-story field for
years. Eighty stories in all, with
biographical notes for good meas
ure. Every library should have it.
Novels.
RIDER OF THE MIDNIGHT
RANGE. BY Will Ermine. New
York: Morrow.
Western stuff; mystery angle.
LEGACY. BY Charles Bonner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Warm-hearted little novel of the
rearing of five motherless boys by
their father. Serious intent.
General.
SIEGE. A personal narrative and
photographs by Julien Bryan,
with introduction and captions
by Maurice Hindus. New York:
Doubleday, Doran.
A photographers experiences in
the Poland Of the blitzkrieg, IL
lustrated by very good pictures.
Narrowing and eloquent. 4-
HOT IRONS. BY Oren Arnold and
John p. Hale. New York: Mac
milan.
History Of the development of
cattle brands as used in our own
cattle country. Interesting and
picturesque.
OUR MOVIE MAKERS. BY Irving
Crump. New York: Dodd, Mead
A panorama Of the, work involved
In moving picture-the crafts, the
technical processes, the mechanics,
the human side. Quite thorough.
Self Help.
CUES FOR YOU. BY Mildred
Graves Ryan. New York: Ap-
pleton- Century.
A remarkably sensible guide to
acceptable social usages. For the
young chiefly.
TEACH YOURSELF TO WRITE.
BY Elliott Blackiston. Boston:
The Writer.
Book of rules on how to achieve
fame, wealth and no doubt genius.
Education.
NEW AIMS IN EDUCATION. BY
Cove Hambidge. New York.
Whittlesey House.
A book based on the results Of 10
years Of research by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. It is directed to stu
dents ana their parents.
Art.
FRENCH PAINTING IN THE
X1vth, XVIII and xv1th GEN.
TUR1Es. New York. Hyperion
Press.
An exquisite volume Of reproduc-
tions In color and black k-and.white
with preliminary notes. Thoroughly
worth having.
PERSIAN PAINTING. Twelve COL
or plates. With an introduction
by Basil Gray. New York: Ok
ford University Press.
The reproductions are fine, taken
from miniatures of the 18th to the
18th centuries. The notes are by
the officer in charge Of Oriental
antiquities in the British Museum.
THE PAINTINGS OF MICHEL
ANGELO. Phaidon Edition. New
York: oxford University Press.
All the masters paintings. One
hundred and seventy reproductions
photographed from the originals. A
magnificent collection.
DECORATIVE ART, 1910. New
York: Studio Publications.
The current issue of Studios
yearbook of houses containing in.
formation on new trends in archi.
lecture, furniture and materials,
illustrated by about 500 reproduce
tions. Should be useful.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
The Literary WodRevew Of Current Publications in Various Fields
Odd Experiences Of British
Doctor Charmingly Told
In His Autobiography
Noted Graduate of Cambridge
Injects Touch of o. Henry
Into Unusual Life Story
By Charles M. Egan.
By Charles M. Egan.
The Wind Of Circumstance

circumstance
By Harold Dearden Neo York: Reyna Hitchcock Inc.
This far from what expect
book although its author years living
the he to
himself to the business writing for which he splendy equipped
Born in Lancashire England, the Of welodo cotton mill
somewhere along the line picked
Henry than the usual British medical practitioner result
Dr. has m n FUN M Wh he's
soa S qualified na as ss psychologist novelist draas traveller
Singapore. siS.s ss:.'' IN
Justice An autobiography WHICH the author describes col
experiences deliberately sought and changy
% M M a
for him wedding
merely give
that his "reminiscences
@ ses as4 vs the rs Rz % aas nsss Of n & T sa s
would burn his daughters hat in the had
stern ' Becoming sGt
than child
While at the author spent vacation
combination strong and wrestler fortune teller
dent her challenge the strong
describing experiences
s % h ms S
His Wife I. Most
appealing s h s % @ M k m 9 ss s @ asa ssss .3sI s s
powerfully
play, Interference"
uhedged doctor Immediately Joined battalion medical
reactions and which noted his wartime
After encountered
downs including profitable
United
from the medical profession literary signed
contract with the editor Cosmopolitan
zine After his first six stories accepted DR. Dearden ed
cine altogether and settled down a
taken OF the Medical
Is S in
Evening star., 1940-07-21

As Told IN His Letters Indianapolis: Bobbs-MerrH
When Richard again the sailed
aboard tiny Chinese junk into Pacific eventually
given for lost with great reluctance that admirng American
public realized
oblivion indeed
have followed Hburton
architectural treasure globe Through
classes armchair wanderers and continue thrilled
his fanyee Investigations places interest
charmed his informal humorous relating experience and
reactions.
This book exclusively parents
might amo for the witnessed his
travels These selected letters narrative of his unkeng
evna recountng marked by epres and
perception shown his books Readers Of time alive the in
domtabe personality that has its final adventures will always find
inspiration in this w.